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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-23

saw the door open and my sister-in-law
door, re-locked it, and stole across the
room. Then-God forgive the woman, l
suppose she was mad with jealousy-she
lifted up the mattress of the neat little bed
in the corner, and taking red pocket book
from her bosom, thrust it under, drawing
the quilt well about the bed afterward.
81 hardly think you'll marry Sam Spencer
after all, Miss Lilly" she said aloud, with
a wicked toss of her head. I've outwitted
you
''Not quite, said 1. margaret Ann
there are two sides of tho matter"
I walked out of my closet, and stood
with my back against the outer door. She
knew herself trapped, but her wicked
tongue had its way still.
so, you're in the habit of coming here, ,
she said. "Nice young ladies certainly"
81 never came here before" said l. and
"and you know it; but I've been here all
day, waiting for you. saw Lilly's key in
your basket last night, and l began to
guess the truth. Bring me that pocket
book.
Margaret Ann did it. She was as pale as
death, and almost as cold. looked at her,
and felt sorry for her, after all.
You're my brothers. widow" said
"and a poor, foolish, jealous creature. 1
havn't told any one of my suspicious yet,
and never will on two conditions"
Name them" said she, 81 can't help
myself"
"Youll retire from the business, saidI.
"Glad to do it," said she.
"And you'll give that thousand dollar
note to Lilly as wedding present"
She looked at me and gave great gulp.
"Nasty little cat" said she, "no i
won't p'
But she did, and l, only knew why the
Widow Wood was SO gracious to Lilly
Rathbone on her wedding-day, or why she
started for Europe on the very next steam
er that started from New York, and still
remains there.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-23
ALeap For Liberty.

A few days since while prisoner named
Murphy, in Philadelphia was going down
stairs from the Photograph gallery where
he had left his picture, he made bold at
tempt to escape. He was accompanied at
the time by two officers one of which pro-
ceeded, while the other closely followed
him.
On the second-story landing of the stairs
is window, opening on the rear of the
building When within a few steps of the
landing and on about level with the win
dow, Murphy with the agility and desper-
alton of cornered wildcat sprang through
the window, carrying the sash with him.
With singular presence of mind and brave
ry, Sergeant Buchanan instantly made the
same leap into the unknown depth. The
thief and the pursuer both landed on the
roof of an out-building about ten feet below.
On the west of this runs an alley abSht ten
feet wide, and full twenty-five feet in depth
from the line of the roof of the out-build-
ing. A gulf at which the boldest gymnast
would stand aghast But without pausing,
Murphy made the jump, landing unhurt
on the pavement below, and again followed
by the Sergeant, who, in his fall, demolish-
ed wooden railing surrounding a cellar
way, scraping his leg and damaging his
nose and lower lip. The gate at the end Of
the alley was open, and out of this MUIR
ply shot like an arrow, still pursued by the
Sergeant. At Eighth and SAMSON, Serge
ant Buchanan overhaulsd his chase, and,
catching him by the throat, was about
giving him dressing when Murphy beg
ged for mercy. The policeman who was on
the stairs at the time Of the sudden disap-
pearance of his Sergeant and the thief,
wisely took the safer course down the
stairs to Chestnut street. and around the
corner to SAMSON where he insisted in con
veying the slippery lawbreaker to the Cen
trail Station.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-23
Notable Events.

