POSTAL PERILS.
1HK DASHEIlft DltAVKD BY
lAITHflL MAIL CAKlttKIt.
Iht-y Climb Mountain. Ford Tor
rents. Thread dwinn and Crnaa
Dcsertsto Deliver Ijetters Al
most Inaccessible Office.
?HB residents of cities
'whose lottcri are lit
time t little overdue
would l.e leM impa
tient with the public
servant if they un
derstood with how
much labor and of
tentimes danger the
duties of the mail
currier are attended,
write! an ext'nited
Bute l'ostotncn In
spector. Accustomed
n express train anil telegraphic mes
oaije", we are apt to forget the fact that
the ijreat majority of our postofllccs are
not yet served by railroads, but are illu
med on stage routes, or are reached by
horse carriers and even by footmen, who
penetrate to fastnesses where It is impos
sible to ure a horse with safety. In
winter many of them travel by anawshn
ond with do; sleds like those of the Ks
spiimnux. The new Territorv of Alaska,
now within the postal con lines of the
United State, has twenty -two postofflces
in reulnr operation, but they are no
more remote than are many in regions in
the Kantero and earliest settled States.
The aim of the Qovcrmcnt, regardless
of expense to it or of labor upon the
art of its servants, is to place within
the reach of all citizens the ruHntng and
iiiimAttizing influences of newspapers, of
liomo and social letters, without which
men, when exiled, tend to Ignorance and
iirutitlltr. No question us to what reve
nue will bo derived from the now ofllce
hv. wciuht; the consideration Is, Will it
lie of substantial beucllt to grant postal
facilities, and, if so, then supplies are
ent to thu point aud bids invited for
currying the mails.
As an Inspector I visited Lie's Ferry,
in Coconino County, Arizona. Tue
office is on the Colorado Hivcr. Being
in Uiah we went by tne mttl route south
ward from Silina, where early on a
M trch day we took stae for Kanah via
Vi
f riSSi
OVKB, Tnit BltlNK OF A BAVINS.
Panjuitch. The tide occupied three
full days, and at tho end the 205th mile
we stopped at a farm house late at night,
thoroughly chilled and worn out.
Thencj to the ferry was ninety-three
miles, but, fortunately, we had a day in
which to rest before proceeding on our
journey.
Kor over two hundred miles we
traversed a section of the American
i)esert upon which there is little water,
Kant vegetation and few people. The
latter are specially praiseworthy for
being hospitable from so meagre a store.
At Lee's were scarcely a dozen patrons
et the office, and it cost the Government
many dollars for every letter and paper
that crosses the route. But the people
at the ferry are Americans, and they
must have letter j and, further, should
a obstruction occur on this isolated
route an agent of the Government must
investigate it, personally if necessary,
with the samo alacrity that Is observed
when trouble arises in New York City,
In Wisconsin and Michigan when the
toads are blockaded with snow drills
(he mails ge forward with regularity by
r i r
V-. AY't ,MliO
ITS WISCONSIN.
anowshoe and dog sled carriers. Such
methods of locomotion though primitive,
re not as alow as might bis supposed.
Many of these Indian carriers will make
fifty milos a day and their paths are not
nearly as arduous as the bridle paths of
the Eastern mountains, where in spring
it is almost impossible for a mau to tlod
a footing. Throughout tha swamp re
gions of Eastern North Carolina, and in
the pine and turpentine country in gen-
eral, are postofflces that are remarkably
Inaccessible, aupplying communication
between the lumber shippers of the
South and the warehouses of tha North.
Sana Soucl, la North Carolina, Is of this
class, and is reached by rail from Nor
folk to Edenton, thenoe by steamer
across the sound to Plymouth, and from
there on by a little propeller runuiog up
tbt Casble River, stopping at numerous
aawmllla to exchange the malls. The
Casble ia narrow, deep and Tory crooked,
running to all points of tha compass in
tha awasapa before entering tha Roeo
oka, It ia lined with heavy pines which
sua being cut down. Wo passed a raft
, of B00U in tow to Edenton, breaking
part aud stopping navigation for
anils and delaying our arrival at Wind
ft
lly
i
or until after midnight. It was at the
latter place that Sir Walter IUlelgh
made his first home In America.
There aie other equally Inaccessible
offices reached by ferry across the Neuse
nt New Ihrno, and riding some twenty
miles serosa a sand beach to Pamlico or
Uayboro. Tbore ara few people there.
