The Democrat.
"'TDAY, ()('"•" F!U 25 1889.
.T.'OfU-l!. . IDAa'E.
Cclectine J. Blair, the Democratic can
didate for Register and Recorder, is mak
ing friends every day. It lias generally
been the custom to re-nominato faithful
and efficient county officers, and this
nomination was a deserved and wise one.
Mr. Blair is a native of Ebensburg, as arc
also his parents, and his fealty and devo
• tion to the Democracy was never question
ed. Asa public officer Mr. Blair has madea
record that stands forth as one worthy of
emulation. Ever since he assumed the
important duties devolving upon him, he
has been constantly at his desk, unless
called to Johnstown or other poiuts in
the county to accommodate the people,
and save them the expense of traveling to
Ebensburg, giving his personal supervi
sion to the work in his office, and inspir
ing clercial discipline which always
guarantees a rapid and prompt disposition
of business. Always affable and courteous,
those who have business at the Recorder's
office, And Sir. Bluir ready to respond to
every inquiry and furnish information
without any hesitation. Ilis business
methods iu this office and his intercourse
with the people, has created a good im
pression with all who have come in con
tact with him. He deserves the support
of every Democrat, as lie has been faith
ful to all Democratic nominees. How
could any Democrat expect to gain any
thing or help himself by voting against
him? To vote against Mr. Blair
is to vote for the men who have
reviled you, and would prevent you or
any Democrat from lidding an office in
this county or any other place. Vote for
the party that will help you. Do not be
deceived, and stand by the man who rep
resents your principles. .
VEItY CONSIDERATE.
Nothing that has been in print for
many years so forcefully illustrates the
idea of submitting quietly and relig
iously to a divine dispensation, as the
resolution of the official or advisory
board of Rev. Talmage's destroyed taber
nacle. On the evening succeeding the
fire which laid the famous church in
aslics, this religious board considerately
and religiously adopted, by a unanimous
vote, a resolution expressing submission
to Providence in the loss of the church by
an accidental fire. Under the circum
stances that was a highly praiseworthy
act, as a resolution of that kind looks far
better on paper, in fnct, reads better than
one of the other kind would. A resolu
tion expressing rebellious sentiments to
' Providence, on saying the advisory
board would not submit to be
thus treated, or in any way con-
Bur'"- t reflecting upo
woui.t have an ugly look, end would be
in exceedingly bad taste.
The advisoray board is to be con
gr&utlated on its thoughtful, considerate
and religious spirit, in making known to
" the world and the rest of mankind,"
that without any great ado it submits to
Providence for the act of burning the
church. Well, well here is orthodoxy
run fo seed. After this let all wonders
cease. _
A DESERVING CANDIDATE.
Mr. James "C. Darby, the Democratic
candidate for Prothonotary, had the mis
fortune to lose one of his arms in his
youth, but notwithstanding this great loss
he educated himself, attending the public
schools and St. Francis' College at
Loretto. His father died when he was quite
young, and it is owing to his own energy
of character that he has fitted himself
and been nominated for this important
office. He has ever been a consistent and
working Democrat, and has given his
time and labor for the success of the
party, its nominees and its principles.
Without wishing to disparage his op
ponent, Mr. Troxel, it is a fact that he is
more competent to perform the duties of
Prothonotary than the Republican nomi
nee. This office it an important one, and
to say the least Mr. Darby is best
equipped for the place. His acquaint
ance is general all over the county and is
exceedingly popular where he is best
known. His character has never been
assailed, and his actions as boy and man
have often received high commendation.
He should receive every Democratic vote
in the county, in fact the whole ticket
is worthy our united and earnest support.
" CAN any good thing come out of Na
aretli ? " was asked of old, and in effect
is asked to-day. Men are often judged
by their surroundings rather than by their
personal worth. Reputation is largely
a fictitious thing, resting upon circum
stances which are entirely independent
of the individual. A rich diamond may
be trampled in the dust, while a worth
less imitation, because of its sotting may
be counted of great value. Men of true
Worth aud real merit, through the force
of circumstances, may remain, for a time
at least in obscurity, while men who are
every way their inferiors, simply because
of the position which they happen to
occupy, may be esteemed great. Nothing
is more unreliable than the ostimate
placed on men by the unthinking
multitude. Ono day they shout " Uo-
Sanna," the next they cry, •' Crucify him."
