THE HIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WACIEN'SELLER, Editor and Proprietor Middleburgh. rn.. April 25, 1 '.?. "I am impressed ly two thinpf" eats an English critic of tbo new wo tnan. "First, that who isn't dcw, and, secondly, that lint for tho accident of six, the isn't n woman." Sir lotij!inun KiclinrdHou, n noted English physician, thinks tint 110 yours is about tlio normal duration of tinman life, and Bays that seven ont of ten people of average vitality would lire to that limit if they took good caro of themselves. Tho record of embezzlement and defalcation iu this country for lS'JJ exceeds that of any year siuco 1873. "It is with regret and almiiio that wo note," remarks tho Mail and Express, "that New York stands at the head of the column, with tho lariat ngtjro gate, amounting to .?J,1 IT.IIT'J." Tho New York Trilnino observes: "Horses are vastly cheaper than they were five years a;o, and ho in the cost oi maintaining thorn. Vehicles aro lower in price, nnd ho aro harneHs and opiipmeiit of all description:. Labor is cheaper and ho are ntablo rcnt-t. If (hero is any philosopher or economist who can show that th so fact aro no argument iu favor of a re dilution in tho r.ites of eabfare, h-' will oblige, a patient public by explaining tho mat ter immediately." Spain has npeiit upward of SI 10,. 000,000 in suppressing insurrection ary uprisings iu Cuba ia tho last thirty-live years, and there ia abun dant evidence that rho will have to tcako a considerable addition to her expenditures in that line during tho present year. Tho cost of maintain ing her Bupremacy in Cuba is great enough to warrant Spain in seriously asking: herself, the New York Tribuno believes, whether eho didn't make a mistake iu deeliuiug tho $1!,0(I(,(MI() which this Government offered for tho island during tho administration of President Polk. A current paragraph ruefully calls tho attention to the fact that Herbert Spencer, tho greatest philosopher since Tlato, bankrupted J-'"1, by tlia prjb'.'.ion of charts to go with Lis books, and did not make enough in a lecture tour to pay expense?, while, on the other hand, a French high-kicking concert-hall singer is to receive $8000 a week for cutertaiuiug tho people of New York. This is one way of viewing tho thing, philoso phizes Eugene Field, in tho Chicago P.ecord. Another way is to remember that ten years hence tho concert-hall einger, in all probability, will have waned in popularity and be doing her turn in a Paris cafe ehautant at $7 a week, while for all timo Herbert Spencer will be famed, revered and honored. Fortunately, neither the enthusiasm of a day nor tho solace of a greasy dollar is tho only reward which intellect recognizes and craves. Says tho Washington Star: The managers of charity organizations iu New York have about decided to in augurate an experiment during the coming season similar to tho potato patch echemo of Mayor Piugree, in Detroit. Tho Michigan Mayor, it will bo remembered, concluded that some thing should be douo with the vacant land in and around the city for the relief of tho suffering poor, and he in augurated the celobrated potato patch plan whereby in one season 7003 lots of ground, aggregating 430 acres, were placed under cultivation and yielded potatoes to tho value of $14, 000. The scheme was to allot a small ecction of ground to each of a number of poor families and to provide them with potato seed and tools for their cultivation. It was thought that a deal of suffering was averted by meant of the food thus obtained at a very blight cost. The ground was all do nated by charitable persons, and about tho only expense was that foi the purchase of seeds and tools. The latter, being tho property of the city, can bo used season after season. It is estimated that there are upwards oi one thousand acres of vacant ground in New York, contained iu 17,320 lots, and there are muuy hundreds of acres in the suburban regions that are eas ily obtainable. Already donations ol PJ00 acres in tho outlying districts have been made, and tho scheme prom ises to be a success. This is a practi cal charity, and a move toward tho in cubation of tho principles of self-help into the minds of the poor who look an nually to the city authorities or to pri vate purse for aid. MILLIONS MADE IN OIL. $11,000,000 WAS CLEARED. Most Remarkable Short Turn in World'a Commercial History. Tim Btandand Oil Company has made the piny of Its exlstonie, lis aggregate profits out of tbo advance In oil will approximate nut less than (11,000.000. Incidentally everybody engaged In the oil Industry In the Pennsylvania field, compris ing the Keystono Mate, Houthoastera Ohio, West Virginia and Now York ha profited oommeiisurutoly to the extent of their hold ings In tbo htaudnrd's big turn, and number lc- stnail fortunes have Iwu made. The realization of these enormous profit Is contingent upon the ability of the Mg enm paiiy to refine and market tho oil which It has acquired 'at remunerative prices. In this caso, the Htandard probably has the ability, and, whl.e oil may be told at less thnu ihe present prices of refined. It can be safely estimated that the tura Will net til, 000,000 to the company. 