mi 0' ! t EVENING HERALD KSTA11L1SIIEII 1870. Published every Evening, lCiccpt Sunday, at 8 South Jaudin Stbekt, Near Centre. nip Herald la dcllvcicd In Shcnanaoan and the surrounding towns for six cents n week, pay able l tlio carriers, lly mall J3.00 n year, or W iDib a month, payahlo In advance. Advertise merits charged according to spaeo nnil position. The piibllsticra rescrvo tlio right to change tlio position of advertisements whenever the pub llctloii of news demands It. Tlio right Is reserved to rejeet any advertisement, whether paid for or Hot, that the publishers may ilecm linpropcr. Advertising rates mado known upon application. Snlcrcd at tho postofflce at .Shenandoah, Pa., as second claw mail matter. Tl'.I.Kl'IIONK CONNECTION. Evening Herald WLDXKSDAY. FKHKUAKY !, 1S1W. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. To the Hepubllcan electors of Pennsylvania t Myxjlcpnhlleans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen reiresenttlves, will meet in Stato con vention Thursday, April 28, 1800, nt 10 o'clock h.tn., in the opera house, city of llnrrisburg, for tlie purpose of nominating two candidates for reprcsentatlvc-nt-largo in Congress and thlity tw candidates for Presidential electors, tho election of eight dclcgates-at-largc to the ltc- publlcan Rational convention, and for the rnnsactlon of such other buslnixs ns may bo presented. By order of the State Committee. it. S. Qi'AV, Attest: Jerk 11. Knx, Chairman. . 1!. AsnnF.ws, Secretaries. Somk people arc easily driven "to drink;" in fact, their natur.il inclinations run that way. WllKX three piano concerns go to the wall in sue day there must bo a good many high notes going to protest. l'At-s tho vote of censure bill Immediately. r.nibasswlor llayard says ho will resign if ongros takes such action. Chairman IIarkity may havo hopes for his party, but Uiis is not the sort of stuff that electoral votes arc mado of. Wiikn" the IIkralu strikes, it hits from the shoulder, and its assertions can always bo verified, notwithstanding tho bark of tho small fry about our feet. Tim Ashland Local, over whoso dtstinlcs uiir friend .1. Harry James presides, appeared yesterday in an enlarged form. The Local h steadily attaining tho success it deserves. So mi: men aro born great, some havo great ness heaptd upon them, in tho shape of a swelled cranium. The latter portion of tholr anatomy is sometimes tilled with moro liquid than solid substances and detracts from their egotistic greatness. Peopi.k seldom howl unless they are hint, and tho louder the howl the worse the corns arc. 1)hls is especially applicable to miiiio of our1 esteemed contemporaries yyho labor hard willi great Ingenuity to disprove, some of our assertions with but little effect. 'I'm: news of tho Heating of tho St. Paul, . omp.irativcly uninjured, after ten days on the sands of New Jersey, was received with great sati-fartion by all and tho company is In be congratulate' upon its uanow oneapo 1mm a heavy loss of property. Tub interviews published in these columns on Saturday made our Democratic friends and their Hepubllcan clicstnut-pullers hustle to find out where they "aro at." They haven't got out of tho woods yet. Thoso interviews slill stand until contradicted over the signatures of tho interviewed candidates which wo don't think is probable. Any othor statements to tho contrary, not boariusthcirslgnaturcs, arc not reliable, lly tlio kind pcrminsiou of tho New York Sun, when you sec It in the IIkralu it's so. IIkxjamik Haurison has cleared tho po litical atmosphere a llttlo bit, says the New York AiHurtlsor. Ho has nevcrbcen a form able or a disturbing factor in the ante-con. cntion canvass for the St. Louis nomination. He has been n consideiatioii little more than that. Tho positive declarations In his letter of Monday leave no doubt as to his position. He will not permit his name to