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ID WARD BCtJLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.
.APBO. 1, 1886.
The appointment of Sunset. Cox,
is a tub thrown to the lam many
whale.
This must be a Democratic win
ter, it hangs on with each perti
nacity. The mistress of the White House
Miss Cleveland is a member of
the W. C.T.U.
Democratic journalists just now,
typify T-tier.ce on a monument
smiling at griel.w
A great many Democratic expec
tants feel just now, as thongh life
were not worth living.
The mugwumps are getting just
what they bargained for Demo
cratic government, nothing else.
He. S. S. Cox ("Sunset") of New
York, has been appointed Minister
tc Turkey. He now knows "why
we laugh."
Reports from Washington say
that Miss Cleveland and Mrs. Hoyt,
sisters of the President, are Republi
cans in sentiment.
The friends of Governor Pattison
are announcing that he will veto
the Congressional Apportionment
bill that passed the Senate last week.
Hkiao, Cleveland r HeBo! Did
you hear those Baltimore people say
that Higgins was a heeler and a
ballotrboxstuffer? Speak up loud
er! Texas has to-day the largest school
fund in proportion to its population,
of any State in the Union. It
amounts in round numbers to f 100,
(KJ0.000. The people of Ohio will, at the
next election, vote on an amend
ment to their Constitution, chang
ing the time of their State election
from October to November.
Is the Illinois Legislature on
Monday last, General Logan receiv
ed 101 votes, thus coming within
one vote ot an election. "A miss is
as good as a mile," however.
The commission of Pearson, the
Postmaster at New York, expired
on Saturday last, and the Demo
crats are holding their breath to
hear what remarks Mr. Cleveland
will make.
The Democrats are asking each
other "what are we here for ?" since
Cleveland handed the best foreign
appointment in his gift to a Ver
monter, whose State gave him only
17,331 votes.
Some of the boys have figured it
down fine, and assert that, at the
present rate of making appoint
ments, one fourth of the Republican
rascals will not be turned out before
Cleveland's term expires.
Auditor General Niles calls the
attention of legislators to the fact
that the liberal appropriations they
are voting for charitable and other
purposes, will bankrupt tne Treas
ury, unless they soon call a halt
The Harrisburg Patriot is thank
ful for small favors. With a sigh
of relief it calls public attention to
the fact, that up to the present time
President Cleveland has appointed
no man who is not a Democrat
Jacob Thompson, who was Sec
retary of the Interior under Bu
chanan, and deserted his post at
the outbreak of the war, carrying
ofl with him all the public funds he
could grab, died at Memphis, Tenn.,
on Tuesday last
So far, the President has display
ed pretty good judgment in his ap
pointments to positions for which
but few men are well equipped.
But wait until the Senate adjourns
and the scramble becics for the
smaller offices, Whew !
The Democrats of Allen town
went to the trouble of holding an
election to indicate their choice for
postmaster, but the President coolly
ignored their wishes and appointed
his own man, thus proving that
elections do not alwavs elect
President Cleveland is moving
slowly, far too slowly to please the
mass of his hungry partif an: but
the appointments he has made up
to date, are exceedingly creditable
ones. He is laboriously culling the
best material he has od hand.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat
says : We do not know how Dem
ocrats in other parts of the country
feel just now, but in this State we
think they u ouii like to SCO Mr.
Cleveland t?vI on a banana peel
or try oa a pair of roller skates.
It appears that Viee President
Hendricks has some little influence
with this administration, as he has
succeeded in having bis nan ap
pointed postmaster in Indianapolis,
after a furious struggle with the
Congressman from that district
Evidence has oeen furnished
Secretary Manning ttat Higgins,
the Baltimore heeler, to srkojn he
gave the position of appointment
clerk in the Treasury, is a ballot
box stuffier, and has admitted the
(fact Will he "turn the rascal out?"
Thc opinion is rapidly growing
and strengthing that war between
England and .Russia is inevitable.
Active preparations , are making
throughout England, vessels are be
ing fitted out, arms and stores are
'.being chipped to central Asia, theitaken prisoners. It is further
, , wu and the militia IserUd that the rebels art tryini
Feat of the trouble, and the militia
and the reserves have been called
out by the Queen- Dispatches from
SL Petersburg show a similar state
of military and naval activity in
Russia.
The recently appointed postmas
ter at West Chester committed sui-
jcide a few days after getting the of
fices, and yet notwithstanding this
warning, there are hundreds of his
fellow Democrats ready to do the
same thing because they can't get
offices.
