Pittston Gazette

              j:D E A D THIS! PITTSTON GAZETTE The Gazztti is ono of the best local paper la the couuly. • , The I'ittstow Giktts is published erery 1 hursdaymornln^M bicHART, Inlh.OM(-Ue Wdmg, No. M No Bpaco | 1 mo | 3 mo | 6 mo j 1 year It In read by the best fnmilios in the county. It lg always promptly issued Its artistic neatness is unsurpassed by any paper in the Btate. Its subscription prloo Is only $1.50 per year. It Is striotly a first-clans family paper. And the best advertising medium in the county. It is one of the best papers in the State for gen eral news. Its polilics—Uncompromisingly Republican. ■ rr.Lfth Cohinin | 4 00 » 8 (Hi »li 00 f IS 00 Hn* r, h " 1 00 10.00 16 00| If'00 " IS 00 18 00 45 00 40 00 S"f'S,ird " 1& 00 20 00 40 00 r'°00 fine half " It 00 30 00 50 00 70 00 One Column 30 00 40 00 70 00 ISO 00 Business Cards, live lines 01 less, $7 per yaar; OTer Bve aud not exceeding ten lines, 8W per Administrators' and Assignees' No"'aSVmSSSj In Local Column. 30 ots. fer lino for each insertion.  PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 1874. WHOLE NO. 1,239 It publishes the County Court proceedings. VOL. XXIV—NO. 43. In fact overvthing of Interest to the general reader will he round in its columrs. Send on your subscriptions, and live without Tni Gazkttx another wee*. 7 DEV&TED TO THE COAL INTERESTS, POLITICS, NEWS, LITEltATUItE, AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LETTERS. Livory. Business Cards. Business Cards. [Poetry. Fish in the Caspian Sea. Lawyers and Justices. Dlamb. ... I ivArv and Edena ee Btablos, near ttaa Lamanner. 1 ' JOHN J. MILLER, Brick yard. JOSEPH P. SCnOOLET, They aro of very ancient origin. The first iotter of which wo have any record is that written by David to Joab, directing him topiaoo Uriah in the front of the battle. A bad beginning surely ! Cicero wrote a letter, as he did everything, with ease and elegance. Seneca and theyounger Pliny also excelled in this art; The Romans used tables of wood, coated with wax ; sometimes ivory or parchment. The Hpartans sent their secret despatches in tipao of war on a long strip of parchment, this was wrapped around a staff, rolled slantwise and written lengthwise, then taken off and carriod by a special messenger to the commander, who had a similar staff. It would, of course, bo perfectly unintelligible when unwound, and bo would cause no trouble if it should fall in tho hands of the enemy, but when wound on the staff of the receiver it would reveal its meaning. Herodotus tells of a cruel practice resorted to, to convey secret intelligence with safety. Tho head of a trusty messenger was shaved, and the writing was impressed in his skull. This was not a rapid method of transmitting news, for the poor fellow's hair must grow long enough to conceal tho writing, and on arriving at his destination, ho must again be shaved. It is probable that little anxiety was manifested in thoso days to secure the position of letter carrier! In our time, the cheap postage makes letters valueless as literary productions. But in the dear old times, when one felt it his duty to make his epiatlo worth cents, the letters were not only long and newsy, but worth keeping, and the letters of the past, published for our delight, form one of the most charming branches of our lighter literature. The French as a nation are the best letter writers, and a woman, Madame De Sevigne, is their brightest Star in that respect. Iiut the English readers can boast of Lady Mary Montague and Walpole. Gray, Cowper, Scott, Byron, Sou they and Burni have all distinguished themselves by their letters. The Caspian Sea is extremely rich in various species of flsh, many of these occurring in prodigious numbers. Indeed, according to Alexander Hiiuitz, the yield is much greater than that of the Great Bank of Newfoundland. Thus in ono single district 15,000 sturgeon aro frequently taken in a day, and when the fUhing is interrupted for two or four hours the waters become almost choked by the abundance offish, which aro so numerous as to press each other out upon the shore. The total yield of tho Caspian Bea for one year in flsh and products liaa been estimated at 13,000,9.00 pounds, (about400,4.'f0,000 pounds avoirdupois,) worth about $12,000,000- There are soveral varieties; of stur geon among the flsh taken, including the sterlet, as well as