THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1889. A COLD, CRUEL STAB At the Retiring President, Delivered by a Disgusted Democrat. JUDGE EDGERTON HAS HIS SAT. He Writes an Open Letter Full of Sarcasm, Bitterness and Spite. Will HE A.YD JIB. CLEVELAND ABE OCT. Be Accuses GroTtr of Forsatinjr His Heal Friends fcr the Mugwumps. A most scathing, sarcastic and very bitter open letter has been addressed to President Cleveland by Judge Edgerton, lately re moved from the Civil Service Commission for refusing to resign in order to allow Hugh S. Thompson to qualify in his stead. Judge Edgerton accuses the President of attempt ing to carry water on both shoulders, and thus being deluged by the weightof his load. "Washington, February 18. Judge A. P. Edgerton, who was recently removed from the office of Civil Service Commission er, has written an open letter to the Presi dent. He says among other things: I was indebted to jou for the only appointive office I ever held. You now declare by jour action that you regret the appointment I, with equal right, can say ti.it I regret the accept ance. Yonr regret was never made known to me by yon in any word or utterance or action until now, at the close of your administration, and on the itay before m removal. Of course, if you be lieved nic unfit for the position or neglectful of duty, you should have removed me long ago, but I presume there t ere prudential and politi cal reasons w by you did not make the removal until after the election. In this regard it would almost seem as if you v. ere willing to play false with the Mugwumps to enable you to win with the Democrats. And here permit me to define the term "Mugwump" as referring to a class of political reformers 'nho have the spirit of re formation vt ithont the common sense and good Judgment to reform, as reforms are not affect ed by unjust personal denunciations, but by reason. AN UNPLEASANT DILEMMA. The result of tho election placed you in a dJemrna from which few people would have known how to extricate themselves. You found a man on yonr hands whom the Mug wumps had declared war upon, an enemy to their civil service reform theories and your plan of becoming their representative in the future would be weakened or defeated if some assurance of your fidelity to their cause could not be secured. Accordingly, it appears that ou decided upon the removal of the head of the commission; and deeming Mr. Thompson a pood enough Mugwump for them, you there fore demanded my resignation that you might appoint him. apparently as an atonement lor jour previous inaction. Mr. President, with dne courtesy to the high office you hold, allow me to say that you are a very peculiar man, a positive man positively wrong or positivel right and, therefore, an unsafe man to trust; and that element in your character, I believe, led to your deleat. Pope saj s, "The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe them selves, and advise most with their fellow flat terers and worst enemies." Being one of that kind of men yourself, you have kept some men of like cnaracter around 3 ou who are positive only in their malice and conceit. They flatter you and have the conceit that would magnify themselves and the malignity that would de tract from others. JUVENAL- ALSO QUOTED. Juvenal says; "There is nothing a man will cot believe in his own favor." You were credu lous enough to believe that you were elected President by tho Mugwumps, and therefore yon permitted them to malign j our real friends and to flatter you into a policy which led to your defeat. You are a man who would not permit your real friends to admonish j ou with freedom and confidence, and as a result you have suffered for t! want of friends, and your wrecked and wrrliriea greatness has discov ered that there is'tfio true success in life with out the power andblessing of friendship. You have believed that your will and power to en force it was above, all powers, but the will of the people, expressed in a Constitutional way, has taught j ou that there was a n Uer and bet ter way than that chosen by you. Having sworn to support the civil service law, it has been my constant effort to do so: bu 1 never did sw ear to support a Mugwump intcrt prctation of it, based ou themonstrousassuuip tion that the commission was independent of law. How many poor unfortunates have been denied the advantages and benefits of the law by questions nevercontemplated byit, and how many expenses have been incurred through unnecessary and devious requirements and practice, it is not my purpose at this time to state. A LESSON DULY LEAENED. You will be censured and condemned be cause you put no trust in your own party, but believed yourseir to be better than your own and greater than all parties. You have ascer tained that the many were