Punxsutawney Spirit, 1886-04-21

              • •"' V: , lw:" w W' To Wbra It Mmy Cfeaeera. NO. 45. With Hte Heck Broken. PTJNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1886. VOL. xni. BY C. 0. U'OAfM. THE ST. ELMO STORE i'U>\hitawm;v. l»Wt. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. TITINSLOW * CALDEBWOOD " A TTORXE TS-A T-LAW, PUKMCTAWKIT, PA. Office one iloor east of the Westcrn Union Tel•grapb Office. Practice in the courts ot Indian* anil Jefferson counties. p M.BBEWEB, ATTOItXEY-A T-LA W, PrNXSCTAWSKY, PA. Office on Gilpin street, two doors north of Shields' furniture store.  A LEX. J. TRUITT, A TTORNE r-A T-LA IT, PCNXStTAWNEY, PA. Opposite SnitiT Building. Practice in the Courts of adjacent counties.  ■PDWAliD A. CAUMALT, A TTORNE T-A T-LA II', • IiUOOKVlLLK, PA Office with .Judge Jenks. Legal business carefully attended to.  flONRAD & MLTNDORFF, A TTORNE TS-A T LA II', Office in Rodger's building, opposite the Clemments House. Legal Bmess entrusted to Uiom jrill receive prompt and careful attention.  TENKS & CLARK, " attorneys at law, Brookvillk, Pa. Office in Matson Rlock, opposite tlic public buildings. - — TOHN ST. CLAIR, A TTORNE T A T- LA II", And Justice of the Peace, Panxsutawney, Pa. Office in Mnndorff building, nearly opposite SPIRIT building. Collections made, depositions taken, and all kinds of legal business attended to. XT C. CAMPBELL. • J, TTORNETS A T-LA ll\ Bhookville, Pa. Offica in Matron's office, Matson building, opposite the Court House.  TXT M. GILLESPIE, A TTOltNE T-A T-LA II. CLAYVILLK FA. OolliCtions entrusted to him will b- diligently attended to and promptly paid over. Q C. BENSCOTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, RKYNOLnSVlLLE. PA. Leading Bazaar in the County! Latest Styles, Largest Stock, Lowest Prices. rvR. g. S. HAMILTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PlJNXBCTAWNEY, FA. Office in dwelling. Offers his services to the people of Punxsutawney and the surrounding oountry.  r\E. VVM. ALTMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Punxsutawney and vicinity.  3*fhj5tciAlt5. T)K. W. F. BEYER. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNYSUTAWNEY, PA. i fl f t two doors ea»st of the l'ont Ollice. P)R, 8. C. ALLISON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNXSCTAWNIY, PA. Offers his services to the people of Punxsntallrhey and vicinity.  T)K. J. 8HEFFEK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PUNX81TAWX*T, PA. Having permanently located in Covede, Pa.. I dffer my professional service* to the peopicrof this vicinity. Chrobic disease! of women anecialty.  T\R. D. G. HUBBARD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PcrMMWAWwr, PA. (Mice in residence on North Plndlar street T\R. CHARLES D. ERNST, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, FC*MCTAW*«T, PAhk office in the Campbell building. German language spoken. Member of Board of Pension r)R. w. J. Mcknight, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, BBOOKTOI#. PA. Profeuional calls promptly responded to. T)R. S. J. HUGHES, * SURGEON DENTIST, FtWMWAWMT, PA. Mm OTer Worth, Miller * PantaU's Grocery Mat. Johniton Building! eor. Xahonimg u>d nQSTey •troete.  "DR. W. J. CHANDLER, SURGEON DENTIST, momunn, ta. CUBee in corner room, Torrenoe Block.  TOHN T.BELL, JUSTICE or tbepeace, PUIXirtAWHIT, *A' Hnnr dftftt of 8kteld»* MON. All ratrurtSd to fata caro will woelw prompt itel* noon receipttkereof. special »*- given to collection*, acknowledgement *u4 taking (iepoeitiom T B. MORRIS, * JUSTICE OF TEE PEACE, ■ Tocxe Towvuor, FA. Oflycthun ud otter Mmc* pnmpOr at- .TOHN G. ERNST, "■*» SSiifSL.^ PimMmI Cleveland U Marryr [Albany Journal.] I While in Buffalo with the investigation | committee Chairman Piatt wan shown aletter from Mrs. Folsom, in which shere ferred to the approaching marriage of her daughter to President Cleveland. Mrs. Folsom'and her daughter are sojourning in Italy at present. It is rumored in Buffalo that the Folsonw were in reduced circumstances, when President Cleveland, with commendable generosity, offered to defray the expenees of the trip on the Continent which ilrs. Folsom and her daughter are now enjoying. Mrs Folsom's letter was addressed to her council, who is alleged to be the Hon. Henry W. Box, a prominent lawyer of ISiitfalo. The inference drawn by those who have seen Hie letter is that the great nuptual event will occur when Miss Folsom returns from Europe, which will probably lie about the time when the President will take his summer vacation. IIIn ConrliiiiHii'H Ili'iul IMuielurvil. Shut by a l'rlcnl. An incision was made in the bock of his neck and down his back eight itiohes from the base of the skull, and the vertebra' were