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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
COLD. WEATHER.

NEW YoRK, Jan. Sat Z a. m.
to-oaT Washington time, mercury
$1,000 as follows at places named :
Moorenead, Mimi, Is degrees below
zero, a fall of IA degrees. Duluth. 8
below; fall OF II. ST. Paul, 7 below:
fall of 20. Lacrosse, Wis. 9 below.
fall of %. Vincent, D. T., 81 below:
fall of 9. Omaha, 2 below; fall of
1S. Fort Morry, "a below.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
New Coal Company.

A No. l Coal Greek Lump Coal for
sale by Star Coal Company. Office
and yard at railroad crossing, Clinch
street. THos. l.. MOSES A Go
Leave your Orders with J. w. Slo-
cum, Druggist, opposite the Custom
House. decl7d6ms
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
The Sisters of st. Joseph Bona

The Sisters of st. Joseph Bona
tiOm.
The following. clipped from an ex-
change. will be read with interest by
many Of our readers:
PHILADELPHIA PA, Dec. Is, 1880.
To the Sisters Of ST. Joseph, Knoxville,
Tenn:
The drawing for the lot Of ground, sit
uated in this city, which was donated to
you, took place here to-day, and the mum
Der drawn is 1920. This drawing too place
il the presence of us: Robert T. Dechert,
attorney-at law; William w Ker, as,
district attorneys Office.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

]. r. CAIRNS, sheriff Of Lewanee
county, Michigan, says: I have worn
an "Only Lung Pad" for Bronchial
difficulties, and have not been troubled
with cough nights since wearing It.
See adv.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
REWARD.

We will give $250G0 for the appre.
hension and conviction of tie party
who bur6ed our Distillery in Knox
vile on Sunday night. Jan. 2. 1881.
d4, st J. f. HORNE & Bro,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Splendid

Time to Sow your Lawn Fertilizers,
and the Knoxville eoap company
keeps the Pure Article. i4dot
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

NASHVILLE, Jan. Nv. B. Ramsey,
who was elected speaker of the
house yesterday, is regarded as more
OF greenbacker than republican.
The republicans were forced to ac-
cept the dictation of Warren, green
packer, and ignore the caucus nomi-
nee' Il. r. Butler, to prevent the
91ectlon OF democratic speaker.
The state credit and low tax demo-
Gratis acted in the utmost harmonv
Democratic senators of both WINGS
held a caucus last night and resolved
to vote for a democrat for speaker
of the senate.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

Died.
At the residence of her SOB. in. law, w.
d. Burnett, December 29th, at $50 o.
clock, .. NJ, Mrs. Margaret E. Bounds,
after lingering illness Of nearly six
years. Aged 10 years, II months and
13 days. l-
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
A Postal Clerk Arrested.

]. r. Van Horn, a mail agent travel
ing the route between this city and
Pittsburgh, will answer the charge of
mail robbery before the United States
court. For some time past letters as well
as articles of merchandise forwarded by
mail over the route mentioned never
reached their destination, and complaint
was lodged at the Pittsburgh Office B.
III. Camp, inspector at that place, was
delegated to find the cause of the trouble.
Decoy letters were used and Van Horn
fell into the trap. The arrest was made
yesterday shortly after the arrival of the
Cincinnati express with Van Horn on
board, after the gentleman had gone to
his boarding house on Fifth street and
retired. A decoy letter was found on his
person. He was taken west one hour
later. Van Horn is a man of oyer forty
years of age, and has family of seven
children In Pittsburgh. His stealing is
alleged to have been confined principally
to merchandise, although considerable
money has been lost sight of.-Patriot.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

