founlma -ifrrjcmnii. EBCNSBURC, PA.. FRIDAY, - - - DEC. 13, ISSO. The English poatofficv) does all tha express business In Great Britain, car riea parcels at an average coat of eleven cants eacb.anJ makes a profit of f 2,200, 000 a year. Jefeerson Davis, Tresident of the Southern CocfrJeiacy during Its brief period of existence, died at the home of J. U. l'ayoe, a life-long friend of the Confederate leader, at New Orleans, on last Friday morning. Tnis New York Herald has received correspondent's from various parts of the country concerning ballot reform. The Hcrall any a : "It now looks as though the Australian system will be adopted by all the States in a few years," and here's hoping that It will. The American cation uses more soap per capita than any other on the glob. Where the English nses fonr pounds per head we use flye and a half. No other nation nses over three pounds to our five. Italy uses least of all. and Russia beats her only by a few ounces. A Washington cl'.y dispatch on Tuesday says : It la stated here to day that Congressman Randall's condition is much more serious than 13 geterally supposed. Tersons very near him frankly admit thac he is very danger ously ill. and It la feared that he may never occupy his seat in the House again. Profes-or IIir.nEE, htate Superin tendent of TubMc Instruction, was stricken with paralysis while standing on the platform at Mifflin station, wait ing to take a train on TuesJay. It is supposed that his illness will prove fatal. If it should which seems proba ble, 11 persons connected with the State Departments will Lave died In three year?. Mr. Reed, of Nashville, said in New York a few days ago : "Iron made ic Birmingham. Ala., can be laid down in Glasgow and sold at a profit at a lens price than is now being paid there for English or Scotch Iron. It isn't every body that knows how cheaply Iron can be rrade !n Alabama. It hugs S3 a ton pretty close. It is ltw?n S3 and ?S W. Iron is stlliLg In Glasgow now at 521 50. There Is the margin for transportation and proHt. I am sure." The County Commissioners and tfcelr engineer have completed a new bridge at S)o.h Fork. We understand that they ate about commencing the erec tion of a bridge at Mineral I'ofut. Of course, there was no letting for the building or either or these, bridges, as a letting has a tendency to bring down prices and Ives th people a chance to know what bridges should coj. There will likely be a let inp, however, a hen it comes to seleet. ner board of Com missioners. While tre "awyers and experls cr Mew York are endenvoring to discover whether or not a criminal can bo killed surely and satisfactorily by electricity, several men have been accident.? killed by coming in crntact with electric wires. The latest victim was Teter Clausen, a lineman of the New York Electric Light Company. Ho met his death last Monday at the top of a polo at Third Avenue and One Hundred and Fifty-six street. New York City, while repairing the wires. There Is an emidemie of Influenza in Russia and other parts of the conti nent causing a widespread fear in England that the disease will extend throughout the Uaited Kicgdcro. In many parts of the continent business is almost wholly euspeuded, owing to the prevalence of the disease. The plague is spreading all over Germany and at Spanday 100 workmen in a single facto ry are affacted. It has appeared ia violent form at Lemburg and Cracow. Four hundred employes of the Louvre in Paris are ill with fever that closely resembles the Influenza Bom North and South Dakota are having a hard struggle with poverty in their firs', days of Statehood. Great as have been reported the agricultural re sources of these new States, at least tiO.OOi) pecpld are now destitute of food, and without means to buj any. At least three counties of South Dakota did not grow enough wheat for their own use, on account of froet. t Th- , I)vt. i Dakota. right failure was still worse in North These rrglots will come out in time, but their pioneers are suff-r- I Ins. as did the esrlv t!on-er n m-, . sections, and actually need help to-day. I Senator Dttt.am ater, says the Pittsburg Pott, has txen turned Iocs as the gubercatoriU candidate with tne vuay brand and indorsement. The Beaver boss has als told Hastings to i go la and win if he can. and if ha tnrt a op at Ilarnsbur? next June with 1 enough delegates he (Qui) wi.l see fcim tlr.-ng2. TLSs is all vtry gool enough In Its way, but at tbe same time j Muay rroposea 10 see ibat Ilastingj i coesn t nave enough. The fight for the control of the convin'.icn will be In rhilalelphia, and the contest agaicst Quay's slate will bj led ia that city by Jmts McManes. That's quite settltd, and what (Juay wants to d is to pre vent a comlinitin of McMines'a friends and the friends cf Mayor Fitler. That wou'd be d;ujzerous. If He anti Quay peop'e should carry railailtlpMa, Lancaster and Allegheny, Del j mater's chances of the nomination would be slim, indeed. Neither Ilsstiugs nor Montooth would stand much show. I ttere a possibility a situation is to be created that will call (or the nomina tion of Quay, to relieve the pressure an 3 restore harmony ? Omatia fleeted a Drmocratic Mayer on Tuesday .net. by a 1,?00 msjorltj. Tbe leaven ia working. Ox Tueiday n'ght Johnstown was visited with auotLtr botroi which caused the death of eleven people and and about thirty