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NIL. II. H. STEVENS:
VEnxTNx, Nj wife las beeu troubled with q bad fIu.
mor for seysral yssIx sch .Ise nneI!t*d fTon l.sr
nnuy different kinds Of medicine with but ltu lcne
nt. 6.Ie waa Hiucil ciaclasca that We had aiost
yxokrEsk rssa|ysa t3try oHss e. o.s nn str eYH;
health ever sncc Fron. If pounds sfu las aAsnnccI
10 l33 pounds, having gained u pounds In aeysn
short ahs besyrs that ykoxT1NE ha. been thu nieans
Ut saving 1Et life, aud that b!lI cAtiiu t1u 4t In
III rrll1c ii il lca4ca yuu this stR,c
ntlt a liberty t. 10 ~ she as taken 1ttsen
botles ahd u still ualnR It, md eau safely recommend
It = great blood purifier. funts resGectfaX, ~.
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vEd:ETINE.
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when sha blood becomes Teak and Impoverished
from Hhneycf caIsc+ tho whole 8ygtcn IL thrown ont
Of order. and, though thc suferera may mt be sck
enough tAGt tue he'd they iour1y psrpateI to
Tle ps..on 1,sy y thlcEy caa: L te slrsn1s'
There il nothing Which Will ~ fortify tue systsHl
RKanat cold ChhgcnhIc weather quick circulation
huo xsv tone i, ,.!e stomach rr.tore thn liver IL
proper action. stimulate tt,c kiaeys 90 - n ensbe
carry ~ he putr!! Ms!no!.. tsEasto t!s howels ana
re1t0Tn the N1HlE eJAetH tU WOrklnE 9rler TRla u
precisely what vknKrlxE docs md this II the exact
way through which II hns accomplished 30 many won.
derful curts, may bE 3rUln tho following a1'
questionable cyttencc:
A Husbands Statement OF tho Great
Suffering OF His Wife,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-13
POLITICAL NOTES.

Where ls there better man the West than George
H. Pcndlcton Y--Au0usta tGal Constitutonaist (de.3
The following is positively tho latest ticket oux II
is furnished by the Memphis Court Journdl tNardi
Gras,;-'Ciyi Service Reform Candidates for Presi-
dent Boss Tweed, late OF Blackwcll's Hlaud.s New
York; for Vice President Johnny Med snald fJener
son, Mo-"
The Cincinnati Commercial is of6pinon that 90, will
not be a recommendation Of Candidate that Grant s
for him on the contrary, ,Gruntism is exactly the
thing not wanted In candidate Iftis expressly
known that there s candidate tina. Grant does not
like that will be Recommendation having a positive
influence. Then q will not be important whether
Grant cordially Supports the nominee OF the conven-
tion. The pity viii look not to the incumbent but
TO the can hda,e Tho rising apd not the setting sun
will dive obeisancc."
rh4cOlumbus IohoD state Journal republican, evil
dcAty has sympathy for somebody beside conkiing as
the republican candidate for the Presidency when u
says:-"Conkllng may as well give it up. No 'C can
be President Think of Crawford, Clinton, Calhoun
| CLAW and Cass People don't c. IL"
SAYS the Omaha Herald ;--"whon Senator Conkhng
was offered the place Of Chief Justice and declined
Jere Black was asked Why he refused such an once.
For tue same reason replied Mr. Black mat "onia
refuse to be Emperor Of China II y was offered me-
bcoause.I could nos speak the language"
The saint Paul Nina PiOneer Pess teepuolicapl de-
clares that Minnesota IS certain for Blame ana counts
4 Legislative hoses 10 support Of the slAtehent
The Baltimore Gassfk tdosn-l adhered 10 ia belief
hat General Grant ''wlI eet the Republican nomination
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FATAL coLL1ERY ACCIDENT.
FOUR MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL BADLY INJURED
BY FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION.


