The Somerset Herald. t!VAfU "rTI.I Editor mid I'niWir WEUSKSDAV March 7. ! T KifT are being done to death. The latest is a coffin trust. T fi ve thousand men are idle in Pitts lurch and towns adjacent on aoount of mills closing. Ciiaiuxy Minima, the English cliam j.i.m, has been arresled for arranging prixe fight with Enllivan. Ma.EAM.jki.twiil cow take his turn and Mr. Mills will l-egin to learn how lit tle he knows about the tariff. TnE Lawrence County Bar has unani mously endorsed Judge Wickeam, of Bea ver as a candidate fir Supreme J udge. CoiAisr.1. W. H. Mouuisox, of Illinois, has announced his willingness 10 accej tlie Iemocratic nomination for President. Vice Ix the case of the Crown Prince of (HTtiianvit is a "oattle between science nd disease, jis in the case of Ocneral I 'rant.and the daily M-iorta are more and more disheartening. Ev-Sesatub Joiis Stewaut has written a letter dtvliiiinif to be a candidate for Judge at the Pa-publican primary in I mnklin county this spring, assigning his retsons then-fore as "entirely 1t sonal." Mc Thokas IMI.AS, of Philadelphia, one of the largest woolen manufacturers in the I'nitcd Mates, says that the Mills fn-e trade bill is a measure that if en- forced w ill close up every worsted mill in the eountrv. . Tnt Crr.wn Prince is doomed, accord- ing to the latest dispatches. The public w ill be sorry if the news is verified, for 1'nser Fritz is one of the few heirs pre sumptive to royalty ho are respectable and resjiectcd in private and public life. Ma. V. T. Howard, the defeated Re publican candidate for Mayor of Altooiia, w ill contest the election of his successful competitor, Mr. K. II. Turner. Howard claims s:ross violations of election laws ! i occurred at different polling places in the '' The Atlanta t'nif"'OH has liecn re ceiving no small amount oi jiniwe irom the lU-iuiblicaii press of the country, for its manly course in assailing the Presi- J h-iit's free trade views, and commenting in the fact, says : " Well, we would as lief lie itted on the back by a Itcpubli-i-iin organ as by a lem.-ratic free trader. The success of either means ruin to the Kmth one to its social organism, the it her to its new industries." Com.ukssva W. L. Scott, who seems to have sole charge of the interests of the Adiiiiuistration in this State, proposes to inn things with a high hand. He has undertaken to knock out all proU-ction-ists, no mutter of what party, ami aivord ingtothe jm-gram iri:ipK-d out, both 4ngreiisiiiau lC;indall and Senator Cain--ron an1 lo lie retired to private life, the former because he is a stumbling block in the way of the free trade conspirators, mid the latter because the man from Erie w ants to be his suvxicssor. Mr. John ILUkkii, of Philadelphia, has Ik-cii apointed I'nited States district At torney for the eastsrn district of Penn sylvania to succeed John K. Valentine, the 1 republican ittcuiiils-nt. whose term will expire on the 1 1th of this month. It is given out that this appointment was made in compliance w ith the dying re iiest of the late Samuel J. Tilden. Pos sibly Kcpn-sentative llandull can forgive the aptoiiitmcnt on that account, but for pome reason or other Randall and all his friends backed ex-Chairman Pallas San ders for the place. Senator Kjini mik, of Vermont, in de clining to lie a candidate for delegate to the Republican National Convention, says : "I have leen long uniler the im pression that our State sliould, in general. Ik- represented in the National Colivcn- j ( on by sm-li or our citizens as arc pot in Congress, and I have on former occasions accordingly requested that I should not lie proposed or apiiointed as a delegate. I Besides tins it is morally certain that Congress will Is.1 under urgi-nt stress of I accumulated business, demanding all the strength and attention I can command.' A statement has been prepared at Washington that places the nutnls-r of b1e bodied men over IS and under 45 years f nge, not enrolled in militia forces at 7,n-Jo,7ie. Adding to this number the militia of the several States and Territo ries, 100.!", we have nn available force f H.d'JIar). The Pennsylvania National iuard ranks first and is claimed to eiud in tut-!v wntr fliA rmvuliir artllV. line eiieral Miendan is roponeu to lave said that hesomctimcswishcstoscc nnothiT war that he might have the hnp pinew of patting IVnnsylvunia boys into the fight. The IVmocrut ic hostility toarisUnion Trt'Ttns is plainly illustrated in tlie Sea nte deU-ite on the Impendent Pension llilh TW principal object of tiie rand Army anJ tif tlie Pension Committee of the Senate has been to formulate a meas ure that the President could find no ob jection tot I-ast year' bill has teen care fully revised and tle puius in it which the President found fault kl bavelsH-D s-liniinated. Astbedeimti' hae jueeeied is'iytis of dissatisfax-tion with tle luJiod ninsj(l have nmliiftrrd on the BepU- j licanaCle. 'The attempt to a.b a hm- ; won bill to flip prcjudiivs of a Prexhlent ; w ho has sJm n himself entirclv out f j s-vwpathv witii the Crand Annv is V -pmatcd by many Senators. Theycon- ; sMr- at amjust to pnide forouly those i w ho are m lsjll v incapacitaUni for the per- j firiiianee of tljor, and wouid pnfer aj ittcasu re providing for all disabWU veter- no matter bos or w ltuce tit It hen ! slisataiJitv has been incurred. Xlwf mill ' iiiiraniiieprtwniuiiunotwiwisian.-t,,. ulw, for min Jiay T,iC ime many onshH-r it an inaderpiate relief j cuma.- also authorized a favorable resrt aaeamre, aa4 ould gladly substitute for j ou I In- bill tu w to all voluntwr aud reijis bt am ad of more ulstanti:d just ii to the lered triable trKt of .the late war $J. for weteoiis. u the utlier side the Sou h- each ooiitu of tery'uv, tur iJi-O.i.-ting from ra Kriga X'et have all tak.'no?c ision to t ucb agjrtvgaie aua ut all ruiui heretofore a tue bill and att.-tck tlie tirand Ar- rasapoiir.M'al organization and sacoTjig f prufosKional beggars, w ho assume Lat tWey Hkaa:'ld have f access to the Na tional Treasury. Senator Vest and Black burn have take (he lead in this sort of vitujsTation, and like lite President seem to take sjiecial delight in dvxtHiuj in 4ilts at the I'nion soldiers. Me. Mills, of Texas, the rectignized mowth piece of the Cleveland administra tion in the House and Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means has sub mitted his bill for tariff rerisiou, or more pmperly speaking tariffdestruction. Mills proposes that the fn-e In portion, or lus f,,r cloak, caught cold w hich on Saturday bill " shall go into effect on or after July J acttled on the base of the brain, and develop 1, 1SSS." It is not very likely that it will j ed into spinal meningitis. go into effect at w early a date oslho A oiorinn io!o re n in lite hum r t li i,!!v bv and ralmir watdi the ruin of i their .rinciwl inJustrii-s. The lir.rtlort j blow is directed at the agricultural inter j est of the Nordi, in dim-pard of all lro- I. . i f .l,.af rnvin the Ctl- WM inn in i''v v .- tire protective in'Stem, for it is expected if the farmer is deprived of direct tienelit in the tariff, he will turn in and assist the free trader in his next raid upon the industries of the country. The principal product of the American farmer wool id nut alone wk-cted for slaughter, but lumU-r in all it form, lieeswax, licorice, chicory, and broom corn, the turjientine w bich the farmer of the " poor lands " of the Carolina counts on as an addition to the revenue of his unprwlifle acr;the alarm which the farmer of the lialf-rk-ared timber land sells to pay his tax es and his procery bill while he hews a farm out of the forest are to be reduced in price by couipdtition with tlie output of Canada and Norway. Heuipsecd, flax seed, flax, hemp, jute, in all their forms; tallow and tow; bnmhwood and oak bark ; pickles and sumac berriex, are all among the sources of rural wealth that are to Ik- unprotected. The infant, and j for the nxirf part country, industries of cottonseed oil, flaxseed or linseed oil, ami i broom-nmkine, are to be subjected to j comj.tition with the untaxed products of cna(ia and Euro-. But, as a relief, ; u( now OIIv cost " cents per barrel of 20 iwnuds, is to U- free, and the farmer who has grown rich by tlie pur chase of - cheap and untaxed salt" can invest his savings in the statuary of Italy or the pictures which have gaiued prizes in the saloons of Paris. It is a free trade bill throughout, and Mr. Mills has faithfully served the ad ministration. Like his master he con- i filers the internal