He who courts popular applause courts a
fickle dame who at any moment may dis
appoint liim. lie who judges men by
the popular estimate, judges them incor
rectly.
The Esterfield top-coat to slip over
your best party suit comes in striped
cloths of medium weight.
AT LAST.
The Johnstown Finance Committee Wants
to Know When the Relief Fund Will be
Distributed.
A meeting of the Johnstown Finance
Flood Committee w-s Ljii F.i ~y -ud
the following resolutions adopted :
JOIINSTOWN, PA., October 18, 1889.
Resolved, That the following communi
cation be addressed to the Bureau of In
quiry by the Secretary :
To the Bureau of Inquiry.
GENTLEMEN : Since the Flood Commis
sion assumed the direction of the work of
making a final distribution of relief money
and delegated its powers to Secretary
Kremer, the Commi tt ec on Fin ance has had
no control of this matter whatever. The
Committee has knowledge m a general
way of the difficulties you have encoun
tered in the patient and intelligent efforts
you have made to adjust relief—not upon
the basis of property losses, but in accord
ance with the necessities of the parties.
This effort is commendable and, indeed,
essential, but absolute equity in a matter
of this magnitude is impossible, and the
time has come when further delays must
have ample justification. Many cases
arc now arising daily where people are
obliged to make sacrifices which would
be prevented if they could receive the
money which will be awarded to them,
or if they had any certain knowledge
that such an award would be made.
W ill you kindly give us official informa
tion as follows:
Have you finished your labors for the
final distribution ?
What impediments, If any, are in the
way of a prompt distribution to Classes 4
audi S ?
Will the money be paid out in accord
ance witli your awards, or is any further
revision of the schedules contemplated ?
By Order of Committee on Finance.
JOHNSTOWN, PA., October 18,1889.
Resolved, That the following communi
cation be addressed to J. B. Kremer,
Esq.. Secretary of the Flood Commission|:
To J. B. Kremer, Esq.. Secretary of Flood Com
mission.
DKAI: SIB : By resolution of the Com
mittee on Finance, the Board of Inquiry
has been requested to answer the follow
ing matters :
Have you finished your labors for the
final distribution ?
What impediments, if any, are in the
way of a prompt distribution to Classes 4
ami 5 ?
• Will the money be paid out in accord
ance with your awards, or is any further
revision of the schedules contemplated ?
The interest in the matter of distribu
tion is so great, and the delay in this mat
ter of a day, or even an hour, is now so
detrimental, that it is due to the public
that full and official information should
be published. Will you kinuly advise us
in regard to the following matter :
What are the impediments, if any, to
the immediate and final distribution of
the relief money ?
Has the Bureau of Inquiry completed
its labors ?
Will the money be paid out in accord
ance with the awards of the Bureau of
Inquiry, or will their shedules be subject
to changes or modifications ? If so, how,
and upon wliatprinciple will these changes
be made, and who will make them, and
when will this work be accomplished ?
An early reply will greatly oblige.
By order of Committee on Finance.
CYRTTS ELDER, Secretary.
Secretary Kremer'g Answer.
Sccru&ij II . .„i ha: jjht the follow
ing reply to the auestions asked by the
Johnstown Flood Finance Committee, and
published in this paper on Saturday
morning:
KEPLY OF THE BOARD OF INQUIRY.
JOHNSTOWN, October 18, 1889.
Finance Committee, Johnstoim, Pa.
GENTLEMEN : In reply lo yours of this
date we wish to say,
First, That we haye finished the class
ification of all claims in Classes 4 and 5,
and have turned the papers over to Secre
tary Kremer.
Second, There are no impediments that
we know of in the way of prompt distri
bution of these classes.
Third, We do not know that the money
will be paid out in accordance with our
awards, as they are all to be passed over
by Secretary Ivremer and then submitted
for approval to the Flood Relief Com
mission.
Very respectfully yours,
JNO. H. BROWN,
SAMUEL MASTERS,
JOHN H ANNAN,
REPI.Y OF SECRETARY KREMER.
FLOOD RELIEF COMMISSION, L
JOHNSTOWN, PA., October 18, 1889.)
Ci/rus Elder, Secretary of Johnstown Finance
Committee, Johnstown, Pa.
DEAR SIR : In reply to your communi
cation of this date asking, as per resolu
tion of the Committee of Finance:
First, What are the impediments, if
any, to the immediate and final distribu
tion of relief money ?
