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VVi: return sincere thank* to our
friend, the lion. L. A. Mackey, late
member of Congress, for several val
uable public documents.
Tin: bar of Keokuk, lowa, have bad
a meeting to recommend the confirma
tion of the appointment of Secretary
McCrary as Judge of the Circuit Court
of the United State*. The resolution*
are a strong boom for McCrary, but it
i probable the Seriate may have some
objection to bis continuation not met
by the lowa bar. He ha* the n-puta
tiou of lieiug the author of a certain
message not very creditable to himself
or respectful to the Senate.
The Kcpuhlicau aspirant* of l.u
--z-jiuo county are early iu motion.
* nndidate* for oil ice are making their
wants known and fixing their friend*
lor nomination. NVadhani, the pres
* cut Senator, Charles A. Miner, Repre
sentative of the Wilkewbarre district,
Shx-uoi, Ackerly, Smith and Hal—y.
are all troubled by the Senatorial bee,
and an- making vigorous efforts to lx-nt
•-arlt other iu the race for champion
aliip.
Jl'tM.K K KI.I.KY, in hi* travels in
Kurope last summer, bad an interview
with Bismarck, and on hi* return home
published in the T'vnm the result of
his conversation with the great Ger
man statesman, to show how nicely
these great men concurred in their
views on questions of finance. The
German statesman, however, is not
satisfied with the views assigned to
him by the American statesman, and
repudiate* them in |>o*itive term*,
denying that Jie gave expression to
the sentiment* ascribed to him. Thus
a question of veracity is pending, and
Judge Kclley has the floor.
THE reconstruction of the I'atent
< Wire at Washington, which was bad
ly injured by fire, has Ik-cii progress
ing during the last year. Home idea
may lie obtained of the vast propor
tions of this ponderous structure from
the following extract from the report
of the architect in reference to the
fire-proof case* requires! for the recep
tion of model* in the two wing* to the
main building:
m "When the two wing* are fully occu
pied the plate glaM front* will represent
an aggregate length of three and one
tenth mile*, and a height of eight and
one-half feet. 'The plate-glas* used will
cover one and three quarter acre*, and
the glae* ahelve*. of onequarter inch
thlcknea*. through the glaaa, will cover
about one and three-eighth acre*."
. THE contest for the Republican
nomination between Grant, Sherman
and illaine, is becoming interesting.
Grant, with plenty of leisure and free
travel, has the big boom of all the
fools and all the rogues connected with
his administration, including the ikd
knaps, the Kohosons and the whiskey
thieves, to boost him. Sherman has
the majority of the Oo.bftO oflice hold
ers, and all the patrouage of the Gov
ernment, with Agnes Jenks, and *uch,
for correspondent*; while Blaine fol
lows, a* the dog Tray, to appropriate
the bone. Hut it is all labor lost. The
Democracy intend to have something
to say a* to who shall be President;
nor do they inteud to be clicalal and
defrauded by .Sherman's intrigues or
Grant'* troop*.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Kr*tn nnr reguUr Corr-NpoOtli*!! I.
WiHHiKOTOK, I). C., December !t.
Thanksgiving Day came iu with de
lightful weather which had the linze and
temperature of Indian Summer in it.
The Department* were clo*ed and the
army of employe* had n day lor enjoy
ment, that could not lie surpassed in
its clear autumnal brightness and balm
ine*, but much private work wa*nn t
suspended, for the preparation* for
winter demand unceasing effort, Many
of the congregations of our churches
provided feat* for the poor of the
church home* and asylums, and never
has the loving charity of woman la-en
more apparent than in the bounteous
Thanksgiving dinners which were spread
la-fore the alllicted in the Woman's
Christian Home, the Washington Asy
lum and the Children's Hospital. The
caterer* lo public amuHeoient were gen
erously patronised, lor the difference
here, a* in New Orleans, between re
ligious and secular observance is so
slight, that ninny who congregate in
church in the morning to join in pray
er* of thankfulness, flock to our thea
tre* in the evening to laugh at some
comedian, or to be instructed by some
such tragedian as John MoCiillough,
who is now playing hero to crowded
houses.
