lii'iitii-r^^liii.Hriil
PTTBLIBHKD EVERY FRIDAY. , TERMS P* ADVANCE.
VOLUME V.:
Railroad*.
PITTSBURGH, FT, WAYNE AND
r vMCKGO BAILWAY.-Onand after Juno
* lg )i train* will leave atatlona aa follower
[NS GOING WEST.
KXPB.B. MAIL. ;BXP»’».MXPB'B
1,45 AM I 6.00 am 9.10 AM I.SOPM
930 7.28 1053 3.88
“ s'.lO 10.40 13.60 PM 8.08
651 l.Mtx 3.01 7.06
8.53 3-18 5.09 fcll
lAr 9.30 4.00 5.40 9.40
f t> e 9.40 6.55 AM 6too 9.60
f ILOo 7.35 7.65 11.15
■; 12.08P* 9.00 9.16 13.17a*
4.90 '11.50 11.50 3.86
4.45 I 3.35 pm 2.55 AM 6.W
;;;; 750 ! a.ao 6.50 8.20 pm
TRAINB OPING BAST.
BXPg’a.MXPg >
TISAMi «.90am 5.30 pm 9.90 pm
9.15 12.02 pm 8,55 I.IOAM
13.01PM' 2.01 IUIS 4.00
3.45 1 4.07 I.lBam 6.40
,4 00 5.08 2.97 8.10
. Ar* 5.35 1 6,?0 4.05 10.10 ,
IDe 6.00 am! 6.50 ' 4.15 10 30am
tf 40 7.19 4,43 11.00
‘ 916 9.90 6,37 I.OOPM
11.00 j 10.55 8.05 335
■ 9.48 pm 10.40 4.63
;.; ( 4;oo , 3.20 h.4sam ,6.0 q
stations
pitubQTgh
Rochester.
Alliance ..
OrrviJle • • ■
Mansh-ild.
•CrertliM
Forest
Lima
Fort W ay no
Plymouth..
Chicago
-TiTIOSS
Chicago---
Plymouth. •
Port Wayne
Lima
Forest •
Crestline
HansS^'d.
Orrville. • ■
Alliance ....
Rochester.
i*itjsbarsh
P. R. MYKRS,
il passenger and Ticket Agent.
Gene
/UEVJBLAND & PITTSBURGH R. R.
I j 0 n and alter Jane 49, 1873, train* will leave
4Ul ions daily. Sunday* excepted) ft* follow*;
GOING BQUTII—MAIN liNß
' Urß'fc MAIL. KXTB’B. ACCOM
;jj.Boam 1.55 pm 4.05fm
i 9.41 5.03 5.33
10.18 5.88 6.63
11.05 6.13 6.40
11.89 6.41
I.lOfm 8.00
3.40 10.30
Q NORTH—MAIN UHB.
T|«XPB'a.. BAIL. tSXPB'9.I ACCOM.
.... 1 6.3oab| 1.15 pm
.... > 8.40 3,10
110.33 I 4.30
tll.OO 1 4.66 7.36 am
i 13.08 pm i 5.68 8.15
13.41 I 6.33 9.06
1 1.65 I 7.30 10.35
GOING EAST—RiVBK DIVISION.
HaCCOB. HAIL. IWB’S. ACCOM
) . i —^
.. 5.45 am 1 10.50 am 5,40 pm
.. 5.55 111.00 5.60
... 6.67 j 13.07 pm 6.60
... 8.00 1 1.05 7.63
9.30 t 2.85 i 9.85 i
10.40 1 3.40 10,80
\il ■ f
GOING WSST-RIVEB BIVISION.
ACCOM I KAIL. SXPB'B. ACCOM-
6.3oam 1.15 pm 4.60 pm
... j 7.40 2.20' I 6.05
; 8.40 3.10 7.15
; 9.50 4.20 I 8.39
III.UO j 5.25 I 9.45
lll,lO I 6.40 10.00
f ill
mTI0»8,
■Cleveland
Hadson ..
Ravenna •
Alliance..