Is happily provided with salaries arrregatine
something over Sii 900 In his immediate farni-
ly. These are merely samples. To 90 on
through the list would require too much space,
though II might be what Horace Greedy used
to term mighty interestin' reading"
Sometimes Secretary or bureau chief after
providing for goodly number of his relations
In his own department, TO save appearances,
uses his influence to get the rest of them in
somewhere else. Secretary Hunt of the Navy
Department is the latest example of official
tenderness for offspring and the ties of con-
sanguinlty. He has snugly located all his four
sons where they can TO the most good--for
themselves--the Navy positions as in the Army
being for life, or during good behavior. Other
relations have also been provided for. Apropes
OF Hunt there is strong effort being made to
keep him In the Cabinet but am certain 1t is
wholly without effect. Had General Garfield
continued In his administration both Hunt and
Kirkwood would most probably be In retire
ment Both have proven failures. am not
now speaking my private opinion but giving
the facts which must go to make up history
Mr.. Hunt was given position in the Cabinet
derstandiug that it was an experiment SO far
as he was concerned and that If at any time
change was desired his place was at the dispo-
sal of the President It was also understood
that as he gave up life judgeshlp to enter the
Cabinet he would be properly cared for in
case he left 1t. This arrangement President
Arthur will no doubt bear in mind.
saw Judge Davis this morning and could
but notice that the smiles which wreathed his
countenance the day he was elected President
of the Senate had all disappeared. In fact the
old gentleman is just little worried. That
this is true is evidenced in his anxiety for some
days to find out what people thought of hfs
election. Besides he knows that the Republi-
cans will most likely elect some one else to the
position one of these days. The Judge now
perhaps, realizes that he made q mistake in
accepting the position. But it was the first
and only chance he has ever had to make one
step toward the Presidency. He has had the
Presidential bee in his bonnet for years. Your
correspondent attended the Cincinnati con-
vention in 1872 and saw car loads of delegates
come in from Illinois whose expenses had been
paid out OF Davis plethoric purse. But for
tne oOsllnate ana expensive hght made Tor
him in that convention his State would have
voted for Trumbull, instead of dividing its
vote, and the result not only of the convention
but of the campaign that followed would ,prob-
ably, have been different. Previous to this
the Judge had just accepted nomination
from some harum scarum convention in New
Jersey. But ambition is too much for many
| nuhlip m parho ha fwo 10
instances in our recent history are Horace
| Greeley and Salmon z. Chase. ''I charge thee,
Horatio, ding away ambition
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
Train Robbery in Ohio.

PITTSBURGH, October PA daring
attempt was made to rob the Chicago ex-
press, near Bucyrus, Ohio, about II
o'clock, last night, by three men, while
the train was on its way to this city.
Just after passing the junction of the
Ohio Central railroad at the point named
Conductor Shallis, of the Pullman car,
discovered man entering one of the
sleeping coaches. He ordered him out
of the car, when the man pulled re-
volver and fired, the ball passing through
the left pant-leg of the conductors trou-
sers. The robber then started through
the car on q run, but was met by the
porter at the other end, where scuflie
ensued, the robber, however, managing
to get away. The other men, who were
seen before, were discovered crouching
on the steps of one OF the coaches, but
before they could be captured they jump
ed off the train, which was running at
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
A Lady Terribly Burned.

Tuesday evening, at Chambersburg,
Mary Eyester, while holding student
lamp, was frightfully burned. Her
clothing caught fire and she screamed
and ran into the yard, where brisk
breeze famed the flames. Her mother
wrapped shawl about her and had her
hands burned to the bone. Her sister
and brother attempted to wrap her in a
carpet and were burned. She tore the
carpet off, and the fire was only quench-
ed when two gentlemen, by main force,
held the carpet about her. She is now
conscious but suffering terribly, and it is
not expected that she can recover.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
Remarkable Surgical Operations.

Among the remarkable operations per-
formed in Germany recently by eminent
surgeons, those in which the stomach or
abdomen had to be opened have been at
once the most dangerous and the most
successful. After the achievements of DR..
Billroth, of Vienna, in the removal of can
GERS from the stomach, comes now DIR.
Schinzenger, professor of the University
of Freibur, with two cases in which obstruc-
tions in the entrails had to be removed.
In one case, that of woman, section of
one of the intestines had to be cut out and
the severed ends sewed together. In both
instances speedy recovery followed.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
The Mississippi FsarfuIIy High.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, October 26.-The
river is still rising, having yesterday
gained two inches. 1t is now about
four inches above high water mark Of
June, 1880. Reports continue to come
in Of the loss of crops and live stock on
the lowlands north of Burlington. Peo-
pie were obliged to take refuge in the
uplands.
KEoKUK, Iowa, October 26.-The Mis-
sissippi continues rising. Alexandria is
completely inundated, and the water is
overfowing the Wabash railway en-
bankment. A number OF families have
left the town. Danger is still antici-
pated at Quincy, Ill.
QUINCY, ILL.,, October 26.-The Mis-
sissippi river is higher than at any time
since 1851. Trains on the Quincy, Alton
and st. Louis branch, Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy roads have been aban-
doned.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
Miscellaneous News Items.

