LKHIflllTON. PA.r 3A.TURD.Vr, JAXUAUV 10, I8SO. Entered nt tlio litli'igliton post-utlirc ns fccnncl Claw Mail Matter. Tub public debt statwnclit for the month of December shows Mint thetotal debt Is now Sl.943.711,715.80, less cash In tlio Treasury, 1,448, lM,81.7i. This Is a decrease of debt during the. month of ?n,O50,n:jrt.8t Xew Yons Wtinni: Grand Master Powderly, of lUo Knights of Labor, has been urged to become a candldnlu for Congress In tha ficranton district, hut declines because he Is too poor. The reason Riven may be satisfactory to Mr. Fowikriy, but It Is not very compli mentary to Ibo people of the district. mm mi i i i When donation day comes around throughout this State, It ill bo an ap propriate tiling for givers to, remember how lunch tho new Marriage Licenses act has cut away froin the country par son's slender revenue. Those who car ried him one ham or one bag of flour last year should cany him tno thUyear; and there ought to ba a double fee for all future christening. Tuc New Yorls fiu.i says: "We re commend to those financiers Mho Insist that this country should follow the ex ample of England in tho matter of a gold currency, a closer t tinly of tho British journals. The London Times recently recalled attention to tho fact tint busi ness In this country, In spllo of its silver dollar, shous signs of revival, while the affairs of the United Kingdom, with all Its gold, aro just as bad as ccr"." Tuu recent declaration of T. V. Powderly that he would not be a candi date for Mayor of Scranton left Frank Beamish, tho present Incumbent, a clear Hold for tho Democratic nomination. Congressman Scranton's paper a short time ago announced that Major Penman, chairman of the Republican county com mittee, would bo tho Republican candi date, and Tuesday mornlnc a letter was published, signed by nearly thrcchundred leading Republicans, asking Colonel Ripple to become a candidate. Colonel Rlppln replies tint he cannot ignore the call of so larjc a number of his fellow citizens, llois very popular with all classes and, If nominated, will be elected. It is thought that he will be vigorously opposed in tho convention by M: Scran ton and his Immediate friends. 1'nAMCt.i:; B. Oovrnx wai elected president of tho Philadelphia and Read ing Railroad Company at the annual meeting of the stockholders Tuesday in Association Hall. Philadelphia. There was no opposition. Mr. Kclm read the report of the railroad and coal and Iron companies for the year ending in Xo vember, 18?.", and then real a long pa per In answer to Mr. (ioweu's speech made recently at the. Academy of Music. Mr. Gowcn made a Ions speech. C. II. T. Collls attemp'ed to ropK mil W. P. LoekwouJ mi le :i (l-try speech of eighty-live seconds' duration, diiveled at Mr. Colli", ami Joseph Wlurton in a long address detcidod Mr. Kelm. Only the pariuetto of tho hall was o-cupled". Mr. fJovron sat on tho tide of the hall, san lwIeheJ between Cbailcj L. liorie an 1 Select Councilman Dawson. The hall was col I and men sat about in their overcoats. KJward H. Whclon was chosen ch ilrui.in of tho meeting. It was after ouo o'elo k when President Kclm bad fmUhed reading the report, which was listened to attentively by tho stockholder.). President Keim's report showe 1 gros3 receipts of both companies $44,lH;i,fH5B.1H, a decrease of 62,S0O,SSI 112 us compared with last year; gross ex penses, S32.Htl,!ii)7.87. n decrease of 91,1)37,01(1.73; net earnings $li5a7, WWJ, a decrease of tXJS.POO.10; Ijxed charges, 517,123,4."i0,4, an Increase of $373,004.74; deceit, ?-l,.V.i7,8S1.10, an increase, of $1.24i,fli0.fi3. Tho net earnings of the roilro.til company were 12,052,210.21, while the operations of the coal and Iron company show a de ficit of S1S1,B71).83. The business of the coal and irpn company resulted in: Loss In operating, S12t,07l'.83; lixed charges, Including Interest at rales paid, $040, 007.0.',; deilclt for the year, $1,003.077.. 60. The operations of the railroad com pany, deducting that of tho system of tha Central Railroad Company of Xew Jersey, resulted in: Net earnings, ss, 050,03.1.30; total llxed charges, includ ing full charge of Interest and rentals, $10,2-1 l.S'J.t.DJ; dell.dt for the year, $2. 101,.'l).()2. The operations of the sys tem of the Ceutul Killroad Company of New Jersey, including m the lived charges tho dividm I or six per cent, under the tcruu of the lease: Receipts, $10,300,1(15.0 i ; cqvu.-.i. iJi.dO'.Mt'ii.W; net earnings 4,(VU.2r,.74; rental, $., 100,043.32; tleflclt for the year, $1,33S, 377.5S. ' won:: or fuiiky meh. We arc In receipt of a little book, which In richness of humor and gro- tesqueness of illustiatlou, may be said In tho language pf tho wild West, to "take the cake." It is ultuplv drawing It inll.1 to say that it contains some of tho best examples of Ameiican humor ever published; anil tho contilbulors, who are well-known In the field of let- ters, have really excelled all former ef forts. The illiutruiiuns by comic ar tist? afe-nhn In iliiccl harmony with the text. "Hill Nye" telli his experience nun a cycioue. i. iv. JiiinKittiick, of .PiicA-, i hymen funnily on the four sea ion. Mr. II. I). Umbitaetter, the or iginator of tho book, describes his wrestle with a grilled bono In "merrio England," and "M (Juad," of tho De troit J'Vee iVtm glei somo quaint ap honsius of "UriiuMr Oatdner s." The book, in fact. Is not one to bo glanced at und laid aiiJit and forgotten, but can be taken up with pleasure at any tlitw. Its jlllu Is the 7. Jaco'n Oil Family