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EBENSDURC. PA..
FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1SSS.
The message of Governor Davis, of
Rhode island, was presented to tbe
Legislature last week. Of the Prohib
itory liquor law tbe Governor says that
the Chief of Police for the State has
been diligent in his office, and that the
law he was appointed to administer
has been enforced as far as the power In
Lis control can effect it. That the law
Is not more efficient is for want of a suffi
cient public sentiment to support it,
It is a thankless task to attempt to en
force a !aw which has not tbe moral
Bupport of the community.
Investigation by a New York State
Commission of the methods of capita!
punishment practiced in modern
countries shows the disfavor with which
the gallows is regarded. In but three
out of thirty-six countries is banging in
vogue as a means of destroying tbe lives
of condemned calminals. Tbe Com
mission has reported to the State Legis
lature in favor of electricty as the best
agent for carrying out sentences of
death, and baa recommended privacy
in executions and a strict limitation of
publicity as regards the details. Tbe
suggestions made embody a reform that
baa been too long delayed.
The Philadelphia clergymen feel par
ticularly sore over the working of the
marriage law of Ibis State which
requires a license. They claim that it
bas largely diverted the marrying iu9i
ness over the Delegare to Caen ;D
Jsew Jersey. This seems to be true for
there were celebrated in Camden during
last year 4,'JIS marriages, or 4,'Js I more
than were celebrated during the year
ISSfijust before the Pennsylvania law
went iuto effect. The Legislature of
Js'ew Jersey wbieh is now in session In
tends passing a marriage law similar to
the one in force in this .Stats, and if it
does it will restore to the Philadelphia
clergymen their former monoply.
Isaac It. Kavkfmax, L T. Kauff
man, Adam S. Fry, Samuel I. Henry
and C. E. Tilman, who were tne offi
cers of the primary election held last
M y in the Ind:antown district, Lan
caster county, were tried last week in
the Quarter Sessions Court of that
county for conspiracy in rnakins false
returns and addinz ballots to the poll,
and were found gulltyon every count in
the indictment. It is well for the offi
cers of primary elections everywhere to
to bear in mind that uuder aa Act of
Assembly passed a few years ago, frauds
at primary elections are punished just
tho same as though they were commit
ted at the general election in Novem
ber. The gift or President Cleveland to
Pope Leo XIII was presented on last
Saturday afternoon by Archbishop
Ryan, of Philadelphia, in the throne
room of the Vatican by the American
delegation. There were also present
members of the Noble Guard, in their
bright showy uuiforrus, and attaches of
the papal court. Dr. 0'Connell,secretary
of the American college, translated the
President's dedication. The Pope lis
tened with the utmost satisfaction, ex
amined the gift carefully and expressed
hii admiration for th8 exquisite
taste and neatness of its executior. It
was a special pleasure, he said, to re
ceive a copy of the Constitution of the
United States.
The strike of the employes of the
Reading Railroad and of the Reading
Iron and Coal Company still continues
with bnt little prospect of an amicable
adjustment being reached. The employ
ers and the working men are both
necessarily losing heavily every day and
the business men in the region affected
by the strike are sorely perplexed at the
dismal outlook of affair.". Arbitration
seems now to be out of the qnestion as
Mr. Corbin, President of the company,
refuses absolutely to consent to it,
although the miner? themselves would
no doubt accede to that method of set
tling the trouble. It is estimated that
the strike involves a less t- the laboring
men every week of a million of dollars.
The great ruUtake at the first was in
not submitting tbe dispute to arbitration
before the strike was declared.
"V fsterda y was the tima appointed
ths Aforney General of the S'ate.
Mr. lvirkputrick, for a Conference wUh
a committee composed of three Knights
of Labor selected by the striking em
ploves of the Reading Itiilroal and
Jteadlng Coal and Iron Complies, to
hear their complaint that these corpor
ations are violating the Constitution of
the State by mining and transport
ing coal, when the prerogative of tha
Ilailroad Company Is merely to carry
coal, and that the sub-division of the
corporation into a railroad company and
a coa! company should not, in the eyes
of the law, piottct it from prosecution.
We cannot, of course. In our present
comber say what action was taken ia
the matter. The Tittsburg Disjmtch, a
Tlepublican authority, referring to the
proposed conference some days ago,
said :
It Is announced that the Kn'ghtt of
Labor think of petitioning Attorney
General Kirxpatrick to move against
the Reading road for violation of its
charter. The Kr.ights cannot bae
taken the bearings of the present State
administration if th-y suppose that
their appeal will result in anything ex
cept their own disappointment and cha
jrln. Our excellent Governor General
Beaver, dtclared himself "yours for
service" but that programme so far as
can be seen does not contemplate any
meddling with corporations that run
counter to the public interests. Attor
ney Genera! Kirkpatrick was appealed
to for the enforcement of the clear pro
visions of the I'ennsylvania constitution
and the Pennsylvania statue against the
Jate telegraph consolidation, but in vain.
Here was a clear case if y.r there
wasone. He will notdoanything in the
Hea ling m.t'er.
The contest over the seat of Mr.
Carlisle, Spsaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, was settled on Monday last
in that gentleman's favor by a vote of
1V1 yeas to 7 nays. In referring to this
matter In its different phases and es
pecially to the disreputable tactles
resorted to by the Republican leaders
in tbe House for tbe purpose of making
political capital with the labor element,
the Philadelphia Tiuus, of Tuesday,
says :
"The Republicans of the IIouss ac
cepted the rule of the contemptible dema
gogue in meeting the issue raised by the
contest of Speaker Carlisle's seat. Of
the members of tbe Committee on
Elections, there was not one of the
Speaker's opponents who bad tha cour
age to deny his just right to the seat,
aud two Republicans Messers. Rowell
and Cooper joined in the report declar
ing bis election. Rut when tbe question
came up before the House, tbe party
whip was cracked, and the Republicans
refused to vote.
