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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03

Thomas Jordan, supposed to he
implicated in the Kintzler murder
III Snyder county. was arrested some
where about the Forks, last Thurs
dav, bv Newton Hackman and Jack
Elmer, He was brought To town be-
fore justice Reifsnyder. but as the
men who had arrested him had neith-
er warrant nor evidence against Jor
dan. the Justice could take no cogni-
Zance of the matter. He was per
mitted 10 take dinner at Musser'S
Hotel, after which he tried TO escape
his captors 10y hiding under. some
straw in the hotel stable, hut was
soon found and taken to Mifflinburg
on hard car, and thence 40 Mid
dleburg, where he was lodged in Jail
to await further develo pmehts.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03

Read change in Time Table OH I (.
G. ~ ). &. Il. r., in another col
umn.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03
SUMNER TTNB TA9bB,

On and after bVnddV, May l3th, ls15, hc
Trains on the Philadelphia and Erte Raj
Road DiriSioh viii run as toitOns:
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03
.fIl.i;'}|,s!|'l!!E(ll5!; 70 \ I! DRINK

Tine most INrENsE ana POW ERR, l. u.u'' ever
dealt the DEMON DRINK, by the CeteFdn au,
thcr, T. 3. ARTHUR. A book 10 sTARTLE ana
ENLIaHTEN the people. Vivid pictures ana
PROOFS, how 1t curses BODY, SOUL. HOME,
SOCIETY, etc. Unfolds the work Of lNEBRIATE
AsYLUMs, GOSPEL TEMPERANCE, WoMANs
CRUSADE, FRANCIS MURPHY, PROHIBITION,
efc etc OSITS ~ It's sale is MARVELLOUS.
0IIR RVBIES yith a0O0 III II1sTRATIoSs far
excel all others. Prices just reduced y PER
or. (! Bend for terms.
WiyRRAKD HHOS.. Ptihs.. ?s3 Sansona ST,
~, a. 6ajuti2 4S-i,v
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03

Erie Nail Wcst. Nld0drd nj. NeN, I1ock
HtGtSn Accom-. WeSt and Day Express E0St
make close connection dt INorthumber rldTld
nth T.. & p. n. X. trains for FtikesbdTre
ami Scranton.
Erie Mail East end West connect at Erie
With trains on l.. s. q " s. X. n. at Oory
with O. c. & 4. =. Il. II. at Emporium nth
II. " J. g r. II. r.. and ut Drgtnood With
4. TR.R
PdrlOr Ours lriE run bStireen Philadelphia
and WiuidmSport on Niagara Express West
Pacific Express East and Day Express East.
Sleeping CurS on all NIGHT troi7lS.
HM Il. BALDWIN. Gent SUpt.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03
THE HOLIDAYS Nv
MILLHEIM.

Christmas was genuine good old
feiiowin Millheim this year. He
spent more real Joy than perhaps on
any former occasion. Everybody
seemed to be happy and to enjoy the
happiness of others A better fel-
lQw-feeling. n more thoroughly cour
teous and liberal spirit certainly new
or before prevailed here than did on
Christmas. Present making WAS
the order of the day. We feel sure
that more presents were made on
this Christmas than on half Il score
together before. 1t seemed to be
the study Of every one to make 9TH
era happy. Especially did the ju-
Teaile world come in for its full
share of gladness and gifts. Faith
ers and mothers, uncleS and annts.
We'd with each other to prepare a
world OF happiness for the little
folks. The historic Christmas Tree
found its way into not a few homes,
and we fondly hope that parents may
have improved this propitious setson
70 sow seed that may bring forth
fruit unto life eternal.
NEW YEARS DAY.
- January lst, A. D. 1878. was a
grand gals day for Millheim. The
Young year WAS uShered in at mid
night by the Millheim Cornet Band,
who made the Welkin ring with
sweetest music, and ny .dIscharging
loaded anvifs. which shook the very
foundations Of the earth. to say no: IL
ing OF the incesSans rattle of small
arms
The day dawned az bright and
clear AZ any one could desire. Ever
Ything was activity and hustle to
Res ready for q grand Masquerade and
Mechanical Procession on Wagons.
At o'clock the long train of thir.
ty- seven wagons, headed by the
Band, all under the direction of
Judge HartInan as Chief Marshall,
STARTED for Aaronsburg, and grand
Eight IL was. On every wagon there
Tas some mechanical or mercantile e
.isrra r cement, typical of the thrift
taat ought to mark every branch OF
our industrial pursuits, but -
well we are not writing q political
article just now We have neither
space nor inclination to particular
fze, az the whole affair was a decided
success anil beautiful in its way.
Everything passed off decently and
, IN order, executing that just as the
procession had returned and the
wa coma were each turning home
ward, the travelling bar-oh horror
had the misfortune to capsize right
in tho centre of town. Bottles and
tunhlerS, and w hateyer else WAS in
aud about the bar were dashed to
the groupd with violence. The in
mates may consider themselves
lachy that they escaped without
broken limbs, and this incident
should be a solemn warning to al
bars in generl II, and to this one In
partlcular-never to risk themselves
oo wheels, but TO remain on terrc
.R-nlG HherA they are sure Of a s<tlic
(aar6aien
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03

PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD.
P.IILID LPHIA & ERIE ~. u. DIT'E
SION.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-01-03

stt spa II sluIS, cola JuLtcn, heavy ~
wedding riHc. and gci.ts' ParisiaH' d; az;
pin. The aEoYg articles sent, pnst PAID, u
) CTS. Lave bccn Ys:3ilctt for AZ HsSs
rult stock and must he 'S'dd. as,Ibd Ma.
Go'd Watches Slj cachr for speculative "',
4H0 genuine gnld. s'.liS rSpnlntivY o.
honeefv. fair dealing and lilp~raiIty y
egualed Dy any advertiser ~ Sh8s-tbFy %
y Ddy lt0oI.. Dee. IL. 1875.
eUSTAGE ST AMPS TAKEH ASCAN,,,.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
An x(vFUL HOLOCAUST.

Hong Kong Mail.

Hong Kong Mail.
At Tientsin, on the 9TH Of January, a
terrible calamity occurred. A fire broke
out at 10 o'clock in the morning, at one
of the relief yards established outside
Of the city wall for the benefit of the
famine refugees. A strong northeast
wind was blowing at the time, and
scarcely an hour passed before all
the sheds were burned, and between g.
500 and 5000 women and children were
suffocated or burned to death. AS cor
rect an estimate as l can get gives the
number, of inmates a 5000, of whom
only little over 100 escaped. The To-
cation of this soup kitchen was unfor-
tunate. On the east side was the city
ditch; on part of the south and west
sides was an ice pit, while houses lined
the remaining sides. In addition, it
was surrounded by strong fence of kuli-
ang stalks plastered with mud, in which
there was only one gate, and it is said
that, on the bursting forth of the flames,
the gate-keeper locked the gate and ran
away. Many of the Chinese showed
much courage in trying to render assist
ance, as testified by an eyewitness, who,
passing just at the time, fastened to do
what ne could in learning down the
fence and rendering other service. He
speaks Of the scene at the time as ter
rible beyond description. The scene
presented after the fire had done its
work was CHASTITY and horrible, and the
picture of it rises before my mind as
one that can never be effaced. The
contortions of the features, the positions
of the bodies, hands, limbs, mouth and
eyes, the same as when the flames and
smoke overlook them, reminded one of
the descriptions of Pompeii. Had the
gate been left open, probably many
more might have made their escape,
but SO rapidly did the flames spread
through the mat-sheds, and in the straw
and mats spread on the ground as a
protection against dampness, that be-
fore an opening could be made in the
fence few even were left to linger on in
suffering. How the fire originated no
one seems to know-a spark, possibly,
from the range where at the time the
millet was cooking.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
Tom COrWin and the Darkey.