C.' twiiir mill Hook of Health ami ilitmor fur the Millicnjvr ISM. It Is published by Tha Charles A. Vogeler Company, IVililuwre, Md., the proprietors of St. Jacob's Oil, a remedy which Is univer sally known as the only cure for iheimi uism:u. (ill bodily pains, and which Uts bttun endorsed by leading men in every country In tlio world. Red Star Cough Curo, the new twenty-five cent rem.ily for throat and lung troubles, wiiieu is uifi kiiii.:; inanuiuduriM liy Jills house, Im n-eelved the endorse jueiit of legldalors and boards of health iu ifO'jit of Im freedom from dnnger ,nn uiitioi twt I: prompt uttleaoy, The Vt,ofc s dUt'ihut.ii In large citlue by I'.iirlwn jul In small towns by driuultu. When liter W any dllllculty In obtalii l'U It, a Uui, Mtit to the Charles A. V2nlr Cowati, Mill ensure a copy ty mail, EroauMiii's New Yort Letter. Special to tho Camion Amvocati:. Vhllo tho joybells were ringing, ush ering Initio New Year while the shouts of glad children were awakening every household In tho city, aa they surveyed the rich treasures that Santa Clans had left them, a poor woman In her garret, In one of the poorest ttrccts was slowly dying of starvation. Sh') knelt down by her bedside on New Year's Kve, so goes the story, to say a parting prayer as the old year went, nut, but tho gray light of the 1st of January, 1SSU, as It broke through that attic, found hcrctlll kneeling there, but dead; no flgn of food or money, scant furniture, and a tattered dress were all that remained of her life story; yet she had bccnaiUfe and n mother. Little ones had prattled about her knees and nestled In her breast, and she had fought the battle of llfo as bravely as be could; but home, husband, children and friends had drift ed away from her, ono by .one, till at last she found herself alone, and she too passes Into tho great beyond. Did lie who watchcth tho sparrows fall hear tho last piaycr that she uttered and In mercy call her away? If so she had a Happy New Year; happier far than the millions she leaves behind her. And now comes the question, is there actu ally any need of anybody suffering for food In this great city? On Christmas morning a poor widow sat with her two little ones unablo to pay her rent, un able, to get any Christmas dinner. Santa Clans had passed that poor chimney by the night bcfoic; and no drums or trura pets gladdened tho eyes of widow Mor ris's babies. Tho reporter of a great dally newspaper found them out and told tholr humblo story, and within twelve hours that lono widow had her cupboards full of all sorts of good things, and a respectable bank account beside. Thousands If necessary would have been ready to relievo her. But notwithstand ing our proverbial charity and tho mag nificent organizations of which this cily is full, the hard fact stares us In tho face that there, is still untold suffering, and tho dreadful fact that twenty-one bodies Ho unclaimed In the morguc,tells a story of woe. more eloquent and forci ble, than ever was uttered by human tongue or written by mortal pen. I was strolling down Broadway the other day and" stopped lu front of tho Hoffman House. This you will doubt less remember Is the hostelry kept by E. S. Stokes, who killed .im Plsk. A dapper young man stepped up to me and placed in my hand a copy of Tho Bar. I stepped into the Hoffman and took a look lu the looking-glass to sec If there was any adrcrtlscmcnton the end of my nose that entitled mo to such attention, and I assure you on my honor there was not; but looking over the paper I find It is devoted to tho beer and whisky in terest. Let ti3 look this thing squarely and honestly In tho face. What are temperance peopludolng? In New York city there, is at tha present time not a ' single, temperance meeting or a single temperance orator that commands pop ular attention. A short timo ago Xew Yoik had Mr. Sawyer at the Cooper In stitute whero he conducted the Sabbath meetings for years but the devil tripped up his heels and he fell, to tho great grief of all who knew him. In Ilrook-1 lyn, Oliver Cotter, a reformed hisky seller, became tho terror of his former1 associates and many a one he had lined 1 or sent to the penitentiary for violating' the excise laws, but tho devil got after I Oliver Cotter; he disguised himself In a I bottle of whisky, he got Inside of Oliver ! and one very dull moining ho found himself among the drunks in the polico court. This certainly was an exceed ingly bad showing for prominent tem perance apostles. But while tho pro hibition champions fall by tho wajside the whisky Interest grows stronger and more defiant every day, and y should It not. It makes our Governor, our Legislature, our Aldermen and Super-' visors our Sheriffs our constables and ! police. Tlio man who keeps the saloon ' on the corner Is a more potent factor In our local politics than the most eminent! clergyman in the city. Two policemen were tried last week, ono for robbing a man and the other for assault with In tent to kill, and the excuse of both was that they were drunk. The policeman Conroy now serving out a life sentence for clubbing an Innocent prisoner to death gave It as an excuse on his trial that he was drunk. Prohibition will not become an accomplished fact In New York in the present generation, and as long as the Prohibitionists run separate candidates, just so long wo will have free rum, Sunday and holiday in this city and State. Th policeman who feels his nosltlnn in ilnnr.,.r If l.i complains of a lolatlon of the excise ! law, Is going to keep his eyes and his mouth shut, especially when he knows that In addition to his other advantages It Is to him free whisky and money In his purse. I dropped Into tho business men's prayer meeting at the old John street Methodist Church, on Tuesday last. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Pentecost a Baptist, nt ono time supposed to be like Paul, the stralght cst of his sect. The meeting was well attended by respectable business men, tho only peculiar thing about It was that there appeared to be no particular need of It, us every man was a christian in full fellowship, who had made his calling and election sure. I believe I was about the only sinner in the church and of course felt very uncomfortable. We are rejoicing In an operatic revival which Is full of promise for tho future, and If wo navo to pay a good price for a soprano or a tenor, at least we have the satisfaction of knowing that the money will bo spent on this side of tho water. And now for a little bit of musical gossip that has never before got Into the papers. When the late Doctor Damrosch was alive there was a strong feeling of rivalry between him and Theodora Thomas. The Doctor like Mr. Theodoro was a thorough musician, and he always resented Mr. I nomas' rather aristocratic nays. Por before the doctor arrived In the country I Theodore Thomas had set himself up as a sort or musical dictator, from vhoc lpl dixit there was no appeal, Doctor Damrosch sought to counteract Mr. Thomas' Influencoln mtitlcalclrclw.nnd ho Inaugurated one of tho most magnl- fiewijt series of concert at tho Seventh rogtueut armory, there had ever been I bfard l;i the epnutrr Tho result w not only an artistic but financial success, 1 and Doctor Deinrosch retained his In fluence up to tho day of his death, hav-1 Inj; founded- first class German opera In , this city whcio It promises to remain. When Doctor Dcmrosch tiled the baton fell from his lifeless hand Into that of his sou Walter, the German opera still con-) Unites Wagner's Melsterslnger, which 1 was produced oh Monday night, being ' the crowning glory of tho operatic sea son, lliciewas a great gathering of fashionable and financial magnates; tho handsome face of our ex-Presldcnt being scon In tho boxes, and everybody wns asking why on earth he hasn't got married. But you must not Imagine that all tlio world and his wife were at the German opera at the Metropolitan Opera House; by no manner of means. On the same night Theodoro Thomas produced Goetz' comic opera, Taming a Shrew, at the Academy In English. Wo have hero a musical enthusiast, Mrs. IT. B. Thuibcr, wlfo of a wholesale groccryman and a lady dlstinculshcd In fashionable and musical circles. The dream of her life has been first-class English Opera, which would cnablothe American public which loved music to dispense with the service of tho hordes of vagi bond foreigners who have fairly devoured our substance In the past. Theodore Thomas and the English opera scored a great success; though opera Is even In Englisha cp3tly entertainment, anything like a fair seat costing two dollars and n half, and choice scats were five and ten dollars, and so that notwithstanding the dis covery that we have native talent In abundance, wo aro not yet prepared to offer opera at fifty cents and a dollar. I see O'Donovan Iiossa Is nn appli cant for a placeln the Brooklyn navy 5'ard. President Cleveland had better keep an eye on the Irish Boanerges or ho may be afthcr blowln' up our entire navee wld dynamite. A remarkable and sensational feature of tho week has been the Dlxlo ball at tho Metropolitan Opera. An actor named Dixie has been amusing the pa trons of a little theatre on Broadway, called the Bijou Opera House for a year and a half In a burlesque called Adonis. Mr. Dixie and his manager Mr. Rico have rap.de a handsome fortune by the venture, but In consideration of his dis tinguished services and the obligations under which he had laid the public, Rico got up a ball at the Metropolitan Opera House. Tickets, $5.00. Boxes fifty. Of course there was a jam; all tho fast people In town were there, and hundreds wont just to touch elbows with theatrical people off tho stage. Financially the thing was managed so that Dixie and his manager got a pocket full of rocks. At the salo of pews In Bcccher's church this week the premiums fell off from $53,30-1 In 1675 to $15,400 lu 1SS5. Stocks arc again on tho ragged edge, one day strong and the next day weak. Tho weather which a week ago was like a pleasant spring is now wintry enough to suit an csquimau dog or a polar bear. BROADBRIM. Washington im and Gossip. From our Special Correspondent. WAsmxfiTox, I). C, Jan. 0, '80. The gayetles this winter will continue until Maich 0, when Ash Wednesday's knells will call a welcome halt at mid night of what may prove the gayest Sh.rovo Tuesday for several years back. The season will, theicfore, bo long enough to tire out the most assiduous devotee of pleasure. The prediction so confidently asserted that the winter will be a gay one and not exhibit a crudencss which deep observers usually notice In the. first year of each Administration, Is not unfounded. An unusually' large number of wealthy families will wintei here this season and mingle In the social world, and a seiies of events now being quietly gossiped give promise of exceed ing brilliancy. It is not probable that the President's levees will begin until February, or perhaps even later. As they will undoubtedly bo occasions of singular prominence, It Is