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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY r, 1887. ;
Tn k Standard Oil Company is fighting I
the Billingsley bill with might and I
main. 1
The Forty-ninth CoDgresa la rapidly
nenring its end. One week more and
some of our distinguished statesmen
will step off the official stage to be known
there no more.
It i J nnv trrw tima trk think altfmt I
organizing and preparing for the coming
political campaign. The Spring elec
tions are over and there is nothing to
divert the attention of the party from
the main issue. Let the county Democ
iacy eo to work at once.
Tim Constitutional Amendment Bill
presented in Congress changing the date
of inauguration and the Congressional
term from that date, to the :50th of
April, has poor show of passing dnring
the present Congress. It is a measure
which should De passed thus lengthen
ing the second session of Congress and
making the change in more propitious
weather than the 4th of March general
ly furnishes.
One by one the New York city bood
lerf are tried, condemned and sentenced
to Sing Sing. O'Neil has heard the
empire's unwelcome judgment and is
awaiting the transportation of bis pred
ecessors in the Tomhe. Ex-Alderman
Cleary is on deck and Jake Sharp Is
tremblingly listening for the summons
to bring him to the victim's stand.
Chicago, not to be distanced by her
sister city in meting ont justice, as she
parallels her in crime, has also instituted
proceedings against a class of notorious
embezzlers, It is an auspicious omen to
note the cold wave striking official
rogues with such force in Sodom and
(romorrafi.
Mr. Keyser, In the House of Repre
sentatives at Harrisburg, bas presented
a bill to prohibit and punish any person
or persons who pretend to be the medium
or mediums by or through which a com
munication or communications is or are
alleged to be received from the spirit or
spirits r f a deceased person or persons to
or for "ay living person or persons. Is
Mr. Keyser sure his bill does not savor
trofcaly of the Blue Laws of Cornecti
cut ? Because we don't take any stock
In certain new-fangled spiritual belief
is no reason why, in this country of free
religious opinions, we should interfere
with it by statute uoless it infringes on
our liberties.
Tin business outlook is highly en
couraging for the coming spring and
summer. All classes of fuel will be in
demand, and heavy orders will be
received both in the anthracite and bitu
minous regions, while an unprecedented
number of coke ovens will be erected
throughout the soft coal sections. The
high water mark of the iron trade will
keep rolling mills In active operation
and the effect of this industry will be
felt in the stimulus received by every
other lududtry. Several voluntary ad
vances have been made by employers to
their employes, and an advance of from
5 to 10 cents per gross ton has been prom
ised the miners of the Clearfield region,
the first of next month. In the Lehigh
and Schuylkill valleys, which are the
largest produceis of iron in the eastern
section of Pennsylvania, there is the
greatest activity, and employer and em
ploye are on the best terms possible. The
whole industrial Qeld has an inviting
appearance; and there will cvrtaioly be
little cause for strikes darmg the coming
eeason. It must not be forgotten, either,
that all these fair prospects are nurtured
under a Democratic National Adminis
tration. This fact is the more noticeable
since Republican predictions have been
always to the effect that a Democratic
President would be sure to involve the
country in bankruptcy and Irretrievable
business depression.
A bill favoring the Woman Suffrage
Amendment has been favorably reported
by the Committee in Pennsylvania Leg
islature. It is not likely that any such
bill will be passed, but a cloee observa
tion of events indicate the gradual
strengthening of the movement through,
out the country. Pennsylvania bas
granted woman the right to be elected
on the board of school directors, but
some other states have gone further and
given bei the privilege of votlig at mu
nicipal elections. The granting of
no! versal suffrage to women is a question
upon which the fair sex is not a unit,
therefore its expediency is doubtful.
There are other questions, however, in
volving the interests and welfare of the
aex that no justice will deny tiem.
One of these is the right to enter any
profession or occupation she may choose
on equal footing with her sterner broth
er. They are gradually coming to the
front in industrial, mechanical and
professional pursuits and not Infrequent
ly steal the laurels from tbe brow of him
who has been accustomed to ridicule the
idea of having a woman for a competi
tor. Tbe old idea that household drudg
ery is woman's proper and only sphere
is being effectually exploded. There are
some occupations for which she is not
physically adapted, and which her good
sense will prevent her from entering,
but the great majority of callings are
fully as appropriate for her as for man.
There 1a ooe profession in which woman
is not only needed but demanded by her
sex, and that is the medical profession.
As nurses in private families and hospi
tals. In alleviating tbe pangs of distress
and affliction, woman has shown herself
superior to man. ITer capabilities for
rising In the medical profession have
also been exemplified by noted examples.
Tht there should be any hesitancy lu
her admission to all medical colleges cac
only be accounted for on the score of
the most aetflah prejudice and bigotry.
The theory that certain genteel occupa
tions can be filled by women, which are
nevertheless Improper for her to fill, Is a
theory born of barbaric ages, and should
have no place in enlightened nations.
Evert day's news has its quota of
crime sandwiched throughout the more
important events transpiring and he
who has an unnatural taste for sensa-
tiona! reading will find enough ia any of !
our great city dailies to satisfy the most
morbid imagination. The first conclu
sion reached in contemplating the long
list of daily crimes, is, that we are rap
idly degenerating from bad to worse,
and as a people socially nod morally we
are fast drifting to the " demnition
bow-wows." Here is a pait of the crim
inal record reported in city papers one
day this week : J. W. Scbwer, of Cin
cinnati, sand-bagged and robbed of f 130
and left unconscious ; John Marrony
and wife, of Pittsburgh, brutally as
saulted and beaten by their son. Geo.
