BUTLER CITIZEN. lOHN H. t W. C. NE6LEY. PROP'RS. Entered at the Poatoffi.ce at Butler ait seeond-elass* matter. Republican National Ticket, FOR PRESIDENT, 1880, GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD, FOR VICE PRESIDENT. 1880, HON. CHESTER A. ARTHUR, Republican State Nominations. FOR JUDGE BUPREME COURT, Hon. Henry Green, OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, Hon. John A. Lemon, OF BLAIR COCNTT. Republican County Nominations. Conferees. J. D. MoJUNKIN, ESQ.. of Batler County. Senate. JOHN M. GREER, E«Q-, of Butler borough. (Subject to the District Conference ) Assembly. WTT.I.TAIf P. BBAHAM. of Mercer township SYLVESTER D. BELL, of Millerstown borough. Itlstrfet Attorney. A. M. CUNNINGHAM, Eng., of Butler borough. Associate Judge. ftttßAHAlf McCANDLESS, of Butler townahip. Connty Surveyor. NATHAN M. BLATOB, of Butter borough. COIJHTY COMMITTEE MEET- The members of the Republican County Committee are requested to meet in the Arbi tration Room, in Butler, on Saturday, July 31st, at 1 o'clock P. M. A. L. CRAIG, Chairman. Bctleb, Pa.. July 20,1880. REPUBLICAN MEETING. There will be a Republican meeting at Centreville, next Monday evening, Aug. 2nd, in the I.'O. O. P. hall, base ment story. Col. J. M Thompson and others will speak and fully discuss the issues of the day. IF matters are let alone in this coun ty, and nothing further done to divide or distract the party, It will not be three weeks until every Republican in the county is at work for the whole ticket. As matters now stand Mr. M'Junkin will not lose fifty Republican votes in this county at the election. A few men in this place are not friendly and they will be equal to just their own votes and no more. THESE are a few men in this place who affect great anxiety as to the election of a Congressman in this district, and yet these are the men who are planning and conspiring to put a second candi date in the field. What hypocrisy! A riw personal enemies of Mr. Mc- Jnnkin In this place are all that have so far made any opposition to his nom ination for Congress. The Republi cans of the county are satisfied with it, and no complaint has come from any township or district it THI oft repeated blowing in the Ea gle, that Sheriff Hoffman took part at our late primaries at the instance of friends of Mr. McJunkin, is all bosh. The trouble seems to be that the Sher iff and Mr. Robinson are not on good terms, arising out of the fact that the Sheriff does not give the Eagle all the printing it wants. THI Parker Phoenix of last week says: "Politics are growing warm and dangerous in Batler county. If the Re publicans do not speedily get to work and nominate Mr. McJunkin unani mously and pull together, why their friends of the opposition will walk off with the cake. Stop fooling and get down to business." THI members of the County Com mittee, at their meeting on Saturday next, should be on their guard as to do ing anything that may endanger the success of the party in the county this lall. If a man is defeated at the pri maries for nomination they should tell him he must submit to the will of the party. It is a good rule to let well enough alone. A MISTAKE. —We have received a line from Charles Hoffman, Esq., of Saxonburg, correcting the Millerstown Herald, in its assertion that be was for Hancock. He says he is "for the pro tection of the industries of Pennsylva nia, and is and has been since the nom ination of Gen. Garfield for him, and will remain so." Will the Millerstown Herald correct its mistake ? THK Senatorial Conferees of this State Senate district, Armstrong and Butler counties, met in Freeport last Wednesday, and after some ballots given by each of the counties for their respective candidates, adjourned to meet in the same place on Aug. 11th. Armstrong county claims the present nomination as her right, Butler having had the last one, and it is said her can didate, Mr. Meredith, intends to insist upon the rights of his county. BUTLER county now has the candi date for Congreßs in this district, the nomination being obtained by the ac tion of two out of the three counties of the district Let our county stand by her own man. His conferees have acted and the matter is now in his hands. If the other county sees proper to put another candidate in the field, that will be a matter to be arranged hereafter among the candidates, who we have no doubt will bring about a satisfactory settlement in the end. The aiattor has passed out of the bands of the County Committee, and is with the candidates now. THOMAS ROBINSON, ever since the primary election, has been asserting that he was defeated by Democratic votes, whereas the truth and the fact is, he made every effort to get all the Democratic votes he could at the pri mary, and those who know best say that he received two to Mr. M'Junkin's one of that kind. We cautioned and protested in the CITIZEN, before the primary, against Democrats voting, while not a word was found in the Ea gle on that subject. He expected them, and it is and has been our opinion that he received at the primary two to one of irregular and improper votes. The only trouble with him is he did not re ceive enough, and therefore bolts the nomination of his competitor. THE population of the leading cities of the United States is to be learned from the census just taken. New York contains 1,209.561, an increase of 24 per cent, on 1870 ; Philadelphia 842,- 000, increase 24 per cent.; Brooklyn, 554,693, increase 40 per cent.; Chicago, 477,500, increase 90 per cent.; St. Louis, 375,000, increase 21 per cent.; Boston, 355,000, increase 40 per cent.; Baltimore, 330,000, Cincinnati, 255,- 804, San Fransisco, 227,350, increase of 51 per cent.; New Orleans, 207,328- The other six-figured cities, making 18 in all thus far, are, in order; Wash ington (160,000), Cleveland (157,000), Buffalo (149,000), Newark (136,000), Milwaukee (130,000), Detroit (119,- 000), Louisville (112,000), and Provi dence (104,000). WHILE Mr. Thomas Robinson en deavored by all manner of dirty work and tricks to prevent our county from getting the candidate for Congress in this district, although our county had an equal claim to said nomination ; yet he is now the chief engineer, it is said, in trying to get for the county the Sen ate nomination, which it is well known we cannot rightfully claim, according to party usage. This kind of work won't do, gentlemen, and we wonder you have not learned it by this time. There must be fair dealing all around and if the events of the past six mouths have not taught anything yet, you are destined to further disappointment. We announce this not only as a de mand for fair play, but in the interest and for the harmony of the Republican party of this county, which we deairo much to promote, but which has been outraged for some time past through and for the selfish ends of a few. We know that a majority of the Republicans of the county are heartily with us in seek ing a relief from the tricksters who have been thus using them and the party for their own advantage. So GREAT has been the contempt ex pressed here and elsewhere for a man who would bring suits in another county against his neighbors here, and for matters of a political character hap pening here at home, that Mr. Thomas Robinson found it necessary to come out and make some apology for the same in the Eagle of last week. So far as we were concerned we cared noth ing about it and declined to notice so disgraceful an act. At Mercer where it was done, and as soon as the circum stances in which it was done became known, it had the very reverse effect of what he and the three persons who had gone there with him expected. The little recognition of any kind they had received there was materially lessened after that, and many were outspoken in their expressions of contempt for a man who could be guilty of such low spite work. Many so expressed them selves and we were told shunned him thereafter. The very reason that he gives for slipping off into another county, to wit., that he had no confi dence in the Courts of his own county, where he lives and is best known, is very clear proof that it is not justice he seeks but justice he is afraid of. He is like that other son of "ould Ireland" the story is told of, who, when on trial for some offence and was assured by the Court he should have justice, ex claimed "and be dad and that is just what I'm afraid of." There are two things that have become a mania with Thos. Robinson. One is to attend polit ical Conferences or Conventions and be whispering and winking around, and the other is the mania for bring ing suits. As to his bringing suits, if the records of our Court here were ex amined some interesting cases would probably be found in which he was personally a party. It is not likely that our Judges and Courts here will suffer much by the loss of confidence in them by Mr. Robinson. Their ways may not be his ways of doing things, but if they allow him to confidentially whisper to them at the Bar occasionally, we still believe and hope that they can yet get along with him. BUTLER COUNTY AND BORO. The completed census of this county makes the population now, 51,792. In 1870, it was only 36,510, showing an increase in the past ten years of, 15,282. This is a much larger increase we notice than that of any of the sur rounding counties, and being nearly 42 per cent. In this Borough the population was now found to be, 3,164. In 1870, 1,935, or over 50 per cent, of an in crease. There are 14 farms within the Boro. limits; 40 manufactories ; 6 boot and shoe makers (who manufac ture over SSOO. per year) ; 1 tannery, 1 brick yard, 2 grist mills, 32 deaths happened within the past year, from June 1, '79, to June 1, 'BO, being just the same number as in the year 1870, by the then census. There are 32 pauper* or indigent persons; 10 prisoners in jail; 1 blind; 3 insane, and 3 idiotic. QUije 2S» 1SS0» THE CRAWFORD COUNTY CASE EXPLAINED. As some of our Republicans of this county would like to understand the merits of the trouble existing, or grow ing out of the late Republican Conven tion of Crawford county, we give the following from a statement made and, appearing in Crawford county papers. It will be seen that the point in the case is as to whether there was an unfair or illegal vote at the primary in the city of Titusville that county. Dr. Roberts and S. B. Dick were the can didates for the Congressional nomina tion. Roberts beat Dick in the county by 113 votes, and Dick's friends dis covering this, made an attempt, in the meeting of the Return Judges, to throw out two wards of Titusville, but failed to have the same done. The Convention divided and each was de clared the nominee of the county. Dr. Roberts' and his conferees appeared at Mercer at the late district