revenue system un- worthy of mention, and would teach that it is ls-tter to pay war taxes on our inter nal trade than to lew custom duties on foreign goods sold in trie nome marm-v. The bill is altogether un-American and it I ill Ik- met in Congress and by the coun- j try as an unpatriotic and injurious meas- PRESS COMMENT. Chicago Tri'iHHt: There is something weirdly itlielir in thesctalleof a slender li-siil mugwump editor K-rfurming his great ai t of reading Hon. Sara H-iiidull out of the Democratic party. Springfield 1'm-tn : If Congressman Mills , C -11 . I. . I going to receive siinijiu-s oi an me i-nw- ui-ls of this country, the manufacture of whict he is ignorant of, he will soon be able to wt up and stock tlie hig.i-st variety store in the Vniied Siaie. Cim-innati Ki"i inr : There are clear in- dicaii.nn of active work to ohluiii an appnix- imalely solid Southern delegation for Mr. Sherman. Mahone lis eharee of tlie boom in Virginia. Tlie Scrgeant-at-Arm of the Senate is said to have charge ol the Senator's interest in North Carolina. Milwaukee Srnflart : While the Atlanta 'uHftUn'rm and other Democratic journals are applauding Mr. Dickinson for "cleaning out the few renminbi! Republic ms in his department,"' tiny forget tliat a had postal service is a very jssir recoinnienl:itioii for Mr. Cleveland's administration. Mankato, (Miun.) f'.n- Vmt : Tlie 1ii cago TrUniir is doing all it can to make John Sun-man's nomination a-wunsl. it kee up its ahtisp of tlieOhio sl.iti-sin.-iii in a silly niunner, and the issiple who read it invaria bly mme to the conriusion t hut Mr. .Sher man hxs made sonic very desirable t-iiemii-s. New York Trilinnr: But Mr. Cleveland abo knows that fraud, terrorism, and i ri:m prevented the election of members who favor protection from many Southern districts. The same great National crime by which he was elected that and nothing else prevents the election by an overwhelming majority of Protectionists to every Congress. New York Hail nwt Exprm: The enemy of Mr. lilainc who ean pretend to doubt the sincerity of this manly and unmistakable talk, and who will still try to in-iimatc that he doubts Mr. Blaine's gwsl faith, must be loo strongly saturated with prejudice iir too deslitule of the ls-tter traits of human nature to deserve either argument or npe -tful tt teiiiion. New York M-iU -d &i-ct: There is a growing unanimity of Republican conviction that the arty has reaelu-d a crisis in its his tory and destiny, when the National Con vent ion should hea deliberative and repre sentative Isnly. containing the abli-st leaders who can be induced to serve as delegati and u:tei!v unamenable to the control of small jK,iiti iai.s. li'.Jie lkiiux-rnl: If the Republican Na tional Ouvenlion were held to-morrow. John Slieriuau would undoubtedly lead all aspirants on tlM-first ballot. He appears to lj0 l1l0 lir!tt cl,irt ml ,,re nt of four or five ( ,iK, Southern Kiaies as well as of some of ti,c Middle and New England States. This support, w ith that aTOhio, would put him first at the opening of thecontest if it should begin now. Chicago .ilir-0 : If the nomination to the Presidency were offered to Judge Walter C. ir"sh.im he would probably acec it. 'ill he is not a candidate in the sense thai he is seeking the place by any attempt to in terfere with any man's Issim. lie is not an tagonizing any man's candidacy and has no organization look king after Stale delegations, lie is devoting attention to business, and while he hi conscious of the excitement pre vailing in isiiitical circles lie will not allow it to interfere with his spring fishing. imaha ;' i'i'imh : The mugwump took Mr. levtland ujion trust. Asthe pnrtege of Mr. Tilden lie set up the claim of a reformer. Disgruntled Kcpiihlicans saw in this an ei tttse, and they believed an opsnunity. j TIm-j- cajioiU-J to live off the fat of the land. They have jfut uulUing but disajoiiitiueiit. IVin.it TrPm ic ii there is snch a thing now as a mugwump part, I'ill someUiriy please locate it and makr Luowu its mission? How much net pmtit doe it tifLitru up out of its investment in Crorer Cleveland T IKm't the liabilities Cirexceed the assitsuptodate? If they don't so apjs-ar the iKsikke -jsT is a bit: fraud. Relief for Volunteers Nurses. and Army j W-aOT.'X, D. C March 2. The House . t'ommilUs- vu War Claims has directed a favorable rv.n ou Mr. Stone's bill to cor rect the niusl.T rolls of volunteer soldiers so that the muster shall cover the date from which the nn-n were regularly etirolloJ and actually iK-rformed tlieir duties, and to tnt vide that oflieers romiuissiims shall take i Hect ill the same manner. The bill also extends for thrve years the time during which received lJ- them. Louisa M.AIcott Dying In tha Housa With Her Father's Corpse. Pss-ibV, March 5. lty a most painful coincidence, Louisa M. Alrott. the well known writer, lies dyw; while her Citlier's body is being prepared for tcrial. For a long time Miss A Icon has been ill, smVering fnitti a nervous prostration. Ist autumn, plating Ua!f un,ler the charge of Ir. tireen, si appeared in be improving, and afterward went to Dunreath Usee, at the Highlands, to reside temtwrarily with Tr. Rhoda A. Laa rence. While there she drove in town to visit her lather Tlinrsdav. the j l!t, instant, and incautiously leaving off her The Tariff Bill. WssinxoTos. March I. The Chairman of the Ways and Means committee to-uay suli mittetl to the full committer the tariff bill, upon which the Democratic members Iiave Im-n at work for several months. The fnse list miction is to take efft July 1, The mcarore was immediately made public. The new tariff bill proposes to fix thedtity oil pig iron at tlirne dollars per ton ; on iron or steel railway bar, weighing more than 25 pounds to the yard, and slab or billets of steel, (it t Ion. On iron and steel T rails, weigh ing not over 2.") pounds to tlie yard, f U per ton ; and on iron or steel fiat mils punched, f 1.1 per Ion. Tlie bill provides for admitting free of du ty after July 1st " ail wools, hair of the Al paca giat and all other like animals ; wools on the sain; woolen rags, fhoddy inengo, waste and fljK-ks.- After October 1st, LssH, it provides, among other thing, for a forty per cent, duty on woolen and worsted cloth, shawls an Jail manufacturers of wool, not sjiecially enumerated : and on flannels, blankets, knit goods, women's and chil dren's drew goods composed in part of wool. The bill makes the following additions to the list of articles which have been imported free of duty : Timber, hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves. Timber squared or tilled. Wood unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or provided for. Sawed boards, planks, dials and all other ar ticles of sawed Ium:s-r. Hubs for wheels, (Htsts, hist blocks, wagon blocks, car blocks, gun blocks, heading blocks, and all like j blocks or sticks, rough, hewn or sawed only. Staves of wood, pickets and palings, lalhs, shiiighs. clapboards, pine or spruce logs. Provided, that if any export duty is laid iin the atsvc mentioned articles, or either of them, by any country whence imported, all said ankles from said country shall be subject to duty as now provided by law. SjP, in bags, sacks, barrels or other ack-ni-es. or in bulk, when imported from any j country which does not charge an iniort ! dutv upou salt cxiMrtrd lrom the I'nited States. Flax straw. Flax not hackled or dressed. Flax'hacklcd. known as dressed line. Tow j of flax or hemp. Hemp, nianilla and other I like sub.