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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
A New Phase of DeyiltrY.

A few weeks ago malicio us injury, near
ly involving loss of life, was perpetrate
on the property of Mr.. Blake Butler, of
Orangemore. A man was employed now
ing with machine, when suddenly it came
in contact with an iron spike driven into
the ground, and was smashed in pieces
The man who was directing the movement
of the machine by means Of lever, was
thrown off his seat, and but for the lever
which he held, he would have fallen be-
tween the knives and been dreadfully man
gled. The spike was found to be one of
those used on the railway to fasten the
rails to the sleepers. Three similar spikes
were found in different parts of the field,
driven firmly in the ground.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
Tunnel Through the slerra NeYada.

Negotiations are said to be going on with
every prospect of success, for the increase
in the size of the proposed tunnel through
the Sierra Nevada to such an extent as to
admit of the passage of the Pacific railroad
and the Lake Tahoe canal, the one above
the other. The saving in distance by run
ming the track through the tunnel instead
of over the mountain would be seven miles !;
the saving in altitude 1000 feet and almost
the entire line of snow sheds now required
to be kept up at an immense amount of
outlay would be rendered unnecessary.
The saving of the running ascent, going
from the westward, would be over 12i per
cent, and coming from the eastward 20
per cent, and very great saving in fuel /;
and the wear and tear of the locomotives
and rolling stock annually would be effect
ed thereby, TO say nothing of the saving in
time and increased safety.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

1t will be seen that Tuesday Nov. 7th, is
the most important, numeric ally consid-
cred, seventeen States electing State Off
GERS, and in some cases United States Sen
ators on that day. New York elects only
the minor State officers, and part Of the
Legislature. For four years that State has
been carried by the Democrats, but recent
events may make change in the vote. In
Massachusetts, the contest promises to be
an exciting one, at least until the Republi-
can Convention settles the question of the
candidates for Governor In Wisconsin
the Republicans have a clear majority but
there is discord concerning the nomination
for Governor, which imperils their chance
Of victory. The 10th Of October is, upon
the whole, the most important day, as Indi-
ana, Iowa, and Pennsylvania then choose
State officers and members Of the Legisla-
ture. In all these States the contest will
probably be close and exciting. We can
only hope that everywhere the best side
will win, whatever may be its political
name and We are not disposed TO. deny
that in certain States there may be some
doubts whether that name is Republican OF
Democrat.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

Humers Rheumatic Relief is linament
which is remarkable for its healing proper
ties and is good for man or beast. Having
once tried it, no family or horseman will be
without bottle on hand. For sale by F.
Mortimer & Co., and various stores through
out the county. ~ ----
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

cz- For several hours during Friday
night of last week the city of Richmond,
Virginia, was filled with birds of different
kinds, which, attracted by the lights of the
streets, battered their heads against the
windows, as if seeking shelter from the
cause that drove them there. Several men
seated on the'portico of hotel, while being
entertained by the music of the birds, were
astonished to see one of the crane species,
commonly known as the "ily-up-the-creek," !"
make dart at one Of the windows, striking
his head violently against the glass. So
persistent was he to effect an entrance that
he remained until captured, rather than
go away. The Richmond people are anx-
ious to know what the wise men will say
about this strange freak Of the birds.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PENN'A.
Tuesday, Au0ust 20, 1871.

SOME persons are already advocating ap-
plication to the legislature for aid to the
sufferers by the great fire last week at
Williamsport. The experience obtained
from the Mifflintown appropriation ought
to be convincing evidence that legislative
aid in such cases is, to say the least, i'll ad-
vised.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
nY- The Kentuckey election returns

sB- The Kentuckey election returns,
from all but two counties, give Leslie Dem
ocrat) 124, ,326, Harlan (Republican) S7,907
a Democratic majority of 36,419. The
remaining counties will not make much
change in the majority. The Democratic
majority at the election last year was nearly
seventy thousand
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

Very Pretty.-All the ladies who have
seen them, say the New styles of prints
and other dry goods just opened by F.
Mortimer & Co., are very pretty. Call and
examine them.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

