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EBCNSBURC. PA..
FRIDAY, - - - OCT. 11, 1SS9.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICK1T.
FOR STATE TRFASI KEU,
EDMUND A. BltiLKK. C'-nfl-M.
DEAOCRATIC lOL.MT TICKET.
TOB PROTUOXOTAUT :
JAMES C. DAItnV, of Conemaugb
Borough.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER.
CELESTIXE J. BLAIK, of Ebens-burg-.
TOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY :
FRANCIS J. O'CONNOR of Johns
town. FOR rOOR DIUECTOK :
RAPHAEL IIITE, of Carro!! Twp.
FOR CORONER :
VETER McGOUGII, of Portage Twp.
FOR COCNTY SI KVEYOR :
IIENI1V SCAN LAN, of Carrollrowo.
The Republican Ring s.j "rote the
Republican ticket this Fall and ir we
are sacceaaful the next 1'itsiJeLt Judge
will bo our."
A Ll'.KUNK county iau wants the
Governor to set apart a "sparrow day"
when, a wholesale oualaughter will be
made on the little pests.
TriE Republican liiog say they Lav
money enough raised to buy all the
Totea needed thia Fall to beat the Dem
ocrats. All that is wanting is to come
on and get your cash.
The finance committee of the New
York world's fair recommends a pre
liminary fund of fo.Oiw.OUO, to be sup
plemented by a Urgar one when necessa
ry legislation Ins be. n becured.
At the Indianapolis, Indiana, city
election held on Tuesday last, thw city
went Djmjcralic. an exact reversa 1 of
its former political status. President
Ilarridoo'a own city Las gone back on
the g. o. ix
Connecticut voted on a Prohibitory
Amendment on Monday. The Amend
ment was defeated by a vote of about 3
to 1. The election was conducted un
der the secret ballot system which ia
pronounced a success.
One of the prominent members of
the Republican Ring is doing a great
deal of tniveline just now. He says
"beat the Democratic county ticket
this Fall and 1 will be one of the mem
fcers of the next legislature from this
county."
Secretary Noble, when questioned
by a reporter od Saturday about how
soon a successor to Commissioner Tan
ner would likely be appointed, declined
to say anything further than that the
position had not been tendered to any
one since Major Warner's declination.
Hon. R. (fc. Mills, of Texas, Chair
man of the Wajsabd Meaus Committee
was in Washington on Monday and iu
a conversation said '"that tbicgh in
the the minority, the Democrats were
ruiiy conscious of their power, and !
would us it. "We do not propose,"
said he. "that the Republicau mnjuity
shall pass a fciuule m-asure without our
New England wants free raw ma
terial and ia preparing to make the de
mand on Congress. Said the veteran
Protectionist, Senator Morrill, or Ver
mont, the other day : "Sound policy
dictates that for proper encouragement
of manufacturers all m.ri.i.
should be frre, and wtiere nations mans j
ufacture for exportation no other policy j
can be maintained." !
Tun Italiars of New Yotk have been
notified by their Government thai it
will co operate with Ihi'ui in every way
to procure a suitable status of Christo
pher Columbus for presentation to tbe
ity of New York. Tuc aifctue will be
of gigantic size, made by an Italian
sculptor of Carrara marble, and will
cost J20.00U. Prtmier Crispl has con
tributed to the project.
A statement prepared at the reu
nion O.'lice shows that the number of
certificates for original pensions issued
during the months of July, August and
"September, 1S33, was 8,705, and during
the corresponding months of the pre
sent year, 13.GG0. The certificates is
sued during the last three months were
as follows: July, 4,303 ; August, 2,231,
and September, 3.120.
It has been asserted that money
enough was sent to Montana to buy a
complete Republican victory. It having
been assumed that the purchase of
votes in Montana would not prove more
costly than in Indiana or West Vir
ginia. The result is disappointing.
The Democrats have wiped cut the Re
publicau majority of 5000 and carried
the State except for Congressman.
The stumbling block in the pith way
of the vote-buyers was the Austraiisn
ballot system.
consent. For instance, you may depend
upon it that the rules of the House
will not be changed by the Republican
majority in any essential feature. We
do not propose to permit them to be
changed, as is desired by Mr. Reed and
others, in any particular feature. Nor
will we permit any of the proposed leg
islation looking to a control by Con
gress of the elections, for we see very
plainly what the purpose of that is.
The same can be said of the contest
cases that will come up before Congress.
IVe do not propose to let tbe Republi
can majority be further increased ad
libitum, by throwing out Democratic
members, as B?ems to be the purpose.
In other words, we propose to exer
cls control of the Ilonee just as much
as thoiirb we were still in toe majority,
because we kno our minority Is strong
tnojgh to make us the virtual rulers. "
A decision of I.rd Commissioner
Groff, Irufly reported hy Ulrgrapb,
says the Tniiad'slphi J?tcorJ. has an im
portance extending far beyond the indi
vidual case to which It relates. A land!
office in Minnesota decided that one
Ilanselin, who had taken np land nnder
the Homestead laws but bad not com
plied with their provisions, was not en-
titled to hold against another claimant.
