THE COLUMBIAN
AND DEMOCRAT, 13LOOMSBU11G, COLUMBIA OOTTY, PA.
SClrc (!(otumbinn
AND
HLOOMSBUltth PA.
KltlDAY MOllMNII, SKIT. 10, 1800.
S- T1IK COI.UMUIAN Iiii the Iiargeu
Circulation nT nn- mp?r published Ilk
Vorllirrn PcimtylvAiiln, nitil Is ulio a
much larger iliecl tlnui any of lt cotem
pornrlet nnil It therefore Iholteit medium
for RtlverlUliig In IliU section ofllin S(Mc
Northumberland in lino I
At a meeting of tho 811111111111? Coin
nilttco of Northumberland county held
In tho Court arouse, in Sunbury Seldom
ber 7th 1SG0. Tho following resolution
was unanimously adopted :
JiCSOlCCu. THAT WE KUI.I.Y Al'l'IlOVK
01' THE NOMINATION OF THU IIoN
CllAllLES II. 11UCKAI.EW, OP COLUM
BIA COUNT V, AS OUB CANDIDATM IfOK
tiiu Statu Senatk, and wk, iikauti-
IiY COMMEND UIMTO TUB DE.MOCJltAqY
OF NoltTUUMllEULAND COUNT.Y, IfOf!
THEIll UNDIVIDED SUl'I'OUT.
Thero was n full attendance of tho Com
tulttec,iill tho townships beng represent
cd, with onoortwo exceptions.
Tho Senatorial Nomination.
It will bo seen by tho proceedings of
inu voiiicronco nt jNortnumucrinnd,
published In nnpthcr column, that Sir,
Uuoknlow was duly and regularly nom
Inntcd as tho Democratic candidate- for
Senator from this district. This result
will bo accepted in nils' county ns u duo
concession to our local claims and in 11
most fit and timely selection. And It
is endorsed by throi counties ou( of
four or tho district. The contest was
prolonged, but tho result was nt all
times secure. Our county presented lo
tiio Conference a candidato of known
integrity aim iiin nullity mid our
claims, postponed three years ago.
could no longer bo ignored. Tiio hcartv
cndilrhCmcnt of tho nomination ill tho
close of the proceedings by Mr. Jack
sou of Sullivan and Mr. Wltliingtgn of
Northunihcrh'iid, who had been rival
candidates, furnished conclusive evl
denco of success In tho canvass and was
u due tributo to tho merit of our candl
date oifd tho justlco Of our claims.
Success will fellow (his nomination
and our pcoplo will secure thereby
Senator of whom thoy may bo proud
aim wno win disappoint no Just expec
tation of thoso who sunnort him. 'air,
Buckalow's remarks nt the meeting In
the Court House- on Monday evening
wero received with great satisfaction hv
tho cntiroaudlenconnd vindlcaled'lils
position and tho position ,of"bur county
boyond nil cavil or question. Thero
will bo an earnest and general support,
or mm in this county, which will net'
uo connneu to party bounds In .cos.o tlv
eeccuer's candiuato Is pitted against
111m wiui any prospect of n formldabli
voto. But wo pah hardly expect that'
so bold n pretenso as that on which Mr.
Chalfant's support Is urged in Montour,
can mislead any considerably number
of tho voters' of the district.
Tho treachery of'bno of tiio Conferees
from this" county need not bo discussed
at much length becauso It was unnvnll-
Ing and fruitless. Tho" man in question
.vvuhiiB;iui;iiiDui uuuiuy, mo vio
lation of which stamp him with dis
grace lie may bo dismissed to that
very general contempt which ho merits
while all honorable men may' rejoicd
in tho clear victory of right over wrong,
of integrity over 'baseness, of regular
and honorable action over irregular and
dishonorable intrigue, and baso'botray
nl of an Important trust.
Tho Interference with this nomination
from Philadelphia-arid Harrlshurg by
tho agents of corruption, is ono' of tho
notlccablo features of tho'struggIpr7?6so
..(jimio ,m muir employers, lear tiio en
trance of aii honest and nblo man Into
tho Sennto from this district, and did
their best to provont It. But their nrfs
and efforts have failed, in thq nom
ination, anu tney will bo forced to
eonrront tho Ineormptablb and dread
ed senator when their "cattlo bills,"
nnd"strcet car bllls,nnd"IIcrdlc bills,"
nnd otlior iniquities, aro presented to
tho Legislature' hereafter. With mlin
and satisfaction wo iilaco tho naino of
our bcnatoriul eaiidldato in our political
column nnd nnuouiico to nil our readers
Uncertainty ofulstrlumnhantclccttoh.
Tho IWCcotlng on Monday Evening.
Tito Court lloii-uuin Monday Seplein-
ber (ith, presented a scene long to bo ro-
menibcred by nil present, our candi
date for Senator nnd one of our Sena
torial Conferees gavo to our pcoplo n
iltliful nnd telling account of tho Into
Sonalorlnl Conference, nnd of all tho
questions Involved In its proceedings.
Tho former spoko first of tho proceed
ings ot tho Conference, and showed be
yond nil dlsputo.tbb1regul6rlty nrid fair--
ncss of his nomination, and tho prepos
terous and groundless chnractcnjr tho
Imputations against it; Tho 202d ballot
of tho Conferonco.lti particular was han
dled In n masterly manner. Tho trick,
and surprlso of tho Oth voto then given
was duly described with tho prompt anu
honornblonctipu of one of tlioKorthum
bcrlnnd Conferees by whicli tho Iraud
was defeated. Tho right of tlioConfereo
to changorhls votabeforo tho result was
regularly, announced, tho fact that tho
Conference by n voto of six, to ono au
thorized such cliango, nnd 'tho. utter fu.
tlllty of tiio pretenso that a minority
could by acceding nffect tho uctioii,of
thomnjorlty, wcronll strongly put and
plnecd boyond dispute.- Then' followed
acinar and full exhibit of tho rcproson'-!
tplton of Columbia and Montnur in both
llblisos.of tho Legislature sluco thcerce-i
tlou of the latter county In. 1800, result
ing, in, tho iluqvitnblo conclusion ,tljat
Montour, lias had ncr.iuu siiaro :ot .repi
re? ontatloui and lias no peculiar Icluima
jjpon the Senatorial, nomination at this
time. A recital of tho ovonts of 1S6G H
connection with dlitrict nominations
canio next, including thcuftbolfisli hud
earnest ollorts then mado in tills county'
to sustain Mr. Clinlfanl's nomination
for Assembly, ngnlnst most formidable
opposition, nnd tho pledges then mado
by him nnd his, friends to support Co
ltitilbla county ttiomiuatlnn fur Sountoi'
M-pledgen unkept fiiulitlicn oxcuscd up
on grounils.whicii no longer exist. , fi
nally camp 11 htateiuont of tho efforts
mado by men at Philadelphia mid Ilnr-
risbyirg to, nontroi thq iiomiliatlo.tt,p'
proveut quo from, being modoj Tho pro
eeedings of .tholr ngout'nt Norlliumber
Iatid,nnd their objects: in iustitutiiiglho
raid upon .our district, wero given in
earnest and Impassioned terms. Tho
conclusion tiiat tho. rascals wquld bo
wt'll whipped was greeted with general
and enthusiastic npplalise.
Mr. Clark, 'as ono of tho Conferees,
endowed thosta)cinentH,of facts which
had been made and dilated, upon tho cf
forts,of thci legislative ringA to defeat
tiio nouilnationof oar candidate.-' He
fllfeo .explained tliathls'colloagub'iii tho
.Conferenfco frdm tills'- county! wni dis-;
llpctly.notiQcil'.by him tliatlhouN'drth.-l
uniberlnnd Conferdra. wero abouttto vole
Wjth tins county, whon tho treacherous
voto for niMontotir nomindtloii was glV
011 by'him lit oppositibn to ihUMnstruc
tion.nnd his clear duty. ) ' '
Upon the whole, tho inoetingwas woll
caliulated to flxpublio opinion in favor
of UiuiregUlar ami honest nomination of
tho Conference, and against itlio seccss-i
ion of a minority from that Confercnco
upon, most frivolous nnd Insufficient
grounds, Mr. Buckalow said,"tho'voice
of tho majority is tiio volto of tho whole.'!
jNovcr-weroitruer.wordsi uttered when:
,wp.como,to apply.-thorn to tbo lntnCon,-
fereucc.i where three', .Conferees out pf
eight undertook to defeat tho -will and
.opij)ions)f their colleagues and provPnt
ic3, inrce counues out-oriour ana ,iivo
fjonferecs out of eight had tho right and
tiio.power to mako a good and effectuali
iiominatlonj and, having .done so their
action will uo trlumpbautly, isustalncd.