tho carp and other cyprinoids, the salmon, tho Coregonns (similar to the whito-flsh of the American lakes,) several kinds of herring, etc. A peculiar phenomenon observed especially among tho sturgeon is that of a kind of winter sleep. At tho approach of cold weather they Beek the deep portion of tho rivers, and remain there in a state of torpor, during which they secrete a viscid matter, which forms a c«atlng over tho ontire body, called by tho fishermen, a pelisse. During this period they appear to eat nothing, their stomachs always being fouad entirely empty. Q S. STARK, Having groatly enlarged his facilities for business, calls the attention of the public to his old and well known yard on the plank road, half a mile below Pittston, where the public ma at all time* be accommodated with the best of bick and receive estimates for buildings. Jan 1 '73. THE OLD AND THE NEW. BIIIpPER AND DEADER IN Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The Flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dyiog in tho night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die attorney at law, OYSTERS FISH Jan 11878 PITT3TOH, PA F IYKRY— CHANGE OF l'RO- oWh.» he' enJoavo?- the busiseat at the old stana, wnt j ifgiffii! ;u.? rx'i"d.S".M r.i'orCii 1.5 ,«A curriagefl to bll CUBt0nJcrjogEpH gcUKEMAN. Anil GENERAL PRODUCE, o SUTHERLAND, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, For W«»t Pittston Borough, Ofilca, corner of Exetor and Warron Streets. Alt bueineaa pertainiu« to hi* offlea promptly attendod to. Collection* made-, Ao. Jan ITS Also, Early Fruits and Vege- THE WYOMING VALLEY PAPER MILL. PITTSTON, PA. King out tho old, ring In llio now, King, happy bells, across tho enow Tho yoar is going,let him go | Ring out tho false, ring In the true. tables from the South. 316 SOUTH WATER AND 317 S. FRONT ST., PHILADELPHIA Oyster* in Cans, Tub*, and In the Shell, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Can»ed Fruits. Vegetable*, Ac., carefully put up for Country Trade. 13mch73 ly J,C. F. tfc G. B. Rommel, Mannfao• turor Straw Print, Maullla, Waterproof Blasting, White Tea, and Printed Manilla Wrapping Papers. Also Papor liags and Flour Sacks. April 10. tf Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here wo soe no moro; King out the feud of rich and poor, Bring in redress to all mankind. JOHN RICHARDS, Attorney at Law, and Conveyancer. Commissioner Plttdton, Sept. 12.—tf. J^EIIIGII Contractors and Builders Ring out a slowly dying oause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring In the nobler modes of life, With Sweeter manners, purer laws. to take testimony lor the several CourU of Lnterne County, bv appointment. Office on William street, opposite the Calhotle Cburch, Pittaton, Pa. Norl-iy^ J~MPORTANT TO BUILDERS t ? f f f t ? f ? SHOVEL COMPANY i i i 4 i i i i t J. J. MERRIAM, PORTRAIT PAINTER. STONE QUARRY. The undersigned hereby glres notice (hat ha la ODer»°lna"iery excellent Stone Uuarrj In the ofPitUton. and that he is prepared to furnlBR Building BtiDne of all kinds, and to take wntrMto for Wall, and Exertions,and warrant' .11 hi« work In a first cla«s manner. to do all his wora WM B(JNUi (j^gon. King out tho want, tho caro.the sin, The faithless coldness of the times ; King out, my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller mlnstrol In. n P. KIDDER, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIKE SIZE P0RTRAIT8 ON CANVASS. omoe In Law Building, North Franklin 8tr»«l WiLK ES-BAURK, PA. BETHLEHAM, PA., Photographs painted in OH or Water colors, or retouched with India Ink. Iilng out false pride In placo and blood, The civlo slander and the spits ; King in the lore of truth and right, King In the common lore of good. Manufacturers of Studio adjoining the Cash Store of Law A Campell. Mar lst'78-ly March iO. 1871-ly* Pitteton, April H, 1»T2. SHOVELS, SPADES, SCOOPS, Physicians and Dentists Meat Markets c$f3. OHAOK^ l^T"" PITTSTQN MEAT MARKET. Ring out old ahipen of foul dlacaxo; King out the narrowing lust of Qold ; King out tha thousand wars of old, Ring la tho thousand yeua of peaoa. 