■Bayard ■ ■
ffelliville
■Pittsburgh
QOIN
STATIONS.
Pittsburgh
■Welliviue.
Bayard...
Alliance.
; Ravenna
■Hudson..
Cleveland
stations
ißeUsir
Bridgeport
■Steubenville
Wellsville..,
Rochester
Pittsburgh
STATIONS*
Urt&eiUJ.
Vteiijville..
j'tnheariUe
B.idwpqrl
Bellslr
TUSCARAWAS BRANCH
N Phils/) 40am 4 I.oopm | Bayard, 9.45 am *4 00pm
Bayard. l2. lo * 5.00 p. m. 1 N. Phila. 3.00*7,9) p m
P. R. MYERS,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
PENNSYLVANIA R. R.
—After December 22d, 1872, Trains will arrive
snd depart as follows:
EASTWARD, 1 WESTWARD.
Throne!) Trains Leave (Through Trains Arrive
l/ ion Depot: i Union Depot.
Pacific Exp’s, 2:50 a m Mail Train, 1:05 am
Mail Tram, 7:45 a m 1 Past line, 1:35 am
f hiraeo Ex 12.20 pm; Pittsburgh Ex. 8.00 a m
Cincinnati Ex. 1:10 p m;Cincinnati Ex. 8:40 am
Pfaiiadeip'a Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Ex. 12:40 p m
Fast Line, 8:59 p m Pacific Expr’s, 1:10 p m
local. i Way Passenger, 9:50 p m
WaUsNoi, 6;4osm local..
Wiikinrh - Ac Walls Nol 6:30 am
~.V 1 „ T O.'i a m Brinton Ac. Nol, 7:30 a m
No 2, 10:20 am: Wilkinsburg Ac
Wall .No 3. 11:45am. Nol B:2oam
■ntlkttn-burg Ac Walls No 2, 9:10 am
•. 2:40 p m Johnstown Ac. 10,10 am
J' n!is No 4, 3:20 p m Walls No 3, 1:45 p m
Muxiown Ac. 4:09 p m Walls No 4 3:20 p m
Lrmton Acrom- Wilkinsburg Ac
modat'n No l. 4 50pm No 2 4.45 pm
A)t.'.i'.'ii Ac. No 2 5:40 p m Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p ro
HiiNNo.'), 6:15 p m Br’uton No 2, 6:sopm
Ac No.'! 9:20 p m Brinton Ac.No3 7:23 p m
" t;|. Ac.No.t; u;ospm Brinton Ac No 4 11:10pm
1 f ; ieo Express, Cincinnati Express, Fast Line
v ",j Bnnion Ac, No. 3 leave dally,
r -iri(u Express daily, except Monday,
Ail mh.'_r trains daily, except Sunday.
1 c tU'- Express leaves Pittsburgh at 3:50 a m ar
: 'Hu' ai Harrisburg at 11:40 am: Philadelphia 3:30
t 1 nv. Baltimore 3:00 p m; Washington 5:40 pa?
V„rk t;.;34 pm. '
1 hir,t-o Express leaves Pittsburgh at 12.30 p m;
'V rlu ‘fHarrisburg 10.20 p m; Philadelphia 2.30 a m;
»■« lork n.Wu m.
' uirmnati Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p
Q a il Harrisburg 10:45 p m; Philadelphia 2:50
v m: , !i: ‘himore 2:15 am; Washington 5:00 am. New
''■'rK'chiiun.
Philadelphia Express loaves Pittsburgh at 5:20 p
a - :it T! ve * at Harrisburg 2:55 a m; Philadelphia 6:55
•' ll;: New York 10:14 a m.
Line leaves Pittsburgh at 8:50 pm: arrives at
ft irn-hnre 5:45 am; Philadelphia 9:50 a m; Baltl
.""c xiii a in; Washington 11:30 a m; New York
‘- -4 p TO.
T‘i.- Church Trains leave Wall’s Station every
- -Dd.iv.tf 9:ioa m,reaching Pittsburgh at 10:00 am.
