BY P. GRAY
INK SLINGS.
—The second, third and fourth entries
—Mr. CARNEGIE'S advice may not al-
ways be the best but his latest—"do not
hoard your millions"—is pretty certain
to be generally accepted by most of us.
—Uncle JoE CANNON is threatening to
break into the Democratic party. He
probably wants to get even for the beat-
ing he got the last time he ran for Con-
gress.
a Altoona Tribune has an idea
that that city “has a brilliant future be-
fore her.” Probably it is one of those
“far past futures” that a Boalsburg, Cen-
tre county, near-poetess once wrote
about.
—The Republican party in Pennsylva-
nia is back in the hands of its friends.
That is, if there is any party left to get
back. BiLL FLINN didn't have it long,
but what he did to it was good and
plenty.
—Did Jaco H. SCHIFF give SULZER
that $2500.00 without thought of polit-
ical reward or did he not? That is the
question that should be answered before
any weight is given his testimony before
the New York court of impeachment.
—After Dr. GRIM and brother SURFACE
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VOL. 58.
The Democratic Mephistophiles
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Hopeful and Certain Signs.
Much as it is to be regretted the tem- | The most dependable sign of approach-
porary arrest of the negotiations for fus- ing Democratic control in Pennsylvania
ion in Philadelphia, last Saturday even- | is revealed in the action of the Pennsyl-
ing, was not surprising. Those political | vania railroad with respect to its proper-
moles who have been undermining the ty held in defiance of the constitution.
Democratic organigation for a dozen The fundamental law of the State provides
years or more literally compelled a pro- in Article XVII, Section 5, that “no in-
test in some form, and the withdrawal corporated company doing the business
from the conference of the self-respecting ' of a common carrier shall, directly or in-
Democrats who have borne the burden directly, prosecute or engage in mining
of maintaining the party through a long | or manufacturing articles for transporta-
period af adversity, seemed the most tion over its works.” Notwithstanding
effective method of procedure. It ie to this unequivocal prohibition the Pennsyl-
be hoped that the negotiations will be yapia railroad has owned and operated
resumed and the purpose consummated oa) mines, iron and steel mills and oth-
in time to overthrow the Republican ma- er industrial enterprises in various sec-
chine in November but in that event no tions of the State.
credit will be due to the reorganizers.| Some days ago the investing public
They have done their best to defeat fu- | was astonished with a notice that the
sion. ' Pennsylvania was about to dispose of its
it had been planned by the Democratic | shares of the Cambria Iron company.
leaders of the city to unite all political | Subsequently information was given out
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
LLEFONTE. PA. JCTOBER 5,
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No Divided Allegiance This Year.
| The Republican State committee or-
ganized on Tuesday by the election of
State Senator WiLLiAM E. Crow, of Fay-
ette county, as chairman: CHARLES JOHN-
SON, of Montgomery county, as treasur-
er, and W. HARRY BAKER, of Harrisburg,
as secretary. There will be no division
ailegiance du:ing the year those gentle-
men hold down the jobs. Each of them
is an obedient follower of Senator PEN-
ROSE. All of them have been in the en-
joyment of the favor of the Senator for
years The attempt to embarrass the
managers of the meeting by projecting
elements favorable to good government
have finally decided who bred the para-
site that will destroy the San Jose scale
they might settle another question that
has worried certain scientists for quite a
time by telling us who struck BILLY PAT-
TERSON.
—Senator CROW is the new state chair-
man of the Republican party in Pennsyl-
vania. A chairman with such a name
ought to be right useful in victory or de-
feat. He could crow for the former and
furnish the crow to eat in times of ad-
versity.
—Enough has come to light recently
to make a blind man see the star of A.
MiTcHELL PALMER setting. Flowery ora-
tory gets the people going, but it takes
lots more brains and common sense to
keep them going that way than it does
to get them started.
in a solid body against the Republican
machine. With this purpose in view it
had been arranged that committees of
the Democratic and Washington party
organizations should come together and
by making an equitable division of the
offices to be filled create a formidable
force. But the hungry hucksters who
have been striving to destroy the Demo-
cratic organization demanded equal rep-
resentation in the conference and thus
retarded the work. Finally the Demo-
cratic leaders consented to put one of
the reorganizers on the ticket as a rep-
resentative of the Democrats upon agree-
ment that something like fairness should
be shown in the distribution of Federal
patronage thenceforward.
