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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-15

ALIEN A.. w.: >. rnr H. ISL. Com.
Mr.. Glcnnan did Hot favor that portion of
the report in which il was proposed to take no
further action. He thought it WAS the duty Of
the society TO aid immigration for the purpose
Of developing the Resources Of the State. and
he desired 10 SEQ this body take some action in
"rrler to aid the State officials. He would move
10 refer the report back to HE committee.
Mr.. OConnor bought no object could he ut
tanned by rccomlltting. unless some definite
action WAS ii ken I,y the convention, some plan
pointed out for the guidance of the committee.
Mr.. Grnnan wanted tine report acted upon
at Gncc.
Mr.. \. f. Moore favored the recornmittal to
the committee: and was Of opinion that the
subject had better be left with the committee
until the next session Of the convention. lie
suggested that the Legislature be memoir allied
aud all other things done to induce the immi-
grafton Of Catholics from foreign countries and
other States
Mr.. . Conner moved to recommt the rcnort,
add three to the committee. md request them
TO report at this session He also suggested
vote o. thanks the committee for their labor>.
DR., Griffith said that the State had neglected
the subject Of immigration on account Of want
Of means. and the society certainly had none.
He favored the enlargement of the committee,
but desired t" br excused from further service.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THURSDAY, JUNE -, 1871.

a writer in a Pittsburg paper proposes the
construction of "A road from Green Spring sta
ton in Hampshire county, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. via Romney, to broadway
station, on the Manassas Gap railway, as way
to give Pittsburg railroad communication with
Richmond and Norfolk. This connecting link
will bring Ronney and Cumberland within
twenty-eight miles of each other. From Rom
new through Brooks Gap to Broadway station
is sixty miles" According to the writer the
route is eligible and economical, not having Il
tunnel on the entire line. Striking the Alanas-
sas road the way is via Stauntonto Richmond
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ORANGE. ALEXANDRIA AND VI.
p ASSAS RAILROAD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-15

The storcship Supply, having taken cargo
al provisions 10 the suffering French, is return
ing. and has no boarl it is <aiI, the sick Of the
European Squadron. \ Lieutenant and Il
Pavmaslrr az sad to hr insane
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-07-13

A WONDERFUL RACE.-Some clever
unknown in England, catching an idea
from "Skitzland," has managed, by creep
ing through a crack in the shaft of a
mine, to find out that the heart of the
earth is filled, not with fire, but with
race called the Vril-ya, among whom
civilization has reached its highest limit
Each man carries stick about with him,
which is a condensation of heat, light,
electricity and magnetism, by means of
which he accomplisbes by touch all work
tediously wrought out here by machinery.
The government of the tribe, among
whom our discoverer landed, is more re-
markable. ''This single community elect
ed single supreme magistrate styled Eur;
he held his office nominally for life, but he
could seldom be induced to retain it after
the first approach of old age. There was
indeed in this society nothing to induce
any Of its members to covet the cares of
office. No honors, no insignia of higher
rank, were assigned to it. The supreme
magistrate was not distinguished from the
rest by superior habitation or revenue
There being no apprehensions Of war,
there were no armies to maintain being
no government of force, there was no
police to appoint and direct. What we
call crime was utterly unknown to the
Vril-ya and there were no courts of
criminal justice. There are no lawyers
IN this blissful state, all laws being pros
mulgated under the formula 'sIt is request
ed not TO do 50 and So" The women
share in the superior beauty of their sex
here and also have larger muscles than
the men, which hardly seems fair. This
people are shortly, it appears, to make
their way above ground through land-
slides and earthquakes, and we are
heartily glad TO hear it, although our own
less civilized race would disappear before
them as the Indians before the whites.
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DIVORCED BY DEATH.

The people residing in the vicinity of St.
Francis Station have for several days past
been agltated by what many of them
deem a remarkable dispensation of Provi-
dence. a farmer named Niessen, an old
resident Of that section, had until quite
recently lived in the enjoyment Of hap
py home, gladdened with the presence of
a loving wife, and family of eight in
teresting children. Trifiing circumstances
led him to suspect his wife of an evil
design to rid herself of bis presence. And
step by step an unkind fate led the wife
into position of seeming enmity to tie
partner of her life. While kneading dough
for bread, two pins disengaged themselves
from her dress and were not noticed until
breakfast on Saturday morning, when the
husband found them in his slice of bread.
Blinded with suspicion, lie Immediately
accused her of an attempt upon bis life.
She indignantly denied the impulation,
and wept to see her husband leave the
threshold of the once happy home for tha
avowed purpose of instituting proceedings
for a divorce.
While the husband was vending his
way to the convent of ST. Francis, to seek
advice as 10 his course under the unfortu-
nate circumstances, the wife went SORROW
Ingly out into the meadow to perform her
usual task of milking the cows While so
employed, one of the cows, vicious ani-
NAL, set upon her and eored her SO terri
oily that death ensued in short time after
she was carried iuto the house. A neigh
Dor witnessed the horrible occurrence, and,
having learned of Mr.. Niessens mission
to 81. Francis, hitched up his team and
hurried after him. He was not long in
reaching him, and told the story of how
a cruel fate had relieved him of the trials
OF divorce by calling his wife from the
bosom OF her family to the grave
1t may very well be imagined that the
information startled the husband, who
but few hours before left his wife in the
enjoyment of good health, and his sor-
rowing circle Of motherless children caused
the strong man to bow in anguish of souI.
The occurrence has given rise to many an
idle tale, and Dame Runner, ever busy
on occasions of this kind will have it that
Mr.. Niessen was shot during an altercae
tion with neighbor, seon after the death
OF his swife.-Mltcaukee .Senti1,d .Juae 90.
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Very respectfully and truly,
GEO. 1AYLoR-

