.u;ilmn f rcnniw. EBNSQURC, PA.. FRIDAY, - - - .IAN. 21, 15'X liEKTlXI K THE 1K.M K'K.ATIO COVNTY CUM MITT EE. T tho wnVn of ISr Dtmatra'ic County I omm.t trt. IUjilihis:-There seemi to be a prevailing opinion amuri PemoeraU, that rbaoita .boul l tie mail In our TUera of nominating raDlilate foroHl-e. it I. nrtrexl that th prrsent jttm taj dnmaxe-1 tne party In the county ami that a like rroilt has followed lu aJoptloa In all the ether ronntie where It prevail. I hare been re peat.illy urue.l by pronilni-nt Petuoorat thmuvh. eat the oout.tj, who hare no other Inters: In the matter than the trooJ ot the party, to call the i ountv Committee together, tor the purp Ot con.'lilertnx the propriety ot retainlDtc tbe present, or adopting tbe ol.i delegate pyiilem. Therefore, I will ask what teemi to be a popular demand, that the member ol the Detnocratlo County Cenmlttee. meet at the Armory Hall, In Ebeniibure:, on Monday the atth day ot 'eirua rv IS), at 1 o'clcrlc r. u. for the purpose of de liberation on thu and other matter el Interest to the party. I would further uiitet that each member of the County t'oniuilt tee, cn.-ults hl Constituents on the i ur-)eot, no that any action taken by (he Committee would be endorsed by the party. Jumv ..(1av. Chairman of tte I)tu'XTtlc ITjaimillee Carroll town, l'a., January ui. 1S'."0. All over the country psopte are djingoftbe grip. Nearly all the fatal cases are those wbo did not tuke rate of themselves after the tli -ease hud ap patently run its course, rneumonia re suiting. T.HE jury In tbe suit of Caroline CatEmtnr against Clfmmens Mull lor iiuo.OOO damages for breach of promise of marriage tried in Xew York last week, rendered a veidicton Sun dav last in favor of the plaintiff far $12,000. Tuk TenDion Departmental "Washs ington baa upon its rolls the names n twenty seven widows of revolutionai v soldiers who have b-en rfjrul:trly paid pensions up to the pre- nt tirn?. Three of them are ninetvseven jears of ag ana two ninety six. The your-Res seventy-one. is The S:a.te Hoard ol Pardons, at meeting at Harrisburg. on Tuesday night, recommended a cnrr.mutatii n of aeatti sentence to impriaornr. r.t for !if In the case of M-ireirK A.Di'liard ft, assisted in th murdr-r of her husband at L.tston. The. casn of Z;tch Taylor a, a tue ureetio cnunty nuiplt-rer, was he Id under advisement. The heavy purchase of bondj durin th past wek. amount ino- to nr! 5t 000,000, has resulted iu the reduc tion of the available treasury surplus to about 20,(X),000. The Secretary of the Treasury has therefore decided to Eusnendtbe purchisi of four percent, bonds until further notice. The pur chase of four and a half ppr cent. boni9 will, horvever, be continued as hereto fore. Th lurch&se or four per cents will be resumed shortly, as it is estima ted the surplus will be incrensed to?10 -0O0, ( 00 by the Drst of April. A r.iLL w.i3 introduced in the IIgush last week ly representative Mills, which provides Tor reciprocity In trade bttweeu.ihs United S ae9 and Mexi co. All artichs iroJuc.d iu M xieo are to te admitted free of duty to this country by a Presidential proclamation, whenever Mexico sIihII admit the pro ducts of the United States free of duty. Artic'essutjtct to an internal revenue tax are exempted from the operations of the bill, wbc!e previsions are to conticne in force so long as M-xico adheres to her part of the ari;inge meat. United States Senatok Trnrir, last week delivered a masterful speech urging Congress to extetd a heartv recognition to the Republ!c of Brazil, youngest daughter of Liberty, and thereby make amends for the uns American and ."cowardly attitude of the Administration, which is apparent ly waiting to sneak In at. the heels of the last European monarchy which may arudingly yield to the stern logic of facts. Tbe matter will soon come up in the House also, and the Administra tion may be Epurred into patriotic action. The Philadelphia Timrs ssys : ' The local newspapers cf Pennsylvania are the most creditable of any published in in the country, and they are rap'dly growing In prosperity and power. They have done their part to advance their resp-.c'ive rections. and It should be remembered that their usefulness is just commensurable with their patron age. The city journal, so far from at temrtirg to retard the local journal, always profits by the prosperity of the local newspepers, for they steadily edu cate their readers to greater needs ia newspapers, and thus roultip!? the de mand for metropolitan journals as the local journals multiply their readers. The local newspapers is the backbone Of the community and generous as is the public appreciation of its offices, it merits more symp-itby and support ttad it generally receives." It is said to have beeu discovered that a band of Mexicans calliLg them selves "A private bank," have btea coiuing Unfed States silver dollars and issuing the same to Mexicaus who give them in return for goods purchased cn U's side of the line. The profit in this scheme can be readily seen when it ia known that the United States silver dollar of the present only contains 72 cents worth ot the precious metal. This atleged bank takes 72 cents worth of bullion and