What with a war in Soudan with
the Arabs, another with Russia on
the Asiatic frontier and a formida
ble rebellion in his Canadian pos
sessions, our cousin John Bull has
a lively summer's work cut out for
him, that will tax not only his pluck,
but all of his resources.
This country is likely to reap
large benefits from England's war
troubles. Already the orders to our
manufacturers for cartridges, and
our packers for canned beef amount
to fully fifteen millions of dollars,
and the Western dealers in wheat
hnr commenced advancing the
prices, in anticipation of an un
usually large demand.
Representative McDonald, of
Philadelphia, has introduced a bill
into the House providing for the
regulation of skating rinks and pre
venting the intermingling of sexes.
Next thing some fool will want to
regulate singing schools and apple
butter boilings by law, and prevent
the boys and girls from jointly en
joying those demoralizing gather
ings. It is announced with a flourish
of Democratic trumpets that Attor
ney General Garland is going to
largely retrench the expenses of his
department, by dispensing with
assistant District Attorneys all over
the country. What 6tuffand non
sense ! How will government cases
be tried without attorneys? Just
as well abolish the courts and give
the rascals free swing.
A matter of some interest to
the people of this county was de
cided by the Supreme court a few
days since, in a caEe that went up
from Lackawana County involving
the taxation of unmined coal, apart
from the land under which it lies.
The court holds that the coal is part
of the land, and that if the owner
ship of the two is in different parties
the seperate interest of each owner
may be taxed separate.
The President has commenced
making nominations of Postmasters
to fill vacancies. It is semi-official-ly
announced at Washington that,
all postmasters now in commission
will be permitted to serve out their
terms, but will then be succeeded by
Democrats. Where the present in
cumbents have made partisan use
of their offices, or have not been
courteous, polite, and attentive to
their duties, they will be bounced.
Governor Pattison has appoint
ed Thursday the 16th day of April
to be observed throughout the State
as Arbor day ; and in his proclama
tion says. "I recommend the peo
ple of the Commonwealth do ou that
day, plant trees along the streets, by
the road sides, in parks and com
mons, around public buildings and
in waste places ; that they distrib
ute information in regard to trees,
shrubbery and forests, and that they
encourage tree planting in every
way possible.
The war in Soudan has given the
canned beef establishments in Chi
cago an immense boom. Orders
for 10,000,000 pounds of canned
beef for the British army have al
ready been received, and more is
confidently expected. It is calcu
lated that it will require 70,000 cat
tle to fill the orders cow on hand.
Texas cattle slaughtered and canned
in Chicago, shipped to England and
thence to Africa to feed British sol
diers, is a new thing under the sun.
and shows how the world moves.
The closing of the Interior De
partment, and flying the flag of the
Union at half mast in honor of the
traitor and embezzler Jacob Thomp
son, shows that times have chang
ed indeed, at the capital of the
Nation. Thompson was an un
compromising rebel, whose disabil
ities had never been removed, and
he was not, in fact, a citizen of the
country that thus honors his mem
ory. It is only charitable to bury
his misdeeds with him, but it is an
insult to the loyal men of the Na
tion to pay his memory National
honor.
Some people think that according
to the rules of civil service reform,
faithful and competent officials are
to be retained regardleps of their
political affiliations. Such, how
ever, ie not the view of learned
Democratic expounders of reform.
Say they : To supplant a Repub
lican with a Democratic politician
for political reasons and with a par
tisan end in view, would be a gross
violation of the principles of re
form. To supplant him with a fit
and competent Democrat, for pub
lic reasons, would be no violation of
the principles to which the Presi
dent is pledged. Po you see it?
Only assert .that the reccoyal is not
fox a political reason, and you are
within he rule just as easy as slid
ing down hilL
The rebellion in .Canada is as-
snoring an ugly look. The govern
ment is evidently becoming alarmed
and is fast hurrying koops to the
seat of the disturbance. Reports
assert that a bloody conflict occur
red between the insurgents and the
mounted police, in which the gov
ernment forces were worsted and a
number of them were killed and
as
serted that the rebels are trying to
induce the Indians of the far North
west to join them, and if they suc
ceed in this, a war of quite large
dimensioas is anticipated. The
ability of the Dominion govern
ment to crush this outbreak is not
to be doubted, but it will probably
result in preventing her loyal sub
jects in Canada from assisting the
British Queen, in her wars in the
Soudan and with Russia.
Southern journals have lately
been prating of the extreme mod
esty of that section in asking for
positions under Mr. Cleveland. The
Bolid South has only got the follow
ing beggarly offices so far:
Secretary of State Bayard of
Delaware.
Secretary of the Interior Lamar,
of Mississippi.
Attorney General Garland, of
Arkansas.
Minister to France McLane, of
Maryland.