not made for the cne. If you can find as manv reasons for re moving me as the Democratic nartv. thrnnt.li an indifference w hich was simplv retaliatory, had for removing vou, 1 shall be "quite willing to remain with you in the gloom of defeat The Judge proceed to give his under standing of the" civil service law, and con tinues: You cause to be placed upon tho Congres sional Record this announcement of a nomina tion by you to be confirmed by the United States Senate. "Hugh S. Thompson, of South Carolina, to the United States Civil Service Commissioner in the place of Albert P. Edger ton, removed." I do not ask you to give any icasonfor this act I know, and so do ton 'hat the only one you could give would be that it was your will, for if you attempted to give any other your own previous words would prove it to be untrue. In my interview with you before the removal you precisely dis claimed having any reason for it except my re fusal to resign to enable you to make Mr. Thompson's nomination. "Removed" is a word of far-reaching poten cy, and especially when a record does not ex plain it I am conscious of this, and deeply pained by the consciousness. The people have thencbt to Know the truth in all matters of this kind, and for this reason only do I address you. I cannot like you, make a prayer for re lief to the public such as the article seemed to be in the Baltimore Sun at the 14th instant This is the first time in the historv of the Gov ernment that an ont-goiug President has fonnd it necessary to. advertise throuch newspapers his particular work during his term of office, andihis claims upon his party and the conntry for approval, lietween the lines can be read the special plea for re-eloction. persons now in office in the departmental serv ice wero there in ISSaT Let me present to you the fact that one State the State of Maine has in one department only (the Treas ury Department) 61 clerks, not one of whom has passed a civil service examina tion, but all found "permanent lodgment" there through favoritism, and were there when you were inaugurated in 18S5, and are yet in office. Tho same condition of things exists in other departments. You will soon have no rower of removal, and the places they hold, will not be subject to your "clearing-out" ef forts. You have shut your eyes to the fact that these clerks have been active and successful in aiding in your own "clearing out" and the poor civil service eligibles still hare the wide scope yon have secured for them on the outside while incompetents are rejoicing within. You do not understand the civil service law Mr. President Its examinations are not made for those inside, but for those outside. Your theory of inaction would defeat the law. You have not dared to weed out incompetents. Judge Edgerton criticises the conduct of one of the other Commissioners, without mentioning his name, and concludes as fol lows: Ham justified in stating one single fact of mischievous distrust and wrong-doing on the part of a "commissioner in charge." Collector Magone, of New York, addressed to me a "personal" letter, thus marked ou the envelope, the postage paid, no indication that it could be official on the inside, also marked "personal,"! and this letter was opened and read by the "commissioner in charge" and forwarded to the other commissioner, then in Boston, and by him answered before the letter was sent to me, then at home in the West From such sources as this has come nearly all of the attacas upon me and, I doubt not mostof the misrepresenta tions of my opinions made to yon. whether they had any influence is questionable. A P. Edgerton. TEI-STATE NEWS. NO BRIBERY IN THE SOUTH. Senator Coko Says They Have No Money to Buy Votca Willi. "Washington, February 18. The Sen ate to-day resumed consideration of the "Texas outrages" resolution, and Mr. Coke began his fourth day's argument against it He declared that he had no excuse or palli ation or justification for the raiding of .ballot boxes in "Washington county, but he did not condemn it more strongly, or regret it more sincerely, than did the people of that county. There were similar transac tions all over the United States. He did not say that ballot boxes were raided in every section; but he did say that bribery, bald and unblushing, aid prevail in every sec tion of the country except in the South, where they did not have any money to buy votes with. And yet he heard of no Con gressional investigation into, bribery in the last election. Seventy indictments (he was told) had been found in Indiana for bribery nine tenths of those indicted being Republicans. but no Senator had risen apd asked for an investigation there. "Who, he asked, would charge the good people of Indiana on that account? Who would charge the good peo ple of the great State of New