Tragresson murdered by highwaymen
on the Fort Wayne Bridge ; a promi
nent citizen, of Lawrenceville, shoots
twice at his reputed wife. Mrs. Foley,
of Pittsburgh, assisted by three ruffians
gives her husband a terrible beating ; a
row and bloodshed in Allegheny ; Lewis
Griffith, of Nanticoke, murdered by
three ruffians, all under the age of 20 ;
John White, of Pittsburgh, assaulted
and robbed by two foot pads ; Jno. Bart
mas, of Centre county, aged 70, tortur
ed and robbed in his own house by three
masked villains ; a riot in Cambridge
ends in bloodshed ; Adam Kort stabbed
by an anarchist in Chicago; a colored
desperado, in Philadelphia, shoots his
companion during a street fight ; a
young jeweller robbed by a band of
youthful thieves In New York city ;
Morris Hattleld, of Bethany, shoots him
self and his wife ; John Waters, of
Poughkeepeie, kills his mother-in-law ;
some fiend or fiends attempted to poison
pretty Miss Nellie Willis, of New York,
by sending her a box of figs, each one of
which was cut open and a sufficient
amount of Paris green inserted in each
to cause death. These are fair samples
of one class of crimes reported in our
papers daily. But before we decide
from this that we are on the incline
plane leading to the bed we must not
forget that this is a country and that
all the crimes and casualties that can be
gleaned by news gatherers is at once
flashed across the continent, to be placed
before sixty million American readers
in cold type the next morning. Fifty
years ago, or before the Inveution aid
perfection of the telegraph, murders,
riots, assaults and ail manner of crimes
might be committed in an adjoining
State, and the news never get beyond
the border line. But now distance is
annihilated, and New York, Chicago,
Boston and even San Francisco are in a
sense neighboring towns. Another fact
from which we may extract some conso
lation, is, that news gatherers seek for
crimes instead of good deeds to describe
in the columns of papers. It would be
better for the growing generation if this
were reversed, but we can rest assured
that many good, noble and charitable
deeds are being dally performed that are
never recounted in the papers.
This Week's Holiday.
Next to the the Fourth of July our
nation's natal day the 22nd of February
the birth-day of our first President
should be commemorative of patriotic
sentiments. Either of these holidays
recalls to the serious-minded historical
memories of the early struggles experi
enced la this country for liberty and the
establishment of a free republic.
The day upon which we celebrate the
birth of Washington has a greater sig
nificance than a mere ordinary holiday
set apart for tbe memorializing of au
important event. We celebrate this day
because the life of tbe man is inseparably
interwoven with the armed struggle
that redounded in a glorious triumph,
because he was the prime figure in the
confederation of States from which
evolved a perpetual union and, in short,
because be was "first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of bis
countrymen. " Tbe day's great signifi
cance that distinguishes it from meet
other holidays is that it presents an un
blemished character for our study and
imitation. It cairies us back to a life
which of itself Is a chapter a whole
period in tbe most important epoch of
our history. A wavering of hope, a
faltering of courage, a recreant moment
in those gloomy days of our country 9
inception, and all would have been for
ever lost. It was Washington, the
leader of leaders, the perfect embodiment
of trutb, courage, hope and patriotism,
who inrpired tbe volunteer legions of
tbe new world with that determination
which knows no defeat, and caused to
be inscribed on our banners, in imper
ishable letters, victory, liberty and
union.
The patriotic self-sacrifice of our fore
fathers, tbe haipy termination of the
struggle the subsequent recognition of
our nationality and freedom, even by
the mother country, are matters of his
tory full of good cheer and gratitude to
every American citizen ; but the life and
character of Washington does more ; it
furnishes us with an ever-living example
of tbe pure patriot, the brave soldier,
the unselfish and unsullied officer, the
faithful President and tbe estimable
private citizen all ic one.
At no time within the history of our
country, has there been more necessity
for thft American citizen both In his
private aud public capacity, to study
and imitate tbe characteristics of Wash
ington. The great need of the day is
men of veracity, unimpeachable charac
ter, and who are faithful in the per
formance of duty. Men who stand above
reproach, who are honest In their deal
ings with their fellow-men, anJ who
love right for its own sake are the men
needed not only at tbe head of tbe Gov
ernment but in every walk of life, pub
lic or private.
It is the lustre of Washington's noble
manhood more than any other trait that
penetrates the dark visions of tbe past
and emblazons his name so prominently
on the country's escutcheon. Well may
we emulate his example and venerate
his name, and while contemplating his
virtues it is well not to loee sight of the
fact, which is as true to-day as in tbe
days of our hero, that truth will prevail,
that honesty pays, that faithfulness will
be rewarded, and that however discour
aging the present and tbe future may
look the earnest battler for the right
must and will succwd in the end.
Situation In', Europe.
A special tu the New York Star
says : Tbe steady decline of funds upon
tbf Paris Exchange, and the persistence
of the daily rumen of coming" war have
cast a gloom over near y i circles in
middle Europe. Unti the beginning of
last we-k staUsmm, prouiiuent mer
chants and journalists constantly assert
ed that no war between Francend Ger
many could take place this year because
the Germans have a vital interest in the
maintenance of peace, and because tbe
present Frecch Ministry, even with
General Boulanger as one of its mem
bers, would not ciar undertake the re
sponsibility of a declaration of hostili
ties. These assertions r now maUe
with less confidence, and fewer people
are willing to make them at all. The
statement of a prominent diplomat last
week, that the mutual mistrust engen
dered by these rumors is enough lu itself
to precipitate a conflict, is profoundly
true.
Certainly the Imperial party in Ger
many bas not hesitated to adopt mea
sures that are likely to be considered
highly provoking by the French. The
calling out oi the reserves, ostensibly
for their drill in the use of the new ntl
that is shortly to be in tbe hands of the
whole army, would have sufficed twenty
years ago to have thrown France into a
fever of an it at ion and to have betrayed
the country into imprudent and warlike
demonstrations. To day the watchword
of the republic is prudence; yet tlie
nation is indisposed to abuse, itaelf iu
presence of tb enemy, and a Miuieirv
winch should neglect proper military
precautious on the gi,uul ilut they
might give ofTens to the ever-vigilant
German would risk its existence.
