Pittston Gazette

              A -TA Itl.lSII Kl» I HiiO. ' • .ll„».\LVI. NO. 7. | PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. SEPTKMBER 2 » lS9rD. Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. )"-K'£RAXiUM madly togotniT, nut very ueauuiiu to my eye nevertheless for tho abmidauco of color, the richness of the vegetables and the graceful forms of the adjacent tiieso chattels wore sent us hy tne (ion by perceiving huge liogskin of wine, for which he thanked God and Don Sanchez a hundred times over. So these commodities wo carried up to the house, marveling greatly at the don's forethought and generosity, for here were a score of things over and above those we had alroady found ourselves lacking— namely, earthen pipkins and wooden vessels, a bag of charcoal, a box of carpenter's tools, fhich did greatly delight Dawson, he having been bred a carpenter in his youth; instruments for gardening, to my pleasure, as I have ever had a t:isto for such employment; some very tine Moorish blankets, etc. So when the barrow is discharged Dawson gives tlio lad some rials out of his pocket, which pleases him also mightily. I IMPROVEMENTS AT STEVENS MINE. THE JUDICIAL CANVASS. CO&CRIOHT 1885. BV ax SHOT HY A CONSTAItLK "THE LISTENER'S" LETTER. REPUBLICAN COUNTY COM JtffTTKK. New Cnlni Trestle Now In Cm, and Plans Heady for a Large New Boiler House. Two Men Mortally Wounded at Edwards- Tlie Ope; lng IDI«etlug of th© Cam- palms At the Stevens colliery, Id Exeter boiough, the fire In the culm bank has been burning so fiercely as to destroy the conveyors by which the cu'm was taken to the bank, and a new wooden treetle has been ballt across the wagon road on the upper side of the breaker, the culm now being duuoprd on the east side of the wagon road. The burning culm is being banked with earth, in an attempt to prevent the further spread of the fire. An Interview with Pittston's Unsuc- ville. paign. A house stood in tliu midst or' this wilderness, ;uDd thither Don Sanchez picked his way, wo at his heels still too amazed to speak. Beside the house was a well, with a little* wall about it, aud seating himself on this Don Sanchez opens his lips for the first time. Bruce Wolfe, a constable at Edwardsville, and M. Judge, a similar official, Sunday morning ordered a number of miners who are said to have been drinking, under arrest. The miners refused to accompany the officers and Wolfe undertook to convince them of his authority by using his clnb. The miners set upon the constables and drove them into the street, wherenpon Wolfe drew his revolver and fired six shots into the crowd. Two men fell and the others ran away. Wolfe daxhed down the street, and met ting Chief of Police Thomas, tried t j borrow his revolver, bnt the chief refused. Wolfe then hurried on. Neighbors ran to the soene of the shooting, and found John Bywar and Mike Dansey un conscious on the ground. Bywar had one bullet in his leg aud another over his heart. Dansey was shot through the throat Neither man is expected to lire. Wolfe flud, but Judge was arrested. He said he ran away wnen Wolfe began shooting.No Over the Lackawanna National Delegates. The first regular meeting of the full Iie[ publican County Com Liltee was held In their hnadaome new rooms on South Main street, Wilkesbarre, on Monday. Thera was a large attendance from all parts of the county, including all of the candid&tee, and unusual Interest was manifested in the preliminary work of the committee. Chairman Tompkins called the meeting to order. In appropriate remarks he introduced himself to the members of the com- cessful Candidate. FERRIS' FRIENDS WILL NOT " KICK." A VERY SURPRISING OUTCOME- •fudge Bennett Fully Exonerated from In- Will the Scrap Materialize Another Day? —The l'ecullar Situation In the Repub- "My friend, Sidi ben Ahmed, has offered mo the use of this place as long as wo choose to stay here," says he. "Go look in the house and tell me if you care to live in it for a year." timations of Unfair Conduct Toward Mr. Ferris In the Contest for the Re- lican Camp—Scranton'* Rank Base publican Nomination—Our Townsman Hall—Some Strange Thing* for Which the Kleetrlo City is Becoming Famous. Scranton, Sept. 14. Giving Bennett a Cordial Support and The Stevens Company baa plans prepared for a large new boiler bonae of atone and brlok. which will be built on the flat ground on the upper side of the bleaker, between the office and the railroad. The present boiler bonne is built on the hill near tae top of the breaker. There are five tabular boilers and fire cylinder boilers. The old tubular boilers will be removed to the new building, and two new tnlnlar boilers addnd. The plant will be complete aud modern In every respect. I11 connection wl h the boiler house will be t *0 cisterns— oue for Spring Brook water, aud one fur mine Wkttr which it is necessary at times to use in the boilers. lie Advises His Friends to lDo the mittee, and in a brief but business-like talk Indicated the purpose of the party management, so far as he should have influence and direction, to make an energetic, thorough and spirited canvass. It was decided, after considerable discussion, to hold the meetings of the oommlttee on Monday at 10 a. m.. as has been the custom for years pa*t The roll was called, and committeemen from all sections of the county gave very satisfactory reports. CHAPTER XI. Being resolved to our purpose overnight, wo set out fairly early in the morning for Elche, which lies a dozen rrom tins point we came in less than half an hour to A bade, a small village, but very bustling, for here the cart road CHAPTER XII. Same. It is the unexpected that happens. Just when everyone in Scranton believed that there was to be the biggest political light on record—a fight to the bitter end—a  for blood—all at once, to quote the liitle boy's version of a certain passage of Sorlpture, "there was a great clam." Tho house, like nearly all Moorish houses of this class, was simply ono large and lofty room, with a domed ceiling built of very thick masonry, to rosist the heat of tho sun. There was neither window nor chimney, the door serving to admit light and air and let out tho smoke if a firo wero lighted Immediately after the Republican county convention last month onr townsman George 8. Ferris, Etq., " took to the woods," and for several weeks past he has been enjoying an outing. As many readers of the Qazkttb will be particularly intsreeted in his views concerning the oounty judicial canvass, not only from the fact that he was a candidate in the convention that nominated Judge Bennett, but because not a little dissatisfaction with the outcome was at the tlire manifested by the filends of Mr. Ferris, a reporter has subjsoted him to the interviewing process, with the following result. 