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the day.
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the effect,
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PORT.
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in the
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advanced
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rmination
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rge areas
to other
Missouri
plant was
damaged
her, In
ter great-
ther since
it of re-
me of the
diana and
1inch bugs
pal wheat
reported
r and un-
poor and
Irowning.
red a de-
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nst 85 for
re of New
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hwestern.
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uplands
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at, oats,
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lamage to
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delayed.
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"it after he was gone.
SINGING OF YOU.
Blossoms and blossoms and blossoms! and
birds singing of 'em so sweet !
Pressing the down of their bosoms 'gainst the
flowers that fall at your feet!
Clinging and swinging and flinging their
souls to the heavens so blue—
O, sweet to my soul is their singing,
because they are singing of you!
Singing of you
In the dawn and the dew—
Singing of heaven and singing of you!
Blossoms and blossoms and blossoms! and
just sparkling with beautiful pearls,
Twining themselves for your tresses, and fall-
ing and kissng your curls!
And all the birds swinging and flinging their
souls to God's heavens of blue,
And my soul dreaming soft in their singing,
because they are singing of you!
Singing of you
In the dawn and the dew—
Singing of heaven and singing of you!
—Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
BLACKMANS GULLY.
BY H. M. HOKE.
T wasa cold January
ight when James
Blake, on his way
to Mary Graham's
home, came
through the dense
woods crowning the
top of Blackman’s
hill. The night was
long remembered
in the neighbor-
hood. A heavy snow had fallen the
previous day, succeeded by a rain which
a sudden north wind had frozen to a
slippery crust. The moon, one night
on the wane, was a half hour above the
eastern mountain, silvering the long
stretch of snow, and turning the ice on
thetreesinto diamonds. Blake stopped
a moment on the summit of the hill,
to admire the spectral beauty of the
night, and to cast an awed glance down
to the hideous gully into which the
steep and jagged side of the hill fell.
The place was upon the farm of young
Rodney Blackman, and ever since the
accident death or murder of the elder
Blackman there many years before, it
had been regarded with aversion and
horror by the country folk.
It may be that Blake stopped, too,
more firmly to set his courage for his
errand. He was a prosperous young
mechanic in Templeton, the village
whose lights twinkled in the valley to
his left, and was going to learn Mary
Graham's final unswer to his declara-
tions of love. Beset by the customary
obstacles, the principal being elusive-
ness or coquetry on Mary's part, he
had wooed her for two years. He was
now determined to have the question
settled that night.
Mary’s father was a well-to-do far-
mer. Mary herself was a vigorous
country girl, who might well have been
an ideal of rural beauty, and who set
upon herself an estimate by no means
too low. She was not backward in
making known the standard by which
the successful wooer must measure.
‘Whether James Blake so measured was
a much discussed question in the lo-
cality. It was admitted that he was
an ideal of muscular and honest man-
hood, and if his means did not quite
equal Mary's prophesied dowry, he
had a capital of vigor and determina-
tion well worth #zking. into consider-
ation.
Another of the obstacles had been
set up by Farmer Graham. He declared
that, having no son of his own, the
man who won Mary must come and
live on the farm and learn to care for
To many this
would have been—and, indeed; was—
more of an inducement than an obsta-
stacle, but Blake was interested and
successful in his business enterprises,
and he stoutly asserted that the woman
he married must leave all for him. It
was to adjust this difference, as well as
to get & final answer from Mary, that
he knocked that bitter January night
at the front door of the Graham farm-
house, and was bidden ‘Come in!”
Mary sat knitting by the wood fire in
the capacious chimey place, and seldom
have hearth flames brightened a pret-
tier domestic picture. James put his
hat on the table, pulled a chair over
near her, and, after a few prelimina-
ries, began to state the purpose of his
call.
‘Mary, do you know how long I've
been coming to see you now?”
“It must be,” she replied, pausing
mischievously, as if she did not know
the exact time to the day, ‘a year,
anyhow, isn’t it?”
“It was two years ago yesterday.”
“Is it, indeed ?” she said, in captious
astonishment. ‘I wouldnt have
thought it.”
“Mary,” he 2zid, in mild censure,
“I'm serious to-night, and I'd like you
to be, too. I think you remember as
wellas I do that it’s two years since the
first night I brought you home from
the protracted meeting in Templeton.
I have told you often that I love you
and want you for my wife, but you
have been pleased to turn away the
subject, and I see you are disposed to
hold me off to-night. I want to tell
you that I came to get yes or no.”
