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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-01-23
Correspondents c Of the Pe.r.
From HARRISBURG.

Aeeting ofme Legislature The Orgrni,
ration-An Attempted Boil The Sen.
dtoria! Contest, DC.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 14th, 1879.
An unusual interest attended the
organization Of the new Legislature,
and large delegations, from all sections
of the state, were in attendance. Most
OF these were directly interested fer
themselves or friends. in the per,onuet
of the organization, though many were
here in the interest Of various schemes
OF legislation which will be passed this
winter.
The organization in both houses was
carried by the Rerublicaae. who have
control oi both branches. The strength
Of parties will be seen from the follow
lug rccapitulstion
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MARRIED..

January 0,h. by Rev. W. X. wieaDd
Miss LiEsls II. Klinsler aud Mr.. Js rsmisb
Koch, both Of West Beav or.
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Potatoes are selling At u per buslioI
IN this place.

Both saint and siuer are now stand
ing on slippery places.
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About seven O'Clock, on Tuesday
evening Of last week n rap was heard
at the door of Mr.. Daniel Miller u resi-.
dent Of Buffalo Valley in Union Coun.
~. the call ut the door WAS answered.
when four men rushed into the house.
presented a pistol and threatened the
life Of Mr.. Miller If he made any noise.
The robbers then took cord of bed
stead and tied Mr.. Miller to his chair
he was then asked for all his money
He handed them fifteen dollars all the
money he had. Mrs. Miller was forced
to conduct them through tho house
when after fruitless search for more
booty they bound and gagged her in
barbarons manner. The house was
then ransacked from cellar to garret.
Bureaus closets &c. were emptiei-pro.
visions cider and &c. appro priated.
Mr.. Miller succeeded soon after their
departure to free himself and release
the other inmates Of the house.
800 reward is offered for the appre-
hension of the robbers.
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The chronological Journal for Feb.
ruary is an excellent number Of this
sterling and popular magazine. II
opens with life>like portrait and
chronological and biographical sketch
Of Senator John p. Jones, of Nevada.
Il contains also portraits sketches ol
the late Bayard Taylor. american
Minister to Germany. and slso Of the
Marquis Of Lorne and Princess Louise
The chapter ON Brain and Mind dis
courses on Organic Quality, its nature
and influence, Illustrated with nearly q
dozen fne engravings. Strange Plants
are also illustrated. The Unfolding Of
Mind through Conflict aud Sin is an
interesting paper.
The Health Departments Is woll sus-
tanned by tho admirable articles on
Dietic Delusions: Experiments in
Magnetis,n. and the Proper Position In
which to Sleep, while our social rels.
tions rs men and women are discussed
In Single. Blessedness; Can the Sex ol
tho Human Uranium bc Determined
4 new Scientific Expedition arouud
the world. etc. There Is also great
amount Of valuable information in ths
Editorial department, Auswsrs 10 OR
respondents, etc. The publishers o.
this journal have kept abreast u lhs
times BY making reduction in price
hut maiptaining tho high standard o
their nasazins Ia " litseesurs snd
pss(olnene. 4 y nQv ppe(I>hed Z
Cn1p ~ yess, IN ll>gsl psSiplur
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yXyAStEp,a rood taan fet syets stats
w and Territory In tho { ntOn a falr salary
paid CaiI or address La bslie Manfs. Cs, W
CLARK Street, Chicago.
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GOVERNMENT STOCKS. &C.-CIos.

~ Ing Prices Of bg HAVEN Towssgsp. 30
South Th.ri street Philsdeiphia. Stocks bought
and sold either for cash or on margin Oct
L.
, 1879-11-27

e. Norcross, Consolidated Virginia, Gould &
Curry, Savage, Crown Point, Sierra Nevada
and hentuck mining conpaaies, brought by
tho State two years ago to recover about
$1,000, GOO back bullion taxes. When the
actions wero commenced the complaints
were demurTed TO on tho ground that sew.
eral separate causes Of action were united in
one. The demurrer rs were sustained and the
usual time given 20 amend complaints. Iu-
stead OF amending the State appealed to the
supreme court, which decided that the rul-
ing of the lower court was correct. Tie
State still neglected toGmend the complaints !;
hence the case was dismissed.
SAN FRASCIsco, Nov. ia Virginia dis.
patch on the authority OF the Virginia City
Chronicle, says that ore was hoisted all last
night through Union shaft. From this time
forward about 200 tons will be hoisted daily.
The ore hoisted last night will mill nearly
$500 and comes from the q 300 drift. Sierra
Nevada ore will also be hoisted from the
Union shaft. The plan now is to take ore
out Of these MINES as rapidly as possible.
Sierra Nevada is also hauling ore to the
Con. Virginia ore house for shipment to the
river for reduction. There were about 400
tons of this lot, and it will be followed by
future extracts.
, 1879-11-27

Connecticut Country Towns.


