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them withheld.
IT ia DIFFICULT 70 SEE WHAT rupLlo RsAsoa
can hAya at any ti,ne existed Tor permitting vague
and indefinite charges tO 10 ulado, ind roinalnR
Information ~ 10 thols nature. Tho publication Of
tle eontenl& Of petition to EAuKr9sa III advance
Of It's lon cannot bs regarded lscoutte
~; ~ se to ea{ ns Rf,sSss st'ss inquiry
catsa bits lsrts 10 hIs rspTofcutastsu cnIoes sist
such member may communicate them to ntleEs III
sho ,' most soIspielou: manner. Petitions IL MI
pnb'o bodsea arc usWally matteTs Of uuaricly long
befoto presentation. nor eau lhcrs bo any greater
dagger o. sup9tes:tng teatao9Y II The charve. arc
10 ~ vel! after baforo their References ~ Con.
grs.sioHal coulmittso fur Investigation.
iour Comm cnn,m,tsss ICY re unable TO spprce!ats tho
and She ldun to decina 10 msks known tho cnarves
srai1't Judge Alodxstt. sad eau scs no good rra.
They represent lhH Association when thuy say that
ehoy have becn actuated hT no disposltlan " sup
press Inquiry Into formulated charges. hut by iko
hope that II wonl bs male apparent, when such
chssyes werH made. that The cyldrncv upon which
They wara bassd WIS mistaken and groand!ess. Ia
bio and wl4s maxim Of the law, that every p,aa
should be regarded u Innocent Until proved 10 bs
ii ihsse gan,lsmsa would d!sc1o.s ths natuss Of
their charges In detail, aut They .haull pru,s OF
serious Character. md sappa!ted or Respectable
DlodVclt would, on bis own patt, demand a. u.
yestigation by cougreEa
You. Committee express tbs most profound 70.
bockvr. and Sheldon without an opportunity for
81 investigation when = was within thur power.
furnish al tho evidence tn lhetr power looking
toward that cod; for 1t IL appatfnt that great
wfung mar b donu 6J spreading ehar2es
upon tbs recosdY OF ihs Aaslou without
giving IN opportunity for exptanation; and
= sppassa:. in sas opinion OF J"af
to ths nature aud Character Ut tLcse charges,
should themselves dcslrs that thar may tc shown.
II poastblc. 10 hare Lsen conceived tn errof.
In ytsw Ut ths communication Of MessEs, Coo.
Per, .knlckcsbocksr, and bhe.dun. and OF lhs
txrt that NJ charges sGeetlhg tas purity apd In.
&rYrtIy Vi 1ud94 BludRstt hare been uBicn ted
10 ypls Com ::ttse. ihey recoM,tnsnd that no fur.
thcf action Ds taken u this time, and ask ~ w
discharged. X. o, NcCAGu,
LYMAN IAuMuuLL,
CMAALxx Hsycucuck,
IlohRHr 4. liAcpL1,
JAHxA l. MlaM.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
A Mean Advantage.

There was a score or more or Wo-
men gathered together at Mr.. john
sons house. Mr.. Johnson is good
hearted man, and a respected citizen
though he is rather skeptical Ill
some things. The women had just
organized 1.-THE Foreign Benevolent
Society,"" when Mr.. Johnson enter
ed the room. He was at once ap-
pealed to to donate a few dollars as
a foundation to work on and then
Mrs. Graham added,
''It would be so pleasant in after
years for you to remember that you
gave this society its first dollar and
its first kind word.''
He slowly opened his wallet, drew
out a $40 bill and, as the ladies
smacked their lips and clapped their
hands, he asked:
."Is this society organized to aid
the poor of foreign countries ?"
"Yes-yes-yee," they chorused.
"And it wants money 7"
"Yes-yes." ........ .
"Well, now," said Johnson, as be
folded the bill in q tempting shape,
there are twenty married women
here. If there are fifteen of you who
can make oath that you have combec
the children's hair this morning.
washed the dishes. blackened up the
cook stove, and made the beds, l'h
donate the ten dollars"
"I have" answered two of the
crowd and the rest said
"Why, now Mr.. johnson.
eff fifteen of you can make oath
that your husbands are not wearing
socks with holes in their heels, the
money is yours J" continued the
wretch.
"Just hear him - they exclaimed
each one looking at the other.
"If ten of you have boys without
holes In the knees of their pants,
this Y goes to the society,"" said
Johnson.
"Such o man 90 they whispered
eff there are five pair of stockings
in this room that do not need mend
ing, III hand over the money!" lie
went on.
"Mr. Johnson" said Mrs. Gra-
ham, with great dignity, ''the rules
of this society declare that no mo-
ney shall be contributed except by
members, and as you are not mem
Der, beg that You will withdraw
and let US proceed with the routine
business.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12

