8Y P. GRAY MEEK, : Ink Slugs, ncn, —The best slogan the Democratic party can adopt is : Get the offices ! —Here’s success to Chairman HALL’S plans to ‘‘redeem the counties of the State that are naturally Democratic.’ —All a girl needs nowadays is something you can see through and-a big pink ribbon on her vest and she is dressed in the height of fashion. —The horse race at the park on Wednes- day was free, which accounts for so many people thinking they had a good run for their money. —The Bellefonte barbers baving com- bined to push up the price of a hair cut it is likely hat foos-ball locks will come into vogue again among the men. —QUAY having returned from the Maine woods it will be up to a lot of little lien- tenants who were doing the bossing in his absence to get back to the pines. —Prof. LANGLEY says there are some t hings about his airship that must be kept secret. Of course he didn’t say so, but we presume the dive it made into the Potomac was one of them. —1If the shooting that was done at Hecla park on Wednesday was a sample of what those same gentlemen can doin the brush we can’t imagine what we have ‘to have laws ‘and wardens to protect the game from. ~—The President addressed a meeting of “two thousand men, on Sunday, on the “‘de- cency of speech and conduet.’”’ It is nok to be presumed that he referred to the retire- ment of Gen. MILES as an illustration of his point. —WILLIAM JENNINGS BYRAN is not ‘‘a dead one’ ‘‘by any means. He is still the brilliant publicist and statesman, though conditions have made it unwise fo associate him with another nomination for the Presidency. —1If assessors were to be more careful in their fixing the valuation of vacant lots they would thereby encourage more build- ing. If the vacant lot bore its just pro- portion of taxation it would scarcely be a vacant lot long. —The first of the races between the Reliance and Shamrock IIT, which was started yesterday, was declared off with the Reliance one mile ahead. If our staunch little boot gets a mile ahead of Sir T HOMAS’ craft without any wind what won’t she do when a good stiff sailing breeze is on ? —J1M CORBETT lasted only ten rounds against JAMES JEFFRIES, in San Francisco, on Friday night. It is just possible that if the pompadored ex-champion had saved some of the wind he wasted telling the public how he was going to put JEFFRIES out he might have used it to good advan- tage when the opportunity of doing so came. —The fellow who bad his head nearly punched off at the business men’s picnic was in a bad way for consolation when he deceived himself into thinking that the blood in which he was literally bathed was the rich claret his punches had drawn from the other fighter. As a matter of fact there was a gash behind his ear that looked like the mouth of Penns cave. —Ib is to be hoped that the sporting world has seen the last of Jit CORBETT. While it must be acknowledged shat COR- BEIT is the ocleverest boxer : who ever entered a ring it has also developed that he has been about the crookedest. His fakes with SHARKEY and McCoy were gross enough fo have ruled him off every track in the country bad he been a horse. —Baulgaria’s bill against Tarkey pointed- ly emphasizes the terrible atrocities that have been practiced on her people by the Sultan’s permission. Hundreds of people killed, towns razed, inoffending citizens tortured with red hot irons, emigration for- bidden and compulsory orders to trade with none but Turks are only pars of the out- rages that Bulgaria appeals to the christian world for relief from. Was Spain treating the Cabans half so cruelly when we inter- fered in their bebalf ? —Because BRYAN has paid twelve hun- dred dollars for a. team of sorrel horses the Republican ‘press has broken ous afresh. Their long harangues on BRYAN’S desertion of the poor man because he bas a twelve hundred dollar team proves only one thing and that is that he might have gotten a team of asses far cheaper out of the editorial’ rooms of most any Republican paper in the country. Looked at in this light perhaps the Nebraska statesman has been a little extravagant. ’ —Senator DAVID B. HiLL's declaration that the present so-called prosperity ‘is fictitious’ and that ‘‘you must pay as you £0’’ comes nearer the truth in sizing up present economic conditions than any pub- lic utterance that has been made on the subject. Values have been kited ever since the Spanish-American war necessities stimulated oor industries into abnormal activity and now that business is gradual- ly settling back to ite natural condition the enterprise that was too heavily inflated must fall. There is a time—a speculative ti me—occasionally, when two and two make five, but some one has to pay the odd one somewhere and at some time and when he begins to discover that he has gotten no return for it he doesn’t go into VOL. 48 An Expensive Spectacle, Our imperial President has been treat- ing the country to an interesting spectacle at the “Summer Capital’’ this week. It is what is known as a naval parade in which all the war ships except those serving at foreign stations participated. The evolu- tions began on Monday | morninz when twenty-one war ships “‘spread out before President RooSEVELT when he stepped out upon the veranda of his home at Sagamore Hill.”’ As the correspondent of the As- sociated Press stated it, “their brass work shining under the slanting rays of the morning sun gave evidence that every ship was spick and span for this the first naval review at the nation’s summer capital and probably the first ever held for the ex- clusive purpose of presidential honors. The spectacle is rather expensive but that is unimportant. It probably costs a thou- sand dollars a day for each vessel engaged in the evolutions and there are twenty-one of them, but the people pay the charges so that it doesn’t matter. There is an old adage which reads: ‘‘Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil.” It might be paraphrased in this way: ‘‘Put a clown in the presidential office and he will make a fool of the people.’”” Here we have the President ordering a squadron of naval vessels at an expense of not less than $20,000 a day for no other purpose than to divert him for a few days. It would be hard to conceive of a more cer- tain way of making fools of the peopie who pay the expenses of such an entertainment. But this like other things’ which mani- fest the policy of the Republican party of late years is for the purpose of keeping the expenses of the government up to the high- est measure of profligacy. There are two ends subserved by this policy. In the first place it justifies excessive taxes and the maintenance of exorbitant tariffjlschedules which affords a chance to *‘fry the fat’? out of the protected tariff pensioners for the use of the campaign committee as a cor- ruption fund. Secondly it keeps the peo- ple =o poor as to make them powerless to resist the oppressions put upon them and thus the control of that party is perpetuat- ed because there is not energy enough left to overthrow it. Roosevelt's Infirm Vertebra. ~ The infirmity of President ROOSEVELT'S backbone has been revealed in a striking way within the past few days. = That is to say some ten days ago the Republican members of the Senate Finance committee who are said to bave heen engaged for some months in the work of preparing currency legislation visited Sagamore Hill and after exhibiting their plans secured a promise that the extra session of Congress to con- sider that measure and the Cuban treaty would be called early in October instead of late in November. Then the politicians got after him and now he has practically agreed to carry out the original plan of calling the session after the election. The reasons which are given for the post- ponement are that the Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress will be absorbed in their political duties in October and dis- tracting them from it would be prejudicial to the interests of the party. That that is a subterfoge can be seen by simply taking an observation of the political situation throughout the country. There is no im- portant election in any State in the Union this year, no Legislatures to elect which will elect Senators, and no election of Representatives in Congress. That a ses- sion in October might damage party pros- peots is trne but not in the way indicated in that shamefully lame excuse. The danger to the party lies not in the fact that Senators and Representatives in Congress would be taken from the political campaign this fall. It isin the fact that the wrangling over the currency question within the shadow of election day would so disgust thinking men of the party that they would be inclined either to remain away from the polls or, having gone there, to vote the Democratic ticket. There can be no valuable currency legislation enacted by the present Congress and an attempt at such legislation would simply reveal the vast differences within the party on that subject and expose the falsity of the claim that the Republican party is united on the currency question. : ! The Hopeful Ontlook. There never was a time in the history of Pennsylvania politics when the ontlook for the Democracy was as bright at the open: ing of a campaign as at present. The Re- publican party in Philadelphia is in a state of the utmost confusion. The Republican party in Pittsburg is utterly and irretrieva- bly demoralized. The Republican party in Harrisburg is literally reut in twain and from every other éity of considerable size the same report comes of the absolute dis- organization of the Republicans. The fis- sure which was created when QUAY turn- ed ELKIN down last year has been increas- ing ever since and there is no possible chance of closing it up before the next the next scheme so readily. presidential election. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. The Republican party has been held to- gether during the last dozen years ‘‘by the cohesive force of public plander,’’ and the distribution of the rewards have neither been equal nor satisfactory. That is the cause of the demoralization everywhere. In Philadelphia, for example, PENROSE and DURHAM have been endeavoring to escape from the mastery of QUAY and the appoint- ment of Mr. BISPHAM to the vacancy on the bench was for the purpose of check- mating them. and FLINN have been caught cheating in the distribution of the spoils and an irre- pressible conflict is the result. In Harris- burg the cause of quarrel is the same and QUAY'S friends are running PENNYPACK- ER’S appointee as an independent candidate for Judge against a man who sat in the convention last year and voted for ELKIN. The Democrats on the other hand are practically free from factional differences. There is no longer any division among them on carrency or any other question and they are both compact and energetic in resistance to the spoliation which bas looted the State as no commonwealth has ever been looted during the past half dozen years. vious necessity for a common defense against the corruptionists has obliterated every symptom of factionalism and. the army of Democrats is moving forward to what appears like certain victory in No- vember. Politics in Philadelphia. Political conditions have been changing so rapidly in Philadelphia, recently, that it is practically impossible to keep the run of them. Little more than ten days ago it was generally believed that the Governor had solved the judicial problem by appoint- ing Mr. BISPHAM, a distinguished Repub- lican lawyer, to succeed the late Judge Me- CARTHY on the common pleas bench. That incident spread consternation among the Republican managers and the bogus nomination which they had previously be- stowed on a young fellow named VoN Mos- CHZISKER was revoked and a convention called to give his nomination the stamp o regularity. Subsequently the friends of the Governor were frightened ont of their wits by the declination of his appointee. Meantime the Governor was quietly pur- suing the even tenor of his way collecting relics and curios at his Schwenksville home. To newspaper correspondents who were sent to ‘‘pump him’’ he was as silent as a sphynx and the suspicion got ont that be ‘had something up his sleeve,” which multiplied the troubles of the machine. On Monday last the something referred to was disclosed. It was the fact that imme- diately on appointment His Excellency had the commission of Mr. BISPHAM issued and a record of the operation filed in the prop- er department. Under the circumstances a declination won’t do. He must resign formally and it is believed that when he learns the true state of affairs he will de- cline to do that. The machine will nominate VON MosCH- ZISKER, of course, and his name will be put on the regular ticket but not in a quiet way in which it was intended that should be done. People will wonder why the plans of the machine were altered so sud- denly and they will talk about the affair until it ie thoroughly and generally known and after that there is no telling how they will vote. It isan anomalous position in- to which the managers have gotten them- selves and what the result will be can only be conjectured. It is certain that in any other community than Philadelphia the candidate thus surreptitionsly put in nomi- nation would be defeated and it is reasona- ble to believe that such will be the result even there. A Fish Hatchery Canard. During the fore part of the week some alarmists in town started the story that the fish hatchery at Pleasant Gap would have to be abandoned because water enough could not be secured to supply it. While the story was a fabrication on its face it was noised about until some of our people who had worked so hard to secure the hatchery were considerably worried over it. A moment’s thoughtful reflection should bave reassured them, for it could scarcely be possible that Fish Commission: er Meehan and the members of the state commission would come here and encour- age our people in making the outlay they did without first having satisfied them- selves that it was what they wanted. The Fish Commissioner would scarcely have made such a blunder as to say there was plenty of water without knowing whereof he spoke and the WATCHMAN is certainly not ready to credit a story that would thus acouse him of playing a haphazard game with an entire community. Supt. John P. Creveling, who is in charge of the work of construction, did actually find some difficulty in the eleva- tion of the springs that are to supply the hatchery. That is, it was feared that they were not high enough to give the proper flow of fresh water into the hatching beds, but that obstacle was soon overcome and the work is going on as nicely as it can. In Pittsburg the BIGELOWS The ob- BELLEFONTE, PA., AUGUST 21, 1908. _ Not a Good Proposition. : We cannot agree with Justice BREWER, of the United States Supreme court, that the right of appeal against verdiots of guilty in criminal cases ought to be abolished. The learned and able jurist advanced that idea the other day in discussing methods for minimizing if not completely stopping lynchings whioh are growing so disagreea- bly and dangerously frequent of late. The tardiness of judicial processes, he suggest- ed, is one of the causes for men inflamed with passion taking the law into their own hands, and that cause of complaint could be greatly diminished by the abolishment of appeals in criminal cases. Probably that is trae for it is certain that cutting off a man’s leg will cure a corn on the foot which has been severed from the body. But the remedy is altogether too drastic. It is better tosuffer with the corn than lose the foot and in about the same ratio it is preferable to have the lynchings continued than to have the side of civiliza- tion