ConveriWoa honors wlfl of course lead Kansas City and Philadelphia to have their own opinion about other cities which arrogantly assume to be metropolises. The gross earning of 178 railroads lu 181)1) were $1,210,400,4(10, which shows an increnne over 1898 of 114, 502,030, or nenrly 10 1-2 per cont. In this calculation 103,000 mile are rep resented out of a total about 11)1,000. Tho last words of a man who was hanged in Canada the other day wore, "Oood-bye, gentlemen. I hope you Will all learn to pray, so that yon can meet me in heaven." It never oc curred to the magnificent egotist that perhaps the gentlemen would like to go to heaven for some othor purpose. The Philadelphia ltoeord alluding to the great destructive forest fires in the stato of Washington, says: "That Bitch preventable destruction shonld go ou from year to year, so thnt in the lry season the smoko from the burn ing wood 'darkens the sky along the wholo Oregon and Washington coast, without oucrgetio effort on the part of the state and federal government to atop it, furnishes a sad proof of im providence." The newest industry in tho West is tho making of Iudinn relics. A man -ho lives in a thriving town not far from Kansas City, a blacksmith by trade, makes qualities of tomahawks and sells thorn to Indians at western agencies, and they iu turn sell them to eastern tourists as curiosities. He makes them by hand, from old gun barrels. The man was formerly a government blacksmitu at ouo of the big agencies and learned the secret ol bis profitable traflio there. The Bohemians and Poles who come to the United States to find work as laborers have gathered together in little colonies, whero they livo after a makeshift fashion. Tho largest set tlement is at Williainsbridge, X. Y.f which is convenient to the improve ments that are continually being mndo on the outskirts of the city. Thoro are hundreds of shanties thoro; nud, for tho most pnrl, men nre only ten ants, for the Bohemians leave their women-folk at home, that tuey may move, uuhnmpered by family ties, from place to place. The price of 891,000 paid for Fly ing Fox at a public aalo of tho Duke of Westminster's racehorses in Eng land is said to be unexampled in the history of the turf. Such a price at a time whon the bicycle aud automo bile have reduced the usefulness of the horse and even suggested its dim ination, is suggestive of the enhanced luxury of fine breeds. Thnt may ex plain tho high price of Flying Fox, whose racing days cannot last much longer. As winner of the Derby and St. Leger ho had the highest honors of the turf, but even among Derby winners he was almost peerless. Still, in this easo the price was paid for pedigree more than speed. "A grateful public, "says The Drug gists' Circular, "will put ils hand decj into its pocket for erecting a monu ment to the man or woman who will devise some way or means of remedy ing the clothes mangling evil. Wo have laws prohibiting the use of citric acid in lemonade or soda water, and that acid is made from lemon juice, and in the small proportions used in beverages is quite harmless. Why not have a law against the use ol chemicals on clothes. If a mau steals shirt he is sent to the penitentiary for a year or so. If he destroys its usefulness and returns the remains he lies out of responsibility and chuckles in his sleeve at the helplessness of hit victim. " Utilizing the wind as a stump puller is an Oregon innovation. It was the idea of the farmer at the state peniteutiary, whose task was to clear the fir-timber from a sixteen aoi'o tract. He was given the winter in which to clear six acres, but with the aid of the wind he cleared the whole tract in six weeks, althongh the timber was of a dense growth, the firs measuring from one foot to four in diameter. The wiuds in that quarter blow strong from the south in the win ter. The farmer put his men at work on the north side of the fir-trees, and then ent the surface-routs of the trees that were to be felled. These preps rations were made during the first day, and then the meu went home and lept while the wlud did the rest During the night a strong south wiud blew the trees down, aud they in full ing across the logs pulled up the tap roots. The uext day the men sawed up the fallen t-ee, burned the brush, ud laid their logs or a lotber lot of : trees. They proceeded in tuN way tut.l tut Uole grove had dieepp esriu!. HEAR THE . ll'' 0 staffers at ettlM ai 4 drsnmeri c f dolls, Hoar the bells I Hour the boll ! They at ringing do re)uloun, chanting do knnlle Od the starred heights ot Hops whore tha moloily swells i Overenrth's slichlng.prayers, tears and fnre- wells, Hear the bolls I Hear the bells I r THE STORY OF Romance of a Spaniard Woo It was a cloudless day in August, many years ago. The euu bent down unmercifully upon a hot, dry plain, where the Blaekfeet wore encamped. It was so hot that eveu the keeucst huuters had not tha energy to mount their r miners and ride forth to the chase. Under one of the raised lodge skins an Indian trader reclined upon a couch of robes, lazily smoking. The peoplo of the lodge were out gossip ing, all but au old, old man, who, like the trader, was thoughtfully smoking, lie had beou blind for many a year; his thin hair was white. Not tho white of the ajed Anglo-Saxons, but a yel lowish, tawny white. His skin was streaked and furrowed nnd wrinkled with np;o; his form limit and withered; ho wus the oldest of his tribe, and hud seou nemiy a hundred winters conio nud go on those northern plains. His thin, low voice broke in upon toe trader's reverio. White mau," he said, "are you still here?" 'Yea," the trader replied. "Yos, I ant here; what cau I do for Hollow Horn?" Hand mo my medicine sack; thn large one which is hangiug up. I will show you something, nud thou toll yon a story. This dav reminds me of a journey I once took to the south. where every day was like this, only uotter. The trader arose and handed him the painted and fringed oylindor of rawhide. Hollow Horn deftly opened it aud began to draw forth various packages and parcels, until he found the oue he was seeking, which he tosod across the lodge. "Look at that," ho said. The trmler unwrapped its covering of buckskin and found that it was a long, slender lance bend of gray steel; stumped ou the socket were the words: "Antonio Perez, Kevilln, 172:'." "Why," heexclniined, "it's a Span ish lam e head and very old. Where did you get it?" "I will tell yon," the Indian re plied. "It is a long story and a very strange one; but straugo things hap pen. Perhaps wo should not say that anything is strange, for is it not all ordored by the gods?" Then he told the story of the Span iard who loug dwelt with the tribe aud of his vengeance on the brother who drove him front civilization out among tho Indians; a story such as is seldom met with outside of books of romance, but one which might even now be corroborated by records or traditions in some old Spauisu settle ment in the southwest. "Loug ago," ho said, "when I was a youth, wo wore hunting ono summer along the Yellowstone Ouo evening, when tho sun hud nearly set, the peo ple saw something coming toward the camp, aud at first they could not make out what it was, but after n little they saw it was a man, limping along very slowly by the aid of a stall". Some of the young men wore for rushing out and killing him; but my father, the chief, forbade thorn. 'Lot him come ' he said: 'ho can do us no harm. We will find out who he is and maybe learn nows.' .10 everyone stood aud waited. nnd the mnn came on, very slowly nud painfully, nearer and nearer. He came to where we all stood watching, ana the people drew back this way and that, leaving my father to face him. Indeed all wore afraid, and many of the women aud children ran away, for never had euch a man beeu aeen before. He was naked except for a long, ragged shirt he wore; his long, thick black hair, his 1 eard aud mustache, were multed like a bull's full of grass and burrs. His eves were wild and rolled like those ot a wounded wolf when it is brought to bay. He was thin; so thin and lean that the bones seemed ready to burst through the skin; his feet were sore and bleeding; a wound in the tlreh dripped blood down bis leg. He did not appear to see us, but kept limping on, shaking his head, looking wildly this way and that, and mutteriug to himself. " 'Where are yon going?' ask el my father, stepping up aud placing a hanil on his shoulder. The straugor gave a shriek, aud fell senseless to the gronnd. 