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EBENSBURG. PA.,
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1SS1.
IIavino reference, of cmir-ie, to tliK swind
ling "Mar noute" operations of Gen. I'.rady,
N;nd Asi.-tant P.istma-di-r fieweral, for
which lie has been removed from office, the
w York World says :
President Oarflld is a RepnMiean. not a very j
r-wnu mail, aim t'y no bah? rennwiiRu ijr nis ar
dor la the rauM oT rer.irro. AnJ 1'resident Hayes's
Administration Is reported to havo een muih
cleaner than its predecessors. The question now
arises : If 1'resident Oartleld In two months un
earth o niu.-h nnfallty In one department ot Pres
ident Hayes's Administration, how much would
be unearthed If a Iemocratic 1'resident were in bis
place an.l the overnnent department!" were in
vestigated under an electric light? .
The Republican members of the V. S.
Senate agreed to go into executive session on
Wednesday last, which they should have
consented to do six weeks ago. Several
nominations w ere confirmed, after which the
two Chinese treaties were ta"ken up for con
sideration. Whether or not matters will take
uca shape when the nomination of Kobin
son as Collector of the port of New York is
reached as to cemipel ConVling to make his
threatened speech, in which he proposes to
prove Garfield a co'ossal liar touching his al
leged promises to him regarding New York
appointments, lemains to be seen.
tut ol the w vs in whleh the Hourbons of South
Carolina manifest their devotion to the Iicmtxrat
ic Idea ul a lutr and tree election is to throw cov
ennn pepper in the eves ol Colored voter who are
pnppwed to be aJmt the Kourbnu candidate.
That 1" not the s..rl of freedom contemplated by
the national constitution.
When the editor of the Altooni Tribune
wrote the above paragraph and published it
in that paper on Friday last, we have a right
to infer that lie did soon satisfactory evi
dence of its truthfulness. We have no knowl
edge of any election having been held in
.outh Carolina since Garfield was chosen
President la.t November, now seven months
ago, and if there is any truth in the charge
male by the Tribune, it is wonderfully
strange that it now sees the light for the first
"lime in that journal. In the range of our
newsjwper reading, tint Trihifne, so far .as
thin 'v. enne pepper'" story is concerned,
enjoys the honor, or otherwise, of being its
fust di.-coeier, and as it would, if true, be a
shame!cs, unmitigated outrage, we ask the
Tribune editor to st.de at what election ami
in what part of the State of South Carolina
it occurred. As he would surely not so far
forgot his duty to his readers as to impose
upon them. ft". Hon foract, we insist, in the in
terest of the truth of history, that he will
4,a plain, unyarni.-died tale unfold, neither
extenuating nor setting down aught in
malice," or, in plainer words, that he will
give us the cold facts.
Whls llcnjamin I,. Hewit, of IJlair coun
ty, was elected Speaker of the House last
January, he returned his tlnuiks tpr the hon
or conferred in an appropriate address, in
which, among other things, he said : '
"To apportion the State into t'onarrssion.'il. Sen
atorial. li, preventative and Judicial district will
be duties" re.julred by law. To perform them In a
spirit ot f:i!rucs an t in such a manner as to best
represent the will of the peoplo in expressed bv
their votes at the recent election, will stamp voiir
act. at a determination to do what is ju t an.l
riiflit. rather than to advance political or individ
ual Interests."
We published this extract from Mr. Hew
i'.'s speech in the Fhkkm vx the week fol
lowing its deliverance, and judging the fu- ;
ture by the past, we then 'predicted, with the
utmost confidence, giving Mr. H. full credit
iox honesty in what hrj said, that when the
apportionment committee made its report he
would discover that he hail been casting
"pearls before swine." That committee, af
ter having been iti labor more than three
months, has brought forth a bill which, so
far from beinga"riiliculotis mouse," is a long
tailed rat of the Norway species. In other
words, the Mil (,f Mr. Hewit's committee
virtually disfranchises at least one-third or
the Democracy of the State, a ml is even more
ini.)uitons than the present apportionment
law. We do not believe that the bill will
ever come before the House foi its action,
but if itsiiould, then will be Mr. Hewit's great
opportunity, an.l, in view of his emphatic
utterances in the extract from his speech, we :
will look for him to take his st-tnd upon the
lloor ami expose the outrage to the people of
the commonwealth in language so strong and
indignant, and yet so tiue, as to cause the
members of the committee which he himself
created to bltedi for very shame, and that he
will teacb them tiiat when he claimed for his
party ia framing an apportionment hill "a
determination to do what is just ami right
rather than lo advance political or personal
interests," he meant precisely what he said,
and that so tar at leat as he is concerned the
infamous wrong t-hall never be consumnia- '
ted. '
HiM.iNi.ei.kT, of Washington county, chair- ,
man nf the House committee to apportion
the State into Senatorial and Representative
districts, reported a bill last Wednesday
week which throws all former Republican
gerrymandering completely into the shade. ;
The constitution expressly declare that the
General Assembly, "immediately after each
United States decennial census, shall appor- !
tion the state into Senatorial and Legislative
districts," and yet this tool of the Cameron
ring (Eillingsley), although he had taken the ,
oath at the opening of the session to support '
the constitution, wanted the Legislature, to
adjourn at the end of one hundred days,
when his committee had not even agreed
upon a report, l'.illingsley and his crowd
don't want an apportionment bill passed at ;
the present session, ami have purposely de- !
layed action until it is too late to pass the
bill, and it w ill be made one of the pretexts
for an extra session next year. The bill has
been so arranged in its details by the mana- J
geis of the Cameron faction as to make cer- j
tain the re-election to the Senate of that "fa- j
vorite son" of Pennsylvania Republicanism, '
for Rillingsley boasts that his apportionment '
will give the Republicans cijhty-nine major- i
itjj on joint ballot in the next Legislature as :
against the in the present body. As it '
would require too much space to go over the :
whole bill and dissect its rank injustice, its !
favoritism to the Republicans and its studied I
purpose to crucify the Democracy, but a few i
instances will answer our'pur.ose. At the !
Presidential election in Philadelphia, the Re- ;
publicans polled .7,2!0 votes, and the Dem- I
ocrats Trt.rod, and thisbill proposes to give the :
Republicans one Representative for .1,125 vo- '
ters, while it allows the Democrat only one !
Representative for ir,2G voters thus i
enabling the Republicans to elect tir- i
ty-four members and the Democrats
fire. Of the eiyht Senators the Republicans !
get seven and the Democrats one. Will any j
man with a political conscience defend a
monstrosity such as that
The Democrats
of Allegheny county are disfranchised in the
same cut-throat btyle, and could not under
this bill elect more than one member to the
lluse, with no posiblechance for a Senator.
No approach to anything like the dishonesty
and political seoundrerftni of this apportion
ment has ever been attempted in this State,
or in anv other State in the Union. As we
said before, it is not the intention of the men j
who framed the bid that it should pass at
the present session, nor do we believe that j
41)A I frisln t il rrt tc-oi1-I e.i Ala rvvioA tt no !
to adoft it even if Cameron and his liench
men made the demand. The Republican
members of the Legislature ever since it as
sembled have so managed matters as to
forc the Oovernor'to call an extra session at
s heavy expense to the taxpayers of the com
monwealth, and the duty of apportioning the
State therefore will be an item of unfinished
business left lor the extra session to dispose
A few week? ago Col. William W. Lang,
of Austin, Texas, read a paper on the re
sources and capabilities of that State before
the Farmers Club of trie American Institute
In New York, the mot important and inter
esting features of which we lay before our
readers in a condensed form. The territor
ial dimensions of Texas, her acres and square
miles, are six times as large as New York,
and if the txcehe States of Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode' Is
land, Cont.ecticnt, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio and Illinois
were all placed close together, the territory
of Texas would cover and overlap them all
sU thousand square miles: or, if Texas as
divided in the middle, the onc-lralf would
equal Great IJritain and Ireland. Massa
chusetts supports a population of 1st; to the
square mile, and if Texas was populated in
the same ratio, her census would show fifty.
