tt .r
liit Clllsi FBEE63AN.
t3u?3C!JRG, PA.,
FrUay Mcminn - - Aug. 20, 1875.
Jjfit'vrttitc Stale Convention.
At ! IIHM:!i;
Cioin.-iH'-e, h -1 I ill Harrisluir.', March -ftli.
ls,.1. tin) i'mI in.v it. s resolution was ;i.h;te.l : !
Hi I. Tb.lt the liixt lletiv.eritie. Stnte j
f '-.iivi-ni ion, tor tl.e 'iiriMi- of imiii inut my '
'ntnl:'!i!tes io- J . r . i it n i Ptrf. Ti -casn? ei-, j
i nel 1 i:i lb-- ; .ii l'.niK. mi V.'piisesliAV,
tho s,!i .1 ty nf St!-rt.Mni:!i, is;.",, at noun. j
The i'uiivi 'ion will consist of the usual t
turii)-r !' deleea'es, viz: hie delegat.! fur;
r:v !i iM-'in1 t of the Senate and House of
lt"prt sei.tat i vt-?. i
!i i!.; Mit.pt-h, Chairman. '
The Senatorial Delegate.
Is ;i-!.!itiiii t.j the
hl'IIKS IP.tiCtU CiSfcW
We are frequently- asked by promi
nent Democrats from the northern
section of the county whether there is
any truth in the prevni.ing rumor that
the Senatorial conferees from this
countv inteml violating the instructions
received from the county committee,
is of tiio iicin ii-ntic Rtnfe when it appointed thcin, to vote for
John II. Fiske, h;q., as me delegate
from this senatorial district (Cambria
and IHair counties) to the State con
vention, which will meet at Erie on the
8th of September. We cannot give,
strange ns it may appear to all true
Democrats, either an ntlirmative or :
!ie-itive answer to the question, tut
will proceed to slate the tacts connect
ed with the m.itter and to make such
. . i -. no i-o i1i.mi l ; . s-
comments on mem
lion to commit wilful and dcliix-vale
political suicide. Their political repu
tation, a thing which is dear to most
men, is in their own keeping, and thi y
can either preserve it untarnished m the
future, as it has been in the past, or
thev can mar and destroy it forever.
Let them wisely make their choice.
two insolvent
here as bciu.g , Sarv for the information of the unter-
The malignant industry with which tie;
attempt is inatlo to provoke sectarian ani
mosities in Pennsylvania haw not met with
a corresponding reward. Tl:e inieiiigent
citizens of the stale manifest, a complete
indifference to the clamors that are raised
by bigots w hose chief stock of religion con
sists in hatred of that of their neighbor,
and by bate partisans who are constantly
on the alert to make political capital by
appeals to ignorance and credulity. Know
,'olhingii-ni was knocked in the head twen
ty years ago, and not even Katie King
could establish communications with its
Thrillitt'j bitue.
A FATHER nF.SCl'F.S HIS CHILD FItoM TITF
CIXKHtS OF AN ALI.KiAl Oli.
Tho IIand,boro (Miss.) Dc ,n.rrat says :
Last fcrtui day, about sundow n, four miles
east of this place, on Bilnxt Bay, occurred
a scene calculated to pond al'milef horror
through every huini heart, and to make
even the b'lictl trtiuble with fear. Two
l.tth, gills, daiitfLtrrsof Mr. Elan K. Black
wcll, living en the Back Bay of Ddoxi,
while butt. ing in the bay immediately in
fiont of his dwelling, were attacked by n
f normoufi alligator. The eldest, a girl of
atoni seven ye ar of age, wa- holding the
-tr? e ml fi'ttiical lienti.
a iiorriEi:
KILLS T A O CIIlLOii.
Mirs suiciou.
Vl :;nfl 5 tO
I v the late m-
A correspondent" of the Chicago Inirr
Ociui', f:o;n Kan Clair, Wi.-iconsin, August
V. savs: "Friday nioriiiiig i;ist the il:
of Austin Diake.'hving one nii'.e from tins
city, commit :eJ suicide and il. murdered
btr lvo children niHlr-r ti e t'-'dowing cir-
cumst.ii:ef.s : WkIiik-iI.sv uiM ihf brti'id
hei feet, leaving the of witiei used tvr
that puipoe silting by the t-idc oi ih bid.
hh then lay down at.rl coruunrueed to
luuse her baby, four iBonths old. While
nursing she fell asleep, and m the ruorring
yonntfest, an infant n( two yeam, in her awoke only to find her baby drowned, be
hands, arrt wax finu tll enjoy 1 11 a her hatti,
when middenly her little -ister wri nnatchd
frrn her and born swiftlj from the shore.
Terrified b yond rneamire, and unable to
render any a-'sitance to her rmfortnnate
sister, tho elder irl uttered a scream,
which was quickly caught by the ear of
tho father, who happened accidentally to
nmonir I'.v c'.iitediiu s of tlie sinking r,v( Democracy of tlte county
fniui u.imevs il.e b.nkit!" linn of U. i Vh 11 the Democratic county convcu-
V Mi oii A: Co it Towanda, wliidt ; tion met last fscptcmber, one of its last 'hundred and fifty thousand votes placed
fi.il.lj OiTtln. fnw U niif . ilown . wta vm Hip U Ption OI Will. 1. inm
Uismai gnosr. v nar. ik ho passi,,g within thirty yards of the spot
clamor the more 11 excusably wickd and . i'a . , , v.:. T)f:
w here Jiis daughters were bathing. P.ealiz-
havii'if falitn into the pail of water. ihis
alh-cied b'ei to nuch a deyr" tbit he v!e
terniintd to take iitr ovrn life nd ttie life
f f her remaining three chikiien. Tie
Fiiday following she eni,itd two of her
children, orie a-ed three and tlie other five,
to go with her, and urged the rhijd, ageil
about four, to go and look foi iloweis.
Two tinally consented, and they went di
rectly to Low's Creek, and stc.od ujon the
is put down j acts was the election ofWm. B. Don-
- m.mv more .' ncker, Wm. Iiinton and J. (Jibbs Has- !
mill oq "Senatorial conferees." Jt was
cowardly is tlie fact that the penpe 01 i..t-.,.i- f,m the toue of voice that i bank. She told them to look at the wat.-r
Lie cbihiifu vrre m cnie peril,
the common school in a constitutional w ""J"'" : . 1 v
hi th - in olvent list. How
there are vi'l no doubt be made ap
parent in due time.
The Lulii.irittl AJwate says :
"The miners in Luzerne county are
chad 'ri'ij ni'.h the. democrats aid 1 e -piiblio;;;
for a f.'w paltry county
i.'.iei M w!,i'-ii. it thov Lrct. three or four
Ml
uood r:s;:ie:.-i will be spoiled. J hey d;i v of the present year that a prcicnu
iiad tntK-li !et fer be using their infill- i 'Democrat oT th'is county conceived
.1 . f f.l . t . vi-iru-kil flirt
nice to secure ill? nomination oi some the utea liirtt uicv !um pwwcwoi
PennHjIvania have by a majority of one
hundred and fi"ty thousand votes placed
the common school in a constitutional
piovision beyond the reach of sectarian iu-
Fiom this it is
Iiik cliildi.ii were in ome reril. but unable , and e hw pretty it was.
