SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Fieri Faolna Is
sued out of the (lourt of Common Pleaa of
Pike nonnty, to me dlreotod I will expose
to public mil", by vendue or outcry, at the
Sheriff's Oltloo Id the Uorough of Mllford,
On Mondaj, May 11th A. D. 1896.
nt two o'clock In the aftnrnnon of wild day.
All tho fo) In whiff (IcwHIhhI ptes-, parorin
unci part tnwtR of land: Part of that cvr
tairt trm situate in theTownshlpof ljuk
AWHicn, in sahl county, rH.rvryf.Ki on a war
rant frrant-fM from the land Oftlceof Pcnn
ftrlraiiia to (TtMirjarc Kltta and numlxTed on
tlio C'onunftwioncra' Hooks of Mild county
onfi hnndnil and twonty-wven, tho part
hftn'hy conveyed containing oiih huniircd
and eighty-wvt'n non. AIho another trtu-1
situ at' In Raid Township of ltrkawaxeu
and numtyud on a warrant flrrantod an
afomutidto William BartM-rand niitntnHl
am aforesaid one humirtM. and llf,y-..vp,and
contain. iir four hundred and thirty-nlx
news and clifhty pvrches. Also another
traot In mild Townmilp of jarkawnxen,and
BurTi'veil on a warrant (rnmt4-d to lunt-c-d
Roberta and numbered seven ty-ono,aiid
containing one hunilml and eighty acre.
AIho, another tnw.t in said Townnhlp of
Ltackawaxen, and surveyed on a warrant
granted to John ChamU-rsand numbered
Bcventy-two, and containing four hundred
and twenty -ono acres and one hundriHl and
twenty perches, ex (rent lop and rrservinK
lands heretofore dtiied to Pennsylvania
Coal Company, right of way to Hawley
J ranch and aim. lands lying between Raid
Hawley Branch and the La ka waxen river
near and aUve HraMsy Island conveyed to
a party hy the name of Oyer, containing
three acres more or less. Also another
tract in said Township of Lw-kawax-n,aml
surveyed on a warrant to Henry To) m id
and numbered seventy-three, and contain
ing four hunilml and thirty-eight acres
and ninety-six perches. A1ho another tract
situate in The Township of Shohola, and
surveyed on a warrant granted to Michai-l
Killegas, and numlh'ivd uiie hundred and
sixty-seven and containing fifty acres and
sixty perches. Also, another tract situate
in said Township of Sholmhi. nnd surveyed
on a warnmt granted lo V. .Ilium Hai'i i .on
and mim)crcu two, una o.ti(nining i tm
hundred and forij-sevn acns antl one
hundred and forty '. m- p- ic1h-h. Air.o,
another tract situate i.i said Township of
Shohola, and sui , . ..eil on it wa;T:int
granted to Chailcs It. itiddit-ami imiiilHrvd
eighteen (1H), and containing citfl.ty-two
acres and fifty-one. perches. Also, atiuiij.-i
tract situatvin the Tovviixliipoi WpU;,H in
said County of Pike, atul surveyed on ti
warrant granted to .John Harrow, .lr., and
numlx.'reu thlrty-sovcn, and containing
four hundred and twenty-nine acres and
twenty- perchfw, excepting tiicreirom four
acres ami eighty-two hundredths conveyed
to tho New York and iiiie Kiiilwav Com
pany. Also, another tract situate la said
Township of Westlali, ind surveyed on a
warrant granted to VYtiiinm K. Stone. and
numiVreu thirty-nine, and cwmiiining
three hundred and twenty-one acres and
llfty-tivu perches, excepting out of same
twelve acres or tlurealHmt.-i conveyed to
said New York and Krie Hallway Com
pany. Also, another tract situate In said
Township of West fall, and surveyed on a
warrant granted to Susannah Heed, and
numbered forty-two, and containing four
hundred aud thirty-seven acres and one
hundred and forty-four perches. Also,
another tract situate In the said Township
of Westfall, and surveyi'd on a warrant
granted to Robert Smock, and nunilxred
forty-one and containing three hundred
and eleven acres more or less. Also, anoth
er tract situate in said Township of West
fall, and surveyed on a warrant granted
to Mizabeth Smith, and numln'ml forty
three, and containing two hundred atid
forty-four acres, being the northeast part
of said lot. Also, another tract situate in
said Township of Westfall, and surveyed
on a warrant granted to .lames W. Quick,
and numbered one hundred and eighty
two, and containing nineteen acres and
one hundred and fifty-five perches. Also,
one other piece or parcel of land situate in
the Township of Westfall aforesaid, con
taining about one acre more or less near
Mill Rift station upon which isereeteda
good two-story frame house and outbuild
ings and a good stable a stream of run
ning water pas through said land, be
ing the same property purchased of Vviu.
Sawyer by deed dated July 25, 1KS4. by tho
Kilgour Blue Stone Company (Limited).
Also, all the following dceriled pieces or
parcels of land situate lying and being in
the Township of Shohola, County of Pike
and State of Pennsylvania, and numbered
on the Commissioners' Books of Pike
county respectively as hereinafter men
tioned, the first mentioned being part of
lot number one (1) surveyed in the war
rants name of Thomas Huston, bounded
by land heretofore surveyed to George
Hosft, William Harrison, William Quick,
Charles Quick and Calvin Crauo and by
the Delaware river, Containing one hund
red and ninety-eight acres more or less,
with allowance of six per cent, for roads,
etc., (excepting and reserving so much of
said lot as in the possession and occupancy
of the New York and Krie Railway Com
pany). Also one other lot numter seven
7) in the name of Henry Brink, hounded
by lands surveyed to William Harrison,
C. R. Biddis, Francis J. Smith and others,
containing two hundred one and three
quarters acres, with allowance for roads,
etc., be the same more or less; excepting
out of the last, above mentioned piece of
laud about iift-mm acres more or less, con
veyed to John Wolforth by deed dated
November ID, 1HK5, recorded In 1. B. No.