Thank you, Mr.. James, said J,
"All my interest in the Staughton
family has vanished with that broom
handle. | think 1 shall transfer my
attentions to Kate Holt
'Ah said my employer. she's a
girl in a thousanl-quite intelligent
and lady like. There she goes now.
Put on your nat and walk with her
to the bank here's a draft to be
cashed.'
"I obeyed, and matters were set
tied satisfactorily with Kate, rs she
was walking along by my side,
broom in hand"
"Ha ha I" laughed the tall man.
"I am glad that your eyes are OPEN
ed at last, Joe. l was afraid you
intended to throw Yourself away
upon that bundle of affectation,
ellie Staughton, and asked the
qeStion I did for the purpose of Civ
ing advice which l am glad to hear
is uncalled for. but we must part
here. Good morning."
"Good morning." and with a
shake of the hand, one left the car
on one side, the other on the other.
But the little narrative made an alb
iding impression on my mind.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
Wild Life i'm the South.

All the good alligator and snake
stories come from the South at this
time of the year. The West Point
(Ga.) Press says that Edward Reed,
a farmer living near that place, kill
ed ninctesn SNAKES last Monday,
twenty-one on Tuesday and six on
Wednesday. He is using them as
fertil;z BIS, laying them in open fur
rows by the side of his corn and
covering them up. Horn snakes
are rarely seen, but TIE Gainesville
SouthrOn says that David Willis and
Geo. johnson killed q genuine one
on the latter's farm last Thursday.
The snake was eight feet long, and
at the end of his tail had a horn As
bard as flint and two inches long.
The Newman (Ala.) Herald tells of
an encounter had by Lawrence
Floyd, near that place, few days
ago, with a regular coach whip
snake. Floyd was strolling through
the woods when he saw large black
snak about S feet long lying coiied
under bush. He shot at and struck
the reptile with a slung- shot. The
snake advanced upon Floyd, who
retreated backwards, defending him
self with stick. After a while
Floyd stumbled and fell, and before
he could regain his feet the snake
had wrapped itself with great rapi-
dity about mis- legs and was lashing
them as though he were indeed a
whip. Floyd, who was considera-
Dly stung, cut the snakein two with
his pocket knife.
Near Lexington, Ga, there now
lives the last representative of
colored family, all the members of
which have, like the Alstons, "died
in their boots" The survivor is
said to be a peaceable darkey, who
seeks to avoid strife and will even
be imposed upon. His father was
killed some time ago by an officer,
who had q warrant for his arrest,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12

there being several crimes charged
against the old fellow. As the otlis
Ger approached he demanded War
ren's surrender, firing upon refusal.
Though his arm was shattered, the
old desperate attempted to cock and
raise his musket. He it was who
endeavored to persuade the blacks
to rise against the whites and seize
the land. A stream Of Indian blood
ran through the veins of the family,
which gave a name to the flat form
erly used rs the execution ground
for Oglethorpe county. One of the
Warren's hacked his master to pie
ces with a knife, and was hung. His
head was nailed to q pole by the
roadside, and there remained for
months.
Animal life stirs early down along
the Gulf. During his sermon at
one OF the country churches near
Butler, Ga on Sunday evening of
last week, the minister observed
that his congregation WAS much eX-
cited. He slammed to the covers of
the Bible, and in obedience to fran
tic gestures of the brethren, looked
behind him. There, crawling down
the ceiling of the pulpit, vouches
Lhe Butler Herald, was large ser
pent, its forked tongue daIting ang-
rily in and cut. The congregation
stepped forward and bruised the
S rpent's head. The Georgia Id
rocate of the same date says that
while a brother was listening attent-
lively to a sermon III the Morganton
Church on the preceding Sunday
night, a screech-owl sailed up the
aisle and perchtd upon the brothers
head, just facing the preacher. The
Adr0cdte, which is the religious pa
per of the State, adds that the
preacher and the owl looked at one
another in wonderment.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
DR.. Oberholtzer's Linirnent,
GAMPHOR. NIT X.

