?.r.N3BlinC. PA., FBTD Y. - - - JUNE 19, 1885. - - Gen Grant, accompanied by his rife and some other members of his family, and !so by Dr. Donglass, one of his attending physicians, left New Yrk Tuesday last by the IIu ison River railroad for Mt. McGregor, where he v- iU re main for some time. His condi tion was rery feeble and he was not able to fpeak above a whisper, but he fltiffored no serious inconvenience during the journey. His end seems to be slow ly bat surely approaching. A mono the bills that got safely thro' both branches of the Legislators, was the joint resolution proposing an amend ment to the Constitution abolishing the poll tax. This resolution must be pub lished in the newspapers three months before the election of the members of the next Legislature, a year from next November, and if it passes that body, it will then be submitted to a vote of the people at least three months after having a second time been agreed to by both houses. If ratified it thereafter becomes a part of the Constitntlon. Four very costly physicians have ! been employed almost constantly during i the past fix months attending General Grant- Their aggregate bills on the first of the present month amounted to f40,000. and were paid, as is now said, by Genrre W. Child, of the Philadel phia Ledger. Mr. Childs has always been a very warm personal friend of Gen Grant, and the statement is, there fore, probably true. His bank account will not be materially lessened by this act of generosity as he is very wealthy. The Leeislature which adjourned finally on Friday last passed 321 bills, about 125 of which seek to take money out of the public treasury, moct of them, however, for necessary purposes. The Governor has approved 71 bills, and ve toed 17, in 14 of which he was sustained by the refusal r.f the House to pass them ! over the vetoes by the required two thirds vote. There yet remain 233 bills to be acted upon by the Governor, and the Constitution gives him thirty days after the final adjournment within which to dispose of them either by his approval or his veto. Bntdek. the man who recently sur rendered to Gen. Black, the Commis stoner of Pensions, his certificate which entitled him to nearly nine hundred dollars a year, of which singular inci dent we made mention last week, has been pronounced insane. It Is always strorg prf-pumptive evidence of mental imbecility tvlien a man with nothing but a c?-t"m against the Government, wheth er M founded or not, abandons its vi - mii pwrsuit, but when he goes to XV -b'gton carrying in his pocket wi n ten evidence that the Government Is his debtor cd offers to cancel it, the proceeding is confirmation strong as proof of holy writ that he is a fit sub ject for a lunatic asylnm. Tnn OLio Republican Convention which met last week, nominated Joseph B. Forakei. or Cincinnati,- for Gover nor. He was the Republican candidate two years ago for the same office and was defeated by J udge Hoadly. the pres ent Democratic Governor, by about 12.000 majority. The leading issue made by Foraker's supporters in that campaign was that in his boyhood he wore a pair of trousers made from an old coffee bag. The Convention that nominated him last week supplemented this rough aod ready garment of Fora ker's in his youthful days, by decora ting him with the torn and tattered bloody shirt which has so often been used by the Republican party in its ex tremity, to fire the Northern heart. The Democratic Convention in the same State will not be held until some time in August, but if Allen G. Thur man. the noble it Roman of them all, could be induced to accept the nomina tion for Governor, there wouldn't be a shred left of Foraker's coffee bag and Moody shirt costume when the returns of the election were added up. The fear, however. 1s that Judge Thurman will not consent to take the nomination. Be this as it may. the Democrats of Oh io will make a vigorous effort to arry the Stale. One of the most important acts pas sed by the late Legislature is that rela ting to marriages- Under the provis ions of the new law, on and after the first day of next October "no person shall be joined in marriage until a li cense for that purpose shall have been obtained from the Clerk of the Orphans' Court io the county where the marriage is performed. " Minors can obtain the necessary license by presenting to the Clerk of the Court the written consent of their parents or guardians, which must be acknowledged before a Justice of the Peace or other officer competent to take acknowledgments. Any minis ter, j uBtiee or other person who shall perform a marrlag ceremony without I the premutation of a license, is liable koalrrveor flWfor the benefit of the county, and any wan who persuades a girl uder age to become his wife with out a Iicer.se. can be convicted or perju ry and sentenced lo seven years impris onment n the penitentiary. The fee of the Clerk for issuing the license is fftti aerts. and in order to prevent the marriage of minors without the consent -f their parents or guardians, all per sona applying for a license must be es vir,ed under oath as to the ages and reKleoces of the parties, and if any of thuH are under twenty-one, the consent of tbeir parents or guardians, as above stated, mist be personally given before the Clrk or certified in writing and acknowledged before a competent officer and duly fi'ed. for whieij an additional .chatee of fitly cents i made. All per us, therefore, who intend getting mar- rwi. but who poatpoi.e the ceremony i wHilnfei.l,.l.; -,f i.t. .. ; I m.b.tv.t i. n i . . j v & ' J Ull so th.y must visit I. .e county eat and lrnrin h r,0o0.., . .: ' .c,u"' It may U si-cewl at tronblesome to do this, b-.Kf.iicl-. is the law, and in order to ren.ely the evils t abich it aims It Wusttasir;tl!tnforcefJ. ' 1 L. C. Dennis, widely knowu In a po litical Benae in 1876, as the "Little Gi ant of Alachua," Florida, died one day last week with delirium tremens, the fatal result of a bet that he had made that he could drink two quarts of whis key. He won the bet, but lost his life. Ilia death closes