with a stamp, the exact counterpart of those ued at the Uaited States Mints, stamp tut the dollar. There is nothing counterteit about the dollar, and it is therefore d fficult to detect it. The Gnacceers. wbo made tbe discovery are of the cpicion that this wholesale coining of unauthorized liver dollars has been goirg on for the past two years, and assert thitut least .r).000,000 illegal dollars hava teen foisted upon the citizens of the United States by the keen-witted Mexicans. The Independent republican?, says the Tittsburg JVt, did a g-ood work for he State and their party in 152, but hy threw it all awy and reinstated the ringsters in greater power when bey refused to co-operate with the IV.tUon administration in a just ap portionment of tte Slate, and in 15S0 when thy supported Beaver for Gov ernor, wlirtothey found so objectiona ble in lSsj. There was an exchange of master Quay succeeded Cameron but no one will cUim this was in the nature of an improvement. There never has been a more detestable system of bossirg one more tyrannical and so little in touch with honest and intelli gent political thought than the one that now governs Pennsylvania in tbe name of the Republican party It is far more humiliating than the rule John Stewart and his associates revolt ed against in 18S2. Wharton Barker, who was sufficient ly prominent as an original Harrison man to have had a tolerably strong claim for a cabinet place last year, and would have secured it but for the ne cessity of appointing Senator Quay's man "Wanamaker, breaks ground iu suf estitig the possibility of an inde pendent revolt in case the candidate of the Snr.atorial boss is nominated for Governor. The conditions this year are very similar to what they were in 1SS2 ; only worse, if there is any dif ference. The self-respect and political integrity that compelled a revolt agamst Beaver figuring as Cameron's sign P"st, ehonld te equally strong in a9sertirga Republican's light to own himself, in opposition to the Quay claim of absolute bondage. The doughy chairman seems to be getting a little cautious, and is report ed to be making tracks nor his Florida tithing ground, to avoid open complica tions on the governah'p. Cut this is all sham and pretence. The man who governed the Peua.'jlvania J.pgiaUture last year by a vrry inferior order of deputy blisses, will have no difficulty manipulating the election of delegates and tbe outcome of the State Conven tion, through his close corporation of officeholders and expectants. Some of the Republican party organs in the State, sajsihe Harrisburg Patri ot, are endeavoring to create the im pression that the ontest for the Repub lican guoernatorial nomination is au entirely harmonious one. That is to say that no matter wbo shall be made the standard bearer the rank and file of the party will ra'ly around him with enthusiasm and devotion and place the wreath of victory cn his brow. They would have their readers believe that bosaism is to play no part in the selec tion of a State tickl ; that the machin ery of the pnrty Is not to be used fcr any particular cmuidate, and in short that thosa who win the Cght will do so on thnlr merits and iu no other way. Let usseejist now how the tune of thorgtns has br-n received. In the western part of the State Christopher L. Magee, an ir fluent ial Republican, dues not hesitate to publicly state that in the event of the nomiuation ot Sena tor Drlamater a revolt in the party will follow. "There was less can?e for kicking :n 1SS2." says he. '-when Tat tison wase'ecred over Beaver, and I do not oelieve Mr. D.Vmater can be elect ed Governor of PeLcsjlvaLia." In the city of Lancaster lives Thomas B. Cochran, the Republican editor of a Republican r.i-wspm r, the Examiner, who occasional'y iires a broadside at what he sats is the Quay gubernatorial ticket. Delamater and Martin. He is also of the opinion that the contest is not devoid of bssism. And Wharton Btrker, of Philadelphia, declares that "any candidate for Governor of Penn sylvania who may be nominated by Sen ator tjuy or his adheren's wi.i meet with organized independent Republican opposition." Tims it will be seen that the contest for Governor on the Republican side of the fence is not as harmonious as some of the party organs would have the po p'e believe It is. Indeed, it is impossi ble for them to disguise the fact that the independent Republican voters will not support a candidate who is put on the ticket by the power of a boss. Plain i3 the hand writing on the wall. Public opinion of General Harri son's Administration, says tte few i'oik Sun, has now had time enough to form itself and facts enough to direct it. The record will be longer, but there is no reason to believe tht it will not be the same in kind. General Harrison has painted his political por trait, aud it has grown fami iar to the public tye. More paint can be laid on, but the essenii.il outlines and expres sion will cot be changed. It is not a picture to appeal to the pop-ilar heart. It represents a commonplace and fussy per.n. a political recluse center d in himself nd distrusting all cunsM but that of his lack-stairs Cabinet. There arrt no s gnj of the statesman with a thnrcunh mastery of public questions, or of lb- political leader with o ins sttDctlveor acquired understanding of the needs and the wishes i f his party. As far as tbe distribution of th effi ces is crncerned. General Harrison's principal ta.