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GENERAL HANCOCK
DECLARES HIS PRIDE
IX TIIK
Manufactures of Pennsylvania,
AND HIS INTEREST IN ALL THAT
CONCERNS IIIS NATIVE STATE.
This is tho sentiment he expressed
SEPTEMBER 20, 1880, in answer to an
invitation to visit the PITTSBURO UX
POSITION. In that answer GENERAL
HANCOCK said:
".•la a Pennsylvanian I hate the just pride
felt by my fellow-citizens in exhibiting the
capacity of our mills and looms, shops, fields
and mines, and I may be permitted to express
my pride in my native State, and my interest
in all that concerns her welfare, and the
prosperity and happiness of all her people.''
The Constitutional Bar.
Neither the United States nor any State
shall assume to pay any debt or obligation
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel
lion against the. United States, or claim for
the toss or emancipation of any slates, but
all such debts, obtugations and claims shall
be held illegal and r out. —Constitution of
the I'nited States, article 14, section 4.
Gen. Hancock'* Pledge to Enforce the
Foregoing Article.
The amendments to the Constitution of
the United States embodying the. results of
the war for the Union are inviolable. If
called to the presidency, I should deem it
my duty to resist with all my power any
attempt to impair or evade, the full force
and effect of the Constitution, which in
even/ article, section and amendment is the
supreme law of the land. —General Han
cock's Letter of Acceptance.
ALREADY, says the Washington
Post, the campaign of Grant for
1884 has taken tangible shape. At
a Republican meeting in New York on I
Wednesday night, as General Grant
made an unexpected appearance on
the stage, one of his toadies shouted
•'1884," and a hundred or more im
perialists cheered lustily. The affair,
although seeming impromptu,has very
much the appearance of that im
promptu enthusiasm for Grant and a
third term, which was laboriously
worked up for six or eight months be
fore the "strong man" was temporarily
suppressed at Chicago. There is not
a shadow of doubt that General Grant
and his co-workers mean business.
They intend to put Grant into the
White House in 1884, and all their
efforts for Garfield are made with the
understanding that his administration,
if he is elected, shall be so managed
as to make the succession of Grant as
easy as possible. We need go hack
only five months to find, in the ablest
and most conservative Republican
newspa|>ers, the assertion that a third
term of Grant means life tenure for
Grant and a scion of his house to follow
him. A vote for Garfield will be a
vote for this delectable programme.
How many decent men want any of
it? '
DEMOCRATS, don't fail to come to
Rellefonte TO-MORROW and hear
the accomplished United States Sen
ator from Maryland, Wm. Pinck
ney Whyte. He is one of the greatest
orators of the country. He is a pa
triot and a gentleman and commands
the respect of every one, rcgnrdless of
party. He will make such a speech
as has never before Ijecn heard in
Rellefonte.
" INDIVIDUALS or companies have the. right
to buy labor where (hey can get it (he cheap
est."—.lames A. Garfield.'
This is the emitted plank iu the
Chicago platform which Gen. Garfield
has now supplied in his "personal and
confidential " letter relating toChinese
immigration, and to which is affixed
his own proper autograph.
Address of Chairman Dill.
Eloquent Appeal to the II orkinq
inen of I'ennsf/lennlu.
-
Will Workiugmeu Surrender Their Ballots
and Their Rights of Citizenship at
the Dictation of Purse Proud
and Tyrannical Employers?
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 21.
To the Pernor racy of Pennsylvania :
Democracy means the rule of the
people. Its founder recognized and en
forced the dignity and power of the in
dividual citizen, of individual thought,
control and government as the essence
of republican liberty. Imperialism,
office-holding oligarchy, corporate dic
tation, the rule of money by the em
ployer over the employe, are all at
war with our creed, our traditions and
our rule. I ntimidation and every form
of coercion and corruption, and every
form of bribery of the voter are all at
variance with the genius and the letter
of our Constitution and laws, State
and Federal, and we will see that such
offenses are punished.
The Democratic party is largely
composed of the industrial classes and
must therefore represent their interests
and rights. To-day many of the cor
porations, the wealthy manufacturers,
the great iron masters, are attempting
to debauch them with their money or
to coerce them with their power. They
threaten to take the bread out of their
mouths, to starve their wives anil
children unless they vote as employers
dictate. We address them. Can you
permit this tyranny and still claim to
be freemen? Are you slaves because
you labor for your daily bread ? Must
you surrender the right to a free bal
lot to obtaii) the right to work ? When
that day comes it will be a fatal day
for you and your liberties. Let the
overseers of corporations and rnanu- ;
facturers drive you to the polls to vote ,
as they dictate, let their candidate be
chosen by your craven submission, and
you surrender that equality which is
the chief glory of American citizen
ship.