I one millions f people, which is equal to that
'. of the whole United States." When Texas
j was admitted into the Union, in 1S4.5, her
' population did not exceed l."0,000, while the
j census of 180 gives her l,.r.:7,o09, or about
I one-half ns much as Ohio. In 1S7S Texas
produced !'.".o,ooo bales of cotton, which is
j about one-sistfi of the aggregate number of
j bales raised last year in all the eotton-grow-;
ing States, and on 19,0oo square miles of her
; territory she could produce twelve millions
i of baies annually the entire amount of the
J world's consumption. The cattie interest of
j the State ranks next after cotton, aud aver
j ages over half a million of head sent yearly
j to the markets of the north and northwest
! by railroad and driven overland. She is the
second wool-growing State in tiie Union,
1 California occupying first rank. Her sugar
i lands are equal in extent and productiveness
: to thoe of Louisiana, while her capacity for
wheat, corn and oats is unlimited. One of
the popular delusions regarding Texas is that
no apples grow there, but Col. Lang declares
I that tli'ifj is a great error that apples, peach
es and pears all do well and that the State is
especially the paradise of the grape. Her
coal tields are estimated at Lnoo square
miles, only.three States possessing a larger
area. Iron ore is abundant in eastern Texas,
as well as in many counties in the western
part of the State, and iron works have been
' successfully established in two counties in
the first napied locality. In regard to health,
Col. Lang says there is not a State in the
; Union that, as a whole, w ill compare with
1 Texas that the great body of the State is
admirably drained, a very large portion of
the high rolling prairie, blessed in the sum
mer with the gulf bieeze and in the winter
by the "Norther," which sweeps away all
. malaria, and that pulmonary disease are
scarcely known.
Such is a brief, though imperfect summary
of Col. Lang's interesting paper, and it w ill
enable the render to form some adequate con
; ception of the extent ami capabilities of
Texas, which was wrested from Mexico by
the defeat ami rapture at the battle of San
Jacinto, in April, lx:io, of Santa Anpa by
Sam Houston and his litt.'e army of brave
pioneers from the south west then lor nine
; years an independent Republic, and since
1-H4.",, by her voluntary annexation, a Stat in
the Union a State which may be literally
styled an empire within itself.
The Johnstown TVioiuieof Friday last de- '
voted almost two columns of its editorial !
page to Mahone an.l the solid Snith, for the
especial benefit and information of the Free- I
man. It is a humiliating spectacle to see the 1
editor of a newspaper, no matter in what ;
section of the Union it may be published nor I
what political cause it may espouse, a polo- i
giving for and vindicating a man who isonly
known to the country through the bad emi- ,
nence he has achieved as the leader of a po-
litical party in his own State having for its '.
sole aim and end the repudiation of more J
than one-third of its public debt. That is an
offence against which the honest sentiment
of the American people will indignantly pro- j
test a crime against public justice, as well i
as against State honor, which can never be
condoned. Can it be said, in extenuation of :
the bargain entered into between the Repub
lican Senators and Mahone, that they have ;
not by that act become largely responsible
for the repudiating scheme of which he is the
chief and most notorious representative? 1
The coalition between Mahone and the Re- i
publican members of the Senate is intended, i
as is claimed by Republican papers like the ;'
Tribun, to strengthen him ami his partj in ;
Virginia : and w hen Republican Senators
and Republican papers give him aid and '
comfort, as they have been and are still do- j
ing, they become largely responsible for any j
success he may hereafter achieve, ami must i
share the odium along with him. The sub
stance of the defence by the Tribune of the
trade between Mahone and the Republicans
is the same as the plea made in the Senate
by that counterfeit statesman, Don Cameion,
that It will secure "'a full vore and a fair
count," break up the solid Soidh, and make
things generally in that region, for which the
Republicans have always had so great a
reverence, of good report and altogether love
ly. No sane man believes that any stiih re
sults as these can ever be effected by enabling
Mahone and Riddieberger to accomplish their
dishonest scheme of repudiation. On the
contrary, it will only make the soiid South
mor solid, as the result of the Virginia elec
tion last November clearly demonstrated.
The idea of splitting the vote of the South by
sustaining Mahone is as wicked as it is preposterous-,
because if the game the Re
publican leaders, if they arc to be believed,
are now plajing in his behalf, results in giv
ing him ami his followers control of the State
government of Virginia at the fall election,
he will become to the other Southern States
a regular crusader in the cause of repudiation
another refer the Hermit, but with entire- j
ly different puposes and will attempt to :
bring the same disgrace on other Southern '
States that he has inflicted upon his own. '
Mahone must be dragged down and not
strengthened and built up, as the Tribune
and its party leaders are now trying to do,
and the true Democracy of Virginia, aided i
and abetted in their own way by Gen. Wick- J
ham, chairman of the Republican State Com- '
niitte?, and by Messrs. Jorgensen and De- j
zendorf, the two llenuhlican Coneressmen
from that State, propose todo the joh of pnll-
ing down Mahone so effectually next Xo
veinlier that, like Lucifer, he will never be
able to rise again.
Great excitement was caused in Dub
lin on la.st Sunday night in consequence of
the issuing of a proclamation under the Co
ercion act. signed by O'Lord Hagan and four
other officials of ,he government, "proclaim
ing" the county of Dublin. There is no
doubt that the object of the authorities is to
arrest prominent members of the Land
! I-p:gue who have recently delivered speeeh-
es which bring them within the scope of the
act. In pursuance of this purpose, John
Dillon, who, in the absence in London of
Mr. Parnell, is the head and front of the
League in Ireland, was aiTested in a railway
car at Port Arlington at 8 o'clock on Monday
night, while on his way to Dublin, and
! takn Kihnainham jiil. Dillon had made
a bitter and uncompromising speech in Tip
perary on Sunday evening.
The Emigration Commissioner of the
port of New Yorlj report that during the
month of April the arrivals at Castle Garden
were 60,000, being the largest number for
the same month ever before recorded.
The Legislature has not yet fixed a day for
its final adjournment, but the probabilities
kre that it will reach that wished for period
about the ? ;tU Inst.
OIK rilILADKLrilI.1 LETTER.
MATTERS MIW FI.I.AXKOr!" THE RITUALIS
TIC MOVEMENT riBI.IC LIBRARY AttlTA.
TION REFCf.EES AND FREPHEKDS AN
INCREASE OF LETTER CARRIERS A MIXED
BATTLE A PAT AMONG THE FA(T)TRI
OTS, ETC.
fSpeclal Correspondence of the Freemas.
Philadelphia, May 2, 1S81. -
Dear McPikk This is the only leading
city in the Union thatcharges six cents street ;
car fares. In all other prominent cities of j
the country the municipalities own the :
streets and regulate the railways, bnt here '
the railway companies own the streets and
regulate the city.
The swift little steamers on the Schuylkill
have commenced running to the Zoological
Gardens, Belmont, Strawberry Mansion,
Falls of the Schuylkill and Wissahickon.
The trees throughout the city are fast put
ting forth their leaves, but the tree that
stands at the foot, of the graves of Henjamin
and Delwirah Franklin has distanced all its
competitors. The transition from Winter to
j Spring is quite marked.
j The cricket season has bowled in, the
i Guard Cricket Club having played their
. opening game at Harrowgate grounds on
! Saturday last.
THE RITUALISTIC MOVEMENT.
Last Fxstcr, parties were elected on the
I vestry of the Protestant Episcopal Church of
i the Evangelists, in thiscitv, who are not fa
! voiahie to the views of its Itector, Rev. Hen
ry Percival, a Hi eh Churchman. They do
! not entertain Mr. Percival's views as to the
form of service to be observed. He insists
i on the confessional, teaches from the pulpit
! priestly absolution, and urges the people to
come forward and make a clean breast of
i their sins. Thij is tx radical for the new
j vestry, and Mr.' Percival was therefore
i obliged to recede.
j The ritualistic movement of the Eniscopal
Church in the United States, whicli took a
j fresh start and acquired new momentum in
l;:, has wrought an artistic transformation,
I the influence, of which has by no means
i ceased, not only in the modes of prayer and
I praise in that communion, but by a' sort of
unconscious but powerful sympathy in those
! of nearly all the Protestant denominations.