-iitmes for hemp. Jute butts, jute, j Sunn, sal gras, and other vegetable fibres. Burlaps not exceeding sixty inches in w idth of llax, jute or hemp, of wiiieh llux, jute or hemp, or cither of them, shall be the couip- J lavoratilc report on llic .Matson mil. autnor nent material of chief value. Bagging for iz':S the Commissioner of Pensions to pay cotton or other manufactures, not specially j pensions to the wife or guardian where it is enumerated or provided for in this act, suit- I shown to his satisfaction thai the pensioner able to the uses of which cotton bagging is applied, composed in whole or in pirt of j hemp, jute, jute butts, flax, gunny bags, j i.'iinnv cloth, or other material. i Provided, that as to hemp and flax, jute, jute butts, Minn and sisal grass, and manu factures thereof, except burlaps not exceed ing sixty inches in width, and bagging for cotton, this act shall takeeffoct Julv 1, ISSti. Iron or steel sheets or plates, or taggers iron, coated with tin or lead, or with a mix ture of which these metals arc a component part, by dipping or any other process, and cnutiurrciaHy known as the plates, terue plates, and taggers tin. Beeswax, gelatine and all similar prepara tions : glycerine, crude, brown or yellow; fish glue, or isinglass, phosphorus. ,Siap stocks, fit only fir use as such. Soap, hard and soft, ail of which are not otherwise so cially enumerated or provided for. Kxtract ol hemlock and other bark used lor tanning: indigo, extracts of, and carmimd ; iodine, rcsublimed ; Ii,-urice. juice; oil, croton ; hemp -sd and rate seed oil ; flaxseed or lin seed oil ; oil, cotton seed : (ictroleum. Alum ina alum, pitent alum, alum sultstittite, sul phate of alumina, and aluminous cake, and ulumiii crystals or ground. All imitations of natural mineral waters, andanilicijl min eral waters. Baryte, sulphate of or byrj-tes. unmanufactured ; boraeic acid, borate of iiincand borax; cement, Roman, Portland, and all others , whiting and Paris white; copr, sulphate of, or copierts ; potash, crude, carbonate of, or fused and caustic pot ash ; chlorate of potash, and nitrate of pot ash, or saltpeter crude ; sulphate of potash ; sulphate of soda, known as salt cake, crude or refined, or nitre cake, crude or refined, and g'auhers salt, sulphur, refined in rolls. Wood tar; coal tar, crude ; aniline of oil and its homologous ; coal tar, products of, such as naphtha, benzine, benz ile and pitch; all preparations of coal tar not colors, or dyes, and not acids of colors and dyes. Log wHd sin! other dye woods, extracts and de coctions of; spirits of turpentine; bone, black, ivory drop black and bone char ; ochre and ochcry earths, umber and limber earths sienna and sienna earths, when dry. All preparations known as essential oils, ex pressed oils, distilled oils, rendered oils, al kalies, alkaloids, and all combinations of any of tue foregoing and chemical com pounds and salt by whatever name known, not specially enumerated or provided f.ir in this ai-t. All barks, beans, in-rrii-s, balsams, buds, bulbs, bullions roots and excrescenowi, such as nut galls, fruits, flowers, dried fibres, grains, gums and gum resins, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts mots and stems, vege tables, seeds and seeds of morbid growth, weeds, woods used expressly f,,r dyeing and dricsl insects. Alll non-dutiblc crude minerals, but which have been advanced iu vaJue orcondi tion by refining or griinjiue:. w hy jyyy other process oi manufacture not specially enu merated or provided for. AH earths or clays uiiwnuiht or unmanufactured ; China elay or kaoliue. Opium, crude, containing nine per centum and over of morphia, for medi cinal purjioses. Iron and steel cotton ties or lusijis for baling purposes, not thinner than nunilier 20 wire Range. Noedlea, sewing, darning, knitting and all others not Bjiet-ial-ly proviilcd for in this ai-t. Coper, iuifior ted in form of ores, rcgulus of, and black or coarse copper, and copr cement, old cop per fit ouly for maufacture. Nickel, in ore, matte, or other crude form not ready for con sumption in the arts. Antimony, as rcgu lus or metal : uickilrer, ehromate of iron or chromic ore. Mineral sulistances in a crude state and metals unwr.i-.ight. not spe cially enumerated or provided for. Brick. Vegetables iu their natural state or in salt or brine ; rhi-ory root, ground or niigrouud burnt or prcjtared ; acorns and dandelion root, or intended to be used, as rolle or sub stitutes therefor, not specially enumerated or provided for. t.'ocoa, prcjiareJ or manu factured ; dates, plums aud prunes; eiir rants, zjylo vrotber: figs. Meats, game and poultry; tuilk. fresh; egg, yelks. Rails, ieasaud split peas. J'ulp for pa;H.Ttnoker's use. Bihli-s, books $ud j..aijpbiels. printed in oilier languages than English, and books and pliaiuplets and ail publi'ations of for eign governments, and publication of for eign societies, historical or scientific, printed for gratuitous distribution. Bristles, bull's, and bulbous roots, not me dicinal ; feathers of all kinds, crude or not dressed, colored or manufactured ; finishing powder; grease, tirindstoncs, finished or uufiuikhed. Curled hair, for beds, malresses human hair, raw, uncleaned. and not drawn; hatters' furs, not on the skin. Hemp and rape seeds and other oil see.! like cliaractcr. Lime, tiarden seeds, ! insets! or flaxseed. Marble of ali kinds in block, aougb or squar ed. Osier or willow, prepared for basket makers' ue ; broom com, brash wood. Plaster of Paris, when ground or calcined. Bags of whatever materia composed. Bat tans anil reeds, manufactured but not made Wp jutij finished articles. Psiuiivgs ;a of or water color and stat uary not oilier provided for. Rut the term "statuary " shall he liudcrajooij to in clude professional production of a 4ij,4j--or of a sculptor only. Stones unmanufac tured or umirrased, free-stoue, granite, and stone and all building or monumental stone. AJ1 jrtriugs of gut or any other like material. Tallow, war( cl not irial!y enumerated or provided for. ' All wools, hair of the alpaca goat, and other like animals. Wools ou rbe skin. Woolen rags, shoddy, nuyujjo, waste and nock. Estimates of reductions iu revenue affec ted by Mill's bill hare uot been completed in details, but the aggregate, according to the best information in the hands of the committee, is fixed at -'m,(Xio,00u. This total includes about twenty-two and a quar ter it :ihos.'vi account of the free list.seven tecn and'a qiiii:er millions on account of wuobii goods, one million six hundred thou sands for china and glassware, threeiUar ters of a million dollars in the chemical scbedulesomething less than half a million dollars on cotton, one and a half million dollars on flax, hemp and jute, and sugar about eleven million dollars. ; Sherman's Two Speeches. NAsnviLLE, Tenn., March 2. Colonel A. M. Willis, a Republican of this city, having written Senator Sherman that some ierson (who had been inprcsscd with his speech here during the Senator's Southern trip last fall l thought they had discovered in his sub sequent sjieech at Springfield a pledge of a reactionary policy in Southern affairs, the Senator, under date of Washington, February 13, has replied : . You are certainly right there was no dif ference in scntiiiKnt or purpose between my speeches at Nashville and Springfield. Every word 1 uttered at Nashville I can repeat with entire sincerity. I do not wish to revive the animosities of the war. and wliat I said there of Confederate soldiers, their honesty and courage. I have said over and over again in the North. My arraignment of the Demo cratic party at Springfield is also historically true and entirely consistent w ith my Nash ville speech. I do not think the Democratic party of the North, during and since the war, has occupied a much worse iosition than the Confederates of the South. The hitter fought ojieiily for what they conceived lo be right, while the lcniocratio organiza tion did precisely what I said they did in my Springfield speech. What I desire in the future is a frank and full discussion of the policy of protection as it affects the industry and prosjiority of our peop'.o North ana South. I do think the Southern people ought to faithfully observe the fifteenth amendment and to make no distinction on account of race and color in the right to vote, and to have that vote counted. The difficul ty in the way of enforcing this amendment ought to be an appeal to their patriotism to supXrt alike every clause of the Constitu tion. Regarding Pensions. Washington, March 2. The House Com- mittee on Invalid pensions to-day ordered a ; is a habitual drunkard. Similar action was taken on the Weber bill, providing that in considering Jicnsion claims of dependent parents, lite fact of the j soldier's death by reason of any wound, in- jury, casualty or disease which tinder the ' conditions or limitations of sections 4.U:2 I and 4, !' ' would have entitled him to an In- valid ieiisi:)ii, and the fact that the soldier left no widow or minor children having been shown as required by law, U shall lie nei-rssary only to show by comjic-tcut and sufficient evidence that such parents are without other present means of support than tlieir own manual lalsirorthe contri butions of others not legally bound for their support ; provided, tliat no pension allowed under this act shall commence prior to its passage, and in ease of applications hereaf ter made under this act, the pension shall commence from the date of the filing