Finn and (untE
IIOW TO Bt'lI.D noosTt.
Iluild nil roosts room and far
enough away from ono nnotlinr to
void (innrrellinu; aud milling of
iiliiinage. Tho board flat, not round j
for a tdiicknn's foot require n flnt
attrfaeo to rout upon, and tho breast
is not apt to beeonio crooked when
they aro young, if the roosts ara com
fortable. Itunrdft to cnteh the drop
ping should lio put under tho roost
ml cleaned often. Now York Iudo
1 mdetit.
IIAIINRSS OAI.I,.
Tho pall which nro worn on tho
"kin of a working horse arc moro coin
nuin in summer than nt any other time
of t ho year, because tho akin in soft
ened nnil in mid adhesive ly tho awcat.
There in les dialing whoii tho harness
ami colhir aro hard and ninooth, ami
kept woll oiled that they may not be
o nun damp and adhesive, Tho gall
cannot ho etirod whilo the chafing con
tinue utile tho aoro pot aro pro
tected in aoino way. An expedient
method of treatment in to wash tho
nkiu where it in rtihhiidhy tho harness
every day with unit water, then to ap
ply vaseliun woll rubliRit in. Tho har
ness should bo washed and scraped and
Wade perfectly smooth, and then oiled
with tanucr'a oil or aomo of tho com
mon other preparations sold in tho
ntorc for this purpose. A most im
portant thing in this connection ia to
Imvo tho harness fit tho horses per
fectly. It is tho loose, ill-tltting h ar
il in that does the most mischief, and
iict, that which ia too tight. Now
York Times.
Foil HMALb pinsi.
SniMI pigs may bo roared for not
more than two cents a pound in tho
clover Held, with tho skimmed milk
nml a little bran in it. It will do no
harm if tho milk ia a little sour, but if
so sour that it smells otT'iisively it ia
nut fit oven for a pig. If tin milk ia
kept in a barrel to which tho oironsivo
iiaino of swill is given, it is not lit for
use, for it is not wholesome. It ia
better to mix tho bran with tho milk
kiinmod, atill aweet, if possible, mid
feed immediately. For -if bran is
addod to tho milk in a condition of
incipient sourness it will produce rap
id fermentation and considerably re
duce the valuo of tho food, besides
making it injuriously unwholesome.
The excess of acid produces indigca
tiou, which ia the direct cause of that
disease of swinj, especially of tho
young animals, which is popularly
called black teeth. This ia not a dis-
. ease of tho teeth, as is supposed, but
the result of corroding products of a
aour stomach.
There is inoro profit in a lot of
young pigs fed proporly in this way
than in any other farm product. The
milk is without countable valuo for
any other uso, and is a wasto.whilo the
clover costs but littlo and its wholo
value is returned in the manure left
by the pigs, and due to the elements
of fertility in the milk. This, too, is
a way of making money from tho at
mosphere, for the fat of the pigs takes
nothing from the soil and is made up
solely ot atmospheric matter, and thus
the soil is enriehod, while the farmer
gots all that is possible from the laud
without any cost. A small quantity of
the soft corn at the gathering of this
. crop will finish the pigs in a handsome
manner. Coleman's Rural Yorhl.
WHEJf TO STOP CULTIVATIVO.
In order to get the best results, cul
tivation should not cease till wo have
made onr crop. It dopenda on the
seasons, the kind of soil and its condi
tions, and the growth of the plants,
mainly, when we should stop the cul
tivation. All plants do not need the
samo amount of cultivation. Weeds
hurt some crops worse than others,
but our rnle is to cultivate until all
the different crops are clear of weods
and grass. Some plants.such as corn,
cane, peas, etc., make such a growth
as to thoroughly shade the ground at
a much earlier period than some other
plants and do not require cultivating
o late, . But in cultivating our solo
purpose is not the killing of weeds.
