THE TIMES NEW HLOOMFIiai), PA., NOVEMM5K I, 1881.
THE TIMES.
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GROWING.
Oq the 1st. of January, we propose to
enlarge the times by the addition of
another column to each page, and to
further Improve it, by a new dress.
We Bhall make no change in price, or
terms, and we also make our friends the
following
' LIllEUAL OFFERS.
, Every Keav subscriber for the year
1882 can have his name put on our list
now, and for the price of one years sub
scription, can receive the times from
the date we receive the money, until
Jan. 1883.
Every old subscriber, whose subscrip.
tion is not yet expired will, if the sub
scription is renewed previous to Decem
ber 1st, receive without charge a copy of
Kendall's Horse book, an illustrated
book of 90 pages, which no horse
owner should be without.
As we have to reset our mailing list,
we make these offers so us to get as
many as possible of the changes made,
before that list is reset, and thus lighten
the changes that would otherwise have
to be made in the month of January.
This enlargement and improvement
will cost us considerable cash and work ;
but the liberal support we have received
will we think warrant us iu giving our
subscribers still more for their money.
And our desire is to have the times the
best and cheapest paper in central Penn
sylvania. Guiteau's trial has been postponed
till November 14, which date the judge
says was now fixed peremptory. His
counsel says he will not raise the ques
tion of Jurisdiction.
William VVindom, who resigned his
position as Secretary of the Treasury has
been again elected to represent Minne
sota in the U. S. Senate. He was sena
tor from that state and resigned to enter
President Garfield's Cabinet.
Last Tuesday President Arthur sent
In the name of Ex Gov. Morgan, of New
York to be Secretary of the Treasury,
and it was supposed he had consented to
' serve. It transpires however that he
declines the appointment although he
was promptly confirmed without the
usual reference to committee.
Ex Gov. Morgan having declined,
Judge Folger of New York, was nomi
nated on Friday as Secretary of the
Treasury. Secretary James was also
renominated as Post Master General,
and Frank Hatton of Iowa, Editor of
the Burlington Ilawkcye was nomina
ted as 1st assistant Post Master Gen., in
place of Tyner.
The struggle for the nomination
for the office of President Judge in the
Dauphin and Lebanon county district,
has been as bitter as it was digraceful,
and has finally been ended by a sort of
lottery arrangement that while It decides
the nomination will satisfy none but
those who always favored the successful
candidate. When the office of President
Judge is put up to be raffled for it looks
like dragging the Judicial ermine in the
mud.
The Mississippi Fearfully High.
Burlington, Iowa, October 20. The
river is still rising, having yesterday
gained two inches. It is now about
. four inches above high water mark of
June, 1860. Reports continue to come
in of the loss of crops and live stock on
the lowlands north of Burlington. Peo
ple were obliged to take refuge in the
uplands.
Keokuk, Iowa, October 20. The Mis
sissippi continues rising. Alexandria is
completely Inundated, and the water is
overflowing the Wabash railway em
bankment. A number of families have
left the town. Danger is still antici
pated at Quincy, 111.
Qvincy, 111., October 6. The Mis
slsalppl river is higher than at any time
elncel851. Trains on the Quincy, Alton
and St. Louis branch, Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy roads have been aban
doned. .
"After trying In a nrnklng wny for several
years to get the county pi lollop, It III becomes a
publisher of an independent paper to piepow a
conundrum and clmrao If. to a eoriespniiilcnt.
That trick Is In keeping with some other transac
tion which we will ventilate in the near Inline."
Advocate of lat week.
It Is not often we notice through our
columns any slur mude against us, but
the abovo contains so many lies to the
square inch, and shows such a con
temptible, petty, Jealous spirit, that we
ask our readers to pardon us for devlat
iug from our usual course.
