Evening Gazette

              %Unm$ VOLUMB I., NUMBER 154 / Weekly Established 1860 { PITTSTON. PA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1882. J PRICE TWO CKNT» | $4.60 Per Annum. THE MISPLACED SWITCH. tween tlie colored pugilists, Morris Grant and " Professor" Hadley, of Bridgeport, Conn. Grant was knocked out in the first round. A row ensued, iu the course of which Charles Cooler, Grant's trainer, drew a revolver and threatened to shoot Hadley. STORY OP A DIAMOND RING. America has caused the Hungarian Govemment to request Austria to stop emigrants not provided with passports. "AWAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE." thimnosc lying in this direction think the paragraph in question in very bad taste, just as Ananias no doubt thought the Apostle a rery A Renl Lavt Roinnnce Wrought to Ulkl Haw the Popular Old all nut eel 8o»| Wni by * Jewel. Written. unmannerly man. AN ENGINEER'S SHOCKING DEATH A few weeks ago the many friends of Mr. CJeorge Hopkins, the popular detective ol the city force, might have seen, sparkling on the little fiuger on the left hand of that gentleman, a handsome solitaire diamond ring. Detectives do rot often wear sncb diamonds, and the uhuaI plainness of Mr. Hopkins' dress made it evident that there was a history to that ring. Once the detective remarked :—"There is a story to that ring"—and then he stopped. With his usual reticence he refnsed to say nnothei word upon the pubject. Yesterday, however, a reporter lounged by chance into the office of Charplot's Hotel. A yoiinp women and a little child were arranging their wraps, evidently prepared for a railroad journey, »nd waiting, it would seem, for their male escort, who was settling his bill at the desk. On the forefinger of the right hand of the lady gleafned the peculiar serpentine ring which had erstwhile sparkled on the finger Of the detective. The reporter inquired her name and history and learned the story of her life in Denver and the detective's work in tho case. It was a simple little love story, but it served to illustrate the r«wnrd which always attends patient and nutiring love in a manner seldom met with in the prosiac walks of life. Six months ago the lady came to Denver with h r little three-year-old child. She had been dese\ ted by a worthless husband, now living somewhere in Arizona, and left to flo;ht the buttle of life alone. For several months she stopped at Char, polt's Hotel, for part of the time as day boarder only, and again as a guest of the bouei'. She occupied herself in legitimate pnrmvts aud was generally esteemed and admired. An ex-hotel clerk of the largest hotel in Denver was one of hy admirers, but he rccn'vcd but little consideration. The lady dvessed in black and p issed as a young widow. In Denver she lived under an assumed name. She had married the man who had no heartlessly deserted her against the wishes of her parents, and it was for this reason that she wished to hide her identity and her name. She wonld not let her people know the result of her miserable marriage. Meanwhile she still had a friend, who had been her constant admirer since her girlhood. Rejected for the worthless suitor, he still cherished her memory, and was resolved to find her and win her for his own. One day the Chief of Folioe here received a letter from this long-suffering suitor. The letter was dated at St. Louis. In it the writer descrihed the woman, and said he had reason to think she was in Denver. She might be living under an assumed name. The case was put into the bkndft of Detective Hopkins for investigation, and by means of a telegram, which was called for at the Western Union office by her in person, she was traced to the hotel first named. An interview followed, ending in a stormy scene. The lady reproached the detective for following her np, and declared she would hav« nothing to do with her present suitor. It was on a Saturday night in 18.rD0, while Dan Emmett was a member of Bryant's Minstrels, then located in Mechanic's Hall, New York, that