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NIIUGKRT & FORSTKR, Ed I torn.
VOL. I.
Iltr (Crntre rraotr.d.
Tsrms tl.&O per Annum,in Advance.
9. T. SHUQERT snd R. H. FORSTER, Editor*.
Thursday Morning, June 19, 1879.
THE Democratic County Conven
tion will meet on Saturday to elect
delegates to the State Convention, nnd
we trust every district in the county
will be represented. Let us have a
full turn out.
HENRY W. BLAIR fans been elect
ed United States Seuator from New-
Hampshire. He is said to possess fair
ability, is a stalwart Republican, hut
a decided improvement on Wadliegh,
whom he succeeds.
THE pension of 8100 per month al
lowed to Gen. Shields by Congress has
been extended to his wife during her
widowhood. A like pension was also
allowed to the widow of Col. Fletcher
Webster, who was killed at Bull Run.
THE Harrisburg Patriot gives ac
count of an eel caught at Conewaga
falls, in the Susquehanna, measuring
nineteen feet. The story looks fi-dnj,
and if we did not find it in the Patriot,
would want to see a certificate, properly
authenticated.
THE committee of roosters appoint
ed by the Legislature to meet Grant
in California, finding the trip too
expensive for their oun pockets, have
concluded to abandon it, and will
meet the Great American Traveler at
the State line, and accompany him
through the State. This is the extent
to which free passes will carry them
and thus the toadies fizzle.
THE Washington Capital says that
the Hon. Roscoe Conkling, having
agreed to deliver three of " the great,
est efforts of his life" in Maine this
summer, will, as nn outfit, take one
pair of drawers and sixteen shirts, a
portable hath tub, and two able-bodied
stalwarts from humble life, to lead the
applause at the right |K>ints when he
speaks, and rub him down for an hour
after each delivery.
THE Senate committee on elections,
to whom was referred the charges
against Senator Ingnlls of Kansas, of
bribery, in procuring his re-election,
have had the subject under considera
tion, and have wisely come to the con
elusion not to put the Senator to trial
on the evidence presented. They arc
all alike a graceless set of rogues, and
because Ingalls got the advantage in
the race his Republican competitors
howl corruption. The committee do
well to let them fight it out among
themselves.
THEY have cheap traveling in the
West. Home of the railroad coinpet*
iug lines arc cutting rati* and carry
ing passengers at very low figures.
The usual price of tickets from Kan
sas City and other points on the Mis
souri river to Chicago, 815.2- 1 ), has
been reduced by competition to fifty
cents. Home of our friends traveling
in the West may profit bv the cheap
fares if they happen to get on these
lines before they hurst, or the man- '
ngement come to their senses.
THE crop of Louisiana liars is un
usually large this spring. For some
years past it ha# been pretty generally
conceded that this Htatc enjoyed what
ever distinction there was in produc
ing the most original and finished per
vertcrs of the truth to be found any
where on the face of the habitable
globe. The election of Kellogg to the
Henate was a perfect carnival of fraud,
perjury and false personation, and the
Senate should declare his seat vacant.
He is the last monument left ou its
floor of the degrading role of the
plundering carpet-baggers in the
South, and the sooner he is relegated
to the deserved oblivion of private
life the better for the dignity of the
Senate and the self-respect of the
country,
"Egl AL ANI) EXACT JISTKE TO ALL MEg, OF WHATEVER STATE OK PERSUASION, KEMOIOt'S OK Pol.lTl< A1.."-J f ffW lN
Zach Chandler for Prcsidont.
From th* Cincinnati o ssrtt*, Rap.
There i no longer any <lout>t tlmt the
fri*nl* of .Senator Chandler intend to
push him persistently from the first op
portune moment AH A Providential can
didate before the next National Con
vention. They are actively looking
over the ground and Home work ha* al
ready been done, both in the Notorial
Committee and out of it. It is also un
derntood that the Senator is in the
handH of Ilia friends for the purpose
they have in view. They declare that
they can claim for him with perfect
confidence that he would have an
honest administration, and that in re
gard to all |>cnding National issue# he
would give the Union-loving people n*
strong a government an our Constitution
and laws will allow.
Well, Zach would make a healthy
President. What he would lack in
dignity might he compensated in some
degree by the hope that he would not
i steal, or sell his patronage for presents.
His choice of refreshments for the
\Y hite House hoards, however, will he
rough, and wc shall have to decline
all invitations during his incumbency.
