EDCNSDURC. PA..
FRIDAY, - - - OCT. 23, 1S80.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR STATE TUEASCREK,
EDMUND A. IJIULER, of Clearfield.
DEMOIRAT1C COfSTY TICKET.
ron rnoTiioxoTAHT :
JAMES C. DAUBY, of Conenzaugb.
Uoroutjb.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER.
CELESTIN'E J. BLAIR, of Ebens
burg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY :
FRANCIS J. O'CONNOR of Johns
town. FOR TOOR DIRECTOR :
RATIIAEL IIITE. or Carroll Twp.
FOR tOI. 'N'ER :
TETER McCOUGII, of Portage Twp.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR :
HENRY SCANLAN, of drrolltown.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR :
JOSEPH IIIWS, of Chest Twp.
The Seventh District County Democ
racy CoDgrtsa Convention at New York
on Tuesday, indorsed the nomination
of Ames J. Cucimiajs for Congress in
that district, to succeed Hon. S. 2$. Cox,
deceased.
"While raiding a Philadelphia crvmb
ling house, Tuesday ni,jht, the pas was
turueJ off and a vicious bulldog let
loose, which played havoc for a time
with the b'ue coats. The dog tvs fin
ally shot and the gamblers captured.
Governor, Gray, of Indiana, who
has teen making a brief campaign In
Ohio, Btjs there Is a good fighting
chance for a Democratic victory in
Ohio next m nth, and that all the or
dinary signs of Democratic success are
discernible
The Republican ring is making des
perate tfforta to trade tiT part of their
ticket in return for a vote for their es
pecial favorite. Democrats do no trad
ing, the whole ticket will be trium
phantly elected and tha Republican
ring left out In the cold.
The Democrats challenged the Re
publicans in Massachusetts. for a jJint
debate between their candidates for
Governor, but the latter dare cot ac
cept. Discussion is something that the
Republican is afraid f. The j,ij
system is not to U'k, Lui let the money
talk.
General Green B. Rau.m, of
Illinois, was last week appointed by
President Hairiaon to the position of
Pension CornmlsHicner, raado vacua: by
the bouncing of TaDner. Raum is
chiefly noted for his ronnpetion with
the Whtekej Ring urdsr Grant'j Ad
ministration. Reasons were tiled on Monday at
Lancaster, Pa., for a tew trial in the
uitof Stol!zfu3 vs. the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for $10,000 damages,
decided on Saturday-night in favor of
the company. One of tho reasons
etated is that J. M. W. Geist, editor of
the Xew Era, one of the jnrora, w. s
an interested party, because ho L0IJ3
an encual pass on tho railroad.
The report, 6ays the Syracuse Cour.
itr, that Russell Harrison will attempt
to have Judge De Wolfe of Montana
removed and the contested election re
turns brought btfore a Republican
judge of his own choosing would be
scouted were it not for the fact that
there is sitting in the Presidential chair
a bigoted, narrow President, who it is
believed la capable of doing any con
temptible woik that the Republican
may cut out for him. False to hia
pledges, falso to his rrofessiona and sin
cere in nothing, I miacn no doubt
would resort to any 'tpicable means to
aid his party In stealing the Legislature
of Montana.
No political movement in recent
years, says the New York Siturday
Ghle, Is mere worthy of note than the
general acceptance by the Democratic
Party of the ballot reform issue. The
spirit In which the Democracy Is now
in all sections, accepting and" prrsalos;
It, shows that the events of last year
the enormous as J Inztu corruptions
rract!ced by the Kanaka of the Trust
Party, urd the unconcealed intimida
tiens of woikirgmen by the monopo
lies as exhibited i,y the pay-envelope
scoundrelism, have demonstrated to the
fell satisfaction of the party of the peo
ple that it can never get its full and
honest vote rolled and counted except
by the aid of a ballot absolutely free
pure and secret. '
The feminiue contingent of the liar,
rison Administration is io a worse mad
die than the Pension Bureau was under
Tanner. Lvi week, Mrs. Pasident
Harrison wanted to make her crrle
butter and sect ever to Mrs. S.-cretnry
Blaine, for the loan of her copper ketMe
Mrs. Blame sent word back that the
was awful sorry, but that she was n-ing
K herself. In fact had just commenced
making her npoie butter. Mis. Har
rison was very cress when her servant
returned without the kettle and said
that Mrs. Blaine could not shut up her
eye that way cs the Elaines had made
their apple butter before the B.uine
McCormkk wedding, and besides Mrs.
Blaine, jr. had brought several crocks
of arple butter with her. Mrs. Hani
son immediately sent over for her big
di3h raa that Mrs. Blaine had borrowed
at the time of the wedditg, and told
Mr. Harrison that if te uiuu't tire a
new man for Secretary cf State, he
niht get his washing done at some
other place. There waa b!ood on the
moon aud nothirg tut the soothing
presence of holy John Wanamaker
who happened to be at th WK.fa !
House at the time and who repeated a '
whole Sunday school Icsjcn to Mre. '
Harrison, prevented a serious family !
outbreak. Unless the women are re- '
couciled Mr. Blaine may loose fcis job. j
In the Johnstown Tribune, of Mon
day the following corrttpondence ap
peals :
To the KlUor of the JohnMovcn Tribnne.
