ffUaNPtU'HO. t AMRhIA CO., rA. VRIUAV - MAY lt. On 'lwLiy, Tal.li.HM'e, Florida, VniW-d Hat5 Kanator VLlkir.ioo V-ti.ll w re- U U i U tbe I'lilted t.trw Se n ate. Phoiiikst Harrikon hag letned a proclamation opt-niay to public settle- j ment 1,600,000 acres of laud iu North j rkot t. Tiik Constitutional Convention bill passed finally in the House on Monday. There was no debate and the vote Ftood 1&2 to 6. Airnofcit TAT,e-Hecrctan- of war, ex-attorney general and ex-minister to Russia, died at Pan Diego, Cal., on Thursday of lMPt week. Fakmkkh cf Piedmont county. West Va., are getting greatly alarmed at the appearance of millions of gratts-hoppers. Clottda of them fill the air, and whole fields are destroyed by them. It is aU ut time the i coplt? of Phila delphia would get a change in the ad ministration of their municipal affaire. The election of a few Democraticpfiicials might save them something out of the wreck. It is reported that the Italian minis ter of foreign affairs has gone to Milan in order to obtain the king's signature to a decree advancing the duty on pet roleum. This 8tep is being taken on ac count of the large quantities of petrol eum which are en route to Italy from the United States. A diastkhoi s cyclone swept through Audrain county. Missouri, last week devastating a section of 12 miles long and a mile broad. A dozen persons were killed and over one hundred injur ed. Fifty dwellings are reported wreck ed. In every case the destauction has been complete and in many cases the unfortunate victims lose home, crops, farming implements aud live Ftock. A cikcilak has been issued appealing for aid for thecokersin which it is stated there are Srti families in the coke region who are homeless and penniless and who are living in stables, barns and coal sheds. It appeals for aid to relieve their imperative wants. Work is being re sumed throughout the region as fast as possible. It is estimated that fully 10W) men who were prominent in the strike, lost their places during the recent Strike. NoTwriiisTAXOiN't: the Republican leaders in their promises before the elec tion were enthusiastic in favor of ballot reform, and the platform of the party adopted ballot reform as one of the leading issues in its appeals to the peo ple, the Altoona Trilxine a leading Rep ublican paper in this part of the state on Wednesday says: We regret to say that but a single Republican member of the State Senate has shown the least inclina tion to give the people a genuine ballot reform law, aud he hails from West moreland countv. Tf.s thousand people paid 50 cents each to witness the Might of the "Chicago air-ship" at Omaha, Nebraska on Sun day at the fair grounds. After the crowd had gathered inside, Profs. Bush and Todd securely locked the gats so that their audience could not get out, rake I the pile of money into a sack, and jumping on horses already arranged for their escape, were out of the city before their llight was discovered. When the crowd discovered the deceit, the cases 6uppostl Jo contain the air-ship were torn to pieces ami only old paper wag discovered. Jritc.E L. C. Hoi k, representing the Second Tennessee district in Congress, on Sunday weut to a drug store to get a prescription filled. The druggist, after compounding the same, set it down in a glass near another containing a strong solution of arsenic, which Judge llouk took by mistake. Antidotes were immediately admini. tered, which relieved him to such an ex tent that he left the drug store and went home, thinking that all danger was over, lie slept well that night, but in the morning died suddenly. He suffered from heart disease, and the excitement following the incident affected that organ and was the cause cf death. The Philadelphia Lrdjer says that the plush weavers in the employment of J. t J. Dobson have appointed a commit tee to wait on the firm and protest against the employment of a number of female weavers who recently arrived from Bradfort, England. This firm se cured large additional protection from the new tariff law, and it Seeais to us that they might divide the benefit with American laborers instead of hiring a lot of cheap English female weavers as they stepped off the emigrant ship weavers whom J. A J. Dohson very probably imported under contract to work for hvs than the usual American rate of wages. Is a recent speech at Buffalo, N. Y., Ex-President Cleveland said: "I believe the most threatening figure which to-day etands in the way of safety of our Gov ernment and the happiness of our peo ple is reckless and wicked