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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. G., October a7. IS:

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 27, 1880.
All the Departments of the Government will
send to the President this fall highly satisfac-
tory reports. That of Secretary Sherman will
of course attract much attention. 1t will be
remarkable paper-one the like of which was
never issued in the history of the world 1t
will show such a reduction of the public debt
and of the interest charge as will, when
studied over, startle even those business men
who keep watch of financial affairs. Politi-
clans will, of course, attribute the gratifying
result to Providence or to the Secretary's fluan-
cial skill, or to the general quetness which
some believe is a result of President Hayes
policy, but all will rejoice at the facts TO be
given.
The State department will report us sat
peace with all the world and the rest of man
kind" and will, it is hoped, be able to say that
the prof1ered mediation of this Government in
the affairs of Chilli and Peru has brought
about peace batween those belligerent Nations.
The Post Office Department will tell us truly
that 1t has given the country better postal
service than ever before, and that the balance,
as TO expense, is less than in any recent year
Secretary shurz may have an Indian war to
account for, but at this writing it is believed
peace will be maintained with the Utes, and
that the treaty which assures the permanent
paci6caton of the tribe will be fully executed
by the time the Secretary puts the finishing
touch on his annual report.
The War aud Navy Departments have been
economically conducted, ,and the official reports
will be of kind to please every citizen.
Attorney General Deyans, it is understood,
will make important suggestions as to the
legislation necessary to protect the ballot box,
and his is the only official paper of the lot,
which is expected to provoke partisan attack
in Congress.
There is here probably a greater interest In
the result of the coming election than any
where else. There are at least ten thousand
men here whose income is thought to depend
upon the maintenance of Republican ascend
ency. This number represents fully one third
of the population. SO far as / can learn the
Sins" are more confident than ever, but they
express privately great deal of doubt as to
the prospects la New York, New Jersey, New
Hampshire, Maine and California. Washing
ton Democrats claim that they have now no
doubt Of Garaeld's election.
A gentlemen close to Senator Conkling, and
who travelled with him on his Western trip.
says that General Garfield will not retain a
single member of Mr.. Hayes Cabinet, and
that the next administration Is to be pre-emi-
nently stalwart one.
OLIVE.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
Arrested for Mysterious Murder.

ST. LOUIS, October 27.-It will be rec
objected that about a month ago DIR. p.
ii. Talbot, prominent citizen of
Maryville, Mo-, and editor of the Green
back paper published at that place, was
shot through the window of his resi-
dence and killed while he was retiring
for the night. Yesterday his son, AL
bert Talbot, was arrested on the charge
Of committing the murder, and Mrs.
Talbot, wife of the doctor, Ed. Talbot,
another son, and the hired man, were
arrested as accomplices. Their prelim-
mary examination is going on to-day at
Marysville.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02

Mr. Robinson now sues him for dam
ages: The parties had each their own
version of the agreement, and, like the
two wives of the old man who pulled
out his hair, the young one pulling the
gray hairs and the old one the black
hairs, they pulled at 1t this way on the
one side and that way on the other un-
til that article of agreement became as
1t were, as bald headed as o hitching
post. The verdict Of the Jury was $22
for the plaintiff Robinson sued for $500
and If his claim for damages was true
he just loses $578 by this Verdict
Sponsler for Plff. Barnett for Deft
Charles Troutman vs. Jesse johnson,
admir-. A jury was dispensed with in
this case and its decision left to the
Court But the plaintiff seems to have
been at venture and when the time
came to try the suit the argument was
not upon the merits of the case but
upon the question whether the suit
should have been brought at all or
brought in. the way 1t was. The facts at
first thought to be admitted were finally
disputed and the trial was consequently
postponed to later day. Sponser and
Potter for plff. McIntire and McAllis.
ter for deft.
Minnie A. Bortner VS. Chas. M. Dick
inson. This was the last case on the
trial list and 1t was settled by the par
ties.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. NOVEMBER ?, 1880

sacrificed, his motive being to revenge
himself upon the engineer Of his train,
with whom he had had a difficulty, but
who escaped injury after all. Kane was
employed on freight train which was
required to take side track five miles
from Cory to allow fast Baltimore
oyster train to pass, but on the occasion
of the collision it is charged that he
purposely left the switch open and the
oyster train, going at the rate of twenty
five miles an hour, crashed into the rear
of freight, by which two men on the
oyster train were killed.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
Shocking Disaster,

