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f5I^xLvi!Kxof?4°-f Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FR DAY. NOVEMBER 8, !£!)"D. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. i"-.0.? IE? ASS** "A Set of Rogues" diversion as may do Had m our society. but tho deep, painful Dreatning 01 mis poor, overwrought man. tiiey must sink together to Rome lower depth, and one day, thinks she, repeating his words, "we may chat easily upon this villainy and regret we went no further in it." ner putting sucn sname upon him. Ronso yourself, man, from your stupor. Get mo something in tho shape of a hammer, for God's sake, that we may burst our way from this accursed trap." 8IXTKEN AlUI.K-i Hl'RNEU. However, for the Rake of appearances, I thought it would bo wise to get this provision of ham and birds out, for fear of misadventure, and also I took instant precaution to turn the key in my street door. Being but two men, and neither of us overnice in the formalities, I had set a cheese, a loaf and a bottle betwixt us on tho bare table of my office room, for each to 6erve himself as he would, but I now proposed that, having a lady in our company, we should pay more regard to the decencies by going up stairs to my parlor, and there laying a tablecloth and napkins for our repast DUNHAM REMAINS JUDGE. DEATH OF ROBERT SHANNON. " Yoa are my wife," says ho at length. "Follow me. " And with that ho turns about and goes from the room. Then Moll, -without a look at us, without a word, her fiico ghastly pale and drawn with agony, with faltering steps obeys, catching at table and chair as she passes for support. A Horrible Bolor aunt In the Dotrance Another of tlie Old Battery M Boys Passes Colliery at WllkeHliarre. (Wilkesbarro Nows- Dealer ) Awiy In Illinois. Mr. Godwin loads her to tho adjoining chamber, which had been his, and says: I bethought me of an ax for splitting wood that lay in tho kitchen, and fetching it quickly I put it in his hand. Bidding me stand aside, ho let fly at the door like a madman. Tho splinter flow, but tho door hold good, and when ho staid a moment to tako a now grip on his ax I hoard a clamor of voiccs outside —Simon's, higher than tho rest, crying, "My new door, that cost me seven and ciglitpenoo!" Another accident occurred at the Dor ranee mine, of the Lehigh Valley Company, *bete seven engineer* were recently killed. This time sixteen males were burned He Wins the 44th Judicial District Cont A copy of the Free port (Illinois) Daily ■Journal, just to hand, brings news of the death in that city on Oat. 25th, of Robert Montgomery Shannon, a former resident of Plttston who will be remembered by many of our older residents. " Bob" Shannon, as he was fa miliarly known here, was a prlotsr and a good one, too. He was a native of Lyooming oonnty, where he was born on Jnly 19, 1888. At an early age, he entered the offioe of the old Wyoming Democrat in Tunkhannook, where be learned the printer's trade. Afterward he worked in various offices in this State. In 186 J, while employed in the Gazette offioe, he enlisted In Pittston'a favorite company which afterward beoame Battery M, Second Pennsylvania Artillery, serving three years. The remainder of his life story la thus told by the Journal: By FRANK BARRETT, Author ct "Lie down, love. Tomorrow we shall aee things clearer and think more reasonably. " HIS MAJORITY INCREASED TO 180. "The Great Hesper," "A Recoiling Vengeance," "Out of the Jaws of Death," Etc., Etc. o deal h Dawson made a step forward, as if he would have overtaken her, but I withheld him, shaking my head, and himself 6eoing 'twas in vain ho dropped into a chair and spreading his arms upon the table hides his face in them with a groan of despair. " Yes," says she in return, "more reasonably," and with that she does his bidding, and he returns to sit before the embers and meditate, and here ho sits, striving in vain to bring the tumult, of his thoughts to some coherent shape, until, from sheer exhaustion, he falls in a kind of lethargy of sleep. It was early on Saturday night when the dr/ broke out. A miner wa« loading some lay into the mule stable in the Bdlman *e1n, when his naked lamp fell into a maaw of loose hay at his feet. Counsel for tlie Respondent* Practically Won the Case by a Constitutional Point They Raised With Regard to the Bribing of Voters—(iOO Votes Thrown COPYRIGHT ISM, By MaeMlLLAN * CO '' Aye, certainly I'' criea Moll, Cvho had grown mighty fastidious in these particulars since she had been mistress of Burst Court. "This dirty table would spoil tho best appetite in the world " "Tho l«Kik, the lock!" says L "Striko that off." Out. For a moment or two he tried to separate the burning hay from the mass piled up In the stable, but while he stamped out the are in one part it spread in another and he was at last obliged to run and save himself and give the alarm As quickly as possible ■» Hue of hose was carried down the shaft and attached to one of the big pumps, but before this could be done the fUmes had reached and enfolded the whole line of stables. (Seranton Republican) thoir wits. Moll totters down the dark stairs and finds her husband standing in the doorway, his figure revealed against the patch of gray light beyond, for the moon was risen, though veiled by a thick pall of cloud. Ho sees, as she comes to his side, that sho has neither cloak nor hood to protect her from the winter wind, and in silence ho takes off his own cloak and lays it on her shoulder. At this act of mercy a ray of hope animates Moll's numbed soul, and she catches at her husband's hand to press it to her lips, yot can find never a word to express her gratitude. But his hand is cold as ice, and he draws it away from her firmly, with obvious repugnance. There was no love in this little act 'Twas but the outcome of tliat chivalry in gentlemen which doth exact lenience even to an enemy. Down came the ax, striking a spark of fire from tho lock, which fell with a clatter at the next blow, but ere we had time to open tho door Simon and his party, entering by tho back door, forced us to turn for our defense. Perceiving Dawson armed with an ax, however, these fellows paused, and tho leader, whom I recognized for tho constable of our parish, carrying a staff in ono hand and a lanthorn in t'other, cried to us in tho king's name to surrender ourselves. Judge Arch bald Friday reached home from Laporte, 8allivan connty, after a week's arduous work, shared in by President Searle, of Sncqnehanna oonnty, which resulted In a decision in the Dnnham-Sittser contet-t for jndge In the Forty-fonrth judicial district, composed of the counties of Wyoming and Sullivan. Judge Dnnham, Republican, retains the seat on the bench that he was given by the face of the returns, but his plurality was lnoreased by the Judicial c.urt from 29 to 183. [ooimiroxnj "And tho pigiHin pasty?" added Mw Butterby, regarding tho table laid ou beside her mistress' bed. Mcuiiwhile Moll, lying in tho dark, had been thinking also, bnt, as women will at such times, with clearer perception, so that her ideas, forming in logical sequence and growing more clear and decisive, as an argument becomes more lively and conclusive by successful reasoning, served to stimulate her intellect and excite her activity. And the end of it was that she rose quickly from her bed and looked into the next room, where she saw her husband sitting, with his chin upon his breast and his hands folded upon his knee before tho dead Are. Then, wrapping his cloak about her, she steals toward the outer door, but passing him she must needs pause at his back to stanch her tears a moment and look down upon him for the last time. The light shines in his brown hair, and, she bending down till her lips touch a stray curl, they part silently, and she, with yearning affection, bids him from her very soul a mute "Fare thee well, dear love!" So I carried a fagot and some apple logs up stairs and soon had a brave lire leaping up tho chimney, by whk-n time Moll and her father, with ab'uidant mirth, had sot forth our victuals on a clean white cloth, and to each of us a clean plate, knife and fork, most proper. Then, all things being to our hand, we sat down and mado a most hearty meal of Mrs. Butterby'8 good cheer, and all three of tia as merry as grigs, with not a shadow of misgiving. CHAPTER XXIX. Again must I draw upon matter of after knowledge to show you how all things came to pass on this fatal night. "And thocold partridge?" adds she in redoubled astonishment. "Why, here's naught left but my pudding and that as cold as a stone.'' When Mr. Godwin reached London, he went to Sir Peter Lely's house in Lincoln's Inn to know if he was still at Hatfield, and there learning he was gone hence to Hampton, and no one answering for certainty when he would return, Mr. Godwin, seeing that he might linger in London for days to no purpose, and bethinking him how pale and sorrowful his dear wife was when they parted, concludes to leave his picture at Sir Peter Lely's and post back to Chiselhurst, counting to give his wife a happy surprise. Mr. Godwin, with tho candlo flaring in his hand, passed hastily by her, too wrought bD £e__ to regard either the ludicrous or incomprehensible side of Mrs. Butterby's consternation, and so, going down tho corridor away from tho stairs, ho comes to the door of tho little back stairs, standing wide open and seeming to bid him descend Ho goes quickly down, yet trembling with fear that he may find her at tho lDottom, broken by a fall, but all he discovers is the bolt drawn and the door aj;ir. As he pushes it open a gust of wind blows out tho light, and here ho stood in tho darkness, eager to be doing, yet knowing not which way to turn or how to act. ' 'Part of the time he served with hlsoompany, and the balance of the time he was ou detached service In Washington. He was placed in oharge of the prioting for the war department at Washington, and filled that responsible position with on-lit for nearly two years. He was honorably discharged from the service June 22/ 1865, and returned to his home In Pennsylvania where he remained a few weeks and then went to Ohioago, arriving In that city Oot. 5th, 1865. In Chicago he held cases at various times on the Tribune, Inter Ocean and other leading papers of that city, and .also held the positions of telegraph editor and proof reader on some of the leading papers of the country. He worked on the leading papers of Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, 8t. Louis and other large cities, and had also worked In offices at Dubuque, Ro;kford, Mt. Carroll and other neighboring towns. He came to Freeport in 1870 and went to work on the Journal, in whioh offioe he has worked almost oontinnonsly ever since, and resigned his position a few months ago on account of ill health. In his younger days Mr. Shannon was regarded as a very rapid compositor, and In fact bad but few equals at the oase. He was not only very rapid but he was very oorrect in his work. He oould read writing that nobody alse could decipher, and was an accurate proof reader. He entered a printing offioe at a very early age and had but little schooling, yet he could teach lots of college graduates a great deal. In fact he was a walking encyclopaedia, and his familiarity with ancient and modern languages was remarkable. Ha was a man posseoing a master mind, and very few newspaper men were as thoroughly equipped for their work aa waa he. Bob was a genial, whole-souled gentleman and generous to a fault He wonld share his last crust with a friend and waa the idol of the apprentice boys, whom he was always very kind to and took pleasure in helping them along. He Is almost the last of the old-time printers, and his death Is a great loee to the fraternity. May, '868, Mr. Shannon was married In Chloago to Miss Anna Louisa Hoeken, daughter of Franoia floeken, a well known merchant of that olty. Mrs. Shannon survives her husband as do also six children, Alma, of Chicago; Stephen M., Ethel A.. Marie C., Mil] dred A., and Agnes B , who reside at home. Alma is ill In Chloago with typhoid fever and was unable tj be at her father's bedside when he died. Mr.Shannon also leaves two brothers, Jessie, who resides in Chloago, and John M., of Denver. His parents passed away in Freeport several years ago." Seventeen mules were fastened in stalls In tt.e stables. An effort to reach them, after the alarm was given, failed, as the pathway was blocked with fltmes, and one of the would be rewsuera was carried out unconscious, overcome by the smoke. "Tako us if you can," cries Dawson, "and the Lord have mercy on the first who comes within my reach 1" There had seemed something piteous to me in that appeal of Moll's that she might be herself for this night, and indeed I marveled now how she could have so trained her natural disposition to an artificial manner and could no longer wonder at the look of fatigue and weariness in her face on her return from London. Deftly enough old Simon, snatching the fellow's cap who stood next him, flings it at tho candle that stands flaring on tho fiCjor and jostles the constable's huithorn from his hand, so that in a moment wo were all in darkness. Taking us at this disadvantage, for Dawson dare not lay about him with his ax, for fear of hitting mo by misadventure, the rascals closed at once, and a most bloody, desperato fight ensued. This contest was begun in the latter pait o - latit November and In accordance with law, the president jndge of the three nearest judicial districts, Rice, Archbald and Searle were appointed to pass upon it. When more than half the work had been completed, Judge Rice was appointed to the bench of the superior court. Judge Woodward was appointed to the vacant position, but declined on the ground that he had not heard the testimony, so the two other jndges finished the case. The fire was fought under great difficulties, the men being unable to remain in the gangway more than a minute ot two at a time on acoount of the smoke. The shrieks atid cries of the Imprisoned mules were horrible to hear, and there was also the danger of