The Herald. rOntlflllBD DAILY, BUNDAY BXOHPTHD WBIKLT, BTRIir BATOBUAT. K. JL. nOYRll W. J. WAlKIlfS... t. jr. noxjsn... . . .....lreweor .Editor and VublUltvr . Tsieol MWer subscription rates: lUJLT.per year,.;......-....W 00 WaauT, per year. .......... 1 W 4cft-erittna Unlet. 4(Mulnt, 10 cents per line, Brit Insertion ; riilaptr Una each subsequent insertion, RMa Mr regular advertising can be had on applies- 9n at the ofilco or by mall. Vk Bttniho Heiiald ha a larger elroal ttts. In 'Shenandoah than any other psperpnb- HMtd, Books open to all, stM-ed at the PnntoHoa. at Hhenandoah, tor transmission through the malls as scoond-olnss mall matter. Pa. THE ELBOTBIO RAILWAY. Blnco the Schuylkill Traction Com pany put its retrenchment policy into operation thero have been many com plaints and lu Home instances some very bitter criticisms have been made. Many claim that In order to save at the spigot a leak has bfen uprting hi the bung anil a very brief period will show a loss to the oompRny. The railway ill n the hands of peo plo who no doubt know and have a better opportunity to Judge what l beat for the operation of the road, and thoy havo therefore concluded that they can meet all requirements by de creasing lis force of motor men and conductors, increasing working hourn, and reducing the number of cars dur ing certain periods of ttio day and night; yet there are people who have brought to the attention of the IIhk ALD matters which seem to uphold the theory that the company has not grasped the situation in an altogether business-like manner. For Instance, It Is said that tho lsncth iof time bt- tween tho departure of cars fromSheu audoah has caused much grumbling and unless a chauge Is soon madomucb of the trafllo coined by the electric company will soon drift back tothelie high company. Secondly, It is claimed that tho retrenchment policy has been .llrprtpil HL'nlnst tho wroim corps of employes; that while the force of mo tor men and conductors has been re duced and tho public suffers a corre sponding decrease of accommodation, the company maintains seven bosses for a repair gang of twenty men. The latter assertion seems ridiculous on Its face, vet It comes from such an excel lent source that the Heuald feels constrained to give It publication and let the comnanv KUage its correctness by investigation. PENStON PERSECUTION. The Grand Army of this state has Rxnressed the ceneral sentiment of loyal men throughout the country ill denouncing the persecution of Union pensioners through the recent meth ods of the Iuterior Department, The men of the Grand Army would not be worthy of their patriotic re cord if they did not stand up manfully, resolutely and courageously for their prosecuted comrades. N soldier worthy of the name would sanction or fall '.o protest against the abuse of nower" aud dcilince of right and of law by whloh the pension of blind Joseph King was witheld, by which the children of brave Stephen Hllllard were deprive! of the money due to their father when he died, and by which other worthy veterans have been punished for having helped suli due the Rebellion. The defrauded neu&loneri not only have right and justice on their side; tht-y i.lso have public sentiment, There Is a rising tide of protest again! the ihamful course of the authorities at Waahluirtou In deallne with the men w ho foucht the battle of the Union. The fl od of detraction aud uilsrepKsetitaUon has speut 1U force nnd has beaten vainly airalflit the rock of truth. The heart of the nation U true as ever to the cause for which the surviving veterans risked thel lives, and of whloh their comrades dleJ. Those who Imagined that thf TTnlon soldiers, their widows aud orphans could be assailed and abused ITlnirity are finding that they misjudged the Amerioan character, Not Republicans aloue but loyal Democrats as well are sternly protest lug against the maltreatment of Union veterans, and in every section of the North utterances are heard denounc ing the Injustice that would drive the disabled Union soldier to the poor house In order that Bourbon hate might be gratified and the tariff re duced for the benefit of the British manufacturer. The Amerioan people are In favor I of the enforcement of the pension laws both in spirit and letter. The olllcial who deliberately violates the pension laws is not only wronging the pensioners, he is wronging the people of'the -United states whose servant he is. Tliers suouiu ue a strict Inquiry In Coni?res wi to the re sponsibility for rscetit defiance of the pension laws. IUpublloans should Insist upon uoh an Investigation and support the tnovemout with all their energies. The Grand Army of Penn sylvania