Second, Has the Board of Inquiry com
pleted its labors ?
Third, Will the money be paid out in
accordance with the awards of the Board
of Inquiry, or will their schedules be sub
ject to changes or modifications ? If so,
how, and upon what principle will these
changes be made, and who will make
them, and when will this work be accom
plished ? •
I would reply :
First, That there are no impediments
" to the immediate and final distribution
of relief money."
Second, That the Board of Inquiry has
completed the work of investigation and
classification, in accordance with the pur
pose of their organization as a committee,
and that they have turned over to me, for
the Commission, their sheets with a
recommendation in each case. These
sheets are now being examined by them
and myself with great care to correct any
errors that may be found on further in
formation.
Third, It is not competent for me to
say that the money will be paid in ac
cordance with the awards of the Com
mittee of Inquiry. The result of their
work will be submitted, within a few
days, to the Commission, and on their
instructions the money will be paid. If
the work of the Committee of Inquiry be
approved, payment will commence at
once. It their awards be changed, pay
ment will yet begin at once, as the
change will be in amounts only.
Very respectfully yours,
J. B. KREMER, Secretary.
D ecrenlng Their Force.
Henceforth the mill: at Moxham will
run on single turn only. About three
months ago two forces of hands wcro em
ployed and the mills have been running
day and night ever since. Owing to the
cnungo a number of men were, on Satur
day, dismissed from service.
...
Bracelets are not for the day-time.
A PBttMANENT HOSPITAL.
98,000 COB trltouted by the Red Cross
Branch of Philadelphia to Build One
in This City.
For some time pasta quiet hut deter
mined movement has been on foot loot;
ing to the establishment of a permanent
public hospital in Johnstown. The Cam
bria County Medical Society have been
the prime movers in the undertaking.
The Philadelphia Branch of the Bed Cross,
have received a large sum of money from
the Relief Committee of their city, for the
purpose of enabling their work at the
temporary hospital in the Seventh ward
to be continued. Realizing the need of a
permanent and well-equiped public hos
pital in this community, the generous
Philadelphians have announced their in
tention of giving this money, after the
payment of the indebtedness incurred in
the maintenance of the field hospital, to
aul in the establishment of such an in
stitution. This sum will amount to about
SBOOO, and with this as a nucleus, there
is no doubt that ample funds will be
added so as to insure the success of the
project. An association will ho formed,
to bo called " The Conemaugh Valley
Hospital Association." A thirty-day op
tion lias been secured upon a piece of
land, two hundred feet square, on the
Tross farm, lying on the hillside between
the Bedford Pike and Moxham. This is
an advantageous location, perfectly fitted
for the purpose. It is confidently expect
ed that our wealthy citizens and corpor
ations will give material aid to the pro
ject, and it is an assured fact that the re
lief and charitable organizations repre
sented here will cordially co-operate. The
members of the Medical Society are great
ly encouraged at the out-look.
Dr. Wharton, who has charge of the
hospital in the Seventh ward, has been
very anxious to have a hospital established
here permantly, and to his energy and
work in this matter our people will be very
largely indebted.
There are about seventeen patients in
the hospital now, the number having been
considerably reduced. Their room 9 arc
nice and clean, and everything that can
be supplied for the comfort of the patients
is furnished. Several experienced men
and women nurses are on constant duty,
and every attention is given the sick,
while the best medical skill is employed.
To DOVote Her Life to l'ious Work.
It is announced from Pittsburgh that
Miss Kate Drexel, a daughter of the late
Francis A. Drexel, of Philadelphia, who
has been in retreat at the Mother House
of the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh since
June, has finally decided to embrace a
religious life, and will take the veil next
month, probably within three weeks
This announcement is the result of
Miss Drexel's meditation upon
all the questions involved, and
is regarded as ending all specula
tions as to lier reiuru to the world.
The ceremonies incident to the formal
progression of such intentions are ex
tremely solemn and impressive. In this
case they will be conducted very quietly,
and it is understood that no one beyond
the members of the lamented family and
the guardians of the young lady will be
asked to be present. Archbishop Ryan
will probably receive her professions.
Miss Drexel, it is said, is abundantly
happy in her choice. She will give her
time and thought and means largely to
the care and education of Indian girls.