Many people pretend that the present
attitude of Germany is the surest proof
that some sort of an alliance exists be
tween the Russian and the German em
pires, and tht Germany raising the
dangerous question or a possible conflict
between the imperial confederation and
t he French, means to so dishearten and
discourage tbe French republic that it
will not risk any attempts at alliance
with Russia, that it will not seize tbe
moment when Russia is moving forward
to tbe accomplishment of her destiny in
the East to make an onslaught for ven
geance upon the peoples beyond tbe
Rhine.
Eaob pot delights iu callii g each ket
tle black, ana mere has never uct nee
I860, so much mu'ual recr-minn ia as
now. Bismarck's audacity arid l.ank
ness almost took awav tbe bre. th of
milder mannered politicians, and for a
time it wus impossible even to criticise
bim ; but uow he is free;v accused of
having menaced France. Gener Bou
langer. about whom the Germans talk
little, is really a thorn iu thei. sides.
They see in the reorganization of the
i French military nytiem the imminent
danger which ihey have so long tried to
J avert by maintaining an armed ieace.
i Whether or not Bismarck's menaces
and trerneudous increase of army equip-
ment have alarmed the Fiench, the op
' tKition which the Chancellor encoun
I ters Bt home from the Socialist?, tbe
! Liberals aud the iur riKunn Catholics, is
j au encuraping force. A'mitxt every
liberal Frenchman in convinced tlm tbe
time will come when the German empire
will disappear in the midst of rprolu-
! lion, and he fanciPo tri-t he now sees
i thai revolution rapidly approaching.
1 The French pn sa s. u.lies and rf ports
j minutely every act of the present Ger
' man political struggle; ihe teil-ncifn
of each political party in Germany am
noted aud regis'.ered, aud wherever an
orator espouses the csuse of P.irli ment
agaidat the imperial parly, he is set
down as doing good work for Fr;inc. in
spite of his evident unwillingness to do
anything of the son.
Nothing is perhaps more surprising in
tho series of political phjnnmt-na pre
sented to the gaze of Europe just now
than the sudden effacement of h ast
ern question and the manner in which it
i is replaced by tbe French German ques
j tion. Both the French and the Ger
j mans contir-ue to abuse the English
i press, which bas done much to create
j the alarm now spread over half the Con
j tiuent. The English, say these critics,
j re preiwred to profit by a continental
' conflict ; they want to act without fear
I of interference in Egypt; thev wish to
be able to reopen th.3 markets now closed
to them, while the?r clever competitors
are wasting their resources and their
lives tr. battle ; and they want a diver
sion from the unpleasant condition of
affairs at home. They see proots of
England's determination to do all she
can to further a conflict in tbe Indiffer
ence of the English press to the propo
sition for a new conference at Constan
tinople. The Stale of Maine has had a Pro
hibitory Liquor Law upon its statute
book for an ordinary lifetime. Prohibi
tion has always been Incorporated in its
Constitution. There is no formality of
legal sanction which has not been in
voked to make it work. The clergy
have brought the Church to re-enforce
the mandate of the State, and political
parties have vied with each other in
giving support to tbe effort to suppress
the bated trafic. But every effort has
proved ineffectual. An appetite cannot
be legislated out of existence. Liquor
is still sold in Maine, and drunkenness
is not uncommon in any of its towns and
cities. But the Prohibitionists do not
give up tbe battle. They are still trying
to prohibit. A proposition is now before
the legislature to make the possession of
liquor by any druggist who bas taken
out a United States license prima facie
evidence of sale, reversing the common
law maxim that a man is presumed to
be innocent until be shall be proved
guilty. Tbe druggist who bas liquor m
bis shop is to be presumed to have been
guilty of selling H unless he can prove
that be has not done so It is also pro
vided that railroad companies shall rot
deliver consignments of liquor except at
regular stations. Thirty days imprison
ment for tbe first offense is provided for
transgressing railroaders. The sale of
cider Is to be forbidden. Heretofore
farmers could sell their cider In quanti
ties exceeding five gallons. It is alto
gether likely that this additional legisla
tion may be added to the body of pro
hioitory law in Maine. The Prohibi
tionists, wedded to their pet fanaticism,
cannot perceive that with the increase
of its repressive features thare bas been
increased difficulty of enforcement. It
is well enough, however, on the thresh
old of an attempted prohibitive experi
ment In this State, to keep an eye on the
progress of temperance as it is under
stood In Maine, where new restrictions
have been met with new devices far law
breaking, and where perjury and bribery
have been reduced to the grade of minor
everyday crimes. Phila, Record.
TnK pauper pension law bill vetoed
by President Cleveland has provoked
lively discussion for and against tbe
measure. Tbe veterans of tbe war are
divided on the question, but it is very
noticeable that when the old soldiers
oppose it they do so with an earnestness
that leaves no room to doubt their Sin
cerity. Congress is making an effort to
pans the measure over the President's
veto and In this the press of the country
is almost unanimous with tbe President
and against Congress.
Therje was once upon a time a battle
fought with bullets at Trenton, the
memory of which is full of of heroic
suffering and suggestion ; but the battle
of ballots that is raging there now sick
ens and disheartens the patriotic observ
er, and makes kim ashamed.
Presidential Ca.blnes.
There is come evidence of life lo the
Republican party on the Presidential
question that bodes r.' good to the well
trirxl aspiration of Mr. B'aine. or tbe
overpowering ambition of Mr. Sherman.
D prows nut of he Liuco'n supper at
New York, where Governor Foraker and
Senator Harrison er put forward in
the absence of Blaine and Sheimau to
make key-n.ote speeches, and so thrust
themselves ii'o the Hue ..t Presidential
proba". -''ities. Harrison's defMt for re
election In I. ..liana tins snuffed out his
brief candle. t th !omr n1 inT con
test at Indianapolis had for its motive
Mr. II irns"i."s plan of camp ten fr the
Presider.! ial nomination. Thi leaves
Foraker in ih- ri-id. His rlrs move is
o decline h's 1'iriy'a l omina-. ion for
Governor this fall, with a sly indication
that, if unmlrmusly nominatud. he will
accept. S.. nominated and elected a few
months b-r..r- rr.p nominating conven
tions of 1S88 meet. Mr. Foraker would
achieve presttee. either for second place
on the ticket with Mr. Blaine, or first
plie should there be such an unceitain
firm hs iu the conventions that nomina
ted Hayasover B ain in 1S7G. andfGar
field over Grant in 1880. In either event
John Sherman would lw left, and a
realization of this fact is stirring his
friends in Ohio to mu'inv over the little
cam" which the Foraker combine" is
a'teinptin?.
