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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

THE Bloomsbury Columbian, speaking
in regard to the recommendation of Hon.
W. l.. Dewart, of this place, for Lieuten-
ant Governor by the Watsontown Record,
says: "Mr. Dewart served in Congress
some years ago, but fell victim to the
Lecompton comedy of errors.'" This is
a mild way of putting it by our Democratic
neighbor Of the Columbian. That it was
a s&indle that came near being a tragedy,
we have the testimony Of such Democrats
as Stephen A. Douglas. But the scenes
then enacted have become historic, and
the leaders and participators of that great
outrage have long since ''gone up the
suout.; =
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27
STRJCK BY LIGHTNING.
10000 Barrel Tank On Fire.
THE TANK EPPLODES.

MoDoC CITY, March Is.
At noon to-day The derrick Of the Mark
ham veil, owned by {. V. Boughton, was
struck by lightning and completely shat
tered on two corners. The electric fluid
passed from thence round a tank full Of oil,
and followed Union Pipe Line 20 Phillips
Brothers well, eighty rods distant, which
il set on fire.
1t them followed the pipe line to Jos.
Bushnell's iron tank containing 16, 600 bar
rels of oil which it fired, and passed on
about 40 rods further to the Reynaman &
Leckcy well where it seemed to enter the
ground or disappear. Mr.. Bushnell's tank
will be a total loss, but the Union Pipe
company, who run the oil, commenced
pumping at the rate of 200 barrels per hour,
and much of the oil will be saved.
Strange to say the BoughtOn well did not
ignite. The other two which took fire were
, fortunately extinguished after some diff
Guilty, and before much das,;ib bc ir,,n tank
JaffIst na W Saved, as the heat 10 so intense.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
MoDOC CITY, March 10--6 p. NJ.
No lives lost by the bursting of the Bush
nell tank. The tank burst second time,
at A. NJ, and the flames spread in all
directions, overtaking and burning up the
james Adams well also, the engine house
of Spotted Tail, owned by Joseph Seep.
The report that Joseph Bushnell owned
the tank or oil at the tine of the fire was
mistake.
Andrews & Co. S hardware store, below
the tank was burned, together with a num-
Der of the surrounding dwellings, both
above and below.
1t was feared at one time that the fire
would sweep the whole run, including the
iron tanks below the Treutman farm. The
fire was, however, fortunately confined, and
it is still burning. The Union pipe COM
pany succeeded in saving only about 800
barrels oil, when their connections burned
of. The total loss is estimated at about
$4,000, although the exact figures cannot
vet be asccrtained.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27
1874.
1910.
PAL Kill L. Il r..
THE GREAT
Family Medicine Offhe Ave.

Taken Internally, 1t Cures
Dysentary, Cholera, Diarrhea, Cramp
and Pain in the Stomach, Bowel Com
plants, Painters Collie, Liver, Complaint
dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sore Throat, Sud-
den Colds, Coughs, &c, sc.
Used Externally, it Cures
Boils, Felons, Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Scalds, Old Sores, Sprains, Toothache,
Pain in the Face, Neuralgia,
rheumatism, Frosted Feet,
&c. &c, &c.
PAIN-KILLER,
after thorough trial by inumerable living
witnesses, has proved itself the Medicine of
the Age. 1t is an internal and external
remedy. One positive proof of its efficacy
is, that its sales have constantly increased
and wholly upon It's own merits. The ef-
feet of the
PAIN-KILLER
upon the patient when taken internally, i'll
case of Cold, Cough. Bowel Complaint,
Cholera, Dysentery, and other atflictions of
the system, has been truly wonderful, and
has won for it name among medical pre-.
parations that can never be forgotten. Its
success in removing pain, as an external
remedy, IN cases OF burns, Bruises,
Sprains, Cuts, Stings OF Insects, and other
causes of suffering has secured for it such
a host of testimony, as an infallible remedy,
that it will be handed down to pcsterity as
one of the greatest medical discoveries of
the nineteenth century.
THE PAIN-KILLER
derives much of its popularity from the sim
plicity attending its use, which gives it
peculiar value in family. The various
diseases which may be reached by it, and
in their incipient stages eradicated, are
among those which are peculiarly fatal if
suffered to run but the curative magic of
this preparation at once dsarms them of
their terrors. In all respects it fulills the
conditions of n popular medicine.
Be sure you call for and get the genuine
Pain Killer, as many worthless nostrums
are attempted to be sold on the great repu-
tation of this valuable medicine.
@Directions accompany each bottle.
Price 25 cents, 30 cents, and S1.O0 per
Bottle.
Sold by all Medicine Dealers.
March 6, 1S74-lm.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

