THE KEYSTONE STATE ITEMS WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS. Brief Mentlou of Matters Which Every body Should Know About—A Week's Accidents and Crimes Accurately and Concisely Chronicled. PHILADELPHIA, June 28.—William Simms, postmaster of Fitztown, Perk's couuty, is tinder 11,000 bail on a charge of opening letters addressed to William Shnrman, jus tice of the peace. Mr. Simms has been postmaster of Fitztown for fourteen years. The prosecuting witness, Justice Sharman, is the postmaster's bondsman. A Strike Inevitable. PITTSBURG, June 28.—1t is now believed hero that a strike of iron men is inevitable. Should one be inaugurated and all the firms that have refused to sign the scale of the Amalgamated association remain firm sixty mills and from 35,000 to 45,000 men will be implicated. The fight between the as sociation and the bosses hjis narrowed down to the manufacturers of muck bar and fin ished iron and steel in all shapes. Killed by a Baseball. PHILADELPHIA, June 28.—While playiug baseball Robert ShifHer was accidentally struck on the temple by a ball, from the effects of which he died. Commencement at Lafayette. EARTON, Juue 27.—'The annual commence w xnent of Lafayette Btate college began with the baccalaureate sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. S. F. Lourie, of Philadelphia. Dedicated by Archbishop Kyan. CHESTER, June 27. The first Catholic church iu Ridley township, to be known as the St. Rose of Lima, was formally dedi cated by Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia. Looking for a Brute. WEST CHESTER, June 27.—A posse of de termined farmers are making a vigorous search of the country about Darlington's Corner, a hamlet three miles south of West Chester, for a negro brute who attacked Anna and Mary Tyson, two young sisters, of Downlngtown, who are visiting the fam ily of Charles Wilson. Both giris are in jured, though Mary, the older, is in the worst condition. Pennsylvania Directors' Consideration. PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—Because of the deep sorrow fel£ for the sufferers by the Harrisburg wreck a dinner which the di rectors of the Pennsylvania railroad had ar ranged to give President Roberts at the Bryn Mawr hotel, as a fitting prelude to his departure for Europe, was postponed until Mr. Roberts' return in the autumn. An Accident Throws 800 Men Out. POTTSVILLE, June 27.—A heavy machine need in washing silk in the Tilt silk mill here exploded and several of the flying pieces struck William Higgles, an operator, seriously injuring him. Eight hundred hands will be idle for a few days in conse quence of the accident. A Probable Blatrlcide. PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—When Myles Leary, aged nineteen, went home from work his intoxica(ed mother, Julia Leary, de manded his monoy. They quarreled, and the son cut and kicked his parent so badly that she will probably die. The son is under arrest. A Blot Feared. READING, June 27.—A riot is imminent in the vicinity of Mohonsvllle, about five miles south of this city. The Italian rail road laborers have not been paid and most of them stopped work. Those who con tinued have been threatened by the idle men. The Sister llildeberta Inquest. READING, June 27.—Coroner Kantner has begun holding an inquest upon the body of Bister Mary Hildeberta, who died in Ht. Joseph's hospital from the effects of kuife wounds inflicted by Peter Buccieri, an Ital ian patient. The evidence of a number of patients who were in the same ward with the Italian, was heard. Information charg ing Buccieri with murder was lodged against him. A Philadelphia Magistrate Arrested. PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—William Koch sperger, magistrate of court No. 17, was ar rested charged with misdemeanor in office. Rochsperger was released on his own recog nizance. A Youthful Diamond Tliief. PITTSBURG, June 26.—Willie Hoarr, a sev enteen-year-old clerk in the jewelry store of George W. Briggs, was arrested for steal ing diamonds aud jewelry valned at $lO,- 000. The boy had been systematically steal ing for months, and when arrested had nearly SI,OOO worth of diamonds on his por tion. Young Hoarr is well connected. Eighteen Cars Demolished. HUNTINGDON, June 25. Two freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad collided two miles east of this place at 4 o'clock, both engines and eighteen cars were demol ished. To Sell the Poughkeepsie Bridge. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—The sale of the Poughkeepsie bridge under the foreclosure proceedings will take place next Thursday, and the now company will probably be for mally transferred to the Reading early in July. It is probable that the bondholders will lie wiped out, unless the property it sold at a very high figure. Horrible Outrage at Wllliamsport. WILLIAMRPORT, June 25.