exemplifies American loyalty to the Hag whloh lie member followed in the held when Itooiidemu the Inhuman treatment of houorabl discharged aud disabled soldiers of the Union bv the Pension lluwaii at Washington. COLONEL AINSWQRTH INDICTED Oontntetor limit, Kiipsrlnlmiilent Covert khiI lCiisrlUMir HnM A1h Held Wabhisoton, July 26 The jrrortd Jury found a true bill against Colonel Freder ick C. Alnsworth, chief of the record and txmsion division of the war department; George W. Dant, the contractor employed to make the excavation for the electric light plant; William K. Covert, Buperlti colon sl r. a AnrawonTn. tondent, and Francis Susse, eiiKlnecr of the building, holding them responsible for the old lord's theater disaster ot dime last, in which twenty-three persons lost their lives and a large number of others were inlured. The Indictment describes in derail tn excavntlons that were in progress for the purpose of putting in un eleotrlo light plant at the time of the accident.and avers that Alnsworth, Dant, Covert and Sasse undertook the performance of this work and. by reason of their most culpable neg llgence the pier sank and broKe, precip itating part of the second and third uoors, with their occupants, to the ground. The grand jury then formally lind that In the manner desorlbed in the indictment the accused did wilfully kill nnd slay the person whose death is under Investigation HUSTON'S FINANCIAL TROUBLE. The Hx-Treamtrer'n li.tnk Compelled to Clone Drpoaltors Will Not Lose. CojJNORgviM.K, Ind., July 23. The Citi zen's bank of Connorsville, owned nnd controlled by Hon. J. N, Huston, ex-treasurer of the United States, closed its doors yesterday. The suspension creatod gen eral surprise, and something of a panio en sued. When the notice was issued, stating that depositors would be paid in full, tho excitement subsided, nnd a run on the other bunks was averted. Mr. Hustou says his liabilities will not exceed $160,000, while his assets will more than cover that amount. Mr. Huston at tributes his failure to malicious and slan derous reports as to his being engaged in speculation, which caused uneasiness among his depositors, who made urgent demands for their money. Ex-Treasurer Huston said regarding tho suspension of the bank: "Jit is my misfortune. None of the de positors or creditors will lose a cent. My personal property will more than coverall liabilities, to say nothing about tho real estate. It will not affect any of the In dustries in which I am interested in the least. The bank Is my own individual property, and every dollar that I am worth will stand good for my personal li abilities. No one will lose anything. All that I ask Is a little time and everything will be satisfactorily adju-ted. I have been building up a busInsHs for twenty years here and always took pride in my honesty. Now I have the opportunity to show the people that I am honest. I wnnt no one to lote anything, not even those who have been instrumental in bringing my misfortune about." Gandaur Defeat! Ilanlnn. OHILLIA, Ont., July 35. The nnnlan Gaudaur championship boat race hero last. evening attracted a large crowd. Tho start was made at 6:01. Hun Inn kept in front for the flrat half mile, when Gaudaur SDUrted by his opponent. Gaudaur in creased his lead until within a quarter of a mile from the finish, where he stopped rowing and waved his hand in response to the cheers of Ills friends and backers aloug the shore. He then made a magnifloient spurt, and crossed the line an easy winner by seven lengths in mm. aas. Hainan nn. ished 12 seconds behind. Hanlan has noti fied the stakeholders not to pay over the stake money, claiming that the course was ohanged, causing his defeat. The Cn Against ItuMell .luge. Nkw York, July 35. The case In which Delia Keegan seeks to obtain $100,000 from Huell Sage for alleged betrayal and breach of promise in 1868 oame up before Judge Bookstavir in the court of com mon pleas. The proceedings were a motion by tbe woman's counsel to vaeute an order granting to H S. Bcuiiett, Mr. Sage's attorney, an extension of time In which to file au amended answer to Miss Keegan's serious allegations. Judge liookstavor reserved bis decision. Mr. IT. F. Albright "Suffered With Weakness In the hack, causing Intense achlnz, sod alto with nervous debility. I tried different medi cines recommended, but ot no avail until oae day a friend asked me to try Hood's SarsaparHIa I took one bottle and am free from all trouble with my baok and nervousness." II. F. BitioHT, OrwlEsbuxgb, Pa. Hood's Cures. Hood'8Plll8 cure conjtipatiou. SS cent. Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOUUTECir PURE TREASURE IN RIVER WRfcCKS. Gold nnd Whisky nslore Somewlicro In the lied or tlm MIMOurl. The fact that a party of Texas people recently located and dug into a wrecked titenmer, reaping a rich harvest of gold and whlskv. has caused a revival of talk of some old Missouri river wrecks. . . -. 11... S..4A 4 V. ' There s millions in me luiww i Missouri, or somewhere near it. hut the trouble is to find it Some of It may be , found some time, but that some time is very apt to be when present genera- Hons have passed away and the wrecks and contents or tne steamers exist oniy ; in intuition, nxpiuruig- uuiiiimmcr. ..uc been formed In the past, a number of them, but they have all been without rewartl.none of them ever having found even a trace of the prizes sought. Oth er companies aro now talked of, and there Bre a number of St Lonlsuna who stand ready to gamble a stake with any one who takes the lead In organiz ing. The whisky buried in the sand and bare, If it is ever recovered, will produce a period of the rarest kind of intoxication to the tablespoon fill. There could be no better process of curing it than by burying it in tho damp nd of tho river bed or bars. Then, too, the whisky of those days was real whisky, and had age and body at the time It was lost, and.lf it whs on sale now it would have a market all ita own. and it wouldn't be at twenty cents or twenty-five cents a drink either. The chances would be, rather, that it would go into private collars, to be handed out only on rare occasions. The oldest wreck of which there is now any knowledge, and it is as nearly traditional as anything could be, is of a Spanish boat that was sunk at the mouth of the Hlver Des Peres, in South it. Louis. The year iu which It went down, the chnracter of the Imat, tho nature of the cargo, all is tradition. But it is said among the oldest of old river men that a boat did go down there "In the early years," and that it was laden with rioh Spanish goods and arms nnd gold of immense value. The xact spot at which she sank is not known, but In a general way It is cnown to havo been at the mouth of tho tortuous little stream that now oc casionally gets on a high nnd tears around generally In the Forest park and South St. Louis regions. "In the early years, also, It is said that efforts wero made to locato tho wrcclc, but without success. It was attempted by tho use of divining rods, by digging1 and by excavation. Hut after all these efforts it remained as great a mystery is the buried treasures of Cnpt. Ividd himself. It is nlso said, by the way, that tho Spanish vosscl had on board a Toodly stock of liquors. If this is so, ind it should ever be found, there vould be enough in a small quantity for tho whole of Carondolut and still leave a big supply for St. Louis proper. Just think now far a barrel of goods made "in tho early years aud thus preservod would go in this time of quickly-aged whiskies! A good aver age drink would fill a person with tho idea that ho owned tho town and every thing In it. The oldost wreck of which there is any record or knowledge with people now living is that of a government steamer which sank in the early thirties at Ar row Hock island, near lioonvllle. It was on its way up tho river to pay off tho soldiers, and had on board a large amount of gold and a considerable quantity of whisky. When it went down it was to stay. Efforts were made at the time to recover a portion of the cargo, but tho condition of the river was such that this was impossi ble. It has been a fascinating hidden treasure for tho people of Boonvilloand dozens of companlos havo been organ ized to search for It So far as known, however, none of them has ovor suc ceeded in getting any trace of it, though there is a story that some of tho gold was found, but that the location of the cargo could not be traced from it. Tho channel of the river, and the banks, too, have greatly ohanged since the steamer went down, and it is prob uble that it is now under some farmer's field. Tho search has not been given up, however, and it is said that an other company will bo formed this com ing summer to mako further and moro extensive explorations. The Arabia is still anothor steamer which went down and was broken up, with a considerable amount of gold and several hundred barrels of whisky on board. The Arabia went down in ISM below rrkville. She was a fine side wheel boat, and her loss was a consid erable one. Efforts were made to save her oargo, but it was practically a com plete loss. There have been a number of searching parties who were filled with the idea of locating and digging up the treasure, but, so far as known, they have never had any trace of it As in the case of the government