go before tho Republican National Convention ; and the result will bo a scramble fur tho Indiana delegates and a few others already cotnir tttcil to the klipport of tho cx-I'resideut. Tho chances of a dark-horro aspirant capturing the nomination have hecu considerably lessoned, Tin: candidacy of several local Itcpubll-i-ans for county oilices, as announced lu the Hur.m.ti, appears to havo created consterna tion ill tho camps of others aspirins to tho aine paltiua- It I no mure than natural that they should bo worried and pull tholr hair with frantic efforts In their endeavor to retain tholr hold urou the political Imp from which thoy havo eked out an exUtenco for so many yare. Their cflbrts In this repect, however, will avail them naught; the Itcpuhlicau voters of the county ha va mado up their minds to lologate to tho rear all political "hacks" andbrini: forwanl young nnd deserving party workers. Wo Imagine that IMi tor Joyce, of tho Daily Auiorican.will find that "tho sweet refrains'' aro in roality the echo of a coming storm that will delugo the self-styled bossos of the ncpubllrau lrty some of whom, howover, do not live a thousand miles from Mahauoy City and tho local candidates will stand out in bold relief among tho "dylus and dead." Thanks to a kind Providence, the Kopubll c.inlsm of prospective candidates In this county is not measured by "Insurance policies" nor "Senatorial courtesy," In Mahauoy City It may bo necessary to approach with simplicity tho Uojs and secure vouchers attesting tlio holder's Itopubltcnnlsm but things aro different lit other parts of tho county. Let tho band play, lu tho mean time, tho local candidates aro making hay while tho sun shines, and tho other follow Is hurrying off to Washington to carry tho news. A CHERRY TREE STORY. Out an Oil Man ltlankets It at the Start With a Watch Yarn. "You observe this plain gold ring on my llttlo finger," gold tho man from Chi cago, turning tlio circlet off ns If It woro n brass nut on n scrow. "It lias my wife's full nnino engraved lu tho insldo. Well, It Is our ongngoment nml wedding ring. My wlfo lost It ouo dny when wo lived near Snn Francisco, and, though wo soarched high nud low, wo couldn't find it. Ono day, nearly two yours later, a friend of ours Insisted on presenting mo with n email cherry treo" "I'll tnko n clgnr this time, plt.so, " re marked tho man from Oil City. "I said cherry treo," continues! tho mnn from Chicago, "and I'm giving y m n truo story. Well, this offor of my frlonlwas do cllnod nt first, but my wlfo insisted, say ing that wo could set it out inn particular plnco In tho lawn. Hho marked tho spot, nnd I sont for tho llttlo troo. I dug down about 14 Inches whero sho designated, nnd, so help mo I turnod up this rlngl Low It Rot thoro wo novcr could guess." "Thcro's nothing iniprobnblo nliout that," said tho OH City man, "unless It is tho cherry treo. Hut did I over toll you tho story of my watch? This snmo watch" pulling out a gold hunter. "Several years ago I was drilling n well tip In tho Bradford district nud had got down about 1,200 feet, without any sign ot luck. I was looking at tho liolo under tho derrick with somothlng llko despair ono day fur wo had btopped work on It. Pulling out my watch, which I cnrrlod without fasten ing, It suddenly slipped from my lingers nnd down sho went, chuck Into that dry hole. Tho Idea of adding that to my loss riled mo, so I got a cylindrical tube, such as wo get tests of sand with, nnd put soma putty near tho open ond nnd let It down tho hole, which It fitted noatly. My watch canio up with tho suction, stuck fast to tho putty. It hadn't stopped running. "Yes, and do you know wo ronowod work on that holo tho next day und got first sand In six hoursl" "I hadn't fiulshod about my ring," put in tho Chicago man. "Wo had moved to Iowa, nnd my wlfo lost it again. I offered $100 roward for it, but no use. Wo ennio to Chicago, nnd soven year.