PIrrsroS, Pa Feb IL, 1876
This afternoon terrible explosion occurred in the
Exeter Nine belonging to the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany, and located in West Pttston. Tho mines have
been idle this week account Of the suspension and
though the fan which supplies fresh air to the cham
below has been kept going all the week. the guam
tty of air forced into the mines not sufficient to
expel all the foul air and prevent the accumulation of
fire damp. The immediate cause OF the explosion is
not known, but sufficient knowledge has been gained
to lead to the belief that the men below entered
q chamber with a lighted lamp and that its sparks
ignited the gas which had accumulated there
Since Monday about twenty five men have been en-
gagged in the repair OF tracks and gangways at the
headings. Among the number several miners
and this morning they all went to work as usual
About halfpas two o'clock this afternoon while the
men were employed their work below the explosion
occurred The last report resounded through the sub
terancan passages and niied the breaker above tn,
shaft with its ominous echoes. The force OF the ex
plosion was great TO tear away brattice props
doors tracks and great of rock and coal The
roof Of the fan house at the top Of the air shaft
orn pieces and other damages, amounting to thou
sands Of dollars the aggregate wrought; but
there twenty-five men below, and the many
miners who stood near the breaker FASTENED with al
speed
TO RELIEVE THEIR DISTRESS.
The main shan very badly damaged but an
entrance effected. It dangerous business "a
hunt those below In the uncertain dtion OF the
mines, filed they were with FIRE damp and with
most the pure air drawn out but the volunteers
prosecuted their work for three hours until they had
brought the surface twelve men, four Of whom
dead and the others less burned and manged.
The report OF the explosion had spread among the
hundreds Of idle miners and in short time after the
disaster crowds were gathered about the breaker.
There few women present, and some of them
were kept state of agonzed suspense pending the
rescue OF those below When at last the bodies OF
dead and the blackened forms OF the manged were
brought up great distress aud manifested
by all The retvrned TO the surface inter-
walls, and as tho
DEAD AND INJURED FOLLOWED EACH oTHBR
the agony OF those who had friends still below was in
creased by the terrible uncertainty resulting the
avoidable delay OF the sorrowfu business Of bringing
the bodies up; but the work finally completed,
when II was ascertained that four men had been killed
outright and six eight badly injured II is thought
that some OF the latter will die
NAMES VICTIMS.
The names of those killed D. Smalley, Edward
Allen Thomas Harris and Aleck Jones. Most Of the
reside in West Pittston, but few live the east
side OF the river. mournful procession OF the vic
TINS, which passed through town about ave O'Clock,
the cause OF great sorrow In the community.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-13
INCREASE OF POSTAL REVENUES,

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL 1874
During the month Of January the demand for post
age stamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes
reached the unprecedented amount OF 49, 500, 900
worth. The department has sold eoOOo,oOO postal
cards SINCE June so 1875 whereas the sales during
tho entire fiscal year which ended that date
only 10l 600 000 These figures considered indicative
OF rapid revival OF business prosperity throughout the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-13
THE sIMoNToN LIBEL SUIT.

SAN Francisco Cal, Feb H. 1876
In the slmonton Alta libel case to-day Judge Mckee
denied the motion OF the defendants to strike out that
portion Of the complaint relative TO the Bank OF Cali
fornia holding that II proper the plaintiff should
prove the fasty Of the statement that he bad caused
the failure Of the bank by showing that the failure
arose from the acts OF the officers OF the bank.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-13
MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE on THE CHEZ SIGNAL OPYIcER,
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Feb. 1871 A.. N.
Wan DEPARTMENT