Mr. Illack- 1 mpponen sne puinea doth in, ar.u men
-..n u.i,n an .i-iivo and uLhletie man. : tluncetl in nerseit. j ne one 11:11 was inreu
tluence. If anyone were diiuost.d to make
well understood at the time, both 8Cttjeti and can be distuibed only by a
the convention and outside of it, that change of tho fundamental law. Why
these conferees were appointed for the then bhould the profound calm that pre-sin-'.e
purpose of uniting with like ; vail. ; among tho people on this subject be
Mil .e puiio ....ri.- ; nomi troubled by the c'n mors of a few bigots and
conferees from IUair countv 111 nomi- t,eniajfOKU? WLy should a Unavi,h at.
nating a candidate for State Senator, te,Jt j)e 1)ia0 to begin a sectarian crusade
timl it was not until about all fools' hy imposing upon ignorance with tho
cowardly pretense that religions liberty 1
in danger? This miserable issue is raised
with the expectation of making vote for
. II 1 . . . Tl 1 ... 1 , n 1 i .1 nA
good friend of the miners to beat I In r- ! power of voting for a Senatorial tleie- jiert,nts, wjj discover before they are much
..-!. i ri-.idlv to thpir aiistance. and ar- 1 vears of aire succeeded in clirnt iio' out and
rived at the spot iust in time to discover! making hm way to the house, ko thoroughly
1
riv-i1 :it tli sunt ill
his little daughter being borne out into the saturated with water and overcome with
bay by au alligator. Comprehending the j
fcccue at once, and nerved to almost super- j
huruau effort by the desperate situation of ;
his child, the agonized lather leaped mad
trantt with. Jul-e Pershinir, 'f i irate to the State convention, and mat
h'el.uvlkill, is the miners' man, if they j he w as just the man for that position, j
only knew it.'' Some time in May the chairman of the j
" i-4 e j county committee published a call for ;
Tiik dMting'iidied Mot iice I'inncy a metting of the committee, at the
died in l'hilr.dclphia 011 Thursday ofj ('0uit IIni.se, on t!ie 14th of June, for;
last week ile was the oldest lnwver ; tiie purpose of fixing the time for j
in tlii- St:,te. and, with perhapn one j,.,.;,.,, tie next countv convention.,
exceprion, the
United States.
fir. r-f.d he wa
1.
oldest lawv.T in tlie
go w:ts itinety-
wnteh lie liii-i
his mi in
fore in
i ir
b.s!
protest!
IO M
r
His n
born in the city in
W hen in the vigor of
e oi-cnpie I thr verv
and also to .thct conferees to meet tlie
eon ( from IUair county to elect a
older that a crave mistake has been made.
The very attempt to causelessly revive the
political saturnalia of twenty years age
will give just alarm to thousands of voters
who still remember them with feelings
akin to horror and disgust. Tho cae.se of
libei a! principles has made some advance
within that time. If there is one thing
that the intelligent people of Pennsylvania
will not tolerate at this time of day it is
religious intolerance.
In t lie neighboring state of alary land.
ly into the wafer in pursuit of tlie would
be destroyer of his daughter, which was
then some tweuty-five or thirty yards from
shoie. Tlie water, for a distance of forty
or fifty yards out into the bay from the
point where the children were bathing,
ranges ju depth from one and a ha!f to-two
feet, and then suddenly attains the depth
of forty or fifty feet, and both tlie animal
(which by this time had discovered the
pursuit) and the father seemed to realize
that tlie deep water immediately in front
of them once reached pursuit and recovery
fatiirue that he svn after fainted, and it
was with dilheulty that he was brought to.
Search was immediately made for 2 Irs.
Drake, and she was found with her hrad
ami shoulders in tlie water, feet upon the
bank, and in her arms was clasped her
boy, both death Mrs. Diake was widely
known and well educated, having been a
school teacher for several veais in hail ClaiiC
county. She was an odd woman, some
times frenzied, and whi!e in these moods
would do many tilings thai a nano person
woulei shudder t think of. It is thought,
by persons best acquainted wi'.h her, that
she was in eaie of these frenzied rueods dur
ing Wednesday night, and that shcdciibci
.Meiv drowned in tho pail of w.der the
Senatorial il:lcjnle to the Slate conecn- .a Catholic gentleman, a de-rctulant of
lin. At the meetim; of the committee
i. he oi-c:ipii I the very ,. nU)ti,.:i was made and carried, ap-
dtion ;.t the J 'Ii I !.o ? 1 1 di it ponding these same September con ft r-
hie.i coin 1 ooast or -.nun- i!) us; t.L.s to act also a conletees m selecting
dws. ..Ir. linuiey retired from
:i.i!
lie m.iuv
i -
I'm: A P.ei.t.iwn A n
years nge.
.ocrat snvs that
a St notorial d ltjate to the State con
vention, thus supplying a defeat in the
proceedings of the county convention
last fall and thereby admitting, what
more tli.m tv e;i:y l':e per cvnt. of tlie j was well known, that ap to that ilaj,
entire i.iieiii .l icvmu? is believed to j Jue 14A, there were no conferees
be absohi'efy stolen every year as the ; from this county to elect a Senatorial
reseul of the almost universal cor nip- j delegate. The right, therefore, of tlie '
tion of t!u- t .nbiie::ii oilirials. The I c-onferce.3 to act in the latter capacity;
recent revelations in New Vol k of lates from tlitf day on which the com- .
fr ail iule'.t i:ii:. .rt di uis and collusion j n.Utee met. lieore that they had no
with custom house otue'ii.ls. and the ! ftiitltm-itv wlmtover t. take, nnv luirt.in ;
the selection of the delegate, but only !
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, is the demo
cratic candidate, for governor, and he w il
bo elected by an overwhelming majotity,
even if an opponent can be found willing
to accept the honor of a contest wiih him.
In tho Catholic colony of Maryland the
glorious principles of religions liberty w ere
lirst established on this continent, and the
ancestors of Mr. Carroll were among tho
foremost in asserting them. The colony
became the asylum for tho victims who
were driven into exile by other communi
ties because of their religious opiidous.
Will any one but a bigot pretend that the
political and educational institutions of
Maryland would be more endangered by
would be alike impossible: both, therefore, j injnt child, as 110 uoiso was heard, no
redoubled their etl.uts, the one to reaeh
the point, the other to prevent it. In this
struggle, although sinking to his wai.' t in
the soft mud at the bottom at each hound,
the father was successful. He succeeded
in grasping his child Ly the ami about ten
feet from tho deep wuler. The alligator,
which all the while held tho child's foot in
its mouth, pcicch ing itself overtaken, and 'KOM a Yoi no .Man. l)i
water fpilt, anu 110 cms tin ban-.-c- r.iauc. ih:t
this is Hi 111 ply conjecture. It is a sad af
fuiiv and casts a deep gloom ovtt a huge
circle of friends. Mrs. Drake's nnofLcr m
law is a s'cji-:iit!ier oex-l.ieu.e. mot-Governor
I'end, of Chippewa Falls.''