more were badly in jured, some of whom will probably die. Stetson's Uncle Tom's Cabin troupe, i that played in this place on Monday i night went to Johnstown on Tuesday morning and played to a crowded house I In Parke's Opera House on Tuesday night. Between five and six hundred people were in the building and the performance was nearly over, when some one In the upper gallery smarted an alarm of fire. The a ua lance, com posed of m?n, women and children at once became panic stricken and a rush was made for the door, which is reached by a narrow stairway and which was eoon packed solid with a struggling mass of human beings. Some fell, others were crushed down by people scrambling over them eager to get out, while people from the oatside were trys lDg to get In to see what was the mat ter. The screams of those who were being crushed to death were heart rending and their piteous cries for help were unavailing. After the ex citement had subsided and through the efforts of eomeof the cooler-headed peo ple the fears of the audience calmed, the work of extricating the unfortunate peop'a from the stairway began, and the scene was apalllcg. Eleven dend were taken from the mass while the injured, is estimated at from fifty to one hundred. The list of dead is as follows : John Miller, colored. Cbambersburg. ra. George Slonicker, M. Pleasant, Pa. L'zzie Claycomb, aged 19, from Bed- ford county. Mrs. Wesley Burns, 40 ears, Johns town. Clara Bu ns, li) . years, daughter of Mrs. Wesley Burns. Isaac Fohler, CO years, Conemaugh borough. Grorge Horner, aged 11 years, Johns town. Mrs. John W. Nestor, Johnstown. Eddie Bigler, aged 8. son of John Bigler, Conemaugh borough. George Friscbhorn. The injured as far as known are as follows : Albert Owens, Little Jackson, I.?wis Bundy, John Weimer, Charles Vaugn. Steward Blackburn, Richard Wortn. ington, Edward Scantier. Wes'ey Burns, Mrs. Clauson, Mrs. M. S. McGarry. Clarence Ecgelbertb, John Weimer, Martha Owens. John Device, Mrs William Piatt. The Johnstown Tribnne. of Wednes day, gives the following explanatioi o f the origin of the fire alarm : ' It seems, from the statement of Charles Johnson, Dr. A. N. Wakefield's colored man, thtt John Eist was the firs'; man to cry "Ire !" Johnson says that between 10 and 12 o'clock he heard somebody in the alley alongside the Doctor's resi dence caliir.g -'fire Jvjokirg out of th window be saw Beet and heard him J give tne aiarm. i;?at sil-l the Doctor's frame kitchen in the rear of the Louse t . was oa tire. Johnson made an exam ination and found that the only founda tion for th alarm was the volume of smoke issuirg from tb chimney, which, owing to the fact thit be had put some s'aik coa! in the fire, was greater than uau tl. Best's crits of tire started the. bella to ringing, which. bing heard in the Opera House. prrrcpTd some one in the upper gs'.lery as before s'ated to utter the cry which caused the panic. Ik Governor Braver, sys the Ilarris burg Poirift, has been correctly report ed in a Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer, he -doesn't want General Hast logs to receive the Repub lican nomination for Governor any more than he win's himself to be transform, d Into some hideous mon ster. II? quite-.! as savins' : "I -a as very much surprised at the de velopment of the past few days In re para to the position of General Hastings My understanding with him was that be did not propose to antagonize any plans wbicn t&e dominant leaders In the State might bf.ve with respect to the selection of a nom inee for the head of the Republican ticket next year. Ia that conversation. General Hastings said to me that be only intended to secme a few delegates here and there throughout the State in order to pat him self In lice as a candidate In event of the nomination of Senator Delamater not be ing carried out. lie then tnougot that te wonld come forward as his political resldrjN ary legatee. ITis movements of late, and what we bear of bis alliance with persons who are regarded as a disturbing element In the Republican party of the State, sbow that be has gone behind his original pur pnee, and las entered the cent est as a full fledged candidate-" The Governor added : "I was very much snrprlsed at General Hastings joining the Tariff clnb, at Titts- burg, as that, under the ctrcarcstances. i at once established bis position. I Tnl9 19 'er P1 on the part or , fLe Governor acd it is Strang if it ' " '"mu, " ; t ? CUM trMCh btWPen blm and Aju ant GneraI- " WM &ave Pwn expecita mat tne tight for the gu- , ... ... cer;natoriai p:om would becon.e onita i warm but it lotka very much as if it wero going to te a red hot affair. Mrs. Scott Lord. sistr of th wire of President Harrlscn. dltd at h-r real- dence Id Washington city at 'clock i oa Tuesday morninir. Although tot i unexpected her death was sudden, and ai ilc lieu tniy r.fr caugurrs, -M n Dimmcck and her soc-in law-. Lieu. . V . ft - , . . . . I tenant John F. Parker of the navy were w,in De, Mrs. Harrison was wKh Mrs. Lord until midnight, in company with ber tatner. Dr. cotr, and only half an bonr before she expired Mjor and Mrs, Richard Parker bad teen sitting up with Mrs. Lord, cod whei tbe left she was In an apprrently painless sleep. It has been known for several days that she coula not recover. Casiiieti Silcott, a trusted em- ; plcyee of Sergeant at-Arms Leedom of the