The contestant has been twice heard
aud beard fully. His case was closed
by bis own counsel arjl with his own
consent, and a unanimous judgment
given against him on tbe second hear
ing, which was accorded not as a mat
ter of right but as a matter of courtesy.
What more oould be done in the interest
of justice r
But Speaker Carlisle's contestant hap
pened to have been a Knight of Labor,
and while none pretend that be bas any
just claim to tbe seat, tbe Republicans
played the role of petty demagogues by
refusing to vote on tbe question, ex
pecting to mage capital with labor by
mocking tvery piiiiciple of fairness. As
Chairman Crisp of the Election Com
mittee said '-If a third hearing is de
manded after tbe case was closed bv
con?ent of all and unanimously decided
uealnst the contestant, when is final
judgment to be reached ?' A party
that must descend to such palpable dem
agogy confesses that it has nothing
belter t ) commend it and its cause to
an mtel'
The firm! act of this d!.?r.teeful parti
sanship came off yesterday, when Speak
er Carlisle was declared elected by 1G4
yeas to 7 nays. The Republicans whose
members or the committee had practi
cally affirmed the Speaker's rieht to the
seat, were so enslaved to party that
they dared not vote their convictions in
his favor, and they were too cowardly
to recard their votes against him. And
this is called statesmanship in the eve
ning of the nineteenth century, and by
a party that once was grandest of all in
both courage and achievement."
Forrt of the seven negroes In the
Mississippi Legislature voted on Toes
day of last week for tbe Democratic can
didate. General Walthall, for re-election
to the United States Senate. Here
is a good chance for Chandler, of New
Hampshire, to get up another investi
gating committee. This Mississippi
incident, which is quite common in the
Southern States, shows that colored
men in that section are not opposed to
the election of Democrats to office, even
though ttey have served in the Confed
erate army as General Walthall did,
and with great distinction too. U.K.
Bruce an educated colored man, who a
few years ago served as the colleague of
Mr. Limar in the Senate, and between
whom there existed a strong feeling of
friendship, made the public declaration
in Ohio that the colored men in Mississ
ippi had such unbounded confidence in
Mr. Lamar's honesty and integrity,
that if he were a candidate for Govern
or or any other high office in that S'ate
a majority, of them would vote for bim,
And vet John Sherman and his shriek
ing crowd of bloody shirt followers op
posed In the Senate last week. Mr.
Lamar's confirmation as a Ju3ticeof the
Supreme Court of the United States, on
the distinct but flimsy ground that he
had been a "rebel." Three Republican
S?nators. however, who believe that it
is high time to regard the war as over
voted for bim and secured his confirma
tion. U. S. Senator, Blair's hobby, his
famous Educational Bill, has been pro
nounced unconstitutional by Judge
William Strong, of this State, a retired
ex-Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Judge Strong is deliver
ing his usual winter course of lectures
on the Constitution before the Columbi
an Lw School ic the District of Col
umbia. In the course of his lectute I
j one night last week he was asked by a '
I ftu lent, ir in his opinion the B!air !
i Educational bill was Constitution!. J
, Jin rep.y was : "I d j not see how it
i Cau If constitutional. It is m v opiri.jn
thai it is unconstitutional, aud this I
believe to La th-) opinion also of the
present B-ncb." After the lecture
Jud,:e Strong said : "Ifl were lu Con
gress I might feel moie at liberty to
discuss the Blair bill and kindred meas
ures, but I am not. I believe in a strict
construction of the Constitution, more
so th in most of my Republican friends."
Tnis is 9;i-Twliich shows tbe way
the wind is blowing if the Coasuiuiw"
alityor theB'iir bill ever comes bviore
the Supreme Court. A trifling tnatUr
like the Constitution, however, has no
terrors for such a man as Blair, and he
will continue to ventilate bis pet scheme
before the Senate to reduce the surplus
The untimely death of County Super-
I a &
, ui.eimens y imam J. Cramer, m hi
j Tath-r's residence near L"retto, on I
j Monday last, has cause-J a sincere and ,
I genuine feeling of sorrow throughout the '
county, lie was quite a young man and i
u ueen cuiaown just at the thresh
hold of what promised to be a blight
and ns-ful career. He was ns modest
as be was deserving and bis brief ad-
minis-ration of the Jtchoo! tiff iirs of the
county as highly citditahle to him-
self and sV.isfaciory to the peo;!e. ;
Und-r the Act of As-tembly of May j
regnUUrg the election of County 1
Superintendent, his successor will be 1
appoint...! t y the State Superi:. indent !
and will hold the fTke. until the ixi i
triennial Convention of tbe school I
oirec ri ot the county, n'oich will be
on the fi-s', Tuesday in May IS'.kj.
Mk Chaki.es II. IlAZArtn. t.f Provi
dence. K. I . s,ys the N. Y. H orM, adopts
anew iLetliod of conteticg wills. As the
iinneruea Dy nerrather, Luther itice
she
nt to the Surrrgale's effice, asked
P'rmisnt .n to look at the ar.d getting
It. tore it into pieces. The authorities are
FcVd tiow to rnih ber lor the act.
I In the Treasury as long as be has life 1 lMClier or v county during the re-
la .a scarce,, a b. I S, 'iT.'.,, ltJiSFSZ
, does not inflict on a weary Senate a M.cnie Freeman, who is in bsr terns
i pi-Lcca or an nour s leoffta la its favor. was n the little school-house of
A Solid Reason Against Western Immi
gration. Iueomplete reports show that '217 per
sons lost tteir lives by the recent terri
ble winter storms in the northwest, and
this number will probably be increased
by further reports. But the exact
figures will never be known. In the
frontier settlements the population is to
a considerable extent a shifting one,
aud many persons have been last on tbe
prairies of whom no record exists. Un
til the snow thaws tbe remains of many
of those reported missing will not be
found, as they are sow covered by the
drifts.