Tm: Skkt.etox oka Cnno Exr it.vcTMn
i i.iT
true imi iv ne drowned en
uiiil.iiion a farm in Aleii.i.
Suit. Pas Wen instituted at VieVsburg
against the j-ost master for leeovery nfilm-o
or!ts, alleged to have been ovei charged on
a letter.
'I-wo Massac huetts imbeciles have
m to ej.what iii' le mind they have between
iheui to tri-.I. it:v',e a voyage to Lurope in
ari open liiiiu boat.
Mvntion is mjdeof a two-legr-d biute
at Oil City who t ..! hit hg.ty its hi.'.d
leg- ami lie-it its brains out, while his chil
dren sttKid by and ciied pit"ously.
The wife of a drunkard in Jacksonville,
III., heiritr cb.-v-r d by 1 im wiih a knife, cull
ed upon her son to.ive h;-r life. The boy
complied by shooting Ids father dead.
f anybody knows where General Di.x
i, there is some news that will likely in
terest him. A Michigan man has just been
arerstrd for stealing two American flags.
The fleeing Treasurer, Paikcr, of
South Carolina, was first discovered lying
in the bottom of a wagon, coveted w ith an
old quiit. The capture was made about
half a mile from Camden, S. C.
Sir.t'-en ("hinrre women were Sold at
auction in Calif upia the of fie r day. only
Chinese being allowed to bi.l. Eight dol
lars was (he highest price, ard one sold for ;
sixty-five cents, her nose being out of
plumb. !
Intelligence comes front Connecticut'
that Kdwin TJootii, the ereat actor, ispio
ably fatally injnred. lie was riding, and
his fifirse ran away, deme'lishiug Ihe car
riage, and dashing -Mr. llooth violently to
t lie ground. ;
On atmday morning tvi boys, named
William and Jeremiah loron, were killed .
in a coal mine at O.ik: Iliil. in Allegheny
county. They wer cauffht by a fail of
slate, r.r.d ihe life was inst an'. ly cnished
out of them.
Col. Vtdentino r?rikrr. recently ti ird be
fore the Assizes at Croydon, and eon v Set ed
of indecently aan'ling a young lady in a
railway can ing aed sfriteeed to line
atid ir.iprisoinuetit, has bfuii disniiss-eJ the
ui'.ish Army. . ;
Three y- -ting lads, r a vied Davis, Owens
end I'ertig. whMo descerd't g tho slo; e at
Ji. r!ti;":t mines, neis- oiantott. 011S.it
tiolnr, w?iefn::"J-n:i,v tcai. I'avisa;'d :
A brother of une r,!1(? ,,
editors has been n .:::;,,,,; j
county Deiimci a; s t -t- 1 1; "
A n an who w;l f,.,
tn;el oie in " '. : ', j a '
day, felt his p.:; 4; ,
chiii.'-iy, and I id '.; ,
fVet and ha-: !-,
nearby in miier ti. 1
Tiately '.he p i:,i: 1 . .., ...
1 ill and gave way -..-;' v.
cd. and he was left s;. ' ,' .'
cm b;d his shoes. r
A hl'll beioi'icr. , -
net. 'f ',t aver, e u , ,. , ' '
a cat will Jo. 1. 1.1 . , v . .
was st tridiTo in t!,,. j.
spied a leooc runrii-:-!,. ,;.
Matiouiiic; Inusr f i,-, :,
rijoiise soon in.eii- i
she caught it, c.i: r ii - ;' .' ,
hhe pecked it to ' .it :i.
the pork in breed.
Goldsmith M:i! !
golden pliine, :ii:d lie (
"i i..
'I V.' 1
i t!ie Oueen n-
at tlie Iiochster in.-.
lailu, in a race r.
brilliant fn icc-: ii.
trotted in ?.l V. a:.;
as I he tit: ies ir.i .1 ,
Neiti, Ue vi. ;. ...j, ,4.
the contest v as ihrii.. ; .
A n.eirlfi.t v ! . -r ,,i
childien by its ti-.. L .
simp't? remedy for ..-.. , ..
anil says he n- vei k.i- .s j- .
a sm.iii liatidful of ..,.
pint uf water, it; a i i - . , -stand
2 1 hi.ii's, ;t: 1 ; , ".
glassful every hour ii'--;; .;'
che cked. It i.i:;y I v tlv, :, r
one t'oiid lime n .it . to ,
It is c eieerh I t i.;;i .:
cred swiii!':i.g i i ;;,
the .Vavy i .-p:lr ? ; -v
most bald!.i".iied let ,' ".
their are tl.c.sc wiu. ?;....;
cai lc.-ders 1 t:.;'it t 1 ! r- .;
i r. They ce: r;i- )y . ;
io to !::-.e the , . ,.
l.isr d 1'ar .-.t ;1 the r,
voted to btti'.ii ' up -.i .'a.
moneyed ai ist.vi iv.
Mr. Martin r.. J. ;i -f
itnt r. I d e f;t ! , . , ;" .. ,
the sloife of a ."ill d.rvr.
inches 1: iifh.
Owe:
taov
VV'. K. iio-ers,
who, as a surgeoti, stands ut the Lead of
the pio.e.ssiou in iho -utii. peifo.uied ;.n
; op-:iati'-ti in ."deniphis rteei.tiy th.uio.sde
I veloped or.e of th most lemai ki.bie ra.-ui:
j known to the medical fraternity, llo was
called in, at a house on Ie 8.to sttet, to
: extract a stone from the bladder of a young
i man about lo yois old. n.inied ..'efnha
j Walker. The doctor having successfully
i taken out the fctoiie, which is ubont the
I fcize of a large guinea egg, composed -f
I carlKiuale of lime, left the patient in good
A set discovery is heralded in the news- ! spirits, doing wil. bome days after, the
pajeis which promises to be of great prac-! nurse, v. hue dressing the wound of the
alarmed and confused by the boldness of'
tiie as;-.auit, released its hold and Made i!s
way rapidly into the deep water in fiontof ,
it. The father, completely exhausted, !
raised his child out of the water, and per- !
reiving that it still lived, by a desperate !
effort succcded in regaining the f.hore and j
depositing the child safely in the aims of i
its mother. The little, girl is unhurt with j
tho exception' of a couple of bruises 011 its 1
foot, made by the teeth of Ihe monster.
i:. 'vet e
ii; i'lrc 1
A s.ew :
thirty-two i:
a l'orti;'i:e
i's: .1:1 1
i.
.' ! .1 P 'v"" ;
i l:'f'd
e LfM'
y killed and Teiug f.i-
ent of ruts-eai "las-e.s.
: . h:a hc t'o i i: ". ei.te; I y
t.-'U".':, on wiii.b vc 1 v
be T-l.ived. and wi ir'i
the Iii.!,i:i:i voice.
elaborate mie-ic ero
is said t in.it.ite el osriv
He cal's it the '-cr poph . ;e."
