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THE LAST REVISION.
After what at one time bade fait to be an
interminable succession of changes for
ward and backward, the tariff bill was re
ported to the House yesterday. It is ac
companied by the majority report of the
Committee on "Ways and Means, which is
summarized elsewhere, and argues the
merits of the bill more fully than can be
done within the limits of a single editorial
article.
The important chances from the pro
visions as stated in the last summary of the
bill are those with regard to sugar and
hides. Sugar below Xo. 16 is made free of
duty, and above that grade is given a pro
tection of four-tenths of a cent per pound,
which just about covers the labor cost of
refining sugar. The sugar producers are
compensated for this sharp reduction by
a bounty of 2 cents per pound, which is
somewhat below the average protection at
present. Hides are also left on the free
list
A study of these changes will show that
they are marked improvements. Sugar, an
article of universal consumption, is to be
made as cheap here as elsewhere. The
power of a combination to enhance its price
will be completely shattered. The produc
tion of domestic sugar will be stimulated by
the bounty; while sugar refiners have a pro
tection equal to the wages which they must
pay to refine sugar. This adjustment pro
tects all legitimate interests and abolishes
the illegitimate combination which has
levied excessive profits on this staple for the
past few years.
The final decision as to hides is also wise.
It is well known that under that arrange
ment the leather industry has been prosper
ous, while the production of cattle has mul
tiplied. At present the cattle interests are
depressed; but it is due to the expansion of
production and other causes with which the
tariff has nothing to do A duty of 15 per
cent on hides would have made no appre
ciable difference in the price received by
cattle raisers, while it would undoubtedly
have hampered the leather industry.
The bill is now fairly launched in the
shape that has been stated. That there will
be hard fights over many of its provisions is
a foregone conclusion; and in what shape it
will be when Congress gets through with it
requires a political prophet to foretell.
A COHSEEVATIVE COUBSE.
The course of the railroad yard men, in
presenting their claims to the officers of the
companies, turns out to be more conserva
tive than was foreshadowed by the earliest
reports. Whether by error of the statements,
or by the heated talk of some of the men,
the impression was clearly conveyed that a
strike was threatened t the end of twenty
four hours if the demands of the men were
not granted. This would not only have
been decidedly peremptory, but contrary to
the rules of the best labor organizations. It
is fair to say that the men have presented
tluir claims without any such threat and
are at present calmly leaving the matter to
tbe consideration ot the railroad officials.
That puts them in a much more conservative
and discreet attitude than the one with
which they were first credited. It leaves
the subject open for mutual conferences,
with a view to attaining a satisfactory com
promise. It is to be honed that both sides
will work together to secure that result.
A QUESTION FOE MRS. LESLIE.
In a letter published some time ago Mrs.
frank Leslie said: "I would like to be a
man for a little while that I might make
love to at least two or three women." This
is a rather quaint desire, exhibiting the
lady's ignorance of the great passion. Per
haps Mrs. Leslie did no harm in wanting to
lie a man with three sweethearts, because
her desire could not be gratified anyhow.
But she may congratulate herself that it is
not possible for her to make the experiment
Her sex saves her from a peck of trouble in
this instance.
A Connecticut man has followed a pro
gramme similar to that which Mrs. Leslie
would follow were she a man, that is to say,
he has made love to two or three women,
and he asks our esteemed cotemporary, the
yew York Sun, to tell him how to get out
of the consequences. "Pray, what would
Mrs. Leslie do with herself or the two or
three women after she had made love to
them?" he asks. The Sun has very little
com Tort to give him.
"We are inclined to think that the lively
and imaginative Mrs. Leslie cannot answer
this question satisfactorily. If she were a
man she would know that to make love to
one woman is no small undertaking, and
that to make love to three at once can only
bring the maker to great grief at last.
Alf EXPEET ON THE TUBA.
The Collector of the Port of New York
has decided that the English E. flat tuba
player imported by Mr. P. T. Barnum is ab
artist in the meaning intended by the Alien
Contract Labor Law and so not liable to ex
clusion from this country. Evidence was
produced to show that this musician was an
exnert player upon the tuba. It is tolerably
cafe to assume that the Strauss orchestra,
which it was feared would have trouble in
landing, will be allowed to pass unmolested.
Musicians who come here under contract
will have to show that they are experts and
bo "artists." The bad musicians, the mur
derers of harmony, will be allowed to enter
as.heretofore without question, so long as
they have no contract with any American.
With regard to the tuba player who has
lieeu admitted we do not know that there is
any particular cause for rejoicing. He is an
expert with the tuba we are told, as it that
were a recommendation. Do you remember
what the Mikado said when he heard that
his son, in tbe disguise of a second trombone
player, had been executed? "Perhaps it
served him right," was His Majesty's re
mark, to which Ko Ko effusively assented
with, "It did, Your Majesty; he was the
worst trombone player 1 ever heard."
Now we would not suggest that an expert
tuba player should be p'ut to death as soon
as apprehended, but we think the generous
attitude of this land of the free toward all
the world could hardly be better exemplified
than in the welcome it extends even to the
player upon the tuba. Perhaps the Collector
of the Port was thinking of potatoes when
he admitted the tuba player. There are
tubas and tubers, however.
ME. INGALLS' EPIGEAMS.
"The purification of politics is an irides
cent dream." This is an epigram of Sena
tor Ingalls' making. The Kansas states
man is hardly an ideal authority to consult
upon purity in politics. In fact, he is not a
very good counselor on any subject. He is
too fond of coiuiug and uttering epigrams.
Probably he has a good stock of common
sense in some retired cupboard of his mind.
But he does not use it. Common sense,
judgment, truth and knowledge, he is will
ing to sacrifice them all to sharpen the point
of a single epigram. So he comes to call
the purification of politics an iridescent
dream, and to declare that "the decalogue
and the golden rule have no place in a po
litical campaign," which he com
pares by epigram again to war, with
its license "to deceive the adversa
ry, to hire Hessians, to purchase
mercenaries, to mutilate, to kill, to destroy."
It would not be safe for Ingalls to apostro
phize his mother in an epigram. Chance
shapes the point of his sayings. "We are
not so unkind as to imagine that Mr. In
galls, in his heart of hearts, believes all the
rubbishy, vicious stuff he utters. He has
an insane delight in making aphorisms out
his large vocabulary. Apparently he can
not help it.
Mr. Ingalls' fellow countrymen need not
abandon the fight for purer politics because
the Kansas Senator remarks that it has the '
qualittes of a rainbow. The bowot hope
will not cease to glitter above the political
horizon because Mr. Ingalls throws an epi
gram at it. The honesty of a man like ex
President Cleveland may be ponderous, and
that gentleman's general inclination toward
cleaner politics may torment Mr. Ingalls,
but the majority of men will refuse for those
reasons to throw political decency and hon
esty overboard. Finally facts will stay facts
in spite of all epigrams to the contrary.
Mr. Ingalls' liver is surcharged. An epi
gram of calomel might be a relief.
WOMEN EEFOEMEES.
The women of the town of Edgerton, Kan.,
are in high feather. They have reason to
be. Last week they elected the entire mu
nicipal ticket Every candidate was a
woman, and accordingly Edgerton's Mayor,
Police Judge, Council and City Clerk will
shortly he of the fair sex. The women's
ticket was elected on a plaform of radical
reform. The saloons of Edgerton had de
fied tbe best elements of the community, and
the women started out to clean the town.
The men and the saloon keepers did not be
lieve that women were in earnest, and they
made light of the campaign of reform.