THE Legislature of Ohio linve pass
ed a new election law, stringent in its
provisions to protect the voter from
the tyranny of power in the interest
of " free elections." The third section
of the law is as follows :
" Any person not a candidate for
office, who shall disburse, or give, or
promise to give any money, or thing of
value, or give, or treat to any spirituous,
malt or other liquors, either directly or
indirectly, to influence any voter in
giving or withholding his vote, or eek
i by violence, or threats of violence, or
threatens to enforce the payment of a
debt, or to begin a criminal prosecution,
or injure the business or trade of any
elector, or if any employer of laliorers,
or agent of such employer, threatens to
withhold or reduce the wages, or to dis
miss from service, or refuses to allow the
necessary time to employes to attend
at the place of election and vote, as in
duceinent to such elector to vote con
tiary to his inclinations, or any person
j selling or offering to sell his influence
with other votes, or who, for or with
any consideration of value enumerated
in section one. shall seek to influence
the vote of an elector, or to refrain from
voting, shall be deemed guilty of a
felony, and upon conviction thereof,
shall lie fined in any sum not less than
one hundred nor more than two thou
sand dollars, or imprisoned in the
j>enitentiary not more than three years,
at the discretion of the courf."
It will la? somewhat difficult to
evade this section, and in view that
the money power under the inspiration
of Sherman, with the Executive pa
tronage of the government, are likely
to enter largely into the Ohio i auvaas,
some very interesting experience may
result from a faithful enforcement <T
this law.
ARIOAIL HAMI I.TON'H distinguish
ed relation has again brought his gi
gantic intellect to l>ear on the subject
of Senator Hill's loyalty. When the
Senator of .Maine has this thing settled
to his satisfaction, and the country pa
tiently awaits its solution, it will then
be in order for him to explain how he
stands in relation to the next candi
date of the Republican party for the
Presidency. There is an impression
abroad that lie doe# not view the can
didacy of either Sherman or Grant
with especial favor, ami the people of
all sections and parties are anxious to
know exactly who Mr. Mulligan's
friend intends to swing the Maine
delegation for. It can hardly be
Conkling, and Logan is out of the
race. Is it possible that the reserved
strength of this latter-day Henry Clay
is to bo employed to boost the alcoholic
Chandler into the White House?
THE stalwarts say that if Congress
does not pass the appropriation hills
in the precise form Mr. Hayes desires,
that is, if they fail to appropriate
funds for soldiers, marshals and super
visors at elertious, he will call* an
other extra session. Then indeed he
will verify the truth of the remark
of Mr. Blaine, and "stand up Itcfore
the whole country and write himself
an ass." But he won't do it; bis party
cannot atfonl to let him do it. Be
sides, the call, if made, might fail to
find members in working order to meet
the views of his fraudulcncy.
■
BLAINE did not demolish Ben Hill
in their last encounter. Oh,not The
best of the battle waa the other way.
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BEKLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNK 19, 1*79.
"NAKHOW-MlNDEDblockllcads," was
the angry retort given by tlio late !
i Horace Greeley to those officious and
meddlesome memlswH of the Union
League, who, ill the lifetime of that
venerable man, thought him u fit sub
ject for party discipline because, in
: their exulted opinions, he hud fallen
below their sublimated standard of
j" loyalty." Only a "narrow-minded
j blockhead" of the kind denounced
by Mr. Greeley could have written the i
editorial article thut appears in the
Bcllefoiite Republican of tlii* week in
; reply to certain adverse criticisms
1 made by Democrats upon the oration
|of the Rev. Robinson, r.. Rotter's
Mills, on Decoration Day. Ostensibly
the article is a defence of the reverend !
; gentleman who so far forgot himself
as to indulge in party politics on that
sacred occasion, hut really it is only a
; violent flaunt of "bloody shirt," cnl
j ciliated to enthuse the stalwart Re-
I publican heart. It will do no liarui.
:If the writer can reconcile the dese-
I oration of a day sacred to the incnio-
ries of our dead heroes —Democrats
and Republicans who alike gave their
livs to their country —to the uses of
a political party, he is an object of
! pity, not to say of contempt, and
proves himself an exceedingly sillv
creature by heaping senseless abuse
| upon others who are blessed with a
higher appreciation of the proprieties
' which should mark the observance of
that day.
