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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03


JURY REFoRM.-A bill for the better
and more impartial selection of jurors has
passed the Senate. The first section pro-
yides that where it appears that any irreg-
ularity in the selection Of jurors exists the
-0'-'-st - --.i---'ia af nersons
10 be made OF such members as the court
shall designate, their names to be deposit
ed in the wheel for that purpose for the
remainder of the current year. The jury
commissioners, president judge, or addi-
tional law Judge. or a majority Of them,
are thereupon to meet at the county seat
at least thirty days before the court at
which such jurors shall be summoned TO
serve, II so many days shall intervene, and
take out of the wheel the names therein
deposited, and make 4 new selection of
persons and deposit their names in such
wheel for the remainder of the current
year in the manner now required by law.
Hereafter list containing the name, Cccu-
patton and residence Of every person placed
in the jury wheel shall be kept, certified
By the Judge and jury commissioners, and
fled in the Office Of the prothonotary. In
the future persons whose duty it is to Sc
lect or draw jurors shall subscribe to a
written oath, which shall also be filed in
the prothonotary's Office. And whenever
the array of jurors shall be quashed it shall
BE- the duty of the clerk Of the courts to
Immediately certify the record thereof to
the court of common pleas. The act is in
tended 20 cure existing difficulties and to
provide for future contingencies.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

OUR neighbor of the Gazette last week
complained of the Ring Calculator invad.
ing his office clandestinely and tampcrin2
with official documents Of the county.
This should convince our neighbOr that
some statements we made several years
ago in regard to the Ring" and which
were contradicted by him, contained more
truth than poetry. We presume that last
fall, when our neighbnr endorsed the views
of his correspondent in relation to the elec.
ton of a Democratic Commissioner, there
by aiding the election Of this same official
he did not think that he would so socn
have TO notice an invasion Of his private
sanctum by this official. The Calculator.
no doubt, was encouraged by our neigh
bOr's endorsement. and supposed the mat
ter would be hushed up if his httle transac-
tious were discovered. Our neighbor, if
he will continue 10 give aid anG comfort TO
the Ring party, will find that still worse
deeds than the one referred TO have been
committed by them and will We. come to
light. And just as long as the Democracy
of this county continue to place in office
any of the Ring party or their friends, just
so long may we expect some queer trans
actions in our county financial affairs.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

4 RAILROAD STRIKE.-A strike by tne
employees ON the Erie Railroad took place
last week which continued until Monday
last. The strikers concentrated at Susque-
hanna Depot, in this State, and took pos
session of the entire road, engines, build
iucs aud property generally, and stopped
all business. The Sheriff of the county
being powerless to suppress the conspiracy
called upou the Government for troops,
and in response to whose call nearly
thousand left Philadelphia for Susquehanna
Denot on Sunday last. 1t is stated That
the cause of the strike was on account oi
the company not paying their employees
The strikers, who numbered ABOUT one
thousand, were determined TO force pay
ment. A dispatch dated on Monday
states that the strikers have accepted the
terms last offered to them by the company
and are now being paid of in regular
squads. Everything is quiet and no ap'
nrehensiops are entertained of any further
disturbance. General Osborne has tele'
craphed 10 the Governor that the matter
is arranged ard that all the trains VIII b'
- motion this afternoon. The strike ma,
now be regarded as definitely over.
Great blame is attached to both the rail
road company and the strikers tor the po
sition Of affairs. They shouid have kep
I'D prompt payment and the men Snoul'
not have interfered with public travel an
rr--.----r. I~-..-,Eno nrosarf IA
bis prompt movement to maintain IN
peace and uphold the laws.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Both houses Of Congress have passed the
bill increasing the legalized greenback cr-
culation to S400,O00,0O0. This is an il
crease of $40 100000.
The Democratic State Committee O
Pennsylvania has resolved that the Stat,
Convention to nominate the DemocIatl,
State ticket shall be held at Pittsburg OF
June 10Th.
Missouri hasn't dollar in its mllitar,
chest, nor n solitary militiaman but ther,
is an adjutant general, squad of clerks
an armory, and-any amount of unhung
cut-thrOats who defy the whole cabOodl.
together.
There is now at the Railroad shops il,
Reading a novel piece of machinery in Tn,
shape of hand saw for iron, probably the
only one of the kind in the country. 1t
was purchased by President Gowen while
in Europe.
The Ku-KluX recently met their match
in Alabama. They ordered a New York
man to leave his farm, but instead of doing
so he shot three of them, and his jubilent
neighbors elected him county clerk.
The grading on the Wc4. Branch r. r.,
intended to run Oh the East side of the
Susquehauna river from WilEcs-5arr to
Bloomsbury, is said to he progressing fine.
ly.
1t is estimated that twenty five million
people in India, only one tenth of whom
are able bodied, are in q starving condition.
The rice crop last year was less than half
the usual yield, and on this sixty-five mil
lions of people have TO live.
In Reading, when man presistently
skirnishes around the truth, he is told that
he "les like gas meter
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