Another Triumph.
California, which threw Its electoral
voto for drant, has wheeled into tho
Democratic column, havingon Wednes
day of Inst week elected tho entire
Democratic Stato Ticket, ami n Demp
crnlic Legislature Tho possession of tho
Legislature will defeat tho ratification
of tho proposed Fifteenth Amendment.
A n d n 0 wJBem ocrat s of Pen nsy I va n in ,
arouso to action. Our brethren In Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mo;itann,
and California have defeated tho enemy,
and wo can do tho samd, by n strong,
united, harmonious effort. 1 Is a mies
Hon between Asa Packer and1 honbsty
Ml i lift et.ln -...1
...vi uiiu Diuu, mm ucury, corruption
mm luiuvumy uu 1110 Oilier. YOU nrn
todecldo whether Pennsylvnnlnns aro
to control tho question of suffrage within
her borders or whether negroes and
Chlneso are to bo given the ballot throgli
tnrougn congressional dictation. Wo
can elect Packer, wo can prevent negro
suffrage by an enrnest.hearly effort this
1'a.ii.
The JlepuWcan continually prates
nuout Mr, uuckalow's "coming down
to uo a canuiuato for Stato Senator. W
regard It as ono of tho most important
positions in trio state, especially at this
iiino wnen tiio stato Is being robbed
uaiiy, wnen Treasury thlovcs unblush
inglynttempt thoopen purchasoof men,
and whon our entiro legislation Is con
trolled by corrupt men.
Tho pcoplo of both partiea demand
and aro entitled to bo represented by
me awest, and purest men thoy huvo.
The higher their standing nnd tho creat
or fhelr reputation, tho better thoy can
serve tno Htato.
On this point tho Pittsburg Commer
cial, a Iladlcal paper, speaking of Mr.
Grow, tho former Speaker of tho Hou&o
of Ilopresentatlvcs, who was pressed for
n nomination to tho Legislature, says
Va think that Mr. Grow should hnvo
consented, it is nccauso men like him,
who aro tit to bo legislators, decline to
go to Harrlshurg, that our Legislature
lias lancn into uisroputo lor its corrupt
and imbecile practice. If over Its char
acter is redeemed, It will bo by men llko
air, urow. jii our juugment, n no way
ran they servo tho people so acceptably
and what Is equally truo Is thnt in 110
way can thoy so much servo themselves.
Columbia Coiiqty..
EbiTpnsM Paha-',"' TJni'on Dear
friends', iiav'oyoii cver'heen at Blooms-.'
burg and seen, in thatplcturcsquei pweb"
'tl(o-n'e'w,mpJfcstie,bulldiiig of" tho Stale
Nprrnal School? If not then you have'
not seen ono of tiio most beaulfji', ihpst
promising, excellently planned, pfcr
fcctlyconductedcd'ucatlonnl.instltutipns' not only of rcnhsi-ivs'iiin, but of all tiio
Statea. ,
Standing oii'h lilll, surroundetl' with'
blooming ilowcrbcds, wo comb first to
tho spacious, elegantly furnished, "well
lighted and well ventilated school
rooms, abovoi which,) comprising- tho
whole socohd storyj is tho chapel, ono
of tholnrgesl and most magnificent Hint
I hrivo over seen.
In. the grand fourth story buildlm?.
.fetill higher up, (ivortoworing.thochnp-
ei, are 1110 reception, dining and .sleep
ing rooms, rooms for teachers, privato
rooms and, office for-.tho principal,
roomy halls, hathlug rooms,, water clos-.
cts, etc.
Tho ladles Inhabit ono, tho gentlemen
tho other wiug of tho building, with
separate entrances a.n'd stall. Beauti
ful kitchens.; nlljs coo'ked, washed and
heated by ((team. A' engineer la stead
ily .employed.. Tho, moat remarkablo.
dlKcIplinu reigns in sejiool, play and
study hours. Tho ciiorgetic-rrJ may al
most say NapolepnIp-Prof. Carver. A.
M., is.l'rlncipul, nby sc-eonded by such
men nsj.jsaaocst, J. W, Forrco, P. 31,
Bates, W,,A.iWiHimns, T. O. -Brown.
mid a townsman of yours, Prpf, A.
luuwig.. y.ery cxcplifciit.femalo.tpnch-
ersauorn tho Institute., as, Mra-.llnst.-
aiiss pmian, JMl.csCavver,Mlss I'owr,
ell and .Miss Quest, Thq number of
Bcnoiara HVjdlucrent departments, wus,
laitjcar, nearly ipt,.,and, promises, to
surpasstgreatlyr thjs number the present
scjioply ea r. Bloomsburg may feel J ust-
ly pro.uuor such an educational Jewel,
and parents near and far piay safoly
tuuuno tno oouies, mtnds and souls
or their children to tills institution.
Mtzerne Union.
.now that tho terribio old war-horso
Geary Is onco more on tho war-path.tho
Now York World says it is well enough
to revive his old story which ho told.
with grout success, In his first fight for
thoGovcrnorshlpofPcnusylvanla.about
irignienmg stonewall Jackson to death
According to Geary, that soldier lav-
dying in his tent, and suddenly sum
moned Qcnoral Longstrcet. whohothus
auu reused :
, - ljongstrect, did you observe
that tall Imnos ni? form tii.dnv. kontpii
on a black horso in tho thickest of tho
iigui, as wo uiu uatt)o." tiuoth Gpii.
Longstrcet: "I did, Indeed, my dear
uuiiuitii,-- "aiuiL iniiii nn vmifltir una
UUIl. lieurv." UXrlalluml Nlnnmvn I
"jrark 1110, bewaroorhlm! Avoid him I
Longstrcet, bownro of Geary!"
With this dylmr injunction to Ids mm.
rado tho horo of Shenandoah departcdj
This dying injunction of Stouowall
Jackson, as reported by Qeary, is now
repeated to tho voters of Pennsylvania:
nowaroor Geary J"
Jackson, Miss.. Sent. 8.-TJ10 Nn.
tlonal Union Itepubllcnn Coiivontlon
iiiscmblcd hero to-dny. Juduo Lewis
Oent was unanimously nomlnnted for
Governor, ;
Court Proceedings.
Monday, Sept. 0th lftw. ,
Ooui t met nt 10 o'clock n. m., Present
lion. Wm. El,wcll, nnd .his Associates,
Irani Dorr hnd James ICester.
Tho Constables' vcro sworn nntt their
returns examined. The list or Grand
Jurors belngenlled, lllrnm Cool was ex
cused, and Ellas Krum win absent. Jesso
Iloffman-vas appointed Foreman. Tho
Ikl nf l'ntll JuroM was then called nnd
'damuel Iing and William Wllki-ion
wero excused. Joseph Ikclcr, Samuel
Stctldr, and 31. C. Woodward wero ap
pointed tlp-slnvcs for tin) first week ;
IlbnryJX Knorr nnd 'Michael Walter
for tho second' week.
Com. vs Adam Truckenmlllcr, Bo-
cognlzanOo Fornication and UaMardy.
Tho Doftfiulant nnd Samuel Frcdoriei:
Vcro each held In $500 ball for tho up
ncafatico of Defendant nt next Sessions.
in the malttfr of Exceptions' to tho
account of John F( lWlef, Adminis
trator of H. J. Lybn, deceased, C. B.
Brockway Wns continued as1 Auditor.
Coiri. vs Snmtfci T. 31athcr. Deft, and
John S. 31ather each held in WOO ball
-fol-'tlie aptrrttrailceof DcfUot next Ses
sldiWi ''
IilhUil UroWn vi Sunn Brown. Ser
vice of Alias subpoena In dlvorco set
aside niul'ftnothcr directed to bo Issued
Goo; Fv Kvos vs Jacob Swisher, ct itl
rulo gran Wd to show cause Why record
should uot'lo limondcd.' ''
TlWttWfcr'Wrthosaldoftlidreillcstntij
dfDoboralt JlVPrs1 was'continu6d.
Gllk'on" A1riitlt"vs 'John U. LibV.
Aiiclided-dbeWniton'.fltea 'by, ltoy6 of
Coilrt.'
. fJom.'vW CyruWmnd 'John 3f. Stack'
hddso: Indictment cotiJplM'cy. CouVt
gave tho District Altorn'ey leavo to oil'
tcr n nolle jiivisfuf.
