Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-31
Mems frdmi oil Nations.

the payment OF th2 Stato ueDt.
In the Stuart divorce case which
naa occupied the time OF the Superior Court
in Chicago for twelve days, the jury found
:, verdict of mot guilty in favor OF Mr..
stuart. His wife charged him with adultery.
and sped for divorce.
At Mobile, on Saturday, the Uni
ted States Marshal seized nearly all the !
steamboats, y ing at the docks for carrying |
cotton without tarpaulin covers as required .
by Law. They were subsequently released !
on payment Of fine.
The Legislature OF Maryland
passed an act abolishing that article in the
code which permit ed the sale of negroes !
into Slavery for crime. Hereafter no dis |
tinction will be made between white and |
hlack criminals.
The British ship Royal Sorerign, |
with 9 cargo of 1850 bales of cotton, was
burned near New-Orleans. The vessel and |
cargo were entirely destroyed, Total loss
100000, mostly insured.
Large meetings are being held
in New Yorl. for the purpose Of sending re-
lief to the starving people-white and black
of the South.
Midnight meetings are being held
among the dissolute and abandoned women
of New York for their reformation.
A little girl, II years old, was
smothered in the snow, while returning
from school, in Boston, in the recent storm.
Two Sunday School teachers had
q fight in a church in Chicago for which
they paid five dollars each, next day at the
police court.
"A man in Buffalo recently won
two wagers by walking several squares bare
foot, on one of the coldest days.
The keeper of the jail in Erie
county, N. Y, refused to allow the prison
crs to read the Christian Adrooate, for fear it
would make them Republicans.
The heirs Of Anneke Jan are
again moving to recover the Trinity Church
snd other property in New York
A southern editor says he does
not wish to read the Right Way. That's
Just what's the matter with all rebeldom.
There is a prospect that the tax
on whskey will be reduced and some more
stringent manner Of enforcing the act de-
yised.
The Supreme Court Of Louisiana
has decided that rebel contracts cannot be
enforced in that State
-Garabaldi has written a letter, in
which he applauds the election Of Massa-
chusetts colored men TO the Legislature of
that State.
-Four old people of St. Paul, Min
nesota, whose ages united we're about three
hundred years, danced a quadrille-with
enc foot each in the grave.
The chair in which President
Lincoln was sitting when assassinated in
ford's Theatre, is now in the museum of
the Interior Department at Washington.
Eight thousand troops have been
ordered for service on the plains and in the
mountains. The first instalement Is now
IN route by the Pacific Railroad.
Occasional" says he has met
gentleman of high character, from Arkan-
sas, who assures him that the murders Of
loyal men there average four every day.
"A sister of late Governor Of
kentucky died few days ago.in station
house i'll Cincinnati, of congestion of the
brain. She was miserable drunkard.
N. P. Willis, the noted American
poet and prose writer died at his residence
-Idewild-near New York, in the sixtieth
year OF his age
During the recent storm, in Bos
ton, the police assisted l27 women and
children home who were out and would
probably, have perished but for their aid.
Five thousand buildings were
erected in Philadelphia last year.
A fire in Johnstown, on Sunday
last, destroyed about SO, 900 worth of prop
erty.
"A man in Pittsburg stood TWEEN.
ty-four hours on a pedestal, without sleep
ing for wager of $100
Cheese Factories are being cree
ted in Tioga county.
Cn-nrn1 n14+.n anI ,r,,la,, 20 n
tories in Delaware county have suspended
operations.
Prof. Blot is lecturing on the Ar
Of Cooking, in Philadelphia
-Girard College has 400 pupils
and an income of $3.50, 900 year
John Lester, of Monroe township
Snyder county, has been bitten by his owl
dog, which is suspected of having the by
tirophobia.
The Treasurer Of Union count,
reports that three thousand five hundred
dollars remain in the Treasury after payini
all the expenses for 1866.
Jacob Jones has been committed
TO Jail, in Harrisburg for the murder 0
Beniamin Moore-both colored
"A vein of Black Band Iron Or
has been discovered in Schuylkill county
It is supposed to be of immense value.
On Tuesday of last week, pas
songer car on the Catawissa Railroad wa
upset by the breaking of a rail. Severa
passengers bruised, but none killed.
John Horn, Jr., has been appoir
ted "My Policy" Mail Agent between POI
Clinton and Elmira in place of MGuigor