Punxsutawney Spirit, 1886-01-06

              MMF m UNDERWEAR AND RUDDER DOODS AT TIIK DON'T FORGET THAT Aud call around at the OPPOSITE HT. IIOTEIv. JOHN G. ERNST, JUSTICE OF THI PEACE, McCal»i'.vT Township, Pa. Collections made. Deeds and other lethal paiPer« ofaiowledged. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. THE AIR LINE RAILROAD SURE, AND THE PITTSBURGH AND NORTHEASTERN PROBABLE. 39< $t. fr«» $tort. EVERY WEDNESDAY. BUSY MARRING DOWN SPRING GOODS PCNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Office on Gilpin street, two doors north of Snieldg' furniture store. M. REWER, A TTORKE Y-A T-LA W, WIN8LOW ft CALDEKWOOD, ATTORNEYS-AT LAW, FcuziuTAWiiir, Pa. Office one door east of the Western Union Telegraph Office. Practice in the courts ol Indiana and Jefferson counties. A LEX. J. TRUITT, ~ A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W, PtTNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Opposite Spirit Building. Practice in the Courts of adjacent countios. TpDWAllD A. C ARM ALT, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA fV, Brookvillk, Pa. Office with Judge Jenks. Legal business carefully attended to. EVERY OVERCOAT AND HEAVY SOIT pONRAD & MCTNDORFF, ATTORNEYS-AT LA If, Office in Rodger's building, opposite the Clemmen 13 House. Legal business entrusted to them will receive prompt and careful attention. TENKS & CLARK, ATTORNEYS-AT LAW, Brookville, Pa. Office in Matson Rlonk, opposite tho public buildings.  TT C. CAMPBELL, * ATTORNEYS AT-LAW, Biiookville, Pa. Offica in Mateon's office, Matson building, opposite the Court House.  W M. GILLESPIE, ' A'/TORNE Y-A T LA II', Clayville Pa. Coll •ctions entrusted to him will dill- attended to and promptly paid over. TOIIN ST. CLAIR, A TTOBNE Y-A TLA IT, And Justice of the Peace, Punxsutawney, Pa. Office in Mundorff building, nearly opposite Sri KIT building. Collections made, depositions taken, and all kinds of legal business attended to. 0 c. BENSCOTER, DISTRICT A TTORNEY, RETNOLDSVILLE, I'A. Cure:a<!<>, .Ian. 2.—■( 'lias. Randolph, ex-secretary of the Hoard of Trade, who lias given tlu; subject of tricliinie careful consideration, while speaking of the recent poisoning in the Westertield family, said yesterday: Tlie hogs in which thedisease is most prevailent'are those that have been kept in pens. Now. rats are full of trichina', and as they are eaten by hogs when kept in this manner a great deal of the trouble, if not all, conies from that source, which goes to prove that western hogs that have room to roam are more free from them. There was but little heard of the disease twelve years ago in this country, although it probably existed before that and people suffered while ignorant of the cause. During' this time several doctors were called in, but could do nothing toward checking the disease. Ou Monday last another member of the family, a girl of 12 years, died, and the father now lies in a condition beyond all hope of recovery. Mr. Feldt purchased a i|uantity of this pork and had it salted down. The children, he said, had been in the habit of going to the barrel and eating of the meat, and being rather careless he had permitted them to do so, not realizing that there might be anything wrong. The house in which the Feldt family lives is wretchedly filthy, and has probably aided the trichinosis in its deadly work. Stkeatob, 111., Jan. 2.—About two weeks ago a physician was called upon to attend the family of an old German named August Feldt, the members of which seemed to bo suffering from some strange disease. The doctor ascertained that the family had eaten partly of pork purchased from a butcher in this place, and after obtaining some of it he proceeded to examine it with a microscope, finding unmistakable evidence ot trichina;. About a week later one of the children, aged 10 years, died, and the following day another child, a boy of 14 years, was taken away. The mother was then prostrated, and in a few days she too died. Before March 1, '86. Christmas in the White House. Killing Mad Hog. Grosvenor was liv this time in a state bordering on insanity, lie luul not expected anything of this kind, and, though engaged to the other, still loved Miss Hill, His warmest friends pleaded with him for postponement, and also pleaded with Miss Hill, hut her response was: "I have compromised myself so far, and 1 can go no further. It is now or never." Two ministers refused to perform the ceremony, but finally Mr. Lunar, who knew nothing of the facts, united them in matrimony. Memphis, Texx., Jan. 1.