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~ Diseases in . short time, either in Male or
FemA ale !; charges low fees; uses no Mercury.
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BURIED AND RFSURRECTED.
A Man Covered UD Forty Feet Deep In n
WeIl-He Scratches Out

Man Covered US Forty Feet Deep In n
A correspondent of the PatJsburg (MoO
Register writes from Grundy county, of that
State recently as follows
A singular and tragical affair occurred here
on the 9TH inst, to which was an eye witness
in part. A Mr.. John Andrews, popular and
well to- do farmer in the neighborhood. had dug
well some forty feet deep, and had walled it
up about fifteen feet deep, when it was dis
covered that the wall was about to cave in. Mr..
Andrews gathered up an armful of short boards,
and Went down pole ladder fastened to the
side the well to lay them across the wall, so
as to prevent the dirt, as it fell, from filling up
that part of the well walled up. He had not
more than reached the bottom, it was
thought, before the well cavcd in,
The alarm was given and the neigh
bors gathered, but all believing him dead, they
returned to their homes, to make arrangements
to come the next day and dig him out Mrs.
Andrews and Two grown daughters and several
smaller children refused to leave the spot but
sat on a log near the well crying, until late in
the evening, when all at once they saw Mr..
Andrews emerging from the well, covered with
clay, and coming towards them! The children
all ran, screaming to the house, bolted the doors
and fastened the windows believing it to be
their fathers ghost. But Mrs. Andrews ran to
meet him, screaming at the top of her voice,
'Oh John! Oh Johu is that you? is that
you?" When she reached him she fell fainting
at his feet.
1t seems that when he got to the bottom Of
the well, he looked up and saw the top giving
way, and believing he had not time to make his
escape, ne slipped under the boards which he
had laid across the WELL when the whole thing
fell in upon him. All hope at first gave way,
and he was about to let himself drop into the
water below and end Mt once his miserable feel
ings. But feeling above, he found the clay easily
crumbed, and hope revived. The pole ladder,
it seems, was still standing and getting hold of
it with one hand, he with the other scratched
away for life, the dirt falling into the water
below as he dragged his body slowly upwards
1t seems he did not suffer much in breathing, as
fresh air came down the pole, around which the
dirt was loosely packed. In the incredible time
of seven hours he scratched hole some forty
feet long, through which he made his escape
This is one of the narrowest hair breadth escapes
from q terrible death on record.
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FROM NEW FORK.

Effects of the Storm-Obstruction 70 NavIzn-
tiOn-The Ferries blocked.
New YORK, JAM 26.-The ice in the bav is a
greate obstruction to navigation to-day than at
any time for many years. The Staten Island
Fery-boats find the crossing quite difficult, and
their trips are irregular The Pomma, of the
North Shore Ferry, is said to be ice-bound at
Elm Park. The Castleton, of the same line,
came up this morning more than an hour behind
time.
When off the Sailors Snug Harbor" she
rescued q man who had nearly perished in au
effort to cross the stream in an open boat, hay-
ing been struggling in the ice since A. NJ. A
few minutes later she picked up two men in the
same situation, in another ice-hourd row-boat.
When off the lighthouse, pilot boat No. ~ was
discovered completely ice-bound, having been
drifting about all night without being able to
find a passage to seaward. The Castleton towed
her to this city.
Railway COIlisioD.
MIpDIETowN, N. Y, Jan. 26.-This morning
an extra traip, westward bound, ran into a
freight train, No. 3S, opposite Sweets Hotel,
demolishiDg the caboose. No person was in
jured
New YORK, Jan. 26.-SnoW has been falling
since early this morning.
specie shipment.
The AleppO takes $9S, 700 In specie.
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BEET SUGAR.
bnbIe FaiIpre of CnIifornin EnterprIse

Probable Failure of "A California EuterprIse
The elaborate efforts to make beet sugar in
California, though watched with a favorable
and friendly attention, have not thus far been
successful; on the contrary, the enterprise is
likely to be failure. writer in the San
Francisco Commercial Herald makes careful
computation to prove that three thousand tons
of beets will yield only 100000 pounds (5 per
cent? of salabe sugar at II cents pound,
worth S36,000 and 10800O pounds g per cent
of dark salt sugar, for refining purposes,
worth at six cents pound. $l080 This
makes the total value of the product of
three thousand tons of beets $40, 800. The
expense of reducing this quantity of beets
in a factory working fifty hands day, he esti-
mates to be $40 600; so that the loss in the
operation would be 500, 200. That this estimate
is approximately accurate would seem to be
confirmed by the fact that the beet sugar mill at
Sacramento, of which SO mDch was eXpecred
has temporarily suspended owing we are
told to the wantADf practical knowledge on the
part of the person engaged as superintendent.
That this kind of sugar should be proftably
made in Germany and France, and not in Cali
fornia, is owing perhaps to the less saccharine
matter that the California beets contain, COM
pared with those grown in Europe, and the high
cost of labor and machinery in California.
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PhiIadelphfa Trade Kepors.