exposed. If was found that splinters of the vertebra; and other pieces of bone hn<i been crushed iuto the spinal column, killing the nerves and checking circulation of the blood, producing paralysis. It was hoped by the surgeons that the portion of the spinal column which had become dead could be taken out, and the two live ends of the column* joined together. These were taken out and the parts were thoroughly cleaned. It was then found that the distance, four and a half inches, was too great to bring the severed ends of the spinal column together. The incision was sewed up and the patient recovered from the operation. Dr. Morris saying that though the desired results had not been obtained, yet the life of Spencer would be prolonged and attended with less pain. The young man lived another year, but never during that time moved a liifob His case was a wonder to many medical men. On Wednesday night he died. He was thirty-one years old. Ho retained his mental faculties until the last. [ N*w Fork, April 16.—Frank Spencer, a yonng man living at Elizabeth, while exercising in a gymnasium in April, 1883, fell from a horizontal bar. He was carried home unconscious. The doctors who were summoned said that he had broken his neck, and tbat he could not live an hour. After four days, however, consciousness returned, but he could not move a muscle below hiB head- He lingered in this condition for two years, and then Dr. Morris, of Belleview Hospital, and other New York surgeons performed an operation intended to make life less a burden for the young man. I'nliil Fright Fukkpoht, L. I., April lti—Dr. Thomas S. Taylor, a wealthy resident ot'Merrick, who cauie hero some years agi> from Texas, jesterday shot and killed his coachraau, Thaddeus Glitman. * The Duct or had a great reputation as a marksman, and yestere.ay afternoon Gritman, who had often done the same tiling before, placed half a dozen bottles on his he&d, which were in quick succession knocked oft by shots from his employer's revolver at 50 paces. The supply ot bottles falling short, aud the Doctor having one chamber of bin revolver still unloaded, told Gritman to place a tomato can on his head. This lie did, and the Doctor tired, but just as he pulled the trigger Gritman slightly raised his head, aud the bullet entered his brain. Those who are acquainted with Taylor's previous history say that an atFair of a similar nature was the cause of his leaving Texas. Clothing ! Furnishing Goods! Shoes! Elizabethtowx, Ky., April lii.—A peculiarly sad case of homicide and suicide, in which two children were the victims, is reported from West Point, this county. It is stated that while two little sous of John Leach, a|railroad section boss at that pi ace, were out alone, the eldest boy 11 years of age, shot his brother, years old, with a pistol, iutlicting a mortal wound. He then rau aud jumped into the river and was drowned. Whether the shooting was accidental or not cannot be ascertained, but the supposition is that it was, and that the boy who did it became frantic with fright when he saw he had killed his little brother, aud jumped into the river. Ice I Madrid, April 18.—At 10.30 o'clock this morning, while the Bishop of Madrid was ascending the steps leading to the entrance of the Cathedral, he was shot with a revolver by a priest standing at the top of the steps, the ball entering his abdomen. This was followad by another shot which wounded the Bishop in the side, whereupon the wounded man fell on the steps. The priest then descended the steps aud fired still an other shot, which took etl'ect in the B: shops thigh. The Bishop was borne in an uuconscious condition to a private chamber in the Cathedral, where the last sacraments for the dying were administered to him. The priest was arrested.Being Palm Sunday, the Cathedral was more than usually crowded by worshippers, and when the fearful work of the priest was realized a furious mob followed the carriage in which he was conveyed to prison by gendarmes, whose presence alone prevented his being lynched. The motive for the crime was revenge The Bishop is still alive. The priest made an attempt to commit suicide. The man who fired the shot was recently dismissed from the priesthood and had fruitlessly applied to the Bishop to be reinstated. Queen Christina has inquired ss to the Bishop's condition. The Pope has telegraphed his blessing. With » Butcher Knife. Montreal, April 17.