The Democrat. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1890. ERECTING monuments to worthy peo ple who have departed this life, does not prosper, as was formerly the case. The proposed Grant monument in New Y'orkisan illustration in point, and the proposition to erect one with funds con tributed by the pullic schools of the State to the memory of the late Dr. Higbee, State Superintendent of public schools, gives promise of like failure. One hundred and tifty-thrce schools have been heard from, the sum total of whose con tributions amount to only 41135.65, or less than a dollar each. This is certainly not very encournging, but it is not surprising. If the contributions to the fund arc ex pected to come from the children of the public schools, the paucity of the contri butions is easily accounted for by the fact that possibiy not one in a hundred of them ever heard of I>r. Higbee, or understand what particular claim that worthy" gentleman has npon their liberality. The project of erecting a monument to his memory origi nated with those who were closely allied with him, who understood and appreciat ed his many estimable qualities, and who unreasonably inferred that everyone else was as familiar with those attributes as themselves. This is not unusual. WHAT (iUOl) JUDGMENT WILL DO. The good judgment displayed by the Democratic party of the city has won for it the proper reward. Seldom has there been more unity of purpose and greater harmony of action than that which has characterized the deliberations of the Democratic purty of this city. To this fact more than to anything else is due the sweeping victory on Tuesday last. Such methods will win every time and it is to be hoped that in the futuic the same acquiescence in tue wishes of the majority of the party will mark its progress. If such be the case the dom inating party in the Concmaugh Val ley will ever be the Democratic party. PACK OF QUAY HISTORY. Westmoreland Doinocrat. In a recent issue, the New York World gave a review of the corrupt history of Matthew Stanley Quav. It covered two pages of closely printed matter in that paper. As Quay is now absolute Boss of the Republican party in Pennsylvania, anil likewise the leader ot that party in the country at large, it is well that toe people are made familiar with his true character. His whole career is corroded with jobbery and corruption. From the World's exposure, we repro duce a section touching upon a notable steal of the State Treasury Ring steered by Quay. References to this have been published heretofore. The details, how ever, were not given so minutely as in the article presented to day. Persons whose moral sense is not blunted, should read this page of history, one of the darkest in the annals of the State, with its pathetic features, and ponder it well. One is not surprised that liigh-minded men speak despondently of public affairs, at times, and deplore the lethergy of the people ir. visiting their condemnation upon the bad men who, by sinister and odious methods and flagrant violations of law, push themselves to the front in public life. No one man in the United States has done more to debauch elec tions or introduce and maintain a fester ing corruption in legislation than Matthew Stanley Quay. These facts are open and notorious, and yet the spectacle is pre sented of a party which arrogates to it self all the inteligence and virtue of the country winking at or applauding the acts of Quay and exalting him to the almost absolute leadership of the party organiza tion. DISdI.STKU WITH HARRISON. Indiana flepuhlicuii I'iUitorh llhvc no Par ticular Uae for llim. The Indiana Republican State Editor ial Convention met in lml.anapolis on Thursday. All the undercurrent was anti-Harrison. That element ran the en tire concern, and the few pronoueuu Har rison men in the convention did not know it until too late to counteract its effect. Gen. Packard was elected chairman sim ply because he is all broken up over the disappointment of missing the revenue colicetorship of ins district. He lias been very sore, and this was intended as a di rect slap ut the administration, as ex plained by n member of the convention, who said : " You have no idea of the force of sentiment against Harrison. He could not to-day carry Indiana for any thing. He is completely played out. lie has gone buck on many of bis best friends because be is afraid of the criticisms that may follow if lie gives them anything. Gne man in this convention has two or three letters now in his pocket from Har rison, written him on occasions when the editor had done him pronounced favors, thanking him and telling him when the time came, lie should be remembered witli something substantial. And now the time has come, and that man cannot get Har rison to do a thing for him." " .