'men, nrst ot all, uawson unties tne leg of tho lhgskin and draws off a quart of wine, very carefully securing the leg after, und this we drink to our groat re- • *\ Alicante. Our way lay through gardens oranges and spreading vineyards, BBfc,. h flourish exceedingly in this part, from unkind winds by T^^untains against the north and you shall picture ns on \ dusty road, Moll loading the — V raids mi advance, » ,taiy- V. on her back with streaming ribbons CtlC many colors, taking two or three steps oil one foot and then two or throe steps oil t'other, with a Spanish swing of her hips at each turn, swinging her arms as she clasps her castanets to the air of a song she had picked up at Barcelona, and wo three men plodding behind, the don with a guitar across his back, Dawson with our bundle of clothes, and I with a wallet of provisions hanging o' one side and a skin of wine 011 the other, aud all as white as any miller with the dust of Moll's dancing.leagues or thereabouts to tho west of r The people who wanted a scrap are naturally enough disappointed, while those who feared consequences are rejoiced at tbe cessation of hostilities. But "there are others," and they are the majority, who know that the conflict is only postponed, and when It does come it will be hotter and more gory than any of the battles of the past. within. One-half of this chamber was dug ont to a depth of a couple of foot for tho accommodation of cattle (tho litter being thrown into the hollow as it in needed and naught removed till it roaches tho level of Tne other floor), and abjvo this about eight feet from tho ground and four from the roof was a kind of shelf (the breadth and length of that half) for the storage of ffDdder and a sleeping place for tho inhabitants, with no kind of partition or any issuo for the foul air from tho cattle below. The New National Commander of the The members of the Fourth district almost unanimously petitioned the county committee to elect Alvin Markle, of Hazteton, as one of the State Committeemen from this oounty to fill the vacancy create d by the death of Daniel Coze. Mr. Markle was electe I by acclamation. Graud Army of the Republic, WORK AT PORT ROWKLKY MINK. No one who la acquainted with Mr. Ferris would have expected to find him sulking at this time. He la not built that way. Nothing in his appearance or manner indicates that he is not as well satisfied as though he himself had received the judicial nomination.^ Cong res'man Scran ton Isn't one to give np his prestige and power without a straggle and there will be a reckoning day. Republican politics In Lackawanna coanty cannot keep on being the great doableheaded aggregation that has been billed for the past three years, and there will have to be some other attraction than toe sousing of one of the heads in Lake Henry to patch np a reconciliation. The Fire Supposed to Re Oqt and the Water lleiii( Pumped. The fire whioh bnrned for several months in the Port Bowkley mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company la supposed to be ont, having been extinguished by the water which was tamed into the affected workings. Now the work of pumping the water oat of the mine la in progress. The flood was permitted to fill the workings on the west side of the river and to rise 1,000 feet on tbe 3,000-foot slope which leads to thfDm. The water is being hoisted ont of the by means of two large iron tanks, and runs by gravity to the foot of the shaft, whence it is pnmped to the snrfaoe Several large pumps are in operation The work of freeing the mine of water will oconpy several months. DIED VERY SUDDENLY. "What!" he erica. "You knew all this tveo months tujo'f" "Aro wo to livfD a yoar in this hutch?" asks Moll in affright.. Heart Disease Carries off an 01Cl Resident from Alicauto ends, all transport of commodities betwixt this and Elcho being done on mnles. So here there was groat commotion of carriers setting down and taking np merchandise and the way choked with carts and mules and a very babel of tongues, there being Moors hero as well as Spaniards, and all shouting their loudest to be tho better understood of each other. These were the first Moors we had seen, but they did not encourage us with great hopes of more intimate acquaintance, wearing nothing but a kind of long, ragged shirt to their heels, with a hood for their heads in place of a hat and all mighty foul with grease and dirt. "Have your chatter, Moll," answers Jack testily. "Don't you see I'm a-thinking? Heaven knows there's snough to swallow without auy bugbears of your racing." of Kingston "I shall support Judge Bennett gladly, earnestly, enthusiastically," said Mr. Ferris, when addressed on the subject, "and i sincerely wish my friends to do the same. I know no reason why they should not, and very many reasons exUt why they should. It would be folly for me to say that I was net disappointed my defeat in the convention, and my friends natnrally gym pat I zed with me in this malt sr. I stand with them In saying that we resent any unfair or dishonorable warfare that may have been made against me ; and I wish my friends to stand with me in saying that my ohlef competitor was not, ard from the nature of the man could not have been, guilty of any unfair or dishonorable conduct. 1 have known him from early manhood, aua I know him to be absolutely Incapable of dishonor. I shall work and vote for him, and shall ask the friends who have so kindly and faithfully stood with me heretofore to stand with ma In thla." Jacob Morganstern, an old resident of Kingston, died suddenly Monday morning of Heart disease, while standing in the bar room of the Neimeyer's Hotel, corner of Publio Square and West Market street, Wilkes barre. "It might bo as well,"says DonSanchez in his solemn, deliberate manner, "if Mistress Moll were advised to practice her steps in our roar." The dnn lingered, tnlklng to Moll very With that, having finished his inspection of the interior, he goes out and looks at it ontsi(%p. grntu In It is rumored that both Mr. Soranton and Mr. Connell will be candidates for Congress next year. Snot a state of affairs might determine the question of who shall be the Republican boss, and might in the end be a blessing to the county. It wonld also give an opportunity for about half the voters to decide where they are at and on which side of the fence it would be preferable to land. Lately it has been rather difficult for many of them to approximately judge as to where they should locate in order to keep on top with the winner. It is also rumored that Mr. Connell has promised to help City Treasurer Brooks to be Congressman. Although this is uncertain, it leaves room for complications.froshmont, and next, Moll, being awoko from her dreams and eager to be doing, sets herself to sort out our goods, such its belong tons—as tools, etc.