extravagance in our public expenditures. It is the most fatal of all the deadly brood born of governmental jierversion. It hides Iteneath itd wings the betrayal of the people's trust and holds powerless in its uhcinating glance the jteople's will and conscience. Its further and most lamen table effects ie to be seen in the readi ness of the masses of our jteople, who are not diJiouest, but only heedless, to accustom themselves to that dereliction ill ptlblje place whirh it i 1 1 ol i'S, ' ' IwaJern in the I-giylntarv bays tint; Fbila-tU-ip'Mn Trr.ta ou the wibjeet of ballot re fv.rnt : r.'caiii yerWrday (Monday) when tte tifttatvpxelpf'iM ooueideration t,r the amend! lUkcr bill untJ to-n.ght , on the pretext cf awaiting the ucra rf ; the ITutve oa the Constitutional Con- , tntiou bill. The Houre pa?ed thin j zntaMirv filially at the evening eewion, j ! j , to p:i ever the deformed Baker bill for fear that a conference committee might ' get into some semblance to a real reform bill and compel the Republican Senators to face a final roll-call on it. The passage of a Constitutional Con vention hill and the refusal to enact the Bilker bill into a law postpones ballot re form indefinitely. Assuming that the ; JTJie WIU Ul' HJl A All' , . i . .:it . . ..i ' that the convention will strike out the l-efore those papers arc again brought numbered ballot clause, a future Igis- to l.x1- . , , , ... , -i It Mr. Blaine should take it into his lature must pass a bill similar to the : . , , - ,- , head to go away on the 6ick list, or to Baker bill to carry ballot roform into ef- . resjga entirely on the ground of ill feet. This means no ballot reformat all j health, it would not take long for those for a ituk1 of two years, at least, and as , now ignorant on that subject to discover much longer as the existing Senatorial j j"-Aa nL-hed the brains for this . . ii- administration. oltstruetiouisUs can delay it. j Mr. Wanamaker is fathering a scheme Senator Gobin's long speech yesterday, ; that for pure unadulterated '-gall" sur in whieh he insulted the intelligence of passes anything in the hi&tory of the the iteople maintaining that in asking . Republican party, and that's saying a for the passage of the Baker bill thev ; dtaL " to ,nake fte -vear r n contracts with favorite parties for carry- wen- asking for what they do not .vaiit, j ing thc mails in various directions will deceive no lody but Senator liobin under the mail subsidy act of the last and his colleagues, who vainlv imagine Congress. Of course that involves the they can repudiate the pledge "of the Re- ' 'nte expenditure of many millions ... . . . ,, j of dollars, while the appropriation made, publican party and not l called to ac- , which wjuj fof on,v 0y wafi , 5(X,. cctunt for it. The people who are de- ( wo. Mr Harrison approves of the manding genuine ballot reform and de- ; scheme, and in ortler to give it a bet- manding it now do know what thev K'r aspect the question has l-en referred want, as Senator Cobin and his pledge- i to the Attoruey General for an opinion , , . ,, . 1 as to whether the Postmaster General breaking colleagues will probably find to . w a 1(gal rjght tQ make coutractiJ to their cost. j run ten years. Of course he will decide The people want ballot reform this . that he has, and then thc country will year, not some other year, and the Sen- n!tve the P'e:ieure of seeing forty of fifty ,, ...-n 4 . a t . -ti t I millions of its money placed where it ators responsible for its defeat will prob- tn -n1 .11.. 1... .t . L 1 ' nuiy ut: iuiu ut lue voiers wnen seeding r.-o?r.ctirm tn uoir till c.-irm tV.. -... ' as some Senators who will fulfill party j d pledges are wanted first. The action of the National Union Conference at Cincinnati eavs the Piiila- 1 1 1 1 r r . . ... WtUlUL. V lilt .WIALlA.b A"- - delphia Herald points to a third party in ( the inailjj to the North Ameriean Com lt1'.2. Previous exoerience with efforts niercinl rummnv. wIhap Kteamerx have to form political organizations outside of the two leading narties leads to the in- f...,.,. v.... .i . -M terence that the new partv will not cut 1 11111 much of a figure m Amerioin politics except by its action in drawing votes from either the Democratic or the Re- publican camps. j t The strength of the new organization ! comes from Mates hitherto solidly Re publican, but iu which of recent years there has been a remarkable change in public sentiment. Kansas and Nebras ka furnished the bulk of delegates, the other large contributors being Missouri, Indiana and Ohio. The