1 Ccttir Off; a : ' , '?,,......' PIKE COUNTY PRESS JSsUsfnclon Olvnn In th A.rf" or Joh Llrto J JADVP.IlTr.SK IN IT. O -T7 h - v PIKE COUNTY PRESS t The Newdlett Pftpwr Pl:hllhrrl In PIHe C- SFnjiisoiJilif; rem it, ! t , -v-h- c- i f I.L i I t I 1 i i. i i i y VOL. VII. MILFOKI),' PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, .1 A MIA II Y 17, 1902. NO. 12. t THE WASHINGTON LETTER. Tlio democratic "fracas," as tliR canons announced for Friday f i si 1 1 1, hns boon termed, did not materialize owing to tho opportune illness of Representative Richardson After exhausting every resource in nn of fort to establish harmony In Mm ranks of ti i hopelessly divided party, Mr. Richardson justified tlio confidence which wns reposed in htm by his follow democrats as n man of ninny resources and grew ill as the date for tlio mucus npproaeh od. By so doins he prevented n spectacular cihihiMon of the sharp antagonisms of his pnrty nnd the probable development of personal nniniositips which would hnve greatly added to his difficulties ns lender of the minority. The demo crats say that thoy will surely hold their caucus tit some subsequent date but little credence is placed in the statement by those who are in a position to know. There hag developed during the past few days from sources which it is Impossible to trace a sentiment in favor of making partisan capital out of the Schley-Miles, affair with the avowed intention of presenting to the public a democratic presiden tial ticket which shall contain the names of Miles and Schley. Opin. ion differs as to which shall be placed first. It was the intention of Representative John Levi Sheppard of Texas to bring the matter up in the shape of a resolution indorsing Schley at tho Friday caucus and Mr. Sheppard says that if it proves impossible to secure a caucus of the minority to consider all that effects denvoeratio policy he will at least secure one that will adopt his idea in regard to Schley. Mr. Sheppard's resolution would pledge tho demo cratic members tr the warmest Blip port of Schley and. a promise to vin dicate liinpin opposition to the ma jority report of the court of inquiry whenever the democrats shall con trol a majority of the house. "Poor Schley," remarked a republican member who was standing by as Mr. Sheppard explained his plan, "if he has to wait till then hia vin dication won't even Rrrive in time to be a comfort to his great grand children." The Miles candidacy is said to bo the child of the general himself, who thinks he sees in the reprimand of the president and the fact that he aligned himself on the side of Schley an opportunity to appeal for support in his aspirattons. Ho is not at present regarded with much favor by the democrats but there is a largo number of men in that party who are ready to win with anybody that can secure the votesand they believe that a Sehley Milos "combination would carry the popular vote. If thpy undertake, however, to relegate Miles to second place they are likely to And they have a very insubordinate candidate on their hands. So mnoh fiction has been publish ed in regard to the president's rep rimand of Miles that it seems only fair, even at this late date, to set the matter straight, in so far as is possible. Mr. Roosevelt did speak with considerable severity and iu public but be did not show any evi. deuce of having lost bis temper and he spoke in public enly because Uenoral Miles, who was very much excited, persisted in talking as soon as he entered the president's pres ence, instead of accepting the twice repeated invitation of the president to go into tho cabinet room where they would have been alone. The pnsnngo of the Hepburn camil l.ill in the house was in accordance with the program which bus been previously outlined by the friends of the (-until. The vote, 3uS to 2, is .iM.k rod mi i it i a ifuiii.ii y demon st ration of the popularity of the tiii'iisuru throughout tho country. The only repulihcau volo w'iiust the mt'iiMiru was caM by Mr, 1, oivu Fletcher of JI .mm apoHs. ffrtbd house adjourned 1 listed Mr Flet cher for no i sinv.