Punxsutawney Spirit, 1885-11-25

              m NO. 25. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOY. 25. 1885. VOL. xni. Hit With a Thomas Cat. 8ERTIA3JS REPULSED. A HEADLESS HORSEMAN. $Utt. ytmsffutattme? PUBLISHED EVEBY WEDNESDAY. A Fatal Duel. Sullivan Against the World. Terrible Cyclone. Thousands of Hats and Gaps IN GENERAL. An Immense Stock of Ladies' Shoes and Gents Shoes, Overcoats and Winter Clothing NOT MUCH ! ATE FIOHTlMi. TIIKY ARE lllSLODOED AFTER DESPER- THE MYSTERY SOME LAWRENCE COUNTY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOP FCNXBCTAWNKY, PA. Office one door out of the Western Union Tel- JCST Office. Practice In the court* ot Indian* Mi Jefferson counties.  £tt0t»e9*+t-£*»- TWTNSLOW A CALDEBWOOD, " A TTOBKS YS-A T- LA W, fl M. REWEB, ATTORNEY-AT-L AW, FCNXSCTAWNBY, PA. Office on Gilpin street, two door» north of •fields' furniture store.  The Stuff V/e Are Made Of And M the St. Elmo is lade Of "CiDWARD A. C ARM ALT, A TTORNEY-A T-LAIV, ALEX. J. TRUITT, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W, PCJHC8CTAWNKY, PA. Opposite Spirit Building. Practice In the Cwns of adjacent counties.  We presume that no one, with the exception, perhaps, of some of our competitors, is of the opinion that the ST. ELMO STORE TENKS & CLARK, " A TTORNE YS■ A T LA W, flONRAD & MUNDORFF, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Sm recei?fprompt and careful attention.  Office with Judge Jcnks. Legal business carefully attended to. __ XT C. CAMPBELL, ATTORNEYSAT-LAW, JOHN ST. CLAIR, ** ATTORNEY-AT-LAJV, And Justice of the Peace, I'a. Office in Mundorff building, nearly opposite Spirit building. Collections made, depositions tafcen, and all kinds of legal business attended to. in Matson Block, opposite the public |There's Plenty Room on Top| Is absolutely unnecessary in Punxsutawney, No, sir ; we don't think that any person can be found in Jefferson or Indiana county who has formed such an opinion, but if there should be, we venture to point with pardonable pride to the fact that in a little more than two years we have built up a trade which is neither surpassed nor equaled in this nor our neighboring counties. From the start we believed in the old saying 1 Altooka, Nov. 15.—E. F. Kerr,Esq., of Bedford, was in the city las-t evening, and was asked the story about the panther t'uat recently devoured a small boy in his county, and which the sensational correspondent made quite a how-de-do over, lie smiled as ho gave ilu* Tacts: Two young men in the southern part of Bedford county were in love with the same girl, and went to see her on alternate nights. One of them put up a job on the other, and laid for his rival, lie climbed a tree overhanging the road along which the rival was to pass on his way to see the girl, and when he came along, whistling merrily, on horscback, he dropped a small dog on the horseman. Of course the dog kiyi-ed and the rider was almost scared out of his wits, so much so that lie kept his house for two weeks. Meanwhile the other fellow had a bonanza time courting the girl. At last the fellow who was frightened again ventured out. This time the bold, bad mau who had played the dog trick armed—yes, armed—himself with a Thomas cat, and again bo climbed a tree. When the innocent boy came along he dropped the cat plump down on him,and there was what you might call a devilofaracket, ami the follow on the horse got an aggravated case of jim-jams. lie spread the story that a panther bad jumped 011 him from a tree, and it got to the long ears of the sensational correspondent. A young man in the vicinity happened to die just about that time, and the correspondent put the two together and made quite a romance—romance is a mild term. Other people might call it a lie. But that is the Bedford county panther story. We' think now that Kerr invented the panther story himself, as he is the only one who knows all about_ it. There is about as much imagination to the square inch in the foregoing as there was the panther story. Qffica in Matson's office, Matson ljuilding, opposite the Court House.  Q C. BENSCOTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, We have worked accordingly, and reached the desired " top." And now we don't propose to have any grass grow in front of the St. Elmo Store. Clayville Pa. CpllJCtionB entrusted to him will b' dlllgS&tiy attended to and promptly paid over. TTT M. GILLESPIE, * ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, |YK. W. F. BEYER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNY8UTAWNEY, PA. Office two doors east of the Post Office.  We may still be considered in an incipient stage, but appearances so far favor the presumption that lawn mowers will be at a decidedly low ebb at the St. Elmo. This week, commencing November 9th, we propose to inaugurate what may be styled a very systematic style of doing business. We have on hand a very large stock of r)E. 8. C. ALLISON, physician and surgeon, PCNXSOTAWNET, PA. Offers his Bcrviccs to the people of Pnnxsulawney and vicinity.  