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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29

STEALING HEAvEss L1vERY.-The
great alcoholess remedy, Vinegar Bit.
ters. is everywhere driving pestiferous
rum potions out Of the market. That
famous combinations of the finest me.
dicinal herbs on the continent of Amer
ca, is accomplishing such cures of dis
easess which fleet the stomach, the
liver, the bowels, the Kidneys and the
nervous system, that the grateful
masses mi have adopted itas their stand
ard Specific. fThesvarious rum. sioitters
have gone down before this pure vege-
table antidote like tedpins before a we'll
aimed ball The people have at tlength
citants are worse than ehanasA = lat both
morally and incidentally they are mimi
cal to the wellsbeing and safety of the
community. It won't do. The hand.
writing, ,is on the wall They are weigh
ed and found wanting. 2 Rim remedies
are defunct, and Vinegar Bitters,s the
universal antidote, reigns in their stead.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29
The American Meat and Vegetable Chopper

take the place OF tile old KNIFE and Tray in pre-.
pairing the various articles of food which require
Hash. Fish. Fruit and vegetables OF various kinds
has come ~ be consdere ed as much of nee, ssIty
IN every well.conducted household as n tEIothea
WrinEer or Cookins stove, while TOR HOTELS Bake
rles ~ hes,huiantS anu funlic institutions where
chine Is n solntely Indispensable.
of the many inventions designed for the pur.
pcse the only one hIch has stood ife test OF time
ana proved a Ieriect success Is the American" OF
which more than 50tO, have been sold and live
years constantnse has proved Il cir superiority
over oyer nii her hopnsrs they save their In
them u ii become that the annual sales now amount
70 more than thr-e times that or all other Fam IL
Choppers r',mbined-a fact which Is sufficient evi.
dence OF their superior merit.
Seven sizes. .uld by dealers every where
For Descriptive Circular and Price list addrss So
-. \, NEWTON d CO., ITO Chambers street,
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29
Dr. Dan,I wevaer of Tsoston. foil dow

Dr. Dan'l WeVaer of BOHtOn, fell down
mining ehhft Hear Denver, 76 feet, He was terri
bly, bruaed limbs BROKEN, aud supposed to be dead.
Mexican Mustang Linment was freely used, con-
soiousness restored, bis life saved and he came
homo in eight weeks. This is the most wonderful
article for Bruises, sprans, rheumatism, swellnRp,
snsytn, ninsbone, Ceres, or any flesh, bono or
muscle ailmcnt upon man or beast, ever discovered
1t ia humanity to animals. 1t has saved much suf-
sc.!5 many useless doctors bills. It can be
store. But beware OF counterfeits. The genuine
is wrapped IN fine ateel-plate label signed 49, W.
Westbrook. Chemiet,n
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29
How TO Look Young-sixteen.-Don

How to Look 'Young-sixteen.-Do
paint or use vile Hair Restorers, but simply apply
Hagan's Magnolia Balm upon your face, mock and
handr, and uso Lyons Kathairon upon your hair.
The Balm makes your complexion pearly, soft and
natural, and yop CAN'T tell what did it.. It remoyea
feckieS, tan, Fallowness, rngmarks, Inoth-patches
etc., and In place Of rod rustic faee.Sou have the
marble puriiyof an esquisite belle. 1T gives 10
middle age the bloom of perpetual youth. Add
these effects TO splendid head ofRhair. produced
oy the Knthairon, and lady has done lief best 81,
way OF adornment. Brothers will have no spinster
sisters when these articles are around
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29

0TTDr LApIEs' FnIrNp. contains articles
VO lV39rvued by eyery Lady-Passnt Needle
lfhreader. seinsers, ThimbIe. etc.-ehar
nj F UIEanteed worth sl.6G Sample box, by mali,
Ia NJ E0 centsi Agents wanted. pLpHB 4 CO..
16 w h0e soutf Eighth street, PhiladeiphlA, Pa
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29