A correspondent, of the Troy Times
has been visiting a town in Connecticut
and writes The editor has shown me
over the place, and as we came to the
end of No. 8 of the FIVE streets, the
conundrum of it all grew too much for
me to hold. 4 "Will you just explain
this riddle of a burgh q l cried. 81 ook
at it. Here are 1900 people, alive-at
least measurably alive1good for three
meals q day, and now, all in Sound
houses with spacious gardens or lawns,
and the lawns kept up, too--and gen.
orally q barn and stable; and every
house, and barn and stable, and fence and
pump, and hoe handle painted so white
it makes you ache to lookat it. Nov
meals, and houses, and REPAIRS and
lawns, and horse feed, and tons of white
paint, cost money, And the butcher
and the baker and the mechanics are
paid, too otherwise they couldn't afford
white paint, and would die of shame.
Connecticut is full of these sleepy
towns, and they all pay their way,
Now, how do they do it2 These. folks
can't all be retired wooden nutmeg mer-
chants, and they can't sit and o make
money by looking at each other, any
more than keptinyschool boys can get
rich by swapping iackknives. They
don't seem to toll nor spin; and yet
Solomon in all his glory never had
three coats Of white paint on his front
palings like one of these. Once moro,
how the mischief do they do,itp Here
leaned back against post to get the
lucid explanation. There was Slight
pause instead. "Well. y don't know
myself" said the editor. s''Let's ask the
statesman and find ont" The statesman
stood on the Bacon House porch as we
came home, and we asked him, and
braced our brains for the rush of in
formation to come. The statesman
stopped a minute, and let the question
soak slowly through his short Roman
curls; then a luminous theory rose
cleaned and died in his deliberate gray
eye, and then lifting the antique cameo
known as his head, and looking even
more like the twelve Caesars than usual.
7I+--dont--q uite--know-myself," said
the statesman. iasH Dp .s.gl4soo d
, 1879-11-27
Postoffices and Postn,asters.

The annual report Of the appointment
division Of the Postofice Department for
the last fiscal year has been completed.
1t shows that the number Of Pqatofices
in operation in the United States on the
3Oth of June last was 40,855. There
were 2,676 offices established and 1,079
discontinued during the fiscal year. the
netincrease being l,597.r Out of the
tptal number of postmasters LII are
appointees of the President, The re-
manning 1914 offices are filed by ap-
pointment Of the Postmaster.G General. D
OF the appointments made during the
last fiscal year 5,627 We're upon resignac
tions and expirations Of commissions ;
55S on removals and 37S to fill vacan-
cies caused by death.
Besides the Al, 900 postmasters there
are about 10000 other persons through
out the country who perform service and
receive compensation upon the written
authorization of the PostmasterIG General
or his chief assistants, comprising Ala in
the Postoffice Department at Washing
ton; 1894 clerks in postotfices of the
first and second classes, $3.50 letter car
riers, 81 special agents, 2,609 employees
of the Railway Mail Service and 5,659
mail contractors In addition to the
postoHice clerks above reckoned,~ for
whose employment allowances are made
to Presidential postmasters Of the first
and second grades, it is estimated that
there are at least $4,000 persons acting
as clerks in the third and fourth-class
postofiices who look flor their employ
ment and compensation directly to the
local authority, and upon a moderate
estimate it is believed, therefore, that
there are now over 100000 persons
directly connected with our postal service.
| When 10 man attempts pedestrian
1 II. l. II
, 1879-11-27

Dublin, charged with having used language
in public speeches calculated to incite breach
of peace, a1d James DAILY. editor Of the
Connaught Telegraph, has been arrested in
Castlebar for n similar cause The priso-
ners have been conveyed for examination to
Sligo, where the speeches were made
DuBLTN, Nov. l9,-It is reported that Par.
nell, home rule leader, will abandon his pro-
posed visit to America. Garrisons at West
port, 0ughterard. Clarecastle, Hrough and
other important points in Ireland will be re-
infOrced
, 1879-11-27

