SS tW its; p r 'I v .THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY. MARCH 17, 139L 10 'land iu this instance could not hare been boueht for less than J1.C00 an acre. But the appreciation spoken of above ii in the agricultural 'line, and attention is directed to the ridiculous disparity between the price asked and that on the assessor's book. The fcrui in question particularly noted is that lately owned by J. S. P. Wy lie, transrened to William Heed and from him to William Glew, who has offered it to the Department of Awards for 5200,000. Tbis farm is in Jefferson township. It originally contained 418 acres and is assessed in three divisions and valued in all at 33,775, or a few cents less than 1 an acre, while the price asked of the ''Depart ment of Charities is a little over J6S6 an acre not for manufacturing, but for agri cultural puposes. Assessment of River Front Farms. A large number of people have lately called on the County Commissioners to direct their attention to this state of affairs, and it has been numerously asserted that river front (arms are assessed entirely too low end out of all proportion to other land in the county. Many of them are assessed no higher than farms lying back three to five miles from the rivers. The latter, it is true, have in some instances been increased in price by the discovery of petroleum, but it is held that their valuation should cot be increased on ihis account, as the mineral product vhen extracted is taxed as well as the land, as also is the machinery used in developments. Messrs. Metcer and Boyle were somewhat reticent on the subject, but their eyes twinkled at the possibility of getting 100, 000 more a year in taxes than at present and the wiping out of the county debt in the near iature. Commissioner Mercer made an estimate ot the land on the river frontage it rid found it to he, in round numbers 50,000 acres, confining himself within half a. mile of the water. This at 5500 an acre will yield $100,000 a vear more tax than now collected from it, at a valuation something like ?6G an acre less than the price put on the "Wylie-Reed-Glue farm. Tho Valuation of McKeesport. , It is said the valuation of McKeesport Khould he raised $17,000,000 and that some of its best cltiz?ns want it. Slowe township is said to be undervalued 1,000,000. It is estimated that the valuation of Coraopolis should hi increased at least 250,000, and there are other boroughs that should be palled up, making at least 20,000,000 to add to taxable valuation without working in justice to any. This would give with the increased valnafon of river frontage 45, 000,000 and yield 51S0.OOO a year to the count. The chief beauty of the proposition is that it is merely justice. People who have any get-up about them and make improvements are taxed oil their indnstrv and enterprise, while the Silurian mossbacks do nothing except add 10 per cent to the valuation of their surrounding hold ings every time live people add a factory or something else that enhances values in the locality. SNAKE STORY WEATHER. A Discussion Upon the Subject In One of the Rooms of the Court House The Hoop nake. fcad to Say, is Jtecominc; Scarce in Penn3 1 aula. This is snake story weather, and herpctol Ogy was the subject of discussion in one of the departments of the Court House yester day. Who has not hearo of the hoop-snake, which not only goes on its beliy in obedi ence to the curse, but the application of whose horned tail to a vigoiousoak tree will Icill it befoie the succeeding sunset. Hoop snakes seem to have become scarce in Penn sylvania, as well as tl e joint-snakes, which st the appearance of danger unjoint them selves and teuniie at leisure when it passes. Only very old people, and they iu their dotage, tell of having actually seen either hoop or joint, snakes. Tiie snaki discussed yesterday vat the blue, or as rues, call it, the black-snake racer. Although ther. are, perhaps, hun dreds of in'dd! vaged and old poop'e who liavc recollections of having seen this ser pent in their yon.h in Western Pennsylva nia, yet scientific snakeologists "have not only not classified it, but they seem to actually liavs no knowledge of its existence. It isn't 'do.vn iu their books," though there is no doubt that it is, or was years ago, a verity. On a Search for Evidence. The county official reierred to has a brother who lias been a college professor for many years, and some years ago he visited the home of his boyhood to secure evidence demanded by a body of suake scientists. The coautv official has a lively recollection of having seen at least two specimens of the unclassified reptile in this county, but neither he nor any one else hereabouts can recollect of having ever seen it in motion, except when the motion was so rapid that it semed to he a mere flash, making the outline indescribable. "When at rest it is always seen with the greater portion of its body concealed under weeds, hay or grain, leaving merely the head and six inches or thereabouts exposed and the head alwrys in the air, as though the serpent ilept with one eye and both ears open. Most of the speriroensobserved have been irom fivn to eijlit feet in length. The snake is quite slender and has a white or whitish yellow ring round its neck, and appears to he merely the common ground snake on an enlarged scale, and it can outrun a coyotte. As a specimen of its swiftness, our county officer, who has a horror of having his name connected with a snake story, states that once he and another man were raking and binding oats. Turning round to look back ward he saw a blue racer's head and six inches of its bodv protruding through the next swath. It was looking directly at the man, and its expression was decidedly malevolent. He remarked to his companion, "see me fir that fellow," and suiting his action to the word gradually extended the head of his rake over the snaKe'a head and within two feel of the ground, intending to bring it down so suddenly as to make the escape of the saake impossible. Ee brought the rake down so quickly that he thought he could not fail, but there was a flash and the snake's whole six feet of length had passed him be fore the rake struck the swath. Disappeared in a Shock. Both men saw a yard of the hinder end disappear in a shock 50 feet distant. They stationed themselves on either side ot the shock and lifted the hnddera off without finding anything, and then they tore the whole shock down, sheat by sheaf, and ex amined the mound without trace. They next opened each sheaf and shook its con tents apart, but found no snake. As both had distinctly seen the head and forepart of the reptile as it lay in the swath, and had seen its latter part disappear in the shock, they came to the conclusion that it either carried the receipt of fermseed, and thereby "walked invisible,"or else its motions when under tail headway were too rapid to allow the eye to follow them. In conclusion it wight be staled that there was no whisky in that oats field. Years ago, before New Brighton was built up as it now is, Mr. Richard Howe rent out one morning bird shooting. He bad with him a fine setter dog. Tbey passed through a paled lot of about an acre with a gate at erch side. Both gates were closed, and just after entering the lot Mr. Howe was astonished to see his dog break for the fence as fast as though Old Scratch were alter him. Finding the gate closed the dog began his flight around the inside of the lence leaving his owner speechless with as tonishment. The dog had made one round and had gotten well started on another when Mr. Howe perceived the cause of the dog's panic. One Reptile Shot on the Fly. Gliding along with the utmost ease and as thougn it were uot halt trying, was a seven-foot blue racer, its head carried about six inches above the dog's hips. Mr. Howe was a crack wing shot, and his eye and gun barrel followed the fleeing canine for a time until a favorable opportunity presented itself and he let go with one barrel. It was s good shot and an