1 i ' -' i The Somerset Herald. KOWARD SCVIX. Editor and Proprietor. VEUXFMDAY. .Mutch 13, IWi. A a duck-shooter, Cleveland is un ileniaUy one of the greatest ftatcsiueu of the ajre. Mil. Vnxx siy: "A oattipaipn of education has U-iruii ;'' and it is to lie hx-l he means that the Deiiiocrat.s arvgoinjr to try to lcf.ni some sense. Tun organization of the new jiarty has iiroctvded as far as the selection of leaders, and a tooii as it pets some fol lowers it will lie readv for business. Utah is arranging matters so that i-lie will le in the Union of states early enough to add her quota to the Iteptib liean candidates' hig total in the Elec toral College iu lvx;. The Senatorial contest in Idaho was lirotight to a close Friday ly the elco tioii of Senator (u-orge L. Shrup to succeed himself. The filial hallot stood: Shrup, -7 ; Street, 12 ; Crook, 14. The new Senatorial apportionment 1 has lieen iiitndiivd in the Hoiw, hut it is not essentially new, lieiug the one pi-i-u hy the L-.-gislatiuv of l-.tl and W't.vd hv (iowrnor lattisn. Cit!si has had two terms in the Speakership, and Heed will have at least tv.-o. Not many Sjicaki-rs ln-at that record. Carlisle, Maine stud Col fax had three terms and Itandall two aiitl a half, hut more than half of the Speakers have secured only one term. Till: Harrishurg '' 'nr-tjih says: "The new hall of the House of Repre sentatives is a dismal failure in every rer-iH-ct. The aceotistie arrangements are aUmiiiiaMe, the decorations "randy, glaring and oilellsive to good tas'.e, and the work is liotch-work. What a pity to sjH-ml so much money for nothing." It is o!!ieia!ly certttied that there are at least l'n,On persons in Xchraska who will have lo lie supported until anotlter crop m raised, and provided with trahi for sealing iiuritoses. The jieople of other states will certainly not fail to i-ontri Utile freely in a case which appeals sironjrly to general sympa thy. A jiiivkmkxt has lieen starteil in l'hiladelphia looking toward the par don of John lianlsley, who, as eity treasurer, roUied l'hiladelphia and the state of hundreds of thousands of dol lars. Jl.-was tried and convicted in the summer of Isiil and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment in the Eastern jietiiteiitiarv. Tm: announcement is made in New York of the discover" of the means of I producimr. illuminating gas ut a cost of seven vnts a thousand feet, the new iUumioant being acetylene. IK-tailsare lift given, hut at the figure named there would seem o lie a vast margin of com mercial possihilitics in the discovery, provided the gas shall prove to lie in all respects sale and adapted to general use. Tiikkk mxiiKKtt colored men iu Tennessee have gone to Savannah, where they will embark for LiU-ria, intending to take up their residence iu the latter country. We very much doubt the wisdom of this step. It has been stated that the native LiU-rians are very jealous of the emigrants from America and do all they can to prevent them from succeeding. It is the better thing to remain iu this c.nmtrv. Tiik billion dollar Congress of lsiKJ can no longer be Used as a bugalmo with which to frighten JV-movratie ba bies to sleep. Each session of the Con gress just closed pent over -VKIttiiy M, which brings the total expenditures of the .VJrd Congress to more than a bil lion. The principal thinjrs for which this Congress will lc reuivml-rcd are; Adopting the Heed rules, spending over a billion dollars a:id passing the Wilson disaster bill. Tin: bill creating the iK-partment of Agrh-ulture has jassel Inith houses and is awaiting the Governor's signature to Imh-ouic a law. The Grangers are lar ticularly anxious that it shall Ik- signed by the Governor and are flooding him with iK-tiiions and memorials from every ipiarter if the State, urging him to sign it. Nwirly all the suUirdinaie granges in the Commonwealth have adopted resolutions endorsing it an I notifying the Governor of their action. It is pro'.iable that lie will si;-n the bill. JrifciE I'oktkk, of 1'ittsburg, has Jnade a pi-.-cr decision in a piecr c;l-c. A mother left a child with a friend, contracting for its siipjtort. She failed to pay its Imarding and when owing the friend f'i" demanded the child. This was refused, the friend holding it for security. Judge Porter decides tiiat the friend is entitled to the cust-idy of the child until the bill shall lie paid. The judge seems to consider the child as so much property, but it is quite un usual for projH-rty to lie seized in satis faction of a debt except by attachment and legal procedure. The seizure of a freight train m-ar Haltimore by tramps, after liattle with the train crew, is an indication that the fraternity is waking from its season of hi! it-mat ion and is preparing to take the road with the return of the spring sunshine. For the individual tramn there may 1 toleration if not sympa thy ; for armed and organized bodies of tramps there should n.t lie the slightest countenance either from mu nicipal or corjorate authorities. Such organizations are a public menace, and should everywhere lc met w ith disfa vor and repression. The foreign policy of the present Ad ministration is aptly stigmatized by Senator Iodge as a jioliey of surrender. I n every instance of dispute with a for eign nation, there has Itcen a failure to maintain the dignity und enforce the rights of our country. An ignominious lack of liackhone has dis-miced our di plomacy, and put us at a standing dis advantage. A often as occasion ha been presented to promote ourinterests abroail, disapintmcnt has ensued by reason of incapacity at Washington. The State Department has counted for les than was ever U-fore known,cxvit as a target for derision, and the nation al honor has leen dispara-d accord ingly. There is a good deal of force in Mr. IifMlge's suggestion that the expla nation of this unpleasant sjiectaele lies largely in the fact that the Democratic policy of tariff reform makes sulwervi enee to fon-ign nations easy ami con sistent, if not alisolutely necessary. "The eonomie doctrines which the UrlfT ix-fonu -rs have been urging," uv I says "were of course borrowed from England, and all the queer and extra-li'-uis fantasies attached to these d.x trines were Imrrowed with them," thus putting American ideas aud sentiment in the I ck ground. It is certainly true that the IVhkv erotic party has forfeited the robust ami aggressive Americanism that charac terized it in former days. There is nothing Jcflcrsouian or Jacksonian alHHtt its present attitude towards for eign nations. It was onv noted for its determined opposition to the idea of imitating other countries or of U-ing dictated to by them, but now it is tamely willing to order its course ac cording to foreign methods and in olc dictice to foreign intimidation. The American spirit feems to have ooj-d out of it, and it looks to Europe for in spiration and guidance. It is princi pally animated by what Mr. Eodge calls "the melancholy doctrine that there is no higher aim or purines? for men and nations than to buy and sell, to trade jack-knives and make every thing cheap ;"' and in giving practical effect to tliis doctrine, it does not hesi tate to sacrifice patriotism iu order to gain the favor of other countries. This is one of the reasons why it has made such a mess of the great work of con ducting the a flairs of the (Jovernment during the past two years. It is not in sympathy with the lest interests and aspirations of the American jwntple, but has liecome denationalized in its feelings and tendencies. Such a party is manifestly disqualified for sound and cliective service, and its j in-sent lease of jnwer will lie its last one until it learns that the jxilicy of surrender is the policy of disaster and dishonor. A Democratic Opinion. X. Y. Sun, Hem. The Fifty-third Congress, inspired ami alH-tted by tlic Iicinocralic executive, hits preserved McKinleyisiii. a l iiited Popu lism and brought widespread disaster upon the nation. Exit the congress of dishonor! Congressional Appropriations. Keprcseiitativc 1. 