conference and there acted with the conferees of this county, as was noticed by the proceedings of the conference, and that led to the nomination of Mr. McJun kin of this county as the Republican candidate for Congress in the district, the nomination being made by two counties of the same. But, as we have said, the following will show to the Republicans of Butler county which side in Crawford was right aud also show that Dr. Roberts was the fair nominee of that county. EXTRACT FROM STATEMENT. "It appearing from Secretary Hurd's report that W. B. Roberts had re ceived 2,721 votes for Congress, and S. B. Dick 2,608 votes for Congress and that Stewart 11. Wilson, C. W. Tyler, H. D. Lowing and D. V. D' r ickson had received the hignest vote for the Legislature, they were de clared the nominees of the Republican party at the coming election. • After passing the usual resolutions, endorsing the Chicago nominations, pledging support of nominees, anthor izing Dr. Roberts to name the Con gressional conferees, electing a chair man of the County Committee, ad journed. It may be interesting to compare the vote of Titusville at the Primary Meetings in 1878, for Mr. Dick, with that cast for Dr. Roberts in 1880 : VOTE OF 1878 —FOR DICK : Ist ward 252 2nd " 213 3rd " 08 4th " 205 Total ......... " c 8 VOTE OF 1880 —FOB DICK ! Ist ward 15 2nd " 9 3rd " 8 4th " 3 Total 35 VOTE OF 1880—FOE ROBERTS : Ist ward 221 2nd " 206 3rd " f 109 4th " mt..»197 Total 703 By a comparison of the votes of 1878 and 1880 it will be seen that Mr. Dick received but twenty-live votes less in Titusville in 1878 than Dr. Roberts did on the 17th day of June, 1880. The vote of Meadville in 1878, upon Congress, was as follows. FOR DICK : Ist ward ...•••140 2nd " -121 3rd " "8 4th " 107 Total 446 The vote upon Congress in Mead ville in 1880, was as follows: FOR DICK : Ist ward 164 2nd " 107 3rd " 143 4th •' 105 Total 039 FOR ROBERTS : Ist ward 41 2nd •' 83 3rd " 31 4th " 41 Total li' 9 The names of the 29 Return Judges that retired for consultation were, Jas. Graham, J. F. Odell, M. V. Sperry, Norton L. Gleason, F. 11. Nichols, A. P. Marshall, William Titus, A. J. Mc- Kee, A. E. Amsden, J. L. Seek, I. M. Kerr. C. N. Smith, John Burch, J. R. Kerr, W. W Sterling, J. P. Griffith, Wesley Swoop, William Hayes, J. 11. Wade, D. A. Kerr, John J. Carter, A. H. Steele, W. Lowrie, John Lee, H. B. Herrington, O. R. Skclton, James Stelle, C. W. Knerr and F. S Mellon, making 29 in number, as shown by their signatures upon the tally sheet, reported by Messrs. Strauss and Hurd. Since then Mr. W. E. Dennis, from Pine, who was not in the Convention when the vote was taken upon the 4th ward of Titusville, has added his name to said tally list, making thirty. most immediately after the adjourn ment of the Convention, S. P. War riner added his name to the list, ac companied with a statemeut in these words: " To whom it may concern: "As the Return Judge from Con neaut township upon the 18th and 10th inst. (June), I voted yes upon the mo tion to throw out the vote of the 4th ward of Titusville, but was satisfied with the result of the vote of 30 (thir ty) to 29 (twenty-nine), and the tally that refused to throw out said vote and was then and now am of the opinion that the Chairman of the Con vention should have announced the result, which would have retained the Titusville vote." Following such statement of Mr. Warrincr, upon the back of said tally list is the certificate of George A. Goodwill, the Return Judge from Steu ben, in place of David Munn, iu these words : "I fully and cheerfully concur iu the foregoing statement of S. J\ Warrincr, Return Judge from Conneaut township, and agree with his conclusions." Added to such statements of Mes srs. Warriner and Goodwill, is that of Mr. A. B. Barton, of Troy township, and is in the following form : "I was the Return Judge for Troy township to the Republican Conven tion upon the 18th and 19th inst., and was at the time and still am of the opinion that it was the duty of Chair man Reisinger to have announced the result of the vote when called upon by Col. Carter and others, to declare the result of 30 against throwing out the Titusville vote, to 29 rejecting it, al though I voted yes upon that vote, which was in favor of throwing it out." Upon attaching tie names of such there Return Judges, Warriner, Good will and Barton, to the original 29 that refused to submit to the tyranny, and unfair ruling and domineering of Chair man Il<-isinger. we tind thirty-two out of the sixty Return Judges in the countv who refused to countenance a system of unfairness that the party cannot tolerate and prosper." LETTER FROM MERCER. July 16th, 1880. * Hon. John //. Neijlet/ : DEAR SIR: —I was rejoiced that your conference at Mercer nominated Mr. McJunkin. He was altogethtT the best selection you could have made. He will be most cordially supported by all the voters of the Republican party in this County who desired to have our Congressional district rep resented once more by an able, honest man, who would not be influenced by the corrupt dynasty, known as the Cameron ring, that has long dis graced the State by its methods and management. Do not permit Mr. McJunkin to make any compromise with Miller or Dick by which his name would be withdrawn, for he will get the support of all the honest Republicans of the district, let the result be what it may. And if Miller and