their breaking out of the stable and In their tsrror running down the fire fighters. Taree did get out of the stable and dashed down the gangway, but the men managed to avoid them. Two of these had to be shot, they were so badly burned. The other was no Injured. The remaining fomteen were burned to death. It was six hours after the fire started before the fl»mes were pnt ont Toe mine was net badly damaged. So ho poos on his way, she following like a whipped dog at his heels, till they reach the court gates, and, these being fast locked, on a little farther to the wicket gate. And there, as Mr. Godwin is about to enter, there confronts him Peter, that sturdy Puritan hireling of old Simon's. About 8 o'clock bo reaches the court, to And all shut and barred by the prudent housekeeper, who, mi letting him in, with many exclamations of joy and wonder, falls presently to sighing and shaking her head, as she tells how her mistress bus lain abed since dinner and is sick of her biliaries. For the old reckless, careless, daredevil spirit was still alive in her, as I could plainly see now that she abandoned herself entirely to the free sway of impulse. The old twinkle of mirth and mischief was in her eyM, she was no longer a fine lady, but a merry vagabond again, and when she laughed 'twas with her hands clasping her sides, her head thrown back and all her white teeth gleaming in the light. Clearly, his wife had gone out by this door, and so far this gave support to Simon's statement that he knew where she was, and with this a flamo was kindled within him that seemed to s«ir his very souL If Simon spoke truth in 0110 particular, why should he lie in others? Why bad his wife refusal to go with him to Hatfield? Why had she bid no oue come near her room? \\ hy h;«l she gone forth by this secret stair alone? Then, cursing himself for the unnamed suspicion that could thus, though but for a moment, disfigure the fair image that he worshiped, he asked himself why his wife should not be free to follow a caprice. But where was she? Even that question surged upward in the tumult of his thoughts. Where should ho seek her? Suddenly it struck him that I might help him to find her, and acting instantly upon his hope ho made his way in breathless haste to the road, and so toward my lodge. But she will wait no longer, fearing her courago may give way, and the next minute she is out in the night, sC Dftly drawing the door to that separates theso two forever. For, after the first onslaught, in which Dawson, droppiug his ax, as being useless at such cl(jse quarters, and I grappled each our man, tho rest, knowing not. friend from foe in the obscurity and urgC 'C1 on by fear, fell upon each other, this one striking out at the first ho met, and that giving as good as he had taken, and so all fell a-manling and belaboring with such lust of vengeance that presently the whole place was of an upro:ir with the din of cursing, howling and hard blows. For my own lot I had old Simon to deal with, as I knew at once by the cold, greasy feel of his leathern jerkin, he being eur;iged to make me his prisoner for the ill I had done him. Hooking his horny fingers about my throat, he clung to me like any wildcat, but stumbling shortly over two who were rolling on the floor wo went down both with a crack, and with such violence that lie, being undermost, was stunued by the fall. Then, my blood boiling at this treatmont, I got astride of him and roasted his ribs royally, and with more force than ever I had conceived myself to be possessed of, and growing beside myself with this passion of War I do think I should have pounded him into a pulp but that two other combatants, fulling across me with their whole weight, knocked all the wind out of my lDody, oppressing me so grievously that 'twas as much as I could do to draw myself out of tho fury and get a gasp of breath again. "Thee canst not enter here, friend," says he in his canting voice as lie sets his foot against, the giite. The past week was devoted to the final feature of the case, a re-count of the 60,000 votes cast In the district, all that were declared Illegal being thrown ont. One very Important feature, the throwing out of all the votes of the F.rst w*rdof TunkannocV, has been noticed. This was done because the county commissioners fixed the polling place at a place other than that designated by court. Judge Slttser lost forty votes in that way. In great concern Mr. Godwin takes the candle from Mrs. Butterby's hand and hastes up to his wife's room. Opening the door softly, he enters, to find the bed tumbled indeed, but empty. He calls her in a soft voioe, going into the next room, and getting no reply, nor finding her there, he calls again, more loudly, and there is no response. Then, as he stands irresolute and amazed, he hears a knock at the door below, and concluding that 'tis his wife, who has had occasion to go out seeking fresh air for her comfort maybe, he runs swiftly down and opens ere a servant can answer the calL And there he is faced, not by sweet Moll, but the jaundiced, Wicked old Simon, gasping and panting far breath. "Know you who I am?" asks Mr. For some time we spoke never a word, Dawson and I, he with his head lying on his arm, I seated in a chair with my hands hanging down by my side, quite stunned by the blow that had fallen upon us. At length, raising liis head, his eyes puffed and his faeo bedaubed with tears, lie says: Godwin. "Yea, friend, and 1 know who thy woman is also. I am bidden by friend Simon, the true anil faithful steward of Mistress Godwin in Biirbary, to defend ner house and l;uids against robbers and evildoers of every kind, and without respect of their degree, and with the Lord's help," adds he, showing a stout cudgel, "that will I do, friend." "Now, "says I, when at length our meal was finished, "I will clear the table.""Hoop!" cries she, catching up the corners of the tablecloth and flinging them over the fragments. " 'Tis done. Let us draw round the lire and tell old tales. Here's a pipe, dear dad. I love the smell of tobacco, and you,'' to me, "do fetch me a pipkin that I may brew a good drink to keep our tongues go- FIRE IN PHOENIX MINE. Fortunately It AVan Smothered In Short "Han't you a word of comfort, Kit, for a broken hearted man?" Order, With No Damage to Speak Of. The contest was largely started upon tie strength of a report that about sixty ballots marked in the. head of the Republican column and then marked specially opposite Jndge Sittser's name had been thrown out aa illegal. This, if true, would have materially effected the case tut the re count of the ballots showed it to be not true. Very few ballots marked In that way were fonnd but the judges decided to count all that were bo marked. The re-count of the vote showed a number of mofit remarkable markings, but one rnle was strictly ad- At about 10:30 o'clock Monday inc ruing what threatened to prove a very serious fire broke out In the sixth cr lower vein of the Phoenix Mine, Old Forge Coal Mining Company, situated at the head of the canal. It originated in an old chamber about 4,000 feet from the foot of the shaft, and about seventy feet from where tae miners were at work. A blower of gas became ignited, presumably from a blast, and the chamber for a distance of thirty feet was filled with a roaring mass of flame. Superintendent Charles Aikman and inside foreman Patrick Eagan happened to be In the mine at the time, and they acted without delay. First the mine was cleared of workmen. No time was lost in getting them out, and while of oourse there was considerable exc'ttment among them all were gotten out safely in a exceedingly short time, the boys being hoisted first. Meanwhile, men were at work blocking up the entrance to the chamber in which the flames were raging, the intention being to smother the fire. A temporary wall was built, and allowed to remain for three hours. Then at about 1:30, it was taken d iwn and it was learned that the scheme aad been sueeeesful. No trace of the fire remained, though the place was filled with smoke, and but little or no damage was done. A telephone message to this city brought the Eagle wagon and hose to the aoene, to be used in case the scheme of smothering the fire failed, but their services were not required. It was a very fortunate accident all around. " 'Tis true, fellow," returns Mr. Godwin. "I have no right to enter here." I stammered a few words that had more sound than sense, but indeed I needed consolation myself, seeing my own responsibility for bringing this misfortune uixm Moll, and being more heartily ashamed of my roguery now 'twas discovered. And then, turning about, he stands irresolute, as not knowing whither he shall go to find shelter for his wife. For very shame ho does not take her to the village inn to be questioned by gaping servants and landlord, who, ere long, must catch the flying news of her shameful condition and overthrow. A faint light in the lattice of Anne Fitch's cottage catches his eye, and he crosses to her door, still humbly followed by poor MolL There he finds the thumbpiece gone from the latch, to him a well known sign that Mother Fitch has gone out a-nursing. So, pulling the hidden string he wots of, he lifts the latch within, and the door opens to his hand. A rush is burning in a cup of oil upon the table, casting a feeble glimmer round the empty room. He closes the door when Moll has entered, sots a chair before tho hearth and rakes the embers together to give her warmth. ing. " About the time this drink was brewed Simon, leading Mr. Godwin by a circuitous way, came through the garden to the back of the house, where was a door, which I had never opened for lack of a key to fit the lock. This key was now in Simon's hand, and putting it with infinite care into the hole he softly turned the wards. Then, with the like precaution, he lifts the latoh and gently tnrusts tne aoor open, listening at every inch to catch the sounds within. At length 'tis opened wide. Then, turning his face to Mr. Godwin, who waits behind, sick with mingled shame and creeping dread, he beckons him to follow."Dost thee know," says he, fetching his breath at every other word, "dost thee know where the woman thy wife is?" "You don't think he'll be too hard on poor Moll, tell me that, Kit?" Ere he has gone a hundred yards Simon steps out of the shadow and stands before him like a shade in the dimness. "Ayo, he'll forgive her," says I, "sooner than us, or we ourselves." "Where is she?" cries Mr. Qotfwin in quick alarm, thinking by this fellow's sweating haste that some accident had befallen his dear wife. "I will show thee where she is. Aye, and what she iB,'' gasps the old man, and then, clasping his hands, he adds, "Verily, the Lord hath heard my prayers and delivered mine enemies into my tywd," Mr. Godwin, who had stepped aside to catch up his hat from the table, where he had flung it ou entering, stopped short, hearing this fervent note of praise, and turning about, with misgivings of Simon's purpose, cries; '•What are your enemies to me?" "Everything," cries Simon. "Mine enemies are thine, for as they have cheated me bo have they cheated thee." "I crave thy pardon, master," says he humbly. "I spoke like a fool in my passion. " "And you don't think he'll bo forever a-casting it in her teeth that her father's a—a drunken vagabond, eh?" hered to, "If you will crave my pardon, tell me where to find my wife; it not, stand aside," answers Mr. Godwin. "Nay. I believe he is too good a m;ui for that." In every Instance in which the voter had made his intent plain npon his ballet, the vote was oounted. However, the count drew the line on dot marks, founr In party columns. There weie several ballots so marked but a dot is such an easy thing to make inadvertently that the court thought that it would establish a dangerous preo dent to count them. " WiU thee hear me speak for two minutes if I promise to tell thee where she is and suffer thee to find her how thee willst? 'Twill save thee time." "Then,"sayB he, standing up, "I'll go and tell him tho whole story, and you shall come with mo to boar mo out.'' "Tomorrow will bo time enough," says I, flinching from this office. " 'Tis late now." "Speak," says Mr. Godwin. About this time tho uproar began to subside, for those who had got the worst of the battle thought it advisable to sneak out of tho house for safety, and those who had fared better, fearing a reverse of fortune, counted they had douo enough for this bout, and so also withdrew. "Thy wife is there," says Simon under his breath, pointing toward my kouse. "She is reveling with Hopkins anc\ pQptaiu Evans, men that she did tramp the country with as vagabond players ere the Spaniard taught them more profitable wickedness. Knock at the door, which thee mayst bo sure is fast, and while one holds thee in parley the rest will set the room in order and find a plausible tale to hoodwink thee afresh. Bo guided by me, and thee shalt enter the house unknown to them, as I did hour since, and there thee shalt know, of thine own senses, how thy wife doth profit by thy blindness. If this truth be not proved, if thee canst then say that I have lied from malice, envy and evil purpose, this knife," says he, showing a blade in his hand, "this knife will I thrust into my own heart, though I stand the next instant before the Eternal Judge, my hands wet with my own blood, to answer for my crime.'' Abovo Dawson was singing at the top of his voice a sea song ho had learned Of a mariner at the inn ho frequented at Greenwich, with a troll at tho end, taken up by Moll and mo, and to hear his wifo's voice bearing part in this rude song made Mr. Godwin's heart to sink within him. Under cover of this noise Simon mounted tho stairs without hesitation, Mr. Godwin following at his heels in a kind of sick bewilderment 'Twas dark up there, and Simon, stretching forth his hands to know if Mr. Godwin was by, touched his hand, which was deadly cold and quivering, for hero at the door he was seized with a sweating faintness, which so sapped his vigor that ho was forced to hold by tho wall to save himself from fulling. "No matter for that. Time enough to sleep when we've settled this business. We'll not leave poor Moll to bear all the punishment of our getting. Mr. Godwin shall know what an innocent, simple child she was when we pushed her into this knavery, and how we dared not tell her of our purpose lest she should draw back. Ho shall know how she was ever an obedient, docile, artless girl, yielding always to my gnidaupe, mid you can stretch a point, Kit, to say you have ever kuown me for a headstrong, masterful sort of a fellow, who would tako denial from none, but must liavo my own way in all things. I'll tako all the blame on my own shoulders, as I should have done at first, but I was so staggered by this falL '' Straight horizontal lines and straight perpendicular lines in the party circles were counted, as were ci.