- after I had left tho Iowa placo I received tho ring through tho mall from the man wo hail sold out to. Ho said ho was pulling cnb bago in tho garden and found it bolidly grown on tho. root of a ivbbngo!" Wo began to movo away before tho Oil City man could recover. Now York Her ald. Held Up In llroad Daylight. Kashas City, Mil, Feb. 5. On an out lying street hero yesterday, In broad day light, G. 1'. Pauly, cashier of tho Standard Oil company, was robbed of $,I5 which hu was taking to the bauk. Tho highway man was John Searcy, i-J years old, n local tough with a bad record. Searcy was cap tured after an exciting chaso nnd tho money recovered. Searcy asserted that ho was sick, and hud stolen the money to buy medicine. Sir Charles Topper's Victory. HALU'AX, X. S., Fob. 5. Tho byo elec tion lu Capo llrctou county jvstarday for the Canadian house of commons resulted in the ruturn ot tho Conservative candi date, Sir Charles Tupper, Sr., by a major ity of (171 over Hon. Oenrgo 11. Murray, liberal. Hem-dial legislation In Mani toba, a religious iiuostlon, played an Im portant part In tho contest, as the constit uency Is largoly Knnian C.uholir. SlcAnlin'o to right I.nvliiie. Nltw YoitK, Fob. 5. "Jack" MoAulllTo has docided to again outer the li -aioarcua. His opponent will bo "Kid" l.uvlgno, of Saginaw, Mich. They met last night and arranged for a six round limit, to tako placo at Madison Square Garden on March 11. Trolley Cnr Struck by a Train. Trkntom, Fob. 5. A trolley car wusrun Into by n Pennsylvania railroad train near tho Trenton dopot yesterday. Tho car was smashed ami two person were Injured, but not fatally. STOCK AND PRODUCc MARKETS. Clnsliii- Ountatlons of the New York uud l'hllndclplitii i:chailKes. Nbw Yiiiik, Feb. I With tho exception of Simar, nlik-li rankml third In veil u mo of busi ness, the railroad list entirely outclassed tho Industrial in point of uiuiity. CIujIiik bids: lialtlniore&Uhio (J New Jersey Cen -los Del. A Hudson. N. V. I'cnirul 1)71$ Pennsylvania I tend ln 1453 M. Paul 7JJ-SJ W. N. Y. & Pa iYi West Shore I)., U. & W Krle bake Krle & W. belilsh Nav..-. Lehlifh Valley,. lib' MM iVA an4 General Markets. I'im.AiiKl.i'iiiA, Feb. 1. Flour firm; winter superfine, S3.402.60; do. eitraa, J3.00a2.00; I'ennsylvania roller, cienr, j.o.aw.ai no. uo., straight, J3,fiO(S'J.fi9; western winter, clear. SJ.i0it3.5n. Wheat nun, witu uo. ma anu 734o. asked for February. Corii julet, with 3l)4c. bid and 31c. asked for February. Oats quiet, wltn 23ISC. um ana -vc. iisstu igrieu- ruary. nay sieauy, cnuice uiiiuuiy. 910, urai quiet. Pork steady, bard weak; western Bteain, S5.90, flutter steady; western creamery lsa-Wc; New York dairy, 9 l"u.; wlcrn do., 133-1.; Klglns, 18o.; Pennsylvania and wootorn creamery prints, extra, !0c.; do. choice, 19c; do. fuir to Eood, 1.1318c.; prints Jobbing at fl&3io. Cheese quiet; larso, Ciftluyc; part shims, 3J 60.; full skims, SlJilo. F.kss tinner; New York nnd Pennsylvania, 1-V-.; western fresh, l)i 15a.; southern, UigdlOic. Live Ktook Markets. New Yomt, Feb, 1. Kuropern cables quolo American steers at unchanged prices. Calves easy; veals, J538; barnyard calves, 8.75. Sheep and lainlw firm; poor to cholco sheep, $3.243.7S; export wethers, $1; lainbn, good to prime, SS&I.So. Hogs llrm at SI-IKS 4.85; pigs. iUS&S, Kast IjIIIehtv, Pa., Feb, 1. Cattle slow; prime, S I.Miiil.W; butchers, Si).60it; bulls, cons and sUk, S1.50iQ3.40. Hogs steady; prime medium, JI.C0; heavy hogs, JI.W.I.M; ph.', as to quality, ti.49QI.50; roughs. 