Punxsutawney Spirit, 1888-10-03

              %:•&?& ,*3 A TTOSXic 7-A f-LA W jQANIKL BAMZY, 1 1 ** r VI•*''' •* , r T-AT-IUW, ftnnimT, pa* aft" teAm&ttrxms% T TAYLOB BILL, A.TTOBNKY-J.T-LAW, j .7L,.. NO 1& f JE'tAlcy PA., waawragpAY, OCTOBER a, ISSB. OUR E f u. ORTS /> .<1 ''if-r.'// .20003 33311 ARE ALWAYS W1LMMMP «n»T WPMPAT, > r-  . '"^^1; rlnH* ' 1 - '' •' " 'i ■ • "r(J *f »J Crowned With Snccess . Judge Jenk» LefalbiulBMiewcziuy ftttenaea to. ruMniMvm, rt %ss&&s&sf^sr*-two north ot C.x BBEWER, A TTOBNXY-A T-LA W, JKNK8 * CLARK, ATT0BNE78-AT-LAW, BMMXmu,PA JMIto la nation Block, opposite the public Ouldlfi|li H C. CAMPBELL, • ATTORNEYS-J T-LA W, Biotnuu, Pa. p<SSlh?clo*nHog£?<'1 M>Uon bnudu«'°»- JOHN W. BELL, ATTORNEY. AT.T. A ifrt B*OOI VILLI, PA. with Hon."A. C. White, ij.jg O. a biotscom®, DISTRIC T ATTOSmr, ImouimuPi, HOG-STF.ALING 'GATORS. yifsicUras, /jrim.* tody sdEH.^e5^; * Arte correspondent, an e*« oejAioa to th« general rale has fast eocnmd In a train mining from Ltiio to ' »»•. The occupants of tho carriage m question wero a florist, a married woman and her baby, It was evening, and the floelM «as soon In a sound sleep. Meanwhile hit fair neighbor) wishing to give hor Infant Us supper, had unearthed from tho recesses of her traveling-bag a bottle of milk, at which the child was busily sucking, when suddenly the worthy man awoko i ? 8tar*' *'10 infinite surprise tt the lady ho displayed unmlstakablo signs of terror. Pointing to the bottle ho shrunk Into * corner. Soon ha screamed and cricd for assistance, and finally, despite all the scowls bf the lady to calm him, lie pulled the alarm-bell, and, opening tho door, ho fled to a neighboring carriage, to tho out* side of which ho hung. Meanwhile the train had been brought to a standstill. The lady kindly volunteered an account of tho adventuro. It was assumed that the man naa jumped on tbe lino, and on arriving at the next station the guard gave instructions that diligent search should bo made for the body dead or alive. A few hours afterward aa extraordinary telegram, addressed from Paris by this hero to a friend at Lille, was intercepted at; ono of tho post-offlees. Ho related that, worn out with fatigue, bo had gone to sleep, when bo was Buddeuly awakened by a lady who with menacing gestures pointed a revolver at his head. Ho called /0r kelp- Who hositated, and opening the door ol tho carriage ho was so fortunato aa to effect his . . capo from liis would-bo murderess, although the train was proceeding at full speed. When the ongine stonped be was too frightened to alight, and for * long time ho hung on to a carriago in tho darknoss, finally reaching his destination, He wished to ask his friend's advice as to Whether he should lodge a complaint or lot the matter drop altogether. Thera could bo no doubt about it. This was tho man who had stopped tho Lillo train. Tho police called at hit house and found the poor florist in a sad state of mind. He was -.till " all of a trembln » and ho believed fi .-mly that but for his promptltudo ho woul-.l havo succumbed to tho attack of an ascr.nsin. Tho only explanation of his panic isth .f, waking with a start from a nightmare, ho had mistaken tho bottle from which tho L.u)y was feeding for a revolver. Tho lady's p .otests only added ftjel to tho flamo, and tho moro she tried to convince him tho moro alarmed did be become. Tho mind of tho unlucky florist is tatfw quito unhinged by tho trials through which ho has passed, ard thodootors are so far of opinion that tho mischief ha« been entirely caused by tho extraordinary hallucination of which ho has been a ■ I, n i P«nnr«PTAwx»T. pa Ofloe two doon eut of the Post Ofloe." T)B> W. P. BEYJ5% - j a P3Y8ICIAX AND 8 USOEON, * fiy* *> n UwA £U Purjng' the recent Fair held in this place, we took advantage of the opportunity to make a DISPLAY OF FINE CLOTHING, UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR etc. And as we always sell goods, on their merits, wo felt sure the Fine Suits and Satin-Lined Overcoats could not fail to attract the attentiou of the many peo- pie visiting the Fair. And we were not disappointed. We are not surprised that eyen the Fakirg adwi/ed our . Fine Cloflring, and the temptation, being to great, they broke into the exhibition building and stole the finest Suits and Overcoats we had on exhibition. It is some ■1 " i . "T '' "■ ' sfljtis&ctiqn for us' to know that, even if "we are deprived of selling the goods, we must have undoubtedly had the finest goods that were exhibited at any of the Fairs / heW ikytlijji county, as there was no clothing stolen but that'taken from us. .wW .HO •! : I X 1 >•! 7 > 1*99? ,. .PumnMwinr, PA, Offer* hi* profeMtonal lertlee* to the eltlxta* •t rvnxanUWMT ud Tlol<y. (MM ill dwelling. Offer* hi* *«rrloa* totta gagtool PnaxautewMy «ad tk« lurroudlx PmxtvtAbnrr, Ta tt. C. AMJBCm, wr > - FMTSrVUlt AStiiVMOiON, ■ Offen hi* lerrioei to th« peopl* of Itoum- IIWMT Ud vicinity. _ T)B. - \  PHYSICIAN AND SUM6M6N, ** v-T : cunrnuri. MM Offlee u>d residence one «y(»refcae* of J, uTQiUMpiM (ton..' ;>T - li-r-iy. of tbavatoeof uiag araat gbmoa at the Chinsaa time. There are only twalToChlaeao hour, to our twenty-low. SPyP*. wftfc eleven p. in. to one a. m.. w£iich li their first hour, tho Bunot are nt. J?®®0*?4 !0 PMh<*B10™ or leu of tl» nature of the animal at whoso hour hoi* t»rn, it appears obvious that, o. g, it would ■jver do to send a rabbit boy to the school of a tiger «chool-Kaster. Henoe the necessity of consulting tho pat-tai of both parties oefbra entering upoa any kind of agreement. It is a fact that it is thus referred'to on every important occasion. DIED IN HIS COFFIN. *h* Peculiar End of » Hast Eccentric PonnijrlTanlii Individual. Robert W. Doal, who had gained National wnown by nightly making his bed in a coffin for the last twenty yoars, died ia this city reccnthr, writes a Philadelphia correspondent. Ho had been a, sufferer from •sthma for many yoars, and it was this diseaso which Anally carried him off. Deal was, without doubti one of tho most eccentric men of lus ago. Ho lived in tho Frankford suburbs, whora his odd, littlo figure wero familiar to every rosidont. His bedroom was tho loft over tho undertaking establishment of E. N. Alton, - and tho ccffln bed lay in tho center of tho room. Bob wa» a boneflciury upon tha undertaker's charity, and for years had dono odd jobs around tho placo for his board. Ho had occupied this coffin every night since he camo to Mr. Allen, except when tho asthma was so bad that ho was compoUed to sit up during tha night. Ho was a quaint littlo man about fifty-threo years old, with piercing black eyosaaa curling black hair tfiat was fast turning gray. Ho camo of ono of Frankford'* first families. His fathor was onoe tho leading Dcmocratio politician of the town and an extonsivo builder. Ho built •11 tho original buildings at Frankford Arsenal more than a century ago. Ho gavo all his children, Robort Included, a liberal education and brought thezn up In luxury. The undertaker's shop used to bo his father's stable, and the loft ho mado his bed in was In his boyhood his pigoon house. Many stories havo been told from timo to time explanatory of Deal's uttor indifference to conventional life. That which obtained most credenco and was popularly supposed to havo roceivcd tho stamp of reliability from him, was that the lady to whom ho was betrothed died suddenly during a quarrel which arose between them and that ho then abandoned