EDCNSDURC, PA..
FRIDAY, - - - SEPT. G, iSSO.
DEMOCRATIC COl'STY TICKET.
JAMES C. DAUBY, of Coneaaugb
D'MMDgt).
,R UESTKR AND RECORDER.
CELTINE J. liLAlK, of EDna-
TOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY !
FRANCIS J. O'CONNOR of Johns
town. FOR POOR DIRECTOR :
RAPHAEL IIITE. ir CirroU Twp.
FOR t'ORONER :
TETER McGOU;iI. of lrtaz Twp.
KORCOl'STV M RVEOR :
HENRY MIANLAX, of Crrolltown.
From the IIa-rlsriurg Patriot, of
Thursday we take the followlug report
of the Drmccratic State Con Tent ion
fcelJ at that city on Wednesday :
'E-imund A. UiRler, of Clearfield,
will be Democratic standard bearer in
the corning eatupalgn, ulJ the keynote
of the fight will be treasury reform.
The Democratic State Convention,
held here yesterday, nominated Mr.
liigler for State Treasurer, and adopted
a thoroughly Democratic platrorm. It
was one of the most harmonious con
tentions in the history of the party In
Pennsylvania. The speeches were of
a ringing order. No time was lost in
idle talk, or in malignant contests, and
in short contentment was the charac
teristic feature of the meeting.
State Chairman Kl?ner started the
Convention to work shortly before 11
o'clock when be announced that the
nomination of a lempoary chairman was
in order. W. Rush Gillan, of Cham
bersburg, whosn name had been men
tioned in connection with the honor,
arose and moved that Hon SauuH M.
Wherry, of Cumberland, be chosen and
the Convention readily agreed to the
proposition. "Lfufurl that banner."
said Wherry in his speech to the dele
gates, "which has floated without stain
from Thomas Jefferson to G rover Cleve
land, " and the Convention showed their
approval of the statement by a great
outturn of applause.
After Congressman J. 1$. Reilly, of
Schuylkill, bad ben elected as the
Convention's permanent presiding offi
cer, and the various committees had
been appointed, nominations of candi
dates for State Treasurer followed. 11.
Jones Monnghan, of Chester, presented
the name of Edmund A. Blgler, and
the nomiuat ion was seconded by Con
gressman-elect Kerr, of Clearfield, and
John Malone, of Lancaster.
Th name of Homer J, Humes, of
CrawTord, was pUced before the Con
vention by John Schwartz, of that
county, and William J. Ttrennen, of
Allegneiiy, also spoke in the interest of
Mr. Humes, Captain A. A. Claj. of
K k. whs nominated by Harrr IUll, and
John Forn. of FhiUdfiphla, presented
the name of Iac Wiide, of that ciiy.
The first ballot renulied in the ne'ec'.ion
of Jr. Ii gi-r. This was the vote :
Dialer...
Hume. ,
Clay
Wilde....
Then
21 7
- 21
4
uVled! IV nek F dey. of
Allegheny, who vi ted fi-r Mr. Humes,
moved that the Eoniiuai Uu b made
unanimous, and there was not a dissent
irg voice."
Til E ri. ATFORM.
The platform as reported by Mr. II.
S. Cayanaugh, of Northampton, from
tbe committee ou resolutions is as fol
lows ;
The Democracy of I'enngylvan la, in
convention assembled, declare :
1. That all powers not expressly
granted to the general government are
withheld and a sacred observance of the
rule of ronpi ruction contained in the
tenth amendment to the constitution
its-;r. is essentia! to the preservation of
tLe rntciples of home rule, and of pare,
lienes: and economical Government, to
the end that latwir may not be robbed
of tlie tread it has earned.
W applaud tbe action of President
Cleveland and our Democratic represen
tatives in Cor.gresa looking to tariff tax
reform, and we re-affirm the declaration
of principle made by the Democracy
ct the Union at St. Louis in 1SSS. es
pecially that demanding a revis:on of
and reduction of tariff taxes for the
relief at once of American labor, Amers
industries. American taxpayers, by the
repeal of such tariff taxra, as cow invite
and protect monopoly greed that lessens
production, lessens employment of
labor, decreases wages and increases
cost to consumers, aud by tbe admission
of raw material free of duty in all cases
where it will enlarge our products,
multiply our markets and increase de
mand for labor.
3. We regard trus's, in whatever
form organized, as tbe result of the ex
iS'.ing monopoly tariff, and we demand
the repeal of such tariff taxes as enable
tbem to control domestic production,
by unlawful combination, and to extort
from the people exorbitant prices for
their products.
4. W accept the decision of the peo
pie of Pennsylvania rendered by tbe
ballot on the Prohibitory Amendment
as a declaration in-favor of a reasona
ble, jast and effective regulation of the
trade to arden; spirits. We bold that
the agreement of the Republican part
tbiough its representative in tbe Legis
latnre to the proposed Prohibitory
Amendment to the Constitution, and
Its defeat at tbe polls in spite of the
republican majority of 80,000 votes, are
lacs lb t rata&i'rh bynnd doubt ihe
Iirpocrm of the Republican lenders in
their treatment ot the quesllon of Po
tiM'ion. 5. We hold the R'Dubtican party re
rp mailit for the failure a failure will
lu'ity and corruptly Incurred to en
force by "appropriate legislation" tbe
sixteenth and seventeenth articles
of the Cons' Itu'ioQ, d-sliined to protect
the land and labor, the people and in
dustries of this commonwealth.