'Ihe handsome winnings of the producers have already been made and they need not have a enro whether tbe Htandard has made a good or bad bargain. Huch remarkable transactions as bato taken place In oil In dustry during tbe past few days bavo proba bly never been equaled to tbe cnratnerelal Mstory of the world in such a brief period, ami tbe chances are that it will not Happen again for many years. At the outstart tho htandard owned four or live million barrels of oil In stock, which was purchased at prices below the dollar mark. This has appreciated la value 160 per liarn-l, upon winch the Htandard clours to, into, ooo. Tbo production nsfgregtitee about 75,0o1 burn-Is per day, of which the Htandard owns IIO.OOO barrels, ou a low estimate, although It Is vrediled with controlling &U per cent of tho entire production. This has also Increased In value l.&0 per barrel, and with tbe ap preciation in tno valuo of 5.000,0(J of oil propcity turcbad before the boom In oil took place, it Is estimated that tho company Is ul iea-t t.'i.uuo.iNM) richer on Its producing proerty making tho grand total prullt of ll.inio.'ono Iu stocks nnd production. Altogether thorn are about from 2.00!) to fl.nou producers who were enriched durlmr the same brief period. Home bavo douo bet ter than others, aecordiug as tbey sold to tho Maudard at high or top prlc-a. The pto duciiou of the Pennsylvania Hold has in a word increased In value 112,00:) per day, aud while it Is Impossit.lo to say bow much reilued oil was iu stock when the boom cum. iie-need, a is likely that a big pile of money will I'o realized from tins source also. PETROLEUM POINTS. Groat Activity In the Oil Country I-'orclxn Opinions, (ireat excitement that prevailed In Tiftln, ()., withiu the past days over the sudden rise iu tho price of oil, contluuus. The Tlflln field Is Just how the scene ot work, a number of representatives of large companies being here leuslug laud". Tbu Htnmhtrd Oil Com pany has a uumber of men here securing leases, ami llobert ('. I'ew, oi l'ew A Kmer soii, of Pittsburg, has been here acknowledg ing leases that had been secured by agents of his company. Mr. l ew left John A. Clugs tiui, a trusted employe, lo look after tliu lead ing interests uf tho linn. Local capitalists are not idle.by any means, and old wells aro to he reopened nnd pump cil. Tlio Pittsburg company leased 1.UU0 acres north of liascoia; l'rof. J. W, Zeis, Turniuii els uud W. H. Wiuiuer have leased 1,700 neres near Cromer nnd 400 acres north ol the Kansas Held. It Is predicted that with in a few day all tbe territory obtainable lying about Tiffin will be taken up. In consequence of tie) oil boom, It is ex pected thai drilling will begin at onei on the extensive territory leased over a year ago be tweou Massillou and Akron. There Is reason to expect some success, as oil was fouud hern In limited quantities when the natural gas wells were suuk several years since. Interviews obtained by the Lulled Press with members of tho leadiug firms dealing in petroleum, who are unanimous in sayug that they do not expect tliut oil will ever ro turii to the low prices which have ruled In r - cent years. They do not believe that the pre scut boom will lust longer than three month-, when tlio Uusslau producers will plaeo in creased supplies of oil iu western Kurope, and t'uo season of the year will decrease W consumption. The general belief is that tho commodity will retain limine in Furor longer than In the L'uited Slates, and thai : the price will ultimately range shout l u barrel. RETURNS OF INCOME TAX. They Show That It Will Yield Leas Than f 16.000,000. Internal l;vcuue Commissioner Millor bus Informed Hccrotury Carlisle that the aggre gate amount of lucome tax shown by the re turns, which were llle J before April 16, will be about 1 l,:;()j,(J00. Delayed roturts and corrections, It Is believed, will considerably Increase this amount. It is slateil that the aggregate ot inootnes lliat aro laxal.lo iu tbe West are far larger I linn expected, uud that iu New York and the Fust tho Incomes reported are much smaller lliau expected. It was estimated that New York would pay per cent, of the lax. '1 he returns shows that Mow lord uud New Fugiund