Bowling was a famous old English game,
and was very common as early as the 18th
century. Charles l. played at it, and it
was daily sport with Charles ii. at Tun-
bridge.
The first bank was established in Italy
in s0S, by the Lombard Jews, of whom
some settled in Lombard street, London,
where many banks have ever since been
located.
The first piece of artillery was invented
by the Germans, soon after the invention
of gunpowder, and artillery was first used
by the Moors at Algesiras, in Spain, over
500 years ago.
The Oldest and largest chain bridge in
the world is said to be that at Kingstung,
in China, where it forms safe and perfect
road from the top of one lofty mountain to
another.
Calico, the well known cotton-cloth is
named from Calicot, city in India, from
whence it first came. Calico was not
known in England at all until as late as the
year 1881.
Among the Romans all men of full age
were obliged to marry, and it is even a
modern law of England which inficts fine
upon all the bachelors in England of
twenty five years and over.
Woman never appeard upon the stage
among the ancients: their parts were repre-
sented by men, until as late as the year
1869, when Charles II first encouraged
their public appearance.
Glass bottles we're made in England,
about 1868, but the art was practiced by
the Romans in the year 10, A. ID. as they
have been found plentifully among the
ruins of Pompeii.
The first book ever printed was the Book
of Psalms; by Fost and Sheffer, A. ID. 1457.
1t was printed on one side of the leaves,
after which they were, in the binding,
pasted back to back.
The bayonet derives its name from the
place it was invented, Bayonne, in France,
and IL was first used in battle as weapon
by the French in the year 1908, and soon
became universal.
The practice of insurance Is of great
antiquity, and was known in the time ol
Claudius Caesar, A. ID. 43. 1t is certain
that the assurance Of ships at sea was
practiced as early as the year 45 A. ID.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-23
CAUGHT IN HER OWN TRAP.

II DON'T say that Brother Ben's widow
Il wasn't good-looking, for her age.
Then, too, she had pretty penny left her.
And she might have married very well if
she wanted to change her condition; but,
you see, Margaret Ann was fool-she a
widow of forty to set her cap at young
Sam Spencer, who was only twenty-five
If / was her brother-in-law, and if Ben had
said to me as he did, Richard, always be
kind to Margaret Ann" couldn't help
seeing that. The fact of the matter is,
that as general thing, widows do make
fools Of themselves oftener than girls.
Sam was clerk in the store. ] was poor
Ben's partner. tried to buy the widow
out I'd said, over and over again, "Mar-
garet Ann, you'have plenty and to spare
why not retire 2'' But she wouldn't. Ben
had left his share of the business to her,
and she wouldn't drop it. After while
found out the reason. 1t was Sam Spencer.
That was why she liked to sail about the
store. You see, couldn't help it. Ifrd
said, Margaret Ann, gohome," she would
have said, "I've right here" That was
1t. She never did anything but bother and
pry. She had no children to occupy her.
Solonesome, she said she was, and that was
why she had us come to tea so much, of
course.
Well, this went on for nearly year.
Big eyes at Sam, sweet smiles, soft speech
es / used to wonder whether old Ben
knew how soon he had been forgotten.
TO be sure he was sixty when he died, and
bald-headed stoop-shouldered man, with
solemn ways about him; but she'd been
his wife for twenty three years, and though
I'm bachelor, know what feelings ought
to be. And Ben was my brother too. l
hope it wasn't wicked of me to make up
my mind to put an end TO her capers, as
Sam, went out, one night, and to tell him
that we wanted young lady as cashier,
and what not, and that if Lilly Rathbone
could leave Grigg & Crater, I'd give her
the place. Sam was in love with Lilly;
knew that; but Margaret Ann had never
seen her.
Margaret Ann," says one day, "wc'll
have new cashier to-day. We need one,
and I've engaged one"
Well" says Margaret Ann, "perhaps
we do. hope he's nice young man and
good looking. Good looks attract custom. y
"I'm glad you coincide with mo-" says
I. And laughed to myself, for l know
AFa,,o,arat Ann vvaa thinking of some ont
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-23
On the Approach Of Spring,
BY A LAW STUDENT.

