Greatest "Zoo"
' Al Inst New York is to have a ko
ological garden in keeping with bet
position among llin great cities of the
world. It will be the largest nnd
most complete in existence. The
vaunted garden of the Kurnpenn cap
ital will pp'fl into insignificance by
comparison. The flnnl plans, any the
New York Herald, have beeu sub
mitted to the 1'ork Board by Professor
Henry P. Osbom, Chairman of the
F.xecntive Committee of the New York
Zoological Society, and as soon as the
necessary preliminary arrangements
have been made the active work will
begin.
After eight months of careful study
of the adopted site iu Bronx Fark, and
after a systematic examination of the
large European zoological gardens,
Director William T. llornndy sub
mitted to the Zoological Society a pre
liminary tlan for the development of
the garden, which was reproduced iu
the Herald at the time. This plan
was approved by the Executive Com
mittee, whose Chairman has been one
of the most active promoters of the
Koological garden scheme, on a broad
scale, and the final plan, now matured,
is merely a careful elaboration of Air.
. Hornady's first scheme The design
of the central glade, formed by the sis
larger buildings, is the work of limn
k La Farge, architects, and for the
rest of the plan Director llornady and
Charles N. Lowrie, landscape arclii
teot, are responsible.
NEW YOttRH, ORE AT ZOO LOOICAL GARDEN.
(In : uuuuuc an' jjieut times for bison and dorr, forests for monkoys and pomts for beaver In all 2(11 neros, by far the greates
"Zoo" in the world.)
This vista promises to combine pic
turesque natural beauties with every
possible device iu establishing the
comfort of the captive auiuials. No
zoological garden in the world offers
such freedom to its inmates. The
bnfi'alo will roam at will over a great
expanse of natural land, ns untram
melled as though grazing npon his
native prairie. The monkey will enjoy
the freedom of his own jungle. Lions
and elephants will not be confined in
closed cages. Birds, beasts and fishes
of every variety will be made to fool
perfectly at borne.
And now a fow words about the ex
tent of this big auimal park. Aside
from the natural beauties of the loca
tion, which compare favorably with
those of any similar institution in the
world; aside from the advancement
whioh the plana show in the matter of
oaring for the animals, aside from the
value of the collection, whioh we oan
t present only hopefully anticipate,
Bide from all this, the project must
exoite univcrsial admiration by roasou
of its very size.
Washington's Zoological Garden
comprises 168 acres, bat all of it is not
available. The Berlin gardens have
sixty aores,Paris,fifty acres; Hamburg,
thirty-five acres, and London and
Vienna, thirty acres each. It will
readily be seen that on comparison
with these New York's monster zoo,
with its 261 acres of land, must stand
as the monster of the world.
The bird house, on an unshaded
terrace, with ample air ana light, a
one story building of brick and iron
is planned to afford both within and
withont a great amount of oage room
for its occupants. The interior of the
aviary, whose ground plan is T
shaped, will have 830 lineal feet of
oage room, on a large portion of whioh
cages will stand in three tiers. There
will also be a huge water tank for div
ing birds.
The exterior of the building will not
be less interesting than the interior,
for here there will be 833 lineal feet of
cages for hawks, owls and suoh like
hardy perching birds. Then there
will be six large open wire dome cages,
and, most attractive of all, a huge wire
oage 160 feet long, seventy-five feet
wide and fifty feet high, in whioh will
be pools of water, gravel, grass, rooks,
shrubs, bushes and great trees. In
1 this great oage the birds, hardly real
ising their captivity, may dive and
swim, ran and fly to their hearts' con
tent, and, with food to be obtained
without the discomforts of early ris
ing, mar have all the enjoyment that
ever feu to the fortune or luoxy Diras.
As with the birds, so with the mon
keys, whose home of pleasing arohi
taoturs will be in keeping with the
aviary and the others of the six large
buildings that will adorn the central
glad. The monkeys will nave ample
ara room in tne aireoc paw oi sun auu
Jr. The most interesting pari oi tne
nkT cage will be the great open air
closure, whioh is plnud to occupy
in the World.
a space of fifty by 250 feet in extent,
adjoining the house, xuis spare,
which will be reached by an overhead
bridge, so as to allow nil spectators to
freely pass between it and the rage, will
be enclosed by ahigh fence ofwironet
ting, terminating at the top with an
inwardly curved projection of metal,
which will prevent the nimble climb
ers from getting outside.