will pay but !tf per cent. Pennsylvania will show up next to New York iu tho returns mads, and the tux thus paid will be more ou Industry than In Mow York. The Internal revenue bureau lias u system ol checks ou ivudur ot tbe law. 1 or Instance, Iu cases of uallouul banks, the returns made .o tbe collectors will be compared with tbe statements made by tbe several tanks to the Comptroller of tbo Ourreuuy, which are nat urally as good as possible. This will catch many an unwary buuk. GOLD IN NORTH CAROLINA. Inventor Edison in the Field With a Newly Invented Process for Ore. Gold uiiuers from the West are arriving in the Piedmont section of North Carolina, aud there Is au outbreak of mining fever. Tbe discovery of u pure nugget welghlug eight pounds, five oauces In htaiiley county, bos lucruaseu interest iu uiiuiuk. i'our hun dred Wvaluru miuers uro expo, led wlihlu 00 days. Western men have purchased tho McAmetty mine. Inventor Kdisou bus bought a mine near Charlotte, ul which ho expects to de velop a new process for the Uoaiaiaut uf Nor.h Curoliuu gold cres. Harried Beside a Corpse. A marriage, occurring amid most unusual surrrouudliigs wus celooratud at (Syracuse. N. Y., when Aloxumicr lircouwald, ol New York, wus united to tiuruh llassol, over llm body of the brldo's father, who had died e.-lit hours before tho hour llxod for ihe ceremouy. 'ihe bridegroom hud urgent biiciiu ss ul n uie.aud as all preliminaries hud iccu lur.iucd It was decided not to postpouu t:io w dt'.iuj. Horses Bold for Food. J. M, Swilter sold 5,000 horses to a fyndi cate, to be sluugbtureu aud tho incut packed aud all pans ol ihe carcuss utilised, lumis now tbe ouly market lor ihouuauds of hoiauj ou alusttira Oreguu aud Wushiulua ruiioj. Ihe price was less thuu j pur itoud. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The Dietrich syndicate of New York has bought tho natural gas plant at Teru, Ind, and now owns nearly all the pipe Hues In the Mate. Ex-I5eeorder Frederick PmytU Is slated for election as next grand sachem of Tam many, a place which ha) been vacant since Croker's resignation. Policeman Harvey Talnter shot Arthur Hnyder dead at Alexandria, lad., Haturday night, nnd fatally woundej another man Pnlnter surrendered to arrest and cialinc l self-uefeuse. Tbo Chicago Indian Supply warehouse has been reopened, nnd Hupt. Crogler has In vited proposals for 21,o0'l,00 ) pounds of beef, 9,000,000 ouii'is if Hour, as much more of pork and I aeon, nnd a vast quantity of other articles, iimouuting In valuo to il00,u0i. In tbe I'nited Mutes court at Toledo Juln" I'.lck filed an ord. r eontlrmlng tbe sale of tho Toledo, Ann Arbor and Michigan rail road property to 1:. C. M.irtiu for 200,000, subject to the lien of the Frankfort and South eastern liatlroad company for i2,w;i,009. Collls P. Huntington, president ot tho Southern Pacific railroud, was arrested In New York on an ludieinient found at Han Francisco for Issuing a pa to O. iL Htone. Mr. Huntington wus released on his own recogtili.unce. The Supreme court iu New Y'ork refused the motion to dismiss the suit ot tbe liucoer Watch Case Company, ol C.iutou. O., to re cover iit'O.OUO damagi's from the former members of the Case, Movement uud Jobbers' association, I r conspiracy to drive lMctcr out of tl.e business. THE TREASURY DEFICIT- It Will! Amount to S'jO.OOO.COO for the yo.xr. Treasury oflieials, wle-u tiiking privately, do hot hesitate to ud:i.it that the trc ir.iry deficit at the end of the pre-e-.jt fiscal year Will surpass the estimate made by S 'crctarj Carlisle greatly, he -rotary Carlil'i de!:irM that the deiiclt 'would .. l. it J'l.niMII.M. Ill making stirh ligures the cellmates t receipts from the iin-uiuo tax wen' mis d grad laily Utltll they li'uelied S".i0.Ul)l',t)l".t;J '.O'-l'.OUO te lug the uiiainiuin. The upre.i.e e.mri deci sion knocked out all such estimate ni.ul he now culciiliili s upon Inn l.'i,0JJ.ini0. 1 1: e re ceipts, considering the lacl that Hill':)' pe . pie made reiiirns was wiil nut pay lu.v .-. and that Hut" vmII lie iiKiny ei iiti'K, will prou ably he less. The deficit must therefore be lucreused. Already It Is ? )i,,uiHl,O0i. Secretary Carlnio win wrouj also in his estimates of sugar duties, having l.uie l to calculate that the price .d raw suur de creases under an ad valorem duty. 1'liese receipts were -si limited at jOJ.uoj. Iu fact. In Junuury uud l ebiuary they were less than tl,.r0U,' mid in the nine moutbs of t li ne w law they have been but tU.UUO.OOO. 'the est i mutes would have ma le tu:n ? 