C. We hold tbe Republican party re
sponsible for the failure to pga any law
for tbe relief of the moo! ialorers of
the State of Pennsylvania, and we re
commend the eniclioent of such laws as
will give equal protection and equal op-
portuoities in every branch of industry
to ali citizens irrespective of race, te
ligion or nati rity . We also hold tbe F.e
publiean party responsible Tor the fail
ure of the Legislature to consider favor
ably tbe petition of the workingmen and
farmers of this State for the equalization
of the burdens of taxation and for relief
from the exactions ol monopoly.
7. We hold the Republican party
re?pjusib'e for tbe notorious corruptions
which have for many years prevailed iu
the management of the Sri(t Treasury,
for tbe system of depositing loans with
out Interest, euric'uinar favorites of the
ring by tbe use ot t'ue public money, and
for tbe flagrant violation of law by the
Commissioners of the sinking fund, and
we pledge the faith of the Democratic
party t at (He candidate this day nom
inated will, if elected, reform these
wrongs.
8. We favor the Australian ballot sys-
a . a . a . ...
icq as aaapiea to meet tbe require
ments of onr constitution, and tbe spe
cial wauts of our people, in order to se
cure tbe freedom and purity of elecs
tions menaced ly tbe combined power
of monopoly and the corruption of Re
publican rings and bosses.
'K That tbe sufferers by the recent
floods have our sincere sympathy, and
that while we deprecate and condemn
the management on the part of the
State authorities by which relief to our
sorely kill ic ted fellow citizens has been
unnecessarily delayed, we urge our
representatives in tbe legislature to
take such constitutional action as will
give substantial relief to tbe stricken
communities.
10. While we favor a liberal systVm
of pensions to such veterans of tbe late
war as have been honorably discharged
and who from wounds or other physical
infirmities have been rendered unfit for
manual or other labor, we deem it un
just to that large class or faithful sol
dieis of the anion who take a just pride
in the heroic achievements of their
comrades in arms, that there should be
added to the pension roll tbe names of
any who are not qualified therefor by
reason of honorable and faithful service
in the line of duty.
The foregoing declarations were
unanimously adopted, as was a resolu
tion expressing sympathy for the suffer
ing people of Ireland, and another en
dorsing the association of Democratic
clnbs.
TnE public debt statement for Aus
gust just ont, says the Pittsburg I'ot,
shows some remarkable facts that wili
interest the great American taxpayer.
While tbe receipts of the Treasury
for August, 18SH. were about the same
as for August, 18SS, under the Cleve
land Administration, or in round num
bers about 1,000.000, tbe expendi
tures of the past month exceed those
for August, 1SSS. about 40 per cent., or
StU.uxj.00i) against 524,000.000 under
Cleveland.
There is Tatnerism for you. "Treat
the boys libeially" was the salutation
Benjamin gave the Corporal when tbe
latter took cfiice.
As a result of this "liberal" treat
ment, tbe rublic debt waa increased
or August. 1SSO, in tne neat 8UQJ of
? OTtl.GO-2. The pension disbursements
were nearly doubled during tbe month.
The surplus is going, going, and will
soon be gone. On Tanner's plan there
will have to be an increase of taxation
t meet ih raids on tbe Treasury rather
thau a redact ton.
Pfnmox Commissioner Tanver !
is catching in on all side and President
ti ..i .
T ,T TV DD,0a,i him'
Ihe ihllade!phi3 Hull tin. a radical,
Republican DaDer. ane&kinir nf TnTra
Milwaukee speech, says : "It shows
that be deliberately made use of expres-
stons which were nothing less than the
meet intolerable insults to the wifes and
widows of soldiers of the Union Ae
cording to Tanner's notions it is the I
d,, , ,, i
uty of the Government to cont nue
paying a pension to a widow even a. ter
she marries again. If i: does not do I
tbis it will be responsible for tbe loss of - na ru lo the honor of the sol-
Tbe habits of thought which lead a j Depai'ment ; but tbe earnest! eloquent
man into making such an observation I nd patriotic arpeals which haye re
at any time or place, not to speak of I centIT come from Cox and Coyton to tbe
such an occasion as a Grand Armv en- I TeUran. of, ,th" country, make them
the soldiers the supreme folly of sus- tire satisfaction of all true soldiers and
taininar a Pension Commissioner who J 'l patriotic citizens.
hs no more sense than to give rein tot 1' is idle to assume tbt the Adminis
bls tongue in that fashion." tration can temporize with Tannerism
Six million's increase of tbe public
debt during tbe month of August !