! No development of the current half century
1 is more notable thai the increase of the a-s-;
thetie ami ceremonial in Protestant religious
I worship. The scenic or dramatic elements
, in religious observances, as expressive of the
; mysticiil symbolism of ChriMianitv, is evi
; dently advancing and strenctlu-ning its hold
i upon the popular heart : and it cannot be
, justly alleged-now that the effect is in any
j manner inimical to true piety, or that the
! added stress laid upon signs ami emblems
j impairs the regard of the worshipper for the
; tjdngs signified. If the Church, speaking of
it. in us largest-sense as nicluuingall denom
inations ot professed believers in the I near-
! it
I nate Son of Gol, has ready the august mis-
sion the world that is claimed for it by its
! adherents, there is certainly an eminent fit
; ness in consecrating everything good and
: true and beautiful to its use. If assembled
outward homage to Christ is a solemn act,
I which it surely is, thete is then a manifest
: propriety in bringing to itol! the dignity and
: licauty that can accompany such homasie.
The hostility of Puritanism to the conjunc
j tioii4"f art and faith was more than a matter
j of taste, but deep and bitter as were itsftmn
: tains, its stein tradition of severity has faded
J almost entirely away. Such descendents of
; the "May Flower" i'olk as have adhered to
J the ancestral theologyno longer insist on the
; primitive bareness and simplicity of the New
1 England meeting-houses. Their places of
i worship are now very generally handsome
j specimens of architecture, while the plain
; service whicli squared so well with the no
tions of tiieir forefathers has been enriched
! by numerous additions. As before observed.
no development of the current half century
is
nunc iioLaoie uiiin iiie increase oi me ms-
thetie and ceremonial in Protestant religious
worship. J lie Episcopal clergy of New
York practice auiieuhir confession. Rev.
Dr. Houghton, of the "Little Church Around
the Corner," hears many cotifessions,.and
the t-nder.cy of all the Episcopal Chur'-hes
in that city is toward ritualism. The "'Low
Church" congregations havo advanced in the
last twenty-five years to the place eccupied
by the "Old High Church" party, while the
latter have meanwhile flowered out into ad
vanced ideas and practices.
a rur.i.ic i.ir.RAiiT agitation.
Philadelphia is now being agitated on the
subject of a free public library, a tireat .leal
being said n tiie subject. Our cily, it is al
iened, is behind all the world in tiie way of
public libraries. Even Texas, that benight
ed region, has a public library act, but I'l-.il-adelpliians.
as much as thev desire legislative
action on the subject, think that it will not
be well to have such a bill at the mercy of
our legislators. Several attempts have been
made, but failed, and a conference of gentle
men held in the eiy last week on the subject
decided that if "even a public libraiy net
could be passed, it is doubtful if it would be
best to have such an institution at the mercv
of our legislators." Such is the estimation
our literary class bave of our legislative
functionaries.
AN increase ok letter carriers.
Postmaster Huidecnper has received the
assurance of Postmaster General James that
an increase of the Philadelphia force of let
ter carriers will be granted. Our Postmas
ter has in view an extensioirof the postal
service in this city so as to give eleven deliv
eries and fourteen collections daily. At
present there are six deliveiies and nine col
lect ions dailv.
, nKFctii;i:s and fiiFTHKiins. .
I David Mount, the liallot-lio stuffer of the
. 4th ward, and Isaac MelSride, the thievish
I clerk of the Court of (Quarter Sessions, bntli
; Philadelphia refu frees from justice, are now
I honest citizens of the West in the lierdine
; business. They have deserted Philadelphia
politics for the more prosy avoeat ion of sht-p-
henls, feeding a flock of "soo. Who f urnish
1 ed the money for the purchase of the sheep,
or how the? profits are'divided, is not known'.
I both Mooatand Mrliride were found puiity
' hy the public and indicted ly the ;rand
.IlHW MeKlide t lirentolm.l .!., II I,,...,
j C'ouit of Quarter Sessions was run. and how !
I the profits of $:;.V00 a year was divided, but
. lie aoseonded without patting his threat in
1 execution, both f.f these llepuliliean fune
1 tionaries disappeared under hail, but their
; bail has never been .sued out Tliis is a page
j of Philadelphia's politieal historv that will
I probably never le written.
j A MIXED BATTLE.
1 There is a mixed and fierce battle waging
j on the Surveyorsliip of this city. The pres
: cut Surveyor of this port is causing the live
; liest sort of a fight among the politicians,
i while some of the aspirants for the position
; are tinearthing the past doings of theotheis.
It mi;ht not be in a r-riaste line of literature
i to relate the mass of stuff that wi'l be pre
; sente.l to tlia President. Its publication
j would create a sensation, and be verjdam
I acin- to the reputations of some of the ean
j didates. As an offset to this unhappy state
of affairs, our citizens are comforted in the
j appointment of Colonel William McMiehael
; as Indian Commissioner, whom the Phila
j delphia Times' Washington correspondent
says "knows the red man when he sees him
I in front of a cigar store." It is generally
conceded bv our citizens that William reailv
can distinguish the Indian from the negro in
front of such business places.
A DAT AMONi; THE FA ( Y)Tr.IOTS.
Havinc heard sn nincli said about tl I'tun.
svlvania Legislature having done no good' to
aiij iKKiyiioi even 10 useii, until llie Attor
ncy tTdierai had stirred it np, and seeinpf it
reported that a howl of indignation had gone
tip from hoth ends of the Capitol, 1 felt
enough interest in the well doin of that
uiMiy 10 imy liarrisotirg a visit to see
! f ,'i,r fl'r nyself. I went there expecting
...., B.nun uui ki!i- icyisititoi s it iceiiiit;
of indlKiiation similar. to that whicli a man
realizes when he has heen made the victim
of an aggravated case of pocket-picking, but,
to my great surprise and infinite delight, I
found the Legislature goiiiir alone as leisure-
ly as though there was no question about the
ineniliers' salaries, and as a consequence I
felt proud cf the admirable example of pa
triotic self-sacrifice on the part of onr.Iaw
makers. My pleasurable feeling, however,
was strangely blended with sadness to think,
of the cruelty of the Philadelphia l;ecord in
suggesting that I'arson Moody, who can
preach conscience money out ot the pockets
of sinners, should be emrloved to tn- his
hand on those Pennsylvania legislators who
i W0lll'l draw pay they were not legally enti
tied to. This was not only cruel, but foolish
on the part of the Record, for it knows that
a score of Connecticut parsons could not
reach the conscience of one of Pennsylvania's
legislative game "rooster."
Your correspondent takes nride in heincr
1 justified in sa ing that while "some portions
01 m oi-aie senn renreseniat ves w 10 art
burlesques on legislation, Cambria county is
. 1 ; v 1 . -, - -
creditably represented. Your three moun-
tain mem hers, Senator Boggsand Represent- ,,e "n 'K'ny-nme nving grana-
atives WoodrufT and Fenion, are freely eon- c,lll(ire an1 sixty-four great-grandchildren,
ceded the abilitvto creditably discharge their rnRkl,,K a family of persons in direct descent
respective legislative duties. (i. N S I from ,nm of one """''red and sixty. The
. m m I old gentleman is hale and hearty, can walk
, . T . ' la long distance, and is able to do a consider-
o-.J ?VyG JO?J'.7- rrfminpnt phjsician j able amount of work,
of Pittsburg said jokingly to a lady patient The Charlottesville (Va.) 7.reror.iin
who was complaining of her continued ill declares that the sleeping Hungarian at Al
n i d lll,ViDlilty. to,cure ,her' "T7 lentown formerly worked in that country,
Hop Bitters ! 1 he lady took it all in earn- j and was made crazy and a dejected wander-
' ,sed the VltKter,S.VfroI? which hc ob w l,y clored woman, who for a joke put
?hf nf1 ai ?h? ,augh9 ' cayenne pepper into his eoffee. He fancied
tUi li ,22Sr I'Th j0ke; bu h ,s not 80 i linself frozen and wandered about the
tLPt ZtrTu h,t',lt . cost him a good mountains until almost frozen, and, being
f "n f'" ,0,dwby M- J friendless, relapsed Into melancholy, of which
L. oatman, authorized agent, Ebenburg. 1 iiis pieseut stupor is tbe seiucnce.
NEVTS AXD OTHER NOTINGS. I
Sixty thousainV emigrants arrived in
New York dnrine the month of April.