Instead of nuking an actual residence
up hi !he Und within six rnorrba after
"i-di'e of c'ty, as rqired by the
laws, b bad oo y mtd occasional vis
its to it. Commissiooei Gioff overruled
the local laDd office, and la doing so es
tablished the precedent that the actnal
and bona fide residence enjoined by the
Ilomes'ead laws Is not necessary for the
acquirement of lands nnder those laws.
This decision, ir its import be cor
rectly given, will be balled with delight
by the cattle lanch syndicates and other
land grabbers who are seizing the pub
lic domain under various sections of
the laws. The strict enforcement of the
Homestead and Pre emption laws under
Cleveland's administration effectually
interrupted the plans of these earth
hungerers. But the action of Land
Commissioner Groff bas smoothed
away a very serious obstacle la their
path. They have only to make entries
opoa the public domain under the
Homestead laws in the names of their
cowboys to make occasional visits to
the lands in order to establish legal
residence.
The Nebraska attorney who has len
placed by President Harrison in control
familiar with the practice under the
Homestead laws, keenly recognizes bow
much their "technical" provisions em
bairass the land grabbers. He there
fore dt c'.ies In the case of a poor tquat
ter that an occasional visit will satisfy
the requirement of the laws in regard '
to a six month rf sijence ; aod this de- !
cision will latin all the cnttle sjutlicates j
that are usurping possession of the
Western domain.
The first decision of Lcd Commis
sioDerGroff indicates that "Tannsrism"
is not confided by any means to the
Pension Bureau. Commissioner Grcfl
Is quite as liberal which the public lands
as Corporal Tanner was with the public
money. What with the rulings of the
Treasury Department, the Land Office
and the Pension Bureau, the officials of
this Government are doing all that lies
in their power to remove all traces of
the reformatory work of Cleveland's
administration.
At tbe annual meeting of the Nat
ional Civil Service Reform League In
Philadelphia on Tuesday of las: week,
Mr. George William Curtis devoted his
addrees to a discussion of tbe record of
the Republican party and General Har
rison in enforcing the Civil Service
laws. His conclusion is that rxth Gen
eral Harrison and tbe party have vie
lated their pledges in a way so shauie
less as to be without parallel iu tbe his
tory of the country.
Mr. Curtis lays especial stress upon
the fact that both the party and the
President were pledged in the most un
equivocal way to enforce the Civil Ser
vice laws. It would be different if their
declarations in this re?pect had been
less explicit. But General Harrison,
both when In tbe Senate and when a !
candidate, had pledged himself to the
support or these laws, as did also tbe
Republican party in their national con
ventions, and during tbe whole of Mr.
Cleveland's Administration.
The Civil Sarvice record of the party
and tbe Administration is simply a
record of broken pledges. "No party,"
says Mr. Curtis, "ever broke faith with
Itself and thd country more complete
ly." But the President is just as guilty
as the party. He sits supinely while
Mr. Clarkson removes lo, 000 postmas
ters in six months.
Mr. Curtis believes that there is a
public sentiment In favor of Civil Ser
vice Reform that will become so strong
that it will force parties to respect It.
Perhaps so, but it will not be during
the present Adrc-Disf ration. Public
sentiment is not like'y to Lavu much
lrtluetce wltb President Harrison,
when it does not strike bis determina
tion to make Law Partner Miller a Su
pre me Court Judge.
The Uoited Labor League, of Pbila
de'phia, says the Harrisburg J'afrt'of, j
has endorsed tbe Australian ballot sys
tem and, at its meeting on Tuesday
last, a committee was appointed to ak
Speaker Boyer why be voted against the
bill at tbe last session.
The reply of Speaker Boyer to the in
quiry of tbe United Labor Lr ague will
be that he voted against making tbe
Australian bill a special order and not
attalnst tho bill itself. This will be the
merest evasloc, but it will be the test !
he can do.
Nobody conversant with the manner
in which 1-gisUtion was manipulated
in tbe two Houses of the Legislature
last winter can have any doubt that if
Boyer, Andrews aud Delmater had not
been opposed to ballot reform the Aus
tralian election bill would have become
a law. The United L-bor L?ague,
doubtless, knows as much.
Even allowing Republican claims
for tbe elections in the new States, some
of which are far from being beyond dis
pute, both branches of Congress will
still be close. The Senate will stand
45 Republicans and 3J D. mocra's. and
the House 1G9 Republicans and 161
Democrats. There is a fair chance that
the House majority now claimed by the
Republicans may be reduced to six by
the official canvass. There is good rea
son to expect Democratic control of
both branchf s of the Fifty second Con
gress. As a result of the Flack divorce case,
the judges of the Supreme Court of New
Yoik city have corns out against secret
divorce proceeings. At the suggestion
of JudBe Birrett a meeting of the
judges was held on Wednesday, which
was attended Ly every judge on tbe
bench. The result of tbe meeting is
that henceforth there will bs uo refer
ences in the actions for absolute di-
l yorce, and they will be tried in open
coctl at the special teim.