At this stage of the game Mr. A.
MiTcHELL PALMER insinuated himself
~The new tariff bill will probably be |;n., the affair and announced that the
that its stock in the Pennsylvania Steel
| company is for sale and still later the
! news was sent broadcast that the com-
pany is ready to dispose of all its Anthra-
cite coal properties. No reason was giv-
en in either case for this complete revo-
lution in the policy of a corporation
which has hitherto been able to do what
it pleased with administrations, Legisla-
tures and even the courts. But observ-
ant business men quickly conjectured
the reasons. You don’t have to tumble
a brick house down upon men of keen
intellect to convey a hint to them.
The alert officials in the management
of the Pennsylvania railroad have already
discerned the fact that Democracy is
coming into control of Pennsylvania, not
temporarily, this time, but enduringly.
That will mean the enforcement of the
laws against powerful corporations as
rigidly as against the most humble citi-
: he following reason:
the name of Cengressman GRIEST into t
the running failed signally. But it indi- ho imot in good i cn to demand. tha
cated the presence of “the fine Italian Tecom eaves Woy
hand” of Boss FLINN, of Pittsburgh. ran. for he Js the Bemocrac Ste
A meeting of the Republican State | to vote for the chief mea in iS Tffuted
committee is a rare occurrence and the program
proceeings of ths one on Tuesday was With utmost respect ox Mr, Pu
watched with curious interest by adher- cratic , who performed a heroic and
ents and opponents of the machine. | praiseworthy labor in cleansing their par-
, it is pertinent to point out that his
is an explicit avowal of the bar-
ter and saie of federal offices for votes.
Usually three or four friends of PEN-
ROSE meet in his office, determine upon
a course of action and “let it go at that.” [Jy jg a es of coercion or bribery
But the Senator is on his good behavior witich declares in he host Hive farms
now and as the law is rather exacting in t a mem
such matters, a meeting was held. It Srteliies iis freedom of acta, notwith-
wasn't much of a meeting but there were
nearly a hundred present and all except
seven of tham voted according to orders.
The seven will probably be reckoned with
later and they are likely to receive mes-
sages more painful than interesting. :
Senator Crow is a fairly capable gen-
tleman with “the courage of his iniqui-
ties.” During the last session of the Gen-
eral Assembly he was “the mouthpiece”
of the State administration on the floor
of the Senate and boldly assumed respon-
' sibility for machine legislation and ma-
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Palmer and his associates set themselves,
with professed high aims, to eradicate.
After making due allowance for ordina-
signed by the President before the close choice of the Democratic organization
of this week. Its effect upon the busi- |g, tne only Federal office yet to be filled
ness of the country remains to be seen should be cast aside and a personal fa-
but it is the first and most positive Step | yorite of PALMER'S substituted. This
Democracy has made in its general pur-| cporpcterigtic breach of faith made it
pose to legislate for the masses and the |, qgibje to continue the negotiations
classes, without favor or prejudice to one | on the basis originally contemplated. In
or the other. { other words the regular Democratic
——Representative DONOHOE, of Phila | |eaders arrived at the conclusion that it
delphia, threatens to appeal to the Presi- js impossible to continue relations with a
dent in relation to his dispute with A. ' group of men so perfidious that no re-
MITCHELL PALMER in respect to the dis- | lance coul ue placed upon their pledges
tribution of patronage. Representative or their honor. The only course open,
DONOHOE is among those who toadied {0 | therefore, was that adopted. The only
as the Democrats urged. Mr. JOHNSON
zen and the greatest of all the corpora. has been in office “so long that the mem-
tions is putting its house in order to ©fY of man runneth not to the contrary.
meet the change. Other corporations | He is atpresent Insurance Commissioner,
will follow promptly and by the time that | the fattest of all the easy jobs. W. HAR-
the Ides of November next year have RY BAKER has been basking in the sun-
marked the restoration of the Democrat. | shine of machine favor since he wore
ic party to power in Pennsylvania the “knee pants.” It will be a PENROSE or-
fundamental as well as the statutory ganization this year, beyond question.
laws of the State will be respected. :
Bit FOP has it that our friend,
‘Mr, PAT. GHERRITY, of the South ward,
—Ex-candidate for Congress, Mr.
Mr. PALMER until that gentleman came
to believe that all Pennsylvania patronage
peal to the President at this time would
rake much difference.