0. M. WILLIAMS, DENTIST. iC,i4jfros sTEAM TRAOI All Warrented! No. 7 North Main Stroot, The undersigned having opened* Market on Exeter street, in Wost Pittston, near the offico or 8. Sutherland, will keep it at all times well supplied with the very best of all kinds of meat adapted to the season, and Invite the patronage o[ the public. We are determined that what we bell shall bo the very best. BRACE A H0I,C0MB. West PltUto», April 18-3m. Ring In the reliant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring In theChrlat that la to be. PITTSTON, Aug 7 '73 HUNT BROTHERS, Orders sent to MONIES & PUGHE, SHEEP Iff AUSTRALIA. All work warranted V A If UFA CTVRERS —From Tcnny&orit in memoriam. E. B. LONG. SURGEON DENTIST. Wholesale Dealers in Hardware A WD WU0LCSAL1 DIA1.1K8 IX ALL IIKTDA 01 CRACKERS, CAKES, Sheep are seldom kept in enclosed fields In Northern California, but run at largo in the mountain ranges, winter and summer, guarded by a shopherd, to protect them from tho coyotes. Every night they aro driven in and placed within a strong wattled or brushwood corral, situated hard by tho shepherd's hut for security. A man receives twonty-flvo or thirty dollars a month, in coin, for herding, and ho can manago a llock of two thousand alone, except in tho lambing season, when he requires an assistant. Lambs are generally shorn in tho fall, then again in tho spring ; after that only once a year. . Tho wool is sold unwashed; and this fact together with tho outrageous frauds practiced by somo growers, who pack stones and dung in tho lieece, keeps California wool at a lower figure in tho Boston market than any other: lower even than Texas or Colorado wool. Growers who can command wheat fields generally put their yoarling wothers into them after harvest, "stubble" them unto fall, then drive them to the shambles, when they liavo been eighteen months on the hoof, in which time a sheep will do about tho best that is in him. W. SCIIOONOVER, Removal--Butcher, ASLEEP ON THE AIB. Over the Miners'flariDgs Bank, Plttaton, Pa. BCRANTON, PA. CONFECTIONERY, 8CRANTON. PA. A YOUNG LADY SLUMBERS WITH T1IB AT- All work warrautod to give satisfaction, MOSPUERE FOR A PILLOW Oct. »'73— ly JQlt. 8. A. CAMPBELL, «nd dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, llama Ac.. Customers supplied by peddlers. Market on Linden street, near the Seminary, Wost Pittston. June 19. 1873.  Will receive as prompt attention and be filled at as low prlcos as If sent dircct to as. A Paris letter to tho Indianapolis News says: "I Quito forgot everything, myself included, as I watched the feats of a mesmerist with a beautiful young lady. lie was a great burly fellow, dressed ia tho toggery of an Eastern Juggler, Hho was lithe and Bpirituelle. in a rich dress with flowing sleeves. She stood on a stool on a dias resting on a magnificent great square of Turkey carpet. He made a few passes over her, but not at first, touching her, then pressing his hands about her face with a sort of dumb incantation.ALEX. JAMIESON. B. F. COOLBAUQH jg F. COOLBAUQH A CO., Homoepathic Physician and LEniOlI SHOVEL CO, Grocers, and Flour W Send for price list. aug2l'73 Commission Merchants, Surgeon, ||OBERT SEAMAN A CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, J£OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE WEST PITT8TOH, Residence opposite West Pittsfcon Foundry, Bept. 25 *73 Located on Wholesale Packers and Dealers In The Man Who Knew Exactly What OYSTERS to do at a Fire V. McKAY, 1108. 42 A 44 MUltRAY STREET, NEW YORK. LUZEENE AVENUE, WEST KTTSTON There might have been a disastrous fire 011 Fourth street, Now York, on Saturday but for the heroism displayed by a man named Sweatman. He was passing along when he taw little Haines creeping around the chimney, and he daslicd Into the house. Ho shouted ."fire" until the house rang,'while he seized a bureau and threw it over, he called to the family to go and sound the alarm. The bureau was left lying on the floor, and Sweatman gathered up a table and ran into the yard. Ho sent a small boy to sound another alarm, and ran in and began rocking a bed-stead U) piecos, at tlio same time ordering the women to throw everything out of doors. He got the bedstead down and ran out of doors and rushed a third boy to a Are alarm box, and then went in and carefully brought out the wood-box and a floor-mat. The women were, in the meanwhile shoving the parlor furniture out doors, and as soon as Sweatman had flung tho looking glass through the back window and torn the baby's crib to pieces, he ran in and helped them while another messenger was sent to jerk »n alarm out of a letter-box on a