THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. JUNE 1. 1880.
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A tekmhlk iiain storm Lag visited
Texas. The town of Bracket, was la
many places covered with water eight
to ten feet deep, and several citizens
were swept away by the current and
drowned.
It Is said that Gov. lloyt la to be
urged for the nomination of Vice Presi
dent if Grant is nominated for President.
We don't believe that people generally
will be anxious to vote for one who
was mixed up in the pardoning of the
"bribers."
The action of the Republican Conven
tion which meets in Chicago to-morrow
w ill be anxiously looked for. If a nom
ination is not made on first ballot, we
look for a long contest, and unless the
unit rule Is enforced a nomination on
first ballot is impossible.
The President has appointed Hon.
D. A. Key, now Postmaster General, to
be Judge of the U. 8. Courts for Eastern
district of Tennessee. The Senate has
confirmed the appointment. This pro
vides for Mr. Key during his life.
And now the paper makers want to
impose on the dealers. They have voted
to make no change in price and for fear
they cannot keep up the present price,
they decided to shut down their mills
for three weeks in June and three weeks
in August.
The Assistance Treasu rer of the Uni
ted States at New York, In a letter to
Secretary Sherman, calls attention to
the condition of the silver vault there.
He says that the additional amount
which can safely be deposited in it will
not exceed $10,000,000. He says that
the present stock of Bllver weighs over
five hundred tons, and the lateral press
ure, if increased, will tend to force out
the lattice partition and precipitate the
whole mass of coin into the passage
way. He expresses apprehension as to
what is to be done with the quantity of
silver if the present rate of coinage is to
be maintained.
The Reading Railroad.
The Reading Railroad has passed Into
the hands of receivers. They were ap
pointed by Judge McKennan, and are
Stephen A. Caldwell, of the Fidelity
Trust, Edwin . M, Lewis, president of
the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, and
Franklin B. Gowen, president of the
Reading Railroad.
The receivers are officers of the court
appointing them ; they act under its eye,
and to it they are immediately responsi
ble. In this case the Court has appoint
ed two masters to which the receivers
are to make monthly reports. The
company cannot further increase its
indebtedness by borrowing. Its earn
ings will go, first, toward paying the
operating expenses, arid the remainder
to meet the interest on its debt in the or
der of preference. This will leave a
large portion of the debt, including what
is known as the floating debt, drawing
no interest. Whether a rising market
and the appreciation of railroad and coal
property will eventually enable the
Reading Company or its receivers to
meet the Interest on the bonds, pay off
Its floating indebtedness and leave some
thing over for stockholders, is a problem
which time will solve If allowed to work
it out without other Interruption.
The Reading Trouble.
. Pittsburg, May 27. Judge M'Ken
nan to-day authorized the receivers of
the Reading railroad to borrow $1,000,.
COO for the payment of wages of employ
ees and Interest falling due on June 1st.
Samuel Dixon, attorney for the receiv
. ers, appeared before the Judge in ap.
plication for the order. He submitted
a preliminary statement of the condi
tion of the company, showing its assets
and liabilities, but stated that a lull re
port would be made in a short time by
the receivers.
The application to-day merely sets
forth the necessity of meeting the inter
est due on the consolidated mortgage
bands of the issue of 1871, falling due
June 1st, and asked for authority to bor
row $1, 000, 000 for Interest and the wag
es of employees. The order of the court
prescribed the form of certificates of the
loan which are made transferable by en
dorsement and made payable after ten
days notice, at the expiration of which
time interest shall cease.
Judicial Tyranny. '
A crlmlnnt case wag recently tried In
Winfield, Cowley county", Kansas, in
which a lawyer was the defendant. The
cane excited considerable feeling among
the people of the county, and It resulted
in the conviction of the defendant, who
was sentenced to imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a terra of Ave years.
The editors of two newspapers published
in Winfield, severely criticised the ver
dict of the Jury, and also the action of
the court before which the case was
tried. This aroused the Indignation of
the Judge, who ordered that the two
editors should be brought before him to
answer for contempt. When they ap
peared in court he lectured them sharply
aud fined them $200 each. The editors
insist that the court had no legal author
ity to Impose a fine on them in this
way, and hence they have appealed to
the Supreme Court.
A Passenger Car on Fire.
