» VOLUME By FRED KURTZ. - on the boarder raid bill. land. whipping. Senator Cameron's trouble was fistula and he is now getting better. > —————— of Ohio. accepted a stolen elected Governor of the Buckeyc state and state-pride left there. It would Ot pect of getting their constitutional amendment passed. vocates of the measure. The amendment simple, encountered the proposition advocates, and here is where the ques- the present. iy The Philadelphia Building Commis- sion is the Old Man of the Arabian Nights upon the back of the Philadel phia tax-payer. million dollars have been spent in the last few years by the Commission in putting up new city buildings, and the end is not yet, neither has the city any room vet in these costly, unfinished marble palaces ; the consequent taxation resulting from the extravagance in this is grinding in the extreme. It is an enormous job in the hands of the cor- rupt ring, that has used thousands of the money to carry elections and cover elec- tion frauds by which Philadelphia set- tied the hash in the last 15 years for the Democracy of the state, and drained the pockets of the citizens of Philadelphia that the bosses might revel in power. When the repeal was asked forin 1871, before the corrupt Commission began its the state, with the democratic organ in Philadelphia, The Age, and some of the anti-ring republican organs of the same city, cried out for the repeal of the act, so the city might be saved from the rav- ages of the corruptionists—but money bought up the committee on municipal corporations in the House, and the votes of the corrupt ones were printed in the Age at the time, and the bribery charged ~—the facts were also given in the Re- rorTeR. Philadelphia is now suffering under this curse ; the city is begging the Legislature for relief—demanded by all parties. The Times, of 13 instant, on 12th page, second column, gives a history of the foul transactioma in 1871, with the names of the guilty ones. The article is headed “Hot Work at Harrisburg,” and may be interesting reading even for a citizen of Centre county, in A opi Persons fond of slandering the South and magnifying every lawless incident happening down “there may read the following with profit, from the Pitts- burg Post, as it has reference to the great republican stronghold in Pennsylvania. The Post says : If there exists anywhere in the South a population equal to that of Allegheny county, that can furnish more brutal murders to the square mile, it is now in order to rise and name it. We claim to carry a heavier load of Christianity, rise higher in the intellectual and moral plane than our Bouthern neighbors, but there is a screw loose somewhere, and as we hold the South responsible as a community for its crimes, we cannot es- cape the comparison in blaming it on the criminal classes, Our jails and work. houses are filled to overflowing, and the nightly brawls, which so frequently end in murder, demand mose room. i SYP AP RS ss tion, Taking half to be males it would C - - w os cm —————— years of age in this county. It takes about ten times as many to support one of our church charges. ei —— ——— From all parts of the country comes the cry of indignation over the acquittal of Dukes who murdered Nutt. The peo- ple of Uniontown and Fayette county, the home of the parties, almost with one voice condemn the verdict of the jury. Dukes ruined and then slandered the | daughter of Mr. Nutt, a family of good name and standing, and then shot the father. Was ever a more damning out- rage perpetrated unless it be that of the jury in bringing in a verdict finding the libertine and murderer “not guilty.” Else- where in the ReroRTER we give some particulars of the trial. mammoth less. Mons ,| The House at Harrisburg passed final- ly the bill to prevent delay or discrim- ination by railroad or transportation campanies. The bill exempting build- ing and loan associations from taxation was amended and passed. It also passed bills relative to the eligibility of candi- dates for District Attorney, requiringtwo years practice ; providing for the reissu- ing of warrant and survey of land, the ti- tle to which is in the Commonwealth, and extending the time for closing sol- diers’ orphans’ schools. In the Benate the bill relative to the investment of sur- plus funds in bonds ofthe State or United States, was agreed to on the third read- ing. In the Senate an anti-treating bill was offered by Greer, of Butler. We would like to see it tried. Treating is a practice that leads the yonng men to intemper- ance more than any other. A large number of petitions were pre- sented in the Senate praying for the pas- sage of the prohibitory amendment, Among the petitions were the following, signed by 318 males and 62 females in the Allehgeny Workhouse, and present~ ed by Mr. McNeill, who had the petition “We, the undersigned prisoners, now confined in the Allegheny County Workhouse, feeling the horrible degra- dation resulting from the inordinate use of intoxicating liquors, petition