42, page 484. Also tine othef part of a lot
in the name of Charlotte Huston and num
bered thirty-one (81) bounded by lands sur
veyed to b rancis J. Smith, Henry Brink,
Jane Kain and Allen Coursen, containing
in the part of said lot intended to be con
veyed ay these pre-nu two hundred
thirly-oue acres eighteen perches aud al
lowance for roads, eto., t)o the same more
or losji, cxvj'tiug out of the saine one
acre heretofore given lor the Walker Pond
hciioo.-1.oum wlicm the amu novt stands.
A) ho, ail those tU" uieoo aud parcels of
laud uoscrilted as follows: One piece or
tnit't ol land situate in the Tov-iihip of
jShohola and C-ouuty of Pike afoicsuid.Mir
veyed ou a warraut grauunl irotu the Laud
Oliioe of Peunsylvauia to June Kain, and
numbered ou theCouimtssiotiers' BMtksof
aid county as aumlxir thirty (&), and (he
part conveyed coutaining three hundred
and fifty-two acre (il acre). Also ail
that piece or part tract of laud situate in
said Township of Shohola and surveyed ou
a warrant granted aa aforesaid to ttiackall
W. Ball and numbered nine on the Com
missioners' Books of said county, the part
conveyed containing two hundred and I
thirty-four acres. Also another tract or I
pieoe of laud situate in the Township of
Shohola aforesaid and surveyed on a war-
rant granted to John Bullen and numbered i
as afuresuid as twenty Height, and the part i
conveyed containing three hundred and '
ninety acres. Also that tract or piece of,
iaud situate in said Township of Shohola,
And surveyed on a warrant granted to
William lenny and numlxred ninety
tlm, and the part conveyed containing
two hundred acres. Also oue other piece
or tract oi iaud situate in the Township of
lilfurd in said County of Pike, and sur
veyed on a warrant granted to Kbenezei
jbrauham and numlM-red one hundred and
eleven, and the part conveyed containing
two hundred aud thirtv-tlve acres. Also
U the following descrifxHl pieces or par
cels of laud to wit: All that certain piece,
pntx-Ail and tract of land situate iu the
Towu&hip of Shohola. County iff Pike and
State of Pennsylvania surveyed on a war
raut granted f nun the land Otttoe of Penn
sylvania to Thomas Willing and num
bered on the Commissioners' Books of Wild
county as No. U4 and containing three
huudred and seventy -three aires and one
hunUi-ud and fifty pereues. Also all those
two certain tnu ts, pi)ces or parcels of land
Situate, lyiug and being in the Township
of Shohola, Couuty of Pike and State ol
Pennsylvania, descrilsHi as follows to wit:
The first trout being part of a larger tract
of land in the warrantee name of Jacob
Walker, aud numbered on the Cuminis
Miiuers' Books aud map of Miid County of
Pike nuinimr eleveu (No. 11) Inking di
vided by aurvey and diuft bearing daU'
June ltt7, hy Joht 1-ayion, county
' purvHvor, bounded ayd decrUed as fil
lows: 1'giuiiing at a stoue corner, being
(he divibiou line of said Jacob Walker
Jot from lot No. W iu warrauu name of
B. W. Bail aud running south fifty-five de
grees twit sfveiiiy-Jiiue and oue-1 lUbrter
)x:i-ches lo stoiiettt.thiuiea fcoulh tliU'ty X
UtgrtHM west two hundred and eleven
tcruhtft U stonuSj Uicuoe nortu Hfiy-tive
degrees west seventy-nine and onn-qitarter
perches to stone, thence north thirty-six
degrees past two hundred and eleven
perches fro the place of lcgintiing, cont-iln-tng
one huudred and four acres and eighty
perches of land more or less. The other
tract situate as aforesaid nnd mljolnlng
the first descrlU'd surveyed In the warran
to name of Henry Brink and numlered ns
afontsald numtxT twenty-four (No. 24)
containing fifty-five acn'-s and seventy
porches.
Improvements. Upon tho above several
tracts of land are the following Improve
ments to wit: On tracts Iinm1cred re
spectively Nos. 2 and W7 In Shohola town
ship, there Is a good saw mill with turbine
water wheel, also a stone saw, nibbing
and planing mill with all tho necessary
machinery and appurtenances, one frame
building used as a stone shed, a two-story
frame dwelling house and outbuildings, al
so a store house, freight house and board
ing house erect-ed on lands adjoining said
tracts and used In connection with the:
other buildings and business numuged by
J no. P. Kilgour; also a large stable, one
blacksmith aud wagon shop, nineteen
su -ntu and one-hail story frame dwell-1
lug nousi, one board shanty, one ice
house and one powder cave, a good stone
dock and railroad switch. The said tracts
are well watered, having a living stream
passing through same and liclug a gixsl
water power; and iu the use of said water
power certain privileges and releases for
damages, etc., by reason of overflow of
laud, etc., and right of repairing dam. etc.
snid property Is benefit td and prutwfrod
by cerUiin Unsrs or releases and agree
lnents reiaiiug lucrcto. Ami of above di
criied lands uiMUit three acres more or '
less are improved. !
On tracts nuinU-red respectively Nos. 18 I
and Wi in Shohola township there Is a
blacksmith shop Hiid a one-story frame
shanty, and gfnnl stone quarries are ou
etu'h of said lots.
Ou tracts numbered respectively Nos. 'V.
and 41 In Westfall township there are
erected lll'teu one and .one-half story i
hoaul houses or shanties, one blacksmith
hop, one stable, also a store house, and of
which s.u tracts alsiut five acres more or
less aie Improved land, with stoue quarries'
opened on .-aid tracts with sto ic docks, ml
jaueut to Krie R. R.
On I : act s n ti iulerfd iespectlvely Nos. 71,
7Je.tid i.iin Ijackauaxeti 'township there
aiv etvetcd one aud one-half story frame
hotise, ii good barn, a bhuksmiih shop and
a rtiinll oil tec; uh-o a gtssl nloiie quarry on
said ian.l.
Also, all that ci'ttain phe, parcel or
tnict ot hind situate, lying aud being in
the Township oi .--hohola, in the Couuty
ot Pike and Stale ot Peunsviv.mla lieiun
In the wai iatm e name of William Nyce,
ami numliiTetl on the Commissioners'
Books ot Pike county No, i;i and iMHinitetl
ou the west by lands in the warrantee
name of Fnmcis J. Smith, on the north by
lands In the warm mee n aim's of William
Harrison anil Michael Hiilegas, on the
cast by lands Iu the warrantee names ol
Chiirles C'Hiper and Saniuel Depui, on the
south by lands In the wurniuicc .. tines ol
John Barrow and Jacob Ctt. and contain
lngone hundred and eighty-seven acres and
threc-t'ourtlis of an aero be the same more
or less.