—A horrible out rage was perpetrated on Mrs. Nora M. Bhotter, the pretty young wife of a baseball player, between ft and 10 p. m. The wom an was on her way home on a lonely street when she was felled by a stone thrown by one of three negroes. The men picked up the helpless wofnan, stifled her cries and carried her to a vacant lot, where they re peatedly assaulted hor. Earlier in the even ing Mrs. John Keau, residing in South Wil liamsport, was assaulted by a white man, but sho succeeded in defending herself. The police have no clew to the assailants. Jury .Swindlers Sentenced. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Michael Me- Keown and Charles S. Meyers, who oxe . cutod a scheme by which Meyers personated another man on the grand jury and drew twenty days' pay, were sentenced by Judge Rood. McKwown got two years in the Eastern penitentiary, aud Meyers one year in the county prison. Tliey Saved Pennsylvania ® 150,000. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—The board of mercantile appraisers have almost finisbod their work for the year. Compared with the last board of mercantile appraisers the present hoard has saved the state about $150,000. Included in this estimate is the money saved by not advertising the list in the newspapers. His Tender Years Suveil Him. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Because of his youth Frank Kline, aged eight years, es caped punishment for pushing Jacob Marsch, Jr., off Green street wharf into the Delaware river and causing his death. Coro fer Ashbridgo's jury rendered A verdict of j $ cidenUi death _ THE CHICAGO TICKET THE DEMOCRATS NOMINATE MESSRS. CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON. Both Win on the Very First Ballot and Cleveland Has Sixteen Votes to Spare. An Electric Light Falls and Nearly Strikes Governor Flower. | CHICAGO, June 23. —When the delegates to the Democratic national convention were comfortably settled in their seats Wednes day nooq Senators Mills and Palmer were tailed upon for speeches. Mr. Mills bash fully fled from the hall, but the Illinois sen ator made a short address, appealing for harmony. Permanent Chairman W. L. Wilson re ceived an ovation. In beginning his address he said that the mission of the Democratic party was to fight for the under dog, and when Republicans were in control the American people was the under dog. Re publican success in the coining campaign, he said, meant that the people are to be stripped of their franchise through force bills in order that they may be stripped of their substance through tariff bills. The i speaker denounced federal control of elec tions. The first mention of Cleveland's name in the convention was when Mr. Vilas in the first paragraph of the platform read "From Madison to Cleveland." It called out the pentup enthusiasm of the delegates. The Platform. Boc. 1. The representatives of the Demo cratic party of the United States in national oonvention assembled do reaffirm their alle giance to the principles of the party as formu lated by Jefferson and exemplified by the long and illustrious line of his successors in Demo cratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland. We believe the public welfare demands that these principles bo appllod to the conduct of the federal government through accession to power of the party that advocutcs thorn; and wo solemnly declare that the need of a return to these fundamental principles of free popular government, based on home rule and individual liberty, was nover more urgent than now, when the tendency to centralize all power at the federal capital has become a menace to the reserved rights of the statos that strikes at the very roots of our government and under the constitution as framed by the fathers of the re public. Federul Control of Elections. Sec. 2. Wo warn the people ot our common country jealous for the preservation of their froo institutions that the policy of tho federal control of elections, to which the Republican party has committed itself, is fraught with the ADLAI E. STEVENSON, gravest dangers, scarcely less momentous than would result from a revolution practically es tablishing monarchy on tho ruins of the repub lic. It strikes at tho north as well as at the south, and injures tho colored citizen even more than the white; it means a horde of depu ty marshals at every polling place, armed with 1 federal power, returning boards appointed and controlled by federal authority, tho outrage of the electoral rights of the people iu tho several states, the subjugation of tho colored people to the control of tho party in power, and the re viving of race antagonisms now happily abated, of tho utmost poril to the safety and happiness of all; a measure deliberately and justly described by a leading Republican sena tor as "the most infamous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the senate." Such a policy, if sanctioned by law, would mean the dominance of a self porpotuatlng oli garchy of officeholders, and the party first in trusted with its machinery could be dislodged from power only by an appeal to tho reserved right of the people to resist