The monkeys will have practicnlly
no restrictions on their natural pro
pensities, for this bridge and extend
ed tree covered play-grouiid will en
able them to graduated from the re
stricted kindergarten cage to tho high
er branches that will oiler full scope
to their greatest possibilities. Here
they can bide iu the underbrush,
scamper over rocks, ascend tho trees,
lenp from limb to limb, sport amid the
foliage nnd oven form the monkey
span of life by joining clnwa to feet
and tail in one long chnin of apish
liuks, and so swing from a projecting
branch to a tree beyond, over an in
tervening stream, as travolcrs snythey
do in their native wilds.
Nor will tho lnrger beasts be un
duly restricted. The elephants will
have attached to their imposing home,
measuring 78 by 141 feet, eight
paved yards, each 100 by 150 feet, and
in these yards, besides a swimming
tank, will be great trees, iu the shade
of which the auimnls can stand ns iu
the jungles of Asia nnd Africa.
The lion will be in equally great
luck. There will be no restless and
persistent tramping up and down be
hind the bars of a ten foot cage, no
snarling and ill tempered howling.
They will be housed in a handsome
building, 87x2(i!l feet in size, and
they will be almost ns greatly favored
as the elephant. In outdoor cages,
45 feet wide and 200 feet long, they
will have amnio room for muscular
development.
And here comes a unique suggestion
from the director of tho Zoological
Park, for while three sides of these
cages are open, he proposes that the
fonrth side shall be a painted land
scape that will in the closest detail
present an exact counterpart of the
lions' surroundings in their wildest
state. Any lion with a well developed
imagination will be in a position to sit
npon his haunches, gaze fondly at the
counterfeit distance of wild jungle and
fancy himself oneo more back among
the old folks at home.
The buffaloes will be highly favored
in the matter of liberty, for they will
have a range of tweuty acres over
whioh they may gallop. Around this
range, on higher ground, will be a
walk, from which an unobstructed
view of the buffalo grounds will bo
presented. This is significant in it
sol f. The American bison is rapidly
becoming extinct, and the few herds
of a once noble raoe that are left are
being carefully guarded and nurtured.
Fire-Tub (Ini a Century Olil.
Here is a pioture of the fire-tub that
George III. presented to his loyal sub
jeots of Hhelburne, N. 8., in 1795.
This was in the days whon the town
was a populous aud thriving place.
Half the royalists who left Boston
daring the Revolution built houses in
Shelburne, and of course the King
"PRESENTED BY OEOBOE in.
could not see suoh loyal subjects
suffer for lack of proper protection
against fire. The tub is still in a fair
state of preservation.
. Massachusetts oonviots are getting
fastidious; Not content with Boston
baked beans for breakfast every day
they have just sent in w petition for
custard pie every Bandar. .
CHAMBERMAIDS WITH MUSTACHES,
A Remarkable Feature of Hotel Ufa in
Cairo, Kgypt.
Although the two gentlemen from
Cairo here portrayed look like Oriental
dignitaries or high priests they are
really Egyptian chambermaids. They
are a remarkable feature of hotel life
In Cairo.
TWO QUEER CnAMHEBMAIPS.
The first time one needs a chamber
maid iu the latter place nnd Cuds the
call answered by a coal black man six
feet four inches hif;h, in high cap and
narrow white gown, one is surprised
and sometimes worriod. Sometimes
these ebon chambermaids answer a
call in pairs, Thoy are model ser
vants, and keep the rooms of the hotels
where they are employed exquisitely
neat.
STEEL ROADWAYS A SUCCESS.
Tim Iilraor Ilnllrtlng Tracks For Tracks
Tukei Practical Hkapa.
For the first time there has been car.
ried into practical operation a plan for
the improvement of publio roads that
has heretofore been regardod merely
as an interesting theory that wonld
never rise to the region of fact. The
plan is to lay steol tracks along our
roads so that the wheels of wagons
fasfiar
SECTION OF A STEEL BOADWAT.
may run on a smooth surface instead
of on the rough and soggy path over
which for a great part of the year
horses are compelled to flounder drag
ging hoavy loads. The results of ex
periments by two prominent engineers
are here given. One series of experi
ments, made by Mr. Abel Bliss, of
Now Lenox, 111., is particularly inter
esting, as will be seen from the fol
lowing statement of Mr. Bliss:
"I have laid about ICO feet of steel
road in the publio highway near my
home at New Lenox, 111. The road
was first graded in proper shape. The
rails are of steel, one-quarter of an
inch thick, eight inches wide, wide
downward flange of three inohes on
either side and an upward flange of
one inch on the outer edge to keep the
wheels or. These rails were laid on
the crown of the grade and pressed
into the soil to thj depth of the flange
or until the soil , ' y ported the rail.
