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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-16

NEw YoRx, December 14.-sprins wooiens
for mems wear continue in, moderate request
by the clothing trade and agents are making
fair deliveries on account OF orders Cotton
goods quiet In first hands, but prices nnchang-
ed. Fancy prints in light demand and shirt
ings sluggish. Dress goods and gingliams
quiet. Foreign goods quiet. ~
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AbolI.hlng Pe.na.Ion Asenele,..

WAsnISdroS, December 14.-General
Rice, Chairman Of the House Committee
on Pensions, is daily in consultation with
Commissioner Of Pensions Bently, formu.
lating bill which proposes 70 abolish
the Pension Agencies, and have pension
ers paid by check direct. 81
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SEw YoRK, December a. The teachers
Of Wooster Street public school dismissed
the 200 pupils hurriedly yesterday, under
the pretense that the carpenters wanted TO
come in Immediately to, work. As soon
as they were out an alarm was given, q
the teachers knew all the while the build
ing was on fire.
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TEE Steubenyille Ga:sse goes for the Ara.
bella Root concert given il. that city Fri
day night last in rathefan'uncomplimen.
t.Iy way. The audience was small, Ara
bella had a cold, and the other performers
went through the programme in q very
sn.sn manner only. !. l1asl asl.rt..,l
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- TRRAsuRy' DEPARTMENT,
wAsHlxoToN, December Il, 1873.


WASHINGTON, December "A, 1873. ]
The following provisions Of law and in
structions Hereunder, are published for
the Information and guidance OF all con-
eerned: y DtI liz
"An act to provide for the resumption
Of specie payments:
'.SEc. 3. On and after tho LIST day OF jan
uary, A. D., 1879, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall redeem in coin United
States gal.tender notes then outstanding,
on their presentation. for redemption at
the office Of the Assistant Treasurer Of the
United States, in the city OF New York, in.
sums OF not less than $50" Approved
January IA, 1875.
As the effect OF the above section will
be to remove any practical difference in
value OF coin aud notes rs q circulating
medium, after the lst OF january next no
distinction between them will be made in
keeping, rendering orsettling accounts OF
the public officers, involving transactions
which occur subsequently to that date.
Matured coupons OF the United States and
checks issued by the Treasurer of the Uni
ted States, for interest or principal OF pub
lie debt, by law payable in coin, will be
paid by the Assistant Treasurer OF the
United States at New York, upon presens
tation, in coin, or II claimant prefers, such
coupons and checks will be paid by said
Assistant Treasurer, or any other indepen-
dent Treasury officer, in United States
notes, such,registered interest payable by
law in coin as is paid on schedules atany
other cities than New York, will also be
paid claimant in coin by cheek on the As
sistant Treasurer OF the United States at
New York, which check may be cashed in
United States notes, il the holder prefer,
or II claimant prefers, such interest may
be paid him direct in United States notes
by the officer charged with the payment OF
the schedule. Any check or draft hereat-
ter drawn in payment Of public obligation,
by law payable in coin, will have that fact
plainly noted thereon, ,.,gf
- JonS SHERNAS, Secretary.
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DE4 MONKS, Ia, December 1.-THE
trustees have reduced the salaries otpo-
lessons In the State Agricultural College
tan per cent Professor L. ", Parker. q
the Massachusetts, State Agricultural Col.
lese, was elected Professor Of Zoology,
Etymology and Geology.
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NEw ORLEANS, December 1.-THE sale
Of the Benner bale, which was to have
taken place at the Cotton ExchangeSatur-
day afternoon, has been postponed until
Tuesday at / O'Clock. The amount sub
scribed by the members Of the Exchange
for the purchase oi the bale amounts to
500, .- .5..I.
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cIyorxSArI, December 1.-THE Catholic
Knights Of this city, numbering six com-
panies, are about to form themselves into
4 battalion Aimeeting for that purpose
d called for the 9th Of January, Of next
year.
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SPAIN.

MADRID, December 14.-The Minister OF
the Colonies has introduced bill In the
Chamber, authorizing the Government to
issue Cuban bonds and canceling the con-
tract for l25, ,0OO, 900 pesetas concluded be-
tween the Hispano Colonial Bank and the
Traaa anrv = Z u L. III -
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Financial q and Commercial. i
BY TELRGRAPR.


NV YoRx, December 4.-MoSKY-Market
easy at 9ls&3k per cent; closing at 2ISA3
Prime mercantile paper AS per cent. The As
siStant Treasurer disbuSed 81 ,0o0, 900. Gus
tom receipts $2T0,000. Clearings $8,sI7, 600
Sterling Exchange, bankers' bills quiet q,
Asa; sight exchange on, New York .4s7h.
AZ per cent. Borrowing rates fat and 9,
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ROuMANIA.