Along the eastern coast of North
Carolina, cut off from the mainland, is
narrow, long strip of sand beach 03
whiib there are dozen postofOces.
They are served by a smalt sailboat run
ning semi-weekly from Manteo, on Ho
anoke Island, to Davis, stopping at Hat
teras, Oracoke and other places. The
bulk of the mail consists of official cor
respondence between Washington and
the lighthouses, with perhaps now and
then a newspaper giving quotations al
Norfolk and Wilmington. Hegularity if
IV NOflTII CAROfifNA.
Mforoa4 ou this as on other routes, and
goosVCau'e must be shown for delays be
yonif Scacdtile time. The mountain
regions of West Virginia oiler special at
tractions for. depredations upon the
mails and have many olllces that are very
hard to reach in spring when the roads
are deep In mud. The routo fro.n Qauley
llrlduc, no the Kanawha, through the
Alleghanies to Addison and Nicholas
supplies several olllces of this character.
We crossed this route in April and had
diflicuttv to get horses, their owners
fearing to let them undertake the jour
ney. We started with two horses and a
mountain biiguy. but getting set In the
mud a milo away left tho vehicle there
as a danger sign. Procuring saddles
and n uuide we aualn tot out and by
nightfall had covered ten miles of the
sixty upon the route. The journey was
more tedious than 000 milos across the
desert. It took us directly over Powell
Mountain, the highest peak of the Alle-
glianief, requiring nino miles ol a sharp,
circuitous ascent. But when once its
wooded crest was reached our labor was
nm ply repaid by tho panorama of moun
tain scenery that opened to the view.
Having seen the most noted points of
America's natural scmery, I regard the
view from Mount Powell as unsurpassed.
It was a vision of what greeted the ex
plorers of Virginia and the Carolinas.
Wo could concolvo the difficulties that
confronted Lewis and Cinrke when on
their hardy two years' expedition they
penetrated the wilderness of the North
west Tori'itory, going forth into a
boundless, wooded, unkunwn continent
tbey knew not whither. To travel but
A SNOWnOB IIAtL CARRIER.
a few miles of such a vouuir.s- V- v
country ot partial tettlsment ioorer
unusual fortitude. We met but una
traveler upon theso remote bridle paths.
He was the purchasing scout afoot ot an
eastern carriage factory buying hickory
trees for "stumpage." Keeping a little
inn we found a man who was formerly a
prominent physician in Cincinnati with a
larce practice and Income, but who, be
coming an inebriate, took the heroio
treatment of exiling himself in the Al-loghenles.-
He had horses and servants,
aud was literally monsrch of all he sur
veyed. Beyond tho difficulties attending the
reaching of remote postofflces thore is at
times unusual danger in the work of the
mail-carrier. In winter many of the
routes in the Rockies are very dangerous
tod almost superhuman efforts are re
quired to avoid Ones for delinquency.
When the rich Lamartine mines were
opened in Colorado, I was ordered to
that point in midwinter. ' Without
guide, and following verbal directions,
1 rode from ."reeland, turning my horse
into the bud of a mountain stream. It
was dark as we approached Freeland,
and had grown much colder. The stream
bad turned to thin ice, making it diffi
cult for the horse to keep his footing. I
endeavored to keep him on his feet but
be grew nervous, and reaching a wide
place ia the stream where all feet were
on the ice, he slipped and fell headlong
and In trying to rise rolled from the bed
of the shallow stream into a ieep ravine,
tha bottom of which could not ba seen
in tha darkness. I was uninjured, and
picking my way cautiously to Freeland
remained there all night, going va to the
Springs by daylight. On m way I met
tha carrier coming afoot slowly up the
mountain. He bad lost two mules by
their slipping front the narrow path, but
was trying to perform the service with a
degree of regularity, as the mines wan
filling with people anxious for tnelr let'
tore from home. New York Herald.
. , t " it ; i i . ' ,
SOLDIKUS' COLUMN
-
ODE TOTBE AMERICAN FLAG,
av i. RoiM.s!i in .
When Freedom from her mountain height
I'nfurled her standard to the air,
Bhe tore the azure rhs of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
Plie minded with Its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies,
And striped Its pure celestial white
With streskiiig of the morning light;
Then from his mansion in the sun
Bhe called her eagle-hearer down,
And save lino hit mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.