Sir : I would like, with jour permission,
to propound a few questions to ttie voting
taxpayers of Cambria County.
Do you tliink.'fellow-taxpajers. that it
should be necessary to have the records of
ttie Register's cftice transcribed ? Did net
the Court, in ordering that they be tran
scribed, place the seal of its disapproval on
the work or some of the former Democratic
Registers ? Have you any assurance that
the work of transcribing Is being correctly
executed? Have you any Idea of the cost
to the county that tbls undertaking will en
tall ? lias not the present incumbent al
ready realized as much rrom the emoluments
of bis efflee as many other Registers, with
far (neater claims on the gratitude or the
people, received In two terms ?
Is It not a sad commentary on the efficien
cy of the clerical force employed by Mr.
Blair that Geo. C K. Zahm bad to be called
In to direct the work? Would It not have
been better to have employed none but com
petent men like Mr. Zahm ? Would it not
be a vise act on the part or the voters of
the county to make a chance In the efflce.
that In trie event or the court being com
pelled to have the work or transcribing cor
rected It wta be io the hands or a man who
will employ suitable persons to perform the
work ? Does It not look as though the em
ployment of a Urge clerical force In the
Register's office Is In ten ted to strengthen
the political prospects or K?elter Blair ?
It U not to the Interest of the taxpayers of
tbe county to eee that hereafter none but
competent men be chosen for thl responsi
ble office, that tbe records may be kept in
such shape that there will be no necessity
for an outlay or thousands of dollars to
remedy defect that should never exist In
the records or the county ?
Respectfully submitted by
A Taxpayer.
The correspondent of the Trdune
who wrote the above evidently did not
know what he was was writing about.
For his information and for o'.Lers who
are willing to learn, wa wi!l inform him
that instead of the Cmrl p'aclcg its
feal of disapproval on the work of some
of the former Demrcrttlc Registtrs,
Judgs Johnston, who is one of the old
est members of the Cambria County
Bar, is too young t know whether some
of the cCloials who done the work were
Democrats or not. It is absolutely cer
tain, however, that it is not the work of
Republicans for the simple reason that
at the time it was done the Republican
party was not in existance. The book3
to be transcribed are Record? Volume
1. 2. 3 and 1 and were wr'tten by Ed
ward V. James. Cambria County's first
Prothono'.ary, Cornelius McDonald,
.Times C. McGulre, Philip Noon, A.
Bausman and D. T. Storm, who in the
order mentioned were his successors in
office. Sjme of them were Democrats,
and we are williug to claim them all
for their work is a credit to them and to
tbe peopl who elected them. The old
records of Cambria County will com
pare favorably jn clerical ability with
any records in Pennsylvania, tut age,
which has no respect for books cr per
sons, has wrought sad havoc with the
Tper and binding. S )me of Ibtui have
teen handled and used for upwards of
eighty years and are literally in pieces.
Judge Jeremiah S. Black, Judge Burn
Bide, Judge Taylor, Joshua 1". Cox,
John G. Miles. Mcses Canan. Michael
Dan Magtbin, lie: ry D. roster and
scores of ether's k-g;l luminaries, who
havo lor.g since gone to their eternal
rest have pored over theae old bocks In
the earlv days of thir legal practice
hunting up the Utlcs in the great laud
suits tried in this county and grew elo
quent as they detailed to juries, the
marks, blazes, corners and lines written
on their rapes. Oie old citizen of
Jobns'own, David IVelor. in banting
up the titles to the Cambria Iron Com
pany's lana has thumbed them ever
oftener than the DiUu Tribune has
been issued. The lnd?xes were tran
scribed atHvjt five years apo hv a Repub
lican i flicial, Jjhn II. Btcwn. and the
records should have been transcribed
long before now. It however, worries
the Tribunt's correspondent to thitk
that the work should be done by a Dem
ocrat. As to the second paragraph the wri
ter admits that Geo. C. K. Zhm is
competent "to direct the work." If
the work Is necessary, and no man who
knows anything about tbe records
doubts it. what more is wanted. The
work Is not done to remedy defects as
stated by the Tribune's correspondent
but to preserve for the future, what age
and corstant nse has worn to pieces.
TnE Philadelphia Telcgrcvh, a strong
Republican paper. In commenting on an
interview in which Jadge Gresham, one
of the Republican candidates for Presi
dent at tbe time President Harrison
was nominated, said that if the election
was to tike place thij November, in
stead of November 1S02, and Cleveland
was ths candidate hi could 3ee nctbicg
that would prevent Cleveland election.
The Tdojrvh says. "There is nothing
more remarkable than the steadily in
creasing popularity of Mr. Cieveiacd
and of his policy as outlined in bis mes
sage among the Democracy. "Without
porer. n defeated candidate, with a re
jected policy, yet be aLd it grow in tbe
rrgard cf tbe party daily. In any
gith rirg of Democrats, his came be
i:?S mentioned, evokes the greatest eni
thusiasm, ad it is certain as the sun
8hinsthat if the National Dnocra io
Convention were tr mept now b would
be its virtually cnm'mots choic. and
upon the very platform which was last,
year rejected by the country. It is to
be remembered, and itrhould especially
be noted b tbe Republican managers,
that that policy had a majority on the
prrular vote cf oyer a hnrdred thou
sand, and it Is one of the significant
signs of the times that it is daily receiv
ing converts of voters and r.ewspnpers.