The Patriot of Friday says the Niaga
ra and Chicago express train was whiz
r.lng along over the shining tracks of
tlie Pennsylvania railroad endeavoring
to reach this city at 12:10 p. m., the time
marked in the schedule for its arrival.
The train was composed of five cars, in
charge of Conductor Charles Rowan.
Just as the train was passing Cams'
station, a point a Bhort distance west of
Mt. Joy, a passenger rushed through
the forward cars in search of the con
ductor, crying excitedly ; x
" We are all on fire back there I"
The traiu was stopped instantly and
investigation proved that the third car
in the train labelled No. 10, bound for
Pittsburg, was on fire. The coach was
occupied by about thirty passengers, la
dles, gentlemen and children, among
whom the greatest excitement prevail
ed. By the time the train was stopped
and the passengers remqved from the
burning car, the fire had made too great
headway to be extinguished. The only
way to save the train was to clear It of
the burning car. The two rear cars
were accordingly detached and left
standing, while the remaining portion
of the train with the coach attached was
run at a rapid rate of speed to the head
of the siding which is located at that
point and backed down off the main
track. On the way up to the siding the
conductor discovered several gentlemen
In the rear of the burning carB, who had
failed to get out when the train stopped.
They appeared very nervouB at their sit
uation, but the conductor knowing that
they were in no actual danger did not
stop the train until the car was placed
on the siding. A high wind was blow
ing and there it was permitted to stand
and burn, while the conductor took the
engine and ran up to Elizabethtown to
report the occurrence'. As soon as the
car had burned sufficiently to mnke it
safe to go by, the two sections of tho
train were joined and the express pro
ceed on its way. The fire caused a de
lay of one hour and twenty-five min
utes. The value of the burned car was
about $0,000. The fire originated from
a locomotive spark which was blown
through' one of the ventilating aper
tures and became lodged in the lining of
the roof of the car.
A Boys Sad End.
New York, May 20. The police re
port that Henry M. Radcliff, eleven
years old, was found dead in the yard in
the rear of his residence, No. 67 Lalght
street. Investigation revealed the fact
that the boy had been given whisky to
drink, and from his father's statement
before the coroner he thought his son,
in his delirium, had ascended to the roof
and walked off. The boy was a sound
sleeper, and in good health, and was
never known to do the like before.
George Evans testified that a broker
named Harry had given the boy liquor,
and offered him five cents to take the
second glass, and at length prevailed
upon him to take the second glass.
Harry was a custom house broker, and
was drunk at the time. The police are
looking after him.
Fearful Force of a Cyclone.
The Bloomingtou Pantograph, says
Theglgantio force of the cyclone In
Arrowsmlth and Padua, reoently may
be imagined from the following ; Stems
of timothy hay-were driven like arrows
Into oak gate-posts to the depth of two
or three inches. The posts were some
what decayed, but still strong and dura
ble, and so hard that one could not pos-
sibly force a steel wire into them to the
same depth. There are hundreds of
these stems still sticking in the posts,
That the margin of the cyclone was
well denned la clearly, proven. A
wagon was lifted bodily, hurled over
into an adjoining field; and smashed to
atoms, while a cultivator standing
within six feet of the wagon was un
touched. A little hatchet lay on top of
ine cultivator, whlcn possibly accounts
for its escaping.
A Fatal Western Cyclone.
! lti-mimT T.. ri' nr o- a
in illicit, un. act., nmy io. a cy
clone passed through this place this
evening, doing much damage. Jacob .
Luther, of New Alamakee, Iowa, and
Henry Smith, a black boy of Kane
county, Ills., were killed and Fred.
Francis, of DecoUh, Iowa, Mr. Phelps,
of Kane, Ills., and Frits Bmld ' were
badly wounded ; William H. Worth, of
Columbia, Wis., was also injured.
Many buildings were blown down in
the village, and most of the farm build
ings near the town were blown to
pieces.
Killed byTfuhtnlng.
