Punxsutawney Spirit, 1888-02-08

              YiTAUT VLOOQED. NO. 35. A Train Bobber Fa. with Hon. A. C.'White, 15-29 Q C. BEN SCOTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, •» J. TBUITT, A TTOBNEY-A T-LA W, rnanivm, Pi. OBaoatta Brnn BnlkUag. Fnottea ia the U&KHof k<U<UMnt tHiHM. J TATLOB BKLL, ATTokxEY-AT-LAW, IMDUNA, Pi, OflH Ko. MS, Todd building, Main Street. legal boaineM' will receive prompt and careful attention. 16-82-ly M. BREWER, TTOBXMT-A TLA W, PUKXaOVAWMT, PA. rtfUe oa Gilpin atreet, two doon aorth of »kWoi' furniture store. Office with Judge Jenks. Legal ' oUr attended to. QPWARD A. CARMALT, ATTOBNBY-AT-LA W, boonnu, Pa Baoorrau, Pa. Uflloe la Matson Rloek, opposite the publlo infldtagt * JENKS & CLARE, ATTOBNEYS-AT-LA W, JOHN W. BELL, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, JOHN ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, And Justice of the Peace. Punxsotawney, Pa. OSm im Munilorff building, nearly opposite SnmiT tmtiding. Collection* made, depositions taken, and all Mndsof legal business attended to. OSes In Hataon'i office, Hatson building, opposite the Court House. C. CAMPBELL, ATTORNEYS- AT-LA W, Baoocriua, Pa. « Olmitrj lm Cm WMk • MwHM Fire. A CHILD Mi PUNXSUTAWNKX PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1888. NEARLY GIVEH AWAY Wimrmif wOnr ■ SaMt V • iHTBLISHED BY1KT WEDVWdAY. SPEAKER CARLISLE. AMUMr Ttetlan *r th« Yaa««aar« mt lh« XaMrtow WhlM Caps. The masked men went to Williams' house on Friday night at a late hoar, and demanded admittance, which was refused. Then they broke down the door, just as Williams tired three ahota into the crowd. It is not known whether any one was hnrt, bnt it seemed to infurate the masked men, who tied the wife to the bedstead and took Willlama into the yard, where he was bound to a tree. They then told him that they had come for his sworn statement, exonerating Conrtney from all participation in the crime charged against him, and that hia refusal would result in his being pat ont of the way. Williams refused to do it, whereupon the ringleadera ordered that he should be flogged until he consented to sign the statement. He wae stripped and bound closely to the tree with his faoe turned inward. The laah waa applied vigorously, bringing the blood for some moments, when thA head of the poor man was notioed to fall backward, and it was ascertained that he had fainted. At that moment the sound of approaching horsemen caused the miscreants to decamp. Williams was cut dowu and the usual remedies applied, but he failed to regain consciousness, and at last accounts was reported in a dying condition. The White Caps made goob their escape. L*av*sworth, Ikd., February 6.— Thomaa Williams, who >u flagged by the White Caps near Marengo several months ago, waa again Made a victim of the White Caps' vengeance on Friday night. He is •apposed to have been the canse of the arnet of Thomaa Conrtney, a leader of the White Cape in Wlehita, Kan., aa he claimed to have recognized him among his aagallants, and oanaed Conrtney to flee to Kansas. Busy Taking Slock riiXIKL BAMEY, A TTORNK T-A T-LA W 1807 Fat. N.-W., Washington, O. C. PiMttolnc attorney la tka mirtl court* In WMfelngton ud elsewhere. Proaoentea elalms btlmifitka Government Depertmente. Also tka pmkua and aala of real estate, 14-18 j)R. W.F. BEYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ptottotawxbt, PA. OtM two doon eut of the Poet Offloe. |~)R. WM. ALTMAN, PHYBI CI AN AND SURGEON, Fimianifnr, Pa. CMtors hla professional aerrteee to the cltleene of Fnuratawnar and vicinity. In going oyer our stock we find odds and ends of some Choice Suits and Pants that we have marked down to the lowest price. We think it is better to close oat odd articles at cost, or balow