The severity and the dangers of this
arctic climate are forcibly shown by the
fact that many of the lost were frozen
to death in the immediate vicinity of
their house j and barus ; that children
were frozen to death while going to or
returning from school, and even in the
vicinity or outskirts of considerable
towns lives were lost by exposure to tbe
blinding and deadly blizzerd. A major
ity of the cases, we presume, were of
persons who came to their death, not
while on long journeys, but in attending
to their ordinary avocations on their
farms or near them. There have been
equally terrible storms heretofore in
fact they occur on an average every four
or five years but the loss of life has not
been large because the population was
not so great, and tbe older settlers were
taught by experience how to meet emer
gencies of the kind.
Of late years tens of thousands of im
migrants have poured into the North
west from milder climates of this country
and Europe, who were, for the most
part, completely ignorant of the dan
gers cf a prarie blizzard. In fact there
Is something very inviting, as well aB
deceptive, about tbe extreme cold
weather of the northwest, with its
bright and cloudless skies, bracing at
mosphere, and still air ; but these con
ditions in a briet time often give way to
a blinding snow storm, a terrific burri
caue comes up, tbe air is so filled with
fine snow dust that it is impossible to
discern objects a few yards distant, and
the most experienced lose their wpy un
less they foiego their journey and seek
any possible refuge. Thus to wbOin
such weather is a revelation, and it Is to
many and increasing thousands every
winter, fall easy victims.
It seems to us there is a lesson in these
winter blizzards of the northwest, as
well as the summer cyclones farther
south, for tbe Pennsylvania or Ohio
farmer spurred by eome temporary dis
couragement to seek a home for himself
and family on the cheap lands of tbe
froutier states and territories, from
Texas to the British line. Tbe circu
lars of immigrat ion agents and societies,
of land grant railroads, and the gushing
appeals of real estate speculators or the
one-intwenty successful immigrants,
make no mention of those terrible cli
matic perils, the winter blizzard ud the
summer cyclone. Yet they areas much,
if not more, of a certainty than the
cheap lands and generous crops of the
west ; to say nothing of the absence of
the social comforts and advantages in
the way of schools, churches and society
that give a charm tu farm life in the
oider states, which it takes a life time
to develop on the frontier.
Vor the young, the needy and the ad
venturous there is a charm and many
advautases in the west, but for the
reasonably well-to-do eastern farmer
there are sacrifices, discomforts and
even perils : rarely a betterment, all
things considered, and very often dis
astrous failures. Before moving he
should study what advantages he and
his family have about the "old home
faim." and what they are Ukely to en
counter on the frontier. uch a blizzard
as the one of last week, with its death
10.1 of nearly three hundred men,
women and children, is not of rare oc
curence, except as to its death rate, and
that comes from th9 larr population
exposed to the dans r. Tbe blizzard is
as certain for the future as it has been
In the past. PiUthury Post.
Balfour's .Success.
Now that Mr. William O'Brien has
srved out his term of imprisonment in
Tullamore Jai'. : would b interesting
to leaio from Mr. Secretary lUlfour
what pood :t did to England or to the
Tory Government to send him there.
It has rot ch ingedtha views or the Irish
people and their English friends a par
ticle, unless in the direction not intend
ed. It has not crippled trie operations
of the National Lpgu in the least or
made the slightest impression on the
pUn of campaign.
Mr. O'Brien's progress from the jail
to his home was an ovation. Kis im
prisonment, so far, from placing any
stigma upon him, has the effect of the
highest honor he could have received.
Balfour's commitments, ivoud the
personal inconvenience th individual
prisonerr. are put to. are like puerile
aiv63 ia ire a!ri ftri1 tbe whole civilized
world knows 1. He is solnc through a
series of dreary farces simply because I
ne Dis marked out a certain ..rc
lmse.facd doe not know bow to do
otherwise.
A fly on a chariot wheel bas about
ine same influence on the progress of
'he vehicle that Mr. Balfour has upon
the public opinion that will sooner or
ater settle th Irish question. He
creates uo fear over those he would
subdue only contempt. That he wMl
disappear at the next general election
is confidently believed. Personally he
may be a man of great force of charac
ter, but circumstances render him as
heluVss as a natural imbecile. X. V.
B orll.
Brarc let of a Nebraka School Tt arher
Uuriug the Blizzard
Omaha, Jn. 17. Mr. J. II. Ayer. of
O.d, Neb., one of tbe secretaries of the !
Slate B ard of transportation, to-day
told the World representative an inter- j
esting s ry t (be p uck and good judg- j
ment exbttit-d y a tour? ladv school !
At c rn
v"at;t5--district, with tbirt een dudiIi
ranging in ng? from six to fifteen years.
About an hour be7o?M! time f or dis
missal the blizzard wbictTSrPt across
the level praries of Nebraska sf.uck the
school-house wiih such force as toMeor
the doir from its hinges. Another telk
r:fic giut struck the building, and in
tbe twinkling of an eye it carried away
the roof, leaving frightened little ones
exposed to the elements.
The plucky teachtr was equl to the
I toKrber, and securing a coil of stronz
"""''J- Ka.cerea hf-r rmri:
he.tirr licinaltan.n : . u
: ""wiiu urn ine largest ones
and tied them aM toge'her bv the arms
three abreast. Taking the youngest in
her arms she ti.d thn end of the twine
around her own b-ody, and with words
of encouragement started out into the
fury of a storm. Selecting her way
carefully tho brave girl led ber little
charges through the snow drifts and the
Uindirjr bhzzird. and after a wearisome
journey of three qu irters of a mile the
little baud reached th threshold of a
farmhouse and were taken in.
Ir is a hard road a pu jIic man bas to trav
el In these days. There is mayor ilewit'
of New York. No more Intelligent, active"
efficient man ever held his present office'
Ilia days and nights are filled with earnest
efforts to give that city the best tdmiuistrt
tion It ever had. and yet a mo.e abused
man does not live in the United sutes
Partisanship rules the hour, and agains t
honesty aod efficieucy are lo protectioo '
Value of Eggs for Food.