home, fortuno and friends und took to a nomadic life. Returning to tho city ho noither sought to establish his right to such property as remained nor invited assistance from any of his former friomls. Tho prospect of poverty had no terrors to him, and, when in his destitution former friends passed him without recognition, ho would only mutter i " It will bo all right by and by." His leisuro was passed in droumy roveries and in tho composition of versos to his dead sweetheart Ho was a kcon mathematician and a writer of much tho walls of his loft now bear many evidences of his poetical art. Deal's last night on earth was not very comforting. Life and deai.li, ho always said, wero aliko to him. "Bomo go now, some later," ho would say, " but they all go in time." His conrjkluint annoyed him dreadfully, however, una when a neighbor went into Allon's, tho undertaker took him up to Bob's loft, " to seo thejast of him," ho said. Following Mi'. Allen up tho steps] loading K} tho loft, tho light cxppgod to tho visitor long rows of coffins ranged around tho room.' One of extra-largo sizo lay upon tho floor, •nd from within it camo labored wheezing. The lid was well drawn, up, and nothing inside could bo soen. "Hello, Bob; aro you iat" said (ho undertaker, and tho lid began to slido slowly downward with a creaking sound. A head poked op, and then a m«n sat upright, It waa. Bob. Ho answered: " Yes; what do you want!" And. then, soelng a visitor, sank back again, and drew the lid over him. Not appearing tho Oext day, Mr. Allen went up to ask if ho was ill, and found him dead in his narrow bed. IB. CHARLES 6. IBNST, PHYSICIAN AND 8US0X0N, —••nently located In thla plane, and e -• -ice# to tM oltlMBrj • found at all tlr ,^ spoken. iy&rwSM,"ai"' »».  J A. WALTER, 2MI1MK n'MtmrnmftMrrkut, , 'bu t *^5E5SS^ asisfiqmoO M imj gc&ds, befit make and best than any. bouse in Jeff v.v • ] ' • 1' 7 1 ■ *1 • I J A W liaivfc tne largest stock, fin fitting clothing fbf lesu r li llirrlffiiOfiePrice Clothiers •' 4 ''' tr V; *1 J. >J" 4 | (• I ' . eraon county. Remember too, that we were the- first men in Punxsutawney who h«d the nerve ta mark out goods in plain figtirs»'and sell at one of imitators, peopk wfc have done Dusmess foryeara «8lP®" . _ I I*'''/ }f k,( ; >. never sold anything for what they asked. It is useless for tw to "try *to give fou a list of prices. We have fdrtnf|3»to |2$; Boy's suits from $2.50 to iiU4 vf<w to $7 ; Men's overcoats, $2 j to overcoats, $2 to $8*: ovfe/cdttts; $1.60 to |5. Furnishing gobdirstocfc-eomplete.-Mea-'s-1 all-wool underwear, $1 to $6. Afi; gr a«fts , andp^es,*Hats! Hats! Hatsj*r h'h;, stiff and cruah hats atbottom flcetefe, -fat.* * lWol, plush and seal, for men, boys Mothr; era wishing il fine suit and overcoat Jor boys * wilf "save 26 per cent, by calling at North tft Morris'. Rubber sMftBSte valises,, hqg- All ministers alloWed a'diseount of 10 per ient. at ■■>■-* i ..I*.raww*diiiii) I 4,i,-  '*•$<'«A . i!,*- -M • .voa'.T'i ,.t-Z ' *;* — :/r~* :. ,, „ - ui JMPfflf - - -— ! »'.#*«• *» u.'1 win soular. One ,P?ffatfX2Id«hte?e, ouwAsoTDAi?rnoDj, J1,A '■■' ' omi.aut.a.i, *" ha* 1 X A FAIR Bl^CtfMAILfft. Bo* She Extorted Hundred* at IMQpb - • from Her Victim*. Gotham Is t >day paying tribute to a va*k legion of woraca who live upon tho foOjU, tho egotism and tho innate brutality of mea, writes tho New Yorlc correspondent of tba Chicago Herald. Policc-Inspcctor Williams, who is beyond all question tho bost authority upon tho subject, estimates their number( at twonty thousand Kx-8uperintcndett6 Walling goes oven higher, and puts Um figure ten thousand beyond. Tho methods employed by theso women display a bewildering novelty and ingenuity. Soma are practically blackmail, but