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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-07
Gbe Gintes, Mem Bluon1helo, 1pa.

of rebellion among the clerks and shop
girls at the beginning, but Mrs. Betsy
had quick, steady eye, and self-reliant
manner, that caused her presence to be
felt, and soon made everything subservi-
ent to her will It was remarkable
fact that at the close of the first week of
her administration of affairs, the cash re-
cepts were over thirty pounds in excess
of the receipts of any week within the
previous three months.
/ Have we done more business than
usual this week Z" she asked of one clerk
and another; the uniform answer was
No."
Then said the lady to herself
" there's been foul play here No won
der my husband was in trouble"
At the end of the next week the sales
come up to the same average, and at the
end of the third week were forty pounds
better than before Mrs. Little undertook
to manage the retail department. Wheth-
er there had been foul play or not, Aaron
Little could never fully determine; but
he was in no doubt as to one, thing, and
that was the easy condition Of the mon
ey market after the lapse of half a
year. . .... .... ... .....
BY the end of the year, to use his
own words, he was all right Not so
neighbor of his, who, to get more cap
ital, had taken Mr.. Lawrence as part
ner, Instead Of bringing in ten thou
sand pounds that capitalist" was only
able to put down three thousand, and be-
fore the end of the year he had drawn
out six or seven thousand, and had given
notes of the firm for as much more in
payment of old obligations. A failure OF
the house followed as an inevitable re-
suit.
When the fact of the failure and the
cause which led to it became known to
Mr. Little, he remarked, with shrug =
" I'm sorry for b, but he should
have told his wife"
"Of what?" asked the person to whom
he addressed the remark
"Of his want of more capital, and in
tention to make partner of Lawrence.
"What good would that have done p
" 1t might have saved him from ruin
as it did me"
you are mysterious, Little"
Am !? Well, in plain words, Q
year ago was hard up for money in my
business, and thought of taking in Law
renee. told my wife about it. She
said Don't do it, And didn't; for hel
Don't do it, was followed by suggestions
as to his wile's extravaganza that opened
my eyes little. | told her at the same
time of my embarrassments and she Sc
her bright little head to work and show
ed me the way to get out of them. =
Before this | always had poor opinion
of woman's wit in matters of business
but now | say to every man in trouble
TELL YOUR WIFE.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-07
Eternity.

The flowers fade, the heart wthers,
man grows old and dies but time writes
no wrinkles on eternity. Eternity o,
stupendous thought! Thou art ever
present, the unborn, undecaying, and
undying-the endless chain composing
the life of the universe Earth has its
beauties, but time shrouds them for their
grave its palaces they are but the gilded
sepulchre; its pleasures, they are burst
ing bubbles. Not so in the untiied borne
In the dwelling of the Almighty can come
no footsteps Of decay. .t4,b
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-07
Relative Rank Of Cities.