11.30 a.m. rilieep In fair demand; goon, 5J.i; com mon, $1.6042.1t; Iambs, ti.W. Veal calves, ll.503u.Tt. A cough Is a danger signal of worse troubles to como. Curo the cough and prevent its results by using Dr. Wood's Norjvay Pino Syrup. Scrofula Broke Out On our boy when a baby. Vo gave him much treatment without avail. Noticing In tho papers Hood's Sarsaparllln was rec ommended for scrofula and blood diseases wo gave It a trial. Wo soon saw a chango for tho better. Ho has taken four bottles Hood's Sarsapariila and is now entirely well, hearty and freo from all scrofulous symptoms. I havo also taken three bottles for nervous head ache and catarrh. It gave mo great relief." Mrs. T. M. Smith, Huther Olen, Va. Hood's Pills care tion. habitual comtlpa Price 23 tabU- NEVER TOOK A VACATION. Hciintlmo Cashier llarnnril Was Regularly Robbing tho Hank. Home, N. Y., Feb. 5. Tho examination of tho Fort Stanwlx National bank shows It to bo rotten to tho coro. It is now stated on good authority that tho bank Is In volvod to tho extent of nearly, If not quite, H00,000. This amount Includes a $73,000 defalcation by Cnshlor Barnard, who re cently committed suicide. This amount will swamp tho bank and throw It into tho hands of a recelvor. Marnard had not taken a vacation for tho past thirty years, and tho reason for this is found in tho belief that ho did not deslro any ono but himself to handlo his accounts. So fnr as tho habits of tho man are concerned during tho pinny years ho resided in this city It has alwnys been thought that ho Indulged In no extrava gances and no speculations, and it Is n matter ot wonder what ho has dono with the money. It Is stated that tho capital stock of $150, 000, tho surplus of $30,000 and tho undi vided profits of $110,000 will bo practically wiped out beforo tho Investigation Is 11 n lshcd, and also that an assessment will ba levied to pay tho depositors dollar for dollar. Ono of tho directors of tho bank declared today that ho would not bo surprised If tho shortago amounted to foOO.OOO, and ns sertod that Barnard's personal shortago might reach $100,000. Barnard's high social position has given Increased interest In tho affairs of tho bank. Ho was an ex mayor of tho city, and for years had been n voitryman of Zlon hplscopal church. Threw Away Ills Cnucs. Mr. 1), Wiley, cx-postinastcr, Mack Creek, X. Y.,was so badly nlllicted with rheuma tism that ho was only able to hobblo around with cnucs, and even then it caused him great pain. After using Chamberlain's Pain llabn he was so much Improved that he threw away his canes. Ho says this lini ment did him more good than all other medi cines and treatment put together. For alo at 50 cents per hottlo by Gruhlcr Ilros., drug gists. A Mysterious Suleido Identified. ALTOONA, Pa., Feb. ii. Tho man who registered at No. tlo') Pino strcot, lu St. Louis, on Friday last ns J. Norrls, and who was found dead lu his bod Sunday morning, was David M. Loudon, a wealthy citizen of Altoona. Tho woman who ao companled him, and who is reptesontod as his wife, is supposed to bo a woman from this vicinity with whom ho was Intimate, Loudon left hero last Wednesday, saying ho was going to Cincinnati to rccelvo treatment for rhoumutlsm. Ho took a largo sum of money with htm, and as his pockctbook and tho woman aro missing, it Is belioved sho took all his vuluablos. His frlonds horo bcllevo that he took an ovcrdoso of laudanum to ease pain, nnd not with tho Intention of committing sui cide. Loudon was fti yoars old, and leaves a wlfo and sovcrul children. Driven to .Sulcldn by loerty. St. Louis, Feb. 5. D. H. Ooodycnr, who was a sou of ex-Mayor 1). F. (Joodycar, of Memphis, Tcnn., was found dead In 11 cheap lodging houso yesterday. Ho pois oned himself with strychnine. Inability to obtain employment and extreme pov erty drovo him to tho act. Ho left lottors addressed to his father, niothor, brothers and sisters, referring to his situation nud saying ho had had nothing to cat for two days, (ioodyeor left a wlfo ami two ciui dren, who woro found In u starving con dltlon. firlp-Colds-Ucuduclie. Why sufl'er with Coughs, Colds und t GririHi when Laxatlvo IJromo Quiniuo will curo you in ono day. Put up