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THE BEAVER RADICAL.
SMITH CHRTIS, Editor.
BEAVER, PA..
Prldtf moraine* march Slot, 1873.
BBAVBB FALLS’ EXA9IPLE.
The Economies, in their answer
tot.be citizens of Beaver Falls, say
Vn substance, that within six months
■\jj the substitution of Chinese at
cheap wages, for white skilled
workmen, the cutlery has been placed
upon a paying basis; that before the
introduction of Chinese the works
were losing money, but now, with
Chinese cheap-labor, I hey are mak
ing money. • JThe statement is re
markable, and almost incredible,
but, if true, it is well calculated to
rouse the fears 6f workingmen not
only in Beaver Falls but throughout
the country. Wjien other;, manufac
turers discovert that the Beaver
Falls experiment is a decided suc
cess, and in so short time, how long
will they hesitate, if nndftered
by fear, to follow the bad but re
.niaserative example ? Other- like
establishments, in order to success
fully compete in the market with
Beaver Falls Cutlery Company, will
be compelled to employ the same
kind, of labor; so much seems clear.
If the Chinese are apt workingmen
in making cutlery, why may they '
not be equally successful in other
kinds of employment? Why may
not and why will not other manu
facturers import hundreds or thous
ands of thefn, under long contracts,
to be substituted for white work
men m their manufactories ? The
Beaver Falls experiment with the
Chinese proves conclusively that
money will be made by the change,
and money-making is the object of
all manufacturers. Would it sur
prise any one to hear now that some
wealthy companies in Pittsburgh or
Allegheny had determined to follow
the successful experiment of -Beaver
Falls Cutlery Company? Were
workingmen submissive, they might
soon be struggling and competing
with the Chinese for labor, the re
sult of which would be to reduce
its value and lessen its dignity.
There is danger to the work
ingmen in the success of, this
|lß?ymcfiI n srCfiTne6e,'and It is un
reasonable that they should be ex
pected to quietly submit to such in
justice and tamely await impending
disasters that are now so clearly
foreseen. If this Coolie experi
ment bad not already been pro
claimed a success, as if .to aggra
vate the sore hearts of 4he discharg
ed white workingmen, there would
be some hope from its uncertain re-:
suits that the example would not be
contagious, and that Beaver Falls
would be the only place blighted by
the presence of the heathen Chinee.
Bnt the very success of the enter
prise is the most dangerous feature
about the business. Crowded Chi
na could vomit forth thousands and
. tens of thousands of laborers, and
then realize only a temporary relief.
The supply is unlimited; the de
mand is only to be made. Success
with them will stimulate the de
mand for more, and when the tide
has fairly set in who can stop it ?
and what will be the end of it ?
These are serious questions, and
American workmen will do well to
ponder them well.
Ti3E recently elected United
States Senator from Massachusetts,
Mr. Boutwell, has bad a large and
varied experience in public busi
ness that will be of good service in
the high and responsible position to
which he was chosen. He was
elected Governor ot Massachusetts
by the Democrats in 1851, and re
elected in 1852. In 1858 he was a
prominent member of the State
Constitutional Convention. For
five years he served as Secretary of
the Board of Education, and since
1853 acted with the Republicans.
He was Internal Revenue Commis
sioner for a while, and for six years
represented in Congress the old
Seventh District of his State.
Since then he has been for four
years Secretary of the Treasury.
While in Congress he was promi
nent as a leader and took an active
part in the impeachment trial of
Andrew Johnson. His record is
that of a staunch Republican, a
true patriot and a wise Statesman.
He is well fitted by preparation,
knowledge and ability to fill the
place left vacant by his illustrious
predecessor’s promotion to. the
Vice Presidency.
We have occupied considerable
space this week in the publication
of the able, instructive and interest
ing report of the President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to
the Directors thereof. The report,
shows that the management of this
Company is in good hands, and that
the present commanding position
and vast wealth of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company is largely due
to the energy
warn
:jpraist icMs h&C'ady af
forded towards developing the re
sources of the State. It has in pro
gress of construction or to be-built
other and vaster improvements, by
which, not only the State, but the
whole country ‘ will be immensely
benefitted. The report is well worth"
a careful perusal and ean not fail to
do good, by showing that the inter
ests of the Company are identical
with those of the people.