THURSDAY, Jan. 26.-BarK-Tn the absence OF
sales we quote No. Quercitron at $50 9 tom Tan
ners Bark ranges from S1T to S22 per cord for Ches
nut and Spanish Bark.
Seeds-The receipts of Cloverseed are trnIng,
and it is in demand 1880 to IKE. per ID. Timohy
is nominal ats6@6'3O. Flxseed is wanted by the
crusheTs at S2IO.
There is fair degree OF activity in the Flour mar
ket, and prices well slsta ned ste idy de
mand prevails from the home consumers, and
there is some speculative inquiry. 2OOO bbls changed
hands, including superfine at S550@5T5; extras at
s5'65@5'75; Wisconsin and Minnesota extra IA
mily at s7(a7'50; Pennsylvania do do. at S6'506
7; Ohio do. do. at s6%7L@775; and ST. Louis
dO.do. at IS. Rye Flour may be quoted at S5'2569
500 In Corn Meal no sales were reported.
The Wheat market is char acteriZed by increased
1smness, and prime lots scarce and easier.
Sales OF 5000 bushels at Sl5S@16O for Indiana
red; 81 60dl 62 for Ohio amber. Rye is scarce, and
and may be quoted al 95c. 9Tc. for Western. Corn
is coming forward slowly, aud most holders are de-
manding an advance; sales of 1000 bushels West
ern mixed yesterday afternoon at S2GS219c., now
held at s5c. Oats are unchanged; 700 bushels white
Pennsylvania sold at 60c. 1000 bushels New York
twO-roWed Barley were taken on private terms
Whisky is scarce, and held at 9Ic. for Western
irOn-bOund.
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allthe injuries which result from it. We are sick
of paying two-thirds of cur taxes for the benefit
of the vendors of poison" The petition is as
follows, and it may be stated that there is talk
of similar law for Ohio
To the House and Senate of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania-The prayer of your
petitioners, citizens of the county of Luzerne,
showeth:-That it is admitted by all wise legis-
lators that the use and traffic in Intoxicating
liquors is highly dangerous to the interests of
the community, and no legislation has as yet
succeeded in restraining these evils as to
prevent them from existing and increasing; and
that there is portion of our fellow citizens
who contend that your honorable bodies have
no right in any way to prohibit such use aud
sale. but are bound to provide. by a license law,
facilities and accommodations for such use and
sale. We, your petitioners. not here question
ing that right, nor asking for the repeal or pro-
hibtion of it, do respectfully pray you to pass
law for this county, If not for the whole State,
on the following basis:-
/. That all who wish to sell Intoxicating
liquors shall make known on a certain day
their intention of doing so to the judges of
the court.
?. That, on paying, pro rata, their proportion
of all the criminal, police, and pauper ex-
penses of the county, to be estimated i'm a law
ful manner, and giving bond, with good secu-
Tily, to pay any other damage that may arise
in consequence of the sale and use of said
liquors. fairly proven, and that would not
have occurred without said sale and use,
they be permitted to sell and use, as now
allowed by law.
g. That the county expenses, as above shall
be paid out of the money paid by these appii-
cants; and that the injuries, properly established
shall be collected out of the bond given for that
purpose, the individuals thus injured being re-
quired only to prove the injury as resulting
from the use and traffic, to obtain judgment
against the bond fund, and this judgment to be
executed, pro rata, on the giyers of the bonds
Any person selling liquor without complying
with these conditions, or any person violating
the laws already existing on this subject, shall
be fined not less than $50 nor more than $780,
and imprisoned for not less than one year in
the county Jail. One half of the fine to 20 to
the prosecutor, the other half to the liquor
fund.
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from THE WEST.