There has been a *trong revulsion of
feeling in favor of lien. Mahone, who
I led the debt readjustera column in the
lute Virginia election. He is a candi
date for Mr. Wither*' seat in the I'nited
States Senate, and, if supported by the
Republican*, a* well as the readjunter*,
will be elected. Cool heads here begin
to think that one who, like Hen. Ma
hone, ha* an undoubted Democratic
record, and has done as much a* he to
keep the carpet bag and scall itrng ele
ment from crushing the State, is not to
!>ad after all, and that hi* assertion tiiat
he has only :ho honor of Virginia at
heart, must l>e met with consideration.
This vexed Virginia debt question cer
tainly has two side* to it. and it is to be
hoped this election of Senator may
show us the true |M>licy of the State.
As Congress meets to-day, December
I.) the hotels, lodging houses, and hash
mill* of Washington are filling up, not
only with members, kings and queens
of the lobby, and patriots in search of
tioverutuetil pap, but many of the po
litical corpse* of the country, whom a
wise constituency, after a trial in one or
more Congresses, have wisely concluded
to leave nt home by *ub-tituting better
men. Among the latter the most lively
is the cock eyed statesman from Ma*a
chn-etts, lien Butler. What a cat,
with its nine lives, is among animals,
the invincible Genera! is among pohti
cians. You may submerge him in a sea
of votes and club him with all kinds of
villainous stories and lies, and he comes
smilingly to the surface. Congressman
Morse, of Massachusetts, states that
Gen. Butler will never again run for
Governor, but intends to invade his
iMor*e'j district next fall and run for
Congress. He hopes, however, that ap
oplexy, cholera--morbus, or something
else, may interfere ; but we fancy that
he, like many another |>olitician, will
have to accept the inevitable and sub
mit, for a more irrepressible and jwrsist
ent fighter than • >ld Ben has never been
seen here. The political world is his
oyster.
The Secretary and Agent of the
l/misiana State lottery Company has
filed a in the Supreme Court of our
District, against the I'ostniaster Gen
eral, to restrain the i'o*t-ofTic Depart
ment from interfering with the delivery
of money orders, registered letters, etc.
A rule has been granted to show cause
why the injunction should not issue,
returnable December 4. These pro
ceedings are instituted in the Court of
this district in order that the case may
be speedily carried, for final adjudica
tion, to the Supreme <k>urt of the United
States, and the lottery men expect to
be sustained there, as were those who
resisted our trade mark system and ob
tained the decision declaring it uncon
stitutional. We shall not he surprised
if the Supreme Court rules as technical
ly in regard to lotteries a* to trade
marks, for it is a stickler always for
legal hair splitting* with a leaning over
against equity. Wiping out the H,OHO
trade marks of the country, worth mil
lions of dollars In the proprietors, show*
what lawyers can do when they act as
judges.
The la*t Congress authorized the re
moval of the City I'ost-office from the
general pnst-otflce building, opposite the
I'atent I flloe, to such other quarters as
a designated commission should select,
which, after canvassing the city, rented
the "Scaton llouse,'' the immense five
story hotel fronting IsMiisiana avenue
end C street, near Seventh street, and
recently occupied by the Pension < mice.
It is now ready for occupancy, and the
work of removal is in progress. Only
the basement and the first and second
stories will he used at preeent, though
the other three stories will undoubted
ly le taken for some other governmen
tal purpose, Inasmuch as the rental of
s,'>,ooo per year cover* the entire build
ing. The postal department ha* grown
to such proportion* that the present
quarters aru wholly insufficient to ac
commodate tho need* of the general
government and the city, hence the
necessity for the above change. Yet
we elm 11 miss our daily visit to the pret
tiest government structure in the Dis
trict. The delicate order of architec
ture ol the general post-office building,
in contiast with tho heavy portico* of
the Patent Office, i* attractive, and few
see it without being struck by it* supe
riority in artistic beauty and design.