Frobdbttitics
In the Southern States and the Ohio valley, falling
barometer southeast TO southwest winds, warmer and
clear partly cloudy weather will prevail, followed
from the last district to tho West Gulf, by rising
barometer, cold, nor.berly winds and possibly occa-
sional rain.
In the upper lake region Upper Mississippi and
Lower Missouri valleys low, followed By rising bar
ometer, winds shining to cold norihwsterly cloudy or
partly cloudy weather and occasional rain or snow.
In the lower lake region, Middle States and New
England, rising followed BY falling barometer winds
shining TO northeast and southeast rising tempera-
ture increasing cloudness, and, in the nrstnamed
district rain OF snow, where the winds will shin to
cold northwesterly during Sunday night
The Ohio River win TALL at Pttsburg and continue
rising at stations below.
The Mississippi will remain nearly stationary from
New Orleans to Cairo and continue risDg at st. Louis.
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SENTENCED TO DEATH,

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL, 1875
George W. Fletcher, convicted Of the murder or
William Harley, this morning sentenced to be
hung The prisoner displayed no emotion whatever
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average Average se@Rpesiurs for las.
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was sctually discussed The sum hrst asked reward
for siccessu destruction Of the records 500
Their 50,0O0 and finally $50 600 No details wero
given OF the proposed plan. II tacuy understood
thatthe job 10 be done, but how and when TO
be LIT TO the discretion Of the active criminals Their
sleeDing partners were not TO Know anything more
thar thai the evidence Of their guilt bad been de-
strqed And after all the job, when regarded In de-
tail lost much or It's horror, and although the hendish
nesi OF the conception 10 still incredible yet one
miRnt see that the idea IN the mems minds was not
neFy SO bloody was Al lrst supposed The EXPIRES
sioi, blow up the federal bulldng," when examined
ment the explosion OF dynamite In the Offices OF the
Click OF Court Kurtz United States Marshal Hamilton.
PrdecutBg Attorney Mckinney, the District At.nr.
neN United States Court Commissioner Blood <ood
thecbambcrs Of Judge Dyer and the court rom A.
ali hese apartments with the exception OF ti of thr
District Attorney, which 10 the second 6oar are IN
thsthird floor; the explosion involved ne entire do
stpctlon and ruin OF tho third floor al roof To mak,
| pod job oft the District AuoJneys room. on m,
nor below, and the oces Of ncrnai revenue Al IN,
futhsss end Of the second no1f would probably ais,
| hse gone 70 glory. AS tbszo rooms are wholly de
seted aer nenti.ll job might have been success
| fuy accomplished without life being lost
] THE INTENDED DEsrRuCrIoN
! oithe hewhnll House. too, when examined means tn
detruction Of three rooma The plausible excuse wa
Efen 10 this case that an hour would DO axcd for th
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rur urArnrn rrsrrnnAr.

The following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twentyfcur hours, IN COM
parison with the corresponding date Of last year. as
Indicated by the thermometer At Hudnuts pharmacy,
HKRALD Building
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explosion when the inmates absent and very few
persons about An alarm OF nre also 20 be gwen
and small nre started below, In order 70 draw the
persons occupying rooms out into the corridor and thus
essen tho possible massacre All these details were
AIeiuny planned, the materials and machinery 70 be
sscu doubtless designated and nothing was wanting
out money. The distAers unable 10 raise the
lunoa some OF those who asked 20 subscribe
fused 70 accede without information as TO the intended
use OF the money, which 10 was well known before
nAno they would never sanction; others who were
desperate enough aud vicious enough 10 sanction
anything 10 hide their guilt found themselves At the
end OF their resources with the payment Of the last
assessment for the legal defence OF the Ring In ane
the sinews Of war were not forthcoming aud
THE SCHEME OOLLAPsED.
About four weeks ago the first whispers Of the above
transactions heard, but they exaggerated
and vague that responsible journalist could afford
TO handle them IL was impossible TO trace them to a
respectable source Information OF the matter how
ever, reached me OF the prosecuting attorney
and In such shape that he was enabled 10 place evil
donce OF convincing character before the Grand
Jury and upon that evidence the indictments of Jonas
Goldberg and Crosby were returned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-30
n FRENCH LOVE STORY.
Winning the AGectious Of an Heiress by be-
coming her Fathers Servant.