The late Asa Packer, it has just been
discovered, left an estate of $;,4ir.,b49,T4.
When .Brady received his walking pa
pers be lif'ed his eyes lieaven ward and ex
claimed : "My stars!"
The village of Morris, Mich., was almost
utterly wiped out by a fire on Friday morn
incr. The loss is verv heavy.
Frank and Henry Uumbenrer have been
: found guilty of murdering old Daniel Trout
' man, at Uniontown, Dauphin county.
A thin coat of varnish applied to straw
i matting will make it much more durable and
i keep the matting looking fresh and new.
Mr. John Wananiaker has relurneu :rom
, -- , , . ... . i
Florida restored in health, and will at once !
t resume the active management of his great
' business.
J Reports from California, Oregon, Utah,
j Washington. Arizona and other States and
j territories west of the Mississippi indicate
. heavy crops the coming season.
; Monstrosities are becoming plentiful.
' Greene county came out a couple of weeks
ago with an eight footed lamb, and now
! Ulairsville has a calf without a tail.
-An excursion boat on the lake out from
! Detroit with the Postmaster and other prom
' inent citizens aboard was lost, sjght of and
it is feared the party lias perished,
i A milk-white red-breasted robin is fre
, quentlv seen near Sewickly, accompanied by
! a companion that only differs from other rob
i ins in having a perfectly white head,
j The Method it. in an enthusiastic article,
i predicts that if Postmaster General James
' keeps on in these practical lines he will be
President by-and-bv, ami a good one.
A Melbourne despatch of April "Oth says
j the British steamer Tararina.of Melbourne,
I has been wrecked in a reef off Ottago, New
; Zealand. Eighty persons were drowned.
The thrce-vear old daughter of John
, Hoffman, residing at Port Carbon, Schuyl-
kill county, toddled after a flock of guese,
' and following them into a creek was drown
' cd.
There is no reason to doubt that Hattie
i Moselv was buried alive at Youngstown, O:
1 it was found tha, she hail turned over in her
coffin, and torn her shroud in a violent strug
gle. j The Bradford police are raiding the
bouses of ill-fame. Already il'. fast and
loose woman have been arraigned and every
' one promptly paid her tine. They aggrega
; ted ?.-'.i.-..
Among other Easter chaiities of Leo
XIII, were the gift of one hundred beds to
: the poorest families in Rome, and presents
to live hundred families of at least ten
: francs each.
A Greene county man named James
i llarsball tellred one night recently in good
; health and the next morning he was found
a corpse. Just three days beforu his son
' died in simular manner.
A Philadelphia miracle worker claims to
have cured Col. Thomas A. Scott of paralysis
; by laying on hands, and Col. Scott says it is
1 true ;" but bis physicians say that no cure has
: been effected by "anybody.
The hotel keepers of "Springfield, 111., the
i home of Lincoln, have refused to entertain
J the members of a troupe of colored jubilee
; sintrers, although colored travelers have
' hitherto been accommodated,
j Before Mr. Vanderbilt left for Europe
! he purchased $.",(iou,nno more government
! bonds. This makes ?i7,oou, 000 this unfortu
i nate man has invested. What an effort it
i must be to cut. off the coupons.
I At Sitting Spiing-i, Cal., ten or twelve
! days ago, thiee men two whites and one
Chinese were murdered while asletp in a
cabin, by unknown parties. The murderers
1 are supposed to be Chinese or Indians.
The BarstofT outrage at Erie, in which
old man Barstotf was seized ill bed by mask
ed men and tortured to get the secret of his
I hoards, has been tracul to two relatives.
, They were arrested on Friday, at whichtime
j the victim was dying.
The Earl of Shrewsbury eloped the other
; day with Mrs. Miiler Mtmday, f.f Shipley,
Derbyshire. England. The fugitive pair fled ',
I to Sti asburg, w here the lady's relatives ovc-r--
took them, and gave the Earl a sound thrnsli
, ing and brought the lady back to England,
j The new Democratic Mayor of Pittsburg
: has appointed live colored men, on the po
i lice force of that city. Though a llepubii
j can stronghold, this is the lirsi time that the
; colored brother iias been "recosrntzed" in
I Pittsburg, and it was left for a Democrat to
j do it.
Sunday afternoon five frame bouses
owned by Patrick McMahon, Patrick Ford
and Peter Gorman were destroyed bv fire at
j St. Clair, Schuylkill county. Mrs. Dou-dier-I
ty, nn aged lady, died from frigid. Loss,
j ?.i,ooo.
; In the athletic exercise of the Univer-
sity of (-a!ifornia at the Oakland race track,
I on Saturday, R. S. Haley, of San Francisco,
of the Olympic Club, won the 2yard race
; in L'o seconds the best American time on
i record.
I A London despatch of Tuesday last says
! that the Admirality has information of tiie
: blowing up at Sandy Point. Straits of Magel
j lan, on the 20th u!t., of the Brit isb war steain
! er Doterel. ne hundred and forty livesare
: reported lost.
During a storm of bail an.l lightning at
Louisville, Ky.-, Thursday afternoon, 'Lee
Fleck, Joseph Scbultz, Wm. Fohalscr, and
Harry Soetz, ranging in years from twelve to
fourteen, wrc struck bv lightning and killed
while playing base ball during recess at
school.
A man supposed to be deranged passed
down the rapid current, of the Des Moines
river astride a log, during a recent freshet,
keeping an upright position bv means of ai'i
oar. He shouted to the spectators that he
was bound for New Orleans, and hadn't time
' 10 stop.
John Webb, of Jeffersonville, Ind., has
': a singing dog. The dog, a common cur, has
i been actually taught to know one key in
music from another, and will sit by a piano
; and sing in bis peculiar language and never
, make a discord. Webb is negotiating with
P. T. Barn tun.
; The bouse of David Reese near New
I rovKlence, Lancaster county, was burned
0,1 Mondil5 n,nniillF- While "Ueese and his
son were endeavoring to preserve some of
the effects, the burning building suddenly
collapsed, and both were burned to death.
' Mrs. Keese was also severf ly burned.
Referring to the cessation of the small
pox plague in Troy, the Ereninn .Standard
i pays an elegant tribute to the Sisters of Mer
cy of that city, who so bravelv and devoted
ly became inmates of the pest house, and of
whom o:ie at least fell a victim to tiie sniall
! pox while discharging- the Christian office,
i A son an.r daughter of John C Smith, of
.: Parker, Mich., killed a bear the other day.
j The bear was in a hole, and the boy shot the.
j animal, hut did not kill it. Miss Smith with
an axe kept the bear in the hole by chopping
; its nose whenever it staited to come out,
; until her brother had time to reload his gun
; and fire a shot that proved fatal,
i The missing Mount Clemens, Mich.,
i fishing boat has been found in bake St.
Clair. The body of Morey Axtell was found
j in the boat in a sitting posture, half-reclin-I
ing on t lie gunwale. One foot was securely
I fastened under the seat. He evidently pef
l Ished from exposure arid privation. The
j other three bodies have not been found,
The wife of Mr. Rice eloped at Charles
j ton, Iowa. He hurriedly looked for his wal
; let, found it was as full as when he had last
I seen if, and said that he felt no further con-
' cern about the matter; but a few days after-
ward, when he discovered that it was stuffed
with scraps or paper instead of money, his
interest, was revived.