Tha Democrats never before so confi
dently urged what they are pleased to
call "tunU reform." and their confi
dence is undoubtedly the sequence of
what they believe to te tha drift of
rublic opirion in tteir favor.
The Democratic County Ccmmittee
men can render no more effective ser
vice than by making Errangemenla ia
time for the getting cut of the vote.
Lit no D.raocrat stay at home on elec
tion day, and tbe omniittefman of esch
district should see to it that mears are
prsvidM for gtttiLg to the polls the
sick aud imlrm who have no convey
auc.e of their owu. -i.e to it Jj tiu.e.
FARMERS OF rESYLVAMA.
A Ycte foh Edmund A. Eigler for State
Treasurer is a Vote fob Treascrt
Reform, a Step Towards Eqcaliza
tios of Tax ation, and His Election
wili. be a Decisive Victory ix Your
War against Monopoly and Ring
Rule.
i'ifrncf row the address of JTon. (ler
ard C. JJroicn, delivered at Inter-Stale
rxrnic Exhibition at Williams Grove,
Fa., Augttst 20. 1SS9.
"The pertinent question now comes
home to each one of us : Does the
American farmer erjoy in full propor
tion the national prosperity which he
has eo largely created ? A certain class
of authorities hold that he does, and
wculd mske us believe that 'all is love
ly.' Farming, which should be, and natu
urally is. the most profitable of all legi
timate vocations, an, which we are so
often informed by aforesaid authorities,
is tbe 'most honorable and Independent,'
in reality returns less profit on tbe in
vestment, and pays less wages to its
votaries, than any other business at the
present time.
The census specifically informs us
that it does not yield three per cent,
net income.
The recent rapid Increase in sheriff's
sales in the very finest farming sections
of the State shows its precarious condi
tion. The augumentatijn of tenant farmers
and of mortgages on farm prop, rty
ihroughont the whole country clearly
demonstrates its dark and critical fu
ture. We must ascertain the canse of this
depression. We cannot afford to ignore
it. It grows yearly and daily worse.
It threatens the existence of f rming
as an independent, honorable business.
For so great and mrked a declension
as tbe past twenty years has shown in
Tarming for profit, there must exist
active and powerful causes.
Where shall we look for them, and
what shall the remedy be ? Th9 moc
cursory view will induce the conclu
sion that the trouble ii not of natural
erowth and is not Inherent to our call
ing, but ia rather the outcome of our
own inattention and indiiTerence.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE 15 THE TRICE
OF LIBErTY."
This C3vers the case exactly. As it
happeus, the chief factors in this. de
pr;s3!on of farming as a paying busi
ness have eprurg from our neglect and
are remidiabie br cur own action.
No cue cause is ro prolific a enrse to
to us is unfair kyi.tlaliun ; no weapon is
so deadly asn;iu.s tcijcition ; no means so
;otent o win the one and wield the
other as eooibinpticn and organization
against our right and well beiog.
-MONOrOLY IS OUR BANE.
Trus's are its ripest froits and fullest
development. Th benrficiars or the
one are the open apolcgis's of the other,
and do not hesitate to declare "that
frig's are mere private affair? with
whom a President (or any one else) has
no right to interfere."
Thty have grown audacious to the
piint of temerity and insolent as
imperial dictators. Confident in the
brute force of the millions they have
extorted from a lone suffering "people,
they no ronger disguise their buccaneer
ing prcjects.
UNEQUAL TAXATION.
Here ia the key.uote. I think it was
Fox who. from his seat in Par
lranient. declared that "c ri-jht to
V.iX u-us the rrcr to 7.srro."
This w.s i be cord on which the hearts
of the Revolutionary patriots struck
Cre and urgsd them to devota their lives
to save the nat'on s life.
We have allowed ourselves to be ca
jo'ed on one pretext aud another to sub
mit to on exceesive increase of taxation
and, what is even worse, to a moat in
iquitous distribution of its burdens.
We have permitted the revenue laws
of the State to be so shaped from time
to tiron, that, as at present, a cood one
half of all the property in tha Common
wealth 13 not asstebed.
This is the more outrageous, inas
much as the property thus exempted is
the most profitable that exists in our
borders. Its holders are millionaires
and corporations.
All other classes of property, except
real estate, when taxed at all, pays not
to exceed the sixth prt of that which
is levied upon farm property of equal
assessed value.
I will call your attention right bere,
that there are levied in Penrsvlvania
for all purposes, about 40,000,003 year
ly, of which real estate, mainly farm
property, pa vs 534.000,000 licences, etc.,
more than J2.000 000, and the balance
not exceeding ?4,UOO,000. is all that is
demanded of all that vast corporate
and personal iropertv, io amount actu
ally exceeding in vaiue and immensely
overtopping ia income all tbe real es
tate. Roughly estimated. Bhotild real estate
pay its own share, and no more, it wou'd
pay about J17.000.000 per annum, or
Just about one-half of what it does pay.
Should corporate and income produc
ing personal property be required to pav
its just porportion at tbe ratio, it would
pay f22.OO0.0U0 or more than five times
what it does now.