Before she went into retreat at the
Convent in Pittsburgh, she, with her
two sisters, made two visits to the Indian
tribes of the west and northwest. She
knows their condition thoroughly and is
satisfied of the necessity of the work she
wishes now to undertake. If her wishes
should be realized and she should enter
on this work, she would probably group
around her a number of young ladies,
who are similarily impressed with the
possiblities of the field. Their influence
would be thrown out all througli the south
ern and far western States and Territories
and schoolhouses nnd missions bo built.
Prohibition Citdidiito Johnston Accepts.
J. R. Johnston, the candidate of' the
Prohibition party for State Treasurer, has
given his leetter of acceptance. Ho re
gards the temperance question as the
greatest issue of the day. He defines the
respective policies of the three par
ties, and says : " Tho Prohibition party
was organized and exists for the purpose
of securing the suppression of the liquor
traffic by brohihitoryjenactments. It re
pudiates any policy or plan that tends to
legalize or lioenso the same. At the
same time it takes hold of other political
questions, suoh as the protection of the
Sabbath, trusts, labor problems, foreign
emigration, etc., and clearly defines its
polloy toward tho same, as a reading of
its declaration of principles will disclose;
and being a party of sobriety is more
eminently fitted for handling the affairs of
tiie government, as sobriety in public
afficials, as in individuals, is always ad
viSeable. It may be said by some earnest,
conscientious persons who desires the
abolition of the drink traffic that it is not
properly a question for political solution,
and should be left with moralists rather
than with statesmen to solve. Any
question affecting the poople in their
moral or material rights the sup
pression of the liquor traffic is a proper
one for political agitation and political
action, and, therefore, most certainly
proper as a basis of principles on
which to establish political parties."
Til Good Condition.
Tho executive officials of the Pennsyl
vania system, who have been inspecting
tho Western lines under their jurisdiction,
left Pittsburgh for Philadelphia Satur
day by special train. They declared that
tiio system was never in better shape
physically as well as financially. .
JUSTICE BART'S COURT.
A Lively ami Briny Time at the Seat of
Justice Yesterday—Par !;-ri of o
Canes.
Justice Hart, Ratitrl iv->i in' V'O'i hsd
abu ,y time, us ho heard .„„i
law suits, besides attending to consider
able other business. Some of tlio cases
were particularly interesting, and a large
audience of interested spectators crowded
the office throughout the hearings.
The first case was that of William
Drew against J. C. McSpaddeu, and was
for the collection of a bill for
SIOO. McSpaddeu it seems was fore
man of some of the State forces,
and in addition had charge of the
boarding house in the Seventh ward.
McSpadden and Drew came here together
and were friends, and through Mcbpad
den's influence, it was claimed, that Drew
secured a position on tiie State
work at $3 a day. In addition
Drew did a little extra work
around the boarding house for which he
received his board free. Matters then ran
along smoothly enough as both gentle
men were making more money than they
ever dtd before, until August 17th, when
a coolness between them arose and Drew
left the place and sought other boarding
quaiters. Everything was supposed to
have been settled between tiieiu, and
consequently McSpadden was much sur
prised the other morning by Drew calling
upon him before daylight, and while lie
was yet in bed and demanding pay for
his services around tiie hoarding tent at
the rate of $2 a day. As McSpaddeu
failed to sec how the gentleman had
earned more than his board, after getting
$3 a day from the Stale, lie would not
consider the claim. Drew therefor brought
suit for the collection of $2 a day for
fifty days. After the testimony was
given, M. B. Stephens, Esq., argued the
case for the defense, and Mr. Drew made
an eloquent appeal in his own behalf.
The Justice, however, thought that
Drew did not establish his claim, and dis
missed the suit, assessing him with the
costs.
The next was a suit of Charles Aniia
against Mr. Fred \V. Meyer, there being a
dispute as to the settlement of the hill of
Mr. Anda for mason work done at Mr.
Meyer's wall on Main street, just below
Dr. Lowman's. Mr. Meyer did not dis
pute the number of ruble feet of wall
erected, nor the amount to be paid per
perch, but the question arose as to how
many cubic feet constituted a perch. The
bargain was for Mr. Meyer to pay one
dollar a perch, and when it came to set
tlement Mr. Anda wanted pay for every
sixteen and a-half feet as a perch, while
Mr. Meyer of course claimed that a perch
was twenty-four and three-fourths feet, as
recognized by all stonemasons. Mr.