Is now highly ~ commended and extensive
ly uSd q FOR rheumatism, Frosted Feet,
Aches, Pains. Sores StingS. Swellings,
Sprains, &c. II il OF the greatest value in
curing Cuts, Ga lis, Sprains and swellings
in horses
Ii acts quickly and surely. II Mt once
Smoothcs and relieves the StifT Joints, the
Lame NJ .iscles and the Aching Nerves.
The mo .ey Will be paid back To any one
nOtsl lsfcd with its effects. Price 25 cts.
5IA.' Csfor$l.
Prepared only by Levi Oberholtzer, NJ. ID.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
ga Pupil of Liszt. I"

The greatest of pianists, List, is
very amiable ami quite eccentric.
The following story sets forth the
genial side of his nature: A young
pianist was giving concerts through
the provinces of Germany, for her
support. To enhance her reputa-
tion she deceitfully advertised her
self as a pupil of List.
In little town where she had
announced a concert, she was con-
founded the day before the concert
was to take place, by seeing in the
list of arrivals, at the very hotel
where the concert was to be given,
IN. Liable List"
Here was a dilemma. Her fraud
would he discovered. Temblingly
she sought the presence of the great
maestro.
Coming into his room with down.
cast eyes she knelt at the old mans
feet, and with many tears told her
story-how she had been left an or
phan and poor, with only her one
gift of music with which to sup
port herself the difficulties she had
encountered, until the fraudulent
use Of his great name had filed her
rooms and her purse.
"Well, well," said the great man
raising her up, ''let US see, my
child, what We can do. Perhaps it
is not so bad as you thought. There
is piano ; let me hear one Of the
pieces you expect to play TO morrow
evening""
Trembingly she obeyed, the maest-
70 making comments and suggest
ions as She played, and Wien she
had finished, be added, Nov, my
child, have given you lesson, you
are pupil or LlsZo."
Before she could fnd words to ex-
press her gratitude, List asked {:
"Are your programmes printed 2"
''No Sir" was the answer, mot
yet"
"Then say, that you will be as
sisted by your master and that the
last piece on the programme will be
played by the Able List"
That concert it may he believed
was a great success.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
Terrible Account from Africa

A letter from the United States
consul at Tangier, Moroeco, dated
March l9, 1879, gives the following
terrible account of the suffering
from famine and from starvation,
Living hnman beings eating the
dead is almost an unheard of hor-
ror. Tie consul writes as follows
All who can are now running
away from this unfortunate count
ry, where famine, cholera, typhus
have and are more than decimating
the population. At Tangier alone
we are having from thirty to forty
cases of typhus per day, and at the
city OF Marocco the daily mortality
by typhus is from 200 to $50 per-
sons. The ordeal Of death is COM
plete. Parents eat their chlldlen,
and at Magador, Luff and Cassabi-
anca the starving Arabs eat their
dead. The atmosphere is impregna-
ted with deadly poisons, emanating
from the thousands half buried, and
the many left out, exposed to the
san and rain.
The European residents take eve
ry precaution, never theless one half
have suceumbed to the dreadful dis
ease. The fatalist mosleDls ridicule
all such expedients to avoid conta-
gion, believing that all is written by
God, and that they must die if so
decreed. The garments Of dead by
disease are sold at auction for a
trihe, and put on to the wretched
buyer, who soon after is generally
taken sick and follows in the wake
Of the former WeWer,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
GERMAN HORSE AND cow POWDER

Keeps stock healthy and In good condition.
1t aids digestion and assimilation. II
makes fat, muscle eand milk. BY using 1t
Il horse will do more work AMI COW give
more milk and be in better spirits and con
oition. II also keeps poultry healthy and
increase the quantity of eggs. 1t is made
by DIR. Lew OberholtZer at his mills. back
of 1S3 n. Third Street, Phila. 1t is sold by
actual weight, at IS cts. per pound, by j.
w. SNooR, Millhein, Pa,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
sThe Phoenix Pectoral.