But in Kansas a woman's vote is as good
as a man's in municipal elections, and they
voted with splendid unanimity. They also
took care to corral their male relations and
friends. Victory perched upon their ban
ners. And the saloon keepers are leaving
the town.
In Pittsburg the situation is not the same.
The principal popular cry to be heard just
now is for more saloons. Beform campaigns
are not in fashion. The women are not
moving in politics as much as they did. In
fact, Edgerton, Kan., seems to be ahead in
some moral aspects.
EAILWAYS AND B0ADS.
The improvement of country roads is a
matter which interests everybody. Tbe
Jlailaay Register points out why it is to the
interest of railways to have good rural
roads. "We may quote one of the reasons:
"The ability of a community to get to
market at all seasons of theyear will cause a
steadier flow of traffic to the railway line,
making the dull season less dull and the
busy season less importunate in its demands
for facilities."
Upon the Vandalia system some years ago
it was proposed to haul gravel free in order
tnat the farmers along its line might con
struct and maintain such roads as would en
able them to convey their produce to the sta
tions on the railway. "We do not know
whether the experiment was made, or with
what results, but good roads undoubtedly
tend to make a region prosperous, and the
railway shares in that prosperity.
INCEEASED PIG LEON PE0DUCTI0N.
The statistics of pig iron production show
that the output of that staple for the first
three months of 1S90 is 27 per cent greater
than for the same period in the preceding
year. This is a decided corroboration of the
position which The Dispatch has taken
that there was such a capacity of blast
furnace production.ready to go into operation
on every appreciation of prices, as to make a
boom in iron practically impossible. The
increased output of pig iron also has a very
positive relation with the maintenance of
present prices. A material expansion of tbe
railroad consumption of iron is looked lor
this year, which is likely to absorb the in
creased production of pig metal. But when
production is enhanced in anticipation of
the demand, it is reasonable to inquire
whether the process of enhancing the cost
of the raw materials for that staple has not
been carried as far as is consistent with a
wise prevision for the future.
The retirement of District Master Work
man Ross from the leadership of tbe Knigbtsof
Labor to take a position in Captain Dravo's of
ficii was made the subject of some compliment
ary resolutions at the quarterlj meeting of the
District Assembly yesterday. To the outside
observer it would seem that the charge of tbe
labor interests of such a county as Allegheny
ought to be a more important position than an
nssistant surveyorship. But the functions of
labor leadership are not generally remunera
tive. With the transcontinental roads known as
the great national highway s.the position of Stan
ford and Huntington as great national high
waymen becomes undisputed. If they have
fallen out, the chances of honest people are
greatly improved.
The question who will succeed Mr. Ran
dall is becoming an interesting one in Phila
delphia. Mr. Bullitt of Bullitt bill fame, is in
the field tor tbe Republican nomination; bnt
as tbe district has been carefully kept Demo
cratic for Mr. Randall's sake, the chances of a
Republican do not seem to be very roseate.
Perhaps now that Mr. Randall is gone, the ne
cessity of keeping a district in Philadelphia
with 6,000 Democratic majority may not appear
so pressing as formerly.
That postal card contract is turning out
in a way which makes it hard to tell whether it
is a political reward or a judgment in disguise.
Gekeeal.Alqer permits the informa
tion to go ont that be is very wealthy and very
generous. This 18 calculated to serve notice on
tbe "boys" that there. Is a usnfrnet for them in
Alger's candidacy. But ScnatorSherman coolly
casts the freezing information loose that Alger
got bis money by means of what by the Supreme
Court of Michigan declared to be an illegal
and extortionate monopoly. The impression is
rather strong that Sherman has taken the odd
trick.
Senator Quay's protest that he is not
favoring any one for Governor leaves the cari
ous fact that all Quay's lieutenants are work
ing for JDelamater to be accounted for as an ex
ample of natural selection.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is ad
vocating asphalt pavement, points out the fact
that the loads which teams in that city can
draw on the asphalt becomes too heavy for
them when they strike the block pavement
This ought to be a valuable pointer to Pitts
burg, on the economy, or rather tbe lack ot it, in
the kind ot pavement which It is adopting so
largely.
Railroad and coal strikes are threaten
ing all around the horizon. But with patience
and mutual consideration labor and .capital
will be able to get along together without
paralyzing business.
IT is rather amusing to observe that while
the friends of Hastings are denouncing the
practice of securing delegates and indorse
ments by the action of local Republican com
mittees, and then to find out waricommittees
of various Philadelphia wards are indorsing
Hastings. It ma kes the greatest difference in
the world whose foot the boot pinches.
If the fight between the Beading and
Pennsylvania Railroad results in the extension
of the former to Pittsburg, it will be a welcome
warfare to this end of tbe State.
Sanatok Quay repaired one important
piece of fence yesterday by securing the pass
ago through the Senate of the bill providing
Allegheny City with a public building. Thl3
makes the building a sure thing and will enrich
tbe Northside witn another addition to the
architectural adornments of its business
center.
Hack and cab drivers are now about to
learn that there is an ordinance regulating
their charges which from this time is expected
to regulate.
Who said that the Italians cannot acquire
the customs of this country? The Romans who
clean the streets of Philadelphia have struck
for an advance of wages from SI 25 to $1 SO per
day. The descendants of the Cajsars have
proved themselves able to grasp the great
American idea that the laborer is worthy of his
hire.
The switchmen's strike is held in abey
ance on the laudablo principle that discretion
and deliberation are much better than war
fare. The announcement that the Baroness de
Fontcnilliat who is a connection by marrlago
with the Vanderbilts, will go on the stage as
Juliet, furnishes another interesting example
of the way in which the society actresses always
begin at the top of the ladder and generally
climb down.
Judge Paxson's "nolo episcopari" is
rather faintly uttered through those of his
friends who have selected to enunciate it for
him.
Eeicksoh's explanation that Providence
"made a niistalln in the date" and thus omitted
to destroy the Western cities, is the latest and
on the whole the most comprehensive explana
tion that any of the prophetic cranks have yet
produced, for the failure of their prophecies.
PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT.
Major Serf a Pinto has arrived at Cape de
"v"erde.
Repkeskntative McKinley will spend
the summer in Europe.
Kino Humbert of Italy drinks whisky and
water with his dinner for dyspepsia.
General Miles is considered .the hand
somest officer in the United States Army.
President Cabnot of Franco has lost 30
pounds since he assumed his present office.
William E. Gladstone says that he has
given up forever his old occupation ot tree
felling. BiQSOR CkISPI, Premier ot Italy, is pretty
sure to resign soon. This is a bad year for
Prime Ministers.
President Caen ot is meeting with warm
receptions during his progress throuch the
French provinces.
Emperor William has conferred the first
class decoration of the Royal Order of the
Crown upon Mr. Charles Gibson, an attorney
of 8t Louis, Mo.
Work will be commenced on the monument
to Alexander II. Stephens, at Crawfordsville,
Ga.. early in June. It is to be erected over his
grave in the park at Liberty Halt
The report of a falling out between the
Evangelists Moody and Santtey is without
foundation. They have temporarily separated,
simply because Mr. Sankeys voice has given
out
Ali. lovers of "Tho Bohemian Girl" and all
Irishmen can contribute to a fund being raised
for the penniless son of the Irish composer,
Michael Balfe. Address Dr. Barrett, 39 Angel
Road, Brixton.
News from tho Hague shows that the King
of Holland is in a condition which may lead to
his death at any moment Every preparation
has been made in anticipation of His Majesty's
demise. Queen Emma transacts all State busi
ness. Mr. Philip Saltonstall, son of the Hon.