Anda, however, said the custom with
him in Ohio, was to call sixteen and one
half foot a nrreh, and th°r cpnruo'l he
an honest dilierence between the parties.
The Justice took the accounts and will
render a decision this morning of the bal
ance due Mr. Anda.
The next case was the occasion for a
great deal of fun for the spectators. I(,
seems that Mr. E. Schopiers, who runs a
clothing store in the Ellis building, next
to the Merchants' Hotel, had sold a suit
of clothes to a Hungarian, named Salfe
Franks, for $6. The clothes did not lit
when Mr. Franks first looked at them,
and Schopiers promised to haze the de
fects remedied, but demanded that the
money be left with him as a guarantee of
good faith. This was done, but when
Franks came to get the clothes they still
did not fit, and he refused to
take them, but demanded his money
back The clothing man would
not give up the money and Franks
brought suit to recover. The defend
cnt was represented by Jacob Zimmer
man, Esq., and M. B. Stephens, Esq., vol
unteered to sec that the Hungarian had a
fair show before our laws. The justice
gave judgment for the plaintiff, when the
costs were paid and bail entered, the de
fense stating that they would appear at
court. The evidence and arguments
throughout this case were amuscing.
A case of W. F. Hamilton against Jas.
H. Kennedy was continued.
Another case on the docket, which was
continued, was that of Charles Leventr y
against Bailey & Son, for the price of a
horse which Leventry alleges they pur
chased, but which they refused to keep
because of some alleged misunder
standing.
John Gomobycsak, a llu ngarian, was
up to settle a case in which he was charged
with having a lounge belonging to the
family of Perry Bolsinger. The goods
were recognized at Gomobycsak's house
by Miss Minnie Bolsinger, who had a
search warrant taken out and Constable
Miller recovered the goods. Gomobycsak
seemed to be an inteliger.t and honest
man and proved that ho bought the house
and the goods that were in it from a man
named Lay Bulog. Under the circum
stances Gomobycsak was released on
payment of the costs, and he then entered
suit against Bulog for larceny, and sale
of stolen goods, and a warrant was issued.
I'. H. It. Improvement*.
Among the improvements contemplated
by the Pennsylvania Hailroad Company,
in and about this place, is the laying of
another track from the stone bridgo to
Sang Hollow. This track will be on the
south side of thovnain line. A largo force
of workmen and carts will commenco
work to-day. The change in the lino and
additional tracks will compel some of the
residents of Morrellvillo nnd Sheridan to
vacate their homes. Dr. C. Sheridan's
fine homo at Sheridan is numbered among
the buildings that those 'mprovomeuts
will causo to bo torn down.
GI.EANINGS FROM EVERYWHERE.
I'ltliy l'lirnßriuih* of Late News in Cou
'itimcd Form.
Pan I'ice, die showma i, is in couit
al u 4ot t , ths' ere seized
for a board bill.
The f icitity of the University of Penn
sylvania have voted to admit students
without distinction of sex to all the col
lege courses.
The individual who inquired the time
of a clothing house dummy has come to
the conclusion that soda water with a
wink in it is an optical delusion.
We seem to get along as well without
a Pension Commissioner as with one.
What's the matter with abolishing the
otlice and turning the business over to
clerks permanently us now.
An elephant receutly died in Ceylon
which had served the public works de
partment of over sixty-live years, and had
previously worked in various parts of the
island for nil unknown period.
The Czar offended his host at the Im
perial banquet in Berlin by making a
speech in French. In this ease French
was not the polite tongue. The Autocrat
of all the Bussias was trying to be Czar
cast ic.
Amos J. Ctimmings was nominated last
night by the Tammany Democrats of the
Ninth Congressional District, to fib the
vacancy in the next Congress, caused by
the death of 8. 8. Cox. Cummings ac
cepted the nomination.
The County Democracy of New York
Cby met in Cooper Institute on Saturday
and unanimously adopted resolutions
making overtures to Tammany for a
union of the two organizations on several
important points.
A new company in which Thomas A.
Etlison i, largely interested has been or
ganized to manufacture dolls on a large
scale. It will turn out 250,000 the first
year. This infant industry will, of course,
ask for protection.
Destructive forest and prairie fires are
raging in the northwest. Menoken, a
village fourteen miles south of Bismarck
was swest away by the flames, while the
latter place is enveloped in smoke, with
tire fires so near that great danger is ap-
prehended*
On Saturday night Grant Post, 307, O.