*■ Pittsburgh at 12:30p m, and arrive
<“i V :I ‘ l ’ at 1:50 p m. Leave Pittsburgh
' 7 V'-?. 1 a , rrive Brinron's 10:30 p m.
n i TICKET OFFICE—For the convenience
i. ' Pizens of Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania
i .!n;ul Company have opened a city ticket office
vi, ' *h avennecorner ofSmithfield street,
id [ , Tickets. Commutation Tickets
- . Local Tickets to principal stations can be pur
if .my hour of the day or evening at the
as are charged at the depot,
f ,■[ w '*l be checked through to destination
i' “and residences by Excelsior Baggage
Co on orders left at the office.
!J - I ’iffher information apply to
A. J CASSATT. D. M. BOYD, Jb„
General .Manager. Geu, Pass. Agent.
VALLEY RAILROAD
£ fu ‘ r Man 4a >’- > T «ly *29th, 1873. Three
s U”h Train- daily, except Sunday, will leave
or i : A r , nv £ at Pittsburgh, city time, for Franklin,
c , M Buffalo and ail points in the Oil Regions,
" Q " and Central New York,
l;, c Leave. Arrive
K ..h, 7.30 am 8.23 pm
Dav ( .-^ x P rus(< 9.30 pm 6.05 a m
!-! A n-SOam 5.45 am
i-l' n- A f 0-40 a m 6.30 a m
B-ir’v a « Ac 9.45 am 8.20 am
24 Hi|' Ac 3.20 p m 10.10 a m
2 .lsl 0 ? v Ac .- 4 40pm 9.05 am
sfi 'n V " Ac 5.50 p m 2.15 pro
A-n ’L, W-M P m 10.45 p m
s ULdav ai -4 ! tra,n leaves Pittsburgh every
Rfttiiroini)‘ 30 8 arriving at Parker at 12.18 am.
ftttsbqrehlt 8 C «/ U m er 8t 430 P * nd arrives at
'Gun ioand from Soda Works (Sunday)
U .50 p m Plctst) argh at 10.10 am, and leaves at
U Bfiw 4 4 • LAWRENCE, QeiH. Sopt,
u -BRAY, Ticket Agent.
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JbROM WASHINGTON.
The Wawaset Dlanater—Terrible geeues
—Appropriation* for Carrying tbe
Mall*—Difference* of Opinion.
Correspondence of tbe Radical.
Washington, D. C„ August 11,1873.
This city has been the scene of great
excitement and distress daring tbe last
two days, caused by a terrible disaster.
The Wawaset, on her regular trip down
the river, was burned to the water’s edge
on Friday, and many Urea were lost
The news reached this city about mid.
night and notwithstanding tbe lateness
of tbe boar excited crowds soon gathered
in tbe streets. The first reports were
greatly exaggerated, but the latest and
most reliable accounts show that it was a
dreadful catastrophe.
The id-fated steamer left the wharf at
the usual hour Friday morning, having
on board an unusually large number of
passengers, a large proportion being
ladies and children. Most of these were
on their way to the country, escaping
from the heat and dost, and intending to
stop at the various landings on the river
to visit their friends and enjoy a short
vacation among green fields and coun
try sights and sounds. All went welt
until nearly noon, the boat stopping
frequently and taking on more passen
gers until she had about oue hundred and
fifty.
About half past eleven, lust as the
boat was about to stop at Chalterton’s
Point, a landing ten miles below Acquia
Creek, where there is no wharf, the
terrifying cry of “Fire! Fire!” was heardf
and flames and smoke were seen issuing
from the engine-room. Immediately
there ensued a fearful scene of conster
nation and confusion. The captain and
! bis crew endeavored to restrain the
panic-stricken crowd, but the women
and children were frantic with terror
and ran shrieking about the boat in
search of friends and guardians. The
vessel was immediately headed for the
shore and every effort made to extin
guish the fire, bat it was too late. The
flames had made such progress as to be
beyond control and it was evident that
the vessel was doomed. The steamer
was provided with two life boats and one
was filled, but while being lowered by
some accident it gave way and all in it
were pitched into the water and the boat
lost. The fire spread rapidly and in a
short time the middle part of the vessel
was wrapped in flames, cutting off com
munication between the bow and stern.
