iH
sak
oy BoBTC rchi g for a friend, and my. heart
. 5 gomanl’s §
; | toiser
aes
se coffin, and:
OS
Aiba sine the:woodaabout amile hsther ap, [
2
- the coffins.
«man ‘to be wrapped in ‘his'blanket and
: hed at hand.
outside.
A DRUMHEAD.
A Pathetic Little Story of the Civil
War Told by M. Quad.
1 2G 1 ¥
i “brought
«7 In a. young: man
Ne “our _ front.
Ne wore a “mixed
Bh
£1 those: belonging: to the 2k:
mmands, He had on blue trous-
ers, a butternut jacket and a hat that
belonged to either side.
They said he was a spy. They said
it carelessly enough, but there was an
awful significance in the term at that
hour. In camp he would have been
searched He gated and imprisoned.
ks before his |
WO-MOTTOWs., T3l
trial for the spy.
How speedily everything: was, ar-
ranged. T wis at headquarters ind Saw
it all. Within half an-sheure:a ggeur
martial was conv — 8
officers who looked into the face of the
oung man at first with interest—then
ith omothng hike bs T ll
~ said a young man. Tuy ¢ 5
was a boy of 17 or 18g )
eyes, chestnut curls and
was as smooth as & girl's,
handsome he and’ T §ehiove's every man
e rode to Headquarters, and when
the General saw him the same dialogue
quarters, and don’t you ever disch
a piece of artillery again, wi
orders from Headquarters.” 8
this meet the 8.58 of Lieut. Potts,
bs tochear
James , Co.
| claims he fired the fir
| tle ofthe Wilderness,
HiGordonsvilla’ Plank Ros
| was the writer's 1egi
‘Early’s Division in fore
»the skirmish. dine in
lieves that: the ar
his regiment, but of t
Sait having: been wou
he is not cer,
ded aban! un
Ce Ho
enlisted 1 in Co, E, 58th Pa., 18613 was
transferred bv order of the War De-
partment to Battery D, 4th U. Sadr
re-enlisted Feb. 1, 1864, and wooed
charged Feb. 1, 1867; making a, con-
tinuous term of five years, three months
and 27 days.
Another Youngest.
Ee , Gausz, 603 North Jind)
Kan,
1864, having served:
! Gi ap ‘days.
+» THE NATIONAL GAME,
* ‘SAryusr, the actor, is for. is a baseball rank.
CLEAN scores in the error column are fre
ot & guent,
: Tae Pittsburgs have seven loft handed
atters.
YOUNG, C Cleveland's winning pitcher is a
. BROWNING has been unconditional Hon
41 1eased by Louisville.
o, the
rge of ih a spy? No ropI
"Phe officers looked ‘at’ each other
+ and nodded, and the president, waved.
his hand. It didn’t seem a minute be-
“fore a file'ofHoldiers came. The face ‘of
ithe boy grew white, but hemoved like
ne in a dream. His big blue eyes
earned to cry out that ho was “only a
boy and ought to be given moze time,
foils hs Tramp! Tramp! It was the
iigfching Nino pts the afk,
a Tie this bgndkerchiof over
auth omit Ry its,
ibronght a lantern. y. dts
ey bo ‘the big blue eyes for the |
Jot time ag they looked around inal
’ I wanted to shout to the
rn him that it wa 1 it
ito prove that! he lwas: not)
believed him to be, but the
of the scene’ Peo my
i AEE ih
i Atten. |
|i tion! Redo ancl RIF
Ten minutes later the officer in
. charge of the firing party touched bis
«sp and reported: %
_“Ordersthate been Sxcoutél, sid’
“Any further evidence?”
“No, or except tha
i Pong 3
Stine'y Yoniying ?