a most eventful career, lie was captain of a Massachusetts com pany of Infantry in the late war, and served for a time in Florida. After it was over he settled in Gainesville, in that State, where he soon became a lead ear in local politics. During the days of reconstruction and up to 1876 he made politics the business of his life, and being gifted with natural powers of oratory he acquired more influence in Aalchna county, always strongly Repub lican, than any other man ever exer cised before. The large colored element in the county was completely under his control, and through Its vote be was kept continuously in office. In the cam paign between Tilden and Hayes in 1876, Dennis planned the notorious "Archer frauds" in his county which gave nayes the Presidency. The vote polled at Archer precinct No. 2 was canvassed by a majority of the S'ate Canvassing Board in the face of the most pr.sitive evidence as to its fraudu lent character, (209 more votes being re turned for Hayes than were actually cast.) and the vote of that nrecinct crave iha orat in tv,. tti inf nt fha Tilden electors for whom the true and legal vote had been cast. Florida had three electors electors and conn tiug them for Hayes gave him a majority of one in the Electoral College over Tilden. Den nis went to Washineton soon after Hayes was inaueuiated. and for "ma king Hayes President." as he himself said, "he was offered an insiirniflant revenue appointment in Ohio." He declined it, leturned to FlapMLi and de nounced Hayes in bitter terms. From that time until his death he was con stantly engaged In warfare with certain Republican leaders in his State. He was about 45 years of age when he died. TTiTn the aid of four Democratic members of the State Senate the Repub licans were enabled to pass tbeConeres- slonal Apportionment bill over the Gov- ernor's veto by just the necessary two thirds. Their names are "Vandergrift, of Bucks, Sutton, of Montgomery, Hart, of Lycoming and Ross, of Greene. The reason given by these fonr Senators for voting to pass the bill over the veto, viz : that their respective counties were bet ter cared for under it than by the exist ing apportionment, is totally indefensi ble. A Democratic member of the Sen ate or House who, by his vote aids the the Republicans in passing an appor tionment bill which in most of its features violates every principle of jus tice, merely because the bill puts his own onnty In a district which is accept able to him, is a very unsafe man to leg islate for the people of the whole State. When the veto Came to a vote in the House, which is more than two-thirds Republican, It was sustained, the vote against the veto lacking five of the Con stitutional number. This action of the House continues in force the present bill until after the next election of Con gressmen in this State in November, 1386. The Republicans could have passed a fair bill during the first two months uf the session, if the intention to do so had existed, but it dldu't, and the result is that their gerrymander was so infamous that at the last hour it was murdered by Republican votes in the House. Gov. Pattison was true to the record he made two years ago on the apportionment question, true to the Constitution which the bill violated, and true to his party which it outraged. No Legislature in this State ever be fore so recklessly attempted to rob the people by voting pay for extra services to its officers and employes, as the one that adjourned a week ago to day. The pay for these extra services was provided for in several items in the general appro priation bill and amounted In the aggre gate to over $f)0.000 for the two houses. All of the items were vetoed by the Governor, and all of them were passed over his veto, first by the House and then by the Senate, there being enough rotten Democrats in the latter body to unite with the Republicans aud secure a two-thirds vote against the Governor. John C. Delanev, the Librarian of the Senate, an office as useless and un necessary as a fifth wheel to a wagon, and which ought to have been abolished years ago. whose salary for a session is fOO. was provided for in the bill with a total of $9,000, of which sum $7,800 is for a peric, when the Legislature was not in session. Delanev'a 2.w will serve as . fair sample of the other ap propriations to the officers of both hous es for trumped up exfra services. How any honest mar in either branch could endorse such barefaced swindling by his vote, is hard to understand. At the instance of the Governor the Attorney General, Lewis C. Cassidy, served a written notice on the Auditor General not to audit and upon the State Treasu rer not to pay any of the appropriations embodied n the vetoed items, ir De lanev nni "the rest of us" ever set their plunder they must fight their way ft tnro"ch 'he Court of Dauphin Ureme iZ rt I iwiinry. ana arier that throngb the Su- The Harr:sburg Patriot in an article reviewing the record of the late Legis latnre and the daily attendance of the lobby on its proceedings, says : The greatest blot on the Legislature that has jnst closed was the constant presence of an Impudent lobby. In feason and out, the agerrs or this enemy or good legislation were on the fl'Kirs of 1-oth branches. Every bill waE, Vet-' emisHes. mat came rrom the committers ed to the nrvpi11n- of thoso and however Innocent or tinlmportant trt subject of legUlation. the lobhy took a hand for r aeninst It.. It may be that ih record of the I-ciriola'ore whon fully made up will not exhibit the deleterious ' rffct of this shameful fact, but it te certain tha if there had been less lobbying Inere wrxtlrf haT0 been less jobbery Ir. the legislation. Ma. (i ladstove and his Ministers having ben defeated in the HoU of j Com.-nons early lar, week on a bill im j posing an additional tax on beer arid spirits, tendered his resignation to th Onun .. . . . -- " vlr,.u n, ano Senr rT lAJl1 'aiiMJury, tne Tory tn Jxrri Salisbury, the whom she entrusted the duty of foim- f no n nnsr P.lii.t Tt.