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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-13

thus acquired Internationally as her own. the con-
clusion seems to me irresistible that she assumed
the payment of the debt resting upon such property
by every principle Of law and equity The liability
having been voluntarily incurred whether it was
wisely created or is foreign zig to the
fairly given. for which consideration was fairly re,
ceived: and the State having seized tho railroad
property and franchises to indemnify her for pay
ments of the bonds it is difficult to see what posi-
bic justification there can be for her refusal to make
such payment
This debt was incurred in the darkest period of
We had little q Wealth
without agriculture, manufactures or railroads.,
and were rich only in youth and hope congress
a comprehensive railroad system, but before It
could be made available the financial crash OF 1897
wiped out private fortunes. overthrow public credit,
ana s%S the
investment with little temptation could scarcely
now be ured by any offer from it's safe retreat Our
for without capital it was wholly useless an in
centiye or practical means for the construction OF
the contemplated railroads. In this crisis, when
al our hopes men were found who reposed faith
both in our resources and in our honor. They
proved their faith by their works. Some Of them
are poor, while the State is rich. Should such men
be rewarded by reproach and betrayal Or by justice
and gratitude from the State they served?
The circumstances were not unlike those under
which the national bonds were issued which saved
our country from destruction. In both cases the
emergency summoned men OF faith and
courage to tho rescue; in both the vital necessity
was prompt and ample funds at time when CAPT.
tai was most alarmed and least obtanable. In both
the credit of the borrowers was bitterly assailed
and deprecated by enemies in the trying hour: in
both the actual amount realized upon the bonds
when at their lowest value was but fraction of the
nominal sum for which they were issued: IN both
the great end contemplated was nevertheless mate
rally subserved by the obligations issued; and in
my candid judgment, Tho argument in both is OF
equa force for shameless reputation or honorable
payment Ths brightest iavel in the national
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-13

LAND MATTERS
Under the provisions of the act Of March I. 1877
appointments were made at various places conven-
lent to settlers in order to adjust conflicting land
claims along the line of the st. Vincent branch of
the late St. Paul & Pacific railroad. Testimony
wastaken in 225 cases. and claims allowed In eighty
eight covering 600 acres, which were duly relin-
pushed to the United States, tot the end contemplate
cd by the act referred to.
Under the act Of congress Of March 8, 1879,
sat snrn ens or 20
never received by the State, appointed an agent
to make selections Of the regranted lands and sent
DESCRIPTIONS Of the same to the several land officers
for entry; but this refused by the commissioner
Of the general land Office on the alleged
ground of lack Of evidence that the State
6as failed 70 receive tho lands originally
granted After some delay the commissioner waived
bis objections and allowed the entries to be made,
with certain conditions which have now been COM
Piled with. and which will result in the speedy adj
justment Of the matter.
Under an act Of congress, approved April 1, 1880,
restoring to tho public domain the Fort Ripley mil
itary reservation. certain lands included therein
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
lie banon County Fools.

A singular story of the faith some
times placed in dreams, even in the en-
lightened days of the nineteenth centu-
ry, comes from Lebanon county. Sew
eral months ago charcoal burner, liv-
ing near Indiantown Gap, dreamed that
silver ore could be found at certain
spot in the mountain. He claims the
dream was repeated for five consecutive
nights, when he started out to find a
place to correspond with that seen in
his dreams. The place was found, and
a clairvoyant, famous in that region for
being possessed of wonderful supernat.
ural powers, was consulted. A seance
was held on the mountain, and the re-
suit was that wild excitement was Gre
ated among the ignorant natives. A
company was formed of ten of the
superstitious backwoodsmen each of
whom contributed $l00 to the working
capital, and force of men were put to
work to develop the rich find. Fifty
feet was the depth fixed by the seer at
which the precious metal would be
round, but when that depth was reached
another calculation was made, which
added ten feet more to the original num-
Der. This was afterward increased to
eighty feet, then to ninety, and still the
poor dupes worked on, and regardless of
the. gloomy outlook and the repeated
failures of the prophecies of the "fortune
teller" they willingly pay up the neces-
sary assessments on the stock, and the
work goes on. They have secured the
services of an experienced miner to
superintend the work, and will continue
until the stockholders are bankrupt,
although number of scientific men in
the region have assured them that there
is no silver ore in that part of the
country.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
What a Narrow Foot Did.