10,0'JU, 000. Tali.ng lle'se things Into considoru'.iou, together with tho loss of revenue from wniky on which tho tax was anticipated, the deficit will aggregate more tliau r..J,0J J.0J0. ihe treasury m imt bankrupt bejausu of the money received from tbu sale ot Lo.uls to inaintalti the g,u,l reserve, the currency secured from the re bvupLlou ot greenbacks being Lied for current expenses. FAMOUS FAMILY0F FIGHTERS The Last of the General McCooks E Hires Having Houclioi the Age Limit. After serving coutiniioujly in the L'uited States army for 4) years Major (ie.arul Alex ander McDowell McCook retires from tho nruiy, a step made uecossaiy by law, the age of CI years having beeu reached. General McCook will leave Iienverfor liuyton, where he will remain uutii May 10. Ho will then go to Wnshinglou and New York, ic.iohing lue latter uliy June 1, lo bo present lit ibe gruUu atlou of bis daughter. Later Iu tlu siiinmer tlio (icncr.il will sail for Furope with his family, where ho will sojourn several months, lie h is made uu plans a.tcr t eturuiug lo the I lilted Sl.itcs. With the retirement of fieueral McCook the last o ihe lighting Mct'ooks goes Into trivule lile, ui.il fur the llrsi time in nearly iuilf a leutury llie army will in- Without a Mc Cook on its uctive rolls. It is a musl note worthy tact thai lienerul liuuiel McCook, fu'.hcr ol l.eueral Mccook and ilia sous were nil In tbu lield lighting lor tueir country at one time, and Unit four of the.u uttaluod Ibo rank of lienerai. A RECORD-BREAKING RUN. Over TO Miles au Itour Made by a Pennsylvania Flyer. The Pennsylvania railroad line to Atlantic City bud a record-breaking run, made by the special uewspnper traiu from Philadelphia. 1 .Hy-oue aud a half inluutes alter starting tbe train camo lo a stop iu Atlantic City. The actual running time wus only minutes, 'ibe disluuce is 5-1 3-10 miles aud me average speed was 70 K. miles per hour. This Is lUo lustest tliuu ever made by a railroad traiu lor the distance. From Wlnsiow lo Absuuuu, VI U-10 miles, uu average speed of hi miles au hour wus sustained. MADE PRISONER BY FRANCE. An Ex-United States Consul Tried by Court Martial and Bout to Prison. A serious complication with Franca is threatened by the fact that John L. Waller, ex-lulted States Consul at Tain at a vo, Mada gascar, was tried by a French court martial, convicted and shipped to France to serve s term of 20 years lu prison. He was charged with having given information to tue llova tribe iu Madaguscur of au attack intended by the French on one ot their towns, so that they were prepared for it and repulsed the assailants. '1 lie question at issue is wi.e'.ber or not Fruiice hail the riglit to try by url imirtiul tho eitnii u of a incudiy uatiou u a foreign, country, and Secretary tireshuiu has instructed Mr. Fiistis. tho tuned Mutes uui bussudor, ul Fails, lo thoroughly luvcstiute tho cusc. Two 'ioutths. Charles Smith, a negro tough, and Web ber Isaacs u young ludiau, have been sen tenced lo bang ni Fori Smith, Ark., by the United blales court wliu Cherokee Il.il on June Z3. bmitb killed two umiu at Mu.keego (luring ibe lair l ist lull. He bus bt-eii iriud lur.tnree murdors, but was convicted of Uiiiusluugbter iu two cases. William Ueailrick, wanted in Ohio, North Caroliuu, Teuuu.-suu and Kentucky lor 11,; umy, wus arrested al Middlesex, Ky., on a churgo of lior.io stealing. Suvru ile-ened Wives uro ou his tr.ici.. lleadrick's uieihod was lo travel atioul luu couulry uud wheu lie fouud a woiiiuu with uiouuy be would marry ber. '1 hen us soon us he eouid get the money lu his possession he would doserl her. Ancient Wood lu Evidence. In a will eoutestiu Cuuidcu, N. J., luvolving iu,0o(i, u ebuuek of wood 1!U0 years old wus tno cu.ul i videnco. lluhuuuaU W, Creese I iouht suit a.iuubl the beuuriiy Trust coui- any to lorcolosM a 40,0U0 mortgage, li is ciiiuu-d that uiuur iuo nurk of tue old tree uiu suivuur's mui kji. , THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. NORTHWESTERN COLONISTS. TolBuy 100.OC0 Acre In Kontjromery County, Oa. 3. V. Curry and R. W. Tlandall, represent ing a Chicago syndicate, are In Savannah, negotiating for one hundred thousand acres of land in Montgomery county, on which col onists from the West are to bo settled. Tbe The sale probably will be consummated oon. It is proposed to locate many ex Federal soldiers and their families there. 'Mia syndicate represents subscription of a half a million dollars. Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa are to furnish the colonists, F.x-Oov. Northern, of Oeorgla, is one of the prime movers In the snles. The visit of 103 farmers from the far North west to North Carolina ban proved to be full of results, as over fifty bavo boiicht farms, while twenty-seven bought town lots. The Detroit Plan. Tbe experiment of Detroit in furnishing work tor the jnemployed last summer has attracted wide attention. The report of tbe committee having cbarge of tbe work has been used as a number of the Sterling Lib rary of New Y'ork, and at a recent meeting ot the New Y'ork Charities Conference a com mittee was appointed to carry out tbe De troit plan, iu New Y'ork, If possible, and on a large scale. For this purpose a larire amount of land was offered by Mr. Wllilan Stein way. The committee sums up iu conclusions thus. "The experiment has clearly demon strated: "That many of tbo destituto were ready and willing to work. "That a largo numlier of these people can be supported by utlll.iug vacant laud in the outskirts of the city. "That tho wholesale robbery and trespass ing predicted did not ocvur even upon ua- feuced laud. "That a very small space ot ground Is suf ficient to raise enough vrgetables to support a family through the winter. "t hat a majority ot the citizens who own the vacant laud would rather allow it to be cultivated by tbo pour tbuu pay a largo tax for their support. "That the uuedy aro hereby assisted, with out c routing the deuiornllratlon iu tbe habits of tho peoplo that gratuitous aid iu other places always entails." With proper supervision to be furnlsbod by a city, aud with pecuniary assistance given to those that are too poor to make even a tart, help uf the most Important kind can be alTonled. Several cities, beside New Y'ork, are following tbe lend of I'etrolt. Why should hundreds of men walk the f.reets of cities with empty pockets and tlomachs while hundreds of s :rcs ot pro ductive laud Uu idle or over-grown with weeds.? LABOR NOTE 3, The National Street Hallway Employos' League was formed nt Clevelan J, O. It la proposed to extend it ail over tbe couutry. Tbo amount of ore consumed at tho Pitts burg plants Is estimated at 3,00 ),000 tout; the Wheeling district about 1,000, 00 J. Tbe Pennsylvania Hal I road bus asked for bids for the steel work for the approaches to the now bridge over the Delaware. The Fall Klver, Mass., Iron Works posted a notice of au increase of wages of 10 per cent iu ull departments, to take elloot April 12. J. Tl. Etowart, Huntington, W. Vs.. will give information regarding the employment jf a large number of men on tbeoonstruetlon of a new church bulldlug toon to be erected iu tbubcity. The puddling dnpurtment of the Sllgo mill, Pittsburg, started to work last week after be ing idle lor some time. ibe Cooslidated Steel Wire company are eroetlug a new gal vanizing department at tbe ltauklu station plant. Carpenters and masons are in demand at Charlottsville, Vo., where there Is a large amount of bulldlug In progress. A new lil, 000 church uud buuk bulldlug to cost 830, 000 arc soon to be commenced, and will in crease the demand. Worlc will soon be commenced on the con struction of a large addition aud other Im provements to the Court-house nt Knoxvllle, i'euu. Considerable labor Is also needed ou the new bu-ss ball grounds and buildings now being erected. Address W. CUatubcrliu it Co. The Carnegie Steel Company has received an order from tho Augusta Southern railroad for 7,000 tons of 10 pouads steel rails. Tho same llrin since the llrst of January bavo shipped many thousands ol tons to the South At the present time the steamers Ironsides and Irou Age are ou their way to New Orleuus with full cargoes of rails, Work will soon be commenced oa tbe ereo tlou of a leu-story hotel at Atlanta, (J a., which will eruate a demand tor builders, most of whom are now already employed In the construction of buildiugs at tbe Exposition. Y'euahle lir others are the projectors, and wiil give information regarding ibe letting ol contracts aud employment to men. The Massachusetts legislative committee which recently visited the SoutU made a re port to the ellettt that ebeapereoal and labor, nearness to tbe cotton fields au i other ad vantanges are reponslble for tbe large exodus ot Massachusetts capital to Southern eotlou mills, but tbat there la no immediate dangei to tbe Massachusetts Industry from Boulheru competition. TO REST0REPEIX0T0. Suoh a Movement la Said to be on Foot. lllo Janeiro advices state that M. Inbert, the F.eui'U minister, has been recalled, as bis government disapproves the terms ot the treuty he nad prepared with Drsiill for the p yiucbi of iuuemulty to F'reucJi aureus who suilervu Uulnugu trow lUu tale wai. Gen. I'.exoto naa ireuvered. Daily meet iua ul army ouicvis are betU, uuu hu irieuus oi iuo guYuruuici.1 uvc.uru tnut iuev uieu lu Uuu iu nisku uu illcri to restore ibe loimei piesidrui lo power. The coming Uitssuge of Argeutlnu's presi dent lo i'uu.icm give a pruwu lual be Wiil uiluuu closely lo lue iiu-.unai Ui ot unvl tue loleigu rulllvad fcUumu.uei, UUU gives as suiauee