Vol. I. Woodbridge, Middlesex County, F. J., Thursday January 25> 1877,NEW. "ADVERTISEMENTS.

PUBLIC. NOTICE OF PROTEST.r|3tTBLIO-Boties is hereby given that the fol-iJL lowing protest has been duly served uponthe individual members of the Board of Trus-tees of the School District No. 24, Township

-of Woodbridge,: and let all whoniit-niay con-'Cern take notice thereof.

Tile Trustees of the First I'resbyterian- Church desire to say that they have no in-'tention or disposition- to. interfere with the- legitimate authority of the School Trustees,;or,to.throw, any obstacles in the way of realiz-ing1 funds out of' any property which maybelong to the School Distiet; but they feel it.

stheir bonnderi 'dnty, in.their official capacity,to protect the property which, belongs to theFirst Presbyterian Church, and to protestagainst disposition thereof not guaranteed bylaw.*" "• ' '

WKEBEAS, It is understood that at a public-meeting of the tax-payers and legal voters ofSchool District No. 24, of the Township of"Woodbridge a resolution was passed authoriz-ing the School Trustees of said. District to sell-the" property known; - as ithe Jefferson andAcademy School property, and

WHEBEAS, ,M, a subsequent meeting of saidr'tai-payers -of ithexDigtrJGt'afoye^ajdjiiit was: re-

solved that, in addition to the authority tosell, the said trustees might lease or mortgagesaid properties, as in their judgment .seemedbest.

Now, -therefore, in view of the above pro-ceedings, we, the undersigned, Trustees ofthe First Presbyterian Church'of "Woodbridge,2?. J., do hereby, notify "William- H. Berry,Chin-les A. Campbell, and Howard Valentine,composing the Board of Trustees of SchoolDistrict, No. 24, of the Township" of "Wood-bridge, that the title to that portion of the so-called school property, known as the "Acad-emy property" is; legally vested in the Trus-"tees of the First' Presbyterian Church of

. Woodbridgaj, ;the: same,never :haymg beendivested by coiweyancej lease, or other legalor equitable proceeding, and the undesigned'Trustees, sqlemirly and ftrplyj-proteet againstthe sa'l6;*4ease 'or -motigage =o£'=said propertyby the said School Trustees, or by any officeror agent acting under them; "and fM'e&nlyprotest against;the disposition; of said prop-erty in anyway whatsoever.

•• (Signed) . , . . . . . ; •- .„,, £ ' i •-•' Haniptan Cutter;" President; James P. Prall, •

:f3ecre.tary; . William ...P.. _E^gar, Treasurer;•Sanies B£. Brbwii; John T Thompson', Ellis©rake and Joel ilelicj:, Jr., Trustees of" theFirst Presbyterian Ghurch, Woodbridge, N. J.To William H. Berry, President; Charles A.

Campbell, ancT HcAyarl Valentine, Clerk,composing the Board of Trustees of School

•• District, So. -24,: of Woo.dbridge. •-":.•:3 'Dated'January 24. 1877, :"; ~ '• •:, - - :.. . . . ...(Signed,in.triplicate,)., .,.••,,

r p E M P E R A N C E . - - > - , . , - . : , ; --.,,--,.; :

BILLY THE BUMMER,ON TEMPEEANCE.

Mr. William C. Soutar, of Newark, betterTmown as "Billy the Bummer," formerly aconfirmed gutter drunkard for about 25 v^-rs,and of whom his wife says: "If ever a inira-ele was performed, it was wrought in his case,"will speak in connection with oae or twoother reformed drunkards,

PBESBYTERIAN CHURCH,

WoODISP.IDGE, N . J. ,

• On.. MOWDA Y - BVBKIWG,

••:•• January 29,1877, at 7:30 o'clock,

giving personal.experiences in the matter oftheir reformation.

. A TEMPERANCE .PRAYER. MEETING

for one-half hour, will preceed the lecture,couiiiioncing at 7 o clock.

Come punctually, il. jcu wish to enjoy thewhole of a good feast!

MISS G. P. FEAZEE * "*>will read and recite some choice selections.

W6odbridge.'• .—r~ipt--T--.

School Dedication.Last Saturday was. a notable day for Wood-

bridge, as the announcement had been madethat at half past one o'clock in the afternoonthe sightly and commodious' :Public .Schoolbuilding would be dedicated with appropri-ate exercises, Notwithstanding the un&yor-able condition of the -weather, .when .the - ap-pointed hour arrived, a large assemblage ofladies and gentlemen had congregated in thebuilding, filling three of the large rooms. Inthe Principal's room were seated the membersof the Board of Trvirtees, surrounded by thegentlemen who had been invited to partic-ipate in the exercises.

The exercises were opened with prayer byRev. S. J. Morris of the 1L. E. Church, afterwhich Mr. William H. Berry, President ofthe Board of Trustees, made an 'address ofwelcome to. the visitors and.formally presentedthe building to the clergy of Me >vll%e: fordedication;' eongratula'tirig., the "citizens andinhabitants of Woodbridge upon the posses-sion of such an excellent edifice, wherein theyouth might befitted to lead,,,useful: andhonored lives. \ ,

Eeys.,J. M. McNulty of. the PresbyterianChurch', S. Lee Hillyer of the' CongregationalChurch, and S.' J. Mtfrris «f the M. E. Churcheach made short addresses in the order named,replete witkiargument,: feeljng ;an^ humor,and hailing the erection of the building asagood omen for.the growth, intelligence andprosperity 6f bur to%friv~ -1'':' «*• .

Mr. E. A, Apgar, State Superintendent of•-sPnbMc Sch-splsv/as present and made » -sliort

LITERACY AND

Musical Entertainment1 for the benefit of the

HOME AKD POREKSH: SESSIONS,v wijls;bjp held.in the '

CITY HALL, PERTH AMBOY,. . . . : • :.. ; -.1 .U : ,. - • >~-ox—

Tuesday JEve'g, Jan. 30,1&77,";' r-J •• a t 8 o'clock, •

Under the auspices of the

YOUNG PEOPLES MISSION BAND,of tlie* Presbyterian Chuich

The programme J5¥.il:eonsist of

"VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTALHEADINGS. EECITATIONS

AND TABLEAUX.

SAAC &SON,

CllAY MEECHANTS,

-rpOWNSHIP POOB FARM. !

NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVES that Sealed Propo-sals will be received by the Township COminit-tee of the Township of Woodbridge, at Ma-

,sonic Hall, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 'Hh,1877, at 10 o'clock, A. I t , for a Steward to4ake charge of the Township Poor Farm foithree yeais from April 1st, 1877 The appli-cants must state the numcer of members in.ttieiy respective jaiailres The Committee re-

*SeWe the right to rejecttmy-aBSd all -proposalsALSO,

The Public Dock, with the land attached,• known as Corn Field Landing will bo leased'for a term of years, upon the same day, and(•at the same place and hour.

"\By ordei of the Committee,-jallwi _ , E^

ISAAC JX.QOB. .iHALBTJED FLOOD.

SUBSCRIBE, FQK' THE INDEPENDENT HOUR.'

Ealph Willis, Prof. Pierce, Superintendent ofPublic Instruction for the city of New Bruns-vticb, ana"" Col.' A. ^f'. Joh.es, editor of the |INDEPENDENT HOTJU. These speeches were

all expressiveVdf' congratulation, advice''andencouragement an'd •• were: listened .,to>: atten-tively,, nnd enj oyed by. all present....

Mr. Howard Valentine, Qlerk of the Boardof Trustees, in- ft brief speech," presented thekeys of the' building to ;th&: Principal, Mr.Henry Anderson, "who' in aeeeptirig -r. them,s a i d : ,. ..;.c;^ , •.:-:-.- : „

M r . CHAIEMAN, L A D I E S AND GESTI -EMEN :—I accept these keys under a deep sense of

the great resporisibiliiies w&ielr.'.'their recep-tion involves. They furnish the means of en-trance to. this magnificent edifice, erected inthe cause'of Education, by'the liberality ofthe citizens of Woodbridge, and under theimmediate supervision of an eminently quali-fied Board of Trustees, whose names will bepreserved in the archives of Woodbridge,and handed down to posterity, aspioneers inits greatest enterprise, rendered more em-phatic by the fact that, its dedication tookplace in the first year of the second century .of our glorious Republic. An «ntl»nce tothis building, however, is a fact of. far lessimportance than the great interacts involvedafter Hint entrance has been effected. Thesekeys may be kept polished and bright, byproper cure and.frequent use; but they musttail in tlie fulr accomplishment of the 'grandpurposes they are partially instrumental insubserving, unless the teachers keep -them-selves equally bright, polished and dignified,that thfty may with facility unlock the en-trance to" every mind committed to their care;assist them'in .real difficulties-;, teach themthat perseverance overcomes all obstacles,and that the acquirement of knowledge de-pends on their own actual study and labor.It shall be my.endea^vqie^Principal.tamakeour school equal" to any fii''the' county.' Butin order to do so, there are still other keysyou will pardofcfihe: forJJapeaJijng/af, whichshould not be allowed to grow rusty; I alludeto those held by the guardians and parents ofthe children. Teachers need their co-operationand- encouragement in-.tlfelAftrdionsylabors.Unlock' at hoine tlie entrance to tlie bestfeelings of your children's nuLures. Tenchthem" that, obedience,'at schoolj and every-where else, to proper authority, is better thanoiicriiice. Impress upon them the great valueof a full development of their moral andspiritual natures, which wh6n ociniijined; withthose of the physical and intellectual, "formthe perfect manor, wooiaji-i,. ,.

In conclusion, I sincerely thank the speak-ers pn this occasion, and, the .lftjpe..audience

"assembled, "for iiieir' words' 6r'-coeef,'''au'd- theencouragement of their presence, Mr. Willis,too, who has occasionally visited us and com-mended oui woik has my be st •«! hes forcontinued success in his position The Boardot Tuihteesknow they hai-e mj lasting giati-tude tor then co opei.ition in school work,and the many kindnesses received at thenhands M<vy they b.ve long and then shadowne^er glow less

The dedicatory exercises v ere Hlen conclu-ded wiSh the pionountmg of the benedictionby Eev. A M. McNulty. The foregoing werevaried and enlivened by the-singing of appro-priate and beautiful, hymns from;the,Moodvand Sankey collection, ieil by Mr. 3s& C}oru-moss^ and accoinpanied on the organ by MissCommoss. ;

-,i •,! t -BCSRIESS itE^IJi'G. :

Pursuant to a notice duly advertised a busi-' ieBS1 SjseSngSSP '"thVlegiBvoters' Sf sMet Dis-triGt was,held at the.cQnclnsion of-,the aboveexercises.

The meetm^ fv at, called to ordei by MiWilliam H B^rrj, and Col A W Jones waselected chairman, and Mi- Anthony Sehodersecretary

The call for the meeting, "ft &s xead hy thethat Seeretaiy, -svlien-1t-wssnio%ed-aiidsecond-ed the tiustees be empowpredto sellthe schoolpropeity kao"\vn as Jefieison and the Academyschools, wherenpoti 'Hi Hampton 'Cutfer, asPresident of the Board of TrusteeiTof theJ?lesbyterion church, made a formal "piotestagainst the disposal in any way, hy the School.Trustees,-;6f?*b.« rfe&I-estate: -itpoa'-'which t ieAcademy is situated, stating that the land

.-» as. the property of ffie Jtesbj-terian church,and that they had never parted with the titleand ownership of iihe* sfitnti. * -"AiLier* jpveralamendments and c'onsideiab'fe discussion tlie

addition to tie power to sell heretofore grant-ed, the trustees be authorized to mortgage orlease said property, as in their judgment mayseem best, and apply the funds for the uae ofthe district, which was passed. .

The Clerk of the Board then made a state-ment of the cost of the building and theground upon which it is located, showingthat about $25,060 had already been expend-ed, . leaving a. deficiency of about $60 over andabove the appropriation made at a previousmeeting.

Mr. W.-H. Berry stated that 82,300 more•would be necessary to complete the buildingthroughout, and put a proper fence around it...:' After.some further diseussioiu,. oil > motionthe meeting adjourned.^

We stated last/week.that Miss Lott; wouldbe the Vice Principalof ihe school, buias theSchool BeardonLSew .Brunswick, where slieis now . teaching, refused to release her fromher, engagement, she has: been comgelfed todecline the-position ;*her place is indstaccept-ably supplied by Miss Helen-Williams...... The corps,,of. teachers is. as. follows:

Principal, Henry,Anderson; Vice-Principal,Miss Helen Wiilianis; Intermediate Depart-ment, MissIiaura'Miller;- Principal PrimaryDepartment, Miss Katie Moore; Pirst Assist-ant, Miss Nellie Effisign;,; $nct Second; .assist-ant, Miss Ida Ayres. - "' •

The scholars assembled in. the new buildingon |Ipn<|ayi inorcjing, when.over 4W ~v,eie inattendance.

Personal* <r-,'-.r?-z •:•:-. -?';Major D. D. Wylie has been nominated by

Governor Bobinsbn and confirmed by theJjegtslatilxe as ConimiSsafy General"'!,,of 'Ord-nance for the State of New. York, vice Gen.Killbourn JCnox., .The Major was nominated-for the' same' position by Gov. Tilden sometime ago, but the Kejjublican Legifilature re-fused to confirm the nomination.

5Ias'tei"s Kearney and' Irwin Hance, Sons ofMr. George C. Hance, returned hist week toEacine; College,' Wiseonsinysfter spending' theholiday vacation at home* .

• Hon.' Ch'as. 'A. Caraptiell was appomtedChairman of the Committee on Agriculture•and'A'gric'riilturarSdileges, flnd a member ofthe Committee on Elections, at the organiza-tion of the Legislature.; !

EntertalnmeiLt at Perth, Anibay.The musical arid literary entertainment,

which will take place in the PresbyterianChurch, Perth Aniboy, on Tuesday evening,the 30fch inst, deserves the especial encour-agement of many ladies and gentleme'nTof thisplace. The object for. which the entertain,mentis given, and: the intrinsic merit of theentertainment itself, which, is pronised in theadvertisement found in another column, aresufficient to guarantee this encouragement,but if many of our.readers take into consid-eration the attendance from Perth Amboy toprevious entertainments given in this place,and especially the kindness of Miss Frazee atsuch entertainments, they will not hesitate togo in goodly numbera.

Mr. Henry A. Turneivson of Daniel C.Turner,^ lost an infant child on Sunday last.;The , funeral took place at residence of the.parents, East Woodbridge,. on Tuesday after-noon, Eev. J. M. McNulty officiating.

MAHBIIGE.—Mr. Henry D. Brewster, son ofMr. Ezra 31. Brewster was married yesterdayevening at Plainfield'to1 JVIiss Mamie E. San-ford of that place. They will please acceptour congratulations.

ME. MAWBEY.—Just as.we go topress we learn of the death of Mr. Henry M.Mawbey, -who has been seriously ill for sev-'eral months.

Bio$on,was.Jaidjeii the taislfijthe-ejerrla havingstated that the.power to sell l a 1 already been

LITEBABT AM> MtrsrcAL TEEAT.—The Young.

People's Mission. Band of the PresbyterianChurch, under the efficient supervision, ofMiss G. P. Prazee, •will give an entertainmentin the church on Tuesday evening next. Thevaried and interesting programme, as setforthiuan advertisement in another column,will attract a good audience, while the causein aid of which it is given appeals to the sym-pathies of all. We bespeak a large audience-for the young.people. , . , .

SEEIION TO YOUNG MEN.—Eev. Mr. Patter-

son, who, during the absence of Rev. AaronPeck, has preached in the Presbyterianchurch, delivered a sermon to young men onlast Sunday evening. This gentleman' is afluent speaker, <jn<i although but a short timein the city he has already attracted to himthe friendship of the large congregation he istemporarily the pastor of.

, A:Goop IDEA.—A petition to the CityGoun.-cil is being' circulated for signatures, request-ing that honorable body to refuse to grantany more licenses • at present, and to annulthose whose privileges have been openly vio-lated, by the holders trafficking iniliojuors on.the Sabbath. It is a move in the right direc-tion.; and many-- .influential., Residents :havasigned the paper.'

FLEE !—"The Pioneer" fire company, as- tlienew association styles itselfy ias .:;reques-tedthe Council to recognize it as part of the firedepartment of the city, but.'as the city has '•not yet a fire -Beporfmettf by 'Ordinance, the -matter was referred to the Committee on.Ordinances to.,decide upon what plan it sliould"be organized.

ICE BOATS.—A considerable number of iceyachts areiiibw luring-np along the shore thisside of t ie bridge awaiting another cold snapof several days to make, ice acrpss the IJari-tan. The ice below tlie bridge has entirely .disappeared from the river.

Amboy• tr?T ' '

Information for JBuiiders.Persons visiting Perth Amboy express sur-

prise at seeing the amount of building andimproving which has been and is now bemgdone in this'city. Mr.-"William Hall's hand-some new residence on Jefferson street is fastapproaching completion. Mr Charles Wal-ter's tfwellins* house on High street has beenfinished and occupied since cold weather be-gan, and Mr. Charles Keen's recent alterationsin his residence and adjoining building makea great impiovenient in the appearance of thenortheast corner of Market Square. Mr.Samuel G. GarretsoxC is .proceeding aa'^apidly

" as the, weather will permit with his house onRector street, while work on Mr. John G.Garretson's,thr,ee-,:stQry:vbrick stores on thesite of those burned down last November will^e \xefcantixtef(G6$..; as.. FSrljl: as*' 'indications"can contract forbetter building weather. Mr.Danjeli§el.oyer;&5ew''lj,ous£,.:-opposite the M.E Church, has been occupied since January .1st by Dr JBlaekwcll M.r_ John ;;Buchanan .lies just completed a commodious liverystable, on the turnpike road, which-,.is^ fittedup in modern stjle, with polished turnedposts, iron stall tofjs, 'all woodwork beingpainted 01 stained

Besides the \ho\ el there ha-i e been smallhouses erected in the sumirba, and there are .in tha uniaedlate prospective several large —buildings to be begun m the early spring,among which may bo mentioned a hotel by

. Mr;, Buchanan near his new stables, andbriekstores and dwellings by. Messrs. George H. "Coutts, William Haii'anct" Elam Sanford, onibe-ta}arfe.blo£kj£ii >Smith stgeefc. •« rrg- •

EASTOK & AMBOT COAI< DQCES.—The follow-

are tha ecfeiptsJoaiS shipicents fois "week 'end-_mg Jan. 2», JL87B' ! " tons- ewt.

Receded i *- ' 25,825.01Shipped lI,70aOn Hand " 125,-462.03 ,,

r.^-^Since-the city's:"appropria-tion for lighting the streets was exhaustedmany private citizens are bearing the expenseof lighting the-gasrnear their houses taj\ Sun-day nights, "for "tVie" benefit of'themselves andthe other churchgoers.

REMOVAL.—The families of Messrs.' Wm G.Thomas and. Win Bell have lately removed toNew York. Their,absence will be, sincerelyregretted by the many friends they have madeduring their residence in the city.

CHANGE of SERVICE.—Rev. A. R. Walker,

rector of the Episcopal Church, in considera-tion of.the dangerious walking, chsEnged thetime of service from 7:30 P. it . to 3 P. M. onlast Sabbath.

JtARITAN.

MUTUCHEX.

aoak. Edward S. Tail, Nicholas Williamson,M. D.. : • • • ' • . - "' '"•• • • • : • '

The Club will rent a. suite of rooms; saanwhich, .will be lighted and warmed and ogettat all hours for the accommodation of mem-bers. Books, pamphlets, periodicals andpapers will be supplied, and one evening oteach week will be set apart for a generalmeeting of the members.

Prof. Atherton announced that John B..Gougb.' would deliver a lecture in this city,.on Wednesday evening, February 28tb, theprofits therefrom to be devoted to- the fitting,up of the proposed rooms of the HistoricalClub. The subject of the lecfiure- and" plaee-of delivery has not yet been, agreed

K.—The fair in aid of St. Mary's (R. C)Church terminated in a manner highly satis-factory to the managers in spite of. the dulltimes.

4

A Capture.Samuel E. Stelle, of this township, wns the

loser by thieves one night of List week a num-ber of chickens, two -horse blankets, a ; robeand whip, besides some feed and oats. Chiefof Police Oliver of New Brunswick, to whomthis information was communicated, set aboutdiscovering the thieves., A clue was dis-covered on Sunday morning which led to thearrest of one John Dutchler at the old breweryin East New.Brunawick, and of Peter Sten-hover at his house in Guldin street. All thestolen articles, which were at the old breweryand in Guldin street, were recovered, JosephEngle was also arrested on a charge of receiv-ing some of the goods, knowing them to bestolen. He, with the others, was committedto await trial. - "'

Mr. Nathan JEJobips. with a fourrin-handor tandem is often seen on our streets ithiringthe fine sleigbing, as is also Mr. White, thelatter, however, only driving the four-in-^Eand;perhaps he thinks the tandem is a little toomuch of "a tft-tat-tde arrangement to suit him.

Sociables axe the leading events in societyhere; church' seciables, too. ' Just think otthat—shades of our ancestors ! They are car-ried on,'however," "'decently and in order;"and have been productive of much enjoymentand good feelin_f generally.

Rev. Mr. Mason, of Washington, who hasbeen occupying the pulpit of the Presbyter-ian church for some little time, is very muchliked, and may receive a call to that churchas its'permanentpastor: •'• ->-•:•-'

The great question of the day, "Have youbeen down ?"^6»t/ie-'iee/>we understand hasbeen aijsivered in the affirmative by^atrayeledM. D., a retired merchant and several others.

...Messr*. Ac.ken .and EdgaF;jhaye jdissolvedpartnership, Mr. Aeken retaining the, siore,and cay5ying;<m giBibtisij|esSi\jn;the buildingwhere the Post Office is located.

Mdie anon..;-". ,,::.;^ii; «,-.;:;!; I -Cknoiio.