With the troops or the retreat of
ank?s army from the Red, River was
tHe 21st' N.Y. battery; commanded by
Lieut, Potts. The batteries of the di.
vision were short of men, and infantry
were:d tuiledifiom a Mai iment
se with the battery: | D be the
fast days of the march one o
@ Was t taken sic his fed
ag and tl or Yoo
or re days. en we reached Stns
porthe died; ob
untik we resche
The army reached there before
nartermaster’s boats, which contained |
Laeut. Potts ‘cansed the
>
‘buried inside the levee, some 80 or'40
rods from the river. The Colonel of the |
\regiment, on hearing of the disposal of
the than’s Femaing, ‘Went to Genbral Li,
who issued an order that the man be
disinterred,. and xeinterzed within a;
Here was a poser for the ‘Licutenant,
He studied Army Regulations: fo (find |,
out what was required in such cases.
uld find po futhorifgiior ® {de-
bury au artillerist.s He. deter,
mined to bury him with the facilities |
hests taken from s
.caisson, disinterred the Has, placed
him upouw it, and takings hisgartiHery:
started off outside the Tevee to a
“beautiful live-oak “about one-half "a’
mile distant. The rebel pickets were
“who were
Sommanded, b
3 Be
All was quiet along the Tas when |.
uddenly ‘bangl? . went. the: artillery
The roll wa d
Aids were dispatched “to'f th
battery was firing, when “bang!” went
ked upon one after . another, ‘as if |
na od 1:5: to
t hel T ayoung |
ES
‘the dev
Sa
IRIN AE ee
DLL is plavie a phenomenal, cand
§ was the only home club LL
Canvass Hag shut out four tonne with:
‘out a rum and two without a hi
CAPTAIN ANSON, of Cricago, a few. days
ago celebrated his is fort birthday,
GLEASON, of St ily was the Hirst
pitcher to be knocked out of the box. : Ly |
‘Tum bitter rivalry between the, Cincinnati
* and Pittsburg clubs is something awful.
BALTIMORE'S: most” promising pitcher'is 4
youngster— Cobb, from the Pacific slope.
Ii Tionisville they think Meokid’and Grim
will bi cne of the star patigries of the
ec from Ho e Keele, of’ Phila-
ge pie, pitch ae 3
NET of Pi
*‘eharley ‘horse,
for some time.
Jonx ¥. 'MoRRILL, the old Bostbn. players
has, been secured, as coach for r the Harvard
College basebal amd As TA are nin
aon jud Jon that Meekin, :of the
Hibs, os on one of the hardest ‘pitchers in
the rt ake hit safely, ¢
' 6 Cincinnati, never hee bets
ma
sl
openiul Soi a
ty; iy, Hariion i umberb; |
eh has been removed from the
cota of the St. LonisiBrowis. St
is Ei in a of the team.
Ansofi,. of Chicogh!’ 1s a
se; the £ ying the ‘ball
rd dis
a of Potter
Fs to pay
is a:
bat, if not
team i ein country.
between Hamilton, °
and Brown, of Loui$=
he pase stealing record this
? hes an (old-time
» pi so be, unable fo “play:
¥
lyns..are. as. Strong. behind,
stronge tha
so astonished at the good
* Galvin, of the Pittsburgs.
ve. as the best of
ab © Boy le will ‘do’
New Yorks
i, ex-| fish of ond
time game again.
took part in five
Ry eerviol rd fy .
‘THE silk banner won by the Clevelands
at Hot Springs, Ark,, for defeatin,
Chicagos in a series of games will be Ee
from the Court House tower in Cleveland. .
Canavan, Chicago's new man, is wen
six'years ‘old. Last year he ‘played in 185
gal made :103 runs, took bases on alls
forty-five times, Stole t thirty-six bases, m
i gacrifice hits and had a nade
.average i 4
Ww WARD DURRELL | F6Gently
died at ve Italy, of congestion of the-
brain. He had been for five years the great-
est. Princeton College baseball player, and
for three summers past the ti of the Cape |
Ri Ha %
aly AmooRpl, | %
Clubs. Won. Lost. 838
3 ueville
Now Ok :
Hal
Si Inoinua
Hip
Parti cular, if
When Miss Frere. was, traveling in
Austral a, some years ago, she was
greatly” impressed with the excellent,
manner in which . Sunday « was kept.