Aiding to secure moisture in time of
-drought, admitting the air into the
dll and making the plant food in the
oil more available are very important
items. This is why, in a good, grow
Jug season, with vigorous, thrifty
plants the cultivation need not be
ooutinued so late as when the season
is dry and from different causes the
plants have not attained a full growth
o early. My experience! has taught
me that in dry seasons the cultivations
should be more frequent and very
shallow, more especially the later ones.
By surface cultivation we ksop the
top soil in good tilth ; this acts as a
mulch, which retains ths moisture
and Increase tho growth of tho plant.
In stirring tho soil deep wo not only
disturb the roots of tho growing
plants, but it also dries out tho mois
ture to n groater depth. Heneo deep
cultivation decrease tho moisture,
whilo surface cultivation increase it.
It i impossible to have a plan of
work that will suit all season, and to
cultivate in the samo way and the
anmo number of times each year will
fail to give tho beat result. Agricul
tural IOpitomist.
r k rhino woiikino iionsB.
It requires as good judgment prop
erly to food a working horse a to
praetico medicine, say J. H. Wood
ward in Hnrnl New Yorker. It will
hardly do to feed a horse each day ac
cording to tho work expected of it;
still, when worked ateadily and hard
every day more feed should bo given
than while idle, or when kept, a
many horse are, mostly idlo during
the winter, and for nso In slimmer,
and when used, driven at A alow gait
only.
Well cured clover hay I a good
food, and if clean and freo from dust
may constitute their entire food, Mr.
Terry claims to food hi working team
nothing but clover hay, but I could
never see how such a courso would be
profitable. I want my horse to work
too many hour a day and too hard to
koop in proper condition on clover
hay nlono.
When wintered on clover hay alone,
horses hIiouIi! havo enough to keep in
good llhsh and should bo fed not lea
than threo time daily four would bo
butter, ao a not to bo obliged to cat
too much nt ono time. But whero
horse aro working hard or driven
much faster than a walk it is better
that tho clover hay ration bo lessened
in amount nnd aomo grain bo added.
If tho owner can't enduro seeing them
standing idle and with nothing to eat,
tho mangers muy bo tilled with atrow
out, wheat or almost any other kind
of straw, if bright nml freo from dust.
For a 1,000 pound hard working horso
not driven fust, fifteen pounds a dny
may bo given in two or threo feeds.
To this should be added enough grain
to keep tho horso in condition i. e.,
with no loss of flesh. To a driving
horso of that weight I would give not
over six to ten pounds nnd give near
ly all of that nt night not moro than
two pound in tho morning and uono
at noon. To this add sufficient grain
to maintain tho condition.
Of courso clover hay, or, for that
matter, any other hay that is musty or
mow burned, ia not fit for food for
any animal, much less tho horso, and
if the owner bo obliged to feed such
hay it should nlways be well wetted
several hours before being fed.
FAnM AND OAIUIF.S NOIES.
A stunted cult can never do itself
itself justice nor mako you much
money.
About tho best tomporaturo for
churning i fifty-eight to sixty-two
degrees.
If the cow has a drooping head nnd
shows a loss of appetite thsro is some
thing wrong with her.
A cow that is imperfectly milked,
no matter how good a cow she may he,
soon degenerates into an ordiunry
scrub cow.
The cow that is loft in tho barn
yard over night to pick the cornstalks
for her meal will give milk in propor
tion to the treatment received.
The more docile the calf the hotter
milker is the cow or the hotter feeder
is the steer. There is little danger of
handling the calf too early or too
much.
It is claimed that if fresh meat is
immersed in buttermilk in a cool place
allowing it to remain therein until do
sired for use, the meat may be kept
in good condition for a week or more.
Make up a list ot the bolts, nuts,
screws aud small tools that you are iu
constant need of, and buy tham in one
lot, and put each in a well-arranged
series of pigoon holos and keep thorn
there. The saving will amount to a
considerable sum.
Would it not be a good idea to see
bow many old and useless roosters you
are feeding? Fossibly an inquiry
would show you whero yoa could cur
tail expense without interfaring with
the egg produot. . Poultry keeping is
a business iu which yon have to oare
fully watch the cornors.