THE next general election for State and
county officers will take place on the third
dav ofNoyember next, when there will be
quite a list of officers to be elected. On
that day will be chosen two Supreme
Judges, Lieutenant Governor, an Audi
tor General and Secretary Of Internal
Affairs as State officers. In this Congress
sional district, composed of the counties OF
Northumberland, Dauphin and Lebanon,
we shall elect member of Congress. In
this county we shall elect two members OF
the Legislature and the other county Off
GERS as under the old Constitution. In
1875, and every three years thereafter,
three County Commissioners and three
County Auditors are to be elected under
the cumulative system Of voting.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

Ii the editor of the o;L, bod oor,ro.
hended, when he re, ri our article ON the
vacancy occasi..ped by the death of Judge
Nelher' he would have seen that it simply
referee TO the fact that the office Of Asso-
cla'.e Judge was abolished in this county
under the new Constitution, and that there
wonld be no successor to Judge Welker,
appointed or elected. Had we said any.
thing looking 10 the appointment of any
one TO ill the vacancy, there would have
been some point in his article. We are
glad to see, however, that our neighbor is
not entirely unconscious in regard to mat.
tiers of propriety. and hope that in his lib.
erality he will not in future forget to re.
tain little for horne consumption. Many
good men have been ruined by giving away
that whicI. they sadly needed themselves.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

More than 80 years have elapsed since
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment was first in
vented, during which time hundreds of
thousands have been benefited by its use.
. Probably no ARTICLE ever became so univer-
sally popular with all classes of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment.
Pills which contain antimony quinine
and calomel, should be avoided, as severe
gripping pains would be their only result.
The safest, surest, and best pills are Par
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

The largest vessel anoat, except the
Great Eastern. was built at Chester, this
State, and was launched last Wednesday
week, in the presence Of thousands o! spec
tators. \ delegation of United States
Senators and Representatives was in at
tendance. She is to run between san
Francisco and China. She is a ship OF
purely American construction. Her length
is 432 feet, her depth 80 feet 6 inches, and
her tonnage about 5000 tons.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

The MASSACHUSETTS SENATORsHIP.-
Both houses of the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture balloted for United States Senator on
-yTpssday without result. In the House
G. &c ~ oag gaiiot which resulted in 60
for Sanford, l. for Adams, 8 for Banks, ,
for Governor Washburne, scattering l.
The Senate had three ballots-on the last
Dawes received Il votes, Curtis 10, Hoar
g Adams 2, scattering ,.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

THOMAS Y. BOYD, Of Wayne county,
was elected on Tuesday 10 the Legislature
10 the legislative district of Wayne and
Pike, in place of VIM. II. Dimmick, re-
signed. He is the first Republican ever
elected TO the Legislature from the Demo-
cratic "Tenth Legion"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

We have at last the cheering news that
there is likely to be something done by
Congress to relieve us Of the stringency of
currency. On Monday the House took
definite action on the legal tender ques-
tion, fixing the amount of greenback circu-
lation at four hundred millions uf dollars,
which in effect legalizes the issue of so
much of the so-caled reserve" as the
Secretary of the Treasury has already put
out and authorizes the issue of the re-
mainder at his discretion. This bill passed
the House by a vote of 1GS yeas and II
nays. The ILL will no doubt pass - -
Senate, as the inilationists are in n r,o;or.
ity in both houses of Congress.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27
l,197,Sj1 sc


Henry T. Darlington, Esq, the abe
editor of the Bucks County InteIligncer,
has been appointed by Governor IIartrauft
one of the board Of trustees Of the State
Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg. \ capi-
tai selection and recognition Of a very
worthy gentleman and sound Republican.
Hon. S. Pringle Jones, formerly Presi-
dent Judge of the Berks county judicial
district, died at London on the 10th inst.
ANOTHER MURDER AT CENTRALIA.--
Human life is held very cheap at Centralia.
and murders are frequent there. A grudge
ends there, as in Italy, with the death OF
one or the other of the parties. About
eleven O'Clock Wednesday night man
named Thomas Dougherty was shot and
instantly killed while on his ways TO work.
There isn't the slightest clue TO the per-
s,etrators of the dark deed The murder
ed man was quiet in his ways, and the only
motive assignable is a suppOstion that he
belonged to the Molly Maguires. 1t is high
time the authorities of Columbia County
take measures TO Iepress the lawless spirit
that breaks forth only too frequently at
.Ceptralia. Miners Journal.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

