BeavetMu^Uaitkai ~ ' . PUBLISHED EVERY 'FRIDAY. .TERMB^^pQIX A R 8 PER ANNUM IX ADVANCE. ' : ' VOLUME V. Railroad?. Pittsburgh, ft. wayne and CHICAGO RAILWAY.—On and after June trains will leave stations as follows: - TRAINS going west. MAIL. KXPB'al C^ur^r.. 1.45 am 6.00am1 9.10 am 1.30 PM S vhSwr. ... 2-50 7.28 10.33 J i 2.38 Kce .... 5.10 10.40 ! 13.60 PM 5.08 e - 51 I’ ool * 3 - W 7 *°° &eld ■■;.... 8.55 3.18 , 5.09 9.11 Maasiiua f 400 540 o>4o Crestline fo e #4O 5.50 am 6.00 H.SC ... 11.05 7.33 7.55 11.15 f or V 12.08 pm 9.00 9.15 12.17 AM. vn- Wayne'.’.'.. 2-20 |11.50 11.60 3.35/ „ n 7h 4.43 2.35 pm 2.55 am 5.05 750 U. 30 6.50 rsopm —trains going east. —,T AT .|, )N 4. MAIL BSPB’S.JtXPB’B. EZPB'B rrr<,n ” 5.15 am 9.30 am 5.80 pm 9.20 pm £i.-±nb. 9.15 12.02?* 8.55 lioa* P ; ®ffayne.... 12.01 pm | 2.00 11.15 400 * - 2-45 I 4.07 I.lBam 6.40 4.00 I 5.03 2.27 8.10 fV ' LV "/at 5.35 j B.? 0 4.05 10.10 Crestline ■■r De g.OOam! 6.30 4.15 10 30am mm-Seld 640 j 7.19 4.43 11.00 . 9.16 9.20 6.37 I.OOPM u.uo 1 10.55 8.05 225 ... 3.43 pm! 10.40 4.53 ... 4.00 I 2.20 11.45 AM 6.00 P, R. MYKRS, General Passenger and Tlcaet Agent. 7uEVELAND & PITTSBURGH R. R. \J On and after June 29, 1878, trains will leave daily. (Sundays excepted) as follows; —" GOING SOUTII-MAIN LINS. STATIONS. EXFB’S. MAIL. XXPB’S. ACCOM rTw' and i B.Boam 1.55 p« 4.05 pm H-soo I 9.41 5.02 5.23 Hrcna 110.13 5.33 5.53 A.W- U. 05 6.12 6.40 Bavard 11.39 6.41 nv .vide I.IOPM 8.00 p : . : 7hur-li 3-40 10.30" GOING NORTH—MAIN LINE. "“stations. EXPB’fl. I MAIL. EXPS’S. j ACCOM. p . ;-6.30am 1 1.15 PM y; -v.i.c ■ ; 8.40 (3.10 .... : 10.25 i 4.30 A ! vco : 11.00 | 4.53 7.25a* Pj.vEDa ; 12.08 pm 5.53. 8.15 H;d-on .12.41 6.22 9.05 CeveUnd i 1-55 | 7.30 10.25 “ GOING - EAST—RIVER DIVISION. STATIONS. ACCOM. MAIL. . EXPB’S. | ACCOM Bj'.iair 5.43 am 10.50 am I 5.40 pm Br; i.vpor; 5.53 j 11.00 | 5.50 Meu >jcvi!ie.... 0.57 ,12 07PMI 6.50 Wtilsvillc v ) 3.00 1.05 . 7.53 Eo:ne f :er 5 9.30 . 2.85 j 9,25 . Pittsburgh ( 10 40 , 3.40 1 10,30 ?1 ' I GOINGWEST—RIVER DIVISION. STATIONS. j ACCOM i MAIL. EXPE’S. ACCOM II P:::iV;r?h | 6.30 am 1.15 pm 4.50 pm Rochester. .... 7.40 2.20 6.05 'KOvule.. >. 8.40 - 8.10 7.15 Steubenville 9.50 4.20 8.39 PrlfoTort...... 11.00 , 5.25 9.45. U.IO 5.40 10.00 - TL'SC. -RAWAS BRANCH Arrives 00 pm I Bayard, 9.45 am * 4 00pm p. m. 1 N. Phila. 8.00 *7.30 p m F. R. General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Leaves N PV..i *■ 4*>am i 1 Ba;, irUi 1U i j.Oi PENNSYLVANIA R. R. ' -A!:er December 22d, IST2, Trains will arrive ipi depart as follows: I. EoTivard, j WE9TWABD. a-ronj'ti Trams; Leaved Through Trains Arrive I: on Depot: . Union Depot. Ev .>'2:3o a m.Mail Train, 1:05 a m J-i. .:j:h, £43 a m Fast Line. I:3sam <. - -■) Ex 13 30 p m Pittsburgh Ex. 8.00 a m ■t Ex. l;lu p m Cincinnati Ex. 8:40 a m 1 Tii Ex. 3:30 p m Southern Ex. 13:40 p m r i-‘. i.-:w. m Pacific Expr’s, 1:10 p m Way Passenger, 9:50 p m 0:40 am local. Walls No I 6:30 aa 7-(r> a m Brinton Ac. Nol, 7;SO a m -No 3, 10:30 am! Wilkinsburg Ac ■N" i. 11:43 am Nol 8:20 a m v ■; Ac Walls No 2, 9:10 a m \ 2:40 p m Johnstown AC. 10 10 am ' N 1 *• T*ip m Walls No 3, 1:45 p m Ac. 4;ou p m Walls No 4 3:20 pm : ’. Accora- Wilkinsburg Ac aNnl. 450 pm No 2 4.45 pm Ac, No 2 3:40 p m Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m 0:13 p m Brinton No 2, 6:50 p m 2o p tu Brinton Ac. No 3 7:25 p m .:03p m Brinton Ac No 4 11:10pm ’ Express. Cincinnati Express, Fast Line • on Ac. No. 3 leave daily. Express daily, except Monday. ' "r i rains daily, exccntSunday. Expre-s leaves Pittsburgh at 2:50 a m ar- - ! risburg at 11:40 am; Philadelphia 3:30 0 : :more 3:‘KJ p m; Washington 5:40 pm. 1 ■:.; 0:34 pm. Express leaves Pittsburgh at 12.20 p m; - ii 10.20 p m; Philadelphia 2.30 a a; i a >i.;n m . 1 : o ; Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p ' i: Harrisburg 10:45 p m; Philadelphia 2:50 more 2:13 a ru; Washingtons:ooa m. New ■i m. :.ocal • N'> 1, - Ac A \ >", AI- No'] <(; A No.tj 11 ;ihia Express leaves Pittsburgh at 5:20 p -a; Harrisburg 2:55 a m; Philadelphia (5:55 LirkViiitan. :ic : e-ivc> Pittsburgh at 8:50pm; arrives at -•>:Jsam; Philadelphia 0:50 a ra; Baltl • :u; Washington 11:30 a m; New York ; ■■■:ch Train# leave Wall's Station every ‘ ; : ‘ ;i ni. reaching Pittsburgh at 10:00am. - -va\e Pittsburgh at 12:3!)p m, and arrive ■ at I:sb p m. Leave Pittsburgh ■ ihan:eu'# Ii):3o p m. ‘ ‘l* EET OFFICE—For the convenience : oi Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania 'bupany have opened a city ticket office :i’ii avenue corner of Smithfleld street, 1 Tickets. Commutation Tickets ■ ibkets topriiicipal stations can be par •a> hour oi the day or evening at the are charged at the depot. - '>e checked through to destinaliou ■ u.d re.