Can the proportion of butter in
milk be increased by judicious feed
ing? Tho testimony that it can be
dono is rapidly growing. . The ex
periments of many of the state sta
tions aud of dairy experts have gained
pretty exuet information, and show
that eortaia foods rich in oils tend to
produoa an inoreaie in ths butter tats
ia milk.
(JI AIST AMI (I'ltlOl'.
t'nvaccinated persons aro not per
mitted to voto in Norway.
Mulberry tree havo been known to
bear fruit four times In one season.
Live IIsIips havo brnn safely sent by
mail from India to tho British Mu
seum. Boiled nligator flesh taatrs very
much like veal. It is much eaten in
India.
Oinnt skeleton measuring over
seven feet havo becu dug up in Gua
temala. I'liysicinn of tho Middlo Ages pro
scribed tho wearing of mi amethyst as
a suro cure for nervous disease.
The earliest method of spinning
wa by bunching a few fibre aud roll
ing them into a thread with the hand.
The first building ereeted in tho
United Htate for the Federal govern
ment was tho United Htntc Mint in
Philadelphia.
Near Hmlalia, Mo., recently, two col
ored women were seen ploughing.
One acted as horso and the other held
the plough-handles.
Tho first apothecary shop in Ger
many wa opened in 131:1 ot Frank-fiirt-on-thc-Maiu.
Berlin did not
have ono till 1481.
Bee aro said to havo such an antip
athy to dark-colored object that black
chicken hava been stung to death
whilo white ones of the same brood
were left untouched.
In some of tho ancient temples of
I-ljrypt perfectly sound timber of tho
tnmerisk wood has been found con
nected with tho stonework which is
known to be 4,000 years old.
Arizona Indian brand cattlo by
ahooting arrow on the breast, to tho
points of which aro affixed steel brand
with a knife edge. When tho wound
heals it leaves a scsr, which look a
though burned with a branding iron.
When the elephant, Jumbo, wa
dissected a pint and a half of gold,
silver, copper nnd bronzo coin wero
found iu his stomach. In tho lot
wero coin of three kingdom, two
republics, fivo dukedoms, two princi
pitlities aud ono dependency.
On May 11, 1809, Mr. I'ercivnl,
then Premier of Knghind, was assassi
nated in tho lobby of the House of
Common by John Bellingham. Tho
Houso gnvo a pension of 3:100,000 to
Mr. rercival's children, ami $1000
per annum to his widow for life.
The Care of Book.
Books, liko other things, last under
careful treatment and wear badly if
neglected. Nor in tho autumn would
they be found so dusty, sticky aud
shabby on their shelves if tho houso
keeper had had them in hand before
sho left for the country.
They should havo been taken from
tho shelves, if tliera woro uo glass
doors to tho cases, carefully wiped
with a soft cloth, every book encased
in a cheap brown paper and set back
on tho shelves, just close enough to
gether to hold every one firmly, but
not tightly, in its place, standing on
end. None of them should be laid on
top of the others or left loaning like
wounded soldiers, for so placed they
loso their compact shape and the backs
weaken.
Before tho books are replaced their
cases ought to be drawn out from tho
wall and insido and out, front and
back, well brushod to clear away book
moths, spiders, etc., that gnaw bind
ings and leaves.
Where there aro dust-tight cases, !
proof against mice, moths nnd that
deadly enemy of books the big brown
cockroach, a thorough dusting ot
shelves and of evory book scdurstely
it necessary, slipping one sheet of pa
per between the volumes and laying
strips over the tops suffices for pro
tection. The library should always be allow
ed proper ventilation through the
summer, as books stored for some
months in a hot, dry room will warp,
stick and rot beyond repair.
In a house where during the winter
many well-bound ' books lie strewn
about on tables and on swiuging
shelves they ought for the summer to
be folded in paper and ranked in large,
shallow boxes iu the same order as
they are placed on shelves. New
York Advertiser.
Wanted Particulars.
Brown Here's nn account of a man
who has just died after fasting fifty
days.