The. bill to increase the* salaries
of members of .. Congress has been
severely handled by the press, and
those persons who voted for the in
crease will have to face a storm of
indignation respective dis
tricts that uHll take the political
breath out- pf their bodies. An an
alysis of the vote, which we pub
lished last week, shows that it was
not in any way a party measure.
Our Congressman voted against the
steal, but we do not know whether
he profited by the passage of the
bill or not. Some Congressmen re
fused to receive the extra pay, and
in that were consistant with their
record.
The Local Option election on Fri
day, the 14th inst., in Green county,
was warmly contested and called out
a large vote, bnt anti-license carried
the day by 1500 majority. All the
townships but two voted no license.
A bill repealing the special road
law for Darlington and Big Beaver
t.nwnflnEi
FROM SARRIBBURG.
The miners* Screen Bill—The Reaoln
uon Agalnct the Importation of Chi
nese will Pass the Senate—Appropri
ation BUl—Tax Reduction—Appor
tionment BUl—Final Adjournment
on lOth of April—Supreme lodge and
Treasurer Candidates*
Correspondence of the Radical.
Harrisburg, March 17, 1873-
The bill known as the “Miners’ Screen
BUI," which passed the House some time
ago, passed the Senate on Friday with
eomC slight amendments, which will
doubtless be concurred in by the House,
sod the bill will becoihe a law. The mi
ners hare been demanding this bill for
years, and it was passed in the Senate
last year, but was defeated in the House
by the friends of the operators. The
/bill, as it passed, will satisfy twenty
thousand miners In Western Penneylva -
nia who clamored for it, and will not se
riously cripple the operators. Senator
Humphreys, of Allegheny, was the work
ingmen’s champion in the Senate, and be
fought their battles ably, making two
strong speeches in favor of this bill.
The joint resolution, introduced by
your Senator, instructing our Senators
and Representatives in Congress to vote
against the further importation of Chi
nese laborers, will be passed in the Sen
ate when it is reached. Senator Wallace
announces himself in favor of the resolu
tion, and it is expected" he will make a
speech in its support.
The House passed the Appropriation
and Apportionment bills last week, and
the Finance Committee of the Senate
is at work npon the first and will report
it this week. It is the worst bill passed
in the House for years, and the Senate
should reduce the appropriations nearly
one million before it is allowed to pass,
Every proposition offered in tbe House
was incorporated in the bill, no matter
how absurd or unjust. Every officer who
asked it had his salary raised, and there
was so little opposition to the increase of
members that it may be said it passed
unanimously, but will be stricken out in
tbe Senate.
Tbe Senate passed a hill on Friday,
without opposition, taking the State tax
off of personal property, that is horses,
oattle, &c., and off of net earnings and
gross receipts. This, bill will pass tbe
House tbisi week, and it will reduce the
revenues of the Commonwealth nearly or
quite one million. This large reduction
of revenue will require a reduction of ap
propriations if the credit of tbe State is
to be maintained, and this may prevent
the squandering of the public money.
The Senate will take up the Appor
tionment bill this week and dispose of it
so that it may go to a conference commit-
THE RADICAL:. FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1873.
tee next week, where the t>ili bfwaHy
made. The western districts Will
changed much from what was stated by
your correspondent weeks since. Law
rence will go to your district And Boiler
somewhere else in the final make u)>. on
; i '
less some unexpected difficultysnsea.
The Finance Commiitee 0/ the Senate
will report a resolution, with, the Appro
priation bill, for a final adjournment on
the tenth of April, in which the House
will doubtless concur. This is much
earlier than was expected, and members
are much gratified at ths prospeOt of get-
ting away so Soon. "
. There is no talkyet olcallinga-State
Convention, audit is very uncertain
when it will be'held.