It will be seen by reference to the arti
cle entitled "A Conundrum," to which
the above petty quib purports to reply,
that not a word was said in it regarding
the public printing, except to ask why,
if ten Inches space gave legal notice in
Cumberland county, seven times that
much was needed in Perry. The bring
ing in, and opening up the other sub
ject was entirely unnecessary, but it
shows where the shoe pinches ; and now,
Fiuht: We have no hesitation in say
ing that we have several times asked for
a portion of the public printing, but we
had a right to ask it, and in so unking
there was nothing l6neaklng.' To be
sure we did not ask the Advocate man,
or his boy Jim about it, because we
supposed the small amount they paid
towards the public revenues, and the
trifling Influence they now have in the
county, gave them no right to control its
distribution. The public printing is
supposed to be done for the public bene
fit, and not for the benefit of any paper
or person, and should be placed where
It will reach the most people at the least
expense. Every Intelligent person In
the county, knows that The Times
reaches twice as many readers as any
other local paper. We have, however,
never said much about the matter in our
columns, satisfied that publio opinion
(which even county officials sometimes
fear) would some day compel the placing
of the public advertisements where the
largest return can be had for the money
expended ; and we should not probably
have ever again referred to the subject,
had not the mean insinuations of the
above seemed to demand an answer.
Second : Why should the editor of
the Advocate make the insinuation he
does regarding the authorship of the
article 1 Is he so in the habit of writing
his own correspondence that he thinks
we also must do It, and so judges us by
his standard of honor t Heaven forbid I
that we should ever be judged by such a
standard.
Third: We can assure our amiable
friends that the correspondent, though a
resident of Carlisle, has a money interest
in the expenditures of the taxes raised
in this county, and that this, like every
other communication we publish, comes
from the source indicated by its heading.
We advocate nothing that we are asham
ed of and, consequently, have no need
of any such "blind,"
In conclusion, wc suggest, that our
friend (V) hasten the ventilating of those
other mean tricks referred to, for until
he does so, most people will think as we
do, that when the editor said he had
such ventilation to make, that he knew
he was lying.
A Postal Clerk Arrested.
J. R. Van Horn, a mail agent travel
ing the route between this city and
Pittsburgh, will answer the charge of
mail robbery before the United States
court. For some time past letters as well
as articles of merchandise forwarded by
mail over the route mentioned never
reached their destination, and complaint
was lodged at the Pittsburgh office. B.
H. Camp, inspector at that place, was
delegated to find the cause of the trouble.
Decoy letters were used and Van Horn
fell Into the trap. The arrest was made
yesterday shortly after the arrival of the
Cincinnati express with Van Horn on
board, after the gentleman had gone to
his boarding house on Fifth street and
retired. A decoy letter was found on his
person. He was taken west one hour
later. Van Horn is a man of oyer forty
years of age, and has a family of seven
children in Pittsburgh. His stealing is
alleged to have been confined principally
to merchandise, although considerable
money has been lost sight of. Patriot.
Train Robbery in Ohio.
Pittsburgh, October 25. A daring
attempt was made to rob the Chicago ex.
press, near Bucyrus, Ohio, about 12
o'clock, last night, by three men, while
the train was on its way to this city.
Just after passing the junction of the
Ohio Central railroad at the point named
Conductor Shallls, of the Pullman car
discovered a man entering one of the
sleeping coaches. He ordered him out
of the car, when the man pulled a re
volver and fired, the ball passing through
the left pant-leg of the conductor's trou
sera. The robber then started through
the car on a run, but was met by the
porter at the other end, where a scuffle
ensued, the robber, however, managing
to get away. The other men, who were
seen before, were discovered crouching
on the steps of one of the coaches, but
before they could be captured they Jump.
ed off the train, which was running at
the rate of about twenty miles nn hour.
The man who had fired tho shot also
succeeded in escaping.
Short but Sharp.
Judge Gummln, of Wllllnmsimrt, in
sentencing a man for caryltig concealed
weapons said : "There are only two
classes that carry concealed weapons;
one class Is composed of cowards and
the oilier of villains; six months im
prisonment, $10 fine and cost of prose
cution." A Lady Terribly Burned.
Tuesday evening, at Chambersburg,
Mary Eyester, while holding a student
lamp, was frightfully burned. Her
clothing caught fire and she screamed
and ran into the yard, where a brisk
breeze fanned the flames. Her mother
wrapped a shawl about her and hod her
hands burned to the bone. Her sister
and brother attempted to wrap her in a
carpet and were burned. She tore the
carpet off, and the fire was ouly quench
ed when two gentlemen, by main force,
held the carpet about her. She is now
conscious but suffering terribly, and it is
not expected that she can recover.
Des Molncs County Under Water.