oppression which is inherent in all self governing communities, j Two years ago this revolutionary policy was emphatically condemned by the people at the polls; but in contempt of that verdict, the Re publican party has defiantly declared in its latest authoritative utterance that its success in the coming elections will mean the enact ment of the force bill and the usurpation of despotic control over elections in aM the states. Believing that tho preservation of Republican government in the United States is dependent upon the defeat of this policy of legalized force and fraud, we invite the assistance of all citi zens who desire to see the constitution main tained in its integrity with the luws pursuant thoroto which have given our country a hun dred years of unexampled prosperity ; and we pledge the Democratic party if it be intrusted with power, not only to the defeat of the force bill, but also to relentless opposition to the Re publican policy of profligate expenditure, which in the short space of two years, has squandered an enormous surplus and emptied an overflow ing treasury, after piling now burdens of taxa tion upon the already overtaxed labor of the I country. We denounce Republican protection as a fraud ; a robbery of great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to bo a fundamental principle of the I Democratic party that the federal government I has no constitutional power to enforce and col- 1 lect tariff duties except for tho purpose of reve nue only, and demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to tho necessities of the government and honestly and economically ad ministered. The MuKinley Bill Denounced. We denounce tho McKiulcy tariff law enacted by the Fifty-first congress as the culminating atrocity of class legislation; we Indorse tho ef forts mado by the Domocrats of the present congress to modify its most oppressive features in the direction of free raw material and cheap er manufactured goods that enter into home consumption, and we promise its repeal as one of the beniflcent results that will follow the action of the pooplo in entrusting power to the Democratic party. Since the McKinley tariff went into operation there have been ten reduc tions of wages of laboring men to one increase. We deny that thero has l>een any increase of prosperity to the country since thut tariff went into oporation, and wo point to the dullness and distress, the wage reductions and strikes in the iron trade as the best possible evidence that no such prosperity bus resulted from the I McKinley act We call the attention of thoughtful Ameri cans to the fact that after thirty years of re strictive taxation against importations of foreign products in exchange for our agricul tural surplus, the homos and farms of the country have become burdened with a real estate mortgage debt of over two thousand five hundred million dollars, exclusve of all other forma of indebtedness; that in one of the chief agricultural states of the wost there appears a real estate mortgage debt j averaging $lB5 per capita, and that similar : conditions are shown to exist in other agricul tural exporting states. We denounce a policy which fosters no industry so much as it does that of the sheriff. Seo. 4. Trade interchange on the Imsis of re. ' clprocal advantage to the countries partici pating la a time honored doctrino of the Demo- I cratio faith, but we deoouaoe the sham reel eroclty which Juggles with the poople's desire for enlarged foreign markets and freer ex- ! changes by pretending to establish trade rela- ! tlons for a country whose articles of export are ' almost exclusively agricultural, while erecting a custom house barrier of prohibitive tariff taxes against the richest oouutrles of the world that stand ready to take our entire surplus of products and to exchange therefore commodi ties which are necessary and are comforta of life among our own people. Bec. 6. We recognize in trusts and monopo lies which are designed by capital to secure more than their lust share of tho/T'lnt prod uct of capital ana labor a natural consequence of prohibitive taxes, which prevent the free com petition which is the life of honest trade, but I wo believe their worst evils ran l>o abated by law, and wo demand the rigid enforcement of laws made to prevent and control them, to gether with such further legislation in restraint of their abuses as experience may show to be necessary. Sec. 6. The Republican party, while profess ing a policy of reserving the public lands for small holdings by actual settlers, has given away the people's heritage until now a few railroads, nonresident aliens—individual and corporate—possesa a larger area than that of all our farms betwoeu the two seas. The last Democratic administration reversed the im provident and unwise policy of the Republican party touching the public domain, and re claimed from corporations and syndicates alien and domestic, and restored to the people nearly 100,000,000 acres of valuable land to bo