Mr. Ilnye* lias pardoned Edward 11.
Peck, who last summer was sent to the
penitentiary for stealing an overcoat.
Peek at otic time was a bright, talented
newspaper correspondent, but, becom
ing addicted to excessive whisky drink
ing, gradually sunk to the level of a
gutter drunkard and a petty pilferer,
and though frequently arraigned, sym
pathy for his past high standing saved
him until tile last offence. Though the
judge and jury that convicted him, and
prominent citizens united in petitioning
his release, yet his thorough reforma
tion i* doubted, and we think Mr.
Hayes should have permitted iniu to
do further penance. F EI.IX.
♦
LETTER PROM NEW YORK
NEW YOKE, Itecetnber I.
New York is a great city in more
sense* than one. It i* great in point of
number* and great in its way of doing
things. For instance, the other day
Mr. Vanderbilt sold to certain parties
2.VMXX) shares of New York Central
for thirty millions ot dollar*—2o per
cent, in cash and the balance in 20 per
cent, installment* every month. This
wo- a l<onn-fide transaction.
Two elevated rAilroxd* encircle the
city and carry million* ol passenger*
The train* run every live minutes -each
train having three or four ooa< he*.
Other elevated railroad* are being ru>-
idly built, and will soon he In rutin ng
order.
Never ha* there been such prospe ity
in New York as cxi-t* at the present
time. The city i* crowded with jo-oplc.
The street* ar<- full the street cars ate
full the hotel* and boarding houses
are full. All departments of trade and
business are lull of life and activity.
The shipping and railroad buine KM
never o great. The bank*, o long
depressed, are now doing well and com
mnndiug high rates of interest for their
money. The wholesale trade is good,
and you can scarcely get waited on in
the retail stores on Broadway and >ixth
avenue. Three years ago when in the
city one could see a |>o*ter on nearly
every other business house anil dwelling
house telling you it was for rent. All
these notices now, on the contrary, are
asking for "ca*h girls," "errand gtrl*,"
"cleiks," "hook keepers." and employ
ees of varimi* kind. This i* a very
agreeable change to a great city, and
everybody i* happy and feeling good
about it.
I must tell you something about the
medical college* and hospitals. There
are three leading medical college* in
New York city, namely: Ihe Univerity
of New York, the College of Physi
cians end Surgeons, and the Bellerue
Hospital Medical t'ollego. There are
fifteen hundred student* in attendance
at these three college*. The hospitals
can be counted by the score. The
New York City Hospital is by odd* the
most complete in this country and not
excelled by any in Eurojw*. The
Woman's Hospital i* a model hospital
and MNtyttf of its kind. No tongue can
tell the amount of good it lias done for
suffering women. The very best talent
of the medical profession preside over
these hospital*. Here i* where new
remedies, new o|>er*tion and advance
ment* are made known—on (hi* ac
count they are of especial interest and
importance to the medical practition
er. A* other departments of science
and art are advancing so the medical
profession is pushing on and making
rapid strides. Formerly when one wa*
*o unfortunate a* to require *ome pain
fill operation lie must first be strapped
down to a table— now he can take a
few inhalations of ether and he awak
ens from hi* sleep not having felt the
least pain from the operation. Wo
now posaes* many new and most valua
ble remedies which our forefathers
knew nothing about—the same can be
said of many important operations.
Years ago hospitals were expected to
receive all kind* of patient*—that is
patients suffering from all kinds of dis
ease*. At the present time hospital*
are more special. The Woman's Ho#
pital receive* women only. The Chil
dren's Hospital receive* children only.
The Kya and F.ar Hospital* receive pa
tienla suffering from these diseases, and
so on down to the Infant's Hospital,
which i* the last and in one sense the
least.
All these hospitals are Inrgily medi
cal charities—where the poor are treat
ed gratuitously and where many rich
people go and pay in order to receive
skillful treatment, and with it skillful
nursing, which now a.days tho medical
proh-ssion value very highly.