What is the remedy ? Simple, plain, i
easy, for brave men. Assert your !
rights. Vote as you please. I/t wealth ;
know that your labor is your capital
and that your ballot must represent it.
Their candidate is on one side only— j
the side of capital. He is for free j
trade in merchandise and in men, and j
is the enemy of your interests. He 1
wants Clnnamen to come here and
take your places if you complain, or
to work bv your side for a pittance if
you submit. He has said so over his
own hand and by his votes in < 'ougress.
Our candidate is (ieneral Hancock
who shed his blood for you in defense !
of the country. He is the representa
tive of all the people. He is your ;
representative because his faith is your
faith. He has said over his hand that 1
he is in favor of protection to Ameri- |
can industry. He will be the zealous j
guardian of capitnl and labor if you '
elect him president. Trust your friends,
not your enemies. Htand by the men
who stand by you. I>o not be dc- '
ceived or frightened. Vote as your
conscience may dictate. Do this and
we will win. We have a majority of
the people of the republic and if they
vote their votes will be counted and
Hancock will be elected and inaugu
rated President of the United
A. H. DILL, Chairman.
GBORGB W. AIM., the largest iron
manufacturer of the Cumberland Val
ley, endorses the letter of Henry Mc-
Cormick, which we published in our
last issue. Mr. Alii is also an earnest
advocate of the election of the great
Pennsylvania!], of unsullied record
and fearless patriotism,Oeu. Hancock.
These intelligent manufacturers could
not be deceived by Republican clamor
to support the pretensions of the free
trader of Ohio—the advocate of cheap
Chinese labor, for the Presidency.
•STAND by tho whole Democratic
ticket! Every name on it is worthy
of and entitled to the support of the
entire party. We understand that
Republicans arc already offering to
trade in the hope of electing some
|rt of their ticket in that way.
Democrats, do not listen to their in
sidious offers. Vote for your own
men!
JOHN P. HARRIS and William J.
Thompson are not the men whom the
Democrats of Centre county want as
their representatives at Harrisburg.
THE election of Gen. Garfield IS ad
vocated in tlie West, mainly because
lie is a free trader. Leading journals
of the country in the interest, of the
free trade system support hiiu for the
same reason. They are right in
doing so because it is the doctrine
of the Republican party in the West,
and they have the clear Congressional
record of their candidate proclaimed
boldly and repeatedly that he is in
full accord with them. Rut where
does it place the Republican party in
Pennsylvania? They here advocate
his election in the interest of a protec
tive tariff'. Who arc deceiving the
people? Certainly not the West. They
have the declarations of Mr. Garfield
in no uncertain sound to justify then).
He has given nothing to Pennsylvania
to indicate favor of a protective tariff",
and the conclusion is irresistible that
the Republicans of the State are hypo
critical and insincere with those who
favor protection, without even a "per
sonal and confidential" to justify the
deception. This tariff fraud has about
run its race, East and West. Han
cock will be elected President, when a
revenue tariff which will afford ample
protection to business and labor,
will be so arranged under judi
cious and intelligent compromise as to
eliminate the question from the mis
erable demogoguery of partisan con
flict. When this is accomplished,
which is the mission of the Democratic
party now supporting the great Penn
sylvania candidate for President, sta
bility will be given and with it all
the protection needed to foster trade
and manufactures for many years to
come, until at least the great national
debt is obliterated. Such a result
should receive the prayers instead of
the curses of all honest friends of the
great manufacturing and labor inter
ests. The frequent agitation of the
tariff question in partisan conflicts, has
ever been the bane and curse of the
business interests of the country.
THE telegrams of Chairman Jewell
of the Republican National Commit
tee, which accidently came into the
possession of Chairman Itarnum, af
fords a complete exposure of the Re
publican scheme to colonize voters in
Florida for the purpose of carrying
that State by fraudulent means for
Garfield. Four years ago Florida
was stolen bv the frauds of n villain
ous returning board ; this year an ef
fort is made to steal it by frauds at
the ballot box. Rut, " forewarned is
to l>e forearmed."
SIMON R. CONOVEK, the Republican
candidate of Florida, is charged with
embezzling the public funds while
State Treasurer. In this age of fraud
and fraudulent officials, such a charge
is of small weight. When a man may
help to steal the Presidential office,
sell his ofticinl position for ami
receive bribes in shape of stocks and
still remain the idol of his party, it is
not worth while to go after potty
thieves like Conovcr.
