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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

DEATH OF Hon. CHARLES SUMNER
Charles Sumner, United States Senator
from Massachusetts, died in Washington
CITY on Wednesday. lie was taken six
or Tuesday. but recovered sufficiently to
reach the Senate. During the night he 20.
another severe attack which lasted until
ten minutes before 3 O'Clock, when he ex-
pired calmly and without struggle. Dur
iHg the last hours of Mr. Summers ILL.,
less, his intellect seemed 10 be clear, and
he was cons, ious to the last.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

THE prospect OF the Senate at Washing
ton taking action on the finance question
soon. is becoming discouraginz. Instead
of preparing TO vote. Senators are prepar-
ing new speeches and brushing up old ones.
These gentlemen forget that business is
languishng, trade is unsettled, and the
finances of the country are unsettled, while
they are i1dulgiBg in talk. 1t is time that
Senators should do something the coun-
try is tired Of this perpetual drizzle OF
debate
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR S

The property of Samuel Gossler. deceasef
uate on the corner of Fonrth street and Sh;tn
Avenue, in the borough of Sunhury, is offer
private sale. on reasonable terms. For p;4'
lars call on. or ad lreSs
PETER s. GOSSLER. Sunbufy
JOHN Y. GOSSLER, Scranton
Exec
Or on NJ. c. Gearheart, Market street.
bury. PL.
The aboye property if not sold by March
/ will be sold at pubic sale to the highest
at the Court House, in Sunbury, Pa. AZ o
p. NJ.
Suubury, JAN, %, IA.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

The moment he gets control of fifty votes
he is certain of it, for that fifty. by skilfu
repeating, means two hundred aud fifty ou
election day.
This is Republican form Of government
| believe.
THE WEATHER
is as mild as new milk. and the streets
well they are ;ndescribably slushy and
nastv. May The summer put in an appear
ance Immediately. PIETRO.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

WE are informed that the steeple Of the
Methodist Church at Danyille was blown
down during the stOrin Monday, greatly
ipiuriug the roof and doing other damage.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE NoTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Northern Central Railway Company
was held at Baltimore on Thursday, the
26th ult., and was largely attended
After the meeting was called TO order,
the President of the Northern Central, Mr..
J. Donald Cameron, read the annual re-
port, which document set forth the total
earnings Of the corporation of the past year
at S5,03l ,365, and gave the total expenses
for the same period as S3,447. .5l4, making
the net earnings for the past year, 81. .5S3,-
S5l. an increase over 1872 in clear profits
of Si72.CS2. The earnings, clear of all
expenses, were applied as follows:
To the interest oanS. gold pre-
miums, taxes and interest on
hoaiin% debt. ......-............... SSsH, ,4i5 81
Rent Of leased roads ............... 213 l67 Ou
Extraordinary expenses for mainte-
nance of way. principally on East
and West Divisions ................ q. 2i5 .0J2 80
Increase on equipment ................ 2i7,47 81
Total .... e.. 1900. ........$l ,575 U72 ~
The operating expenses we're q 2l-l00
per cent. less than in the previous year
The sinking fund shows an increase Of
SlUO.S46 81. The coal tonnage of the
main line has increased during the year
q. lSi tons the Elmira division shows an
increase Of 96.952 tons. and the Shamokin
division 90. 746 tons increase.
The report states that owing to the re-
suits of the operations of the road for the
year 1872, the Pennsylvania Company
would not make such an offer ia lease as
was deemed acceptable. Ii was believed
the business Of the year just ended would
result more favorably, but the time had
expired so recently. that they had not been
able to take action in the matter. The
concluding paragraph is as follows:
Your board, still inclinng To the belief
that your interests can be best subserved
by lease Of the property. if made upon
just and equitable basis, ask you to ad-
iourn this meeting for reasonable tin g. -
At the conclusion of the reading of the
reports, Mr.. 4. l.. Snowden offered reso-
luton that the election of directors be ad
,urned to a meeting to be held on Thurs
day, April 9, 1874.
After considerable debate, this resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted. In the
meantime experts, appointed on behalf Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, will examine
the Northern Central Railroad thoroughly.
and the question of leasing the road will
then be acted on.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13
DEN aobsr tissmsn's.
Sfnckh0isicrs' Meeting.

