South Penn Testimony. Priavenis, Oct. 9—The Ex- Lio wait, aud sail to moe that he | could get a certain party interested in the physical management of that a uiner, lawyers, and wituessess at | road, mcaning Mr. Sayre, he wonld be i 5 : * y ’ hand in the Soath Peansylvauia and | willing to subscribe $3,000,000. Beech Cecek Railroad injunction suits Turning again to the vegotiations reassembled this morning in the Con: | of the transfer of the tinental Hotel. Vanderbilt's sou H. McK. | fa ‘Wor y 000,001 Twombley, £3, 00, 0 | willing to take A came to Phi ndelphia this | I Sout Penneyl- “When 1 be | vauia, Mr. Twombley said do law, arned from him that he would with his of 3 per cent, lnterest, stipend, thie 8 erbn tesd hat we ¢ wuld get morning, aud had reported his pres. {such a security, with a guarantee ns time before Exandoer Anthony J. Drexel, che Bole i y ! | road, and Mr, Vanderbilt ay Lio had been subpoenaed, arrived in | | The Beech Creck affair attended by his counsel, { of incident rather than a matter of ar- pon and was put uj | ranged nt, » |] | good as that of the Peonsylvania Rail jas arrived, told sO, Was a mutter due John C, the stand. to the South FP Io to Deputy Attorney land Mr. Magee General Snodgrass, he said that the | Beeeb Creek. negotiations for the of the | Mr. South Penneylvavia and Beech Creek these be |, N 200ul Whe Lime, Bulli, You see | was attending nosylvauia matter, Answer was looking after the transier Cassidy negotiations wus there on since t West Shor ?" bd “About tha Vanderbilt | {do with that matter. [ understood { that Drexel, & Co. eJ the matter as to give theNew mirol of the West Roads has been going of July. he said, “I saw Mr. on the subject, He said to me, the sake of peace and barmony he was willing to sell out on a basis of the peace iw begianing “At no time, sir. 1 had vothing time,” for Morgan had [arrang York shure, Central I'he apart in poiut of time.” 0 on By understood him be per cent. amount of money spent per annum . two negottions not Ind and harmony I ! | WHS very ITTY mean that if the Suuth Pennsylvania bh Peunsyly i “ri 3 ' fiat ia 1 ’ was built it woniu be detrimental to |. wbYlav continred wabted the interests of the Penusylvauia 1 tl Ba | were | © tthe i 4 MAter Railroad by taking a portion of i busine burg.” The Lhe ss from Pittsburg to Hanis H. and a dapper-look Attorney-General called Tuo nhley » ] with a 1 tally bald i a} vith & partiaiy Dad aug Closely WAS given a passageway His fac irtad ried was wrealh oe Lhe OD] was first led ove i relating to th th Peunsy the agency New York, through prise Barnes, 6! wi discussed ? “About & vearago a feeling became manifest of a desire on the part some of the syndicate to sell out. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Depew, New Y said they were satisfied of the syodicate would be willing to dispose of thei 1 told them if that was so | thoaght Mr. Vanderbilt be willing to take three per ceut., but | could sot speak for any one else in the syndicate.” Mr. Twombley was asked to give | the, amount. held by he Gifforent | “When the matter had reached the nsubers of fhe Mudicue, Hy Bae | stage which was substantially embod Stetson, the New York lawyer, among which were William H. Vanderbilt, $5,000,000; Acdrew Carnegie, $1,000, 000; David Hostetter, $2,000,000; and a number of lesser lights, “What was Mr, Vanderbilt's object in investing $5,000,000 io this enter- prise?” “That I don’t know.” “Do you mean to say you don't] koow?’ . “Primarily because it was & good | | abroad that Mr. V soderbilt has sold investment; and, in addition, it aided | . vy h undef " other investmenis—the Reading and | wi or could he have sold anybody's Youghiogheny Railroads. Mr. Van. |i0terest. He only d derbilt was in ¥ make money out of n the first had : : i” | ed that he would not part with his in- Mr. Cassidy-*You may relieve | terest except with the understanding yourself of one thing for now and all | that eve ry sther member of the syndi- time—the idea that for one moment | I ever believed the Vanderbilts would | | ty. put their money in anything they did | “At most of the South Pennsylva not expect to get something out of" | mia Railroad mestings Judge Logan { Laughter.) Mr. Twombley started | and Mr. Stetson were present. The in bis seat, and then continued: “My SfFADEements were practically com. own idea at the outstart, when | ad- pleted at a meeting Mr. Stetson had in Philadelphia, and at a subsequent meeting in Saratoga. It began on the 22d of Avgust and broke up at 1 o'clock on the morning of the 30th of | August. The exact character of the security wo were to get was learned from Mr. Stetson on his return from one of his Philadelphia interviews, | i think I suggested the bonds of the anything I went to Mr. Vanderbilt Bedford aud Bridgeport Railroad, of and told him there was that charter Which I only knew from a matter of which the lawyers had told me was hearsay. I said, so far as I was con: good; that I had been offered a chance "cerned, I was just as willing to take to close this matter out. He told me ' that as any other road, provided it roads as termi “Why uthern bro Ltogetuer at Lhetr Mr Michigan S niract 1 goentleme : £ itiemen, ~ dgrass Was that - 1ority . 