Historical Club.At the anfiuat 'ilieetliig:

evening of last week the following officers

President Henry R. Baldwin, M. D. .. •"Vice-President—DaviS'TJJ'Semaresf :t>. D.

responding. .-_Secre.tary-^Prof^ , George

Recording Secretary—Charles H,

. Treasurer—Tie'JdorB'ife. ^erfs'dn? "'*' I !Executive Committee—Hon. Garnet B

Po^iai:Re5r.fd|i; A. BBarleap. Deshler, John P. Bab-

Officers Installed.The foil wing ofii-cers oi Fidelity Lodge,: No..

141, I. O. O. F., were installedevening of last week : ,

N . G : — C . E . D e y . ' " '" ''""•'"V . G . — ^ P . - D o c k . ;. •.;:-.; ..:; . .,.: :• ;Sep.—J. D:. Courier. . :. -.-.-,Tfeas. —G.'S." Courter, (P/'Cjl) '"''•"

^ Chapi^W, H. WiEiams;: 1 / :••--: .----^V.—P. M. Dey.Con.—N. B. Smock, (P.'G.) ' ' "B. S. N. G.—Thos. E.:Griggs. :-•: / . .

. L, S..N. G.—W. H. Petty. - ." ' • .E. S. V. G. R o b e r t Morrison.h- S.:V.:&.~-J.Ervin.= : /- :•-.-.,- ::, :.n 'R. S- -jj.—Wm. Bessifct.

"Li'S. S.— A. T. Bray." ' ' • ' "•"•-'-; O; iG.—3. C. Magee , ( E &<) .-.•-.• .-, ; ; !

L; G . — M a t Clar . ; , . , . . . .,,.,....-'The Lodge was, organized six years

and shows a remarkable record. Tiiere havebeen 98 members initiated; 9Q;: of: whom" are-in rtguhir standing - at present. Six.;, out ofseven.of the charter: members are membersat the present time. Two deaths. have only,oeeiirred in the Lodge siirfie' its brgaaiza'tion.Therij' was' a; balanbe t-o th'«! credit 'of the

. Lodge oa:January 1, 18^7, of :£2,508.::;.:i

SQU1HAjyiBOT.

A .NEW DKAMA.:—Prof.: Jas.. Corkery,: Princi-pal of, the Park public school, has, -written aplay, "entitled"''East and West," which wasperformed at Concert Hall on Tuesday even-ing for the first time, and repeated thefollow-ing evening. We notice, from" the' extract iathe New York Dramatic News\that the play isconsidered a success by experienced critics,and the two performances, although enactedby an- amateur company," evidence the factthat the play contains many points of excel-lence. Prof. Corkery has. alreadj7 won, an en-visjble reputation as a teacher, and-we.. con-gratulate him on his success in the new rote,of author. :

BUSINESS REVIVING.-^The steamer Berks,

belonging to the Reading Railroad Co., ai-rived at this port a short time^ago, and loadedwith 600 tons of hard ooal for Boston. Weunderstand that this is but the first of manyothers belonging to the same company thatwill yet come here to be loaded.

RECOVERING.—Louis Dill, the boy who washurt by the coal cars a few weeks ago, iasteadily improving, and no doubts are enter-tained of his complete recovery. :. ! •/

"'• •- - ^ - ^ «8-+-^-t-0j_i —— •' -

SOUTH RIVER.

DONATION.—The friends of Rev. H. D. Doo-

little, pastor of the Babtist Tabernacle church,will tender him a donation visit on next Wed-nesday evening, the ; 31st inst., at his resi-dence. All are cordially, invited to attend,and, as Mr. Dopiittie is very popular, not onlywith" the' congregation'of his' ciiiirch, butthroughput the .town, andivicinity^ we doubtnot but. that a large company will, assemble.

.—Hon.v Daniel (Z>, Martin, mem-ber of Assembly for this' district, was appoin-ted chairinancof the Ooniniittee on ReformSchool for Boys, and a member of the com-mittees on Commerce and Navigation, and onC o r p o r a t i o n s . , , , , . . ; . , : \ ;..-.«,•(•-.••.•;-•:;

dliddlesex Lodyti No. 90 I. O. O. F.The following offices of the above Lodge

were lately installed by Mr M ArRue, actingD D. G M , insisted by Past Giands Jaa.Walkei, E D Snedeker and A A Rue

N1 G-—Edward V WdkeleyV G — Altred ChamberlmPer See';—John Da\isTieas —SI A RueR S to N. G - A A. SueI S t o N i±—1> A GlajtonWarden—A S ColeCon, E D SnedekerR. S. S,—Jjohn Silvers..1 S S —A. Xi Evemliam0 G Barnes Walker1 G —Chas. EveirnngR S t o ¥ fi.-Wm V NuttOrganist—A A. Rue

THUHES —Jeremiah Hoose and CharlesMcBude were on Saturday committed to theCounty jail by Justice Mount, on a charge ofbreaking into and stealing from a store atobacco box, pipe and a book, the wholevalued at S1CL

DAYTON.

-Be^Mi enterprising carriage,manufacturer, has sold several sleighswinter As there is a prospect of muchsleighing for som-e tune to -eome, thosa resid-ing in the neighborhood would do .well jo, visithim before purchasing elsewhere

Diphflieria. of a malignant forn*. has mactesad Vi'orTr in the family "of Hi. PeaKce Ctoar^near Scott's Cornei, Foui ot the children,have already die 1, and the oiks* %hx<zzt havathe disease The pbyrasans' da not eatertaiamuch hopes-of their recovery..

CJne-ken thieve^, aie iuely in. this section,Mr. Thomns W. Seteack Mid te«one night l t k

SUPPOSE.

He. Suppose,Fadette, that I, instead of keepiagtryst

•Witt you to-night, bad staid away to doze,Or call upon Mies Brant, or play at wh i s t -

Suppose?

She. SupposeYou had ? Think yon I should have cared?

Indeed, . . - . - . - .Ain't you a bit conceited, don't take my rose,A gift to me. From-whom? Well—Joseph

Mead, -' • ' • • ' - • . - Suppose? :

H e . ' -•" '• '--; S u p p o s e - • • ' " • "

It is ? Then I'm.to understand, Fadette—If I must real your words as plainest

: - : j n r b s e — /• : / • . < • • : ' . - . ' . ' " , " ! ' . . . 7 - . *•_. •

My presence matters not "to you—and—yet,. . ' , •; '.' ' . . S u p p o s e — . • • • • ' • . • • • • • • • •

Bke. " " Suppose • •, •You ate to tmSerstand'.ine so ?' '! You're free ;

Do, if you wish ! And—oh ! the. river's••• ' f r o z e . ; '. • ' : '••-

What skating we shall, ba^ej.w e - - * • . . . .-. : . : . . - ~ _ : ' : • "• •--'••• :

'..'.': : '.' v. ..,• .:.That's-'Jose—•-•.-•:••:".'-:"--

Be. And JoseBe.hanged"! It seems/to. nte, Miss

that you- "Are actingTatherliglitly; rqijjor goes' ;,.

That he—but s ince! seem to bore.adieu !

He. S u p p o s e , v ;..::.": .• • -W e Bay g o o d - n i g h t . .••>••-

She. Good-night, sir, and good-bye !He. What does this msaii.Fadette ? Are you—She. ' • '"We'll close

"This scene at once. My words are plain, sir, ISuppose ?

He. ComposeYourself, Fadette.

She.-.: :-.',. • >.-;; :u"i% name,: sir, is Miss Lowe !He. Come, come, Fadette, do look Beyond

Your nose,, ,. , A n d - ^ - . - . ; • , - ; . , - . . 7 - ; ' • • . . " , : : . - . ?•?-•;;••,•; j r •.

She.:; I - • fHere's\yo-nifrin!g,isir/! i ' \ j ! HHe. , I receive it, though

Suppose—

She.- ••... •: •.... i . , • w. S u p p o s e . . . . . . . . , : . , . . • ;- .•

Y o u d o , s i r i ^ - y Q U - ^ T ' ::r:;~- :'.:- . s •-.•:.'•: . -• . . . :•

He. Enough, Miss Lowe. Farewell!'Tis best. I've been deceived in you, God

k l a o w s K - - - • . " - • • - - • ' • • • ' . • - ' . .

Coquette! a heartless flirt! a haughty belle:,-. . Who chose.-^ ; -; • - ; ..t

She, Suppose-—Oh !—oh! let's part as friends! I hate you: [

He. Fadette j why, sweet, in tears! Thissurely shows

You'll pardon me,: ab ru te ! -.-.' •She. And—3?rank—well ne'er

Suppose.—Scrlbner:

HIS HOEOE AWD BIJAH.

AN HOUE AT THE CENTRAL STATION COUBT.

Polities "bring changes. iThe fair-haired clerk will: have stepped downand out before another "Hour" is writ-ten, and a new hand will fate up hispen. If a niah* could only vote bothtickets, and hurrah; for' all candidates;he would be all right, but as he can't doit.the only wayjs. to be thankful,, forwhat office lie gets andget all the officeshe can. ... _. ... .. . ... . ..

Bijah felt sad at the. tho-ught.of .part-ing. . He said it was' a/burning; sharhethat .a. man almost six feet high: shouldbe turned out of .office', jft the, dead.pfwinter, and he advised the clerk topocket all the pens, take all "the pencils,and lug off the entire outfit of blankwarrants. "When answered by a sadshake of the head, he went across thestreet and bought some peppermintcandy and a pieee of mince pie/andwhile the clerk ate in sorrowful silencetie old janitor sang softly:

:"It's raff and tuff to see you go,My heart with grief is aching;

It's an awful thing to be turned out doorsWhen winter winds are shaking.

Chorus—Them I hope a job yon*lHindAnd they'll use you Mnd,And old fellow don't you mindThese hard times?'

His Honor-seemed t<5tea little "off"as he 'came in and took his seat, and thethree small boys packed behind thestove omitted their usual practice ofsticking pins into each other.

HE PROVED IT.

A lathy, round-shouldered man namedAbraham Dix came out with a prompt"not guilty" on the end of his tongue.

"Not:;guilty-.- of =what?"s-aek«d hisHonor.

"Of anything, sir. I'll defy any hu-maii'-being 4oipint-'outs" a:ciiaeaii:';abt'inmy life. I came to Michigan when itwas a howling wilderness, and I'vetended right, tp,..,busipess1i> eyer since.I've growed up here, and everybodyknows I'm XXX and as good as thewhaeat.;L i..*-! %-;l -jL V :# C l u l ^

"At eleven o'clock last night," mildlyremarked his Honor, "you halted onMonroe avenue, pulled off your coat andflung it down, slapped ybui*'Vesl on thewalk, rolled xzp your sleeves, and youwere about to attack a pedestrian whenthe officer intei-fered;'-'"it?s a plain storythe officer tells."

"Judge, were you ever vaccinated ?"asked Dis, while a grin spread all overh i s face. •_. . , -. : ••-.-,- - :

. "I have been." ."And do you remember how - the

blamed thing itched and burned andbuzzed till you almost yelled out ?"

The court nodded in a distant • man-ner. -., ';-.-.- .;-.,:-

"That's just what aped rae,"., con-tinued the prisoner. "This arm got toitching 'and taking, on, "till I-.got, myback up and was bound to geiniy nailson to that spot, if ,1 had to staiid ,in ijiystocking-feet."

"Can vou prove that.ybu have a vac-cination sore on your arm ?"

itCau Iprove i t ! Just hold on 1"His coat came off in a hufiy and up

went his shirt-sleeve, tflP a great! redspot as big as a California pear stoodout to view.

"Put on your coat and go," said ..thecourt, "and Abraham Dix made a crftick-ling" noise'iii "his throat sis'/he backedo u t . ' •"• ^ - - • - • ' • •- ' i ; : ' - ; v - l • • ' • - - - • ' • ' • • • - " • '

.. A FALLEN PBINCE,:- ..

"John Prince has. been sleeping incoal-sheds," said his Honor, as the nextprisoner appeared. -• . v • : •

"Yes, that's so," sighed the prisoner...."He-has no caslfc-Tno eredit at the

coitiier grocerj*—no "street car tickets-no home to goto."

"Purty. true, Judge^ypurty true,!' ,,""All of which, John Prince, meansthat you ;are:a vagrant." •,.,•; -';.*•

"That's What I "am: Ten gear's ago Iwas worth two million dollars, and wascalled thebiggest

"How did you lose your'great wealth ?"asked the court!

"Bet the;hull pile oaa dog•• fight, andmy dog sold me out!" was the earnestr e p l y ! ; ' ; . ' ; " : J - ; ' - ; .-;' ''•"•'.''- W > , - ' . : : ":'\ •;."..-:" ' ' :

"Well, the next dog fight you see willbe six rnontli's "ahead. In other wdrds,you are to be deposited for half a year."

"Witli a big dinner on Fourth of

"I can't say about that." }"I'm wiUing to go up," said the bank-

rupti "but I want aU the ;priyileges ac-corded to any other distinguished guest.I want a stem-winding watch, box-toedboots, standingcollars'atid ackiieVandif they undertake • to* boss me- aroundIII leave."..

'Tilfix that;" said the court, and'hewrote as follows and pinned to theprisoner's collar:

"Treat this man like a king, give hima front bedroom, quail on toast, ricepudding, champagne and Havana ci-gars, and have a waiter' bring" him thedaily paper on a silver salver.".... • ,' .... c

SHE WATTrED.SABAp. ,-. "

Mrs". Rockaway, a,. woman of-forty-five, was somewhat,embarrassed as shecame out, but after considerable cough-ing and gasping she managed to reachthe subject un*Jer discussion: and calledo u t : - - ; - f . , , . , : i .•:, •• ,•;: ; . i , ; -•••;.'; •. ; , , ; ' • ; : ?

"Not guilfy of being drunk, and Iwanfrto. see Sarah." :: •-•,-;.', :.:.:::::.:;:.-

"Do;you refer to Sai-ah^bgai1"1 askedt h e . c o u r t . ;... . . ,•-••_••*, - . - • • • - ..--.• : ~- ••

"No, sir; I refer to Sarah Van.""Ai i ' d w h e r e . i s ( S a r a h . V a n ? " -''••••' • ;

"Over in Windsor.". "I can't send for her, Mrs. JRockawa}'.There: is; no doubt that you -were "irj-toxicatecLv'and I:doai't see-^how: Sarahd a n h e l p y o t i ^ '••"'•' '•'' >:- : '>*'•'-'•• \ : • • ' . ' ^ "

.."But I . must see.::her, ..sir.••' Sarahknows -just how hard Ii work,1 arid-sheknows.Ineyer;^ot drank:inmy; We,'''•' The'office:r said'it:::was: the plainestcase he ever had, and,added that liebroke his suspenders while'-strugglingto get .the wflinan into, the station.... .

"I5id you ever read any' of Sarah'spoetry, ?",-spftly inquiredMra'.Eockawayofthecom-t. "She writes things, that.would make you weep like a child."

"I don't want to hear anything moreabout Sarah. I shall have to give youthirty days if you can't pay & fine."

"I'll pay, sir. TIL have to ask you towait for a day or two, but the money issure.""

Bijah was asked to.remove her, butshe didn'twantta ?go; jusk'jthert- .t .Sh$hung to the railing and asked that ti.small boy-be Sent /'aSset" Sarahjr SstSL *tdget her away the pjiito?" Vfjhisperje.d;. inher ear thrt he would lend her jnoneyto pay her fine. He de,cei,yed her,. uritilaftei1'court adjourned^ but she iia'd'herrevengeV A!s-lie' Was 'escorting"lier: tb"

the black maria,she got a chanceall overj ;in;,a-<moraenlj!buj;-,a learned-lawyer made a diagnosis and reported :"Badly Bcratcn'ed'aiia clawed—severelyberitj<tC)'. dtie fejifle^ciifiteafll ;e6iiflition.Patientis advised to keep his feet warm

There'S W-man kefi gfeat '*asL iiot tohave somelJittlenesB more, predominantthan all his greatness.. Our vices areouV tlup§s,"knd often Only the playiMMg'sof our vices.—Bulwer Lvtton.

THE OEPHEITS CLUB.

BX'MAX ADELER.

Nobody- ever knew precisely*--whosefault it was, but it caused a good dealof unpleasant feeling at the time. TheOrpheus Club had just been organized,

..and jt had met to have its' rehearsal..It began by trying to sing the Hallelu-jah Chorus! Now I know, of course,that some of the members couldn't singmuch, shd -when the "crowd firsfc startedin on theLchonis maybe.they really didmake a kind of an uproarious noise, butnobody will make me believe that itsounded Mkethe'shrieks and'groans"ofthe dying.- However, ;that was.: whatthe people outside said; and it happen-ed just about the time that .the Club"began to sirig, that Mrs. Dougherty, wholives on the first fldor of the building,opened her windows to let out thesmoke that was.caused by the chimneynot drawing. Several passers-by thoughtthe house was afire, and when the .Clubcommenced to howl they let on thatthey thought the family on the secondstory was being burned limb from limbby the cruel flames,.and were emittingfiendish and heart-rending yells in themidst of their suffering.- Anywaysomebody holloaed '"fire!" and 'thensomebody else started the alarm bell,and in a couple of minutes or so thefire company came tearing around thecorner, wild with anxiety to extinguishthe conflagration.

And the Club, all the time perfectlyunconscious of the excitement, keptright on upstairs there, screeching'outthe Hallelujah Chorus. So that by thetime the fireiflazi,:got the hos% screwedon the plugi there Swerejabdut eighthundred people in front of the housedemanding to know why somebodydidn't get a ladder and rescue', thosewretched victims from an awful death.And the. foreman of the company at lastgot so perfectly frantic about theagonizing screams of those roastingpeople, that he smashed in the frontdoor with an ;ax,. and.' Hashing in, car-ried Mrs. Dougherty down the steps,she screaming all the time with theimpression that the foreman was somekind of a robber who had come tosnatch her away from her home, andfly with her to some damp cave in themountains, so that he could marry her.

And when the President of the Or-pheus Club came to the window to seewhat was the matter, he had hardly gothis nose against the glass before a fire-man upon the ladder smashed the sashwith a spanner and turned in a two-inch stream, which washed the-"presi-dent across the";room. and.caused theother members to howl louder thanever. So, for awhile, it was mighty ex-citing, and at last when'the memberscame crowding down the stairs wdtthrough, but not a bit scorched, andmad as fury, the news gradually spreadthrough the crowd that there wasn't fafire alter all. Then after a bit theyshut off stea.ni on the.yengiap, and rolledup^their things "and. went home, all 'ex-cept the foreman,. who dodged downthe alley and took to the open countryclosely pursued- by" Mrs. Doughertywith a club, and bent, as she informedthe -bystanders: upon killing the manwho dragged hei iiom her home andhugged her while he earned hei downthe steps.

t ;The Orpheus Club piactices now outin« the woods.

•'. iCivii, EIGHTS IN S T .LOUIS —lileintopf,

the barber on Olive siaeet sajs the StLouis Times, has studied the civil lightsbill. I He was standing in the ±LOntpart of his barber shop j esterday, whena1 sprucely dressed daikej swiftening acane entered and remarked, "I want toget shaved1.1"'*" L

"Allright,"..• responded-Mr..rJpeintopf,"have you a"cup here?"

"No.'":""; ; ' '" -;'"- " " ' "— ; : - " ' - '"Can't shave you unless you have

your own cup,." -. -..;. *-•..-, -<.i--.;.j^ >•:"I'll buy one. Will you sell me one?""Certainly^ sifc"';; ¥;••- •f:i.J,'rI"How^much.is. it?"., .-•/ ..,.;•'"Five hurdred dollars."

.getting"Five hiiindred-dollari-' -"You mean to debar me,:-f;

s h a v e d ? " , ; ( : : - L ^ ; . - : ;,•> ••;••;; .......,-,••

"Dp you want a,, cup ?/' v , ..,."At that price ?'""Yes." " J " ' a ' 1 O l — ' ! 1 - K

"""No."""' :"Git, then^>i«.S'i;.iA:;;, S'u'i Jf>>.H| VKleintopl! assumed the attitude of "S,

"boss bouncer," 'dncl th& African' -vnStitthrough the door as if propelled froma catapult. , .

Col. Higginson.-. says ;wi%t.ig.,'caljl:ed'"society" in America lias less influencethan pwjpie iii&ginel- Wife finest *fady:ma Newport season is of less account thana good sehoolmarm.

AN IMJIBET OF GEJf.••••' ; N I L E T R I P .

As an.instance;of the dre^d.inspiredby i ie authorities,,I.will mention a?cir-cumstance that oeeured to us,. BetweenG-ebel el Tayr and Minieh we'were sail-ing rapidly, with a strong north windthat made the river very, rough, whenAohmet called me to the deck.. Theriver in front was covered with nativevessels, and some four or five .hundredyards ahead was a group floating downthe river, standing on and clinging tosomething just below the surface. Assome native boats were close to thosepeople, and heading towards them, wedid not doubt that they would relievethem, when, to ovir surprise and horror,they passed on without an effort to aidthem, and the poor wretches floated2>ast, shrieking and imploring help. Ofcourse, we at once let go the sheet, andsent our sandal after the drowning men.Our sandal, and that of the ."Zarifa"succeeded in rescuing all, after theyhad floated down about a mile father,and we soon had them on board. Therewere thirteen, of various colors andconditions—among them a. wpman. —They had be,en three hours in the wa-ter, and were nearly dead with coldand fright, From all that we couldlearn, more than that number perishedbefore we saw them, -Some, of themwere merchants PU royi". to Cairo tomake-purchases, and, in their alarm,had thrown away considerable sums ofmony. Our sailors were very promptin saving them, and, when we had themon board, were as kind as possible ingiving them food; drying their clothes,etc, Scores of native boats must havepassed close by them without an at-tempt at rescue. Soon after they w^resafely on our boat, Achnset told me thatthe crew were anxious that I shouldshield them from, any harm tor theirgood action. Naturally, I was aston-ished, when ft at length appeared thatthe cause of apprehension was thesame that had prevented the nativeboats from rendering assistance. Itwas the fear that, had any perished, allwho took part in the deliverance wouldbe thrown into prison as witnesses ;and once get a man into prison, nomatter for what cause, his chances ofegress are faint indeed. The fear ofthe authorities is so great, that thesenaturally kind-hearted men will see afellow-creature die rather than incurthe risk of saving him. It appearedthat the woman.had been to Minieh tovisit her son, a mere lad, who was inprison. Her story was, that the shiekof her village had given him some or-der which he had forgotten to execute,•whereupon, and the readiest method ofimproving his memory for the future,the sheik choked him until he fellsenseless. Therefore, his numerousbrothers and sisters thinking him dead,howled as Orientals only can; so, byway of "teaching the family not to makea fuss about trifles, the sheik sent theboy to prison for two months. Whenthe Governor of Minieh called in theevening, and expressed his thanks'forthe rescue of the people, I asked" thefavor of the boy's release, provided themother's story were true Next day hewas released, and I was informed thathis sentence of 'two months1 imprison-ment had been for fpigning death!—•Scribnerfor January.

