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The Tobacco Tax.
CHARLOTTE COURTHOUSE,

January 6, 1870.
A large and well-attended meeting OF the
tobacco planters of Charlotte county was
held here to-day, at the Eagle Hotel, for the
purpose OF taking action on the tobacco tax.
DR.. N. E. Flournoy called the meeting to
order, and on his motion Dr.. W. Il. Friend
was made chairman and Mr.. William T..
Shields, OF Richmond, secretary.
DR.. FIournoy stated the object OF the
meeting to be to rid ourselves OF this unjust
and onerous burden, by petitionins Con-
gress to take the tax off tobacco entirely !;
and, as embodyins the views of the meet
ing, be submitted the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
l. Resolved, That we, the people OF CHAR
lotte, living in the heart of the tobacco
growing region of Virginia, feel deeply the
burden of the existing tax which Das been
imposed by the Federal Government upon
our great staple, as our lands are not adapt
ed to the profitable production OF any otner
crop, and we have to depend upon tobacco
alone rs a resource Tor raising money 10
meet our necessities. E...
9. RESOLVED, That in our judgment the
present depIorable prostration of every
interest in our county is, iB great degree,
attributable to this discriminating tax, and
that il it be continued or perpetnated, II
must, sooner or later, result either In the
depopulation OF our county, or in bringing
us to almost universal poverty and ruin.
8. Resolued, That this tax, oppressive to
all, bears its heaviest weight on our labor
ing classes, whose wages have been re-
duced TO rate so low as barely to AFFORD
them and their families the means OF sub
sistence.
4. Resolued, That as loyal citizens, we
should cbeerfully bear our just proportion
of the burden which must Of necessity be
imposed TO maiptain our National Govern
ment; but taxes should be equal and uni
form, each man paying in proportion to
the amount of property which he owns;
and we cannot see how it accords With
Justice or the Constitution that one great
agricultural nroduct--tobdcco-should be SO
heavily burdened, while no other crop OF the
farmer-neither the grain and grass OF the
North and West nor the sugar and cot
ton crops of the South--are taxed at all ; we
therefore respectfully appeal to our Ma
tional Legislature, now in Congress assem-
bled. to remove this tax, which we regard
as alike unjust, odtous, and oppressive, and
thus to relieve us from an evil Wnicn nus
become almost intolerable. -e...,. -.
5. Res0ived, That the secretary be direct-
ed to furnish copy OF these resolutions 10
our senator's and representatives III Con'
gress, aud to each OF the Richmond, Ly nch-
burg, and Petersburg papers, and to the
Charlotte Gazette for publication.
g WILLIAM I. SHIELDS, Secretary. .
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F0rfY.flfth COngreaa...Tarirsl sesssoss.
WAsHIHdTos. January 8, 1879.

\ - = 4 III q R
Mr. Edmunds, OF Vermont, said that as
there were no joint rules between the two
Houses OF Congress he therefore submitted
q concurrent resolution declaring that on
the last three days OF this session no bill
passedby either House shall be sent To the
other for its concurrence, and on the last
day yof the session no bill shall he sent 10 the
President for his approval. He said lie
hoped the resolution would be passed and
Congress would devote the Inst three days Of
the session to the consideration of bills
pending between the two Houses. Referred
to the Committee on Rules. s-.f .s, s9
p Mfr. Thurman submitted resolution to
admit to privileges, Of the floor OF the SEN
ate Chamber George Bancroft, the histo-
rfan, who was Secretary OF the Navy under
President Polk. + Agreed to-. J u. ST s5s-s.
Mr.. C0nkiing, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported adversely on the sum
t dry bills touching the compensation OF
clerks OF the district and circuit courts OF
the United States; and they were indef-
nitelY postponed. He. also reported (from
| the same committed adversely on the House
bill providing for the judicial ascertainnent
Of the claims against the United States; and
It was indefinitely postponed. s5 -, -
| i, Mr.. Grover. rising to q personal explma-
ton, read telegram recently published In
the New York Herald In regard to Oregon
State funds amounting to about $4,000,
being expended and not accounted for du-
ring the administration Of Grover as Gov
ernor. He replied to the charges seriatim,
denying their trnthfuIness, and quoting
| from the laws and State records to show
that all money had been properly expended.
| At the expiration os the morning hour
the Senate resumed the consideration OF the
bill to amend the patent laws, and Wad-
leigh, OF New Hampshire, who Is in charge
OF the bill, took the floor, but soon after he
commenced his remarks message was re-
ceiYed from the House announcing the
death OF Hon. uIian Hartridge, OF Georgia.
+ Messrs. Gordon Booth, and Beck were
appointed a committee on the part OF the
Senate to arrange for the funeral and to &C.
company the remains to Georgia, and the
Senate then, at lilo, on motion OF Mr.. Ed.
munds, as further remark OF respect to
the memory OF the deceased, adjourned
until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the opening prayer the chaplain alluded
in feeling and solemn manner to the
death this morning Of Hartridge, Of Geor
gia, and Immediately after the reading o.
the journal the official announcement Of hi:
death WAS made by Mr. Cooke, of Georgia
who offered resolution expressing the re-
greet OF the House, and providing for ;
special joint committee OF seven member!
and three senators to take orders for super
intending the funeral and to escort the re
mains OF the deceased to his late residence
in Georgia. The Speaker appointed as sucl
committee on the part OF the House, Cooke
Of Georgia.; Frye, Of Maine; Cox, OF New
York; Cabell, Of Virginia; Stone, OF Iowa
Davidson. Of Florida; and Hanna, CT In
diana. The House then adjourned.
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LIVERY STABLES,

