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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATU
ELaVTOaW-At-LAsXiB.
Thomas I .!aii , Lew is Pugu.
lt;Tltl.T t'.lMTPH.
1. J.4in H. Tninrart.
i. Jlm Warminster.
a. HiMn P. .
4. W m . Hamilton.
Ji)m . M' Ktr.lev.
. Jn-ill 1 T. .'!.
7. Tim I Klii-
K irar PlwlH.
9. Samuel I., kurta.
ID. Klwwt iriM.
II. lllmiu oiuk'II.
11. William Pne.
11 Peler K. HiH k.
it Henry H. Um-burL
Mm II. i.nuil.
IT. W. 1rk.
1!'. John ly-wet.
It. Jeremiah K. Miller.
'I iTre J. KiibrtL
J2. Harry K Paul.
Sbira. jr.
'4 F S Newmver.
i.! John W Wallace.
J. '. StllTK'VWJl.
T. J-ph T. Jie.
2 L. M. TruxaL
JUDICIARY.
ins.KwF TllF.MTKEMEfOl"RT.
JAMK3 T. MITCHELL, of Philadelphia.
"The favorite of New York State," says
the Rochester IlmiM, "is clearly Chaun
cey M. Im-ik-w, and with a suitable run
ning mate it is not improbable that this
brilliant ami eminent man will make a
Bucceasful race for the Presidency."
The President promptly vetoed an ap
propriation bill providing for the erection
of s public building at Youngstown,
ihio. The great rolling mills of that in
dustrial ci-ntre does not run with the
free-trade fancies of the administration.
OoI-onel 1.'.ki.-soi.l has trevn asked by
the delegates of Illinois his native State,
to pressnt Jndu'e (irehham's name to the
Chicago Convention, and it is understood
that he has consented to do so. Should
ire-La m 1 nominated Mr. Ingersoll will
take the stump for the first time in years.
Tnr. l.'nited Mates Congress on Friday
made Philip II. Sheridan (ieneral of the
Army, or promoted him tothe rank held
by Grant ami Sheridan. The act discon
tinued the grade of Lieutenant tieneral
and merged it into the grade of (ieneral.
The latter grade lases with the death of
Sheridan.
The nomination of (.ieneral Clinton B.
Fisk as the Presidential candiilate of the
Prohibitionists asa foregone conclusion.
He is certainly the most popular man
identified with the party, and in consid
eration of his high character ami his dis
inclination to enter MjliticR, the only way
to nominate him was bv acclamation.
His iiomin.'ition means that there will be
more courtesy carried into thethird party j
campaign than was exhibited by ex-
ovtrnorSt. John. The latter seemed
to regard his nomination by the third
jmrty simply as an excuse for attacking
the Republican )arty or as a means of
revenging himself on old political ene
mies. The oII'kv of Lieutenant ieneral of the
I'nited Stab's Army was created for
Washington in May, 17iW, and on March
". 1'.9, it was abolished w hen he became
President. In the year ls47 (ieneral
Scott was made brevet Lieutenant (ien
eral, in recognition of his services during
the war with Mexico. In the early part
of the grade of Lieutenant (ieneral
was revived by act of Congress, and Gen
eral (irant was immediately appointed
by President Lincoln to fill the office.
When irant was made (ieneral, July 2",
upon the creation of that oflice,
(ieneral Sherman was promoted to the
office of Lieutenant (ieneral ; and when
General (irant, on March .", lSii'.t, became
President, Lieutenant (.ieneral Sherman
was promoted to the otliee of (ieneral,
and Sheridan was promoted to that of
Lieutenant (ieneral. On Novemler 1,
lHs.1. (ieneral Sherman retired and Lieu
tenant ( ieneral Sheridan took command
of the army. The art of Congress of July,
STO, provided that the otliees of (ieneral
and Lieutenant (ieneral should continue
until a vacancy occurred and no longer.
The grade of (ieneral ceased with the re
tirement of General Sherman, and that
of Lieutenant (ieneral will expire with
the death or retirement of (ieneral Sher
idan. As we go to press, tne lVmocrutic Na
tional Convention is in the throes of par
turition at St. Iouis.
There is no doubt that (irover Clcve
lnnd will be re-nominated for President,
and present apjiearanees indicate that
Judge Thurman, of Ohio, will be the
nominee for Vice President.
Mr. Cleveland will le nominated not
liecause of bis personal strength, not be
cause of his intellectual superiority, but
simply liecause of his availability, w hich
consists in the fact that the federal pat
ronage is in his hands, and its beneficia
ries demanded and labored for his re
nomination, which will insure to their
personal lienelit, in case of his re-election.
Four years since Judge Thurman was
deemed too old and too im-onsequentia!
to be named for a place in Mr. Cleve
land's cabinet, and the IVinocracy of his
own State set him aside and bestowed its
favors on one whose only recommenda
tion was the size of his bank account.
Now the "old R mian" is iicing pushed
for the second place on the ticket, not
because he is more beloved, not because
lie can bring any electoral votes to the
ticket, but chief! v because he will lend
respectability to it, and because it w ill
Iisxe of several other aspirants, so near
the thn-ne that it wmld embarrass and
injure Mr. Cleveland to choose between
them.
A ticket made tip with Cleveland at
the head and Thurman at the tail, will
lie a clear exemplification of the tail
w agging the dog.
ArTEi! Rlaine, Who. Cnderthe above
heading the New York Trihmtt publishes
a lengthy editorial, which closes as fol
lows :
Its desperate battle for a change of tar
iff toward free trade principles has prov
ed beyond a question the determination
of the IH'iuocratic party to break down
and destroy protection of American in
dustry as far and as fast as it can. The
very issue which Mr. Rlaine tried to
make the country realize is now forced
upon the country, in all its breadth and
in all it sharpness, by the conduct of the
Ieniocratie lrty when invested with
power obtained by false pretenses.
The Tfibmx bclicvs that Mr. Blaine is
right that the issue, and the Republican
party as the embodiment of American
convictions on that issue, w ill be found
stronger than any man, however popu
lar. Any candidate whose position is
Mich that he can draw to himself the
votes of those w ho agree with the Re
publican party on that broad and vital
issue will be elected by a vote so decisive
that its meaning will never be question
ed. There are such candidates, more
than one, the TrilHtue believes, and the
nomination of either of them ought to
be and with reasonable management will
lie equivalent to an election. Because
Mr. Blaine's nomination would have
made this issue more definite and dear
WEIiXESPAT nn t lm-
than any other nomination r-w''.
mMIWrerre.ltyiii:ijoritrortlW
dele.
r-itea chtavn to the convention. In look-
j ing u-yoaU the name of Mr. IMainc these
delegates will not forpet the principle
hich made hitn their first choice.