Mrs. John Rea, who resides near Mad
isoD, Ind, while sitting in front of
large fire place nursing her week-old
babe, was suddenly attacked with verti-
go, and in falling threw her babe upon
the burning logs of the fire, burning IL
in frightful and fatal manner, there
being no assistance near except year
old child, who dragged the burning in-
fant from the fire across the body of its
prostrate mother, setting fire to her
clothing. She, however, recovered in
time to save herself.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
A Surprised Barber.

A West Chester barber was surprised
the other day by the appearance in his
shop of well-dressed, fine looking wo-
man and a young man of dignified bear
ing. The man asked for keen razor,
which being furnished, was used by the
woman to shave the man. The tousori-
al operation was quickly and skilfully
performed, whereupon the strangers left
with thanks.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
Dollars Lying Around Loose.

AT the wreck of the Pacific express,
two miles above East Conemaugh, last
Thursday, several bags containing silver
coin were in the express car, and when
1t went crashing down over the filling
the treasure was distributed around pro-
miscuously because of the sacks burst
ing. The money consisted principally
of silver dollars, and nearly all was re-
covered by the trainmen.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02

The Circulation of THE TIMES now
exceeds Two Thousand Copies each week.
Our mailing list is always open for the
inspection of advertisers.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
Terrible Charue.

Moses Kane, brakeman on the Phil
adelphia and Erie railroad, now in Jail
at Meadville, is charged with deliberate
murder in having caused collision be-
tween trains by which two lives were
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02

PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE ad-
mits both sexes. Endowment half
million. Tuition free. Courses of study,
Classical, Scientific, and Agricultural.
A thorough Preparatory Department.
Expenses SO to SIS per week. For cata-
logue, address, JOSEPH SHoRTLIDGE, A.
M, Pres. State College, Pa. SO lot
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
A Wonderful Escape.

Ever since Lake Erie has been navi-
gated by civilized people, especially for
the last century, has she swallowed up
large numbers of human beings by ship
wreck, by fire, or by other casualties,
and while many bodies are recovered,
there are hundreds that are never found,
and many that float ashore that are new
er identified.
Captain Gilman Appleby, of Con-
neaut, Ohio, was captain and part
owner of the Schooner New Connecticut.
An aunt of his, then residing at Black
Rock, below Buffalo, went to Conneaut
to visit her brother there. After re-
naming for some time, she became ex-
ceedingly anxious to get home. Captain
Appleby endeavored to dissuade his
aunt from taking the home journey I'M
til he should be going out with his YES
sci, when he would take her home. His
efforts in that direction, however, were
unavailing, and he had to take her on
board the schooner to 90 to Buffalo in
charge of the crew.
Everything passed off quietly until
after the vessel had passed Erie, when
sudden squall struck and rolled her
upon her side, when she nearly filed
with water, but continued to float.
The crew loosening the vessels yawl
jumped in and pulled for the shore,
leaving the woman in the cabin, rs they
supposed drowned. The party landed,
and made their way as best they could
back to Conneaut.
Three days after the accident Captain
wilkins, Of the steamboat William Pea
cock, in coming down from Detroit
was besought by Captain Appleby ia
board the wreck II he saw it, and If pos
sible to get the body Of his aunt out OF
the cabin and convey it to Buffalo,
Captain wilkins discovered the disabled
vessel drifting down the lake, and, after
coming alongside, the first mate of the
Peacock boarded the wreck and made
search. The schooner lay upon hel
side, and, 10 all appearances, was full
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
Is Damn IN oath2
Freeman's journal.