TXCHANGE-, LIVERY, AND CIR
II SAIE.sTABIEsl AND RICHMOND 60
BAZAAR, Ass AND 144o Fra MIN ST The Il
BOARD HORSES BY THE DAY, WEEK, OR
MONTH. D. aEE7 80 ,.,,.,
Special rates 10 drovers, and every ACCOMMODATION
extended them for the transaction Of 'heif D"'''
ness. ss,..s..s. s.,.y...ssY = ,..h,t.sod .
bazaar FOR: tine SALE ny. AUCTION OF HOhSES'
GITI' ES VEHICLES OF all kinds. HARNf.ss'
"a fSDI Es BRIDES. ROBES, WHIPS, &c;
oHhTCTIoN' DAYS: WEDNESDAY and sATuk-
DAY at II o'clock a. ID. ,,xa,o.
&. ALLEN, Manager. ak
C. G. BURTON, ArcttoEeer. ,s.F eeo
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STAUNTON.
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.

correspondence Of the Richmond Dispach.l
JANUARY s, 1879.
IN The City Council last night the appeal
IRON the supervisors OF Rockbridge to
stanton and the other Valley corporators
VI she Valley Railroad Company TO assist in
avnoh hooking to revocation OF the char-
.er Of that company by the Legislature was
.eau' The Council declined to take any ac-
.ion whatever in the direction indicated,
anu inc tenor Of the debate was that it was
WHOLLY unadyisabe to do SO. PENN.
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AUGUSTA, Me-, january 8.-Gnyernor-
elect Garcelon took the oath OF Office to-day
and delivered his inaugural address. He
recommends biennial sessions of the Legis-
lature; return to the former rate Of in.
terest, fixed by law at six per cent, and the
most rigid economy IN all departments OF
the State service.
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Governor Hartranft's Message.

HARRISBURG, PA, January s.-Govenor
Hartranft's annual message deals largely
with the financial affairs Of the State, and
dpyotes much space 10 the labor question.
No reference is made to resumption. The
message concludes with q tribute to tie
memory of Henry Armitt Brown, Bayard
TAYLOR. and Morton McMichael.
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Meeting of Maryland Republicans.

BALTIMORE, January S.-A meeting OF the
Republicans of this State for the purpose
OF Reorganization and to take measures to APP
point new State central committee was held
to-day. 1t was numerously attended, but
large majority were from the city. OF the
twenty-three counties in the State less than
half were represented.
Resolutions were adopted for State con.
vention in February TO appoint new GEN.
trail committee to arrange for the fall cam.
Daion,
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BOOTS. SHesk:S. &c.
NARISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! n

NARISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! Nxs
Ladies, FINE sATCHEL.S aud SHOPPING
BAGS: LADIES' TOILETTE. WHITE KID and
DANCING. SLIPPERS: Ladies' EWHfTE KID
BOOTS and BRONZE SLIPPERS; GentleEen's
MAROON and EMBRoiDEREDsLIPpER Cen
Il.men,s RED-AND.BLCE MOROCCO SLIP
PERs; Gen,Iemeu's VELVET and WORKED
fancy co,ors) SLIPPERS. 6en,lemen,s FINE K:
r. 3GS and PELLS, and 3 complete line OF gooos
suitable for presents, and worth the giYing. COR
5jalIy Invite eli TO mako an examination or my
stock. s..... ..-,-..... y. =; nh I.o
&c 2l $500 Tenth anu MAIN streels.
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Tennessee,s Ipebf.

