Pittston Gazette

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If - „ Advertising in Local Column, 20 eta. per line ror insertion. Space VOL. XXIV—NO. 44. PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY JANUARY, 15 1874. WHOLE NO. 1,240 It publishes the County Court proceedings, In fact over/tliing of Interest to the general reader will he found in Its columrs. Send on your subscriptions, and d.in'ttryto live without I'm Gazette another ween. DEVOTED TO THE COAL INTERESTS, l'OLI'l ICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGItT CULTURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE Business Cards. Business Cards. [Original.J hot pursuit of Lige. At last, the constable and party cornered him in a "stretch of pine-woods, two or three miles outside of Tunk. No sooner did he catch sight of tho pursuers than away he went as if Satan was behind and the kingdom of heaven before him. Over fences, through stubble fields, dodging stumps and pitfalls, leaping brunt) heaps or getting around them with the amazing celerity of an old fox ; 011, on ho dashed, making twoforty for the innermost recess of the woods, his ''linsey-woolsey" coat tails ilying like sails in the breeze. T,he last fence was gained, over it he he climbed, and the "stretch was before him—but not his escape. His pursuers nearing him, he bethought himself of a sycamore tree in which upon a previous operation he had hid away. But, alas, just as he gained the shadow of the tree, just then, Siah Rogers, foremost in the chase, drew a dead bead on him with a rifle. Siah was a dead shot. Lige turned so suddenly that his foot cauuht in a root, and down he fell, full length, his nasal appendage plowing into the sod and his hands outspread like|a bat's wings. A momont more and the enemy were upon him. Numbers overcame him. where there's no Indictment and where a summary process is resorted to, to test the guilt or a party"-- "The Cort would observe that Ligo is no party—he air an Individual. A party are plural." Lawyers and Justicos. Livery. An Idyl of the old HossStealin' Times Dlamb, • Livery and Exena go Stables, near the Lehigh Valley Depot, I'ittsfco ,Pa. Good AJways on hand, and the public ao umnodaied inthebest manner. |Junei3,W 7 JOIIN J. MILLKlt, DRICK YARD. ID JOSEPH P. SCIIOOLEY S. STARK, SHIPPER AND DEALER IN Having greatly enlarged his facilities for business calls tho attention of (lift public to his old nn«i well known yard on the plank road, half a mile below Pi,ttston, where the public ma at all times be accommodated with th« best of bick und receive estimate* for buildings. Jan 1 '73. "Hoss stealin' " lias of lato years become an unpopular amusement. The genius required for cribbing a four year old and running him off between two days is now d« voted to the more peaceful pursuits of watcli-stuffiuR, pocket-book dropping and baggage smashing. attorney AT LAW, PITTSTOM, PA OYSTERS FISH " Nominative case," said the schoolmaster, "and agrees with horse-thief." Jan 1 1873 ■  jUSTICR T IVEKY—CHANGE OF . JU PRIETOR. . . E,„„v„ The undiDrSiniind having puroha-cd or Steppe Prlesbaoh, his livery ami nil t,;"retof desires to inform tlie publio that he will lontinu lh« hiiNine.-w at the ..id stand, whore ho i en JoaV" to accomm D late the ptlbl c to he bos of h » »b ity 1I« designs to add largely to the nto.k .« oM.-p and do all in til- t'n*e- *D K1V° K';'"'"11 "" ialaetion, in the way olTurnuhinis good horses am carriages to his ciintomerp. I'JIO- Ami OENEKAL PIIODUCE, THE WYOMING VALLEY PAPER MILL. PITTSTON, I*A. liige at this juncture, as if disgusted with the entire proceedings, pulled from hi« pocket a pack of greasy cards, so dirty and worn with thumbing that none but a player could distinguish tho backs from the faces. With those "documents" the prisoner wjvs soon apparently absorbed in a game of solitare—betting on himself and changing two pennies and a plug of nail-rod from one pocket to the other as lie won or lost. SUTllKKLANDj Also, Early Fruits and Vege- OP THE PEACE, tables from tho South. For Wost Pittston Borough, Office, corner of EzetCfr unci Warren Street". 