TIIE CHOICEST TRIP Of TIIK SEASON-
Pennsylvania It. 11. N Sca-liorr Exmii-n'od.
Those who have not yet taken their hoi -
day will find a most delightful vacation
trip in the Pennsylvania Railroad's grand
excursion of Thursday, August Bth, to the
celebrated resorts of the New Jersey coast.
One cau go for ten days to either Atlantic
City, Cape May. Sea Isle City, or Ocean
City, as his tastes incline, .".ltd enjoy a
royal holiday by the sea. These trips arc
not only delightlul in the pleasure they
give but arc full of bcnetlt to mind and
body.
On August Bth excursion tickets will lie
sold for regular trains leaving Pittsburgh
at 4:30 and 8:10 P. M.. at the rates quoted
below, and in addition to the regulai
trains a special train of Pullman Pa riot-
Cars and Day Coaches will run on sched
ule as below :
Kate. Train leaves.
Pittsburgh Sit) no 8.50 a. m.
'East Liberty 10 00 #.oo "
' irwln 10 no ,so "
Unlontown to no ss "
oonuellsvllle 10 00 7.38 •'
scottdale .... to on 7.64 "
stonervllle... 10 00 8.08 "
ijreensburg 10 00 9.48 "
Indiana ..10 00 #.BO "
lititler 10 iki tl.tr, "
Apollo 10 on 8.85 "
l.atrobe to 00 10 05 "
Hlalrsvllle 10 no 9.88 ••
Johnstown 9 85 ti.os
Cressor, sSO 11.58 "
Altoona 8 00 18.80 e. m.
Itellwootl 8 IH) 18.11
i learfleld. 8-to .40a. m.
I'lllllpsburg 885 10 88 "
Osceola. .. 8 8.", iu.45 "
Hellefonte 85 10.85 '•
Tyrone 7 or, 18.5:'. p. m.
Huntingdon 7to 1.88 ••
Cumberland s 50 8.80 a. m.
Bedford. . 8 no 9.55
Mt. talon ti7s 1.43 e. m.
Meveytown 050 8.08 ••
I,ewtstown Junction. on 8.80 "
MUIItU 505 840 -
Port, liojal 5 (HI 8.44 "
Newport .... sno 3to "
Philadelphia, arrive 7.10 "
The members of the party arriving by
special train will spend the night in
"Philadelphia and proceed to the sho-e by
Any regular train of the following ay.
Those arriving by regular train will i ro
ceed to shore by regular train of thut day.
The return coupon of tickets is valid for
use on any regular trttin except. New York
and Chicago Limited within the return
limit.
SI'UKCKKI.S 18 A 1-EBDKIL
Sonic l' the Dainty Dislien Set Itefore flu*
Sugar
A I'hiludelplila North .American.
Clans Spreckies, whose fortune of *l2-
'tOO.OdO grows larger every hour, is one of
many notable men who drop in at the
Bellevue for ltinch. He is socially in
ciitted and nearly always has somebody
with him. He has no dyspepsia and his
fancy roams treely. An average lunch
would include, say, some nice teal duck,
with jelly, and French asparagus, with
champagne of course. After lunch lie
smokes cigars that cost $1 tacit. His
bright son Adolplt is also a good liver,
jvitli a partiality for French dishes. He
is fond of sirloin a la Russ, that is to say,
of a sirloin with horseradish and a sauce
of plain cream and butter and salt cooked
together. He likes chicken ala Creole,
too: that is, say, chicken stewed with
freslt mushrooms, green peppers, toma
toes, a little onion and butler and salt.
This is a pure French dish, and there
never was a French chef that couldn't
make it,
Letter From a Former Johnstowner.
PATTEKSOX, PA., July 27, 1889.
l'o Hip Eililor of the Johnstown Ib'uwcrut.