-k up to date, his poI'ct. whtre it has been cocsistect, seems to j hive been to uffroU and atger as many powerful politicians in his par'.? as he! could. PeiLaps be has succeeded in "pleasing himself." "There h s been cothicg in his course to strengthen his party, and little or nothing to p'eaae aujbody tut himself. The politicians have a warm disrespect for him. His usefulness has ended before it is begun as far as his party ia concerned. lie was a d?ad weight in the elections last Fall. He wilt be still heavier to cany In the elections of next Fall. A r.KMisE blizzard, the worst of! the season, raged over tbe Northwest the whole of Sunday and a part of Mon day. kncckiDg out telegraph wites, de laying all trains and suspecdicg all businrss. Dispatches from the pricci pl points iu tbe Dkots, Montana, and as far west as Spikane Falls, "Wash. ; are to tt e effect that on the average the snow fell about 10 inches on the level and drifted badry, owing ta the strong winds, approaching a hurricane, which prevailed. A Know Blockade In the West. Sax Fraxctsco. Jan. 20 Tbe snow blockade on the Central PaciQc rail road, in the vicinity of Truckee and Emigrant Gap. bas become very seri ous. Since Tuesday last no Eastern overland trains have been able to reach a point further West than Colfax. At present the east bound trains are at Sacramento. Colfax and Shdy Run, while those coming West are at Kxi gran Gap. Truckee and Eno. At Truckee the dep'h arges from eight feet to drifts of 20 faet. The Railroad. Com pan have several hundred men at wrrk shoveling, east of the town- The plow was only enabled to go a mile out when it etnek with 10 engines. The shovelrrs were called to the rescue, and after several boors work, dug them out m they could return. On the West the road is filled with drifts of 15 to 30 feet in large cuts. -A ii'nw witn five engines was on the road 36 hoars trying to reach the tur.nel eight miles from town. The whole crew returned on foot, having aban doned the train, they became ravenous with burger. Another plow with. 12 locomotives started out to clear tbe road to Sun mit, bat before they had run two miles they were securely blocked, and the snow falling back on them, they were fast in both directions. The passengers are quartered at the hotels by the railroad company. Yes terday afternoon it began snowing heavily, and reports from the blockaded trains at Emigrant Gap showed that the cleared portions of the track were agt in filling fast. Tbe officials declare that tbe pr sent blockade is the heavi est and longest ttey have experienced for over 10 years. Plows are unable to do much on ac count of the depth of the snow. The delays seriously affect the mail facili ties. Noeaste'rn mail has reached this city since i-st Tuesday evening. The Western Union Telegraph Company has a large force of men in tbe mountains clearing the wires of enow. Telegraph lines in some places are entirely buried under tbe drifts, notwithstanding the fact that the wires are strung on poles 35 feet high. The report that tbe snow bound passengers are suffering for want of food is denied by the raiiroad offi cials. Abundance of food is supplied them, and the trains are at no point where it would ba impossible to reach them. Experienced men on snow sho-s are constantly on the road between Colfax, and the delayed trains, packing fresh beef and other necessaries, and at no time during tbe blockade baa any diffi culty been experienced in giving the passengers comforts aid food. The passengers are not suffering from cold, and a large number or cases of influen z are reported, but the tufiVrers are kept warm and receive nelical aid promptly. The , 'sit nation is eqaHv as serious or tbe California, & Og.len road in the northern part cf the S:ate. The train which left here Tuesday evening for Portland is still at Redding. A force of shovelers, wbo were wnrkinsr south from Dunsmir, returned after 4S hours wotk. Oje engine was biousb; io. Otters are snowed in without food or water. Another force started out again wtth three engines and a plow to ro-open the southward railroad. The officials state they expect to have both the Central Pacific aud the, California & Ogden roads -pert tomorrow. What is Called 1'neoinouia. une or the extranrdio try features of the present epidemic of it fluerza is the large cumbsr of persoLS who, after a few days iu the house, reappear with the report thai ttey have bad pneumo nia. As this word describes a distinct pathological condition that can be ex actly retvgLiz-d by physical signs, and as a patieut with a well-developed case of pneumonia is generally lucky if ne can be considered convalescent in a fortnight, these rnp;d recoveries have bteu rather sut prising. A v.ry interesting clinical lecture upon the infltierizt, delivered by Dr. Da Costa at the Pennsylvania H'pital and reported in the Medical Xiurs, throws some light upon this nutj-ct. He speaks of the main compilation of the