PINK EYE is the name of the Dew
complaint which is prevailing among the
horses in New York city, that being the
color Of the eyes of the diseased animals.
The symptoms are always the same. The
horses at frs; refuse to cat. They soon
become swollen about the eyes, which weep
and discharge yellowish matter copious-
ly, the eyes in some instances becoming
entirely closed and intlamed to an alarming
size. These indications are accompanied
by swelling Of the fore and hind legs, as
well as other portions of the body. In a
majority ofcases the swelling has appeared
only in the legs. Soon after being seized
with this complaint the animals exhibit
signs OF stupor, carrying the head aloft and
@~'raving great weakness. After medical
treatment lor ID n'.ye- two the appetite
may return, when the horse soon reCv,--s
The duration of the complaint is from three
days TO week. Few cases prove fatal.
The treatment adopted by the New York
veterinary surgeons is to put them on a
simple diet of long hay and fodder OF
bran. They are then given homeopathic
doses of sulphur. aconite and belladonua,
no outward applications being made.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03
Asb aos'rtissmsnts. is.


The County Commissioners will hold their ap-
peals at the following places, to wit
Delaware twp, April 81, st Jacob Hunsingsr's.
Watsonto~n bor., April %, at John Cooner's.
Turbutville and Lewis, April %, at Henry
Dreisbach's.
McEwensville, April "a, at Henry Readers.
Milton, April 2S. at J. NJ. Huf's.
Tuibut, April 2e, at Abraham kissinger's.
Chillisquaque, April 80, at Chas. Hartman's-
Point and Northumberland, May l, at George
Burr's.
Upper Augusta, May 9, at Commissioner.'
Office.
Riverside, May 3, at School House.
Rush, May Z, at school house, Pole Town.
Shamokin twp, May s, at Thomas Nesbit's.
Shamokin bor., May IL, at William Wesver's.
Coal, May 13, at William Weayer's.
Mount Carmel, May IA, at Joseph Deppen's.
Mount Carmel bor., May IA, ut Jos. Deppen's.
Cameron, May Is, at Weikel's Hotel.
Zerbe, May 16, at Thos. Folds.
Little Mahanoy, May IS, at Gap Hotel.
Washington, May 10, at Henry Fishers.
Upper Mahanoy, May 20, at z. Geist's.
Jordan, May q, at Elias Shafer's.
Lower Mahanoy, May %, at Abni. Rothernel's.
jackson, May %, at John Albert's.
Sunbury, May 25, at Commissioners Office.
Snydertewn, May 26, at William Farrou's.
Lower Augusta, May %, at David Fay's.
AMOS VASTINE,
J. G. DERHAM,
d. 8. REITZ,
Attest: Commissioners.
P. W. GRAY. Clerk.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

The Clearfield RedVJljcna says that a
number of capitalists, headed by l.. a.
Mackey, Esq, of Lock Haven, have com
pleted all the preliminary arrangements
for locating and building a railroad along
the river, from the mouth of Sinnemahon-
ing creek to Karthaus, and that a corps of
engineers under Colonel Jarrett will be
placed on the route within a month. We
understand that the heirs or owners Of the
Karthaus estate are also taking great in
terest in this project, and will lend mate
rial aid in the building of this line of road.
The Farragut prize money, over which
there has been SO much controversy, will
pow be paid without further delay.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

The bin imposing Z tax Of four cents
per ton on anthracite coal, came up on
second reading in the House on Thursday
morning, whereupnn Mr.. Myer, chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee, offered
as a substitute bill imposing a tax of five
mills upon the franchises of all incorpora
ted coal companies as measured by the
value of their corporate property. The
change in the biz was because the tax on
coal as originally proposed by the old one
would fall more heavily on the laboring
men and individual operators than upon
the corporations which 1t was especially
designed TO reach. and the substitute re-
moves these objections as it taxes corpora
tions only.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03
PAL N X l. l. T. r,
1910. 1874.
time tests the merits of all things.