The downward flang. prevent the soil
from being pressed aw y from the rail
and hold it there, making a firm founda
tion, so that no ties are r'ssary on
whioh to rest the rail.;' These rails
are made continuous by the fastening
of the ends together with fishplates.
"A mile of road requires about sixty
tons of steel, whioh can be produced
in quantities for $1800 or lees. One
oubio yard of gruvel is required to the
rod."
In Texas little Miss Fite, of Moran,
wants to pick cotton against little Miss
Waid, of Meridan. Both are six years
old, and they weigh forty-eight and
forv-tbree pounds, respectively, .
Joint hS
nullity's Three-Inch Smile,
Bister measured my grin one day)
Took the ruler and m,
Counted the Inches nil the way
One uihI two nnd three.
"Oh you're a (Cheshire cat," said she.
Father said, "That's no sin."
Then he nodded nnd smiled at me
Hmlleil at my three-Inch grin.
Brother stiKWMeil 1 ought to begin
Trying to trim It down.
Mother said, "lienor n three-Inch grin
Tbno A little half-Inch frown."
lloston Traveler.
After the North Pole.
If the North l'ole is not discovered
in 1H!)8 it will not be because brave
explorers hnve censed to be interested
in it. Home time ago we told you
about Lieutenant Peary's proposed
expedition, bow be will establish two
or three Kskimo stations in the far
north which will be in the nature of
stepping atones to the pole. From
the Int one be will make a dash with
a sledge and dogs and only one or two
companions, and be hopes to discover
the pole and get safely back to his
last station during the summer. Bnt
Penry is not the only man who will
seek the "fnrthest north." Captain
Hverdrnp, who commanded Nansen's
famous ship, the Pram, in the recent
expedition, will sail nway in 18!8 with
sixteen men nnd several hundred
sledge dogs. He will get as far north
as he can iu the ship and then try to
cross the vast stretches of ice on
sleds. The Norwegian government
has furnished the money for fitting
the ship, nnd Cautain Hverdrnp feels
sure that he can reach the pole.
Chicago llocord.
Saved His I.ITe by .lest.
Amelia Woflbrd tells of "The Court
Jesters of England" in Ht. Nicholas.
The author says of one of them:
Archee Armstrong was the beloved
jester of King James VI of Scotland,
afterwards James I of England, and
this is the traditional story of their
introduction:
"One day n shepherd with the car
cass of a sheep upon his shoulders
was tracked to hi cottage on the
moorlands by the ofilcors of justice.
In the cottage they found n vacant
faced lad, rocking a cradle with more
attontion thnn a boy is accustomed to
give that duty; this, however, did not
arousetheir suspicions. They searched
the cottage thoroughly, but failed to
discover the sheep. They were
about to depart, when one of
their number accidentally looked
into the cradle, and the stolen sheep
lay there! The lad, who was sup
posed to be the thief, was brought be
fore King James VI of Scotland. He
was tried, convicted, and sentenced to
die. He began to plead with the
king. He was a poor.ignorant fellow,
he said; he had heard of the Bible and
would like to read it through before
lie died. Would the king respite him
until be did so. The king readily
gave bis consent, whereupon tho cul
prit immediately said: 'Then hang
me if I ever rond a word o't, as lang
as my eon are open.'
The witty reply captured the king.
He pardoned the prisoner, aud took
him into his service as jester. In this
capacity Archee was soon a prime
favorite.
Cartmrry's C'hrUtmaa.
Last Christmas there was a great
surprise iu tue little town oi l ar
berry. lor years anl years ever
since the boys and girls could remem
ber there had been a public celebra
tion in the town ball, with a huge
Christmas tree lighted from top to
bottom with candles and bright with
all sorts of presents t for the boys and
girls of the village. Usually old nap'
tain Conkliu in his big buffalo over
coat, which was buckled tight w ith a
striug of sleigh bells, acted as Hanta
Clans and kept everyone laughing aud
expectant as be passed out the gifts,
reading off the names one by one iu a
big. hearty voice.