eS- Maggie Carol died at Chester on
Saturday from burns received by the ex-
plosion of a coal oil lamp.
Two masked men robbed the house
of John Light, near Lebanon, on Satur-
day a week, of about $50.
EB-A farmer at Port Rogue, near Que
bee, lighted fire under balky horse, the
other day, and the horse stood it until
overcome by the heat, when he laid down
on the pile and was burned to death.
gY Within the past ten days Mr.. George
G. Bloomer, of Lewisburg, Greenbrier CO.,
Va, has lost some fifteen or twenty sheep
from the ravages of bears. The scarcity OF
corn and other food of the bear is the cause
of their inroads upon the flocks.
G$- At Marquette, Mich, few days
ago, two lads about 10 years of age found
some nitro glycerine on the street, and
while playing with it,it exploded, as is the
won't of that stuff. 1t blew one cheek of
one boy and some fingers off the other
youngster Both will be manned for life.
gB-A man by the name of Cracraft,
living in Greenwood county, Kansas, has
been arrested on the charge of Illegally
making peach brandy. He cooked the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToN, D. c., Oct. 30, 1881.
There is an organization here in Washington,
composed of veterans of the late war, which is
making preparations to stir up some of the nests
in the Government Departments with very
sharp stick. committee Of this organization
has been at work for some months gathering
the data upon which to base their action, and
when the Developments come there will be q
scattering al! along the line. During the
Presidency of Gen. Grant we heard great
deal on the subject of nepotism. The provi-
sion which the Administration made for its
own and its wife's relations was the subject of
much discussion IN the newspapers and un-
doubtedly had its effect. If that was the ori-
gin In this country of what Webster calls can
undue fondness for nephews and other rela-
tlons" among those in authority, certainly the
disease has spread with exceeding rapidity.
There is so much of it in every Department of
the Government at this time that it has come
to be crying evil. And that is what these
veterans are going for.
It has been understood .hat ex ex-eoldiers, quail
iGcations and other things being equal, were
to have the preference in appointment to minor
not get it. Such large proportion of places
are filed by the relatives of Department Off
cials, fayorites of Senators and mattresses of
Congressman, that the soldier gets pretty unan-
imously left This is not mere idle talk it is
solid fact, based upon actual investigation. 1
have seen the lists now in course of completion
after careful and thorough canvass Of every
Department and feel constrained to say that
there will be some music when Congress as
sembles this winter. There are over seven
hundred cases where from two to fourteen
members of favorite families are on the Gov
ernment pay-rolls, drawing salaries ranging
from 5000 to 81, $500 per year. Assistant Sec
retary French of the Treasury has ten mem
bers Of his family snugly slowed away, seven
of them, consisting of sons, nephews and
nieces, are attached to the Treasury and its
various bureaus. Chief Brooks, OF the Secret
Service division of the Treasury Department.,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
Oes Molnos County Under Water.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, October 25.-
Last night there was an additional rise
of one inch above the mark of the noon
report. The water is now two inches
above the high water mark of one year
ago last June. The river covers the
Illinois bottom lands opposite this city
for distance of five or six miles. Large
portions of Jackson and Huron town
ships, in the western part of this Des
Moines) county, are more or less flooded
The water is doing great damage to the
crops.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
Come and See !!

