erms $2.00 A Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa., April 24, 189I.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebprror
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Democratic County Committee, 1891.
Bellefonte, N. W.... weer W. 8S. Galbraith
« 8.V..... .. Joseph Wise
" ww... .. John Dunlap
Centre Hall Borough. ... John T, Lee
Howard Borough...... ... H. A. Moore
Milesburg Borough... .. A. M. Butler
Milheim Borough... .. A. C. Musser
Philipsburg, 1st W.
2d W
« 3d W.
Unionville Boroug
Burnside gene Meeker
Benner.. . Harvey Benner
Boggs, N Philip Confer
“OW. .. T. F. Adams
ee E. G. H. Leyman
College, E. P. .. W. H. Mokle
i “Pa, . James Foster
Curtin.....ueuuees N. J. McCloskey
Ferguson, E. P . Daniel Dreibelbis
® WwW. P Geo. W. Keichline
Greggs, S. P.... «.e. Chas. W. Fisher
N.P James P. Grove
Haines, E. P.... ‘Isaac M. Orndorf
2 W.D. .
.. Geo. B. Shaffer
Halimoon......coeensenicecaremsennnrsmnes Eilis Lytle
Harris... ... J. W. Keller
Howard.. W.T. Leathers
Hepry Hale
. Alfred Bitner
. John J. Shaffer
James P. Frank
... P. A. Sellers
.... J. C. Stover
eeree S. W, Smith
Jas. B. Spangler
, Jas. Dumbleton
... Hugh McCann
. Thomas Turbidy
eeush John D. Brown
.. Jerry Donovan
N:P. . James Carson
W.P ... E. E. Ardery
Taylor... W. T. Hoover
Union ... Chas. H. Rush
Walker .... D. A. Dietrick
OT I scorris: riveerassast supsstssnrasavacioss 0. D. Eberts
L. A. SCHAEFFER, Chairman.
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The Delusion of the Wool Tariff.
If there was anything that was tak-
en especially under the pretection of
the McKinley bill it was the wool pro
duction of this country. In framing
that bill the interest of the wool pro-
ducer was given the first consideration.
Everything was done to keep out for-
eign wool which would have been of
such service to our manufacturers.
‘While this was done in respect to the
raw article of wool the highest duties
were maintained oa manufactured
woolens.
Speaking on this subject the Ameri-
can Wool Reporter pointedly remarks
that never before has there been such
large importations of Australian wool
into this country as during the present
season, and, further, that seldom in the
past have the sales of Michigan and
‘Obio wools been so small as they have
been during the last six months. The
Wool Reporter is an authority on such
subjects. In the McKinley bill the
duties on foreign wools were raised in
order, as it was alleged by the framers
of that measure, that the depression
which had evidently fallen on the wool
raising business in the United States
might be removed. It has proved a
failure, and itis now evident that the
causes which are gradually curtailing
the wool culture in this country are not
to be controlled by a high protective
tariff.
In this situation the cost of the for-
eign wool which our manufacturers
require has been increased by the in-
creased tariff duties, without affording
the home wool raisers any benefit.
The only effect of this policy is a heavi-
er tax on the people for their clothing.
The Chicage Contest.
The official canvass of the Chicago
Mayoralty election gives WASHBURNE,
the Republican candidate, a plurality
of 296 over CREGIER, the present Demo-
cratic Mayor. This of course, settles
the matter, and the new Mayor wil
quietly and peacefully take possession
of his office.
For a few days after the contest, and
while the result was still in doubt, the
Republican papers all over the country
were filled with wild stories to the ef-
fect that the Democrats were engaged
in doctoring the returns and would use
fraud to retain possession of the city.
The official canvass, which has just
closed, shows that there was no foun-
dation whatever for these charges and
that although they had the machinery
in their haads, the Democrats believed
in a fair election and a fair count. De-
pending upon fraud for victory, the
Republicans are always suspieious and
at every close election they reveal their
own methods by the reckless charges
of fraud which they bring against their
opponents.
——The extensive strike at the
Clark Thread Mills, at Newark, N. J.,
is about at an end. The strikers real-
ize that their cause is lost, and are
anxious to make terms which will en-
sure them work, even at lower wages.
This is the usual result when labor at-
tempts to protect itself. Able to bring
hundreds of spinners frem England,
the company was from the start ot the
strike practically independent of its old
employes, and by the influx of cheap
labor it has not only ended the strike,
but also succeeded in cutting down
wages and adding to its profits. The
McKinley bill went into effect on the
first of Jast October,
A “Protective” Lesson.