'It was many daya before he m.ov ered, and it was nearly a year before he learned oujr speech. lie raid he eame from the far south, where the weather was always warm, where all kinds of berries aud things prew the year round, where snow never was seen, except ou the tops of the high est mountains. His people were white men, but of another race than the trappers we had serv His father had died, leaving him aud bis brother large square lodges made of atone, and great riches of various kinds. This brother had always been very meun and cruel, and as soon as the father died be began to plan to get all that the old man left Oue night the great chief of that couutry came to the lodge of the brothers for a feast, and on bis way home some men sprang out of the bushes by the trail and would have killed him but for the warriors who were with him. Then the bad brother teat to the great ehief aud (aid; I BELL'i O singe supreme t In Ihs thrill ot the drtnm Henr the bellsl Hear the hulls I Ou thn heights slilna the llxlits wltb un- wavering beam i The sonit's In the Blading, the deed's In ths dream I Love rends you his litanies i Blutiors su- prHitie, Hoar the bells ! Hear the boll 1 Frank L. Htanton. A LANCE HEAD. Dwelt Among the Blackfcet. know who did this wrong; it was my brother and six of hiB frlonds and relations.' The chief's warriors seized them all, threw them into a strong stone lodge aud told them to pray, for when the sun rose the next morning they would be shot, lint (here were those who know tho bad brother had lied and pitiod thorn; in tho middle of the night these good friends let the pris oners out, gave them fast horses. weapons, food aud lobes aud seut thorn away. - "Day after day, moon after moon, they rode over to the north. Ono nigiit they camped by a deep, swift stream. Some of the prairie peoplo must have seen and followed t hem, for as they sat about the lire toasting some ment the air was suddenly filled with arrows, nnd all of tho strangor'a companions fell over with scarcely a cry or a struggle. He, too, was hit, deep in the thigh, but pulled the ar row out, and with one jump went ovor tho high bunk into theritshiiig strenui. He llonted nnd cwnm a long way with the current aud then, crawling out ou the shoro, started to cross the valloy out to the rolling plain. When he loft this stream the next morning he traveled two days without finding water or auything to eat, aud then he must have gone crazy, for the next thing he knew ho was in our lodge. "Well, when he had told his story. my father asked him what he intouded to do; if ho would return to his couu try, or remain with us. He said that he could never go back, ninchns he wishod to, for tho great chief would kill him; so ho would stuy with us ns loug ns he lived. That pleased my father; ho gno him my sister for a wife, a lodue, rich clothing, good weapons ami many horses. We mimed him Spui yu, which is tho word for his tribe of white inon, "So tho years wont on, nnd I grow up to bo a tall, strong young man. One day wo wero riding together ahead of tiio great camp, which was moving front the Belt mountains to the big falls ou the Missouri, wheu he said to mo: " 'Brother.somctliiiig is continually pulling at my heart to return to my country. Not to May, but just to punish that bad brother of mine. I have tried hard to resist thin, for the sake of my wife, but 1 euu do so no longer. I must go. Will you take the trail with me?', "Of courso I would, aud 400 war riors came with ns. We trnvulod very slowly, as we had a long way to go, and wished to keep our horses always strong nnd fat. Sometimes wo campud I two or tiu-eo unys at a tune, wtiore i giiuio was plentiful nud the grass good, ': huiitiug while our annuals rested. ; Aftor following up tho Mountain Sheep ; river, we kept ou Houth along the foot of the great range, and after some ' days crossed over on a trail used by tho tribes of that country, and ngaiil traveled .to the south. There tho coun try wm not so open, and ninny little ranges of mountains barred t in1 path. Alter ninny days we c.imo again to great open plains where the buffalo wero plentiful, but tho country was dry, ami we often suffered for water. Ono day we saw in tho distauco what looked I ke a great Hut rock, upon which peoplo wero moving about, and Spai-yu .told us it was made of mud by the people who lived in it. As we rode nearer, those of the strange build ers who were not arouud ou tho plaiu climbed up sticks to the top of the walls, and then pulled up the sticks. Ofteu, too, we passed great herds of beautiful, largo, strong horses.aud we hated to leave thein; but Spai-yu had promised ull we could drive away of those belonging