VOL. XXI V.
ROAD REPORT.
Notl.-e Is hereby xlven that the foUowlni? ruad
reports l»av- been Tiled in the office of the uer *
OI Quarter sessions ;iud have been coallrmtMi
ulsf by the < ourt, and v. ill lx- presented on A ea
i. -.h,'. '.lie Tth day or Sept. lttsT; II no ox.-ep
tlon.-. are filed. they will oeconanned ab-.luio
y.
it. D. No, 1, Mar'li sessions. W" County
bridge across Buffalo creek In Bulla!" tp. "here
the liutler ..ud Freeport roadcrossessaid creeK
net ween sarversvllfe and Jacob >rj.-> ' jrm -
Jlay Si. IttT; M-.-w.-r- report bridge prn»*e4
u»-■■••ssitrv, anil Ibc erecilc® of the* sauut; will rt--
oulrc more expense titan the township of Buii.t
--?o should bean and did locate the site thereof
on the Mic at the- old bridge and rep-jrt no
cUangc necessary In the course or bed of th--
publi: p..ul to 1'• connected v. itli said bridge,
and AS* v> BO tUiaa*,'** to anyone.
No. 3 March session, ls*T. Petition ot citi
zens or Concord tp. to vlt-.v vacate, chansr' and
faiippl'-' that that part of the pubftp road i.Tiown
astaeC laconl road. lietween the briu*e cut t*-
Si-rln.r r in ai.fl the f.irut of Allan Jenkins to the
bridge o.i tie !:.rn or Hobert A Brown. ..une l;
• lew.-rs rej ort th" waUnif. changing and «up
pivlng:r ;aii prayed lors aa'i rijj>e
therefore vacated, changed e:*l yj'-
samc for poWlc uSOk and report tile dr<»abia
co-st of leaking the ro.ui to be forty deflttrt, awl
thesaid rust should be born by the township.
No damages assessed.
No. 5 M r -;.
of t'onnouuenefesliig tp. for apubllc road leading
irom a poLut on the liutler and Bpnsburg na-l
on a 111.. U. tv. celt i'r.iuci*ll -ek.ttt and 1 nomas
(ir.-v to a point on tin: r aniß.irinonj rofc-1
i n nr- »»•>».« wi Hir nn and /-eno Mar
ked Jtlfli ( 1—,7; W.-W'is report that tae pun
;if J-oad as prayed for Is necessary, and nave
ti.( >ef r • i. : J «.:it the r.anie lor public use
* report th ■ probable cost or making said rand. t >
I e about he hundred and nrty dollar,.and .nat
said cost-iiould be born by the township, an-,
no daiuag'rS assess.
Merck tcsßl viL Pgltlon of citizens
i,t\ i'ntoi. U> tor a Wp'Sf X.lL^hl
i I'aiich 01 3«.nc! ■<&. « il»*"jt 19 TfL'-Te «h«
. a» He Si: :iiw ..y J.-Mn pi.X'i'"u« TO Taioiff i..t
if.,- es t ..:d • reek. M*;. ill-*: dew«r»fe»-i<
the irl'if proposed W " r 'd tnat \~e
erection oi the same will require more exp-nse
tliao it i:> rtrasoD&ble the townisklp of C llnuiii
sl'onUlnr. and did locate the site thereol as a
< -ounty brUge and also report that a change Is
--ar in the cour.se or bed of the public road
to • en -', niced with said bridge in order to
Its.-rettion there"l at the most suitable place,
or at the l ust orln the bow. nianner.
and have ii. n-rore caused a survey to be made
.it an . \arl .rlon ttocroWi as follows', b'-guiiilnfi
:it th" <>'. i i.-d on land or«. M, Kiddle la f Hi-
I. ~, rn. : . N. 70 W. S4CTU Oft LlWl
* i i.iie. thence 535 WlO perches on land
of K HUl'lle. then'-e Sis WOB land oi soia-i 12
•. rcUi--, Intersect the old road, udW .n--- or
• •.venty-i.iho and one-half rod-t No damages
asS6h%(L
i vfßrc!i i*h». ofcttlxer -
of lihril!: rrton tp.'for a pubUc timA to lead froj-i
a i.ol:,: : /!nnlD(f at •'.e knttOi John -.1 HU
lard. in aid tp, on tto-I'Ubllc road-leadlng from
iae I'U-- r:t Vail"*- <<mrch u> t!« Hickory 1 ur
nuc r-,.. ■ and enOlug al a TO:i. on KluanMng
and r ro:ifl a' SU-or* Mchool Ilon-e. Jw-hjt
Bel . .. t.uUdluii No 1 la Sufi tp- Of Wasii
ington. Jon" ii, ls-7; MeN.trs report the r id a.-.
I-rayed f«/r hfcceswty. a:.U have ther- .oru 1.. J
our. t!r • for publi.'lse and they report, uie
probi. oi'- cost oi ni.-ikliu said road toM-, Oj. -
ii'indr.--. I'jil.'rs and that »ald cost ihouid
paid the township and tj.at the damages as
.-.nii otild be borne by the peiltioßt-n-. and
liny j-.v w tLo lollov.ijjg dunag. - and iun to
jivoth.To Joini M llUßlird. niteen <io.l-r.s,
to jaliie- Thoiupson. live dollars and 11. >» ajao-t
ISuUt r county ss.
< -..Ttlbeii from the roeortL- Aug. s. lwi.
! EVBbN M> hIVAiN. Clerk.
Register's Noiices.
it- , : r hereby v.*> notice Uial the tol
lowlng acojunU of Kxei dtorH, AdmlnMrators
and i ,i,arui'. n.s liave 'h Sited in Ulb> olUc- ae
cordin,'; U> lav., and vvniUe u< ">UIT
for - oniii luation and aAlowaijije dji
:;i - '.th u . oi sept., A. V., IKXT, at 3 o'clock p.
ia. or sain lay. . . ,
I. Kin: I account of .Mhn Woke) executor of
Joan ltlmop. td. Lii-o: 1! nlfcr. Itu.
" i lr. iac our.'of Win .MHJoy .and M-orjre
i:,.i-r. a. itdalbli-ators of Abnef .%«luidr, uit-U
iiit-.-o,' \V itn twp.
;r, Ktr-v, :utd lie .laccouiit of Vkmbtf
•iin.i:;:--i. for or 7llchart Ei:o<, dtCd, lat» Of
forward tp.
». i-'lu: ; ; (.-count
U.it.f in; !s!.' tiaer.ltd- minor child of !»aiuu
r I I) i; aiter. dec'fl.
5. >inai account of Juitn l;u?ACk. a-Jmlnlstra
tot C.T.A oi farollr i f.tibcclc, oec'd, late of
Harmoiij. i'a.
li. I |;i. : .-o'lnt Of Irnnlel Me'Jaekhi.-aflmlri
luii ator oi Jolia Mc4lackii», lieo'd, late Of Ciear
tir..t and final of Joseph IKrtlar,
adinlni"! rator' .T.A. <Jt J'tter iVr. <5».-cd, late
» i-ntervil.fa.
l-'i;V aii-l partial of Hatrtuel fU-hla
f_. |. ( a i i.ior or liutiiy , hililasH, dtt'd, lale of
until r i ~
•a. i laai at count o{ .la;v: O, JltOiyinojDds
ndn..iil t: t a ol Joini Mylyinonds. df-C'd, 1
or Muddyc-reek.
10. Meal .-1 codnt Of Till ffi*tl»Hew, adrtilnLsl ra
ti,i of iaiiabelu iirtidlur. dee d, late otllai nioiij
iv.