TWENTY years ago farm eight miles
square. in Livingston county, Illinois. was
entered by its present owner at SI25 per
acre 1t is now subdivided into thirty~two
farms of $50 acres each, every farm being
run by separate sets of hands, and the While
under direction of the owner, NJ. L. Sill,
van. There are 5000 acres under tha
plough $50 miles OF ditch for draihiuy.-
One hundred men and four hundred work
horses and mules are employed or the farms.
besides two book-keepers, four blacksmiths;
and eight carpenters. An accdrat account
is kept with each sub-farm, and with each
man. horse and mule, the animals icing all
named. or numbered. and charged with the,
amount paid for them and their food, and,
credited with their labor The entire farm.
with improvements and personal property
on it is now valued at al out g, 600 600.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-07-13

Fun IN CoURrs sometimes
have their moments Of fun and aruuse>
ment, as will be seen from the subioiued
items. One bears upon the gentleman of
color and the other squints towards the
lawyers pretty hard.
A colored man was nrraigned before
one of the Camden, N j., courts short
time since, charged with the larceny of
some wood. When called on to plead to
the Indictment, he said 81 bought de
wood and dat l knows did but TO save
my soul from de esllis l cannot tell de
man | bought it of, kase bought it in de
dark. Guess Ill plead guilty"
The other anecdote is more in the ma
ture of repartee, During the pause in
the examination of witness who had
been testifying about some bank bills hid
in Bible, Justice Cassidy was mechan-
ically thumbing the leaves of the official
copy of the Scriptures, just used for
swearing the witness, when Mr.. Pancoast,
counsel for the defence, jocularily asked,
''Are you looking for money, too 2"
"Looking for money!" promptly answered
the justice 81 should not expect to find
any after the book had passed through
the lawyers hands"
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ana hold communication sweet in spite
OF the defeated free pipe bill No sooner
suggested than acted upon; that night he
laid SIX hundred and eighty-one feet of
halt inch gas pipe underground between
his derrick and the prison of his betroth-
ed; happy junction with the cave spout
was effected during the next night and
shortly alter messages were sent and re-
ceived between the lovers-Laura having
brought the end of the water pipe close to
the window, and Henry had bis end of
the line directly beneath his pillow,
where, after he was off tower he would
whisper words Of undying affection that
only ended when he fell asleep and the
pipe slipped out of his mouth
But while love giggled at the lock
smith, the blacksmith was preparing to
snort right out at love; for one day while
Laura was at dinner her father had, while
looking around the room, discovered the
misplaced pipe, and while gazing with
critics eye at the strange spectacle, was
more than startled by the soft words COM
ing apparently from the cistern, Laura,
dear, is the old man round 2 MIR. Hewitt
smelt a mouse he did more than that: he
inhaled the odOr of a genuine wharf rat :;
but saying nothing, he merely descended
the stairs and returned with pint of
oily looking liquid, which he handled
with ex'reme care. Making cartridge
of paper that would hold nearly all of the
mixture, he Inserted it in the pipe several
feet, and then placing bar of iron upon
that, called out loudly enough to be heard
through cartridge, pipe and all, Henry,
my dear, are you there 2 Quickly there
came the faint reply, Yes, Laura -
place your ear at the hole, Henry -
Here the parent raised sledge hammer
and struck the iron rod an earthquake
followed, before the echoes of which had
rolled away could be seen the disappear,
ance of an engine house, in mid-air, fol
lowed by the gable end of the Hewitt
mansion.
"And now for the sequel. In his
anxiety to see 'how it was, himself old
Hewitt remained too near the pipe, and
when the glycerine went off, he did, also,
and was picked up in Armstrong county
few days later. But where was Henry
Instead of applying his ear to the hole,
be had stepped to the derrick for mo,
ment, during which the explosion occur
red. He was only stunned, and few
moments later met his betrothed running
to see if he was hurt. They fed at once
to neighboring justice of the peace and
were married. They have patched up
the old house and are happy, though the
mysterious disappearance Of their father
was a subject of conversation for months
after. This is the story as told Us by an
old man who lives near Henry and Laura,
who heard the noise, and also saw where
the grouud had been torn up by the fathers
vengeful experiment. If any one doubts
the story, the derrick is still to be seen. .
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-07-13