Yourvaluable paper of Friday July 19th
failed to reach mc and 1 feel its Joss
greatly. I enclose stamps for which
please forward to my address a c opy of
that date and oblige. Under ordinary to
tumstances I would not make this te
quest, but since the great flood of May
, 31st the family, escpecially my wife and
, myself, are always anxious for its prompt
arrival, as each copy is filled with inter
esting matter relative to Hie flood and
we have found through its columns the
deaths of some or the escapes of others
whom we have been acquainted with. I
sec in this week's number a letter from
our old lime friend G. Nelson Smith,
wherein lie suggests the name "City of
Conemaugh " as thefu'ure name of Johns
town and adjoining towns, after consolida
tion. I am of the same opinion as Mr. Smith,
and think the name very appropriate ; I
also heartily endorse his views in regard
to the distribution of the money donated
for the benefit of the sufferers of Hie flood
and the money should he turned over to
the local Finance Committee of Johns
town, who are in position to know bettor
than any others how and where to dis
tribute it. I am pleased to know that you
have been able to resume the publication
<if your valuable paper and hope that, the
Conemaugh Valley may he exempt from
Moods hereafter.
Hoping that you may he soon estab
lished on a firmer basis than ever, I
remain Very Respectively Yours,
DAVID T. CRAMBR
Cat-Tall Down for IluriiM.
* A correspondent of the Philadelphia
llecord vouches for the wonderful efficacy
of the comuiou cat-tail as a remedy for
burns. He says: Take the down, and
with just enough lard to hold it together
make a plaster and lay upon any burn,
and it soothes and heals so soon that it
seems a miracle. Put upon a fresh burn,
and in less than half an lionr the smart is
(gone; if it is tin old burn, the healing will
commence in twenty-four hours. " Cat
tail" is also the Indian remedy for scro
fulous sores or ulcers. Age docs not de
stroy its healing virtues. It can.bc laid
away and kept for years without losing
any of its remedial properties.
Who Can Kxplain ?
Several weeks ago the body of a female
was found in the cellar of Mr. Butler, on
Morris street, and with the body, according
to the story of some of the workmen was
found four ten dollar and ono twenty dol
lar gold pieces, besides some paper money
and Rilver. The report given in the paper
# said that $25,00 in money was found with
the body. Now some one would like to
know where the rest of the gold got to.
Who knows ? Is there a mistake some
where ?
GLORIOUS NEWS
For the People of Our
City.
COMMISSION TO THE RESCUE.
Balance of the Relief Fund to be
Paid at Once.
AMOUNTING TO 81.250.000.
No Cessation :f Payments, But They Co
Bight On.
WHEN THE #000.001) IS EXHAUSTED
Orriertt A\ 111 !o at Once Ihmuiml for the i
lia lance.
The Flood Relief Commission have j
come and gone, and have covered
themselves with glory. If Ihey could
have stayed two or three days in our city,
we heard quite a number say, there is
not u citizen but what would have been
glad to have taken each member by the 1
hand and said : " Wj did not under
stand your policy and said some harsh
things about you. Now that we under
stand your plans, which were for the best,
and your candid explanation, we want to
beg your pardon."
We present the glorious news to the
people of Johnstown, and all the other
boroughs, this morning, that the Com
mission in executive session yesterday af
ternoon. voted unanimously to pay
out the remaining funds in the hands of
thy Commission at once. So that when
the 401)0,0(10, which Treasurer Thompson
has been giving his checks for, that gen
tleman will go right along and pay the
balance, amounting
TO xearly $1,210,000.
If this does not put life nto the aver-
age citizen, then nothing will. Every
sufferer knows what to -xpect now.
He can go to sleep and know
lie has nothing to worry him. Relief is at
hand and he is provided for.
If Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and one
or two other cities turn over their relief
fttnds it will swell the amount to some
thing like .-5i,600,000.
There is only one disappointment, and
that affects the school districts only ;
and that is the Commission de-
cided it had no authority to appropri
ate any ot the funds for the benefit of the
public schools.
AltltlVAt. OK TIIK OOMMISHON.
As was announced Gov. Heaver and
the other mwi .vrs, Messrs. Scott, Marvin
Miller Ogdcn, lv.'amer and Reeves, arrived
in 'lie city M' alnesday morning, and
spent some ti uc viewing the progress
of rebuilding. Governor Beaver, who
i- minus a leg, took horse and with
Treasurer Thompson, rode over the city.