316 SOUTH WATER AND 317 S. FRONT ST., PHILADELPHIA "Hoss stealin'" is rather low, decently vulgar, a sort of game in playing which tho deuce ia high and tho knave never trump. Individuals of the olden time, who indulged largely in taking caro of other people's two-forty nags, without respect to the provisions of the law In such cases made and provided, were little else than nomadic terrors, and their midnight raids upon barns, stables and fields of a township created more alarm and excitement than would now-a-days .be caused by two cases of cholera, five murders and half a dozen marriages in a onehorse country town, were they all to occur within a week. A three days' election in old Kaintuck is as quiet as a prayer meeting in a Uuaker settlement, compared with tho tremendous hue and cry and universal uproar kicked up in the old time by tho sudden disappearance of some fat old farmer's liorse, out here in tho then wilds of Luzerne or old Berks. All business pertaining to his office promptly at tended to. Collection* made, Ac. Jan 1 73 Oyster* In Cans Tubs, and in the Shell, Foreign and D®m«*tic Fruits, Canned Fruits. Vegetables, Ac., carefully put up for Country Trade. I (J. F. & G. 15. Rommel, Mannfac• tnrer Straw Print, Manilla, Waterproof Wanting, White Tea, and Printed Manilla Wrapping Papers. Also Paper Bags and Flour Hacks. April 10, tf JOHN RICHARDS, JOSEPHSCUKEMAN Attorney at Law, and Conveyancer. Commissioner Plttston.Sopt. 12.—tf. r eiiigh Contractors and Builders J. J. MERRIAM, The last horse Lige was known to have stolen was the property of Sal Skinner, whose farm was just on tho "edge of Trnk." The horse had never been recovered and on this charge ho was now to be tried. to take testimony tor the several Courts of Luzerne County, by appointment. Office on William street, opposite the Catholic Church, Pittston, Pa. Nov l-ly I TO BUILDERS BTONE QUAIiRY. ??????? 5* * PORTRAIT PAINTER. SHOVEL COMPANY 3 k § k & & fc & « P. KIDDER, The undersigned hereby *ivo notice that lia is operatini: 11 vi-ry excellent Stone Uuarry in the Borough of Pi l teto n, and that he s prepared to lurnufi Building Stone of all kinds,and to take contract* lor Walla and E*cav»tiona,»nd warrantto do all his work in a first cla« LIFE SIZE PORTRAITS "The first witness is Sal Skinner, Whar is the be-re-aved female?" ATTORNEY AT LAW, 13ET11 LEIIAMj PA., ON CANVASS, Office In Law; Building, North Franklin Streot W1LKES-BAKR12, PA. Photographs painted in Oil or Water colors, or retouched with India Ink "Sal Skinner!" shouted the Clerk, "Sal Skiuner!" roared the Cort. Match 30. 1871-lJ* Pittston, April 18,1872. Manufacturers of Studio adjoining the Cash Store of Law * Campell. Mar lst'7'.My "Sal's comin', -"cried the witness, marching up through the crowd Jikea grenadier on review day," "now then." Meat Markets SHOVELS, BPADES, SCOOPS, KU c VKE/Iq C, TBADe MARK. - *'«%£» ««* Physicians and Dentists "Wall, fellers, I'm tuk, but I hain't skulpedyet. You ain't nary court as can convict m» nohow." TjR. 6. M. WILLIAMS, PITTSTON "Hal Skinner, was that ar hoas your'n?" began Quiddit. DENTIST. MEAT MARKET. HIP All Warrented I JlBO Won't ho go" said Siali, "we'll sec about that." and without more ado, bound strongly he was brought triumphantly back to Tank, "That how was mine." The undersigned having opened a Market on Exeter street,In West Pittston, near the oillce of H. Sutherland, will keep it at all tlin.-s well supplied with the very best of all kinds ol meat adapted to the season, and invite the patronage ol the,public. We are determined that what we sell .hall be the very best. l(RACE U0I,C0MB. West Pittston, April ]8-;im. "How do you know it was your'n?" "Cos it was the only one I had. I'd know that critter if I ever seed it again, among a thousand. It had a split hind hoof, on the nigh side, and his gambril jint was swelled and for'head were blazed." No. 7 North Main Street, Ah civilization, Yankee clocks and lager beer liavo spread their humanizing influence over the country, as newspapers and |)oliticians, telegraphs and railroads, and fancy preachers