-ldences by Excelsior Baggage ; ” oi, orderslelt at the office. in format ioa apply to P D. M. BOYD. Jr.. t-vinl Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. valley railroad «Aer Monday. July 21tth. 1573. Three iuaus daily, except Sunday, will leave ' ■a Pittsburgh, city time, for Franklin, and all points in the Oil Regions, ■ eru and Central Now York. Kvp:e-s i ■ 0 ’Pas Ac ‘•end Ac.. 'Ac Ac, • *'!UKi:i i leavei? rUtsbnrsrh every ’ ■ -i" am. arrivin': at Parker at 12.1 S am. leave- Parker at 4 uO p 12, and arrives at ■ * 2* j< in. ' r i o and from Soda Works (Sunday) 1 ’•it?t>i;r"li at P’.lO a ni, and leaves at -*• LAWRENCE. 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Public Report*—Valuable Documents —Smitbsonlan Report—General Ea ton’s Report on Education—Frank lin Steele and How He Hade 9300,000 —Competitive Examinations of Pos tal Clerks. Correspondence of the Radical. ! Washington, D. C., July 28, 1873. Though we are accustomed to nothing but slurs on the official documents issued by. the government many of them are really valuable. Tne cause for the low estimate placed upon their value may be traced to the indiscreet manner in which they have heretofore been distributed. Patent Office Reports are worthless to formers or merchants, but to machinists and inventors they are of great value. Agricultural Reportsare of to ministers or mechaorcs, bat to intelli gent farmers their value cannot well be over estimated. Diplomatic correspond ence may be foolishness to a builder or a laborer, but the lawyer appreciates its worth. And so it is with the other works coming from the government presses. It is to be hoped, now that we have got rid of the franking privilege, that we will have these documents dis tributed only among the classes that are able to appreciate them. Two of the reports issued by the government, one now ready and the other soon to be, are especially worthy of mention. The first, already out, is the Smithsonian Report for 1871, one of the best that has ever been issued. To the individual without any scientific ed ucation whatever this book is utterly valueless. To such a person it would be worth as much were it printed in the Chinese language. But to persons who have given attention to the sciences, either special or general, this report will be tound to be as interesting as most of the books for which we pay large prices. It is certainly worth all it costs, which is nothing but the postage, about twenty cents. To the student of mathematics who has advanced to the higher methods of generalization one article on "A new method of interpolation” will repay the trouble and expense of sending for the book. A “memoir of Sir John William * Frederick Herschei” and a ‘‘biography of Joseph Fourier" will prove to be highly entertaining reading matter for those who know anything concerning the scientific researches of either of these great scholars. A review of “Thomas Graham’s new scientific work” cannot fail to interest thousands of people. A paper “on the relation of the physical sciences to science in general/’ is one of the best articles ever published on this subject. A paper ou “recent researches on the seculiar variations of the planeta ry orbits” will be a source of delight to all persons having any knowledge of astronomy. In a word, the entire work is rbtflete with information highly valu able to students of science, and such people are to be found in every country village. There is no apology necessary from me for this nut ice of this report. Knowing that every community con tains men and women wh) are interest ed in these subjects I feel justified in devoting considerable space to this book to which I have given some careful at tention. Tbe other work is the report of Gen eral Eaton, Commissioner n{X Education. It is now in the hands of the hinder and will be ready for distiibution in about BEAVER tea days. It is a book of 1018 pages and the postage on a single copy v is thirty cents. Here is a work that can be ob tained for the small sum of thirty bents and it is worth more than many books baying a ready sale at three or four dol lars. Indeed there is ho other book of the kind published. To teachers and others interested in education this work is almost indispensable. To the student of socialand political questions its yalne is inestimable. 