your hon- orable bodies to make an effort to save us from a fate from which we are unable to save ourselves and to protect those who have not yet acquired the habit of strong drink. We petition you to abolish the importation, the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the Btate of Pennsylvania.” read ; — FURIE We hope our intellectual neighbor at Millheim, after a two week's rest from an exhaustive and fruitless effort of eight weeks to annihilate the defunct Aarons burg Berichter, has recovered sufficiently to be about again. We think he will profit by his experience, and when we can put in a little friendly advice for his benefit, the Rerorrer will be only too glad to do it—our good nature is inex- haustible. - hy - In the opinion of the Reronrza (here is one noteworthy fact that presents it- self in the Dukes case. Bevie the trial not a single hand was raised threaten.ng- ly against the murderer, altho’ he freely walked tbe streets of Unionwown and even visited the capital of the Btate, where he remained perhaps a weet, Yet the public detestaiion of the deed he committed and the wrong he done Miss Nutt was just as deep as when the jury startled the whole country with averdici of acquittal; then only did the pot of public indignation bez a to bo:l and men become fcant’c with a desire (0 lynch the worse than murderer who was tora- ed loose by an vaprineipled joy. Before the tial, while Dukes was out on ba'l, no indigni'y was olered him, not even a hiss ia the town where the foul deed was commitied. Tois fact speaks loudly for the law-abiding dispo- sition of the people of Uniontown, while they were rest'ng in the hope that the criminal would fa'l under the stern hand of the law for his crime. That this quiet and repose should be maintained when the people beheld a damning mockery ot the law is ronatoral. The deep indig- nation now felt against Dukes and the jury is most righteous, and the people of Fayette county have proven that while they are law-abiding under the se- verest test, trusting in the vindication of the law, yet they have the manhood not to smart quietly under such an outrage as jet the seducer and murderer go scot free. In our opinion the United States should not be big enough to hold Dukes and his jury. M. de Lesseps has embarked for Tunis to direct surveys in connection with the project to convert the Desert of Sahara into an inland sea. . If Lesseps succeeds fu this he will need no monument. The sea of will carry his name down to the end of the world. o The coal trade in the Philipsburg re- gion has reached large proportions and | will, no doubt, grow in enormity year to vear. The Philipsburg Journal | speaks of the out-put as follows: Jelow i Tom | i showing | we furnish statistics the out-put of bituminous coal from this | region each year from 1867, when opera- tions of any consequence were first be- gan. It will be observed that crease continued rapid the in ly, excepting two years, when a strike and interfer- ed, panic until now the trade has reached the magnitude of nearly thuiee million tons. The reputation of the Clearfiel mlity 1} excellence in quality 148 lovel: ta and future will no doubt show wonderful results big demand 1867 .. 186% 1869 1870 1871 INT2 1873 1874 18% IX76 1857 1878 1579 . 1880 | 185] 15852 building and neighboring houses was great, The excitement in London continnes intense, and the scene of the principal explosion is constantly thronged by thousands, who are not, however, per- mitted by the police to approach within 100 yards of the wrecked building, The police continue to guard the residence of Parliament The Beot- cannot The experts the explosive material 1imes office, an- - .-—— HANGING THE EGYPTIANS. Cairo, Feb 15... The prisoner ssentenced to death by the Alexandria court mar- tial for haviog massacred Tanta last summer are being on publi 3 their crimes were committed, the malefactors have already been hang- ed during the past week, One of them- - a. The act making the minimum school term in this State of five months hos become a law, and will go in to effect on the plies to all which at the time of the pass- age of the act did not have the maximum | gix instead ist of June This law ap number of mills levied for school purpose -~that is thirteen for school. > -_—- - Dukes 5a) he intends t in the Legis be some trouble oy Mr. WAS 80 severely . Amalang, « beaten at that his life is disnaired Dukes is writing tion in his own out any of ita co The In have place d ex-Giov dependents tion for Governor, At Watertown, Mass beaten to death with a piece while standing in her own dof murderer escaped. wold 3 ity #3 HG Dard yY Lhe ad was a little fraca FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION, dered four Europeans, including a little girl six years old-—tried to excite het tittle ehiiid in his arms just before mount. of British and Egyptian troops, who are the mob, by who perform the operation very and 10 every case the neck is broken, Last Wednesday a Bedouin