So far at lea*t as one of the editors
of the DEMOCRAT —and the one, too,
who is alone responsible for the article
; that has excited the loyal in* of the
Republican to so high a pitch —is coii
i cerned, he can say that this comrou
| nity requires no defence of his "loyal
!ty " so-called. That was furnished
j .sixteen years ago; has never bceu con
troverted hv any citizen of Centre
county, and it does not at this late
j day become an editor so new to our
| js-ople to call it in question.
WHEN the Democrat* of Congress,
in the interest of free elections, started
out in the contest with the radical Rc
! publicans to repeal the laws authoriz- j
itig the use of troops at the polls, aud
the employment of Federal marshals
and supervisors to intimidate voters
and coerce results in favor of the Re
publican party, they knew the struggle
would la* one of no ordinary character.
Most nohlv have they maintained it.
With n radical Executive Against
them to ply the veto to prevent the
repeal of the obnoxious statutes, they
: were unable to wipe them from the
: -tatute b>k. Tin y are still there a
i monuments of the tyranny of the
! Grant administration. But much has
leen gained by the refusal of Con
gress to vote supplied from the Nation
al treasury to give them force and
| effect. If success in the prolonged
contest is not as complete and tho
rough as desired, still the com|en*at
ing advantages derived from the dis-
I mission are of incalcuahlc value, and
will lie prolific of good results in the
future. These foul blots upon Repub
lican institutions must surrender to
the enlightened intelligence of the
people, now aroused to a full realiza
tion of their character and the object
of their enactment.
AT the fuueral of Gen. HhUlds, in
Carrol ton, Mo,, two swords presented
to him hy Illinois and Houth Carolina
a# testimonials of gallantry in the
Mexican war, were crossed over his
coffin. Both are richly studded with
[ jewels—one costing 12,000 and the i
other $B,OOO. The cause of the sud
den and unexpected death of the Gen- I
eral, it is said, was the opening of a '
wound received in the battle of Cero
(iordo.
To MEET the views of Mr. Garfield, 1
in regard to the use of the army a* a <
police force to preserve the peace at 1
elections, Representative Hpringer in- i
treduced a resolution into the House,
the other day, but it mot with no Re- 1
publican support—even Mr. Garfield !
stultifying himself by voting against it.
Soldier* at elections is therefore one of j
the principles of the Republican party, i
The luy of Adjournment.
CONUKKH# TO TAKE MATTERS INTO IT* OWN
HANDS A Nil WIND TIIEM IV,
Eroru Dm pi§l.
I tieMenate Committee Appropriutions
will to-day report the House resolution
upon adjournment, with next Friday
substituted for to-morrow (Tuesday),
and there is no question hut that it
i w, 'l he adopted by the majority. The
House will readily consent to accept
I-relay, but will hardly consent to any
\ extension beyond that day. The in
tention of the Democratic majority of
; the Senate is to sit the Wallace bill (up
j preprinting money for court expenses)
out to day so thai the Atuiy bill may he
taken up to-morrow morning. This
Democrats will allow two days' debate
upon the Army appropriation bill,
winch will consume the time up to
Wednesday evening or night, n# the
Republicans may determine. This will
leave tho the legislative day of Thorn
! day for the preparations lor adjourn
ment, which is considered ample time
by the majority. The House Commit
tee on Appropriations will scarcely #• ek
for captious objections to the Legisla
tive bill when such a course would lend
to prolong the session. Conkling and
In# followers, however much they may
diwtre to prolong the session in currying
out the Grant -Mieririan fight, will not
j he allowed to do so unless they assume
the entire responsibility. The general
impression is that Hayes' purpose is to
oppose Ihe Army and the Legislative
hills. The Democrats of both Houses
are determined to stand hy the Supple
mental Judicial hill and are willing that
llnye* should call uti extra session of
Congress U|>OII *uyh a measure if he
deeini it policy. They propose to allow
him all the money necessary to carry
on the government, and then il he
choose* to reassemble Congress upon a
petty quibble they are not disjojsed to
deny him that privilege.
How Mr. Seward Changed lII# Mind.
Fl -rn lb* Nrw V rk (Mm.
II i# amusing to see how often men
decline in advance offices which, when
tendered to them, after due considera
tion they conclude to accept. We re
call s conversation with the late Wil
liam 11. Seward, in the course of which
he declared, with great earnetne* and
solemnity, that if he was to he anything
except Senator he must be President.
"I would not be Secretary of Slate,"
wcrn hi- words. And be went on to
y: "The man never lived to whom I
would be Secretary. If George Wash
ington were alive today I would not he
Secretary to him. I know what I could
do if 1 were President. Ido not know
whether I could do *n\thing *# * rnem
her of the Cabinet," Vet, in spite of all
thec positive and impn#-ioned asserv.v
ti<in#. Mr. Seward was very glad to serve
eight long years as Secretary of State.