But last year it was all different, so
different, indeed, that Cnrberry is
going to try the same kind of cele
bration again this winter. And it was
quite unique enough to furnish ideas
for any of our inventive boys and girls
who wish to get up something new
and striking for this year's Christmas
entertainment.
You see old Captain Conklin was
taken sick early in the winter and had
to go south, and a Christmas tree
without Hanta Claus would have been
no celebration at all. So the principal
of the Carberry sobool and some of
the older pupils got together and (lis
oussed the situation. As a result they
were appointed a committee on ar
rangements for the celebration, it
beiug understood that they were to
have the entire work of decorating the
hall and of arranging the presents.
From that time oa a dense olond of
aeorecy hung over the school. The
teacher and his little band of helpers
which included about a dozen of the
older boys and girls held a meeting
early every night at whioh the details
of the great plan were discussed. t7
day they all went around with wis
glances at one another and frequent
mysterious conversations, until- tne
younger folk of the town were all but
wild with curiosity. It was also the
topic of conversation among the older
folk, for thpy were not allowed to
know anything about it either. Mys
terious bundles of all sizes and shapes
were carried into the hall. the w indows
of which had previously been closely
enrtained, so that no prying eyes
could peep inside and discover the
secret. Two weeks before Christmas
six of the prettiest little girls in
school, all of about the same size,
were chosen for some mysterious pur
pose, and they were at once enveloped
in the general cloak of secrecy.
Christmas eve arrived bright and
crisp and cold. At 7 o'clock the doors
of the town bnll were opened and a
crowd of boys nnd girls, who bad been
waiting outside for nn hour or more,
surged in nnd filled the front seats.
But as yet there was little to be seen
for a big curtain covered the entire
front of the hull, shutting out all view
of the stage. The members of the
committee bustled about mysteriously,
ran iu with covered bundles, nnd out
again, shadows flitted across the cur
tain, aud there were occasional
smothered bursts of langhter,at which
nil of the younger children would
stand on their tip-toes and fairly
shriek with anticipation. lint there
was one sound that was wholly nnex
plainnble and which set every one to
guessing and wondering. It was a
slight squeaking noise which no one
had ever heard before in connection
with a Christmas celebration.
Before 8 o'clock every seat in tha
house was filled and a'lnrg number
of men and boys were standing around
the stove and lined np close to the
wall. There was only a moment's
delay, nnd then from somewhere be
nind the curtain came the voices
of the six little girls singing a Christ
mas carol. Just as they reached the
last verse the curtain began to rise
slowly and their voices were drowned
out in a wild burst of applause. In
deed, theaudience was on its feet with
craning necks and eager eyes trying
to take in every detail of the brilliant
display.
"A wheel, a wheel!" cried little
Susie Jenkins, her shrill voice sound
ing above the roar of applause.
And a wheel it was a Ferris wheel
which nny one would have recognized
in nn instant. It occupied the very
centre of tho big stage, and it was
slowly turning round and ronnd. The
ars were loaded full of gifts with
dolls for conductors. There was
andy and crockery, toys jack-knives,
skates, new red mittens, enps, books,
and almost everything else you could
think of. Every car was blazing with
ight from severs! wax candles, and
the rim of tho w heel, the supports nnd
the spokes were festooned with strings
of popcorn and twined with ribbons
and overgreen. Besides that the stage
was beautifully decorated.
But another surprise was in store.
Up from behind the wheel stepped
Tuck Frost, Hnnta Clans' son, dressed
iu natty knee breeches and coat, and
wearing a powdered wig of the stylo
of the last century. Every oue re
cognized bim at once as Captain
Coiikliu's nephew, who was one of
the brightest boys in the Carberry
school. It was some time before he
could speak owing to the cheering,
and then he told the audience thnt
this new Ferris wheel was invented in
Hanta Clans' workshop, and that Hants
Clans had placed the gifts iu the cars.
After that there were a number ol
songs and recitations, during nil of
which the wonderful wheel turned
round and round, and the doll con
ductors leaned out of the windows to
see that the machinery was in good
working order. Of course the exer
cines were very interesting, but I am
sorry to say that they were frequently
interrupted by "ohs" and "nhs," aud
many other whispered exclamations
from the front rows.
At last .Tack Frost arose aud ordered
the wheel to stop. The six little girls
bounded forward and the distribution
of the presents began, nnd
continued
until the great wheel was empty, and
every one in the hall was happy.