DR.. Graham, in 1852, was proprietor
Of the Harrodsburg (Ky.) EPSON
Spring, since purchased by the
Government for a soldiers home. He
had favorite negro named Pierson,
who was the leader of the negro band,
and who, when not in the ballroom or
pavilion, walked about in faultless
broadcloth and kid gloves, and it is
said. would seldom talk to a negro wO-
man not four-fifths white, and never to
u negro. In the height of season,
when he looked with scorn Oh the denor
of half dollar, and only smiled when
the eagle shone in gold, he ran away.
Being educated, he had no difficulty tc
write his own passes and go to Ohio,
as he had often been in that state be-
fore.
He went to Columbus to amuse him.
self with legislation, and there he met
Hon. Tom Corwin. l do not remember
the date when he was governor.
Tom said, is DR.. Graham here,
Pierson?"
"No, sab, came alone" he said.
"Give my love to the family, and es-
pecially to Miss Ella, when you get
back" said Tom.
"I'm not going back, sab; l ruined
away"
"Why, Person Did the doctor strike
your
He never so forgot himself" said
Person.
odd you get into any trouble?" Tom
continued.
81 knows how to take care Of my
SELF" said Person.
did not they give you enough to eat
and wear?"
Person snapped dust mote from
his shining broadcloth and consulted a
gold watch, but aeigned no reply.
Said Hon. Tom Corwin, solemnly:
Don't you know, you misguided
man. that thousands of white men
would look with envy at position not
half so easy and safe as what you fled
from? You had no cares: you were
clothed and fed; and if the doctor lost
his fortune you would be just as easy
with another rich man, and make
money always with no end to spend"
Person replsed gravely, Mars Tom,
that situation, with all its advantages,
are open to you if you'd like to go and
fill it,"
The bystanders roared and Tom
started. suddenly remembering hUsi-
ness in the State House. 1t was the
only time in his life that he had no
answer to give.-N. Y. Star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
The Loitiest Mountain in the Western
HEMISPHERE.

1t appears by the reports and facts
spoken of at the meeting in New York
recently of the American Geographical
Society that the result of the recent
geographical explorations and measure
ment of the mountains of South Amer
lea show what was already knowa) that
Acancagua is the loftiest summit of the
Andes. This giant peak, the Hottest
mountain of America, is in the Andes
of Chill, about 100 miles east of Val
paraiso, and nearly in latitude 32' Som
south. Its actual height is not posi-
lively and accurately known, but the
measurements made by Nj. Pissis and
subsequent scientists make it certain
that its elevation is between -, 400 and
% 900 feet above theWaters Of the sea.
The French explorer made it q, 422, or
four miles and 1902 feet over, which
would be 99S feet higher than the
SNOWY summit of Chimborazo, as Hum
boldt measured the latter, when, in
1902. the great German made his IA
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
A Bird Ont Of its Latitude.
Boston Journal.

During the great snow-storm of Janu-
airy an adult female Louisiana taneger
was seen to approach house in Lynn,
in which there were canaries hanging in
the window. An open cage, with food,
was placed just out of the door, into
which the bird at once entered and
allowed itself to be captured. II was
to all appearances, a wild bird, and
though very hungry was not in a wasted
condition. This bird has its home
in the summer months in the region
between the great plains and the Pacific.
In tie winter it visits Mexico and Cen
trail America. The great snow-storm of
January, as is known, began on the
Pacific coast of Mexico, passing north
and east, with violent winds, progressing
about IL thousand miles every twenty
four hours. 1t seems more than prob
able that this bird was caught in its vor-
tex, prevented by the storm currents of
air from returning, and driven onward
some four or five thousand miles to our
inhospitable coast.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
Something for American Girls.

An American girl went over to Paris
with her brother the other day, and the
instant she was left alone with their
companion in the carriage, middle
aged Frenchman. he insulted her. She
told her brother when he returned, and
there was a fearful outburst. The
Frenchman gave his card, and said he
was deeply sorry and would abide by the
decision Of the other as to the conse-
quence to ensue for his mistake, but
certainly he never suspected Mademoi-
selle was a lady, as she was painted
The brother appealed to best authori-
ties in Paris in these matters to learn
what the code was under these circum-
stances, and all the men of the Jocky
Club told him that if his sisters eye
lashes We're blackened and her cheeks
roughed, he could have no redress, as
these practices were never followed by
su,e demoiselle du monde. Cincinnati En-
qmrer, London Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
Important Railroad Land Decision.
Chicago Tribune.

The secretary of the interior is likely
to soon make decision that will be Of
vast importance TO western Immigrant
roads. This new departure is based
upon the decision of the United States
supreme court in the Usage land case.
The court held that the railroad was not
entitled to land indemnity in the place
OF lands disposed of by the United
States prior to the grant. This decision
changes the previous practice in the
land Office, and greatly reduces the
grants to many roads. The land Office
is now readjusting the grant to conform
to this decision. Four western roads
have been readjusted. The Wisconsin
Central has already received 41,SOO
acres more than it is entitled to, and its
grant is reduced from 75O, 900 to 5S7 600.
The Hastings & Dakota road, in Mime
sofa, is reduced from 1851, 141 acres to
1858. The readjustment will pro-
coed until all reductions are made.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