Pnsrn, December l4.-After three days
Of stormy debates, wherein Apporiji se-
Yerely criticised the policy Of the Govern
ment, the Hungarian delegation voted by
q large majority twenty million forms for
occupation expenses Of 1870.
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,,,a.n s,alns 8 suit Tor eOo, 900.

1uInIGo. December l4.-Samuel ]. Til;
dsa' l,ss Won ilis suit IN the Supreme Court
n n MIahienn against the Hst Aghonal
Bank oi SsgagRfpt ipFolF'pgs0so
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PrrrspuBsH, December 14-PxrnoLxrx =
Quiet aud lower; crude ut 81 II x at Parkers
for immediate shipment refined sIzc, Phil
adelphia delivery. 7'G, M "a
LespoS, December lk-PrTnoLEux- - RE-
fined sIta01Ec. .giage H5 d MA
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, December 14.-It Is proposed to
transfer the control OF the German rail-
ways from the State to the Imperial Gov
ernment, in Prussia at least.
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TURKEY.

CoSsrASrrxoPLE, December l4--Cara-
theodori Pasha has assumed charge OF the
Foreign Office. Abdul Kerim and Redif
Pashas and other exiled officials have been
sent 70 Rhodes. ,-------- "
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NEw 0RIELxs, December a. Coffee -Firmer;
Rio Cargoes ordinary 70 prime l1I<at6Ac
gold. u $3.50 !aaa rafif ls'p le
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River NeHa.

River 20 feet inches by the marks last
evening. Weather raw and cold.
The Buckeye State, from Pittsburgh,
passed down at 8 A. n. Saturday.
The Courier departed for Parkersburg at
l0i o. clock. N -.igg, ne =
s,pLocal packets were all on hand.
The W. P. Thompson, from Cincinnati
passed upat q ?. N. e.
The Hudson got OFF for Cincinnati at !
The saltivailey, from Ironton. passed up
Saturday night, and the Katie stockdale,
from Cincinnati, yesterday morning at .
o,clock..--a-...--.s--.s---
The W. P. Thompson, from Pittsburgh,
passed down last tnight.
The Storm No. s will load three barges
with old iron rail at Columbus, ny, for
Mass.ias 4Ss Hebbs and barses Will load. nails at
Pittsburgh and Wheeling this week for
The AIallie Ragon will be the Parkers,
burg packet to-day at l0l o'clock.
The Andes, from Cincinnati, will be
due at noon.
The stockdale and Salt Valley, from
Pittsburgh, will pass down tonight.
zaoTs gsaJRt FslsgrpA.l :,
'PIrrsBuRGH, December l5.-Riyer IL
feet Gfnrhes:and- rising lowly-MeatheI
cloudy and freezing. -,
Reports fromo oiiTC City SAY the, river Is
Q feet 5 inches and falling.
Reports from Parkeris Landing sayt that
the fiyer isl feet 8 9inehes.
AT Brownsville there Is 10 feet 3 inches
in the channel. .,,
\ AT Ricc'S Iaidinsth fepoftsi say that
there is l5 ieetand rising.
ClScISSATi, December, 15.-Riyer rising
Weather cloudy and cold. Arriyed-Gaf
Memphis; Mary Houston and Golden
City, New Orleans. 5EIRTG ~
LOUISVILLE, December: l5.-WeatheI
cloudy and cold. Departed: Donnaly
Nav Orleans; Uhafle Morgan, Cincin'
rati; Cons Mjllar, Memphis. River rising
with 15lieet in the canal.
MrMrus, December l5.-Riyer rising
ARRIVED Golddust, st. Louis. Departed
/ Colorado, vicksburg; John B. Maude, st
LQaIs. snSD efasrtaiiiH
NGw 0bLIISs, December l5;-W % satnel
clear and cold. ATriyed=-tAnnie 7. silver
81. Louis; Raven and barges, Ohio river
l.De6Grted@ john mpPold and Tow, 81
Louis. .s.ss.f ,a-i-. .i.e o.,
CAIRo, December 15.-Arriyed: Crane
lTowaE. virEsbhrg; Arkansas Belle, Evans
lrillea Porta Kads,5 New Orleans Desmet
FPaducah; Keller and Miller q. LOUIS
Departed: Andy Baum, MemphIsi Eold
dust, sPsrjs; c. Brown, New ORGANS
| Grand Tower, 81. Louis; Arkansas Belle
Rvansyille; Desuet, st. Louis; Miller, Oln
cinnaH; River "a feet light snow iaI
1 iiYVk Mercury aS'.
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rOBACCO rACrORY BtiRNKD,

'RicHXoxD, Va, December 15.- The
large tobacco mandatory OF Thomas G.
Williams & Co. was burned this morning
The loss is estimated at $4,000. No In.
surance on the building, but the stock and
fixtures are fully covered.
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CASTATA.