THE AUSTRALIAN
Tbe Australian system of voting, so
called because first used in Australia,
has teen for several years in successful
operation ther, and, with non-essential
variations, in England, Scotland,
Ire'aLd and Canada. It has also been
adopted in Massachusetts, where it
goes into effect in 1SS0. Its principal
objects are to prevent bribery and in
timidation, to place all candidates
upon an equality before the law, and to
undermine the dangerous powers of po
Iiclcal machines.
The sys'.em will be readily understood
by reference to the accompanying draws
ing.
The voter, upon entering the polling
place, turua to his right at the point
marked "entrance'' where he receives,
from two election officers selected'from
opposing political parties, a single ballot
or a stnta st of billots according to
tbe local custom of voting. On the
back ii indorsed a stamp or signature,
sufficient arid ooly sufficient to identify
the ballot as official ; and on the face
are plainly printed the Barnes of the
candidates for each office, with a desig
nation of their respective political par
ties, after this manner :
'or Mayor.
John !..
Vote for On.
Iftmot ratic.
iVo.itotioit.
,Kieuarl !.
( yor Connv-m. t Vote f-r I ro.
Vrmoaatic.
I'rohiifitton.
lu,Utndent.
Harrey Mint.
jSlsrtin Kawugo
I W. biuixuo.
Sililurl Blsy.
Having received his ballot the voter
enters ote or tbe booths back of the
railing, where, secludtd from observa
tion, be prepares the ballot by placing
in the blauk. column a cross opposite the
name of each candidate for whom he de
sires to vo e ; or, if h prefers, by writ
ing tbe names of candidates of his own
nomination in place of those already
there. If there are several candidates
for the same kind of office, as coroners
in the sample ballot above, or presiden
tial electors, and be wished to vote the
"straight" tick-t of hu pny, he
places tbe cross under the name of the
party, or draws it through tbe space in
tte blank column alloted to the party's
can lidates, wbich signifies that be votes
for each candidate named in that space.
Thus, io tb simple ballot, a cross un
der tbe word "Democratic," or through
the first two spaces of the b'ank column
to the right, is one yote each for Alex
ander Jacobs and Harvey Sylvester.
Arter preparing his ballot by indi
cating every candidate for whom he
vote:, the voter folds it in such a man
ner as to conceal the face and expose
tbe indorsement, and withdrawing from
the booth, gives the ballot to the in
spectors, who identify it by the indorse
ment as official. It is then deposited
in tbe box ar.d tbe voter passes oui at
the gate marked "exit."
From the time he receives bis ballot
until he casts It, tbe voter is permitted
to bave do communication with any one
but the election efficers. and with them
only for official purposes ; and only elec
tion officers and persons actually engae- '
rd in vo .ing are ever admitted within the !
railing. j
Upon proof of inability from physical !
infirmity or illiterancy, a voter may call
into the boi h officers appointed and
sworn for tbe putpwe, to aid him in
preparing bis ballot ; and when a ballot
is accidentally destroyed or defaced it
most be excharged for a dean one.
The importance of the latter require
ment may not at once be apparent ; but
to s-cur secrecy every ballot delivered
to a voter must bs either cast or re
turned. This explains tbe necessity for
indorsing ballots. But for the indorse
ment a blank paper outwardly resemb
ling a ballot might be cast by a voter,
who would then be able surreptitiously
to carry away an official ballot. Thia
could be prepared for a bribed voter, the
proof of its use being his production of
a s-cxrul official billot. That could be
s'milaily prepared and used, and so on.
Such a fraud, as tbe "Tasmaniau
dode," was successfully p-rpetra'ed
iu Australia io the early days of the
system : but its repetition was prevent
ed by requiring ballots to be officially
Indorbed.
As it is essential that ballots be print
ed at public expense and distributed by
public officers, tbe system must include
some mode or certifying nomirations to
the proper autnomities a reasonable
time before elections. That proposed
ly the Yates-Saxtou bill of New York
was perhaps as convenient as could be
desired. Under it. State nominations
were to be certified fifteen days, and lo
cal nominations ten days before elec
tion ; nominations of a political party
wbich at the next preceding election
polled three per cent, of the whole vote
were to be certiGed by pirty officers ;
and independent nominations, if for a
State mce were to oe certiued by a
thousand voters and if for a local
office by a hundred.
A brief explanation of the way in
which this si stem effects its objects
cannot anticipate or answer captious
otjections, but will be useful to caudid
inquirers
Penal laws are ineffectual to prevent
bribery and intimidation. The prima
ry remedy is a secret ballot. And this
is best secured when the only proof of
an elector's vote is bis own uncorrobor
ated assertion. . Under tbe Australian
system no other proof can be made.
