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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
SherifS Office.
Tunkhannock, Dec 20, l865
SHERIFF'S SALE

Dy virtue of writ of Fieri Facias to ns a.
ID rected will expose to Public. Sale 1t As
Court House 10 the Boro. of Tunkhannock, on Sss-
urday the 18th day of January A. D. 1866, at one
clock p NJ all of that certain lot piece or parcsl
of land situate in he Township of Monroe, County
Of Wyoming ana State cf Pennsylvania bound
ed ON the North by lands of Lewis Austio. ON the
East by lands of Lewis Ausn,on the South by lands
of Lewis Austin and West by lands OF Lew Moasf,
containing one-haf acre of land all improved with
a plank house, ard few apple-trees thereon with
the appurtenanees.
Seized and taken in execution ct the uit OF JohH
Halstead against John Martin, and will he sold ter
cash only by ... -..s, ~...s,
Sheriff. Office
Tunkbannock Dec Is. 1896
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

r ETTERS of administration on the estate of John,
L. SAWYER, lat" of Washington Township, Decd
having been granted the un iers'gned Notice 10
hereby given to al persons indebted to said estate
TO come forw ri and pay the ssme and 10 all hav-
ing claims or demands against said estate to make
known nd present the same for settlement without
delay to AHlRA GAY, Admir-.
Tunkha haDnock, Pa, Nov 29, 1865
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Local and Personal

Free Ferry has been established at this
place upon which footmen have safely passed for
two or three days 1t is thought if the cold weather
continues that teams also pass over it It will
last ntil there comes thaw. Our trans-susque-
hanna friends can now come to town without any
thanks or shinpasters to the ferry man.
Our Friends who have been waiting for Court
week to square up their accounts With U.S. are in
formed that the time have ariv which was to have
arroVen Next week they can send or bring us
what they owe US. We shall not be too busy to re-
ceive and receipt it. The machinery of the press
begins to squeaking bodily for want of oil.
The Frost king--for the past three or four
days has assumed the rens and is now reigning over
us with an icicle sceptre, On Monday morning last
the Thermometers in various ocaltes hereabout in
dicated temperature of from 10 to 20 degrees below
zero according to location and instrument
Our devil wonders, "if all those young folks that
got married about ten days ago sleep single or doub-
lie, these cold nights" The impertinent imp of sa-
| tan!
AYERS AMERICAN ALMANAC is now
ready for delivery. gratis Every family should have
| and keep this book. 1t is worth having comprls-
| ing much general information of great value. 1T
gives the best instruction for the of prevalent
| complaints, that we can get anywhere Its anee.
dotes alone are worth a bushel of wheat, and its
medical advice is sometimes worth to the sick, the
wheat's weight in gold. Many Of the medical alma
macs are trash but this is solid metal Its calcula-
tons are made purpOsely for this latitude AM are
therefore correct. Call AMI get an Ayers Altman ac
| at Bunnell andBanatynes New Store and when got,
keep
The Election yesterday for Borough officers
passed off very quietly and resulted the EIscti on OF
! the following named officers -
| Judge of Election, John Day Inspectors of Elec-
ton, P W. Redfeld and Ira Avery; Assessor, Thos
D. Stonier; Constable, L, c. ConkD Overseers Of
the Poor, Ransaler Ross, NJ. W Dewitt; School
| Directors, Demer BIdIeman, George Leighton Bur-
CESS, James Young Town Council, K. E. Baker,
Jacob Ritter: paug Harvey Sckler, Geo. Williams,
| c. D. Gearhart; Auditors r. Little, WIN. M.
Piatt High Constable, Chas ]. Wright.
Bank Off cers-The stockholders in the Wyo-
ming National Bank of Tunkhannock at their eec-
ton yesterday choose the following named persons as
LIRECIORS.
! C. P, Miller Samuel Stark, Paul Billings, II,
Ross Elisha Sharp Asa S. Dana Geo Osterhout,
D. D. Dewitt, R, R. Little.
The following named persons were chosen as
OFFICERS
C. P Mil or, President Samuel Stark Cashier D.
D. Dewitt, Vice President D. D, Dewitt Teller,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Dy virtuo Of a writ Of Fera Facias issued On,
DOT th, court Of Common Pleas of Wyoming
County to me iirccted will. expose toPubiIc Sale
at the cour. House in Tankhannock Borough on the
18Th day ofJauuary A. DAl866, at one o'clock P N.
all that lot pie &c or parcel land situate in the
f6wnship of Nicholson. W coming County Pa bound
cd and described as folo VS. to wit OF the West by
the public highway leading from Pierceville 10
Spriugyille, Norhward'y by lands of Asher Jehriss
and + Cnnklin, Easteriy oy the pnoiic highway or
cross roads, Southerly by lands of j. w. Reynolds
containing about mere or less, all improved
with one story and half frame dwelling house and
some fruit tire es thereon with the appurteAances DO.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit OK +. u
Baldwin agains. s D. Bacon, and will be sold Ter
cash onlyby
.-.--.-zz.- AHIRA GAY SheriR.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10