Whereas on certain boughs and sprays,
Now divers birds are heard to sing,
And sundry flowers their heads upraise
To hail the coming of the spring.
The birds aforesaid-happy pairs
Love mid the aforesaid boughs, enshines,
In freehold nests themselves, their heirs
Administrators and assigns.
oh happy time In Cupid's Court
Where tender plaintiffs action bring
Season of frolic and of sport
Hail as aforesaid coming spring.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-04-23

az Alonzo Hubbell, a strong man, pull
ed against team of horses ON wager of
800 dollars in the stable yard of II. G.
Bishop, at Goshen, N. H., recently. The
team made three pulls in attempting to
draw him fros. the ladder ON which he lay,
aud twice the chain attached to him broke,
but Hubbell stuck fast
New-York tribune., 1872-10-12
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN,


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New-York tribune., 1872-10-12
BRIBING INDIANS TO BE GOOD.

Is it not about time that the Government get
some policy in regard to the treatment of
wild Indians7 Mr.. Vincent COlyer and those
who initiated his rose-water treatment of the
Indian question propose to invite all Indians
in Arizona, good, bad and Indifferent, TO take
up quarters on the reservations, where they
may receive Iations, as long as they behave
themselves. The bad Indians, Immediately
after accepting this brlbe to be good, began
incursions in various directions, returning to
their protected reservations with their plum
der, and melting into the mass Of aborigines
there assembled. In this way they were
secure from recognition; and, as no Indian
ever tells on another, they were safe from
betrayal. SO the system wrought injustice, as
the good and bad suffered together.
One of the most tragical results of this plan
of civilizing Apaches was the murder of the
Loring party in November, 1871, when the
Wickenburg stage was ambushed and fired
on by Indians. Six white men were killed in
this attack. The occurrence attracted more
general notice than previous murders because
some of the company were persons of note
and talent; but the outrage was no more az
gravated than many which have scarcely been
heard of outside Arizona. Notwithstanding
the fact that trails from the scene of this
slaughter led directly to Date Greek Reser-
walton, where the Apache Mohaves were gath
cred, the +" Peace Commissioners put into
circulation the shameful report that
Loring, Shoholm, and others were mur-
dered by bad white men Gen. Crook,
who is probably one of the wisest In
dian fighters in the army, disbelieved this,
and, patiently gathering up the evidence,
finally fixed the crime on Ochocama and his
band of Apache -Nohaves, at Date Creek Res
ervation. He was ready, with small force,
to make an attempt TO arrest these, as long
ago as last March, but was recalled by an
order which directed cessation of all hostili-
ties and transfer of negotiations to the
Peace Commission; but Gen. Crook has bded
his time and has just compelled an acknowl- |
edgement Of their crime on the part Of the
New-York tribune., 1872-10-12
THE YORK or THE HOUR.

When reverse has been encountered, SOL
diers sometimes begin firing into their own
ranks. But we have never heard that reverses
were that way retrieved and we protest most
earnestly against any yielding TO such tempta-
tion now. We can throw away the Presiden-
tial election, or we can carry it. The way to
either result is clear.
Every politician k. ws that it is IN the power
of the cards, fairly played, to win the Presi-
Dental game. Or, to resume the nobler hgure,
the forces In the field are amply sufficient to
win the victory That the Liberal party Is as
certain now to rule the country in the near
future, as was the coalition called the Repub-
lican party after and in spite of its great defeat
in 1856, we take as one Of the palpable facts
of the situation. But it has in the present
struggle this great advantage as compared with
the first national struggle of the party 1t Is
to succeed-that it has an impregnabie
basis of 1913 Southern votes, on which 10
start, with majorities at the late elections IN
enough of the others to bring victory within
its grasp. The campaign for the next three
weeks can be so ordered as to put these latter
States beyond doubt. Shall we not move
unitedly to the work, and do it
New-York tribune., 1872-10-12
murderous band; and in the ARRAY which fol-