Judge Gordon, ofiJefiefson, was here
last week looking after his chances for the
nomination ofSupreme Judge. rHe has
many friends and will be a strong candi
date. Judge Butter, of West
and Grech; of Baatoo, are t the candidates
most talked of in ihe east at this time. If
Philadelphia presents fid candidate But
ler is likely tp be thenominee, although
Green is regarded, with- much favor both
here and in Philadelphia. Attorney
General also, been suggest
ed; and i? he consents to be a candidate
the rest may as well all stand back. A
few members complain that he is writing
too many vetoes, but notwithstanding this
hois very popular and : Justly regarded as
an Able, fearless and industrious officer,
possessing all thequalities for a candidate
for the Supreme Bench.. If the east gets
the Supreme Judge the west will get the
Treasurer, andso far the names of Ora
hatn and Errett, Of Allegheny;are the on
ly ones suggested.
There are very few local bills from
yonr district On the Senate
calendar this week there Is not one from
county. Mr. Cross passed one in the
House repealing the special road law. for
Darlington and Big'Beaver townships,
which will pass the Senate to-morrow ;
also one relating to certain school funds
in Moon township. The bill to fence
the railro&d track in Big Beaver town
ship has been reported to the Senate with
a negative recommendation, as was a bill
of a similar character in the House,
which virtually kills nil bills of that char
acter for this session. Bills to fence rail
roads have been defeated so often it is on
ly remarkable that the effort to pass them
is persisted in from year tPjreih >
‘OBSERVERS” BEPiT TO “T. G.”
Editor Braver Radical— Dear Sit:
I have read the reply of “T. G,” as pub
lished in your issue of March 7th,and am
in about the same condition of the man
who, alter bearing a sermon preached by
a noted clergymen on the fall of Adam,
was asked bow he liked-tfae discourse, re
plied that he knew almost as much about
the subject as he did before having it ex
uui trespass npon ybur patjence
in following “T. Q.” in all bis meander’
ings, but, at present, be confined to a few
leading ideas.
The first argument he would overthrow*
is that the wine Paul prescribed for Timo
thy, and the wine Christ made at the wed
ding feast, was not wine- Now I pre
sume it was the same kind of wine that
made good old Noah drunk at that jolifi
cation be and his sons had after Qod bad
saved him from the deluge, and all the
objection I have against Noah is that he
used more than was. necessary; bat inas
much as Qod did not censure him I will
treat him leniently. Now this was wine,
or it was not. At the feast they called it
wine, and Christ did not say aught to the
contrary. If it was wine it contained al
cohol ; if it was not wine He perpetrated
a gross fraud upon them and proved him
self an imposter and a juggler.
Grape juice, or the juice of any vdgela
ble containing sugar, is not wine until
fermentation has taken place; then the
sugar is changed merely in the arrange
ments of its constituent parts, converting
one portion into carbonic acid and the
other into alcohol. Suppose a gentleman
calls on me to-day, and I offer him some
juice of grapes or elderberries just pressed
out, would he not think my wine wa
very flat and insipid ? 1
\ IT
Now the wioe ChHstmade at the Ad
ding feast was pronounced, by the best
judges, to be the best they bad drtnk,
that day, and I can’t believe that
Christ, by any mesmeric power, wanted
to make them believe we ter was wiim
“No guile or deception should be attribu*
ted to His pure char actcr.”
'T. G.” thinks rye whisky contains no
element of strength or nutriment. Now
if we find all the nourishment, or nearly
all, in the whisky that was in the grain
his arguments fall, and he is like one beat
ing the air. How is it? We grind the
grain, mix with it water and a ferment,
then put it in a still and volatilize it. In amission and commission been establisb
doing this do we allow any nutriment to 3d; not only have incompetency,
escape? Certainly not. The alcohol sfflciency and recklessness been shown
and a portion of water passes over which >ut forgery and fraud have been busy at
we call whisky, and the residue hese polls. Impressed, tbefefore, by a
we call slop. There is nothing lost iense ol official duty, conscious of the re
but the small portion of the carbon ponsibility under which we act, sustain
of the sugar uniting with the oxygen id by judicial precedent, obedient to the
of the water, and escapes in the form eras and spirit of the election laws, we
of carbonic acid gas, the hydrogen of the trike unhesitatingly frouji the genera] re
water unites with the constituent parts of lorn the whole poll of the First, Second
the grain and forms alcohol or whisky Ind Third districts of the Twelfth Ward,
: which contains all the elements of no- that of the Second district of the
trition, with the exception of the small Ward, of Scranton."