That is the record of the Harrison Ad
ministration. And it bas managed to
effect this increase in spite of purchases
d uripg the month of Government bonds
by the Treasury to the amount of some
S2m.000.0G0 The real increase of the
couutry'a obligations is, therefore,
many millions in excess of tbe Treasury
statement. In July there was another
increase of something over a million.
This might Lave been accidental, but
when figures like those for August con
front the people they may be pardoned
for doing some thinking. What be
comes of Republican professions of
economy 't We suggest tbat a Star
Chamber Committee, composed of Rub
ber S'atup Windom, and God-nelp-the
F:uplu Tauner, Le appoicted to
consider the problem nd report a solu
tion. The explanation, if any can be
offered, should te of a nature to adapt
it to the use of Republican organs m
distress.
President IIikusun's recntFast
eru and Western tours, says an ex
change, seem to te geneially accepted
as an evidence of a desire on bis part to
be renominated, but it was not needed
to convince observant people- tbat be has
been in tfrice only six months, he has
ahown jretiy conclusively tbat Le will
not be satisfied v.ith one term. His
failure to declare, in bis inaugural ad
drss, against eecond terms, bis evident
determination to Ignore, as fares pos-
s" me, ti.e mem:rs of bia rarty who
might stand in the way ot bis ambition !
his bid for the soldier vote by 'be ap-
pointnr.ect of Commissioner Tnn.p
his bid for the l.tnr nt Oik l).nil.!;.,,
press ty bis appointment to important
offices of leading Rrpcblican editors,
and bis recognition or Mabone in Yir
ginU, can hardly be coualrued in any
other way than ttat he does not intend,
i be can prevent tt, bis political carter
to end la lSt"-2.
Why Republicans Attack the Rules.
Representative Henry Cabot Lodse of
Massachusetts declares that the great
question for tbe coming Congress is
the revision of tbe rules of tbe
House of Representatives. He says
this issue overshadows all others, and
that if "the system of rules in tbe
House of Representatives is right, then
the entire American system of Govern
ment from top to bottom is wrong."
It is wonderful bow very important
an alteration of the rules bas become in
the eyes of the Republicans since they
have reached tbe conclusion that with
out such a change they will not be able
to carry tfceir partisan measures tbiough
Corgre-s. It is partisanship rot patri
otism, that troubles them. Love for
the edicts and the power to make laws
that will be Republican rather than
American is tbe animating motive or
tbir cru.ade against regulations which
have long preserved the freedom of con
gressionnl discussion by protecting the
rights of the minority.
During Democratic control of the
House of R-presentativrs the R-pabli-
cans found no fault with the system of
parliamentary discipline which they
now denounce as inherently incompati
ble with tbe American methods in Gov
ernment. Tbey accepted to tbe fullest
degree the protection of which they
now seek to deprive tbe Democrats.
The reason for this change of front is
easily found. There are contests for
congressional seats got up under .the
auspices of Republican political bead
qnartets. and these claims are confined
almost exclusively to districts in tbe
Southern States, In which it is proposed
to re-establish carpetbag domination.
Tbe Republican scheme Is to oust
from those representative positions
Democrats who have been dnly declared
elected in their respective States, and to
install in their stead Republican com
petitors whose defeat at the polls bas
been ascertained ana announced by tbe
proper local authorities. It is proposed
in this way to revolutionize in part tbe
verdict of last year's elections, in order
that what is called "a woiking majori
ty" may be given totbe Republicans by
the action of their own committees.
Toe fact that tbe rules constitute an
obstacle to such a proceeding is In itself
a proof to tbe usefulness and merit of
tbose parliamentary regulations.
Mr. Lodge's pretense of putting this
partisan conspiracy on a high plane of
statesmanship will deceive no one. Re
publicans as well as Democrats realize
the true character of tbe Quay scheme
to take, "with a mailed band," all tbey
can obtain from tbe results of the last
election. Democrats will resist this
effort to change tbe rules and they
will appeal, with confidence, to right
minded Republicans to refrain from
depriving tbem of the fair play that
Republicans secured by reliance on the
rules which Mr. Lodge assails, as
spokesman for the Republican machine.
A", y. .Star.
A tirare Problem The Remedy.
It is a grave condition and not a
theory that now confronts President
Harrison because of the flagrant abuse
and bewildering profligacy of the Pen
sion Department under Commissioner
Tanner, and the problem must be speed
ily solved. How will it be done ?
It must now be clear to the President
and tbe Cabinet that Commissioner
Tanner mnst be dismissed from the
office he bas so shamefully abused and
from the leadership of the veterans of
tbe country upon whom be bas brought
consuming shame, and the sooner it is
done and tbe bolder the action of the
President, the better it will te for tbe
Administration, for the party, for the
soldiers and for tbe country.