Freeman's journal. N
Damn" rs noun substantive,
IL an old regular word, used frequent
" in English writers down TO the
first part of the seventeenth century,
We do not see why so ponderous a
word has been dropped by leXicograph-
ers. In some places, as, if we speak
how original sin lies heavy on us, it
seems most appropriate word. 1--WE
inherit, with Adams nature, the damn
cleaying to itn This use Of the word
came down to our American GRANDPA
Tiers, and lasted even TO the time when
the continental currency was dead
"loss" So came the expression mot
worth a continental damn" or "dead
loss And for short; mot worth
damnn-or bit of paper that was dead
loss! 1t is not to the credit of our Amerl-
can photographers that they have not
recognized this origin of q phrase pecu-
liarly American, and that if slang at
first, having basis in fact, like count
less number of other words, il has been
enrolled as a factor in our accepted Ian
guage--as "gerrymandering' has been
The people did better than their writers
Of primers, grammars and dictionaries.
Damn means a loss lin American par
lance, as above, worthless scrip
Damnable, for its general meaning, sig
niiies "woIthy Of severe censWe!' On
ly when used in a theological connection
does it imply what puritans suppose
1t, most certainly, is not "swearing"-
And, except by the imposition OF the
Puritan Specification, is not cursing! And
yet we remember hearing people, using
a phrase whose history they knew not,
say II do not care a cuss''-meaning a
curse.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
A Dogs Clever Acting.

London World.
Mr. John Hare, the actor, may be
described as inhabiting the locality
known as round the corner" his
dwelling being situated in one of those
pleasant hooks of Kensington just out
of the hurly-burly of traffic. At the
top of Hornton street, beyond the large
mansion Just built, is a house, if of any
order, then of the chalet order of arch
itecture.. 1t is one Of those houses
which appears to have dropped down
where ii is without reference to align
ment or the seventies generally. EX
ternally it is of a fine Venetian red in
wardly it is decorated after the fashion
which has received the name of prov
erbially defunct queen.
For the moment the tenants are Smut,
black collie, with the proper quantity
often distributed about his person, and
small terrier, swathed in dogs coat
and ensconced before the fire. Smut
makes friends at once with friend Of
the drama, for he is theatrical dog
perhaps rather amateur than profess
sional. While New Men and Old
Acres was. being rehearsed at the
Court theater, Smut, who went to the
theater every morning with his master,
followed him about diligently on the
stage, and in the ruins scene threw
himself at his masters feet in the most
picturesque of all possible attitudes.
On the first night of the wonderfully
,,nnn,rf,l rn,~,,nl IS Tho nn,Nnl,, ,.yb;,h
he wrote with the collaboration of Mr..
Dubourg, Mr. Tom Taylor was struck
by the want of the dog in the scene just
referred to. To him the grouping was
imperfect, and after seeing the comedy
again he spoke TO Mr.. Hare on the sub
ject. Now, Mr.. Hare was doubly SEN
sitive, as actor and as manager, to the
possibility of some ridiculous contre-
| temps, and demurred altogether to
| the presence of Smut upon the stage.
Mr.. Tom Taylor insisted, and Mr.. Hare
protested, until, the success Of the piece
| being assured, he yielded to the author s
| opportunities, and Smut was allowed to
| follow his master onto the stage in the
important scene. The sagacious beast
walked on as quietly as possible, took
not the slightest notice of the audience
and flung himself down at his master $
feet Just as he had so often rehearsed
the part. After this-as playgoers will
recollect-Smut played every night
during the long run of New Men and
Old Acres with such perfect success
that he became prime fayorite with
the audience
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
The Worlds Cattle Supply.