The scene at this time is described as
heartrending in the As the
flames and smoke approached the ladies’
cabin and the stern the ladies and chil
dren in that part of the boat were forced'
to leap into the water to escape being
suffocated and burned. The crowd stood
on the upper deck and threw down bar
rels and stools for those in the river to
cling to, while the people of the neigh
borhood, who had by this time gathered
on the shore, stood by powerless to ren
der any assistance and saw women and
children drowning before their eyes.
The boat was moving with great speed
toward the shore when the engines sud
denly ceased working. The vessel kept
under motion, however, and finally
struck nearly 200 yards from land where
the water was only about five feel deep.
The river at that point is quite wide,
but very shallow a long distance from
the shore. Nearly or quite all who now
jumped from the bow waded safely to
BEAVER, PENN’A, FRIDA|M|i
.■ . ?. ■ • ■ - ■ -r •
BB
The origin of the fire is still a -mystery;
bat it is supposed to bare itartednear
the engine-room and to bare smouldered
some time before it was discovered. The
affair will be investigated in a few days
and all the facts that are developed will
be given to the public. A coroner's io
quest was held Saturday and the captain
was exonerated from all blame.
The Wawaset has been running only
about seven or years, and bad been
recently fitted ap and was supposed to
be in perfect order. She was valued at
$33,000 and insured for $38,000.
A difference of opinion between the
Postmaster General aud the Secretaries of
the/Treasury and War Departments bas
come to light during the past week on
the question of the proper construction of
the appropriations for the carrying of
official mail. Some time since there were
circulars issued from the Treasury and
War Departments to their respective sub
ordinates instructing them to make use
of the express companies for forwarding
balky packages when it was found that
the express charges would be less than
the amount required for postage upon the
same. The construction put upon the
act appropriating the money for the pay
ment of official postage was that it should
be regarded as a cash appropriation, and
that a discretion was left to the heads of
departments as to the manner in which
it should be applied. This view of the
case has been sharply criticised as being
extremely short-sighted and narrow.
While the Treasury Department proper
might be able to effect a saving to itself
by patronizing tbe express companies
the Post Office Department must be a
loser to a greater extent. Suppose, for
instance, the appropriation for postage
for tbe Treasury Department be half a
million dollars. Suppose half of that
amount be expended in purchasing
stamps from the Po,?t Office Department,
and the other half be expended in paying
express charges. Here we see a quarter
of a million changed from one depart
ment to another and an equal amount
passing entirely out of the hands of the
government into the coffers of tbe express
companies. But, on the other band, ad
mitting. that the express companies will
do the work cheaper than the Post Office
Department can do it, and supposing that
an appropriation of three quarters of a
million be required for tbe postage on
the mail of the Treasury and supposing
that the entire amount be thus expended
we find it simply transferred from one
department to the other, not, a dollar
going out of the bands of the government.
This would be a very harmless and inex
pensive transaction, exactly similar to the
transfer of money from one pocket to tbe
other; which an individual might do
every day without liss except la the wear
of the goods of which his irowsera were
made and a very slight wear of tbe money
shore. The captain was the last to learn
the boat and did all in his power to sare
the lires of bis passengers. He thinks
that the reason so many lost their lives
Was that in the fright and excitement
they leaped overboard where the water
was deep before the vessel The
wind was in such a direction as to drive
the flames directly toward that part of the
boat where the women and children were,
and though they were repeatedly direct*
ed to remain at the forward part they
were wild with fright and many ran back
in search of others, and then communi
cation was cut off by the fire.