■ lfin Place in a Mew Firm, Yonkers Statesman, Smith—l understand you have formed a copartnership. Jones—For life. " Indeed 1" " Yes, I was married last week," " What position do you hold in the firm?" " Silent partner." " That's what I thought." A CHAPTER ON CHARITY. HOW PITTSBURGH RELIEVED FLOOD SUFFERING. Report of tho CltlzeiiM' Relief Committee it ml Jti A uxiliarh'N—Faithful Steward** ot Magnificent FMIHIH liitereHtiiig Figured. The report of the Citizens' Relief Com mittee of Pittsburgh on the Johnstown flood appears in a ueat twenty-eight page octavo pamphlet. The members of the Committee are : Chairman, William Mc- Creery ; Reuben Miller, 11. I. Gourley, H. C. Frick, James B. Scott, Henry Pbipps, Jr., James McCrca, David Robinson, S. S. Marvin, and W. R. Thompson. Treas urer. The first three pages are taken up by an interesting report of Chairman Mc- Creery, addressed to the contributors. In it be reviews Johnstown's former prosper ity and the terrible calamity which swept down upon the unfortunate city on the last day of May. 1889. He refers to the citizens' meetings all over the world, and particularly to the memorable meeting of Pittsburgh citizens in old city ball, at which the members of the " Citizens' Re lief Committee' were named. In giving a short account of the committee's work Mr McCreery says : " The haste in sending forward relief renders it impossible to fully report ail of the supplies furnished by the committee. It would afford great pleasure to thank each individual and locality for the dona tions and labor, but the task is impossible. Night and day, every hour, and every moment, tens of thousauds worked with a will all over the country, gathering and hurrying forward food, clothing, money, etc., while In the stricken valley other thousands with warm hcaits and busy bauds, were removing wrecks, rescuing the living, burying the dead, and com foriing the dazed and sorrowing survi vors." THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE. The Citizens' Relief Committee makes the following statement: " A very large proportion of the con tributions from New York, New England and the eastern part of the Slate had been sent direct to Governor Reaver. Other portions of our State than Conemaugh valley had met with severe loss of life and property in the same great disaster, and after the pressing and immediate wants of each section had been met, it seemed to us that the harmonious action that hud hitherto prevailed between both custodi ans of the fund would be made more effective for the permanent relief of all parties if a joint committee were formed. The appointment of a State Commission, upon which Governor Beaver invited three of our moLt efficient workers, namely, Mr. James B. Scott, Mr. Reuben M.lleraud Mr. S. S. Marvin, to serve;met with the unanimous approval of our Com mittee, and we at once transferred $400,- 000 of the lunds then at our command to the treasurer of the new State Commission. This Committee, however, continued its weekly meetings, closing up as rapidly as possible the work still upon our hands, and hearing reports of the larger work o f State Commission from our representa tives, the gentlemen above named. At a later date, September 21.1839. we directed our treasurer, William R. Thompson, to transfer the additional sum of SIOO,OOO to the commission. J. B. SCOTT'S KKI'OUT. The report of James B. Scott, Chair man of the Relief Corps at Johnstown, to William McCreery, Esq., is a prose epic. It relates the deeds of men who dared everything in behalf of suffering humanity. Mr. Scott speaks in glowing terms of the hearty co-operation of the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads, and of the unflagging zeal with which the Relief Corps pressed forward to the assistance of the unfortunates, after leaving the train at the Sang Hol low lower, four miles west of Johnstown The description of how the two com panies of men, under the command of Captain A. A. Logan, and Dr, 11. E. Campbell, succeeded in pushing through two carloads of provisions to Johnstown by Sunday morning after sur mounting the most unheard of obstacle, is most graphic. Then follows a descrip tion of the scene presented to the view of the party on that eventful Sabbath morn, •' whose light broke on one of the fcarfulest and ghastliest sights ever look ed upon, or the imagination of Dante could have conceived. It was a reign of horror and devastation, an earthly ante chamber of hell," writes Mr. Scott. Following Mr. Scott's report of ten pages, is ttiu report of the Ladies' Relief Committee, covering three pages. WOKK OF TUB I-ADIES. At