blackmails*; delicate and artistic as not to como within the law. Of thoso who work this vein thai most ingenious is Mrs. May Robinson, alias' May Roberts, alias Ircao Latham, alias only: heaven knows how many other names. Sho Is about twenty-eight years of age, medium' sized, handsomely proportioned, elegantly dressed, with a brilliant brunette faco that would command notico and admiration anywhere. W hen " at work " sho would leaval her homo at nine-thirty or ten a.m. and' takosomo thoroughfare frequented by thai merchants, bankers and wealthy men fat! general. For dudes, actors and professional " mashers " sho had no eye. But a port-i ly, well-clothed man whoso mien and da*l moonor suggested a prosperous pater-j familias, received her "mil - and bow th«J moment ho looked at hor in Ualf-recognSI tion. Twice in tlireo times tho bait) tooki and tho victim mado her acquaint-! anco. From now on it was clear1 sailing. Sho would uso all her powera of conversation to faseinato hor new friend and was seldom unsuccessful. Money was never mentioned. In reply to tho queries ho would naturally mako she always gavo tho samo story. Sho was a widow, well-born, well-educated, enjoying Ufo and plcasuro, and having—thanks to' hor dear dead husband's lovo and fore- thought—a limited incomoof fl.OOOa year, just enough to support her in comfort. The story reassured tho admirer, who iu his heart had feared that his new inamorata was any thins but what sho said. With him sho for tho next wcclt lunched, attended1 matinees and drovo through the )mrk nn*t on tho boulovard. In tho meantime sha wormed from him his homo and oftleo ad* dress, tho names of his wifo and childrea and a hundred details iu regard to his pri-; vate life. When this was accomplished her next movo wa3 to send a begging letter, la' which sho stated her remittances wero da-j layed by litigation or cut off by roason.of | somo corporation skipping its dividend, aa4; wound- up by a very neat and afTectionato' request for a loon of a sum of money, any-1 Whoro from $100 to 1500, accordlng'to thai pecuniary responsibility of her prey. Onoa, In threO times this would bring a financial' return. Twlco it wotjld not Then camo tho master stroke. With a coarso pen and tho blackest of ink sho would v. rito a foi* vent lovo letter upon heavy whito papor, lactose it in tho thinnest and most transparent steamer cnvclopo and mall it to him at his, own houso. It always bogan: " My Owail Darling," or "My Dearest and BwoataslJ I<ovc," and ended, "Hoping to lay your] dear tlrod hoad again upon my breagfc Your Little Lovo, May." There was not a1 ainglo unkind word iu tho letter. Thopaj was a vast amount of pussionato lovo andt' a very distant reference to tho uua» bor of dollars wanted. A. near*' sighted mati could retul tho compromising . epistlo through tho cnvolope. Much mora readily could a Jealous wifo or un iuquisi* tivo sister or daughter. Tho luckless man; received tho missive at tho breakfast bio. Uo recognized tho hundwvitingi rsadP II dozon words through tho envelope, up* then went into a cold perspiration.. VVhilaj In most cases tho relationship between Umm man and woman had boon innocent, tho Iftfrv tor bora all tho indicia oX guilt, and in.* divoreo court would havo been proof pnH suroptivo against tho husband. Its cUqcv, was terriflo and instantaneous. Ho lost bis appetite for breakfast, nnjl left iinmcd* atcfy for his office or for tho house of hia correspondent. Nine timeB in ten tho mourn cy was forthcoming, and in many instance*, large sums wero paid to compromise that matter und induoo Becrecy ou tho part '.