'.V!,rn ti e war wa t'oin
who ('1'jeeted In crr-f nl.aek
disloyal cuss. Now when
mociacy declare in fav-ir
they are ca'h. d rag money c:iJ
cals ate a hr-'d set of fell-ms to
A o;;.:g woman at the St.iif
House, limn., w no was :;-C(i t r i.ct wau
tiful black 1 air, awoke, one niornivg last
r. cek, t" fii'd her locks lvinc en tlte floor
r on
w r.
t !.e
f grec
tlie t:i;;n
c.;' -.t a
Ohio Ie-
1 1- '-
Kadi-
lease.
d prints
is peiff fly f.
dy cheeks-, ai -i i
exceedingly t i . : ;
i:;d 1 yr! to e i- ii--
r ag-. Mi. '
for t In? exiiibii i -n
b::t as .f:e;i il ':.
- Tl.e N'e-.v V.
w 1: ie'i ioirc of ; ;
t he tn v ii:fi: f
th.'t the sore 1! V I;
suit in much s.
ces. It ad ;s 1.:
sell to -,'et th-
and fr.i : her. ! h.;? t
to se
.1!
.) Toe o
the election of tho democratic candidate ; lci" '"'i"'onco in a i mocnamcai opera- J"UIIK ..., ' """'"'"' fS po uuuing 1 ocsne a pair 01 s.-,sso,s. rue ran risen
for fr,iveiiiir thin would th elertinti of I "-""is. 11 cousisis in tlie ComiilliaUHil oi a ' worn n, nmtu sou j;.u i- itr. ivocigers on I lit toe ll'gnc ana cut llicmo'l in a litol snni
rates," but that in
of his sn. plus as s
pottnr.ity.''
i It" stea'
-vr
raid on tie- western whisky rinpr, fur-
id ;,,,. id...! rf t'.rt iiiofiinUi.lu r,fi . .1 im . r i aie eiuieavoriiig to revive a sectarian cru-
is., s ,n.e idea of t, e mafjuilude of; to meet tlie lllair county conferees to 8ade in tb,8 te thoughtfully study the
the 100. .ones which at last fall on an I pl;iCt. jn nomination a candidate for! early history of the colony of Maryland,
overburdened peeiple, in the form of
&dd d taiat!o?i.
Jt nit SfiiPMAN. assiotk.( rf the well
In-.tui l ariAiieg hoiis of 1 Innc.-in, i
.v i.rui ti .': ('.. of New York, which
ie-;i;!y -a-'p.-ndod, bus made a state !
M.'.it of Its li-il.il:tii'3 and .insets, n ;
r.l! vs: Liabiiities, $ ,HT2.1 5 ; j
--eir., 1 IJ.T f'J.tll. The creditors;
will r.( rive between V.O Htnl 40 per;
cent., on th ir cluinM, which is a tntich j
bv-iter tl,:jviii;r fh.tn .1 ny Cooke & Co. j
v.er-v iihli! to make. Nevertheless it is !
one of the most; sh.-iiiieJes's swindles'
that h.i been pcrp trided in tiiese days '.
of fancy nn l fi anduh nt b:-i:;iiig.
. . i ! ... ol ii I
C.ntho
fir-t it
1 1 1 1 f A Coil.) t.hiirt.' iid.inh --- ! o ief id . ,
wnin i nc principles on wnicn n vi as iouiiiiei! - . , , . r . 1
thoy w ill have more enlarged views of their , ('. ,!,!! Tt A'u,'-i fcr hen once aj- ;
duty as citizens. Thev will bogin to com- I1'1 ,f ,s claimed it needs no renewal, care ;
prebend that the work of Mining up sec- "r ajtentir.ii. and the machinery thereafter
tanan hate in a free community like this is ' ' "'"s.Ie.s .... Li..-
one of ll.o ..Nt f fdnrs in whi.-!. f nUi.,nn ! ol k l.tCUXhn I'oft, having watched the
.-.- 11 . . -
(Jovornor Ilai tranft endanger the same in- s 'a.icc ar mc.ai y nuennai io supersede
stitutions in Pennsylvania? Let those who i t,,e u.se of u,ls for lubncatiiitf purinmes in
are endeavoring to revive a sectarian cru- 1 'n5,ie ff' of " k,,lds- I he new ma-
. iciici BO tilin u llit.l.lllllfT. Kb IS i hoiiei
j substance composed of metallic alloys, first
.State Senator. Thecommittee havinr ! and when thev become thoiouddv imbncl ; "ln-1" " I- " " conipresse.i
thus clothed the conferees with this
additional power, adopted a motion
instructing them to support John II. '
Fisko, Ksi., as the Senatorial dolojr.ite. :
'I'll is motion to instruct for I'iskc had
i l'tminoii.1 tail to it, however, called
a jn'ori.nj, in tho following words:'
' Provided they (the Conferees j"?(thcn
appointed) were not already committed
to some other gentleman." This pro- '
viso stands solitary ami alone and i
without :i parallel. Its counterpart j
was never before heard of in :i com-J
mittee meeting, or in any other meeting
in tiiis or an- other comity in the
United States. And vet, without one
thing
can employ himself. They will acknow
ledge at the same time that nothing could
be more dishonest and base than this e o';rt
to ir.ako a sectarian-issue over a subject
that has been solemnly settled by tho pro
visions of the organic law of the conimou
wealt h. llurrisb u rg I'a 'riot.
progress of tho invention with interest, a
Ktiown Juslorical met
c. col.nt'.y of Maryland
t't:d.Iisii perfect I'cli-
I't w,
It is
that 1!..
w.-.s I he
j;i tis fiwdo;n in tin? new world
however, four nadet
have ever rend l!u- eejobratt
stvtute pn ic'. iMiiiitg this great and ih
C'dimabie rigiit n w enjoyed by the
wlude Americ:t:i people. It was cn-
jietel in lO-'il, onlv fourteen ve:i is after
the pilg
ntnl is
prcnensive langu-ige: o per
wih'iin thi province profcinn to he
.'.'iv in .,'si, Christ aholl be in any
vtj troi'Ui I. tno't-sfed or discoante
vfinct d for i is or tier religion, or in
tie fixe exercise, thereof."
The follo.ving ii one of the innu
merable dark w;;ys by which the hard
earned taxes of the people of a large
citv are literally stolen trorn their
Thr editor of the. Clarion J), rmoe rat,
Ibm. 1. IL I5ro.vn. after copying from the
Ilarrislii rg Patriot the stateineat from the,
Treasury books showing that William I.