1~YR. S. B. HAMILTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. ,iw„iiin2. Offers hiB services to the people of Punxsutawney and the surrounding inuntrr.  T)R. WM. ALTMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Punxsutawney and vicinity.  By this time the men say they were thoroughly frightened. The phantom led them "direct to Chewton, where, they say, it stepped before the home of a well-known citizen, and, pointing its linger at the door, disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared. This strange story is to a certain extent corroborated by another resident of that village, named Samuel Leibendorfer, a blacksmith, who says that a few uights ago he had occasion to go to his shop between 11 and 12 o'clock, when he observed about six feet from him the phantom horse and its ghastly rider, lie says blood, or something like it, was seen upon the shoulders and breast. The horse was headed direct for his neighbor's house. The whole town is busily engaged in endeayoring to solve the mystery. An old resident named Parker declares that some 20 years ago this same strange occurrence happened, and a horse and rider similar to the one described by the observers of the present mystery, rode up to his neighbor's house, and in three days afterward that neighbor was killed—having fell from his horse while going through the gate. This story ha« been given considerable credence,and many claim that the visitation is a bad omen for somebody. New Castle, Nov. 20.—Smith Connor, Joseph Wolf, Crawford Cunningham, George Ayers and John Stewart, all said to be reputable and reliable citizens of Chewton, this county, are the authors of the following narrative which they positively assert to be true. A few nights ago they were going toward Chewton in a small farm wagon, when there suddenly appeared before them a white horse. They could not see from whence it came nor could they accouut for its noiseless tread. Thinking it would get out of their road they whipped up their own horse, which had becom frightened, and sped along on a hard run, yet the white horse kept an even distance ahead of them. Mr. Cunningham, about this point of the chase, observed, he says, a headless man leading the horse, and thinking some one was endeavoring to play a joke on them, drew his revolver, and, after warning the supposed joker, he fired. This did not have any perceptible effect,and he then emptied the six remaining chambers of his revolver directly at|the mystery. It didn't disturb either horse or man in the least. Dispatches received at London statu that the Servians have become dispirited over their recent reverses. The Bulgarians, on the other hand, have been aroused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm by the example of Prince Alexander and the victories gained under his leadership, They have gradually driven back the Servian advance line, until the Bulgarians' forward line of entrenchments is within a mile of Dragoman village. In the fighting yesterday the Servian loss was 800 men killed and wounded. One of Prince Alexander's aides was killed during the brunt of yesterday's engagement.General Jovanoviteh has been tried by a court-martial and dismissed from his command for his failure to execute the order given him prior to the repulse before Slivnit/.a. A council of war is discussing the situation of affairs at the front. _ London, Nov. 20.—Oflicial admissions from Belgrade shows that a panic exists there. The siege of W iuJen has been raised, and Gen. Leschjauin, who, with his division, has been carrying on the siege, is now marching to assist King Milan. The following additional details of the lighting yesterday are given in a dispatch from Sofia: The right wing ot the Bulgarian army yesterday morning advanced from its fortified position and attacked the Servian positions between Slivnitza and Dragoman. The center column of the Bulgarian soon followed in order to support the right. The lighting then became general and the Bulgarians, not being able to drive the Servians from their entrenchments, towards 110011 the left wing of the Bulgarian army also advanced and assumed the offensive. An obstinate battle ensued lasting till (! o'clock in the evening. The Bulgarians found it no easy task to dislodge the Servians from their positions. The former fought desperately, however, and finally compelled the Servians to retreat. to Dragoman, the Bulgarians holding all the roads leading thereto. The latter took 400 prisoners, including several officers. l:p to noon today there had been no further lighting, the Bulgarians deeming it prudent not to attack at present itie Servians at Dragoman which has strong natural fortifications. A Servian official dispatch from Tzaribrod says that the Servian repulse at Slivnitza is attributed to the action of Gen. Jovanoviteh, commander of the Danube division, who made several tactical mistakes and failed to execute certain strategic movements. Four divisions of Servians have now beeh concentrated just beyond Dragoman, and will renew the attack on the Bulgarians defending Slivnit/.a tomorrow. Gen. Topatovitch, commanding the right wing of the Servian army, is entrenched within a lew hours' march of Sofia. Cahhondale, III., Nov. 22.