He paused, and she looked up inreal
wonder at the decisive tone marking
the last statement.
‘Yes, I'm in dead earnest to-night,”
he continued. “What is your answer ?”
There was no sound save the click-
ing of her knitting-needles but she
gave hor head an independent toss,
and pursing her lips in like spirit, she
replied—
‘‘And suppose I don’t choose to give
you any answer to-night 2”
“Well, no answer this evening will
mean ‘no’ to me. You have had time
to find out if you can love me as go
husband, and if you cannot tell me
now I'll think you don’t want me, and
{ll never ask you again.”
‘Very well,” she said willfully, ‘‘youn
needs’ .
I==\‘not so anxious to go to!
Templeton to live anyhow. I'm satis-
fied here. There are plenty of young
men who'd be glad enough to come
here to live as father wishes. You are
the only one that refuses to, and I'm
sure no one is trying to compel yon.
Why, even Reginald Brown, with all
his money and his fine house, was here
this afternoon, and told me he was will-
ing to come any time.”
‘“‘Reginald Brown,”
contemptuously.
Brown was the richest young man of
the neighborhood, and therefore con-
sidered the best catch. It was asserted
that Mary Graham would never marry
Blake as long as there was a chance of
capturing Brown, and the former well
knew of such opinion. Brown uad
been West for a number of years, end
there had been whispers of wild, if not
criminal, doings there, but, in view of |
his financial worthiness, they remained
whispers and finally died away.
‘“Take care what you say about him,”
said the girl, a note of alarm escaping
her. ‘‘He was here to-day, as 1 said,
and he is very bitter against you. He
did not ‘threaten you openly, but he
said many things to show that he hates
you and that he means to be even with
you for the snub yon gave him at the
| meeting last week.”
| “Just like the coward,” Blake said
angrily, ‘‘to come with his threats to
a woman. Why doesn’t he come to
me and make them?”
| “Reginald Brown is 8 man not to be
defied,” Mary said, putting down her
knitting to conceal the trembling of
her hands, ‘‘and you had best not be
so outspoken. If he should hear you,
you might regret it.”
“‘Pshaw,”” he cried impatiently, “I’m
not afraid of him. If you want hia
Mary, just say so; don’t try to scare
m2 away.’’
She looked doubtfully at him a m™mo-
ment: then anger flashed over her
face, and she said :
“I’m not trying to scare you away.
Mr. Brown has probably the same
right to consideration as you. He
was here to-day, as I have said, just as
you came to-night, to get a final an-
swer from me.”
he exclaimed
“And what answer did you give
him?’ he asked impulsively. |
“Have you aright to ask that? But
I will tell you anyhow. I gave him
the same answer I will give you. I
will take my own time to answer. I
won't give it to anyone until. I am
ready. I have no answer to give you
to-night. That is your answer.”
The young n:an¥rose slowly, took his
hat from the table and walked toward
the door. Deep despondency was up-
on his face as he turned there, and
said :
“Mary, 1 see it all now. You love
Brown. You love him when he comes
to you, trying to win you by threats
of a rival. That isn’t manly.”
‘“‘Haven’t you done just as much?
You have called him names to-night.”
“He deserves them. I don’t fear
his threats and I'm going to leave you
to him. TI’ll take the liberty, though,
of saying that you’ll never be happy
with him. I repeat that he is a cow-
ard. Good-bye.”
He turned again, and, with sudden
impulse she moved one hasty step
toward him, but determination came
back to her face, and she restrained
her impulse and let him go out. He
hastened down the walk to the road,
and turned aside into the path leading
past Blackman’s Gully.
Mary walked back to the chair and
resumed her knitting, but soon let it
fell to the floor. She was restless:
looking into the fire a moment, then
rising and walking to and fro. Once
she put on her shawl and a red hood
and stepped to the door, but there she
stopped, took them oif, and with a
forced laugh said: ‘‘Nonsense, it was
only imagination, or the frost on the
pane,” and sat down again by the fire.
“Of course it was only the frost,”
she repeated. ‘I am like a child.
But I didn’t do wrong. If he is so in-
dependent about not wanting to come
here to live, I can be independent,
too. And then the way he demanded
my answer. I just won’t stand it, and
Ti-—-
She was interrupted by the distant
crunch of the frozen snow under run-
ning steps. They came rapidly near-
er, and when they turned into the
yard, sire leaped up and stood ready to
receive the comer. Her father hur-
ried in, his face pale and startled.