Thirty years is certainly long enough
time to prove the efficacy of any medicine,
and that the Pain Killer is deserving of all
its proprietor's claim for it, is amply proved
by the unparalleled popularity it has at
tained. 1t is sure and effective remedy.
1t is sold in almost every country in the
world, and it needs only to be known TO be
priced, and its reputation as Medicine OF
Great Virtue, is fully and permanently es-
tablshed. 1t is the great Family Medi-
cine of the age. Taken internally, it cures
Dysentery, Cholera, Diarrhna, Cramp and
Pain in the Stomach, Bowel Complaint,
Painters Collie, Liver Complaint, Dyspep-
sia, or Indigestion, Sudden Colds, Sore
Throat and Coughs. Taken Externally, it
cures Bruises, BOils, Felons. Cuts, Burns,
Scalds, Old Sore and Sprains, Swellings OF
the Joints, Toothache, Pain in the Face,
Neuralgia and rheumatism, Chapped
Hands, Frost Bitten Feet &c.
Pain is supposed to be the lot of US poor
mortals, as inevitable as death, and liable
at any time TO come upon US. Therefore,
it is important that remedial agents should
be at hand to be used on emergency, when
we are made to feel the excruciating agony
of pain, or the depressing influences OF dis
ease. Such remedial exists in Perry
Davis pain Killer" the fame or which
has extended over all the earth, Amid the
eternal ices of the Polar regions, OF beneath
the Intolerable and burnin. suns of the
tropics its virtues are known and appre-
| ciated. And by it suffering humanity has
found relief from many of its ills. The
effect of the Pain-Killer upon the patient,
when taken internally in cases of Cough,
Cold, Bowel Complaint, Cholera, Dysen-
terry, and other affections of the system,
has been truly wonderful, and has won for
it a name among medical preparations that
can never he forgotten. Its success in re-
moving pain. as al external remeay. in
sases of Burns, Bruises. Sores and Sprains,
| Cuts, Sting of Insects. &C., and othe causes
of suffering has secured for it the most pro.
minent position among the medicines o.
the day. Beware of connterfeits and worth
less imitation. Call for Perry Davis We
! getable Pain-Killer, and take no other.
sTSold by Druggists and Grocers.
April 3, 1S74.-lm.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

TEMPERANCE - BROOKLYN - THE NEW
HORSE DISEASE - THE CHARITIES -
CHINESE-FASHIoN FOR EASTER BON
NETs-THE COST OF TWO ITEMS.
NEW YORK, March 81, 1874.
TEMPERANCE.
The rum cyclone has struck New York
at last. In Brooklyn it came with all the
force of hurricane, and it is rivalling the
Western movement so far as power is con-
cerned. The drinking places in New York,
by which saloons and groceries, in which
liquor is the principal article dealt in, is
meant, number 7,5l4 one to every 1873 Of
the population. This is exclusive of drug
gists, houses and places of that class which
dispense liquors quite as freely as the pro-
fessed dealers.
These furnish facilities enough for drink
ing in all conscience. Wall street is full of
drinking places, many Of them furnished
without reference to cost. for gambling in
stocks and gold is a business so exciting
as 10 require stimulants constantly to ena-
bic the gambler to sustain the drain upon
him. The Astor House bar does an enOrm-
Gus business. From early morn till II at
night the long bar is crowded with fever
ishlOOking individuals, who keep the cool
and selfpossessed dispensers busy. One
thousand dollars a day for liquors alone is
not big days work at the Astor. Del
moHico's Broadway place is another fam.
Gus place, then the Brandreth House, St.
Nicholas, Grand Central, New York Hotel.
and so on up, all on the west side. TIE
east side has quite as many. The regular
thiLg for the regular drinker who is in busi-
ness down town, is TO walk to his home, up
above Goth street, and he is very apt to
stop at every one Of these places and drink.
Just at this time series Of meetings are
being held in all the churches and most of
The halls, the object being to create senti
ment against the traffic and use of liquor,
and 10 so unite the people opposed to it SO
that raid will have some effect. The
clergy are all in it, and many of the lead
ing business men have come out and an
nounced their willingness to give the move
ment all the aid in their power.
do LEWIS
is here with his Western laurels fresh upon
him, and the ranks are closing for big
movement. In
BROOKLYN
the women have taken the field with some
prospect of success. One shIeWd saloon
man took advantage of the excitement to
post bills all over the city, in the name of
the Women's Committee, stating that a
would be held at his saloon
, given evening. Ofcourse his saloon was
crowded from early in the evening till after
Q O'Clock. Then, rs no women came, it
crept through the wool of the thirsty crowd
present, that the saloon man had made q
rather nice thing by attracting them to his
den. The unscrupulous fellow made sever
al hundred dollars by his shrewd dodge.
THE WOMEN
of Brooklyn did, however, organize, and
are now on the war path. Last Monday
they formed praying bands and visited vari-
Gus saloons, in which they held services.
These agencies can be used in Brooklyn as
well as in the West. for Brooklyn is n city
Of residences, and very religious city.
But they met with but little success. The
saloon keepers were obdurate, and no re-
suits followed. They propose to keep it up,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