It is now evident that if the meeting
r Congress shall finj Tanner fn office.
of
tbe K-publican members will take the
lead in demanding his dismissal, and it
is not now concealed that tbe Republi
can House will refuse to honor Tanner's
call for pension appropriations without
first catting up his abuses by the roots
and reveising bis general policy. Such
an issue would not only seriously em
barrass the Administration, but would
l-'ace it in a most indefensible attitude
T.m.UBtT- k
The time has come when the Govern-
ment mu9t PU tn Pion system on
an entirely different Diane from that
lately Civen it bv nension aharlra nn1
J'udu,enl pensioners, and if President
TSST tnens
Commissionership. he would at once
Dd th whole speculative and fraiulent
Pension trade.
" L oeneral. Governor,
vwv-i auu always a ltPUDlls
ran P.niM kT
journalist always a Republican, and
1)01,1 are men of eminent ability, integ-
In the Tension Department ir nmof
be dismissed sooner or later, and soon
at the lateest ; ani why not solve tLe
perplexing problem at once and for all
time by calling such a man as Cox or
Rovnton to tbe CommiBsionship ?
l'hihi. Time.
A point Hell Scored.
One of the resolutions of the Prohibi
tion State Convention raises an issua
which at least does not belong to last
year's bird's nests.
In this resolution the charge is delib
erately made that the Sinking Fund
needlessly sold 51,000,000 ot interest-
bearing Government bonds and deposit
ed the proceeds among favorite banks
which pay the State no interest. This
action is denounced as "a cross piece of
mismanagement" and "a wanton viola
tion" of the laws for investine tbe
money of the Commonwealth In State
and at tional securities.
The grave etatement here made by a
respectable body of tbe citizens of Penn
sylvania is one which neither the Sink
ing Fund Commissioner nor the Repub
lican candidate for State Treasurer can
afford to tguore. While it is true that
the candidate is not responsible for the
financial acts of the Sinking Fund Com
mission, he was nominated by tbe same
political influences that control the
Mate Treasury. If be snould be elected
State Treasurer, Speaker lioyer would
be expected to pursue tbe same policy
that now prevails in the management of
tbe Commonwealth.
The people of Pennsylvania have a
high interest in the election of a State
Treasurer who will Inflexibly obey the
laws relating to the public finances, and
who will not manipulate the Treasury
balances for the promotion cr private
Interests. This is what the Prohibition
State Convention charges airainst the
mdi aiaie -.treasurer and bis essoci.
"t?Jn l.ne Sir,kin Fund Commission
shall be arrested.
this
abuse
Tbe Prohibitionists have .it -
bringing this important matter before
the people of the Commonwealth.
1'hiia. JItcord.
ilns. Catharine Scllivan, moth
er of John L. Sullivan tbe prize fighter
died at bet Lome m Boston on last Friday.
. Europe's Warlike Peace.
Talk of the disarmament or at least
of simultaneous reiuctioa of forces by
tbe Govern mem s of Continental Eu
ropo nobs up every once in a while, to
be followed almost immediately by an
increase in the same. In 1SS2 Prince
Bismarck assumed tbe white robes of
peace and astonished the European
world by a declaration in favor of re
duction of forces ; within a month a
bill was introduced Into tbe Imperial
Parliament increasing tbe artillery arm
of tbe military service by about 60 per
Cf nt.
WitLin the last month tbe European
world has Ront through a somewLat
similar experience. When bii Youth
ful and Imperial Highness of Germany
visited England tbe first week In Au
gust and was entertained off Spithead
by wilts of shipping and tbe thunders
of mx-iine artillery, it was felt that Eng
land bad been induced lo give some
sort of adhesion to the Triple Alliance
ot Germany, Austria and Italy, and
tbat this strong quartette would be a
guarau'.ee of peace for a lorg period
and even hasten the time of diminish
ed armaments. To-day the official or
gans throughout Germany are prenar
ing tbe pubhe mind for increased mili
tary taxation by demanding tbat tLe
army be Increased to meet tbe standard
of force which France will be enabled
to put in tbe field under ber new con
scription laws. Tbe military forces in
Alsace-Lorraine are also to be largely
increased. "White-winged peace"
wears in Germany a suit of black armor
underneatn ber outergarb, very clearly.
A!I these moves are of course simply
so many phases of a gradually aggra
vating condition of things for the un
heard million, who. in all tbe countries
from tbe straits of Dover to tbe Bos
phorus, pay the taxes that support tbe
costly follies, ambitions and hatreds of
the many governments of the Conti
nent. Tbat tbe end must soon come is
very certain ; but how will it come no
one can forsee. There seems to be less
reason to anticipate a millenium of uni
versal peace and good-will In Continen
tal Europe to day than at any time pre
vious. For no matter how much tbe
western or central governments and
peoples might desire it, tbe vast and
irresponsible despotism of Russia can
never be counted npon except as a dis
turbing element In tbe sitnation. and
armaments will have to be kept up on
her accouut if for no other. Yet every
day brings these governments nearer to
bankiuptcy as inevitably as it brings
the approach of next winter. Truly, it
is a great and terrible problem. PAiZo.
Herald.
The Inter-State Futility.
Tbe President kas appointed Judge
Wbeelock G. Yeazey of Rutland, Yer
mont, a member of the Inter State
CommerceCommission, to fill the vat
cancy caused by tbe retirement of Mr.