We have again made additions to our
stock that we would like to show you.
We have a lot of handkerchiefs we
are selling, Four for 25 cts.," and u
variety of Others of better quality.
We have as pretty line of collars
and ties as you would wish to see.
We have good black Alpaca double
width at 20cts. per yard. If you want
low price black dress it will suit you
for it is worth more money.
We have made some additions to our
Dress Goods stock that are pretty and
cheap. And the old stock you can buy
at nearly half Price.
We have splendid line of buttons
and trimmings.
We have handsome line of Floor
and Table oil cloths OF the various
widths from "a up to S-4.
We have a good line of Hats for Men
and Boys.
We have large assortment of Shoes
for Men, Women and Children.
We have an assortment of Mems every
day Pants, and Shirts.
We have complete stock of Iron and
Hardware.
We have as good an assortment of
Groceries as can be found in this
county.
We have full line of Paints, Oil,
Glass and building hardware which we
expect to sell as low or lower than any
body in the county.
We have Spokes, Hubs and carriage
woodwork and hardware, and our
Spokes and Rims are the best that are
made. These we sell at the manufac-
tuers price, as we are his agents.
f. MORTIMER,
New Bloomfield, Pa
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

peaches In n common wash boiler, and was
making the peach essence for home con
sumption.
nB- Mrs. Wallen, OF Lower Creek, Sa-
lem county, nearly severed her arm n few
days ago by the misdlrected blow Of an axe
while attempting to decapitatc chicken
which she held In her hand.
tB- Some day or two ago at q point in the
road near Boling's Landing, buckingham
county, Va, two horse carriage and n
half dozen farm wagons had to wait some
time to allow troop of gray squirrels to
cross the road. They marched along In a
solid column, taking twenty-five minutes
to pass given point
oS- A negro in Texarkana bought a
whiskey barrel to make tub Of. When
he got it home some of the children rolled it
near fire in the yard where the mother
was washing. One of the little chaps lit a
piece of board and stuck it to the buug-
hole of the barrel. 1t at once blew up with
terrible report, killing one of the children
ana woundlng several Others
GE William Mills and young woman,
described as ''of high-toned family" were
sitting in Queens Park, Toronto, and he
kissed her. Henry. s. Ross, rival suitor,
had been watching the pair from hiding
place in the tall grass, aud at the sound Of
the smack he involuntarily rose into view.
Than Milla annrilv dro pictol nd Ara1
at Ross, grazing his scalp, and bringing
about his own arrest.
gB-A valuable scientific discovery made
in Huntingdon county Indiana, a short time
ago, can be fairly credited to the drought
which prevailed in that region. A stock
raiser whose wells had gone dry began dig
gng for water in neghboring bog, and
had proceeded but short distance when
his shovel struck hard substance, which
proved to be the skull of au immense mas
tadon. Further search has been rewarded
by the discovery of rib four feet two
inches in length two tusks, each eleven
feet long, and several leg-bones. Two teeth
which dropped from the jaw weighed seven
and three-quarters and eight and one-third
pounds respectively.
"a A woman in Portland, Oregon, has
adopted novel way to get rid of her hus-
band. She is believer in spiritualisn, and
stated that she received commu munication
stating that her husband would die GER
tain day in the near future. She 80 worked
upon the poor man that he actually fell
sick, aud became nearly frightened to death
When at his worst she ordered her mourn
ing clothes and calmly talked to him about
his notions in regard to another husband
for her, and whom he preferred she should
take. Finally his anger oveI came his fears
he braced up, and determined to postpone
his death to an indefinite date.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
A Heavy Drop.

AT eleven o'clock Wednesday morning
"a truck loaded with safe weighing
0,000,pounds, and drawn by four horses,
while attempting to cross the free bridge
at Newark, broke through and fell into
the water beneath. One of the horses
was crushed beneah the safe. The others
were rescued. The drivers escaped with
out serious injury. The safe and truck
block the channel so that vessels cannot
pass through.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

THE STRUGGLE for the nomination
for the office Of President Judge in the
Dauphin and Lebanon county district,
has been as bitter as it was digraceful,
and has finally been ended by sort of
lottery arrangement that while it decides
the nomination will satisfy none but
those who always favored the successful
candidate. When the office of President
Judge is put up to be rafiied for it looks
like dragging the Judicial ermine in the
mud.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

eg- A horse belonging to Hezekiah
Yaukey fell into hole at an ore bank
near Fayetteville on Sunday week fall
ing a distance of twenty-five feet. In a
short time after the occurrence the
neighbors were notified and about forty
persons gathered at the mouth of the
well and after laboring about half an
hour the animal was brought to the sur
face considerably bruised and cramped,
but not dangerously hurt.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