That the protected manufacturer
has a one sided view of protection has
frequentlyjbeen illustrated.
Upon a steamship which arrived at
Baltimore from Glasgow, Scotland, on
Tuesday, was one hundred and thirty
tons of machinery. This was purchas-
ed abroad by Carxecie, Pripps & Co.,
the great iron manufacturers of Pitts-
burg, who, with this foreign made ma-
chinery,’intend to erect a new plant at
their works.
CarxEGIE, PrIPPS & Co., in COmmon
with other iron manufacturers, are per-
sistent upholders of the protection the-
ory. They claim that the salvation of
the country depends upon forcing the
American to buy his iron of an Ameri-
can manufacturer. But the tribute
they demand from others they escape
themselves by buying their machinery
abroad. They want to sell their pro-
ducts in the dearest market in the
world and draw their machinery from
the cheapest.
The one hundred and fifty tons of
machinery, if made in this country,
would have placed a snug sum in the
pockets of American mechanics. But
it is not the American mechanic
that the protected manufacturer cares
for. With him protection means
squeezing big profits out of the Ameri-
can public.
The McKinley bill went into effect
last October.
The South’s Great Staple.
The amount of last year’s cotton
crop marketed to date, according to a
report of the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, has passed the eight million
bale point. But a few years ago a crop
of eight million bales was considered
an impossibility, many authorities hav-
ing asserted boldly that it would be
impossible for the South to pick and
market such a yield. The cold facts
prove, however, that more than eight
million bales have been made and
picked this season, as more than eight
million bales have already reached
market from plantations. The largest
crop before the war was that of 1860,
which reached 4,669,770 bales. For
the four years from 1866 to 1869, inclu-
sive, the crop averaged only 2,300,000
bales, and it was not until 1876 the
crop reached that of the highest year
before the war. From 1830to 1840
the crop doubled ; it was at a standstill
in 1850 as compared with 1840, bat
again doubled in 1860 compared with
1850. Ten million bales a year is now
the high notch aimed for by the Soath.
It has the land and labor, and only
needs the demand.
The fnrushing Tide.
Over 42,000 aliens landed at the port
of New York during the month of
March, of which number over 7,000
were Italians and over 3,000 were Hun-
garians. Of these thousands but a few
hundred were women, it being the
evident intention of the great majority
to stay here only until they have ac-
cumulated a little fortune. Then they
will return to their native land and en-
joy life. But in the meantime a thou-
sand contingencies are possible. Taey
know nothing, care nothing about our
institutions and our laws. They have
heard that this is a land of liberty and
to them liberty and license mean the
same thing. At first they are willing
to work for wages on which an Ameri-
can would starve. But soon they want
more, aud then there is trouble between
them and the men who hired them be-
cause their labor was cheap. Some-
times we have riot and bloodshed and
great loss of valuable property, where-
upon the state must interfere and the
taxpayers have to foot the bills. A
better plan would be to keep these peo-
ple out of the country for the present
atleast. Let us assimilate those al-
ready here.
Telephonic communication with
Enrope is among the possibilities, The
experiments will be very expensive,
and may require some time in develop-
ing, but there is no doubt that both the
capital and the brains to push them
through will be found. A movement
in this direction is already afoot, and
the future of the promoters’ plans will
be watched with intense interest by the
scientific world. New York capital
and management will no doubt be
united, and the first experiments will
be attempted from the Newfoundland
end of the trans Atlantic cable.
An unnamed “Western Sena.
tor” explainsitall to the Boston Her
ald : “*‘HarrisoN really does not believe
that BLaiNris so popular in the West
as Western men have told him Braine
is, Ie is going out to see for himself,
If he finds that Braine and his ideas,
especially his reciprocity scheme, are
as popular as they have been said to
be, he will either withdraw from the
Presid ential race in Braing's favor, or
adopt BraiNe's ideas out and out, re-
ciprocity and all,
Gobin’s Double Negative,
The War Veterans’ Association, of
Dauphin county, at a meeting held in
Harrisburg last Wednesday evening,
was severe on general GosiN for op-
posing in the Senate Governor ParrI-
soN’'s appointment of Colonel HENRY
Deming as Quarter Master General
of the State, They declared that he
first entered the service for the sup-
pression of the Rebellion early in 1861
and didn’t leave it until 1866 as a
member of that gallant soldier's, Gen.