cost, than to carry them from one season to another. Don't let these bargains pass, but take advantage of this unparalled sale. North & Morris, the Popular One Price Clothiers, will positively do just whvt they say, and show you exactly what is advertised. In Men's Overcoats we still have some of the best bargains yon ever saw, notwithstanding the countless number that have been sacrificed during the recent cold weather. It will pay you to invest for next winter. Bargains in Boys' and Children's Clothing—In this line it will pay mothers to visit us, and be convinced that we have not only the largest stock, but sell them for less money than any other house in our line. In Boys' Overcoats you can have your choice at cost Ministers allowed a discount of 10 per cent. Furnishing Goods—the best assortment, and prices below all competitors. Our Shirts, Flannel, Cheviot, and Pleated Dress Shirts for men and boys. The three then started on foot for Texarkana, and on the way divided the booty, his share being about $400. A boat two miles from Texarkana they were ordered to halt by a party, who Immediately began firing upon them and they returned the fire as they fled. In the flight they threw away their slickers—the olew which led to their arrest. An hoar later the party! again earns together, and they struck across the country away from Texarkana. The fireman, J. S. Croveu, recognised Burrows as the robber whoee mask slipped off as he entered the engine cab. Both men were bound over in |7,500 bail. Burrows waived examination. e St. Louis, February 2.—In the preliminary examination of L. W. Brock and Jim Barrows, at Texarkana, Brook made a confession of the train robbery at Oenoe, December 9. He said Jim and Rube Burrows caused the engineer to bring the train to a stop, and under the instruction of Robe Borrows, who was the leader of the gang, he entered the express oar and there met three men whom he intimidated with a six-shooter, and, handing a bag to one of them, compelled him to put the moneyed oontents of the safe in the bag. He pat about $2,800 in money, and $6,000 worth of other valuables in the bag, missiog a package of about $600. He then started for the mail car, but on advioe to leave the mall alone, he turned away. In Jsaury,beta;a, only $1,800*h wot lor the nffiwp, And foot time* that amonnt «n ihM. For font monthe to oaoae $36,000at laaat la naoeaaery In Cm tnl Torfcey alone. Immediate and Hberai oontribationa are urgently solicited. Boston,February 6.—Mr. Judson Smith, Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, received this morning the following dispatch from the Famine Belief Committee at Conatantinople : "Adana people dying from hanger. Money exhausted. 8hall we stop f" Mr. Smith explains that the famine in Central Turkey, resulting from drouth, and in Bast sen Turkey from devastation of 10,000 square miles by locusts, is now culminating In utter destitution and death- No relief can come from the ground until •tout June 1. T)R. BYRON WIN8LOW, PHYSICIAN AND SUEOEON, Claytills, Pa. MTOaoe and reeldenee one iqaare back of J.TTqnieaplaa store. l»-f-ly. PumiWAWOTT, PA. Oflm Ma aarrloaa to the people of Pnaxsutlwaay sad vteiolty. _____ TYR. S. O. ALLISON, PHYSICIAN AND SUE9SON, J-)R. 8. s. HAMILTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PomsuTAwmr, Pa Oflaa la dwelling. Often hU aerrleee to the people of Pnaxntawney and tka sarroaadlng eooatry.  "My name U May Wilson. I am 11 years old. I have been here three years. I have made all the fires that have occurred in this hospital. I don't know why I did It. 1 went to Dr. Jooelyn's room, saw some matehee and set them on fire. When that had been put out, I went Into the bath room and set the clothes in the hamper on Are. I put matches In Dr. OlbW register yesterday and to-day Little te known of the ohlld beyond the fast that she was a favorite in the hospital, by reason of hsr sweet and retiring disposition. Hsr eonduot la sxplained by the doctors as the result of pjrromania— there ssems no other orediblo theory. She has not been turned over to the pelloe, but will be taksn before the District Attorney for examination to-morrow. Marshal Hhslden doubts the possibility at heldisg oee of her years on a eharge of arson. She doss not seem to realise that her acts havs ocsttlhosd the loss of one lifs and great danger to many more. While he wss at work this afternoon, the alarm of fire was sounded from the linen eloeet. The children were hastily gathered on the lower floor, while the blsse was extinguished without serious loss. The fire, following so olosely after that of Sunday, occaaioned the greatest excitement among the ohildren. Taking advantage of thia feeling, Marshal Sheldon called May Wilson to him, and roughly charged her with having fired the place. The ohild maintained a bold front for a time, but eventually burst into tears and confessed. The Marshal took down her words and forced hsr to sign a formal confession, In theee terms: died. Incidents were noted on the night of the flre by Marshal Shelden, which suggested Incendiarism. The Marshal worked steadily upon the theory all the week, but not until to-day was he prepared for the discovery that the hospital was not only set on fire,but set on flre deliborately aad seemingly fendish intent by one of the inmates, a sweet-fqped and sweet-manered child of but 11 years. Her name is May and she has made a full confession of her orime. The ohild has been an inmate of the hospital for three years under treat* nfent for a wry neckband was to have been spit away as cured this week to her father Robert Wilson, who lives in East One Hundred and Twenty Ninth street. Tuesday last, two days after the flre. Dr. Oibbs, the hospital physician. Found a box of matches on the register in his room. He restored it to its proper place on the mantle, and at dinner that day remarked, in the hearing of several persons, that the flre ef Sunday might have had its origin in some such carelessness as the misplaoement of the .matches. On Wednesday Dr. GlM>s related facts to Marshal Sheldon, who waa at the hospital working on the ease. TheMarshal at onoe said: "Come in here, Doctor. I want to show you something," and he led the way to the Doctor's room. Ou the register, preeicely where the other box had been found tbi day before, waa a box of matches. Beside it lay a worsted table cover, in such a position that the ignition of one of the matohee would have resulted in a considerable blase, and almost have firod the room. Inquiry by Marshal Sheldon developed the fact that May Wilacn was among the persons who had heard Dr. Oibbs' remark in the dining room, Tuesday nigh t. A watch waa at once plaoed on the girl, in spite of the protestations that she, of all persons was least liable to suspicion of a orime so terrible. But the Marshal pursued his investigations.tftw York, Feb, 3.—A shocking discovery baa been made in eonneotion with the fire which ccoured Saturday night in the Hospital tor Crippled and Bnptared Childten at Lexington avenue and Forty-secofd street. Nothing bnt the promptest intervention of tbe fire department, aided by teemed miracnlooa lack, prevented a holocaust on that exciting occasion, wbioh wonld have involved the miserable death of hundreds of little sufferers. As it was, owe woman, tbe cook, Mary Dougherty, suffered injnriea from which she has since CHARLES G. ERNST, PHYSICIAN AND SUEGEON, hsaoiAmr, Pa. ITmji "t'T'—**** is thla place, a*d often U> peeSeoleul eerrleoe to the clttaeae of ayyl! fJB. 8. J. HUOHX8, * tuMawow