Mrs, Brown Gracious! Did he
ay what ho died of ? Puck.
The mariners' compass was used for
centuries by the Chinese bofors it was
brought to F.uropo. Its invention or
introduction is credited to Flavio
Gioja, in the fourteenth century. .
'yieetmritio's no": rival, dulcify If
Tl'i times sweeter thill iucpr.
Motion has boon conveyed by cljHi
trh) wire a distance of 12 ) mile.
There nro fi.T) beasts, 1,31)1 bin1
tin 1 'llil) reptiles In the London zoolog
ical garduu. '
Potatoes ciokod in th skin con
lain moro nutriment than if peeled
heforo boiling.
Coal tar yield sixteen shade ot
blue, tho samo number of yellow tint,
twelve of orange, iiiuo of violet, and
numerous other colors and shades.
In the coal region of Kansas they
havo begun to mine roal by eloclricity.
Two coal cutters, operated by electri
cal current aro now in use, mid tho re
sults nro very satisfactory.
A Collection of 80,000 stuffed bird
will lie oun of tho attraction of a mil,
scum now in courso of erection nt Ley
den, Holland. Tho building will, iu
size, outrank anything of the kind in
tho world, except tho British Museum.
An English traveler ha begun a
series of illustrated lecture in Lon
don, ot which ho exhibit upon a large
screen photograph by himself of wild
beasts, such a lion, tiger, elephant
mid apes, whilo iu their untivo jun
gle in tho courso of hi tour around
tho world.
Additional evidence on tho subject
ot tho supposed heat from the sun's
ray i furnished by an experiment re
cently reported iu Franco. A balloon
with registering instrument wa scut
up a distauc.i of ten miles nbovo the
earth's surface, whero tho temperature
registered wss found to bo 101 degrees
Fahrenheit.
A correspotiil"ut of an English sci
entific paper assert that if twelvo ripo
melons are connected iu scries, with
pint in mil wire insi-rted nt tho top and
bottom, sufficient current i obtained
to ring a bell. Ho adds that only n
ripe melon give a "strong current,"
and mills that cucumbers, apples, pears
nnd euriots ulso give electric current.
Ho makes tho deduction that n battery
of 10,000 mi l ms will give enough cur
rent to run an electric motor of two
horso power.
It is now known and conceded by all
brandies and schools of tho medical
profession that nine-tenths (and proba
bly even a larger per cent) of nil the
diseases ot both inun nnd iiuimul are
duo to tho presence of certain of tho
bacteria specie, and, insignificant as
they aro in size, their presence may
rapidly bring about wonderful struc
tural changes, this owing to the amaz
ing rapidity with which certain of the
species propagate twenty minutes in
somo instance sufficing for the com
plete lifetime of a generation of mil
lion. Tho Danger or Oplitliulinl.i.
Inflammations and granulations of
tho eyelid arc, according to reliable
authorities, increasing rapidly. Es
pecially is this the case in all public
charitable institutions for childron, as
well as in the district school of many
localities. Rodness and inflammation
cf the eyes huve boen by many scarce
ly looked upon as a disease, but as it
leads to moro serious conBoqucnces,
often to affections that result iu total
blindness, its spread it looked upon
with considerable apprehension and
effort aro to be made to check it. A4il
person should understand that rod
ness of tho eyes is probably an in
dication of granulations of the iunei
surface of the lids, aud is a highly
contagious disease. It is spread by
persons making use ot the same tow
els or toilet-basins, or by tho not un
usual pructico ot applying the hand
kerchief to the eyes of several person
an act that cannot be too severely
criticised. Upon ths first appearance
of this malady tho patient should ap
ply to some skilful oculist for a wash
to use in the eyes, and should careful
ly keep all toilet articles away from
other members of the family.
Ledger.
Imitation 01. tm.
"Do you know what makes pickled
olive so cheap?" the furnisher of de
lectable said tho other day. "You
wouldn't expect a California olive
grower to get rich when bis olives are
sold nt a little more than tho cost ol
the brine? I will toll you a secret
the trick in tho trade.