to him and his brother, nnd wo did in all things as he wished tts to. At last, one evening, we came to a low ridge covered with trees, and he told ns to camp, for on the othor side of it, in a broad, open valley, waa his home. By many a camp fire on the way we had planned just what should be done, and now, as we lay iu the brush, without fire or shelter, we tulked it all over for the last time. "With the first ligh't of morning we rnddlod up aud role to the top of the ride, where, looking out through t t) trees, we saw the great stone lodge, sin rounded by a beautiful grove. On all sides of it were wide fields, where many things were planted. A little further up the valley were many low, wooden lodges, where lived the people who worked those fields; they wero lu. linns, and no great fighters, we had Dean told. Mill further away we could see the hillside covered with horses, and our hearts were glad. Preseoty the people came out of their lodges and went to work. " 'Now, my friends,' said Spal-yn, 'we will charge; remember what I have so often told you: No women are to be killed; you will know my brotbet by his light red hair, and must not touch him; leave him to me.' "The uextiustant we were off; quiet ly at first, but as the nearer workers saw ns aud rau for their lodges, we gave the war cry ind rode like the wind. Many of the people gained the lodges before we did, and from doors aud windows fired guns at ua. A few foil; the rest of ui pushed on, Jumped from onr borsos and rushed in; the larger part of onr baud had gone to tho upper lodges, and ' I was with Hpat-yn and the rest before the stone lodge. A lot of men were iu front of the great doors, and .at their head I saw the red-haired one; they all bad gnus and pistols end wore shooting at tis. It was but for a second, though, aud then the most of them lay dead where they had stood, and we rushed inside after the few who flod. The red-haired one tan into a great room at the left, Spnl-yn aud I at his heels. He ran to a couch, grasped a sword, and turued on ns, making a lunge at my friend. Spai-yu said something aud struck the sword with his war club no that it flew away to a distant cornor, and at the same time the bad man recognized his brother, fell on his knees, and I knew that he was praying for his life, I looked at Spai-yu; he waa smiling like n little child, which was his way wheu very angry. All the rest of the men in the lodge had now beeu killed by our companions, who enmn crowding around us. I had killed two myself; from one of whom I took this lance it had a good stall then and from the other I got a flue Bn. "The brother on his knees continued to talk lu a frightened ami piteous tone, and finally Spai-yu turned to me nud raid: " 'Brother, just look at him; see what a coward he is; what shall I do with him?' " 'Kill him, of course,' we all shouted. "Spal-yn put his hand to his chin nnd stood a long time silent, while still the brother bogged. " 'No,' he said at last, 'I will not kill him; if I did my vengeance would be all over, and I would have no great pleasure iu it. I wish it to last a long, long time. I want to see him suffer. Tie him strongly; we will take him back with us.' "When we had done so our leader bade us take everything we could find thnt we cared for, and others he sent up the valley to drive in the great hords of horses. We got great plun der from the stone lodge aud from the dwellings of the workers. There were many flno things, so thnt all had a share; guns, powder and ball, rich cloths and clothing, cups, nud many strnngo articles. ' Only a few of the I nd inns were killod, for Spai-yu hud ordered us to spare them if they yielded: but all ot the bad brother's friends lay dead and scalped. There were nlso many beautiful women there, clothed in thin, white dresses. Spai-yu talked very loudly to them as they stood frightened and crying iu a cor ner, and presently, when tho horses came thundering down the valley, trampling tho Holds of growing things lint to the ground, he ordered them out, bado us put the wicked one on a horse, nud then set llro to the great lodge; the walls could not burn, but everything inside made a lino big bluzo. Then we nil cnught fresh bores and started back on tho long journey homeward, driving the great herds before ns, many of them packed with rich plunder. And when we came to a place whero a friend of the bad brother lived, we