THE temperance excitement in Highland
Co., Ohio, is at high pitch, as the women
are bringing suits against those who have
been selling liquor to their husbands. Last
week Mrs. Dalurhide obtained judg-
ment against a seller for $50 and costs, and
many more suits are in progress; one of
them rather peculiar one, A Mrs. Lewis
Eckert has sued German for selling her
husband beer, though it is not alleged that
Eckert is an intemperatc man, and he has al
ways supported his family in comfortable
manner. The suit causes much excite
ment, as Eckert promises to leave his wife
if she persists in the suit.
Under the new liquor law Of that State,
every glass of liquor sold, is cause for ac-
ton, and any fines are lien on the prop
erty on which the liquor issold.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

"a The plastering of tho room in Au-
gusta, Georgia, in which Elizabeth Charles
andhcr husband were sleeping, fell last
week, and part striking her in the stom-
ach caused death.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

aag- Great Gain--in wearing wanamaker &
Browns clothing.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

Eg- In Cleveland, the other day. lad of
sixteen entered show in an old building
Illuminated out side with glaring pictures
ON canvas. Inside, instead of the wonders
that had attracted him, he found another
picture, a parrot, and monkey, dog and
nothing else except case Of "gifts." lie
was offered his choice for one dollar, and
drew until he had lost thirteen. The next
day some Of his friends visited the place of
exhibition, and in spite of being told that
the responsible man was absent compelled
the pewons present in charge to refund.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29

NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is the
result of four years study and experiment. 1t
is now perfection itself, and no more to be com
pared with the other preparations now flooding
the market, than "tanglefoot" whisky is to
pure Bourbon. See advertisement.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-29
LIFE OF
JESUS THE CHRIST.

Sure to outsell any book ever published. Prospec
tus books are now ready and territory will be
awarded to reliable agents on early application to
j. NJ. STODART 4 CO., Publishers,
5334w d 73i SAMSON St., Philadelphia.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-08-30

item Of all, that the adopted child shall inherit
It's adopterS estate to be leh 10 inference, as
against statute rights Of heirs at lawl The ex-
pressed statute right Of the adopted child is
found in the provision that his sdoptsr Is liable
frOm the day Of adoption to all parental duties
and obligations" Ibid To make even a loeiti-
mate child an heir is neither legally nor morally
parental duty. Neither the agreement nor she
Statute makes the adopted child an heir. Orn
children, meaning issue Of the blood even, can
not inherit to the exclusion Of legitimate heirs
1t is true that articles Of adoption are required
now, by special Statute, 10 be written; but the
Statute Of Frauds would have required written
memorandum Of such agreement, aud the writing
adds no new force to the agreement ITSELF
Finally, in regard to decisions Of this Court
supposed to affect this question; In the Al Chu
case, there was a will In the Abenela case,
which was merely at Hisi priss. without argu-
ment, claim under adoption was rejected for
want Of written agreement, and the Court there
go on to intimate o5ifer that if the agreement
were in writing, it would have the effect OF
will. But no opinion was given or required on
that point.
In the case Of the Estate Of His late Majesty
Kamehameha ", the Court, in beraco, say. that
Eholiho would have been "eutitled as the
adopted son to Inherit" even II he bad not taken
under will. But this also is a mere o5itsT die
tuul, and is hardly reconcilable with the actua
decision explained by their subsequent remark,
that the deseen. of the rest Of the property mot
reserved to the Crown,) must be governed by
the general law Of inheritance and distribution,
and Her Majesty Queen Emma is therefore en-
titled as statutory heir to one half" This last
point Was decided and the decision l regard
binding and conclusive in the present case as
against any but statutory heirs.
For these reasons, think the appellant is not
the heir whom the Court can or the law does
recognize. and that the sister, Mrs Writ, as sole
surviving heir, is entitled to take under the
Statutes of descent and distribution.
WIDENASS. J.: 1t seems clear to me that the
written articles Of adoption without any further
evidence Of the intentions Of the adopser. are
insufficient under the law and statutes Of the land
to establish title 20 inheritanes FOR the adopted
child
think therefore that the claim Of the adopted
child in this case should be rejected.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-08-30