1!. Henderson, of Iowa, Hcpublieau member of the House Committee on Appropriations, has pre pared a review of the appropriations for the past live Congresses, and summarizes the appropriations thus: Forty-ninth Cor.gres 7K:.3ti!,t!i"i..H ; Fiftieth, cs;7, I;:. (. so, Finy-lirst. ss.41T.K".:U; Fif-ty-seciind. Si!,oj7.1H.."V17.!r.!; Fifty-third, f.r.i.:i;s.i;:ii.it Mr. Henderson adds: "It will Ik-set n that tlius far we have had but one 'billion dollar Congress name ly, the Fifty-sciMiid. when ti:e I'eiaoera's were in conlrol. The Fifty-lirst Cetign-ss came so near to that Ilgnre that the- pres ent ej!.-iirn;uii in me iiimiiiii'ou jtii- Iriaiioiis, josepa i. .-sayers. was p;easei 10 t-Hii ii me -jiiiiion Dollar ' oiijjre-s.' notwithstanding the well-known f.u-t that the Fifty-lirst Congress appmpriated ?Tu,l.'M14i more than its predecessor, the Fiftieth Congress, for pensions to the Vuion soldiers, ae.d notwithstanding tiie further fact that its predecessor, the Fif tieth Congress, inadede'ieicia-iesauiouist-ing to -s.il7.4K'i, which the Fifty-lirst Congress had to provide tor. Mr. Sayei-s has seen his liills go to the President, car rying lJfJh.ViT.Ta more than was earri. 1 by the appropriation bills of the Firty lirst Congress, and that, too, in the face of the straitened condition .f the treasury ; i hieh aeteI as a restraint upon ail the aji propriat ion -oiiimilie s.u:d ip-r.tted upon themind of every liie.-ulier of Congress to keep down the appropriations a condi tion which did not exist daring the life of the l'ifiy-lirst Ci.ngrss. W'lieu v e furt!:er consider the appropriation bills that have just I-een passed, carrying pro vision authorizing contracts to be made involving future appropriations auiount ing to Sil,'iMi,7irl, wc I:nd his appropria tion bills provide for i!i,i"271."u more than the appropriations of the Fil'iy-lirst Congress." ITew Tad for the Schools. if all the schemes for the lx-tteruient r.f iur common schools that passel l.v the Senate last week, and now in the House takes the licit. It proposes to c 'impel ev ery school lxiard in the Stale to purchase a panorama on eiird-Iniard fr the par Hise of a'-piaint::ig tise pupils of the public schools with tiie l-eauties of art ae.d nature and scicm-e. In other words, it is projtoscd to teaeh art, natare and e:ice with piiotographs. This fad. if adoiite.l, is likelv to prove a verv ;st!v- j one. In Inn-is!er alone it is estimated j that it will -ist U.e Uiard of iMiitnd at I h-ist l.irti, and as Hanisimi'' Inu as many scholars as Lam-aster, it stands to resison that it will i-.t the same here. The worst of it is tii.it unless school lioar.ls intr-xluee this sciicnio of instruc tion t in y will forfeit the Suite appropria tion. This is a gojd bill M kill. School lards ne-d their money for other things now, such as building new houses t ac commodate the rapidly increasing army f scholars, and illussmary fads should not 1-e forced upon tiieiii. Pii-tun-s are for the kindergarten sch'nis, where the little ones get their lirst itK'.is of educa tion. Eed Headed at the Ape of 103. From tli- Minii?)o!is Tril-ime. Fahihaci.t, Minn., March 1. General M. Scott, who resides iu the township of Shieldsi ill;-, Kice comity, is p:S ye.trs of age. For upwards of tiiirty years he has Ih-cii a I! ice i-ounty fanner. He had some business tran -act ion:. i;i Faribault yes- t.Tdav that ret i u I red bis nresem-e. and he I cause to the city on horseback, a distance of twelve miles. Mr. Scott never wears an oven-oat nor ovt rs'i s-s. he walks of," as briskly as a man in middle life and never wears glasses. His hair, which was al ways red, has not turned gray, bat his whiskers and moustache are white. Saved by a Dog. Had it not liecu for a dog Milton Hirst ami tteorgc .Moss, of Fly mouth, this state, would probably have met death in lire. About 2 o'clock one morning rei-eiitly Hirst was awakened by the furious bark ing of his dog, which had gained an ent rance into the room and leaped upon the lied. I "pon awakening Hirst discovered that the whole building was filled with smoke and after arousing Moss they Kith made f.r the staircase, w hieh was found to bn a mass of llames, and they were compelled to make their exit through a front w in dow out upon an awning and then down a post to the street. The men csi-apcd with nothing but their night clothes. Had they slept a few minutes more they could not have gotten out. The building was burned to the ground, nothing tn-ing saved. 1 A KUf ionary Shortage. A partial examination of the liooks of the American Church Missionary S-x-iety, with headquarters at New York, show irregularities amounting to almut jn, tl. K Xpert accountants are still at work examining the liooks of the Secretary and Treasurer to show if there are any further shortages in the accounts. The Executive Committee met in tho rooms of the Society yesterday and relieved the Secretary Itev. William A. Ncwlx.U of Mmtclair, N. J., and the Treissurer Henry A. xkley of New York, from further service. The Itev. Dr. Kinsolv ing. ofF.rooklyn, was apioinled Secretary of the Socictv. Dr. NewUild, in an interview, said that at present he could not say anything alsmt the fJO.diia shortage in the Soci ety's funds. "Certain it is, however, I hat I have not appropriated the money. The action of the Societv in dismissing n-.e will admit ofa full explanation, and this I am determined to have." E.rnbar j Letter. H.KRisiti-no, Pa., Mar-h 10, IsjiV. It insist be now that the season is near When the spring-timo comes, gentle Annie," and spring business, spring planting, spring fever, spring ixmnets, spring suits and spring houses enter largely into and engross the thoughts of our legislators, else why all this rush and bluster? Here's what they've lieen and done : A resolution was reported from the rules committee for three session on Tuesdays, Wi-dnesdays and Thursdays and that the order of business lie third reading on Tuesday nights and sc-oiid reading on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The resolution was adopted and goes into effect to-morrow. This U sis weeks earlier than the House Ix'gan night sessions two years ago. A resolution was also reported from the rules committee and adopted, providing that petitions shall only le presented on Fridays. Iist Friday's grist of petitions was im mense, principally on the Smith bill in regard to religious garbs wern by teach ers ; oleo, law against its repeal ; a de partment of agriculture ; I'.oiirds of Health in townships ; an act to prevent the sale of liquor on Memorial l'ay, ve. No doubt shutting up the saloons on that day will lie a good thing, but how will it atl'ect some of our old vets, in case they should forget to lay in a supply