Aldace F. Walker. We presume tbat
Judge Veazey is a highly respectable
Green Mountain lawyer and a very
worthy man. His appointment makes
the Inter-State Commerce Commission
homogeneous. That is to say, it is now
composed entirely of lawyers, and is a
sort of private Supreme Bench and
Conrt of Finality all to itself.
Tbe Commission does not fulfil the
purpose for which it was created, and
for the very reason that it is composed
exclusively ol lawyers. Instead of be
ing an executive body, charged with
the practical enforcement of an explicit
act of Congress, the Commission has
constituted itself a court of judicial In
quiry, a solemn and impracticable
oracle of exceeding dignity and Ineffable
futility. It bears cases, and after
periods of protracted and tedious gesta
tion it delivers opinions. The result
has been tbat it bas accomplished noth
ing. It has failjd to enforce tbe law
and that all i: has acheived is a most
preposterous amount of personal deport
ment, and the waste of a lot of time
not to mention money.
IT. as common sense should have dic
tated in the beginning, the Commission
bad included one or two train d rail
road men of good business qualifica
tions, it would have done more in one
day than it has effected In a year. It
would have enforced the law, rebuked
tbe dishonest men who have been wreck
ing railroads under Its nose and making
it the laughing stock of the public, and
justified its own existence before the
P ople. As it Is. there cannot be much
more patience with It. If n continue
in thefnture as it basin the past, its
operations will be resented. It affords
no relief, and it is rapidly attaining
recognition as a governmental incubus
and bineau of oppression, whose sole
bleold lawyers to draw comfortable
salaries and articulate inefficacious ut
terance. .V. Y. Hun.
A Diaapolntment.
.I.Ktl!,7w were an PecP'e who expect
ed that the Grand Army of tbe Repub-
n1TKUlV,seto thedutT of condemn
ng the -buses of the present adminis
tration of the Pension Bureau, or that
tbey would at least refrain from active
and positive endorsement of the chief
T?Vlhe ""J- " canQP blowers.
James Tanner, they must experience a
severe setback with tbe news of this
TJnf- ,KV"y c,ear,J- 108 Tanner
element, the sort that always cluster
around wherever public charity is to be
nl SZV1'1 tb- "longest voices
,are ln large majority iu the great
EL .il "lt?r,Ity- A resolution than
of rmefB f0r the "PPointment
of Comrade" Tanner was "adopted
under a suspension of the rules, unanl-
?d. mi1 grtat cheerin." e are
Le K..hai 'we Mk a ,Ql1 investigation
of his administration ot the affairs of
the Pension Bureau." Is evidently of
tbe same spirit that prompted the "Cor
pora," to n. Itto in fact, equiva
fen ,h." lta.tfment of tbe assurance
the investigation asked for tbe manl
iest and cross lrrecrnlariHaa ln tv- i
5?!a m S'ossed over and
ia- ni t "un,n ihe spirit of
law. rhtla. Herald.
the
One of the greatest afflictions tbat
bas followed and due directly to the
Johnstown flood, is the poetical descrip
tions of that disaster that are spnn out
TharP. t. rby, 80ID8.of oar exchanges.
There is a feeling of well we cannot
describe It, comes over you when read
ing them and you feel that If the ready
made poets from all parts of the
country could have been gathered into
Johnstown on tbat fatal day and tbe
good people got out, what a blessing
proved tofge?arW the flood ,d ha"
Kleetrle Kilter.
Thi rt medj U teeomlaa- to well known an .
porular m. to need no fpelal nT.ntl AU
tare m1 Klactrte Bitter. ln the .onZlf
pra.M. A purer medlc.ne doei not mxut and Tit ?I
M Sr." jttszz -"
"c oa oiner inaction rau.ed b imi.nV.
Mood.-U iU drtre Malaria from the wtiS Jd
prerent ll rare all Malart.l ''rert-Kni
try Uecu-ic
itleri. r.ntlre aatlilactlnn
anteed, or
oney refunded. I'nt t-i tui. and
S1.1M per bottle at the dru -tor. of E. Janet Kb.
- - - , ijumu.
2otv iTHSTANEiNo the recent de
diaion of the Supreme Court in the mat
ter of wholesale license?. Judge Stewart,
or i ranklin county, lefnsed a whole
sale license to C. 11. Gordon the other
day. Il put his refusal to grant Ue
licenboa the ground that the
law on which the decision of the Su
preme Court was based does not apply
irjuaoat8ide f A,,h6D
SEWS AXD OTHER MOTIXUS.
A movement is on foot in Tekin. China,
among a number of the bigt? officials to
bave all Americans employed In China ex
pelled from the empire. It Is reported tbat
Prince Cbua consents.
A very considerate tblef who entered J
r. necKiey's nouse st ulassboro. X. J- a
night or two ago, stole $lti from Mr. Berk
leys trousers, bat left a (5 bill on a cbalr
wltn this note : "I am not a ho."
A New Tlampbshlre couple were mar-
riea in a Dai loon tne otter day. Tbey prob
ably thought tbey were undereoins a novel
experience, but tbe fact Is tbat most peo
ple s naads are In the clouds wben tbey set
married.