catarrhal fever as "what is called pneu monia." There have been, no doubt, an unusual nnmber or cases, and fatul cases, of actual irfltmrnation of the lungs during this eidemic. but a great manv of the cass to which the term is applied, as Dr. Da Costa points out, "are simply heavily congested lung, with great debilttv, tbe lungs seeming to collapse, "but withou any true pro cess of pneumonic exudation. There is want of expansion in the lower part of the lur.g, especially on the left side. ssucih'fq witn violent and pers's'ent i pain, -wnicn makes tbe patient think j h has pneumonia or some other grave cKiiuiuou or ipc luctr." Dot the vhv- sician does not detect the sounds indi cative or pneumonia, and as the attack subsides the patient recovers strength these symptoms subside and "what la called pneumonia" disappears. This explains why so many persons thick they have pneumonia and yet re cover with a rapidity that would be Impossible if they had. It Is not incon ceivable that there are practitioners wbo encourage this belief and no gam credit for miraculous cures. When a man has been ill it alwajs gratifies hfm to believe that he has been very ill and has made a narrow escape, and fortunes have been made by adroitly cultivating this inirocent weakness of avtr&ge hu manity. rhiUu Times. Towderlj Arrested. Scranton'. January 19. Ex-Representative Edward Callaghan. of Scott dale. Westmoreland county, has been trying fcr the past two months to ef fect The arrest of General Master Work man Powderly o the charge of con spiracy. Two warraate that be sent to this city iu December were prouounced defective. January 7, Cor.sUtln John C. Moran received another warrant which was pronounced binding by 1 cal justices of the peace. Mr. l'owderly was sick when this warrant came knd tbe corable held it. The Geuerl Mister "Workman, hav ing regained his b.2l;h, the wrrnt was serve . on bim esterday at hss res Idence by Constable Moran, and Mr. l'owderly went with l be constable be fore Alderman Fuller. Oa the way he dropped into the effiow of his attorneys. O'Brien tt Kelly, aud Mr. O'Bri-n ae rompa&ied him to the a deroiau's. Mr. O lirieo informed the alderman tbat be thought tbe warrant defective, yet tbe defendant wou d waive uy defects aDd give bonds. Th alderma then fixed the bai at 300. Mr. Fowderly'a tro her, 1. A. Fowderly. of Carbon dile. wbo was a juryman io the Lacka wanna couuty courts here this week andwss su ppit g at the General Mas ter Workman's house, tecame bonds man. The case will now go be'ore the Westmoreland couLty grand jury. The warrant on which Mr. Fowdeily was rres ed wt Issued by Justice W. A. Keener, of Grernsburg. The charge contained in it is as follows: Ti'Ht at Sc utdale on or about June 1. 1-SS, T. V. l'owderly. John Urtie anj I'eter Wise did unlawfully, false y and ra -liciously conspire and agree to injure and hurt the good name, reputation aDd business or Edward Callaghan by meats of clrcu'atlng and causing to be circu lated false reports and statements and by threatening said Callsghun with aud causing bim to be bovcoited and with finaccial itjury aud ruin." Monopolists, refer to the proposed tariff bill as "our dollar bill." The Mite Stealing Basiat&s. Tbe report of tbe Committee of the West Virginia Legislature which baa been investigating tbe trauds commit ted in tbe West Virginia Gubernatorial election is unusually strong for a docu ment ot that kind. Election frauds, even when they are open, flagrant and generally known, are very difficult to prove. Testimony of unreliable and untrustworthy persons, wui have quar reled with their former partners io crime, baa often to be taken. Tbe evi dence ot the Wen; Virginia frauds, however, ia couclusive, and cannot be disproved. Tbey were so glaring that they could not t e concealed, and al though probably not one-tenth of them were unearthed, enough were brought to ligh- to defeat the Republican scheme for stealing the State and rele gate Mr. Gfff to private life. Tbe evideuce produced before the Committee showed that negroes were imported from other States into all the counties of West Virginia where rail road work was being carried on ty G. ff, Elkins He Co. They bad not lived iu the Stale long enough to entitle them to vote, and most of them returned to their homes immediately after the elec tion. One baud of eeventv negroes was shown to have voted in three coun ties, and tbe open purchase of voters by the Republican party was proved all over the Stve. The Republicans do not eeem to be prosp r i g in the State-s tiling busi ness. Tuey ought to bv been suc cessful in Montana and Wast Virginia, if anywhere. In tbe former they bad tbe open ass'Stance of Russell Harrison and tbe Administration, and in the lat ter the conspirators were the Syndicate of rich Republicans who own tbe estate. Tbey have succeeded in keeping the Governor of West Virginia t o( of bis j office for a year, and in putting forward two bogus claimants to the Montana Senatorships. Tbey nave also put themselves on record as regarding the stealing of S' ales as a legitimate fea ture of political campaign. JVr. Y. Stir. Is f oraker a Fool or a Knave The first result of the invi sMgntioD 1 of the