‘Mary, get a bed ready at once,”
he said. ‘“There have been terrible
doings this night.”
“What?” she asked forbodingly.
“You will know soon. A man has
been thrown over into Blackmean’s
Gully. As I was coming home I saw
him lying part way down the steep
side, where he had lodged against a
tree. It’s mighty lucky it’s moon-
light, or he'd have frozen to death, if
he’s not already. I roused the neigh-
bors and they're bringing him here.
Be quick and prepare the bed.”
“Father,” she asked, tremulously
catching his hands, ‘‘tell me right
out. It’s James; I know it’s James.
Isn’t it?”
‘Yes, it’s James,”
The willfulness with which she had
driven him away died now like a spark
on the hearth, and gave place to an
anxiety which would have rendered her
helpless to get ready for his coming
had not her father sternly bade her
obey.
The unconscious man was brought in
and placed in the bed.: While a
physician, who had accompanied the
carriers, was examining his injuries,
Mary followed the men down stairs.
She was thoroughly active and earnest
now, and calling their attention in the
sitting-room, she said :
‘‘Men, Reginald Brown has done
this. I know it. He was here this
afternoon and he threatened Mr.
Blake. Mr. Blake was here to-night,
and when I told him of Brown’s threats
he called him a coward. At the mo-
{ ment he called him a coward I saw a
face in the window there. I told my-
of the frost on the pane, but mow I
know it was Brown looking in. He
heard Mr. Blake call him a coward, and
he has pushed him into the gully for
that and other reasons. Go and do
your duty.”
The accusation was as a draft of air
upon their smouldering hatred of
Brown. The whispers of the life he
had led in the West sounded again in
their ears as loud corroborating voices.
There was not a man in the crowd tc
whom James Blake had not shown hil
fairness and generosity. Of cours
the scoundrel Brown had committe¢
this deed. He had thought to cove:
the act under the probability that s
man could easily slip into the gully on
such an icy night. One of the men, 8
burly, resolute fellow, who had often
denounced Brown, constituted himself
leader and marched the crowd off te
Brown's residence.
Notwithstanding his protestations of
innocence, he was rudely taken from
the house, hurried before a Justice,
and lodged in jail to await the result
of Blake's injuries. These were a
broken leg and rib, and an internal
injury which the doctor pronounced
serious. In addition, ke had been
almost frozen. Had he not prov-
identially lodged against a tree, he
would have been dashed to pieces on
the rocks in the gully, or, escaping
these, would surely have perished in
the awful cold of the night. The nar-
rowness of the escape sent a shudder
through all the community, and as the
facts of the case were freely and closely
discussed, opinion as to Brown’s guilt
became fixed, and indignation increased
as the horrors of a lonely death in
Blackman’s Gully were graphically de-
tailed.
Meanwhile, with remorseful solici-
tude, Mary Graham watched over
James through the long hours of un-
consciousness. He was near death;
but at last one day, when she and her
father sat by the hearth, talking in
alternate hope and despair, the doctor
came down from the sickroom and'told
them that the young man would live,
that he had just come out of a quiet
sleep; and that, in view of theserious-
ness of the charge against Brown, a
question as to his guilt would not harm
the sufferer.
Mary and her father ascended to the
sickroom, and James feebly welcomed
them.
‘“James,” said the farmer, ‘do not
excite yourself at the question I am
going to ask. You know, I suppose,
that you were found down in Black-
man’s Gully. A man is in jail accused
of pushing youn down, and a word from
you will decide his guilt. - Did Regi-
nald Brown push you into the gully?”
“Brown push me into the gully?”
Blake repeated, weakly, but in great
surprise. ‘*“Why, what made you
think that? = Of course he did not. I
was careless, and I slipped on the ice
and fell dowh myself.”
Farmer Graham hastened away, and
James, reaching out his trembling
hand, asked:
“Mary, I know I mustn’t talk, but
how about my answer? Areyouready
yet?”
> “Oh, James, how cruel I was to
you,” was all she could say; but he
knew from it what the joyful answer
was-—an answer which he was only too
glad to meet by relinquishing his re-
solution not to come and live on the
farm. —Yankee Blade.
ee errr
Cast-Iron Pillars.
¢“Have you ever noticed,” said a St.
Louisan, ‘those massive iron pillars
now standing erect in the basement of
the new Planters’ House? Well, did
you ever stop to think of the immense
weight they will be compelled to sup-
port steadily for many, many years?