murderous band; and in the ARRAY which fol-
lowed, an account of which We print else-
where, Ochocama and several others were
killed. The guilt Of these reservation Indians
was established by evidence complete and
irrefutable. More recently, the same ADacbes
have committed lesser depredations on
the surrounding country, taking their punder
to the charmed seclusion of their reserve,
where they regularly draw rations Convicted
of this, and threatened by scouting party OF
United States Cavalry, they left the Date
Creek Reservation on the 22d September, and
have fled to the mountains. Up to the 2Gth
of the same month band of Apaches drew
rations at the Camp Verde Reservation; and,
on attacking camp of predatory Indians fifty
miles from Prescott week or two ago,
rltions and stolen property were found, prov
ing that these hostile Apaches came directly
from the Verde Reserve into the hostile field.
These instances, which might be indefinitely
multiplied in detail, show just what the brib-
ing policy has amounted to so far, and what
we may expect from it hereafter. 1t is clear
that the hostile must be separated from the
peaceable the bad from the good; else there
will be double-dealing on the part of the In
dians and injustice at the hands OF the United
States authorities. Gen. Crook ought to have
ample and abundant discretion in the prem
ises. He has been hampered by all sorts OF
foolish orders. The Government has tried to
civilize the Apaches by coaxing them with ra-
tions in which all have shared. The plan has
wrought only mischief; now let us sec If
military policy cannot accomplish what cannot
be done with Mr.. COlyers faith and garden
Seeds
New-York tribune., 1872-10-12
Il CHANCE FOR HONEST LEGlSLAIOHS


AND JUST JUDGES.
The Judiciary Convention is to meet again
on Monday, and it is possible that some def
mite action may then be taken upon the sub
ject of the nomination of Judges. 1t is not
possible to exaggerate the Importance OF the
decisions at which this Convention will arrive.
1t is infinitely more important than the result
of the Mayoralty contest; so far as we are
locally concerned, it is matter of more moment
than even the national struggle now in prog
ress. Last year the bench of New-York was
a disgrace to republican institutions. justice
was daily bought and sold like huck-
sters' wares. BY succession or fortunate
events, some planned and some unforeseen,
there is now afforded an opportunity to renew
our judiciary system. McCunn has gone to
his account. Cardozo escaped punishment by
resignation. Barnard with his characteristic
bravado stood the issue, and bears the brand
of disqualification. Such chanceis not often
given to people, to start untrammeled with
a faultless system Of judicial appointments,
as is presented to the people of New
York to-day. We cannot appeal too
solemnly to the members of the reformed
and purged association of Tammany Hall
to act in this matter with full sense Of their
heavy responsibility. If they present us names
without blemish-men of leafBing and probity
nominations which will require no defense
and no explanations, they may be elected
almost unanimously, and their election Will be
the best days work the city has done for
many years. There must be no thought or
politics in these nominations; no truck and
dicker. The nominations must be the best
that can be made.
The circular of Messrs. 0'Conor, Peckham,
Choate, and Emott, which we publish to-day,
viii also attract general attention. II is i'm
possible to say whether these gentlemen have
adopted the best means to attain their object.
But the object is altogether praisewOrthy. If
we are ever to get out of the slough of legis-
lative corruption, we must begin at once to
elect men to make our laws who cannot be
bought or tempted. The mistakes Of
last year must not be repeated. Not
withstanding the protest of these gentle
men, the last Legislature tras elected with
definite professions of reform. But sufficient
care was not exercised in the selection of can
didates. Good men and true refOrmers worked
and voted for such fungus-g -growths OF cOrrup
tion as James OBrien because it was thought
they had some personal following which would
be useful in a canvass. OF course, Legisla-
ture into which such elements entered was
failure and q scandal. Let us be
warned. 1t will be infinitely better for
the party of reform to fight these
people and be beaten by them, rather than to
accept them as leaders and give them the
badge of reformers under which to plunder
at their ease. 1t is the interest of the vast
majority, of all except thieves, to have our
laws righteously made and purely admins
tered. If the people care enough for good
government to work for it, they can now Sc
cure clean Bench and clean Legislature.
New-York tribune., 1872-10-12
. RIP S I'll E e T.