Moss will grow upon grave stones and
ivy will cling to the mouldering pile; the
the mi>tlstoe springs from the dying branch
and, god be praised, something green, some
thing fair TO the sight will yet twiue round
and grow out of the seams and cracks of
ihs desolsts temple Of the human heart.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
ApMIN1srRAroR,sNor1cE

r ETTERS of administration or the estate OF Pc
L. ter Stark late eff Nicholson Township Wyoming
County, having been granted the undersigned no,
tice is hereby given to all persons indebted TO sad
estate, to come forward and pay the same end 70
ali ner.ons having claims or demands against said
estate 70 make known and present the same for
settlement without delay to
SAMUEL STARK 81, r.
Nicholson; Pa, Nov. 20, 1865 Adm
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81 Twenty thousand eight hundred and
seventy immigrants were landed at New
York during the month ofNorember, this
year, of whom thirteen thousand one hun
dred and. sew enty-nine were Germans
From January ], TO November 80, one hun
dred and eighty eight thousand two hun
dred and tour immigrants altogether arriv
ed in New York, seventy two thousand
nine hundred and ninety six of them being
Germans.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.

Every young lady and gentleman in the United
States can hear something very much to their advan-
tage by return mei free of ehargc), by addressing
the undersigned. Those having feais OF being hum
bugged will oblig. by not noticing this card. ALI
others will please address their ODE dient servant
THOS. F. CHAPMAN,
83l Broadway, New York.
v5n2l-lysar-s. NJ. P. Il Co. .s
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10

~ A person once prefaced his sermon
with, "My friend let US say few words
before we begin" This is about equal to
the man who took short nap before he
went to sleep.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A gentleman who suffered for years from Nervous
Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects Of
youthful indiscretion, will for he sake of suffering
humanity, send free all who need it, the recipe
and directions for making the simple remedy by
which he was cured Sufferers wishing to profit by
the advertisers experience, can do so by addressing
JOHN OGDEN,
No. l3 Chambers St., New York
v5n2l-lyear.-S NJ. P. l. Co.
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December Is, 1865.
LOS T.

Lost in the vicinity Of Nicholson Depot, on 18th Of
No embcr lhst n Pocket Dairy.
For which the fin Ter will be suitably rewarded by
Mailing said book to NY allress Or if more conve-
nlent by leaving the same in care of Mr. Titus
Freight agent at the above Depot.
JOHN C. SAYLES. Jr.
Niven, P, 0. Susquehanna Co. Pa.
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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
SHERIFF'S SALE:

Dy virtue of Il writ of Fera Fdcias issued out
ID of the Court of Common Pleas, to M direct
ed l will expose 10 Public Sale at the Court House
in Tunkhannock Borough on the 18th day of Jan.
A. D. 1861, at one o'clock P. NJ all that lot piece
or parcel of Land situate E the Township of Michel
son, Wyoming County Pa. bounded and described
as follow, to wit on the West by the public high
way leading from Pierceviile TO Springville, Nora
ery by the public highway or crvss roads, South :
erly by lanls of Asher Jeffries, containing about
one fifth of more or less all improved Win
a blacksmith shop thereon with the appurtenancss
Seizel AMI taken in execution at ths suit OF r.
B, Baldwin against S d. Bacon. AMI VIII % soid
for cash only by
Sheyif7s Office
Tunkhanuock, Dec. ~, 1863
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
~Women have been detected in sm,

gln whiskey from Canada in cans made in
the shape of babies which hold four or five
gallons each. About thirty women, each
with bougus baby of this sort were capt
ured in one day not long since.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that II peraons indebted
to the estate of Noah Newman late of Monroe Town
ship decd, are requested to make immediate pay
ments and those having claims demands sgainst
said estate will present them duly authenticated Tor
settlement to
JOHN WALL: j.. Admir-
Tunkhannock, Dec 10 l865.
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n Ot ice,