- t- 1 " " , new i remier . exi-riM to complete fn selection of M Ministers on yesterday. GlHd8orf.'s ' f,feat caused bv Prneil and t,i : V h n"-m,,r voting w tl. fhe Tories. im - - - ' - - ' - y or rof STROStt VETO MESSAGE. To the Honorable the Senate of Penn sylvania : Gentlemen I herewith return with my objections Senate bill No. 73, enti tled "An act to organize and define the Congressional districts of Pennsylva nia." The act of Congress of February 25. 1882. fixes the number of Representa tives to which Pennsylvania shall be entitled in the Federal Congress at twenty-eight. It also provides that these twenty -eight Representatives "shall be elected by districts composed of contigious, territory and containing as nearly as practicable the same num ber of inhabitants." and that no district shall elect more than one Representa tive. It will thus be seen that the law lays down three rules to be observed in the formation of Congressional districts to wit : that the districts shall be sin gle, that they shall be composed of con tigious territory, and that they Bball be as far as practicable equal in population. To these rales there is to be added an other arising from the spirit of our State Constitution upon the subject of apportionment, and from the accepted principles of fairness and public conve nience, and that is that the districts Bhill be formed of territory that shall be reasonably compact as well as conti gous. All of these requirements are Im portant, some are vital. A bill which transgresses any of them at once chal lenges investigation, and unless the transgression la shown to have been In dispensable and for the purpose of se curing some essential principle of fair ness and justness, the bill should not be come a law. Of these rules, the one re quiring single districts is a purely arbi trary direction of the Federal Congress, and baa been followed in the bill before me. The rules as to the territory being contigious and compact are founded on public couvenieoce, and are intended to prevent political injustice and sinister designs in the detachment of territory. The direction that the population of the districts shall be as nearly equal as prac ticable contains the vital principle of popular representation, underlies the theory of our institutions, and is as the breath of our liberties. The bill herewith returned violates each of the last two rules in the most flagrant and unjustifiable manner. It abounds in injustice afid is built upon contemptuous illegality. Proceeding In an undeviating pnrpose of unfairness, it disfranchises hundreds of thousands of our people to give unlawful power to others. It overrides in the relentless ness of its manifest purpose alike the plain dictates of common justice and the clear com mauds of the law. The startling fact to the miud of the Execu tive is that ao little effort has been made to cloak tbenakrdness of its enormities. In illustrating tbe defects of a meas ure, where so many exist, it is difficult to know what to select and what to omit. A statement of a few of the more typical and conspicuous wrongs perpetrated by the bill will sufficiently show its unfairand illegal nature. A full statement in detail would unneces sarily lengthen this communication. Dividing the whole population of Pennsylvania by twenty-eight, the num ber of Congressmen to which the State is entitled, we obtain 152,960 as the ra tio for each Congressional districc. The law thus fixing this as the number of people entitled to elect a representative in Congress, and bearing in mind the command that the districts shall be as nearly as possible equal in population, let us see how the framers of this bill have observed the legal rules laid down for their guidance. Of the twer.iv-eight districts formed by the bill, the population or a majori ty, or fifteen of them, falls below the ratio. The total deficiency of popula tion in these fifteen districts is 286,823, or more than 50,000 in excess of the pop ulation of the Sixth and Twen'y sixth districts, which are each given a Con gressman, and very nearly equal to two full ratios. The largest district in point of numters is the Twenty fifth which, contains 194.149, or 4J.f89 more' than a ratio. The smallest district is the Sixth, which contains 114 340. or 38 711. less than ratio. The difference between the two districts is 79.000. or more than one-half a full ratio. The average defi ciency in the fifteen districts named is 19,121. Six of the districts are each more than 10.000 below the ratio ; three are anore than 15.000 ; two more than 20.000 ; one more than 25.000 ; one mnrn than 30,000, and one more than 35 000 below. The average excess in the thirteen districts above the rate is 22 674. Sev en are each over 10.000 ; one over 15 -000 ; one over 25.000 ; one over 30 000 two each oTer 35.000, and one over 40 -' 000 above. The lo'al excess in these thirteen districts, renresentinir th nnm. iwr oi ixwpie virtually therein, is 286 662. or nearly two full ratios. The average population of the fifteen defective districts is 133 839 and i the average popnlaMon of th th,rtor. districts in excess is 165.034, this making the average disparity in the two classes 41.195. The Fifth. Sixth, Twelfth, Thirteenth Fifteenth, and Twenty-sixth districts together contain 10.000 less than five ratios, and are given six Congressmen whne the Fourth, Eleventh, Twenty second aod Twenty eighth districts con tain over six full ratios, and are given only five Congressmen. That is to say, it requires six ratios of people in one section to elect five Repiesntatives, whi'.e five ratios only are required in another section to elect six Representa tives. In other words, the greater class of people are deprived of a (Congress man to which they are entitled to give a less number of people a Congressman to which they are not entitled. There are flye. districts each of which contains 180.000. and five each contain ing less than 130.000. Philadelphia has one district with 103.000, and right along side of and touching this, one with less than 115 -000. The Twenty-fifth district, composed of the counties of Indiana. .TeflWarm