Ilc-seof Repre-entatives at Wash ington, took btS departure for Canada last wetk and a few hours after it was discovered that $72,000 belonging to the National Hoass of Representatives was also missing. A number of Con ? res j men are Icosers bv Cashier Ri!cnft shortages. He had been cithier for six ; years past and handled 53,000.000 an - nually. The threat Cuspidor Contract. Let not the future hietorian of Ben jamin Harrison's Admiaistration omit to note the patriotic farntttn'ta witi which the Poet master-General ia co operating with bis eoleaguea. the Secre tary of the Navy and the Secrftary of War, in their endeavor to build op a tjstem of nationa defence. Secretary Tracy la bent on giving os ships of war. and first-class sbipa too. Secretary Proctor is devoting a good part of bis energy and practical busi ness sense to the question of improved steel guns for our coast batteries. The emp'oyment of more terrible explosives than gunpowder is also occupying the attention or the Secretary of War. Wanamaker is a man of peace, and his only weapon in the past has been the yard slick ; yet he too, is alert on the sutject.of uational defence. His unrivalled apprehension of lh impor tance of details, and ta.'s unerring sa gacity for discovering the ex Act point at which the stock on hand needs re plenishing, are exhibitied in the sub joined contract with bis colleague. Sec retary Proctor, officially recorded ia the United States Government Advertiser of Oct. 24 : 'Okdinahcb SrTM.T CojrotArr No. 1.78J cnpldors, brass, 4o. each, bidder feu, Johs Was mxu." No one can doubt that Wanamaker's thirteen brass cuspidors are as trust worthy pieces of ordnance, as ornamen tal as efficient at long range, as patrio tism can suggest or thrift provide ; and they are supplied to the Government which Wanamaker loves and serves at a price that knocks competition silly. The thirteen coepidors strengthen our coast lines where they were weak. We need fear no foreign foe. We can defy the world : "We don't want to fight. but. by Jingo? If we do. We're (to thehips , we're got the Kuna, we're got tne cuspidors, too." marked down by the Postmaster-General or the United States and sold to the War Department at forty cents the cuspidor. Y. Y. Hun. Taking the Census. The machinery for taking the census is comparatively simple. The Superin Undent has divided the who'e country into 175 districts. There are ten of these districts in Pennsylvania. For each district a Supervisor will be ap pointed in January. The duties of a Supervisor are many and varied. He subdivides his district into enumera tors' divisions. He recommend? lists of persons for appointment as enumer ators ; He scrutinizes their work and furnishes them their schedules, and forwards the completed returns to Su perintendent Porter. An enumerator, as a role, comes into contact w:th oclv about one in seven of the population. He carries with him pchedules of popu lation of agricult ere, manufactures, of morality and vital s'atistics, and sched ules relating to deaf, blind and insioe, as well as of criminals. At the close of every day of labor he mus;, as has been stated, report by postal card to his Supervisor and to Superintendent Por ter. The census will be taken in June. The enumerator most perform his aork iu Cfteen days in the city and thirty divstnthe country. Every citiz-n is obliged to anpwer b"? qnes'ions. or suf fer a tine or ?10. Next year svral million family schedules will be distri bute in advance rf the enumerator' v'sirs and r.t icany h ust s they will find these blanks a'reaJy lilied out, tLus greany raci.'aatin ii mo wort. in sp-cial cses. wb-re mocev ia nrti 'or hr.rse hire and othf r expenses, an rL ir" l" paia r.y ite t ay. uii. in exefej g... The rreat boJv nf er.nmera'ors wi'I be pai.i : ror every living rron. two cents ; tor every dfah. two cents ; for every Grm fifteen cen;s ; for every tactory, twerty cents ; for each veteran or veteran's widow, five cents. ln Viith The Dance. The contest for tte Republican norn ination for Governor may be snid to be fairly started, and from now until the day of the convention it will gradually grow warmer. The lettding candidates, Delaxeter and Hastings, have au nounced themselves as being in the tight to win and each is gathering his followers about him. It is plain that the Dirty machine ia at work in the interest of the ambitious Senator from Crawford, and the fact of the matter is it was put together by Delama'er's friends when his candidacy was in en embryotic State. General Hastings will virtually have the snrpoit of the soldier element and fcnti-Qiiayites will naturaliv drift lo his side wen jay boldly "shows his fin Roman hand, as there is no doubt be will do at the proper time. As to Msjor Montooth. Grneral Gobin, Generat Rceder, Colonel Cooper and the various other military aspirants for Beaver's chair, this seems to b hu off year for them. An i IT the-tickt year, so to speok. Ilirri.Jjurg. Patriot. (itltlngto the Tail End. Th National Farmers' Alliance, sit ting in i?t. Louis, has adopted resolu tions endorsing the Australian system of voting. The Portland Advertiser Tuesday published letters from the Mayors of cities in Maine, county attorneys and prominent RpubliCins, on the sutject of Billet Reform. All except tour re p'ies favor the adoption of the Austra lian syMem. The AlctJtLcr says, editorially : "Now that this system has operated successfully in Massachu- setts, there can no lontrcr be that the next Lgilt ure in Maine will pass a similar law without serious op P'Uon." BcCD8"flvsnIa atill holds tacK and is fist graytating toward tbe tail t-nd of Precession. Bat it all depends on ir.e people. If they want the privilege . of voting as their concience dictate r oung as ineir concience dictate ttlH Will f clo.t ..... i to HirrUburg who will ptit tb Austra : . v" 1 11 - icfirrruiniTfa lian system through. PUila. JleraUl Pretty Fast la the Mire. The nine months of Mr Harrison's Administration have confirmed the '.pii.ion that there ara few great men ,rt 'n lDe Jeputiican party. Withal! .,,.,. gone, and no new ones in period cf Its lcdence atv - r- pt-ars to be at hard. With tone to guide it. It wi.l. ir let a!oi-. accom plish its own destruction. Under the leadership of Mr. Harrison ic is pretty fast in the mire. Already suffering irem a aeaa weignt, it received a tre ixendoas blow at the late Slate elec- tious, and unless eome life is speedily urcai Leu into ice inert mea a re nomination will hardly be worth Mr. Harreson's trouble. TIerM Wlai. We J wire to ajr to ear dtlzeai. that 1T jer we hy been felling 1. Klng'i New IHscorery for ("onsumptloa, Ur. Klng'i Nw Lite Pills, Backlen'e Arnica Salve and Electric Fitter' and hare never handled reoaedles that fell ai well, or that hare given each nnlvenal (atlirno-tloa- We do not hesitate to guarantee them rerr time, and we stand ready to refund tha ! purchase price. If fat lsfaetory remlti do not lot low their ase. 1 faese remedies bare wen their a-reat popularity purely en their merit. For sale at tbe drns; store ot E, lames, Kbenf bora;, and W. W. McAteer, Lorelto. Gen-. CrTcnEox, of Michigan, will introduce a bill into Conereas calling 1 fot ceD9us of those persona wl o served i ia the civil war. Superintendent of the j Census Porter favors the plan. Peaver's Chance to llxpUia. There is much interest in the report that Governor Beaver is shortly to re dace his yiew of the Johnstown relief business to cold tjpe. Tbe way in which the Governor looked at that mat ter ia likely to contain a numter of in teresting and novel features ; and the pnbllo will await with wild expectation tbe appearance of the Executive docu ment foreshadowed in our Washington dispatch. As to the rela'ive positions of tbe Governor and his Adjutant General, they are by no means tbe most impor tant aspects on whicb tbi Governor can throw light. Whether Hastings tried ti rnako capital by bis presence at Johnstown, or whether Beaver tried to r deem the capital that be had lost, by rushing up to Willismsport and repre senting that be bad rescued a stricken city from a:arvatioo there, we can af ford to l?ave to bo fongnt out bit ween these gentlemen. But there are some points on which the Governor can, if be will, afford a good deal of explanation. Thus be may state tbe view by which be was led to advocate taking money from tbe State Treasury in an unconstitutional and unauthorized manner rather than adopt the constitutional method of call ing a special session of the Legislature to meet aa unparalleled emergency. Having done that, he may next venti late an interesting subject by showing Jinw he came to represent that be had 51,000,000 available for the State Work at Johnstown, while subsequent even'.a showed the sum to be but $300,000. These points made clear, tbe Govern or will have accomplished a task big enough to warrant bis adjouroing the job of making mincemeat of General Hastings to a future day. Some things are difficult to explain ; but until tbe Governor has smoothed out these little Kints, be had better abstain from other controversial literature. PitUslurg Dis jxxtch. X Mathematical Prodigy. Sam Summers, tbe negro prodigy, was in Shelbyville, and. as usual, enter tained a large crowd, who were testing bim witb all kinds or mathematical problems. Summers is a negro, tbirty iour years old, without the slightest education. He cannot read or write, and does not know one figure from another. He is a common, every-day farm hand, and to look at bim and watch his actions be seems to be about half witted, but his quicK aad invaria bly correct answer to any example in arithmetic, no matter bow difficult, is simply wonderful. Witb tbe hundreds of tests that he bas submitted to. Dot a sir gle time bas be failed to give the corret answer in every instance. Sooio xainp'es given bim on Wedness day were : .How much gold can t bought rr r72 in greenbacks if gold is worth ?l C5 T Multiply 5'J7,311 ty 13. If a grain or wheat produces strtn graius. and thes? bu sowu the S'eird vesr. r-sch yielding the same in crease, bow many bushels will be pro ducrd at this rate in 12 years if 1000 grains make a piut? If the velocity of sound is 1142 feet ier second, the pul sation of the heart 70 per minute, after seeing a flash of lightning there are 20 pulsations coun'ed before you bear it thunder, what distance is tbe cloud from ibe earth, nnd what is the timb after seeing the flash or lightning until you har th tbunder ? A commission merchant received 70 bags of wheat, each containing three bushels, three pecks an 1 three quarts ; how many bushels did be receive ? And so on. With Robinson'o, Ray's and o'ber higher arithmetics before them, those who have tesied him as yet have tesn unable to find any example that witb a few moments thought on his part he Is not h!e to correctly answer.