-clee within thf circles. There were 600 votes in all thrown ont as Illegal, 250 of which were cast for Dunham and 350 for Slttser. "Forgive mo, oh, forgive mo!" cries Moll, casting herself at his feet as he turns and clasping his knees to her stricken heart. "Forgive you!" says he bitterly. "Forgive you for dragging me down to the level of rogues and thieves, for making me party to this vile conspiracy of plunder! A conspiracy that, if it bring me not beneath the lash of justice, must blast my name and fame forever. Yon know not what yoq ask. As well might you bid mo take yon back to finish the night in drunken riot with those others of your gang." "On, no, not now—not now I" cries Moll in agony. "Do but say that one day long hence you will forgive ma Give mo tliat hope, for I cannot live without it" "Are you living, Kit?" asks Dawson "Enough of this," cries Mr. Godwin. "Tell me where my wife is, and be done with it" then. Counsel for the respondent, Judge Dun ham, practically won their case by a point they raieed with regard to bribery of voters. The constitution says that where a person receives an jthing for his vote cr for withholding the vote he shall not be entitled to vote at the election ; or if a person offers anything to a voter the man who makes che offer shall not be entitled to a vote. "Aye," says I as valiantly as you please, "and ready to fight another half dozen such rascals," but pulling the "I say I will show thee where she ia and what she is." ■' "TeU me where she is," cries Mr Godwin, with passion. broken door open, all tho same, to get out tho easier in caso they returned. "Why, then, lot's go," says he, "unless any is minded to have us stay." "That is my secret, and too precious to throw away." No one responding to this challengo, wo made ado to find a couple of hats and cloaks for our use and sullied out "I comprehend yon now," says Mr. Godwin, bethinking him of the fellow's greed. "Yon shall he paid- Tell pap fvhere she Is and name your price." MTbe price to (ffito," rejaiiw the other, "thy promise to be secret, to catch them in this trap and give no opening for escape. Ohr-I know them. They are as slip through your fingers antiturn to bite. They shall not serve me so again. Promise"— "Art thee ready?" asks Simon, but he can get no answer, for Mr. Godwin's energies, quickened by a word from "Well," says I, "if you will have it There ware 185 votes thrown out on the strength of this report., which were oast by men who were either paid for the day they lost to vote or else made offers to pay for the days loet. The opinion in the case will be written by Judge Archbald. It is not likely that the case will be appealed. . "I will."savs he stoutly. "And now give me a backet of witter that i may souse my head and wear a brave look. I would have him think the worst of me that he may feel the kinder to poor Moll. And I'll make what atonement I can," adds he as 1 led him into my bedchamber. "If he desire it, I will promise never to see Moll again. Nay, I will offer to take the king's bounty and go a-sailoring, and so, betwixt sickness and the Dutch, there'll Ui an end of Jack Dawson iw a very short spaco." so"— "Which way do we turn?" asks Daw- Ion as «ve come into the road. "Whither would you go. Jack?" "Why, to warn Moll of her danger, NARROW ESCAPK FROM DEATH. Pastor Thomas's Anniversary. Sanday was the close of the third year of Bev. W. D Thomas as pastor ot the Velsh Baptist Church, and the event was fittingly oelebrated with an anniversary service in the evening. The church was orowded to the doors. Pastor Thomas preached an appropriate sermon, taking for his text I Samuel 7:12, "Then 8amnel took a stone, and set It between Mlzpeh and Shen, and called the name of It Ebenezer, saying, hitherto hath the Lord Mrs. Matthew Harrison Takes Laudanum "Have you finished?" asks Mr. Godwin."That hope's my fear 1" says he. "I have known men who, by mere contact with depravity, have so dulled their sense of shame that they could make light of sins that onoe appalled them. Who knows but that one day I may forgive you, chat easily upon this villainy, maybe regret I went no further in it?" to be sure.'' At abont tm o'clock on Saturday Dr. G Underwood was called to the home of llatthew Harrison, on Vine street, near Pitteton Cemetery, to attend Mrs. Harrison, whom he fonnd suffering from the effects of a dose of laudanum taktDn by herself. The Doctor found the woman in a very critical condition. He worked with her for several hours, using every means possible to counteract the effects of the poison, and at last accounts the woman bad revived sufficiently to lead to the hope that she will entirely recover. The woman told Dr. Underwood that she had taken tbe poison because of certain things which her husband had said to her this morning. She drank abont half of the quantity which she bad In a small but the poison was not of full strength, to which fact the woman owes her life. The woman's husband fonnd her with the bottle in her hand and threw it, with the poison that remained, Into the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are about fifty years old, and have lived here for a long time. lint Will Recover. "No, not yet I hold tlieo to thy promise," returns Simon, with eager haste. "Why do men lie? For their own profit? What profit have I in lying, when I pray you to put my word to the proof, and not take it on trust, with the certainty pf punishment even if the proof be doubtful? You believe this woioog wnat she pretends to be. What docs that dhow? Your simplicity—not hers. How would women trick their husbands without such skill to blind them by a pretense of love and virtue?" I apprehended no danger to her and believed her husband would defend her in any case better than wo could, but Dawson would have it we should warn them, and so we turned toward the court. And now upon examination wo found we had come very well out of this light, for save that the wound in Dawson's hand had lx-en opened afresh we were neither much tho worse. "Nothing. Think you I'm of yow own iMtse kind, to deal with you in flfescbery? Yoi had my'answdr before, DEATH OF FORMER PITTSTON LADY. .Mrs. Charlotte La/.arus Passes Away at a "O God, forbid that shall be of my doing!" cries Moll, springing to her feet. "Broken as I am, I'll not aooept; forgiveness on such Think you I'm like those plague stricken wretches who, of wanton wickedness, ran from their bejjs to infect the clean with their foul ill? Not I!" Ri|De Age In Scrauton. *5 §2 Mrs. Charlotte Lszarus, aged about seventy years, died November 1 after a long illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Krimmins, on South Main avenne, Hyde Park. When he had ducked his head in a bowl of water and got our cloaks from tho room below, we went to tho dour, and there, to my dismay, I found the lock fast and the key which I had left in its socket gC Dne. "\Vhut'H amiss, Kit?" asks Dawson, peroeiving my consternation. helped us." The pastor also gave an Interesting review of trie work done by the church during thCs three years of his pastorate. The churoh has prospered greatly during this period, materially and spiritually. When Mr. Thomas became pastor of the churoh there were but ninety members. Now there are 218. Great improvements have been made on the ohurch property, and other important ones are now in progress. There was indeed occasion for the rejoicing in which the oongr»- gation indulged last evening. '' But let us set our best foot foremost, Jack," says I, "for I do think we havo done more mischief tonight than any we have before, and I shall not be greatly surprised if we are called to ao count for tho death of old Simon or some of his hirelings," "Say no more," cries Mr. Godwin "pr I may strangle you before Vou pass triaL Go your devilish way. I'll follow." Fifty years ago Mrs. Lazarus was one of the young ladies of Plttston. Her maiden name was Austin. She was married to William Lazarus, son of John Lazarus, and nephew of the late George Lizarns, for many years the leadlDg landlord of Plttston. She became a widow many years ago, but continued to reside in Plttston nntil quite recently, where her three daughters grew up to womanhood and married. Mrs. Rooert Bryden, whose husband wae killed at the Barnum shaft some years ilnce, was one of her daughters. Mrs. Lazarus has been associated with the First Presbyterian church of Plttston since her marriage, fifty years ago. Both she and her husband were connected with old fam Hies of the valley. She was a cousin of tbe late Judge Dana, of Wilkeebarr6, and others of the same name in Tunkhannock. "T annlre in Vieat,." savs Mr. Godwin quickly. "I repent even n«W what I said." "Now God be praised for this! Softly, softly!" adds he, creeping in thC shade of the back toward the house. Ami so steeped in infamy," continues she, "that I am past all cure? Think," adds she piteously, "I am not 18 yet I was but a phild a year ago, with no more judgment of right and wrong than a savage preature. IJntiJ I loved you I think I scarcely knew the meaning of conscience. The knowledge came when I yearned to keep no secret from you. I do-remember the first struggle to do right 'Twas on the little bridge, and there I balanced awhile 'twixt cheating you and robbing myself. And then, for fear you would not marry me, I dared not own the truth. Oh, bad I thought you'd drily keep me for your mistress I'd have told you I was not your cousin. Little as this is, there *8 surely hope in't it more impossible that you, a strong man, should lift me than that I, a weak girl—no more than that—should drag yon down)" "I did not Weigh my words." "The key, the key!" says I, holding the eandlo hero and there to seek it on tho floor, then giving up my search as it struck me that Mr. Godwin and Moll tould not have left the honse had the "I know not how that may be," says he, "but I must answer for knocking of somebody's teeth out." Simon jnuihcs irt.de open the door. within liko a jaded byaat by the sting of A whip, is straining his ears to catch what is passing within. And what hears ho? The song is ended, and Dawson cries; But ere ho has gone a doaen pace? Mf. (Jodwin repents him again, with shame in his heart, and stopping says: '• "I'll go no farther." [TO UK coNuncm ] dcnar been locked on the inside. "I do believo we are lockeTl in and made prisoners. " SUIT FOR 1HO DAMAGES "Then thee doubtest mv word no onger," Simon quickly. " 'Tis ear that makeet tliee bait, the fear of biding thy wife a wanton and a trickster.""You han't lost your old knack of catching a time, MolL Come hither, wench, and sit upon niy knee, for I do love ye more than ever. Give me a buss, Chuck. This fine, huslmnd of thine shall not have all thy sweetness to himself." Dr. tf. N Rico Cltini* From the Two ones and a-half and one pall of pants, $5, at Lynch Bros'. "Why, mire, this is not Mr. Godwin's doing!" cries he. Clear Spring Coal Co. In the Prothonota.-y's office in Wilkesbarre, Nov. 1, a summons In trespass was ertered by Dr J N RlD e, formerly of Pittston, now of Scrantm, against the Clear Spring Coal Company, claiming damages in the sum of $95,010. Meters Wheaton, Darling and Woodward are the attorneys for the plaintiff, and his statement 1b as follows: Grand Jury Report. " 'Tis Simon," says I, with conviction, seeing him again in my mind, standing behind Mr. Godwin, with wicked triumph in his face. The gra- d jury wound up its report to the court on Saturday with the following: "And the grand jnry further report that they have visited and examined the Lnzerne oounty prison and found It in an excellent condition. We further report that while it is somewhat crowded, the discipline maintained by the warden and his subordinates has largely made up for the lack of sufficient room, at time*, when the prison is overtaxed, by enforced attendance. We fonnd everywhere evidences of cleanliness, good discipline painstaking supervision and faithful observance of the laws and rules prescribed for the government of the prison." "No, no, by God I" KATIE MURPHY'S TERRIRLE DEATH "If that be so, then art thee bound to prove her iunocent, that I may not say to all the world thee might*st have put. her honor to the test and dared not, choosing rather to cheat thyself and be cheated by her than know thyself dishonored If thee dC*t truly love this wonan and Relieve her guilt loss, then for ler honor must thee put me—not her— o this trial" "Nqmadmau could reason like this," saya Mr. Godwin. "I accept this trial, and heaven forgive me if I do wrong." At this moment Simon, having lifted the latch under his thumb, pushes wide open the door, and there through the thick cloud of tobacco smoke Mr. Godwin «ics the table in disorder, the white cloth (lung hack over the remnants of our repast and stained with a patch of liquor from an overturned mug, a smutty pipkin set upon the board beside a dish of tobacco and a broken pipe—me sitting o' (me side the hearth heavy and drowsy with too much good cheer, and on t'other side his young wife, sitting on lAiwson's knee, with one arm about his neck, and he in his uncouth seaman's garb, with a pipe in one h;uid, the other about Moll's waist, a-kissing her yielded cheek With a cry of fury, like any wild beast, he springs forward and clutches at a knife