Oh, you have? But I suppose you
have thought the manufacturers just
made those pillars and sold them with-
out knowing anything about how much
weight they would bear or how long
they would bear it. Let me tell you
about that.
‘Those pillars are cast in the same
manner as cast-iron stoves—by running
the liquid metal into sand molds; but
alongside of each pillar is cast an iron
bar from the same metal. The bar is
precisely an inch square and flve
and one-half feet in length. When
cold it is subjected to a very simple
test. Fach end of the bar is placed
upon a table and weights are suspended
from the centre by a rope. It must
bear a tensile weight of 500 pounds to
the square inch. The test may begin
with 400 pounds and be gradually in-
creased until the bar is found to be
perfectly supporting the required
weight. If it breaks, for instance, at
480 or 490 pounds, then the pillar cast
from the pot of metal which . cast the
bar is discarded, broken up and put
into the pot again, with more pig iron
added. The pillars, you know, are
largely made from scrap iron, and the
manufacturers cannot know the
strength of the cast until it is tested.
The addition of pig iron, in the event
of failure, brings the cast up to the
standard.
‘Six or eight of the pillars designed
for the new Planters’ House had to be
recast iv this way.”—St. Louis Repub-
lic.
’
Ee
Growth of a Snake’s Rattle,
The growth of the rattle of the rat-
tlesnake has been studied by Doctor
Feokistow, who finds that tne rattle is
frequently shed; and, after being
shed (his snakes were kept in a very
warm room), in three or four months
two rattles were present, their appear-
ance having nothing to do with the
casting of the skin. The snakes were
made to register the vibrations of the
rattle on smoked paper, and it was
found that the vibrstion was a com-
pound one, consisting of the vibration
of the tail as a whole, and of the rattle
independently of the tail vibrations.
The approximate figures of vibrations
were for the tail seventy-five, of the
rattle 110 a minute.=New York Inde-
salf at tka time it was =alr the shape
pendent.
' RAN FROM IMAGINARY GYPSIES AND
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
THE INDICTMENTS QUASHED.
THE DELAMATERS WILL NOT SUFFER
WRECKING THE MEADVILLE BANK.
MeapviLnLe.—In the Court of Quarter
Sessions here Judze Henderson tiled opin-
ions quashing all the indictments, nine in
number, against the Delamaters for em-
bezzelment. The Courts action is severely
criticised by the depositors of the wrecked
bank.
FOR
REC
WAS
DROWNED.
Huntinepox—Glen Dewey, aged 6 years, of
Paradise Furnace, while running from im-
aginary gypsies, fellin Big “rough creek
and was drowned.
THE DEADLY OIL CAN AGAIN.
GrEENsBURG.—The other night a 13-year-
old daughter of John Griffith, living near
Ligonier, lost her life while attempting ta
kindle a fire by the aid of kerosene. The
can exploded, her clothes took fire and she
burned to death.
Mrs. Jack Rinry and Mrs. T. McDonough,
of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county were
sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and undergo
imprisonment for three months for illegal
liquor selling. J. Nugget was fined #500
and six months to jail for the same offense.
AN epidemic similar to the distemper is
afflicting the cattle in the vicinity of Espey-
ville, Mercer county. A large number of
animals have died and about 50 are serious-
ly sick with the mysterious disease.
Ar Pottstown. John Jones has been bun-
coed out of $2,500 by three strangers. They
represented themselves as book agents and
sons of bankers in Norristown. The victim
i3 70 years of age.
AtHomestead the 33-inch mill has broken
the record. Friday a finish beam 185 feet
long was rolled; 119 feet was the highest
record before.
ELMER BrAIr was run down by a Penn-
sylvania Company car at 2 New Castle
street crossing. Blair lived near Stoneboro.
He died in a few hours.
THE comptroller of the currency autho-
rized the First National bank of ~ Verona,
Allegheny county to commence business on
$50,000 and with the following otficers: R.
B. Elwood, President; George S. Marcum,
cashier.
TroyMas Roppy, attorney for the Dela-
mater creditors, declared he will ask for
new indictments from the present Crawford
county grand jury. The creditors are ang-
ry at the new turn of affairs.
Six valuable cows belonging to Manager
Taylor, of the Robesonia Iron Company
Reading, were killed by order of the Stare
veterniary surgeon, They were afflicted with
pleuro-pueumonia.
TrOMAS MCINTYRE, aged of 14, of Whit-
ney, carelessly handling a revolver and the
weapon discharged, the ball taking effectfin
his side. producing a probably fatal wound.
