Punxsutawney Spirit, 1885-06-10

              « \ - 0 •■■l JF m Jf, Mgpsa WINBLOW& CALDER Attorneys at Law, T. OOD, Punxtuiawney, Pa. $ Ctftae one door cut of the Western Union Tel•iftoh Office. Practice in the court* of Indiana and Jeffer«on eonntiw. • — JJREWER & CAMPBELL, Attorneys at Law, ... Punxiutawney, Pa. *£ Office on Gilpin street,! two ; door* north of Bmelda* furniture store. • A LEX. J. TRUITT, JLMm \' '1 s ' * J li' — ! ' ; . ' Attorney at Law, Punxtulawney, Pa. Opposite* Spirit Building. Practice |in the Conrt» of adjacent counties. * - -&**- ~ JgDWARD A. CARMALT, „ Attorney-at Law, ' Brookville, Pa, , Brookville, Pa. Office with Judge Jenks. Legal business carefully attended to. ■ ' • • ; nONBAD & MUNDOBFF,' - - Attorneys at Law, Brookville, Pa. • Office in Badger', building, opposite the Clemments House. Legal business entrusted to them will receive prompt and careful attention. TENKS& CLARK, Attorneys at Law, Brookville, Pa. Office in Matson Block, opposite the public buildings. £:s i •;» " : ■ytyptdm. T)B. W. BEYER, Physician and Surgeon, . Punxsutawney, Pa. Office two doors east of the Post Office, I 18. WM. ' ALTMAN, . - 3 Physician ? and Surgeon, Punxsutaumey, Pa. Offer* his professional services to the citizen, of Punxentawney and vicinity. > < ,at £)B. S. S. HAMILTON, ~; , • . Physician and Surgeon, / Punxsutawney, Pa. Office in dwelling. Offers his services to the people of Punxsutawney . and the surrounding country. v- ■ •- '-' ' *'' Hit. S. C. ALLISON, ■1-/ ■ "' „ " V.1' Physician and Surgeon, Punxsutawney, Pa. Offers his services to the people of PunxßUtawney and vicinity. - . ■: - J)R. J. SHEFFEB, Physician and Surgeon, *';••• \•: ' '■ -M' "Vi" ■ Covode, Pa s } Ira Having permanently located in Covode, Pa., I offer my professional services to i the i people of this vicinity. > Chronic diseases of women a specialty, ? ' ■ ' ~ T)R. D. G. HUBBARD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ' Punxsutawney. Pa. Office in residence on North Findlay street- DR.* CHARLES 'D. ERNST,' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. , Punxsutawney; Pa.. Has permanently located in this place, and offers his professional services to the citizens of this vicinity. * He may be found at all. times at his office in Dr. Shields' drug store. § German language spoken. i > >* •HR. S. J. HUGHES, SURGEON- DENTIST, Punxsutawney, Pa. Office over Jewry's store, Mahoning street. T)B. W. J. CHANDLER,* ■ SURGEON DENTIST, . , Punxsutawney, Pa. *" -'a, t **» ! '•• « Office In corner room, Torrence Mock s«stiffS of if < 'SfWCf. JOHN T. BELL, „ Justice of the Peace, ;; ; Punxiutawnty, Pa. "•'A Office one door east of s Shields' store. u All business entrusted to his care will receive prompt attention, and all monies paid over to the parties immediately upon receipt thereof. * Special attention given to collections, acknowledgement Of deeds and taking depositions. m J B. MORRIS, w • * « > Justice of the Peace, Young Township, Pa, ; Collection* and other, buelneM promptly attended to. JOHN G. ERNST, t"--' t" : \ Justice of the Peace, Pa. iditnd other legal pa•*3*3!fary-gSmm^?,1111111 Office ml jr mm I* ft .w r *«dLW MUM * v '\ : I*t will be rlrillndrtUMteMob WMk. r .1 AA .« ia Hurt* month*: IS k at (xpintion or th« , — r til eomnrafitaktSont to < ■ .j ■. '>,:} WK, P. HASTINGS, PanzflstowneT, P». in mltmm or T three monthi; THE FOURTHIEST FOURTH EVER FOURTH IN PUNXSUTAWNEY. LOTS OF FUN ! LOTS OF PLEASURE! AND LOTS OF PERSPIRATION {PROVIDING IT BE HOT ENOUGH) . §J 9 Visitors coming to town on that day had better leave their sides at home to prevent a split. 1 Cm No Postponement on acccount of snow. iffcnffenftbi PROGRAMME f, : (FUKNISHED ; GRATIS BY THE ST. ELMO STOBE.) 4TH, : 4TH, 4TH v < -»- * ;.v' - . , " • . , ,i w . • .5. . .» 1. Gathering of,visitors at the St. Elmo Store to rig themselves out for the Procession. 2. s Grand Overture from the opera i 'The Pirates of Hans' Pants', which ' will be followed immediately by an % " Oration on the never before heard of j topic " Quick I Sales f and I Small Profits," and practically illustrated by the St. Elmo I Store orator,, the Right Hon. Brother Price Fitswell. 