The number of patient* treated ut
these hospitals i* simply enormous. I
have gone to the trouble to obtain the
statistic* of one department, and that
i* the department of the l-.ye and liar.
There are three hospital* that treat
nothing hut diseases of tho eye and
(•nr. Ami these three last year treated
twenty thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five patients. And a* many of
these CIIHCS are chronic there i* an aver
age daily attendance of over two hun
dred. A* this i* hut one department,
one can have some idea of the aggre
gate work done. If.
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IIAYKS TO CONOKKSS.
AItHTIIAt-r OK TIIK MKHHAfiK.
The President congratulate* Congress
on the successful execution of the re
auinption act. Since the lirst of.l nonary
United Slates notes have been redeem
ed in coin, hut the demand ha* been
comparatively small, and the voluntary
deposit of coin and bullion in exchange
for notes ha* been very large. The ex
ce* of tin- preciou* metals deposited or
exchanged lor United State* notes over
the amount of United States note* re
deemed is about $10,(XX),000. The re
sumption of -pecie payment* ha* been
followed by u very great revival of bui
lie**. With a currency equivalent in
value to the money of the commercial
world we are enabled to enter U|M>H an
equal coiu|>etition with other nation* in
trade and production. The increasing
foreign demand lor our manufacture*
and agricultural products ha* caused a
large balance of trade in our favor,
which ha* been paid in gold from the
l*t of July la*t to November 1.1, to the
amount of about fl'J.OOd.lXXt. Since the
resumption of specie payment* tiiere
ha* also been a marked and gratifying
improvement of the public credit. Ti>e
bond* of ibe government, bearing only
4 per cent, interest, have been sold at
or above par, sufficient in'amount to
pay off all the national debt which wa*
redeemable under present law*. I lie
amount of interest saved annually by
the prore** ol refunding the debt since
March I. 1-77. i $12'7.177. The
amount of tin* national debt which ma
lure* within !•■* than two year* i s7'.'2.
121."IXI, of which SVX)(KXM*XI bear in
terest at the rate ot 1 per cent., and the
balance i* in bond*, bearing f. per cent,
interest. It i* believed that thi* part of
the public debt can be refunded by ihe
issue of I per cent. bond*, and by the
reduction ol interest wrhich will thus be
effect id about sll ,(**l,lXlO can be antiil
ally saved U the Treasury. To secure
thi* im|-ortant reduction of inii-re*t to
be paid by the United State* further
legislation i* requin d. which, it i hnp< d.
wilt be provided by ('ongre** during its
present c**ion.
MM ER < UlMi.t.
'The coinage ol gold by the Mint* of
the I niteit .state# during the Ut fiscal
yea.* wa* $4U,'.e*6,912. The coinage of
silver dollar* since the P***nge ot the
*ct for that purpose, up to Novemtier
I. 187'., wa* S4I.(X*),HIO, of which $12.-
71X1.344 have tieeu issued from the
Treasury and are now in circulation,
and SJ2,:;(X),SCX> are still in the jioss-s-
Sinn of the government. The pendency
ot the proposition for unity of action
between the United State* and the
principal commercial nation* of I.mope,
to effect a permanent *y*lent for the
equality of gold and silver in the tec
ognizeil money of the world, |cd* me
to recommend that Congress refrain
from new legislation on the general sub
ject. The glest revival of trade, inter
nal and foreign, will supply, during the
coming year, it* own instruction*, which
may well IH awaited before attempting
further experimental measure* wiih the
coinage. I would, however, strongly
urge upon I'ongrees the ini|*irtaiice ol
authorizing the Secretary of the Tree*
ury to u*|>etid the coinage of rilver
dollar* upon the present legal ratio.
The market value of the aiiver dollar
!>eing uniformly and largely le* than
tlie- market value of the gold dollar, it
IS obviously linpractlbal-bwlo maintain
them at par with each other if both are
coined without limit. It the cheaper
coin i forced into circulation it will, if
coined without limit, soon become the
sole standard of value, and thus defeat
the desired object, which is a currency
ol Imth gol.l and silver, which shall l-e
of equivalent value, dollar for dollar,
with the universally recognised money
of the world.