By a majority of 638, the voters of Hunt-
ingdon decided to bond the indebtedness of
the town by an aeditional $50,000 for street
improvements. The entire town will be
macadamized.
Micrakrn DrLvroxN, a Philadelphia & Irie
railroad watchman, shot and fatally
wounded Patrick McSwiggan at Erie. Mc-
Swiggan attacked the watchman because he
had interfered with a man who was taking
company coal and was beating him when
the watchman shot his assailant twice, onca
in the head and once in the breast.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LEAGUE.
The following table shows the standing of
the state base ball league:
WwW IL prot Ww LL Pcl
Easton... 7 1 .875/Harrisb’g 4 4 .500
Johnsto'n 9 2 -8lnScranton . 4 6 .400
Allento'n 5 3 .625/Danville.. 1 125
Altoona.. 6 4 2600! York. ee 0 .000
Pennsylvania Legislature.
SEVENTY-SECOND Day.—In the Senate to.
night these house bills passed finally: To
establish boards of arbitration to settle ques-
tions of wages and other matters of variance
between capital and labor; to provide for
more effectual protection of the public, and
relative to appointment of special deputies,
marshals or policemen by sheriffs and
mayo s.
In the house nearly 100 bills passed first
reading. Nothing further of importance
done in either branch of the Legislature,
and both houses adjourned earlier than us-
ual.
SEVENTY-THIRD DAv.—In the senate to.
day these House bills were passed finally;
To enable borough councils to establish
boards ot health, to authorize the election
of a chief burgess tor three years in the
several boroughs, who shall not be eligible
for the next succeeding term of office; to es-
tablish a medical council and three State
boards of medical examiners and to provide
for the examination and licensing of prac-
titioners of medicine and surgery, and to
further regulate the practice of medicine
and surgery. These senate bills passed
finally: To give additional protection to
women and children in mercantile indus-
tries and manufacturing establishments; to
require pawnbrokers to make daily reports
of the number and character of articles re-
ceived by them to the proper police depart-
ments; to more clearly define the value of
policies of insurance issued by life insurance
companies doing business in this State.
The senate pa-sed the Farr free-text book
bill on third reading, and it now goes to the
governor. The bill provides that the books
now in the hands ot the pupils shall not be
discarded for new books, which will prevent
extravagance. The measure embodies the
Philadelphia system, which has been in
practice for seventy-five years, and which
138 commended by educators throughout
the country, The measure is to be follow-
ed with an appropriation of $500,000, which
will be in addition to the 810.000,000 to the
public schools the next ten years. The bill
is unquestionably one of the most import-
art that has passed this legislature.
The senate bill to exempt from the pay-
ment of merchantite licenses all dealers in
merchandise whose annual sales are less
than £3,000 was defeated.
These house bills passed finally: To pro-
hibit persons. by sale,gift or otherwise, from
furnishing cigarettes containing tobacco or
cigarette papers to minors and providing
penalties. ‘To secure to mechanics journey-
men and laborers the right to file liens
against real estate for the amount of wages
due for work or labor done in and about
the construction, alteration or ° repairing
thereof.
For the first time in many a session, a
revenue bill has been defeated in the House
The Niles bill came up this morning on
special order tor third reading and final
passage, and was laid out by a very decisive
vote of 120 to 69. ‘I'wo road bills passed the
house finally to-day. Nesbit's measure car-
ries an appropriation of $1,000.000, and pro-
vides for a county supervisor; township
raad taxes to be paid in cash and State ap-
propriation to be distributed according to
the number of miles of road in the county.
It imposes a full tax of ¥1 on every inhabi-
tant and repeals all local laws. The bill
passed, yeas 106, nays 51. The Losch road
bill skinned through by a bare constitution-
al majority. It enables the taxpavers of
townships and road districts to contract for -
making roads at their own expense and pay-
ing salaries of township or road district of.
ficers, thereby preventing the levy and col.
lection of road tax therein. The Marshall
bill repealing the act of 1833 to prevent con-
solidation of pipe line companies was de-
feated.
The legislature has fixed on
noon, June 1, as the day for tinal
ment.
Thursday
adjour
SevexTY-Fourtit DAv.—In the Senate ilis
bill was passed finally authorizing water
companies to relocate roads destroyed and to
acquire land to preserve water supply from
contamination. These also passed finally:
For establishment of state naval militia: for
preservation of county records; to authorize
county commissioners to procure, bind and
preserve weekly newspapers published in
their counties; for punishment and preven-
tion of cruelty to animals: to require public
records to be kept in English laneuage; to
authorize notaries public to administer
oaths in divorce proceedings; to empower
courts of quarter sessions to tix place of
holding general elections.