attackod it and got still more plunder and moro horses. After n little we had more animals than we could drive nnd had to let some go. So we travoled on, on, () tuo nort,u ovor tho trail we had came, novor stopping eveu to bother tho people of tho mud lodges, for wo ind everything we wautod and were uiirrving to get homo. "Every tuglit ubout the camp fire Spui-yu had his brother sit before him, nnd ho talked bad words tohim, laugh ing pleasantly all the time. And the bad ouo said nothing in reply. He got very thin nnd would eat but little, nud we saw by his face that ho suffered iu his heart, "At Inst we came to the Yollow stone. It waa now winter, and we had passed thoreon our way south early iu tho spring. Tho river was froen over, and we were crossiug on the ice, hav ing made a dirt trail over it from bank, to bank. Nearly all bad crossed, when all at once the ice gave way, and meu and horses wore plunged iuto the cold water, among them the bad brother, who was tied to his animal. We rushed to the place, but ere we reached it the swift current drew them nnder, aud we never saw them again. Our people, though, easily swam to the edge of the hole aud were pulled out. "'It is better so,' said Spai-yu. 'After all, I could not forget that the same mother bore us both, nud I could not have killed hint. Indeed, I hnd concluded to let him go wheu spring comes, giving him a chance to make his way back to the southern laud.' "In a few more days we came to the camp of our people ou the Mis souri, aud there was great rejoicing over our return. What became of Spai-yu? He lived with ns many a year,and then came the traders build ing foHs along the river; his wife died about that time, and be went to live with them. One day the Sionx at tacked a fort where he was stoppiug and he was killed iu. the fight." New York Kuu. Tha Onnitula Out of llate, According to a recent dispatch from Venice the day of the gondolo is rapid ly drawing to" a close. An olectrio launch, whioh is oue of a t lie ol which n large number has been ordered, is now plying on the canals of that eity. These craft are to be run for passenger traffic, subject to the approval of the local authorities. The pioueer latinob oarrios 60 passen gers, is BO feet long and 10 feet wide. It is equipped with 100 accumulators and its mean speed will vary from seven to niue miles an hour. It will be interesting to note whether these eleothcully propelled Inuuches will be able to compete commercially with the gondolier. Belin bas 14 persons wbois suunnl iueo:ue exceed 230,000, RTlCUQUREj Treating Winter-Injured Trees, The propor treatment for frozen back trees must be determined for enoh particular case; but it shonld be borne in mind that thn injured portion is no longer of nse to the plant, where as it may be a positive detriment by accelerating the evaporation of mois ture. The best treatment for plants seriously Injured upon the extremities is to cut them back heavily. Profes sor Bailey, of Coruoll Uuiversity, Preparing Onttlti( of Currant Rushes. Tho onrraut and gooseberry put out thoir leaves very early, and if cuttings from them nre to be planted in the spring no time should be lost in cut ting them from tbi main stem, so that tho cut end may callous and take root quickly when set. A cutting Bet when it is out from the parent stem with its leaves partly unfolded may start to grow, tut will wither before the root can supply tho moisnre that the leaves evaporate. A Mew Annie IHseata. Apple growers whose orchards seem to be running out or (lying premature ly may find an explanation of this uu fortunnte condition in Bulletin 103 of the New York Agricultural Experi ment Station 'Oeuova). This bulletin treats of applo canker, a disease new to soienco but ono which research finds quite prevalent in New York and quite destructive iu certaiu sections and up on cortain varieties. Nearly all the trees on ninoty acros of 120 dovnted to orchards owned by two men at East Bloomlleld have beeu rendered worth less by tho disease within a few years; and many instnnoos havo been found where it is badly damaging trees of Esopus Spitzonbitrg, Tweuty-ottnoe, Baldwin, Wegener, Greeuiug and other varieties. The disease isdne to the same germ as that producing black rot of the fruit. In this caso, however, it attacks the trees. Great areas of bark become diseased, sometimos girdling the limb or trunk, thus lessening