RETMIXN rwirxn STATE* WOTK*.
The retirement from circulation of
United State* note*, with the capacity
of legal tender in private contracts. Is s
step to be taken in our progreas toward
s safe and stable currency, which should
be accepted as the policy and duty of
the government and the interest and
security of Ihe people. It is my firm
conviction that the issue of legal tender
paper money, based wholly upon tho
authority and credit of the government,
except in extreme emergency, is with
out warrant in the Constitution and a
violation of sound financial principle*.
The issue of United State* note* during
the late civil war. with tha rapacity of
legal tender between private individ
uals, wa* not authorised except a* a
mean* of rescuing the country from
imminent peril. The circulation of
these note* a* paper money for any
protracted period of time after the ac
complishment of this pur|>o*e was not
contemplated hy the framers of the law
under which they were issued. They
anticipated the redemption and with
drawal of these note* at the earliest
practicable period consilient with the
attainment of the object for which they
were provided, The policy of tlf-
United State*, steadily adhered to film
the adoption of the Constitution, ha*
been to avoid the creation of a national
debt, and when from neceosity, in the
time of war, debt# have been crested,
I bey have bepn paid off on the return
of peace aa rapidly aa |o**ib!e. With
this view sod for this purpose it is rec
ommended that the existing laws for
the accumulation of a linking fund
sufficient to extinguish the public debt
within a limited period lie maintained.
If any change of the objects or rates of
taxation t* deemed neceesary by Con
gress, it i* suggested that experience
ha* shown that a duty can he placed on
tea and coffee which will not enhance
the price of these article* to the con
(turner and which will add several mil
lions of dollar* annually to the Treasury.
THE si-rratssioM or roi.ru* ay.
The President calla attention to poly
gamy in J "tab, and aay* the law for it*
suppression ha* heen decided hy the
Supreme Court to he within the legisla
live power of Congres*, and binding, a*
a rule of action, for all who resided
within the Territorie*. There i* no
longer any reason for delay or hesita
tion in ita enforcement. It should he
firmly and effectively executed. If not
sufficiently stringent in its provisions it
should he amended, and, in aid of the
purpose in vi.-w, I recommend that
more comprehensive and more search
ing methods for preventing, as well a*
punishing, this crime he provided.
I lie President says that the elections
ol the past year, though occupied only
with .state offices, have not failed to
elicit, in the political discussions which
attended them afl over the country,
new and decisive evidence of the deep
interest which the great body of citi
zens take in the progress of the coun
try toward a more general and com
plete Establishment, at whatever cost,
of universal security and freedom in
the exercise of the elective franchise,
lie appeals to the intelligence and pat
riotism of all good citizens, of every
part of the country, however much
they may l>e divided in opinions on
other political subjects, to unite in
cotii|M-lling obedience to existing laws
aimed at the protection of the right of
suffrage. He urges Congress to supply
any defects in these laws which experi
ence has shown, and which is within
its power to remedy, and invokes the
co operation of the Kaecutive and leg
islative authorities of the States in this
great purpose.
The subject of civil service reform is
next discussed, hut the President has
nothing new to say. He speaks of the
grave evils and jit-ril* o( a partisan
spoils system, and goes over the same
ground as in hi* message last year, lie
also recommends that Congress make
the necessary appropriation for the re
sumption of the work of the Civil Ser
vice Commission. He i convinced that
it a jul and definite test of merit 1*
enforced tor admission to the public
service and in making promotions, such
abuses as removal without good cause
and partissn and official interference
with tin- proper exercise of the ap|>oiiit
ing power, will, in a large measure. dis
apjiear.
THE riMirata*.
( hir relations with foreign countries
have continued pen eful. With (iteat
Britain there are still unsettled ques
tions, growing out ot the local laws of
tlie marstime provinces and the action
"f | rovincial authorities, deemed to he
in derogation of right* secured by
treaty to American lisliermen. The
Unite-i States Minister in I/iudon h:-
hoeti inMrurt d to j resent a demand
fur $ I On, 305 02. in view of the damage*
received by American citu. n* at For
nine Bay on the fith day of January.