Minister to Mexico Jackson, of
Georgia.
Assistant Secretary of the Inter
ior Muldrow, ol Mississippi.
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enueMiller, of West Virginia.
Indian Commissioner Atkins, of
Tennessee.
Assistant Secretary of State Por
ter of Tennessee.
England is arming rapidly and
preparing for war with Russia. In
tense excitement prevails over the
report that Russia has refused to
accede to England's proposition re
lative to the settlement of the bound
ary line and the mutual withdraw
ance of troops from the disputed
territory, and is concentrating fifty
thousand men at Baker. It is ap-'
parently concluded that if war
comes, it will not be confined to the
Asiatic province in dispute, but
will be waged wherever the rival
forces may come in contact Look
ing to this result, England is put
ling her tremendous iron-clad ships
in readiness, and has alrerdy char
tered and is altering several steam
ships to be armed as cruisers. If
war is once commenced between
these giants it will, without doubt,
be a long and bitter one, and may
eventually involve the greater por
tion of Europe.
It is reported from Harrisburg
that the private bankers throughout
the State are vigorously against the
bill before the Legislature, providing
for the appointment ef a State Bank
Examiner. It is due the people
who deposit in these banks that
they should have some means of
ascertaining their soundness. The
late failure of Keim's bank at JohnB
town, where the capital was very
small and the deposits large, is a
case in point Auditor General
Niles says that he is prepared, when
the bill comes to the front, to lay
before the Legislature some startling
figures. The soundness of our Na
tional banks is largely attributed to
the examination by government of
ficials, and no good reason can be
assigned why the swarm of private
banks throughout the State should
not be required to make the same
exhibit, for the information and safe
ty of people who entrust them with
the custody of their money.
Petitions Not Mnch Good Any Mo-c.
A young Democrat from one of the
back counties of Pennsylvania ar
rived at one of the uptown hotels
the other night After Bupper he
came out into the lobby, where he
met an old Pennsylvania friend.
He showed the latter a numerously
signed petition endorsing him for an
office within the gift of the President
He said he was sorry he had been
delayed, as he was anxious the Pres
ident should see his papers as soon
as possible. His friend advised him
to put his petition in his pocket,
take the first train for home, and
quietly wait for the President to for
ward his nominatiop to the Senate.
'But,' protested the young Democrat
"I desire the president to know how
strongly I am endorsed for the posi
tion I seek." "My dear boy," said
his friend, "if you really expect an
appointment, take my advice and
throw your petition down the near
est sewer. There is nothing that so
speedily insures defeat to-day as a
petition, with a long list of names
attached." Washington Letter.
Sympathy for Gen. Grant.
Little Rock, March 28. The
Arkansas legislature adjourned ine
die at noon to-day after a continu
ous session of seventy-five days. In
the house this morning a resolution
by Mr. Harrod was unanimously
adopted expressing profound regret
at the dangerous and continued ill
ness of Gen. U. S. Grant, and declar
ing that the members of the house
extend their sincere sympathy to
tbe distinguished citizen and sol
dier in his great affliction, and ex
pressing the hope that kind Prov
idence may restore him to perfect
health.
The General's Thanks.
Speaker Graham laid the follow
ing communication before the House
this morning :
New VoRltfarch lSSo.
Hon. James L. Graham, Speaker of
the House of Representatives :
General Grant wishes me to write
to yon and thank you, and, through!
you, the members of the House of
Representatives of Pennsylvania, for
the kind resolution with reference to
him pasfcfid on the 9th inst
Respectfully yours,
y&EO j). GRf ST.
John Ball Getting Bead.
The rniour packing company
yesterday eojjiJ another cable or
der from tbe .British JJTar Depart
ment for 8,000 additional cases ot
canned beef, representing about
,($0,000 pounds, and another pro
posal for J.0,000 additional cases,
which, however, could not be '.filled
within the time hmSied. The state
ment is made that the orders already
in hand have divested all the estate
lishments in this country engaged
in this particular industry of their
available stock. '
GRAI7T T70HS:
The Old Zso Eriag ef tie Terrible
Battle with the Last Zneay.
THE DOCTORS HASTILY SUMMONED
To Essst? Krfflca M Tirtatca to SU
Ite Scrisx PaQesL
The Family and Friends Greatly Alarmed,
New York, March 29. The sud
den change for the worse in General
Grant's condition after last midnight
was a very serious matter, and Dr.