the vitality or destroying tho life of the troo. Tettlna fleet!. The farmer or gardener should test his seeds before planting or sowing them, to see how large a proportion of them will germinate. Wo know of no better way to do this than to place them between two lnyors of flannel, which plnce in a plate, moisten with water and cover with another plate, then set in a warm place where it will not freeze nights, and keep tho flan nel moist. Most of garden seeds should germinate in a few days. Any which do not appear within a woek after the first comes may bo consid ered practically valueless, for altho'ugli some might be more than a weeK be hind the first, and yet sprout finally, whero thoy start so slowly they sel dom make vigorous plants, it is a good idea to count tho seeds put in, say 100 of each for small scuds, and if eighty to eighty-fivo per cont. ot them have put out good sprouts at the end of tho tent they are good seed, and sovouty per cent, is a very fnir soed, though we would not care to uso any that did not test up to that. Of course tho time before the first sprout ap pears varies nith different seed. Let tuco might co mo in three days nud some kinds of grass not in loss than throo weeks. Carrots are said to gor initiate bettor in tho soil than under this test, and tho samo may be true of beets. A Hoinoinnrto yunrll Clraas Killer. A perfect instrument for digging up tho roots of such posts as quack grass aud Canada thistles and tho liko is not in existence, but the implement shown in the illustration answers very AN IMPLEMENT FOU DIOOINO UP HOOTS. well ou plowed ground. The head, "s," is six inches square and six feet loug. Iuto this head are insertod steel teeth, "b," ono inch square at the top, running to a sharp point. They are two feet long and are placed at an angle of thirty dogrees with the tongne "o." The tongue is fitted to the bond, properly braced, and a seat so plaoed that a driver can rido tf neoessary and force the tooth to their full depth. Tho roots of the quack grass collect on theso teeth aud at in tervals are removed by liftiug the im plement up as you would an old-fashioned hay rake. Amerioau Agricul turist. Orchard Notes. Soil and looation will change the appearauco of fruit and also the quul ity. The head of the troe should be oat back to carrespoud with the roots. Mixed husbandry in gardening and fruit growing is necessary to the best success. In pruning trees of any kind it is better to have one strong branch thau two or three weak ones. Whenever watcs is given to house plants enough should be giveu to wet the soil thoroughly. A few apple aud peaoh treos shonld be planted every year in order to keep up a good supply on the farm. I Sod is a protection to an orchurd iu wintei'. It is au exceptional case when It is best to plow in fall. IETST0NE Sim NEWS COKED PENSIONS GRANTED. Oil Olsecv.f j h Faye'.te County Crests c;tt- rnent New Kilhoal lor Westmoreland Count) aged Man Suloldtl. Pensions granted last week- Cyrus K. Uastcr, Tarcntnm, $fV, W. D. lllacka. Dunbar, $5 to $.1; Catherine Myir, Fnirvicw, $8; David M. Jvfaion, Ml Union, $u to $14; William Kbcr- hart. Srottdalc, $6 to $X; Mary A. Weav er. Latrobe, $8; D.ivid W. l agan. I'cnil Station, $S; John hckcl, Johnstown, $H; l.ebbcus P. Hash. New Alexandria, I2 to $14: John C Shaffer. Oak Ridge Station, $ to $S; George V. Coleman, Clarion, $6 to $8; John L. I.esds. Etna, Allegheny, $K to $10: William D. Thompson, Sharpslv.irg. $6 to $S; Lucy K. Oilfillinn. Tcrtlc Creek. $H; Mary llcttv. Pittsburg. SH: Col. Chill W. Haz- xard, Monongahcla City, $75. Cerebri) spinal meningitis is epidemic in the vicinity 01 unewini. 1 ne nrt . death was that of Joseph Shipley, Satur day night. A few hours later' Harry Shaffer, a companion and fellow work man, died after a brief illness with the same disease. A sitcr of young Shaf fer contracted the disease and is now lying at the point of death. The dis ease lias nlso inane Its appearance m I.atrobc, Joseph Allen, a twelve-year-.,,, old boy. dying Tuesday night, after a hort illness. The people of Salt l.irk township. Fayette county, arc wrough up over the discovery of oil in that mountainous re gion. For some time the citizens hav from time to time found oil on the swamp lands and on still waters, but it remained for Adam Bunbard to make the discovery which resulted in the ex citement. Two days ago he found a pool literally