A MEETING Of the Stockholders of Fort Au-
~ gusta Building and Loan Association, Of
'nubury. will b. held in Clements building, on
Third street, on Tt URSDAY EVENING,
MARCH 10Th. 1874, at o'clock, for the pur-
1nSe Of e'ectng Officers for the ensuing year,
nd To receive the reports of the Treasurer and
Finance Committee.
JACOB sHIPMAN, sec'y.
Sunbury, March 18th, 1874.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

Rev. John l.. Stephens, an Amsrican
missionary at Guadalajara, Mexico, was
assassinated at Acapulco Oh the I'd instant,
and his body horribly mutilated.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13
Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ buvng found. on the 10th of February,
1874, package Of Dry Goods, consisting of
hreakfIs; shawIS. gloves and notions. along the
Su>qurhannl river, above Georgetown, Lower
Mahanoy township, NOrihumberlan5 county.
The goods are supposed To have belonged to a
prdlar. The owner or owners are requested to
come forward. prove property. pay charges, or
else they viii be disposed OF according to law.
PERCIVAL BORREL.
JOSEPH LATCHFORD.
Georgetown, Ncrth'd Co.. March 18TH.
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Nru advertisements
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SHERIFF.S SALE.

DY Virtue of u certain Writ of aliIs testatum
ID Fieri Facias, Issued out of the Court Of
Common Pleas, Of Lycoming county, and 20 me
directed, will be exposed TO public sale or out
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13
THE OTHER EXTREME.

And while 500, 1000 people thus herd to-
yetheI like cattle, living on the refuse OF
the markets. and thankful if they get even
that, It is a sharp commentary on our
boas,ed civilization to read in r society"
paper that Mrs. VIM. b. Astor, at a recent
ball, wore diamonds to the amount ct one
million dollars, and laces to :he amount OF
one hundred thousand more. The husband
of this woman is worth not less than S6O,-
OOO. 900. large share of his property being
in these very tenement houses | have been
describing. He has never given dollar
in charity-he never repairs house, or
ever needs call for air, light or cleanliness
from the miserable wretches who inhabit
them. The OILY interest he ever takes IN
these people is to see that they pay their rent
every month in advance, and to see exactly
how much money in the shape Of rent can
be screwed out Of them. His father, the
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

ON Elk Z CROWBING HOW ffOIiSF IIN r.. OK
RATHER HOW THEY EX ST DIAMONDS
THE AsTORS. FATHER AND son -
CHARITIES - INTEMPERANCE AMONG
wOMEN-THE LAST swINDLE-POLIrI-
CAL-THE WEATHER.
NEW YORK Mlrch 10, 1874.
THE TENEMENT HOUSES.
One half of the million Of people who
make up this great Babel live in what are
called tenement houses. You. oh dweller
in the village or the country, have au idea
that house is structure Of seven to
twelve rooms. in the centre of pretty piece
of ground, with flowers. fruits and such
things about it, where a child may be born
and grow up with decent, healthful sur
roundings. That s not what 800, 900 peo-
| pie in this city know as house. To them
house means vast building. four or five
stories high, divided INTO small rooms, the
| rooms ten feet square, the bed rooms cio-
sets. Light, the cheapest of all things, is
| in these places luxury, and ventilation is
impossible. Often twenty. thirty. and forty
families are crowded into a single building.
and instances have been known where as
many as l50 apartments have been crowded
together under one roof, each of them in
habited by family of from three to five
persons. IIuddled together in these COM
munities of crime and filth, a large part of
the City's population live and die here,
without ever having known the true signi-
ficance OF the word. home
The extent to which the Ovcrcrowdine
3. stem of tenement houses is carried in
New York. exceeds that Ot any other Chris
tian city in the world a comparative eX-
hibit of the.
POPULATION TO THE SQUARE ACRE,
among our poor people, shows that in the
Z eventh Ward il is ;}2S; in the Thirteenth
Ward. 81 4; in the Fourteenth Ward, 30,
and in the Seventeenth Ward, $50 these
being the four most density thronged dis
tricts in New York. London has but one
district that approaches this exhibit. The
population of the Strand numbers 3O7 To
the square acre, ami the mex; most crowded
area is East London, with 266.
AND WHAT Is MORE.
Very frequently there is no pretence of
separating families by thin partition walls.
Men find themselves unable to pay the rent
of a whole room, and so two or more fami-
lies are huddled into a single room, the par
tltion being mark on the floor. And in
these places children are born famiits
sleep together male and female. Is it any
wonder that the jails and prisons are crowd
ed Is il any wonder that to keep COM
mon order IN army Of p"licemcn is re-
quircd?
THE OTHER EXTREME.
And while 500, 600 people thus herd to-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