Senator Markley of Montgomery, is de-
termined that the management of the State
hogpitals shall be sxamined, and to-day ne
introduced in the Senate a resolution havi :g
this object in view. The governor's veto of
his resolution to investigate the Warren in-
sane hospital has evidently not discouraged
him, for he is confident that the resolution
will go through the legislature and receive
the sanction of the governor.
Farr’s compulsory education bill was pass-
ed finally by the senate to-dav and is now
readv tor the governor's consideration.
After some routine business the Senate ad-
jonrned,
In the house these bills passed finally: To
provide for insurance of the public build-
ings; to authorize retention of the two mast-
er roll clerks in adjutant-gezeral's depart-
ment, making an appropriation of $169,700
to the We tern penitentiary. °
At the night session of the house a large
number of appropriation bills passed second
reading.
‘Ihe Governor has signed these bills: To
prohibit members of boards of control of
school districts in cities of the second class
from ho'ding any office of emolument un-
der or being employed by said boards; to
empower councils to increase the maximum
license of transient retail merchants in
cities, boroughs and towns; to prohibit the
payment of the expenses of taking out
naturalization papers by members and
officers of political organizations and by
candidates; to prevent deception and fraud
by owner or agents who may have control
of any stallion kept for service.
The senate bill to prevent and punish the
loan, gift, sale or distribution of indecent
writings or pictures, and to authorize their
seizure, was reported tavorably.
The bill to establish an industrial school
for soldiers’ orphans passeed second reading
in the house. It carries an appropriation
of ¥210,000.
Mr. Boyer's bill to tax inheritances other
than collateral, which it is estimated would
swell the revenues of the State $500,000 a
year, was passed finally.
Mr, Wertheimer’'s bill, permitting distill-
ers to sell liquors in original packages of not
less than twenty gallons without license,
was defeated by a vose of 75 to 72 this morn-
ing, but the vote was reconsidered after
noon and the bill passed, receiving only the
necessary 102 votes.
The house concurred in the senate amend-
ments to the medical examiners’ bill and
it has gone to the governor, the house then
adjourned.
Gov. Pattison sent two vetoes to the house
to-night. One of these was on the bill an-
thorizing the sheriff of Philadelphia to ad-
vertise sales in three daily papers. The other
veto was of the bill for the publication of
the history of the birds and mammals of
Pennsyivania in the qua terly report of the
state board of agriculture. :
SEVENTY-FirTH DAY. — The Senate ad-
journed until Monday evening to-day after
a two-hours’ session, because of the small-
ness of the number of bills on the calendar.
These house bills passed finally: To en-
¢ourage and authorize the formation of co-
operative banking associations where the
profits derived from the business after pay-
ing all legitimate expenses shall accrue to
the depositors and borrowers of the associa-
tion in proportion to the deposits or loans;
10 repeal the act approved April 1, 1854,
entitled, An act supplementary to an act re-
lating to roads, highways and bridges: to
regulate and establish the fers to be charged
by justices of the peace, aldermen, magis
trates and constables.
The Losch Arbitration bill passed the
Senate finally today, but one vote being
cast against it. It provides that in case of
such disputes either or both parties thereto
may apply to the Court of Common Pleas
for the appointment of a boarp of arbitra-
tion. If the Court considers the matter of
sutficient importance to warrant such ac-
tion, it may issue an order to both parties to
chouse three arbitrators. each, the Court
to appoint three more, or, if one side re-
fuse to choose representstives, the Court
shall appoint six. The board thus con-
stituted shall have power to send for per-
sons, books and papers, and wilful failure
to appear and testify is made a misdemean-
or, punishable by fine and imprisonment.
The finding of the board shall be filed with
the Court. While the law makes arbitration
compulsory, neither party thereto is bound
to accept the decision, the only object of
the law being to lay before the pubiic the
facts in the dispute, in the hope that public
opinion thus informed in the case will
bring about an amiciable settlement.