have increased, the old fogy ways of making money without earning it have i n the name ratio decreased. Old field nags now browse unmolested, and the three minute gr. g. "Georgo Washington, by Napoleon, dam Molly Scragg by Andrew Jackson," masticates his hay i n safety without even a lock on the stable door. It was determined in the evening of that day to give him Lynch, and thereby to settle his business once for all. PITTSTON, Orders sent to MONIES & PUGHE, All work warranted. J J R E. B. LONG Auk 7 '73 HUNT BROTHERS, "Don't try afore a regular iourt, Old Judge Shuttle can't try a fliorsokhief, anyhow. He hasn't convicted a thief in nigh upon four terms. He's good on divorces, and sich like, but about hoss stealers, don't know as much Zeke's yaller dorg. Lynch is the law for sich vagabonds as Lige." This was the popular idea. Wholesale Dealers In Hardware AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IX ALL KIKID8 OF CRACKERS, CAKES, j/.iAf !t\i vrtrnKJts 8URCEON DENTIST. Over the Mine™' Savings Rank, Pittston, Pa. "Did you see Lige steal the animal ?" W. SCilOONOVEli, Removal—Butcher, AND CONFECTIONERY, "Well, 1 seed him toll the criter with oats out'n the old garden patch, yes, back o' the medder inter the lane, and then I saw the vagaboneput a bridlo on it and jump astraddle and ride ofi' a latlin at me." All work warranted to give satisfaction SCTvANTON, PA Oct.® '73—ly vnd dealer in Fresh and Salt Meat.1*, Hams &e.. Customers supplied by peddlers. Market on Linden street, near the Seininraiy, Wesi Piitston. June 1US1873. . Will re.ccivo ns prompt attention and bo filled at as low prices as if sent direct to us. 8CRANTON, PA. JQR. S. A. CAMPBELL, AI.EX. JAM I KSON. B. K. COOLBAUGH F. COOLBAUGII & CO., LEHIGH SHOVEL CO It was decided to give Lige his trial next morning, the dining room of the hotel being selected as the Court. The room was immediately adjoining and in communication with the bar-room by means of a double batter-door. It was not very well lighted and had a low ceiling, throe low windows, an unoven floor, acouple of long benchas, fifteen or twenty dilaxDidatcd chairs, and a long pine table. "Sal Skinner, that'ill do. The Cort are not goin to waste time. Lynch corts consider time as preshus. Sal Skinner, sit down. The State lias proven its case. Now Lige its your turn to prove yours." Lige kept on with his game of solitare yery unconcernedly. The nigger brought in a bottle, two tin cups, three glasses and a pitcher of water. Homcepathic Physician and Croccrs, and Flour t Send' for price list :21'73 It reciuireil a deal more energy, perseverence and general disregard of public opinion to become.a first-class horse-thief in those days, than it did to become the shcrifl'of a county without the free dispensation of old rye or "tangle-foot juice" on election day. Indeed I am rather inclined to the opinion that the man who then won a fame as a horse thief was perfectly able to keep a hotel ; and in support of this opinion there are innumerable instances on record, especially in this State, where those individuals who were professional equine abstractionists,' have accumulated suillcient of of the "filthy" and retired to soak their laurels in gin and bitters as hotel keepers, "tavern keepers." Surgeon, ftOBERT SEAMAN ft CO., UOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE Commission Merchants, WEST PITTSTON, Residence opposite West Pittston Foundry Kept. 26 '73  F. McKAY, W II OLESAL E G II O C E 118, KU8. & 3t 44 MURRAY STIIEKT, NEW YORK. Located on Wholesale Packers and Dealers In LUZERNE AVENUE, WEST PITTSTON OYSTERS J. A. Wisner, Franklin Whitney About one half the distance between Hirer St Fish, Fruits, Vegetables and Country Produce Physician and Surgeon, Robt. Seaman, .