A young lady took a car which
brought her to the foot of California
Street and there took seat on the dunn
my car, which bore her to the vicinity
of her home on Octavia Street. AS she
left the car and was crossing the track
upon the southern side her foot slipped
and turned and was caught fast In the
track where the wire-cable passes. Some
imperfection in the roadbed had caused
the narrow aperture to expand and the
girls narrow foot was entrapped. The
engineer of the east-bound dummy saw
check his swift approaching car and
alighted with the conductor and several
passengers of investigating mind, who
endeavored to release the slender foot,
but their efforts were vain. Another
car and another brought up in funeral
row, and constant reinforcememts in
the way of pressing pedestrians cheered
and enlivened the scene. An attempt
was made to pry the iron rails forming
the cable channel further apart, but they
firmly resisted all efforts. Every body
had suggestion. i'Push your foot for
ward;'' "Pull it back ,, "Tip it side
ways;' Lift you heel higher" The
unhappy girl was almost fainting, but
she persevered in her efforts to extrlcate
the offending member. BY this time
travel on the road had virtually ceased.
The last car had long ago passed, and
was steadily approaching to fall into
the line at the rear of the singular pro-
session. Downtown passengers fretted
and fumed or slowly climbed the hill in
disgust On every street corner groups
of waiting people berated the laxity of
street car management. Reporters from
all the town dailies were proceed
ing westward to learn the meaning of
the large crowd reported to have assem-
bled in the western addition. From the
scene of the accident ENJOYS had been
dispatched to the railroad shops to bring
appliances for taking up section of the
road. At this juncture tall, brawney
Englishman, in the dress of mechan-
ic, forced his way through the throng,
and in CHEEKY voice, marked by the
Derbyshire dialect, asked:
4" Ha' ye tried onfastenin' the young
leddy's shoe2"
Ten buttons flew from as many but
n-holes in the twinkling of an eye
the foot was free.-Sdn Francisco Her.
aid.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD Pa, MAY II, 1881.

greatest advantages, having fleet of
vessels running between Hull and the
principal ports In Norway and Sweden,
besides having mutual agreement with
all the transatlantic steamship compan-
les. 1t proposes to carry the emigrants
to Hull, and then send them by train to
Liverpool, where they will be transferred
to steamers for New York. Mr.. Sander
son the agent of the Wilson line, said
that the emigrants from Norway and
Sweden during this summer and fall
will probably excede the number con-
tracted for, as a knowledge of the vast
ness and wealth of this country has be-
come familiar to them during the past
few years.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17

has been amlcably carried out. DIR.
Baumuller went to ST. Louis on his
honeymoon tour. "Mr. Ritchter and
l." he said to Republican reporter,
"are like brothers. Not very long ago
discovered that / loved Mrs Richter
better than l did my own wife, and that
she preferred me to her husband. 1
also discovered that Mr.. Richter and my
wife stood In exactly the same relation
to each other. What were we to do
Quarrel2 1t was useless. 1t was so, and
could not be helped. had tried to sup
press my feelings, and l would have
done so If 1 had not found that Lena,
my wife, loved Richter, and that Rich
ter loved Lena. We did not quarrel
we arranged everything. We met, all
four, Richter, Mrs. Richter, my wife,
and myself, at Richter's house, and there
we talked the matter over until we
concluded that the best thing to be done
was to seek divorce" DIR. Baumuller is
a reputable physician with large prac-
tice. Richter has been Street Com
missioner and is wealthy. In one re-
spect he seems to get the best of the bar
gain, for his new wife Is 30, while his
old wife is so, and he is co. Baumuller
Is 80.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Death Among the Horses.

Last week three valuable horses be-
longing to Adam Focht, who resides
near Water street, Huntingdon county,
were attacked by singular disease
which in one instance terminated in the
death of the stricken animal, while our
informant did not regard the others as
entirely out of danger when he saw
them. The animals were suddenly
taken with choking, palpitation of the
heart and other violent symptoms. We
learn that some horses belonging to a
gentleman named Hileman, residing on
the farm adjoining Mr.. Focht had previ.
ously been attacked with the same
disease, though we did not hear that
any of them died. The animal lost by
Mr. Focht was valued by him at $225.--
Altoona Tribune.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Smothering a Sick Son.