Do you wonder that the folks of
Carberry are going to have tho same
kind of a celebration this year?
The Ferris wheel was easily made
bv three of the boys of Carberry.
Ihey took two old carriage wheels and
cut away parts or tue spokes, and
fastened them together on a central axis
running through the hubs. The cars
were made of large pasteboard shoe
boxes obtaiued from one of the stores.
These boxes were about thirty inches
long by ten inches high by fourteen
inches wide. Doors and windows
were cut in them, and they were sus
pended to the wheels so that they
would turn easily on their pivots.
The wheels were then supported by
a light framework of wool and pro
vided with a crank at the back side.
This completed the framework. It
was fun for the committee to meet
night after night and decorate the
wheel with colored paper pasted on
the boxes, and with evergreens and
popcorn strings. Candles were fitted
everywhere there was room for them,
and then the cars were filled up with
presents, care being taken to load
them so that they would awing easily
and without tipping. During the'
celebration a boy turned the crank j
that kept the wheel going.
The whole wheel only cost few
dollars, and any of our boys who are
clever with, a hammer and saw could
make one like it For a Christmas
nrprise it cannot be excelled, espe-1
cially if the people who are to attend
the oolebration expect an old-fashioned
Christmas tree. It may be used either
for a home gathering or for a publio
celebration.
mm state news con
MADMAN'S LEAP.
i Jompi from a Train and if Cat in Tw Nsar
! Altoona.
Adam PfelfTer. CO years old. a Ger
man, thought to le Insane, on his way
to Hamburg1, Germany, from Minneso
ta, caused excitement on the Atlantlo
express the other morning and ended
by hurling himself from the train. Jilet
tiefore entering Pittsburg he wandered
Into the Pullman car, and, drawing' a
pistol and a knife, threatened the Ufa
of one of the passenger. He was put
out into the day coach, where he sank
Into a corner muttering. Outside or
Pittsburg he refused ,i give up his
tickets, and the conductor -and brake
men had to take them by force. His
fatal plunge from a car window wan
made at Mineral Point. No one saw
him start., but the crash of the glass
as he Jumped through startled all. Tha
body, when found, was cut In two,
showing thnt PfelfTer must hnve been
run over after his leap. The body was
brought to Altoona.
The following Pennsylvania pensions
have been granted: John H. Noel, Irr
vln, $(!: William II. Klsnman, Adame
burg, $6; John C. Frederick, Irwin. $S;
John Pnrner, Larimer, $8; William P.
Hrlner. Pleasant Unity, $: John F.
(lushard, Mlffllntown, $12; Iavld "W.
Illlmore, Knon Valley, $G; Iavld It.
Mmnme, I.nldlg, Is; Isaac M. John
son, Mead, 112; Albert 8. Cobb. Tlogn,
$6; Peter Chllson. Kmporttim, $x; Al
len I.owe, Itlg Shanty, $: Peter A.
iaullc, C'learlleld, $20 to 4; Thomn
C. INynolds. Hayfleld. 10 to $17; W.
H. 11. C'nrrigan, Orblsonln., $ to $10;
Francis Howard, Meadville, $A to $10;
Henry C I.ehan, Hyndman, Bedford,
Ifi; Kezlah Zimmerman, Tyrone, $8;
I. uey M. Adams (mother), Towanda.
12: Kelt M. Johnson. Allegheny. $S;
Sarah K. Foreman. Oil City. $8; Wil
liam J. Welsh, Knox. $S: Robert M.
McCullogh, Canonsburg, $12; Thoman
Vose, Hollenbeck, $10; William H.
Smith. Kverett. $6: Frank Cahlll, Al
legheny, $6; Abram Toms, Allegheny,
IS; Edward Inudermilch, Pittsburg, t;
Valentine Howser (dead), Blue Knob,
112; Joseph Sprlek. Meadville, $4 to $8;
William A. Herrlck, McKean, $10 to
1H; Ira F. Pnvls, Jullnn, $ll to $8; John
H. Morse, New Castle, $10; Henry
Pierce, Torpedo, $12; minor of Thorna
J. Crago, Carmichnels, $10; Sarah K.
Bruner, Manns Choice, $S; Catharine
Howser, Blue Knob, $8; Belinda M.