TF you wish TO get PE,ACTIcAs. BUsI.
Il MESS EpUCATIOHs attend sud graduate at
that Oldest, largest and most thoroughly managed
inhtt ltion. JONES, CunMERCxaa. AND
T9nELEGHAPH COLLEGE,, 81. Louis, MO.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29

rio acid. II the butter has been adult
terated with horse. bone oil, o. deeper
color will be pro odnced than IL The but
ter did not contain That suhatance.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29
q, Gratefully 20

EfsS9 gtsS G.j iWM n. SPENCER. 2
7. o. Beg s07,sAIRHH e sH chester, N. " EsI
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29

NEGOTIATION OF .JAND.-The world
ls indebted to. Scotch intellect for many
cheap Jet valuable. improvements 7 Of
LAND aofliYhich the following may be
named ms n sample: Stakes were driven
into theypnds at the waters edge at reg.
rlase edAtencesTpar to the course of
the rlyerrs Between,these stakes branch
cs of trees and brush were CLOSELY in.
terlaeed, and by this simple colitriyance
sllt and mud were deposited, forming
an etnbankmentiup to high water mark
keeping it off the meadow formed be-
mnd the efembankment except at high
floods. The meadow was hard and dry
enough to bear grazing cattle; and the
river swamp, thus reclaimed with a few
stakes and brush put in the right places.
Will now sell for $500 IN acre In British
gold. West. and Middle Tennessee. to
say nothing tho flooded bottoms and
swamps of the eastern part of the state.
noT ofr the low grounds in, our sister
states OF Alabama and Georgia, have
lnundatedSYland by the ten Tho ousand
acres which might be reclaimed by this
ocotoh process at 2 very small expense.
ADuITERATED BUTTER. Wien bntter
is mixed with tallow it,may be defeated
by melting little of the butter in a
spoon and smelhpg it, when the tallow
may at once be perceived. Another way
to learn Yhether this substance has
been added islto 5meita small piece of
butteraf hlheat not exceeding that of
boiling water, and Ipbnr it into q vine
glass; Then imm medistely ponr over it
two fluid. dfao ohms OF commercial nitric
aoid {aa,la forGis) and shake them
slightiy H the butter EMPLOYED was
pure twill rise to the surface and not
becomeopeqnesfor some minutes, but
II 1t ,contains much tallow it will be,
come q, more or less Opaque white mass,
the natqre, of the change and the time
required depending on the amount Of
lat present in the adulterated. Some
times butter is adnlterated with horse-
bone oil. LIN this case the butter is to
~ ne s,.aa snakea fgRs with hot Sweter3 until
surface Remove Eve drops Of this and
place themo watch glass, and irn1he-
diately add ten drops Of strong sui phu-
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
Strange AfraIr on a RaIIroad.

AS the train on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Minnesota Railway which left
Cedar Rapids Friday morning at O'Clock
was nearing Solon, Ia, man was observed
sitting near the track and giving signals
for the train to stop, which was done, and
he was taken on board. He proved to be
a passenger who had fallen out Of the
sleeping car on the express train going
north during tho night. He had been
dragged by the rigging of the brake over a
quarter Of a mile, and after being released
had managed TO crawl to one side of the
road, where he remained until taken up.
The man lived at Quincy, ILL.,, and was
on his way to Minnesota. He could give
no account of how he came to fall out of
the car but 1t is supposed he got out Of his
berth while asleep and wandered OF. Of the
door. He only had on his night clothes
when taken up, and Of course must have
suffered considerably during the night.
His feet were badly frozen, and he was so
much chilled that he could give but little
account Of himself. He was put under tho
charge Of physician at solon.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