Coin, vs Anthony- Murphy' nnd An
thony- Fiulg.ni. ludletment Assault
mid' Batteryi Jury sworn nnd verdict
rendered "not gullly," nnd Prosecutor,
Peter Casl6w'to payUho'costs'. 1
1 Monrooflirulidfigo vs C, II, Purrfel. 7'7.-
Fa. set aside nnd'Jiulgmcnt opened
Com. vs.IIfcnry Ale. indictment Nul
haneoi'wTtuu' Hill) "Jury 'called and1
sworn. Verdict uulltj'.-
1 Tuesday, S?pti Ttli.
iNnthan Brothers vs Hi A, Woldoii
featiL Judgment confessed by Deft'.
Com. vs!J. Slottlne. Indictment As
.satilt'and'Battcry., A truo bill.
Coin, vs Peter Hlppoiisleel. Indlut
mentA'ulsanep.i'A true bill. Doft. plead
Guiltv. 1 ' r
, Com. vs Anij Owen. .Indictment
Larceny., A truo bill. Verdict not,
Guilty." , -
, . Com. va John W. Clayton.. A, truo
1.111 "'
' Cohi.vs Elizabeth Evans,, hitlictment
Assault ami Battery. A truo bill, ,
(.OmVvs' PMriclc Kendrick. Indlfct-
nicii.t A's'sault ami 'Battery. A truo bill
Cdm. vsi'Patrlck and SInrgaret Brcn
nan, Iildlctmciit' keeping n' disorderly1
house. A'-trub hill. "
faohi. vs Jdlm L.andThonias Thomas'.
I'lullctment'Aault'ii.iuf ilatiery: A'tritb'
bill.' 1 ' '
' llbriry aable vsf 1'ttcV irowfcr, ct nV.
Ilbwerpermitled'tot'omo in a'nddefend
Com. vs John'HiighcM. -llccognlznnce
F6riiicatlon iuidBastardy.- Dfeft. and
George Slrnusser eacli:h'eld in '$500 bail
for appearltilcd"of Deft'. at next BeSsiPns,
' Com. vs ltichard Stout. Indictment1
malicidUs'misciilefi A truo bill.
' Com.' vs B. F. 'Stout. Indictment
Com! vs Joseph Wallace'; inVyiuuA,,
meiits ; ono for selling liquor 011 Sun
dayjiiiidon'o fifr selling liquor to minors.
Both truo bills;- Caces continued.
Com', vs John W. Claytons Second
'Indk'tm'tntifor.Larfccuy. A truo Mil;
iKstata' of Ct G. JllckettstlecM. On
m'olldii'of 3Ir'.:Brockt-ay, J; Gl FrceJso
nppdlnte'd Auditor tP file distribution.
I MUiiW'T 'rnnilM-.lInn va 1?.nlifcrr.Trmv
elj.' JUUgrabnt cnterdd for plaintlir for
SGS'.OO. 1
Cora, -vs' James Areliy.- Suttty of
tlid Pence; Deft; 'sentenced to pay tho
easts, 'and td give ball in $100 for- his
good' behavior for one year.
Wrnx,ESDAY,.Scpt.18th.
John G. lteliloy V3 Ktilttlb'nml Gablo,
It. F.Clark nppolntod oxamlridr for both1
sided.
Comi-vsIIiram Drown, catq continued
until next sesslouo.
Com vs Potur Collohan. Indictment
Assaultund Battery. Bill Ignored,nnd
tho Prosccntor,Tiioinivs 3I(inaglian,
tenccd to pay tlie costs.,
Com, va Margaret ;Garru!i. Jndlcf
mcnt destrying yiuilows. lllj-iguored,
nmjl tho prosecutrlx.Miirgt Bieniiau,
sentenced to pay tlie.eo.s.
Com. vs Margaret Gar'r'ah.Indlctmcht
Absaultand'jjattery. BlU Ignored a's
above. ' "
Com. vs 'Patrick Ganglion. Indict
meiif Assault and B'tteryVBIll ignored,
and tho pr6.seputor,"jQhVi Conway, son
ten'i'fcd to liay 'tiio costs.
Com. vs John Conway.- Indictment
solllng'liquor witliout lleenife. Bill ig
nored, nnd tho prosecutrix,-Ann Galla
gher, sentenced to pay tho costs.
Com. vs Calvin h. JIart. Indictment
.disturbing auction. Bill ignored, nnd
tiio prosecutor, G. 31. Berry, sentenced
to pay tho costs.
Kstato of Daniel G. Hut. On motion
ofJIr. Frieze, O.B. Urockway'nppolnt.
ed to mnko distribution.
,Com. vs Patrick Kllleen. Indictment
m,l8demennor in office A true bill. On
'motion of R.F.CIarkjndlctment fiuash
'5d by tho Court.
Coin, vs Callmrtuo Horan. Bill ig.
nored, nnd prosecutor to pay tho costs.
Com. vs Samuel jr. Prentis. Bill ig
norcd end prosecutor to pay tho costs.
Comr vs 31Ilrs II. Fry. ltccog. surety
of tho peace; after n hearing court sen
tenced Deft, to pay costs of prosecution
and enter with recognizance with ono
surety for tho maintninanco of good or
der and peace.
Com. vs Edward Campbell, Bridget
Campbell, ct. ul. Indict. Riot, hill Ig-
nored. Prosecutor Patrick Gallagher
to pay tno costs.
Coin. vsThos. Kelly. Indictment As
sault and Battery. Bill iguorcd.Ann 31'
Ki ennui prosecution (o pay tho costs.
Com, vs Edward Campbell and 3Iary
3I'Douald ct. at, Iml. Assault and Bat
tery with Intent to kill. Bill Ignored
and Patrick Gallagher to pay the coats,
Com. vs 3Inrthu Wells. Indictment
Nuisance. Jury Bwprn.
Com. vs Timothy Thomas. 1)111 Ignor
ed and prosecutor Marshall J. 3Iooro
to pay tho costs.
Com. vs Anu Gallagher. Indictment
soiling liquor without license Bill ig.
nored nnd Prosecutor Edward Camp
bell to pay tho costs.
Com. vs Catharino Horan. Indict
ment forceablo entry. A true- bill,
Com. vs Collins Sntllil. Indictment
Assault with Intent to kill. A truo bill.
Com. vs Jnmea M'Cormlck, Indict-
mont Assault and Battery. A truo bill.
Com. va Collin Sutllfl'. Indictment
ssault and Battery. A truo bill.
Com. vs Wm. Thomas. Indictment
Exposure of person. A truo bill.
Com. si Wm. Thomas, indictment
Affray. A truo bill.
Com. vfl Ciuharino Horan. iikiici
mcnt A3.atutnn"d Battery. 'A truoblll.
Senatorial Conference.
-Wednkhday, Aug. &-, 180!).
Ai. ninnntinnr of tho conferees of tho
cduutIN composing tho Flft eolith Sena
torial District, nt- ine vniiKirK jiuum.-,
in Northumberland, .present from
Voatmota uowity noocrt, v. v,mw,
S. SIcNInch.
Montour County Daniel BIInieycr,
Q. W. Miles. ,
XorllMihbcrlamilOiMl! M.J. u. Willi-
tngtoti, John P. Pursol.
iAillivan County'-James Docgan, Mi
chael 3Ioylert. . ...
Robert F. Ciark, of Columbia county,
was elected dhalrraan.
Ge6. W. Miles and 3IIehacl 31eylert
wero elected Secretaries.
Nominations being in order,.
James Ocegan nominated Georgo D.
Jackson, of Sullivan County'.
John p. Pursci nominated wnnam 1.
Wlthlnirtfin.of-Nortliumberlnnd county.
Geo., Vu3Illesl nominated Thomiis
CIialfnpt,;of Jtontour Cqunty.
J, S. McNinch nominated Charles R.
Buckalow, or Columbia county.
woven anil scconueuinniinonuiiumi'
i Intia itou plofkn. which was carried.
Tt wan moved nnd seconded tiiat when
din linllnln'rirri Inkcn Ihov shnll 'com-
liifcndtfrilnhhbbtlcniry'with tho counties,
and thou !tako tho nntuos of bounties
noxtin order uTsti.nlul eontinuo In Hint
wav tlirouch all of tho. ballots to bo
il was incu nirrL'uu iu inuuucu iu miu
lot. Bik ballots'1 were taken giving at
ench balloting 'each of tho candidates
two vptee.. ., ,j 1. .