NASHVILLE, January S.-The Governors
message gives the outstanding indebtedness
of the State at $40, 221 300, and the unpaid
interest pt $402,717. The Governor says the
settlement OF this debt is paramount TO all
the General Assembly.
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!. II ARCHER Geld wave Coming.

w AsHINGToN,l Japuary 8.-The signal ser.
vice bulletin this morning shows that at
7:85 A. III. the Thermometer at Bismarck,
ID. Twas So. below zero-a fall OF 24o 10
"a hours in Breckenridge, Mimi, below
q fall OF, Is I'm Cheyenne, w yoming T.,
beiow--nfail OF 13; in Denver, Col, pc
Iowa fall OF %; In Duluth, beloW-a
colt ~ GAO 5f -.sa y ~ 50
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ArIzona L. Legislature.

SAN FRANCIsco, January S.-The Arizona
Legislature organized yesterday. The Coun'
ell is composed of five Republicans and four
Democrats. and the House Of ten Democrats
and eight Republicans. a.
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Connecticut Legislature.

HARTFORD. January S.-The Legislature
assembled this morning. The election for
State officers will take place tomorrow.
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Communication and Non.Commutation
of Reath-SentenceS.

HARRISBURG, Pa, January S.-'rhe Board
OF Pardons have recommended the commu-
tation of the death-sentence Of Blasius P's-
torus, the ex-priest, to Imprisonment for
life. f.ir..s,,s.ss
The Board refused to grant the applica-
ton for communication of deafh-sentence to
imprisonment for life in the cases OF John
mcdonnell and, Charles Sharp, Carbon
county Molly Maguires. i.l;5..l 100
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The Teller Committee.

New ORLEANS, January S.-F'urther ties.
timonv was submitted before the Teller sub
committee to-day Of acts and outrages upon
negroes In Tensas parish.
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shsnment OF COTTON.

NORFOLK, January s.-Tbe steamship Pro
.poutis. with cargo Of $50 bales OF cot
ton, and the Italian bark earle, with 2,Soo,
bales, sailed for Liverpool to-day. t
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North Carolina General Assembly,

RALEIGH, January s.-The General AS
sembly met to-day. }. NJ. Moring was
elected Speaker Of the House by the Demo-
Gratis. Both houses adjourned to tomorrow,
when the Governors message will be sent
in. The organization will be completed-to-
morrow.
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Tho Yellow.Feyer Csnnmisston.

NEW ORLEANS, January S.-Tbe fIelioW-
Fever Commission have concluded tnels
labors here. Messrs. Lamar. Gibson, anu
Hooker. and the members Of the board OF
fexperts, have left for Washing of.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE

WEDNESDAY, january 8. 1873.
The breaks to-day comprised 81 hoGsheads. AT
auction on Change packages were offered; all OF
which were taken in.
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BY Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, January g. Soon.-Stocks firm.
Money on call. per cent. Exchanee-Long, 462A;
short, 4S7. Stale bonds dull. Governments firm.
Euenlng.-Money, 21G4 per cent. Exchange.
4S2A. Governments active; new 5's, 10TH. States
dull. ---.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. January S.-Virg!nia 6's, consols,
54b; second series, 81: past-due coupons, 16E.
North Carolina 6's, old, 10; new, 10. Bid to-day.
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-.r- Florida Orange.Crop, Uniniuref.
- JACKSONVILLE, January S.-The orange
crop was not damaged by the recent cold
snan. >4-.sr
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LITTLE Rock, January s.-The City Coun'
Gil, sitting as a court OF lmpeacnment' W.
dav dismissed Police-Judge WarWleh iof
fmalfeasance In office. 1919
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Englaud.J
equerTy.'

/ .J,oypoN. january 8.-The correspondenl
"a ne Press Association, who denied the
Ss,ort Of Beaeonsfe rs indlsposidop, now
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
PORT OF RICHMOND, JANUARY 8, 1870.
MEMORANDA.

MEMORANDA.
Navigation on the river continues entirely SUE
per den. - w.,
Schooner Snowflake, from James river for New
York, with cargo Of wood struck on the outer rcet
at Chincoteugue, January Sd. and flied with wafer
The crew consisting OF sin men. lived on the TOP oil
the cabin for Two days without fire. food, or drink
The United States steamer Tallapons went 10 their
assistance on the 9th, and towed the schooner To
Norfok, arriving there at II O'Clock 9th. The res
cued men were nearly exhausted. but 1t Is thouatt
none are seriously injured. They are being well
cared for at Norfolk. ... ~
The Snowflake. Curtis master, cleared from Iilch-
mond for New York just before the blockade.
BY Telegraph.
R5sToN. January S.-Arrived: f. slnnIckson..
NEW YORK, january S.-Arrved: CITY OF Wash
ington. Arrived out: Antonio. Cato, Merge f!s,
Malubar. Homcward bound Prisko, Savannah;
Heinrich. New Orleans.
NEW YORK. january S.-ArrIyed out Spike Hall,
State Of Virginia, st. Oiut, Sondrcnorte, Faust,
Martha Bower. Candeur, Llgifaha, Aueus', ANNE
Cloudy, Marie Sedenberg, Niagara. Frank. Home
ward bound: Marcia q. Day. Weymouth, Prince
Rupert. Arrived: Bolivia, Indiana.
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LATEST FoRElGg NEWS
Germany.