in tablets con- venieut for taking. Uuarantced to curo, or money refunded. Price, i cents. For salo by Kirlin's Pharmacy. An Aged Couple Asphyxiated. PllIK'UETOK, N. J., Fpb. 5. J. W, Lyons and his wlfo wcro found yesterday pros trate on tho floor of their home, north ot Princeton. Kxamlnatlon showed that Sirs. Lyons was dead and that hor husbuud was unconscious. It Is supposed that tho cou ple woro overcome by tlio fumes of coal gas from n beating stovo In the room, Mr. Lyons Is still alive, although his recovery is doubtful. Mr. Lyons Is U0 years of ago and his wlfo was 65. Auother Itlso In thn Ilra04 Itlver. Foiit WoilTll, Tex., Feb. fi. Reports from tho Urazos river stnto that It I nt a standstill near its mouth, but another heavy rlso Is coming from above. HutuoH and cuttlo havo been swept away; mid other proporty destroyed. At Qulntuua n loaded bargo with threo men was swept out by the sua, but tho mun woro rescued far out by a tug. iho unrgo was lost. Ilonib Throwing In I.Ubuu, LisiiOK, Feb. 6. A bomb was exploded last night In tho rosldencoot tho physician who' certified to the lunacy ot tho man who throw a stono into tho king's car rlago a short tlmo ago. Much damago was caused by the oxploslon. Ten arrests havo boon mado. Huudrcds of piccious little ones owe their Uvea to Dr. Thomas' Uccttic Oil, tho sovereign curo for croup and all other throat or luuf diseases. jimiiiMiiimiiiiiiiiii"'"1"1"1"1"""""""1"11"; I "Ise in Town Honey." Pancake Floisr. " A combination of tlie great stalfs --of life WHEAT, CORN ami RICE.! - Bo Sure You Get the Rod Package. - HERE'S OUR GUARANTEE, Buy n iiaclmgo of Genuine- Aunt? "Tiimlmti's ,sll-Itls!:ii; I'aiiruku Flour. . "iindlr sou do, lot find It ninUns tlio liet. -cakes you over ate, return tlio empty . 1,.,-r to vour ornrci-. lravo Vnr Inline,- nnd tlmRrorer will refund the money.. uuu cuargo it to nn. - flcJfntiflonlly Trepsretl find i Manufactured only by i.R T nXVISUIII f!fl Rf . nsnill M .- -x.i ... ..... j. , . Jemima and her Pickaninny Dolls. mum: Hi l ni.Muiiiinliiii' mini i innumi I'Hiii NUGGETS OF NEWS. Archbishop Corrlgnn, accompanied by his private secretary, left Now York today for an extended soutliorn tour. Tho Italian warship Christopher Co lombo, having on board tho Duko of Ab- ruzzl, nephew of tho king ot Italy, hns ar rived at San Kranclsco. Tho London Chrontclo nunounccs that tho Liberals will challengo tho govern ment nt tho oarllostmomont In parliament on the abandonment of tho Armenians. Now Jcrsoy Republican senators havo decided to reduco to a salary bnsls (ffl.OOO per annum) tho present offices of tho clork of chnncory nnd tho clerk of tho supremo court. Governor Bushnell nud staff left Colum bus this morning for Hartford, Conn., to nsk that stato to tako part in tho centen nial nnnlversary of the settlomont of the Western Hesorvo of Ohio. Old l'eople Old people who rcmiiro uiedieino to rcgulato tho bowels and kidneys will find tho truo remedy in Kleetric Hitters. This modlcino does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative It acts mildly on tho stomach and bowels, addlns strencth and giving tono to the organs, thereby aiding Naturo m tho performance of the functions. Electric Hitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digest Inn. Old pcoplo lind it just exactly what they need. Price fifty cents per hottlo at A. Waslcy's drug store Our Military Strength. Washington. Feb. 5. A table showing tho military forco of tho United States by statos and territories Is given in n com munication transmitted to tho houso by Asblstant Secretary of War Doo. Accord ing to this table the aggregato organlzod strength of tho nillltln Is 112,870, whllo tho number of men available for military duty (unorganized) U 10,110,503. A 4.eiierous ltrother's Gift. Tor.oSTo.Fel). 