-am 1 J. Berry. Jr., Jan 1 73 and the railroad, Generally, No. 333 South Front Street, "This Cort," gravely pronounced Squire Slocum, rising, "this Cort declares a recess to allow us, the jury, to consider a point of a lawyer." The Cort, lawyers, Sal Skinner and Lige went In together and hobnobbed over four fingers deep in tansy and old rye. Then the Cort resumed business. "Now, then," said the Court. OFFICE NO. 132 N. MAIN ST., The real estate plot la 58 by 239 ieet, upon which is a two story house, and barn. The plot is also wall supplied with good bearing fruit trcC*s. There is also good well water Squire Slocum was chosen as the Judge and Mr. Satisfaction Belcher as the clerk. Residence, Cor. Luzerne ave. and Vino at., rnilE MOTT STEAM MILL, X PITTSTON, PKNN'A UIIIEK & FARUEK, PROPRIETORa. PHILADELPHIA Not «'71 West Piltston Mar-" The two famous Tunk lawyers, Perg and Noah l|uiddet,, were sent for. To Perg was assigned the defense of Lige, and to Quiddet the persecution for the Lynch prosecution. Perg was short and grulfy, Qulddet tall, spindleshanked, cross-eyed and cross-tempered.Hotels and Restaurants Manufacturers of Finest quality Family Hour. Ch"ii anil Ford of various If fndn, and dealers in Urain Ki nerally. All Flour ami Feed sold liy Us. warranted as represented. All order* promptly filled. Ja» 1 A»7a upon the premises. UOLLENBACK dD ltOWK., QT. ClIAliLES HOTEL. A. DAY, Proprietor. Having taken charge of this well known establishment at "West End/* in the Borough of I'itinton, it will be my aim to keep a firsi-elass house, and to accommodate the traveling public as well as steady boarders in the best manner. junel'j-73 The terms will bo one-half easlvand the balance CIVIL ENGINEERS of puachaso money on time For riyther particulars apply to I did not, however, intend, in this my first quarter heat, to run through neck and neck, with that slow, windbroken nag,Brown Btudy,and keep the judge—you reader—on the stand until the race is over, and not intend to win the stakes—your favor and praise. Of course I didn't, So, with your permission, I'll take the word "Start I " and be olTlike I'ussey's balloon on a spree. "Now, then, said the Squire, "Ligo its your turn. Only one witness allowed on a side. Defend yourself.'' Which Lige suddenly and quite unexpectedly did. "Silence!" said the schoolmaster. rnilOMAS MALONEY, JL Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CUOCEIUKS AND PltOVIBIONS, WM. HATFIELD, SURVEYORS, The excitement waB fearful, The news spread throughout the country, and,with.the grey of dawn of the eventful day, camo crowds of curious spectators. The capture of the horse-meat buccaneer was an event long to bo remembered. The prisoner had passed a quiet night, most of it being occupied in playing "seven-up" with his attorney, interlarding the game with potations bottle doep of tangleweed and tansy bitters. PktstoD Deo. 11, 1873—If. A. L/1 Al. SINCLAIR, XLi. SALOON unci RESTAUR A NT, WuU Bowling; Alley in rear, Bar supplied with the beat of Liquors, Barsaparilla. Mineral Water, »4n«i all other refreshing summer beverages. C Dp- BuHh, Meats, Flour, Fish and a. a Office No. 4 .South Main street STAPLE DllY GOODS, KXrOSITION | WORLD'S FAIR F1! AUENTIIAI/B Over C. n. Foster &. Co'f storo, While playing bis game of solitaro he had been contemplating tho points of his defence. Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, Ac (Opposite P. C, Co*s office) poaite the PostrOtfico Jan 1 Farm Produce Received, etore in the uppe r part of the town, below the Depot Jail I '73 Temple of _A.rt PITTSTON, Pa. • He leaped to his feet planted his right fiat, which looked as hard andaa solid as a nigger baby's head,full in tho schoolmaster's face, went "down to foot" as quickly as if he'd been struck by lightning, and his scholastic head coming in heavy contact with the corner of a bench. q Wan hotel, O PITTSTON, PA PITTSTON,PA Pittston. Mftv 29, '73 • ly The undersigned has lately purchased the Hotwl property known as the Bwan Jlotel, in the borCmikh oi 1'itihton, and i» now prepared to meet the dC tnaMI of the public fur a hrst-el.iss hot«-l. Jim 1 '7a. CHAd aCHKANK. YyjiiTi-; iioitsi; HOTEL. BUMGARDNER b. HADKR, Dealers in Dry MUSEUM OF WONDERS. 