oyer 194,000, while the Twenty sPx'th ' aisinci, mjmertiately adjacent contains less than 120,000. These are a few or the conspicuous in equalities or this bill, framed under the !aw of Congress, which commands that u.o.i u ou.i a nearly as possible be I Tiini in insulation. Finding these inconsistencies and in rractions or the law pervading the meas ure so generally as not to ddmit or the belief that they were accidental, the Executive naturally sought by a further st udy of the details to ascertain, ir pos sible, the theory nmn hi.h ; fhv " "J object sought to be at ,a,np,1 f its manifest and persistent in- equalities. This theory nd obieet . not bard to discover. Thev appear in every clause and disfigure every enact mer t of the bill. They obtrude them selves so plaiuly upon the attention of the Executive that is would be the me rest affectation to pretend not lo see them and properly animadvert upon them. It is impossible to give tbe most cursory Investigation to (he bill without seeing tha. its main, if not its sn'e pur p .se is to deprive the citizens of one po ll! ica! faith of th'lr just numericMi rep resentation in the Federal congress in or der to unlawfully ai d uniustlv inr.ru j th power and repn-sentat ion of their political opponents. It wil! require Suit a brief statement to -show t.i .11 r.i. mfndftj men tl8t ti)tt j i'(nnrrt'( nil. riit -.in,. i.t. . .. ! A the law loan. ""?",m nt.yeoi , , ro " ol,,er Citizens, ad .-lit - tied tqiial voiCK Hh(J h . ; fans of guvtriiem,,:, are by th's Lil WM.igiuliy aud shamefully deDn'.l n t iargepartf their law fu. share or" ren ' 1 resentation in the Federal councils. Reluctant as the Executive is to intro ence a political discussion into a paper of this nature, he yet feels that it is his duty to lay open to the eyes of the peo ple the great wrong attempted by this bill against those citizens with whom be holds a common political faith, and if possible prevent consnmation of the outrage. It Is onlv necessary to state the facts and the enormity becomes at once appa rent. Of the twenty eight-districts eight een are surely Republican, seven are Democratic and three may be classed as doubtful, though of these three one is at present, and has been for rears, rep resented by a Republican, and the oth er two have been carried as often in the last decade by that party as by any oth er. Regarding these districts, however, as doubtful, the bill gives eighteen Re publican and seven Democratic districts, now has this result been reached ? If it had been reached by observing te di rections of the law, or by the accident of local situation, do one could have complained. It woold have been the fortune of the twiners. But it has been arrived at only by a persistent and defi ant overriding of all laws and rules gov erning the subject, and the injustice stopped only when it was physically im possible by greater illegality to commit greater wrong. Of the eighteen Republican districts, eleven are below the ratio of represen tation, which happens to be the exact number of Republican over Democratic districts. The total deficiency In these eleven Republican districts is 218,139. Seven Republican districts are above the ratio. Of the seven Democratic districts, but two are below the ratio, while five are above it. The average population of the seven Democratic dis tricts is 161.746, or over 8,000 above the ratio, and of the eighteen Republican districts 151,256. a less number than the ratio. That is to say, it requires on an average, 10,494 more people to elect a Congressman in a Democratic than a Republican district. In the city of Philadelphia the Sixth district is created giving a Republican majority of over 4,000, with a popula tion of only 114,249, or 38,711 below the ratio ; while the Democratic county of Berks, at present a separate district, and containing over 8,000 more than the en tire Sixth district, is joined to Lehigh, another Democratic county, making a district of 33,608 in excess of the ratio, and giving a Democratic majority of over 10.000. In the same way the county of Schuyl kill, at present a Republican district, is permitted to elect a Congressman with a population 22.9S3 less than a ratio ; while right adjoining it the Tenth dis trict is created by heaping together Ave Democratic counties, 12,026 in exces of the ratio, giving 7,000 Democratic ma jority. In the countvof Philadelphia ingenu ity and illegality seem to have been ex hausted in the effjrt to do iniustice to the Democratic citizens of that section. Six districts are given to that city, five of which are surely Republican and one overwhelmingly Democratic. This has been done by massing together in the Third district, in a narrow atrip along the Delaware, seven of the eight Dem ocratic wards of the city, making a dis trict of excessive Democratic majority, and leaving the rest of the city free to be divided into five equally certain Re publican districts.' Of the six Philadel phia districts, five are below the ratio and one above it. The Sixth is 38,711 below, and the Fourth is 39,540 above, making the difference in these two alona 78.251. In the five defective districts the deficiency amounts to 110.128. For what other pnrpose can such inequali ties and distortions have been devised except to give five Congressmen to the 100.000 Republican voters of that city, and but one Congressman to 75, 000 Democratic voters ? Instances might be multiplied throughout the bill where similarly Democratic couuties are submerged in large Republican districts, or massed to gether into one district so as to destroy their proper distributive weight. Dis tricts are misshapen and inaccessible, unequal and incongruous ; no regard i - . 