of the application in the Pension office. A Letter From Roscoe Conkllng. riTTBriw, Feb. The following letter from Roscoe Con k ling is in reply to one addrescd to him by the secretary of the club recently formed in this city bearing Cotikling's name, in which the club pro poses the New York statesman for the presi dential nomination : New Yobk, Feb. 29 My Dear Sir : Set ting great store by good opinion of my countrymen, I warmly appreciate the fact announced in your letter of the 17th inst. that the c tizens of Pittsburgh have organ ized a club to indicate their wish I lint the Republican party may make me its candi date for President of the I'nited States. Not being an aspirant for political prefer ment and not supposing that the parly with so many tried and distinguished men to choose from, would wish me to become the liearer of its standard, the honor you and others have so unexeetedly done is gratify ing, uot so much as a political act, but rat her as an evidence of erson:d kindness and confidence. Regarding the formation of the club iu this light. I am grateful to its memliers and promoters for all tlieir action implies, and I shall remrmlier and value it always. Without refcrenrc to candiilates, it will lie great satisfaction if the club bearing my name shall contribute in any way to reinstate the organization, whose wisdom and earnestness proved so useful during the most tragic and trying period of our history. To see that party aain triumjihant and united, worthy of itself and of its past, the brave and honest champion of the rights, the welfare and progress of sixty-three mil lion people is inspiration enough for all Re publicans. In that hope I unite with you and all who cherish it in sincerity. Respectfully yours. Roscoe Conk li o. Presidential Straws. H iKRisnvRo, Feb. 2f. The Harrrsbtirg Tdiymjit the past week addressed a large number of Republican editors as to their clHiice for President since Blaine's retire ment. Ik-plies have been received from 51, seven of b u-U have no preference, 11 are for .Sherman, J!J fir Blaine, 9 for Cameron, i for Haw ley, ? for qreihan), 2 for Lincoln, and 1 each for Rrarts, Allison, 1iscof.k. Schoficld, Dupew and Beaver. For second choice, 3 are for )res!iani. 2 each for Allison and U--pev, and I each for y.iay, Hawley, Sherman, Packer, Cameron and Lincoln. Squire and Flynn Co Free. New Yobs, March 1. The trial of Man- rice Flyiin and Rollin M. Squire, for con- I spiracy, has been abandoned by Bistrict At- I torney I- el lows, because of a decision of Judge Lawrence to the cfiect that declara tions of an alleged conspirator cantiot be proved before the conspiracy is proved. This male it practically imp,issibb: to insure con viction, and the case was abandoned. The Suffering at Mt. Vernon, III. M'AsmxiiTos. V. C, March 2. The follow ing leh-gram was received here to-day from Mi Clara Barton, of the Red Cross Society, I dated at Mu Vernon. III.: "Reached Jit. Vernon yesterday. While reMrts have been prrecJ, if has uot boen possible for words to adequately describe jbe situation', the' de stmctioii. os upd uoed are ruuvh greater (hail realized by the public. Everything is needed. Krcry aid a-ulcotq: and sliojld be tendered. A cold, hard rain (alb un a thou sand houseless and homeless p "oplu hers to day." The Will of W. .W. Corcoran. Washinotos, Feb. . The will of W. W. Corcoran was Hied ami admitted to probate to-day. Tlie only public bequests are $1W, 000 to the Corcoran Art Gallery, to which Mr. Coreoan had already given a million and a hall : M.ftW to the Louise Hume, to which Mr. Corcoran gave in life half a million dollars ; J",0O0each to the three or phan asylums of the District, and $3,0m to the Little Sisters of the Poor. He makes many bequests ranging froru $100 to fclo.ouo fo relatives, personal friends and servants. Jlje reinaiiier of the estate is left in trust Ibr his thros fcisudJuTdren. The Michigan Liquor Law . La ssi so, Mich., March 2. The Michigan Supreme Court has decided two points ofthe new State Liquor law unconstitutional, weakening tlie force of the law very much. One fs tha section providing tor KIice eoiitrol by (he htAtxul authorities of town ships adjoining Detroit, and the other a sec tion making lawful the arrest without pro cess of a saloon keejicr discover, d in the act of violating the Liquor Lair. Crops In Excellent Condition. WASHixerox, March 4. A summury of the weather condition for the period from January 1 op to date Indicates that the weather has been generally favorable to tnc coming crops tho In Southern States, al though in soma sections the cold wave which occurred the last week in February caused some damage to fruits. Reports from Kansas and Nebraska indi cate that the weather conditions have been exceedingly favorable during the post win ter. The wheat acreage is large, and the con dition excellent. Plowing and planting are in progress as far north as Southern Kansas and Missouri, while the ground remains frozen generally in the States" north of the Ohio River, where the delhiency of the rain fall oflast season and the slight amout of snow and low temperature during the win ter leave wheal jiasturac in bad condition. tJenerally. iu the Middle States the weath er has been favorable for prospective crops. Wheat and rye are reported in good condi tion, exceit in Northern New Jersey. A Texas Tragedy. Hcstos, Tex., Feb. J). News has reaefhed here of what is perhaps the most horrible crime which has ever been perpetrated in this section ofthe state. The bloody tragedy was enacted at a settlement known as "Spanish Camp," about sixty miles west of this city. Spanish Camp is composed of Mexicau negroes and deseratc'wliites,and is remote from railroads and telegraph lines, and on this account only meagns reports of the facts are obtainable. Sunday morning about 2 o'clock a negro cabin was set on fire and the occiiints brutaly shot down as they ran, half awake, from the burning lion sc. Five were killed outright, one severely wonnded. and two were consumed in the j burning dwelling. In the same neighbor- hood the dead body of a negro, naiucd Bath, was found hanging ton tree. .and it is thought that he was hung on the same night the other negroes were shot or burned. The affair is said to be the outcome of a suit over the title of the land w here the negroes lived, and which they had purchased. The suit was decided in favor the negroes at the last tenn of the district court in Wliarton. So far as heard from no arrests have been made although the sheriff and posse arc on the ground. -o A Million Dollar Blaze. New Yobk, March 2. A fire broke out to-day in the building at Forty-second street and Lexington avenue, and (swept almost the entire block bounded by Lexington and Florida avenues and Forty-second and Forty-third streets, causing a loss of $l,(Kju, Out). The building, which was seven stories, was occupied by Potter & Sty mes, furniture manufacturers, and Poweil, Weinman A; Smith, cigar manufacturers. In a short time the building was completely gutted aud the walls fell Ui. The flames communicated to dwellings on Forty-first street, and they I were quickly consumed, the terrified inmates fleeing with what they could gather in their j arm?. The wooden girders of the elevated i railroad ou Forty first street burned away, ; and a section of road was crushed by falling walls. The Vamierhilt hotel was saved from I destruction, nd rendered uninhabitable. Two firemen were injuredbiit not seriously. There were many narrow cscaes. To-night there remains ofthe entire block only a row of bouses iu Third avenue and a mass of blackened walls. An Ironclad Temperance Bill. Des Moines, la., Feb. 21. The joint ccm mittee of both Houses of the State Legisla ture has preparedabill forthcsalc of liquors. It authorizes permits to sell only to register ed pharmacists. Applications for permits must be made to the district judge in oien court and must lie signed by a majority of the properly owners in the ward and not less than twenty-live women, the wives of prop erty holders. A bond is also required in the sum of ),Utkj. The statements set forth in the application must be proved in open court and any person may upjx-ar to resist the application. Permits can only be gran ted to each 2,'0 of population. If no phar macists apply the court may apint some discreet erson lo sell. All liquors must be purchased through (he County auditor by those holding permits. Purchasers from pharmacists must make oath to tlieir ap plication, and if not