Many of oar best farmers have arrived
at tbe conclusion that poultry raising is
the most profitable thing they can en
gage in. Ol tbe egg alone the London
Standard1, arter stating of what it ifl
composed, mentions tbe various pur
poses for which it is used.
Every element, the writer says, that
is necepsary to tbe support of man is
contained within tbe limits of an egg
shell, in tbe best proportions and in tbe
most palatable form. Plain boiled, they
are wholesome. The masters of French
cookery, however, affirm tbat it is easy
to dress them in more than 500 different
ways, each method not only economical,
but salutary in the highest degree. No
honest appetite ever yet rejected an egg
in some guise. It is nutriment in the
most portable form and in tbe most con
centrated shape. Whole nations of
mankind rarely touch any other animal
food. Kings eat them plain as readily
aa do the humble tradesman. After the
victory of Muhldorf. when the Kaiser
Lud wig sac at a meal with bis burggrafs
and great captains, he determined on a
piece of 1 uxurv "one egg to every man.
and two to the excellently valiant
Schwepperman." Far more than Gsh
for it is watery diet eggs are the
scholar's fare. They contain phosphor
ns, which is brain food, and sulphur,
which performs a variety of functions
in the economy. And they are tbe best of
nutriment for children, for. in a com
pact form, they contain everything that
is necessary for tbe growth of the youth
ful frame. Eggs are. however, not only
food - they are medicine also. The
white is the most efficacious of remedies
for burns, and the ofl extractable from
the yolk is regarded by the Russians as
an almost miraculous salve for cuts,
bruises, and scratches.
A raw earg, if swallowed In time, will
effectually detach a fish bone fastened
in the throat, and tke white of two eggs
will render the deadly corrosive subli
mate as baimless as a dose of calomel.
They strengthen the consumptive, in
vigorate the feeble, and rer the
most susceptible all but proof aeainst
jaundice in its ore malignant phase.
They on also be drunk in tbe ehape of
that "egg flip" which sustains the
oratorical efforts of .modern statesmen.
The merits of eggs do not even end
here. In France alone the wine clarin
ets use more than 80.000.000 a vear. and
the Alsatians consume fully 33.000,000
in calico printing aud for dressing tbe
leather used in making the finest of
French kid gloves. Finally, not to
mention various ether employments for
eggs in the arts, they may, of course,
almost without trouble on tbe farmer's
part, be converted into fowl?, which,
in any shape, are profitable to the seller
and welcome to the buyer. Even eeg
shells ars valuable, for allopath and
homeopath alike agree in regarding
them as the purest of carbonic of
lime. Scientific American.
O'Brien Talks.
Dublin. Jan. 22. Kilrush was illu
minated this evening and the streets
were crowdd with people. Tbe Gov
ernment proclamation prohibiting the
meeting announced to be held there to
day was publicly burned. All bonfires
and blazing tar barrels were extinguish
ed by tho nlice. There w9 a conflict
at Kilkee between the police and the 1
people, and one policeman was severely
irjii reo.
Mr O'Brien, who is almost prostrated
wtth emotion, intends to attend the
banquet given In his honor by his elect
ors, and then to vest for a few weeks in
accordance with his doctor's advice.
In spite of the endeavor to prevent bis
whereabouts from becoming generally
known, every mail is bringing many con
gratulatory letters. He is n-siding with
a friend in Dublin. In an interview tn.
! flutr It. eairf
I felt so well on leaving prison that I have
overtaxed my stre ngth, and as a result 1 am
sleepless and worn out. Thera was a port
manteau full of letters waiting me at the
prison on leaving, and the number I have
received since Is so great tbat 1 am quite
unable to deal with them. Those I haye
read affected me more than I can describe,
but it is surprising tl.at 1 have received not
one threatening letter. I have fotxned no
plans for future action yet ; but it matters
little, because the spirit of the country
among all classes r.as mounted to a degree
altnzether beyond former experience.
The National League, he continued,
instead of being effaced, as the coercion
ista prophesied, was more firmly rooted
than ever. The action of the Land
Commission had been equivalent to cen
suring the moderation of the plan of
campaign. Mr. Balfour had found that
the League could only be suppress
ed by suppressing society. The
action of the Government in prosecu
ting priests 6howed that the hopes
of muz'iDg them by means of
intrigues at Borne had been frustrated
it
t was an attempt to outrage the people 1
nto an exhibition of violence tas VwU j
i
off against Balfour's wanton brutality.
ii -ir. jsiunt had never revealed
Balfour's intentions toward tl-.a P-r
De,.IttS the course pursued by ibe
,niei secretary was evidence enough.
He believed tbat Bilfour would push
matters to extreni'.ies until public opin
ion dtunted bim.
An attempt was made last night to
serenade Wilfrid Blunt, who is confined
in the prison at Gal way. The police
interfered and ordered the musicians
away. The latter thereupon embarked
in boat 8 and beiJ a torch light proces
sion on th river beneath Uie walls of the
prison. Samen from the warship
Banterer gave chase, but failed to cap
ture the serenaders. General enthusi
asm has been caused by William
O'Brien's release from Tullamore Jail.
Last night bonfires and beacon lights
illuminated large districts in the South
of Ireland.
Fverythln- for Monoplics.
The defenders of the monopoly-maintaining
and surplus producing war tariff
are getting ready to abandon even the
whiskey tax in order to prevent any
abatemnt of the duties upon the neces
sities of the people.
The moral sentiment and economic
sense of the tetter class of voters
against freeing ibis vice from taxation
while there is a war legacy of S124.000.
000 to be paid yearly have hitherto
stood between the tariff defenders and
their desire?. But now that a few
fanatical females have objected to the
whisuey tax because they think the Gov
ernment should not even recognize an
inevitable traffic In strong drink by tax
ing it, the Tribune says if tbic body
""earnestly urges the abolition of the
whiskey tax its efforts may prove- more
effectivXthan many now anticipate."
In othef words, if the canting and hy
pocritical Kepublioan politicians think
that they canarray a "moral senti
ment" against ClL's tax, that now yields
JTO.OOO.diO of revE"ue without burden
ing a single taxpaveK. they will vote to
repeal it in order tV perpetuate or
another generation thevSr duties upou
the food, fuel, clothing arid shelter of
the people.