The death of boy at Decker, Indiana,
who was suffering from rheumatism,
was not caused by the intelligent drug
clerk. His parents had no faith in the
DOCTORS prescriptions, and gave the
patient homemade sulphur BATH
They seated him in chair, piled feather
beds over him, and burned a lot of
birthstone underneath. When they
thought the disease was smoked out the
covering was removed, but IL was too
late; the poor fellow had been smother
ed to death.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Questions for Men.

Do you want Cottonades or Cassimers
for yourself or the boys suit If you
do come and see what we can show
you.
Do you want Hat for the boy or your
self? We have them at various
prices.
Do you want Shoes for yourself, wife or
child? We have a good assortment
ofa quality we can recommend.
Do you want Paints, Oils, or anything
in that line? If you do come and see
what we can do for you.
Do you want Iron or Hardware of any
description If so we can supply
your wants. Suppose you let us try it.
If you want any kind of goods, you
stand good chance to find the article
you want in my stock.
f. MORTIMER,
New Bloomfield, Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Third Trip.

We have just returned from the city
for the third time this spring, and, again,
are able to offer our customers some
bargains.
In LAWNS, we have fine assortment.
PRICES are cents, 10 cents, 12t cents,
and Is cents, and 1t costs nothing to
look at 'em.
OUR SUMMER PRINTS, are pretty, and
we think the styles are hard to beat.
Prices 64 to cents.
SCoNE GINeHAMs, and other styles
of dress Ginghams, we have from 0 cents
to Is cents per yard.
LACE for trimming we have in great
variety, and for the wool and part wool
goods we have full line of silks, satins
and novelties for trimming.
Ladies wanting Dress Goods or No
tions of any kind will find it to their
advantage to give us call Those who
cannot call, can get samples of Dress
Goods by mail, and mail orders will. be
promptly filled.
We have many other lines of goods
we would like to mention, but have not
the space. We extend you an invita-
tion to call and look at our stock of Ties,
Gloves, Hosiery, White Goods, Buttons,
etc., etc.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
ATTENTION! /!

For choice material, for beauty of
styles and latest fashions, for everything
in the millinery line at especially mod
crate prices, call at M. l.. BELLS.
Ladies' Hats and Bonnets, Fancy
Braids, Chips, Tuscans, and fine Straws,
Children's Hats and Caps.
Elegant new width ribbons. Silks
and Satins in beautiful shades.
A line of Embroideries and Laces-
unsurpassed in quantity and quality.
Beautiful Swiss Embroideries and In
sertings, Gloves in Lisle, Silk and Kid,
also Lace Mitts, Children's Collars, &C.
Yelling in all shades. Hosiery in great
variety.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May II, 1881.
The Republicans have been holding caucuses
every day this week upon the contested NOM
inatlon of Judge Robertson, but so far have
arrived at no definite conclusion as to the
course to be pursued. Senator Conkling has
made several long speeches before the caucus
endeavoring to enlist Senators on his side in
his fight against the President and Robertson.
In spite of the frantic strug giles of Senator
Conkling it is becoming palmer every day that
the administration carries too much weight for
him, and that the chances of Robertson's NOM
ination are growing higher every day. It is
known that within the last three days some of
the prominent stalwart Republicans of New
York, warm and true friends of Conkling, have
advised him to abandon his.contemplated fight
to prevent Robertson's nomination to be re-
ported from the Commerce Committee without
recommendation, and let the Senate dispose of
1t without argument. That If Robertson should
be confirmed for Conkling to say nothing
unless attacked by friend of the admInistra-
tion then he could talk as the cause of Great
ing a disturbance would be upon the admins
tration side and should the Senate reject
hOUtILbOus Bull NOuhllHB say uOLuluB,
but in either case to let the quarrel die out.
Mr.. Corkling did not reject this advice nor did
he give any sign of accepting it but it came
from men who are accounted devoted friends
of his, and whose object is ascribed to be to
save Conkling from what they believe will be a
crushing defeat if he makes fight against
Robertson.
The Stanley Matthews case was not taken
up yesterday but will probably be considered
to-day. The Judiciary Committee yesterday
morning agreed to recommend the confrma-
tIon of Don A. Parnee as United States Circuit
Judge for the fifth Judicial Circuit, and subse-
quently reported the nomination favorably to
the Senate. The nomination of Michael j.
Cramer now charge d. atfaires to Denmark to
be charge d. affaires to Switzerland was report
ed favorably from the Committee on Foreign
Relations during the Executive Session yester-
day afternoon. Tha Judiciary Committee
reached the nomination of wm. e. Chandler
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Startling Deathbed Confession.