that lies ready to his hand uiDon the lioard, and this cry is answered with a shriek from Moll as she starts to her feet wnen vou won in ik hsou mv nunu. rascal. But," adds he, with fury, "you ■hall tell me where my wife is." "I would tear the tongue from my throat ere it should undo the work of Providence. If they escape the present o| answer ior it, not L Yet I will give thee a clerw to find this woman who hath fooled {hee. Seek her where fherq are and drunkards to piopk at thy simplicity, to jeer at thine pasy gull, for I say again thy wife never Was iq Barbary, but playihg (htt wanton"— fhe patience with which Jir. Godwin bad bestowed to this tirade, doubting by his passion that Simon was stark naad, gave wajr before this vile aspersion on his wife, and clutching the old jpau by the throat he flung him across the threshold apd shof the (Joor upon £im. "Thy wife Is there," mya Simon. "Is there no other door but this one?" isks Dawson Mangled by a Lehigh Valley Train Near Her Home In West Avoca. "Thtire is one at the back, but I have tiever yet opened that fC* lack of a key. " Kstle Murphy, aged abont sixteen years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy, of Wast Avoca, c.et a horrible death on the L. V. R. B. cut-off Sunday evening at 5:50. The girl had been at one of the neighbors for milk and was returning home. She was walking on the track, saw a train approaching her and rteppsd on the other track, when a train coming in the ether direstlon struck her down. Her bodv was horribly mutilated. Funeral announcement later. And now setting one thing against another and galling how I had lie fore found the door open, when I felt sure I had locked it fast, tho truth appeared to "On 8 March, 1886, was the owner of all the coal and other minerals underlying a tract of land in West P.t'ston, beginning at a point 127 feet from the centre of Eseter street, and in line of land ocoupied by the L. it B R B Co., as a tight of way for their railroad ; thenoe north 56 degrees east, 1,205 feet more or less to a corner in line of Susquehanna river, thence by same north 32} degrees, east 60 feet to a corner ; thence south 66 degrees, west 1.S05 feet to a corner; thenoe Biuth 32i degrees west, 60 feat to the place of starting; containing 72,300 fqnare teet more or less The defendant, with torce and arms, broke and entered the land and wrongfully ruined without consent of plaliitlif, whereof the plaintiff has been ii jnred to the damage of $45,000 00." Rice further says that the defend&nt, since the 8th of Mar n, 18P6 wrongfully and unlawfully trespassed upon messuage aforesaid and made use of the same for the carriage and conveyance of coal from adjoin lng properties of the eald Rice across and under the property, by reason of which trespasses the said Rice hath suffered other and fmther damages to the amount of $50,00ti; total cla m, $95,000. DEATH OF JOHN TAYLOR. General Traffic Manager of the Lehigh Valley Road for Many Years. After an illness of paralysis extending over two years, John Taylor, general traffic manager of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, died on Saturday afternoon at hlB home in B.thlehem. Mr. Taylor was a native of Wiikesbarre. He entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Company as a roadman on the engineering corps in 1833. Then he was pnt in charge of the station at Munch Chnnk. Ia 1803 he was made general freight of the company When the railroad began to spread north and scnth, east and west, and a man was required tD mett with the freight agen'B of its varions connecting railroads and arrange freight and passenger tariffs, covering the eiitlre country, Mr. Taylor was selected as general traffic manager. Since 1891, Mr. Taylor has resided in Bethlehem. He was a biother of Thomas Taylor and Mrs E. H Chase, of Wilkesbarre. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon. "Yes, they were true," says she. " 'Tis bred in my body—part of my nature, this spirit of evil—and 'twill exist as long as L For, even now, I do feol that I would do this wickedness again, and worse, to win yon once more." Li 0 fgf PHAPTEH XXX rx & •*y?hat!" pries Itowm, caching his daughter in his arms and hugging her to his breast, when the first shock of surprise was past. "My own sweet Moll, oome hither to warm her ,»ld father's heart?" "My poor wife," says he, touched with pity, and h°Wiwg forth his arms she govs to them and lays her cheek against his breast, and there stands crying very silently with mingled thoughts —now of the room she had, prepared with such delight {ygainst his return, of her little table in the corner, with the chiney image atop, and other trifles with which she had dreamed to give him ' Mo ninvp (Ku sit oy nis side there watuuuig, wiuj wonder and pridu, the growth of beauty 'neath his dexterous bund, and then she. feels that 'tis compassion, not love, that hath opened his arms to her; that shu hath killed his respect her, and with it his lovfc And so, stifling the sobs that rise in her throat, she weeps on till her tears, trickling from her cheek, fall upon his hand; The icy harrier of resentment is melted by tho first warm tear—this silent testimony of her smothered grief—and bursting from the bouds of reason he yields to the passionate impulse of his heart, and clasping this poor sorrowing wife to his breast he seeks to kiss away the tears from her cheek and soothe her with gentle words. She responds to his passion, kiss for kiss, as she clasjie her hands about his head, but still her tears flow on, for with her readier wit she perceives that this is but the transport of ]Mission on his side and not the untaxed outcome of enduring love, proving again the truth of his unmeditated prophecy, for how can he stand who yields so quickly to the first assault, and if lie cannot stand her can he raise her? fcjuruly and more surely, little by little, Relief In Six Honrs. f'V MIXE-lNSPECTOR'SIRErORT. Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved In six hours by the "New Great South American Kidney Cure." Ihisnew remedy is a great surprise and delightful physicians on account of its exoeedlng promptness in relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in past, quick relief and cure. Thls.is your remedy, Sold by J. H. Houok's, druggists, Pittaton There Were Five Fatal Accidents and Nineteen Non-Fatal Accidents. my uwn," n;tv« she tenderly, | fear hath grown a little wantipf? in love fur ye wince I have Iwien mated. But, thCmgh my dear Dick draws so deeply from my well of affection, there is still somewhere down here" (olappipg her hand pjjop Utir heart), "a The report of mlue inspector Hugh Mac- Donald, of the Tnlrd (Plttstou) district, for the month of October, shows that there were five fatal aooidents and nineteen nonfatal accidents "Who is this drnnken villain?" he crigs, stretching the kuifo iu his toward Dawson. fjqt where was his Wife? That question wits still uppermost in his thoughts. His Jsole misgiving was that accident hpd ►befallen her, and that somewhere in the {honse he should find her lying cold fhsansible. . • .C * ' J Pith this terror in his mind he ran in up stairs. On the landing lie wart met by Mrs. Bntterby, who, prudent ponl, af the first hint Of pdsaouduut on her mistress* part, had bundled the gap- Cn Arid Moll, flinging herself betwixt the Knife and Dawson, with fear for his life, and yet with some dignity in her voice awl gesture, answers swiftly; New Church Dedicated. Source {hat first sprang for you and can nejer dry." Pittston was well represented attheded'- catlon of the new Congregational Church at PlalnB Sunday. The new building Is a handsome one of modem design, and cost $5,099. There was a large attendance on the services. In the morning, there were sermons by Rev. R 8 Jones, D. D , of Providence, aid Rev. B 1 Kvans, of Hyde Park. At two o'clock, Rev. Dr. Edwards, of Kingston, preached, and solos were sung by James Anwyl and Mrs J. H. Thomas. In the evening there were sermons by D P. J Dnes and Rev. D. M Grorije Solos were sung by John T Williams and Mrs J. Parry. The services are eoLtlnned this afternoon and evening. "Aye, and 'tis a proof," says hC. "your coming hern whore wo may speak CHAPTER XXXI and act without restraint, though it bo "Stand aside, Moll," cries Dawson, but for five minutes. " stepping to the foro and facing Mr. God "Five minutes!" cries she, springing wi„. "This is my crime, and I will anup with her natural viv«'-itr. "Why, swer for it with my blood. Hero is my I'll not leave you before the morning, breast" (tearing open his jerkin), unless you weary of me." And then, "Strike, for I alone have done you With infinite relish and sly humor, she ■wrong, this child of mine being but on told of her device for leaving the court instrument to my purpose." without suspicion. Mr. Godwin's hand fell by his side, I do confess I was at first greatly and the knife slipped from his fingers, alarmed for the safe issue of this esca- "Speak," says lie thickly, sifter a mo pade, but she assuring me 'twas a dirty meut of horrible silence, broken only by night, and she had passed no one on the the sound of the knife striking the Door, road, I felt a little reassured. To be "if this is your daughter—if she has sure, thinks I, Mr. Godwin, by some ar- lied to me—what, in God's name, is the oident, may return, but finding her goue truth? Who are you, I ask?" and hearing Captain Evans keeps me to "John Dawson, a player," answers ho, my house he must conclude she has come seeing the time is past for lying. hither and think no harm of her for tliat Mr. Godwin makes 110 response, but neither, seeing we are old friends and turns his eyes n]Don Moll, who stands sobered with years, for 'tis the most before him with bowed head and clasped natural thing in the world that, feeling hands, wrung to her innermost fiber lonely and dejected for the loss of her with shame, remorse and awful dread, husband, shq should seek Such harmless aud for a terrible space I hoard nothing "This drunken villain is uiy father.' English Spavin Liniment removes all hard,soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavins, cubs, splints sweeney, ring-bone, stifles, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, eto. Save $60 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold by J. H. Houck druggist, Pittston, Pa Then part silently. mo—namely, that Simon had that key and did get in the back way, going out by the front on that former occasion in hi¥*te niwiii some sudden alarm. ipg servants up to thpir rooms. XEW PHYSICAL DIRECTOR. ♦'Mercy on us, dear master!" says "In there never a window we can slip through?" asks Jack, phe- "Where can our dear be? Ft* ' Murnty she hath not left the nouse, for 4 j locked all up. as she bade me when we carried up her supper, and had the key hjf In my pocket when you knocked. 'See the house safe,' say* she, poor soul, with a voice could scarce be heard, 'and let no one disturb me, for I 4° feel most heavy with sleep.' " Mr. Godwin passed into his wife's room, and then into the next, looking about him in distraction. "Lord, here's the sweet thing's nightgowul" exclaims Mrs. Butterby from the next room, whither she had followed Mr. Godwin. "But, dear heart o' me, where's the ham gone?" Mr. Godwin, entering from the next room, looked at her as doubting whether fclk w ill the world had taken leave at Mr. .1. Armstrong, of Scran ton. Chosen "Only those above stairs. The lower are all barred." The Y-'Ung Men's Christian Association has finally secured a man for the position of physical director. He is Mr. J. Armstrong, who has been employed in a similar posl'lon at different times by both the Central and Railroad associations in Scranton. He comes highly recommended as an all-round athlete, a good organizer and a christian man. for the 1'oHition, "A fig for his bars. Does he think wt have neither hands nor wits to bo hin (Jered bv this silly woman's trick?" Death of .Inhn Langan Shiloh's Cure Is sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient consumption. It is the best cough cure. Only one cent a dose. 35 era., 50 cts. and $1.00 John Langan, an old and highly respect d resident of Pine street, died at three o'clock Saturday of pneumonia. He had bren ill but a week, having taken cold, which t'eially resulted in his death He wax well known and his death will be mourned by a large clrole of friends. lifts survived by his wife, flvs dan/liters and three sons—Mrs. Michael Craig, Mrs, John Blewitt and Miss K te Lingan, of this place; Mrs. H. Granger, Hayre; Mrs John Joyce, Smlthvlde; Messrs. M. J., James and George Langan, of New York city. " 'Tis 110 silly trick. He's not tho man to do un idle thing. There's mischief iu this." Farmers Take Notice. We have for sale at 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.'a 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. Mathers, Gen. Manager, "What mischief can ho do ns more than he has done, for I see his hand in our misfortune? What mischief, I say? Out with it, man, for your looks betray a fear of somethiutr worse-" "Faith, Jack, I dread ho has gone to fetch help and will lodge us in jail for this business." Judge Milton D. Mott Dead. Judge Milton Dlmlek Molt, editor and prjotietor of the l'ike County Dispatch, very suddenly at his home in Mtlford, ) etterday afternoon. Mr. Mott was a rej- in the State Legislature from 1884 to 1888 and was also Associate Judge of Pike county for the past seven years. For several years he was Chief Burgess of Mllford. Your children are liable to coughs, oolds, sore throat, croup and whooping cough, which often results seriously. Prompt treatment saves many Innocent little sufferers. Try Pan-Tina cough and consumption cure. It's pleasant, safe and snre. 25 cts. Sold at J. H. Honck'e and Stroh's drag stores. I "Jail I" cries ho in a passion of desperation. "Why, this will undo Moll forever. Her husband can never forgive Kingston, Pa*
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 46 Number 14, November 08, 1895 |