covered with about a foot of pure oil. lie put it into several tin cans and took it home. In the presence of several he lighted the fluid with a . match and it bnrnrd like pure carbon oil. Now the people have sent scv- , cral samples of the oil to chemists for analysis, nnd the field will probably be the scene of several tests. Definite arrangements have been com pleted for the erection of a soldiers' monument in Center county. A perma nent organization was effected with ex Governor James A. Beaver as president, and all of the necessary committees were appointed. The opinion is domi nant that not less thaii $.ooo will be necessary to erect a suitable shaft. Of this amount $15,000 will be devoted to a soldiers' and sailors' monument and $10,000 to the Curtin memorial. A ttta.!. -of about $i.?,oco has already been pledg ed. A railroad extending from Dnnohue ,o New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, a distance of seven or eight , miles, is to be built. A recent pur chase of 2.500 acres of coal land near New Alexandria by James Gallagher, representing an unknown syndicate, was the first step in the direction of giv ing the old town the advantage of rail road facilities. A corps of Altoona en gineers directed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, is now at work on the survey. Russell Bros.' No. 5 oil well, on their farm near Pluninicr, Crawford county, is doing 150 barrels a day. The terri tory was very prolific in the early days. This latest strike is causing considera- ( blc activity in the surrounding territory. This evening Hon. Simon Harrold. ni Beaver Falls, states that he had with drawn from the race for the nomina tion for Assembly on the Republican ticket. Mr. Harrold was a member of the last Legislature and voted for M. S. Quay for L'nited States sciiator. There is considerable excitement in Bedford county over the discovery of iron ore 60 per cent. pure. Leases for 20 years have been obtained on the land. ipc Kuldiebiirg Iron Company will build a railroad to connect l'sv Balti more & Ohio railroad at Orleans, this, county, and will use the Pennsylvania product rather than the Michigan a heretofore. The American Plate Mirror Company was chartered at Harrisburg on Satur day, with a capital of $50,000,000. The new combine is looked upon m the be ginning of a determined move on the part of American plate glass men to wrest the trade in this country for plate mirrors from foreign manufacturers. On the McCray farm at Concord. Erie county. Monday, the men were boiling maple syrup. McCray's 10-year-old son took a pail and started ofi ', a run for the house. He stumbled, the entire contents pouring over the child's body, burning him terribly. It is doubtful if he lives. Mrs. Rose Dorscy, colored, whose ' age is reliably attested to be 11 1 years, died Tuesday at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Wm. 11. Hermings, in Pitts burg. The old lady retained all her senses up to within half an hour of hiv death. At Brookville five of the striking rioters at Punxsutawney were found guilty of rioting and were sentenced; two tor nine months, two for six months, and one for three months. The other ten men and the woman were discharg ed. Gcoreje Manger, aged 83 years, com mitted suicide Friday night at the home of his daughter in Jermyn, Lackawanni ' county, by blowing out his brains. Thrr aged man had been in ill health and was despondent. He obtained a revolv er and placed the barrel in hrs moutls and fired. John B. Rattery, a retired minister of the Free Methodist Church, was found dead in his bed at his home in Renfrew. Butler county, Tuesday morning. He- . was about 70 years of age and lived alone ever since he came to Renfrew, about three years ago. A call has been issued for a special ' session of the State council of the Jr. O. U. A. M., to be held in Lancaster June 36, to consider the decision of the national judiciary on the per capita tax and to take action thereon. Gov. Stone has fixed June U as the date for the hanging of Mark Thomas Hayi. of Fayette. William Hummel, of Lycoming county, who murdered his wife and three children, will be hanged on June 5. The last spike in the Smitrtfield and Masonti wn rjfilrotd was driven at Leek- roue Fridajr evening and everything that would mjrke a noise was let looe to A. celebrate the occasion.
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