Easton, Pa., May 28. About 10:80
o'clock last night, during the prevalence
of an unusually severe Btorm, lightning
struck the residence of Daulel Outer
stock, near Phlllpsburg, N. J., the bolt
entering the north end of the house and
passing through two rooms. On the
second floor in the first room, a child
sleeping in a cradle, was not injured at
all, though covered with plastering,
which fell from the celling and sides of
the room. In the other room four
children were Bleeping, two In bed and
two on a mattress on the floor. Three
were uninjured, but the fourth, a lad
aged eleven, was instantly killed, though
his brothers alongside of him were not
even awakened. The bolt then passed
downward into a room where the par
ents were preparing to retire. The
father was badly stunned, remaining
unconscious for several hours, while the
mother was unconscious for half an
hour. The bolt passed out of the build
ing, demolished a pump and , uprooted
the ground in the yard for 30 or 35 feet.
In Williams township, Northampton
county, hailstones of immense size fell
and crops were much damaged. The
storm was the most violent that has
visited this section In many years.
Sudden Death.
Isaac Weagley, father our of young
friend J. Luther Weagley, dropped sud
denly dead at the residence at Five
Forks, In Franklin county, on Monday
morning last. We are told he was ap
parently in his usual health and left his
house to go to the barn and when about
mid-way fell and expired. Heart
trouble was doubtless the cause. Last
spring Mr. W. removed from Upton to
the latter place. He was an upright
man and a worthy citizen, and his Bud
den death will be a source of heart felt
sorrow to his many near friends and a
large circle of acquaintances. He was
aged about 05 years. Woymboro
liccord.
Iron Troubles.
PiTTsnunn, Pa., May 28. The Amal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers held a meeting this evening
and resolved to demand $5 60 per ton
for puddling on 21 card. This demand
is made ai the minimum rate for the
puddling however low bar iron may be
sold. The manufacturers have refused
to accede, and every mill in this district
will close down on June 1. Thla strike
of 1,500 puddlers will throw out of work
60,000 men in this district alone. .
Another Kidnapping Case.
Hudson, N. Y., May 25. Charles
Jackson, aged six years, was stolen by
two men in a wagon near the Chitten
den school-house in Stockport this after
noon. The boy had light Lair and a
fair complexion,, and his clothing was
of a light color. It Is supposed he was
taken to Albany.
White and Black.
A Kent county, Del., negro stole a col
lar and collar-button, worth in all seventy-five
cents. He was sentenced to
twenty lashes, one hour in the pillory
and one year's imprisonment, while a
white man who was proved to have stol
en a horse was acquitted.
Boys Cause a Bad Fire.
Pottsvillk, May 25. While three
boys were playing In a barn at Tama
qua this afternoon they set fire to the
hay, and two barns and ten dwellings
were consumed. The loss Is about
$7,000.
83" The regular courses of . studies
open to students at the Pennsylvania
State College are three in number, Agri
cultural, Classical, and Scientific,
Each is a full one ; and supplemented
aa they all are by practical, instruction
on the farm, in the garden, vineyard,
and the laboratories, the student who
pursues either of them will become not
only a well educated but a self-helpful
man. Full information can be obtained
by addressing the Business Manager
State College, Centre Co., Pa.
tST An editorial in the London Times
quotes the predictions of experts that
both in England and France, the wheat
crops will show so good a yield as to
make the competition with the United
States larger than ever before, and bring
down tha price XI per quarter, which
will be a saving to the two couutrles of
twenty million pounds sterling, thus
giving a powerful stimulus to the stag
naut industries.
Miscellaneous News Items.
IW "I defy the llahtnlnff to strike me!"
said an Indiana man durlna a thunder
shower. Next moment a bolt of heaven's
e danced down the chlmnev and killed a
dog for which lie had paid 28.
13T George Roberts, of Rook fol d, 111.,
18
years of age, who had been ad indeed
insane, bad long been subject to bleeding
at
the nose, and when this ceased lie lost
s reason. i
hi
tW Two Howard county, Ind., boys
named Child, were out hunting squirrels
for their sick mother, when the gun in the
bands of one of them wa accidentally
discharged, the load entering the head of
the other and killing him instantly.
tW A correspondent of the Eaton Rap
ids, Mlob., Journal recounts the particulars
of a stubborn battle between a dog and an
Immense mud-turtle, which resulted in the
canine combatant being killed by his mail
ed antagonist, and, what is most remarka
ble, the dog appeared to have been poison
ed by the turtle's bites.
