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COUDERSPORT, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1897.
VOLUME 49, NUMBER 19
IREEDER'S CASE WON.!
IRAND JURY lONORES THE   BILL CHAROI.NG CONSPIRACY.
tumors that VanValkenburg is to Be Arrested for flalicious Prosecu= tion Is Not Confirmed,
Easton. Fa.. Nov. 12.~Tlic Roed- }r- Wcfss - Luckenbach conspiracy Base came to a sudden termination Jit .").4(> o'clock tbis ut'ternoon. after laviniT been before the  yrand  jury
'Since U.80 o'clock this morning'.  The gi-and jur}'^  i<jrnored  the   bills and ^placed the costs ou   the   prosecutor. "Frederick   A.    Van Valkenburi,'-.    of 'hilcidelpliia.    After the   cases   had )een before' the jm-y   for  so  long  a ime it was ji'cneraily believed a re¬ turn would  not  be  made   until   to- lorrow morninti'.     The  ])assing- of Sentence for costs on \\)o ])i-osecutor ^¦as posti)oned until to-morrow. The   conspiracy    was   aile^'^ed  to ^have taken place in Easton on   Nov¬ ember   7.   ISUO.      Thirty-eight   wit¬ nesses had been subpenaedtoappear before the grand jury  and  of that number, twenty-six had been   heard before a decision was reached.    The grand  jury  was  cautioned  by  the court before being dismissed not  to violate their oaths in revealing any¬ thing that had taken place or  been said before them.
A large number of friends of Gen¬ eral Frank Reeder and co-defendants were in the   court   room   when   the foreman of the grand jury announced the finding  of   that   body   and   sur¬ rounded   the  defendants   and   con¬ gratulated   them.      When    General Doster, the special district attorney arrived at court this inorning he told Judge Scott he   was  ready   to   pro¬ ceed.    Sheritr  Fenicle  had  not  re¬ turned from Scranton and Constable Ackerman, wlio was  sent  to  Phila¬ delpliia. in quest of W. A. Winsboro. had not put in an appearance.     The grand   jury   was   then   called aud 'specially  charged.       A  little  later (Sheriff Fenicle appeared  with  the [tardy witnesses he had been sentfor. The parties for whom attachments |had been issued each   gave  excuses [and Judge Scott .said it was evident |they were not to blame  for  non-ap- ^pearance and the costs were placed Fon the pi'osecution.     When  Consta- ,;ble  Ackerman   arrived  he  said  he ihad   made  a   thorough   search  for fWinsboro,    who   is  known   as   the 'star witness." but   could   not   find |him.     The  court then  said  it ap- ^peared as though it was the purpose fof some one  not  to  have  Winsboro present.      General Doster was then directed to  proceed   with  the  case with the witnesses at hand.
There was a story on the street this evening that VanValkenburg. the prosecutor in the conspiracy cases, was to be arrested to-morrow morning on complaint of General Reeder, charging him with malicious prosecution. When seen by a news¬ paper repr<>sentative concerning the story, the General said lie had noth¬ ing to give out concerning the mat¬ ter; that jnst what action he will take he had not yet fully decided upon. Another report current is that a •ther etfort will bi' made to have 5eder. Weiss and Ijuckenbach in¬ dicted by a subsequent graud jury, but iMr.' VanValkenburg. who was asked if he intended prosecuting further, said he had no such inten¬ tion, although there might be others to step into the tight.
What Is "Intemperate Habits."
Judge Harry White, of Indiana, while disposing of the license ques¬ tion last week deliiu>d what he  cpn-
iders a man of intemperate habits. d consecpiently a man who should
e refused at the bar, in the follow¬ ing words: "To our mind, then, a man so given to the habit that he very frecjuently goes to the bar for a drink, occasionally gets under the influence, yields to the temptation for getting liquor when offered, or accehts a treat whenever invited, leaves his employment frequently in working hours to get a drink,spends his earnings for it while other re¬ sponsibilities are neglected, feeds a growing appetite for liquor without any etfort for its control, is a person of intemperate habits; aud when those habits become known to the comir. lity in general or in the neighborhood where he lives, or among the people with whom he has intercourse and who see him from time to time in the indulgence of tho.se habits, he is under the ban of the li(}uor law asa person of known-in¬ temperate habits. '—Kittaning  Times.
LAST SAD RITES.
The funeral of Fred Nelson, held at the Park M. E. Church, on Friday afternoon was not only the most im¬ pressive, but one of the saddest oc¬ casions to all our citizens. The church was filled and all were mourners. Touching hymns were sung b}- a quartet of our best vocal¬ ists and Rev. Reese expressed the thought of the congregation in a few words, well chosen and quivering with grief.