If there re candidate: before the con
vention vhoae nomination would oeeui
to anybody to mean an abandonment or
abatement of Iiepublican convictions on
this vital issue, it in reasonable to expect
that the convention will take care not to
nominate either of them. Among the
candidate who do fully, unequivocally
and unquestionably represent the con
victions of the party, the convention will
strive to choose the man who will com
mand the strongest support in the doubt
ful States. "Everybody is miser than
anybody," and the councils of able and
earnest Republican at Chicago ought
to be so calm, so patriotic and so wise a"
to deserve and command greater confi
dence than the personal choice of even
the most sagacious individual.
The platform of the Third Party Pro
hibitionists, adopted by the Indianapolis
convention, is a recognition of the justice
of the claim of the older parties that
there are other questions besides prohi
bition before the country. There is prob
ably as much principle in this platform
as there was in the platform of 1S84,
with more, concessions to policy. Four
years ap the prohibition leaders scoffed
at those who regarded economic and fi
nancial questions of any importance
whatever, and at every public meeting
addressed by third party orators since
that time the tariff has been held np to
ridicule and made the subject of jokes.
And yet in the Indiunaiwlis platform the
tariff, the internal revenue, and the mon
ey question are even given as much space
as the woman suffrage question. Does
this mean that the third rarty is gravita
ting toward the policy lines of the older
parties?
The uncompromising, fiat-footed decla
rations of the Indiatiapolis platform are:
In favor of absolute prohibition ;
against licensing or regulating the liquor
traffic; in favor of the abolition of the
internal revenue system ; against polyga
my ; against trusts or combinations of
capital to control and to increase the cost
of products ; and in favor of restricting
immigration.
The plank on woman suffrage is a com
promise or a straddle on the main ques
tion, with an educational restrictive
clause as to the general principle of suf
frage, and the declaration on the tariff as
at first adopted was unadulterated free
tradeism, and as amended declares in fa
vor of both free trade and protection.
The resolution was thrown in simply to
catch votes, and, as a bit of jugglery,
would do credit to a Democratic conven
tion distrustful of its own constituency.
There is now here in the platform a re-
sportful reference to the soldiers who
fought the battles of the I'nion, no rec
ognition whatever of their existence or
of their services, no condemnation of
election frauds practiced by the party in
power, no expression of symjathy for
the freedmen, and no word of comment
on the policy of the present administra
tion. On this platform the third party
goes to the country.
Blaine's Last Letter.
-V. 1'. Tribute.
We print elsewhere a letter from Mr.
Maine, flatly making an end of any x)ssitle
consideration of his name for the Ciiicaio
nomination. All now know but for the
Florence letter Mr. Illaine was sure to le
nominated by acclamation and equally sure,
we think, of an election. Even after the
Florence letter it was so obviously tlie over
whelming desire of Republican everywhere
to make liim the candidate in spite of him
self, that of late there has been little doubt
among either friends or foes that the nomi
nation would still he tendered him. With a
full knowledge of this he makes haste to say
that he now considers himself bound by the
Florence letter to reftie a nomination, even
if it came to him unsought and against his
expressed wishes. This is an act of magnan
imous self-abnegation rare in J ilitical histo
ry and sure to command the appreciation of
his regretful but admiring countrymen.
Meantime the Republican party is confront
ed with the immediate neceassity of making
another choice. I'ulikellie arly in power,
it thinks it has many meu in its ranks tit for
the highest honors of the country. The one
question now, as from the beginning, is,
which one of them is at once xure of the Re
publican States and strongest it the doubtful
States?
PRESS COMMENTS.
Cleveland Lcxder : " After Itlaine, who ?"
Well, it looksVery much like Sherman.
New York tun : In this view, the hand
on the dial-plate points to Chauncey Mitch
ell Pcpew, of New York, and to benjamin
Harrison, of Indiana, rather than to any
others.
Cincinnati Cmnmrrrinl Gav'.lr : There are
well defined limitations to tiie use of the
Itlaine contingent. It is safe to conclude
that but little of it will go to Gresham. and
that the candidate, if not Sherman or Harri
son, will he Itejiew.
New York Prow: Judge Oroham is for
tunate in his enemies. People w ho are down
uKn him because, while PostmasterGcneral,
he tried to exclude the 1-otiisiana lottery
from the mails, are trying to talk away his
chances for the Republican nomination for
the Presidency. A little more such opposi
tion and (irediam will be nominated.
Philadelphia I'rrtt : Make a ticket with a
representative protectionist, who is welcom
ed in New York or Indiana or both without
weakness on the Pacific coast, and we do our
liest at the start to assure victory. Who lest
fills the bill ? Is his name Sherman, Harri
son, Allison, Gresham, Alger. Rusk, l'helins.
or IVpew? Republicans everywhere mast
put on their thinking caps.
Terre Haute litrw : The Republicans,
that is the great mass of them, are desirous
above all other things to electa President
this year, and here in Indiana they want an
Indiana man elected, with Harrison as first
choice and (ireshain second. This was the
spirit of the State Convention. Tile only
drawback is that this sentiment does mil
have more extended and frequent expression
New York Herald : The storm principle
in a convention means the mob. And as
the largest purse will command the largest
mob, it really means the use of money in its
worst form. The Republicans do not come
together in a mood to be carried by storm.
It is one thing to w iu an administration and
another to hold it, and whatever is done in
Chicago will be done with patience and after
due inquiry.
Denver Eepvllican : Indeed. Grcshara is
just the sort of man who would be likely to
receive a heavy German yote. His conserv
atism aud his sterling integrity are in har
mony with German character. They awaken
confidence in his individual worth, and since
the great war iasues were'settled, the German
vote has regarded men rather than party pol
itics. Springfield (Mass.) Lmon: From all
points of view the situation justifies the
judgment of the f'siiia, recorded several
weeks ago, that Deww and Harrison would
be a ticket to win, and we are more strongly
confirmed in that judgment to-day and in
tlie faith that the combination is one of the
strongest that can be made from the material
that will be available at Chicago.
A Hotel Holocaust.
Rockdale, Tex.. June 4. Eleven people
were burned to death this morning through
tlie destruction of the Mnndiue Hotel by fire.
Dr. W. A. Btooks, the hotel proprietor, lost
hit wife and and four sons, aud had 10 be
taken by force from tlie burning building.
Sheridan's Bed of Sickness Soften
ed by New Honors.
WAmxoTns, D. C, June 2. It was s race
between honor and death in General Sheri
dan's case to-day, with the physicians taking
tlfe time by heartbeats and a little knot of
Democrats in the House cheering on the
white-borse-rider. Everybody knew that
the bill reviving the gra.ie of Ueneral for his
soke was pending in the House. Even the
sick commander remembered it and required
eagerly to know if it would joss to-day.
When Senator Hawly drove rapidly down
the avenue from the Capitol to the White
House, ieople thought he was hurrying to
catch a train. Most of those who recognized
him know that be is chairman of the mili
tary Committee of the Senate, but it did not
occur to them that he was carrying to the
President, with his own hands, the bill to
add another star to the shoulder of the dying
commander of the army. A messenger usu
al! carries the bill to the President after they
are duly engrossed and signed by the Presi
dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House. The engrossing clerks are not hur
ried in tlieir work, and it is frequently three
or four days after a bill passes before it
reaches the President. The clerks under
stood the need of haste to-day. and the bill
was engrossed and signed inside of an hoar,
a mkssexoek's race with heath.