Improvements I'pon the above lands
are gofsl stone quarries; balance timlmred.
Also, the free and unterrupted use, lil
erty and privilege to keep and hold back
the water in Bunk Pond by dam or other
structure to at least one foot alwve the
present high water mark, as held and
flowed buck by tho present dam built
across the outlet of Big Brink Pond on all
that certain piece, parcel nnd tract of land
situate In the Township of Shohola.County
of Pike and State of Pennsylvania, being
part of a larger tract of land surveyed on a
warrant from the Land Ollice of Pennsyl
vania granted toKmanitel Brink and num
bered on the Commissioners' Books of
Pike county (7) seventy-nine, hounded lis
follows, to wit: Beginning at a heap of
stones a corner of Benjamin Bartholomew
survey, thence by sumo south fifty -seven
degrees west seven icrehos to stones, then
Into Big Brink Pond and by line of Roliert
Krwin survey south thirty-one degrees east
twenty-four and a quarter perches to line
of land conveyed to Richard W. Alorring-
ton ny jonn wnitcneau, men ny same
north fifty-nine degrees east three hundred
and thirty-four perches to Hue of said
Kmauuel Brink survey, then by same and
land surveyed to John Barrow, Jr., north
thirty-one degrees west seventy-nine
perches to stake, then In a direct line to
place of beginning, containing one hun
dred and eight acres strict measure, be the
same more or less. Being the same rights
and privileges conveyed to the said John
F. Kilgour by Bradner Wood by deed re
corded in Deed Book No. 46, page 414, etc.
Seized and taken In execution as the
property of William B. Gourley and John
Keunell and will be sold by me for cash.
H. L Courtrient. Sheriff.
Sheriff s Ollice, Milford, Pa. 1
April 14, mid.
.NOTICE.
TO THR PCHOOL DIRECTORS OF
PIKK COUNTY: Ukntlkmkn: Iu
pursuranoe of tho forty-third HtH'tion of the
net of May 8, 1854, you are hinvhy notilktl
to meet lu convention, at the
COURT HOUSE IN MILFORD,
at 2 o'clock P. M. on tho first Tuesday lu
May, A. 1). 1841, being tho 6th day of the
mouth, and select, "viva voce," by the
majority of the whole number of directors
S resent, oue person of literary and scienti
c acquirements, and of skill and exjH'ri
enee iu the art of teaching, as county su
perintendent, for the three succeeding
years; and certify the result to the State
SuperitiDondoiit at HarrUhurg, as required
by the thirty-ninth and fortieth sections of
said act . (iKOKGK SAWYKK,
County Superintendent
ot Pike County.
Mill Rift, Pa., April 6, 8t
OuTHAVS COURT SALE,
By virtue of an order of the Orphan's
Court to me dl reeled I will expose to sale
by public vendue or outcry at the Court
House In the Borough of Milford on
SATURDAY. APRIL 25th.
at 2 o'clock P. M. the following dc
crilcd real estate of which John lieuiy
Meyer, Frederick Meyer and Christian 1.
Meyer, late of the Towuship of Ihngman,
deceased, died seized to wit: All that jwt
of an orgiual tract or piece of laud sur
veyed in purstirance of a warnmt granted
to Mordacai Hoberts in the year 17iti, sit
uated uear the Log Tavern Pond In Ding
man township, County of Pike, aud Slate
of Pennsylvania, and the original tnwt
numlK-reu on the map or chart of said
township 161, (one-hundred nnd fifty-one.)
Containing one hundred and sixteen acres
and three-quarters of an acre more or less.
Commencing at a white oak iu the road
for a corner thence south seventy-eight de
grees east one huudred and fifty-nine
perches to a post for a corner, thence north
twelve degrees east one hundred aud sixty
four perches to a stone corner, thence north
seventy -eight degrees west sixty-eight
perches to a black oak for a corner, thence
north twenty degrees west one hundred
and ninety-four and one-fourth perches to
the phw of beginuing. The said Christian
Meyer being the owner of an undivided in
terest of in and to thirty acres of the alnive
described the conveyances to said binds be
ing as follows: William Sweeny, et. ux.,
to John II. Meyer and Frederick Meyer,
dated Nov. 18, IHTjo conveys as alsve des
cribed llt acres more or lens, 1. B. No.
21, p. etc.. John Henry Meyer, Fred
i crick Meyer and Christina WilhcliulnH
Meyer, his wife, to Christian IJ. Meyer,
dated July tiu, lNnl, conveys all the undi
vided thirty acres with the allowance ol
mx per cent, for roads of In to the llti
acres alcove aud fln-t dM-rihed. Tkkms or
BALK, cash. JOHN K. OBMSTKB,
jJingman township, I Adiniuisirutor.
Mun-h 31. lmo
Credit It Capital, The Say.
Huslind : "Have you done your
best to economize thia month, Maude,
ha I requested V"
Wife (brightly) : 401i, yes, IsjKike
to the gnjcvr the buU'her, and the
lundloni, and pot theui to put oft'
sending their billa till next month. "
Tit BiU.
MANY MILLIONS GONE
ALLEGED DEFICIENCY IN THE FUND;
OF BALTIMORE AND OHIO.
No On Sems to Know Whnt Iln fte
mini of 30,000,000 It In Not ItcllKTio
Tht Kx-I'rr.lrinnt M.t.r Trofltpd bj
Any of the TranUKctlnnn.
Waphinoton, April 2?. The reornnnl
cntlon committee of the Baltimore and
Ohio Ratlrottd oompany hnnitruok a siing.