—A sensational and fatal duel took place here last evening. For some time considerable bad blood has existed between Dr. II. Foote, the leading physician of the town, and 1$. W. Moore, a prominent lawyer. Last night they met, and. stepping up to Moore, Dr. Foote said : " You hate me, and have made threats concerning me. I dispise you. Let us have it out now." At the same timo he thrust a revolver into the lawyer's hand and retreating a few paces commenced firing from another. Moore responded quickly and soon both men fell. A bullet passed entirely through Moore's body and he cannot possibly survive. Foote's shoulder is shattered and he has a bullet in his groin, but may recover. The tragedy is the sequel to a long quarrel. Each had threatened to shoot the other on sight, and as both were plucky men the encounter was not unexpected.Steel Kails Advancing. A Teacher's Terrible Cruelty. Now in order to dispose ot almost the entire stock before the end of the season so as to make room for Spring again. We shall hang a card in our store which shall read as follows : T)R. J. SHEFFER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Having permanently located in nv° 'e' I dffer my professional services to the pie of this vicinity. Chronic diseases of women a specialty. __ — John L. Sullivan has this week signed a contract lor a bigger undertaking than any he has yet entered upon, lie has agreed with Jno. Connors, a moneyed sporting man of New York, to make a year's tour through Europe and Australia. He consents in this agreement to fight anybody and everybody iu the world as many rounds as they please and under any conditions and rules they please. This agreement takes etlect as soon as Sullivan's engagement with Lester & Allen's minstrel troupe expires, which is about the middle of February, 1886, and the champion will then leave without loss of time for Europe. Connors guarantees him a clear $ 100,000 for the trip. Sullivan says he cleared about $70,- 000 iu his tour through the United States two years ago. At San Antonio, Tex., "lie was presented with a horse worth $2,000. He was also presented with 52 dogs and so many canes that they couldn't be hauled in a tour horse wagon, lie estimates the value of these presents at $25,000. -T)R. D. G. HUBBARD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Punxsutawney, Pa. Office in residence on North t'indlny Btrcet Boston, Nov. 19.—A teacher in the Bennett school, at Somorville, Minnie Turncy, asked a boy, named Wylie, aged 'J, if ho had made a certain noise, lie said lie tlid not make it, but he said he know who did. The voluntary oiler to be a tell-tale so incencod the teacher that she put a lot of popper in the boy's mouth, making him chow it under a threat of a whipping. The boy's mouth was terribly burned and next day he took cold in the sore places and died throe days later of diptheria. The physician who gave the death certiticate testified to the. truthfulness of the case. The family will not prosecute, providing the teacher leaves Somerville. A Shower of Grasshoppers. The Ravages of Diphtheria. T-)R. CHARLES D. ERNST, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Punxsutawney, Pa. Ha& Derm linen tlv located in this ulftce, and offers Jfs profession al services to t ie clt[^n8 this ricinitv. lie may be found at all times at in the CainWll b,iU nK Gcrma„ language spoken. Member of Board of 1 elision Examiners.  "T)R. w. J. Mcknight, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Brookvili.f, Pa. Professional calls promptly responded to. And we shall hang it in a prominent place so as to attract every salesman's attention while waiting on our customers, and to remind us that bottom price and JBOTTOM PRICE ONLY | «yyyyy 'VTtfw «v«e***'0f"w,*tf* •vww'vss f)R. S. J. HUGHES, S URGEON DENTIST, l'CNXBUTAWNEY, PA. Office over Lowry's store, Mahoning street. justices of 4(k  -p|B. W. J. CHANDLER, SURGEON DENTIST, l'CNXBUTAWNEY, PA. Office in corner room, Torrenre Ulock.  Will enable us to dispose of our immense stock before the end of the season. Catawissa, Pa., Nov. 20.—John Gearhcart lives on a farm near this town, and lasi week had a hunily ot tourteen children. On Sunday diphtheria made its appearance in the family, and two girls, about nine years of aao, succumbed to the terrible disease, one in the morning and one in the evoniim. liefore theii l> uik-- wore laid al lest another child, an iulant, died, and at this time two girl.-, one lifteen years of age and the other -ix, are lying ina hopeless condition, ilieir deaths being hourly expected, and two boys were suffering with the same disease although not yet dangerously ill. Helena, Nov. 20.