lamp post. While Sweatman was thus working heroically, another man had climbed upon the roof with a pail of water and put out tho fire, and three or four more came upon the scene just in timo to prevent Sweatman from throwing the piano down in the cellar to give himself room to work. Hobt. 8naman, Sami J. Berrj.Jr., Jaa 1 '73 J. A. Wltner, Franklin Wkitney. About ono half the disianco betweon River St. Fish, Frultn, Vegetables and Coantry Produce Generally, No. 333 Sonth Front Street, Physician and Surgeon, and the railroad, OFFICE NO. 13a N. MAIN BT., Residence, Cor. Luierne are. and Vine at.. The mott steam mill, PITTSTON, PEHN'A, The real estate plot Is 58 by 239 leet, upon which is a two story house, and barn. The plot Is alho well supplied with good bearing fruit trees. Thero is also good well water upon the premises. PHILADELPHIA. Not e '79 West Pittston, Mar27--'7S The two supports wero placed under p-er elbows and tho operator proceeded with increditable rapidity, weaving It it* arms over her head and down her sides, and using tils great wand in the same way, never touching though. Undor tins her eyes closed gradually, and she passed completely into his control. Thau' tho miracles began. Bayard Taylor lias described this in his Oriental books, but I always thought his imagination was affected by tho far-away strangeness of the scene where ho witnessed It. But hero it was re-enacted before us, more wonderfully, even, than Taylor doscribes it. GRIER A FARRER, PROPRIETORS. J£OLLENliACK di ROYVK., Hotels and Restaurants Manufacturers of Finest quality Family Flour, Chop and Feed of various kinds, and dealers in (train generally. All Flour and Feed told by us, warranted as represented. All orders promptly filled. Jau 1 1873 QT. CHARLES HOTEL. O A. DAY, Proprietor. Haying taken charge of this well known establishment at "WeMt End,' yi the Borough of Pittston, it will be my aim to keep a flrsi-olass house, and to accommodate the traveling public as well as steady boarders in the best manner. Junelft-73 The terms will be one-half cash and tho balance of puachaso money on time. CIVIL ENGINEERS rilHOMAS MALONEY, I Wholesale and Retail Dealer In GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, For further particulars apply to PittstonDoc.il, 1873—tf. WM. HATFIELD. SURVEYORS, EM. SINCLAIR, . SALOON and RESTAURANT, Ofllce No. 4 South Main street, Salts, Mcatn, Floor, Fish and A At A' Over C. II. Foster Jt Co'l store. A MULE PBODUCES A FOAL Wnli Howling Alley in rear, Bar nupplied with the lDet«t of Liquor*. Barsaparilla, Mineral Water, and all other refrenhiug nuinmer beverages. opposite the Post-Office. Jau 1 '73 Hosiery, Gloves, Notlonh, 4c. Farm Produce Received. Store in the upper part of the town, below the Depot, Jan i *73 STAPLE DRY GOODS, KXPOSITION | WORLD'S FAIR FHAUKNTHAI.'S Templo of lA_rt on J (Opposite P. C. Co's oflloe) The graud attraction at the Jardin Acclimation at the'present moment Is an Arab horse, a Morocco mulo and their foal. This unique production was In Algeria in the present year and caused a great commotion among the Arabs who have a saying that " when the mulo shall produce young, men shall becomo women and Dvomen men," and it was with great dilllculty that the offendling could bo preserved from execution before tho birth. Fortunately the authorities interfered, and tho birth of tho foal took place and was officially recorded and attested by medical men, and by M. Laguerriere, and a military vetinary surgeon who supplied the facts of the case. The sire is an Arab of tunit, 4J years old, and 1.40 metres in height, of remarkable beauty, but with rather long head and ears—a curious coincl* dence. Tho dam is a mule of morocco, nineyearsold and 1.30metres in height, a well made animal who has done good work as a bat mule, as the gall marks show. It must be added that she is two months and a half gone with foal by the same stallion and the three animals live together in the most amicable manner. The young hybrid is a female and more than three months old, 1.10 metres in height, very vigorous, fat, well formed, and except in color and in form of tiie croup resembles the sire rather than the dam ; and a noticable peculiarity is that it has a C'jrn on all four legs, like tho horso, whereas the ass and mule rarely have them on the hind legs. Ic issup)Dosed that no such hybrid lias over been seen before, although it has been asserted that the product of a horso and a mule was onco known in the Neapolitan oavalry, and N. A. Hanson in summing up the evidence existing on tho subject says that sucli a fact as a mule producing a live healthy foal is phenomenal. Of course speculations on tho consequences are rife, and it is suggested that should tho young hybrid maro prove fruitful, a new species of animal may by careful crossing be inaugurated.