When it is rcnicnilx'red, snvs the Phila
delphia Record, that it was the Dorseys and
Kra.lys who carried Indiana, and that it was
Indiana that carried (iartield. a sharp look
out must be maintained on the course of the
Star Ttoute investigation. Postmaster Gen
eral James ma reneh a point in his investi-
i tatl?11'1'
j 0,1 """.'" ,
A VJ'!,':
cations where in the interests of party to go
in'"'- uaiigermn man discreet,
ano has broken out on the farm cf
N. A. Jarnagen, in the southern portion of
Ohio county. One day week before last Jar
nagen was attracted to the place bv gas as it
esi-.eu 1 1 "in iiieennn ana louml on exnml
i nation that the earth wn eeminrriiT
! He held a stick over the place andHlie heat
i rniKprl it ti IrrnitA l,n,T -.....,. i, ...... : .
i ited the place and" it is a source wonder t
! an.
I
A New i ork letter to the Philadelphia
jxeenra says mat the one man convicted of
perjury in connection with the Morey letter
;a tn inra i unions i;ut.,A k r.j
is to have his sentence lightened. And still
tne question is asked : ho wrote the letter .' i
Apparently somebody is afraid to "hunt the j
villains down." An interesting story in this I
connection remains to he written ; but for a I
while it may not be safe to know too much
about it. !
The Richmond (Va.) Whirr tells of an !
old man now livine in .Albemarle countv !
! named N it ham Cnzer. who is 84 years of
Sadie Lord, of Clinton, Me., a girl of six-
teen, is n pomiiambulist. On Thursday
night last, after retiring, her mother missed
her from her side, and after a search found
her in another room fat asleep, bnt dressing
herself. The moment the mother spoke the
girl fled out of doors half dressed. The
mother pursued and saw her cross the rail
road track in front of an approaching train
and then lost her in the darkness. The en
tire community turned out to find the girl,
and shortly after midnight she was discover
ed still asleep under a barn about a third of
a mile from bom".
The Albany Aryan says: An unpreten
tious looking little cow was led through this
city yesterday afternoon, en route to the
farm of Mr. Erastns Corning. The animal
was purchased by Mr. Corning of Mr. Burns,
"l ...v.. ...... ., ... .........
8i10 canie to this city by express. She is of
at .Mklilielown, Herkimer county, wliei.ee
the Jersey breed, is r years old, and bears
i the handsome name of "Gold Thread." It
is claimed that 2.1 per cent, of her milk is
! cream, and that she can produce l! pounds
of butter per week. It is understood that
i she was purchased for Mr. Coming's private
i use, and that-the sum paid for her vas$l,.o.
; A terrible case of sickness is reported
I from the town of Cresco, near Marshall,
i Mich. The family is named Weaver, eight
in number, and were living on an island, in
i the centre of a large marsh. When found
nearly all were down with a malignant form
of scarlet fever, and in destitute circumstan
ces, with no covering upon the feet of the
, children and scantily supplied with food.
The atmosphere is infected with miasma.
; Marsbwater, for domestic purposes, is pro
cured from barrels sunk into the ground,
. into which the surface water of the marsii
i flows, making it totally unlit for use for man
; or beast. When a physician first railed, one
I of the children was dj ing. ard was beyomi
i all medical assistance. Soon after death the
body became black, ami the doctor calls it
j the most malignant form of the disease ever
: met. Three children of the family died in
; 24 hours.
Cluistian Koch, engine wiper for engine
' No, :!t, which inns between Grand Island,
Neb., ami St. Paul, upon returning to St.
! Paul from the former place on Friday morn-
ing, wnere lie nail been at worn a
Couple of
found the
davs, went direct to bis home and found the
j door locked. . He looked in the window and
saw one of his children in bed and bis wife
i lying with blood around her upon the lloor
! near the bed. lie got the Sheriff-am! togeth
' er they went in and found his three children
j in bed and his wife on the lloor, all with
: their throats cut ami a razor on a table near
i by. The children were aged four yeArs. two
, years and six months, respectively. It is
; thought the mother first murdered her chil
dren and then committed suicide. The cor
, oner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance
; with the above facts. No reason is given for
the rash deed and thene is no evidence of insanity-
She left only the two words, "Good
bye." to explain.
Between eight and nine o'clock on
Thursday morning a small boat running over
the Fox river between East and West Elgin,
Ills., as a ferry to fake the place of the
bridge recently washed away, capsized.
! The boat was a mere scow, just purchased
for lr0, ami was propelled by a lope.
Those lost were mainly school children, w ho
; were on their way to school on the west side.
; The accident occurred in midstream, but
from what cause cannot be told. The pas
sengers, of whom probably thirty-three were
little girls, 'were swept down the cuirent,
uttering heart rending cries foi assistance.
Several were rescued with boats. Twenty
prisons are know n to-have been saved. The
ferry w;rs seventy-five by fifteen feet, and
1 when first used on Wednesday was condemn
, ed by the pub'ie at once. Those on the
j bank who witnessed the horrible sight set
about rescuing the unfortunate who kept
, their heads above water. Some daring acts
of
bravery oo.-iirr.-d in this connection, and
re j.etKons we're it-k"d tip and drawn
more
! ashore by means of ropes than would seem
j possible. Sixteen persons are known to have
i been saved. Ttii are missing ami four
known to have been drowned.
Mouk fiitiANTK Locomotives. Ten iron
riant tor the Pennsylvania Railroad loin.
.:ti
Tin
innv wiil le built this summer at Altoon.i.
hey will be much larger and more power
ful than ordinary passenger engines and are
to be built for the special purpose of making
up time on portions of the road where there
are long stops. in the fast run between
New York and Philadelphia, for instance,
the time allowed is so short that when there
n;e unusual stops letting off and getting on
passengeis the ordinary engine cannot make
It up. lleneo, a monster locomotive known
as '-No. 10"' has been built as an experiment
anil tried on different trains to see what can
be done. The result has beer, satisfactory,
but theieare many that suggest themselves
which will be carried out in the construction
of the other-heavy engines that are to follow.
In the slang of the railroad yard. No lo is
known as '-Long-legged loco," This comes
from the big driving wheels she iide upon,
which stand six feet and si inches above
the rails, or hinh'.T than a tail man with a
silk hat on. She lias two pairs of drivers
forced for her by llerr Krupp, the famous
cannon maker. In '.bis is supposed to have
been solved the highest aim that can be
sought in a locomotive to pull the heaviest
trains over ail grades against st i ft' winds and
with the least possible liability towards hot
boxes or low steam on the quickest schedule
time. Iler engineer says': "She goes like a
bird and rocks like a rocking-chair." Kvei
since it has been running this engine has
been making a mile in fifty seven seconds on
op grade with a long train in tow without
getting heated. She makes less tlian a mile
a minute and "keeps cool." Of course there
! is a great consarnption of fuel. In 1j miles
i 12,000 pounds of coal are ur-ediip. The water
! tank contains ;,ooo gallons, 4oo more than
is usually carried. Kverything is on a pro
portionately large scale." Only the tlelay in
I g tting boilers sufficiently large has prevent
ed the completion of two'others of nearly the
same pattern. I'hilodelph'w Time.
1 Key's Ci:eam Bai.m has cured mo of Ca
: tarrh of several years' standing. I have re
. covered my sense of taste find .'niell bv its
i use, and can truthfully say that the Hal in has
no equal as a cure for this terrible disease
Frank C. Oohen, Klizabeth, N. Aug. 14
IST'.i. See advertisement.
