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correspondent Of The Allegheny Demo
erdt says the Weston Brothers own 660O
acres of timber lands on the Eleven Mile,
Potter county Pa, 5000 acres on oswsyo
creek and Allegheny river, besides i'm
mense tracts in Michigan and Canada.
The Augusta (Ksn.) Gazette ssys that
ten bushels Of corn will pay a years sub
scription to that paper Last year the
people of that section were begging ell
through the east for supplies to live on,
now they can hardly find market for
their corn at twenty cents per bushel
and potatoes are n drug at fifteen
cents. No starvation there the coming
winter.
A CENTURY AFrEs-we have received
part six Of the above work. Part sis
finishes up the article on Farm cunt PARK,
and commences an article on Laurel Hill
and Vicinity. This is truly superb
work in illustrations finely writted articles
and letter press. No Pennsylvania can
afford TO be without "A Century AFTER"
complete in fifteen parts at SO cents each.
Sold only by Subscription. Address.
Allen, Ian l. Scott and J. w. Laudcrbach,
Philadelphia.
Literary.
The last and most successful Of Ameri-
can story writer's of to-day is the Rev. VIM .
VI. Baker, pastor of a Pre- esbyt tsrisn Church
in Boston, and they do say, he get more
o. -~..-. su.u nis whole years
salary IS pastor. He has already written
"The New T;nosby" and "Mosc Evans"
and is now engaged upon a story entitled
"A Good Year." the see mes of which are
laid in "the most interesting city OF the
South" during q residence there. The
story, We learn, is to be published in the
Rev, Or. TALMAaEs paper, THH CHRIsrIAN
AT Work.
The Potter Journal says:--On reflection
we are inclined TO modify the opinion sx-
pressed last week about the election of
Sheriff, in Mexican county. Under the
Constitution there is to be an election for
Sheriff every three years. We doubt if an
act Of assembly will be construed as to de.
prive the people of this constitution right
because the out going Sheriff died less
than three months before the regularly ap-
pointed election. The words Of the act,
we admit. will accomplish just that wrong.
But we are 10th to believe it will be so con.
strncted as to work so great an injury. It
vas clearly intended to apply to those va
cancies occurring where no regular election
was to take place.
The Brookville Republican says:-sun.
day morning last DR.. Allison, Thos. Ander-
son and David Leech, all of Big Run, were
committed to Jail on a charge of highway
robbery, the waylaying of John Brink,
some time since, between Big Run and
Pun1sutawney, Allison being the same per-
son who drove off and left Brink in the
hands of his assailants. The discovery of
some of Drinks property, a watch we be.
lieve, led to the discovery of the perpetra.
tors of the deed, causing one Of the parties
TO reveal the whole business. The case
will come up for trial before the ensuing
term Of court
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Elk County Directory.