— Agricultural Gazette. SWAN HOTEL, P1TT8TON, PA. The undersigned has lately purchased the Hotel property known ax the Bwan Jlotel, in the borough of Pittston, and in now prepared to meet the demands of the public-for a first-class hotel. Jau 1 '73. CHAS BCHRANK. PITTSTOH, PA. PITTSTON, P.. When the girl had evidently lost all sensibility, except as emanating from the magician, he quickly removed the stool on which she stood. Bho was then in the air, supported only by her elbows. Then one of these supports was removed, and she seemed moro a spirit than a material body. ]&ut she was motionless as a picture. For a moment she was to me a realization of l'oe'e fantasy— BUMOAIIDNEH A RADEIt, Dealers In Pulsion. May 29, '73 1 j MUSEUM OF WONDERS. Q S. BLACKMAN, Dry Good*, Groceries, Provisions, NO. 130 SOUTH MAIN ST., Flour, Feed, Meal, BOOTS, 81IUE3, HATS,CAPS, *o., WILKES-BARRE WAGON & CARRIAGE BUILDER HOUSE HOTEL. Main Street, Pi Union, Pa. THE LARGEST STOCK OK BUMMER OOODS ever introduced at one time under one roof in Lucerne County and L. B. PERRIN, Prop'r MARKET STREET, Wilkes-Barre, KVERT COMFORT FOK MAN ANLD BEAST. A ad uo pains spared to make sll feel at home. Our stabling 1m the largest and most complete in the city. lDec.5'7'i Jan 1 '73. WILLIAM STREET, MILLINERY. TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE. PITTSTON, PA Embracing BLACK HI LKS of every style and price JAPANESE SILK8 in every shadeaud stripe. ALPACAS in every shade and all prices. PLAIN A WASH POPLINS, every stylo and color PLAIDS, CHINTZ, and CAMIiRlCS, LAWNS, Trimmings and Notions. Having all tho requisites essential for business we intend to make the best use of them ia the production of u Ligla, Ligla, my beautiful one, Whose harshest idea will melody run." For she stood JJBW ARRIVAL ! TIIE VERY BEST OF WORK, QT. JAMES' HOTEL. Wo will use none but the best material and employ none but the best of workmen. Wo will guarantee our work 10 be first class, and will sell the same ss low as it can be afforded. Wagons of all styles made to suit customer* Call and examine our establishment and obtain ostimates. "Capriciously still, pi rrsTON, pa. A few ateps from L. & B. Junction. Millinery and Fancy Coods A complete stock of Carpets, two and three ply lugrain, Brussels and Tapestry, Matting, Mats, Hugs, Oil Cloths, of every width and style. A complete assortment of Like the lone albatross, incumbent on night.'* This is a first-class hotel, has been recently renovatod and lilted up, and farmers rill find It to their advantage to stop there, it being away from the railroad. Good stabling accommodations MRS- MARY J. SMITH, thankful for the liberal patronage hertofore enjoyed, has now the pleasure of announcing the receipt of a large and fresh ar rival of all kinds and latest styles of We were loft but the moment to wonder at this miracle of nature's law of gravity defied. Bho was plastic as clay or a waxen body, and the operator gave her most fantastic shapes of urace and poetry. Ono after another figures of mythology were represented, each one increating in beauty and each requiring a more difficult pose. At last great white wings were fixed to her shoulders, a golden trumpet was placed in one hand and held as if being sounded, her figure was given the exact attitude of cne in flight, and the great lights that made the amphitheatre light as day before were turned low, light of pale gold camo streaming upon her from the roof, giving her the glorified angelic look that thrilled the vast audience that was hanging in breathless silence upon the wonderful speotacle till ono could almost feel it tremble. Cents' Furnishing Coods! RKPA1R1NU dona promptly and strong, and neatly. HOW THIMBLES ARE MADE U. M. TOML1NSUN Cloths of all kinds in the piece. Doeskin, Sat tinet, Tweeds, Jeans, Ac. The Ladies' departmen is replete in every particular. No other establish mentcan compete with it in quality of Goods or