Disturbances are anticipated at Lisburn, Ireland ==
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clode have been d
rected 10 leave Paris. = draft OF postal treaty
between France and the United States has beeu agreed
upon. =-= Five German war vessels are to cruise
around the world.
The Office Of The Raleigh Sentine! was malciously
blown up with gunpowder by Administration enemies.
= Bloody conflicts have occurred between the whites
and negroes at Osceola Arkansas. - President Grant
has appointed Nov % a day Of Thanksgiving
The Tammany County Convention nominated Abraham
r. Lawrence for Mayor. - Judge Brady denied the
applieatjon TO postpone the trial of Thomas c. Fields
= Chief OF Police Mcwilliams Of Jersey City has
rendered himself TO tbeauthorties. - Grant Repu0-
lican primaries were held in the Assembly Districts
- Gold, llzJ 11s. ll2i Thermometer, 49', 90, 44'
New-York tribune., 1872-10-12

ARKANSAS-PROSCRIPT ILLUSTRATED.
At the Grant National Headquarters in this
city their National Committee had triumphant
meeting on Thursday. at which encouraging
prospects were reported, among other States
from Arkansas. Says The N. Y. Times:
"The contest in Arkansas though close, was regarded
as certain for Grant and Wilson,"
This impels us to show why and how they
arc led to regard such prospect as achieved.
Arkansas had 4S4, All inhabitants in 1870, ana
must now have considerably over Half
Million. AS but 5,026 of these were foreign
born, and every negro man is enfranchised'
she ought TO have more than 100000 citizens
entitled to the Right of Suffrage, provided
those only were disfranchised whom Congress
has prescribed. But of these at least 2O,OOO,
including the owners of three-fourths OF her
soil, are disfIanchised by the State Constltu-
ton and Claytons Board of Registration.
They are kept dsfranchised for the sole reason
that their votes if votes they had, would be
cast nearly solid for Greeley and Brown, not
for Grant and Wilson. Their property Is
heavily taxed and loaded with debt by the
votes of negroes who are not worth dollar
and never will be, while they are allowed no
vote at all on this confscation of their estates.
Of course it will be set up that Gen. Grant
is not responsible for this wholesale distran-
chisement. This pretense is refuted by the
fact that the denial of the Right of Suffrage
to the planters of Arkansas is maintained IN
his interest and by his partisans alone. A
majority of the White Republicans OF Arkan-
sas demand its overthrow; but Clayton and
his Ring backed by the negroes, uphold 1t, In
order that they may carry the State for Grant.
And. as Grant saved Clayton from the Peni-
tentiary by ejecting from Office the faithful
District Attorney who was about to try nm
for falsifying the popular vote in 1870, Clayton
is bound to give him the vote of Arkansas by
whatever means.
Clayton is now U. s. Senator, and mem
Der of the Grant National Committee whereof
Edwin d. Morgan is the head. Gov. Morgan
cannot and does not believe in such men as
Clayton, nor such means as those whereby nc
has climbed into the Senate and now purposes
to make Arkansas vote for Grant. But neces-
siiy makes strange bedfellows, and Gov. Nor
CAMS responsibility serves as varnish Tor
Clayton's villainy. If Gov. Morgan were con-
strained to testify, he would say that he does
not approve the means whereby Arkansas Is
to be made, if possible, to vote for Grant-that
he thinks all her citizens not prescribed by
Congress ought to enjoy the Right of Suffrage
But Gov. Morgan would like to return to the
Senate; and he can only hope to do this by
fraternizing with Clayton and winking at the
ini0uities of Claytonism. So Arkansas must
make her fight with one-third of her Liberals
disfranchised, and the Grant orators and
journals daily reiterating-"Wh there are
"only two or three hundred disfranchised in
"al and they may have their disabilities re-
"moved by simply asking. What is there in
"this TO make fuss abOutP"