That fact gives to tbe moat timid among
dependent voters a sense of security
which makes blm free. And to bribery
it is fatal. Bribers are not likely to in
vest money on the faith of a bribed
man's naked serticn : it there be such
a virtue as "honesty among thieves,"
it is not acceptable security to tbe
thieves themselves.
But tbe secrecy, though tbe primary
remedy for bribery and Inaimidation, is
not ail that is required to purify elec
tions, nor tbe only remedy the Austra
lian system offers.
Tbe printing and distribution of bal
lots is a most important part of tbe
election machinery, and, left to private
enteiprise, luevitably tends, as does the
farming out of any other public func
tion, to breed corruption and build np
monopoly. It makes a necessity for ir
responsible organizitions which come
to wield autocratic power oyer the po
litical party they claim to serve, and in
turn, through discipline almost military
in its severity, are dominated by an in
ner circle of "leaders." As ballots can
neither be printed nor distributed with
out money, aud may not ba faithfully
bandied unless trusty workers are re
warded with more than an election dav
stipend, tbe organization undertaking
the wotk bas a plausible if cot reasooa-
BALLOT SYSTEM.
ble claim for money from its beneficial
aries and official patronage from iu re
ttinerd. It is tbe necessity of raising
these funds and employing these "work
ers" that jestifles assessments, gives
color of voluntary contributions to what
in truth are sales of nominations, ex
cuses the submission of official patron
age to tbe distribution of tbe machine,
provides ample cover for collecting a
corruption fund, and, through "work-
era" at tbe polls a convenient channel
for disbursing tbe funds in bribes. And
as corruption funds increase, masked
in increasing demands for legitimate
expenses, assessments grow, tbe price of
nominations rises, independence is
shacklei. aud tbe organuatlon becomes
more indifferent to parly principle as
its monopoly of political power strength
ens. Born of the necessity of volun
teer machinery for preparing and dis
tributing ballots. U develops into a pow
erful io-ttrument, which, in tbe bands
of political jobbers, enables them to buy
and Bel! office, "as the Pjr.orins sold the
Roman purple." Already, poor men
rarely obtain political advancement
without assuming obligations to be re
deemed by official peifiiity, and the ob
stacles to una!l:td caiididary bave be
come so great as ottm to prevent and
always to d.scjurge indrpeudeot nom
inations. This political monster woutd be de
stroyed by tbe "Australian system. It
the State assumed it function of pro
viding ballots, there would be no neces
sity for "workers" at the polls, and tbe
exense for raising, as well as tbe best
mode of using, corruption funds would
disappear. Assessments could not then
be levied upon candidates, for when
"workers" at the polls are not required,
machines can neither serve nor irjure.
Nor would nominations be sold ; for
when candidates stand upon an equality
in respect to ejection machinery, and
there is no opportunity for bribing vo
ters, orgamzitions merely as organiza
tions, have nothing worth buying, while !
organizations as representatives of
principles cannot be approached through
commercial channels. Traffickicg in
office would be replaced by political dis- i
cu.ision. lha power of the machine by
the voice of the party.
Tbe evils of machine organization and
the remedy of tbe Australian system,
are summarized as follows by William
M. Ivins, than whom no one bas done
more intelligent, energetic and effective
work for electoral reform :
The Evil. TbiBkidt.
1. The nereity ofl 1. The printlo and
voluntarily o rl a t i n dutrlbntlon of all bal
and atntri tmtin lha lets at poMIe expense
nallat jastines uncial- ! does away wltb tbe ne-
ution lor this j. arpose.
S. Tt practically rests
the machine with tbe
monopoly of the election
machinery.
S. And, as a eotue
quescc, with the mo
nopoly of nomination.
revsitT or organization
for tnts purpose.
2. And will deprive
the political machines
ol the monopoly of an
iientUl part of the
, election machinery.
I S. It will enabk any.
I body ot cltiseni of the
I number prescribed by
! law to bave tbe name o I
their candidate printed
on the same ballot with
the names of all other
randldatet for tbe same
omee. so that before tbe
law and belure tbe vo
ters all candidates and
all party vntaaiutlons
will ilaud on a perfect
ly even footing.
4. This will dispense
altoiteTher with the ne
reity ot an excuse for
levy in political as
swaineBU. 4. It Involves the ne
nes;ty of defraying the
expenses ot rxith print
ing and distribution by
means ol assessments
on or contributions by
candidates, cSlce hold
ers or party leaders.
5. Wbich facilitates
bribery and corruption
by aflortilr.K them con
. And leave bo legal
Cover lor bribery.
venient covers. I
To this system it is objected that by
requiring nominations to be made in
advance of elections It denies the con
stitutional right of voters to select ean
didates from the whole body of voters.
