The Canton Independent-Sentinel from Canton, Pennsylvania • 1

Sentinel. Canton VOL PRICE 5 CENTS. CANTON, BRADFORD COUNTY, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1883. LOCAL -A-ITF-A-IliS. Republican County Convention.

years, to send to all corporations a printed form of instructions in blank for the corporations to fill out and return with their liability for taxes. If that had been done the State taxes would bad been paid J. W. MAYXARP, President Of the Canton Water Company, whose charter is not forfeited, but perpetual, until changed by constitutional amendment. Damp- Pursuant to the call of Chairman The dust is pretty well laid.

Sanderson, the Republican County M.M. Trout was in Chicago last Committee convened at Towanda on week. Tuesday. The convention was called C. Taber Co.

have a finely minted to order shortly after 1 o'clock, and The Canton Water Company. To the Editor: Permit me through the columns of your valuable paper to correct an erroneous impression which is said to be entertained by some of the citizens of Canton in reference to the corporate charter of "the Canton Water Company." It is true that the Governor of this Commonwealth by proclamation declared that the charter of a large number of incorporated companies ot' the State were forfeited for non payment of state taxes. The whole number of these corporations named in the proclamation as forfeited is 710, and among the number is the Canton Water Co. Hut. it is equally true that the governor had Prof.

J. McCollum, of Troy, was unan front. Mr. A. K.

Fletcher, of Antrim, was in town this week. First National Bank Tioga County. Tioga has a quartette of female sere-naders. E. Sabin, of Clymer, recently killed a 400 pound hear while out fishing.

Eugene (ileason, of ElkJaud, was badly injured, the other day, while working in his planing mill. He was cau ght in a belt, one of his arms broken in three places, and his head jammed. Wool brings from 25 to 30 cents per pound in Tioga county. Charlie Quackenbush's boy, of Bear Creek, who was so seriously injured by the cars, is slowly recovering. Recently a man was killed by the "John" on the Pine Creek road, between Hilborn and Cedar Run.

CANTOF, PA. Bradford Baptist Associatisn. (CONTINUED FROM IjAST week.) Wednesday, June 20, -'The Women's Foreign Missionary meeting" was held in the parlors of the new parsonage, Mrs, L. Bind in the chair. Reports were read from the following churches Troy, Sniithfield, Columbia, Wells, Springfield, Albany, Towanda, Canton, West Franklin, Ridgbury and Ward.

Seven churches had no report. A resolution was adopted at this meeting and presented to the association by-Mrs. Bird, asking the pastors to give the first Wednesday evening prayer meeting in each month to the cause of missions, and entreating the co-operation and sympathy of every ofsisterin every church. Rev. J.

Barton French preached p. on "the unity of the Scriptures of the old and new testaments." It was a grand theme, and well handled. After the sermon the report of the missionary committee was read and- adopted. The missionary committee for the year were appointed, and are as follows Rev.s Alex. Mac-Gowan, P.

S. Everett, J. B. French, Geo. Ballentine, and Deacon R.

M. Union temperance meeting next Sunday night. Heated diseusionson the water question absorb all other topics. TJr W. T.

Davison returned from Philadelphia last Thursday. The telephone wire is now up he: tween Canton and Towanda. F. Waldo Stevens, of Oneonta, N. no authority to forfeit, annul, Hi- in any manner to interfere with the chartered rights of the Canton Water Company named in Ids proclamation.

Allthe authority of Governor, as such, is derived from the constitution, either directly or through constitutional legislative enactments. The constitution does not give the governor any authority whatever to declare by proclama- nf tiio imously chosen chairman. In accepting, Mr. McCollum thanked the convention for the honor and prom-to do his duty to the best of his ability. W.

G. Gordon of Towanda, and C. F. Ileverly, of Overton, were chosen Secretaries. As several places were represented by but one delegate, on motion of L.