—An ice shove in the river produced disastrous effects along the south shore. For several miles above Victoria bridge the ice has forced itself upon the shore in huge mounds, and in many places completely filled the highway with barriers of solid ice averaging thirty feet in height, and in some places reaching a height of 70 feet or more. The ice came rushing inshore with extraordinary foroe, ornshlng to the ground huge trees, and the waters, finding no outlet, flooded many adjacent farms. It is feared that the lower part of the city will be flooded. MISCELLANEOUS. —A Nebraska 6hylock recently took a chattle mortgague on a well. —Thd total output of logs in the Michigan pineries last winter is estimated at 495,000,000 feet. —Prof. Michael Eugene Chevreul, of the celebrated Gobelins works, Paris wili soon reach his 100th year. —The ru fuse water of the paper mills is saved in England, and the waste fiber is remanufactured by the use of alum cake. for a year past. Yesterday Adams was seised with a fit of despondency at his condition, and about 8 o'clock in the evening asked his wife for the butoher knife, saying be wished to use it. She gave it to to him, and, in her presence, drew it across her throat, entting a terrible gash. The unfortunate man died at 5 o'olock this morning. Adams was forty.five yean of age and lived on a small place owned by A. J. Edmnnston. His wife is in an Impoverished condition. r Steubenville, April 16.—Israel Adams, a poor fanner living on a small place near Collier's station, seven miles east of this oity, committed suicide last night by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a butcher knife. Adams for some time past has been afflicted with dropsy and a complication of diseases, and has been unable to work. His wife is almost blind, and, being without children, the eonple have been in very straightened circumstances Whereat, Mr. Thomas W. Price, of Philadelphia, in his acrimonious controversy with the Board of Church Exteusion, bw called in questiou the troth of my dispatch to the Infidel Convention held at Wafckini, New York, in 1882; and, Whereat, The said Thomas W. i'rice paid the Baltimore "Sun" the earn of twenty dollars to publish an article charging me with sending it dispatch winch I knew to be false at the time 1 sent it; and, Whereat, The said Thomas W. Price has denounced as "false and blasphemous" the song "We're building two a day," writien by A. J. Hough, of Vermont, and published by A. J. Kynett in bis "Uhureli Extension Song Service," and sung by myself all over tlio Republic; and, Tiikhkkikk, I wiiili to make known to all whom it may concern, the lollowing tacts: ltk< (Ik, The mm id Baltimore "Sur." refuses to publish my reply unless J will pay the Mill! of twenty dollars; anil, ff'/u r ax, Saul arI icle has been published far anil wide hy oiher papers throughout the nation: In the summer of 1882, in a convention of Iutidels held at Walking, N Y., one of their most, noted speakers cried out: "The churches arc dying out a'l over the land. They are struck with death. They will soon be dead." When I read that report in the New York "Sun," I ste[>ped into a telegraph olllce and sent the following dispatch: To the President of the Freethinker'* Convention, \\ atkin-. N. Y.: "All hail the power of Jesus' name!" We are building more than one Methodist church for every day in t m year, and propose to make in two a da\! (Signed) C. C. Mc'Cal'.i:. The answer was as fellows: I.et lit* hear less about the name of .Icm;h ami mere about hi- works. Build your chui'Cheri and pay the taxes on them like iioncM uien. HuiM them better, for we will need tiiein b> and by as tie- Unlit of science, liberty, and' humanity advance and we don't went in pay too much for repair*. signed) " T. It. Waki.man. They will hear more of that blessed inline as time rolls on, for "at the limine of Jesus every knee shall bow." Mr. Wakeinan did not tell us when, iu the history of the world, " science, liberty and humanity" have fid Id nod in the wake of Infidelity. And as tor taxes, ho did not otter to see to it thai part ol' the enormous tax bill run up by the devil upon the Christian people ot this country H> suppress the crimo and relieve the poverty caused by the rum irattic, and to build piisons, poor-houses, and asylums mada necessary by it, should be returned to ua so that we might paj taxes on our churches. The song, ••We're builuidg two a day," was written shortly after the dispatch wag sent. It differed from the dispatch, but understanding the pronoun "We" to refer to the whole Meihoiiist Episcopal Church, and counting in the new churches which replaced the old ones, 1 saw that song was most gloriously true and,t herefore, allowed: it to pass unchallenged. Lgt us hope that Rev. William A. Spenoer, my worthy successor, may sing it till its prophecy of three a day shall be fulfilled. Iu demonstration of the truth of liofh dispatch and gong, I make the following statement, for the truth of which I appaft to the General Minutes «f the Churol published