Wlien.qn motion adjourned until ono
iMik-Ic ft' in'.
' AttPr voting tho' 10th ballot and no
hniiilnallii.i. 011 niotion of Jns. Dcesnn
seconded by 3Iiclmel '3teylert, that tiiis
AWFUL DISASTER !
AV0NDALU COAL BREAKKu
iiUlliNJiiU.
TWO IHINBRED AND TWO MEN IM-
PRIS0NK1) IN TIIK mm.,
nun tinailv subdued.
MIX!! PULL OF CJIOKU-JJAuur.
TWO :UEtT EILLSD nt TRYntO TO ENTER.
conferencp dp npw.adjouni to. mtet.nt
liapone. on too ursi luuminy ui oij-
leinnei't 'iiucincu negaitveiy.
Alter liiu"Jitu uauoi wun no nomi
nation, the conforenco took a, rccesH of
Ilfteen minutes. Sovcrnl further ad-
jouniments and ballots having been
inuen ; niter 1110 innn nanor nau ncun
taken with no result,
OP motion of 3Ir. Sleylertj It was
Jirmteeil. Thnt nflor sir o'clock, .on .tho. mom-
Itu lr the iTIli Inslnnt. Hint his colleague Jnrnc
it t-giiii.
lornil y 1
Dickhii, bo pennUUillooafUlui vntonf Suillmu
.(Joumvln tills co)ilcrcuco imlUJieyieri rciurn
'tliinhlconlctcncBor llio i n ival of lil-Hsnballtuto,
' Which' was adopted unanimously.
Adjourned to meet nt .Vankirkillpuse,
September -Mil, nt half-past, ntno o'clock
a. in. '
In' tho night session abov6, 3Ir. Pnr
sbll, of Northumberland, being indis
posed and desiring to leavo, E. L. Re
bor was substituted .in ids place to act as
a conforco frqm, Northumberland coun-
I SATfJUDAY, Sept. 1, 1600.
Confercnco met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Frcfeenr, Robert F.Clark, Chair--mhii'j
Geo. W. SliKs, Secretary-; J. S.
McNinch, DJiniel Billineyer, M. J. D.
Wlthington, h. Reber, aud James
Deegan, conferees,
Mr.'3Ieyldrt having been 'delayed, it
'was'1 '
, lUnlc Cil,' That James Dcesnn bo pertaltloitlo
cait Mr. Jlcylcrt'a voto until liU return, nml also
act as Bccrctary ird. (tin.
After tholOSth ballot, adjourned un-
lit n .
Rcasseaiblcd, aud after 170th ballot
Half past six 6'cldclc, met pursuant to
ndlournment: 3Ir. Moylert having re
turned took Ids position as sccrqtary.
and member ot 1110 coniorencc. .
After taking tho 181st ballot, adjourn
ed until half past seven this afternoon.
3Ict and voted 'up to nrid including
tho, 200th ballot, and adjourned until
half past eight.
After reassembling and op takfcn tho
i202nd, ballot 3Ir. Withington having
ilrst voted for Thomas Ohalfant, before
to the conforonce, desireatp Changbiirs
Voto, and on tho motion to that effect
beirig put ho ?a3 granted leave, with'
but'ono'dlpseiitln'g'voto. IIo then vo
ted for Wm. P. Withlngtoiii
IIa,yipg prococded to tho iiOOth ballot
witout.rp4ult13Ir.,3Iilc from 3Ionlour
lh'oNcd'to'ndJpurn' tb meet nt Blo6ms
bur'er oh loth Sentcmber.- which motion
-having booh put was decided In tho neg
ative.,
After takinctko "OStli ballot 3Ir. 3fe.
jNinch not participating, on his request
to uoso was nuoweu to ruuro lor iiueen
minntfcs; on returning 1 Mr., 3IcNinch
havinff. 'declined to voto. and havlncr
'wllKdrawnfromtIoconfetcnco,(tliocon
ferciico.dccliu!hg'to ox'cuso' him.) it wns
'moved th'nthiscolleaguo havo the priv
ilege of substituting a conforco in his
place,vhich'waa nnanlniously agreed
H... - ' ,
l3Ir. Clark then Btibstitutcd David
Lowdnlicrg as conferee from Colunibin
county.
Tho' conforenco, then nrocecded to
tako the 210th Ballot and tho 3Iontqur
eonierces navingproviousiy wiintirnwn,
-nr. iJticKaiow received tno uuani
inous nomination of tho conferencd. by
tno ballots 01 Columbia, JNortnumbcr
land and Sullivan counties, as Sena
torial Candidato for tho Julh Senatorial
District. " ' '
fPlio ChAirman',3Ir. Clark' having been'
requested by tho conference,- informed
3Ir..Bucknlcw'of his unanimous nom
ination, which bcintr douo. Mr. Bucka-
lcjw thanked tho conference and accepted
the nomination.
3Iessrs Jackson and Wlthincton be
ing present accepted their positions of
ueicntcucauuuiaicsinniow appropriate
roniarivS nnci pietigeii .Mr, Jiucuaiow a
corqiai support.
ROBERT F. OhARIC,
Chairman,
3IiutiAi:r, 3tj-:vi.KitT,
.Secretary.
so tici: or xojiiXA tjox.
Hon'. CitAiti.KS R. Uuci:am:w.
' Dear Mr'iliy tho unanimous
action of tho iconforees of Columbia,
Northumberland, nml Sullivan Coun
ties, you nrp declared tho' Candidato of
tho ICtli Senatorial Dlstrictfor tho Stato
tsenate.
1 ROBERT T. CLARK,
- ' 1 , ,- Chairman.
JAMES DEEGAN, I
I'AVIU l.UWIiiSlJIJllU,
31. J. D. WITIIINGTON,
k: I. REBER, I
3Iichai:i. SIbvleut,
Secretary.
A DCSPATCH from Governor Hnlglit
conveys tho gratifying Intelligence that
tho Democratic victory in California Is
overwhelming, nnd that tho Democrats
havo three-fourths of the Legislature,
In tho last Legislature tho Republicans
had tho Senato by four majority, and
tho Democrats tho Lower House by
twenty-four majority. A Clioycnuodcs-
patch announces that thoDemocrnts havo
also carried Wyoming Territory, elect
ing their candidate to Congress. Thus
tho extremo West thunders In respouso
to the Democratic victory In Kentucky,
Teunessee,VlrgIul.innd3Ioutanu,Thc50
nro cheering auguries of the moro Im
portant triumphs to coino.
Philadelphia, Sept. 0.
ATHLirriCS DUFIIAT THIS HAYJIAlv
KM.
One of tho bpst coutested games of
baso ball over played In this city took
placo hero this afternoon, between tiio
Haymakers, of Lauslngburg, and tho
Athletics, or this city. Tho Haymak
ers kept tho lead up to tho Inst Inning,
when tho Athletics mado six runs and
sent the Ilnyninkprs to tho bat, with
lour runs to ovorcomo. Tho Hnyma'.c-
crs mado but thrco, however, and con-
sen,ucntly wero defeated by a scoro of 18
to 17. 'i no game was witnessed by over
iu,uw pcopio.
Plymouth Pa. Sept. 7.
Vnatnrilnv imirnlm' nbotlt ten o'clock,
flro broko out in tho Avondalo Colliery,
(Hlnii inn Pnnl rin..i leased bV 1110 U. JJ.
& W. R. R. Company, and situated n
mtio below Plymouth. It wns ilrst seen
liv thnan nutahln. when ut) nt tho head
of tho cracker, or stack, to which point
il nnd run rrom tno 1001 01 uiu siiuu,-oi
feet from tho surface. . ....
Tho best nuthoritios docitlo Hint tno
llro must havo been communicated from
tho ventilating furnace, llro having been
kindled with wood yesterday morning.
Considerable neat nan been nouceu near
tho hoisting npparntus, so much so that
tho engineer could not oil tho sliiivcs.
Tho llro burned so rapidly that thecu-
glncer. 3Ir. Alex. Weir, was driven
iromtlioengiuosoon alter, naving nau
tinio merely to blow tho wnlstloand fix
things secure, so that thero would bo no
danger of explosion. As tho flro passed
up tho blinft and into tho breaker, It
riiBhed Into the' cngiiio room as stated,
tho engineer not having tlmo even to
secure his'hat. In an almost Incredibly
short spaco of limo tho entire works
wero ono mass of ilames oxtendintr un
tho breaker, which Is situated on tho
siuo 11111, liity or sixty loot ingner man
tho Bloomsburg RR. track and running
down thocracker'nnd picker rooms and
chutes, to tho trc.ik.