--ioi-fi'i'e ContKirrri'il. Xo Fnd lo Extravagant Expenditure. Secretary Windom's report shows that as fast as we reduce the Interest charge oo our national debt we propor tionately increase the payments for pensions. Tbus Government expendi ture is kept up to the war point twenty Cve years affer the end of tbe war ; and the suzgestioa that taxes should be res duced is denounced as an unpatriotic ss?ault upon the industries of the country. So excessive is the drain of taxation that the ingenuity of statesmen Las been constantly taxed during the last quarter or a century to spend the mon ey in the Treasoiv aa fast as it should accumulate. The salaries of nearly every i fficial in the Government service have been largely increased ; vast sums have been expended in the erection of coff'y custcm-bouses, po6t rffices and other public buildings in II parts of the country ; an equal profusion bas leen lavished upon internal improve ments ; and what could not otherwise be disposed of has tn-en devoted to the most extravagant system of pensions ever devised in any country under any form or government since the werld be gan. The recommendations In the message or President Harrison in favor of en larged expenditure for pensions, coast defenses, national education, steam ship subsidies, and for other purposes, prove that the hope for auy relief of the public bnrdens at the hands of a Republican Administration is hopeless. The President has no positive plan of rnttingdown the revenue: and it h.s schemes or expenditure should Jbe ap proved by Congress curtailment would be impossible. There seems to be no bope of a return to frugal and econom ical public Administration until the Republican party shall bave been again burled from power. Phila. Iiecord. Tub Rev. W. II. Milburn. the blind Chaplain of tbe House of Representa tives is a native or Philadelphia and was born in 1322. He lost the sight or one eye when quite yoong, and the otber soon became practicality use less. He mast-red the blind alphabet, and at the aire or 20 wit ordained minister. Arter that be had traveled over 200.OUO miles, filling appointments to preach in all tbe Southern States. Within th last 30 years he bas preach ed in nearly every Sante in tbe Union and in si me European count rits. He has been Cb; plain of the House since 18S3 and can, in all probability, hold the place Indefinitely. Mr. McFaklix. tbe ereat New England iron manufacturer, takes op tbe cry for free irou ore, coal and coke as the only salvation for the imperiled iron Industries of the East. He Is bscked in h'.s demand by tbe nearly unanimous sentiment of the iron work ers in bis section. Tbev also demand lighter duties on scrap metal. It will require fanatical faith in the virtue of taxation as the main spring of industri al enterprise to keep the New England delegation in Congress solid for taxed wool, ore coat, coke ana lumber. Their idle forges and factories plead with dumb eloquence Tor relief. A Hafe I b vestment. Is orve which Is arnaranteed to bring satisfactory results, or In case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan yon can buy from ur advertised drarslet a bottle of Dr. Kind's New IMscorery lor Uonsumptlon. It Is guaranteed to hrlDg relief la every case, when nsed tor any af fection of Throat. Lucks or Chest, such as Con- , sumption. Inflammation of Lung, Bronchitis, j Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc. It is j pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfeetly sate, I J can always be depended upon. Trial bottles . free at the drug store of E. James Ebeasburg-. j and W. W. MsAtcor, Lotetto BillWM AMt OTIIEX 5fOTI-i." . Robert Bonner ta on hla farm, at Tar rjtown, and in bi city stables, in New York, nearly sixty of tbe notable turf per formers of their day, and for which be has paid nearly 1500,000. Prof. Lolsette's Memory System Is creating greater Interest than ever In all parts of tbe country, and persons wishing to Improve their memory should send for bis prospectus free as advertised in another column. nov29 4t. Westmoreland county is overran witb tramps. On Tuesday several children go ins to school at Ureenebura were assaulted and their dinner baskets taken away. Xumerous otber outrages are reported from otber towns. Tbe largest Infant ever born In Con necticut was that of Mrs. Lwis Duke, of Merlden, which weighed 23 donnds at birth. It was born about a week ago and lived on ly a few moments, rhvglcians say it was a pbenomlnal babe. Florida willroon be tbe greatest lemon growing country in the world. Lemons weighing a pound each are common In Flor ida, and along the banks of Caloosabatcbie there is a single tree which bears 5,000 lem ons, many of which weigh a pound each. A young man named James Donobue. about 18 years old, was sbot and Instantly killed Manday evening by William Boathe. Tbe murder was committed in tbe back room of a building adjoiuing a saloon. Boathe was arrested at bis home shortly after tbe shooting. A Sooth Carolina man wbo was carious to know just bow maca stuff an alligator could eet away with wben be felt well, fed out a bind quarter of a cow, seven chickens, a sheep, four geese and a bog's head before tbe reptile backed water. Tbe cow and sheep and poultry had died or poisoD, but this didn't