Leverctt Saltonstall, and Miss Fanny Sher
wood, of Boston, will be married in Jnne and
will make their borne at Chestnut Hill in a fine
bonse which Mr. Saltonstall, Sr., is building
for them.
Prince Charles TitAtrrTMANSDonF, a
wealthy and popular Austrian, has been de
clared a bankrupt, owing to losses at Monto
Carlo. Recently he dropped 900.000 florins at
baccarat Afterward he lost 15,000,000 florins
in wheat
General Mac Adaras, a member of the
French Chamber of Deputies, is an Irishman
whu organized tbe Irish Legion at the begin
ning of the Franco-Prussian War and fought
bravely against the Germans. He is a wit and
orator and he speaks French fluently.
The Clover Club, of Philadelphia, will give a
Chinese dinner to-morrow evening at the Belle
rue Hotel to Dr. Edward Bedloe, the new Con
sul to Amoy, China. A band of Chinese mu
sicians will go over from this city. Chinese
dishes of the most indigestible character will
be features of the banquet some of them im
ported from China. Chorus girls from the
"Pearl of Pekin" should be dratted to enliven
the occasion.
WANT THE PASTOR REU0YED.
Rev. Dr. Taylor Doe not Salt tho Scott
dale Prrsbytcrlnn Consreffntlon.
rfirECIAL. TELEGRAM TOTHE DIHPATCBV.
Dawson. Pa, April 16. The Redstone Pres
bytery meeting here to-day was Interesting.
Two commissioners of the Scottdale Presbyter
ian Church asked that they be relieved of the
services of their present pastor, the Rev. Sr.
Taylor, intimating that it would he for the good
of the church. The matter was carefully con
sidered, and at this writing a decision has not
been rendered.
The Rev. Taylor is said to be an excellent
preacher, and by some of the delegates tbe ac
tion of tne congregation is thought to be the
result or personalities. There has been no ac
tion taken.
PATRIOTS IN SESSION.
Meeting; of the Exrcutive Committee of tho
Irish National Lcngur.
St. Louis. April 18. The Executive Com
mittee of tbe Irish National League met in
secret session at the BlndellHotel this morning.
It is the annual meeting of tbe committee, and
is held to consider tho present status of the
Irish question and transact such business as
may be necessary for the successful progress of
the cause in this country. It is also expected
to determine whether there shall be a national
convention held this year.
Owing to the non-arrival of several members
of the committee, the meeting this morning
was entirely informal and no business was
transactors
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
some Gossip Abont Thinca Tbentricnl 311ns
Gaunt In Tho Wife The New Theater
Literary Actors.
TVTiss Frances Gaunt has not a very agree
able part to play in "The Wife;" at least
It would seem that a young and beautiful
woman can hardly derive acute pleasure from
the impersonation of such a decidedly de
spicable female as Lucille Ferrant. Perhaps
this is taking too romantic a view of stage
work,andit may be that Miss Gaunt does enjoy
the artistic triumph of making people dislike
liucille in spite of her lovely eyes and sweet
face. It Is to be hoped that she does.
Miss Gaunt is extremely clever in the char
acter, though one would line to see her in a role
which would permit the apparent characteris
tics of her temperament collectively suggest
ing amiability fuller play and more sympa
thetic surroundings. Allusion to ber work is
made here and now because in the hurry of
morning paper Criticism mention of her capital
work in "The Wife" was omitted in The Dis
patch of Tuesday.
Cosie of the theatrical people who are doubt
ful of Mr. Henderson's ability to build a
theater sufficiently large to be profitable upon
tbe Jackmsn property will discover that their
anxiety was uncalled for when the Chicago
manager's plans are unfolded.
It Is tolerably certain that Mr. Henderson
will not make the mistake of putting up a thea
ter for the benefit of bis competitors in busi
ness. He has tbe reputation of knowing how
to manage a theater successfully, from a finan
cial as well as an artistic standpoint
Apropos of tho new theater I hear tliat'Mr.
Henderson has among bis attractions for the
first season pf the Duquesne Theater several
of the best operatic companies and a round
score of tbe leading actors and most popular
plays. The Bijou Theater's bookings for next
season are better than this has shown, and a
very large number of weeks are already filled.
It will be remembered that the Kendals are
booked for the Bijou Theater next season.
A ctresees are adopting the literary profes
sion, it seems, as a stepping-stone to the
stage, a somewhat novel idea. Miss Fannie
Batcbelder, who has been writing sketches for
the newspapers, is to make her first appear
ance in "The Gondoliers" at the Globe Thea
ter, In Boston, next Monday.
No reports have reached us of Lillian Rus
sell's progress with her projected book of bal
lads, and the lovely butsomewhat large Paulino
Hall has not yet published her novel. We can
stand the actors turning to literature better
than authors taking to tho stage.
w
hatever the justice or injustice of the
Fort Wayne Railroad's policy In discharg
ing a number of tbelr passenger conductors,
tbe opinion of the public in general has been
from the start that tbe discharge of Conductor
Smith was a grievous wrong to an honest man.
Thousands of travelers who know Mr. Smith,
and have known nothing but good of him dur
ing his 20 or SO yearn of service on tho Fort
Wayne road, rejoiced yesterday when they
read that he bad been reinstated. It is extraor
dinary how many flattering stories of Mr.
Smith in bis capacity of conductor have been
told to me during the last few days. They
would make a small book. Mr. Smith may ex
pect an ovation when he appears upon the cars
for duty.
()NE of the discharged conductors, I am told,
takes his fate very cheerfully. He merely
regrets that he did not receive longer notice of
his decapitation so that he might have lined
tho receiving basket more richly. It is safe to
say that this conductor will not sue the Penn
sylvania Company for tremendous damages.
But there is only one of this kind, it is pleas
ant to add. s
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
Senator Inoalls is quite original. He
has written two books himself, and yet he says
Job Is the best book ever written.
The Erie baseball club attempted to play
ball in this city yesterday. They made their only
hit In the eighth Inning, and tt surprised the
manager so greatly that he has not recovered from
the shock yet.
The man who first suggested the World's
Fair is dead again. This is getting mopotonous,
andlr It continues the originator will uoobe on
hand to givo tone to tbe affair when it opens.
A Georgia editor has purchased a farm,
embarked in the real estate business and runs a
boarding house. With the assistance or these ar
guments he Is In hopes of keeping his paperafloat.
Rev. Sam Shall has tackled Boston. What
the Hub has done to deserve this fate is not known
np to the present writing.
That item traveling the rounds of the papers
about the compositors of tbe Bombay Gazette
killing a snate may be a little out of the ordinary,
but there are any number of printers In this
country who have seen snakes in several compos
ing rooms, but they (the snakes) are not ruth
lessly slaughtered.
Perhaps some Democrats are opposed to
granting pensions to certain persons, bat there
are 6everaLroembers ot the United States Senate
who would be pleased to vote one for J. J. Ingalls'
widow.
It may be a cheaper way to livo In trees, but
tbe Inconvenience of the thing knocks the profits
Into smithereens.
The leader of the Marine Bind should be
Called down. When he allows his band to play
"Where Did You Getlhat Hat?" it Is carrying the
war Into Africa.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has declared that she
would like to be a man long enough to make love
to three old women. It Is In order now for Mrs.
Leslie to tell us why she chooses old women.
Only Watpr Gns.