—on one side, and such as Itelong to her—as pipkins and tim rest—on tho other. Leaving her to this employment, J)awson and I, armed with a knife and bagging hook, betake ourselves to a great store of canes stacked in one comer of tho garden, and sorting out those most proper tuour pHjv poso wo lopped them all of an equal length, and shouldering as many as we could carried them up to our house. Hero we found Moll mighty jubilant in having got her work done, and admirably she had dono it, to be sure, for having found a long recess in tho wall she had brushed it out clean with a whisp of herbs and stored up her crocks, according to their sizo, very ajrtifkiial, witty a dish of oranges plucked from the tree at our door on one side and a dish of almonds on the other, a pipkin stauding betwixt 'em with a handsome posy of roses in it. She had spread a mat on the floor and folded up our fine blankets to serve for cushions, and all that did not belong to her she had bundled out of sight into that hollowod side I have mentioned as being intended for cattle. "Aye, senor," replied Dawson, "I've been of the same mind these last ten minutes. But with your oonsent. Din Sanchez, I'll put her to a more serious exercise." "Well," says Don Sanchez, "what think you of the house?" Remedy for Carbolic Acid Poisoning. "Why, senor, 'tis no worso that I can see than any other in these parts and hath this advantage, which they have not, of lDeing in a sweet air. With a bit cf contrivance we could make a shift to live here well enough. We should do amiss neither for furniture, seeing that 'tis the custom of the country to eat off tlm floor and sit upon nothing. A potto sook the victuals in is about, all we need in that way. But how we are to get anything to cook in is one mystery, and," clacking his tongue, "what we are going to drink is another, neither of which can fathom, for, look you, senor, if one may judge of men's characters by their f;ices or of their moans by their habitations, wo may dance our legs off ore these M«ors will bestow a penny piece uiwn us, and as for their sour milk I'd :is lief drink hemlock,and liefer. Now, if this town had boon as wo counted on, like Barcelona, all had gone as merry as a marriage bell, for then might wo have gained enough to kC;op us in jollity as long as you please, but here, if we die not of colic in a week, t'will be to perish of starvation in a fortnight. What say Von, Kit?" A correspondent of the New York Sun writes to that paper as follows : "Scarcely a week without a record of a death by carbolic acid poison; and notwithstanding carbollo la in general use, and a moderate doee to be equal to sure death to an adult, no remedy has ever been given that I have seen. There is a simple and sure remedy for this caustic poison, taken in mistake, as I know by experience. Several years ago it was my evil fortune to swallow an over-full teaspoon of carbolic acid in mistake. Recalling Instantly that carbolic is diluted and oaptured quiokly by wat jr, I turned to the water pitcher and drank ooploualy, then fell unconscious, all in about thlity seconds. The water saved my life." OOLOXEl IVA* X. WALKER, The don consenting with a bow, Jack con ti i»ues: BIO COLLIERY TRANSFER. "You may have observed that I haven't opened my lips sinco we left the town, and tho reason thereof is that I've been tnniijig over in my mind whether, having oomo this far, it would not bo advisable to let my Moll know of our project. Because if she should refuse the sooner we consider some other plan the better, seeing that now she is in good case and as careless as tho bird on the bough, and sho is less tractable to our purposes than when she felt the pinch of hunger and cold and would have jumped at anything for a bit of comfort." Operator .lermyn Sells Two Plants to Being astir betimes the poyt morning, wo reached Elclie before midday, and hero wo soemed to be in another world, for this region is no more like Spain nun npain is iikii couiurj. Entering tho forest, wo found ourselves ancompassod on all sides by prodigious tiigh palm trees, which hitherto we had seen only singly hero and there cultivated as curiosities. And noble trees they are, standing 80 to 100 feet high, with never a branch, but only a great spreading crown of leaves, with strings of dates hanging down from their midst. GORKD II* A BTKWR. •lolinson anil Co. Terrldle Kntl of Mrs. Meyer Hchlosa* i ■ One of the blgget-t transfers of coal lands in ths mining section of this valley Is that which has been made between O 3 Johnson and John Jermyn, the former having purchased from Mr. Jermyn for $450,GOO two col. lieriee, Jermyn No. 3 and Jermyn No. 4, at Friceburg, says the Scranton Tribune The tract of coal lands that goes with these breakers is 900 acres in area, and is situated on the northwest bank of the Lackawanna river in Friceburg. Mr. Johnson is the only person with whom Mr. Jermyn negotiated, but there are interested with him in the pur« chase A. H. Christy, cashier of the Scranton Savings Bank and Trust company ; E B. S.nrgm, of Siranton, and Joseph B. Dickson and Jesse L. Eddy, of New York. They have given notice of an intention to apply for a charter for the Johnson Coal company, which will operate the two collieries.ltrother lii New York. Ike Oppenhelmer, of New York, sbrciber-ln law of Meyer Schloeaer, manager oi Brown's Bee Hive, was gored so badly last we Ck by a tteer, that hs diet Mr. Oppenhelmer was In the wholesale butcher business and It was whlls in ths act ot slaughtering that the fatal aooident occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Schlosser left lor New York Friday morning. Ex-L'eutenant Governor Watres is an acrobat who has displayed extraordinary agility in the past. He has demonstrated his cleverness n riding two horse? at onoe, and at the same time being cool enough to reuognlz* the bows of the admiring audience with becoming courtesy, but -t would seem now that his team 1s running a little wild, and that the two horses are likely to get so far apart that the rider is in danger of a (all. We shall see what we will see. Continuing his talk, Mr Ferris said: "While this is an off year in politics, it by no means follows that the good oltlzen would be justified In assuming a position of apathy or Indifference as to the reeu t of the oomlng election. I do not think the citizen la ever justified In taking such a position. If he does, he is not, in my opinion, a good citizen. Rights $ ad duties are reciprocal. If the people have a right to a voloe In ohuosing those who shall represent them In offioe, It la their duty to exercise that right. Public office la a public trnst, and pnllo citizenship is no less so. "Does she not know of our design?" asks the don, lifting his eyebrows. Beneath in marshy places grew sugar ;anes as high as any bagstock, and elsewhere were patches of rice, which grows like corn with iA, but. thrives well in tho shade, curiously watered by artificial streams of water. And for hedges to their property these }l«xDrs have agaves, with great spTky leaves which 110 man 3an penetrate, and other strange plants, whereof I will mention only one they call the fig of Barbary, which is 110 fig at all, but a plant having large, fleshy loaves growing one out of tho other, with fruit and flower sprouting out of the edges, and all monstrous prickly. To garnish and beautify this formidable defense nature had cast over all a network of creeping herbs with most, extraordinary flowers, delightful both to see and smell, but why so prickly no man can say. The Goose That LaiCl Golden Egg* Onght not to have been elain. Her fate was wholly unmerited. She was a most useful fowl. There are lots of bipeds of our race who don't know hdK as muoh as she did. Conspicuous