tB Two accidents are reported, the odd
ness of which deserves notice. The first
was in a Philadelphia slaughter-house
William Kelly, the owner, was standing
with sharp slaughter knife in his hand,
near Thomas McCarty an employe. Nc
Carly being spoken to turned suddenly
and ran the knife up to its hilt in his
breast penetrating the heart. The second
was equally strange and accidental. A
reverend gentleman out hunting near Port
Clinton, Pa, ran rabbit into a hollow
tree. He began to shake the tree when it
suddenly split into three pieces, one of
which fell on his head, killing him almost
instantly. A companion saw the accident.
ag- Recently two young men living in
Detroit, anxious to exhibit their nerve,
laid wager with third person, which
resulted in some rifle shooting Oxtraor-
dinary. A dozen apples we're procured,
and one gentleman stood 40 feet distant
from the other, who shot with rifle each
OF the dozen apples from his friends head,
after the manner of the late William Tell
Not satisfied with that, the apple holder
produced common pasteboard match box
cover and held it close to his head, between
his finger and thumb, and in that position
permitted his friend to fire three shots at
it, each going plumb to the centre.
London, December 26.-At five o'clock
this morning the steamer Gypsy Queen, be-
longing to the River Tyne Improvement
Commissioners, struck the wreck of
sunken lighter in that stream and went to
the bottom in five minutes. There were
between fifty and sixty workmen on board
the boat at the time of the disaster
Twenty of them were rescued but the re-
mainder, thirty or forty men, were drowned.
Wilmington, N. c., December 26.-The
storm last night was fearful. A number
of small houses were blown down, trees up
rooted and fences prostrated. The bark
Maria Needham dragged her anchor and
went ashore on the middle ground, between
the main bar and Rip. A steam tug which
went to her assistance failed to pull her off.
Dayton, Ohio, December 26.-At shoot
ing match yesterday, at Rige, village
near here two brothers, John and Henry
Stowe, quarreled about loading rife,
and John called Henry liar, when Henry
drew revolver and shot John, killing him
instantly. The spectators, being much
excited, caught and hung Henry to limb
of tree, and when taken down, life was
extinct. Too much whiskey caused the
mischief.
Buffalo, December 26.-The second floor
of house in this city gave away last night
precipitating the inmates to the basement.
A girl named Jennie Griffin, was killed and
several others injured.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
HARR1sBuRa, Pa, Jan. 3, 1874

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 3, 1874.
DEAR TIMEs:-There is nothing transpir-
ing of special notice in political circles hero,
although the politicians are hard at work
to put up ga slate" for the organization of
the House. Messrs. Mccormick (Allegh-
eny), Myer (Bradford), Mylin (Lancaster)
and Mitchell (Tioga), are the aspirants for
Speaker of the House, with about equal
chances Of success. DIR. Shurlock (Beaver)
is at work to defeat Gen. Selfridge for the
Chief Clerkship of the House, while Messrs.
Rogers (McKean) and McAffee (Westmor-
land) are striving for the desk of assistant
clerk. Who will be the lucky one on Tues
day next it is now impossible to predict
The Senate will have no diffiulty, as Mr..
Strang has been elected Speaker and Rus
sell Errett will no doubt be tho Clerk.
The message of the Governor will not be
delivered to the Legislature until Wednes-
day afternoon, and few If any advance
copies will leave this city. The message
will be very brief, unless the Governor
should elaborate on the New Constitution.
The session of the Legislature will be a
long one and the business will be of the
most vital Importance to the State. Let us
see how well it will be ATTENDED to. More
again. HARRISON.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
Grbe 0tines, Mem BlOunrhtIO, pa.
The Contingent Fund.