Di'ntNfi the r sT five YE.vits I have suf
fered from ('atari h and having used wilhout
relief remedies prescribed by various physi
cians. I was advised to try Ely's Cream
Lalin, am tiding i with beneficial results,
and teel confident I shall be completely cured
of a disease that has seriously efi'..Ted not
only my nostrils but also niv eyes and hear
ing. V. A. P.r.iN.iNiiHOKFKi!, Jit., Whole
sale Tobacconist, Newark, N. J.. May
3870. Sold at the new drug store, Kbenshnrg.
Iin: H.miStones. Professor Conrad, of
the A. 1. 11., furnishes the Fayetieille ( Ark.)
J)aaocrrt with the following v.otes of the
weights and sizes of hail-stones that fell
there in a storm on Monday of last week :
"One ftone measured seven inehej in elremn
ferenee and weighed ciirht ounces: si etones
wclnlied two pound? ; other ?tone were .ieke.l up
whifli would wcikIi ten ounce and measured near
ly three niehes in diameter. The Mones wero 1
formed by ten to fourteen erneentric layer of '
5iiow an.l Ire around a single nncleu. the ontside '
layers heini chiefly snow and the purlaee deej.lv
Corni(rtet. The p'nape of the. ?tone w-re. In
many ea?oi. r.ot f. hertc.il. tint ma. la like that of
an apple, having two flattened, pitted !id,! oppos
ite. The aremite number of ."tone npon level
pround was one hundred and thirty five to the
fquare Inch." "
A Pkmahkaulk Dwauk Chiliv There
is now tieiug exhibited in Paris a child of re
markably small size. She is onlv ."s centi
metres, say 15 inches in. height. In a repre
sentation given of her, she stands on a table
and appears only a little tailor than an ordi
nary quart bottle on the table. True, she is
only 4 years old, and it is probable that she
; will yet grow a little. Lut a new born child
of the average length of 50 centimetres (20
i inches) would be almost a giant in compari
j son. Her head, though small, is large for
her poor little body. She has a gfiod crop of
I fine blonde hair. She speaks often in a thin
voice, and she is fond of the amusements of
I ner ae
I
1 A nv ice. -If you keep your stomach.
liver ami kidneys in perfect working order,
you will prevent and cure by far the greater
part of the ills that afflict mankind in this or
! ?;r'1 1,ore '? mcmeine Known
i that will do tins as onicklv or surely as Par-
ker's Ginger Tonic, which will secure a per
fectly natural action of these important ot
gans without Interfering in the least with
your daily duties. See advertisement, and
go to E. James, Druggist, Ebensburg, Pa.,
for the medicine. 4-21.-lm.J
Gibson, of the New York Sun, in a card
published in that paper, in reply to some
thing Star Route Brady had printed, writes
in this emphatic way :
Thomas J. Urady is a thief and a cowardly liar.
1 invite his attention to the fart that my lntiKuaire
is unequivocal and clearly aetlonahle. My resi
dence is Washington. 1). C. hnt I will resi-oml to
any Invitation to try the lesue of fact there or here,
as he may elect.
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Is it
not worth the small price of 75 cents to free
yourself from every symptom of these dis
tressing eompiaints ? If you think so, call at
E. Jaraes' Drug Store, Ebensburg, Pa., and
procure a bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. Every
bottle, has a printed guarantee on it. Use ac
cordingly and if it does you no good it will
i cool ou notuin. , l-S.-t.o. w.lr.
j Judge TenrsoD on ;Sper ulilirp Ufa In-
snrauro.
Judge Tearson, of Han is burg, delivered a
charge on Tnesday week to the Grand'Jury of
Dauphin county, upon speculative life In
surance, in which lie uttered the following
plain words : j
I am well satified thit a larife portion or tb in
surance companies nopporteil f(r ilie purpof of It?- 1
puring live, are pnblic nnl'anoej, and that that '
carry in jt them on, thoe actlnjr a agents and those !
actinic as inspecting pliy-telani for them ouKht to j
be indicted and co"nTietcd for a misdemeanor, and
that they cuter Into a conspiracy in ei"tblihin(r '
inch institutions, and In conducting them In the '
, manner they do. We know not merely bv public
: report in the newspaper", bnt Nv what li'ai been '
I tried frequently In the courts, that the.e, the men
I Interested In these insurance offices, arc iometimea
perfectly honest. Jeneially speaking thev know !
, kuiii mi. nioi inry FOTiieiiinca tno'
what is foinK on i neither h..net.t nor sale
wnat is ironic on. And they sometimes know that
ler honest nor safe. Ths :
' pnj ician who certifies to a man lelnit a ajoo.l an.l ;
j uital"l subject , a proper person to have bis life j
I insured, knows perfectly well he is over tej years of .
j are. feehle and micraile. and at the same time
hardly expects to live a year, and vet thov will in
sure him lor twenty, thirty or lort'v tlioa:ind dul- I
! Inra on hi llle. not in favor of his relative, but in
; favor ol some person or other who hires him to use i
name to have the insurance taken. Those '
things unquestionably are a high misdemeanor.
They are a conspiracy to cheat. It Is an evidence ;
to cheat on the part of those who nwnaire the com- '
, pany IT they know what is done. It is a conspiracy
to cheat on the part of the phvsictao the part'v
j who certifies to cases of that kind -on th..o who '
take the insurance. Thev cannot recover a nennv
on tnem if they only knewlt.l.ut at the same time
i they are lel.ieadinf; -many. In a nrlxlilmrimr
I county It led t a case of murder, where men were i
I hanijert lor a crime of this kind. Thev eon-dred '
I to art a man's life Insured, whi.-h thev did In a
i considerable sum tvf money. They found that lie
j would not die qnite quick enonKh, and thev put
; him to death. -
j The wfu.ie thlnir Is a nuisance, deceiving those
! who enter into them. A man kocs. there he Im
. aiftiies he Can take insurance on the life or a man ;
win. in he would not Tenture to trust with He
! takes an insurance ot his life for $i.000 and p.ivs
i the insurance for a year or two and calls tlial'a
j fair business transaction. It Is such a tran-actcn
I that could not be recoverable in anv court n,e '
I tuan Is cheating liimsell as well as the cmmimttv
I have long intended to call the attention of-the
- irrand jury In this countv to ollenses ol tlii kind i
that have not been committed here, but in the '
I nelnhbormjr counties of libation. Iancatcr, an 1
Heras they have become verv common. Hut 'they !
, are uecommir common here ami iiLi,.i.i ... :
evil unless stopped, and the cflceloifl wny to ston
'''cm is to indict the insurance coiiitmnii s and t
indict those who act as their aaenls. They have
no interest in the liven of tue persons. A man can
elieet ininiiieo where there is an insurable inter
est. as a relative, but when lusurani-e is in fa -or of
a total strunerit is stronirevlitct.ee r an !..... '
n to .Iclraiid, and such Mould disable them lr...., 1
i ever reeoverinu a penny on the poliev. lj-t it tro
i on lor a little whilu lonner and It wili le.t.i tn mlir- I
b r. I h. e persons will (fet tired ol pnviuj; on the" 1
policy. Here is person who iImii'i o-.vn a pennv
one hoin no one would tru-twuh a pennv and
- in.bo.iy expe.-ta to live six months. Vet they will 1
take Insnran -e on Ins life i..r uity or sixty thou- i
! sand dollars. This is done bv etm liters ." It is
; practice,! daily and is a violation ol the law. 1
: should have no hesitation in convicting any atrent
of a comprfnv who t.-ok insurance .,! that kind no
heniatton in cnifvietion l.r con.-pira.-v. tulv a 1
. tew days ami a n .mi mu c .uipln m.-, ol"t hem h'av- '
i i ti if Insured Ins life I. r j:ti.(sj. :md tii.v were lo '
yne him J... t.ut only pai.i This a hpe-ies d
the worst kind f aiiib:inv. It t,e I-uislature
! will puss no lana to put it stop to such businesr,
; the court of justice who have the morals and ii-
teres! ot the cuninion-.ty tn their keeping will en
dea or lo look alter it. 1 should never hesitate a
moment to eor.vo-t any person who rtioi-.l.l take In
surance in that way and under t hose circumstances.