We, the undersigned Auditors of Northumber
land county, State of Pennsylvania, do certify
that in pursuance of the 18th section of the Act
entitled 'An Act regulating Counties and Town
ships,'' &c, passed the 18th day of April, A. D.
1884, we met at the Commissioners Office, in the
borough of Sunbury, on the 5th day of January,
A. d. 1874, and adjourned from time to time.
and did audit, adjust and settle the several ac-
counts required Of us by law, agreeable to the
several Acts of Assembly, and supplements
thereunto, according TO the best of our own
Judgment and abilities. And we do further GER
tify that upon due examination of the expense
books we find the Indebtedness of the county in
unpaid county orders, to be S2799 AZ, of which
amount county orders of the year 1866 amount
ing TO 1880 are undoubtedly lost. Also 20
bounty orders, of the year 1862, amounting to
1925 are supposed to be satisfied, leaving an ac-
tual Indebtedness of STA ~.
In witness whereof We do hereurtO set our
hands and seals this Goth day of January, A. D.
1871.
j. NJ. FOLLMER, U.S.)
JACOB f. MUENCH, (L.S.]
JOSEPH EISELY, (L.S.)
March 20. 1873. Auditors.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

UP AT SING-SING- -STOKES-HARD WORK
ED MERCHANTS - SOCIETY - TEMPER
ANCE-EXTRAyAGANC PATRICK's
DAY AND THE IRlsH-STREET NUsI-
CLANS.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

We the undersigned Auditors Of Northumber-
land County, after concluding our labOrs, and
closing our report, feel il duty We owe TO the
payers, and also to ourselves, to call atten-
tion to a few facts that to the general reader
may appear obscure Ga duty heretofore, in our
opinion, neglected by preceding Anditors.) We
shall call attention first,
To the seemingly large results of the various
items of expenditures embodied in our report,
but when viewed in connection with the several
items which justly and properly belonged 10 the
expenditures of other and former years will be
reduced almost half in amount.
Among these items we may enumerate the fol-
lowing, viz:
Weights and Measures for county use: $304 90
Though the law required It fog the security of
the purchaser of goods and mel chandise, and ev-
cry kind of marketing sold by measure or weight,
they had never before the present year been pro-
cured.
John B. Hellcr's bill for costs as She
riff, s215S 81
This was for costs and fees during his term of
Office, and was not presented for payment until
the year 1878.
Printing Bill, Sl179 So
The bulk of this item was for publishing the
new constitution with the proclamation for the
Constitutional Election, and the sale of unseated
lands.
Court House improvements. s27O4 "a
These were extraordinary, and consisted of
new heaters and ventilators throughout the whole
entire building; also, with new carpets, mating
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27
Correspondence.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Fr7or' our Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
March "a, 1874.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

FXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS OF
~ Northumberland County from the first day
of January, \. D. 1873, to the third day of Jan
uary, A. d. 1874.
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Total.

By amount of outstanding county
taxes on the third dag of January,
1874, 29,4GS a
By generations to collectors, 1889 SIS
By commission allowed collectors, 2,760 50
BY amount of outstanding State
taxes, on the Sd day of January,
1874, for use of county, 2,21S 81
By exoneratons to collectors, 40 93
BY commission allowed collectors, lS5 16
By amount Of county orders paid, 61,905 5S
By amount of outstanding orders
paid on county indebtedness, 1905 IS
BY commission on sS4 $40 QS at exc, 2,I22 n
Balance due county, 3,240 II
Total. Sl26,2q2 IL
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

CADWALLADER, Esq, Treasurer of
Northumberland County, IN account with the
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania. respeetipp
Licenses from the 1st day of January, 1873, to
the 3rd day of January, 1874, both days inclu-
siVP.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27


