The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-05-11

THERE arc 21 900 Knights of Py.
thias in Pennsylvania, nearly three
times as many rs in any other State
a TERRIER dog in Greensburg, the
other day killed one bushel of rats in
fifteen minutes.
TuE Supreme Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias, in session at
Philadelphia, has abolished the apron
as part of the regaia of the order.
TuE recent local elections in Indi.
ana resulted almost invariably in Re
publican success. The reaction con-
,inucs.
PHILADELPHIA, according TO the
returns of the assessors for 1871, has
450 church ediiiccs, more than loo in
excess OF any other city on the CONT.
neut.
Is Phocnixvillc, a little child fell
into well. A man went down the
rope hook the child's hair between his
teeth and clambered out. 1t was a
.hair breadth escape
Mn JonN GRAHAM. OF Beaver coun-
ty, a few days since, shot Il large grey
eagle in The ac. Of carrying off young
lamb The bird measured seven feet
six inches from tip to tip of the wings
aud had II steel trap attached to Que
Of its talous.
TIE Connecticut election returns
are more confused to-day than they
were the night after the election Con-
Trajectory statements appear daily. aud
new developments are hourly made.
The Democracy Of Connecticut, if
they received no pccnuiary assistance
from Tammauy, ut least have been
taking instructions from her iu the
manipulation Of election rctorns.
\ JURY at Huntington, Tennessee,
in which, we are informed by Nash.
vile paper, there were nine bcmo-
Gratis, has convicted Democrat Of
that place of kukluxing and he has
been sent to tho peuitcutiary for ten
years. II every Southern community
initiated the example Of Huntingdon.
aud if every Kuklux was so punished
there would be no need of enforcement
bills or " military despotisms.
BOYER, q halfbrcad Indian, was
recently hung at Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing. lie was convicted last month of
the murder Of two men, by jury
composed partly Of women. This is
the first legal execution that has taken
place in Wyoming, aud tho fact that
the law was allowed to take its course
in the case of Boyer, indicates that
Judge Lynch is being dcposed.
TAKING the census in this country
/ Is by no means an easy task. The
enumeration is still Incomplete, aud /.
year will probably have elapsed from
the time the work was begun before
all the returns are in. Another year
or more may be consumed in printing
the returns. But il the country is in
/ possession Of tho whole results OF
the enumeration in two years time, L
vii! be sooner by four years, than al
any time previous, uuier the opera
tious Of the present law. The census
/ OF 1850 was not printed in book form
until 1866, aud that Of so no. until
1859.
TnE recent Democratic victory"
in New Hampshire, over which the
opposition have $ nc, been shouting
themselves hoarse with JOY, doscn't
turn out to be decided victory after
all. All the returns are il now, and it
appears that the House of Rcpreson-
ta,ives will stand, Republicans lG6.
democrats and Labor Reformer, l63.
In the Scuatc are Republicans aud 3
Democrats, with two vacancies. The
seats OF l Democrats in the House
will probably be contested. Qiery:
Is this sample Of the victories 10 the
doubtful States, out Of which the
Democrats build their hopes of carry.
ing the Presidential election in 1872
THE Border Raid Claims bill passed
the Senate by vote of II to II, after
being amended so as 10 strike out all
in regard to the payment of interest.
to reduce the annual amount to b,
paid from $4,000 to $l5, 900, and to
limit the time Of the annual payments
to five years. The vote was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Brodhcad, Bucka.
lew, Conuell, Crawford, Davis, Do ,h-
ert, Dill, Duncan, Findley, IIcneszy,
Miller, Mumma, Nagle, Os,erhout
Perticau, Randall and Wallace.
Nays.-Mcssrs. Albright, Allen
Anderson, Billingielt, Brook, Delama.
ter, Evans, Graham, Knight, Ohm
stead, Pnrman, Rutau, Turner, Wariel
aud White.
BALLoU's MAGAZINE for Juno has
appeared with list of contents which
will tempt the most Indifferent Of lite
rary cpicures. Theie are some twenty
six different articles in The June mum
Der, some of them handsomely illus
trated, The great tale Of the season
however, is "Thc Old Clerks Secret,
written for Ballou's by Levi Bearisley
Esq, the late special agent of Wash
ington department, aod who has
produced wonderful story, full O
incident and plot Of Washington life
But all Of the stories in this number
are rood Terms. 81 40 nor veor n,