The Scotch student has small rever-ence for his examination, as witness thefollowing answers in an examination for,admission $o the medical session of theEdinburgh University: "What is meantby the antiquity of man?" Answer: "Thewickedness of m m " "The letters ofJunms?"' '"Letters written in the. monthof June."'. "The Crusades?" "A, waragainst the Eoman Catholics dfriEg thelast century." The first meridian ?""The first hour of the day." "To speakironically ?" "TQ speak about iron.""A Gordian knot?" "The arms of theGordon family." "'-The Star Chamber?""Plaee for viewing the star '' ''To sit onthe woolsack ?"' '"To be seated on a s^ckof wool." "A solecism ?" "A book pnthe sun." "The year of jubilee?""Leap-year." The last answer emanatedfrom one of the female medical student^.

*Jfo MOKE "WAITED:—The Boston

Transcript says: The Superintendentof one of "the Sunday schoolsin a^eigh-boring town was addressing '"the chil-dren on a recent occasion concerningtne coming Christmas festival, andasked all the children vrtto desired aChristmas tree to'hblfl up then- hands:The display o'f bands seemed ' to * be'general, but a little four yearJolder didnot Taise his. _ On being asked why "he-did not he replied, in a melancholytone, "I don't want any more mugs ; Igot twoiast year."

A MAN OP MAEK

Mark Twain is now the literary andsocial lion. of Hartford; and if ever anauthor received acknowledgements offavor and certain indications of honorhe has and does daily. Like every onewhose reputation dosen't depend uponclothes, he can violate the behests offashion with impunity. The other dayI saw him crossing the street with awhite straw hat on and a clay,' pipe inhis mouth. iPeople stopped !.fo look at.him, but.ifc wasn't "beaanse , of.,the -..soli-tary, straw hat, but because the manwas Mark Twain. He.is the victim of"an amount of street staring whichwould be very unpleasant if he were atall concious of it. The demands madeupon his time are "\ ery great. If thereis a charity fair ho is surely asked toattend and auction of some of the ar-ticles, and if he does so the fair is a.success. Last fall there was to. be apolitical meeting, andhe was asked topreside. When he got to the hall hefound it so crowded that another per-son could not be jammed in, but after-he ended his delic^ously funny cam-paign speech there was room enough.If there is a piano or library to be ad-ded to the furniture of a Sunday schoolhe is wanted to read the "Jumping,Frog" and "iiembratibus Croup," and:if he consents ta do sq it is safe to or-der the: :piano.:at,. once- and .when theAmateur .Theatrical^Society, which'.is afashionable affair; and owns a: privatehall, gave a' farce last winter he wasasked and" took the loading part—itwas in aid of some charity—and wagobliged' to repeat it, the following weekfor the benefit of those who could notget into the cro svdedhall the first nightThe invitations he receives for the re-ceptions,-parties and; other social gath-erings are innumerable.

This is" tne man who,'a few years ago.was'a hardworking reporter for the Pa-cific slope newspapers. His career,probably, so far as fame and fortuneare concerned, has been the most suc-cessful of any author of recent years.He is now a rich m'aii, aside from tht-handsome portion of Ms wit's. His for-tune and his fame rest on the "Inno-cents Abroad," and it was this Which.brought him to Hartford; and yet.strange as it may seem, his publishershere were at the point of declining the-letters. One of the members of thepublishing company, however, had faitliin them, and informed the other direc-tors that he should publish them at his.own risk if the company did not wantthem, and so consent was reluctantlygiven by the directors for their publica-tion. The result wa_s, perhaps, the.largest sale by subscription of any bookever published."' ThWe; is1 ar steady salefor it even to this day. "Boughing It"Wasn't a great success, but his last—"Tom Sawyer"—is selling well,althoughthe best judges think its sale would belarger were it not sold by subscription.•—Hartford Cor. of Graphic.

THE UKGEATEEUL GOAT.—Saturday,

three or fom- boys clubbed togetherand stole1 a goat belonging to a man onPark place. William is noted all thro'that neighborhood as being a directdescenaant of the wickedest goat whichever walked on four legs. He soongave the "thieves to understand thatthey had better try to steal a buzz-sawin motion, and being unable to handlehim, they tied him in an alley behind ablock of stores on Grand River avenue.After an hour or so a grocery clerkwith fed hair and a big heart happenedto look out of the back window anddiscovered William stamping aroundand shaking with the cold. ' . .

"That's a pretty * trick, that is," saidthe clerk as he opened the door. "Somethief has tied him' here to wait fordarkness."

His big'heart prompted him to ad-vance *and untie the poor animal. Hewalked around Mm to look for marksof ownership, and was about to takea close view of • the goat's ears, when"William doubled up like a- jack-knife,shot forward, and lie knocked that clerkfourteen feet to an inch.' It seemed tothe clerk, as;he lay stretched out in thealley, "that time enough passe'd beforehe recovered Msbre&th for the Presi-dential question to be fully settled, thenew loan-all'-taken up,-fit.' Patrick'sDay fej arrive-' and -depart, and Christ-mas, 187l[ to arrive; 'btit» in reality"it-was ''only one minute and thirty-fiveseconds.

He got up and began'heaving barrelsat ' the- tefld-eyed1 assassin, &nd this ishow a policeman came'fc make-threatg,why -a-"'crowd collected^ 'why*- a clerkswore 'loudly and roudly, and why ago'at ^walked'pff on bis elbow down thealley, looking back now and then tosee if anjbody wanted anything ofhim. • • ' • • • •

LATE TO CHITSCH.

Along the road, on-either side.The elder boughs are budding,

T i e meadow lands a rosy tideOf clover bloom is flooding ;

The sunny landscape is so fair,So sweet the blossom-scented air.And when I -went to church to-dayI could but choose the longest way.

X/ond sang the bobolinks, and roundThe milkweed flowers the bees were

humming ;I sauntered on, but.soon I found

Behind me there was some one coming.I did not turn my head to see,And yet I knew who followed meBefore Tom called xne, "Kitty, stay,And let me share with you the. way !"

We did not mind our steps grow slow,'Or notice when the bell stopped ringing,

Or think of being late; but lo !"When we had reached the church the

singingWas over and the prayer was done,The sermon fairly was begun IShould we go in, should we stay out,Press boldly on or turn about ?

Tom led the way, and up the aisleI followed—all around were staring—

And here and there I caught a smile;I tried to think I was not caring;

And yet I blushed, I know, and showedA face that like a poppy glowed,For every one seemed saying, "Kate,•We all know why you are so late !"

Another, Sunday, come what will,I mean to be at church in season;

But to regret this morning, stillI trust I never shall have reason;

For should I "wear a wedding dressA year, from now, perhapsyou'U guearfWhat Tom said to me when to-dayWe walked to church the longest way.

TEE TRIAL OP A COEKET PLAYEE.

The trial of an amateur cornet play-er named Montrose, on a charge of dis-rurbing tlie public peace, is reported inthe Virginia City Chronicle. Mrs. John-son, his landlady, testified that when hecame to her house it was full of boar-ders, but that many of them left at thetad of a week because they had notslept •well. A boarder swore that Mout-xose played at all hours of the night,that he couldn't play more than threeconsecutive notes without stopping totake breath, and that his performancewas of a nature sufficiently excruci-ating to drive an ordinary man in-sane. A man who had lived twoblocks away testified that he had oncegot out of bed, supposing that the noisewas made by a cow that he had lost afew days before. A second boarderdidn't like the music, and Lad frequent-ly gone up in tliP fanon and Rkl downin an old tunnel to get some sleep. Hewas of the opinion tlut a man Irving inthe next block would have no groundsfor complaint provided he stuftedenough cotton in his ears to shut outthe sound.

"How much cotton would be neces-sary tO aCCOlilpLaL tlutl icbull*." I.llefrcLe'juting attorney asked.

"I thinl; an ordinary bale of NewOrleans cotton, XX yiij^n, insist la.,i *.<•man two weeks—if hi5- fvc*. •»fvo large,like yours, it mierht take more," was thereply.

An old man put on the stand lor thedefense, said that the bound of the cor-act lulicJ him t > -leep. In cross-exam-ination, however, the opposing lawyerwhistled "Beautiful Blue Danube," andthe witness swore an oath that in hisopinion it was "Yankee Doodle." Theonly other witness for Montrose hadnever been disturbed by the cornet, al-though he slept in thejiest room; butthe fact came out that he was too deafto hear anything fainter than a stospnwhistle. Montrose was fined $10.

T H K .ESTHETICS <„*• E A T I N G . — I t is a

grave error , and an, ungrateful deedto swallow well cooked, palatable • foodat such a pace as to prevent your get-ting the full amount of pleasure -©ufo ojEthe act of eating, and .which readersyou indifferent to your cook's skill.TLera are some supremely virtuoua"be-ings- who1 poffldemn epicurism as some-thing horrible, and as* likely, to lead tomurder, petty larceny, and, other o1?rjeetionable crimes;. but, good . souls,they often confound refinement ,• anddiseriroiaation in feeding with gluttpny,-and in their desire to avoidithk, anfl.set a,high example of iadifigrencej tothe fleshy adopt a scornful regard ofwhat and how they-eat-and drink; andpretending to be abpve such mundaneconsiderations, .bring themselves, to &chronic, state.rof ill health, which, ittakes years of strict regimen to recoverfrom. No ; .you must •linger over thetaste of your food as you linger overthe smell of a flower. Nature demandsof you this concession to health, and,

• there can be nothing more sinful in in-dulgirjg the sense* of taste than thesense of smell.

•Two EUSSIAN BOKKOWBKS.—It i s t he

•fashion in Paris now to tell Russianstories, and particularly stories aboutthe Bussian princes that live habituallyin France. Two have just beenpublished that are worth repeating.The Bussian princes in Paris are all menof large incomes, but generally spend-thrifts. One of them borrowed the sumof 10,000 francs from a money-lender,giving his note for the same. On theday it fell due the. holder presented itfor payment, and wns told by the princethat he had no money to waste in pay-ing debts. At that moment a gentle-man entertd, and the prince handedhim 20,000 francs to meet the losses ofthe night before at the club. The bank-er tore up his note of hand, and said,when going out, "Now, Prince, there isnothing between us but a debt ofhonor." The prince bowed and hand-ed over the money without a word.The second story begins in the sameway, but when the money-lender pre-sented his note the Prince flew in apassion,- called him hard names, and,drawing a revolver, made him eat thenote of hand. A few days later thebroker received his money, with a thou-sand franc bill thrown in for interest.Shortly afterwards the broker receiveda letter from'the Prince telling him thathe was again in want of money, andtelling him to present himself with 10,-000 francs and stamped paper uponwhich * to write his infernal notes ofhand. "The broker came with themoney. ' "Where is your paper for thenotes!" he said, taking the money."Here it is. Prince," said the money-lender, drawing a large cake of ginger-bread from his pocket. The Princelaughed at the joke, and shortly after-wards paid the debt' with interest.

- THE CIGAK TKADE.—For the past yeardruggists of Detroit hare been sailingiritro* cheap cigars in a way to amazeeverybody but owners of cabbag« gar-dens. ' 16 was thought a pretty goodthing when "a genuine Havana" wasoffered for five cents, but smokers hadnot puffed twice before another drugg-ist offered three for ten cents. Fromthat' day to this the price of cigars hasbeen going down, until the cry of boys'''Six fine Havanas for five cents!" as-tonishes'no one. A Woodward avenuedruggist saw that figure yesterday anddiscounted it. He hung up a sign of:"Twelve good cigars for ten cents.''It caught the eye of a young farmerwho had two dressed hogs on Ms sleigh,and he hitched his team and went. in.He looked at the cigars, shook his headand .sorrowfully said:

"I can beat that figure further downtov. n. Man down there offered me 15for ten cents."

•'He did, eh ?" answered the druggist."That is two-thircla of a cent for acigar. I don't see how he does itbut I want to extend my trade, and I'lldc Letter. I'll give you seventeen cigarstVir tin cents. That's only ten-seven-teenths of a cent apiece, and is closefiguring."

"Say eighteen cigars for ten centsami T11 takf "era," said thtt farmer.

"Well, all right, but I don't makemuch at that figure. That's only rive-ninths of a cent apiece, and the stockcosts four-ninths. Of course, it's betterto make one-ninth of a cent than notto sell, and I want to give those down-town chaps to understand they can'tcontrol this market."

AD VER TISEMENTB.

DISTRACTED OF COMMON S E N S E . —

Congressman Lamar relates the follow-ing in' his law practice i Sally Saxewas his' witness and the other side un-dertook to discredit her testimony.Bill Jenkins was called for this purposeand being placed upon (he stand, wasasked what Sally Saxe's reputation wasas a woman' of truth aflel veracity."Well;" said the witness, "I reckon itabctat foWyenr ago—" "Hold on," saidthe counsel,' "we don't want to knowanything about her, but simply wethersnefel'ftuth'fui' of not—would people*believe"what she says?'"'The witnessma8e"severar'irieffectual attempts to tellhis story; and at length in 'desperationexcl&inieci: 1<4:WeH, aH lean say is thatshe isicEsfc?a'dfced of common sense and

is gmf£y"of 'fits.1'^-<~ffl»-» - »

A lawyer pj a large down-town build-ing -posted the following notice on thedoor of his office a day or two ago:"Boy wanted—One.w,ho is not collect-ing, postage stamps preferred. Appli-cants must furnish his own cigarettes,and come prepared to suffer interrupt-tion if he reads popular literature. Hemust not lose more than one relative aweek must be well rested, must notpractice hockey in business hours, andneed not use the word 'we' when speak-ing of the business of the firm." ,

THOMAS MACAN,I'BACnCAl

HOIJSB, SIGN AND DECORATIVE

•.,:•"•. P A I N T E R ,S M I T KE 13 T :R, "X1,

PERTH AMBOT, If. J.

PAPER HANGING, GLAZING,, -ASB GILDING ON GLASS.

GRAINING, "MABBLTSO, E T C . , JX ALL ITS

WAILS (AND,. CBEUNGS KALSOMINED.

PANELINGS in "Woods, Marbles andF r e s c o . •'• : ""

y , . , OIIJsS, GLASS,

Etc., furnished ,to th.9 Trade at .Wholesale Prices.

*TPHE'PACKER HOUSE,

PERTH AMBOY,

JOHN I. SUTPHEIT,Proprietor.

WitH the entire renovation of the old hotelbuilding, corner of High and Smith streets,the: proprietor offers first-class accommoda-tions to permanent boarders or transient-guests. ••The house is well furnished through-out and every attention will .be paid to thecomfort of guests. " ' •

;Good stable accommodations. • ••

JOHN I. SUTPHEN.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

"WILLIAM P. DALLY,

MARBLE WORKS

Fayette St., Perth Amboy.

American and Foreign

MARBLE MANTELS,

MONUMENTS,

HEADSTONES.

Cabinet and Plumbing Work.

T H I N G OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

g^SCULPTUKE & MODELING-^

ORDERS EXECUTED

AND DESIGNS FURNISHED.

Secretary of the Alpine Cemetery Associa-

tion.

ASONIC HALL

MEAT MARKET,

I). W. Brown, Proprietor,

On and after this date the prices of meat at tliia

Marfcet will be as follows .

Sirloin Steak, -Porter House Steak,Bound Steak, -Chuck Steak,Prime Rib Roast,Ghuck Boast,P ot Roast,Stew Meat;Plates, -Corned Beef,Mutton, -Mutton Chops.

20- 22

14- 12

18- 12

10 to 14- 10 to 12

8 to 10- 8 to 16

10 to 16- 20

-ill OtJicr Cuts at Corre#i>andingly JAHV JPritret-

To Cash, or Promjt Monthly Custom.

Wuodbndge, N. J.. April 11, 1876.

T>AETTAN BAT SEMINARY.

PERTH AMBOY, N. J..

THE MISSES Slisiisa's

Boarding and Day SchoolPor Young Ladies iin,& Children.

Teacher of Languages,

MLLE. FINKELSTEIN.

Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music.

PBOPESSOB DAUM.

/-1HABLES EATJTENBERG,

WATCHMAKEB AND JEWE1EE,(Established in New York City in 1852.)

REPAIRING DOKE,With Professional skill ana care,

AT PvBASONAJBLE PBICES

./7J W. BABEL,THE WELL-KNOWN

RAHWAY CLOTHIER,Woiild call your attention to. his

New Styles of GarmentsSELLING AT

VEBT'LOW PBICES.FINE ' AXD ALL-WOOL BUSINESS SUITS,• At'$8; $9, S10, $12, $13, $15, §17, and up.

ELEGANT DEESS SUITS,At $14, $17, $20, $22, $23, $25, $28, and up.

: CASSIMEBE SOLD BY THE YAKD,From 25c., 30c, 50c, 80c, andup.

ALL READTt-MADE CLOTHING,.Will be sold Cheaper than in Large Cities.

CABPETS, 24o. ana 50o. per yard..MATTING, 25c, per yard.HATS, $1 and up.

SATCHELS, TBUNKS, TBATELING EAGS,tJllBRELLAS, Etc., sold at lowest prices.

.' Agent for the Celebmted

"HOME" SEWING MACHINE..A.t, O:*WV .BSOoel's,

NO. 30 MAES STEEET. KAHWAY, ST. J'

JXAH WAT '••'••'•'••

LIME

Farmers and Masons supplied' -with

OF SUPERIOR QUALITY,

""''• AND CORRECT MEASURE,

/.:•• By t i e BUSHEL OR;BAKKE£.. at.

HAIPTOUCUTTEE'SKILISMAHWAT POMT, W-. J.

E. C POTTER, Agent

; - - V: AGENCY OF '

THOMNM& WEAVER,• ••••- E X C H A N G E B I E L D I N G >

Rooms 2 aad 3, opp. Depot, KAHWAY, N. J.

POLICIES

Of the following strong and tried Companies,issued upon all kinds of BUILDINGS, FUR-NITURE, and other PEBSONAI PROPERTY:

ASSETS.Continental, New York $2,800,000Niagara, " 1,473,241Agricultural, " 1,058,040Northern, " 334,152American Central, Si. Louis 1,375,000Meriden, of Meriden, Ct 335,035

A1BO, AGENTS EOK THE

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

of New York. Assets nearly

EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS.

•' Quite eclipses the more conservative period-icals of the day."—Boston (J&ss.) Journal.

THEMEETS THE .WANTS OF EYERY

MEMBER OP THE FAMILY.

I t has always something fresh and new tooffer. Each number is a pleasant surprise toits readers.

Ouir'aHest statesmen write for the Galaxy.Its monthly Scientific Miscellany is the best

published.I t l&s charming Sketches of Life and Ad-

venturer by such popular writers as GeneralOuster.

I t hate Serial Stories by brilliant novelists,such as Mrs. Annie Edwards, De Eoresi, andMcCarthy. "

It has*charming snort stories.I t is a blessing to any family. .

NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE

PBICE, 35~CEXT8 TER MTMBJSR.

SCISSCEEPTIOS PEICE, - - - Si PEE YKAK.

We Prepay Hie Pontage.

* S&id for'a Prospectus.

SHELDON &, COMPANY, New York.

AD VERTISEMENTS.

fi£r Subscriptions received at tljfl ofliee ofthe INDEPENDENT HOUE. Price, S3.20 'peryear—20 per cent below regular subscription.

TG®ANK " 4PUBMCATI0NS,

LADIES1 MAGAZINE, Monthly.PLEASANT HOURS,-POPULAR MONTHLY, "' ' ' 'CHIMNEY CORNER, /^ WeeklyrLLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER,YOUNG- AMERICAN. „,BUDGET OF FUN, -BOYS' AND GIRLS* WEEKLY.

Subscriptions received at the office oi

•THE INDEPENDENT HOUR"

JJAMPTON CUTTER & SONS.

CLAY.MERCHANTS.-WOODBRIDGE, X. 3.

B. DUNHAM,.

(SVCCESJSOB TO.Woob

•••.... MANUFACTURES OT

Mrst-Class CarriagesAND

i-JGHHT WAGONS,'•'•',' ' '•". - tSD DEA1EB IK ~ "

Carriages,and WagonsOF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

- . ' • • • AU3O i>EAXtEIt I N

Carriage Materials,84 IRVING ST., OPP, PENN. R. E. DEPOT.

K A H W A Y , 3ST. J .Having secured the premises heretofore oc-

cupied by WJL H. FLATT,. as a -,

CARRIAGE REPOSITORY,arid having enlarged and fitted : up the sametor a manufactory, I have now faculties that^ unsurpassed for ; the . production of fine

Also, special facilities in the

Department, for good and prompt work atreasonable rates. ..,.*...

: ' • » . B. DUNHAM,'84 Irving Btreet, Rahway.

JT L- SHELDON. ;

TO ORDER

• .AIw.aysi.on hand a stock "of goods suitablefor fine ..,., ; . . . . , - . .

CUSTOM CLOTHINGnot to be excelled in Style and Workmanship,and at prices much Below larger eities forsame class of goods. All'-wishing- ;': ; •"• -'

" FIRSTS-CLASSsG4M>I>S

will find it to their advantage to give us a calL

RailroadOver Hum's News;Depatr::RifcHWAY,;N.:'J.

p E._REUCE:, •'

(Successor to A. WHITE & SON)

21 AND 23 CHEEEY STEEET,

RAHWAY, N. J.

^Prepared to furnish

SOIREES, SUPPERS, WEDDINGS, i c .

•with everything necessary to make an enter-tertainment complete.

Ice Cream and Ices,of every variety, Charlotte Rnsse, Charlotte deGothieMermgues, Grand do., a la Creine do.,Calves Foot Jelly, Wine do., Orange do..Blanc Mange, Velvet Creme do., in forms,Larded Game, Game Pies, a la mode Beef.Jellied Ham and Tongues, Boned TurkeyiChicken and Lobster Salad.