turned backward by the means which Justice BREWER suggests. The appeal in oriminal cases is one of the signs of progres- sive civilization. It is a liberalization of the judicial system and an amplification in practical form of the time honored principle. of law which gives the accused the benefit of every doubt. We believe that in most cases convic- tions in'criminal cases reflect the just esti- mate of the facts and evidence. But even. at that the accused is entitled to every opportunity to prove his innocence and the adoption of the rule which the learned jurist suggests would exclude him from that rational right. * Occasionally, even though the court is absolutely just and the ¢rial has been conducted with the greatest re- gard to propriety, an innocent man is con victed. Is it right that he should stay convioted even though he wasable to prove bis innocence in a second trial ? Most assuredly not and so far as we are conocern- ed we say bad as lynchings are they are pref- erable to such judicial assassination. «Remember that the last day on which you can register will be Frida?) Sep- tember 4th. ts Organ. FECES wT re in altogether $00. solicitous about issues for the Democratic party. That recent convert to QUAYISM which, like all renegades, is over-zealous in the service of the machine scarcely lets a day go by in which it fails to raise its voice in lamentation beeause the Demo- crats have nothing to contend for in futute political contests. But its deep concern is energy as well as sympathy wasted. The Democratic party is doing splendidly of late years and never approached a presiden- tial battle with greater reason for confidence than that which is almost in view. To compose the perturbed spirits of our esteemed Philadelphia contemporary, how- ever, we beg to assure the ‘‘Press’’ that the Democratic party has issues in plenty and of the very hottest variety. For exam- ple, in the pending contest the Press’ own estimate of Senator WILLIAM P. SNYDER, Republican scandidate for State Treasurer, before he was nominated will make all the issues thatare needed. It then said that no sell-respecting newspaper could support him and indicated pretty plainly that no man who believes in civil and religious liberty and a free and untrammeled press could vote for him. What better arguments could you want. That covers about every- thing and though the ‘‘Press’” has since stultified itself the record is still there. There is another fountain of issues to which we woald call the attention of the esteemed ‘‘Press.”’ . While the able editor of that paper was the official head of the Postoffice Department a lot of scandals developed which will} make issnes in abundance. He was the head of that group to which PERRY HEATH, secretary of the Republican National committee referred to when he said, ‘‘this isa new administra- tion and a new crowd and we will make our own precedents. in reply to a refusal of the cashier of the Washington postoffice to cash a bogus warrant for him. The war- rant was cashed and the cashier discharged and such things make She best kind ' of issues. -—The Milesburg band ves graciously gave the WATCHMAN office a serenade early Wednesday morning and while the musical editor was not in to enjoy it the devil said it was all right. For once we feel like standing for the devil's opinion because he certainly . made no mistake when he said ‘the Milesburg band is a good one.’’ ——The business men have had their fling. Now for the Odd Fellows, the Golden Eagles, the circus, the Grangers picnic and then—then—then the great Centre county fair. ——The ‘Iowa Idea’ has suddenly come to the conclusion that it would be a good thing to ‘‘stand pat.”’ ——Friday, September 4th, is the last day for registering voters. Remember this. | “I have been east and will re 145 Oyster Bay the other day, it was de- "NO. 33. Gorman’s Position on the Currerity. Democratic Leader Disposed to Call a Halt Upon 0b- * structionists Dampalgn of of Last Year. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — When' the United States Senate again plunges into the discussion of financial questions, Senator Arthur P. Gorman, leader of the Democracy in Congress, will not be found among those members of the minority making ‘1actious opposition: to remedial legislation. Indeed, it is altogether probable that be fore the extra session. convenes Senator Gor- man will call a conference of miniority leaders and urge them to ‘abandon the atti- tude of opposing anything and everything in the way of financial measures proposed by the majority party. The Senator was not altogether mn sym- pathy with the members of his party who talked to death the Aldrich bill last March. Neither is he in sympathy with what ap- pears to be the attitude of Senators Daniel, Teller and Money in the present agitation. Any aggressive action on the part of the Democrats to oppose legislation in embryo or to adopt obstructive tactics, as was done last winter, the Senator does not consider either statesmanship or politics, according to the statement of his friends. So far as he has been informed, the sub- committee considering , the. question bas made no: progress. On this: account, he thinks it unwise, especially for minority, members of the Finance