Tho mm ot $:!i,000,unu la unld to Iw
mlftfllng. and nobody la yet able to toll
whera It haa gone. The oommlttoe cannol
promwd any furthrr In the direction ol
getting that prcnt railway syntora out ot
the hnnda of the receiver and the court
until the myatery of the disappearance Til
thla enormous atunnnt of money la clear
ed up. Thla atntoment la based upon the
authority of one of the most prominent
business meu of Bnltimore. Ho had the
Information, he etntea, from one of the
membcraof the reorganization oommlttea
who went to him for advice In the prem
ises. The committee, he alleges, discov
ered that from 188H to the date of the elec
tion of Cowan aa president of the compa
ny fully 180,000,(11)0 of the Baltimore and
Ohio securities were disposed of without
reports of the transaction or transactlona
being mnda to the treasurer of the compa
ny. Of this amount the floating dobt waa
Increased, by a cause aa yot unoxplalned,
from about 1:1,600,000 In ISSHtoahont
110,000.000, a totnl of about f 13, SOU, 000
at the date of the Inst annual report, In
1805, while, asreffnrda the remaining $16,
B00, 000, it la shown by the authorized
statement below that up to thla time
there haa been nothing whatever learned
aa to what became of a good portion
thereof.
No Value Given In Return.
It la alleged that from the totol sum a
great amount, probably :l,OU0,(l(iO, hns
b'.-aa taken from the company without
giving any value whatever therefor.
It Is also alleged that so far there have
been discovered no recorda of these most
Important transactlona during the aovon
years covered by the administration of
Mr M uver, and it la further alleged that
either no bonks concerning them were
kept or that they have been plaoed where
the committee has not been able to see
them.
ITpon learning of thla state of alTnirs the
members of the committee decldod that
the whole truth must be brought out, and
they have determined to sift the matter
to the bottom, let the blame fall where It
may. It Is stated t hut no one who la oog
nlzant of the commltteo'a vlewa In the
matter bellevea that ex-President Mayer
profited to the extont of a dollar by what
took plaoe aa the result of thu denla made
or that he knew of what really waa go
ing on.
It la not clnlmed that the 1 3, GOO, 000 of
Increase of floating debt represents the
loea of that amount hy the Bnltimore and
Ohio, but It la stated to be the opinion ot
the membera of the roorgnnlzntton com
mittee, aa It la also alleged to be the be
lief of bankers who are conversant with
Baltimore and Ohio afTalra, that In the
neighborhood of (3,000,000 has gone
aatray.
Presidential Nominations.
WAKniNOTos, April 21. Tho president
haa sent the following nominations to the
senate:
Poatmasters Charles K. Brady, Sand
wich, Mass. ; Edwin K Cragln, jlelroso
Highlands. Mass.; Charles K. Dosex,
Patohogue, N. Y. ; Judnh Bronsnn, Clin
ton, N. Y.; Charles L. Pohe, Catuwlssa,
Pa.; Boyce Bankin, McDonald, Pa.
Interior Department Edwin E. Sluder, .
register of the land ollice at Laa Cruoos,
N. M. ; Caleb P. Organ, receiver of public
moneya at Cheyenne, Wy.
Wn Department Lieutenant John M.
Blgworth, Tenth Infantry, to be first lieu
tenant. Ex-Benator Herrinjr Dead.
Camdkv, N. '.T., April 21. Ex-State
Senator Hlchard N. Herring died at bia
home In Becha Landing, Camden coun
ty, from cancer of the atomaoh. He hnd
been 111 three yeara. He waa born In Phil
adelphia In Mr. Herring served
three years during the war. Mr. Herring
waa one of the moat popular Republicans
In Camden county. He was a member of
the general assembly In 1875, 18T6, 1870,
1880, aud In 18H4 went to the senate. He
was one of the riparian commissioners un
der Governor Greene and was subsequent
ly ohalrman ot the body.
Swept Over tho Falls.
Lawhkwr, Mass., April 21. Frank
Feeley and Herbert Kennedy lost their
live by going over the falls In the Merrl
mac river. They had hired a boat, and
when a short distance from shore the swift
current made It unmanageable. Before
they realized It their boat was headed for
the dam, and, embraced In each other's
arms, they went to their doom. Two
young women who were to aocompany
them got frightened at the high water and
remained on shore and witnessed the ter
rible event
Clrymn Bnrned to Death.
South Manchkstkr, Conn., April 17.
Rev. John B. tiriawold, a retired Congre
gational clergyman, was burned to death
while burning brush at bla farm here.
The exact eause of the acoldent Is not
known, but It la supposed Mr. Grlswold's
elothlng accidentally caught Are from the
burning brush. He was evidently on his
way to a spring to get water when he was
overcome. He was 70 years old and had
lived here for ten years. He formerly lived
In Ohio. He leaves a widow, a son and
daughter. . ,
Drowned In a Flood.
Maloxe, N. Y., April 21. High water
baa done considerable damage In Franklin
oounty. Three bridges on the St. Regis
river at bt Regis Falls were swept out,
carrying away a portion of a large mill
owned by the Santa Clara Lumber compa
ny. William Goro. an employee at the
mill, was thrown Into the water and
drowned. The body has not yet been re
covered and waadoubtlea carried fur from
the plaoe of the fatality by tha current
. The Aoxeller Shooting Cajie.
Baltimoke. April 21. The district at
torney has deoli-td to enter a nolle In the
case of Frank and Mattie V. Anguliur,
man and wife, charged with murder In
the first degree in having shot and killod
Charles Parker laat winter. Mrs.'Ango
Her claimed t-o have done the shooting in
defense of her honor, and a trial resulted
la a disagreement, tha jury standing 11
to 1 for acquittal.
Prominent Capitalist Dead.
ATIASTIO Cliv. April 20. William
Churchill Houston of Philadelphia, ex
preaideut of tho Union league of that city
an:'l a proiuinent capitalist, died here sud
denly, aged 79 years. His grandfather serv
ed under Washington In the war of the
revolution.
ssurued to Death,
Westeki.y, R. L, April 17. Henry a
Burdlok. aged 85 years, was burned to
death while endeavoring to extinguish a
brunb fire on his farm. When relatives
found his body, the tleeh and boues had
been burned to a erlsp.
Brakeiuan Killed.
Winusoh, Vt, April 21. Brakeman
Frank tillus was killed here by falling be
tween the oars. He had both arms out off,
his neck broken and bia head erushed. He
leaves a widow ard ohlld.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thnr.ilny, April 11.