for their folly among this class are the people who persistently doee themselves with violent drags, which either have a tendency to aggravate the oomplalnts whioh they are claimed to cure, or else to cause a most pernicious disturbance of the system. Among intelligent physicians the use of ' drastic" or violent medicines has passed away with other fallacies like blistering and bleeding. The Doctor Saugradoe are an extinct race, happily for mankind. Hoetetter's St imaih Bitters is the beet possible substitute for drags in malarial, dyspeptic, or bilious oases, and when the kidneys or bladder are Inactive, or where there la a tendency to rheumatism It is also an unequalled tonlo and medicinal stimulant. Wyoming-Sullivan Judicial Contest. (Tunkhannock cor. Republican.) "No more than the man in the moon, moot," answers Jack. "For, though Kit and I may have discoursed of it at odd times, we havo boon mighty careful to shut our mouths or talk of a fine day at her approach." Hon K J. Jordan, of attorneys for respondent In ths judicial contest, has returned from Lapoite, Sullivan county, where with the ether attorneys he had been to hear the report of the judicial commission, Judges Archbald and Searle. The repart throws ont be vote In all oases where there have been found defective affidavits as tot ties, registration and age. Where money was paid out for men to aot as watchers and where money was paid for the use of teams to get out the vote aiid the wa'chera acted and th» teams were used, the vote was allowsd to stand After wo had sufficiently admired the jxirforniance sho told us she had a mind to give us a supper of broth. "But," says she, "tho don has forgotten that we must eat, and hath sent us neither bread nor flesh nor salt." "Very good," says Djn Sanchez. 4ft 4ft M. "You are hor father." "And she shall know it," says Jack, with resolution, and taking a stride or two in advance he calls to her to give ever dancing and come to him. I was forced to admit that I had never seen a town less likely to afford a subsistence than this. This is the greatest town for base ball in the country. Everybody goes, from the Mayor and the clergymen down. The Mayor is particularly fond of the game and his handsome blaok horses can be seen awaiting the last innings very frequently. Congressman Scrantan goes whenever he can find the time. Bankers Linen and Shafer, Deputy Treasurer Brooks, Deputy Prothonotary Kaeson, and many other prominent personages are as familiar to the bleachers as the umpire. But lately the enthusiasm over base ball has subsided to a deplorable degree. You can't expect people to be enthusiastic over such a base ball team as Scranton has. The only wonder Is that onr cranks haven't arisen as one man and mobbed the players and given the umpire a benefit performance. It is really too bad to disgust the hundreds of ahouters who thoroughly enjoy base call by such rank playing as we've had for some time. But It ia marvelous to see with what faith the people pull out for the park at the opening of every season, believing with child-like trust that "this year we are surely going to have good ball"—notwithstanding the f tot that they are exasperated to the point of creating a riot every successive year by the nauseatlngly bad games that the Scranton team puts up before the close of the season. Then Dm Sanchez, having heard us with great patience and waited a minute to see if we could raise any further objections, answers us in measured tones. This put us to a stumble, for how to get thefeo things wo know not, but Moll declared sho would got all sho needed if we could only find tho money. "But it Is only In the field of general party politics that this can be properly termed an off year," asld Mr. Ferris. "Looally, a more Important election Is seldom held. Ot course ws should all wish Judge Rice to receive such a vote from our county as no candidate fur a State office ever before re celved. This, however, Is of comparatively little consequence, as bis eleotlon to the Superior Court bench is assnred beyond all doubt. But the julge to be eleoted In November next to fill the vaoancy occasioned by Judge Rloe's promotion will have to pass directly upon those interests whloh concern us most nearly, and we ars confronted with the question whether or not we shall have a partisan bench at Wllkesbarre, as the Democrats already have two judges, Woodward and Lynch. I do not consider* It wise, in a bench of three judges, that all should be of the same political party. I should think the same were there a prospect of three fcepubllcan judges. In our form of government the judiciary is the sheet anchor of the ship of state. What the oonrts decide, even as to the validity of a statute, must stand, and it is to the last degree impjrtant tbst the judiolary should always oommand the respect and confi. d noe of tbe people. Whatever tends to nndermlne that respect and confidence tends to anarchy. A partisan bench has that tendency. For example—suppose a contested eleotlon case came before a bench of three Demoirit'c judges, from a popnlous community where a Democratic candidate had been aomally eleoted by one majority ; an suppose the bench did Its duty, the three Democratic judges deciding in favor of the Democrat who was fairly eleoted by one vote. W hat would be said of snch a decision ? It wonld be right and just, bnt what would be the popular opinion of It I Can it he doubted, lor a moment, that In the minds ot a great body of onr citizen* the result would be a suspicion cf the motives of the judge—a belief that their decision was unfair—and a consequent Impairing of that respect for the benoh which Is of such vital Importance Any one oan see that such would be the case and that It wonld result solely from the fact that all of the judges bC- longed to the party of the successful litigant."Have yon forgot your breeding," he asks as she turns and waits for him, "that yon have no more respect for your elders than to choke 'cm with dust along of your shuffling?" SECTION HAND KILLED. A Foreigner Meets Death in a Peculiar "I doubt not," says he, "that with a little ingenuity you may make the house habitable and this wilderness agreeable. My friend, Sidi ben Ahmed, has offered to provide us with what commodities are necessary to that end. I agree with you that it would I*) inqiossiblo to earn the meanest livelihood here by dancing. It would not be advisable if we could. For that reason, mv knowledge of various tongues making mo very serviceable to Sidi ben Ahmed, who is tho most considerable merchant of this town, I have accepted an office in his house. This will enable mo to keep my engagement with you. You will live at my charge, as I promised, and you shall want for nothing in reason. If the Moors drink no wine themselves, they make excellent for those who will, and you shall not be stinted in that particular." "Why, how?" asks Jack. "You know not their gibberish." Manner. Where money was paid out and received for men's time or for their votes or to see tbem mark their vote or any like subterfuge—in all snch oases the vote Is thrown ont. The