sent you lately some stories descrip.
tive of the woes attending those fair
ones who torment themselves by wear
ing scanty skirts. Here is another also
perfectly true tale. A dinner party was
about to be held Mt very grand house
in London; the guests had arrived, a
gorgeous tlunky had announced that all
was ready, and the guests were in the
act Of descending the staircase towards
the dining room. Below in the hall
stood any number Of magnificent men,
servants. walters and solemn retalners
generally. And now. leaving the guests
upon the stairs for half minute, l
must diverge just to inform you, in case,
as u member Of the sterner and less
made-up sex, you should not be aware
of the fact that underneath lady's
dress nowadays is hardly anything to
be found save a tight-fitting suit of
brown, composed of soft and yielding
leather in the winter, and of heaven
knows what in the summer. Only by
wearing this perfectly revolutionary
style can the closely clinging fit Of the
skirts so dear to the fair sex of to-day
be produced. To return to the dinner
guests upon the staircase. The lady on
the arm of the first gentleman of the
procession was gliding down in all her
glory, her train trailing after her several
yards along the satirs, when suddenly
the gentleman next behind her, in the
dreadtully clumsy manner of his mis-
guided sex, trod upon her dress.
Horror, There was, all in the space of
a second, dreadful crack, fearful
sound Of rending, and the entire skirt,
in the sight of all the company behind
its wearer and Of all the flunkeys in the
hall below, fell to her feet. Shall pur-
sue the awful story, or will you fancy
for yourself the picture? The elabor-
ately arranged hair, the white neck
ringed round with glittering jewelry,
the fashonably trimmed dress body, and
then-no, really, it is quite too awful.
Let us stop; let us drop the subject
San Francisco Chronicle, London Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
GATHERED SWEETS.

l had little brother once
A brighteyed. joyous child;
But scarce had vanished DER hts head
Three sunny summers mild
Ere he was dead. In sorrow
Refused to call IL just
That he, ~ fair as Aught 81 + nth.
So soon should turn TO dust.
I once beheld beanteous flower,
As bright ard fair as day;
A rude gust tore II from Its stem
1t withered soon away.
deemed IL wrong, for all around
Grew they Of beauty bare.
Who tainted with their nOxious bre tn
The balmy summer-air.
But ali! since then the passing years
Have taught my heart its sin:
That God Who plants His sweets on Earth.
Hath right to gather in:
That He. from future care and pain,
With His endearing love,
Hath ta'en my little brothers soul
To dwell with Him above.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

mons scent 81 that mountain. with
Bonpland, TO : height Of Is, 286 feet.
Aconcagua, seen from the CHILEAN sea-
port Of Valparaiso, towering above the
Andes, at a distance of hundred miles
or more inland, is shown only as peak.
From the sea it presents, at a much
longer range, grand spectacle; but it
is only from the east-from the up
country of La Plata, in the Argentine
Confedefation-that the vast height of
this mountain monarch, towering to
the skies, is seen to the fullest advan-
tage. From the town-or city-of
Mendoza. fifty miles east of the noun
tain, the view must be rs grand as that
of any mountain on earth; for, owing
to forbidding conditions. the highest
mountains of the globe those of the
Himalaya range in the East Indies and
Thibet) are not seen to the best advan-
tage from any accessible point of view
yet attained. Aconcagua has been
called an extinct volcano; but the best
examinations yet made of its summit
do not appear to carry out that idea.
The recent observations, referred to at
the meeting of the geographical society,
make the height of the Chillian noun
tain 23,2OO feet, and probably over that
figure. At $4,000 feet Humboldt found
it hard to breathe and his strength
failing him. Mr.. E. G. Squier, the ex-
plorer of the mountains of the old Leru-
Wan Incas, experienced similar sensa-
tons at a height of 10000 feet, and
his native companion dropped from his
horse, bleeding at nose, ears and eyes.
From the sea Chimborazo usually pre-
sents finer spectacle than Aconcagua.
The elevation of Mexico's highest
mountain-Popocatepetl, or smoking
mountain us nearly 5000 feet less
than that Of the CHILEAN peak, and Mt
Shasta and Mt. Hood fall short to about
the same figure. Pixies Peak is about
nine thousand feet lower than Aeon
cagua.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
Trade Kisses.

A curious divorce case is on the taps
in Harrison County. A wife who was
greatly in need of mess of cabbage
made bargain and sale with a
neighbor, trading three kisses for three
heads of cabbage. The irate husband
did not care much for the loss of the
kisses, but was fearful that they indica-
ted more than was apparent on 1.-The
face of the returns" and so has filed his
petition for divorce-Ba7aesriAe w. Va
Enterprise.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
mt he has no doubt u IL srsat anti.