8 majority ieht your C with Reading 7" interest. . have made a through would truok line from Chicago to tidewater providing the Reading was able to carry out its part of the contraot.” Mr. Cassidy—"Why did you to part with Beech Creek ?” want ied in General Magee's circular I told the gentleman that that would be sat isfactory to Mr. Vanderbilt, [I wish {to say here that this whole thing has | not been a bargain and sale. Each | gentleman in the syndicate acted for himself I represented Mr. Vander bilt, who was willing todo a certain the do. communicated ¥ impression thing, and 1 | others what he Now, there had been to was willing to an something out. disposed ot his own and fre maintain. cate would have the same opportuni- vanced moneys to the road, was to see if it was desirable and profitable as a connection between the Reading and | Youghlogheny Railroads. 1 was will. ing to risk 835,000 to get that infor mation. Subsequently, whea I had paid in $200,000, I was told that it | was tired of making advances 1 had a chance to get out. Before doing ene | guaranteed. | did not imagine we | followed Mr, Twombley 8 “and said would have to take anything that was | guid he danlt]in goss 1 m_N XN. “W | not a valid tnstrument. The York, Phila lelphia Vand ~ Baltimore, and character of the bond, beyond the | guasantec of the Pennsylvania Rail- | ( [ did not we got | road, was av afterthought. care what we got, so loug at somethin of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to way of sug On this whole thing in refercoce security was merely in the gestion rather than arrasgement the day previous to the yacht meet- ing Mr. Depew came to me in New York aud asked what Mr, would be willing to take. He said be was going to meet Mr.” Morgan and Mr. Robirts the next thought som thing might come of | [ bad no idea whatever day, and he At that time “At “what stage of | that we would get a 3 per cont, secur : ye talk ity | “Mr. T er the Bedford and Bridgeport A 4 he un wombley did not know wheih bounds had been executed or vot. derstood it all the negotiations b en practically agreed to by Stetson before the Saratoga mes Ling, aud that meeting was rather for of the vat und ® ratihication arreement securities were all right, and as road has not Ccunsun Twomb ey re fi reed 1 f his testi M YOON Moran and wnd He Wag a n M Va derbilt, «hat asked to tel He at first whether he ought the contract was, to reveal the conditions of the enntract, hat af. ter consultation with Lawyer Steteon he said “It is n contraet of Mr buy from the syadieate their Pen al a certain value, to | interest 4 Morgan io the South svivania Railroad amount of money indorsed on the cer, tificate as paid In addition that Mr. Morgan agrees o pay there. to for certain Bediord aud Bridgeport by the [here are ailroad bonds, guaranteed Pennsylvania Railroad, other thirgs in the agreement—that parties signing the agreement are to be indemnified against any loss should the terms of the agreement not be all right. The amount of money neces sary to relieve the corporation from debt shall d 85,600,000, That contract is sigonel by Colgate & Co. Wm, John Rockafeller, and, many others now.” Mr. MeVeagh—"“When you at tended the conference at Mr. Thomp- son's house had not the negotiations been concluded substantially on Mr. Morgan's yacht 7” Mr. Twombley et | to Mr. Thompeon's house to see if the nego tiations which Mr. Depew and Mr. Morgan had made on the yacht could be effected. An agreement had been entered into in the minds of these gentlemen, and wo met at Mer- ion to carry that agreement out.” Mr. Cassidy—Has the West Shore road passed under the control of the New York Central 1” Mr. Twombley—*I don't think it has as yet’ “You are very hopeful that it will ?” “Yes. Ld J Jacob Brown, in the grocery and provision business at Lock Haven, not exe James B. Rockafeller, I dare say, came name | Z equivalent to the guarantee Vanderbilt | | disadvantage with Williamsport! and | had | Mr | the | did not know hich shall be the | place of hosiness ; but it | are brought from other points that are | not competitive, the roads will not de | people of Lock Haven,” { other towns below us where there was {a