‘One. aspeet of the. case, however, she
found a little comical.
#On'the frst Sunday of our Stay to
Brisbale ‘I was summoned to a mys-
terious interview with our Jandlady.
another Toles: The ‘battery was
a NS :
4 object to Baving
inner.
Ds
gle wished,
idy
v esho
fs on hd
k dinner
i@| fhe “heavy “diet”
(Boston he is all
took place. The General saw his fopt
was in it. He finally said: “Go to £
oh ab!
¢ 4 it goes well with
~ If one must put up
. ti jgoatting, one
via Peas oul oh PY a pro-
woking il wa iy of ‘bub Sh won in the
No one can
«The firm, fine
| pleasure. to
_ BOILED ogERNS IN SEASON,
‘Kt this Season the trie Value of boiled
“aaah should ‘be'npprectated. After
‘of winter; the’ homely
wild herbs; dandelion; “ragweed: ‘and
4
teady, should got be-despised: * :
lion. is éspeeially waludble asa:tonic, aud
for boiling if is extensively, gathered
people he sub Albany for
Jparket 1
d greens pr
t you know. nothing about, the are
£ iat many wild plants, ‘comparative
‘unknbwh;’ which are" valdable | in greens
‘Sorrel i¢ Bol * regularly in the’ Ee i
‘and vis very much used. Tt 18 sim pl;
.vatietywof the sheep-Sorrel of the ©
| fry fields, but it i8:not to. be confounde
with the oxalis, also called sorrel, whic!
. | is quite a different. Plastodipaty a
Y. ) Hs
FITTING Te, EE cuBsT-ROOM,
In fitting up a guest-room, says Home
and Society, theme are many: little, com-=
forts needed by a traveler whieh it is
pleasant to have in place. One of the’
| most important articles, which is: often.
forgotten; ds the writing. desk. There
should'be' a ‘little desk, fitted: up with:
pens, ink and stationery and: noe FE
every: «Such
| niture should I
| too much room.
‘ ‘There are many.
Ee . uy
ruse ‘of such ‘a guest.
made in such’ dainty forms at [presstt
that they are a pretty bit of bri¢-a-b
- when-not-in-use; Among the prettiest
adil on are; the sige] hes which
a soft, ce a the
he
lamp is that’ % sheds no impure gas as
larger lamp does when furned low. The
night lamp is turned up to its fullest-exs
oil enough to last for a Bighhs ».
a
“AN OLD'FASHIONED LURCH. ;
[fashioned lunch. A lunch
“flowers: shall ba
"own ‘against’ the best Fretich extra
L|-ever. heuleds and at w jo ‘the ‘yiands
sh ill be eat bisc
sit ax chicken,
ne ream ;, pink bam I ‘omelettes:
| light .as-air,. pa hommade cakes, ‘a
Af shat royal -dessert. known as floati
island? Have women, by the way, hs,
isyof tures who
| fashitbed’ dainittes? Does the feminine
epicure prefer a croquette de volaille to
a breast of chicken powdered with ‘Hour |
and fried in thick creamt Isa made-
laine or: tutti frutti really better to her
“than a floating island “whose “islands are
lampsof whipped cream? If so, she is
to be, pitied. Not all the old things are
‘best, but “among those that will never
be improvod on are homemade beat: bis-
cuit and their proper accessories. New
Orleans Picayune.
RECIPES.
ak Supper Dish-~Beat' six eggs and
melted butter, two of grated cheese and
saltand pepper to taste. Melta little but-
ter in a frying pam, turn in the mixture
and. fry - lightly, stirring. meanwhile.
Take trom the fire while rather soft.