7 U,UC',HB m JU3l,ce 5 are "Stowed nd enemies are punished, and all these departures from right aud law always have the same result of in creasing the political power of Republi can at the expense of Democratic con stituencies. To such a bill I am asked to give my approval. Anxious as I am to see the law obeyed by an apportionment of the State, I will not sanction a measure that transgresses the law and attempts to fix a glaring and indefensible injustice upon a large part of the people. The Repub lican p-trty in this State does not need such a measure as this to secure to it whatever preponderance it is entitled to in the Federal Congress, it has no need to call to its aid injustice and defiance of the law to give it its due. The great body of citizens belonging to that parly I am sure do not ask and would not countenance such a wrong. On the other hand, I feel it to be my duty, as the Executive of the whole people, and in support of the rights of all of them, to nrnvanf a f , r - . r i the ciU"D8of a,lti- t,D0Ula 11113 wrong now succeed, it is not unlikely that in the inevitable revolutions that are con stantly occurring in our political history i it may be la the future used as an argu mant ail AvAm-.!.. ! 1 . . : 1 -1 . rA",ui'": lJ muiutiiiif a iikb nine o'clock a watchman at one of tbe car injury and injustice upon the party pet mills at Yonkers. N. Y.. discovered two whose representatives in the Legisla ture seek to perpetuate this wrong. In the ioterest, therefore, of the dearest rights of all citizens and because this bill violates the plainest principles of common justice and the clear command of the law, I withhold my approval. ROftBRT E. PATTtSON. I Thf Repatntien r a Mstitdard Artirle I Is seldom Injured by surreptitious rivalry. j Imitators of IIostetter'6 Stomach Bitters j have not only lost money by attempting un- : rt -.-... .1.1 i - I . . . uciiimiu tMMuju-utMMi wnn it. nut nave actu- i u mr were stamped upon the coins ally contributed to enhance the estimation j by an ingeniou s machine worked In counec In which the genuine medicine Is held. The ! 'ion with the dies. The mechanics nr. of the public at largo has for many years been ac- j new contrivance is so complicated that it Is quainted with the ear marks that distinguish j believed no counterfeiters could duplicate then-al from the spurious, and cannot tie it- Tyro dozen silver dollars were suecesa perMnrfed that thet aiticles sold in a some- fully stamped by the machine what similar gui.-e are equally good. Fvver .PK . ' , "-n,De-and ague, eonntipation, dvspt-psia and liver three hundred sharpshooters are in contpittint are not curable, by cheap P, attendance upon the fourth blenn ial tourna- ... - nun -"" eoiiwirniious depute, that fur tne-e h,1 other n.aiadi th great boost-hold - mdiCne Is a saf- and thorough remedy - , No. only in the United States, but i,T Me'vl- co' S',n,h America and the Went Indies",, I .mr!ts "7 recognized and iu rep'uta- I tloM to n-y w'abllhhed to be shaken. ' mj22,'-,-i5,r. 1 W ASHISHTOX Frosa out reg-nlar Correspondent. Washington, Judo 15 1885. The rear portico of the White House look southward over half a mile of green sward and an artificial lake to the Washing ton Monument and beyond down the broad Potomac, commanding a view seven . miles In extent. For fletv summers the Presidents of tha United States have steod on this portico of Saturday afternoons, chatted with their friends, and listened to the music of the Marine Band from the green sward be low. President Cleveland honored the ens. torn for the first time last Satnrday and hun dreds of WahingtonUns got 'their first glimpse of hts strong rugged face an non-Appollo-Uke figure. It was a cartons sight to see several hundred people standing be low looking no at the President on the por tico above. The gazers were mostly of the government clerk class and their faces wore an expression of anxiety, curiosity, hope and fear. I looked In vain for an expres sion of res! gnstlon In their government pap fed faces. It may be said with emphasis that they will not resign. They were try ing to read their fate In the face of the President, and with a curiosity that was more natural than polite tbey stared In silence by the boor. The reader who Is not an office seeker or office holder will be more Interested In the appearance of the President than of the crowd. n looks rnddler and healthier than when he delivered his Inaugural on the 4th of March. His manners are unaffected and pleasing. ITe greets those whom he knows with an nnstndled grace cordial but not effusive. ITe wore a Prince Albert coat and a fashionable silk hat. In greeting those who called be would remove his hat. and whle talking to ladies, would stand uncovered for a few minute. "Rot the rays of the sun made It necessary for all the gentlemen to wear their hats most of the time. Mr. Cleveland adheres to his early hours and habits of hard work and in these respects he Is Imitated by all the heads of Departments. Visitors have no tronhle In seeing Oahl net officers. It Is only those who come late who have any trouble. Two of the best business men In the Cabinet are Manning and Whitney. There was some criticism at the time of their appointment because two members from New York were placed In the CaMnet. Tried by the test of experi ence they have proved to be among the best selections that the President has made. It Is farther proof of his good Judgment that these two men were personally known to him. His weakest selections have been those which were recommended to him by other people. The Treasury Department Is now In better hands than It has been for a number of years. Mr. Whitney Is a thorongh man of the world and has his department on a very good footing. Be is oolite to every one and does not annoy his callers with the constant declaration made by some of the new officials that his time Is excessively oc cupied and that It Is with only the greatest difficulty that he can afford to give a few seconds of his time to any Individual. Any one to see him with his visitors wou Id think that he was the easiest-going and most thoroughly good catnred member of the Cabinet. Gen. Sparks, the new Democratic Land Commissioner, has Issued an order forfeit ing the bnlk of the franrfnlent Maxwell Land grant: This will throw over to public entry over 1.500.000 acres. Through rmdnlent survey and corrupt official bargaiulng at Washington lit'' ant was strelched as to Include 1.700.000 acifs r.f land. Thisorder of Mr. Sparks cnts down this grant to Its or iginal dimensions. If Mr. Sparks could never do anything more lo his nffl.