Serretarj MH rarj's Nomination.
Y\ ASIF IN'.TOV, June ill, The Senate
judiciary committee have referred to a
sub-commit lee, consisting of Measr*.
Garland, lUyar l, Conkling and Carpen
ter. an important question raised in re
gard to Secretary Mc< Vary's nomination
tor the fircuit Judgeship which is to
he vacated hy Judge Dillon next Sep
tember. The novel question i whether
a nomination can he constitutionally
confirmed to fi'l a vacancy not vet
rerealed. if at the same time it fa* stip
ulated that the |>er*on so nominated i
to continue to occupy any office until
the position to which he i# prospective
ly appointed shall have actually la*
come vacant hy resignation or other
wise. The committee will defer action
upon Sec'y McCrary's nomination until
they pass upon this general question.
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1 lIK reason the U. 8, Courts have no
money to continue their sessions is
simply that a portion of it ha* been
wasted in paying election supervisors,
and this result Judge McKenna fore
tol<| in bis public statement last fall
when he objected quite strenuosly to
appoint supervisor*. The fact, ton, that
Court business is behind two year* at
brie and one year at Wilhams|>ort, is
traceable to the same cause. No ma
jority in Congress can hops to win a
reputation for economy if it* appropri
ation* for a specific purpose are divert
ed to other purpose*: so that if the
majority which is surely the judgo in
the matter, is of the opinion that su
pervisors are an unnecessary expense,
it is cheeky for the minority to expend- ,
the judiciary appropriation to continue
the extravagance. If it were otherwise,
the minority could put the majority tn
a hole on the question of expenditures
n short order.— PUlsburyh /* iU Tribune,
The festivities which took place in
honor of Ka'ser William's golden wed
•ling enlivened the German capital last
week to an unusual degree. The cable
accounts of it *|>eak of nothing but uni
versal devotion to the aged Kmperor
and Empress. The illumination* at
night; the decoration* of flags, greenery
of all kinds and the modest blue corn
flower which is such a favorite with the
Monarch ; the display of buata and por
trait# of their Miqestie* in every resi
dence, all seem to speak a wonderous
exhibition of popular enthusiasm. The
display attracted an immense throng of
travelers to the Rhine valley. Among
the distinguished guests were the royal
family of .Saxony, the Grand Duke
Alexis and Michael of Russia, the Ducal
families of Iladen, Mecklenburg Hch
werin and Mecklenburg Htrelita, I rinoe
Frederick of the Netherlands, Prince
Arnnlph of llavaria, the hereditary
Prince and Princeaa of Hohensollern
and the Duke of Edenburg.
Stale College.
REMARKS or T)R. (.'AIDER lIEFORE TIIE STATE
IKIARII uv AUHHTLTL'KE.
"\V hi-n u few months go w-e heard at
the college that an investigating corn
rnittec was spoken of we were not only
not angry, hut glad. 1 have been at the
college now, this is my ninth year. It
ha# been rny experience, without a sin
gle exception, that every gentleman
who came there tilled with indignation
against the college, or who said it wns a
miserable humbug and ought to he sup
pressed, after heexsmined the building*
and inquired into the particular plans
and methods, and visited the agricultu
ral farm, went away stating that he had
been misinformed. ' Among those who
had visited the place he mentioned Pa#
• all Morris, derated, late of this city,
"'After the appointment of the commit
tee it wns intimated that they were not
alter us in I Vnlre county, but the ex
perimental farm in Indiana. Then we
heard they were corning to sec; us, and
we sent to town conveyance* for them.
I Every facility was ex tended them for a
thorough examination. They spent four
hour# at the college and one hour of
that time they were engaged in eating
and smoking. We furnished them with
tho eatables, hut not with the cigars,
as the members of the faculty do not
smoke. 'I hey didn't go into one of the
recitation rooms or visit a single one of
the classes. Neither did they go out
on the premise* or set foot on the ex
perimental farm. The books of the in
stitution were thrown ojen, all the
trea*urcr' account* were for io*
spection, and we begged them to s*k
any questions they pleased. Dr. St.
• 'lair, tho chairman of the committee,
said, "We are not after you here, but
west of tins.' He represents Indiana
county in the .Slate Senate and for some
reason is a bitter opponent of Genera!