Advice from Yokohama under date of
Aug. 30th. states that dlpastrons storms
have recently occurred lo Wakayama. Ten
thousand persons perixhed In the floods fol
lowing the storms, and 20 000 were reader
ed botuelesM. Tbe lou of property was
enormous.
Locomotives in England are not sup
plied with headlights or bells. IleadlhrhU
are not osed because guards are stationed
along the road at Intervals of one mile, and
no living thing is allowed to go npon
tbe trace Bella are unnecessary, as there
are no erosstngs at track level.
Alden 3. Stockwell, who was at one
time president of the Pacific Mall Steam
shin company and a Wall street bigb-flyer.
recently round f 28.000 In bonds among a
lot of old papers. Aa be bad lost bis for
tune and beea for years In poverty it was a
lucky windfall.
Harvey Grablll. of Mssbeim. Pa., bas a
tiny rat terrier. A couple or mornings
since be found the terrier and a monstrous
rat playing genially in toe-yard. He went
into the bouse for a weapon, beard a
scratching, opened tbe door, and lo frUked
dog and rat. which began to gambol around
tbe room.
A remarkable wedding took place at
Goshen, Ind.. recently. Meoaick Carpenter,
aged 89. was wedded to Mrs. Pbene Clan
danlel. wbo bas seen C9 summers. Both of
tbe contracting parties bad beea wfdlel
three times, before, and they were accom
panied at tbe ceremony by their grand
children. Samuel Rhodes, of Monroe town ski p.
Juniata coanty, bas discovered auartr.
rock on his farm which contains valuable
mineral. Mr. Rhodes asserts tbat six mil
lion dollars worth ot tbe tirwlnnn mtat o.n
be taken from each acre of bis farm. If
such is the ease he Is one of the richest men
in tbe btate.
A condemned criminal In England must
be allowed to see three SoDdava betwnon
his sentence and bis execution. Of course,
ne caa thus be bung In a little over two
weeks, but tbe three Sundays mnst Das
over hie head before the gallows claims him.
The custom is a relic of medheval times.
wben a criminal was allowed tbat much of
a respite to prepare for death.
Henry Turner and Milton F.llintt tmn
saw-mill bands at Landlsville. Indiana, en
gaged in a desperate duel last Sunday in
which Elliott, wbo used a poker, was nearly
cnt to pieces by Turner, wbo fought with a
knife. Elliott received three gashes, one of
which was a tcalp cut from ear to ear.
The most dangerous wound was a slash
across tbe stomach. Ilia recovery Is doubt
ful. Turner was anested.
While an eleven-year-old daughter of
Bryon Welsh of Albany, X. Y.. was carry
ing In her arms ber Infant sister. 11 months
old. en Sunday last, the little one cried for a
drink of water. The glr. picked np a bowl
of embalming fluid, which stood beside the
corpse of another child of tbe family, and
allowed tbe babe to drink of tba poisonous
mixture. A pbyticlan was summoned, but
the cbild died soon afterward.
A seedy man asked for a dinner at a
fffrmbouse In Ilarborcreek, near Erie, sev
eral days ago. Tbe lady snappishly re
fused him, but ber little daughter pleading
for him she relented, and after dinner tbe
man went on to the next farm where be
wrote a letter to the snappich lady reveal
ing the fact tbat be was ber brother, sup
posed to hare been drowned 30 years ago.
and Inclosing for the child a roll of new tlO
notes.
According to a French paper a sea mon
ster, such as no fisherman baa ever seen be
fore, has been stranded on Bancais Rocks,
situated to the west of the Island of St.
Honorat, near Cannes. The creature meas
ures Sl-i metres in length, and Is 5 metres
round the thickest part of Its body. It has
a beak resembling tbat of a parrot and two
horns on iu head ; Its eyes are at a dis
tance of one metre from the extremity of
tbe beak.
Thomas Mankevllle, the burglar who
shot by Samuel Treger at Glrardvllle.
Schuylkill county, on tbe night ot August
2nd. died of bis wounds In the county prison
last Friday mcrnlng. Mankevllle bad en
tered tbe bouse of Teger, who was awaken
ed by hi movements, and securing a gun
fired upoo the intruder. Mankevllle fired
five shots from a revolver at Treger with no
effect, and tbe latter thereupon fired a load
of shot Into the burglar's back.
-Tbe little village of Tarkersburg, But
ler county, la, is greatly excited over a
ghostly manifestat Ion tbat Las recently ap
peared in tbe town. About a year ago a
colored barber, who was leader of the vil
lage band, and well known for bis excellent
playing on tbe guitar, was taken sick and
died. Recently people living in the nclnl
ty of tbe bouse wbere be passed away bave
heard a guitar played precisely as be was in
tbe habit of playing it, with the same tunes
wblcb were bis favorites.