known to the pharma cist must be identified. The penally for false statement of a purchaser is tlie same as for perjury. No liquor can be sold to minors, intoxicated persons or those in the habit of getting intoxicated. The penalty for viola tion by a pharmacist is a fine of $Ii and all the penalties ofthe Hark law. It is an ironclad bill throughout and will effectually close out the drag store saloons. Crand Army Denounced. Wasiiinotox, Feb. 21. There was a lively debate in ths Senate this afternovn over the Pension bill introduced oy Senator Mander son. Iu the course of it the Democratic ar ty showed once more its cloven foot. The Grand Army ofthe Republic was honored by wholesale, denunciation from men like Blackburn and Beck, who, unable to con quer it twenty-five years ago with tlieir swords, think that they ran afford now to besmirch it with their tongues. Mr. Beck called the veterans who offered tlieir lives to pa-serve the I'nion beneficiaries.' Mr. Black expressed the hopu that ihebill would be defeated in the Senate ; if not in !hc Sen ate, then iu the House; and if not in the House, then by the Executive. In his opin ion the irjnd Army ofthe Republic was a political organization, which did not ap proach Congress as oilier JK-Iitiouers did, humbly and respectfully, but demanding and threatening. For the time he seemed to lose sight of the fact that even among his own constituents there nre thousands of Demo crats to-day who are members of the Grand Army. Carried away by his rhetoric he accuse! certain Senators on Cue Republican side of favoring the bill because of tlieir Presidential aspirations. His xch had tlie true ring of Kantucky stump oratory in it unrepentant, devoid of logic and tri umphantly defiant. In a five minutes' seech Mr. Hoar dis posed of Mr. Biackbum's sophistries most thoroughly. He spoke with great earnest ness of the services of the Grand Army, de plored the spirit in which it was now lieing attacked and denounced in no uncertain language the motives of a Senator who could apply, as Mr. Beck had, the tenn of " supper-loyai " to members of the Grand Army.- Mr. Teller also had his say, and pretty effective it was, too. Ileexposed the absurdity of framing a bill with the sole view of having it meet the approval of the President. ot without reason he regarded Ibis as and ntiwarranted interference on the part of tlie Executive an attempt, in fact, Jto bulldoze Congress into doing his bid- jjiPS- " ' '""'" ' Mr. Manderson made a speech in which he completely exposed flic falseness of the assertion made by Mr. lilackburu, that the Grand Aniiy Was fbrcins Congress juto a compliance with its wishes by threats of political punishment as a consequence of a failure to heed its dciuamli. Ic showed what even-body knows, rxceiit Mr. Black burn, that I lie Grand Army awuled itself simply of the right of petition Iikeany other organization ; like flic Knights of Labor, for instance, the Women's Christain Teniper auce t'uion, Boards of Trade, and mareantile assoc-iationsT Mr. Blackburn had little lo say after Messrs. Hoar, Teller and Mander son got through with him, and as Sir Mr. Buck, he never opened his mouth after hav ing denounced the Grand Army as "benefici aries," and after receiving the special atten tion of Mr. Hoar for the use of that offensive expression. Consideration of the bill weut over until to-morrow. - - - ii . Children Murdereq by their Mother. KM West, Fla,, March 3 A dispatch from Baracoa, eighty miles from Iiavanna, states that a mother murdered her f ur chil dren in cold blood. She chopjied off the beads of two of them with a hatchet, and the other l-o she held in a tubof waternntil they were drowned and then cut tlieia up. She said, when arrested and taken to jail, that tlie devil tempted her lo the crime. THE PJAILROAD STRIKE. . . . . ,. .. But Llttlo Chango in th Situation. . ,. CnrcAco, March, 5.-The meeting this morning of chairmen of linevancw torn- miltecs of the several Western railroads was Very largely attended, and the most com-, plete harmony and unity of sentiment were manifested. M. J. O'Brien who lias been selected at the Brotherhood headquarters as the person to hold communication with press representatives, said, in regard to the meet ing of the tirievanee Committee Chairman, tliat lie was strongly ofthe impression that the strike wouid not be extended to other roads. The fact that delegates from the Brake men's Brotherhood .were preseut indicated one object of tlie conference. All the en gineers who could be induced to talk said the brake men w'erc with the strikers and would not run freight trains with non Brotherhood engineers. The meeting closed at 7:30 P. M., and many of the delegates left for their homes. Chief Arthur and all the others have been pledged to the utmost secrecy. Mr. O'Brien, ofthe Press Committee, when asked t his evening if a strike was contem plated on the Northwestern Road, where the classification system is still in force, said : The Grievance Committee of the North western Road is not in possession of any grievances to present to the ofnciuls of that road. The utmost good fueling exists be tween the officials and the men in the en gine service. A strike on lliat road has not been discussed ; that is as a division matter. It is the intention of the engineers fo con fine the strike to the " Q " system and not to have the strike business become contagious. It would require very little to spread this feeling of striking, and we do not want that. " What do you think of the progress the Burlington is making in handling its busi ness notwihstanding the strike?" "We consider that the 'Q,' has not been successful in their effort to work. Tlieir engineers the men they have passed liave been suc cessful only in burning out engines, and the feeling that their men are incomietent is so general that the people of Iowa have called on their Board of Railway Commissioners to examine the men and see if they are cap able and comjietent, aud say whether the l' road is right in putting incompetent men VH llll'tl VliillllC. (kil'4 IIIVILW) II.-IIIK-IIIIE ,11V . iii- .... i...: : ,t.nH.i... i...,.. ,i.A i 'UWIIs, IIUUIl IW BVLKIVIIl llll'JUII tllV II. 'lll- potency of these men. The Iowa Commis sioners! are in session at Burlington, and they hay-; been examining men for three or four days. We have received a copy of tlie report of the examination that has taken place there. As far as the result goes the re port shows the men examined are very in comiictent. The ultimate victory will Mired ly be ours, as the Brotherhood can hold out just as long as the company." " Do you know of any new men leaving the Burlington Road?" "They are going back right alongall the time as soon as they understand the situation." " What about the strike on the Burlington and Northern?" "The Grievance Committee on that road has reported that it has exam ined into the matter and found that no grievance exists there. The oflicialsof the Burlington and Northern have undertaken to lie ierfcctly neutral in the matter." THE HEM BEAI'Y FOB AMIC.III.E SETTLEMENT. Crand Master Sargent, of the Fireman's Brotherhood, was shown the report of the proceedings in the House of Representatives, in which t had been proposed to send a ommittce to investigate the Burlington Railroad strike. He said: You can say for me that we are perfectly willing tliat any committee composed of practical railroad men should examine and pass n "on our demands at sny time. We have been ready at all times to meet the offi cials ofthe Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Road and settle our grievances in an amica ble way. We are not asking them to pay any more wages than is paid by all the lines running out of Chicago. We are perfectly willing to have a Congressional committee examine into tlie matter and sec if they can bring abont a settlement. This strike is not of our seeking, but we know that the de mands ofthe men are just, and we can read ily convince any intelligent man of that fact. And should the Burlington officials to-day accede to our demands (which are o) cents x-r mile, passenger service ; 4 cents per mile, freight services ; IX) percent, of above rates to firemen) the wheels of the entire system will be moving iu twelve hours. Chief Arthur said : "I heartily indorse Mr. Sargent's words." Dauphin's Dishonest Ex-Treasurer. lI.iKKisnriio, Pa., March 4. It has been discovered that during the term of Comity Treasurer John S. Lotigeiiccker, from lssto HS'i, there was a defalcation in