Douglas and Dr. Shrady, who arriv
ed at the house at 2 o clock this
morning, did not leave it again until
5 o'clock in the afternoon. General
Grant bad gone to bed at 10 p. m.
on Satnrday, and had taken a sleep
ing potion. His attempts to sleep
naturally have been so unsuccessful
that the physicions had advised him
to abandon them, ne had seemed
pretty well in the evening, and had
gone to bed with no symptoms of a
relapse. When Colonel Fred Grant
came to the door half an hour after
midnight to dispatch a messenger
for the doctor he was evidently
alarmed. It was learned that the
accumulated secretions in the Gen
eral's throat were disturbing him so
that he could get no 6leep. It was
said that his sufferings were so in
tense before the physicians overcame
them that he had to be held in bed
by attendants.
"I can't stand it," he cried at one
time; "I am going to die."
Drs. Sands and Barker drove up
to the house in a carriage this after
noon about 2 o'clock and were pres
ent at the usual Sunday consulta
tion. It lasted half an hour, and
the two doctors went away immedi
ately afterward. Dr. Sands declined
to speak about the case. Dr. Bark
er was asked if it were true that
the General was in a dying con
dition. "No, I think not," he replied. "lie
had a spasm of the throat last
night There was an obstruction
between the nose and the throat
He had a great difficulty in breath
ing, and for an hour or two was in
a pretty tight place. But he is re
lieved now. Of course, it has left
him weak."
"Then you don't think there is
any immediate danger."
"No, I think not, unless some
casualty occurs. Of course, casual
ties may occur."
I lobbed of $10,000.
Ashland, Pa., March 25. Peter
Dutt, an old man living near Lo
cust Gap, has been looked upon for
years as the possessor of a moderate
fortune. He was employed as a slate
picker at one of the colleries in the
neighborhood and lived in an
economical manner. Some years
ago he lost $1,800 by the
failure ot a bank at Pottsville,
Pa.; and since that time
he had kept what remained of his
fortune in his strong box at
home. This morning while
he was attending services at
one of the churches his house was
broken into by unknown parties,
who found $10,000, which was se
curely locked in a bureau drawer up
stairs.
No trace of the thieves has yet
been found. It is believed, howev
er, the robbery was the work of par
ties thoroughly acquainted with the
premises. The old man is almost
broken-hearted by the loss of his
hard-earned money.
Parched Corn for Food.
Wheeling W. Va., March 2G.
The condition of affairs in the lood
less counties of the interior is grow
ing desperate. The frozen streams
and terrible roads make it absolute
ly impossible to render aid with any
speed. Still the people of the State
are earnestly at work and will afford
abundant relief as speedily aa the
people can be reached. Mountain
farmers hawe no seed nor the mon
ey with which to buy it. In many
instances the whole bill of fare con
sists ef parched corn and sorghum
molasses. In Wort county it has been
found necessary to issue rations of
corn meal. The Parksburg Daily
Journal recites instances of terrible
suffering and sickness and says that
a traveler counted in one days brief
journey thirty head of dead cattle, a
mortality that is awful for tbe num
ber owned. The Kanawab, Ritchie,
Pleasants, Wirt, Nicholas and Brax
ton County Courts have all met in
special session to provide means of
relief.
A Heinons Crime.
Galveston, Texas, March 24.
The News, Larendo, Texas, special
dispatch says : The inhabitants of
this city were horrified to-day when
they heard the account of a heinous
crime which had been committed in
Nueve Laredo, Mexico, across the
river from here. Certain details are
suppressed. A Mexican had become
jealous of a Mexican girl about IS
years old. Going to her room in tbe
daytime, he locked the door, divest
ed her of her clothing, and tied her
securely to the wall with heavy
ropes. He then deliberately cut
strips of flesh from various parts of
her body, and under the threat of
cutting her heart out compelled the
girl to eat her own flesh. Her fran
tic screams brought assistance just
as her tormentor had cut off the end
of her tongue. He was arrested and
lodged in jail. The girl died this
evening.
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A Bloodhound Saves Prison.
Lancaster, March 25. The of
ficials of the Lancaster County
Prison have been silent as the grave
about an exciting affair which oc
curred in the prison on Monday
night Alonzo Hambright, serving
ten years for burglary, and the en
gineer, was standing near the engine
room door, when his attention was
attracted by the barking and baying
of Bruno, an immense bloodhound
belonging to the prison. Going in
to the yard his eyes followed the
direction in which the dog was look
ing, and he saw flames and smoke
issuing from a window in 'the work
room, over the prison kitchtn aftd
next to the tower. The prison of
ficials were alarmed by the convict,
and after seven men had carried
wat for half an hour without giv:
ing the alajm outside the institu
tion, tbe flamesjyarg conquered. '
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EG"CIX3 A9 CTPAJWCXZa EESZL.