Is there any sound reason why it
should not ? We claim it is an act of
common justice nothing more.
HOW WILL THAT EFFECT THE STATE ?
Allowing the situation to be as bere
stated, what can we do about it T
Equalization of taxation, which is not
only just and proper, bat which we re
gard tu a vital necessity, an absolute
nine i n,i, is a great re-crni move
ment. It must bdvance in spite of the
organized opposition or many of the
most powerful interests and h.fluences.
THEY WILL FIGHT.
Por three or more sessions of tbe
Legislature has the fainibrs' wrganiza
tion been leading in this effort, in fact,
it initiated it.
Our bill, defeated at one ssrion by a
trick, was so powerfully pushed at the
last unn, that it was only beaten by one
vote, after the corporate and moneyed
interes-F, thoroughly a!arm?d, bad been
obliged to strain their every nerve to
down it, ErtD then they were forced
to pass a rcao'.ution acknowk-dging tbe
injustice or the present syfteaa. vir
tually cincedirjr all that we have claim
ed, ar.d o.Vwji,?y providing a method
of relief and reform tbrouzb a commis
sion appointed to revise the revenue
I3WS.
We are assailing monopoly in its cit
adel, alt classes of laborers are equally
interested with those who till the soil
that we shall win this fight tteir battle
bs well as ours.
The men vhr receive tbe farmtrs
votes should J be men on whom they
can rely.
A .Honnd IKnl Oplal.n.
E. Cambridge, Munday E?q., County
Ally.. Clay county, Tex., says : "Uave
used Electric Sitters with most happy re
salts. My brotb-r aleo m very low with
Malarial Fever and Jaundic. but was cured
by timely u of this medicine. Am satis
fied Electric Bitt.-ra saved bis life."
Mr. D. 1. WllctxsoD. of Horse Cave, Ky..
adds a like to.-tiaiony, saving: Be posi
tively believes te would have dieo. had It
net been for Elect! i: Ditters.
This great remedy w ill ward off. as well
as cure all Malarial Diseases and for all
Kidot. Liver and Stomach D.sorder stands
uneualed. Price 50c and 5l. at the drug
storsof E. James. Ete&sourg, and V. W.
M:AtceJ, Loretto.
treen B, Ranni as Pension Commissioner.
Even to those btsi acquainted with
the intelltciual capacity, moral fibre
and political aspirations of President
Harrison the tidings of the appointment
of General Green B. Raum. of Illinois,
to be Commissioner of Pensions has
been a Lotable surprise. Mr. Raum
was a machine politician in the days
when tbe modern idea of machine poli
tics was a new thing to the public mind.
Of unimpeachable personal character,
he nevertheless scrupled at Dotbiog,
stopped at nothing, which he thought
might insure party success. Devoted
blindly to the intr rests of a political ors
ganizttion, he held all men as enemies
and traitors who refused to fight under
his partisan standard. When installed
in an important public rtfice be risked
his (,flicii reputation and tbe public in
teresrs alike In a desperate eff rt to se
cure a third-term nomination for Gen
eral Granr, jn bod and wanton dt-fl.mCM
cf tbe warnings and positive injunctions
of bis superior in official station.
During Mr. Raum's career as Com
missioner of Internal Revenue that
branch of the public service was organ
ized and operated steadily as an ad
junct and a powerful aid to tbe dom
inant political party. Collectors of in
ternal revenue were active party lead
ers, while tbe horde of minor officials
connected with tbe Internal Revenue
Department did active service in man
ipulating conventions and caucuses and
in getting ont tbe party vote on elec
tion days. In contemplating this state
of affairs, so distressful to mugwumps
and Civil Service Reformers. Mr.
Raum found a pleasure and satisfaction
that cccld be understood and appreci
ated only by tbe born political zealot
and partisan euthusiast.
But what is the country to under
stand by the sudden emergence from
obscurity into a place of high honor and
responsibility of a politician with snch
Instincts, training and public record ?
Tbe promises of reform made in party
platforms for this Administration have
frequently been set at nu-ht. ; but tbey
nave rarely been Routed more conepicn
ously than in this appointment. Gen
eral R om is ibe Wes-t-rit erub.1lmei.t
of tbe notion tnat putln: iffice is legiti
mate party spoil, and that it is tbe duty
of those who are in (ffie to stay ia and
help their partisan friends to fat places.
His appointment as Pension Commis
sioner cannot possibly be explained
npon any theory of friendliness to Civil
Service Refoim on the part of the Ad
ministration. If it be the detire of President Har
rison that the Pension Bureau shall be
used as a mighty engine to influence
the tolitical action of pensioners to
control, in. short, what Is known as tbe
"soidier vote" then the installment of
Mr. Raum' at the head of tbe Pension
Bureau might easily be explained and
comprehended. Is Civil Service Re
form, after all, really played out, as the
politicians say ?Phila. Record.
Combinations of Labor Organizations.
There are cycles in labor movements
just as there are in flannctal circles. A
period of strikes is followed by compar
ative quiet for several years, because
union treasuries are exhausted and
working men have keen recollections
of the bufferings such st rupg!es entail.
But as the months roll by the reniern
biance of the consequences cf strikes
grows dim and the unions gain fresh
strength, unrest srizes the men and only
a spark ia necessary to cause a seri s
of strikes.