0 S. BLACKMAN, This "Idyl" is not of a king. There is nothing of that high-cockalorum old sport, Tennyson, about it. It is a plain, prose idyl of Lige Smith, the horse-thief, erstwhile famous-in that branch of business, in and around Tunkhanuockaud Montrose. Provisions, NO. 130 SOUTH MA JN ST At the appointed hour the hotel could scarcely hold the assembled crowd. Squire Slocum appeared looking as though a dozen cocktails would be required to put him injudicial trim. At Precisely ten o'clock, Mr. Siali Rogers' hostler, a big buck nigger, burst into view in front of the tavern, with a rod llag in one hand and a dinner bell In tho other. Opening his cavernous mouth ho bawled, "Heeh bcahl Oal dem folks dat want biz'ness wid dis lieah cort, please walk up to de cap'ns offis an' settle—get away little boy, or I'll struck you wid de bell—Oh yes, yes, heali!" Goods, lour, Feed, Meal Groccrirs, %V IL K E3-B A-ll R E WAGON & CARRIAGE BUILDER HATS,CATS, *o., Main Street, Pittston, Pa, Lige put bis other fist, with a backhander, at Noah Quiddet, who dodged the blow, which took the unfortunate Sal Skinneer under tho left ear. Then giving Slocum's box a kick which upset the Court, who fell over the tabic among the tincups and glasses pitched into the crowd promiscuously, and so fought his way to the door. Hero the spectators were hemmed in so closely that exit seemed impossible. Jtut Lige nothing daunted, grabbed a bench, arid taking it in the charge bayonet fashion, made aplungo at the living, tumbling rampart. Tho battering ram did the business effectually. It punched some of the party out into the bar room and others under foot. L. S3. PERRIN, Prop'r MARKET STREET, Wilkes-Banc, EVERY COMFORT FOR MAN AND BEAST. And uo pain* spared to make all feel at homo. Our stabling la the largoat and moat complete in the city. i)vr..byTl THE LARGEST STOCK. OF SUMMER fJOODS ever iutraduoed at one time under one roof in Luzerne County and WILLIAM STREET, MILLINERY. rmsfON, i'A I am going to tell the idyl in my own way. I am going over it ut an easy pace. There is no use losing your wind when you'r half over the course, but if you want to show your "points" do it as you come in on the last stretch; do the thing whatever it in, (/ la Flora Temple, with a brilliant llourish, as you dash over the two or three closing lengths. That's my style. You can't tell the age of a horse by counting the nails in the shoe of the oil"hind foot, how can you tell the why or the wherefore of this sketch—this idyl—by simply looking at its title. So, if you 110 particular business 011 hand, rigid it: OHKA1'Kit THAN EVKK BEFORE. Embracing HLAOK SILKS of every style aud price JAPANKHR slLKS in every shade and stripe. ALPACAS in every shade and all prices. PLAIN A WA.SU POPI. INS, every style and color PLAIDS, CHINTZ,and CAMltKlCS, LAWNS, TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT Hating nil the requisites essential for himlnejs we intend to m;ike the best use of them in the production of ATEVV A11 RIVAL THE VERY REST OF WORK, JAM KS' UOTftL Trimmings and Notion We will r material and/'m- We will PirTSTON, PA Millinery and Fancy Coods A complete stock of Carpets, two and three ply Ingrain, Hrus*Hs and Tapestry, Matting, Matn, Hugs, Oil Cloths, of every width and stylo. A complete assortment of of workmen, i be first class, and will sell an be afforded. Wagons of C.us'tpinerH* (.'all and ex* A f*w steps from L. A B. Junction. This 1h a flrst-clasa hotel, has been rC renovated and fitted up, and farrm-.ra v It to their advantage to *top there, it beinj from the railroad. Good stabling accommoi ft) 118* MACY J. SMITH,' thankful for the libc patronage liertofor« of announcing pt of a lar now theD plenaurA an J frenh t»r The court of Lynch assembled, and was called to order by Satisfaction lJelcher, the clerk, much in the style he would have called "skules in." the rc Cents' Furnishing Coods ! REPAIRING dono promptly and strong, and neatly. attached Jhh 1, 73— ly U. M. TUMI NbON ILLINERY AND FANCY GOOD , Cloths of All kinds in the piece, DC Jean Lad it Aue 28 7: LI 0 USE it in quality of ( Squire Blocum moved to his duty by several slugs of whiskey, took his seat and a chew of dog-leg, his chair being elevated upon a shoe box, Lige, the prisoner, was seated on a cliair in front of the clerk. The back ground of