Punxsutawney Spirit, 1888-08-08

              >r *-vf » i. r 4 #jf * m & mi ♦ NO 10. AND Ever brought to Jefferson County. Recovered llrrCbllil. t Gen. Philip H. MiwMaa Snr Ike Urim Reaper. Bar(lari alAtlaatleCMr. ct PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1888. J. TRUITT, A TTORXE T-A T-LA W, FCMMCTAWXIT, Pi' Boom 8. (econd fctory of John Zeitler'e briqk block. Faetic*Ib tk« C'ourUol adjacent conn- THAT ORTH & MORRIS /  * / y / * / /<■/? ° / */One Pri T TAYLOR BELL, A TTORNE T-A T-LA W, Indiana, Pa, Office Mo. 148, Todd building, Main Street. Hfe.AU leeal busineat will receive prompt and careful attention. 15-32-ly PUXiaOTAWK*T, Pa. (Mice on Gilpin street, two doori north of Shields' furniture store. O M. BREWER, A TTORNE r-A T-LA W, stME VMM QmGW£& ice Clothiers of Punxsutawn'ii Competitors, did we say ? Ha, ha ! No, no! not competitors! We have never had any. We have always had more than we could do. Some, who have endeavored to imitate our method of doing business, *ay they are convinced that TTDWARD A. CARMALT, ATTORNEY-J T-LA W, Bbooptilli, Pa Office with Judge Jcnka. Legal business care - ZnUy attended to. JENKS ft CLARK, A TTORNE TS-A T-LA W, Bbooevilli, Pa. in 11 at son Rlock, opposite the public U C. CAMPBELL, A TTORNE TS-A T-LA W, Brooiyilli, Pa. OSes in Katson's office, Matson building, opposite the Court Houbo. OUSTS PRICE Iss the only fair way to do business. You bet they are convinced it is the right way. And what is more, they well know we are selling mere Clothing than any house in this town or county. We have just returned from the Eastern markets wqere we have purchased the finest line of Trnitkey"* Nncrnwor. Unud MnleMe. Middlktow.v, Jf. Y., August 4.—In the town of Preble a pretty girl hu killed her•elf for love of a young man she had never seen. Mar; Knowlton, the adopted daughter of Farmer Knowltoo, was a good, bright comely girl of 18 years. Some months since she got into corrospondence with a man named C. W. Hngill, of Saginaw, Mich., who had advertised for a wife. Her parents by adoption strenously objected to her continuing a corrospondence of this nature, with ayonngman of whom she knew nothing except what he choose to disclose in his letters; but the oorroepondence was kept up, pictures exohanged, and ultimately the young man sent her a direct proposal of marraige. She wanted to return a favorable reply, but her parents opposed the step. Oa Sunday morning last Mary was found lying on the floor of the milkhouse in spasms. When questioned she admitted that she had taken a large dose of strychnine from a bottle of the posion she had found in t he house. She expressed regret for the deed. D3,1th soon followed, Two letters were found under her pillow. One was addressed to her parents by adoption, expressing affection for them and other members of the family, and takeu upon herself the blame of the crime she was about to commit. She asked, as her dying request, that the other letter, which was addressed to her lover in Saginaw, should be forwarded to its destination. In this letter to her lover she simply said that things bad changed "so she could nev - er hope to meet him in this life, and she could only bid him a final farewell." 1SB00KVILLB, PA. with Hon. A. C. White. 16-211 JOHN W. BELL, A TTORNEY-A T-LA W, Q C. BENSCOTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MEN S AND BOYS' SUITINGS When the office was opened this morning everything was in confusion. The floor was covered with cut and torn envelopes, letters and checks. The mail poncbes were cut and tumbled about and the contents of drawers and pigeon holes lay in piles. The Camden and Philadelphia police anthorities were notified of the robbery and requested to post guards at the ferries and keep sharp loqkont for the thieves, who are believed to belong to Philadelphia. It is stated by a person connected with the postoffice that the money stolen will amount to $4,000 and the stamps to $1,000. The postmaster shonld have made a monthly return of his cash to 'Washington