his ofilce amounting to tflT.Oi.K). Longenecker's clerk was Krasttis J. Jones, who succeeded him as County Treasurer. When Iongcneckcr went out of office Jones gave him receipts show ing that he had received all the money sii Kised to be in the Treasury, when the fact was that there was a shortage of (17,000, which Jones concealed and carried all through his term of office, ending on the 1st of January. On that date George Grove be came the County Treasurer, and he would not receipt for anything but cash from Jones. There was a good deal of delay before Jones would admit that thcrewasaiiything wrong, but finally, when he could no longer prevent it, the truth came out. The county looked to Longenecker to pay the defalcation of his crooked clerk, and Longenecker fell back on his bondsmen. Colonel James Young, of Middlctown, and Colonel W. W. Jennings, of Harrisburg. who paid the money, taking Longenecker's note for iJOJOt), representing princijial and interest. There is much con jecture as to what Jones did with the money. The Fated Crown Prince. Losnos, March 2. Official news has lieen received here that the condition of the Ger man 'rou n Prince is alampng. Upon the receipt of this intelligence theLord Chamber lain coiqmipiicated with the Quaen with ref erence lo altering fbe court arrangements for next week, which include a levee and a drawing room. He tjas directed not to alter the present arrangements, but to prepsre to post puns therpceptions at (he shortest notice. Arrangements are bjing made privately to transport the Gorman Crown Prince to Ber lin. On account of the anini wily felt in Ber lin Dr. Mackenzie will not accompany the Prince, but will proceed direct to L indon. Sax Rsm.i. March 2. I'pto midnight the Crown r.-iticc had piel a satisfactory d ly. He coughed lss frequently. The patient sp?ni a g 1 ihul of tha day on the bilcmy. Dr. Mackenzie still declines to admit that the existence of causer h. bjen proven. Additional Local. Washington Letter. From our .Special CorrespTOdenU Wash'soto. D. C. March 5, 1888. Jbe Milts Tariff bill how before flic House Coinmhtcc on Ways and Means is being carefiiilyscrutiiiized and dissK-cted by lead ing statt-tmen here. Republicans at well as neii)ocrats. The general iiupression among Itcpublicans is thaj the impure is an iniq uitous one; and hfrgefy because, in some Te epee's, it U not so radical as was anticipated and is therefore all Ihe more dangerous to our varied industrial interests. It is true that nearly three hundred arti cles are placed upon the free list, but nuny of them are not produced to'any considera ble extent iu this country; while others though imjKirtant American products, do not represent any very strong political force, so to sp-tk, and therefore will not arouse any very pjwerful antagonisms in these direc tions. There is no question but that it was tho original intention of Mills and his Demo cratic colleagues to place iron, cool and oth r ores upon the free list, but (lie fear of los ing Virginia, West Virginia and other South ern States next Novcm"x-r, ' lias deterred them. As a result,' copr and nickel are the only ores freni which all duty is removed! However, two very Important American pro ducts are free-listed wool and lumber and these two features ofthe bill alone ought to damn it beyond redemption. The most im portant feature of the measure, aside from tha free-listing of wool aud lumber, is the I very sweeping reduction in the sugar duties J "... " ; aggregatuig protrably fctl.OW.OiW per annum. . ,,, )e mL.m, j j(i w ini)incc8ilmona ielT1 the cut of 17 to $11 rr ton on steel railway bars but the bill is ali the more menacing to our iron industries from the foct that the reductions are less startling in some respects than had been looked for ; but the changes are general, and apply to nearly every branch of the trade. Two questions are now discussed here : First, What arc the proiects for the pas sage of the bill? And, secondly, what will be its effect upon the Presidential contest ? In the first place let me say, the measure will not pass -not in i'.s present shape, or any thing like it. Bear in mind that the Demo cratic majority in the House is only about fourtteu it is impossible to say just what it is, owing to the uncertain politics of two or three members. Assuming tliat the Minne sota Republicans, aud possibly half a dozen others, may vote for the bill, fifteen or twen ty Democrats voting against the measure will kill it. The six Louisiana members are certain to oppose the bill owing' to its treat ment of the sugar question," while the two California lemocrais are equally certain to vote against it, for it means ruin to the three most important staples of the Golden State wool, lumber, and fruit. These eight are sure to be reinforced by at least a dozen or fifteen other rVructK-ats, under tha lead of Randall. As to the political phase of the question, it is yet too early to speak, beyond stating the fact that the Mills bill removes all doubt as to theabiiity of the Republicans to carry California and the other Pacific Coast States Oregon, Nevada, and Colorado. Congressman Scull's thn-c days vacation was very pleasantly passed. He says he spent one d!ry with his family and two with the boys. His next-door neighbor in the House, Representative Osborne, says he thinks the former were mighty lucky to gel one-third of his time. Last week's debate in the Senate on the Dendeut Pension bill was not only a very interesting one to those who listened to it, but it has been the means of furnishing sonic t very valuable material for the ensuing Pres- idenlial campaign, in the way of political uteruiure. inc siieecncs maue uy oenaiors I ,,, , , . 1 r, 1 ' I Blackburn, est, and Beck in opposition to he bill are almost certain to turn up aliotit next September and October in the hands of the surviving veterans of the late war alt over the country. The three Seuators men tioned characterized the G. A. R. boys as mendicants and beneficiaries, and accused them of endeavoring lo dictate to Congress : and tlie Missouri Senator went so far as to say, " I will be driven no further by plun derers in the garb of soldiers." Some strong speeches iu defense of the bill have been made by Senators Manderson, Hour, Plumb, Teller, and others. There is no doubt as fo its as sage by the Senate, nor is there much doubt as to its iiassngc by the House. Will the President sign it ? That is the q uestion. It 'is iniposaihle to say. from the present outlook, to what extent, if at all, the exist ing sisterhood of States will be increased during the first session of the Fiftieth Con gress. As has been frequently set forth in press from time to time, it is the purjiose of the Democratic managers to p:s an " omni bus " bill admitting four territories in a lump Dakota, Montana, Washington and New Mexico. Whiie it is probable that this would result in giving the Kepublicans two Slates and Ihe Democrats two, the former are opposed to this general way (St doing thihgs ; and, indeed, are determined to fight for the admission of Dakota as two States, her population and area justifying it ; or, ut least to light for the admission of Southern Dakota to the full rights of Statehood. I have just seen a private letter from a prominent Republican of South Dakota, in which the writer says : " If we sliould fail to get a hill through admitting Southern Da kota, we do not want any admission as a whole we prefer to stay out and take our chances of the n-sult of the next campaign." The writer also says : " We shall insist that we are entitled to six delegates in the Chica go Convention three from South und three from North Dakota; and the Republican party iu National Convention assembled ought to recognize our rights to Statehood to that extent. We have a precedent for it in the Convention of 1MM, when Colorado, not then a Suite, was given six delegates. We are really entitled to eight from South Da kota alone, on the basis of two for each Sen ator und Representative to which we are en titled in Congress." Senator Quay and Congressman Yardley each have a bill before Congress appropriat ing $i",oou, to be snt under the direction of the Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge, for the purchasing and im proving certain lands adjacent to the old i Washington headquarters pnqierly in Mont gomery county. Representative Yardley has recently gotten a good many of his Pennsyl vania colleagues interested iu tlie matter, and the result is that a committee of five, of which Congressman Dalzell is Chairman, has been appointed to aid in securing the pass age of the bill. Some ofthe friends ofthe measure are in favor of asking for a much larger appropriation say Jrl Ju.unO and also advocate making the Valley Forge Associa tion more national iu its character. t'pon his return from his short trip home Congressman Scull found eighty letters awaiting him. Senator Cameron has conclti led lo prolong his South Carolina visit to two seeks, and therefore will not return to tlie Capital be fore the 9lh or 10th hisMint. The junior Pennsylvania Senator writes to a friend here, from his retreat down on the Indian River, that be has already b.