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-At q meeting OF
the Lumber Dealers Exchange yesterday it
was decided that the price of rough lumber
should be rrised 81 per 1000 feet, and other
qualities Of lumber were advanced in price,
though not exactly to the same extent, The
new rates take effect at once
, 1879-11-27

LONDON, Nov. 15.4The diphtheria, which
for several years hasmade great rayages in
Russia seems to be gaining, more and more
ground. The disease, says the NOvae Vremya
has attained such frightful proportions in
some regions that the percentage of mortal
ity far exceeds that Of births. ..'.-.1i " :
England, Russia and Turkey. f,s
LONDON, Noy,, ,15,---On stock exchange
Russian and Turkish securities are very Aat.
A heavy decline, has taken lace on rumors
Of political complications le ween England
and Russia.
( The London correspond" { of the Liver
pool Courier says that Sii Austin Lnyard,
British ambassador to Turkey, has been in-
structed to hold no further COMMUNICATIONS
with the porte regarding Asia Minor, but to
send for the British fleet, so that it may
anchor in Turkish waters by Sunday or
Monday. Subsequent proceedings will de-,
pend on whether the Turks proceed to the
fulfllment Of their promises.
AI, ARish Convention.
DUBLIN, Nov, l5,-A, committee, of, the
Irish national convention has resolved that
the plan Of tho late, Daniel, o'Connor, for
the reconstruction OF the Irish House of
Commons, be made the basis OF that for the
convention. That the delegates shall num-
Der 500 and that the convention shall meet
in Dublin in April, 1882.
,--v ,ss.v-, From Cuhe. IN ~,r-acsY
HAVANA, Nov. 1.-THE mayor OF Caibarin
has ltelegraphsd the hegoyernment authorities
that insurgent chiefs Alfredo Perez, Pastor
GARLIC and Juan Casanova, havo surren-
dered. The gosernhaent has sdelared Villa
Clara in state OF siege.
HENDAYE, Nov. Intelligence has been
received to the effect that the government
has telegraphed TO captains general through.
out Spain to hold in readiness to start, be !.
fore the end OF the year, the portions Of
troops now under their control which are des.
tined to reinfolce Cuba. t.g.i.s s.,,.s., ,t.,,,.
Hanged.
CABuL, Nov. 17,-Forty. nine Afghans have
been hanged for completely in the massacre
OF the British embassy. It is reported that
tronble is apprehended in the Ghuezn coun-
try. One of the Khans and his brother are
melting an insurrection in Kohistan.
Thirteen Persons Drowned
GLASGOW, Nov. 17.--Thirteen persons re-
turning from fair were drowned while at
tempting to cross the Lochindall Islay. .,v
Cabinet Council.
LONDON, Nov. II. "A cabinet council to-
day was called by telegraph at very short no.
tlce. 1t sat over al hour. All ministers
were present, except yiscount sandon and
the Duke of Richmond. The staten ment that
a Paris correspondent OF the st. Petersburg
Noyoe Vremya had held an interview with
Lord Dufferin, whereat the latter expressed
some opinions as to the status OF England
and Rnssia with regard to Turkey; is now
denied. ....-s ..,ta a.
! LONDON, Nov. 19.--Michael Davitt anG
James Bryce Killes have been arrested ir
, 1879-11-27
Pacific COAST
Reantfe.

SACRAMENTO, Nov. l5.-Goy. Irwin to day
granted a respite for sixty days in tho case
Of Sprague, sentenced 10 death on Dec. 5th
for the murder OF T. W. More in Ventura
, 1879-11-27

UswEGo, n. Y, Nov. l6.-The tug Sey.
mour Of odensburg left Cape Vincent yester.
day with four tugs, three dredges and eight
scows in tow for Buffalo. During the niSh
gale on Lake Ontario was encountered,
and all the small dredges and scows were
lost. One tug was picked up to. day and the
Seymour has arrived at Saekett's Harbor.
OF the crews only six persons we're saved
and twenty-five Lost. .suf
, 1879-11-27

When 10 man attempts a pedestrian
match with boil the latter always comes
in ahead. '~e. 'r'@ ~
, 1879-11-27
DrOw wAeN,

SAN FRANc1soo, Nov. 17.-Dnring severe
norther at Antioch on Sunday morning three
San Francisco sportsmen attempted to cross
the river in small sail boat. After crossing
safely and while skirting the shore tho boat
capszed, and one named Risener, proprietor
of drug store at the corner of Sixth and
Mission streets, was drowned. ........
, 1879-11-27
FOREIGN NEWS.
Diphther1a I'm Russia.