sacredly held as homesteads for our citizons, and we pledge ourselves to continue this policy until every acre of land so unlawfully held shall be reclaimed and restored to the people. The Money Plank. Sec. 7. We denouneo the Republican legisla tion known as the Sherman act of 1890 as a cowardly makeshift, fraught with possibilities of danger In the future which should make all of its supporters, as well as its author, anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage; but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of j equal Intrinsic and exchangeable value or be adjusted by international agreement or by such sufuguards of legislation as shall Insure the maintenance of the parity ot the two metals and the equal power of any dollar at all times in the market and in the payment of debts; and we domand that all paper currency shall be kopt at par with and redeemable in such coin. We insist upon this policy as especially necessary for the protection of the farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defense less victims of unstable money and a fluctu ating currency. Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohibitive 10 per cent, tax on bank issues bo repeuled. Sec. 9. Publio office is a public trust. We re affirm the declaration of the Democratic na tional convention of 1876 for the reform of the civil service, and we call for the honest on forcemeat of all laws regarding same. The nomination of a president, as in the last Repub lican convention, by delegates consisting large ly of his appointees holding office at his pleas ure, is a scandalous satire upon froo popular in : stitutions and a startling illustration of the methods by which a president may gratify his ambition. We denounce a policy under Which federal officeholders usurp control of party con I ventions in the states, and we pledge the Demo- ; crntie party^to the reform of these and all other j abuses which threaten Individual liberty and , local self government. Support for tlie Navy. Sec. 10. Tho Democratic party is the only party that has over given the country a foreign policy consistent aud vigorous, compelling re spect abroad and inspiring confidence at homo. While avoiding entangling alliances, it has aimed to oultivate friendly relations with other nations and especially with our neighbors on the Americau continent, whose destiny is close ly linked with our own, and wo view with alarm the tendency to a policy of irritation and blus ter which is liable at any time to confront us with tho alternative of humiliation or war. We favor tho maintenance of a navy strong enough for all purposes of national defense and to prop erly maintain the honor and dignity of the country abroad. Sec. 11. This country bos always been tho rof uge of the oppressed from every land -exiles for conscience sake—and in this spirit of tho founders of our government we condemn the oppression practiced by tho Rnssian govern ment upon its Lutheran and Jewish subjects, and we call upon our national government, in the interest of justice and humanity, by all just and proper means, to use its prompt and best efforts to bring about a cessation of these cruel persecutions in the dominions of tho czar and to secure to the oppressed equal rights. We tender our profound and earnest sym pathy to those lovers of freedom who aro struggling for homo rule and tho great cause of self government in Ireland. Sec. 12. We heartily approve all legitimnto ef forts to prevent the United Statos from being used as the dumping ground of the criminals and professional paupers of Europe, and we demand the rigid enforcement of tho laws against Chinese emigration and the importation of foreign workmen under contract to degrade our labor and lessen its wages, but we condemn and denounce all attempts to restrict tho im migration of the industrious and worthy of foreign lands. Sec. 13. This convention hereby renews the expression of appreciation of the patriotism of the soldiers and sailors of the Union in the war for its preservation, and we favor just and llboral pensions for all disabled Union soldiers, their widows and dependents, but we demand that the work of the pension office shall be done industriously, impartially and honestly. We denounce tho present administration of that offico as incompetent, corrupt, disgraceful and dishonest. Sec. 14. The federul government should care for and improve the Mississippi river and other great waterways of the republic, so as to secure for the interior states easy and cheap trans portation to tho tidewater. When any water way of the republic is of sufficient importance to demand the aid of the government thut Buch aid should l>o extended on a definite plan of continuous work until permanent improvement is secured. Sec. Ift. For purposes of national defense and the promotion of commorco betwoeu tho states we recognize the early construction of the Nicaragua canal and its protection against foreign control as of great importance to the United