Majestic Monarch of the cloud.
Who rear's! aloft Ihy renal lorm,
To hear the tempest-trumpiugs loud,
Anil see the ligntning-lancis driven.
When sir de the warrlyra of the storm,
And rolls the thunder drum of heaven;
Child ot the Hun! too thee Is given
To Board the haulier of the free,
To hover In the sulphur smoke,
To ward aw ly the battle si rote.
And bid its blending shine afar,
Like rainbows on ilie clouds of war.
The harbingers of v ictory.
Flag of the Brave! thv folds shall fly,
The sign of hope and triumph high!
When speaks the signal-trtimtatt tons,
And the long line conn gleaming on
F.reyet the life-blood, warm and wet,
Has dimmed the glistening bayonet
F.adi soldier eye shall brightly turn
To where the sky-born glories burn;
And a his springing steps advance.
Catch war ami vengeance from the glance
And when the cannon mounting loud
Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud,
And gory sabres rise and fall
Likeshoots of Haute on midnight's pall
There shall thy meteor-glances Olow,
And cowering toes shall shrink beneath
F.arh gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death,
Flag of the seas! on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave:
When Death careering on the gale,
Sweetai darkly round the bellied sail,
And frighted waves rush wildly back
llelore the broadside's reeling rack,
Kai'h dying wanderer of the tea
Mhull look at on .-e to heaven aud thee.
And smile to see thy splendors lly
In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Flag of the free heart's hope and home.
lly sngel hands to valor given!
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
Any all thy hues were born in heaven.
Forever ttont that .itaudard sheet!
Where breathes the toe but falls before us
With Freedom s soil beneath our feet.
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us
BATTLE OF FERR Y8VILLE.
How It Cooked to a Surgeon at the Bear
of the Army.
As I have seeu
nothing In your
columns of the
battle of Pcrry
ville. Ky., Oct. 8.
18(13, I am moved
to send yott a few
rcminisc eicti
from the rear of
the line on that
numorable dav.
."NjVThe rear of an
i - smij limns llltt-
i tcriallv from its
arifl ni nil
your letters and
items come from
tlio front bnf tnv
wjlihi "'J
-""J'x.sWltim Is from the
rear, for as a Regimental Surgeon that
was my place and hence from thero
nil my reminiscences wero gathered.
My regiment, the SOth Ohio, was in
MuCook's Division at the battle of
Porrysvillo and as Oon. McCook got
the credit, at least of making the
attack, my command became hotly
cngaiccd early in the day. The Medi
cal Department of the Army thus early
in the conflict was but poorly organ
ized and at Pcrryville Regimental
Surgeons wore forced to act largely
on their individual accounts, and make
their own selections of depots to which
their wounded might be immediately
removed, and na the lines wore shift
ing, places of safety for such depots
wero selected with difficulty.
Surgeon McMeans, 8d Ohio, was
our Acting Brigade Surgeon at the
time and assisted by him sovoral other
Surgeons and mysi If selected a small
farm-house, with its barn and other
outbuildings, as the best wo could do
In tho way of hospital. The improve
ments stood In a boautiful little valley
between two high hills and immediate
ly aurroundlng tha dwelling wat a
beautiful greensward. In leat time
than it takes to pen theso lines, after
the first arrival of wounded, all the
apace in and out of doors on the prem
ises was occupied. This location was,
when selected, considorod a aafa one
and thither stragglera were wont ' to
gather. The sward tnado a nice place
whore we could spread blanketa for a
temporary resting-place for wounded
upon their arrival and it was soon
thickly covered with them. Between
this sward and the road waa a small
lot occupied by an abandoned cabin
and a rank growth , of wild hemp.
About S o'clock p. m. this old cabin
was full of colored servants in search
of safctyt in fact, the lot was filled
with them, save the space occupied by
one or two horses belonging to Held or
staff officers snd at ubi ut this hour it
was discovered that our hospital waa
between tho opposing, linos. First,
there was a battery on the hill to our
left and its firing waa vigorous and
then in a very abort time ' another
battery, belonging to our own forces,
opened upon the bill to our right and
the firing became brisk on both aidea
of us, the shot and shell screaming over
our heads with to us an almost deafen
ing effect.
