Mount Pleasant journal

              MT. PLEASANT JOURNAL.
VOL MT. PLEASANT. WESTMORELAND CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1883. NO*
EDITORIAL NOTES.
TUB Senate has sat flown upon the
Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment
to the State Constitution and that meas-ure
is now deceased for this session.
THE patents on that money-making
monopoly, the Roberts torpedo, expired
on Monday last and now there need bo
no dangerous mooushining in the oil
country.
FROM the recent news from the West
we should imagine that the maxim, “Go
west and grow up with the country”
should be amended so as to rend “Go
west and blow away with the country.”
IT is said that Pattisou proposes to
hare Wallace and Cassidy cut each
ether’s throats in the coming race for the
United States Senatorship and then step
into the place himself. There is plenty
of room for contingencies in this pro-gram.
THE British legation is under guard by
American soldiers to prevent its Wash-ington
home from being blown up by
dynamite Irishmen. The presence of a
few soldiers will not hold the building
down if dynamite gets into good work-ing
trim in the vicinity.
THE wonderful frequency of the west-ern
cyclone will have a tendency to re-strain
emigration in tiiat direction.
Nobody cares for a free ride across the
country on the wings of the storm. It
would be very poetical but at the same
time hard on the constitution.
T HE capture last week of a ccntrolling
interest in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
road by Vanderbilt in the purchase of
eight thousand shares of its stock from
the Economite society shows that the
new trunk line managers are steadily
progressing in their plans for a new route
to the West. The probabilities tor the
adoption of the fiewicklcy route of the
South Pennsylvania, however, in the
light of this sale looks rattier dim. The
Economite society is largely interested
in the building of the Pittsburg, Char-tiers
A Youghiogheny road, which is to
traverse this county from Suterviile to
I.strobe, draining the coal basins between
those points. A part of the route along
the Sewiekloy is identical for both the
Chartiers road and the South Pennsyl-vania,
and if the sale of the Lake Erie
stock has been consummated by the
Econoinites in order to further the pro-gress
of their new road, self protection
and the opportunity of the Chartiers tor
feeding freight on competitive terms to
the Pennsylvania at Latrobe or the
South Pennsylvania on the Yougbio-ghony
would doubtless load to an agree,
nient by whit h the eastern capitalists
would abandon the Sewickly and adopt
the lower or .Casselman river route.
This would throw the nearest point to
Mt. Pleasant on the South Pennsylvania
at Conneilsville, and would ensure the
building of a feeder up the Jacob’s
creek valley in competition with the B.
A 0. and Pennsylvania loads already
occupying the territory.
DAY’S DOINGS.
OUR HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.
WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT*
On every baud can be heard, among
onr merchants, complaintsofthc unsatis-factory
condition of trade. People are
not purchasing, clerks are idle and the
sales decrease in magnitude until some
of our dealers have been cut down one-half
in their receipts as compared with
last year's business The worst feature
about it, too, is that the outlook for a
favorable change is not good. With the
chances for strikes amongHt tiie working-men
in mine and mill, the future has a
decidedly black look. The trouble wilh
Mt. Pleasant is that her prosperity is
based upon ono article of production and
thut article is coke. Of the thousands
of men employed about here, who do
their purchasing in our town, from sixty
to seventy-five per cent, are connected
with the manufacture of coke. The un-satisfactory
condition of that trade for
the past five mouths and the probable
condition of it for two or three mouths
to come do not afford any consolation for
the merchants, who hope for a revival
in business.
The question for the town to consider
now is how to put herself in such a posi-tion
that her growth may be uniform,
her prosperity steady. The answer to
this question is by the encouragement of
manufacturing industries which will
bring a solid class of people into our
borders and which will set afloat capital
in tiie production of manufactured arti-cles.
Two or three thousand dollars a
week thrown into circulation amongst
onr mercantile interests by the pay rolls
of several large factories would cause
Mt. Pleasant to have such a boom as
would open her sleepy eyes. If our
town wants to forge ahead, a move must
lie made in the matter. Standing around
tiie empty stores and wailing over the
condition of trade isn’t going to put a
dollar in your pockets, and your business
cannot increase as long os there is noth-ing
to Increase upon. It will therefore
be better for you, merchant and miller,
hanker and baker, tailor and tradesman,
to put your shoulders to the w heel and
build up business. Organize a boa.
trade and push the town’s interests.
Here, for instance, is a glass works em-ploying
two hundred men begging for u
location over at Washington and promis-ing
to go there for four thousand dollars.
Pitch in end secure that. If you can’t
get it, get something else and when you
do get something else, don't sit down
and rest but work aliead and keep on
getting and TUJE JOURNAL will guarantee
you business right straight through.
There is plenty of enterprise latent here
and if THE J IURNAL could only succeed
in stirring it up, it would freely play
fireman and keep the pot boiling after
tho flame was started.
This glass works business isn't going
to lay around loose and if you want to
try to get it, you should be up aud doing.
What are vuu going to do about it't
\ niKCHt of Evrnts TrnnnptrlnK llin World
Over During file PM1 Seven Onyi, aa
Gathered by the ltuay Newsmen.
WEDNESDAY.—The Pope lias expressed
his displeasure at the participation of tiie
Irish clergy in political affairs, lie wishes
that no eierginan should recommend sub-scriptions
to Parnell fund!—Assistant
appraisers will have to be appointed at
New York, Chicago aud Han Francisco to
carry into effect the act to prevent the
importation of adulterated tens.—Mitch-ell
does not rest easy under his defeat
by Sullivan, and issues a card question-ing
tiie decision.—The Massachusetts
Central Railroad will cease operations
to-morrow because the trustees have no
money and the courts will not give them
permission to raise any.—The United
States Circuit court refuses ail injunction
to prevent the State of Virginia from
selling the rolling stock of the Baltimore
and Oiiio Railroad seized for taxes.—
Wilmington, Dei., having imposed a tax
It on each telegraph pole, will cut every
pole down to-day on which no tax is
paid.—Eighty young gentlemen reported
at the Naval Academy to lie examined
for admission as naval cadets. Tiie final
examination of tiie class of 1881 began.—
Large falling ofi'is reported in the wheat
shipments! at San Francisco as compared
with previous years.
THURSDAY.—At a meeting of tiie Na-tional
League, in Dublin, the members
resolved to take their theology from the
Pope and their politics from Parnell.—
Eitzharris, tiie cab driver, has been con-victed
of being an accessory in thoPlice-nix
Park murders and was sentenced to
penal servitude for life.—It is said that
Mr. Gladstone objects to giving State aid
to emigrants to Canada.—A German
journal states that tiie danger of trichi-nosis
from American pork isRixty times
greater than from German pork.—A large
quantity of whiskey is now at Newport
News awaiting shipment to Bermuda.—
The reunion of the Society of the Army
of the Potomac, consisting of a street
parade, a reception at the White llousei
business meeting and an evening enter-tainment,
passed off' with great eclat.—
Jefferson Davis, who has been suffering
from a severe attack of bronchitis, is
now pronounced out of danger.—At Ilnr-rodsbttrg,
Ky., the jury in tiie case of
Pliil B. Thompson for tiie alleged mur-der
of Walter Davis rendered n verdict
of acquittal.—Mark Spicker, a commer-cial
salesman, obtained a verdict of $5,000
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-pany
for his ejection from a train.—All
trains have been withdrawn from the
Massachusetts Central railroad.
FRIDAY.—Tiie Phoenix Park murder
trials are ended and tiie special jury lias
been discharged.—The Sultan lias agreed
to convoke the Turkish Parliament.—
The Brazilian Ministry has resigned.—
It is believed tiiat diplomatic relations
will be renewed between England and
Mexico.—No progress was made in the
star route trial owing to the illness of a
juror.—A groat Jersey cattle sale took
place at the American Institute. Sixty-one
animals brought $43,765.—Philadel-phia
authorities have discovered nearly
$300,OCO worth of stock belonging to tiie
city in a railroad company.
SATURDAY.—A scare prevails among
depositors in French savings banks.—
Several new plots against tiie Czar have
been discovered in St. Petersburg.—The
engineers of America, irrespective of
parly affiliation, indorsed the policy and
methods of President Arthur.—Robert
B. Morrell, ex-C’hiof Auditor of tiie Phil-adelphia
Gas Trust, lias been arrested
for his participation in extensive frauds
on the city treasury.—The people of the
oil regions cf this State are highly id-dignant
at the Slate tax which lias been
placed recently on all the production of
that section of the country.—Portions of
Texas and Nebraska were visited by a
cyclone which tore many houses from
their foundations and caused serious
damage to property. In Nebraska a
woman and two children were fatally
injured.—A death from yellow fever is
reported at Brownsville,Texas.—Jeremy
Mackey, for many years cashier of a
bank at Stroudsburg, Pa, committed
suicide by shooting himself.—Jefferson
Davis’ condition is believed to be crit-ical.
SUNDAY.—The special cable despatch
of the evening “Telegram” from Moscow
gives a glimpse of the gorgeous prepara-tions
that are being made forthe corona-tion
oi the Czar.—James Carey, the in-former,
has been released from custody.
—Excitement in Ireland over the Pope’s
circular to (he clergy is unabated.—Seri-ous
frauds are reported in connection
with land pre-emption in Colorado, and
the Secretary of the Interior asks the
commencement of suite agains the offen-ders.—
In tiie billiard tournament Vig-naux
beat Carter and Sexton beat
Schaefer.—Governor Cleveland refused
his signature to tiie Page bill to allow
saving savings banks to invest in mis-cellaneous
securities.— General Pryor,
counsel to Patriot Tynan, the alleged
“Number One,” saya he will produce his
client when required. The counsel to
the British Counsel has no knowledge of
a demand for Tynan’s extradition.
MONDAY.—A fuse has been found near
Peterborough Cathedral.— Colonel In-gergoll
states that his argument will be
the lust made for the defence. Ho thinks
the case will be givon to the Jury the first
week in Juse.—The excitement over the
gold discoveries in Lowor California is
unabated.—Two men were arrested at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., charged with
stoning railroad trains.—A flood In Da-kata
washed away a cousiderable portion
of Doadwood, besides doing damage to
other towns and crops in tiiat sostion,
the total amount of which is estimated at
millions of dollars.—At I.a\vrenoeburg,
Iud., a husband and father whose do-mestic
reputation had become very of-fensive
was tarred and featherd at mid-night
by bis neighbors and driven from
the place.—The American Sunday School
Union held its flity-ninth anniversary at
Hartford, Conn.—A hoy was captured
in the Welsh Mountnins of Pennsylva-nia,
charged with wrecking the freight
train near Ephratn. Tiie officers had to
made a desperate tight.— Nashville,
Tonn., was visited by a severe wind
storm.
TUESDAY.—Walter Evans, of Lonis-ville,
Ky., appointed Commissioner of
Internal Itoveniie,—Ohio had a twelve
inch deep snow storm yesterday.—
tloorge Jones tiie Pittsburg murderer
will hang.—Chicago Land Leaguers de-nounce
the Pope.
IN BELGIUM.
SPIKING THE SPIKER.
The Brlclffwport Woman Renter n
Racket tn (imiml)iti-f' mud In .lulled.
A gentleman who was in attendance at
Court informs us that Peter Spiker
who committed the assault upon
Mrs. Huer, of Bridgeport, had a lively
time at the county seat last week. In the
Zimmerman House he had a ditilcult
with his father and promptly knocked
the old gentleman down. The landlord
immediately tired the belligerent Spiker
out into the street. Thence he went to
the Court House and his conduct was so
bad that Judge Hunter dismissed his
bondsmen aud committed him to jail.
Having been found guilty of aggravated
assault and battery upon Mrs. Baer, he
will be apt to remain in charge of West-moreland’s
sherilf for some time.
A LOST BOY.
Taken From Ilonir Sixteen Vran Ago
Anil Not Heard From ttlnctf
Mr. Timothy Welsh of Seottdale is
very anxious to learn of the whereabouts
of his son Patrick Welsh, who sixteen
years ago was taken from Ins father’s
home in Washington I). at the age of
thirteen by a man named Robert Smith.
It was alleged that the boy was to go to
service with a farmer named William
Moorhead, of Wliito Plains, New York.
Every effort has been made to learn
where the boy has gone to but thus far
without success. Anybody able to give
any information concerning the missing
member of the Welsh family will confer
a great favor bv writing to his father,
Timothy Welsh, or his brother, Bartley
Welsh, Seottdale, Westmorelandcounty,
Pa.
FATALLY INJURED.
A Full of Iloek IN a Stone qii.rry Catchri
Two Workm.ii.
On Friday last while the workmen
were excavating stone at the Blue Hock
quarries, near Ligonier, a fall of over-hanging
rock occurred. Two workmen
who failed to get out of tiie way in timo
wore caught by tlio tumbling muss ami
terribly crushed. One of them, it is
said, will not recover.
Given Airtty.
We cannot holp noticing tiie liberal of-fer
made to all invalids and sufferers by
IJr. Kings New Discovery for constunp-tio-
r;. You aro requested to call at E. J.
McElwee’s drug store, mid get a trial
bottle free of cost, if you aro suffering
with consumption, severe coughs, colds,
asthma, cronchitis, hay fever, loss of
voice, hoarseness, or any affection of the
throat or lungs. It will positively euro
you.
PERSONAL,
contend with a baud of outlaws who
Charlie F’indley, of Hutto City Montana
was in town last week.
Bov. Leroy Stephens llllod the Baptist
pulpit in Cniontown on .Sabbath last.
Editor Newcomer, of tlio Seottdale
Tribune, is a sufferer with typhoid fever.
W. F. Barkley, of Mt. Pleasant, atten-ded
the miners convention in Pittsburg
last week.
Iieou Barnes, treasurer of South Penn-sylvania
railroad, was in town last
Wednesday.
Mrs. D. W. Shupe, of this place, is
the gnist of Miss Lizzie Kilgore, of
Greensburg.
Elmer Stricklor is manipulating the
lover on the hoisting engine at Loison-ring
coke works.
Mrs. J. T. Hirst, of Mercer, has boen
visiting her daughter, Mrs. /.ahnizer, on
Washington street.
Mrs. W. J. Hitollman arrived homo on
Monday after a visit to relative in the
oastern and northern parts of the Stato.
Mr. J. C. Crownovcr went to Brooklyn
on Friday last and will return in the
l itter part of the woek with his family.
Mr. Samuel Reese has so far recovered
from the injuries recently sustained at
Morewood as to bo able to bo about once
more.
Prof. Bair of Seottdale lias almost on-tiroly
recovered from his recent indispo-sition
and will take charge of his school
in a few days.
Senator J. Don Cameron and family
sailed in the steamer Celtic from New
York, on Saturday. He expects to be
absent several years.
Mr. .1. C. Dysert, of thoeoko crusher
Is filling Mr, P. H. Lloyd.s place in the
Pittsburg offleo of tlio Pennsylvania
Crushed Coke. Co., while Mr. Lloyd is
away on his wedding trip.
There is a regular hegira of Greens-burg
newspaper man. Yesterday Major
Jna. M. Laird, of the Argun nd wife,
accompanied by Amos K’’ Esq., of
the Demoerat left on an expended tour
for Denver and Leadvillo, Colorado, and
brother McAfee with a party will visit
New Mexico shortly. Our host wishes
for a good time to them all.
The Rev. Dr. Hornblower, Professor
of Homiletics and of Second Rhetoric in
the Western Theological Seminary, wus
taken with a paralytic seizure on Sunday
while preaching lor Rev. Holland in the
Bellefield Presbyterian Church, East
End, Pittsburg. During tho service Dr.
Hornblower noticed a tccling, which he
recognized as paralysis, stealing grad-ually
over his left sido. Ho concluded
the exercises os soon as possiblo,
and communicated the tact of his
illness to his friends, who hooaine much
alarmed. He was to have dined at the
residence of Mr. Childs, butdoclined to
be driven there, saying that he felt his
illness increasing and requested to be
driven home. Ou the way he grew
worse, and when ho reached his home
on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, he was
completely prostrated. Drs. Miller,
Flemming and Wilson wore called in,
arid found that the left side of the Doc-tor’s
holly was almost completely para-lyzed.
He lias been connected with the
seminary tor the past 13 years, and is
widely known aud profoundly respected
as a thcolijian and eui eloquent preacher,
STORIES ABOUT A QUEER PEOPLE.
TItc Man}' InctriuntM of tli«* “Joiiriinl”
('um-ajMmilrnt'H Tour A mo;i£
till- Dutch.
Special correspondence of Tins JOURNAL.
I’llILAUKt.FHIA, May 20, 1883.
In referring to the pump by Quinlin
Malays, I see In Tint JOURNAL that I
omitted to mention what I am sure will
lie of interest to nil young lovers—name-ly,
that his suit proved successful. The
smiles and encouragement of u beautiful
girl gave new file and courage to Quinlin
and actually transformed the common
blacksmith inlo one of the greatest pain-ters
the world lias knn.vn. After thus
overcoming the object made by the girl's
father that the daughter of himself, s
painter, should not, with his consent,
marry anv one but a painter, he actually
wedded (lie girl of his chni. e, and I sup-pose
for ever afterward lived in all imag-inary
prosperity and bliss. In writing to
you of this, I believe I alluded to the
story as though it was not entirely wor-thy
of credence, but I have good reason
to believe that it is perfectly authentic.
You must not imagine from tills that the
Belgians are a very romantic people;
they are a restless, good-natured and
music-loving class as a rule—hut they are
not very beautiful in appearance, their
women are not very pretty, their senti-ments,
tlieii manners and customs are by
no means lovable, and they do not differ
from their neighbors in their amiable
eagerness to take advantageof these who
aro unaccustomed to their ways and prac-tices.
Let me relate a little incident, the
truth of which I can vouch for. One of
our officers who could speak no language
except English went with his wife to a
store iu order to liny something in the
way of gentlemen’s wear. She spoke a
few words of Flemish and was present
principally to interpret and to see that
lie was not imposed on. While there,
she saw something she thought she
would like to have ; she next day deter-mined
to get it. She therefore went to
the same place and very innocently com-menced
matters by mentioning that she
had been there yesterday to obtain such-and-
such an article for Mr. So-and-so.
“I remember," quietly replied the clerk,
“I waited on you myself and here is
yotir ten per cent.” She pocketed tiie
money und changed her mind about her
intended purchase. It is a very easy
matter to come across somedisinterested
and perfectly unselfish person who is
dying to serve you in any way in his
power. Do you wish to buy an umbrella,
or a meerschaum, or a piece of silk ? Our
worthy friend will engage Id bring you
to “the very best and cheapest place
the next day he quietly goes back to
that store and claims his percentage. I
remember tlio great fair “of ye olden
time” at which I was present last May-day
in Liverpool. The ushers etc. were
dressed up in the habiliments of ancient
times—an old English drama was being
p'ayed in one quarter of the building, a
Bunch and Judy show iu another etc.
IIow little it cost to enter—but Imw much
it costs to get out! One cannot stay tong
in Antwerp without coming to a some-what
similar conclusion. Wlmt with
“service" and “candle” and a thousand
little extras at your hotel, your Dill soon
grows to tie very seriously different from
what von expected it to he. Then the
“tips” to the waiterstliepmtersandeven
the cali-drivers—all tlieselittle expenses
accumulate until you aro rather startled
on thinking over your expense account.
Tho cafe’s, estuminets, and dancing
Dalle are very numerous, and the Bel-gians
are very fond of good living, of loud
talking and laughter, and music ami
dancing; they are very restless and ex-citable.
and in one of t heir estaminets or
beer saloons a row is easily raised, and
then the noise becomes tumultuous and
threatening.—angry shouts are head and
defiant challenges, and plenty of “Unit
for doomers,” but there is really nothing
to fear as they seldom get drunk or come
to blows. Tills may in part be accounted
for from lhe fact that no doubt tho peo-ple
are early habituated to tiie use of
liquor. I can honestly assert that I have
seen a child, not three years old. quietly
drinking a glass of beer or gin and after-forward
smoking a cigar and at other
times a pipe of strong tobacco without
attracting the least attention or exciting
(he slightest remark from the many dif-ferent
persons who were present. It
apparently was no unusual sight for them,
i have seen plenty of children, and in-fants
too, given beer and even gin by
their mothers or nurses. Beer shops are
open on Sundays and so are all other
shops and stores und dancing halls, and
theiitres etc. A feature I must mention
is tiie prevalence and popularity of im-mense
stationary hand-organs. These
are usually in estaminets and often in
daytime, hut generally at night, is ground
out the horrible noise to which tiie peo-ple
dance. These organs do make a most
infernal racket and when you recollect
that those who at these places engage in
the ’’lig’it fantastic,” arc unusually stout
and “big at the belt” and tiiat they have
already been indulging in large amounts
of schnapps, or muddy beer, and that a
majority of them have their pedal extre-mities
encased in huge clogs or wooden
shoes, the tumult and excitement, the
dust, the laughter and the noise—tiie
whirling of round-faced chimsy, damsels
in the dizzy mazes of the dance—all this
presents a scene more easily imagined
than described.
The peculiarities of this people are in
some cases so extreme tiiat I hesitate to
refer to them ; as, unquestionably they
must appear to strange to be true. I have
therefore left out a great deal which I
had originally intended to insert here.
But I cannot help alluding to a kissing
song which I heard sung by a group ot
persons among whom were five females
and at least ten men. At a certain stage
every one jumps up and kisses whouver
he or she can,—but the curious part of it
was that the men kissed each other ns
well as tiie women. My cterk was a na-tive
of Louvuhi. I had, at times, tiie
greatest trouble to prevent what he call-ed
his “everlasting attatchiuent” for me
from breaking forth in an endeavor to
kiss me. I could mention the same
heroic propensity in another male Bel-gian
who swore eternal love for me.
Both of these, lor some very trilling
and imaginary cause, became “huffed,”
and laughable as it may appear, we
parted on rather had terms.
On the 15th of August I noticed a gen-eral
holiday appearance in Antwerp. All
the store windows were rendered as at-tractive
as possible, and everywhore was
to be seen tiie name “Maria.” I learned
on inquiry tiiat she was tiie especial pa-troness
of Antwerp and that the day was
tho four hundred and fourth anniversary
of the guild erected in honor of the vir-gin.
A principal feature of tiie day in
the religous procession which, slowly
winding down tiie street, makes a very
pretty sight. Still' slieets of white, gold
and other gay colored paper are cut into
very tiny hits and strewn wherever tiie
procession is to pass. The holy lamps
at tiie street corners are lit and an altar
is erected in the middle of some large
wide ntreot, and here some religious cer-emonies
are held, after which tiie pro-cession
retun s. I was again in Antwerp
at the time of tiie Carnival. At tiiat
time there is almost absolute liberty to
(lo anything you please. At night the
streets are crowded witli gay revelers.
Tho population of Antwerp I should
judge to be al>out two hundred thousand.!
Tlio climate is mild—rather humid and
disagreeable a great part of the time.
This is all the more striking when we rec-1
ollect that no city in America is as far
Uurt^ as Antwerp. In fail Nta York pj
on the same parallel ns Naples, and we
! have no city so high up an l'aris. The
sea has made great inroads on the coast
of both Holland anil Belgium—just as
we read in accounts of the voyagers sent
cut by Raleigh iu the latter part of the
! sixteenth century of islands and sea
| const which are not now to be found.
! Since the wnr of American Independence
j “tlieshoreiu front of the hoarding houses
at ('ape Island must have worn away
nearly a mile.” We are told that the
target of a certain militia company dur-ing
the Revolution was at least three-quarters
of a mile e^st of the present
shore-line. Further east of the target
were sand benches for about another
quarter of a mile, and then, the sea.
Well, tins wearing process has had great
influence on the Belgian and Holland
sea-coast. In fact, at one time Amster-dam,
if I remember rightly what I have
read, had no street canals at nil. A great
inundation and consequent wearing
away of tlio land necessitated tiie con-struction
of these water-ways.
There are two tilings Antwerp is noted
for—they are meerschaum pipes and
black silks. There is a store on Klapdorf
street (or Cooper, which is a continua-tion
of Klapdorf) where the whole pro-cess
of fashioning the pipes from the
rough meerschaum and tiie stem from
the native amber can be seen. In the
window is a large block of pure amber.
All kinds of pipes, very artistically
wrought, are to he had, but no cheaper
than in England. There is a great deal
of really beautiful painting on glass to
be seen, especially in tiie Cathedral,
whose chimes of ninety-nine bells aro
among the must celebrated in tiie world.
Their tone is very pleasing; I never
heard any chimes so excellent and mu-sical.
They plav every fifteen minutes.
At twelve o’clock they play a verv long
time. All kinds of tunes are played and
it is worthy of note that both glass-painting
and chimes, together with lace
tapestry and diamond-polishing, were
all invented in Belgium.
I visited the Bourse several times. It
is a very large building and very beauti-ful
in the interior. It is well supplied
with light and its walls are covered with
maps of different portions of tiie world.
Its architecture is something quite orig-inal
and novel. I also visited the Muse-um
des l’lantes. This is a curious old
structure which is titled with ancient
specimens of the typography! art. It
had been in the family of the Plantes
for about three hundred years until 1865,
when it was sold to thegovernment. One
of lhe best things to be seen is tiie fa-mous
panorama painting of the battlo of
Waterloo. Real horses, grass, rocks,
tree, cannon, etc., merge in the distance
with the painting. 1 wus in company
with Mr. Jtdin Museer who, beside buv-seeu
a number of these panoramas, had
been present at the Beige of Atlanta and
a number of important hnttles during
our late war. His admiration was un-bounded,
and lie was very much struck
with the graphic and realistic appear-ance
of tiie scene. Let mo in this con-nection
draw attention to something
which I believe is not generally known,
namely, that the forces engaged at the
battle of Waterloo were exceedingly
disproportionate. Tho British and Prus-sians
numbered 140.000 men. the French
had only 70,000. Tiie British and Prus-sians
had 380 cannon, and tlieir oppo-nents
240.
At St. Paul’s there is a curious repre-sentation
Of Calvary that I wish tn speak
of. You pay a certain fee—a franc or
two francs, I forget exactly—and then
along a narrow avenue outside o( the
church, yet protected from tho public
eye, you go up a series of low stops. This
passage is lined on each side with iifo-size
statues of saints and leads to the
foot of (lie Calvary. This in not a paint-ing.
It is an attempt to give a natural
representation of Mount Ca'vary. You
see rocks, and trees, and hones, ele., aud
at the base of the M amt is a grotto iu
which, through a little window you, can
see a real tomb—that is intended to rep-resent
Cluisl’s tomb. On the other side
in bas-relief is a representation of people
suffering tiie torments of purgatory. The
whole is very striking, though I cannot
say that my admiration was very greatly
excited. I must not forget to mention
that in this church are some very excel-lent
carved confessionals. The usher
told us that the church was built in
1640; that it was famous for its carved
wood work, and that it contains the finest
organ in Antwerp. We also saw here
Hie fine painting entitled the “Scourging
of Christ,” by Reubens.
But enough of Antwerp, let ns to
Mechlin. The whole country is low and
level. Tho fields are laid out in drills
and furrows. This I suppose is necessary
to carry off the superabundant water.
We go very swiftly along and soon reach
Malincs, or as it is more commonly
known, Mechlin. It is only fourteen
miles away from Antwerp, and is cele-brated
for its lace, which is of a coarser
quality than the well-known Brussels
lace. The town is divided into two parts
hy the river Dyle. We now go to look
for our station; this is out of town a
short distance, and as there are trains
for Louvain and other places we are in
dangor of getting in the wrong car ; but
nearly everybody speaks French and I
have no difficulty and am soon at Brus-sels,
fourteen miles away. Brussels is
really a beautiful city. It has verv many
large aud massive buildings. Here, as
in most other European cities, there are
no steps from the houses leading into
the streets. These are clean and wide
and smooth, and unobstructed by busi-ness
signs. There are many fine resi-dences
and beautiful stores and alio|w.
Beautiful parks, a large number of foun-tains,
delightful promenades and bouiu-vards
lined with the tall and graceful
linden trees, render Brussels a lovely
eity indeed. As 1 am writing entirely
from memory 1 ennnot give you a graphic
description of Brussels; hut, I was ini*
pressed with tho ideathatit must indeed
be one of the most magnificent cities of
Europe. In the cithedral, which was
built in 1010(1), what I admired most was
a magnificent pulpit representing Adam
and Eve being expelled from tiie Garden
of Eden. It was made about tiie end of
the seventeenth century by Verbruggen.
There are two large square towers in
front of the cathedral; and from the top
of one of them I am told Antwerp can
be seen, although, as I am not very long
sighted myself. 1 am unable to corrobo-rate
this statement. I was also told tiiat
with an ordinary glass the famous Field
of Waterloo can ho made out. My com-panion
was able to make out the pyra-mid
which is over tlio spot where the
Prince of Orange was wounded. This
pyramid IB surmounted hy a lion whose
hinder extremity is iu a direction point-ing
towards France.
Perhaps one of the greatest features of
Brussels is the famous Mannikin-pis. It
is a fountain the water of which flows
continually in a natural way from a
little boy who on fete days is dressed iu
bright and showy garments, witli rib-bons,
etc. I am told tiie citizens are so
proud of it that they would rather part
witli almost anything else than their be-loved
Mannikin. The Pulais de Justice
and the Bourse or Excange are said to
he among the finest structures of the
kind in existence. The Picture Gallery
and the Natural History Collection are
free and well worthy of a visit. I am
afraid I am making tiiis article too long
to prove entertaining; and in concluding
I feel constrained to remark that I am
very glad to be back in America again.
1 like its laws, its manners, its senti-ments,
its people. I am glad that I was j
Isirn here, and am quite satisfied tiiat a
short residence abroad always makes an
appreciate his country better than ever.
WESTMORELAND.
i^die^fod nest egg* at Novelty More,
OUR CORPS OF LOCAL REPORTERS
KVIVB Itotn ftrportril from tiie flnronghs
amt Tovrn.lllp* within lllr fountjr
unit fl-om Across the Borders.
Greensburg bicyclists aro making the
most of thoir opportunities for riding
now.
Miss Lucy Hanley of Penn Station was
poisoned by wall paper recently and
died.
Jacob Burger, of Penn station was ar-rested
and fined $10 for elarvlng an old
horse to death.
John D. Steel, of Irwin, had his hand
ernshed at the Penn Gas Coal Company's
works last week.
Miss Tine Cashdoliar, of Stewarts was
struck by lightning ond day laat week
and seriously Injured.
II. B. Uantz of Paintervltle was fined
$10 some days ago for hauling a calf to
town with its legs tied.
Reamer's drug store at Manor was
burglarized on Sunday night and fifty
dollars worth of goods stolen.
The Memorial Day oration at New
Florence will be delivered by Rev. W.
V/. Moorhead, of Greensburg.
The Greensburg military company was
inspected on Monday evening last by
Major Hill, of the second brigade.
The Masons had a great jollification at
Greensburg last weok. Several officers
of high rank attended the symposium.
Ludwick citizens go gunning for sneak
thieves with unloaded rifles. The affect
on the marauders is not generally fatal.
Mr. Mcllwaine, of West Newton, died
on Tuesday night of last weok from an
overdose of opium. He took the drug
at a Huterville hotel.
Mamie Sloan, a wee Irwin maiden
made a narrow escape from drowning a
few days ago. She fell into a stream of
water and was rescued by an elder sister.
A highwayman grabbed a Greensburg
lady's pocket book from her hand while
•he was promenading on the street on
last Saturday night, and escaped with his
booty.
A house occupied by Jumea Givinn
near McKeesport sank into an abandouod
coal mine, over which it had been built
on Sunday morning. The family was
removed in safety.
Johu Bradley, the would-be murderer
of Mrs. Henry, near Conneilsville, died
in Uniontown jail on Saturday night
from the effects of a dose of rat poison
which he had taken.
On Saturday Judge Y/ilson appointed
L. L. Minor commissioner to take testi-mony
in tho case to disbar Dukes. The
testimony will be taken this week. Mr.
Minor is the court stenographer.
A bogus circus agent tried to swindle
the Irwin bank by presenting a raised
draft for payme11 but was balked. He
made various contracts for the circus to
be filled when it puts in an appearance.
Willie Seamans, whose log was wound
around the hub of a wagon wheel and
horribly mangled a fow days ago, is still
in a critical condition. The limb was
amputated above tho knee on Friday last
and he died Saturday.
Thomas Weidenhaeh, an employe of
tiie Chicago and Conneilsville Coke Com-pany,
was killed last Friday evening by
tieing caught between two shifting coke
ears. He was a German, aged about
thirty years, and had been in this coun-try
only a fow months.
Colonel James A. Boyd and Civil En-gineer
KrJtzer, ot the Baltimore A Ohio
railroad, were at Washington last Tues-day
marking the final location of the ex-tension
of the Hempfield road to C'on-nellsvillo.
Tho road will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
A Koifertown minor named Charles
Adamacoatch didn't know a gun wus
loaded until he had plastered Anton Bo-her,
a follow workman, full of shot. The
wounded man shows up seventy-two
No. 2 shot holos. His partner with the
big name certainly made a No. 1 job out
of it.
A man named Elswerth was arrested
by Officer Springer at West Newton on
Friday last, and taken before Squire Ly-tle,
charged with burglarizing the Smutz
store in Now Haven a few weeks ago. It
is believed that he was a party to the
numerous robberies in that vicinity
latoly.
On Tuesday night of last weok some
one entered the barn of Gid. Cochran,
living one mile west of Seottdale, and
cut oil his saddle flaps, and also cut up
and carried off a bran new lot of heavy
harness. Suspicion rests on some shoe-maker
short of sole leather and who
wanted to replenish his stock.
Messrs. Turney A Long, of Greens-burg,
the patentees of the automatic
clock used to record the exact time be-tween
passing trains, have received some
good offers for the control of the patent.
A party from Now York city has of-fered
tnomiEa.flOO for tho absolnto con-trol.
A representative of a Western
railroad has mode them an offer from
which they could realize $60,000.
A well-knowu person of Seottdale left
his wife aud two children last weok
taking with him $800 in money, the
greater part of which belonged to his
wife, also deeds to valuable town lots in
Scottdulo. His wife seams to be very
much distressed over the affair aud has
been auking advice of several parties in
that town. Domestic troubles seem to be
at the bottom of the whole affair.
There was a lively little skirmish at
Broad Ford one day laat week when
E. P. Cooper ejected a brakeman named
Uossage from tho Baltimore A Ohio office
at that pluoe. The brakeman was iutox-icatod,
and upon being put out drew a
revolver and lirod at Cooper. The ball
came in near neighborhood of the inten-ded
victim, but tortuuately dill not take
effect. ’Squire Page issued a warrant for
tiossage, but he has skipped out.
A fow days ago.one Hammond, and a
companion whose name was not learned,
both being residents of Blalrsville, went
to a house ooeupled by James Ruffner
who resides some miles from Latrobe,
and after procuring some whiskey and
getting drunk induced one of the Ruff-ner
boys to get into thoir buggy aud take
a rido witli them. After they were a
sufficient distance away from tbo house
one of them struck young Ruder a blow
which knocked him out of the buggy to
the grouud. He then jmupe 1 out and
after hammering young Heffner almost;
to. death got ii<!» the buggy and drove!
off. Thev were both arrested and ft tied!
$0 an* 'oat, 1
STILL UNDECIDED,
Tils Mark), Creditors Very Pnrtlrnlar
Aliout the Assignee ami Homtsmea.
There was a further hearing before Hie
Westmoreland county court, at Greens-burg,
on Saturday, on tho petition of
Geo. A. Koehler, a creditor of the Mur-kles,
as to Hie insufficiency of the as-signee’s
bond. Tiie sureties are Georgo
I. Whitney, L. Halsey Williams, Jesse
II. Lippincott and A. A. Hutchinson,
and tiie amount of the bond is $1,000,060.
At the last hearing it was shown that
Mr. Ilutchinsou was worth $100,000.
Geo. I. Whitney was tiie first called to
the stand, and swore that over and above
his debts he was worth $300,000. L.
Hajsey Williams testified that his wealth
aggregated $175,000.
Mr. Jesse H. Lippincott, the assignee,
stated he was worth $204,000. In answer
to a question as to whether he had not
settled for forty cents on the dollar some
years ago, Mr. Lippincott said he had.
He stated tiiat he had obtained a release
from all his creditors hy paying forty
cents on the dollar, but that Bince that
he had paid up $66,000 wortli of these
old debts in full; that $39,000 worth still
remained unpaid, but would be settled
ia the near future.
Mr. Lippincott read a letter from his
business partner offering him $80,000 for
his interest. The baking powder trade
mark, he said, was wortli $70,000. Robt.
Arthurs, the other bondsman, was said
to bo worth $200,000, which made tho
aggregate wealth of tiie bondsmen about
$1,300,000. Tiie plaintiff, however, still
claimed that the security was not sound,
and asked for a continuance until next
Saturday in order to prove this, which
was granted. They also anked for a uew
assignee in place of Mr. Lippencott.
COAL, COKE AND IRON.
OUR GREAT INDUSTRIES IN REVIEW.
Items of Interval fioiu Mine. Tnnl.Orcik
amt Mill—Jotting* of i tie
fut Week.
The Moyorsdalo Commercial reporla
’ coni business slow in that region with
the coke oven building on the boom.
| John Wilhelm of Allegheny secured
! tho contraot for the erection of the new
COURT DOINGS.
What Ha* So. boa. In Casa* In Whtc.li
Mt. Pleasant Takaa an Interest
In the case of the Commonwealth
against William Workman, the Uo»tra-ver
school teacher who was charged with
whipping a acholar unmercifully, a ver-dict
of not guilty wan rendered aud the
costs were equally divided. Mr. Work-man
is a brother of Mr. John Workman,
of this place.
Howard Gaitor was found guilty of as-sault
aud battery.
Peter Spiker was found guilty of ag-gravated
assault and hatlery upou Mrs.
Baer, of Bridgeport.
George Ilawkey, of Tarrs, pleaded
guilty to the charge of forgery.
Tlio case of the Commonwealth vs.
Peter Johnson and Michael Kclsson,
charged with the murder of Charles Elli-son,
at Stonervillei was called on Mon-day
morning. Aftor having ,been ar-raigned,
the prisoners pleaded not
guilty. Bennett Kask wus appointed in-terpreter
and tho empannelling of the
Jury began. Tito following jurore had
been accepted when our report closed:
Joseph Algiro, John McAnulty, W. E.
Carnahan, Frank Weaver, Isaac Lauder
and IIiii risoa L< oy.
BULLETS AT A BALL.
A Pilnteriowu Party Wind* ITp to a
Revolver Accompaniment.
On Saturday evening last a grand ball
and picnic was held in agrovo adjacent
to Irwin Station. About ton o'clock a
man named David Qlunt, under tho in-fluence
of whiskey', appeared on the
scene and was ejected by the managers.
He made his way to Paintertown. a
suburb of Irwin, where another dance
was in progress, at the house of a man
named Daily, in thw midst of the fes-tivities,
Glunt Interfered with the devo-tees
of the danco and proceeded to
inaugurate a disturbance. A middle-aged
miner, Llvsey Heap, encountered
the drunken man and asked him to be-have
decently or retire. Olnnt for an
answer seized one of Heap’s Ungers in
his mouth and nearly severed it. The
two men engaged in a struggle, and
Glunt, drawing a revolver fired a shot
into Heap, tho ball penetrating the right
breast and lodging in the lung. The
wounded man grabbed the revolver and
struck ilia assailant twice over the head
after which he fell to the floor and Glunt
disappeared. The wounded man was
carried home and search is now being
made for Glunt.
MYSTERIOUS VESSELS.
A Solid Silver flullcr ond Plato Found
by a Dorry Farmer.
Jehu Pounds, a Derry township tarmtr,
while chopping in the woods near his
home, last weok, made an extraordinary
find which has caused considerable curi-osity.
Ho noticed a bright, shiningsuh-stance
protruding from the remains of a
decayed log, und upon picking It up
found it to be a solid silver chalice inlaid
With gold. He also picked from the rub
bish a plate of similar material. The
articles are of tho most artistic design
and elaborately engraved. This find re-vives
the story told by the old rosidonts
that many years ago a band of robbers
rendezvoused in tho caves and forests
along the banka of the Conemough river,
and that valuable treasures, products oi
their plunder, ore hurled in tiiat locality.
AN INGENIOUS INVENTION.
A Machine Which DOM the Work of m
Dozen Men ani Do«» It Well.
Last Wednesday, Messrs. Husband A
Bro., the Texas planing mill men added
to their equipment a very curious piece
of machinery, and we believe it is tho
only one in this section of the Stato. It is
a sand papering machine and in appear-ance
looks something like a planer. A
board run through it can bo plained and
polished in a fow moments, doing the"
work almost instanteously which for-merly
required hours to perform. The
firm and their employees are all greatly
pleased with this most recent addition,
and they have a right to he for it is a
novel as well as a useful piece of me-chanism.
Expensive Laundryin -.
Last week some scalawags with no
conscience stole a lot of clothing
from Descoto’s laundry which had been
sent to that establishment for cloaniug.
We understand that in making good the
loss to his patrons, tho jolly little laun-drynian
is out of pocket to the tune of
sixteeu dollars. I , . .
R, adv-uiiulv Clucking at Coal,
.For ladies' button shoe* go to Jnn. F. 1 At u, \ T. D. F.irher'z, mt tho hill.
Mefiot'A'FiliT’t. * Ik $t I e-Si iy
ovons ut llecla and bus gone to work on
tho Job.
A trestle and coal tipple are being
erected on the Whltsett farm near Lay-ton
by the Whltsett brothers, who are
opening out their coal.
There is a rumor afloat that tlio Penn-sylvania
railroad company will pay thoir
employees hy the weok instead of hy
tlio month as they have beon paying
heretofore.
A short distance on either side of
every bridge and tunnel along the Penn-sylvania
railroad, Is a post and a high
cross beam, from which is suspended
about a dozen ropes, dangling in the air,
to warn brakemen of tlieir danger.
On Thursday morning between twelve
and one o'clock afire broke out in the
shaft of the Blair Iron and Coal company,
at tho east end of the tunnel near Galllt-zen.
Throe hundred tons of coal in tho
tipple were consumed and tho machinary
entirely destroyed. Tho company’s loss
is probably $10,000 and it-vas not learned
wlmt amount of insuranco was carried.
Three hundred men and hoys are thrown
out of employment and tho disaster will
seriously embarrass the labor and liusl-nesa
interests of Gnllitzen for some tlmo.
The cause of the lire Is unknown.
The miners’ officers have resolved to
organize the Conneilsville coke regions.
For this purpose they have employed an
Austrian refugee named Joseph Nminer.
He is said to have been a labor agitator
of note in Austria, and is an accom-plished
man, speaking five different lan-guages,
which will enablohimto address
the Hungarians in theii mother tongue
and teach tham tlio benefits of strikes,
unions, etc. W. F. Barkley, of this
place, and J. R. Byrnes, of the Seottdale
Independent, will orgunize the American
miners.
The minora who have been idle the-past
fow weeks resumed work on Mon-day
morning. On Saturday last the
momhersof the tribunal reconvened at
the office of tiie Now York and Cleve-land
Gas Coal Company, in Pittsburg, to
continue consideration of tiie trouble
between miners and operators. Mr.
Stelnner offered a resolution which was
adopted, and which provided tiiat miner*
should resume work at once with ohock-welghiyen
at a price subject to tho de-cision
of the tribunal; tiiat tho decision
of the tribunal as to the price of mining
shall take effect from tho timo the miners
resume work ; that if a pay day should
intervene between tlio time tlio miners
resume work and the dato of the decis-ion
of the tribunal, tho miners shall ho
paid on account not loss than throo cents
per bushel Saturday afternoon a circu-lar
was Issued at tlio minors’ general of-fice,
and sent to tho railroad mines of
the Pittsburg district. It was signed by
Mr. Schaming and Mr. Flannery, and
advisod tho minors to go to work atoneo
at tlio proposition agreed to by the opera-tors
and employees’ representatives.
Tiie Case of E. K. Ffyndman against
Robert Hogsett occupied tho attention of
the Fayette county court tho principal
part of last week. Gen. Koontz, of Som-erset,
lion. Daniol Kaino and Judge
Campbell appealed as counsel for the
plaintiff and Hon. C. E. Boyle and R. H.
Lindsey, Esq., for the defense. Owing
to the large property interest Involved
in the case there is considerable Interest
manifested in It, and it was triod with
great care. The ease is an action of
ejectment brought by E. K. Hyndman
against Robert Hogsett for a one-eighth
interest in the Mt. Braddockcoke works.
Along about 1871 Hogsett, at tiiat time
being the owner oi the said works, sold
an eighth interest to W. II. Baily, and
they, together with soino other parties
who also purchased interests, conducted
tho business up till some timo in 1878.
At that timo Daily becoming involved,
transferred his interest in the works to
Hogsett for five years, at which time the
inforest was to ho reoonvoyed, Hogsett
in the monutimo receiving the profits.
Subsequently, and before the expiration
of the five years, Baily conveyed in‘fee
the remainder of his interest to Uynd-man,
and it is under this conveyance
tiiat he now seeks to recover tho one-eighth
interest in the worka from Hog-sett,
who claims that his account with
W. H. Baily shows tho luttor to be con-siderably
in dsbt to him, and in conse-quence
of this contends that the Bully
interest, whatover it may have been, be-longed
and still does belong to him. Tin-case
wag triod before Judge Stowo, the
attorneys agreoing to submit the matter
to him without a trial by Jury. The tes-timony
was closed on Thursday ovening
and lhe judge took the papers and will
render his decision sowo timo hereaftur.
NOW FOR FUN.
Tli* Last Day of School And Happy Daya
of Vavallow Ahead.
For the past week, the scholars of Die
Mt. Plous&nt public schools have been
going through the trying ordeal of ex-amination
for transfer and to tlieir credit
be it said that the percentage of success
lias boon large. After having studied
more or less faithfully for eight months,
tho youngsters were put to the crucial
test, and to-day oioses the sobool term of
1882-3. This afternoon the termination of
the present campaign against ignorance
will bo celebratod by closing exercises of
an informal nature in the room presided
over by Principal (lusa. Pupils from
each of the schools under Ids charge hare
been assigned places and will perform
thoir part in the program. We would
suggest that. In ordor to got up a healthy
sentiment in favor of tho public schools,
tho Board of .Directors next year have a
regular closing ontertainmont in one of
the large assembling places of our town.
W'e feel sure that the oitizeus would ap-.
preoiato it and we know enough uf tiie
Mt. Pleasant school boys and girls to say
that they will earry out tlieir part of it to
Hie best ot their ability.
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the place ami dodging hither and
thither to escape bullet wounds or knife
thrusts. Dodge City is a good plttce for
the tourist to dodge.
IF the penple of this big eommonwenlth
would take more Interest 111 sending first
class material te represent them in state
senate and house, there would bo no
cause for so much growling at the legis-lature.
If you want the best interest of
the State subserved, the election of roos-ters
will not accomplish the desired end
to any alarming degree.
Trit Westmoreland county constables
talk of going out on strike unlessthe law
relieves them by erecting a more mag-nanimous
fee bill. As it stands now it is
| a losing investment for a county consta-ble
to take a prisoner to jail, the fees not
covering the bill of expense. The atten-tion
of the Commonwealth is called to
the unhappy condition of the constabu-lary
force in this portion of its domain.
Itoms of local intercut ntnl now. pertaining
. the nilnei anil public works will be thank-fully
received.
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WEDNESDAY MAY 23
THE hot summer sun is the only agent
to be relied upon to drive our legislative
solons out of Harrisburg,
A PHILADELPHIA milk man is very
much excited over a bill to prevent adul-teration
of milk and cream which is now
on the uncertain path of passage through
the Legislature. Water cannot be legis-lated
out of railknny more than drinking
whiskey can be legislated out of man, so
the Philadelphian need not waste any
more money on circulars denouncing the
bill as a monstrosity before which the
terrible rule of the Czar of Itussia pales
into insignificance.
throw of the whiskey business. The
county detective lias been unsparing In
his efforts to uproot the evil, and if the
Court is sustained by the grand and
traverse jurors, there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth and a general up-heaval
of the foundations of crime
Every chance in the world is now af-forded
to break down the principal cause
of the trouble and with its disappearance
(lie trial list will not Dll up nearly so
rapidly, nor will the county lie called up-on
to pay the heavy expenses attendant
upon the extra sessions of Court called
solely for the disposal of that class of
wrong doing. The restriction of crime
rests with the good people of the county
and it lies with them alone whether
they will call a halt upon it or allow it
to increase until it becomes more pow-erful
than they.
THE DISBARMENT OF DUKES
The question of the disbarment of
Dukes is one that however easily it may
he disposed of by public opinion still
will give room lor a legal defence
The committee having the matter in
•barge have framed a terrible bill of in
dietment against him, charging him With
writing and mailing unmanly, indecent,
cruel, libelous and infamous letters,
charging him with crimes of great mag-nitude,
and with being a base and de-praved
man totally unfit for association
with upright,people. To these charges
the rules of Court allow an answer to bo
made, the appointment of a master to
take testimony and finally an argument
upon the facts in (lie ease as developed
bv the testimony before the rendition of
UNCLE JAKE ZKIGI.ER, of Butler, keeps
his aged weather eye open for the best
interests of Democrats and old Burbon
whiskey.
THE people are satisfied that the Dem-ocratic
party and not Senator Wullace ran
the coffee pot campaign, so we might
have a rest on the discussion.
THE candidates are wooing the people
under the bright May sunshine and
trying to convince the dear people, how
hard it will be for the county to pul!
through unless they are chosen to office,
IT is announced that Alfrud Howell,
Esq., will withdraw from the contest for
preside.itjudgeinthe Fourteenth Judi- i"d&ment for or against the manslayer.
'flic proving of some of the charges
against Dultcs will uncover a great mass
cal District, leaving the race to Messrs.
Playford and Seafight. This wilt make
one of the hottest fights ever known in
Fayette County politics, ns the two can
didutes are ol 1-time political foes. They
are not only hostile politically, though | <•_ i ,
tilth, and the fact of the charges having
rl. been brought against the defendant leads
us to suppose that the prosecutors pro-
HIOH-TONBP Washington ladies propose
holding a tea party in a beer garden in
aid of the Garfield memorial fund. Beer;
under any other name wouldn’t taste
half so good.
AN Indiana county minister has aban-doned
the pulpit for the stage and is said
to make a very good actor. Somehow or
other his record ns a minister lias not
been blazoned forth.
A WESTMORELAND county juror took in
court and whiskey last week, and the
whiskey overbalanced the court so
greatly that the judge had to fine the of-fender
five dollars to keep the scales on a
balance.
IT is a wonder that the officials of the
United States Land Office do not die
under the continual shower of abuse
heaped upon them, hut then a govern-ment
officer discounts a cat in tenacity of
life and grip.
EX-COLLECTOR TUTTON is spoken of as
the next Commissioner of Internal Rev-enue.
Tutton’s record in that branch of
service was first rate, while serving in
Pennsylvania, and he would make a
good officer in Raimi’s place.
belonging to the same party, but have
long been hitter personal onemics. They
scarcely speak to each other. They have
opened np the campaign in earnest, and
from now until the 2d of June the con-test
will he most exciting, I’layford pro-fits
most by Howell’s withdrawal, as
these two dirided up the anti-Searight
forces.
RECENT WHEAT CROP ESTIMATES
The recent wheat crop estimates tele
graphed from the West arc not as flat-
] tering AS might he desired, but it is a
consolation to know that they are not
infallible. The estimate on the crop of
1883 made by Mr. Tallmadge, of Mil-waukee,
figures out a possible decrease
compared with last year’s production of
about a hundred million bushels, and
the estimate in the Agricult ural Depart-ment’s
last report does not difier from
this by more than twenty-live million.
IDIOTIC CARELESSNESS
Causes Heath ami Destruction About
Coal Shaft.
The small town of Moosic, seven miles
south of Scranton, where tho industries
are coal mining and nowder manufactur-ing,
received a terrible shaking lip last
Tuesday night by an explosion of several
hundred pounds of dynamite and giant
powder, which lmd been placed in the
blacksmith ahop near the new shaft now
being sunk by the Pennsylvania coal
compans'. The work of sinking the shaft
was being carried on by two contractors
named Williams, and three shifts of
eight men each were engaged on Ihe
work. Six men of the night shift had
entered upon the work and the others,
Charles Woods and one of the contract-ors,
were in the engine room preparing
a charge for the blast. The explosives
had been placed close ton stove and near
by was tlie blacksmith’s forge.
Engineer Janies Laird had just entered
the building alien Woods, noticing
flames in the blacksmith room, rushed
there to ascertain the cause, but was met
by a terrific explosion, which tore the
immediate buildings into bits arid hurled
Woods through tho nir upwards of one
hundred yards, mincing him into minute
particles. Williams was thrown about
fifty feet, hut other than being stunned
for a few moments, escaped aline. Laird
was buried beneath tire ruins, which at
once caught fire, and lie was rescued with
great difficulty alive and only suffering
alight injuries from falling timbers, Great
alarm was felt for the six men down the
shaft, who were completely cut off from
the earth with no way of escape except
through tire mouth of the shaft, seventy
feel above their heads, about which was
a roaring torrent of flames.
Great crowds, which had assembled
immediately, began to extinguish the
flames, in which they succeeded, and at
once lowered ropes to the imperilled
men below, drawing them up in safety,
amid the shouts of the people, to the
surface. Several other workmen were
on their way to work when thecxplosion
occurred, among whom were the black-smith,
helper and fireman, who,in a few
minutes more, would have been in the
midst of the ruined buildings. There is
general rejoicing that the escape from a
serious fatality was so small. The force
of the explosion was experienced in
Pittston, several miles away,where doors
were forced ajar, and in Moosic tho de-struction
to windows and crockery was
general. Persons were thrown from
chairs upon which they were sitting and
there was great consternation, many
thinking that one of lire magazines at
I tie powder works had blown lip. Mine
Inspector Blcv.ilt thinks there was gross
negligence by some one in placing the
dangerous explosives in such close prox-imity
to the stove, and ordered Coroner
ZEUE A.3D -A.T LEIS CTR-IE i
HOUSE PAINTING!
HITCHUAll & NELSON.
HOUSE AN D SIGN PAINTERS
PANTING,
GRAINING,
DECORATNG
PAPER HANGING,
FRESCOING.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
MT. PLEASANT AND DROADFOnr RAIL-HoAI).—(
Ml and after May Htta, 118.1, ike
passenger trains will arrive and do
the Bevoral station* A* follow*
time):
*rt fro**
099
lopArt
NORTH.
Mt. Pleasant
Stauffer
Iron Bridge
West Overton
Kverson
Tinstman
Morgan
Broad Ford
Pittsburg:
A M
II 40
11 Si
11 DO
11 2ft
11 18
11 11
8 00 11 01
7 56| 11 00
I N :ifi
PM.ri
4 X 8 Sf
4 17A
4 oi o n
4 011 ft ^
•1 (X) - “
8 60
8 40
3 46
1 0O|3 48
CARPETS.
About 1,500 yaids ol carpet to select from; all kinds,
newest patterns. Prices within the reach ot all—20c
to $1.25 per yard.
BOOTS AND SHOES AT COST.
We have concluded to soil all our Men’s and Boy’s
Boots and Shoes at cost. Don’t fail to take advantage
of this opportunity. We offer good bargains. A large
line of Women’s and Children’s Fine Shoes and Slip-pers.
Come and see our Walking Shoe, all solid, lor
only $1.00.
DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS. ETC.
. In this line we keep up with the times and offer you
all the new shades. Come and see our line ot Dress
Goods at 12£, 15 and 18c. A full line of White goods
in Swiss, Nainsook, India Linens, Lawns, etc., with
Embroidery and Insertion to match. Our Silk Lustres,
at 35c., are taking well. Summer Silks from 50c to
$100; Blafck Silks from $1.00 to $2.50 per yard.
Muslin, 5 to 10c; Ginghams, 8, 10 and 12c. We
warrant our goods as represented.
Orders in all branches of the trade
promptly attended to.
SOUTH.
Mt. Pleasant
Stauffer
Iron Bridge
W«tOverton
iCvoriOii
rinstroan
Morgan
Broad Ford
Pittsburg
effort to drive tire debased scoundrel
beyond the pale of civilized society. The
tins of the appellant’s procedure lias not
been revealed and it remains to be seen
whether they will rest with the testimo-educed
against Dukes by his own
handwriting or whether they will intro-duce
extraneous testimony. The details
of the effort will be necessarily disgust-ing,
but if the end is accomplished v, e | Lent to make such investigation as will
can bear with a brief reproduction of tho
scandalous affair for the sake of seeing
Fayette lawyers putting themselves light
upon tho record. The punishment will
not he hard for Dukes to hear for he is
thoroughly ostracised from decent socie-now,
hut it will show that Hie legal
sentiment in Fayette does not deem the
killer of Captain Nutt, a proper man to
enjoy the privileges of honest manhood.
bring the guilty parties to justice.
AN ARMY SONG.
IGNORANCE OF THE LAW.
One would suppose that the last one
The latter authority States, however, that I to plead ignorance of tho mandates of
THE Town Council should have the
borough surveyed, the street corners es-tablished
and a draft made by a civil
engineer. At present, so far as we can
learn, there is nothing of tho sort in ex-istence
and undoubtedly there should be.
the spring wheat area is not complete
but the statistical agent reports a proba-
I tho law would he a judge, yet Judge
White, of Allegheny county, pleads
hie incroase in Dakota of thirty per cent, guilty to the charge of fishing for salmon
and an increase of fifteen por cent is out of season, and alleges that lie did
reported in Washington Territory, not know that salmon were protected by
though it adds that “it is not probable the State law. In a letter published over
that increase in spring wheat area, will his own signature he also pleads guilty
mora than make good the loss of winter ] t > having caught a two-pound black bass
wheat acreage.” That there will he a out of season and fines himself ten dol-decided
deficiency in tiiis year's winter lars which lie stands ready to pay over
wheat crop there can he no doubt; hut to tho Sportsman’s Association, which
it is still possible that the spring wheat | looks after infractors of tho law iii that
yield may so far make up for the defi
ciency that the total of botli crops will
not fall so far below the annual average
THERE is consolation in the fact that
although the Legislature is doing no good
and wasting lots of money, it is still not
dc:r.4 any harm by reckless legislation.
It begins to look as though the pamphlet
laws of 1883 will not be a picnic for the
State printer.
region. Although the oilence commit-ted
is a trilling one, yet we must conress
that we do not like to see a man, espe
as the rather premature estimates repre- cially chosen as the guardian of justice
sent. The deficiency in winter wheat deliberately violating her precepts and
seems chargeable to the unusually cold pleading guilty to avoid paying costs,
weather of March last, but the area of Fora man, whose especial province it is
abnormally low temperature in that to see that the commonwealth’s laws are
month did not include the country lying obeyed, to he guilty of an infraction is
west ot the Upper Missouri Valley, hut not a healthy sign. If lus ardor for fisli-mainly
the lake-bordering States. The ing was so great that the horrors of
winter of 1877 was unusually severe in the law offered no barrier to it, Judge
the Northwest, and in Minnesota the White should have borne in mind that
mean temperature of the following he was the representative of the people
March was below the norma); but despite | and should have hied himself away to
these adverse circumstances, with
warm spring succeeding, a greater aver-
WONDEEFCL results are looked forward
to in the civil service examinations. The
one great worry of a congressman’s life
in post office applications will be blotted
ont. The congressman lias a great deal
to worry him and for this one relief from
bis sorrow, let us he thankful.
THE legal standing of the Standard Oil
Company with the State is a subject
which a legislative joint committee will
probably investigate during the summer.
The big monopoly isn’t in any way
scared out of its hoots yet. It has plenty
of grease to oil the joints of investigators.
G JVEUNOE PATTISON and Alex McClure
are having a spat over the appointment
of useless officials in Philadelphia. Aleck
considers Pattison a dismal young failure,
and Pattison thinks Aleck blown hot and
cold in the same breath. Men luiut the
truth very closely, sometimes, when they
are angry.
LONE P.<vr. over in Washington county
is singulaily unfortunate in receiving cy-clonic
visits. For the third time within
two years lias the village been visited by
a terrific wind storm and it will not take
many more culls to persuade tlie inhabit-ants
to leave the pine, tlie lone resident
of the place.
the mountains of Maryland, where lie
could indulge his cravings without giv-age
yield per acre of wheat (including ing offense to the law. When the min
winter and spring varieties) was reported | ister of justice makes a public profession
from these sections that year than in any
other season between 1875 and 1880.
of disregard for the law it is not to be
wondered at that there are so many pris-is
true the case is materially different J oners locked up in the county prisons
this year, the Bpring of USS3 not having
so far been as favorable as that of 1877.
Nevertheless, in view of these fads, it
soems too early to indulge in nice arith-metical
calculations and despondent es-timates
of the year’s yield of our chief
cereal.
THE PREVALENCE OF CRIME.
With the growth of'Weatmoreland
county and the increase in population
largely made up of a foreign element,
the criminal statistics have more than
kept pace with the rapid additions to the
population. The regard for tlie obser-vance
of the law lias become so lax that
Judge Hunter, in his charge to the grand
jury, felt compelled to call attention to
tlie rapid enlargement of tlie calendar of
trials which with eacli sitting of tlie
court grows in size. So great have been
the causes certified by the justices that
a criminal calendar of two weeks is nec-essary
for clearing the docket. The
causes assigned for arrest range from
murder to assault and battery, and the
majority of them are directly traceable
to the illegal selling of whiskey. Tlie
Stonerville homicide case, which has a
great many features of doubt about it, s
directly the effect of bad whiskey sold
without the shadow of a license, and
there are various other complaints which
OUR SANITARY CONDITION
Situated on tlie highlands, with every
facility for easy drainage without an ex
pensive sewerage system, Mt. Pleasant
ought to be an exceptionally healthy
place, yet it is not. Within the past lew
years typhoid fever and other fevers of
a zymotic nature have been prevalent
and tho number and character of the
cases have been out of proportion to the
population of the town. These cases
have generally occurred in a well de-fined
belt or portion of the town, and
have been more prevalent in the west-ern
than in the eastern section. When
there is a disease there is a cause, and
unfortunately the attributable cause of
the typhoid class of fevers is hard to de
termine. It may be and generally is
taken into the system, we believe, by
imbibition, though not solely in that
manner. It is therefore necessary to
have pure drinking water, and property
owners should see to it that their wells
are pure. Collars should he thoroughly
cleaned and well limed. Although there
is not a great deal of sickness now, it
will bo well to exercise all the sanitaiy
precautions possible, for health is tho
most important thing to ho careil for iu
mortal affairs. Let house cleaning he
done thoroughly from cellar to garret,
health of the
\ Poem Delivered by Townsend nt tlie
Army of Potomac Reunion.
Civil sold lorn, roassombled by tho river of
your fame!
Ye who saved the virgin city lathed In
Washington's clear name!
Which of all your past commandor? doth this
dav your memory haunt?
Scott,’Mc 1>Uwell, Burnside, llookor, Maude,
McClellan, Ilulleck, Grant^
There Is one too little mentioned when your
proud reunion* come.
And the thoujjfhtiul love of country dlos upon
the Mounding drum;
Let mo call hi in In your muster! Letme wake
him In your grief!
Captain hy the ' (institution, Abr’am Lincoln
was your chief.
FiVfr nearest to his person, ye were his de-fence
and *l»ield;
He alone of vour commanders died upon tho
battle-Uold;
All your generals were his children, lean
ing on him chlldish-wllled,
And they all were filial mourners around the
mighty tomb he filled.
Tender /.is the harp of David his soft answers
now’ become,
When amid tho cares of kingdoms rose and
fell son.o Absalom; .
Ami MS humor gilds Ills memory like a light
within a tent,
Or tho sunken sun that linger* on tho lofty
monument.
Like the slave that saw tho sunrise with his
fact* toward tlie West,
As it Hashed, while yet ’twn* hidden on a
slender steeple's crest,
So while Victory turned her from hlui, ere the
dawn in welcome came,
On his pen i’.mancipation glittered like an
altar dame.
Feeling for f lie doomed deserter, feeling for
tlie' <1 rafted sin-,
For tho empty Northern hearthstone and tho
Southern home afire,
Mercy kept him grim as Moloch, all the fu
tu re babes to free,
And eternal peace to garner for tho millions
yet lobe.
Not a soldier of the classics, lie could seo
through learned pretense,
Master oi thcgieatest science, military com
mon sense;
A* lie watched your marches, comrade*, hitn
or, thither, wayward years,
On his map the roads you followed, you cun
trace them by his tears.
In the rear tho people clamored, i» the front
the Generals missed;
In his Inner councils harbored critic and an-tagonist,
But he ruled them by an instinct like the
uuoen’s among the bees.
With a health of soul tlmt honeyed Publicans
and Pharisees.
Faint of faith, we looked behind us for a chief
of higher tone.
While ihe voice that drowned the trumpets
was flic echo of our own ;
Ever thus, my old companion*! Genius lias
us by the hand,
Walking on the tempest with us,every crisis
to command.
Like the bugle blown at evening by some
homesick son of art,
Lincoln’s words, unearthly quiver, In the
universal heart,
Not un echo leu ot malice, scarce of triumph
in tlie strain,
As when summer thunder murmur* in pa-thetic
showers of lain.
Years forever consecrated, how he lived
where duties be,
Never erj iug on the climate or the toll’s mo-notony;
Here his darling boy ho buried, andthonight
in vigil wept,
Like Ilfs Lord within the garden, when the
tired disciple* slept.
How his call for men went ringing, round the
world, a mighty bell!
And tlie races of creation came the proud
revolt to quell;
Standing in tlie lost reaction on tue rock of
human rights, , , , 4 . ..
Worn and mournful grew his feature* in the
ilash of battle lights.
Once, like Moses, from the mountain Looked
he on tlie realm he won.
When tho slave* in burniug Richmond knelt
and thought him Washington,
Then an envious bravo matched him from
jt-lie theatre of things
To become a saint of nature in tho Pantheon
of kings.
GROCERIES. FISH, ETC.
TtemriTiber, we sell Groceries on as close a margin as
any store in the county. We guarantee all our Fish.
In this line we keep nothing but the best and sou at
the lowest possible prices.
As nice a line of Ilats as is in town,
our stock and judge for yourselves.
Call and see
Estimate* Given(
PRICES REASONABLE
AND
WORK FIRST CLASS.
Shop—Main Street, rear Oettingor A
Letvy. Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
COLDSMITH & COX
Are mow prepared to do all kind* of Paint-ing,
Graining, Glazing and Kalsominlng.
Paper Mm and Decorating
-SPECIALTIES.—
,T. R. Goldsmith, well known In this linn
lias charge of tlie paper hanging. Orders loft
at J. li. Goldsmith s store, On tlio Hill, will
receive prompt attention.
WORK DONE PROMPTLY
and at reasonable prlc«*.
3-7-6m
MILUNERT
MRS. A. ROADMAN
Fla* on hand a lavf* and complete lino of !*•
ttles', misses’ and children*’
HATS
BONNKTS
TURBANS
RIBBONS
PLUMES
FLOWERS
ETC 4ETC
Hats and bonnets trimmed In th« laUst
Enst.ru and Parisian stylos.
CHILDRENS’ GARMENTS!
WRAPS A SPECIALTY
T.adie* arc requested to call and examine
my goods before purchasing elsewhere.
8-1-3ru
Tho Baltimore Express leaves PltUburg at
9 10 p m, stopping at McKeesport at 9 41, Waal
Nowton 10 A Connellsvllle ll 10, r'umhsrl&nd
2 50 a m, Washington 7 36 ft m, Baltimore t 44
a in.
J ho Pittsburg Express leftvas Baltienors at
ing nt Washington S 40, (JUKI-Templeiop
& Braddockj
AU AM
8 40
e is
a so
fl 51
7 00
7 07
7 14
7 20
ilO 2
9 35
9 41
9 13
9 19
9 55
10 II
10 09
10 15
in u'
r M -F M
2 20;4 45
2 20:4 51
2 30 4 AS
2 *14 59
2 40 6 05
2 49:6 12
*i 51 5 19
3 00 5 2.5
5 31 7 II
8» p m, stopp
berlnnd 1 10,a ml'ConnoLisvllla5 0i,a
burg (3 30 ft m.
a, Pitta-
Tho Through Mail leave* Pittaburg at 8 30 a
m, stopping at Broad Ford at 105(3 ft m, at
Wushingtoa at8 p m, arriving nt Baltimore
nt 9 10 pin. Returning, it leaves Baltimore
si 7 16 a m. Mopping at Washington ut 8 80 a
at Broad Ford at 585 p m, arriving iu
Pittsburg at 7 15 p m. These trains conneat
at Rockwood with trains to and from Somer-set
and Johnstown, nt Hyndnmn with trains
to and from Bedford, at Garrett with trains
to and from Berlin.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.—Trains
1 the Pennsylvania Railroad laave the sev«
oral stations in this county on and after Mea«
day, October 2nd, 1882, an follows:
EASTWARD. | WB*TWAE».
STATIONS.
PM, PM;.
8 59' 12 10 4 20 Conem’h
8.58: 12 02 f4 19 Jolin’wa
% 41 11 35 f3 69 Nlnevali
S 21 113! 3 50 Florence
fS lfl fll 17 fa 45 l.aoolie
S 10 1108 8 89 Lockpr’t
Sf* 11 04i X36*Rollvar
7 65 10 50! 8 24 Intors’ca
f7 49 flO 43 Gray’s
7 44, 10 30 fS 14 Hillside
7 41; 10 30 13 11 Millwood j
7 37 10 25 3 07 Derry I
7 3.) 10 17 fo 00 .St Clair
f7 *21 flO 14 r. 37 Loyal h’n
7 25 10 10 2 64 Latrobe
7 18' 10 OL n Jb Beatty’s
n U f ».S« f2 42;Carney s
7 07 9(9 2 34 George's
0 31 9 10 2 26 f? reens’oa rg
f 49jf 9 10' 1 Radeb'ghs
o U. 904 f2 12 Grapevine
to :vi 3 57 fiJOSOLenn
C SI 3 53- ftOPManar
rs r:i f i 50, Biddle
re 2o f 5 ii .‘iJhRfton
8 4 lo/irwiu
« i»> <•:? fi *2 Larimer
ft G f ;; 17 .... .. >< arpenter
<4 07 «S0 fl 44|8tewart'«
AM, r x
)M 0 14
0 05' 0 11 no M; I 6i
10 87! 0 jI
iW *9 riots' i ii
flO 6*ij 0 14
11 Of 6 M
.« 89
'.1! 14 j I U
fll 18 « W
li r, o m
fil Sf 0 47
fl 60
11 u\ 4 M
11 481 7 01
f7 M
842 fliwnio
1 Oft! Pittsburg
V 01 I
ft 09 1
1107; 7 l»
;n M
»i21 m is n ii
" " fll 14 7 Id
f12 171 7 89
H 41
iff 48
12 34, 7 44
f12 39 7 V)
!17 63
fl2M- 7 6S
1 86' 9 60
CfOUTIIWEBT. PENN. RAILWAY.—On end
after Monday, Oot. 2nd, 1862, the time ef
paesongor train* will be as follows :
YOUTHWA ED. Bormw AXE
jr 1 ---z' c
C? ci; 5
7= a: 3
Cor. Main ami Church Sts. - Mt. Pleasant, Fa.
MBggaaaBBWsaaKsa
WANTED!
Every person to know that the best place in Lit. Fleas
ant to btty
BOOTS AND SHOES
IS AT
MEAT MARKET.
J\ .A.. WYLIE,
A!AIN STR153T - MT. PLBA8ANT.
Fresh
BEEF,
PORK,
LAMB,
VEAL,
MUTTON.
Sausages Is Their Season.
Dash paid for good cattlo, as I kill nothing
hut tho very host. 9-13-5m
2 50 fl 40 .Falrchanco. 11 40
s 20 * oo 7 10 rnlontown.,11 161
3 56 6 81 7 44 Connellsv’e. 10 40
.... , 7 »
4 40 7 0*
4 04; 0 20
4 IS 5 50, 8 09 . 1Lverson . 3 Uin frl 0“*i
4 ‘Jl 5 59' S 09: ...HootHale.,
f 1 25 HI 03, 18 18 ...Hawkeye.
I 29 d 07 9 17 .Btonervule.ilO 06 3 2? 6 <*»
f I 31 01> fg 19 Leuffor.. ..,10 03 fS SM! 6 M
.10 17
. 10 14' 3 32! h 69
.’10 Of f8 27; 6 64
N1CH0L
Largest stock in town, and pood* sold at prices below
competition. Call and examine our stock.
LATEST STYLES, AND CHEAP.
JNO. F. NICHOL & CO.,
OPPOSITE N ATIONAL HALL.
JAMES MCGRATU, Supt.
J. T. MCCORMICK, SOC. and Treat*.
THE
MACHINE & CAR CO.,
OF CONNELLSVILLE, PA.
Was Established in 1365, and has
GROWN UP WITH THE COKE TnADE.
, 1 , , „„ „ * o and tlie S. W. P. Pnllroadu, at tin-' moutu <
of Uomiollavllle. contain all the
JIMMY, TOOLS, NITON M» 1PFLI.MS
1 35 0 13 8 28' Tarre 1 9 of ? 14
M 37 I 15 f 3 25;... Hoi’may... i 9 65! f8 13
f4 13 J0 21 (4 81 ... Hunker. ..| 9 49 fl 07
f i 'C f 8 34 PAliiterville
M 52! 18 40 Youngwood,
f 4 r>0 J(j 3a f 8 43 .Foiterville..
f 1 57 i*; f 8 45 Co’ty Home.
5 00 u ,, fi 43 HUff I*, fii fi nl
I f8 Paluterville 9 45 3 08
S Hi f 2 57
9 M f2 54
9 34! f2 43
5 04
6 08!
6 15
S 52 K. Greenak'g
fi 57 Greentkurg.
10 00'...PitUV#g..
9 81 f3 4*
9 57! 2 45
9 23! S 40
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A. B. ABATTICCHIO’S
BATH AND SHAVING SALOON,
Under Mt. Plcanant Bank.
modations.
City Accom-
Hot and Cold Water Baths
at all time*. B*st workman.
HAIR
DRESSING
A Specialty. Shaving and Hair cutting at
POPULAR PRICES
Id OUT FOR HARVEST.
In ftddllion to tho above the Gremebnrg Ac-commodation
southward loaves Greonsearg
a! *3 25 am; Tarr 7 03; Bcottdale 7 an; NIvereim
7 23; i onneltavUio 7 44; Union lowa890; FaJr-chancoS
-Ifl, stopping at all stations.
Northward, leave* Falrchanco at 920aM,
Unlontown 959, Connoliuvllie 1082, Everson
1007, fiootUiRlo 1101, Tarr 11 IT.Groeueburf 11 66
PitUhuix I -5 P n4, '.topping at all stations ou
Southwest branch.
MAIL. ARRANGEMENT
The time fnr th# arrival
Malta from tho Foot . iffleo, Mt. Plaaaant, Pa
are us* follow*.:
AnillVK.
Way mall from FUtnlmrg and Woet 11 a.m
do Groensburg and Fuat..11 ■..«
do .tone*’ Mills 11 a.m
do Mendon, Turn, ete lip.M
do Ili-oadford, ete 3p.m
do rnlnntown, etc 7 p.o»
Through mall from 1’ltUourg and Wnl 7 p.m
CLOSE.
Through mall—rittsbugh and Woat... 7.15 a.m
War—Stoner, Soottdalc to Unlont'n.. T.Ha.m
“ ,lo:i.*.’ Mills, etc 12.S0p.rn
“ Turn, Mendon, West Nowton. S.OOp.m
“ Pittsburg and West R.15p.m
*' Greensbitrgand Kant S.IGp.tn
Through—Stauffer, W. Overton, etc... t.W p.m
John D. MeCaleb, P. M.
II. B. Perahtng of Mt. Pleasant if, agent for
the Win. Anson Woud ,t Co. Reapers and
Mowen,slHo the Willoughby Grain Drill force
Feed and Fertilizer. These mnclitneeauddrills
have been fairly tested and found to be equal J
to any III the market; will be sold oil their
own merits. Any persons wmitlugmacldnery
should see them before makfug arrangements
elsewhere. All I ask Is to compuro these ma-chines
with others for same work and Ire
your own Judge. 4-lWlin.
H. B. PERSHING.
A Common-Sense Remedy.
SALICYLICA.
No more Riioamatism, Gout N. British & McroaaUle,Lon
STEVENSON BROS.,
(Successors to McConuughy <fc Co., alio
Crownovcr A Co.)
GEHERAL INSURANCE Afi’TS.
MT. PLEASANT - PA
iEtna Fire Ina. Co.. Conn.,
ASSETS - - 18,982,000.00
Ins. of North America, Pa.,
ASSETS - - $8,818,805.00
Fire Association, .Phila.
ASSETS - - $4,352,729.0*
Penna. Fire Ins. Co., Phila.
ASSETS - $2,227,616.0*
Royal of Liverpool
ASSETS in United States, $2,970,805.0*
'• in Europe $25,400,000.00
London & Lancashire.
ASSETS - - $2,800,000.0*
NECESSARY TO FIT OUT
i Coal anoLd.
Faded are tlm golden chevrons, vanished
tlio piid# ol war; i
Mild in heaven his moral glory linger* like
tho morning star,
And tlio freeman's zone of cotton his white
spirit seem* to be, *
And the the insects, in the harvest, beat hi*
army’s reveille.
All around him spoiled or greedy, women
vain and honor spent,
Still hi* faith In human nature lived without
discouragement;
For hi* country, which could ralac him, bare-foot,
to thu monarch’s height,
Could he mock her or hi* mother, though her
uume *lic could not write?
Deep the well* of humble childhood, cool the
springs hc*ide the hut—
Millions more HS poor as Lincoln see the door
ho hna not shut.
Not till wealth lias made its eankor every
poor white’s cabin through,
Shall the Ureal Republic wither or tho infidel
subdue.
Stand around your great Commander! Lay
aside your little tear*!
Every Lincoln carries Freedom’s car along a
hundred years.
And when next the call for soldiers roll* along
he golden belt,
COJ^S "^7"orlss
ta j Fioni tUo opeulug of the Mine or Shunto t^nua, ah, pmjmit o. the manufacture,, product
HEAVY CASTINGS AND FORGINGS.
NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS WORKMEN EMPLOYED
Office near B. & 0. Depot, ConnelUville, Pit.
MACHINERY SUPPLIES and HARDWARE*
MV< and Steam Pipes,
Brass mid Iron Valves,
Pine Fittings,
Force Pumps,
Gum Hose,
eot and Piston Packing,
Iron und Nails,
K.iilroud Spikes,
8tent,
Glass
Bnhliit,
Pig Lead,
White Lend,
Linseed Oil,
Jiipun Varnish,
Colors,
Shovels
Picksaod Sledges,
Givrdon Tools,
Hemp and Soup Stone Packing, Lend Pipe, Carpenter Tool
t uin nud Leutlicr Belting. Has Fixtures,
And a complete assortment of BUILDERS Hardware nt tlie store of the
C0NNELLSV1LLE MACHINE & CAR CO.,
LLK, PA
| or Neuralgia.H
iiusneUliite Keller Warranted
Permanent Cure Guaranteed
Five years established and uovor known to
fall in u slnglo cuso, acuta or chronic. Hofcr
to all prominent physicians and druggists for
tho standing of Salicylic,,.
SBOEET1
Th« only dissolver of tlio poisonous uric
acid which exists In tlio blood of rheumatic
and gouty patients.
SALICYLICA is known as a common-sons*
remedy, bocuuso it strikes directly at tho
causo of Klioumatlsm, (lout und Neuralglu,
whilu so ninny so-called specifics and sup-posed
panaceas only treat locally I be oltects.
It bus been conceded by eminent scientists
that outward applications, such as rubbing
with oils, olnttnontH, liniments, and sooth-in''
lotions will not eradicate these diseases
which arc the result of tho poisoning of tlio
blood with Uric Acid.
SALICYLICA works with marvelous eltcet
on ihts acid and sa removes tlio disorder, it
IH now exclusively usod hy all celebrated
physicians of America and Europe. Highest
Medical Academy of Parts reports D5 per
cent, cures In tin ea days.
REMEMBER
that Saliovlien Is a certain euro for Rheuma-tism,
(lout «*mi Neuralgia. The most intense
pains nro HUIMIUCU almost Instantly.
Give it a trial. Relief guuruutood or money
refunded. , . , ,,
Thousands of testimonials sent on applica-tion.
^ „ ...
§1 a Box. 0 Boxes for !j>o.
Sent free by mall on receipt of money.
ASK YOUR DRUGGLST FOR IT.
But do not be deluded into taking imitations
or substitute*, <*" something roeominendod a*
“Just oft Rood J" Insist, on tho genuine wit h
trio name of Washburns tfc(*o., on each box,
which is guaranteed chemically pure under
our Mignalure, an Indlspenslble requisite to
insure wuece*'* iu tho treatment, lake no
other, or send to us.
Washburne & Co < Proprietors!
J67 13roadway, cor. Kcsdc St. >'«w k
;.;XS - - $10,000,000.09
American, of Philadelphia,
ASSETS - • $1,(>20,000.0€
Reliance Ins. Co., Philadelphia
ASSETS - - $712,176.0*
Business promptly attended to at tlio
office in tlio roar of S. C. Steveuson'a
Nows Depot.
STEVENSON BROS.
D11. E. C. WEST’S
Brain and Nerve Treatment,
a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizziness,
Convulsions, I-’its, Nervous Neuralgia, Head-acho,
Nervous Prostration caused b> the UMO
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakclulncss, Mental
Depression, Softening ot the Brain resit-< ug
in Insanity and leading to misery, decay and
death, Premature Old Age, Bammnw*. Low*
of power in either sex, Involuntary Losses,
and Spermatorrhoea causod by over exertion
of the Bruin, Hell-abuse or over-indulgence,
one box will cure recent cases. Lach box
contains one month’s treatment. One dollar
a box, or *ix boxes live dollars; sent by nnul
prepaid on receipt of price. Wc guuruntco
six boxes to care any oaue. With each order
received for six boxes, accompanied with five
dollars, wo will send tho purchaser our writ-ten
guuruntco to refund money ii treatincm
does not olleet a cure. Guarantees issued
nly by Joseph Fhuni ng, dirgeist, 84 Marl,
street, Pittsburg, l’a. Grdois by mail at r
oular prices. 7***
not, Ufa i" sweeping by, do
and dare before you die,
something mighty and sub-
M v. ^ m Umo leave behind to con-mior
time.” »irta week in yourown town. %
outfit free. No risk. Everything cuphat
not required. We von everyth u*
Many are making fortunes. Ladle* makeing
much as men. and glil* and boys make ^wit (
BISTV wee1C in youmwu IA/Y
sk. F,very thing new. •
Vo furnish you ever
g fortunes. Ladle* m
tuuu. un me. „.id gl»l» ami tr* ,
ny. Reader, If you want business at whi qh
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ffoorr pnaarr.Mt leul.v»3 to H. IlAfiL^ri
land, Maine. llMW
YlTE JOtjRMATj—Ml. PLEASANT, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY ‘2H, 1883.
B1UC-A-BUAC.
ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE.
MISSING MONEY.
A 3ll»ri‘ IlWlra Hi. Money l» Slruilgo
Places null IJI«i-*0,00l> ULtfug.
FIVE MINUTES FOR SMILES.
ami
lea
A C.llHlIoe of O.Id, anil End, Gathered
From All Par,a or the
World.
American artlata are making Norway
Summer haatlquartera.
Tlioro are 83,001) people in West Vir-ginia
wtio do not know how to road or
write.
The Wild Duchess of Geneva, n royal
short-horn, was recently sold at Chicago
for fill,COO.
It is said that decaying cabbage will
produce diphtheria sooner than any
other nuisance about the house.
In the London dynamite explosion a
heavy bed-press was torn to pieces,
a toilet bottle on the mantlo-pioeo
undisturbed.
A Chinaman at Tucson, A. T., attempt-ed
to ride to Benson by painting himself
up as mi Indian, lie WHS detected and
put olf on the dosert.
In Franco and England a scatfolding is
erecting complete in advance of the
building—a practice which much dimin-ishes
the chance of an accident.
Thero is a rogular boom in real estate
on the Peninsula. The buyers come from
nearly all parts of the North and East,
although very many hail from Germany.
News from Newfoundland says that
this season's seal voyage will be one of
the best for many years. About 450,000
seals have been taken, valued atf1,500,000.
The Opelousas, La., Courier announces
that a lady at Carencro, who is sovonty-nine
years old and lus boon married only
a few years, gave birth to a child re-cently.
Chicago paid forty to ilfty cents a quart
for strawberries last yoar, but the Illi-nois
Central 1ms arranged trains which
are expocted to reduce the price to ten
and fifteen,
A manufacturing company in Borwick
Indiana, has bought all the liquor licen-ses
within several miles of its factories,
hoping that the mill hands will lead
temperate lives.
The adulteration ot Chinese teas with
American catnip leaves is not HO objec-tiotiablo,
inasmuch as the action of the
added ingredient is qleting on the
nerves ami iuducos sloop.
The youngest telegraph operator in the
world is probably a littio girl ten years
old, llailie Hutchinson by name, who
lives in Texas, and has charge of the
telegraph ollice at. the railway station at
which she resides.
The new capitol architects at Albany
report that its completion will require
$1,730,944, of which $720,000 is needed for
the towea and $1,500,000 for lbs terrace.
The sum now needed will bring the total
cost to $18,950,937.
Yale College has 1098 students. Ol
those 900 art) undergraduates ; 108 arc in
the thooliglcul seminary; thirty are in
the medical sclipol; eighty-live are in the
Jaw school ; 200 arc in the Sheffield Sci
entitle .School, aud 811 in the academy
department.
A tenant who had promised, in his
contract with an agent, to return the
property in the same condition as lie
found it, advertised for an army of hun
gry rats, 1000 spldeis, a myriad of cock
roaches, and ill weeds though to till s
largo back yard.
According to tho Unite 1 Stile* Com-missioner
of Education, $81,475,001) 1ms
boon given by private individuals for
educational purposes in tills country,
within ted years. This does not include
tho recent gift of Slater and others,
amounting to $8,000,000.
An anoiont Celtic cross that once stood
near Camel ford, Wales, was split to
pieces and portions used for copings,
door-stones, ete. Tho rector in charge of
the parish lias succeeded in getting all
the pioefts togetLoi, and tho cross is to be
ro-trocted in iis old place.
The Weldon, N. C., News says. Some
time since we published a long unusual
Christian name which belongs to a col-ored
man living near. We have
since heard another, this time a woman’s.
It is: Clarissa Sophronla Toddy White-house
De Appletroe Burton.
The Shopherustown, W. Va., Register
js responsible lor this: “A man by the
name of Charles Moon, who is omployod
in a Denver billiard saloon, swallowod a
]ivo bull frog on a wager last Thursday
ovoning, after which ho drank a glass of
whisky and said that he felt remarkably
well. The frog is reported to have been
six inches long and two inches across
the breast.”
“The sensation of being lacod in tight,”
writes a “Hamilton lady” to the Toron-to
Ulobe, “is ail enjoyable ono that only
thoso who have experienced it can under-stand.
I have been in corsets ever since
I was oiglit years of age, aud 1 am now
past my teens, and though 1 am live loot
lour inches tall and broad in the shoul-ders,
I only measure niueteon inches,
and I am in capital health.”
It is a curious fact that, although the
Scotch aro greater smokers than the En-glish,
yet less tobacco is smoked iu
Scotland than in England. This is due
to the canny character of Scotchmen
Owing to the large quantity of water in
the ordinary tobacco sold, a pipe gots
O il before tho tobacco in it is smoke d
out. The Englishman throws away this
damp tobacco; tho Scotcnman carefully
extracts it from his pipe and thou, when
It has dried, roplucos it.
Tho largest block of stone ever trans-ported,
not excepting those in the Chi-nese
wail and the Pyramid#, was that
from which was cut the pedestal of the
statue of Peter the Great, in St. Peters,
burg. It was a block of graui.e weigh -
iug 15000 tons, and was found isolated on
marshy ground about four miles from
the Nova. Its shape was that of an ir-regular
prism, twenty-four foot high
forty-a JVIB foot long and tbi rty feet broaA
in it. largest dimensions.
Col. C. J. Cairsway, a citizen of Polk-tnn.
N. C., put an a lvertisemeut in the
Baltimore /Sun a few weeks ago wanting
o wife. A day or Iwo after the advertise-ment
appeared, Col. Carraway received
a letter from a BR timore lady, enclosing
her photograph, with a description of
herself, and he was so well pleased with
it all that he concluded to goto Balti-more
and see the lady in person. He
went laHt week, and when bo returned
he brought tho lady homo with him,
having married her a fow clays after he
say her in Baltimore.
Milligan Taylor, of Taylor’s
Marshall comity, West Va., filed a few
days ago, aged about seventy-four years.
The deceased bad occupied the old log
house where he died for many years
past, living a sort of a hermit life,
being a bachelor and having no one with
him. He owned a considerable amount
of land and being extremely penurious
and miserly in his disposition and habits,
it was known that he hud amassed con-siderable
of a fortune, which was sup-posed
to bo concealed somewhere about
the houso
On the day set for the listing of the
property a large crowd of curious neigh-bors
gathered at the house and after u
long mid patient search annul sack made
of some material resembling a codec
sack was fished out from a mass of refuse,
from under a sort of an old cupboard.
Tho sack was found to contain $'2'-i2.o(> in
gold and $2-18.38 In silver and copper,
many of the coins being of an ancient
date. A number of trade dollars were
also in the lot.
John Dwyer, a bystander, then told
the appraisers he had in February as-sisted
the old man in counting his
money, and that they had countedf(i,000
in greenbacks. Tho paper money had
been careiully divided into $1,000 pack-ages,
a leaf torn from an old almanac
folded around each $1,000, and the money
then placed in an old fruit can, which
he described as a “long half gallon can.”
After placing the money in the can, Mr.
Taylor said to Dwyre: “If anything
should happen to me, or 1 should die
suddenly, you will find this can and
money among the old rags behind the
chimney in the loft.’’ Search there,
however, failed to produce results. It is
supposed that the old gentleman had
removed tho money to some other hiding
place. Mr. Dwyer tnrned over to the
administrator notes to the amount of
about $2,000 which hid been placed in
his hands by Taylor for safe keeping.
There is no suspicion against Dwyer’s
entire honesty in the matter, and the
question is what the old man did with
that $0,000.
A poet asks: “IVIioro aio tho springs
of long ago?” The probabilities are that
Ridge, | they have followed tho winters of tho
tenth century.
Chicago church choirs take In every
opera singer ns fast ns their voices break
down for stage singing. Tlioro are some
awful good traits about Chicago.
An Ohio man is at work on what he
says will bo “tho largest telescope in tho
world.” lie probably intends to use it
instead of an opera glass at Cincinnati’s
noxl dramatic festival.
"I don’t liko to have my husband chow
tobacco,” remarked a young married
lady, “but I put up with it, l'or the tin
foil isjust too handy for anything in
doing up my front crimps.”
Said Fogg, reading the sign “Keop off
the grass" on the Common, “It is the
same everywhere. In Ireland, you know,
they’ro hanging men aud women for tho
wear off the groon.”
"Several ambitious politicians are run-ning
for tiro Presidency before tlioro is
any Presidency to run for,” says the
Chicago 'Jime.i. Probably tlioy think
tho road is so long that unless they start
now they never will got thero.
An Iowa chemist recently discovered
an explosive behoved to he nineteen
times as powerful as dynamite, but the
secret of its composition was lost at the
time of its discovery, together with the
chemist and most of tho glass in town.
Tho latest German census shows a large
falling off in the number of mules and
asses in tho empire ; but, bless you, my
dear sir, thoso dudes didn’t all come
from the Fatherland. You shouldn't
jump at concisions in that wild way.
A Missouri paper proclaims that its
prayer for rain wont to press at three
o'clock, and before six cool and refresh-ing
showers hail descended. It is no
more than right to grant tho request of
s man w ho doosu'task a favor but once
in his life.
AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
The Oyuilnt ami Quiet Old University City,
MnrgttlUo-.vn, IVest Virginia.
MORGANTOWN, \V. VA., May It), 1883.
This old fashioned, quiet town, at the
head of slack-water navigation on the
Monongahela river, has a most charming
location. Its beautiful hills and streams,
in the midst of which nestles the quaint
old burgh as a gem in its ornamental set-tings,
witli the neat villas of the wealthy
citizens and the excellent buildings of
the Stale University, on the slopes north
aud south, altogether form a picture of
rare and exquisite finish. Bring the
county seat or capital of Monongalia
county, it has the advantage of educated
gentlemen of the legal profession, with
their cultured families, which, in addi-tion
to the clerical, professional and
medical men and families, with the stu-dent
element, gives the population a
very strong and delightful scholastic,
literary and refined bias. Indeed, while
far from tho luxury and elegance of our
cities, and the multitude and magnifi-cence
of our old and strong and well-andorned
universities, this “Athens of
West Virginia” is, all tilings considered,
a rare and remarkable and desirable
place. And to discover such a place of
education and refinement twenty miles
from any railroad seems quite surpris-ing.
In many respects, of course, this
inaccessibility has been against the
town, its churches ami institutions; for
the toss of its best young men going to
ities and large towns for business, and
of its educated young Indies marrying
and settling in other places lias created
the fact that in numbers and wealth
there ha': been actual retrogression. 11m
while some are so much in love with
quiet and simplicity that they would
rather not see a train or hear an engine,
there is work going forward which indi-cates
railroad connection witli the South-west
Penna. at Uniontown and the B. &
O at Fairmount, in the near future.
Sagacious capitalists are investing in
the iron and coal and timber land of
West Virginia, ami many other sure
signs foretoken a biiHy and prosperous
future for the State. Happily this town
is a mile or more from the nearest coal
and so will be free from coke-smut and
smoke. AMERICAS.
Among the treasures of tho museum at
Bculak, Egypt, is the mummy of King
Hnnion-raf, ot the third dynasty, who
dates back 4500 It. G’., and is supposed to
be about 400 years older than Adam, who
was tiio “(list man.” Scientists, in esti-mating
his age, may have slippod a
couple of cogs in his record, but no doubt
ho is pretty old, and remembers when
the Star Route trials commenced.
-=ED R U G SE=-
Used this season oi the yoar, at greatly
IBlEIDTTCIEnD PBIGE3.
(Jinn Camphor 85c per lb.
Aromatic Camphor 25c “ “
Persian InsectPowder Gen. 60c “ “
Carbolic Acid 50c “ ‘
White Hellebore Powdered 25c “ ‘
Pure Paris Green 30c “ “
Chloride Lime 10c *' “
sroffl, CHAMOISES, CASTILE OAF, BROSHES, ETC., ETC.
Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Ready Mixed Paints
—AT—
IE. VT. M’ELWEE’S
MAIN STREET, “ON THE HILL,” MT. PLEASANT, PA.
ZL2S3WZ 'aS2S538SXSSCZ?
A Buhirnii’inr Rnlloon.
Captain Boyton is experimenting with
a kind of submarine balloon. It is mails
of sheet iron, and so art anged with pul-leys,
weights and measures that it will
uavij.ato the ocean at any depth below
the surface. By tho aid of some newly
discovered chemicals the balloonist is
able to manufacture air for breathing
purposes at. the tale of 5,000 cubic feet
por each pound of chemicals. The Cap-tain
stay* lie went down into the sea off
the Irish coast and remained underwater
for 10 hours by tho aid of 50 pounds of
his discovery, which, by the way, costs
40 cents a pound, lie proposes to organ-ize
a company for recovering treasure
from sunken vessels.
pin*.
Piles are freq. uently. p. receded by
sense of weight in the back, loins an
lower part of the abdomen, causing tho
patient to suppose ho has some allection
of the Kidneys or neighnoring organs.
At times, symptoms of indigestion aro
present, as llutueney, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture, liko perspir-ation,
producing a very disagreeable
itching, particularly fit night niter get-ting
warm in bed, is a very common at-tendant.
Internal, External and Itching
Piles yield at once to the application oi
Dr. Basanko’s Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts atfectod, absorb-ing
the Tumors, allaying ilio intense
itching, and ollecting a permanent cure
whole*all other remedies have failed. Do
not delay until the drain on the system
produces permanent disability, blit try
it mid l)o cured. Price, 50 cents. Ask
your druggist lor it, ami when you can
not obtain it of him. wo will send it, pre-paid,
oi» receipt of price. Address The
Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co., Piqua, Ohio.
Sold by James Kuhn it Son.
The North American Review.
The Juno number of the North Amer-ican
Review opens with an article by
Joseph Niinmo, Jr., Chief of the Treasu-ry
Bureau of Statistics, on “American
Manufacturing Interests”, iu which is
given a singularly full and instructive
historical sketch of the rise and progress
of manufactures in the United States,
together with a very effective presenta-tion
of their present condition, and of
the agency of tariff legislation in promo-ting
diversified industries and encourag-ing
tho inventive genius of the people.
Should this author’s advocacy of protec-tive
legislation prove distasteful, the
reader finds the neoded corrective in an
article by the lion. Win. M. Springer,
on “Incidental Taxations”, which is an
argumentfor Free Trade. D C. Gilman,
President of Johns Hopkins University
writes of the “Present Aspects of College
Training”, as affected by the increase of
wealth and luxury, the development
of natural seieuce, and the influence
of a larger religious liberty. Edward
Self presents some weighty con
siderutioiiB o i tlie “Abuso of Citizen
ship”, as exhibited in tho machinations
of tho d.wniinifisls against a friendly
power, in disregard of tho obligations of
American neutrality. Prof. Isaac L
Rice criticises some of “Herbert Spo
cer’s Facts in Inferences” in social a d
political science, and Christine Nilsson
oontributos “A Few Words about Public
Singing”. Finally, there is a symposi-um
on “'fhe Moral I nil ounce of the Dra-ma”,
the participants being, on the one
side, the Itev. Dr. J, M, Buckley, well
known as nu opponent of the stage, and
on tho other, John Gilbert, the actor; A.
M. Palmer, the f rie d manager; and
William Winter, dramatic critic. 50 *Oiii8
a number; $5 a year. Published at 30
Lafayette Place, New York,
l&cmp’n Ualuiiu
For the throat and lungs is effecting
more cures than any other medicine. If
relief is not obtained after taking j of a
bottlp E. J. McElweo tho loading drug-gist
js authorized to refund your money.
Trice &0 (mute and $1.00. 4-25-83-Jy
Consumption.
It is said that 50,000 people die annually
in tho United States alone from this di-sease.
In some sections of the country
one death in every three is from Con-sumption.
This can be, and should be
avoided; our people aro too careless
about nn ordinary cough or cold, and
other symptoms of throat and lung affec-tions
that lead to this disease. You
should arrest it while it is in tho germ.
Two or throe doses of Dr. Bosanko’a
Cough and Lung Syrun will relieve an
ordinary cough or cold. It docs not dry
up a cough liko many preparations on
the market and leave the disease behind
it, but acts directly on the tliooat ami
bronchial tubes, removing all the phlegm
and morbid matter that accumulates in
the throat and lungs. It always all ir-ritation,
and renders tho voice dear and
distinct. Sold by Janies Kuhn & Son.
01», What A Gougkl
Will you heed the warning. The sig-nal
perhaps of tho sure approach of that
most terrible disease, Consumption.
Ask yourselves if you can afford for the
sake of saving 50cis., to run tho risk and
do nothing for it. We know from ex-perience
that Shi oil’s (hire will cure
your Cough. It never fails. This ex-plains
why more than a Million Bottles
were sold tho past yoar. It relievos
Troup, and Whooping Cough, at once.
Mothers do not he without it. For lame
Back, Sido, or (’host, uso Shiloh’s Porous
Plaster. Sold by Miller iSc Shepley. ly
Free of Cost.
Rv (■ailing at James Kuhn it Sons drug
store, you call get a sample liottle of Dr.
Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup which
will relieve the most obstinate Cough or
Cold, and show you what the regular 50
cent sizo will do. When troubled with
Asthma, Bronchitis, Drv, lluoking
Cough, Fains in the chest, and all diseas-es
of the Throat and Lungs, try a sample
bottle of this medicine. 8-9-ly.
An Ibis/ Way to lUlne gtmevberrles.
A new self-ter.ding strawberry bod is
tho invention of a Californian. Fill with
earth any sort of barrel that has been
borod well all round with inch holes.
Plant strawberries iu every liolo and ill
the open top, roots downwards and .top
outwards. It is a great success. It is
quite ornate and it will keep for several
mouths in bearing. Kvery child can
have a l og or several can cultivate u half
barrel In eopnnJdn.
BurklsH*. Arnica Salve.
The best salve in tho world for outs,
bruises, burns, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chil-blains,
corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles. It isguarun
teed to give perfect satisfaction or money
aefunded. Price 25 cents por box. For
Bale by E. J. McElwoe. 8-I6-Iy
D}-fti>r,>»ta A Liver Complaint,
Is it not worth the small price of 75
em3 to free yourself of every symptom
of these distressing complaints, if yon
think so call at our store and get ft bottle
of.Shiloh’s Vitnlizor, every bottle has a
printed guarantee oil It, use accordingly
ami if it docs you no good il will cos:
vou nothing. Sod by Jdillor A Sliep-oy.
2-14-ly
INSTITUTE!
Next Term opens Dec, fi. Students may enter now,
and find classes to suit.
We call attention to the importance of students en-tering
at once il they wish to prepare lor the Junior
Class by September.
Another opportunity is given to begin German.
Those who are studying by the new method already
find it a help in dealing with their German customers.
Another class may be formed in town, but it is better
for those who cun to enter the Institute and recite once
or twice a day instead of twice a week. Perhaps we
shall not be aide to offer as good an opportunity again.
We call attention also to our
MUSIC J^ISTID -A-TTT--
Another new piano has arrived, making three in a
short time. We can instruct thirty pupils by a part of
them tailing in class, and no one be cut short in lessons
or in practice hours. Pupils may begin at any time
and pay for the remainder of the term. Applicants
will please call on or address the President.
The Studio is also open for amateur artists. There
are a good many not able to attend classes who may de-sire
lessons in Music or Art "W e extend to all such an
invitation to call and see what can be done. All appli-cants
for any of the departments should address the
President as early as possible. Also send lor catalogue.
LEltOY STEPHENS, President
SOMETHITTG HEW
MT. PLEASANT LUMBER YART),
On Mullin’s lot, near Mulhn & Blinker’s new mill,
where can be found a full stock of Building limber
of all kinds. Also Dressed Siding, Flooring, Surfaced
Boards and Plank, Shingles, Lath, Doors, Sash. Moul-ding
Brackets, Pickets, Door and Window Frames,
Stair Rail Posts and Balusters, &c ,
Having had a long experience in the manufacture and
sale ofTumber &c„ we claim superior advantages and
expect by fair prices and honorable dealing to merit
a share ol the public patronage.
ZAHNISER & CO
r.ALWAYS
FRESH BREAD DAILY.
'HOICE APPLES and
Miss R. HAZELETTE CLARK
desires to announce to the ladies of Ml. liras-.'
ant and vicinity that she has Just received
bor Spring asKottiiic nt ot
HATS, BONNETS,
Bathers, Flews ami Rilfa
Florida Oranges, Bananas, Malaga Grapes, Nuts of all
kinds. The best line ol
O
Green ana Roasted Coffees, B ans, Hominy, &c., &c.,
constantly in slock
-AT-GRAUL
ON THE HILL’
& WERKMANS’.
MAIN STREET,
G. \V. LEMMON. D. O. LEMMON.
LEMMON BROS.,
.ivery l Sale Stables,
In rear of ratterson’s Hardware store,
ittsburg Street, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.'
We keep on hand a number of stylish rigs
and good driving horses, and will be pleased
to accommodate all at reasonable rates aud
at all hours.
Funeral Carriages Furnished on Short Notice
AT SPECIAL RATES.
Wo nro prepared to suit all, and solicit a
liberal share of patronage from the traveling
public. All kinds of
Horses Bought and Sold.
1My Lemmon Eros.
HEADQ,UABTBE/S
IrOR
HOUR, coas MAL, MILL FEED of ALL SHADES,
SHELLED CORN, CORN* IN THE EAR, OATS,
GARDEN AND VEGETABLE SEEDF,
LOVES SEED, TOOTHY SEED AUD SEED COBH.
We keep
lor nuie ret
AVIERD CHILLED
Which cannot bo excelled]for lightness of draft and durability.
THE AUTOMATIC HAND COHN PLANTER,
Which plants with groat precision with one lt»nd|as fast as a man can walk,
Seed. Potatoes a Specialty.
All the different popular varieties kopt for sale at reasonable prices.
Cali and examine our goods and learn prices boforo purchasing elsewhere.
J. A. STEVENSON & CO.,
largo and well selected stock of the above goods, and offer thorn
for nule at reasonable prices. We also sell tho
PLOW
Ccrner Main and Eagls Sts. MT. PLEASANT, PA.
BACHMAN, JOSEPH &
123 Federal Street, Allegheny.
The latest novelties, the largest stocks, the best of
Workmanship and Trimmings. Every garment war-ranted.
Give us a call or leave word at National
Hotel, Mt. Pleasant, as Mr. Bachman conies out every
month with a complete list ot samples of stock with
which he takes measures. wny
S. C. STEVENSON,
BOOKSELLER and STATIONER,
MAIN STREET - - MT. PLEASANT, PA.
lllank Books, Writing Papers, Writing Inks, Drawing Paper,
CHEAP
FOR
CAS H
J. R. ZUCK,
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE,
Dealer in
CHEAP
FOR
CASH.
SCHOOL EOOKS. HATS & CAPS,
BIBLE AND
TESTAMENT15
PENS &PENCILS,
BLANK BOOKS,
BOOTS & SHOES,
INKS & FLUIDS,
5 cent
SHEET MUSIC,
SCHOOL SUPPLIES,
PAPER, ENVELOPS.
ALBUMS,
SO BCOIKCIS,
W. H. SMITH & CO’S
are arid Irpplerpept store,
fOsS TM7 00 'Vk/' JIi3 SSS <■
The largest stock and finest line of stoves in town at tho very lowest prides
Woodenware,all kinds of Hcuse Furnishing Goo
GLASS, IRON, NAILS, ETC.
REMINGTON SWING MACHINES.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OF ALL KINDS,
he largest hardware establishment Farmers give us a call and get the finest goods at oi*.
Fees, W- Hi. SMITH <Sc GO.
june 0-1 y 3J^TX: PLEASANT, IP-A--
Good lieuI Hi in Wealth
And the chief aim in life Is hapninens.
When you have a cough, find relief in
Kemp’s Balsam. If you cannot, youi
money will be refunded by E. J. McEl
wee t!i© leading druggist. Price 50 cents
and fl.00. _______ 4-25-83-ly
We have a speedy and positive Cure,
for Catarrh Diphtheria. Canker month
and I lend Ache, in Shiloh’s Catarrh
Remedy. A nasal Injector free with
eoob botllo. Use it if you desire health
and sweet breath. Price 50 cts. Sold by
MHilor & Shepley. 2-14-Iy
G. W. OVERHOLTS
BAKERY,
GOITFECTIOITERY,
[AND]
ICE CREAM SALOON.