From such eminent authorities as
JolgesCooly, McCrary and Folger. and
the highest courts of Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts and New York, it may
be safely inferred that a restriction of
the franchise to candidates nominated
a short time before election is a reason
able refutation and cot an unconstitu
tional interference ; but the interfer
ence is not necessary, since the system
allows each vo'er to reject all candi
cates and write new names upon his
ballot.
It is objected, also, that by requiring
iue uuaii aria illiterate to expose their
vote to election officers' secrecy of the
ballot is as to them violated. Under
our present system voting is not
secret ; it was for that reason rejected
by the British parliament aud the Aus
tralian system adopteJ. The object
now is to secure secrecy, but iu aiming
at that we are confronted with a class
of oters to whom exposnre of their
ballots to somebody is necessary, and
an exception must be made in their
favor to prevent their disfranchisement.
What rorm which shall be consistent
with tbe highest degree or secrecy can
that exception take ? If allowed to
carry tbeii baiiots iwi thRA vitn
fall into the hands of irresponsible and
perhaps disbouest persons, and may
be made, innocently or otherwise, in
struments for perpetrating some form
of tbe "Tasmanian dodge" If, for their
benefit, official ballots are generally cir
culated, all efforts tor secrecy are frus
trated. And if they are permitted to
take a "friend" into tbe booth, the door
is opeced for the bribery of everv venal
voUr who ia, or can successfully pre
tend to be, unable to red English. Ex
posure of ballots must, be prevented by
every means that ingenuity can sug
gest ; but in exceptional cases in w iich
it cannot be avoided it may most sarely
be confided to election efficers. who re
present opposing paitlts. are nnder oath
or secrecy and fidelity, can be readily
detected :n malfeasance, and when de
tected are liable to severe penalties.
As to blind voters this seems to be the
only course, but respecting tbe illiterate
any exception to tbe general rule may
be avoided by identifying the names on
the ballots with number, or by pilot
ing them with inks of different colors.
There is no reason to believe that tbe
Australian rystem of voting is about
to receive favorable consideration in all
tbe Spates where election abuses bave
been seiioueiy felt ; but iu adoption
would so surely dispense with machine
organizations that there is also reason
to fear attempts at essential modific -tion.
These are likely to be in the di
rection of allowing the delivery or bal
lots to parties and candidates before
election, and distribution as well by
"workers" at any time or place as by
sworn officers at tbe polls. A little
thought will show that this would eons
tinue the power of political machines
and endanger secrecy. Aoy such mod
ification no Intelligent and sincere ad
vocate of electoral reform can accept,
for in tbis matter it is not true at this
time that "half a loaf is better than no
j oreaa." it were better that the re
! form be delayed with the force of public
j opinion pressing it forvratd, thau .hat
in Ccient measure should allay public
opinion by seeming to meet its de
mands. Details may be compromised,
but estenUals must be required at every
step in the agitation. These are, that
ballots containing tbe names of all can
didates be printed at public expense ;
that one official ballot or set of ballots
be delivered by sworn officers to each
voter as be appears to vote ; that tba
voter immediately be secluded for the
purpose of preparing to vote ; that be
deiivnr his ballot to the Inspectors so
folded as to conceal its face and expose
the official indorsement ; that immedi
ately after voting be withdraw from tbe
secluded part of the polling place;
that there be no intercourse with him
except by election officers for official
purposes from the the time be receives
bis oallot until be votes ; and that no
voter be allowed to cast any ballot but
the ooe be receives from the elee'.ion
officers.
SEWS A3I OTHER KOTISG8.
Five persons bave been killed within a
year by vicious balls in Chester county.
Cattle In lower Backs eonnty are dying
in larpe numbers from a form of eplzooty.
OH bas been foand at tbe depth of eight
buodred feet on a farm near Allegheny. K
Y.. causing great excitement among th
villagers.
Tbe largest lump of gold In the world Is
In tbe treasury department at Washington.
It weighs 1.000 ounces and was found In
North Carolina.
Mr. F. fl. Mnrrhr r,f TnUvlllA
aieamea oi oeiDg at a race ana seeing a
certain borse come in ahead or tbe rest
Accepting this as a "tip" he bet f 100 on
that borse and came out $350 ahead.
Tbe railroad car on which Lincoln rode
to Washington at tbe time of his first inaug
uration is now used as a smoking car on the
New York Central railroad and runs be
tween Wellsboro and Antrim, this State.
Arnold Chambers, a resident or Bodd
Town,. N. J., was on Sunday rdsrht uomers
clfully beaten and probably fatally stabbed
by tramp, one or wbota was a woman.
They robbed him or his supplies, his money
and valuables and left bim lying in tho
road a ay with to ugly gash io bis neck.
Miss Hester Fountain an aged lady,
was fatally burned at tbe home of ber niece,
Mrs. S. A. Cline. at Denton, Del., on Satur
day morning. She was preparing break
rastand opening tbe stove door to fix tbe
fire the draught drew In her apron, which
was Instantly aflame. Before assistance ar
rived she was literally roasted alive.