Fmporor Wllllnra toasted Emperor
Frnnz Josef In Vienna.
Fri'd'Tick Merrick murdered his wife In
Brooklyn nnd then kilieJ himself.
(ieneml llarntlcrl, biti- Biivernur of Fry
thren, Africa, will be tried by a military
eonrt in Mn -:iia.
K ng (-Seorge of Grooce delivered the
wrentha of vleinry to the fnoi-essfnl com
petitors In the Olympic games. Eleven
Americana socured trophies.
James Walsh, a Now Vork banker, and
his son, Thomris, were arresto-J on a charge
of larceny made by Cooper Walsh, who
says they have more than I'.', UUO of his
money.
The Italian Immigrants confined In
Commissioner Sonner'a stockade on Ellis
lslnnd, Now York harbor, "broke out, but
were cowed by the keopers armed with re
volvers. President Cleveland's brother, the Rev.
Dr. W. N. Cloveland. tiled a protest against
his dismissal as pastor of t he Presbyterian
church in Chauuio'nt, N. Y., and will aP
pol to the aynod.
Friday, April 17.
A branch of the atnte MoKinley league
waa formed at a mass meeting In Utloa,
N. Y.
It la reported In Rome that the Abya
alninns were defeated by the Italians at
Adlgrat
A Mnssulman was appointed governor
of Zoltoun In defiance of tho Zaltnun
agreement that the governor should be a
Christian.
Sir Michael Hicks-Bench, chancellor of
the exchequer, made a speech In the
house of commons lutroducing a remark
able budget.
Further dotnlls of the battle at Leehnzt,
Cuba, on Tuesday show that the Spanish
forces met a orushlng defeat at the bands
of Antonio Maceo's mon.
Cuban delegates in Washington Bay that
tho prosldent'a offer of mediation Is unac
ceptable, and that only the Independence
of Cuba will satisfy thoin.
Marquis Yamagnta, the Japanese Held
marshal, vialtcd the city hall In New
York and was received by the mayor and
the bends ot various olty departments.
Saturday, April 18.
A oampalgn button Inscribed "Harrison
and Success" haa appeared In Indiana.
The Now York legislature adopted a
concurrent resolution fixing April 80 aa
the date of flnal adjournment
F'ivo children were sultocated in Tur
ner's Falls, Mass., and three men were
killed by an oxp oslon In Peoria, Ills.
Lizzie Lcnz of Now York, 15 years old,
ran two blocks In her bare feetand alarm
ed tho police, who capturod three burglars.
Flold Marshal Yatnagatn of Japan sail
ed for Havre on his way to Moscow, where
ho will represent Japan nt the coronation
of tho czar.
Two men rcro Injured by the explosion
of a gas main in Hartford, and for two
hours the column ot tl.'une shot up highor
than the city hall.
A poll of the Now Jersey delegates elect
ed to the Kcp-ihllcan convention at St.
Louis shows that 17 of them nro for Mo
Kinley, 3 are undecided and 1 is for Rood.
Experts tosiined beforo the house com
mittee on lnti'rstato and foreign commerce
that the building of tho Nicaragua canal
according to the plans and estimates pre
pared by the company waa impracticable.
Jay Dovd. once a rich broker on tho
New York Consolidated F.xrhnnpe, was In
the police court, charfjed with housebreak
ing. He said he sought a place to sleep In
a yard, and, being shut at, cropt Into a cel
lar. Mundny, April SO.
Rev. Thomns O'Gornmn was consecrated
bishop of Sioux Falls.
Tony Flrla, a laborer, waa called from
a seoret meeting In Baxter stroet In New
York by Antonio Suonatore and stabbed
In the neck. Police believe It a Mafia oase.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that Sena
tor Quay refused to recognize David Mar
tin ns the price of harmony In Philadel
phia, and Republican faotlons in that olty
are atlll wide apart.
The retirement of the president, the
managing director and the New York
manager of the Cotton Oil trust Is follow
ed by a rumor of the intended passing or
scaling of a dividend.
The battleship Indiana mnda her first
visit to the port of New York. Tests mads)
during the trip prove unfounded the sto
ries that the arrangement of ber batteries
made them dangerous to those on board.
It Is stnted that Proaident Cleveland's
special desire is the nomination of a aound
money man on a aound money platform
by the national Democratic convention,
ai.d he will be satisfied If Ex-Governor
Kuasoll of Massachusetts Is chosen.
Tuesday, April 21.
A mass meeting In favor of MoKinley
tor president was bold at Syracuse.
Juan Urralde San Martin, accused of
being the man who robbed August Bel
mont & Co. of 'it. 000, is being taken
from Spain to Havana.
Kroanuel Ninger, the supposed expert
counterfeiter, was held for the grand jury
of New York In .'0,000 bail on a charge
of passing counterfeit money.
A bill providing for the reduction ot
rates on agricultural land was Introduced
In the house of commons and passed to Its
first reading with muob opposition from
the Liberals.
The governor of Yakutsk reports noth
ing la known about Dr. Nanaen by the
Inhabitants of Ust-Yansk or the Ivory
seekera on tho New Siberian Islands. Thla
pretty thoroughly discredits the story that
the doctor had found the north pule.
The oase of Mrs. Mary Alice Alraont
Fleming, who Is accused of poisoning her
mothor In New York, was put over till the
May term of the criminal branch of the
supreme court, as District Attorney Fel
lows declared that the pooplo's oase waa
not yet ready.
Wednesday, April Vt.
The German rclchstag oalls upon the
government to combat the practice of
dueling.
Efforts to esplodo 20 cana of high grade
powder in a train were discovered iu Lain
bertvllle, N. J.
Haron de Hlrsc'i, tho philanthropist,
died on his estates near t'rassburg, Hun
gary, from a stroks of apoplexy.
Reports received from Havana state that
Spanish troops under Colonel Vila have
defeated the insurgents In several engage
ments. Maria Barber! of New York, condemned
to death for the murder of Doineuiau Cu
tuldo, has boon granted a new trial by the
court of upp. uls.
Tho French senate refused to vote the
Madagascar credits, because of want of
coulliienoo in the Bournouls ministry, and
another crisis is Imminent
President Cleveland received a petition
frura the Bar association of New Vork ask
ing bim to favor the establishment ot an
International court of arbitration.