BAPTIZING TIE BABY.-In an Eastern
town there is woman who is extremely
deaf, and her affliction has caused an ex
tremely unpleasant mistake of which her
infant child is the victim. She took this
babe TO church to have him baptized
While she was waiting in the vestibule
she thought she would keep him quiet by
feeding him from a bottle of milk. While
the child was still taking his sustenance
the mother was summoned to the church
with the announcement that the minister
was ready. In her agitation she drew the
bottle from the baby's mouth hurriedly,
when the gum nozzle came off, and q
part of the milk was spilled on the chiId's
new clothes. When the Clergyman took
the child in his arms, he looked down at
it, and asked the mother what name
should be given it. She, with her mind
troubled about the accident, thought he
was asking how the clotlies became soiled,
80 she answered:
''Nozzle came off,
Rather surprised, he asked again, for
the name, and she thinking he did not
understand her, brawled out
E'Nozz'e came off, say -
Whereupon the astonished divine poured
water on the child's head, and said
''Nozzle came off Furguson, baptize
thee" etc, etc.
What this woman wants to know is,
whether the legislature or something can't
have that child's name changed 10 Henry,
or Lucullus, or William, or some other
euphonious appellalion.
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A REMARKABLE CO sE.-Miss CIauton 81
Winterset, Iowa, is subject to neryo,,s
spasmss' Which set every muscle in her bo3v
IN mo'on with quickness that cannot L.
fly from side to side. and che rolls 80 a use gr
with hightful rapid AccnnnTo,-,.i+ tur .to ilo
motion is quic.sn painting bsIkins 9a,lo tro
Ia tna' So' '.e' -ies can be heard a half rnile.
81. ohe Is y ftectiy conscious and suffers much.
The sIaasmS last just two hours, and leave
her very weak. They have now come with
sG.e. fa-si.lA::!!tyy ..:! = for many months.
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A TRAVELLER, who saw pretty little
girl in the same car with himself, says ::
''In few years, thought !, that infant
will be an ornament to society but had
she not better die Very soon they will
tie some dead mans hair to the back of
her head, fasten her ribs with Il corset,
and hang bird-cage around her lower
limbs. Worse than that, when she ar
rives at maturity, she will be compelled
to determine whether she is for protection
or free trade, to understand the intricacies
OF pig iron and go to the polls and vote. F"
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The President Judgeship.
between certain Ctt,
zcns Of Blair County and the
Hen. Gee. Taylor.

Published by request-see editorial remarks.
ALTOONA, Pa, February, 1871.
HoN. GEORGE TAYLOR: Sir-As the time
Is rapidly approaching for another election
of President Judge of this district, and so
near that some interest is already manifested
on the subject, the undersigned, without re-
spect to party, not regarding the office as
political Office, and feeling satisfied that the
citizens of the district of all parties have the
most assured confidence in your capacity, in
tegrity and strict impartiality as a Judge, re-
Spectfully ask you to allow yourself to be an
independent candidate. Respectfully,
Nm. Nj. Lloyd, John Shoemaker,
a. Roush, 3. L. Patton,
John Lloyd, NJ Runyeu,
T. McCauley, VIM. O'Neil,
John II. Bowman, Jacob Snyder,
H. q. Dern. Edward Hodnstt,
Chss. c. Shannon, Chas. j. Stahl,
+. B. McCrum, John F. Bowman,
Lewis Plsck, Ciement Jaggard,
Z. J. Hutchinson, r. A 0. Kerr,
James Clabaugh.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-07-13

If 20 grains make a scruple, .how
many will make a doubt2 If 7 days
make one week, how many will make
one atrongs If 81 yards make pole,
how many will make a turk If three
miles make league, how many will
make confederacy If four quarters
make yard, how many will make a
garden
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-07-13