-Moii cf las rv:i- ' ' i '!is for vol sn,; li;'uiiiist. "1 have, been on tiio coin ioi! tee v liieh has' letd this lo'MoT in cl.arg. for ei'Mit j V-.iis," iw.J Mr. l'leti liir, ".H. d I- 1'Uwi l.i-'ir.l the estimates nnd thej f ea.:jo.: y i f tin; various i ou!e.s i-is- I'U' , 1 i: ; ! : ! 1 n :n t,....ri;.',t!y f i n ill- ! llll' I ; Ll t'ld pio ii;,! fi'i 's and I ' c .nn it in e i,:.'-i. i'ii'' vole, for an on . t I I 1 : t 'i.l ( li !.".- Miifl of v. loeli I i e. i t.l ns ; i, :.i . : 1 : n i. n.i vl.e'it 1 I . . .: v . i 1 i i.i n ! ,i'..l !. if ' den to tlin Vnlted States I have no doubt but that, off hand, ninety per pent, of my constituents would toll j-oti that ihey were in favor of the canal, nevei theloss I am pond dent that if 1 could bnvo five min utes conversation with them they would approve my vote." In nn- jswer lo n question Mr. Fletcher i said : "If the bill had been amended to permit the president to build the canal along the Panama route I might have voted for it. I did vote for that amendment. Of the two the Panama route Is, in mv estima tion, tlio best became it has been worlted out. We would know on that route the difficulties that con fronted us and the '(robablt) cost of overcoming them. There are good harbors nt oither end and there is a railroad. Of one thing you may be certain, if the United States engages In this enterprise there will ho no repeal of the war revenue tax." Friday witnessed nn earnest effort on the part of Mr. Hopkins, chair man of the census committee to secure the passage of a bill making the census bureau a permanent affair but the measure as reported by Mr. Hopkins, was top heavy in tho way of salaries and not sufficiently explicit in regard to the retention of clerks so that the able fight against the hill, load by Mr. Burkett of Nebraska, was successful and it was recommit ted to the committee. Mr. Hopkins claimed that the bill would result in reducing the expense of the decennial census and would increase its efll- ienoy. Mr. Hurkett objected to the payment to the director of the bureau n salary of $7,500 a year when the chiefs of other bureaus In the govern ment received salaries of not more than $4,01)0 or $5,000 per annum. There are 2,700 employees in the bureau at the present time and many of them huve friends on the floor of the house. It was, therefore, de manded that the bill provide for the extension of the civil service rules to include these employees. Mr. Hop kins said that by the year 1910 there would not be more that 200 clerks re tained. It the bill as passed contains a provision to the effect that these clerks shall be placed under the su lervi.Hion of the civil service com mission it will moan that the 2,500 who will have to be dropped will have a lien on positions In other de partments ahead of those persons who, having passed the civil service examination, are on the eligible Hit and also that they will supersede the large number of persons who, as a result of the Spanish war, have been appointed to places under tho "tem porary provision," but who are hoping that the president will extend the law to include them before the census bill can become a law. Real Estate Trannfara. Mary M. Kleinhans, administra trix, to Mary Schorr, four lots, Mil ford borough, Nos. 870, 80!), 870, 808. Consideration $140. O. W. Hull and Ily. T. Haker, executors, to Jacob C. Schorr, 25 acres, Dingman, part of Robeit Mor ris. Consideration $75. Mary Kane and others to J. S. Ames and II. Von Frank, deed for timber on Patrick MeKane tract, Lackawaxen. Consideration $1000. Charles H. George and wife to Francis Frank, 40 aero, Blooming Grove. Consideration $10. A Successful Tear. The Stroudsburg stjta normal has every room in its dormitories tilled and a number of pupilb are rooming out of the building. This has been tho most prosperous year in its history. It has bad a most f! ittertnj and phenomenal growth, and ensily ranks as tho leading institution of its kind in the northeastern, part of the s'ite. A now additional building will be erected the coming spring, whioh vm!1 e,ive iiildil iouiil and dormitory rooms. lUectiutt of Director. At the elect ion for directors of the Firi-t Natioiuil Vm.l of Jl.lford he'.J Tuesd.iy it Was resolved to de i re i-.o the m.iiiher to seven and thn following named Were ch-eted : C. ! O. Aiu:stroii;r, A. I) iiro.vn, 1'. C. j Kmlo-I, U. W. l; nd, K. VVarner, J C Warner and II. B. Weils. Wanted Id tile S.ii. "'ii in, to r"T.