Committee, to, be- gin or rather to renew obstructive tactics 80, early. The coterie of Democratic Senators who last winter killed the Aldrich bill will be urged by Senator Gorman a different attitude at the coming session if anything in the line of reason is offered by Senator Aldrich. They will be $old Sa ly that they must not be pus in she light of being obstructionists merely, unless they have something better to propose. Coming more to detail, Senator Gorman’s friends say that he will not oppose deposit- ing customs receiptsin national banks, and will, furthermore, not oppose a proposition for flexible currency that can. be e. to expand in time of necessity, provided i$ is not too radical. As to the use of State, county and railroad bonds as a basis of cir- oulation, Senator Gorman’s friends say they feel convinced that he would not aggee to such an expedient. : 3 TTT TITS iho! Hall's Campaign Plans. Didn’t Ask Chauncey 15% Black to Preside at State Convention. 4 “It is absurd,’ said Democratic State Chairman Hall, Monday at Harrisburg, when asked if he had called on ‘Chauncey F. Black, at York, to ask him to serve as ng state octivantion: Helgi Wy 1 Sg 5 chairman at the con Continuing, Mr. Hall said : few days and then go home. I have not been to see Mr. Black, nor do I intend to. It would be presumptuous on’ anybody’s part to offer to any one the chairmanship of the convention. Mr. Black is a regalar- | ly elected delegate, and doubtless would make a good chairman, but there will be no trouble about the election of a chair- man. ‘“The campaign this year will be as vig- orous as we can make it. We will en- deavor to strengthen the organization, make the majority in Democratic counties large and try to win back counties that are naturally Democratic, but which have been lost in late years by small majorities. The state committee has paid all of its bills, does not owe a cent and is in good shape. I expect a fair-sized convention for an off year, but T haven’s the least idea who will be placed on the ticket. Bertillonn Record to Mark Chinese. Coolies to Be ldentified at at Port of Entry and Other Regulations Are Prescribed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—A new set of Chinese regulations, prepared by Commis- sioner General of Immigration Sargent and approved by Secretary Cortelyou,of the De- partment of Commerce and Labor, which now has charge of the exclusion of Chinese, were made public to-day and are now ready for distribution. These rules designate what Chinese per- sons are permitted to land at ports of the United States, together with the parts at which Chinese other than Chinese diploma- tio and Consulor officers may land. Conditions are named to which every Chinese person seeking admission into the United States for the taking part in any fair or exhibition shall conform. Regulations governing the arrest and de- portation of Chinese unlawfully within the United States are included. Accompany- ing the regulations are laws and treaties relating to the exclusion of Chinese. Provision is made for a Bertillon record of all Chinese laborers arriving and depart- | ing at ports of entry. Conditions are pre- scribed to which every Chinese person claiming the right of transit through the United States to foreign territory must conform as a condition precedent to being allowed such privilege. Miles, Root and Roosevelt. From the New York World. Elihu Root graduated from college in 1864, when Nelson A. Miles' was leading his brigade in the ‘desperate battles of the Wilderness. He was not attracted by a military career, preferring to teach school. Afterward he went into law. Theodore Roosevelt at that time was in the nursery. Ina conference which Mr. Root, school teacher and lawyer, held with Mr. Roose- velt, amateur soldier and President, at cided that in view of the fact that the relations of General Miles with these great men had been ‘‘strained’’ since their recent debut in the military arena it would not be proper to mark his retirement by any recognition of the splendid services he had’ rendered to his country during the forty- two years of his soldier's career, in which he had won houvor in all the grades of the American army, from second lieutenant to Lieutenant General commanding. President Roosevelt could smash the mself to assume Spawls from the Keystone. —Slate om their men adedept monthly instead of semi-monthly pay days. —Mrs. James Pursell, of near Grovania, Columbia Sous, Somumitiod suicide by hanging, EE a —The Forestry Comision will place a stone tablet at Graffensburg in honor of : Thaddeus Stevens. —New York capitalists have purchased the Dunkelberger coal tracts near Treverton, and will put 500 men and boys at work there. —Because Miss Annie P. Kudel was struck over the eye by a stone thrown by 5-year-old Anthony Hany, at Rolavile, arbitrators awarded her $65. —John Roskosh was killed and three men were badly injured Saturday by the explod- ing of a steam main at the Edgar Thompson works at Connellsville, —The work of constructing the large Sweet Steel plant at Williamsport will be com- menced within the next few weeks. The six buildings composing the plant will cover a total area of 100, 000 square feet. . David Stuempfle, the largest contractor and one of the best