George Johnson and John Hanson, or
Worcester, Mass., employed by Darling
Bros, as stage builders ot the Union ebutch
at Rockville, Conn., were precipitated sev
entyfive feet on last Friday rooming by tbe
breaking or tbe staging, Johnson's skull
was broken and be was almost Instantly
killed. H anions back Is broken, his ribs
drives into bis longs, and be cannot live.
Julia O'Conner. aged 14 veais. died last
Saturday night in tbe New York hospital
from the effects a beating sbe received two
moDtbs ago at the hands of a girl or about
ber own age, named Maggie Miller. Tbe
girls quarreled about a lad named "Jack."
who paid attention to both. Tbe police are
searching for Maggie on a charge or homi
cide. Frank Gross aod Julias Duerr. broths
ers-ln-Iaw. living In Brooklyn, N. Y..
quarreled about family matters on Sunday
and earse to blows. Frank Gross. Jr., aged
16, a bliud boy. who was borne on a visit
from a New York ay!um, became excited,
and, picking op a plate, burled it In tbe di
rection or tbe noise. .The plate struck
Duerr, fracturing his skull. Death will
probably result.
A calf was recently caught on tbe cow
catcher or one of the big locomotives of tbe
East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia
railroad, near Gobutta. and carried a dis
tance or nine miles. When discovered the
young bovine was Ivlng complacently on
tbe pilot, apparently enjoying the mode or
rapid transit. It was completely unharmed,
and when released trotted away as if noth
ing uousnal bad happened.
James Johnson, an employe In Mc
Dooagb A Goss's stone quarries at Water
ville. Minn., was amusing himself by play
ing with a coll of rope whlcb was attached
to some machinery in the mill, where they
saw stones. He became tangled in some
manner and was whirled around violently,
tearing bis shoes off, breaking bis legs sad
tearing one arm so badly as to necessitate
amputation. He survived tbe operation
only a short time, dying In great agony.
Carrie Hill, aged 18 years, bas been ar
rested in Topeka. Kansas, for theft. Four
weeks ago she got a clerkship In Halmon Jfc
Co.'e mllllrery and fancy goods store, and
since then sbe bas not only robbed them re
peatedly, but sbe bas carried away with ber
three wagon loads of goods worth f 2.06
which were round In ber room and Identi
fied by tbe firm. A year ago she clerked a
week or two tor Berabelmer & Lewis, and
In tbe search on Saturday several hundred
dollars worth of goods that bad been taken
from tbem were found.
Felix Kampf, or Charles town. W. Va.
stabbed his young son and daughter to
death on Monday with a two edged dirk:
and Is now under arrest aod may be lynch
ed for his crime. He bad treated the chil
dren so cruelly that they left him and went
to housekeeping for themselves. Kampr
miseed two flat irons from bis house. Go
ing over to the home or his children be ac
cused them or having stolen the Irons.
They denied the the ft and be stabbed tbe
girl. The boy Interfered to save his sister
and both were literally cut to pieces.
A sensation was created in Chambers
county, Alabama, several days aeo by tbe
arrest of the Rev. J. n. M. Duran. a
Methodist minister, charged with passing
counterfeit money. Ue was lodged In Jail
and bis trial came off last week, lie ad
mitted that be passed tbe spurious moaey,
but proved that be bad got it out or tbe con
tribution box. There were eight silver dol
lars Io tbe box aod seven or tbem were
counterfeits. He 6aid God and the sinners
who passed the coins were tbe only ones
who knew. Tbe case was dismissed on
account of the efficers inability to get ab
sent witnesses.
Tbe Sonbory Daily says there was a
funny Incident in their court Friday after
noon. Joseph GoodaHfskl was an impor
tant witness aad was called by Mr. George
Ryon to be sworn. He got upon tbe stand,
bat be positively refused to be sworn, ard
said that tbe Bible says he should cot.
There was every effort made to get him to
swear, but be refused saylag that they
could bang bim but be would not dj It, and
It Is liteiy the Judge will aead bim to jail
and try by sue h means to inform bim that
tbe law of tbis glorious State cannot be dis
regarded and set aside.
George D. Green, a Duncannon youth
ot 8 years jumped on a wagon a few days
ago, and after riding some distance was
told by tbe driver to get off. In attempt
ing to do so be caught on the iron rod that
is used to fasten tbe end gate, wbich pro
traded at the side or tbe bed about four
inches, running the entire lentb into bis
thigh and making an ugly gash about four
Inches loog and Into tbe bladder. He bung
helplessly on the end of this iron rod until
lifted off. when the lad walked to bis home,
nearly a quarter of a mile distant only to
sink at his mother's feet through exhaus
tion. His death followed forti-eight boars
t Uieie&rter.