Mann was l aid ao.lMJT.CS. in i :-si7 and
word of discussion, it was permitted to lb08, for examining the accounts of foreign
Stand with the motion to instruct. We insurance agencies in this fstatc, adds the
have said heretofore that it was a di
rect insult to the conferees, for the
reason th.'it it. assumed !!ot ..". fhr
w e presume, . . . r ,;
d M-irvlfind i com!mtt l ,not' 1111,1 'f'"e they thcrn-
i selves were appointed, iiiey nail possi
! bly Relecteel their man and given him
I their pledges. That it was also a gross
insult to John II. Fiske is a conclusion
not to be doubted. It has no binding
'posterous and
is repugnant to
fw weeks a"o had metaline applied to one
of the huge pulleys in their press-room,
and the result, they say, has proved so
.successful that they arc having it applied
to other portions of the. machinery. It is
stated also that two of the elevators in the
now posi-oiheo in New Voik are to be fitted
with it, and a Dumber of large establish
ments, noticeably A. T. Stewart vte t'o.,
have adopted it. Should the invention ac
tually prove to be worth ;.ll that is claifTvd
for i the stoiy of factories and other buiid
ini;s Lu rning on account of ovei he ;! e'd jour
nals and spontaneous conibustion pr daoed
by oil will no longer he an everyday a!:air.
ILirrislurq I'alrcot.
his next visit. (Jn examination this moved
to be the bone cf an infant. Since then
the physician has extracted several bones,
among which are part of both of the
thighs, one of the leg, one of each arm,
and one hip hone;, arsd another was i:,k.-ti
out bel3;i;,!.ig to another pari of iho b -Cy.
The nurse stated th.;' she- exri:ct.-.i many
more bones, but, not knowing their v;;iu-..-,
si.e threw then, a.iay. T::e paiii ::t. i.- do
ing very well, anl is expected to soon
restored to pood health. This i the lirst
case of the kind, we believe, thr,?. s e-
c sirred in this pa; t of the coiinlry. lint
medical woil-.s leooutd v.litie sevt:al seu-h
plieuomena )y,.e taV:en j i:o;. ; nod t f ;
same authoiitics ex plain upon a vet y p!:: u :
ble thfory how sue!; tl.inevj (.;4.j h.-ippe:;.
So'ne lazy, incredul-un doctors, whose vo
cation should l ave hern that of third e'.is.
scullion, have doubted the won I of Dr.
lingers in this matter. Jlut the doctor h:i
shown us the bones and "the sto.ne, and to!.
us that his oj e-raiiou was attended i'h t he
above results. As far as Dr. !i-oeis" char
acter is couceii.ed, Hufiiee it So s,t fh.it ;,-
is well known throughout, the Sou t hern
States as a surgeon whose ahihtv is unon.
passed by any ooe t,i this patt oft!.. 3 coun-
nambulism
Sonic fleeces of wool clipped in .TeiT.-u- I
son county. Texa1. this year, writhed as i
hLdi fis 1bh! v-t wo ; unds chrht oiir.ces.
her bf i'erat '.Va'ut:J..'i i.ri.
sec H.- e-, ,.n ;-.:!: , e-.-t
:'! I It ( ' 1 ' ' i : :i is
'ger. ';( ;,.:
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pass
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t went v-f:
:.-e;i o n:i:ls
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S:", ,'S !,
.e - ': : ' fid
.?s. fiwd-n,
! f.:o:d and
ti e pi.'pei Jy
::.sf i:a::ii"d
i a:
1.
t' 1 l. ;:!.ei :es
ster, M isS.,
f ?i ! v n hi.'ii
field had on Mo,,.
1 without having
Sat;
i try. and is regarded
'-lit iemau who
'fade
his
in uMiv imvff.v veursaiier: . . , , , T. .
Igrims lamied at lMytnottth rock, ! T to1,,L &uhf: U 1
in the f .H.i.ving brief and com: i frC' ,l PI
isive langu-.tre: "Xo person nnd bovc it i
following significant addendum
During the session of the Legislature- of
iv?oy, the writer ol lln.s article, tiien a mem- ; Ui.u 1 iiiNi;s Iskco.mf. r.w. I'attmK i e. ! would under no on sitlei-aiKMi cie
ber of the House, offered a resolution ro- , like riiiladelphia in days of jure, is about profession by itupo&liirc.
questing the Auditor (General to send in a j to tie visited by boats on wheels, which! - -
statement showing what services Wm. 15. brit g to mind the days of tho Oid I'oitage ; A SrnANor: Cai'sk or Di atii. About
Mann rendered for this ij-Siyioa, and give ! and Columbia rail: oails, w hen section boats ' one of the i:o-t. .it:gular cases of dcth
his itemized bill. The Kadical majoiiiy i were commeni on some of ihe streets of this ' that ever came within our province to meii
promptly voted down this resolution. It city. This system of transportation, w hieh tion is that of Milton V. Illair of Ioiiis.i
was well understood at the time that it was j originated wiih and was first put into nuc- county, who died last week in California,
a oaieiaceu steal, as any lawyer would fiavo ; cessful operation by John Dougherty, of ! of the liicntniglis. .nr. litair is an old mer
: hie o! i:.- v.
; i re or fl d :!. J.i,;
a few dt'ys top i.
j a gefo it.finn loul
i -taokcd in c '-rks i
. n v inoi r.:
i a r'm--o of
! Mr. A
! rx-pi.-id
' of I i. ; !:.-;. o;, . ,
'. hfe, t h he s:t s ! l.;
I al -i" p. ;,.ok over r.'l of J-.;. f .
! Thoe-Pi'ei f ; he e.-: 'ics-...-:-:
h-t'.vue:: ;:"''..'' ;:::d :T. ; :.-..
Sev. ti 5n- -the I-. n
; 1 5. of I!:isgr
:p-7-.0o- : --a
' j or : n. w t.!.- (
I wef k, wa the
; eept t.io mo'. and f.ttip r fr 7.' years,
j one b '..ihes having died in IS'".'?.
I It ai peats that Duncan. Sherman Sr
an''.
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a :; v
fi. "
'.s iu t!-.o
d i-api e n e
l,' v.-.!i. -t
if- .h !;m-:
.lohrson.d
I ilti'l e;i
'vp . t?:d a t-i . i
ehin.'d. :- .
!, lC. We,C i.e. , '.
i : . ! , w ns s.ii, y )
ir:i:.i's a:: i ih k t
";i'i.: iu.!-: oo o,.
Two i"i':s;d. e'.s.
'.niucv Ad... -is :ov '
se!t-: ::.'. i "'e. ei . ii v
Tan Itni? ri r.d I- i.
ope. Ihsch.i'i.tu. i's
Line-'!::, iii i. i:i -i-;
on--. T;i '. in K "l' i
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s !.
VeS
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dpe
,. r's
!.'":
r : s.
avj.j-.cfoti. .Te.p-t s. -n.
at:d T i"i. in Vii .!!.i i.
si; ion to o p her t h...n . ''
V'.is;.i:-g'o:r toji-di at l
A win irsMii :f iv
!ll 1: ' unity. ;.s r. r. i
.-n r iiv a h -,.. v I., L.. )
pl.lii'.d of i:.Ve:.-. I-is 1
itrew c. hi and etc 1 . : ' !
.t i-. . n - of (
vp, ( V , ,t re .
: gi i trathig -li'-
deatfi was a
fii-t iP-ath in t!iD
U'
. ir:ieU.