Dan Bryant came to Emmett and said : " Dan, can't yon get up a ' walk around,' something new and lively, for next Monday night ?" At that date all minstrel shows used to wind up with a " walk aronnd," the demand for new ones being constant, and Emmett was the composer of all used by Bryant's band. Dan, of course, went to work, but he had done so much in that line that nothing which satisfied him presented itself at first. He at length hit on the first two bars, awl any composer cau tell how good a start that is in the manufacture of a tune. By Sunday afternoon he had the works commencing " I wish I was in Dixie." This colloquial expression was not, as most people imagine, a Southern phrase, but first appeared among the circus people of the North. Dan had travelled with many circuses when " thr South" was considered by showmen at routes lying below Mason aud Dixon's line. In the early fall, when nippiug frosts would overtake the tented wanderers, the boys would think of the genial warmth of the section they were heading for, and the com mon exprcssiou would be, " Well, I wish 1 was in Dixie." This gave the catchline, an.C the balance of the song was original. Ou Monday morning it was rehearsed and highly commended, and at night a crowded house caught up the refrain, and half of them went home singing " Dixie." The song soon became the rage, and W. W. Newcomb, Buokley's Minstrels and others gave Dan $5 each for the privilege of using it. A Mr. Werling, music publisher, of New Orleans, wrote to Emmett to secure the copyright, but without waiting for a reply published it with other words by a Mr. Peters. Pond, of New York, secured it from Emmett for $600, but Werling sold thousands of Lis edition without giving its composer a nickel. Not only was he robbed of the profits, but the authorship was disputed, William B. Hays, of Louisville, claiming it as his owa. Pond brought the matter before a music publishers convention in New York aud settled the question of authorship, but Dan reaped no benefit from this tartly justice. Dan also got into trouble about his soiitf during the war. It was considered n rebel song, and a sapient Maine editor editorially declared Dan a " secesh " and that he siiou! I be treated as strch, although "Dixie" actually appealtwo years before the commencement of the rebellion, nor, as originally written, was there a line which could be charged with any political bearing. The crowning popularity of this well known ditty was secured in the spring of 1801, when Mrs. John Wood played an engagement at the New Orleans Varieties. " Pocahontas " was the attraction, and in the last scene a zouave march was introduced. At rehearsal Carlo Patti, who was the lender of the orchestra, was at a loss what air to appropriate; trying several, he finally hit on " Dixie," which as he played, Tom Mc- Donough, the stage manager, shouted, "That will do." Mrs. John Wood, Dully Davenport, Leffingwell, Mark Smith aud John Owen were delighted. The night came, the zouaves marched on, led by Susan Denin, all singing " I wish 1 was in Dixie." The audience became wild with delight and seven encores were insisted upon. Soon after, ward the war broka out, the Washington artillery had "Dixie" arranged for a " quickstep," the streets, the saloons, the parlors rang with " Dixie," aud it became to the South what the "Marseillaise" i" to France, and the author and composer of " Dixie," half blind, aged and poor, is p'aying a fiddle in a small music room in Chicago to support himself, wife aud daughter.— Boston Herald. The Leliigh Valley Accident at Ilommer- Held—Two Persons Bnmed to Death— The Train Destroyed—Full Particulars of the Accident. THE GRAVE ROBBERS. My son. aged nine years, was afflicted with Catarrh ; the use of Ely's Cream Balm effected a complete cure. W. E Hamman, Druggist, Easton. Pa. Indignation Meeting; of Colored People— An Exciting Scene—Razors and Revolvers Drawn. THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS. Pbiladklphia, Dec. t.