-sei,t a New York j'.ii'.iuiy Jubtatig Fl.iw.-r v ! I i-.itl.i-r ii-.nw, tor .siiri onnilii.; tei-. j iitoiyvon c-.eon '..:i in . ijoo'l ltus-j tier, I'Xpell. nee t, 1 1 1 lece.--a ry. t" !ati! ! IV 1. le'.ee. I to , 1,1 ,tf l;MA .)!.., ! CO 1 i ny, ;ncv Vo; k City. ' PERSONALS Miss Ruby Weeks of New York is a guest at The Anchorage. U. W. Dabex'k, the "Union Trav eler," was in town Tuesday. Vivian Strnthers of Now York is spending n few days in town. Miss Happy Van Wypk has gone on ii visit to Cleveland, Ohio. John H. Conk and wifo of Rush kill were in town last Saturday. Hy. T. Raker, Esq., was In Scran ton recently on business mutters. Jeo K. Hot-ton is on a bnino trip this week over iu Morris coun ty, N. J. Miss Frances C. Dingtnnn of Dlngmaiifl Ferry' called on "friends here Monday. Mrs. G. 8. Oarfefson of Dlngmans Ferry is visiting with her daughter in New York for several days. Fred Westbrook of Blooming Grove transacted business at tho commissioners' office here Wednes day. I'nited States Senator M. S. Quay has returned from Florida improved in health and is again occupying his sent in th j senate. Miss Leila White, who hns been visiting friends in New York for several days, returned to her home on Fourth street this week. District Attorney D. M. Van Aukon, who for some time has been visiting in New York nnd while ab sent was confined with a Revere cold, is able to be out again. Dr. II. B. Reed was in tho city this week having roiiio attention given to the operation which was performed some time since, whioh though successful was not lit a per fectly satisfactory condition. Woman A a Political Factor. The newspapers are discussing with a good deal of earnestness the value of women in political cam paigns. Many of the journals which are opposed to woman suffrage do not hesitate to praise the women and toll them how they contribute to the success of municipal reform by their addressos and other politi cal laborB. But these papers are simply putting weapons into the hands ol the suffragists. It will not be long before the ladies will not be satisfied with doing much of the hard work and at the same time be denied the privileges of citizens. If women may raise the 8iuew9 of war, make speeches, drum up the derelict on election day, all the hor. rible talk of the "untis" about the women going into politics goes into thin air. If women may do every thing in politics but vote without being unsoxod or upsetting the so cial order, having the suffrage would produce none of the prophe sied calamities. Surely all of the logio is with the suffragists and they will not be slow to use it. All women who care to be in politics can easily get iu and nothing can stop the women folks from going the whole figure. New York Defender. Only One Association. There Is but one national move ment In the United States for a mem orial for William McKinley, to be built by popular subscription. That memorial wil beereetedoverthegrave of the late President nt Canton. The work of securing subscriptions Is In the hands of the McKinley National Memorial Association, with head quarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Some confusion in the public mind has re sulted because there existed an or ganization in Washington, I). C, known as the ''Washington Arch Association. " lis object was to build a memorial bridge over the Potainnc river. The Arch Association has ceased to solicit popular subscrip tions, leaving the field to tho Me Kiuley National Memorial Associ ation. Of the McKinley National Memor ial Association, ex-Secretary of Stale Judge William R. Day, of t.'antou, is president; United Slates Senator Marcus A. llanim, vice pre-ident; Myron T. Derrick, Cleveland, Ohio, tr.