Punxsutawney Spirit, 1887-08-31

              PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 81. 1887. A Skeleton Faearthed. NO. 13. Office with Judge Jenks. Legal business, care fully attended to. JENKS So CLARK, A TTORNEYS-A TLA TF, OR DRILLING FOR GAS Unfile With n Bull. A Singular Epidemic. iw MEN'S BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS, from $3.40 up to $25.00 IT MEN'S PANTS, iii almost endless variety, at Lowest Prices ever named. BOYS' and CHILDREN'S FINE CHEVIOT and CASSIMER SUITS, at prices lower than ever before quoted. gjT CHILDREN'S KILT SUITS, Boys' Pants and Shirt Waists of every description at lowest prices. gjT MEN'S FALL and WINTER OVERCOATS, Light and Heavy weight—the finest, cheapest and best, for the least money. tJtT FURNISHING GOODS of all kinds. Men's all wool Scarlet Underwear, from $1.00 a suit up to .$5.00. Filth! Willi lutlinuH. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. A FipndiMh Deed Jwfltra of fj< &ntt. DENTIST. RKYN0LD8YIL1.E, PA. bflloe in the Gordon Brick Block, HeynoUlB▼ille, Fa. Artificial teeth without plates. Tkrwwk • BrMsc. Mhrntaartr. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. LIKE FINDING MONEY yunxftttanmeg Spirit. TOT A Break Down in Prices IN SLOW & CALDERWOOD, AITORNE FS-A TLA W, Pri»x»cTiin»rr, Pa. Office one door eut of the Western UnlonTelt graph Office. Practice in the court* of Indiana tad Jefferson counties. NEVE* SEfOBE KNOWN ! 0 M. BREWER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, PuwxflcTAWurr, Pa. Office on Gilpin street, two doors north of Shields' furniture store. |£D"WARD A. CARMALT, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W, T/EX. J. TRUITT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Pumbctawniy, Pa- Opposite Spirit Building. Practice in the Courts of adjacent counties. As an Investment for Consumers IT IS BETTER THAN BANK STOCK Albany, N. Y., Aug. 90.—Between 10:30 and tl o'clock this morning, while employed in making excavations for the water-work# mains on second street, Bath, William Mahar, a workman, struck his spade into what seemed like very light, soft earth. After removing two or three shovelfafs he was startled at seeing a long bone exposed. Removing the earth still further the complete skeleton of a man about 5} feet in length was brought to View. The body was encased in a badlydecomposed box, and was placed at right angles across the trench at a distant of only about two feet from the surface. It was clothed in an ordinary suit of olothes, probably those of a work tain, though that could not be positively known, as they were badly rotted and faded. The Bhirt was an old-fashioned woolen one, and on the front of it, as well as on the and vest, were what were once, no doubt bright brass buttons bearing tho stamp of some letter or letters which could not be made out. Although there were no traces of tlesh npon the boues, the hair was in perfect condition,lying loose near the skull, and the teeth were firmly set in the lower jaw. Mr. Gibson the grave digger for the Bath Cemetry, took charge of the remains and will bury them at that place. The affair has caused considerable excitement in that village, and has been to-daj t '..o leading topic of conversation. Violating a Grave. An old German woman living near by heard the cries of the frightened jpeople and rushed out with a lantern and stopped the approaching express on the Burlington route within a few feet of the bridge, probably saving other lives, as the bridge of this road was also in a dangerous condition. A young man named Ceander, who was stealing a ride on the front end of a baggage car at the time of the accident, was found near the bank of the creek badly scalded about the head, and with his chest and hips badly crushed, lie wus taken to his father's rssidenco in this city and died at noon. The body of Engineer Masterton is buried under the engine, | Denver, Col., Ang. 25.—An accident occurred on an «aat-bonnd Union Paclfio express at Sand creek bridge, ten miles east of here, last night, resulting in the death of Engineer Masterton and serious wounding of two or three trainmen. The Union Pacific and Burlington bridges cross Sand creek almost parallel and within a few feet of each other. When, the engineer of the Union Pacifio train, which leaves here about thirty minutes ahead of the Burlington train, was within a few feet of the bridge, he was horrified to see that the Hood in the early part of the evening had washed the middle section away. The firenpn jumped into the stream and stack in the sand, whence he was taken out half an bonr later in an unconscious condition. He may die. Kngineer Mastertou grabbed the lever and reversed his engine just as it plnnged into the water with a baggage car, that fell on top of his body, burying it in the sand, His engine was completely submerged in the sand. Baggageman Breedlove was badly injured by