11. Kir. '■ aecou.'ti Of .James A Gallagher, ruaJ -
dlaa of Itob ri K Cftllajpief, minor child of Wia
iiallagtn r, ilee't, late ot woi'tp *p.
i_-. final account of J <: Snyder, inlmlnl trator
oi /opiianiah snyd<sf, de<Ai, lat* yf iiraiJy tp.
i.;. I- inal account of William Irvine, aiiinlnls
ralor oi li. I \Vil-;oit, dee d, laic of Jackson
'p.
11. yiuiii and iilfltilbutioii u ,ount, of V. in
Irvine, sunning admtnlSUator of Margarcl
Wibfiii, dec .I. inie of Adams tp.
15. l-'ln 'fa j'iht'if Catherine K llaiikln. ail
niinlhiiaiilA of Pfcior l»afi*tß, deed, lnt«-oi Uut
ler borough.
Kai Uai iiocounbof Faniuel y«. ii» un
lKtratorof Jaificsti Vfn/toAr, me d. ;t:e t,t ku
dyen <-k tu.
li. Kin. ! .icconrtt. of Mln»rva Maxwell.
ti lx ot <• i albxweil. ue< il, J.'W of AU- ghmy t)>.
IS, I■ r! I ftCeount <4 IClfnlrn f IfruitTmii,< x*cu
truof ii. a: • MiU' r, deed, late uftlay tp.
1», Klnal accotmc iktmuiei YM\»r,
ol 1-idt.eiu :-ahll, inli-or enlld of < deed,
into of l.:ini.a..ter tp.
20. t'lnal a U/Uhl of Mlillik Utarke. adiuiiilr
tratrlx of <b o rgti K MMrlui! li-c'it, !af of s?4Ju>h
bUi'g.
21. Klrsr :m<l iifttit n":oimt oi Ataur S»<aon
and Oil •> (.x'aJUlom of Win S»;aton,deo'd.
lateof Vf-iafißTj tft.
Mn.il a.-iii oih!.i ibut4on oecotini. of /elie
*!iii:i/.Hitrf«»xe 'Artx ol Jlonry .\funtz, deed,
lat-- 1,1 '.O ii-iicpie, i'ii.
23. Kit.., • ,anl of I'.-tcr Wit, j./i-iJli Hew
and (Icon,! TrUaotiuij, «.%ocuior,s of John New,
del'd lat • -if su/trtrii tf.
US 21. Klilai .-y-oo iiit ol iiullem W il'rat, ailrn x
or Wrn K itar. ai llK.~l l»y,Agm.n Growitnati her
adiiilJiisliiilrU.
itefti t-r and nftn-o. A«y.;. s, i«m~.
-VI. JL b i liIUA, Iteg. :uid llee.
Widows' A^jprals^menls.
The foi]o>big widows' appi laents have
bct ii file" in the offlee of tit« . lerk OT tile Or
tihans (o ruii lJtitiur 'mill*.
Widow Of Asa W. Waddel!. dee'd, 00
. 1-.. shook, deed, i; m
" .1' ..nr ttaroii/jic-j'd, oo
The abo, win ipr w nfftlo couri. on W«*l
rii*wlay >*< ft. 7, VHTt anil If iw ulijectioos at'<-
II axle. u. i;oUil'W.(t ahboLulClV.
liutler Co. !4k.
f-fcitii.'*] from Uie reeo.-d»j imk/ku oay -or Aug.
> «7. ,
KKI UI.:. M'IKf.YAJN.
B. & B.
GRAND CLEAIiANOt SALE.
!-W•» I 'i }*
SUMMI ; ;AbREss dodbe,
SUMMER SILKS, SUITS,
PARASOLS, ETC.
'i'« ImiiK* (I,'iitt.i'jf tj.e Wzv t « U most cicgud
FALL GOODS,
I'ofelgn I Ooinest!-, .td in
kit. Tin, ia your ni,\ oito.fc /
iti-iAI. UM-: BAK<;Ai:.,i. ir.ciiu put ot. tin
balance of our :'[ii Hi",' anrl suininer :lo< K are
meant, to move the goods, and that quickly.
Main ui!-WooJ 11.QO Dresa (ioo'ls go u!. iO :ents;
. J\ COIiL ie ifood:-. g » U 2a ejril'i'lijH WI|IJ I«I
ho '-raphiuie. liy atlliuance | \f as %o man
have the room.
targe Hie-of ,»i in.ii riiooUl)- Itjflit
iMifi, in
.*V>lncii All-tyo<#'lrir.it.-«tH7 Hlt»iii»,,iiinvn
from fill (-1 Ills.
( uy larii'i as oryiient of I'rliitedt'halll:-, tin
»* . t (jtexl-l-WfHlll* lII.JUiU- lililng, :d 2a cflllh a
yard. Hold r> :,'ulfn> o-tei*v*i-red6 .v<ceiii»
Suit's and Parasols.
In Uiehi-Oi partmenln, the (freatestcul i have
been II,; ile in |,r!c<H. inmiy iiara-ols offered at
ono-haif ti elr t.«il vidui* and the wune
inay be si'M of all inaOc up Huminer Hulls. Ui
-111.-K' Bii'l Cbllormi K Willie Sull*. HaUnes. Light
Weight Wool Hull*, etc, etc.
Black and Colored Silks,
We oontiaai- to Oifer «.U< Vfiitv Hl.jsr V.VId Uh
In silks troDi ,S 'f-iiiHV, *2jio and up t/o bt
/ibtafnt 'l uuy bi-r-i. Th:.. te tK-jond i|b<*.tion.
and we cheerfully stake our repufatlon upon
comjiarlsoin. New Uu.-s of ( oioi -d Silks, es
pecially good one 1!) Inches will,- at to eeftlH.
New Fall Goods.
Karly arrn.-.ls coiuni.;nelng, a tew or which are
"K In.-li All-Muni N.IT..Itj I hirku, tr, celll .l, very
fit ylesli el).-j;H.
It Inrh AIMTooI f lif'k*, 7f» r<«., S7 1-2 <'|,
41.t0, Sfie- ! tl Vnl<ien*«i<l htri;<- Int.. <>< Hkiuien.
New JJ. . . i all l»re-a .amiia arriving dally, '..r
to Oil ine),. »'.-.ld, . ai tr, cenlg to 11.25 a yarO.
s<-nd 10 gr *;ill (irdtrDlfcriiiient lot- a;nu
pkes, and ictuP- w.me ol these bargalrih liefon
oil sold. ■ »
Special .allien In ill lines ot St«pl<- Hua«*.
k.-i-plir Wr, tioodii, KhrrtlnL-K, Um-m, Kir. f.ir
BOGUS & BUHL,
IIS, 11/, 118,121 ledeial SI,
JUlaghenyi Fa.
THIS
«. •»««• B —« lixiiiK Ayjir.-y f»r MC-nnrß.
11. W. "i %LH ClbbUtN t our agtuU.
THE _ BUTLER CITIZEN.
I A lIKA.MATIC SENSATION,
! The Throbbir.g. Thrilling Drama. How tc
save Money.
Jbiy D. - HECK,
day i.h'l ;iluriLT ■ becoming
G€IL-8011 TD, A. LIT'- K
GREAT CIOTHISfi EMPORIUM,
No. 11, North Msln St.. liut)'» BSot-k,
3DTLER, - PA.
I uill ftytl. r notk v This v.ork is a
vjfcaiienu'. oui .a; iesaM;(tc-OB«i>p • noi
ll iiMiiii c%iic-dji, s.i«C C#l# ..I trii,. .!.•
fIJ gZ&rt. :i-i * bit %J. th !:OUf"--.