not becoming they should chub with events of re stricted Interest. All the powerful men of Congress are men who have been repeatedly leturned by their constituents until they have bv a long course of study and long con tinued practice In the methods of legis lation become qualified to be useful to their districts and to the country at large. The public U doubtless In al most total Ignorance of the sad effect upon the Intellectual and political char acter of Congress, brought, on by the practice of rotation lu olllcc. It keeps down the standard of the body almost to the point ot medloslty. New men mak ing pretensions to leadership In Con gress never sustain themselves long. The evil t)f liquor drinking has been greatly magnified lu the lato discussions upon the subject. As a rule there Is but very little drunkenness ailsltigout of the liquors which aro sold oyer the bars In the two restaurants. It Is tho "private bottle" scheme which Is the cause of the scandal. In nearly every commlttce-room there are a number of private bottles with convenient glasses, and to which some of tho Senators fre quently repair to patch up their dam aged feelings. Tho employes are of course cognizant of tho fact, and they, taking pattern by the Illustrious ex amples set. them, are not sl.ow to do likewise. The consequence Is that most of the drinking of late years has been done in little groups In tho committee rooms, there Is one distinguished Sen ator from a small Xew England State, who, nhlle ho Is quite fond of the bottle himself, yet is quite careful as to his associates when he crooks his elbaw, This Senator has mado it a rulo never to drink In the presence of a young, man, He will sip his liquor with the old stag ers, but f there happens to bo a young man In the party, tho Senator either waits until he has gone before drinking, or doe not drink at all. Xo attempt Is made to disguise the salo of liquor, notwithstanding the joint rule which forbids It Tii tho Capitol. Thcro Is hardly a moment during tin session, when some Congressman or employe Is not assisting tho restaurant keeper lu breaking this rule. There are some hearty eaters lu tho House. Quite a number of them aro content with simple bread and milk, but others ar fond of ordering full course dinners. Speaker Carlisle has his meals turrcd in the Seaker's room, He Is a dainty cater, and while ho consumes but llttlo yet he is fond of a complete assoitmeut. Tho Speaker usually washes It down with some rare old wines. Perry Bel mont of Xew York Is ono of the most particular men who conn!s- Into tho House restaurant. His orders must bo cooked exactly as he orders or ho will not touch the dish when It Is set before him. Congiessman Robertson of Ken tucky Is the oddest member about his food. He is extravagantly fond of onions. Usually ho orders a largo dish of these vegetables cut raw and cats them all with wonderful relish. Xo matter how crowded the House restaur ant Is, Robertson always has an entire table to himself. THEY KEEP THE SHERIFF BUSY. If wo may place credit In the follow ing despatch, from Honesdalc, Wayno county, this State, dated on tho 10th Inst., things In and around tho Sheriffs quarters are. kept quite lively of late: The Houcsdalo jail has had a run of lunatics during tho past week. Previ ous to the run It contained one whose Insanity led to one of the most frightful tragedies on record, and another who had made a desperate attempt to com mit murder. Tho first of the wock's nrrlvals was John Howde, who admin istered poison to his three children, and then shot each ono through the head. The. second is Georgo X. Walker of Lcdgedale. Ho imagined that J. A. Fanning, Postmaster at Lcdgodal-, bad robbed him of money. Ho called Fan ning out of his house at mWnlght and tried to brain him with an axe, but was overpowered and brought to Honesdalc jail. Walker had been but a short timo In his cell when William Grover of Texas township appeared at the jail greatly excited. He, told County Treasurer Murray that ho had been followed for days by a number of men who wanted to kill Hint, and begged to be locked up so that lie would be safe from them, Not long after Grover received quarters In the jail Richard Ward, ancccenlilc genius of Bethany, knocked for admit tance nt tho prison. Ward has been known through the country for years as a marvellous mimic find delineator of humorous character. Ills Imitations of the peculiarities of accent and manner of well-known local personages never failed to convulse thu larco audiences that always assembled In the barrooms of the vlllagi taverns whenever Itnas known that the mimic was In town. Ward was able to keep the crowd so highly entertained of a night that day light often stole In at the tavern win dows before Its presence was suspected, and found every one present who had dropped in during the evening. Besides this peculiarity of his genius,' Ward had for years been earnestly engaged In solv ing tho problem of perpetual motion. Ho bad made a machine of great In genuity, which probably camo as near moving perpetually as any similar con trivance ever invented, but, like all lis prototypes, it was lacking. For twenty years Ward had studied patiently and experimented faithfully to overcome this little falling, but although the prob lem still remained unsolved his faith that lie was destined to bo the means of solving it never faltered. For some weeks past bo has acted strangely. It was noticed that he brooded a 'great deal, which was entirely contrary to his