ul uu uai.i.uio sututuu ol all uouudur ail.. con. k. A l.lu.u, ieiu, un-putcli suysi The na tional in u. y i UuW lu possession Ol CU2CO, Ulter solue sliuip IlslU.u.. lien. 1 letola is expec.ea loicu.u uu fia.uruuy uua smiuave a Uuu lueepliuu, Leus nil In Kentucky. There. Is a lively light ou lu the upper Jlln S nuly valley over tbe securing of oil iei.s-s. the iiiiiiclpal inirtleiLiiiila beiug dreeu.teA Forst, Uurley AQueeu, Troutmau Ilros., and Htiiudurd Oil company. The lutter controls about 110,000 acres, recently secured, and uich of tbe others 10,000. Where cash was not acceptable an interest ol one-eighth In a I profits wus offered. Sinse tbe late excite ment the Standard agents have been offering oiie-elgblb. They have worked up a squab ble between several ot the large laud owners, aud their rival companies, and it will be no surprise to see them In almost sole posses sion o( the Held. A new process has been patented whloh prints 100,000 photographs a day. Pennsylvania legislature Important fteaanrea Considered by Our Lawmakers. Wrnwxsnsv. Penator Fllnn's bill amend ng the act of April 20. 1871. relmlre to ih increase or municipal indebtedness, pnssesl lm house finally. Tbe bill provides fol ferial bonds, The house attain sat down on tbe bill to In trease the salary of tbe superintendent ol public printing. Mr. Lemon's bill reclassifying cities paused Ihe house Dually. It provUes : lint cities ol 1.000. 000 population and over si ull be of the first t-lassi thoeo between 100,0 ' 1 and 1,0 O, COO, ot the second clas, auvt those below 100,000, of the third class. Mr. Lemon's bill for tb more effectual projection of tho public health was also passed finally. TiirnsDAt. The Fnrr compulsory educa tion bill wus taken up iu tl senate. Mr. Vaughu, of Lsckawauun, called it up, it tw in on the third reading calendar, and amend ed it substituting the wor4 "di.endauce'' lor "truant" officer and adding to its title. It was then laid over. Tbe Andrews' bill cod ing jurisdiction over real es. i.eof the Monou gnbela navigation compauy to be acquired by the I'nited States, .as I finally. The Penrose humane bill requiring that proper temperature be maintained i t factories and that employees be furnlske.i with specifica tions ol their work piused ! ually, as did a bill of Interest lo attorneys, -bis authorizes the payment ot (5 as a fee ! attorneys who may be assigned to defend an impecuolus de fendant aud f 10 in the case of murder. The house proceeded lo busiuess. Mr. Lit tle, of Huntingdon, being in the chair. House bill &, autborixlug the superintendent of public Instruction to appoint examiners for tbe purpose of amendment, was amended by striking out a part wbleh the attorney general said was not necessary In the bill. The bill was nuiendod and then passed finally. Fiiidat The Greater Fittabun.' bills were all granted snnel.il orders by tli House this inornlnc, uud will eomo up for .- com! rend ing on Tuesday morning, and for third read ing and Hual passage on Wedn rday alter noon. The House then went iu i"r special orders In dead earnest, 14 being i ranted In nil. Itopresentatlve lteese, of Lt:zerne, of fered n resolution, which was adopted, set ting forth the deplorable condition ' f tbe an thracite coal miner, aud tiio opinion that the operators have it In their pi- ver, to a certain extent, to I ring about a be.ter con dition of affairs and asking for a committee, of three Senators mi l three llepres"ntntlves to confer with tho operators nnd assure them of tho desire of the Legislature lo co-oper ate in any mensure calculated to Imp. ore the condition of the miners. After adjournment the Legislature went to Philadelphia I y special train, to visit the University of Pennsylvania. FIFTY YEARS A BEGGAR- Aged Maryland Maid Dies Worth Thous ands. Miss Harriet Dugau, who died at Itock vllle, Sid., recently, aged about 70 years, it 1. found, deserved a place In the calender ol distinguished misers. She bud lived ou the charity of her neighbors for more than l'.fiy years. Alter her death her liousi wus searched and, among other iliscovet.ts. gn-ut quautittes of expensive clothing, scvci.il thousand dollars in bonds aud eluj in noel was unearthed. No one suspected thai Mum Dugan was other tbau as slio represented herself, and bcr persistent medicaid) e.o.i e I the pity ot tbe charitable people to suc.i uu extent tbat rueoy prouiiueui c.t::cus were steady contributors und it wus her lu.o t co to call on ber regular contributors lor i ,v.r quota if they failed to pay up prou p'iy. Iu her youth llua Duguu wus t.oi,d -red one of the most beautiful women lu Mary land and her aristocratic bearing was main tained to the last. She wus co.iuec.ed Willi some