Drain of Dr. Austin Abbott.
New Yohk, April 20. Austin Abbott,
LL.D., dean of the New Vork University
Ijiw school, died at his late residence, lo
Fast Hfty-llrst street, after an Illness of
bout ten weeks. Austin Abbott was born
lu lkwton on Deo. 18, 1831. He waa the
on of Jacob Abbott and a brother ot the
lata Bunjamlu Vuuglmn Abbott, the well
known writer on law; Dr. Lyman Ab
bott of Brooklyn and Dr. Edwurd Abbott
nt Cambridge, Mass. ,
X RAYS KILL GERMS.
CLAIMS OF CHICAGO SCIENTISTS TO
A MARVELOUS DISCOVERY.
TVMI Core Eight Deadly Dlseasee Success
ful Tests With Diphtheria, Cholera, Con
snmptlon. Typhoid and Others Theory
Said to De Practical.
Epidemic will be Impopsibla Asintio
cholera is no more to be feared than
rnnioho. Diphtheria and glanders and
typhoid have nt lust met a power gtron-fc-rr
than their own malignancy. The
thre ats of deadly bacilli may bring loss
terror thnu IhesiRh ( f mi evening breeze,
and pneumonia nnd tubrrcul. His bo more,
iiieoiiveuieneea than pesta. This is the
future of contagion when the Roentgen
ray is used iu the rrgulnr practice ns a
companion of saw nnd pcalpol nnd lint,
according to two Chicago physicians.
Professor W. P. Prntt and Professor
Hngh Wightmnn.the electro therapeutist
and the bactf riolcgisl of Bennett Medic
al college, Chicago, have pnsetically
proved this. TJiey have pnt the germs of
eight of the most deadly diseasea through
tho test. A weelt has elapsed. They have
been fed and nurtured with the greatest
cure. They hnvo failed to propagate or
spread, proving they are dead or have
Ix-en stunned. Diphtheria was slain out
right. There is no doubt of the effect in
this case. The same final and positive
verdict in the others is reserved for a
few days, that the bieilli may have the
best possible chance to revive, and that
every scientific requirement of the ex
periment may bo fulfilled.
It is admitted by two physicians who
have spent night nnd day in their labo
rntory that they have been startled by
the discoveries. They have worked with
tho germs in test tubes. They maintain
that success secured under this advan
tage predicts much more marvelous ef
fects when the some attack shall be
made upon these enemies located in the
human body. The method will be tried
at once. They will not be able to get
patients with all the diseases yrhich
they claim to have conquered, but rea
son that success in one means success in
all.
This is tho group upon which they
made the initial investigation : 1. Ba
cilli of cholera. 2. Bacilli of diphtheria.
8. Bacilli of influenza. 4. Bacilli of
glanders. 6. Bacilli of pneumonia. 6.
Bacilli of typhoid. 7. Bncilli of tuber
culosis. 8. Bacilli of anthrax.
Tho various germs were grown iu
tubes in prnpqr media. Magnetic linos
of force from the Crookes tubo were,
passed through them. The application
lusted for two hours. Cholera was the
easiest, and nppcars to have been wiped
out entirely. Diphtheria has been
treated very tenderly and favorably,
but after eight days hns failed to Bhow
tho slightest signs of life. There has
bocgi no activity in the bacteria of the
other elapses, and with certain modifi
cations; tho distinguished doctors are
now ready to announce that the ray,
properly applied, will destroy any form
of iufectious or contagious germ. This
is indorsed by the college faculty, and
tho entire electrical equipment, the best
in the west, will be used this week for
further proof of the discovery which is
now maintained to be a fact.
Professor Pratt says the theory and
reason are easy and very practical. The
magnetic force from the X ray will pass
directly into the affected tissues. Elec
trolysis will follow, the chemical de
composition will liberate oxygen, which
will unite with the free oxygen of the
body and make ozone. Ozone will kill
all bacteria the body may possess.
Tho present state of the experiment
proves death to the bacilli in some in
stances and disability in others. The
effect in efther case will be eventually
the same to the patient, the tissues in
the latter instance gaining new strength
and driving ont the bacilli.
Professor Wightman, the bacteriolo
gist, would have been less amazed had
all the tubes failed to show any killing
power of tho ray. There waa a certain
crndeness in the first apparatus. It was
less satisfactory to operate through the
tubes than by actual cases in the human
body, the glass in some cases interfer
ing with the force. While aa yet there
is no evidence of activity in any of the
deadly collection of germs he fears there
may be left somewhere in the tubes a
spark of life which shall spread itself
over the entire mass. This haa not ap
peared within eight days. Upon thia
fact he believes that a onre conld be ef
fected in an actual case, the unconscious
ness of the animals giving the stimulated
organs an opportunity to finish them.
Dr. Pratt is convinced that this force
from the Crookes tubes is the single
agency that is fatal to all forms of bac
teria. Some are destroyed by oold and
some by heat, but they have all remain
ed quiet for a week under this destroyer.
The disease producing ones thrive best
at a temperature of 100 degrees. The
others multiply at a much lower tem
perature, some propagating best during
the coldest weather. Boiling water will
wipe out some members of the family
and freeze the others. Daylight is fatal
to moKt of them, but it being impossi
ble at present to project the sun into the
human system the great discovery of
the German scientist makes an invalu
able substitute in the electric ray. Drs.
Pratt and Wightman are the first in the
world to apply it.
Tho bacilli used were selected with
the greatest care. Each group was tested
before preparation for the slaughter.
They were allowed to "culture," aa the
book language puts it. Small colonies
were put into tubes, aud with remark
al'le rapidity tho settlements could be
seen with naked eye to grow. The
cholera assortment was Imported from
Asia, tukt u from the body of a victim ;
the diphtheria from the tliroatof a fatal
case. All this precaution was made lest
the experiments be made upon germs
which were not at the height of their
activity. Cholera, which was especially
healthy, went down first, but it is fear
ed it may revive. This is, however, the
least tenacious of the eight, one part nt
lulphuric acid to 6, bOO parts ot water
being a poison for it.