Hillis it was agreed that in such cases the delegate present be allowed to cast both votes. The preliminary business being gone through with the convention proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for the otlice of District Attorney. M. C. Mercur presented the name of E.

J. Angle and Geo. V. Myer named Capt. J.

A. Wilt, both of Towanda. ust before the vote was taken, Capt. Benj. Peck withdrew the name of Wilt.

He stated that Wilt had made ..1. .,.,,1 Thanking our friends for the liberal patronage received during the past two years, we respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. With ample resources, facilities, and liberal terms, we shall endeavor to please our customers. We give prompt and careful attention to everything in the line of Legitimate Banking. We buy and sell Foreign Domestic Exchange and make remittances to any point in this country or Europe.

A HAM IXXF.S, Jt. S. JDAltTT, President, Vice President (iJCO, A. TTEMN8JEY, Cxshier. The trestle of the new railroad bridge named' in' Ids proclamation are at Tioga was washed out by the high forfeited.

All Legislative power and au-ii thority is derived from the constitution ami ater last week. al, acis of AssemWy passed by Leffisla- An intoxicated individual named lure in derogation of that constitutional au-O'Connor was struck by the evening thority are utterly void. The constitution declares, Art. 2, Sec. 1: "The legislative tram eoing north on the C.

C. A. power of this commonwealth shall be vested road, near Tioga, last week Monday in a General Assembly, which shall consist evening. He received severe bruises Semite and House of Representatives'' This legislative power cannot be delegated bv but was not dangerously injured. the General Assembly to the Executive de- Blossburg school district is in debt apartment, the Governor, or anyone else, lx-i is.i rtrtft icause forbidden bv the constitution, nearly Sec.

2 of Art. 4 declares "The supreme ex- The passenger train between Wells- ecutivc power shall be vested in the Govern-boro and Antrim has been abandoned or, who shail take care that the laws be faithfully It is to be presumed lor the present. I that-the Governor thought he was perform- A Covington man has set out 2,000 ing this duty by declaring that the charters a luuiuugu canvass, ami oeuiy oeui satisfied that Angle was the choice of Wells. Rev. C.

T. Hallo well was ap- is spending a few days in town. Chas. H. Butts, of Williamsport, spent a few days in town this week.

Burton Trout of Sack City, Iowa, is visiting his brother, M. M. Trout. J. Kenney has made a good improvement in enclosing his stairway.

The best series of races ever trotted in the country will come ofl the fourth. There was three feet of water in George O'Donnell's cellar Wednesday. William Kilmer, of South mountain, is at Dr. Lewis' for medical treatment. Now that times are a little easier even poor families can keep two dogs.

Tj. G. Ketcham has moved into the Stockwell house with Edgar Lathrop. W. S.

Cranmer and wife, visited relatives and friends in Monroeton last pointed vice president of the General Association; and Rev. P. S. Everett, vice president of the Educational Society. Committee on obituary, quarterly meetings, and S.

S. convention reported. Thursday, 21, at 8:30 a. Rev. J.

B. Reynolds led a devotional meet the majority of the delegates, iiad decided not to allow his name to go before the convention. The canvass had been conducted with the best of feeling between the two candidates, and in withdrawing, Wilt had no other wish than the nomination of Angle. Cheers followed this expression of good will, and the motion of Capt. Peck that the nomination of Angle be made unanimous, was carried.

The cabbage plants. On Friday afternoon June 11, as Miss Tinkham of Sylvania was ing, and at o'clock the minutes of the coming home from Mansfield when the Ticket and General Passenger Agency Eepartm't To all points East and West in the United States or Europe. sold here as cheap as at Elmira or any inland city or town. 25yThe traveling community will save time and money by consulting us before purchasing elsewhere. Call and get our rates, general information, time tables, etc.

GEO. A. GUERXSEY, Agent X. L. E.