LONDON, Nov. 15.4The diphtheria, which
for several years hasmade great rayages in
Russia, seems to be gaining more and more
ground. The disease, says the NOvae Vremya
has attained such frightful proportions in
some regions that the percentage Of mortal
ity far exceeds that Of births. n,
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woods and giving an account of her suf-
terings from cold, hunger and sickness.
She recorded in this book that she, had
killed one hundred and sixty-eight deer,
seventyseven bears, one panther and
numberless wildcats and foxes.
Once she got up a singing school at
Bethany in this State, and while teaching
the vocal art won the love of young
lady scholar. Upon the discovery of her
sex the Bethany people threatened her
with coat of tar and feathers, and she
fied. In 1868 she was joined by a woman
named Marie Louise Wilson, and they
hunted together until 1863. Then the
former took the name of Rev. Joseph
Israel LobdeH and attempted to deliver
backwoods sermons in Monroe County,
this State. They became nuisances and
were lodged in Stroudsburg Jail.
In 1875 the two were living in cave
IN the Moesic Mountains, near Waymart,
Pennsylvania. Whiie preaching in
Waymart she was arrested and taken to
the Wayne County Jail The Wilson
woman wrote a petition to court for the
release Of her husband" using piece
of split wood fora pen and pekeberry
juice for ink. The two were living to-
gether as man and wife at Mrs. Skaters
death,
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A question Of nearly ten yearS stand
ing has at last been disposed of in Bos-
ton. 1t isthe woman question which has
so long obtruded itself into the delibera-
tiens Of the State Medical Society. At
tempts have repeatedly been made to Sc
cure the admission of women to member
slsip, but conservatism, always of rigid
type in this organization, turned coldly
away each time from the proposed limo.
walton. Year by year pro
gressive spirit has gained ground among
the ranks of younger members, and last
Wednesday at q meeting Of the Counci
the Board Of Censors were very quietly
directed to examine all female applicant
for admission. Tho young members arr
very happy over their victory; the oldel
ones accept it with vhat good nature
they can, but insist that it does not con
cefn the public, and the less that ia sait
about it the better. 1t is believed tina
very few female members will result from
] this decision. ~ e ga@
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Fhe "EEuatcf oS Long Eddy,
fPhiladelphia Times.l

News has just reached Delhi, N. Y.
of the death Of Lucy Ann Lobden Slater
known throughout the Delaware Valley
as the 'Hunter Of Long Eddy" She
was the daughter of Delaware River
lumberman, and in 1851, at the age Of
seventeen years, wills married to George
Slater, a raftsman. After the birth Of
her child Slater deserted her, and she
donned male attire to seek her fortune in
the mountains of the Delaware River
counties in this State and of Delaware
Sullivan and Ulster Counties in New
York. She built cabins at variouI
points. Her supplies were obtained il
exchange for game and skins. She wrot'
a book, detailing her adventures in th'
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Spanish Ltvinx and Dying.
TCastilian Days.t