States. National Aid for the Fair. Sec. 16. Recognizing the World's Columbian exposition as a national undertaking of vast importance in which tho general government has invited the co-operation of tho nations of the world, and appreciating the acceptance by many such powers of the invitatiou so extend ed and the broad and liberal offorts being made by them to contribute to the grandeur of the undertaking, we are of tho opinion that con gress should make such necessary financial pro vision as shall be requisite to the maintenance of national honor and public faith. Sec. 17. Popular education being the only safe basis of popular suffrage, we recommend to tho several states most littoral appropriations for the public, schools. Froo common schools are tho nursery of good government, and they have always received the fostering care of the Democratic party, which favors every means of increasing intelligence. Freedom of educa tion being an essential of civil and religious liberty, as well as a necessity for tho dovelop mout of intelligence, must not bo interfered with under any pretext whatever. We are op posed to state interference with parontal rights and rights of conscience in tho education of children as an infringement of tho fundamental Democratic doctrine that the largest individual liberty consistent with the rights of others, in sures tho highest type of American citizenship and the best government. Sec. 18. We approve the action of tho presont house of representatives iu passing bills for tho admission into tho Union as of the territories of Now Mexico and Arizona, and wo favor the early admisslou of all tho ter ritories having the necessary population and resources to entitle them to statehood, and while they remain territories we hold that the officers appointed to administer the government of any torritory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska, shall lie bona fide resi dents of the territory or district in which their duties are to be performed. The Demo cratic party believes in borne rule ami tho con trol of thoir awn affairs by the people of tbe Vicinage. oec. W. Wr Ctror legislation bjr congrow and ' state legislature to protoot the lives and limbs of railway employees and those of other hazard j ous transportation companies, and denounce the inactivity of the Republican party, and particularly the Republican senate, for causing the defeat of measures beneficial and protective to this class of wageworkers. Sec. 20. We are in favor of the onactmont by the states of laws for abolishing the notorious sweating system, for nbolishing contract con i vict labor and for prohibiting the employment : in factories of children under fifteen years of j ago. i Sec. 21. We are opposed to all sumptuary laws as an interference with tho individual rights of the citizen. j Sec. '£&. Upon this statement of principles and policy the Democratic party asks the intelli | gent judgment of the American pooplo. It asks a change of administration and a change of , party in order that there may be a change of • system and a change of methods, thus assuring ! the maintenance unimpaired of institutions | under which the republic has grown great and powerful. The First llallot. I Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, nomi- I nated Cleveland; W. C. DeWitt, of Brook lyn, presented Hill's and John F. Duucomb spoke for 1m s. The first ballot I resultod as follows: 1 f 111 e * $ 2. : 9 i S I 5 Inf r i 22 Alabama 14 2 1 1 .. .. 1U Arkansas 16 18 California 18 8 Colorado 3 5 12 Connecticut 12 | 8 Delaware 6 I 8 Florida 5 3 :28 Georgia 17 5 .. 4 .. j 8 Idaho 0 i 48 Illinois 48 ' 30 Indiana 30 28 lowa 28 20 Kansas 20 28 Kentucky 18 2 .. 8 .. I 18 Louisiana 3 1 11 1 .. 12 Maine 0 1 1 .. .. 10 Maryland 0 .. .. 9%.. .. 80 Massachusetts 24 4 1 28 Michigan 28 18 Minnesota 18 18 Mississippi 8 3 8 4 .. .. 84 Missouri 84 0 Montana 8 16 Nebraska 15 .. .. 1 6 Nevada 4 2 .. .. 8 New Hampshire 8 j 20 New Jorsey 20 i 6 New Mexico 4 1 1 j 72 New York 72 22 North Carolina 3% .. 1 .. .. 10% I 6 North Dakota 8 40 Ohio 14 6 16 5 5 . I 8 Oregon 8 M Pennsylvania 04 8 Rhode Island 8 18 gouth Carolina 2 3 13 8 South Dakota 7 .. 1 ! 24 Tennessee 24 I 30 Toxas 23 1 8 8 Vermont 8 24 Virginia 12 11 .. \ .. .. j 8 Washington 8 12 West Virginia 7 1 3 .. .. 24 Wisconsin 24 0 Wyoming 8 .. ~ 3 t# j 2 Alaska 2 I 6 Arizona 5 .. .. 1 .. !! I 2 District of Columbia.. 