iatter two States being close to the convention city, it was easy to secure the attendance of the delegates. The effect of the Granger revolt has been felt iu both Kansas and Nebraska, aud if the third party is in existence in in 1'.'2 the Republicans have to face a ; complication which will upset all former , calculations and make them unable to i . . , . , concentrate their strength upon any of what were formerly known as the doubt- ful states In fact, the debatable states will be greatly multiplied, and all the fat that can lie fried out of protection in tiustrits will not be (sufficient to make good the great losses which the third tarty will inflict upon the Republi cans. ! ltiv P.rr. n-. -r . rt i adeh hia Z r . h'! a hlphia, who uas known before his iu uiaiuuKC Ilt.tllCSfc jonn has gone wrong and has resigned his office. There don't appear to le much ' left in the office except the furniture and safe. About a million and a half of .1. ,!!... ...1 .1 - ii . , twlueth" and "Honest John" is how at ' home, too sick to appear and explain. ! .. .... , . . . . I About one million dollars of the nussing money n.longs to the state of I ennsyl- vania and the balance to the citv of PbSadfclphia Who his successor will i , r i,n i ii s. , i , e or now ne win oe appointed seems to be a mooted question and will likely. have to lie settled in the Courts. Gov- ! Pattison claims the ri"ht to make the ' 0r,,;t,v,.t .) ,n fl. i .:, appointment and on Monday appointed tr . -i Reilwocnl Wright to fill the vacancy. inc county commissioners and the . City Councils also claim the right to ap- j point and will in all probability, appoint some other person. Sik James Kitsos, president of the Iron and Steel Institute, England, refer ring to his recent visit to the United States, Said, in an address recently, that the resources of the United States were boundless, and that, whether protection or free trade carried the day, the United Suites were bound to become great manu facturers of iron and steel. Sir James Kit- son added that though the iron furnaces ,t. I-,,:, l . i of the Lmtel Mates were nroduune , . , larger quantities oi iron man are pro- dueed in the iron furnaces of England, there were compensations in the latter country in economy and in nn-Iii. nf lountrj in economj and in quality of material. Coal in the United States, Sir 1 t .... , , , , , James Kitson added, was abundant and accesible, and he warned both producers and workingmen in England to pause in u. uUun, in tint ui me uuimuDie resources of the United States. At the close of the war there were j Democratic changes for success will not ner and Jarrett was taken ill after ar I caused hlm to r,cas told on the right about 2,700,000 veterans. The census i "ned. Indeed, they may possibly of it. Hfc is in adying condition, T8 he ,'ft andv sWr -raurna show alKut 1.200,000 now liv- I creaed, tliough a large third party and Kannie haj5 at she pal flxtin d. The , vote would have the effect of breaking twison in the soun 1 dog lhcn e?caPcd. nd "e boy In a dy ing. Thc pension rolls carry about 300,- ! the force of the fall for the Republican! wlboa IDe euP- lng condition. 000. The deaths of pensioners reported by dividing the opposition and preventing ' . - . to the pension bureau atrcrrt eate almiit fl.nno .nnn.iu- .v. . u .v " ' I "1C " " j'.w.'ivih.i.-i i ivjivxvrvi. iui more than four-fifths are so reported, and the pension office only ascertains the death of the other 2,000 by continued aosencc oi the pensioner on pension payment day. It is fair, from the ratio of pensioners to veterans, to presume that fully yo.OOO to 40-000 old loklicrs are dying off annually. They will go much f astir Jn the next ten years than it t nnv ft her i-nd lfore. 1 itsMtiti'U LitUr. H'AHirvoras. I). C. May 22, 1301. Mr. ilarririn isn't living up to the reputation ciwu Lim by his eon Ruh- ftell'B naner. If he is the brains s well . Jj h(? holJ &f tfae ywy , uuosliotl now ia unsettled con- i ditiun before the Deportment of Ftate? . Mr. Biaine'tj absence could not have "ai j..,1" Pfvi" ollF'" arranged wLici it may have to fc,1Vt, Mr Man-won an op portunity to show tho country that Mr. Uiaiue ban been nothing more than a clerk to him. But the geutleman from Indiana is too shrewd to give himself away; he finds the matters pertaining to the other departments so pressing that he informed Mr. Blaine's assistant, who carried a big bundle of papers to the j White House, that he was so bury that , , . mmll.inie he ifl .,..oba. lily praying than Mr. K!aine will return Mr. Benjamin