Endowment system In Beneficial Societies.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 25.-The Grand Lodge of the
Beoni Beritti has adopted the endowment sys-
TEN to-day. Each member will pay so cents on
the death of o brother for the widow and
orphans st. Louis was selected as the next
place of meeting.
snow In NJ. Louis
ST. LOUIS Jan. 25.-AbOut four inches of
snow fell last night and rain has been falling
all of to-day.
Kansas Senatorial Election Alexander CaId-
well Elected.
LEAvENwoRTH, Jan. 25.-The first ballot of
the joint convention of the Kansas Legislature
for the election of a United States Senator re-
suited as follows Alexander Caldwell 81 ;
Samuel j. Crawford. "a; Ex-Governor Shannon,
2. The citizens of Leavenworth celebrated the
event with music, bonfres, the ringing of BELLS
and firing salutes. Caldwell is the first man
friendly to their interests ever sent. to the
National Legislature.
German Protest Against shipment of Arms To
France.
CINCIENATI, Jan. 25.-A large meeting of
Germans was held tonight in Arbeter Hall to
protest against the sale and shipment of arms
from the United States to the French Govern
ment. Resolutions were adopted saying that
the war has been prolonged by sending arms
and ammunition to France from this country;
that the action of the Government was contrary
to its former policy; that the Germans solemnly
protested; and that the Government in its policy
had treated with disrespect the services of the
Germans in the war for the preservation of the
Union. Senator Schurz was complmented.
The Third Ohio Congregational DIstricC.
The Executive Committee of Montgomery
county, Ohio, have discontinued proceedings in
the contest with Colonel Campbell for the seat
in the next Congress from the Third district, the
necessity, they say having ceased by reason of
Mr.. Schencl's foreign appointment and by the
justice to be awarded the soldiers through the
bill in Congress receding the jurisdiction of the
Soldiers Home to the State of Ohio.
Death of n Reporter.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 25-Lewis A. Allen, for
several years local reporter of the daily press,
died to-day.
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OBITUARY..
George Cfcknor.


George Ticknor, the distinguished author OF the
"Iistory Of Spanish Literature died to-day at his
residence In Boston. Mr.. Tcknor was born in 1871,
and was educated at Dartmouth College. After
graduating he visited Europe, and spent five years
in visiting the various countries and in studyingthe
character Of the people and their languages. On his
return to America he was appointed Professor of
the French and Spanish Languages at Harvard
College his leisure being employed in the p -epaya-
ton OF his "History OF Spanish Literature" which
was first published in 1s49 This great work esta-
blished Mr.. Ticknor's reputation as a critic and
scholar, aud it the subject Of most cordial
praise rom both American and European reviewers.
1t is complete survey Of Spanish lite
nature, with admirable critical remarks upon
the different authors, iuterspersed with extracts
representing their varieties In style. These extracts
excellent specimens OF translation, aud they in
spire regret that Mr.. Tcknor did not devote him.
self to introducing some OF the classic Spanish
authors to the English-speakiug public in more
complete shape. ''The History OF Spanish Litera-
ture" has been translated into Spanish and German
and is considered the standard work the subject
In 1868 Mr.. Tcknor published "Life of William
H. Prescott one of the most interesting biogra-
phics in the English language
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LEGAL INpaGExGnNcH
The TriaI Of DIR. Neville.
Court Of oyer and 7errntler-Judgss Allison a

Court Of Oyer and 1er1nirer-Jtdgss ALISON ana
PdGSOn.
The Court this morning resumed the trial OF Dr.
w. H. II. Neville. AS compared with yesterday 8
attendance that OF to-day was quite small.
The Commonwealth called Frederick Heller, a
bartender in Broad street, near York. who testified
that on the morning of October II he saw an old sh
Our-Wheeled carriage Drive across the lots from
York street inio Broad it was between aud II
O'Clock the horse was dark sorre horse, with tW
white feet, and some white on its face lie saw but
one person In the carriage, and thought it was
man.
Policeman Charles j. Nichols sworn-Said he
remembered Keller telling him something about
a man the day OF this occurrence, but could not
recall distinctly what II was
DR. Shaplegh was recalled, and Mr.. Hagert pro-
posed to read TO him the testimony OF the witnesses
regarding the condition In which the child was
found, and the treatment it was subjected TO from
that lime until its death, and then asked hts opinion
as TO the probable cause OF death.
This was objected to, and after lengthy delibe-
ration was withdrawn. He then condensed the
testimony on these points in one short FORM aud
upon It based the same question. which was ike
wise objected TO.
The objection was argued at length, and then the
Court took recess, holding the matter under con-
sideratiOn.
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NEWSPAPER LARCENY.
Strange Opinion of N Police Justice Upon the
Matter.