fashionable designs. No old goods. All are the latent styles. French Flowers and Domestic Flowers. The Palace of Fashion is presided over by Madame Loupore, who has long experience and unequaled taste. The manufacture of thimbles is very simple, but singularly interesting. Coin silver is mostly used, and is obtainad by purchasing coin dollars. Hence it happens that tho profits of the business are affected instantaneously by all tho variations in the nation's greenback promises to pay. The first operation strikes a novice as almost wicked, for it is nothing else than putting a lot of bright silver dollars, fresh from the mint, into nasty crucibles and melting them up into solid ingots. These are rolled out to the required thickness, and cut by a stamp into circular pieces of any required size. A solid metal bar of the size of the Inside of tho intended thimble, moved by powerful machinery up and down in a bottomless mould of the outside of the same thimble, bends tho circular disks into tho thimble shape as fast as th«y can be placed under tho descending bar. Once in shape, the work of brightening, polishing Jaud decorating is done upon a lathe. First the blank is fitted with a rapidly revolving rod. A singlb touch of a sharp chisel takes a thin shaving from the end, another does the same on the side, and a third rounds off the rim. A round steel rod, dipped in oil and pressed upon the surface, gives,' It a lustrous polish. Then a little revolving steel wheel, whoso edge is a'raising ornament, held against tho revolving'plank, prints that ornament just outsido tho rim. A second wheel prints a different ornament around the centre, while a third wheel with sharp points makes the indentations on the lower half and end of the thimble. Tho inside is brightened and polished in- tho same way, the thimble being held in a revolving mould. All that remains to be done is to boll the completed thimble in soapsuds, to remove the oil, brush them up and pack them for tho Springfield {Mass.) Republican.attached. Jan 1,73— ly MILLINERY AND FANCY GOOD , Aug 2# 73—tf. Luzerne house, WEST PITTSTON. TRIMMINGS, Ac., which she Is prepared to sel at the lowest prices. A full stock of ladies'and childtens' PITTSTON LEATHER STORE. REMOVAL. A. M. JEFFORDS, PROP'R. Having removed to the basement under the People's Havings Bank, our cuMlomers and the public will find us there with atull stock of Leather of all kind* used by Shoemakers, and a general aHHortment of Shoe Findings. Strict attention given to all orders by mail or otherwise The house has been thoroughly renovated, re paired and furnished, and is in all respects, the largest un«l most desirable suburban Hotel in tho Wyoming Valley. It has always been regarded by eity people a delightful sojourning place, and the proprietor assures all that his best efforts will be put forth to mako it the most delightful place to be found, for all who desire to secure a quiet and delightful summer rosort. The rooms are large and very pleasant. The hotel is situated at the Went Put»ton Depot of the Lackawanna A liloonisburg Railroad, and overlooks East and West Pittston, and guests have no carriage expenses to pay in arriving or departing. Carriages for the use of guests will be provided at reasonable charges. The Luaerne Post-Office is kept within a few yards of tho hotel. Jan 1 '73 HATS, I RIBBONS, EMBROIDERY, Ac., Ac., UaiT Remember the place. Sign of the BIG BONNET. Two doors below Frauenthal's Opera House; 130 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre Pa. Oct24 B FRAUENTHAt, Prop'r. together with every article belonging te her trade. The ladies aro invited to call and make their selections for tho winter, as she is confident she can meet tho expectations of all. Pittston April 10,'73—tf QARPETS ! rp EVANS, MAIN STREET, nearly oppomte tha Eagle Ho tel. ICABrKTS OAKI'BTS HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL Pitibtoni Oct, 27, 1870 M.J.3. CARPETS C A R P E T S C A It PETS PAI1TTEB, jyjILLINERY ! ANlD PAPER HANGER, CARPETS! Shop—Foot of Dock street, Pittston, Pa. Miscellaneous Decker & Fell, Graining and Marbling done at moderato prices I never saw anything so marvelous, and would have listened incroduously to any narrative of it. Boeing is believing ; I have seen : must believe, and yet I must also doubt the report my observing powers make of tho performance. Shrewd people "who cannot be fooled" say the girl had a band about her waist that reached to aud was held by the support the elbow rested on. llut this leaves it all as inexplicable as before, and the explanation has to bo explained itself. piTTSTON DYK HOUSE, Jlaro Juki received an entire new ntncW of Millinery and F»ncyl»«od« at No. IT Main street,wh.ro a share of the public patronage i» solicited and all orders filled to the entire satisfaction of the public.J'ittaton, April 10 73 tf C A R P E T S CARPETS CARPETS Your patronage and recommendation solicited. 