falling trunks. (J C. BENSCOTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Constant Arrival of Hew Goois ami are Hie! to lab Boon. Tie Prices are Slamefillj lew lit fe are Beii CroiM by tie JJ C. CAMPBELL, a TTORNE YS■ A T-LA TT, Brookville, Pa. Offioa in Matson's ofllce, Matson building, oppoeite the Court House. OSce in Matson Block, opposite the public buildings. JOHN ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, And Justice of the Peace, Punxsutawney, Pa. Office in Mundorff building, nearly opposite Spirit building. Collections made, depositions taken, and all kinds of legal businees attended to. jQR. W.F. BEYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNYBCTAWKZT, PA. Office two doors east of the Poet Office. ■pVAJJIEL EAMEY, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W, 938 F. N. W., Washington, D. 0. Practicing attorney in the several courts in Washington and elsewhere. Prosecutes claims before all the Government Departments. Also the purchase and Bale of real estate. 14-13 the Popular One Price Clothiers, Is the place to buy. Our Store was Crowded every day Last Week and it is evident the People have found that at North & Morris', East Bradv, Pa., Aug. -it).—'The citizens of Queenatown, a little village over in Armstrong county, three miles from this place, are all corn up the back over a scene which was enacted in the cemetery of that (jniet little hamlet this week. About two weeks ago Airs. Dennis Deely died, and she had Wn buried eight days when two of her daughters came home from Pittsburg. They had not been apprised ol their mother's death, and when they learned of it they were determined to view the remains of their departed parent. Procuring pick and shovel they quietly invaded the burying-ground, dug down to the corpse and had their heathenish desire gratified. The stench that arose from the decomposing remains floated to the houses in the vicinity, and, upon learning the cause, some men hastened to the cemetery to get the daughters to desisr. They were told that their presence waa not wanted. By this time the girl's father was informed of the proceedings, and while ho was hastening to the cemetery ho fell down in a faint, so shocked was he at the conduct of his daughters. The girls loft the cemetery when they heard their father was coming. The affair created uot a little excitement. I.lKhttiiiiii at I*1hj. T"\R. WM. ALTMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PCNXSUTAWNKy, PA. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Punxsutawney and vicinity.  piR. S. S. HAMILTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNMCTAWNEY, PA Office in dwelling. Offers his services to the people of Punxsutawney and the surrounding country.  Particulars of the Great Wreck in Prices Parkersburg, W. Va., Aug. 2">.—A terrible light took place yesterday at Cheshire, a few miles bolow here on the Ohio side. It was between Washington Swisher, a well-known farmer, and a furious bull. Swisher had gone out on his place to fix the fence and taken a gun along to shoot whatever hp might see. While at work, the gun lying several feet from him, a 2-year old bull attacked him and threw him to the ground. A terrible battle then bpgan. The bull broke Swisher's collar bone in two places and three ribs. One jorn of the bull went under one tib and cume out on the other side. Swisher's flesh from hi9 knees to his breast was hanging in strips. During the time the bull was inflicting these injuries Swisher was trying to reach his gun. He managed to roll away from the bull, and just as the infuriated animal started back for another plunge he shot it in the head. The bull fell dead and Swisher fell over exhausted. He was taken to his home, but his injuries were fatal and he died this morning. Philadelphia, Aug. 26.—There was a sad scene in a coach on the early train from Atlantic City this morning. It was that of a child, about two years old, dying in a heart-broken mother's arms. The mother, a brown-eyed, fair-faced, and intelligent woman of abont 28 years, sat moaning in one corner of the coach over a thin-faced, sickly-looking infant, which was rapidly dying. Not a word did the mother say until after the train had passed Xewfleld, and even then it was only four words she uttered :—"My baby is dead !" A dozen kindly persons bent over the grief-strioken mother and tried to pursuade her that the little thing might live, but ten minutes before the train rolled into the station af Camden the infant's eyes closed, it gave a convulsive shudder and was dead. After leaving the train and having the dead body placed in charge of an undertaker, the woman took an afternoon train for Dnbuque, Iowa, her home. She has had a history as a married woman, and as she related her trials in the station there was not one who heard it but had moistened eyes. Three years ago she, then Emily Gatton, was married to Cable Jessup, an