FOSTER &d QUINN,
NO. 315 MAIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PENN'A
Call attention to their large and varied assortment of Dress Goods, comprising black and colore '
a full line of black Cashmeres,
colored Cashmeres, Henriettas, Serges, Broad Cloths, Albatross, etc. Wash Dress Good ' ,
styles. Dress Buttons and Trimming to match Dress Goods, Table Linen Nankin T J
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William Lee, colored, left bis bome at
Columbia, Lancaster county, twenty-one
years ago, aod did not return until Monday
last, when be spent tbe day wltb bis wife.
and again walked of. no one Knows where.
As Feasant Bryant, colored, was charg
ing the soda water fountain in Milburu's
drug store, at Washington, D. C, on Sat
urday afternoon tbe fountain exploded,
splitting his head open and killing bim in
stantly. An opera bouse In course of erection at
Lansford, Schylkill county. Pa., suddenly
collapsed on Monday, burying six work
men under tbe debris. They were all bad
ly hurt, three of tbem, it is feared, fatally.
The cause of tbe disaster Is unknown.
Mrs. Mary Caldwell, while sane ring !
with typhoid fever, jumped from a wiDdow
at tbe West Penn Hospital. Pittsburp, on
Friday evening last, and received Injuries
from wbich sbe bas since died. Five
children or the dead woman are now at tte i
hospital with fever.
Two men were Instantly killed, ano'Ler
fatally lajured. and about twenty more or
less hurt at tbe bot'om of the Calumet A
Uecia perpendicular shaft at Houghton,
Mlcb., on Friday. Tbe usual blasts of dy
namite were fired Wedmsiay evening, but
one failed to explode. At noon one of the
miners at work accidentally struck tie
charge with bis pick. A deafening craoh
followed, tbe djoamitfe exploding and uenf
iDg masses or shattered rock all around the
spot. Otto Fllnk and AlfreJ Errickon
were killed, tbeir bodies being frightfully
torn. Nelson .Boone, was burled aealnst a
rock and sustained serious Injuries. He
cannot live. Captain John Cameron bad
bis right arm broken in two places, bis leps
belnfc also cut in many places.
Tbe Pittsburgh ExpallioB.
We wish to call attention to that great
enterprise, where one can see so much for
so little money. We adyise our readers to
take advantage of tbe cheap transportation,
and see tbe great exposition, and while vis
iting tbe sister cities do not fail to look for
number 82 Federal street, Allegheny,
where one of tbe finest and most complete
liquor stores can be seen In tbis country.
You will convince vourseif at a glance, tbat
when you give your patronage to such a
house you are sure to be well treated and
get value for your money. The proprietor
of said bouse cannot afford to hypothecate
bis reputation and do otherwise. De con
tinues to sell six year old pure rve whisky
at $1.00 per Quart, or six quarts for 5 00
His Silver Age bas no eqoal, which be sells
at 1.50 per full quart. All kinds or wiuea
from COe. upwards, and do extra charges
for packing or febippiog to any place. Send
for his price list and catalogue and oblige.
Max Kleix.
BarkUa'i Ar n Ira Salve.
The Best Salve in tbe world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rbeum, Fever
Sores, Tetter. CLapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or no pay rt)ulred. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
Sold at tbe drug store or E. Jaoses, Ebeus
burg, and W. W. McAteer. Loretto.
Tk Moat
Obstinate cases of catarrh are cawed by tl.e
use or Ely's Cream Balm, the ooly agree
able remedy. It is not a liquid or snuff,
is easily applied into tbe nostrils. For cold
In tbe bead it is magical. It gives relief at
once. Trice 50 cents.
JOB :: PRINTING
Printing Office
Is tba place to get yoar
JOB PRINTING
Promptly and satisfactorily executed. We
will meet tbe prices of alll botioraole
com pet I on. We don't do any but
finst-class work and want a
living price for it.
fitli Fast Presses anil New Type
We are prepared to turn out Job Printing ot
erery discretion in tbe FINEST
STYLE aud at tbe very
Lowest Cash Prices.
Nothing out tbe best material is used and
oar work speaks far itself. We are pre
pared to print on the shortest notice
Posters, Progbammes.
Business Card. Tags, Bill IIkjsds,
Monthly Statements, Envelopes,
Labels. Circulars, Wedding and
YifciTiNo Cards, Checks, otes.
Draft. Receipts, BonuWork.
Letter asd Note Ukads, ad
Hop and Tarty Invitations. Exc
We can prlut anything from the smallest
and neatest Visiting Card to tbe largest
roster on short notice and at the
most Reasonable Rates,
iThe Cambria Freeman,
EBES3CUKG, PEXX'A.
SUUCtSSUKS IU litis, FUSlLn &
Henriettas, Melrose, Dnfss d Alma, Armmes and Nuns
ru:i,i tt i i n
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CARL RIVIOTU
PRACTICAL
-AND DEALER IN-
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FXPflSI TION
I l J J I I I I
ADMlfMON
HOPPER BROTHERS, CO.