JOHN NEAGIET. I. W. Pt RRY.
STEAE PLANNING MILLS,
MILLERSBURG, PA.
NEAGLEY &c PERRY,
Manufacturers and Deal, T, in
Flooring, Siding. Surface Boards, Lath,
Stripping. Shingles,
Aud ali kinds of Sash, Doors, Shutters, Blinds,
Mouldng<, &c.
Hem,ock & White Pine Bill Stuff, and all kinds
of Buildin" Material.
Stair huilding and church work speciality,
Narch Is. 1y.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13
Correspondence.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

OVER CROwDING HOW PEOPLE LIVE. OR
RATHER HOW THEY EX ST DIAMONDS
THE ASTORS. FATHER AND son -
CHARITIES - INTEMPERANCE AMONG
woMEN-THE LAST SwINDLE-POLITI-
CAL-THE WEATHER.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13

''Since deceased.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15
DEATH OF GAIL BORDEN.

This venerable old citizen of Texas
died at his home near Columbus, on
the Colorado, Oh the 18th of January.
Mr.. Borden wasa native of Norwich,
New York. He went in 1914 to Gov
ington, Kentucky, afterwards to Missis-
sippi. In 1923 he, his father and three
brothers came to Texas. In 1885 he
and his brother Thomas H., now of
Galveston, established the Texas Tele-
graph at San Felipe, the same paper
which lately ceased in Houston. The
Office was burnt by Santa Anna in 1886,
but the paper, after the victory of San
Jacinto, was revived.
Mr.. Gail Borden was the inventor of
the meat biscuit, and afterwards of
Borden's condensed milk. He went to
New York and in few years made a
fortune out of his inventions. Recently
he returned to Texas and established a
manufacturing establishment near Co.
lumbus. He has ever been man of
activity, enterprise andusefulness. The
name ''Borden" is honorable in Texas.
John p. was the first Commissioner of
the Land Office, and is a noble man.
Thomas III. is the embodiment of a
good citizen. Paschal p. died lamented
in Fort Bend, some years ago!
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15

All persons wishing fine pictures or por-
traits of themselves or friends, at reasonable
prices, will do well to favor us with call as
we are prepared TO execute any stS lie of pie
tnres that may be called for on the shortest
notice. Old pictures enlarged to any size,
and colored In oil, India Ink, pastile and
water colors. All work made to give salts
faction or no charge. as2d3m
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15
CHICKEN CHOLERA.

In reply to our request u few days
since, lady of Dallas sends us the fol-
lowing recipe as cure and proven
tive Of chicken cholera 1t is within
the reach of all. Here it is:
In n quart of water dissolve a piece
of blue stone the size of n chestnut.
In this water soak for u night the
equivalent of three ears of shelled
corn. Feed this corn to your chickens
once or twice II week. Also drop lit
tie IN the water given to your chick
ems.
While the disease is prevalent also
chop very finely green or red pepper
pods, mix with corn meal dough, and
feed to your chickens every morning.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15
JUDICIAL.