ty A man was struck down by paral
ysis in a Michigan sawmill. He foil across
a log which was being sawed, and was
carried with it slowly but surely to the
saw. He was conscious, but utterly
helpless. The saw bad cut half way
through bis arm when his awful predica
ment was discovered.
tW John Hughes, while standing on tho
railroad platform at Qreensburg, Pa., on
Mondny, was struck on tho head and in
stantly killed by a package of iron bolts
which had boon thrown from the baggage
car of a passing express train. His broth
er, standing near, was also struck and
badly hurt.
tW A'fuimer named Milllgan bought a
number of articles at Havana, 111., the
other day, and among them a pound of
Paris green, took them homo, and took
all the articles into the house, but the
poison he left in his wagon. During the
night his horses both got out of the stable,
ate up the poison, and died next morning. -
C3F" While repairing a postal car at the
Michigan Central railroad car shops, lu
Detroit, a day or two ago, Superintendent
Miller found two letters in the wood
work. They wore both from New York
city, and Pos tin a tor Codd estimated that
they had lain in the place of concealment
for about ten years. They wore forwarded
to tboir destinations.
Mrs. Nathan Coggshell, of Marion, Ind.,
is likely to die from a rat bite inflicted
about four months ago. She attacked the
rat with a broom and it bit her through
the flesDy part of the right hand. The
wound healed over lu a few days, after
which it festered and became very painful.
She has been growing worse ever since.
IW A gentleman in Peneacola was at
tacked with violent pains in bis ear a few
nights ago, and he thought it was a com
mon case of ear-ache. Various remedies
were applied without avail, and finally a
doctor was sent for. An investigation
showed that a roach a half an inch in
longth, had taken up its abode within the
member, and it had to be romoved with
instruments.
tW Two weeks ago a twolve year-old
son of Calvin Englo, of Pottstown, trod
on tho prong of a rake which his mother
had left in the garden. The wound was
slight and no attention was paid to it.
Subsequently symptons of lockjaw appear
ed, and then came the dread disease itself.
They boy's sufferings were torrible, and he
has since died. His spine -was drawn en
tirely out of its natural shape. Tho case
is considered extraordinary,
EST A man in Watonwan county, Minn.
whose span of horses ran away, with har
ness on six mouths ago, has now found
their bones side by side iu a slough iu Mar
tin county. The neck-yoke and a few
pieces of the harnoss were found by them
In their fright the horses had run into tho
slough, and, being harnessed together
could not extricate themselves, and per
ished
tW A Wisconsin farmer named John
Conrad, living twelve miles north of Fort
Washington, is accused of brutally murder-
ing his bed-ridden son, twenty-two years
of ago, who had been a cripple and mute
from birth. ' The unnatural father tried to
cover up the evidences of his crime, but
finding the District Attorney bad suspi
cions, fled with the intent to get to Ger
many. A telegram, however, caused his
arrest at Buffalo.
Trot, May 25. During a fight between
roughs last evening, John Wall, recently
released from Clinton prison, shot and kill
ed Supervisor Philip Casey, who was at
tempting to quell the disturbance. Wall
fled, pursued by a mob. Firing at his
pursuers be shot officer Duffy in the head
and side, but not fatally. A man named
Frowley was also shot and Injured slightly,
and a child was shot in the hand, and a girl
in the stomach.
tW The Cleveland Press says young
lady of Marion mot and foil madly in love
with a circus mau named Bearles, connect
ed with Wells & Sands' show, Saturday
night a week, after the performance Rev.
W. A. Gross, a minister who was in at
tendance on the highly moral show, step
ped Into the ring. Everybody supposed
that the good man was going to ride tho
trick mule, but not so. Searies and, Miss
B. stepped out into the ring (a new sort of
wedding ring) and were duly married. The '
immense crowd applauded, the clow kiss- '
ed the bride, and the band played the
wedding march,
tW Tuesday morning a serious railroad
accident occurred upon tho' Pennsylvania
railroad, which might easily have proven
fatal to three of the employees of the road-'
Engine 887 of the local freight east, while
engaged in shifting ooal cars in the west.
orn part of Lancaster, was thrown from
tho trestlowork npon which Ik was running
aud dashed to the ground, losing its smoke
stack, and otherwise damaging its machi
nery. The engineer was hurt internally
but will recover, and the two brakemen,
though thrown over a fence into a field,
were but slightly Injured. The trestle
work was dashed to atoms, the engine
falling a distanoe of ten feet. Wreckers .'
soon arrived from Columbia and began
clearing the track.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C, May 20, 1880.'