The cities of New York, Philadelphia,
and Brooklyn maintain the same relative
rank as to population they did in 1860.
There has been considerable shifting of
places, among those that now constitute
the remainder of the twenty foremost
cities in the Union.
During the last decade St. Louis has
ascendod the scale from the eighth to the
fourth.
Chicago in similar proportion, changes
from the ninth to the fifth.
Baltimore, which in 1860 was the
fourth, retrogades to the sixth
Boston pursues the same direction, from
the fifth to the seventh.
Cincinnati retires step, from the sew
enth to the eighth.
New Orleans falls back from the sixth
to the ninth.
San Francisco, taking noble, forward
leap, vaults from the fifteenth to the tenth
Buffiio lags behind from the tenth to
the eleventh
Washington makes stride from the
fourteenth to the twelfth.
Newark, New Jerseys thriving metro
polls, drops, nevertheless, from the elev-
enth to the thirteenth. fb5,.
Louisville, twelfth in rank in 1860, is
now assigned TO the fourteenth. amos
Cleveland, four steps forward, mounts
from ninteenth to the fifteenth.
Pittsburgh alone retains the same rela-
tive rank now as then the sixteenth.
Jersey City rises from the twentieth
to the importance of the seventeenth,
Detroit recedes from the seventeenth to
the eighteenth.
Milwaukee from the eighteenth to the
nineteenth.
Albany, which was, ten years ago, the
thirteenth, now takes the old place of
Jersey City, twentieth.
BE1~ Judge d, of Lafayette, lndi-
ana, not only dispenseth Justice with
even hand, but at times indulgeth in the
jocose During the progress of certain
trial involving the ownership Of calf,
it became Of Importance that the jury, in
order to arrive ut a just conclusion, should
be sent to view for themselves the chattel
in dispute. The plaintiff, who had the
animal in charge, lived some two miles
from the courthouse, and one of the elder
ly jurymep demurred to the idea of being
sent SO far The judge, in his usual, full
voice, replied " Gentlemen, 1 anticipated
this objection, and had the calf brought
to the courtyard. | thought it less
trouble to bring in one calf than to send
out f,celOe." ~
The jury emerged into the open air
and, in presence Of the calf, deliberated
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-07
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'r SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
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broken down from
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Removes Syphilis
or the diseases II entails
more effectually and speedily
than any and all other remedies combined
5sely
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22

ONE HALF GUILTY.-A fellow named
Donks was lately tried at Yuba, Cal, for en-
terlug a miners tent and stealing bag of gold
dust valued ut eghty-fOur dollars The test
mony showed that he had once been employed
there, and knew exactly where the owner kept
his dust and on the night specified he cut q
slit In the tent, reached in, took the bag, ard
ran off. The principal witness testified that he
saw the hole cut saw the man reach in. and
heard bin run away.
II rushed after him Mt once" continued the
witness. but when / catched him | didn't
find Bills bag, but found it afterwards where
he had thrown it."
"How far did he get in when he took the
DUST" inquired the counsel
"Well, he was stoopin' over halfway in
should say" replied the witness.
"May it please your Honor" interposed the
counsel, "the Indictment isn't sustained aud |
shall demand an acquittal on direction of the
court The prisoner is ON trial for entering n
dwelling in the nighttime, with intent to steal
The testimony is clear that he made an open
ing through which he protruded himself about
halfway, and stretched out his arms and COM
mtted the theft. But the indictment charges
that he actually entered the tent or dwelling
Now, your Honor, can man enter house
when only ehalf of his body is in and the
0ther-half out'"
Il shall leave the whole matter to the jury
They must judge of the law and the fact is
proved" replied the Judge.
The jury brought in verdict of Guilty as
to oDe-hat of his body, and not guilty as to
the other-halG"
The Judge sentenced the guilty part to two
years imprisonment. leaving it to the prison
er's option to have the innocent part cut off,
or take it along with him.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22


bia. and If he dcman in San Jose, Cal, had
-.-.I.:,, sa,ht,a.. nd went twelve miles to get
w sYrVSSse'ii Il on for him, when he discoy.
saAxorHE q left his nose ut home in his
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22

ing Driuge 1T now takes three days to
philadelphia a1 lge from Boise to Umatilla.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22

warm an-The Engineering and Mining
ers having recently changed hands. Messrs.
a3, as ?. have sold out to the Scientific
Nonpany. The editorial manage
gresham fron1karge of Rossiter w. Ray
convicted of bigal Ward, remains the same.
fne of s25f and nd devoting their whole at
49, 80 lent journal, /" The Manu-.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22

A MrLLIoSAIRE.-The richest man IN the
State of Maine is Governor Coburn, who is
worth an annual income of 10000 and owns
property valued at So 100000.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22

E A WOLF IN SLEEPS CLoTHING.---Rev Mr.
Werner of Ypsilanti, Michigan. has been ar
rested for cleaning and using defaced postage
stamps.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22