Action of tbe Interior Department tn
the Case of Mr. Thompson Criticised.
. Washixgtos, March 20. When
ever a man dies who has been at an y
time the bead of an Executive D e
partment, it is the custom to clot
that Department on the day jf the f a
neral and give theofficers and clerk s a
holiday. The national flag which
floats over the department buildings
and outside offices is kept at half
mast from the the time the fact of
death becomes known to tho Secre
tary until after the funeral. T'aere
ore times when this custom should
be more honored in the. breach
than in the observance, and Secreta
ry Lamar is severely censured for
showing special honors to his prede
cessor, Jacob Thompson was Secre
tary under Mr. Buchanan, and who
became such a viraknt rebel.
Thompson left the interior Depart
ment in disgrace, after ugly trans
actions in connection with trust
funds of Indian tribes, of which
some $S00,000 was stolen. He did
not retire from the Cabinet, howev
er before he had informed the Seces
sion authorities at Charleston of tbe
decision to reinforce and piovision
Fort Sumter, and of the sailing from
New-ork of theBteamer btar of the
West to perform that dutv. He was
already one of the Secession Com
missioners of Mississippi, and ia or
der that no time should be lost in
putting the Secessionists on their
guard he used the telegraph, imme
diately after a Cabinet meeting at
which he was present, to inform the
Rebels of the action taken. Dur
ing the Kebellion he was in Canada,
and was an active member of that
colony of traitors who were accused
of plotting to carry smallpox and
yellow lever to Northern cities, ani
was known to be actively engajf-
ed in the incendiary and inhuni
scheme to create conflagrations in
the same cities by the use of Greek
fire. Thompson was under snoh
dark suspicion of possessing a guil
ty knowledge of the conspiracy u
assassinate President Lincoln that.
Andrew Johnson immediately afler
his accession to the Presidency, of
fered by pnblic proclamation a re
ward of 325,000 for Thompson's ar
rest Thompson was never pardon
ed, and never had his politieal disa
bilities removed.
When Howell Cobb, Buchanan's
Secretary of the Treasury and John
B. Floyd, his Secretary of War
died, no notice was of them. Now
Washington has been shocked by
seeing the United States flag over
the Interior Department lowered, all
business suspended and 6,bbo officers
and clerks given a holiday with pay
in honor of this traitor and conspira
tor. Better things were hoped of
Mr. Lamar, but his conduct shows
how deeply the virus of the rebellion
is imbedded in those who took part
in it. The feeling on this subject
has been greatly increased by the
report that Mr. Lamar is not alone
responsible, but that honor to
Thompson's memory was decreed by
the entire Cabinet, the President ap-
proving." N. Y. Tribune.
a Duel in Western Style.
Kansas City, Mo., March 2G.
Information has just come to this
point by a scout from Fort Reno
that a horrible tragedy took place at
the Wichita Agency, Indian lern
tory, on Monday last, when a duel
was fought in true Western syle with
Winchester rifles, and both partici
pants were shot dead. At a horse
race Frank Copeland, a cowboy, and
John Foster, a half-breed scout, be
came engaged in a quarrel, and in
less than two minutes it was decided
to fight and both stepped out and
faced each other at fifteen paces. At
the call ef three both fired and both
dropped dead. Copeland with a
bullet in his brain and Foster with
one through his heart The men had
both killed their man on former oc
casions and both were know through
out the Indian country.
Koinance of a Tramp.
Charlotte, N. C, March 2G.
Near Wadesboro, on Tuesday, a
tramp called at the house of two la
dies and asked for lodging. . They
finally agreed to lock him in a closet.
About midnight the ladies were
awakened by a - negro, who had
come into the room. He threaten
ed to kill them if they made outcry.
He demanded money, which one of
the ladies said she would get. She
then went to the closet and unlock
ed the door when the tramp sprang
out, pistol in hand. The negro
started to run, but the tramp fired,
killing him instantly. Shortly af
ter it was discovered that tbe sup
posed negro was a white man and
a neighbor, who had blackened his
face.
War Begun on the Isthmus.
La Libertad. San Salvador, March
27. The war which has been
thought inevitable for some days
past, has already become an actual
ity. The forces of Honduras and those
of San Salvador have already come
into collision and several skirmish
es have occurred. The armies of
Gutemalaand Honduras are acting
in harmony and are now confronted
by the forces of San Salvador. Active
measures are being taken by San
Salvador, Nicaragua and CocU Rica
to protect themselves against tbe
revolutionary schemes of President
Barrios. : - -
Buried in the Snoyv. '
Cadillac, Mich., March 27. Two
woodsmen who were coming here
on snow shoes found an Indian camp
on pine river, in the southwestern
part of this county; yesterday, with
onjy one Indian girl as the survivor
of a party of seven. She had been
four days without food. The woods
men took her to the nearest settle
ment and buried the other six bodies
in the snow. The Indians were a won
dering band of Ottawa. Tbe enow
was too deep to permit them to hunt
and they were too exhausted to trav
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Intense Eicltoniont In England. .