instant later the snake was lashing the ground in the agony of death. The doe Kept no his flight lor some ill 7 uTT ,l nis pursuer laxea4 but tbe brute was demoralized and $ime ere he discovered that his pursuer was worth nothing for hunting for several days subsequently and his nerves were so shaken that he was subject to panic ever after. Mr. Howe is a well-known and highly respected citizen of New Brighton, where he has resided for more than 60 years, and his statement, as well asthat of the gentle man first referred to, is well known and their testimony would be given full credit in any court where they are known. The blue racer is, or at least has been, a well established fact, even though the herpetol ogists are not acquainted with it. IN THE WOOLLY WEST. Alderman Jacob SofTel Relates His Expe rience ax a Farmer in That Section Plenty of Crops OntXhere, bnt a Scarcity of Cash Interesting Features. Alderman Jacob Sofiel, one of the tip staves and court interpreters in Common Pleas Court, was once upon a time a farmer in Kansas, and to hear him tell his expe rience, embellished with his peculiarly ob lique views on the subject, is a treat All his previous life Mr. SofTel had been imbued with the opinion that to be an ex tensive landed proprietor and raise his own beef, pork, mutton, bread, butter, honey, etc, was greater than to be a king. As he wanted a great deal of land, a farm nearly as large as all out cf doors, he went to Kan sas when good land was cheap and he got a farm large enough for artillery practice without trespassing by dropping cannon balls in his neighbors' principalities. When Mr. Soffel looted over his broad domain, within the limits of which the sun seemed to rise and set, his bosom swelled with patriotic pride, and he communed with himself thus: Where is the man with soul so dead Who to himself hath never sai I, etc., and then he bought himself a yoke of Texas steers with horns so widelv branching that a six-foot yoke was necessary to keep them from knocking each other's eyes out. Mr. Soffel got them hitched to a plow and started in to plow an 80-acre truck patch. Plowing Under Difficulties. The oxen went east, west, south and north by turns and by running zi the top ot his speed Mr. Sofiel was able to maintain his bold on the plow handles. Occasionally he would get its nose buried nnder the virgin sod and Buck and Berry would be forced to halt and hold a council of war, but before Mr. Soffel could get the helm iu his hands they would lurch and throw the share out of ground and then start off again on that in trepid run that brooks no opposition when impelled by unlimited wind. 3,000 pounds of bone and muscle, the latter of a kind only fonnd in a Texan steer. Finally when Soffel had given up dead beat and preliminary to a surrender, began to;, repeat. "Now I lay me down to sleep," etc., he was saluted by a man on a broncho who wanted to know what the trouble might be. Mr. Sofiel explained and the man announced himself as a next door neighbor whose little 1,000-acre brick patch lay over "beyant" a cotton grove 13 miles distant The neigh bor advised Mr. Soffel to unhitch and he, the neighbor, would come next day andgive him a lift with his team and at the same time show Soffel how to drive oxen. The offer whs accepted and in a couple of days Mr. Sofiel had added to his accomplish ments that of a proficient bull-whacker. A Success in One Feature. As a crop raiser Mr. Soffel was a success. The laud brought forth its fruits abund antly, and .all he had to do was to tickle the earth with his plow and it laughed with a harvest so abundant that it exceeded his wildest dreams. He reveled in an abund ance of roasting ears, ripe corn, string beans, whea:, pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes, potatoes, and everything else tiat the ex uberant climate and soil produced. Pota toei in particular grew so rapidly that they could be heard grumbling at each other and fighting for room. One day Mr. Soffel plowed out a wagon load of the tubers, each as large as a Chi cago woman's foot, and took them to an all around country store with intent to trade them for clothing and other things needed by the family. He was astonished to find that the storekeeper didu't want any pota toes, raised what he needed himself, and, further, that hedidn't want anycorn, pump kins, wheat, or. iu short, any farm products of any kind; but he did want to sell goods badly, and he wanted to sell them for cash and for nothing else, and there was no other store within two days' drive. Mr. Soffel sat down and thought,and as he thought the sun began to growdini. He made extended inquiries and found thatnot only could be not sell his crop lor cash, but there was not even a chance for barter. Solvent, but Short of Cash. Every one in the country was rich in food products, but, as a rule, short of money, and a wagon load of corn, potatoes.or wheat could not buy a pair of cowhide shoes or a dress for a baby. At that time there were no produce exchanges in that part of Kan sas, and it dawned on Mr. Sofifel's mind that a surplus without a market was a de lusion. He hung on, however, and man aged to tide over the winter. The next year there was a drouth and the surplus did not weight the inhabitants. The third year locusts darkened the mid day sun and ate every green thing. Mr. Soffel was disenchanted. He sold out on the best terms he could get and came back to Pitts burg, and now the rear end of a Mt. Wash ington lot. 25x100 feet, is farm enough for him, and he agrees with John O'Riley that the business is not especially adapted to the average city-bred man. Sleeplessness, nervous prostration, nervous dyspepsia, dullness, blues, cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Samples free at Jos. Fleming & Son's Market st. Tu To the Ladles. Ladies who desire to purchase a becoming and stylish hat and who buy a hat because of its stylo and value, not because it has a "French ticket" in it, are invited to inspect our stock. Pattern hats from Connelly, Dunlap, Francois, Aiken, etc. Copies of same at very reasonable prices. E. S. Giles, 91 and 9G Federal street, Allegheny. 56 Sixth street, Pittsburg. P. S. 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Ladies' spring weight Connemaras black, navy, ten 5, 7 50 and 10. Boggs & Buhl. AUGUST LOCH, Jeweler and Optician, 145 Federal street, has secured the services of Prof. J. F. Dodge, Optician, who is here permanently. Call and we will advise with you about your sight. xufsu i Mes. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chi l.drea Teething softens cams and allays pain 1 A CHURCH TROUBLE. Ecclesiastical Politics Is Sapping tbe Methodist Society, SO SOME OF HEB MINISTERS SAY. Views of Kepresentatives From ill Sections of the Country. A KUMBKK OF REMEDIES ABE PROPOSED Office seeking, wire pulling and log rolling in the Methodist Church aie the subjects of a little volume published in Chicago, a collcctionof the opinions and experiences of representative -Methodist ministers of tbe Pacific slope, Western, Middle, Southern, New fork' and New England districts of the Chnrcb, as to tbe prevalence and corrupting influences of the methods of practical politics in the Church's ecclesiastical meetings. "Ecclesiastical Politics in the Methodist Episcopal Church" is the title, says the New York' Sun, which adds that the unanimous a opinion of the contributors is that Methodist ministers have fallen into the practice of unscrup ulous scheming for advancement to high places iu the Church. ' Methodist conlerences, the six representa tive ministers agree, have become the scenes of the most open and shameless selfishness and political machinations. In short, preachers of a gospel that teaches them the " preferring one another in'honor," are de scribed as plotting with all the energy and cunning of "profane musicians" to secure ecclesiastical preferment lor themselves at the expense of others. All the statements in the book are made in such, boldly vigor ous language as