this living picture was filled up by the men, women and children and witnesses of the vicinity. WEST PITTS'! A. M. JEFFORDS, PROr'R. nt the ro' child teiiH' TRIM MINGS, I west pr A fu latef . v i-» i y 1 r* h . Fi "lowers. The Palace oy Mttilaine Loupor.e, u. laled turtle. member the place. Tvfd doors h«*low T* i i30 South .Main Street, W ncti Flow No old goodi All are th piTTSTON LEATHER STORE -L REMOVAL. Throwing down the bench, Lige gave a wild, piercing yell of triumph, rushed to the front door of the hotel, jumped upon Squire Slocum's horse, which had been hitched to the sign post, and in three minutes was out of sight—beyond the confines of Tunk 011 the road to Montrose. of Kfthliion is presided over a ore, who bus long oip'iiuixo limine remove*! to the basement under the iple'w Havings Hank, our customers and the II "find uh there with a lull stock of LenthcindMUBedby Shoemakers. and a genement of Shoe bindings. Strict attention I-IOE SMITH'S LYNCH TBIAI T h « imirei large; a bouse has been thoroughly renovated, r U anCi furni«he.l, and is in all renpeets, tl HATS, RIBBONS. EMBROIDERY., nuCJ UDeqi tur K*'i Sijrn of (1: Mr. Eligali Smith, some forty years ago,was a old sport in his peculiarline. A great, heavy big-whiskered fellow, with a coarse voice, and hair and unusually coarse manners. His oars llared out like a Susquehanna shad. Lige was the bug-bear of the entire region, from the Wyoming Valley to the State line north, if a horse disappeared it became a notorious fact that Lige disappeared with it. Ho always came back, but the horses did not, which was regarded as prima facia evidence that Lijje had stolen them, sold them and pocfceted the proceeds. There had beenother horse stealing, of which Lige could'nt be accused, so the citizens of Tunkbannock township began to believe that he had a thoroughly organized gang—a troupe of equestrian banditti. I un.l most desirable suburban Hotel iu the Wyoming Valley. Ii has altfavs been regarded by eity people us a delightful sojourning place, auCl the proprietor assure* all that his bet*t efforts will bo put.forth to make it the most delightful place to bo found, for all who desire to secure a quiet and delightful summer resort. The rooms HONNKT ml a to nil orCl«*rs *Dy mail or otherwise iton April 10,'73—tf &C., &C., Oct 114 QARPETS I ii KKAUENTH AL, I'rop'r hoi or trade rjl EVANS, "Cuff" said Squire Slocum from his throne, "Cuff, ring that ar bell threo times. Things must be done accordin to law, if we're Judge, and we think we air.,' Tho nigger gave the bell three twitches, up—down—up. g«* find jy pleasant. The hotel isnituiii Pittwion lDep«t of tlio Lackawanna rg Railroad, ana overlooks East and Dn, ami gueets have no carriage ex- This was Lige Smith's defence, a much better one than bis attorney, Mr. Purge could have devised, for tho (Jourt bad determined to put him througli a course of suspensory gymnastics not at all comfortable to his thorax. MAIN STREET, n p posit JC.iRPFT* OAKl'KT HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL penmob to pay in arriving or departing. Carriages for the Uhc of will be provided at reasonable charges. The Luzerne Post-Office ia kept within h few yards of the Hotel. Jan 1 '73 Pittst Pitts ton, Oc M.J& CA IIJ'KTS C A K I' K T S PAINTER. AND PAPER HANGER Now Cuff, shut pan and bustle. The Cort is in order for biz'ness. We are a cort that don't liev any appeal. We are Lynch, in property pcrsony as Ulackstun sez, and the unfortunit priz'tier needn't trouble himself about ajury—I'm thojury." jyjlLLINEltY I C A II P E T S CARPETS! Miscellaneous Decker & Fell. i Marl Under all the levity and apparent good humor of his trial, Lige knew there was an undercurrent of bitterness, deadly thirst for revenge. C A R P E T S CARPETS CAUPETS JJITTSTON DYE 110USE, nery and Far a share of the orders filled Have Just received an en r* new .37 Ma -k of M reet.wh Lige was never seen in "them parts'' again, after that memorable day. 238 SOUTH MAIN STREET, the ent CARPETS" .CAUPtTS HOTEL, '•If the Cort please," said Purge, rls ing suddenly. 