There is a section in the laws of this State
which reads as follows:-'That every person
who shall unlawfully and feloniously steal, take
and carry away any newspaper or periodical
from the place where the same may be left for
any other person or persons, corporation or
corporations, shall be deemed guilty of larceny
and punished accordingly"
In the recent case before Justice Banyon a
boy was charged with stealing the Republican
from in front of house. Although the charge
was proven fully, the Justice discharged the
prisoner for the following erudite and all-sufi-
cient reasou:-
The Justice remarked that the case was intri-
cate. In the course of his official career he had
not learned that the taking away of a news
paper from the front of a house amounted TO
larceny. If the paper was put in the house or
hall way, then il might be larceny. The com
plainant must in future have the paper placed
within the house, or he could have no jurisdic-
tion in the matter.
If this be justice, then Dogberry ought TO take
precedence of Blackstone. - Chicago Rspl6-
LiCQn,
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FROM THE STATE.
The Execution Of John Ha1lOu-A Law In the
Way-rrouble Anticipated.
0l1ecinl DeapnfcheS hn The Eneninn Tecnrnnh

Way-rronDIe anticipated
Special Dispatches 10 The BUening Telegraph
HARRISBURG, Jan. 26.-Since the visit of the
Catholic clergymen to the Governor ia the inte-
rest of John Hanlon, the murderer of little Mary
Mohrmann, there have been no further efforts
to secure a respite. While some look upon this
quietness as a sure indication that his friends
are perfectly satisfied that he is the guilty man,
others conceive that 1t foreshadows further
trouble. This latter class are of the opinion that
the counsel for the condemned man will take
advantage of the special act passed at the last
session. allowing writ of error to be filed in the
Supreme Court, in order that the testimony as
well as the law might be reviewed in cases
of murder In the first degree. This
became a law hastily, and was intended TO apply
especially to the case of DR.. Paul Schoeppe.
The matter VAS never thoroughly sifted and in
drafting 1t no limit as to time when the writ
should be presented was Incorporated. This is
where the further trouble in the case of Haulon
is anticipated II is known that no very deter
mined effort has as yet been made to carry the
matter to the SupremeS Court under the act of
1870 and it is believed that some notoriety is to
be acquired by presenting the writ while Hau-
Ion is on the scafold. 1t would certainly be q
dramatic scene; and who is there more anxious
for such an event than those who have been
moving, so TO speak, heaven ana earGn IN an
endeavor to acquit this murderer of
a little girl five years of age? Hanlou, It is as.
serted has declared that he would not be hung
at the time fixed by the Governor, and this, it
is thought, means that the public is to be sud
denly taken by surprise by some such move
ment as the above. All this could be obviated
by q repeal of the act of 1870 before Wednesday
next, and the understanding at present seems
to be that the bill which is now in the House
committee will be brought out and acted upon
without delay.
A Case of IA Contested Seat Abandoned.
The case of the contested seat in the Arm
strong district has been abandoned, and the
committee will submit a report to that effect Tin
few days. The committee were officially noti-
fed of the abandonment last evening by the
counsel of Mr.. Steele, the contestant.
7he Philadelphia and Camden Bridge and
Ferry company.
The bill proposing to incorporate bridge and
ferry company between Philadelphia and Cam
den, via Windmill Island, has been reported
from the committee and will receive action on
Tuesday next. The friends of the measure claim
that it is only carrying out the provisions of an
act passed in 1920 and assert that it is the only
practicable manner of preventing any Interrupt
tion in the communication between the two
cities.
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FINANCE AND co mMERCE.
EVENING TELEGRAPH OFFIoE,, +,

Thursday, Jan. %, 1874. !
There was scarcely sufficient business trans
acted in financial circles this morning to enable
us to characterize the market. For call loans
the demand was exceptionally light and the
weather was too unpropitious to favor outside
transactions, thus influencing the market for
discounts. to per cent. was the range for
call loans, and to 8 per cent. for A l mercan-
tile paper. The banks kept their regular Gus
toners in good supply at per cent, but the
paper most in favor was sixty days aud under.
Stocks were very dull but steady. Sales of
City 6s, new bonds. at 100S.
Heading Railroad sold in a small way at 491s;
Pennsylvania at 621S@631(; Lehigh Valley at
co. Philadelphia and Trenton at 1855; and Oil
Greek and Allegheny at 46b@461I. The only
feature was the lively movement in Philadel-
pbia and Erie, which was in demand al 2714@
273s, the latter b. o.
In canal shares the only sales were in Lehigh
at 3435@3415.
A few shares of Germantown Railroad
changed hands at 3O13. 1873 was bid for Hes
tonvlle
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES
Reported by De Haven & Bro, No. 40 ). Third street.
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FANCY PRICES.
Wh Mt Dosing and DentIstry Cost In New YorL.