Chicago, April 16. The natural gas well
which was discovered here yesterday is sobbing
its life away in abortive gasps. Experts" say
that the gas is nothing more than common
water gas, and it will burn itself out in a day or
two.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
W. Cotten Downing.
Mr. W. Cotten Downing, of Turtle Creek, died
at the Glen Rock Hotel. Ashevllle, N. c. on
March S last. A week or so previous he called at
THEDISPAicnln the prime of health, and se
cured an assignment to write a series of Southern
letters. They never came, and news of his sud
den death only reached this office yesterday. Mr.
Downing was an occasional contributor to the
Sunday Issue of 'ins DisrATCII. He was a grace
ful writer, and nis poetb al efforts were f.ir above
average. Mr. Downing was a native of Washing
ton, Is. C, but of late yeirs had made his home at
Turtle Creek. He leaves a wife and Ave children.
His sudden death Is attributed to heart trouble.
Thomas Wilson.
On last Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock Thomas
Wilson expired his residence, Lincoln avenue.
East End. Mr. Wilson was born In Scotland in
1803. He came to this country late In life ana
Pittsburg has ever since been his home. Ills son,
John T. Wilson. Is the well-known iron manu
facturer. Mr. Wilson was greatly beloved and
respected bv a wide circle of lrlends. The funeral
services will take place this afternoon at l'ark
Avenue Presbyterian Church, East End.
BInry Kirkputrlck Thompson.
Mrs. Mary Anne Klrkpatrick Thompson died at
her home. No. 213 Arch street Allegheny, yester
day morning. Mrs. Thompson was the wile of
Robert L. Thompson, chief clerk of the Allegheny
Health Office. She was" a well-known and highly
esteemed member of Allegheny society, and had
attained her 65th year. The body of Mrs. Ihomp
son will be privately interred on Friday at 2
o'clock,
ITon. Encene HI. Wilson.
Minneapolis. April 16. Eugene M, Wilson, or
this city, died at Nassau, Bahama, of malarial
fever, April 10. Mr. Wilson was the Democratic
candidate for Governor in 1838. He was a member
of Congress in 1S6S, having come to Minnesota in
1831, when be was appointed United States Dis
trict Attorney, He was one of the most success
ful ana representative lawyers of tho Northwest.
Ilnns. II. Ilerron.
Hans. 15. Uerron, member ot the Legislature
18R4-5, and an ableand learned member of the bar,
died on Tuesday in the Allegheny General Hos
pital. Mr. Herron was a ripe classical scholar,
and a man of great integrity and geniality.
Anno Ileniirtt.
Mrs. Anne Bennett mother of Samuel Bennett
a prominent business man of Second avenue, died
at her home yesterday morning at 4:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Bennett was 73 years of age and was well
known in the city.
It. T. Glvens.
rSPECIAL TBLEQBAX TO THE DISPATCH, t
Scottdale, April IS It Y. Glvens, an old and
respected citizen of Dawson, died of heart dis
ease at the age of 6G. Hla funeral took place yes-
Ktuni,
MK.triX&-A .
MAIDENS ON A LARK.
Kentucky Bellm Tuke an Excursion on tho
Sienincr HmUon No Escorts or Cfanper
onca Needed Tho Doings of Society
Circles Told Biliflr.
Seven young ladies, without a sign of a man
or a cuaperonc, were aboard tho packet Hudson
as it steamed ont of Pittsburg last evening
bound for Cincinnati. They constitute the first
excursion party of the season, and ithey were a
merry party, claiming Asbland, Ky.. as their
home. Mr. J. F. Ellison, tho gentlemanly
captain and partial owner of the boat, said:
"Yes, this is the first excursion of tho season
for us, and it is about two weeks earlier than
usual. The river is delightful now, and these
youDg ladies are taking advantage of it Don't
you think it speaks v. ell for our country and
lor the mode of traveling, when a party of
young ladies from 16 to 20 years of age. without
a maie escort or a matnre female to remind
them of propriety, feel at perfect liberty to
take an excursion of a week's leneth?"
The reporter coincided with the Captain in
his view and ventured the remark that in no
other country under the sun would such a
lark" be considered safe or proper, while men
tally feeling very sorry for the male escorts who
were not attributes of the week's pleasure, as
the bevy of maidens were certainly most at
tractive and calculated to make the time spent
in their society exceedingly enjoyable.
"Do vou often have such pleasant parties
aboard?" was asked the Captain.
"Ye, we have very delightful people travel
with us during the soason, which lasts up to the
first of August. Of course our passengers are
people to whom time is no object, and they
generally start out with the intention of hav
ing an enjoyable trip. We have passengers
who arc more coneenlal to us than others, and
to whom we take greater delight In showing
little attentions. Tho most trying passenger
we encounter is the woma with the numerous
children, who insists that they are all served at
tho first table, no matter how many adults
must waif. She always takes the Ubertv
of turning the cabin into a baseball park for
tbe benefit of the oungsters. There are other
mothers and children that it is a supreme
pleasure to have with us.
"Among the most enjoyable people to travel
with are tbe actors and actresses. Their life of
continual travel makes them the mot enter
taining of conversationalists, and they are
bright, cheerful and witty. I refer to those who
claim a place in the first ranks of the profes
sion, but on account of tbe railroads we seldom
have the pleasure of their company."
KING'S DAUGHTERS ENTERTAIN.
Ten and Drnmtis in tho St. John's Church
I.nst Evcnlntt.
Tbe King's Daughters of St John's Church
served tea and gave an entertainment at the
residence of Mrs. John Perrincyesterday after
noon and last evening. The entertainment
consisted of vocal selections rendered by Mrs.
J. Donnell Balfe, Mrs. Emihe Young Fricke
and Mr. J. W. Wrigley: also readings by Miss
Kittie Hamm and Mr. Harry Bope. Miss Nan
nie Tripp and Mr. Doyle, tho organist at Trin
ity, were the accompanists. The bell-ringers,
orchestra, composed of the Mitses Taylor and
the Lyons boys, was also in attendance. The
committees were as follows:
The Committee in Charge Mrs. C. V. Bauer
smith, Mrs. John Kenwortliy. Mrs. E. A. Arm
strong. Mrs. E. J. Cuthbert, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Meta
Schmidt, Mrs. C. C. Kelley. Miss Kato Rutter,
Miss Maggie Lindsay, Mis Frances Cuddy,
Miss Jeannctto Taylor, Miss Isabella Blackford.
Entertainment Committee Mrs. C. Bauer
schmidt Mrs. J. Kenworthy. Mrs. Schmidt,
Mrs. C. B. Price. Mrs. C. R. Miller, Miss Tavlor,
Miss John Perriug, Miss Jennie Cuddy, Mrs.
Cuthbert, Mrs. Annie Weir, Mrs. E. A. Arm
strong. Fancy Table Mrs. Fox, Miss Magzio Lind
say. Dining Room Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Maxon, aided
by a number of young ladies.
LAFAYETTE CLUB'S RECEPTION.
The feecond Dance of tbo Society Organiza
tion a Grent Success.
The Lafayette CInb held their second of a se
ries of receptions at New Turner Hall, Forbes
avenue, last evening. There were over 150
couples in the grand march, led by Mr. A. B.
Patterson, assisted by Miss Nettle Urben. The
Gcrnert Bros.' orchestra furnished the music
and the supper was served at 12 under the di
rection of the caterer of the club.
The club is composed of a number of well
known young men. among whom are J. A.
Stevenson. W. T. KanceL A. A. Rancel. F. H.
McCarthy, D. A. McGee, O. A. Corcoran, T. C.
Lindsav. C. H. McSwlgan. A. B. Patterson, F.
C. McCaffrey, J. B. McCormick. C. L. Brink
man, 8. E. Marks, James McDonnell. Jr.,
George G. McSwlgan. E. L. Portman, W. J.