Just before sunset the rebel artillery
men on the bill to our left felt moved
to plant three or four solid . shots in
rapid succession Into the primitive
roof of our cabin, no doubt as ; much
to develop lta contents as anything
else; and if for this It was a great suc
cess, for the servants decamped in the
wildest disorder, and in a very few
seconds tha ' cabin and beinp-patch
alone were left to tell the tale. It is
at any time amusing to see a black
fact trying to turn pais under
. of
ML MM
the stimulus of fright, but
the scattering of these frightened black
boys waa the moat comical thing I
ever saw and their faces were uniform
ity several shades lighter when they
entered it but a short time previously.
Not one of them was injured in the
leust, but when the clapboards and
decaying weight-poles began flying In
every direction. They did some won
derful leaping and their agility waa
something that the colored population
of Kentucky should be proud of to
this day. The hemp waa nowhere,
and the fence, although an eight-rail
one was cleared at a bound by each aa
he came to It. Wounded men whose
lives were ebbing had fo smile at the
scene this denoument presented, and
it was one to appreciate which must
have been aoen, and to have been seen
could have never been forgotten. I re
mained on this battlefield until the
90 of October. 8. KX'RAwroRO, in
National Tribune.
I.ssoa Taorni.KS are anticipated in
Japan. The natives work 12 to 17 hours for
s few cents, snd Intend to sgitate for laws
shortening the hours ot labor and regulating
the pay.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
TwrTV-FiRT Dav. In the senate 39 bills
rassed the tirst reading In 10 minutes. Mo
feary of Krie introduced a bill providing
that whenever any secret marriage is con
tracted and t he i-jrties have no common
residence; or do not live together as man and
wife, the survivor, in th event ol the diath
of either party, shall take no Interest In the
estate of the deceased, exc pting such as
may be devised or bequeathed to the survi
vor In cane the deceased dies intestate,
A eoiniiuiiiii'atioii was received Irom the
governor announcing bis approval of the
concurrent resolution leipiestlngl'entisylva
nia I'tiited Hiaies senators and coiigiessmen
to vote auainst any measure looking to the
opening of the world's fair on Holiday.
In the House these bills.were Introduced:
Nilt's of Tio a a revenue measure known
as the county commissioners bill: lloyer of
1'hlla lelphla providing for a graduated tax
on Inheritance, except collateral, of I )r
cent on estates of Uin.noo and not exceeding
.'i"Ki,iN; !i mt cent above .VX) is sou not
exceeding fl.i OD.iliS). mid .1 wr cent on all
estates ot ov r tl.iM) ouo. The rapid transit
bill was recommitted to ei able parties op
posed to it to be heard. The negatived bill
to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors
on all holidats and Saturday halt-holidays
was voted down.
Fow of Philadelphia moved to amend the
Maker ballot law that the assessors ahull sit
in election booths in all d.stricts where
booths are eatahdsheil. The bill prohibit
ing the employment of telegrnph operators
on rai roads who are under 1 years of nge
ami have not had one year's experience,
which was negatived in (otniuittee, war
placed on the calendar unaniinoii'ly.
TwTrr-itcoin Dav. In the Senate to
day a large number ol remonstrances were
presented, from ministerial essociations and
other religious nrgaiiiations.against modifi
cations of tbeSuinliiy laws.
The following bills were introduced:
Hackenbiirg, Northumberland Providing
for appointment by the liovernor of a com
mission, equally divided politically, to issue
liquor license instead of the I'ourts. Us
bourne, Philadelphia Providing lines and
ienaltiea for the sale of impure milk in
cities, towns and boroughs. Mi ( an e l, of
Dauphin Proposing an uniendtiient to the
constitution, (jiving women the right to vote.
I.andis. I ancasier Providing for issuing of
Btate teachers' certlnVnte to giaduati-s of
regularly chartered colleges who have taught
three annual terms in the public schools.
The following bills were passed llnally,
Providing for erection ol a new State ; build
ing and repairing the ball of the;lIonse; to
prohibit members of school hoards in cities
of the second class from holding mir utiles
of emolument in them, suihori.iug com
psiiles chartered in other Htates to manu
facture wall paper, lithographs or prints, to
own real eatute In In this .Stute. The bill to
abolish the Public lluilding Commission of
Philadelphia passed second reading without
opposition TheHenule then adjourned.
In the House to-day a bill waa favorably
rerted from committee by Mr. Cessna,
making Lawrence county a separate judicial
district and providing for the appointment
of a Judge.