abounds in the partisan literature of a political campaign. The reverend contributors call every spade a spade, and the pages are thickly sprinkled with such phrases as: "Arts too low for Christians;" "bought, sold, swapped off, herded;" "Conference bosses," "ecclesiasti cal politicians," "ministerial wire-pullers," "heeler and clacqugr of the general Confer ence," and even "tissue ballots." Trustworthiness of the Volume. The trustworthiness of the book is vouched for by Dr. Charles Parkhurst, who col lected the articles iu it originally for the Zion'slIIeral'd, of Boston, and gives'tthe as surance that tbe writers ".ire the elect ser vants of the Church, and are prompted only by the desire to inaugurate a relorm in this matter." Their names are withheld, merely "that the attention of the Methodist Church may be concentrated upon the con dition revealed rather than upon the per sons who expose the situation." Tbe articles of the six representative ministers are supposed to be answers to these questions addressed to them by Dr. Parkhurst: "Is there good reason for the application of tbe phrase 'ecclesiastical politics' to our denomination? How is it manifested? How may the tendency be overcome?" The representative from the Pacific slope opens his paper with a definition of ecclsias tical politics. "What are we to understand," he asks, "by ecclesiastical politics bnt schemes, finesse, combinations, bargains, in the interests of men or parties? To give to the 'term its etymological, undegenerate sense, were to command instant approval and remove the question fronvthe domain of debate. If you please, then, we will under stand by the phrase electioneering, biased and scrupulously truthful representations of men and measures, ex parte statements, in sinuations, keen watching for opportunities which may be adroitly used, to tjie advan tage of the other party, and, in a word, all such sinister usages as consult factional triumph more than fraternal justice, the eye of God, and the day of judgment." Appeals to Cupidity and Vanity. "Within the gift of the General Con ference are many honorable and responsible offices. 'This fact appeals to the cupidity of some and the vanity of others. To those who will stoop to such arts here is room for in trigue and political chicanery. If all who aspire to them were tit for these high offices their names might be shaken in a bag and drawn out at a venture. But if, as in Origen's time, those are to be held as least worthy who are most aspiring, the plots and sinister combinations of the lew greatly com plicate and embarrass tbe functions of honorable representation, and should be met with a withering rebuke." To remedy tbe evils which he has de scribed, the minister from the Pacific slope suggests that every minister shall cast off the "itch of office seeking," enter no cliques or coteries, refuse to vote tor candidates who push themselves, and suffer no lay commit tee to represent a charge at Conference unless its members habitually attend prayer and class meetings and are spiritually minded. Finally he adds: "Let everv delegate be too much a man to be carried in any man's pocket, bought, sold, swapped off, herded, or halter-led by any man or for any man." The report on ecclesiastical politics in the Western district is couched in still plainer language. The representative comes down hard upon the Annual Conference, which precedes the General Conference. Preachers. college Presidents and professors, religious editors and their secretaries mingle in the wild scramble tor ecclesiastical spoils. "It has been known to take a Conference four years to recover from this demoralization caused by the envyings and strife nf ambi tious ecclesiastical politicians." Even the presiding elder gets his place through "pulls." Tbe Western minister then makes this assertion: Presiding Elders and Politics. "To be out-and-out, who doubts that tbe large proportion of presiding elders in the General Conference is due to 'politics?' Who doubts that, as a rule, the presiding elder is elected a delegate through the power of his position rather than through the power of bis personality? It is most notice able that when the presiding elders step back into the ranks of the pastorate they are seldom thouzht of as the most intellect ually and spiritually representative men of the Conference. Complaints are heard against the favoritism of Certain presiding elders who appoint their men and man their appointments with an eye to the reciprocity feature of ecclesiastical politics. It is said that presiding elders have been known to 'remember' their 'political' friends and to 'pay back their political opponents. Whether justly or not, hints have been ex pressed that two presiding elders have, on occasion, fonnd it profitable to pool their issues, and tor each to 'deliver' bis district to the other, and for both thereby to enjoy tbe honors of election." The peripatetic, perennial candidate for ecclesiastical office is a "nuisance," a "bore," a "windbag," but he is innocence and purity, the writer thinks, 'compared to the "Conference boss." He is the man who splits tbe conference into discordant log rolling tactions, so that tbe newly arrived member must become a "Smith" man, or "Jones" man, or "Brown" man the moment he enters the door, and the Bishop, to keep peace, must give out the official plums iu equal portions to Smith and Smith's men, Brown and Brown's men, Jones and Jones's men. It may be objected that such expressions as Conference bosses, "ecclesiastical poli ticians," "niinisterial.wire-pullers," etc., are too harsh to be applied 'to ministers of the gospel. I wish there were harder and more contemptuous terms "to be used. Of all tbe politicians that infest the land, ecclesiastical politicians are the most. unscrupulous and dangerous, the most hypocritical, unfairand demoralizing in methods. Ecclesiastical politics is the greatest levil our Methodist Episcopal system has to fear. Some of the Remedies Suggested. The remedies suggested by: the Western clergymen are reduction of the number of delegates to General Conference by one-half or ven two-thirds, diminution of tbe "ap pointment fixing" power of the'presiding elders, liberation of the Methodist official press irom ine nomination m ec esiastical politicians, limitation of eligibility to gen- eral conference to -once in eight years, boy cott of the chronic candidate, preservation of the two-third rule in the election of. Bishops, and finally, extinction of the pre vailing Idea that one official position is necessarily a stepping stone to another. The representative clergyman from the middle district considers ecclesiastical pol itics somewhat more philosophically than do bis two Western brethren. He says: "Tbe appointing power of the Bishops makes their selection in General Conference a matter of deep and vital concernment to ministers and to churches. In some cases conferences are actively canvassed all the time, the whole interim of General Confer ence being improved to secure the choice of particular delegates. In rare cases (and the writer has personal knowledge of more than one) the selection of presiding elders and the fixing of many other appointments turn upon the politics concerned in selecting tbe next delegation to the general conference." The writer from the New York district acknowledges that he knows tbe ecclesias tical politician only too well. "At recent General Conferences attention has been called to this character. The warn ing was met in each instance by an instant and general denial. That men who preach a gospel of self-denial and of 'prelerring one another in honor' should be guilty of plot ting for their personal advancement, as pro fane politicians do, was too startling and shocking to be believed or admitted. But the disclaimer did not quiet the heart of the Church. The fear and distrust re mained. Delegates returning were com pelled to admit in home circles certain sig nificant facts and were dumb before the in ferences