But the Cincinnati Inquirer hints at an
aliDCe of the Biaine and Sherman for
ces, aud says rumors are cunen' in polit
ical ciicles to ihe effect that Mr. Biaaie
has concluded that John Sherman mignt
to be the Republican nominee for Presi
dent in 1S88 ; and in this connection it
quotes as pat a passage from Cooper's
American Politics." page 242. He is
descriomg how Grant happened to be
lieH'en in the Chicago convention of
1880: "The result was due to a sudden
rMmt! nation f.t the forces ef Blaine aud
Sherman, it is believed, with the full
consent of both, for both employed the
sama wire leading from the same room
iu Washington In telegraphing to their
friends at Chicago. The object was to
defeat Grant."
Foraker is rather small material for a
Presidential candidate, but it must be
remembered that the State of Ohio gave
Hayes to the Republican party, and For
akei's is the most vigorous iute.iect of
the two. Pittsburg Post.
Relations with Canada.
In the House o! Representatives on
Monday two measures were introduced
with respect to onr relations with Cana
da. One was the report of the sub
Committee of Foreign Affairs, contain
ing a comprehensive bill providing for
retaliation at the discretion of the Pres
ident ; the other was Mr. Butterworth's
reciprocity bill, authorizing a free
intei change of the products of Canada
and those of the United States whenever
suitable arrangements can be made.
Under tbe present circumstances it
may be the former measure is called tor.
Though we have unwisely given Cadada
provocation to act in an unfriendly way
by shutting out her fish from our market,
every nation so inclined assumes the
privilege of enacting prohibitory duties,
and other nations mutt accent the situa
tion. Thv are pot entitled to retaliate
! except it. kind. The Foreign Committee
' bill is the fruit of an unfortunate and it
is to le hoje1 temporary unpleasantness.
The reciprocity hill does away with the
causes which lead to retaliatory meas
ures, and is in the direct interest of our
' commerce.
In response to an inquiry made by
Rppresentative Herbert, Secretary Whit
ney Iihs spoken in sorrow rather than in
indignation of the condition of tbe
American Navy. For all purposes of
wr, he would reeard expenditure on the
Kearsarge, the Hartford, the Nipsic and
other ships that be names, as a mere
WMste of money. But he thinks theae
ships may in a time of peace be used for
purposes of observation, and afford some
"slight security" lo commerce, and lor
this reason he would not advise against
repairing them. The security that they
would afford is not in the ships, but in
the flag that they cerry. Some of these
tubs, which are hardly fit to keep the
sea in stormy weather, much less defend
the event of war, are monuments of the
achievement of Republican administra
tion. Yet Republican statesmen, who
should not Bpeak of an American fleet
without a blush of shame, propose to
renew the blunders of former naval
constiuclion, acd tbe same disorganized
and untrustworthy naval bureaus.
Phila. Jiccord.
As pome good is blown with every ill
wind, so now there is promise that before
another winter shall have come manv
railway companies will be ready to ban
ish the coal stove, whereby the wrecked
train at White River, Vt., was burned.
Mr. Depew has sent out word that tbe
New York Central system shall rid Itself
of the stoves if it be possible, aud a test j
of steam beating is to be made in tbe
cars of tbe New York Central and Hud
son River Road. A large steam pipe is
to be run from the engine under the
whole train. Metallic coupling pieces,
packed with plumbago, are to telescope
into each other, and be made air-tight
with plumbago. Whether the experi
ment is a success or ft failure, this is an
effort in tbe right direction.
The New York Legislature is disposed
to give equal rights to women in two
instances at least. The Senate has
passed finally, and the House to a third
reading, a bill giving women the right to
vote at all municipal elections. It is
thought tbe House will pass the bill fi
nally, if for no other reason than to know
just what Governor Hill will do with it.
As a sort of evener to this, the Assembly
on Friday killed a bill exempting women
from capital punishment in that State.
Tbe membeas evidently think that if a
woman is to vote like a man, she ought
to be willing to be banged like a man.
The defeat of the last named bill takes
away the last hope of Mrs. Druse, who
is to be executed this week in tbe Herki
mer couhty jail, unless the bachelor
Governor should gallantly comb to her
rescue with a paidon or commutation o?
sentence. Phila. THmej.
The theory of the Knights of Labor,
that tbe injury of one Knight is tbe In
jury of all, is beautiful in conception,
but it does not work in practice. The
Injury of a Knight in Hackensack, for
instance, does not justify a Knight in
Virginia City In that form of resentment
which resolves itself into strike or a
boycott. The experiment has been tried
several times, and it does not answer
expectation.
That Chicago has had its day as a
pork packer, is generally conceded. The
meat raising center was once Cincinnati
and (ben Chicago, and now it is Kansas
City, and (he meat raising district is mov
ing gradually farther Weet.
WftBderTal Car.
W. D. Hoyt 4 Co., Wholesale and Retail
Druggists of Rome. Ga., say: We have
been selling Dr. King's New Discovery,
Electric Bitters and Backlen's Arnica Salve
for two years. Have never handled remedies
that sell as well, or elve such universal sat
isfaction. There have been some wondarf nf
sures effected bythese medicines in this city.
Several cases of pronounced Consumption
have been entirety cured by use of a few
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken
In connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by E. James
and W. W. McAteer, of Loretto.
JEWS kUD OTHER JOTItiS.
A suitable btone is to be put over the
grave of John Harris at Harrinbririr. fie
was the founder of Harrisburg. and his
grave ha heen unmarked by a tone since
bis death iu 1748.