President Judge-L. ID. Wetmore.
Additional Law Judge-IIon. JncP r
Vincent.
Associate Judges-Chas. Luhr, J v
Houk.
District Attorney j. X. P. Hall.
Sherif--D. Scull.
Proth1nottry &c. Fred. Schening.
Treasurer-Joseph Windfelder.
County uperintendent-Ger. r. Dixor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Weidert, Julius
Jones, Geo. Ed. Weis.
Auditors-Thomas Irwin N. @. Bundy.
County Surveyor-Geo W llmsley.
Jury Commlssi i,ners.-Philiip Kreighls
Ransom 7. Kyler.
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The Oearfeld Republican says:-On
the afternoon Of the LIST instant Mr.. g..
d. Woods Tor the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, appeared at the saw
mill of Messrs' McCauley & Ramey, at
Houtzdale, and inquired whether they
could deliver him 10000 feet OF sawed
timber, consisting Of 100 pieces, l0x12
inches aud fifty feet long, by the Sd
Not stick on hand But an vfirm a
tive answer was given and everybody in
reach took to the woods, aud by the aid
Of lanterns, torches, etc. the work OF
cutting hauling and saving went on the
next day train of cars, with the 160
sticks OF timber on them passed Oscoola
for the new market street bridge in
Pblladel lphia.
A correspondent of Washington pa
per has startled the world with a re.
markable suggestion. He contends that
the United States senate is not re-
stricted to its own members in the
choice Of presiding ofi,er and sug =
gests that it elect James G. Blaine to
the presidency pro tenn. He bases his
proposition upon the acknowledged
merits of Mr.. Blain as a presiding off
Ger, and adds that "the election of
member of the senate to the Vice Presi.
deney would reduce the Republican
mojority one, while the election of
sound to-the.core and true Republican,
not a member of the seuate would in>
crease the Republican vote; on all close
measures two" The idea is a novel
one, but will hardly acted on.
According to the report the post
master.geueral the money order depart.
ment Of the postoffice the annual trans.
action of which have reached about
eight millions Of dollars, shows an ap.
parent profit Of one hundred and twenty
thousand dvllars. though It is really in
arrears more than that sum if the clerk
hire and stationary required for business
and now charged against the postsl
revenues, were transferred to this ac.
count, where they properly belong The
money order business Is nothing more
nor less than government banking for
the benefit of the public, and those who
avail themselves Of its benefits should
pay its current expenses. Congress at
the last session advanced the fees on
small money orders to point which it
is believed it will, as it should, for the
current year and hereafter pay its own
expenses.
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Five bailidipss 10 MeKeesport, Pa
were burned. on :he Gath ult. Loss,
$4,000.
The First National Bank of Monroe,
Micb., was robbed on Tuesday night,
2Sd ult, of $4,000.
Worcester. Mass, December 2-Mr.
A. @. Goes, q prominent sud wealthy
manufacturer Of this city, Was thrown
from his carrisge this morning and in.
stantly killed. 81
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ers of the old Jail The appropriation of
5000 600 which Congress made some two
years since, is nearly exhausted, and it
will require an appropriation of at least
$4,000 TO complete it, There are now
more than two hundred prisoners in Jail
awaiting trial, larger number than ever
before. Statistics show that the increase
is at the rate ofabout twenty per cent. per
annum, more than double in proportion to
the increase in population of the District of
Columbia. This is doubtless owing to the
scarcity of employment for the laboring
population. 1t is expected that during
Congress and the Centennial, this number
will be greatly increased.
LIFE.
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NINE Congressional districts in Pennsyl-
vania, in which Democrats were elected to
Congress last year gave Republican ma
joritiss at the recent State election.
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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-11
NRws FROM THE OLD World.

LONDON, March 1.-The Times Ber-
lin correspondent telegraphs that Ger
many has asked Italy whether she will
continue to exempt the Pope from the
obligations of law, and complains that
he is now abusing the liberty given him
for the purpose Of fomenting rebellion IN
Germany.
The report that Prince Gortschakoff
had requested the recall Of William
Schuyler, United States Charge d. Al
iaires at st. Petersburg, is untrue.
BERLIN, March 11.-There is no foun-
dation for the report in the Tagsbatt
tnat France intends to concentrate
troops in the Eastern departments exZ
perimentally, and Germany threatened
to mobilize two>army corps on the Rhone,
il she persisted.
PARIS, March n.-Rumors ofa contem'
plated coup d. etat by the Bonapartists,
cause some uneasness.
1t Is officially announced that a new
Ministry has been formed, as follows:
NJ. Buffet, Minister OF the Interior; NJ.
Duiaure, Justice; III. Leon Say, Finance; +;
M. WALTON, Public Instruction; Vicompte
De Meaux, OF the Right, Agriculture;
Duke De Cazes, Foreign Affairs; Gener-
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Works,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-11

Doctor Linderman, the Director Of the
Mint, is quite sanguine of the practica-
bility OF the plan for the substitution Of
silver for fractional currency, even il
gold should advance to 113. He states
That the condition of the silver market
is such that there is no doubt an ade-
quate supply will be available. The
greater portion OF the German stock OF
recently demonetized silver coins, esti-
mated at $350,000,0o0 of United States
money, remains undisposed of and will
soon seek market. The demand for
silver in Europe and India is limited,
ana the recent explorations on the Com
stock lode in Nevada are such as to car
ry the production oil silver bullion in the
United States for the next five years
very greatly above the last five years.
At the same time no dimiuution in the
annual prodtct of Mexico is expected.
Taking the German surplus and the es-
timated production OF Mexico and the
United States as guaranteeing a supply
largely in excess OF any probable de-
mand for coins or manufacturing pur-
poses. Doctor Linderman Is of the opin.
ion that the amount required for coin.
age in the United States can be obtained
without increasing or even maintaining
the existing rate Of price.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-11
The Ne,D Hampshire Election.