It is not yet certainly known bow many
lives were sacrificed. The clerk's list
was lost and it is thought that some of
the missing may be scattered in the coun
try near the scene of the disaster. Many
of the passengers were colored, but of the
white ladies and children only three
ladies and one child were saved. Some
of the bodies were recovered Friday af
ternoon and were brought to this city
to be identified. I wiit not attempt to
describe the harrowing scenes at the
w bar (when the remains arrived and the
{rlendsoftUe dead came in and recog
nized in the swollen forma the features
oftheic loved ones- Several were chil
dren, and in one particular case moved
all who saw it to tears. It was a pretty
little boy of four years, who lay in a nat
ural position as if sleeping, hut white
and still as marble. This was the little
son of Officer Reed of the police force in
this city, whose home has been made
desolate by this dreadful calamity. His
whole family was on ' board, consisting
of his wile and three children, as well - as
an aunt and a niece, all of whom are
thought to be lost. Many other homes
are filled with mourning by this direful
accident, and a gloom has been cast over
the whole city. Twenty-four bodies
have been recovered so tar, and men are
still engaged in draging the river and
watching the shores.
Itself. Tiwfe la notblng gtined by it sod
compsraliv&iwlbiog lost by It.
Tlie Polfl6»rt9r General la of the opin'
ion that of the case is not only
short sighteibat ibat such a construction
Islo the postal code,
one: jfhich’ defines mailable
matter of. % fiwU3!&B« to be correspond
ence, ia part writing, except
and corrected proof-
author and pnb*
Usher. Anfthef sect iin imposes a penal
ty of fi&y«lkn upon any person who
shall irabsqliby private express, or de
liver to thejfeent of such express any aoch
letter And it is farther pro
vided ihat ehy rtilroad, express company,
person>iW carrying .such
package! SSt|letierB ( where poet-routes
have been established shall be liable to a
b offense. Even the
>d by such companies
ie for so doing. The
lent regards all official
ports of
itly within the provi
ode.
' *! °* to since that
seems to support the opinion of the Post
master this point. He decides
that money for the
parchaseo£s*atapt» for the different de
partraentswasa specific one, which could
not be n«e&fbrjany other purpose. This
null the decisions of the
Secre!ariie« |&f he Treasury and of the
War Depa&mjnts that such appropria
tions as cash apjtfo
prialloos. ||k&*erefore becomes evident
bo
mail
iAH.
year is very encouraging.
Marked progress ia manifest ;
Ist. In the number of new aqd sub
stantial buildings that have been erected
during the year.
2d. In the increased demand for the
best teachers, and an expressed willing
ness to compensate them tof their ser-
vice.
3d. In the complete success of our
“County Institute.’'
Seven new houses have been built dur
ing the last year. d)ne in Greene, one in
Big Beaver, one in New Sewickly and
four in Chippewa.
The houses built in Chippewa deserve
special notice, as being of the most sub
stantial and beautiful rural school build
ings in the county, and reflect credit upon
the directors as well as the contractor.
Boards of directors expecting to build
would do well to examine them before
contracting. The bouses in Chippewa
and Greene are furnished with the “im
proved school furniture,” and I hope
every district in the county will follow
their example. The house in New Sew?
ickly has too many windows and not’
enough black-board surface. There should
be at least one hundred square feet of
black-board in every school room. There
are twenty houses in the county that are
unfit for use. lam glad to know that a
number of them will be removed during
the coming year, and their places filled
with new ones.
GROUNDS.
But comparatively few of the school
houses in the county have "sufficient
grounds." One half acre at the very least
should be set apart for a play ground for
the pupils ot every school. Many are
witboutthe necessary outbuildings. How*
ever, 1 am glad to say in this connection
that a number of the districts are moping
in this matter. lam sorry to record the
fact that many very handsome grounds
naturally are permitted to remain as a
barren waste. If directors would only
bniid suitable fences around the school
grounds, the enterprise which I see mani
fested in many of the schools, warrant hie
in saying that the necessary shade trees
and other improvements would soon fol
low. I was frequently pained daring my
visitation of schools to see the cruelty
which was inflicted upon pupils in many
instances in requiring them to occupy
benches not at all adapted to the size of
the pupils. In some instances they have
to sit all day upon a bench so high that it
is impossible for them to pat their feet on
the floor, while in other instances the
laws of health are violated in having the
desk entirely top low for the seat behind
ST 15.1873.