Is hereby given that n certain stone scow lately
erected by Hiram Hall for Jacob Fritz and now ly-
wg in the River at the mouth of Tunkhannock Creek
dill be sold at public vendue auction, the 26t
ay of January, 1860, at, one O'clock p. NJ, at the
mouth of said Creek in the Borough of Tunkhan-
mock, in payment of the amount OF thu lien of said
Hall for work and labor, &c upon said stone
together with costs Of sale &c, said lien amount ing
Sl2,76
HIRAM HALL,
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Sl.5Oo W. EHn var. YEAs ,s.s.. ~

erywhcre to sell our IMPRovEP S2U Sewing Machnss
Three new kinds Under and upper feed Warran-
ted FIVE years. Above salary or large commissions
paid The ONLY machines sold in the United States
or less than $40 which are fully licensed by Hone
Wheeler 4. Wilson. Grorer y Baker, Singer 4 Co.
and Bactelder AL other cheap machines are in
fringements ard the seller user liable to ar
rest Rnc and im1ris onment. Circulars free. Adj
dress, or C Ill uppl Shaw & Clark Bilisfort Maine
or at No 92} Brorlwly, Nav York No 256 Gar
ter ST.. Philadelphia Pa ; No. IA Lombards Biocx'
Chicago. Ill.,; No. ITO West Fourth St, Cinc'nnan'
O.; or No. s Spaulding's Exchange, Buffalo, N. Y.
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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
AnnlicatiOns for License

Notice is hereby given that thefollowing ma med
persons have fled their petitions in the Court of
Quarter Sessions of Wyoming County and will make
application at the next term of said Court for Iav-
ern Licenses
Reuben Parks, Monroe Township.
ii. W, Carpenter, g
Christopher Mathewson, Clinton.
ZIBA LOTT. Clerk.
Dec l8 1865
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
Auditors Notice,

The undersigned having been appointed BY ths
Court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County, a
auditor to distribute the money raised by the sner'
ifs Sale Of the Real Estate of Nelson w French,
will attend to the duties of his appointment at his
Office in the Borough of Tunkhannoek, on Thursday
the llth day of January 1866, at P. NJ. of said
day at which time and place all persons are reqa'r-
ed to present their claims be debarred from con-
lug in upon sal funds
4 WM NJ PIATT Auditor
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10
Corporation Notice.

. Whereas application has been made TO the Court
of Common Pleas of Wyoming County tor the graz
ting of charter Of Incorporation to tho First Presby
ter.an Church of Nicholson in Nicholson Township
in said County, the same having been filed in the
office of the PrJthonotary Of said Court. Notice
Is hereby given that if no sufficient is shown
to the contrary il shall be lawful for the said Court
at the next term thereof to declare that the said per-
associated shall according to the articles and
condition set forth in said charter become and DO
a cooperation body polite in law or in fact and
the Court will make such other directions as the
case may require.
ZIBA LOTT, Prothonotary,
Dscembsr lS lS65 ~
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-01-10

Condition of the Wyoming National Bank
of TunkhannOck, Pa. or the morning
of the first Monday In Jan. A, ID,
1866
The New York herald., 1866-04-19

UNoR sALs-YURNrsHED OR UNFINISHED.
brown STONE English bas-ment S6 West thirty fourth
sueet hous sI.enson ls feet possession hsy price
houss es o furniture at less than vau.
alton. Persons wishng house Nay moderate tsrms
and q en than - value would DO veil 70 iodk H.
THOMAS D. ROBINSON liz Broadway
The New York herald., 1866-04-19

s.Ll Y LWEpShnNG April ~ r n
ksHxs-Recepts, Is packages The market was with
out noteworthy change The demand continued moder
ate but In view OF the light arrivals holders quito
nrn Email lors Of pot we're taken sf Ss s2x 50 SIX
as TO quality In pearl there have been transactions
The stock Is literally Of no CONSEQUENCE.
BREADsTUrFs Receipts, 2945 bbls flour, $50 do. and
1920 bags 6om meal s4s bushsls corn 1000 bushels
and 81 do barley Tho market for State and West
ern -four was unusually active and very excited prices
all qualities ruling Csc a SOC per Dbl In sellers
favor. The market closed, however with less anima-
tion though the Improvement was well sustained. Tho
tn revised quotations annexed An active de mand also
prevailed or Southern -FOUR resulting in advance Of
iSc 30c per bbL on all grades The sales were $500
responding improvement, a. which the market closed
very hrm for AL brands with sales OF 10 600 bbs Rye
steady. Corn meal was decidedly higher, with good
business at the improvement. We notc sales OF I 500
The New York herald., 1866-04-19