2 2 Indian Territory 2 I 2 Oklahoma 2 | 2 Utah 2 010 Totals 017% 114 103 38% 14 10% The nomination of Mr. Cleveland was then made unanimous and the convention adjourned until 2 p. m. Thursday. Mr. Cleveland Congratulated. BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., June 24. Cloudi ness and rain marked the day at Gray Gables. There were few callors, but Mr. Cleveland's time was largely occupied in I reading the 200 congratulatory telegrams that arrived. Among those received were dispatches from ex-Governor Greene, ol New Jersey; Governor Pattison, of Penn sylvania; Pinckney White, of Maryland: one or two from members of the Tammany organization, but largely the telegrams have been from friends. Mr. Cleveland was ask ed by a United Press representative if he had received any congratulations from Mr. Hill or the Tammany organization and he smiled as he answered in the negative. True to his promise ex-President Cleve land notified the reporters at 4:30 that he was ready to send them his statement. The statement was presumably written by Gov ernor Russell, who in this instance enacted the reporter, representing the combined press representatives. The statement is a* ; follows: 1 should certainly be charged with donse In sensibility if I wore not profoundly touched by this new proof of the confidence and trust o! tho great party to which I belong and whose mandates claim my loyal obedience. lam con fident that our fellow countrymen are ready to receive with approval the principles of true Democracy, and I cannot rid myself of tho lief that to win success it is only necessary to persistently and honestly advocate those prin ciples. Differences of opinion and judgment in Democratic conventions are by no means un wholesome indications, but it is hardly con ceivable. in view of tho importance of our suc cess to tho country and the party, that there should be anywhere among Democrats any lack of harmonious and active effort to win in the campaign which opens before us. I have, there fore, no concern on that subject. It will cor taiuly be my constant endeavor to deserve the support of every Democrat. STEVENSON IN SECOND PLACE. lie Receives the Nomination for Vice President. CHICAGO, June 24.—Hon. Adlui E. Steven son, of Illinois, was nominated for vice president of the United States by the na tional Democratic convention at 4:5(1 p. m. Thursday. His principal opponent was Governor Isaac. P. Gray, of Indiana, but at the end of the first ballot Mr. Stevenson was so strongly in the lead that many states that had voted for other candidates threw their support to the Illinois man. At this point the rules were suspendod and Mr. Stevenson nominated unanimously by ac clamation. The national committee was authorized to select the time and place foi holding the next national convention. At 5:08 p. m. an electric light fell into the mid dle of the hall, nearly striking Goveruoi Flower, of New York, and almost creating a panic. Men lost their heads and women fainted. Happily, however, a stampede was averted, and when tho audience learned that no one had been injured it quieted down. Chairman Brice, of the national committee, thanked Chicago for her efforts in entertaining the delegates, and at 5:18 p. m. tho convention adjourned sine die. To Attack Monmouth Park Again. FREEHOLD, N. J., June 29.—The execu tive committee of the Monmouth County Law and Order tongue has mapped out plans for the crusade against Monmouth Park, and has engaged special offlcors to ar rest all persons found making books or sell ing pools each race day. The members ol tho loaguo believe that this course will break up the races. Flod to the .Second Stories. LANCASTER, Pa., June 28.— A very severe storm passed over this county. At Wash ington borough water was several feet deep in the streets, and the people were com pelled to seek refuge in the second storiei of their houses. The tobacco fields wore completely ruined. Fences, trees and out bouses wore swept away. OUR LIVELY SUBURBS. NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM SURROUND ING TOWNS. 1 Wide-Awake Correspondents I'liotogrupli Kventa They Occur—Eckley Doing* Spicily Written and Arranged by Dif ferent Reporter*. Master Hugh Tolan, late of this place, but now of Wilkes-Barre, was visiting friends iiere this week. Andrew Wagner, Jr., one of our promi nent young men, is very popular among the ladies here as lie was seen prome nading Lovers' Lane Sunday evening. Saturday is being observed as half holiday here, all the employes being suspended at twelve o'clock. James Heeney, of I.aurytown, took a pleasant drive through our little village on Sunday. William Hayes has purchased a very valuable bicycle. Daniel Munday holds his head very high on occountof a bare-footed stranger who called at his dwelling Tuesday morning. It is a bouncing boy. There are three young men here who make a habit of leading some of our ner vous young ladies across the bridge on the D. S. &S. Be careful, gents, aB the Rambler has his eagle eye on you. .Tames McGill, of Buck Mountain, was a visitor among friends here on Sunday. John Trimble and Manus McFadden, of Sandy Run, were among their lady friends here on Sunday. John Dennion.of this place, intends to raise a great crop of pumpkins this year, as he can be seen every evening as he hanks them up. John is an old-time farmer. Hugh McGill took a flying trip to old Buck Mountain on Saturday evening where he intends to purchase Manus Cannon's farm. The Rambler wishes him success. The Neyersweats would like to hear from the Fearnots, to play a game on or before July 15, on whatever grounds