Apart from all conditions of trade,
the present is a period of quiet in labor
circles. The two largest organizations
of laboring men in the country are the
Knights and the American Federation
ct Labor. The Kuihts, have met re
revtrst s that have suggeitd them, and
they are in no condirion to engineer
Urge strikes. The American Federa
tion are husbanding all their resources
for their eight-hour movement in
l?f With these two organizations
ai:xiius for peace, it is cot likely that
toeie will be any genera! strikes that
are not s'arted by employers by a re dues
dlon of wages. There is little char.ee
ofar.y large body of men insisting at
present upon an increase in their pay.
But it is worth while noting that the
workingmon are employing this period
of peace by forming combinations With
each other. The conference between
the Knights and the leaders of the
American Federation resulted in the
formation of a defensive alliance. They
will rot cut each other's throats.
Tbe Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers is now in session at Denver and,
perhaps, the mos; important question
before it is the advisibility of a federa
tion of railroad employes. Such a sug
gest iou would not have been considered
by the Brotherhood five years ago. The
troth ia that the tendency in labor as
well as in financial cire'es is toward
combinations on a larger scale. X. Y.
Star.
Tanner's South and ilia Report.
Tanner keeps on talking and defend
ing bis pension policy. Nothing short
of a stroke of paralysis will prevent the
wagging of his tongue. But Tanner's
first and last report shows by figures
which presumably do not lie that just a
littl more of Tanner would not only
have "busted" the surplus but bank
rupted the Treasury as well.
The pensioners on the list at the close
of the fiscal year nam be red 4S9T29
name, or 2.0u0 more than the standing
army of Germany. Sixteen thousand
names were dropped during the year
and 53.C73 added, a net gain of 37.000.
Nearly a half million of original claims
are n: ill on file.
The amount paid for pensions during
the year was s8.275,113. If the rate
of l-ensioo disbursements during the
month of July and August bad been
maintained as it would have been if
Tanoer bad been allowed to retain bis
positron and continue bis policy the
disbursements for the year won'd have
been increased fifty per cent and would
have reached upwaids of ?13O,0u0 000.
Tnner may b able to convince him
self and soma others that tbia lavish
outlay wbs all right in principle, but it
would certainly have been disastrous in
pracliee uoles the pope of the United
5tate are ready for higher taxation.
These figures, furnished by TanDer
b'msrtf. show that both Tanner and his
Poucy had to po if the government was
to remain solvent. Tanner has gone,
bo-it la uot qaite certain that bis poli
cy has. Comujissicner Raum may not
prove as extravagant as Tanner, but
his former career in office was not of a
character to inspire confidence iu this
respect, unless Secretary Noble can
Senatorial Kickers.
According to recnt dispatches from
asbington. the United States Senas
tors from Illinois, Messrs. Cullnm and
. .V. ' wow In their eyes and it
is their purpose to knock down and
draj? out the Administration just as
soon as the opportunity presents itself
The cause of their wrath against the
powers tha: be, it Is said, is that the
1 resident does not invite them to his
side when there are Illinois cflices to be
dished out and in the rcngh language
of the street, they propose to get square
.t. i a ten monlLs uave elapsed since
the Republicans went into power, yet
jud-ing from appearances, not a email
number of mud balls havs been hurled
against the White House bv diP
grunted grand old party men. Harris
b.rg 1'atri',.
Coal operators expects booa, claim
tug that natural gas id sing out.
K EKS i D OTHER SOTI.US.
A t a California fair, the other day, a
Piuroas county man ate forty-tbree eggs
tor supper. Tbe next morning for an ap
petizer he partook of nine boxes of sar
dines. Tbe scratch of a chicken which she was
killing has resulted in tbe serious illness of
Mrs. Tlatt, of New Castle, and the death or
the Infant she was nursing from blood pl
6oniog. Over f 12,000 was discovered In tbe false
bottom of an old trunk belonging to Lena
Weinberger, who committed suicide by set
ting fire to her clothes In Winona. Minn.,
recently.
James Mnllarkey. aged 17 years, shot
and killed Charles Tlatt. aed 15 years, near
Wbeelioc. W. Vi, on Saturday evening,
because Piatt refused to give him a ride In
his wagon.
At Smtthport, McKean county, a few
days since a would-be lover arrested on a
charge of assault for simply embracing a
young lady was acquitted Dy the Jury with
scarcely any hesitation.
Edward Ra using, or Lancaster, has
sued the Western Union Telegraph com
pany for t'JOO lost through an error of the
company In the sending or a telegram con
cerning the sale of six carloads or potatoes.
Mrs. Samuel TrtcS, or Fowling Creek
Maryland, aged 63 years, was burned to
death on Friday. She was paralyzed, and
being left alone for a short time, tbe bed
clothes In which she was wrapped caught
fire.
Ira L. Hershey, or Salisbury township,
Lancaster county, who Is one or tbe com
petitors for a prize of $500 tor the best acre
of corn, harvested 7091V pounds on an
acre of ground, making the yield 98 bushels
34 i pounds.
Prairie fires are burning within a few
miles of Bismarck. North Dakota, and a
large number of farms have been destroyed.
The village of Mencken, fourteen wiles
distant, has bben swept away and the in
habitants are reported to be destitute.