question as to whether the eleotlon was held at a legal polling place In the First ward of Tunkhannook borongb and In the township of Windham, were reserved. Uutll Oct 1 is given to prepare argument on the exceptions, when the same will be heard. In the opinion of're spondent's attorneys, 60o Illegal votes will be set aside, and as a result the majority of E. M. Dunham which was returned as 29, will the respectable figures of 300 Yalant Dnsok, aged 28, a married man living at 79 Cliff street, Upper Pittston, was employed a* a section hand on the Lehigh Yalley Road. Saturday morning, soon after he started work, he was riding on a hand car jast above the Junction when the car jumped the track. Da«ok was thrown six or seven feet in the air, landed on hla head and sustained a fracture of the Inner table of the skull, from which he died at the Hospital st 2:30 p. m. "What • thoughtless thing am I!" cries she in a voice of contrition. "Why, you're floured as white as a shade." "That may bo," answers she, "but I warrant tho same language that bought me tliis petticoat will get us a supper." "Surely this must bo paradise," cries Moll, staying to look around her. Then, taking up a corner of her waist shawl, she gently/ubs away the dust from the tip of his nose, so that it stands out glowing red from his face like a cherry through a hole in a pie crust, at which she claps her hands and rings out a peal of laughter. So we gave her what money we hud, and sho went off a-marketing, with as much confidence as if she were a born Barbary Moor. Then Jack falls to thanking God for blessing him with such a (laughter, at the samo time taking no small credit to himself for having bred to her such perfection, and in the midst of his eucomiums, btiipg dowij io the hollow searching for his hammer, he cries: Found Coal and Gas. (Wilkeebarre Record.) And wo were of the same thinking until we came to tho town, which, as I havo said, lies in the midst of this forest, and then all our hopes and expectations were dashed to the ground, for we had looked to find a city in keeping with these surroundings—of fairy palaces and stately mansions. In place whereof was naught but a wilderness of mean, low, squalid houses, with meandering, ill paved alleys, and all past everything for finsavory smells—heaps of refuse lying before every door, stark naked brats of children screaming everywhere and a pack of famished dogs snapping at our heels. J. S. Smith, of Dallas, while diggings well fonnd a vein of ooal about twelve feet from the surface. The vein is abont as thick as a finger and runs in a downward direction. Ten feet farther down he fonnd another vein two lnchee thick and half ah inch wide. While digging the ot ier day the men were surprised to find themselves becoming peculiarly afi acted and hastened to the snrfaoe. A little investigation showed that they had come across a good quantity of gas that spurted from small orevicee in the earth. Mr. Smith says he Intends going down abont thirty feet more. "I counted to make a lady of you, Moll." says Jack in sorrow, "but I see plainly you will ever be a fool, and so 'tis to no purpose to speak seriously." ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT. "Plague take tho careless baggage. She has spilled all our nails, and here's an hour's work to pick 'em up!" James Qulnn, of Plains, a boy employed in the Lehigh Valley Co's Henry breaker, was Fqueez«d between a belt and roller on Saturday and so badly injured that he died. "Surely, father, I have ever been what you wish me to be," answers she demurely, curious now to know what ho would be telling her. This accident was repaired, however, and Moll's transgrossion forgotten when she returned with an old woman carrying her purchases. Then were we foroed to admire her skill in this business, for she had bought all that was needful for a couple of meals, and yet had spent but half our money. Now arose the difficult question how to make a fire, and this Jack left us to settle by our own devices, ho returning to his own occupation Moll resolved wo should do our cooking outside the house, so here we built up a kind of gate with stones, and contriving to strike a spark with tho back of a jackknife and a stone upon a heap of dried leaves wo presently blew up a fine flame, and feeding this with the ends of cane wo had cut and some charcoal we at last got a royal fire on which to set our pot of mutton. And into this pot we put rice and a multitude of herbs frojq tho garden, which by the taste we thought might serve to make a savory. Dallas Fair and Raees. "Then do you put them plaguy clappers away and listen to me patiently," Bays he. "Come, this sounds fair enough," cries Dawson. "But pray, senor, urowe to do nothing for our keep?" It is but a short time now till ths Dallas fair will be held, and from present Indications the exhibit on will be a good one. Tbe dates are Oot 1-4, lnolnsive. Upwards of $5,000 are offered for pret»lqms in the various departments this year, Insuring an excellent display. The sale of Intoxicants and gambling on the grounds are strictly forbidden, and this rnle will be strloly enforced this year. The race programme Is as follows: The Wake Robins at Glen Summit. Don Sanchez leads the way, we following, with rueful looks one at tho other, till we reach the piarket place, and there lie takes us into a house of entertainment, where a dozen Moors are squatting 011 their haunches in groups about sundry bowls of a smoking mess called cuscusson, which is a kind of paste with a little butter in it and a store of spices. Their manner of eating it is simple enough. Each man dips his hand in the pot, takes out a handful and dance.8 it aboift, till it is fashioned into a ball, and then he cats it with all the gusto in the world. Beautiful Glen Summit, with Its numerous natural attractions, fine cottages and deligbtfnl drives, was enjoyed on Saturday afternoon and evening by the members of the Wake Robin Club and a few friends, upon the invitation of their fellow-member, S. M. Parke, Esq Toe following comprised the party : Mr. and Mrs I. F. Harris, Miss Anna Cake, Miss Matle Drake, Miss Margaret Lacoe, the Misses Mar aret and Mary Dorr, the Misses Helen and Caro Strong, Miss Mattle Lance, Miss Jes*le Perrln, 8. M Parke, Dr. Glbbey, W. D. Howarth, Charles Richards, Harry Sohooley, Rev. S. Roes McClemeots, and Lanren Wolfe. Arriving at Glen 3ummlt, the party enjoyed a drive over the Bear Creek road, returning at six to the beautiful Parke cottage Here lu ch was served, and several hours happily apent In a social way, with music, singing and games. The party also enj lyed the hospitalities of the Misses Strong, at their oottage, for a short time, and rttumed home at 10:80. The trip was a very enjoyable one throughout. Moll puts her hands behind her, and drawing a long lip and casting ronnd eyes at us over her shoulder walks along very slowly by her father's side, while he broaches the matter to her. And this he did with some difficulty, for 'tis no easy thing to make a roguish plot look innocent, as we could see by his shifting his bundle from one shoulder to