of the ar dent for the occasion? The State liquor league held a conven tion in the opera housa, this cily, on last Thursday. Some two hundred and fifty delegates wrre present. It's object, after forming a permanent organization, is to opse,e the following bills now lH-fore the National Legislature : Increasing the in ternal revenue tax from $i to ;?."0; taxing lHTat$l a barrel, and increasing the v hisky tax from 1.00 to ?l.i a gallon. The league will also try to reduce the li cense fei-s, and endeavor to prevent tho granting of a license to dive-keepers and other disreputable persons. The last pro- ision was that tiie league should not be long to any sliti:-al party, but should lc constructed on the broad plan of lilierty. A l-il! in:rodii-ed by Mr. Cochran, of Armstrong, levying a tax of sixteen cents a barrel on all malt liquors brewed in the State received its due slmre of attention. Senator t.iuay was the guest of tiie Gov ernor Thursday night of last week. His visit, it was given out, had no isditie.il siguilh-aiK-e, being purely social, he and the Governor not having nu t since last Scptemlier. Some folks seem to think, however, that his coming here so soon after the visits of Mayor-elect Warwick and Havid Martin might mean something to Philadelphia politicians. The Senator approves the bill creating theolliee of State Ciisto lian, but thought there was a growing sentiment of opposition to the new revenue bill, a strong argument against it l :ng its failure to provide suf ficient revenue. He intends to start for Florida the loth, and expects to le back to Harrisburg in April some time. iniet h:s friends in tiie Legislature. j "yti Sem r declined to 1-e interviewed Liiivcs of the press. . r, j,r A statement has '-en submitted to the I.egi'e.ture by Auditor General Gregg, show ing the deficiencies caused by th-J action of the General Assembly of iSii'J in passing bills to create new ottiees and in crease the salaries attached to others without making the necessary appropria tion to cover tiie additional expense caused thereby. The report shows the following deficiencies : For payment of Mine Inspectors' salaries, txlVMJ; Mine Inspectors' contingent expenses, iMmiS; salary of Superintendent of Public In struction, $.., ; ( omuiisstoncr of Hank ing aud I'epuly, -Si -t7y.il!; Secretary Internal A tl'airs, -'!"; Auditor General. I inglass memorial services were held in tic hull of the Hous. on last Fi idav (veiling, under the ausj:-cs of the Liter arv Society of the Canitol strinl PresbV' terian church llev. !ir. Heard, laie pas lor of the African M. K. church of this city, but now the newly appointed Minis ter to la ocria, was one o: the speaiier-s. The hall was cmwdtxl, and at tire -on, bi sioti of the addresses Hie amlienee rose and sang "John Ilrown's Fxxly," aft which the benediction was pronounce loves nor lias'mgs sent to the Senatf llie name of eerman I. Speer, of I'nion- t'lwn, to l.e Commissioner if the Cunt- beiland road (National pike) for Fayette and Somerset counti--. llx-Governor Fattison lias opened law otlice in Philadelphia. While it his intention to devote his attention the law, :t is not certain but that he mav change his plans, as he has several prop os-tiuiis nailer consideration, one of which, if a'N-cptcd, will connect him with a v. cll-kilow n business establishment in th.-.t city. The Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, located in Philadelphia, gae a very interesting exhibition of the handiwork of its s -h ilars ill the hall of tie House of jlcprs;eiitat!vcs on Tuesday night. This institution n..t only gives Ixtys and girls an education of " Kmk-!caru:!i ,' b:t it aiso tea-'hes their hands, aud when the American boy and girl learns to use head aud hand-- at the same time it is a long s. p towards the benefit of tiie nation, There were exhibited many line spi-ei mens of cloths and silks woven bv the pupils, and exhibits from the drawing, designing, chemistry and dyeing, wood carving, decorative painting, decorative s .-nipt tire, and architectural designing departments. It was stated that in the three yars' course in this school a young man can mvjiiirc a more comprehensive knowledge of textile maniif.e-turingthan can !rt attained in twice that time in the iK-st mil's iu the country. The School of Industrial Art gives (.ne free scholarship to each couutv, which includes a three years' course in the art or textile depart ment. If Somerset county is not repre sent' d in the school by the holder of a I fric scholarship, here is a tine opjxirtuni- ty fr some bright liy or girl to gel a knowledge of art or textile working thai will simply be invaluable. Tiie bill repealing the act of IssJ to pre vent the consolidation of ompeting pipe lines, of which we spoke in our last week's letter as having passed, has lioen signed liy the Governor, who in giving executive sanction to the bill gives the follow Ing reasons for so doing : Gov. Hastings vct'ied the bird Iiook bill for e-.siiiomie.il reasons. The vote was sustained by the House. He signed the Marshall pie line bill and gave his rea sons for it. After relating the pro isious of the act of ls-sj the Governor says: "Tiie act of lssJ is ofa most unusual and extraordinary character. It applies not only to corporations, but to individ uals as well. The provision:! of tho act are highly penak A sale of a pipe line that compotes with another is alisolutely forbidden un der pen-.hy of the loss of the entire properly by ev'ieai. Why legis- ition of tliis character, applicable alone to pipe lines, should lie permitted to stand is not apparent, w hen, under ex isting law, street railway companies, wa ter companies and other corporations do ing a like business may l5 merged and consolidated, the only inhibition upon such consolidation and merger lieing that provision of the constitution which for bids consolidation of parallel or compet ing lines of railways and canals; and even as to them the question w hether or not they are 'parallel or competing" is made determinate bv a jurv as a question of fact. This rifht is denied hj the terms of the a.-t of lNSt. "It would seem that when a new oil field is opened there may lie for some time rocni for two or more pipe lines for the transportation of oil, but later on, by reason of the decrease of production, one is abundantly suilicient to do the busi ness. To permit the act of Iss to remain uion the statute liooks is to prevent non paying and useless pipe line companies or individual owning pipe lines from selling tiieir i-t s k, their bonds or their Corporate fi-.m hises to any person or cor poration that may lie willing to buy tin in. "In addition to the objectionable feat nr"s already noticed, the ai-t contains another, iu the proviso relating to the distribution of tho proceeds of the sale, that innocent liondholders entitled to par ticipate in such distribution, shall lie coiiitrucd to mean only those ho, neith er directly or indirectly, aided or i-on-sented, either by their acts or silence, in the violation of sections 1 and 'I of the a.