SERVED RIGHT.-Rev. J. B. Tombs of Del
aware, Ohio, was publicly horsewhipped by q
gentleman of that place, whose wife be had
maliciously sandered
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

and 1866, and paid by him TO defendant tovn.
under protest that he was not a resident Of
said town when the tax was assessed and there
fore not liable to be taxed there Mr.. Lord
claims to have been resident of Maiden
Mass, at the time of the assessment. Defend
ants claim to held him as a resident of their
town. The case goes up to the full Court on
motion for new trial and exceptions by de-
PENDANTS.
The Saco Independent says a young LADY,.
while going from her boarding house on the
Pepperel, in Biddeford ,on last Friday evening
near nike o'clock to an clubhouse, was seiz5d
upon by half dozen roughs who made des-
perate attempt TO bear her away. The eirps
mouth was stuffed with handkerchief which
failed however to render silent that saw iul
tongue" as doubtless it was to the offending
party. Such a noise did she make that the
villains deemed it advisable to abandon her.
The young lady was senseless for long time
after her rescue, and now lies in critical con
dtion. Certain persons at work on the B. &
M. r. R., are suspected as the perpetrators ef
the intended crime.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

Gov. SCOTT and the officers of the State of
South Carolina have issued the following state
ment in reply to the statements in the World
the substance of which appeared in last night -
telegraph:
Many false representations and statements
have. been made and published against the
credit of the State of South Carolina. Tt is
true that $20,040000 Of bonds were printed. of
which amount $9000000 were never, signed
or issued, nor were they printed with the in
tentlon to increase the State debt, but are in
possession of the State authorities There are
also SO. 100000 in sterling bonds printed but
not issued, and So, SOC, 900 in registered stock
are now in the hands of the Treasurer. BEING
the balance of So, 100000 issued The Legis]a.
ture, from time to time, have passed several
acts for the issue of ,nds to pay the indebt-
pess of the State. Subsequently it passed an
act for the conversion of its securities. To
provide for this the above amount in bonds was
printed, which has given rise to many ground
less ,mlsrepresentations and gross fabrications.
The World now states that new deveIon
ments make it certain that South Carelina
bonds were over issued to the amount of thirty
millions instead of twenty, and that fifteen
millions have been signed and shipped to En-
rope for sale there, the remainder being nut
on the market here. 1t says the same pro-
Crane has been carried out by North Carolina
ohhclals nd prominent railroads which are in
terested ia the latter.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

FROM time immemoral, the jewellers of the
District of Columbia have considered the fed.
eral treasury their peculiar and special prov.
ender box; and so far has this vicious belief oh.
tanned the public mind that even newspaper
puohshers, so generally guileless, have gradu-
ally been led into the same way of thinking
How great must be their astonishmept and -
dignation to discover, unIs late hour, again st
all presidents, that Commissioner Leggett re-
fuses to pay for advertising that these District
journals have done without order, and that
President Grant has cabinet officer so lost to
the propreties of the position as to sustain the
Commissioner. Besides, the bill was only for
$1,000
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07
state N eWs.
KENNEBEC COUNTY,