1 have been permitted through the kindness of Dr. Warren chief clerk of the Bureau, to examine at some length the proof sheets, and am prepared to say that this report is a de cided improvement upon all its prede cessors. I must content myself with noticing one single feature, to-wit: the maps which it contains. Many of us have long been willing to acknowledge the fact that ah intelligent people is more capable than is an ignorant community of producing wealth and comforts. But no one can fully appreciate the force of the old maxim that “Knowledge is pow er” until he has laid side by side two maps found iu this report. One is a I map taken from the reports of the cen sus illustrating the wealth of the country. The other was prepared by the Bureau of Education to illustrate the illiteracy and intelligence of the country. Iu the first those sections possessing the great est amount of wealth are indicated by the deepest shade of yellow. In the sec ond those sections where the inhabitants are most illiterate are indicated by the darkest shade. Laying these maps eide\ by side and we find the darkest shade 1 running through the Sourtbern States and the deepest yellow covering the Northern and Eastern States. Here we have the most satisfactory proof of the faefrthat an intelligent people is better capable than an ignorant community of supplying its physical wants. Words could not possibly make this fact as clear as does these two little maps. Un surpassed in soil, climate and natural resources the South is far behind the North with its severe winters and barren, rocks. The South chose slavery. ranee, cap dom. intelligence necessarily came with freer dom. Then followed wealth.. ■* Every teacher in the country ought to have a copy of this work. No-col lege, academy, high school or common school shouli he without it. Indeed it would be well if every family could have a copy. And as to editors—why an editor might as well think of getting along without a copy of the Constitution, or of the Bible, nr of the American Cy clopedia, as without the Report of the Commissioner of Education. In the spring of 1857 one Franklin Steele, then engaged in running the ferry at Fort Snelling, made arrange ments to buy the whole of that reserva tion, consisting of 7,300 acres for the sum of $90,000; $30,000 down, the balance in from two to three years’ time. This was under the administration of John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, who must have known that no title could be given Steele upon such tenps. At the next session of Congress the attention of the House was called to the matter and a committee appointed to investigate the terms of the sale. It was then found that the year before Steele had offered $llO,OOO for the tract and that, including the buildings, the value of the whole property could not be less than $500,000. Upbn receiving their report the House passed resolutions to the effect that the management of the sale by the agents of the Secretary of War was injudicious; that the terms of the sale were disap proved, and that the evidence taken should be “transferred to the Secretary to the end that, in conjunction with the Attorney General, he may adopt such measures in respect of the sale as they shall be of opinion the public interests require.” Notwithstanding all this Floyd proceeded to carry out the bargain, and on the oth of July 1858, issued an- order transferring the‘property to Steele, al thouch but $30,000 had yet been paid. At the outbreak of the war Steele per ceived a fine opportunity for a specula tion and immediately went to work to get Fort Snelling appointed a rendezv ous for troops. April 27 1881, an order was issued commanding State militia to rendezvous there, -but that was not enough. No stone was left unturned, until in January, 1801, an order was is- sued from tile War Department desig nating Port SnelUog as the place of ren dezvous for