A. I*., of Brooklyn, presented flags to
the public schools of that place. Major
General O. O. Howard and other dis
tinguished army men wore there, and a
splendid program of exercises was ren
dered.
King Luis, of Portugal, died at 11
o'clock Saturday morning. His wife, the
youngest daughter of the late King
Emanuel, of Italy, was present at his
death. lie had reigned since 1801, and
will be succeeded by his son, Duke of
Braganza, with the title of Carlos I.
Ael oil- in m of ihe departments in
WnaMnn-tnu has d'eenei.roA t'.- "ool.flerq
in the bee \ ir were kiiled iu their hrai,
third and fifth battles more than in any
other." After a soldier is killed in three
battle lie ought to have experience enough
to escape death in all the subsequent en
gagements.
Henry Watterson, in a tariff reform
speech before the Louisville Board of
Trade tiic other night, said among other
tilings : •' For my part, I can live under
any kind of tariff that the test can, and
care as little f r expenses, too, for in my
day I have paid as high as SSOO for a pair
of boots and $5 for a glass of ice water
seasoned with nutmeg—in Confederate
money. "
An exchange notes the following for the
benefit of those who do not take their
home county papers ; "It has been reli
ably ascertained that out ot 185 cases of
successful swindling throughout the
Slate by traveling sharpers iu various
ways, by which people of the rural dis
tricts were robbed, some to the extent of
thousands of dollars, only ten were sub
scribers or readers of the home county
papers."
The llohert Hare Powel Furnace at
Stouerstown, Bedford county, which has
been idle since the flood of Juue Ist, is
about to begin operations again, orders to
that effect having been issued Saturday.
Prepare tions are no.v in progress, and in
a few days the furnace will be fired up,
and in active operation. This is good
news to the people of Saxton and vicin
ity, as it means resumption of work in
the ore mines and other industries de
pendent upoa the furnace.
After an unusually long silence the
great and only John L. Sullivan, cham
pion pugilist of the world, has made him
self heard ; after being in obscurity for
weeks and weeks, except as a leading
cliaracter in saloon episodes he has reap
peared before the public as the only John
L. lie has oucc inoro thrown down the
gauntlet to the whole world, and for that
matter anybody else that the '' whole
world" does not embrace. We may,
therefore, come to tlio conclusion that
John is himself again. He has issued a
very broad, but to a very great extent a
meaningless, challenge, and iu it particu
larly invites "Jem Smith, Mitchell, or any
otlitr foreigner to come to America and
" take his medicine."
The courting season liking on hand, a
mishap reported as having occurred a
few days ago at South Salem, Ohio, may
serve as timely restraint to over-ardent
lovers. Miss Ella Wilson, a pretty and
popular young lady of that town, is said
to be at tho point of death, as tlio result of
internal injuries," caused by being hugged
too tightly by William L. Lavery, a
young man. The girl, in fun, threw a
glass of water on young Lavcry, and ho
gave Kor a tight squeeze. As he is a very
stout man lie squeezed a littlo too hard,
and broko something. Tho girl fainted,
and for a long timo was in an unconscious
state, but may recover. The young man
is almost distracted at the sad conse
quence of his violent caress, and vows
that h" will never attempt to ling anotlier ,
girl as long s he llvrg.
There lives in Union township, Indiana,
a family that can boast of the most
curiously complicated relationship. Some
years ago a widower named iiorgan, who
had a grown son, married a widow who
had a grown daughter. After while lirf
and his wife secured a divorce. His son
then fell in love with his father's divorced
wife, and married her. The father got
married to the daughter of the woman
from whom he had been divorced. Each
couple lias children, and the two families
are terribly mixed as to their relationship.
The old man is his own father-in-law, the
brotlier-in-law of his son, and his son and
the stepfather of his wife, while the son
is father-in-law of his father, his own
stepson, stepfather of his stepmother, and
so on. The relationship of the children
who arc the issue of the last marriage is
too complicated foi any one to puzzle Ids
head over.