In tl.e Senate of the United Slate'
on
.-' ,J wi j.isl Ml-.-R, .HI. JMJLil'l, III SUHlll
j Juri!ii.:i, mane a'siieecli in supirf.it of his re-
j e-nt iirs.-i lion that there is an existing, liind-
ins foiupnft hetween the KriuHiui Sena-
: tors and Mahone, and jjave seveute-en rea-
j sons why such a bargain wits made, as fol-
; lows :
j Kir-T. The Senator from Virginia I Mr. Mahone)
; wan elected to the Senate a" a IK-m.K-rat.
Skom. Ui- purpose to vote with the ll. publi-
! cnn had i:ever i.een announced until his rote had
: disclose,! that fact.
j Tiiinn. Following that vote lie li.ii tcen assign-
'I'l, .1 l-.l . .- ..f I.. If. !... . f . 1
j - ,y Kep..i.i..'an
! 't'timii. This h id been i..llt.wed i.y tl.e nomi.-ia-
. lion o! .Mr. I.iddletierer lor Serjeant-at-Arms.
' F'iktii. ticorire tforliam, an earnest triend of
j the Sen it.-r. had lecn nominated as Secretary.
Sixth, lie (Mr. Mahone) tin i appointed'.Mr.
: tJorinau's hrot lierin-law as ,-iork ol hi commit tee.
I Skvkxth. 1 he nominations hy the rr-s.)etit of
j Mr. Mah.uie-s political friends to Federal offices,
. Kt. hi u. 1 he Senator had v.. ted en every motion
; with the Kei.tiMirans.
Ninth. ISy mh'Ii votes lie w:is carrying out the
'. will ol the lCepul.iit'an cnicus.
' Tenth. He had moved his. ? at to the KepuMi-
can side.
Ki.kvkn-r n . The KepuhHcnn mucus refused to
j transact mildi.-business until (rorh:iu and Ki.ldle
I fiercer Were elected.
; Tw ki.vth. TtieS.naTorstill claimed to he a ein
. ocrit and voted with the K.-pui licaus..
Til I KT EKNTF1 . li 1. 1 d It -herg'T Wa S .1 n a vowed I leui-
i ocrat and a Uepiidiationist. and, therefore, ofien
: sivc to the i;e.i,hlir.ins.
Fot iitekm H. 1 he Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sher-
man) avowed that anything that would heat down
i the liemocratic party was iuMifi:ille.
F "iktekstii. The I'icmoeratic Senators had t-cen
i nssa iled ticca use they voted ay their conciences dic
. tatcd in order to divert the attention ot the coun
, try from an unlawful alliance.
' si xtk.knth. li.stea.lol i ii v: t i a n i n ve. t :R.a t i n
of the charges, the Senator from Virginia and bis
friends sought to prevent tree speech an I legiti
mate discussion by thr-ats and denunciation..
, SKVtNTKKNTH. The reason assigned lor the co
; alition was that the Senator Irom Virginia was In
i vor ol a free ballot and a fair count.
Sfeakino of
the New York
the Star Service conspiracy,
Timet, the leading Renubii-
can journal, says :
"No other branch of the 4 ruvcrnmcnt h:' been
manuiccl 11 s thin lui! hern. A.we lmvr already
.-.pen. the Swrm.1 Afi-t.ilit r.'tliiastcr-t rcnernl
wns allowed to make arbitrary aw:.r,l- of compen
sation lor star route er ire which, in the tt:il ac
itrcir.ife. amounted to je.-JT-V-tV.. This larire Pum
of money wn to be ti.-l.nrsed at the i-le:ioiire of one
man. on whose official action there wan nr effective
cheek, (riven jl In inp u m for the maintenance of
of thee route. Itra.ly nianaifeil to consume on
ninety-three routus about ns much money as there
was then left for the other t.lW routes. "That the
jiossesjoon of powers which made this possible was
i-omrary to all business principles in srovemmeritHl
atl.ur is obvious. Nevcrthelc"". man .- 'oniness
meTi refused to see that the couli.iiuir, of sucti pow
ers to i'e man was dangerous. It is now tolerably
apparent why smc of the easy irni'iit 'irood fellow'
who figure in '..n(ifesjfonal a'ff air were tinite will
ing to trust llrady with the authority to -expedite-contract
time on star routes an.l to increase the
rate of pay at his own sweet will."
The same paper consoles itself that the
back of the conspiracy has been broken, and
the penitentiary awaits the conspirators.
MrT Sthikf. a Honk. Senator Mahone,
of Virginia, is a vety thin man. The follow
ing st.-ry is told of him :
I TMirtnij the war. whila in e.-mmand of a division
of t 'on tedenit of. . he hud the tniMortuiie to he wound
, ed. An ae.tua int.mee nhout o viit Kirhmond
t was requested to e:,ll upon the lenerai wife for
; the purMe of eJ In intnit the nature and extent
' ot his injury. 'ol. culled at the house and
' found her in te.irs. "Why. m:i.i:m." he expotu
I lated. --you oti-ht not t-. trne v-iurs-dl so mu.'h
concern. lie received oniy a flesh wound : no
j hoi.es were Ininred." -All. 'l..nel.'' she s.'T.t.ed.
i "you don't know th' the Oeneral as w.-Il as 1-1
do. or you wouldn't tell m' me lie eou'.d he he
Wounded without strik striking a hone !"
The Macon (Ga. ) Te.lmmf .h says that Mr.
It. K. Kzell. of Jasper county, near Trickson,
' hap growing upon his plantation a peach tree
! which is bearing fruit at this time. The seed
: of this tree was planted by the father of Mr.
; Kzell in isn, and the tree that grew there-
from was transplanted in lsit. We obtain
I this information from Mr. VY II Leese. ori
cinally of Jasper, now of Macon county,
t These" facts he is familiar with, having"
i longacqiiaintance with Mr. Kzell, who is now
i in his P'Jd vear.
I.AnfF.s, and a !l who lead sedentary lives,
should use DH. MKTTAl'K'S HKADACHE
AND DYSPF.PSIA PILLS. Price 2o cents.
For sale at all Di ng Stores. f4-2L-1m.l
XKW ADVKKTISKMEXTS.
ItV' TTYS 0IK;AS, is nef.il .tops. 5 sets reeds
Mamm I'lilySi'..). I'lano $1-25 up. -lliu"
1 atalot;. Kiikk. Address Beattjr.W nsainton. N. J"
AGENTS WANTED r?VT
tinif .ISltrHil.e uiventr-l, Wi.l kni'tupnuof
r- iii-s, w.t.i lll'.l'.l, an.l TOE coaiplrie ,n
mtuiitea. It t. : 1 a M. Vn-.t a great variety of Unrr.
work forn-hi.h there is anrn a rt--?v re-lo-t- Vrl
f'.rc:rrel..r and trn. to th- T'romblj- Hnltllns
iliechlne o., jiti Was'.ir.t. .n St.. n.st. n. .Vim
NEW HIGH BLOOD!
"criis' 1'urifntirr J. iumUi- Ni-u iich
P.'.vmI. an.l t Ml rmiipletely ehnnce the 1.1. x-d in
the enMre t.-in in t hr. e"m..n. 'i-. A'o e.-rs.-n
wlio will take 1 : 1 1 each niht from 1 lo li'
may le restored to .nun I h.-a!;li. if sin ii a ilmi;
I..' (.i-!l.le. s:,! ,,- f,,r S lotrr M.ioit.-
J. . .Oil NMl V A- CO., Jittxtnn. ....
fnrmrrltf .tlnntjnr, -re.
Pest In the world . Last? loneer than any other.
Always in itood condition, t nres sores, cuts, nruts
es and corns. UotF l.tit little more than the imf
T T -
rations, r.very paekasre has the trade mark
tor tne genuine, and alee no other.
ALABASTINE!