Editors lntslligsaeer. ~ fksbs
Welearn this morning that Mrs. Henry
Moore was burned 10 death last evening
at West Union CHaneytown), Marshal
sSSsiY is,5S Y'faPy the npSettins e a
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DENMARK.

CopESHAoES, December 1.-THE mar.
ridge Of the Princess Thyra to the Duke Of
Cumberland has been postponed until at-
torthe funeral OF Princess Alice.
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AppITloNAL LOCAL.

Tim sabbath School connected with the
Thomson n. E. Church talk OF giving a
concert at the church the latter part Of
this month.
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i-MEADvrLls, Pa, December l4.-A large
barn and contents, the property Of Caleb
Cummings, Of Woodcock, was entirely
consumed by fire yesterday afternoon.
Loss about 500; partially insured. Also,
barn owned by Jacob Stein, OF Mead
Township, about three miles east OF this
city, was destroyed by fire last night, sup
posed to be the work OF IN lncendiary.
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~ lHG Od4A4 4N ASAALuL LS&'CAAA
GENERAL NEWS.
Great Snow Storms in the Northwest
Highways and Railroads Block
ed Up---An Embargo on
Traffic and Travel.
A Cellar as a Savings Bank
Unearthed After
Ten Years Rest.
Democratic Locusts Swarming On to
Senatorial Pastures.
Important Reduction In Express
Charges. d, a6,l g
Depressed Condition of the Pittsburgh OIL
Important Reduction In Express
Charges. 4, 4g,r q
Depressed Condition of the Pittsburgh OIL
Trade. La.
Instructions for Resumption from the
secretary Of the Treasury.


WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE Secre
tary Of the Treasury has issued the follow
ing circular of instructions concerning the
resumption of specie payments:----. !
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YIRE RECORD.
<r,p I, psrs,yortrlp-s,Ooo. i |

west OF the city, with Its contents OF sew
eral hundred bushels Of grain, horses.
cows and utensils. Loss 5000; insured
for 81 800 In the Ohio Farmers'.
CLEVELAND, o.-sGo,0oo.
CLEVELAND, Dec. Il.-Between 9 and
3 o'clock this morning fire broke out in
Short & Forman's extensive job printing
establishment on Superior street, resulting
in loss Of 500, 900 to the stock, including
spresses, electtotyping arrangements, &c.
when discovered the flames were well un.
der way, and before the fremen arrived
they had made their way to the several
stories by tmeans of tie elevator, which
wasleft open. Short / Forman have In
snrance foE over s6i, ,OO0.s The building
was damaged 5000, and belongs to ex-
Congressman Payne. It was insured for
$3.50; equally divided between the I'm.
perialand Northern Insurance Company
Of London, and the German-American OF
New York. The fire is supposed TO have
originated from 4 half.burned cigar. II
started on the first floor, and throws 80
hands ont OF employment. ~
- II ~ : IS
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CHARLES Z. DWIGHT.

JhIN WHhbLINH. W.AV
pEGULAR TUESDAY PACKET-FoR
Irunton, Huntington, Porismouth, Mays. I'll
Vils, Cincinnati and Louisville dl--.iaell1ztA
F The Elegant Passenger Steamer Il
NEW ANDES. cItAG. MunLElfAs, Master,
* En-. AuHLENAs, Clerk, n
Leaves Tueday, December l7th, at p M positively
PaocngOs and freight reeeipted through TO all points
WEST and SOUTH. For freight OF pasAse apply on
'SI:a d.ss ~ c II. BOOTH 8. SON. Assn...
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ZlxEsyILlz, O., December l4-It is sur
missed thatthe burning Of Swaill & Mason's
warerooms and grocery, at Sonora, last
Saturday night, was the work OF ineenf
diaries. Insured for 5 ,000-S2, 500 in the
Phanix and 81, 800 in the Royal, OF Glas:
gov. Net loss, about $1,000.
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Ghe Gntelliqetrer,
odiee, Nos. % and q Rourteenth Hffeet

Onieei Aos' - eise - tSH tStltt1 = ~ Il
A DISCUSSION is going on in several of the
papers as to the politics Of Senator Lowe, Of
Wetzel county. The Wetzel Messenger says
that he isa .RePsblisani With Democratic
procIiyities.
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NINNEAPOLN-8.W

MHxRAroLs, MrSx., December l+.-Tul
ner. Hall, q large wooden structure
burned this afternoon. Loss, 5000; in
surance, S2,To0.
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a CONVENTION OF THE DEMOCRACY or
"a wss,Rston Territory viii be held at Van
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Saturday, August "a, 1878.
Peter Cooper.