portion left in the pot, ale or slop. Now j In this statement of the Judge are dis
if there is poison in this whisky, it must blosed the extensive and astounding
be first in the gram, the water or the frauds that were practiced on behalf of the
yeast. pemocrats in order to defeat General
Now in b.e case Mr. C,. “T. G." sayslhe Harlranft and the whole Republican Stale
is very low, just at the verge of the grave, ficket. As the Judge truly remarks, out
i his slock of vital power is just about ex- If a registered vole of 407 persons a bem
t :
hausted.scarcely enough vital force left
to kwp Jn operation the functions essen
tial to life,” and he wonders why I would
give good whisky punch. I answer I
unite milk,, sugar and-whisky (a little
water if yon think best,) and call that
‘‘punch.” Now Amman's stomach cannot
digest or his system asslmulate the grosser
kinds of diet, but whisky punch contains
all the elementary constituent parts of
(ho grain, the sugar and the milk, and
can beappropriated to the nourishment
and building up of the system. It is a
kin(fbf food that viery little ©i
ertion of the digestive powers, enters the
circulation freighted with the nutrition'
of the grain without any of its courser
qualities. This j&au every day prescrip
tion of every good physician .in such:
cares, until tWman'sslomach has gained
strength enough io digest grosser food,
but! suppose, these- disciples of varuna
would give ‘‘hot .water.”
One word in respect to prohibiting the
use of alcohol as a medicine. All our
tinctures, many of out Syrups, our ethers,
our morphia dkc., are made in part with
alcohol, or it is more orlesrused In their
preparation. Takeevery remedial reme
dy iu which alcohol is used away from the
physician, and yon might as well send
out ah army without guns or ammuni-
tion. "
“T. <pv” admits that the appetites that
God has given us are all for good, and if
indulged with proper restraint conduce to,
our happiness—there is no nation, tribe
or tongue that does net use alcohol in
some forin. how they got their appetites
for it I do not pretend to say, but the uni
versality seems to agree that it is a want
of our nature, Observer.
Rochester, March 17th, 1873.
ELBCTION FBilins IN LCZERNp
COUNTY. *
StartUbc jterhorattßtarhecMoSb by
Immediately after the October election
we announced That monstrous election
frauds bad been committed ■ in- Luzerne
county on behalf of the Democrats ; that
on a registry of 800 voters, a Democratic
majority of fifteen hundred hoi been re
turned. The evidence before the court
proves beyond a doubt that out of 1,631
votes polled only 367 were actually regis
tered.
After the discovery of these monstrous
frauds the matter was brought before the
court by the gentlemen ; who were appa
rently defeated for the offices of Recorder,
Register, Commissioner and Auditor.
After a patient investigation before the
court, which consists, politically, of one
Libera) and two Democratic judges, the
four places investigated were decided on
Tuesday last. According to the decision
of the court in these cases, Mr. Kaiser,
Republican, is declared elected Recorder
■ of Deeds; Mr. French, Republican. Reg-
Commissioner, and Mr. Seibert, Demo
crat, County Auditor.
Judge Harding gives a long and able
opinion on the subject. . Among other
things ho says ;
“There were polled at the Octoberelec-
lion, 1873, in these four districts, sixteen
hundred and thirty-one (1,631) votes,
though but nine hundred and fifty-four
(954) names were upon the list of resident
taxables.
“A further comparison of the list of
voters with registry lists In these four
districts, exhibits another rather astonish
ing state of facts. For instance.* Of the
three hundred and sixty four (364) persons
legistered in the First District of the
Twelfth Ward, only me hundred and
eighty four (184) toted . Of the two hundred
and three (303) registered in the Second
District, only one hundred and twenty two
(132) toted.