Ouio ballot-box forg-ty has been the dea h of Foriker politically. There j was not much life In the corpse after I Mr. Murat Hilstead's explanations, it is true, but whatever there was is now extinc". Ex President Hyes is a vital, rampant political force con pared to Fordker. We do not believe that even Fora ker's friends will grieve much over tbe rrsult, or be inclined io dispute tbe justn-ss of tLe general verdic . His own testimony, as wellts tht of Wood, has sbown h.m to t so selfirh, treaeh erous and unscrupulous a politician that their former admiration for him must have changed to cootemp. He cared nothing for hi party ; his only thought was nis own advancement, and. like a!! surh ru n, aooner or .ater, he rushed I eadloi.g to his own destruction. Fomker seems to have conducted his inquiry into tbe ballot box forgery on thu same principle that the Loud n rtmtsdid i?s attack up.n l'aroell. I's editor wanted to secure letters incrim- lunticg the great Irish leader, sn it sent for a man of doubtful character, and told h.oi wha; was needed. In c nurse of time they were produced, and the astute editor accepted them as genuine without a ques ion. Iu the ua,e way, Foraker told Wood what he wanted and he got it. You can get letters in criminating anybody iu any crime if you are willicg to py for them and don't care to inquire as to their authen ticity. Tbe only question to be determined by the Houe Committee oow is whether Mr. Toraker :s simply a fool, or a knave as well- In any case he deserves ihe former title, and Wood intimates that he Is worse. His word, r owe ver, will not go very far, and uns til Mr. Foraker has been proved a knave we should give him the beneHt of the docbt and call him simply a fool. -V. 1'. Star. A Strong ame Suggested. Tbe actloD of the Democratic Com mittee of Lawrence county, on Satur day, in bringing forward the name of ex-Governor Fatlison suggest a candi dacy that will arouse a good deal of in terest in the coming Gubernatorial cam paign. S i far as is known, some of the political slates have contained Governor Pattison's name, and the action of the Lawrence county Democrats appears to be their spontaneous declaration in fa vor of the man whom they consider the best qualified for he place and the s'roi gesc candidate for tbe Democracy. Tfcat poa;ti will certain'y meet with wide Indorsements, not only among tbe Democrats of ihe S ate, but outside or the party lines. Governor Patrison would posess a strength which no other candidate could command, of a record in tbe Governorship which ia above criticism and commands univer- repecw ice administration of xaiuson ia unruly die puled. by the 1 w.uimi idu most partisan opponents to have been of iha best clas. Ia cleanness, independence and vigorous defense of pub ic interests, especially as against corporate abuses, it presents a trronir contrast .o some immediately adjacent dn)inistiations, and stands to dav as a bright spot in the politics of Pennsylvania. It is doubtful whether the chances of p-nitical combinations will p-rtnit the Dt-mocrbcy to rmke this nomination. But there is no doubt that Pattison is the ftrongst candidate the D-mocrats can put up. or that his nomination "ou'd uiak the eusuing campaign one here hard fighting and a strong can didate wocld b- es-ntil for K-piiWi Can success. Pittshurg Dvjitrn. Rrp.) De Lksseps' Panama C'jnal project is under luveang4tln bva French t;. eminent C.nnm'sion. with a view to determining he practicability of a re BuinptKn of the enferpii.se. Out of the profits of her wond-rtu! indus-rial recuperation France bas ihmvn -trr U"0.000 into this manHv.dvmirini. ditcb. Tbe invest men' is already so large that the smguine French will add to it rather tbau abind.m it. if there i-a a gleam of hope of ultimate success. Ttaa Sew Dlacavery. You ha herd your fnendi mod aelghbor talking about it. You may youriell be ana of tba ainy mho know trom iroBl experience jmt how good a thing It If. If you hare ever tried It, yoa are one of iu .launch friendi, beeaoee tbe wonderful thing about It It, that when once arlv. o a trial. I. King's New InsoeTery aver alter holds a plkce In the house. If iou have n.r asea 11 ana (huuld be afflicted ith a cough, 1 """J inroai. iunc or Chest trouble, se t tmnKl I cure a bottle at ou and glva It a fair trial. It Is guaranteed erery time, or money refunded Try It. Sample bottles free at E. James. Ebens bunr. and W. W. MeAteer's, LoretLo. A I-aral Oplniaa. E. Halnbridre. Munday Kj., County Atty.. Clay Co., Tex. says : -Have used Electric Biu ters with most happy resalu. My brother aire was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cared by titaely Ufa ot this medicine. Am satisfied tieotric CI' tern saved his lile." Mr. 1. I. Wilcoion, ol Horse Care. Ky..addj a like testimony, sayina; : He positively bellerea he would have died, had It not been for Electric Hitters. This ureal remedy will ward off. as well as cure all Malarial IUeases. and for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach IHcorders stands nnequalea. Price 40 cents and S1.00 per bottle at E. James': Ebentburg.and W. w. McAteer'f, Lorelto. There are over 100 cases of tlack measles at Fordsville, Ky. NEWS