-t. "This is a practical confiscation of tho property of the holder of such stocks and Imnd without any a-t uiui their part, but liecauso ot their silence, although they may have liecu in entire ignorance of what was transpiring. "Moreover, an imiH-cnt mortgage or the holders of any lien against such pipe line company, partnership or individual, after a violation of the. provisions of the act, is obliged to suffer the loss of his mortgage or other lien. "Iam convinced, after a hearing of both sides of this centroverscy, aud upon the fullest investigation, that the cifei-t of the act is directly the reverse of its osten sible obje-t. Instead of encouraging competition and fostering the building of pipe lines to compete with each other, tho fact that when the property lecoincs un profitable the owners are prohibited by law from selling it must nceessarily dis courage investors in such enterprise. "All legislation, the tendency of which is to control, hamper or restrain individ ual enterprise, should, in my opinion, le closely scanned, and, unless some great public reason exists to the contrary, it is much lietter that all commercial enter prise remain unfettered by legislation." Among the reasons urged liefurO the Governor in favor of tho repeal was the fact that thea-t of lsvl interferes with the rights of individuals as well as of corpo rations and further that inasmuch as no similar inhibition exists against the own ers of gas lines, water lines, electric light lines, Ac., selling and transferring their property to each other, the act as it stood was class legislation, which is always dangerous. Tho Hi idle road bill, w hieh was resirt ed from tho Committee on Agriculture on the 7th, appropriates one million dollars annually to aid in the construction, im provement and maintenaneii of tho pult lic roads of the state, payable in warrants drawn by the Auditor General to the sev eral county treasurers in proportion to the nuiiilier of miles of public roads iu lie ir respective counties, to be ascertain ed by tin- several township supervisors by actual measurement, and returned to tite County Commissioners under oath. The vote by which the bill regulating the blockading of roads by snow by the construction of plain w ire fences was de feated was reconsidered in the IIousc,aud further action postioned. A bill was read in place in the House fixing the time within which teachers in stitutes shall bo held in the several coun ties, and providing for the payment of teachers attending the same. The months of July slid August only are lix"d as the time. Mr. Seyfert's House bill. No. 2-!, pro vides that female, teachers shall in all casi-s receive the .same compensation as is allow ed to male teacher for like services, when holding the same grade of certifi cate, and employed to teach an equal grade as male teachers. Tho compulsory education bill passed the House totally on Tuesday last, by a vote of l'U to 1!. It may strike a snag iu the Senate. The Smith rcligionsgnrhhill was called up on second reading in the House last Wednc&day morning, and after a some what heated discussion, and the addition of a new section and an amendment at taching a penalty for.violatioii of its pro visions, passed. I U provisions are: N. teacher in any public school in this Com monwealth shall wear in said sch.nl, or while engaged in tiie perl'ormuiK-e of his or her duty as such teacher, any dress, mark, emblem or in-.ignia indicating the fact that such teacher is a in. 'tuber or ad herent of any religions order, se-.-t or de nomination. Tho penalty for violation i i. for the first offense, upon conviction, oi; for the second odetise, the same sum and loss of oili'-e as school tea-hcr; a person thus twice convicted shall not lie eligible to r-e-ap;iointuient in the slate within a peri. id of live years from the dale of con viction. The rural members of the H't-.ise arc confident of Is-ing able to defeat tiie at tempt to repeal the oleomargarine law. obsi. has more friends in tho Senate than in the House, but the Senator from Som erset, w ho is Chairman of th- Committee, on Agriculture, h ipes to be able to defeat Ihe repeal in c imaiiilee in c is" it g es to his committee. Tiie -1-m. pe i;ile will use every effort in their power to have all bills in which they are interested g to some other committes. Representatives Miller and Maurerare both a--t:v.-!y h s tile to tho repi-al of the ole . law. Senator Crilch'.ield has looked hap py ever since UiO ileteil ol llie bill to increase the minimum length of the selixil term to seven m-iuiiis. lie was me recognize i lei-ier of the opjiositioii to the. leiigth-ilitl of the term b :h at this se-sdoti and tho s'-s- sion of ls.1!, and the members of the Sen- it e w h made llrj light for the seven montiis term blani'i him for its defeat. When n ken to with regard t his oppo sition he stated that it is not be.-atise he is less friendly t popular education than his fellow Senators, but beea-isa ho cm see no propriety or justice in laving in creased burdens upon the pc iplo to lengthen the term until the whole of the six months now provided for is shown the reports V be utilized. TheSenate adjourned on Thursday .and the House on Friday, itoth meet again on Monday evening. March 11. Hard Trial for a Groom. Ai.tooxa. March S. Jonathan Keleh- ner, a prominent shoe dealer in this city, was arrested this morning by Heputy Sherilf Kbv. Kelchncr is charged with breach of promise by Miss Annie Iiress ler, of this city. He was married to a mug woman of Huntingdon oniy a week a3o and is greatly concerned over Ihe atf.iir, claiming to know nothing about Miss Hrosslcr. He furnished bail for court. ITegroeg are Debarred. Coi.rv nrs, S. C. March S. Governor K vans yesterday removed from otlice W. T.Andrews, a notary public at Sumter, S. C. Andrews is a colored lawyer, and as notary had been swearing witnesses to ulliduvits necessary for obtaining registra tion certifn-ales his clients lieing Republi cans. When asked why Andrews was re moved. Governor Fvans private secreta ry, Mr. Hunter, replied: "Notaries arc appointed on the recommendation of de- i-ent white men, and on the request of decent white men we remove them. The Governor had such a request as to An drews." When asked if any reason was assigned by the persons making tho request, Mr. unter answered that there was none. It is stated that no other n ?ary in Sumt er will act for negro applicants for ccrtio- ates, mid negroes are, in consequence. Icliarrod from registration, which amounts to disfranchisement. Bde7e She it Bewitched. Bkaz:!., link, March 8. Tiie indiea- iens are now that the witch episode in 'olice Court last Monday w ill end in a ragedy, as Flla Stapleton, the l.j-year-old wife of Andrew Stapleton, aged til years, li-s in spasms at her mother's house, and physicians say that unless tha strain is lifted she will either die or lose her mind. Several days agi Stapieton's son swore out a pe.ico warrant agiie.st tha child wife's brother (William Johnson), assert ing that Johnson had threatened the aged Stapieton's life bov.nse lie said his sis ter's husliand was a wiz inL and left his young wife undera "spelL" Iljring the trial the w ife and two lady friends believing they were under the spell, fainted away and were taken from the Court room. Since the trial Mrs. Stapleton, who firmly tielieves she is bc-witcl-.l by her aged husband (w ho is ill at home, and lies iu spasms) lielieves that nothing bat the services ofa witch doctor can ttave her. A (JOOD BILL TO PASS. Following is the text of a bill recently introduced into the legislature by Hon. J. Ik Niles, of Tioga county: An Act requiring county commission ers to advertise, for proposals for