For flnishine Walls and fetliturs, is the mot vil
liable material known. It Is far superior to Kalso
mine, and more economical. It Is a valuable dis
covery, and Its merits as a wall finish are uneqnal
ed. It Is the only natural and durable finish for
Walla. It will pay you to send for sample card
and testimonials to
tSEELKT BROS., 32 Barling Slip, N 1. fltj.
A YKAR and expenses to anent
Outfit Free. Address t. O. Vlt'K.
KKY, AuKusta, Maine.
QAA( a yar to Aeents, and eipenses. f Uu'flt
O.'i't' free. Addrt-S . Stecin Vf'-t Auguila. Me,
Capito
Oak
S. H. Cor. Sixth and Market Streets, Philadelphia
1861 20th Spring 1881
Twenty years of lessons in how to make .tnd sell the best clothing- V.s
have begun the twenty-first. AH that we have f iund out about it. w e havf v
into practice in making up the 2ji acres of clothing that you will look it '-
our trade; it is the very largest retail clothing stock in the count.-)-; w-.n.
every cent we ask for it ; and w e guarantee every article.
More and Better Materials in
More and Better Clothing in
Lower and Fairer Trices
in
Than in any other retail clothing house anywhere
w ithin reach of American money.
The secret of our great business is onlv this: Iioing our level best
make up the right kind of clothing, and having made it right, then countir.r
the cost, and
SELLING
This we have been doing for twenty
hundred of thousands. old and voune.
This Spring vc Overtop every Past Spring.
The spring has been so backward that we have had ample getting-reacv
time, and the extraordinary stock of clothing that every man and boy m.v,
choose from is without equal in America. The stock is something wonderful.
SOUND AS HONEST WORK CAN MAKE IT.
The best sewing on the bet cloths, the best trimmings, the best s'y), s
and the best money's worth that can be put into clothing anywhere'. U
is a great thing to say, that not another house in the land can do 5?
much in clothing you so well. The cloths come direct tons; we buy tl.et:
largely; we make up the clothing in our own well-ordered w-.tys. knoif
all the things that belong to making clothing well, and they w ill go
from us, the makers, to you, rlie wearers. not a .prof t between, li.r.t'j
why Oak Haul has the lowest prices, as well as the best clothing.
During the past ninety days we have, in making t:p this new spring stv'
so improved the patterns, our ways of making, and minor tit-tads :h.it ;L.
spring's exhibition of ready-made clothing might be fairly called
READY CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHING.
Being far in advance of any hitherto offered for immediate wear. Thi
applies alike to Men's and Boys' Closing.
Our Custom Clothing Department improves every year. We make :
order from the finest fabrics, and believe w e do the best w rk that can be d ne.
Orders by mad are micd with the
be given to serving you in person.
Extending the compliments of
everybody to come and see, and make
Wanamaker & Brown,
Oak Hall, S. li. Cor. Sixth and Market Streets. Philadelphia.
The Largest Clothing House in America.
EE AD THIS ! HEED THI
IF A NEW SUIT YOU NEED,
IT WILL PAT TOIVIXBISEI),
This AMOUNCEMEMT toReac
Haling just retut nrtl frt.m 1ht i:anferu t'ifit. u-here ire bvtifjh t n
VAIlt Till: VAS11 for enough
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHINX
! to utoeJ; our rol l: I.AllGi: ST()lli:s. ire are now jrearrd to t.
I nisTt every man ami boy to uhont thin eoines greeting u ith
HIDE-DP CLOTHING 5
; 1
at I.OlVKli lliICi:s than they ean be bought at any other hou
Itlair or tul Joining counties. In iroofoftrhieh assertion ire fubmit t'
following farts:
W'K V K K sn.I.IM!
A M AX'S 4.OI M il.
lined throughout, tor "' 7.'
Tltl Fiut in. ites ninf .It lie4
all competition.
w K A 1!E SEI.I.IM;
A JiaiT (iHJ Rnine4 Suit
t..r4 "n. The !anie klnil of
a fult i! fold lnt season
h.r J.'i.'.O.
vi: a i:l si.i,i.ix;
GOOD SUITS FOR BOYS
from 8 to 12 yenrs ol.l. with lur.fr punts, fur
fi.4i. mhii h "Fiiri niiytliii.g ol the kind
vuu ever "aw h.r the inonrv.
!
WK AW. SK1.1.1M!
Jll'A'S .! - IlK
lined Ihronuhout, at from
6i cents to ti..
WK A !,!: SI'l.l.lMf
"Ion" l.oort OteralU
at C" els. and up. and en..(l
I'ali.-o SiHiiiTs lor 4" cen-s,
sold everywhere (or 75 ct.
AH thr nlio-ie !ocrllett linnrt" anil tlionaaml nf ifnllam' wnrlh nt other
Hclc eqnallj rheap are now tn otocU, rend- for invpretlon the
YOUNG AMERICA CLOTHING HOUSI
Corner Eleventh Avenue and Eleventh Street,
Opposite Opera House, A1..TQONA, IV
The ffreateet vnrletT of poods In
one establishment ia tbe
I'Diteil State.
lrrftt Gootls, Si77.:,
ladies' Suits, Shaicls,
Underwear, Laces,
Hosiery, Gloves, Slioes,
JAn-ens, Gentlemen's and
Hoys' CZothing, House
keeping Goods. Furni
ture, Carpets, Mattings,
Goods sent all over the United States by Mail,
and Samples sent when requested
$20.00 SAVED! 820.00
ti'-r' R20.00 Svri bv t im-ha--
, 'AVit '"'-'ISKWIMI MAI'lil;ir,.n
the uiidersi;ned. whoso i.di.-e fs at
l'H Klevrn'.li Avenue, between
lth and 17th sts., Aithona. I'.,
(Mid who oflers tlie Kditor of the
VAumttA t'itKi:nA as reference.
L
McCltATI I.
April 15. 1M.-U.
TOT ITI Ne wa f or Tfoya and 0 iris ! f
Tonus aud OM 1 1 A SIW 1
VKNTIOS' jitat patented for theia,
lor Home ne I -
Tret and Scroll Pawing, Turning,
Borinfr, lrillig,Grltlirn, Polishing,
Scrow Cutting. Price 5 to fot.
Pr 1 6 cni f.w 1V races. i"
ErURAlM TROWy, Lewail, Maa.
Altoona
American Cio
ILV
Hall,
Tin:
T THE RIGHT TRICES.
ars ; and have clothed over
same promptness and tare th.it
ov...
the house, and
cordial in vitatio:
I Spring Clothing.
trial of the iSS
GEMS' FURNISHING GDIS
l: AUK SKJ.I.IN'"'
1 n- White Hi t & TF
h.r p... cent?, which Kold !
mon. n.l tr ctii!dr.
cheap, for Jl.AS.
wi; a UK sKi.i.ixr,
NEAT SUITS FOR BOYS,
from 4 to S yer old . nt erntn. !
ot:t-ti all who fee them : an.l rod M OOL
H AI M for men and bovf at J and f-v ?u
WE ai;k SKl.MM
BOis- M ITS In S riMIl
lor any ace Irom 4 t"-
for J-.'or : eonf iderwl tr.e:
last Sanson at K.'.-Q
Oil Cloths, etc
,M.
'
! I
L. lU'CKLKY.
ATTORr.V.AT-H. -
A1.H'I'A
Tee at 1102 Twelfth f'.r. t. in
1 1 1 K u 1 imiuediatrlv in rear vt 'ti
Alto..ua, April St, "lsM.-tt.
Josi:rn McioxAi.n.
ATTt'KNEY-AT LAW . ,.
F.n' ',:.
-mee In t'olonnade Kow, en t'en'.--v.
1J. lfJ.-tf. ,
AV. HICK. Attoknfy-U-I;
Kbenstinrr, Pa, OfEce In bul!-j" ,
.1. Llovd. dee d, (first floor.) Centre
manner ot lal busloesi attended
nly and collections jeclaltyj
SI'UM'lilBErei: ntl'AMBW rMr""
(i:S l.,.. p r f r. in a 1 luoe.
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