MJUSOTACrtJRER COF

PURE CAND.T.1AJBZ.E

Nuga, 5Iuga do., oranges, Macaroons, Kisses,Fruits and Flowers.

OYSTEKS IS EVERY STYEB, SASDWI0HES, &cBRIDE CAKE

handsomely ornamented. _A1EO, all lands ofPlain and Fancy Cake made to order.

OBISGING WAITERS

supplied, and Music, Eoqueta of Flowers, andeverything needed to complete the table.

Parties at a distance attended to.

EYEB

JAESIAGES AKD-LIGHt WA60HH,(Opposite the rear of Chamberlin's HTetel,')

CAMPBELL ST;, RAHWAY, N. -J.

£S~ Repairing neatly executed.

Q W: BOYNTON & CO.;

. . i ' •

MANIIFACfUEEES AHD

IN

>i. c, CTTTBE. y. H. OOTTBIS

FITRIFIJBB

A8D

FARM DEAIN TILE,

WOODEMIDGE, N, -/,S

TEKM8 OP SUBSCBIPTIGH:

SPer Week 5 Gents•Per Month 2O Cents.Per Annum. $2.00, in Advance

.&.. W. JONES. Editor and Manager.

W03SB3ID&3, TEUBSDAY.JAN. 25, 1877.

"THE SENATORIAL AGONY.The Senatorial contest, which result-

i ed yesterday in the election of Hon..John B. McPherson to succeed Hon. F.T. firelinghuyseh in the United StatesSenate, was not a short, but certainly-a

•. sharp- and decisive one. The real bat-: tie -was fought in the democratic caucus'. on Monday night last, and the ballottirigin the two Houses on Tuesday, and the•final election in joint session yesterday,•were .simply finishing touches to the, previous conflict. Let us not stop to: suriaise how: the thing was done onMonday evening-, or previous thereto,but. let.-us; rather give thanks that the

. agony is over; and draw consolationfrom 'the fact that while some win

i others must: lose. ' . ;

The- result inust certainly be satis-i factory to Hudson county, for it now. furnishes for the State of New Jersey,: the Governor, a United States- Senator,the. President of 'the Senate and Speaker

• of' the Souse, to say nothing of a num-. b'er' of smallrfry officials scattered around^generally. .

; I t certainly must be satisfactory to.Mr.: McPherson's friends, for,' whileitheynlay not have! "moved Heaven andearth" to accomplish 'their ends; they

; certainly brought every other; available•resource,to heir upon theissueT % -

Although the'contest was the most.<determined; that has been fought in.. New- Jersey 'for many ; years'andirt•,mimy: respects calculated- to engenderibitter personal- feelin'g, -yet it -wiis a. family fig]it,aDd;)w-e hope' that• all' par-ities-retired fronivthe field without anyii'evengek.to gratify: Of "course in: &•

• contest like this there are" always a-few; m©e iscbundfels found out, than werebefore known, ,and .while neither candi-:

< datfelidr any true friend of either candi-> date, should stoop to rwreak his ven-jgeaHceoxpon such creatures, yet theyiShould,be:suffieiently marked as to be..known-hereafter. . •

While MePheEson,] like another Mac-of Scottish'fame, .standsjif not upon his;native heatlvat least upon the vic-torious field, .,-with Ms clansmen aroundhim yet Judge Green and his true.friends have nothing to regret in th&• contest, except the defeat, and can re-tire, though .vanquished, without a

.single stain, even to the extent of a

.suspicion, .attaching to their skirts.

.This race has.resulted in, the flection-oi Hon. John E. McPherson to theUnited States Senate, and has likewise,1'ssulted .in giving ,to Hon. Ashbel.Green high esteeni and commandingposition vnth the democracy and peopleiof New Jerse}'.

Foi\the hr&t time since the dari days•of the rebfellion New Jersey has a solid.democratic representation upoa the-floor of the United States Senate, and.may the feeling of just pride entertained'by the democratic party and the <j>eo-jple.of the State, for the ability and effi-ciency of their present Senator, Hon."HJheodore F. .Randolph, be equallysmeritcd by the Senator elect.

SHE .SCHOOL PBOPESTY <aUE3TIG3L,'2iie -jmtilie notice and protest, over tbx.

s3gisa,tures,of the Trastoes of the First Pres-byfestan Church, which svill he icrend on an-other jsage, .need not ,prsduee any unneces-sary sjaeculatioE, Or any- undue feeling or ex-citeia-SBJi't in our eonmmnifcf. Indeed, we ex-press £\*e sincere hope that whatever may bethe. wj&aes of interested or disinterested par-fies ia ISM pmattej:, they will Soot at tlje ques-tion.'as it really exists, and. not with a .dispo-sition to emg&nd.e>v ,bad feeling- "

Tie qsiestion of title, which is1'involved'in,the issue Is not a new one, Ixoi it has notbeen necessary heretofore to take the stepswhich are now Tseing 'taken.' The Trustees ofthe JFirst Presbyterian <5hurch. feed it 'theirduty to groteci ss'hat they believe to "be theproperty of the church, &nd if they were tedo less than this they would be'mifiuthful-stewards, certainly in a moral joint' o£ view,.And might by such official laches lay them•Helves individually responsible.

If' the School Trustees, after an iavesHga-'tiffa of the case, feel that there is no title inthe Trustees of the Cbiftch to the property inquestion, then it is iikewihe their duty, to-protect the interests of tie School District.

The whole question is one simply cf law,sand wliile it may be settled, and we beb eve.qan be, v.-ithout going into court, yet inBeitlier tsy^nt is it a subject of local contro-•j-ersy wliieli should engender bad feeling, ordisturb tka quiet of our community. Wemaj take occasion at some future tiine to sayrnors upon thfesubject.af.ter being in full in-formation of 0g the.resord facts ;in the case,in -wliicb. event sfa shall studiously a\oid giv-ing offense to anyone,, and Buall earefally ob-serve the faeis and not the speculations whichmay surround

WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON, JAN. 22,1877.

THE ELECTORAL

Extraordinary efforts are making bySenators Morton and Sherman andGeneral Gar field to secure votes enoughin the Senate to defeat the Electoralbill. Senator Blaine, who arrived yes-terday, has been under a heavy pres-sure ever since "to induce himto:casthis influence against it. All the pettyand large jealousies among republicanSenators are stirred up and utilized tofoment division and disagreement. .

A. good deal of unfavorable commenthas been caused by the bitter opposi-tion of the .Columbus Stale Journal,Governor Hayes' organ, torthe bill. . Itis said by prominent republicans to bea gz-ave blunder of the Governor to al-low himself thus to appear as; takingsides about the. matter. . . ......

There is no longer any.doupt that theopponents of the bill will make a strongeffort in the Senate to defeat it. Messrs.Morton and Sherman are said to counton the votes of nearly all the. Southernrepublican Senators to help them. Howfar they have succeeded in committingrthem is not yet known, but the voice of-the country begins, to be heard veryplainly and, urgently.-down here bySenators and Representatives of bothparties, and the almost universal demand,for the adoption of the bill, as a fiiirrandhonest settlement, has a powerful effect:upon them. The extreme men of both,aides grumble and threaten opposition,but the moderate men say anything isOoetter, than anew, war; that ...this billproposes a fair way of deciding the dis-pute, and that wjioeyer oppose? it plainlydoes npt believe his: side to. have-a., casestrong.enpugh-to bear, scrutiny..... It.is

-evident t tat th^..absolute iairness.o.f theproposed committee is what., makes itmoat distasteful to its.opponents. • They«annoifeel sure that. their,candidate, beit Hayes or Tilden, isgpingto win, andthese extreme men are unwilling tp gjveup. their hopes, of. office, and . patronageunder any. circumstances or ,-tp leavethem Ao .the jiazayd^ of a tribunal sofairly constituted.that, they find it im-possible-to forecast its decision.

Asi influential New 35ngland. manu-faeiurer, who has been- here for soinedays, remarked, in conversation to-day,that if the Electoral bill becomes a lawand the Presidential difficulty is thuspeaeeably and honorabry settled, itwould be a'Certain cause of an immedi-ate aod general revival of business, an:lthat this would continue and grow UJJinto a lasting prosperity, if Congresswould adopt a sound financial policy.He finds here a disposition to do this ifonly the Presidential muddle can begot out of the way and has found, inconversation with leading members,that his plans meet with favor. Oneof these is that proposed by SecretaryMorrill to of&r to redeem the green-backs at the option of the holder in afour per cent bond, those thus redeemedto be cancelled. The other, advocatedby Mr. Schleicher, of Texas, is to rt-taina certain proportion of the greenbackspaid in as taxes and deposit them aspart of the Sinking Eund. The first ofthese plans -would probably get the fa-vor of those who are opposed to anyforcible contraction, as it would operateonly as far as the money market wouldmake redemption profitable. He addsthat the position of the country is nowin every way favorable to a generalrevival of industry if only confidence inthe future is restored. ' The crops ofthe year are all either ample or verylarge. The corn .crop tras within twoper cent as great" as the immense- cropof 1875, and 'ia ' the form df £6rk .isbringing good prices^ wStha good fore-ign demand. The wheat crop is good,sand sold at paying prices. The-cottoncrop was large and profitable, snA was•combined with alargtrpro'ductiomiianeeer before of food stfppjies by theSpathern Sjtates. Wool has .passed 4hefexfareme point of "depression, airetisbringing fair prices. The1 'sugar' el-opof ^Louisiana was enormous, and is sell-ing at fair prices. Leather has psssedihepoiat©f depression. Tlie-_ exports axelarge-at- full'prices and the pace hasadvanced from' four to six-cents perpound, with the home demand brisk.All the Sew England cotton mills whichare up to the times are now able toearn dividends, and the aggregate ex-port of cotton goods is larger now thanbefore the wai: and is steadily, thoughslowly, increasing. Tne most import-ant sign of all, m his •view*, is the senseof stability and hopefulnes for the fu-ture, in case the Presidential difficultyis peiceably settled; a feeling such as ithas not obtained since thepanic of 1873;and which ' reaches every importantbranch of industry. - This feeling onlyneeds the settlement of the Presidential

question and then of the currencyquestion, he thinks, to take effect inconstructive enterprises of all kinds, tomake up for the complete stoppage ofall such undertakings during the lasttwo or three years. Thus, he thinks,labor now unemployed would icnmedi :

ately find employment in the buildingof new mills, ware houses, rai'roads andother large works.

\, WASHINGTON, Jan..23,1877. ;.- .

THE LEGALITY OF THE ACTS OP THE LOUIST

' IANA. HETOENTKG BOAKD. - " :

It is not believed that the papers ofthe Louisiana Returning Board willthrew much light oa the secret proceed-ings of the Board on manipulating the •vote. . From the time these paperswere demandtid the Board.had oppor-tunity to straighten, its work- and makeits figures.add up., .The Louisiana;.re-port will show, aside =from these papers,:

that parishes were thrown Put withoutwarrant of law, and that the Board invarious ways violated, the. law. underwhich it acted. The republicans claimthat the Returning Board, acting undera State law, with -which Congress hasno right to interfere, actually casts thevote of Louisiana, and that the vote isprecisely what the Board declares it tobe. To this; the democratie;. reply is.that, when such extraordinary powersare granted, they must be construedstrictly, and that if the ReturningBoard is.to declare the vote of theState it must.at least be lawfully con-stituted. The law requires that theBoard shall consist of five members,chosen from all,. parties;, in fact, 'theBoard.consisted of but. four members,all republicans, who refused constantlyto allow a democrat to fill-the vacancy,evidently because they could not affordto have a democrat privy to the workof their secret sessions? the mystery ofwhich they have sojealously guarded.

• AN EFFOET TO OBTAIN A LITTLE MORE RE-

COGNITION FOB PACKARD.

A renewed effort is preparing heretoget the President to countenance insome way the Packard'governmentand attempts will also be made to jjro-cure the removal of General Augur,who does not seem to suit Mr. Packard.General Augur has been, for someyears, in command in the South! Heunderstands the nature of the politicaltricks which have been played there byboth parties, and the Packard-Kelloggjieople cannot deceive him. as theycould an officer arriving fresh on thescene and unfamiliar with the politicalstruggle there Agents of Packardand Kellogg, now here, are very busytrying to secure influence which theiyhope will enable them to persuade thePresident to grve Packard "a little morerecognition" S&far they ha\e failed,and it is not now at all probable thatthey will su''c°ed e ther in this or ingetting General Augur removed.

THE PRESIDENT ON THE USE OF TKOOPS.

President Grant yesterday sent tothe House his answer to the lesolutionof the House of Representatives, passedearly jn December, 1876, requesting lunito transmit to jhat body copies of allorders or directions emanatina: fromhim or from either.of the exeeutive.de-partments to anj mihtaij commanderor civil officer relating to the sen ice ofthe army in Virginia, South Carolinaand Florida since the 1st of Augustlast. He states that much of the infor-mation desired has already been, fur-nished to Congress in the previous mes-sages, and that he had every reason to"believe that intimidation and1 violencehad been used m the States of Louis-iana-, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia-,Mississippi and Alabama. H^-deniesthatany troops were stationed^-al poll-ing places in Florida and Louisiana,and only sueh number in the otherStated as was necessary to preserve or-der:. .,He recites instances where thePresident of the Halted States has ex-ercised his power as Commander-in-chief of the army arid na'vy to suppressinsurrection, and asserts that €te troopswere never used, except (ia> U3.sh cageswhere he had i-easoa to-believe feat in-ternal dTsordefs'wfce p'revaferf

•'i\ Speeches were made la the Senateyesterday by Jlepsrs Mortem, and JTxe-liBghuysen, the learner in opposition to,and the latter-in supporfc-oi the elector-al biJl. Mr. Morton made the best ot apoor subject, but the views he presenr

ted were so diametrically opposed tothose.wMch lie has alwajs advocatedon this subject, that the eflecfe oE his.-ar-giiniente was very much weakened bythis sudden shitting of his gioundSenator Frehnghuysen was clear, forci-ble and calmly argumentative, and de-livered in the usual impressive stylewhich marks all the utterances of thatsifted orator. .

STATE NEWS.

Burlington Cityhasrfsolved to lightits streets with oil instead of gas.

J. R. Evans has been appointed post-master at Pompton Plains, Morriscounty. ' '

Mr. Philips, of the old printing firmof Philips & BosweE at Trenton, died of.paralysis a few nights ' since.. '.'••'•'•

Rev. J. A. French, of Morristown, hasaccepted a caflto the Four th Ghurch ofChicago, wliich • has been without a pas-tor for a year.- : - : ' : • : .

-.- The: First "Presbyterian-Church-, ofPatersori, is proud of two of its ladymembers, who have just raised $7,500to.pay off the .debt on the parsonage.

A. 3: Auten, of North Branch, boastsof a pullet, raised the past season,whichlaicl 25. egjrs before reaching the age offive months and two.weeks. . She is theordinary vbreed, and her performance i seertainry hen-couraging. , • --. .- .-,.-• .

The State Executive Committee ofthe Y. M. C. ,A. met in. New. Brunswickon Monday evening and;decided to-hold,under the direction of the State Secre-tary, eighteen gospel meetings, the timeand place for which are yet to be. deter-mined. . :. v.. . . . ,. •„,. -.

At'Samuel' Justice's hog killing lastTuesday, near ' Pedricktown, the fourhea^est women present .weighed 226,206, 190 and 150 pounds, respectively.This was SO pounds heavier than four oftlie heaviest men weighted on the sameoccasion. . '

-Three; raccoons were captured l>ysome Woddstown meii' last week. Avery' large pile was brought' in by Post-master. .Pe.ter.spn, one.of.. the hunters.After treeing this, .one :of ,£he largest ofits species,;and having -.it shook down,there-was :a terrific struggle to capturehim' ah've—^several of'the men receiving-severe bites and scratches^

Samuel Sloan, President of the Dela-ware, Lackawanna1 and Western Rail-road, has ordered Contractor Me An-drews to entirely arch the new tunnelunder Bergen Hill. The archin« willcost $50,000, bu t it will make the tun-nel secure and prevent pieces of rocksfrom falling. The tunnel is completed,and will be ready, for: use before May.The work' cost the railroad eompanyupwards of $1,000,000.

The many friends of Bishop Whit-tingham, of Miryland,-,who i s . a Sum-mer resident of West Orange, will re-gret to learn that he was prostrated lastweek by a s+roke of parahsis at hisresidence in Baltimore. His physicianswere alarmed by a fear of serious con-sequences, but the l i s t accounts indicatean improvement m his condition. Theattack wis confined to his 'left side,and did not affect his mental faculties.

At a horse trial be'ora Squire Shaglein the teran hall at Hightstown thereseems to have been some queer pro-ceedings. The Hightstown Gazette saysthat the room was crowded and tlieconstable being an old man was unableto control the unruly crowd. TheGazette adds. ""With two or three law-yers, a female witness and seven smallboys all talking at once, not to speak ofthe gentleman who amused himsplt bythiowing a small dog over the heads ofthe crowd, we did not wonder that thejury complained at tunes that- theycouldn't get the hang of that horse."

' TpE POOR nr DOVEB —A petition is to

b e presented to the Dover CommonCouncil at the)next meeting askingthat one "thousand dollars be appropri-ated for t he purpose of employinglaboring men, now out of work, crack-ing stones for,rthe streets ofr;fche. city, atthe rate oLten cents an .hour; work ipbegrven them four days m the-wteek,and eight hours' p e r day Also, thatthree Tiours work b'e performed by eachti-amp, for ,his supper,^ lodging^ ^andbreakfast i The petition already a h a s"been signed by a.lttrge' mmibea: ot gen-tlemen, aad appears tb meet with agood deaTof conimenclation ' '

> Myndert Van'Horn, who was one- ofthe oldest residents of Jersey City, diedoh Monday evening, at Ms resictence,onCommunipaw avenue. Deceased was adescendant of one of the original set-tles at Communipaw, and had residedthere all his life. His ancestors ownedall the property "from Mill CreeTt downnearly to Greenville; and the principalpaifc of it formed! & peninsula, which isnow occupied by the Mew1 Jersey Cen-tral Railroad Company The area cov-ered by Lifay^ tte was ormerly the VanHorn faxm Myn lert wt s ia his 90thyear at the time oi his dedth. He nevertook any prominent p tit m politics, theonly office he ever held being that ofFreeholder, many yeur.? ago.

GENERAL NEWS.

Hon. Geo.F. Hoar has been electedU. S. Senator for Massachusetts to suc-ceed; Mr. Boutwell.

A. H. Garland; was elected on Tues-day U. S. Senator for Arkansas, to suc-ceed Powell Clayton

Jas. E. Bailey has been elected U. S-Senator for Mississippi in' place of thelate Andrew Johnson.

Hoiii Win. Windom was on Tuesdayre-elected to the United States Senateby the Legislature of Minnesota.

Hon. James G. Blaine has been elec-ted II. S. Senator by the Maine Legisla-ture for the short term, ending March4, and for the long term,, ending in

Messrs. Pardee & Co., of Hazleton,.have discovered a ten-feet vein of coalat South Sugaiipaf,' and" the newscaused a rise in-real estate at Hazletona t o n c e . . • . • • :

The one hundredth anniversary ofthe Declaration of Vermount was cele-brated at Westminster on Tuesdaj',near the site of the old Court House,where the declaration was signed-

A iwo-horse wagon was driven acrossthe Mississippi river at Hiekman, Ky.,about 40 miles below, Cairo, HL, theother day: .This is said to be the. firsttime that any person has ever crossedon the ice at that place. ..

The Government of India has for-warded a dispatch to. the India Officein London 'estimating the total cost tothe State on account of the relief works •aixl other measures for mitigating iha.

| famine in Madras and Bombay at £6,-300,000. - . . : . , ; . _ : •

J. Milton Turner (colored), UnitedStates Minister to, Liberia,, has com-menced suit for damages, under thecivil rights bill, against the proprietors-of the Astor house, New York, for re-fusing to let him have rooms in theirhotel. . ... . . . . . . - :

Thirteen shops in, the navy yard atNorfolk, "Vs., were closed. Saturdaynight, and several hundred workmen

i discharged, the appropriations having! become exhausted. Only a few work-

men remain in theyards and docks, whoare engaged hi taking care oi the publicbuildings.

THE LEGISLATURE.

THE SENATE.

Counties. Senators.AtlanticBergen.Burlington.CamdenCape May.Cumberland.Essex.Gloucester;:HudsonHunterdonMercer. .MiddlesexMonmouthMorris,Ocean.PassuicSalemfoom.eri.efcSussex.UnionWan en

*H.osea F. Madden.1 Geoige Dayton"Caleb G. liidgeway."Wm J be-wellJonathan F. Learning.J. Howard Willetts^ i m H KnkThomas B Mathers."Leon Abbott.•Jesee JST. KdeookMolm H, Black well"Geoige C Ludiow*"Win SL Hendrick&onJohn HillJohn S SchultsGairet A Ho baitCharles S-- Hummer,'ChailesB. Moore•Ti-ank M. WardWm J Magxe*Wm Silverthorn

TermExpires

-187a.1K7S.1880.1879.1880-.1878-.1879

1878.1880.187S1880

.1879187S187alfe801879

.1879188018791873

* Democrats, JJ. liapuulieans. Hi.HOUSE OP ASSEMBLY.

Atlantic—L H Ashley, KUeigen—John H AVmant, D , Barney N_

Feidon, »Burlnigton—Geo Bykes, D , Edwaxd T.

Matthewb, D , Samuel Taylor, JR , John "WCasileer, 11

Camden—A. 0 Ssovel, R , Qliver Lund, B ,S T Murphy, K

Cape May—Wm. T, Ste\ens, ECumberland—I. E. NicKols, ~& , Geo W.

Payne, IC 'Easex—A D. Traphagen, B , E. D. Pierson.

E , F. K Howell, K; S V C Van Een-sselaer, B, Jos H Wiglitman, B , GottfriedKruger, • IX» Ellanah Biake, B. , CharlesGomer, T> , James Malone, 1)

Gloucester—Caleb C. Pancoast, JS , Sam-uel Moore, K.