named "wr ng cut the throat of an Egyptian to. y merchant because he asked too Was car wi out ina purely ye Cadi of the town sat down under the wade of a large acacia tree 1883 For the Reronren, The Resurrection Proven from the History of Re- demption. A BHORT ABETEBACT OF THE HISTORY BEDEMPTION AB RECORDED BY BT. LUKE. Two men went to Emmaus about three gcore furlongs from Jerusalem. And they talked of what had happened. And while they talked together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but they knew Him not, And Jesus said, What manner of communications are these that ye have as ye walk and aresad. And Cleopas said, Art thou a stranger in Je- rusalem that thou kunowest not the things which are come to pass therein And he gaid, What things ? OF Jesus of Nazareth, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all people ; how the chief priests and rulers delivers ed Him to death and crucified Him. We trusted he would redeem Israel, and to- day is the third day since these things were done, Yea, and certain of our wo- were early at the sepuicher and found not his body and returned, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels which said He was And certain of them which were Then Jesus said unto them, O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have epoken : ought and to enter into his glory? And be~ ginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the And as they drew nigh unto the though He would have gone further. Bat they constrained Him, saying, Abide with us; for it is towards evening and the day is far spent. And He went in to tarry with them. And # came to pass, as He sat at meat with them, He took bread and blessed it, and break, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our hearts dered tobacco merchant, At some dis tance and on the Cadi’s left were the family of the marderer. A few Egyptian policemen “kept the ground.” jerer was brought before the Cadi with a stropg tarred rope around his neck. ber of the family of the murdered man and asked him: — “Will you and your fami ape Nouri?” Ihe reply was :— "No ¥ pardon Ha- , never Let his Cadi remained silent for two or three male member 0% The Bill that has Passed the Hows ad will Seon be Acled upon by the Senale. Harrisburg, March 17.—~The Nichol son bill, whicu has passed the House and | gone to the Senate, to prevent delay or | discrimination by raiirvad or lrauspuria- | tiv companies or their officers or their | agents, underwent so much hackiug, sawing, patchiog and bolung down that | few Lave cowpisie knowiedge of the 1 portant weéasure wuich wili svn cause a stir io the upper branch of the Legisia- ture. The Lili declares uniawiul “any undue and unjust discrimination” by any cutnmmon carrier, “either iu the cuarges of freight or wls or in furoishisg or re- insiug to furnish faciiities for trausporta tion. No “person, firm, raiiroad or iver corporation or association” shail bave discrimination of this Kiud made peither in favor of or against himself or ilseil, Property transported over any raiiroad musi be delivered at any sation at char- ges not exceeding the rates lor transpor- tation of property of the she class iu the same direction to any more distant sta- tion. The forbidden discrimination is to include “abatements” sud “drawbacks” and also giving preference inthe luruish- ing of cars and motive power, { folation of this act 1s to be punishable by a line not exceediag §1,000 aud the party iojured may recover treble dama- ges in a Court of Common Pieas, Tue question of what if unjust or undue dis. crimination shall be a question of Jact for the jury. -» PRIZE FIGHT? IN A MANSION AT ALTOONA. Altoona, Pa, March 16.—A hotly con. tested prize fight between a man named O'Neal, of Pitsburg, and Kohne, of Philadelphia, took place in the parlor of Col. Bohme, a very wealthy gentleman of Altoona. The parlor had an elegant Brussels carpet on the floor and the walls were hung with bandsome pictures. Tn the center of the room, a very large one, a twenty-four foot ring was marked out with chalk on the carpet, and on top of the chalk mark silver sand was spread. In a room adjoining this all kiods of liq- uors couid be had, as could also a small lunch. These things were all far. nished by the Colonel. This, no doubt, xr the first fight that ever took place # private parlor, and in one so hand- somely furnished. About 1 o'clock this morning probably thirty persons were in attendance, Thirty-seven rounds were funght, re- were very badly bruised, but neither se riously burt. Kohne appeared to have the worst of the fight, but O'- eal had more cuts on his than his opponent. i ns A AM A AS 31 EX: NT OVER THE LONDON ' EX N8 L INTENSE. A few days ago an attempt was made to blow np one of the mment boild. ings in London. Tho damage to the it to the family of the murdered man. nale member of the of the murdered man and ssked him:— “Will yon accept this petition which or his great crime? The reply was; — “No. We will not accept in” The Cadi