Si) 1 tr H. "V. MoETEtiMEB, Proprietor. INDEPENDENT Live and Let Live.' $1.00 a Year if Paid in Advance. VOL. V.,Noi 40. LEHIGI1TON, CARBON COUNTT, PKNN'A, SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1, 1877. Subscribers out of County, $1.20 Railroad Guide. N ORT11 PENNA.RA1LUOAL). Passengers far Philadelphia win leave Lcblxh. ton aa follows i .... lu7a. m., na. L. V. arrive lit Phlle. at MS a m. t41 a. id. via L. V. ' 11: 8 a; m. llW7p.rn.viaL. V. " ". 2-iOp.m. Mao.tlil.Jk8. " " 6:43 o.m. :p.m. viaUV. " . " t:Mp.m. fletarnin, Icavedrpot at Perks ana Ameri can rnna., amusana msa a.m.i ac, p.uj. Jan. 1, 1177. plIILA. d READING RAILROAD. Arrangement of PasseDger Trains. AUGUST 2ND, trr. , Trains leave AL LENTO WN asfollowst- or Philadelphia, at S.6J, u.W.i a.m...is and .is p. m. BUNDAY8. TU rABKIOMBa nsaycu.1 For rauaaeipnie atz,zi d. m. VIA HASf PKNNA. BBAKCn.) I nr7t 2.30, 5-511. 8.53 a m., 12.11. 2.10. 4.80 I Tor Reading. una e uo p.m. Tor nattliDiir-. M, s.W a. m.. 12.19. 4 0 p.m. JTor Lanoaeter and Colombia, t M, a.m. and 4.30 p. m. t Does sot run on Mondays. bUNDAYS. Vn Readlnir. 130 a-m. and 9.0a p.m, Vnr If arrl.tinri. IMn. nt. TninrPonlLlE mtown leave aa follows: , (via FKuaMouxH bbanCR.) Leave PMladelphitt, 7.W a. m., l.Ou, L JO and MS It. ui. SUNDAYS. Laava Phlladelbhla. sjii u. m. VI i KiaTm nnntprrl Leave Beaamg, 7.41, 7.45, lo.sj a m., 4.00, S.10 mi lafio n m Leave Hanlebura;, 7.S3a. to., and 1.40, 3.30 ss m. Leava Lancaster, 7.30 a. in., and 3.2S p. m. Leav Columbia. 7.30 a. m . and 3.15 p. m. hUNDAYD. Leave Tleadlna-. 7.33 a.m. Zava llarrlftUDta. 6.01 a.m. Trains mai Iced thna I") rnn to and from depot tBtb and Green atreets, Philadelphia, other trains to a'i( from Broad street depot. Toe (.60 a. m and .5J d. in. tralna from Allen, torn, and theT.sn a.m. and S.1S n. m. traina trom Philadelphia, have through cars to and J. E. WOOTTEN, Central jwanwer. v, u. uanuocK, Uffl'i 7icrt Agtnu HENRY A. PETER, (SnocM'or to C. W. LK3TZ), Bank Street, leliighton, Pemi'a, Offers to the pnbllo a foil line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, PATENT MEDICINES, Horse and Cattle Medicines X Complete Assortment ot Wall JPapejrs, From the Cheapest Brown to tlio finest Ollu Fancy Toilet Articles, SPONGES. CnAMOISE SKINS. A LAIN CC JJANCr STATIONERY, Andavarlelv ot HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES ioq nnmorona loo mention, au ox vrmcn be ll offering at TEBT BEASONAULE PRICES I PURE WINES and LIQUORS for Medicinal ana cjacramentai porpoeoii. PUYSICIANl.,PBE8CIllPTION8isrtaly nd accuKteiy com pounded hf MYSltLF, at Mil uuuii u, mo uaj tuu uijiuim Patronage invited. H. A. PETER, Lencxel's Block. March 24,1377. QABBOJi ADVOCATE CUEAP JOB PRINTING OFFICE, LEXTXailTON, PA. Every descrlpUon ot Printing, from a Visiting Card to a Poster. CARDS', BILL HEADS, LETTER IIEAD1. NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS, . PROURAUMES, HAND BILLS, DODQEIIS, CIRCULARS, SHIPPING TAOS, ENVELOPES, ' PAMPHLETS, BY-LAWS. At CI, AC. Sent la the best nuns er, si very Lowest Prices. We ave nranarad to da work at sa ehean ratM I s.nv office la the HUto Uat oeals honestly . trlth lu ctutomers. OUR motto is Cheap, Prompt & Reliable". arotim by mall recelTsprmpt ttecUoc. CARDS. V.Schwsrtt.Bank treet, IcaJr fci all knd Furniture. Coffininadt to order. niml mil Bhoe Matters. Clinton Tlretnej, in leva' building. Uank strut. ft P. LOXGSTREET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Next door to too ' Carton House.' BANK BTBEET. LEIIIQHTON. PA. December IMm. w. 51. HAPSHlflR, ATTORN RY AND C0TJNBELL0R AT LAW, BSSK STIXIT, bSQIQBTOS, IA. r. . .,- I v.1LIam A ..nr. Will 11 11 T Till Sell K.al Estate. Convsjaocins; nsatly done Col- Uctloa promptly nude. Settling Kitstes of De- cedents a peclalty. May be conianea