<£ Mrs. lUlbcrts. So far as is known sho bognn her career in this lino of business on Thirteenth Btreet, transferred it to Johnson, street, Brooklyn, near Miner'3 ljrookiya Theater, and then wont to" Twenty-slxtkj street, near llroadway. In u!l three placca; sho had magnilieent rcuius, kept, a two horso coupo und wore clothes, diamond# and jowelry worth 43,000 at leust. Ifer firs# departuro from Now York was induced .bJT Inspector, then Captain, Alexander S. Will, lams; from Brooklyn by IV'.ico-Captala Japes Campbell, of tho First Precinct, and. bar last in New York by Howo &. Hummel, Uw criminal lawyers. these cases Uic! wonld-bo vlotim, instead of being sccrottj waxed wroth aud made confession to tha police or to his council. Tho woman now resides nour Central Park, but does not sect* as prosperous as before. MODERN GILL. Sunny Florida. One of tho Pleasures of Plantation Llfo In Henry Foster, a oolored farmer living on Lako Charm, says an Orlando (FJa) correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, has had a good deal of trouble with alligators. Foster has a great partiality for good porkers and so havo tho 'gators. It is a close fight, and though ho has killed eight or ten of the big, thieving saurians they will not bo deterred from taking a choice, fat pig whenever they got a ohanco, On<J evening Just beforo dusk ho heard a fearful squealing ip tho direction of tho lake, and suspecting its cause ho grabbed his doublebarreled shbt-gun and hurried out. Not seeing the pig ho waded out sotno distance before ho ascertained Just whero and what tho trouble was. Finally, amid a lot of " bonnets " and weeds'he found ono of hia best porkers struggling in about two and one-half feet of water, trying to escspo some unseen foo under the watfir that seemed to hold It lh a close grift Foster tossed his gun to the shoro and yelling to a neighbor living near by for assistance he Juttped forward and seizing the hog by the ears endeavored to assist it. As ho pulled the aniiiial forward and out of the* water he discovered that a big 'gator had hold of the hog's haunches and \yas holding on with a death-grip. It was then a tussle of main strength. Tho 'gator surged back and forth, now pultog Foster into deep water and then being drawn nearer shore by the negro's energetic maneuvers, ndgrp sworo and called for help, the poor pig" squealed loud and long, and the 'gator added to tho din by hoarso growls of rago and anger. For fif« toon minutes the oontest continued and tho waters were thrashed about considerably by tho combatants. Finally tho neighbor, Joe Hand, approached with the gun, and wading close to the 'gator put a load of boeksnot into the brute's head. This only seemed to enrage tho saurian rare, and by a tremendous effort he pulled Foster ana the piginto deeper wftter. But Just before going under Hand poured another dos* of buckshot Into him, which disabled tllm so that Foster regained his ground. • Though nearly dead tho 'gator clung to the pig, and was dratt-p nearly onto dty land*befoi« it lot go and attempted to retreat, It was then too late, as Hfcnd knd Foster both seised fence rails and soOn rendered the brute hots do combat. The poor pig had to be killed, as the 'gator's long teeth had nearly cutoff both its hind legs. The saurian was about, fourteen feet long rind sir fcet round tho largest portion of its body. BinCO tho pigi have made it. a praetleO to root along the riiore of the lake it would seem as If all the 'gators in the entire bod# Of water had crowded over to this sida. On sunny days over seventWhre noses havd boon counted in a spaoo equal to an sore, and dosens can bo seen on the sandy spits at all sides. Figs and dogs aro favorites of theirs, and they will fight for such a bom rh« Mail Who Inventoil thn lafltlU* l'alcli I* Alwuja Cold. A melancholy-looking man, with a shaggy jcard, wearing an old