Australian, who visited her at her home in Green's Corners, near Dubnke. Ia. Jessup was formerly engaged to a woman in Melbourne, Australia, but one year before he met Miss Gatton the match was broken off. Emily and her husband lived happily together, and their union was blessed with a baby boy. But it appears that the girl he left in Melbourne, when she learned *hat ho had gone to America, followed him. Before coining East he had lived in San Erncisco, and to this place she traced him. Being unable to stand her constaut annoyauce, he went to St. Louis. Jessup told his wife of his former love aftair and to his flight, and also why he was compelled tc leave San Francisco, but as nothing more was seen of the girl they t ried to forget her. One day, however, Jessup came home and told his wife that the girl had traced him, and he had met her in the streets of Dubuke. Just three weeks afterwards the wife awoke one morning to find herself DESERTED BY IIEIl HUSBAND, who had also taken the baby. He lelt a letter, in which he said that ho loved her child better than life and must take it with him. After this the deserted wife was sick for a time, but upon recovery sold every thing and tried to trace her hubbaud. First he was traced to Chicago, then to Pittsburgh, and later to Philadelphia. He got wind of the fact of his wife's presence in each instance, and left before he could be caught. Finally, when on the verge of distraction and contemplating suicide, the wife learned that Jessup was in Atlantic City. Finding the recreant husband, she demanded her child, saying that she wanted nothing more. This was granted, but she found that her baby was almost at death's door. With the child in her arms she took the train for this city. She refused all oilers of assistance from those who heard her story, saying that she was able to care for herself, and would spend the rest of her life in her Iowa ho ne. Death-Sen tcnce Commuted. T)R. S. C. ALLISON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNMCTAWNEY, PA. Offers his services to the people of Punxsu- Uwney and vicinity. T)R. BYRON WINSLOW, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, CLAYVILLE, PA. far-Offlce in Mr. Frederick Crisman's residence. la-i-Iy. Overcoats Overcoats ASliooliuu AH'rii) Owkssa, Mien., August —During a storm ou Tuesday uight the bouse of William Ketchum, a farmer near here, was struck by lightning, which played some very unusual pranks. Thu electricity entered tho house by the chimney and shattered the stove, iu which there was no lire. It then ran about the main room, tearing the nails from the carpet, the pictures from the walls and the curtains frous the windows. The molding around the room, from which the pictures hung by wire cord, was split into many fine pieces. The door casings anil window casos were shivered as though they had been run through a kindling wood machine. Nine persons were at supper and all l'elt a slight but not unpleasant shock, - but sat paralyzed with iistonishment and fright for saveral minutes. Yesterday and today a number of persons visited the house out of curiosity, and brought away larg& basketfuls of the splinters made by the lighthing. A cat in the shed adjoining the house was killed. Hats ! Punxsutawney, Fa. Has permanently located in this place, and offers nis professional services to the citizens of this vicinity. He may be found at all times at Bis office in the Campbell buildinp. German language spoken. Member of Board of Pension Examiners.  J)R. CHARLES G. ERNST, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, T)R. S. J. HUGHES, S URGMON DENTIST, PCNXSUTAWNIY, PA. Oflice south end of Findley street. T"VR. W. J. CHANDLER, SURGEON DENTIST, PUKXSCTAWNIY, PA. Office in corner room, Torrenee Block. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 20.—Gov. Richardson to-day commuted the deathsentanee of Oxie Cherry to imprisonment for five years iu the penitentiary. Cherry is the 12-year-old colored girl who was tried for murdering a baby that she had to nurse. She was setenced to be hanged on the first Friday in September. The girl had been hired out by her parents much igainst her will aud manifested great dig- •ess Las never realized the enormity of her crimejaud showed no fear of death. She plays about her cell and begs to be allowed to go out into the yard to play. like to her occupations. One day the baby cried and worried Oxie and she poured lye down its throat, causing its death. The death sentence caused considerable excitement all over the State. All the lead ing newspapers protested againit its execution. The actions of Gov. Richardson was based upou a petition from leading citizens of Barnwell. The young murder- Hats Men's All-Wool Hats, from 25 cents up to $3.00. All the latest styles in Stiff and Crush Hats cheaper than ever before sold in Puuxsutawney. Stnrvliiv to Ocutb. G A LENA, III, August 2G.