Harry While, now in Congress. It ha*
b.-en intimated that General Harry
White was interested in the sale of the
farm in Indiana county. and that he put
several thousand dollars in his own
pocket by the transaction. A letter
.**# shown stating that General White
• I dn't want the investigation to go on ;
but we had nothing to do with that.
General White, although on re a mem
ber of our hoard, i not now. Therefore,
we didn't want to have anything to do
with it. It was between two local po
litical opponents. While at the college
they went through the mere appearance
of an investigation. After asking nie a
few questions they called Vice President
McKee. asked a few questions and dis
missed him. They didn't call ufion
another officer of the institution.
The Doctor then explained the mon
etnry condition of the college, stating
that instead of nearly sl,iai.t**i that
the committee had reported. <K)
was the sum total of the proceeds of the
bond* belonging thereto. Most of those
Unds, bringing seven per cent, interest,
had been Sold hy action of the legisla
ture and the money put into the Stale
1 reaurv. Ihe Slate having thus taken
the money to be used for her own pur
pose*, g#vo the trustees in lieu thef*of
a State liond of $.'810(100, running fifty
year# at six per cent. If the institution
wa not properly conducted, the county
agricultural and mechanical oociotse* in
the Gommonwi-alth had it completely
in their power to control entirely the
affairs o< the college within twenty five
months, and to employ or discharge
such person* there as they pleased. At
the conclusion of hi* remarks the Doc
tor was loudly applauded, most of the
audience present seemingly syuipathiz
ing much more with the president and
hi* college than with the report of the
committee. The board, however, cut
off the discussion bringing itself
, into any entangling alliances.
Ilayc* < hllliiur on the Stalwart*.
Washington IH'psOh to th* N- Y,*k It.rsM.
Judging from the opinions of promi
nent Republican*, friends of the Presi.
dent, who have gone over all three of
the bill* with a good deal of care, it
seems therefore to he. if not certain, at
h-a*t highly probable, that the bills, if
they pa*# the Senate in their present
form, will all three receive the Presi
dent's signature, and that any attempt
by Republican Senator* to amend them
or to oppose them will only needleasjy
prolong the session, keep the country
in turmoil and uneasiness and arcom*.
plish no good purpose. The real ob
ject of the scheme is to embarrass the
President, and, if possible, to art the
party against the administration ; but
that end could juat a* well he accom
plished by open attacks on the stump
during the fall campaign.
A COMMITTEE of the New York A*
senibly is investigating the subject of
railroad charges for freight, and has al- '
ready made some interesting discove
ries. Gne of the first witnesoes, in a fit
of frankness, explained that the in
crease or reduction of rates depend on
the condition of the country. For ex
ample, if potatoes were worth $1 a lwr
rel his road could charge twenty cents
to New York, and if worth only fity
cents a barrel, they would charge only
ten cents. And being pressed with the
inquiry whether hit road's system was
based on the principle of charging as
much a* th# customers would #*ar, he
■eplied without hesitation, " yea, air;
if they can't stand much we don't i
charge much." Another curious feature I
of freight charges is the fact that
though it ccnti th* company no tnom
to carry a barrel of flour than a barrel '
of potatoes, if the charge for the latter
was fifteen cents, the charge for the
former would be twenty five emits, " be
cause flour is worth say $6 a barrel and
potatoes are worth ss,"
TKRMN: sl.oO |ht Annum, in Advance.
GENERAL NEWS.
' The prospect* of good crepe in North
ern Ohio are not encouraging. Wheat
will average two-third*; corn will be a
failure; oat* will not exceed a two thirda
crop, and hay will he very light.
I he burning of the Columbia Hotel
at '.'ape May, on laat Thursday, ia anoth
er warning to tourist* to itay away dur
i ing this aurnmer. It ta thought that
I the fire wan the work of an incendiary.
A serious storm swept over Ohio. In
diana and Kentucky la>t Wednesday
night, the lighting killing two or three
perron*, and the wind uprooting two
hundred tree* near Chriitianaburg, Ky.
Ceorge H. Lay nobis, a bigamiat. wa*.
on Saturday, at Salt Lake City, I'tah.
'nteiieed to two year*' imprisonment
and (■>' Xi fine. He i* the firt Mormon
convicted of polygamy aince the pass
age of the act in IM}2.
1 breedav* racing, announced to com
mence at flutter, l'a., on Tuesday and
terminate to day, have attracted a largo
crowd. The renowned horae, " Hojw*.
ful," which ha* a record of 2.145, will
give an exhibition trot today.