London, March 27. Intense ex
citement was caused this evening by
vu Announcement ' in the
Globe that'assianas refused to ac
cede to a proposition for the mutual
' withdrawal of the troops from Af
ghanistan. Tbe Globe further states
Granville, minister for foreign affairs
has sent an ultimatum to Russia,
demanding an answer by Monday.
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BEL'S WJW1
The Dominion Mount 3d Po
. lice Evacuate Port
:-x Carlton.
Tho Rebel Chief Starving to Incite
. the Indian to Bloodshed Troop
Hastening to the Frontier
Croat Excitement in
Canada.
.:. WiSKiFEG, March 21). A despatch,
from the West to-day says : The
mounted police under Irvin evacu
ated Fort Carlton on account of its
lack of defense and retreated to
Prince Albert, where they can de
feat the settlements and better pro
tect themselves. All supplies not
needed were destroyed, together with
the fort, to prevent the in from fall
ing into the hands of the enemy.
There has been but one fight so far,
as the rebels did not resist the re
treat on Prince Albert Governor
Dewdney and McDonald had a con
ference at Quadpelle with Piepot
and received satisfactory assurance
that the latter would give the Gov
ernment no trouble.
A DJ TERENT STORY.
A dispatch from Battleford says a
scout has just arrived with details of
the fight, He says the rebels ap
proached Crozier, who had but seventy-five
men, with a flag of truce,
and while parleying fire was opened
by the rebels from two sides, raking
the police and volunteers on both
flanks. These responded with rifles
and canon, and forty rebels at least
must have fallen under the raking
fire and as many more wounded.
A Riel emissary is under arrest at
Fort Pitt for inciting Indians on the
Saskatchawan reserves. News has
ah o been received that the Crees
are in council at Poundmaker's re
serve, and that the Indians are about
starting on the war path, and there
arf fears of a general movement on
the part of the Indians to obtain
more supplies. A delegation is now
going to Battleford to make demands.
Colonel Irvin advises that General
Middleton must bring a large force
to subdue the rebellion. Middle-
tot. had pn jpared for an early ad vance
but will now await reinforcements
and move with a heavy column.
FOKT CARLETON BURNED.
Dispatcher received by the Govern
ment at Ottawa confirm the intelli
gence that Fort Carleton was evacu
ated by the mounted police. The
fort accidentally caught fire while
the police were leaving and was
burned. They deny the rumor that
an engagement had taken place be
tween the forces when leaving Fort
Carleton for Prince Albert. Lieuten
ant Colonel Osborn Smith, of Win
nipeg, ia instructed to raise a battal
ion of troops. Captain Stewart star
ted to-night in command of a
mounted corps. Picked companies
from various regiments in Ontario
will form a battalion about 800
; strong under command of Colonel
llhams, M. P. Major Henry Smith
deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, will be
second in command. Up to the
present time about 3,000 militiamen
'have been ordered out
In a dispatch from Quappelle to
the Government General Middleton
.tates Riel has not more than 500
real fighting men. He adds that
t hey are well armed, determined and
tnean mischief. He intimates he
will make a dash on the rebels with
the men of his command.
The Bible in the Public Schools-
ShaHpsville, Pa., March 26.
The Catholic citizens have petition
ed the Mercer County Court to re
strain the School Directors of that
place from allowing the use of the
Bible in tbe public schools.
THE OLD RELIABLE
SCHCXJ 4." JJJLjIEZR WAGOIT.
ESTABLISHED IN CHICAGO IN 1S42.
1 liavejust revived twocar loads of the
wmt complete V estern Wagon in tbe market
tbero is a Hear Brake,tobe used when Hauling hay or grain, a aomethine that iZI
snow toe necessity or when haul.ng on hilly
thoroughly seasoned before being ironed.
- not'Ni utw iwu in uwA,a m rc Ttara uemrp
DOUBLE COLLAR AND OIL CUPS.
It is the only Wagon made that has this improvement Jt avoids the
necessity of taking off the wheels to grease, as in the old style ; by sim
ply turning a cap the wagon can be oiled in less than five minutes. Thia
Wagon wants to be seen to be fully appreciated, and parties wishing to
buy will do well to see it before purchasing elsewhere.