slouch hat and ;rouscrs with doop fringo around the bot»m and a big, shaggy overcoat, stood ia !ront of tho Philadelphia posl-offloe, hoUU ng his bands on his chest. Everybody ookod at him as they passed, and mom roang follows jeered at him for wearing«r ivercoat. The melancholy looking hh paid no attention to thom. Uo wandered ip Ulnth street aimlessly and shambled o» tlarkct street holding his hands over fata dust as ho walked. A Philadelphia T4mm reporter asked him what ho wove an oversoat for with the thermometer ut 60 degree*. Bespoko in gasps and said:' " Because I'm always cold. I don't know •rfe&t It is to be worm. I cau't get aw breath hardly half the time. I have bew Mid for years. I nsed to work at my trade, for eighteen hours a day. I am a shoemaker. I caught cold about ten years in and I've had hard wdrk to broathe ever tlnoe. Somotimee I'm afraid to go to sletp for fear 1'U lose any breath. I'm the aw who Invented the invisible patch on shoee. That's a good many years ago. Just think of it I'm the inventor of the invisible patch and I haven't got aoeut. I ought to be getting a royalty frsm e*»ry shoemaker in the country. I wee*soldier iu thebesian amy. I madafaany • pair of b*afer the oCieara. VFhve am I going* Nawoewt* T!vf m.-.u uM.tfici hursMy. TccmJsi coughed with a h wfciag sound withtfee oekft ftfdcath ia it. -• M - - . " • • 'bm. :f. TRADE AND LABOR NOTES. A Gebjuk Instead of riveting the joints of boilers, \yelda them at a slightly greater cost. Two udnbhsd bauds of a New York hattor's fur-cutting works are out because wages average only tl pet day. At Fort Townseud the Ooast Seamen's Union has ordered a strike against a reduction from 940 to per month. „ CimColoirr, Beuth Africa, now has a population of nearly 1,800,000 people. Tho ship tonnage is almost 0,000,000 annually. Thsee thousand million pounds of sugar are consumed annually in the United States, dnO-tenth"of which Is grown in Louisiana. Thb bootblacks of St. Joseph, Mo., have a union The members wear a badge, and OhurgQlO cents a shine. The dues are 10 cents, per week. Tiizbb aro fifty cxvoperativo stores in New England under tjje management of the Sovereigns of Industry. Tho yearly sales amount to (5,600,000. A Kansas City (Mo.) colored barber has been arrested, charged with fraud, for charging ono nan 91 for a shave and another 11.50 for a hair-cut. T*» English Government owns Trinidad aad Its asphalt beds. The United States Imports (0,000 pounds per year. It costs the owners *5 a ton sod they sell it for MS. I' Tout,Fa.,Is said to hare tho greatest nrearpet works la tho United. Stelae. Six hundred woman and girb make carpetrags, and tho re are M0 wearst s and spool* *ta proprietors of tho shoe factories la _j«Terty, Ihtl., bars been compelled to ■M their plant, in coneeauenco of tba •competition of eeuntry-made goods, whero ebeaper wages oro paid. mytof. Gu«Km«MK^enfrevere (men) at tfbea All Mac Is Bomb. J&Sl z 3 itiee bonded by the father to a fbrtoad- W«e to run over and ad would the l33r, wboee badness Nrie to **<&; Wtouffltwo, at its laat se*. Item a certain book of fate, feaeraUr ete«» limited tno Eourjtora day'« work. ■■-*"-•'i of ee the Hey'e pat-tee, er "mgt* * *» International BM-Poatere' Assoc**, torn" Herein thefortune-teller-dT Uonhekitoeaaoueieontoationet St Louie the *ood aad evil which the boy to eoawidtfi igo. Xhe seeociaUou lu* *n ihtmSt with In atwrmo, and ttji eUtetaSewYotkjWta* ooairact»v*abe 8 yt adopted in order «>eeet»*>ttm taAdw for atickiotr bills oil over tbo owntrv tveytthe other.' In crdepto tmdbf- -ion ffcu hams dav. " ...... ' - - I f es S&.: •sLa 1 siV ; ... • * .' i --'- ./"T . V'-.-V; : J 3f samBtsS£aS9Sk/S th« wrahaM ml of im! mUU. 14.1s imuxA, Pi, T FF m li f,.» & s.