the call of Chairman McCreery about twenty ladies met at the chamber of commerce on June 4th in order to provide for survivors coming from John stown. They at once organized by ap pointing an Executive Committee, consist, iug of Mrs. H. (j. Cambell, Mrs. George A. Kelly and Mrs. William McCreery ; also committees for supply, dinning-room nd clothing departments, with Mrs. J. B. Ilerron, Mrs. E. A. Graff and Mrs. C. M. Donnell, as chairmen. " By noon," says the writer, " Mrs. Mc- Creery presented a list of hospitals and other instutions ready to take care of flood sufferers, und bv 4 o'clock the tables in the church rooms were spread with a load of good things. It is im possible to give any idea of the lavish generosity of the people, not only in the lirst excitement, but extending for weeks. On Wednesday a bureau of information was formed, with Mrs. Dr. A. Easton as chairman. Belated trains made it noc cessary to keep open all night. The bureau of information wrote their letters to anxious relatives, searched for lost ones and helped to unite broken families. Hundreds of postal cards were sent and many heavy hearts relieved to know that the lost were found. Then an omnibus carried them, with their outfits in heavy paper bags to temporary quarters where they were welcome to stay until friends came, or railroad passes and money took them to their destination—some as far west as Nebraska, Wyoming or Oregon, and from Tcnnesse to Canada. " In fifty days 2,008 persons were cared for by the four departments—food, clothes, registry, and inquiry. Six hun dred applicants to adopt children were received and placed in the hands of the Chiklrens' Aid Society." Mrs. James B. Scott's account as Treas urer of the Woman's Johnstown Relief Committee shows the total receipts to have been $1,735.(50, and $45.70 still in the treasury February 15th. TREASURER THOMPSON'S REPORT. William R. Thompson, Treasurer, in his report, appends a very good idea of the material shape assumed by " the great wave of human sympathy and magnificent generosity." He goes on to say : " It was not long before complaints were made that tile money sent had not been contributed for sanitary measures, but for the relief of the sufferers. At this point—June 12th —Gov. Reaver as sumed control of the work, and the Citi zens' Committee instructed its treasurer to proceed at once to Johnstown and pay off the men it had sent there. It was es timated that SIIO,OOO would be needed to do this. Here a new difficulty arose. The express companies, having lost their of fices by tho flood, would not be re sponsible for money after the arrival of the train at Johnstown. Express safes were not to be liad. A hasty meeting of the committee was held—the treasurer was authorized to assume the risk, and to take such steps as were necessary to carry out the work. A pay car was secured ; the bags of silver and packages of bank notes laid on the floor for a bed, and at 9 p. M. the party left via. the Raltimoic & Ohio railroad, arriving at Johnstown ten hours later. There, under military pro tection, alter two days's work the great majority of the men were paid, besides some others who at first had offered their services gratuitously. TIIK GRAND TOTAL. " On July 20th the committee trans ferred to the credit of the Flood Commis sion the sum of $400,000, lo be distribut ed in the Conemaugh valley : and on Sep tember 28lh the additional sum of SIOO,- 000 was placed to the same account, mak ing a total of $500,000. " The work having been turned over to the commission, at your request,, the Mayor of Chicago, and the Governors of Ohio and Michigan sent representatives to audit the accounts, and Colonel William P. Rend, of Chicago, Auditor-General 11. A. Axline, of Ohio, and Hon. John K. Boies, of Detroit, wiih Controller E. S. Morrow, of this city, completed the work. In their report you will notice that all the moneys received by your committee were expended in the work of relief. The nec essary ottice expenses, clerk hiie, etc., amounting lo $O3l, having been defrayed privately. Thanks are due the press, which so materially advanced the cause by its patient, accurate work in giving to the public daily the names of contributors and the amounts given." FIGURES FOR IT. An itemized account is then given by the auditors. It shows that the total re ceipts passing through the treasurer's hands were $831,295 02; that $780,829 59 was expended, leaving $44, 400 03 in the hands of the treasurer. Of the amount subscribed $320!) came from outside the United States; the largest amounts came from Pittsburgh and Allegheny, being $2511,770; the uexl was Chicago, wilh $137,099. Of the $831,295, the sum of $500,000 was turn ed over