;c.J 7;-77-7-i
:ts. "t n
.no.ivci tl hist
dly ex-
l.!:
.1
f .:
examined all the books of foreign insur
ance agents for ? (K), or loss money. Hut i about, to bo introduced in Man-land. Th
"aHr,c ,n iv miyiiAiil, eo K.,- , .... - -; .
and in direct conflict with the first and mT: ZZ ' "V " "?';,.. V Sn'V" ! 'n" c' uumne. iauu .eg,,.,,,
... e . . ...v o.iiiiiuiiirii liuriaiiji u iho . i.eieioiore iranspoitici on canal uoiils
I substantial part ot the instructing election corruption fund, he was shielded ! through the Chispeakc and Ohio canal to
t clause. The question again recurs from exposure. It is well to remember ; tieorgetown and Alexandria, thence re-
I Tr-io,. t lr fnAto c-f ..tr..l ...til i , f . . that at the recent. 1?CTiuli1ie?in Sh.i t t tl ! tli ii.i w1 oil L-ehiukiinrn i I.a T.l.iniki
i VUi llll. liiv. to .-lai.1 lf Mill IktU VUIIIC . . I - - s -vv V.VH- i run rjrjw i rn.ii'riiicit uon 11 Uiu L 'H MiltH:,
pennon, miii. . .uami nomtnatea liov. j and round through the hays to ISartimoro,
Ilaitranft, and made a glowing speech in : will now be transported in .section boats,
Lis favor. "J?nds of a feather." etc. taken out of ihe canal
o. owe
have a-
Hollid.iyshurg, now of Mount Union, is ' chant of Louisa county, but has not been j none of v. Idch ar
carry out in good faith the instructions
of the committee and vote for John II. :
Fiske? The Democracy of the count v. i
whose organ the committee was, expect j
and demand that they ilo nothing else. ,
Common tumor, which is often a com- j
- 1 t; : . . i
treasury. Wm. J. Murtagh. editor of: 111011 liar' "Iu'a 10 uiem a very 011
the National Reoold iron t W-ishino-fnnl fcrent purpose, which we will not
;it. ' ii i ia o. snort.
It is also well enough to remember that; Maryland, and carried on railroad ti ticks
Oov. Ilaitranft, as the anditinir ofiicer of I to Ualtimore. bv which method of trans.
the State, had to audit and approve this j portal ion there will bo a great saving of Chicago, and consulted the best medical i
nwiiuiio ue-iore ir. .Mann could get bis
money. Pottsville Standard.
rngageu ,11 uastrtess tor anutnterot years,
He has been residing near Morning Sun
since retiiiug from business. Last fall ho
was attacked with a tit of hiccoughing,
which continued for some weeks, with
scarcely any intermission, Dccotning wry
much alarmed at the long coutirutanco of
the spell, Mr. I?, came to JJui lington to
consult with a doctor, who, after treating
him a while, declared ho could ive him
11 -j rchci. t rotn this citv he proceeded to
their creditors ?,S7. 1,.
s 1 ii:c amount oi r-.' n 740
doubt r.d. It is i-..t sta-
I .Cii -.v!i; !:or the ,e:d estate I itepv tn;n-fer-i
reel to defiaud their editors is ine'uded
i in th.-' :is.-ets. b-.it it is thot.e-t, !H,t.
, who died in
b
rr 1
b:t
ii 'l; a
P in !-.
last.Iune published anadveitii-ementof i f-edit until the deed has lieen done. , ment of where the St
the tax sales of that citv. for which he I Itth clarcs, sometimes in a whisper and ' I? h bm?!,,ff u"d 1
. ,...,. . ., ,'' . . Uf ntlinrlimpo liimlh- lint ti,n,r , - ; iei esung uocumcu. 1 wenty-thr
pan .luiy mousrinu uouars oy uie " J '" ; and private banking houses bold
rict Commissioners. One would j d''egard their instructions and vote ; hundred and eighty-four thousan
A Sunken Fund. The official state-
State money belonging
is tiepobitcd is an m-
1 wen ty-three public
over six
uid dollars
of this Sinking I'und. They are named
distance:, time, and rates of freights. Tho
arrival of the first section boat in Daltimore
should be made meniortblc by a public dem
monst ration, to which our Maryland friends
should invito tho author of the section
t i i i, .
aiunoi iiiv.i mere, wno CilU ail 111 llieir
power, but could not relievo him. Ily
their advice he went to California, accom
panied by his sister, thinking that the
change ot cnmate w ould help him, remain-
boat system of transportation, who is fa- , ing in that Stato to the time of his death,
mihaily known as "Agitator'' John Dough- hiccoughing inmost continually, and hav-
eity. Phila. Sunday Timi.
A Sagacious Hen. Mr.
Stirling,
the
ing but few intervals of rest. The con
tinued strain and distress wore Id in to a
mere shadow of his former self, and last
week his sister telegiaphed to friends and
counties that
nicu) lltitclcyc.
was j
District
that this steal would hvo i n the conference for a man who to-day
V1- - a , : . I T . .. -T-... t . i . , ! ... ...
tstisfied even Murttmh. iiut it uil ! st i"(iii:g in me j'cmocrauc "j '" n-.is.urer, uui inai gentleman sexton ot calvary Utmicli, is tho possessor
not. and he has now brought suit
against the (,'ommiasioners to recov
.. o..,ll I...1..,,..,, ,.f ....,.,.;
. rs.o.w. o.,..-...v . o . w . . . ,n iiumwimi . - o ; - i w c , , j.w. ..uikcj report 10 nie com- i cli ickcns t he other clay, which event created Dastaudlt Assapi.t on Woman V
dollars, which he claims to be due him ! l)-v opposing and voting against its ' nnssioners of tho Sinking Fund contains , considerable excitement and festivity in a j well known wealthy married man of r'hila-
for tlie same work. We won! I not be i canoiuaics ior me mosi, important to.iov '"g uaiiitsamoug me ciepositones; , colony of rats, w hich at once commenced a dctphia, nameil John Ij. Ivates, was before
sHiprised if he urots it, thus m-iking ; county otlices, an.l who, it Ins name
$07,000 for publishing the tax sales o?j wt're mentioned in a cointy convention
AVashinsrton c itv tduiie. If thi is not , (unless il was Republican) as a candi-
rohiry. unblushing and wholesale, j date for delegate to a State convention,
' - . . . ' 1 i i . : . i. r
v know tiot oy wii:t otlier name it
deserves to be designated.