Hudson—M M Dronan, D , T. J Hannon,D , Maimaduke Klden, E , A W, Hams, £> ,Lewis A. Brigham B; James Stevens, D.; B.P. Babe, VA E. T. Paxfon, B

Hunter'lon-—^Henry Biatten, D. , John.Haekett, D-

Meroei —35., N< Braryo-aghs, H W-m S "yaxfl,D j J Vanee Powers, X>

Middlesex—^ohn Waldron, D , Chailes A.Campbell, B , Daniel 'Z Martin, D.

Monniouth-^Taines L.- Bue, V ; Wm H.Bennett, D , James H- Leonard^ B.

Horns—Abram C Vaii Dayne, Kj O f tCooper, K C. P Gari.ibr<mfr, D.

Ocean -Jjaae A Van Base-, K,' Passaio^Jbhn W. GnggB, K., John Sander-

son, D , Jos, L, Cunningham, BSalem—-J S Bkrell, D , Qu,inton Keas-

bey, B . , _r,Somers^j;—James J. Bergen, D , -Jos H.Voorhees,1 K

'STiss«t -George Greet, D.•Union—Jblm Eipn,' B. j Moses F. Gorey, H.

B K Vail, B"Warren—S. W Be Witt, D. E J llactev

D , .Republicans 3Q Democrats 30.Democratic majority on Jo^nt Ballot, 1

JTEWAEK'S EEIIEP.

Stimuhted by he example set by tha Wash-ington Maifcet men, the butehprs and dealersof Centre Market, Newark, havd organized alelief assoaiiition which is doing a~gre<it dealof gootl They ha-ve established an eatmghouse and have dined as many as 175"people in a day. Tuesday 450 persons wfed and thirtv-frro families raliered:

I -

tI

i "

JR. aliway.—toj—

• NEW TBEASUEEB.—At a meeting oi the

Common Council on Tuesday evening, Mr.Biobert Brewster, Cashier, of the Tjnion fctionalBank, was: appointed, City Treasurer.Thomas Martin,; Atiel V. Sliqtwell and Ben-jamin Squire, Si\ "were appointed us a 2?oard"of Finance.

The expert is to continue his investigationof the Treasurers accounts up to the present,find make a report in fall'to the CommonCouncil. The supposed errors in the booksare thought to hare occurred in the 'transferof the original entrys to the books as theyappear at present, which fact an expert hasbeen employed to clearly demonstrate.

KOTHISG Sfcraous.—After the Council hadadjourned on Tuesday evening an alterca-tion took place "between a Councilman arid aprominent editor, but their respective friendsare hopeful that no serious results will followtherefrom. Some have "been fearful that itmight terminate in another Bennett-May ;affair, but as the caiise of the "onpleasantoess"was unlike that of the duel, the sequel willnaturally lie different. Judge Bnnn is keep-ing a sharp lookout on their movements,and Bunri-like will be ready to pounce uponthe offenders should lie seen any signs of ahostile "meeting.

SOCIABLE.— A sociable will bs held in theparlors of the Second Presbyterian, c mrchthis evening. Vocal and instrumental music,recitations and social converse will be theorder of the evening. An admission fee often cents will be charged, the proceeds to bedevoted to tile Ladies' Missionary Society ofthe Church. It is to be hoped that all theCongregation and fritnda of th<" Church willbe present

FIEE.—An old house belonging to ThomasBunch, located at Briektown, and occupiedby a colored family, was burnt down onSaturday night, the fire being first discoveredat 11 o'clock. The -fire tfepariment turnedout in force, but were unable to save thebuilding. The fire is supposed to have beenthe work of an incendiary.

GEAHB LODGE OF A. I\ & A. M.

At the annual meeting of'the Grand Lodgeheld at Trenton on Thursday, the followingwere elected and appointed officers for theensuing year:

M. W. G. M.—Marshall B. Smith, of Pas-"saic Lodge 5fo. 67, Passaie.

- E. W. D. G. II.—Nathan Haines,BurlingtonLodge No. 32 Burtn^ton.

B. VST. S. G. W.—Hamilton Walls, Lodge ofthe Temple No. 110, Jersey City.

B. W. J, G. W.—Joseph W. Martin, Lafay-ette Lodge No.' '27, Bahway.

B. W. G. -Tress.—Ohnrles BechteV TrentonLodge No. 5, Trenton.

B, \V. G. Sec —Joseph H. Hough, AshlerLodge No. 76, Trenton.

B. W. D. G. Sec—T. K. B. Bedway, UnionLodge No. IS), New Brunswick.

Grand Chaplain—Kev. Nathaniel Petit,Mount Moriah Lodge No. 28, Buideutown.< Senior Grand Deacon—Geo. Edwards, Ber-gen Lodge No. 47, Jersey City.

Junior Grand Deacon—II. M. Drolian,Enterprise Lodge No. i'i, Jersey City.

Grand Marshal—Charles Knss, WashingtonLodge No. 33, Elizabeth.

Senior Grand Steward—Benj., B. Ayerigg,Passaic Lodge No. G7, Passaio. - . ....

Junior Grand Stewiird—Willianj H. Ben-nett, Washington Shrewsbury Lodge No. 0,Shrewsbury.

B. w. Grand Insii-nqioi—Hebt-i" Vtrclls,Ivanhoe Lodge So. S3, Patterson.

Grrtnti Sword Bearer—Samuel Buteher,-Neptune Lodge No, 75. Mftnvieeknvn.

Grand Pursuivant—Tuias,. \;iiiiilca-oliiie,Joppa Lodge-No. 27. Paterson. . .-

Grand Tyler—Amos Howell, Trenton LodgeNo. 5, Trenton. •'

Visitor co German Lodges —Edward Goeller,Jr.. Newark Ijodge No. 7. Newark.

District Deputy Grand Masters1— First Dis-trict, William* HaTdacre; Camden Lodge No.15, Camden: Second District, Thomas S. Ste-vens, Ashlar N». 76, Trenton; Third District,William T. Ames, Amerieus Lodge No. 83,Woodbridge; Fourth District, Peter H. Pur»sail, Delaware Lodge No 52, Phillipsburg,Fifth District, Bjchard I I Stiles, CincinnatiLodge No 3, Mornsto-nn, Sixth Distutt,Henry Vhalage, Franklin Lodge No 10 Ir-vmgtoii, Seventh Distuefc, JXnipus fliggibotham, Vanck Lodgp No 31, Jeisey City.

A EEPEHTAKT DELINQUENT;

The trial of jSanmelH Thorbum, charged-with the larceny of S16,700 from the Bank ofPetersburg and with making a false entrv mthe books of th« Citizens1 Bank in favor ofEiohard Bagby. tyberebv said bank was' de-trauded out of 510,000, took place in theHustings Conrt o ' "Peteistrarg, V-a , on Mon-day

The appeal of counsel to the mercy of thejury moved every-one present, and there wasscarcely a dry eye in the r-omt, e^en furorstiiemsel-n-b seemed Overwhelmed After abrief abseene- the jury returned verdicts ofguilty in both cases, and fixed hw imprison-m e n t s the Pemtefftiary at five years—two•for larceny and. three years for the false en-try—the shortest period allowed by the hmThey afeo presented with then verdict aunanimously signed lecommendaton forprompt executive clemency, and on motionof counsel judgment was suspended for -thejtreserrf The petition has been signed "bv*he officers of the city government, anfl willalso be sigeed by the Judge, ConuaonwettltjiAttorney aa.d Clerk, o£ ,1%e Court; Petitionsare being circulated m e«ery-vvfml of the city•The Giand <Fnry which ancticted Thorbnmsnli if desired, vibife-Hie Go-vemar in*body.arid present the application for pardon Thesympathies Of the President of the Bank ofPetersburg are strongly enlisted in behalf ofthe prisoner afid be will use liis best effortsto seeuie executive clemency foi hjra. Thor-trnrn. 'heretofore, enjoyed the confidence ofthe community and his umeserved confes-sion and restitution of the monej taken, stillretain for 'nm hundreds of friends The pre-Taihng sentiment is that his complications-vsitb'ind desire to servo Bagby, in whom hehjil the most implicit coafi'lpnce and whoalone profited by the transactions, involvedMm in crime.

CALIFORNIA .COBEESPONBBNCE.

• . . OAKLAND, CAL., Jan. 11,1877.

ME. EDITOB:—I; see it chronicled in the

INDEPENDENT HOUR of Dec. 28, 1876, that you

are enjoying the crispy, wintry air, the"beautiful snow," and the music of the merrybells, and from eastern telegrams, published inthe papers here, I presume you may add, bythis time, wading through snow-banks, andholding on with both hands to the rounds ofthe editorial chair, to prevent yourself frombeing blown through the eraeks in the doorof the sanctum, while crystal icicles hangfrom yonr beard: while we, on the other hand,bask in continuous sunshine, varied bybreathing the exhilarating perfumes of bloom-ing heliotropes, growing six feet high in openair; fuschias, trailing sixteen feet high overtrellisses, and caJlas. growing as thick as|iond lilies in a Jersey pond. All these andmore force themselves upon our vision as wetake our daily walk through the city of Oak-land, which is now •the second city on thePacific Slope, lying on the opposite side ofthe bay from San Francisco; and if the effortsnow being,mnrle to improve the harbor fordockage on this side of the bay prove suc-cessful, it will even outstrip San Francisco,for the latter place is situated on: a narrowpeninsula* which is chiefly a high hill, witha very narrow strip of level ground, havingthe ocean on one side «nd the bay on theother, fof forty miles down; W;hile Oaklandhas plenty of room for expansion, having thewhole continent to stretch back on. • It is alsonow the terminus of the Central Pacific Bail-road, with its numerous branches bringing inthe grain, and other products of the country.The railnad through Nassa Valley to Sacra-mento, and other points, will soon be broughtin the.northern part of the city, down throughSan Pablo, and even the Southern Pacific in-stead of terminating at San Diego, or LosAngelos. as has been anticipated, it is nowrumored will terminate here, and carry itsbranches below to those places. Such a con-centration of railroad termini must, with theimprovements of the harbor which will in-evitably accompany, roak& Oakland the firstcity on the coast. Some idea may be had ofite future in connection with points alreadymentioned from the fact of its having grownin the past seven years from a population of7,000 to 35.000. Another and perhaps notthe least assurance-of its future greatness isits society, which is as good as. can be foundanywhere. It is well, supplied with churches,there being 20, 16 of which' have houses ofworship- .The church of _Bey. Dr. Eells(Presbyterian) is the largest, having beenfinished" and dedicated one year ago last Sun-day. T am informed it will seat "1,500 andthat 2,o00 have been crowded into it. It costover $60,000, and is well planned in everyrespect,.and IB .located on 14th street, secondblock from Broadway.... The site on which theold church stood, on Broadway between 12thand 13th streets, is already built up with' twolarge, handsome brick buildings, one cement-ed to look like stone, owned by the OaklandBank of Savings, and occupied by that cor-poration for the first on New Year's day. The->t'ier is equally handsome, and is built of redbrick, trimmed: with briek made of cement,Tipojm.jr tin natuial color of the eement, eachve *lnft stories high

There are four horse car iailroads runningthrough the city, and one "more to be addedin tLc coming spring There is al°o a noveltyhere to be lound nowhere else in creation.t1 it I h i% L i-\ ei heard of, and that is a ifulll.uhoa.l tiun of twelve cais, drawn by a loco-motive running through one of its principal«U.L'» iiom the Sin Francisco ferry to theEast Oiklpncl Overland depof, earrjmg pa--t n j - - between interrnediate stations; andov er the v, hole length of the road, for theastonishing low irate of nothing. This is.r- n 1 and ran bv the Central Pacific B Bm ( oi.nection w ith the ferry, and passengersc»oss>ng the ferij are charged 15 cents.

TJ. Central Pacific o-nns about eveiythmqin the carrving line in.. California, and thereis much complaint against jt by the publicin general, as being a big monopoly, butOaklanders cannot say much to its injuryThe iise and piogress of this Company hasbeen as wondertnl and rapid as the State rnwhich it originated

JB. Sacramento a little prior to 1860, was ahardware btore ran by C P Huntmgton &•Mask Hopkins this store about that time be-gan to be "headquarteas for discussing thefeasibility of laying a lailnay track over theSierw._ Ne-s adas, thence ovei the Boekyiionntairis, and across* the continent Anengineer by the name of Theodore D. Judah,who had been racking Jus brarns over thepl<ra, f?a that it became his one absorbingthonght by day, and the vision of his dreamsby night, ased to meet the little company insaid store, and there lay out his plans, hisenthusiasm "became <sontagiotfs, and his asso-ciates were led tp_ make contributions tow aidmaking 4 preliminary survey and m thesummer, of I860 Judab. and his assistants."H andered oi er the Sierra Nevadas, m orderto find » proper line for a railaoad His firstes/atmet'-ywork was so* encouraging teat fur-ther, contn-butians were made, in order thatije jinybt prosecute has wc^ck,m the fo-Jlowangsummer, so that 1S61 found the little explor-ing party again in the mountains at their•work Ibis sunmierfes work afforded ample

t>f the > success- of the enterprise,j 'siblkiwers btcame zealous %a the

r>r«pect,of building the overland road, which"hasfsw^e terminated m sueh complete suc-cess, and is BOW it btessmg to the nation; andwas'Shei stepping stone m making the OenhalEaprfie- BailroaA,wJiat nt is to day, the moBtastonishing raad sncce=isful enterpuse ofmodera or ancient times,. It has now. over7,000 names on its pay roll, besiSes a force oioVer S;000 m-en men bnildthg the- SouthernPacii5cBflilrO.id, which :s jra actual part olthe Ce.ni.-il 3?tipific, I ara informed By thisit will be seen tbat it has grown since 18b0fiom nothing to be a power e-xual to a smallnation.

Bptnrnrng to Opliimd againyit K not too nvuehto s»i. (using an ancient phr.ise\ "it is bpin-tiful for situation," lying as it docs with theGolden Rate and San Francisco Bay in front,and a beautiful range of hills, or mountains,

in the background, which put on a differentaspect.nearly every hoar in. the day; some-times the air being perfectly clear the hillsare distinct and clearly visible, at other timesa little haze in the atmosphere will cause aslight shade on the hills, which seem rollinglike the waves of the sea; then the shade willbecome deeper and deeper, until the wholerange of mountains loots like a cloud. Thescenery here is scarcely surpassed, and bysome even thoughi to exceed the scenery on theHudson.

There are excellent public as well as privateschools here, abbnt $6,000 per month beingexpended on them. There is also a StateUniversity, open to students of .both sexes,and where tuition is free. There are over200 students in attendance at this time.There is a special law prohibiting the sale ofintoxicating liquors within two miles, of thisUniversity.: There are two other schools, onein and the other just out of Oakland, worthyof especial notice. The ..California MilitaryAcademy for bbjvs, kept by Bev. David Mc-Clure, on Telegraph Avenue, stands on abeautiful eminence, said to be ib e finest situa-tion on the coast,and is capable of accommoda-ting 175 boys or young men,- and is at presentin a very flourishing condition. Mrs. Mc-Clure has friends in Woodbridge, and was inthe habit of visiting there in her early days,and it is due to her to say, that yonr corres-pondent has found a warm friend,, or friendsat the-Military Academy. . The School foryoung ladies (Mills Seminary) is just outsideof Oakland; the horse cars run nearly out toit," the remaining distance being made by stage.You will: see' by circular: P send you thatSeminary Park, consisting of buildings, andgronnds embracing 50 acres; is claimed to bein Brooklyn, which is east of. Oakland. Thisschool is splendidly kept, and has, as youmay see by the summary'207 piipils, and isthe finest school in every respect on the coastfor J'oting ladies. The grounds are perfectlyenchanting, both, as to what the hand of Godand man have made them.

Mrs. E. thinks she could live and die here.There are a great many novelties that strikean eastern person here;for instance, when werise in th« morning (if early enough) a'"nianor boy may be seen riding at. full speed in atrotting sulky, distributing the daily papers.Then, a little later, • may be seen a;scissor-grinder with hia machine mounted on wheels,with a godd looking horse drawing himaround, stopping on callto perform the du-ties of his calling; and. in .every directionChinamen may be seen, running with asmooth pole acifoss their shoulders, and a bigmarket basket hanging by ropes at each endof the pole, filled with vegetables, calling atthe doors of their customers; and other Celes-tials with a basket or bundle of clothes goingto or from the laundry. Nearly everyonehere puts their washing out to Chinamen,an8 they also do most of the cooking,'in ho-tels, restaurants,, and private: families, whereservants are,employed. John is getting to bequite an important personage in these, parts.The telegraph boy, dressed in livery, rides apony. Ladies drive themselves out, andevery day and hour they may be seen drivingaround, thick as black birds in the top of aJersey wild cherry tree. Then just at duskmay be seen a man on horseback, rifling at afull lope, stopping at every lamp-post, and inabout the tune it takes to wink youi eye, theIpmp it, lighted, and on he goes to the nextlamp. There are some things here whichmay appear incredible in regard to the growthof trees As fine a hedge of evergreen, fromthe Monterey spruce, can be grown in twoj eats, as. can be had in the east from arborvitas or Nom ay spruce m ten j ears I haveseen thick hedges six feet high of three yearsgrowth. The Australian gum also has a very^apid growth Theie are some of this kindon the place of Col. Simpson, near MillsSeminary, -«hich Mrs Simpson assures usgipw 25 feet the fiist season Much moremight be said, but as I am merely writing acommunication and not a book, I will: take aiest Scran, trulj, p**>**.

INTERNATIONAL SABBATH SGK00L

LESSONS.

ASSEMBLY OOIODTTEES.

The Bepublieans ha\ e sixteen committees,the Demociats seventeen, and one—tbat onElections—is a tie The Bepublieans havethe chairman and a maiority of the membersof the following committees StandingsCommittees —Judiciary, Banks and Insurance,Bevision of the Laws, Education, UnfinishedBusiness, Bipanan Bights, \Ya3s and Means,Claims and Pensions, and Fishenes Joint—t-Treasurer'*, Accounts, Public Buildings andGrounds, Library, Sinking Fund, Commerceand Navigation, Soldiers' Home, Newark, andIndustrial School of Girls The Democratshave the chairman and a majority of themembers ai the followvngcorDimttees Stand-ing—Municipal Corporations, Corporation,Agricultural, Milifaa, Incidental Expenses,Stationary, Engrossed Bills, Bailroads andCanals, Miscellaneous Business. Joint—StatePrison, Lunatic Asylum, Federal Selations,Passed Bills, Printings, Ueiorm School forB039, Centennial and Soldiers' Chnldren'sIJomej The- committee on .Elections, whichwill have the deciding of the Hutchinson-Pow ers contested case, is composed of threeDemocrat? and three Republicans, with aDemocratic chairman.

TEMPEBANGE EECXOBE.

On Saturday night a stranger entered thesaloon of Peter Clark, corner of Clay andBroad streets,"Newark, and indulged freely inliquor Passing out in the back yard he felldown som« dozen sfeps and, striking on theflags, Ctactnred hjs skall. He was picked,upand lemoT^d to the hospital, where he diedearly yesterday morning County PhysicianWard im estigated the case, and is satisfiedthat the rumors circulated of foul play aregroundless and that the man came to hisdeath in the mannei described On his per-son was found some $12, two checks for bag-gage af the Horns and Essex depot, a Morris-town druggist's medicine bottle label arid apaper bearing the name of Clark Deceased,it is thought, belonged to Momstown. Hewas a mi:ldle-aged man, partly gray, andwore a mustache. The body is now at theMorgue in. Newark awaiting the identificationof friends. •= *

[These notes and comments upon tlie InternationalSabbath Sciiool Lesson <ui3 'Home Headings are pre-pared expressly for publication in THE ISDEF-EKHESTHOUK by the Bev. JosephM. McNulty, Pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church J

LESSON IT, FOB, SABBATH, JAN. 28,1877.

ELIJAH THE TISHBITE.—I Kings, svii: 1-16.

., ..... HOME BEATJINGS, . . ;

Monday—1 Kings, xvii:l-16. The Lesson.Tuesday—James, v: 10-20. Patience and power.Wednesday—Heb:, xi: 1-22. Patriarchal iaitli.Thursday—Deut., xi: 13-21. Divine laithtulness.Friday—Levit., xxvi: 1-20. Idolatry abominable.Saturday—Job, v: S-27. The Providential Pavilion.Sabbath—Matt., vi:"25-31. Divine.care minute.

G O I D E N T E X T . — < : ' I n famine h e sha l l r edeem

thee from dea th . " . - . , - . . . .[.Job, v : 20.]

"History," said Lord -McGaul&yy" "is

biography, teaching by- example;" and

very remarkably lie exemplified it in

the character of his greatest writings.

This feature is a striking characteristic

of Scripture history; it consists of al-

most a series of biographies. This throws

a thrilling and romantic interest around

almost *the" whole of it. Nowhere is

this "better exhibited, than in that

portion of sacred history with which

these lessons are associated. The tragic,

the dramatic, the romantic, pass before

•us over" its stage, in rapid 'alternations.

It is remarkable how much of the great-

work of the world has Tjeen either sug-

gested or performed, by individual men.