1t would be saving to the nation to do
away with the contingent fund, and from
recent disclosures it is probable that when
Congress re-assembles, there will be an in
vestigation into the charges against At
torney General Williams abuse of this fund.
Members generally have expressed their
surprise at the statements that the Attor-
ney General has provided himself with a
handsome carriage and pair of horses out
of the contingent fund of the Department
of Justice, and that his coachmen and SER
wants were employees of the Governm ent.
The fact is, that these practices were in
vogue long before Mr.. Williams went into
the Cabinet, and they have been repeatedly
exposed in the newspapers of the day. 1t
is also we'll known that the expose of the
transactions of Mr.. Harlan, while Secretary
of the Interior under Lincoln, led to Har-
lan's defeat when seeking a reelection to
the United States Senate. 1t appears that
Mr.. Harlan entered upon his duty as Sec
retary of the Interior on the 18th of May,
1865, and that on August 10Th Of the same
year, he appointed his son, lad, as mes
senger in his Office at $S4O year-the boy
while drawing this pay attending a college
in Georgetown. Mr.. Harlan being too
aristocratic to ride in one horse buggy,
such as are furnished to Secretaries, accord
ing to the Cincinnati Gazette'S correspon-
dent "took two valuable and beautiful
horses belonging to the Government away
from the Aqueduct, of which he had Off
cial charge, turned them over to his family,
and furnished carriage to match. The
coachman's name was entered upon the
pay roll of the Department at $50 month.
A footman was also provided, and was paid
on the roll. One dining-room servant re-
ceived his pay in like manner. The hors-
es were boarded at 500 month, and the
disbursing officer of the Department paid
this little item regular with the rest"
These facts show that Attorney General
Williams has at least had precedent for his
use of the contingent fund, and he has
certainly been more modest in his demands
upon it than was Secretary Harlan. The
fact is that in every branch of the Govern
ment these abuses, as they may be called
Ito use the mildest possible term), have
grown year by year, and have thus received
the sanction Of custom. In vain has the
press called attention to them. 1t is not
long since the most specific charges were
made against prominent official (of the
same nature as those which drove Mr.
Harlan from the United States Senate), but
they passed unheeded There is said,
however, to be a determination on the part
of certain leading Congressman to probe
these scandals to the bottom, and there can
be no doubt but. that searching investi-
CATION will reveal a misuse of the peoples
money to an extent of which few could
have even dreamed. A good many rep
utations will suffer in consequence, and
good many dollars will be saved to the
Treasury.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
Whirlwind.

A gentleman was walking down Virginia
Canon the other day. There was no per-
ceptible breeze at the time. Suddenly he
was surprised by roaring noise behind
him-a noise like that of an express train
when crossing a bridge, or passing rocky
wall. Stopping a moment to listen,
whirlwind, apparently not more than yard
in diameter, and travelling no faster than
spirited walk, picked him up, as it were,
and waltzed off down the road with him.
Its vertical force was sufficient to invert
the tails of his coat above his head, not
withstanding the pockets were loaded with
specimens of silver ore, and at the same
time he was carried along for hundred
feet or more like feather, with both feet
occasionally off the ground, while under
him was a noise like that of an empty cart
bouncing over stony street.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

NB- 1t is asserted on high official author
ity that President Castelar, has decided to
press the claim of Spain for the restitution
by the United States of the steamer Vir-
ginius, and also to claim the payment of
indemnity by the United States to Spain
for permitting the Virginius to be fitted
out in an American port and sent on fl
clustering expedition against Spanish
colony. This course of action, it is under
stood, has been decided upon after an ex-
haustive consideration of the whole case
by the Cabinet. 1t is believed now that
this new phase of the difficulty will reopen
the whole question for fresh and probably
lengthy negotiations betweensthe two Gov
erments before it is finally settled.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

GB- A man in Orange county, Vermont
warns the public against harboring Or
trusting his wife on what we should think
we're good and sufficient grounds. The
preamble to his warning is worded thus !:
Whereas, tho Old Woman known as my
Wife, in Consequence Of attending the
Powwows of the Jumpers and Howlers and
the Cat Burners has become entirely Sense
less Crazy and Reckless and does no
thing but run up and down the road and
Circulate the Most Infamous Lies Con
cerning myself and others thus accomplish
ing my Ruin"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
la- The Following material for mlrp

EB- The following material for a mira
Gle is furnished by a New Hampshire
paper A man being very sick, the physi-
clan recommended partridge for his food,
and his son went out to shoot one. A long
hunt proved unsuccessful, and he returned
to the house empty handed. Just then a
hawk was seen flying over with something
struggling in his claws, and that something
proved to be nice fat partridge, wounded
but not dead, which, while over the door
yard of the sick mans house, got free
of the hawks claws, and came tumbling
down at the very door where it was needed.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
Notice to Subscribers.