5 Mr. Chapman Hyams, tho Now Orleans millionaire, brother of tho twins recently In trouble here, has do- posited In a local bank a sum equivalent to tho fio.uoo wlilcn iiarry succecuou m getting away from Jlartha Wells Hyams, and tho interest on this win oe paiu her annually. You're nn Kuty l'rey, with vour llcsh reduced below a healthy htaudard. for Consunintion and other Scrofulous and dangerous diseases. Audit's lor just this condition that Dr. Pierce's (lolden Medical Discovery is especially valuable. if vou'10 thinner than you ouzht to be. whether from wasting disoasos, defectiyo nutrition, or whatever cause, tho "Dis covery" will surely bring you up to tho healthy standard, liy restoring tho normal 111 tion of tho dcramred orcaus and functions. It arouses every natural source anu means ot nourishment. As a strength-restorer anu ilesh-buildcr, nothing llko this modlcino Is known to medical science Filthy Cod liver oil and all its disgusted compounds can't compare with It. Dr. Pierce's Pellets curo constipation, in digestion, or dyspepsia, biliousness and head aches. Death of a Lending Southern Publlshi New Or.LEANS, Fob. 5. Georgo Nichol son, proprietor of Tho Picnyuno, died sud denly yesterday of grippal congestion of tho lungs. 110 was oorn in Yorkshire, Eng., 7ft yonrs ago, or good hcotch ances try. Ho camo to Amorlca whou a young mnn and bocamo an omployo of Tho Pic ayune, working his wny up from a clerk to business manager ooioroino war. itourst acquired nn Interest In Tho Picnyuno In 1870. A Miner's Heir. Paius, Feb. G. An holr has been found for tho old American miser, Peter, who was stricken in tho streets horo a short tlmo ago, and subsequently dlod in a hos pital. It appears that ho nbandoned his wlfo nnd son llfty years ago, when tho lat ter was only n few days old. It has beon discovered that tho son Is now n pilot at Havre, and ho Inherits tho money. llucklen's Arnica Salve. iho best salve in tho world for cuts, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, Vnd positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give onuses, Miit, uicers, salt rncum, lover sores, perfect satisfaction or mony refunded. Price cents per oox. r or sale Dv A. Wasloy, Coming Kvent. Feb. 17. First annual ball, Patriotic Drum Corps, Itobhlns' opera houso Schoppo orcucsira, Feb. 10. Annual supper' under thoausplcss of the P. JI. church, iu Itobhlns' opera house. Feb. 20. Suppor and entertainment under the auspices of Council No. 81, Daughters of Liberty, In ltobbins' hall, the littlo.daughtcr of Mr. Ircd Webber, llnuanii, atass., nan a very ban cold and cough tho Mereor court, dropped ucnit at i'rinco which ho had not been able to curo with any ton Junction yesterday whllo on his way thing. I gavo htm a SS cent hottlo of Cham borlaln s uougu iicmcdy, says w. P. Holder merchant and postmaster nt Wost llrlmflcld, and tho next tlmo Isawjilm kosuid it worked liko a charm. This remedy Is intended especially for acuto throat and lung diseases such as colds, croup and whooping cough, and It is famous for Its cures. Thcro Is no danger in giving it to children for it contains uoth - lug injurious. For salo by (i rubier llros, druggists. LETTISH FltOJI GUNHHAIj MACKO. (ioines's Trusted Lieutenant Writes Hope. fully of Cuba's Cause, Washington. Fob. 5. -Tho Star prints a. letter sont to tho editor oy ucnerni An tonio Moceo. through Its correspondent, who Is with tho Cuban revolutionary army In Plnar del Hlo provlnco. GonoralMnceo denies published reports that his old, Colonel Hornituicz, una neon Kiuou, nna t ion chnrnctorlzos ns ridiculous tno re ports of a rupturo botweou himself and Gcnornl Uomoz. Ho says: Thoro can bo no such thing ns a mis understanding between General Gomez and myself. Ho Is tho commnndcr-ln-chlef, nnd ns such his ordors nro ns laws to mo. I am but lieutenant genornl of tho nrmy, nnd nt nil times I am subject to his commands. "Asldofrom rules of military discipline there Is not