In the house the amendment or the sen.
ate tothe Farr compulsory education bill,
prescribing the manner in which it shall be
proved thata child attends private school
was concurred in. A communication re-
ceived from the governor announcing his
approval of these bills: Making it a misde-
meanor for any person to represent an un-
authorized or fictitutous insurance com-
pany in this state; to authorize the superin-
tendent of public instruction to grant teach-
ers permanent certificates to graduates of
recognized literary and scientific colleges;to
provide for the election, qnalification and
compensation of auditors in independent
school districts; to protect life and limb of
those employe | in the contruction of new
buildings; to authorize corporations organ-
iz2d for profit to pension employes; repeal-
ing that part of the bill dividing cities into
three classes which authorizes councils to
draw by lot yearly certain municipal bonds;
to enable borough councils to establish
boards of health.
The governor's objections tothe bills pro-
viding for the publication of a history of
Pennsylvania Di and mammals in the
quarterly reports of the state board of agri-
culture and relating to the publication of
sheriff's sales in the Philadelphia papers
were sustained.
These bills passed finally: To repeal
seventh section of an act to enlarge jurisdic-
tion of justices of the peace in Erie county;
to repeal bounty for destruction of foxes in
Fayette county; to repeal act of 1846, which
relates to roads and duties of road commis-
sioners in Erie county; to repeal bounty
for the killing of foxes and mink in Greene
county; to provide for the creation and
regulation of municiral liens and the pro-
ceedings for the collection thereof. To pre-
vent the selling and hawkieg of merchan-
dise, wares and other goods in cities, bor-
oughs and townships within the State with-
out a license; to authorize the erection and
maintenance of eel weirs and fish baskets
for a limited period each year for four
years; to extend the provisions of the me-
chanics’ lien law so as to include servant
girls, washerwomen, clerks and others in
its operations; to repeal the act increasing
the pay of the auditors and commissioners
of Crawford covnty and the fees of the di-
rectors of the poor of that county,the house
then adjourned.
SevENTY-S1XTir DAY.—Senate was not in
session.
In the House Mr. Talbot, chairman of
the committee on elections, introduced a
bill to allow each of the contestants and
contestees in the four election contests be-
fore the house $1,000. Senator Meredith's
bill to authorize street railway companies
to change their route, and to validate any
such changes heretofore made, was reported
favorably, as were senate bills to protect
trade union lahels and to provide for the
incorporation of boulevard companies.
Among the senate bills pas-<ed second read-
ing were these: To repeal the prohibitory
law in Verona borough; to authorize the
construction of turnpike, plank and other
roads on any public roads, streets, lanes,
alleys, or highways and lands and enclos-
ures. After some routine business the house
adjourned:
SOLDIERS COLUMN
i moni
IN NEW MEXICO.
ieee
Sibley Invades the Territory, but is
Soon Driven out of It.
Toe
COl. LORING,
commanding De-
partment of New
Mexico, also Colo-
mel of the mounted
rifle regiment, sta-
tioned at Fort Un-
ion, turned over the
Department to Col.
Siblev. he being the
next in rank. in the
Spring of 1861, de-
serted. and made
his way into iv
to join the South,
)
belonged to
» above regiment; af-
WEPN700ss. terward to 3rd U. S.
Vo. ood
jt -«.C8Y.
ee. ~Zuwn After Sibley had
arrived safely in Texas we heard that ha
was getting up a force to invade the Terri-
tory. which turned out to be the fact. He
started with about 1,800 or 2,000 men to
march up the Rio Grande, which was a
wild-goose chase for them. ¢anby fortified
himse f at Fort Craig. thinking thatthe
enemy would attacked him 1n the fort. But
when they arrived, after a long journey
(this was in February, 1862) they under-
took to pass Canby and proceed to Santa Fe.
Canby was compelled to come out and at-
tack him outside the fort, by whicn the
Union forces were defeated with the loss of
their battery of guns and nearly all the ar-
tillery men kilied.
Cot. Kit Carson had a regiment of Mexi-
cans supporting the battery, and they ran
in confusion and let the guns go to the
enemy. Canby was compelled to take to
his fort, leaving the dead and wounded to
those bloodthirsty rebels, who robbed them
of their clothing and even cut off the fingers
of Lieut. McRea in order to get his rings.
The next day the enemy started on their
way for Santa Fe, leaving Canby behind.
My company was at Fort Union; also a few
squads of infantry and one battery of two
guns. We were ordered to Santa I'e to re-
move the Quartermaster’s stores to Fort
Union. After remaining there a few days,
and finding the enemy was now advancing
close on us, we were compelled to evacuate
Santa Fe. - A comrade by the name of
James Fitzgerald and myself were sent to
Denver, Col., with a dispatch to meet the
first Colorado regiment. We were to cross
the mountain direct to Denver. On the
second day of our journey we encountered
snow so deep that we were compelled to
change our course. After traveling three
days we learned that the'troops were on
another route from the one we were order-
ed to take.