Wiseman, T. J. Donahue, G. A. Malone and H.
E. English.
Gems From Society's Circles.
The last of the series of Beethoven recitals
will bo given this evening in the Pittsburg
Club Theater. Mrs. Emma Bingler Wolf and
Miss Acnes Vogel will both appear.
Mrs, Jarley's Wax Works will amuse a
large audience in Choral Hall. Sewickley, this
evening, for the benefit of tbe Methodist
church.
The St Leo Cocilian Choir will give an en
tertainment at Washington Hall, Allegheny,
to-night.
The marriage of Miss Bertha Chadwlck and
Frederick W. McKee will be celebrated on
May 1.
Miss Sterlino, of Sewickley, will entertain
a literary club next Friday.
RIYtR EXCDKSIONISTS.
Fully 75 Per Cent of iho Nnmber nre Said to
be Ladles.
The exenrsion season is beginning to open
early on the rivers. Superintendent Hender
son, ot tho Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet
Line, said yesteiday that he had received more
inquiries about summer rates and the arrange
ments for parties thau he had during the past
six months. The line Is now running six boats,
and people find it convenient to gn down on
one and come back on another. Fully 75 per
per cent of the river excursionists are ladies.
Mr. Henderson has made arrangements to
havo tbe Rainbow, Kb) stone State and the
Andes run during the Cincinnati May Festival
to accommodato people who may desire to
make the trip by water. The boats leave at 5
o'clock in the evening, but they"will be held in
tho Pork City until rnidnizht A partv of 50
ladies and men from Wheeling will take
tho river trip. Mr. Henderson said that a party
of 50 excursionists was organized In Pittsburg,
and they will go to Cincinnati on one of the
boats.
B. S: 0. MAKING MONEY.
A Scml-Annual Dividend of S Per Cent De
clnrril nn tho Washington Bianch.
Baltimore, April 18. Tho Board of Direct
ors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany met to-day. President Mayer in the chair.
The usual dividend of 5 per cent was declared
on the stork of the Washington branch on the
business of the branch for the six months end
ing March 31. payable at the Treasurer's office
on the 1st of May next. No dividend was de
clared on the common stock.
Tbe board confirmed the appointment of the
following agents: Pittshurg division, N. F.
Apgar. Oastonville; H. Y. Browninc, Amble
side; M. K. LentzHooverville: J. N. Grossland.
Glenwood; A. W. Bauman. Washington, Pa.
Trans-Ohio divisions P. G. Coonor, Whittings,
Ind.: C. W. Jones, North Baltimore, O.
The gross earnings of the roid for March
were 1.961,459, an increase ot $239,616; expenses,
1,383,990. an increase ot J155,0.
Not Anxious for Freo Wool.
Boston, April 16. The Senate to-day, by a
vote of 9 to 18, refused to pass the resolution
to Congress asking for the removal of duty on
raw wool. Some Republicans voted for tbe
resolution, otherwise it was a party vote.
PLAYS TO COME.
At the Bijou Theater next week we are to
have a spectacular revival of Alexander
Dumas' famous romance, "Tbe Corsican
Brothers," and Adolphe D'Ennery's heroic
drama, "Monbars," with tbe talented young
actor, Robert Mantell, in tbe title roles. In both
these plays, Mr. Mantell has gained the ap
proval of our most conscientious critics, and
tbe patrons of this popular play-bouse may look
forward to a series of finely finished perform
ances. It has been decided to produce both
plays, so as to give theater-goers an opportunity
of studying Mr. Mantell's style of acting,whicb,
as those who saw him when he was herewith
Miss Fanny Davenport some years ago, will re
member, differs from the work of other roman
tic actors. Mr. Mantell has the reputation of
being one of tbe most natural and graceful
actors on tbe stage. Seats aie now on sale at
tbe box office lor both these plays.
Thomas W. Keene will be at the Grand
Opera House next week, opening on Monday
night with "Louis XI.," to be followed by
"Richard IIL," "Richelieu," "Othello" and
"Tho Merchant of Venice." It will be Inter
esting to contrast the several interpretations,
as well as to note tbelr individual merit to see
how well a single person can give such power
ful and leading roles in such close succession.
It wonld be a test of tbe vitality of a dozen
Salvinisl
DALZELL R)R PAXSON,
He Thinks Iho Party -trlfo Could be Settled
In TbntIHnnncr The Republican Sena
torial Contestants From Montana Seated
" Tho Postnl Cnrd Tronblp.
IFBOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. J
TXTAsniNGTON, April 16. It is exceedingly
difficult to get expressions of opinion from
Congressmen in regard to tbe Governorship, as
they are deeply interested, to the last man of
them, in their own re-election. A round dozen
of the Pennsylvania members who were seen
by The Dispatch correspondent to-day, gave
vent to a round dozen of opinions as like as any
dozen of peas. They agreed that either Mon
tooth, Dclamater or Hatings would make a
good Governor, and one and all declared en
thusiastically for the nominee of the con
vention. Beyond that they bad nothing to say
except that they were candidates for renomina.
tlon and re-election.
Representative Dalzell was more outspoken
than the others. He thought that Justice
Paxson would be a happy solution of tho Gov
ernorsbIpquarreI, if bo would consent to be a
candidate. Mr. Dalzell had no information on
which to base a guess whether the Chief Jus
tice wonld consent to the use of his name, but
another friend of Judge Paxson, who has seen
him recently, expressed a strong doubt in re
gard to the matter. This gentleman stated
that be and the Judge conversed upon the sub
ject of the latter's going Into politics, the con
versation having been turned in that direction
by a remark of tho Judge expressing regret
that he had not gone into politics in earlv life.
The friend suggested that it was not yet too
late, and that a good time to come out was for
the succession of Senator Cameron in the
United States Senate.
Too Late to Enter Politics.
Ti
he Chief Justice emphatically dissented
and said it was too late, that it would not
he wise for him to abandon a high office in tbe
field of his life profession, which he wonld
hold until 1S9G. for tbe chances and annoyances
of politics. Nothing could induce hlra to do
so at his time of life. On tbe other hand, the
same gentleman states that Mr. Cbaltant is one
of the most intimate and confidential friends of
Judge Paxson in Pennsylvania and that possi
bly the distinguished Pittsburger knew what
he was doing when he nominated the Judiro
for Governor. Some of Senator Quay's most
intimate friends expressed a warm admiration
for Jndge Paxson, but did not believe ho could
be induced to resign his place as Chief of the
Supreme Bench for the chance of the Gover
norship. .
Commissioner Holliday, the popular Chief of
the Bureau of Customs, when asked about the
story that Senator Quay contemplated ' throw
ing Delamater overboard, said: "I do not know
that Mr. Delamater Is or ever had been Senator
Quay's candidate as against all others. In any
conversation I have bad with him, he has never
said one word that would lead me to believe
that be had a particular favorite among several
persons named for the place. I do not think
be has interfered In the fight and as between
Delamater and Hastings, he has apparently
treated both with equal consideration. The
most ot this trouble, whatever trouble there is.
Is due to those whose chief aim in life is to
make trouble.
Chief Henry, of tho Division of Indian Ac
counts, of the Treasury Department also an
intimate friend of Senator Quay, declared like
Commissioner Holliday. that he had never
heard the Senator express a preference for anv
candidate, and he was certain that tho Senator
would be satisfied with any good man who
could win. One thing which may be stated
plainly is that Mr. Delamater's own friends
are much concerned in regard to the charges
made asainst him bv Mr. Emerv, and several
of these to-day said with emphasis, that if be
did not speedily and satisfactorily answer
charges which were so direct and explicit he
must be retired from tbe Gubernatorial race.