Senator Han ley, with the bill in his hands
and bis eyes on the flag, which still floated
full mast high above the Treasury building
before him. drove rapidly to the White
House. The President received him instant
ly, read the bill signed his name, signed an
other for nominating Lieutenant General
Sheridan to t'.ie grade of" General, and gave
them to hi.'fViounted messenger, with orders
not to re his horse. As it hapjiened, the
messenger belonged to that race for whose
freedom Sheridan rode so bravely and so
often. There is a law of the District of
Columbia forbidding anyone to ride faster
than 10 miles an hour, but even the police
men recognized the black rider, as he flew
along, the avenue, and guessed his errand.
His messages were delivered. The Senate
went into executive session at once and,
while the foam was still hot on the flanks of
the horse, a swifter messenger carried the
news over the telegraph wire to the White
House that the nomination had been con
firmed. The President has ordered the General's
commission to be written prepared. There
are no engraved blanks tor the rank of (Jen
bttt an expert ienman supplied the deficien
cy. As prompt as the clicking of the tele
graph, the President set his name to the com
mission, handed it to Seiiutor Uawley and
Senator Manderson, who were waiting, and
said :
" Take that up to General Sheridan and
tell him we exiect him to honor his new
garde as highly as he has deserved it."
HONOR THE BEST MEDICINE
The flags were flying still joyously when the
distinguished messengers turmst on the steps
of the General's residence to cast a last fear
ful glance at the Capitol for the dreaded sign
that they had come too late, Mrs. Sheridan
received them iu the parlor. The General
was dozing, but she said, "This will do him
more good than im-dicine or sleep," and
they took it tip stairs. The sick man awoke
as they came in, and showed as much pleas
ure in the promotion as if it had leen laid
on his shoulder by his commander in the
presence of his victorious army. It stimu
lated him to a new strength. As soon as
the Judge Advocate (ieneral had administer
ed the oath of office, lie dictated a note of
thanks to the President and signed his name
for the first time with the rank which places
him side by side with Washington, (irant
and Sherman, to a warm expression of his
gratitude. The race was not won without a
close struggle.
THR I'NFoRUIVlNi; KKKIAPIERS.
When (ieneral Spinola arose in (he House
to a-k unanimous content for inimediatecon
sidcration of the bill, Mr. Kilgore, of Texas,
who spent a year as a prisoner of war in
I-afavett, objected. Mr. Mills, of Texas,
aked in the name of Confederate soldiers,
living or dead, that the House consider the
bill, but Mr. Kilgore persisted in his objec
tion. Finally, he withdrew his objection,
but Gates, of Alabama, renewed it. Then
Mr. Rreekeoridge, of Kentucky, appealed
for immediate consideration, and, after a few
speeches laudatory of Sheridan, the bill was
lwi-ed by a viva votw vote, Mr. Gates of
Alabama, along going on record against it.
SOME HOPE FOR SHKBIKAX.
Washington, D. C, June 3. General
Sheridan physicians this moniitig said that
the (ieneral had passed quite a comfortable
night, and had been disturbed but little with
his cough. At 2 P. M. they issued a short
bulletin w hich simply said : " General Sheri
dan has done well this morning. No un
favorable symptoms have develojied. lie is
quite comfortable." This evening there is a
more hoeful feeling alwiit tlie General's
house than has leeii olwerved for several
days past.
The 9 p. x. bulletin is not as encouraging
as those isued earlier in the day. It reads:
" Gcnerel Sheridan passed a satisfactory day.
Since S o'clock this evening there have been
some ufavorabie changes in the pulse and
respi ration."
The day at General Sheridan's home was
uneventful. He awoke early, having slept
fairly well throughout the night. In tlie
morning, Mrs. Sheridan read the newspaiers
to him for two hours. In the afternoon he
dozed more or less, and towards evening an
unfavorable change was noticed. After the
it o'clock bulletin a slight improvement oc
curred. Washington, D. C, June -4. Midnight
General Sheridan's pulse and respiration arc
aliout as they were Is fore the last bulletin.
His condition i better. He is now sleeping
quietly.
Washington, June 4. At half past two
(ieneral Sheridan is reported resting com
fortably, with little or 110 change in his con
dition since midnight. Dx-tor Pepper, of
Philadelphia, has been sent for again. He
left Philadelphia at midnight, and will have
a consultation with the General's physicians
early in the morning.
Washington, June 5, 12:15 a. m, The fol
lowing bulletin has just been issued by Gen.
Sheridan's physicians : There has been no
material change in (ieneral Sheridan's con
dition since the last report. He has been
sleeping restful!- all the evening.
Washington, June 5. At 2:33 General
Sheridan's condition was about the same as
when the midnight bulletin was issued. Dr.
IVpr is on his way to Washington for an
other consultations, and is expected to ar
rive at 3 A. Jf.
Ceneral Sheridan.
Washington, June. 1. The House fo-day
passed the Senate bill to revive the rank of
general of the army for the benefit of Gener
al Sheridan. The first business taken up was
the Senate bill 10 authorize the Fort Smith
Choctaw Bridge Company to construct a
bridge over the Potea river near Fort Smith,
Ark., which was passed.
Mr. Spinola, of New York, then renewed
his efforts to have the Senate bill passed to
revive tiie rank of general of the army for
the benefit of Lieutenant General Sheridan,
but Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, again objected.
Mr. Randall suggested that the bill might
be passed Monday under a suspension of
the rules, and it was laid over.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, rising in his place,
asked in the name of the confederate soldiers
living and dead, that the House consider the
Sheridan bill, but Mr. Kilgore persisted in
his objections.
Mr. Spinola, of New, York, again sought
to bring the Sheridan bill before the House
by asking consent to report it back from the
Committee on Military Affairs. It had been
referred to thut committee after the preced
ing faili. re.
Mr. Kilgore was induced to withdraw his
objection o far as to allow the report to be
made, but Mr. Gates, of Alabama, promptly
renewed it.
The Republicans, desiring to force the im
mediate consi.leratj tn of the SlH-ritLtu bill
resorted to dilatory tactics, and finally the
objectors gave way aud the bill was taken
up and passed.
At l:5 p. m. the Senate hill to revive the
grade of general of the army was signed by
the speaker of the Houst and the presiding
officer of the Senate, and sent to the Presi
dent. It is expected that the bill will be sign
ed and the appointment sent to the Senate
early this afternoon and that an immediate
secret session will ensue to confirm the nom
ination. The commission will be simultaneously
prepared, and as soon as a telejrram reaches
the White House announcing the confirma
tion of the apointment the commission and
accompanying documents will be sent by
the President by special messenger to Gener
al Sheridan's home.