—An indignation meeting of colored people was held this afternoon. Addresses were delivered by prominent colored men, and a resolution adopted denouncing the recent grave robberies. When Trustee Barton, of the Lebanon Cemetery, appeared upon the platferm there was great excitement. Several razors and revolvers were drawn. Shouts for vengeance were mingled with calls for peace by Bishop Campbell aud other clergymen. The meeting was at once adjourned after the announcement that subscriptions to prosecute the ghouls would be opened. Thirty grave* were opened to-day. From about half of them the bodies had bean stolen. The Health Department will not allow any more to be opened until it iB ascertained whether the persons interred died of a contagious disease or not Auditors' Annual Report The Defendants Desperate.—Judge Wyllo Accused of Bias. Particulars of the accident that occurred on the Lehigh Valley road near Rummerfield early on Tuesday morning last are furnished by the local correspondents. It was one of the most disastrous to the rolling stock and most terrible in its results that has occurred in the history of the company. The Buffalo ex press on the Lehigh Valley road left New York at 7 o'clock on Monday night with an •ipress car, baggage car and several day cars. At Bethlehem a sleepping car from Philadelphia was added uD the train. The train ran without accident until suddenly without warning, whilo bowling along at the rate of 50 miles an hour, under a signal that all was right, it crashed into a loaded freight train standing on the siding a mile west of Rorumerfield. The shock was terrific. Washington, Dec. 7.—The second trial of Brady, Dorsey, and other Star Route men commenced yesterday. A desperate effort was made to postpone proceedings, Mr. Ingersoll for defendants, at the outset submiting a motion for continuance, alleging the illness of Stephen W. Dorsey. The judge after a discussion overruled the motion. An affidavit was then read alleging government efforts to intimidate and prejudice witnesses and jurors, and charging bias upo* the part of Judge Wylie. * OF THE BOROUGH OF WEST PITTSTON, FOE 1881-'82. BOROUGH OF WEST PITTSTON IN ACCOUNT WITH A. A. BKYDEN, TREASURER. RECEIPTS. Balance on hand as per former audit... | 16C 06 Received from Jno. Lintern balance due on duplicate 1880  Received from Jno Lintern on account 315 43 of duplicate '881  Received from Jos. Langford for note given  Received from Symington & Perrin, returned on «ewer stone  Received on sidewalks  Received from School Board for rent of Town Hall  Rec'd for use o . Town Hall for elections 9,000 00 400 00 The Judge grew indignant and looked upon the paper as an insult to the court After sparring between the court and council the trial was ordered on, and in order to hear a rcargument on the matter of challenges the court adjourned. 17 00 46 &S 25 00 10 00 $2,904 00 In the cab of the freight train were Nilca Faulk, of Waverly, aged forty, engineer, and "Dollie" Kingsland, of Waverly, aged twentyeight, fireman, both trusted men. They Bat quietly awaiting the express to pass, and scarcely realized their danger until the latter wns beried under the ruins of the loco- Streets, sewers and crossings  Town Hall  Making duplicates  J an i tress  Auditors  Secretary  Treasurer  Borough Attorney  Borough Engineer  Elec ions  Interest on bonds and note  sta e tax on borough bonds  Printing  Police  Expense account  Sidewalk repairs  Street Commissioner  Small pox expenses  Geo Ash suit  Lighting streets  Returned to collector for overpayment on duplicate  Balance due from Treasurer, April 1, '82 EXPENDITURES. • 928 84 7 85 10 00 15 20 18 00 85 5 25 00 50 00 46 25 26 85 882 27 70 40 28 75 4 00 88 18 114 42 229 20 2A7 65 8*3 90 4 M A SERIES OF ACCIDBNTS. Ueadikq, Pa., Dec. 7.—To-day John Henry brought his three daughters into court as plaintiffs in three separate actions for breach os promiso of marriage. Two of the girls sue their cousins. Three Unfortunate Si»ter«. Four Trains Partially Wrecked. Syracuse, Dec. 7.