No opponent of Senator Delamater has ever
expressed himself more strongly in this direc
tion than persons who are friends of both
him and Senator Quay did to tbe correspondent
of The Dispatch to-day. They apeak with
much feeling and much regret but with much
firmness and emohasis.
The Postal Card Trouble.
"A L" Dagqett, tbe Brooklyn politician,
was the lowest bidder for the contract to
furnish postal cards to the people of the United
States. Ever since he began to send out the
pasteboards for those little missives for a cent
be has been in hot water about something.
General Hazen, the Third AssistantPostmaster
General, has insisted that every single card
should be as good as the terms of the contract
prescribed. On the other band, it has been
charged that the General's solicitude was en
couraged by the fact that he favored another
factory than that from which Mr. Daggett sup
plied himself with cards. This was by w ay of
revenge.
It is certain that the cards did not come np
to the prescriptions of the contract, and thou
sands, and even millions, of them were rejected
and thrown back upon Mr. Dagzett's bands.
They were a dead loss to Mr. Daggett and he
refused to pay the manufacturers, the Wilkin
son Paper Company, for them. Late last even
ing the Wilkinsons, through their attorney,
attached $10,000 worth of stockin thewarebouse
of Mr. Daggett, but for some roason a release
was secured in a short time. For two weeks
Mr. Daggett has been getting bis supply of
cards from tbe Rus-ells, in Boston, and the
auality has been entirely satisfactory to the
ovcrnment Of course the Wilkinsons are
wrathy, and are circulating all sorts of stories
suggestive of a big scandal tbat Is brewing
somen here, but few can be round who take any
stock in them. Mr. Daggett seems to have
made his peace with the Department by his
change of manufacturers, hut just how be will
come out with the Wilkinsons is not yet clear.
i
Secretnry Wlndnm's Explanation.
Cecretary Windom to-day made the follow
ing reply to a question addressed to him
by Senator Plumb: "Tbe operations of the
Treasury Department have not been conducted
with a view to controlling the finances of tho
country, but In pursuance of a fixed policy to
produce the least possible disturbance of tho
natural current oi eveuis. int purpose at ino
Secretary has been and is to pay out for bonds
all the availablo surplus as rapidly as possible.
In pursuance ot tnis policy and with a view to
keen tho money in circulation to the fullest ex
tent practicable, purchases of bonds were so
freely made tbit on January 'J the available
balance of nnbllc funds had been reduced to
less than $20,000,000. and this entire amount,
as well as further sums amounting to
about S18 000.000 were on deposit in national
bank". From this it will be seen that tho en
tirp surplus and $18,000,000 in addition were in
circulation. In view of thisfactand of the dis
bursements to he made it was not deemed pru
dent to draw further upon the reserves in the
Treasury, therefore the pnrchases of I per
cent bonds were temporarily suspended, and
Governmentpurchases for atim were confined
to i per cent bonds. On the Cth of March,
when purchases ot 4 per cent bunds were re
sumed, tbe available surplus had reached
$29,000,000. the whole or which was on deposit
in national banks. The amount now on de
posit in national banks is about $3,000,000 moro
than the entire availablo surplus."
w
Tho Montana Contest Settled.
Tn the Senate tbe Montana contested election
case was again taken np. The vote was
taken nn the resolutions declaring Clark and
Maglnnis not entitled to seats; and tho resolu
tion was agreed to yeas, 3S; nays, 19 Barber,
Georce. Kenna and Walthall voting with tne
Republicans In the affirmative. Mr. llutler
offered as a substitute for tbe two resolutions
declaring Sanders and Power entitled to seats,
the following: "Resolved, That it is the judg
rhent of tbe Senate tbat there has been no
choice of United Senators front the State of
Montana." The substitute was rejected by a
party vote yeas, 23; nays, 31.
Tbe resolutions declaring Wilbur F. Sanders
and Thomas C Power, "entitled upon tho
merits of the case to scats in the Senate from
the State of Montana were agreed to by a ' tnct
party vote yeas 32, nays 26. Messrs.' Sanders
and Power were immediately (with some
demonstrations of aDnlause from tbe galleries)
escorted to the clerk's desk by Senators Hoar
and Washburn; tbe oath of office was admin
istered to them by the Vice President and
after a brief executive session the Senate ad
journed. CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
Westmoreland Republican Politicians Pre
paring for a Lively Campaign.
.SPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
, QBEENSBnito, Pa., March 16. Chairman
Reed, of the Republican County Committee,
has notified the candidates of his party to meet
on the 29th of this month for the purpose of
fixing a tlmo for holding the primaries. This
action has caused a flutter among tbe candi
dates, and interest centers in tbe candidates for
Congress. Colonel Huff, father of the district,
is in tho race to win. He will have a formid
able antagonist in Major 8. V. Shaw, now hold
ing the position of County Commissioner. Mr.
Shaw ii a highly educated and Doilsbed gentle
man, and has a strong following among the
working classes. He is an eloquent speaker,
and his associations with tbe flint glass business
would make bira a formidable candidate wiih
tbe glasswnrkers of the district Colonel Huff
has a strong hold on tbe party worker., has bad
the indorsement of the connty, and s'ands an
excellent show for the countyand district nom
ination. Tbe young men, however, will support Shaw;
but against this is tbe vote of the tanners and
business men. Mr. Shaw was pooular as a
Commissioner, but this was not the field for a
Ertfper display of his abilities. His candidacy
as caused some commotion in not only politi
cal, nut in social, circles.
ODE ROAD FXPF.DITI0N.
The Result Looked for Eagerly The Trip
Abounds With Records of Repair and
Fnrcbase of New Rape Providence
Helping; Wallers Good Roads Would
Prove a Dlesslnc to Candidate?.
From the Harrlsburg Telegraph.i
Tns Pittsbcko Dispatch, a most enter
prising and entertaining newspaper, has started
out an expedition to investigate tbe country
roads of the State. This is a stupendous under
taking, that Is if The Dispatch proposes to
make a thorough and complete investigation,
and tho result of The Dispatch corps' search
will be looked for very eagerly. If The Dis
patch people want to see a country road, than
which there is no worse all the State over, it
should come to Harnsburg and send its re
porters out over the Linglestown road- It
would then see what is a shame and burning
disgrace to the people who have had charge of
that road, and against which a public meeting
has been held to demand that it no longer bo
permitted to exist There arc other roads in
Dauphin and Cumberland, York and Franklin
counties that are equally as bad, but we have a
commission now to codify and arranse a road
law for the control of all the roads in tbe State,
and In due time say half a dozen years v,e
mat be happy yet with fairly respectable roads.
TnE Dispatch, while it is about it, might also
ascertain the sentiment of the people as to
whether it is best to pay road tax direct or to
permit the taxable to work it out on the road.
Medina; With Plenty of Adventure.
Eochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The road exploring expedition sent out by
TnEFrrrSBUKQ Dispatch is meeting with
plenty of adventure. The diary kept by its
chief abounds with records of repair and of the
purchase of rope with which to get the wagon
out of mud holes. Near Canonsburg a caravan
of five canvas wagon3 was met They formed
tbe outfit of three families from Illinois, once
prosperous farmers, now practically gypsies.
They slept in their wagons at niulit, and in tbo
daytime the women begged from farm to farm
that is, two of them did. for the third one Was
sick unto death in ono of tbe wretched vehicles.