EVERY WAGON FULLY INSURED.
In offering this make of Wagon to the public, will say I used the same
make of Wagon for five years when freighting across tbe Rocky Moun
D
tains, over roads that were
l
the test. I feel warranted in saying I believe them the Best Wagon on
wheels. s . '
Call on Oliver Knepper or Henry Heffjey, who will show you the
Wagons.
tVACElfTS WASTED TfiROCCHOfT THE COVSTY. '
I HEFFLEY .
SOMERSET, MAXVCH 28, 1085.
Infants
"Caatorioisao wen adapted tochlldrea that I
recoQuuendtt as superior to any prescription I
knoirn to me." H. A. AacRsa, K. D I
" ' Cl So. Oxford St. BrooUN.T.
for
Ta'ci
An abMlote cure for llhemmattimi, Sprains, Pain la
tBe Hack,' barns, Gail; Ac. An iastantaneous Pain
ievlaj and'nealln Eehiodj. - 4
Denouncing Biggins.
Baltimore, March 24. To-day
the indignation at the appointment
of Eugene Higgins as Appointment
Clerk in the Treasury Department
received a new impetus. The com
munication of the Committee of the
Civil Service Reform Association to
Secretary Manning was discussed,
and startling accusations were pre
sented. They begin with 1875,
when Higgins is charged with vio
lating the ballot-boxes (Governor
Carroll's election) after the election,
and while the ballots were in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court He is charged with having
fraudulently destroyed the ballots
of one party, and substituting tick
ets of the other party. In 1879 he
is charged with having gone to the
Clarksville district of Howard coun
ty, and having been the champion
bulldozer of that district under a
rowdy alias, and with pistol and
whiskey bottle in hand terrorized
the quiet citizens, and illegally vot
ing hundreds of negroes and others
brought from outside by the assist
ance of the district register and oth
er conspirators.
Again he ia charged with being a
lobbyist, and with holding an inter
est in a gambling house. The state
ment in regard to the election frauds
Mr. S. T. Wallis says was first
brought to light through the volun
tary statement of a man named
& SSMLft'SS
William A. Stewart, now of the Su
preme Bench of this city. He also
says that in 1S83 Major Richard T.
Allison, then clerk of the Superior
Court, named several of his deputy
clerks who were engaged in the
transaction, and confessed the de
tails and the names of those con
cerned in it, including that of Eu
gene Higgins. Mr. Wallis 6tates
further that he called on Robert T.
Baldwin, president of the National
Mechanics' Bank, and one of the
Commissioners of Finance of the
city of Baltimore, and Mr. Baldwin
said Higgins had communicated to
him all the details, and that he
(Hiegins) had assisted in destroy
ing, in 1875, one set of ballots and
substituting the others. Higgins
had told Mr. Baldwin that "of course
it is all wrong, but he thought it was
for the good of the Democratic par
ty," or words to that effect Mr. R.
T. Venable in a letter to the com
mittee states that Keys made a con
fession to him that in 1875 "he,
with others amoi g them Eugene
Higgins went into the Record of
fice and remained over a Sunday.
They took out from the ballots a
large number in favor of the reform
candidates, and burned them and
substituted Democratic ballots in
place of those burned."
Cure for Plies.
Piles are frequently preceded by
a sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part of the abdomen, caus
ing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times,
symptons of indigestion are present,
as flatulency, uneasiness of the stom
ach, ect. A moisture, like perspira
tion, producing a very disagreeable
itching, after getting warm, is a com
mon attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the ap
plication of Dr. Bosanko's Pile Rem
edy, which acts directly upon the
parts affected .absorbing the Tumors,
allaying the intense itching, and ef-
fecting a permanent cure. Price 50
cents. Address, The Dr. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, O. Sold by
C. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset,
r-a. dec.3-ly.
Said a noted man of 60 years, "my
mother gave me Down's Elixir for
coughs and colds when I was a boy."
or bale by (J. J. Boyd, the Drug
gist, Somerset, Pa.
SOPS
Self - oilinc Stl-tn Prhnffl, w. w
for Road nr r.m. In,.... nTi. .
farms. Every part of the Wood-wwk of
Being the patentees of the
w vnrAd im manir. a i
almost impassable, and they always stood
and Children.
Caatorta earn Ooie. Cenfltfpstioa, '
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoa, Eructation,
lUlla Worms, gtrea aieep, aod proiDOtea U
WltW iajk)Mi
:3itac ConpAjrr, 1st Fulton Street, 5. T.
PRBPAREID.