Peter Cooper is conspicuous con-
tradiction Of the current idea that sue
cess depends on the steady pursuit Of
one calling, or longetivy on robust
health. Few men who nave attained
fortune have beer engaged IN more
varieties Of business. His father, who
had been a Lieutenant III the war
Of the Revolution This maternal grand
father also took part in the struggle
and exhausted his property in Its sus-
tainment) set up hat mandatory.
after the independence Of the colonies
had been gained. and failed IN the
enterprise. Peter, small boy, render
cd such assistance as he could, which
was not much, as he was puny and all
ing from his birth. Anxious a. he was
for instruction. his fathers means were
80 strsitencd that he could not attend
school more than half of each day for
a single year and beyond this he has
never had any regular education. At
seventeen he served an apprenticeship
at coach making, and acquitted him.
self 90 we'll that his employer wished to
start him in business, which Peter de-
clined. He followed the trade for
awhile, however, ard then made patent
machines for shearing cloth. which was
profitable until the close Of the war
of 1912 destroyed the demand. Next
he made cabinet ware; then became .
grocer and did several other things.
turning his attention at last to the
manufacture Of glue aud ,isinglass, TO
which, naturally enough, ne has stuck
to this day. He has also been manu-
facturer of iron, having erected exten ?
sive works near Baltimore, and after
wards on immense rolling and wire
mill in this city, subsequently, removed
TO Trenton. New Jersy. lie construct
ed. near fifty years ago. afte: his own
design, tho first railway engine made
on this continent, was the first man to
apply anthracite to the pudding OF
Of iron. and also TO roll wroughtiron
beams for fireproof buildings lie has
always taken great interest in the ex-
tension of the telegraph. in all internal
improvements and enterprises for the
public good. The magnificent charity
OF the Cooper Inststute. q noble and
permanent monument to his name and
philanthropy. is the result of promise
to himself. when poor youth, that IT
he should ever grow rich be would
establish in his native New York an
institute where the working class
could secure the instruction for which
he had lopged and labored in vain.
Peter Cooper is one of the most vener-
able lin double sense) Of our public
men. having completed his eighty
seventh year the 18th of last february
He distinctly remembers standing in
front of st. Pauls and seeing pass the
funeral Of George Washington. 1t Is
not often that an individual from the
cradle reaches such an age.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-06

Wednesday evening, May 29th. Subject: Physiological Action of Alcohol on the Hu- man System" This generally dry subject was treated in an able and interesting manner by the Doctor. At its closa, Rev. Mir. Judd, of the M. E. church, moved that rising vote of thanks be rendered the lecturer carried. Mir. John Barry is expected here for three days next week commencing with Friday.
 The M E. Church is being repainted; al- so the parsonage ;which adds greatly to the ap- pearance of the same.
 The wife of Dr. Henry died on Friday, May 31st. The Dr. has the sympathy of the entire community.
 The Decoration services were sadly inter- fered with by the rain. Service was held in the Congregational church, w. B. Atwood presiding. The names of deceased soldiers were read by Rev. Mir. Sanford. Rev. H. Q. Judd and J. w. Backus each made an address of interest C0mrade $. s. Lamb read a pOem Comrade J. J. Fisher sang bass solo. The S. T. O. Band furnished the music, af- ter which the soldiers repaired to the cemete- " and decorated the graves.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-06
Washington.

MORE ABOUT THE FIRR.-The sympathy. of this community is with those who lost by the late fire. It is said that the insurance of Mir. J. s. Titus nearly covers his loss, but it does not replace it. Mr. John w. Titus loses his share in the barn, and a COW and calf, without considered valuable; and Frank Grant, val uable buggy. But the loss by the fire appears small to us, in comparison to the exposure to the loss of MT. J. w. Titus dwelling house, and the lives endangered thereby. This was situated only few feet from the barn, and the burning frame fell outward toward the house which was greatly endangered thereby, and was preserved with the greatest difficulty. When we consider, also, the state of Mir. Ti- tus' health-he has been unable to leave his house for sometime, and is very feeble from disease of the stomach-if it was the work of an incendiary, we think these facts great az. gravation of his guilt. '"
 SIcKNEss.-In addition to MT. Titus, Mrs Calvin Main, Mrs Abel Calhoun and Mrs. R A. Bryan, though not dangerous, are in a criti cal condition, the two former from heart disease, the latter from typhoid fever.
 VIsrroRs. MT. Edwin Mason and wife, for merly of Litchfield, but now of Richland Mich, have been spending few days witt friends in town. Mir. Mason was pupil Q Matthew E. Mitchell who taught the academ. in this place some fifty three years ago. The! will return home by way of Medina, Ohio.
 Mrs. Walter Burnham, of New Preston, an Miss Lora Gum of West Virginia, have als
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-06
HarWinton.