The emigrants had been thiee weeks on the
way and had found comparatively good roads
until they entered Pennsylvania. Thereafter
they had endured a terrible struggle with tbe
mud. They hoped fo find employment and
hOmes"in Pittsburg. Tun DisPATcn party
struck an excellent piece of road in Washing
ton county, although they passed through five
toll-gates in 3d miles. It was a part of the old
national road constructed by the Government
at the instigation of Henry Clay. The Dis
patch man calls It a "magnificently preserved
highway."
Never Too I.ntp to Mend.
From the Philadelphia lnqulrer.3
The Pittsburo Dispatch has fitted out
an exploring expedition, consisting of a stout
Studebaker wagon, built expressly for tbe pur
pose, several horses and a Special Commis
sioner, who will test by practical experience
the condition of the country roads of Pennsyl
vania. The expedition has started .Eastward.
Like the Greely relief expedition, it is a little
lato in getting-under way. Providence is mak
ing good roads at 4 rapid rate just at present
A month ago tbe trip would have been a peril
ous one, as it will be again 11 months hence.
Candidates and Country Roads.
Vnlontown Genius of Liberty.
The people of the towns uouldbo pleased to
see the country roads improve. The candidates
have canvassed all of tbe people in the towns,
and if the roads would only get passable they
would swoop down upon the country people
and those in town would get a rest. This may
be a selfish reason for desiring better roads,
but the number of candidates is large and still
increasing, and when said candidates can get at
best a small part of tbo voters at one time, it Is
pretty bard on tbat particular part
V
SHE RETURNED TO THE SPIRITS.
Henry H. Grnlinm'ii Rcnson for Leavlnc
Ills Wife, One of IliB UnnRs Sistrr.
Chicago. April 16. An answer was filed by
Henry H. Graham to-dayto the suit for divorce
of his wife, Mary E. Graham, one of tbe Bangs
sisters, of spiritualist fame. Mrs. Graham has
twice sued Graham for divorce. The first tlmo
there was a reconciliation, but it did not last
long. Mrs. Graham charges tbat Graham pre
tended to marry her in New York before a Jus
tice of the Peace, and it was not until a year
afterward that Bhe discovered tho "Justice"
was a friend of Graham's, and bad no author
ity to marry anyone. Graham subsequently
married ber legally, but treated her with great
cruelty, she averred, compelling ber to twice
leave him. On the first occasion when she first
sued blm she secured a writ of ne exeat, pre
venting his leaving thu State. She said he de
posited $3,500 in bonds in bank in their joint
name as a guaranty that he would not ueparr.
but tb it he went bac'k on this agreement and
fled to Peru. She was unable, however, to get
the bonds. 0
Graham denies having fled to Peru, and
denies tbat the woman is his wife. He says
she is a spiritallst who induced credulous
and simple-minded persons to pay money to
have her communicate with their friends in the
other world. Mr. Graham says his wire says
Spiritualism was trickery, and that she besrgrd
him not to expose her. He put up tbe bonds
conditioned on her giving up her fraudulent
practices and living an honest life, but sho re
turned to the seance, trance and medium busi
ness, and he pulled tho string attached to the
bonds and landed them bacs in his pocket.
He saj he was never married to May and
prays to be "hence dismissed without costs or
dav."
PRACTICAL INYKNTOKb' IDEAS.
New and Tfsrfnl Mechanical Devices Cov
ered br V. S. Patents.
Patents issued to Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia inventors on Tuesday, April 15,
1S90. From U. D. Levis, patent attorney. No.
131 Fifth avenue, Tittsburg:
,1. II. Bentlev, Union City, l'a., car conplln?:
Carl lilschult, Allegheny, bindlnjr plates for brirk
walls; Wofford Brown, I'arkcrsburg, W. Va.,
puzzle; II- A. Callahan, Bradford, torpedo and
torpedo detonator; Harry Ktherldjrc. Plttsburjr,
balance pen for autographic telegraphs; H. W
French, Allegheny, felting machine: Marcus
Garrison. Mono Church. Pa., welding compound:
(5. A. Homes, Dayton. O., violin case; Wm. II.
Hanells, Bridgeport, O.. reducing railway rails;
Hiram Huflman. Arcadia. O., fence: Milium
Jackson, Allegheny, machine for applying fit
tings and trimmings on tubular articles: J. 8.
Krlcl.. Conneautville, anti-rattler for thill
couplings: A.J. Kuehu I)l 1 it., witer motor;
E. A. Lclnard, l!ran, 0., wagon body and stake
holder: 1 Z. Llppltt. Zin villi1, (lrruiar knit
ting machine; 11. J. Lloyd, yaluslmr. fa.,
vignette: Edwin W. l.nce. llndr-ri gauge
cock.valve. safety car brake; H. L,. Moyer, bhlck
slilnncr, l'a., vthifflctVce; 1'. I', lieticr, -inancl.i,
O.. sash cord f istener; J. M. Kohm, Grapsville,
kettle supporter: J. J. schadr, APentoun. axle
nut; Can Sehmeiscr. Itradford, mom y wranpr:
W . S. zrnyder, Wapasaneta, O., churn; James
II. Waldrou, Urbanu, hay rake and shocker: Junu
I. Woolley. Golden. O.. potato harvester: Thumas
Young, Uradrord, wremh: Weoley loung, Day
ton, O., Implement for planting hedges.
MONTOOTII POPULAR IN LYCOMING, V
Ho Slay Get Its Yotrs, Althonch tho Dele
gates Arc Instrncted for McCormick.
tFFSCIAL TEI.XOKAM TO Till DISPATCFI.I
WiLLiAJisroKT. Pa.. April 16.- Tho Lycom
ing County Republican Convention met hero
this afternoon. Emerson Collins, of WHlIams
porr, D. B. Dykeus, of Muncy, and George
Ramidell, of Jersey Shore, were elected dele
gates to tho State Convention. Resolutions
were unanimously adopted indorsing the ad
ministration of President Harnon. the course
of Speaker Reed, and instructing tho delegates
to vote for Congressman Henry C. McCormick
for Governor.
Majer E. A. Montootb. of Pittsburg, was in
tho city, but was not in the convention. After
the meeting was an journed he held an open air
levee on the Court House lawn, shaking hands
with hundreds of old and new acquaintances.
The Republicans of this county have a very
warmfeelius; for his candidacy, and he may
eventually get some, or all. of Its delegates.
Had the convention been held a month or two
later, the delegates would doubtless have been
Instructed for him.
A LABORER'S LUCK.
John Devlin's Grateful Cousin Bequeaths
Him naif a million Dollars.
1SPXCIAL TELIOBAK TO THE DISPATCH.!
NEW CASTLE, April 16. John Devlin, of
West New Castle, received a letter to-day from
a firm of Boston lawyers, stating that a cousin
of bis bad died in Ohio, and bad left him all his
property, amounting to S500,000.
Mr. Devlin is a poor man, and has for years
been a laborer In Rancy & Berger's furnace,
this city. He has employed attorneys here,
and will probably leave for Boston in a few
days. He had rendered the consin a great
kindness some years ago, and at the time tbe
cousin had Informed Mr. Devlin that he would
rememberhim in bis will.
CUKI0US CONDKJiSATIONS. -f
There are 180 ex-convicts living ia
Leavenworth, Kan.
Two Indians near Boyne City, split and
piled 5H cords of maple wood one day last
week.
A hen at Conestoga, in Lancaster county,
has distinguished herself by laying nine double
yolk eggs.
Colonel Flagler, the St. Augustine
money king, has just paldhe doctor for attend
ing his daughter SJO.WiO.
Cincinnati's lamp posts were recently
draped with crape in memory or a deceased di
rector of the gas company.