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All the above Magazines are monthly pub
ications.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

Hon. CALEB CUSHING has been appoint
ed minister to Spain, Oice Gen. Sickles, re-
signed. 1t is probable there is not man
in the country better able to deal with the
questions now in dispute between that
nation and the United States, than Mr.
Gushing. The appointment gives general
satisfaction.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

e%- Magee, cloth merchant at 81 N.
Third street, who was to have been mar
ried on Christmas day TO an estimable
young lady, has disappeared leaving debts
amounting to $4,000, $4,000 Of which was
to Bunting, Durborow 8 Co., aud the bal
ance borrowed money.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

THE national indebtedness has been in
creased during the month of December to
the extent of Ss, ,453, 272, II, and since June
80, 1873, S11 ,4G3, 612,69.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
NEW LEGISLATIVE AppoaTIoNxENT.

The following table gives the population
of each county in the State and the repre-
sentation which tho new Constitution en-
titles each county to in the lower House
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

THE Third Assistant Postmaster General
has completed systematic and careful
examination of the estimates recently sub
mitted to Congress for appropriations es-
teemed necessary for the proper perform
ance of the postal service for the next fiscal
year, and the conclusion arrived at after
such revision is that no reduction in the
sums asked for can safely be made. Before
these estimates were approved by the Post
master General, every item was rigidly
scrutin lied and brought down TO the lowest
possible figures. The salaries of the post
masters amounting to about $500, 900,
is fixed by law, and the estimate for the
transportation of the inland mails, some
SO, 50O,O 600, was placed at an amount only
five per cent. greater than the amount re-
quired for this purpose during the current
fiscal year, although the annual increase
in the cost of this service to keep pace
with the growth and development of
the country has for the past five or six
years been not less on an average than
nine per centum. These two items made
up nearly the aggregate of all the appro-
priations asked for.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
Chartered March IL, 1870.

This Society is based on the assessment plan
Death losses paid to date soc, 100000.
This Society inHnres for SIX DOLLARS per thousand
for the first year. FIVE DOLLARS annually per thou.
sand, for the next FoUn YEARS. TWO DOLltAltS per
thousand annually during the remainder OF natural
life, and proAa mortality assessments as each death
may occur, which for the First Glass Is AZ follows;
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

IT has generally been customary with
Judges to hear both sides, and take the
testimony offered by the defendant before
deciding case. In the case of the "Vir-
ginius," however, the Attorney General has
decided that the regist er was fraudulent,
without any testimony being taken on the
side of the defense. 1t would seem that
here was a case for the courts, as the ques-
tion is not so much point of law as de-
cision as to the facts in the case, and the
reputed owner Mr.. Patterson claims his
right to establish the business Of his claim,
before jury.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06
The g YIrglnInsN Loss.

Washington, December 30. = Admiral
Rowan telegraphs Secretary Robson that
the Virginius fOundered and sunk off Cape
Fear during severe gale. Secretary Rob
eson has telegraphed for full particulars.
A Cabinet officer says If no lives were lost
the total destruction of the vessel will be a
great relief both to this government and
that of Spain.
1t relieves both governments from most
embarrassing question. Secretary Robeson
shortly after the receipt of Admiral Row
ans dispatch, proceeded to the Executive
mansion, to lay the news before the Pres
ident and members of the Cabinet.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

EB- In Baltimore woman named Chris
tina Smith, about twenty -four years of age,
gave birth to a male child, while the family
were in the lower story of the house. The
fact subsequently becoming known ply
sician was sent for, but the girl denied that
she had had child. The doctor asserted
that she had, and proceeded to search the
room, when Che body of the child was
found in trunk with a string tied around
its neck.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-01-06

SOME very remarkable accidents have
happened in connection with the Spanish
troubles BY very curious coincidence a
canal barge sunk just in the right place
and in the nick of time to prevent the
Spanish war steamer from going to sea
while the question of war was unsettled.
And now the 'Virginius" has sunk while
being brought to New York, which obvi-
ates the necessity of refusing to deliver her
TO Spain, that nation having claimed her
as the Attorney General has decided she
had no right to carry the American flag.
OF course both these incidents, were "acci-
DENTAL" to be sure they were, but it is not
often that such desirable accidents occur.