Harrison Whatever . r . - r.tKn. -...t. tl.inl. f - irAMin 1 J f doesn t think that he made a mistake in putting John Wanamaker at thc head of the Postoilice. Another little scheme of Mr. Wana ma'ier's was the establishment of a reg ular mail service to Alaska and the tJ K there anyway, and whose business IllakeS probably ninety-nine hundredths OI l"c man 10 ana irom mere. iius i- i . i company didn t make any monev taking sea7s last year, and the adniinis- r i . j r .i m ' - tration sympathizes with it to the e.x- j trul ot an entirely unnecessary mail j contract. A tt:irtv if nrftminent Democrat; ucn gathered "in the parlor of a private resi- deuce one evening this wtek, although the circumstances preclude the use of names, the conversation was too inter esting at times to be entirely lost, 6o I reoroduce a jtortion of it herewith : 'Did you know," asked a Southern Senator, "that the Florence, South Car alma, Times, had run up the name of Wade Hampton for Vice President? Wish we could get him there," said a western Representative. "I join heartily with you" said an Eastern Representative, "and I can tell you how it c m be done." How?" asked everybody in chorus. Well, vou see," be replied, "The Democratic party has thne great prizes to distribute, the Presidency, the Vice JdT. anJ U,e ?Pker cf the House of Representatives. Now you M know that j am not in favor of tionalism in any form, and yet 1 recog- """' ni the fact that the country is almost certain to be geographically divided iu j kj iiiirt- 'aiut iiLti -kii-LL vut uirc i prcat pruc-a will to the Sjuth, one to iKa Vutt in,l ntio t tYia WMjf ii T don't think anvbody can sav that that isn't an c-iuit:Ib!e method "of distribu- tion. All the South has got to do if it 'wants a pla,-e upon the national ticket is to 1. 1 the Speakership go to the East or West " i the hand," laughed ReprtnUti ve 'wh oisKia the line of the Speakership lightning him- i self "But have vou got it in the hand?" i retort.rd l.he Astern man. i ( "You just wait and. See," said the ' nouiherasx now I should like toseeade pre- side over the Senate," said a Seuator ho haJu been an wtcfte Ji,tfnr' -'but if he was nominated wouldn t the Farmors- Alliance aud the Southern States defeat the ticket as they did him for the Senate? "That's a side of the question that had not occurred to me," said the gen- t;eman who startel thc conversation; but I would not fear to wager all I possess that a national ticket with Wade Hampton's name on it could carry ' South Carolina against anything that ... i - . . i . ; could be rutted asainst It: onlv nomi- nfl, him Mn1 mv .or(1 for :t vlC - jii be elected. M Ten Persons Killed. Birmingham, Ala., May 22. At the in a warm room. She had been for : be published and sent a copy or the pa Pratt mines to-day an explosion of gas many years subject to fiuj and some time per to his wife. Some years later she was in the shaft where the convicts are work- ago lay unconscious for three days at married to William Jones. Friday Phoen ing killed ten negro convicts and one one time. Before the body was buried j visited his wife, who, on seeing bim faint free miner, named Tom Moore. It is on W'ednesday it is reported that a can- ! eA- After she recovered he had a pleasant believed that the men in some wav had non was fired over it to see if in showed j interview with her and her second hus knocked off a nlank from a door which any situs of life. baud. Phoen then left again for the stood across an old chamber, and on which was written thc word "Gas." The gas rushed out aud caught fire from the lamps. The olficers of the company went to the rescue and worked to save the men, but were themselves suffocated and narrowly escaped, being dragged out unconscious. The bodies . "v , , . . , oi me ueau nave an ocen recovereu. (41V X V V lilt ( tU4 V .-viaia , xhe mines are not considered in danger j from gas, and this is the first accident of the sort in a long time. Two live con- 1 v'1(,3 faitWu")' fa uing ' 6 ! part ' j . . . . . , ue , Bm. an,. 11 that the Democratic party can lose . - . .t m. uy mini ny u sunitfiuing ui wnai u might have gained otherwise, but the Republican party will necessarily suffer trom any general tnira party movement. . 