—M. POIRET, the French dressmaker,
who is displaying his own models in Phil-
adelphia this week, observes that “Amer-
can women are so well constructed that
they could wear anything.” He also tells
us that their dress is not “daring”
enough. Of course that is only the
Frenchman's idea, but we have a notion
that with no petticoats and a slit skirt
the American woman of ultra fashion is
dressed about as daringly as she dare.
—Congressman BAILEY, of Johnstown,
is just aching all over to get things back
to that kind of public “economy which
. befits a Democratic government.” He
might give the movement a pretty good
boost by beginning the job with a reduc-
tion of the amount he draws from the
public treasury for the services he ren-
ders the people. But then brother Bal-
LEY'S economy is like that of all the rest
of us, intended only for the other fellow,
and the kind that demands for himself
the “highest price for the least labor.”
—And still the Democracy of Centre
county has no chairman. What can it
expedient was to begin anew and leave
| the recreants out of the reckoning.
belonged to him and we doubt if an ap- |
~——Those "Republican club officials
| who imagine they see a subsidence of
ROOSEVELT sentiment in this State might
| get some valuable information by putting
mean, anyway? The campaign this fall
is unimportant, of course, but the matter
of keeping an organization alive and in-
formed is all important. The work of
building up the party ought to be in
progress now so that when the import.
ant campaign of next year comes on the
preliminaries will all have been attended
to and we can get into the contest with
an organization that won't have to spend
the most of its time in learning the sig-
nals and figuring out which end of the
enemy's liné the play is going through.
—Elsewhere on this page appears an
Ledger We are not particularly inter-
. tertained him 2s an honored guest in his |
ested in it because the WATCHMAN has |
known Mr. PALMER ever since he enter-
ed public life and has known what might
be expected of him. We publish the
editorial for the benefit of the Centre
Democrat and its trailer, the Centre Re-
porter. Every nice thing the Ledger had
to say of Mr. PALMER before it diagnos-
ed his case properly these two papers
have set before you in support of their
claim that PALMER is THE only man liv-
their ears to the ground when the Col-
onel comes into the State to “rally his
forces.”
Sulzer and Palmer.
The news from Albany indicates that
James A. GLeEasoN, of DuBois, was a
brief visitor in town on Monday, but re-
stricted as his time was, it was sufficient-
ly long, however, for him to let those
{ with whom he conversed understand that
his faith in the good intentions and loud-
ly vaunted purposes of the leading re-
organizers of the State, of which he was
one, is not nearly so unlimited as i: was
twelve months ago. Mr. GLEASON is one
j of that bunch who hasn't got a place
| yet, and from the way he talked and the
\ intonation of his usually melodious voice,
| he is not so confounded sure that the rest
of them care whether he gets one or not.
is arranging his matters to accept the
position of revenue collector, now held
' by Mr. WASHINGTON REESE, of this place.
7 human ncy between profes-
on and conduct, it must be admitted by
Mr. Palmer's supporters that he exhibits
reform in a sorry plight.
Farmers and Packers.
From the New York World.
In sounding once more the alarm over
the growing shortage of cattle, the meat
packers’ convention appeals to the small
farmers to save the country from threat-
ened famine. “Despite the
prices,” it says, “for live pls BL
statistics show that the farmers not only
are not increasing their production of
meat-food amimals, but that such pro-
Underwood Bill Through the House.
the defense of Governor SULZER, in the
Court of Impeachment now in session,
will be a sort of “confession and avoid-| The conference committee’s report on
ance.” That is to say the Governor will | the UNDERWOOD tariff bill was adopted
practically admit the personal use or by the house of Representatives in Wash- |
misuse of funds contributed todefray the | ington on Tuesday evening by substan.
expenses of his campaign, but at that, he | tially a party vote. Three Democratic
is probably no worse than some of his | members from Louisiana and Represen-
accusers. Probably he isn't as bad as | tative DONOHOE of Philadelphia voted
some of them but that is a mighty poor against the measure and about as many
defense. He accepted money before and | Republicans and Progressives voted in
after his election, from men who expect- | the affirmative. The House conferees
ed favors from him after his induction | yielded to the Senate in most cases of
into office and that was a moral misfea- | difference and upon the question of tax-
sance which nothing some one else has | ing sales of cotton futures there was no
doa can justify. | agreement.