The lack of favorable tidings from Gen
eral Sheridan inspired the somewhat unusu
al efforts to-day on the part of his friends in
Congress, to give expression to the public ad
miration and respect for the warrior. The
bill, which passed the Senate day before yes
terday and passed the House this morning,
reviving the rank of general of the army for
his benefit, was not permitted to take the
usual course, but under the personal super
vision of Senator Hawley, Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs, it was
engrossed within half an hour of its passage
and taken by the Senator in person to the
President.
sicNzn, coNriiiaiD and acxnowlfpgkp.
Washington, June 1. The President has
signed the bill to revive the rank of gen
eral in the army and has sent the nomina
tion of Philip Sheridan to the Senate for
that position.
2:34 p. m. Tlie Senate has confirmed the
appointment of Lieutenant General Sheridan
to be general, and a dispatch has been sent
to the President, notifying him of the Sen
ate 1 action.
At 3:45 p. m. General Sheridan signed the
following formal acceptance of his -commis
sion as general of the army :
llEAIxjrARTEBS ARMY I. 8.,
Washington, June 1. J
Hon. Secretary of War Dear Sir : I have
the boner to acknowledge the receipt of my
commission as general of the army, to which
position the President has to-day appointed
me. I hereby accept the same.
P. II. Sheridan,
(ieneral.
The signature was written with a lead
peucil in a large and perfectly legible hand.
Soon after receipt of his commission Gen
eral Sheridan took the oath of office and di
rected the issuance of tlie following general
order, being his first official act in his ca
pacity as general :
General Orker 37.
WisHiNorox, June 1.
1. 'J hc following named officers are ap
pointed aides-de-camp on the staff of the
general of the army without the rank of Col
onel, to (bite from this day : Major Michael
Sheridan, Assistant Adjutant; Captain Stan
ford C. Kellogg, Fifth cavalry ; Captain Stan
hope E. Blunt, Ordinance Department.
2. In addition to his duties as aide-decamp,
Colonel Blunt will continue to per
form the duty of inspector of rifle practice at
headquarters of the army.
By Command of
General Sheridan.
R. C. Di:rn,
Adjutant General.
Mr. Blaine Not a Candidate.
Mr. Blaine has written the following let
ter to Mr. Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New
York Tribune :
Since my return to Paris from Southern
Italy on the Sth inst. I have learned (what I
did not before believe) that my name may
yet be presented to the National Convention
as a candidate for the Presidential nomina
tion of the Republican Jiarty. A single
phrase of my letter of January 2."th, from
Florence (which was decisive of everything
I had the ersonal power to decide!, has
been treated by many of my most valued
friends as not absolutely conclusive in ulti
mate and possible contingencies. On the
other hand, friends equally as devoted and
disinterested have const rued my letter an it
should be construed to tie an unconditional
withholding of my name from the National
Convention. They have consequently given
their support to eminent gentlemen who are
candidates for the Chicago nomination some
of whom would not, I am sure, have con
sented to assume that position if I had de
sired to represent the party in the Presiden
tial contest of 18S8. If I should now, by
speech or by silence, by commission or omis
sion, permit my name in any event to come
before the convention, I should incur the re
proach of being uncandid with those who
have always been candid with me. I speak,
therefore because I am not willing to remain
in a doubtful attitude, I am not willing to
be the cause of misleading a single man
among the millions who have given me their
suffrages and their confidence. I am not
willing that even one of my faithful suppor
ters in the past should think me caable of
paltering in a double sense with my words.
Assuming that the Presidential nomination
could by any possible chance be offered me,
I could not accept it without leaving in the
minds of thousands of these men the im
pression that I had not been free from indi
rection, and therefore, could not accept it at
all. The misrepresentations of malice have
no weight, but the just displeasure of friends
I could not atiently endure.
Republican victory, the prospects of which
grow brighter every day, can be inqierilcd
only by lack of unity in tbe council or by an
acrimonious contest over men. The issue of
protection is incalculably stronger and great
er than any man, for it concerns the poster
ity of the present and of generations yet to
come. V ere it possible for every voter ol
the Republic to see for himself the condition
and recompense of labor in Europe the party
of free trade in the United States would not
receive the support of one wage worker be
tween the two oceans. It may not be direct
ly in our power as philanthropists to elevate
the European lulxirer, but it will be a lasting
stigma upon our statesmanship if we permit
the American laborer to be forced down to
the European level, and in the end the re
wards of labor eyery where will be advanced
if we steadily refuse to lower tlie standard at
home.
Yours very sincerely,
James G. Blaine.
Pennsylvania Farms.
Washington, D. C May 30. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has been making some
investigations of the wages of farm labor. It
finds that in Pennsylvania there are 213,512
farms of which 15s,220 are cultivated by the
owners. Of tbe farms cultivated by tenants,
17,01:) are on cash rental and 2H.273 worked
on shares. Pennsylvania has a great variety
of share contracts, allowing the tenant one
half, two-thirds, and even three-fourths of
the produce, according to the value and pro
ductiveness of the lands and its equipments.
One-third is the the usual proHrtion for la
lnir only. In some cases tbe tenant is re
quired to pay half tbe taxes.
The average wages per month by the year
are, without board, $22.24 ; with board, $14.
50. flay wages iu harvest time, without
board, $1.50; with board $1.13. Day wages
of ordinary farm labor, without board, $1.10
with hoard, 82 cents.
The Charges Against Melville W.
Fuller.
Washington, D. C, June 1. The Fuller
nomination has been postponed by the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee for a week. A Mr.
Dunlcvy, of Chicago, alleges that the Clerk
of Court and Mr. Fuller were Jury Commis
sioners in 1881. and that the latter drew a
jury before which case, in which he himself
was heavily interested, was tried. The re
sult, according to Dunlevy, was a verdict
for Fuller and the consequent recovery of a
large and valuable tract of swanp land. The
committee has telegraphed for a transcript of
tbe records, and will await its receipt.
The Tariff Bill.
Washington, June 2. Democratic mem
bers of the Ways and Means committee are
considerably discouraged over the dilatory
manner in which the tariff bill is being con
sidered. They say they will penuit it lo run
on as it has been running for two weeks,
when they propose to introduce a resolution
amending the rules so as to give the chair
power to rule out dilatory motions and ex
traneous discussion and amendments a pow
er similar to that given Sjicaker Keifer in the
Forty-seventh Congress.
CENERAL FISK FOR PRESIDENT,
Nominated by the Prohibitionist at
Indianapolis by Acclamation.
Indianapolis, May 31. The Prohibition
National Convention was decidedly slow in
coming together this morning.- Admission
to the hall was not obtainable until ball
past eight, and the Immense crowd which
had gathered before the entrance could not,
in the short time remaining, get to their seats
before the convention hour. Tlie galleries of
the convention hall were filled long before
tlie delegates' seats were all occupied, but
Chairman St. John, in spite of tlie empty
seats in the delegates' division, rapped tbe
convention to order promptly at 0 o'clock.
At that moment the Missouri delegation en
tered the hall with a banner bearing the
names of Fisk and Brooks. Considerable
applause was elicited, but it was not gen
eral. Tlie day's proceedings were opened with
song, followed with prayer from the Rev. A.