Dick should still persist in placing one or the other in the field they will be responsible for the loss of a Republican member from this district if Mr. McJunkin should there by be defeated. Yours Respectfully, ***. The above letter is from one of the oldest and most highly respected publicans of Mercer county, one whom the Republicans of that county have honored and trusted in the past with positions of the highest responsibility. It is but one of the many evidences coming to our knowledge as to how Mr. McJunkiu's nomination is received in Mercer county, aud we speak know ingly when we state that he will re ceive a large Republican vote in that county in November. In Crawford county, as against Dick or Miller, if either of them should be put into the field against him, we also speak knowingly, and what we have every reason to believe as true when we say that Mr. McJunkin vyill hqye wore than the half of the Republican vote of that county in November. In this, Butler county, there is in truth and iu fact no dissatisfaction with his nom ination among the great mass of the party and we do not believe there are a hundred Republicans in the county who would refuse to support him- All the opposition to him comes from a few men here in Butler and which is made from personal motives alone. Being an honest man he would not answer their purpose, and hence the hostility of Mc- Candless, Robinson & Co., to him here. It remains to be seen what their bolt ing and defection can accomplish- GE.V. PURVIANCIE contributes the fol lowing to" the press of this county which Is of Interest at the present time, when taken in connection with the recent Census of this county and certain provisions of the New Consti tution of this State : I am frequently asked the question lately whether vye are eqtitlo(j to As sociate Judges if our county shall con stitute a separate Judicial district. The question is raised under the last enumeration of tie inhabitants, under the sth Section of the Judiciary Article of the Constitution The provision by this Section is "that whenever a county shall contain forty thousand in habitants it shall constitute a separate judicial district, and shall elect one judge learned in the law ; and the Gen eral Assembly shall provide for addi tional judges, as the business of the said districts may require.—Counties containing a population less than is sufficient to constitute separate dis tricts shall be formed into convenient single districts, or, if necessary, may be attached to contiguous districts as the General Assembly may provide. The office of Associate Judge, not learned in the law, is abolished in counties forming separate districts, but the several associate judges in office when the Constitution shall be adopted shall serve for their unexpired terms. It is provided by tho schedule, Sec tion 14, that "the Geueral Assembly shall, at the next succeeding session after each decennial census, and not oftner, designate the several judicial districts, as required by this Constitu tion." It is further provided by the sched ule, 16th Section, that "Associate Judges not learued in law, elected after the adoption of this Constitution, shall be commissioned to hold their offices for the term of five years from the first day of January next after their election " And it is farther provided by the 25th Section of the schedule that "All oersons in office in this Commonwealth, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution and at the first election under it, shall hold their respective of fices until the term for which they have been elected, or appointed, shall expire, and untill their successors shall be duly qualified, unless otherwise provided in this Constitution." The populatk n of Butler county ac cording to the returns of the enumera tors is about 51,792. This then is one of the counties to which the Con.;titu tional requirement applies, and is de clared by thi! Constitution to be a sep arate judicial district; though declara tory legislation may be necessary to give effect to it so far as relates to the attachment of Lawrence county. Hut no legislation can make it otherwise than a separate district unless the pro vision in the sth Section, relating to counties containing a population less than forty thousand may attach it to contiguous districts.—may apply as to the counties situated as is the counties of Butler, Mercer, etc., oach containing a population of over forty thousand, and consequently, each constituting a separate judicial district. The population in Lawrence county in 1870 was 27,298, and from proportional increase of other largely manufacturing and mining counties, may contain a population of 40,000 and so become a separate district, in which case the law judge of this dis trict would be the judge in that county until the expiration of the term for which he was commissioned. And as to the Associate Judges of! this county, the Judge elected at the j next November election, if comtnis- , sioned before the re-districting of the 1 State, would hold the office for the pe riod of five years.