trouble tbe 'gater any. While John Patterson was standing at tbe Delaware Bank counter on last Satur day morning, clipping coupons from bonds which be kept on deposit there, an un known man 9eizd Mr. Patterson's deposit box, containing some thirty thousand dol lars In securities, and ran oat and away. Tbe police are trying to find tbe tbief. A number ot boys, ranging lo ace from twelve to fourteen years, stole several bottles of wbkky from a saloon on Wabash avenue, Chicago. last nlgbt. Tbey drank freely, and one of them, John Maboney, died from the effects a few hours later. Weral others are In a critical condition and may die. The police think the liquor was drugged. Marlon Crowell, a young merchant of Connellsville, Pa., 6hot and killed Joseph Torter in cold blood Tuesday afternoon. There was no cause for tbe killing except whisky. Crowell got drank and started for Dunbar with tbe avowed intention of shoot log hlro. When they met he asked Porter to drink. Upon lil rerual. be drew a re volver and sbot bim deaa. Tbe murderer Is under arrest. A friend or the lazy, In Bangor, Ma, has invented a device by means of which a man can catcb a fish without fishing. He attaches a small slelghbell to a place or bar one end or which he Inserts Into a crack In tbe dock. Arter baiting his line and throwing it overboard ne fastens it to the hoop, puts bis bands In bU pockets and awaits developments. As soon as the bel is jingled by a jerk on tbe line, he hauls It In and lands the fish. The steamer Alaacas, witb ezEmperon Dom Pedro, or Brazil, and part on board and riving tbe old Brazilian flag, arrived In tbe Taj in on last Friday morning. She an chored off Belom, a suburb or Lisbon, op posite tbe Lazaretto, but whs not compell ed to undergo quarantine. Dom Pedro, the ex-Eaipre, the Count and Countess D'Eu ( son-in-law) , the three sons of tbe Count and Countees. and Prince Augustus, or Saxe Coburg, the ocber son In-law of Dom Pedro, went asbcre immediately. A little over a year ago a Mrs. Richie, aced about 60 years, went to Denver from Cheyenne witb a son of twenty-five jears and a deaf-and-dumb daughter aged fifteen. Three weeks ago tbe mother and son went on a protracted debauch. Tbe old lady not having been seen for several days tbe land lord entered the house Tuesday night and found ber dead body oo tbe floor almost de voured by rats. The son was in an adjoin ing room in a beastly state of Intoxication. The dead woman bad 20.000 on deposit in tbe First National Bank. Foul play is sus pected. It is a well-known fact that tbe Econo my or Harmony Society, at Economy, Pa., forbid marriage. Their numbers are kept up by adopting children. Of tbe thousands representing this soci ty at one time thirty remain, and tbe number Is dwindling down yearly. About tbe first of next year a dozen new members will be taken In. Among ire number are some married fami lies. It Is being discussed by tbe members whether It is advisable to adept matrimony or not. TLe majority seems to be In favor of it, and tbe old order permitting members to marry may be reinstated again next year, which will make a marked change In the society. John . Jacobs, a nineteen-year-old youth, residing with his parents at No. i, 123 Mobawk street. Chicago, bad his neck broken in front of bis own door o Sunday -ntgbt. II is sister Lizzie, a girl of about fif teen, of whom be was very fond, was tbe cause of tbe difficulty which resulted ia Jacobs' death, and it was while taking her from tbe company or undesirable compan ion that he was killed. The eirl left the house in tbe evening and Jaeobs soon after went out and found her walking with John Wessell and Paul Stockbart. lie called to fcer to go borne, and a scuffte ensued be tween tbe boys. Jacobs was pushed against a fence violently, and sank to the ground ; gp!og. He died In a few minute. No arrests bave as yet been made. A curious freax or nature cane to light in the town of Newport. Perry eoonty. oo Tnesday, which called visibly to mind tbe existence of tbe once famous Siamese twins. Tbe wife or John Smith gave birth to twin bablas, which were united witb a ligament ror a space of two Inches extend ing from tbe navel upward. There was one child or each sex. Tbe male was a ful ly developed child ; the other was terribly deformed. In place of a band there were bat two fingers grow leg fro id the wrist. One arm was bent at the elbow, bat tbere was do joint; one hip was up near tbe shoulder, and one leg was only tbe sem blance of a memSer, being only about an inch in leegtn. Tbe male portion or the fraak was living wben born, but diet soon after. Tbe body was bnried. A terrible accidebt occurred at the wire mill of J. A. Itoebiing's Sons company, at Trenton, N. J., on Saturday, in which an Italian named John Ilitcukasb, wMo works on tbe rolls, was instantly killed. Tbe red hot Iron bars are pat through a long roll, which bas a series of holes, each small er than tbe one preceeding. It was llltcb- kasb's duty to catch the red hot Iron as It came through tbe rolls and Insert the end in tbe next hole. He failed to catch Pie end. tbe red-hot Instrument of torture ens tered bis breast, passlngall the way through, cutting aud burning bis heart In twain. Those who stood near could bear the Lot Iron sizzling in bis vitals. lie droped dead instantly. The mill was stopped, the wire cut, and he was removed to