The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-05-26

We now have an authoritative statemen
, from Tennessee paper, that his Ac
. cidency, instead Of going to foreigr
parts, is making bis arrangements I,
r resume his old trade. II seems tha
, he has purchased large and commo
: dious brick building in Grecuvillc
, proposing to engaged again at 40 earl,
day iu tho tailoring business, under
, The old sign of" A. johnson, Tailor
lie intends to employ quite number
Of tailors, aud will conduct o whole.
sale and retail business Bully We
/. wish him ubuudent success at his old
trade. He made great mistake, as
the people Of the United States know
TO their sorrow, when he gave it up
and undertook to be u statesman. Now
that he proposes to go back to the tall.
oring business, he NAV yet in some
measure regain the espect of the ma
ton and die regretted by his custo-
mcrs.
Two buildings connected with the
Watertown Mass.) Arsenal were blown
into atoms on Sunday afternoon. by
the accidental explosion Of large
quantity OF shells and other war mu-
nltions. The explosion occurred about
: o'clock, in the she'll house. caused by
the intense heat drawn from the sun
through a circular sky-light, which
operated similar to q sun glass. II
being Sabbath day, there were no work
men present, otherwise the loss of life
would have been fcarfdl. Tho cxplo-
sion was distinctly heard dozen miles
IN all directions. The shock was
very severe, aud caused great havoc
among the windows Tor miles around
and services in tho various churches
suddenly cl,scd.
According to the Paper TRADE
Report the paper collar Abomination
Is to be followed by the production
of pet,icoats, which are either printed
in i'm Ditatiou of the fashionable skirts
Of the day or stamped out with open
work OF such beauty and delcacy that
no amour, of labor with needle aud
scissors could immitate." Aud that,
too, at the tritling expense OF fifteen
cents apiece: so that the men with
doll wives, can get their sawdu,t au-
gels spr,ng outfit for one dollar.
These prices will doubtless have II
beneficial effect upon the present de-
pressed matrimonial market.
We have u story from Peru that
tho United States Consul at Tumbez
has got himself into jail BY slappiug
the face vi Postmaster. OF course
consu Is are not to DO haudcutled and
iettcred for little indiscretons Of that
sort, aud We are glad that Rear Admir-
al Turner has taxed the matter up
still poslmasters have rights which
even couusels arc bound TO respect
As soou as the Peruvian authorities
have discharged Mr.. Weir from dur.
auce aud appologized tor the arrest,
we suggest tha, Mr.. Weir should apol-
ogize for the slap and then be dis
charged from his consulship.
Rev. DR.. Chaplin Of New York,
before proceeding with his regular
services last Sabbath morning, remark-
cd to his congregation that he always
preferred being wet down by a
thunder shower than by a drizzllng
leak, and as their was a small debt re-
msiniug upon his church of $l0, 900,
VIII ich caused leak of seven hundred
dollars per annup, he desired to have
it stopped, The box wen, round. and
when the contents were counted it
was found that the desired sun had
been obtained. The leak was stop
ped.
THE anticipated reduction of tie
duties on Iron by the United States
causes great activity iu the iron re-
gioDs Of Wales" Such is the despatch
sent by the cable from London. The
only effect Of the persistent efforts of
the free traders in Congress is to give
work TO the paupcrs of Wales at star
walton wages, aud to turn out of en-
ploymeut the well-paid artisans of the
United States; so that the effort to
get what is called cheap iron really
helps nobody but those who produce
il abroad.
Our intelligence from the Dominion
this morning is Of a some what startling
character The mysterious movements
of the Fcnians are ut last assuming
tangible shape. The reported burning
Of five hundred houses in Quebec, which
comes 70 us in tue same despatch an,
uouucipg the massing Of Fenians on
the border, indicates resort on the
part of that organization to guopowder
plots, internal machines, aud the other
resources OF enthusiastic but impracti-
cable revolutionists, Press Of yester-
day.
Tho result of the McFsrland-I
Richardson trial conveys two or three
lessons on liberty. The first is, that
if a man takes the liberty Of violating
another mans household arrangements
the other chap is at liberty to shoot
him. Secondly, women are not at
liberty to take liberties Of that sort
Thirdly, juries are at liberty to 6nd a
verdict OF not guilty on tho ground Of
insanity, whenever it is necessary to
restore liberty to an outraged hus
band.
The 81. Louis Tribune gives a
list of .jorty-nine Missouri journals
(seven OF them issued daily which are
outspoken for Protection, and says