Burlington, Iowa, October 25.
Last night there was an additional rise
of one inch above the mark of the noon
report. The water is now two inches
above the high water mark of one year
ago last June. The river covers the
Illinois bottom lands opposite this city
for a distance of five or bIx miles. Large
portions of Jackson and Huron town
ships, in the western part of this ( Des
Moines) county, are more or less flooded.
The water is doing great damage to the
crops.
A Heavy Drop.
At eleven o'clock Wednesday morning
a truck loaded with a safe weighing
10,000,'pounds, and drawn by four horses,
while attempting to cross the free bridge
at Newark, broke through and fell into
the water beneath. One of the horses
was crushed beueah the safe. The others
were rescued. The drivers escaped with
out serious injury. The Bafe and truck
block the channel so that vessels eannot
pass through.
Teeth Knocked out by a Stray Bullet.
While Mrs. Elizabeth Schone', of 328
Delancey street was looking from her
window at the departure of a wedding
party from 320 Delancey street for Beeth
oven Hall, a pistol was fired in the
crowd. The bullet struck Mrs. Schone
in the mouth, knocking out several
front teeth, and passing through the
left cheek. N. Y., Sun.
C3T" A horse belonging to Hezeklah
Yaukey fell Into a hole at an ore bank
near Fayettevllle on Sunday a week fall
ing a distance of twenty-five feet. In a
short time after the occurrence the
neighbors were notified and about forty
persons gathered at the mouth of the
well and after laboring about half an
hour the animal was brought to the sur
face considerably bruised and cramped,
but not dangerously hurt.
Remarkablo Surgical Operations.
Among the remarkable operations per
formed iu Germany recently by eminent
surgeons, those in which the stomach or
abdomen had to be opened have been at
once the most dangerous and the most
successful. After tho achievements of Dr.
Billroth, of Vienna, in the removal of can
cers from the stomach, comes now Dr.
Schinzenger, a professor of the University
of Freibur,witk two oases in which obstruc
tions in the entrails bad to be removed.
Id one case, that of a woman, a section of
one of the intestines bad to be cut out and
the severed ends sewed together. Ia both
iustances speedy recovery followed.
Miscellaneous News Items.
t3FMaggie Carrol died at Chester ou
Saturday from burns received by the ex
plosion of a coal oil lamp.
E5PTwo masked men robbed the bouse
of John Light, near Lebanon, on Satur
day a week, of about $50.
3FA farmer at Port Rogue, near Que
bec, lighted a fire under a balky horse, the
other day, and the horse stood it until
overcome by the heat, when he laid down
on the pile and was burned to death.
ty Within the post ten days Mr. George
C. Bloomer, of Lewisburg, Greenbrier co.,
Va., has lost some fifteen or twenty sheep
from the ravages of bears. Tbe scarcity of
corn and other food of tbe bear is the cause
of their inroads upon tbe flocks.
tW At Marquette, Mich., a few days
ngo, two lads about 10 years of age found
some nitroglycerine on tbe street, and
while playing with it, it exploded, as is tbe
wont of that stuff. It blew one cheek off
one boy and some lingers off the other
youngster. Both will be maimed for life.
t2TA man by the name of Cractaft,
living in Greenwood county, ICausas, baa
been arrested on tbe charge of illegally
making poach brandy,' ile cooked the
pouches in a common wash-boHor, nnd was
making the peach esscneo for homo con
sumption. BVMi'R. Wallen, of Lower Creek, Sa-
lom county, nearly severed her arm a few
days ago by tho misdlrectod blow of nn axe
while attompting to decnpltnto a chlokeu
which she held in her hand.
tlTHome day or two ago at a point in the
roud near Bolting's Landing, Buckingham
county, V., a two hoi so carriage and a
half dozen farm wagons had to wait some
lime to allow a troop of gray squirrels to
cross tho road. They marched along In a
solid column, taking twenty-five mluutea
to pass a given point.
tW A negro iu Texarknna bought a
whiskey barrel to make a tub of. When
ho got it home some of the children rolled it
near a fire In the yard whore the mother
wai WRBhiug. One of the little chaps lit a
ploce of board and Btuck it to the bung
holo of tho barrel. It at once blew up with
a terrible report, killing one of the childron
and wounding several others,
tW William Mills and a young vrotnau,
described as "of a high-toned family" were
sitting in Queen's Park, Torouto, and he
kissed her. Henry. 8. Ross, a rival suitor,
bad been watching the pair from a hiding
place iu the tall grass, and at the sound of
the smack he Involuntarily rose into view.