genial nature. He would gaze In a cuil ous way at his wifeand chll.lren for half an hour at a time, and seemed to be. de liberating seriously. He would shake his head and bury his face In his bunds after these strange Inspections of the members of bis family, and then go hurriedly out of tho house muttering: "Xo, no, no! I nmsn't do Itl" On Wednesday, after a spell of this kind, he suddenlv sprang to his feet, rushed out of the house, and ran at tho top of his speed down the road toward Honesdalc. This was the day lie came to tho jail, p luting and perspiring. "Sheriff,". Ins exclaimed, "lock me up, for God's sake! Somethlnglias been telling me for a lone time that I can't finish the perpetual motion machine until I put my family out of the way. Lock me up! Lock me tip I They must tint ,llnt ' Ward was placed under restraint. nnl he will doubtless bo sent to some asy- About tha time that Ward was ad mitted to the jail the constable of Mt. Pleasant township brought James P. MeCabe, of Preston, a prisoner to the jail. He had been committed to await trial on tho charge of murdering his friend and neighbor, Michael Reilly, by chopping him to pieces with an axe to get possession of $150. For varied andstartllngpcrsonalltyof Inmates it is not likely that any local prison In the country can equal the Honesdale jail at the present time. PHILADELPHIA MILLS BURKED. The extensive mill buildings In Ken sington, l'hiladelphla.known as Arrott's mills and Bcatty's mills, occupying two blocks, bounded by Kmerald, I.ettcrly, Taylor and Coral streets, and senarated by Adams street, were burned Sunday morning, involving a loss estimated at ncaily 81,000,000. The bulldlmzs were occupied by about a dozen llrms en gaged in tlio manufacture of hosiery, cotton and woollen varus, unliolslerv goods, Jerseys, mill machinery, Ac, all or wliom lose heavily. All the llrms had large stocks of manufactured goods on hand which had already been sold to dealers to bo delivered Feb. 1. Tho fire broke out In Josenh RmVs dyo-room and the flames spread so rap-- two additional alarms were sent out. Dnnging a urge numtier of engines and trucks to the scene. The firemen were delavoil cmislilpr.ililv W r .1... snow and the frozen condition of some ouno lire-pings, lliu exticnip cold al so Interfeicd with their work. The llamcs passed rapidly through tho Ar rott Buildings and across Adums street to tho Beatty Mills, and In about two hours, when the (ire was cheeked, tho Arrott Buildings with their contents' were completely destroyed and the Beat ty 21111s were In ruins, thu portion of tho contents which escapeil the flames belli" almost totally ruined by water and smoke. It was only by the most sys tematic and vigorous- work on the part of tho firemen that thu dwellings and nouses opposite tuc uunjing buildings wero saved. The estimates of Individual losses oh-' tallied Sunday nigbt are -as follcws:' The Arrott Steam .Power Mills Cim pany, owners of the Arrott Mill block, rnnslstlmr nf uluht lintl.llnna ,rvi inn. Joseph Greer, .manufacturer of ging hams, woollen, cotton goods, Ac.,4.100, 000; Stead Miller, upholstery goods, $120,000; liobert Beatty, cotton hosiery yam-spinning, Ac, $l2B,t0O; Flnh oc Kostei Bros., dyers and finishers, f80, 000; William Beatty, owner of eight mill buildings and manufacturer of cot ton yarns, ginghams, Arc, S15.000; Jos oph Hodgson, upholstery goods, $4.--000; Thomas Henry & Co. cotton yarn and hosiery, 13,000; tho James Smith Manufacturing Company, manufactur ers of machinery for worKlng wool,$J!0. 000 to S40.000; Henry Grant, woollen yarns, $20,000, Insured. Tho losses of the other occupants of tho buildings, estimates of which could not he obtained lira trilling In comparison to thuse men tioned. All the llrms mentioned aro heavily Insured, tho Insurance In each Instance nearly if not quite covering tho loss. About 1000 bauds are thrown out of employment by the fire. LookOnt for Weather! A. J. DoYoe, the Hackensack, X. J., weather prophet, under dnlcof tho 11th Inst., writes to tho Xew York Sun as follows: "There. Is anothcrstomi approaching, and your readers need not expect any comfortablo weather this week. From tho 17lh to tho 23d wo will bo treated to a few days of mild pleasant weather, and about tho 25th a cyclone will movo up the Gulf Stream, causing severe northeast gales In this section, with a temperature below- zero, and heavy snows along the coast, and It will cross tho ocean to Europe, and France will be banked up with snow on tho 30th, Im mediately following tho northeast galo a warm galo will make Its appearance In Montana and move this way, and tho people of Canada West should mako preparations for destructive floods about Feb. 1. While they aro having pouring rains in Canadn, n scero cyclone will form in tho Gulf of Mexico, and will shako thing! looso around Galveston about Feb. 2. All merchants owning vessels should glvo tho west Gulf coast a wide berth from the 1st till after the 6th. While tho cyclone Is raging In tho Gulf a piercing norther w ill sweep over tho plains of Louisiana and Texas.mak Ing sad havoc among the cattle and the she cp. In Xew York city Febru; r; wi 1 enter warm, cloudy, and rainy, with a fog so thick that your readers will not bo able to see each other across the street, but It will be of short duration About tho nth a cold blast will strike tho city that will make everything snap and crack, and about the 7th a snow storm will sweep over the country and railroad travel will be almost suspended. Following tho