The Dnmrwracv will welcome this
issue.A'. 1. World
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I SEWS ASD OTHER SOTISUH. I
Mrs. Charlotte Cain, of Milton, Mass.,
Is 94 years old, and her favorite pet is a par
rot which she has bad for M years.
By a typographical error in its local col
umns, a Titusyllle paper was recently made
to announce the death of a boy 147 years
old.
One of tne fire coo? pan !es of Alexandria,
Va., Is over a century old. General Wash
ington's name Is inscribed on its rolls as
once a member.
Last year no less than 123 persons were
lynched in this country. Texas beads tbe
list with fifteen lynchlngs and Mississippi
comes next with fourteen. Eighty of tbe
victims were negroes.
A bank-note tbat was Issued seventy
foar years ago by tbe Farmers Back of
Wilmington. Del., wae recently received for
redemption from St. Louis. It Is said to be
remarkably well preserved.
Eighteen millions of rabbits have been
destroyed in Australia In three years' time,
yet it is said tbe little animals are still so
numerous as to sadly depreciate tbe flocks
and pastures. Over f 200.000 bas been spent
In the destrnction of tbe pests in the colony
of Victoria alone.
A proposition Is made to construct a
grand aveane from tbe capital to tbe tomb
ot Washington. Tbe avenue is to be 150
feet wide in all, and each State and Terri
tory Is to have four hundred yards appor
tioned to It for tbe planting of native trees
and the erection of tablets and statuary.
Tbe new Cairo bridge across the Ohio
river is to have two spans 18 feet each,
seven 400 feet eacb and tbree 250 feet each ;
total length, 4.670 feet It will be fifty-three
feet above high water mark, and will cast
(2.500.000. It will take two and a half
years to build it. It will be the wonder of
the west.
A promlnAnt man In the granite busi
ness who has examined tbe pyramids of
Ejypt, says there are blocke of stone in them
which weigh four times as much as the obe
lisks Some of these great stones fit so close
ly together that a knife blade could net be
Inserted between them, and they are not
laid with mortar.
Cashier Charles O'Brien, of the First
National bank of Auburn. N. T.. bas ab
scounded and tbe bank bas closed its doors.
Bank Examiner Clark is in charge of tbe
books and nothing definite will be known
for several days. A director is reported as
saying that the deficiency would amount
to two hundred thousand dollras.
Two farmers, living near Little Rock,
Ark bv name of Baker and II itt, became
engaged in a quarrel last week while di
viding their land between a son and daugh
ter of eacb who were about to be married,
and, coming to blows, stabbed eacb other
with Dowie knives in such a frightful man
ner tbat Baker died and Illtt cannot recov
er. Tbe Osage Indians of Idatio are the on
ly Indians now existing In the United States
independent of tbe Government. They
have a large land rwservatfon absolutely
their own, and about seven million dollars
bearing five per cent. Interest In the bands
of tbe Government. The tribe numbers
sixteen hundred and is tbe wealthiest in ex-
ktence.
The Ilaeerman tonnel. recently com
pleted on the Colorado Midland railroad, is
claimed to be the highest tunnel In tbe
world. It pierces the Ssguache Range 11,
5.T0 feet above sea-level, and is 2.164 feet
long and 10 feet wide by IS feet blah. The
cost is published at f 2.000.000. But as tbe
Alpine tunnel on the Union Pacific railroad
Is put down at 11.024 feet above sea-level,
tbe claim of tbe Uagerman is not sustained
by 94 feet.
Tbe only crop !. yeir which was In
sufficient for our inline fi-(ls .n tht of
potatoes allien fell short about 2;),(K0.0('0
bushels. Europe has promptly com to
our rescoft and Is pouring potatoes tipan us
which will supply all our deficiencies.
Germany, Belgium and Greit Britain all
find they have plenty to spare, and during i
tbe past three months 221.553 sack have j
been sent here as aita n-t about 3..'00 snrki
during the corresponding period of the pre
vious season.
Herman Harms, of Buffalo ooanty.
Wis., has been asleep for 11 years, lie
sleeps soundly all day, and at 9 or 10 ".clock
In tbe evening rises, takes a little nourish
ment and at onca lies down and goes to
sleep again. During the time be is awake
be pays no attention to anybody, but diinks
a lit'le soup or coffee without making any
remarks, and at once goes sound to sleep
IBs sleep is quiet and without any apparent
pain or discomfort. Wheu be first fell
asleep he weighed 189 pounds, but he has
37 T 7, a . L v"
D 10
Millard Filmore Brown, of Lynn,
Mass., was bora on December 17, 1887, and
bas already attained fame. His claim to
notoriety lies Id the fact tbat when born
be weighed only one pound and tour
ounces, and In tbe month which bas elapsed
since his birth has added only three ounces
to bis weight. Tbe little chap is beaitby
and good natured and is likely to grow to
manhood, ne Is only 11 inches tall, and a
small fin per riDg will go around bis forearm
asm bracelet. It is believed that be is tbe
smallest baby in the world to-day.
Tbe terrible blizzard In Dakota was pre
ceded by remarkable cler.r, beautiful
weather. Tbe air was so clear tbat cities
and towns, lakes and timber fortv miles
distiBt were clearly visible. Tbe south
wind melted tbe mow, and the oldest in
habitants began to talk about a January
thaw. About an hour alter noon of tbe fine
morning a cloud overspread the 6ky and
tbs blizztrd began. One of the characteris
tics was tbat tbe air was filled with fine Ice
dust, driven with terrific force, which
choked tbe unfortunate victim in a short
time.