K. R. Canton. April 13, 1883. CLOTHING CLOTHING association were read and adopted.

In the closing business several committees reported, and among others the com- week. con vent ion next proceeded to the noni- mittee on next annual session, Rev. revs from Elmira, Williamsport, Fly the ami other points are entered for boy who was dxiving the horse had oe-cassion to turn around for something which threw her out and broke her left thigh. She was taken home upon a bed and Dr. Tracey sent for, who done till he could to make her comfortable but could not set the fracture.

Brier Hill, near Osceola, has a witch story. Mr. J. W. Teachman's twelve-year-old girl is said to have found a dollar bill and a quart of small coins near the house.

They were placed in a box in the house and soon afterward ination of a candidate for County Sur- ofNew Albany, to preach the veyor. The names of (). A. Gilbert, introduction sermon, and Rev. Alex, of Asylum, and Hiram 10.

Pull of MacGowan, of Canton, the doctrinal Towanda. The result of the ballot sermon. Quarterly meetings to be held was: Gilbert, 03; Bull, 45. The only at Uniom preachers, Rev.s T. Mitch-discussion of much interest was when ell, C.

IT. Crowl, J. U.Reynolds; West M. C. Mercur moved thai Adam In- Franklin, preachers, Rev.s P.

S. Ever-ues, of Gran ville; J. L. Elsbree, of ett, Alex. MacGowan, J.

Bartou Athens, and D. T. Evans, of Towanda, French; Rome, preachers, Rev.s C. races. The heaviest rain fell on Tuesday and Wednesday we have had in many years.

Shaw Eilley were delegates to the County convention at Towanda hist Tuesday. The W. C. Y. U.

will meet at Mrs, Whites Tuesday afternoon July 3rd at three o'clock. be chosen as representative delegates, i T. Hallowell, B. Jones, Geo. Ballentine.

money was missed and no trace of and Geo. W. Buck, Senatorial dele- The association closed, after an earnest could be found. Afterwards she egate (subject to decision of the Sen- and stirring conference led by Rev. B.

found a nenny which was placed on a ol these corporations were forfeited by ttie non-payment of state taxes, as provided by an act of the legislature passed June 1. 1879, Pamphlet Laws, page 112. the section or which reads as follows, "If the officers of any such corporation or company shall intentionally fail to comply with the provisions of the 2d section of this act (requiring the payment of state tax, the Auditor-General shall report the fact to the Governor who, if he shall lie satisfied that such failure was intentional, shall thereupon by proclamation declare the charter of said corporation or company forfeited, and their chartered privileges at an end; whereupon the same shall cease and be deterruinea." Waiving for the present the manner in which this supposed duty was performed by the Governor, I affirm that the provision of the 3d section of the said act is unconstitutional and therefore void. The only power which the Legislature had or could exercise upon the subject is conferred by the 10th sec. of Art Pi of the constitution, which declares and provides as follows: "The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of incorporation now existing, and revokable at the adoption of this constitution, or that may hereafter be created, whenever, in their opinion, it may lie injurious to the citizens of this common wealth in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators." In plain violation of this article of the constitution, the Legislature passed the act above referred to, of June 1, 1870, authorizing the Governor to declare these charters forfeited.

Any layman of common Understanding can see, as well as a lawyer, that the legislature could not declare the charters forfeited without at the same time pr oviding that "'no injustice" shall be done to the corporators. Instead of that the proclamation would wipe all out of existence. But, thanks to a constitution made by the people, not by the legislature, this great injustice can not be done. But there is still another reason why it cannot be done. The Constitution of the United States declares that "no State shall pass a law impairing the obligation ot' The Supreme Court of the United States has decided thata "private charter of a corporation is such a (4 518.) OurState Con-stitution in the 17th Section of the Hill of Edwin F.

Mayo promises to give an atorial conference), and that they be entertainment soon for the benefit of instructed forF. C. Bunnell, of Wythe fire company. oming county, for State Treasurer. He Tiw A will n-Aaeh on niade a short speech ill behalf of the Jones and which lasted nearly two stove.