Mr. Thornton, of Kayette, presented a
bill permitting atr. et railway companies to
condemu private properly alter making due
compensation for the same.
Oilier bills were presented as follows:
Skinner Permitting electric railway com
panies to carry freight. Fow To punish
anv Demon who willfully or maliciously
cuts or tears down any Hag or banner, t'ro
thers Kepeallng so much f the milk law
aa declares that any milk obtained from
animals fed on distillery waste is impure
and unwhob some. Uoodliart Providing
lor the teaching of vocal music In the com
mon schools. Itcese To protect the health
of mine workors by prohibiting the use of
illuminating oils or other than animal or
vegetable.
The bill to protect miners in the anthra
cite coal regions ol Pennsylvania, to weigh
coal snd bars a check weigh man wnen
deemed necessary, defining the amount
which shall constitute a mining ton and
providing penalties for violation thereof,
was passed finally. After some minor mat
ters were disposed of the House adjourned.
rwKNTY-TiiiRU Dav. In the Senate to-day
Mr. Hackenburg. of Norlhthumberland.had
s petition read asking him to introduce a
bill to prohibit the manufacture of hoop
skirts lor crinoline purposes.
The following bills were introduced:
Smith, l-ancaiter To lake from pipe
line companies the right of eminent do
main. Luudis, Lancaster Requiring boards
of school directors to make provision for
the better protection of the health sod
morula of school children. Monoghan.
rjchuvlkill To increase thu annual salaries
of coroners in counties having over loO.OUU
inhabitants to 2,ma.
The Neeb bill, making It a misdemeanor
for any rson to furnish a reKrter, editor
or newspaper villi false information intend
ed lor publication, was reported favorably
to the semite. The bill Is intended to ubol
Ish the fakir of news and tha practical joker
who imposes on newspapers bogus notices
of mamuges or deaths. It has excellent
chances of loaning both houses.
In the Ilouae a Urge number of bills were
unfavorably reHirteil from committee to
day, smong them that to protect associa
tions and unions of workingmsn and per
sons in their lubsls, trademarks and forms
of advertising.
Tho following bills were introduced. Har
vey, Luserne To encourage the breeding
and Improvement of trotting and pacing
horses, and to prevent fraudulent enteries.
Msttox, Venango Providing for the ap
pointment of deputy assistant coroners In
cities of this Commonwealth. Focht,
Union Authorising chants mortgages on
certain forms of iron and steel, The follow
ing resolution was adopted: "That tha House
of Representatives request the Senate to re
turn to the House the resolution requesting
(senators and .Members of Congress to vote
for Hunate bill No. 'JUli, entitled "An act
for marking of the Hues of battle on the
battlefield of tieltsyburg."
These bills were passed finally: An act de
fining the slams of fraternal societies pay
ing benefits at sickness or dsath of their
members by mutual assessments and ex
empting them from taxation and from tha
a .pervtiion of the in-uranos Commlssiouers
an sot relative to the unformlty of proxies.
Tha House then sdjourned.
Twkxtv Fotnrtt Dav Among: tli hills
Introduced were the following i rile hfleld.
Soineret-T't prevent public bighwava f nm
becoming hlo -kiided nith snow Htiilth. Lan
caster Appropriating a'JO.oisi to heuswj In
delecting and nriseciuln manufacturers
and dea'ers in oleomargarine and all imita
tion butler.
The following bills passed finally: Autho
rizing construction or turnpike, plank and
other roads on toads and land; authorising
formation of corporations for the purpose of
driving and flooding logs, lumber and tim
ber In streams not exceeding H5 miles in
length; extending provisions of the Railroad
act of IHsVi to corporations organized by pur
chasers of railroads at sales without process
or decree of ourt; making the fee for riling
petitions for the adoption of minors one
rlnl ar; providing for a-se-smetit of damage
when streets or alleys ate changed in grade
or locality; appropriating HI.'I.OOO for re
equipnieiit of the National (luard.
A large number of bills passed second
resding sinoug them Hie following, Intro
duced by Hinn: An act authorizing cities
to purchase, maintain, use and condemn
bridges erected and In ttse over rivers and
streams separating or dividing any part or
district of s'ich cities, and providing the
manner in which cumiamsation shall ba
made; an act authorizing municipal corpor
ations to appropriate private lands and pro
perly for tlieir use in the construction,
maintenance and use of bridges in order to
connect public parks or other public proper
ties, and providing for the ascertainment of
damages caused thereby The Senate having
cleared its calendar voted to adjourn nntil
Monday evening. February 27.