to the Flood Commission and $217,029 paid out and expended by the committee. The largest expenditure is $33,300 for the labor of recovering dead bodies, and the next largest $40,902 for groceries. Fifty dollars was refunded because a man wrote that jie had sub scribed SSO more thau be qould afford. The committee beleving him sent buck that amount. An item appears in checks and drafts returned $704,75." Five hun dred dollars of this was a subscription from the Grand Council of the I. 8. of 1., the treasurer of which absconded with the money. There is a balance of $44,400. About SSOOO of it was retained in the hands of of the treasurer to pay certaiu laborers who have never come for their money. The $30,400 was turned into the hands of the Flood Commission. Wliat a Man Knjoyn. The meetings held every Sunday after noon, at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Associatien, 170 Alain street,are conducted in away that all men enjoy. Everything is brief. The talks by young men are short, and the music is appro priate and varied. J. D. Schrccongost will conduct the service to-morrow after noon at 3:30 o'clock, and all who attend will find a welcome. Strangers may feel the meeting is for them. May Mean Something. Vice-President Staokhouae, Resident Director AlcMillen, General Alanager Ful ton, General Superintendent Fronhoiser and Superintendent Krcbs of the Gautier Department, all of the Cambria Iron Com pany, wont over to Cumberland yester day. The object is unknown to those outside of the company. THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR. LUt of Commonwealth Oases to he Contdd ered at the Coming Regular Term of Court, Commencing Monday, March 3, 1890. Commonwealth vs. Adam Smith, illegal liquor selling ; Constable's return ; C. A. George, same ; William Met/gar, same ; George Brandt, same ; Gebhardt Bender, same ; John Leahey, same—two cases. The above six cases are from Lilly bor ough, where the constable seems to have been on the alert. Commonwealth vs. Henry Melhorn, f. and b.; Margaret Mullen, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. John Cravcr, same ; Mary Green, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. James Weakla'ldet al, aggravated assault and battery, three cases ; Hill Parker, L. C. Woomer, Wil" liam Donahue, and A. J. Miller, prose cutors. Commonwealth vs. Augustine Salts! giver, malicious mischiet; P. Marx, pros ecutor. Commonwealth vs. Jeremiah Lavely, same charge ; Wm. F. Cook. Esq., prose cutor. Commonwealth vs. John McMullen, highway robbery. Commonwealth vs. James Lang, sale of liquor to minors ; S. Mateer, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Robert L. Hunt, f and b.; Eliza Stifle, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. William Baker, ag vatcd assault and battery ; Annie Prank liauser, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Leslie Whittaker, f. and b.; Lizzie Gardner, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Prank Kinney, ag ravated assault and battery ; T. Colser, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Chas. Daly, surety of the peace, J. Malcomsen. prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Joseph Donahoe, f. and b.; Emma P. Long, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Geo. B. Richards, maintaining a nuisance : Fred Jackel, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Lute Durbin, maintaining n nuisance; Fred Jackel, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Catharine McClos key, larceny ; Ellen Dras, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Patrick S. Leonard, criminal assault; Jennie Porter, prose cutrix. Commonwealth vs. Jas. Edwards ct al., larceny ; John Steuger, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. George Jones, lar ceny ; Bethelc Hoffman, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Michael llohan, et al., larceny ; W. A. Iloran, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. John Tracy, et al., larceny ; A. W. Houtz, prosecutor. Conunouwialth vs. Frank Beamish, et al., larceny : C. E. Chapire, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Patrick McGowan, mnbeious mischief; A. J. Anderson, pros ecutor. Commonwealth vs. John A. Anderson, shooting with intent to kill ; George Smith, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. George Jones, et a!., larceny; W. A. Kiwis. prosecutor. Commonwealth vs John Tracy, lit a!., same ; James Quiioi, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Augustine Fresh, larceny : Joseph Wyland, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Elswoith Coulter, f and b.; Rebecca Brown, piosecnlrix. Commonwealth vs Clius. Barnliardland Conrad U, igle. larceny: Amtin