bis home. He was about forty years of age and leave a family. FOSTER fe QUINN SUCCESSORS TO GEIS, FOSTER & QUINN, NO. 315 MAIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PEN Call attention to their large and varied assortment of Dress Goods, comj.ri.sing lla.ck and ., a full line of black Cashmeres, Henriettas, Melrose, Drass d Alma, Armmcs and Nun' v' '" colored Cashmeres, Henriettas, Serges, Uroad Cloths, Albatross, etc Wash rirns - n , siyies. uress uuitons ana lnmmings to match JJrcss Uool.s, Tab! Liuttons and lnmmings to match Dress Goods, Table Linen, Napkin J'( js', Misses' and Children's Underwear and Hosiery, Corsets in 2G dnv.r.T' hl and Waists, Kid Gloves and Silk Mitts, Table Covers and Lambrequin n Toweling, Ladie: Misses' Corsets i Lace Flouncing, etc., etc. 5g-GOODS DELIVERED TO R. R. DEP Willie Marietta, at Livermore, West-, moreland county, was on Tuesday showing friends how be could Jump on moving trains, lis fell UDder tbe wheels, bad both legs cat off, and died shortly after. Bncklrn'i Arnica Naive. The Beet Salve in tbe world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rbeum. Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cares Files, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold at the drug store of E. James, E!e Da burg, and W. W. McAteer. Loretto. THE NEWS OF TUB DAY HOW TO GET IT ASD WHERE TO GET IT. ANorcM nt or The PITTSBURGH POST fuk ibg. Tub Fictiov Dbpartm est. s a famllr newpaier Tri Pout wll! stand wlthoat a peer. Its notion department will con tinuo to be one the most attractive in tbe coun try. The serial novels tor wtilrh contracts for IHyOhave already been made are the products of some ot the foremost writers ol tbe World. 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Terms tor Taa Uaily Port: Hy mail, one year, tti. p:nc prepaid; 6 months, 4; S months, ti; 1 month, TO cents. Send lor sample copy; Tbi Weekly Post. Tbb Pi-rrsBruuH Wekklt Post eoctains twelve pages each week (4 col ami or readme matter. Single subscription postasre prepaid, one year, $1.25. lnelu!sf five or over, postage-prepaid, one year. $1,00. An extra copy or ts cash equivalent, tor every club of ten sor.Mjriliers. SeDd for rree sample copy. Address Xhb Post Pi'sluuuu Co Pitts burgh, Pa. NOW KLAIlY 1 OK AND CHRISTMAS HOl'BLE NCMBEK ISE BY Ti'.S 1km lilkl ! PKICE 50 CE TS. Bt SBacKir-rua S3.00 ris Ybaji. TSKHIlliTSU SI-HBlEOOSTinS ! A MAGNIFICENT CHROMO SVPPI.EM EXT J OFMEISfSOXIEK'SilEEATPAINTINU "FKIEDLAND: IsOT." ! KopretrntlOK Naooleon at the ten 1th of his dory j at the battle of r'r!"HnJ. From the original I picture now In the Metrinnlltao Museum ot Art. i New York, lor wbicb aod.uis) were pud at the famous Stewart sale. "It Is the lead 1 nir fashion pnollcatlon ca the continent, aad Is no doubt the cheapest." Truro Slost or the fashion late( in tbe Basan are Is sued simultaneously in KE'AT YOKK AND PAK1!. It is the most complete periodica! for Irs makrs lu the world, and the most ttopal ar Fash ion Alagasine for mothers and hcais ol is Billies. THE CUKISTM AS NUMBER IS SVPEK BL.Y lLLLSTKATlOh A BEAfTTIFUL. t?OI.KEI WLMMEK FASH ION PL.ATK. A BKI1J-IANT COVER PLATE OF" UrilLD KEN'S W1NTEK Sl'rTS. Tha pistes and ens;rmTlniri contained In this number embrace Evenlnc and Kail ('ostumes. Winter Ovcrvannrnts, VlsHinr and Keoeition trowsss. Winter Bonneu and Hats. Suits lor Boys and lrls. Us pes. fjoats, Oloakt. Wraps. Jackeu, Muffs and Costumes lor all occasioaa. Embroid ery Pattern, eus. IW BTOK1K8 BY Maa. ALEX iNDKK. JOIiN STR ANE WINTEK, W. E. NORK1S, EKCK.MANN-CHATKIAN. Anew continued story by the author ol 'H1s) Wedded Wire." and a splendidly Illustrated Uhrlstmaa story, entitled "JIM OK THE-WHIM." The BaiAa Editorial Ike(iartment li lull of I'rUcht articles by various (Hautiibutors. Mrs. Stowiu has an Interesting- article on Noreltles mruaristmaj. His. limn has an article oa Ellxabeth barret Hrowrnoit. All the regular de partments are replete with choice and seasonable reading matter. Mna. A Lira Wilim writes: am a dress maker and I have bouarht Thb New Yoke Fsui. ion Kaiar every month for the part lour years. 1 could not de without It. The lath ions are the Tery latest." NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. Frloa 13 00 a year. Any perjon aendinc as 3 for a year's subscrip tion will receive the beautiful Chrihtmas hmmo Supplement ot Metssonier'a arrest palBiicr. "Fnedland: ISM.' The following- I'rem turns In CASH wll be given to dartles sending- ut subscriptions. For Five subscribers, one year, at $3.00 a year, we For Ten subscribers, one vear we win give s 375 . 7 50 For Twenty subscribers, one year........... For Thirty subscribers, one year...... For Forty subscribers one vear . 15 00 . 561 50 j For Fifty subscribers, one year . SO Oil 37 7.O0 ror one Hundred subcribers, one years.... Eor One Thousand subscribers, one year... . T&u.oo And for larger nambers In proportion. Send remittances by Postal Money Money Or dor. Registered Letter, or Check, and address OEOROE MI'NRII, Mt'aauK'a Pvlihhiji Horsii. I. O. Uox UTol. 17 to -7 V andqwater tot., N. CARL RXVnSTITJs" PRACTICAL ' WATCHMAKER $ ty.-- y - -"- y Si , JPV-a-WL.,1 JJLL'lUUt , EXPOSI 0 anaiiA.f)N 25 cekts. HOPPER BROTHERS. 