-a-urcr, and Hyer-oii Ritchie, Cleveland, Ohio, .secretary. The j.;o t ruoi , of the stales and territories are hoiiory members. It Oiralus tha Globs. The fain.) of liuekien's Arnica Salve, as the be-t in the world, ex tends round the earth, ll's the one perfect healer of ClltS, Col lis, ltill'IIS, ill nises, .Sou-, Sealds, Boils, Ulcers, 1 i -Ions, Aehi s, l'alns lllei l',!l !-kln iaiijitions. I Inly l n f a 1 : il.l.i i'Ho ("41 e. u box tit all Ui ni. : i-jia. OBITUARY MISS MINNIK Allltr. SHIEUIS. Miss Shields, mention of whose death was madn iu tho Pitrss last week, riled at the home of her brother, John, at Rosooe, Snlltvan county, New Y'ork, January 6, of catarrh of tho bowels. She was born at Walker Lake, this county. November 9, 1SS2, and was the youngest child of the late John and Elizabeth Shields. She wits a young lady of sweet and cheerful oisposi- tion and in hor brief life won many warm friends who will deeply mourn her untimely departure. She i survived by seven brothers, Wil liam, Daniel, Charles nnd Joseph, residing in this County, Hugh and John, in Sullivan county, N. Y., and Robert of New York city. The funeral services were held at Walker Lake school house Thurs. day, Jan 9, conducted by Rev. E S. Wolfa of Milford, who made a touching and appropriate address from Ecclestastes 12:1. The re mains were interred in Woodtown cemetery. MtlS. JULIA AN!? RKSna. Mrs. Rosor, widow of Reuben tleser, died at the home of her son in Halncsvilla, N J., January 14, aged about 83 years. She was born in Easton, Pa., her maiden name being Frey, and after marriage for some time lived In Monroe county and then removed to Sandyston, N J., which place for some 40 years has been her home and where hor husband died about 11 years ago. She is survived by six sons, Wil liam, Fred and Reuben of this place, Daniel, at whose home she died, and John of Sandyston, and George of Trenton, and two daughters, Maria, wife of Ellas Greenhnlgh of Watorbury, Conn., and Surah, mar ried nnd living in Scrantou, Pa. The funeral was held yesterday at the house and interment in the cem etery at Montague, N. J. MRS MARY ANN VAN AIKEN. Mrs. Van Auken, widow of the late Josoph Van Auken of Monta gue, New Jersey, died suddenly at tha home of her daughter near the Brick House Katurdny, January 11, aged about eighty-two years. She was a daughter of John T. and Maria Middnu(,h Quick and was born in Westfall township, this county. After marriage she remov ed to New Jersoy where she has since resided. She Is survived by daughters, Mrs. Francis Westfall, Rosino, wife of John Kyte, Mrs. Mary Bovans, and sons, John T. and Louis, all of Montague one brother, Charles of Westfall township, and one sister, Eleanor, of this borough. Tho funeral was held Tuesday con ducted by Rev. T. H. McKenzio of the Reformed church, Port Jervis, and interment in Laurel Grove cem otery. A Colonial Tea. There will be a diversion for the delectation of both the physical and csthetio constitutions of the public iu the parlors of the Presbyterian church under the above named so briquet Thursday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 10 'p. m. Refreshments will con sist of chicken salad, cake, rofls and coffoo. There will be a sale of collars, handkerchiefs and neckties, and a free musical program will be givon from 8 to 9. Admission to colonial room 10 cents. Proceeds for beue fit of organ fund. Souvenirs of the occasion will be given away. No ono cau afford to refrain coming. Unclaimed Letters. Last of unclaimed letters remain ing in the post office at Milford for the week ending Jan. 18, 1902 : Mrs. Jane Porsoll, Mrs. J. B. Warren, Miss Carrie M. Wilson, Miss Mae