Two Italian prospectors took out 5400
worth of gold from a small pocket near Jack
son. Amador county, last week.
The other day a woman wa fined at2m
poria, Kan., for uain profane language, and a
preacher was sued for his board bill.
Three Angora goats owned by Mr.
Illckathicr. of Drain, Ore., were sheared re
cently whose fleeces weighed 195 pounds.
A big squirrel hunt was held in the
neighborhood of Latah, Wash., and it resulted
in the deiib of nearly 1,000 of the little pests.
George Brown, a Flat Itock farmer, 80
years old, has beeu licenced to marry Mrs. f
Catherine Burgess, aged 5a. of Asb, Monroe
county.
A Colorado man bought a sack of wheat
to feed his chickens. Inside tho sack he found
a $5 and a $10 guld piece. Some men have riches
thrust upon them.
A man living near Barning, Ga., has
in his possession two family relics, one a seven
gallon jag that has been in tbe family 89 years,
tbe other a blowing horn whicn has been m the
family 63 years.
An artesian well on Charles Smith's
farm, near Anaheim, Cal., is constantly throw
ing out small ti-b. Smith has built a number
of ponds that he will stock with the fish sup
plied from nature's laboratory.
Minnie Bush, a 15-year-old girl, recent
ly arrived at Colfax, Wash., from eight miles
up the river, bearing in ber arms a little babv
sister 9 montns old. The two bad beenlett
homeless by the death of their mother.
Paris cab fares will noloncer be a franc
and a half for all distances, but the distance is
to be accurately measured bv an apparatus in
the cab, and the charge is to be 75 cents for the
first kilometer and 25 cents per kilometer for
any farther distance.
As an instance of the loss of stock in the
John Day section, Oregon, it is related tbat two
piles of dead horses were found on Bride creek,
oneol 18 and the other of nine bead. Iheyhad
evidently huddled together to escape the cold
and perished one by one.
While a colored woman was walking
along the road in Marlboro, N. C, her clothes
caught fire from a spark from tho pipe which
she was smoking, and before assistance could
rcath her the fl tines bad so badly burned her
that death resulted in a few minutes.
. "Uncle Billy" Powers, formerly a Bap
tist clergyman, is tbe only living Georgian who
cast a vote for Lincoln in I860. One other voter
in the State was for Lincoln at the time, bnt be
was killed during the war. Powers was a
Blaine elector in 1S31 and is now a census
supervisor.
An official stenographer of the German
Imperial Parliament has calculated tbe exact
rapidity of speech of some of tho most cele
brated German statesmen. Rickert, a leader
of the free trado Independents, bo says, talks
in a minute 153 words; Count Herbert Bis
marck, 144. and btumm, tbe coal baron, 113.
A '"congress of beauty" is to beheld in
Rome in May. Only Roman ladies of "tbe
strict four grand branches, viz., brnnette,
blonde, auburn red and flaxen," will be al
lowed to compete, and they must be between
the ages of 16 anil 25. There will be only two
prizes, the first $2,000, and ihe second $1,000.
The annual catch of fish on the Euro
pean ana Notth American coasts is computed
by a German statistician to amount to loO.OOO
tons. A ton of fish corresponds with 23 sheep
in weight and with 20 sheep in nourishing
power. Therefore the total European and
North American catch equals in number 4
000,000 sheep, and in nourishing power 30.000.0UO.
An interesting feature of the 'Washing
ton Medical Mnseum is said to be a pair of
"shattered skulls. They look as though they
bad interfered in a locomotive collision. They
originally belonged to a couple of plncky
darkies who loved the same Venus. They
agreed to fiht a duel with their heads and the
survivor take tho girl. Neither of them re
membered anything after tbe first butt
A maker of stoppers for beer bottles,
with a suit for infringement before the United
States Court gave some notion of the immense
business done in bottled beer, by stating that
there w ere 30.00,( CO of his stoppers alone In nso
in the United States. They are of course used
over and over again, though it is not improb
able tbat one-half of them may be, for one
reason or another, nut ot continuous use.
Experiments have been recently carried
on at Toulon with a view of determining to
what extent accuracy of aim could be attained
at uigbt with tbe use ot an electric light. A
gun was mounted on a revolving platform,
which also carried an electric projector. The
tarcct was fixed at a distance of between tbreo
and four kilometers, and it was found tbat the
samp accuracy could be obtained under those
conditions as during daylight.
Bridget Doody, probably the oldest
woman in the United States, recently cele
brated ber UStli birthday at her home in Min
eral Point, Wis. She was born in County Wex
ford. Ireland, according to an authenticated
copy of her baptismal record, April 2. 1772, and
has been a resident of Galena and Wisconsin
for a period of CO years. She is in apparent
trood health and in the possession of all ber
faculties to a wonderful degree.
A "widow" in Utica, X. Y., upon an
swering the door bell Saturday afternoon was
startled at tho appearance of a full-bearded
man, who recalled to her memory visions of her
early married life and then caught her in bis
arms and showered kisses upon ber still band
somo face. It was ber first bnband. Arnold,
o. after an absence of 25 years, had come
back to ask forgiveness and bp reinstated as the
head of tho family. The connle arc now living
happilv together and nitenl removing to
Arnold's home In Indiana in a few davs. The
wife had long thought her husband dead.
AVhile seated on his horse at the depot
in Westminster, N. C a tram rolled up, at
which the hor-e became so frightened that ho
backed upon the rotten plank covering of an
old well, which broke and let both horse and
rider through. An old rail was sticking in the
muddy bttom. on which tho h,rso was im
naled. His struggles were fearful, and his
rider, who, strange to say, did not get unseated,
had a narrow escape from being crushed to
death. As it was bo was severely hurt before
bein rescued. The well was 40 feet deep and
tho horse died before be could be pulled out
WITH THE SHARP ESD UP.
When a yonng man loses his heart to
soineglrt be usually loses bis nerve at the same
time. Terre Haute Express.
Some speakers prefer to talk in the open
air. It is the only way they can induce people to
hear them out Xonkers Statesman,
Jndge How dare you come into conrt so?
Take your hat off.
Accused But Judge, you know 1 am no
stranger here. tlleQcrule Ulnetter.
"I shall forbid Clarence to enter my
house," said papa, sternly.
"Would you break the boy's heart?"
"Ho; I'd break his neck." Sew York Sun.
Brown Why do you go so far away from
home. Koblnson, to spend your vacation?
liobliison Because 1 want to be mentioned in
the newspapers as a distinguished citizen.
Epoch.
"Sir!" he said to the proprietor of a dry
goods st re, "1 have called to notify yoa not to
trust my wife on my account as she"
"Don't worry, sir: It has been ten years since
yon had any credit at this tore:"-ie'rot rt
frees.
Friend "Well, Ethel, how do yon like
married life?
Ethel (cnthuslastlcally)-Ifs simply delightful.
We've been ti arr.ed a weet. and have had eight
quarrels, and I got the best of it every time.
Uacket.
The crowd rushed out as usual as ths act
curtain fell.
When her escort came back she a3kedt
"What was it? A flre?" (
"Yes, but It's out now?" ,
"W here was It?" 4t
"Down In the Seek," he gurgled triumphantly, .J
chewing vigorously on his lemon peeL
A brooklet and a pretty maid o'er mossy -
stones went tripping.
And then tbe pretty maiden said: "I'm awful
'fraM of slipping."
The sancy brooklet laughed aloud as It ran o'er a
bowlder.
And whispered: "She'd have sorely slipped IX
he'd been here to hold ber." ,)
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