Tho llro when thus in full progress,
was grand boyond description, imag
inn n nhinn of flro runnim; un one hun
dred lect at an angle of tlilrty-thrco de
grees aud then almost perpendicularly
into tho air another hundred feet, whllo
dcho clouds of smoke enveloped all
surrounding objects, nnd a laint uiea
will bo had of this mngnlncent specta
cle. Before pi'occe'dirtg further. It will bo
necessary to say thai whllo this was tiio
.sccno nbovo gro'itild, Two IIU.vdiied
and Two human beings, minors nnd
other laborers, wero in tho bowels of tho
earth beneath this mass of flro, to al
intents and purposes buried nllve, nnd
with tho faintest of all prospects oi over
getting out alivo and thosceno nbovo
will bo better appreciated. '
Surrounding tho flro on every side,
wero hundreds of men, women and, chil
dren, ihofemalo portion of whom wero
making tho air resound with their frau
ti,. ni.tr.anr distress. Wives wero wring
ing their hands n.id willing "Oh J my
Jimmy," "God havo mercy ;" "Who'll
tako caro of my children'" and using
L'tH,
and Wm. Smith went
Konotliirty-llvomCr.:
cd dlnnof enna anil cui'1
hope, its tho gases and smoko and flro
....... i.i i i.n.i fw.n nasn(rn arottUU
the circuit and out again. As It Is, Uio
fears nro that tho smoke has I'Ciietrated
l,n lutinr mlnnsnild stlffOClltcd nil the
men. Tho main' doorway iouub o.oo. iiau.pasts XoV.
ti.n ...i,ir,Q i. w nni. vnt been reached. lams. D.W. Kmnu t. i .v..
io jr. 'l'ho third hot of men, four In William Thomas uw ,' .V
number, went down and fnmu back in KOno thirty ininutes, and to'''
fifteen minutes, two of them so oyer- Kyholo lot of men de'ul on I
conio Willi tno ciiects oi mo k j; "
they are being restored wun great uim-
eu .
run iras is coming out oi nm .u
mine very fast sinco tho passago way
was opened.
Stl'TKMnEIl 8,
Confereqs
every form of expression of endearment'
nnd 01 WOO. iUOincrs wero crying uui
for their sons, as only mothers can cry,
and feeling only as mothers do. No
persuasion, entreaty, advice, or conso
lation, served to quiet them. 'This con
tinued for at least an hour, when they
lif.nnmnnnif.tpr nq thov sawefforts mak
ing to extinguish tho ilamos, and the
rpst of tho day tho outbrenks wero less
frennpnt. nithnusrh it was heart rending
to seo individual cases of overmnster
!;.!f.r m-i!..1i u-nrn nvliibitert nliiontr
tho cabin's ef tho miners.
THE MINERS' HOUSES.
nnriiio- flin rarlv nrecress of tho fire.
great fears were entertained thnt all the
miners' houses, Which aro situated on
tho sido hill, botii ways from tho fire,
u-nniii lie consumed. Tho heat was In
tense, but providentially tho wind blow
up tho hill directly in tho lino of the
flro, burning only tho forest trccs.Whlch
blazed away liko writhing fiends. Tho
women however, removed all their
household goods from their tenements,
and in tiiis way for a time forgot their
m Inf
.iiA.4.SA!Uas.tho flro began to bo visiblo
"neighboring collic'ries, men15gto"i0
flock toward tho burning breaker.
Superintendent Leo worked with all
his might, his first caro being toremovo
tho blasting powder from immediate
proximity to tiio fire, to n placo of safe
ty. IIo also telccranhcd to Scranton.
Kingston', and' Wilkcs'-Rnrro, for flro
engines, superintendent, runups as
sisted in tho work -of organization.
Thoy mustered n bucket company, nnd
lormeu a nno irotn tiio tain: auouc nity
rods distant, aud thus poured water on
tho most exposed places.'
Tno flrst llro apparatus to arrive was
the hand cnglno Luzerne, from Kings
ton, accompanied by a full complement
of men. This cngino wns hauled up
tno niiito wiimn a iow, ieetoi uiecrncK
er, and was at first fed' with buckets
from tho tanks and subsequently from
several wagons which contiuunlly haul
ed casks of 'water to tho Bitot. Thoto
jwero kept running nil tho atternoon.
Soon tho Good Will hand engine,
from Wilkps-Darre, arrived at tho scene
on a platforni.car. This did not get to
work for souio timo owing to want of
water; Tins cngino lor a timo supplied
Na.v-Aug.stoamer from Scranton. with
water,-but it, was found Insufficient
when it stretched its lioso to tho flro
nnd worked well in tho process of sub
duing tho ilames.
Ntty-Aug steamer arrived on tho
grpuud about, ono p,'clock. As soon as
nnsqlhln nflpv itq nrrlvnl. if. ivna ilRnm.
barked. With it went down -100 feet of
hose. As much of this as was needed
was run up tho bank to tho btono wnll
(00 feut, high), and was liaulod to its
.top, and strjitelied to tho inputii of tho
bliaft, which was encumbered with
burning timbers and all manner of
debris. Witter wns flrst obtained from
Good Will, of Wilkos-IUrre, nml play
ed into tho mouth of tho shaft, but
uen iiiisstippiy was lounu insuuicicnt,
tho engine was let down tho bank bo.
low'tho 'railroad, whore, In a swall, Is a
stream of water, usually copious, but
then very scanty. A cask was hero
sunk, and irom that time slio took sue
tlou from that spot.
OrE.N'INd br THE TUNNEL.
At tho foot'Of tho thirty feet wall Is
tho mouth of'h tunnel which runs
through tho coal to tho shaft, tapping
tho latter fifty or sixty feet from tho
sunace. tiio mouth oi tins tunnel had
been chocked up with' coal, falling tim
bers; and other debris, and after tho flro
In Its vicinity had been put out, men
were sot to work to open it. Tills, was
effected shortly after four o'clock. At
1-20, Nay-Aug's hoso was lot down tho
bank and carried Into tho tunnel, tho
far ond of which wns a mass of blazing
ruins. It was not n long timo before
tho hoso was advanced to tho shaft
opening, when tiio boys wero nbio to
turn their powerful stream Into It. By
flvo o'clock tho llro wns so far extin
guished that men nbovo could eommnnpn
clearing awuy tho rubbish nt the top of
UIU DU.IU.
THE DEUItlCK.
WMIo all theso other efforts had been
malting, a forco wns engaged In rigging
n "horso power," with which to work n
derrick over tho shaft. Thoy had nuout
COO leet of rope and all othor necessary
uppurlcnnnces ready by tho timo tho
derrick was completed and raKed.
At ten minutes to six o'clock, ovory
thing being roady, n dog, enclosed in n
box with a slat Inn. mw lt ,tn.,-.. n,
l.r. ... ... -- - '.."..""" "
smut logcuier wiui a iigntcu lamp, for
tho luirnoso of nscorlninlm If It L.
s uu ior n man to go down tho shaft. If
i i , i ,s , mvo 11 would bo proof
.....I, uiu mi us nut io not auu too loul
for breath. Ho was ltt down ns fur as
tllO bOX Would rn fnr It.n nlulriinlln,,,,!..
tho nit. when, nt six nVln,-lr ti.n i,.
was muled up, tho dog was found alive,
und tho ilrst beiitlinont or relief wns ox
perlcnc'cd sinco tho llro commenced.
Whllo thodn'ru'im ilnu-n II. n ol.n
lulot was requested, nnd a number o f
men who wero nt tho mouth or tho tun
nel, hallooed down tho shaft In tho bono
that an answering bound wouh, bo
heard from tho Imprisoned men. 3Inny
in tho tunnel and nbovogrotiud thought
il . ,1 tt.l II nml
thov heard answer, ui hk"'i
hmuedlately, cheer after cheer went up ,
frnm tlionsseniuicu IIIU1UJ....W. , i
After tl o dog wns hauled up, 6fforbJ
wero mado to call to t hoso below, but
hero was so much confusion around
n mouth of tiio shaft, so many pcoplo
telnWhoiod there, and all kW so
anxious to rco what was going on ti nt
" was impossible. A policeman, ni id
othew mnJo every cflbrt to get tho peo
ple back, but nil to no purpose. It wm
Innlly thought ndv sabio to turn a
stream of water upon tbo crow d to tim o
it nwny.. This was accordingly dono
with Good Will's hose.