Whenever Governor Coke becomes
actual Governor of Texas, under the
amendments to the constitution
adopted at the late election, he will
have a grave duty to perform in NOM
mating to the Senate an entirely new
Supreme Court, to consist of Chief
Justice and four Associate Ju lges to
occupy the seats lately disgraced by
the three semi-cOlon Judges, Ogden,
Walker and McAdoo, the trio who had
the shame-facedness to exercise forbid
den jurisdiction, and decide case in
which they were personally interested
With new Supreme Court, COM
posed Of men of legal talents and pri-
sate virtue, we apprehend some of the
one-horse District Judges of Texas,
who have been lording it over the peo-
pie for four years, will dominance put
ting out hedge anchors to windward to
save themselves from that public con.
tempt which, sooner or later, over
takes all men who prostitute public
Office to wicked ends. There are too
many of them by at least fif-
teen, anyhow. The Legislature, even
without or before calling convention
ought to rcdistrict the State and re
duce the number ofjudges from thirty
five to twenty.
1t is notorious that there are men OF
the District Bench without qualiflca
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lions, either mental or moral, Come
ARE fools, some are knaycs, and some
possess both qualities, as did the noto'
rlous Oliver, who was forced to resign
last winter There Are some however,
who are worthy and competent Judges,
aud, lest we may be misunderstood,
We viii mention rs among the lalIer
class, Judges Mccormick, Of The Cal
weston districts Maste#on, Of the
Houston district Blnkley, of the Sher-
man district EasIon, Of the Paris DIS
trlct; Banton, Of the Waco district
Oslmhout, of the Bolton district, ana
doubtless others.
That Governor Coke will nominate
for the Supreme Court men Of great le-
gal learning and spotloss purity, we
nave no earthly doubt and from that
day tho era OF judicial tyranny
aud corruption In Texas VIII
cease. When that day comes
honest men may well thank dod'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15
nnNEItNOR NAVE.

Some of the Radicals have had the
unlalrness to charge TINT the late cleo
ton law was II democratic trick, forced
on them by u Democratic Legislature,
and that in doing 80 they violated the
constitution 10y changing the time OF
election from four days to one, We
have repeatedly stated Tint Governor
Davis recommended and approved the
law, with n full understanding of the
constitution which he helped make,
being himself President Of the conven-
ton that made 1t, To put this matter
forever ut rest, we copy below an eX-
tract from his annual message to the
Thirteenth Legislature when IT assem-
bled last January. lSee Journals Of
House Of Representatives, page ALL
The Governors message says
| further recommend that the cleo
ton law be amended to permit the
opening of election polls within each
Of the justices precincts, and reduce the
number of days Of election from four
to one. But II these two amendments
are adopted, they should be acconpa-
MED by provision that will secure
substantial protection to all classes of
voters in the exercise Of the election
franchise. The existing arrangement
was the result of approximations that ut
outlying precincts all the voters might
not have that security.
Was ever language palmer? That
message was sent in the day after the
Legislature met, before amy action
whatever had been taken, Note the
plain declaration made BY the Gov
ernor, that "the existing arrange
ment,r meaning elections for four
days at the county seats, "was the re-
suit Of approximations thata outlying
precincts all the voters might not have
that security Hence, when precinct
elections were restored, rs recommend
ed by the Governor, the necessity for
four days election ceased. SO said the
Governor 50 says Judge Mccormick,
another maker of the Constitution; so
say all the old and able eX-Judgcs OF
the State, and all the big lawyers, eX-
cept Hamilton; and but for the known
fact that all three of the scmi-colon
Supreme Judges were directly interest
ed in making a wrong decision, nc
such case or conspiracy would even
| have been Thought Of
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15

The aggregate number Of books now
in the library of Congress Ia 25s,762
VOLUMES, besides 10000 pamphlets
During the year ending with Deccm'
borl, about -, 400 volumes have been
added TO the collection. The rapid
growth Of the library renders the
necessity for u new building lmpera'
tive Congress has authorized the
preparation Of plans for u new build
Ing, athouph the location Of II h not
vet selected.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15
Thinning Railway Trnina.