GrorGE A. CuUsTER's, staff. Such be-
ing the fact they reprobated Senator
GoBIN’S voting against him as an act
unbecoming an old soldier; and they
declared that the Senator’s expression :
“I do not think any one acquainted
with the duties of the office (Quarter-
master General) or the gentleman
nominated for it , would know he did
not possess a single qualification for
it,” was as uncalled for and untrue as
it was ungrammatical.
One would be inclined to think that
if General GoBin's knowledge of mili-
tary capacity is as defective as his
syntax he is incapable of knowing
what constitutes competency in a
Quartermaster General.
Unmitigated Rot.
At a meeting of the Republican
League, including representatives trom
clubs in all parts of the United States,
President THURSTON, among other rot,
got off the following :
Of one thing let all Christendom take no-
tice ; if other nations rid themselves of an-
archists, cut-throats, assassins, and lazzaroni
atour expense, the American pzople will pro-
tect themselves. Our government stands
ready to make ample reparation for every
wrong done to the real citizens of any foreign
power ; butso long as we have a Republican
administration, with James G. Blaine as sec-
retary of State (tremendous and continued
cheering) no apology will ever be offered and
not a dollar will ever be paid for the killing of
any red-hande? outlaw, though the natives of
all Europe should thunder at our harbors and
the flag of the Republic should oncz more
need a million muskets for its defense.
From the tenor of the above one
might be led to believe that this flood
of anarchists, eut-throats, assassins and
lazzaroni haven't been coming in under
Republican administrations and that
the party which has been in power
since the war couldn’t have done some-
thing to keep them out. The pauper
laborers with which we have been over-
whelmed have been brought in especi-
ally for the advantage of those who
are the beneficiaries of Republican
tariffs.
A Good Example.
A good deal of fun has been made of
the action of the Legislature of Min-
nesota in legislating against female
tights and requiring newspaper articles
to be signed by their authors, but that
Legislatare has at least set a good ex-
ample by showing that it is possible to
pass an apportionment bill without ev-
en an attempt at a gerrymander. The
congressional apportionmeat bill was
introduced by a Democratic member,
advocated by the Alliance members
and voted for the Republicans. Ac-
cording to the vote of 1888 six of the
seven districts would be Republican
and one Damocratic; according to the
vote of 1890 four are Democratic and
two Alliance. It can’t be predicted
how they will vote in 1892, but no one
cau claim that any party has been un-
fairly treated. If the Republicans ot
our State Legislature shall do anything
half as fair as this they will do better
than is expected.
—— Ex-President CrLeverLaxp will
probably visit Buffalo next month.
His friends in that city are anxious for
him to be there then, and several of
them have exerted their best efforts to
bring it about. There are two events
next month in which Buffalo is greatly
interested. One is the opening of the
new clubhouse of the Cleveland Demo-
cratic Club, May 12. The other is the
fiftieth anniversary of the German
Young Men's Association .on the fol-
lowing day. Mr. CLEVELAND has been
urged to be present on these occasions.
——The Harrisburg Patriot, under
its new management, with D. A. Orr
President, almost startles its old friends
with the transformation that has con-
verted it into one of the handsomest
and most stylish looking papers in the
land. Its changes in other respects
are equally marked.
was always a solid paper. 1ts solidity
has been burnished, it being really bril-
liant in addition to being solid.
|
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——The Legislature proper!y thought |
it unnecessary to return the money
which Mr. Wx H Keusre advanced
for the Johnstown relief, and at the
same time give him a certificate of
character. Returning the money was
enough. They could do that, but they
couldn't give him a character. Besides
it was shown that KemeLe run no risk
in advancing the money, as he had
three times that amount of State funds
in his bank in Philadelphia. He was
amply secure in his generosity.
Women Have an Equal Chance.
It is highly creditable to the Ameri-
can patent system, as shown in con-
nection with centennial celebration of
the Patent office, that in the reward
for their ingenuity women are not de-
barred from full competition with the
sterner sex, and that,in fact, they have,
especially in later years, claimed a
share in the glory and distinction
which have been wou in the field of dis-
covery and invention. Since the patent
office was organized over 3,000 applica-
tions by women for patents covering
their own inventions have been made.