snow storm tho ther mometer will drop about 10 degrees bo- low zero. Then the icemen should get to work and gather their ice crop, about a foot and a half thick." A block of frame, houses at Beaver Brook, owned by Weaver & Dick, con tractors, was burned Tuesday night. Loss, $35C0; no Insurance. New Advertisements. Absolutely Pure. This pow.lfr never varies. A mnrol pnrily, strength and wliflesnmene. M..,. eennuMileil thnn the nnltnirv kind", nnrt rnnnnt lie ft'. Id in cnmitetition will, il,. mulllln. le nl h.w leit. short weirht, iitum or phosphate pnvders Sold mly in emu Itntrnl Ddking Powder CuniPimv", Inn Wull St., N. migS-J-mil Attorneys' Notice. Eelotcnf S. II. STEIGUUW ALT, Dfc'd L-ttersnf Attorney nn tlm excite of S II. Sleicerwnlt,;iale nf Mahntiun; T-ivrn-ship, CHrh"ti county, d,'M., Imve ht-en jinnled (o I) V Sleigernrult, nf RifI Penh Township, Count v nnd Stmt! titnre.md. To whom all persons tudtl.ted to said -s lull re requested In tniilie pnyment, iiml those hiivini; claims or deiuxRii. will maki known t'.e snip without cUl,v. it. i". STEKinrtw.ur. W. It RTi:i(iEUVALT. Jan. IC, lSSB-ttC Altnrn'v PUBLIC SALE or valuaum: PERSONAL PROPERTY. Tho uniier$ienvl trill spI nt PuMic Sh'o ut the PACKUftTON IIOTETj, in 1) I -t s btif, nn Die publitt trml lending Irmii Le lii'htoii Id Mutirli Chunk, lVnu'n, nn Tuesday, Fobnmry 2nd, 1SSG, commencing nt ono oVIock p m., tho f.il lowint articles of ners'iuiit iroprlv, to wit: Ono HAY HORSE, six eirs-ohl in June,ii cenlle family hora. tnav li- tvur'jd I single or double, one gentlo HAV MAItE, lip driver, works ia slnule or dnulile Imrni'sj. onn piono Imx, lalliu top 111133', hriinit new, one lu:., seated e-irriie, wnh shall and pole, qo.,it as now. ono Hiring w,,:;.n, wiMi to(i, good 119 new, one Imeklionnl, with top, In g.mil iMinlitnin, una Iriii-k 'Mugon, wnh ftliada and pole, goml n new, one (wo scHted sleigh, one cutter, one f et l i.utie liiinicm, silver ununited, lirmid new, one setoflienvy double Iihiiihk, brand new ons eel of single bu.'sv Intuitu, ono fel expret-s hnrno, bull'tito rol., tap robin, liluntsu, wliliu nnd bells, nil in s"od eon ililion, ni k lot ol nihil' iirtifilmi too limner oiu to mention. Teiius find condition will Im made known at lime end nine of aile, bv I-KOrOLI) MKVlill," Jan. If), ISSfl. Do.oiielmrg, Pa. Dividend Notice At a ItoRnlar Meetlii" ut tlio Directors nt tlie ritst N'atimul Hank nf t.elilalitou. fa.. .1 rtoml Anon.,! ltKI.I..,t,1 ,.rTil1MOf....R..n.l, 011 lliet'.tiiital stock was declared," jujutile uii umi iiurr 1111 'i;irv i,i'l. lai. W. W. HOV.MAN,C.uliler. Jan. a, 18M. '.ibis's A UlUkK- THE DICK PATENT FEED CUTTER For cutting Hay, Straw, Ecil(je.. eto Tim only cutler that will cut and split r.irnstalks. CdDtiot be damaged bv nver .fefdinc. Very durnblu and Hrong. lias straight, heavy kuives. Puis II different lenglba, It is built In (I different sixi.and .sold in suit tha times, TIIOS. O. BMHl) liEY, (Jen. Agt., Williatown Inn. I. O , Cbdler 00 . Pa. declfl to. TY7"ANrKD- LADIES and gentlemen V In clly or cuuutry 10 tale light work at their own botnaa. $3 to $4 11 day ran be eakly niude t work rent bv inai I 1 no en 11 yaMtnjf. V have a ool !f iTiand (or onr work and furnish steu.lv employment. Ad dreu. with stomp, CUOWN M'K'O COM l'ANV, 291 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio, dcrrmbcr 28 fi. !l Now Advertisements. Only Tcmjicranco Bitters KiiOTrn. , ..a.. in. ,,1,1110 known no effectn, Jjy1" 1 ' J '''"ad ot C.cen-seatcd diseases. Itlltl'.titit ft -n- tcstlmosiy to Its won derful uralivertfpts. It I t a purely Vcsclofjlo Preparation, rriOiloil thin 'llvj herbs nnd roots of CttU fornlit, tl3 inMleiu.il properties nf -which nrs eitniciml iherefioni without theneo of Alcohol tt ro:itvc.i tho cniio ot disease, and t;... p-'i..titreeor'M hi? heitlth. It unto trreut moor! Purifier and Luii-4lvir, rrlnclttloj n U. ml" I'uraatlvu nnd I onic; a perfect Itciioralor nnd Invlgoralitr ct tii1; system. Kevcr before. In the hie tory of tho world nun medicine been compounded posseaa lnif tha power of ViSEOAnlliTTEnalnhcalliie tue tleli r if every dlecaw man Is heir to. Tito illerntlvc, Anuricat, Diaphoretic Carmlnitivo. rj,iirllloti, Lnxutlve, BodaUve, (.u'lntor-Inltni.t, fndorlfle, Ar-tMllllons, So! y mi. Diuretic nnd Tunic properties of Vixruin Bittehs crowd Ihosj of uny other lucdltiuo la til wurl t. No 110-ron can til:-) the rjirrnna r.eeenl li.S to clir -i nana i.nd it imilu loiinuel), provi dad (hulr Um't nra not detroied by misers pM?on rr ot tor menu, nnd tlio vital organ wi-iiid lieyond tno p-j'nt oriepolr. IflMoU)!, ISonilttenf, Intermittent end Ma rlrl rcverr, mi) prevalent tluonirliout tiro t.i il'al States, partlcnlflrlyin the Mdteyr,f onr tf-on livers nnd Ih-lr vast tribtitnrira during the S11 truer unit Antimm, ee jieclatly during seatons of mmiivil bent end dryness. 'i'liprrt trover nio Invariably accompanied by e-UHhlvodcianiremeiitaof ihoctomiKh, liwr nnd bowilj. In th-lr trvatmint, a pnrgullie, ewrtlnr; a ptn-ctfnl inflneuco upon tluaa or g".i'n. Is nbaihitely necestf-ry. 'J'licro is mi nflini-ttc for the pr.rr.oeo eq udtoDr. .1, Walksu's Vin-oah Bittkiis, as it will ;i .odliy remove tho dark-colored viaild matter with which tho bowcla arc loaded, nt tho Mtr.o tlrao rtlraclatlng tho Deer.Uons 6f tho i,ver, nun gepera'iy restoring uic healthy fuue- 11U113 or no (iii:c8 lva org'ina. Fortify flic liciiv nsnlrst dirn rlfylnn all Its ilulila wllhi.ssoAr. J No epidemic can tilio hoM o a eyt irai cuscrpi uypu- niTTrji. 