In the U. S. Circnit Court in Boston Satur
day, the jury in the case OF Maine Granite
company w. Anthony Hathaway, an action
Tor the recovery of the value of stone. &c.
taken by the defendant from the Haines quar-
ry at Halowell, Me-, rendered a verdict de-
claring that the contract which sthe defendan
operated was null and void, because it wa,
madeson Sunday, and allowing the plaintiff
out Sl00o fer stone taken.
The Governor and Council met on Saturday
and confirmed the nominations that had been
mede the week previously. Hon. NJ d. l..
Lane, the newly appointed Judge of the Su.
perlor Court of Cumberland county. apnear
cd and was qualified. The Attorney General
was instructed to settle with VIM, Dickev
Esq IN regard to the disposition of the schoo
r rlao. IN AroostGok county. The Council will
meet again on the 21st inst, at which t;ma
tnere VIII be hearing on the Contested elec-
tion OF county officers in Aroostook ard Han.
cock counties. ~
LINCOLN COUNTY
Mr.. G. G. Robbins of Bristol Mills has abc,,,
completed his new saw-mill at that place.
The Wiscasset Oracle says the survey of the
Kennebec and Wiscasset railroad was com
menced on Wednesday, Oct 18th. in CHARGE .,
Col. A. W. Wides. 1t has progressed as far ar
as Sheepscot Bridge and the route is found tn
be remarkably favorable.
The Oracle says the old Court House at
Wiscasset has been thoroughly repaired and
painted outside and in. 1t is about fiftv wear,
old but is as solid and substantial as ever and
will compare favorably with MANY more
modern structures both in style and conyen-
fence.
PENoBSCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing states the announcement
of a night train over the e. & N. A. Railwav
from that city to st. John was premature. and
that such train will not be put on at nres-
emit.
The Wing says the State College of Aericul-
ture and the Mechanic Arts, at Oropo. is fIour.
lshlng this term as it never has before, having
large FACULTY, more stuGents and tbetter ac-
commodatlons for them than at any previous
tlme. The new buildings are spacious and
convenlent in every respect and are fine look
ing as Well We understand that the students
are working hard and making great progress
under the present board of instruction.
The practice of sharing doves in Bangor and
sending them to the Boston market has been
quite prevalent recently but stop to the busi-
ness has tean interposed by the CITY Marshal.
The other night box full of live doves, pack
ed so closely that they could not stand and
were gaspiDg for breath was found in the Ex-
press office and copfseated by several kind
hearted gentlemen, who ser the poor birds free
again.
YORK COUNTY.
Daniel w. Lord, Esq, formerly of Kenne-
buDkport, has, in the Supreme Judic' al Court
at Bangor, recovered verdict of S. 498 30
against said town for taxes assessed in 1866
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

FAST is Chicago resuming its wonted actiyi.
ty its trade is brisk, its citizens plucky and
hopeful, and soon it bids fair to be the Chicago
of old. As if to prove its identity, from its
ashes rises the ghoStly form of a divorce suit
and the city is itself again. Once more are
Chicagoans being given in marriage and 6i-
vorced, end the psalms of Thanksgiving are
borne forth even through the smoke of its own
emoers. Hereafter will the names of Amanda
b. Chaffee, plaintiff, and John B. Chaffee, de-
fendant, in the first divorce suit after the fire.
shine conspicuous in the city's records and
rank side by side with the first Mayor, the
original settler, and Mrs. Leary's cow.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

REV. MR.. FULTON, Mr. Kallock's successor
IN the fremont Temple, told his hearers, on
eunfay, that the Democrats had nominated a
man the State of Massachusetts, might he
proud of because he was opposed to woman
suffrage; but that every man who votes for the
Republican candidate votes with Henry Will.
son for woman suffrage and free rum. The
Waterman and Reflector. the Baptist organ jim
Massachusetts,, takes occasion to speak in the
highest terms of the public character and pri-
vate life of Mr.. Washburn, the Republican
candidate. 1t is strange that the people of
Massachusetts have more faith in Henry Will
son than Justin d. Fulton. -
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

TIE Interior Department despatched spec.
iai agent to the Indian Territory several days
since to investigate the frauds charged against
Judge Wright. The officials are confident
that they can fasten the frauds upon the Judge
and compel restitution which he is amply able
to make. Wo trust our Democratic friends
will not hasten to declare that this is Repub
lican swindler as they did in the case of poor
hodges and thus put foot in it again, for
Judge Wright is lifelong Democrat, having
received his judicial honors from Mr.. Buchan-
an and never since departing from the faith
and, we may add. practice of the marty
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

a1 ~
To the Presque Isle Sunrise we would say
that we cannot undertake an argument with
wilLo-the-wisp. If it wants to participate
IN the honest, courteous discussion of the
subject of railroad subsidies that has sprung
up between the PRESS and the Wig it has
begun in the wrong way. We we'll under
stood in the beginning that some of the
friends of the subsidy scheme would be likely
to attempt to divert attention from the merits
of the case by resorting to personalities. We
have an entirely disinterested purpose
thing we fear our Presaue Isle contemporary
cannot conceive-to arouse the people of the
State to an appreciation of the danger that
menaces them, and We shall not turn aside to
answer any man who can only call names and
tell what he remembers about matters that
arc entirely irrelevant,
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