Men, representative in -their age; em-

bodying in themselves its great ideas,

and ever leading the van in their exe-

cution." "God," says a writer,'"'' 'never

yet wanted a mm'far any work He had

to be done." He secures too, the fittest

agent for-every-task".' •'•'••

In periods of moral reformation, es-

pecially, is this verified.- Preceding

the advent of the Messiah, when formal-

ism and hypocracy was the best, with

rare exception, that could be said of

the religious condition of the Jew-

ish nation" under the lead of .the

seif-rightioTis Pharisees" and infidel Bad^

drieees, the leatBern-girded Baptisfc is-

sues from' the Wilderness, and sternly

stirs the.nation to its centre. So in

(xerihaffly-under & Luther, in Scotland'

•under a ]^nox,'ahd in Englan'd' under

Whitfieid and the Wesieys. '

'"At tlie'Jperiod of greatest Israelitishdegeneracy, recorded in our lesson,Elijah, "a'rnan of God" emphatically,comes fbfward for reformation purposes.How much it was needed. "Darknesscovered the land, and gross darknessthe people." Shameless idolatry every-where prevailed. Images of Baal hadbeen set up—groves instituted. Thevilest and most blasphemous impietyprevailed. But hopeless as the exig enr-yseemed, the Lord found a man suitedto it. "A man fitted beyond all others,by the force of his character, his graspof faith, and his fearless spirit, to stemthe torrent of a failh!r>.s age." "Elijahthe Tishbite/' comes upon the stage.He is so called from Tishbe, a place inGilead beyond the Jordan. Some thinkit designates no place, but should betranslated as it literally means, "Elijah,the dranyer'"'— descriptive of his mys-terious appearance, and the marvellousmoral isolation of the man amid hissurroundings. In a wonderful age thewonder of his age. His name signifies"Jehovah, viy God," and how time to hishistory- and character 1 A moral Her-cules, with an Augean, task before him.We have no record of his Ancestry orprevious history. He bursts on thestartled times like a comet in theheavens. The lesson tells us of hisvisit to Ahab. The message he gavehim—-his disappearance by divins di-rection, and tbp providfntial care ofhim during the famine in the land. Ormore simply, ni* menage to the King,and Gud'n message to him.

• I. His Message to the King.Imagine the scene as he appears in

the magnificent ivory palace of Ahab,(1 Kings, sxii: 89), and delivers hisbrief,"incisive and awful message!" The-King arrayed in Tj=rian purple, thegodless Queen near him arrayed in herSashing jewelry. Perhaps it was astate occasion, and throngs of Priestsof Baal in splendid Vestments r werenear at hand "to be startled by the mes-sage. Idols, and temples, and' reekingaltars, are&ia; jsiewio A«;carna¥al ,crfsen^uaL revelry,,it may be, was in pro-gressj, when like the burning eruptionfrom" a Vesuvius, the message of Godpoured into their ears. tChe man standsbefore the guilty pair with his eyeflashing as his lips .spake, his fingerpointing to heaven, and divine dignitywritten, upon every lineament of hisstern countenance; his beard is unshav-en, his hair -long and flowing, an'un-iamred^gipdle abont.iiis loinS, and: roverMs shoulders a mantle of the same wildskins- AJiush falls- upon all presentand his sentences are distinctly heardby all. '-As the Lord God "of Israelliveth, before -whom I stand, fchtre shallnot be dew or rain these years, but. ac-cording to niy word," v. 1. .This wasthe first divine sentence of puLishmentagainst idolatry. For three yf ars anda half the famine thus announced pre-vailed. (James, v.,17).

His royal hearers are reminded, not-withstanding their insane wickedness inthe pursuit of idolatry, and the seduc-tion of the thousands of Israel into it,

that "the Lord God of Israel liveth," his

eye is on them, and He will begin fear-

lully to assert himself. Elijah present-

ed no credentials of his mission. He

did not need to. We may be sure he

did not tarry long in the royal pres-

ence, or within reach of the royal

clutches. He said there should be DO

rain uotil he called for it, and after they

roused up from the stunning blow he

struck, when he disappeared, the first

impulse would be to find him, and exe-

cute vengeance upon him, or force him

to revoke the awiul mandate.

II. Immediately on retiring, God sseiu

him a message,, upon which he acted at

once. v. 2-4. And afterward another,

to which he.responded as promptly, v.

8-9. Both. of these related to his

preservation during the period of

famine, ancl both of them had a com-

mingling, as means to an. end, of the

natural and the# miraculous. Had they

been permitted to seize him they could

have thrown him into a dungeon and

fed him on the bread and water of af-

fliction, until it was seen -whether the

rain,came, or not; if it did, they could

execute him as a false prophet. If not

they might so torture him as to force

the. word that should bring the rain to

the parched earth. Hence the impor-

tance of his. seclusion, and how beauti-

fully this part of the history illustrates

that, declaration: "He that dwelleth in

the.secret places, of the Most High shall

abide ;.under, the shadow, of the

Almighty." It is not known whether.

the brook Cherith was east or west of

the Jordan, probably- on the east, how-

ever, to. .interpose the river between

himself .and his pursuer. It doubtless

ran into the. Jordan,.and. through lonely

mountain,defiles. . He tarried by, it., a

Tear*; God had told hiiri the. ravens

should _prq> ide . his food, and so they

did, . On the rock;they,left him. "bread-

aad:flesh,s' bpthmorning and, evening;,

•whilst, he ..drank ofi.the: gurgling brook.

See him;walking, by the .brook day, by-

day, andj.sleepjng beside:it. night, after

night confidently, 'expecting his daily

food,;and,communing with-the I?iyine

- i How .-^childlike and beaiiitif ul

:BrrEitto suggests.that.: the Hebrew

word rendered :','raueJia"-.migb.t, with - a

duiereiit.Heb.rew; pojnjting of the letters,

(as that was 3. subsequent. addition to

the language), be rendered "Arabs,

and that his food was supplied day by

day by some wild men of the neighbor-

hood. ... • ••<.-...•

Therewould be less . of, the miracu-:

IQUS in. this, but, had this been the fact,ifc.nvould not prove less the Lord's spe-cial piwision for his servant, as inclin-ing .uie. hearts of these wanderers of thedesert''to' him in' the-' care of his wants.Still we incline-to-the more miraculousrepresentation.. .The. brook Gherith,dries: .up.., at .length,.and., he. learns atonce that the,Lord has..other_-provisionfor him. 'Before this'divine direction6ame'a demanded great-faith, certainly^to See' the7 little stream' dwindling dayby .-day,-to.'the merest -silver thread, andthen disappear; but it. only :served . toshow him how inexhaustible were thedivine resources. There is no evidence"'Qmi lie ielt imj fear.':' He has • learnedsimply to wait on, and for God, and; dow h a t . h e i s b i d d e n , - • - - . • , , -.••--<•-

He went to Zarephath in Zidon as hewas told to do, for God had command-ed a widow there to nourish him.What an assemblage of wonders wehave here. He must go straightthrough the enemy's country to theotin.r°side, of the land to reach thisplace of refuge.—It was in the veryhome of that idolatry which was nowplagueing Israel. —A widow was to bethelLord-'s almoner, in uthe-, depths ofpov. rty hersJf—and the country wassubjected to the same scourge withIsrael, But girding up his hairy, man-tle and taking his staff, the greatprophet went calmly forward. Nearme gate of, the city he encountered thewoman in ~a .little wood., gathering afew 'kindlings, as she told him, to cookher last meaL v. 12. He asked forwater, and she was about to get it,when he called for bread, and that was'4the last straw?' She turned upon himher anguished face, and revealed herdeisolate" mother's heart, as she toldHim her M e of want. What eyes ofcompassion met her"s, as he told her tomake ready a meal for him and herselfand her son, and God would neversuffer "the Jiarrel of meal or the cruiseof oil" to fail, phe did it and ever a£-U1; "her widow's" heart was made tosine for Joy." An humble home wsstuat of Zarcpeth, very simple in all itsappointments, but God's presence filledit with sunshine in a most marvellousmanner.

Let us leam from this romantic andbeautiful narrative,

1. Punishment shall certainly over-take the guilty sooner or later, v. 1.

2. God's providence is both lovingand minute. He never forgets his own.The raven and the'widow are equallyhis ministers.

S. Faith is the soul of godliness,while obedience is the body of faith.

4. "Be - not forgetful to. entertainstrangers, for thereby some have enter-'tained Angels unawares." - The poorest"•nd the least, can do eomething for.God.

THEN ASK NOW.

Here is the same old mansion,"With its quaint moss-covered towers,

And the summer sunlight sleepingOn the gleam of the garden flowers.

And the wild dove, tar in the fir-wood,Co'omg in monotone; :

And the stately, silent eourt-yard,With its antique dial-stone.

The swallows have come as of yore, lad,• Prom over the sunny sea,And the cup of the lily echoes '

: To the I n m of the wandering bee. '

•The lark, in its silvery treble,Sings up in the deep-blue sky;

But the house is not ns it was, lad,In those good old days gone by.

'Twas lieve that her garments rustled,Like uiusiu amidst the flowers; .

And hei low, sweet, rippling laughter:: Made richer the rose-Avreathed bowers.

But now, in its noon-tide brightness,The place seems cold and dead;

And it lies like a form of beauty"When the light of the soul has fled.

All hushed in each lonely chamber,'That echoed to songs of old;

The chairs are now all vacant,And the hearths are dark and cold.

Yet the joys I had here of yore, lad,Jib heart but my own can know;

And the" glimpses of Heaven she gave meIn this dear home long ago.

But they went one eve, when she left me,'Mid the balm of the summer air..

There's a grave far over the hills, lad—The home of my heart is there.

.'..•.•••'•. : : —Tbislejfs Magazine.,. .—r—^-»~«».-»-9»- -

HOW TO BE A 'GENTLEMAN.'

We ;want: "&, .few private words withthe'boys. The truth is we have a greatidea of boys. "We used to think menwere made of boys. "We•''begin to thinknoiy.that .those, were old-fashioned no-tions; that they are all out of dates ¥ eloolc;around:> and: see a--great many p"er-sonS'gi'owh-iip, and with men's clotheson; who are called men. But they actand .behave so that we feel certain thattheywere.jjeTer made^out of boys. 'If:they- Iiad 'been, they would lnow: how.to behaye better. Where they camefrom; we do hot Know. But what wewish to put into the ears of the'boys isthis^be^ge'hllenieri.; In this country,every boy may grow up to be a gentle-man if i e will.: ,;It is not necessary thaihe should become rich—and most boysthink it is—nor; is it necessary' that heshould become a, great scholar, nor thathe should become a distinguished man.

But some impatient ones are asking,How can we become gentlemen ? Howcan a boy go about making himself one ?Can he work for it? Yes, he can. \ Andthe harder he works in the right way,the better,„, Can he study forit ?' Yes,he can. But he must study with hiseyes aiid his ears. Beading books andnewspapers is not enough. He must,think and feel as well as speak and act.Can he buy it? No, he cannot. Moneywill buy a great many things, but it-will not buy what makes a gentleman.If you have •'money, you can go to. ashop and buy clothes. But hat, coat,pants and boots do not make a gentle-man. They make a fop, and sometimesthey come near making a fool. Moneywill buy dogs and horses, but howmany dogs and horses do you think itwill take to make a gentleman ? Letno boy, therefore, think he is to bemade a gentleman by the clothes hewears, the horse he rides, the stick hecarries, the dog that trots after him,the house, he lives in or the money hespends., • Not one or all of these thingsdo it—and yet every boy may be agentleman. He may wear an old hat,cheap clothes, Tiave no horses, live In apoor house, and spend but little money,and still be a true gentlemen. Buthow ? By being true, manly and hon-orable. By keeping himself neat andrespectable. By being civil and cour-teous. _, 3y respecting himself- and res-pecting -others,. By doing the 'best heknows how. And finally, and aboveall, by fearing God and keeping Hiacommandments.-^Parisft Monitor.

• • -»»-«-<e~»-t»-—,

. APPBEHENSION.—Two men were con-versing in front of the post office of thecondition of a third' party-, a friend ofboth, but- whom, one of them had notseen for several veal's. ''You say he livesnear to Springfield and is quite sick?"

• said one. "Yes, very sick, indeed, whenI was there a week ago. I don't thinkhe can Eve mor&—more than—" "Thanwhat ?" interrupted the other in a feverof anxiety. ' "More than five miles fromSpringfield," was ' the reply. "Oh!"riaid the ether man spasmodically.

«-•-«--*-«• ~ —

A TJtica girl has brought . a suitagainst a saloon keeper, whom shecharges with furnishing her father withliquor, which drove him; to suicide.

DOING THE CENTENNIAL US ONE D A Y . —

Enthusiastic Philadelphian, speakingto a friend from the rural districts:—'•"Have you been to the Centennial, andwhat do you think of it ?"

"Xes, it's magnificent; went all thro'it yesterday, and saw everything. It's abig show.

:'-Th"en you saw the $80,000 set of dia-monds; beauties, ain't they ?"

"Lemme see; they are in MachineryHall, ain't, they? Yes, I remember them;they're very nice, but I ain't much onthings o' that kind; I like machinerybetter.."' .- . .... .,. . - . •

"Ah?.'. Then you must have beenpleased with the immense Corliss en-gine ?" : :•-,)-.•

"I don't exactly remember it. Ok,yesI do; it was in the Women's Pavilion.Yes, it's a mighty fine thing."

"My friend, I guess you aud I sawthings a little differently.: But tell me,what do you realy regai"d aa. the ;bestthing in the Exposition.?"

"Well I think 'the cheese of Paris' isabout tbe best to iiiy notion." - ;

"You mean the 'Siege of Paris,' don'ty o u ? " • • - " • - . • • • •

"It looked liker a cheese to me, and Ithought it got its narLe from that."

"Oil, a: slight mistake^ What else didyou see to admire?" . . .

"Heaps of things. The five leggedcalf, the two-legged horse, the "

"You have employed your time Veryprofitably, and will be able, to .tell yourfriends all about it," interrupted thePhiladelphian, as he bid his rural frienda hasty good-bye... And. the man,, so thestory runs, went back to Bucks county,and told his wondering neighbors howhe had done the Exposition, in one day.

I AD VEBTISEMENTS.

• A,..HABDE^EP- .WsftETGEtrt—It: was.-4he

first church fair of the.season,- and, asan unsuspecting Chicago youth drop-.pied in to see what was going on, hewas immediately' surrounded and ac-eosted'by^a chorus of dulcet and per-suasive feinale voices, with words abouta s f p U o w : ' ' i ; . : - -'-: ••'-: •• ; . ' . ' . -• ' ' ;

"Buy one.of my nice.^p

: "Look at these elegant hair-receivers—only $1.75 apiece !" ; ' ' •...-""; , ! • :::

"Cqme, how;?invest;.in a- -zephyrrtidy—H>hly $3 for two!" . ' • • :" ". :

"Ijet me sell you a;card bojird. match-box^ beautiful and cheap for 75 cents!"

"Here, buy, your; lady-love a book-mark for 60 cents!" : ";'-.-

"Everybody needs it pin-cushion,when they are sold two for a quarter !"-

:"Oh, do buy one of my little worsteddogs, or elejihants—the pair for ohlyS 1 . 5 0 ! " ':'•:• "•'• . - " : • — • > . • • • ; " ' • . ' • • ; : ' - - : - • .

But the young man,'not being- a mil-lionaire, gathered himself up and de-parted thence without making a pur-chase. . . . . . . . . . . .

And then those -women, getting to--.gether in solemn conclave, decided inhushed voices that the youth had givenunmistakable sighs of being a confirmedatheist, and was certainly on the high-way to rwn.—Ghwago Journal. ..: ; :

WHO SAID SO '?—The police yesterdaydiscovered a man about forty years oldlying in an alley off Woodbridge street,and when he was conducted to the sta-tion it was discovered that he was about,half drunk and half frozen. He wasseated near the stove to "thaw out, andit was thirty-six minutes by ' the clockbefore he said a word., Then he pushedhis .stiff legs out, rubbed his hands andremarked:, : . - . "

•'C-Captain', d-do you know-the f-fel-ler who-said, that . f-freezin' to deathwas simply a b-beautiful dream ?"

"I think his name was Shakespeare,"replied the oflicial.

"W-well, C-captin', after • I get t'thoroughly t-thawed out, will you letme s-see this Mis'r Shakespear forabout t-ten seconds!" '

1 Some years ago a .minister was call-ed in to see a man who was very ill.After finishing his visit, as he was leav-ing the house, he said to the man'swife: "My good- woman/do you. not go'to any church at all ?" "O, yesr sir wegang to the Barony- Kirk." •

"Then why in the world di&ycm sendfor me; .why didn't you send for Dr.-Macleod?" " "" ' "

"Na, na, sir, deed-no; •<#& wadna riskhim. Do ye ken its a dangerous case o'typhus?" ' -

5S.—One of thelast and most laughable- of what thepleasant players call "new readings"is that of the. man playing Iago, -who,when Othello asks, "Is he not honest?"hag to reply, "Honest, my lord ?" in aninterrogatory manner, instead of -whichthe Iago read it thus: "Honest! Mylo rd!"

M. D. YALENTINE & BROTHER,

MANUFACTURERS OF

FIRE'-BRIOK,-

GLAZED DRAIN PIPE,

AND

FIRE CLAY,

FIRE SAND,

WO0BBRIDG-E.,- H,. J .

pHAELES DKAKE.

MAIS STKEET, OPT. M. E. CHCKCH.WOODBEIDGE.

Dealer in

FIBST-CLASS BLANK BOOKS,

LAW AND JTTSTitiEs>;

of the most approved JSt>-J. foimsr:Baokgain-mon Boards, Initials, &c,

DEUGS AND MEDICINES,

Perfumery, Fine Toilet Soaps, Corabs, Brush-es, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Varnishes, Dye-Stufis, Window-Glass of all sizes and..qTi»lity,constantly on hand, from 6x8 to 40x60 inchesin length. Alcohol, California "Wines andLiquors for medicinal purposes. Physicians'prescriptions carefully compounded at alltours.

JOHN THOMPSON,

SADDLE AND HAEHESS MAKEK,

BEPATETNO PBOHPTM ATTENDED TO.

Brushes, Gvrry Combs, Whips, Sheets,I Blankets, Harness Soaps, (Ms, &c.

CENTENNIAL TKUNKS AND SATCHELS

Of all Descriptions.

MAIN ST., WooDBEroaE, N. J .

T>OBEET HUMPHEEYS!

Hoofing, Plumbing & Furnace

WovJc

DONE IN THE BEST MANNER,

By Contract or Days' Work.

SSatislaetioix Guaranteed.

Mairi Street, Woddbridge, N. J.,

i / f AECUS A. BROWN,.

DRTJGGIS TV.DEAtEBIN

Drugs, Medieiiies, Clienvwals,

. PATENT MEDICINES, ETC.',

-iinei jToilst Soaps, Brushes, Combs Etc.

' PEBFUMEBY IN CJ-RFAT YAIUEFS.

"Paiiits. Oils. "Varnislies, I>ye-Stxiils,.

Pure Brandy, Wines and liquors, fox Medi-

cinal Purposes,

Main'Street, "Woodbridge, N. J.

CTATEN ISLAND EATLWA'S. T

Leare Perth Auiboj-, 6, 6.50, 8.10 and 10.50A. M., and 12.50, 5.45, S.50 5.50land 6.45F. M.

Leave IStew YoTt, 6, 7,9 anflllA. M.,i, 5, 6 and 7 P. M.

Sundavs—LeaVe Totfcen-ville, 7, 9 an.a 11A. M., and 1,4 and 8 P. M.

Leave New Yorlc, 7, 9 and 11 A M.> 1,and 6 P. M.

AD VERTISEMENTS.

RAHWAT INSTITUTION,

Cor. Main and Monroe Streets,

. -J.

1851.

JACOB 11. SHOTTOLL,.: :.:. '••' AmiL -V; HH

"" ""WC. Sguiei-,tF. It. SHotvrell,A, Y. Shotwell,Eden Haydock,Isaac OsWrn, :"Joel Wilson,J. M. Melick,Ferd. Blanoke,

John Bowiie,; ' William Mei-shon.

TKEAStTKEB :

JOHN BOWKE.

B. A. Vail••HeriiTSiiKir,

-. i i . n . Bowufej>T. B. Laing,A. iVShotwell,

i..-J. T.Croweli,J. H. Stone,Dr. L. Drake,J. Ii. Freeman,T. W. Strong..

J. C. CODDINGTOX.

OFFICE HOOTS: i) a. m. to 4 p. m., and onSaturday evenings from 7 to 8.

RAHWAY MtJTUAX FIEE BSfSUB-ANCE COMPANY,

Office in the South Wing of National BankBuilding. Entrance on Poplar Street.

This Company Continues to insure

Buildings, Furniture, Etc, •

AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY ITBE,

ON THE MOST SEASONABLE TEEMS,

Either Mutually or Aaaually, as Parties May

Trefer.

The Citiaens of Woodbridge and the Sur-rouading Country are Solicited to Avail

themselves of the1 Facilities and Ad-vantages offered, t>y this IniJti- ' •

tution.

DIEECTOES:

ISAAC OSBOBN, ' - AKEI! V. ^JJOBL WILSON, JOHN J. HIGH,JOHN B. ATKES, JOHN J). CHARTS,GEO. W. LAWKENOE, B. B. Mii

L i HA. V.' SHOTWEKD, Secretary, ,

-."I '- • ISAAC OSEOBN, President.

-' HALL,

Hardwaip;;'Seea"s, 'Fertilizers*

' HOESE BLANKETS,

EOBES, DEAIN PIPE, TILE, CUT-

i , TWINE, WILLOW WAEE, .

ETC>,

156 MAIN STEEET, BAHWAY, H. J.

1776. , 1876*

JOB PBTNTiNG

" Indepenteit Hour'

POWES-PEESS

ASSETS, LIABILITEBS AKD STJKPITJS,

1st,

Bah way City and Water Bonds, andother Corporation Bonds. $293,200 00

Bonds and Mortgages, on property-worth doable the amount loaned. 344,360 .44

Loans with Collaterals "55,950 00Eeal Estate..,...-. >.....,-....:...-. . 12,570 94V. SI B o n d s ' . . . . . . . . . . . : , 50,000 00.Interest.Dne.and Accrued . . . . . . . 26,440 26Banking House and Lo t , . . . . . . . . . r 39,000 00Premiums. '. , • 10,083 75Ca'shVoa Hand. ;;• ,:.'•-,...".'..',-..-.... 77,530 63

$909,136 0.2.

Due Depositors ..,$850i427 01S u r p l u s . . . . . . ; . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,709 01

$909,136 02Totalnuml)erofopeaaceounts,J«n. 1875, 2,557

; "•' ::' •" -'"' 1S76, 2,571Amount of Deposits received during ..

the year ended Dec. 31, 1874 ^425,015 31Amount of deposits received dur-

ing the year.eaded Dec.. 31,1875 439,49a 50Increase of deposits during the past

y e a r . . . . ; . , ; : : . . : ; . : ; . . . . . . . . . 14,476 59Amount of-withdrawals for the y«>r

: ended Dec. 31, 1874 ". . . .$168,785 53Amount of Withdifawalsfor the year

ended Dec. 31,1S75.1.,.-,. •./....... 443,7SS 4SDecrease of withdra-vrals for the . , • •'

: past year / . . : . i'V h':'.':^::..'.:.'.'[. 24,971 f)5Total, number of deposits-d-ariag.the yeax. of

i875'4096' ; :

NEW PRESSES!