William Swope. charged with larceny,
and two tramps, charged with tlhway rob
bery on Monday, dug through tbe 18-Inch
stone waltof the Lebanon jail-yard, which
is located in tbe heart of the city, In broad
daylight, and escaped without detection.
Extensive forest fires have been racing
for some time past between Princeton and
Bridgeman. Minnesota. Thousands of tons
of hay. great quantities of cord wood and
timber have been destroyed, and In some
localities the heath of natural meadows are
burned.
Warren Shipman, an ex-prlze figbter,
was caught trying to break jail at Uerlmer,
N. Y.. on Sunday. A bullet from the
Sheriff's pistol stopped him. and it was dis
covered that all the prisoners were dressed,
and that a preconcerted echeuio for a gens
eral jail delivery exlited.
A company has been formed at London
for tbe purpose of erecting a tower io Lon
don on tbe Ethel plao, which Is to be 1250
feet high. Five hundred pounds is offered
as a prize for the bet design for the pro
posed tower, ao.l 20 for tbe second oett
design, competition open to the world.
Mrs. Lydie Drake died last Saturday at
Rockford, III., aged 97 years. She bad 14
children, 11 of whom are living. The eldest
is seventy-six years and tbe youngest firtj
two. Mrs. Drake bad 126 living grandchil
dren and 11 great great grandchildren.
Her faculties were remarkably well pre
served.
Isaac S. Stoltzfus. of Kansas, whose
wife was killed at a Pennsylvania railroad
crossing while vlsltlng'ln Lancaster county,
sued the railroad company for f :0,000 dam
ages, but on Saturday a jury at Lancaster
gave a verdict for the company on the
ground of contribute ry negligence on tbe
woman's part.
Some months ago a train, consisting of
several cars, was wrecked on the Harris
burg and Potomac railroad near Carlisle,
Pa., by an obstruction placed on the track.
On Sunday night George Otto, a farmer,
was arrested as the perpetrator of the deed
and committed to prison for triaL Ball was
fixed at 10,000.
While Prince William, of Wurtemberg.
was driving to church at Ludwigsburg on
Sunday be was fired at by a man named
Klaibler, who, upon being arrested, ex
claimed : "It Is high time Warteniberg had
a Catholic king." The Prince was not
tart. The would-be assassin is supposed
to be deranged.
Lucile Fountain, of Graod Raj. ids.
Mich., is only 38 years of see, but has been
mairied 12 times in almost as many states.
Not one of her lords and masters think
enough of her to look her up. now that abe
Is out tn tbe cold world agalo. She says
she will get married again as soon as anys
one comes along who wants her.
A mountain farmer of Wert county.
W. Va.. wandered into a country 6tore the
other day and inquired who was successful
at tbe Presidential election last November,
lie bad voted for Harrison on that day and
then retired to bis mountain haunts, and
until Tuesday of this week did not know
that his candidate bad been elected.
In tbe criminal court at Pittsburg on
Thursday, before Judge White, an affidavit
was presented bbowicg that ex-Mayor Lld
delU who bad been charged by a Hannah
Clark with assault and battery, bad Improp
erly approached tbe grand jury, bad the
bill ignored and the costs put upon tbe
prosecutrix. The judge maikel the IgDored
indictaaent to be sent before the next grand
jury."
On Tuesday morning while a train of
car were being pulled up the Ashley plane
at Wilkesbarre. Pa., the man whose duty It
was to give the signal to stop, forgot to do
so and the force with which tbey came
against tbe second plane broke the rope
and tbey started down at a terrific rate,
crashing Into a truck on which were three
men," W. H. Adams. John Roat and limn
Fergnsen. Adams and Roat were badly
injured.
Cornelius Brewer, a prominent farmer,
near Freacbtowa. N. J., was cutting timber
nes.r nis borne on Thursday, when the trunk
or a big omk tree fell on him and pinned
him to the ground. One of bis legs was
frightfully crushed, and he could not ex
tricate himself. Bracing himself as best be
could, be took bts ax and cut off his
mangled leg. Then, dismembered as he
was, be dragged himself borne and died on
tbe doorstep.
James Shields, of Crestoa, la., ar
rivf d in Kansas City the other evening with
bla bride of a week. Leaving bis wife in
tbe ladles' waiting room of tbe Union depot,
he went across tbe street to find a hotel.
When he returned his wife was gone. Re
speot several hours looking for her, and
finally reported the matter to the police.
The missing woman is 18 years or age.
Shields, who had never been In Kansas
City, went there to leilde.
A passenger train on the Northern Pa
cific railroad near Portland. Ore., was de
railed last Sunday. The engine jumped the
track, went down au embankment aud cap
sized. James Nolan, fireman, was fearful
ly scalded and soon after died. Tbe engi
neer, Jones, was also badly Injured and
will probab'y Jle. Several cars were badly
smashed. There were about 200 passen
gers aboard, but all escaped with nothing
more serious than a good tuakeup. The
accident was caused bv a cow ifcttini? nn
' the track.