drawn. Everv year the evidence increases and multiplies that our great church is threatened by the politician seek ing bis own. We know of no well-informed minister, except tbe man who seeks to cover his tracks by denial, who does not at times express his anxiety upon tbe matter." Tho Same Current of Opinion. The testimony "of the representative of the New England district goes with tbe prevailing current of opinion. Of the reign of the ecclesiastical politician in the con ference he says: "Its effect is to tone down the standard ot morals and to destroy the nice sense of pro priety and honor. It puts to adisadvantage and perpetrates a wrong npon a class of noble men, usually the ornaments of their conferences, who scorn the use of these par tisan tricks and combinations. They can afford to be unrecognized by the ringmas ters; they cannot afford to part with their honor as gentlemen and brethren. IU'tend eucy is to place third-rate men in the high est positions in the church. First-rate men would not enter the combinations, and, if admitted, could not be used by the bosses and tbey are driven to use baser material to effect their purposes. A few men have suf fice nt hold on their conferences to insure their election in spite of the ring, but iu too many instances able men are shelved aud mere ciphers put forward. How sur prising that some men reach the General Conference, that belter ones are left at hornet Once in the General Conference, they are the mere tools of the bosses, often more con cerned in arranging the electoral card than in promoting good legislation." The first and test means of modifying the abuses is, in tbe opinion of the New Eug gland minister, exposure of the bosses and their unscrupulous methods. Fiom the Southern district the same scan dalous practices are reported as from the other districts. Methodist Church politics in the South, however, the writer says, is more unsatisfactory than it is elsewhere on accouut of the negro. Tbe ignorance and prejudice of colored delegates at Confer ences are played upon, he savs, by un principled politicians, and not infrequently the "General Conference season has proved the golden opportunity to the delegate who had some building enterprise on hand to pass about his subscription bonk. Crooked Work in Southern Conferences. As to "crooked" political work in South ern Conferences he says: "In at least one there has been lor years arrayed party against party. Crimination and recrimi nation are common. Grave charges are freely made as to oblique methods on the part of managers and leaders in Conference and educational work." In conclusion the report states that the friends of tbe Meth odist Church work iu the South feel that the political methods in vogue in part of the Southern Church "have become a burden too heavv to be borne." "The Eud Thereol" is the significant title of an account of the "tissue ballot" case ap pended by Dr. Parkhurst: "It was a session of an annual Confer ence. The ballots had been cast lor the election of delegates to the General Confer ence, and tbe votes had been counted. One teller reported to the presiding Bishop that 12 tissue ballots had beeu discovered in his collection, all bearing the name of one can didate, and that he was confident that they were cast by the man whose name was writ ten upon them. The Bishop suggested that another vote be taken, without stating fully tbe reason, and directed the teller who knew the suspected man to receive his vote last Twelve more such ballots were fonod, bear ing the name ot tbe man in question, and clearly the last dropped into the boxl That candidate for the General Conlerence had a majority of 3G votes. Within two hours after his election he had been tried for ille gal voting and expelled lrom the Conference and the ministry." "That, even in the short lime since its pub lication, a book teeming with such scathing denunciations should have caused consider able agitation amoug Methodists is larfrom surprising. At n meeting of Methodist ministers in Chicago on Monday morning, the Rev. Mr. Clendenuing critised the bonk at length unfavorably. He denied that the leaders of Methodism were unscrupulous, designing men. The Rev. F. M. Bristol, however, said that it v,is useless to try to hide the facts. "Ecclesiastical Politics in tiie Methodist Episcopal Church" was ter ribly accurate, lie thought. He had seen too many illustrations of the actual state of affairs to be blinded by passing denials. TEEAS0N AGAINST ENGLAND. Sotue Dominion Annexationists Who May Get Themselves Into Trouble. Toronto, Ont., March 2C It is under stood that the Government has been consid ering what it should do with such men as Edward Farrer. A firm of Toronto' solicitors have men at work investigating his conduct, and some weeks ago they advised the Gov ernment that he came well within the law relating to high treason. As t lie law now is it is said there would be no difficulty ii: se curing his conviction on a charge of high treason. Whether the Government will go this far is yet to be decided. The report says that if the authorities do move they will probably move against some others who are members of Parliament. Any punishment that may be meted nut to theiii will be iu the nature of banishment rather than of confinement. It is also said that the Government is being urged to ask" Lord Salisbury to btation in Canada from five to ten British regiments, quartering them in Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Win nipeg and Vancouver. It is argued that the presence of these regiments in Canada would do more to put down the annex itionists and put a check to their couspiracy than any thing eise could do. Fortune Seeking; Emigrants. Many a poor family that seeks the Western wilds iu the hope ot winning a fortune, is ore served lmm that insidious tueot tho omigrant and frontiersman chills and fever by Hos tetter's Stomach Hitlers. Bo effectually dues that incomparable medicinal defense fortify tbe system against the combined influence ot a malarious atmosphere and miasma-tainted water, that protected by it the pioneer, the miner or the tourist provided with it, may safely encounter the dancer. IS.&B. Now ready hundreds of new misses' jack ets and reeiers, all styles and sizes, $1 25 to $16 each. It'll pay you to see them. Boqos & Buhl. Special Sale of Clocks and Bronzes Now going on at August Loch's, Jeweler and Optician, 145 Federal street, tufsu TAKE advantage of a bright dav and have yourself photographed by Dabbs, 602 Liberty street. . YOJGE OF THE PEOPLE Letters From Interested Headers Upon a Variety of Sul.jdds. PROTEST OP. AN OIL PU0DUCEK. One Han's Observations as to the Cheap ness of Southern Labor. IKF0EMAT10X FOR EAGEK IXQDIEBES To the Editor of The Dispatch: Every oil producer will concur in the ar guments advanced by you against tbe bill now before the Legislature which forbids the draining of the salt water from the oil wells into running streams. Tbe bill does not specify oil wells, but it could not do us more injury if it was drawn for the sole purpose of injuring us. By the terms of the bill we would be liable to a fine of 5500 and six months' imprisonment if we let the salt water from our wells run into any stream which is "tributary to any body of water from which a public water supply Shall be taken." There is not an oil well of any con sequence from New York to Virginia which does not give out salt water, and under this law there would not be a stream we would dare let it run into. In the Hundred Foot field there is not a well which does not make at least 200 barrets ot salt water a day. Some of them run five times that much. There are 800 producing wells in thU field, aud not one ot them could be operated under this law. Recent develop ments have added eight miles of new territory to this district, which will add largely to the wealth of the landowners, but if this bill is passed without some protection lor us, it will not be worth while to work a lease in it. The coal and ore miners