in r.num na u.nnan. ...... JAS.R, STBUTllBltS, ATTORN SY AT LAW, joy Ofilce : 21 floor of Khoad'i.IIaU, Maueli Chnnk, Pa.. All business entrusted to him will be promptly attended to. pAHIEt. ItALUFDB, ATTORNEY AND CODNSKLLOR AT LAW, SlKUOti Cllultk, Pa. O-Olllee. aboTe Delon's Jewelry Store, Proidway IHO. D.DCE10I.STTE. B. tgosii gEUTOliBTTE LOOSE, ATTORNEYS AND C0OSSELL0RS AT LAW, Orrics Corner of f owjuebmna and Droadwsj. UAUCU CUUNK, Pssi. Can be connulted In Oormn. tJalr 24 187 p J. DIKEIIA.V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Next Door to Flnt National Bins, MATTCll CUUNK, PA. Jta-Can he eonsulted in Oerman. IJanH. pT A. OBtiTZ, JUSTICE OF THE riSACE, Obert'aBnlldlnc. BANK-St. LmiauTOK. Converanclns-. Collecting and all otber bull' neas connected with the office promptly attend. ed to. Alte, Agent tuT ton paicnast sna uaio ui Real Eitate. April r-vi rpiIOMAB 8. DECK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, BANK Street, LKUIQIITON, Pa. Conreyanrloir, Collecting and all business con icted with ths office promptly attended to. Jf9-Aseot for firRtleiR Insurance Oompanlefi in on in" mwi nimrn Jan. S, 1873. A. DERIIAMER, SI. I) PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON special emenuoa paia w anunc wjnoanoo, r. .... . t I nA To. hluhlon, Pa. Aptu 3, 187S DR, IV. B. REUEIt, PRAOTIC1NO TIIYSICIAN AND HUROKON. OtAce. MtltK street, next door eboTe the Postofllre Leblihton, P. Office Honrs Parrrllle cli dy rom lOto 12o,clock;f remainder of nay atomrfio 1.1,1.1,,.. V,5 72 yy O. M 8E1PLE, PHYSICIAN AND 8UIIOEON. Next to E. H. Snyder's store, BAM ST., LEniamoN. PENN'A N.B. Snecisl attettlun aiven 10 ths Cnre of Bait ni'cuiu. an, jnu. i.'jr rniFOSIAS KE9ir.lt UR. J. CONVEYANUER, AND OF.NERAL INbUfiANCE AGENT Ths MIowiok Companies are Hpressuled: LEHA.N )N MUTUAL FIRE. IIUAUISU MUI'UAL HUE, WYOMING FIIIB. pnl'TjiviT.r.i,: umir. LE1I I U II FI RE. and the Tit AV ELERs AdCIDKNT INSURANCE. Also Pennsi'lvsnli aud Mataal llorse Thief Deteo Ive ana in.uraui-e uninpaur. B. WIDOOSS, PRACTICAL BARBER. Opposite the First National Bank, Bank Street, Leihghton, Pa HAin CU rTlNG. SHAVINO. fill AM POO du ana uyjuiu momDUv ana artistici. aitendeil to. ratronsge soiidtea ana letisfacmra gnaren. teod. JU1V 11. 1377. Q.IDEOM KOSTEXHADER OAIXEBT NE1H THE LEnion VAtLXT HOV1E, Bankway, Leuighton, Pa., Isnrrnared to make uvusus PORTRAITS Of Vkiijiiin kiiiim PiloriiOUAPas lu the most artlstie mNnner. eq'ial lu all respect toteel Engiavlng. 16 m-ikesa enecla'.tyi'f PKltsONB tiom tvoe.of ad kinds. Chsia-'ea very moderate and patronage solii iled, m.v 12 JAYIU EUIIEKT'S Livery & Sale Stables UAMIC BTlth;fc.T.l,b,lliuii i'u.v, i'av FAST TROT TING HORSES, ELEGANT CARItlAOES, And positively LOWER PltlOES than any other Livery la the Coanly. I JrJJ Larreana hsndsome Canlaces for Vjnnr.l inrpeee ana W codings. DA VI D SDlUCltT. .Kim. . I HUWARD'S LATEST. To (As Adjutant GmtroL I write with feellnn aod.y mixed My mon lire full ot pluck. Bnt since I stir led after Joa I've had tho devil's lack. I've done my very level best Hie travelling to retard, Yet evejy time that I hit him, He hits me twice as hard. He won't star still In any spot, He cannot be beguiled, A nd has a way ot bobbing round Ttiatdtlveame nearly wild. It he against a fox were match'd For cunninr Ulcus ami low. Against a weasel's sleesleuneis, I thluk I'd bee on Joe. Therefore I feel no great desire This charge ) have' to keep. And. It yon can my place sapply, I'll lut tliejob ont choiin. Uncle Carl's Heiress- " And yon'll be careful of tlietnonev. Carl, and lay It In s warm nest?" ealtl tlio old man old Unrl Van Webber. who, king upon lilnricntli bed, had J list wade Ilia will In favor nf Ms nppliew and nauietakf. "Von will not run riot wltit It, 1 know. I've ecraped and snved all my lire for It. I never was extravagant. When I came to Eniilntiil poor tiny, fstherli'.