the other now and attain, scratching his ear and the like, but what be said we, walking a pace or two behind, could not catch, he dropping to a very low tone, as if ashamed to hear his own voice. To all he lias to tell she listens very attentively, but in the end sho says "Nothing beyond what we came here to do," replies he, with a meaning glance at Moll. Death of Mrs. Anna Hecltenberger. lira. Anna Heckenbsrger, wife of Dr Henry Heckenberger, who has been in ill health for several years, died at three o'olock Sunday morning at the Wilkesbarre Hospital, where she was taken a few weeks ago for treatment, lire. Heckenberger was thirty years old, and besides ber hnsband, a little daughter survives. She was a member of the Luzarne Avenue Baptiit Churoh, and when her health permitted she was very active in Christian work. "What?" cries poor Moll in pain. "Wo are to danco 110 more?" * t Tho don shook his head gravely, and remembering tho jolly, vagabond, careless, adventurous life we had led these past two months, with a thousand pleasant incidents of our happy junketings, we were all downcast at tho prospect of living in this place—though a paradise —for a year without change. Scranton is notsd for one other thing besides i*8 gamey politicians and base ball frauds, and that is guilelessnees. It is the easiest place on earth to work, if you have any mortal "scheme" to offer, from ' fake" newspapers to a plain bunoo game. All a man has to do is to oome 'here and put np a big bluff, and we all tumble over each other to facilitate his progress. I! he wants us to give him ten dollars apiece as an evidence of good faith in an Imaginary job that we are to get next week, we hand over the desired amount, even if we have promptly to borrow the money or pawn our diamonds to secure the same. If some man with long hair and a Byron collar appears on the scene and announces that he is the exponent of the only correct system of voice culture on tie globe, we don't inquire how he knows or why he came here, but we hasttn to send our fair young daughters unattended to his studio, and to comfort him with dinners and theatre tlokets. Then we are surprised and grieved if we dlecover too late that he has betn making love to our fair young daughters, and the daughters of our neighbor also, and that he has been loaning them French novels, and we vow we won't allow it to oocur again. But it does just the same. If a church organist comes along, and announces with a flourish of trumpets that he can play better than other organists, that there is nobody else in the town whoknows any thing abont music, we abjectly and surreptitiously b»gin to tike lessons of hiui and after we have paid him a lot of money and have quarrelled with some of our beC-t friends on his account, we discover him to be a pretender and not a great musician. If you want to get capitalists to invest in a mythical gold •nine out west, or to buy real estate in a southern nn oomed town, or to taxe stock in a new manufactory—if you want to find friends who will help you without recommendations on your side, who will race after you if you are new, and particularly if you are queer, who will drop capable persons to become Interested in almost anyone who does something novel and unusual—in short, tf you want to be trusted and believed In, whether worthy or not, oome to Scranton. I am persuaded that if some man should oome here with a new scheme to speculate in corner lots in the abode of the lot-t, in the hope of making a good bargain he would find plenty of people to fall in with his plans. Wtdnesdsy—Risd race for horses owned west of the D. L & W. railroad In Lnzerne county and net used for track purposes, purse $100; 2:45 class trotters, purse $150: 2:35 class trotters, purse $150, "Though I promised you no more than I offer," says the don, "yet if this prospect displease you we will cry quits and part hero. Nay," adds he, taking a purse from his pocket, "I will give you tho means to return to Alicante, whore you may live as Ix-tter pleases you." For our repast wo wero served with a joint of roast mutton, and this being cut up we had to take up in our hands and eat like any savages, their religion denying these Mwrs anything but the bare necessities of life. Also their law forbids the drinking of wine, which did most upset Jiick Dawson, he having for drink with his meat nothing but tho choice of water and sour milk, bnt which he liked least I know not, for ho would touch neither, saying he would rather go dry any day than bo poisonod with such liquor. Thursday—2:29 class trotters, purse $150; 2:50 clsss trotters, purse $150. Death of Mrs. Annie Tuffy. something which causes him to stop short and turn upon her, gaping hjke a pig. Mrs. Annie Tuffy, wife of Anthony Tuffy, died on Monday at four o'clock, at the home of her mother, Mrs Ann Kelly, of Oregon. She was aged about 30 years, and leavee a husband and two children to mourn her 1 *ss. She had been ill for a long time, having contracted a severe cold several months ago, from whioh she never recovered. Friday—2:20 class trotters and pacers, purse $900; 3:50 class trotters, purse $100 "What!" ho cries as we camo up. "You knew all this two months ago?" v'Yes, father," answers sho primly, "quite two months." And indeed when it began to boil the odor was so agreeable that we would have Jack come out to smell it, and ho having praised it very highly we, in return, went in to look at his handiwork and praise that. This wo could do very heartily and without hypocrisy, for he had worked well and mado a rare good job, having mado a very seemly partition across the room by nailing of tho canes perpendicularly to that kind of floor that hung over tho hollowed portion, thus making us now three rooms out of one. At one end I10 had left an opening to enter tho cavity below and the floor above by tho littlo ladder that stood there, and these canes were set not so close together but that air and light could pass betwixt them, and yet from tho outer side no eye could see within, which was very commodious; also upon the floor above he had found sundry bundles of soft, dried leaves, and these, opened out upon the surfaco of both chambers, made a very sweet, convenient bed upon which to lie. Then, Dawson offering Moll her choice, she took tho upper floor for her chamber, leaving us two the lower, and so, it being near sundown by this time, wo to our supper in the sweet, cool air of evening, all mightily content with one another, and not less satisfied with our stew, whiuh was indeed most savory and palatable. This done, wo took a turn round our little domain, admiring tho many strange and wonderful things that grew there, espoeially the figs, which, though yet green, were wondrous pleasant to eat, and I laying out my plans fop tho morrow, how to get this wilderness into order, tear out tho worthless herbs, dig tho soil, etc., Dawson's thoughts running on the building of an outhouse for the accommodation of our wine, tools and such like and meditating on dishes to give us our repast,and at length, when these divers subjects- were no more to be discussed, wo turned