3. Dinner. As the Square has been ," deserted for several days we are under > the ! impression f that 5 our hotel landlords have taken 1 the bulls% by the horns,'and therefore you have a right to expect a good dinner. 4. Duette—by the celebrated St. Elmo singers, the brothers Brown and Blue Diagonals. Song: "To keep the good trade we have got We sell our goods cheap and lie not." 5. Elephant Baloon Ascension.— As it takes the elephant quite awhile . to pack his trunk for the trip, vis|| itors will find plenty of time to go •through' the St. Elmo iStore and ;| see the 1 latest ' styles of Suits, Hats and Shoes," as well a as 1 Furnishing Curiositiesno extra charge. 6. Quartette—sung by the great St. ; Elmo ' Store * stagers, Messrs. Kir and Calf,' and the Messrs.* Kid ; and ! Pebbleooat f Footgear, cong ceded to be the best ever seen on the Jefferson county stage. 7. Fantastic Parade. Chief Mar- X shal, Sir Lisle Thread Shirts. Assistant, the Hon." Coon Linen Collars, with headquarters at the 3 St. . Elmo Store. The celebration I will - wind up with that most exhilarating Tableau— "Reception of the Eagles." FOR Further Information Enquire at the ■ -A :: \ ; 7 , New Room Opposite St. Elmo Hotel, mmm cake for a neat t fit ?in the procession * has the best fitting Diagonal "Suitr had at the ,i^^^@*w «•» OF JULY - TfV5 * ' mw ratio nDe co r a tionPr o c essioW At lO A.M. it fr* Jwepfc Brewm. ' ; . Newton, lowa, May 5,1885. Ms. Editob—Having agreed to let my friends hear from me occasionally through i the columns of your paper, and having 1 been absent«from J your bounty, for four weeks, I have determined to write to you giving a somewhat detailed statement of , my meanderings, together with ' some observations that may be interesting to your agricultural readers. ! Leaving Jefferson county on Monday, April 6th, we spent our first night in a hotel in Clarion county, kept by a widow lady " who formerly has been a' leading spirit in camp-meetings. Strange mixture it seemed to me. We spent two days visiting friends in the town of Butler. Pa., which,by the way, is having quite a boomjust now caused by the immense oil wells that have recently been developed in that locality. Our next point was Allegheny City where we spent two days, taking in one of the Moody and Sankey meetings, where the congregation was supposed to number 4,700 persons. It was a source of great pleasure to me to be mmtmvmmi ' a* _ u j permitted to see and hear those worldrenowned servants of God. Long may they live to bless humanity arid to inspire others with zeal for the Master's cause. . Leaving. Pittsburgh on i Saturday, April lltn, we spent the Sabbath in the home of Rev. T. B. Henderson, of Latrobe, Pa. On Monday, in company with Mr. Anderson, I made a pleasant call on Rev. Dr. Vincent, ; formerly of Brookville, who is now settled as pastor of the U. P. Church, of Latrobe. He looks much older than he did when in Brookville, and has chosen his present location,! in .which to ; spend the evening of an eventful and useful life, so that he might be near his children. % Tuesday, April 14th, found us in the home of my eldest living brother in Jacksonville, Westmoreland j county. Suffice it to say that the next two weeks were spent visiting friends in Westmoreland, Allegheny and Washington counties. Tho first bare-footed child that I saw this spring was on Monday, April 20th, and the first oats that I saw sown was on Saturday the 2oth of April, in Washington county. Returning to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the 28th, we made preparations for an early start on our western trip on the 1 following S day. & Wednesday swe left Allegheny City at 7:40 a.m., via P. & W. R. R. By thisjroute we passed through Youngstown ; and Akron, besides many smaller towns and villages in Ohio. . And here let me say to my former friends that I saw lots of good wheat/ the first that I had seen s this spring, for as far as I traveled in Pennsylvania' it was I badly ; winter-killed. I also saw hundreds