0cU73 J38 SOUTH MAIN STREET, CARPETS .CAUPCTS HOTEL, (liueinent), PITT8T0N, PENN A Harrisburg, Pa. Garments of all kinds colored and scoured In the best manner »nd without damag. to the fabric Milks and all flue fabric* thoroughly understood! and cleansed and scoured to entire satisfaction. The proprietor will not be responsible for goods eft In his charge after two months. Jan 1 '7*. D. M. ALEXANDER. If you desire to stop at the centre of business, away from the confusion and noise about depot, take Bolton's Coach, the only free conveyance for passengers and baggage at Harrinburg. GEO. J. BOLTON, Prop'r. jyjILLINERY ! MILLINERY! JDJEi,-?: O-oozdsi MRS. ELLEN E IIYNES, Opposite Temperauce Hall, Soulh Main Street, WASHINGTON HOTEL, JJOOK BINDING Han Just received a full stock of Fashionable Millinery Goods, Ribbons, Trimmings, Ac., and th« ladies are requested to eall and make their •elections. Jan 11873 rrilE LA KG EST ASSORTMENT, SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT, Philadelphia. DON'T BE TOO CRITICAL. UMBRELLAS. Whatever you do, never set up for a critic. We don't mean a newspaper one, but in private life, in the domestic circle, in society. It will not do any one any good, and it will do you harm—if you mind being called disagreeable. If you don't like any one's nose, or objoct to any one's chin, don't put your feelings into words. If any one's manners don't please you, remember your own. People are not all made to suit one taste; recollect that. Take things as you llndthein, unless you can alter them. Even a dinner, after it is swallowed, cannot bo made any better. Continual fault-finding, continual criticism of tho conduct of this one, and the speoch of that one, the dress of the other, and the opinions of another, will make Jiomo tho unhappiest place under the sun. If you are never pleased with any ono, no ono will be pleased with you. Ami if it is known that you are hard to suit, few will take pains to suit you. Lastly; above all never allow yourself to critiscise, or make sport of those whohaveentertained you, even though you may have heard during such entertainment, expressions not in your view altogether perfect, or seen what you may not consider just tho height of perfection in decorum. Proper intentions should always make up for tiny liitfls iu results iu sucli cases. AT THK"RECORD OFTHETIMES" BUILDIKS Will »uit the buslnoss man or the nun of|Ielsarc. Terms, $3 por d»y. GEO. J. BOI.TON, I'ropr. Public Sqnnro, Y L Perhaps there Is no country In the world whero tho umbrella la less thought of than in America. In England tho saying is, "Ifitislino, carry your umbrella; if it rains do as you please which means that in » changeable climate it is always best to carry your umbrella. Hut 111 Burmah the umbrella is held in especial honor. What with the burning sun for one six months, and tho drenching rain with tho other, they are always in requisition. One of tho titles of the King ofBurmah is, "Lord oftheGolden umbrella," and none but high dignitaries can carry a golden or gilt umberella—not however that they carry them, but they are borno over their heads. And therefore rank in lJurluali is measured by the length of tho handle of the umbrella. A common person carries his umbrella, which has a short handle ; one somewhat higher has his carried over him ; one still higher rides on horseback, and has his carried over his heap by a servant 011 foot, necessitating a long handle; the grandees ride 011 elephants, which it would require a still longer haudle to reach ; and tho poorer class of all have no handles at all, as they wear their umbrella in the shape of an linguae ami heavy hut. "W ilkca-Barro SteamWasherorWomen's Friend Binds Books, Magazines, and Blank Work of al J ROMMEL &, SUTHERLAND, kinds, in the neateMt and best manner, and at the lowest