It l the purpose of the two Chicago
scientists to put the remedy into actual
test. It will be first applied to a patient
with diphtheric gcrrus in the first stage.
They estimate that an exposure of half
au hour at tho outside will affect a cure.
There is now being moved into the
laboratory the necessary machinery,
and the hopo is that not only will the
bacilli be driven from their hiding and
destroyed, but that the college professors
will be able to watch the action of. the
organs during tho experiment. This
proving successful, the next test will be
mi tulH rculosis, nnd so oil' through th6
list with better and more complete sur
roundings. Philadelphia Press.
EASTER FLOWER SALES.
In New Tork City Alone Folly Half a
M... - Dollars Was fpent en Them.
Half a million dollars was spent In
New York city this year for Eastei
flowers.
This amount of money would have
given half tho children of the tenement
houses a three months' summer vaca
tion in the country or at the seashore.
There are 258 regular florists hi tht
city. Ono of the largest of tho Broad
way dealers alone sold $20,000 worth
of flowers for Easter. Nine others of
prominence brought the total gales up
o $l0,000. Then 100 other florists
sold between them $150,000 worth oi
flowers more. Tho aggregate sales of
the remaining 153 smaller concerns
amounted to fiO.OOO.
Tho pales of' the numerous flowei
stands scattered through the city, at
well as the street venders, amounted to
at least $130,000.
That violets were in favor as an
Easter offering la proved by the fact
that one firm alone sold 100,000 violets.
An azalea sold for $200, and any num
ber of acacias brought $75 apiece.
If even a quarter of the $500,000
spent in flowers had been given as an
Easter offering for charity, it would
have accomplished an untold amount of
good. The $200 azalea would have kept
an entire tenement house family from
being hungry for a whole year. One $20
basket of Easter lilies would have given
one of the tired, hard worked shopgirl
sea air and good food for a month of this
coming summer. Even the $5 spent foi
a bunch of violets would have given SO
hungry residents of the slums a table
d'hote dinner long to be remembered.
New Tork Journal.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Summary of the Proceedings In the Sea
ate and Honse.
Washington, April 18. The senate In
executive session ycaterday ratified the
treaty with Kngland providing a commis
sion to settle the Bering sea dispute. Mr.
Gray spoke In opposition to Mr. Du Pont's
title to a seat in the senate. In the house
the management of tho National Soldlora'
homea waa oonsldered, but no action was
taken.
Wasiitsotov, April 17. In the senate
Mr. Hill spoke in opposition to Mr. Pef
fer's resolution demanding nn Investiga
tion of the recent bond Issue, and Mr.
Gray spoke In opposition to the seating of
Du Pont as senator from Dolaware. In
the houso, after a spirited debate, the reso
lution appointing managers of the Na
tional Soldiers' homes waa adopted with
out nmendment.
Washtvotok, April 21. The house con
sidered the Indian appropriation bill, but
no action was taken. In the house the gen
eral deficiency bill, tho last of the great
appropriation bills, was passed.
Washington, April 22. In the senate
yesterday tho Indian appropriation bill
was considered, tho debate being on the
soctarinn school question. n the house
the seating of Mr. Goodwin, the Populist
contestant from the Fifth Alabama dts
. trict, was prevented by the absence of a
quorum.
f ennsylvuniaos Wnnt Fattleon,
PiTTsntiiio, April 82. The Democrats
held their county convention by dlatrlota
for tho election of delegatea to the state
convention. Every district In the oounty
instructed Its delegatea for ex-Governor
Robort K Pattlson for president. Two
districts In Alleghany, however, voted
against the unit rule In the national con
vention. The result of the conventions
probably means that George 8. Fleming
and Kdward F. Frauenheim will go to the
Chicago convention, with Charles A. Pa
gan delegato at large and Nathaniel P.
Sawyer congressman at largo.
Wife Murderer Arrested.
Albany, April 20. Adam Kaiser, a
farmhand, fatally shot his wife at Sand
Lake, N. Y. The couple had separated.
A posse was organized and started In pur
suit. When Kaiser was cornered, be fired
Into the posse and shot a man named
Horton In the arm. He was finally arrest
ed and la now lodged In the Troy jail.
Rev, Dr. Dates Dead.
Cleveland, April 20. Rev. Dr. Cyrus
8. Bates, rector of St. Panl's Kplsoopal
ohurch In this olty, died here of pneu
monia. Dr. Bates waa born in Geauga
oounty, O., In 1840.
General Markets.
New York. April n. FLOUR State and
western dull and heavy with wheat; city mills
patents. .')itiM wlater patents; it.y&i;
city mills clears, 14.1034.20; winter straights,
t..va.7.
WH EAT No. red was weak and lower un
der favorable crop newa, weak cablea and lio
aidHtlen: May. 71 ll-l372c; July, 71Md714o.
COKN-No. 8 fairly sotlve. but eatler with
wheat- May, attitude; July, 87 o.
OATS No. i quiet and easier; May, UiA
24Mc : track, white, state. ttkftltoKc,
FORK-Easy: old to new mesa, $9.2.V10J!S;
family. !(!. j-xsIO.75.
LARD Dell; prime western steam, t&X
asked.
BUTTER-Weak and lower, state dairy. 3
HHsc.: Btate creamery. 10Q14O.
CHEKHK Easy; slate, large, 6Kiytt0e.;
mall. tainc.
E(iO-Weak: state and Pennsylvania, lott
(gllc; western. lOVic.
aL'UAK-Uaw steady; fair refining, W&
3?ic.; centrifugal. Wl test, 4 0-lo$44c.; refined
qoiet: crushed. vc.; powdered, frHo.
MOLAASKS-Firm; New Orleans. S&&370.
RICK Hteady; domestic, aH&Oc; Japan, 3M
4-,c.
TALLOW Quleti city, B-laa8Ha; oountry,
ll-lix3.o.
A Tear From If ow.
A year from this Mr. Olney will go
back to his lurge Boston practice, or
may be into the White Bouse; Mr. La
niout, to his business interests in New
York, if not into the governor's chair ;
Mr. Herbert to the practice of law in
Alabama, probably; Mr. Wilson either
to thu practice of luw or to the presi
dency of some university or to congress
Mr. Huka Smith to Georgia as a lawyer,
or to the United States senate; Mr.