1'iltnton, April l1 '73 if And so ended Ligc Smith's Lynch trial. Never! Garments of nil kin P1TT8TON, PEN'N A Harrisburg, Pa. For a long time by yarious dodges and shrewd expedients, he had contrived to escape punishment. Greater became the exasperation of the people. Ho had been arrested half a dozen times and escaped. Once he planted his largo sledge-hammer of anst directly upon the bridge of Squire SIocuiu'h nose, and Squire Slocum, who had him in custody, heing somewhat bewildered by the concussion, was in no condition to give chase to the rapidly retreating horse stealer. "The Cort don't please ! TlDe Cort Is independent," interrupted the Squire sternly. "The Cort is perfectly k'rect," added (iuiddet. y under jyj~ILLINEItY ! MILLINEitY ! If you desire to atop ut the centre of business, away lioin the confusion and noise about depot, take Holton's-Coach, th« only free conveyance for passengers atd baggage at Harrisbiirg. GEO. J. BOLTON For years the Pennsylvania railroads have made a first-class watch a part of the engine equipment. Every engine upon the road has its watch numbered to correspond with the number upon the engine. The watches are purchased by the proper officers. In the ollice of each divison superintendent hangs a watchmaker's board with numbered hooks for all watches and engines belonging to that division. When an engine goes out upon a trip, the watch is taken from the hook. When it returns, the watch is replaced and while in the office, is run with the regulator. As a conseqnence all the engines upou the road are being run upon a uniform time, and 110 record has yet been made of an accident, resulting from the discrepancy of watches; and cleiiDied and mC The proprietor will i ♦•It in Inn charge uftor two months J an 1*7$. I). M. ALEXANDER Hired t entire satisfaction be responsible for good MRS. ELLEN E 1IYNK8 IDtt-Y O-QOIDS! 'rop'r. "Silence!" bawled the schoolmaster clerk. "Order is the first law of natur as the copy book Justly sez." "The Cort" begun, Squire Slocum, placing a new quid of dog-leg between his jaws, after throwing the old one up against the ceiling, much in the same style as the Hiawatha hero threw his grandmother up against the sky. "The Cort—" here ho paused to anchor the new quid to his back teeth, behind his tongue—"will now take up the case of Lige Smith,—Lige stand up. Lige didn't know as ho would. Said he'd like to see any such judgo as Slocum make him stan' up ; added that he would like to have a "u'lderliolt" and wrestle with the whole cahoot of 'em. Opposite Temperauce Hal', 8ou(h Wain Hum just received a full stock of Fashionable Millinery Goods, Ribbon#, Trimmings, Ac., and llih Indies art) requested to call and make their selections. Jan 1 THE LA IK i EST ASSORTM EXT, WASHINGTON HOTEL, JjOOK BINDING SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT, AT THE-nECOKDOFTnETIHKS" BUILDING 1$ E 8 Will suit tho business man or the man of "leisure. Public, Bqoaro, "VV ilkew-J3arro Y L I Terms, 83 per day. GEO, J. BOLTON, Propr SleamWasherorWomen's Fr iend Bind Dks, Magaeines, and Blank Work of all P liOMMEL &. SUTHERLAND, The victims of Lige's love for horse flesh became furious. J-iige deiled courts, lawyers, constables, sheriff's writs, and other known attributes of legal retribution. Home one suggested lynch-law. Lynch law! Who dare iijidertakato give Lige Smith a lynch trial »nd a lynch punishment? "You see" said Squire Hlocum who next to Satisfaction Belcher,Hie Tunkhannock school master, a thin, lazy, sharp-featured down-easter, was regarded as one of the most remarkable men in all Wyoming. You see gentlemen, its agin reason to ketch him for regular court trial. He'll get off as sure as gospel. Court don't set luitil week from (Jhewsday ; and before that ne-ri-od Lige'd be out and gone, like Granger's eye." kind*. in the neat«*t nn«l bent manner, and Steam has long been known as the most wonderful ag«*nt in removing dirt, grease and stains from clothing, and bleaching them while. Paper makers have lor many years used steam in eluaniugand bleaching their rags, and they succeed in making, by iin ag»ncy, the filthiest picking