boat, there is a story that some of the plun der was recovered, but in this oase it was of the whisky instead of the gold. If such was the case, however, the find was kept as a state secret, for no one knows, except by hearsay, that such a discovery was made. It is not likely that the story has any good foundation, as tbe find of any of the whisky would have caused a great deal of digging for nores around that particular spot The place where the Arabia went down is now solid ground, grown ovor with timber and grass, some of the timber beimr two and three feet through. That Is, this Is tbe condition of the place pointed out as the Arabia's grave, thongh there is no such tldng as a chart to show it conclusively, A couple of years after the Arabia went down the Ogden found a restiug place on the bottom si point a few miles above Jefferson City. The Ogden was owned bv t'unt John Lee, and had Jim Ilissell as captain It also had on l miii id a larsre ,uii,.unt of gold and a considerable ciii;r. of good old whisky. it was likewise f"nud impossible to re cover any of tlx- cargo, and in the natural run of tli uy searching parties have found it impossible to locate it As in the case of the Arabia, there U a story that some of the whisky was fished ont of the sandy bed of the river several years after tho wreck occurred Tho story Is equally lacking In any thing of a confirmatory nature. If it li so. the finders must havo lost tholr heads In sampling the quality of the goods, and thus forgot tho lay of tho river at the lucky point Tho location at wj,i0l, tho Ogden went down is now ... . said to be a sand bar, whioli would bo verv ea8ly WOrked at low water, for tnts reMon the Ogden Is said to bo the mwil prom8inf ot nn the old wrecks ,or soaroilor8 nftor wealth onrrlod down uy Uia treacherous Missouri. There is understood to he a very fair working capital available for anybody who can BU1,ffo.t nnv feasible nlan of oneratlons. i plan of operations. Anothor two years went by, and then the Twilight, a slde-whoeler, went down. The Twilight found bottom near Slbloy, nhovo Fishing river. Sho had on board a cargo of betweon two hundred and three hundred barrols of l whisky, bound for tho mountains. TliQ point at whloh she went down Is some , thing like a mile inland now and is a , very inviting field for oxploratlou. A 1 nuuiber of companies have been organ lzed to prospect for the burled whisky, . bnt the attempts made to locate It havo I all beon futllo. Capt George Keith, of , tho steamor Mason, running between St. Louis and Kansas City, has been at , the head of a couple of companies and has not yet given up tho Idea of locat ing it Anothor attempt will probably be made this coming summer. Those i three hundred barrols of llourbon would pay a uig uivmonu on any roasonawo capital employed In drilling nnd exca vating. Tho chancos are, however, when the find is turnod It will bo by some farmer's ploughshare. St Louis Globe-Democrat THE MODERN DRAWING-ROOM. Though Fur frnm l'crfect, It Is Btemllly Improving. Whon you can no longer turn round lu her drawing-rooms without Icopar dizlng a spindle-shanked tablo or com ing Into violent contact with a screen when you cannot cross the room with out ducking your head to avoid u flight of cotton-wool storks that uro suspend ed from tho coiliug, and whon you can- not enter tho room without being caught in tho tangles of a bead cur tnln then the modem hostess is proud nnd huppy, feeling that she has done her duty by her house nnd her genera tion. And then an excellent receipt for tho construction of this sort of drawing' room is ns follows: 'Take fivo largo screens, ns man. sofas, and a llko number of palms. Surround each palm and sofa wltl screen so as to cut off as much ns pousl- bio all communication with the outer world represented by tho rest of the room. Drape tho screens with ns many different pieces of liberty silk as they can conveniently carry, nnd tie up the pots of each palm, and in somo cases Its stem as well, with liberty scarfs, l'ln as many unseemly Insects in the folds of the draperies as you can. Hang Vambourlno from ono of tho palm leaves, sprlnklo photographs whereve you can and then 't.orvo up' uud await results. Wo cannot but recognize the truth of this irritable description, and yet taste iu decoration is Improving. It is gratt fving to see loss and loss of tho 11m crack decorations entering Into "now adav" furnishings. Vi'o enn nil of us ecnll tho fearful white tldios that w lreaded to muss; and tho llrussols car pet with tho awful scrawl design, and the blue roses and the grave-liko mar bio mantels, and tho orange-colored mats, and tho white china door knobs, and