—Though no elec tion of Associate Judges would occur thereafter. My purpose, however, in this com munication, is more to awaken inves tigation than to express an opinion. P. ♦ National Greenback Labor Party Convention. The members of the National Green back Labor Party of Butler county arc requested to meet at the places of hold ing elections in their respective dis tricts on Saturday, August 7th, be tween the hours of 1, and 7, P. M , and elect delegates to a County Conven tion to be held in Butler, Monday, Au gust 9th, at 1 P. M., for the purpose of making such nominations as the Con vention may deem advisable. S. 11. PEIRSOL, Chairman. BUTLER, July 21st, 1880 Messrs. Editors of liutler Citizen : Our party being destitute of that highly essential if not ornamental ap pendage known as an "Organ," it bo comes necessary to ask our friends of the press of the two old parties to publish our call for us, hoping for the time when we may return the compli ment under similar circumstances. We would like to remunerate you for so doing had not the exchequer long since been drained and no "barrel" appear ing on the political horizon ready for tapping. Yours Respectfully, S. H. PEIRSOL. THE VOTE IN NOVEMBER. PITTSBURGH, July 13, 1880. MESSRS. EDITORS :—Owing to the amount of noise the Democrats are making about their candidate, it will not be out of place to present to the consideration of your readers some cal culations on the chances of the respec tive parties in the coming Presidential election. Therefore, I present the fol lowing table, showing the States which will undoubtedly go Republican, aud those which will undoubtedly go Dem cratic, together with the doubtful States: REPUBLICAN. DEMOCRATIC. California 6 Alabama 10 Colorado 3 Arkansas 6 Illinois 21 Delaware 3 lowa 11 Georgia 11 Kansas 5 Kentucky 12 Maine...,,,..,,,, 7 Louisiana S Massachusetts 18 Maryland 8 Michigan' 11 Mississippi 8 Minnesota 5 Missouri 15 Nebraska 3 North Carolina 10 Nevada 3 South Carolina 7 New Hampshire 5 Tennessee 12 Ohio 22 Texas 8 Oregon 3 West Virginia 5 Pennsylvania 29 Rhode' Island A Total 123 Vermont 5 lb; Total 166 DOUBTFUL. Connecticut...... 6 New York 35 Florida 4 Virginia 11 Indiana 13 New Jersey 9 Total 80 California, Oregon and Nevada may be safely set down as Repqblicaq. Al though Qarfield opposed the Chinese bill in Congress, the people of these States will bo satisfied when they read his letter of acceptance. He will, of course, lose some votes (pr incipally in California), but not enough to endan ger the States. The Republicans car ried the late election in Oregon, gain ing a Congressman, electing their Su premo Judges by over one thousand majority, and obtained possession of both braßfhps of tha I,e#iui«>uv-o. In 18f <> Hayes carried California by 2,805 majority, and Oregon by 547 majority; and in 1879 the Republican candidate for Governor of California was elected by 20,408 plurality. Florida is doubt ful for the reason that it is a Republi can State, as are also several other southern States, if a fair and honest election could be had. New Jersey is doubtful because the Republicans have carried both branches of the Legisla ture and made large gains throughout the State. In Virginia there is a spir ited struggle going ou between the two rival factions of the Democratic party, the Re-adjusters and Debt-payers. Each party has put up a separate electoral ticket, and if they do not settle their troubles, the Garfield electors will be chosen. The following is anothiii l cal culation leaving New York alone doubtful: REPUBLICAN. I'M K ILATH - . California 6 Alabama 10 Colorado 3 Arkansas i 6 Connecticut 6 Delaware 8 Illinois 21 Florida 4 lowa 11 Georgia It Kansas 5 Indiana 15 Maine 7 Kentucky 12 Massachusetts.,.,,,,.. 13 Louisiana 8 Michigan 11 Maryland.. 8 Minnesota 5 Mississippi 8 Nebraska .'{.Missouri 15 Nevada 3 North Carolina 10 New Hampshire 5 South Carolina 7 New Jersey • 9 Tenmssce 12 Ohio 22 Texas 8 Oregon 3 Virginia. 11 Pennsylvania 29 West Virginia 5 Rhode Islaud 4 —— Vermont 5 Total n153 Wisconsin 10 DOUBTFUL. Total 181, New York 35 It will be seen by the above that GarfieiJ will lack but four votes of a majority, giving Indiana and Florida to the Democrats, but it is very doubt ful as to their carrying the former State. Provided tho Democrats carry New York, they will not necessarily elect their candidate. The Republi cans can lose New York and still bo successful l>y carrying Indiana, Florida, Virginia or West Virginia, which is not improbable. But should they car ry New York, they will have a large majority of the 369 votes in the Elec toral College. Yours respectfully, READER. IF one can believe that Dr, Tanner is not humbugging—and for the last ton days he has been very well watched—his fast may have a relative, if not an absolute justification. Tho doctors and newspapers are taking more interest in the matter, and are trying to show that some good may conic of it. The physicians, at least, have now a chance to urge with re newed force their protest against over eating, aud certainly thero seems to be good ground for their opinion. The New York Herald is greatly in I -ve with the fasting Doctor, and tells its readers that the human body is made up of eighty per cent, of water, and that Tanner is proving that that much abused liquid is the mainstay of life. As a matter of fact Dr. Tanner in creased in weight as soon as he took to water drinking. The Doctor himself , attributes his success to "will power," j and says that he has so trained him- ; self that be can successfully stifle "the ; keen demands of appetite." If men with strong wills are said to be able to postpone death when suffering from diseases that send weaker minds to the