of sheep—all merino—not one white or J long-wooled sheep did I see in Ohio. I saw just one. white ' hog, and all the rest were black. S Night came on just before, entered Indiana, and tho first thing we saw ; next morning was Lake Mich - gan. After traversing its bleak, barren shore for ten lor fifteen ' miles,' we were ushered ! into j southern j Chicago, where | the 1 houses • and i board-walks were apparently lying on or in water. A strange looking place for a laud animal I to 6 live. 7 . Arriving i in f Chicago proper at G a.m., we had five hours to remain before we could get a train to this place. This gave ample time for refreshments and sight-seeiijg. The most I interesting { things ;to me were full-rigged sailing; vessels,"? and street cars driven by an unseen power.. , . SfAt 11 a. m., we started for this place, thus j havingj a daylight view of t- Illinois. One ior j two ] hours J ride { from Chicago we found oats up green, and once in a while a piece of ground furrowed out for corn or potatoes. We also saw i stone • fences> where we had supposed : the people scarcely,s knew what stones were like. We crossed the Mississippi ; at "i Davenport ; between 5 and 6 p. m., and hence had a good view of that grand old stream. ; Jgln crossing Illinois we saw but one small flock of sheep and they were of the.white, long-wooled species. I saw !no wheat in that State at all. Losing an hour and a half* at Davenport" to change our; route, the balance iof our ! trip to this point was made after dark, ana therefore my impressions of lowa will be reserved for a future letter. v-; •*: Respectfully, your friend, b Joseph Brown. Tramps Capture a Train. 1 Detroit,Mich.; May 26.— night at 10 o'clock, at Fort Gratial, a south bound Grand Trunk freight train was boarded by, five armed men who kept possession of the train until a short distance from Frazer, when they left, fearing; the trainmen would receive reinforcements. At Mt. Clemens two deputy sheriffs boarded the train but were quickly overpowered f and | disarmed. At Grazer the conductor managed to leave the train and telegraphed to Detroit for help. Early this morning an epgine f and caboose with a posse of < officers i started And met the captured train at Milwaukee Junction. No trace of the men has been discovered. The tramps , told- the trainmen .they wanted to get to Detroit in time to catch the circus. Ike Sifter iMUMit. 1 Selixsgrove, Pa., May 27, '86 Editor PunxsMtawney Spirit : Your patrons, no doubt, will have read an account of the unvailing of Governor Snyder's monument before this reaches you, however, a description of the scene by one who was an eye-witness thereof, may be of interest. We Arrived at this beautiful little town at 9 o'clock in the morning and found its * streets swarm ing with people who had gathered there to pay a "last tribute of respect" to Governor1 Snydor, Music and the roaring of cannon so filled the hearts with interest that the time when a train of nineteen coaches bearing Governor Pattison, Ex-Governors Curtin and Hartranft, Gen. Simon Cameron, Secretary of,' State Stengel*, Secretary of Internal Affairs, J. S. Africa, also both branches of the Legislature, soon arrived. These distinguished i gentlemen were escorted from the station by the Twelfth regiment of National Guards, G. A. R. Posts, citizens, etc., to the hotels and homes of the people for entertainment. Among these gentlemen was Dr. Altman, representative from your county. Men more congenial than the Doctor are not to be found, and it does one , good to, meet .such an acquaintance away from home. At 1 o'clock p. m. the great mass of people had assembled in the cemetery to pay the homage due to Gov.' Simon Snyder, who held office from 1808 to 1817.'