To amount received from Tavern Il
censcs for the year 1873, 37O On
To amount received from Restaurant
licenses for the year 1873, 700 90
To amount received from liquor
store license for year 1879, 300 90
To amount received from retailers
of merchandise, coal and lumber
yards, &c., as per Mercantile An
praiser's list, for the year 1873, 3.s57 so
10 amount received from Millers'
license for the year 1878, 500 90
To amount received from Billiard
Tables for the year 1878, 27O 90
To amount received from Brewers
and Distillers, for the year 1878, so 80
To amount received from licenses on
Patent medicines, 1s5 90
To amount received from Circus and
Menagerie license. 10 90
To amount received from extra IL
censes collected from Retailers,
Billiard Tables, Ten pin alleys, Re-
staurants, &c, for the year 1878, Sl3 90
To 20 Copies Of Pamphlet Laws, 20 90
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Balance paid as follows
January. 5, 1874, S

Balance paid as follows
January. 5, 1874, 81 900 %
- 10, 1874. 500 90
g %, 1874, 1,74O 12 3,24n 12
ALBERT CADWALLADER, ESQ, Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
same, respecting State taxes on personal
property for the year 1878 and previous years
settled in his account respecting County and
State Taxes" &c.
DR..
To amount Of outstanding State tax
for 1872 and previous years, 81, SOC A
To amount of State tax duplicates
for 1878, 1865 II
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

ALBERT CADWALLADER, Esq, Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
same, respecting State tax on National Bank
Stock, for the year 1878 and previous years,
settled in his account Prospecting County and
State Taxes" &c.
DR..
To amount ofduplcates for the year
1873 and previous years, s., 1893 10
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

By amount of outstanding county
taxes for the year 1878,
By amount of oatstandins AZ
for 1872 and previous ye41s
By amount Of outstanding State tax
for the year 1878,
By amount of outstanding bank
stock tax due from First National
Bank of Northum berland for 1870
and 1871,
BY amount in hands of Treasurer on
settlement,
BY amount due from Geo. McEliece.
former Treasurer,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

1926 65
332 45
1855 4s
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

ALBERT CADWALLADEE. Esq. Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
Treasures of School Boards, Supervisors of
Roads, Overseers of Poor, jSc., of townships
and boroughs respecting taxes on seated and
unseated lands for the years 1870 and 1871.
DR..
To balance in Treasurer's hands as
per last Auditors report, S7S2 80
Balance due Treasurer, IL
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s40,264 IS

Excess of county assets above in
debtedness, s37.465 23
~On the above amount County oders of 1866.
amounting to 81 $50 are undoubtedly lost. and
should not be considered as liabilities to the
county hereafter.
tsaid Bounty orders are supposed to be sat-
isfied
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

ALBERT CADWALLADER, Esq, Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
same, from the first day of January, 1873, to
the third day Of January, 1874, (both days in
clUsive) respecting county and State taxes, &c.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

coo 90
S,240 12
4,73S %
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CR.
By State Treasurer's Receipt of Sept.
1st, 1878, on State Tax, and in
eluded in county orders, 4,5
By State Treasurer's Receipt of De-
cember 9th and 18th, 1873, and in
cluded in county orders, I,3C
g. S:
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY in
with the Commonwealth of Pennsyly
specting State and National Bank Ste
&c, for the year 1873.
DR..
To amount of Tax on Personal Pro-
perty, as fixed by the Board of Re
venue Commissioners for the year
1913, after deducting collectors
and Treasurer's commissions, &C.,
To amount Of Tax on National
Banks, for the year 1873, as fixed
By the Board of Revenue Commjs-
sioneas, latter deducting Collectors
and Treasurers' commissions,
Balance,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

ALBERT CADWALLADER, Esq, Treasurer of
Northumberland County, in account with the
Militia Fund, Of the same, for the years 1870.
1871 and 1872.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-17
SOUTHERN SWEET POTA-
TOES.