Drop, Biscuit—One quart flour; two
{teaspoons ‘baking powder; & lump of
lard the size of a walnut, one teaspoon
salt; mx the baking powder well in the
flour by sifting, and add the salt.’ In
cold weather have the shortening
warmed,.s0..that it will mix e
water enough to make a tiff )atter; stir
awe
hot oven.
gi cor eight:
Balt o a pin
pomht cross the grain, leaving the pi
rx
nas Crossw
and, Ros; grate it, Take
in a layer of o
a yor oF ine sugar,
Dineapples with plenty of sugar; fill the
over the.tep«pile
fresh-grated cocoanut.
fore you wish to use it.
Va
> fa vi
get 1 and ring ud 7 the
ye flow.
‘and’ pour'water
all drippi pins
the pot wi
hot water to cover it."
until ‘tender. “Toast bread
platter:
Bute
in the
from ‘them.
new mil Tok ad
‘purslan &;- plantains ~ and" dther greens¥
{which ‘come béfore thergarden spinach isi: |
Dangle: 1 ;
either bleached 88 asalad Oras ¢tgreens’y
without some dim’
Hoht burning in the room; and a night |
Tamp should be on a stand, .ready for the
Night lamps are.
tent and therefore sends out no sch port pl :
unwholesome gad. It should contain just
. Hs does. not some fashionable woman
enture;upon the experiment of: an old- |
3 at which the |
the “sweet cabbage}
1'roses; that for perfume will “hold their
addsa tablespoonful of minced young
onions and one of parsle7, two ounces of
all i pion with a spoon and drop inte
~greased” dripping pan; bake in a
irui¢s ‘Balad-wAdlow: ~six-sweety, Juicy 42
Tige bananas aud &
9s peel ‘and: slice te Pelee dread vi
Tg in one piece peel._and slice the
Eh a ih a Sep HN dish, |
Peel’ and dig: poh the eyes oe the pine-
. ideep
then a layer of
bananast with sugar, | lastly a layer of
dish with alternate layers of fruit, then
{This should be. prepared two hows be-
IE os
schicken and: fry a light
gay rk and orkid in'a pot
frying pan to get
"Pour this in
chicken with enough more
‘Cook slowly,
and lay it on
r ; on this 3
3 rest in. Nhe
egy: ‘boat: To make the gravy: stir
1a tablespoonful ot flour in a cupful of
“thie | to be publishied i in Canada gt Shindy made
is Sunday
BEYOND OUR BORDERS,
The warehouses of Mebia, Escobar aro
Albetto Salinas . at San Salvador were «¢
stroyed by fire Sunday.. Other houses a+
joining wereheavily damaged: ‘The lossis
$300,000. - Three - persons were’ killed an
several wounded by falling’ walls,
Twenty-four lives were lost i in a tenement
house fire in St. Petersburg Wednesday.
John H. Hartnup, chief astronomer of
Birdtown Observatory, England, fell from
the summit of the observatory and broke
his neck. :
Ab Melbourne the results of the elections
for members of the Legislative Assembly aré
known in 85 out of the 95 districts. The figs
ures indicate a victory for the ‘Governmerit,
who have gained 39 seats. The opposition
have won'16 Seats and the Labor party 10.
A terrific storm, causing the death of six
persons-and destruction-of much property,
_preyailed in Trent, a city in the Tyrol. The
Ww blew = oy nog As far as
nl 8 h NY Aa
eA
¥
at ‘Hermann-
bes Shs and
¢ sl Ai the snow
ayers earth-
ch ov nvestigation of thal ! oribelslé:
ief Cashier Jaeger, of the Roths-
. Joanking house, - at Frankfort,
indicates that the, losses of the
‘will be at least 2, 250} 000 marks. ,
c has fled.
ficial telegram from: ie, the capi-
*of Annam,, fells of an accident. by |
‘whieh over a score of lives “were. lost. On
. April. 20:a sloop, the property of the Messa-
geries Fluyiales, foundered in _ the River
“@laire and 80 Soldiers'aboard’ the vessel were
«drowiied, together, with the, gepiain.