WHY are fashionable young ladies like
letters Because, unless they have stamps
the males reject them.
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'hETBRIA COUDTY B0Nns -TT

rrar4-at ,9lers Of Cambria County are now
MiyTS :" ar,I 20 those desiring the same. the
E5I r-s' s'it I county IN sums of SlOO. SEQ and
Iar.--L-,. ne -e bond- are issued by authority of
IT. f-, -. 10. quarter Sessions OF Cambria cOun-
I'll, y.,- r-E e purpose Of raising money to build
i-- .. SIX per cent. per annIiuEsaid inferest
..a1. 'as a1ie esemI-annually-and are redeem
d. I3,b i5.1 ,teas4re Of the commissioners after
gra rI. ,95'.4 OF December, 5 "a, and pay
C5.ro-g -.i otii "isy of SepteIG her. 1851
s-rr 'f f. are attachedto each Bond for the semi
p..-. p.--:. instruments of interest.
ta7s Ss oeslrIng TO invest in this Loan will
d. @,AAaeus5urs. O'lii -iS7-oiiefS at their once
DI.-I.''7 IS. our hands this 10th day of April, a.
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BLAIR CoUN7y Fabruarv JS7

BLAIR COUNTY, February, 1871.
Hos GEO. TAYioR-As the time is approach-
ing for another election of President Judge,
and the euhject already discussed in some quar-
ters, the undersigned. believing. as We think
the mass Of the people believe, that the Office
Is not and should not be regarded as a political
office, and believing. also that the people of
the district. of Ill parties, feel the most assured
confidence in your capacity, i'm egrity and i'm
partiaity as Judge, respectfully ask you to
allow yourself TO be, as when last elected, an
INDEPENa ENT Candidate for aid nninn
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1-'AD - H'N H-NA SALN4uGtS lOI eall OlucS-
Crawford Irwin, Fred Hyle.
James M. Cooper, H. c. Eieodemus,
Jacob Snyder, A. j Anderson,
Bernhard Goldman, !. B. SkyIes,
James II. Cramer, F. G. Bloom,
John II. Law, j. G. Shoemaker,
q Jeremiah III z, John Breneman,
). u Mckee, f. Hammond,
Henry Leamer, S. Rover.
James Bine ham. Joseph Kyler,
Joseph Hutchiscn, David Klepser,
q. II Steiner, Tho. King.
Daniel h. Reamey, Levi Miller,
Chris tian Hauser, John G. Rhodes.
II: IL Hamilton, Robert Taylor,
Theodore Sickie5, Paul Mauk.
y 4. Cils5man, e. w. Mauk,
joe. S. p. Harris, Samuel Shock,
T. ID. Wise, II. X. Hammond
Samuel Moore, Joseph Blackburn,
). Ebermsu, Stephen Hammond
David Robeson, Samuel Z, Honstein,
a. il. Holiday, Robert 5. Cunning,
f. Mccoy, Abram Burket
L. dcN ally, Samuel l.. Hare,
,lohn @. DcGraw, Frederick Shaler,
VIM. l.. AXE James W. n eely,
Theophius Snyder, Adam Shafer,
Jerome Bladde, David Stewart,
j. Q. Snyder, Fred n. Berry.
James Funk, Thomas Cunning.
II. IL. Crissman, Adam L. Hare,
Z. McGraw, John Harpster.
Peter Stroup. Milton Hileman,
Samuel f. Fox.
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VALUABLE FARM NEAR LORETTO

FOR SAL E
ana easT TTpCrloer offers for sale on fair terms
Ccllent = fIIS us that most desirable and eY-
Joining the RI ~ recently occupied by him. adj
Acres-i0so 1dGro1gh deygl Of Loretto containing IEo
n 5Sr cultivation ana the % balane are IN @ gG0d sGfe
IN eycaIio.o ilIortable House, good Barn and
ubuDdgncai pictdfd on the premises; also an
ualt,. - OF pure tCGtCT. II is deeira HE TrC
tblryci DcautItul.y located and is convenient 10
tam. SCHOOLS, market, etc Title indisnu
n ~. n or terms and other inforunatioI1 aDiII;-
FnL L@g9reSs A. WALTERS
w. lc.-If. CdfTOluotO7t, Cdnib Co Pa
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HuxrIxapoN, 23d april, 1871.
To Mcssrs. DIR. Crawford Irwin, Jacob Snyder.
James II. Cramer, James n. Cooper, and
others, citizens of Blair county.
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H. HENDERs0N'S

80 wanted 10 sell Wheeler & Wilson Sewing
a.-i!c; good territory, great inducements
lIH.re4g 4glT1t, horse and wagon furnished.
-2iEAN. Ag t, ~. Market St, Harrisburg, Pa
.f9S AH0ETH Horse and Carriage furnish
tssy ell. Expenses paid. II. Shaw, Alfred, Ne.
iP7ls PaTer. CoTer aud SIIccr. Price az.
-.s 4@ n once. Warranted satisfactory.
Oh. NHIIIEAObE, Worcester, Mass.
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cL-!a cGccZ CO., Day.e-, q

BOT.RY Measuring Faucet.-Thc .est
4 hrlt'. md reliable article. NeUer gums,
r.-r liable 10 breakGge. Send tor circular.
illness * 90, Shirem8nStOWn, Pa.