Agricultural operations cease on the moun
tainside when the eruption begins at the crater
above. Bo Congress ought to suspend business
or the attempt to do business when the Presi
dential Conventions begin. All the legislation
consummated between June 2d and election
day in November will be very little, and that
little very bad. Tbore is a disposition within
the last few days to Ignore the House proposi
tion for adjournment on the 81st of this month,
and prolong the session into the month of
June. This may mean July or August. I "
still hope both parties will agree to get away
by the end of the month, but there Is no cer
tainty of it.
The appropriation bills are well advanced,
except the general deficiency bill and that will
probably bo reported to-day. It stays behind
the rest, as one trusty person behind a picnic
party, to pick up whatever little valuables may
have been left by others. As the bill will now
be reported it will bo complete In Itself, but
eithor In House or Senate it will receive amend
ments to cover what was unintentionally
dropped from other bills or is found at (he last
moment of the session to be necessary. There
is never, or hardly ever, any debate on this
blK. Except these appropriation bill I don't
believe any Important measure, with the possi
ble exception of 8enator Bayard's special dep
nty Marshals bill and Senator Morgan's joint
rnle for counting the Electoral vote, will pass,
even If the session is prolonged. The former
re-enacts the provision as to Deputy Marshals
which the President vetoed two months ago in
the Immediate Deficiency bill, and the latter
provides that both Houses must concur In
ordor to throw out a single set of returns from
a Stato, and that both Houses mast also concur
in order to receive a set of returns whenever
there is more than one set. These are both
party measures so considered by the Demo
crats and will almost certainly pass. ,
Of the Democratic Presidential situation, as
seen here, nothing-can be said except that
Tllden seems to have the lead so far. There
may be doubt as to what aspirant is second,
but I think on the whole that Hancock has
more strength than any other. This is merely
the Washington-view, however. There are no
indications, beyond the fact that Pennsylvania
will present his name, and three other States
are pledged to him, that he is or will be more
successfully pushed at Cincinnati than Thur
man, Hendricks, Field or Payne.
Olive.
NEWPORT FLOUR.
The undersigned, proprietor of the
NEWPOKT MILLS, has completed his
extensive improvements and now feels
confident that he can make the BEST
FLOUlt in Perry County, and will sell
at Kates that the poorest may buy. He,
is very particular in the wheat he buys,
and has the only Smith Purifier in the
County. He la also Agent for the Un
derwood Patent Flour, which is the
best flour in the World.
All kinds of Custom Work done
with precision and dispatch.
C3in MILTON B.ESHLEMAN.
Dentistry. Dr. Whitmer, of Newport,
ia now prepared to insert artificial teeth
on Dr. Allen's improved. method con
tinuous gums and sectional block. Give
him a call. 19 4t
Prime Wheat and Corn wanted at the
Newport Mills. Price according to the
quality of the grain.
Milton B. Esiileman.
19. Newport, Pa.
Camphor Milk cures Headache and Neuralgia.
Camphor Milk cures llheumatlsm and lame back
Camphor Milk will cure Cuts, Bruises and Burns.
Camphor Milk costs 25 cents pr Dot, 5 bottles fl
12 ly Bold by F. MORTIMER. New Bloomneld.
A False Report. It having been re
ported by interested parties that I have
retired from the Marble business, I take
thla method to inform my friends and
the public generally, that the report is
false, and that I am prepared to manufac
ture from American or Italian Marble,
Tomb Stones of every description, at
low rates.
tW My Shop la situate In Centre twp.,
two miles Eat of Bloomfield, on the
road leading to Duncnnnon. Call, or
address Daniel O. Fickes, New
Bloomfield, Perry Co., Pa. 15 3n
Phoenix Pectoral will cure your Cough.
Pboenlx Pectoral cures Hoarseness quickly.
Phoeulx Pectoral tastes good and brings rest.
Pboenlx Pectoral costs 2$ cents pr bot..8 bottles II.
I2y Sold by B. M. KEY, Druggist, JJewport
If you cannot come to town and want
a pretty Lawn dreas.Laees for trimming
Ac, send for samples, to F. Mortimer.