“ANOTHER "MINE
AR ci i oa faa Others
HORROR.
i flooding of part ¢ i workings of ‘the
Lytle Coal Company's coltiery, seven
‘miles . from . Minersville.” Ten men
lost thet lives while the lives of the
es and the ei The
“£0 arayelli, were
Ew . one hundred
‘engag
\ f the main
and 4 ve fe
slope, whic is dov
tase! Bg night, C
t dhs gang of la-
“Jose a,’ 3 and tz Perona, Peter
Olests.’ Joseph eich 12 Frank. Vegetta
Peter. Makoto and Dommic Uguilla. hey
“were engaged in ivi a gangway in the
OO EOF iR: Sr “2 Eeruyis married
and hag ii i Bu, ugey is the son
Cu a widowed mother and was’ erionly ‘sup-
eral immense umps
i gallons a 5.0 ol Ti
gir Biot deen mine, Tp 2
s.and two yA mericgn
wn
ne of the ! oh) W.
the. mine, was rescued last n
The water that caused the it
‘in'trom i old'working, Ew Rhstan ing the
operators had taken every precaution to pre
vent such an accident Tr constantly kee
grilles) driven 3head to a disiarice of.
feet,
a!
ihe” aife ;
coRtiitr Scud L Zeghy: Juiners; Al-
ch lifting a
2% Tower ig.
Ta undoubt-
33 ai taught in
A TERRTE Te AFFRAY.
SRI A]
" "Three Men Killed in a Row at’ Fairmodt
» i "Welt Virginia.
Fanon W. Va, April 25-Three men
were killed here last evening in a drunken
row. Two daysago three framps, who had
kidnaped two boys from Saginaw, Mich.,
came to Fairmont and camped near town,
keeping: the ‘boys: in «confinement. Last
eveningthe gang was joined by a mannamed
Tracy, of Dunbar, Pa. A row was started
sand the gang: turned their ‘pistols on one
another. Tracy was’ killed, one tramp was
: shot; throagh the deft nipple and another
had his jugular vein cut. The name of one
of the tramps.is given as Tracy.
DELIRIUM MADE HIM A FIEND,
A Russian Imperial Offizer Chops His
Wifato Pieces and Drowads His Children,
St. PETERSBURG, April 25.—All circles: of
"'gociety here are’ greatly perturbed over a
horrible deed committed by the choirmaster
of the privaie chapel of the Imperial Palace
at Peterhof. While in a delirious frenzy he
murdered his wife, after which he chopped
her body into fragments; which the burned
in astove. He then threw his three child-
ven into-an adjacent Tiver: 4
git
New Indian Lands . Without.a Shot
KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA, April 25.—Satur-
day after hearing from every por tion of the
Territory, Governor Seay sent the follow-
ing telegramito Secretary Noble:
KINGFISHER, April 22, 1892.
Ho SEAL Noble, Secretary. of the Interior;
All aehivgron. along ‘the Potomac, Not a riot,
« the ' country.
in the new
HE “civil'and military,
so far as known, have done their whole
duty. N ached me from
o.comp.aint I
any section. R hap BAY, Sa
Fin Mills Coming fo
oy a
ert a $e British: tin
plate resulting from the working of the
McKinley. tariff, the proprietors of a num-
ber of the largest tin-plate factoriesin Wales
intend to erect works in America.
‘Three Boys Smothered.
TORONTO, OnT., April 25. —While some
boys were playing'in 4 ‘Sand pit to-day a
slide océurred, covering a portion of the pit
to a depth of several feet and smothering
three boys named Alfred Lucas, Ernst Lu-
cas and Henry Prettie.
Higher Prices for Hard Coal.
New York, April 25.—The Western agents
of the anthracite coal producing companies
_ met here and decided to advance the price
of coal ab Western points twenty-five cents
MONTREAL, rid 25. a. first newspaper
te men are:
sbuildings trembled: perceptibly,
oto nig ht noth |
the e feht Ital- |
‘broke || turbance:
'ProspEoTS, hie
Thes Fall Sows Plant Suffared for Want
: of Protection.