known residents of Williamsport, and who had charge of the mason work in ‘building the P. and E. rail- road from Sunbury to Emporium, died Sun- day evening after a year’s illness. —John Wood, a Bedford county man, has been arrested for perjury and gave $500 bail for a court trial, Wood recently secured a license to marry a girl and two days later took out a license to, marry still another. The first victim had him arrested for swear- ing that she is 18 years old, knowing that she is only 14. : ‘~The , National Guard of Pennsylvania Saturday became subject to the call of the President of the United States, commander in chief of the army. The militia bill, pass- ed by Congress last January, becomes opera- tive on August 15th, although its provisions are already in forcd'in'this State under gen- eral orders issued nearly five months ago by Governor Pennypacker. ~—In the vicinity of Mackeyville during the past week eight sheep belonging to Alf Brown -and Clarence Long have been killed by dogs. The township auditors have ap- praised the loss. which will ‘be over $40 and the county commissioners will be : called on to. reimburse the owners. ‘One of the dogs was killed, but two more, a brown one and a spotted one, are still at large, although a close watch is being kept for them. —A ugly rattler made its appearance at the barn of H. D. Rossman, of near Farmers Mills, Tuesday of last week. As his 13 year old son was leading a horse out of the stall to water he heard a. rattle and discovered a rattlesnake in the act of ‘crawling from under the sill of the stable door. The boy called his father, who hastened to the spot, and dis- patched the snake. ' It was about five feet in length ‘and had 8 rattles, and was’ thick as his father’s wrist. —Fire of an unknown origin Sunday night totally destroyed the big building in which is ‘ground the clay at the new Harbison Walker plant, at Clearfield, and the loss will undoubtedly run up into the thousands. During the fire’ a train inside the stockade ignited, and before an engine could be sent >a in a number of cars. had been burned. A locomotive finally pulled the blazing train outside to safety, and a number of cars were. saved from destruction. —Major William B. Brown, Secretary of ‘the State Medical Council, at Harrisburg Thursday gave out the results of the recent examinations of applicants for licenses to practice medicine in Pennsylvania. Out of a class of 389 ‘‘regular,’’ or ‘‘old school,” applicants, 335 were passed, 51 failed to pass the examinations, 2 withdrew, and one was expelled for cheating. Of the sixty Homeo- pathic students, only two failed to pass, while each of the twelve Eclectic applicants passed. —A swindler, whose picture adorns the rogues’ galleries throughout the country, has been busy in some of our neighboring boroughs. Having obtained the subscrip- tion list of a high class art journal, he goes to a subscriber and gets a reference to a friend who is not a subscriber and in that way often obtains a subscription. He stays but a day or two in one place and may be identified by his having several fingers off of one hand. He has served a term in the penitentiary for a like offense. —Mertie Rayhorn was taken to the hos- pital Friday night to receive treatment for a bullet wound in her leg, which was received accidentally and in a singular manner says the Lock Haven Ezpress. Her husband Clarence Rayhorn bad purchased a revolver Friday and in the evening about 8 o'clock was showing his wife how to use the weapon. Mr. Rayhorn fired a shot into the ground and the bullet, striking a stone or some other hard substance, glanced and struck his wife on the leg below the knee. The bulletstruck the leg with such force that both bones were broken. —Orville Moore, of Bloemsburg, is the victim of an unusual misfortune. Several days ago he became afflicted with catarrh in the head and in the course of time the afflic- tion grew into a very sore gathering in his head near one of his ears. While in this con- dition the ear became the depository for the eggs of a fly. These hatched out and the larvae penetrated to the diseased part, caus- ing intense suffering. An operation was ac- cordingly performed and the vermin remov- ed, but Mr. Moore is still in a very critical condition, so much so that fears for his life are entertained. —A mile below Huntingdon, two negroes approached track inspector Elwood Murphy Friday night and struck him over the head three times with a bludgeon. Murphy is a one-arm man. The blows felled him to the ground, but with rare presence of mind he reached for his revolver as he fell, and the negroes decamped. Murphy fired a couple shots after them, but without effect. The man is in a critical condition at bis home in Huntingdon. Saturday evening two negroes approached Lawrence Livingston, another watchman, at nearly the same place, and asked him for the time. As he was about to answer the question one of the negroes shot Livingston in the arm. Quickly drawing his own revolver Livingston opened fire, but without effect. The ball passed through Livingston’sarm ; he is now at his home at Ardenheim. roprieties and the morals of the army by » umping his personal friend, Dr. Wood. i 2 ov
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