ASH OTflERSOTISUS). Prieoe Arneado. brotr-Pr of King Hum bert, of Italy, died at Turin S&turdav even lag of pneumonia, resulting from Influenza. He was 43 years old. Seized with a somnambnllsticfit, Joseph Snvder. of Allentown, left a restaurant where he bad fallen asleep, and walked pact bis bene to Ccplaystown. six mllea away. A Baltimore paper eaye tbat tbe warm weatber has pushed the fish season ahead of time just about six weeks. Sbad.Spanleb mackerel and trout are already In tbe market. A post-mortem examination revealed in tbe stomach of a valuable bull terrier tbat died suddenly in Revere, Mass, severs! yards of string, burned matches and a cig arette holder. One hundred and sixty seven bears have been killed in Maine durlng'the year. The Stata bas paid cut t8S5, or hi per head bounty. Over f 1,000 will be paid as bounty for killing crows. Twenty-five girls in a brass factory at Birmingham, Conn., bave etruck because, among other grievances, tbe foreman had the windows painted to keep tbe girls from flirting with outsiders. Tbe phonograph seems to be making greater headway In Mexico than In the United States. The director-general of tbe telegraph system is to make a contract for Its in trod notion at once. The Chicago vestibule train ran Into an accommodation train near Cincionatli on Friday evening. Tbe rear car was teles coped aid took fire. Four petsons were killed and several Injured. Wbat Is said to be the largest bar or gold ever cast In the world was turned out at the United States assay office at Helena, Montana. It weighed 500 pounds and is woitb a little over S 100.000. Florida will soon be ihe greatest lemon growing country in the world. Along tbe banks of the Calooahaachie there la a single tree which bears 5.000 lemons, eoany of which wtt'ub a Dout.d each. Adam Forepaub, the well-known 6howmao. U very ill with ii fl jenz in Phil aJelphia He has been negotiating, through one of bis agerts iu England, for the sale of bis rue moth circus to an Eogltsb syndicate. Mrs. McMillen, aged 81 years, was burned to death Snrjf.ay aft rnoop at tbe hooie of her son. R'chard Me.Millen. of West Newton, by her dress catching fire while t.he a fetartiog a coal Are. nr husband ae frozea to death several years ago. -Stnnel Carpenter, a blacksmith, at Tottstown, bad a narrow escape from drowning a few days ago, when be was pre- j clpitated into a barrel of Whter. He bad i been In the bsbit or Mttlcg on a board iaid ' across the barrel and eotue joker Eawed the seat partly through. It bas been decided by Governor Bea I ver. Adjutant General Jlastlnea and Briga- dier Generals Gnhin and Snowden to bold a I:v:Mon LnraroDment of th V.tlnn Guard, beginning July 1 and ending Julv :G It witl likelv be held at Mount rirtn and regulars of all the army service will participate. A ti!g Newfoundland dog in Allegheny City, by bia persistent barking one night last week, aroused bis master, who. looking out of a window, discovered a large build ing close by in flames. The occupants of the burning structure were ooti9ed, aDd had barely time to make their escape. Alderoian W. U. Porter, of Pittsburgh, convicted of conspiracy and blackmail, was sentenced on Saturday to eighteen months in the Western Penitentiary and to pay toOO fine. Constable Sheppard. found guil ty of the same offet.se, was sentenced to fifteen taonthe In the Work Ilouise. It Is stated that when the Czar travels, a locksmith, two carpenters and two ma sons are sent in advance. These men must all be married and bom In the Imperial ser vice. Their duties ara to examine walls, floors, chimneys, fire-places, locks and fur niture In every room occupied by the Czar. Read leg Railroad rffieials say that un less there is a decided Improvement in the coal trade soon, every colliery owned by tbe company, as well as by individual opera tors, will bave to close. The company's tracks are blockaded with coal cars, and at Port Richmond there are lying 1,500,000 tons of coal which cannot find a market. A Montreal ma a bas been condemned to pay tte sum of $1 as damages for having called upon a person In a factory with a view to collecting a debt The Court held that tbe domicile of the debtor is the proper place at which to demand money that is owing. It further declared that to ask on the street for money that is due constitutes an assault. Thirteen prisoners broke jail at Qaincv. Ill, on Saturday lht by sawing through h" h'vv b,r9- The work was done by fuceis anu vtaipou, t wo saie crackers. Oueif those who escaped was being held for attempted murder. The others were pickpockets, burglars and confidence men. One man escaped with the crowd, but the weatber being cold, decided to return and give himself up to the sheriff. The others are all at large. James Robinson, a farmer living near JefiVrsopville, Ohl . is the owner .f a car nivorous horse which wants nothing better for a good, square meal than a fat pig. Whenever the horse sees a pig that It cao get at, it grabs it by the back of the neck and shakes it to death, much as a dog would shake a rat. Tbe bo.se then devours the pig with great relish. Mr. Robinson is very careful to keep bis pigs away from this horse as far as oossible. There