to-day. It is his duty to deposit his Government money in the National Bank here, but instead of doing this he chose to keep it in bis safe. The Government will lose nothing, as the postrn ;ster is under $15,000 bonds. The strangest part of the affair is that the postoffice adjoins the City Hall and police headquarters, and this job was consummated within twenty-five feet of the officers on duty, and yet they did not prevent it. A box containing the mail of the Atlantic National Bank was broken open and the letters rifled. Most of them contained checks of no value to the thieves and thtse were left strewn over the floor. The registered letters in laBt night's mail were all opened, but what amount of money they secured cannot be ascertained as yet. Atlantic City, N. J., August 1.—The Poetefflce her* waa entered by burglars last night, the safe vu blown open and$l,- 200 in two cent stamp* and |200 in cash stolen. A portion of the registered mail matter was also rifled and a small sum extracted from the envelopes. The burglars gained at entrance through the boiler room. The safe was completely shattered the cracksmen lef t behind them the tools need in the job, bat no definite clue has been obtained as to their identity. The safe was the same that was cracked about a year ago, and bad been repaired. At that time the burglars secured nothing of value. Sfot *Hw«inp Anted. MEN'S AND BOYS' OVERCOATS T)R. BYRON "WINSLOW, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, CLATVILLI, PA. mm nfflcp. and residence one square back of J."U7 Gilleipiea store. 15-7-ly. [)R. 8. C. ALLISON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PtmxsuTAWMar, Pa. Offers bi* services to the people of Pnnxsu-1MTMT and vicinity. Our New Goods are Coming in Daily, and by Calling now we can show you more Fine Clothing than all other Houses Combined. T)R. 8. 8. HAMILTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PBHMUTAWMIT, PA Ofloe in dwelling. Offers hi* services to the people of Punxsntawney and tbe surrounding country.  T)R. VM. ALTMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUKMUTAWNIT, PA. Offers bis professional services to tbe citizens 01 Pnnxsutawnev and vicinity. Ptntbdtawnit, Fa Ottce two doors east of tbe Poet Office. T)R. W.F. BEYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, RAMEY, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W 1S07 Fat. N.-W., Washington, D. C. Practicing Attorney In the several court* in Washington and elsewhere. Prosecute* claim* More all the Government Department*. Also Ik* purchase and sale of real estate. 14-13 It is Useless for us to try Give you a List of. give you a few : prices, but we Scranton, Pa., August 1.—Hon. Alfred Hand, President Judge of Lickawanua connty, wan to-day appointed as the successor of Judge Trunkey on the Supreme bench. The information came through a telegram from Govenor Heaver, who is at Bedford Springs, asking that in case of acceptance his resignation as Common Pleas Jndge be forwarded. Judge Hand at once telegraphed his acceptance, and will forward his resignation by mail. Ex-Jndge Henry A. Knapp is already regarded as his successor on the Lackawanna bench and his nomination by the Republican County Convention regarded as certain. He was the nominee last year1 but was defeated by Hon. John Connolly. Judge Hand was born in "Wayne • sounty.Pa., March 2t>, 1-:!.". He entered Yale College in 1853 and graduated in Is"7 . He studied law with Wm, ami W. H. .Tessnp, at Montrose, Susquehanna county, and after his admission to the bar commenced tho practice of law at Scranton and remained in active practice lit years, when he was appointod by Governor Hoyt Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Pistrict, then composed of Luzerne conuty. After the division of Luzerne he was transferred to the courts of Lackawanna connty, and at the fall election of l-7<5 was elected Judge of this district for the period of ten years. Atlanta, Ga., August 4.