"Down iu tin Guuesee Valley there
re great fruit farms. There is out
grower who has thirty sores ot plum
trees, seven thousand of them now
beariug. Each one now yields three
or four bushels of green plums. The
plums are olivo shaped, they are
picked wlieu groen, sold to a buvci
who puts thorn in fancy labeled boxei
or kegs, and they are sold for olives.
They ao much resemble the genuine
that no ono but an epicure can detect
they are not" Buffalo News,
SELECTIONS FOR SOLDIERS.
S1DELIGHTS0F MILITARY LIFE.
Stories, Anacdotes, and A rtlolst of Inter
est to Old and Young.
Th official report of tho Columbus, (O.,)
Pension Agency tor th month of July shnwi
that there were J:l death anions; Ins.nil
pensioner. This rat would Disks 10
year anions; tho pensioner, ami Indicate
nearly 2),i)lm oVnth a yar amn 1,000,000
votoruns yet llvlnir. National Tribune.
A Snl.O TASKS TntcK.
On tho nlulit ot Maroh iin,lnA,th Fifteenth
Corps eamped l.y Cox's llrliltf, oil thv
Nmwo Itlvr, ner rtnntonrllln, h, C. Th
nwrnlns; of th ilst th First IUvIsIoa nad th
drawn, with th Hnnond HrlKS'l In th
load. 'I'll flth Iowa wnrn deployed on th
rluht of thfl'llentonvlllfl road, the U7th I ml. on
til" left.
Ahotit 9 o'eloek w earn to th reM ear
airy pl' kets, nnd drov them soma dlotnne,
whtn ahoiit 1W of them mad a stand In an
old llsl'l. 1 h offlimr In eoimnsnd wss stall
man on a largs whltn horse, and (II Iu t oom
to earo nui'-h for Vauken bullet.
To thoir l'-ft nnd our rlht wns a body ol
timber. W hud noma up to tho feneo, whn
an Ordnrly from llrl;dii or Division llnad
quartnr cmn rldlns; la th rear of th line,
and lnstrueind us to bo sum to wateh out (or
him a lis wa ifoinir to eaptum lhat rebel
'jfll'wr. Uo tndn dxtour to Ib loft and
rmt ol ths rebels, rain up to Within a short
illstnnif) of th olTlwr on th whit horn and
lklmta Inrs; fnvi-lopq Irom a long dark
colored ororooat h was wnrlni(, he motion
d th onVnr to him. Tho oMbwr approach
od and took th nvelop. A h ws on
Inir It thoOrdorly premmod a bljr revolvsr to
hlshnad, told hlin toeomeaud Jolath Vnks.
Keeping th officer betww-n lilinnoll and hi
own men, ho earn Into our llnra, wo groetod
him with a good yoll, ths relxtl remarking
that In wa -A sharp Yank trick."
W soon drov tho eavslry baok on a Inrg
body nl Infantry Intronobod. Th 44th Ohio
hre rellovnd us, and with their Hpoucer rlflo
ehargod and puniid load Into thstn so thny
soon lollownd th cavalry, tarring sovxral
ili-s I and wounded. Then the first division
wss fornid In tins ol Imltln.
If that Ordorly this, I wonld Ilk to
boar from him, or any ol th old b iy ol th
old Hwoi'l lirlgnd. C C'aKULas, la
Natlonnl Trlbun.
wa I MtXI Ttl..
A short Urns ;o th-re dlvd In th edga ol
Allon county, Ky., bordering on barren, sn
old man who ill history would ink most
Intnrostlng reading. William J. Oldllnld wa
hi nam. ll was an Kngilshmsn by birth,
snd nt an surly ski oiitorad th llrltlsh army,
In whlvh lio served until about 15 or ls.W,
whn h rwolwd hi dinoharg la Canada.