—During the storm this norning a stock train bound east, broke asnnder when near Memphis, on the Central Railroad, and a dairy train and another stock train following, dashed into the general heap. The St. Louis express train, going west, also dashed into the wrecked. No person was injured, but considerable stock was killed and heavy damage was done to the rolling stock. motives. When the express train approached, the engineer made the cuitornery signal and was answered by the freight that the track was all right. The express which was a few minute* behind time and running pretty fast, slowed down to twenty-five miles an hour as it approached the switch ; but as the swilchmau signalled the engineer to come on, he threw oft the brakes and darted ahead. At the rate, it took but a aee.nd to go thirty feet on the wrong track, yet eomehow engineer Harry Warren managed to turn on the air brakes again before, as if in a flash, he found himself pinned fast on the wreck. The two engines struck with such force as to completely wreck both. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Stock Report. Reported by Carpenter & Bodmer, Rooms and 6 Club House, Franklin street, Wilkes-Barre Dec. 8—£:00 p. m. Closing Bid N. Y. Ch. 8t. Louis 14 Wabash pref.. . 63% Joe CJoburm Free 5 00 143 00 do. pref 30 O. & M., com... 81 Penna R.R 59W do. pref  Phil. & Kead'g 26% H. & St. Jo. com 46 Valley 63Vj do. pref.. 72 Ijehiffh Nay 18 Union Pacific... 10246 P., Timsy &ti ... 17V4 M , K. AT *1 % NorthernPac.com 48% C. A I. C  do pref 26% St. Paul, com... 10iu D. L. t W 126 do pref... 120*2 Texas Pacific 38 D. * Rio O. 4:C% Del. & Hudson. .. 10? Illinois Central.. 14414 N. J. Central Met'n. Elev 82 Weot'n Union 81% Omaha, com.... 47 Smo Sing, Dec. 1.—Joe Coburn, the pugilist, was released from prison this morning. He was sentenced for ten years for shooting aid dangerously wounding two New York pnlicemen. Three and a half years far good behavior were taken from Coburn's term, and the Governor commuted the remaining nine $2,964 00 Notk.—Of the above stated receipts about $2 142.77. and of the expenditures about $2,174.80 belongs to the "Ueneral Borough Fund," so that the general lund" appears to be overdrawn about $31.88, to which should be added orders issued, but unpaid, amounting to $41.53. and note $4"0.0 . The balance of the receipts, say f821.88, and of the expenditures, sav $646.40, appear to belong to the 'special fund/' making the balance belonging to said special fund about $174.88. It is evidently the intention of the law that the "general fund" and the "special fuad" for borough purposes should be keptDeparate and be separately stated. This has not be«n done heretofore, and unless separate duplicates arc made for each of these taxes it will be imprncticable on the part of the Borough Council, Tressurer and Auditors to accurately state the sccounts separate lyC although it can be given approximately as above. months. Pacific Mail, Erie. com Rock Island pref 106 U A Lehlffh and Susquehanna Wreck. The shock was terriflic. The express car next belund mounted and rode over the freight locomotive, partially overtopping: the express engine as well. Next followed the combined mail and baggage car, which, incapable of riding upon the high pilo of ruins, broke in two and toppled over upon the west track, spilHng all its contents, and most miraculously throwing the mail agent and baggageman out where it broke in two, without seriously injuring either of them. The express messenger also escaped from his almost totally demolished car, without much harm. The Rochester sleeping car, which goes as far as Lyons, was the next in order, and it also left the track and run into the wreck. Its three lone occupants escaped in some manner. N ext was the Buffalo sleeper, full of passengers, but neither thi» nor either of the three coaches behind it left the track nor were any of their passengers injured very badjy. do. pref.... Ohio Central.... 13 Manhattan Elev... 43 Mobile & O  N. Y. Central 13DH L'ville Sl N'ville. 