thet madea sign with his hand, and rope that was looped around Halabe Nour's neck was passed over a stout projecting branch of the aca- cia tree, Four Arabs puiled at the rope aud Halabe Nouri, the murderer face, by the way, wes not blindfolded-— was hauled up to the bough of the tree, and the other end of the rope was secur- ed to a clest that had been fastened to the trunk of the acacia tree. The unfor- tunate wretch was left Kicking and hang- ing until death ensued from strangula~ tion. On the same day another Arab was hangedat Beni Souef for having killed 8 Copt. - AN ELEPHANTS FIGHT, Bridgeport, Conn., March 8 —Elephants have a well-known fondness for dogs and are invariably more easily mansged and controlled when dogs are their companions, A large masliff was recently purchased and jmported as a companion for Jumbo and placed beside him yesterday for the first time and the other dog, ashaggyone, taken sway. Jumbo immediately evinced his displeaswreat the change by low grumbling and suddenly calching the mastiff around the body with bis trunk threw him nearly across the building with terrifle force striks ing another vicious elephant called Pilot killing the dog instantly and enraging Pi~ lotto such a degree that be broke the chain holding bim and began fighting all the other elephants. For some time no. thing was heardbut the wild trumpetings of theso huge beast and destruction lo every. thing in the building seemed imminent, The trainers and other hands employed made arusk forthe doors and windows and succeeded in escaping but one, named Con- rad, barely eluded tho tusks of Pilot, Mr, George Arstingstall and Mr, Frank Hyatt from outside of the building, ¥hrew great ropes made into slip nooses on the floor of the interior, and succeeded, after about an hour in catching the legs of the animal and throwing him to the ground, when the employees all came in and finally conquer od the obstreperous beast, but not until af ter severe measures were adopted and cone siderable damage had been done. During all the excitement Jumbo, the originator of the distarbance, was quietly feeding but Queen, the mother of a baby elephant, was much exercised on behalf of her youngone. Cheil, Mandria, Pilot and some others of the herd of elephants were much bruised by the repeated blows given by the mad. dened elephant, by the way, and when he opened to us the Scriptures. And they returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven gather were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared unto Simon. And the breaking of bread. Luke 24:13-30. This 1s the history of redemption in a few words, THE TRUTH OF THIS STORY It is most certainly true, for it is at- tested by both friends and foes: 1. By cunrist’s rrigxps.—1. They were not a few, e. g. Mary Magdalene, Peter, the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, Paul says by more than 500 at once, men and Women—12, 70 and 500 all barmoniously attest the truth of His resurrection. 2. They were not eredulous men. None of them want. ed to believe it, Thomas wanted to see the nail marks in his hands and feet— hey were not easy of belief. 3, They were not strangers; they knew Him for three years; they followed him in trial, danger and even to death, 4, They were not self interested witnesses, Before His crucifixion they expected a temporal kingdom, but this hope was buried with Him in the grave, yet they witness for Him. They lost property, honor and happiness, and stili they testify in His favor. The Scribes and Pharisees would bave given them more money for false testimony if they would have taken a bribe, 5. They were constant witnesses. In spite of councils, courts, stones, pris- ong, fire and wild beasts they were wit~ nesses for Jesus. Were they not con- vionced of the trath of the resurrection, which seals the whole work of Christ's redemption? 2. BY THE TESTIMONY OF HIS ENEMINS, —1. By learned Jews, e. g. Josephus say that Jesus appeared alive the third day after his death—not one of them de- nied it. 2, Heathen writers, e. g. Taci- tus, 100 years after Christ, and Piiny in the beginning of the 2d century, testified to the death of Christ and the spread of Christianity, and that bis followers were willing to die for bim. Thousands at- tested the trath of Christ's death, resur- rection and ascension to heaven, THE PROOF OF THE TRUTH OF THE RES. URRECTION OF THE DEAD FROM THE HISTORY OF REDEMPTION, The certainty of the resurrection of the believers is proven by the resurrection of Christ, The resurrection of Christ proves : 1. Tar IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. Not only by commiting His spirit into the hands of his Heavenly Father, but also by the infinite price He paid for the redemption of the soul. Mat. 16:26. More than the whole world--with perishable things you cannot buy an imperishable and eternal treasure, To redeem immors tal souls the God-man most die. The price must be infinite, 2. Tur UNION OF. SOUL AXD BODY,~ Christ died publicly before his and committed His soul into the hands h . again inhabited by the soul and w out of the grave. rein resurrection of Christ. B58 a private person the isa race. 1. Thes. urrection of ist expla the nature avy WAS karo IN oe hela Christ's case the same rose. that died: The nail prints Soule ba sesh m , or the Por 15: ays, Each his own . 