Fulmer. Belle Vernon. $S; Matilda
Trent. Somerset, $8; Isaac M. Ittgester,
Pittsburg: Levi Cmstend, Oil City;
Solomon Yerdy. Kunbury; John Soles,
Inaddock, $6 each: John T. Crlswell,
lirllwood, $14 to $17; James C. Weak
ley, Urove City, $14 to $17; Catharine
fpham, Neath, Bradford, $S; Cathar
ine Currle, Irvine, $8; Mary McKee,
Alllquippa. $8; Mary C. Depugh, Un-
lontown, $12.
F. I. Freebie, a prominent citizen of
I.atrohe. has discovered an ancient
will, through which. It is believed, he
ran acquire a vast amount of money.
The faded document was found In an
old German Bible in his garret. It waa
the will of Robert Anderson, dated De
member 12, 1802. Anderson bequeathed
to Moses Thompson and John Freebie,
rtither of F. D. Freebie, the sum of $".
fpftO, then held by Anderson, and mort
gages against John McParland and
wife, which was due and payable In
ISOi, with interest. Robert Anderson
resided iu Oxford township, but Mr.
Freebie is at a loss to know where Ox
ford township Is located. It is not powr
In this county. He is now endeavoring
to locate the township and tho heirs of
John McFarland.
Michael (ilbhons of Sharon was near
ly burned to death In the Muncle. Ind.,
rolling mill recently. He was employed
about the rolla and in catching a long
piece of red-hot Iron it wound around
his legs and burned the flesh frightful
ly. It then colled like a snake to his
neck, when it struck the flesh and be
gan to slowly cook It. He managed to
tear It loose from his body, but not be
fore he sustained serious injuries.
The Attorney General, at the request
of Governor Hastings, gave hearing
and rendered an opinion on the objec
tions made by the Superintendent of
Public Printing to certain items of a
bill by the Public Printer. It was
charged thtit they were exorbitant aa
well aa illegal. The total amount
disallowed by the Attorney General la
17,000, some of the Hems being disqual
lowed and others cut down.
Jacob Steyer nnd his aged wife, of '
Indian Head, near Connellsvllle, were
burned to death. A son sleeping on
the lower floor of the house was awak
ened by smoke In his room. He tried
to get up stairs, where his parents
were sleeping but the fire had been
burning fur some time and access to.
them was shut off. Their charred re
mains were found in the ruins.
An unknown colored man met with a
horrible death at the Mt. Braddork
coke works, near Dunbar recently. He
1 'ay down on the oven to sleep, and
mono Hint; uuiiiib wit, iiihiii i uiicu uvct
the tunnel head of the oven, and waa
burned to a crisp, nothing but a few
charred garments and his shoes re
maining. Robert Johnson, aged 24 years, was
the other day prospecting for coal on a
farm two miles east of Mars, and waa
blasting with dynamite. In an explo
sion both of hla eyes were blown out.
his scalp laid bare and his face filled
with small atones and smoke.
Patrick Kelix, aged about 45 years
and single, went to sleep on the Con
nellsvllle, New Haven and LeisenrinR
atreet railway track the other morning
at Connellsvllle and a car crushed in
hla skull, killing him instantly.
Maris Mnule, aged 23 years, was In
stantly killed by the bursting of the
fly wheel of an old-fashioned thresh
ing machine on the farm of his father,
Nathan Maule, at Hanover, Chester
county. His skull was crushed.
P. C. Boyle, editor of the Oil City
"Derrick," was arrested recently on
information by Joseph C. Sibley,
charged with publishing libelous arti
cles in tho "Derrick" agaiiuit him dur
ing the recent campaign.
By falling into a bucket of hot wa
ter the 3-year-old son of Arthur Plonr
of Tayloratown, Washington county,
lost his life.
At Altoona the 3-yeor-old son of
John Knee played with matches, set
lire to his clothing, and was burned to
death.
Jesse Hamaker, 17 years old, of Col
umbia, fell from a freight train neap
Idllerville a few days ago and waa
killed. Hewaa stealing a ride to Phila
delphia. A mandamus has been issued to com
pel the Schuylkill Haven Town Council
to produce their books, illegal expendi
tures ot borough tunas being alleged.
James Scott, a traveling salesman of
the nursery firm of S. D. Willard 4k
Co., of Geneva, N. Y., was killed on the
Lancaster Quarryvllta railroad.
While adjusting the bell rope of a
publio school building near Duboia
Tuesday, Lewis Oalnette, aged 40, fall
from the rwof and was killed.