The actors ate all »:ur.i. lV n
1 will oc a .-iroiij l--autre. l"he fouovatit,' Orienj
outlixied is the
i S.WV 11. ■!:«!.: fi. ..att-increr-s;-«\
\\ ii tv - hi-, ch-tiiiiig at B- %. W*r. »
€
J A'l I,—Kct.SK 1 Tic." 9a m: Knter your:-; wait
j wttSlMend, iounj; man eiplalnstonia
aa< ..- .-♦• is. - Wtfiitm lui-laera d.i iMacr
WS. )di purchas® ol t!i t-i .a»t it at
0. A.lii K.s t tiiitiri" '-** i ' d ,; te.
Ft:, a t MORS to tilt- id-. aiaJl'-Waue
hi i'iia I;. * - ..WJliit M I t
! IS- i ad-r\.t. v. 'Hi •.. ilvSt Ufenk.
W-e, : in .•» '"J- ■lO-- -' * «!•»
Jollied in by fte aUdltiice.
Soso—The itty will be Intensely coid.
Wi th O. A. lieck Is und-.-rsoid, ex.
AOT ll.—Scene 2—Tlui .'M a.m. Enter i::rcn(; of
people, old men, young men, iaun«-. ciiu
a; u. inution.s imtrrliirabß;
liaUJi-ielfc. Wliii Willi ot.-j aiculU r.;!llN
hbti -k v.itb Cfciixbt at Hie wonderful bar
«au;, suowu. ibe iicat ui«i iudy.
i iiu-nil;-, ii hi in .I'lint j' ■ eiery, a {aii oi
Ctrtcs, a p.irof KUli.int'-s. an e.-«aBl
pair ■ : ii. that. • !i'-r on fcO e*«ltib..- 1..
Ulai itOHdo from t ntoc-. llle and a yourt^-
1,: ••-.1.t I.rei-i;.- City 'sith i ropose.as the
tin-, oo Cil inm M 1 r 'i. "Ot-d l>. A. l.- 'k s
Imauet >le suite, Ctndfirelia decides l>
paUobl/. t« ir:u* !:.cusli •> una a ■ • ;>ti
him. Toe I i.'.onviile -iude ufucs Of ouelH,
au ewes. but ae-jfcte* not «u .ea\t uti
won ; while He can t clft'linfew eneap
at J). A. 11 i- 1 n-i i,i« ai Lujp..i ipni.
St ag by company. yia ■ audh-ni e:
"lis oor exp» 11 nee. ore and all.
AIM ■ tci on- wl. i tries it know s.
i It !> A. HI/ K has got th<- eall,
And taixo utff toe uia t.cinng clothes.
ACT III.—!;• .-.SI; S.- TUc.- uii ji at;, later:
IIKCiI o LAllGEti'i" KMPOIUL'M.
Ten ;..r- or su;-, i • . to b: ve ti-p ed.
h A. liriVS si) T" ijii drtfl.ied in i» i
, liutun: a lut-iispoils. Arrival of. several
exenr j . .ek*nno tri-.liiiaiiU at. riA r
oi baiioona. v. ij.h crovvu.-. ol people to ijii
< r Jothf!ig',Tndf-Nr -tr.
• ilau. t up*, colhirs.
Neck i'iw, ll- iefy,
tsiiSiK.rt.l- i>!, Uaiidkc-i'iiilebs,
I rabivlias, 'i :-lin)c^
\ alLvs. SaU- li^H
Bill ana fo-toit'oookSr.
i.iota. ll- t and ivoiu Bio b- i
and frmun.'ei'ai 1" other arUeli-s v, blch
spat* l"i bid. to na hMon. iy ores oi pitjs
|« roas men :-ttn prorrtp wiftroiis x'ltfcer
lu'butid to-; ptopm va. A.i agreeii.. that
tu-.-ir ri-in tic- w-n-inm rrore i. ■ un>-
niebt ihey In btij litell li'Oht
Jj A. HECK,
Vhi.i. relia and her J.ur aiid aljotit to •!«-
twirt for .'.ft. Che'stnQt (this is noeWsttltrtJ
t'iii; ifliioiivliiu .lun*-. a dutl'i in. longer Imt
a rl'.n biwii.e?." lean in th' <lt of linUi r.
I'ypiii.iiJon !u,i<"i, 'iouai l i, it 1 1 , I' i i.-.liitf
ti. ... ■ rn- i|>n .; r y rne ountj.
au,'l for l.tir (ifaiotf ar(<lfor Uifu-t it, A.
lilvt K'.-s Kilffioriujii, IJilhiN BI'tCT: Ls the
l.'yvJMU ir'ij i . loi 'goud bo-.'Js, lal/' di
a.al low j!rices'.
wlUno-iv-Jo'u in ;ta^]ng:—
HOW 11. A. llMflf I -ellhie ciotl.'-s,
Way down ut b..-dr<jek
.iusi Aaten :ne crmva that) (tally X'r r
To I>. A. ile k in Dull > Block.
' curtnrti falls fo V-I <rr I nit Mrre tnusk'.
Htlmnlate the »m-|iltl 11v«?r.«i#reriKtli
en wum, reteiilu'e Iho
tiowcts, nad ar* us tu
aBU-bUiaim ia«iUt-lii*. iu
Malarial Districts
their virtues oire « lilt-ly refo«nl»il,
bs flier p»-t-ullur |>i-o;>ertlea
IO Irdi-lai: tUe front Itiul
Mlt, Thin popular r«|ildy rarely
fallit to efl'eeftfitlly cure
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick
Headache, Biliousness
and all tlisortk rs arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion.
A Proclamation!
!>r. I. tiny l,e«l«. l'nlton. Ark., su.VSJ
»A jiaui <M(" 1 Uu<l liiliuun fever;
Tutt'H fill* were hn lilt-i.ly reeeoni
meml»<! tliat ■ UHLtt tuem. Ni-u-rillil
Ri«<llrli|«)iavcn lt:tpj» : er effecl. A(•
ler i» practlrc <»f it <t<iarler nf u cen
tury, 1 pt •xrlltilll tlitui lilt; tlfHt
ANTI-BILIOUS
m«<lielli«»\«» * alwayn pre
acribe litem iu tuy |:rafli^c,"
Sold Everywhere.
0f1h*:,44 Alui'tiiy SI. New Vork.
Tuffs Maouu. of l/tit-fulßeceipts sent Free.
SHgnßuifiia
p?
BL jwA? /w r W " t nf An
Y&t *C> 4 idniji|f i k cre
ui 4 8 ii-at tun.
HWr-FEVER j ifk'rl iiill.t?fkm! <l. I
Tfj .ttre curs Ely's to Bflm,
\ partlele Is a|i|illed Into eneli no trd ;unl Is
Hiir.-i-itble, I'r - vi cent iat ;by inalr,
r'-ui-'W'-d. ''' <-t-« "r-i'b.r . 're . Kbl HKtIH,
JKi"i .rft nv,i.-li St. :.cw V-.il:.
—Tlf i-;_
Restaurant/ 1
Htujih Mal/i Street,
In the fJisliop Building
•' » Hrr
MEALS AND LUNCHES
s.-rvwl at oil lio'mi at rcaisonnhM ni-t.
OYNTERH, GAME,
Abd everytlilnj; In :v■■mm.
Tb't fMitrona'r »: Me ill in-n iii'l tr.iveilinif
pubbe ti tie. t: 4JI> .ojl' lfr d.
i-iut i 4'a.a ao i l.eai o i>iw:iy;i korit, on
hand, '
S. K. Efikelbcrecr,
l'ropr! i/if.
II Hll ILU ' "'I,; ri H'M, hi -■ i c lov-;.
MUUtUXUi i'Ul-t i \b "
IneludiliK all.hWH|/eeehe by,la»ii-sti. lli.ai.nk.
A |i|>b' ul oilC" I'ir term ai <1 i. rntoi v,
I'. .\. I 1.1 IIM. CO.,
1-lS it, 4, v>b Ave., I'luiburi;.