Cot,. WALKER, the Superintendent
of the Census, ought to apply his test
of accuracy to Indiana and Ohio. The
votes in the late elections in some dis
tricts largely exceeded the numl>cr of
male iuhabitauts over the age of 21
years, as returned by the census.
Either the census returns are inac
curate or there was a very large im
portation of rogues into these States.
GRANT and Conkling and our I)ou
bargained, at Mentor, for the succes
sion to Garfield in 1884. Hancock
and the Democracy may meddle in
the arrangement and prevent the de
livery of the goods, and thus prevent
the crowning of Ulysses the Ist at
Washington.
"THREE cheers for Ulysses S. Grant,
our next King," was heard in a Re
publican procession in New York,
and received the cheers of the virtuous
crowd, who vote to endorse the Fraud
of 1876.
DEMOCRATS, when you go to the
election on next Tuesday, do not for
get Thomas H. Murray's infamous in
sult to Gen. Huncock. Resent it hv
ycur votes.
THE Democrats of Centre county do
not wish to be misrepresented in the
Htate legislature. Consequently they
will not vote for Harris and Thomp
son.
A VOTE for William C. Heinle for
District Attorney, will bo a compli
ment to a must worthy and deserving
young man.
WORKINGMEN, READ.
Troin I In. Nw York "Truth" (I ml.) Oclobur iff, IHhO"
Garfield's Death Warrant.
His lufamoua Letter Advocating an Ex
tended Chinese Immigration.
UK DISCI, A RES IIIMOELF ADVERSE TO INK
I.AIIORIN'G MAN'S INTEREST AND IN
FAVOR OF TII K E M I'l.OVKRs' UNION
ADVISING TIIEM To KMI'EOV
TIIE I'IIEAI'EHT I AID HI
A V All.A RLE.
S|#M ial to Hi ll.arilMlSllll'ltliol.
NEW YORK, October 20. —The follow
ing was published in Truth, this morn
ing. The letter is authentic. It is in
General Garfield's handwriting. Denial
is worse than useless. It should have
the widest circulation among nil classes,
us it unmasks the Rebublican hollow
ncss and hypocrisy on the labor question
through their chief.
(Signed) Wn.i.iwt If. E.-.KNI M.
Personal and Confidential.
HOOK or REPRESENTATIVES, •
WASHINGTON, l>. C'., .lan. 2.'!, 1880. j
I tear Sir :
Yours in relation to the t'him >*< problem
came duly to ham/.
I take it that the i/ucslion of employers is
only a question of private ami corporate econ
omy, aiu! imliviilua/s or companies have the
right to hay lahor where they can yet it
cheapest.
HV have a treaty with the Chinese govern
men I, which shouhl lie, religiously kept until
its provisions ace abrogated by the action of
the general government, and / am not prepar
ed to say that it should be abrogated until our
great manufacturing interests are conserved in
the matter of tabor. Very truly yours,
J. A. (IA HFIELD.
11. L. Marry,
Employers' I 'nion, Lynn,
The original letter of which the fore
going is u true copy, is in Truth's posses
sion. ft wits mailed at Washington by
the Republican candidate for president
to Henry L. Morey, a prominent mem
ber of the employers' union, Lynn,
Massachusetts. At his death, which re
cently occurred, it was found among his
effects.
The envelope enclosing it, the original
of which is also in Truth's possession, is
marked "personal," as carefully as the
letter itself is marked "personal and
confidential.''
CAN HONEST WORKINC;IIKN SIPPOBT HV
Tlir.lK VOTES SIT II A MAN AS GARFIELD?
Referring to this letter in his speech
at ('flickering Hall Wednesday evening,
Mr. Ahratn S. Hewitt said : "Some peo
ple may incline to pronounce it a for
gery. I have seen it. I am familiar
with General Garfield's signature. I
huvn compared it with his letters in my
possession and I have no doubt it is
genuine. If it bo a forgery it is the
work of a consummate artist; but if 1
thought, after examination, there was
the slightest doubt of its authenticity, I
should not refer to it. Rut it accords
with the course which General Garfield
always took on questions affecting the
interests of employers."
Garfield'* Tariff Rrrord.
Fi.m lli PA., Mw urr, October 14, IM|R.