61^ Lake Shore H5& Sutro Tunnel.... % Mich. Central— Robinson 110 North West., com. 183% Rich & I)an..... 67^ do pref.. 163'1 Rich. AD. Ter. .. 24 Wabash, com Central Pacific... 86% Easton, Dec. 6.—This afternoon as Ne. 2 down passenger train on the Lehigh and Susquehanna road was rusning into Parry - ville, it collided with an up passenger train and the locomotives were wrecked. No one was hurt The aocident was caused by giving orders to Dhe down train to run to Parryville, regardless of the other train. The engineer of the up traia was told to proceed, and he was left in ignorance of the appHjach of the n addition to what appears in the Treasurer'! report, the books of the Secretary of the Council show the following transactions made bj the Burgess i Received from fines and licenses... f22 99 Ree d on account of sidewalk repairs 15 00 $37 to 24 00 OIL MARKET. Oil City, Dec. 8—2:00 p. m. Crude oil 114% Philadelphia Markets. Philadelphia. Dec. 7, FLOUR—1 he market was dull and unsettled; Western at |5 60Ca6.76, and patents at #6.*25Ca $fi 76; Penua. family rye flour f4.1  @$4.25. WHEAT—The market was quiet and lower:No 2 Western red $1 Penna. red  Del * long-berry red and amber $1.i0. CORN—The market was dull and irregular; steamer 8814c; mixed 84c.; No 3 mixed 70(fo72c. OATS- The market v|D good and firm; No. 1 white 48c.; No. 2 do. 47}£c.; No. 8 do.  No. 2 mixed 44^c. RYE—Firm at fijifr68c. PROVISIONS—market was steady. LARD— Ihe market is steady; Kettle, fl2@12.60 steam. $12.50; butchers', flo.76@$ll. BUTTER—The market was Arm and tending upward ; Penna c eamery extra and Western do. 386ft40c.; firsts 33® 37c. EGOS—The market was steady and command full prices: Penna. 29c@80c.; CHEESE—The market whs firm and good inquiry, best grades i3!-4(3U4c. HAY AND SThAW -The demand for hay is trilling, and prices are weak Straw is scarce and firm. Timothy, choice. $16.60® 17 0C»: do No. 1. $ib@l«.75: do No. 2, $1S@16; mixed, $13@I4; low grades, $10@12; cut hay, fi«@l9; rye straw, $I6@16; wheat straw. $«@i0; oat straw f 10. VEOr.TAHLES—Choice potatoes are scarce and bring readily fl8@70c per bush. New York and Michigan cabbage *fc@4 per 100. C ns .-ire in large supply and neglected at $1.85® 75c per bbl for best yellow. PETROLEUM—Steady; refined 7% @8 WHISKEY -$1.20. Paid police. Balance paid to Treasurer (forming part of item |48.52.) 13 »» The above transactions were clearly Irregular. All funds belonging to the borough should be turned into the hands of the Treasurer, and nothing should be paid on awounf of the borough except upon orders on the Treasurer duly authorized down train. Jury Drawln*. Tue following were drawn Yesterday to serve as Traverse jurois on dates name: assets. Cash in hands of Treasurer.. Balance due from collector on duplies e of 1881 ,...|«74 77 Less exoneratlo"S, commissions and returns 204 14 „ 170 4S | lit GO " I never liked him," she said, " and I'll like bim less now that he has pat the detectives on my track. Here," Bhe continued, " take this ring : he gave it to me; send it back to bim and tell bim he will never see or bear from me again." The detective took the ring and wrote at once to bis patron the result of bis interview. In reply came a despatch :—" Give her the ring ; I will not take it." And this is why the detective wore the ring. Neither party would accept it and he wan in a quandary. A few days after the gentleman himself—a St Lome merchant—arrived in the city. He sought the woman whose face he bad cherisbed so long. The result was, sha consented to return with him to her home in St Louis. It was agreed that she would pro. jure a divorce at once aud then they would be married. Detective Hopkins was sent for and rewarded with a fee for bis services. He gave the ring back to the woman.