York, where millions were paid out in bribes in the last Presidental election? Who would charge the good people of Iihode Island, where cur rent newspaper report said that bribery pre vailed to a great extent in the last election? Who would charge the people of any of those States with complicity in those crimes? And why should the people of Texas, and of the whole South, be held responsible for a single abuse in one single county? There were no "White Caps" in Texas. There was no case of bribery reported from the South. In the South there was more muscle than money, and there was no bribery there; while in the North there was more money than muscle, and there was no violence there. It was force in the South; it was fraud and bribery in the North. But bribery was exceptional in the North, and force was exceptional in the South. Of the two crimes, bribery was the most dangerous and the most difficult to provide against Condensed Special Dispatches From Snr roundlnE Communities That Are Tribu tary to Pittsburg. The summer residence of John Huntington, at North Dover, O., burned to the ground yes terday morning. The loss was $30,000. It is supposed the Are was started by an incendiary. Huntington is a Standard Oil magnate. The citizens of Newark and vicinity are greatly excited and elated to-day over the striking of another pocket of gas in the Veach farm. The vein was struck at a depth of 2,256 feet The well is a gusher, and others will be sunk. Harrt, the 15-month-oId child of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Detrow, of WestNewark, was burned to death. He, with a 3-year-old child, was left alone in the house while the mother went to a neighbors. During her absence it got to playing about the fire, and, its clothing catching, it was soon enveloped, and burned almost to a crisp. Maggie Owens, a little girl 8 years of age, a daughter of Jacob Owens, who resides at Wardentown, near Irwin station, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Brush creek. She was returning from school, and, crossing a narrow bridge, fell into the water. The swift current carried the child away before aid could reach her, and the body at 5 o'clock last evening had not been found. At Williamsport the registry lists of voters belonging to the various districts of this coun ty are locked up in jail with the ballot boxes. pending a decision in the judiciary contest, and as a result the election boards are in a quandary bow to proceed at to-day's election. The County Commissioners failed to make out duplicates, and there is no way out of the diffi culty. It is expected that each voter will have to be vouched for and swear to the legality of his vote at the polls. Notices of reductions in wages of iron workers, to take effect about March 1, having recently been made in Heading, Harrisburg, Fottstown, Pottsnlle, Birdsboro and other places, it was learned here to-day that a joint meeting of delegates, representing all the iron workers affected in these cities, will be held shortly to decide whether or not to accept If the reduction is made it will bring puddlers' wages down to S3 and S3 25 per ton, which is lower than for years, and all other employes will be reduced from 7 to 10 per cent The em ployes affected by the notices of reduction number between 3,000 and 4,000. CARPETS -- Drawn Work Linen bldcbonxd Covers, Bargains 75c, 88c, 81, 51 25 each; best styles we have ever had- at these prices linen department Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. B. & B. We know there are :&00 families in this vicinity who will each buy a pair of these Bradley blankets at the wonderful low prices-largest and best blankets. Boggs & Buhl. A EEFRACT0RY WITNESS. Clerk rister Positively Refuses to Testify When Called Upon. Washington, February 18. A full meeting of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds was held to-day to consider the case of the witness, Thomas Pistcr, Chief Clerk of the Supervising Ar chitect's office of the Treasury Department, who last week refused to answer certain questions regarding the collection or receipt of political contributions from employes in the office, when asked by the sub-committee. The sub-committee decided to recommend to the full committee that the witness be re quired to answer the questions, and upon his refusal, that he be brought before the Senate for contempt of the committee. At the meeting to-day the witness was given another opportunity to answer the questions, but he again refused. The com mittee thereupon went into secret session, but just what has been determined upon has not yet developed. It is reported that the matter will probably be settled in the Sen ate soon, and it is the impression that Fis ter will be arrested and brought before the bar of the Senate for contempt Removal