prices. Steam has long been known as tho most wonderful agent in removing dirt, grease and stains from clothing, and bleaching them white. Paper makers havn lor many years used strain in cleaning and_ bleaching their rags, and they succeed in making, by it* agency, the filthiest picking from the gutter perfectly pure and white. Until the Invention or TSf 8T.KA,M WASHER, OR WOMAN'S FRIEND '"{""Ptm. BO method had bceil V^.i7™ 1,°fI' 1*1 D,1 ,nK steam directly to the clothing, which oould be used in a profitable mannor, I or domestic purpose-. The Woman'* Fripml washes without lali.,r,' It will do Z «l , an ordinary family in thirty minutes to an hour! l he Steam Washer is superior to all „ vices, lor the following rJZoal d°~ LOWIlMT IMl'ICRS I Jobbers of flies sad Music, binding reel.,., special attention. j Si, ,4 TERRA COTTA WORKS, PRODUCE & POVISIONS, And General Faser & Smith's, Commission Merchants. 120 MARKET STREET, P1TT8TON, PA PITTSTON, PA 49* Btore Room roar of Peoples' Having* Bank, oct.10—Bra According to tho latest reports the republic of Nicaragua is considered to bo iu a state of war, In consequence of the expedition of Colonel Tinoco from Costa Kica, which lately occupied Corpus in the department of Cholucteca, in Honduras, and near to tho frontier of Nicaragua. Not much fear is entertained that he will succeed, as Honduras may be considered pacified, and considerable forces from Halvador and Guatemala still occupy that Btate. Hut, inasmuch as the said expedition proceeds from the side of Costa Kica and its chiefs are Nicaraguans, tho latter republic has put its forces on a war footing, to be prepared for any event, and to maintain public order Rud security, The undersigned would call the attention ol parties building to their stock ol FLUES, PIPES, RASES & CIIIM- WILKESlURIJfv 1. It does its own wsrk, thereby savin" a iariro portion of the time usually taken in a fairiilv 2. It uses much less soap than is required D,» any other method. " quired by 3. It requires no attention whatever, while the process of cleaning Is going on. A lady can do her washing .while she ;is eating her breakfast ami doing up the breakfast dishes. Bept. VD—3m T AMI'S 1 LAMPS I—There have boon many improvements from time to time in the article of Lamps, and to nothing are people ho much indebted for happinenu a* to good and economical light. The now Htyle of lamps Jnst received are held to We constructed upon philosophical principles and are free from the liability to accident? which lamps in general have been condemned for. As an additional Hafety we have the best of non-oxploHive oils which will be furniohed in cans of all siaes and by the quart. NEY TOPS, being now replete with all sites, styi*C, etc., In the above ware, also KIKE BRICK, FOOT WALK, TILE, STOVE J£EYSTONE MARBLE YARD. B. J. BARBER, TROP'R. Opposite tho First National Rank, MAIN STREET,PITTSTOK,PA. LININGS, 4. Clothing wears double the limn, washed In this washer, that it will washed by u machine or by hand-labor, or a wash board. FANCY BUILDING A CORNICE BK1CK, Every variety of Marble Tombstones, Monuments of Uranile or Marble, Mantles of MurVIe or Slate, all done up in thu height of style, either plain or ornamental, and at the lowest prices. Clumbers' Stones, 4c. Don't fail to give us'a call. Jan I'73 GARDEN VASES, SIEVED FIRE CLAY, VITRIFIED STONE WARE, GLAZED I'll'E, AO., AC. 5. Lace curtains, and all fine fabrics, aro washed in a superior manner. All fabrics. Troin the finest lace te a bed-blanket, can be washed perfectly, and with ease, without the rubbing board It is truly a labor and'clothe* saving invention. I could give thousands of Certificates us to merit, but not,e can he satisfied until they see It In operation. It only needs to be seer, to bo appreciated. J, NELSON POOLEV, Agent., Pittbton, Oct 80—3m ALLBN. Harp and violin music i The undersigned haying an engagement for tho winter which affords him considerable .spare time, will furnish music for parties, and dan■ces, at reasonable rates. May ho found at any line at Ht. James* Hotel, Upper Pitt*ton. Any special design made to order Chimneys fi oil to auy pitch or shape. { 1ASII I'AII) for Rye Straw, at tba Wyoming Valley Paper Mill, Pittston, Pa. ...A J.O. F. A U, J». ROMMEL. April 10 '7a tf PITTSTON TKRftA COTTA CO. PlttHton, Mar. SO, 11)71. JAMhtt li^ADWJilTE' J'ilUtvu, Pit, PUUKOD, LDtQ. 11—it*