State militia and volunteers. This was just what was wanted, for Mr. Steele was not only in receipt of a large income from the ferry, but wa? furnished with a pretext lor bringing in a nice lit- tent when the proper time; 'he bill waaj presented in Janua ry. if" >nd amounted to no less a sum tfaafr' i.OOO after deducting the unpaid j J purchase jmoney. $OO,OOO. The allowed tb® bill after reserv iog lhousand acres immediately arouodpte fort. Since then Mr. Steele has hall of the remaining prop erly thus making a clear three jtmndred thousand dol arB.i Jmgttlarly appropriate name is It uolf only mistake being in the spel linfp'-l of postal clerks being so very m the duties of clerks in the a different system of com* iinations has been establish ing is peculiar and its novelty me in giving a brief descrip* its mafle. h of the present month a .xamiuatioQ was held ajt the epariment to fill a vacancy ilerkdhip oq the cars be tweealtjhiscity and Weldon, N. C. A smalf (ijker case comprising numerous pigeonholes was placed on a stand. Eachp&eon hole was labeled with the route* or office. The competi tors one at a time, before this qrnished with 2,014 cards ad dreased-aia mailed letters intended (or de- section of the South, and instritet& to distribute them to their projperpigeon holea. There Jwere three computers. After each had finished ttaUasklhe cards were taken from the to see if there were anjrertpjH in distributing. One of the candidaleamade but two errors; another and! the other a hundred The candidate who made but Itfajerrora was appointed. A iskept of the efficiency of all ks throughout the country and all err? \de by them are noted. A re port ' \de a few days since relating ho t! clerks employed on traf eleven of the Western record of his e; THE RAILROAD ROBBERY. A Band of Masked Robbers Dltcb a Rail war Train and Rob the Express Gar. DbsMoine3, July 23d.'—As yet, the most contradictory statements are afloat concerning the wrecking and robbing of the express train on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; Monday night, three miles west of Adiir. The train left Council Bluffs at five o’clock with four coaches and two sleepers, the rear car being filled with a company of aristocratic Chinese on their way tc New England colleges. There were also two baggage express cars in which was the California mail and express matter, con sisting, in short, of nearly $2,000 in the express safe, and some bullion, the precise amount is not stated. When about sixty five miles west of this city, at about half past eight-o’clock, at a sharp curve in the road, and an isolated spot, with no house for several miles in any direction, the train moving about twenty-five miles an hour, the engineer, John Rafferty, sud denly saw one rail move from its place about sixty feet ahead of the engine, when he instantly reversed his engine and applied the air brake, and while in the act of doing it the bullets came pelt ing Into the engine like hai I. The engine ran into the bank and turned over, throwing out the engineer, John Rafferty, and the fireman, the former falling on the latter, dead. It is supposed that he was killed by concussion, as noi bullet wounds were foand on his body. The fireman escaped unhurt. The train being very heavy ran about one hundred feet and stopped. The en gine ran into the bank and turned over, and the two baggage cars doubled up and were badly smashed. As soon as the train stopped sis largf, athletic masked men appeared at the express car in which were William Smith, Superintendent Royce, the express messenger, John Bur gess, and three other persons, and com menced firing rapidly. Wm. A. Smith, the conductor, made the following statement before the coro ner’s jury : I was thrown under the seal in front of me; don’t temlember which side of the car I got out on;, but know that I reached the engine on the north side ; I went for ward to see whb was hurt { the first per son I met was one of masked men near the baggage car door, who pointed a revolver in each hand toward me and told me to get back, firing at me at the 1.1873. he Tcmtorles, show, letters distributed, .here ' ere less same time; fhacked down as far as the sleeping coach before I felt I was out of bis way; there I me| Dennis Folly, the fireman; he said, '‘Billy, Jack is dead.” I then went to the sleeping