The most competent to judge sav that
women’s inventions, for ingenuity and
usefulness, compare favorably with
those of men. As might be expected,
the most profitable are those which have
relation to costumes and clothing, but,
in recent years, a wide field has been
opened up to women’s artistic sense
and skill in the evergrowing desire for
new and unique designs in the various
branches of decorative art.
The “Blaine howlers” are giv-
ing che Secretary all the credit of the
Ttalian correspondence. This does not
suit the personal organs of President
Harrison. The Indianapolis Journal
and the pictorial paper of RussrLL
Harrison award all the credit to the
President, and claim it is a clear case
of “Indiana grit,” intimating it requir-
ed executive pressure to bring Mr.
BLAINE to the aggressive pitch of his
last letter to RuniNt. There has been
no attempt, however, by the President’s
friends to deprive Mr. BraNe of all
the honors of the hasty letter to Gover-
nor Nicuors the Sunday after the
lynching, which the Italian premier
was smart enough to atilize in his dis-
patch.
——The removal of the State troops
from the coke region has been follow-
ed by the appearance of a detachment
of Pinkerton’s standing army. On
Tuesday 150 Pinkerton men, armed
with Winchester rifles, were put on
guard at Frick's works and are ready
to meet the turbulent workingmen
witlh a discharge of bullets. In the
meanwhile the eviction of the work-
men’s families will go gaily on at the
point of the Pinkerton rifles. The
McKinley bill went into operation on
the first of last October.
Miss Greeley’s Crazy Lover.
If He Were King of Heaven He Would
Make Her Queen.
New York, April 21.—Residents of
the historic village of the Chappaqua,
the home of Horace Greeley, are appre-
hensive of an exciting episode on the
occasion of Miss Gabrielle Greeley’s
marriage on Thursday morning to Rev.
F. M. Glendennin. Miss Greeley is the
daughter of the great editor.
These fears arise from the alarming
conduct of Alfred H. Banks, a former
resident of the village, whose acts and
language indicate that his mind is un-
balanced to a dangerous degree. He is
possessed of the hallucination that he is
the man whom Miss Greeley is lo mar-
ry. He has bought his wedding suit
and announced his intention of being
present at the ceremony.
That lady is herself somewhat alarm-
ed. She says there was never any talk
of love between them, and he never
spoke to her of marriage other than he
once said if he was tite king of heaven
he would make her his queen. Deputy
Sheriff Quimby and several other citi-
zens, who are devoted to Miss Greeley,
are on the lookout for Banks.
Pinkertons Among Cokers,
Guards With Rifles from Philadelphia
and Chicago Employed.
ScoTTDALE, Pa., April 21.—To-night
150 Pinkerton men are on guard at the
Leisenring No. 2 plant of the H. C.
Frick Coke Company. They came
from Philadelphia and Chicago last
night, and are under command of Cap-
tain Roach, of the latter city. They
are armed with Winchester rifles.
Their introduction was brought about
by the withdrawal of the State troops
from the region.
The strikers and their leaders are
much incensed at this turn of affairs.
There were more men at work in the
region to-day than at any time since the
strike began. Despite this circumstance
the Executive Board of the United
Mine Workers met and decided to con-
tinue the struggle. A check for $600
came from the Clearfield region coal
miners to aid the strikers.
August Delaber and Alexander Jonas
two Socialistic agitators, have been sent
for, and will to-morrow commence a
series of meetings throughout the region.
At Uniontown the Master Workman
Edit orially it |
and Secretary of two District Assem-
i blies, backed by the indorsement of
{ Colonel F. B. Searight, an influential
{ Democratic leader, have formally pro-
| tested to Governor Pattison against the
{calling out of the militia.
There was no sign of war in the evie-
"tion of fourteen families at Morewood.
Anarchists Booming the May Day.
Loxpon, April 21.--In view of the
| approach of May day Anarchists are
: busy throughout Europe organizing for
' a general strike. In Paris, Vienna and
| Madrid they are distributing fierce cir-
culars. All the European Governments
have decided to prohibit outdoor dem-
onstrations.
——TFine job work of ever discription
at the WarcamaN Office.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's Double
Lines to Atlantic City.
The coming summer promises to be a
most notable one for sea-shore travel.
Engagements already made in advance
for hotel accommodations at Atlantic
City and inquiries received indicate the
widespread popularity of this great re-
sort.
Never before ir the history of the City
by the Sea have the railroad facilities
been so perfect as they will be over the
Pennsylvania's Sea-Shore Lines. Ar-
rangement have been perfected by which
this populor route will corsolidate its
two railroads (the West Jersey and
Camden and Atlantic) between Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City, so as to be
operated on the plan of a double track.
