Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-06


to the approaching February election =
SEC. IA. That from and Immediately af-
ter the passage of this act, the court Of COM
mon pleas in the proper county, in election
districts wherein assessors have not here
tofore been elected, shall appoint one re-
pu;able person in each election district to
be The assessor thereof, who. shall perform
all the duties relating TO elections now re-
quired to be performed by assessors under
the provisions of this act such assessor
shall be appointed as nearly as can be as
certained from the party having majori-
ty of the votes in their respective districts.
SEC Is. That at the election to be held
on the third Tuesday of February next,
and at the election annually thereafter,
there shall be elected in each election dis
trict in the state, as we'll in those wherein
the registration of voters has heretofore
been made by the officers appointed and
not chosen by the people to perform the
duty as in all others, one person as judge
and two inspectors, in conformity with the
general laws of the commonwealth, to con-
duct the elections for one year and also an
assessor who shall perform the duties Incl
dent to elections as required by the provi-
sion OF this act.
SEC. 16. That the assessors appointed
under the fourteenth section of this act
shall within five days after their appoint
ment proceed to make of lists of the qualifi-
ed elector in their respective election dis
tricts, and deliver the same to the commits
sioners, we shall transmit a certified copy
of the same to the judge Of each election
district at least forty-eight hours before the
election to be held on the third Tuesday Of
FEBRUARY next; said assessors shall also
post ten copies thereofin conspicuous places
in each election district at least ten days
before said election. and the lists so made
by the the accessors during the two secular
DAYS preceding the day of the delivery
thereof to the commissioners (of which days
public notice shall be given by hand bill
through said district) shall be open for in
spection aud correction, in the custody of
the said assessor from ten a. m. to three p.
M. and from six p. m. to nine p. M, OF feach
of said days, in the manner provided in sec
ton second of this act, and all of the RENE
dies, privileges and powers secured and
provided thereby, are hereby made a?pli-
cable to the lists herein named.
SEC. II. That respective assessors, in
spectors and judges of the elections, shall
each have the power to administer Oaths to
any persons claiming the right to Oe as
ssessed or the right of suffrage, or in re-
gard 10 any other matter or thing required
to be done or required by any of said Off
GERS under this act, and any willtul, false
swearing by any person, in relation to any
matter or thing concerning which they
shall be lawfully interrOgated by any of
said officers or overseers, shall be perjury.
THE great Evans case was finally dis
posed of on Saturday at Harrisburg, by
the finding of a verdict in favor of the
State for S1S5, ,663 80. Whether The State
will ever recover the amount or not is eX
tremely doubtful, unless, indeed, there be
law sufficient to warrant its being claimed
and secured from those who used Evans as
their cats-paw and pocketed the swag.
One thing, however, has been secured,
and that is the full vindication Of the po-
sition of Governor Hartranft and Treas
urer Mackey, the then financial guardian
of the State. The outrageous charges
made against these gentlemen, 30 over
whelmingly disproved by their election to
their present high positions by the people
of the State, are doubly disposed of by the
verdict of the Jury referred to; the trial
and its results being due to the prosecu-
ton Of the case in the interests of the Com
monwealth by the Governor and Mr..
Mackey Miners Journal.
ANECDoTE OF CUSHING.-An elderly
gentleman, who has a large fund Of anec-
dotes, stated to US an anecdote of Caleb
Gushing which will bear printing. Some
forty yelrs ago, Mr.. c. was paying court
to wealthy Baltimore lady. Baltimore
ladies then showed their charms in the
light of tallow-dips, gas being unknown.
There were couple of dips on the mantel-
piece, and, as they much needed snufing,
the lady rang bell for servant. Mr..
Cushing, asked why she rang, wet his
thumb and finger, and sruffed the candles
Ia Yankee. The lady was Mortified at
Mr.. Cushing's unaristocratic style of snuff:
ing candles, and so dismissed him.
Sunday school begging for every con-
ceivable purpose, finds n setback in this
remark of common-sense Christian, told
by the Christian Union ut almost seems
to be fashion among Sunday school men
generally, whenever pressed for personal
contribution to any object, to respond,
No, can't give, myself; but I'll tell you
what l can do think can get you some
thirg from our Sunday school ? s" The
editor adds: 1--WE were reminded again
of Artemus Wards patriotism in determin-
ing that the country should be saved, even
though every one of his first wife's relatives
were sacrificed"
Since September Z, 1898, 2,367 persons
have been naturalized in Berks county.
A New York mechanic has invented and
had patented a car coupler that will save
life and limb in coupling freight cars, and
that no person need get in between the
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