-POSTER te Q
dUUUtddUKS IU UtISj 1-USItH & QUlNN,
NO. 315 MAIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PENN'A
Call attention to their larire and varied apartment of D rots flnrwla (nmt,i,!.i; ,
a fii iiB4(1fM..L n.x." tt
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colored Cashmeres, Henriettas, Series, Broad Cloths, Albatross, etc. Wash Dress G i
styles. Dress Buttons and Trimming to match Dross ("Jnnrt TnW t ; at. ,.' "u's
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.Loweiing, JUidies', Misses' and Children's Underwear and Hosiery
Misses' Corsets and Waists. Kid Gloves and Silk Mitt Th rnvo
Lace Flminrinrr ntn Mr
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GOODS DELIVERED TOR. R. DEPOT,
A plague of monkeys afflicts Tanjore,
In Southern India. Tbe creatures do so
much mischief that ao official monkey catch
er receives a rupee for each monkey cap
tured. In Houlton, Me., lives a lady who never
wore an article of jewelry, a piece or lace
nor even a collar, even In the days or court
ship, which experience she has passed
through more than once, haying married
twice.
An explosion occurred in tbe Ben til ee
colliery at Longton, England, at an
early hour Saturday morning. Seventy
miners were in tbe pit at the time of tbe
accident, only eleven or whom are alive.
Tbe pit was completely wrecked, and tbe
task of getting tbe miners will be one or
great difficulty. The men engaged io a
search for victims of tbe explosion at tbe
Bentllee colliery found fifty-five bodies or
tbe dead miners yesterday morning.
John Nordstrom, a Swede of about firty
years of age, was killed by an express train
on tbe Pennsylvania railroad at Copeland
Station on Sunday morning. Nordstrom
was on horseback and attempted to cross ic
front of the train. The horse became
frightened and refused to bug from tbe
track. When tbe engine struck the animal,
tbe saddle, with Nordstrom still clinging to
it, was thrown against tbe cow-catcher and
carried hair way to Braddock Station before
tbe train could be sloped.
As a means or forcing the street raiU
way company in Indianapolis to continue
In Its employ over a hundred conductors
who were discharged a few days ago when,
on account of the weather, closed cars were
brought Into use, the Central Labor Union
has appealed to tbe people of the city to re
ruse to pay their fares ir conductors are
not on the cars to collect them. Tbe city
attorney backs them In tbe movement by
stating that tbe company cannot legally
compel tbem to drop the fares Into the
money bix.. Hundreds or persons are rid
ing, but refuse to pay.
A quarrel between a colored helper and
a young white man named Roberts at
Greenville, Ala., early Saturday morning,
resulted in the colored man pouring gaso
line over Roberts. Another colored man
touched off the fluid with a lighted lamp,
and in an instant Roberts was enveloped la
flames. lie ran wildly up and down the
main street or tbe town, but there was no
one ; awake and be was literally roasted
alive. When discovered the victim was ia
a critical condition, and medical attention
was given. One of the colored men has
been arrested ; the other has escaped.
Eastern bankers co-operating with
home capitalists, are about to Inaugurate
tke greatest industrial enterprise attempted
In the vicinity of Pittsburg for years. Tbe
Invested capital will be f3,5O0,0O0. On a
tract of 1500 acres, embracing one and one-
nair miles or river Trout in tbe Monongahela
Fourth pool, there will be erected, among
other factories, plate glass works 1.500
feet long, and enaploj tDg at the outset nearly
3,000 men. Tbe purchase price of the tract
was 350.000, and the options were closed
and deposits made ou Friday. A cUy is to
be built in the eime manner as Jeannette
was, and the project in all its bearings is a
C3losal one.
Two years ago W. K. Grossman, book
keeper for the firm of Johnson & Swaitz,
of Allentown, Ia.. was discovered to be an
embezzler of his employers' funds, and he
disappeared from public view, the Impres
sion getting abroad that he had fled to Can
ada. To the great surprise of nearly every
body cognizant of tbe case Grossman ap
peared upon the streets of that city last
Sunday. It has since been learned that be
spent the two years la his own house, his
lawyer and several intimate friends being
tbe only persons cognizant or his seclusion.
Tbe time within which the charge of em
bezzlement can now be prosecuted baa ex
pired by limitation. The amount or Gross
man's alleged embezzlement wab (25,000.
A few weeks ago a mad dog visited
Eoon a village in Ohio, and bit several ca
nines, cows and horses. Tbe city council
then passed an ordinance requiring all dogs
to be mozzled. Tbls order was not com
piled with In all cases. One of tbe dogs
bitten went mad and roamed oyer tbe coun
try, InocculatiDg with tbe poisonous virus
every living object within bis reach. Peo
ple became alarmed and feared to leave
their homes. Many cows and borses be
came stark mad and bad to be killed. A
cow Belonging to Joe Tippy got bydrooho
bla, and tbe owner, supposing tbe cow was
choked, stuck his bare arm into her rue-nth.
Ills hand and arm In a few days became
covered with horrible sores, rrom wbicb
matter oozed.' ne ks frightened and begins
to show signs or madness. Tbe whole
neighborhood Is in terror.
Tbe Pltlabmra-h Expoal t
We wish to call attention to that great
enterprise, where one can see so much ti r
so little money. We advise our readers to
take advantage or tbe cheap transportation,
and see the great exposition, and while vis
iting the sister cities do not rail to look for
number 82 Federal street. Allegheny,
where one or the finest and most complete
liquor stores can be seen In this country.