Free Trade has many advocates, and
much can be said in its favor. * * •
Against the abstract doctrine of Free
Trade as such very little can be said.—
tlarfield in r- ply to Judge h'elley in tartjf
debith in the Haute.
"(iarfield, the Free Trnder.''— Pittsburg
Gazette, October lf>, 1 5 77.
"I have never found General Garfield
to stand square for protection. I do
not see how to acquit him of holding
the opinions of his British co-laborers
of the British Free Trade Leagues."—
Congressmen Killinger, October 17, 1877.
Garfield voted for Free Trade in coal.
Garfield voted for Free Trade in salt.
Garfield voted twice to impose a
heavy tax on tea and coffee, and also
for a tax on knowledge, in supi>orting
prohibitory duties on paper ami print
ing material.
Garfield thus voted to tax the min
er's cup of tea or coffee and his school
books, but voted to let in British mined
coal free of duty.
Garfield voted to reduce the duty on
pig iron in 1870, from f'.t to $7 per ton,
and in 1872 for a further reduction of
seventy cents per ton.
Garfield voted to reduce the fluty on
railroad iron from eighty to sixty cents
per one hundred |>ounds.
Garfield voted to reduce the duty on
bar iron 13.36 per ton.
Garfield voted to reduce the duty on
sheet iron from No. 20 to No. 25, 93.37
per ton,
Garfield voted to reduce the duty on
steel valued at eleven cents per pound,
|lO 30 per ton.
Garfield voted to reduce the fluty on
window glass twenty cents per 100
pounds.
Garfield voted to reduce the duty on
all manufactures of wool.
Garfield voted to reduce the duty on
all cotton manufactures.
Garfield voted against the interests of
every wool grower by advocating and
voting for the reduction of the duty on
all wools
Garfield voted for every reduction of
duty on iron, steel. coal, glass and
cotton and wool m uiufacture* made
the last sixteen jears. Kvery state
ment here made can be verified by a
reference to the Congressional Record.
The Huntingdon News says sn aged
woman named Mrs. Mary McCahan,
who resides near Cornpropst'a Mills,
met with a strange and fatal accident
on Monday afternoon of last week. -She
had gone to a neighboring orchard for
the purpose of gathering apples, and
while stooping down to pick some of
the fruit a vicious ram that was in the
field plunged with great force against
her, knocking her on the head with its
horns, and rendering her insensible.
Before assistance arrived the animal
broke five ribs on the left side of her
body, and one rib on the right side.
Both horns made impressions in the
skull horisontally with the woman's
eyes. Mhe was picked up and taken to
her home where she soon expired. She
was aged 62 years.
Colonizing Florida.
SKUHOgg SENT THERB V THE STEAMER IX) AI)
—DETECTION OF TIIF. CONSIMRA< V.
Chairman William 11. Barnutn, of
the Democratic National Committee,
haa isaued the following address :
" To the Tiil/ic :
" When thin campaign opened the
national Democratic committee con
tracted with the American Union and
the Western I'nion telegraph com pan
iea for special rate* for their businin*.
arid arranged with said companies that
nil telegrams gent or received ly the
committee should he returned at the
end of each week to the cashier of
the committee us vouchers for the hills
rendered.
"Telegrams ho sent or received by
our committee have been returned
under this arrangement weekly and
fiaid for accoiding to the contract. < ii
Wednesday morning, October 20, the
Western Union telegraph company re
turned to the committee vouchers, as
usual, for the second week in October.
Upon their being examined by our
cashier to verify the amount the follow
ing telegrams were found in the pack
age so sent us as vouchers, evidently
being a mistake on the part of the
oflicial having the same in charge at
the office of the Western Union tele-
I graph company.
"The telegrams are written upon the
1 Western Union blanks and are as fob
lows:
" ' Itcsii!
"'October 1-. 1 -Ml.— J lon. Charles
Noyes, fare 11. Jenkins, Jr., .hicksom-ille,
Fla.: 1 telegraphed yesterday. I will
provide as requested. Two hundred
each for Callender and yourself as com
pensation. Mak-iiai.i. Jeuei.i..'
" ' 17 pd.'
"' Ki xii !
" 'October 12. 188(1. —To F. II". Wwker,
(collector, Key West, Fla.: City of Dallas
took 150, city of Texas 100, Colorado
100 for Key West. Men on dock in
structed to say nothing about it.
"' 26 pd.' M \rxiiam. Jeweli.'
"'The numerals '150,' 'loo,' and
'loo' in this last telegram mean so
many men.