—D*»■ Mr Republican. JANUARY 8TH, 1882. Robert Scott, miner, Foster. George Wilson, farmer, Exeter. Sylvester Sorber, farmer, Union. D D Hosier, brickmaker, Hughestown. J Davenport, dispatcher, Wilkee-Barre. D S Stark, gentleman, West Pittston. Courtlandt Rails, oarpenter, Pleasant Valley.William Copley, boss, Plymouth. Rudolph Seybert, farmer, Salem. Jessie Sutliff, farmer, Huntington. Abe Kible, teamster, Hanover. Charles Schrage, merchant, Wilkes-Barrs. Alfred Ayrea, farmer, Dallas township. Richard Fox, carpenter, Hazle. John J. Howells, bookseller, Pittston. John Lanning, superintendent, Wilkes- Barre. Taxes returned to Commissioner*,charged to county (duplicate of 1881) 5 4® Amount due from indirlduals for sidewalk repairs S« *1 Tools 600 Tables, chairs and lamps 10 00 Lot on Sprint? St., Town Hall, hose house and pound 8,800 00 Engineer Niles Faulk aud fireman "Dolly' Kingsland of the freight train were fastened in the wreck, and before the trainmen and passengerf, who had turned rescuers, could reach or assist these two, the/ were enveloped in the flame9. Kingsland was in a position easiest to be reached, but he was a crish. blackened and unrecognizable crrpse before taken from the debris. Engineer Faulk, with his right leg pinioned »o fast that nothing but amputation or a removal of the great mass thai held it could save hi*, was first to see the frightful fate that awaited him. There he stood, in plain sight, yet already enveloped in flames, and hot, escaping steam. Coolly he asked the crowd to chop away the cab aud get him out. Dosperately his railroad associates endeavored to save him; but they were entirely overcome or forced back by the intense heat of the constantly growing fire The result was that while the many witnesses either looked en and wept, or turned in sicknoss away from the scene which they were powerless to chancre, brave Faulk bit his lips, stood firm and met his death without a single C1,890 68 LIABILITIES. Borough konds (6 per cent) ....$#,800.00 Note in favor of X. Lan«ford... 400.00 Order drawn on Treasurer not yet paid 41.58 C110,041 fil Net indebtedness April 1,1882, '6,051 00 To the assets shou d be added the amount due from the county for tu«« returned by collectors fur many years. The amount thus returned from i87o to 1880 inclusive is (isM.lg and it should be looked after. A W Holloway, merchant, Salem. Jacob Good, farmer, Hollenback.. Mirer Harrison, farmer, Huntington. Henry Kuachtl, blacksmith, Pittaton. Mo. oe Curtis, farmer, Nanticoke. George B. White, n e chant, Lehman. Dominick O'Connell, miner, Haale. Frank McDoaald, shoemaker, Pittaton. Philip Forya, plumber, Wilkee-Barre. F M Lewis, blacksmith. Fairmount. William Ogin, farmer, Slocum Wm Parsons, car inspector, Ashley. James Wood, farmer, Union. Abram Tomdike, loborer, Plains. Harrison Garnnger, grocer, Wilkes-Barre. Thoa Cosgrove, clerk, Pittaton. Jas Campbell, miner, Foster. H J Seeley, farmer, Salem. Reese Reese, blacksmith, Wilkes-Barre. Riorum McKenna, hotel, Wilkea-Barre. Flour—iDa tent Pitts ton. Wholesale Markets. 18.80 Buckwheat flour Flour, straight brands e.ooCa« so 3.00@3.10 8CHOOLS. Oats, new The act of 1878 provides that the School Directors Khali publish a certain statement which shall take the place of other publications previously rt quired bv law. This leaves the Auditors without authority to publish a financial statement of the school accounts. The directors have published a statement.  Butter Cheese, new 80ft 32 13$} 14 WASHINGTON Ekfs  Potatoes new, per bu, $2 S6 Chop and Feed  Meal  Salt, coarse, per sack Salt, fine, per sack... Salt, per bbl  Hay  1.70 1.70 150 1.66 1.50 17.00 18.00 11.00 40 The Prospects of Legislation The terrible tale of body-snatching from Philadelphia will add many advocates to the cremation mode of disposing of the bodies of the dead. If the remains of the buned are to be so ruthlessly torn from their restingplaces under the sod, it is evident that either very extreme measures for precaution against such diabolical deeds must be taken, or a new means be used to dispose of the bodies. Cremation lias been looked upon as an unfeeling way of treating the mortal remains of deceased friends, but it is kindness as compared with the rude disturbing of the dead in their gravos, and the hacking of the scalpel in the hands of student butchers. Cremation the Beat. Washinuton, Dec. 1.