Thon Mills angrily drew a pistol nnd fired
at Ross, graziug his scalp, and bringing
about his own arrest.
tfPA valtublo sclentiflo discovery made
iu Huntingdon county ,Indiana,a short time
ngo, can bo fairly credited to tho drought
which prevailed in that legion. A stock
raiser whose wells hud gone dry began dig
ging for water in a neighboring bog, and
had proceeded but a short distance when
his shovel struck a hard substance, which
proved to be the skull of an immense mas
tadou. Further search has boon rewardod
by the discovery of a rib four feet two
inches in length ; two tusks, each eleven
feot lung.and several leg-bones. Two toeth
which dropped from the jaw weighed seven
and three-quarters and eight and one-third
pounds respectively.
tiT A woman in Portland, Oregon, has
adopted a novel way to get rid of her hus
band. She is a boliever in spiritualism, and
stated that she received a communication,
stating that her husband would die a cer
tain day in the near future. She so worked
upon the poor man that be actually fell
sick, and became nearly frightened to death.
When at his worst she ordered her mourn
ing clothes, nnd calmly talked to him about
his notions in regard to another husband
for her, and whom he preferred she should
tako. Finally his anger oveio.me his fears,
he braced up, and determined to postpone
his death to an Indefinite date.
A Builder's Testimony.
Chan. S. Strickland, Esq., of 0 Boylston
Place Boston, Mass., after relating bis sur
prising recovery from rheumatism by St.
Jacobs Oil, says : I ennnot find words to
convey my praise and gratitude to the dis
covery of this liniment. Grand liapida
Times.
tSTSome lady of this place should
take the agency for the popular and
useful book "Practical Housekeeping,"
issued by tbe Buckeye Publishing Co,,
Minneapolis. Minn. It sells rapidly on
its merits. Every lady who examines
it, wants it. Address the publishers
for terms. 44 4t
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wabhirgton, D. C, Oct. 29, 1881,
There Is an organization herein Washington,
composed of veterans of the late war, which is
making prepratlons to stir np some of tbe nests
In the Government Departments with a very
sharp stick. A committee of this organization
has been at work for some, months gathering
the data upon which to base their action, and
when the developements come there will be a
scattering all aloug the line. Daring tb'e
Presidency of Gen. Grant we heard a great
deal on the subject of nepotism. Tbe provi
sion which the Administration made for its
own and its wife's relations was the subject of
much discussion in the newspapers and nn
doubtedly bad its effect. If that was the ori
gin iu mis conntry of what Webster calls "an
undue fondness for nephews and other rela
Hons" among those in authority, certainly the
disease has spread with exceeding rapidity.
There is so much of it In every Department of
the Government at this time that it has come
to be a crying evil. And that is what these
veterans are going for.
It has been understood that ex-soldlers, qual
ifications and other things being equal, were
to have the preference in appointment to minor
positions under tbe Government, but they do
not get it. Such a large proportion of places
are filled by the relatives of Department offl
cutis, favorites of Senators and mistresses of
Congressmen, that the soldier gets pretty nnan
imously left. This is not mero idle talk i it is
solid fact, based upon actual investigation.
have seen the lists now in course of completion
after a careful and thorough canvass of every
Department and fuel constrained to fay that
there will be some music when Congress as.
sembles this winter. There are over seven
hundred cases where from two to fourteen
members of favorite families are on the Gov
ernment pay-rolls, drawing salaries ranging
from 8000 to t3,50O per year. Assistant Sec
retary Frouch of tbe Treasury has ten mem.
bers of bis family snugly stowed away, seven
of them, consisting of sons, nephews and
nieces, ar attached to the Treasury and its
various bureaus. Chlof Brooks, of the Secret
Service division of tbe Treasury Department
Is happily provided with salaries airgrcgatlng
something ovor (11,000 In bis immediate fatnl-
Tltese are merely samples. To go on
through the list would require too much space,
though It might bs what Horace Grccly used
to term " mighty lnterostlu' reading."