“Of the eighty-one (81) registered in the
Third District, oniy fifty fit* (55) toted. Of
the three hundred and six (306.) register
ed in the; Second District of the Ninth
ward only one hundred and six (106) voted.
To state the proposition in consolidated
form, there were four hundred and sixty
seven (467) persons in these four Districts
whose names are upon the list of voters
and upon the registry lists and yet So
aggregate poll is had of sixteen hundred
and. thirty one (1,631) votes. This yidd
is unsurpassed in the history of voting so
far as it has been unfolded by the eases
coming down to us in the books. The
great city of Philadelphia, hitherto bear
ing the-palm ic this business, has no in
significant competitor in the inland city df
Scranton.
"But we are weary of further investiga
,ion. A perfect cess pool of iniquity >n
mnection with the elective franchise has
jbeen uncovered and fathomed in these
four districts. Not only have the election
[aws been knowingly and wilfully viola-
ated; not only have acts of criminal
Use Chart.
ocratic vote of 1631 was produced. 1 This
multiplication of registered.voters is un*
surpassed in the history of voting.
The Democrats have said much about
frauds being committed in Philadelphia,
but Scranton beats'll all to pieces.
LITTLE YORK’S TAIN HI ANY.
The Bobbery of »l»e Coart Honse—New
and Interesting Disclosures. •
A letter from York, Pa., to .the Balti
more American, written adder date of the
7th inst., gives an interesting account of
the strategy of the Tammany Democrats
of York county to prevent" the discovery
of the wholesale robberies committed by
them. The writet; says : 7 Your readers
will no doubt remember the robbery .of
the Court House, In this borough,' on the
6th day of March ,1872, and the /abstrac
tion of all the vouchers for moneys paid
out by the county officials for the years
1864 to 1871; Inclusive. The affairs of
the county, it was'charged, had been cor
ruptly and the fact that there
was a county debt of over $300,000, with
nothing in the shape of public improve
ments to show for it, went very far to sat
isfy the Legislature that "an investigation
of the accounts of the county should be
made. Accordingly a bill ftas passed ap
pointing a Board of Reaudltors, consist
ingof Hon. Thomas £. Cochran, C. B.
Wallace, E^i, and Col. Marsh, to
make a re-examlnation and; settlement of
of the accounts for the years above named.
On or abodt the time the bill was pass
ed, the CoUrt House Was robbed and all
the vouchers from 1864 to 1874 inclusive
were stolen. The' affair occasioned a
great deal of excitement as it was regard
ed as confirming the popular opinion that
things about the Court House bad been
mismanaged, to cal) it by the mildest pos
sible name. A meeting of the most prom
inent citizens was called at the Court
House the Very day the robbery was dis
covered, and the County* Commissioners
were recommended to offer a reward of
$1 ,000 for the detection of the thieves-
After a time the services of a detective
named Flinder,' from your city were
secured, and who came to York and put
in forty-two days at five dollars per day
and expenses, but aside from drawing his
pay no good was ever done, and no trace
of the thieves was discovered. The Court
House, Auditor’s room, where the Reau
dit Board held its sessions was broken
into in October last, and some papers bf
longing to it, together with some books
that the Reauditors bad been using for
reference were carried away. This time
the thieves made a “clean sweep,” and it
was supposed that they had effectually
stopped the investigations which bad
been in progress.
Al 1 excitement about these matters bad,
however, nearly died out, until Saturday
last, March Ist, when David Oemmill,
fnnnfirlv mu a( tbo Pnnni« Auditors,
made an information against, Roben,
rick, the janitor of the Court Souse, and
be was arrested on a charge of stealing
the vouchers. A bearing in the case was
bad on Thursday at the office of John A.
Metzel), Esq., when Gemmill made sub
stantially the following statement: He
said that, on the morning of the 6th of
March, 1872, be came down to the stable
in the rear of Reiser’s Hotel, and which is
Just below the Court House yard, to bring
down a package wb icb he w ished to Send
down to the lower end of the county by
the Peach Bottom stage; that he could
not get into the stable, and just then he
heard the Court House clock strike two.