NEW OUTFIT!

AETISTI0 W0RKMAKSHIP,

FIBST-GLASS MATESIAI

And EVEBY FACILITY for Esecatiae

of

BUSI33SS

BILL-BEADS, STATEMES'fS

PR0GEAMMES,

NOTE HEABDTGS, -I

LETTEE-HEADIHGS,

dBCULAKS, LABELS

HAHD-BELLS, P0STESS,

3STELA.T!

PROMPT!

CHEAP!

Prices 'Below Competitor

SEKD- IN TOUR OKDEKS

JOHN McCANK,

BEA1XR JtK

CHEESE, VEGETABLES,EGGS, ETC., ETC.r HTTIE^T, HAHWAT, N. J

Masmiic Mall JBuilditig,

\

JUST SO.

BY A. SUCCESSSTDIJ MAX.

When times are hard and cash is low.,And trade comas in most awful slow,What is it ih&t I would advise?—" .

Advertise t

When folks go streaming past the door,And never step inside the store,My best advice 4°,not. despise.:

! :" "Advertise"!'

When drawer and pocket both soeia thin,And much goes out and naught comes in.

"*' : - & - Advertise ! '"

For thus it is with men of brainFinding ther fortunes on the wane,And hoping they may take a r i se -

Advertise !

Your HelniboWs, Stewarts, Barnuuw, toeDry goods, -menagerie and buctm—Exalt this methodto the skies:

Advertise!

Bbnner -srifirTiexter, '-piatbush' MardWv.Tom Scott upon the rail he's laid—Had but one way to win the prize: ..

Advertise!

The greatest nien who live to-dayHave found in this the only wayTo swell beyond the common size:

It never yet was known to fail -To brighten timespiifrmtgsfe SPgaie;To bind your luck with golden ties:

Advertise!

ATIII so, whate'er you have to sell,Do this at once, and do it well;Keep it before the public eyes:; ;

i t V ' ~' ' '

MORSELS EOS.GOUTEMPIiATIOlf.

So, let your name be Jones, Smith, Grimes.Try this one way to cheat hard times:You'll find herein the" secret lies: - >

' Advertise-!. —«-«-^-*-e-

A SMAET YOUNG MAN.

Some weeks ago, says the VirginiaCity Chronide, a young scapegrace inthis «ity, who had left his parental roofin New Tori? under % ploud; .m 1865,concluded to put up a job on the o'dgentleman and make a raise. He ac-cordingly telegraphed to his father inN e w X o r k : • '-'•• - ••' - •':'"'

lfK. ; Your son Walter was tilled inthe Con. Virginia this morning by a fallingcage. "What shall we do with the remains ?

M. L. BARKER.

Almost immediately a telegraphic,order came for $150 and the laconicreply, "Bury them."

The fictitious M. L. Earlier froze tothe $150 and went on a royal spree,iiiicl a few wests afterwards wrote tohis father over his red name as follows:

DEAK FATHEK—I have just learned that aninfamous scoundrel named Barker sent youa fictitious account of my death and swindledyou out of $150. He also borrowed $85 fromme. and ifcit the country. I write to-.informyou that I ani yet alive and long to see theo'd parental roof again. I am in somewhatreduced circumstances, the accumulation ofthe last five years having been lost—n disas-trous stock : operation—and if you wouldspare me §200 I will be ever thankful for thefavor. Hive EIV 3uve to all. Your affection-titO SOZi,

WAI/TEE.

A few days later the young man re-ceived the following:

MY DEAR SON—I have buried you once, andthat's an end of it..., ._..- _ ' '.. l... . ,„.,,— ;,

I decline havirig any-^inore transactionswith a corpse. Yours in flesh,

FATHEE.

The old nian evidently knew where-of he spoke.. , ,- •

H E DIDN'T BELIEVE THE TELEGRAPH.—

About two o'clock yesterday after-noon a woman was seen staggeringalong Jefferson avenue with a satchelin either hand, her nose red from thecold and her face wearing anythingbut a genial smile. As she reachedBates street' & man came" around thecorner, carefully bundled up and-smoking a fifteen-cent cigar.

"You great beast!" shouted the wo-man, dropping the satchels.

"Got home, eh?" he replied, smilingcomplacently.

"Yes, I've got home, and why didn't,you meet m'si-'at"-itJie depot'? T>idii'"t; Itelegraph you ?"

"Yes, but I've got so that I don't be-lieve anything sent over the AssociatedPress wires, and I had no idea you'dcome. In fact, I bet four silt hats youwouldn't, and now you've made meloose the pile!" ,.,..,.

Iixcrars ASK OHIO.—Illinois leadsOhio on horses by nearly two hundredtliousamtpt;!tosaktes«jky-^M^IiS. 8ifef*»*efifcattle over four hundred thousand, andon hogs by nearfy a million; but onsheep Ohio teats Illinois nearly five, toone, or more than, thi-ee raiBions.. s .The,population of the two States is aboutthe s«me, but Illinois is one-third larger.

Youth holds no societj' with grief.There's a good wide ditch between

s a y i n g a n d . d o i n g . . ; • • .:, ^ • '<

The lives of the best of us are spentin choosing between evils.

A man's worst difficulties begin whenh e % a b l e - t o . - d o ' - ' a s l i e l i k e s . • ' • • • ' • • • •

To-morrow is the day on which idlemen work and fools,reform.

Men's muscles move better whentheir soul's are making merry music.

It is very ea^y finding -reasons- whyother people should be patient.

"Women are .a • xiipx race, recreatedsince the world received Christianity.

It is jnconceiyablelidw'iriuich swifc.:'is •; required to avoid being ridiculous.

To have ideas is to gather flowers. Tothink iSj.tebwave them into garlands.

No man lias been matriculated in theart of life till he has been well tempted.

The saddest failures in life come fromthe not putting forth of the power tosucceed.

A hesitating, tardy, or gruni yieldingto the wishes of another always gratesupon a loving heart.

To be able to bear provocation is-anargument of great, wisdom; and to for-give it is a proof of great mind.: Never was a sincere would utterly,lost^ neyer a magnanimity fell to theground. There is some heart always togreet and accept it unexpectedly.: The vain glory of the wprjd is a de- "eeitMf Sweetness, an unfruitful labor, a •perpetual fear, a, dangerous bravery,begun without providence "and firushedwithout repentaiice.

Women charm, as a general thing,in proportion as they are good. A plainface with a heart behind it is worth aworld of beauty. -Men who have triedboth, uniformly agree to this.

Whenever you commend add yourreasons for doing so: it is this whichdistinguishes the approbation of a manof sense from the flattery of sycophantsand the admiration of fools.

There are many who talk on fromignorance rather than from knowledge,and who find the former an inexhausti-ble fund of conversation. I t is aston-ishing how soon one's stock of realknowledge runs out.

'.AIM EBTISEHENTti.

HE WOULD "CATCH A HITCH OH."—

The other day when, a gentleman,residing on Adeloine street, saw a boyrun over by a sleigh on Woodward ave-nue he went home, called his first-bornto his knee, and said:-'

"William John don't never hitch on asleigh."

"But it's fun," protested the boy.,'••• :."It may be, but it's also dangerous.

Only half an hour ago I saw a, lad ofyour size run over and almost cut in.-two. Only the other day I was readingof a.boy who -aas canied on by a far-mer and thrown into the \,e$l: Again,I was reading of a boy who was cutinto four pieces by a sleigh. Then therewas that boy ->a Chicago who had hishead taken clean off, and the one inBoston who got fast on the sleigh andwas dragged to deata. Keep clear ofteams,-iny son.' • , >

About two hour's after that the boywas seen in the street waiting -for a"hitch." His sister ran out and called;

"Don't you remember what fathers a i d ? " -. -,-:.- -.- ' J - ' - -••'•'•• •" J-;•";--;•'"-.

"Yes; sir," he answered.;; y... ; , ; ' ; ; ' ,"About all-those boys being cut up

and mashed and mangleS?""Yes, sir.'"And there you are, waiting for a

team!"'"That's what I'm doing, sis. I'm

willing to risk all them chanoes everyday in the week for a" ride, and nowyou stand there and see me flop_ intothat grocer's sleigh. Dad can't, stuff

'OODBRLDGE HOTEL,

Wood.bria.ge, N, 3...

CLAS5 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR

TRANSIENT AND PERHAXENT BOAJEtDEES.

. Good. Stabling, .Driving and Fishing.

OJliblce Winds, Liquors & CigarsA. GRINSTED, Proprietor. .

npHE TJNDERSIGNED WISHES TO IN-JL form the public in Woodliridge and vi-

. cinty that lie has opened a

Horse-Shoeing Shop,in the shop owned, by Mr. Franklin Mooreand formerly occupied by him, -where he is

"prepared to do {- - ;

; H0SS3-SH0EING and GEHESAL JOBBING,

in all its branches. Special attention paid togentlemen's Road and Trotting Horses, alsoto lame and, interfering horses:,» Price^Sl- 50,5 per lent, 'off "&r .cash. •?.. .rSOt EkNdee7tf

TSAAC INSLEE, JR,

CLAY MERCHANT,

WOODBEIDGE. .N.:J, ,,

EKEN DEUMMOND,

CLAY KEECHANT, ,

. J.

AD YER TISEHENTS.

'H.E

MUTUAL BENEFIT

W. P. DALLY,

SCULPTOR AND DESIGNED IN MONU-\ MENTS, TOMBS & STATUARY.

A. FLOOD,, . ;

CLAY MERCHAN/T,

WOODBEIDGE N. J.

B. PEEEMAN & SON,

EAHWAY AYE.,: WOOBBBIDGB, N. J,.

PHYSIC1ANSS

SURGEONS,

a. B. YEEEMAS. -s. :

'T 'HOMAS H: LEE^ •

JATT05NEY AND COTOSELLOR AT LAW,No. 9 F ine Street,

Notary Public. NEW YOZK.

The Director of the Board of Chosen Free-holders of Middlesex'Conntyean-be seen atthe County Collector's office on the secondand fourth. Saturdays of each month at two

: o'cloct p.-"m: • -Post Office address: South River.n25tf JAMES BISSETT, Director.

QTACY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC PARLORS,

JIAIS & CHKUBY STS. Entrance on Cherry St.

P I C rc^'u it E s""Of all kinds made in the best style and sat-isfaction guaranteed.. A good assortment ofFRAMES constantly unhand; =Ejctrtres framed,at short notice at theXO'WEST''PRICES.

EABT\¥AY, N. J. J. G. STACY.

. A. MORGAN,

: SASHES, BLINDS AND DOORS,

CAMPBELL STB^ET;, ..KEAB if,t J.^R.-R.'-

P. O. Box 26. RAHWAY, N. J.

How TO GET RICH.I—Uothing is more-easy than to grow rich. It is only totrust nobody- to,,befriend,none^ to geteverything and save all you get, to stintourselves and everybody belongingj tous, to be the friend of no'man and haveno man for our friend, to heap interestupon interest,. cent upon: cent;.to be;-rnean, roi^erable and despised, for sometwenty or (thirty years, 'aid .'i-iches -*wilir

come as sure as disease and disappoint-ment. And when pretty'nearly* enoughwealth is collected by a disregard of allthe charities G||Iif.;hunmrix'kfiaj4riniMthe expense of every enjoyment .:savethat of wallowing in filthy meanness,death cpjjbesHt<| finish the work: Aebody is buried in a;hpla_t|p Mf&, dance

"*6ver it, and the spirif goes-—where?

Theestablishing a niffiE- .SSffi- p Sfis" foi

.fniint operati^ns^aiidi'ueDinage.lflws havebeen sribmitted by the United StatesMinister.

T\AYID P. OAl(Successor to David P. Carpenter.)

Carriage Repository,MAIN ST,, W00DBRIDGE, N. J.

GABEIAGES, BUGGIES & WAGONS

Constantly on hand and Made to order.

Painting, Tritni /ting & Jobbing

- at th« Shortest Kotiea.,

HOBSE SHOEING,

-50. ' 'Five per cent, off for cash.

CIVIL CTGISPEEB; AKTD SURVEYOR,

:• (Successor to Thomas Archer,)

E, 25 CHERjty S^ ,_OBP EOST OIT-IOE,

RAHWAY, N. 3~

EKOTH^RS, ' '

CLAY MERCHANTS, •W0ODBRIDGE, K. J

_ J> B JESUCK

UBSGEIBE FOR -' ^ ^" THE INDEPENDENT HOUR *

OB PRINTING—FIRST-CLASS,At The "Independent Hoar" Office,

INSURAICE: COMPANY,NEWARK, N, J.,

RAILROAD TIME-TABLES.

RECEIPTS,MOM MAY...18-15, to. JAXTJABY, 1S76.:

Premiums. .;.,.$pitd32,91&r<t7 . : :Interest.....-....;...-.-.-v-i'6,3iG:592-70 -

Total .$81,149,507 76 " V . . ' - \ '•'.'.'"• • . \ - . • i \ : • - ; ; . . : - - . ; \ - : • > • . : ^ . . ± ~ . . i ~ . . . : • ' - •

Ar-PROPBIATEtl AB OIXOTV.S: .. . 'Policy claims ." $18,282,541.48 being 23.8pr.xt.SurrspaeredPoliij ias. . . . 4,081,31st S2 " 5,3 "Blvideada 19,224,524 15 •• 23.7 "

Keturnea to Memliers...$44,781,410 45 ""r52,8 ','Taxes'atfdExpenses..."i-.-':*ffilWJ918 W " " " ib.ff - "Kescrve aod. Si}rDlus 30,100,1S4 2S •• 37,2 " .

-., Total, : $81,149,507 76, .100.0 "

Life arid Endowment Policies:,' of the usualforms, risstied oh the^nosfeifftTorisote tf"i*

; LEWI$I C,:MQW^,r

•TXJMKS K. PEAkSOk, rice-Presideilt.

HXtWAJ^Zfl A.* SXROSQ^ Secretary.

C. jUiZLEB, Treasurer.

TLTON MILLS. : V

, The subscriber, having purchased^itie store

property x>f Jos. T. 'Crowell, known as the

MILLS . F:erRjV.ES: . ( S T O R E . -

in CHERRX STREET; also, having kMilton Mills^ -5vhichrgiTes:hini all the facilities,anda'dvantageiffor mannfaetiiringl'ip'ur; Feed,&c., •will give great care in selecting the best:grades of White and Red Winter Wheat, and.special, attention'1 to - the Elour' I)epartineht'.Hoping by prompt attention to b«siness:to :merit a large patronage, it will he his earnestdesire to meet the demands of customers-, andgive them the very best in his line, jind to sell;at the lowest possible standard for cash. Inaddition to -his: own grades of flonr, 'he; willkeep constantly on hand ST: LOIJIS CHOICEBRANDS, Also, some of the choice SouthernBrands, Hecker's Ever Prepared Flour," XXXBest. Family Flour, - XX Extra Superfine, X;Superfine, Rye and Graham Flour, -ExtraFine and Yellow Meal, Wheaten Grtts, Homi-ny, Samp, Oat Meal, Feed, Shorts, Rye Feed;Bran and Oil Meal.

In connection with the above, will be kepteonssantly on hand and fresh, Fancy Articlesin his line direct from the manufactory—Cream Tartar; Riee Flour; Crashed "Wheat,Split Peas, Corn Starch, Arrow Root, &c.

My Feed and Meal are made of the verybest. No cobs or damaged.grain used. War-ranted as represented, or no .sale,.. . •-•

-' ' W5I. I. BROWN.

T. TAP.PEN.,

Masons'../Materials.,-?mr>:-

SUITABLE TOE

T>ENNSYLVANI*L EiJXROAJD.

THE GBEAT TEUNK LDJE ISB UKIKBKSTATES MAVL ROUTE.

Trains leave New York,, from foot'of Bes-brosses and Oortlandt Streets, as follows:Express for Hamshnrg, Pittsburg, the West

and South, with Pnliman Palace Cars at-tached, 9.30 a. m., 6 and 8.30 p. m; - Sun-day, G and 8.30 p. m. • . • - ,

For Williamsport and Lock Haven, via Phila-delphia and Erie Railroad Division, con-necting at Philadelphia), 9.30 a. m., forWilliamsport, Lock Haven, Co.rry. and Erie,8.30 p. in., connecting at Corry ibr 'Titus-ville, Petroleum Centre; and the Oil Regions,

For Baltimore, Washington and the South."Limited Washington Express" of Pullmanman Parlor Cars, daily, except Sunday, at9.30 a. m., arrive at Washington 4.10 p. m.Regular at 8.40 a. m., 3 and 9 p.- m. Sun-day, S p. in.

Coat

FOOT HAYDOGK' ST., RAHWAY; W. J.

BRICK, LIME, LATH,

CEMENT, PILASTER, MABBLE *DUST, HAIR. .

Cumberland Coal3

SORANTON, HAZLETON &LEHIGH

ooAlso, the .Celebrated

EBESYTLLE COAL.

BLUE STO3VES;

-FLAGGING, CURBING, LINTELS,

SILLS, POLISHED HEARTHS,

"WELL STONES, CHIMNEY. TOPS,

&C.j &C, &C.

DONE AT SHORT NOTICE.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES.

E. T. TAPPEN.

T EHIGH VAI iEI RAILROAD.

ARRANGEMENT OF PASSEKGEK TEATKS, APKIL16th, 1876.—Leave depots foot of Corflandtand Desbrosses Streets* at7 a. m., for Easton, Bethleh,em, Allenton,

Mauch Chjonk,- Hazleton,- Beaver Jleadow,... < jMahoney City, Shenandoah, Mt. Carmel,

Wilkesbarre, Pittston, Ehnira, &a., connect-,.ing with trains for Ithaca, Animrn, Roches-

•'"•' ter Buffalo, Niagara Falls and. the west,1 p. m.. for Easton," Bethlehem', AUeniown,

ilanch Chunk, Hazelton, Mahoney City,'Shenandoah, Wiliesbarre, Pitt|ton, Trmk-hannock, &c., makiDg" close'connection forReading, Pottsville, and Harrisburg.

3 p. ijx., for Easton, Bethlehem, Allentownand Maueh.Ctnnk,' stoppin^-at all 'stations.

6 30 p m., Niglit express daily, .for Easton,.Bethlehem Allentown, Mauch Chunk,Wilkesbarre, Pittston. Elmira, '&c, connect-ing with tains for, Jth.a.Ga, Autmrn, Ro,e3its-ter, Bnffalo, Niagara Falls and the west.Pullman's s l G ipg

Trains leave Railway for Mefcuehen, • New' BiaoKSyn and TfeWlTarket at 8 a. m.,'and 2,

4and,7.a0p.jn. . — * •

Emigrant and second class, 7 p. m.For Newark at G, C.30, 7, 7.40, 8, 9,. 10, 11 a.

m., 12 m., 1. -2, 2.30, 3.10, 3.40, A,,4.1Q, 4.30,4.50, 5, 5.20, 5.40, 6.10, 6.20, 6.30,. 7, 7.30,8.10, 10, 11.30 p: m:, and 12 night Sundav,5.20, 6.80, 7and'8.10-p. in. ' ' '

For Elizabeth, 6, 6. SO. 7, 7.40, 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m., 12 m., 1, 2, 2.30, 3.10, 3.40, 4, 4.10, 4.30

: 4.50, 5.20, 5.40, 6.10, 6.20, 6.30, 7, 7.30, 8.10'10, 11.30 p. m., and 12night. Sunday,5.20,6.30, 7 and 8.10 p. m. ' -•:

For Rah-way, 6, C.30, 7. 7.40, 8, 10,. 11-.a: xa.12 m.,"1. 2, 2.30 10, 3.40, 4, 4.10-, 4.30.

• 4.50, 5.20, 5.40, 6.10, 6.20, 6.30, 7, 8.10, 10p. m., and .12 night. StindayV-S.S'O; 6.30a n d 7 p . m , . - ; , ... .•,-.-. -.,• . : ; "

For Wporlbridge, Perth Amboy-and 'SouthAmboy," 6 and 10 a. m., 2.30, 4,50' aad J3.20p. m.

For New Brunswick, 7, 8 and 11 a. m., 2, 3.10,4.10, 5.20,- 6.10,-7.p.. mi,,andl2night. -Sun-day, 7 p. in. ;

For East $EQlst6ne, 11 a/'mv, : and 5.20 p.m.For Kingston and Rocky Hill, 8.40 a. m. and

4 . 1 0 p . m . ...- . •••• . '• •••.-• '• =For Princeton, .7, 8.40 a. m., 12.3 2, 34.10 and

7 p . m . ' • • • • • : • • •

For Lambertville, 9.30 a."rih', % 3, 4.10 p. m.For Phillipsburg. and/ Belvidere,-' -9.30: a.Tin.,, and 2 p. m.

For Fleinington, 9.30 a. m., 3 p. m., ,.For-Mercer and,'Scailersetlfaiic la, 3'p.in.' •For Trenton, Bordentowr., aJnrlington and - '••

: Camden, 7.30and 9:30 a. m., 12.30, 2, % 5, ,a n d 7 p . ! m . : ^ : :. '- • - • • ' • ; " ' '• -

For Freehold, 7.30 »-m., 2.snd:4i10.p, m, ,.i;.:.ForFarmingdaleandSquari, V.30 a. m.,..2p..m.ForHigh'tstown,-Peiuberton tnd-Oam'den, va(:

Perth Ambpy,_2.30 p.-.m., aiid~.Tia;;Mon-i;.mouth Junction, 4.10 p. m.