—This morning Memphis was startled by the announcement of the marriage of Charles N. Grosvenor, of the Arm of Overton & Grosveuor, and Miss Olivia 1'. Hill, daughter ot the leading cotton man of Memphis, and recently President of the Cotton Exchange, Grosvenor and Miss Ilill have been in love with each other for four or five years. Her parents, however, objected to the match, and she refused to marry him. About three months ago ho pressed his suit, and was forbidden the house. Several weeks ago a young society belle of Louisville, Ky., came to Memphis to visit Grosvenor's sister, and she and Grosvenor formed an attachment for each other which resulted in a matrimonial engagement. The marriage was set for the day after tomorrow, in Louisville,- Ky. Several Memphis ladies had left for Louisville to attend the wedding, and presents valued at $2,000, had bee sent to the bride from this place. Last Sunday Miss Hill telephoned Grosvenor to come and see her. He refused and said he could not sec ltei until lie came back from Louisville with his bride. Yesterday he received two letters from her, and he was weak enough to call upon her. Shi then confessed that she had loved hin all the time, in spile of the objectioi of her relatives, and said »ho was des perate. "If you marry that woman,' she said, "I don't know what I wil do; I may commit suicide; life wil not be worth living." Last nighi they met at the house of James C Hell, a mutual acquaintance. Gros venor and his friends begged her ti give liim three days in which to ex plain the case to the Louisville lady "Now or never" said the determine) young lady. T)R. W. F. BE 1ER. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PlTNYSUTAWNEY, PA. Office two doors east of the Post Ofllce.  Shoes and Hats "T)K. \VM. ALTAIAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNKY, PA. OflerB bin professional services to the citizens Funxsutuwuey and vicinity.  S. S. HAMILTON, I PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, FDNXSCTAWNEY, PA. Office in dwelling. Offers his services to the )eoi»iu of Punxsutawncy and the surrounding ountry.  nit. S. C. ALLISON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, FCNXSUTAWNEY, FA. Offers his services to the people of I'unxautawney and vicinity.  A lady of this city who has been confined to her home for over a year by an injury was so much pleased with that portion of the President's message that she penned him a little note, thanking him for the beautiful tribute to women and home. She had almost forgotten having writen it, when a mounted messenger rode up to her house and left a large brow u envelope addressed to her. The package proved to contain a beautifully bound copy of the President's message upon the fly leaf of "/hieh was inscribed "Complements of Urover Cleveland." The President gave each of the clerks and servants the usual presents and received a number of packages by express himself. Somebody sent .\iiss Cleveland a beautiful bound copy of the President's message, and she also received a copy of some resolutions from a woman's club in Iowa thanking her for the sentiment-; on the Mormon i|iiestion which she is supposed to have inserted in that document.V~)R. D. G. IIUBBARD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Punxsutawney, Pa. V)ffice in residence on North Findlay street TAR. J. SIIEFFER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ! FCNXSUTAWNEY, PA. 1 Having permanently located in Govode, Pa., k offer my professional services to the people of this vicinity. Chronic diseases of women . specialty.  EVERYTHING MARKED WAY DOWN Port Jkuvis. Dec. iJO.-Last suuimer a mad dog run through the township of Coloville, in Sussex county. X. biting a number of (logs, cattle, slu e)!, and hogs. All the dogs known to have been bitten were killed or chained up to await further developments. A close watch was kept, on the injured cattle. A few days afterward two calves showed every evideuse of rabies, and after one. hailjdied the other was killed to put it out of misery. Among the bitien animals was a hog belonging to Thomas Ili'oss. the hog was kept eonlieud for several weeks, but as it did not develop any signs of hydrophobia it was allowed to rejoin the other hogs. Last Friday Mr. Hross noticed that the hog refused its food, lie again placed it in confinement. The next day it was frothing at the mouth, and occasionally had convulsions. It also tried to bite everything that approached it, and chawed its trough to pieces. Mr. Bross kept the hog a day longer, and being satisfied that the hog had hydrophobia, he killed it. A Smuggler's Sfory. The farmers arc wondering if anything; serious would have happened if the hog had been slaughtered a few days before the disease .exhibited itself and the meat had been eaten. ST. ELMO STORE —A singular sort of manure for potato fields has been introduced on a l'omeraniau model farm. Hitherto herringsand potatoes have been know u as a palatable dish in family households. Themanage# of the farm in question has bit upon the idea of