by Phillips & Hunt, New York 8TATBMKNT. The Methodist. people connected with the Methodic Episcopal Church have built one church for all the mornings of all the days—including eleven hundred and fortyfour Sabbaths of twenty-two year*—oouaf- oouafiug from January 1st, 1864, to January 1st, 1886. Aud they have built also a new churok for all the evenings of all the days of stk years and seventy-seven days of theMs twenty-two yean. And if the new churches which have bee* replaced by old ones were counted, it Jk the opinion of thoughtful men that ttja song "We're building two a day" baa becm true fer ten yean, i unload of five yeagl. The Church never saw each successful years as we have just been pasing thorn. Look at these wonderful faota and rejoiM. In twenty-two years the number at churches has increased from 9,430 to 1ft-628; the number of mem ben from 996,301 to 1, 890,309. The missionary oolleotlon has gone q» fronj $391,000 to $826,000, and the pro»- pect is very bright for a "Million for missions." The Methodist Episcopal Churoh is giving |750,000 more per anuom for the connectional work than she was giving twenty-two yean ago, or an increase of over |2,000 per day for er«tj day in the year. "Hammer away, ye hostile band*; Tour hammer* break, Ood"» aartl atand* Y * Sing on, tb«n, O ye Methodist people I " A Dew cboich greet* the moraine flame, Aaother e veatng'a ray All bailithe power o( Jeau*' aaaael We're building two a day I" Meanwhile we are reminded of the oqai of arms of the Huguenot* of Fraaee, wblok represents an anvil standing unharmed, while broken hammers lie all around ft, and underneath thia inaciption: —In the eontheaat part of Thibet la i# region marked on some maps aa "The Country of Robber* and Wild Tribes." Ha ■ explorer, white or Indian, hae ersr penetrated their country. The laat to try It - was the now fameoa Indiana tnnlw, A— K, who bad to turn back three yean age from the threshold of thn dreaded Mtahaa I country. Tbe Ifishmia are stUl uttattifc —The base ball players an blow lag their fingers and slipping around in the mnd, pretending it is summer. But I hey don't aronae much enthusiasm yet and won't till tbe spectators oan 4» without their heavy overcoats. —The fonnieet man In Bernftn'i circa* this yeer is • oommedian, who mn the attire of a back ooantry farmer, and who wanders around the show looking at tha ▼arlona acta with bnoolio and aobnrhan into reat. Ha haa a hnmorona mng. Hia month ia perpetually open to ita fnllaat extant, hia head hang forward, and hia eyes bulging from their eoekets. Ha wean a atove-pipe hat of tha rintege of 1830, a long-tailed froek-eoet, tight trousers, and nuty boots. He eomea into the circus like any other rial tor, and than nadargoea aae riea of atartling miahapa. He enrriaefonr bnndlea loosely tied up in a newspaper, a carpet gripaaek and a green ootton umbrella. Every poaalble aoeidant befel him. The chariota ran into him, he waa perpetaally being knocked over by the other elowna, horaae ran him down and ha fall over ring*, chain, and otyeeta of all aorta perpetually, bat the mile never left hia faoe, and hia good nature aeemed abeolnte. —.John Mussey of portland Me., who graduated at Bowdoin College in 1809 —77 years ago—1b the oldest surviving graduate. He is now 96 years of age, and in excellent health. —The following formula for preparing a tonic to prevent the falling out of the hair is highly recommended by a well-known chemist: Quinine sulphate, 20 grains; glycerine, 1 fluid ounce; cologne, 2 fluid ounces; bay ram, 2 fluid ounce*: rose water, 11 fluid ounces. Rub the quinine with the glycerine, and add the other ingredients in order nsmed. The addition of fluid extracts of jaborandi ft recommended to stimulate the growth. —The Hoffinan House, New York, is about getting out a catalogue that will cost $20,000. The ink used cost (30 a pouud. The catalogue will contain 68 pages. —At a hanging in Texas last week friends of the deceased took np a collection to defray the expenses of a high-toned burial. —The stationers elected 15 out of 45 candidates in London as pensioners. Seven were over 70 years of age and one 89 years. —At Hammontnn. N. J., there is an incubating establishment at which 6,000 eggs can be artificially hatched at one time. —A Kentucky woman sues for divorce because she has just discovered her husband has one sixteenth colored blood. —A New Meiieo obituary closes with the words : "Her tired »pirit was released from the pain-racked l««iy and aoatei aloft to eternal reat in the realms of celestial glory at 4::iD, Denver t|iu«. - i- ' «, i.. tuam »• Timn * ifecount hMtlal Hatopi CeMta r>m We £t. §tm$ $Utt. mm e; ■HM w ii" ii "Wife friV fFiEWBSittrotic mm ,» ■: y h 5 •* 'i '<■' n SHbb