sThe Phoenix Pectoral.
Has proved itself tO be peculiarly adapted
to old persons, consumptivencss and child
rcn. 1t breaks cold. II stops q cough. j
aids sNpectorniion. IL gives instant relief
IT = YES strength. 1t br ngs rest. 1t Ia:
m &c more cures than any other medicine
. soCsands of the citizens Of Eastern Penn
syIvaniI have used IL for years past ant
testify To the relief given and cures effected
Price, - cents or bottles for 81.
Prepared by Levi ObcTholtZer NJ. ID.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
PIMPT,ES.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease. Consumption,
by simple remedy, Il anxious tO make
known TO his fellOw-SuifercrS the means OF
cure. To all who desire 1t, lie viii send q
copy OF the prescription used, uIee cf
charge, with the directions for preparing
and using the same, which they viii find a
SURE CURE for CoSsUNPTIoN, ASTHMA, BRoN-
CHITIS, &c.
Parties wishing the Prescription, will
please address,
+. A. WILSON, l9I Penn ST., Williamsburgh,
NY. 5-6m
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12

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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-06-12
rerna-sh5o Per Annum.

RHIihcim on the r., c. s. S. CIR. II. has q
population OF 6Oe-7OO is n thriving business
centre, ana controlsthe trade oranavcrage
radius OF over eight miles, in which the
JoURNAL has alarger circulation than all
ether county laperS combined.
-taucriScrS tctRpleGSe make a note OF this
The New York herald., 1879-09-14
SHOT IN A FIELD.

A WOMAN OF HEMPsTEAD, L. l., FATALLY
WOUNDS ANOTHER WITH WHOM SHE HAS
QUARRELLED.
Lena vogelson and Esther Seins. Of Hampstead. L.
L. quarrelled yesterday afternoon. snd Mrs. vogelson
drawing pistol discharged Ave shots at her antago
mist. Two Of the balls took effect in the head and
abdomen. Doctors Buck and Finn declare that tho
woman cannot 1.-Two, and refuse to the Of
the bullets fearing to hasten her death. They believe
that tho intestines perforated. Tho women
have Lived In neghborinE houses for five years. and
have always been bad terms. frequently
striking each other. The quarrel yesterday
was sbous . which Mrs. Vogelson
drove into . lot owned by Mrs. Seins. and which
the latter attempted to drive out Mrs. Seins, be-
fore losing consciousness, told her husband that
Mrs. vogelson threatened to blow her brains out IL
she did not let the alone Charles Hart, boy
aged ten years. who Watching the cow says that
Mrs. Seins struck Mrs. Vogelson on the head with
stone and beat her with club. Mrs. Vogeson sent
him for the revolver and he saw her shoot Mrs.
volver from her. She has said that after she took
the revolver from Mrs. Vogelson she beat her over
the head with it.
Mrs. vogelson attempted to escape by Southern
railroad train. but missed 1t and was overtaken by
Sheriff Cornelius. Last evening she was arratgned
before Justice Cloves and after pleading not guilty
committed for examination. She says she
thought her life In danger Mrs. SENS had several
times threatened to kill her. Her head is badly Gus
and her scratched and swollen. At ton o. clock
Mrs. SeiIs was dying.
The New York herald., 1879-09-14
The STORY OF A STOLEN BOND.

A POOR woMAN's DEPOSIT OF A HUNDRED Doll
LARS RETURNED BY THE ROBBERS OF THE
MANHATTAN BANK.
A few days before the robbery of the Manhattan
Tyson. then living in Mulberry street. took United
States registered hundred dollar bond. No. 3ls issue
1867 to the bank for deposit safe keeping Some
time before that she had deposited two similar bonds,
but drew the cash for them from time to time. She
asked and received the sum OF $50 the last bond,
which put away in one of the pocketbooks
for keeping miscellaneous deposits 1t
the intention OF the bank to send this
along with other similar bonds down town for con-
version into currency but before this could be done
the robbers came along and swept away the pocket
book. together with heap of assets belonging to
the bank. Mrs. Tyson. when she next visited the
building found the Office closed and learned the fate
of her one hundred dollar bond. President Edward
Schell felt sympathy for her and paid portion
of tho balance due her out Of his pocket. by
instaments he finally let her have $40. which, along
of the deposit made up the full amount
of the bond. The robbers in time discovered that
this bond of use to them than SO
much waste paper as to make it negotiable, it had
to be certified to before notary public. and this had
not been done. in the same pocketbook q bond
for $1,000. equally valueless to any but the
owner. On Thursday morning last letter re-
ceved at the HERALD Office with this missing bond
enclosed.
The letter was as follows:-
The New York herald., 1879-09-14

PRISONERS TO BE SET FREE.