II ,T O ||T 11 T 7!"c!iirii'iK Uub'lHir
MfllfiPii
- *" ■ mma if,inland. U. . . A
PERIWANENT STAMPING
For Kensington, Arrnsene
AND OUTL.INE V/OUK DONK,
iVlio J!e<-,rons lb patne fiten by ANNIK M
M>VVMAN tj Nt»rth f-treet, MnUor, I'.-i.
jlltiiC'-Iy
Tiie Death of August.
Aeros> Cue dusty roa.l the trees
Their cool t dark sbail.iivd ihrow.
And down ia snnny fields the breeze
Ueuds bn'sht eyed daisies low.
Upon the pointed maple leaves
A rudoy lingo is tonimij,
The taagied fern is rtuset, witere
Gold girdled bees are huinmiu^.
Along the ear'r apple's cheek
A tender bius-h is growing.
On bank and hillside in the
1 he golden-rod ;s glowiu^.
Above the tired earth's throbbing heat
A hazy veil is lyini'
Tis'uftry wlffffiDg-sbeet
—Aucther tuouiU i- dying.
Her race i= neariy run—she Hies
To . ard sunset's gold-.-n ember.
W.th ijuiL-k-draw u breath the hurries on
—Hard pleased by swift September.
The goal is wen, the sun has ; et,
By liery clouds attended;
And Auyust, warnt ana pa-ne.oate,
Lait sntntner montii —is ended.
JtN.viK T. EKTI'S.
Stranger Than Fiction.
From the Mtast-hifl Avalanche.]
"Tie .storv wkit-h I t-ta going to
relate Lad real men and ftr
actorp, atd is known to all the old
time retidents in abd around LouU
ville. It preeents one of the most re
markable complications of old plarerj
times that ever tame within iu my
knowledge, and 1 am not over young.
"Fiitcenor twenty years befoie
the breaking cut of the late civii war,
a youi'g giil in her ttens came up
from L6uiaii.La and Kittled in Louis
ville, g'viiig the name of Lizzie Carl
ton. Nothing lucre was known of
her than that «hc was accompanied
by a man who was, c-r who
pretended to be, deal and dumb, and
and who, after her to secure a
situation with Mrs Williams, a mil
liner and dressmaker on Fourth
street, returned at once southward by
river. Lizzie was a haLdsome bru
nette, with a wealth of raven hair
which t.wept almost to the floor,
bright, expressive eyes, and altogeth
er genteel bud dignilied in her gener
al appearance. Her ladylike deport
ment and strict attention to the in
lerests of her employer, soon made
her superintendent of the establish
ment.
"Social barriers were not so stub
born then as now, and hence the
young and beautiful wtranger was
soon received into the best society,
forming a number of friends outside
lier regular business patrons, among
others a Mrs. E, a prominent mem
ber of the Baptist Church, at whose
house tLe black-eyed beauty was a
frequent visiter. She in time attach
ed herself to that cLurch, becoming
a most exemplary member. During
her visits to Mrs. E. our heroine met
Philip S., Limeclf one of the pillars
of the chur"b, who, after living in
single blesstdneFß for years, enjoying
all alone his wealth and family sta
tion, soon conceived a tender senti
ment for the young and beautiful sis
ter. It was not long after the match
makers got their heads together till
Bbilij* and Lizzie were made one.
The marriage ceremony took place at
the Baptist Church, then standing on
the Southwest corner of Fifth and
(Jreen streets, the lie v. Mr. Bucb t
oliicittting, and inuny old-timers liv
ing to this day will recall the facts
exactly as 1 give them. After the
ceremony the bride and groom and
their friends repaired to Mr S's resi
dence, about ten miles from Louis
ville, on the Berdstown pike, whefo"
the usual wedding festivities were
enjoyed.
"Thw honeymoon, with other
rnooDH, dripping with honey 'sweeter
than the honeycomb,' waxed and
warn d The old 'bachelor,' happy in
the new world that dawned before
him; the young wife, with her back
upon the past and its memories, wag
even forgetting that she had been a
hard worked milliner in the struggle
for bread.
"Alas! that ever man's avarice and
brutality bhould break in to mar and
destroy a scene of happiness like
this. About sunset one afternoon
the door-bell rang Lizzie , now
Mrs. S, ielt her husband's bedside( he
was confined to his room with a
slight illness at the time), arranged
her toiLt, and descended to the par
lor.
"One piercing scream that startled
tho echoes aroused Mr. H. who runh
ed down Stairs. What was his as
tonishment atid dismay to find his
hririo tainting ou the floor, and a
strange gentleman,attended by a uni
formed policeman, standing over
her.
" 'Sir,' said the stranger, 'this wo
man is my slave. Her name is Meli
do Cass, lam a Louisiana planter;
here ia the bill of sale. I bought her
a few months before she escaped to
iny heme, and I havo been on her
track evor biuco, and now she must
return with mo.'
"TLe distress of the unfortunate
couple drew about them at once a
concourse of friends, who were
as much at a loss what to advise in
the midbt of t'lcje strange revelations
as were the two most deeply concern
id. The husband, after the first par
oxysms of bin grief and mortification,
vowed eternal fidelity to his wife,
bond or free, and with tho assistance
of Deacon K., Rev. Buck and others,
it was arranged that, in order to
quiet matters, the Louisiana planter
should be indemnified for tho loss of
his slave, an<l a little party of friends
met together at tho Halt House,
where tho Louisauian was paid S7OO
for compensation, and he returned
home,
"And this ends this strange,
eventful history?" asked the repor
ter.
By no means. The worst is to
come. Mr. S. being a man easily in-1
fliieuccd by bis stronger minded rela
tives, was So strongly beset by his
Uncles, his fconsirm, his sisters and
his aunts, that lie turned his young
brido out of doois. They could not
tolerate bven a single drop of negro
blood, how ever concealed by a fair
exterior. The poor deserted wife
went heart-broken from place to place
in the capacity of a seamstress, and
soon gave birth to a son. She man
aged to support herself and child, and
bear tip bravely under all her mis
fortunes, until Mr. S. married anoth
er. This was more than she could
withstand, and, taking to her bed,she
was kindly attended by the Bisters of
Charily and a few Baptist sisters in
Louisville, until she died of a broken
heart.
"Did she really have negro blood
in her veins?"
"That is the question. Mr. K
went South to get a true statement
of her history, but the reports there
were as conflicting as elsewhere.
Lizzie Carlton persisted with her dy
ing breath that she was of pure Cau
t-acian blood, a free woman by birth.
She related that her mother, a Portu
guese, ou reaching this country, be
ing a dark brunette, formed the ac
quftinfance'of a wealthy planter in
New Orleans, who became so infatu
ated that he took her to his home,
cad to comeai his purpose trom his
wife, passtd the woman off as a slave
—her complexion enablinf her to
pars for a light mnllatto,
k lji*2ie was the offspring of this
illicit strategy, and the planter, dy
ing suddenly and without disclosing
the true character of his mistress, who
also died eocn after, Lizzie, quite a
child, de-scended to the heirs with the
othtr property. The estate was left
involved, and Lizz-e was sold on the
Llock to the p'anter who afterward
puisued her to Louisville. She far
ther explained that the young man
who fled with htr to Louisville was
her half brother—the sou of her moth
er's betrayer—and that she fled to es
cape the persecutions of her new
master, who persisted in soliciting
fevers she would not concede.
' A few pitied, while more blamed
the unfortunate woman for Laving
imposed hcreelf, aa tbey call it, on
the community and for having mar
ried into ODC cf the 'best families.'