James M-Guhe, a miner, was killed
Saturday, ml A'examler Long, a laborer,
was fatally Injured l y the accidental explo
sion of a blast, in the William Penn Colliery,
at SheDanaoab.
On Saturday afternoon William Nelson,
a well-known fanrer living near Utica. X.
Y., shot bis wife and then himself, lie is
dead but she is not tntnlly injured.
An examination ot the Susquehanna
Tidewater Canal shows the damage by Ice
to be uiuch Kreatet than first reported. It
is estimated that f 100,000 will be required to
repair the damage.
Forty-five miners were Intombed last
Friday by an explosion in the Catch Colliery,
in the Rhondda Valley, England. Twenty
nine were rescued, elcht of them seveiely
njured. Of ihe remaining sixteen six are
reported dead.
Mrs. Cleveland held her last public
reception of the winter Saturday afternoon,
and it was attended by more people than
any similar event at the White TJouse.
Tbe crowd was composed mainly of ladies,
and its number was estimated at 10,000.
Deer in tbe far West are fast goiug the
way ot the buffalo. One dealer in Jackson
ville, Ore., in two months bought 1.30O deer
sbioH, and other dealers in Southern Oregon
have bought an many. These were all killed
for their skins only, contrary to law.
Six poor operatives in Lowell mills lay
claim to property in the heart of Minneap
olis valued at (3,000,000. General Butter
represents them, and there are other heirs
in Albany who will nihke common cause in
the fisht. It is claimed that it is a pretty
clear case.
Benjamin Lutz, aged 62, a prominent
citizen of Jefferson township. Berks county,
-. t:!le going home Saturday night fell from
a bridge spanning Mill creek, a small stream,
which was so high that be was swept Into
the Schuj kill river and browned, lllsbody
was found Monday morning.
William Foreman, aged 40 years, of
IIafi!ri towDship, Crawford county, blew
his brains out with a ehotgun on Saturday
nigh:;. The remains were discovered on the
floor In his room the next morning. Domes
t tic trouble said to be the cause. lie
ieav 8 a wife and four children.
On Sunday night at Cincinnati Edward
Jordan upet a haby carriage containing an
infant child of Mis. Matilda Warren, which
hei little pirl was trundling in front of their
house. Mrs Warren tan out and protested.
! when Jordan turned and shot her mortally
through tbe left lung. Jordan escaped.
Samuel Muihtt. who died the otherday
in Eng'and, was six feet one Inch tall,
i weighed five hundred and sixty pounds,
: measured one hundred inches around the
! waist, and twenty inches around the cair of
the leg. No hearse could be found big
enough to carry his oody and it took twenty
j men to get the cuffln through tr. window to
' an open wngon.
! Two citizens of Oroville, Gal., bough, a
lottery ticket, agreeing that If it drew a
prize tbe mouey should be equally divided.
It did draw 15.000 but the man who held it
would not divide the money. The other
brought suit, and the Judge has Jost decided
that, tbe sale of lottery tickets being con
trary to law. the bolder of the money can
not be forced to divide.
The passage by the nenate on Saturday
of tha trade dollar bill gives great satlsfac
tloa to the Pennsylvania members. It was
passed just as It came from the house
Through the influence of the Pennsylvania
members, who have done more to secure the
pannage of the bill than any other state del
egation, it was sent to the Preident yester
day, although passed about So'clock.
S. S. Stafford writes to the New York
World to say that Samuel Bayard Stafford,
of Prince Oeorge County, Md., baa bequeath
ed to bim the first American flag ever made,
which was hoisted on the BoDhomme
Richard at the time of the battle with the
English frigate Serapis. Tbe flag was the
property of Lieutenant James Stafford, the
father of S. B. Stafford, and the grandson of
Colonel Jacob Stafford, who fought under
Staik at Bennington.
For a period extending over the last six
weeks unprecedented snows, blizzards and
galea of wind have raged through tbe
northern and western portions of Montana
until man's only safety depended upon his
remaining within tbe bouse, and'even tbe
oldest settlers acknowledged that tbe winter
is tbe most severe ot any for tha last ten
years. For days m succession the thermom
eter lingered between 10 and 40 below
zero, aad during one period oi twenty-four
hours registered 57 below zero.
Citizens of Hopevllle, Luzerne County,
attracted to the bouse of Peter Kammack
by pistol shots, found him and bis wife on
the floor with several bullet wounds and
bleeding copiously. Kammack claims that
a masked man entered tbe bouse wltb a
revolver and a dint in either band and
opened fire on them. One shot hit Kam
mack on the leg and two took effect In bis
wife's breast. He then stabbed the woman
In a shocking manner, and escaped. Mrs.
Kammack died from the effects ot her
wounds. A poise Is after the assassin, but
no clue has been found that will lead to his
arrest.
H. E. Simpson, postmaster at Albright,
Mon., writes as follows : The cattle on the
ranges are dying by thousands. Our winter
bas been comparatively mild, but we have
not had any of the chlnooks that we general
ly have. I have already lost fifty per cent,
of my cattle. A large n amber of native
steeas have been driven into the bottom by
the storms and are dying like flies. For
days range cattle have been coming into
the valley by the thousands wandering back
and forth for food till they drop in their
tracks. A stockman of eighteen years' ex
perience writes from Billings : "This Is the
hardest winter that I ever experienced. I
estimate my cattle loss at 50 per cent., and
think It will reach 78 per cent."
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN in the BACK fit SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER.' .
TROUBLES
FOK SALR BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Tha C fcaa Ta4 Mark m areata R4
TAKE NO OTKBK.
FAULTLESS FAMILY MEDICINE
"I have used Simmons Uver
Rogrulator for many years, hav
ing made It mj- only Family
Medicine. My mother before
me was very partial to It. It la
a safe, (rood and reltaMo medi
cine for any disorder of the
eystem, and if rased In time Is
frtat prtwr ntirf of mirhmrtt.
I often recommend It to my
friends, and shall continue to
do so.
"Rv. Jamps M. RAlllns,
"Pastor U. K. Church, So. FairAc-VVa."