A very important legal question involving the
constitutionaity Of statute and the validity of
large number of convictions came up before Judge
Dykman ut q Special Term Of the Supreme Court,
hold at White Plains yesterday. During the last
session of the Legislature passed chapter
800. Laws Of 1870 comforting upon justices Of the
peace tho various towns of the State except In New
York aud Albany counties exclusive In the
hrst instance to hear and determine of assault
and battery and petit larceny. Under this law jus
tees of the peace have been trying In the first In
the class of cases named In the act
OF tho request OF the accused TO give bail to await
the action of the Grand Jury, and large number
OF prisoners now in the various county
tails under conviction before justices Of the peace
in accordance with this statute. On Wednesday last
however. man named Rufus Mills. of Mamaroneck.
in Westches,er county was arrested on warrant
issued by Justice William Pinckney. of New Ro-
chele. charged with assault and battery BY the ad
vice OF his counsel Martin j. Keogh. he offered to
furnish bail to await the action Of the Grand Jury
The Justice decided that he had power TO try him
regardless of his request, and did try and convict
him. writ Of certiorsri was then sued out
in his behalf. returnablc before Judge Dyk-
man yesterday. Mr.. Keoph argued that,
the constitution of 1s46 declared that trial
by Jury. as IL then existed should remain
involate forever, the law of 1879 which sought to
coerce defendant into trial before justice Of tho
The New York herald., 1879-09-14
THE GIRARD BANK ROBBERY.

John ricrney. alias Tiffany, alias General Tency.
who was arrested at Brighton Beach, CoIey Island
by Brooklyn detective u charge of robbinp the
liirard Bank, Philadelphia, Saturday, September
), was taken before Judge Moore, Kings County
Court. yesterday. a writ of habeas corpus oh
tained by Counsel James Ridgcway. The arrest was
made at tho request of Chief of Police Given. of
Philadelphia. from whom the subjoined Telegram,
received on Tuesday -
Arrest - aud Ticrney, alias Tiffany, professional
bank sneaks wo known. for the larceny Of D fpnn,
Ne uifard Bank la this city last SATURDAY.
SAMUEL |. GIVEN Chief OF Police
Detective Frost said yesterday. when questioned by
reporter r-"On Tuesday last all the detective wero
'od. at headquarters. TO arrest Tierney on sight.
Ho was not To be found at his house, in Flatbnsb
bnt last night happened to be at Coney Island and
Nhlie walking along the beach saw him in companv
NiiA gentleman from Albany. kept him i'm sight
ss1 Ln4lly taking HIM aside said to him THE suncr
lhtsndeni OF Police wants to you forthwith In
q feH moments, collecting himself he said W.,
ntli viii go with you lie excused himself q, hts
evtl sniyD. aud getting into his wagon we drov. >, ,
- hypMe Nv Flafbush. Then we went TO the rcsi
lf11e - huperDtendent Campbell and after that to
80 t@l.cL house. lie says that he has not been out
- iys1 1s isO weeks and that ho prove an
rss absf e<rt. rho IL said 10 have seen the s,,s.
>~isS4 st%Ax i-4eyss alluded 10 the narno OF the
The New York herald., 1879-09-14
DIR. DE vARONA'S PATIENT.

DR.. J. G. de varona. Of No. 223 East Thirty-frs
street, has addressed letter to the HERALD in
PLANTATION of his connection with the described
in Thursdays paper, under the heading ''For This
Are We Doctors" He says that on Sunday morning
at three o'clock he paid visit to Mrs. Catherine
Knauf (whom he had formerly attended), and two
hours later sent her prescription. At seven
he called again. having been summoned to
meet DIR. Hoexter. He says there was
no alteration. aud he did not call his fellow prsc-
titioner a quack. Deputy Coroner Goldschmidts
autopsy revealed the tact that there had been pull
monary congestion and failure Of the heart to act.
These symptoms he (Dr. de Varona) had already an
nounced after making his diagnosis. he is con.
fdent that he will prove to the satisfaction of tho
medical jury which is to investigate the that
the patient died from depression, lot while
under his treatment, but twenty-eigh hours after
his last call. He refused to attend her when
aIIaIn