Snle. Shoes can be bought cheaper now than ever before. Every pair of shoes is subject to a cash discount of at least 10 per cent. Many shoes below cost. its Cain & Veeneb. ANOTHER CASE OF KEMOYAL. I can point to another removal than mine, beyond a parallel, to go down through history when I shall be forgotten. Before I do bo, let me refer, as proof of your ignorance of pubbc opinion, and not of your indifference to it, to what you say in the Sun article of Mr. Burnes, k of Missouri, as one not cuilty of the annoyance to which you were mbjectcd by the country members of Congress introducing to you rSeir constituents because he always presented his constituents at public receptions. If Mr. Burnes were living, he could tell you another reason which he often told to others, that bo had been rudely treated by you and had no respect for jou personally and ascribed the defeat of the Democratic party to yoar igno rance of it It was necessary that you should make some such explanation for your attack upon tho "wav-back" members, but jou were unfortunate in the selection of your witness, one of the ablest and noblest legislators in Congress. But to the case of removal, which must be come an important part of the historv of the country. I was on the floor of the House of Representatives during the time the votes of the Electoral College were counted, and heard the announcement of the resnlt that Benja min Harrison was duly elected President of the United States but the words that bnmed deeply through the empty boxes of the Ad ministration could not be officially added, though known to be true: "In place of Grover Cleveland removed." By whom, and for what cause removed! The answer is now being made In every home, in every business in the land, and history will inscribe it upon all its records. THAT BEAT CLEVELAND. Judge Edgerton attributes Mr. Cleve land's defeat to his disregard of the opinion and advice of the most eminent men of his party, and to his political ingratitude, and continues as follows: In the statement of yonr- public acts, as printed in the Sun article referred to, is this declaration: "When Mr. Cleveland came Into office he found the departments filled with in competents who had found permanent lodg ment there through favoritism," etc. How canyon say that yon found the departments filled with incompetents and yet retaV all in office during your administration? 1 '.cisa mistake somewhere. Did you not kno'-, Mr. President, that nearly three-fourths of all the NEITHER POLITIC NOR POLITE. Secretary Bnyard Doesn't Want to Inter view Klein Just Now. Washington, February 18. Mr.Klein, the American newspaper man whose ad ventures in Samoa have been the subjects of international comment, will not appear be fore the Senate Committee on Foreign Be lations, at least for the present. He tele graphed Secretary Bayard upon his arrival in San Francibeo, suggesting that he be summoned to testily concerning matters in Samoa, but the Secretary was advised that the committee did not deem it politic or polite to take any further steps in the Samoan matter pending the resnlt of the conference to be held in Berlin, and so Mr. Klein was probably advised by Secretary Bayard. THE FILIBUSTER SHIFTED. Republicans Tarn tbo Tables on Their Op ponents In the Ilonse. Washington, February 18. The House to-day recommitted the bill for the protec tion of the fur seal fisheries in Alaska, with instructions to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to report it back with an amendment reducing from 20 to 10 years the term of the leaseof the seal fisheries, and authorizing any person to bring suit against the lessees to recover 510 for every seal taken in excess of the number fixed by law. Mr. Crisp then called up the Sullivan Felton California election case, and the Re publicans at once began filibustering against its consideration, their tactics being success ful uutil an adjournment was forced. u Used Up," "Tired Out," "No Energy," and simi lar expressions, whenever heard, indi cate a lack of vital force, which, if not remedied in time, may lead to com- plete physical and nervous prostration. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the best medi cine to vitalize the blood, build up tho tissues, and make the weak stron. "For nearly three months I was con. fined to the house. One of the most celebrated physicians of Philadelphia failed to discover the cause of my trouble or afford relief. I continued in a bad way until about a month ago when I began to take Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. It acted, like a charm. I have gained flesh and strength and feel ever so much better. Shall continue using the Sarsaparilla until completelycured." John V. Craven, Salem, N. J. " I find Ayer's Sarsaparilla to be an admirable remedy for the cure of blood diseases. I prescribe it, and it does the work every time." E. L. Pater, M. D., Manhattan, Kansas. Be sure and ask for Ayer's Sarsaparilla. . PEEPAEED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer tc Co., Lowell, Mass. Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. Dfarrlace License Granted Testerdar. Name. Residence. J Jlirtln Balewlcz l'lttsburg J Csssmiera Suchocka Pittsburg 5 Hugh Fulton McKeesport Mary E. Jones Dravoslmrg (Albert Freeland 1'iltsbure J ltosa Kleiner Pittsburg ( Franz Jena Pittsburg ( Catharine Li. Kahcnkamp Pittsburg j Julius Krouse Pittsburg Matilda Bobatzek Pittsburg ( JohnH&ncy Reserve township 2 Lizzie Mueller. Reserve township (William C. Brown Allegheny (Jennie F. Dorsey Allegheny 5 John Noss Marshall township Annie Maria Steele Beaver county J Desire Yannes Pittsburg Katie Korn Pittsburg ( "William Grover Pittsburg 5 Kate Marker Pittsburg 5 Patrick Ray , Crelghton (Ada vrerdcr Crelghton j Frederick H. Potts Pittsburg (Mollie Kearney. Pittsburg (Charles FllcUnger. East Palestine, O. Lizzie Wolfe Knon Valley DIED. ANDERSON On Monday, February 18,1869, at 8:30 A. m.. William E. Anderson, son of Marcaret and the late William Anderson, in his 33rd year. Funeral services at the resldence-of his mother. No. 27 Third street, on Wednesday AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock. 2 BASSAR At the Home for Agea Women In Wilklnsburg, on Monday, February 18, 1SS9, at 4 p. jl, Mrs. Louisa Bassab, in her SSth year. Funeral services at tho Home on Wednes day, February 20. at 2 P. M. BOARDMAN In New York City, February 16, Charlotte Lansing Blair, wife of John L. Boardman. BEECH At bis late residence. Lowrv street. Hazelwood, on Sunday mornine, February 17, 1889, John P. Beech, in his 56th year. Funeral services Tuesday, February 19, at 1 p. M. Interment private. 2 EDWARDS On Monday, February 18, 18S9, at 8:20 A. jr., Alfred Allen, youngest son oT David and Jane M. Edwards, in the 20th year of his age. Funeral from the residence of his parents, 23S Main street. West End, on Wednesday, February 20, at 2 o'clock pf ar. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. 2 HERROSEE On Monday. February 18, at 2:15 p. it., Charles F. Hebrosee, aged 63 years. Notice of funeral hereafter. IRWIN On Saturday. February 16, 1SS9, at 11:20 r. M., Ida M., only surviving'daufrhter of John M. and Martha A Irwin, in the 29th year of her age Funeral services at the residence of her parents. No. 307 Webster avenue, on Tuesday AFTERNOdN, February 19, 18S9, at 2 o'clock. In terment private at a later hour. 2 KRTJT On Sunday, at 1235 P. M., Henry g; Keut, son of Anton and Tresie Krut, mem ber of the firm of J. H. Krut & Co., aged 29 years, 4 months. Funeral on Wednesday, February 20, from No. 45 Fourteenth street, Southslde, to proceed to St. Michael's, where requiem high mass will be said. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. Beaver county papers please copy. 2 LIGHTNER On Monday, February 18, 1889. at 6 p. at, S. Marie, aed 3 years, only child of W. C. and Mary F. Lightner. Funeral services at the parents' residence, 313 Forbes street, on Wednesday, at 9 a. it. Interment private. 2 MCCRACKEN On Sunday mornins, Feb ruary 17, at 1120 o'clock, Samuel McCback en, in the 63d year of his age. Friends of the family are respectfully in vited to attend the funeral services at his late residence. No. 267 Robinson street, Allegheny, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Febru ary!9,1889. 2 SMITH On Sunday, February 17, 1889, at230 p. it.. James W. Smith, aged 20 years 3 months. Funeral from the residence of his father, J. B. Smith, Main street, Sharpsburg, on Tues day, at 2 p. m. Friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend. 2 WRIG.HT On Sunday, February 17, at 450 o'clock v. M., Della B., beloved wifejif Grant S. Wright, and daughter of H. C. and Mary A Cable, aged 20 years, 5 months and 26 days. Funeral services from the residence of her father, Ross township, on Tuesday at 1 p. M. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. NEW PATTERNS -FOR- SPRING. OJcCIintock&Co. Magnificent display of ele- -lV tfbllWU 111 14WVV VWf- - new effects. The tendency is' toward very light, delicate shades. Self-colored combinations are more in vogue than ever. That is, combinations of dif ferent shades of the same color in one pattern. Below are some of the favorite new colors: PEAOHBLOW Deli, cate pink shading into white, as on peach blossoms. COPPER RED, GOBELIN BLUE, SALMON, LIGHT IVORY, TERRA COTTA In many new shades. Our Carpets are selected especially with a view to har monize with the new stuffs for Covering FURNITURE and DRAPERIES. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 0. McCLINTOCK & CO., 33 FIFTH AVENUE. feli-TTS SPRING IMPORTATION ONYX FAST BLACK IMPROVED INGRAIN COTTON STOCKINGS NOW READY. For Ladles, in all grades, from 25o to 81 25. Misses and Boys, from 20o to 75a For Men, from 25c to 75c a pair. Every pair warranted to give satisfaction. Samples sent by mail if desired. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF And our success in giving free instruc tions in Art Embroidery and Fancy Work, after the opening of our new de partment stores, is going to be repeated also. We have decided to make it a per manent feature of this department. During the mornings lessons of one hour's duration will be given to all cus tomers who purchase materials at our stores. It is also ourdesire to establish a thoroughly equipped stamping depart ment, where stamping in all the latest designs will be done while customers wait, or upon short notice. We have a full line of plushes, felts, sateens and silks, with arrasenes, che nilles, rope silks and linens, etching silks and linens, tinsel and gilt threads for fancy work and embroidery. Fancy colored felts, two yards wide, at Si 25 a yard. Half width at 63c a yard. Worsted bolton sheeting, 50 inches wide, at Si 50 a yard. Fancy India Silks, 32 inches wide, at Si a yard. Half widths at 50c a yard. .f lain India Silks, in colors, at 90c a yard. Half widths at 45c a yard. Bolton Sheeting, stamped covers, one yard and a quarter square, at Si each. Curtain Madras, in colors, at 10c a yard. Plain Linen Embroidered Crash, 16 inches wide, at 20c a yard ; 18 inches wide, at 25c a yard. Momie Linens at 30c and 40c a yard. Plain and fancy Scrims, from 15c up to 40c a yard. Linen Momie Cloth Splashers, stamped, boidered and fringed, at 25c, worth 40c. Twisted Arrasenes at 40c a dozen skeins. Plain Arrasenes at 18c a dozen skeins. No. 2 Chenilles at 20c a dozen skeins. Imported Chenilles at 40c a dozen skeins. Rope Silks at 45c a dozen skeins. Etchin? Silks at 3cc a dozen skeins. Bargagren Thread at 85c a dozen skeins. Rope and Etching Linens at 400 a dozen skeins. Japanese Gilts at 15c a skein. Colored Tinsels at 5c a ball. Silk Tassels, with cords, at 15c and 20c a dozen. Silk Fringes, for scarfs, at 20c, 25c and 30c a yard. A full line of fancy Cords at 7c, 8c and 9c a yard. 1 Fleishman & Co.'s SEW DEPARTMENT ST0BE8, 504,506 and 508 Market st, PITTSBURG, PA. SS Send for our Corset Price List and Forget-Me-Not Bargains. Mailed free to any address. Only six days more of our Forget-Me-Not Sale. fel9-D SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. B. & B NEW ADTraTISEJIEXrS. .BLAHKET SALT! Extraordinary. Past the season, bnt 1,500 pairs of S. Bradley & Son's Celebrated White and Scarlet All-wool Blankets will find ready buyers at the prices they will he sold at here, this week, and uutil all are sold, haT ing purchased their entire stock, 1,500 PAIES, FOE SPOT CASH, And being past the season, of course they were purchased at a bargain, and webeliere that there are Fifteen Hundred Families in these two cities and surrounding country who want to buy BRADLEY'S BLANKETS RE MONEY HAVE YOU IWOI Than You Km What to do Willi? -IF NOT- When they can get them $1 to 53 less than their worth. per pair YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THE BARGAINS &&4&&&&b44&&&fr$&&&&&fr HORNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AYEITUE. fel9-D THE NEW CHINA STORE. FRENCH.KENDRICK 3c CO.. JAMKS ARCHIBALD & BRO.. IJVERY AND SALE STABLES, 117, 119 and 138 Third avenue, two doors below Smithfield st, next door to Central Hotel. Carriages f or funerals,?! Carriages for operas, parties, Lc., at the lowest rates. All new car. riages. Telephone communication. mriW60-TT8 WESTERN INSURANCE CO, OP PITTSBURG. Assets ....$S,501 87 NO. 411 WOOD STREET. ALEXANDER NIM1CK, President. JOHN B. JACKSON. Vice President. fel8-o59.TTS TO. P. HERBERT, Secretary. pEPRESENTED IN PITTSBURG IN 1SC1 ASSKT3 - . J907L69833. Insurance Co. of North America. Losses adjusted and paid by WIJuLIAM Ii JONES. M Fourth avenue. 1a20-s2-D MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS' INS. CO.. 417 Wood street, Pittsburp, Pa. Capital $230,000 00 Assets January 1. 