into our dormitories and full asleep as happy as It seemed to me that there was an unfoigned carelessness in his manner, as if ho would as lief as not throw up his hazardous enterprise for some other more suro undertaking. And indeed I believo ho was thou balancing another alternative in his mind. Laekawanna Mileage Kooks. The Lackawanna Company has sent samples of mileage books, with Instruc tions, to agents, which is regarded as an indication that the books will be placed on sale again soon. Some of the new regu latlons are as follows: The book wtl1 net be good for passage on trains but will b - accepted by the ticket agent' xt the start ing point In payment for a continuous passage ticket, each coupon represent'ng 2 cents ; the book is not transferable and can only be used by the person purchas ing it; baggage will not be checked on the book, but on the exchange ticket; books will only be Issued from the general office In New York on requisition of the tloket Agents "No one, fatlier, since you forbade me to ask questions. But though I may be dumb to obligo you I can't be deaf. Kit and you are forever a-talking of it. " "And pray who told you?" he asks. While we were at our meal a good many Moors came in to stare at us, as at a raree show, and especially at Moll, whoso bright clothes and loose hair excited their curiosity, for their women do rarely go abroad, except they be old, and wear only long, dirty white robes, muffling the lower part of their faces. None of them smiled, mid it is noticeable that these people, like our own don, do never laugh, taking such demonstration as a sign of weak understanding and foolishness, but watching all our actions very intently. And presently an old Moor, with a white beard and more cleanly dressed than tho rest, pushing the crowd aside to see what was forward, recognized Don Sanchez, who at once rose to his feet, we, not to bo behind him in good manners, rising also. At this generous offer Moll dashed away the tears that had sprung to her eyes, brightening up wonderfully, but then, casting her eyes upon the don, her face fell again as at tho thought of leaving him, for we all admired him and sho prodigiously for his great reserve and many good qualities which commanded respect, and this feeling was tinged in her case, I believe, with a kind of growing affection. Pastor McClements Home. A Minister's Experience With Heart "Maylie, child," says Dawson, mightily nettled, "maybe you know why we left Alicante this morning." Sunday the pulpit of the Presbyterian Churoh was occupied by the pastor, Rev. S. Ross McClements, for the first time since his return from Europe, and he was greeted by a large congregation at eaoh service. The text of the morning sermon was, Hebrews 12:0, "Whom the Lord loveth He chaateneth," and the speaker drew some comforting, as well as valuable thoughts from the subject, showing that our chastisements are marks of the Lord's love, and that we Bhonld be la subjection to His disciplining. He also showed that these chastisements of ours were as tests that we are His children, and that thou# who had never experienced the chastening rod may well question whether or not they are Gcd's children. The fact also was brought out that these ohastenlngs have a purifying edeot oa onr lives, and develop those finer qualities in us which would not otherwise have been developed. The text of the evening was Luke 14:17, "Come, for all things are now ready." The sermon was an earnest appeal to the unsaved to come to Christ. Disease. Rev. L. W. Showers, Elderton, Pa.: "For many years my greatest enemy has been organic heart disease. From uneasiness about the heart, with palpitation, it had developed into thumping, fluttering and choking sensations. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gave instant relief. A few bottles have rid me of almost every symptom of heart disease. It is a wonder worker." Sold at James Kane's. "I should lie dull indeed if Ididn't," answers she. "And if you hadn't said when we saw the ships that we might meet more Englishmen in the town than we might care to know hereafter why—well, maybo wo should have been in Alicante now. " "The Republicans of Lrzsrne county— Republican Luzerne, I might truthfully say—should certainly name at least one of the three judges qn the Wllkesbarre becch, " said Mr. Ferris, in conclusion, "and I believe that a united party vote will so order It. Our candidate, Hon. Lyman H. Bennett, I have known for twenty-five years ; and, as I have already said, I have never known him to do a dishonorable thing. No man is more respected by his fellows at the bar. Hie legal ability Is of the highest. This is conceded by lawyers of all parties. His practice has peculiarly fitted him for the benoh, and as to his eminent fitness for the post tlon there Is not, nor oaa there be, the slightest donbt. " "By denying yourself that satisfaction," says Don S:uichez, "we may conclude that the future we are making for you is not unacceptable. " Seeing this sentiment in her eyes, the don was clearly touched by it, and so laying his hand gently on her shoulder ho says: K. of M. O. Officers. Moll stops and says, with some passion : "My poor child, remember you tho ugly old women wo saw dancing at Barcelona? They were not more than 40. What will they be like in a few years? Who will tolerate them? Who will love them? Is that the end you choose for your own life—that the estate to which our littlo princess shall fall?" The Stkt i Castle of the Ancient Order Knights of the Mystic Chain, in session in Wiikesbarre, elect'd th? following officers last week: Select Commander, A. R Wombold, Philadelphia; Seleo' Vice Commander, Ralph Lowyer, Pittsbnrg ; Select Recording and Corresponding Secretary, John J. Davis, of Pituburg; Select Treaenrer, J. Q Leeter, of McKeespoit; Supreme Representatives, D £ Hittew, of Colombia; J. B. Black, of Philadelphia; Dr J. W. Hamer, of Johns town ; Charles Ashcom, of Johnstown ; S O. Hnnter, of Phoenixvllle; George P. Chandler, of Harrlsbqrg, and H. £ Walnwright, of Pittsbnrg. We have for sale ut the Wyoming Valley Lumber Company yards, West Pittston, Canada Hard Wood Ashes of the best quality. Parties wishing to use a few tons for the spring crop will do well to call on C F. Watrous, Jr., at the Lumber Co.'s office, who will sell you any quantity required from a bushel to 20 tons. Special arrangements can be made for car load lots. B. F. Mathxks, Qen. Manager, Farmers Take Notice "I would turn back now and go over those mountains tho way we came to ride through Prance in my fine gown like a lady." "Bravol Bravo!" says the don In a low voice as she stops on in front of us, holding her head high with the recollection of her former state. "Slio was ever like that," whispers Dawson, withjjmfSe. "We could never get her to play a mean part willingly— could we, Kit? She was forever wanting the part of a queen writ for her." The next day about sundown, coming to a little eminence, Don Sanchez points out a dark patch of forest lying betwixt us and the mountains and says : "That is Elelie, the place where we are to stay some months." We