Tar MONTHLY CROP ‘BULLETIN issued by
Secretary Rusk containg the following re-
ports from state agents onthe condition of
winter wheat;
PENNSYLVANIA.—Generally the condition
of the soil was favorable to seeding and
germination. On the whole the winter has
hardly been favorable forthe plant. There
has not been‘as much’ covering by snow - as
desired andthe present ‘condition of the
plant is much below the average.
West Varcista.—The soil. was AREER:
able to beth seeding and germination. ‘The
ground was “extremely dry generally and
germination was very uneven. There was
very little protection by snow and the plants
are short, but are starting’to grow under the
favorable weather of the “past few days.
‘Phe winter has been unfavorable for the
plant: Freezing and thawing have been fre-
quent, The early-sown wheat is looking
fairly well, but late fields are poor in many
places.
Omnro—Generally the soil was unfavorable
to both seeding and germination. The con-
ditions were more unfavorable to’ germina-
HEA
tion than to seeding. There was an average
snow for about twenty-five 'f
rotection by
ays. “Theplantis very small except in fa-
vored locations. Much damage has resulted
from thawing and freezing during the month
of March. he winter has not yet been ex-
ceeding severd and oe . wn. wheat that
made a good growth in the fall looks well,
but most of the crop was in poor condition
when’ + winter began. . The early-seeded
wheat seems to have done the best. ‘ Con-
siderable was sown" late to avoid the flies |
and grasshoppers. late sown; as a rule,
missed this year.
Regarding the condition of farm animals
the agents report as follows: |
PENNSYLVANIA-—OWin ng to the open winter
‘and the abundance and low prices “of all
kinds of grain, live Stock shows an average
condition: No have been more than
ually prevalent.
complaint swine being affécted with,
Suriethings Jdike carbuncle, producing blood-
oisoni
P OHIO ne condition of all kinds ‘of live
“Stock'is ted as comparatively favorable.
Feed has been plenty and cheap, and: more:
attention is paid to proper sheltering and
Fegan
in splendid condi-
tion. Sheep decreased
hoatsiiul ies during the latter part of the
winter, . Sheepmen have attributed this to
scab, but while this disease prevails to a con-
siderable “extent careful investigation in
many cases proved the cause to be a louse of
a white color with brown head. and so small
as to be hardly noticeable. e shee
inclihed to rub themselves aha pu
This gives them the app earance of he:
Oita with scab while in reality the
in nis sooth and clean. Hogs arein ex-
cellent: condition.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS,
Considerable Daridge Done’ to: Towns
in Califérnia.:
8AN Francisco, April 20.=The heaviest
earthquake experienced in California’ since
1868 occurred sQorily t before. 3 o'clock ‘this
morning, The ‘country within thirty miles
of San Francisco ‘was visited by a shock
are
“which "varied “m intensity ' at different b
of large,
points. In this city a number” o
but the
only one to ‘sustain: damage ; was: the old
church building: which: until: lately: Had
been occupied by the Academyof Sciences:
and the front wall of . which. gave’ way
tearing BW: the ‘balconies. The town
Vatavile, tuated in the Tears ‘of the
beautiful Vea valley, sixty-five miles from
San Frantisdo, was'the center ‘of the dis-
Vacaville ist'a’ totvn of 2,700
population’ and on ity main streets were a
number of brick buildings. : These wereall
either badly damaged or totally destroyed,
aswell asa numberof brick residences in
the town and vicinity.
Dixon and Winters, towns of about. 1; 000
inbabitdnts, located respectively northeast
and northwest of Vacayille and. within a few
miles of the Iatter place, were also the scene
of considerable destruction.” The Masonic
hall at Dixon, a two-story Trio block, was
ruined and its falling walls shattered the twa
adjoining houses. Similar reports are re-
ceived from 30 Rf towns in thei viein-
ity. Although SE pe rsons were injured
nobody was seriously hurt. Forty. guests
were in the two-story iiss hotel at Winters
the walls of 'whicli collapsed, and the faci
that no one was injured by the caving
of the walls was remarkable. Dama, apts
So far reported only amount to’ about $250,-
‘The banks of Putah creek, near Winters,
caved in and fissures o pened in’ the bottom |
of the creek. Three miles west of the town
an acre of ground caved into the creek, and
small fissures were made in the country. |
road.