M. Richardson, of Kansas. The committee
on rules was announced as ready to make its
report, and the chairman was accorded the
floor. He read tbe rules as recommended
by the committee as follows : The sessions
of the convention to be from 9 to 12:15 and
2 to G o'clock ; debate to be confined to five
minutes to each delegate, and no delegate to
speak more than once on each question ;
votes to be taken by a call of States, the
chairman of each delegation to announce
the vote, absent relegates to be voted in pro
portion to those present ; nominating speech
es to be confined to one for each State for
each office.
debate on the srrrBAGE flank.
The convention immediately proceeded to
get into a tangle on the rule limiting debate
on the suffrage question. Those most inter
ested in this probable plank in the platform
objecting seriously to so circumscribing a
debate. Those favoring an extension of the
time of debate were led by Rev. W. T. Mills,
of Ohio, and Delegate Bascom, of Massachu
setts. "
The latter gentleman moved to extend the
debate on the suffrage plank to four hours,
the leading speakers to be selected by the
two parties and confine the debate to them.
On this the previous question was moved
and it was voted down. The rules were then
accepted as reported, and thus the first bat
tle on the suffrage question ended without a
decisive victory for either side, as various
delegates favoring the extension of time op
pose woman suffrage. The delegation from
Texas, which under the call was entitled to
2T regular and 19 alternates, was then per
mitted to cast the full vote, the credentials
committee giving the State credit for but
2.
A tqiecial motion by Rev. W. II. Boole, of
New York, to limit debate on the suffrage
plank to three hours and speeches to ten
minutes each, was defeated and the report of
thecommittee on finance was presented. It
recommends the rdoption of the national
committee plan, already formulated for an
assessment by States with the additional
provision that voluntary contributions be
taken in the convention. The report of the
committee was adopted.
" FfNliS FOB THE CAMPAIGN.
A resolution from the Iowa delegation was
then presented containing a memorial to
Rev. Mr. Haddock. "Our Martyred Prohi
bitionist." Tlie convention, under the lead
ership of J. C. Evans, of Illinois, next pro
ceeded to the collection of voluntary contri
butions, and there w-as seen one of those en
thusiastic occurrences so peculiar to Prohi
bition conventions. Almost the instant Mr.
Evans completed his preliminary appeal a
subscription of $1,000 from P. F. Sturtevant,
of Boston, f illowed a second later by anoth
er $1,000 from R. H. McDonald, of Califor
nia, who was placed before the convention
of ia4 for the head of the ticket. Then
came James B. Hobbs, of Illinois, with $1,
000, and W.J. Dcmorest, of New York, who
first put down $.00 and afterwards raised it
to $1.1X10. From this the amount went down
to $-'xjo, and they came in thick and fast.
The Missouri delegation, in conjunction with
W. II. Crane, pledged $1,000. as also did a
delegate from Portland, Oregon, and J. K.
Johnson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, with
like sums. The subscriptions as they grew
smaller in amount, increased in number un
til the total reached $25,000.
On an announcement that theCalifornians
had aggregated $2,000, Mr. Sturtevant, of
Boston, raised his to $2,000, and thus the ex
citement continued, each subscription being
received with renewed applause and cheer
ing. An insident received with perhaps the
greatest applause was the announcement by
Mr. Dickie of a subscription of $100 by a
Catholic priest of St. Paul, whose annual
salary he announced as $309, Rev. Father
Mahoney, who afterwards addressed the as
sembly. An adjournment was then, at 12:20, taken
until 2 o'clock.
Chairman St. John promptly rapped the
convention to order at 2 o'clock, but it was
neany half an hour after before the great
body was ready for business. The assem
blage is proving to be almost unwieldy be
cause of the large number of delegates and
alternates, nearly al! of whom seem to have
conic loaded with a speech. The proceedings
were opened with music and Bible reading
and a prayer by the Rev. J. G. Evans, of
Illinois.
The lime was then devoted to singing and
other exercises for the entertainment of the
convention until nearly three o'clock, when
the committee on resolutions, led by Chair
man James Black, with Miss Frances E.
Willard on his arm, was seen entering the
door. A few moments later it was announc
ed that tlie committee was ready to report,
and Secretary Samuel Small, of the con
vention and committee, proceeded to read
the majority report of the committee, as
follows :
THE PLATFORM.
The Prohibition party, in national conven
tion assembled, acknowledging Almighty
(rod as the source of all power in govern
ment, do hereby declare :
First. That the manufacture, importa
tion, exportation, transportation and sale of
alcoholic beverages shall be made public
crimes and punished as such.
Second. That such prohibition must be
secured through amendments of our Nation
al and State Constitutions, enforced by ade
quate laws, adequately supported by admin
istrative authorily, and to this end the or
ganization of the Prohibition party is im
jieratively demanded in State and Nation.
Third. That any form of license, taxa
tion or regulation of the liquor traffic is con
trary to good government; that any party
which supports regulation license or tax en
ters into alliance with such traffic and be
comes the actual foe of the State's welfare,
ami that we arraign the Republican and
Democratic parties for their persistent atti
tude in favor of the liquor license iniquity
whereby tley oppose the demand of the
people for prohibition and through open
complicity with the liquor cause defeat the
enforcement of law.
Forani. For the immediate abolition of
the internal revenue system, whereby our
National Government is deriving support
from our greatest national vice. '
Fifth. That an adequate public revenue
being necessary, it may properly be raised
by inqiort duties and by an equitable assess
ment upon the property and the legitimate
business of the country, but import duties
should be so reduced that no surplus shall be
accumulated in the Treasury, and that the
burden of taxation shall be removed from
foods, clothing and other comforts and nec
essaries of life.
Sixth. The civil service appointments for
all civil offices, chiefly clerical in tlieir du
ties, should be based upon moral, intellect
ual and physical qualifications, and not upon
party services or party necessity.
Clinton B. Fisk was nominated for Presi
dent by acclamation.
After tbe nomination of General Fisk the
convention proceeded to debate the platform.
There was a big fight over the seventh
plank, which was adopted. It was as fol
lows :
Seventh. That the right of suffrage rests
on no mere circumstances of race, color, sex
or nationality, and that where from any
cause it has been held from citizens who are
of suitable age and mentally and morally
qualified for the exercise of an intelligent
sollot. it slioald be restored by tbe people
through the Legislature of tlie several States,
on such educational basis as they may deem
IT IS ALL ONEWAY.
Cleveland Is Bossing the Democratic
National Convention.
THCRMAN WILL GET SECOND PLACE.
fir. Louts, June 4,.7-lt will be Cleveland
andTbnrman.
Unless all signs (ail the Old Roman will
be nominated with nearly the unanimity
that is certain to be exhibited in the renomi
nation of Grover Cleveland. But to day the
field is by no means clear for him. Gov.