--4.
party in tins county a man who for '"K"-1- no people mat more of a remarkable hen, and relates the fob; relatives in this and Ionisa
' . . - . I 1 1 ;t 1 1 I .' v .-1 1 I M nil 'i n, I 1 . . 1 1 . iu to .a . v . . . , i ..... ,n . l . I . . .. r i & , i. , .3 j I . . : .- , .
or l tour years lias clone what lie could to ! I ..Vi,:; r a i ' I . . : , . , I '"""'K ' ' t , . , . Si-1 waaucau. uuniijion
- . . . 'iruvc0(ff im. ii iiii. inn i u fun: imvi ' r.iit iiri nitr nr. nnr a iii-ni-tii ai t -
i ' i ffitrov t ie ori'fliiizrttiiin nf t h;it. nnrtv i ... .... u. ti.., I . - ,L , -
Hank of Commerce, Krlo, Pa 8 3,8!i 4s j system of plunder, contenting themselves ' a magistrate on Tuesday, charged with a
Veuanjio National lV.iuk, Fraukliu, ! with a ciiick and a half for dinner dailj'. ! fiendish assault on Miss remlierton. It
A'a - 7,221 .r.O j Tho hen stood this massacre of innocents ; appears that Kates seduced her when she
The only living daughter of Daniel O
(,'on.iell, Mis. l'llzsimmoii, the widow oft
Chi istopher ritzsimmon, of Oiencullen,
njjed eiglity-four year.-, was present in tho
galleries during the late O'Cuntiell dinner,
ia Dublin. She received the most flatter
ing marks of Attention from Ilia bliliiaDt
audience present on that occasion.
The above paragraph, which is cir
culating quite extensively through the
l1-.11 It
papers, contains a- paipaoie uiuniier,
If Mrs. Fitzsimmon is eighty-four
vears of age, fhe was born in 1791
Si 1,120 1)8
could not receive the votes from a The above banks are insolvent and have
single election district. If such a man. f been 80 f"' je"- There may be others iu
who does not anl onCht not to enjoy i - i i, out, o mat
the least, confidence of the party, is named should have bem designated as in
foistcd on the Democracy as their rep- i solvent, and the eleven thousand dollars
rescntative at Krie, they will resent the i lost through them should have been so
insult, not on him, but on those who j slalctl the report. Yenanyo Spectator.
gent him there ; for it is ns certain as
for a day or two, but yesterday mornixif,
I as a sleek rat, grown insolent from living
hiyb on the toothsome chicks, skulked
along in tho neighboi hood of a chicken
j which was trilling carelessly with a crust
cf bread, the wrath of the mother was
aroused. She flew at the rat, pounced on
that the night will succeed the day,
that the Democratic party of this
When President Grant was presented
with the Bibles at the Fairpoint Sunday
School Assembly, the reporter informs us
county will not tamclr permit treason that he "rose, received the Bibles, bowed.
a"ainst its very existence to be re 8mi,ed and sat down." As an illustration
warded by political preferment. That ' 'J16 ma,tless e'-wjoenco of silence this
- J.x , . , . . i ii i deserve to be regarded as one of the finest
fact must be distinctly understood, , efforts of the President's career. Other
now and hereafter. e speak plainly men might have been affected to tears and
him, caught him by the back and, canying I after pouripg burning fluid over her set
tne rouDor to a iuu iui oi water, dropped , hro to her and endeavered to burn her
bim into it with a revengeful "cluck." j alive. Tho interference of Feme of the
The rat was drowned and Ihe brood has j people in tho house prevented theconsum
sinco been free from the raid of tho eur- mation of his design. On Fiiday evening
vivitijg rodents. San IVanciico 1'ost. last he whipped her in a brutal niauuerf
- and swore that he would disfigure her so
A tornado swooped down upon the that she would never bo ablo to go out
farm of James Wright, at Favctte. Room ! GreateiTorts have been mad
county, Ind., one day last week, demolish- parties to keep the details of the affair from
ing his house and killing him. His wife the public. Kates was held in $2,200 bail
and six children escaped with one brokeu for his appearance at court,
arm and some severe bruises. All tho fur-
and clot bine w as blown away, not a Tnn cron reports received at th A orini.
aitiele being !eff, Kvei vthintr was ! tural Denaitmont show that tho c...,dirion
rely destroyed and but few thincs from 1 of the corn cron is about il rr rent .f
house have been found. Of seven feath- i average. The average condition of wheat
Vltit ttia vc fi f.kiitw? in1 ....,, 4 j C.l. n-tk..tA ... . ' - fi.i
In 17'J3. when Ihe Woodr since our advent to the county, are of; ball pierced its cover, as it reposed in their j ty rods fiom tho house, 'one dooV was : large yield of oats is promised Barley ts
away, and some litrht ar- ! nearly tho average. Potatoes am rh.in.r
two miles fieirn the house, i well, and there will bo a hi.' en r T.
near the house was entirely ' condition of the tobact
trco bcung blown down, throughout the country at about 'JO rer
w o ro far. ,ili c...4. . t I .. .... t.. . .
'i- - . . m - - .... ... . ... t ... .. . i. v v.v lib. tll'lt V n 11 .11 r t' lei 11 fr i n w -.....
the rear or Hie rcoenioii. rre uo not, t, " ' i. .ii'i'minMif, mo m xlci- . runs away, nomc luea ot me loroo of tho factory in the largest tobacco States
Was about liiftecn years old, and she claims
that. ho has held her in seinisslavery ever
since. Itecently she attended a picnic w ith
out his permission, and w hen sho returned
he charged her w ith infidelity, knocked
her down, brat her in a bridal manner, and
then tore all her clothes off her person, and
t . . . ... . . , 1 r. i . . I 1 . . . . .. ; .. 1 . I r . 1 .1 . ' .
t LJoniiell was oorn in 1 1 id, anu was i m-vauw wu ice-i otieoij;!, nu uecause ",,u t,uon miiy i-ms.n ui luo jihhi uooK t nuuve
i!,0r..f,.,.,i,i 1 701 nh'7mi vearsohl ' our dutv to our nartv demands if. I while seated on their mothers knee; of single
rx....:..i 11 . IT!... nmoeroev nf Pambria n-lin ! tue. t t had been to them in tho j enti
j 11 1 111 i-uim-i o c.,.i.,i-u - V . . ; "ddst of temptati.in ; orhow it once saved ' the
dent in the Knzli h collvee at Douai, ; battle we have never censed to fight t,ieir hfo on tll0 ,,aUle licld wlln .-,,.. i ,,
in France
scenes of the I' reach revolution shock- i 0110, mtnu ana one ucan, on mis ques- ureast pockci ; ana unauy oi me great ; found a full milo
.f oil r.,m, bo ref tuned to IreLnnl ' tion and will freuerously sustain us. : consolation it.am.rrted in their declining tides were found
. , r .. . 1 o..,.,..rTI, mnfnrMi nre eronf lemontheir "ej'; W hen pol,t,cs seemed to be going All orchard
ami eoon aiiercouiiiienei uicnuuy vi - - to tho clogs. But none of these things, destroyed, every
t . 1? -!. 1 . t.. , netb t ionI iwnnfs lire tiure ntui sno Ipsa - 1. . , . . ' 1 . . J .. J
inw imiii" mi uiiLLeii li me ci.ii 11 11 jo. ....w... w 1 1- . mi uouen wo iiiehiinio cnev woui.i i.avn : :imi nvn ni inm
fto-
vknow when he was married, but from ! been honored witll the confidence of. 'ncy cnooso i o say, aiki nereatter at liible j wind may be formed from this circnm- ports from Kentucky show a condition .14
rlate; and ficts we hive nven it is ' the r party by having been elected to i "V" oo sayeu , Bianco: jv s,na white oak loK, 31 ,liehes per cent, above average; Virginia three
V A ; , f KitJm n , , ll ' offices of ci-eat responsibility. They !n.1,ch e'barrasmei.t by following lus dlus- through at the butt end, and about 20 feet per cent, below, and .Maryland one IZ
, evident that Mis. I' t.simmon is oblces ot gltaL rv p m s iu uny im y trioua example and simply using, receiving lng, was taken from the ground where it cent, above. The wool c'i shows a eon-
being tiyhty-four years of. are all in the prime of hfo and wo.dd t,ie Bibles, bov g, smiling and sitting 1 was partially imbedded, and moved about skbuablo increase; especia ly "in he Su h
i 0 ' ' not therefore lie suspectcl of a llltll- .dowu.VJ. limes. thirty feet. aud West and on the P tc'ti- co iVt
o hen liopp-o pi:;ov.