The above shows a fearful increase OF
casualties in these districts in 1878. The
appointing of Mine Inspectors in these dis
tricts does not seem to be effective in check
ing casualties in the mines, Tor the num-
Der of accidents are evidently on the in
crease instead of decrease since their ap-
pointment Heretofore many accidents
were attributed to irregular working OF the
collieries in the years previous TO 1877,
when the casualties were diminished to
some extent, and even in the Shamokn
District. where there was no Mine 1nspec-
tor in 1872, the number of casualties are
greater in 1873 with an inspector than
they were in 1872. This would seem to
indicate that the operators paid more at
tentiOu III -rrrv-r, .i--ro ucre
no inspector, and after th3 inspectors en-
tered on their duties the yigilacce of the
operators ceased. We cannot account for
this great increase in accidents in these
districts in any other way, because the
colleries in all the districts were worked
more regularly and with less stOppages
than in the previous years.
The mining casualties in 1873 occurred
as follows, which we give so that it can be
seen in which months they are most FIRE.
ouent
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03
[ITom the l1It5Nl..s hlner-' J0tunaI.j
improvements in fle Coal Region
i'm 1874.

There are not many improvements max
ing at the colleries on lands not belonging
to the coal mining and carrying companies
in the different regions, or at least but few
have been reported.
COLLIERY IMPROVEMENTS OF r. & II. c.
e !. co.
Bear Valley Colliery, (west of fShamokin},
leased to Helm & GOODWILL new per-
pendicular shaft 400 feet deep, to the Mann
moth Vein, is nearly completed, and suita-
bic machinery for the same is about to be
erected, all OF which will be finished this
/ spring.
George Fales Colliery, (west Of Shamo-
kim, leased to Helm & Goodwill-ThC Ca
pacity of this coliery has been increased
by tunnel to an everything red ash vein, six
feet thick, of excellent coal,
Mt. Carmel Shaft, tnear Alaska Sta
tom very large colery is being opened
horizontal, and in excellent condition at
this point The shaft viii be nearly 300
feet deep, 100 feet of which has already
bvrn sunk with the Diamond Drill P"r-
mauen. nrst-class hosting machinery and
boilers have been erected. The breaker
masonry Is put up and the breaker struc-
ture will he erected rs soon as tbs coal
openings require it.
Locust Gap Coliery, lat Locust Cap,
leased to Graeber, kemple * Goa large
new colliery has been opened on the Mann
moth Vein, with a hosting and pumping
slope, new breaker, hosting and pumping
machinery, BOILERS, &c, complete, which
is now flushed and ready for shipment.
Locust Spring Colliery, (near Locust
Cap, worked by Company. colliery
has been renovated and made first class
operation. The slope has been sunk two
hits deeper, and all the machinery and
breaker put in good order.
Bittenbcnder Tunnel, (west of Shamo-
kin. The tunnel which the Big Noun
tain lmpt. Co. had been driving for NUM-
Der of years, has been extended by the p.
II II. Z. Il |. Co. to within 40 yards of the
Mammoth Vein. and proved by bore
hole with Diamond Drill, from face of
tunnel, and by Il shallow shaft at the sur
face. The vein is - feet thick, OF excel
ient coal and tie t.unHcl, which opens a
very large Uody # coal above water, will
last many years aud rrn1,r this one Of the
largest aud best cpllerie- in the region.
In addition to the above improvements
making in the Schuylhill aud Northumber-
land Districts, the following have been re-
ported:
Messrs. Haas, Bren;zcr i Co.. at the
Turkey Run Colliery, are sinking an un-
derground slope from . tunnel on the
Mammoth Vein.
Messrs. Il. IIeckscher & Co. are sinking
an underground slope from The foot of their
}-haft
MT. Isaac -n'--:a sinking a slope at the
Buck Ridge Colliery in Northumberland
county.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