is an Immenss robbin roost near Jefferson ville, Indiana. Millions cf birds are crowded upon every available Dush and branch and upon tbe ground, so that it is alojost impossible to walk without stepping upon tbem. Hundreds of people are out slaying the birds, killing them with sticks or shooting them. Game stores are packed with them, but though It is a punishable offence to kill robins or expose them for sale, nothing ia done to stop the wholesale slaughter. Captain Robert A. Will amg, U. S. A.. ag-d 43. a native of Pennei Ivanla. was found dead in h s room at the Grand Union Hotel io New York on Monlay morning. He bad been in poor health for some time and bad obtained leave of absence. Intend ing to go to Europe. His body was found kneeling at the side of tbe bed with the neck rutind .atEnct tha .1.4a ni. i resting against tbe side picae in such a man ner as to compress tbe wind pipe, Tbe Deputy Coroner ibiak the death was caused by suffocation. It is thought be arose Horn tbe bed during the night and when returning to it fell unconscious and was unable to help himself. I The national line steamer Erin. Cap- ! tain Tyson, from New York for London, i nas now been out twenty-five days, and there is hardly auy doubt in maritime cir cles that some disaster bas befallen ber. The fears concerning her safety bave beeu greatly auguinented by a report tnaae by tbe Biitisa steamer Creole. Captain Dar ling, at Bremen from New Orleans, which ! I on Januaiy 9 saw a steamer's lifeboat adrift j 1 bearing tbe came Erin. The CieolA i brought the boat alongside and took from it j ten asb cars and a toast and sail. A life i buoy, a steamer's bridge and awning were ' also 6eeu floating near the lifeboat, ' FOSTER & QUINN, SUCCESSORS TO GEIS, FOSTER & QUINN, NO. 315 MAIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PENN'A Call attention to their large and varied assortment of Dress Goods, comprising black and colon , a full line of black Cashmeres, Henriettas, Melrose, Drass d Alma, Armmes and Nuns' V ;i: tuiuicu eiisuiueies, xicui icitiu, Lace Flouncing, etc., etc. styles. Dress Buttons and Trimmings to match Dress Goods, Table Linen, Napkins, Towel. Toweling, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Underwear and Hosiery, Corsets in 25 different Kt i Misses' Corsets and Waists, Kid Gloves and Silk Mitts, Table Covers and Lambrequins Ib,rr fc5' $gr GOODS DELIVERED TO Elmer Freed, Silas Tracy, Charles Wil son aDd Alexander Wbltmore, of Gladstone, III., were drowned in Grlswold's sloueh, near Burlington, on Saturday night. Tbey started for a dance, but their team "became unmanageable and backed tbe wagon over tbe bank and broke through the ice. Tbe body of Freed was recovered. Both horses were also drowned. A terrible tragedy was enacted In the Court House at Galveston. Tex., on Mon day, in which Kyle Terry, nephew of the late Judge David Terry, of California, was instantly killed and two men badly wound ed. The killing was the outcome of tbe Fort Bend troubles, which resulted some time ago in such a bloody battle between tba citizens of Richmond. -'It is many years since the far north west has seen anything like the present fall of snow," said R. E. Rese. or Port land, Ore. "A telegram which I have from the buperiutendent of one of my mines in eastern Oregon tells me there are fifteen feet of snow on the level. Suih a fall ot bow in tbe mountains is Dot unusual, but the snow of the last few days tbat ha fall en all over Oregon, Washiugton and Mon tana is almost unprecedented." A woman named Margaret Polinskl has been working for a vear on the Pittsburg. Virginia and Charleston Railroad dretsd In male att're. and calling herself Joseph Polinskl. ner sex was discovered accident ally on Tuesday. She confessed that she had been wearing male attire for 12 years. When 16 years old fehe was left an orpuan in uungary. ane assumed the garb or a man and did light work in factories In her own country. She next shipped u a sea- mnn oerorame roast ana wandered over d'fferent parts of the earth. She is 28 years old. When ber sex was discovered she left immediately. ot so many years since that flights of wild pigeons occurred daring the antumn over the Eastern and Middle States. Tke younger generation of sportsmen, however, has probably never seen a living specimen of that bird, its acquaintance with it being confined entirely to tbe plucked specimen on tbe stands of dealers In the market Mr. William Brewster, who bas made thorough and exhaustive study of the causes of the disappearance of the wl' pigeon from Its former haunts, has estab lished tbe fact that Its flight in a vast body Is now entirety confined to the great unin habited wilds of British North America. Tax Paid. There i9 probably few who realize the enor moos amount of money annually paid into the ij . S. Treasut y on both Imported and Domestic liqaors. Are you aware that Max Klein, of Allegheny, Ta., is a larpe contri butor to that fund ? Are you posted as to who does one of the lamest business in the liquor line ? If not. let us tell you that Max Klein leads them all and why ? Be cause be has long since sucseeded In con vinciBg the people that he, furnishes value for