ITe was evidently pleased witli the work
done, as he was in the be st of humor all
day.
Promptly at 11 o'clock the Commission
assembled in the otliees of Messrs. Dick &
Murphy in Alma Hall, and at once proceed
ed to business. Among the citizens present
were Messrs. Cyrus Elder,.lames McMillen,
J. M. Rose, D. J. Jones, Rev. Heale and
Captain Kubn. Governor Heaver, as
Chairman of the Commission, extended
an invitation to any one, and even urged
to let the members know tbeir views and
wlmt they thought ought to be done.
Mr. D. J. Jones, Secretary of the
Johnstown School Board, was the first
to claim the attention of tiie Commission,
and presented the condition in which the
School Hoard found themselves at
present. He stated the enroll
ment of children attending the
Public Schools was 1,900, or perhaps a
little more. Now the great question with
the Hoard was what to do with them.
There are no school houses and no money.
Mr. Jones made a strong appeal to the
Commission to help them out. He said
that, under the law, public schools were
required to he kept six months in the
year. If there is no money in the treas
ury for this purpose,it cannot be done.not
even one month. Mr. Jones made
a strong appeal to the Commission for aid,
and guaranteed if the money was ad
vanced the Hoard could have two school
houses ready for occupancy by September
Ist. Closing Mr. James urged the Commis
sion to give an answer as soon as possible.
Captain Kuiin took the floor and gave a
detailed statement of what the Com
missaries had done since he
took charge of them. He stated lie found
a large number of people subsisting oil
the Commissaries who were able to sup
port themselves, and hnd cut them off at
once. At the present time the Com
missary was providing for 727 widows
and their children ; thirty-nine orphans ;
men and women in the hospital, on
physicians certificates, forty-seven
forty-six girls who were able
to work as domestics, and these
lie proposed to cut off to-day. All
the Commissaries have been merged
into one. Concluding the Captain said he
had plenty of everything to supply the
needs of those who were now being pro
vided for.
Governor Beaver asked the Captain if
he thought there were stores enough in
Johnstown where the people could get
anything they wanted, provided they had
the money.
Captain Kuhn replied there certainly
was. Anything could be bought from a
cucumber to a, sewing machine.
TIIK FUN COMMKNCKS,
Rev. Dr. Beale at this point deliberately
arose and threw a bomb-shell into the
camp. 11c prefaced his remarks by say
ing he did not expect to appear,
as he had supposed the Commis
sion would hold a star chamber session-
But he was glad to find such was not the
case. He said great dissatisfaction ex
isted among the people because they
thought the Commission should let the
people have the balance of the money
they now have and let the people use it
to their owu advantage. Build their own
houses; patronize their o.wn merchants,
J. B. Scott—How do you know, Doc
tor, but such is the intention of Commis
sion ?
Dr. Beale—Duly from the way the Com
mission lias acted in the past. The peo
ple throughout the United States have
been very generous to us, and yet nearly
two mouths elapsed before we got any
thing from the Commission.
Governor Beaver —Don't you know,.
Doctor, that the lirst dispatch I received
said "We don't want monev. We want
bread and clothing."
I>r. Beale—That is true at that time..
We had no use for it at that time. But it
is different now.
Uov. Beaver—Well, what about the
second. That said the people wanted
houses.
Dr. Beale—So they did. lhit that was
about three weeks after. You sent them,
and what are they. I, myself, ordered an
Oklahoma, but when 1 saw the kind of a
house it was, I countermanded the order.
Ministers as a rule iiave large
families, and to cook and sleep in two
rooms, I couldn't stand it.
After this little controversy between
the Governor and Dr. Beale, he pro
ceeded to pay his respects to Judge Cum
min's office. He claimed there were
twenty clerks employed at from three to
Ave dollars a day, and not one
of them belonged to Johns
town. The doctor, however, was mistaken
in this as it was shown there were only
two strangers em, loyed.
The Doctor next went for the imported
contractors. He claimed that they came
hero and brought their own men, thus
compelling Johnstown contractors and
their employees to stand idle. He claimed
the Commission should have advanced
our own contractors the necessary where
with to get on their feet. He also claimed
that home contractors could do the work
much better.