The character of Mr. MurPHY has | In the closing debate Speaker CLARK
nothing to do with the guilt or inno- | stated that the measure as completed is
cence of WILLIAM SuULZER. Even the | the lowest tariff bill that has been enact-
causes which influenced the beginning of | ed since that of 1848. But it promises to
the proceedings to impeach the Govern. afford ample revenue and that is the es-
or are irrelevant. CHARLES F. MURPHY | sential matter. What is lost on sugar
may be the most atrocious character in and other necessaries of life is recom-
the public life of the country. But that pensed for through the income tax pro-
is neither here nor there, in the matter vision and thus for the first time since
of determining SULZER'S guilt or inno- the repeal of the tariff of 1848 the bur-
cence. Previous to 1910 Mr. MURPHY den of the cost of government is put upon
was morally as culpable as he is now. wealth rather than poverty. In other’
Yet on his way home from the Denver words the tax is levied upon those able
convention WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN en- to pay. .
We do not expect an immediate de-
home near Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. crease in the cost of living on account of
MURPHY was good for the time being be- | the passage of this act but it is safe to
cause he had supported Mr. BRYAN in | guarantee that there will be no industrial
the convention which had just closed. paralysis on account of it either. It will
Mr. SuLzer solicited the support of require some time to get the machinery
Mr. MURPHY both for his nomination in motion but when that is done the
and election, just as Mr. A. MITCHELL promised reduction in prices will be
PALMER begged “BILLY” BRENNEN, of | perceptible and the wage earners will be
Pittsburgh, to help him in his aspiration the gainers in consequence. That is
in 1909. After Mr. SULzER had “made there will be no diminution in the pur-
his calling and election sure,” he under- chasing power of a day's labor while
took to destroy MURPHY as PALMER has there is a likelihood that it will be mate-
since been endeavoring to crush BREN- | rially increased.
NEN. This coincidence doesn't make
MURPHY or BRENNEN better but it makes
SuLzeR and PALMER worse for the rea.
—|t doesn’t matter very much to
duction is decreasing at an appalling
rate.”
The big cattle ranches of the west
have almost disappeared, the south is
wedded to cotton and neglects corn, and
The same authority assures us that he
has the promise of the appointment from
both Mr. ZErpy and Mr. KURTZ, and
| which is to be given him because of his the average farme +
| efforts for the former in the recent con- | east, Yoras upon pay Jy Se
| test for State Committeeman. Whether | from the point of view of milk and but-
| Mr. GHERRITY accomplished much or | ter and quick returns. These conditions
I 3 | are making it more and more difficult
i little for Mr. ZERBY should have no bear- | every year for the packers to meet the
ing on this appointment. His work for | demand for which they have so zealous
| the party heretofore entitles him to its ly labored to create.
recognition and the fact that he would | Twenty-five years ago Chicago beef
| make a careful and worthy official should Nab SuEariod dom . fous:
| be commendation sufficient to secure him | own slaughter house. Local butchers
| the position. If he hasthe written rec. | drew upon the surrounding country for
| ommendation of the individuals who are | their supply of meat-food animals. Now
every way-station deals with the agent
said to have promised him the place, he | o¢ hacking concern and the local butch-
has that much certain, but if he has only | er buys dressed beef, not live cattle.
“their word for it,” it would be well for | Not only did the refrigerator car and
him to hang onto the job he is now fill- | the concentration of business in the
ing until the signs are a little more pro- | packers’ hands Change the butcher's
14 : ! trade methods; it helped largely to drive
| pitious, or more tangible evidence turns | the small farmer out of cattle-raising.
up. Be the conditions as they may, the | The conditions that the packers now
| WATCHMAN would be glad to see Mr. Want to see restored among small farm-
GHERRITY'S expectations realized, and | > they are chiefly ble for de-
. If the small farmer returns to
| hopes that they will not be blasted as Br animals for food, it will not
| were those of Mr. KIMPORT.
be from a sense of patriotic duty, in
rt answer to the Beef trust's invitation, but
i —The late frosts last spring played solely under the attraction of high prices
: some queer pranks. This can be plainly | 4
and handsome profits.
seen as one journeys down Nittany val- | People May Furnish Tammany's Job.
ley. In some orchards the apple trees ————
are heavily laden with fruit and on the | Despite the apparently hostile attitude
adjoining farm, perhaps with only one | of the impeachment court which is hear-
field intervening will be an orchard in 10g ac Sccutations Made gains Sovertor
i { s a m
which there is not a bushel of apples, in New York, which finds rather
all the fruit having been killed by the | gxnyecti MMe WEY oO ers of that
' frosts last spring. Onthe whole the apple | State, that its ultimate verdict will be
crop is a better one than anticipated a official.
few months ago.