blending them from the start, by planting his seed potatoes with a herring in every heap, and with so decided a success as to cause him to increase the area thus planted from twenty acres last year to sixty in the present one. The expense he calculates at nine marks per acre, which is cheaper then than the cost of any other kind of manure, and amply repays the outlay. Ofeourse it can onlybeemploved near the sea coast •\R. CHARLES D. ERNST, ~ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. us permanently located in this place, and of. Js his professional services to the citizens of m s vicinitv. lie may be found at all times at office in the Campbell bmldiiie. German iV, lguage spoken. Member of Board of 1 enpion m,  Sr, w. 'J. McJiNtGTlT, L PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Bhookvili.p, Pa. I rofesslonal calls promptly responded to. V)I{. S. J. HUGHES, SURGEON DENTIST, l'UNXSUTAWNEY, PA. \ Office over North, Miller & Pantall's Grocery tore, Johnston Building;, cor. MuhoniKg and .indiey streets.  "YR. W. J. CHANDLER, SURGEON DENTIST, I'UNXSUTAWNHY, T.XV. f'. Ofiice in corner room, Torrcnce l'.lock.  justices of tMMife. Portland, Obeoon, Dec. 30,—An Italian boatman, acompaniedby seven Chinamen, left Victory last summer for the American side of the strait ol Fuca, when almost across the straits the Italian observed the United States cutter Oliver Wolcott coming toward him, the evident intention of the officers of the vessel being to examing the contents of his craft. He became alarmed, and to avoid the penalties attaching to the oH'encc of smuggling Chinese into the United States, resolved to make away with the evidence of his guilt, lie called the Chinamen out of the cabin one by one and as each man came on deck the Italian, struck him on the head with a club and then pitched the body overboard. In this way he got rid of the whole number, and when officers from the cutter boarded his boat no evidence watevcr of a criminating nature was found. The story is told by a recent h convicted smuggler,who is now n prisoner in the United States PoMitentiary.toiin t. bell, ' JUSTIQF. Of TH&TKACE, PtrxxscTAWNKr, Pa. , ,«i .... nn(>, door etist ot Shields' store. All iisincss Oil trusted to his oaro will receive prompt ittention, and all monies paid over to the Pities mmediutely upon receipt thereof. Special atentlon Riven to collections, acknowledgement -f deeds and taking depositions.  An Eastern pajjcriiolo* some. etirlonts facts in connection with tin' history ot horned rattle In this country. Columbus brought the first heail on hi- _ second trip in 1493, Other Spanish navigators brought small herds from which the wild cattle of the West and South America descended. In i | the Portuguese took cattle and hogs I to New Foundlaud and Nova Scotia. ' The Canadian cattle were introduced in 1(508. In- 1020 Virginia had 500 head of cattle. The moM stringent laws were passed ptohibiting killing of any domestic animal. In New English cattle were introduced in 1<>24. 1 It is said that for a time price was ieg* i u I a ted by color, a red calfbeing<:larj»» per than a black one because it wn* more likely to be mistaken by tiie .wolves for a deer and killed. B. MOBRIS, * JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE, Yocno Township, Pa. Collections and other business promptly at- St. Elmo Store, —A young man in B.ilh, Me., recently called on a lady and slaved so laic that the indignant mothc* called a policciniui and had I he vi.ior went to the lockup. lie was released the next pay on agreeing to leave (own, and the people of Bath justify the.punishment, on the gcoun 1 that an •'example" is needed. The city of Tepic, the capital of a new territory in Mexico, has lfi.OOO inhabitants and not a le.'v, >paper. The Mobly party is backed bv the 3altimore & Ohio aud Hie Rochester & Pittsburgh. Maj. Mobly is at present in New York and lias interested Walston II. Brown, of the banking firm of Brown, Howard & Co., in the enterprise. Mr. Brown, with the Baltimore & Ohio, is actively exerting himself. This faction hope to gain Mr. John S. Ferguson to their views, and in that event the tight will be very even, aud it will be a question which will gain at the election, whiyli must come on tU<? ISUit The ColillOM party light ill the interest of the Pennsylvania. It is their aim to keop the capital stock down and in a quiet Way secure control of the line, keep the Pittsburgh & Northeastern where it is, checkmate the Rochester & Pittsburgh and give the the Baltimore & Ohio a heavy ship, tt will also strengthen itself by keeping out of Pittsburgh the Last and West Air Line, which is now only 100 miles away from Punxsutawney aud over which the Baltimore Sc Ohio would move its noted fast freight, the tilobe Line. The action of the Pennsylvania, if