James E. Nowlin was hanged at Cam
bridge jail, Mass., on last Friday, for the
murder of George Codrenn, a milkman, on
January 4tb, 1887. Nowlin was employed
by Codman, and was only 17 years of age
wben be committed tbe crime, his object for
which was to obtain a large amount of
money which Codman was supposed to have
on his person. Nowlin killed his victim by
stabbing. Tbe blow was inflicted wih a
carving knife. He then cut eft tbe bead,
arms and legs and then, taking them on a
sled, threw the dismembered parts of the
body tn a field several miles from the city,
where they-were found and subsequently
identified. No reporters were admitted to
witness the execution. Tbe drop fell at
9:23 and half an hour later tbe body was
lowered and delivered to the relatives.
Michael Kreger, said to bs 114 year3
old, is now being entertained by bis sons In
Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Thirty-five years
ago, wben Mr. Kroeger and bis wife decided
to come to America, tbey bad a family of six
sons, three daughters having died. One of
these sons,- Anton, died a year ago, at tbe
age of 71. 11 is oldtst son, Gottlieb, Is a
teamster 73 years old. Tbe second son,
Michael, Jr., aged C9 years, has for nearly
thirty yenrs been an employe of the Mil
waukee and St. rau I, now serving tbe
company at tbe Weet Milwaukee shops.
Martin, aged 60, is a grocer : Stephen, aged
55, Is the youngest son, and is now employ-
as a boiler maker, i ne oniy son not a
sident of Milwaukee is John, aged 58, who
owner of a farm, near Manchester,
Lake county. It is with John tbat
her passes the greater part of his
referring the country to tho exeite-
of the city. Bis wife died nearly
is mivi
I Green
"e '"IP
nine.
I rmun
Go to GEIS, FOSTER & QUIXX'S, Clinton St., Johnstown I'a U.
Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Stair Pads, Stair Rods. Stair Buttons ' '' '
Oilcloths, Linoleum, Lace Curtains, Feathers,
Turcoman Curtains, Madras Curtain Goods, etc., etc. Quality of Coo
uncqualcd and prices the lowest.
A farmer named Tullie, of Taylor coun
ty, la., slipped and was killed while put
ting a troDk Into bis wagon preparatory to
leaving tbe country on account of blizzards.
During a blizzard two weeks before be said
tbat "if there was such a being as God Al
mighty lie was without love ot felling for
humanity or lie would not send such storms
upon them," at tbe same time declaring
tbat If another such storm came be would
go to a climate that bad never been cursed
with such storms and escape tbe vigilance of
tbe Almighty. Some of his neighbors look
upon bis death as a "judgment."
Tom White, better known as "Swipes,
the Newsboy," and Billy Dempsey, at one
time employed by the New York Herald,
met in tbe ring at Fort Hamilton Saturday
night, and at tbe close of the first round
Demsey was struck in the jaw and fell to
the ground senseless. lie did not recover
consciousness, and died within an hour.
Dehlpsey was about twenty-one years old,
and was married and bad one child. Tbe
fight was arranged some weeks ago, and
when tbe men met they were. In prime con
dition. It was Swipes' fourth fight and the
third he has won, though none of tbe
others bad euzh a fatal termination.
At Genesco, Neb., a man had a cat tbat
he wanted to get rid of, eo be put ber in a
bag and carried her 6even miles from home,
wbere she was dumped out into the road In
front of a farmhouse. She was immediate
ly set upon by a ferocious dog. Tbe cat ran
frantically up a tree and out upon a limb so
far tbat It broke, and she fell into a well 30
feet deep. Much subdued in spirit, she ap
peared upon tbe road in a few minutes just
in time to be run over by a wagon, when
she was again spied by a dog. Unwil
ling to pin ber faith in trees again, she
6 truck a bee line for borne, and was licking
herself on the front porch when her owner
returned.
Joseph McDonell. of Lexington county,
Ky., has taken a queer contract. He has en
gaced to buy 1 10.000 worth of bumble bees,
which are to be sent to Australia to assist In
growing clover there by carrying the pollen
from bloom to bloom. A gentleman came
from Australia last fall and bought some
stock from Mr. McDonell. made the arrange
ment with Mr. McDonell to supply bim
with tbe bumble bees, and tbey will proba
bly be gathered from the crop of next sea
son. It bas been known for years that it
was necessary to have them in Australia.
It will make business for tbe small boy of
this country, and fun for tbe Australian
school boy in time to come.
Tbe Adventists of Battle Creek, Mich.,
are in a state of great religious excitment.
Tbey believe tbat the final consummation
of all earthly matters is close at band.
They have discarded all their jewelry. Re
cently at a meeting $3,000 was turned into
the church In cash and f2,000 In jewelry.
Tbe latter will be sold to the ungodly and
the money given to tbe establishing of mis
sions In Switzerland, Norway, England,
.South Africa, and Australia. On several
occasions before these people have sold their
homes for trifling sums and given the money
to the church, with all other personal prop
erty. Tbe craze bids fair to go to as great
extent as have previous ones.
Five Persona Murdered.
Charleston, January 19. Information
reaches here from Oceana, Wyoming coun
ty, that another bloody chapter in the Mc-
i Coy-Hatfield feud was enacted on Saturday
j night last. In which the lives of fi?e McCoys
j were sacrificed.
) It will be recalled that abont the begin-
nlng of the new yeir the feud, wbicb had
i been stilled for some months, broke out
j again between the two families, in which
j .the Hatfialds were worsted. After the f un
I era! of tbe victims the llatfields proceeded
j to annihilate tba family of Randall McCoy
Tbey snrrounded tg house across the Ken
tucky line, and setting fire to it, drove Mc
Coy's wife, son and daughter like 6heep in
to tbe shambles to be ruthlessly slaughtered
Randall McCoy escaped to tbe woods.
After this battle was over and tbe dead
had been laid away, the McCoys organ ie,d
a posse and made an unfriendly call on the
Hatfield settlement In West Virginia. They
did not find tbe Ilatfields at borne, but bad
not long to wait in the adjoining woods
when tbe Ilatfields were upon them, and a
regular pitched battle ensued. Victory
perched on the McCoy banners, and when
tbe smoke cleared away it was found tbat
the Ilatfields had three killed, while none
of the McCoys was injured.