—Within the past two.or three days the fish in many of the streams iu this section have died by the million, and millionsof others aro rapidly following suit. The banks of the Galena river and branches are lined with dead fish of all sizes and varieties, from the tiny minnow to the oat and sturgeou. At Bndcombe, Wis., a few miles froui this place, dead fish are so numerous on the bauks that the stench arising from them is almost unbearable. At Lancaster, Wis., the scene on the river bank beggars description, upward of oO wagon loads of dead fish being in sight. There are numerous theories alloat as to the cause. One is that the recent rains have riled the water with mud, so that the fish have beeu unable to breathe, and struggling to the surface for air, have died. Another is that during the dry, hot summer, the valleys and marshes above were filled with some poisonous growth that, with the recent floods, were carried into the streams and poisoned the water. £)R. M. F. PHILLIPPI, m R. MORBISON, D. D. S. * DENTAL ROOMS, PPNXSUTA'WNEY, PA. Office in Johnson Building, over Johnson & Fink's store. u"8* Umbrellasy Valises, all Styles and Prces. Neckwear for Everybody at Gkkensbvrg, Pa., Aug. 25.—Nathaniel Phipps shot and serously injured Robert Kobb about noon yesterday. The ball entered below the left eye, passed around tho oheek-bone and lodged in the back part of the head. Both are residents of Millwood and the affair took place ou a train from Millwood shaft, where both worked in the mines. The affair grew out of a 1'aud of longstanding, Phipps having accused Kobb of being too intimate with his wife. Pbipps left immediately after the shooting aud has not been arrested. Before leaving ho armed himself with a rille, pistol and a six-shooter, and remarked that he would not be taken alive. NORTH * MORRIS " The One Price Clothiers," Wi»tinns and; other bnstaess promptly at>laded to. T B.MORBIS, U * JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Young Township, Pa. OfS.ce one door edit of Shields' store* All ife^^ssjqsasBa! leed* and taking depositions.  JOHN T. BELL, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PVXXSCTAWNIT, PA. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 26.—William j Montgomery, the murderer of his former j sweetheart, Miss Iona Kitzer, now and for some time past confined in the Louisville jail, is gradually starving himself to death. This is the eighth day of his fast. For two days he has lain face downward on his cot, not vouchsafing a word to anyone and not even touching in all that time a drop of water. This morning a basket of luscious fruit was brought to his cell by thoughtful friends, but he refused to eat and all persuasion is lost upon him. During the past week he haa been reduced in flesh thirty pounds aud he is too weak to walk alone. His cell-mates are confident ho is not feigning insanity and that if he cannot be made to partake of food he will not live a week. Harrison, Mich., August 26.—The farming community four miles north of here is terribly excited over the deed of three unknown men, presumably tramps, who yesterday afternoon vsited the farm of Ben Siphon while he was at Harrison and locked his three young sons np in the upper story of the house, which they set on The house was burned to the ground. The boys say that the men watched the burning as long as they dared, and threatened that if the boys broke out and escaped the flames they would have their throats cut. fire. The children escaped by jumping from a window after breaking the glass. had a grudge against Siphon. The people are aroused and scouring the country for the men. 'he wretches are supposed to be men who Denver, Col., Aug. $!.—A G leu wood Springs special say#Breustein, who lives uuout four miles below Meeker, is just in. A buttle has taken pluou between Kendall's men and a band of Iudians. Deputy Sberitt Jack Ward is killed autl several are wounded. Several Indians were seen to fall and to be carried of the field. So far as known the light was slopped by darkness, and it is thought will certainly be resumed by daylight. —A foolish woman at Niagara Falls insisted, in spite of the objections of attend- ants, on taking her 3 mouths-old child through the cava of the "Winde. When she came out the child was dea', having * 1 been suffocated by the sprnj-. —English Spavin Liniment ramovps all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spaviu, Curbs, Splints, Sweeuey, Stifles, Spraius, S< re and Swollen Throat, Coughs, eto. $50 Save by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by William Altman, Druggist, Punxsutawney, Pa, 8-3m A little Boston girl, writing home from Salem to her mother said: ''We have had a terrible tbender storm." Then, remembering that her mother was afraid of thunder, she added: "But it did not thunder much."—Boston TraxHir. VOL. XV. f c" ' *%' y* 4* #>'-K 5 . ■ y "** ¥r^P>niiPff<|ll|l|P F" |yf|ffPlll°gfPw IP I r -