When quiet was again restored, an
other louu call was made. latMe
sllcnco wns observed by tl o vn t con
course, numbering thousands, but no
answering volco wns heard, and hopo
U i T ". wnm nt tllO same tllllO
making to send a man down to recoil
noitrc. vumi-7v nV,i
Jlr. diaries vurtuu, ui :
i ..nni. l.nmnd ntclv signified
his Intention of making tho attempt to
rcacli ids perhaps dying and ninyl ap
dead fcllow-mluers, hfs noblo-hearted
man, who Is about tliirty-llvo years i o
age, nking his life li. his haju , liookcd
on ins lamp, anu oiyii''-
sacrificed such ills descent should pro o
A bucket was rigged, and ho stepped
into It, provided withnlantcrn, n buck
et of coffee, a wet towel, and a signal
ropo, by which to glvo nollco when lie
wished to ascend.
(i-MO v. m, Tho descent commences.
Alter going down n few feet It was
found necessary to change tho program
me n little. Ho wns honied up again,
and ids lantern fastened to the signal
rope, and it wns then lot down slniuj
in;.;,ci,. 1,-iHi iir. Vnrtuo's second at
tempt (which commenced nt 0:31,) and
.. .111,1,, I.Ij i-nnnll
Cjll r. M.-Signal from Vartuo to bo
drawn up. In threo minutes lie readies
llm Inn nf lllfl shaft.
3Ir. V. reports, that about half-way
down the shaft ho found obstructions
u-i.tnii urnvrntpil bis further descent.
A pump was lodged there, upon which
n-itnii n stick of limber nnd other ob
structions, nnd although thero was an
opening largo enough to go through, ho
leared to guuow n, bupnusing ium u no
illil. Ilin ilebris would fall upon him.
Tho brattico work nroun'd tho shaft wns
not much burned. Ho reported tho ail
lorfectlv good nnd not inuen licatcu
mi Unit two men would have to go
down, ns they could work together to
good advantage.
it was 111011!? it uest to sonu uuwn
fresh men. and accordingly Charles
Jones.of Plymouth, and Stephen Lvans
uajNoiimgunm snait, voiuniccreu.
r G;6!l i'. m. Tho two men wero provl
ded with a hook and n hatchet, and
some other contrivances, and started
down. They gavo signals to stop, two
or threo times and wero apparently en
gaged in clearing away obstructions.
7:02 i m, Signal to slack off. Thoy
wero then seen lrom nbovo to bo at tno
bottom, and to get out from the bucket
A season of suspenco followed.
7:03 l m. A smothered bound Is
heard, as of heavy pounding somo dis
tanco from tho bottom of tho shaft, and
it was supposed above thnt it was upon
brattico w ork built lo close up tho gang
way by tho buried men, and thus pre
vent tho entrance of firo and smoke.
7:12 r. m Signal to come up.
7:13 p. si Tho men cmergo from the
mouth of tho shaft.
As soon as Jonesand Evans got breath
they reported that they went 70 or SO
yards into a gang way, finding threo
dead mules as they progressed. They
finally camo to a closed door, upon
whieli they pounded, wailing breath
lessly for an answering sound from the
unfortunate men. But alas! alas!! no
sound came, and thoy felt compelled to
return, first having noticed that a cloud
of sulphur wns pouring out through tho
crevices in tho wood-work of tho door.
They did uot attempt to break down tho
door, tearing that tno suipnur would
ovcrnowcr them in their partially ex
hausted condition. They discovered
nnothcr gang-way running in another
direction, Into which tho lresh air ap
peared to bo rushing. Jones desired to
enter tiiis but Evans refused, nnd the
plo'ro it alone" " "nt "rudent to ex
This colliery lias been running less
than two years. Tho cracker and other
buildings wero finished In tho year 1SC7
Thoy wero built under tho supervision
of '3Ir. S. D. Kingsley, and cost $150,
000. Tho Dickson 3Innunicturing Com
pany putjn tho machinery. Tho lois.
is eatimnicu at su,uuu.
avondale's capacity.
Theso works wero ranked among tho
large-it and best In the Wyoming Val
ley. At tho timo of tho flro nbout -loO
tons of coal wero daily hoisted from tho
shaft, although that was by no means
Its full capacity. During suspension
times theso works wero idle, and had
only commenced work on tho2d Inst.
Plymouth turned out nlmoH en masse
to seo tho fire. Four or flvo thousaud
pcoplo must have been on' tho ground
when tho last Scranlon-bouiul train
prsc'i Plymouth, and tho eriC3 of tho
women hud again commenced, on nc
count ortlio unfavorable news brought
up by Jones and Evans.
Lato in tho.'nfternoonMr. Storrs start
ed for Scranton to get n relay of exper
ienced miners, who wore, it was said to
bo employed In tho adjoining mino to
endeavor to open n passago to Avondnle,
which was variously estimated at from
twenty to fifty feet distitnt through tho
. ..,ll.
t i.n,"i. T ho men ascenti io t " ''
or tho sl.nrt. .They repor in
Mm iilnllorm Oil Win." M .
. t'
went ic
ty feet
express nn opinion thntTT
tho mine nro boyomh?nl'(,!,H
cry nllve; thnt sCelfe''"
u down; thoy nro mi f
buforu
ventiiro
irinv iirncceded about thlr-
?rcat deal or carboi lu nc Id ;n l" incK , o 1 1 n0.Wt) '
rctrintcii, niter coino c-oiiHlilnmM . . ".Ul
llr llJIIVvj"1 --""v viiiin.
tmiiiiii iuiit.t na coino conn u ora u u. '
t "-'uiunnti .,
iituuir ...? - roiu mun wnll vnn n.n . .7
thick on tho bottom pi t no " . wlthstnnd flin r,, L" wiUh
Charles Jones, nnd Isaac Thomas, u n
otlior SHiicrs' Committee, now begin to
descend tho shaft. (llrll
12 !!0. TllO SCCOIlll 101 "
l s'd-ely. nshad tho Ilrst. Thoy peno.
nted tiio gangway soventy-ftvo feet In
enough to learn anythini,, St1
2:55-Tho air is gctl ni?K,ttt
mines. Turn l,n,i. ,lln.K bttte..
mines,
been found
found in tho stnbio "
mnn probably elcliinnn .LV't
other u mlil(lli..iHr,i ,. .."M
ei
It
X'Sor', m lngthis :iJgive circulation or w -u m ... cs belo 0 th
t . . ".. 4 1, .... rpTiirn- I ..." u
nil nrounu iu inu t-iiuu.iw,
...1
n.nn ...
oiuu j. miner otceie, shl t 7
... ... ..... inr,n iJCllisoilttlocum. i rt J
Had this small uoorueeu iuum "i -i r,,,,,,,.
there might havo been ft shnuow m -
mwio, I
DenlsonSlocum, drlVr T '
0.10 A. st, WuiiXKsniv t
tindUiobodiwwlllToiJS:
ruiiidiy as possible. Tho if
lipt niteriero to any groat ?
7:30-At half-past
gongs which has Just rt-toriJ it
thiiv wont, no ii... ..!..luni'"
. . "1- IIUUP.
..Vt.V U 1 1 LIII1 I. IO., a .
Which n barrier wns mw 'i:1
near packed around wih7?
nnd p nil. l.,.. fi'i.i. ... "V
"""J'ccetiingnilttlB fllr!f
Iinrrut. . ,
"i villi ii ( i. ii 1 ir
structcd ns the first.
couipiyted siivo it small
"'""ff- , , , sufllclcnttondInltoftlles'!
I can of course bo mado to lnilll .b6dy nnt, it , ,
do door or penetrn o tho ho hnd Just finished his tit o
o outer gangway is cleared ,)rm,r,Jn tn , a,si"
i nn Tim iu-n men nro not vet reviv
ed. Doctors Throop and i,vernart, pi
Scranton, and Wilson, or Plymoutn,
I.. nmiilnnin. Tim wildest oxcito-
mont prevails, and mo mass oi pcopio
,.r l-,,.,t l.ii-L- with I'ri-ilt dlfllcultV.
ii. t o two niiuurs uiu Niitu ui.
last. It M!oms lillo to peril llfu by any at work in lavincui. tin, T '-
i..uii.- ni j,., n it i nii-n nn nn . n,..,.,. , . " - ---r o-uL
luiinui iuii--iiii'i7 iw ..w .. .. ....-n
the gas Is so strong,
JNo attempt t
reach tho ma!
mine until the outer gangway
nr ......