2 ae, rahe of ei He0p ar can't be dimolved to ail eteraity to 8 . there can be no ‘NO. 12, A ——— A A 3, THAT IT WILL BE A GLORIFIED BODY, ~— Christ arose in a glorified body. His body was spiritual, but not without bod ily parts. It was a light and perfect body no sin in it. The disciples did not fai- ly see Him. His partaking of food was more an act of condescension than an act of eating, We shall be like Him. 1. Cor, 15:45-49. Phil, 8:21. REFLECTIONS. 1. The resurrection of Christ is an Lis- torical fact. A man might as well deny that even the four great monarch jes, tle Chaldean, the Medo Persian, the Gres cian and Roman existed, as to deny the resurrection of Christ. We know from history that we must die. And how know that weshall rise again? Why, from the resurrection of Christ and of those whom He raised from the dead. I John 1:1.3. He who contradicts history stulti- fies himsbif. Will you deny the resar- rection because you do not understand it? Can you understand where the wind comes from. John 3:8, The cavse of the ebbing and flowing of the tide "and a thousand other things? No. A hope founded upon history has an immovable basis, 2, It has been shown that the resure rection of Christ is a troth that ean not be contradicted, founded on the testimo- ny of competent witnesses. We may therefore, hope to rise from the dead and say: I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth, where I shall see for my. self, and mine eyes behold, and not an- other. Job. 19:26 27. J. 1, A MARRIAGE BY A DEATH-BED. A marriage under most peculiar cir- cumstances has just been celebrated in Hartford. The mother of Annie Mc- Dermott, the bride, being in a dying con- dition, wished the ceremony performed before she passed away. It is anusual for Roman Catholics to marry dariag Lent and a dispensation from the bishop was necessary. This wes obtained. Then two more dispensations had to be ob- tained—one because the banns were not announced in the chorch and the other because the marriage was to be performs ed outside the church edifice. Atlast the couple were married at the bedside of the dying mother. i images mai DYNAMITE IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg) March 18.—It is report- ed to-day that dispatches from Moscow announce the discovery in the basement of the Imperial Opera House, in the city, of a large quantity of dynamite and other explosives. The report causes a feeling of consternation in court circles, asshowing that the Nihilists have not relaxed their activity, and the outlook for the Czur's coronation is considered a gloomy one. ee——— ii ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF HIS FIVE COMPANIONS. Fort Fetterman, Wy., March 13-Al Pacha, why nine years ago committed some horribie murders, was arrested yes. terday. The story is that Pacha belonged to a party of six prospectors and one night while camping in Colorado he murdered his five companions while they slept. He was arrested a short time alter, bul escape ed. -—— The Way of all Flesh “Have you noticed,” said Gen. Hoke, of North Carolina, the other day, ‘tho rapid disappearance of one-armed and one-legged men? At the close of the war in the South-—as almost every southerner was in the army-—men with out an arm or a leg were to be seen everywhere and on all occasions. In a few more years it will be a rare thing to see one. You will appreciate this still more if you notice the next assem- blage of soldiers at a reanion or in pro. cession on some occasion. It is pitiful to see how old and grizzled they look. The youngest of them are middle-aged men. Why, the da surrendered I could place my hand on my saddle-horn and vault over my horse's back. Now, about all I care to do is to climb up one side of him." — Atlanta Constitution. AAI —— MOST WONDERFUL. Very seldom do we read of an setusl case of recovery, where bope had altogeths er been lost, 10 equal that which was on Monday investigated by a Dispaich repore ter who had heard. in vsrious quarters, persons talking to their friends of a cure, seemingly littls short of miraculous, that had been performed. Wm. Lincoln Curis is the name of the young man in question. He is now employed st H. K Porter&Co's i orks, Pittsburg. His dise ease was Chronic Rheumatism, The enor. mous swelling and pain in the joints of his arm soon produced paralysis of his leftarm. He gradually grew worse, his ankle and knees were soon even worse then hisarms, his cheek bones began to enlarge, spreads ing his face out of ail reremblance to his former self. Two physicians pronounced him hopel Peru red him. P 2 Dr. Harm an's “Ii's of Life," we wn wel
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