-en greatly beneluted by his Florida trip. Now that the New Jersey Legislature has passed the Ifigli License Local Option bill over the Governor's veto, leading Republi cans here are strongly conliJeut of carrying flint Sfate next fall. T'"'y are, however, a gisid deal chagrined that a similar bill now before the New York Legislature does not stand the same chance of liecoming a law. Chief Justice Waite was on the floor of the Senate a short tirnc iu-day. listening to the debate on the Dependent pension bill. ttliefmin and Allison, the two leading Presidential possibilities in the Senate, have li'l,t V.W lillln t .,a ft. .1.: ! J ... v o.,j ,i, its 1.11 HUB aCPSIOIl. I The former has made only one speech of any j proportions, wiiuc Allison s vone lias not been heard at all. General regret is expressed at the Capitol that IngolU' occupancy of the chair makes him so inconsequential a factor in Senatorial debate.-; Congressman H. H. Bingham of Philadel phia, has been selected as Pennsylvania's member of the R .'publican Congressional Committee. Marshall McDonald, the new Commission er of Fisheries, has appointed John Gay, late President of the Pennsylvania Fish Commis sion, to the position of Inspector of Stations. Recently a large numiier of memorials have been sent to the Keystone Stale Seua tors and Representatives, by various Penn sylvania Lodges of the Amalgamated Associ ation of Iron and Steel workers, pretesting against any reduction of Tariffdutics. Senator t"ockrell, of Missouri, b the cham pion "objector" in the Senate, u hen pension bills, especially (hose of private character, are undur discussion. Senator Gorman, cx-Sonator llamum, and Congressman Scott, all want to be Chairman of the National Democratic Committee. As two of them are bound to be "left," two of them are going to get mad. Gorman is mad already. C, L. Mogce has just passed through Wash ington, on his way South, to join the other Pennsylvania statesmen, no iu the land of flowers. Stonycreek Items. Tlie Prohibition can,liilut-s all liaj to take bafk seats at the spring election. Tlie country roails liemibouts are almost impassable on account of snow drifts at some place eight and ten (eot liigh. All lumber teams are idle. There is very much talk in tliia part of the county about tlieSoutli Penn Railroad being built. We would rather see work begun and uot so much talk. , Tlie farmers of ibis section have alsiut ali opened their sugar camps, and the prospects for a large yield is t-ncour.ising. Taffy ami toothache are the orler of the day. There has been quite a lot of stock sold in our township to eastern dealers, and oar farmers are beginning to find out that it pays twice as much to keep good stock as common. The Chestnut Ridge school is progressing finely this winter. Mr. W. H. Spaiigler is the teacher in charge, and he is conceded one ofthe bt instructors in the township. Eve rybody wishes bim success in the gisid work he is doing. The new bridge spanning the Stonycreek at the place where the old State bridge for merly stood, was completed last week. Mr. Charles Swank bad the contract and it fol lows as a matter of cotirse that the bridge is a first-class job. Our friend Jacob Kneppcr bad quite a wreck one day last week. He hail been haul ing coal and unhitched his team, leaving the loaded sled standing on the hill right above his house. When the snow began to melt the sled suddenly started down the hill at the rate of thirty miles an hour, coming in con tact with Jacob's smoke house at the foot of the hill and completely demolishing it. The loss was about ten dollars. Jacob will let his sled stand at the foot of the hill next time. Sweet William. Qpnfluence Iters The Confluence Literary o, closed on Friday evening. A number of our citizens attended court during the first of the week, mostly wit nesses. Mr. Ross Augustine has returned from Des Moines. Iowa, where ho and his family spsnt the winter. A protracted meeting commenced in the M. E. Church on Sabbath evening. A spir itual revival is much needed here, at least once a year. Measles have been in the country all win ter, but did not get into town until quite recently. There will be enough, however, to reach around. John White, the veteran ped Her, drew Sii'iO pension, and he and his daughter are staying in town. It is said tliat lie gave his daughter l.UOO of his pension. Charles Cummins is in town putting the fancy touch on doors and houses. Charley looks fine and is dnine; good work. He is at present working on Dr. Ficlitner's new olHire. Dr. B. A. Fichtner has nearly rumple' cd his new office, which will, perhaps Ui the best in the county. When fully completed it will consist of four roomi, incliiiling i hi rge ope rating room, with a sky light. March 5, ISMS. ' X. An Alderman in Franklin. P.I., the other day gave judgment in il' again-a thirlein Venango t.'o jnty farmers who were engaged in the Bohemian oats swindle. Country schools will commci c 'toclose in about ten davs. Absolutely Pure. This Powder neTer vnrioa. A marvel of purity strength mini w hoU-omenew. Mure economical than the ordinary kind, ainl rannot be mM at competition with the muitkinlr iif low teM, nhort weight, alum or phosphate powders. -tW'f mOj in mw. Royal Bikio 1'owuta Co., Iu6 Wail at., X. Y. TCstablixlieil l-Oo, JOS. HORNE & CO., f ITTSBUGJ-I, f A. We a:v n ir c-onin-r spring iniviTitti-m f (Irv-w jm-hK Mark i-ilk''. nrinr-etl ; ilk. In.. in il!;-. v.l vet. black I.--V-W jr'-fxR hiwh, bi-lie-. wntjH. frvnrh wrinw anil m-tfrh tfinh.ms to-U-r-v. g'nvc;, cnjhntisI'Tk', Iimi, laMt liru'i.-, h-wi--k?i-pinje jnriK Lie? rtirtain-, an! (Irarn-ri'-. rib bons, millinery. lu.Ik. nncii." nn-lt-r-jrerir. mu lin unilerwe-s flrt-w trim mi nu', !u::mi. Jbc. & Al-w mon's underwear, mfkwvur, fine white shirty half ho. haii'liten'hiefs umbrelia, Ae. Our fiTvfcn s.K-li art-' ,mim-l lirvrt!y fnm the mai.iiffttiina in Europe, and all Amerimn (Tools are pntrha-HiI from tlie nmnufrteturen (lirtrL We ar; th:w enable 1 to cji;-tj with any hou? in tin emintry In th mutter of piio. We carry the .liirjrxt artm''iit if p m l i:f all (leprtrtnvnu to U Pmn l in any f'taMUtrii ni in Western K'un-iyhania, Wht'ti yia n a:- to th. ritr, tut a ImVx through o:n store; ,, nh-tb -r v.m want t buy ir :h. All ile-purtiiH-nt arv now well sTockt-l for th" "priitjr tnUe. Onlez by imil rc:vjvo run fill au pnRn at tention. 0 Penn Avenue Stores Fittsbtn'gh. ocuVly 'a. J XKCUTOU'S NOTICE. tauite of Fniai Sanncr, late of Vi'PT Turti-vfoot Twp., Smicix t i-oiiiuy, l'.. ii--'ni.il, ' Ittem ti-viHini-iiiary oil the slmrp rotate haTini? been sthiiukI lotlie nn.li p.iifiu-.lliy the proper atllhorily, notic-ein ht-ri-ty iciv.-u to all person in'l-hlol to Miit rslnir to mnke inimii aie Miymi-nt. ami thi liaviiK claim aimint the mine to prt-viit them fluiy a:iilu-ntu-ai.l fur Kftlenn-iii on Sninrility, Ihe llth ilur of April, 1NJ-I, at the Inti- mmk'iiee o! l-i- l. " AI.KKKD N. SNVriKR. l-7. Ailiiiiiiii.tmlor. YDMIXl!?TKAT(")RS NOTICE. fc-uiio of Ceorjo Sh.'-maltor. ilin-'d. lnte of Lar imer Tp., S.MtH-n To., I'a. Letter of Ailniiiiistrau-in ou ttiii a're etAte baring txreu gmnteil to tlie iindt-rgixncit hf the proper auiliority, notice is h.-n-by ixiv-n to ail peraonn indt-bu.-l to naiil ute lo make immcli ate paynu-nt. and iIiom' liavtnsr riiilu. uHiu-.t the Mime will ue::t them d'llv a itlo-iiiu HU-d forxtik-mrnsou Suiur.iay, April' H. Iw. at tbe the axee ol ti. JobtiMin. Kvf ,ai Kivtculninf PKTKlt MfiKM AKKlt. tASltL (iflnKMAKKK. taai7. Adiniiitniraioni. 2XECUTOR:S NOTICE. E-tatepf Sumni'l P. Milkr. late of Summit T.rp., iomi-rt Cm , ('a., dcreaxhl. 1-ettors ti-vtam .