are to be allowed, under the bill, to run their drainage into the streams as heretofore, al though the drainage from some of our coal mines will cut through an iron pipe in a year. If it does that with iron, what would it do to a man s stomach, but that a running stream quickly purifies itself? Is one in dustry to be protected and another attacked by tbe State? The Legislature refused us the Burdick bill, and I think that, having refused ns relief, they at least should not impose legislation upon us under which any malicious person will have the power to harass and blackmail us. We have never had any serious sickuess in the oil country which could be traced to the salt water, and I have nevsr heard of any general public demand lor such legislation as this. Hundred Foot. Pixtsbuko, March 15. Colored Labor in the South. To the Editor of The DispatcE: I notice in your columns recently that one Mr. H. W. Hargreaves wishes to correct the article headed "Cheap Southern Labor." Now, to start with, please understand me to say I do not dispute bis ever being South, but his saying that the negro laborers aver age the same as the whites of this country I do dispute. Now, I have dwelt among them for eight vears. I know every tract ot land in Jefferson county, Ala., where there are any kind of a public works. Now, so far as the miners' part, that is all right, but with the hoisters and trappers there is a considerable difference. They receive at least 40 cents per day less than those of this country who do the same work. Now, those laboring arouud the furnaces receive from 15 to 50 cents less per day than those in Allegheny county doing the same work. The general average of the negroes of the South receive from $1 to $1 50. Teamsters may average fo per week. In some cases these teamsters have to sup port and pay rent for a large family, as the negroes of the South are rapidly increasing. My object for writing this is to show where the Southern capitalist has much cheaper labor than the Northern competitor. First, every mill has a large tract of land and has bouses built as close as possible so as to have ample shelter for every employer. All the houses are of the cheapest material, costintr not over $100 apiece. They rent these houses at $3 per room and the rent is deducted from the pay. No man can rent a house nor iooui unless be works for the company. No woman can rent one at any price. Some one working for tbe company must beesponsible lor this rent or she can not get the house. Tbe furnaces are tbe same. I know of one furnace company which has 250 houses. Tbey have six furnaces and at least 500 ovens. Their employes must live iu these houses. Then they have a company store. They must trade there, their pay is monthly and they being in poor circumstances there the company has them at their mercy. Now there are some companies who have no company store, but there are certain stores where these em ployes must carry the orders to get what ever they want. Now if tbis cheap labor wants a little cash he must accept 85 cents for a SI order. A good many I know have done so time and again, as 83 cents in some places will buy more than a $1 order in these special stores. Then most 3ny of the bosses will furnish their hands money, but they must pay 25 per cent for it, and this money must be deducted in the office from bis pay before he receives it. J. W. Williams. McKee's Rocks, Pa., March 12. The Time for Decisive Action. To the Editor or The Dispatch: Why does not the Pittsburg press uige upon the General Assembly prompt and decisive legislation providing for the con struction of our Ohio river and Lake Erie ship canal? An enterprise of such vast importance to State trade and our national commerce should not be allowed to languish or go by delault. Ways and means for its construction and early completion should be devised without delay. An act should be passed at the present session providine everything essenttal to a vigorous prosecu tion of the great work. A loan, as well as the appointment o all necrssary officials, should, he authorized, and vie venture to say that an issue of 4 per cent bonds, in amount required to complete the enterpriie, could be all sold at a premium within SO days or less alter they are thrown upon the market. No single locality is more largely inter ested in this grand addition to inland com merce than Pittsburg; and, hence, we are unable lo account tor the apparent indiffer ence with which it is treated by Pittsburg journalists. The Dispatch, we must ac knowledge, has done nell and it should do more but the others have, thus far, beeu crimiually indifferent. Our representatives are quite busy with free school book jobs, treasury investiga tions and other schemes to quander the peo ple's substance and benefit individuals, while seemingly nothing is doing to en hance, widen ami sustain the vast acri cultural, manufacturing and commercial interests l our great and crowing com monwealth, or to develop lis wonderful natural resources. If The Dispatch and other live journals will on)y biins our representatives at Harrisburg out of their little, narrow, scheming, selfish shell", ami, by the keen lance ol iirjjiiiiienr. induce them to taKe a broad, liberal view of their duty lo the whole people, such gram: enterprises as the oue we herein advocate may receive (lie profound and effective consideration its great importance imperatively demands, and the members of our, General Assembly do something for their constituency that may ndd to their honor, as well as to the interests and enterprisiug.spirit ofVthe people whom they are supposed and pretend to repre sent. G. L. Ii. Bkatbe Falls, Pa., March 10. The Jail Not Warm Enough. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch! Will you Icimily'give space In your val- able paper to call attention to the proDer utborities to the manner in which the risoners of the. Fiu'ette County Jail are ieius?. treated, Inasmuch--!. their health is concerned. Their complaint is limited to the "heating" (or mere properly speaking, non-beating) oi the building. The latter is an iron one, and when allowed to cool It takes some days to make it habitable again. The Couutv Commiioners employ but one fireman, who remiins but 12 hour", and, us the tires are then allowed to die out and the immense buiidiug to get cold, he can hardly be expected to do the impossible and keep the building and prisoners warm during tbe night and a good part of, the dav. The thermometer has varied from 36 to 70, and much oltener near the former than the latter figure. It is so cold that the men could not , sleep at night, and required brisk and vig orous exercise during the day to keep almost from freezing. Many are suffering from throat and lung diseases, to which such vari ations cannot be otherwise than injurious, not to say fatal. We feel sure that this can easily be remedied, and with tbe assistance of The Dispatch will be. All that is necessary to do so is the employment of an additional man to keep up the fire at night. Pkisonees. ffNlOXTOWN, March 15. The Patent Centennial Celebration. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: The Executive Committee of the Patent Centennial Celebration earnestly request you to publish the following notice so that tbe inventors and manufacturers of patented articles who are among your readers may have an opportunity of participating in tbe important event: Elaborate arrangements have been made to celebrate the beginning of the second century of the American patent system at Washington on the 8th, 9:h and 10th of April next. All of the railroads leading into the national capital have reduced their rates for the occasion and a great crowd is expected. President Harrison will open the celebration, and the literary ex ercises will be presided over by some of the most eminent inventors of the country. Twenty addresses upon the different phases of inven tion will be delivered by men who are famous a3 masters of the subjects tbey will disco;?. A national association of inventors and manu facturers or patented articles will be organ ized. There will he a grand reception at tho Patent Office' by the Secretary of tbe Interior ami Commissioner Mitchell, at which it is ex pected Cyrus V. i'leld, Thomas A. Edison. Oeorge Westinjjhouse, George M. Pullman and others will assist. There will be a military parade, a grand excursion to Mount Vernon, a planked shad banquet at Marshall Hall, near Mount Vernon, and the Navy Yard, the Na tional Museum, tbe Patent Office, and other interesting national establishments will be open to tbe visitors. Tbis is tbe first time in the history of tbe Republic that the inventors have celebrated. J. E. W atkins. Secretary. Washington, March H. Two Remarkable Twins. To the Editor ot The Dispatch: la an issue of The Dispatch a few days since there was an account copied from a Muncie, Ind., paper of the birthday cele bration ot "The Oldest Twins," Mrs. Ta bitba and Mrs. Lavinia Martz, of Arcadia, Ind. Having known them from childhood, I send you some additional tacts, which may help to make them out also the most "coincident" twins. These twin sisters were born February 27, 1816. They were married on November 27, 1834, to Isaac and Moses Martz, who are twin brothers and who were born May 27, 1812. The day for the double wedding was uot planned especially so as to fall on the 27th of a mouth, but was aiter ward discovered to be helping on the coin cidence. To each family there have been born seven sons and five daughters. Of the 2S persons making up two generations of this family 26 became members of tne Chris tian or Disciple Church. The two excep tions are two children who died when quite young. These two aged couples have lived in sight of each other all their married lives with the exception of about two years. On November 27, 1884, tbey celebrated theirdouble golden wedding. Atthis writing tbey are in the enjoyment of good health and tre highly esteemed by a large number of Iriends and acquaintances. C. W. Geanoeb. Someeset, Pa., March 10. Examinations Not Conclusive. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Our attention was arreted sometime since by an article from "A Friend to the Miner." We more particularly confined ourselves to the argument supporting the suggestion, which we learned from the article of March 4, was merely the result of observation, and not the outgrowth of practical experience. We admit 'he advantage of examinations or tests of ability, but it must be remembered the mere possession of a certificate does not of itself establish one's ability to fill a cer tain position, but experience or a period of service in such a position is necessary to completely establish such ability. And it frequently happens that, having passed ex amination and become theproud possessor of a certificate, one enters the field of experience and proves a failure, through lack of in herent or acquired qualifications not tested in an examination, but by experience only. Justice. Lateobe, March 14. Allegheny County's War Kecord. To the Editor of The Dispatch : What regiment was the first to leave Pitts burg, and the date? F. H. PlTTSBCRG, March 10. A number of companies recruited in Al legheny county were assigned to various regiments. On April 17, 1861, orders were received by General Ncgley to forward two regiments to Washington, which was done. They were composed of thedifferent military organizations. Twenty-four companies went from this county one in Third, three in Fifth, five in Seventh, six in Twelfth, eight in Thirteenth, one in Fourteenth. Population of London. lo the Editor of The Dispatch! Will you please give the population of the city of London proper. A Reader. Homestead, March 16. The census of 1881 save it a population of 3.816.483. The estimate population now is 4,282,921. The Age of Gladstone. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you inform me how old Mr. Glad stone, tbe leader of the Liberal party, is? A Constant Reader. Acmatonia, March 12. Mr. Gladstone was 81 years old Decem ber 29, 1890. m Who Can Give This Information? To the Editor or The Dispatch: To decide a controversy will you please state in your columns when the Allegheny river was last frozen over sufficiently tight to allow a man to cross on the ice aud oblige, J. Celehv. McKke sport. March 33. No License Needed iu New York. To the Editor ofThe Dispatch: Please answer the fullowiug to decide a bet: Is a person required to secure a license lu the State nf Xew York: to get married. Johnstown, .March 13. V. Jlnke a Personal Application. To tbe Editor or The Dispatch: Caii you inform me what is the best way to tret a chance to learn firiuj; on a river boat? H. P. Punxsutawnky, Pa.-, March 12. The Rev. Samuel Jones Is White. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please inform me whether the Rev. Samuel Jones is a white man or not. Reader. Allegheny, March 13. - SHrxoil'sCough andConsumptionUure 1 sold by us 011 a (ruarantee. It cares consumption, gold by Jos. Kleuiinc & Son, 412 Market st. li.&B, Caster cards, bocklets aud novelties now ou sale. TJiiiciue, elegant., appropriate. , Boog3& Buhl. FIGHTING FOR MAYOR A Unique Campaign Now in Progress iu the World's Fair City. FOUR IUG 11 EN IS THE FIELD. Carter Harrison':) Original Method of t'oom injr Himself. BOTH THE GUEAT PARTIES SPLIT UP mCJXX, TXLXQKJkH TO THI PISrATCK.1 CHICAGO, March 16. From present ap pearances, Chicago ii about to enter upon one of tbe most exciting municipal cam paigns in her history. Each of the two great parties has a couple of candidates in tbe field, one regular and one independent. The Socialists have put up a man, the Labor people another, and the Prohibitionists may yet put a candidate in the field. The Re publicans have nominated Hempstead Washburne as their candidate, with an out burst ot enthusiasm which even drowned the whistles of the Illinois Central locomo tives that were at that moment passing the armory in which tbe delegates were assem bled. Mr. Washburne is an able man. He has filled,the City Attorneyship with great abil ity, and since havim: that post a couple of years aco has given up his law practice and devoted himself to negotiating real estate deals and making building loans. He is without personal magnetism, but withal is popular and has the machine solidly at bis back. Another Washburn In the tfleld. Early last week a self-appointed commit tee of "citizens" put up for tbe office an other Washburn, who spells his name with out a final e, and the latter has accepted and promised to make a vigorous fizht for the office. Elmer Washburn belongs to tbe Kepnblicau party. He was Chief of Police when-the Republican Joe Medill was Mayor a few years ago, and won the reputation of being a man of marked individuality and force. The men who put him up are largely of the Democratic laith and it is believed that he will draw heavily from the Republican vote. He is ultra respectable and inclined to be somewhat puritanical in his ideas. With Elmer Washburn for Mayor, the gambling fraternity would have a hard row to boe and the foreign element might find it slightly less easy than it is now to drink ou Sunday. The Democrats have not vet made their nomination. Tbe present Mayor, Cregier. has made a good record. He has convinced everybody of the sincerity ot bis effort to make tbe street railway companies pay the city for their franchises and has incurred the bitter hostility of some powerful and influen tial street railway men. No very serious effort has been made by him to rid the city ot public gambling, but that evil has not been by any means as loud and flagrant as it might have been. Cregier is a good or ganizer, and, has the party machine solidly at his back. Assessing tho Officeholders. The man with the assessment roll has been around iu his behalf, and those in office have contributed liberally to perpetuate bis rule. He has in a measure conciliated tbe ultra decent element by compelling saloon keepers to keep their frout blinds