DMirruT, ftnmrnr, Pa. T.m TVR. W. J. OHANDLKB, iUMQMOK DMMXZBT, ommtm WtmSEmET*'**" r.nmxim nam. :Vj MMWMTtta, PA.' BMMTAL MOOMt, numuniRiM. *9Um* jmhm And, motfOTW, ihi luw bad pat into bar band* * trainee dona angina tor «alfimproTamanb Aeoording to t Saw York pa par a toilet preparation ham bean Invented (or women** oaa that warka miracles. It raaoraa fraokioa, it kill* pin-bead », ' It amoothee oat the wr ink lea o( »g% M reorgatiUe* tba ■oat pojiiukNW of pn*-ooaa«. A tow waaka ot religion* imiUwUw wiU traflfe* form tba nott deformed. A jrowg '•*/ belonging to the konttom m ohaaged tat • fortnight from a pimpljr-faoeO, bloiehjreomplexioaed hamp>baokad«oa*<l icare prow into an henrl of beauty. liar akia fraw eott. bar aoaa atralghU bar ajroa bright—all (mm thla miracle oftba MirU Vbr man It la a( no aortal oaa. .Ha baa paaaad bia apogee. Ha la aa tlia liowaward path. Aaoendaat It tba star of woman. In day* to aoaa aba wiU ml* therooat. But it is evident that a great change has been taking place. Women now In* 1st on going to college, and their name* head the rank list. They write poetry, they are Journalists, they are the moat successful of doctors, they do every thing that the to-called stronger sex once claimed as It* own prerogative—they are driving the men to the wail. What Is the man of the future (o be, aooordlng to scientists? He aats without chewing now, so in days to come he will have no teeth; he is already getting chronically bald; his sense of smell is departing, and so it U declared that the nose will be • useless organ, atrophied and shrunken: a large proportion of men are color-blind. What a hopeless creature he will be when ha evolves into the noteless, hairless, toothless biped that science4>redlota. But woman, on the other hand, in destined to improve in every respect. Her voice Is already growing rotund from "speaking in meetingin fact, she is the only one now who goea to ahorohf she almost votes; she manages her own property; she Addles, shares, practices law, •ut-mans man in all the walks of llfs. The earth slowly hurtles as it die* through space, and some millenniums hence the South Pole will get more than its share of sunbeams, as now it tots less, lien and women are evidently tliu north and south poles of humanity. Hitherto, says the Boston Transcript, men have had most of the smiles of fortune. They have been the rulers and kings, both In politics and at home. Ail the professions have been arrogated to them. Thoy alone have voted. They alone have had pockets. They alone have smoked. sn Will Rule (he Roast. Rapid Approach of the Day When Worn- THEY OF THE FUTURE.- Speaker. When Carlisle oloses thin Congress be will bare had as many years la the chair at had Blaine, Colfax and Nathaniel Maoon, Of North Carolina, and between himand Henry. Clay, in point of service, there will only Itand Androw Stevenson, of Virginia, who C-ved eight years us Speaker, and whoM, t term eloaod during the second Administration of Andrew Jackson. Jackson made' kim Minister to England, and upon his nv lorn ho devoted himself to agriculture and literaturo, Cinclnuutus-liko, preferring his Cum to the field of public action. The first Speaker of tho House of Representatives was Frederick A. Muhlenberg, a Lutheran proachcr of Philadelphia, whose statue cow stands in the Statuary Hall, in tho Capitol, it is a life sizo figure of white marble, bearing un effeminate fuco and dress in kneo breeches, with the legs so ad|oated that the whole looks like an instantaneous photograph of a pedestrian in action. When Muhlenberg was elected the seat of Government was in New York. Tho President, George Washington, had boon taken from Virginia, and Massachusetts had been given tho Vicorrosidency in John Adams. The Speakership