Mrs. Catharine Sullivan, the mother of
John L. Sullivan, died last Friday Bight at 8
o'clock at her ber borne in Boston, of paraly.
sis, after an illness ot six months. She was
was fifty-two years old. She was born In
ito5common county, Ireland, was fairly-well
eaucatea, and eame to the United States in
1853. She married Michael Sullivan two
years later, having by him two sons and two
daughters. John L. is tbe oldest child. He
bad been on a spree, but tbe news of bis
mother's Illness sobered him. He was at
ber death-bed.
A yonng aud pretty woman wbo gives
tbe name of Miss Rubens, attempted to
throw vitriol in tbe face of Boward Hem
mig, a wealthy young resident of Reading.
Fa, while the latter was out riding Satur
day. The woman was arrested and claims
tbat Hemmlg married ber at Fall River,
Mass.. recently. Hemmlg acknowledges
baying met ber. but says be told ber tbat be
was a married man, and be alleges she told
him she did not care if he was married 19
times she would be willing to make bis
twentieth wife. Hemmlg also says that
If be ever went through any wedding cere
mony be bas no remembrance of it.
Henry Sacbe, well-to do farmer, liv
ing five miles south from Hawley, quarrell
ed with and shot bis wife on Friday after
noon in his own yard. Sacbe Is a German.
70 years of age, and was living with bis sec
ond wife, wbo Is not more than half his age.
He bas been very quarrelsome for a nntnv
ber of years, has threatened many times to
shoot her, and carried out his threat on
Friday. Fortunately she bad reached such
a distance before be Ered that the shot scat
tered so ttat it may not prove fatal. She
was taken to a neighbor's house and snrgi
cal aid summoned. The old man says he
was provoked to commit the deed.
SUCCESSORS TO GEIS, FOSTER & QUINN,
113 XD 115 CL1XTOX STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PENXSYLXi
, at
hall attention to their large and varied assortment of Dress Goods, comprising blac k nd rolore.l
a full line of black Cashmeres, Henriettas, Melrose, Drass d' Alma, Armmos and Nuns' V, "K''
colored Cashmeres, Henriettas, Serges, ttroad Cloths, Albatross, rtc. Wash Dress Good '
styles. Dress Buttons and Trimmings to match Dress Goods, Table Linen, Napkins Ton, ali
Toweling, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Underwear and Hosiery, Corsets in 2" different "V?"J
Misses' Corsets and Waists, Kid Gloves and Silk Mitts, Table Covers and Lambrequin II-., Y 1
x-i-Ac i- loumuug. etc, etc,
SSgg-" GOODSDELTVERED TO
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NU.SODA
KA I NIT
PLASTER A Door teamster in Boston, who tonnrf
tl30 In cash, not only promptly sought out
the owner, a maanfactartue firm, but re
fused to accept a reward.
John S. Yanding. a nrominent carpen
ter and builder of narrtsburg, was drowned
In the canal on Saturday. A boatman no
ticed the body In the water at tbe lock near
Lochiel. aud notified tbe lock -tender. It
was discovered about 7 o'clock Saturday
morning. As there were no marks Indicat
ing violence. Coroner Sblodler's Jury reach-
en tne conclusion that death was caused by
accidental drowning.
Wben the steamshln Anadvr. of the
Messaserles Marttlmes. was mnr tha nth
day in collision off Aden, she carried down
Into seven fathoms of water 174 eases of sll
ver Ingots, valued at 650.000 franca, wbicb
were destined for tbe Iodo-Chlna Bank ;
123 cases of sold wire for Madras. 113 cases
of watches, several cases of lewelrv for
Saigon, valuable woven stuffs for China.
800 sacks of Bordeanz wine and 100 cases of
champagne.
An exciting seene was wliniwuit at an
exhibition by Miss Beaumont, tbe aeron
aut, at North Shields. England, on Satur
day. In descending from ber baloon with a
parachute tbe woman got caught by a light
ning conductor, from wblcb she hang sus
pended by one arm far above the arrnnnd.
There was a great crowd of spectators and
the excitement was Intense. Ladders was
brought as quickly as possible, and the dar
ing aeronaut made a safe descent.
The sixteenth annual exhibition of the
Grangers of the United States was brought
to a close at Williams' Grove on Saturday.
It Is estimated tbat over 150.000 nersons
were in attendance during the week. The
exhibits met with ready sales. The exhibi
tion was tbe mo6t successful one ever held,
and tbe revenue derived from it was juite
larce. A meeting of tbe Executive Com
mittee of the National Grange was held In
the auditorium on Saturday, and It was
agreed to bold the next exhibition In Au
gust, 1890, at tbe same place.
On Friday afternoon a ladle in the steel
mill at Homestead, containing thirty tons of
molten metal, boiled over upoo a group of
workmen, two of whom were burned to
death almost wbere they stood, twe men
were fatally burned, and three others re
ceived burns which may malm them for
life. Andrew Keppler stood in tbe Ingot
pit and received the full shower of liquid
steel. He was forty-two yeats of age and
leaves a wife and six children. William
Fagan was burned oyer the bead and en
tire body. He was thirty years of age. ai.d.