The Spanish father is absolute king
and lord by his own hearthstone, but his
sway is SO mild that it is handly felt. A
light word between husband and wife
sometimes goes unexplained, and the rift
between them widens through life. They
can not be divorced they will not incur
the scandal of public separation-and,
as they pass lives of lonely isolation in
adjoining apartments, both think rather
better of each other and of themselves for
this devilish persistence.
Ii men are never henpecked except by
learned wives, Spain would be the place
of all others for timid men to marry in.
The girls are bright and vivacious, but
they have never crossed, even in school
day excursion, the border lines of the
ologies. They have an old proverb which
coarsely conveys this idea'-that IA
Christian woman in good society ought
not to know anything beyond her cook
cry book and her missal."
An ordinary Spaniard is sick but once
in his life, and the old traditions. which
represent the doctor and death as always
hunting in couples still survive in Spain
In all well-to-do families the house n
death is always deserted Immediately
after the funeral and the stricken ones
retire and pass eight days in inviolabe Sc
clusion. Children are buried in eoffins ot
gray color, pink or blue, and carriec
open to the grave.
| A luxury of grief consists in shutting
up the house where death has taker
place and never suffering it to be openee
again. l once saw a beautiful house ant
wide garden thus abandoned in one o
the most fashionable streets Of Madrid
The wife of a certain Duke had died Their
many years before. The Duke lived il
Paris, leading rattling life, but h
would never sell or let that Madrid home
Perhaps in his heart, that battered thou
oughfare, there WAS silent spot wher.
through the gloom of dead days, he coul
catch a glimpse of a white hand, the rus
tie of trailing robe, and feel sweepin
over him the magic of loves dream, soft
ening his fancy to tender regret.
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TTo BE CoNTINUED.,1
A Vem0lnOus Fish.
[London Telegraph

From letter written by a CORE
spondent in the Seyehelle Archipelago, it
would seem that through "every pros
pect pleases" man is not the only vile
creature which the islands and their
waters boast. There is small but
highly poisonous fish, we are told, called
the "laf," the "spines upon whose back
are hollow, and filled, like the fangs of a
cobra. with dangerous poison, which
sometimes produces death and always IN
tense pain" You may draw it unob-
served into the boat when you are fish
ing, and find out its peculiarities.
Sharks, too, are more than
abundant, and, it seems, hang about
the frail boats of the place with
such terrible earnestness as to appal sail
ors and cause them to refrain from tempt
ing the deep; the creatures eat the oars
as they are thrust into the water, MUNICH
the sides of the canoes, and altogether,
misconduct themselves so gravely that
harpeons have to be used in onler to re-
pei them. Happily, in respect to the
"laf," nature has provided an antidote,
for no sooner has he stung than his body
offers cure to any one who has the
presence of mind to seize it, cut it open
and apply it to the wound. Against the
teeth OF the shark no such protection is
offered, yet those who wish to avoid his
mouth can do SO by keeping ashore. They
miss the enjoyment of the loveliest waters
in the world, but they also escape a fatt
compared with which that of Jonah wa
chih's play.
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A Tuscarorer and lady attended a ball

A Tuscarorer and lady attended ball
at Elko and introduced a new metropoH-
tan dance. Their dancing is thus de-
scribed by the Independent: They Topped
across the floor, knocked down couple
from Lamoille, caromed on fellow and
his girl from CarIin, and sent them
against barrel Of lemonade, glanced
across the hall and struck an old lady
amidships who had just started to call
her daughter off the door because she was
afraid the girl would catch the Tuscarora
cramps, knocked her under bench,
where she lay and called her husband to
come and pick her up in basket. I'm
less than two minutes all the other
dancers hauled off, and stood on benches
and looked at them. Some of the girls
hid their heads and said they wanted to
90 home.
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sTANDARD SIGN WRITER. AND LETTER
y ERS' Companion q prat tical book for practi-
cal men Explicit instructions and model alpha
bets, 81 Standard Scroll Book 81. Painters
Manual, 50c of booksellers and painters supply
houses, or by mail. JESSE HANEY " CO., 119
Nassau street, New York.
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GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDClNI

DAIErER'S MANuAL.-H0USE AND SIG
L painting, granting, vanishing polishing kal
DE-, soc. BOOK Of Alphabets, 50. Scrolls and Or
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Hair renewed badness checked, the scalp
male clean and white by the use Of Halls
Vegetable Sieilian Hair Renewer.
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SAMARITAN'S GIFT.
YOUNG MEN

Who for the first time have been in trouble,
we would warn against the use of that vile
drug, Balsam Copabia. 1t sickens the stomr
ach, brings on weakness, deranges the kid
neys, and is worthless as cure; and to
avoid this drugavoid the auack. sAMAR-
ITAN'S GIFT is positive cure in two OF
three days, without exposure or trouble.
How many suffer for months both body
and miud, all of which could be avoided BY
the use of one package of samaritan's Gift.
Sold by ERNST YILFERT, Fourth and
Walnut and by druggists. DESMOND &
CO., Plpprietors, 9l5 Race street, Philadel-
phia, Who will answer all letters asking for
advice.
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