—It lc.iks as if little would be done in Congress before the holiday*, in spite of fair promises. Members of the Appropriation Committee do not predict the passage of more thaa two of their thirteen bills, the Indian and Postofflce bills. In the latter an important legislative feature will be the two cents letter postage clause." The prospects of passing this provision are good. Until recently the change has been frowned upon by the Postofflce Department, but now it will not meet serious opposition in POOR thos ford, treasurer, in account with thA poor district of west pittston. Bailed Rye Straw. Turnips, per bu  Onions, 44 " 70^1.00 Cabbage, per hundred, good 6.0o@8 00 •4 44 14 fair to middling oO Apples, per bu 1.00 Sweet potatoes per bbl 8.0 (£3.25 Turknys and Ducks 14 Chickens 13 To balance in hands of Treasurer  April 1. 1*81, «8 per audit $ 617 16 To amount paid by C. W. Carr, deputy collector, on duplicate To «mount paid by C. W. Carr, deputy collector, on duplicate of 1881 oulory 116 !• In the etikino of the exprrs« were Harry Warren, engineer, and George Davis, fireman, of Wilkes-Barre. Both were injured. How they escaped instant death is a mystery Clmrles Smith, of South Easton, baggage master, and Owen Lerch, of Jersey City, exprosa messenger, were also more or less bruised about their hjads and bodies. Several passengers received bruises from the shock of the collision, but none were dangerously hurt The accident is due to fatal carelessness of Anson Dunn, the switchman, who set the switch for the freight train to pass out instead of opening the main track, and then when the express hove in sight signalled that all was clear. OtS 00 We 1 ave nothing new to note in our market report for the pant week. Flour, feed and meal are unchanged. Choice dairy butter is firm at 82c. Fresh eggs are very scarce and wanted. Apple.-, varieties, are going at $3.00@$3.60, according The market is well supplied with JANUARY 16TH, 1883. $1,7S« 01 Andrew Grayer, farmer, Hollenback. Thi rasa Staag, miner, Plains. John W. Jones, miner, Plymouth township.G H Richmond, harnessmaker, Kingston township. Wesley Whit*, agent, Hunlock. Wilson Swayze, laborer. Plains. James O'Oonnell, 1st, miner, Hazle. Henry Pfurr, miner, Hazle. Kdmund DeWitt, farmer, Franklin. Nelson Heck, clerk, White Haven. Henry Anderson, engineer, Wilkes-Barre. John Wesley, huckster, Ross. Peter Maier, carpenter, Wilkes-Barre. Oscar Davenport, carpenter, Pitts ton. Philip Winterstein, foreman, Plains. John May, laborer, Foster. Patrick Talbot, watchman, Sugar Notch. Wm E Dawson, merchant, Plains. Patrick Gannon, carpenter, Wright John P Edwards, miner, Plymouth. Wm Paiden, laborer, Wilkes-Barre. John D Tortiet, merchant, White Haven. D H Frantx, merchant, Wilkes-Bar rtf David Roberts, miner, Upper Lehigh. T T He,-m, merchant, Hazleioo. M A Kelly, merchant, Pittston. Jos Cool, superintendent, Pittston. Geo P Steele, gent, West Pittston. C F More, farmer, Huntington. John Powell, painter, Plymouth' twp. Henry Wolf, farmer, Huntington. Norman Marshall, carpenter, Wilkes-Barre David G Davies, miner, Ashley. Chester Patterson, superintendent, pitta- Py order* paid for small pox ex- D6"IW8.• •D••••! 280 81 By orders paid coui.ty forinsano pHiipert*. April 1,1880, to Jan. 1, 1882 , By order? paid for general relief, •pril, 1, to April, 1,1882... »04 M By orders paid for ticket to Denver for Jno. White. •••••••• • • By order* paid for making dupli any quarter. to quality poultry and.game. 440 TO The House in Which Lincoln Died, Washinoton, Dec. 7.