A Crisfield, Nd, special says the peo-
pie of Princess Anne, Crisfield and other
parts of Somerset county are greatly
excited over the reported confession of
Mrs. Patty Ward, who is now on her
deathbed, of having murdered Azariah
Dougherty, who was found dead in his
store eighteen years ago. Two negroes
were executed for the crime in 1868. She
said her son, now dead, was an accom-
plice in the murder.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Miscellaneous News Items.

BDr Apiarists through the state are COM
planning that they have lost about ninety
per cent. of their stock of bees.
NB- Fifteen children in sixteen years, all
OF whom are living and well, is the record
Of married couple, residing in Barr twp,
Cambria county.
EB- Brush had hard time to borrow
five dollars when he was working at his
electric light, now his income is 81 700
per day.
eUJames Gordon Bennett, it is aunounc.,
ed by the IVhstehaU RevieaO, is engaged
TO marry the daughter of the Prince de
Furstenburg.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Colored Children at School.

MEADvILLE, Pa, May To- A very
important decision was delivered to-day
by Judge Church in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Crawford county in the
case of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania ex rel. Elias H. Allen against the
School Directors of the City of Mead
vile. The plaintiff is negro having
children of proper age to be admitted to
the public school of the city, but who
were refused admission. The plaintiff
applied for writ of mandamus against
the Directors to compel their admission.
The Directors, the respondents, answer
ed that plaintiffs children were negroes,
and that by Section 81, Act of Assembly
May 8, 1854, the Board of Control hav-
ing established separate school for
negro and mulatto children in their
district they were not compelled to ad-
NIT them into the school where the
white children were. The Court, Hon.
Pearson Church, Presiding Judge, in
very elaborate and learned opinion held
that the twenty-first section of the act
of 1854 was violative of the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Amendments of the
United States Constitution, and hence
unconstitutional and void. A peremp-
tory mandamus was ordered to be issued,
requiring and commanding the respond
ents to admit the minor children of
plaintiff into the schools. This is the
first case of the kind decided in the
State having involved the main issues.
The case was ably argued by Thomas
Roddy, Esq, for the plaintiff, and w.
r.. Bole, Esq, for respondents.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
An Army of Scandinavlans Coming Across the
Atlantic.

A few days ago a cable dispatch was
received in New York city stating that
the owners of a steamship line in Hull,
England, had contracted with parties in
Norway and Sweden to bring about 80,
coo emigrants from those countries to
the United States. Mr.. Christian Bors,
the Norwegian and Swedish consul,
says such contract has been made with
the owners of the Wilson line OF steam
ers. The emigration from the countries
he represents to the farming lands in
the west is rapidly developing, and the
applications for transportations during
the winter months were SO great that
q contract with one company became
necessary. The Wilson line offered the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17