certain public work and supplies and to award the contract, to the lowest bidders. SWTloN 1. lr it rnitelnl htf thr Si-nut? ' Jl'tiixrv HrirrxrHtatirrx of thr i'um w nm 'tltli l'fHH!lriHi't in tirHrrnf AKsrmlihi mt t tiint it m hrrrhff cikiWc the iiiiliiuri'n i'f thr mtnw. That the imiii ty rtiinniiss'ioncrs of the several eounticH iii this Commonwealth before milking any contract in an amount exceeding tho sum of one hundrisl dollars lor the erec tion of any new building or Isnldings, bridge or "bridges or lor any alteration of or addition thereto or for such cloth ing food and articles and materials of la U.r and manufacture as they are requir ed by law to provide for county jails or lor tiie oli'n-c furniture Uxiks and station ery required for the following county of ficers whoso otliccs are located in the county buildings at tho county seat nameiy prothonotary clerks of the sever al courts register of wills recorder of deeds county commissioners and treas urer or for fuel and light shall by public ailvertiseuieut printed iu not less than two weekly newspapers of the county if so many be published therein where tho contract is to be awarded for not less than lour weeks one of w hich shall lie pub lished iu the county town invite scaled proposals for Ihe same according to sp-e-iticalions which shall be written or print ed in a IhmiIv to lie kept by the commis sioners for that purpose aud kept eii for the inspection of all persons for at least four weeks lie fore the time appoint ed by said advertisement for the opening of said scaled proposals and which at the time fixed shall lie publicly opened and tiie contract awarded to the lowest bidder or bidders who shall within ten days thereafter give security to said commis sioners for the faithful performance of said contract aiinrding to said speciiiea tious Provided That no contract shall lie awarded by county commissioners until the same w ith Ihe suretii-s for its faithful performance shall be approved by one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the proper county. Ski'Hox i That any violation of the first section of this Act by said coiiiiuis Moncrs shall bo deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof said com missioners shall be sentenced to pay a line not exceeding two thousand dollars. Skctiov x That in the case of bridges the speciiie.uioiis may lie for iron st uieor wood all or cither of them and at the time of opening said proposals the coiii inissioiiets may elis-t which kind of structure said bridge shall ! and then award the contract iu ai-cordanee with the provisions of the lirst sect inu of this Act. Ski tion 4. That in the t cut of the de struction ly tire Hood or otherwise ofa bride or bridges on any important thor oughfare or where delay iu rebuilding will lie of serious inconvenience to trade and travel the commissioners may re duce the time of advertisement for scaled proposals as also t!: i lime the specifica tions shall Ik ipcu ti inspection on tho 1 looks of the commissioners to two weeks. Skitiox A. That all acts or parts of acts im-onsistciit herewith or thai are supplied by this act lie and the same aro hereby repealed. The above is a much needed pici-c of legislation and we hon to rfisi it Ussime a law before the present Legislature ad journs. The follow ing from Friday's Pittsburg JH.'jh 'Irli is pertinent iu this connection: "lllair cvninty's auditors having caught some of the prevailing desire for investi gation have started a quiet little inquiry that has already produced results. Wit nessed have been examined who admit seen ring contracts iu extraordinary ways. They have paid no attention to any ad vertising for bids. One contrietor testi fied he give the county commissioners carte blanche to prepare a bid in h:: name at their own figures and while they were writing up his bids he went out and engaged Uvirding places for his work men several weeks iu advaiii-e of the let ting of the (mii tracts. He neglected to divulge the reason w hy he had such im plicit confidence in the commissioners, ho a ever. No doubt w hen the enmity ofiicials are called to testify they will lie innocent of any intention of wrong. Hither they are able to make letter terms by n private contract, or they were shielding them selves from the bids of irresponsible con tractors that would ho sure to pour in as a result of any public advertisement. They were protecting the public against having bad bridges Imi'.t by contractors who could give no ls-tter assurance of good work than a bond with sureties w ho might get into financial difficulties after signing the Imnd. In case any harsh court shall hold tho law to mean what it says they will 'nave a bill iulroduifd to repeal the law. That is the ai-eeptel procedure in such cases. Tiiere are so many people prepared to put iu bills, secured by Ixnid, in answer to public advertisements that the only w ay officials can proteet the public fnan I'iss is to make secret contracts with friends whom they know to Is- Imm-st, so hom-st they disdain to give "kinds, of course, a contractor whoassunns hisowu risks instead of having lioiidstiif n to help him out in case he gets in too deep must have some extra compensation. Ho can not afford to hid so closely as others. It is the same way with depositors. Those which take the sole risk upon themselves of losing the public funds cannot aiVord to pay interest. This theory of public business is not only logical but seems to ! supported by almost universal otlicial practi.i'. There are exceptions, but they only prove the rule. Kven these few ex ceptions might disappear if it were not for the interference of iiieddli-ame in vestigators and kickers acting upon the erroneous idea thai laws are made to l-e obeyed, that contracts should lie open to c impctition or that tho public ought to know how its own business is being con ducted." A Blow at the Lotteries. Assistant Attorney-General Thomas, for the postHitlicu department, has given out the following statement regarding the new lottery law just passed, which pre vents express companies from carrying lottery matter : ISy virtue of tiiis act it is mado punish able by imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or a line of not more than s;.u,k, or both, toc.uise to be brought to this country from abro.id, or cause to Ik' carried from one state t oaiiothcr in the Fiiited State, any paper, cerlilie.it' ticket or advertisement concerning a lot tery. The ai-t of March 2, 1S.IV, clothes the Postmaster-General with additional pow er. It authorizes him to refuse to deliver t- a party who he linds upon evidence satisfactory to him. is conducting a lottery or fraud through the mails any letter or other in iil matter, w hether registered or not ; and to have it returned to tho send ers, where known, or to the dead letter oili.