A ——
too much upon his deputy.
blames that functionary for the deficit of
$19,497 in his accounts but he will have |
to pay the penalty himself, having been
convicted of embezzlement. | to keep him company. Even the friends
| of Sulzer might with comp
S—— lacency accept
—It begins to look as if the attempt , the sacrifice of their leader if it will ac-
to get up a war between China and Japan | complish this beneficent service.
would fail. The makers of war materials [sincerity of he impediment
and the builders of empires are meeting called that Mr. Sulzet is charged with of-
with hard luck. They can't even fool the fenses that are alleged to have been com-
fools any more. mitted before he assumed office. Tam-
finish the job and send
! ey oy, em
and Mrs. MACKEY continue to live their od wit.. ingratitude—with
lives apart there is no reason to appre- failing to deliver over the affairs of gov-
hend that their children will beeome : ernment into the control of Murphy and
| his cohorts—the unbiased public might
charges upon the public. take some stock in the proceedings. As
ing who is honorable and fair enough to
lead the Democratic party. We call at.
tention to the Ledger's editorial fearing
that the papers above referred to might
have reasons for forgetting to publish
this one.
' son that it supplements hypocrisy with
' perfidy. SULZER is the living example of
‘a species of humanity that prospers on
treachery and PALMER is a more polished
type of the same genus. ;
woke
the general public which of two claim-
ants discovered the parasite that destroys
the San Jose scale. All the people want
is assurance that the parasite will achieve
the results and in that event “there will
' be enough glory to go around.”
SEE
—Those gentlemen who have been
in the habit of hiding behind their wives’
petticoats will probably suffer most from
the recent change in female fashions. jv triumph.
———
~The best Job Work done here.
the matter stands, they see a very bold
_ and defiant attempt on the part of a po-
' litical faction to punish a backslider, and
they sincerely hope that the backslider
| ~———Have your Job Work done here.
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Mr. Hanford, of Jersey Shore, marketed
eleven boxes of strawberries at 20 cents last
week. They were his second crop.
—Mrs. Thomas Davidson helped her husband
to strop the razor with which he tried to cut her
throat a little later at their apartments in Johns-
town.
=Only one death from contagious disease oc-
curred last week in Johnstown. There are but
forty-four cases in the city, seventeen of
diphtheria being the highest number. Pretty
good for Johnstown.
=It cost Harry Roberts $27.25 to kill a pheasant
near Johnstown. Two companions escaped
when the game warden came that way, but
Roberts, whose shot killed the bird, was not
quick enough to make his getaway.
~The Patton Fire company has begun a
campeign for a municipal building. The com-
pany has a lot valued at §1.000 and wants the
borough to putup a $10,000 building. Citizens
are being asked to express their sentiments.
~Lycoming county has ordered a recount of
the councilmanic ballots in two wards and elec-
tion officers in another ward are about to ask a
recount on coroner and school director. These
recounts are likely to affect the nominations.
~Harry Newman, of Philipsburg, finds himself
rather unexpectedly in the bee business. A
swarm had found its way through a knot hole in
his house and the work of honey making goes
merrily on between weather boarding and plas-
~Playing “hookey’’ from school ended in dis-
aster for Steve Sipus, aged 12, at Clymer. He
rode on the express wagon to the station, started
to cross the tracks, tripped and was caught be-
tween a car and bumping block. Death was in-
stantaneous.
—Columbia claims the record of being the
largest town in the State with but orf police
man. Samuel Campbell bears the title of “chief,”
but he is really the whole ferce and so well has
he kept the order of the town that he has not
needed assistance.
—C. A. Zong, of Juniata township, Perry
county, had his face literally punctured by a
mule a few days ago. A physician inserted silver
tubes in his nose so that he could breathe, then
kneaded the bones and flesh into position and he
is likely to recover.