-re beyond Ftnklng down this gigantic fraud, he would be entitled to a monument at the hands of his fellow countrymen. This grant has been backed by some of the roost powerful, financial and social influences ever known io the history of Washington Intrigues. Gen. Sparks woold not be able to strike this blow if he were not firmly supported by the Sec retary of the Interior. Of course furious appeals will be made to Secretary Lamar to suspend the order, but the Secretary will be found as immovable as a rock. ne. Is thoroughly familiar with the facts In the case and will sustain the Land Commis sioner. This order, taken with previous ones, releases over 2,000.000 acres of laDd, which haye been fraudulently claimed by dishonest speculators. K. SEWS AMD OTHER J0TIJ6S. Vigorous health is man's finest estate. If weak and nervous, send for circular and free trial package of Pastlliea-a radical rure. Flams Remedy Co., St. Louis, Ma Quinsy troubled me for twenty years Since I started using Dr. Thomas" Eclectrlc Oil, have not had an attack. The oil cures sore throat at onea. Mrs. Letta .Conrad, Standlsh. Mich., Oct. 24, 83. Eight tone of cherries shipped from California to Chicago a rew days ago sold at an average of 15 cents per pound. The cost or placing them In Chicago is put at 9 or 10 cents a pound. This leaves the grower a profit of 5 or 6 cents a pound, or f 100 a ton. The residence of Jefferson Hashmao. on McKImm Creek, a few a few miles from Ellenboro, W. Ya., was entered by thieves a few days ago and a large amount of Jew elry, clothing, etc., carried off. On Tues day Rev. James Bowie was arrested and Jailed, charged with the crime. The arrest caused great excitement. A horrible accident occurred at Con Dellsville, Pa., which resulted in the death of Mrs. S J. Cox, whose husband Is a mer chant tailor of that place. The deceased, who was very deaf and nearly seventy years j old, was coming home from the store and j was caught ou a crossing on the Southwest road, an engine ar.d two cars passing over J her. Her lower limbs were frightfully . mangled and her skull fractured. She only j lived an hour after the accident. I The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company nas sunk a well 2,700 reet. In tbe hope of obtaining a gas supply. A small flow of gas was obtained at a depth of 1,100 feet, and at 1.950 feet a vein of rock salt was de veloped 1U0 reet In tl icbness. A few days ago the well began to pour forth a very ex cellent quality of lubricating oil. On Mondav niitht at eifrht. m inn to. V " glass jars connected with a burning fUf.e ia a doorway. He aiezed the fuse, put out the fire and threw the jars in the ash-pan and gave the alarm. The Jars were taken to police station and examined by Messrs. O'Brinn and Clarke, the aqueduct contract eta, and Ihey say that one Jar contained four pounds of dynamite. A successful test was made at the Mint on Monday of an invention of Superieotend- ei'tuowden, intended to prevent the counter- siting of coins. Instead or the edges being mil led the words -E Pluribus Unum" and t ... dlanano i whi.-h i.,t . t. .-.,. . .- ' " '" c. iriinam Harrow, present king shot of the United Stat. , U t.lier( and team from xrV' t Chic., St T 'nni- n, Z , . Tk i , pt Lo,,U' Highland. B-oomingtou. . J""et -"oc. Wis.. Davenport, wa (the present cratnpu.ns) Dubuque and other p!acs- Great distress threatens the people of the border counties In Southwest Virglna for food., The corn supply, which was their main support, Is almost exhausted, and Is selling at 2 per bushel; and the wheat crop, now nearly ready for harvest, Is so meagre that It will afford but little relief. These are the counties that suffered heavily from drought and scourge last year. The fact Is made public that a Chicago convict named Lewis Cooley died from slf-starvatioa at the Jollet penlten tlary on Thursday. Cooley had been In prison since December last, on a three-year sentence for larceny, ne recently showed signs of Insanity and was being -treated by the prison physician, but persistently re fused to partake of food, and slowly starved himself to death. Tie ws forty-five year old and has a wife In this city. Miss Melissa Merrlroan was engaged to John K. Mowry, and they were to be mar ried next autumn. They Intended to go to a picnic together, but at the last moment the young lady was detained. She sug gested that her younger sister Mollis should go with Mowry In her place. This was done and the couple did not return. Yes terday Miss Merrlman received a telegram from her sister announcing that she and Mowry had been to Pittsburg and been mar ried. When Michael Weltern was on his way ts work on Saturlng morning, and passing through Tompkins Park, New York city, a Frenchman named Matthew Level threw a quantity of vitriol lo his face, burning bis eyes, cheeks ar.d nose In a fearful manner. Weltern was removed to the hospital and Level put under arrest and taken to court. The prisoner said that while be was driving a street car, about three years ago. Weltern struck him over the head with a cart rung, producing Injories that the doctors said paralyzed blm. For this. Level says, Wel tern was never brought to trial, ne nursed his revenge and satisfied it this morning. Level was held to await the result of Wel tern's Injuries. The little town of Jamestown ( W. Va.) was thrown Into a fnrore of ex citement yesterday by the accidental shoot lag of a prominent business man named Jacob Moats. Moats owned a large self cocking revolvsr which he wished to dis pose of. and handed the weapon to an ac quaintance with the remark that Is wasn't loaded- Taking hlrn at his word the ac quaintance pulled the trigger and to his hoiror Moats dropped to the ground with a 32-calibre bullet In his breast. Moats at this writing Is still living Dd exonerates nls companion from all Dlame. His death is hourl y expected. A special from Zacatecas, Mexico, says: Twelve miles from Zacatecas is sitaated the celebrated Santa Tiburclo de Leveta Grande Mine, the mine that has produced ever since the Spanish conquest, yielding untold mil lions of silver during that time. Witblo the past few years it has been newly developed and fitted throughout with the most costly modern machinery. On Friday morning about six o'clock an explosion occurred at the mine. It was plainly heard at Zacate cas. Five huDdred cases of giant powder bad gone off by some means unknown. Ten persona were killed outright and as many more wounded. The n,Ine and everything near ft are a complete wreck. Tdo surface improvement are totally destroyed. I.OK and Oala. CHATTER I. "I was ttik.ro mrk a year ago Willi bilious leer." "My doctor pronounced me cured, but I got sick again, with terrible pains In my back and sides, and I got so bad I Could not move I I shrunk I Froiu 228 pounds to 120 I I had been doc toring for my liver, but it did me no good. I did not expect to live more than three months. 1 began to use Hop Bitters. Di rectly my appetite returned, ray pains left roe, my entire system seemed renewed as if by magic, and after using several bottles I am not only as sound as a sovereign, but weigh more than 1 did before. To Hop Bit ters I owe my life." R. FrTzraTRica. Dublin, June 6, 18R1. CHAPTER II, "Maiden, Ma., Feb 1, 18i. fntlfmeo I guttered with attacks of itck headache." Neuralgia, female trouble, ror years In the mst terrible ar.d excruciating manner. No metNcine or doctor could give me re lief or cure until 1 used Hop Bitters. "The first bottle Nearly cured me ; The second made me as well and strong as when a child, "And I have been so to this day.'. My husband was ao invalid for 20 years with a serioas "Kidney, liv-r and urinary complaint, "Pronounced by Boston's best physicians Incuracle !" Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him and I know of tne "Lives of eight persons" In my neighborhood that Lave been saved by vonr Bitters, And many more are using them with great benefit. "They almost Do miracles I" ifr$. E. D. Slack. How to 'TStnr. Krpnpa Toorneir day and ntvht ; emt too ranch without ei!n?te ; work too hard without rest ; doctor all the tlmo ; take all the rile nortrnmi advertised, and then you will want to know how lo gel veil, which li answered jO throe words Take Hop Bitter. Noni ifonntn without a bunch ol areea Hops on the white label. Shnn all the Tile, pol onous staff with "Hop" or "Hops" In their came p: THE BEST TOM. C. This medicine, combining- Iron with pure Vert.abl tonics, quickly and completely C urea Drape-pnin, tndiffrMlon. Wrakaetw, ImP"" Blnod, Malaria, Chills aud Fevera, and Nrarala-la. It Is an unniilinor remedy for Ittseaaea of the Kinney ana 1.1 rer. It is Invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lire. It does not Injure the teeth, cause headache.nr produce constipation ottirr Iron mtdicinrt do. It enriches and purifies tbe blood, stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation or food, re lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength ens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitude, of Energy, Ac, it has no equal. The cennlne bas above trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. alr kj a BOWS CBBBKAL CO, BlLTIBOKa, KB. B RIDGE LETTING. me uammiisit.nen of Otmhrls county will re ceive oronosals fir buildlnir a bridire over Susque hanna river near (farmin's mills in Susquehanna township, until I o'clock, p. ra., n TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1885, Accord Intc to draft and specification now In pos session of the Commissioners. All proposals must be in accordance with said draft and pc. fictitlon, which can be examined at any time. The bids are to be for the middle span only, as the abutments an.l approaches are to be built by the Supervisors ol Susquehanna township. All proposals to be sealed and Uft at the Horn- n-it'Sioner' office on or before the above dste.- or all bids viuiuiisiuuct, reserve iqo riKnt lo reject any JOHN KIR BY IH Kt R BY, ) MKS CONTI,OW. JCi V1U HAMILTON,, J A Commissioners Attet W. H. MpMI'LLEN, Oerk June VI, 1883. P I Tl uorosALs. The Commissioners of Cmmhria Mini, iii - 1 a v w. w V iiiflll lill 11 11 LJ eelve proposals until Tunday. July 7, 1SSS. at one 'rforfc. p. m., lor fumlnhlns: steam heaters for the Jt1. All proposals murt be sealed and left at 1 the '.ora'rs' -tfflee on or be lore the above date. . Ern-r: propoR matt be accompanied by plans and specification, t.i the proposed work. The Com missioners reserve the rla;ui t reject an? or ail bids. JOHN K1RBY ) JAMKS cosTEOW. 'Commissioners 1 1AV!D H AMI ETON. Attest ' W. H. McMl ELEN, Clerk. 1 imwm Absolutely Pure. The powder never varies. A marvel of parity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with tbe multitude of the low test, short weight, alum or uhasphate powders. Sold only in cant. Hot a L. fiiimo FowdbB Oo., 100 Wall St.. IS aw Yoaa- t, L MSS'.OX, I. J. BUCK, A. f . BCCL Johnston, Buck & Co., BANKERS, ETDenslonrg, I3 a. o Money Received on Deposit PA fa Bi.E sJt DEMAND. INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS. COLLECTIONS MADE AT AlZ, AOCBSBIBLB POIBTB. DRAFTS on the rrincipal Cities Bonf ht nd Sold and a General Banting Bnsiness Transacted. ACcomrTS solicited. A. W. BUCK. Cashier. Eltensbars;, Asm 4. l84.-tf. 1704. Eleiistofi: Fire Insurance Apncy T. W. DICK, General Insurance Agent, EliEXSBURG, rA. Policies written at short notice In the OLD RELIABLE "ETNA" And other First l laaa renpsales. TV W. DICK, ACF.JJT FOR TIIK OLD HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMI COMMENCED BUSINESS 1794. Ebersrmnr, July . issj. B. J. LYNCH, CX O J311T A IvlBR, And Maaatartarer and Dealer la HOME AND CITY MADE FURNITURE ! mm m imni suns, LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS, Matti'e.ses, fec. 1G05 ELEVENTH AVENUE Between 16th and 17th Sts.. Cltlrens of Catiibri countv nil all others wlshlnir to purchase honet FVK.VlTl'KK, ie. at hone.n prices arc respet liully invited to Rive a call berore btiyltiE elewhete, as we are confident that we can meet every want and please every taste. Prices the very lowest. A 1 toon a. April 10. ISSO.