But time soon mellowed the harsh
ness of the judgement, and many be
lieve her story to have been true in
aii respects. Many of our oldest in
habitants believe she was indeed the
daughter of a Portuguese woman,and
wui th'i innocent victim of the unholy
love which drove her parents to the
bi6e subterfuge. Their sudden death
was the cnu. Eof all her woes. Even
her ostensible 'master' may have been
innocent of her true history. How
terribly were the sins of the parents
visited on the child!
"And Lizzie Carlton's son, the off
spring of her marriage with Mr. S. is
he still living?"
"His life is shrouded in mystery.
Soon after the death of Philip S. the
relatives of the latter sent the boy to
Hewesville, Ky., to be reared and
educated under an assumed name,and
sioce that time nothing has been
fcnown of hib fate unless to the rela
tives of Mr. S alone. They, you
can understand, may have selfish
reasons for wishing him to remain in
ignorance of his own origin, for there
was and may yet be,considerable prop
erty it stake.
"Jfnd the story is a true one in
all respects?"
"True in every word, syllable and
letter. I withhold names for pru
dent reasons, but there are many men
and women in Louisville to-day who
can read the record and fill up the
blanks without hesitation. Lizzie
Carlton fills an humble grave in the
Western Cemetery at Louisville, en
joying that peaceful rest which man's
icLuinanity denies to the living.
A Saratoga Conversation.
The following remarks were over
heard on the piazza of the United
States Hotel at Saratoga, last week:
j Mr. Blank, the millionaire, has
gone t<r New York to work pome
speculation. Tie cannot spend his
income, and yet he is not satisfied.
Pitty he cannot be contented with
his wealth. It is astonishing what
a power the habit of accumulating
money has over a man. He can add
thousands to his principal,but he can
not add a farthing to bis enjoyment.
J retired from active business
twenty years ago ar 'd resolved to
enjoy life. I have not aw roach
money #h I had then, hut I rather
take the chances of dying with the
apoplexy than of dying of overwork
iu accumulating money that 1 cannot
use.
The ricli men's Hons of New York
are a uuisauce. Their fathers send
them to Europe to either get an edu
cation or to get rid of them, and they
return as dudes or drunkards. These
young men are ashamed to admit that
their fathers worked for a living.
The idea of a good woman marrying
such a young man—literary throw-
; Ug ht rgelf away. I wotild raiber my
daughter would marry a poor young
shoemaker, provided he was a sober,
industrious and sensible young man,
for in such a ease he will not always
remain poor.
Couhl Hold up Their Heads
There was an odd incident at one
of the seaside places last week. A
couple of ladies, who do not live iu
Boston, and whose unpretentious
way of life had perhaps led them to
fear that they might be looked down
upon by Boston paople, had taken
board at a hotel much patronized by
Bnstoniang of an excellent sort
Walking about the corrider of the
house on the first evening after their
arrival, and observing with an inter
eat natural to all newcomers the peo
ple about them, they happened to ob
serve two ladies standing not far
away. It struck the younger of the
newcomers, who is a little short-sight
ed, that those two ladies whom they
saw in the corrider were shabby in
appearance. She turned to her com
panion and whispered:
Well, I guess we can hold up our
heads with this kind of people,"
The elder seized her handkerchief ina
vain attempt to suppressa hearty laugh.
They had been looking at their own
reflection in a big mirror.— lionton
Tranxcripl.
Demoralizing the Turf.
Detroit Free Prcus.)
"Never heard of anything so con
temptibly mean in all my life—never!"
he said, an ho brought his right hand
down on his left,
"What was?"
"Why, 1 bet S2O with a man on
one of the races, and wo put the mon
ey in the hands of the stakeholder. I
won it."
"Well?"
"Well, a constable stood right
there and attached the whole *lO for
a debt of five years old."
"No!"
"He positively did, and he offered
to mop up the ground with me to
boot! It is just such work as this
that has brought horse racing into
disrepute and which keeps honest
people away from the track*!"
—A school teacher's switch should
be a whalebone, of course. It makes
the boys blubber.
—The president of a fat men's club
in Hudson county, N. J., weighs 421
pounds and the committee of recep
tion 14,0 Hi pounds.
BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 18S7
: Prohibition Stale Convention. —
The Platform Adopted.
From Harrisburj; Telegraph of Aug. 25.]
Chairman Stevens, of the Commit
tee on Resolutions, reported the fol
lowing platform :
XIIE PLATFORM
1. We acknowledge the Almighty
. God as the source of all power, and
with His assistance in conformity
with the Divine law we will labor on
in the struggle for the extermination
of the drink traffic.
2. We declare that no political and
preventable evil or combination of
evil so clogs the progress of good, so
burdens industry and trade, so cor
i rupts politics and legislation, so en
dangers life, liberty and prosperity,
so threatens the perpetuity of free in
! stituuons, as the liquor "traffic. No
j political issue is so important as is
the suppression of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating beverages,
and we demand the prohibition of the
! same by statutory and constitutional
| enactment, faithfully enforced, as the
j only corrective agency for the evils
i arising therefrom.
j 3- We declare that during the past
I year the current of party declarations
j and actions gives no promise that
l either the Republican or Democratic
J party will make the legal prohibition
of the driok traffic the object of party
support, and that therefore the citi
zen who desires prohibition and relief
from responsibility for and complicity
with the drink trade, can find it only
by casting his vote with the Prohibi
tion party, the only party that dares
meet the Baloon power at the ballot
box
4* We denounce the hypocrisy of
; I the Republican party in pretending 1
' to favor the prohibition of tbe drink
1 traffic by the passage of a resolution
1 for the submission of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufac
-5 ture and sale of intoxicatiug liquor,
and then nullifying- the same law by
' the passage of a high license law,
' with the approval, as we believe, of
the liquor interest of the State, in and
• by which they seek by a division of
- the license fees to make the citizens
' of the Commonwealth in evary coun
' ty, city and borough partners in the
' profits of the liquor traffic, and there
-1 by secure the defeat of the amend
■ uient if finally submitted to a vote of
1 the people.
1 5. We declare the action of the late
1 Legislature in refusing to prohibit
1 the sale of intoxicating liquors on
Memorial Day, and in the enactment
of the present "high license law," as
satisfactory evidence of the complicity
of the Republican arid Democratic
parties with their subjection to the
saloon power.
0. We favor protection to Ameri
can labor and capital; tbe restriction
of immigration as against pauper and
criminal classes; the reservation of
our public lands for actual settlers;
popular education with the retention
of the Bible in our public schools;
juat pensions to our dependent sol
diers or their families; civil service
based on personal character and offi
cial fitness, and a wise and economi
cal administration of public affairs.
7. Custom duties should be so lev
ied as to protect, promote and extend
American labor, wherever and when
ever foreign labor and capital shall
compete.
8. We demand a system of taxation
which shall bear equally upon every
species of taxable property, and upon
ail taxable persons and corporations
alike.
9. We favor a just system of arbi
tration for the settlement of differ
ences between neighbor and neighbor,
employer and employe, as well as for
the settlement of international difficul
ties.
10. The earnest energetic labors of
the women of the State for the pro
motion of temperance merits our
gratitude; viewing with alarm the
ship ioads of ignorant and vicious
men who are annually brought to this
country, and who, soon becoming
voters, control our largo cities, endan
gering life, property and our civil and
religious instituiious, we shall hail
with satisfaction the day when the in
telligence and virtue of American
women, our only political counter
poise to this ignorance, shall be cloth
ed with legal power, their rightful
due, to practically and efficiently de
fend "home and native land" with
their ballots.