this move is successful' will also keep the R. & P.from connecting at Johnstonburg .Junction with the New York, l./ke Erie .te Western The gentleman who ,fave the above information conceruitig one of the bitterest fights ever waged between two large railroad corporations is one of the engineers who is largely interested in the road. lie thinks there is but little doubt but that an entirely new set of officers will be elected at the adjourned meeting, and it is more than likely that Col. Jackson will be elected President. Maj. Schwaneky, who has been one of the main promoters of the enterprise, has built over 1,200 miles of railroad, lie has been Chief Engineer of the Vandal ia line, the Pittsburgh & Western aud the junction roads, lie now has charge ot the Air Line. Tlie consequence of tlie fight is thai tie directors and stockholders of the 'jttsburgli & Northeastern are divided. One faction desires to build he road, the other wants it to remain as it is. The tirst drawn battle took place last week when a full meeting of the stockholders was held in Pittsburgh to vote on the proposition of increasing the capital stock from #1,- 500,000 to $3,000,000 and issuing bonds for the entire amount. No vote was reached and the meeting adjourned till the 12th of this month. The faction in favor of building the road is under the leadership of Maj. W. C. Mobley. The stock held by these directors is : U.K. Sch wanecky, Pittsburgh, 750shares; W.C. Mobley, Parkers, 10 shares; K. II. Neeld, Upper St. Clair township, 10 shares ; K. C. Patterson, Pittsburgh, 10 shares: Sheriff Montgomery, South Bend, hid. 10 shares; Col. Jackson, ex-Uevenuc Collector, Apollo, 10 shares; and Geo, \V. McClain, 50 shares. The directors opposed to increasing the stocl are J. II. Couriers, 1,920 shares: Join S. Ferguson, 1,900 shares; Adolpl Kberhart, 1,000 shares; James Herron 50 shares, and M. F. Herron, ;>< shares. Commercial Gazette. The Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads have crossed swords in Pittsburgh and as bitter a fight is being waged between them here as occurred at Philadelphia. The Baltimore & Ohio is fighting for a more direct Western freight route and the Pennsylvania means to keep out one rival and hold the other where it is. Beside the Baltimore & Ohio the Pennsylvania has to fight the Rochester & Pittsburg. The battle is being waged over the projected Pittsburgh & Northeastern railroad. It is not in courts, but by arraying the directors against each other. The road, which is as yet only 011 paper, was known as the Turtle Crcelc line and is to run from Punxsntawney to llrinton station, on the Pennsylvania railroad, a distance of eighty-two miles, at an estimated cost of H<',000 per mile. The Pittsburgh and Rochester ends at Punxsutawnev, and lor years has been trying to reach this city In a line of its own. Failing in this it lias used the Allegheny Vally road up to a short time. Th« Pennsylvania, however, ordered the Allegheny Valley to carry no j more freight for this line, and since then the Hochestcr & Pittsburgh lias been shut out. It immediately went to work to secure the control of the proposed Pittsburgh & Northeastern. Finding itself unable to do so unaided it joined forces with the Baltimore & Ohio, who are seeking a quicker route for their last freight. This gives it to them, by over sixty miles difference, and will also be aide to make connection with the East & West Air Line which will enter 1'unxsutawney from I)es Moines, la., bridging the Mississippi, then running through to Columbus, and from there up through Butler county to this terminus. All these aims the Pennsylvania wants to defeat. This is a specimen of orthography iu a letter received from an applicant lor office in Boston : ''I hop the Bonl will bee kiii'ler ntt' to xkuze i«i-- Kteuk-s.'' — Sportsmen in Africa have many remarkable and thrilling experiences. Klcphant>, buffaloes and rhinoceroses arc fond ot' charging llic enmy, and now and then a hunter is badly hurt or killed outright. The African elephant is far more dangerous than the Indian species, as its brain cannot be reached by the forehead shot, and tlv hunter is seldom able to kill the I n ii zied animal when it is charging him. I Elephant* are regarded as the nn si formidable animal with which sports| men have to contend in Africa. I5nt- Ifalocsare very dangerous and deter! mined, but they are not so formidable as either the elcphaut <«" J-"- black rhinoceros. Ottce in the St. Klmo Uotel. riRANK P. GRAF, rRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT Pt'NYglTTAWNIT, Pa. 4. mm Poisoned With Pork. NO. 30. Couldn't Stand the Prensnre. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., "WEDNESDAY, JAN. 0. 1886. VOL. xm. boundto have more railroads. ■- m ft To Hake Room for IN STOCK