—The mystery of the Dead River swamp has been cleared away. For a year past the people in that vicinity have been terrified by the appear ance, after nightfall, of a wierd object near the public road in the swamp. Tra% eters gave evidence that after nigbt, at a certain point of the road, a figure, dressed in white, appeared and moained piteously as it crouched beside the road. Excitement ran so high that no one could be induced to travel the road after night. The negroes, who lived near by, left their cabins gnd deserted their crops. No one had courage to investigate the mystery until last night. Dick Dennis, a reckless oharacter, made a wager t« some of hia associates with whom he bad spent the night a few miles from the haunted spot, that he would prove what the ghost was. He accordingly started a little after midnight on the road. As be approached t he spot where the object usually made its appearance, bis horBe shied, and a crouching figure robed in white knelt in the road and moauied and cried. In an instant Dennis shot at the object, and with an oath, sprang beside it. With a strange wail of pain the specter fell to the ground and the immediate discovery was made that it was a man,and that he was dangerously wounded. Later his identity was fully established. His name is Swinton. A year ago he murdered his wife and e« caped from the officers. Lending a hermits life itnpared his health and affected bis mind, and he put on a white robe and choose the swamp for a retreat. Their First Pockctknivvn SHORT PANT SUITS. BOYS' len'sforl PANTS SUITS. Hen's Dress T\R. CHARLES G. ERNST, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PuxzaoTAWnar, Pa. Has permanently located in tbis Place, and of- Mrs SI* professional services to the oitisens of this Tiemity. Be may be found at all times at his offloe, up stairs in the Rosenberger building. German language spotcn. Member of Board of Pension Examiners. rt 00 —j 08 sS . i'S co o $ 12 50 13 00 14 00 14 50 15 00 16 00 16 50 17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 25 00 11 00 11 50 12 00 5 00 5 50 6 00 6 50 7 00 7 50 8 00 9 00 10 00 « 3 00 4 00 4 50 Offlee in Rosenberger'e Block, orer Spangler's | •tore, on Main street. Consultation in English ; And German, !•-» J A. WALTER, * PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNEY, TA. T)R. 8. J. HUGHES, a UROEON DENTIST, PlHUlWAWKOT, PA. Office iontli end of Findley street. £9»0fflc« in bis resideneo, in tbe West Ei.il. T)B. W. J. CHANDLER, BURGEON DENTIST, Prnfinrpiwuar. Pa. FU RNISING GOOliS FOR EVERYBODY. $ 2 00 2 50 3 00 3 50 4 00 4 00 5 00 6 00 «'50 7 00 8 00 8 50 8 00 10 00 CO • V *- ■M O « > —• V 0> 0 a ■w —  c* g c- $ 1 50 ] 70 2 00 2 50 3 00 3 50 4 00 4 50 5 00 Ivilt Suits $ 2 00 2 50 3 00 3 25 3 50 4 00 5 00 He was in command of the Western division, with headquarters at Chicago, until 1879, and commanded the forces which were sent to quell the Louisiana difficulties. The cavalry branch of the Federal forces under his able direction acquired an efficiency and gained a reputation such as it had never borne before. General Sheridan succecded General Sherman in com maud of the army, and during liis illness was promoted to the full rank of General. Perhaps no nolilier in this country was equally popular with ''Little Phil." The General married somewhat late in life. lie was a devoted husband and father. His little girls and he companionated together a good deal in the streets of Washington.On February 9,1865, the thanks of Congress were tendered to a man for tbe gallantry, military skill and courage displayed in a series of victories achieved by his army in the valley ot the Shenandoah, especially at Cedar Itun. This man was Philip Henry Sheridan, now in command of the United States Army. Nokquitt, Mass., August 5.