An English paper says: If meat is
scarce and dear in Western Europe,
such is not the case in other parts of
the world, as the following statistics rel
alive to America, Australia and Africa
will show Uruguay, the population Of
which by the last census of 1876 was
10000 souls, possessed at the same
time 4,S73,9 24 head of horned cattle
and 9,l42, 1855 sheep, but as those figures
are taken from the returns made by the
farmers themselves for the purpose of
taxation. Nj. Vatalba, Comptroller of
the State, considers the more accurate
numbers would be 100000 and r..
100000 The Argentine Confederation,
far larger in extent, with barely 2,000,-
600 of inhabitants, had, according to q
calculation published at Reunos Ayrcs
in 1875, l3.493, 090 animals of the bovine
species, Of which J,1l6,O20 were in the
province of Bucnos Ayres, and 81, 546,-
4l3 sheep. But, according TO the OFF,
cial announcement in the Argentine sec
ton Of the exhibition of 1873, the real
quantities were S0,000,000 of sheep and
$4,000, 900 of horned cattle, A vast ex.
tent of the southern portion of Brazil,
particularly in the province of Rio
Grande, Bolivia, and portions OF Peru
on the eastern slopes of the Andes, are
also occupied in raising cattle, but the
difficulties of procuring definite returns
are so great that any estimate made
could only be mere guess work. Turn
ing now to North America, where im-
mense districts are almost wholly pas
toral, the figures published in 1872 by
Mr.. Block showed the existence of &C..
sos, 305 head of cattle, 81 ,679, 800 sheep,
and ~, 100000 of pigs. But the num-
bers have vastly increased since, owing
to the extensive trade which has sprung
up between England and the United
States in meat, both salt and fresh. Ac-
cording to some statistics published by
the French Minister of Commerce, Can
ada possessed in 1876 1924, 299 animals
Of the bovine race, and 3,l55, 500 Of the
oyine, The numbers supposed 10 exist
in Australia and New Zealand are 3, $685.
S72 Of the former and 81 ,Gl9, 967 Of the
latter, Of which the share of New South
Wales is 3,l3l0l3 cattle, 25G20, 7j5
sheep, rs well as l73,60i pigs. Finally
England enormous colony in the South
of Africa is, speaking generally, devoted
to raising cattle, and, although no ac-
curate returns are forthcoming, the fact
is known that this industry is extending
there daily.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14

WE DESIRE to call the attention to our
readers to the Grand Holiday Offer of the
Mendelssohn Piano Company, whose adj
vertisemen. appears elsewhere. This
Company offers an $3.50 Square Grand
Piano, 3 stringed; ~ octaves, in hard.
some rose wood case, for only $245; also
many other styles of Pianos and Organs at
great bargains for the Holidays, including
sheet music at one-third price. These
Pianos, including Grand, Square and Up
right, made one Of the finest displays al
the Centennial Exhibition, and were unani.
mously recommended for the Diploma OF
Honor and Medal of Merit. The Mendels.
sohn Piano Co. are the first to do general
business with the purchaser direct, saving
him more than one-halt the price charged
by other first class makers. This saving is
made by dong away with the Agency Sys
TEN, and giving the people the Pianos al
Wholesale or Agency prices. We would
recommend any OF our readers who have
any idea of ever buying Piano or Organ
to send for their Illustrated and Descrip
tive Catalogues, which will be mailed free
TO all.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
Stop That Cough.

If you are suffering with cough, cold,
asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, consumption,
loss of voice, tickling in the throat or any
affection OF the throat or lungs, use DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption.
This is the great remedy that is causing so
much excitement by its wonderful cures,
curing thousands of hopeless cases. Over
one million bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery have been used within the last year,
and have given perfect satisfaction in every
instance. We can unhesitatingly say that
this is really the only sure cure for throat
and lung affections, and can cheerfully
recommend it to all. Call and get trial
bottle free of cost, or regular size for 81.
For sale by George Z. O'Hara, Druggist,
Cairo III. 90
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
1T RINGS OF A GRATEFUL HEART AND GIVES
HONOR WHERE HONOR Is DUE.


Mr. s, w. Caps, Of Scottsvilc, Macoupin
county, Ill.,, writes, under date of Aug. 90
1880, to DR.. Swaync e Son; 81 sent to
you for three boxes 'AIl-healig Ointment,
having had the Itching Piles for about
twenty three years, and have been treated
for them by eleven different doctors, and
have paid out at least five hundred dol
lars--yes, | would be safe in saying one
thousand dollars-but never was cured OF
that itching which annoyed me almost to
death. When became warm, particularly
at night, the itching would begin, and the
only relei was to battle IN cold water,
sometimes as often as six or seven times in
one night concluded to try your Oint-
ment, and have used two boxes, and the
result is a perfect cure, and | will say that
it is the best Ointment in the world, and
will recommend it TO one and all as such.
Swayne's Ointment is sold by all druggists
(2)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14

THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE OF THE
NunsERY-The following is an extract
from letter written to the German Refom
Messenger, at Chambersburgh, Penn:
A BENEFACTREss.
Just open the door for her, and Mrs.
Winslow will prove the American Florence
Nightingale of the Nursery. OF this we
are so sure, that we will teach our "Susye
to say, "a blessing on Mrs. Winslow" for
helping her to survive and escape the grin
ing, colicking, and teething seige. Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup relieves the
child from pain, and cures dysentery and
diarrhna. 1t softens the gums, reduces
inflammation, cures wind collie, and carrys
the infant safely through the teething
period. II performs precisely what shes
processes to perform, every part of it--no'
ing less. We have never seen Mrs
Winslow--know her only through the
preparation Of her "Soothing Syrup 70,
Children Teething." If we had the power
we would make her, as she is, a physica
savior to the infant race. Sold by al
druggists. 25 cents bottle. (9)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14

The New Orleans Picayune has some
statistics showing that before the civil
war the South had more taxable prop
erty on her rolls than New England
and the Middle States combined. After
the contest and five years of peace she
had sunk S300,000,000 below the New
England States alone. In 1860, 40 per
cent of all the real and personal prop
erty assessed in the United States was
in the Southern States, while now the
have only ii per cent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14

of water. A pole was employed, and it
was supposed every part of the cabin
was touched, and the conclusion was
reached that the remains had Heated
out of the cabin into the lake; hence
further search was given up,
Two days afterward Captain Appleby
came down with vessel and facilities
TO right the schooner and tow her into
the nearest port, the drowned woman's
son being along to assist in the recovery
Of the body. The vessel was finally
righted, and when the cabin door had
nearly reached level position, the
woman walked through the water and
came up stairs upon deck,
She was caught by Captain Appleby
and supported, while her son wept and
the sailors screamed. Five days and
nights she had been in the water, while
portion of her time she was up to her
armpits. She could not lie down, and
what sleep she got was in that position,
and all the food she had was a solitary
cracker and q raw onion, which tloated
on the water
She stated that after the vessel cap
sized and was abandoned by the crew,
she found herself alone in water waist
deep. The cabin door was open, but
the food was two feet above it, and the
sea made constant changes in her posi-
ton. When Captain wilkins stopped,
she could hear the boarding party talk
and walk on the vessel, and although
she used her voice te its utmost to at
tract attention, she could not make
them hear, She saw the pole thrust
into the cabin door by Captain Mention,
and asked if she should hold on to it
and be pulled out, but no answer came,
the captain hearing no other noise than
the splashing of the water, and having
not the remotest idea that the woman
was there, alive or dead.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
Look at This and Then at That
From the Petroleum World.

Miss Blanche Murray is very proper
young lady. Last week she caught her
little brother smoking.
you terrible thing" she Kissed, Il
am going to tell father on you"
1T is only corn silk muttered the
boy, penitently.
II don'tcar what it is. ! am going
to tell on you, and see that you don't
get into that beastly, horrid, degrading
habit. wouldn't have anything to do
with smokers"
1t is evening. Miss Murray is sitting
on the front stoop with Algernon. tits
moonlight, and the redolent spirits of
the honeysuckles and syringa watt bliss
to their already intoxicated souls.
Would little birdie object to my
smoking cigaretteP'
Not at all, " replied Miss Murray. II
like cigarettes. They are so fragrant
and romantic. | think they are just too
delicious for anything"
Then I'll light one.n
He lights cigarette, and they talk
about the weather for two hours and o
half.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14

Avery singular book has just been
published in Germany. 1t purports to
be written by lady to whom old King
Leopold, Of Belgium, was married Sc
cretly about 1927, on condition that if
he were called to a throne the marriage
should be considered null and void.
TO this the lady consented; but she now
not only discloses the fact, but gives a
detailed account of the transaction, and
of her married life with Leopold.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-14
The Right Application,

Mrs. d. Morrison, Farnham Center, =.
Q. writing about DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil, says; "George Bell used it on his son,
and IT cured him Of rheumatism with only
few applications. The balance of the
bottle was used by an old gentleman for
asthma, with the best results. II acts like
n charm. Sold by PAUL G, ScnUn.