Coming op the Court House yard, bis
attention was directed to a light which he
saw shining out through a crack in the
door t the door being partly opened. He
then got upon a wagon to see what it was,
when he saw the janitdr, Hetrick, come
out of the door with something which
looked like a basket of papers, and go
towards the cellar door, through which
access is given to the cellar containing one
of the furnaces by which the Court House
is warmed. He then went home, and as
soon as the news of the robbery was made
public he suspected Hetrick, and on the
Ist of March he made the information as
above seated. It is said that Gemmill has
told two or three different stories about
this to as many parties, and that be will
be confronted with these different ver
sions when the case comes before the
Court. Hetrick will no doubt be bound
over to appear at tbe next sessionl of the
Court of Quarter Sessions, and tbe case
sent to the Grand Jury. Whether any
thing will come out of it remains to be
seen.
Ths Harrisburg correspondence of
Pittsburgh Commercial says :
The shower of vetoes continues- The
latest was the ve to of a bill to pay the
State printer $25,000 for printing for the
Constitutional Convention, which was
sent to the Senate last night. The Gov
ernor shows, conclusively, 'that the act
calling the Convention provided that all
bills for the expenses of the Convention
should be paid by warrants drawn by its
President on the State Treasurer, and
that the Legislature had no right to in
terfere. And it is probable it would not
have interfered bad the Convention been
prompt to pay its bills. Since the passage
of the bill just vetoed, the Convention
has ordered its printing bill to be paid, so
that Mr. Singerly will get his dues,thanks
to the suggestive action of the Legisla
ture. The Convention has been in session
over three months,and might have afford
ed, long since, to order its bills
to be paid, without needing to be stirred
up to its duty by legislative remainder.
But, if vetoes fall thick and fast, to the ;
alarm and terror of those who are affected |
by them, the fear of coming veto
much greater than that felt on
what have already come. Yesterday I°'
to day, over a dozen bills have been *
called from the Governor by j„i nt r }
lion of both houses* to save them T*
the ruth less guillotine. All of th ese
bank bills; and I confess to an utter *
bility to pump up any tears over th*
fate. Whatever others may thinke r es
satisfied the Governor is right. -
has been something too much of ihi B ***
for special bank privileges; and the chet
imposed on it has been wholesome
serviceable. No one can realize, now *
tell, the lull extent of the good d one ’ , or
the Governor’s ringing call to
We shall know it, perhaps, hereafter V
fur the present we must be content i?
thp .ibat a great good b
been done in this, if,in nothing m ()re
the public has been thereby brought,
face the. bilking question and look at ?
in its many varying aspects. One oJ
gopd, too, I am sure It baj also done I
has convinced many of the men who 1 1
year, refused to extend their wnfldewr
Gen. Hartranfl, that they gro Ss i y J
; judged him and did him injustice.
GENERAL NE\V^
-The late James Savage, of 80-tos
s4o,' 00 to Harvard College. ' of
—Kx-King Amadeus has formally retacmed h
rights as an Italian citizen. h 1
-President Grant will leave Washington f O -.
homestead m Missouri some time m, April *
-The funeral of Chief Justice Bellow*. 0 , s ,
Hampshire, took place at Concord, Saturday Vm
was largely attended.
—Y. 8. Walter, of the Delaware County s m -,,
can, Chester, is working heroically lor the (,'cm*!
nlal. We wish every county editor would show
the same perseverance and energy.
—lt is said that in the event of a dissolution oj
the British Parliament John Bright will, in cot*,
quence of bis poor health,?retire altogether fr CQ
the House of Commons.
—The Hon. E. G. Dilbonm, a prominent j»ti.
tician and highly esteemed and useful citizen,(fed
on Thursday at his residence in Anne' Ataad*.!
county Md. He was a lawyer, and waSiSpeaker
of the House of Delegates of Maryland - in iSdo,
and presided at the famous extra session held r,
Frederick m 1851, when a number of the member?
were arrested. The deceased was a native ofSe*
England.
—A full bench of the Supreme Judicial Conn ::
Boston has declared unconstitutional the act c'
the Massachusetts Legislature, at the recent spe
cial session, authorizing Boston to is-ue $20,000,
000 of fire bonds.