-e if unknown, marked "fraudulent, It is iMiifidently predicted that this new power conferred on the postmaster-general will greatly tend to suppress the lot tery traffic in our c i-.intry, w hich has lieen up to thil time scotched, but not killed. An Eager aad a Kipping Wind, A continuous down pour of rain, incle ment weather, generally iu winter and spring, aro unfavorable to all classes of invalids. I tut warmth and activity in fused into the circulation count emits these influences and interpose a defense against them. Hostetter's Stomach Hit ters, most thorough and effective of stomachics and tonics, not only enriches the blood, but accelerates its circulation For a chill, or premonitory symptoms of rheumatism and kidney complaint, particularly prevalent at these seasons, it is the best possible remedy. It is also invaluable for dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation and nervousness. Never set out on a winterer spring journey without it. Klderly jiersous and the delii-sito and con alesccnt are srre.it !y aided by it. DIED. SWANK. Mr. George Swank, of Lin coln township, died of paralysis, March 4, Is: 11, aged 1 years, 11 months and .'I days. M r. Swank was a well to-do farmer and highly respected by all his neigh bors. He was a member of tiie K-angel-ical Church for '1 years. On the Wh inst ills remains were laid in the cemetery at F.dle. Kev. W. Houpt preached a funeral sermon to a largo and appreciative audi-eiiea. A Jckyil aaJ Hyile Cue. Ns-f.v YoitK, March p. Philip Hone, a wine merchant, le.iding citizen ami grandson of Philip Hone, w h was m-iyor of New York i:i Isjl-i dis-ipppare I on tlni evening of January Ji, and his not siti'-e been heard of. Tiie cire-.iriist.tnce: connected with Hone's disajipe.iraii -n are no strange that they suggest one of th w sudden chaoses of personality on w hieh the story of "Hr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is founded, and which have from tiino immemorisl lss-n the favorite subject of BiK-ii-tics for psychical res'-areh. man suddenly and without warning frg Is his identity and Is-comes s iii"!m ly else. He does not rnui"iiihcr who he was, what ho was, where ho i-.iuie from or where he was going. To all int-etits he is a new be ing, created at whatever age be may hap pen to be at the time of his metam irph -iJ. Hollo's business w as prosperous, and Iris so continued since he disappeared. Ho had no know n trouble,, and lived very happily with his wife and family iu alius West Forty-seventh street man sion. Ho had been ill, and complained of some trouble in his head, bnt had tho appearance of being otherwise a healthy man. On the night he disappeared ho was in a drug store near his home with his wife, drinking soda He paid for the soda and went out of tho door, followed by his w ife, who was not a dozen fi-et ls hind him. When she reached tho side walk to join him ho was ii iWherein sight. Tho police have s'- iurel tin city lor Hone, to no avail. Sonic of his friends feel confident ho will turn up or Is heard from. A strange feature of tho case is tiiat within a few months Is-fore he disap peared. Hone's appearance greatly changed, his hair turning color and be coming straight instead of curled as be fore, and his face, taking on a peculiar expression. The Eshef Saio Cheered. Sr. John, N. F., March 7. The sb-am-fdiip Grand like from Halifax, w it !i do nations for Ihc suffering poor le-rc, front Iloston and vicinity and Halifax on lioard, arrived this afternoon, and was welcomed by more than g.n)' persons, who cheered with tin; w ildi-st enthusiasm. A feature of the demonstration was the wild manner in which the crowd re sjMinde.l to cheers for the Stars and Stripes. Cheers were also proposed for the American people, and the frenzied throng shouied until almost exhausted. The goods will bo handr- I over b-iiior-row to tiio representatives of the various religious denominations, for distribution among the unfortunate people through out the island. The destitution in New Fonudland is dreadful. AKiut families in St. Johns iilone are ill dire dist n-;s, and the same slate of iiirairs, and in many cases worse, exists all over the island. It is feared the worst has not yet lieen seen. Five thousand persons are fed daily from soap kitchens. Torture and Sobbery. Pi-rrsT-oN, M'li-eh 7. While George Wagner, his wife, his sixteen year-old grand-daughter and a hired man were sitting around Ihe -ire in their farmhouse near this city la.-t evening live m ike 1 nu n entered. The men s. -.-d and liii:i l Wegie-r and the hired I'l i:i and threat ened Mrs. Wagner and her gra-nl-d nigh ter with death if they made a.i outcry The men then searched the house, but finding very litlii money, they b ni iiid ed of Wagner w here he kpt his cash. I lie obi mall ileine.l that tie-re w as any more in t!:e house, and ma:i:aiinng tu;s despite threats, the r-ibo-rs h-u -l shoc1rcdli-.it and faking o'!" Wagner's sin.es they held his feet close to the fe-ry sun.iee. ,s there was no more money in the house Wagner was compelled to so li mit to the torture and rep -at his dental I-ii-nlmg ttiry eouiii extort noMnig more from Wagner, the men thre.iienv I I put the women to torture also, but the- did not cairy the threat into eil'-e !. J he robtiers secured lur.iiy anything ol value. agtier lH-l:eves t.'ia: t.i" ni"ii came from tiie immediate n -ighb"rho.i and thinks he recognize. 1 one o." tii- ui. It ii epicted that arrests will 1" made in a day or two. Mr. Wagm r wns not soli- ously hurt, but his gr.iud-datightcr is prot rated from the fright. For Hi Kother'a Sake. Imu as acoi.is, March .w. C'us-rs tilled the Senate chamlsT at no-m to-da when tiie vote upon the Nicholson liquor li cense bill was announced. The bill, w ith the local option feature int n-t. was passed .".s to !. Senator Cramer, vho has opposed the lull in many sections, sanl as lie vo ted : "The llepnbli.-ans vh- have left their part v on this question are soreheads and hviMierites. but tle-re is one person in this vorhl for whose opinion I car-, and she is my mother. For le-r sake I ote for the bill." The galleries chi-ored. Tiie bill makes it unlawful for druggists t si 11 lio ior without a prescription from a phy-i-ian Imprisonment may be added on a second violation of the law, and onlv men can hold saloon licenses. Most of the Ie:n crats voted for the bill, as did others vho had fought it right along, h i-t Is-lieve Ihe House will pass the lull. I he i ver- nor w ill sign it. Hayward Found Guilty. After the jury had l.-en charged l y Judge Smith in the Harry Hay ward mur der case, at m in nea pi. lis, t!i prisoner said: "Iu two hours I will Is' a free man." In less time than he had predicted. the jury came into court with a verdict ot "guilty as cuargis.1. itli the same stolidity hieh characterized him during the seven veeks" trial the prisoner was unmoved bv the fateful words. Havu-ird was Liken back to jail under a stroi police guard. In the belief that tmul might occur if the verdict exonerated l!ayvnrd, a special force of offm rs had Iss-n detailed to duty at the s-ii:t km m mi I vtcmit v. An immense cr-.u d await ed the prisoner's (Mining. He grinned at the mob, and was taken across the street on a dog imt, ith the yelling inuliitude at his heels. On the night of Icccuiber3 Catherine Ging was murdered by Clans A. Iliixt at the instigation of I lay ward, who at the moment the murder vas com mitted was occupying a seat at the Grand opera House. The jury took one I ml lot and found Hay ward guilty of murder in the lirst degrwe. G. A. Griudall and ?.!agsio Waehter, two witnesses for the (1, fense in the case, were arrested on the charge of perjury, upon complaint of It. II. Udell, attorney for I'.lixt. Griudall testified that on the night-of the murder hesava man enter the buggy which Catherine Ging was driving, near the West Hotel. A numlier of other witnesses said he vas a mile or nioreavay from tho h lel at the time. Maggie Waehter testi fied that I'.lixt told his attorney iu her presence that Adry Hay ward had instigat ed the murder, a:id that I'dixt and Adry hail planned to throw the crime Uhui Harry. The murder was committed for the purpose of securing the amount of an insurance policy on Miss Gings life. A "Woman Preventi a Hold-up. Pl l.l Tll. Minn., March !. The pluck of Mrs. Kichards, th Xdrthcrn I'acilic station at;ciit at KimU-rly, irevcntod a train hi.ld-tip laxt ni'lit. Just K-fnre midnight she overheard two nun ont.side of her window planing t- rol the east- la.uiid express. One wanted to thrrw ti's on the track, Imt tho other thought that tiie liest plan would 1 to wreck tho train at the east end of the liride. It could Ik- done in such a way that the ex prtM -ar would not fall into the river. Th" woman gut out of her lied to give! the alarm. Ilcfore she touched the teie- craph key. one of the i-oIjIhth proposel to if insi.lo the Mat ion and await tli triin. n-l.i.