From ns Messenger franco Americdin.
Marie Gauthier, rich heiress. between
1fteon and sixteen wears Of age, who lived with
her parents at st. Medard, was the object OF
many hopes among the elgiple young men of
the neighhorhood. In addition to these, one
especially ineligible sighed for the gided beau
ty. His name was Theophile Parcesu, his age
eighteen. and his parents were hun bic
cultiyators OF small farm. His educa-
ton had been good, but feeling that
he could not hope to obt I'm the consent Of
the girls father, he entered his household as a
servant. with view OF daily being seen and
heard by her. within a month the heiress re-
ceived his declaration, and warmly responded
to IL, and the couple eloped.
1heophile had made conhdant OF young
man, Jules Gttinaud, who was engaged TO marry
his sister. and seeking the couple In their re-
treat, he told them IN Il the police were search
Ing Tor them. and that there was no alternative
but temporary seDaration. lie advised The
ophile to escape. and offered TO carry Mile Gau-
thier back to her tather, Iheophile acted upon
his advice, but Gatinaud, instead OF performing
his promise, took the young lady to a wayside
tavern, and thence. on the next day, to his
fathers house, and requested the latter TO call
on Mons. q ,uthirr and Ufer q. 1nd his daughter
II he would promise to Riye her h and to his son.
But Gauther refused.
Mile. Gduthier was. however, soon discovered
and taken home. Ihconhie was also found,
and both he aud Gain iud were arrested. Inc
parents OF GasinAu were likewise arrested, but
they were acquitted. lheoonile was condemned
TO two wears Imprisonment, and GatinauI 10
three years.
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CAIRNS EARLY POLITICS.
know-Nothing and a Prohibitionisi Ills
Failure ns LAWYER Ia WATERFOWL.

WATERFOWL. n. ", Oct. 2s.-This place
law student, and where he lived until his ad-
vent In New York. lie did not make for him
self the record OF great lawyer. His towns
men tell Of how he studied law, was admitted
TO the bar and became the D rtner Of one of the
oldest ana most respected lawyers OF the State (;
but they wonder why It was that his partner
never trusted him with any cases Of import nee.
lie cared for little cases before the "squiros,"
but IL Is sail int un II the partnership
ended he never tried a case IN court OF record
Alone he pTactsed. failed. aud then he went
into politics. A. "A politician he was eyerytntn
10y turns Out nothing long. He WAS, as OF Of
the Old residents expressed lt, "anything IN [
promised an oHce' First, he was "a "~ilvcr
Gray Whtp," but that did not pan out well.
Then the Maine Law excitement broke out, aud
he was one OF the most bitter OF prohibit ion
lists. hidinR that hobby, he was, IN 1879, nom
strong letter to the committee urg-
ing tho passage OF Maine law, and
promising, should such law be passed,
and he elected. To press It's enforcement to the
utmost. Then came the Know Nothing a9itt-
ton, and there was no louder rue Ameri-
can in all New YORK safe than Delano
G. CALVIN. He attended Know Nothing meet
Jugs. made Know Nothing speeches, was one Of
4 committee o furnish KnowNothing addresses
whenever and wherever they were wanted.
for by the fanatics Of both, no WAS elected Dis
trict Attorney. lie made the most meltOcrs
offcer the county had ever know, and the peo-
pie were sadly disappointed. AS n Maine Law
fdn tic and a know-Nothing he was raOld, but
after that nothing, or as one OF tho residents
expressed it "he didn't know enough to set
Back River on hre and haun't gumptipn enough
To give the alarm II he saw II burning"
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POLITICAL sTRIKERS.
Tho Character Of the Leaders OF the Grcen-
back Party In WiIkesbarre.