On the fourth day we overtook them
near Fort Union and delivered our message
to Col. Slough. Then we returned to our
company at Las Vegas, on the road from
Fort Union to Santa Fe. This force con-
sisted of one company of cavalry and about
10 companies of infantry, numbering about
1,000
Cay In a few days Sik-
fd ) i il y =ley also wns over
We (7% . toCol. Canby, he
Hk ( Net Rite liowine
—_—— oring. The writer
Fd = the
By this time the enemy were in Santa Fe,
and about to move on to fort Union.Canby
and his force were far back in the rear. Col.
Slough, 1st Colo. Cav., and Co. E. of 3d U.
S. Cav.. were sent forward to feel the ad-
vance of the enemy. We tound them in
Apache Canyon, about 15 miles from Santa
Fe. This was in the afternoon. The Colo-
rado cavalry were in the advance, and they
saw something like a brass cannon ahead
and charged for it. - They were fired into
from the mountain-side as they passed
down the road; some were wounded.
At this time my company deployed to
fight on foot, and came down upon this
band and took the whole batch prisoners—
about 90 of them. At thistime the charg-
ing party were returning without accom-
vlishing anything. The Lieutenant, when
e returned and found those rebels captur-
ed, was so delighted that he took up one of
the rebel guns, raised it with both hands by
the barrel and brought it down with force
to the ground, when it went off and killed
him. He was the only mau killed at this
time.
By this time the sun was going down.
The prisoners were then sent back to the
rear. Wesaw two men emerge from the
bushes a good distance oft with a white
flag. We metthem and they said: ‘‘Yeoa
have got the better of us this time, but we
will show you something to-morrow.” f
was sent back to Headquarters with a dis-
atch to make arrangements about a truce.
be I remember right the battle was fought
atGlorietta the next:day(the 27th of March,
1862). About 10 o'clock of the above date
we met the whole rebel force. My com-
pany was in the advance. We were a little
late in resching the ridge just abovePigeon’s
Ranch, and the rebelsgot the best of us
there. We were compelled to fight and fall
back the whole day. We were greatly out-
numbered, Col. Slough having sent 400 of
our men around a large mountain to get in
the rear of the enemy. We longed to see
them come back to our assistance. It turn-
edout all right after all. We got
a good position about 4 o'clock in afternoon,
when the enemy charged us time and again
and were repulsed every time. Finally
they had to withdraw, leaving the ground
covered with their dead, I am positive
they lost 10 to our one in this battle. This
ended the fighting for this day. There was
a truce for 24 hours to bury the dead. They
took advantage of this truce and started tor
Texas, they did not even wait to give their
dead a decent burial, but piled them away
in any shape. I think the wolves got the
most of them.
Canby and his force had not arrived. and
it was a day or two before we learned of
the retreat, when we received orders to has-
ten on and join Canby, which took some
time. However, on the night of the 14th of
April we found ourselves in camp with
Canby’s force at a place called Peralto,some
distance down the Rio Grande, and at day-
break we found the enemy was encamped
just across the river from where we were.
Boots and saddles were sounded and in a
few minutes everything was in readiness to
charge the enemy, who in the meantime
threw a few round shot at us. Atthis time
the wind raised and blew a regular hurri-
cane, driftingsand in such a way that we
were compelled to lie down and “wait for it
to fall. This was on the 15th of April.
The next morning we found the enemy
had gotten the start of usagain,and we were
obliged to make a forced march in order to
overtake him, which we did some timein -
the afternoon. Our forces were on one side
and the enemy on the other side of the Rio
Grande. They were followed in this way
for several days, when they disappeared, and
we never got sight of thera again. This pat
an end to theinvasion of New Mexico by
the rebels.
In conclusion. I will say for my company
and myself that we were surprised and de-
lighted to see such a fine lot of officers and
men as were the 1st Colo. Iam also sure
the rebels were surprised but not delighted.
Has it not been for their timely arrival we
could not have held the place.—Joun EK.
BrINEY, in National Tribune.
Sicilian Earthquakes Continus.
Earthquakes continue to occur almost
daily in Sicily. Saturday Palermo, Trapani
and the Island of Ustica, off the Sicilian
coast were shaken violently.Many buildings
were injured and are likely to fall should
the shocks be repeated.
HEAVEN is only a step from the
penitent sinner, but millions of miles
{from the hypocrite.