A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer pays the following tribute to
this sweet potato: I'VE have Gull
tivated this excellent sort three sea-
sons past with satisfactory results.
1t yields better, is earlier, and sweet
er, than any other kind we have
grown, and the potatoes arc kept
during the winter in an ordinary
dry cellar, without artificial heat.
a merit possessed by no other variety
that we are acquainted with. We
kept an abundant supply last spring
and summer for family use until the
new crop was ready to dig, and found
them as crisp and good as could be
desired until the last. The sweet
potato has not been fully at home
in our more Northern States, here
tofore, and, as it is an important
article food, wherever grown, we
regard this early, hardy variety as 9
great improvement, and as a begin
ming from which We shall expect
great improvements. The plants
OF this variety are more stocky and
tenacious ofIife than ordinary kinds.
IN planting some 10000 plants last
season. we found smaller per cent
age of this variety to fail than any
other. Plants sent per mail to points
in Massachusetts, Kansas, Nebraska,
and Utah, carried safely, and grew
well.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-17
TILTON'S BILL OF PARTICU.
LARS.

New YORK, December H.
Judge McCue, of the Brooklyn City
Court, in his order granting a bill Of
particulars in the suit of Theodore
Tilton against Henry Ward Beecher
says:
81 am of the opinion:
81. That the plaintiff should be
limited as to his proofs Of specific
acts of adultery to those named in
bis bill Of particulars.
''2. That this order is not to be
construed as prohibiting plaintiff
from introducing on the trial Of this
action testimony which may be
admissible unoer general r2a !aea Of
evidence as TO any acts, otEer than
specific acts Of adultry, declarations,
writings, documents, and confess
sions. in which alleged confessions
no particular time or place shall
have been referred to-
The trial has been postponed UNI
til the first Monday in the January
term.
Tilton'a attorneys have appealed
from Judge McCue's order.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-17
FATTENING CHICKENS.

1
1t is HOPELESS to attempt to fatten
chickens while they are at liberty.
They must be put in a proper coop,
and this, like most other appurten.
ances, need not be expensive. To
fatten twelve fowls, coop may be
three feet long, eighteen inches high
and eighteen inches deep, made
entirely of bars. No part solid
neither top, sides, nor bottom. Dis
erection must he used according to the
size Of the chickens put up. They
do not want any room; indeed, the
closer they are the better, provided
they can all stand up at the same
time; Care must be taken to put up
such as have been accustomed to be
together, or they will fight. If one
lis quarrelsome, it is better to remove
it at once, as,like other bad examples
it soon finds imitators. Diseased
chickens should never be pu. up.
The food should be ground oats,
and may either be but up in trough
or on fiat board running along the
front Of the coop. It may be mixed
with water and milk, the latter. It
should be well soaked, forming pulp
as loose as can be, provided it does
not run off the board. They must
be we'll fed three or four times day,
the first time as soon after daybreak
as may be possible or convenient,
and then at intervals of four hours:
Each meal should be as much as they
can eat up clean, and no more; when
they have done feeding, the board
should be wiped and some gravel
spread on it. It causes them to feed
and thrive.
After a fortnight Of this treatment
you will have good fat fowls. If
however, there are but five or six
to be fatted, they must not have as
much room as though there were
dazen. Nothing is easier than to
allow them the proper space, as it is
only necessary to have two or three
pieces of wood to pass between the
bars and form a partition. This
may also serve when the fowls are
at different degrees of fairness. This
requires attention, or fowls will not
keep fat and healthy. AS soon as
the fowl is sufficiently fatted, it must
be killed ; otherwise 1T will not get
fatter, but will lose flesh. If fowls
are intended for market, of course
they are,or may, all be fatted at once;
but if fors~home consumption, it is
better to put them up at such inter
walls as will suit the time when they
will be required for the table.
When the time arrives for killing,
whether they are meant for market
or otherwise, they should be tasted
without food or water for twelve or
fifteen hours. This enables them to
keep for some time after being killed,
even in hot YEA .her.- --Journd1 Of
CHEMISTRY.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-17
After Your Cheese.

On tree there sat crow,
In his bill chunk of cheese;
On the ground fox, below.
Said, "Some music, il you please.
You are beautiful Of wing
Aud bet that you can sing"
Cheered by flattery, the crow,
Sang. and dropped the cheese below.
Then the cunning fox did freeze
To the fallen chunk Of cheese;
And he calmly lugged 1t off,
And he Scoffed the song with SCOT.
MORAL.
When they pat you on the back,
When they say that you're the one;
When they say they're on the track,
"An6 have been obliged to rum"
When their complime nts denote
They are goiLg for your vote,
You can just do as you please,
But-you better watch your cheese.
Fort Scott, Kan. Nonitor.