-l. n.,t ,l-.. r..r ,..t I " '"- iiiMir-i, at the winie time trying to smash thetloor in. Tho woman Krallil her revolver and pnt several liullels tliroiigh i ..,... :..,-.. i .j 1 .o1; IUD ... wim- does to lloa I Betrayed by Cartooni. PirTsiu i:o, Pa., M,:re!i :.!! is vanity as an artist lt d John Heit, an alleged rogue of the lirst water, to his downfall. Ho was arrested here to-day by Iu;s ville, Ky., olli. trs as a thief nn 1 an es caped convict. Heit. ras employed on the Pittsburg Wand made the i-artooiis for that paper. Kvideutly he could not refrain from publishing his identity by the signatures to his caricatures. He is a clever artist and wanted the world to know it. The penitentiary nut hoi iti.-s at Frank fort, Ky vant licit, very bi lly and to day two IMiisillo detectives captured him. The prisoner, it is alleged, is a d.p r ate burglar ami hassereral times escapisl from prison. The first heard of the man was alsmt light years ago, when, it is charged, he stolo a tray of diamonds in KiM-hester, N. Y., and w as sent to the Fl mira Penitentiary for three years. Iu February, ho robissl a music store in Ixmisville. lie went unde r the iiamo of Ht iuey. lie was arri- tisl and it was discovered that he also roblssl a jewelry store, mid he got three years on each charge. April 11, lstm, he climlied over the wall of the Frankfort Penitentiary and escape,!. llliHxlhounds were put on his track, and he was captured 4 days later in an almost rfarved condition. On September ', ls'o, by knocking a guard senseless he cs-ip-("1 again Mini was not captured till now. licit, alw ays signed his real inune to his cartoons, and this finally aroiis.-I the suspicion of the officers, as it resembled the name of the man they sought. The prisoner is a rather stylish li.kingyouiig loan. Twelve Persons Browsed. Cincinxatti, O., March 7. Tclve persons were drow nod in the Ohio Hirer opposite this city to-day by the wns-k of the great steamboat Imgf. llow, on tho channel pier of the Chesapeake .; Old railroad bridge. The packet as hurled against the pier by the s-.vitt current and went to the bottom in live minute. inly the s ift assistance of the men of the tug Ixiat, aii-ompaiiying the I.ongft-1-low, saved fully Mo souls from drown ing. Itcmi of Interest. The Oklahoma Legislature passed a law to prohibit the manufacture or giving away of cigarettes. Wild animals are believed to have torn to pieces Kev. Klijaii Teller, of Logan County, W. Va., pieces of his supposed ImhIv having lieen found. In Holland raiiroad managers are hel l to a strict personal responsibility for the safely .f their passengers. As a result railroad accidents are rare, and an averat; ofonlyone death a year r"siiits from them. lias that csnq-cd from a e-ial sb-ve kid cd Mary and Flia Sh iO -r. I .va ;et d residents of Shrew sbury, York Co. Tin y had not been seen for -"t;:e days and ncighlsirs Friday night mice an in vestigation aud found thin dead in ''. ClU-f'o over .'m elevator Which handle H,,t',i l.nshi 's of r:-.in i-vt-ry year. The I'liion NtM k Van! Mi r .". a.-r. s and cost itUii,nii. " j'.i have '-.iit lnili-H of street and risiive .ii.i i heal of stock every y:r. The Meat exjMirts exc'c.l $lml,ii(i ii. On information made ly I'ostotlic.i sjicctor iHIi J. ioi man. Ite.-ijamin i'. Swan, fonm-riy postmaster at l'oit t ', was arre: I''d at Kaniey and taken to Al tmina, -h.irj;ed w ith haviin; aided Pust master lavid ie:ia.i'-y, at I'li-i'p-.irt, t iituk-.' false n-lai as an i tii is i:i.-ie.ise ta..' salary of tiie oiii A native oft his country, Imrn of I'liiiie e parents, recent! applied to dude !e-e, at Yonnjrstiiwii, o., f.r i:a.e.r.i!iz-i!i.i:i papers. Jinle ltose aske.l tiie sni . iAisir of el'-ctioiis, at '.i!aiii'n!s if the p:t;-crs siioiild gr i!i:e'l, ami re 1 a leoiy tiiat under I'niled States an.) i ihiostr.f.it- llie man cannot ie natural i. I. Senator Chandler says: "l heard ilor-a.-e !r- !ey s-,vear tw ii-e. l':i-si. in Js:. w hen I was secretary t the Nation-: 1 nrpnMicaii Committee, and J-.'in s'n-r-man had sne-i-st.-l paying iii- ii:t:..i..il de!it in Kreenliaeks. Thcsecondextdioion o.-eiirrcd i:i lzi, n ihe niiit of iiran-'s inaugural lill. I have never Is-.-n to an inaugural hall since tiu.t awful iii:it." A dinssion isr.in'in Kri.-, s;,ys t!i ...; 'ei. over this tpicsiion. . pr po.-Md -.I ly a seh.Nil teai-her to her lass; "If a tri-e located ill a forest slum 1.1 fall and no one ho;i!d sec it. would it make:! noise?" Tie piiition lian create! inn.-h lis.Mssi,,i anions the pupils to honi it as pree;ii--d, and it has spread into older an I v i.ier circles. Tiie dc'iacc turns upon the thei-ry tiiat sound exists only iu the ear, and that there can he no sound where there is n eirt receive aud'r.';to:i.i t th: atm ,-p'li-ric wavi-s. A plasterer naun-il layior, living a Ijower T-iotinn-. iif:.r I,o!i.lon. cnt ti throat of his wife and six children Thar, day nioriiii-.-, and then took his ow n li: Ine crime was tiieo-itcoiiie of theextreim destitution that prevails am-i:i; many i ne u or k in classes, i ay ior was a s : 'er, steady workman, hut ha I In -en tin-own out of work hy tho remarkaMy weather, wnicli brought all Itnildiin; operations to a standstill. Not lieing al! to provide for his family, his mind Ik came uuhi:!i;eil. Sir lteiijamm llieiiardson, M. I. of Knelani!, thinks that the normal per; of human life isaUeit 1 hi years, and t! sev en out oi len average people -o:;!,i tlx that Ions if they lived in the i-;e,t way They shouid cultivate a s;iirit of scrcn chit rfuliii-ss un derail r:reiiistan.ns an hoiiid learn to like physical exercise i: ii seieiitiiic way. No man. he says, need ! particularly ahsteiuions i;i regard t anv article i" I i id. for the secret of lon5 life does not lie there. A h ippy disposi tion, plenty of sleep, a temperate jrratiliea tion of all tne natural ai'TM-taes juiil tiir ri ;'u! kind o!" physical cx--reis.