TIME AND DOCTORS' BILLS 81VT0 bv
alteava fcrrping Simmon MAvt
Mtrffulator in the House.
"I have found. Simmons Liver
Regulator the rst family iiifvl
lclne I ever ui'd for anything
that may happen, have usvl IK
In Inrtigrmtion, fmlir, JHarrKarm.
JtUUmanetm, and found It to re
lievo immediately. After eat
ing a hearty supprr. if. on tfolutf
to bed, I take about a teaspoon
fill, I never fr-el the etTet'ta of
tho supper e.-iton.
"OVID O. P PARKS,
Ex-Mayor atacon, Ga."
-ONLY GENUINE"
Has oar Z Stamp on front of Wrapper.
J. H. Zeilin A Co., Soa Proprietors,
Pric, vl.OO. PHILADELPHIA. PA.
AGENTS WANTED.
Remunerative emvtovrnent fft-red energetic j
end reliable men. iiiirnt.
Security Mutual Benefit Society,
233 Broadway, New York.
Not. "S6-3 m.
TO ADVERTISERS!
t-'nr a check for fi we will print a ten line ad.
vertifement in line Million Iwiirt el Ieadlng
Acrerlran N-wpaper. This in at the rate ot
only one-tilth 01 a cent a line, for 1.000 Circula
tion. The advertisement will he placed before
One Million rliJF'rent newpa)er purchaser : or
Five Million Kkai.bhs Ten line will a'co mi
date about 75 words. Addrers with ropy of Adr.
and check . or send 30 for hook nl 150 pages. OtO.
P. KHWtl.1. a. -t.. 10 Sf-KL-'B St., New Yobk.
Dec 10. law.
Blairsville, Pa., Ladies' Seminar.
Beautl'ul icroundg, commodious Molding beat
sol hy stexu. heitthfiil Incntli.n. thuronich instruc
tion." Etifht n Men l teachers. Kurniabed room,
tnvtrd, llht. and tuition in regular course.
S200 PER YEAR..
Special advantages In Art and Maple. Thlrty
Mth year begins Sept. Ktb, 18. For tiataloKue.
apply to Kkv. T. K. EW1NH. 1). !.,
July -23. 1SS6. Principal.
CLOVER ANlrriMOTHY SEED,
Toleoo tirades Unrivalled. For (amplea, quo
tations and Information, addresa
N. W. FLOWER '.. Tolelo,;otilo.
31st Year.
THEY LEAD ALL 1886
BAUGH'S
Pure Raw Bone Meal
Pore Dissolved Raw Bones
Special Kacsre for Seed Leaf Tobacco
NewP?ccesslO6nano
Economical Fertilizer
Double Eagle Phosphate
Baugh's $25 Phosphate
Eiii Grade Agicnltnral Chemicals
fiend f ciiviiL-irtv pncrs, mi ampW. Add raja
BAUuH S SONS TArTnWi 155
"iX;; Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. 1.
QRPHAHS" COURT S1LE
OF
miUBLE REAL ESTATE.
BY Tlrtne of an order laealne: out of the r
phans' iTonrt of the County of 'amhrla, lo me
directed. I will expose to puhllc sale at the premt
aea In the vlllase ot St. Nicholas, Burr township-,
I'atnbrla county, I'enn'a, on
Saturday, 26th day of February, 1887,
at one o'clock, p. m., the following desert bej
real estate. l :
All that certain piece or lot of -r jond situate
In the vlllatfe of St. Nteholaa, In Barr township,
Cambria county Pa., trontintt on th KheuKtorir
road, adjoining lot? ol Nicholas Iiinliourn. and A.
Preiser, containing ahont one fourth of as acre.
ami havtne; a pland house thereon erertec.
TKKJ1S OF SAI.K.-One-half of the rMrrchaae ,
money to le paid at the confirmation ot tbe aale. ,
and the remainder iu one year with Jntereet e- j
cured by the jodirtnpnt bond of the pnrehater. i
SYLVESTER W. BYRNE
Oaardlan of minor children of William Young I
and Oordella Young, deceased. ,
February 4, is.i7.-3t. ,
PUBLIC SALE;
OF
lip td CLYDESDALE HORSES, ;
STANDARD BRED TROTTERS.
High Grade Colts,
-AND-
SHORT HORH CATTLE.
I have decided to sell ray entire lot of
IIorses, Imported and of rav own breed in a.
together wiiti a choice selection of Shokt
Horn Cattlk. The horses consist of two
ersndly bred Imported Clyde? alk Stall
ions of great individual merit, both of tbem
prize winners at State and County Fairs.
Two Standard Bred Trotting Stail
on 8. of royal blood and rare excellence.
Prize winners in their class, both at State
and County Fairs, and as breeders wherever
shown with their colts.
One Cltdesdale Colt, thorouhbred and
entitled to registry ; good t-lze, with heavy
flat bones. Two high grade Draft Colts,
Euglfeh Shire and Clvdesdale, very prom
ising, one and two years old. Six head of
Short Horn Cattle, of both sexes, all No.
1 animals with good pedigrees.
All persons desiring to putcha.ee this class
of stock are cordially invited to examine
them at any time before the sale. As I have
for many years taken great pains, and
spared no expence to procure and breed
only the verv best, I feel confident they
will meet the approval of the public and jus
tify me in announcing a positive sale of
every ai.imal offered. Will be sold without
reserve or bv bid.
Sale will take place atSkara Glen Fatra,
Greensburg, Pa., on
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1887.
at 1 o'clock sharp.
Ureensburg is 31 miles east of Pittsburg,
and on the P. R. R. Catalogue on application.
Terms 6 months on note wtth aproved
securltv, or 3 per cent off for cti!h.
F. Y. CLOPPER,
Ureensburg, Pa.
TrSiMses eft he tTl aW laiTilialhj,
raatis
sas an4
rwMm Deformttiss Treated. CaJ or w r 1W W
ajoeittiessbanweTeTtaoJl.-Ui maiaasaabys
Bv. r. I. LaBtMSj,
ri- CWr
1. tin h a- lai.