closed on Sunday. That much has never been accom plished before, and it is a step forward, though liquor selling goes on as actively as ever behind the blinds. And he has not es tranged the liquor men. It seems to us a foregone conclusion that Cregier will capture the regular Democratic nomination, though his candidacy will be hotly contested by tbe world-renowned ex Mayor Carter Harrison. While Harrison was away on his trip around the world, be kept the city in mind of him by a series of readable letters to one of the Chicago papers. When he returned he was heartily wel comed by his old political friends, but for the last three or lour years he has been looked upon as a sort of political corpse. It was commonly believed that his wonder ful vigor as a politician had departed for ever, and henceforth he wonld be notable only for what be had been. It was there fore with no little surprise that Chicago heard tbe announcement a few weeks ago that he was in the field for the Democratic nomination, if be could get it, and that if he conld not get tl)e nomination he was in the field as a Democrat. Carter is worth perhaps $750,000. He is pouring out his money like water, organiz ing clubs, hiring halls for Horrison meet ings, hiring bands to patrol tbe streets by day and by night to call the people to those meetings. Follow the crowd to one of his gatherings and you stride something really novel, the like "of which is never seen in Pittsburg politics. A Specimen Harrison Sleeting. The crowd gathers and becomes restless. Presently a man drags a table to the center of tbe stage. Another man places upon it a stuffed eagle, with folded wings and with a general air of being the worse for wear. Then follows another stuffed eagle with outstretched wings, also a little tbe worse for wear. Then a large, elderly personage enters; there is a clapping oi hands, which is acknowledged witii a graceful salute, and then, after more or less formality, comes a speech, full of vigor and fire and life. The mau who is talking is a hard hitter. Building Inspector John Dunpby has ventured to disapprove his candidacy, and Dunphy is called out by name and hauled over the coaK The Herald has disapproved his candidacy, and Carter Harrison talks rabidly of Johu It. Walsh, proprietor of the Herald, and tells the crowd to stop taking his paper until Walsh knows how to treat a Democrat. The rest ot the speech is what "I did when I was Mayor, six years ago, , ,. . . T v. 11 i :r ' 1 ." -r 1 and "what I shall do H you elect me Mayor ..: .!.. mo v,f, mnet n.l -Unll " : asrain, as elect me you must anil shall. Queerly enough, each meeting winds up with taking a vote oi those present, in which half a dozen venture to vote that they do not want Harrison to be next Mayor, aud the rest vote "aye" with a cheer. The band plays, mid as tbe crowd wanders out the stuSed birds are boxed up to be taken to the next gathering. Such is Harrison's peculiar way of conducting his campaign. A Bete Noir to Cregier. "What is he aller? And can he succeed? That lie can win the Democratic nomination from Crecier nobody believes; that he can succeed as an independent candidate, no body believes. "What he cau do, though, is defeat Cregier for re-election and put a Re publican in the Mayorship for the next two years. During all that time he will be tell ing the Democratic workers how different it would have been had he been made the nominee in place of Cregier, and he will be a formidable candidate fur the nomination in 181)3 for the term covering the "World's Fair. That is probably what Harrison ex pects to accoiuplitli. If he succeeds, everything in Chicago will be wide open during his term. Pnblic gambling will flourish, and the sporting fraternity generally will breathe more freely than they ever haVJ for years. The city will win a reputation dnring the World's Fair time which yejrs of subsequent good be havior m?y not overcome. It is not to be wondered at, there. ore. that the drcenter element 111 the Democratic rauks is doing its utmost to keep Harrison ;n the background and i-crmit tbe present Mayor to succeed himself. A SLIGiiTcohl. ir neglected, orn-n attacks the lungs. .Uiiows'hjjiiOMCilIALTKOclIKs rive sure and immediate relief. Sold only In buaej. Price 25 cents. U.&K. N"ew stylish tan jackets to-day at So. Hoggs' & Buhl. HAiLKOADS Pll'l!l!UKO AND WKbTKlt.N 1IA1LWAX Trains (Ct'l bun dtiuiell Leave. I Arrive. .Mail, llutlcr. Clarion. Kane. Dav Ex., Akron, Toledo Holler Accommodation tireeuvlil4alid llutler Ex.... Chicago Express (dally) 6:5a a in 4:55 p m 7:30 a m 7:30 p in S.-OOa m 11:20 i .a 1 :4u u in 3:35 p m 2:15 p In 11:00 a m 4:25 d mi 5i3U a m icenenonie accoux., llutler Aecom....?7.- I 5:so u ml 71) a m First class lare to Chicago, f 10 50. Second class, r) jo. Pullman- UuSct sleeyhij; cor to Chicajj KAUVROADS. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. OS AND AFTER DKCXMBEH 29th, 1SW. Trains will leave Union Station, PlttshurJ. as follows (Eastern Standard Time): JIATX U3f EASTWARD. Kcw Tork i. Chicago Limited of Fallman Vestl l.nle ears dally at 7.1S a. u.. arriving at Harris bur? at I.M r. M.. 1'btladelptila 4.45 r. M.. .Ntv YorKT.OO p. u., Baltimore 4.4U r. si.. Washing ton 5.5SP. M. Atlantic Express dally at 3.3) a. m.. arriving at Hnrrlsbur 10.30 A. K.. riilladeiphla 1.Z5 P.M.. New York 4.0- F. M., Baltimore I.li r. M., Washington i25 r. M. Mall train diily. except Sunday. 5.30 A. 3f.. ar rivlnzat H-rrlsburg 7.00 p. m Philadelphia 10.55 r-. M Baltimore ll.ltr. u. Sunday il.ill 8.40 A. M. Day Express dally at S.00 A. M.. arriTlnz at Hsr rlsbur?3.2)F. n.. FhlladelpMa 6.50.r. si.. New yor-9.35P. M., Baltimore '.u p. u., 'Washlng- nS.15P. M. JIall Express dally at 1.00 p. jt arrlvlnz at Har. rlsbarK 10.45 p. !.. connecting at Harrisburg with .Philadelphia iLxnress. Philadelphia Express dally at 4.30 P. M., arming; at Jlarrlsbnrjr l.OO a.m.. Philadelphia 4.3 a. !., and New York 7.10 A. H. Eastern Express at 7.15 p. M. dally, arming Har riabnrg 2.!5a. m Baltimore 6.33 A. a.. Wash ington 7.3) A. Ji.. Philadelphia 3.23 A. u. and eir York 8. l0 A. M. East Line daily, at 8. 10 p. Jr.. arrlTlngat Harrls biirr3.30 a. M., Philadelphia 8.30 A. .. Se irurk9.30A.il.. Baltimore 6.30 A. M., Washing ton 7.30 A. 31. All through trains connect at Jersev City with boats of Brooklrn Annex" for Brooklyn, .N. Y.. avoldlngdoubieferryaire and Journey through .NewYorfc City. Johnstown Accora.. except Snnday, 3.40 p. M. (ireensbnrg Aceom.. 11.15P.M. -nreek-days. 10.30 tr. ji. sunuays. urcensuurg lxpress s.iu r. u.. except Sunday. Derry Express 11.10 A. M.. ex cept Sunday. Wall's Accom. 6.15,7.20,9.00, 10.30 a. jr.. 12.15. 2.00, 3,20, 4.55. 5.30. 6.25, 7.4 9.40 p. M., andK.10 A. II. (except Jtonday). tjundsy, 12.10 A. II., 12.25. 2.25. &40and9.40r.M. Wllklnsbarg Accom. fi.CO, C.40. 7.00 A. 31.. 12.01, 4.00. 4.35. 5.20, 5.40. 5 50. I). 10, 10.10 and 11.40 P. It. bandar. 12.40 and 9. lap. x. Bradduck Accom. 5.50, 6.50, 7.40,3.10,9.50,11.13 A. M.. 12.30, 1.25, 2.50. 4.10. 6.00. 6.35, 7.20, 8.25, 9.00 and 10.45 P. M. week days. Sunday. 5.35 a.m. SOUTH-WEST PEXX RAILWAY. For Unlontown J.3D and 8.3S a. v., 1.45 and 4.23 P. M. -week days. MONOJfGAHIXA DITISIOS. Tor ilonongahela City. West Brownsville and Unlontown 10.40A. M. For Jlonongahela Cltr and 'WeslHrown3Vllle7.35andl0.4ii A. M.. and 4.50 v. it. On Monday, 8.55 A. M. and 1.01 p. it. For Jlonongahela City only, 1.01 and 5.50 p. 31. week days. Drayosbarg Accom.. 6.00 a. 31. and 3.20 P. M. week days. W est Elizabeth Ac com. 8.35 A. 31.. 4.15, C.30 and 11.35 p. 3f. Sun day, 9.4U p. 31. WEST P1ESYI.VAJ?IA DIVBIOX. From FKDEKAl.STUEEf STATION, Allaheny Clty:- Wall train, for Blalrsvilte 6.55 A. It Express for Blairsville, connecting lor Butler 3.15P. 3t. Butler Accom 6.20 A. 3.. 2.25 and 5.45 p. 3T. Sprlngdale Accom. 9.00, 11. oOA. jr.. 3.30aud 6.20 P.M. Llareuiout Accom .-. 1.30 P.M. Freeport Accom 4.15, 7.50 and ll.40P.3f. On Sunday 12.35and 9.30P. 31. Apollo Accom 11.00 A.M. and 5.00P.M. Allegheny JunctlonAccom 8.2UA. 31. BlalrsTitle Accom.... 