1SS9 3(3,745 80 Directors Chas. W. batchelor. President; John W. Cbalfant, Vice President; A. E. W. Painter, Bobt Lea, M. W. Watson, John Wil son, Joseph Walton, Win. G. Park, AM.Byers, Jas. J. Donnell, Geo. E. Fainter, John Thomp son. Wm. T. Adair, Secretary; Jas. Little, As sistant Secretary; August Amnion, General Agent, ja22-46-rrs (Opposite City Hall.) Resident partner, Mr. Arthur B. French. Totr Are specially invited to attend our opening, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, And give us your judgment on our work of the last six weeks. We have everything good that is new in the way of Ceramics. Come on a visit of inspection and we think you will arrive at the conclusion that this is tmi the cuina S Oil! Telephone 1670 Elootrio Elevator-to all floors. fel7-100-TTSu YALUE and PEICE. Finest Trouserings Made-to-measure at, $8. .Merchant Tailors try to tell how fine they are by asking $12 and $15 for them. We'll trust your judgment and ask $8. The gist of it all is You like full value and we give it. On that common ground of liking we mean to rally all the Trousers trade there is to our store. P. S. We have changed the prices of seasonable Clothing, our own good make, and people know it means a saving of money to them. Wanamaker & Brown, Sixth street and Fenn avenue. White Blanket Prices. $S OO Grade at $3 78. $5 50 Grade at $4 25. $6 OO Grade at $4 75. $6 50 Grade at $5 50. $7 50 Grade at $6 OO. $8 OO Grade at $6 50. $10 OO Grade at $6 75. Scarlet Blanket Prices same proportion, commencing at $4 per pair up. These Blankets are all of their largest size3 and best goods they ever made. One hundred pairs of their Black and Red Plaid Blankets, $5 goods at 33 75. BRADLEY'S BLANKETS. Attend this sale such prices, for such superb Blankets have never been equaled in America, and likely never will be again. Boggs&Buhl, 115, 117, 119, 121 Federal Street, Allegheny. P. S. Bargains in Crochet and Mar seilles Quilts in same department; also, comforts. felg-TTS RESORTS. Atlnntlo C'itr. THE ELDREDQE, NO. 18 SOUTH CARO LINA avenue, within tnree minutes' walk to depot or beacb. Large cheerful rooms, ex cellent table. Terms moderate. MRS. E, J. ELDREDGE, Proprietress. fell-S-D GUSKY'S 4rt$&&Q&fr&&&frt&&&&fr44&fr&fr&$ Will offer this week. They are in the store to speak for themselves and the price tags on every article and garment offered speak far more elo quently than anything that can be said in cold type. They are silent witnesses to what can be truly said to be the most sensational slaughter of prices ever known. We've Pushed Prices Down to a Point That must m eet with the approval and patronage of the poorest as well as the richest person in the country. THIS WEEK!!! IS THE WATCHWORD OF THE WISEI THIS WEEK!!! IS THE BANNER OF THE PRUDENT! The phenomenally low prices we're naming will find a responsive chord in every bargain seeker's heart. Everything we offer is at a figure which is a challenge to any or all other dealers of this city to come within 25 per cent of it Every bargain we have for you is "catching" enough to make a thousand people want the same thing. IF YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR LOWEST PRICES, NOW IS YOUR TIME, NOW! You will find high standard value in everything but price. Now, don't you pay any attention to what others advertise that is if they say they undersell us. Don't spend a single dollar until you've visited our store and convinced yourselves that you can save big money by buying here. "Money talks" every time and nowhere else will you find it go so far as with us this week. ALREADY ARRIVED, A MAGNIFICENT ASSORT MENT OF SPRING OVERCOATS. You should make it a point of seeing them, whether you wish to purchase or not We'll show you them, z)Q-4t GUSKY'S YOUR FAVORITE STORE, 300 to 400 Market street, fel7.TTSSU ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. HOTELS, Boarding bouses, cottages, lots and bath houses to let or lor sale by I. G. ADAMS & CO., Real Estate Agents, Real Estate and Law Building, Atlantic City, N. J. f el-D ON THE BEACH. fel6-54 Atlantic City, N. J., HAUUUJN .HALL EDWIN LIPPLNCOTT. THE WINDSOR ATLANTIC CITY. Excellent looation;nnobstructed ocean views; cuisine and appointments of tbe best. Steam heat throughout the hotel. G. WATERS. W. E. COCHRAN.Cbief Clerk. f el7.TTSSU INFANTS' OUTFITS and F felS-D THE CHALFONTE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. MOVED TO THE BEACH. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. UNSURPASSED OCEAN VIEW. Salt water baths in the house. Elerator. f el6-65-D E. ROBERTS & SONS. HOT SPRINGS, N. O. MOUNTAIN PARK HOTEL. Firii-class in every particular. Steam heat, Open Fires, Porches inclosed in glass. Superb Location, ideal Climate fer the debilitated. Baths in Marble Pools. Finest in America; Watert unexcellad anywhere in curative power or luxury. G. K. LANSING, (Lato of Astor House, N. Y.) Manager. fel6-50-D OLD POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA. HYGEIA HOTEL. 