-, wi'l sure longevity to most pe ;ii. SEED : : : POTATOES. l am now prepamt to turiiisii. :;t rea- sonaMe prices, the ln-st SKKIl IM'l'A- TKS andSWr.KTl'.MJN that the mar ket in produce. I lme;ht hust vear the iiiliest price and best potatoes in tin state of New ork and tested them They all did well, u ith the exception o a few kinds that could n-it stand the ter- ril-le drouth, w hieh I v ill not pnt on the market. My crop wan numerous hist year. From 'Jt pounds I raised 15 Imsh els of M.iie Murphys, an average of i bushels from 1 bushel. lean furnish the following kinds, nil pure varietii-s: Majjsjii; Murphy; Kveret; Karly I'rid Keystone l-'avorite; Anieiican Wonder; Ijite Kin; li;irly 1'iirilan; Whiter Than Snow; l-.arly Shamrock; Karly lVrfee tion; Irish Iaisv; Kose of Krin; Iakota Ilcil; 1'lu in ni r'.s lieauty; Ileipde's fav orite; Six-Vt-ks l otato. All orders w ill !h promptly tilled by mail ir express. Address all coiumuni- itions to THE. HEIPLE, foneher. Fa. I als4 sell tiio Ueis-r Kngine and Thresher and Saw- Mill, and am als agent for the Monumental Uroiize Co., ,f liriib;csrt, Conn. Kstati' of Ihiniel H.'soii:", 1icM.. tnte of i'ntiit UW!isiii. ,-soiin r--i isrutnty, pa. I.'tu-rs tisttiiriiciitarv oa tli. alw.ve tsi-it hnviie Inch cranntl to lite tiinlcrs.iriitsl lv ui -proiK riiinhoriiv. iiolli-e is liert t. sivi ii . notli-e Is liert lli.,ruiiiii,l,.il 1,. s,.l,l .l .l.. t.v ... Illlliliilliili- y Illl'llt, tlllll lir4' It.lViltL' l'lalll4 airitn.-it tiie niii-.! to pr-s -rtt them iliity ati. Illellf if:ltisl for Ketlieuii nl, ml Tluirsilav, .Miin-li tli. !, at the late n-siileiiiv of Ue- s?sisl In said township. K vy Uuwkrr, JACOB III if.M iPI'l F, Alturnt-y. Kxita ut SUGAR MAKERS SUPPLIES, WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF - - - . ' Sp juts, Suerar torn WE HANDLE THE CEST ket askcd pay buying. P. A. Main Cros Street, Grea.t Inducements, Goods reduced Dry Goods, Carpets, Ladies' Coats, Sec. save money and get JAMES CLINTON STREET. DisappointeB Ilurintr the Ia.st ten tlavs or two tt.at we eotiM not .-upl'b" l"ein intr elo-ed out. We aie rlal STPjLITG- capes CAME IN YESTERDAY. There are some beauties anions them, an-J. what is .-till ho not very cot'v. Wp sliun- n l'.'isr. line !it J.."it. -!. Sl-'ii'. !."i. ", and "..".!. Tinw inline 1 ith I.a.i:.-.-' kirts at m iM-ruiuiy ai- .-in-aj. very tri-'-iy. New lin.M f I.ailics and Misses ?.Iacliii:tnsln s pcn.d t!:s w i-!-k. fmiii fl.i. til ? -:. s; t)i-ri" i-i a j"1! x-k of l"inlifi I il.'llilil-s. I hum. rctilt r and -1 1 1 1 " . i i mr Taurus .i-;!i r in -iianis. at Ii-. I s'ln-. :i nnyw lien-. ; .;r -: ishiml piiyr tiins!iAiiis at ! , kiv iV. l'rt-ni-n ' -ini;li:tiii. JOHN' STENGER, YOU . . . AND YOU? . FRIENDS W!in are inter t-'d in gi.d Ij,..;s. iivpirj; sho'iM ex-iminp t!io i'indt-re iN-fure yi-ii i'liy; tii-V ii-i;t-;in i est i:i:provririr-n!i, are 1 !,- I!n!:i;i- '! tho !:.t- !:i-r-. uii-1 with that tylcs and it. t.ii.-k pt-rii --t rn.-tcri, ar'l arc lindi-rntandinir. Made in siy.-s to niei I every r r, I: t'j a-, t -.i-v ti Lake. 1 tne: : . " their cleanliness lessens labor their e:o::omy saves konzy. JAIES B. IIOLDERBAUM, THE NEW SHOESTORE T K Clown ha lyi'.t winking the Jjs'r eye in t!ie window of - CUA.'CD S. ffinn'P CTflDT OlinVLa UUUU O OIUHL, Imt t!ie people are still lun injr their FOOT WEAR at the anie inaee, an J crowds of people come everv day, for they are convinced there id the place to buy their I'YU-IJools ami Overshoes to keep their feet warm these cold days and ni.'hts when they are out sleWiinjT. Also, Xvubbers, I3oots, Sandals, in all sizes and stvles All at Irir'c to sa'1 1 TIMRsI REPAIRING DONE KEATLY AND CHEAPLY. Shaver & Good, 703 MAIN CROSS ST., Somerset, - - Pa. JEPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE First National Bank, AT SOMERSET, in tin- State of IVnn sylvaaia, at llie i-:,- ot btisi.u-ss. Man ti . RESOURCES: Ioi-; at:.! iHsiiiuuts i 1 1 " ill 1 1 cnirMi si cur il ,v u,:secu-etl s us :'i.i ii in o im Tiji si i . lioiius n, sit-urc -ircul.itioii rrc!ou::i on I', s. llonns. )taiikui'.--loiisc, furo-iure. A i:fs li-,c from Nali'iu.il I'. inks : : 1;, '-rc Asitiisi l'lle ineil s.1;,;,. )' niKs .V likerC. .'. I ic Imai aiiiirovcil r.s.-n' :ii.-eiils l.:;!l T.i ll.c:i -o s.'T 'V1 tm l'.i,v:in 1 o-le-r iisn ifi-ios Notes of oilier National ttaliki Kr.o-rioiiii! ii-iin-r enrr.-m v. in. kli s Kllil Cl'llt.s fs-ie !iri. ni U1 :il . -iral-ti'iiiti r iiotis, -rs.ji hi $ i.i ; leiiipiion t ini'i it!i I'.s,. n-as- ' un-r j icr cent, of cin-uUiliou Tout... LIABILITIES: I'anital stm-fe aiii In .".Vk no lM"0 W 1. MS I t 11. WO It) Ski ST ill U0 snritus lunil I ut:iutiil inijtls, Uss esn list s & 1-lXes ioil Nutmiuil tsiak iiofi-s onistjoiitii:"... !o otli.T .Naltonal lioiiL. I i l,lc:.,l uii' u.l i In ! t V .(t-4l III liosils Mll.l.rl to chick 1 i.i i'.s M iH-iu'J c, rtilii-'s ol lc; .!. 1 'iwi: iliV.nm Total jnr,7s." Mi uf i-i7r,i.'inf. t rui.v " 'FTti-r, mx: I, 11 irvey M. Ili-rklev. insliier irf th- uh.iv -- luiiinil hioik. ito fto.ftimiv sir,-, r ih;it ti,.. :i!.e stii:. !,:.-::! is inn- t.'. th.. Ii ..r kliowleti",- aial U'ltef. 11AUVK.Y M. ItKUKI.EY. !.lsh;cr. Sa'is. r!i,..i an. I sworn to tiefor.- me this llh ilay ol .I ,n li inii. C. W. WALK Kit. Notary l'utl:t-. JAMKj I IT;iI. VA I.KN'l I N K H Y, K V. l!Ir-s.Ki KKlt, limt-uipt. roKUKi r - ati is r: Syrup Cans Sap Buckets Gathering Pv,,.V Pans. Etc.. at ' ' sw.-k r.t prices iorcasii. Maple Evaporator onth"r at less than half the tm-,. for some others, It T-n- you to gvt our prices be SCHELLY SOVERUT, p. in price in everv Ii Oil Cloths, Lace Ciirtai:. Xow is the time to buvt something good. QUINN,-: -JOHNSTOWjJ p weeks manv Vi'n a Winter Ca; to announce that the - K:s, uri- us n.cp a l.sU-.i,. juniiiiL'Ar, r;i if.'-t. r-ti' - : f-rTI ! B. lack, The in liuru i Black Siui tv. r inauarati i ! in tlsis r-tiKi.!-.l i I:-.,.. I ol-k of un nvi i ls-t nuiivi r i- sot I a stisator. rlj un.l to I toriSh every inV' ln:rcsi:k 3:ack Gros-grains. 50c. 6Cc and 65c a;.:. b'i want B'ack Cachcmire Gros-ara:n S'Sis. j j I ! 75;, 85c and 51 I I K!.-jaut Clack Peau da Soie. 75c. 85: and $!.C2. Such !.i:e h.ar.l of. :s i;u- .Iciui!il ipiaiiir Faille Frar.caise, 75c, 85c. $1 to $1.50 per i slyl.-shl lu-.Tldsofle L Black Brocade Tafsta Siiks. f "5: a i 1.' iiichi-s wile. Wash Coods. Kl. lit a v;i ri-t v u ;i- -j i . - !er t'co; :!ie :-..-si -...c. -. - ! li:ii:'4 iike (::. , m; ! - ; Fine PrinteJ India Linons. lt-.-ur.-i! aintstriji !. :.' - 7 !-2c a vc. - I3ca:.i in-City si;. !. Kiln- a!' 1 ' Printed Jaconets. tn-.jiorli I f- i'.ci- -. i -. i : Mtutie.-rs -so:i,j i s span. I S'.ii!:ii- "1 ,o--. yr l -i icii.i n. N' .. 'r I tiiii'liaats. etc . We ini'tit .-oori -ci I r'. .'. ;-ttii-ciioicc ,!a'ri: V.. sitsttH-. In,: urcu: r -.4! !Ve!) yoa hy cmnlMi; "r ; :-.:i'l cciii-' for v-uiis.- !f ti., col li-ct ions. Ttiat i-ric.-- ,ir, 1V the ilOlll llsi- M i.i I'r l WiM vmi writ, aii'l s.-, al.-iu B0GGS & BUHL Allegheny, Pa. JXKt ttoi: S No l l" i:. Kst.-ite of 1 i-.itliel r,.llllil.l'l. Ircviiie liorouli. s.in- r. ll'V.1. I tti IN ti-sl:-.lncti.iry n I " flavins Ihsi-ii sfiM'sl to 1 Me protMT am linnty. noMt -toail i.-tsoiis itnlil'li'l 'use imaictliaic p.ilicttt all 1 I'.-" against tliesoneto tr.-sci.t 111! IIHOU I for selllelll.Tlt. "' ith ilay of inl. I(i". at :le . s-utor in Ni- 1 cntrc i.c- 1..VMI- i J. 11. Sstt, Att'y. I 'XKt i ron s Norn k. Ustatc of Simon r.tutiau.li. " ton township Somii rs. I siii' .. I-- Letters t.'t animtary en ' til.- having livn vroii t ! t. hv t'-K- -oj r Jlltl lioi'1' v- ll',''-"' eiitoa!l rsous iiiil,-i':i-'i t" ma tie imm.itiale .. ta.-nr. :i claims a-'iim-l thi siiliiew it r si tllemi ut iluiv narh. t: t ie;.-i -1 i-ieiice of ,t.rsl, n:. in "-si-shin, oiiSutuntay, Man-li t i;i . Mi" ...i.ritvro" r.i i -tAl ''"' I 'HAS. I SIMHN ' --.- -i li bomcrset, Yt. & B. a
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