There was most Intense excitement In the
whole neighborhood. Tbe authorities were
paralyzed, and the people are not surprised
at hearing of the latest shocking butchery
in wbicb the horrible practices of the 6av-
I age aborigines who once occupied tbe ranges
and yaileys or tbe Blue Ridge are again re
vived. All the details that bate yet been received
of Saturday night's massacre are simply
tbat the Hatfied gang made a raid on tbe
bouse of Sim McCoy, a brother of Randall.
Tbe McCoys were completely 6urprieed.
Mrs. McCoy was tied to a tree and sbotj to
death. Tbe eldest son was next tied up and
riddled with bullets.
Pirn McCoy barricaded the back door and
made a weak defense of bis borne against
great odds. Fnally the Ilatfields set fire to
the bouse, and McCoy and bis two youngest
children were burued to death.
An Orderly Strike.
The Reading strike is one of the most or
derly and apparently dispassionate strikes
of the country. There are labor agitators
who seek to inflsmo the strikers, and there
are a few lawless men who seek to bring
dishonor on them, but neither of these class
es bas been able to stamp tbe strike with
any disorderly features.
A strike tbat is thus orderly and appar
ently free from violent paesiou, should be
within range of prompt adjustment. There
is always reason in men who respect law
and order, and reason and reason alone
should be appealed to, for reason would ap
peal to tbe mutual interests of tbe disput
ing parties.
We believe that the organized miners bold
In their hands the solution of the trouble,
aud our advices give assurance tbat tha re
sponsible representatives of the organiza
tion want to strip tbe issue of all prejudice
and outside questions, and make the wisest
efforts to obtain tbe best wages for the min
ers. Let that be done even it it shall re
quire courage to do it. With an order-lov
ing people to deal with, it Is not only al
ways safe, but always most expedient, to do
exactly tbe right thing and In exactly the
right way, and tbat would end the strike in
CARL RIVINIXJS,
PRACTICAL
AND DEALER LN
$4 v5k:i;-
I jai cost
For larror imll rne 32 rtUbrr.M grain! powder:
ItM -'VVef!?;': .- :f
I " "M" 1 Le iiroucni itiooiui; rue tutJa iT .ir-j'
V? X T-T- MX 75 Tl :llerr.8portln and Tr.
t " r.v. . r " 111 C'l Rlfln, worid itii.L.1 TLe rtw.da-d
kw. v-'iiiiK. UUIJIIIIC, ID J kliuollIlXU fnrt
lutiruta diBtrfia atjie, price r.-uta
WARLIN FIRE ARMS CO.,
fwo tmrcetj maue Willi one cf our
aftrr nfty flwU ha I a'r-ady ln flrej
KtioU
lbe FODrarry off nearly J
re .wa.. accurate aud ro.lati.o.
iJUBSbl,a( iiau ki (oil uwi
harris'-SEMINAI PASTILLES
A liJid ici.ll. cr Tor .frOcifl I-iui 1 trr. 1 mrn
VHanB nd I JuTwi cul I Hcar ia otLie or M
! Az9d Men. TNtcl 1 or K xht V ra i n t
thousand CfhM tli"T fchoIotVv MnM r,rmi.tJitxT
cM ud broken dawn mm ttiie full nyiTminl n f
perfect tad fail Mtvalr RunjnJh and Vurorvmfc IiMftith.
TathoM wbocmQr from the ennnr obcnr d irrw&
rroaghtnrxMit by 1 ad lMcretion, lLx:ownr, 4or-Wrain
V ort, or too fme I nlQlfnc, wv jvk lht too anad us
rwr tt&me vita rtfntemfntof yur troahje, and mi nrc
UlilALi-ACKAGKFH K.witb I Iluit d 1 ami hlrt Ac
RUPTURED PERSONS can havo FREE Trial of our Appliance. Ask for Term:
R, L. J0HS".0S, J. I. BUCK, h, f . BICK.
Johnston, Buck & Co.,
Eb eiisbu.rg, I?a.
Money Received on Depsit,
PA TABLE ON l)EMAD.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS
COLLECTIONS MADE
AT A1X AOCXSeiBLS TOIVT9.
DRAFT'S on the JFrincipal Cities
Bought and Nold anal m
General Banting: Business Transacted.
UCCOttTTS SOLICITED.
A. W. BUCK, Cashier.
EbenghDrg, April 4. lSA.-tr.
Carriage Making in all its Branches.
Painting, Trimming
find ItErAIItlNti of all kinds doneon
the SHOKTEST NOTICE and tb LOWEST
FK1CES. Also, Plantn. Sawlnit anj Wood Turn
ing Hb Improved machinery. Also, all kinds ol
heavy work;done. Carrlae'smlth pbop.'connected
All parties trusting me with work will be Conor
ably dealt with- All work warranted.
V. X.. CHUTE.
EbensburK. October 24. 184.
Important to Canvassers.
WAXTEH-Live O.invatserf In every ooonj
In the I'nltcd States to pell l-'OX S I'ATENTKE
VEKSIKEE SAU IKON, whim eomtiifes two
Sad Irons, Polisher, Fluter, &.C.. one iria doing
the work ol an entire set of ordinal"? vot$.
e!f-heatin tv nag or alcohol lath". IMF.f
A WAV WITH HOT KITf'HVNS. Trice
modi-rate. A l&nre and lasting inline Insured
to rwd canvassers. Address, lor l-cular, tc,
EOX SAU 1KO.N CO.. 5 Keade STt.. N. Y.
AGENTS
Am
To canvas Tor one of the largest, oldest estab
lished. 1IKST KJ)WN MKSKH1LS In tbe
Counlrv. Most lil.ernl terms. CnequalK d lucili-
iiea.. (ii..t A M i:KKV. K-aablished 'Sir..
W. 4lT. SMITH, GENEVA, N. Y. Iec. , 41.
Policies written at short notice la tba
OLD RELIABLE "7ETNA"
And other First Claita Companies.