Oldtlnld was engigd In a nuinbor ot notsd
battle, nd though not an eduentnd man,
could talk most Intor sitliigly conerning
them. II wa bfore Hnbsstopol during th
log, lought at Inknrmnn, nnd though not
on of tho "Hix Hundred" who rodo to death
at Illaklv, h wa there, and witnessed
Irom Ih height thoir famous ehargo. II"
wrvod through the wholo Crlmoan wr, wa
InthHS-lo ol f'nwnpor nnd at I.ueknow
under Hir Henry Havsloek, and a witness to
all lb horror ol th Indian mutiny. Ho
rowivod tils dlschsrg Irom th F.ngllsh
army, but sgilu ontorl tho service; wn
transferred to Canada, and there agnla wa
honorably discharged.
With a lover lor aetlv enre Oldfl'-ld
eamo ovor to ths United Hlnte aud joined th
Fndoral army at th outbreak of th war
sorrlng to tho end. Hovernl your ago ho
drifted to Oiasgow, Ky.. nnd tbor be follow
ed tho oeenpntion ol a tailor.
Though an old man Oldtlsld wn healthy,
strong and actlvo. Ola unlet, retiring dlv
position, tin rarely talked ol hlmsolf, but II
on engaged him In conversation and mies
tlood him about his Ills la F.ngllsh service,
h proved an enlnrtalning talker. A lew
months ago ho wnt Irom Glasgow to Allen
nounty to 1 1 vs. and thoir died a law day ago.
H ws a kltni-boartod, gsnrous old msu.ro
riotod by all who know htm. Ills body wa
glvan a kindly burial by those among whom
Us bad reoeutly goue to llvs.
nwosn and nroyTS.
Ths saner usnd by th L'nltad Mats enval
ry la eoplod from tn olinxter of th Haraeens
whleb was ths most effeotiv tword for cut
ting purposes ever devised. It will be rv
mombnrad bow, aeeordlng to the story told
In Sir Walter Hoott's "Talisman" with u-b
weapon th pagan Hnlndln chopped a oft
oushlon In two at one blow, to the amaze
ment of Richard Conor de I.lon. With a
straight sword ono can make a haek or
thrut,btit to silo an adversary on mint saw
with It. Th cimeter being curved and wide
and heavy toward tho end, sllee by ths morn
loot ol striking. The kind ol bayonets usod
ohlnfly by th Federal troop during ith war
ol the rebellion was the old triangular pat
torn. 8 word bayonets were also employe! on
guns Imported Irom Europe. During th
last 10 years th regulation bayonet has boen
ol the "ramrod" type a bldeou Instrument,
cylindrical and ol the thickness ol a ramrod,
with a sharp serew-point like that ol a car
penter's bit. It Is now to bo replaced with
the knife-bayonet, wblcb somewhat resem
bles a butcher's knife. Is 12 Inches long with
00 edge. Is Is quite as effective and Tighter
than the sword-bayonet. The latter Is being
dlspented with by most of ths European na
tions In favor ol the knife-bayonet. The bayo
yet was a French Invention. Ia ths early
days ol (1 rear mi soldiers used to carry Ixith
guns and pikes, but ths notion ol attaching
th pike to the gun la sueb a manner that
both oosld be used at the same time wa the
beginning ol tbs idea of the bayonet Troy
Times.
Time to Stop.
Under the ruachioeiy of the law a
at present administered a lawyer hat
great advantages over a witness.
Uecognition of this fact is probably
the reason why people always enjoy
teeing a witness get the better of hit
examiner.
Ao exchange reports a case in
which the plain till had testlSed that
his financial position bad always
been good. The opposing counsel
took him in hand for cross-examination,
and undertook to break down
bis testimony upon this point.
"Have you ever been bankrupt?"
asked the lawyor.
"I have not," was the answer.
"Now be careful; did you ever stop
pavment?"
"Yes."
"Ab, I thought we should get at it
finally. When did that happen?
After I bad paid all I ow..d."
Unintelligible.
Two Scotch ladles of Stranraer
were one day returning irom church,
when they found the town hall pla
carded with news of the victories In
Sratn.