—The House ways and means committee has appointed a subcommittee to make inquiries relative to the purchase of the house, opposite the Army Medical Museum, in this city, in wi.ich the late President Lincoln died. The house is a three-story brick, bearing a marble slab with a suitable inscription, and the lower floor is utilized as a printing office by th» Sentinel, the organ of the National Beer Brewers' Association. It is proposed to dispose of this property to the government and to make of it a branch of the Medical Museum, formerly Ford's Theatre, in which Mr. Lincoln was shot 88 00 From the Bbenand.iah Herald. Mr. Vanderbilt in Pennsylvania. Tho rapid increase in population has made it a serious question in cities how to dispose of the dead. And the great expense of funerals makes it an important matter to the poorer classes as to how to bury their deceasod people But all these considerations are trifling when the terrible thought comes up in the minds of people, that, perhaps, the remains of some dear friends and relatives may have been roughly dragged from their sepulcher, and laid before a class of unfeeling students to cut and slash at like so much leather. Better burn the remain* a thousand times than such a fate a* that. Then the ashes could be kept in some family urn. The mind revolts from the sickening deeds of the body-snatchers and the frivolous and unfeeling diseecier. Cremation will undoubtedly tind plenty of people in Philadelphia to advocate it as the best mode to dispose of tho dead; and if in Philadelphia why not elsewhere 1 By'orders paid J. P."for drawing The connection of thC* Vanderbilt system of railroads, with some of the most extensiTe and "■ahiable coal deposits of Pennsylvania, which or crs  By orders paid (or "alaries of Poor Board for year ending April MoS' y • * : 7500 Hy oiders paid for salaries of Poor Board for year ending April 1,1882 9000 By oners paid for Treasurer's commission 31 17 By balance due from Treasurer, Anrlll 1882 207 48 Aprui.iow.........  is now in progress, will inaugurate a new era of development in our already mammoth coal interest*. This State now produce»more than one-half of all the coal mined in the The mails leaving New York at 1 p.m. Philadelphia at 8 p m., and points in Lehigh Valley on Monday night for Towanda, Elmira and the Fair Haven and Sayre Railroad eorrice were consumed. Tho express company will loae about $1500, the most valuable articles in their care being saved, the loss to the railroad company will be about $(D0,000. country Its production in 1881 was 52,500,000 tons, an increase of 10,000,000 tons over that reported for the previous year. A portion of this increase "*a» perhaps fictitious, as the returns of the Mine Inspectors for 1881 were more complete than those for 1880, but the production is very rapidly growing. The new tieldH that will be opened and the greater facilities for transportation and reaching fresh murkots thai will bo afforded by the railroads now building or projected, will still mora rapidly run up the production; and the date is not far distant when we shall double o»r present large Cash in hands of Treasurer I 207 46 Balance due from collector on duplicateof 1880......... ?• »• Balance due from collector on duplicate of 1881 Ug RESOURCES That Question of Taste. From the Norri-toirn Herald. A Glcve-Ficht in New York Not* —The last item is subject to collector's commissions, exonerations and ahmiiil h#D added the amount du« the board from the TOuntr for taxes returned for many years. The amount thus returned ,r0"''",7 to ' nublic offlcers of the borough of west " a fa .s» rL, GEO. JOHNSON, Vau^MTS. a n. IBLBMAK 1 Nkw York, December 7.—George Fulljaniet. denied to-night that he had issued a card calling on Frank White to maet hiin to make arrangements for a tight, but lie is willing to make a match for $1,000 to $2,500 The men will meet Monday. There wasasoft glove fight in Harry Hill's Theatre to-day be- There is no paragraph in the message more interesting than the one in which the President compares the number of apuointments and removals made by himself with the number made by his immediate predecessors and exposes the humbug of the cry raised against him a* an exponent of th* " spoils system." The journal* which bar* don* the talle»t a»d Hungarian Emigration to Amerioa. Vienna, Dec. 7.—The extensive emigration from the mountain districts of Husgary to flgures. Wa Brown, Umv, Slooum