I,ARn -voR sALB-Ar HoHokus. n. ,. OF iHH
:ssessS: e. one b sor; HInn4 M VA s ssT W 90
The New York herald., 1866-04-19

TARn voR sALs-rs nooxLArp o0uHSy. rmnry
four sorsa in : rod Of coed hcuse
rcens. bost s.rn ees.lds,s!s fsyA ysS @ vycs fss
6spct twslr eight milss gn the csy ros Particular
IVY !" ID Sassa"r'A TO rg0oAsS ouAcxnxnusu
The New York herald., 1866-04-19
DApER AND BOARD MILL FOR SALE

The subscrtber offers for sale Mil Bartonsvie W,
on the X 4 y. r. r. miles from bellows Falls. giving
ea< New York and Boston markets
The mill within minutcs walk OF tho depot and 90:
sists OF one cylinder Paper Machine 81 inch Boar4
steam Pump; Dry House and all the necessary Appendsge:
reference weather arranged and has besn
operation the two In mAnufae
dem and he easily changed 70 any description Of paRsr
attention any desiring manufacture thick sheet
ordinary Of doublng for large papss
bag. paper ready be found fos
boards II is the only min Of the kind IN
New England
isss appy only 70 ....
Exrh Hosto
The New York herald., 1866-04-19

LrLE0ASr COUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR SALE IN
IL the vicinity New York.--The Country
N For E.g situate At Thrcs. Nect, wes.cbcser county
villa has been lately put In repair and s partially furnshed
commodious outbuildns. comprising large new brick
boa.e sheds Ae green house wen nlIed With grapes. in
bearings vegetable garden and forcing The
grounds eoprtss about % including hne garden.
well curats valuable orchard OF all knds 81 frus And
The house w. shaded and the walks and drives are Dor
well covered with evergreen and
mental The location s perfectly healthy and The proc
pect Ne Sound h unobstruced and delshfd 8ssy
ininuca from stesmooa ianding Terms vey berH large
portion of purchase may remain mortHnGe Ap-
pIy 70 Z J :. McKBR 81 wan street
The New York herald., 1866-04-19

NoUNTRY SEATS FOR sALE-CONrATNTNG TWO,
" four and ten acres sAch nne variety Of choice fruits
good dwengs ouhouses. stables Ao. near Hudson
raiiroads Kinderhook, ~ " price tt0p 70 $1,000
county
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-02-21

A PATENT PULPIT Some years ago.
according to the London Punch, benev-
olent and ingenious Englishman contrvcd
an excellent article in this line 1t is to
be introduced into this country:
1t was proposed that the patent pulpit
be built in the usual style, but suspended
over the preachers head was to be an APP
paratus something in shape like a candle
eXtinguisher. This was to descend so as.
in exactly fifteen minutes, to completely
extinguish the clergyman, and of conrse
his sermon could never exceed that period
in duration. Eight minutes after the
sermon had commenced, a loud snap OF
click was to announce the commencement
of the eXlinguishers descent, and it is
stated that upon several private trials, nc
clergyman could be found who had the
nerve to continue his sermon, after hear
ing this snap or click, over three minute:
longer, such was the fear in his mind that
his light would be hidden pnder the sus-
pended bushel.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-02-21

TIM PARSONS NIslr-A clergyman.
on taking possession of new living in
Yorkshire, determined to visit his parish
oners and ascertain from personal inspcc-
tion the amount and nature Of their spir-
itual wants. The first call he made was
on an old lady of respectable family and
fortune When he spoke to her Of our
blessed Redocmer, she asked him who he
meant
"Don't you know" said he "that
Christ came into this world TO teach and
to save mankind, that he was prosecuted
and put 10 death by the jews ,"
"Ncyer heard OF him before" said the
old lady; ''pray how long ago did thi~
happen ~
"Neary 1000 years ago"
BLESS my heart And where did it
happen p
in Jerusalem, more than 1000 mile,
from here
Dear me, parson," said she, since
this is said to have happened so long ago,
and at such distance, let us hope that il
is not true, Let me help you to a cup o.
tea"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-02-21
The Capture of Quebec.