I'h:. iueiphia on '1 hi n-;t l ist, v ;iv born,
Napoleon Bonaparte was but eleven yea is
of atre. Mr. Biuney gradtvi'.ed at Harvaid i
l iiivf tKify three years l-c fotcthe death of
Washington, and when the battle of Water
loo was fought ho was thirty-five years of
age. j
An ant't treating society has hern or.
ganized in Pittsburgh. The members sub- :'
sen ihe the following pledge: "I pledge my
self not to treat any person or persons nor
to accept a tieat of any jdi itimus or malt
li'inors, w ine or cider, in any i.ublic pi ice,
where the tame is kept for sale and luoncy .
paid therefor." :
Tho Jersey Shore H-rrdd savs concern- '
I u:K no- jyco,niug county murder; e have
i not the remotest idea that M'Cue wiil be
! hung. There will be strong evidence or... 1
dnced to the board of paid ins evidence
not c'ven in court that will warrant the
board in granting the. application for com
mutation of e-utence. i
-V hortibie ti a gedy occurred on Tnes- '
day at Troy, twenty-four miles south of
Spaita. in Bvndoiph county. Mo., in which
a man pnmeil Gaulter killed his cousin
I James luigan. diselnrginc both barrels of
a s!:of n!U at him and completely liddling
his body. Both parties aie very youuir
men mon and coal miners. ,
A speci d to the Chicago Evi-niny Jour
nal froin White Hall, Mich., says the body
of N. S. ilifmwood was found last Monday
on the beach of Lake Michigan, nea, Stonv
Creek, by A. Beckwith. It l:ad on all the
clothing except boots and shoes, and had
letters and notes of his trip, which proved
beyond a doubt his identity.
A house in Bucks county was recently
struck by lightning, and a large mirror iii !
one of the rooms was so thoroughly shat-
tercd, that a piece of an inch size could not
bo found, the minute particles of glass be
ing firmly imbedded in the woodwork on
the opiHsite side of the room. A iiiiimiras
also struck, but its tone was not injured
Pottstown has a sensation. One of 1
married men has eloped w ith a grass widow.
a' u na.s atiandom d an important and lucra
tive position iu the bargain. That 1 a sen
sation. There's nothing strange in tho
elopement with tho grass widow, but tho
abandonment of "an important and lucra
tive position" in. these dull times is a dis
play of recklessness which is astonishing.
A Knoxvillc, Tenn., dispatch states
that L. T. Cepeland, who created sotno
notoriety by a falsa statement regarding
ex President Johnsou's religous belief iu
a telegram to tho Chicago Timts, and who
has been identified as the confiderce man
w liose exploits were delineated a short time
since in the Bait, 10 ore H.i-rttc, was furred
ani feathered at half past 11 o'clock .Mem
day uijj.Lt.
icr
. ;s a r.-'n:-: ;
u 'i: i.-vv. e c-;t; mueh :::
rnhe,il fr.irernity. We
persons be com; tig si. !;. ;
af:er being stn-iif by a !
bees, but this is U,a ,'n-;
lC'ioj;, in wliic'l the si:; .
resulted so seriously to
vieiinp
The Sf.-.te Fair wili h
t--r ho. i:v- the .t u ',
-1 lie g'res i:i
.'ber iT:h. a
ion v.iii
T:u-d.iv, "-V. d"---,T . ,:
d.n . The b o:.s of e;,; : -.
one k Ih f "e ;'.: -th.e
f.iir. ai d all t,P - .1
those of lenses o:.li-:ni :
ate tl.aigej the ,-.,.,)
'ict!ii.;nis will Ih- a-- ' '-'
mow trig or sew ing n: .. e i; 1:. :
itistt nnicnts.
Kxt raoi clina; y is i.v.sPr;
at Cntul K ipids. M ;:,.
purnaeions buds c -ei. ' i
ao: her, but this cock il.es a" i. .
Kirst. 1-? wicst:, ! v.. pi ,. i'
colt, hitting him i;!i r;
his nose, and fiua'lv c e;
retreat. 1 hen the lie-. ; v
led a cow. She toss --
like a plav thing, h it 1 - : '
up smiling ami renews th:- e
drawn battle thus f.p-. p
the rooster. The s:i!iie . ' 1
the face of any man, ;on! '-i-one
w ho iidn feic tl v 1: !i I i'ii ! '
very de moral i.rd co;.dp :
There is a little ,';! : 1
Boveily. M;lss., wh-s-? h: i
years has been an e 1 :' I" :
torn on board slii;i in '' ;
Before she was three l ; y '
Ii.'d. Before she was -e t-:.e-e -was
wrecked and s.nk.
wrapped in a blank. -t ;eel ' ' " '
the sailors paid every a't " '
kejit her alive t;iIi "is..-i ' '
and were 1 ardly less ai ;: ;
one's wants tiiaii h-'i" f' ,
after the wreck thev w. n- ;
Knglish v-sscl and ' 'n
Theuce they etime toth's r k
liUle cne hiis been brou ;!;t ui' ' "
Jiaren is.
The Tkit. Stouv. Mr- -V:,::j'
son, Jr., editor of tl"- '''"' :
Inttlli-ifnctr, denies the .
father "in eaily life met U,'.,S;
appointment from uno-V1'-1'1
says that his father fell in '''";
lady cf gins! f.tmily an-i -i"1 ' ;
wli.-b 11 .-f.o.t Lis :l!h eP:,!I-
however, objected to ti''
the ei'oimds of Mr. .Tnh-"'
lack of moans. l'p":1 ,'1.l;;,
sought an interview wiih i '1 -(
told her of the cheisi -m ! I-'1 .
of t he course he had ".'
adding that there w ' ?v
tlioiu lint to part am! 1 ' .
been to each other. 1 ' i
wise, and frankly t.l "; " '
po with him wherever ''" -.
that she would not KsiM' '(
life and its keeping 'V
pride woukl not pi-in.i! 1 V. .
standing his love. 1-" ' "
returning long eai " " , ,
was tuanied and the lued"'1
n ::'