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 46 Number 14, November 08, 1895 |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 14 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1895-11-08 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Full Text | f5I^xLvi!Kxof?4°-f Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FR DAY. NOVEMBER 8, !£!)"D. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. i"-.0.? IE? ASS** "A Set of Rogues" diversion as may do Had m our society. but tho deep, painful Dreatning 01 mis poor, overwrought man. tiiey must sink together to Rome lower depth, and one day, thinks she, repeating his words, "we may chat easily upon this villainy and regret we went no further in it." ner putting sucn sname upon him. Ronso yourself, man, from your stupor. Get mo something in tho shape of a hammer, for God's sake, that we may burst our way from this accursed trap." 8IXTKEN AlUI.K-i Hl'RNEU. However, for the Rake of appearances, I thought it would bo wise to get this provision of ham and birds out, for fear of misadventure, and also I took instant precaution to turn the key in my street door. Being but two men, and neither of us overnice in the formalities, I had set a cheese, a loaf and a bottle betwixt us on tho bare table of my office room, for each to 6erve himself as he would, but I now proposed that, having a lady in our company, we should pay more regard to the decencies by going up stairs to my parlor, and there laying a tablecloth and napkins for our repast DUNHAM REMAINS JUDGE. DEATH OF ROBERT SHANNON. " Yoa are my wife," says ho at length. "Follow me. " And with that ho turns about and goes from the room. Then Moll, -without a look at us, without a word, her fiico ghastly pale and drawn with agony, with faltering steps obeys, catching at table and chair as she passes for support. A Horrible Bolor aunt In the Dotrance Another of tlie Old Battery M Boys Passes Colliery at WllkeHliarre. (Wilkesbarro Nows- Dealer ) Awiy In Illinois. Mr. Godwin loads her to tho adjoining chamber, which had been his, and says: I bethought me of an ax for splitting wood that lay in tho kitchen, and fetching it quickly I put it in his hand. Bidding me stand aside, ho let fly at the door like a madman. Tho splinter flow, but tho door hold good, and when ho staid a moment to tako a now grip on his ax I hoard a clamor of voiccs outside —Simon's, higher than tho rest, crying, "My new door, that cost me seven and ciglitpenoo!" Another accident occurred at the Dor ranee mine, of the Lehigh Valley Company, *bete seven engineer* were recently killed. This time sixteen males were burned He Wins the 44th Judicial District Cont A copy of the Free port (Illinois) Daily ■Journal, just to hand, brings news of the death in that city on Oat. 25th, of Robert Montgomery Shannon, a former resident of Plttston who will be remembered by many of our older residents. " Bob" Shannon, as he was fa miliarly known here, was a prlotsr and a good one, too. He was a native of Lyooming oonnty, where he was born on Jnly 19, 1888. At an early age, he entered the offioe of the old Wyoming Democrat in Tunkhannook, where be learned the printer's trade. Afterward he worked in various offices in this State. In 186 J, while employed in the Gazette offioe, he enlisted In Pittston'a favorite company which afterward beoame Battery M, Second Pennsylvania Artillery, serving three years. The remainder of his life story la thus told by the Journal: By FRANK BARRETT, Author ct "Lie down, love. Tomorrow we shall aee things clearer and think more reasonably. " HIS MAJORITY INCREASED TO 180. "The Great Hesper," "A Recoiling Vengeance," "Out of the Jaws of Death," Etc., Etc. o deal h Dawson made a step forward, as if he would have overtaken her, but I withheld him, shaking my head, and himself 6eoing 'twas in vain ho dropped into a chair and spreading his arms upon the table hides his face in them with a groan of despair. " Yes," says she in return, "more reasonably," and with that she does his bidding, and he returns to sit before the embers and meditate, and here ho sits, striving in vain to bring the tumult, of his thoughts to some coherent shape, until, from sheer exhaustion, he falls in a kind of lethargy of sleep. It was early on Saturday night when the dr/ broke out. A miner wa« loading some lay into the mule stable in the Bdlman *e1n, when his naked lamp fell into a maaw of loose hay at his feet. Counsel for tlie Respondent* Practically Won the Case by a Constitutional Point They Raised With Regard to the Bribing of Voters—(iOO Votes Thrown COPYRIGHT ISM, By MaeMlLLAN * CO '' Aye, certainly I'' criea Moll, Cvho had grown mighty fastidious in these particulars since she had been mistress of Burst Court. "This dirty table would spoil tho best appetite in the world " "Tho l«Kik, the lock!" says L "Striko that off." Out. For a moment or two he tried to separate the burning hay from the mass piled up In the stable, but while he stamped out the are in one part it spread in another and he was at last obliged to run and save himself and give the alarm As quickly as possible ■» Hue of hose was carried down the shaft and attached to one of the big pumps, but before this could be done the fUmes had reached and enfolded the whole line of stables. (Seranton Republican) thoir wits. Moll totters down the dark stairs and finds her husband standing in the doorway, his figure revealed against the patch of gray light beyond, for the moon was risen, though veiled by a thick pall of cloud. Ho sees, as she comes to his side, that sho has neither cloak nor hood to protect her from the winter wind, and in silence ho takes off his own cloak and lays it on her shoulder. At this act of mercy a ray of hope animates Moll's numbed soul, and she catches at her husband's hand to press it to her lips, yot can find never a word to express her gratitude. But his hand is cold as ice, and he draws it away from her firmly, with obvious repugnance. There was no love in this little act 'Twas but the outcome of tliat chivalry in gentlemen which doth exact lenience even to an enemy. Down came the ax, striking a spark of fire from tho lock, which fell with a clatter at the next blow, but ere we had time to open tho door Simon and his party, entering by tho back door, forced us to turn for our defense. Perceiving Dawson armed with an ax, however, these fellows paused, and tho leader, whom I recognized for tho constable of our parish, carrying a staff in ono hand and a lanthorn in t'other, cried to us in tho king's name to surrender ourselves. Judge Arch bald Friday reached home from Laporte, 8allivan connty, after a week's arduous work, shared in by President Searle, of Sncqnehanna oonnty, which resulted In a decision in the Dnnham-Sittser contet-t for jndge In the Forty-fonrth judicial district, composed of the counties of Wyoming and Sullivan. Judge Dnnham, Republican, retains the seat on the bench that he was given by the face of the returns, but his plurality was lnoreased by the Judicial c.urt from 29 to 183. [ooimiroxnj "And tho pigiHin pasty?" added Mw Butterby, regarding tho table laid ou beside her mistress' bed. Mcuiiwhile Moll, lying in tho dark, had been thinking also, bnt, as women will at such times, with clearer perception, so that her ideas, forming in logical sequence and growing more clear and decisive, as an argument becomes more lively and conclusive by successful reasoning, served to stimulate her intellect and excite her activity. And the end of it was that she rose quickly from her bed and looked into the next room, where she saw her husband sitting, with his chin upon his breast and his hands folded upon his knee before tho dead Are. Then, wrapping his cloak about her, she steals toward the outer door, but passing him she must needs pause at his back to stanch her tears a moment and look down upon him for the last time. The light shines in his brown hair, and, she bending down till her lips touch a stray curl, they part silently, and she, with yearning affection, bids him from her very soul a mute "Fare thee well, dear love!" So I carried a fagot and some apple logs up stairs and soon had a brave lire leaping up tho chimney, by whk-n time Moll and her father, with ab'uidant mirth, had sot forth our victuals on a clean white cloth, and to each of us a clean plate, knife and fork, most proper. Then, all things being to our hand, we sat down and mado a most hearty meal of Mrs. Butterby'8 good cheer, and all three of tia as merry as grigs, with not a shadow of misgiving. CHAPTER XXIX. Again must I draw upon matter of after knowledge to show you how all things came to pass on this fatal night. "And thocold partridge?" adds she in redoubled astonishment. "Why, here's naught left but my pudding and that as cold as a stone.'' When Mr. Godwin reached London, he went to Sir Peter Lely's house in Lincoln's Inn to know if he was still at Hatfield, and there learning he was gone hence to Hampton, and no one answering for certainty when he would return, Mr. Godwin, seeing that he might linger in London for days to no purpose, and bethinking him how pale and sorrowful his dear wife was when they parted, concludes to leave his picture at Sir Peter Lely's and post back to Chiselhurst, counting to give his wife a happy surprise. Mr. Godwin, with tho candlo flaring in his hand, passed hastily by her, too wrought bD £e__ to regard either the ludicrous or incomprehensible side of Mrs. Butterby's consternation, and so, going down tho corridor away from tho stairs, ho comes to the door of tho little back stairs, standing wide open and seeming to bid him descend Ho goes quickly down, yet trembling with fear that he may find her at tho lDottom, broken by a fall, but all he discovers is the bolt drawn and the door aj;ir. As he pushes it open a gust of wind blows out tho light, and here ho stood in tho darkness, eager to be doing, yet knowing not which way to turn or how to act. ' 'Part of the time he served with hlsoompany, and the balance of the time he was ou detached service In Washington. He was placed in oharge of the prioting for the war department at Washington, and filled that responsible position with on-lit for nearly two years. He was honorably discharged from the service June 22/ 1865, and returned to his home In Pennsylvania where he remained a few weeks and then went to Ohioago, arriving In that city Oot. 5th, 1865. In Chicago he held cases at various times on the Tribune, Inter Ocean and other leading papers of that city, and .also held the positions of telegraph editor and proof reader on some of the leading papers of the country. He worked on the leading papers of Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, 8t. Louis and other large cities, and had also worked In offices at Dubuque, Ro;kford, Mt. Carroll and other neighboring towns. He came to Freeport in 1870 and went to work on the Journal, in whioh offioe he has worked almost oontinnonsly ever since, and resigned his position a few months ago on account of ill health. In his younger days Mr. Shannon was regarded as a very rapid compositor, and In fact bad but few equals at the oase. He was not only very rapid but he was very oorrect in his work. He oould read writing that nobody alse could decipher, and was an accurate proof reader. He entered a printing offioe at a very early age and had but little schooling, yet he could teach lots of college graduates a great deal. In fact he was a walking encyclopaedia, and his familiarity with ancient and modern languages was remarkable. Ha was a man posseoing a master mind, and very few newspaper men were as thoroughly equipped for their work aa waa he. Bob was a genial, whole-souled gentleman and generous to a fault He wonld share his last crust with a friend and waa the idol of the apprentice boys, whom he was always very kind to and took pleasure in helping them along. He Is almost the last of the old-time printers, and his death Is a great loee to the fraternity. May, '868, Mr. Shannon was married In Chloago to Miss Anna Louisa Hoeken, daughter of Franoia floeken, a well known merchant of that olty. Mrs. Shannon survives her husband as do also six children, Alma, of Chicago; Stephen M., Ethel A.. Marie C., Mil] dred A., and Agnes B , who reside at home. Alma is ill In Chloago with typhoid fever and was unable tj be at her father's bedside when he died. Mr.Shannon also leaves two brothers, Jessie, who resides in Chloago, and John M., of Denver. His parents passed away in Freeport several years ago." Seventeen mules were fastened in stalls In tt.e stables. An effort to reach them, after the alarm was given, failed, as the pathway was blocked with fltmes, and one of the would be rewsuera was carried out unconscious, overcome by the smoke. "Tako us if you can," cries Dawson, "and the Lord have mercy on the first who comes within my reach 1" There had seemed something piteous to me in that appeal of Moll's that she might be herself for this night, and indeed I marveled now how she could have so trained her natural disposition to an artificial manner and could no longer wonder at the look of fatigue and weariness in her face on her return from London. Deftly enough old Simon, snatching the fellow's cap who stood next him, flings it at tho candle that stands flaring on tho fiCjor and jostles the constable's huithorn from his hand, so that in a moment wo were all in darkness. Taking us at this disadvantage, for Dawson dare not lay about him with his ax, for fear of hitting mo by misadventure, the rascals closed at once, and a most bloody, desperato fight ensued. This contest was begun in the latter pait o - latit November and In accordance with law, the president jndge of the three nearest judicial districts, Rice, Archbald and Searle were appointed to pass upon it. When more than half the work had been completed, Judge Rice was appointed to the bench of the superior court. Judge Woodward was appointed to the vacant position, but declined on the ground that he had not heard the testimony, so the two other jndges finished the case. The fire was fought under great difficulties, the men being unable to remain in the gangway more than a minute ot two at a time on