grave, the same ability must be cred ited to a man possessed of great men tal energy when slowly dying of star- , vation Tiluscillv Herald. THF HUDSON F.IVER HORROR. The dreadful accident in the Hudson \ River Tunnel last Wednesday has no parallel in the history of sub marine tunneling. The Thames Tunnel, the first considerable work of the kind, was twice interrupted in its construction bv the breaking in of the water, aud the consequent filling in of the tunnel with sand and mud, but on the first occasion all the workmen were got out alive, and on the second only one man was cut off by the fallen earth and drowned. No sub marine tunnel, whether intended for travel or for water supply, as at Chicago, has been completed, if of any great length, without difficulty and embarrassment on account of the unequal character of the material through which the exca vations were made, and the consequent tendency to crush in the roof or sides with the immense pressure of water. By great good fortune, however, these disasters have cost little more than an noying delay and additional expendi ture of money. In the New York case there has been a loss of twenty-two lives, making it one of the most fatal of engineering disasters in the history of the country. The Hudson River Tunnel was pro jected several years ago and work was commenced upon it in 1814. The ob ject was to connect the system of rail roads on the Jersey City side of the river with the lines In New York and with the Underground Railroads pro posed to be built. The general direc tion of the Tunnel is from the foot of Sixteenth street in Jersey City to Canal street in New York. The main shaft on the Jersey side has been com pleted and the great arch carried toward the river a distance of thirty feet. From this point the tunnel is divided into two passages; with a brick partition wall The work on the con nection between the main arch aud the double'unnel had not been com pleted, and it was here the disaster occurred. The men were changing shifts at the time and there seems to have been some little carelessness during the pas sing in and out of the connecting chamber, by which some of the com pressed air escaped. This reduced the outward pressure relied upon to aid the iron roof or shield at the unfin ished connection in resisting the pres sure of the sand and water. A break occurred, the roof gave way, and with it the brick partition between the two smaller tunnels. Eight men at work on the top of the main arch time to escape before tho water reached them, but twenty-two on the other side of the broken connection were caught and either suffocated or drowned. One of the eight who es caped gave additional horror to the story of the disaster by stating that the foremost of those left behiqd w** caught by fcjosiug iron door and held hist. Half in and half out, he was unable to escape himself and and barred the way against the escape of his unhappy comrades, and in this position, pinned fust to await the ris ing of tho fatal flood, he died a death (ff excruciating bodily and mental tor ture. iUvvnisT ~ FRIRND—Jaue Sttb, 1880, in Butler town ship, this county, Mr, J jswpti Pneuil, aged 72 years. McUElßY—July llth, ISSO, in Jcflersou township, this county, Miss Mirths Eunua McGeary, daughter ol Mr. William McGeary, aged 14 years, 3 months and 23 days. DUNW<"*ODy—At his residence in North Liberty, Mercer county, July Bth, ISaO, Gilbert Dunwoody, nged (iO years. About a year ago he became alHicL .1 with a cancer. Every etfort was made to remove the disease, but nil remedies were abortive, lie suf fered severely but bore it patiently until the Master called him houie, where pain, sickness aud death are felt and lea'ed no more. He was a citizen of Mercer coqufy fpr forty years. His home was within one mile of llarrlsville, hav ing spent the greater portion of his life there. He was highly ret peeled by all who knew him. He leaves a wile and seven children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and nu indulgent father. T ey have the sympathy ol a cir cle of friends in their sud bereavement. THOMPSON—JuIy 20, 1880, in Clinton town ship, Bailor county," Capt. Bobert Thompson, in his 80th year, fte was bom March 17th, 1792. Capt. Thumpaan onlisleu March Ist, 1812, un der command of Capt. Martiu, this county, and j.lined a Brigade of Iteaver county, under Gen. MoCulley. Through the ill health of Capt. Mar tin he resigned his commission and that posi tion fell upon Capt Thompson, who took com mand of tl.e Division and tillod the important station, untill the closo of the war. Mr. Thomp son was one of our oldest and best citizens, living for over fifty years on his quiet rural farm, aud is now gathered like a shook of corn that is full ripe for that glorious harvest on high. His remains were oouveved by a large concourse of friends aud relatives, to the West minister burial ground the churoh of which he had been, for over forty-five years a consistent member, and amongst the very first to establish for the probation of precious truths in tuo lone wilderness, and rests from his labors, there to await the morning of the resnrection when tho dead shall be called forth to reap the unfading crown of righteousness, w'jich the Judge will give to his faithful followers. W. It. T. Capt. Thompson was the oldest of a larg» aud respectable family of this county. Hio youngest brother was the late Chief Justice of tho Supreme Court of this State, Judge James Thompson. His brother John Thompson, of Middlesex township, this county, yet survives, as well as a sister, Mrs. Gillitand, widow of the 'ate Robert Gilliland of Middlesex township, dee'd. Mr. John Thompson is one of tho most active and influential citizens in his section of the count v. Audilor'N Report, Financial statement of Fail-view township School District for the fiscal year ending June 1880. Dr - TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. Balance on hand from last year..,,,,,,, 1 ?! 