it soldier In tho Cuban nrmy who would consider for nn Instant tho dis puting of tho words or commands of Max imo Gomoz. Tho ontlro army confldos Implicitly In his patriotism and his mill tary nullity." Tho Spaniards, ho writes, nro humbug ging themselves with theories to account for tho fact that ho nud Gomoz havo sepa rated, nnd after declining to discuss tho reasons for tho well matured movos ot tno Cuban nrmy. ho continues! ,,.,. , - i t viihu navo wo accoinpiisiieu uu. m- vnsion of tho provlnco? A great dool. In tho first placo wo drow tho attention of the authorities to this end of tho lslana, nnd 0,000 reinforcements undor Nunez, Sanchez nud my brother, Joso Mnceo, woro enabled to inarch from tho eastern ond ot tho island to tho provlnco ot Havana without having a sorlous ongagoment. "Our second advantaco has been tho calling of tho entire Spanish Hoot of cruis ers, gunboats and coasters to look nicer tho north and south shoros of tho western end of tho island to provont tho lnndlng of expeditions. AVhllo tho fleet wns keep ing a good watch betweon Cuba, Florida and Mexico several good expeditions landed from Jamaica and Santo Domingo, nnu by this tlmo tho stores thoy brought nro safoly in tho hands of our friends in tho Sierra Macstra mountains. General Macoo says thoro Is no uso de nying that tho Insurgents havo not arms for nil tho men anxious to join tho army, but adds that a groat Improvement has token placo In this respect during tho last two months, and closos his letter as follows : 'I will not vonturo, as you ask mo, to say how long tho war will last. It may bo a conflict of months, or ovon of years; thoro Is no telling. But this much is cer tain, that the red and yellow flag of Spain will novor wnvo again lu triumph ovor nu enslaved Cuba." IEellef in Six Hours. Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the "Now Great South American Kidney Curo." This now remedy is a great surprise on account of Its exceeding nromtitncss in relievini? mln In the bladder, kidneys, back and everv nart 01 tne urinary passages m male or icmalo. .... . . X - . it renoves retention ot water and pain in passing it almost Immediately. If you want quicK rcnei anu curo 11119 is your remedy. Sold by Isaac Shapira, druggist, 107 South Main street. NEW, JERSEY LEGISLATORS Entertain a Tarty of Distinguished Citt zens of Virginia. Trenton. Fob. 5. Tho senate nnd house yesterday received a delegation of visitors from Virginia, headed by Lioutouant Gov ernor Kont. There wore about sixty lu tho party, consisting of members of tho logislatttro and stato officials. Tho visitors left for Rlversldo In tho afternoon, whoro they will Inspect tho stone roads of Bur lington county, which Is the real object of their visit. In tho houso Assemblyman Bullock's bread bill was passod, ns was also tho sen ate bill defraying tho oxponses ot Gov ernor Griggs' Inauguration. Senator Daly mado auothor attempt to deliver his speech against United fotates Sowcu s nttitmlo on tho Monroo doctrlno, but wns shut oil on a point of ordor. Mr. Daly thon charged that there was not a Republican Benntor who was willing to- defend their lender. Senator Daly started another breozo by offering a resolution to Inquire as to whether passes Issued by tho railroad com panics to stato officers are issued under any law, or If any propriety was violated by stato officers receiving passos. Tho ob ject of tho resolution was not apparent, as tho gcnoral railroad law of the stato calls for the providing of passes to stato officers, Alleged Wrongful Imprisonment, Los ASdKLKS, Cab, Fob, 5. Attired In deep mourning, daughtor of tho Iato Al Ion G. Thurmatu Mrs. M. P. T. Hollldny, nnd hor husband, Kdwnrd T. Hollldny, known in basebidl nnd sporting circles as "Bug tlolliday, sat sldoby sldo In a court room us defendants lu a $25,000 damage suit brought against thorn by Airs, Fannin