Ncary, prosecutor. Common wealth vs. Ilcn.v Von Alt nnd Ellen Aubry, open lewdness : John W. Parks, prosecutor. Common wealth vs. Fran I; Huberts, burglary ; I'M. Cotmery, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Joseph Lytic, larceny ; W. 11. Hughes, prosecutor. Commonwcnlth vs. John O'Donnell, larceny ; Dan. Lysctt, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Henry llrown, burglary : J. S. Ashbridgc, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Isaiah llaer, assault and battery ; John Kuntz, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Geo. Stibich, f. and b.; Elizabeth Fleck, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. .Samuel Secly, desertion ; Ellen Seely, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Russel Alackin. f. and b.; Alice Ross, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Ilarry L. George, same ; Sidney Alikln, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Harry Somervillc, surety of the peace ; Mary A. O'Neil,pros ecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Alary A. O'Kcil and Frank McMahor, selling liquor without license; J. D. Reese, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Joseph Luther, assault and battery ; Eiizabalh Bear inger, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Elmer Sceley, in corrigibility ; Henry Alaley, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. John Skulk, felon ious assault; John Henly, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Samuel J. Buck, f. & b.; Alary Fcighner, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Bertram Simon as sault and battery ; Francis Stein, prose cutor. Commonwealth vs. Thos. A. Brown, embezzlement; Peter Kobine, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. John Copenhaver, embezzlement; E. F. Spencer, prosecu tor. Commonwealth vs. Conrad Weigel, lar ceny ; C. A. Bernhardt, prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. Lewis Fulner, se duction nnd bastardy ; Lizzie Ileitfelder, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Robert Barklay,'et al., malicious mischief, Margaret Schaad, prosecutrix. Commonwealth vs. Charles Ligand, as sault and battery ; R. F. Shepard, prose cutor. Commonwealth vs. Grant Yurner, f. r gelling in gri i weisjlil under which she li:i- !'eee 1-ih'u uie on nreounl of llie sor row "! Mr. Edwards' family. I'oil e Week* 111 Court. A | eeial lerm ■ 1 <■ lirl lu-Mm. i Eh eitsburg io flu v. A munier of co i i., ni-il Ciei- v ill he eoiisi.li red. lie •est Alo il iv the tegular Aiieh term of two ci k will begin. This term is ii-ii-illy of gti at ilileresi to the pros pi olive o.iiidiihili s fur county offices, who are always in alleiuhince, taking advant age of tlio opportunity to see so many of their " friends." Oil Monday, March 17ib there will he license court. In this many of onr feoplo are much Interested. A verv large list of applications will he presented, the number from this city not being di minished very much by the SSOO license. A Cure for Diphtluo la. Scientific American. The following remedy is said to he the best known, al least is worth trying, for physicians eem powerless to cope with the disease successfully. At the first in dication of diphtheria in the throat of a child make the room close; then take a tin cup and pour into it a quantity of ta.i and turpentine, equal parts. Then hold the cup over a fire so as lo fill the room with fumes. The little patient, cn inhal ing the fumes, will cough up and spit out all the membranous matter, and the diphtheria will pass oIT. The fumes of the tar and terpentine loosen the matter in the throat, end thus afford the relief that has baffled the skills of physicians. The Stoneycreek Water Company of Mox liaiu Purchased l>y tu Johnstown Water Company. The Johnstown Water Compauy has purchased the pipe Hues and franchises of the Stouycroek Water Company of Alox liam. It is the intention to connect the system with the main from Milcreek reservoir, thus guaranteeing the people of Aloxham an ample water supply. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Tim Following limn ltccn Gruati'd Since Onr Lait Report. (Alexander Napier It en so reek (Hannah Dlelil lieoscreek (Francis P. Allien Gallltzln (Laura E. Parrlsn Gnlllizln llionry SuUmlUer...._ Cambria \Jettio Deveny Morreiiviue (Josiali Wlngard ttlchland twp (Mary HarsUbergor lUchlaud twp (.(. I). Ford Johnstown (Elite Shaffer Wl'more (Alonza B.Taylor Giubbtown \Clara Jano Miller sionyoreek twp (Charles J. Mayer ..Johnstown (Kate spltzbart Johnstown (Emanuel Roddy Upper Voder twp (Mary Ann Uofecker Upper Yoder twp (Abraham Homgardncr ..Richland twp (Annie Blough coue.unugh twp (Daniel H. Wyondt Franklin (Margaret Al. Parks Franklin WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON. I). C., Feb. 22, 1890. 