502 20 Ree'd from State appropriation 2,02i> 7.5 From Col., including all kinds taxes.. 7,114 50 From all other sources 8 50 Total receipts $9,711 93 C'r. For purchasing grounds.. ...$ 20 00 For building houses 971 40 For teacher's wages 3,080 oo For rent an 1 repairs. 96 14 For fuel an 1 contingencies... lt>s 39 Fees of Treasurer 129 o9 Salay of Secretary, Ac 5o oo For debt and interest paid,,, 1,978 oo For all purposes, Siu 93 9o Total money paid out .$0,583 92 Cash on hand JfvJ, 12W ol Amount due district 1,70tS 06 Tiie a'»nve account lias been duly audited by the Auditors of this district, aud certified by them to be correct. ii". w'J AVISO'N, ( AU,I,UM - State Normal School, INDIANA, PA., Huildhig, the best of the kind In the United States. Accomodations for 100 boarders. School, tirst-ol.iss in all respects. Departments—Normal, Classical. Commercial, Musical. Tne Kail Term of 15 weeks w ill open on Monday, September tilli, 1880. Expenses, as low as those of any other school affording eipial advantages and accomodations. For Catalogue, address JOHN H. FRENCH, LL. D., June2B-2m PIUNCH'AL, , WYOMING Atlantic Citv, X. J., nearly opposite tin l West Jfr>fT Mil Atlantic i; 11. T'< [•<>(. w ill tjna tlii- House the nw-t convenient t<> stop at in the < ity, as it i • w i'hin a short distance of the ix-ean : ro-mis large, airy ami comfortable ; table excellent and t -riii~ i : M-naMe. Parties desiring to engage rooms before leaving home, should address J. M. I) incalt'f. proprietor, I*. <>. It. 4 '•"Cut EBTA 11. Childs & Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN B ()TS & SHOES, 133 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Strictly first-class quality Goods at bottom prices. Send sample order. SATISFACTION GUAUA\TEE I>. Groat Success of Low Prices, AT BOSEIADI & CO., Mammoth Trimming and Millinery Stores, Nqs. *i£, H4 and! 116 Market Street, Corner of Lil)orty Street, PITIXBURGH, I»A. Klegant Silk Fringes, 45, -A), tio, 75c, $1 to $2.30 Gents' Fine Unlanndried Shirts, our own make, per yard. 75c, sl, $1.12. Klegant Possementerle Trimmings, :;50. to .-2. Gent*' Fine Dress Shirts, sl, $1.16, $1.50 to $2. Trimmed lints at >l, >1 -•»*', ''l' to >2O. Gauge I'nderwear, Muslin I* nder wear all prices. 1 mil rued \\ alkmg Hats, .0, W aud , ~e. Handkerchiefs, large sizes, 10c. up. Sundowns, 20c., up. ; Full Regular Half Hose, 18, 25, 37c. Leifhorn Hats, .>O, /-»c. f s1 ; r aval Hats, cheap. r *• , i n n • ~ Fine Parasols, 20, 22, 24, 2<», 28 in., from t!2Ac ? g r' " a " >r, Kf fan " (>sc '. aoc to > » > » » i - Cnilarens and Infants Hose, Booties, &c. •Lisle and Laee Top Gloves. 34. 45, 50, GO, 75c. Ma,i " Fa - V ' B and Dr ' Warae r'B Coweta. Mohair Mits, st), (J2, 75c, -1, 4,1.25, *1.50, to $3. Agents for Flexible Hip and Bray's Remova- Kid Gloves, 2. 3, 4, 1; buttons, at all prices. ble Corsets, al! sizes and prices. Foster Laced Gloves, 3 and " hor.ks, in black. Ribbons, all widths and colors, wholesale aud Lace Fichus, Laee Ties, iOc, up to retail. • OKDERS BY MAIL WILL HAVE PROMPT ATTENTION. BARGAINS ISUMMER GOODS ! ! Lawns- Chintzes. Madras Ginghams, Toile de Alsace. Organdies- &c,> Freshest and Newest Styles. LACE BUNTINGS ! | Colored Dress Silks! At less than market prices for l«*st quality and At no, GT>, 75,900, $1 and up. designs, strictly All-wool Coods. Largest lice and best values ever Plain and Fancy Buntings, shown in this market. Black and Colors, i2'4c to si perpard ;3jto 24 Having recently made an extra large purchase Incites wide. of the best make of JDIriESQ GOODS Pure Colored Dress Silks, I'mni s to ov>_ii-r.r.,inv coming inio the port of New York, and at less prl . , ~ i cesthaw ever l.efore sold, we he K to say it.wlll pay < hoice Imported <>oods. 2..e o«.soa yard, for anv , from Maine to California,) to ask for Dress and traveling S:uts, liestvalues over sold, samples of these goods before making her iiur- T AT? ftp TrNTFQ T AWN <2 chases. Our customers aud friends, who daily l_t ii CIVJ .D ijl!i l o IjaVVLXO; visit our counters, attention is specially directed CV», 10 and 12i?c. to these goods. We also wish to add that these Utile*' Lawn and White Suits. are flite grain, lustrous goods. vvr.v different from Misses' and Children's Suits ,h *" usual heavy cord and "weighted goods, which . , , , .1 ... . ■ . "weiirht" is principally dressing. A few choice Punting Suits to close, at *ls. j *lines Suiumer Silk:-, V. to GOC and up. worth Bi>. " Equal liargalns in Black Satin d'Lyon Jackets hlackhilks,. and Mantles, at about onc-lialf price, to close the 5,1 <: cuerior values. New Gloves aud Lues. I Large line Brocades and Satins. boggs"&"buhl, 118 and I'2o Federal Street, A.llojrh.erLy. N. II. —Large lines New Hamburg*, Swiss and Nainsook Floutocings and Edgings, and While Goods daily opening. Ne# Laee Mitts, Blacks and Colors. New Fans Hosiery and Neekwear. Xo More Hard Times. If you will stop spending so much on line clothes, rich food and stylo, buy good, healthy food, cheaper and better clothing ; get more real and substantial things of life every wav, and especially stop the foolish habit ot employing expensive, quack doctors or using so much ol the vile humbug niediuiue that does you only harm, but put your trust in tiiat simple, pure remedy, Hop Hitters; that cure* always at a trifling cost, and you will sec good times and have good health.