value. lie sells elx year old Gucben beimer, Finch. Overbolt. and Gibson at f 1.00 per quart or six quarts for f 5 00 His Silver Age that defies competition at f 1.50 each quart bottle. Wines at 60 cents per quirt and npward. He ships in neatly packed boxes. Send for his price list and complete catalogue and do not hesitate to send jour order to Max Klein, Federal St., Allegheny, P. B. &, B. January Clearance Sale Inaugurated on an Ex tensive Scale. We must largely redue these stocks be fore our Annual Inventory. February 1, and will make the prices effectual iu doing it. Now for bargains, and real iive ones. At ll OC 50 pieces 21 Inch Silks, which we feH mending as having Guinet Black Dr-ss confident in recom more service-giving qnalities than any f 1 Silk ever sold. We are willing to staud comparison of it with any f 1 25 quality. Drf.ss Goods Baroai:s. Large lot (probably ICO p'eces) of eiegtnt qjalitv Im ported PUids. Srriues and Mixtures fl.00 and 1.25 qutlit ies.now marked 50 cents for this Clearance sale. At 15 cents, loo piece double width (27 inch) M xed Tricots -25 cent quality. Also 30 Inch Tricots at 23 cents, full of service and handsome In appearance. 10 pieces extra heavy Rd Twill Flannel. 28 Inches wide, at 30 cents regular 50 cent quality, specially suitable for underwer. j and is the Flannel bargain of the reason. Careful buyers will do well to write our Mailorder Department for samples or above specials or otber Dry Goods values. Catalogue free. Mail Order Business a Specialty. BOGGS & BUHL, IK, 117, 119, (21 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY, PA. TsfPTOia-Vla. m4 I aoat at if an wr a rrau-tla( IT ml- Ms. TX V -wrv r w a r nil I . UM the I La-bl sa ar sae4 klMJI.. ermtlM. usd In ( rMr reMve lb ta. r H-raiT a.,l by druggiaV mtmu s a-7 -l lrewa re-tj t of pn , M ej. a, lox ; a bourn li JL AdAxmm 1utti. Itt SWa YAK BuN. PMlAwiviaavtw DISEASES SWAYKE'S 3f tin OINTMENT ABSOLUTELY CURES. mmj .n-mai aTM-ai. win euro any taw f Tetter Baia Bwsa8.,railabli,ala.rm. ;PU in&ZtXZ FOK SALE. Hou.e and ft to 6 acres &f land In Smumert.Ul towhtp. known as the Alex rresh iropeity. Inquire ot t. . THOMAS tlKIKflTM. Jaa.S.l.-im. ttenthurn, l'a. i t i i j b a . - I ouie - s, uiuau vyieiiiis, xiutiieis, CARL RIYINIU8 PRACTICAL -AND DEALER IN- HON Jm EXPOS ALMI'CN HOPPER BROTHERS. $c CO. Extend to you a hearty invitation when you visit the City to call and examine our stock of DEDIiOOIl) FUI1)ITUIE, PIIL0I FUI1)ITUHE. CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS, DINING AND KITCHEN FUR.VITtRE. BEDDING STOVES AND RANGES. We furnish ewrytliii'ji that p iiim o the proper fitting of a houfe at luwt-r rrf''l"a can t t-l-t-w iii'rr io the Citv. WE ARE NEAR Cars trooj ti e ii & O itu.l P. H II. D'tiuts mm run Hooper Bros. & Co., 307 rr.i:Afc: mkntik.n this papkk. EcLrexiT-ode &c Irlcrpxel, CarralltovrL, Penn'ci- Having just returned from the Eastern cities with a full, com plete assortment of merchandise, consisting of Dry fio'iJ, Noti-ms, a large stock of Clothing, Overcoats and Gents' FurnWiir-z Goo'ls for Men, Roys and Children, a fine line of Ladies' and ChiMrcu's Coats and Wraps, including a line of Plush goods, and I'm ml an! Shoes, we claim to lead. Then we have Hardware, Qum-wire, Glassware, Oilcloth, Robes and Horse Rlankets not to be c.villed an3rwhere. We are prepared to meet the public wants at the verj lowest prices. Wc will not be undersold and always guarantee sat isfaction. Soliciting your patronage and tlrankir.g you frj:-;t favors we are Respectfully Yours, ECKENRODE & HOPPEL, CAUROLLTOAVN, I'A. U4144CCCC Near 1'hilntfflBbia. ix-hool (l?cni IDih. Tfearl l:prn,r, &5fKt. UnaitrrlT lai la.SIV rawn nw k. ... .. . j 7 . " comWt, "Thrif-f is resus hronf cleanliness ajrid It is asolid ca.k& Try ihinvournexVhouse-clcaJiing &nd be hoffy ZiOoking: out over the many homes of this corjitry, soe of women wearing away their lives in household drudgery tbftt mb materially lessened by thta use of a few cakes of SAPOL.IO. If an is saved each time a cake is used, if one less wrinkle gathers P face because the toil ia lightened, she must be a foolisli W08(1 wha would hesitate to make the experiment, and he a churlish bus would grudge the few cents wloici it cost?, etc. asn UrCSS tiociil In . ii It. R. DEPOT. Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY, Silverware, Musical iLstronaits -ANU Optical Gccda o Sole Agent -FOK THE- Celebrated Rockford WATCHES, Tolnmb'a and Fredonia Watches. In Key and Stt-m tVir.Jrrs. AP.GE SELKCTION or AIL K'vr, Of JEWELKValwBjeon t.an U My line of Jewrv N un!rpM.(t .uje and see for your-!f b. torr rurtl ' .na elwhere. tST" ALL WORK flUAKANTKKn J CARL RJVLVjrg. E enshurg, J0V. 11, ISSJ -tf. AT PITTSBEEG OPENS SEPT. 4th. CLONES OCT. 19H 25 OESTS. TH EXPOSIT ICN. our Dours. ner. Asar; . Will clad!y c ve aL intor- Wood St., Pittsburg, Pa. AT YOUR SERVICE With the best line of Over eats in Philadelphia for )cn, Youlhi and Children. No matter vtat kind of an Overcoat you want you will find it here, muly incur well-known reliable w:y, at '.i;e lowest prices. A. C. Yates it Co, SIXTH AND CHESTNUT TKEETi PuiL.ADEi.rniA. .icf . I ' ' ' ."'-ve. fas. X !!-lbiiL - '.nscourinso