For Hightstown.and.Pembertbn, 6-a. m., via:: ; Perth Am"boy, and.7.30a-, m., viaMorimonth:;

: Junction. - ' '•" , ' ;Trains arrive, as; follows^-Fi-om Pittsbnrgli,:

6.'55,. 10.30 a, BJ..,-: and 9.20 p. m.. flaily-: 10.15 a. in;-and 7.40 p. in. daily escepf Mon;day. Frosi WaBhington: and' Baltimore-,'6.20 a. m:, 4.05.. 5.15 and 10.27 p: m. •.-. Stin,day, 6.20 a. m'. From Philadelphia, 5.10-6.20, 6.55, 10.15* 11.20, It54' a. m.,-..2:.15.4.05, 5.15, 6.i0, 6.50, 8.44, 7.35. 10.27 p. m.-Sunday, 5.10, 6.-20, 6.55; -'ll'.Si a. m., 7.40^:920 1027 ^ * '

SAYKE, Snpt. and Engineer,(xeneral eastern office, comer Church and

Corflandt Streets.. CSAB. H. CuarmNos, Agent.

, pTrains leave Woodbridge for New :York, afe

7.13 and 8.14 a. m., and 12.14, £20 <vn&6.40 p. m. : . • • , < • ••:. ; r . = . : >

: Ticket offices, 526. and 944 Broadway,; 1 As-.tor House, arid foot of Desbrosses and Cort-landt Streets; 4 Court Street; Brooklyn; 114,116 and 118 Hudson Street, Hoboken. Emi-grant tieket office, 8 Battery Place.FEANK THOMSON, T>. M. BOSK, J r .

General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.F. W. JACK.SOK

Gen'l Supt.U. R. R. of N. JiDiv.

/CENTRAL RAILROAB OFNEW JERSEY/* ~ J , • . . , . - - . . . - . - : . , . . : ' . . v - ; v '.•• - J - - --

' ALLENTOWN LINE TO THE WEST.Passenger and freight station in New York,

. foot of Liberty Street. Connects at Somerville -with South Branch Railroad; at Hampton.Junction, with/ Delaware, - Lackawanria ani :

-Western.Railroad; atPhillipsburgwithLebigli -and Susquehanna division; also, with Lehigb. .Valley Railroad. - Direct line to Harrisburg,Pittsburg.and the west; also to Centra.l.PeBn- ;sylvania and New York State. . . . , . ' .:. i WINTER' ARRANGEMENT. ..•":;. : ;

Commencing December 1st, 1875. LeaveNew York as follows:5.30 a. m., News train for Easton, Belvidere,"

Bethlehem, Bath, Allentown, Mauch Chunk,Tamaq-ua, Taman'end, Wilkesbarre. Potts-ville, Scranton, &c.

6.05 a. m., Way train for Dunellen.7.45 a. m., Way train lor Flemington and

Easton, connects at Junction with, Delaware,Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

9 a. m., Moring express, daily (except Sun-. days), for Easton, Allentown, Harrisburg

and the west. Connects at Easton forMauch Chunk, Tamaqua, Towanda, Wilkes-barre, Potteville, Scranton, Danville, Wil-liamsport, &c.

10.15 a. ra. Way train for Somerville andFlemington. ,

1 p. m. Express for Flemington, Easton, Al-lentown, MauchOhiink, Tamaqua, MahoneyCity, Hazelton, Wilkesbarre,Reading Colum-bia, Lancaster, Ephrata, Pottsville, Harris-bnrg, &c.

2.45 p. in. Express for Easton, Belvidere,Bath, Mauch Chunk, Wilkesbarre -, andSeranton.

3.30 p. ra. Way train forDnneUen.4 p. m. Way train for Easton, Allentown and

Mauch Chunk. Connects at Junction withDelaware, Lackawanna 'and "Western Rail-road.

4.30 p. m. Way train for Somervillo andFlemington.

5 |3- m. Way train for Dunellen.5.15 p. m. Evening express, daily, for Easton,

Allentown, ilaiich Chunk, Wilkesbarre,Towanda, Reading and Harnsburg.

5.30 p. in. Way train fer Somerville.6 p. m. Way train for Somerville.6.30 p. m. Way train for Dunellen.7 p. m. Way train for Somerville.8.30 p. m. For Easton.9.30 p. ni. Way train for Sqmeryilie.12 p. m. Way train for Dunellen.For Elizabeth at 5.30, 6.15, 6.35, 7, 7.30, 7.45,

8, 8.45, 9, 9.30, 10.15, 11.15 a. m., 12 m.,12.45, 1, 2, 2.45, 3, 3.30, 3.45, 4, 4.15, 4.30,4.45, 5, 5.15,- 5.30, 5.45, 6, 6.15, 6.30, 7, 7.40,

' S.30, 9.30,10.30, 11.15, 12 p. m.R. E. RICKEK, Supt. and Eng.

H. P. BAUJTOJ, Gen'l Pass. Agt

"J^TEW YORK AND LONG BRANCH E.. K.

1AI ' CENTBALHAILEOAD O M . J.

AL£-RAII." LENB BETWEBS NEW Yor.y,

* LONG BBANCH AND SQUAW.Time-table of Nov. -15th, 1876.—Twuna

leave New York from foo,t of. Liberty Street,North River, and foot of ClarkBon* street, uptownr at 8.15 and 11.45 a. m. and 4.15 and5.15 p. m. i ^ - „ " ~

All trains run to Long Branch.Stages, to nn.il from Keyport conniet at Mite-

wan Station rriOa} all.trains.." Woodbridge for New York at 748. and 9.03a. m., and 12.32 and 5.22 p. m.

H. P. BALDWIN, G«B. Pass.

A STAEOH PAOTOKY DISIHTEfrSATED.

The village of Glen Cove was on Saturday,at about a quarter-past twelve, startled by aload explosion, the shock of which was felt•over a wide area. Investigation as to thecause showed that an accident, terrible in itsconsequence, had occurred at the starchworks of the Messrs. Dnryea, involving thedeath bf two persons and the severe injury offour others. A. boiler,, about ten feet in di-ameter and ten feet high, burst into frag-ments, carrying death ami destruction, in alldirections. Fortunately nearly all the menin the factory had gone to dinner, or the lossof life would doubtless have been muchgreater. The explosion occurred in what isknown as the sugar department, -which was

. made a perfect wreck.: • The1 roof was blownoff, about 200 feet of brick wall was prostra-ted, and the rest of the structure was so badlyshattered that it will have to be entirely re-built The two persons killed were Dr. OscarWiele, : an accomplished German chemist,and his assistant, Adolph Grimm. The for-mer was blown about' 100 feet through thewall and through a picket fence, where hewas picked Tip unconscious,, though stillbreathing, but he soon -expired, after beingconveyed to a neighboring house. He wasabout thirty-five years old and had no rela-tives, in this country, though it was under-stood he was engaged to be married soon to aBrooklyn lady. Grimm was also alive when•found, but died while being taken home. HeWas thrown about 150 feet. : The injured areHenry Keck and 4 young man: named Jacob•Kief, employed in the factory; the office boy,George Crone,- and Mrs. Evans, .who carriedher husband' his dinner. .Mrs . Evans was

• outside-and was . injured by: flying bricks.. Grone-was near and washit on the head by a

brick. Kecfcwas badly scalded, and may die,•while. Kief was' only scalded .by' the rush of

• «team from'thft overheated chemicals, one of ••the ingredients of which was blue vitriol.One of the proprietors, Mr. Edgar Duryea,tyasin- the works talking with Dr. "Wiele onlya few moments before the explosion and h,vda narrow escape from death. Several heavy-pieces of the boiler were blown from 200 to250 feet, but there was only trifling injury toadjoining property. The damage to the•works is about $20,000, and will be imme-diately repaired; • • • ' _ ' • . ' • • • - • • • • •

...-'•• HEW JERSEY EBH0EIAL ASSOCIATION,

This Association held its twenty-first annualmeeting at the American House, Trenton, onMonday of last week. .The Treasurer, Jas. S.Yard,, presented his annual report of the re-ceipts' and expenditures _ for, the past year,showing a balance on hand of $792.44.

... .The following.officers were elected for.theensuing .year:, . . . . . . . .

President—William B. Guild, of the New-ark Journal.

Vice-Presidents—Charles S. MoGrath, of theOcean Wave, Cape May City; John Bciest ofthe Emporium, Trenton; Uzal M. Osborn, ofthe Advocate and Times, Eahway: John Sirner-son, of the Warren Journal, Belvedere; LouisA. Vogkt, of the Iron Era. Dover; Thomas T.Kinney, of the Advertiser, Newark, and Ed-ward Gardner, of the Hudson County Times,B a y o n n e . - . •..--••• ;• ;. - • •-•

Secretary—John F. Babcock, of the.Fredon-ian. New Brunswick.

Treasurer —James S.. Yard, of the MbnmoidhDemocrat, Freehold. \

Executive Committee—Siimickson Chew,of the West Jersey Press; Gamden; A. A.Vance, of the Jerseyman, Morristown; CharlesBechtel, of Trenton; Lewis S. Hyer, of theJSiztiorialDemocrat, Railway, and Jas. S. Yard,of the ilmimimih Democrat, Freehold.

Obituary notices were read of Messrs. LouisC. Voght, for many years editor of the Demo-cratic Banner, of Morristown, and CharlesToinlinson, thirteenth -President of the As-sociation, and late; editor of ihe HuriterdonD e m o c r a t

:-

:* ' " • • • • : • • ' • • • • • - • - • - • • • • • • -

:. •• .

An * excellent dinner was - enjoyed by thefraternity after the adjournment, at whichspeeches1' were made by the President elect,ex-iPresidents Hamilton, Wiirts and Freeze,a n d m a n y o t h e r s . ' ' J >•<"•-"- -'• --'•••

The steamer still lies on-the; beach at Sea-bright, withrbroadside abbut'southeast.: Herehafice's of safety depend Uppnthe'high tidewith;,the wind••,southeast at. the;same time,otherwise, in the event of ;a: iiortheasfr blow,She wottJdBe in great danger of being forcedback to the position she-occnpied.at.first. Aweek ago she jumped in the seaand moved

- about 200: .feet The wrecking people andcaptain are still on board, and efforts are ' be-ing madeat.every tide to "puU.het'furtjier tothe southeastward, : and i t is .a-singular cir-

•' euniStaBee that during the Wo; weeks she has-tieen'-bn the beach at no.titne, has". the surfb,een such that a boat could not reach her, andat low; tide teams are, drjyen alongside at her-bow and amidships... ..... .,; ij-..-.-.,.^.,.,f,.. \

P A T E B S O N - , : , .

a re offering•>:•:.••

T > I

ina'll their i)epartinente,. viz: ".

DRY GOODS;..; }

DRESS GOOBS,

• CLOTHS, TLAKNELS,

. ' . .../^..,...-. • • . HATS, CAPS,-..Z ;

: . BOOTS, SHOES,

; ' GROCERIES,

' &c, &<:.', '&c. ' ;:

B I B K E T T and PATEESOiT, ,

' -' Corner ef MAIN and FELTOH STS.,.

janll "WCODBRIDGE, N. J.

AD FEE TISEMENTS

ORIGINAL "WOODBRIDGE

COAL YARD.

William M. Demarest,

PROPRIETOR.

I o-AND OTHEK STANDARD

O O

STOVE

EC3-O-,

ELZlCi

_____ 1TTJT,-

AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

AT THE

Lowest Market Prices.

HARD: WOOD,By the Cord. Also,' Sawed and Split.

O B D E E S P B O J X P T L Y ATTENDED TO.

W. H. DEMAREST

Takes pleasure in informing the citizens

of Woodbridge and vicinity that he has

accepted the appointment as

AOENT FOE THE

State Fire Insurance Comp'y,JEHSEY CITY.

T, B. KNIPFEST & CO.,

BEGAD SIREET,"ELIZABETHAN. J.

'-NOW OPENING ALAE&E AND TTEIjIj, - ' - ' • V £ - STQCKOF-

COSSISTINO IN

China Tea Sets, Yases and Toilet Setts;- i •- -Cutlery; Elated Waxev '.:• ,:.

Tea Trays; Blacking;'Cases; Baskets,. ..both Pancy.and Marketj:/Smoking

Setts; Tobacco Jars; Match

>G1 a s s j S h . a d e s ;-

.becorated Chainber Setts, •'

VEEY SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PHESENTS. .

' ' ' ATarge'assortmcnt'of [

W a h m t B r a c k e t s ; P o c k e t s ; 1 '"' ''•"'•' •••

Boot Shelves, &ci; Bird Cages;

Statuettes of Parian Marble and

Bronzed Lava "Ware . : : !

In short, we keep constantly oii had at all.. t i m e s , . o r . t o o r d e r , a f u H l i n e o f •:• ;

China, SemirPorcelain, ironstone Ware,Glass-ware," Plain - and Japanned

Tinware, Pails, Tubs, brushes, ', . Brooms, Dusters, Coffee;;

Tea Pots,'Wringers, '.......,,....- ; Fluting. Irons, .

••• '• •:-.- • ' S a d I r o n s , •-.-:.••••• •- - ; • ;

' Egg Beaters, Eefrigerators, <Scc.,

! ; ' • '" '•" v G u r p r i c e s a f e a s ' ' • - • '

Low as in-any House in Ke* York Gity,

Our goods are packed carefully and at no ex-pense to the purchaser.'

Thanking the citizens of Middlesex for

their kind patronage in the past we hope to

merit a continuance of the same in the^uture.

AD VEllTfSEMFNTS.

TAMES T. MELICK,

CLOTHING.MEMCK HOUSE),

Main Street, JSahtvay,Has now on hand a larse stock of

MEN'S 'AND BOYS' CLOTHING,

New Goods, all. Wool. PRINCE ALBERTFRONTS made from $10 to S15.

Black Oassimere Pants, S3.50 to $6.00.Vests, from SI.50 to $3.00.BOYS' CLOTHING a Specialty.

FINE ASSORTMENT OF

BAGS, TBUNKS, VALISES.

Clothing Made to Order.&

PRESSING AND CLEANING done at short

notice. J.T.

M E W BRUNSWICK HOTEL,

GEORGE F. CEATEE, PROPEIETOH,

Con. GEOEGS ANB SOMERSET STKEISTS.

ArEW BRU2T8WICK, N. J.

(Opposite the Depot),

LTVEKY ATTACHED. '

WOODBEIDGE

FIB.E BRICK WORKS

ESTABLISHED 1845.

H. Berry &; Co,

WOODBEIDGE, N. J.

-5 Manufacturers of Fire JB-ricie of all

fehapes and sizes, and Dealers in

FIRE CLAY'S,'

SAND, KAOLTN AHD PIEE M0ETAE,

THE BEST GEADES OV

COAL, jor Family Use,

ALWAYS ON HAND.

TSTINTEE

CLOTHING,THE LATEST

For Cash you can huy!

A GOOD STRONG SUIT,

COAT, PANTS AHD VEST,

: Complete, only $6.00.

A Good:Warm Suit.:.,............,...$8.00

Business S u i t s . . . . . . . $10, $12, $14 $18

Dress S u i t s . . . . . . . . . . . : • . , . $14 to $25

Boys' S u i t s ! . . . : : . . . .V. . . . ' : .'15; to $12

Childrens''..Suits...,. '.^...:.!,/:$3 tp:|10

In OYEBGOATS, I offer extra induce-

ments—every garment my ;own.man-

ufacture—this, season.. :;..-, , . . .

A Good Wai'm Overcoat. . '........... $7

Black Beaver Overcoat "'."''.'' • :.$9;' $ll,$14

Fur.B|aver ^. %% $11, 12,,$14 $16

Extra Fine ^u r Beavers, Beady Made

or to Orper... .'•.....,,,:. $18, $20, $22

Reefing Jackets;•.;•:• .• v:-;-;.-;;."v.^ ..$5; $6

These are Hard-Fan-Roek-Bottom Frioes

FOE CASH ONLY.

Cull and see for yourself.No trouble to s>how goods,

GEORGE JIILLER,

CLOTHIEE & MEECHAT TATLOE,

143 MAIN ST. COR. LETS IS,

EAHWAY, N. J.

Book and Variety StoreJUST OPENED AT

123 MAIN ST., EAHWAY, N. J-,

where Tire offer a fine stock of

BOOKS AND FANCY GOODS,

PICTURES AND FEAMES,

BRACKETS AND "WAJJL, POCKETS,

POCKET BOOKS,

BLANK BOOKS,

CROQUET SETS,

GAMES,

BAILS, &c., &c

A large stoci of

Including handsome Gilt and Tinted PaperDecorations for Halls, Frescoed Borders, Win-dow Shades and Fixtures, Paper Curtains andFire-Board Prints.

. ^ 3 " Call and examine our Stock.

JOHN G. COOPER.Kahiray, May i, 1876. *f

AD VEBTISE3IENT8.

T> H. BAETHOLOMEW

has removed to the

<OJL.T> S T A N D *

formerly occupied by him,,

GEEEN STREET,

APJOINJITG MASONIC HAIL,

where will be found a full assortment of

Stoves, 'Ranges, Tin-ware,LAMPS, CHIMNEYS,

GoodsIN GENERAL.

| PtJBHAOES OF AHY. PATTE&S OETArffED, AHD

PUT OT AT SBftKT HOTIOE.

AND K^O.OFING

Done in the best manner and with the

Best Materials.

I would especially call attention to

HOT CLO:

• ' die and IOIVFT'bottom, 5?/?in*j-

•ing Shelf and Hearth,

First-class jiltingt jfricfcie-plated JUJnobtr,

and Tin-lined Doors.

CHEAPEST BAUGS I F SAHEET.

CALL AivD EXAMINE.

Thankful for past favors I would respect-

fully solicit a continuance of the same.

J?. M. BARTHOLOMEW.oc5

HOTEL,

0H THE ETJECPEAH PLAN,

Ojp..tlie T>epoClt4lLWA.Y, JOT.' J.

MEALS AT ALL HOtJES.;

DIKSEES AND WEBDINS PARTIES

, ;ST)[PPIJEI) tJ

A Ptiblic Hes'iauvant,I s CONSECTED WITH THE HOTEL.

T H E Ii O T E X. • B A. K.IS SUPPLIED WITH THE

i

JSest Wines, Liquors <£• Cigars.

This house is cpsvEsnaiTLY LO-

CATED for" the acconiKiodAtion of the

traveling public, and has been recently

enlarged and refitted throughout. The

patronage of ths public is respectfully

solicited. 5IKS. M. LAUTKRER,Proprietress.

E - T. HARRIS,

X-t E JL. JL. E S T A T J 5 ,FIRE AND LIFE

InsuranoeAgentIKVTNG JSB GnEKEY STS., KAEVIX. rJ. J.,

Is prepared to offer for sale, to let, or ex-change, in the city of Railway and vicinity,

• HOUSES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,

LOTS of various sizes, FARMS of from tento two hundred acres, at low prices and onreasonable term?. A11 "••••"^-s such -will don-r" ' - "-'•] : t m

ESTABLISirED 1SG4.a . B. ZIMMEIfiiUS,

rMPOETEH OF HUilAN HAIR,And Manufacturer of

HATH GOODS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION

Wholesale and Eetail.

30 CirtiBCH ST. , NEW BBVKSWICK, !N. J

ADVERTISEMENTS

FRANKLIN MOORE,DEALER IN

HARDWARE,STOVES, TINWARE,

Agricultural Implements,CROCKERY,

GLASS-WARE, LAMPS,LAMP CHIMISTEYS,

ALL SIZES "WINDOW-GLASS,

JF-Ty'iaLis-1 T'-criR E J , ..MATTRASSES, CLOCIvS,

CARPET MATTING, OIL CLOTHS,

'Air, SIZES MOPE.

PAINTS, OILS, CQL0ES, DRY AHD

IE OIL. VAENISH OF ALL KIKDS.

W. A. Riches' Celetrated Gueumter Wood £u»ps

A L a r g e S t o c k o f ; : • •••'•'• '••• ; :

A New, First-Class Kange,

With JQToi Closet, Stringing Shelf, Portable

Hearth, Tlluminated Front, Clinkerless

^ H. MOERlS ,

COMMISSIONER 07 DEEBS AND SUEVETOR.

liesidence and ©ffice:

EAHWAY AYE., WOODBKIDGK, N. J.

at very lo-w prices ; also

PAELOB, HEATIHGr and "COOKON! STOVES,

which defy competition in price, dorabilityand appearance.

Oil-cloth Patterns and Stove Boards in variousdesigns.

Special Attention is called to ourPARLOR STOVE, THE

" CROWE JEWEL,"..- a first-class Stove in. every respect;. also our

ELEVATED OVEN UAKGE,

"" Ois.i- .Fav©i*.ite,**

surpassed by none in the market for conven-ience and durability :

ALSO, THE

NEW CABINET RANGE,

The most complete Hot-Clsset Eange evermade, and a lull line of cheap STOVES ANI>

j UANGES constantly on hand, atove Itepair-I ing a Specialty.

Stove Pipe of all sizes always on hand.jJSS-Ciill and examine, our stock. *§3^

Orders will receive prompt attention. Allgoods delivered free of charce.

NEAR THE DEPOT,

W O O B B K I D G E , TV. J .

JOHNSON'S

Select School far Bops,COMBINATION HALL,

PEETH AMBOY, K J.

..EEV., B. P. JOHNSON announces to thepublic that his Select School for Bpj's-willopen on the first Monday in September next.Acknowledging his indebtedness to his pa-trons of the. past, he promises by close per-sonal attention to the duties devolving upon,him, to merit future favors.

THEO. " BER NA RD»

MANUFACTURES OF

FINE CIGARS ONLY:,' , ' : i . :»M;-:/; ' .^DEALER IN ;• ; •

SM0KEKG AHD CKEWHTG TOBACieOSi

MAIN STREET,WOdDBEIDGE.N.J..

J D. DRAKE,;r-b-• •-•!•:•

MAIN..S^tEEy,. ^0pBBBID6E,

begs leave to TemiRd: the citizens ©f Woodr-bridge that he keeps, the

First Meat Market ever Mstablislie& in, Town*,.

andjis the only dealer that has his

Stock

delivered feom -wagon daily.

JOHN F. LEE, '

Successors, io

LEE BKOTEEKS,

FlOOlt, FEED, BALED HAY & STRAW,

STKEET, OrposaTE POST OR-ICK,

"WOODEEIDGE, N. J .

J£ & LTJPTON,

ATTOEMEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW

EXCHANGE BUILDING,

KAHWAT. N. J.

"JOB PRINTING—FIRST-CLASS,W At The "Independent. Hour" OfRc»w