I Bed. a aar. l.iHt.
61
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CARL RIVrNTTJS
-PRACTICAL
-AND DEALER IN-
Watches, Clocks,
JEWELRY,
SflTQirare. MEsical Iiistrnmeiits
-ANU-
Optical Oood
s.
Sole Agent
FOK THE
Celebrated Rockford
WATCH KS.
Columbia and Fredonia Watrhrs.
In Key and Stem Winders.
LARGE SELECTION of ALL'KIL
of JEWELKr always on hand.
V9 My line of Jewelry H unsurpassed.
t7ome and see for yourself before pure deb
tee elgwhere.
t- ALL WORK OCARANTEBD
CARL RIVINIUS-
Ebensburg. Nov. 11, in -tf.
jvi rim iTtw i .vi Bcwt
.i .mil inn T,
For lM-vt ot email came 32 cattere, M rratne powder: SB r.i. & rr. ;
40 cal. 6U rr. : 45 cel. 70 and rr. The ilrniir.it mhrwlr ruto mt.
Prrert accaracr ruaranlred and tbe on), altclutcir
- d c. 0. XiJjJjXXjtlJJ '.Vt' HtAeeTw' rJwUr; Th. arMard
fot t-rt .u-ootlnc. LunilD. vnti ma 00 it etr tAijriM. IIIuKdTm fmmfn u.wi.im
ioujinei. dltTf-rant style, prior frost
WARLIN FIRE ARMS CO.,
Two tarreta made wllh ooe of .er
after fifty shots had airea'i. bn llred
shots Tbes. (onsrarrj off nearly ail
are a. ways accurate and reliable.
EtensliiriL Fire Insurance Apcy
T. W. DICK,
General Insurance Agent,
EBEXSBURG, PA.
R, L. JOHSS'.OJ, M. J. EICk, A. W. BLCK.
JoliDston, Back Co.,
13 VTV I C 1. Ft JS ,
Ebensburg, l3n
o-
Money Received on Depsil,
PA TABLE OBI DEMAND.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS
COLLECTIONS MADE
AT Ll (1WBL POlKTe.
DRAFTS on the Principal Citien
Bonejht and Hold an m
taral Batting Business Transacted.
ACCOttTT8 BOLICITKT
A. W. BUCK. Cashier.
Ebennbara:, April 4. 16S4.-tf.
1794. IJ-wJ-,3.
Policies written at snort notice In the
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
A ad other First Claaa lompanles.
T. W. DICK,
rOEKT FOR THE
OIL.O HARTFORD
FIRE INSURANCE COMT.
TOMMENOEU BUSINESS
1794.
Eoen s hurir . J n 1 jr 1. 1 S82.
H.
n. MYERS.
ATTOKN EY-AT-L.A W.
EBja-ir. Va
JVOffice In VUona1e How. on t'entre street.
GEO. M. READE.
ATTt IKNET-A VLA W .
Elliwars, ft
T-OrBce on Centre streeo.. rie
M. D. KITTELL.
A. ttorney-r r - f rt -w ,
EHEXSBCKU. PA.
Office Arm err BaUdlng. n p. ttxirt Moase.
F
ARM FOR SALE
A ralnabla farm situated la Allegheny tewa
shlp. t'smbrla conntT a1 oat fire miles frem
Khenshurs: ami two and one-half miles treat
ljoretto. adjoining- lands ot James Kavlor. W. S
Back, aid others containing
ABOUT lOO ACRES,
HaTlna-thereon erected a fine BRICK IiWEIjIt
jya HttUSK. lanra barn and all nec esiare ent
bntldina;. The farm ll In a fine eond Ittoo, balld
Inifs all to irood order and It will he sold en easy
terras. For further particulars call on tbe nnder
liirned on the premises.
Jane 4. 184. M. L. DK1SCOLL..
ADMINISTRATOR'S XOTICK.
K'tatr of Patrick B. Smith, ttrtmttt .
Letters of admlulstrntion rum tritamrnto m-nnexn
hftvlnii been xranted to the nndersiarned. all per
sons Indebted to the said estate are requested to
snake payment, and thoe having-claims to pre
sent the Fame without delay to
JOHN I. SMITH. Adm'tU.I. A.,
Monster Twp.. Jan. 21. 1887.-6t.
ST&R SH&YIH& PARLOR!
Opposite Maintain Doisf, is llsji'i liildiu.
HIGH STREET.JBENSBURG, VI
J. II. G ANT, Proprietor.
THE PVBLIt) will always find ns at onr pl
of business In business hoars. ETerythlnt ke
nea .nd cosy. Cliis towili 1 iricui.TT.
FOIIJSALE.
A valuable Hotel property known as the Kialr
Hease. ittuated tn the West ward of Ebenshnrs:
Pa. For further particular call on or address
theaoderstcaed. JOHN A. BLAIR.
- Ebensburs;, May IT, 189.
JVFRTlwrR
by andresstna; Ose. P.
Rowel I Co
lOpmce tt.. iNew iot
can learn the exact cost of any proposed line o
AIlvERTISIttit InAmerleaa newspapers
race Pamphlet lOe.
Tbe American Detcctirc Bmean,
Mala Ofllrn, 4 Illamaad
PlttaaarArh. Pm.
Established 1SB by PTld H. tlllklnson, ei
IT.s. H-o't DetectlTe. Urnanlred and conduct
ed on the STStem of f.ie t niteel Statee Secret
Sorrtce. no'nfldentlai Arents tn all the Princi
pal Cllltes of the United States and Canada.
n ri. Ollklnson. Principal and en Supt.
Heber McIowell. Superintendent.
Hon. John Italmll. Attorney for the Boreaa.
Be'erenee; James J. Hrooks. Chief Serret ser
vice IMetiloa. Wasnlnarton. I. C Send lor Cir
cular.