competitive road-—~the ‘| with the idea of entering into mauu facturing business, and found the dis advantage we were laboring under as to shipping rates, they from their feet and left.” Similar testimony was given by ' » Joseph Candor, Myron Armstrong business in Mr. rae sod others doing rimsirong Armstr ng Philadel it it Beech Creek region, said that when the Lo phia was formly 15 The York rates is ina cents differ isn Ww 1 only 10 cents wud Lhe sa | portion, He could not get | rate to Baltimore whieh was over tae Peansylvan » Bringing terests and | Penn. 8. los condueling asgaressive operat | Peausylvania agriust the Peonsyl vad there could not WM ! : yi VANIA Railr n basis of harmony, It was part of the general plan that Beech Creek, | ane of the Vanderbilt irritations, was As also Lo be taken out of the way, In August the witness was inform ed by Mr. Roberts that pegotiations had proceeded so far that it was nec. essary to go into details and to en gage the Pennsylvania Company in the negotiation as purchaser ie South Penn. - The Company was scting as agent for the Bedford and railroad only in respect to the stock and bonds already lssued, taining the securities of the S Penn Railroad and the Coustroction Company. The Peunsylvania C nothing but its services in conducting the transaction. Mr, Morgan was to deliver the securities, to Pennsylvania Bridgeport and as principal Oh wath American AnpaAny ‘gave amounting fact, Had nothing but Mrgan’s re. large a negotiation on his simple word, Could vot say whers er in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, The wittness was a large stock. Company, and owned ten shares the Pennsylvania Company. Green asked him op the 24h of Ac gust to act for these companies in the South Penn negotiations, Hal no letter or telegrams on the subject the negotiations, The] witness said he never had any communication with Ralph Bagaley, and the first he knew of the bill he filed was from the DOWSpA Pers, This closed Mr. Thaw’s testimony. hi — ] —— ol Wo” w——- ~=Men's full double sole and top Boot at—=Mingle's, Prior to the construction of the Bech | Creck road he obtained his eupplics | [over the Peonsylvacia Railroad, For | five mnths past both roads have ant | [only been willing to give reasonable | But | rates, but to deliver goods at our | the any Sgoods | liver the goods gratuitously, © We, the | he said, “have | felt for years that we were at a great | Reading. | ,| Whenever other people came there ghook the dust the | rotlen | stands pre-eminently at the head, The | great valae, £5,600 000, and took his word for the | ceipt, and was willing to carry on so | hos ae one of his seedlings is of itself evi- the! counter indemnity was issued, wheth- | strawberry may be summed up as fol. holder in the Pennsylvania}, Railroad | blossoms ; 2d, { of berry ; ith, : | Uniformity of size of fruit, which aver Quick Hallway +0 Only Temperance Bitters Known, Rockford, IU Jun. 16% This is to certify that we have apppnmn Frank P. Blair, sole agent for the / [Quick Train Railroad Waiches wn the toon of Bellefoute. Rockrorny Wars BY HOSMER P. | Having most thors, Rockford Quick Train Ws Inst three vesrs, | offe fullest conf most reliable kasy that can be ohitnine dence as the tire I fully gua / wi yedre, l.Al It. fom, All other redverd . prices, Neo other medicine known so efloctually pure s blood of deep-seated discapes, Millions bear testimony Ww its won deriu! curative effects It Inn purely made from the pative 27. 16nd awed Fobe, Dicuros, Jan, The Rockford wateh rureh 1879, has performed than wey Watch | ever had, 1 curried st every day and at oo th bine it Seem irregular, or in the least unrelisble, * Rook ford HORTON, le, Vegetnble Preparation, here snd roots of California, the oid | propertion of which sre extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol, It removes the cause of discase, and the patient recovers his health, I Is the grent Blood Purifier and i | 3 a Gentle Purgative and walor snd Invigorator of {ure In the history of the ine been compounded possessing Vineoan Bizrens in healing the mat 18 heir to, Apel nt, Disphoretic, Car. ve, Sedative, Counter. wt, Sudorif Anti Bil ous, Bolvent, Diuretic # Ion pr wer rifles of ViNRoam BirTams ex coud those of any Othe r medicine in the world, No pe on n take the Birrens scoording y df a id remain Jong unwell, provided n destroyed hy mineral poison | and the vital organs wasted beyond i t of repair, { Wilions. Hemittent, Intermittent apd Mas | ar ra are prevalent throughout the United Kimien, particularly in the walleys of our grest | niaries during the Banimer Jy during seasons of unusual Lleey mw recommend the HORACH st Dight Tavxrox The Rockford Wate | curatel; ; better than | owned, and | have | $150. Can recom: Watch to everyt timekeeper. cheerfully Watch, ver of ’ { ry 4 nd Ihe Altwraliye, Ya Nutritious i wht “ry teh | mary tlinl oes A Cond a fin ~~ bina 1 ! ly wi ilies OF Other moans, ) This certify Wateh bought Fei very well Lhe past ye oniy twice during Lh is 10 These Fevers: riably accom ane of by i There in no cathartie for the purpose pled De. JW Viseoan Brrrems, as | $20 4 wheeld ¢ Joaded, at the # of the liter, ally functions of Fortity the body arainst disease by puri | 1 3 rT » ” 0 t { gsveiom 1 forcar: gornte w the Soman = and stim rid Liver and Bowels, cleansing fs rit imparting life and fr ing off without the a I THES 5 BAITS ie Bt Boavig 5 A BOLK BG Corian In H . sin or Indigestion, Headache don ‘ SE — a ae AGENTS WAR EDA Hy “SPY or THe RE BELLION @ACENTS, WANTED? f a s the bowe th Lore « male to orp] ania, in young o . WOImas { this Bitters has re of Aas no Cleanse the Yitiated Wood when iia | gh the Wain #3 Eaviption h ft when obwty wied od slag- it when it is foul "SR Lr oR when, and the health eS] f w lusion t Give the Bitters a trial (my bottle is a bhetier a bengthy advertise DO YOU WANT . BOO T NICE, COMFORTABLE of t Ey ele WR In con " nk f 3 © OF MS ne site than Are und each bottle are full directions of t Jat nares Me Donald Prog Co., Prog A Wank: nL SHOE ed MICHELL COONEY'S Well known Boot and Shee Stand, McCafferty’e Build ing, upp. Depot. ELLEFONTE PENNA 5°. HW. ). of Sold by a all Le alors and Druggists. This le berry originated with STRAWBERRIES, ' vaiua! Milier of Bluffton, Montgomery Missour . trected at new an Mmuel eounty, Av'a seedling it al- ention by the unusual glossi-| of and this vigor and strength ness and vigor 1's foliage, before it frunel ’ of grow h appeared in its enormous besring quali has to a still greater degree ties The berries sre uni. neatly round, of formly large size, deep sentiet and of | flavor it Hansell among raspberries, Hent ing qusl what exer In respect to its keep- | ties i strawberries among ] the and Souhegan are Ite fruite has Te known to stand on the vines a week | after becoming ripe, without softening or ing. It is oot only a stand by for family use but for a market berry it originator of this berry is well known as a horticulturist, having originated of al the Martha Grape and other froite He has never sent out pot taken place in the front rank and beld and the fact that new variety which has its it, he has allowed the James Vick to come before the public ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Are you dleturbed at night avd broken of per wt by a wick obi sullering od org ing with pen of put ting teeth? IT so, send al once and got & Dottie oF Nes. Winston's Scorsine Severe som Omsssss Teermina. Toe valoe be incaleniabis, Tt will selews the poor 1itthe suflarer lmmedintely . Degend pew it mothers, there Is no mistake sbhont it. 11 one dive eatery and Jlarrhoes regulates the stommmch and how. ola, cures wind colic, oftons the gums, rela ™ , ’ Bammation and gives tone and cusrgy to thewinle 1#t Fine quality of fruit, great | wywtem Mas Wisstow's fodriing Svaus om Ownage ERTHING is pleasant to the taste am vigor snd hermaphrodite (or perfect } | aertption BE EE ideal ei ithe form and firmness | fansand surses fy, he Unites | by all draggin Lo dred, Ability to remain on the * bottle vines a long time without injury Ability to stand drought ; 5th, scene RANCOCAS Only those mead apply who can devote Dhl wad mf ten thom be Ube work The Toombs nr wen sneered «hoe thes GROWMRRS of a Pall ine of AND ORNAMENTALS, A good oqwartng Tor rment sewrpet ic von, Adve R. C. CHASE & CO. Flhilinda, Pa. 000; Prosemts gavin Sy wit web oente wage, amd bor aed on will ot § apache of goods of od valine, that wil! (tart pea in work Hat will at wore being von tn morey Bates than anytivieg oles in Amerion A about the BUN 08 In presets with ened bon Agonia wanted » iam week, of atl mes, Bor a] the Sm | OF spare Fie work or av ad their own hoo on. Portus for werk are ahondatatvasnred, Don't delay. W. lsiase A Co. Portland, Males dence of its excellence, The valuable qualities of this, new ) Owe; ae Color, ages large; Oth The rapidity with which it forms newsets; 7th, The glossy and beautiful appearance of the foliage, retaining ita verdore until very late in the fall, making it one of the finest border plants for Bower beds that ean be obtained ; 8th, enormous jradus tiveness ; all these qualities uniting to make it the mystealuablemag cet bor | ry which has ever been produced, Grown and For Sale hy Tew C, L. V axDusex Nursuny oy » ER Geneva, Agents wanted! Permanent positions on salary, and expenses paid,
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