11. We declare that Pennsylvania
is a Christian Commonwealth; was
founded to promote civil and religious
liberty; that our fathers acknowledged
the God of the Bible as their God and
the Supreme Ituler, and the Bible as
containing his code of laws. The re
ligion of the Bible was their religion,
and continued to be the religion of
our people, and they have the right
to expect and demand from their ser
vants in the Legislature and execu
tive power such laws as will protect
them in the full enjoyment of life and
property and in their religious con
victions and observances, not conflict
ing with the personal liberty aud
equal rights of others. And we fur
ther declare that the quiet enjoyment
of the Sunday of our fathers, with its
instruction and influences so promo
tive of public good, is an inheritance
which must be defended against all
secular employments, and all attempts
of men to treat it "as any other day,"
whatsoever may be the plea or pre
text.
12. That we declare in favor of
laws against discrimination by cor
porations, and arraign tbe Republican
and Democratic parties for the hostil
ity to and defeat of auti discrimination
measures proposed at tho last session
of the Legislature for the defense of
the weak against the strong.
13. We also arraign the Republican
party for the mysterious defeat of the
State revenue bill, by means whereof
the corporations of the State escaped
the payment of over $2,500,000 of
just taxation, while the laboring, me
chanical and farming interests of the
State in many ways aro compelled to
pay tho same by art unequal and un
just system of taxation.
14. Returning thanks to him who
is the wonderful, the counsellor, for
j His guidance and aid in the progress
I of tbe temperance cause in the past,
for tho efforts now so auspiciously
prevailing in the States of the Union
for the abolition of the drink traffic,
and relying upon Him for success we
shall go from this convention to sup
plement and support moral efforts by
our votes for securing the peace and
prosperity of our State by the over
j throw of tbe saloon—the primary ob
ject of the prohibition partv, and to
, ! litis end wo conliaiiy ask tho aid of
I all citizens without distinction of
. I party, race or sex.
| The platform was adopted,although
aa attempt was made by a Delaware .
female delegate to strike out the j
clause relating to the Bible in the |
schools. This was sat down on.
Experience With A Model.
My artist friend told me an inter
esting story of an experience he bad
with a woman, now a celebrated
model, when she first posed in a stu
dio. She dropped in upon him, say- ;
ing that she had bben a counter girl
in O'Neils, a shopping store, at about j
$6 a week, and could not make both
ends meet; that a lady friend who
was a model had spoken of him as a
gentleman, and that he needed a sub
ject she would like him to tell her
what to do. He told her what she
would have to accustom herself to if
she followed that life, but she said j
she knew all about it, lie pointed to j
a screen and bade her go behind it
and take off her things. Presently
she reapeared, but in little more un
dress than if she were about to retire.
Informed that this was not what was
wanted, she disappeared and next re
vealed herself in complete undress,
but with her back to the artist.
Here was an extraordinarily beau
tiful form, and as be made a sketch of
her figure he debated with himself
how be should deal with her. He
resolved to be wholly business like,
and so, walking over to where she
stood, he bade her turn around and
posed her as he wished her to stand.
By the time he reached hia easel she
was bent double and indulging in a
fit of crying blended with almost hys
terical laughter. He told her it was
quite evident that she had to give up
her ambition and return to her former
life, and he supposed she would.
But she did not. She is now one of
the most noted and prized models in
to wu. She remains a perfectly good
girl, but is not averse to sitting en
tirely disrobed and smoking a cigar
ette while curled up like a Turk on a
lounge waiting for her employer to
begin work.
The most popular model now, how
ever, is a former model who has been
married and had several children,
and baa at last been obliged to re
turn to the eld life in order to sup
port her husband. Models in good
demand make $25 a week. A most
curious fact that my informant says
has been noticed among artists is
that members of the dctiii monde can
not be got to pose as models. It
would be inferred from that that the
most utter shameleesness is found in
those that do that work, and yet
very mauy—in fact, all who have a
modicum of brains—are good women
who lead orderly lives and keep ad
mirable homes.— Julian Ralph's
Letter.
A Peculiar Pension Claim.
A pension claim was refused at
Washington recently which is of pe
culiar interest, and has been the subject
of much discussion by pension officerp.
It seems that William Hedgspechter,
an ex member of the 42d Indiana Vol
unteers was captured in 1863, and
conGned as a prisoner at Anderson
ville After remaining in captivity
five months he enlisted in the Confed
erate army, he says, to escape starva
tion and so informed his fellow prison
ers, that at the first opportunity he
would desert and if possible make his
way to hiß old command. After a short
service in the Confederate army be
carrried out hia intention and finally
reached his old regiment in which be
served until discharged. Some years
agohe applied for a pension on the
ground of disability contracted while
in the Federal service. This fact
was fully sustained. The law pro
vides that no one aiding directly or
indirectly the enemies of the govern
in the late war shall be permitted to
draw a pension. Hedgspechter's
brief connection with the Cojfeder
aey made him amenable to the law.
His motive, it is said, cannot be ta
en into consideration.
A Curious Case.
Tho Warren Paragraph contains
the following legal nut: The entan
glements of the new liquor law have
developed a peculiar state of affairs in
the case of Win. Hathaway, tho hotel
man of (Jarland, who was convicted
at the last term of court for selling
liquor without a license. The evi
dence at the trial proved conclusively
that Hathaway had repeatedly violat
ed the law in this respect and a ver
dict was rendered in accordance with
tho facts, but Hon. C. O. Bowman,
of Corry, the defendant's counsel,
asked for a rule to show cause why
judgment should not be arrested; Mr.
Bowman claiming that there is no
law under which the culprit could be
sentenced.
This point was argued, and result
ed in Mr. Bowman's point being sus
tained, for the reason that the act of
1856, under which the offense was
committed, has expired by limitation,
and the lawmakers failed to insert a
saving clause in the act of 1887 pro
viding for the punishment of violators
of the old law.
Hathaway was therefore discharg
ed by the court without even the pay
ment of the costs of prosecution.
Things That No One Likes To
Hear.
"No, Mr Smith, but I will bo a
sister to you "
"(jood morning. lam introducing
a work which should be in eyery li
brary.
"Sorry, dear boy. but I can't let
you have the amount, I'm dead broke
myself."
"Charles, it., is half-past three
o'clock. Where have you been until
this hour?"
"Mr. Deßrowne, your services will
not be required after Saturday next."
"You want to msrry my daughter,
eh? Well, young man, what are
your expectations?"
"Here's the milliner's bill, Algy
—only $75."
"I say, Jenkins, I heard a good
story to-day,and I must tell ittoyou."
"Oh, Alfred, what do you think?
I received a letter from dear mamma
this morning, and she coming to
spend a month with us "
"When will you l»e ready to return
that $lO Robinson? This is the fifth
time I've asked for it."
"Il'ye plaze, sorr, Miss Heavy
swell ton Id me to tell you she's not
at homo."
"And fifthly, dear brethren—"
"You are a moderate drinker, eh?"
"Now, my dear sir, let mo direct
your attention to a few statistics "
Nine hundred and fifty women
in lowa own and manage farms. Six
more have stock farms and twenty
dairy farms-
The Great Napoleon.
On the 24th of July, lSla, seven
ty-two years ago, says a writer in the
St. Louis Globe -Democrat, the Brit
ish man-of-war Bellerophon, the Em
peror Napoleon on board, anchored
at Torbay, on the southern coast of
England, and Napoleon was a prison
er of war. As early as at Wagram
Napoleon showed that his iutellect
had passed its prime. From that
time on he was not himselt. liis
Waterloo campaign was feeble. He
was irresolute. He abdicated prema
turely. After his abdication, and
while yet at I'aris, he displayed tim
idity. From Paris he proceeded to
Ilochefort, on the Western coast of
France, with about SBO,OOO in gold,
with the intent of going to America.
At that date he would have been one
of the rich men in this country. He
reached Rochefort on July 3. Not
only precious hours but precious days
slipped by. At last escape, which
might have been easy, became im
possible.