4 DUNG MINISTER SHOOTS HIMSELF.
CAUSE UNKNowN The Wilkcsbarre
Record Of the Tines o! Wednesday las gives
the following account of the mysterious
suicide vf minister: The little village
Of Nanticoke was thrown into a considera-
be stateof excitement yesterday forenoon
when i was learned that Rev. J. II. Pad
dock. minister OF the Methodist Episcopal
Chu'ch, had committed suicide. Groups
ufcdrious persons aud sympathizing friends
discussed the said affair pro and con, and
various were the surmises as To the real
cause. Mr.. Paddock preached sermon
sunday and appeared in his usual health.
both bodily and mentally. An hour be-
fore his death he took his last drive with
his wife, and on his arrival home dcliber-
ately shot himself with a revolver, causing
instant death.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

The only geographical news is as fol-
lows After SANKEY'S departure the doctor
left Unyanyembe. rounded the south end
of Tanganyika, travelled south of Lake
Bembar or Ban2ueoles, crossed it from the
south to north. then proceeded along the
east side, returning north through the
marshes to Mini ala. Al his papers. sealed
and addressed to the Secretary Of State,
are in charge IF Arthur Laing, British
merchant. of Zanzibar. Messrs. Murphy
and Cameron remain behind.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

constitutes the only scientific, rational,
safe and successful manner of treating this
odiOus disease that has ever been offered to
the afflicted. So successful has it proven
that the proprietor has long offered a stand
ing reward of $500 for case of Catarrh
which he can not cure.
INDIsPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
Thos J. Bishop, of South Brooklyn,
n. T., writes that his wife had suffered
since child with Catarrh until it had re-
suited in what eminent physicians pro-
nounced Consumption that she has used
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and
thev have worked wonders with her case.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

II is announced that Benjamin Hay
wood, Esq, Of SchuylkilI county, has given
his check for $1,000 to be divided among
the preachers of the Philadelphia Confer
ence of the NJ. f. Church, who have re-
ceived less than 81, 600 salary for the past
year also. renewed his offer of $4,000 to-
wards founding an orphanage, TO be un-
der the exclusive control Of the same Con-
ference.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03
From the PottsyilIe Miners Journal.
Deaths. Etc, I'm the Mines.

From the report of Mr.. p. McAndrew,
the Clerk of the Niue Inspectors OF the
First. Second and T4.,'; Districts, CON-
prising the counties ~. Schuylkill, Nor
thumbcriani. Columbia and Dauphin, we
CLEAN Tie i;,lIowng list of casualties that
occurred ia these districts during the year
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

A BLOODY FIGHT.-The afternoon ex-
press on the Valley Road Saturday was
the scene of a bloody fight near Brady's
Bend A large number of raftsmen got
on the train at Pi.sburg. Their rough
and disorderly appearance and drunken
manners soon drove all save their own
clique from the car, and even the conduc-
tor and brakemen were inclined to let them
severally alone. Having whisky among
them, the raftsmen grew more and more
uuarrelsome, and seemed bent on some
mischief. Two of their number at last
came to blows over trade which they
had made, and the smallest of the two, not
being a favoritc, VAS pitched upon by the
whole drunken crew. The fight was gen
eral for time. and at last the smaller
raftsman drew back into Il corner of the
car, the better TO protect himself. The
drunken rabble made rush for him, when
he drew dirk-knife and ordered them
back or he would hurt them. Not mind
inr this threat, one fellow rushed forward.
The man was IN earnest, however, and as
the fellow neared him the dirk fell, inflict-
ing A fearful cash and telling the raftslnan
to the floor. Too drunk TO know their
peril. the rabble rushed on and the fight
became terrible. The little man used his
| dirk with fearful effect, and not until a
large number (some reports put it at ten
= 4, tl, a.,
fight cease. At Parker's the wounded
men were put off and placed under the
doctors care. The man who did the cary
ing came on to Oil City, where he took the
next tr'T'"-s0- the river. The fight was a
desperate one, ana ''~-annr Of the car was
drcnched with blood.--Ol Cay Iey,;ot
March 80.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

In the appropriation bills already re-
proted in Congress there mas been a reduc-
tioD of Sl2,O00,00O, and it is calculated
that those yet TO be reported will bring the
reduction up 10 S25,OOO,0O0. That is a
substantial reform" that the people can
understand and appreciate.