ot tbj old-time promiueui latmlies. CYCLONE IN KANSAS. Farmhouses Destroyed and a Farmer Fatally Injured. Monday nlht a cyclone struck the bouse el Fraok Gcyjdlu, three miles west of Chero kee, Kaa., and literally tore it to pieces, scat tering debris all over the fields. Mr. Goodln had his neck dislocated and will die. Mrs. Ooodin was caught under the roof and pin ned to tbe ground, her clothes tuklng lire. Her screams attracted tbe neighbors, who rescued her in lime to save her life. She is not seriously Injured. Half a dozen other farm houses In ihe immediate vicinity were also demolished, but nobody was hurt. A dispatch from St. Elmo. Col., says tbat after Mouday's storm everything iu that neighborhood was covered with a thick coat ing of red sand. It must have como iu the snow, the dispatch adds, as there Is no such sand iu that section. MUST PAY IN SEVEN YEARS. Terms of the Indemnity Which Japan Exoscts From China. Fy the terms of the treaty between Japan and China, the Indemnity is made payable In seven yearly installments with S per cent, in terest, but its payments within three years cancels the Interest. The stipulation that tbe Chinese captured by tbe Jupauese, shall not be punished is ou account of the custom of China to behead soldiers who full iuto the hands of the enemy and are alternant returned to their couutry Fjiward of 5,000 Chinese troops were cuptur- It Is said Ilusslu will ask for tbe cessutlos of other Cliluese piaiulaud. If this be refus ed she will take decisive and prompt aotlou COLOR LINE DRAWN. Missouri Methodists Bar Negroes From the Epworth League. At a meeting ot the ministers of the Methodist Episcopal ohurch In St. Louis, the color line was drawn In the matter ot ad mitting the colored branoues of the Epwortb league. Rev. Mr. Lenlg claimed that to ad mit the colored branches would destroy the plan of tbe league, ilev. A. Urowu, a color ed preacher, who was preseut, said tbat tbe Betiioes were uoiuir uu iu tneir power lor the church, aud if their color was dlslaateful to the white brethren, they would ask b be left out. This was agreed upou. At a meeting of the liuptist preachers K was agreed to In vite the colored brunches of the church to attuud their regulur meetings. Pennsylvania Purohase. The Cole furnace at Sheffield, Ala., have passed into the hands ot Pennsylvania capi talists, and will be known as the Sheffield Coal, Iron and Steel Company. The Iron uad sieel department will be located in SheOleld, Ala., aud tbe cual aud coke department in Jasper, Teou. With the three furnaces tbe new oo in puny obtains 70,010 sores of mineral lands in Wulker, Wiustou, Jeflersou and Fayette counties, Ala,, and the celebrated Gatub. e aud Kllloit coal mines near Jasper, Tjiiu. '1 ue property will be put In complete operuilou at ouue. ' , Making-a Show of a Whale. , Tlie dead whale found off tbe Massachus etts coast Monday last was lowed In and an chored oil Liberty Island, New York. Thous ands of people ou shore and in boats viewed the monster as be was towed into auchoraga. 'Hi whale Is u female aud a 11 u back ol HOuoriiiai size, being 70 feot lu length. Mr. L'uizell,ageut of the line that owus the whale will have it prepared for exhibition. lie ex pecs to make over 420,000 out of the enter Wise. A dead whale exhibited here 11 years ago nutted more than that sum. KEYSTONE STATE CULLING3 KILLED BY SULPHUR FUMES. A Fatal Sbsep Dlseoes-Fined for Wort, on Sunday. Deputy Coroner Woodrow wont to ; f x. feet a house, at Philadelphia. Tbcsu'pbur fumes be created entered a neighboring r ji. dence and killed Clarence M. Dowen, n ibild who was sleeping In a crib. Two other cbll. dren were nearly dead when rescued. Tni oil riELPa. To the people of Ilutler county the ril vance menus much, as tbe average I : Jue tlon of the Ilutler Held Is l.'i.OO) barren p. day. At old prices this represent about 4'. 000 to the producers and royalty owm r.., tiit at to-day's prices it means ;i7.o0 '. or lIiuis 7,0O0,O00 of prollt In a yeur. Oil m tb, present price means that lu tbe present -at more tbuu 1 10,000 will be puid the luitlrr county oil Interests. A rsiMTfh'S TIIHll.LI!(l FALL. Kelly Hunter, while on a scarYoid eh.-i-4 In painting a hotel building at Mew li.-i.-iiien went to adjust tue ropes aud lost bis 1 uu' and fell to tbe ground, a distance ul turti feet. He clung to tbe rope, which bro.e j, tall somewhat, but his back Is sorlou,ir ID. lured. His ciluglug to tbe rope duuotless saved his lile. riNtn nut woiikino on sciuiat. Eight employes of the Pennsylvania fcnU. road at Allool.u, arrested ou the c.'i;,r.- j violating tho btati uuv 01 1701 by perloiu.lLi worldly labor ou the ul'latb d, y, W'efe CCD. Vii ted and lined by S-(UIo Ake. i,Kll( will be taken lo court. 