from the gutter Perfectly pure and white. Until the invention or Jobbers of at the lowest prices PI1ICK3,! PRODUCE & POVI.SIONS, Newspaper files aid MukIc binding receives Decial attention. ju 2l *73 And General Faser & Smith's, Commission Merchants. TllE 8'1'EAM WAHHER,OH WOMAN'S FRIEND Although often attempted, no-method had been alncovered of applying steam directly to the TERRA COTTA WORKS, clothing, which could be used in a profitable manner, lor domestic purpose?. Tho Woman's Friend wauhe* without labor. It will do the washing of an oglnary family In thirty miuutes to an hour. J he rJtearn Washer is superior to all other devices, lor the following reasons : 1. It doen its own thereby saving a largo portion ol the time iiHually taken in a family. 120 MARKET STREET, PITTSTON, PA PITT8TON, TA, 9W Storo Room rear of Peoples' Savings Bank Whereas the schoolmaster, in momentary absence of mind, bawled out silence ! fust class in ritlimetic." Mrs. Partington says she did not marry hor secoud husband because she loved the male sex, but he was tho size of her 11 rst husband and could wear out all his old clothes. The undersigned would ?all tbo attention ol parties building to their stock ol FLUES, PIPES, BASES & CHIM- WILKE3BARRI! I AMI'S ! LAMPS | .... hav 1 J been many improvements from time to tlmC in the article of Lump*, and to nothing are peoph ao much indebted for QAppineng as to good anc uoouomieal liuht. The new style of lamps jnut re oeived are held to bo Coiintrueted upon philOHOphieal principles and are free from the liability —There A "shoh 1" from Lige and a general roar from the audience. "if this Cort were not a Cort and were not a sittin in judgment 011 a feller critter this Cort would be inclined to lall'. Pelcher, creatin a laff in open Cort is contempt." "That's when the Cort ins't contemptible 011 its own account, muttered Lige. NEY TOES, bcinR now rcploto with all sizes, styl* •, etc., in the J^EYSTONE MARBLE YARD prone "»D• A lady can do sting her breakfast 8. J. BARBER, PROP'Il One of the most remarbable cases of "back-pay" occurred recently in New York. One of the "old school" subscribers of a n ewspaper was thirty-one years in arrears for his paper. Last week he called upon tire editors of tho paper and paid up "likea man," and remarking that he might not no around again very soou he paid his subscription ten years ahead, and another for his mother for twelve years ahead. FIRE BRICK, FOOT WALK, TILE, STOVE :e tho First National Ba MAIN BTUEKT, PITT8TON, I'A accident* which lamp* In ggncral have been ndiMnnod for* Ah an additional safety wo have it of t)on-e*pto»ivo oila which will bo furami by the quart. LININGS, FANCY BUILDING A CORNICE BRICK, hat i was he by a i, ••shed In Every variety of Marl the I. "Wall" put in the schoolmaster, whose cheeks collapsed fearfully every time he opened his mouth, "Wall ucow we'll glu him jestis. Jestis is the bullwork of freedom, "Be jest to all men," sez the copybook." GARDEN VASES, SIEVED FIRE CLAY, V1TKIFIK.D 8TUNE WARE, GLAZED PIPE, AC., AG. irtain und all fine fal inner. All fat thtf height nCl at tii« lowest pricjppL e. fon t Jail to give oh" a ' Jan I '73 f Mu ylc, wither l'nrsi Al.l.KN 1 p«r board UAlil' AND VIOLIN MUSIC I The undoi'Hijrneti having an onKagcmont for tho winter which affords him roiiHiaerable will fumiah music for parties, and dan•t;H, at reasonable rates. May ho found at any Noah Quiddit rose. "There' are several witnesses waiting, whose evi- nd' with eai nibbing I ving inver dence,"— Purge popped up, puffed and ran his lingers through his hair, "May't please the Cort, Squire, in all cases Any *ji uil to uuy pitch or nhiyp n ma«io to order Ohirauey Di cert m J until tli' lo me'r pASH PAH) for Rye Straw, at the Wyoming Mill,Pitt*' While this and similar combats were going on, Slab Rogers, landlord of tho "Tuuk Hotel," and constable, was iu „ .WTJWOH TBRUA COTTA CO. rittston, Mtir. 30,1871. inorut mtod. ll only oi-oiiH to be .vow. to ho uiiprt*- J. KEIBON i'UOLKY, rilt»ton, 1'h, J.C. F. «St ( 13. UOJfctfKl n. Pa. JAMES HEAD WHITE April 10 '73 tf rittetoo, pcc.U—It