That was soon mysteriously hours, to meet in Smithfleld the third removed and was found in the yard Tuesday in June, 1884. unite warm. No one but the girl The floral decorations, which were could see the money while it was on handsome and elaborate, were all by the ground. The story is verified by Mrs. Newman.

The singing was the usual number of "creditable wit- My stock of SPRING- SUMMER CLOTHING- roil MEH, YOUTH, BOYS, CHILDREN. the subject of "A Good next claims of Wyoming county for the support of Bradford, and hoped the convention would agree to his motion. Capt. Peck moved as an amendment, excellent, and elicited praise from all the delegates. Judson Dunn and all the members of the choir are to be eon-gratulated on their success, not only at that the delegates be first chosen and the question of instruction be acted upon separately.

Mr. Hillis moved to the as amend by adding the name of Jerome There ociation, but every sabbath, were eighty delegates besides B.Niles of Tioga, for Auditor General, other visitors at tiie association. The Mr. Mercur objected to this, and a Canton church reported the largest somewhat heated debate by the three number of additions during the year, now complete and prices are way down surprisingly low. We have NO C)TCH PENNY GAMES i i esses Wellsboro Gazette.

On Tuesday live boys from the orphans' school at Mansfield visited the house of Clinton Baker, who resides near Jobe's Corners, in Tioga county, ami asked for something to eat. Mr. Baker was away from home, but Mrs. Baker gave them some dinner. Mr.

Baker's watch was banging in the dining rowp, and soon after the hoys left Mrs. Baker discovered that the watch was gone. On Mr. Baker's return he followed the boys to the woods north of Troy, where all trace of them was list. Mr.

linker is now in Granville, where it is thought that one of the boys lives. leorge Gay lord, son of Kenyon Gay-lord, who resided hero until recently, met with a terrible and fatal accident Sunday morning. There are thirteen circuses wandering through the still no signs of one coming to Canton. The premium list for the Union Agricultural Society's annual fair will be issued in about two weeks. R.

N. Perry and family visited liloss-burg, Mansfield, Cherry Flats, Antrim, Morris and Liberty last week. A stone culvert on the Northern Central near this place, was washed out by the heavy rain on Tuesday. Vennor having predicted rain on the Fourth, the probabilites are that the day will be bright and beautiful. Miss Minnie Cranmer and Miss Maggie Gorman commenced their two months term ot teaching last Monday.

Never since, nor for many years before the reservoir of the water company was washed out, has Mill creek been so high as on Wednesday The Canton Water Company, of Can to get your money for old, shop-rotten, shoddy goods, which are forced on the market at big expense of advertising anil rent, to rid of them by offering to give you a Pewter Watch, or a Gilded Coin, or other equally as worthless schemes to get yourmoney. Rights, declares that no law impairing the obligation ot contracts shall be passed. The State of Pennsylvania, on the 20th day of September, t. 1877, made a contract with the Canton Water Company, in which it was provided that it the Canton Water Comnanv would pay to the State a gentleman followed; and upon the question being put, the amendments were lost and the resolution instructing for Bunnell was carried. B.

M. Peck moved tiiat the chair appoint six conferees from this county to meet the Senatorial conferees from Wyoming for the purpose of selecting a Senatorial delegate to the State convention. The chair appointed the following persons: E. J. Cleveland, Canton; J.

W. Chamberlin, Wyalusing; J. N. Califf, Towanda; J. H.

Shaw, Canton; J. N. Weaver, Sayre; W. 11. Dodge, Towanda.

This Completed the business and the convention adjourned sine die, having been in session less than two 17; home expenses, si 000; improve meats on church, to missions, $50. The present, membership is 108. The church tenders thanks to all friends who estertaiued delegates or visitors. Troy. John E.