acoount of the smoke. The shrieks atid cries of the Imprisoned mules were horrible to hear, and there was also the danger of their breaking out of the stable and In their tsrror running down the fire fighters. Taree did get out of the stable and dashed down the gangway, but the men managed to avoid them. Two of these had to be shot, they were so badly burned. The other was no Injured. The remaining fomteen were burned to death. It was six hours after the fire started before the fl»mes were pnt ont Toe mine was net badly damaged. So ho poos on his way, she following like a whipped dog at his heels, till they reach the court gates, and, these being fast locked, on a little farther to the wicket gate. And there, as Mr. Godwin is about to enter, there confronts him Peter, that sturdy Puritan hireling of old Simon's. About 8 o'clock bo reaches the court, to And all shut and barred by the prudent housekeeper, who, mi letting him in, with many exclamations of joy and wonder, falls presently to sighing and shaking her head, as she tells how her mistress bus lain abed since dinner and is sick of her biliaries. For the old reckless, careless, daredevil spirit was still alive in her, as I could plainly see now that she abandoned herself entirely to the free sway of impulse. The old twinkle of mirth and mischief was in her eyM, she was no longer a fine lady, but a merry vagabond again, and when she laughed 'twas with her hands clasping her sides, her head thrown back and all her white teeth gleaming in the light. Clearly, his wife had gone out by this door, and so far this gave support to Simon's statement that he knew where she was, and with this a flamo was kindled within him that seemed to s«ir his very souL If Simon spoke truth in 0110 particular, why should he lie in others? Why bad his wife refusal to go with him to Hatfield? Why had she bid no oue come near her room? \\ hy h;«l she gone forth by this secret stair alone? Then, cursing himself for the unnamed suspicion that could thus, though but for a moment, disfigure the fair image that he worshiped, he asked himself why his wife should not be free to follow a caprice. But where was she? Even that question surged upward in the tumult of his thoughts. Where should ho seek her? Suddenly it struck him that I might help him to find her, and acting instantly upon his hope ho made his way in breathless haste to the road, and so toward my lodge. But she will wait no longer, fearing her courago may give way, and the next minute she is out in the night, sC Dftly drawing the door to that separates theso two forever. For, after the first onslaught, in which Dawson, droppiug his ax, as being useless at such cl(jse quarters, and I grappled each our man, tho rest, knowing not. friend from foe in the obscurity and urgC 'C1 on by fear, fell upon each other, this one striking out at the first ho met, and that giving as good as he had taken, and so all fell a-manling and belaboring with such lust of vengeance that presently the whole place was of an upro:ir with the din of cursing, howling and hard blows. For my own lot I had old Simon to deal with, as I knew at once by the cold, greasy feel of his leathern jerkin, he being eur;iged to make me his prisoner for the ill I had done him. Hooking his horny fingers about my throat, he clung to me like any wildcat, but stumbling shortly over two who were rolling on the floor wo went down both with a crack, and with such violence that lie, being undermost, was stunued by the fall. Then, my blood boiling at this treatmont, I got astride of him and roasted his ribs royally, and with more force than ever I had conceived myself to be possessed of, and growing beside myself with this passion of War I do think I should have pounded him into a pulp but that two other combatants, fulling across me with their whole weight, knocked all the wind out of my lDody, oppressing me so grievously that 'twas as much as I could do to draw myself out of tho fury and get a gasp of breath again. "Thee canst not enter here, friend," says he in his canting voice as lie sets his foot against, the giite. The past week was devoted to the final feature of the case, a re-count of the 60,000 votes cast In the district, all that were declared Illegal being thrown ont. One very Important feature, the throwing out of all the votes of the F.rst w*rdof TunkannocV, has been noticed. This was done because the county commissioners fixed the polling place at a place other than that designated by court. Judge Slttser lost forty votes in that way. In great concern Mr. Godwin takes the candle from Mrs. Butterby's hand and hastes up to his wife's room. Opening the door softly, he enters, to find the bed tumbled indeed, but empty. He calls her in a soft voioe, going into the next room, and getting no reply, nor finding her there, he calls again, more loudly, and there is no response. Then, as he stands irresolute and amazed, he hears a knock at the door below, and concluding that 'tis his wife, who has had occasion to go out seeking fresh air for her comfort maybe, he runs swiftly down and opens ere a servant can answer the calL And there he is faced, not by sweet Moll, but the jaundiced, Wicked old Simon, gasping and panting far breath. "Know you who I am?" asks Mr. For some time we spoke never a word, Dawson and I, he with his head lying on his arm, I seated in a chair with my hands hanging down by my side, quite stunned by the blow that had fallen upon us. At length, raising liis head, his eyes puffed and his faeo bedaubed with tears, lie says: Godwin. "Yea, friend, and 1 know who thy woman is also. I am bidden by friend Simon, the true anil faithful steward of Mistress Godwin in Biirbary, to defend ner house and l;uids against robbers and evildoers of every kind, and without respect of their degree, and with the Lord's help," adds he, showing a stout cudgel, "that will I do, friend." "Now, "says I, when at length our meal was finished, "I will clear the table.""Hoop!" cries she, catching up the corners of the tablecloth and flinging them over the fragments. " 'Tis done. Let us draw round the lire and tell old tales. Here's a pipe, dear dad. I love the smell of tobacco, and you,'' to me, "do fetch me a pipkin that I may brew a good drink to keep our tongues go- FIRE IN PHOENIX MINE. Fortunately It AVan Smothered In Short "Han't you a word of comfort, Kit, for a broken hearted man?" Order, With No Damage to Speak Of. The contest was largely started upon tie strength of a report that about sixty ballots marked in the. head of the Republican column and then marked specially opposite Jndge Sittser's name had been thrown out aa illegal. This, if true, would have materially effected the case tut the re count of the ballots showed it to be not true. Very few ballots marked In that way were fonnd but the judges decided to count all that were bo marked. The re-count of the vote showed a number of mofit remarkable markings, but one rnle was strictly ad- At about 10:30 o'clock Monday inc ruing what threatened to prove a very serious fire broke out In the sixth cr lower vein of the Phoenix Mine, Old Forge Coal Mining Company, situated at the head of the canal. It originated in an old chamber about 4,000 feet from the foot of the shaft, and about seventy feet from where tae miners were at work. A blower of gas became ignited, presumably from a blast, and the chamber for a distance of thirty feet was filled with a roaring mass of flame. Superintendent Charles Aikman and inside foreman Patrick Eagan happened to be In the mine at the time, and they acted without delay. First the mine was cleared of workmen. No time was lost in getting them out, and while of oourse there was considerable exc'ttment among them all were gotten out safely in a exceedingly short time, the boys being hoisted first. Meanwhile, men were at work blocking up the entrance to the chamber in which the flames were raging, the intention being to smother the fire. A temporary wall was built, and allowed to remain for three hours. Then at about 1:30, it was taken d iwn and it was learned that the scheme aad been sueeeesful. No trace of the fire remained, though the place was filled with smoke, and but little or no damage was done. A telephone message to this city brought the Eagle wagon and hose to the aoene, to be used in case the scheme of smothering the fire failed, but their services were not required. It was a very fortunate accident all around. " 'Tis true, fellow," returns Mr. Godwin. "I have no right to enter here." I stammered a few words that had more sound than sense, but indeed I needed consolation myself, seeing my own responsibility for bringing this misfortune uixm Moll, and being more heartily ashamed of my roguery now 'twas discovered. And then, turning about, he stands irresolute, as not knowing whither he shall go to find shelter for his wife. For very shame ho does not take her to the village inn to be questioned by gaping servants and landlord, who, ere long, must catch the flying news of her shameful condition and overthrow. A faint light in the lattice of Anne Fitch's cottage catches his eye, and he crosses to her door, still humbly followed by poor MolL There he finds the thumbpiece gone from the latch, to him a well known sign that Mother Fitch has gone out a-nursing. So, pulling the hidden string he wots of, he lifts the latch within, and the door opens to his hand. A rush is burning in a cup of oil upon the table, casting a feeble glimmer round the empty room. He closes the door when Moll has entered, sots a chair before tho hearth and rakes the embers together to give her warmth. ing. " About the time this drink was brewed Simon, leading Mr. Godwin by a circuitous way, came through the garden to the back of the house, where was a door, which I had never opened for lack of a key to fit the lock. This key was now in Simon's hand, and putting it with infinite care into the hole he softly turned the wards. Then, with the like precaution, he lifts the latoh and gently tnrusts tne aoor open, listening at every inch to catch the sounds within. At length 'tis opened wide. Then, turning his face to Mr. Godwin, who waits behind, sick with mingled shame and creeping dread, he beckons him to follow."Dost thee know," says he, fetching his breath at every other word, "dost thee know where the woman thy wife is?" "You don't think he'll be too hard on poor Moll, tell me that, Kit?" Ere he has gone a hundred yards Simon steps out of the shadow and stands before him like a shade in the dimness. "Ayo, he'll forgive her," says I, "sooner than us, or we ourselves." "Where is she?" cries Mr. Qotfwin in quick alarm, thinking by this fellow's sweating haste that some accident had befallen his dear wife. "I will show thee where she is. Aye, and what she iB,'' gasps the old man, and then, clasping his hands, he adds, "Verily, the Lord hath heard my prayers and delivered mine enemies into my tywd," Mr. Godwin, who had stepped aside to catch up his hat from the table, where he had flung it ou entering, stopped short, hearing this fervent note of praise, and turning about, with misgivings of Simon's purpose, cries; '•What are your enemies to me?" "Everything," cries Simon. "Mine enemies are thine, for as they have cheated me bo have they cheated thee." "I crave thy pardon, master," says he humbly. "I spoke like a fool in my passion. " "And you don't think he'll bo forever a-casting it in her teeth that her father's a—a drunken vagabond, eh?" hered to, "If you will crave my pardon, tell me where to find my wife; it not, stand aside," answers Mr. Godwin. "Nay. I believe he is too good a m;ui for that." In every Instance in which the voter had made his intent plain npon his ballet, the vote was oounted. However, the count drew the line on dot marks, founr In party columns. There weie several ballots so marked but a dot is such an easy thing to make inadvertently that the court thought that it would establish a dangerous preo dent to count them. " WiU thee hear me speak for two minutes if I promise to tell thee where she is and suffer thee to find her how thee willst? 'Twill save thee time." "Then,"sayB he, standing up, "I'll go and tell him tho whole story, and you shall come with mo to boar mo out.'' "Tomorrow will bo time enough," says I, flinching from this office. " 'Tis late now." "Speak," says Mr. Godwin. About this time tho uproar began to subside, for those who had got the worst of the battle thought it advisable to sneak out of tho house for safety, and those who had fared better, fearing a reverse of fortune, counted they had douo enough for this bout, and so also withdrew. "Thy wife is there," says Simon under his breath, pointing toward my kouse. "She is reveling with Hopkins anc\ pQptaiu Evans, men that she did tramp the country with as vagabond players ere the Spaniard taught them more profitable wickedness. Knock at the door, which thee mayst bo sure is fast, and while one holds thee in parley the rest will set the room in order and find a plausible tale to hoodwink thee afresh. Bo guided by me, and thee shalt enter the house unknown to them, as I did hour since, and there thee shalt know, of thine own senses, how thy wife doth profit by thy blindness. If this truth be not proved, if thee canst then say that I have lied from malice, envy and evil purpose, this knife," says he, showing a blade in his hand, "this knife will I thrust into my own heart, though I stand the next instant before the Eternal Judge, my hands wet with my own blood, to answer for my crime.'' Abovo Dawson was singing at the top of his voice a sea song ho had learned Of a mariner at the inn ho frequented at Greenwich, with a troll at tho end, taken up by Moll and mo, and to hear his wifo's voice bearing part in this rude song made Mr. Godwin's heart to sink within him. Under cover of this noise Simon mounted tho stairs without hesitation, Mr. Godwin following at his heels in a kind of sick bewilderment 'Twas dark up there, and Simon, stretching forth his hands to know if Mr. Godwin was by, touched his hand, which was deadly cold and quivering, for hero at the door he was seized with a sweating faintness, which so sapped his vigor that ho was forced to hold by tho wall to save himself from fulling. "No matter for that. Time enough to sleep when we've settled this business. We'll not leave poor Moll to bear all the punishment of our getting. Mr. Godwin shall know what an innocent, simple child she was when we pushed her into this knavery, and how we dared not tell her of our purpose lest she should draw back. Ho shall know how she was ever an obedient, docile, artless girl, yielding always to my gnidaupe, mid you can stretch a point, Kit, to say you have ever kuown me for a headstrong, masterful sort of a fellow, who would tako denial from none, but must liavo my own way in all things. I'll tako all the blame on my own shoulders, as I should have done at first, but I was so staggered by this falL '' Straight horizontal lines and straight perpendicular lines in the party circles were counted, as were ci.