"is it no surpreesln', Kirs tie," said
one. "that the BreetUit aye beat the
French in battle?"
"Sot in the least, Maggie," was the
reply. "Dinna ye ken that tho
Breetlsh aye pray before gaun into
battle?"
"But canna the Fronch pray, too?"
"An wha'd understand them, II
Ihey did?" was the contemptuous re
ipoQse. "Jabbering bodies!"
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
HORRIBLE SPECTACLE
Death of Bar. Stephen Wsll. Probable)
Murder Near Oonnsllsvllla.
nonaint.t spkctaci.s.
Thoma Harper, of F.plnn, Allegheny
toiinty, after an almenm from boms several
flnv, returned Tuesday morning. Finding
th house looked np h lirok open a window
snd entered. (In the bed he tound th blaek
ned and deeomposed Iwidy of hi wlf and
by th aid ol the body hi two little children,
a hoy agod two snd a girl aged three, half
dead, yet attempting to arouse their mother.
The woman was sulijoet to fit and It Is he.
Ilvd that h died In on on Thursday.
There wa a littl bread In th house and tbs
children had gotten this and esten It.
A HOT SLAKR ST SfW CAHTI.S.
Iisvld Onston's Urge livery barn at Ned
Call burnd erly Friday morning. Eight
borse were roasted alive. Th flame spread
with su"h rapidity that it wa Impossible to
are anything, nnd Oaston and Inmlly who
live over the barn eneaped In their night
clothing. Hoods In J. J. Dean' wholesale
house were dsmaged by wnter and several
sdjoinlng houso worn badly soornbod. Los
3,040, partially Insured
suassn astesL? to mat.
Mr. Emily Hprks,-who resided with her
fin Iu Nottingham township, committed
ulelde one dy last week In a unique way.
Hhe et fir to a straw staek near her mu'
bous and ellmblng upon It, wa burned to
crisp. Hbe was ol an unsound mind.
Hntarday night Oeorg Knlley and John
Oallagher ol Connellsvllle quarreled over
the strike content. Kelly drew a revolver.
Oallagher tried to wrest th weaixj Iront
hlia. Th pistol wa discharged, th bullet
entering Gallagher's cheek snd penetrating
to the base ol the brain. Th wounded man's
condition I critical. Kelly wa captured.
The McClure well on Dunkard creek, Is
down to 100 barrels a day. This I th only
producing well eat ol th great gaa licit and
north ol Dunkard creek. The Dunkard Oil
Company ha considerable territory leased In
that vleinlty and will put down several other
wells. Offers ol 1, 000 aro freely mada lor
10-ocre leisos.
The 1'opullsts and farmers held a harvest
home ph-iilo Tuesday at lirinton park, near
New Castle. Nearly 4,000 people attended.
The Populist candidate lor congre lor that
district. Prof. William i. Klrker. and Oeneral
Jacob Bochler Coney, ol Massllon, were the
principal speaker.
The very Iteverend Btephen Wall died
Tuesday night at the pnrocnlal residence in
Allegheny, In the With year ol his ago.
Ills death wa sudden and caused by heart
disease, lie wa the vicar general ol I'ltOt
burg. A native ol Ireland, be came to this
coutttsy lii Heptember. W,i.
Harry J White, son-in-law of President J.
P. I,evsD ol the embarrassed Ho eon d Nation
al bank of Altoona. oiler to compromise by
paying HO cent on the dollar. His liability
are t',b04, ,V0 ol which are dun th Heo
ond National bank. The saet will amount
to tl.000. .
The body of a farm hand known a "Dutch
Jake" wa f'nind Wednesday morning bang
ing from an apple tree in meadow of Kelly's
farm, near Krsukford. a suburb ol I'bllsdnl-
fh In. A little dog. Jake's only companion In
lie. sat gazing at Its masters body and could
not be driven awsy.
William Bruce ( IsrkiDe ol the oldest mem
bers of the Allegheny county bar, died on
Monday at the residence of hi daughter, Mrs.