Dobbins accompanied A. C. Fanning Esq. to Mansfield on Wednesday of last week, where the latter delivered an able address to the graduat-ingclass at the State Normal school. Heavy rains fell hereon Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Paul Wagner, formerly of Philadelphia, but lately of East Canton, visited his brother, Joseph Wagner, of this place, a couple of days this week. Polos Rockwell, has been sick several days but is again attending' to business. "Oil TK.V slI the i the and fthe certain sum of money, called a bonu State would, by Letters Patent, grant company a perpetual charier of inco tion. The company agreed to the tern the contract was signed by the Gov John 1-'. Hartranft, and the great seal commonwealth was affixed byM.

S. ij Secretary of the Commonwealth. Thi corn- LSh went into ll tb atioi DON'T BE HUMBUGGED BY pending large sums of Hum- vater works, exhibited full ev i I' ton have advertised in the Towanda hours. Journal and Towanda Review that contract with the sti on, and entered iutu the tract per- tl: Wl Ulll the contracts individuals arc rly twi ne last Saturday morning in Elmira, where the family is now residing. It I seems leorge was standing at tha foot of an inclined plane by whiclijcarrages are raised to the upper story of John A.

Berry 's carriage shop. At the top of the plane stood four heavy truck wheels with an iron bar through tne hub. These were fastened by a rope, wfiich in soTue unaccountable way was loosened, and the heavy wheels ran down, breaking the boy's neck and crushing and mangling him in a horrible manner. He was carried to' his home on East Clinton street, from i whence he was buried on Sunday. I The Gaylord family have many relatives and friends in this town who will mourn this untimely loss.

A few days ago Mr. William Thomas, of Lawrence township, collected ci iinpauy hundred. Xow, we it tl tirutit tve seen I nation; forbid the el neiit i Blow-Gun Parties That advertise to deceive you. Call at my store and I guarantee to give More Value for your Honey thaa you can get any where else, they win make application to the uov-ornor for a charter. This is not the "Citizen's" Water Company, whose notice is published in The Sentinel.

It is reasonable to presume, in view of the heavy rains this month, that fair weather will be had by the fourth of of July. In the meantime the committee in charge of the races on that lay, are a working hard to make the affair a success, and the number of Says a Wyalusing correspondent: We regret to say that the trouble about the cemetery is not over with. An iron fence was built around it, and the fence was extended to the road enclosing that portion of it the title of which had been disputed. No sooner had this been completed than certain portions of it were torn down to make a gate-way that had been used before the trouble. Our citizens are very ij; the obligations of concur legislature of June 1, the Governor under it, pair the obligation of alij t.

with one fell swoop, i all out of existence. performed, and rpfer Assembly of June 1st! ides that "-'if the offl. irporation shall inten-i tracts. The act of 1879, and the act ol would not only im these contracts, In would strike the I now return in which this the governor was again to the Act i 1870. Sec 3rd pro eers of an such and I much exorcised about it, and it may horses promised to enter is larg a fine display of speed may be Respectfully ours, relied possibly end in another suit at law.

About half past two o'clock last Monday morning, the Baptist church was discovered on fire. The alarm was riven at once, and the Fire Co. and engine were soon on hand, but before a stream of water could be secured, the flames had so thoroughly enwrapped the building that it was impossible to save it, ft was with difficulty that the parsonage adjoining it was rescued from the devouring flames. The plan of firing the church showed careful premeditation on the part of the incendiary. Rev.

J. E. Williams preached two very able sermons in the Methodist church last Sunday, from 2 Cor. 8-9, in the morning, ami Mat. S-27, in the evening.