the Chinese pagode of perforated card board, that dear Aunt Maria made, ind thoso lovely wax poaches that be came dented with age, ana as mo recollection of it all dawns upon ns wo wonder whatever became of tho lovely box on the whatnot that was mado by pasting soa-sholls all over it, and tho hanging-baskets, with the rustic twigs stuck on with sealing wax thoy looked so much llko corah The whatnot was always such a thing to be carefully guarded; there were so many valuable things on It We wonder where the wondorful ships are that came from the glass blowers Wo no longer see tho Berlin wool cross-stitch pictures that wero hung on tho wall. Wo no longer see the pastel picture of "Innocence" that hung in the corner, in a frame that was all black walnut and gold, and we miss those grand bllp pers of magenta velvet with two green parrots embroidered In worsted. Ah, those were the days of tho renais sance in American dcooratlve art They were days, truly, of American schemes in decoration, and we have come to the conclusion that we cannot do bettor than to slavishly Imitate somo of the old world methods and old world styles. National Review. THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT ANC NEW AND MY COMPLEXION 16 BETTER. Uj doctor ears It acta centlr on the stomnch. llrer sud kldneva. and Is a plemant laxative. ThU drlnl la mado from lierhn. and la prepared tot u M eMilr aa tta. Jt 19 called LHHE'SMEMGIHE A II drugnldiH sell tt at Auc. and 1 n pactcage. It 70a caDnotgtn It ne rid vourmltlrew fur a free Bam pie, l.ane'a Family MtMllrlnc ittovfi the bond raobdar. Jn or h r t he tii-nlihy th.Hla neceeViarr, AOdreejiOKAUiH t. 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When line call at the oillce of liioali I rail First lational Bank TUKAT1SK BUILDING) Hlivnatidonli, I'tiine. -CAPITAL. - V. W. LKI9KNHINU, Prwtlder.1. P. 3. FBHGUSON, Vice PreslM J. ft. LEIHEN1UNO, Oashtor. B. W. YOST, Assistant CteltH. Open Dally From 9 to & 3 PER CENT. Interest Paid on Savings Deposn kmm HEEBNER GO PORT CARBON, P Mtnutaolurrraol pociefiij good; l Of Every Dosorlptlot. Flags Baogcs, Caps, Regalias, WriNEST GOODS-LOWEST PniCES.-S! Write for catalogues. Corroapooilchco nollclted Jcillcs! OfflfM, MS N. SECOND 8t., Pallatl'o. P, ArelheulricHlIu Aniprlrft for tl. frwtfment it wpuuln ttlNMuirs A Yoiillil'nl KrrAs-a, Varlf'w,.! I!y.ln.cil", IItinhitf I nut MauliiMid. Trcnti,il It 3lutl n Kprdnlt.v. t'ois u'nilr-alluiis mwt -nv pi ufliltmial 'tut Btani nooli. imohours:9 A. M. tor I". M . ( 11 All in in, Sirwlnyi 1 12 TH E BicroTjri Everything modlod aftrr Oreua's Cure, rbllsflelpbia, a . Main St., SlicmmttonJi. Tho loading place In town. Has lately bten entirely reno vated Everything new, cloan anatresn. Tho tlnesUinoo! Wines am' Liquors I CtgarH. Ac, foreign ard do mestic. Free lunch nerved eat!' evening. Ulg Bchronera nl f "h,Keer Porter, Aie. Ac PP0SITE : THE : THEATRE. ' i.i)roi'""v JOHN COSLETT Main and Oak Streets, Sheunndoah, Penna., GREEN GROCERIES, Truck and Vegetables, Poultry, Game, Fisli end Oys'ors In suason. Ordors left at the store will prompt atnntfon .JL flETTIG'S Beer and Porter T AM AGENT for tho -1- Chas. Itettig's Cele brated lleer aud Porter In this vicinity, also liergner j & Engel's celebrated India Pule Ales and Old Ktock. I Orders will receive prompt attention. Finest brands of Liquors and Cigars. SOLOMON JIAAK- 12 1 South Main Street. Wm. IE2a:tta-e:r Begs to announce to his trlendg and natrons and the public generally that he has purchased the barbershop lately occuplod by 1J. J. Yost, tSTo. 12 West Centre Street SHENANDOAH T Chris. Bossi. . r'a SALOON AND fiESL U -ANT, (Mann's old statu' ; 104 South Wain fit ct. nnest wines, wuisKeys unci ck uiwaya u stock. Fresh Beer, Ale atid 1' or nn tap. ;uoi ce Temperance unnKH. LORENZ SCHMIIVS Celebrated Porter, Hie id Ber JAMES SHIET S, Manager Shenandoah vrancr TT1 llfTEf n. 1 SALOON AHD REST. ANT, (Christ. Howler's old RUn 1.) Haiti uud Conl Htti,, Hutu miloali. Host beer, ale and porter on tap The Qnost orands ot whiskeys and olgara. l'ool room at tached. Mati's Popular Saloon, (Formerly Joe Wyatt'H) i and 21 West Oak Street, BIIKNANDOAH, PA 4r stocked with the but beer, porter, ales, Slskles, brandies, wlnea, eto rinost cigars itlnc barattached. Cordial tnvlutlon to all SNEDDENjSj LIVERY Horses and Carnages to Hire. Hauling of all kinds promptly attended to. liorses talieu to board, at rates that an liberal. PKAR AM.ET. Hear Beddall'i n-rd.tr SIoh THE VJ101VEST DltlSKH Can always ! tim! a: L, n I f i, w vm i i li in wui xviujru uuu iuuinib vj to, llest Beer, Ale and I'orter and finest Clgare always on nana, route trcaiineav tu " J. J3. HOUENBAOE'S