-s and miithhrless. I liatl just two pouiid.t and I Wfiitto work Willi tliit eapllul. In the warm weather made lemonade. 1 didn't make It too stlii r, nor put too much sugar in it either, und euld It at tne corners ; and In winter 1 started a coffee etand, and I put by a little and a little, and a little more and at lut I had a niton with a counter, at which people sat and drank, tea ot chocolate orcnhVe, and eatcaken. Anu men a regular restaurant, nnd alter that a fine nlace a very line ulace. in- deed aud there I made my fortune. Rut I've always been sAving, always. And you wiin't waste the pjor old man's money, eh, Unrl 1" I liopB you will recover, uncle." said Catl from Ills heart; "hut 1 thank you lor ineaulng so well to me, and I win ao my uest." L'f, yes," tald the old man. "bnt I can't recover ; and we muiiltalk now. You will take the tnonev nnd do the best : and, Carl, this la what 1 have set my lieai t on you will tuarrv Klixa l'atch ? She Is a tine ulrl and I know what Patch will leave hi-r. Not lining pretty don't matter , an excellent, erou- onileal person well, a little older than juu, nut, oies you, what is that? Yes jou'll oner yourself to Ellta L'atch. and my word for it, ehe'll not say no j and then " 'Uncle Carl," said the vouinr man. "don't mislead yourself. 1 cannot nl. low you to do it. It would not be lair or honest. I r-hall never offer mvsell to M is Eliza Patch, tor 1 do not love her. " "Jtuiuatilio nonsense I" said the old mttu. "lAive bah I I am au old naclt- tlur myseli, hut I don't buiipu.-e that auer uie nrst year or two uieu evel are In love with their wives, and urettv women make as uuly old ones as tbu ugly girlH. Puich U my very good Itlend. Uh'vb talked I he matter over. You'll marry El'Zit. 1 know at least, l hope you uro not untangled any. wnere I am not engaecd as vet." said t Carl, slowly ; "but my vanity may mis- leau inn iukj limiting i am niced ; out 1 have offered attentions not to be mis understood to a younir lailv whom I love very much, and I shall ofler my self to her." "You ahull ?" said the uncle, sharn. ly. "Ah, well, you are uot a fool, I Know. I'ethaps the is as well oil as Eliza?" 'She Ua9 not a penny." said Catl. She is a governess, and earns enough to dress herself; uo more." can," said the old man, "I hare made you my heir. 1 de and a little obedience. Leave this girl aud off.r yourself to K'lza." U'icle," replied tho youoa- man. "I have hitherto been obedient. Now I must refue to obey. Love cannot be coercid ; nnd If It could, an honorable man could not lead a girl ou to believe bu loved her, and then cooliy back out without giving her Reliance lossy uo." "i uisiiiio io neat Louseuse," said the old man. "Let these absurdities pass. You will marry Eliza Patch, or )ou will uot. U you retuse. I shall tiller my will. 1 shall leave you penni less, and as the uusluess will no lunger be carried ou, without a situation. Go away now; return to me in I alt an hour, aud tell me what It Is. You know 1 am a man of uty word, Catl, and I talked the thing over with Patch; he expects It. Aud I'll put up with no nonsense. I've a Utile grand-niece suuieuhere. I'll leave It all to her all Carl unless you marry El!z," Carl said uuihlng llo lelt the room, and eat alone in the parlor below, until hU uncle's bell summoned him. lie thought over his altered prospects the while, aud looked matters bravely lu the lace. Ot course lie conld not marry Ellta Patch. Of course be would, wheuever ho could, marry his lltlto sweetheart, if she would have hliu ; but Low It was possible he might have tu wait a lotig wtiiie. uau was not so very youuglliat It seemed veiy eay to wait, either, lie was a man of eight aud tweuty. The