Probably it was well. In this
country he might have wrought mis
chief. On July 21 ho became Eng
land's prisoner of war. As he had
been an Emperor it was thought not
proper to confine him as a felon.
Yet, in violation of his pledge, he
bad stealthily escaped from Elba and
caused blood to flow like water at
Quatre Bras, at Ligny and at Water
loo. It wonld be a crime against Eu
rope and against humanity to trust
him again on his he nor. Royal
though he had been,he must be confin
ed so that another escape would be
impossible. The place of his deten
tion was determined upon after care
ful deliberation, and was determined
wisely. Napoleon's known intoler
ance to cold was considered in fixing
upon a tropical island. St. Helena is
an island cast up by volcanic eruption.
It is mostly rocky, with a few nar
row valleys. It is is perhaps a dozen
miles In circumference, and in 1815
contained about 4000 inhabitants.
On account of its rocky bleakness it
is rarely visited by ship?—a fact mak
ing it more secure as a royal prison.
When Napoleon was told that he
was a prisoner of war he affected sur
prise. Great Britain behaved gener
ously, and Napoleon was allowed to
take with kiro as companions three
military and oue civil friend, with
their families, one physician and
twelve servants, to kept at England's
expense. He selected Marshal Ber
trand, Count Mont jelou and General
Gourg aud M. de La Cases as his
oompauions. The support of this
company cost England yearly about.
SIOO,OOO. This does not include
the enormous expense of keeping at
the island a Governor with his reti
nue, a regiment of soldiers aud a fleet.
On August 8 tho fleeet sailed from
the English Channel for St. Helena,
and on October 17 Napoleon first
stepped upon the island where ho
was to die. He lodged for a time iu a
little valley cottage called the Briars.
More spacious acommodations were
afterward provided. Soon Napoleon
began his misbehavoir. Cockburn
was kindhearted and generous, but
be had his duty in keeping Napoleon
uuder guard. Napoleon, with the
smallest capacity, ought to have seen
this and respected it. But ho would
not. Cockburn furnished him a
horse, and offered a wide latitude in
wtiich to ride, but added that if he
approached withiu a prescribed dis
tance of the beach ho would bo at
tented by a British officer. Napoleon
affected to regard the limitation as an
insult, and with childish pettishness
refused to ride at all Then came
fault-finding as unjsst as it was uu
dignified. After the fashion of the
vulgar, ho thought it smart to use
nicknames, and called Lord Cockbtrn
"tho shark." Daily he repaid gener
osity with ingratitude, politeness
with insolence.
Napoleon did not desire to escape.
He himself said that he had lived so
long in the eyes of tho world that he
could not live without being talked
about; that to be buried in privacy in
tho wilds of America would be unen
durable, and that since ho could not
now occupy a throne he was greater
as a prisoner on that rock than he
could be elsewhere.
In 1820 his health began to fail vis
ibly; biß peculation became feeble.
Physicians prescribed. He had no
confidence and refused medicine. He
said he would die of disease, but not
of medicine. In April. 1821, he
grew worse daily. He daily spent
hours in tho bath, which weakened
him His eyes were sunken; his
his color was livid. He saw his end
at hand. As he was worth more
than $1,000,000, which in our time
would be Bcveral millions, he made a
will, in which he expressed his hat
red and vindicated his crimes. Ho
denouueed his bad hearted brother
Louis as a liar.
On May 4, 1821, his hours were
evidently numbered. He took no
food, and frequently vomited a black
matter. He had spasms and a rag
ing thirst. He was too weak to
speak, and besides his tongue and lips
were incapable of articulation, so that
his faint mutterings were unintelligi
ble. The sth dawned as sunny and
tranquil a day as ever dawued on
that island. All day long Napoleon
lay as in a stupor. It was evident
that that day was his last. At 5:40
in the evening just as the bright sun
from a cloudless sky was about to dip
into the ocean, a Catholic priest stand
ing near, while friends wept around
his couch, without one motion, with
out eyen the death rattle, tho prison
er was released.
—lf any one thing has oftner and
more forcibly pressed upon public at
tention through the newspapers than
another it is the fact that the most
unsafe place a person can seek refuge
during a thunder storm is the shelter
of a tree. It is the place that most
persons seek when storm driven, and
more persons have been killed by
lightning there than any other place.
Most people know this, but still they
rush upon their destruction with a
promptness that is simply unaccount
able. Already this seasou many
deaths have been report
ed of persons who have sought such
shelter, and the list will no doubt be
much longer before the summer is
over.
—Evejy lime the Princess of
Wales is seen in public she appears
in a different bonnet. And yet we
wonder at Albert Ed ward's debts.
—British America has some bands
which never fail, and which every
body has confidence in. YVe refer to
the Banks of New-foundlaud.
—An item for stylish dressers —
Coats of tan are fashionable now.
How She Changed Her Name.
From ( h t-tlaml .> un j
Her name was Suiggs—it didn't suit
Her rich, esthetic nature,
And so she thought she'd have it changed
By act of Legislature.
She sought a limb—a lecal nun
With lots of subtle learniu;.',
And unto hiui she did confide
Her soul's uioat painful yenruiug.
He heard her through—be asked her
wealth,
He pondered o'er her story.
And then he said he would consult
His volumes statutory.
She sighed and rose—he took her hand
And sudden said, "How stupid !
I did forget the precedent
Of' Hymen vs. Cupid.'
"Just substitute my name for youis."
The maiden blushed and faltered—
Hut in two weeks she took her name
To church and had it altar'd.
The Coming Centennial.—Gov.
Beaver's Proclamation Urging
a Fitting Observance of the
Event.
HABBISBURO, PA, Aug. 23 —Fol
lowing is Gov. Beaver's proclamation
urging a fitting observance of the cen
tennial anniversary of the signing
and adoption of, the Constitution of
the United States:
To the People of Pennsylvania,
Greeting:
The centennial anniversary of the
signing of the Constitution of the
United States of America is approach
ing. In pursuance of a movement
inaugurated by the Legulrture of
New Jersey on the 2d day of Janu
ary, 188G, planned by the Governors
and other representatives of the thir
teen original Stages of the Union, and
carried out by representativesofall the
States and Territories organized and
known as the Constitutional Centen
nial Commission, the occasion will
be observed and celebrated in a man
ner befitting its dignity and import
ance in the city of Philadelphia, on
the loth, lGth and 17th days of Sep
tember, 1887.
The adoption of the Constitution
by the convention which assembled
in the city of Philadelphia for the
purpose of maturing n plan for the
government of the Uuited States,
concluding its labors on the 17th of
September, 1737, and its subsequent
ratification by the several States there
represeuted, was an eyent w hich has
few equals in importance in the his
tory of the world. A century of un
exampled progress and prosperity,
duriDg which the Constitution has
not only met the requirements of or
dinary, peaceful, national life, but has
also withstood tho rhock of great and
trying emergencies, demonstrates the
wisdom, sagacity and forethought of
its framers.
Asa result of the successful labors
of our patriotic forefathers, personal
freedom based upon constitutional
guarantees, and civil liberty under a
Government ordained, established and
administered by the people, have be
come the aspiration and hope of the
most enlightened people of the world.
We do well to pause for a day in tho
busy whirl of active life to pay trib
ute to the memory of the men who so
wondrously planned our fair fabric of
Government, and to commemorate
the material progress which wo havo
made, and the political prestige which
we havo won, as the result of their
thoughtful labor.
In viewing tho facts already stated
and of the further fact that our Com
monwealth has made liberal material
provision for this celebration, I, .las.