Arnold school house was 50 badly wreck:
ed that the children had a holiday... #The
house of John Thiffel, between Vacaville
and ‘Winters, was destroyed by fire caus
by an overturned lamp. the occupants ‘bare
ly escaping with their lives.
FarrrieLn, CAL, April 20—At 2:50 this
morning . a most severe earthquake
shock was felt here, ‘Windows and glass
ware were broken, clocks stopped and stoves
were overturned. The brick’ M. E. ghurch
isa total w
CONDITION OF OF BUSINESS. |
General Trade is Good, Despite Several
Drawbacks
R.G. Dun & Co's Week! / Raview of Trade
gays: Bad weather has interfered with trade’
at many points and delayed seeding "at. the
: West. In that section, nevertheless, pros
pects are brighter and business is much
greater than last year. At the Bast improve.
ment is more moderate and . yet the aggre-
gate of transactions is quite. clear, though
the season is not the busy ‘one for some; im-
portant trades. * At'the Bouth there isa dis
tinctly better feeling, owing to the advance
in price ‘of cotton, but much the greater
part of the crop has been marketed, and
general business is not but Mgderately af-
fected.
Very little change igseenin tho stents 4 #
dustries, though the demand: for
some péints'distinictly improves.
‘Market for woolens is hardly signifiéant
iron at
at this season, but rather better:than a year:
ago, most mills being ‘well employed. Im-
proved demand is seen in cotton goods, and
rubber works are better employed than;
usnal at this season, , many points the
building trades show joa, activity.
Money markets have’
turbed and the supply ‘is:ample at all points
with a better demand at some. The stock:
market has been fairly = steady, though af-
fected by Richmond zinal delays and
by uncertainit ening! he import of the,
reduction of tolls on coal by the Pennsylya-
DE sinioss failures during the last seyen
for the United States 178, +}
i 201; as compared with 296
he week previous'to the Hen
. There has . been some
Wess. Vircivia—Horses, and cattle have
; come through the winter
in condition and |.
"of their a crusher at Virgin Tun,
:| misplaced
been "at all dis-!
Property IN Dogs—In the alli
case of “commonwealth vs. Depuy 3
lant,” the supreme court of
decided that dogs may be stolen. Not,
ever, with impunity. On the contrar
majority of the bench has ruled.
is such a thing as property in fou
beasts of the canine kind and ‘that the
passed to bring about this condition
does. not offend'ag sinst the Constituti
ennsylvania. The decision of the
wanna county courtis sustained.
1h one Depuy made off with a
dog of great value, viz: of the of
“and, when branded as a thief, clai
there was no law in the state maki
personal Lith Says the supreme
“We need not discuss the fale of the
dogs and the protection of sheep,’ the
section of which provides: ‘Thatall d
the commonwealth shall hereafter
sonal property, and subject to larcens
It is nrged that this act was unconstiti
al, ilo the reason that the said
section six is not fully expre: 1
We cannot assent to this
pron fy when the legislature seeks
tax upon what was not pro !
common law, we think it entirely'g
to the object of the act to. declare tha
property taxed shall hereafter be.
property and a subject of larceny.’ ?
Soe boys picked up an empty. zit
cerine can. while out Bn
county and built a fire to blow it np.
glycerine exploded and the boys to
can off the fire. One of them,
Shutt, threw a (stone at it.
enough os erine left to make a
losion, which blew a section of the
SpE groin. He is dangerously
DIPHTHERIA i is. raging at 0 io Erle
cases are reported from the little
and one death, a little girl, occur
from the disease.