Tbe Spring Season of 1885
your wants than ever before, a fact shown not only bv
greatly-increased facilities and larger stock, but also bv
fullest assortment of qualities, styles, and makes
you to come, not to buy, but
our large and handsome show
business, at everything there
too, by asking questions
our prices, about our system,
you on. Youll not be urged
be treated courteously, youll
Wre desirous of
habit of dealing elsewhere
oil nfV.oa A- ' ."
an umcio wm, uitct uuuuiijj
Come !
L. M. WOOLF & SOIj
The Popular One-Price
CLOTHIERS
HATTERS
JOHNSTOTO, JV.
Never Equaled in Workmanship ! Competition Defied
jjl I j jjp
LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED A!
E. W. Horner's MarHs and Granite Wcrb,
UNION STREET, SOMERSET PA. j
I always keep on hand a large selection of beautiful JIOXUJIES'A
AND TOMBSTONES, in All Colors, which make the finest dL-plrr?
memorial work ever seen in Somerset County. Parties desiring a his: i
some Monument or Tombstone, will do well to give me a call, as my i en;
ia the finest and cheapest Seeing ia believing. Give me a call. "
E.
JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY HOUSE.
McMTLL-AJN" & AVA.TEES,
PLUMBERS, GAS, iSEZTTOO STEAM
I,
190 Main Street
And dealers in Mill
plies, Iron Pipe,
V alves, Fittings,
and "Wood Pumps. .
the farm have in
tures varying in price
dollars. They keep all
parties running Steam
Leather and Rubber
Leather, Belt Hooks,
Valve Packing, Sheet,
Packing, Babbit Metal,
Pulleys and Hangers,
ter or Steam, Steam
Globe, Gate, Angle,
Valves. Water Gauges,
tors, Gauge cocks, Lu
tors; in short they
need to repair or fit up
Gas or Steam Machin
Agents for Equitable
chine, same as now in
Somerset, Pa. Public
heated by steam. Es
of supplying building with Water and Gas pipes,
on application. Mail orders solicited.
THE BERLIN MARBLE AND GRANITE WORE
IS THE BEST PLACE TO BU V
MEMORIAL WORK
IN THE COUNTY, AND THE ONLY PLACE WHERE
STRICTLY FIRST-CLjVSS WOBK
true. 20 to anv Cemetery in the
i ' 4 - , , ' ; j y T-
done by the Berlin Works with that done elsewhere.
R. H. Koontz ia the best man to deal with:
First, Because he is Fully Etallihed in The Trade, and is thereto
doing a perfectly Reliable Business.
Second, Because his Very Extended Experience, and Artistic Skill, "
ables him to proportion his work better than others.
-Third, Because he claims to be, and can prove it by his Work ami
merous Patrons, the Finest Carver, the Neatest Letterer, and the Btt Gar
eral Workman doins business in this section of country. fetl -
HENDERSON'S
U a Catalofoa
o for thm tnt
MERtCAN
lim putJ ... of SXXOS
FARMERS
Peter Henderson .&
35 & 37 Cortlandt
finds us better prepared to
e
to look to look at our
rooms, at our facilities for I
is to see ; to vary the l0ol !
questions about our
goods.
aoc.-f'.
about anything we
can enliv.
to buy ; you'll be welcome,
feel well repaid for the coa-
having tl,o,e ,vho have Wenia,
accept our invitation. They
1 .1 t f .
abr-I
.a
licit , uianK us ior tne invita'
W. HOENEE.
Johnstown, Pa.
and Machinery Sop-
Lead Pipe, Glo
Hose, Belting, lie:-
stock Gas and Oil h-
from fifty cents to iij
kinds of stock used by j
Engines. They his
Belting, (all sizes; Lis J
and Clamps, Piston at: s
Lubber and Aiwst
Cold Rolled Shafe
Rubber Hose for
Brass v ork of all kinfi
Check and Safe?
Steam Gauges. Injec-1
bricatora and iiifi'in f
keepanythingyoumif
your Lngine or out
erv.
Dry Blown C.as
use by Parker A" Pan
and private buiUini
tiuiates given on cofi
Catalogues furni?
janT 4 m
Can be purchased at a rea
sonable price. "We claim tc
do BETTER WORK, set it
up better, proportion it tx
ter, and SELL IT CHEAP'
' er according to quality, than
j any other dealer in Westers
' Pennsylvania. Ifyouwast
to be convinced that tntf"
Countv. and mmrare the wort
. c:n iejuisu fx.-.r.:n ;
GRASSES. FIELD COB"
WHEATS. OATS
RYE, MANGE!
mug rri c 1:2 -:r
-ROOTCRpI'?
I ru. '
Thi Muni tent (r
Co. ANUAk
Street, NEW YORK.
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