~About a dozen pupils of the Somerset school,
Johnstown, were overcome by chloroform hand-
ed around by one of the boys, who is thought to
have been ignorant of its effects. It was poured
on the girls’ handkerchiefs and they sniffed it
until the mischief was done.
—Ruth Williams, aged 3 years, is dead at her
home in Wilkes-Barre. She ate paris green
some time ago and a stomach pump saved her
life. More recently she had diphtheria and was
saved by anti-toxin. Her death was caused by
burns she received while playing with matches.
~Seventeen cases of typhoid fever are reported
in Renovo, eight of which are being treated in
the hospital. The disease is supposed to have
been caused by the milk supply shipped into
that place from points east. The State authori-
ties were notified and will make the proper in-
vestigation.
—Senior and junior class fights at the Indiana
State Normal school were the worst in the his-
tory of the institution. The seniors put hand-
cuffs on one junior and two seniors were lured
into the lockup. It was an all night rumpus con-
tinuing farinto the day. One junior is painted
green and orange.
~—Arrangements are progressing nicely for the
fourth annual exhibition of the Elk county
poultry and pet stock association's show which
will be held in the armory at that place on No-
vember 18,19,20 and 21. Entries close on No-
vember 13. There are several valuable cups to
be awarded to the winning birds.
—William M. Lloyd, of Columbia county,
formerly treasurer of Northumberland county,
who, with his deputy, Mark L. Swab, of Sun-
bury, was charged with misappropriating coun-
ty funds amounting to $19,947.38, was found
guilty after midnight Saturday by a jury which
deliberated six hours. The deputy's trial has
been continued. .
—Rev. J. H. Keller, of Philipsburg, saved the
flock of chickens belonging to his next door
neighbor, Mrs. Alice Dawson, a few nights ago.
He heard the thieves, jumped out of bed and
shot in the dark. Two men fled and while the
preacher was reloading, they made good their
escape. The chickens were outside the coop,
but none was missing.
—Excavation on the site of u brick house
destroyed by the flood of 1889 at Johnstown,
revealed a sewing machine upright, with
thread intact. but when workmen touched it
it crumbled. Dishes and other articles of per-
sonal property were found also and the Italian
workmen were excited by a rumor that $1,000
had been in the house when it was leveled by the
rushing waters.
—Rutherford Weaver and Roy Barnhart, of
Paint Borough, have confessed that they fired
the shot that caused the death of Mike Whitaker,
a little Slovak boy who was watching his fath-
er's cow while the other boys were shooting at
birds with a Flobert rifle. The boys, who are
12 years old, kept their secret as long as they
could and every one is convinced that the shoot-
ing was an accident.
~That Lewistown will have a large shoe fac-
tory added to its industries is now almost an
assured fact, according to the statement of E. C.
Hall, who is registered at the St. Charles hotel,
representing Pittsburgh interests. Mr. Hall is
looking for a site for a factory that will employ
about 400 persons in the manufacture of shoes
and has already secured an option on the North
American tannery buildings, which have been
idle for the past fifteen years.
—James H. Maxwell died on Sunday night
at the Cottage hospital, Philipsburg, and four
others were slightly injured as a result of an auto
accident near Hawk Run. Other occupants of
the car were Andrew Braid, David Lloyd, Fred
Williams and Joseph Maxwell. The car in which
they were riding turned turtle, throwing Max-
well in such a way that he sustained a fractured
skull, nose and jaw and lost one eye. He was
admitted to the hospital. The other four men
had minor injuries dressed and left for their
—Hans Reidle, of Orviston, employed on the
construction train of the N. Y. C. railroad, was
instantly killed near that place Saturday evening
about 9.30 o'clock, by being struck by a freight
train. He was terribly mangled, his head and
both feet having been cut off. From some of the
evidence adduced at the coroners inquest, it was
thought that he deliberately laid on the track.
However the coroner's jury returned a verdict
of accidental death. The young man was aged
about 25 years and was unmarried. The re-
mains were taken to Blanchard for burial.
—While Samuel Lambert, his wife and several
children, of Lancaster county, were at work
harvesting tobacco their house was robbed of
of it. EHen Seinerling, 10 years old, a neighbor,
offered one of the stolen watches for saie, and she
was taken into custody. She confessed that she
was the thief, and with the constable went to
places where she had hidden the money, and all
was recovered but $140. The girl forgot where
she had placed that. She is still in custody,
try-
ing her best to remember where she buried the
missing $140.
.