ILLEeIBLE SIGSATUKEs--Whata q silly pedantry
that is that induces some little people to sign their
names so that no one can deeipher them. II
anything that man puts upon paper ought to be
bold and unmistakable, it is bis sigrature.
The habit of signing with hieroglyph spraug
up with people in high places-no credit to them
and those in lower places contracted it in aping
their bstters as usual, and thereby honoring the
character inherited from their Darwinian pro-
genitors.
Scores Of letters from conspicuous nobOdies
come under the eye, wound up with a cOngIomera-
ton of dashes and aourishes, that supPosing them
to be excusable as the signs manual Of bishops and
first lords. are absurd as the superscrptions Of
people Of no note. The eliminating point Of it,
consistency is reached when the name is written
so vilely that the writer has TO enclose bis card
TO tell you what it really is. Often the body Of
a letter thus signed is legibls enough, showing
that the correspondent has learned to write pro-
perly, and that his scrawly signature IS mere
afeetatiOn.
1t may be said tha. the hlsrogiyph prevents
forgery bu! this Is a bad argument, for the more
complicated a writing the easier can it be imitat-
ed. Far more difficult Is it to counterfeit sim
pie hand which bears, as all simple hands do bear,
a character peculiar TO him who wrote it.
The habit is quite unpardonable; and a nan
who puts puzzle in the most important part Of
his epistls ought never to be disappointed il be
gets no answer; for the time that could be given
to reply may be completely used up in dis-
entaugling the web that shrouds the name.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-08-30

TIE ANTIQUITY or ISvEETIoS.-Ths most an
cient invention is that Of the needle. Whether
the credit Of this invention s due to Adam and
Eve, We know not, but We do know that the
Bible says they ssWed agleaves together and
made themselves aprons" To sew Eithoat a
needle would be an impOssibiliiy-therefors they
must have invented one; but whether from
thorn, sbay-stick or fish bone, is q matter Of
doubt
How ancient, then. Is the trade Of dressmakin1,
and when We look at the fashiOnably-6sessed
women Of to-day, and reflect that all their dress,
hnery &c. are the result Of the combined
thought. industry and perseverance, Of drsss-
makers for nearly six thousand Yeas, il Il to be
wondered that abe is fearfully and Wondsrfully
nader
To Noah is attributed the invention of vine,
234T B. C. Ale was known At least 4O4 B. G.,
and beer Is mentioned By XenOpbou 4Ol B. @.
Backgammon, the most ancient Of sll our gnmss,
was invented By PaIamedes. Of Greece, 1874
B. G. Chsss is Of later date, and originated ESQ
yezrs before the Christian Rra-
The first circus was buiIt By TirqHin, 605 B. O.,
and theatrical representations took plaes - long
ago a. 562 B. c. The first tragedy vas written
By Thespis 55s B. g. Sol seems the sBcienss
we're not 20 destitute Of amusement a. oss Eould
suppose. fs It not possible that the philosopher
Socrates delighted 10 chess; that SopbocIsE
amused bis little friends By taking .hem to see
the giadiztOrs and lrgedians, s1d that s7sn in
mortal Homer could play hir game Of back
gnmmonf
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-08-30

A FOxAS in Memphis, Tens, recently got
into eght silh Der husband, and Wills IN ths
act Of throwing pop bottle az him, bit lightsd
lamp suspended from the ceiling. and emplied
the burning asid Ell over Der. which, ia spite Of
his magnanimous Efforts % prevent 4. injured her
% badly that she died
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-08-30

A ncE young nan At Portiaod kept boxing
into the window of q married Iady unfd bo say
her shake her basdksTebIei, when be called at
her room AhsF being picked up It the bottom
Of the ssairs, and having his bones nst. it vas
explained that Shs vas only shaking sous appls
peslings frosi . napkin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-16
Abuse of the Franking Privilege.

To appreciate the extent of the
Franking abuse, it is only necessary
for one to visit the Capitol and see
the immense bags of printed matter
which Senators have ordered sent to
their homes after the close of the
session. These bags weigh from 80
to IS or 100 pounds, and more than
100 Of them were standing together
one day last week, waiting for the
cartman to take them to the Post
Office. Of these, more than 20 were
directed to each o: the following
named Senators: Conklin, Johnson
(Va), and Foreman (West Va.); six
were marked for Senator Nye's
homo in Nevada. This has been
going on, not only ever since the
close of the session, but during the
whole of it. But the worst feature
Of the abuse is that when the term OF
Senator or member of Congress ex
pires, it takes him long time to for
get his old tricks In the mail await
ing transportation to-day were 13 OF
the huge bags directed to ex-senator
McCreery of KY, whose term OF
Office expired on the 4th of last
March.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-16
American Hotels-Some Interesting
Facts About Them.