1-7- 1 lie subject bat Iw-en taken into
consideration by the ltrilisb Govern
men!, and an early reply is anticipated.
I |>oii ibe mm | leiion of the necessary
preliminary examination th subject of
our participation in the provincial fish
erie#, as regulated by streaty, will at
once he brought to the attention ot the
British Government, with a view to an
eatly and permanent settlement of the
whole question, winch only temjo
rarily '!juted by the tiealy of Wash
ington. KflV it* have been made to ob
tain the removal of restrictions found
injurious to the exfmrtation of cattle to
the United Kingdom.
THE tSIIIMI'S CAN At,
i'lptomatic intercourse with Colom
bia is again fully restored by the arrival
of a Minister from that country to the
Coiled States. This t eajeeially fortu
nate, in view of the fact that the ques
tion ot an interoceanic canal ha* re
cently assumed a new and im|>ortanl
as{icct and i* now under discussion with
the Central American countries,
through whose territory the ca
nal by the Nicaragua route would
have to pas*. It i* trusted that en
lightened statesmanship on their part
will see that the early prosecution of
such a work will largely enure to the
benefit, not only of their own citisen*
and those of the I'nited Slates, but of
the oommetoa of the civihxed world.
It i* not doubted that, should the work
be undertaken tinier the protective
auspices of the ("nited State* and u|>on
satisfactory concession- for the right of
way and it* security by ibe Central
American Government*. the capital for
H* completion would readily >-e fur
niabed from tbi* country and Kuro|>e
which might, failing such guarantee*,
prove inaccessible.
'I he portion of the message devoted
to the navy is a mere sum
mary of the*reports of the Secretaries
of \V ar and the Navy. The business of
the Supreme Court, the President *sy*.
is at present largely in arrear*. In the
courts of many of 'the circuits, also, the
business has increased to such an ex
tent that the delay of justice will call
the attention of Congress to an appro
priate remedy. The remedy suggested
by the Attorney General i* the appoint
ment of additional Circuit .fudge# and
the creation of an Intermediate Court
of Errors and Appeals which shall re
lieve the Supreme Court of a part of its
jurisdiction. The President next gives
the figure* published in the report of
the Poatmsster General and then take*
up the te|>ortof Secretary Schurs,
Tilt INDIA**.
The Indian policy sketched in the
report is indorsed. It* object, which is
to make liberal provision tor the educa
tion of the Indian youth, to settle the
Indian* upon farm lota in severalty, to
give them title in fee to their farms, in
alienable for a certain nutnltcr of years,
and when tlteis wants are thus provided
for to dispose by sale of the lands on
their reservations not occupied and
used by them, a fund to be formed out
of the proceeds for the benefit of the
Indians, which will gradually relieve
the government of the expenses now
provided for by annual appropriations,
must commend itself ss just and bene
ficial to the Indians, and a* also calcu
lated to remove those obstructions
which the existence of large reserve
tians presents to the settlement and
development of the country, 1 there
fore earnestly recommend the enact
ment of a lnw enabling the government
to give Indian* a title in fee, inaliena
ble for twenty five yearn, to the farm
lands assigned to them hy allotment*
I alao repeat the recommendation made
in my first annual message that a law
he passed admitting Indiana who can
give satisfactory proof of having hy
their own labor supported their families
for a number of years, and who are
willing to detach themselves from their
tribal relations, to the benefit of the
Homestead act, and to grant them pat
ents containing the same provision of
innlii nahilty for a certain period. The
President announces his intention of
protecting the Indians of the Indian
Territory, but as settlers work their
way in the difficulties will increase, and
he approves of the advice given the
Indians on a recent occasion, to divide
among themselves in severalty as large
a quantity of their lands as they can
cultivate, to acquire individual titles in
fee, instead of their present tribal own
ership in common, and to consider in
what manner the bslance of their
I tnds may be disposed of by the gov
eminent for their benefit.