A DMIN ISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
A 1 ..tree, of administration on the estate ol
Peter MaloT . !Sr . late of Barr townsh lp, i'ambria
pountT. deceased, havinsr been prranted to the
undersigned, all persons Indebtea to satti estate
are hereby notified to make payment without de
lay and all those havlne; claims against the same
will present them, properly authenticated lor
settlement ta
Mll'H AKI. IKIWrfY.
Adm'r ol Peter Maloj, dee'd.
Barr twp.. Dee. 17th- lm.-at.
priiTP
WmTTnforO.ajCOTTB hean't.
R lir II I mlefretoihee-ecoining as side.
DULII I ijwarisk.qntcti sales. Terrttorr aiven.
DR. 8CtTT. 4l Braadwajr. NCW VORIU
nsniiani iieotrio cor
n j
xmJi w J
X -,.-!s.v II
r
J. : -
pcxx rcTxG woria
aale rifW .a toe miI"
VM.ttO vpt Smi tor li: implied c;cTfi
- New Haven, Conn.
a ca'tbre rtfl. tw.m. roniv-ntir. iL,cl
arJ no cjeeniut d'lr-iur tb. entire s't.t-it
vaa prUra al tared uuuuii bccauie iLry
ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE,
I.OUKTTO.PA.
IN IHAHI.L JK
FRANCISCAN BKOTH'EKS.
lio;ml :unl Tuition'
fW the Scholastic Year, $200.
March 6th. IS"., tf.
11T'Tri-Iji l:t- aud gentlemen r. e:: ar
f f ciintrj- to take :stt w.irls at t:e:r iw
h- mes. S to H4 a day fan '-e ensri ruaj ;
wtrK 9di Uy mail: no canvainr. v aae
uoo.l demand tor our work and fumori -t-n ' aa?-,.lr.yni-t!t.
A-t.!res". w-th fan:-... (KUttl
W'l'tit onPASY, 24 Vine St.. 4 locla.
nail, Ohio.
LAnir.N VAMIMl-lt w.ra u.r at at
their own homes . 87 atid IO per wac
can be ea'ily n,a.:e : no car vtst-ir '-.13:0.
'-(( him s:ea.!y employ incut, r r-nia.-e
and utiii-Ie of the work sent for eiatr-ii. Add-as
HOME M '! ! .. !'. 0. Moi is;e BufUn.MsM.
SUPER
rronotiar 1 1 JUILIT fi'n is f
Blflt't S. lr:nsw4
:tT immplti- VI w 4
Nftat OkDtihS-l Uqf
au1talT. iatii.e
Alif 1. 1 ...m 1 r, . ttrai H
rlmL prr-Ds. Krni-mU this Is a starve srtic sal
o ana? Jeprod rn c.n- y, T?TrV t'''N fr-m la
w aokiDCtxn ll. r.
sVERT -SALEABLE
abase . !c!!lre Ti 9mr
toTfrsinaa UD cap
m ft v m u x m a) w saw-
lHVFEVER
CARRIAGES, WAGONS & SLEIfilS
ii
1
Carriage Making'in all its Braicfctf.
Painting, Trimming
find REPAIRING of nil kinds .(..tie oa
the SHOKTEST NOTH E and tea LOWEST
PK1CKS. Also. I'lanlns:. Sawlna- a4 Wood Tarn-
J Inn wllh Improved machinery. A lea. all kinds at
. henvy work done. C'arr'aiie smith tbep.ci.nceeted
I All parties trusting me with work will be noaef-
ably dealt with- Ml work wairatitel.
Is. J. I hlTI
Ktwritmra. rto!er ?4. lgis..
JLPmibri Siaaiiri Iiriss i S.v Lk.
WITH l f SHIIKTllPt.K'Xil AI'tll.": J
loans; Ufa aad Bey. Media, Peaa
H mlle trni Philadelphia. Filed pr'ee corerf
every eipe.i se. even tooks. Ac. ?o extra eharfe.
Ho inclilent..! . xper'c? No ritfflltntl' 1 for ad
mlesu.n. Twelre experienced teachers, all .
and all r:idute-. Sit-ral oi'porlunitiis lor apt
srodents M.1vn.-e r pldly. Special drill loi
dtltl end ici.wut.l b. . "a; tone r stadeot
Tiay scire" -"Tlx s- ties "r ctnx.se the reaolar Tut
llsli. S-lenttnc. I4u-1tiess. 1'iasMCal or t'irll lac
reerltiK c- ur'-. tH.U nts tilted at Med'a A"i
etnv are n w in finrvnrd. Yale. Pr'Bceton and t
other filett-i' a nd P.. 1 te'linle Schools. IB iti
dents ent t.. e llrta in 1S. S ta IMS. 10 In t
lu In 1W. A mdunl'nr class in the o..niaarel
departnier t erery er. A Physical and t hat
leal I.ait.rittor. O mrasinm and Hall It roar
1V4 tn s ad-lx'l to the I-.tirsry In lk3. Med
has seVen churci el anil a teuai-eranre chart
which i-rntnim "he ss'e -t all Inuxleel
drink" Forte ' lus'rate-1 c'r-mar adJrae
Pritici, al eti.1 l':.i, ric-ti.r. s WITHIN. c sHO
L.1IMK A. M ., (Harvard tradnate) Mtil'a, I
NATURE'S
CURE FOR
t hUHrtl.r KIIll
Fee Sirk Mossarh.
For Torpid Liter."
Bllioas headache.
f'evtlT-nesa.
Tsrrant'a nrcrtrsreat
S. Itjrp-r Airienl
It I? certain in Its edec1
It aentie in Its ectti
It .s palateable llo tt
taste. It can he relle
uixn to cure, and It cart
t-y aumftrtq, not by ostft
Init. nature. Io tet ta
vir.lent purnatites yeo
elves or allow your chi
1 ... ,,,1,. limn alws'
C0NSTIPAT10H.
" !
Sick-Headache,
AND
DYSPEPSIA.
use this element phi
msceutical prepariti"
which bas ieea for m
than f .rty year a rr
lavi.rite. SoldbvirutS
rvcrytLkcr.
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