6c GO. Extend to you a ln-arty invitation when you visit the City to tZ and examine our gtock of I3EM00Ii FHI(iITUKE, P7IIL0I FniPITIIIE, CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS, BEDDING STOVES AND RANGES. We furuiil) evcrtthiuK that pnrta'ns to the proper fittine of a hue at lower pr.crstic WH ARB HEAR THE EXPOSITIC:: Cars from :he li. & O. and P. II. K. Depots pass our Doors. Will c'-aJIy eive acv Lbation necessary. Hooper Bros. & Co., 307 Wood St., Pittsburg, h PLEASE ME.NTI .N 1 HIS I'APLK. AT YOUR SERVICE With the best line of Overcoats in Philadelphia lor en, Youths and Children. No matter what kind of an Overcoat you want you will find it here, made in our well-known reliable way, at the lowest prices- A. Ca Yates cfc Co., SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STFEETS. PL! I LA DELPHI A.. nr Pbllarfelphin. I O rVrhool Oeni. t-ipt. 19th. J r A i' ' Ye.rlr rpr.W. .-,0. f U S? J SZLSPs? S J A; jcrtmlts swt l-jf e youar mm and tM6 m srv time : Ttiem fat Puilnm, luv r,W(r v . S W Wet r ir Annlrnlit la Phw, Cbn- v. Si.-r ; !i - ! . ' Civil HinpiiMwriiie. C.Ji-. Mu.cmiii . Oue ol tk hrM t--l rvl L: ni.tu-.. i 1 (. ! sluilcMU ljjrd nh llic Pnc I rathe-- mf n Mi ifrad'ialfr, it :ir tak, "' 1 . ' f.M.ais 1 cry m.m ta& iu it a f-am ra lmtiir an 1 i niitciy litTrii.bl. I ratiiw M (iru ' Sliilctics. etc. ItymaaMum. &;eciai o.iitiuitm f.n at atuflrtit toadvan raiMd' v. n ' ' . waid boy FllTMli or srulnts may select siiv srutlil. or a Fluaiim. 'olle-twraforv. 1: i' ' - 1 .' , -. cinc. 1'hytK.al and Cheam l ttxwatory. t'ractical Buainea 1 Kriartineat. anh Vit.pi . I 1 - C Mre fai.y umlwd T.h aiHaratue n any other CUr"-"tling at Ut'.i. A ' "'v"r' 'g comfort, riia tet kiucation. and the liet trajr.inn. tnl piK inver ciorr tase. Nueim'" T- K"' . Illustrated cual(: aetit free to any acVireaa. SWlIiii C SUvjRI LllXt. i.B.. A.M. iu-i.--aad rroiiaua. Media, fa- Canuiaja sl -ua wlht Mud i.iii.t.-. mm THE STJINT 1890. Some people agree with Tag Sua e optnltna about men and thlnai. aad some people don't ; but everybody likes to get bold of the news paper which Is never dull and never afraid to speak Its ailnd. IJosnocrats know tbat lor twenty years Trig Sex has fought la the fropt line for Democratic principles, never wavering; or weakening la Its loyalty to the true Interests ol the party It serves wrth fearless Intelligence and disinterested vigor. At times opinions have Clflered as t the best Bieans of accuropliialng the common purpose t It H nut ThkSuk'b fault If It has seen further Into tbe millstone. Eighteen, hundred and ninety Is the year ttaat will probably determine the result of tbe Presi dential election ol 1HU2, and perhaps the fortunes of tbe Pemocraay for tbe rest of tbe century. Vic tory In Is a duty, and the beginning of Ib'Xi Is the best tine to start eut In company with 1th Th Sea. Itolly, per raonth. ..... ft no Ially. per year, ... - a.oo Sunday, par year. - if OO ltly am) NnndHy, per year, ... fa im iwuiy aud Sunday, per month. - - - O.TU vteekiy sun. one year, - l.utl Address THE M N, New Turk. OFFICE OK THE BELL'S tAP KAILKOAD COMPANY. I HILAKRLrRlA, Oct. 21. IRS'.I. The Board of Ihrcctors of this t;triDnv has called a special meeting ot Its atockhoKlers to be held at tbe oUloe ol the Outnuaey, at Room 'J;, Duiutt I U iding, 141 soutb ourth street. I'lula pelphla, on FKIUAY. lecemter 27. 1SS9. at h) 'clock a. m., for the purxpe ol voting for or against the merger and consolidation of said Co . with The Clearfield and Jefferson Railway Company , under the terms and provisions of the agreement ot merger ar.d consolldatlua now in hie at the Company's office, whereby, inter alia, an Increase ol capital stock and bonded Indebted ness of the outitaolidated corporation will be ef fected according to law, aud to transact any otiitr bujlncil which may cmne before the meet Ing, FRANK S. LEWIS. Secretary. Y 0T, -AND DEALER IN- Watches, Clocks, JEWKI.UV . Silverware, Mm, A.M. Optical Gc:i: Sole Agent FUK 1 Hi; Celebrated Eockford JolumMa and FreJunia ttY.. Id Key and Swm W.t.j-rs. ..Ar.GE SELECTION F AILTvn QiJEWELi:y.iJr(,I1 u.rJ J5? My line of Je w:rv :- i:n-i".a.,.i CARL RIVINIUS urusbur Nuv. 11, l-i-r.-r;. Ml AT PITTSBURG J OrEXS SEPT. 4'h. CL0- U JT. DINING AND KITCHEN FURXITUEZ ciiti bo bad elsewhure in tne uity. 7 7 f ullman bufict SlccpiCR Cars or- '. u.un.fr t vi, Laredo, EaRlc rs -r 1 Ptlit Ruins, t.rand r. t. - i - .j u'.. 1 Srem-rT. !..! Til AN) Coupon Stations mL.S. ar.u I ' ' thi-t try ..r Mrxir-.. yia 'u B TDWtsran D 0 T.1ET. ST.l' ' STUB SKiYiBS m CQE. CENTRE AND ItiM & PA. J. II. (JAN 1, l'roir IMIKPT.'BLIO will alwayn tnd ;..-" ol business In lu.liios-tii'urti. Y '- 43 DMat and eoffr. A I'S k r -...n t.' ected with the sh p where tl ' i1- '" n -eommodatcd with a tiot or " '1J ,A and everything- connected t.'erti ' clean. Olio toi a a si IiL - KALRhMRX Mo sell .-r..' 1 :t - L.iberl 1'ay Weekly. " P'T v,'n"' glve simiet' ln i'ct:irt'; '. Vrr"1 needed. Wrte Fkki- .. 'l- J' V Rocbcftcr. N. Y. ri:l,:Vv'" come my aut and eil cotiv el this ad. ful ilil" "' liec. B, 'ii-2m. . TMSSt-Ll'TION N('T1 I I t IWlce is In rul'j- -.' ea :: ship hetettitere exi--tlri - i ' H. J S'Uettig ar..i a., i' ; ture and site of tdf'. K. bee, dlsstdved n.u:u -rt,lt tl e hrin wi'I !" t' ' lir D-i'Ht. ,1 I" vUO will pay all di-M-1 e. - r if:-' M M l' K -,r. 1.1.! I1' .i.ii. H I 1.. 1' Ebensburic, .Nov. i?. M. D. KITTEU, Attor no.v- 1 , r. li: ' Offlco Arroi ry t u'l.tm. nor. r. GAtiOEPi I'liv: Ki:kevan ba L Ailveiiiso In li 1 fc "