V. Holooiube, Mrs. Joseph Hunt, Mr. E. II. Bauce, Win. P. Rockwell. . Persons claiming the above will ploa.su say "AdvertUod" and give date of this list. Chaki.ks Lattimoiie, P. M. Thousand Sent Into Exila. F.very yeara large number of poor snil'irers whoso lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged to (!0 to another climate. But this is costly and not hKviivs sure. Don't he an exile when Dr. King's New Disoovury for Consumption will euro you at home, it hi lie most lu falliljle ineilH-ine for Coi-ihs, Colds, and nil Throat Hnd Lung trouhlen on earth. The first dose brines relief. Astounding cures result trom per s'.stent Uso. Trial Ui'.lli'S fi'mitt nil .1 1 u:j .: isi s. l'i ice i"-c and $1. Kvery hot: :o guiiliU'.t'Jvd. BRIEF MENTION. One touch of rumor makes the the whole world chin. The ihiys are growing longer but the cold Is not growing stronger A largo boarding house known ns Walnut Villa in Port Jervis was burned last Saturday evening. E. S. Wolf has moved his ports bio mill from Dark Swamp to town and will haul his loffs down to cut thein up. We are In receipt of a bandy roil way map of Pennsylvania from Major Isaac B. Brown, deputy sec retary of internal affairs. Boring for oil has been commenced in the Wyoming Valley and there is considerable interest manifested bv land owners over the result. Elijah B.,a brother of Miss Jen nie Pine of this place, died at his home iu Cuddebackvllle last Sunday afternoon aged about 27 years. John Wanamtiker is a lilieral ad vertiser nnd pays over $1,000 a day for advertising his Philadelphia store. He uses a page in Ave differ ent local papers Henry C. Cunningham, one of the oldest merchants In Port Jervis, died at his home in that village Monday. January 13, aged Bbout seventy-four years. . The meetings for tho election of directors for the several railroads having their terminals here, adver tised for Inst Saturday, were for some reason postponed. Hon. J. B. Foraker has been re elected senator from Ohio, Arthur P. Gorman from Maryland, and James B. McCreary from Kentucky. New Jersey has pot made an election. A small company assembled at the Homestead Monday night to con gratulate A. D. Brown on the arrival of another birthday and to wish him ninny recurrences of the event. An Englishman, in conversation with Mr. Lincoln, said : "Why, no gentleman in England blacks his own boots, you know." "Pshaw !" replied Lincoln, "whose boots do they blnpk?" The county auditors this year finished their work in the unusunlly short space of six days. This quick result may perhaps be largely attrib uted to the efficiency of their clerk, Geo. R. Bull, Esq. The R. W. G. M. of Now York has. sent out circulars informing Masonic lodges that clandestine lodges are being organizod and warning members to carefully ex amine all strangers claiming to be Masons. A bottle thrown in the Mackinaw river in Illinois In 1900 was recently found on the coast of California. It had made the journey of over ten thousand miles without mishap and the letter it contained was perfectly dry and legible. It is expected that. the Blooming Grove Park case will lie argued at Scranton next Monday before the Superior court. Ex-Judge Willard will probably argue the case for Ila- zen and Ex-Attorney General Kirk- pat rick for the association. Hon. Jacob Klaer has bought a gas engine to furnish power for his spoke mill, the inclement weather making It impossible to replace the trunk which convoyed water to his factory and which wna swept away by the flood in Docember. Dr. Alexander Haddon of New York, president of the Forest Lake association in this county, is con tempiating a visit to tho Pacifi;) ooast in tha near future. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Hadden, for the benefit of whose health the trip will be undertaken. Compromise in matters of princi ple is always a failure. The policy runs away with the principle, and we ii fill ourselves in the position of a negro who was fishing on the const of Florida, when a tarpon oaujrht hold of his book and pulled him overboard. Ha came to the surface and sputtered out: "What I au' to know, is dis nigger n-fish-in', or is dis flsli a-nigeriu. " Rev. Henry Van Dyke. Tho J. W. Popper Piano Music Magazine, published at 8th and Lo cust streets, Philadelphia, ia ono of the newest magazines iu its field. Nobody can complain of not getting tho worth of their money, as it ub- lishca 21 pieces 10 vocal Hiid 11 ! instrumental making 61 pages of j tho bcr-.t music and nil of it original and written by the most popular composers of today. Price $1.00 pur year, Jurors for March Turin. Those drawn to servo ns jurors for the March courts are : (IRAS!! JlltOtts. Anglo, Irving, Delaware Adams, R. B., Greene. Braiining, J. C, Laoknwaxcn. Case, Judson C, Lnckn waxen. Dodan, Joseph, Liokn wsxen. Depew, James M., Lehman. Daumann, John H., Milford Twp Findlay, Robert, Milford Boro. Gilpin, El ward, Greene. Griffin, Wesley, Ltcka waxen. Ileidetilhal, Rockwell, Westfall. Hofjun, Thninis, Licka waxen. Hasor, Frederick, Greene. Kloinert, Henrv, Lucks waxen. Kilhun, Alfred K., Palmyra. Lord, Simoon, Blooming Grove. Masker, Henry, Palmyra. Marvin, Charles, Westfall. Mager, Peter, West full. Shields, Emile, Slioholn. Schoeppo, William, Lehman. Totten, B. C ," Westfall. Woinrobin, Edward, Greene. Ward, John, Lehman. TRAVERSE JURORS. Afford, Fred, Palmyra. Brodheftd, Husfh O., Delaware. Brisco, Harry L., Delaware. Choi, Warren F., Milford Boro. Calkins, E. H., Lnckawaxen. Cook, John II., Lehman. Cnskoy, L'lfoT-ge, Westf jll. Delling, Hiirman, BloomingGrove. Dubois, Joseph A , Dingman. Danley, Richard, West full. Dnrnnt, B. F., Westfall. D'jGront, Dennis, BloomingGrove. Eberhnrdt, Jacob, Bl'g Grove. Frlck, George L., Greene. Frank, August, Blooming Grove. Gebrke, Frank, Blooming Grove. Grant, John, Palmyra. Hess, John J., Shohota. Hendershot, Abram, Westfall. Haas, George, Shoholn. Hazen, Edward R., Bl'g Orove. Hess, Peter G., Shohola. Hotttlen, James, Dingman. Hale, Wendol P., Lackawaxen. Kyte, Benjamin, Milford Boro. Kraus, Fred, Westfall. Kirkpntrick, John B., Dingman. McKittrlck, Thomas, Shohola. Malone, Edward, Lackawaxen. McCarty, Henry, Milford Twp. Middaugh, L. J., Shohola. Middangh, Dnniol H., Delaware. Nyce, M. C, Lehman. Peters, Harry, Lehman. Philman, John A., Westfall. Quest, John, Lehman. Reidy, Michael, Greene. Scholl, John 1 , Greene. Sawyer, William, Westfall. Simon, Charles J., Greene. Simpson, John, Lackawaxen. Seig, Goorgo, Greene. Swepeniser, William, Greene. Simons, Leonard, Palmyra. Van Horn, Daniel, Delaware. Whit-taker, Romaine, Lehman, Wallace, John U Milford Boro. Wolf, Chnrles, Groone. Woman Suffrage Where It Has Ben Tried. Not long ago the editor of the Christian Endeavor World wrote to twenty-five ministers of different denominations in the enfranchised states, choosing their names at ran dom, nnd asking them whether equal suffrage was working well, fairly well, or badly. One of the twenty-five answered that it work ed badly and three that it worked fairly well, while the twenty. one others were positive and enthusias tic in saving that it worked well This is about the averago ratio of oninions in the mitri-uun uii. l-.-a among poopl) of the better sort. Caucus Notices. The republican caucus to nomi nate a ticket for the borough elec tion Feb. IS will bo held at the rooms of the republican club on Harford street Saturday, January 25, at 8 o'clock p. m. Clarknck Anule, Committeeman. Jan. 17. 19021-24. The republican caucus to n;ate nominations for tit" township cf Milford will be hold ut Brookside VilU Monday, January "20, from 2 to 4 p. m. TuiiiAs Nklso.n, Committeeman. A Dep Mystery. It is a mystery why women en dure Backache, Headache, Nervous ness, Sleepnessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quh:kly cure such trou bles: "1 siillered for years with' kidney trouble," writes Mis. Phebe Cherley of Peterson, Iowa, "and a j lame back pained lee so I could not dress myself, but Electric Bitter wholly cured me, and, although 73 j years old, 1 now am able to do ull my housi;voi k." It oveiconies Con- htipation, improves Appetite, gives I perfect health. Only fcyo nt all dl'U.'eostS. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. Rambler, like some others, is ig. "ornnt about some things but. nl ways willing to lenra. Will some reader of the PitKsu kindly inform him what, if any, is tho difference between a member of a church aniL' a Christian. I am not asking out of idle curiosity but for informa tion. Anna Schnttz of Now York is In town. Ice gatherers have put in full time for the past ton days nnd there now no dangor of an ice famine next summer. The time forcanlidat.es for town honors to announce themselves is nt hand. So Prince Henry, the brother of the Germm emperor, is going to visit the United States next month. Well, there are a good many thinirs his highness can learn in this, the land of the free and the home of the brave," where the noonlo. and no crowned head, rulo. Invitations are out for the wed ding of Jacob McCarty and Miss Emma Armstrong, both well known young peoplo of Montague. The event will take place nt the home of the bride near the Brick House Feb. ith. Tho effects of tho recent flood are ilowly disappearing. Tlio torn down bridges have bo.-n replaced Willi temporary ones and everything ;oes on ns before. Only when tho tax bills come next summer will we know the difference. It must be a source of satisfaction to a minister to face a lnreo audi. ence, for instance like the ono which attended the Presbyterian church last bunday evening. When are we going to have some sleighing? is a Question often asked by young ladies. , Dr. John Kelly has been ereotinor an open shod for tho accommoda tion or his customers. Tho wheeling on the river road was never better than for the last week. Origin of Species. The origin of species is placed in a new light hy the recent remarkable work of Prof. Hugo de Vries of Amsterdam. Ibis botanist has been the first investigator to watch the formation and developments of new species, nnd in his observations tho forms produced have been a result of sudden change and never of pro gressive variation. The "single var iations" among cultivated plants suggested looking for the same phe nomenon in wild flowers. Of loo species studied, the only one sliowinir .change was (Enothera Lamnrokiana, one of the .American evening prim roses, and of 50,000 descendants of this plant produced in ten years about 800 have been so altered spontaneous ly that thoy are regarded as forming seven new species. These species are mostly very constant, the character istics of the parent being reproduced in successive generations. Balances in Treasury. The report of the county auditors filed shows the following balances in the hands of G. Frank Rowland, treasurer : County funds $5191 82 Indebtedness moneys 719 2:2 Poor money ;j;(7 63 School money 021 40 Road money 743 4s Sheep fund 654 21) Redemption money 218 64 The amounts received by the com missioners last year were : W. F. Beck, services, eto. . . I i'JO 7.r . . 471 55 . . 491 20 II. S. Albright ' P. M. Nilis Imitation Fountains. The imitation electric fountains of M. Trouve consist of ti;i-iunj of gla ss beads, rice, celluloid bulls, or other small objects, kept in motion, by air ts from a centrifugal pump. The streams may be illuminated, giving with a great possible variety of color ing, beautiful effects for stage and home. Hatchet Society (laeting. All members of tho society, and others inlet ested, are reijuested to meet at tho Presbyterian church parlors Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, at t p. m. to inuko arrangements lor tho annual supper to be giveu Feb. -'2nd. Frank B. Thrall, Secretary. Two barrels good roast od Uio Col! 00 12' cts. per lfi. ; ono barrel Mai'ticaibo and Mocha mixture roast ed is cts. per IIj. ut vy. ix. U. Milch-nil's.
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