The house met at II o'clock. Among the
hills reported negatively from committees
were the two "anti-discrimination' ' bills In-
tr duced by Representatives Itllss and
Tewksburv, also the bill exempting ex sol
diers and members of tho National (it
Irom Jury duty.
Among Ihe bills Introduced were the fol
lowing: lly Mr. Thomas. Cambria To
avoid the blocking of tha highways with
snow by providing that wire fences shall be
substituted for rail or board fences, llv Mr.
D;ibs. York Amending the Liquor I, dense
law by Increasing the penalty ainin-t min
ors miarepresentitii their age. lly Mr. Us
her. Ilerks To provide for making and re-
? airing puhllo roads and highways, lly Mr.
Icrzi'g, Ilerks To prohibit the killing of
quail or Virginia partridges for three years.
'I he calendar of bills on second reading
was considered, and the bill to prevent
county or city siierintci dents of common
schools from engaging in the profession of
teaching during tnelr term of ofllce, unless
it c Ins 1 1 be dune without compensation,
?assed, with a penalty clause attached. The
louse then adjourned,
Twitxrv Ktrrn Dav. After brief sessions
lo day both branches of the Legislature ad
journed for the election recess. In the Sen
ate the following bills were introduced:
llrewer. Franklin To require inmates of
the Huntingdon Reformatory who violate
their parole to serve the unexpired term of
tlieir sentence; also, to require counties of
which they are residents to p:iy the cost in
cident to the trial of Inmates in the Hunt
ingdon Reformatory and eiiiteiitiaries,anil
to regulate proceedings in applications for
the discharge on habeas corpus of persons
confined in either ol the penitentiaries.
Lloyd. Cumberland To Increase the salary
of the Chief Clerk in the Auditor Oeneral s
department from Sf.Hof) to H. Jf, and fixing
the salary of the Corporation Clerk at -'..
Mr. Hackenburg, of Northumberland, offer
ed a resolution, wlilcli was adopted, for the
printing of l.HOD copies of his LiqiiorLicense
uni, requiring commissioners to i
censes Instead of the Courts. The
niisAioiters to issue II-
SenatSh
adjourned until February 27.
In the House to day Mr. Wertheimer. of
Allegheny, offered a resolution that his bill
providing for the incorporation of distilling
companies, which has tieen negatively re
ported, be placed on the caleudur. it will
lay over under the rules until the House
tonvetios.
Mr. Skinner introduced a Mil for the pre
vention and punishment of trespassing up
on cars of passenger railway companies, lie
also introduced a Dill for the prevention and
punishment of the obstruction of the tracks
of passenger railway companies and the in
jury or destruction of their rolling stock or
otlu-r roiarty.
Other bills were Introduced as follows:
Dimhly To provide for the discharge, from
any hospital for the insane, of insane per
sona charged with or acquitted of crime.
Wheeler To prevent fraud in the sale of
wool. King Providing for the the division
of counties into rosd districts, the election
of district supervisors, Ihe dividing of road
work Into classes the divi-lon of road taxes,
and for the making and repairing of roads
and awards therelor.
The House adjourned nntil Monday even,
lug. February 27.
Severe Bnowatorma.
BTXuaKKvii.LK. The moat violent stores
of the winter swept the river valley at this
point Sunday iiigni. There is from 12 to 18
Inches of snow on the level, and it has been
drilling badly. Reports from below are
that the snowstorms bsve brou so violent
that river travel was impossible, because the
pilots were unable to tee a boat's light.
AlrootiA. P. The city was stormbound
Sunday night, the streets deserted and re
ports from moiintuiii towns tell of a terrible
storm of the afternoon and evening.
There Is more snow in the Alleghanies than
for many years past. Many accidents are
reported Irom along the railroad.
Moriiantowh, W. Va. The storm here
assumed a frightful character and caused
the greatest obstructions to travel of any
kind that have develiqied this winter. The
snowfall has been very heavy, there being
20 inches of it reartel f rom many sections
hereabout, and the smaller mountain towns
are fairly shut in by it. There are many
roads that accommodate considerable travel
ordinarily that will be impassable for at
least a week to come. With tha enormous
snowfall about the headquarters of the Mo
noiiguhola and its watersheds towards the
Ohio a thaw will Inevitably bring the big
gest river of the winter.