6ucn a tremendous showing of forces K"st Radicalism as was made last I November. .St. Louis Republic. cuKtTiaY r oeTcE nas got near ! enough to the verge of that Treasury chasm to announce that he will purchase 1 no more four-and-a-half iter ct-nts tbt re not due. The present outlook is that when they fall due he will be com pelled to announce that he csnnot pay them even then. lENNVLv.M. counties-e 7,S U.W :!! t'.M. 1 he l-rongM. The following tiar r4ajvu U the prevaling droDKbt in W.trn liui5-i-venla d urine the pat threo days, kN token from the records of daily raiufail 0t3ce fof tU. pat lweiUy.oae Jrcan5f by tWent O. D. Sit wart, the officer in charge of the Pitteburg-tis'njJ Otbce They show that the thirty days lgin- ning April 16th and ending May loth, both date inclusive, have been the driest during twenty-one yeara. Sum ming up the rainfall for this jriod, the following is found: The average rain fall in Pittsburg for the past twenty-one years, for the thirty days ending May loth, has been 3.04 inches; this year the total rainfall has only been 0.4:1 incites. The nearest approach to this was in 1S71, when 0.7p inches fell. Other years, when the rain was deficient dur ing this Tiod. were in 1872, with 0.2 j inches; IJy, with 1.23 inches, anJ 1S-S5, with 1.32 inches. The heaviest rainfall during this per iod oecued in 1SS7, w hen 78 iu hefi fell; le74, .'. inches, and iu l.yj, 5.0"J inches. Rainfall of more than four and less than five inches during this period occurred in 1873,1377, 1SS2, 18S8, and 1SW. Philadelphia ConnellH Elect. PiiiladkI-Phia. May 27. At the ene- cial meetings of both branches of city I councils this afternoon the registration of City Treasurer Bardsley, who if? under bonds to answer the charge of embez zling city and state funds, was accepted, to take effect May 30th. Immediately afterward the two branches of councils met in joint convention and elected Richard E. Oellers city treasurer. To mark their disapproval of the acceptance of Bardsley's resignation and the conven tion to elect his successor, not a Demo cratic member of either chamber attend ed the convention. After adjournment of the convention both branches of council reorganized in its own chamber and an ordinance ap proving the sureties of Oellers was pre sented and referred to the finance com mittee. The committee acted favorably upon the ordinance and 60 reported to council. The ordinance tea? then laid Aivr tr tn t ,ri ,1 1..1 nn.-l n i'l r,ock.f ' " " " when council meets to-morrow. The Democratic menilters of councils met while the joint convention waa in pro gress and endorsed for treasurer W. Red wood Wright, the Governor's appoint tee. A Bright Outlook for Farmers. Thc report of the statistician of the Department c f Agriculture, now in pres, shows an increase since April of last year of more than lt0 per.cent. in the price of corn aud oats, 30 jter cent to 32 per cent, in Chicago for choice, and 34 per cent, for Texas, and advanced values for all cereals and meats. A hopeful and cheerful feeling is noticed, says the official reitort, in official correspondence from all parts of the country-. The eli mination of the surplus of corn and oam, through the under production of last Vear. ensures WMid iiricec fr.r tbec crops, and the shortage of the wheat of the world lor two years, with the low lv w K"u u' r tne iiunaopa- foreigu prosj.ct lor the growing crop I Special. This mongrel word is a con promises the largest foreign demand for ' te first letters of Illinois. ten years at remunerative t,H F-- . remunerative imces tunateiy present fcpjjearanees indicate our ability to meet such demands with ease. The pinion is expressed that farm lands at present are promising in vestments. John Young Hrono. It was during the closing hours of the Forty-third Congress when Ben Butler was forging chains for the South, that -r- lt-.T,-n ..l .i, u:i: ; ' " , '. -iS2 -11 1 - "In Scotland, years ago, there was a man whose trade was murder, and he farnc his Iiv,nB tlie &f bn" victims for gold. Tins num h name VS "i , hlS "nn' .an,d to.v. throughout the world, it is known as 1 " re io cnaracunze an " tlial 'aS puaihanliiious in war, in- human in forbidding in morals and infamous in polities I should call it Butlerizing, Brown was censured by the Speaker and, wore ,il in a of honor. He is the only man who ever pierced the rhinoscerynian hide of Ben Butler. He is now the Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky. Wanted to be Sere. Eitland. t.. May 24. Mrs. Mary : Norton, wife of Allison Norton of Addi son. near Venrennes. died Wednesday. May 13. after four weeks' illness, of the ! grip. Her remains were removed two days afterwaid to a private cemetery three miles east of Middelburv, but be- fore burial the coffin was reopened and, ' as the face of the dead woman showed signs of life, it was decided to deler the i - i - . , i burial. Omnions varied ast tn whether it d;.,l nr onlv u tr,-o n. VU-; was taken to the residence of a brother. Not until Wednesday last was there any Sign OI aecomposiuon, ana lliese were' slight, although the body had been kept j . , roisrnrd Her Father In Rerenge. Athens, Ga., May 25. James Jarrett, of Jackson county, has a handsome daughter of 16, named Fannie. Among her admirers is a young farmer named Robert MeRae, who had been paiticular- . ? """ve to ner, out wno was oonox- us to her father. lanme was fond of Bob, and was determined to see him whenever the opportunity offered, re - gardless of the father's opposition. On i Saturday Mr. Jarrett told his daughter m r, -? . , that if the ever met McRae CTm he WOald whip her severely. This an- . eered the eirl. and that verv aflornurm he stole away met her lover in a nei7h- omv. crvwav. pnn. lilt, k til 1VJ 1 boring meadow and took a long walk c h im. On her return VerfaTher , . . . . , . . , :ept his promise and whinited her. kept Ycto,. K .:!.. w,i c., 1;.. Highest of all in Leavening Power. ABSOLUTEC PURE MHHAKII OTHER MIISM. Jv'Jii Mivr- was KiJIl fatally jutwJ at tTi. burit in Saiurtiay hy t.it. Uttsv kliug Miu in lie l,rc:t-l. while Ulohlnic It utt. if it G.nvriiuteui eoufcl pvi th" Siiu luditin iWt-u-J iu UkM-tali they wttuld not feel so mnrU lik gviag oa tLo war l;ath when t. grasa sprout. William Wurccrtr Last Im h r J ad from Jail at Dvr, N. U.. mfur U iug in carcerated sis yVar for debt. Ills crvdl tors got tired paying Lit board. Frank Gable, of Poitsville. Pa., ageJ 23. smoked clicarettes and read noveU un til ho becauue rrazy and attempted to shoot Iii- uncle. II U now In an ic-taue asylum. An elKhteen-monthf-oId child of Mr. and Mm. William Rider, of Unlor.town, wa- killed lu a runaway a fow days apo, caued liy the Lorx- which th-y were driviuK takini; fright at a boy on a ycj cle. A lockout of the London carpenter! be Can a few days ajro aud 15,000 men are Idle. Tho employers threaten to lock out the masons, plasterers and the men employed in the other branches of tho building trade. Pennsylvania ha a long lead in the manufacture of rolled iron and steel rails. Thi Stato makes fifty-two out of every one hundred tons of rolled Iron In the lTid- 5 States, and fifty-nine out of every one hundred tons of steel rails. Mrs. Mary Whitman, wife of Lewis Whitman, of Rein hold's station. Lancas ter county, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. She had been discharged only a few days ago from a pri vate asylum. State reports from Dunmore, Lark a w anna county, state that the two Italian brothers, John and Francisco Cittatinl, w ho were stabbed by Frank Grandlnetti. Monday night, are dying. The murderer is under arrest. A counterfeit 5 silver certificate is in lively circulation in some parts of the state. It is in imitation of the legal ten der note, series of lS'X, check letter "II." The seal is poor, a sort of brick color, and thc paier is inferior. An unknown man was killed at Car penter's tunnel, west of Larimer, on Sun day night by a freight train. His remains were brought to Irw In and from there tak en to Greeusburg w here they w 111 be burled at the county home. The property owners and lumber pro ducers In Warren county, this state, have raised a large sum of money for the arrest and conviction of certain parties suspected of maliciously starting the forest fires which recently raged in that county. Lightening from a clear sky stiuck a Ileiela, Mont., woman the other day, and traced on her an almost iterfect represent ation of a small brau-h of a tree. Tlie fig ures of the leaves were nearly perfect. She was not hurt in the leat. A twrious row occurred at a Swedish picnic at Ralney's grove, near Uraddock, in which knives, revolvers and razors were ued. One young man. Samuel White, of Uraddock, was shot la the leg and pain fully Injured. Other participants received trifling cuts and bruls. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ls aboul to uul on a fain to Chicago, muiaua, unio. I'ennsylvanla and ew kork, the states through w hich the trla will run. In Germany at present there is a sing ular law which makes proof-readers re sjionslble for w hat apjn-ars in the journals with which they are connected. One of them ls now undergoing an imprisonment of four months for not killing an editorial which, as th Reichsgericht thought, w as altogether improper. One day last week w hen W. J. Ralney of Pardoe, Butler connty. Pa., was trying to put a bridle on a vicious stallion, the brute caught his arm in its teeth and shook him so violently that a bone of his arm w as broken. He fell to the stable floor and w-as saved from being trampled to death ty his son and a neighbor. The Standard Steel-Works strike at Chester, Pa., was aniioab'y settled Mon day night. This had b-cn one of tho greatest strikes which has taken place lu Eastern Pennsylvania. There are seven men in jail awaiting trial, four of them for murder, and as many more are out ou bail. AH the men who nave been working at the shop will be re-employed. A few days since w hile Henry Seiblng, a farmer near Vanport, Beaver countv. Pa., was burning a log that had drifted Into his field from the river during high water he found $250 In silver, most of which was melted before he made the dis covery. He also found iu the log the fi!1Mw,.h hanU aotM, Thl,oir tn.n the field six months ago. Henry Taylor was made the subject of a practical joke at Augusta, Maine. Tues- day by several young men. who electrified a door-knob which he look hold of. Ue could not let go, and, speechless, ftood glued to the door for five minutes, when the electric current was shut off. Ue then fn kj the floor and was Iniensibl for omo " vo me uoor auu as inensioie iorM)mo tim afterwards, only recovering through ! tbc PPli,-lon of powerful restoratives. I Eighteen years ago George Phoen, of oesuarre, ieii uuniie iuu noaie in a h'17- At New Orleans he caused his death j Soutn. i . ... i quarrel ovor a quantity oi ooiogna sausage at Dunmore, Lackawanna county. on Sunday night resulted in a free fight between three Italians, two of whom were latauy staODca. the wounded men are , two brothers named John and Francisco i rittktiM mil Frank r;r&nriinTH aa v. i stabbing. The Cittatinl brotherslost their - - - - temper and drew their revolvers, when ( Grandlnetti drew a knife and stabbed the brothers one after theother. Tho brothers i cannot live. Grandlnetti is in jail, ih. .i.bm -M..n.dBjr e "lng. the cn-year-old son oi Atmon t. nnyaer, oi Keaamg, i'a., L,rf,mr ,n nlm G'n x front of Ms I . ..... . ""f " "Im ' ""i. 7. the i ri 1 n i mm rm k n n inra ina n ok r Tmvn Tha itvta right arm and tore the flesh from th bone. boy, cries brought two .en to his a!d. one armed with a cane and the other w ith i . . .. , " . TJ. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Ebensburg Clothing SSouse I Cor Jain & Julian Sts. The undersigned wishes to inform the public that he has just opened a Largo Stock OF CLOTHING, Wenear, HATS! CAPS AND Cents' FDRMMG Goods. Respectfully, JT. 3BL. WXIU3B3E3ET Ebensburg, Pa. Wm. F. CABLE & CO., ALTOONA. PENNA., TBEY IMPORT THE GREATER PART OF THEIR Tabic Linens, Towels, etc., AND SELL THEM TO THEIR TRADE AT LOW PRICE THEY ARE NOW SELLING 54 inch "Wide Cream Table Linen at 25 cents per yard. 58 inch Wide Cream Table Linen at 37 1-2 cents per yard. 60 inch Wide Cream Table Ltnen at 45 cents per yard. 60 inch Bleached Damask at 50 cents per yard. 66 inch Bleached Ihimask at 69 cents per yard. 54 inch Turkey Red Damask at 25 cents per yard. 58 inch Turkey Red Damask at 37 1-2 ceuts per yard. 58 inch Red and White Plaid Damask at 39 cts. per yard. Damask Towels 20x40 inches 12 1-2 cents each. Knotted Fringe Towels 20x40 inches 17 cents each. Knotted Fringe Towels 24x48 inches 25 cents each. We recommend the Huckaback Towel for use and have them at 5c, 7c, 10c, 12 l-2c , 17c, 23c. and 25c. each. We offer one lot 8-4 Turkey Red Covers just received (fast col ors) at 89 cents. We have 6-4 Tapestry Covers at 45 cen's. 84 " $1.25. Full line of Plain white and Fancy Barred Muslin at 5c. to 25c per yard. Plain and plaid India Linen in Black at 12 l-2c and 20c yard. You are invited to visit our Stores. WM. F. GABLE & CO, 1402 AND 14-$ ELEVENTH AVE.. ALTOONA. Best and Cheapest. We now have the largest and best selected stock of Men's, and Boys' Clothing in the county. Our Spring Stock is now com plete. We have the best selection of Gents' Fiiriiisliiiisf Goods in the county. Also, all the nobby styles of Ilats in the Market. Our motto is 'Good Goods and Low Prices." It will pay you to come and see us as we can and will save you money. Very Respectfully, C A eU-90-lj Eetearode -DEALERS IN- General:. Merchandise, CLO TIIIJVG, LumbcrandShinglcs. AVokeep our Stockah'a'.s Full and Complete. Give us a Call. Men's Suits, From $4.75 to $18 Boys' Suits From 3.75 to 9. Hats, From 5cts. to $3. A Very LARGE LINE OF SHOES ! Men's, Boy's, La dies and Child ren's. All Goods WAR ANTED As Represented OR MONEY REFU.NDED. SHARBAUGH, CAKKUUTOffN. fENN'A & Hoppel, FLOUR FEED, Tl.i- wtvkly ANNOUNCEMENT in Unix- ooiunum w- uj-au on!v , Plain State! cf Facts with little or nit eutbelliidjuieiit s. when we unnonnre a nprclal 't:k'--fabrics at so cents, tbo 8tat-uifi,i 0 aceepu-d In entirety wlttJOnt rt,. rtl More on tLe subject of Spring : Dress Goods. We never Itefore had so many .. , fact, tLese stin-kx are o lari H'li''-'1 tteen ?nch lUternl bnver! that v.,- ," u necessity, be LIRERaL .SELLKliV" cr Chore line of 30-lnch ALL WOOL PLAID SUITING ALL-WOOL SUITINGS spring colors and mlitur. - y,r ,. CAMELS HAIR SUITINGS, .In colors. 