To the Editor Of THE DALLAS HERALD:
The largest proportion Of the acct
dents that occur ON railroads result
from errors in time especially is this
the case where trains are operated on
single track roads. The telegraph will
not remedy this Were it possible to sta
ton operators every two miles. Jones
starts his train at one terminus on
schedule time Smith does likewise at
the other end of the route. Each con-
ductor relies upon his watch; any UNI
forseen accident to these intricate and
tender pieces of mechanism may re-
suit in loss of life and thousands of
dollars worth of property. AS n gen.
eral thing, passenger conductors carry
a first class watch, and, from our own
knowledge, freight conductors are not
the least bit behind in this respect; yet
the finest watch, unless frequently eX-
amined, may stop from dirt, or \ small
piece from the key in the process of
winding may lodge in the escapement,
and result in mourning to many wife
and child. There is remedy for this
that would result in a vast saving to
railroad companies, as well rs safer
feeling to the travelling community.
The damages resulting from collisions
alone to railroads in the State the past
summer will reach into the millions,
enough to purchase first class watch
for every man employed by the COM
panies.
The system adopted by some of the
foreign roads renders accidents by col
lision almost an impOssibility. There
Is q suitable room ut all main depots,
called "Time Room.o Before the train
leaves the depot, the conductor and
engineer have to repair to this room;
here they are presented with u watch,
timed TO the clock, and the time they
must run their train by; when their
tour of duty is finished they return the
watch to the time room. The person
in charge winds it and issues when
again required for service. The
watches are of the very best manufac-
ture, and are so cased that they cannot
be opened, except by the person in
charge of the time room. These
watches are frequently examined by a
practical matchmaker, so that there is
no danger of stops"
BY the adoption of this system the
cost to railway companies would be
but trine, compared to the security it
would give in the running of trains.
The proper way would be TO have a
"time clockn in the signal office; at
small expense the pendulum of this
clock could be connected with all the
clocks OH the line. For instance, say
the standard clock was at the depot ut
Houston, Of the Houston and Texas
Central Railway, we would connect the
pendulum of each clock with this at the
sub-stations, making each beat stimuli
taneously by electricity, using the same
wires now used by the company. The
expense would be small; ten dollar
time piece at the sub-stations would
answer every purpose. Then, with the
=
ducton' and engineers, "a collision by
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15
Theaailg9erald
ID. NIcCALEEs, Editor.

OuR now follow-cIlIaen, Judge l'ou-
hen A. Reeves, Is again at home, rom
attending the Federal Court at Iylor'
Among Others, Judge Reeves has been
mentioned In connection with " posi-
tlon ON the supreme Court when Gov
ernor Coke comes 10 renovolo that now
tainted body of seml'colon wlseacreS'
we shall be glad 10 see him there
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15

REGARDING the issue now forced
upon the people of Texas by n handful
Of INSCRIPTIONS conspirators, backed
up by the decision Of n dying Supreme
Court, governed by motives at war
with every principle Of public virtue,
we feel justified in laying before our
readers such facts as go to show the
Judgment of high and disinteresIed
sources in other States.
TO show the opinion Of the first
journals in New York, we give below,
us received by telegraph, their express
sions on the 10Th instant, the day before
our Legislature was to meet;
Special to the Galveston Ncws'l
NEW York, January Il.
The Herald says; "The Legislature
must organize, install the Governor,
and proceed to business"
The Times says: "The Federal Gov
eminent must hold aloof,o
The Tribune considers interference
would be disgraceful and outrageous"
Business men approve the Presidents
letter, and regard II as decisive.
All of which goes to prove that the
day has passed in Texas when a few
moral cut-throats can bid defiance to
human rights, andride rough shod over
amillion of free people, eatingouttheir
substance, and growing fat and imper-
tinent on crime. We thank God, in
his providence, for these new pledges
to the maintenance Of American lib
apfu
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15

Hon. ROGER q, MILLER, NJ Co
writes US from Washington, January
I'd, that he has introduced u bill III
Congress, requiring the Secretary OF
the Interior to remove the Fort Sill IN
dlans further North, andls dolhg aIl III
his power to have n military telegraph
established throughout the frontier
and all the Indians outside of the res
ervatlons turned over to the military
authorities, with power 10 pursue ma
raudlng bands into thereservations, ar
rest aud punish them. He has good
prospects OF success. The adoption OF
these measures will have powerful
influence in protecting the frontier,
and knowing the energy of Colohel
Mills in every good work for the coun-
try, we have great hope that he VIII
accomplish these desirable measures
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-15

reason Of difference Of time would be
an lmposslbIliiy, W.