WILKEsBARRE, Oct. 29.-The Greenback
movement In this county under the leadership
OF c. Ben. Johnson, ana bis newspaper. the
Horktn0ndn, has received several blows OF late
which will do much toward buying It In this
section OF country. so that tho 1ght at the
polls on the 7th Of November will be between
the Democrats and Republicans, without much
Interference from Cooper and Cary. The retire.
ment of the Hon. +. w. Hughes from the Green
back party was the first indication to many OF
Its earnest followers here that all was not right.
Mir. Hughes had sustained the Cooper ticket
with much zeal, and looked upon as a
leader OF the movement in this region
Yesterday an exciting scene was enacted In
the Wofkingmdn Office. Aipbeus Z. Scholl, one
OF the PROJECTORS, had, without the KNOWLEDGE
Of c. Ii. Johnson the other proprietor and editor,
issued the paper which contained an attack on
johnson by Hubbard II. Payne, the Republican
candidate for Congress from this district, and
laid some Of his schemes bare. SchOll and the
printers held possession OF the establishment
under barred and bolted doors. Johnson. with
& endd editor Sy orce snd
hundred COPIES of the paper. and then lie was
knocked down with AN iron bar. Order W s
at length restored after arrests hai been made
on both sides aud the Office closed, but tho
edition, which also cont iined an attack on Ell =
win Shortz. the Democratic candidate for Sena-
tor from the twenty first District, whom john
sou favors, was distributed by force and
caused a seusatlon JOHNSON, III "a TWO column
article IN tue Scranton Free Press OF tod ~,
charges Schpll with having sold out to Hubbard
Il. PAYNE and l.. G. Wadhains, tue opponent Of
Shorlz, and that the whole Is a trick to defeat
Col. Hondrick II. Wright. 1t seems, however,
that disrcputaOie work has been done by the
whole brecnbnck facipn, as Mr. Johnson's
partner charg $ him wIh having inaugurated
the movement IN tins county solely .or the uur-
pore 81 Oartcrng votes for money aud eItort-
ihy money itpM CtnCidates; That Johnson
agreed 90 publish .eiics Oi lUur articles for e..
Nadnau AZ ttD ehch; anu after receiving
pay Tor one without rcHois knOwledge 81 the
Transaction. refused to 80 On unless paid more;
that hc IN ARA - .rifp. rated all tue spOil- ac-
Grazing irOm ni-D T.. u Tor nts own use.
adnans ana T.. tla. tue X publican candi-
daies. II - kuowu 'l'' using money tecKlcsaly TO
gain trctr ci cunu, aLd iic former T. also pack
ed ~ tle rr at L. ~. Shoemaker. vino Is faui Gus
~ n lOliticli tricNst-r. Inc Cooper and Cary
parry h yins NO iJc / caidtia cs, jon sou nas
played game - Supporting those regular can
uidates who paid n,in best Hts paper Is seized
by tue sheriff to declde who controls IL.
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CASTING 4 BRONZE STfTUE.
How the Work is DOne-Mouiding Conrad
Figure of IA soldier for Hartford.