CONCORD, N. H., March 11-Returns
are IN from all but eight towns. The 259
towns and wards heard from give Che.
ney, Republican, 3S,77l; Roberts, Demo.
brat, 3S,6sS; White, Temperance, and
scattering, G7S. The same towns last
year gave McCutchins, Republican,
1880; Weston, Democrat, 5,2O5; Black
mar, Temperance, and scattering, 2,077.
Republican net gain, 2,S27; Cheney's mi.
nurlty, sos. Those to hear from are 50
evenly divided that they will make NO
material difference in the result.
The returns from the First Congress
ional District give Jones, Democrat, a
majority OF 472. Bell, Democrat, is elect.
ed i'll the Second District, by 154 plurali-
ty, and Blair, Republican,, in the Third
District, by 70 plurality.
The Republicans will have q majority
In the House. In the Senate there are
tiVe of each party, with no choice in two
A.stricts.
There is no election of Governor, and
the duty OF the selection will devolYe
upon the Legislature, which will prob.
ably elect Cheney, the Republican can
dluate.
The vote is the largest ever pofled in
the State.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-11

During the past year the usual list OF
accidents arising from skirts taking hre
has been given In the newspapers. La
dies passing or sitting near an opeA fire
Of coal or wood; children left to their
own devices before the nursery crate,
the actresses swinging too near the foot
lights, have all contributed their sad
stories of death and Disagreement.
Moved by the reiterated reports of such
casualties, Queen Victoria requested
Prof. Graham, chemist OF high stand
ing, to institute experiments with
view to finding some method OF render
ing cotton fabrics fire.proof. 1t was ad-
mitted that while fire might be commu-
nicated to other fabrics, cotton alone
flashed into flame upon the slightest
prov vocation. The investigation of Prof.
Graham, aided by two distinguished ex-
perts, resulted IN a recommendation OF
certain salts of ammonia, as most efec-
tive tor the desired purpose, and not ct
all injurious to the goods. Sulphate OF
ammonia in solution, containing ten per
cent. of the salt, received pieces of i'm
ished muslin that were dried rapidly in
machine .known.a as a "hydro-extrac-
tor" The fabrics thus treated proved
wholly unInf1ammable, while their col
ors were undiminished save where mad.
der had been employed as dye, and
| even that tint was only modified slightly,
and rendered less gaudy by the opera
tion. Just as women would sponge
cloth before Transforming into gar
ments, let them wash new muslin in the
ammonia salt referred to. The soiled
articles already made up, should, after
washing and drying as usual, be sub
jecied TO another dip in the salt before
ironing, and they are then tire-proof.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-11

A very singular case of suspended
animation 10 reported from fankton
Dakota. A lazy, the young vile Of Mr.
Scott Goodwin, called a physician tC
prescribe Tor slight cold. A simple
mixture, combining a syrup and quiet
ing drug, was administered, and she
soon aiIer felt strange inclination tc
sleep. After u lew periods OF return.
iDa consciousness she passed into O
breathless stupor, which gradually as.
sumed all the characteristics OF death
She was prepared for the grave, but il
was noticeable that the body did not
grow cold, except about the neck anu
shoulders, although the thermometer
out doors marked 81 degrees below zero
and the atmosphere In the room was
very cold. The limbs retained theil
tiexibility, and her eyes were not glaring
but wore a dreamy and stupefled eX
preston. These appearances made
such an impression upon those present.
especially az there were no signs of dis
solution, that it was decided to postpone
burial, and at the date OF the correspond
ent's letter the supposed corpse had
been kept nearly week. What adds tc
the idea that the lady is in a cataleptic
or trance condition is the fact, now told
by her husband, that some months age
abe dreamed that she slept in a trance
very near as she has now done. In this
stale though not sick, she was de-
prived OF the power OF motion
or speech, but was able to hear
everything that passed about her. Al
the end OF fourteen days she aWoke, haY'
ing, as she dreamed it, had a narrow es-
cape from being buried alive. Her SIN
Yuiar dream has been verified in several
particulars, and her friends are hope
July looking lor her return to life at the
end OF a fortnight.