This mode of management will great-
ly facilitate the handling of the enor-
mous traffic,and will represent the safest
and most novel system of double lines 1n
the country.
The schedule of trains will be greatly
improved over that of previous years,
both in the number of trains, their
equipment, and speed. A large number
of trains will run on a time-table best
adjusted to the needs of the public.
They will be equipped with comforta-
ble and handsome new passenger
coaches and attractive parlor cars drawn
by the Pennsylvania Standard hard-
coal burning locomotives. The majori-
ty of the trains will make the run in
each direction in eighty minutes, thus
reducing the time of transit to the min-
imum consistent with safety and good
management.
The Foreign Pauper Influx,
Canada Affords a Means for their Get-
ting into the United States.
‘WAsHINGTON, April 17.—The Treas-
ury Department has taken steps to se-
cure information in respect to reports
that immigrants for the United States in
many instances first land at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and then come across the
border by rail. Collector Dow at Port-
land, Maine, reports that the last three
English steamers landed passengers there
as follows: March 27th, thd Carthage
33 fiovieg previously landed about 100
at Halifax); March 30th the Sarnia 30
having previously Janded about 600 at
alifax); and April 7th, the Parisian
74 (bovine previously landed 1,000 at
Halifax.)
The immigrant inspector at Portland
thinks the poorer classes of immigrants
were detained at Halifax. The collec-
tor says it is probable a large portion of
those landed at Halifax will ultimately
reach the United States. He suggests
that detectives be stationed in Halifax to
trace the? ultimate destination of any
considerable number of those intending
to cross the line. It will not be possi-
ble to prevent immigrants in Canada
reaching the United States, the collector
says, without closer supervision of
trains from Canada than has been here-
tofore made.
For Sherman's Daughters.
The Dead General's Friends Raising
a Fund of $100,000.
New York, April 20.—A project is
on foot among the intimate friends of
General Sherman to raise a fund of
$100,000 to provide for the young mem-
bers of his family, who have been left
by his death in somewhat straitened
circumstances.
The fund is to go, it is said, exclusive-
ly to the unmarried daughters of the
dead General, and this was the only
his family will accept the gift.
The idea originated with Mr. Rich-
ard Butler, of the Union League Club,
who was a close friend of the General
during his life.
It is said that many personal friends
of Gen. Sherman outside of this city
have expressed a desire to contribute to
the proposed fund.
Among them are George W. Childs
and Anthony J. Drexel, ot Philadel-
phia, and wealthy citiz>ns of Washing-
ton and Western cities. It is believed
be subscribed within a very few days.
Italian Treachery.
Quarry Laborers the Victims of Their
Fellow-Counirymen.
NorrisTowN, Pa., April 21.—Some
of the Italian laborers injured by the ex-
plosion at Plymouth on Sunday last are
of the opinion that they are the victims
of a party of revengeful fellow-work-
men, who bad been discharged on Sat-
urday night. On that night a tool shed
was broken open and a lot of tools as
well as dynamite was taken, and it is
suspected that this was done to place the
dynamite under the rock where the kill-
ed and injured men were at work.
Smee ———
ADDITIONAL LOGALS.
—-For fine photographs of every
kind go to Shaffer's on Allegheny street.
The calithumpians made Wed-
nesday night hideous while serenading
Mr. and Mrs. Cheney Hicklen,
— Miss Apna Mann departed on
Monday afternoon for a four week’s
trip to Clifton Springs, Niagara Falls
and Saratoga. She went for the benefit
of her health. .
——1. 0. Meck, foreman in this of-
fice, laid down his stick and rule and
took a jaunt to Washingtor, D.C, on
Tuesday. His trip to the capital is a
purely pleasure affair and we bet he’ll
have it, for printers never get left where
the fun’s going on.
Bapry BrrreN.—Mrs. Peter Irvin,
a women who lives with her son near
McCoy Linn’s Tron Works was attack-
ed by a dog, which she was attempting
to tie, on Saturday night, and painfully
bitten about the face, hands and arm.
No serious results are expected, though,
at first, he wounds were causing consid-
erable pain.
her sons return from work.
condition upon which the members of
that the entire amount of $100,000 will
——Bishop Rulison will visit St.
John’s Episcopal church of this place,
next Monday, 27th, and will administer
the rite of confirmation at 7.30 p. m.