'Her of the Treasury
HOUSES,
it, thus causing the pupU to sit in a posi*
tion which has a constant tendency to
contract dtlscase of the lungs.
The laws of hygiene have been care
fully studied by the Inventors of the im
proved school furniture and every viola
tion thereof has been studiously avoided.
Viewing it in a financial sense, they are
much cheaper in the end than the old
style of furniture which is rapidly disap
-peering from our school rooms. There
are one hundred and eighty-eight (188)
schools in the county all of which I visit
ed once during the past year, and forty
were visited the second time. There are
fifty-one graded schools, and nine more
needed. The advantages of graded schools
are becoming more apparent as the sys
tem approximates to perfection; and it is
patent to every observer that progress is
much greater in them than in the mixed
schools.
The system of graded schools need not
be confined to the cities and towns, hot is
equally adapted to the wants of villages
and densely populated districts. Where
ever a sufficient number of pupils—say
sixty or seventy-five—can be collected to*
getber, even should the distance to travel
be a little greater, the advantages of more
rapid progress will more than doubly
compensate them for this inconvenience.
Experience established this fact be
yond a doubt. Boards of directors should
give this subject a careful consideration
before locating new school bouses, and
endeavor to carry out the spirit of the law
in this regard.
Another feature in the system of grad
ed schools which is already receiving the
attention of the educated portion of our
directory is that of “central high schools.”
This great commonwealth can no longer
afford to have the great mass of its ciii
aens iu the rural districts receive only a
limited education. It can no longer per
mit to remain uncultivated the talent
which has lain dormant in many of its
most valued citizens for want of an op
portunity for fee proper development.
With the present facilities for education
lit the rural district, many “lov«ra of
love” are deprived of the opportunity of
attending a high school, for want of the
necessary means to defray; the expenses
incident to such a course ; and in conse
quence of this are obliged to occupy but
a limited and circumscribed sphere in
usefulness.
iperia*
■toft*
Jane
made
the
fiog
Uoo
paat
This great barrier can be removed, by
the establishment of such schools as are
here referred to.
Id many of the districts in the county,
all of the old booses will be removed and
new ones boilt in their stead. In such
instances directors should duly consider
the advantages of such an arrangement
and build with a view to the future in
stead of the present wants, and when
ever villages of sufficient size and situated
near the centre ot the district, have a suf
ficient number of pupils to re establish
schools of two grades in the same build
ing it will be found to be much cheaper
and give far belter satisfaction than, to
support two separate mixed schools.
Take tor example Logstown, Indepen
dence, Hopewell, Greene, Industry, Ohio,
Darlington, North Sewiokly and many
others. Indeed almost every district in
the county, by a proper arrangement
could accommodate those desiring a high
school education at a merely nominal ex
pense, besides giving to such pupils the
incalculable benefits ot home influence.
But within the limits of this report, I
can only simply refer to the advantages
of such a course as has been suggested.
The “County Institute" was held in
the Court House in Beaver during the
week commencing December 16, 1872.
Prof. P. A. Allen was the principal in
structor. Qne hundred and forty-nine
teachers were enrolled. I was pleased to
have the co-operation of Prof. R. T. Tay
lor. President of Beaver College, Rev. W.
G. Taylor, of the Phillipsburg “S. O.
School,” and their valuable assistants.
Lectures were delivered, and many value
ble suggestions made by Prof. P. A. Al
len, S. B. Wilson, Esq., Rev- W. H
Locke, Rev. D. P. Lowary, Profs. Whit
ham, Mays, Missimer and others. The
institute was one of the largest and most
interesting ever held in the county.