The Doctor was cross-examined by
pretty nearly every member of tiie Board,
but with one or two exceptions held his
own.
Governor Beaver recognized Mr. J. M.
Rose, and asked that gentleman if he had
anything to say. Mr. Rose said that up
to a few minutes before the meeting he
had supposed lie was not wanted
in the room In fact, when
lie was coming up stairs lie met a friend
who asked him if lie was going -in, and he
replied : " No, I don't suppose they
want me." However, he said, he agreed
with Dr. Beale in the main. So far as
the contractors were concerned, he
thought they were not in a position, since
the Hood, to do the work. They lost ev
erything they had. But as regarded the
workings of the Commission he was of the
same mind as other citizens. But now
since he had heard the expressions of the
members, he saw a new light. He felt
free to say it was all the result of misap
prehension.
Mr. J. B. Scott here said that the $500,-
000 which they sent was for the purpose
of getting experience ; to see which was
the best way to proceed in paying out
such a large amount of money. However,
the Commission could not have sent
more had they so minded. The $500,000
practically bankrupted the treasury. The
funds in the large cities could not be
drawn for because the committees abso
lutely refused to allow the money sub
scribed to be paid out iu cash. However
now that we know the people of Johns
town, and have witnessed their good sense,
the next payment will probably be the
final one, as we now haye the money.
General Beaver said he held a conversa
tion, by telegraph, with Mayor Grant, of
New York, trying to explain to him that
it the money he held was expended in
building stores, so that business could be
started, it would be much better than if
it was expended for what,as was claimed,
it was subscribed for.
Mayor Grant replied that the money
was subscribed for the purpose of buying
bread, clothing, tools for men, and for the
purpose of giving shelter to the homeless,
and it could not be used for any other pur
pose.
Governor Beaver said it took him just
one-half day to convince Mayor Grant
that the money could be used to a better
advantage the other way.
Mr. Rose again took the tloor and said
lie had one more question to ask, and
that is how are wo going to
get our streams dredged. If
they remain as they are now we will have
to go through the same experience as we
did two years ago. It is a matter for se
rious thought, and should be attanded to
at once.
Governor Beaver said the matter had
given him a great deal of consideration.
The State could in no wise do the work,
because the Constitution forbid it. Tiie
only way he could see was to make ap
plication to the War Department
for two engineers to survey the
streams, and then ask Congress for an
appropriation.
Mr. James McMillan had some remarks
to make about the way Mr. Hughes was
putting up the honses.. He said the con
tract called for ten a day, but up to date
there were only thirty-nine up. He also
claimed Hughes was doing outside work,
to the detriment of that which he con
tracted for.
There was some diseussion among the
members about taking the contract away
from Hughes, but that gentleman put
in an appearance and said lie
had a great deal of trouble in getting to
the ground, sometimes having to carry
the house half a squaie. He agreed how
ever to have 100 finished by Saturday
night, and the balance in ten or twelve
days.
The Commission, after asking the opin
ion of tiie citizen present, concluded to
order 200 more of the same houses.
Mr. Cyrus Elder asked the attention of the
Commission to the condition tiie city would
be in case a fire broke out. Everything
is wood, and if Johnstown was burnt
up that would be the last, for the people
would uot be so liberal again. He said
tlie old tire companies were ready to re
organize, but they had. no engines or ap
paratus. For $25,000 live good engines
could bo be bought, and the town would
be amply secured. He urged the Com
mission to appropriate that amount.
No one present having any more sug
gestions to offer, the Commission took a
recess, haying been in session from 11 A.
m. to 2 r. M.
After lunch the Commission went into
executive session over at Camp Hamilton,
which continued without cessation until
6:30 p. m. The main point discussed was
paying out the balance, und as stated
above it was decided to continue right
along.
The Commission spent a good part of
the afternoon passing on bills presented.
The Commission spent the busiest day
yet, and all were thoroughly tired out.
They left for Cresson on the 7;16 train.
Dropped Dead.