+ Dogs killed 20 sheep for Joh. n 6,
near Uniontown,
from it the train pt and threw hin
der the wheels. His head was¢
all shape. ..He had:been on, the
two months. His home is at Me
Misses Erna AND KATE CRON:
Allegheny, had an “unpleasant |
: while ‘visiting their sister, Mrs.
| Glenwood... They were asleep in a
bed when the ped ans they
prisoned until Mr. Hatz rel ig ;
chance being awakened by the no:
got af 3
a
CuARLES McCUNE, aged 13,
ing éntangled in the cogwhi
works nerr Dawson, on Tuesdry on
| wag ground. to a pulp in .the presery
father, ,
ATBERT Z1TMAN, the man who was
: of beating his wite and children an
ing an old aman. to the floor, got off ab
town by paying $20 and costs, ¢
MARGURRITE; the 22-year-old doughie
James P. Roe, died at. Pottstown from
effects of swallowing a 5-cent. Piece ab
week AZO: io or
{ Mush JosEPE Horriease died. near J
oni aged 90 years. :: *
Ina drunken row Wetwen! Slava
4 LL mines, “near: Monongahela:
man-‘was shot.in:the breast, anther 13
i leg, and a third had his hand cut ne rl
“Tre big Rovena Furnace” at New
which for two or-three years hi
Spcrated by the Olivers of Pibtsbi
i blow but to-day, the lease havin; exp
Two hundred and fifty men wilt ithe t
out of employment indefinitely !
CHARLES M CURE, :
and the Patines of his father in ¢
fguring mill, was caught in the mach 3
I
stantly killed. :
Ar Uniontown it was discovered thi
mine fire-which started: 20 years ago,
which was supposed to have been e
gtished at the time, is still burning, ai
consumed at least five acres of coal
discovery was made by. Mine Inspect
can. who went to the Stewart Coke: Work
investigate what was supposed to be a
gas discovered inthe mine. The gas ¢a
rom a strange stratum in thé coal, wh
the miners had just penetrated.
nounced it an old fire.
‘MircuAEL CARNES, living at Elizabet
came frightened at a steamboat, ju
“into” the Monongahela river and
drowned.
A FARMER near Greenville owns
legged calf.
Jostpm DEriAND, a Selgin, con coal ai
‘was instantly killed in Brier
near McDonald, by a fall of a
Tag trout season opened on the 15th
and from now until July 15 the speck
beauties can be canght without fear of
angler coming in contact with the law.
other kind of fish are allowed to be ca
however, until May 40, when bass,
catfish and suckers can be lawfully
ed’? out of the water. !
WLAN L. DAVES, a musician o
mouth, was struck by a passenger
the Deleware & Western andi Skilled
{ “A prRETGHT train on the Lehigh Valley
into a side track at. Slatington, owing
switch, and. struck. a
freight cars. Fireman John M.
Haston. ally har inthe wreck and se
if not fatally in ured. ;
HENRY DE. EGER, , of Kittan
while returning from Kjtannt
i ht, wa§ run over by a train’ and am
cut in ad Jet be lived 16 hours.
our childred
DURING a Hehe between siting em
of the Catasaqua Manufacturing Compé
and men filling their’ places, at _Allent
‘James Hayden: was kicked ‘and beaten
{death
‘Tar Hecla' Soke com pany, ‘Sonth
‘put up a notice that all their’ miners
use safety lamps. The company ha
one of the best lamphouses in the di
Jacos Kon, a hermit, who has it
Hdycock mountain, near Doylestown
the past 30 Jears; was found: dead
floor of his hut. His dog. w was Swat
: master sTemains.
JoserH TWOURNBKL, &
in the Lake Shore rl Mi
| railroad, was killed in the ya
wa coppisely beheaded.
: B. Horrer, for x the past 35
of oe Mt. Joy. ‘Herald,’ ed He
years old.
Prrzr Bamoan, a Baltimore’ and
mploye: , lay down on the tracks af
4 ¢ and was instantly killed.
Mgs.: Joserr Turrets of Altoona, ©
ed of feeling unwell and took a d
bottle of medicige. = i
Soon af t
Deed a few a,
J af were Thien vA prising