Cutcness is not confined to New Eng
land. An enterprising farmer from Yolo
county was recently awarded a first pre
mium for tlie heaviest pumpkin on exhi
bition at the California State Fair at Sac-
ramento. It was a beauty, anil tipped:
the btam at 105 pounds. But, sad to re
late, the Yolo pumpkin was " primed,"
as was subsequently discovered by an ac
cident, as upon its being purchased by a
a Sacramento editor, who became enam
ored with it, and was having it placed in
a wagon to take home, in fell and was
broken in pieces, and forty pounds of bird
shot rolled out of the centre. It was a
clear case of deception on the part of
some Yolo granger, who palmed the
pumpkin off on the innocent and confld
ing newspaper man, making him believe
the tulc swamps of Yolo could beat the
auriferous hills of Nevada on vegetables.
Mr. and Mrs. Addison G. llayner,
living at Buskirks, N. Y., are a substan
tial, soild married couple. Mr. Hayner
weighs 410 pounds and his wife pulls
down tlte scales at 315, making a con
gttgal total of 725 pounds, and it Is all
solid flesh. Both are in good health, and
cheerfully do the ordinary work of a'
farm. When Mr. and Mrs. llayner walk
arm in arm they take up the whole side
walk, and when tbey sit toge her in the-
Methodist church there is not uuich room
in the pew for any one else. They have
two children, one a beautiful young lady
of nineteen, tall and of graceful aikl deli
cate build, the other a short, stout girl of
12years, who weighs a plump 100 pounds-
Mrs. llayner's mother, formerly Mrs-
Amelia Warner, ol Canaan, Couu., was it
small, spare woman, who never weighed
over 115. and her father, Mr. Franklin-
Waters, both physically and polically, is a
man of the Andrew Jackson type. When
returned for service in the late
war ne .mi man of ordinary build, and
when he inairied Miss Waters she was a
young lady of graceful figure. They
have been {- (dually growing stout to
gether until they have both become elig
ible to membership in the Fat Men's Club.
HE nil) NOT LIKE CARESSES,
A Chicago Man Has Pretty Girl Arrested
for Kissing Him.
CHICAQO, October 18. —Blanche Nelson
a handsome, gorgeoesly dressed young
woman, was taken before Justice C. J-
White this morning for trial. The charge
against her was disorderly conduct.
" What's the case against this girl if"
asked the Court.
" Kissing. "
"Kissing?" echoed the Justice. "I
don't know that this is any crime. TtfH
me the story."
It appeared fiom the evidence that yes
terday afternoon the affectionate young
creature, while slightly under the influ
ence of wine, created a scene at llaistead
and Madison streets by kissing all the
good looking young men she could catch.
Very little outcry on the part of the vic
tims was made, and everything went well
until a solemn middle-aged man, having
the appearance and garb of a clergyman,
came along. The girl seized him. He
appeared anything but pleased, and as he
stiuggled to free himself from B'anche's
embraces a crowd gathered and a police
man appeared. The patrol wagon was
summoned. Inside ot ten minutes Miss
Blanche was behind prison bars at the
Desplaines streets station. The girl's de
fense this morning was not of the best
and she was fined $5 and costs.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Tlio Following ITave Keen Granted Since
Our Last Report.
(John Franklin hong lSarrtw^
(Laura B. F. Brown Pine twp., Indiana co
IHezoklah c. Heed East, coneinaugh
(Rebecca L. Wagner East Wheattleld vitf
I.John F. Dick Franklin
(Ella Beam Franklin
(Thomas A. Stonebraker West Taylor twp
(Ida May Nolan West Taylor twp
(Henry Thomas Elder twp
(Cella nuher Elder twp
(Michael J. Hoover Elder twp
(Alice E. Delo/.ler Elder twp
(John Yotsko Frugality
(Jennie Boddak Frugality
(Charles conrad tolinstown
(Ella Lelbtrled Johnstown
(Slom Ileam Upper Yoder twp
(Annlo Livingston (irulibtown
(Solomon w. Trcese South Fork
(Emma M. llannors South Fork
(Samuel Waddle Derry station, pa
(HoUie Marks Derry station, Pa
I Wm. G. Klfer Johnstown
(Annie M. Rhodes Johnstown
(Arthur Wood South Fork
(Almlnla Pious Bunker 11111, Pa
/Wm. F, Carney Me -iter twp
(Annie E. Bradley Washington twp
A Pretty Good Record.
The dealings of Contractors McLean &
Company is in very favorable contrast
with those who preceded them, as they
had but ono dispute about wages and
that, was for only sixty cents. Samuel-"
Kelly Bued them for that amount before
Justice Hart, and obtained judgment for
his claim.