MKT DXATII III A BLIZXABD. ' '
Jkrsev Citv, N. J. Mary A. Whltely, a
widow (it) yesre old, was irosen to death in a
blitzard ihe other nigut. She waa returning
home from vespers at St. Ilridget's church,
this city, when she got lost in a vacant lot
and her body was found Irosen stiff the fol
lowing morning.
THl'MDER, LIUHTMINO AND SHOW.
W ilk km barb a. Pa. Vt9 o'clock Sunday
night a lerrilio bliuard swept over this city
aud vicinity, accompanied by peals of
thunder snd flashes of lightning and heavy
snow.
SPKIXa WXATHKR IK URRMAMY.
Mild spring weather has prevailed in Ger
many for the past week. Already fields are
becoming greeu and shrubs are budding.
Three Killed in a Street Car Aooident.
In an accident on the city and suburban
electric railway al Portland, Ore., J. 0. Den
nis, aged 70, Bertram Dennis, bis son, sged
. and J. T. Johnson were killed and James
Menefee was probably fatally Injured, A
dozen other passengers were more or less
hurt. The car was going down bill when
the motor man lost control. Whsn the car
reached tho bottom of the hill it left the
track and was overturned.
Queer Toolb-ttiUlng.
Id tbe report of tbo physician lo
charge of tbe Ntng Fo Missionary
Hospital there aro some Interesting
observations nn tooth-pulling Id
China. It eeetni that Chinese teeth
are more easily extracted that tbee
of Americans or European. The
native dontlsta are said to poasesa a
wonderful powder, which la rubbed
on tbe gum over tha affected tooth.
Id about five minute thereafter tbe
patient It told to loeexe, whereupon
the tooth falls out , , ,
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
TWO BBW COUKTHS.
HnisBtiito. There are two bill pending
In Ihe legislature for Ihe creation of new
counties. The first, Introduced In Ihe house
by (leorge V. Lawrence, is Intended carve
a new county out of portions of Welling
ton, Kayette, Greene, Westmoreland and
Allegheny, with the connty seat at Monoa
gahela City, although the enterprising town
of Charlerol has aspirations for this honor.
This is an old scheme, conceived first la
179(1, and having been before the legislature
five times between 1820 anJ 1K.I7. Tbe
second, whose sponser Is Senator Cline, of
Luzerne, Is intended to ereste a new county
out of the southern hslf of Luzerne and th
northern tier of townships in Schuylkill,
with Hszelton as the county seat. The
names of Ihe two new aspirants for place
among the counties of the Stat are given aa
Monongshela and Hazel. Should tbs first
be created that will undoubtedly e II
name, but so far as the latter Is concerned,
it is given out on excellent authority hat, a
th family name of Pennsylvania's senior
Senator Is porpettisted In the county of
Cameron, so will that of the Junior Sensto,
be handed down in tbe county of Quay.
rinso a fatal tot,'
Ut;.. Last Tuesday evening a 2-year,
old child of John Rasely, of Connoqtten
ing township, while done in the house
began playing with the fire. Her dress ig
nited, and she wsa so bsdly burned that
after two hours of agony she died.
PENNSYLVANIA BANKS.
Tnxta sji'nnr.a, OROwrir, rxmnt. stocks as
Pttrosrrsi
A statement Just sent to Congress by the
Secretary of the Treasury gives facts about
the banks of Pennsylvania during tbe past
lisryeers. Pennsylvania In 17"2hed on
bank, with a rapital stack of $2,000,000. and
11112 had 4.VI banks. Strvteand national,
with capital of 77,00 i.flOO, There are Hi
State banks, with a capital stock of over ),
IjOO IrOO, deposits of .l!l,.102.lll. and loans
snd discounts amounting to :i2.rfl,2ll Th
rhief eriod covered by this report is from
1MII4 to 1S03. During that period the State
bank more than doubled (ntimler and
circulation, while their deposits quadrupled.
rtsxMA'Si Ktt.t.xn, riioiNitKB mortai.lv ikjub-
U AND BRAKKMA X III RT.