Tho veteran landlord. Mr.. Roessle.
form erly OF the Albany Delavan, and
now OF tho Washington Arlington
Honse,igives the public some interest
ing statistics of the great sums paid
as rentals of the leading hotels, and
OF the extravagant prices paid to
them in turn by their customers.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel pays a rent
OF $500, 900; the ST. Nicholas sos, 900,
although it cost less than half mil
lion. Mr.. Stewart, who owns the
Metropolitan Hotel, and had got
$50, 900 year for it. from the Lee
lands, has now rented it to Richard
Tweed, son of BOSS" Tweed, who is
going into business as the "ring"
hotel-keeper and is $3.50 rent
year. The Astor House rents for
S75, 900; the Everett House in New
York for 80 900, and the Brevoort
House for $27 900, while the Delevan
at Albany is profitable at S85, 900, and
the Stanwix Hotel at Albany pays
S25, 900. The great hotel at lake
George had $1,000 guests last season,
In four months; its gross receipts
were 1921, 900, and the net profits
S52, 900.
At the Arlington at Washington,
one boarder pays $500 per month for
q parlor, bedroom and bathroom !;
Senator Cameron, for himself and
wife aud two rooms, pays $3.50 per
month Senator Fenton's family, for
parlor, two bedrooms, and an office,
pays $1,000 per month Sam Cox
pays for himself and wife $3.50 week,
and recently gave supper at the
hotel for one hundred persons, which
cost him $1,000. The finest enter
tainment ever set at the Arlington
House was one gwen by VIM. S.
Huntington, in honor of the Japan
ese there were only 20 persons pres
ent, and the bill was 1000. DR..
Hembold paid 800 day during his
two weeks stay at the Arlington
this winter. And SO on.
There is not so conspicuous an il
lustration of our wanton American
habits of careless, even reckless ex-
travagance and luxury as the hotel
business furnishes. Both in their
management and in their patronage
there is vulgar waste that is even
son ething more than discreditable-
it is almost wicked.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-16
The Observation-Disclosures by the
President.

The President, on the 4th inst,
issued the following proclamation:
The act of Congress entitled an
IAN act TO enforce the provisions of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States,
and for other purposes" approved
April 20, A. ID. 1871. being law of
extraordinary public Importance. 1
consider it my duty to issue this, my
proclamation. calling the attention
of the people of the United STATES
thereto, enjoining upon all good citi-
zens, and especially upon public off,
GERS, to be jealous in the enforce
ment thereof, and warning all per-
sons to abstain from committing any
acts thereby prohibited. The law of
Congress applies to all parts of the
United States, and will be enforced
everywhere to the extent of the pow
ers invested in the Executive.
But inasmuch as the necessity
therefor is well-known to have been
caused chiefly by persistent violation
of the rights of the citizens of the
United States by combinations of
iswless and disaffected persons in
certain localities lately in state of
insurrection and military conflict, l
do particularly exhort the people OF
that part Of the country to suppress
all such combinations by their own
voluntary efforts, through the agen-
cy of the local laws, and to maintain
the rights of all citizens of the United
States, and to secure to all such citi
zens the equal protection of the laws.
Fully sensible of the responsibility
imposed upon the Executive by the
act of Congress to which public opin-
ion is now called, and reluctant to
call into exercise any extraordinary
powers thereby conferred upon me,
except in cases of imperative neces-
sity, l do, nevertheless, deem it my
duty to make known that l will not
hesitate to exhaust the power thus
vested in the Executive, whenever
and wherever it shall become neces-
sary to do so, for the purpose of Sc
curing to all citizens of the United
States the peaceful enjoyment of the
rights guaranteed to them by the
constitution and laws. 1t is my
earnest wish that peace and cheerful
obedience to- law.may prevail through
out the land, and that all traces of
our late unhappy civil strife may be
speedily removed. These ends can
be easily reached by acquiescence in
the results of the late conflict, now
written in our constitution, and by
the due and proper enforcement of
equal, just and impartial laws in ev-
CRY part of our country. The failure
of local communities to furnish such
means for the attainment of results
so earnestly desired imposes upon
the National Government the duty
of putting forth all it's energies for
the protection of it's citizens, of every
race and color, and for the restora-
ton of peace and order throughout
the entire country.
In testimony whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this Sd day
of May, in the year of our Lord 1871, and
of the independence of the United States the
ninely-fourth.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT.