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VOL. XIII.
An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General. iBteiligenca
LITITZ PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28,1890. NO 30
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OPENING.
CHRISSIE'S LOVE.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to visit us at our new place
and inspect our large variety of
MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING
for the coming season. We show a good assortment of well-made
and well-fitting garments, all our own make, at
exceedingly low prices. Leinbach & Bro.
COR. 8TH & PENN SIS., READING, PA.
P
Rothsville • Carriage • Works.
/ am ready for the Spring Season, having a full line of new ivork on hand.
Bullies, Carriages, Four-Posters, Market ani Sprii Wagons.
Also complete stock of SECOND-HAND WAGONS of all styles. Will
sell at reasonable prices and all work sold must give satisfaction. Give us a
call and examine our work. P. B. KOFROTH.
THE ORIGINAL CARPET HALL.
(Formerly Shirk's Carpet Hall.)
7 he Only Exclusive Carpet House in Lancaster.
CARPETS, CARPET MANUFACTURING AND FLOOR COVERINGS ONLR.
CARPETS—Immense Stock—everything new, no auction goods, every carpet re-liable,
all qualities, from 10c per yard to $2.00 per yard. Sewing and
laying promptly done.
OIL CLOTHS—All widths—J yard to 4 yards wide.
LINOLEUMS—Handsome patterns all new—prices low.
MATTINGS—China and Cocoa Mattings—All widths, Plain and Fancy.
RUGS—Beautiful Patterns—all sizes—all kinds.
RAG CARPETS—Our own make—known for years as the best made in the coun-try,
all widths, Irom J yard to l i yards. Custom weaving—Carpets
woven to order, special weavers for the purpose. We guarantee to
use your own rags and give you the best woven Rag Carpet you can
get anywhere.
PRICES—One price to all, marked in Plain Figures, and that price the lowest. All
purchases made this month delivered free.
STOCK—Everything entirely new—new management, store room enlarged, every
thing shown on first floor.
LOCATION—Remember the location, Cor. "West King antl Water Sts., right be-below
the Stevens House on West King and right at the King Street
Railroad Station.
-^CARPET HALLAN-
'&$.The Original and. Only Exclusive Carpet House.
Great Reductions in frises
S. & H . GROSHS'
OLD RELIABLE ( Ml BROAD STREET, LITITZ.
We have a large and full stock of first-class Vehicles for the Spring Trade
which we offer at a GREAT REDUCTION of last year's prices, comprising Latest
Styles Buggies, Four-Posters, fump-Seat Carriages, one very fine Fom -Passenger
Extension Top Surrey, McCaul and Market Wagons, Road Carts, &c.
We have a number of Second-Hand Buggies and Market Wagons, which
we offer at a great bargain, and one Four-Poster as good as new, built of the very
best material, Derby Springs and Excellent Spring Cushion.
Jitii-Give us a call and you will be convinced our WORK and PRICES are
Right to Suit the Times.
Repairing; done promptly and in the most thorough manner, at prices as low
as the lowest. S. & H. GROSH.
"Oh, Mr. Randolph, I did, not
know you were here. Mrs. Marion
said you went, out w>me time ago."
With the words uttered in the
softest, sweetest voice imaginable,
the lit tie figure in blue eambrio with
drew from the luxurious apartment
of Godfrey Randolph, banker, and—
batchelor.
But only as far as the landing with-out.
The occupant of the room, to whom
no sight was more welcome than the
pretty, childish face of his landlady's
maid, started up from his books and
papers, and called to her eagerly :
" Chrissie, Chri-sie, come in—don't
mind me, I am going out immediate-
She came in shyly, a tiny, frail
fisure, not as tall as the broom she
o *
c a r r i e d .
" Of course I cannot sweep while
you are here. Mr. Randolph," she said
milingly. " But if you are going
out now I will not go down-stairs
again "
Godfrey looked at her and began to
laugh amusedly.
"It's so funny to think of you
sweeping, little Titania," he said.
"Why, how can you handle such a
big, clumsy thing as that ?"
He crossed the room, with that
quizzical look still on his lace, and
took the broom from'her hands.
He took a few stiokts, and Chrissie
laughed at his efforts.
" I'm very awkward, am I not ?" he
asked. " I see it is not a question oi
muscle but skill—I could better swing
the Indian clubs. But ic is not fit
irk for you, Chrissie."
She had reaehed out her hand to
ake the broom, and somehow God-trey's
fingers clasped hers, and they
stood there looking into each other's
eyes. The lovely blue ones were the
first to fall.
" My dear Chrissie,-' said the young
man, softly, his rapt gaze fixed on her
lovely, flushing face, " you are not in
your proper place. You were not
created for a drudge's life, you delicate
little flower, but to be cared for and
loved. I would transplant you to my
heart and wear you forever."
" Mr. Randolph !" faltered Cnrissie.
" No; say Godfrey," cried the young
man, carried away by the force of his
love and emotion. " Chrissie, I have
loved you since I first saw you, when
you came here from the country, a
poor, friendless orphan, and so meek-ly
took up the tedious duties. I have
fought against that love, but in vain.
I must win you, my darling. I can-not
live without you. Will you come
to me—my little wife ?"
A flood of blushes dyed the girl's
fair face, and the golden head dropped
lower.
" You cannot mean it," she murmur-ed.
" I am poor and simple, and not
fit to be your wife," with a delicious
little tremor of the last words. " I
thank you, Mr. Godfrey—but "
" No, No ; if there is any disparity
it is on my side," said the youug bank-er,
fervently. " If you love me, Chris-sie—
Ah I hear a step. Think it
over, darling, give me my answer when
I return."
He left the apartment and Chrissie
began to prepare for her task, but
there was a tell-tale blush on he face
when Mrs. Merton came in. The
lady's keen eyes read her secret at
once.
" Has that young man been talking
nonsense to you ?" she said sharply,
yet with a kindly glance. " You must
not listen to him, Chrissie : he would
coax away your heart and then throw
it away like an old glove."
" He has asked me to marry him."
" You!"
The landlady fell back, and looked
incredulously at the girl's flushed face.
Well, certainly she did not look like
a servant, and Mr. Randolph was not
like ot >er men in some respects.
" But, Chrissie, it wouldn't do," she
said, positively. " You are not of his
class, and would both be miserable.
He is infatuated because of your pret-ty
face; but you don't know that his
future fortune depends upon the favor
of old Mr. Wendell, and that a match
has been planned between him and
Eleanor Wendell ? In a few years
if all goes well, Mr. Randolph will be
a rich man, but if he marries you he
will lose everything—friends, position,
money, all. And he will come to
blame you for it all—oh, I know it—
the old story."
She left the room, and poor Chrissie
sat down to think over her cruel
words.
" She meant it all, and she has seen
much of the world, and I—I am afraid
myself," she reflected. ' I know God-frey
depends much upon Mr. Wendell,
but Eleanor, his daughter—I did not
know that. Oh, if I should do any-
" And you come to me as my good
angel," he said. " Then, if all this is
true, you will stay, Chrissie ?"
" I f you need me," she said loving-ly.
" Why, I always needed you and al-ways
will," he answered. " But I am
not a poor man, Chrissie, and had
withdrawn my interests from the house
thing to injure him, I wholove him so
dearly !"
Mechanically she turned to the
desk beside her and took, up a scrap
of paper that lay there.
Jt was the fragment of a letter that
Godfrey had forgotten to destroy, and
Chrissie, looking at it with her mind
upon him, caught these words :
" Godfrey, old boy, don't be rash
a poor wife would be an encumbrance
now. Your fortunes are at a«critical
point—please yours friends and insure
your own happiness by marrying th
heiress. You know how soon you
would tire of—"
That was all, but Chrissie had read
enough. It was all true—even his
friends warned him.
She would not blight his fortunes
but, oh ! how she loved him !"
" I f he was only poor and humble
like me," she thought. " No—no, it
cannot be, but I dare not see him. I
wi 1 go away at once."
That seemed to be the only course
to pursue ; the poor girl was nearly
distracted with conflicting emotions,
but she had decided—she would do
her duty.
' " I will go away at once," she
thought. " Mrs. Merton will say it is
best, for, oh ! I could not stay here
and oppose him. But I will write to
him."
She sat down and wrote a few lines
on a sheet of paper, which she folded
and sealed, placing it wheie Godfrey
would see it when he came iu.
" ME. RANDOLPH,—I am going
where I shall never see you again, 1
could marry v«u ; it would n t be the
best. You will be glad some day,
and forgive me if I wound your feel-ings.
Good-bye. CIIKISSIE."
That was the message the young
man found on his return.
And Chrissie was gone—no one
knew where. Her love had been so
great she had given up all for his sake
that he might not be the loser in the
dawning future.
Six mouths passed by. Godfrey
Randolph had tried iu vain to find the
girl he loyed—he would have given
up all hts worldly possessions just to
hold the slender form iu his arms and
look into the lovely, soulful eyes—but
despair was fast setting upon him.
Another month and then a startling
announcement flashed upon public
gaze.
The house of Wendell & Co. had
failed ! The news was upon every lip,
and it reached an obscure town where
a young girl was dragging out a weary
existence.
One afternoon Mrs. Merton was sur-prised
to see a dusty little figure in a
gray cloakand bonnet appear at her
door.
" Why, Chrissie !" she cried ; then:
" You heard that Mr. Randolph was
ill?"
" 111—no," said Chrissie. " But his
bad luck—Wendell & Co "
" Yes, I know, and Eleanor Wen
dell is to marry a poor man too ; she
was secretly engaged, and they made
an awful time over it, and "
"But Mr. Randolph—is he very
ill ?" asked Chrissie anxiously.
"No, he has been ; but he's better
now—out to-day for the first," said
Mrs. Merton. " I think he'd be glad
to see you, Chrissie. He want on aw-ful
about your going away."
Chrissie flushed, but looked irreso-lute.
" Perhaps I had better not see him,"
she began ; but the elder woman, who
had heard enough to doubt the wisdom
of her former advice, insisted, and the
young girl went up-stairs.
Godfrey wrapped in a gray and
blue gown, was looking listlessly out
of the window when she went in.
" ^Ir. Randolph," said Chrissie, in
the old shy way.
He turned with a wonderful light
on his face.
" Chrissie! at last!"
And the next moment he was crush-ing
her to his heart.
" Oh, I didn't mean to come back,"
she said ; " but I heard of your trouble
and I wanted to know about it a l l;
and then, when Mrs. Merton said you
were sick, I had to see you, if only for
a little while."
" A little while ! Do you think I
Will ever let you go again ?" he cried.
" Chrissie, you have been very cruel
to me."
" I meant to be kind," she faltered.
" I thought I would be a burden to
you, and mar your fortunes, but now"
—with sudden eagerness—"you are
poor, and you are not to marry Eleanor
Wendell, and you have lost everything
of Wendell & Co., and started out for
myself. Fortune is smiling upon me,
I shall be a rich man without marry-ing
an heiress. But why that shadow
dearest; it is cause for smiles."
" Oh, but I thought " began
Chrissie.
And then she threw her arms round
his neck and pressed her face upon his
" I wanted you to be poor, Godfrey,"
she whispered, " so that I could help
you, and now you are rich, and I
" Will make me doubly rich with
your wealth of love," said Godfrey,
kissing her. " Ah, now I am indeed a
favorite of fortune."
Too Popular With the Ladies.
KANSAS CITY Mo,, March 24.—
William H. Kline, of the Lombard
Investment Company, has recently
been paying marked attention to the
young ladies of Independence, much
to the displeasuse of the young men of
the place. He was warned to desist,
but continued his attentions, and last
Friday night he was seized by six
masked men, who carried him to" a
graveyard, tied him to a tombstone,
threw dirt and water over him, and in
other ways treated him brutally. A
handkerchief that was tied over his
eyes, and which bears the initials " M.
T.," is likely to pay a prominent part
in the criminal prosecution which
Cline says he will bring against the
six. Guy Allen, another Kansas City
young man who was with Cline on
Friday night, was put on a train and
sent home with a warning.
To Save Rudy's Life.
Since the action of thé Board ol
Pardons in commuting the sentence of
" Reddy " Jacobs and refusing to in-terfere
iu the sentence of John W.
Rndy, there has been a great change
in the sentiment of the community,
which prior to that time thought Rudy
should hang. There are now many
people who thiuk that as much clem-ency
should be shown to Rudy, who
was convicted purely upon circum-stantial
evidence, as has already been
shown to Jacobs. A petition was
started on Saturday afternoon asking
for a commutation of sentence to life
imprisonment, and up to this time it is
estimated fully two thousand people
had attached their names to the paper.
The friends of Rudy who have the
matter in hand have placed copies of
the petition at the offices of the Wes-tern
Union und Postal Telegraph and
Jacob H. Norbeck's carriage reposi-tory,
where those who feel so disposed
can call and sign them. Several per-fons
have taken out petitions and are
circulating them in this city.—-Lancas-ter
Morning News.
The Soldiers' Orphans.
HARRISBUKG, March 24.—The Sol-diers'
Orphans' Commission met there
this afternoon and decided to begin
the annual examinations on the second
Tuesday in June, taking in the western
schools, and to examine the eastern
schools during the week following.
The vacation will begin on June 29
and end on September 2. As over
200 scholars will be discharged during
the coming year, it was decided to
close one of the schools, and Harford
will no doubt be selected. The com-mission
finds that it will have a sur-plus
on hand at the close of the year,
not having expended the entire amount
of the appropriation.
For His Brother's Sake.
" Yes, sir—yes, sir—we are being
taxed to death in this country !" he
shouted.
" How much taxes do you pay, for
instance ?" quietly asked one of the
group.
" How much ? How much do I pay?
I—I—well, I'm not talking for my-gelf,
but for my brother. His taxes
would have been at least $12 this year
if he hadn't sold out."
WHY FARMING DOESN'T PAY.
Two Brothers Shot in the Same Room.
PAW PAW, Mich: A short time ago
Dr. Fosdyck was mysteriously shot
dead in a room in a house in Almena.
Now, Albert A. Fosdyck, the doctor's
broth er, who had t e en arrested for the
above crime, but discharged, has been
mysteriously shot and killed in the
same room of the same house. No
clue. A question of property may
lead to an arrest.
Influenza.
If you have a bad cold, cough, &c., or
the La Grippe, use' " Dr, Fahnestock's
Favorite Drops." A full dose, in sweet-ened
warm water, at bed time will relieve
you at once. Try it. Sold by all drug-gists
and country storekeepers.
8T.EL,MO HOTEL, N o s . 317 a n d 319
A.rch street, Philadelphia.—Bates re-duced
to $2 p«;r day. The traveling
public will still find a t this hotel trie
same liberal provision for t h e i r com-fort.
It is located i n t h e immediate
.centre of business, and places of amuse
ment and t h e different railroad depots
as well as all p a r t s of t h e city, as,
easily accessible by s t r e e t cars con-s
t a n t ly passing t h e doors. I t offers
special inducements t o those visiting
the city for business or pleasure. Your
patronage is respectfully solicted.
JOSEPH M . FEGER,
oc7-ly • Propr.
Valuable Suggestions Made by the
Department of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—The pre-vailing
depression in American agri-culture
is treated by the statistician
J. B. Dodge, in the March report of
the Department of Agriculture. The
prevalence of low prices is noted and a
feeling of discouragement in agricultu-ral
circles throughout the world is
indicated.
The main cause of low prices is re-ferred
to the inexorable law of supply
and demand. Corn and wheat and
other staples are cheap because of over
production five millions in ten years.
Intercontinental areas have been carv-ed
into farms, free to natiyes and tor
eigners, opening millions of acres to
cultivation. Railroad extension has
stimulated production and overwhelm-ed
the East with Western products.
Speculation first and utilization after-ward
have produced results that have
astonished the world with a plethora
of bread and meat.
Mr. Dodge says while there is excess
of production in a few staples there are
insufficient supplies of many other ne-cessary
products, and a score of others
which should furnish profitable em.
ployment to rural labor. Tnere is too
narrow a range of cropping. Diversi-fication
is essential to agricultural sal-vation,
There are imports costing
^240,000,000 per annum of agricultu-ral
products which should be produced
here. These are sugar, animals and
their products, fibres, fruits and nuts,
barley, leaf tobacco and wines, Far-mers
are suffering for want of hundreds
of millions of dollars that the sweat of
brows and dexterity of hands might
produce in " raw materials " for scores
of old and new industries.
Another serious cause of depression
he says, is the exorbitant share of the
farmers' products taken by the middle-men
and carriers. While growers re-ceive
25 to 30 per cent, less for beeves,
consumers pay the same for beef.
Milk is bought for three cents per
quart and sold for eight. The huck
ster often takes more for handling a
product in a day than the grower re-ceived
for producing a season's growth.
The seller's profit on fresh fruit is a
suggestion of greed and extortion.
Speculators depress prices when gar-ners
are full, and boom them when
farmers have nothing to sell, as at
present. It is suggested that farmers
may be compelled to retail their own
fruits and vegetables, sell their own
meats and manufacture their own flour.
Not so Quick to Hear.
Little Girl—" Papa, did mamma
say " yes " to you right off when you
asked her to marry you ?"
Papa—" Certainly she did."
Little Girl—" Why don't she say
y e s " now just as quick when you
ask her to do things ?"
Papa—" Mamma's hearing is not so
good now, darling—that's all."
Be Cautious.
It is not easy for the love stricken
swain or maid to look at matrimony
as a business matter. Yet it would be
much better if they would view it first
as a civil contract and then let the
sentiment follow as a natural and a
logical consequence. There would
then be more reasonable marriages
than there are now. There would be
time to examine into the character,
tha tastes and the habits of the oppo-site
pnrty and his or her adaptability
and acceptability could be intelligent-ly
determined. If no reason i3 used
in the choice of a wife or a husband
there is always a risk. Because when
the watchful senses are overcome with
the languor that usually accompa-nies
affection, there is the danger ever
present that deception may be used
successfully. To prevent surprises
one should ever be on the alert. Look
at matrimony as a matter-of-fact trans-action
and you will likely be sensible
and cautious. And as a result of your
sense you will get a wife who will help
you along and make you happy.
Sentimant is sure to follow this happy
union. But jump into matrimony
without regard for the consequences
and without looking far enough ahead,
and in the majority of cases regret is
sure to accompany the act. Consider
this matter closely before you marry.
Back to Her Side.
An old, dilapidated prairie schooner
or camper's wagon came creaking
through the March wind, bound west-ward!
As it came nearer in its slow
course across the plain I saw that the
horses were thin and spiritless, and
the driver, who sat on a rough board
seat beneath the faded and torn
canvas cover, was as woe-begone as
they.
He had once been a good looking
man, but his sad face and unkempt
clothing told too well the story of
sorrow or disappointment.
" How far is it to the next town ?"
he asked as he came opposite me.
" About five miles."
" How is the road ? Can I get there
before night?"
" I am afraid not without hurry-ing."
The clouds were skimmering across
the sky and a storm seemed riding on
the back of the north wind that blew
fiercely over the prairie.
" Guess I'll go on, though," he
ejaculated after having considered a
moment. Then he alighted from the
wagon and commenced fixing a broken
strap of the harness with some cord
he drew from the wagon box.
" What's your hurry ? Where are
you bound for?" were my queries.
" I'm goin' to Smith county," he
replied wearily, as he thought of the
long trip, almost to the foot of the
Rockies, " an' I must get theie before
the first of the month."
" Why, got some land there ?"
" No, not exactly, but something
better. I lived there two years ago—
Mary and I. The hot winds came
and the times grew hard for us, We
worked night and day, but there
wasn't no use—the sun just dried up
} ground an' we almost give up.
Then Mary died; she was my wife,
you know," he said, in half apologetic
words. "She helped all she could,
but her strength wouldn't hold out."
" And you were left alone ?"
" Yes, so much alone that I buried
her all by myself on our little claim
an' then started for the old home
back east to try and make a livin'.
I lost my right to the claim," he
went on wearily after a pause, " but
I didn't care much, except that she
was there. Now I must go through
an' see to it."
" Do you expect to get it back?"
" Not all of i t ; I don't want it. But
they tell me the land is all bein'
plowed up in that neighborhood an'
I'm afraid they'll plow over her
grave."
" And so you'll buy the land ?"
" A little of it—that that holds
her. 1 kin make a l i v i n ' I know, an'
I'll stav by her side till the end. It
seemed like the sun went out when she
left me there."
He resisted all my efforts to induce
him to remain for the night. He must
hurry, he said.
And the last I saw of him he was
urging the tired horses toward the
angry sunset sky, eager to reach the
grave of the one he loyed so well."
Humble in station though he was,
crude though his surroundings, his
lonely vigil on the far western
prairies, with the wide spreading sea
of grass around and only the tiny
mound of earth to attract his lonely
heart has often seemed a picture
worthy ot a true artist's touch.
A Slick Lightning-Rod Fiend.
HUNTINGDON, Pa., Mar 23—During
the past week quite a number of far-mers
iu this and adjoining counties
have been victimized to the extent of
several thousand dollars by lightning-rod
swindlers. The unsuspecting far-mer
is required to pay a small sum as
the difference between the old and the
new rods. He is first requested to
sign a contract, which he ultimately
finds to be a negotiable note for about
ten times the amount.
Drunkenness—Liquor Habit—In all
the World there is but one Cure, Dr
Haines' Golden Specific.
I t can be given in a cup of tea or coffee
without the knowledge of the person
taking it, effecting a speedy and perman-ent
cure, whether the patient is a
moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck.
Thousands Of drunkards have been cured
who have taken the Golden Specific ia
their coffee without their knowledge, and
to-day believe they quit drinking of
their own free will. No harmful effect
results from its administration. Cures
guaranteed. Send for circulars and full
particulats. Address in confidence,
Golden Specific Co., 185 Race Street, Cin-cinnati,
O.
OWEN P . BRICKEK, Esq., attorney
at-law, is in town every Saturday and
Monday morning and can be consulted
on all legal business. Lancaster office
48 N o r t h Duke street.
Miss Boust Not Buried For 30 Days,
Miss Jessie Boust, a belle of North-umoerland,
Pa., became insane, was
imprisoned in the parlor of her home,
where she died very suddenly, after
smashing her piano to pieces. The
body was embalmed and funeral ser-vices
were held. The mother thought
the girl was in a trancc and burial
was kept back for almost a month, the
remains finally being placed in a grave
without any religious rites.
Blown to Atoms.
A man and a pair of horses were
wiped from the face of the earth Sun-day
by an explosion of nitro-glycerine
at Decatur, Ind. All that could be
found of the bodies were shreds seen
hanging on trees far from the s.ene of
the explosion. The wagon in which
he was seated was made into splinters
and scattered in all directions. A
woman and her infant were also killed,
but not so horribly mutilated. Much
other damage was done by the explo-sion.
Over the State.
A wild deer wandered into a Wil-liamsport
alley.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will
build a library at Altoona.
Berks county is being extensively
worked by " green goods " men.
.Work has already begun on the
flower beds of the Pennsylvania Rail-road
stations.
T. B. Darlington, a West Chester
fruit-grower, says the cherry trees are
unharmed.
A man arrested at Chester for
drunkenness said he spent $800 in
eight weeks on a " tare."
The 97-year-old mother of Harrison
Shelly, of Milford Square, ate her
first plate of ice-cream last Saturday.
William Newberry, died at Lock
Haven from the effects of injuries re-ceived
in a quarrel with Charles Moth-er
on Thursday last. Mosher is in
jail.
The wife of Mail Agent F. P. Rehr,
of Readinsr, who is under arrest for
robbing the mails, says that her hus-band's
downfall is due to his mania
for lottery tickets.
Benjamin Cooper, a well-known far-mer
of Northampton township, Bucks
county, was found hanging from a raf-ter
in his wood-shed a few days ago.
It is supposed his mind was deranged.
A rat which attacked a brood of
chickens at Pottstown was killed by
tha hen, and after the battle the barn-yard
rooster, who had occupied a safe
perch on the fence, came to the front
and crowed lustily.'
A cave-in on the public highway is
exciting the residents of Mt. Hope,
near Pottsville. The hole is 20 feet
wide, and 35 feet deep, and is believed
to be caused by the robbing of pillars
in an abandoned mine.
Miss Phoebe McKenna, one of Slating-ton's
most accomplished belles, had
her arm amputated to save her life.
The trouble came from a slight bruise
six months ago, which deyeloped into
diseased bone and led to blood-poisoning.
The residence of A. H. Patterson, in
Morris township, Huntingdon county,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $4000.
The family escaped safely by jump-ing
from second-story windows, except
Mrs. Pattersen, who was dangerously
hurt.
The hands in the box department of
the Sheldon axle works at Wilkesbarre
struck because a non-union man was
put to work. It is thought that the
strike will extend to the other depart-ments,
if not settled, and will affect
1200 or 1500 men.
Dewitt C. Hillegass, a dealer in leaf
tobacco at Reading who failed recent-ly
with liabilities amounting to $173,-
000, of which $64,897 is secured, has
made a proposition to his creditore to
settle unsecured claims by the pay-ment
of 20 per cent, in merchandise.
Mrs. Sarah Townsend, an aged and
well-known Quaker lady of Bristol
attended the wedding of her grand
daughter, Miss Caroline Darlington,
at Rosedale, Chester county, on Wed-nesday.
The pair had hardly started
on their honeymoon when they were
recalled by her death.
Butler county Republicans are not
for Delamater.
Harrisburg's Mayor is rounding up
corner-loafers.
All liquor licenses were refused ia
Huntingdon county.
An old woman of 83 is charged
with keeping a " speak-easy " at Potts-ville.
The Perkiomen Railroad milk-train
was wrecked by a huge rock at Green
Lane on Saturday.
There are fifty-two engines under-going
repairs at the shops ot the Read-ing
Railroad at Reading.
Rapid transit at Pittsburg has been
the cause of a very perceptible de-crease
sn the number of private yehic-les.
The loss in revenue by the failure
of the ice crop along the Perkiomen
Railroad will be $75,000 to that cor-poration.
The Ladies' Aid of the Harrisburg
Hospital has asked every scholar in
the public schools to contribute a fresh
egg to the hospital on Easter day.
The parrot at the mercy hospital
in Pittsburg became hopelessly drunk
on a hah cup of alcohol left in her
reach, and shocked the inmates of the
institution with her profanity.
A double wedding will take place
this Thursday at the residence of Hen-ry
F. Johnson, in Richland, Bucks
county. Two brothers, Morris and
Morgan Shaw, will be wedded to two
•isters, Jennie and Alice Johnson, by
Friends'cereniony.
Why She Looked.
''You should know, Fanny, that it
isn't proper for a young lady when she
is out walking to turn around to look
at a gentleman."
"Yes, mamma, dear ; but you see I
was only looking to see whether he
had turned around to look at me."