LONDON, January 8.-A Berlin dispatch
70 the Times SAYS g Emperor William is
wonderfully W wen, though still Obliged to-
carry his arm in sling. He drives our,
daily with the Crown Prince, or Win an
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,r,,oa,ar End Of au AcFonnut.

LITTLE ROCK. January g. Professor Hen
! nv Dirk, while attempting bailoon-ascen-
sion at Jonesboro', fell from the trapeze q
distance of 1000 feet, and was INSANITY
killed. ~ ~ 10 81 Z, iss..:s!
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Flour.

Fine S2.75@t3: sIperinc. 1875; extra. 81. s
@S4.75; common family, So; fancy brands, f6t
$3.50.
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JEwELRY, &c.
FISK AND OYSTERS.

OYSTERS! OYSTERS "a ~
Notwithstanding the extreme cold W~
weather ain DAILY receiving fresh supplies OF
FRESH FISH and SELECT, OYSTERS. to which
fact most respectfully iuyte the attention or my
friends and the public generally.
W. II. GRANGER,
Nos. lC9 and II Seventeenth street.
"a oot Old Market.
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COMMERCIAL.

CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, January 8, 1879.
OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WIEAT.-Red, 262 bushels.
.ConN.-W White, 1892 bushels. Nt1ed 15S bush
els.
MEAL.-6S bushels.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WuEAT.-Red, 240 bushels very good mixed on
private terms: 20 bushels good mixed az $l.Q5-
total. 262 bushels.
CORN Waite. "a bushels On private terms: so
bushels very good at 43c 430 bushels very good at
41c.; 80 bushels very good at 43c. 100 bushels
good az Ale; 600 bushels good on private terms
total 964 bushels Mired. so bushels very good at
42c.; los bushels good al 40c.-tota!, l5S bushels
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5o,s.,:!ai ~. N i .ss'ai.4, . ss-i
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4 Hsdes. Greene III s6c.: dry salted. l2@1acss %
hint. N15c.; wes salseds 7hci WEI sslted can
hh Isatsss Sole leather. oak eols ieaihsf
itn,sh Ia@aac, % foos; Kip 971c.R p narneas
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THE LATEST NEWS
DISPATCH

1cR MELTING Ar NoRFoLK--1s ANOTHER
POLAR WAVE COMING UPON Usa FATAL
ACCIDENT 10 Is BALLooNIsT-c oNGREs-
SIGNAL ANDeTHER WASHINGTON News
4 MEETING OF TIE CosNECTICUT, PENN
sYLyASrA. MAINE, NORTH CAROLINA,
7 AND TEyNEssEE EGrsLATUREs-MARY
LAND REPUBLICANs ORGANIZING
STORMS AT PARfs-oTHER FOREIGN
NEWS, &C., &c. ~
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-16
A Queer Case.


A case which completely stumps the
doctors, and shows how mysteriously lost
faculties may be suddenly restored, has
just come to notice in Chicago, and the
Times of that city thus tells It Mr.. II.
Tallert man about 60 years of age, has
lived in Chicago twenty years and is
we'll known. He now keeps wine room
at No. SO Fifth avenue, but until recently
was in the same business at No. 101 East
Washinton street. On the last day of last
February he fell down the basement steps
of his place of business, at the latter num-
Der, and injured himself so that he was
taken sick, and in three or four days he
lost his hearing In the right ear though
retaining it in the left one; but worse
than that, he lost all power of speech. The
loss of these faculties was instantaneous
and not gradual. All at once he lost his
power to speak, and lost it short, sharp off.
OF course such a calamity filed him with
CONSERVATION, and he quickly sought med
ical aid, with no relief. The difficulty lay
in his inability to use his tongue. 1t lay
a helpless member in his mouth aud he
could not move it. For months and months
he tried all kinds of remedies, and during
all that time his only means of communi-
eating with others was by writing what he
wanted to say. In the meantime he had
given up all hope of ever recovering his
speech. About ten days ago the hearing
in his right ear was restored as instantaue-
ousy as it was lost, and as perfect as 1t
-yas before it was lost. This was something
of relief But what was his intense
astonishment and delight to have, at 1915
A. M. on last Thursday, his power of
speech instantly restored after having been
deprived of 1t for six months. He was in
his wine-room attending to his duties,
when suddenly he felt peculiar sensation
in his mouth, at the root of his tongue,
though the sensation was not at all painful.
He tried to stick out his tongue succeeded,
and then tried to speak. He succeeded in
this also, and the whole thing was over.
At first speech was a little difficult, but it
became easier soon, and on yesterday,
when reporter saw him, he was able to
= converse with entire fuency, barring a
very slight thickness in the tone His
speech was entirely unimpeded before he
Iost ii, and he expects to have it as we'll
as over in day or two-wheu he gets the
hang of it again,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-16