Figure of soldier for Hartford.
The lower half of Conrad's statue OF a
soldier. to be erected In Hartford was cast In
bronze in Fischers foundry, Forsyth street, on
Saturday. Tue upper half had been finished.
The figure is heroic in size, and r.epresents a
young Union infantry soldier In uniform, in
Guiding overcoat, aud carrying a musket. The
casting of large piece IN bronze Is delicate
operation, requiring ca aud artistic skill. The
making Of a plaster mould from the original
model, then plaster figure from that mould,
and finally from the figure a sectionll mould
into which to run the metal, req Tires many
weeks of skilled labor. The element OF luck
enters largely toto the culmInating AT emit to
cast, as nhws In the metal often cause faliutes,
imposing weeks OF aOditiOnal laOor. Conse-
quentiy the dozen workmen employed on sat
urday were sisibiy anxious, ana Knot Of spec
tators employed the entire afternoon in inter-
estedly watching the process.
The large box. called flask" containing
the mOnld, clamped firmly with iron, was let
down WIN a crane mo a CAVITY, ana loved
close to great Prick furnace, in whiun the
bronze WIS beating over great. roaring IRE.
Inc metal as " was Slowly converted INTO
Liquid. Was closely observed 10y the foreman.
A glimpse through u aperture sapwed II boil
ing furiuuslv like water. and so hot that an iron
bar stu X into II became red almost Instantly
When tue iron could 10 Withdrawn without any
bronze Clinglng ~ II, tue compound was deemed
re dy. An Immense metal bucket, att ,ched to a
powerful crane, was swung under the emo OF "A
spout, the furnace was tapped, ana a mol en-
stream Fan out. sparks few IA every uirecuon,
faces were shielded hastily from the heat. ma
tue dusty plaster Images Of Franklin, the Van
uefbit has relief. and other relics Of previous
JODs were made to glow. he bucket was
nearly niled, turn Of tho crane took II over the
flask ana the liquid was, by Il ping the bucket,
Toured into the mould, from when the sudden
N-neated air rushed through vent-pipes with a
noise Ike escaping steam. Some OF the bronze
sopped over and set nre o. the wood hoor, and
the witer that quenched the blaze made 80
much steam that nothing else cOuli oe seen for
hyo ~ IN Ites. Tue Casting was perfect.
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1nE LAST DAY or the BIG snow
The Programme for the Closing of the Gem
Ieuniai Exhibition.


The Programme for the Closing of the Gem
teuniai Exhibition.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 20-The programme
Of the closing exercises ~ the Centennial Eek.
hioidon on Friday, Nov. 10, Includes brief ad-
dresses on the various branches Of the work. by
Mr.. Morrin, Chairman OF the Executive Commit
tee Of the Commission; President WEIGH. for
the Board Of Finance Director G enerai Osborn
and President Hdwley, with vocal aud instru-
mental music by volunteer body composed OF
some OF the best singers and musicians OF
Pniladelph under the direction OF Theodore
Thomas. The exercises Will be held on the
afternoon Of Thursday, In the centre Of the
Main Building. the music stand being fitted up
as tho Platform. with rows Uf seats to the num-
Der 81 $500. running north To the great organ,
and In stefly aud westerly directions along
tue aisles. A chorus will DO stationed IN tue
organ loft, aud all orchestra neur the stand.
4 he singing OF America" by ths entire
biage, tue Haileidtan cnorus. and the Doxoiogv
VIII ue part OF tie musical exercises. Tue
~. wa w pt'S '
and make the formal declaration That tue kx-
hibitiOn ~ closed.
Artillery salutes will he fred In the morning,
Mt noon. All a. dusk 10y vessels at the navy
yard. anu by battery on Georges N H.. In tue
evening. before the close Of tine Exhibition. a
grand Iormal dinuer Will he gwen ia honor OF
the foreign Commissioners Ov toe Centennial
Commission and Board Of Finance. The dinner
viii be entirely 81 All official character, and the
number VI guests VIII D. limited to about ,wo
hundred. A grand display OF networks Is an
nOuucCd Tor the same evening at Georges Hill.
An ocganizatiun Is being perfected hS when
facilities wall be Afforded To exhibitors, bOtn
ioregn aud Aiueiloan, TO cOntInus th- exhibit
ton Of their gOous In tho Main Exhibition
Binding after the close Of the Centennial Exhi-
oltiOn, tn.t building having uecn purchased
from tue Centenulai Board Of Finance for the
purpose OF creating penn .uent exni JitiOn.
lne exhibits vi co prise the follow lng 81 .sses
Mining. manufa lures. education, aud science,
art, machinery, agriculture, and horticulture.
Tue space viii not ne charged Tor: out the un-
packing ana rearrangement of exhiuits, ana the
transportation, &o., Of new exnioits, must be
done at the expense Of the exhibitors. A guar
antse to occupy for period OF not loss tuan
one wear by those accepting space Will DO ueces-
surv, and al least three months NOTICE Of witn-
drawdl VIII De required.