-iitary on tlie above Male har fng ureii ifraiittl ui tlie underaixm-d by tlie fr-, it er authority. Ii'Kiue is hereby inn-n to ail pi-nons tiKk-btvd wwi! euto to make iiniunllati; pay mviil. and IIkmi bavii.n claim avuiut the umo will pmeiit lltin duly a ilhi nt.i uKil for tilr--metit at the Uti r-i-lenre of the dewa-wd iu huiumitTownabipoii .Snunlar. April .1 JOSKI'H K. M1I.I.KK. 8AMLLL8. .VILLKK. mm. Exei-uioni. DJIIXISTKAT0RS NOTICE. E-tte of T.alia Mi-ne. dre'd, late of Paint Towintiip. Sorofim-t Connly, Lettervofadmlnburaiion on the aliovi-'.tate bar Inir lieen uraiul to the undersigned by the proper aiuhority, notice ia Hereby uiven to all penwms IndeUed to aaiil etate to make immediate pay ment, and thie baviiiKclnima aimiu-it the mine will pment th. iluiy nuthenti'-uted fiir nettle mcnt on Saturday. April u. !, at the ru dent-e of tbe Administrator in riint Twp , 1A ll J. JlEftKEY, fcon . Adium wnaior. vnTT rAM vmn THIS iwu vnn X llU PAPER o Bia In Pittot ..k at Ihe A'l'erttmr kureaa ai ri,-T?T?iirrrrr:'Pnrr w-nnc wb will aMuact fcr adranuuig at lowmi nuea. ' IS 1J8J JOS nun J i ; j j J ! ! : When Spring Comes "i'-istfaewyahorwandapcswbljM Joci a the end of winter. Why ii it that of two horss blankets which look mid fa equally well one wen t wear at all, and tho other wears vll ? Th:s ?A Trade Mark- shows why. I lorsc Blankets w luch are stron-r and have a reputation are always imitated in poor qualities which loo'; like them, but haying fewer warp threads are not as strong Some dealers buy these poor imitations for a few cents less and by saying they are "just as good." soil them at the same price as th; strong blankets t v parties who do not know the difference. You cannot tell whether horse blankets are strung by the look or f-el, as the warp threads do not show on tlie face. How then are you to know? Inorderthat you cantell a strong blanket from a weak ore, the manu facturer i f 5A II,,re I!a-",ket; sews the above 5A Trade Mark inside of each blanket. This is a guarantee that it is the strongest blanket made for the money an J will wear well. Many poor irritation have b.vn sold as 5A blanket s. Renierr.'-rr none are tjermine trnles the "A Trade Ma:k is sc ved inside. QIIPHA.N.S' C'Ol'KT SA1.K OF ValuaWa foal Estats! BY YlKTrE of AiionWnf unit If-mM nut tfihc Oppii.tii-' 4'ourt f Am-erM-t r.,.. yA , Iii- ilirt-cti'.!, t; will vll ut puli;c s.il - str'thf Ouri iluc iu the lurouth (,f .'-oiiurMf, ia.,u SATURDAY, MARCH 21, HS. at 1 oVItx k p. in., all the f-illiiw in 'K nUd n-nl ctR hue iv prt.-ft-riv t .! nt t:. s-hr-i k ! "s-rtiiert T.vnhij, xmie r-vi niuiiv, l'.. Pt'iiseti. to wit iiUi It fnet TiMvurnji, s.mter -. Cimiv, hi., rt'ljtiii;ijf Ins-L- t ('. f. Mu--M-li.il in ' tjit J.i .-i II. - -tinn-k .S. Jt Ku I In miiI hunt, mri.tni !:iir uiMfaiTt uiyrc or lev. v iiu a ic-l iwp-mrj fruiiie I) WELLTSG II O US I r'M". stable an! other oniUiiMin-.' ih'Tenn i-n n This pniiiertT k the ho'M"trH-l ' t').-.K- r--a!H;l. No. 2. A eertuf.i tm.-t of 1 r: 1 ;; n o afore-utul. a-ijoinitiir UmW tit t i.a r:y li- key. nil-he s h'"l n-i:ri.l- n;! S ,j c. KiiilntH'l iunN. iti;mui:.2 on a- ! nuin .t U . livjff Off ny li Tort ti-hii rj'.i i:y an i t.it aiort-Mtnl. aIjoiiiiiiv 1h!i1 of Win. I'hi'T. !.:Iin K. Heiman untl l-niel J. rH.-l.nwk. eoiiUi:i:;iir -rr.iii ntrre?, more or lew. TKKAH OKSAIJ-:. iiti-p-ihinl eah on t lie 1-t luy f Aprl, when mksomoii will bv uiven ; .nt tnirl ;n iu-Tt-ar. niioL oii-thinl in two year from ilie !-i tiay of April nexi. withont inter.'-f. t'Ktifi'.K J. m'HK'M'K, JoilN H. m IIKim K. Tru-tiH'! frir the nile t.t (he real e-Utte of J;u b ('. Sehna-k. deecaiil. A PPLICATION FOR CHARTER. NOTICE is hereby tfien that an aj-jMieatifin will be noule to the o cmor of ren-i--vUiitiit nn Kriihty the iluy of Mureh A. IV, r m soon thereaMer a ixwii'lf. by s. H. f-Liitc'-r. J'.bii Munhx-k, K-IahpI Pitenini. M Hjixniiiii. jr . A. W. oninaril ami J. M. Murl-M-k :i .th r. ua ier the Aet of Aieniblv entitled : An Act to prvioe tor the fnr-nrrir.it:"!i anil reulutioQ or rertuin cirr.)'ttt,.t)a-' " ni pntveil April liVh. 17 1, ami ihe -ni tu-iiM-ntf thereto, for thr eharter of nn ij:ti-i:l-pil eorrMirution to be rule1 Joliutovi n l. Kiiit anl Itoom omM4ny, the ehimwi- r un-l oi-j-t-t nf whieh is the eleantnc out, ini'trovhig nri'l u-:t:ir l'ark Shade 4'reek ainl tne or i( bn.in-in". .-i;!.-.i Clear Shle, not excee-lin'; l'.vei(;y ir.'i'.--' in letirith. in the County of smer-;. p:!n h:uiC riains anil ereetinznew (Iuiik t he-tun. stnt;i:h!en imr, det peninjc, erihbinir ani wit ninu th ii Mn.'iiiu, ami n-invr ami niuiuitiMr the wnic tor fioatitof of Uv. ltiitHuT anI timhvr ih' ni'ti 1-y Uth iiHl'iral and art:tiial H mxU at t'n ;r -li-r-Tv lion, hut hi mh ti manner as not to ot-tniet tii? navigation ot rait- an ) rmat. MAR HAND i (JAITlfTK. in- !"r. To all Interested in Breeding and Importing Horse). IMPORTED PEKCHERON, SHIRES ASD CLYDESDALE . Stallions. Fully Aeeltnmteil. In vnind Ifealth. sining. '-ijf-oiimi, ami realv for M-rviee. Al4. a t'h:r lot of M!t-E ltfe ' yuvis ivr eheron HriMKl Mures, iu foal ; m very iloim''r purehiise. Terms fnv(rahtc tn reTumible ;arlie. ,orrej;-ondenee swlicite-I. rrouiic rep.ie given I-VrVTTiII. ItACKK, IMPORTER, Cor. 5th Ave. and Karket St. OTICK OF ArrKALs. Xotice in hereby tfien Uint iiT.;rf::',- wii! ij? held from the asM-itt-nt f-r at thr Ci-'n-in is ioner' Utricv. Sam-rset. i'n., I Mu i-r--ri lownslii-rs and lion it m 'it from Wircit K't'i Man h 17th, Uih lys ineluiiv h"ii and h r nil fM'rwtns ttixt ei-rjorfttioT;i f v il-t-m-Wf u-j-rrieve I nt the mtTn--rnt:on ar- l thi'-i'ioh nf ttier taxable proiMTty ami eik-''t iit wu h mndeand tn'vi.i.-! a.e n'fjij -!-"! to (( -i t ati-t "late their irrieTnn'-es for reilr--, --i i : r to law. The jfMnN wi'i l held on tH- h'-av j.i- w thned days titweii the bours of o vi l a. and ' o eiui k p. m. I. E. W At-SFil. Attest : .Em. M N I- i F A. J. Ujiexax. t:. ',V. wii.l.lAl-'. Ciert. i'- itui!s-i"i r-i. Commissioner' Uilice. SotncrH-f. !'. I". State Normal School. I.im.'K. H.VVKN. l'A. rniirnaM-d In Its ailvnntanin. V':" ht-nltlilniaiid inipiriii- Iti.triH t'ir .ti ri. ind ! t-ai-her and lnHiort"! Kradimt oli14-l. ti' aottmpr MMoni tin yi ar ?ii,mi. Kxi-'ti.i".' I fllllVKMKNTS f'onti-tlM-Brea nt niforta. i"l ptrior MiI,-l and Tr-ilmna- SchoiL .Ule ai-l l prolesional Mtudiiit. JAMES ELDON, A. M.. Principal. itiW-'HMjr. U k Haven. I ' Yl"HN l. TKATi iU S NOTICE. t-late of Joseph Tn-!i-r.d'-'''-a--d laie-jf tnr;T..f Twrp. S.llKTM-t t'o. I'-L I-ftfr of ailniiin.lniiii.il uf ll.i? -tNi- i--.i-e ha iiiif liei-n trninti.l t tilt nti'k-n'iv-ii--1 ' J prop.-T author-ty, notii- i her-by t;r. i-Ti t" : lr m indi-bt-d to aid t-fnti- to innke initii'-'lfi payment, and Illume luivinir -lai:!f huh : n-' f ime to pnM-nt tlh-m duly aiirb--iiifi-aii''i i r '' lli-ment on Tbui.ny. the 7th dny "f A,r i. at llieoifiiv of t;iMk. I'lmler A- i m M- r':.':-. Fa., when and whi-r,? the onibr;Biifi ;il : teud for that purKiee-. i ttlf-i M. ' ix-K I Al.VI.V THK 1 Fit, ffb'J-i. , A 'i ul uif 1 -a r. JXECL'TOR'S NoTK'E. IwMte of Jacob (ov.-r. dtt d. l-t- -f T'wubip. Somerrrt (oiiiKy. loiter tetiitii'iitary in the aim.i: fi-.a!'-' i ing lit cn itranu-tl lo the iiinkr- ntd ly ' pnier iiv.lhurity, nolii-i: i htTvlty mu ll l.t.ni pt-TNiUi iiulebtl lotnl etittr Ut make iniiit--1! ate payment. aiid'hf harmit cla.ui.. it-aii;-i il- aine wili prfuMit tbw-in iol- at. I .-.-utii .it"! wttkint-m mi Satqrtbty. the -jtlula, of April l" at the law o.H-e of fwl lii-'t fur the tij iiur. in .-kat,-r.f fibt. KJteeUl.iT. invention: ha.sreTolution!zwl the wral dunnc the iai liilf K-m y. Sftt th . amiinsy lh uin.Int .ff i MTfUl I v prorre!N its a metho'l ai(1 Mteia of r t-t run be pwrlitnui-d nllner ihe n-'iniry i!ti'"t M-Mtratiii(r the workers irm their h'-me. rf liberal ; ajiv tne eaii Ui tho irii ; eiun-r Tounnrorofd : noftf-'ial ability required :r-i-tal imt needed : jnai are standi fre. t t '.'ii out ami return to na ami we will send J"" !f,,l! m thinrf of ifreat a(ur and ims-rtanee t that will urt ymi In t.n-iiiew. whwh will br-f tou in mie nioiiejr rin:r:t aur t;ia:i ify' else in the world. Urmmkmij j'rtt. AMrei Tat A Co., Aukum. Mo. mull- kMtute of Jthn ffoltzhnnr, dee'd.i late nf E"'k wtsnt HfirrHisTh, Jmersef ".. Pa Letters of altnini4rraiiozi mi th" abie eU haviiiij been Sfranted to the ititd. rdctie'J by inj proper atn'iorUv. rMw in beirhy triven K M persns indebtei to suid estate Ut make unmt'ie ate payment, and those harinr ehdmsa-rTft't' snme (i rrreseitt thm dn v aulheii t-atei 6r Clement on stiirday. March J4. at the hue resideoen of Xht decea-vl. OtlUOE il'H TZfKd'n, feblA. Ad iaiuiira,of. VIS ' A H t ci i Woiii CENTRAL
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