tB- A little daughter of r. Soften, of
Shelby, Ohio, lately died, and TIE afflicted
parents are having constructed over her
grave building, in which will be stored
her playthings.
e%- The spirit of mortal may not be
very proud, but we notice 1t wakes overly
profane In some cases where rheumatism
is the moving cause. We use St. Jacobs
Oil for ours and we are happy. = Mil,uau-
kee Evening Wisconsin.
PoTTsvILIE, May 1O.-This morning the
jury in the case of Samuel Garrett, senior
commissioner of Schuylkill county, charg-
ed with embezzlement of the funds of the
county, returned a verdict of not guilty,
the county to pay the costs.
eB- A miscreant gave little girl in
Dennison, Ohio, two railroad torpedoes,
telling her they contained candies and that
she must open them with stone. The
child tried one of them, and the torpedo
burst and destroyed her sight.
rB- The Elmira Advertiser asserts that
boy, carrying basket of eggs, jumped
from freight train in that city one day
last week, that was running at least twenty
miles an hour, and that while the boy was
considerably shaken up, not one of the
eggs was broken.
eB- The divorce case of Purcell VS.. Pur-
cell, last week occupying the Circuit Court
at Ottowa, Ill. They are an old couple,
and the old man swore that his wife bit
him in the lip once and he jerked away
and pulled one of her teeth out He said
"Iler teeth are no coed, anyhow"
eB~ There is a teamster in Philadelphia
who during the last fifteen years has taken
ten drinks at the same store daily. This
makes low average of three thousand a
year, and the proprietor of the store vouch-
es for the truth of the statement. At five
cents drink, Wholesale, he has consumed
$1,000 worth of whisky in that time.
e%- Mrs. L. S. Iliff, the owner of the
largest cattle range in the world, has sold
one half of her herd of $4,000 cattle to her
managers, and sailed for Europe ON the
SObh VI nIuys llct range cAIouuS lTOm
Greeley to Julesburg, Colorado, embracing
a country about 100 miles wide. She has
made round million since the death of her
husband, "t the Cattle King three years
ago.
ZEE On recent Sunday some Holidays
burg boys who were in the neighborhood of
Manning & Lewis stone quarry, near Loop
station, went to the bottom of the quarry
to get drink of water. They had hardly
quenched their thirst and moved little
distance away until there came heavy
fall of earth and slate, covering the spot
where they had stood but a moment be-
fore to the depth of three or four feet.
eB- A remarkable case of the "ruling
passion" was lately witnessed in the United
States Courtroom at Cincinnati. Mr..
Haskell, who has been the court crier for
quarter Of century, fell at the noon ses
sion stricken with paralysis. They picked
him up, placed him unconscious in
chair, when the bailifr opened the Court
and the trial of case proceeded.
Suddenly the old man revived, and noticing
the Judge on the bench began to shout, in
a feeble tone of voice, "Oyez, oyez, the
district" etc. Immediately he was strick-
en- second time and carried home.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17

A SENATE COMMITTEE called on Pres
ident Garfield few days ago and asked
him to withdraw the nomination of
Senator Robertson as Collector of the
Port of New York, and the most
astounding reason for the request was
not that he was unfit for the office-but
such action would please Mr.. Conkling.
Such request was not only an insult
to the President but to the people who
had not elected Conkling to that Office.
The President, we are glad to see took
that view of the case too
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Imprisonment for Life.

New YORK, May 12.-William
O'Donnell, who was indicted for MUIR
in the first degree in having kicked his
wife, Bridget, to death on February 13,
was convicted to-day in the court of
general sessions of murder in the second
degree The recorder sent him to the
state prison for the term of his natural
life. ODonnell took his sentence very
coOlly.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
United States Map Free.

All persons sending their address on
postal card to General Passenger Agent,
c., B. & @. r. r., Chicago, ILL.,, will re-
ceive, free Of all charge, an elegant folder
andcomplete COUNTY MAP OF THE UNI
TED STATES. Weadvise readers to send
in their applications at once, and secure
valuable and handsome document. 1t
is the most complete map now out.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
A Jewish Town Destroyed by Fire.

VIENNA, May 12.-The Press says
telegram was received from Kieff to-day
stating that the whole Jewish quarter
known as Podol, has been burned. The
damage is estimated at 900, 900 roubles.
Crowds of refugee Jews are crossing the
Austrian frontier at Podauloczyska.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17
Church Notices.

Presbyterian Church-Preaching next
Sunday at IL A. NJ, and II P. M. Sun
day School at half past A. M. Prayer
meeting on Wednesday evening.
M. E. Church-Preaching next Sun
day at p. NJ. Sunday School at 9:15 A.
M, and prayermeeting on Wednesday
evening
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17

THE PRESIDENT has withdrawn the
nomination of w. A. M. Grier as third
Asst. P. M. General, as Mr.. Grier de-
clines the office. He seems to be look
ing higher.