100 yards from FortMonroe: open all the year, accommodates 1,000 guests; admirable location; delightful climate; thrilling historic surround' ings. Turkish, Russian, Roman, Electric and HOT SEA baths, thelattercsueclallybeneflcial in rheumatic troubles. Music by the famous Artillery School Band. Glass-inclosed verandas. Average temperature for winter 48. Absolutely free from malaria. All things considered, the most comforatable and delightful resort at which to spend the winter months in the United States. Send for descriptive pamphlet. no27-y40-TUFSu F. N. PUCE, Manager. The Largest and Most Com plete Stock in the Two Cities. Bands, Shirts, Finning Skirts, Flannel and Cambric Skirts (something new in this line). Slips. Dresses, Sacques, Shawls,Bootee3:CIoaks and Caps, Crib Blankets, Spreads and Afghans. A fine line, principally our own make, At Moderate Prices. We guarantee our styles as new, work as fine (if not finer) and prices lower than Eastern housea SPECIAL ! Children's Muslin Drawers, well-made and good shapes, sizes 1 and 2. 10c; size 3, 15c: size 4, 18c: size 5. 20c: size 6. 23c; size 7, 25c: size 8, 28c; size tf, 30c; size 10, 33c; size 11, 33c; size 12, 38c j size 13, 40c; size 14, 43c Special values in ladies'. Misses' and Children's Muslin Undertvear. A, G, CAMPBELL & 710 PENN AVENUE, ' PENN BUILDING, Bet. Seventh and Eighth Sts. felS-Tursu EVERY ONE Should see our large assortment of Plain, China for decorating (hand-painting is all the rage you know). Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets, Lamps and Chan deliers, Household China and Glass, Hotel Ware, Bric-a-Brac, Cut Glass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes and Clocks, Fancy Ta bles, Pedestals, Etc THE J. P. SMITH, Lamp,Glass & China Co, 935 Penn Avenue. P. S. Onr special sale of Kogen knives, forks and spoons still on. brtaj fel7-TUTSU WM. SEMPU?a FEBRUARY 16, '89. WM, 8&MPU&U Greatest Indacemeiits of tk Season. These Prices 111 Hale Room for New Spring Importations loir lr nDCCC PflfiriC AEUn CIIITIMPC e are Pen'nS new Roods daily and want all the room we can get to display them. The balance of our winter stock in this UnlluJ uUULJO rlilU OylllllUo. department will therefore be offered at genuine bargain prices. Among them will be fonnd many plain and mixed materials suitable for early spring wear, which it will pay you to secure at the earliest moment. Come in and examine prices. Double fold plain and plaid dress goods at 10c, HJc and 12c, were 15c to 18c. Double fold Suitins Cloths, plaids and mixtures, colored and black, at 12Jc, were 20c. Double fold Striped Suitings, 20c, a special bargain. 40-inch gray and brown mixed, all-wool Suitings, at 25c, would be cheap at 37c. 40-inch Cloth Suitings, 30c and 37c, grand values. 52-inch Habit Cloths, 45c. 50c and 60c. 52-inch Tricots. 50c, down from 75c. 42-inch imported plaid and striped wool Baitings, 75c quality, now 50c. 46-inch Wool Henriettas, 50c, worth 75c; bet'-er grades at 65c, 75c and 00c, all well worth yonr attention. Broad Cloths at 90c are the best values ever shown in this market, as are the $1 25 and (1 50 grades, we keepthe most reliable makes in Standard Black Dress Goods, and challenge competition in our Black Cashmeres. All-wool and silk warp Henriettas, Drap d' Almas, Camel's Hair Serges, Arm ares, Nuns' Veilings, plain and pressed edge, Crepes, etc., at astonishing low prices. . PI CRU DnfilUI Trade in this department has been beyond expectations, bnt we have still too large a stock, and invite inspection of prices now on all our Cloth Bag llLUMlV nUll III. lans, Newmarkets and Jackets, Seal Plush JacKets, Coats, Mantles and Modjeskas, Misses' Jackets and Newmarkets, Children's Overgarments, Silk and Cashmere Wraps for elderly ladies, Shawls, Infants' Cloaks, Ladies' and Children's Suits of all kinds; low prices will clear them. In same room are exhibited the Fur Mufis, Boas and Collars, marked at extremely low prices. A full line of our incomparable Black Gros Grain Silks, 50c, 60c, 75c, 87c, 51 and1 up to 52 50, which for purity of fabric and wearing qualities cannot be excelled; also Armures, Bbadames, Peau de Soie, Boyals, Surahs, Faille Francaises and fancy weaves at popular figures. Plushes and Velvets, all colors, at right prices. METirlf CDDIMP CflDDIPC New American Dress Ginghams, fine styles and finish; Scotch Zephyr Ginghams, 20c, 23c and 40e. New American Satines, 10c and Ivi-W OrnlilU rHDnlUO. 12c. New French Satines, 25c, 31c and 35c. New White Goods, exquisite styles. New Embroideries of every kind. New Muslin Underwear. The largest stock and lowest prices in years in Chemisettes and Drawers, Muslin and Cambrio Skirts and Night Robes, Corset Covers, etc. Everything for Misses and infants. SILKS. Finest line of new Sprint; Neckwear now open. Bare valnes in laundried and nnlaundried Shirts. Cuffs, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Suspenders and Hose at low prices. MEN'S FURNISHINGS. ISFGreat inducements offered to purchasers of Blankets, Flannels, Wool Underwear, Carpets, Lace Curtains, Heavy Curtains and Portieres. Samples sent to any address when requested. All mail orders will have our best attention. Underwear of all kinds. Collars and i W TT ,T,T A M SEMPIIH 165, 167 and 169 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY, PA.