A. Beaver, Governor of tho said Com
monwealth, do hereby commend to
all the people thereof the observance
of the days set opart by Constitution
al Centennial Commission aforesaid,
for tho commemoration of the centen
nial anniversary of tho signing of the
Federal constitution. I earnestly
recommend to all our manufacturers
throughout tho Commonwealth, em
ployers and employed, the most hear
ty co operation in making the indus
trial display, which is to bo one of
the principal features of tho celebra
tion, worthy of the great occasion,
tho progressive spirit of the age, and
the proud pre-eminence which Penn
sylvania occupies as an industrial
State.
I recommend to our citizen soldiers,
organized not for war, but as the bent
preventive of war, to take such part
in the exercises of the occasion aw
may be allotted to them, with a just
pride in the prestige which their organ
ization lias attuined. I recommend
to all our people to join in the glad
observance of the.se days of rejoicing
with a grateful recognition of the
fact that our great metropolis, which
is not only the birthplace of the dec
laration that made our country a pos
sibility, ami of the constitution which
has made it free, has also been select
ed by general and hearty consent as
the place where we as a nation shall
s«'t up the first century's milestone of
our existence and progress. Dela
ware led us in the adoption of the
Constitution; Now Jersey led us in
the proposition for this celebration;
lot no Htate lead in the observance of
the great oc«asion.
I also further recommend to the
clergymen throughout the Common
wealth that, HO far OH they may be
able conveniently to <lo HO, they
preach sermons appropriate to the oc
casion upon the Sabbath immediate
ly preceding or immediately follow
ing the said celebration; and that
they join with their congregations iu
humble and devout thanksgiving to
Almighty God for blessings civil and
religious liberty which lie hath
vouchsafed to us under the constitu
tion, and in earnest prayers for llis
unerring guidance iu the time to
come.
Given under my hand and the groat
seal of the Commonwealth at Har
risburg, this twenty-second day of
August, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand hundred »nd
eighty-seven, and of the Common
wealth the one hundred and twelfth.
JAMES A. BKAVKK,
Governor.
—There is verv little patriotism in
New England. That section of the
country consumes 000,000 bushels of
beaus annually, aud only grow 100,-
000 bushels.
Henry WaUersnn says he would
like to annihilate whisky. That is
tho general Kentucky view. The
citizens of that State annihilate it one
glass at a time.
—A " Bureau of General Informa
tion" at Washington advertises its
ability to answer questions on any
subject whatever. Here is an easy
one for it: When will Mr. (Jarland
resign?
The Pay of Legislators.
Some carious statistics have just
been been published concerning the
salaries given to members of Parlia
ment in various foreign nations. To
begin with France, the Senators and
Deputies receive the same rem unerati
on-namely, £1 sterling a day. In Bel
gium each member of the Chamber
of Representatives gets £l7 a month.
In Denmark the members of the
Landsthing are paid about 15s. a day.
In Portugal the Peers and Commons
are given the same sum, which is £67
a year. In Sweden the members of
the Diet receive £C6 for a session
of four months, but they have to re
fund a fine 12s. for every day's ab
sence. That is not a bad idea. In
Switzerland the members of the
National Council get 10s. per diem,
and those of the Council of State
from Cs. to 10s. In the United
States Congressmen are paid $5,000,
and are allowed an indemnity for
traveling expenses. In Norway the
members of the Storthing receive 14s.
a day during the session, which lasts
about six weeks. In Italy the Sena
tors and Deputies, are not paid, but
they are allowed traveling expenses
and certain privileges. In Spain the
members of the Cortes are also un
paid, but enjoy many advantages
and immunities. In Greece the Sena
tors get £2O a month and the Depu
ties £lO. In Germauy the represen
ts.tives receive an average of 10s a
day. In Austria the pay is the same
as iu Franco, £1 a day. England is
the oniy country where members of
Parliament are not only unpaid, but
have no right to privileges. Work
man.
Died Fron a Spider's Bite.
JERSEY CITY, Aug. 23"— Ex-Town
Clerk, Thomas McCormick, of Union
Township, Hudson County, died last
evening from the effects of a spider's
bite received yesterday morning.
Since his deposition from the oflice
of town clerk McCormick bas inter
ested himself gathering specimens of
of miuerals for the State Geologist.
Yesterday he started from his home
to make a tour of a number of desert
quarries siuated near Union Hill.
About 6 o'clock in the evening he
laid down by a mountain stream and
fell asleep. He awakened by feeling
a stinging sensation on the back of
the neck. He put his band to the
spot and crushed an insect that had a
firm hold of his flesh. Upon inspec
tion he found it to be a black spider
extraordinarily large.
He thought nothing of the matter
until an hour afterwards, when the
spot where the inset had bitten him
commenced to swell and sharp pains
shot through his head and down his
back. His wife sent for a physician
immediately, who applied a leech to
to tbe wound. The swelling still
continued and other remedies were
tried, but to no effect. The doctor
th'-n ordered his removal to St.
Mary's Hospital lloboken, where tho
wound was lanced. The swelling
still continued, the t<kin on the man's
face and back being drawn so tightly
in a short time that it cracked in
spots. The pain from the wound
was terrible and McCormick was
placed under the effects of ether.
Physicians from the City Hospital in
the city were sent for, but before they
arrived the man was dead. Tho
County Physician will make an au
topsy of the body to-morrow.
Blaine's Touring Trials.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.— The News
special Cable from Homburg, says: If
the waters here agree with Mr. Hiaine
ho will remain four or five weeks, the
period of treatment prescribed for tho
cure. Senator Hale's experiment has
been altogether satisfactory and as
both Maine statesmen suffer from the
same disorder, Mr. Blaine is encoura
ged to prolong his stay between the
week he had originally intended for
the visit. Mr. Blaine begau the
drinking cure at Elizabeth well yos
terday and will try the baths next
week, The waters are lorrosalino, of
both reslvet and tonic qualitiee. Ac
cording to prescription Mr. Blaine
will drink in solution every day 150
grains of salt and a grain and a half
of iron. One cannot but admire the
practical manner in which he
has resented being robbed. He was
given rooms apart from the Hotel
Bellevue, for which he was charged
the equivalent of Beventy-five dollars
a week. lie promptly went to
bouse hunting and finding four apart
ments for half that amount, he moved
into them yesterday. Pew Ameri
cans have thj courage to act similar
ly. Senator lialu continues in his
present quarters adjoining! those va
cated by Mr. Blaine and pays for
them S6O a week. Mr. Blaine Is re
ceiving the respects of old friends on
ly. Senator Hale, on the other hand
is mingling unreservedly with Amer
icans whose opinions and chat ho
communicates to Mr. Blaine. Mr.
Garrett has had a couple of conversa
tions with Mr. Blaine, in the first of
which tho action of the Pennslyvauia
convention, of which Mr. Blaine was
1 informed by cable befure the resolu
tions of endorsement were passed,
were discussed. The resolutions
were a surprise to neither gentle
man.
—The Milwaukee coopers threaten
to strike again. Better stave it off.
—The aeronaut who was killed by
falling from his balloon took a drop
too much.
—lt remains to be' seen whother
Stanley's second death is more fatal
than his first or not.
—The distillers have formed a
'Spirit Trust. Tbe old spirits wo
believe did a cash business—sl per
seance.
—New Jersey people quote Script
ure with variations something like
"goeth around like a mosquito seek-
Ing whom he may devour."
—An inexpert lowa farmer tried to
plant some popeoru during the lato
heated term, but it popped as fast as
it touched the ground.
—Carter Harrison has gone to the
Holy Land. It is always well to
secure a complete change of climate
when going on one's vacation.
—An Indiana tu;*n recently sold
his wife to a friend for s.'loo. Hp to
the hour of going to press he had not
been arrested for swindling his friend.
—Tho Socialists are denouncing
Hrnry George for retaining in bis
own pocket the $15,000 a year that
they allege be is making out of the
Standard. That is all right, though.
Mr. George's avowed aim is to abol
ish poverty.
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