Kara A west-bound freight on the New
York, Chicago and St. Louis railway left th
track near Uirard. The engine was totally
wrecked, and Fireman William Lipwalder
of Mossiertown was crushed to death under
the tender. F.ngineer (I. W. Wilkins of
Ciiiineaut, O., was reported-dead from In'
i lines received, but is still alive, though
isdly hurt. Head brakeman Jobn Walters
of Conneaut had an arm broken and was
badly hurt about the head.
BIO DA MAOKS A WARTrftr.
Brri.r.R fn the caseof Levi M. Wise, as.
signee of Owen Hradv, vs, II. J. Moyt of
Chicora. the jury found m verdict for the
plaintiff for 110,880 H7.
DVt.lO Or BLOOD POISOXirSTK
MowoHoAiiiti.A Citv. Anthony Ray, an
Italian storekeeper of this place, a few days
ago accidentally cut his rinht hand with a
piece of tin. Wood poisoning haa since set
in, and he is dying in terrible agony.
no hp ii Y anr.ru oooe mbx.
JoHfisTowN. Andrew Nicswonger. Jamea
and Patrick Hadden, and1 Frank Mentsoh,
all of Indiana-county, went to- New York
the otherduy to see some green, goods men.
Aiioy are v.tuo poorer, now.
THIS tKJDRKD tTS Al Rtl.
Wtr cKsBARRP: An- empty engine, coming
down the mountain from Farrview, on the
Ihlgh Valley railroad, demolished the ca
boose of a gravel train, injuring 10 work
men. Michael O' Mai ley died from his in
juries and Uajah. Douda 1 believed to be fa
tally huiL
OR CAR RORfUSRS COKVTCTXD.
F.rii Charles FHnn. fleorg H-ady.
Frank King and William Board man were
found guiliy of breaking ami entering into
ears in in (Quarter Sessions court here.
This makes eigjit of the car robbers who
have been coivvieted at this l.-rra.
CARXLXNIXKSKBKACLra l!l FATALITY.
TTxiontowx. John ShirTbower, a 10 year
old boy, was run over by a wagon hers and
fatally hurt, H wsa trying to climb in
over the wheel, when the team started,
throwing hltn to the ground. The wheel
passed over his head, crushing it. Tbe little
fellow's mother was buried only a few
days sgo.
Mr. axd-Mbh, Louts Shapp. an aged cou.
pie of nrar Oreenshurg. were thrown from
a buggy by a runaway hone and are, it is
thought, fatally injured.
A mikiatukb mountain and Its products,
will be s feature in the Pennsylvsnia exhib
it at the World's Fair.
Ths suit at Beaver, of Joseph Wilson
agsinst the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail
road Compsny for I7,0U0 damages alleged
by the plaintiff to b due him on account of
injury don his planing mill property al
Beaver Falls, has been decided by th jury
swarding blm 4,3H0.
Host B tlms ago Homer Harvey lesaed
Blaine's birthplace, at West lirownaville.ams
it has since been connected with a disorder
ly house. Tuesday night the plac was
raided by officers and the inmates were com
mitted to th Washington county Jail. This
affair has given renewed impetus to the lo
cal movement to purchase tha historical
plac.
HTJOH O'DONNILL ACQUITTED.
With Critohlow and Clifford Is to B I
Out on Bail.
Hugh C. O'Donnell was acquitted at Pitts
burg on Saturday of the clung of murder
made against him In connection with th
battle at Homestead on July 0. The verdict
was expected. It was the third murder trial
resulting from that memorable strike, aud
ended like its predecessors.
The defendant was standing in th dock
facing th Jurors and with awe he watched
the movements of the foreman's Hps, when
he arose to read the decision of the 12 men.
When tbe word "not guilty" rang through
the room there wo a moment's uproar.
O'Donnell never wavered even for a mo
ment. Hi proud face turned calmly about
in th direction of bis wife, who instantly
sros and rushed to ber husband's arms,
Ths sotne was but of momentary duration.
He kissed her s doxen times in 20 seconds a
lbs great tear drops rolled down ber marbl
ebetka. His sunken eyes were moistened
for a minute as he relaxed tb tender li
brae with which he met his wife.
On Monday O'Donnell, Critchlow and
Clifford were islesseil on bail on the other
charge pending against them, and it is not
thought that their trial will occur until th
Jan trm of court.
Chkdxtob "I called to ace if yo
aould pay that little bill to-day.1
Debtor "Come, now, tbls ia a little
too much. You press me about that
little bill Just aa though I were poo
tan." Boatoo Transcrlot, .