Ul nils. .
y.lO.liOloro sending down liny inuiu
men, the precaution was taken to lower
lighted lamps into tho pit. Finding
llnit llinv luirnpil freolv at llio bottom,
at threo o'clock four men descended tho
shaft. After ten minutes nbsenco they
returned in good condition, nnd report
ll.n ritiiuwiilii-ni much l Hirer.
. ., 1 .- ..... i- i, ...!.!.(.. I...II"
Aiiotncr set Will louuw wunin nun
un hnnr. nnn it is noueu mat exniuru
tions can bo soon pushed deeper into
tho mine, and that developments oi in
icrewt. will follow.
3.80. Another relay of four men next
wi.nt, down thn Rhaft. Thov nroccedcd
along tho gangway, through tho first
door, aud about soventv-flvo feet furtli
or. when thov onencd n door leadlnc to
tho furnace. It was found to bo full of
burnim? con . and Hint tho flro hnd com
munlcated with n heat) of coal, near by.
which was also n Making raabs. Ouu of
tho party becoming overcome .with tho
gas, tho rest retired nulekly, and.barcly
reached tho' plntforin in timo to 'succor
tiirco oi mo number, un reaciung tno
mouth of tho shaft ono of tlinm wus
carried out bodily by four men, nnd tho
two others assisted out to tno open air.
where they wero resuscitated with great
difficulty.
1.00. A consultation was now held
and sad and serious wero tho delibera
tions, ah euorts, so lar, to renovo tno a D3IINISTKATIIIX .Nf
men or get ai mem to-uuy navo neon i xa. laTAns or tiiomas utt
LcltcrH ui namlul!.trutiuu oi
TUomas l.ungclou, Into or leutr.
pruparing to join nn mkj
upon tho opposito side of the ,
by crnwling back. Thhba,..1
moved, when tho whole f.rf.'i
congregated logeiiicamli
on tho other, dead. i
No hopo remains of aft.,
of tho wholo vast nunikJ,
preparations nra goingonfe.
removal of tho bodies, Mb'1
with tho poor nrrniigcmeiii'n
ing, will tako tho great" t
day. Tiio condition of tlfJt
stnntiy Improving. i
H.-iu. At, tins timo the tn .
to bo brouirht un. 'tuJ11
heart-rcildiiig in tho oxtrerlc 1
wives. Bisters, and ciiiidrc'
ndar the openliiL', anxiom.t
discover tho features of thej.i
Our want of spaco forWOi i .
Of each cas1). Morning'
NEW ADVERTISE.
JTOTICE TO TItlSI'ASI
All persons nio hrrt-by ho:
paa on tiio lnnds nftlio uudors.t
Cuntro township, fvr tho l-urp.
tnltlni; fruit, nriuiy other ol,Ji
nftcr tills uotlco wilt lio t'linls1-. :i
law.
ICnxTHE, Sept. lO.'tiO
8THHD
Theso men want ilnu-n nn ii.n .n,,i
train at 7 o'clock with 3Ir. Storrs? nnd
forty pr fifty men beside the passengers
nlsp 200 feet of hose.
It was reported during tho afternoon
(said to bo on tho authority or 3h. Weir
tho engineer nt Avondalo;) that when
tho firo broko out ho was letting into
tho shaft 3Ir. Steel, stablo boss, with a
lot of straw, nnd that ho was no moro
than half way down nml must eonse
quently havo been killed. Ho has a
family of six or soyon young girls. Wo
could get no further particulars in rela
tion to 3Ir. Steel's fate.
Avotfiuu: SuArx, 12 o'clock mid,
night. Sinco Chaso left I learn that
sovcral parties went down nnd two
wero suffocated Thomas W. Williams
pf Plymouth,and David Jones.of Cranii
iunnel. After going down onco or
twlco, Williams's dead body was
brought out by David H. Davis nnd
llcnj. Jones. Thos. L. Williams went
down nnd dragged David Jones somo
dlstancoto tho shaft, then camo up.
John W. and Isaac Thomas then went
down nnd brouuht hia iifn.i i.n.i..
All wlio nttempted to go down aro now
No other attempt will ho mado to go
rlntvn until n r..nii i . .
r.n.A; .1 " ?"..a.",V u nnn ian nro
" " ui uiuKiinit, a canvass
..U.U" uh, ret-.,ouiiiai n r can bo
forced down.
All who havo beendown say it Is verv
hot. Tho door is closed and loud calls
havo been made, but no answer.
V10 ?nl i1'0,1'0 fur tho Ine' l tho
mines Is their having shut themselves
out entirely from llio draft.
Tho cngiiio and fan will bo ready bv
flvo o'clock. J J
9 o'ci.oci;.Tho most experienced
men nil agree that every person ii, tho
!? j.urlshoil l'reparations ,
hastening to force nir down tho shaft.
hoiira dcscont WIU b0 mm,u within in
10.20. Thninns r
.-..,., w,..,.. uiii iu jwuniiaie, aro mill:.
In-' tho first descent or tho Shaft.
Thoy proceed nnlv nnn Immli-n,! ri
nnd lower threo lumps, which burn
freely. Obstructions prevent tho lamps
reaching the bottom within fifteen feel!
lO.-U-Carson and Davis remain In
tholr ; position, reconnolterlng tiio Shaft
Tho lumps still burn. The fan continues
to forco down air.
ilH10 wo men hnvo ascended
and tho Minors' Commit tco aro getting
ready to go down. Thoy w.ll tukouxes,
saws, Ac, to clear tho passcro.
ii.io.-Uoorgo T. 3Iorgan, of Nnnti
uot at them to-dny
worse than fruitless. Tho ulr bos been
forced into tho mino all day through
tho gangway, in which stands tho iur-
naco. It had been understood sinco last
night that the coal in tins furunco had
been drawn out and extinguished upon
tlid Hist alarm of fire. Such was the
report ot those who flrst entered tho
mine Monday night. It now seems not.
und that tho voluuio olair seat into the
mino has swept over tiio burning lur
naconud curled nil tho gases and smoko
thercrei'rom into tho inner recesses of
tho mino. This alone, continued as it
has been all day, would' bo enough to
havo caused tho death of every inmate
of tho mine, even if any had been ,ror-
"iintQ enough to havo Im" nlivo this
lnornilit;.
5:00 Hoso is being let down tho shaft
ns tho firo must bo extinguished beroro
any further progress can bo made.-
7:10 At0:ii0, four men, went down'
nfter letting-'down water hoso to tho
end of tho uirplpo.nnd overthe furnaco
to put water on and'deaden thti 'flro in
thu furnace. They returned in fifteen
minutes, saying that tho water hoso
was tangled in tho Shjiito that they
could only partly nrrango it, nnd thoy
could not find tho holo by Which they
expected to enter.
At 7.10 another relay of four men
went down. Thoy returned in about
twenty minutes, reporting that they
had been at tho furnaco and found
everything nil right except tho flro In
tho furnace, which was still burning.
Ihey could not arrange tho water hoso
until it was hoisted up a little. They
were not seriously affected by tho foul
air.
8.30-At 7:50, John I'rico, Evau 3Ior
ris, Wm.JI.Thoinas.aud Elijah Thomas,
went down, making Slotris's second
trip for the purposo or arranging tho
lioie. They wero down twenty min
utes, and Uvnn 3Iorrls was brought out
insensible, falling before ho reached tho
carriage, this second tiip proving moro
than ho could stand. Ho was resuscita
ted in a short time. Tho others were
all right. They succeeded iu getting
the ho;o ready to haul up.
T V 1VrI,-:At 8:25 i'-M.John Williams,
John Hopkins, II. W. Evans, aud 1)!
.Evans went down, nnd staid 25 mill
ules.causingconstderableanxlety among
thoso nbovo. Tho hoo was carried for
ward to tho furnaco, thirty fiot. They
reported that thero was no firo except
that In the grate, which seemed lo be
llli Ulll.
n vV0r" Ipwell.orTnvlorvillo.Tl.os.
rX ?f 1 u"ovuo, and Thos. E. Davis,
or ISaiitlcoko, n Commlttro or Miners
beg hi to descend tho Shaft. Thoy pro!
ceed slowly and with enro. 1
At U 05, Win. S. Price, Lewis Davis,
O. D. Davis, and Win. 31'Qregor went
n?2rjj,,,JUt1!lf.t(;r reiTiuInI.it- twenty mln
ut AfW,1 110 now developments.
rAt H','10' 1I0S' M- i'riee, 3lirk Evans,
1rny and D.W.Ueeso went down
nnd after n lapsoof 1C minutes returned
and reported thn imai ,.in,i i.. ..in " '
for the water, the Idea' being to' tl row
nr nnar ,? 8B0,,n,&t Ml0 ,t00f nt tl Pressure
' i,ml let U M on tboiurnaco.
h lo theso inen wero down.thoso who
anxiously awaited tho result or their
descent wero considerably scared by tho
,.ir ii B 0fr-lt' cnused b7 tl10 cooling
o if ot tliosurfacorock. Fortunately no
uuu ua nun,
o'dock."Th0 Wntr WflS tu"lcd 011 nt 10
At 11:15, D. 31. 3Iorgnn, It. ir. wn.