L. Holllday, a distant relative Ot Mr. Hoi Uday, for alleged falso Imprisonment. The defendants claim that Mrs. Fannlo HollI day throntonod to burn tholr furnlturo and kill them, wheroupon thoy procured her arrest. Sho was confined In jail for eirf' ' i!nv. iK' J j r - Tno I.Ives Silled. Jlra. Phocbo Thomas, of Junction City. 111., was told by her doctors sho had Con sumption and that thcro was uo hope for her, but two bottles Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and, sho says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggcrs, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried without result everything else then bought 0110 bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. 1101s naturauy inanKiui. It is such results, of which theso uro samples, that provo tho wonderful cfllcacy of this medicine In Coughs and Ixilds. rrco trial bottles ot A. Waslcy's drug storo. licgnlar siio 50o nnd $1.00. Turks Want the Keller Fluids. London. Feb. 5. A dispatch from Con stantinople to Tho Chronlolo says! "Tho Turkish officials coutluuo to Impede tho relief for tho Armenians. The offiolnls want nil tho monoy intrusted to thorn. Sovcrnl ladles' commlttoos hero nro pro paring clothing for distribution through A ...nolnn. nil Bslnn firlna " An Hat-Judge lrops Dead piMvriKTnv. N. J.. Feb. 5. Judao Joslah w. Wrlaht. ono of tho former judges of - to Trenton. Ho was us years old, I Our pcoplo aro gruwlug moro and moro iu I tho habit of looking to O rubier Bros,, drug- gists, for tho latost and best of everything in I tho drug Hae. TkeysollChambcrlaiu'sCough lEcmedy, famous for its cures of bad colds, croup aud whooplug cough. When in need 1 of such a modlcino glvo this remedy a trial and you will bo inoro than pleased with the I result. Mrs. While, n Citizen or Ithaca, Has Saved. tPVom the Ithaca Herald.) Our representative, hearing of tho caso of Jlrs. II. T. White, called to sco her at Screen nnd Plain streets. Wo publish their conversation in tho following Interview: "Sirs. White, I hear you have some thing to say nbout n new remedy for back ache nn J kidney disorders. Will you glvo mo your statement for publication?" " Yes, I nm ottito satisfied to do so. I think tho publio should know when a really foou rcincuy is u uo uau, u is mo least can do lu gratltudo for my recovery." icu mo nuoui your complaint. "About a year ago I had tho Grlnnc.nnd bIiico then my back lias pained mo con stantly in tho region of tho kidneys; a dull painnt times, ami nt other intervals, sharp, darting pains niercinc through inc. wcro almost unbearnblc. I seemed to bo civ ing out ns tho pain in my kidneys grew worse, and at last I had to stay in bed tho greater part of tlio time. Finally, I gavo up altogether. I had tcrriQc headaches, nnd suffered so much pain my appctlto left rao." "Did tho disorder affect tho bladder?" " Finally. It did. Thourino was hi coiorcu, anu varied in suppression and ex cess. I, of ten told my friends I belioved I should go lnsano from tho naln. I heard ot uoan s iviiiney mis, nnu began their use. After taking them two or thrco days 1 began to feel their good effects. I con tinued, anil now am perfectly well." "Am I to understand that Doan's Kid ney Pills havo entirely cured you? " "Yes, that's tho truth. I havo no moro headaches or pains, and my appctlto has returned. Beforo using Doan's Kidney PI113 1 found it very trying to go up and down stairs, or to sleep on niv Lack: but now I can do so without a single pain, I feel completely cured, and I wish tho man ufacturers every possiblo success." For salo by dealers. Prico 50 ccnls Mailed by Fostcr-Milburn Co., Bullalo, N. Y., Solo Agents for tho U. S. For salo at Kirlin's Pharmacy. CANFIELD, Agent for Shenandoah and Vicinity For-- BARBBY'S Beer and Porter. Try Barbey's Bohemian Beer. Take No Substitute.. 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