- Prayer "was»offered by" Rev. J. Max Hart, Moravian minister of Lancaster. Miss Mary Lilian Snyder, great grand daughter of the Governor, now unveiled the monument and Governor Pattison transferred it to thia community. The Governor made a grand speech, and knocked the bottom out of all that followed, i i The "boy Governor" Is an honor to both State and party " ( A. W. Potter, Esq., offered« the address on behalf of the committee who accepted the charge. ij|ss . Gov. Curtin now addressed the people, he said, in f a way that created laughter, that he rather liked the idea of erecting monuments to the memory of ex-Governors. He hoped that they'd some day erect one for Gov. Pattison, also one for Gov. ilartranft, and that they'd not forget to'give; him a little bit of marble too. Gen. Cameron was now called upon but the people were sadly disappointed that this! most distinguished man of our State had not'the; strength to address them at length. p Gov. Hartranft responded to the people's wishes *by addressing , them a short time. He said* it was quite a contest between the Scotch Irish and the Germans as to who should hold the office of Governor jin | this' State, and that it had been pretty fairly divided. This caused great laughter.. - jui *. Mi The monument is a structure about 15 feet high, upon which is Gov. Snyder's bust.w On the west side is a figure representing tho' Governor in his study at the side of f a table. On the south side is a figure representing a tannery in which he is at work at his trade. '■ • He was bordmov. 5, 1750, died Nov. 9,1819, was a member of tho Constitutional Convention inJ 1789. Member of House of Representatives,! of Pennsylvania 1797 to 1808. Speaker of - the House of Representatives lof Pennsylvania, 1808 .to 1817. - Member of the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1818. AV. w. w. Dying in Her Mother's Arms. New Youk, May 31.Miss Nellie S. Canfield, who shot herself in Mrs. Dc Witt's seminary at Belleville, N. J., on Monday last, died at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. She if suffered intensely all of Friday night. i The Rev. Father Dornin gave her religions consolation, after which w she , appeared eaiser. At fe times she i whispered "mama" to her affectionate | and sorrowing mother,'who j had not leit the room for a single moment \ since she arrived from Washington on Tuesday last. ; i Toward daylight | the | mother saw that I the . end was approaching. She passed away quietly in her mother's i arms. | Her last» words i were < a plea to her mother to forgive her and pray for her. v The body will be taken to Springfield, HI.-, where it will be interred near ; the . tomb I of President Lincoln's family. Miss i Canfietd was a grand niece of Mrs. Lincoln. : 1% Springfield, t 111., , June \ 4.—The Senate this morning passed the House Civil Bights ; bill, which gives as colored people the same rights as whites in hotels, restaurants,! theaters \ and other public places. It provides that for any violation the person offending shall pay , not less ' than ? $25 nor more than i $500 2to the I person f aggrieved, and shall be guilty also of a misdemeanor, and shall j pay > a fine i not to exceed 1500,f0r J shall be > imprisoned not more than! one f year,! or both. S A judgment in 3 favor ; of the \ party aggrieved,punishment * upon an indictment, is to be a bar to either prosecti-41am rii m#lnT«f ir WMhlagtoa Letter. Washington, D. C., June 8,1885. at HBRpmiiwmex * . i*—"r •" - w-»~ *w>Jir #M • iuwwjiaw s&wa, The complaint that the civil service commissioners have not fixed |the standard of penmanship high enough in the examination of applicants' for public ; positions is a just one and should be essentially changed. - It is said, and I believe it to be true, that nine-tenths of those who pass a creditable examination in the branches for which there is no earthly practical use in the service, are entirely deficient in f 'the matter of penmanship, which is j the paramount qualification in all ap■# ab -m>iwii tii •• Ttf" W-- , -rrwirnapr ' wijt «§§» pointments that come through the civ- < il service. The handwriting upon some of the public documents emanating from the" departments is simply execrable, and would be a complete disqualification in any business pursuit under heaven. Let us have a standard for ; chirography, as well as geography and botany. Here is where a good portion of our timber goes: The matches used in the