&,A'1,,,u"w. AVin J. I'rico
i n. n t'1 anl 'flftcen minutes.
Dad nir is coining up tho shaft.
nnTi ,?m 030 13 forclnK wator upon tho flro
nnld Uo.lllJi K00d execution. Tho men
dkJ0not ndvnnco further than tho fur-
At twelve o'clock David S. Jones.
Joli'lPwhi'6'011' Sa!nu,t!l Morin,2Sd
John Williams went down, and after
remnlnliig twenty-llvo minutes Insldo
dltion, tho bluo .lamp that now com
nenced risliig making them quite sick.
XhS 1'rf,,sl,(,! 1,8 1,10 others wero
At about tho tlmo this gang asked lo
bo hoisted, (icorgo Morgan, who was
wa chliigattho opening or tho sin It,
had to bo removetf anil al except four
or flvo wero driven from the tunnel.tho
bluo damp that was coming up tiio s mft
making Morgan sick, uuiF placing
who might bo in tho tunnel 'in a very
perilous situation,
, ":0,5-'i11'!llnK3 nt '3 tlmo nro at a
stand still, except as regards tho water
going In upon the rtirnaco and tho rising
of tho bluo damp. Ko ono has been
down sinco tho gang last reported, nml
although an cilbrt Is making to get
another gang to go, and although threo
who have not yet been down aro ready,
thoso Iu authority are ulraid to run tho
risk, unless somo ono who has been
down, goes along. Ob.ervntlou thus
far convinces us, ns it also doos all who
lila co.( deceuKed.liavo In-en eras"
lernf Bnlil county to WlnnelorlU.11
tmllulloro'AU pcrhonftlialni&.
ugnlnKt the cututo ot the ihoiili-.i
to make tlicm knoM-n, ftnd Ui)
luuku payment.
WINNXFur.I..t
Bept 10,'CO-Ot. J-
A D3IINISTItATUIXWn
XV. 124TATK OF IJAMFt. J, IV
1.1'lter.sofailnilnlstmtlonnuL,.
M'JCIern.ln latoof CouyiiKliamti; R
ilecwiscd, Iiavo heen grauU-ilt r
Columhla c-onuty, to Auj 1TL.
sniuo plaeo. All iktmuik tirjl
IIIIIJUUS IlKUIUftl lllti m.l.l Kl.1, ,
prcKunt them fni-Kottlciiunl m I
ihono InachtcU to luaku paym. .
Sept. 10,'CO-Ct . .)
E"XECUTOIt'S NOTK'fo
t KSTATK Of JOHN llKMUTt J
IiotterH U'&tprut-niary uuiliet
molt, lato of Mailt!,on tuuisliii
ly luivo liui-n grauteit by tlii. l(..
liln county lo tjllaa Wcliitit m 1 .
fihlii Columbia couuty, Tn. All 9 I
claim af;uliibt tho c-btateiirert.,.,
them to lho i:ei-ulor In M- I
Columbia county, 1'a, TIh.mj.i- .
lalu cither on uoto. Jutlgiru-bl.ii
iiceouut will mal.o i-ii)iiiut c
vllliout delay.
Pept. 10.'C9-CV. r
p D II L I C S ALU
-01-
VALUAllLi: llKALls'-1
Iu purMinncoof an orilerotli
of l.uzcrno countv. l'u.. on Mu:
October lhLUutouu o'clmk tu 1
H.na any lit the hoimo ni i,oi.i
lics adJulnliiK said iirt-tulse lu.
Columbia county la. ii,n.i.uli-1
trntor of tliu Kstato ol Jil, Im ,
bra.i Luzerno county deiiii-rfJ1-wilo
ulltlioue twocontliruoiw to.
unto in tho towushlp 01 Lotukiii-,
Columbia adjolnlni! Iiinil. ot.'-'
nail L.00 and others. 'Ihelirstu
nlnctynluo acus ami blstj
wlilcli Is moro than half iljaril
slato of cultivation, Uio balin .
cd. Tho second thereof mmr -1
acies, of which a few ncri nn" J
part of It 18 limber laud, comiu
ty white oak, ihistmit, jtii'J
Umber nil of which woulJ iii
million leetoflumiien lueui""
quality. IlothorhaldlracUiK,, 3
Hprlugs and a stream of Muter '
mild tracts- nnd a public row
Joins outnld tiacts, aUo me
trailts of Kood timber InuaMtom
Hlilri adjoining laudi hcu-luta'-TI10
ilrst thereof conlaliilnsli', '
cs, tltosccond thereof contaliilM1
ptrches. tho third thi reol conta -W
pcrclien, the fourth tlieitiJ?--aiul33
peiches, tho tilth H'"'
acres and Ul perches, strut mu
liforesald tracts nio consWewiu
ed laud lu that vlciully.and bay
vantaiie by laylns so near im ,
liood loads to market, vu: i.i' -i
trnlla, nlno mlle3 to AshlanJ
mlieno Catuwliisa. Fannirsi
oiieiators, Bpeculiitois uud i.U'"
remembor tho day of s ue.
An examination of suld l'r0L
bent recommcidfttlou of It. 1 ,
,lltrtll:llcdodmlulstnltorwlllW,
l.fivli Leu imtlioadolulil'"
i'ny previous to thodiiy off1'?;
deslro of hhowlns said Um',?:
and every person Imvliiua ii"";
belore the sale, also ouoot
ship (near Hlabtown) wU0ful"
Tnuel, Joseph CttllaiidullierMj
moro or less Improved IuJ
property of said 'JfeSLu.W
TEI'.MH OF BAUif'reu l"
clioto money to bo naidiu iii '
lho property, 0110 tulrd less IW.K
dayofAprlHs7Uat which I'JjJ,'
be Btvcn.ttie reinalnlngoue ttu
of April 1B71 with Intercstna
day of April 1670, tho p'inj'f'ov
aud stamp. 1"v'' i.
IIitqiisvilli:, Sept. 10,'(i'J
TOST .-FIVE IW
U WAUD.-On Monday tnj
twocn lleadershott's lirw l;
near Iron, a small leal her if
init S25 in inoney. two golO I ' ;v
will bo paid for Us return ton;
Woomsburg, Sept. 3, ,
OTIOE.
My wife Karali, liavlnu kJ
wlthoiitjiwt cnuso or pioi
hereby ilotllled not to trust "
wlferiarnli as 1 will not pn JJ'f
or any bll Is of her coutrui-U
lleuton towi.slilpCol.eo. m'
ucpu a,'i-3t
rjliOACIIEHS VAN'l'l:t''
bovon Male und t!dl'",,'''S!t
wanted for lliosi-lioolsoft"-""
Columbia couuty. , ,
I.lberul willies will bo P-iiJ',,. (
Applicant will appear f. ,
Creosy's Hi-hool Housu, 11
Jrlcl, on Wednesday the ' ur,j
li-o-j." i'''';ni:v!v'iii.-
Cbntiib, Kept, iVUMi.
1 ., ,
C10-lAItTNESIII'
rl.o .l l.nvnfllteKJ.1
sl-'oiuidersundMni''li''ii
Iry heretofore occuphj1! 1
Tho
shin as
l''ouudry
(ir'xiK'i;
. The Imolisof tho lalo tltm'
K. It. Ilder, to w honi all iw',l,u
lllodmsbnris June U,'HM
TIIOHNTON
auuoiince ; ,u,
nv. inui
t J.-f". l,o till
fM-- wouiu noiiu....vy :- .,Iui
uuri uuu viciuuy, 1 ' t
nua coiupielcussoiuii-. pi
W AIili I' A I'll It,
all (other Booitsiu lilj ; J10, ,
newest and niost l'l'r, in u''
and
1110
... IIUWI-NV UUU i'"",-,,.., 1 ia u1?
day uru olwuys to bo f"".1' USt. 1