Gray Is still iu the race, and the Hoosiers are
bowling themselves hoarse over him. But
he will be withdrawn before midnight, and
by daylight to-morrow the slate will lie made
np to be rushed through. Delegates are ar
riving by every train. Tbe holtels are filltsl
to overflowing. Many buildings are decora
ted, and wherever the eye rests Hags are float
ing idly in the breext. Most of the delegates
are all at sea. Congressman Bill Scott has
his hands on the lever and he is the the en
gineer that all the boomers talk with.
the platform.
Mr. Scott expresses himself frankly to-day.
He says the ticket will be no friction, and
the convention will probably adjourn by
Wednesday evening. Just as this conven
tion has but one candidate for the Presiden
cy Cleveland so it has but one plank in its
platform the reduction and removal of pro
tection as urged in Cleveland's message. The
shape and form which this will take was
reached late last night, when tiie plank pre
pared at Washington was shown to a few of
the leaders. It is a compromise between the
Uarrisburg and the New York platforms.
For the first time in the political history of
half of a century of tariff agitation the
Ilemocracy of Pennsylvania finds itself
farther along the path towards free trade
than ils party. The Democrats of Pennsyl
vania bolted whole the Mills bill, every line
covering a blow at some one of its industries
The Democrats of the country reject the
name but accept the priiu t.le of the Mills
bill.
The plank as it stands now takes three
positions. It reaffirms the attitude of the
party four years ago demanding a revision
and reduction of the internal revenue. It
will not denounce the latter as war taxation
only, as did the platform of 1SH4. Neither
will it propose to continue internal revenue
taxation unchanged, as did the President's
message. In the next place the platform,
having crossed the President's position in
his message on this point will affirm approv
al of the tariff message and the administra
tion's policy ; andvlastly, it will demend the
passage i)f legislation carrying out this mess
age, and this legislation will be described iu
terms which fit the Mills bill as nearly as
may be, but the bill will not be mentioned
by name.
A CONVENTION OF THE DISAPPOINTED.
It is hard to believe that a great party,
holding nine-tenths of the offices and half
the voles of the country, is to meet to-morrow
in its great National Council. Gather
ings of far less importance, of merely local
interest, ordinarily draw a far larger crowd
and fill a town with far more visible aud vo
cal signs of their presence and enthusiasm.
There is absolutely no comparison, for in
stance, between, the crowd drawn here by
this Convention and the thousands whom
the Grand Army encampment gathered here.
It would be a mistake to attach too much
importance to the absence of anything spec
tacular in this convention. Tbe circumstance
reflects in a curious way the party candidate ;
for Mr. Cleveland, whatever else be has
done or left undone, has never been spec
tacular, and his party addressed itself
to the work of a renomination in his
own dull, heavy way. Of course, the per
functionary character of the nomination ac
counts for part of this. But there are other
reasons which take the snap out of this Con
vention and make it so dull a ratification
meeting. It is an assemblage in which the
nnterrified and fierce IVmocracy is replaced
by the "Great Disappointed." In running
over the list of delegates one finds many of
those whom Cleveland refused to appoint to
office, and it is the irony of fate that they
are now assembled to nominate him. What
is there for Henry Wattcrson to throw his
hat in tbe air over, except the Mills bill ?
He wanted to preside over the Convention,
and Pat Collins will ; but he, too, has his
disappointment to nnrse. The Indiana del
egation is raw over the grievance of seeing
Thurman put in the field at the eleventh
hour and apparently by the administration
for Vice-President. Part of Ohio is quite as
mad at the prospect for having to vole for
him. The Californians are enthusiastic, but
that is the way they have in both patties. In
all the other delegation headquarters the at
mosphere is as exaiarating as a vapor bath
and as full of enthusiasm.
Shot Down in a Court-Room.
Chicago, June 1. A tremendous sensation
occurred in Judge Jamison's Court shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning. While the
docket was being called Mrs. Meckie L. Raw
son was impatiently waiting for the divorce
case of her husband. Banker Rawson, to be
called. Colonel H. C. Whitney, her hus
band's attorney, was sitting at a side table
writing, when the Court was suddenly start
led to hear the report of a pistol, and Colonel
Whitney at once disapieared under the ta
ble. The shot was followed by four more in
rapid succession, and Mrs. Rawson was seen
pursuing Whitney with a Smith &. Wesson
38-calibre revolver. Mrs. Rawson succeeded
in emptying her revolver at Whitney before
she could be captured. Two of the balls hit
the lawyer, one taking etfect below the groin
and the other in the left leg. The wound
near the right groin will probably be fatal.
Judge Jamison at once ordered Mrs. Raw
son's arrest, and she was immediately taken
to jail.
When (he officers arrived at the jail with
their prisoner Mrs. Rawson had every apr
pearance of being an insane woman ; her
eyes were red and bloodshot, and she com
plained of being cold and faint. As soon as
the search had been completed she became
more comjiosed. The jail officers refused to
allow reporters to see her.
It is understood that Mrs. Rawson has
been in a desperate state of mind since the
Appellate Court yesterday refused to grant
her solicitor's fees, and said, in passing Ukiii
the merits of her pending divorce suit, that
the testimony was overwhelmingly against
her. It is also understood that Mrs. Rawson
claims that Lawyer Whitney trumped up
all the testimony which went to show that
she had been guilty of infidelity.
The decision of the Apellate Court yes
terday reversed the order of Judge Shepard
in the Rawson divorce case, in which he al
lowed Mrs. Meckie L. Rawson a large sum of
money for temporary alimony and solicit
or's fees. Mrs. Rawson thereby lost a large
amount and Banker Rawson gained a decid
ed financial victory. The Rawson divorce
case attracted a gre it deal of attention last
year, because the trouble between the bank
er and his wile led to the former being shot
by his step-son, young Lee. 1)he husband
had, in his affidavits in the case, cast reflec
tions on Mrs. Rawson's character and life
previous to his marriage with her. Her son
attempted to wipe out the insult by shooting
Rawson, and the latter had a very narrow
escape from death, being terribly wounded.
Desecration of Decoration Day In a
Half Civilized Community In
Illinois.
Sterlino, III., June 2. Lyndon, a village
of several hundred inhabitants about 15
miles southwest of this city, commemorated
Decoration Day in the most unique fashion.
After a sermon at tbe church the crowd
formed a procession and .marched to the
cemetery, beaded by a soldier's stretcher, the
sheet bloody with the gore of an ox or some
other beast.
Cpon the stretcher lay a man designed to
represent a dead soldier. Four old soldiers
acted as pallbearers and four young women
walked behind with sad faces. Behind this
bier walked an ederly lady clad in black and
weeping bitterly. Following her was the
church choir, singing Who Will Care for
Mother Now."
How It Feele to Htv An Ear Cut I
Off
Cbtcaoo, JuneS. Robert H, Belt yester
day slipped up behind George K. Murray
and cut off his ear with a pocket knife. A
warrant was issued for his arrest and he was
captured to-night. lie gave bail in the sumof
$1,000 for trial. The motive for the mayhem
according to the police, is jealousy. Murry
and Mrs. lie!!, who is a handsome woman,
were friendly, had gone together to theatres,
parties and out driving. BUI gave it out
that he was going to kill Murray on sight.