The event in (porting Circle* the la*t
week wa* doubtle#* the (culling match
between Wm. Elliott, of Itlythe, Eng
land, and Edward Hanlan, of Toronto,
Canada. 'I lie latter wa* again victori
ous and Elliott says he i ratified that
Hanlan can beat any man in England.
At a meeting held last Saturday eve
ning composed of spinner* in the Fall
Hirer, MM., cotton work*, a general
strike wa* agieed upon. A* the result
of copious resolution*. each man wa*
instructed to lender hi* ten day*'notice
fin the following Monday morning. The
men allege violation of faith by the
owner* of the mill*.
A terrible fire, destroying half a mil
lion dollar*' worth of oil. broke nut at
the Atlantic <d Work*. Point Rreexe,
last \N edneaday, and continued burn
ing for several day*. It wa* ignited by
lightning, "n Inday the flame* were
again fanned into a huge blaxe and an
other t l'M). taut worth ot property burn
ed, among which wa a large amount of
oil belonging to the Standard Oil Com
pany.
The long distance championship con
test for the Astley belt wa* begun at
Agricultural Hall, Emdon, Monday
morning. Four contestant* appeared—
■lobn hnni*. of Chicago ; E. I'. Westoc,
f>f New York : ''Blower" Brown and
H. Harding. Frown is a strong farorite.
Howell i not walking, as the doctor fo •
; bid* him to use hi* injured foot fur a
fortnight, and consequently he forfeits
hit stake and the belt.
A I.ondnn despatch sav* that the old
Arctic exploring ship Resolute, which
formed part of Sir Edward Belcher*
expedition in search of Sir -John Frank
lin in la' 0, i stout to la- broken up at
the < hat bam dockyard. "rnament*
and handsome pieces of furniture are to
la* made from the best timbers, which
the admiralty intend to present to the
President of the United State* aa a
aouvenir of the occasion when the Keso
lute wa* found by American whaler*
abandoned in the ice. and the govern
ment of the United State* had her re
paired and refitted and presented her
| to the Hritish admiralty.
j Edward Parr, who wa* found guilty
of murder in the first degree in the
killing of his daughter Susan Erwin, in
the city of Philadelphia, was brought
into court iast week to receive his sen
tence. At the close of the .fudge's re
marks, Parr had taken hi* seat tor a
moment, when on attempt to riae he
fell to the tloor. Physicians were hastily
summoned finding he wa* suffering
from a dose of strychnine, used every
mean* to avert effect of the faUl drug,
but to no purpose, as the unfortunate
man lingered until the following raorr
ing, when he breathed hi* last, defraud
ing the gallows from its just dues.
An exchange says, that at the next
meeting of the Grand Army of the He
public of Pennsylvania, which take*
place in July, application will be made
to have "junior post*" instituted, to be
oom|Kied of the State militia and such
other* aa may be deemed expedient to
embody in the application. It is in
tended by this movement to perpetuate
the Grand Army, which would other
wise at some time become extinct. The
organisation of an auxiliary corps, to be
composed of friends of the post, who
shall have the privilege of participating
in public demonstrations but no voire
• n Hie regular buaioeas meetings, is also
proposed.
Hsggagemaster George Fries, of the
1 inrinnaii express.ha* had considerable
! experience as a flyer of carrier pigeon*
last summer and this. His exploit* this
i year may prove of interest to persona
bnd of the sport: On the morning of
•'une 4, at 5:25 o'clock, he litw-rated at
''reason four bird* belonging to Mr. .Inn.
Kervin, of So. 520 Taylor street, Thila
| delphia. having brought them out with
him in his ear. The distance is 25.1 miles,
and they arrived at home at 10.30 the
same morning—in 4 hours and 55 min
utes. On the morning of June 9 Art
birds, the property of the same gentle
man, were taken to lVrry by Mr. Fries.
There they were loosed at 7:05 a. ■. and
at 2p. m. they reached Tiome. Instance,
10* miles; lime.6 hours and 55 minute*,
lost Friday morning Mr. Fries took
with him toUreaaon six bird* belonging
to Mr. John Bradford, of No. 721 East
York street, Philadelphia, which were
liberated at 5:25 a. a. He had not re
ceived wort! regarding their flight at last
accounts, lie also flew five of Mr. Ker
vin's bird* from the Union depot in
rittsburg at 8:30 on Friday morning,
and be lied no doubt they would re
turn to Philadelphia before evening.
NO. r.