could make out no houses at all, but he told us the town lay in the middle of the forest and added some curious particulars as how, lying on flat ground and within easy access of the sea, it could not exist at all but for the sufferance of the Spaniards on one side and of the Burl wiry pirates on the other; "May Bahar?" says the old Moor, and repeating this phrase thrice, which is a sure sign fDt hearty welcome, he claps tho don's hand without shaking it and lays his own upon his breast, the don doing likewise. Then Dm Sanchez, introducing us as we understood by his gestures, the old Moor bends his head gravely, putting his right hand first to his heart, next to his forehead and then kissing tho two foremost fingers laid across his lips, we replying as best we could with a bowing and scraping. These formalities concluded, tho don and the old Moor walk apart, and we squat down again to our mutton bones. "No, no, no!" cries she in a passion, clinching her little hanus and throwing up her head in disdain. "And 110, 110. no, say I," cries Dawson. "Were our case ten times as bad, I'd not go back from my word. As it is, we aro not to be pitied, and I warrant, ere long we mako ourselves to bo envied. 'Come, Kit, rouse you out of your lethargies and let us consult how we may improve our condition here, and do you, senor, pray order us a little of that samo excellent wine you spoke of, if it tie but a pint, when you feel disposed that wav." Kingston, Pa. A Vole* from Florida. Dr. W. F. Bynnm, Live Oak, Florida, says: Red Flag Oil is one of the moet successful pain cures we sell. It's an unfailing remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia and Sprains. Red Flag Oil costs 25 cents. Sold at J. H. Honok's aad Stroh's drug store. Now we that yonr blood is pnre. Good health follows the nse of Hood's Sarsaparilla which 1s the one great blood purifier.Three Mining Items. fWilkesharrc Record.) The old Spring brook colliery at Mooalo, formerly operated by Measra. Colbnrn A Co , has been recently leased by the Florence Coal Co. They have opened Dp the mine and cleaned the old working, and have opened a new vein four feet and six inches in thickness. They are completely renovating the whole plant and are taking down the old breaker and will bnlld new foundations for the new breaker, which will be of l&rger dimensions. lllahnp O'llara'K Coadjutor. [Scranton Truth. 1 Rev. Eugene A. Garvey, of Williamsport, Rev. T. F. Coffay, of Carbondale, and Very Rev. John Flnnen, of Plttston, have been selected by the consnltors of the Soranton diocese for presentation to the pope. Oo Wednesday the bishops of this province, in this case the State of Penn sylvanla, will meet at the residence of Archbishop Ryan in Philadelphia to select tbree more nai/ies which will likewise be forwarded to Rome, although the three selected by the priests of this diooese may be endorsed. The bishopj of the Provlnoe of Pennsylvania, who will thus assemble, are Bishop O'Hara of 8cranton, Bishop Mc- Govern of Harrisbnrg, Bishop Mnllen, of Krle, and Bishop Phelan, of Pittsbnrg. Archbishop Ryan will preside. Each season foroes upon our consideration its own peculiar perils t j health. The advent of fall flnds many many reduoed in strength and vigor, poorly prepared to con tlnue the business of lifo. The stomach and bowels, the great highway of animal economy, Is espeslally liable to disorder in the fall. The nervous system has also an fered In the struggle. Typhoid fever and malaria In particular find in the fall tnat combination of earth, air and water that mark this season as especially dangerons The falling leaves, the decaying vegetables contribute their share of contamination Hood's Sarsaparllla furnishes a most vain able safeguard at these Important points, and should be used In the fall before serious sickness has laid yoa low. A Timely Ilenilniler. After a lengthy discussion the old Moor goes, and Don Sanchez, having paid the reckoning, leads us out of the town by many crooked alleys and cross passages, he speaking never a word and we asking no questions, but marveling exceedingly what is to happen next. And following a wall overhung by great palms we turn a corner and find there our old Moor standing beside un open door with a key in his hand. Tho old Moor gives the key into Don Sanchez's hand, and with a very formal salutation leaves us. We find some one who has been cured by Hood's Sareaparllla, and people on all hands are praising this great madlclae for what it has done for them and their friends. Taken In time, Hood's Sarsapar Ula prevents serious Illness by keeping the blood pare and all the organs In a healthy condition It is the great blood purifier. Hood's Pills become the favorite cathartic with every one who tries them. 25o. per box. Everywhere We Go The don inclined his head, but lingered, talking to Moll very gravely and yet tenderly for some while, Dawson and I going into the house to see what wo could make of it, and then, telling us wo should see him no more till the next day, he left us. lint fur some time after he was gone Moll sat on the sido of the well, very pensive and wistful, as one to whom the future was opened for tho first time. pr mces. how both for their own convenience re [to hr continued I spected it as neutral ground on which » each conld exchange his merchandise without let or hindrance from the other; how the sort of sanctuary thus provided was never violated either by Algerino or Spaniard, but each was free to come and go its he pleased, etc., and this did somewhat reassure us, though wo had all been more content to see our destina•D on the cresji of a high hilL Moses D Evans, of the Kingston Coal Co., has been appointed superintendent of the Hillside Coal & Iron Co. of Forest City. Thk Listener. ■ iHslnt' ii Won the Pennant, English Spavin Liniment removes all hard,soft or callonsed lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavins, cubs, splints sweeney, ring-bone, stldes, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold by J. H. Houck druggist, Pittaton, Pa The championship of the Pennsylvania State League ended Saturday. Hszleton won the second season's pennant with a record of 44 gamen won, 27 lost, and a percentage of .620. Carbondale finished second; Lancaster third and Reading Mrs. T. S. Hawkins, Chattanooga, Tenn-, says, "Shiloh's Vitalize 'saved my life.' I consider it the beet remedy for a debilitated system I ever used." For dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble it excels. Pric« 7ft ota. Anon comes a banging at our garden gate, which Moll had closed behind tho don, and, going to it, we find a Mcxirish boy with a barrow charged with many things. Wo could not understand a word ho said, but Dawson dCJciiJ«*l Llewellyn Price, who recently put up suoh a plucky fight for Recorder of Luzerne county, his been appointed to the foremanshlp of the Henry colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. at Port Bowkley. Then, following the don through the doorway, wo find ourselves in a spacious garden, but quite wild for neglect, flower and weed and fruit all mingling fourth,