The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-03-06
PENNS YLVANIA LEGISLATURE.

us many plfUcS are StSpenullig lncir pVr-
chase5 until they know what is determined on
this subject
PENNS YLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
TnUEsDAY, February 25.
SENATE.-Fatitlons were presented tor
more stringent license law. The Com
mitte2 cn Military Affairs were instruct
ed to inquire into the proprioty CT pur-
chasing q building and grounds for the
purpose OF providing q home Tor the
invalid soldiers of the State. Adjourned
HousE.-An act allowing interested
parties to testify in their own suits WAS
passed. \ bill repeating the law giving
pensions to the soldiers Of 1912 was dos
teated, A new jury law was passed,
after being amended SO aa not 70 include
Philadelphia, Adjourned
TUESDAY, February 2G.
Senate. MIR. Fisher read an act 10
change the mode OF granting licenses
for the sale of Intoxicating liquor, Mr..
McConoughy, an act to punish prize
fighting in this State. Mr.. CouneIl, the
bill to regulate the fees OF certain officers
in Philadelphia, prepared by direction OF
City Councils, The general railroad
law was considered in Committee Of the
Whole, and the committee was refused
leave to sit again.
The House was engaged intle conside'
ration Of bills on the private calendar,
and various acts OF incorporation passed
first reading,
SLAUGHTER OF WOMEN AND GILL
DREN.
How the Turks carry on the war
against the Crctans is demonstrated Ivy
an incident related in letter from
Athens. The Christians in Selino, were
Informed by the Consuls at Canea, that
Earopeau ships would appear oil Sugia,
and take such families away as chose 10
leave the island. In consequence nearly
5000 women aud children locked thlth>
er, anXiously awaiting the arrival Of the
promised vessels. A larg. steamer ap-
! pcared, carrying the English ilag, and
was cheered by those on shore, when
suddenly the steamer turncd out to be a
Turkish ship.of.war, opened her ports
and fred her broadsides into the help
less and unarmed crowds, Over $50
women and children were killed ont,
right, and much larger numb'r more
or less seriously wounded. Such wan-
ton acts of cruelty and barbarism must
hasten the termination Of Turkish domi.
nation in Europe.
MEMDnRs OF CoNGRE.s-lIons. B f.
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Martin Wolkdr, $. L Ancona. Also,
Mr.. Thomas G DUrant, N. p. Willis,
with Portraits, Biographies, and Char
aclers. Indian Legends; Mental Tele>
graph; Woman's Rights and Womau's
Wrongs; Plain Words to Big Boys;
The Teacher; Hints to Travellers; Visit
ing the Sick; Health at Home; A Trip
to Omaha; Flogging, Parental Influence;
Going to Paris; Popes Essay on Man,
ETC., in March number chronological
Journal, Only 20 cents, or S2 year,
Address Fowler & WELLS, $50 Broad-
way. New York.
BUFFALO, Feb. 27.-F'ive dead bodies,
two males, two females, and one new
born infant, were found by the detect,
i've police at the Grand Trunk Railroad
depot this afternoon. They were ship.
ped through the American Express
Company for Ann Arbor, Michigan
The bodies were packed in flour barrels,
in nude state, and had not been dead
over a week. They were not decompos>
ed, and bore no marks Of Violence
The bodies are now being cleansed of
flour, and will be exposed for ldentiica-
uon tomorrow morning. The city is
wild with excitement.
A terrific earthquake was felt at Fort
Klamath, Oregon, on the Sth inst -
Ashes and sulphurous vapors filed the
air, and Klamath Lake fell SIX feet, and
Crooked Creek was completely dried up.
The account purports to have been writ
ten by order of the commandant at Fort
Klamath,
Owing to high winds in the Adr-
attic, Venice has been inundated to an
extent which has never been equalled
within the memory of any of the inhabi-
tants. The piazza of San Mark was so
flooded that boats and gondoIas passed
over it, and the whole of the space had
the appearance OF vast'lake.
The London Saturday Review says:
80 long as there are mothers left with
daughters to be married, so long will
matchmaking continue to be pursued,
and it must obviously be pursued all the
more energetically to keep pace with the
growing dlsinclination of bachelors
among the upper and middle classes to
face the responsibilities Of married life.