Interview with his uncle was a biiel oue i but It was decisive, It end. ed by the lawyer belug sent for, aud the will altered. "1 uiuet leave my money to ope ot my own blood," tald too old man. "I've only one other relative. My sister Pauline married a Mr. Uarth, and hud ono daughter. The daughter mar ried and died, leaving a little girl. She's grown tip now. 1 forget her mother's married name, but you'll find It In some of tho-e old letters. Everything to her! everj thing to tier I and make haste that I may sign It." Old Carl Van Webber lived just long enough to put his name to the bottom of the great sheet of paper which made young Carl a poor man and enriched Ids unknown grand-niece, and then pawed away, his wrath quite unappea. ed, his dylug hand withheld from that of his neliew. Tho lawyer, knowing the story, prU vatcly thought Carl an idiot, lie might, ut least, have forborno to con traillct his uncle. The funeral wni over. All was done that could be done to show respect to the old man's memory. Carl, who had only live pnundsln the world, bestirred himself to llnd a bookkeeper's place.and la a little while found one. The Hilary was small; but on consideration he de elded that It was enough for two; and one evening, walking with LeUy West In the moonlit park, he told her so. " I hoped to be a rich man when I first know and loved you, Lctty," he said, "and perhaps I am nut light to aik you t) sharn a poor man's lot. It yon ureal It, say so, Letty." Rut the little hands were clasped over his arm more closely, and In a few mo tu.'tila. he knew that Lelty dreaded nothing It he but loved her well. The livo were married, ana wnen Carl Van Webber looked at his fair young wife, there was no lingering thoughts of Eliza Patch, anil the wealth that he had lost, In bis mind. There were no more luxuries for htm, It is true. No riding and driving, no wines and costly cigars none of the Idling to which as the ncn uncle's neir, lie naa been used. And there was hard work and close economy; but what did it matter? They were so happy. Hut when a man earns only enough to meet the week's expenses, week by week hn stands on the brink of a precl nice. One day young Van Webber, In hurrying across the upper lloor of his bUiiness place, slipped ami Ml tiirougu a hatchway. He wbs serlouily Injured, and a long confinement to his bed seem ed certain. Ills employers behaved, as they believed, liberally. They gave liliu a month's waees.und promised him his tiost again when In recovered. Hut his nines was not over In a month, and doctor's bills are expensive things, and at last the time came when poverty stared the two married lovers In the face, and only the lltlto needle-work Letty could do besldo tier husband's oedshle kent them from starvation ' All, Carl." said the young ife one morning, as the brought the sick man the tea und toast, which were all she had to give 111 m. "don't you wish you had forgotten poor me, aud married MliS Eliza Patch? You would have been rich tneu. I have broughtull this upon you." " It Is your share of tbo trouble that troubles me." tald Carl. "Letty, love, don't you wish you had said 'No?' " But he knew she did not as shu took his poor, thin hand, and pot It to her lips and kli-xed It At that moment " Van Webber," shouted a voice without. It's the postman, Carl, "said LeUy, ; i.Dut who can have written to us? thought every one had forgotten us She ran Into the passage, and came back with a largo letter, sealed with red wax. lu her hand. " What can it bo dear ?" she said. "It looks so strange It frightens me I" Then tbe opened It. As Carl looked at her he saw her turn first white and fien red, and then the tears came into her eyes, suu gave a cry sua new io ward hliu. " Carl, dear, she cried, "I used to read fairy tales when I was a