10.3UP. M. Jt3 The Excelsior Baggage Express Company will call for and check bargage rrom hotels and residences. Time cards and fuh Information can he obtained at the Ticket Offices .No. 110 Filth avenue, corner Fourth avenue and Try street, and at Union station. CHAS.E. l'UliH. J. It. WOOD. General Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Agent. From Plttsbtra Union Statin. jljennsylvaniB Lines. s Traiaa na ay beairai im. OTJTHWEST 3 Y STEM-PAN II ANDLE KO UTE. .Leave for Cincinnati and at. Louis, d 1:15a. 111., d 7il0 a. m.,dsu5 and i 11:15 p. in. Dennlson, J:4i p. zn. Chicago, d l:i5 a. iu. and 12:05 p. in. Wheelng. Jill) a. m.. 12:05, 6:10 p. m. ateuben Vllle, 5:55a. m. Washington, 6:15, S:a5a.ln.. 1:55, 1:30, 4:45, 4:55 p. m. Bulger. 10:10 a. m. Ilurgetts town, b 11:45 a. m., isi p. ffi. Mansfield. 7:15, S:30 11.09 a. m 1:05, C:J0, d 6:35. UrldaTllte. 10:10 p. m. McDonalds, d 4:15, 10:45 D. m.. S U:Qt P-m- . Teauts HBRlVEfrom the West, d 2:10, d6:00v m., 3:05, d 6:55 p. m. Dennlson, 9:J0a.m. ateu benTllle, 5-05 p. m. Wheeling, 2:1 b:45 a. m.. 3:05. 5:55 p. m. Bnrgettstown. 7:15 a. m.. d 9:01 a. TO. Washington. 6:55, 7:50. t:40, 10:25 X ra.. 2:35, 6:25 p. ra. Mansfield, 5:50. 5:5a, fc:3u. 11:40 a. m.. 12:45, 3:55. 10:00 and S 6:20 p. m. Bulger, 1:1) p. m. McDonalds, d 6:55 a. m.. ds-OOp. m. KOKTIIWEsT SYSTEM FT. WAYNE ItOUTE. Leave lor Chlcagu. d 7:lO a. m.. d 12:2-11 d I:(u. tl t:4 except aaturdar 11:20 p.m.: Toledo, 7::0 a. m., d 12:26, d 1:00, and except Saturday 11:2) n. in.: Crestline.5:45 a.m., Cleveland, 6il0am.:12:45d ll:ul p. m.. and7:l0a. in., vial'.. Ft,W.iC.i:y.:ew Lastle and Yonngsiuwn. 7rJ9 a. m.. 12:20. 3:3a p. m.: Yoangstuwn ami Nllcs. d I2s p. m.:Mead Tine. Erie and Ashtabula. 7ri0 a. la.. 12:20 p. in.: Nlies and Jameatjwn. 3:3a p. in.; A!liant.e. 4:IJ p. m.: Wheeling and Bellalrc. 6:10 c m.. 12:43. 3:45 p. m.: Bearer Falls, 4:00 p. nu : Beaver Falls. fcS:Aa.m.: Leetsdale. 5:30 a. m. DIPABT KROJI ALLMJIIKxr Kocliester, ; . m. : Beaver Falls. :Iill:COa. m..5:iap.ni.: S 4:3 p. 111, : Knon. 3.-00 p. m.: Lcetsdal& 5:00. 3:00, 10:00, 11:45 a. m.: 1:1.1 2:30. 4:3a 4:45. 5:30, 6:15. 7:30, 9:00 and 8:30 p. m. : Conway. 10:30 p. in.; Fair Oaks S 11:40 a. m. Trains akhive Onion station rrom Chicago, ex cept Monday. 1:50, d 6:00, d 6:15 a. nu, d 5:55 and o:i0 p.m.: Toledo, except Monday, 1:50, deaia. m.. 5:55 and 6:50 p. ro.; Crestline, 12:JS p. 111.; Yonngstown and ew Caslle, 9:10a. m.. 1.-25; 6:50, 10:15 p. m.; Jilles and Youngstown, asu'Jip. m.: Cleveland, d 5:50 a. in., 2:20, 7-1)0 p. in.; Wheelinc and Bellaire. 9:00 a. m 2.20. 7:W p. m. : Lrle aid ABhtabnta, 1:25, 10:15 p. in.: Alliance. 10:u0a.ix: Nilei and Jamestown, 9:10 a.m.: Beaver Falls, 7:30a. m.. S 8:25 p. m.; Lcetsdale. 10:40p.m. ABBrva ALLSGiiKXT. from Enon, 8.00 a. m. Conwav6.40a.m;ltocnc3ter,9.40a.m.;i!eaverFatl. 7.10 a.m.. S 12:30. 1:00, 5.30 and 3 8:15 p. m.: Leets dale, 4.30, 5.30, 6.15, 6.50, 7.45 a. m.. 12.00, 12. tt. 1.45, 3.33, 4.30. 6.30, 9.00 and 3 i:05 P- m.: Fair Oaks, 3 8.55 a. m. d. dally: S. Sunday only: other trains, excep: Snndav. JOSEPH WOOD. General Manager. E. A. FUKD. General Passenger Ageat. Address, Pi us burg. Pa. BALTIMORE AND OBIO KAILKOAD. Schedule la esect January 4, 1891, Eastera time. For Wasnlngton, D. a. Baltimore, PhlladelDhU and New York, ;j25 a. m, and "saop. m. For Cumberland, "7i25s. m., il:ia. ): p. m. For Conn til J Title. iStTO. T:J a. m., tl:h. 44 .-00 and 9:20 p. m. For Unlontown. :30. 7i.a. m., 41:1a is! ;4aw p. m. h (11 f ?Ann.11evniA anil Unlontown, 55:35 a. m Sunday onlv. For lit. Pleasant, 8:3a. m. and7:2Sa.m. and ilO and $4:00 p. m. For Wasnlugton. Ph.. 'S-.OS. 29:30 a. m "3:35. J5.30 and -7:45 and 1 11:55 p. m.' For Wheeling, -8:05, ts-ao . nu. las, 1M and 111 155 p.m. For Cincinnati and St. Louis. "8iC5 a. nu. 17:4 p. m. For Cincinnati. Hiss p. m. For Columbus, "3:03 a. nu,J7:45 and 111:35 p. ra. For Newark. "SiOS, a. m, "7:45 and 111-55 p. m. For Chicago, s:05 and "7:45 p. ra. Trains arrive irom New York. .Philadelphia." Balllmoretand Washington. "6:45 a. m., "9:20 p. m. From Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago, 0 :25a.m.. "9:00 p.m. From Wheeling "3:25, 10:55 a. ra.. 25:00. "9:00 p. m. Parlor and sleeping ears to Baltimore Washing ton. Cincinnati and Chicago. Dally. 71ally except Sunday, ssunaay only. Tbe Pittsburg Transfer Company win. call tot a a and check baggage from hotels and residences pon orders left at ii. & o. ticket otnee, corner roiha.p anil IVomt (1. nr 4ffl tnrl Gt9 SmlthlleiJ street. J.T. ODELL. General Manager. CHAS. O. SCULL, lien. Pass. AzenL ALLEGHENY VALLEY KAILKOAU Trains leave Unlrn station (Eastern Stand ard time): East Mrady Ac. 6:55 a. in.: Niagara Ex.. dally, S:15 a. in. (Arriving at Buffalo at 5:45 P.M.); Klttannlng Ac, 9:00 a. m.: Hultoa Ac 10:10 a. m.: Valley Camp Ac. 12:05 p.m.: Oil City and Dnliois Express, 1:30 p. m.: II niton Ac. 3:00 p. m.: Klttannlng Ac. 3:55 p. m.: Itriehurn Ex.. 4:55 p. m.: Klttannlng Ac, 5:39 p. iu.: Braeburn Ac, 6:20 p. in.: Huiton Ac, aso p. ni.: liudaloEx.. dally. 8:45 p. m. (Arriving at liunalo7:20A M.):HnltonAc, :4o p.m.: Valley Camp Ac. ll:3-jp.in. cnurcli trains Emlenton. 9a. in.: Klttannlng. 12:40 p. m.: ltraeourn, 9:J . m. Pullman Parlor Cars on daytrrlnsand lecplng Car on nlglit trains between Plttsour ana r.ataio. JAS. P. AiDEKM. U. T. Agt.: DAVID MCUAltOO. Pen, hup- JlJITTSrtUlW AMD LAKE F.KlE KA1LUUAU COMPANY. Schedule la effect December 14. loSO. Central time. P.jtL.K.lLK. DitrABT-For Cleveland 4:JO. -8 :00 a.m.. "1:35. 4 :2u. "9:45 p.m. For, Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis. l:3u a. m.. 'liSS, "J:45 p. uu For Hudalo. ixa. a. m 4:20. ":4i p.m. For salamaaca, "8:00 a. m.. "1:35 p. m. For Youngstown and New Castle, 4:30. "3:00. 10:00 a. in.. "1:35, "4:20. "9:45 p. m. For iieaver Falls, 4: 7:00. , MaOa. in.. IrtS. 3:30, "453, 5:23, 9:45 p.m. For i.bartlers. 4:30, T3a a. m.. 5:35, 6:35, 7:00, 7tJI, fS:0a.yi. :!, 10:0. 11:35. a. m U120, 12:40. 112:45, 1:4 3:10, 3:55, "4:23. 14: 4:45, :2 8-00. 1:45. 10:30 p. m. ABiiivg From Cleveland. "6:40 a. in.. tZiO, 5:40. "7:50 p. m. From Cincinnati. Chicago and si. Louis, lU:a a. in.. "7:50 p. m. From Unffa o "6:40 a.m., 12:30, 10:05 p. In. Frost Salamanca 1U:00 a. m., "7:50 p. m. From Yonngstown and New Castle, "6:40, 10:00 a. nu. "Bun, 6:4H "7SM, li):OSp. nu From lleaver Falls, 5i2n, '6:40, 7:20, "10i00a.ni.. 12:30, ISO. 5:40. lax I0:o5 p. m. F.. C A Y. trains for llansnela. 7M". 11:35 a. nu. 1:55 p. nu For Espleir and Beecnmont, :30 a. nu. s:55p. m. P.. C. Y. trains from Mansfleld. 7i 11:38 a. nu. 3:45 p. su From Ueecbinont. 7.-U2, 11:39 "l?AIeK. AT. B. K.-DIPAKT-For- New Ha. veil, 1":I0- V:40 a. nu. "3Kp. nu For West .Slew ton, 17:4. io:iu a. m "3aX), sas p. m. Aiuut From New Haven. "sToo a. nu, '4:10, Ii. m. From West Newton. 6:15, "9:03 a. nu, 4:10 p. m. For McKeesport, Ellxabetx Jlonongahela City and Belle Vernon, 6:4 V:4 Ms a. nu, 13:00, 3:50 p. m. rrom Belle Vernon. Jtonongahela City. Eliza beth and alcKresport, 7:45. 1S:U) a. m.. 12:40, 14:10, 4:40 p. m. Dally. ISnndayi only. City Ticket Office. 639 Smlthlleld Street. PlTfillUKG AND CASTLE SHANNON K. IC, Winter Time Table. On and .irtrr March 30, lsXVuntlt further notice, trains will run as fol lows on every day, exceptSundav. Eastern stand ard time: Leaving Plltsburg-6ri a. m.. 7:10a. in.. 8:0a. m 9:30a. m.. 11:30a. m.. 1:40 p. m.; 3:40 p.m. ,S:lu p. ui..5:50p.m., 0:3) p.w.. 9:30 turn.. 11:30p.m. ArlIugton-a:4ua. m.. 6:20a. nu. 7rt0 a. m.. 3:00 a. m.. io:20a. ro., 1:00 p. nu. 2:40 p.m.. 40p. m . 5:l0p. m.. 5:50p.lm.. 7:10 p m.,.10s n. m. Sunday trains, leaving Flrubunr lu a:in. 121 p. nu. 2:.n p in.. 5:10 p. m.. 9:30 p.- m.T Arlington 9:10 a. nu, 12:10 p.m., 1:50 p. ni.,. 4.-J0 p. m, 8Kp. m. JOHN JAHN, Sunk. " - '- j -.. , , V: 1 nr"" i"r-1i urn i iFrin tun irrfffrftilSmflffiViiiiiii maHJtoMlti4m&lm ff.Tljsri4te4Vfafa,iV m;r .-, ifTra.mflrtWlri ,11 r tn, iWiTf '"vTwrrar-iitTmffl-riMrT
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