-if. HOME INDUSTRY. The attention of buyers Is respectfully Invited to my lance stock of ELEGANT FURNITURE, oonBisTiwa or Parlor and Chamber Suits, WARDROBES. SIDEBOARDS, Centre, Extension and Breaifast Tallies, CHAIRS, CUPBOARDS, SSiKS, BED SPRING MATTRESSES, aud In Tact nearly everything; pert&lnlnsr to the Furniture business. Also, anv sroo.1 In that line manufactured tn the l'c I ted states sold at the lowest catalogue prices. Upholstering, Repairing and Painting; of all kind or Furniture. Chairs. lnnrr he promptly and satlfactotilv attended to. Ware room on High street, opposite the t'onnroast lor.al church, rieane call and examine goods whether you wish to purchase or not. K. B. CKESSWELE. Ebenebu-g-, April 18, 1M4.-Iy. NOT DEAlTYEf VALLIE LUTTRINCER, MaBCBACTCBBB of tin, rorrER and sheet-iron ware AXD Tiy llOOFIXG, Respectfully Invites tbe attention 01 bis Mends acd the public In general to the fact that he Is still carrying on business at tbe old stand opposite the Mountain Hou-o. Eoenthurtr. and Is prepared to supply rrom a large stock, or manufacturing to or der, any article In his line, from the smallest to tha largest, in the best manner and at the lowest living prices. lNo penitentiary work either made or sold at this establishment. TIN HOOFING SPECIALTY. Oive me a oa and ratlsfv yourselves to rov work and prices. V. LUTTKLIOEk. tbenebursr, April IS. 188S-tl. The GREAT JUMBO ENCINE fVwe .f 17Str upiearit CTheapest Ws; In the market fordrl v Ing lig-ht machine ry. Jnst the thing; for Farmers' ase, lee Cream IValrrs, Printing Presses, Thref h'(t Machines Ac. Manufacturer of all kinds of Ma chinery k Jobbing;. Send for Catalog, ua and Prico I.t?t. H.P. NNK1N. 84. 80 fe 88 Irwih Avb.. Al.LBdHgBT. Pa. May )M, )b?i.-lyr. kosb Lear, Fins Cut, g o Navy Clippings r a .a PATF.NTS Eenox, Simpson A "o., 'a fhlngto 1. C No Dtv xLm.I tnriut nt,nt 1 CHICAQo COTTAGE ORCAIM fUl attained a atandaril of eref", admits of o superior. " It contains every improvement tfc. . genial, skill and money can prodjee r,t A a. aim :tVf Ui 7. - -- TO r-ai EXCEL. These eTtcnllT!t Organs am celrVra nine, quality of V.no. quick ripnii... combination, artistic dotin, bcautr ic f t-i'" f eot construction, making tLtin tL t i-t " Ivo, ca-narrlental and dtsireMo nrvrs w k" schools, enure boa, kxifot, sovietirg, y;' !c I1HTADI.IMI1EI BEFl-TATIftS ISEttlALED ' U.ITIE. aUILItt) uorkii r.w, BEST Waicau, COKBIVBIi, tlU THIS THE POPULAR 0E3AH Instruction Booii and Pno Sfo:!t Catalogues and Trice I.'.rts. en srj Meatus The Chicago Cottege Organ Cb. Coraer UaadolBB Bad Asa Streets, CHICAGO. ILL. linRPORITtl) IX I STRlfTLVON . Ill Ti ll H.U PROTECTION KUTUil FIRE INSURAItCE COF.'F M OF EBENSBURC. PA. ?rii:a Fetes w ia fcrss - Only 7 Assessments ia 2S Y: Good FARM PROPERTIES ESPECIALLY DESIRED. NO STEAM RISKS TAKEN GEO. M. READE, Yn' T. W. DICK, Secretary. Ebensburc. Jrn.il. ISSl.-lv. Catar r H Cream .1- 04 rieanfs t k Head. Allan Infltrnmitlii Heal the Vorn, li c i t o r t ?& fnp$ of TiM k Smell. 1 (joH HAY-FEVE 3 retire Cn A prt1ple 1 j.tpi!Nl Id nrtr! tr! Able to o. I'r.re . Ia) rtn. hr tnm or mt I'nrr u Send for ctrfolnr. KLY Bli", I rn.-j May 1. 184. . ler . . Y Cork Shavings FOR MATTRESSE . Now Is tbe time to char.ge ti.e f.nir tr bi treses, and we would rvcomtrenl ORlT-'TIfr IXflS as being the cheapest and mo?t t.-i't article that can t-e used, td lb. alii f. l I tT bed. For sale by ABMSTKOira RUOTim A CO., SALESHEH VAHTED, ANYBODY'" mUtf:i aaaawwiwwwaenHB tora;'hs u-.f i i-' dry plate rroMi For 50 cts. wo wi.'I fend pc: piii lUx'i Manual for Amate ars, which eive f uV. i strnctions for matina tlie p'pturc. Outfits we furnlh from flO upn1. Our PHOTOGRAPIIIC I I LLETIN" eJit"J by Prof. L'hm. F. Chasi:.ek of the Chemical Dfpartoieot of the S-'oc of MlDes Columbia Cttlleire, iiuMifn'-d tw't a tuoutb for ouly $2 per annum, ke-p T tographprs, profeiot)al or atuiteur, fa.j posted od al improvemenr, and r.niw,' questlons wheu difficulties arise. Circular and price lists free. E. & II. T. AM H0Y & CO., aBBPra Photagrahlc Appaia a IsMrtrt, No. rM HIIOAUWAY, NEW l'OKK I'lTY. Forty yrart ntmbluhrd in thit Itnr e' SJ'sra March 27, 15 -tf. PATEWT8 OMairiprl atxl all PA TEXT BUSISE fen.led to for MOD EH A TE FEE Our fhc is opposite the U- S Tti'm ' fice, and we can oMain Patents ir than thosa reisnls from WA T Snd MODEL OR DRAWlS'i. "f, Vise as to ratenahility frff cf chare : we msbo XO CTTAR9E D7 ESS FA Tl?l IS SECURED. We refer, here, to tt-e PitstTar. w 8upt. of Monev Order D;T.. and te c!t" of the TJ. S. Patant Office. For clrci:!. vice, U-rins and refetefces to ar'.cs' f 'i?"a In your own State or County, write to C. A. 8XOW fc CO Ofp. Patent Office, VsiMsfMO' p SliP, SH&Y1HG PARL Thre Doors Uest of Potofr1 HIGH STREET, JBENSBUKG, TA J. H. OANT, Proprietor. rrHK PT'KLir will atwars find ' ou: ''J? 1 of business In business boor. KverTlb'M eat aod cosy. Cliiitoviu a srn1- FOR SALE ! 1vewiale Btat- linns LCS.all"' tr.--s r"i i - Ad ti. BRa,lmti!rTa n , II . FLICK li ATTuRS ET-AT-1 AW, Al.Tt t'MA. r a.- ik.nk H!o-s. 1 . Oftlce in enth avenoe. All kind of legal ps-idc- i .a iv ana satisiacioniv sitentiea io m - a ind Oetman. Collections sp-is ty. M. D. KITTELt, Attorney-ii t - lnv, KHENBUKt. r. t Office In new Armory Hall, apposite Onrt hf r W. DICK. Attorn EY-AT-i JL a Ebensbnrs;. Fa. Office In nli ij'l!. ,:1 J . Lloyd, dee d, (first floor.) t'enire strer, m inner ol legal bnsiness attended ,;i ri aad celleati.ms a specialty. jin-is.-- II II. MYKTJS. . at I 1 If irruKMi-"-''"';.. n. -Office in (illonade Kew. oo fentrs sirvr M. H.. lU'CKI.KY. ATTORStT-AT-l: r, Office over the First National '"'j L trsoce on 11th avenue second door trom u' ai.k ' n G EO. M. READE. ATTtlKXII ATH. . EBBsearsa. r Office on Oentre street."ni-ar Hlh a. 1 ,V. iXtVV' J.J-' X V5JL a-- r TOIIN E. SCAXI.AX. U ATTOKNtY AM.AT. Nov. 16. 1SJJ. Ebb-bi . OPllDtJ. " 1UO IV! IBtlUle UUiaC
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