I he message concludes with urging a
generous policy toward the District of
Columbia.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Homktiiixo i* Kklatiox to tub B. K.
\ . KtiLioib.—tie clip the following
from the Philadelphia of the 27th
ultimo:
At a meeting of the officer* and stork,
bolder* of the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad
Company held yesterday. at the (iirard
House, Colonel .laiiie* Kiddie, of this city,
presiding, snd at which were present Hon.
U. A. Mar-key, President, Thomas A-.
Scott, ex-Governor A. G. Curlin, Suu-
Treasurer A. ( Noves, Hon .Ismes Gam
hle, and .Mr John Irwin, of the Board of
Director#, and Mr Kdmurid Blar,chard,
Secretary and Treasurer, a general mort
gage for spo,t*m was authorised to U<
issued, to provide for the payment of a
first and second mortgage maturing in
duly, Dal and I KM, and extending the
time ot both loans at 6 j*-r cent, for thirty
years from Januarv Ist, ]km. The m<>ri-
L-age in a huh tlie fidelity Insurance,
Trust and Sab- ls-p-sit Company of this
■ ity, are named as Tru*l<-<-s, alao provides
for the payment of one jx-r cent, yearly
into a linking fund tor the extinguishment
of the total irid I,tedness of the Company,
which i now Stm.MiO, having b n rodu'v
,-,| sli*l.i*Sl in a similar manner within the
|t ten tear*.
The road extends almost in an air line
from Is- k Haven, on the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad, in Cli. lon c<urity, to
T\rotieon th<- Pennsylvania Railroad, in
Biair county, a di-Unce of fitly, three
miles, with a bianch of two and a half
miles to Bellefonte. It is ifx-rated under
a ninety-nine years' lea"- by the Pennsyl
vania katlrosd Company, made in IM,
the latter paying 40 |wr cent of the gr<~s
receipt* and t!- cot of maintenance The
capita! sun k of tic- com|*nv is f.Vrfit**!,
and it i confidently ex|x<tei that with the
consolidation of the two mortgages into
one, running thirty years longer, and
rr-duction of the rate ..f interest one j* r
cent , which um will go into the sinking
fund, tt affairs will be even more prosper
ous than heretofore.
We ar<- also informed that the Board of
the Bald Eagle Valley Company at the
ame meeting urged ti|<on the I'c.nnsy 1 vania
Railroad C<mpany the, crettion of a dejot
and the construction of a "Y" at Belie
fonte, so a* to jrermit the reversing of the
engine at this place. The depot should be
erclod i n this side of the railroad over
the race, and be in keeping with the other
elegant buildings belonging to the Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company. The business
office of the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad is
also now located at this point.
—On Tuesday night of last week the
people of Millhcim were summoned by the
cry of lire and the appearance of llamn* te
the house of Mr. George Moyer. It was
found, however, that it was only hi* pig
|en which had ignited from a butchering
fire burning near it. Three turkeys con
fined in the pen also perished, which wi<
rather unfortunate considering the near
approach of Thanksgiving. "Who would
be a turkey hen, fed and fattened in a pen '"
Mias Alice Bollinger as proprietress
and Miss Sue Lenker as assistant conduct
an aristocratic dressmaking establishment
at Aaronsburg. They are greatly pressed
with orders from the Aaronsburg ladies
who are securing new winter costumes.
—The protracted meetings in the Afri
can M E. Church, of this place, attract
large congregation*. Considerable ex
citement existed, and large throngs gath
ered about the mourner s bench last Sab
hath evening.
—Part of tho roof of the house belonging
to Mr. Philip Musser, near Miliheim, w§
burned away on Tuesday of last week. A
butchering fire burning close by was the
cause of the accident.
—Dr. J. R. Stem, of Miliheim, expert#
to move to Linden Hall, where he will
engage in the mercantile business in con
nection with hie professional duties.
—Mr. J. C. Oondo, of Penn Hall, ha*
reronlly been adding several improvement!
to the exterior of bis bouse.
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DEATHS.
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