We extract the following from the last
annual catalogue of the Beaver College,
the most prominent institution of learn
ing in our county, which shows that our
prospects for the elevation of our teach
ers and consequently of the profession
are hopeful for the future;
“There being no normal school in this
district, the Trustees have opened this de
partment and are determined to make the
training of the teachers hereafter a spec
ial feature of the College. It is their in
tention to provide here all 4 the advantv
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
gej for the preparationgof teachers for
their work that can anywhere be found/*
I desire to add that the Trustees are
now completing additions to their hand
ing at an expense of thirty thousand dol
lars.
Besides additional dormitories this will
supply the school with a spacious half,
superior school and recitation rooms
with society, library and reading rooms,
&c.
Frankfort ■ and Darlington Academies,.
Beaver and New Brighton seminaries and-
Kenwood hoarding school for boys, are
all good schools, and furnish manually a
large number of teachers.
PhilMpsburg "Soldiers’ Orphan School''
is in a very flourishing Condition, and
ranks among the first of the kind in the
State.
One of the greatest disadvantages un
der which the system of common schools
labors, is the want of a more thorough
normal training of teachers. And it Is to
be earnestly hoped that the legislatures
of onr State will at an early date make
the necessary provisions for the establish
ment of Connty Normal Schools, which
it is believed would he the means of do
ing a far greater good than can possibly
be accomplished by the present system of
"State Normal Schools’* located in a lim
ited number of "districts” in the State.
By reference to the statistical table ac
companying this report it will be seen
that thirty-five per cent, of the teachers
engaged in teaching during the past year
have never tangbt before and only ten
per cent, have attended a normal school.
Until the length of term is in creased
and sufficient salaries are paid to enable
teachers to make the profession self-sup
porting, one of the greatest obstacles in
the way of progress in our schools will
remain unmoved.
Thirty-two public examinations were
held during the year, at which were issu
ed two hundred and seventy-six provis
ional and eight professional certificates.
No professional certificates were grant
ed at the general examinations. A spec
ial examination was held |Tor that purpose,
at which applicants were required to pro
duce recommendations from the board or
boards of directors for whom they had
taught for the two preceeeding annual
school years.
These examinations were largely at
tended by directors and citizens, who
evinced a lively interest in the welfare of
the schools.
The co opperation and support of alt
friends of education is earnestly solicited
to farther the best interests of oar
schools.
While lam grateful to teachers, direc
tors, editors, parents and children for
their uniform kindness and hospitality
and the generous expressions of their ap
probations. I have the highest regard
for those directors who were honest in
their support of my competitors at the
late triennial convention, and pledge my
services alike to all to the best of my
abiity.
M. L. Knight, Co., Sup’t.
--The Boston Traveller re cites Mr. But
ler's qualifications in a paragraph which
says “that as lawyer, be has been true to
bis clients and never oppressive in bia
charges; that in bis business relations be
bas been upright in all his dealings ; that
as a neighbor be has been courteous aucf
friendly ; that as a politician be has al
ways been faithful to bis pledges; that as
•'a soldier be bas faithfully upheld the
.Government of his country, and that as a
citizen he bas fulfilled his obligations
alike to the State and to his fellow citi
zens, rich or poor. No man claims that
Butler has robbed him, defrauded him, or
otherwise wronged him, and yet be is
held up as a monster whose presence ia-'‘
the gubernatorial chair would be a calam
ity and a disgrace.”
—Hod John Irwin, Jr., is a candidate
for Domination for Senator on the Re
publican ticket in Centre county, and
Levi A. Miller and Or. Miller Stewart
candidates for Assembly.
The Bellefonte RepuSUcan says: We
are authorized to say that Gen. Beaver is
not a candidate for the Senatorship or any
' other office, will not accept any nomina
tion if offered him, and shall take no ac
tive part in politics this fall. Further
more we believe Gen. Yocum to be the
best man yet mentioned In the Republi
can party for that office. From personal
acquaintance with him we know him to
he a thoiougb, upright, honest Repu.bU'
can, a man who undoubtedly would carry
the entire strength of the party, and a
gentleman who if nominated' we should
most heartily support,
—There is to be a grand Temperance
Rally and Convention at Lewisburg Fri
day, August 22d.
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