-clee within thf circles. There were 600 votes in all thrown ont as Illegal, 250 of which were cast for Dunham and 350 for Slttser. "Forgive mo, oh, forgive mo!" cries Moll, casting herself at his feet as he turns and clasping his knees to her stricken heart. "Forgive you!" says he bitterly. "Forgive you for dragging me down to the level of rogues and thieves, for making me party to this vile conspiracy of plunder! A conspiracy that, if it bring me not beneath the lash of justice, must blast my name and fame forever. Yon know not what yoq ask. As well might you bid mo take yon back to finish the night in drunken riot with those others of your gang." "On, no, not now—not now I" cries Moll in agony. "Do but say that one day long hence you will forgive ma Give mo tliat hope, for I cannot live without it" "Are you living, Kit?" asks Dawson "Enough of this," cries Mr. Godwin. "Tell me where my wife is, and be done with it" then. Counsel for the respondent, Judge Dun ham, practically won their case by a point they raieed with regard to bribery of voters. The constitution says that where a person receives an jthing for his vote cr for withholding the vote he shall not be entitled to vote at the election ; or if a person offers anything to a voter the man who makes che offer shall not be entitled to a vote. "Aye," says I as valiantly as you please, "and ready to fight another half dozen such rascals," but pulling the "I say I will show thee where she ia and what she is." ■' "TeU me where she is," cries Mr Godwin, with passion. broken door open, all tho same, to get out tho easier in caso they returned. "Why, then, lot's go," says he, "unless any is minded to have us stay." "That is my secret, and too precious to throw away." No one responding to this challengo, wo made ado to find a couple of hats and cloaks for our use and sullied out "I comprehend yon now," says Mr. Godwin, bethinking him of the fellow's greed. "Yon shall he paid- Tell pap fvhere she Is and name your price." MTbe price to (ffito," rejaiiw the other, "thy promise to be secret, to catch them in this trap and give no opening for escape. Ohr-I know them. They are as slip through your fingers antiturn to bite. They shall not serve me so again. Promise"— "Art thee ready?" asks Simon, but he can get no answer, for Mr. Godwin's energies, quickened by a word from "Well," says I, "if you will have it There ware 185 votes thrown out on the strength of this report., which were oast by men who were either paid for the day they lost to vote or else made offers to pay for the days loet. The opinion in the case will be written by Judge Archbald. It is not likely that the case will be appealed. . "I will."savs he stoutly. "And now give me a backet of witter that i may souse my head and wear a brave look. I would have him think the worst of me that he may feel the kinder to poor Moll. And I'll make what atonement I can," adds he as 1 led him into my bedchamber. "If he desire it, I will promise never to see Moll again. Nay, I will offer to take the king's bounty and go a-sailoring, and so, betwixt sickness and the Dutch, there'll Ui an end of Jack Dawson iw a very short spaco." so"— "Which way do we turn?" asks Daw- Ion as «ve come into the road. "Whither would you go. Jack?" "Why, to warn Moll of her danger, NARROW ESCAPK FROM DEATH. Pastor Thomas's Anniversary. Sanday was the close of the third year of Bev. W. D Thomas as pastor ot the Velsh Baptist Church, and the event was fittingly oelebrated with an anniversary service in the evening. The church was orowded to the doors. Pastor Thomas preached an appropriate sermon, taking for his text I Samuel 7:12, "Then 8amnel took a stone, and set It between Mlzpeh and Shen, and called the name of It Ebenezer, saying, hitherto hath the Lord Mrs. Matthew Harrison Takes Laudanum "Have you finished?" asks Mr. Godwin."That hope's my fear 1" says he. "I have known men who, by mere contact with depravity, have so dulled their sense of shame that they could make light of sins that onoe appalled them. Who knows but that one day I may forgive you, chat easily upon this villainy, maybe regret I went no further in it?" to be sure.'' At abont tm o'clock on Saturday Dr. G Underwood was called to the home of llatthew Harrison, on Vine street, near Pitteton Cemetery, to attend Mrs. Harrison, whom he fonnd suffering from the effects of a dose of laudanum taktDn by herself. The Doctor found the woman in a very critical condition. He worked with her for several hours, using every means possible to counteract the effects of the poison, and at last accounts the woman bad revived sufficiently to lead to the hope that she will entirely recover. The woman told Dr. Underwood that she had taken tbe poison because of certain things which her husband had said to her this morning. She drank abont half of the quantity which she bad In a small but the poison was not of full strength, to which fact the woman owes her life. The woman's husband fonnd her with the bottle in her hand and threw it, with the poison that remained, Into the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are about fifty years old, and have lived here for a long time. lint Will Recover. "No, not yet I hold tlieo to thy promise," returns Simon, with eager haste. "Why do men lie? For their own profit? What profit have I in lying, when I pray you to put my word to the proof, and not take it on trust, with the certainty pf punishment even if the proof be doubtful? You believe this woioog wnat she pretends to be. What docs that dhow? Your simplicity—not hers. How would women trick their husbands without such skill to blind them by a pretense of love and virtue?" I apprehended no danger to her and believed her husband would defend her in any case better than wo could, but Dawson would have it we should warn them, and so we turned toward the court. And now upon examination wo found we had come very well out of this light, for save that the wound in Dawson's hand had lx-en opened afresh we were neither much tho worse. "Nothing. Think you I'm of yow own iMtse kind, to deal with you in flfescbery? Yoi had my'answdr before, DEATH OF FORMER PITTSTON LADY. .Mrs. Charlotte La/.arus Passes Away at a "O God, forbid that shall be of my doing!" cries Moll, springing to her feet. "Broken as I am, I'll not aooept; forgiveness on such Think you I'm like those plague stricken wretches who, of wanton wickedness, ran from their bejjs to infect the clean with their foul ill? Not I!" Ri|De Age In Scrauton. *5 §2 Mrs. Charlotte Lszarus, aged about seventy years, died November 1 after a long illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Krimmins, on South Main avenne, Hyde Park. When he had ducked his head in a bowl of water and got our cloaks from tho room below, we went to tho dour, and there, to my dismay, I found the lock fast and the key which I had left in its socket gC Dne. "\Vhut'H amiss, Kit?" asks Dawson, peroeiving my consternation. helped us." The pastor also gave an Interesting review of trie work done by the church during thCs three years of his pastorate. The churoh has prospered greatly during this period, materially and spiritually. When Mr. Thomas became pastor of the churoh there were but ninety members. Now there are 218. Great improvements have been made on the ohurch property, and other important ones are now in progress. There was indeed occasion for the rejoicing in which the oongr»- gation indulged last evening. '' But let us set our best foot foremost, Jack," says I, "for I do think we havo done more mischief tonight than any we have before, and I shall not be greatly surprised if we are called to ao count for tho death of old Simon or some of his hirelings," "Say no more," cries Mr. Godwin "pr I may strangle you before Vou pass triaL Go your devilish way. I'll follow." Fifty years ago Mrs. Lazarus was one of the young ladies of Plttston. Her maiden name was Austin. She was married to William Lazarus, son of John Lazarus, and nephew of the late George Lizarns, for many years the leadlDg landlord of Plttston. She became a widow many years ago, but continued to reside in Plttston nntil quite recently, where her three daughters grew up to womanhood and married. Mrs. Rooert Bryden, whose husband wae killed at the Barnum shaft some years ilnce, was one of her daughters. Mrs. Lazarus has been associated with the First Presbyterian church of Plttston since her marriage, fifty years ago. Both she and her husband were connected with old fam Hies of the valley. She was a cousin of tbe late Judge Dana, of Wilkeebarr6, and others of the same name in Tunkhannock. "T annlre in Vieat,." savs Mr. Godwin quickly. "I repent even n«W what I said." "Now God be praised for this! Softly, softly!" adds he, creeping in thC shade of the back toward the house. Ami so steeped in infamy," continues she, "that I am past all cure? Think," adds she piteously, "I am not 18 yet I was but a phild a year ago, with no more judgment of right and wrong than a savage preature. IJntiJ I loved you I think I scarcely knew the meaning of conscience. The knowledge came when I yearned to keep no secret from you. I do-remember the first struggle to do right 'Twas on the little bridge, and there I balanced awhile 'twixt cheating you and robbing myself. And then, for fear you would not marry me, I dared not own the truth. Oh, bad I thought you'd drily keep me for your mistress I'd have told you I was not your cousin. Little as this is, there *8 surely hope in't it more impossible that you, a strong man, should lift me than that I, a weak girl—no more than that—should drag yon down)" "I did not Weigh my words." "The key, the key!" says I, holding the eandlo hero and there to seek it on tho floor, then giving up my search as it struck me that Mr. Godwin and Moll tould not have left the honse had the "I know not how that may be," says he, "but I must answer for knocking of somebody's teeth out." Simon jnuihcs irt.de open the door. within liko a jaded byaat by the sting of A whip, is straining his ears to catch what is passing within. And what hears ho? The song is ended, and Dawson cries; But ere ho has gone a doaen pace? Mf. (Jodwin repents him again, with shame in his heart, and stopping says: '• "I'll go no farther." [TO UK coNuncm ] dcnar been locked on the inside. "I do believo we are lockeTl in and made prisoners. " SUIT FOR 1HO DAMAGES "Then thee doubtest mv word no onger," Simon quickly. " 'Tis ear that makeet tliee bait, the fear of biding thy wife a wanton and a trickster.""You han't lost your old knack of catching a time, MolL Come hither, wench, and sit upon niy knee, for I do love ye more than ever. Give me a buss, Chuck. This fine, huslmnd of thine shall not have all thy sweetness to himself." Dr. tf. N Rico Cltini* From the Two ones and a-half and one pall of pants, $5, at Lynch Bros'. "Why, mire, this is not Mr. Godwin's doing!" cries he. Clear Spring Coal Co. In the Prothonota.-y's office in Wilkesbarre, Nov. 1, a summons In trespass was ertered by Dr J N RlD e, formerly of Pittston, now of Scrantm, against the Clear Spring Coal Company, claiming damages in the sum of $95,010. Meters Wheaton, Darling and Woodward are the attorneys for the plaintiff, and his statement 1b as follows: Grand Jury Report. " 'Tis Simon," says I, with conviction, seeing him again in my mind, standing behind Mr. Godwin, with wicked triumph in his face. The gra- d jury wound up its report to the court on Saturday with the following: "And the grand jnry further report that they have visited and examined the Lnzerne oounty prison and found It in an excellent condition. We further report that while it is somewhat crowded, the discipline maintained by the warden and his subordinates has largely made up for the lack of sufficient room, at time*, when the prison is overtaxed, by enforced attendance. We fonnd everywhere evidences of cleanliness, good discipline painstaking supervision and faithful observance of the laws and rules prescribed for the government of the prison." "No, no, by God I" KATIE MURPHY'S TERRIRLE DEATH "If that be so, then art thee bound to prove her iunocent, that I may not say to all the world thee might*st have put. her honor to the test and dared not, choosing rather to cheat thyself and be cheated by her than know thyself dishonored If thee dC*t truly love this wonan and Relieve her guilt loss, then for ler honor must thee put me—not her— o this trial" "Nqmadmau could reason like this," saya Mr. Godwin. "I accept this trial, and heaven forgive me if I do wrong." At this moment Simon, having lifted the latch under his thumb, pushes wide open the door, and there through the thick cloud of tobacco smoke Mr. Godwin «ics the table in disorder, the white cloth (lung hack over the remnants of our repast and stained with a patch of liquor from an overturned mug, a smutty pipkin set upon the board beside a dish of tobacco and a broken pipe—me sitting o' (me side the hearth heavy and drowsy with too much good cheer, and on t'other side his young wife, sitting on lAiwson's knee, with one arm about his neck, and he in his uncouth seaman's garb, with a pipe in one h;uid, the other about