"After trying IN a sneaklng way for several
years TO get the county printing, 1t III becomes
publisher OF an independent paper TO propose
That trick s In keeping with some other transac.
tions which we will ventllate In the near future"
--Adrocdtc OF last week.
1t is not often we notice through our
columns any slurs made against us, but
the above contains SO many lies to the
square inch, and shows such con-
temptible, petty, jealous spirit, that we
ask our readers to pardon us for deviat-
ing from our usual course.
1t will be seen by reference to the arti-
Gle entitled IA Conundrum," to which
the above petty squib purports to reply,
that not word was said in it regarding
the public printing, except to ask why,
if ten inches space gave legal notice In
Cumberland county, seven times that
much was needed in Perry. The bring
ing in, and opening up the other sub
ject was entirely unnecessary, but it
shows where the shoe pinches; and now,
FIRST: We have no hesitation in say
ing that we have several times asked for
a portion of the public printing, but we
had right to ask 1t, and in SO asking
there was nothing 'sneaking.' To be
sure we did not ask the Advocate man,
or his boy Jim about it, because we
supposed the small amount they paid
towards the public revenues, and the
trifling influence they now have in the
county, gave them no right to control its
distribution. The public printing is
supposed to be done for the public bene-
fit, and not for the benefit of any paper
or person, and should be placed where
it will reach the most people at the least
expense. Every intelligent person in
the county, knows that THE TIMES
reaches twice as many readers as any
other local paper. We have, however,
never said much about the matter in our
columns, satisfied that public opinion
(which even county officials sometimes
fear) would some day compel the placing
of the public advertisements where the
largest return can be had for the money
expended and we should not probably
have ever again referred to the subject,
had not the mean insinuations of the
above seemed to demand an answer.
SECOND Why should the editor of
the Advocdte make the insinuation he
does regarding the authorship of the
article Is he so in the habit of writing
his own correspondence that he thinks
we also must do it, and so judges us by
his standard Of honorp Heaven forbid
that we should ever be judged by such a
standard.
THIRD: We can assure our amiable
friends that the correspondent, though a
resident of Carlisle, has money interest
in the expenditures OF the taxes raised
in this county, and that this, like every
other communication we publish, comes
from the source indicated by its heading.
We advocate nothing that we are asham-
ed of and, consequently, have no need
of any such "blind."
In conclusion, we suggest, that our
friend(y) hasten the ventilating of those
other mean tricks referred to, for until
he does so, most people will think as we
do, that when the editor said he had
such ventilation to make, that he knew
he was lying.
9
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01
Teeth Knocked out by Stray Bullet.

While Mrs. Elizabeth Schone, of 32S
Delaney street was looking from her
window at the departure of a wedding
party from 326 Delaney street for Beeth-
oven Hall, a pistol was fired in the
crowd. The bullet struck Mrs. Schone
in the mouth, knocking out several
front teeth, and passing through the
left cheek.-N Y, San.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

1B- Some lady of this place sh ould
take the agency for the popular and
useful book practical Housekeeping"
issued by the Buckeye Publishing Co.,
Minneapolis. MINI. 1t sells rapidly on
its merits. Every lady who examines
it, wants it. Address the publishers
for terms. A At
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

Insurance NOtice.--All persons are noti-
fled that have not given my consent to
any insurance on my life, except poll
cies in favor of my son, p. S. Chubb,
and all other policies are fraudulent and
void. SASIL. CHUBB,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-01

EX Gov. MORGAN having declined,
Judge Folger of New York, was nomi-
mated on Friday as Secretary of the
Treasury. Secretary James was also
renominated as Post Master General,
and Frank Hatton Of Iowa, Editor of
the Darlington HaaUkeye was nomina-
ted as 1st assistant Post Master Gen., in
place of Tyner.