WI nc H. ~ OOUUS u u &T04S anti
guilty.
All nations seem to have had q curl
Gus desire to account for the spots in
the moon.
According to the Hindoos, Chandras,
the God of The Moon, bears a hare in
his arms. The Mongolians also believe
that the spots represent hare. One
of their deities transformed himself into
hare to feed starving wayfarer, and
in honor of this act of virtue the figure
of hare was thenceforth visible in the
moon. The natives of Ceylon have a
somewhat similar legend. When Budd-
ha sojourned as a hermit on earth, he
one day lost his way in a forest, and
after long wanderings he met hare,
who thus addressed him: II can help
thee. Do thou take the right hand path,
and will guide thee out of this wilder
ness"
Il thank thee" returned Buddha,
"but l am poor and starving, and I'M
able to requite thy kindness"
If thou art hungry" replied the
hare, light fire, kill and eat me-"
Buddha lighted fire as desired, and
the hare Immediately leaped in; but
Buddha now displayed his supernatural
powers, and tearing the hare from the
flames he placed it in the moon, where
it still abides. This STORY is related by
French traveller in Ceylon, and he
adds that his telescope was often Dor
rowed by the natives, in order that they
might inspect the hare in the moon.
Il IL,
Cynthia:
Her Cite was gray and full OF spottis blake,
And en- her breast u chOrie pantid full even
Bearing bush of thornis on his bake
Which for his theft might climb no ner the
heven.
SHAKESPEARE also alludes to the man in
the moon in The Tempest and "The
Midsummer Nights Dream.
According to one tradition, the figure
is that of Isaac, bearing the faggot on
his shoulders for his own sacrifice on
Mount MOrah. Another calls the man
"Cain with bundle Of briars." Dante
mentions this both in his Paradise I"
and Inferno" There is a pretty me-
di9val legend which describes the moon
as st. Mary Magdelene. and the spots
on it rs her repentant tears.
The following Westphalian legends
are evidently not of Christian origin.
A youth, visiting his sweetheart at
night, wished to enter her room ut the
window, while the moon was shining
brightly. He, therefore, took bram-
BILE with which he attempted to darken
it; but he remained hanging to the
thorn bush.
A tipsy man, coming out Of the pub
lie house, threatened the moon with a
bramble he held in his hand. This
audacious conduct enraged the moo.,
who drew the man up, and there he is
to this day.
Mullenhoff says that the people of
Rantum, in the Schleswig island Of Sylt,
declare that the man IN the moon is n
giant, who bends down at full tide to
scoop up the water and pour it on the
earth. AT low tide he stands upright,
resting from his labors, so that the water
may subside.-AH The Year Ronnd
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
Hard Times! Proclamation!

The young men ofShreveport. though
exceptionally gallant, are, as a rule, in
moderate circumstances, only having
their wages to live upon. Theater
tickets and the hire of carriages make
chasm in their finances, and so, unless
the weather is too unfavorable for walk
ing, it would be the part ofkindness and
discretion for ladies to insist upon walk
ing.-Shrereport (La) Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

DowN TO A FINE PoINT.--" Well, l
swan, Billy" said an old farmer to an
understood nephew who was visiting
him, "when you take off that ere plug
hat and spit two or three times there
amt much left Of YOU, is th'?''-Ch'ed9o
Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

A young man of 20 recently took to
wife Pennsylvania widow of 80, the
sole proprietress of a couple of paying
petroleum wells. OF him it may truly
be said that she loved not wisely but
two wells"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-10-31

Ir SMoKED.-A French Prince
once sent an aid camp to a pain
ter, remarkable for his love Of jokes
and his ideness, commanding his
presence. The officer went and brot
The artist with him. A picture was
given him to copy and he took it
away with him. 1t was a painting of
house. In few days the officer
went to the painter to see what pro-
gress he had made, and having re-
turned, acquainted the prince that
all was done but one chimney, on
which the painter was then employ
ed. Some days pas ed and the pic
ture was not returned. The prince
resolved to go himself. He did so,
and found the painter still at the un-
finished chimney.
why, how is this ? said he
All this tine employed at one CHM
ney?'
4 have been obliged to do and
unto it several times.
For what reason said the
prince.
4 found, rejoined the artist,
that it smoked.
The Prince laughed heartily and
took his leave.