If he dies, will leave a wife and two chil
dren. Nicholas Bowerr, twenty four years
of ace and single, was so badly burned that
be died at his brotter's bouse on Saturday
eight Joseph Durkes, a Hungarian, was
probably fatally burned. The other men
injured are Isaac Lane, of Turtle Creek ;
Stephen Christ. Michael Daerko, and John
Dudas. Tbe dead and Injured men were all
members of the Amalgamated Association.
Wblikrr Kills.
How often are . we yet to be told that
whiskey kills ? Arsenic kill ; opium kills,
and so do hundreds of other good remedies
kill If e!ud instead or uaei. But ask tbe
question. "Will whiskey cure ?" "Yes !' is
the positive reply of tbe moet eminent phy
sicians of all tbe land. Disease steals into
yoor system like a sneak thief Into your
bonse, and often by neglecting a bad cold,
we end onr days In lingering, and wishing
for health wben. Indeed, m bottle of Pure
Whil-ev or Brandy would have cured the
cold. Such goods may be scarce, but they
can. be fonnd at Max Kleins 82 federal
street, Allegheny. His "Silver Age" is the
only whisky endorsed by tbe doctors. You
can get tbe pure Guckenbeimer. Finch or
Gibson Rye at f 1.00 per a. a art or six quarts
for $5.00 Send for price list.
NOT DJEAij YET!
VALUE LUTTRINCER,
KAmvacrcan or
IK, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
AND TIN ROOFING,
Kevpecttnlly Inrltaa the attention ol hti lriendi
and th public In general to the fact that ha la atlll
carrying on bORlnest at the old f tand opposlta the
Mountain Honse. Ebcnibarv, and ll prepared to
apply rrom a lance etock, ormanafactnrinir u or
der, any article in bli line, from the malleat to
the largest, la the be t manner and at the lowest
llrlpg price.
rVNe penitentiary wora either made or told
at thlf ei tabllshmenu
TIN ROOFING a SPECIALTY.
Olve me a eall and fatlsfy yonroelTea an to my
WOTk and prices. V. LUTTKINQKii.
l?-nbuix. April 18, ISSS-tl.
ST. CHARLES
Charles S. Cill, Proprietor.
Table unsurpassed. Remodel
ed with office on ground floor.
.Natural gas and incandescent
light in all rooms. New steam
laundry attached to house.
Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave,
Pittsburgh, Pa:
TIMBER FOR SALE.
fTTIE rNDEKSIO.NED IS THK OWNER OF
-J- a tract of land ettnated In '-ainhria town
'bijv Omr.rt ronr-ty. Pa-, rnntalaiii)r h.iut 1M
A RI-S, loeatel SU. miles Norla of Kbenebure.
which ia heavily timbered with
Hemlock, Beech, Su;ar, Etc.
The timber on laid premiss or the land and tim
ber ts for le, pnd lor further iulorcuation in re
gird to him apply to or a.idrefi
EPWAKIMIItlFFlTH.
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WAT08JVUKER $ 4EWEIEH,
AND DEALER IN
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$mm Btsmmm stock
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TS, SH0ES&
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Boots for Men and Boys,
Gum Boots lor aLgil ami Iys.
Ladies' and Misses' Shoes,
Gum. Shoes- for Ladies-and Children,
Shoes for Children and Babies,
Shoes to fit Everybody at Lowest Price?.
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EXPOSITION
ADMI??ICJ 25 CF.NT3.
HOPPER BROTHERS. $c CO.
Extend to you. a hearty invitation when yon visit the City to call
and examine our steak of
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CAPwPET3, LACE CURTAINS,
DICING
BEDDIXG STOVES AND
We furnish everything that pprtains to the
can be had elsewnre lo Jthe Uity.
WE ARE XKAIi
Cars from the 11. & O. and Fi R. R. Depots
roation necessary.
Hooper Bros.. & Gx, 307 Wood St.. Pittsburg, h
-6.
Cil KnraMwrmp. Clam Matnembc. (m u4 the iv
atKimti tKMrrl nh thai PrixitI. 1 mIm x men &ad pi
vnowis r-'Cty room kas im tt tMi ry1iaiw and ia
athletlcvtlc. CrnMaium. Stii! oiiomttioa, fmr Apt ftbaiests t a4vYJ' rap r-rrvitt- tuKwmc nrt
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Geo. 7ST. Claiia
ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE,
LOKETTO.PA,
IN CHARGE 0
FRANCISCAN BROTHERS.
Board and Tuition
for the Scholastic Year, $200.
March S9th. IRSfi. tf.
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Celebrated Rcckford
WATCHKH,
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In Key and Stm tVindt-r.
..Alinil SELECTION or AI L KIND
of JET7ELRY always on Lati'l.
My line of Jewelry i umurpsii
Cr.nie and see ror y ourself before iuiclii
mgelfwhere.
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AT PITTSBURG
OPENS Stl'T. 4th. US.OSKS Of'T. !:
AND KITCHEN FUEXITUFX
RAITGES.
proper fitting of a houFe at lowor r''''5' tti4
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pass our Doors. VfUi Jtladly Rive any
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