Murry went to see Lawyer Judah about it
and was'advised to get out a peace warrant
but neglected it, Yestenlay he called to see
Mr. Judah again, but found him out. It
was while writing a note to the attorney in
the cigar store ef the Adams Express build
ing that Bell steped up to him, pulled his
ear out with his left hand and deftly sliced
the memlier, marking the the man for life.
The penalty for mayhem is twenty years in
tbe penitentiary. Mr. Murray was seen this
afternoon in bis rooms at the Hotel Grace.
Said he :
Mrs. Bell and I were friends when she
was a little girl. Two months ago I met her
on the street. I called at her bouse, and
twice we had luncheons together. I met
her, perhaps half a dozen times. Well. Bell
came around to my office and raised a terri
ble row there and wrote tetters to my wife
and her father. I thought there was a ten -dency
to blackmail in them. He was anx
ious to have my wife get a divorce from me.
I finally telegraphed her to meet him and
hear what he had to say. She came on from
Iowa and saw him. She refused to believe
that I had been untrue. Yesterday he met
me on the street and demanded that I should
go with him to see bis brother. I told him
I'd see hitn or his brother, but I wouldn't
go alone with those two men. He said:
" You have got to go, or I'll shoot you,"
I told him he might shoot, I was going
to have a friend, and we went into the
Adams Express building after Mr. Judah.
" Do you have to go np in the elevator ? "
he asked. I told him I did.
"Well, you're not going to give me the
slip that way."
Well, I got a card and was writing a note
when I heard a grinding, crashing noise in
my ear. I turned to see what it was and
saw him running out. Then I felt pain and
the blood began to spurt. I'd lots rather
have been shot than mutilated in this sneak
ing way. An Apache couldn't have done
worse. If they catch this fellow, I'll put
him through to the fullest extent of the
law.
Mr. Murray is general traveling agent for
a corset manufacturing firm.
Lynched for Killing a Family,
Yiboo.ua, June 2. Soon after midnight a
thousand determined men surrounded the
jail in which Andrew Grandstaff, charged
with the brutal murder of Reuben Drake
and family on the night of May 24, was con
fined. They demanded the prisoner, but
the authorities refused to give him up. The
barricades were then broken down and the
officers were overpowered. An hour was
spent in breaking down the steel cage and
then the prisoner fought with desperate fury
against the mob that sought to enter. He
was taken out, bound hand and foot, led to
tlie porch below, a rope was placed around
his neck and the prisoner was asked w'lat he
had to say. He protested that be was inno
cent, and pleaded piteously for his life, but
his entreaties were cut short by a pull at the
rope that had been thrown over a limb of a
tree and struggled in the air. After a second
elevation he made a statement that he Frank
and Elisha Carey had the murder concocted
and that they bad tlie deed accomplished
before he arrived at the house. Grandstaff
hung for eleven minutes before life was ex
tinct. Iu Grandstaff s confession to the detectives
yestenlay he says that he went to Drakes's
bouse shortly after dark and asked him if he
had money and he said he had not. " Then
I drew a revolver and told him I wanted his
money. He said that he was expecting some
money soon. When be said this I shot him.
Mrs. Drake was then putting the two grand
children to bed. As she came out of the bed
room door I shot her twice. I found no
money. The children were then awake and
looking at me. I thought I would have to
kill them, for they would tell on me. Then
I cut their throats the little girl's first."
Killed His Brother's Wife.
Sharon, Pa., May 31. About 8 o'clock
last night Samuel Clark, a prominent citizen
and Manager for Kimberly's Mills, was by
some friends taken home in an intoxicated
condition and laid on the floor. His wife
and Mrs. William 11. Davis, a neighbor,
who had been sitting on the porch together,
were called about 10 o'clock by Mrs. Jane
Clark, Samuel's brother's wife, who lived
about 100 yards distant on the same lot, to
comeover. They accepted theinvitation and
sat in the kitchen, a lunch having been pro
duced. After they had been sitting there
about ten minutes the kitchen dour was
burst open, and there stood Samuel Clark,
with nothing on but his shirt, and a revol
ver in h'"s band. He instantly fired, and the
women all ran, the visitors leaving the house
and Mrs. Jane Clark hurriedly fleeing into
the bath-room. The murderer then went
home and to bed, not knowing anything of
his criminui act. James Clark was sent for
and upon reaching home about midnight
searched the house, the last room being the
bed-room, where he found his wife lying
across the threshold cold in death. She had
been dead two hours. The other women
did not know that she had been shot, but
thought that she had been frightened and
had gone to some neighbor's house. Clark
was in bed when arrested. A post-mortem
examination showed that the bullet went in
between the second and third ribs, through
the lower lung and the heart, and came out
at the left side between the seventh and
eighth ribs. The murderer is a wealthy
man.
Three Men Blown Up.
WvAXnOTTE, Mich, June 1. At 6:45 this
morning the boiler in the plate mill of the
Eureka Irou it Steel Works exploded w ith
frightful force, wrecking the entire building
The killed are Terry McCoy, aliout sixty
years old, an employe of the mill for thirty
years, who was night watchman and who
leaves a widow and five children ; Patrick
Finn, twenty-two years of age and unmar
ried ; George Green, thirty-two years old and
married.
A number were seriously injured. Had
the explosion occurred half an hour later,
there would have been at least one hundred
men at work, beside many women and chil
dren who are always there at that hour with
breakfasts for the men.
Absolutely Pure.
ThU Powder never varies. A manrl nt imHiT
strength and wholesotneness. Slore erooomicai
than tbe unliaarj kinds, and cannot be mid at
competition s un the multitude of low test, short
weight, alum or phmphate powders. g,Jd unv
rm rant, iwiu nillMi roWbEB Uoxl'ANV, lut
Wall Street, Sim York. S-stMflt,
P "JtfftvtiiiWB? sj
Great Sale
ATHEFFLEY'8.
PRICES THAT AVI LI., STRIKE TIIE
CLOTHING- TKADE.
I I i I
Mans' Fine Cork Screw and Scotch Cheviot, and Grand Army Scits at
$8, $10 and $12 Cheap at $10, SI2 and $15.
Grand Red-Letter Hat Sale Now On.
LOOK AT OUR ORE AT BARGAINS IN FINE HATS:
DERBYS IX BLACK, LIGHT AND DARK BROWS COLORS, SOFT, CRCsil
AND TRAVELING HATS, the Latest Shapes and Styles, at Low Prices.
BOYS' KNEE PASTS, age 4 to 14 years, prices 3oc, 40c, 50c., 75c, and.fi 00
MENS' SUITS, $3, 4, $t 30, and $5, which compare well with Suits that Cost
More Money. I have the Goods, and can tit and suit yon.
Trunks, Sachels, Wall Paper, Gum Boots, Blankets
AND LEOGISS, Very Cheap to Close Out at GREAT BARGAINS. CALL A XI)
SEE THEM.