4.V.. and most it n- v. . tments of every kind of " SWING WOOLKNS at r.'X-.. CV.. 7.V.. fl.no; pood- t! ut . ui.tstly all boiiRht late and u)u,' regular prlc's. " An unusual opportunity fr ti -.. , DRKSS GOODS. Write for Samples. Write for Catalogue. BOGQS&BSJHL, 115, 117. 119 & 121 FeSeral SI, ALLEGHENY, PA. 'I'KIAII.ImT. 1 I.'Pt ot nuiri ief down for triI m c,,nrl oujinon to fc brld t V.i,t,a,ii cnrnrinK on Monday. Juo 'h. Jkhl: Storm . . Millar. Indians (Jo. Dep. ltik..K. Anna. - i. .olin.-iown Lnicti.ri , Bowman ti. flrohurl. :rf.wtU , i. I-itrrtjr . tver lor. lmn r Kurrad " "mr va . I" fk a Olunt ... 'Irciell. :ilanber... ..T Buker. Sme .. ... Sirnn. Kolth r Kerienkjr. Yeaxer llauk Urui Meltunald..... g. Hoover Heav ti. Karnwalt. Adama Muore. Prle............v,. CarpiiitT. arreil T. wekirid. MrttooalJ ,. Mulrotrr. w Ike .rt. Hop i-r . t-binur MorrellrKle W .tart's "' va. Tattoo. Thuisu tlae a Co -a. a J. I.ei rv raoaa r.. Lod N i: t II E Bracken va.Sfne. JA-S. V. IAKHV. Frotby'a office. May 8. 18W1. r'riik'j FOR ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. HOTrX. LF. (IK ANHK. H. J.NHKTTKJ. rnr.rKirT .it located at DuBola. ea . rear ttr H K p Fallay Iteyv t w alirara en.e iv .r to f, ciili tbe Left acroromodatu.iji to tm-inr.. . leaure anekerr and tMiardern. r, ,nr :n rm,M ol y olup and qtttet will tiM It a dri v, to atop. Th T.ns t nn.uriiaed kn.li.i..i aueMieil fcl fc the e-t the murki-t K rr.,i i. S( II the delle.ele. of the vim. I t e lUr i o;. l-lie.l with the ehi'tceM o pure liquor.- i,,t r.r.n t,d rnihitiK hot the hear i K.,i,t. Sj r-k tlon iveu to the ear ol Ooraeii. H. J. s liKni 1K(POAI.S. Hrnp'ivala will he received lor t ri e tr-::fti ol HoPiirl in the ttie I'oor Hn-r ( - -ri. ur.:n ti."tt ou nanday, Jtini lat. t S9I. :. -i.i f I ectneat toon tor whten can t ti-m 4t ..'. 2 ol tlie I'oor Houxe. I'rnx.f nld to I f Landed or aent to the Stewtrd. 1 (if 1' rrf ti rrterTe ttie nabt to reject n or ml int. JOHN I l.('V. KOH 1H It! T'K S V. .J I l.l.l ii Kreninra-. Ta.. May 15. lbtl. I'o.t I' tUth FtK "AI.K. 'I toe iitttieralvned wl, rfll nt i.r t f H't jnerea of real rta'o attuat In Muti- i" m w n -t i 'attit'tia e.nnty. Pa. eontH'tnm: t-. fl.t.'! rlxty all and ftftv-nve aier an t u id k! j l.rojiertT t Iropr .red and la kI itc ttvatti.o. and wi'.l le eold ut r . . and otKin e.r teruin. IVr I ptmht .' call on or addreac Alvln t m. K e' er LL'iCK Km i I Iecemrer 12. IRttn. L ' m U iS l Pi Wool I JVool! 1 wart FIVE THors AMI p .ut. ! -tuti wabed or oi.a-lird. I. a l:e.i , r will We jtatil. eltner caab or ir.'""ii. t'AKOV l.l.AllfV. mt.l 2m. Lilly Station, ('iu.' r.i t ...f- (innnnAmi" N A M 11 lmx :r:zvr::: f lflllllEl In.lrn. Hen. e ill ' ' .orft WWW Utt. lO .r,. 11,., lb.... ... Iwinlhwr... ;,r.l1tM..hf..rlLt. 1... 1 .'. UM.tMltMM..ul.MA.. ., .1,1. k . i ilf.mm thm utu.Hu. or ..i!, - HI mmonmy ,m mr imlm Mcnw'i, I .. .1 ,,. . I . l..rf I dir. but una .wfett to, mi 1. . " ha. lrM Ubflil nd .rl.1rtl wit:. I linbf . h" .r. m.k.nc c.r fmnrti and nOI III. r'.ill rarllrul. Kit I :. ' a-. CJ. aLLL., JI.K tll, Aucu.t r.Ml , mtM ""OIICK Is hereby vren tt at t! e 1 . tr.a ae i. c.urt haa tieen Med In the t . ur: ! ' I'lea ol t 'nmhrla e .un . - . ai J nl -cu:'-Yiy aald t'otirt on the brtit M..n1a . i Jum :" un e- canne he rlmwn to the contra rr Kirat and hnal -ce. n.t ot J. IionW aatlKT.M ol Joaenb F. Sid lee. Ebenifcora:. Fa.. Naj 8 h. 4t J2--' . 1 UU IOU W . I I. r Tba aubecritier otf. ra f it aie tt lra merly owned h Ilvan K. Henunett. ttanthrU townihlp. thr nitle- ii r:ii 01 bn The larm oinlalDn '.) ai'r. " which are elrareil, tmvtnn ttiep orad.irea. IVAN J ' J n fcbU rifi'unin FARM FOR UICNT. The su l!eri tier onVr f- .r In Munster townsbfji. hIoi:: : Kta-nbiirg Jk Cresson .-ntlr'i;i milen front I'resson. F'iirm f 70 a res. atxnit fiO cleared. 1' en on Jst of April, ( all tn ' l'.,.' l,::o ' the subs I llXT at Litirettu. ,1AMK '-iK'- I'eb. 27. 1-91. MONEY lMl tid fi" u ht r a k !'" 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