Sometimes a Secretary or bureau chief aftor
providing for a goodly number of Ills relations
In bis own department, to save eppenrauces,
uses his Influence to get tbe reit of them in
somewhere else. Secretary Hunt of the Navy
Department is tbe latest example of official
tenderness for olUprlng and the tie of con
sanguinity. He has snugly located all his four
sons where they can to the most good for
themselves the Navy positions as In tbe Army
being for life, or during good behavior. Other
relations have also been provided for. Apropts
of Hunt there is a strong effort being made to-
keep him in the Cabinet bat I am certain It Is
wholly without effect. Had Genoral Garflold
continued in bis administration both Hunt and
Klrkwood would most probably bo in retire
ment. Both have proven failures. I am not
now speaking my private opinion but giving
the facts which must go to make up history.
Mr. Hunt was given a position In tho Cabinet
as a Southern man , but with the distinct un
derstanding that it was an experiment so far
as he was concerned and that if at any time a
change was desired his place was at the dispo
sal of the Presidont. It was ulso understood
that as be gave up a life Judgeship to enter the
Cabinet he would be properly cared for In
case he left It. This arrangement President
Arthur will no doubt bear In mind.
I saw Judge Davis this morning and could
but notice that the smiles which wreathed his
countenance the day be was elected Presidont
of the Senate had all disappeared. In fact tho
old gentleman is just a little worried. That
this is true Is evidenced in his anxiety for some
days to And out what people thought of hts
election. Besides he knows that the Republi
cans will most likely elect some one else to the
position one of these days. Tbe Jndge now
perhaps, realizes that ho made a mistake in
accepting the position. But It was the first
and only chance he has ever had to make ono
step toward the Presidency. He has had the
Presidential bee In his bonnet for years. Your
correspondent attended the Cincinnati con
vention in 1873 and saw car loads of delegates
come In from Illinois whose expenses had been
paid out of DavU' plethoric purse. But for
the obstinate and expensive fight made for
him in that convention his Btate would have
voted for Trumbull, instead of dividing lt
vote, and the result not only of the convention
but of the campaign that followed would, prob
ably, have been different. Previous to tbl
the Judge had just accepted a nomination
from some harum scarnm convention in New
Jersey. But ambition is too mnch for many a
public man. Perhaps the two most notable
Instances in onr recent history are Horace
Greeley and Salmon P. Chase. "I charge theo,
Horatio, illng away ambition."
The bsst " two for five cent9" ciear in
the county, can be had at Mortimer's.
Carpets of all grades at
M. Dukes & Co.
We Can Sell You a Fall Suit or Over
coat 20 per cent, less than the lowest.
M. JUUKES & JO.
Insurance Notice. All persons are noti
fied that I have not given my consent to
any insurance on my life, except poli
cies in favor of my son, P. S. Chubb,
and all other policies are fraudulent and
void. haml. uiivnn,
Millerstown, Pa., Oct. 4, 1881. 12t.
Come and See !
. We have again made additions to our
stock that we would like to show you.
We have a lot of handkerchiefs we
are selling, " Four for 25 cts.," and a
variety of others of better quality.
We have as pretty a line of collars
and ties as you would wish to see.
We have good black Alpacca double
width at 20cts. per yard. If you want
a low price black dress it will suit you
for it is worth more money.
We have made some additions to our
Dress Goods 8 took that are pretty aud
cheap. And the old stock you can buy
at nearly half Price.
We have a splendid line of buttons
and trlmmiugs.
We have a handsome line of Floor
and Table oil cloths of the various
widths from 34 up to 84.
We have a good liue of Hats for Men
and Boys.
We have a large assortment of Shoes
for Men, Women and Children. 4
We haveau assortment of Mens' every
day Pants, and Shirts.
We have a complete stock of Iron and
Hardware.
We have as good an assortment of
Groceries as can be found in this
county.
We have a full line of Paints, Oil,
Glass and building hardware which we
expect to sell as low or lower than any
body in tbe county.
We have Spokes, Hubs and carriage
wood-work and hardware, aud our
Spokes and Kims are the best that are
made. These we sell at the mauufac
tuers price, as we are his agents.
F. MOliTIMEK,
New Bloom field, Ta.