Harmon back to the bar ; Mr. Morton to
a farm, possibly in Virginia. The presi
dent, who conld not lead an idle life if
he tried, will probably go back to New
York, resume the practice of law, and
work as hard as ever. Washington
Post.
Bridegroom Harrison.
We hope that Bridegroom Harrison
will not allow the serpent of political
ambition to crawl into his Eden. It will
be a wormwood lnoon if he shall suffer
the ecstatic bliss of love's young dream
to be marred by aching hopes of unat
tainable honors. All the world loves a
lover if the lover be true to love and
keeps out of politics. Mr. Harrison barf
married a good woman, and that is bel
ter than any political success, for it is
better to be right than to be provident
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
HOVVOANURE-CHEAPLY. "
Sandy, Heavy and Clay Soils Considered.
Efreete of Vegetable Matter fa Soils.
The question how the farmer, and es
pecially the eastern farmer, can most
easily and cheaply increase the fertility
of his land Is mnch the most important
problem that he has to deal with. We
hear a great deal abont concentrating
farm work on a few acres instead of
spreading It over many. Bnt before this
can be successfully done the few acres
mnst be made as rich as possible. In
tensive farming oannot be made to pay
on poor land. Nor is it wise to plant
tho kinds of crops that require great
deal of labor, unless the land has before
been brought into such condition that a
maximum crop can be grown. Here is
what American Cultivator has to say in
this connection :
Without doubt the growing of clover
to be plowed under the third year, after
taking a hay crop from it the previous
year, makes the best preparation for the
potato crop for all land that has a fair
amount of mineral plant food. Clover
is the cheapest means of supplying ni
trogen to the soiL If to this are added
good dressings for eaoh crop of phos
phate and potfth, the land will continue
to increase in fertility so long as the
clover rotation is kept np. But there is
a great deal of land in whloh mineral
plant food has to be supplied before any
thing can be grown on it with profit.
Most sandy soils are of this oharaoter.
They are always deficient in potash, for
if tbey were not the sand itself would
be decomposed and make a true soiL
With clover to supply vegetable matter
and with potash in some form to make
clover grow on it sandy soil can very
soon be brought to a high condition of
productiveness. Bnt it requires ocntin-1
ned good management to keep sandy
soil in this condition of fertility.
Heavy soils, especially if wet, reverse
these conditions. The heavy soil is apt
to have a large amount of vegetable mat
ter, because it is not easily permeable to
air, and being kept wet most of the time
what vegetable matter it has decays
very slowly. This in course of time ac
cumulates vegetable matter so that the
clay soil is lightened, and when well
cultivated will be very productive. Bnt
the effect of onltivation is to let in light,
air and warmth. This, in a few years,
decomposes what vegetable matter the
soil has, and its clayey parts become
too compact for profitable cultivation.
The soils will not prodooe paying crops,
and yet they show hy analysis that they
are by no means exhausted.
The thing that most of these clay
soils need first is to be nnderdrained, so
as to remove surplus water. Clover is
also the best specifio for such soils. It
mellows and lightens the subsoil, while
thorough cnltivation helps to make the
surface soil available for crops. After
thorough nnderdraining it will be found
of great advantage to use mineral ferti
lizers freely on heavy soil, for though
analysis may still show the mineral
plant food present in the soil most of
these will be reverted and cannot be
used by plants, except as vegetable mat
ter is decaying and giving off carbonic
aoid gas in contact with them. This
fact explains the good effects of vegeta
ble matter in soils, even when it con
tains little real plant food. It is well
known to those who use commercial ma
nure that their best effect is prodnoed on
moist soils well filled with vegetable
matter, while on pure sands and gravel
they do little good. Bnt if stable ma
nure is nsed with the fertilizer thia
makes the mineral available and will do
good even on sandy or gravelly soils.
New Tork Botanical Garden-
At a meeting of the board of mana
gers of the New York botanical garden
it was resolved that the number of pa
trons be limited to 100 and that a dona
tion of $5,000 be received from eaoh.
The following have contributed $5,000
eaoh : J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. D. Rockefeller,
D. O. Mills, J. A. Brown, W. E. Dodge,
J. A. Scrymser, W. C. Bohermerhorn,
O. P. Daly, Oswald Ottendorfer, Sam
uel Sloan, George J. Gould, Miss Helen
M. Gould, J. a Kennedy, William
Rockefeller, J. M. Constable, Mrs. Es
ther Herman and James R. Pitcher.
The contribution to entitle to a life
membership was fixed at from $1,000 to
$5,000. The third class of members,
eaoh candidate to be approved by the
board of managers, is admitted at $10.
AH members are to have free tiokets to
lectures, exhibitions, eto. The commit
tee on plans and buildings submitted
three sketches of plana for greenhouses
to be erected in Bronx park. Plans and
recommendations for a museum were
also presented.
establishing; a Pasture.
It is not best to turn animals on
newly seeded permanent pasture the
first year ; far better mow onoe or twice
during the summer, cure for hay, seed
green, or, better, leave the material on
the ground if not abundant Many of
the plants sown will require a year, es
pecially bine grass, to get well estab
lished. Of course a few small animals,
such as sheep or calves, might be turn
ed upon it, but it is far better to mow
than to pasture. Country Gentleman.
Agrlcaltnra Votes.
An easy way to reduce bones is to
mix them with fresh horse manure and
keep the pile wet enough to prevent the
burning of the manure.
It is best to take op, divide and re
plant rhubarb every few years.
Tobacco stems, if ground fine and nsed
along with bonemeal, are valuable as a
fertilizer.
The well known rule is a bushel of
rye when grain is the aim, and two
bushels where hay or straw only is the
object.
Coat the trunks of fruit trees three
sixteenths of an inoh with "ranpeuloim"
to catch oreeping and boring insects.
Avoid olnb root in cabbage, cauliflow
er and turnips by a striot rotation of
crops and burn all affected material.
Aa Uuopvuoea Fnolt Baa.
Either the offices or the citizens of
Williamsburg, Me., are of an unusual
sort One man was elected there unop-,
posed a few days ago to hold seven dif
ferent oflloes. New York Sun, J