Wh0l Dosing and Dentistry Cost In New York.
physician in good practice will receive pa
tiepts in his Office four hours daily, and make
calls for the same length of time. From ten to
twelve callers and half as many house patients
would be q fair average, for which the fees would
be two and five dollars each. At these
figures it wOu,d not be hard to make up an in
come of $4,000 or more. 1t is stated of Dr. W.
town to attend a patient, he returned bill of
$500, and when it was disputed he showed by
his books thai his daily receipts we're much over
that sum, and this will give an idea of the
profits of the most successful doctors. Sur
geons' single charges are larger than those of
physicians though the incomes of the latter are
probably the highest. For ordinary attendance
their rates are about the same or say $5 a visit.
From S25 upwards is the charge for operations.
For setting an arm or leg $3.50 would be asked,
larger undertakings being in proportion. For a
case requiring "A delicate operation and six
weeks constant attendance, sometimes two or
three times day, $1,000 was lately asked by a
leading surgeon. In another instance where a
wealthy gentleman was badly lamed by q rail-
road car, ne was attended by Dr. James r.
any important operation, and sent in bill of
$25O0, which was paid. This is exceeded by Dr.
CaTnochan, who charged $1,000 for an operation
alone, while another surgeon is said to have re-
covered $4,000 from one patient
The prices charged by dentists are quite as
high as those of physicians. A man of ordinary
reputation in the profession will ask from S5 to
$50 for pulling a single tooth, while Mr. Atl,in-
son, one of the most fashionable dentists ia re-
| ported to charge SO for simply examining a
persons teeth, and $25 an hour for operating on
them, and has brought IN bill OF 5000 for filling
single tooth. Many'people refuse to pay these
fancy prices, but 10 is q common thing to have
TO pay anywhere from $l0 to 800 for dentists
bills. Most practitioners of any reputation have
engagements veryfar ahead. Ten days is a shOrt
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notice to wait for your turn: while friend of
mine, who went to Europe in the middle of last
October, on applying to her dentist for treat
ment was told that he could not give her
single hours heed until February, or nearly four
months is advance. Dentists are kept busy all
1Ve year IGonu anu seuom nave any ie,Iure'
but is very profitable. Their incomes range
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year, while they have
no expenses for carriage bire, books, or travel,
and not a very heavy outlay for materials and
keeping up their ofIices.-N. Y. Correspondent
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new York Money and suoon market.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26-St0eks heavy. Money,
soc per cent. Gold, lOh@llO%. 5-2Os 1862,
coupon lOs5s do lss4, do 1895 do. 1865 do. lO9s
DO 1865 new, lOs; do 1857, l0s}s; do 1858, lOSsl
Canton CO., 6TH I; Cumberland pref, %; New YORK
Central and Hudson River, 9416 Erie 2lzs Reading,
lls; Michigan Southern 921S; Illinois Central,
1881; Cleveland and Ptttsburg, Jos; Chicago and
Rock Island, 1913; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne,
a3H; Western Union TeleRTaph, AZ.
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LET WHISKY PAY FOR IT'S CRIMES.
A Curious Petition TO the PennsyIvanIa

A Curious Petition TO the Pennsylvania LeRIs-
Iature
The Rev. Father Thomas P. Hunt is circu-
lating in LuzerDe county curious petition to
the Legislature, thaG is intended to advance the
interests of temperance. Mr.. Hunt calls this an
''oliVe branch held out TO the liquor sellers" 4"
He says, "Let them derive all the pleasure and
Toft they can from the traffic, and also pay for
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Baltimore Produce, Market.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 26.-Cotton strong; mid
ding upland, 15Ac.; low middng, 15c. Flour
firm but quiet Wheat nrm and sCoCk scarce and
in good demand atyesterdays figures. Corn higher
ana stock scarce; white, si@sSc.: yellow, s0@s2c.
huoyant at yesterday S figures. Whisky strong ana
held at gGG97C.