Moll's waist, a-kissing her yielded cheek With a cry of fury, like any wild beast, he springs forward and clutches at a knife that lies ready to his hand uiDon the lioard, and this cry is answered with a shriek from Moll as she starts to her feet wnen vou won in ik hsou mv nunu. rascal. But," adds he, with fury, "you ■hall tell me where my wife is." "I would tear the tongue from my throat ere it should undo the work of Providence. If they escape the present o| answer ior it, not L Yet I will give thee a clerw to find this woman who hath fooled {hee. Seek her where fherq are and drunkards to piopk at thy simplicity, to jeer at thine pasy gull, for I say again thy wife never Was iq Barbary, but playihg (htt wanton"— fhe patience with which Jir. Godwin bad bestowed to this tirade, doubting by his passion that Simon was stark naad, gave wajr before this vile aspersion on his wife, and clutching the old jpau by the throat he flung him across the threshold apd shof the (Joor upon £im. "Thy wife Is there," mya Simon. "Is there no other door but this one?" isks Dawson Mangled by a Lehigh Valley Train Near Her Home In West Avoca. "Thtire is one at the back, but I have tiever yet opened that fC* lack of a key. " Kstle Murphy, aged abont sixteen years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy, of Wast Avoca, c.et a horrible death on the L. V. R. B. cut-off Sunday evening at 5:50. The girl had been at one of the neighbors for milk and was returning home. She was walking on the track, saw a train approaching her and rteppsd on the other track, when a train coming in the ether direstlon struck her down. Her bodv was horribly mutilated. Funeral announcement later. And now setting one thing against another and galling how I had lie fore found the door open, when I felt sure I had locked it fast, tho truth appeared to "On 8 March, 1886, was the owner of all the coal and other minerals underlying a tract of land in West P.t'ston, beginning at a point 127 feet from the centre of Eseter street, and in line of land ocoupied by the L. it B R B Co., as a tight of way for their railroad ; thenoe north 56 degrees east, 1,205 feet more or less to a corner in line of Susquehanna river, thence by same north 32} degrees, east 60 feet to a corner ; thence south 66 degrees, west 1.S05 feet to a corner; thenoe Biuth 32i degrees west, 60 feat to the place of starting; containing 72,300 fqnare teet more or less The defendant, with torce and arms, broke and entered the land and wrongfully ruined without consent of plaliitlif, whereof the plaintiff has been ii jnred to the damage of $45,000 00." Rice further says that the defend&nt, since the 8th of Mar n, 18P6 wrongfully and unlawfully trespassed upon messuage aforesaid and made use of the same for the carriage and conveyance of coal from adjoin lng properties of the eald Rice across and under the property, by reason of which trespasses the said Rice hath suffered other and fmther damages to the amount of $50,00ti; total cla m, $95,000. DEATH OF JOHN TAYLOR. General Traffic Manager of the Lehigh Valley Road for Many Years. After an illness of paralysis extending over two years, John Taylor, general traffic manager of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, died on Saturday afternoon at hlB home in B.thlehem. Mr. Taylor was a native of Wiikesbarre. He entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Company as a roadman on the engineering corps in 1833. Then he was pnt in charge of the station at Munch Chnnk. Ia 1803 he was made general freight of the company When the railroad began to spread north and scnth, east and west, and a man was required tD mett with the freight agen'B of its varions connecting railroads and arrange freight and passenger tariffs, covering the eiitlre country, Mr. Taylor was selected as general traffic manager. Since 1891, Mr. Taylor has resided in Bethlehem. He was a biother of Thomas Taylor and Mrs E. H Chase, of Wilkesbarre. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon. "Yes, they were true," says she. " 'Tis bred in my body—part of my nature, this spirit of evil—and 'twill exist as long as L For, even now, I do feol that I would do this wickedness again, and worse, to win yon once more." Li 0 fgf PHAPTEH XXX rx & •*y?hat!" pries Itowm, caching his daughter in his arms and hugging her to his breast, when the first shock of surprise was past. "My own sweet Moll, oome hither to warm her ,»ld father's heart?" "My poor wife," says he, touched with pity, and h°Wiwg forth his arms she govs to them and lays her cheek against his breast, and there stands crying very silently with mingled thoughts —now of the room she had, prepared with such delight {ygainst his return, of her little table in the corner, with the chiney image atop, and other trifles with which she had dreamed to give him ' Mo ninvp (Ku sit oy nis side there watuuuig, wiuj wonder and pridu, the growth of beauty 'neath his dexterous bund, and then she. feels that 'tis compassion, not love, that hath opened his arms to her; that shu hath killed his respect her, and with it his lovfc And so, stifling the sobs that rise in her throat, she weeps on till her tears, trickling from her cheek, fall upon his hand; The icy harrier of resentment is melted by tho first warm tear—this silent testimony of her smothered grief—and bursting from the bouds of reason he yields to the passionate impulse of his heart, and clasping this poor sorrowing wife to his breast he seeks to kiss away the tears from her cheek and soothe her with gentle words. She responds to his passion, kiss for kiss, as she clasjie her hands about his head, but still her tears flow on, for with her readier wit she perceives that this is but the transport of ]Mission on his side and not the untaxed outcome of enduring love, proving again the truth of his unmeditated prophecy, for how can he stand who yields so quickly to the first assault, and if lie cannot stand her can he raise her? fcjuruly and more surely, little by little, Relief In Six Honrs. f'V MIXE-lNSPECTOR'SIRErORT. Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved In six hours by the "New Great South American Kidney Cure." Ihisnew remedy is a great surprise and delightful physicians on account of its exoeedlng promptness in relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in past, quick relief and cure. Thls.is your remedy, Sold by J. H. Houok's, druggists, Pittaton There Were Five Fatal Accidents and Nineteen Non-Fatal Accidents. my uwn," n;tv« she tenderly, | fear hath grown a little wantipf? in love fur ye wince I have Iwien mated. But, thCmgh my dear Dick draws so deeply from my well of affection, there is still somewhere down here" (olappipg her hand pjjop Utir heart), "a The report of mlue inspector Hugh Mac- Donald, of the Tnlrd (Plttstou) district, for the month of October, shows that there were five fatal aooidents and nineteen nonfatal accidents "Who is this drnnken villain?" he crigs, stretching the kuifo iu his toward Dawson. fjqt where was his Wife? That question wits still uppermost in his thoughts. His Jsole misgiving was that accident hpd ►befallen her, and that somewhere in the {honse he should find her lying cold fhsansible. . • .C * ' J Pith this terror in his mind he ran in up stairs. On the landing lie wart met by Mrs. Bntterby, who, prudent ponl, af the first hint Of pdsaouduut on her mistress* part, had bundled the gap- Cn Arid Moll, flinging herself betwixt the Knife and Dawson, with fear for his life, and yet with some dignity in her voice awl gesture, answers swiftly; New Church Dedicated. Source {hat first sprang for you and can nejer dry." Pittston was well represented attheded'- catlon of the new Congregational Church at PlalnB Sunday. The new building Is a handsome one of modem design, and cost $5,099. There was a large attendance on the services. In the morning, there were sermons by Rev. R 8 Jones, D. D , of Providence, aid Rev. B 1 Kvans, of Hyde Park. At two o'clock, Rev. Dr. Edwards, of Kingston, preached, and solos were sung by James Anwyl and Mrs J. H. Thomas. In the evening there were sermons by D P. J Dnes and Rev. D. M Grorije Solos were sung by John T Williams and Mrs J. Parry. The services are eoLtlnned this afternoon and evening. "Aye, and 'tis a proof," says hC. "your coming hern whore wo may speak CHAPTER XXXI and act without restraint, though it bo "Stand aside, Moll," cries Dawson, but for five minutes. " stepping to the foro and facing Mr. God "Five minutes!" cries she, springing wi„. "This is my crime, and I will anup with her natural viv«'-itr. "Why, swer for it with my blood. Hero is my I'll not leave you before the morning, breast" (tearing open his jerkin), unless you weary of me." And then, "Strike, for I alone have done you With infinite relish and sly humor, she ■wrong, this child of mine being but on told of her device for leaving the court instrument to my purpose." without suspicion. Mr. Godwin's hand fell by his side, I do confess I was at first greatly and the knife slipped from his fingers, alarmed for the safe issue of this esca- "Speak," says lie thickly, sifter a mo pade, but she assuring me 'twas a dirty meut of horrible silence, broken only by night, and she had passed no one on the the sound of the knife striking the Door, road, I felt a little reassured. To be "if this is your daughter—if she has sure, thinks I, Mr. Godwin, by some ar- lied to me—what, in God's name, is the oident, may return, but finding her goue truth? Who are you, I ask?" and hearing Captain Evans keeps me to "John Dawson, a player," answers ho, my house he must conclude she has come seeing the time is past for lying. hither and think no harm of her for tliat Mr. Godwin makes 110 response, but neither, seeing we are old friends and turns his eyes n]Don Moll, who stands sobered with years, for 'tis the most before him with bowed head and clasped natural thing in the world that, feeling hands, wrung to her innermost fiber lonely and dejected for the loss of her with shame, remorse and awful dread, husband, shq should seek Such harmless aud for a terrible space I hoard nothing "This drunken villain is uiy father.' English Spavin Liniment removes all hard,soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavins, cubs, splints sweeney, ring-bone, stifles, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, eto. Save $60 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold by J. H. Houck druggist, Pittston, Pa Then part silently. mo—namely, that Simon had that key and did get in the back way, going out by the front on that former occasion in hi¥*te niwiii some sudden alarm. ipg servants up to thpir rooms. XEW PHYSICAL DIRECTOR. ♦'Mercy on us, dear master!" says "In there never a window we can slip through?" asks Jack, phe- "Where can our dear be? Ft* ' Murnty she hath not left the nouse, for 4 j locked all up. as she bade me when we carried up her supper, and had the key hjf In my pocket when you knocked. 'See the house safe,' say* she, poor soul, with a voice could scarce be heard, 'and let no one disturb me, for I 4° feel most heavy with sleep.' " Mr. Godwin passed into his wife's room, and then into the next, looking about him in distraction. "Lord, here's the sweet thing's nightgowul" exclaims Mrs. Butterby from the next room, whither she had followed Mr. Godwin. "But, dear heart o' me, where's the ham gone?" Mr. Godwin, entering from the next room, looked at her as doubting whether fclk w ill the world had taken leave at Mr. .1. Armstrong, of Scran ton. Chosen "Only those above stairs. The lower are all barred." The Y-'Ung Men's Christian Association has finally secured a man for the position of physical director. He is Mr. J. Armstrong, who has been employed in a similar posl'lon at different times by both the Central and Railroad associations in Scranton. He comes highly recommended as an all-round athlete, a good organizer and a christian man. for the 1'oHition, "A fig for his bars. Does he think wt have neither hands nor wits to bo hin (Jered bv this silly woman's trick?" Death of .Inhn Langan Shiloh's Cure Is sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient consumption. It is the best cough cure. Only one cent a dose. 35 era., 50 cts. and $1.00 John Langan, an old and highly respect d resident of Pine street, died at three o'clock Saturday of pneumonia. He had bren ill but a week, having taken cold, which t'eially resulted in his death He wax well known and his death will be mourned by a large clrole of friends. lifts survived by his wife, flvs dan/liters and three sons—Mrs. Michael Craig, Mrs, John Blewitt and Miss K te Lingan, of this place; Mrs. H. Granger, Hayre; Mrs John Joyce, Smlthvlde; Messrs. M. J., James and George Langan, of New York city. " 'Tis 110 silly trick. He's not tho man to do un idle thing. There's mischief iu this." Farmers Take Notice. We have for sale at 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.'a 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. Mathers, Gen. Manager, "What mischief can ho do ns more than he has done, for I see his hand in our misfortune? What mischief, I say? Out with it, man, for your looks betray a fear of somethiutr worse-" "Faith, Jack, I dread ho has gone to fetch help and will lodge us in jail for this business." Judge Milton D. Mott Dead. Judge Milton Dlmlek Molt, editor and prjotietor of the l'ike County Dispatch, very suddenly at his home in Mtlford, ) etterday afternoon. Mr. Mott was a rej- in the State Legislature from 1884 to 1888 and was also Associate Judge of Pike county for the past seven years. For several years he was Chief Burgess of Mllford. Your children are liable to coughs, oolds, sore throat, croup and whooping cough, which often results seriously. Prompt treatment saves many Innocent little sufferers. Try Pan-Tina cough and consumption cure. It's pleasant, safe and snre. 25 cts. Sold at J. H. Honck'e and Stroh's drag stores. I "Jail I" cries ho in a passion of desperation. "Why, this will undo Moll forever. Her husband can never forgive Kingston, Pa* |
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