"These telegrams, or rather the one
addressed to F. W. Wicker, Cnited
Slates collector at the j>ort of Key
West, Fla., tell their own story. The
sun had not gone down in the State of
Indiana, where one of the greatest
frauds ever perpetrated on a Iree gov
ernment and a free ballot were alssut
to be consummated, when the chairman
of the National Republican committee
; and an official ol tfie Cnited States
government were preparing to repeal
' in the State of Florida the infamy then
i about to he consummated in the State
j of Indiana.
"The committee were advised previ
; ous to the receipt of those telegrams
\ that the state of Florida was about to be
I overrun by the rejteaters of our large
| cities. The telegrams of Mr. .lewell
, only conlirm what the committee well
i knew to he a fact,
"The above telegrams are in the pos
session of the committee; they are
written in copying ink, have been cop
ied in a letter press hook, and hear the
telegraph receiver's cheeks and marks.
And this committee defies any one to
assert that they are not genuine. The
telegrams are now being lithographed
and will be given to the public in a day
or two. W i i.i.i a a H. Barni'm,
"Chairman Dem. Nat. Com.''
Iliinroek unil Garfield on the Tariff.
HANCOCK.
" I.et us encourage the harmony and
generous rivalry among our own indus
tries which will revive our languishing
merchant marine, extend our commerce
with foreign nations, assist our mer- j
chants, manufacturers and producers to !
develop our vast natural resources and
increase the prosperity and happiness
of our people.''— Hancock'* Letter of Ac
ceptance.
" I am too sound an American to ad- !
vocate any departure from the general
features of a policy that has been large- i
ly instrumental in building up our in
dustries and keeping Americans from
the competition of the underpaid labor
of Europe." — Hancock' letter to Senator
Randolph.
" All parties agree that the best way
for us to raise revenue is largely by the
tariff. So far as we are concerned, there
fore, all talk about "free trade" is folly,"
—Hancock'* Letter to Senator Randolph.
UAKFIKLD.
" Nothing can be said against free
trade."— * tar field s Speech,in House of Re
presentative*, July 1, 1863.
"As an abstract theory of political
economy FREE TRADE has many
advantages."— Garfield's Speeeh, April 1,
1870.
" The scholarship of modern times is
largely on that side" (the side of Free
Trade). —Garfield in same speeeh.
" A large majority of the great think
ers of the present day are leading in
the direction of what is called FREE
TRADE."— Garfield in same speeeh.
" 1 affirm that the tendency of mod
ern thought is toward FREE TRADE."
—Garfield is same speeeh.
The Tariff Issue.
• 1 ■
From ths Hsw Rrnnswlrk Tim**, Ortolxr IS, lSn.
Fortunately for the manufacturers
and the material interests of the coun
try generally, a Democratic national
House of Representatives was elected
in 1874, but were not able to enact leg
islation till the winter of 1875-76.
As soon as the Democrats were in
power in the House they reduced the
public expenses between $.'10,1)00,000
and $40,000,000 a year, against the
votes and protests of the Republican
Senate and nine tenths of the Republi
cans of the House.
Times began to improve, and the re
sumption of specie payments was ren
dered possible Without any shock to
the finances.
Democratic success made it possible
to place the public bonds at four per
cent.
Five sessions of Congress have passed
since the Democrats have come into
power. The publio expenses and the
publio debt have been steadily reduced
—no change has been made in the
tariff to the detriment of the menufec.
luring interests; on the contrary, mm
ufacturers admit that their buainesn j,
more prosperous than ever; and all
this under Democratic rule, Gat field
i a member of the English " Cob<l< tl
Club. He attained to such a dixtir,,
lion— if distinction it may he called
on account of his free trade utterance.
The principle Republican papers of
the United States favor free trade
the New York 'Times, the New York
Fuming Font, the Chicago Tritium-, i|,„
St. I .on is Jhmoerat, the Cincinnati <
inercial, etc.
GENERAL. NEWS.
Snow has fallen at Erie several in-i,,
\ deep
f'onshohocken is to have a new rai
| road depot.
Work on the Somerset and Carnbr a
road is progressing very favorably.
Water lias not been so low ax now •
the Schuylkill near I'otlstown for thin
years.
John Wall, aged 00 years, was mud,
jed to death by cars at Bradford on
Friday.
Many of the young ladies of Uonneli.
ville are becoming confirmed cigarette
smokers.
The public schools of Hollidayshur •
have been indefinitely closer! in orde"
j to prevent the spread of scarlet fevrr.