ExtcThl to jou a hearty invitutisn whoa yew vieit the City to a!!
and examine our stock ef
i$EDi;ooni FaiiiTtiE,P7iiii0Pt euiPit(ifve.
CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS,
DINING AND KITCHEN FURNITUEE.
BEDDING STOVES AND RANGES.
We furnish everything that pertains to the proper-fitting of a bouF at lower : tfcan
can be bad elsewhere in the City.
WH ARB NEAR THE EXPOSITION.
Cars from the 11. A O. and 1. K. It. IK-pota ps our- Doors. Will utadly g:re any Infor
mation iiect'SKary.
j Hooper Bros. & Co., 307
fl.EASE M EXTION-TH IS I'AI'KK.
Near PtiUadrlphiic
tSrhoal : Srr4i9ih
Yearly K'imr, 5f MK
Quarterly Vny turt'&-V
jr imil and runs ''- rtwtnr mn md htT t nr.T rim ; fil tttm for Jluvincsv ny roller.
S hool. ftsr Wt iirrt Aim ftp- .lr Ailvaitct-'l las mi l'ltt:. 4'it-mitr. kajrvevii&-, I:! I. i
Civil l.rBiti--nin'. l.lA-i.. , Mjsftie rti-atti . et' - oi h h-.t cnasnt'C ad lu-i.ac!
ti4f Mi iHari with the l'ntKpal. 1 ris.rr all m-ft Atvl sfadnaem nrw-' tas -heff. I iaar "
rom l-"cry room h id it a teaai rarliatnr sn1 t -imt irnrO.ci lakumU (ten m"
Attitettrt,. etc. (ymnitma. nftorttsnttie f- arx Muiient- vdraif e ratm! I . I'riwir 1 1 n p -
ari bmi. Tat rot u vrusie-tits inw - t art ataarlx. or a B miinns. College- !'-ia.rairv. ft-' tf t -
(mnr. rhvul aad Chairl r-travT. .practical Hu-otw s Jkeprtment. with 1 rlrgrapfci , '
sjac.. ere. Mare fcillv snfnarsd witi atraiais tlMa anv other lcatleire-fitting i bmjsb. Media AaW
cusulMt. tha tsj4 eduLatiaa. asd toe Uu tratnifur. h iieri urice .over every est sauc. Nu r aji.u. ti.
I
UlurtratsM citaWt aM Ua to mmm Attire. SWllliLS
The materials and work ia c ur
Clothing stamp it as the "Best
Made' It Looks well and time
- proves that it wears well. This
"Best" Clolftiiig for Man and Boy
j is reasonable in price at the
j "ledger Building."
A. C. Yates & Co..
i
j ttMlCk BVH.IMNG.
SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS;
PHILADELPHIA..
I. P. Thomas & Son's,
BONE
FERTILIZERS
Contain all tbo Takaa-Mo elrnnrnts or staMa-nanar
In a toDcrntratrd iurin. hpwiaily prcparwl. for alt
cn-i.. Thej are Manufactured for rcMilia-iwrnia.
V!"1,."!?. J"hT7 -n ixaten io Us (le.i
tt,U WORKS pnsMxs eery fariiliy. Wa zir9
tlwiti our prraonalaitrution. For the uun Binary
S(uaratitMttutcoalsBotlobosurpaaas4. Thrr
hu iiw thmi raltre Utctn. Vou ia hLeia and
Juu will coduiac thfin.
ataKcrACTCBKD ar
Ia P. THOMAS fit SON.
Philadelphia. Peart'a.
voaaALVBT
Al)J41NISTKATK'S KOTICK..
Mtaieol Thomas Htv, laMwaaed.
trotters ot AdmlBiatratioa us I e. tjt of
Ttiomas llufk. lata ol CrroU triuliip. Uamhrla
Couaiy, Ha., deocaaed. havtoa; boon Kraaied to
the DDUeTKlKned. all eriaa In.lcuted to said
es'ate are hereby notlnM to make nsyment to.
Die without tlelaT. and llioao havinir claims
aaalnst the same will (trraent them propeilv
aulheatlcatoil lor snttlemxnt,
HAH HY S HIMK. AdmlnUtrats.
t'arrolltowo, fa., Auast l8..t.
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JEWEI.I1Y,
Silverware, MEsicallfe
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OpticalGccd:.
Sole Agent
K'K THE
Celebrated Rockford
WATCUF8.
Columbia and FredViia Watch
In Key and Stem tTndtrs.
..ARGF. SELECTION op Kll
of JEWELRY" always tn bml "
W Mv line of .T welrv i uTr;.j
Ji.nie and see for yourx-II befc-.T purU
nif elf where.
ISf ALL WOKK art KASTF.F3 J
CARL RIVrXlU
""bensburg. Nov. 11, 1KK5--U.
AT PITTSBURG
OPENS SETT. 4th. CLOSES OCT. Iti
25 CENTS.
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farm situate ia '
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utitsol cult.vatlon. Th Isrm ,,o
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