child. They were no stranger than this. Can you Dear good news, dear? Our troubles are all over. I am au heiress, nnd whose do you think? Your uncle's, Carl. We are, we must be, aa.'ond cousins, from whnt the lawyer tells me. I knew my mother had an uncle who was rich, but I did nut think that he I ever thought of we. And my mother died when I was a baby, Carl, so we never talked ot hlui. Rut to think they have been bunting for me all this w hile, In all sorts or places, aud aud oh, do you uudeistaud, Carl? We' are rich. It Is Jutt as well for you as It you bad chosen Miss Patch." It was stranger tban a fairy tale. Carl InJued thought, wheu he found that his little Lelty was Indeed his cousin and Uucle Carl's heiress. Ills Joy was unbounded, and he gave him self up to the Impulse ot the moment. It Is t'uu a hhade crossed his features for a moment, tu think he bad been for gotten, but it passed away Instantly. A majority of the committee of physicians appointed to Investigate the condition of Allen C. Luos have re ported that, owing tu the want of the requisite authority to make all the tests necessary in sucli a esse, and believing that no decision should be made where the whole truth cannot be elh-itid, re port that thu present evidence in their pos-esslon Is not sufficient to warrant any conclusion as to the insanity or epi lpsy of the prisoner. Matthew Cassldy, of Washington couuty, and a teacher widely known, was fatally Injured a day or two ago by being thrown out of a wagon. Tlio team rau antlust a tree on tbo roadside, throwing blm oat. Old Rogers. Rogers must have begun to lonr old 40 years before he died. Jokes which date back as far as 'he year 1830 do penu ror tneir point on the ract that there was then something wlthf red and ghastly in his countenance. Tho story runs that an acquaintance who met him In a public conveyance, looking like a corpse on Its travels, said to him, "Now that you are rich enough, Rogers, why don't you set up a hearse of your own?" Mr. Fields, who saw hi in In his last years, denies that his face, faded as were Its featured looked spectral and sepulchral. lie gives an amusing ac count of the old man's Indignation at Satuuel Lawrence's recent portrait of him. ' Rogers himself wished to com pare It with his own face, and bad a looking glass held up before blm. Wo eat in silence as he regarded the plot uro attentively, nnd waltelfnr his criticism. Soon he burst forth, 'Is my nose so dashed sharp as that 7' 'No I No I' we all exclaimed, 'the artist Is at fault there, sir.' 'I thought so,' he cried ; ho has painted the face of a dead man, dash him I' Some one said, 'The por trait Is too hard ' 'I won't be painted as n hard man,' rejoined Rogers, 'I am not a nard man, am l, Proctor?' Proctor deprecated with energy such an Idea as that. Looking at tho portrait again, Rogers said, with great feeling, 'Children would run away frcin that face, and they never ran away from nie."' Whnt most impressed Mr. Fields was the feeble manner in which Rogers' best stories were received by tho gentle man present at his breakfast table. Mentioning his surprise to Proctor, the latter told him that they "had heard the same anecdotes every week, perhaps for nan u century, rrotn uiesainu lips " in fact, the bard of Memory had nearly lost the fn;ulty whuse pleasures he had sung. The winding sheet nearly cov ered his mind years before It enveloped ins uwiy. nouior, who rememnerea lilm in what may be called the prime cf his old age, says, "It has been rumored that he whs a sayer ot bitter things. I i;now mat no was a giver oi gooa tilings a kind and amiable patron, where a patron was wanted; never os tentatious or oppressive, and always a Irleud in need. He was ready with bis counsel ; ready with his money. I never put bis generosity to the test, but I knew enough totejilfy that It exist ed, and was olten exercised in a delicate manner nnd on the slightest hint." Proctor gives but one Instance of his "sub-acid words." After going to the statue of Campbell, ho remarked, "It is the first time that I have seen htm stand straight for many years," Inter national Ruviow. Facts Wortlt Remembering.- One thousand shingles, laid four Inches to the weather, will cover one hundred square feet of surface, and five pounds ot shingle nails will fasten them on. One-fifth more siding and flooring Is needed than the number of square feet of surface to be covered, Decau-n or tne lap in the biding aud the matching of tuu floor. One thousand laths will cover seven ty yards ot surface, and eleven pounds oi isiu nans win nan mem on. Eight bushels of good Mine, sixteen bushels of sand, and one bushel of hair will make enough good mortar to plas ter one hundred Miuaro yards. A cord of stone, three bushels ot lime and a cubic yard ot sand, will lay one liun.lred cubic reet or wall. Five courses of brick will lay one foot In height on a chimney ; six bricks In a course will make a llue four inches wido and twelve Inches long, and eight bricks In a course will make a llue eight Inches w de and sixteen Inches ions. : o ought never to believe evil ot any one till we are certain of It. Wu ought not to say anything that Is rude and displeasing even In a Joke; uud we ought never to carry jokes too far. A newspaper at Ashland, Ky, says that an Investigation ot the re cords or the state suow mat not a sin ele man or woman In the whole Coin mon wealth Is under the present laws legally married. At Nlcaria, near Samos, In the Grecian. ArchlDelscfo. a father wishing to dispose of his daughter's hand se lects as the brideeruotn the man who can awln for the longest tlmo under water. A Colonization Convention was held at Corinth. Miss., a tow days ago at which there were 8,500 persons. The African scheme was not favored, but pl.tces In Arizona, New Mexico, and Western Texas were considered. Thomas J. Keltz, while plowing In a field In Westmoreland county, was caught In a thunder storm. lie sought refuge under a trer, which was struck by lightning. One of his horses was killed and lie was severely injured. He was rendered insensible fur a consider able time. When he recovered he call ed fur assistance, and several persons responded. When they arrived not a vestige ot clothing was found upon blm, his garment's, even to his shoes, appearing as though they had been rent asunder by an exploslou or had passed through a threshing machine. The marks of the electria fluid were visible upon bis persou Iroin the neck down to the heels, one ot which was badly lacerated, while the Indentations in the ground bore evidence ol bis feet having Ibeeu driven Into the earth some three or tour inches. lie was in a fair way of recovery at last accounts. STATE NEWS. Knap's battery has returned to At Iegheny county from Luzerne county, Redford county's heaviest man Is Michael Stl filer, who weighs 840 lbs. Joseph Pape, a Pittsburg temper ance orator, has been jugged for steal ing cantaloupes. Five hundred coal miners In West" moreland county are on a strike for higher wages. Incendiaries have destroyed threa houses In Stone valley, Uuutlngdon county, within a month. The value of the stolen goods re- covered In Plttsbuig Is over ttiO.OOO. The soods were carried an ay during the riots. Richard Bell, ot Sharon, convicted of manslaughter, has been sentenced to two years' Imprisonment In the western penitentiary. Last month 8.180.800 bushels oC coat, and 718,700 bushels of coke, were shipped from the various pools on the Alonnnganeia river. The attorneys of Northumberland county have signed a petition asking the Legislature to create au additional