—At an early hour yesterday morning the citizens of Helena were aroused by what many of them first thought to be a very heavy rain storm, but, on looking out, tliev were surprised to see a clear sky filled with what appeared to be snow flukes aud not rain, that was pattering with such force against the roofs and windows and houses. Investigation proved that the air was tilled with grasshoppers. Citizens who have seen the dreaded pests sweep down and consume whole fields in Kansas, say that in numbers the visitation last night exceeds anything ever seen in that country ten-fold. They were passing from cast to west. Great numbers were disabled by hittingaguiust buildings and other obstructions, as they were flying very low, and porters and clerks had to shovel t hem from oft'the sidewalks into the street. They are the genuine Kansas grasshopper. An Indian Outbreak Expected. A Man's Head Hlown Oil'. •Attention Buyers ! TOHN T. BELL, U JUSTICE OF THli PEACE, PUNX80TAWNEY, PA. Office one door east of Shields' store. All business entrusted to hiscare will receive prompt attention, and all monies paid overto the parities immediately upon receipt thereof. Special attention given to collections, acknowledgement of deeds and taking depositions.  We are determined to have winter no longer than three months —our prices must and will rule that determination. Office in the St. Elmo Hotel. JfiRANK P. GRAF, JBE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT Ptnysctawney, Pa." T B.MORRIS, * JUSTICE OF THEJ'EACE, Yocng Township, Pa. Collections and other business promptly attended to.  TOHN G. ERNST, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, McCalmont Township, Pa. Collections made. Deeds and other legal paapers cknowledged. Ai.i.kntow\. l'v., Nov. l!'. -Jc-eph Snyder, single, aged years. vus instantly killed :il ;> uVim' v ilii- morning. Hi1 was night engines r at I ofev's slate tjuary, at Little <iaj>. l.'arbon ci)tintv, ami lu»t night lay down on tin; boiler to sleep, u.-iug u_bo\ tilled with dynamite cartridge- loV ;i ,>illow. The heat from the boih r eati-ed the cartridges to explode, wrecking the engine-house and horribly mutilating Snyder's body. His head \va>» sevet*- ed from the body. 11<' was htiW«4 a hundred feet from where the accident occurred. ST. ELMO STORE —The skeleton of a man was recently found in the Dead Uiver region of the Maine backswoods, fast in a boar trap, where he had starved to death. —The Hebrew population of New York is 50,000. — Women own aud operate nearly 1,000 farms in Iowa. London, Nov. 21!.—A dispatch from Calcutta says that 5,001} people have been drowned and 150 villages submerged iu Orissa by a cyclone and that 1,241 square miles in the Moorshedabad and lluddea districts have been devastated. WiNNii'ETr. Nov. 20.—Dispatches from Battleford say that the Southern and Nortiiern tribes of Indians are on the point of forming an alliance to, sweep the entire country from the far north to the boundary line, massacre-' ing the inhabitants and destroying their homes. From information obtained from runners who have been i among the various tribes it is predic-1 ted that the trouble may come at any moment. The Government was warned very much in the same manner of the Saskatchewan trouble, "but neglected to take precautionary measures until too late. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 22.—The strong demand lor steel rails still continues and the price has advanced steadily up to $153.50 and Several large orders have been placed within the past week, and the mills will have all they can do to get out their orders within the next six months. Restriction has certainly operated very successfully in affording a remedy for the steel rail business. This enormous demand for steel rails also indicates that the railroad business in 1880 will be excellent unless present signs fail. The car shops continue to receive large orders and the locomotive builders report that business is Improving with them very rapidly. All the railroads arc making extensions with u view to securing new business and in this way developing new territory. —The scheme of a Washington man is to establish a School of Polities, lie would supply a lot of trained candidates for public office, lie wrote to a hundred eminent men, explaining his plan, and asking if they would consider a direct offer of a position in the undertaking. A whole month has elapsed, and he is grieved to report that he has received only nine replies of any sort, not one ot which encourages him to go ahead. From Samuel J. Tildeu, William M. Evarts, John Kelly, Dornian B. Eaton, and Abrani S. liewitt he got. merely formal aeknowledgeineets, through secretaries, ot the reception of his epistle. Ninety-one gave it no attention whatever. Carl Schurz facetiously wrote : "Your invention is novel, judging by a cursory examination." Samuel .1. Randall: "1 fear that vuur scheme is rather Utopian." Ex-Uov. llaycs: "At all events, the improvement of office seekers would beau improvement of officeholders—you are right to that extent, and nobody will be apt to contradict you." Senator Mahone: "I have been much entertained by the novelty of your idea, and it is to be hoped that you will live to sec it come to something." Hut there was no indication of a wild desire to get places ih the faculty. OPPOSITE HT, ELMO HOTEL, "o o o o o o o~o O O o~o °~° ° 00 0~0 O O o OKTX-TKT Three Months wiwttbh. i .  s ' -m m v *