Mr. John Seaton, of Walden, N. Y., is in town. Mrs. Dayton c. Case, of Barkhamsted, is staying week at T. B. Cannon's. M. J. Weeks is also in town, also Wm. Redder, of Bristol Miss Martha Winship has gone to visit friends in Milford few weeks. Anson Winship, of South Britain is in town. Alon- 20 Barker is recovering slowly.
 The Brown Bros, of Campville have been through the town exhibiting their improved Buckeye mowers and distributing circulars.
 The principal event of the week is the marriage, at church on Sunday evening by the Rev. w. N Meserve, of Mr. Edward Birge, a former resident, to Mary, only child of E. B. Hinman. We suppose that the bride looked lovely and the bridegroom happy, but we had not the heart to go and see, for every celebra- tion of this kind that we witness almost makes us ''die of enyy," and more forcibly brings home the truth of the proverb that ''t is not good for man to be alone" The happy couple start for Bridgeport to-day, to make that city their abiding place."
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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-06
LITTLE CONNIE
East Cornwall.

AN IMPRovEMHNT.-Tha new fence the east side of our school house. Now, a few young naples or elms set out around the school house would be further addition.
 CORRECTION my last communication you made me say Gavening for Ganung. l would also add that it was a mistake, or a mere rumor, that Mr. Ganung was going to take Mir. Bowers place, as he (Mr. Ganung) returned to New Haven in about week from the time he arrived.
 There is to be preaching next Sabbath at the Baptist Church by Rev. Mir. Smith of New Haven, who may be called to preach here.
 Decoration day was not observed here It was too wet.
 SIoK.-Miss Katie Lorber is very sick at Watertown, where she has been working, and Mrs. Lorber has gone down to take care of her. MT. David Parmalee is very low again, at the house of his son-in-law, Mir. Charles Richards, in Warren.
 Fees. Seeing your account of the hen that laid two eggs day would add that Mrs. Elias Hart has 9 hens, and last spring, or I should have said the early part of this spring, she gathered 10 eggs per day some of the time.
 Miss Mary Hart recently showed me a petunla having 51 blossoms. JACK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-06
Goshen. No, 341.

ARBITRATIoNs.-Sinc Mir. Albert Wad- hams horse broke leg in a sluice in Torring- ton, he and the Selectmen of the town agreed to leave it out to the decision of the three Go- shen men; so MT. Wadhams handed in the names of nine Goshen men, and the other par ty selected Lyman Hall, Geo. G. Crandall and Theron D. Ludington, who, after hearing the case, decided that the town should pay him $167.
 , TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. until next Sabbath.
 FAMILIES BACK.-Mrs. Samuel B. Futile, and her daughter, who have been in Hartford through the winter, returned last week, and MT. Gray and family have also returned from Bridgeport.
 DECORATION DAY.-In the forenoon good number assembled at the West Side cemetery, and the three graves there were strewn with flowers. The afternoon proved to be very rainy, but the fifteen graves at the Center were decorated with beautiful flowers and a mound of flowers was raised in honor of the many Goshen soldiers who were buried at the South.
 IVY MOUNTAIN, With friend from New Haven County, we had an opportunity to look off over our state and parts of New York and Mass, last week. With the naked eye we can see a very high and distant mountain con- siderably west of the Litchfieid stecples and indeed west of Mt Tom It may he the summit where q party from the Coast Survey were watching, when Mir. Jennings, on the top of high platfrrm on Ivy Mountain, with a large mirror flashed the light of the sun off towards Long Island Sound. The experiment was successful, and the spot where the high signal stood for years, is marked by piece of copper in the rock. Near this, and Tew feet further north of the child's track cut in the rock, may be seen three letters J. H. N. all fastened together, and cut deeply in the rock. It was easy to recognize the name of Dr. Jo- seph Howard North. H. N.
 The way of the tax collector is not the way of pleasantness in Goshen. School Dis trict Collector Lampher was knocked down, recently, for demanding tax of jour cents from substantial citizen. The collector made it rather uncomfortable for the recusant at the time, and is likely to make it still more un- comfortable hereafter.