—Gen. Sheridan died at 10:20 o'clock this evening. Previous to the sudden appearance of heart-failure, at about 9.30 p. m. there had been no premonitions today of any unfavorable change in his condition. The weather had been warmer than usual, and the General was at times a little restless, but seemed generally bright and cheerful to-day. His voice was strong, he took a full supply of nourishment, slept occasionally as usual, and the doctor and his family were in hopeful spirits. At 9.50 p. m. symptoms ofheartfailture suddenly appeared, and doctors O'Reilly and Matthews, who were with him at the time, immediately applied the remedies which proved successful on all similar occasions, but this time they were without effect, and despite all that could be done the general gradually sank into a condition oi complete unconsciousness, and at 10.20 p, m. breathed his last. He was born in Somerset, Perry county, O., in 1831, and was admitted to the military academy in 1848, where he graduated in 1853. Entering the United States artillery he served in Texas and Oregon until 184f>, when he sailed for San Francisco, in command of an escort toasurveying expedition sent out by the Federal Government. From that time until 18(11 he commanded a body of troops among the Indian tribes, when he was promoted to the rank of Captain. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War he was appointed Quartermaster of the Western department and Colonel of the Second Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. At Hooneville, in July, 1SG2, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers and took command of the Third division of the Army of the Ohio, distinguishing himself by his defense of Louisville. Sheridan won great distinction on the banks of the Stone river December 30, at which time ho was promoted to the rank of Major General of Volunteers. He was appointed in April, 1804, to the command of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac. In September, 18<»4, he was appointed Brigadier General and iu November of the same year Major General of the United States Army. He was in command of various military divisions of the army from Juue 3, 1S(>4, until September 2, 1867. On March 4, 1869, he was appoiuted Lieutenant General of the United States Army, and the same mouth took the command of the military division of the Missouri. A Mysterious Cm*. Washington, August 2—A peculiar episode in tbe House to day was the passage of tbe bill to pay £. P. Parker, of Memphis, a claim for $2,3GC. Parker and others were, years ago, bondsmen for Frank Parvis, collector of internal revenue for tbe Western district of Tennessee. Parvis defaulted for a considerable amount. Parker paid the above snm, his share of the loss, but the Government failed to collect from the other bondsmen, and an act whs pnbseqnently passed relieving the bondmen. As none but Parker had paid, it was considered only just that he should be reimburxed. When Enloe, of Tennessee, asked unanimous consent to call np the bill to day, Hopkins, of Virginia, objected. Enloe pleaded for consent, and in t he course of brief remarks said that Parker K»ve him his first pocket knife. This not only raised a langb, bnt it touobed the sentiment of every man in the Honae, eaeb member of whom at once recalled tender memories of his first pocket knife. "Withdraw!" "Withdraw!" sbonted a dozen members to Hopkins, and '"Let the bill pass!" shouted, half a bnndred others. Hopkins laughingly withdrew his objection and the bill passed immediately without a dissenting vote. We show more Underwear, more Neckwear, more Shiite, colored and • white, than my house in town. Umbrellas—Sun Umbrellas for Ladies and Gents. Satchels, Valises. Base Ball Caps and Belts given away with each hoy's suit. A discount of ten per cent will be allowed all ministers at Erik, Pa., August 1.