On Tuesday evening last, a reception about 1400 during the day, and on go- Itionallv fail to tonally fail to ions tb comply with the provis- 1 T-1 II nsofthe2ud section of this Act for A I I nl tiree successive years, the Auditor Gen- I TH (TP ral shall report the tact to the Governor, VA UU I 1 1 I 1 LUl 1 flu), if he shall be satisfied that such iiig home at night put the money under his pillow instead of depositing in his safe in a small otlice near the house, as he naturally would have was intentional, shall thereu Canton, June20, 18S3. List of advertised letters: George Blakely, Wesley Gardner, Mis HattieHill, Tom McGane, Vransis McMurray, Milo R. Opp, W. S. Porter, Miss Susan Biggs 11.

W. Randall, Charlie C. Ruinsey, Agness. Wilson. Please call for adver-t ised letters June 1883.

A. M. Ayres P. M. Tin but next he 1 ock, lor being tired ami lame, morning, on entering the mud the safe a total wreck, a very peculiar one, was upon.

Not much doing in the rubber bucket line. M. E. Lilley, has a Stow bucket in use and invited the royalty men to collect from him by process of law, but he has not been Meanwhile those using rubber buckets are joining the anti-royalty association; and those who have paid Barker's claims begin to look as if they wished they had to do it over again. To use an) elegant phrase, "Canton don't scare worth a cent." The C.

B. S. W's will hold a "lawn fete" on the old Stockvvell lot, at the by proclamation, declare the charter of a cotporatio'n or company forfeited. The Auditor fieneral has not reported to the Governor the fact that the company lias intentionally failed to pay; and the legal fact, of the proclamation signed by Thomas McCamant, clearly proves that the Auditor General made no reoort at all. broken to pieces, and the door of the sale crushed in with a large sledg is liooL- ltvt lrnnnn in In was given at the taou berry, in behalf of (r.

X. New-mi Mrs. J. E. i resent enjoy- Gl John F.

Satterlee, of Monroeton, who recently went to North Carolina, with an idea of engaging in the lumbering business there, has returned. gal n.ind, that an agent, clerk, or attorney in fact, cann execute such instrument under seal in his own name. "For his principal, John A. Auditor General," the only method known to the law in such a is for the duly authorized agent to sign the name, anil affix the seal of the principal thus: John Williams, ed a most A cloud our town la isant and social time, gloom was spread over CLOTHING CLOTHING UNITED STATES HOTEL! J5L.O!-!-iIJlTllG, I A. A.

MILLS, Praprieor. Corner of Williamson and Hannibal Streets, Blossburg, Pa. Also proprietor of the Stage Line from Blossburg to Itoaling Branch. Arriving arid departing from this House at daily. Good stabling attached, and horses to hire at reasonable prices.

IS Sua Nothing of any value was missed, however. The job was done by persons who knew of Mr. Thomas getting the money that day, and they, of course expected to find it in the safe. It was certainly a fortunate turn of affairs for the posessor of the greenbacks. Mansfield Advertiser.

Tuesc i.y, on the receipt inter streets ening. let straw bei Hi lll'W: I A. I.einou, Am llleral There will be an excursion and bns-it ptc-nic to Bernice on July 4th. for benefit of Monroeton Lodge -Hy tbla All- Mi all over, in for the usual prices. eath of Delos Her-ays been a highly this vicinity, seen unable to at-is clerk, for three Honor.

seats Knig mid Corner of Towanda and on July 4. afternoon and cream ami cake, lemonai ries, will be served al croquet and i free, are among the attrai tised. As this will be tl festival of the season, the are that a large attendant Th John Pettis has tend to his duty, No Paper Next Week. Themes c( amant. ease it was a Judl d.tor General, whicl formed by Deputy, com any has never jsia'e taxes, nor Im failed to comply wil the 1 aw upon that si the uniform practice first lawn Austiuviile has no resident phy-probabilities sician.

A correspondent greatly re- Following a time honored costum we shall issue no paper next weel weeks, on account of poor health. Native grown strawberries have mad 3 their appearance. will be had grets the recent removal of Dr. IWnn. it hail heen department ha weu tv of th more I ley to Lcroy.

and a handsome sum realized. Our next issue will be on July le. at llarrisLuirg, for I.