car at the rear, still trying to get a revolver, urging the passengers to keep quiet, as these men were robbing the express car. I went out of the ladies* car up to the bank, and thence to the engine. Two balls passed through my clothing while I was on the bank. These shots came from the south side of the train. I did not see a man on the south side then ; did not see or hear anything more of the masked men. After the passengers had got quiet, I went forward to investigate the cause of the wreck. At the bind truck of the smoking car I found a fish-plate bad been removed from the rail on the north side; a rope and strap were tied in the bolt holes of the disconnected rail at the west end and a rope passed under the south rail across the diich and up on the bank; a piece of a rope was also found on the bank, which seemed to have been broken from the other. The hind trucks of the smoking car were still on the track. We bad been running eighteen or twenty miles an hour. The scene is described by the passen gers as being terrible beyond description. They bad a horror of being murdered, and in the confusion feared that the robbers were of their own number, having taken passage for that purpose. This view of the matter is the subject of universal com ment. It is thought the robbers had con federates on the train. MODERN GLADIATORS. neidahoo Defeats site Canadian Cope land—Graphic Description of aGrea t Wrestling Katcfcu Tboy, July S 3 - —'File great i aternation • al wreatUag match between John McMa bon, champion of America, and Thomas A. Copeland, champion of Canada, was decided at this place last night. McMa hon was victorious. The match resulted from a challenge issued by McMahon to wrestle any man In the world for $3,000 a side, Copeland, a representative of Can - la, accepted the challenge and the par 'one and |lgn. $l,OOO and e championship Four hundred dollars a side was posted. When the match was made it was mutu ally agreed that the contest should take place at Troy. D. N. Graham was cho sen stakeholder. The match created un usual excitement and interest. Specula tion was brisk on the result. Thomas A. Copeland bails from Petersborough, Can ada, stands 5 feet inches high, weighs 175 pounds, is 24 inches around the thighs,lS inches around the calf,and inches around the chest. Copeland is a splendid wrestler, quick on bis pedals, tricky as a mountebank, and moves with the agility of a chamois. He has been victorious in thirteen matches. Cope land and a host of sports from Cobourg, Peterborough, Toronto, and other prin cipal Canadian cities, arrived here Sun day, and made the M msion House their headquarters. John McMahon is a native of Bikersfield, Vermont, and perhaps the greatest wrestler in the World, is straight as an eln, and moves with great agility. He measures twenty-eight inches around he thighs, eighteen aai oae-hilf around the calf, and forty-four and a half around the chest, while the muscles of his arms measure seventeen inches. He has bones like the glyptodoa and a back like a sau rian from a Louisiana swamp. He is a perfect Hercules iu strength. As a wrest ler he has n« equal in the country. He won the championship of America when he defeated Homer Lane, the champion, in this citV’on May 31st last, for §3,000 and the championship of America. He defeated Perry Higley, champion of Con necticut, tor §1,030 and the till-?, a*. New Haven, Connecticut, June 25th. This was his last match for the championship. On July 4th McMahon was matched to wrestle Lew, Ainsworth, but the backe rs of the latter paid forfeit. For the past three days sporting men have been arriving to witness the contest. Betting was event and heavy, but on the arrival of the American champion he was at once made the favorite at §lO3 to §BO. This took place at Harmony Hall. Early in the evening a crowd of sports were present from , all parts of the - United Stales and Canada. At 7 p- M-, Copeland arrived, and a few minutes later McMahon entered the bail. The articles of agreement were then read, and the men to strip and prepare for the contest amidst the wildest excite ment. After a delay of fifteen minutes, the men came on the stage dressed in trunks, tights and short jackets of divers colors. Colonel J. Murphy was umpire for Copeland, and Mr. Homer Lane was chosen trb act in that capacity for