'lotm. tidrtnroftlw JohnMoiou Democrat. Mr. Harrison lias been laying wires tliis week that will result in his con trolling the Pennsylvania delegation to the next National Republican Conven tion. lie returned to the White House to-day from Pittsburgh, and from the pleased expression ou his face when he got oil the train, he evidently thinks he succeeded. What Senator Quay, who is now on a risking trip to Florida, will think of this invasion of his territory can not be said, but he will certainly smile very broadly at the idea of Mr. Harrison or Mr. anybody else controlling the Penn sylvania delegation without his assistance. He owns the Pennsylvania Republican machine. Politics have got into the contest for the World's Fair, which opened in the House yesterdav, and which is to be finally decided next week. Members of both parlies fear the effect its locution will have upon the next Presidential con test, and those best informed now be lieve that Unless the fair is held at Wash ington it will not be held at all. Mr. Carlisle says it cannot constitutionally be held under tiie control of the Govern ment. anywhere but in the District of Columbia. Mr. Mills heads about sixty members who are opposed to its being held at all, and he expects to be joined by enough disappointed members, after the si'e is selected, to defeat the bill provid ing for the fair. That's the present status, by Monday or Tuesday some soit of combination may be made to change it. Mr. Wanamakc r's scheme for a cheap postal telegraph system between all cities having a free delivery seems to be very favorably received, and it ts generally be lieved that Congress is disposed to give ' it a trial. The pension appropriation bill for the uext fiscal year has been reported to the House. It is for $98,427,401, nearly $17,- 000 000 more than that passed by the last Congress, and still the cry for a service pension lull carrying an additional amount of $110,000,000 a year is reverberating through the corridors of the capitol. The gentlemen favoring this last measure do not tell where the money is to come from. It certainly is not in the treasury or likely to be in it. The Republicans of the House propose taking up the contested election cases as soon as the World's Fair question is set tled. There are four reports waiting to be acted upon, and strange to say, oue o* them confirms the claim of the Democratic contestant. The Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, in order to make a reduction of about SOO,- 000,000 in the tariff, propose to suspend the sinking fund act, which requires about s4o,oQi) t Ooo a year. The only thing that they are agreed upon is the repeal of the toi.aeco tax. They are now engaged in trying to get up some sort of a compro mise as to the sugar tariff. Jay llubbell. who a few years ago posed as the boss of the Republican party, is In r in the interest of the bill providing for the purchase ol the Portage lake canal, connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. l'he bill transferring the weather bureau to the Agricultural Department ! A ill be reported to the Senate next week. ! lis pas .'.go i- regarded us certain. l'he investigation of the Civil Service C uiiuii-sion opened quite lively, and Mr. j l.y n.iiii is far from being happy; he was | : ompciii'd to acknowledge that his brother -law stole a set of questions and furnish- ' ! ol them to a woman who afterwards ob tained a position through the knowlede she got from the stolen questions. He also apkiiolcriged tiiat the stealer of the ques tions was afterwards promoted. How Ly man can be kept on the Commission after thi3 without making the whole busi ness more of a laughing stock than it al ready is, is more than ordinary folks can see. The committee will hold another meeting Monday. The Woman's Rights anuual convention ended a four days session to-day. Several of the speakers predicted that women would vote in less t.iaiitcn years. The British extrad' '!. m treaty, which the late Senator Riddleberger succeeded fit defeating last winter, has been ratified by the Senate. A yuecr Oversight. The Assessor who omitted to place forty-eight lots on the assessment list in the part of Stonycreek township, which was annexed to Johnstown, would give Hcury George a setback, if the reformer knew of the procedure. Mr. ' George says that land is the easiest thing in the world to tax. It can not be hidden or smuggled. Somehow or other the Stonycreek township Assessor failed to see these forty-eight lots. When our city Assessors come around those lots will be seen, and assessed too. Another Fatality at Mo.