1t is one of the tenets of the Roman
Catholic Church that soul which passes
from body which has not been baptized
is lost. Daniel Coin, porter at the Bur-
net House, in Cincinnati was married
about eleven months ago to young Cath
olic woman. On Monday last Mrs. Coin
was taken III with diphtheria, and in few
hours her physicians pronounced her be.
yond the reach of human aid, and told her
grief-strioken friends that she would doubt
less die before evening. Rev. Father Gus
ick, of the Church of the Atonement, sent
an urgent request to Dir. Reany to come to
Coins house. Accompanied byDr. Mitchell
the physician repaired to the residence of
the dying woman, and was asked If it we're
possible, after the death of the young wife,
to remove alive her six months unborn
child. The answer was that there was a
mere possibility only The priest expressed
desire if possible to perform the rite of
baptism on the child while there was life
yet remaining in it. The husband, father
and mother of the young wife Joined in the
request. At o'clock Mrs. Coin died. AS
soon as she was pronounced dead by the
physicians the child was removed entirely
from its dead mother by means of the
C@saran operation, and before it expired
Father Cusick baptized it. Immediately
thereafter all signs of life passed away, and
it was laid alongside Of its mother. 1t was
the anxiety of the father and grandparents
of the child for the safety of its soul that
prompted them to resort to these extraor-
dinary means to secure the baptism of an
unborn babe.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-16
A Pennsylvania Romance.

A Willzesbarre dispatch says The sequel
to the mysterious disappearance of a child
in this city is now being developed, and
the facts, as they come to light, transcend
in some particulars the story of the loss of
Charley Ross During the term of Mayor
Kearney, of Wilkesbarre, (now deceased)
several years ago, lovely child, years of
age, strangely disappeared from its parents
home on Brewery Hill. The mother was
distracted and seemed to support an ac-
cusation of the neighbors that the father.
Morgan Thomas had murdered it in order
to rid himself of the responsibility of it's
maintenance.
Mayor Kearney at once set himself about
ferreting out the matter, put his force of
detectives upon the suspected parents
track, and privately informed his immediate
friends that he was convinced of the guilt
of the father, and would soon hang him for
a cruel murder. He believed that he had
in his possession sufficient evidence to more
than substantiate the story told by the
neighbors and by himself that the parent
had murdered his child and successfully
disposed of the corpse. The father at first
Indignantly repelled the charge. His char
acter until this time had been untarnished.
When he discovered, however, that the
wife of his bosom appeared to entertain a
like suspicion he gave way to apparent re-
morse bordering on insanity. A few weeks
since a peddler, an old acquaintance of the
family to which the missing infant belong
ed,chanced to be travelling in the vicinity of
Tunkhanucck, in the adjoining county,
and discovered the long-lost child. He at
once conveyed this intelligence to the
parents in Wilkesbarre and they repaired
to the place named and fully identified it,
but the people having it in charge refused
to give it up. The parents returned to
Will1esbarre, and procuring warrant from
Alexander Donohue, are now in quest OF
their child. Efforts will be made to punish
the abductors.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-16
A Woman's Whim.

Mrs. George w. Taylor, respectable,
wealthy and personally attractive middle
aged widow, of Cenheville, Nd, has never
theless been regarded as little eccentric.
From her many admires she singled out
George w. Merchant, superintendent of
her estate, and promised to marry him.
Thursday evening, August 2Sth, was the
time appointed for the wedding, and the
Methodist Protestant Church at Center
Vile as the place for the ceremony to take
place. The church was brilliantly lighted
at the appointed time, and the edifce
thronged with persons of both sexes. The
Clergyman was in the pulpit, and all was in
readiness for the nuptials, which were,
however, delayed by the non appearance
of the bride. Mr. Merchant, the groom
elect, finally appeared, hurried consulta-
ton with the minister ensued, and the