'rtem lhu forearmed. It IiivicornP3 tlio StamacU cad 3(tmttlates the torpid Uvcr and Howl i, cleaos tup the blood ot all impurities, imparting life) and vigor to the frame, nr.d carrj-iiur ofT with out tho aid of Calomel, or other luiucrala, nil prisonous mr.tkr from tho system. H ysprp-jlii or EinllprcMinn, Head nohe, 1'alu In tho Shoulders, Uorphs, Tlpht neis of the Chest, I'neutnonia, Dizziness, l)nd Tartotn tho Mouth, llhlous Attacks, Palpita tion of the Heart, and a hundred other jula f ul pvmptoms, are at once relieved by vixk OiV. CnTcim. 1'or iina.i::ialorj- end Chronlo RheiunatlMn, Oout, KeuralcK, Hisen?e3 0f tho Lit oil, l.lrer. Kidneys aut Bladder, tho titters have no equal. In these, 113 In all constitu tional Iilseaees, Walkcxs Vixcoao Dittetih hni tliown Its groat curatb o povrers la tha mot obstinate and intractable cases. Hicvtinn Im 1 Ulscaw. Persons cn RSSeil In Paints and Minerals, euch as Plumb en, Type-sctten, io;d-ljeaters,andMlnern. 04 lliev advance, in life, aiesubject to Paralysis of tho Bowels. To guard nqwlnsfc this, tote occasional doies of Vil-egar Bittees. Mi 1 11 Cl-i: nicu, Kcrofula, talt Itheum, l"lcer3, SiTcillncs, pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Cart uncles. Iting-worms, Senld-hend, S010 Uyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurf's. Dlscolordtlons, Humors ana dueivicflof theSIiin.ofivhatcver name or nature, are literally dus up and car ried ort of the system la a short timo by tho use of the Hitters. tIn. Tnpoaml oilier Worms, lurlt inor in tno syater.i of no many thousands, aro etleetually destt oyed and removed. No sys tem ot ui'jdlelne, 110 vermifuges, 110 anthel mintics, will ii eo tho system from worms llko VIHB3AI: Birrsyj. Itlciisdcr., Scarlet Fever, Humps, Whooping Cough, nnd nil children's diseases may bo made lees povero liy keeping tho bowols op-n with mild doses of tlio Litters. Vor i'cmiilo Complaints, In younsr or old, maiTle-l or single, nt tho dawn of wo manhood, or tho turn o life, thl3 Bitters has uo equal. Clenubo tlm VKIntoil RInotI wli;n tta Impurities burst through the skin In Erup tions or Fores ; cleanso it when obstructed and e1us-.,U in th clna ; cleanso it when it Is foul ; your f ecllnps will tell you when, ivnd the health of tho ryteni will follow. In conclusion i Give tho Plltersatrlal. It VAl Freak lor i s.-lf. Ono bottle la a better puaranteo of Its merits than r. lengthy ndver thvmient. AriMinil cncli bottln aro full dlrcctlora printed la dilTcicat languages. IS.II.lUcDoiialilDrusrCo.fPrcprictoiT, San Vrnneireo, CaI.. nnd f 28, Kn &r? Vaehmston 1S, cor. Char.tcn tit., Kew 1'ork. iolil by nil Dealers and Druggists, THE PHILADELPHIA AttractiYe: Eulertainiiig : Instrnclivc : Tbc Family Jonnnl of America. STORIES "SThE AR Illustrated in Kvcry Issue. A Faper for the Homes if Hie Land: SfaiiliiiE&Oripal m c.ery feature. Sn the first of January next, n new H fldcparttre in every feature of the Ft H Weekly Tuirj will bo made. Kverv "number will be liberally illustrated in its War contributions, vibirh have so lonx been a specialty in iU columns, and in its Stmie, wbicb will bcRtcatly en larged from the pens of tlio best writer.-, and in current History, ISinp,rapliy, Tulilies, Art, reienco .mil the leailuur events of the day. The time ha passed for tlio weekly journal of the city to lill tbc place of 11 newspaper. The daily newspaper from tlio great centres of news r.ow reaches into every seelnm nl the mini. P.very island city and every town of importance have their daily newspapers, and the local weekly, with the wonderful pro- eress in provincial journalism, meets every want that tho daily newspaperl'ails to supply. Tho metropolitan weekly of to-day ninct bo.niueh more than n news paper ; it must be a magazine of family reudine; ; it must lead the in.igazine iii popular literature; it must lead in popu lar illustration, and must meet every re- qttircnivnt of the intelligent reader of ever class. STORIES of the WAR Will be published in each number from the ablest writers who participated in the bloody drama of civil strife, nnd each will be profusely illustrated. The most entertaining and instruitive .Stoiicsfrotu the best writers of fiction will appear in each issue, with illustrations. TEEMS : Sold by nil news agents nt Five Cnxn Vca Corv. lly mail, f2 per year, or $1 for six months. Clubs of ten, $15, and an extra copy to the getter up of the club. Address, THE TIMES, Times Building,Philaclelphia This paper U kept ou fllo nt the oince of DVERTISINq TIMS3 BUILD1HQ $$$8 FrIILADELPHlA. COIIMftlCi nt Lowest Caeh Rates rntt usfcVAYERasorrs manual :o: Trunks and Valises in Great Variety I CLAUSS & BROTHER, Bank Street, Lehighton, Penn'a. April 18, 13S5 1 v Tho undnisifrnpd is iironnrpfl tn fnrnUli tlio Vmct T O - 1 j AJltltll Coal, from llarleigli Collieri', nt the following low prices, by the Car, fok cash only. Credit ten rents per ton extra: In Yard. Del. in Town Egg $3.25 $3.50 Stove 3.35 3.60 Chestnut No. 1 - - 3.25 3.50 Chestnut No. 2 - - - 2.15 2.40 Prices at the Mines 25cts. per ton Lees." J. L. GAJBEL, DEALER IN HARDWARE LUMBER, COAL, &c.f &c.f Opp. PUBUC SQUARE, LEHIGHTON, PENN'A I faisoie Birthday Gift! I have now on hand one nf the CELEBRATED DYER & HUGHES' ORGANS! Wm-4:- 13 aim .tti a ii Sultablo lor Parlor, Small mm IX. Y. MOIITHIMER, Sr., Carl)! AdYOatC Bnildill. Lehighton, Penn'a. 1842. A BUOCLAMATION. 