Wool and Sugar Taken, at Highest Market Price
FURNISHING GOODS, SUCH AS
SHIRT?, DRAWERS. SUSPENDERS, aix kinds of NECKWEAH
BUTTONS, SEWING MACHINE OIL AND NEEDLES, Ac.
HEFFLEY, Somerset, Pa.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
HARDWARE AND IMPLEMENTS
9
JAS. B. HOLDERBAUM,
Somerset, Penn'a.
We have just received for the Spring Trade a Car Load of the Celebrated
STUDEBAKER WAGONS.
IF YOU WANT A
BUGGY, SPRING WAGON, BUCK BOARD OR ROAD
CART,
You can find wha you want, and none better for the money than ours. We havs
eit route a Iare stock of
CIIAUriOX BISPEllS, REAPERS, MOII ERS. REPAIRS, Jr.
Champion Hay Rakes,
Guaranteed Against Erenj othrr Rake that Errr Simnl on Wheels.
Plows, Harrows, Feed Cutters, &c.
J. B. HOLDEEBA1T.M,
NO. 3. BAEIt S BLOCK.
He Has a Young Wife.
Amis. Ua., June 4. Rev. Dr. Pridern
some weeks ago preached his own funeral
sermon, anil now he is about to contest his
own will. When avked about it he declared
that what hail once heen done could not be
undone without sufficient cause, and as he
considered himself dead since his funeral
sermon, he can only proceed in the Ieal
way to have his will set aside. He fought lo
keep his coffin in bis house, to which his
wife, who is his second mate, objected. The
disagreement growing out of this has deep
ened, until now the old man desires to recall
the will by which he left her his small pos
sessions. Undue influence is the reason he
will assign.
B. & B.
SPECIAL SPRING SALE OF
Silks & Dress Goods.
In Plain Blacks, Colors, Fancy Combina
tions and Weaves.
This Is a mot extensive offering, and embraces
many MKMARKABLE BABCAISS nut every
day banrains but something unusual. Purrhiu
enof ryUiots will enult their own interests
by writing our Hail Onler Dt-partinent f. samcles
or thee values, whic h, together with any infor
mation iu regard b gimb, et, will be rheerfully
sent to any address. This branch of our bmlnem
Is rapidly growing every day. It will continue to
develop jim in proportion as the benefits anil ad.
vantHKrs of pnrcha.'-iiig from our exteibive stoa-k
I where many rare bargains are constantly ottered)
roues to be fully understood awl appreciated by
buyers living at a distance from the lance trade
eentrvs. The branches in the Silk Department will in
rlmle ainch Black tiroa Uraiiu, 7oc, UUc,
I1.U0. M.SV. SL.'iO. to S3.0U.
ZMut'li Blark urah, rtrirtly all Silks, 5c.
xurh quality not shown elsewhere leas than 65
and 75c.
Also. Special Values in Black Surahs, ft. 65c,
75c.
24-inch 9urahs, il.on. $1.25. fi.jft.
Full line Blark Armure eiik., JtMnches wide.
Hue ; real Talue. S1.25.
COIdOEB EXCESS SiUKS
GROS CRAMS.
SURAHS.
ItHADAMES,
FAILLE FRAHCAISSE ETC
A lew sperUI numbers In WOOL FABRICS are
5-inch all wool Checks and Mixtures, 25c, a yard
regular 30c, quality.
Line of x-inch all wool goods, elegant quality.
35c
0-Inch French Suitings. SOe. ; down from 75c.
and Il.on.
lW.nrjo yards of Crinkled Seersuckers sacrlrWd
at 5c. 6 te a yard ; tine goods, and real value
double these price.
Very extensive assortments of DOMESTIC
SATINES at ur and auc, and Finest French
8a tines at 25r. lor, 33c.
Wain Goods of every description Checked, In
dia Linens. Dress Ulnghara. Crepe Cloths, Piquet,
etc., etc., at.it-si than regular prices.
"THE BEST QUALITIES AT LOWEST PRICES."
Paramls and Sun Umbrellas, Fans, summer
Hosiery and Glove. Ladies' Neckwear, Handker
chiefs, Ribbons. Lares, Embroideries, etc., etc.
the msg tit your money.
Write a Prices.
BOGGS & BUHL,
US. 127. 119 It 121 FEDERAL STSEET.
tbbEGENY, P.
Oee.S.-'88J-T.
of Clothing
I l i i i i I
Not Buncombe,
BUT BUSINESS.
We have the Newest, Cleanest, and ont
of the Most Complete Lines of
Boots and Shoes
IS HOMERSET. WniCII WE WILL SELL Ki
LOW AS AXY. AND W E INVITE Vol
TO IXtPE7 OCR ;rw.
WE HAVE THIRTY STYLES OF
Ladies' - Fine - Shoes
In B, C, D, E, and EE Lacta. We handle a full
Line of
MILWAUKEE OIL GRAIN COODS.
WKAR ASIRF.PAlR(iVARASTF.r. Infni'
Shoes from :r.ir. to St 07. CM Ladies' Shi!
from SI to ti 5ft, our ient Fine
l'onl!itof KururartMi. t'onlovan. Don
goia. anil Calf, BalK Button. I Jut
and 'ougres high and low euL
VC are the unii for the
JAMES MEANS
$4 SHOE
and tSt
JAMES MEANS
$3 SHOE.
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luri.t anc oua. l!-Jt iis'
roeklna. ami hum inr'
M" IIKEAKI IV
ins perttitiy id- Hrl uw
t worn, ii w':i i - ' - -Ia.tiilim.
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In whir mru' 7
Afnrfti James Sib-J LL-diT"!;..
'kiu.n.ajBhtonnva Th. Calls,
urlKorw and try on a pair ' U Sao"
Hi recasnend this Sbs First, !:
and Always. USAN
EUSINISS. CaHaii
T-UJ iVuwfa irai-maW al fryrrvn'-t.
Yours In Bonds of Peace.
SCHELL & SHI7LER.
SOMERSET MARKET.
Corractad Weakly by C00K ilEWTJ,
Choice Groceries, Flour & Feed-
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Apples, dried, V fe
Apple Butter, gal .
Beans. V bil
Bran, IllUlba....
Butter, (roil.) It -
Buckwheat, r bu
" meal, -
Beeswax ti t -
Baron. (Suirar-eured Hams) aV-
( Vmntrv ham t to
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Corn, (earl bu
('helleri! T bu...
Meal V
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Chop, eorn and oats, 1UU lbs..
" ail rye. V ' lbs.
Ernvs d... .
Fiuur, Roller Process, V bbl
" Vienna. V bi.
Flaxseed, tsu.
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NidiLUngs.il 100 lbs
Oats, you
Putatoea, fi ba.
Peaches, dried, V
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Rye, y bo..
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8alt,(Nol.)M,l
(Ground Alum) sack...
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Bunr, yellow, v
" white. to.
Tallow.
Warsaw Salt ? bbl
" - sark
Wheat, bo