BELO \V NA TIONAL IIALL.
Fresh Bread, Pies and Cakes always on hand
FINEST JOIT CREAM in TOWN
Ladies Look
Spring Stock on Hand
f *
if
Having had apodal facilities fh aaruring
stock I urn prepared to sell at reasonable prl
R. IIAZELETTE CLARK.
ivery, M
M. J. RUMBAUGH,
PROPRIETOR.
At the stables in tho roar of tho NaHoiwfl
Hotel.
Everything kopt In first-class style.
GOOD HORSES.
NEW CARRIAGES.
NEW BUGG.1$
Light Wagons.
PRICES REASONABLE.
jSS-Special rates for attending funerals
THE WESTMORELAND
PLANING MILLS,
RUTH & STONER, Proprietors
Manufacturers of and dealers in
WEATHER BOARDING,
FINISHING DU.VlHltlR
FLOORING,
fcHirNOI.ES,
MOT! I .DING,
BRACK E fS,
SCROLL SAWING,
LATH,
DO 0 P AD WIN1K>W FRA M F«.
WASH, DOORS,SHUTTER^
Iu fact, everything In tho way of
L XT IK/C 33 IE ZEE
used in the construction of buildings
PRICES REASONABLE.
Liberal Discounts to Contractors
RUTH & STONER.
SCOTTDALE PA
fE-A-STrEIR GARDSI
Slates, Harmonicas, Gold and steel Pens. Franklin Square,
Seaside and Lovells Libraries. Ladies’ Fashion Books
Magazines, Transfer and Scrap Book Pictures,
Hymnals. Bibles, Testaments, Albinas,
Ameritan Popular Dictionary,
I, P. McINTYRE,
Commission Agent for
i Brick, Lubricating Oils,
BUiLDSHS STONE,
BID ERICK, SAND, LIME.
OFFICE IN GRAIN BUILDING,
Opposite 9. & 0. Depot,
Mt. Pleasant - Pa»
l-Sl-BiMy
yf-_-ar:ai
HEST.A.rBI.ISIIIiro 1871.
TPatroniz© Homo Industry.
Bolnr so situated «• to be able to defy competiton in workmanship aud prices for
Cemetery and Building improvement* manufactured of White Browse Granite, Mar-ble.
Sandstone, fto., I respectfully invite those contemplating such improvements to
cull at the
MT. PLEASANT MARBLE A! GRANITE WORKS
before contracting elsewhere or with Traveling Agent.. Call at my works, sen sam-ple.
of finished work, designs, materials, learn i‘rices and be convinced that you cau
save money by patronizing heme industry. ..... , ...
All work in Marble, (Iranlte and Sandstone will lie manufactured right here In Mt.
Pleasant, and not hy foreign manufactures ns heretofore. Works at the old staud op
posits the U. K. church, ou Kastilain street, Mt. Pleasant, Ba. lg-2e-ly
JOHN C. GEMMELL.
SPECIALTIES:
FRENCH AND TURKEY
I?ISXJiTES.
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS.
ORANGES AND LEMONS.
BRIDGEWOOD’S
PORCELAIN OPAQUE
AND BEST BRANDS
American Ware.
A FULL LINE OF
F ROASTED COFFEE
FOR SALE AT THE
GALLEY & MECHLINO,
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES,
5AB0UCHES,
PHAETONS,
BUGGIES,
SPRING WAGONS
BUCK WAGONS. ETC-All
work made of thoroughly Reasoned
wood and tite best iron anti steel, sub-stantially
constructed and neatly finished.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Call ami examine our stock, see our
work and learn prices.
GALLEY & MECHLINO,
JaunlO’ 81 Mt. Pleasant, PA.
BRICK HOUSE
■AT—
PRIVATE SALE.
Tho undersigned offers for sal© a two-story
brick house, nearly new, situate ou Washing-ton
stroct, In tho borough of
MT. PLEASANT, PA., •
containing seven rooms with basement
kitchen and cellar, p.nd garret floored wlln
match fiooiing. The lot is SO feet front on
Washington street, Is bounded on North anti
West by nn alley and on the South by vacant
lot of John Burkholder. A well and cistern
and necessary outbuildings on the lot.
For particulars call on or address Victor
Moyumont, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., oi the owner,
SIMON SNYDER/
5-7-1m-tf Jones Mills, I*a.
3 people aro always on the
.1 lookout for chances to IIH crease their earnings and In
a timo be wealthy; tlioso who
do not improve their opportunities remain
In poverty. W6 offer a great chance to mnUo
raonoy. We want many men, women, girls
and boys to work for us right in their own
localities. Any one can do tho work proper-ly
lro il t he first start. The businessn ill pay-more
than ten times ordinary wages. Fx-ponsive
outfit furnished free. No ono who'
ngajes frtil« to make monoy rapidly. You
an devote your whole time to the work, or
n!y your .spare momouts. Full information
nd all that Is needed sent free. Address
MTXftON «fc Portland, Maine. EMU-iy*’
TILE JOU11NAL—MT. ULKASANT, LA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 2iS, 1B88
LOCAL LACONICS.
PARAGRAPHS OF HOME NEWS.
Jt (liigt From the llrportorlal Note
U«ok-Thit Incident* and Accident*
of fJi« f*unt Week.
Pino apples at Uraul A Workmans.
Frosti vegetables at Troltcb’s, Kaglo
Street. 6-10-3m
Fresh onions 5 cents per dozen at
Troitehs. It.
Head Templeton A IJraiUloek'B adver-tlsement.
Call and see our button shoes. Juo.
V. Nlchol A Co. 6-lG-2t
Extra fine vegetables received daily at
Ornul A Werkman’s. 5-lli-tf.
M ino host Jordan will feed the farmers
In National Hall to day.
Subscriptions fo Domorest's Monthly
Mugailne taken at the Novelty store.
Stop In and try a glass of ice cold soda
water at the Opera IIouso Pharmacy, lit
Fancy neckties, summer underwear
and hosiery at Juo. F. Nieliol A Co.'s, lit
Fluost lino of gents’ famishing goods
iu town at Juo. F. Nlchol A Co.’s. 5-lti-lit
The Scottdalo Orarnl Army Post will
decorato the graves at Tarts and Stonor-vllle.
Tlio Jordan IIouso will receive Its now
omnibus from Cortland, N. Y., in a few
days.
81x soda water tickets for a quarter at
Miller A Sheploy’s, Opera Houso Phar-macy.
6-lti-lit
The masons and carpenters are all
very busy upon the improvements about
town.
ROTS. Gaiter and Rodgers aro tlio au-thorized
agents for the A, M. E. Z.
ehnrch,
Tho rosldcnco of Mr. Geo. Elclier on
West Main street is receiving a new coat
of paint,
A number of young rabbits have taken
up thoir abode under the board-walk on
Eagle street.
The Pleasant Unity and;|Bridgeport
correspondence arrived too late for In-sertion
this issue.
Wo hnve been the happy recipients of
quite a number of visits from the thun-der
storms of late.
Onr hoots and shoos cannot bo ex-celled
for quality, stylo and durability.
Juo. F. Nichol A Co. 6-10-2t
Sparkling cream soda water at Miller
A Shepley’8 Opera Houso Pharmacy.
Only five cents a glass. 6-16-2t
The B. A O. pay car visited Mt. Pleas-ant
on Thursday last and the employees
wear a huge smile over the result.
About tliroo hundred persons quenched
thoir thirst at Miller A Shcpley’s now
eoda water fountain on Saturday evening!
Mothers, buy Martin’s Pleasant Worm
Byrup, for sale by Miller A Sheplcy,
Opera House Pharmacy, Mt. Pleasant,
Pa. 2-21-83-ly
Captain Wm. M. Jordan and Clark
Warden aro industriously securing
tights of way for the now trunk line
In this viciuity.
Between two and threo hundred little
chicks aro fluttering about tho West End
incubator. The experiment bids fair to
become a success.
Ice cream and strawberries was a big
card at Graul A WerUman’s Ice cream
saloon on Saturday night. They had a
large numbor of callers.
A handsome new glass front lias beon
put in Goodman’s drug store, and the
oppeirance of the establishment has
thoreby been greatly improved.
Mr. John F. Nichol was summoned to
the bedside of his father yesterday at
Washington, Pa. Tho gentleman is quito
advanced in years and is very ill.
Policeman Dullinger has stepped forth
in a bran new uniform and all he needs
now is a regulation cap to make him
look like a da«dy Broadway “cop.”
Mr. Jomos llitcbman who left Mt.
Pleasant about eight years ago has been
heard from at Covington, Ky, He had an
apoplectic attack tborc a few duys ago.
Jonas Elsemnn of East Washington
street is sick with typhoid fever. His
eldest daughter, Lizzie is just eonvelos-clng
from an attack of the same disease.
China tea sots, Parisian porcelain tea
sots, decorated iron stone toa sets, por-celain
opaque tea sets, majolica ware,
glassware, Rockingham ware at Mt.
Pleasant Grocery. 5-9-2t.
The stone wall fronting Mr. A. N.
Stautfer’s residence on Main and Pitts-burg
streets is being rebuilt since the
recont grading has been done by the
borough authorities.
Jack Anderson, oi Seottdale, was ar-rested
on Monday morning charged with
Illegal liquor traflio and taken to
Greensburg where he was put under
$300 bond for next Court.
Professors Guss and Hutchinson will
spare no pains to adapt the work of the
“Mid-summer Normal,” as far as possi-ble.
to the wants of all classes of stu-dents.
Write for circular.
Deputy Inspector D. A. Byers, of Dun-bur,
inspected Robert Warden Post G.
A. R. on last Friday evening, and ex-pressed
himself gratified with the con-dition
of the Post’s Standing-
Work Given Out. On receipt of your
address we will make an offer by which
you can earn 83 to $7 evenings, at your
home. Men, Women, Boys or girls can
do it. II. 6. Wilkinson A Co.. 195-197
Fulton Street, New York. 12-20-6m.
New goods constantly arriving at spe-cially
reduced prices. Ten pounds gran-ulated
sugar 81,00; one sack of chop and
one sack ofcornmeal, 81,00. A very fine
lot of apices, sold at one-half the old pri
ces. Cheap Cash Johnnie. No. 9, Church
street.
TheYough Express on the Southwest
road paused through the big storm on
lust Thursday evening near tireeusburg.
Several car windows were broken and
the door of the baggage car was blown
git. ’t he piasseugers hud a thorough
scare.
Rev. Donaldson filled the pulpit of the
Presbyterian church last Sunday morn-ing
and evening. There will be preach-ing
in the Presbyterian church next
Sabbath by a member of the Reformed
Clagsis, which holds its Spring meeting
bere, beginning to-day.
As the days grow longer and warmer
* leading question is “wherecan the best
iee cream be had 7” Hundreds will
testify, “at Graul A Workman's.” Not
only have these gentlemen the best ice
cream, 1 ut they can also boast of having
one of the finest parlors in the county.
One call will convince you, so come and
enjoy yonrsell, “on tho hill” at Graul A
It BIG TREAT.
The Cornet Itandeincn Go to ft lot* Feael
end gnjop It Hugely.
On Thursday evening, in response to
an invitation, tho Mt. Pleasant Cornet
Band drove out to the residence of M r.
Robert Love, between Tarrs and Stoner-vlllo.
Aflor playing several fine selec-tions
the members of the hand were re-quested
to step into the dining room,
where they sat down to a feast of good
things, in renlUy a Love feast of the
most enjoyable kind. Jack Noel says
two of the biggest turkeys lie over saw
graced tho board, and these were flunked
by niiinborloss edibles of which the mu-sical
men partook in abundance. Wo
haven’t soon Mr. Love since the hand’s
visit to learn whether thoy wore able to
do any blowing after they loft the table,
hut we are certain that they aro still full
of praises for tto kind treatment ac-corded
them by their host and hostess.
THE JOURNAL force also returns thanks
for a remembrance. The cake was a
little rich for the printers’ blood, but we
aro still living.
HE LOST HIS CLOTHES.
Alnl Several Hundred Dollars by Too
Much Warmth.
Jacob Yowler, of Siuithton, is the
poorer by 8200 ami a suit of clothes. Ja-cob
last woolc hung his clothes In front
of his kitchen stove for a drying. In
the pockets theio was apocket book, two
one hundred dollar bills, some small
change a watch and some matches. Iu
soino mysterious way, tho matches igni-ted,
so did the small change, the two
bills and the clothes and the combined
forces melted tho watch so that the un-fortunate
owner is a serious loser. His
next suit will hang in the rain for an
airing, and there will be nothing of a
valuable character in the pockets.
SALE OF COAL.
A C’ompftny Purchases Eight Hundred
Acres at Harrison City.
The coal land lying betweon Harrison
City and Manor has beon bought by
Woiler Bros, and others. The purchase
comprises 800 acres of the best coal land
in that vicinity. Two hundred acres un-derlie
the farm of H. F. Lildwiek, 97 of
J. Row, 105 of J. Walthour, 200 of Josiah
Brinker, and others. The company
havo an engineer making draughts for
tho purpose of putting down two shafts,
and are going to prosecute the work ns
fast as possible. This will make Manor
station an important centre.
Decoration Day.
The committees appointed by the
Grand Army Post for the proper obser-vance
of Decoration Day have completed
their arrangements. At 8:30 in the mor-ning
tho procession will form iu front of
the Opora House and march to the old
grave yard on Church streot, whore the
graves will decorated. At 10 o’clock the
Memorial address will be delivered in
the United Brethren church by Rev.
Jones.
After the address tho procession will
reform and go to the cemetery, and at
three o’clock iu tho afternoon the lino of
inarch will be taken up for the Middle
church .We understand that both hands
and fire departmedt will unite with the
veterans to make the services a success.
Tho Post would consider It a great favor
if all persons having flowers would bring
bouquets to the United Brethren churoh
where thoy will he taken charge oi by
the committee.
A Celestial Sword.
A few days since a meteor burst ovor
tho village of Rochester, in Ulster
county, N. Y., anil sent a fiery piece of
metal into Rondout creek, causing the
water to boil and bubble for some time.
The hoys hunted around in the creek un-til
they found the meteorite, which
proved to bo an immense sword weigh-ing
17 pounds. The blade is covered
with hieroglyphics that are wholly un-like
anything ever before seen or de-scribed,
and that show a prodigious
amount of work in their engraving. The
outlre workmanship of the mysterious
weapon is of the finest possible descrip-tion.
The hilt seems to have been de-signed
for some mammoth hand threo
times aB large as tho ordinary human
hand. It is supposed to have been fired
out of a cannon during an engagement
betwoon tho contending uiu'.iea on some
oi the planets, and may have boen wan-dering
through space tor many millions
of years.
Tlu- Stew Trunk Line.
Messrs. J. G. Ogle and C. F. Walker
are engaged in taking the right of way
for the Harrisburg A Western railroad
company from Deeter’s Gap in tho Alle-gheny
mountains westward. Their work
thus far has been main ly confined to Al-legheny
township, in Somorset county,
where it is said they have been very
successful. It is understood that thoir
instructions are to take the right of way
over the route that runs about three
miles north of Somerset, crossing the
Laurel llill near Bakeraville, thence to
a junction wiih the P., McK. A Y. near
tho mouth of Sewickloy creek, and also
ovor th