You will convince yourself at a glance, that
when you give your patronage to such a
bouse you are sure to be well treated and
get value for your money. The proprietor
or said bouse cannot afford to hypothecate
bis reputation and do otherwise. He con.
tinues to sell six year old pure rye whisky
at fl.00 per quart, or -six quarts for $5 00
II is Silver Age has no equal, which he sells
at f 1.50 per full quart. All kinds of wines
from 50c. upwards, and no extra charges
for packing or shipping to any place. Send
for his price list and catalogue and oblige.
Max Klein.
Important tsraar Iiiu Oat.
We observe, by a recent issue or tte Xew
York H'yrW. that Messrs. Remington Bros.,
or rittsbnrg. have Just established an office
in the Tribune building. New York, for the
trataction or their crowing Eastern busi
ness. The Messrs. Remington ha?e come
to rank high In their business, and tha
"Annual" they publish is reeognlzed far
and wide as a most invaluable publication.
Bneklem'a Arnica Naive.
The Best Salve In the world tor Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures rilea, or no pay required. It Is
Euaranteedto give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
Sold at the drug store of E. James, Eben.
bur, and W. W. McAtser, Loretto.
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HOPPER BROTHERS. $c CO.
Extend to you a hearty invitation when yon visit tho City to call
and examine our stock of
IJEDOOni EUID1TUIE-, PIFxL0I FHTJ)mip.
CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS,
DINING AND KITCHEN FURMTCEE.
BEDDING STOVES AND RANGES.
We furnish everything that pertains to the proper fitting of a boute at lower prlceettaa
run t had elsewhere In the City.
WE ARE NEAR THE EXPOSITION.
Cars from the IS. & O. and P. U. It. I)o;m;!s pass our Dor rs. Will uladiy give any in!-
maimn necessary.
Hooper Bros. & Co., 307 Wood St., Pittsburg, Pi
1 I.KAL MtMTIOM THIS PAI'KK.
Near Philadelphia.
chol 0?na .(. lOih. ,
Yearly tipm.c, feSOO. 7f
irtmtts and rliMi
Sen yownr " hcrrt at loy time : its
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CivU xzBCiMcriuf . CUoaicra. Mttat.LUs
xznciMeriHf CUsmcra. M-tUaa.aU. a. Om U Um
tuueau tiatrd with VLa rni
U tisarcl aitti tLa KnawitJ. 1 smU ail ao-n aixi
fccry noes ha la tt a tsjarji radtator aad ta 'muixckxv fwitiahi (.isaaa fa.M a.rai ir k-oi -
liittca, etc. (tyaauaiwiu. Sixkiai Ofvortanitia imt a; arutleata to. ad ran. rmfMelly. rrtvjir aloriii- aaU -'
aid twy- Paxrusia or atiMteats. may aJt aav k1. or a BtAiita,. C wi -i rti'ry . r., in.i,!.o( '
emmnc rhratt-al au-i ChcsuiiaJ labortrry. frul fttwtiuoat lvnari tricot . wills itKa-rtua. Sutjrt-itl 1
ftc. car. Mora tut!? autetl wnfa avparaua ttiau asr otbar
oanfort. tfca boat sdasatKa, and tata bal trKLBUur. Kiaatw Tnm
KMawtrau caifckftae aant isac t any aOroas S 1 tilIN
aaw rvepfasm, nau, ra. cm mm at m
The materials ami work ia cur
Clothing stamp it as the "Best
Made' It looks well and time
proves that it wears well. This
"Best" Clothing for Man and Boy
is reasonable in price at the
"Ledger Building."
A. C. Yaies k Co.
LEOR BUILDING.
SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS.
PHILADELPHIA.
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J OB:: PRINTING.
THE FIZEKMAy
Printing Office
Is the place to cet your
JOB PRINTING
Promptly and satisfactorily executed. We
will meet the prices of alll honoraole
eoBapetion. We don't do any but
fliV.-c!ass work and want a
living price fur It.
WitH Fast Presses ami Kew Type
We are prepared to turn out Job Printing of
every dlacription in the FINEST
STYLE aud at the very
Lowest JJasli Prices.
Nothing but the best material a usea and
our work t-peaks for itseir. We are pre
pared to print on the shortes; noiice
Postkks, Programmes,
BrfiKEss Cards. Taos, Pill Heads,
Monthly Statements. Envelopes,
Ladkls, Circulars, Wejddixg ai,d
Visiting Cards, Checks. Xotks,
Drafts, Receipt, Eosd. Work,:
Letter and Note Heads, and
llor and Tarty, Invitations, Et-.
We can print anything fiom the smailet
and neatest Visiting Card to the largest
roster on bbort notice and at the
most Reasonable Rates.
The Cambria Freeman,
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JEWELRY .
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Sole Agent
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Celebrated Rociforfl
WATCI i KH.
friambla and Fredonia WatcH
In Key and Sstam Winders.
.. AHGE SELECTION or ALL
of JEWELRY always on Un!,
t& My line of Jewelry U unmrpi
v,Gme and see for yourself before db-E.'
'Dgelewhere.
CARL RIV1XIC3.
r".benbtLrg, Nov. 11, 16a5-tf.
AT PITTSBURG
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