1). 11. Kerr, u dis. churged employe. Is the prosecutor. . . . A l'ATAL S1IKI.I' MSEASg. A strange aud fatal sheep disensn La, broken out among too .locks lu tbu sei.:b-m part of Center county. The sheep nr- i rii With a Vlolunt shaking and In live !.,.:.':: drop dead. One luruier lost 17 In two t!an Its first uppeuraiico was in u drove of sun . shires imported Iroiu CuuuJa by Juu L Lee. Ilt'llOlS HANK CASim.n I'BilSErt-Tr.'l. Tho other evening CulsIiiIiIh Idol ; - U'd ex-Chashler Wise ol the Dubois l'aiu'."., it t, was wanted lu Justice Hay's olll.- . o t charge of embezzlement, i'ho pri 'ee.,11 was brought by Dr. liindtnau ni l .i ..,,x Winger. The defendant uppearud a-1 ba ball wus fixed nt eJ.ocu. rNKNowN 11111L s iionv iit-nii: n. Tho body of au unknown girl bum I dr-g cd In the willows on thy banks of tie- ntuc at Vanport on huuday evening was -i.-o a repectabio funeral, uud Interred in tl.c c-oie-tery at Heaver Falls. No clew to bcr . iciii;:) has been discovered. KILLED WLM-i: OI T MI'lOTlNil. Louis Pulue, Cnurles I'mliriht .1:1 1 its other young man were out nunum: tier V Castle, when L'mhrll.t's gun was a ciilnt nlly uischarricd aud a heavy load el u,i went luto Paine's right groin, lie v,.i- i,,ki to a hospital at oucu, but ouly lived t .v.-r.j uuuuies. Tnul Timbllne, 13 years oid wen! to tit flouring mill of J. C. Ilrnudon ,t Co., i.i Wfti Hunburv, Ilutler county. While pa-iinf 1 shaft iu the mill bis gum coat caugbl u::J It was hurled iuto the sliaii pit uud hud 0.1 arm broken uud tbu titiier to: 11 ofl, una butt logs brushed aud his ru e mashed. Kvcr, stitch of clothing was torn 01T. As scudm tbe mill could be stopped he was luU-a out J alive, out uieu next uay. J. It. Sovereign, general master workr.u of tbe Knights of Labor, Is orgamxiu,; s in district iu Pittsburg to lake llie place ol 1). A. 8. which seceded. Tho Uow distrkt will be known as No. 12. Word hns been received at Wnshlngt m.lros a member of tho pardon board, u;r. tin sentence of death ou John Fsiiiliiier. tut Wnynesburg murderer, will bo coma at J tc life Imprisonment. Michael Kelly, an old citizen of Putihr. committed suicide by drink. ng tsro bu'.t -r i luodunuin. Kelly bad uudutwo o'.b'rit- tempts to column suicide. Uuorgo Ilolf, of Creensliurg, was Lncck-d down wilu a coupling plu by two rei-fvti. near Morrellville, and robbed ot ovcrtojt. satchel, watch audcbulu aud 3j. Five hundred men and glr's who et-u--k I against a reduction of wages at tbu t urts tannery, Lrle, have returned 10 work si mt Old wages. Ten workmen were badly turned by sa'i- plosion of molten metal at tbe Hbaron M casting works, Hbaron. Thy will probiLI) all recover, however. Early Friday morning Darnett MeCnvk, the head of tbe grain linn of 11. Mcl nuiisi A bou, 971 LilMtrly avenue, Pittsburg, died si I bis residence, lialcs street, ngeu 71 yeur. Old Mrs. Hanlihan, whs was tortured bj I robbers ten utiles west of Corry is'still slinl though sunering great pam. Near New Alexander, a young man Dsmsi Bhepley, was fatally Injured by a horse kick-1 ing uim on tue ueau. Work has been began tin the faundati'tul for tbe new tlnplato pluut ut itemlugtuDtU'i tlon, near Conway. The Beaver Valley Trartlon Company " I letacostracl lor (30,00) worth ot repAinl aud will lay new rails ail have new u.u:cni Tho Klmberly mills at sjuaron, may rnu:' next Monday. Tue gusraulee fund t'l amounts to 4,6.10, ArrnngcmenK have bees completed for l-'l celebratlou ot Ihe centenuiul of Deilefonte, ul June 6. Fire In the general store of P. F. Klrby Wilmore, I 'a., aud adjoining property csukII a loss 01 io,uvu. Tramps aro giving New llrightou the co-l since tue bull and cnalu orainaucu wouu--elfect. Charles Kerler. Jr.. James A. Wool fund t O. Stewart have pure-listed the li.u'.rsvi-'l Dally Courier. Johnstown is to uuvs a new tolephot compauy. The Drove City broom factory was burs-! Friday. A large forest cast of Johnstown, wm l stroyed by lire, causlug a loss of fj.Ovu. Mrs. Emma Clark dluj at Bbarou froa 1 dose ot pans green taken a week ao. Rev. Clovoluud Upheld. A short time ao a disiiutu at Chaut I Presliyteriun church, Vaterlown, N. J-i lulted lu the parishioners voting t "k I reslkrnatlon of the llr. W. N. Clev-m11"! brother of President Cleveland, who tin ""I . . .... f 1 ... tvl pastor lor several years, xue appeal 1 hi. Lawrence presbytery was settled by I nrnvsl nt Ihu Il.iv Mr 'le..lunit's CUli" I sod his election as a representative to lJ Cieneral assembly of the Presbyterian cbun1! VIta Iiiinitrw1 AMPiinetifr Arlitra si ruck 4 - r.-. - ---- , Bt, Louis lor . cleaner shops, fresh sir n sanitary conveniences. .
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