——All the latest novelties in paper
and furniture at E. Brown Jr's,on Bish-
op street.
——A number of Bellefonters hold
stock inthe wonderful temperance town,
Harriman, Tenn. It is altogether like-
ly that they wiil hold on to it, too, since
it is away above par.
——The wheat market of our town has
been given new life by McCalmont & Co.,
who have entered the field as buyers.
The price has been advanced fifteen
cents per bushel during the past two
weeks, which is good news to the farm-
ers who have wheat to sell.
——Since the granting of licenses in
Huntingdon the Local News of that
place says that there has been an in-
crease of drunkenness on the streets of
the town and that business is now dull-
er than atany time within the past
four years.
A Special TrAIN.—The Buffalo
Run railroad will run a special train to
and from State College this (Friday) ev-
ening, it being the occasion of the recep-
tion given by the Senior Class. The
train will leave the P. R. R. depot for
the College at 6.30 o'clock p. m., and
returning will leave State College after
the reception is over, thus giving Belle-
fonte an opportunity to enjoy it all.
——Shirts--white shirts, summer
flannel, madras, sateens—in all colors
and styles—just opened at the Roches-
ter Clothing House.
A muchly prolific family can be
seen on the farms of John, David and
Christian Ryer, in Warriorsmark town-
ship, Huntingdon county. Upon that
of the first named he has eleven ewes
that have given birth to twenty-three
lambs, having more than double the or-
‘ginals. Upon the farm of the last two
named three ewes gave birth to ten
lambs, two triplets and one quartette, If
any other section in this state can beat
this we would be pleased to hear from
it.
STRICKEN WITH BLINDNESS.—J.T.
Farnsworth, of this city, was suddenly
stricken with blindness Saturday night,
and is in that condition yet to-day. Mr.
Farnsworth had walked out of the back
door of his residence to the hydrant for
the purpose of obtaining a drink of wa-
ter when the attack came upon him,
and ina moment of time he was blind.
Itis hoped that the blindness may be
only temporary and that something may
be done to restore his sight again. It is
a terrible affliction, and he has much
sympathy.—Lock Haven Express.
Nor As Bic as 17 Sounps.—The
Daily Journal publishes, as note worthy
the fact that the Clearfield Bituminous
Coal Company pays out every month
for mining coal at Peale and Gazzam,
$12,000 to $15,000. If thatis all the
corporation pays out it is not mining
very much coal. The smallest coal
operation ir the Philipsburg district
pays out from $5000 to $6000 every two
weeks, while there are at least six op-
erations here that pay out from $10,000
to $15,000 in cash balances every two
weeks. Perhaps the Journrl meant semi-
monthly instead of monthly. — Philips-
burg Ledger.
O1L AND GAs NEArR.—The following
from the Huntingdon semi-weekly
News seems assurance that the gas and
oii discovered near Newton Hamilton is
going to pan out well :
The Newton Hamilton Gas and Oil
Company has been organized, with W.
H. Ewing, President ; Chas T. Fuller,
Secretary, and W. T. Rell, Treasurer.
The directors of the company are T. H.
Adams, W. H. Ewing, Charles Strat-
ford, Jr., H. C. Kinsloe, B. E. Morri-
son, F. W. Stewart and. Dr. John
Locke. The General Solicitor, B. E.
Morrison was in town on Thursday tak-
ing subscriptions, and met with suc-
cess.. 300 shares at $10 are wanted, of
which nearly one-half have been
raised.
BIrDs oF PREY IN CoMBAT.—A dis-
patch from Williamsport says: While
trout fishing a few days ago G. A.
Sheets, of Quigleville, had the novel ex-
perience of wittessing a fierce combat
between a golden eagle and a hawk.
Both birds were of immense size, and
the ficht was to the death.
At a favorable opportunity Mr.Sheets
sprang from his place of concealment
and succeeded in capturing the birds.
The talons of the eagle were so firmly
imbedded in the flesh of the hawk that
it required great effort to separate them.
The hawk only lived a few moments,
but Mr. Sheets succeeded in getting the
eagle home, where he is keeping it cap-
tive.
The eagle measures seven feet from
tip to tip and his talons ¢ight inches in
longth. From head to tail it measures
two feet. The hawk measured four
feet four inches from tip to tip. The
golden eagle is a very scarce bird in this
The dog was shot upon |
section of the State, this being the first
one seen for many years.