1886. Kmiw VkI Know Yk Al.i.l Mnn.wnmpn nml cliililron that the trfat itafT rfeili. Inrn, wln 1 ipb.1 c.I l.y )r. GeiT Tliurbcr, liave tept Ihn American Avriculturiit to tho from for twenty I'uu rnra, are now re niforrf.l by Chester 1'. Dewey and Seth Oren, the fish Cultural. AVh propose In mlil to tho hundred of thnuianiii hoina,in wnieh tha AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST Is reiiil, ami revered from the Atlantic In tlio I'neifio at an old lime friend and coumel or. We arn aemnlinulr enlsrglug the. ii:mktii, houskiioi.i), ,xn juyi:xilk iikpaiitments, nnd nddiiiB oilier fentures, tn Unit it is tn bo. frnin this time onward, ff.eutlilly n hnma IVrimllenl, as wll as beinc ileioiedln A;rieultnre and lloriirullure, Every (lerion wbn iiiiiiifdiately aeiidi ns ?l 50, tlm fulseriilioii price, and 15 renH lor 'ioiinu book, mall mir il 05 in nil. will lerrivo tn AMKItlCAN AOItlCULTOIUST for 18811, and tho AMKIUCAN" AOHICl'LTL'RIST LAW I!OOK,jut piiLlliheil comi-edinm nf every iluv li '.v lor farmer, iiu'oli.inirs, businers men, lnnniifclurer, etc., cDablinj; vcrynne to be Ins own lnwyer. Il is n lirpe yoliime, weinhinj; ouo pound and a half, clr(n'.y bound in cloth und sold. Tho American Agricultural to yield Injcer returns by Inrrcufing ita prenl army of readers Wo distributed 80,000 present In ll.ofe who aided lu llie work last year, and we are planning tn pivo I00,ej0l) present to woraeis this jear. Send for confidential terms for workers, when you for ward vour subscription Subscription price, $1.51) a year eiugle nuinbera, 15 cents. I Send 5 cent a lor liiailm you grand doubio number nf the Amrtrican Agriculturist I I just out. and simple pnges with lubio ofciiilentsof l.niv Pook. CANVASSERS WANTED EVERYWHERE. AililrcM Pltli'IslliTs American Airrlriillnrlst. TA1 llrrmilwnv. New Ynrk. DAVID W. JUDD, Frcs't- November -8, IS&5 3w Ratcliff fe Oliubb, BAKERS and CONFECTIONERS, AXD DCALEItS IX ICE CREAM, PEANUTS, &C. FRESH liUUAD vt BISCUITS every day. Delivered in town on Tuesday, Thursday nnd Saturday. Tho Firat National Bank OK I.UlllllHTON, Tlio Annual Klect Inn for Seven Directors nt tins imuU "111 be held :it tm- llaiikliip; House (in ruesday, JANl'AltV Ulh. fSit, bctHt'l'ii the Imiira nf l ami 3 o'clock ', M. W , W. HI VM AN, Cashier. UlilBhton, Dec. o. 18X5. FOR SALE, A Xew Two-anil-a-lialf Story HOUSE roiituiniiiu; 1 1 rooms, with LOT fil x 189 feet U indie-, tituatu on Nortlianiptnrl Street, Leliigliton, or will cxeliangu for other property. Terms reasonable. Ap plv on thu premlaea to IIKNKY KOTHEHMEL. Dee. 2fi, lSM-lt John D. Eortolotto Post, 18-1, f!. A. It., mccta 2ml it -Jtls Tliiirsdiiv each month. nt 7:30 p.m., in Itebcr's Hall, until further notice. A full ttttenibineo of comnulco ia requentcHl as liiisinoxt nf iniiortanco will behrotightbcforothel'iiet. ltvnnlor, Jo. S. WkuiiI'. J. AL. WlllTTlSOltAM, All). Ts whom it may Concern. I, the nn lerslgnad, hereby certify Unit (I,. ,u.u..l. ,.lrAlD,Ul 1... U .!ar., . .u ,.. ih ei.ir.eter or baiiaii juli fn. - .fe. aii'l she is a respi-otablo and law h -ling citisen. W II 0SYAI.D WitQisi rrsnt-T. A. SrTcin. 31 Having now received our FALL and irJXTJUi STOCK of the Latest Designs in KOnUlOX AND DOMESTIC SUITINGS k OVERCOATINGS, wo nre prepared In fill your orders for mils or parts of tail nitd up In tho nnst fashionable, etylef, by tho belt workmen, nt th remarkable low price ef $10. per Suit Venlro Invito special attention to our Inimenio stock of Fnsbionnblo Styles of Hals, Caps, Boots, Stces and Gaiters lor Old A Young, llich A IW t ItOCK BOTTOM PRICESl Gents' Furnishing Goods. Our itoek in this department has never been so complete at It is nt present. It comprises nil the newest noytltltt and de signs. We havo overylhlnjj that la new in Tiers, Collars and Cuffs. II you desire anything in this line yox am Ond Ithere. F GOAL. ACTION 25, Twelve Stops. WITH powerful set of Sub Bass and Divided Octave Couplier ; Five Octaves ; Five Sets of Reeds, two sets ol twenty-three , Notes each, two sets of t w c n t y - o i ght Notes each, and ono set of thirteen Notes each. Church or Sunday Sohool. SAM'I, BU i BUBNHAM, Seo'y. OKI'OUT tiK THE C0XDIT10X of JTsj the KinST NATIONAL UANK, nt Lehlilitiiu. Ill thM8ttflorPennsvlrs,iU,st lbs c!neofbusiiiss, December 2th, 18SJ: 1UOCBCCS. IMnssnit discounts. $84,18.6.20 Orer.lraflK, ,... 410.00 U, S. Itonds to seeum elreutstlon . , TA.OOOtO Other ttock,bond,aRt morlKsres. SA.TTACI Vue from approved irerrt affents , , 16,631 83 line from ntber NatlnasI Psnlia . 3,016.63 im tnim eisia iisdks ana iianksni, 8VT.39 I Ileal rslala.furnllura, and fixtures. , 6,627.66 ,urreni czpemes sun saxes nam l,Sflj 03 Premiums paid ....... 7.124.IO llllla or other Hanks 1,840.00 r'racl Ii nal iMipar curreocj, ntektH nd panulea, 39.18 f tl 13 7(7.00 Lejrat tender notes 3 100.OU Itadctnptlen Fund with 17. S. Treaau. ry (5 rrnt. of circulation) . 3.371.00 Total .243711.00 lUSIUIIII. Capital slur), paid lu , . .... 876.(00 OH e'urDlusfund 1 0 imi 00 I todlTlded prcf.Ia t 6.D04.49 .Natluinil Dank notes outstanding . 67,490X0 I IuJlrldualUcpultasubjttocheck. , 7,,uX.62 . Pua toolbar Jkallooal Uanks .... 8,36479 l 243,7U,90 Matt 0 Vninjlranta, County 0 Carton, 11 I, V, W llowmin, C'ahlr of the aboTo-named tunk, d aolemnljr swear that tbs aboTs atatamaut Il trua to tha boat of lay koowlrdu and balUf, W. W. llOWMAN.Caihlar. 8,tt.urltl.n,l awnrn I ... Ikl. .n. k . I " " " mv.w twia IWIU U.I U December, 1 86 ! II. V. UUUTlllMKft SR.. Not. Public. I (.ri.i- ut Thos Kaincrar. A.J, . Durllnr. J. O. Zero, DlroUr6 Utecmbir 30, HIS, ui o (mb ni u rm a um
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