II. E. Molllvan.ol Itoquet street, sired H9 years.
He wa a graduate ol Jefferson College, Can
nousburg. He came to Pittsburg In 14ti3, and
retired Irom active work la 10.
Adjutant-Cteneral Oreenland Issued Na
tional (Juard commission to William N.
I.orenz, ut Allegheny county, to ho first lieu
tenant ol Company K Eighteenth regiment,
and to I.ouU p. McCormlck, ol Fayette
county, to be assistant surgeon ot tb Tenth
regiment.
The minister ol ths Christian church ol
Washington and Groen countie net on Tues
day morning In tb Chrstln church at
Washington, nnd decided to hold the annual
meeting ol that denomination In the two
countie on Lone l'lue September 29 to
October I.
Adit. Oen. Greenland mailed Wednesday
to tho commanders of the different regiment
ol the guard warrants aggregating Ui.COO
lor the pay ol the the troop lor semoa at
tb division encampment at Gettysburg.
Tb dead body ol Henry Booker was lound
Tuesday night In the bottom ol a quarry in
the neighborhood ol ConnelUviile covered
with eighteen Inches ol dirt. He wa 40
years eld snd bad been divorced from his
wife.
An out-growth of tb closing ot th Second
National Bank ol Altoona wss the allure
Wedneeday ol M. M. Keiley, a pawn broker
and loan agent at Hollidsyiiiurg. An execu
tion for f Vooo w is Issued by rtolomon H how
alter. Th liabilities exceed f 10,000.
Tho planing and saw mills ol Hammond
Crossly A Co., near Marlneville, were burned
Wednesday nlgbt together with 300.C0.) feet
ot lumber, causing a total less ol 4 100,000.
Jonas Kennedy, a brakeman, wss killed at
O. and B. Junction at Connelisvllle. He at
tempted to jump on the engine aud fell under
wbeeU. He was unmarried.
The private turnpike between the borough
of Washington and Wllllsmsport Is to be con
demned with ths view ol becoming publiti
property.
Physicians, after an autopsy, anoouncl
tb death of Mum Maxy Henderson at Hheak
leyvllle. Mercer county, was due to pouou.
She is believed to have eaten matches.
While suffering from temporary aberration
ol his mind, John hix. a prominent resident
ol East Mil lord commlted suicide by cutting
bis throat.
A woolen mill, owned and operated by A.
O. Oibbonry, a tew mile from Lewistown,
burned late Sunday nl ;ht. Lou 45,000;
partly insured.
Mis Mary Allen, aged JO years. of McKess-
ft
rt, died on 1 uesday irom ins meets ol in
line received In a fall last Friday.
Tbs Mabel furnacs at 8harpvUls, 'starts
Haturday.to be followed by tbs Alio turnac.
Tb Ella at West Middlesex also star.sd.
Cot A. J. Bill who shot himself at Tabder.
bilt, Sunday, was buried Wednesday, bun
dred attending tb funeral.
Burglars broke into C'barles Dood's rest
denes at Beaver Fcil. and carried away t&t
worth of silverware and a S bilL
About 40 moulders at th Baldwin as I
Graham rove works, at New Castle, struck
Friday lor an Inorewe tn wages.
Tbs largest ropes in ths world. It Is -iiJ,
are tho being mad by a New Bedford
(Mass.) Arm, to bs uxd on tb dhviajt
wheel la ths angina rooa of tb Chicago
Cable ltatlroad Company. Ther will b
twelvs ropes, each measuring three inches
In diameter, eleven Inches la oinu3if erenow
and I&m) feet In langt h.
Taoeoa ths Ctiltoruut fruit carrier art
running at their highest tpd, they are uo
able to absorb tbs Immense supply ot green
Iruit. and enormous silpmtat aro being,
mads to ths East at wU as to Europe.
It Is estimated that th new Ualoa Depot
la St. Louis, when completed, will bare east
between as.ooo.oiMaai 7,004,000, and that
It wUl pay tea pc osot. a rear to as -aca.