naturally fell to 1'ennsylvania, and Muhlenberg, who had been Speaker of tho Pennsylvunia'Logislaluro, was chosen. Ho served two terms in the Speaker's chair, prosiding over the First ind the Third Congresses, and he gave, as chairman of tho cominittoe of tho whole, the casting vote in favor of the law required to carry Jay's treaty into effect. Illinois has never had a S|>eakcr of the Bouse or a President of the Senate, and no Speaker has over lived west of tho Mississippi. Rbodo Island and Delaware, among (be Eastern States, have never been hon- H»d with the Speakership, and neither Louisiana nor Alabama has ever had a Oeeelp About H m and Other* Who lUft' Presided Orrr th« Roaw. Mr. Carlisle is now entering upon bit third term u* Speaker, and when he baa completed It Kentucky will have had the' (Speakership twenty-three yean, writaa the Washington correspondent of the Denver (Col.) Republican. New York has not bad! a Speaker since the days of John Qoinefi ▲dams, when John W. Taylor closed hla term, and slio has been represented only, three years in the Speaker's ohair sinoe tfee beginning of our Government. Kentucky, leads the other States of the Union aa a furnisher of Speakers of Congress, and Virginia comes next with just about twothirds the period of service, or fourteen years. Pennsylvania has held the Speakership eleven years, Massachusetts ten yoars, Indiana eight years, Maine, North Carolina and Now Jersey six years, Ohio four years, and Georgia, wheu Howell Cobb was Speaker, two. Henry Clay is tho only man in our history who has sat more than eight years In the Speaker's chair. He presided over the House for twelve yoars, and was clocted Speaker at the ago of thirty-four, and during his first term ih the liouso of Representatives. Be did not confine himself to his duties aa a presiding officer, but took a leading part in debate on almost all important occasions.—Kaglleh SmtIi FJnlment raaMvea all Art, hi, or CMl«mi» L*toft and Blewlabia ft— bona, blood (parte, oarbo, tpHnU iwoeeey, ring-beae, atMaa, ipniiia. all e»ol lee thraeto, eanfbi, ate. 8avett»byueo of see betUe. VhtnM. laM by WliHaia IIMna. rrnr r TtmU -»o • 1 »i:--• a§ i I —Ayeang ted/ at 17 In Winifred, Kan, hai baaa dlTsreed feet tkns* end exprtaaesbsrssUae ready to dlvaree a Bf th. Site ia ton enterprising a maiden for Knnsaa. Bar proper field la Illinois. OtN|kt It WhUa Aiiatp. Mm ftiuraby, of Orange CM*, Ba.. i| aalaapinbla boot wbUa flailing. Wheel* Miakabe waa three mfiaa ap eliaaa. aa4 tba boat waa being banted by an toiraenae Mtflah that bad taken the bait, tba flak 'Watgtlil twenty poauila. * CncASO, Fsbrnary 8.—Streamers of arapa d reaped orar Mm windnwa of tba Dettage Onn Aranae portal station today. Mm. Atoah ▼. Brigge, the poetinJeteaat, lay deed In her bnaM U thirtyoeroetkelMo*. Yeeterday ntnlif bar beebead kissed her good bye. DtaMMIfr tar hawae taken hnete » oorpaa. Ha had fMlifi iptplwf. Whn thi Mp bome into the heeaa Ik Brigga Mi lna ■woaai. PbyateiaNaaad neigbbara labortd all night to realms the peer wowa w eaassteWMae, hat withoat www, and at «#*laek this teeming aha died. Mr.aad Ms* Brigy had baaa Married IT yeers bad Alter fnascal ssrTlaee at Bt-Vebs's ftwaehts the bediae will be teh» eete6gieeebac,». Y.,»h*eH»y wilt biUMiiitepm, Mrn.n.f.tkfim, the nMnhh awthar ef Ma Bilini ft"* ntOgdanaharg. PA. .lUpular Clothiers; '■ • ■ i PUXrnUTAWNST. * MORRIS, WmUtrfi SM1HM7 LMM. Tfcl* MW Ait*. laid by WllUub AIumd,  PhiiiMmt, V*. 22wM —Ink, MMC*. MdMMUbM tmhmmm m■■lwl« —tW U » ■!■■»■' by JOST"- « a«w ooml aoapamr, tUomi mu'fpotakfaa M Mr fti* Mm four prteolpsU fiaids: H CwOMlK, ' ijttUn, Pw*T» *W® -ft ■/£ \\ // Vs. / £ W / V t> V * JnmcM*o* raw macm^; MM /\ %  £ 4?/ \>\ /#/ » \Y\ #/ M \%^ «TA V ♦ |py > JS'i* w '■ * «w.. <V«vf J* r