—Marsha1, Carter, of Geneva, 0, ami Mrs. Mary lliwers reached here to day from Snnbary, Pa., with a six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Bowers who was stolen from Geneva last March by her father, and for whom incessant search has been made ever sinoa. Savon years ago last March Bowers married Miss Deerlove. He soon went wrong, ran away and the wife secured a divorse with custo • dy of child. Last January ha reappeared as a reformed man, an ordained minister. He fonnd his former wife, and after a few weeks they remarried. Ten days later ho dimap«ared with the child, A lady living In Geneva, who knew Bowers, in passing through Shamokin on a train last week, saw hi'ii at work in a shop near the track and at the next station wired Mrs. Bowers Accompanied by the Marshal an'I a detective, she went to Shamokin a 11 located Bower*. Stopping at a plaoo iu the outskirts of the pi loo, she watnY-d her chanoe, and in his abnenee r«oov»re<l the child. H >wern' friemU rtiaed a ro-<r. and the neighborhood ou', but the plnoky marshal Mo *1 off the urnwil with apiatolunt.il matters «crc «* ;ii*nind. At that j.iiiuturo il i«"»* Hpi«tt:vl. Mrs. Bawers fell In a and the crowd turned -in B »w«-r-, who (le<l for his life. The party left, for nouin ti-n'ght. The abdootion of the child made a great stir in Eastern Ohio last, sji'lug a« Mrs. Bowers's family is wealthy an 1 i llu -ntial. m E.JMOKBISOK, D. D. 8. • DENTAL BOOMS, runxhi"rAttnrr, fa. OCce In Johnioa Building, orer Johiiaon t JlBk'a store. U-Sx Ofie* in the Gordon Brick Block, RejmoMstUle, P». ArtUelkl teeth without plate*. T-vB. M. T. PHILL1PP1, DENTIST i ■mOlMTIUI, TA. NORTH * MORRIS, Tonsil Times la Jersey. gtaiHaf •ftf* TOHN T. BELL, f * jmrie*°* T* ufhit J B. MOBRIS, •; rttTtOM OFTMMPXJCS, Tom* Tpw*sh», Fa. ' d#i!e«faoM aft otic* IWtf wrtfj at pui m price mm n pvjrjstrr*w#Mr; M. >>. ■/ ' ; j. v.ij! , " "a ' . v ./ , ; i tf. Kind lay, O., Angatt I.—Tbrongh tUe efforts of the polic* foro j la«t nig'.it a bloody fight bstween tbo Am<riom an) IWitu laborer* waa postponed, tuit to-day great exoitement *H eanaod by t he conduct of about two hnndrud Italian Uborrmou the Mahoning railroad gr.tdo. Ttione tuta •trnok for higlutr oay, *u>l wwr« discharged They i'linirdiatMy dttuiaoded tDfir pay, and when the p<«yniai>(tir #>1 ready to pay thaw, them »»» a •MTtoni. |»*> d inortlnm, aio1! m«n ftml'ig to i* (Miii ties and dieputl >k ilititta.oif.tit. The wa* afr.tl t to eho<r Me in«m»y. ior I-tr it would be taken, auti I *• nuia lieu.. They aecurod aa.t<l *er» |cioK to baug the Hourj Jan* ere, wheu the Sheriff aod e imww, who had t»-eu eeut for, np|«an«i, nl>d pr-vt-o'ed. tV ' t*U ■» UuN .»»•«•* <■» k i'i'O' t i'- w there hue Scranton, Pa., Angast 1.—The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Joseph Mosteller, who aceommpanied her husband to Stillwater, Mich., last Jane, ia exciting mneh interest in this eity, among her relatives, owing to the appearance of her husband here without her, and who told Mir. Moeteller'a mother that h» had pnt her where aha would n*t trouble him or any one else. The missing wouaa is aboet le years of age, and was named Mamie A. Coyle, of Ashley, Lnserne county, before bar marriage, wbiok waa performed after a seriee of moat embarrassing difficulties, owing to the yoang e»up'e not understanding the marriage license laws, aed emated mneh een*ati»n »t tee tune, last January- The police have ascertained that the woman in in Minn* spolis, bnt no particulars b»ve been received. Trenton, N. J., August 1.—Telegrams from all parta of the State ahow that the liquor intereeta are badly torn np over the decision of the Supreme Court on the High License and Local-Option law. There will be dry times in Jersey before long, and the connection between death and Jeiaey lightning will eeaae. The aeaaide resorts will suffer the moat. The whole- Bale closing np of these plaeaa on Sunday will out off an immense revenue, and the liquor-dealers say will be detrimental to the popularity of tbeae places. Under the law whloh haa just been declared constitutional every saloon and liquor store most be closed on 8uuday, and in lien thereof line and imprlaonment. Atlantic City, tMs seasan thus far, haa been proverbially del', and when the knowledge of the fact tb*s ev»ry visitor gnwi »t<«k no his lusvl roim wi*»i drinVs 8<i 'd*,v or "o dii •' rifi i» vfii *lili t- rtl'er r. {no n, season'< *ver««e VOL, XVI. 9ttttx*utA!imeg jlyivit. PUBLISHED BVKBY WEDNESDAY. CONQUXBBD AT LAST. - v"/.-"■*£ V n