Samuel Davis, of Scran ton, wax seize.i
| with a fit of cou fib ing while testify j ne
j in court and died a few moment- afte
! ward.
The post-office at Newtown
j robbed early on Saturday morning . r
$.lO in money and £.';<io jr, po-t a -.
; stamps.
Colonel Roberts, of Titusville, is now
erecting an alpaca factory in that < *%,
and xays that a woolen mill w ill be ad
I ed soon.
The Hancock Legion of Lock Haven
number nearly two hundred members,
i and present a fine appearance wt.et,
! marching.
A Ixmdon newspaper says that I'.r.ai
' ford county, Pennsylvania. U. s.. bu't-r
! i the only article of the kind u-<-.j i ,
! the Queen of England.
Mrs. Griffin, n highly esteemed lady
: living at New Castle, was burned to
I death by her dress catching fire while
she was leading apple butter,
i John Sigler, the Pennsylvanian. who
was injured by the railroad colli-,on
J near Aurora, 111., on Wednesday of la-t
week, is from Union county, Pa.
The new furnace of the Schuylkill
iron company in the lower part of
Norristown, for the manufacture of iron
by a new process, is nearing completion.
George Gassner. aged 67, shot himself
dead with A gun in the Shaffer brewery
1 at W ellsboro, Pa., on Wednesday of la-t
week. He put the muzzle in his rnomti
| and pulled the trigger with his toes.
1 lie Women a Christian Temperance
Convention, in session at Harrisburc.
adjourned at noon on Friday, after
. electing officers and a delegate from
i each Congressional district in the Stale
' to the National Christian Temperance
j Convention. New Cattle was selected
i as the next place of meeting.
Colonel Ben Brownfield, aged 101
years, 4 months and 10 days, died at
his residence, two miles south of Union
town, l'ayelte county, on Thursday,
i t tctober 7th. He was the oldest man
in Fayette county, and leaves a huge
estate, the fruits of his own indomitable
energy, industry and good judgment.
The eighth annual reunion of the
Forty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, was held at Allentown on
Friday, and was largely attended. Cap
tain J. Kacr was elected president for
the ensuing year. Letters of regret
were read from Major Generals Han
cock, Emery and and l'rannan and
Colonel J. P. S. Gobin. The next meet
ing will be held at Fasten.
The piano factory of Ernst Gabler,
on West Twenty-second street. New
York, was destroyed by fire on Sunday.
Only the walls were left standing.
About .'00 pianos, nearly completed,
and a large quantity of stock were
burned. Loss, $80,000; insured for
$50,000. There were 125 workmen em
ployed in the factory, who lost tools
valued in the aggregate at $5,000.
At the meeting of the United State
charcoal iron workers last Thursday
evening at Harrisburg, a paper on "The
1 m|K>rt-*nee of Giving Attention to the
Growth of Woodlands," was read by
Professor T. B. Kongh, United Stale-
Commissioner, of Forestry. Other pa
pers were read and discussed when the
convention adjourned. Friday after
noon the delegates visited the Corn well
fu r naces at Lebanon.
I>r. Martin V. Chapman, brother-in
law of the notorious Dr. Buchanan,
who escaped from the train which
brought them to Philadelphia about
six weeks ago. and who since that time
haa been a fugitive from justice, wa
arrested last Friday night at Fifth and
Race streets. He is charged by the
United States authorities with perjury
in swearing that I>r. Buchanan had
committed suicide.
Two daughters of Joseph Jacobs,
formerly a resident of Bradford town
ship, Clearfield county, but now residing
at Dußois. died on the 14th instant,
within twenty minutes of each other. They
were aged respectively 11 and 16 years,
and the cause of their death was that
dreadful disease, diphtheria. Their
remains, accompanied by the sorrowing
father, were brought to Clearfield on
Tuesday of last week, and the two were
buried in one grave in the Clearfield
cemetery, Mra. Jacobs and another
child were lying quite ill at the time of
the funeral.
Dr. D. R. Good and George M. Briabin,
of Osceola, heirs of Dr. Daniel Houtz.
were in Huntingdon a few days ago
and received the amount of the
judgment awarded in the case of D.
R. Good, trustee, against 11. H. Shilling
ford, of the KitUnninc Coal Company,
tried in the Huntingdon oounty court
at the November term, 1878. The
amount of the verdict was $20,034.25,
which, with interest and coats, amount
ed to almost $33,000. The verdict was
for the price of several hundred tbou
sand tons of bituminous coal mined on
the lands of the plaintiff in Clearfield
oounty. The coats on the docket were
$645..55,