—The New Jersey Railroad hill, which passed
thq Senate at Trenton, know as the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's project to, head off the Na
tional Railway bill which passed the Honse, ha
been stricken from the calendar.
—Hiram W. Johnson, deputy collector of Tec
nessee, is missing. Custom officers are luvestigs;
J ng his accounts.
—Six townships iu Greene county give five her
dred and fifty-one againsllicccse.
—On both sideS'oTthe Susquehanna, at Pen De
posit, the channel are again open through the«
gorge.
—Private dispatches received at Cincinnati a
Thnrsdav of last weet -■* iue
Florence, Italy, of the Right Rev. Bishop M
vaice. His body will be taken to Cincinnati to
interment.
' —ln the Ohio Senate the joint re solution cen
soring tbe Ohio members of Congress who voted
for the retroactive salary bill was adopted after
amendment, including censure of ibe member*
who voted ago inst tbe bill, bat took tbe cm
day.
—A fire in Parkerebcrg, West Virginia, destroy
ed a block of stores in the principal bosinee
portion of tbe city. Tbe total loss is (80,000.
—John W. Osborne,the murderer of Mrs. Adel;*
Matthews, was hanged at Knoxville, Tenn. Pre
vions to the election he wrote a full confession o'
to hie crime.
—George Driver, who killed his wife, in Chicago,
on the morning of the ISth of last November, by
shooting her with a pistol borrowed from his son,
was executed in the county jail of that city.
—Bradford connty is entirely free from debt.
—The Cathedral at Read! ng is to be enlarged.
—The snow in the mountains at the head-wa
ters of the Susquehanna is estimated to be over
six feet deep.
—John Blott, a Berk's county blacksmith and
farmer, blotted oat hi* existence the other day by
banging himself.
—Spotted fever is quite prev&leul in portions ;*
Centre connty. and is generally fatal.
—Mercer connty is in about the best condition
financially of any county in Western Pennsylva
nia. It has an excess of available assets over !.*
bilities of $9,291 93.
—Quite a scene occurred in the lower bonsc
the Missouri Legislature, one ol the member*
stating that an offer had been made to bube bio
to vote for the insurance bill before the Hoa-e.
He accused Frank Hickox, a lobbyist, of offering
him one hundred dollars. Friends of the bill **f
that they do not know Hickox, and say that "•
charge was a ruse to defeat the bill. Gienl i-xci ; <-
merit prevailed for a lime, and the further dtsccs
sion of the bill was posponed.
—A new trial bas been denied to James McE
hany, under sentence of death for the murder c
his wife, at Boston, and his execution will
place on the 21st inst.
—The widows and orphans of the firemen killed
by the Hanover street catastrophe 1 . In Bostoc.
have been provided for by the trustee? of tb{
Firemen's food.
—Commodore W. K. Latimer of the L nited
Stales Navy, died at Baltimore Saturday morninf*
Williams and Brown, escaped Sing Sing cob
vide, were sentenced at Philadelphia, Saturday,
to four years imprisonment each lor an attend
ee rob the Corn Exchange bank on Sunday 1» 9! -
—The New York Constitutional Convention
jonrned sine die Saturday.
—Disraeli has not yet been able to form a neW
Cabinet for Great Britian.
: —Figneras believes that the peopie o! Bar-clo D *
will stand by their resolution to have a Feler*-
Republican iu Spain.
-It is said that all parties in London opp° se *
dissolution of Parliment, and many think tha.
Gladstone will vitbdaaw his resignation.
—Hiram W. Johnson, deputy custom collect®
of Memphis, has absconded under 9usp'‘ c > ou * c,r
camstances.
—At Kansas City, Missouri,'on Thursday. "- 11
the Union German Savings bank was on fir '. 1
van It was robbed of about fTWO,
—Bon, Frederick A. Pike has been cleifc - 3
Congress in the Second district of >’e" H a ®P
shire by a majority of nineteen votes.
—Postmister Jones of New York city, h i
dered his resignatior. He sat present ir. "
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