McMa hon. The men were in good condition. Copeland had been trained by Samuel Miller, while Homer Lane, of New York, prepared McMahon for the contest. At eight o’clock the referee called time, and the modern Hector and Achilles exchang ed the usual courtesies, and the contest commenced. Betting on the first fall was in favor of Copeland. McMahon’s right arm grasped Copeland’s left shoulder, and his left laid on Copeland’s right elbow. Copeland was first to commence opera tions, making quick evolutions with both legs; McMahon worked round his oppo nent with cat like tread,bis body straight, his legs moving up and down with a graceful, easy motion. McMahon manag ed to fasten the first lock oh bis opponent but Copeland, with lightning like quick ness, broke away, and both foil on their faces. They again closed. This time Copeland fastened the inside lock on Mc- Mahon, when a furious struggle followed. McMahon broke the lock, and both fell, McMahon on bis side, Copeland on bis stomach. They again dosed, and an ex citing struggle followed. McMahon wrest led all be knew how, and finally caught the inside lock on Copeland. A terrific struggle followed. McMahon caught Copeland on the hip, raised him to his shoulder, and amid loud cheering threw him heavily. Copeland fell on bis side, and the referee declared no fall. The Ca nadians were jubilant, the New Yorkers confident. Another lively bout followed; Copeland fastened a lock on McMahon, which the latter quickly broke. Cope land would not be denied, however, and fastened another on McMahon’s left leg, and raised him off terra firma. McMahon struggled while Copeland held on to the lock. Intense excitement prevailed. Amid shouts of “Hold on, Copeland,” “Break that lock," the Canadian cham pion raised McMahon off his feet, scrain ing every nerve, jerked McMahon across his hip, twitched his right leg, and amid boisterous cheers landed McMahon on bis back, and won the first fall. Time, thir ty->two minutes. The men then rested. On time being came for the second round. pteva _ ... Throw bfm, Toro,” were echoed by the spectators. Both wrestled cautiously. Copeland got a lock on McMahon’s left leg, McMahon broke it and both fell on their faces. On the next rally Copeland hipped McMahon, and both fell, Copeland underneath. “No fall,” shouted the Referee; and again they closed. A terrific struggle followed, McMahon got a biplock on Copeland, and the hall was ablaze of excitement. The Canadian held on, and McMahon used all bis strength, but finally the Canadian broke the lock, and fell on his stomach. On the next bout McMahon threw Cope land over his head, but he alighted on his side. Again the men closed, amid much excitement. The Canadian fastened lock after lock on McMahon, which the latter broke. On the next bout McMahon got a grape-vine on Copeland, but failed to throw him. Another lively bout follow ed, and McMahon threw the Canadian on his knees. On the next tout McMahon shifted bis tactics and got underneath the Canadian, to hip him. A fierce struggle ensued, the Canadian broke the lock -and threw McMahon on his knees, amid loud cheering. On went the struggle. The excitement was intense. McMahon trip ped right and left. He fastened a leg lock on Copeland and raised him on his hip, when a furious struggle followed. Mc- Mahon,summoning all hisstrength.swaag the Canadian and threw him'on his knees amid loud applause. Another furious straggle ensued. McMahon hipped the Canadian and threw him on his head, but he fell on his side. On the nest rally McMahon got a firm inside hook on Cope land’s left leg, and whirled him on bis back vociferous cheering, and won the match after wrestling one hour and thirty mimltes. A large amount of mon ey changed hands and the Canadians were much crestfallen at their champion’s de feat. ‘■The Reading Eagle, a hot-mouthed Democratic organ, is very much incens ed,” says the Harrisburg State Journal, “at the certainty of Mr. R. W. Mackey be ing made the Republican candidate for State Treasurer.” This is really not what annoys the Eagle. It is the certainty of his election, and the conviction that the Democracy have no man to; put up as a candidate who can beat Mackey. There’s where the shoe pinches on the banioned foot of the decrepid Democracy. NUMBER 30
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