"DICK,
FOR THE
RTFORD
A WOT FOR THE
old iixVirrjrorm
Mil INSURANCE CUM.
COMMENCED BUSINESS
1794.
Ebensourg, July U18S2.
KENTUCKY
MULES.
The only firm I a
I'euu'a mho ittafct
a ;cciulitv of Ken
tuck T Saddle anil
lirtvine Moreen,
I Taught and Pit
Mult-s and ko
roiiMantly in their stables one hundred bead of
Mules, all sizes, from four foot tu the large mul
weihinir 14(Kt ll., are 1. Arnlieiui A ( n., 5
Kvcuntl Avenue, I'Ktsburgh, MulKhip-
JM-d to all parts of tbs Si ale on order. Nothing U
ia. 1 picked atock to be found in their stables.
Cor rtio licence solicited.
iuu- iMd. kieuaiiua . ur-tric i.i ci M-ua-J
I trr lrtut lJtier. l arm a.
l I HVJ.-ile'l I-WI.-'.!'. jj
i'ncvHi iow. t.rnrva t.t
1 slai.il
ED
1 ;. v. v r. si! iti;.'
n r-vi
V.
Watches, Clocks,
JEWELRY,
SilverwareMnsical IiistnLmeiits
ASU
Optical aoodc.
0
Sole Agent
-f'OH THE
Celebrated Rockford
WATCHES.
Columbia and Fredonia Wafers.
In Key and Stem Winders.
CARGK'SELKCTIO.V op ALL KISQ
Of JEWELRi' always on hand.
My line of Jewelry Is unsurpasj
Come and see for yourself before purcha
iog elewhere.
ff" ALL WOHK ;CARA5TEED -J
CARL RIVINIUS
Ebensburg. Nov. n, 1385 -tf.
Xn Tlao World.
Vt c!. M tr.
flS.uu un Stud r UlunrateJ raa.
A ik ca.lDTea from In 45. U.,l.ln
- New Haven, Conn.
71 ca'lbro rlfVa. twntr rrinartlva tiiutt
and uo cleamiiK luntiK tin? ntlr Y-utv
lue icUca at largcl uiatcW l,ccai: li.tr
.CbJ.U tioowtiOa. Uoei not fak-.
or tTXKfvtta4 arm iu anr rv f ,zi j;
n mrtnUitC mexliCJVl pTi'neipji. hi J .ie
P faiior to tii mrmt O 1 rl Iran uj mrrj
unrlum ff h r nnian fiwan .mm mvm. -v.
TrT "mtiD ifrcrTtl rrf life aVrr fjwrn r-k . tne rat
become CbeaufuJ aad rafaj&yft&xaa both auvcUi a-'.
TEIATgfJfr. Oaa Mcsth. t3. Tva Ka. tZ. Tia:,t
KARRIS REMEDY CO., Mro Cunir
80W tr. Tenth Btnjot.BT.IX3UIB.Ka
DONALD E. DUFTGX,
ATTl'KN tY-AT-l.AW,
f.BKNslllliO,
Mir Office In Colonnade Row.
H.
II. MVEUS.
ATTOKN'EY-AT-I.A W.
EBKiSBrEo, hi
AOfBce tn Collonsde Kow, on Centre stre:
G
EO. M. READE,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
ESSNSBrR, Pi.
"Offlco on Centre street, t ear
M. D. KITTELL,
.A. ttorney-o r - n v,
EHENSBUi;. I'A.
OJflce Armory UuUdiCK, o Ct urt H ;h
TW. DICK. ATTOnSET-AT-U1-
Ebensbnrgr, Ps. tifflce In bulldlr.x o '
J. Eloyd, dee'd, (tirst Boor.) t'entre stree- i;
manner of legal business attended tetania')
rll and celleUons a specialty. (lu-14.-'-:
FOU NAI.F STEAM ENHINES. CI.AT
Ore Pans, Holler and Sheot-lron '
Second-band entiiuesand boilers on hanJ. H '
tnu eiigines md mai-hinerv a specialty. I
A CAKEIN, Alle:her.j-. I'a. (Jan. 21.-.:
4 lVIRTISritS
by addressing 4.eo. t
J. Kow el I A- 4 ..
lOSt ruce St.. New !-
lcurn the .va.-r cost of anv troooFa 1 I r
AIVEKTIIi inAmerlcan Newspaper.-. li
fKr lainihlr( lUc.
JR. OLIKSHOE,
534 GRANT STREET.
riTTSnUKGH, I'A-
ROBERT EVANS,
isJ Ji rA.jr---- : .. -c.'
UNDERTAKER
A.I) MASl'KACTl'HEK t'F
nd dealer in all kinds ot El'KNITI KK,
Eb en !-4 liiipr,
-A tull line ol Catkete always on l;r.J."i
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN' KEUriKEU.
Apt 89 89
EteiistaE Fire Insurance Apj
T. AV. DICK,
General Insurance Agent.
EnEASBUKG. FA.
STT FRANCIS' COLLEGE
LORETTO.rA,
IN CHARGE OF
FKANC1SCAX BR0THEI1S.
Board and Tuition
for the Scholastic Year,
March 20th. 1W. tf.
200.
FARM FOR SALE-
THE SrilSCKIKEIS WILLSF.LL HI
J. known ss the Ll'CK E IT A KM. itui "
Munster
township. Camhna couuty. coi-1-'
abont
ACRES, ABOUT BO ACKES CLEAKK
havinir thereon erected a arood frame Imuf -frame
harn. The larm is In a fine state
vatlon, is well watered and haa a good orl''',
bearinif fruit trees. The farm la within !-,
minutes walk or Luckett's Station on tte V"
bonr and Cresson Kallroad.
Eor further particulars Inquire of Oe.'' .
Hoade, Esii Etensbur, Ia or ol tbe bdi!i:'
ltJrVJ MtMl
r
Lrje bott:es fi. 'es
tiiree days. Phil a Tii.
I eight IT
eu Tears ago.