— Chroniclr. S4O Reward ! Stolen from the place of the subscriber in Pine township, allegheny county, Pa., on the night of the 21st of April, last, a J>ark Bay Horse, weighing about 1,100 or 1,200, a large star in forehead, one hind foot partly white, sprung or bow kneed, a scar on upper part of nostril caused by cut which stands open so that you could lay your finger in, wears bit n.ider tongue, and "sear in upper part of tongue above bit. The above reward will be paid for h ; s re turn iu as good condition as when taken. ROBERT KENNEDY, jun3o-tf Wexford P. 0., Allegheny Co., Pa. Tl»t Cheipr'ti Purest mil lint Family Medicine In the world I For DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION. Jaundice. I illious attacks. SICK lIiiADACIIK, Colic. De pression of Spirit*, HOUlt STOMCH. H art I'.am, &c &c. This uiuiCalled Southern Remedy is warranted not to contain a single particle of MEIJCUUV, or any injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGEABLE, containing tin>sc Southern Bo,>U and lietbs, which an all-wise Providence hits placed iu coun tries where I.lver Diseases most p.evall. It will cure Diseases caused by Derangement of the Liver and Bowels. The SYMPTOMS of I.lver Complaint are :i bit ter or bad taste in the mouth ; Paiu In the ISji'-k, Sides or Joints. often mistaken for UlicumaMsni; Sour Stomach ; Lots of Appetite; ISowels alter nately wstive and lax ; Headache ; l>»ss of mem ory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do something which ought to have been done; Debility. IXJW Spirits, a thick yellbw iippearanee of the Skin and Eyes, a dry Cough often mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the disease, at others" very few ; hut the l.iVKlt. the larges organ in the holy, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not Kegulalcd in time, great suffering, wretchedness an I death will ensue. I can recommend as an ellleacious r. inedy f >r disease of tic Liver. Heartburn and Dvspepi i, Siuiliions' Liver Regulator. LKWIK ST MASTKU, I*llll. VDKUPHI A. '"We have tested its virtues, personally, and know that for Dvsiiepsla, Hiliousiiess, and Throb bing Headache, it Is the best medicine the world ever saw. We have tried forty other remedies before Simmons' Liver Regulator, but none o them have us more than temporary relief; but the Regulator not only relieved, hut cured us. - Kt>. I'KI.KCUAIiI A S|l Mi- N«i Kit. Mac< n. lla. MANUt'AiTCI;KI> OXI.V HY J. 11. ZEIU.V, A ( <>. PIIII AD.'I.I IDA. Price, 91. Sold Uy nil DrufgUu, apr«-lyr CAMPJHGN FLA^sf&C E ic. Reantiful Campaign Badges of the Republi can and Democratic Candidates. <.. AHKIEI.I) /vl\ HANCOCK and < I Iv and AKTIII I;, ' *ll ESOLI»N. Containing life-like Photograph* of the Can didates; encased in pretty Mmai.itu.e Gilt Frames, with pin foi attaching to coat or vest. Active ageu's c.ui make $lO a day selling them, and city and country merchants can make a handsome profit. Price 10 cents e#t h ; 2 lor 15 cents ; 10 lor 50 cents, or 100 lor $4.80, Photo grap 9 same price i.s Badges. Crayon Portraits on tinted plate paper. Ileroi • sire 22 by 28, , lor 25 cents. Flags all d/.e., kind- and price*. Now is the Harvest time for agents, and deal- i ers. Scud lor samples and full particulars to ' U. S MANUFACTURING CJ. 110 Smithliel J etreet, Puisturjjh, Pn. iuu3o-3ui ' WALL PAPER. /V. MATTHIAS. (Successor to W. P. HABSHAIX.) HQ. «34 WOO© STREET. rimiiiTUiii, I*A. Eutirely New Stock; Latest Styles; Artistic Deotguß ; Most Approved Colors. apl4-3m Ayer's Hair Vigor, FOR RESTORING GRAY HAIR TO ITS NATURAL VITALITY AND COLOR. IT is a most agreeable dressing, which is at once harmless and effectual, for pre serving the hair. It restores, with the gloss and freshness of youth, faded or gray, light, and red hair, to a rich brown, or deep black, as may be desired. By its use thin hair is thickened, and baldness often though not always cured. It checks falling of the hair immediately, and causes anew growth iu all cases where the glands ara not decayed; while to brashy, weak, ot otherwise diseased hair, it imparts vitality and strength, and renders it pliable. The VIGOR cleanses the scalp, cures and prevents the formation of dandruff; and, by its cooling, stimulating, and soothing properties, it heals most if not all of thC humors and diseases peculiar to the scalp, keeping it cool, clean, and soft, under which conditions diseases of the scalp and hair are impossible. As a Dressing for Ladies' Hair The Vicon is incomparable. It is color less, contains neither oil nor dye, and will not soil white cambric. It imparts an agreeable and lasting perfume, and as an article for the toilet it is economical and unsurpassed in its excellence. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. MOLD BY ALL DKUGUISTS EVEBIWUKBE. ITt i> . | i Ontlitt to agents of :i doz. fast selling »V I J articles, s lit to every |>er