I,at robe Advance.
Yesterday morning, before seven o'clock,
Thomas McJcnkins, an aged resident of
Ligonier, drooped dead at the passenger
station at this pluee, while waiting for the
train for Pittsburgh. The deceased was
about seventy-two years of age, and had
come to Latrobe on Saturday to visit J.
H. McCreery, whom lie partly raised.
Tuesday morning he started to the station
to take the early train for Dcs Moines,
lowa, where he had relatives living, and,
to the consternation of present,
dropped dead. He was taken to Stader's
undertaking rooms and medical aid sum
moned, but it was beyond human skill to
do anything for him. Mr. McJenkins was
an Irishman by birth, having emigrated
to this country in 1812 ai d located u* Lig
onier. where he has lived ever since and
amassed BQUIC property. He had no rela
tives nearer here than Des Moines, lowa.
The remains were taken to Ligonier and
interred yesterday at-ernoen. Apoplexy
is supposed to have been the cause of his
death.
South Fork Club Suit.
Now that suit has been instituted
against the South Fork Club to recover
damages for injuries sustained by the
breaking of the dam, much speculation is
indulged in as to its probable outcome.
Among the points that will pe raised there
is one on whiclt much will depend, name
ly, does the charter give them the right to
build a dam. A charter granting certain
corporate privileges, if silent on the sub
ject of ereciing such a dam as they built,
would fail to relieve the club of responsi
bilities. And if no such right was secured
to the club, then it looks as though the
members, not as an organization but as
individuals, could be held responsible.
It strikes most people that the plea of
Providential interference in the shape of
unusual heavy rainfalls, will amount to
nothing, as the questions will be what
right hnd the club to dam up the waters
to an extent that imperiled life und props
erty, and who gave such a privilege ? If
no chartered right, was there any such
right ?
Railroad Rate*.
Among other good tilings that the new
State of Dakota will incorporate into its
Constitution, is a law prohibitit g rail
roads from discriminating iu their rates
between places or persons. The rates per
mile for carrying persons and property
for a short distance cannot be higher than
is asked for transportation of the same
for a long distance. What a God-send
would such a law be in Pennsylvania.
Under its operation the exhorbitant local
rates of some of our roads would be re
duced to something like a reasonable com
pensation ; but as it is, a trip of a dozen
or so miles, runs up to a figure that almost
equals a price of a ticket from Johnstown
to New York. And it would effectually
squelch the practice of charging as much
for transportation from New York to
Johnstown, as from New York to Chicago.
As to the Inter-State Commission—well,
it amounts to about as much as the Civil
Service Commission—both arrant frauds.
I >
The KauriaU Club.
We acknowledge an invitation and com
plimentary ticket to the Fifth Annual
" Fete Champctro " of the Randall Club
of Pittsburgh, to be held at Silver Lake
Grove, East End, Wednesday, August
7th. Dr. A. N. Wakefield, of this city, is
on the Reception Committee.
There are 5,000 unoccupied dwellings
in Philadelphia.
THOUGHTFUL SANTA CLAUS.
" I'VE traveled through the sieet and snow.
Across the country i igh raid low,
To fill the stockings- small and great "~
That here in line my coming wait.
In creeping baby's tiny hose
The india rubber rattle goes;
A handsome doll, with staring eyes.
Will much the little miss surprise;
And what will more delight the boys
Than musket, drum or bugle toys ?
And now, before I ci'imb the flue,
I'll bear in mind the mother true.
Who works so hard by day and night
To keep the- clothing clean and white,
And in her stocking, long and wide,
Some cakes of IVORV SOAP I'll hide."
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the ' IVory'j 1 ®
they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, l ack the peculiar and remarkable qualities oF
the genuine. Ask for " Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it.
Copyright. 1886, 1 Procter & Gamble.
Nos. 510, 512, 514 Market St,, and 27 Fifth Ave.
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r rhe Leading Millinery
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Ladies' and Children's Corsets of all Hosiery, over 800 styles, including
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Silk Mitts and Gloves, 19c. to sl. 1,'500 doz. Ladies' Ribbed Yosts, 13c.
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