The following dramatic account of the
capture of Quebec, Is taken from the
fiIfh column Of Mr.. CarFisle's Biography
of Frederick the Great, just published by
the Harpers, of New York
Above Quebec, night of September
1918, in profound silence, on the st. cam
OF the st. Lawrence, far away, notable
adventure is going on Wolfe, from two
points well above Quebec "as a last shift
we will try that way,") with about five
thousand men, is silently descending in
rafts, with purpose to climb the heights
somewhere on this side of the city, and be
in upon it Fate will. An enterprise of a
most sublime nature; very great if it can
succeed. The cliffs are all besei on his
left hand; Montcalm in person. guarding
Quebec with his main strength.
Noble silently descends mind made
up; thoughts hushed in the one great
thought; in the ripple of the perpetual
waters and the eternal stars Conversing
with some of lis people, he was heard to
recite some passages in Gray'S Elegy,
lately come out to those parts; of which
says an earwitness, he expressed his ad-
miration in an enthusiastic degree pAh,
these are tones of Eternal Melodies, are
not they! A man might thank heaven
had he such gift; almost as we might
for succeeding here gentemen"
Next morning, Thursday, 18th Sep
tember, 1659,) Wolfe, with his &, 900 is
found come to some woody land neck in
the height, which was not quite precipi-
| tous; has trailed one cannon with him,
the seamen busy bringing up another; and
by ten of the clock, stands ranked Gust
somewhat IN the Frederick way. though
on small scale) ready at all points for
Montcalm, but refreshing to be cver-ready
Montcalm on first hearing of him had made
haste. ON je les roiS on lis ne doiiem pas
etre 4; je rGiS les ecra>er Ito smash them) !
sad he, by way of keeping his people in
heart. Ard he marched up beautifully
skilliul, neglecting none of its advantages
His numerous Canadian sharp shooters,
preliminary Indians in the bushes, with a
provoking fire. "Steady !" orders Wolfe,
" from you not one shot till they are with
in thirty yards" And MontcaIm, vol
leying and advancing, can get no response,
more than from Druidic stones; till at
thirty yards the stones become woodland
continue so at q dreadful rate and in the
space of seventeen minutes, have blown
Montcalm's regulars, and their second in
4
destruction. In about seven minute.
more, the army was done: " English
fallen on with bayonet, Highlandcrs with
claymorc," fierce pursuit, route total ani
Quebec and Canada as good as finished
The thing is yet well known to every
Englshman and how Wolfe himself dice
in it, his beautiful death.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-02-21

Az ELorEMENr - a WARNING TO
YoUNG GIRLS - a few evenings since, II
young man, accompanied by girl eighteen
years Of age, arrived in Jersey City in the
II i. NJ. Erie railway train, and, pro-
cecding TO a hotel in the vicinity, register
ed themselves as man and wife. After
supper they retired to sleeping apart
ment, and an hour later the girl came
down stairs, with her bonnet on, and was
rushing out in the most excited manner,
when she was stopped by the superintend-
ent, who suSpecting something wrong,
asked her where she was going. She re-
piled that she had been deceived, and in
tended to jump off the dock. The super
intendent told her that he could not allow
that, and after further conversation the
glrl sand that she was not carried to the
man with whom she came, but that she
had eloped with him from Middletown,
\. Y, under promise OF marriage on
their arrival at Jersey City. but that, a,
it WAS too late 10 procure the services OF
"a minister, she had consented to pass rs
his wife until the following morning, when
they were to have the ceremony perform
ed that after going TO their room and
engaging in conversation awhile, the
young man said he could not fulfill the
contract as he was already married, Upor
this the young woman Immediately left
the room, and was leaving the hotel in a
distracted manner when stopped as above
stated 1t appears that the young mar
was II soldier until recently, and the ac'
quaintance sprung up by means of CORES
pondence, and finally resulted in an elope-
ment after two weeks of personal acquain
tance, The superintendent told the cir
he would see her righted, and after placing
her under the surveillance of some of tn,
domestics, he visited the young man ii
his room. The young man admitted tina
he was not married, when he was glveI
the alternative of marrying the youni
woman, or a drubbing and chance fo
State Prison. The young man accepted
the first proposition, and the young coupl
left the following morning on their return
to Middletown, where they were to b,
united.