Judge In that county. William A. Yerger has been con. vlcted In Lebanon county for commit- ing a rape on a mulatto girl aged ten years. The worklngmen ot Blair county Intend nominating a county ticket, a convention for that purpose having been announced for September 17. There are 3.834 miners In Alleghe ny county, 1,140 In Fayette, 1,130 In Washington, and ',oaa in Westmore land, making a total In the four coun ties ot 8,701. Nearly all the coopers In Pittsburg and Allegheny have struck for higher wages. The) were getting twelve cents a battel and demanded fourteen. A Clarion county paper remarks .: "The oldest man In Clarion county has only two months longer to live ere ho will be a centurion." Mrs. William M'Kay, of Sharps- burg, on Tuesday attempted to cross a railroad track and was crushed between bumpers of two cars. Her injuries were supposed to be fatal. A detail from the Buquesne Grays has arrived In Pittsburg from Ply mouth, with Instructions to arrest and forward to the headquarters nf the regi ment all absentees of that organization to be found. More than one-halt ot the Wash ington and Waynesburg railroad has been completed. The dally progress Is about half a mile ot track. The road will be completed about the middle of October. The Llgonlcr Valley railroad .lead ing from Latrobe,,on the Pennsylvania railroad, to Llgomer, a distance of ten and three-fourth miles, will bo complet ed duilng the winter. A cumber of colonies of railroad strikers are reported as forming In Pittsburg, Johnstown, Latrobe, Greens burg and other points along the l'eun sylvanla railroad to go westward. At a lato hour on Tuesday night eighteen tramps escaped from the Lan caster work-bouse, Including six be longing to the gang who fired on Mr. Howers and the police officers a few nights since. A gang of masked outlaws, who have been comnnttlna a number of rob beries recently, are reported to be ope rating in and about Rldgevlew and Mt. Pleasant, Wostmoreland county. Harry D. Patch has declined to serve on the Allegheny county Repub lican Committee, for tho reason that ho Is a worklngmau and lutends Identify ing himself fully with the norklngmen's party. It Is believed that the damages claimed from Allegheny county, outside ot the railroad property destroyed by tho fire of July 21st and S2d, will not exceed $000,000. Out of twenty two foundries and manufacturing establishments in Pitts burg and vicinity, employing from eight to seventy men, only three report business unusually dull. Wm. Johnson, editor of the Lines villa Gazette, while attempting to board a freight train near Meadvllle the otber day, tailed to get a foothold and was dragged some distance, when be struck a bridge and fell a distance ot sixteen feet, sustaining fatal injuries. Sawyer City, M'Kean county, con sisted of an old saw mill aud two houses four weeks ago. Now It lias six stores, a hotel, postoDlce, thirty new houses and a population ot 600, A big oil strike wrought the change, There will not be any United States court at Wllllamsport In October, the officials finding that the appropria tion will not be sufficient to bold court there and go on with the regular ses sions in Pittsburg. The cases usually tried at Wllllamsport will be disposed of In Pittsburg. Walter Booker, a man ot nineteen, Is In the Mpntrose Jail awaiting trial tor the murder ot his brother Addison, a fireman on the Erie railway. Tbo trouble arose from a game of bare ball. The murdered man was the sole support of an aged father and mother, aud a(so supported the brother who killed blm, he being a worthless vagabond, having been already twice in Jail. A prisoner In the Jail asked blm when be was put In what be was there for. "Only for kllllog a fellow," he rrpllid,
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