United States require every year an amount of pine wood valued ut $3,- 298,562. The railroads use in their locomotives alone more than $5,000,000 worth of hard and soft wood, and almost $3,000,000 every year for ties. When it is remembered that the entire value of our pine timber is placed by staticians at only] $100,000,000,: it will be seen that the insatiate maw of the railroad corporations ' devours about one-tenth of' the timber crop yearly. The auction sale of the truck, rubbish and refuse of the Census 'Bureau which is soon to take place, should include tho Census Reports of 1880, which for practical utility will be of vastly more service to the junk-dealer than to the general public, I think. If the new officials connected with the Pension Office desire to get their hands in upon the subject of investigations, I would ; recommend •as a good field for the business the highly moral City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, where the pension \ aj?ent is said to have been paying pensions to numerous parties who have been defunct for lo! these many years, to say nothing of a small j regiment of widows who have also been the recipients :of < Uncle Sam's bounty, after they had thriftily provided themselves with husbands. * The delay that pensioners upon the Government arc subjected to in the adjudication of their claims, is something of which they have no, right to complain. The granting of a pension is simply a donationthe 'magnani- magnanimous gift of the Republic to those of its defenders who have incurred some kind of disability J in tho service."? To protect itself against? fraudulent pension claims, certain kinds of evidence must be carefully sifted, weighed and adjudged by men who are presumed to.beithoroughly impartial and entirely disinterested. It is a : somewhat sad , commentary upon the morals of' tho population of the District of Columbia, when tho President is said to be looking elsewhere for, men to fill the District olllces. I know that the air of the capital must necessarily abo impregnated with all sorts of political s diabolism but I really, supposed that half a dozen *• good i men > ■ might • be : discovered somewhere who would, bo competent and honest enough to fill the few offices here. , Phono. Cleveland, • May 2!'. A' special from Findlay, Hancock county, gives particulars of the killing of,.his 12- year-old son by John Motter one of. the - wealthiest i farmers of Orange township. Moster was at work in the barn setting iup some machinery when a bolt fell through !a ; crack in the floor. Tho boy was sent ; after the bolt, but failing to;find it, he returned j and; told his J father, that he could not see it. He was sent a second time under ; the; barn, ana whwn he returned again without I the 5 bolt his | father, | terribly.,; angered, i struck him in such , manner as to break his neck,' causing instant death. U Motter has not been j arrested, but the people i are very much ; excited and may demand a trial. —A man possessed of four ears is a' curiosity $in San > Francisco. Ig* John Henry, Grimes sisl a ;■ native of Nova Scotia. The peculiarity about him that attracts attention: makes him the best developed person in the world, as far as <) hearing Jis I concerned. The front ears, which g are placed in their natural position,*} arc perfect and well formed. The f extra pair are partly covered by those in s front, yet i they appear • like M ordinary U ears. % Tests have been i made which demonstrate that Mr. Grimes | dau J hear g equally well with either pair of ears. Tit scon, If Arizona, May 22.—The Apaches who f left 1 their i reservation have ' been sighted! in * Upper Eagle creek by captain Smith and his scouts, who | have j gone j[ in pursuit of them. General Bradley, commanding in New " Mexico, has sent three companies, under Colonel Morrow, to patrol the line between New Mexico '* and Arizona. All the passes! to Old Mexico |are | guarded, and it will be almost lmpd»-T ST. ELMO STORE, Bp a® PUNXSUTA WNEY, - PENhfA. &.-.. *"••**• .v"* • f?J;?°t-.v,.i,#\r-,- • wiiinMlliilMi iw tisis# -r«1 mmm nra