they name. Walter Fernau and Jacob George were visiting friends at White Haven on Sun day. They must have had a good time. The Terrors drove to Yorktown on Sunday, where they were defeated by a Score of 9 to 10. Saturday, July 2, promises to be a great day here, as there will be a picnic held in the afternoon und evening, and the Yorktown club will be here to contest with the Terrors for the cham pion game of the season. Our tpiiet little village is a great deal disturbed by the candy fiends, or better known as the ice cream fiends, who roam the streets at night and will al most walk down into a man's pocket book to set up the cream. In taking a walk through the village last evening I could hear from every nook and corner the cry of the monster they call '"Potato bug." Give them some Paris green, Roarty. Mr. and Mrs. James McCormick, of Philadelphia, are visiting friends here. "Doc" O'Donnell and Condy McCau ley take great interest in going towards Moraine every evening, and they don't return until a late hour. Wonder what the attraction is. During the thunder storin that pre vailed here on Monday evening the lightning struck the dwelling of John Brennan. The Terrors will hold a grand picnic here on July 4. Barney Gallagher spent Saturday among Stockton friends. I suppose Bar ney has his eye on something. Four of our young ladies took a pleas ant drive on Saturday evening on a huckster wagon to Moraine, that forlorn village. While one of them held the reins the other three occupied seats on the barrels and boxes and the driver raised hisvoieeand sang "Maggie Mur phy." RAMBLER. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. A grand picnic will be held in the grove in the rear of the company store, on Saturday evening by the A. O. 11. A good time is in store for all who at tend. John James, the efficient young yard master on the D. S. & S. at Roan, is laid up with a sprained ankle. Hugh Tolan, of Wilkes-Barre, is visit ing in town. Mrs. Ward has purchased a new organ. Mrs. Oliver Aubrey is visiting relatives at Upper Lehigh. Walter Fernau and John George took a trip to White Haven on Sunday with their bicycles. John Russel, of Drifton, spent, a few hours in town last evening. William Hayes is becoming an expert bicycle rider. James Norris spent Sunday at Drifton. A. 11. Vanauker and family are spending a week with friends in Seran ton. Dr. Humphrey is spending a few weeks in Philadelphia. Miss Mame McClure, of Media, is vis iting at the residence of D. W. James. Eckley hall club was defeated at Au denried on Sunday by a score of 10 to 9. When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castorta.' When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria When she bod Children, she gave thorn Castoria. A. W, WASHBURN, Builder of Light and Heavy Wagons. HEPAIRINB OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PINE AND JOHNSON BTB., FREELAND. ALL NATIONS HOTEL The hotel and saloon have been refitt**! In elegant style and iu> invitation is extended to all to come and view the plucc. JOHN SCHNEE, Prop. JOHNSON and IIIBKRKCK BTHKKTB. Special! Special! TO OUR PATRONS AND THE PUBLIC. For the Next Two Weeks Only ! We are offering everything in the various lines of our large stock at such low prices that they will astonish you. Please note the following quotations: Good tea toweling, 4 cents per yard. Best skirt lining, 4 cents per yards. Best light calico, 4 cents per yard. Good, heavy, yard-wide unbleached muslin, 10 yards for 50 cents. Double-width fine cashmere, 10 cents per yard. * Fine 30-inch-wide Bedford cord and chenron and Henrietta dress goods that were 45 cents are now going at 25 cents. In our line of Notions you can buy: Ladies* ribbed undervests. 4 for 25 cents. Men's seamless socks, 5 pairs for 25 cents. Ladies' chemise, 25 cents each. Lace curtains, from 75 cents per pair upward. Shoe department: Children's dongola spring heel shoes, 35 cents per pair. Children's heavy pebble heel, or spring shoes, with solo leather tip, 75 cents per pair, reduced from #1.26. Youths' good lace shoes that were $1.25 are now going at 75 cents. Ladies' common sense dongola shoes, #I.OO. Men's good shoes, SI.OO. Ladies' fine dongola shoes, with extension sole and patent leather tip, at $1.25, reduced from $2.00. Clothing: Boys' outing cloth waists. 15 cents each. Men's outing shirts, 20 cents each. Boys' knee pants, 25 cents. Men's good heavy pants, 75 cents. Boys' knee pants suits, reduced from $2.00 to SI.OO. Men's suits for $3.00 which were formerly sold at $6.00. S?" WE DEFY COMPETITION. ♦ Jos. Neuhuroeh, LEADER IN LOW PRICES, |P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa. An ItaifMttoia And Hardware of Every Bescriplion. REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot bo surpasssed! Samples sent to anyone on application. Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods. B\RKQECK'S, p CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.
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