BOSTON q MAINE RAILRoAE.-The animal
meeting of this corporation will be held at
Lawrence tomorrow. Stockholders will be
passed to and from the place of meeting unon
.he showing OF their certificates. The meeting
is expected to be largely attended, and in view
OF the potential influence of the meeting at
this loncture of the affairs of this growing
road, it may be important in its results.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

IHE PRESS tomorrow morning will contain
the latest election returns and results in New
York, Massachusetts,, New Jersey, Maryland.
Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi, Sc. The
election in New York is of the greatest impor-
lance, and the fact that trouble of a serious
nature is apprehended will render the contents
of Wednesday mornings paper of unusual in
tereSt t...
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

was made to feel Similarly by the influence of
Anna and by unsuccessful attempts to obtain
employment; that at last by West Pitch, q ma ma
succeeded in bringing Ada to her m,nd, ana
both plunged into suicidal death, locked IN each
others arms.
The lessons of this sad event are many, but
are too apparent to require further comment
at this hour.
1t has been suggested that the bodies might
| NV drawing down the water in the river, but
| Mr.. Straw and others acquainted with the
| facts. state that not more than one.third the
volume of water now flowing over the dams
could be drawn through the gateways-as there
| are now two feet of water on the dams.
Persons who Investigated the foot of West
| Pitch in last summers drouth, report deep
| opening in the rock under the fall Here, it is
| thought, are the bodies of the suicides, and, il
| SO, their recovery is exceedingly doubtful.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

A Washington correspondent saws that Er.
Congressman Stokes, since his sad fall, is rare
~ seen in public and is reported to be drinking
heavily under what he considers misfortune
The way of Tennessee politicians is peculiar.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07
MEMORANDA.

Schs Agenora tot Els WORTHY Jordan. hom War
Zen, ri, Tor Weymouth, and May Queen, tss Ham
cckl Foss from Boston foI Mosquito init Fla were
in collision of Gay Head night OF the Sd inst and
put into Vineyard Haven next day TO repair. The
Agenora bad bullwarks and bows badly Glove, head
gear carried away, and lost anchor and chain. The
May Queen bad bowsprt broken, head gear carried
away and buwarks stove.
Sch Sea Foam. Pendeton, OF and from Bangor for
Fall River, run INTO night OF the Sd inst near
Vinesard Haven aud had quarter stove, and SUSTAIN
tanned other damage.
Sch Paas French from New York tor Rockland,
got ia collision with Br sehr Mary Sd inst and lost
bogsprit and everything attached. and cut down
to the deck. fI. .. ..
Sch Edwin A Stevens. of and from Bangor for Bos-
ton was towed uo Bucksport Dist tull OF water, she
having sprung aicak in o heavy sea of Monhegan
and Immediately filled. Will discharge.
The Portland daily press., 1871-11-07

LITERARY NoTEs-Mrs SLOW. :.
The Records OF an Questionable Stree, :, i,',ns
quel to NM we and L,1'fsofs Johnston, Of
Middletown, Conn, proposes to issue
full history of the towns of Bristol and Bre.
men, Me. Prof. Johnston, a native of Bristol
has been long engaged In looking up the ma
terialof this work, is very careful searcher
after facts, man of sound judgment, one who
will present history of the pace well
worthy of place in the library of every gem
tieman in Maine. The history of Bristol will
include that of Pemaquid, SO far as it is at
present laid open, and thus some of the earliest
S"u most interesting records of the State will
pi'seAted to the public. " B.