'"Every occasion of this kind  fur¬ nishes it's own thought,   teaches  its own   lesson.      I   believe   you   will agree with me that the one  thought tiiat came to all of us upon the death of   Fred   was   the   mystery   of   it. Why,'   we ask,   "was one  so useful taken and so many useless ones left'/ Why the young rather than the old? Why one with  so many  friends  is taken and so  many   friendless  ones left'.''    Why one a shining example to follow   should   be   stricken    do^wn when so many whoso steps may   not be followed with safety,   are  spared to  continue  in   evil   ways?'    These are mysteries that God has seen fit to reveal to none of us.     He  keeps the   solution  of these   questions  to himself.     But  we may  learn  from this occurrence of  a   very   common event one lesson—the uncertainty of life," continued the preacher.    And these helpful thoughts   were   sup¬ plemented   with   as    earnest    and sincere   praise    of    the    deceased young man as is ever heard over the casket of the dead.    He spoke of his modest, unpretentious   manner,   his kind heart and clear notions of duty, his conscientious discharge of duty. His  uniform   kindness  to  his own people and to   his   associates,   was dwelt upon and the mourning rela¬ tives were consoled with   the  mem¬ ory of such a life, while the many as¬ sembled friends   bore  testimonj^  to the esteem  in  which the  departed was held.    "We bless God  for  hu¬ man sympathy and here was abund¬ ance of it."
At the conclusion of the service an opportunity was given to view the face of the dead boy, and many took advantage of it tolookonce more upon the countenance so familiar and so dear from babyhood to manhood. Flowers wei-e rich and abundant. The Coudersport Fire Department attended in a body to take part in the obsequies of the departed mem¬ ber of that honorable and brave or¬ ganization. Although a storm was raging, a large concourse followed the remains to Eulalia Cem¬ etery where he will ''rest from his labors.'"
SHE   SHOT   WOLVES.
REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES OF A | BRAVE PENNSYLVANIA WOriAN.  |
Her Husband flanaged the Affairs of | Ole  Bull's   Scandinavian  Colony— When He  Died   She Pluckily  As= sumed    ControI--Her    Adventures in the Wilderness.
Living with her son on a small farm in the heart of Potter county, Pennsylvania, is a woman whoselife story is strange and interesting. This woman is Mrs. Mary Andrea- ! son. widow of the former secretai-y of tiie famous Ole Bull—tlie history of whose colou}^ at Oleona is an in¬ teresting chapter in the history of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Andreason was a widow when woed and won by An¬ dreason. Her name then was French; she having been the wife of one of the early settlers aud trap¬ pers of Potter county. To-day lier bones are racked with rheumatism as a result of her pioneer exi:)erience, when she hunted and trapped at her husband's side. It is .said that dur¬ ing one   winter  Mrs.   French,   un-
iii a big arm chair, built from beech- wood saplings, in which she rocks and sighs and and nurses her rheu¬ matic joints.—Mansfield Advertiser.
FLEET FOR ALASKA.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CHAS. H. CRAMP AT THE HEAD OF A NEW STEAflSHIP CO.
DEFINING AN EDITOR.
The Book Buyer says that some boys  were  asked,   the  other day,  to   define   '"editor.''   some   of tlieir deliuitious were as follows:
""An editor is a man who  handles words.
"'An editor makes  his  living out of the English language. "
"An editor is .somebody who does
BURIAL PLACE OF "H. H."
It '.vill be uews to many lo be told that "H. H.," the l"amou.s author of "Raraoua" aud othei- bright stories, was a uatlve of Coudirs- port. Her father, Oauiel Hunt, practiced medicine lu this town in the early days, wlieu Helen was a (hild. Can auy of our readers give us further information regarding the taleuted authoress?—Jourkal, J<ovem- ber 10, 1897.
On Cheyenne Mountain, .some eight miles from Colorado Springs. Coloi-ado, at an elevation of between seven aud eight thousand feet above the sea, rests the mortal remains, the casket of clay that held the bright jewel of genius. Helen Hunt Jackson, the authoress referred to. beloved by all who knew her, and there are many there who enjoyed that distinction. Her monument is a conical pile of every species of rock yielded by the Rocky Moun¬ tains, "placed there as mementos by the many visitors who make the climb to her last resting place, and wliieh. by the way, was her favorite retreat for coniniunings with nature when writing, during her residence in .Colorado, and the same becoming her place of sepulcher by her own special request. The view from that point is imposing. At the head of North Cheyenne canon up the seven stairs (past the seven falls) turn to the left and in a little grove of pinons is located the spot chosen by this talented woman. Facing Colorado Springs, Pueblo lies behind you and Pikes Peak rears his snow- crowned head over a mile higher up, and some ten or twelve miles away to your left, her former home, there is. or was.au unpretenticms cottage, but two miles away, on the road be¬ tween the springs and the canon. Tis a common remark there that her life was not of the happiest, but in¬ dividually Coloradoans speak of her onlv as one whom they delighted to honor. A. L. Cotton.
Olean. N. Y., Nov. 13, 1897.
aided, trapped sixty-five gray wolves, knocking them in the head with a hatchet, which she always corried, flung from a belt around her waist. Besides hunting and trap¬ ping, Mrs. French distinguished herself by going with her husband and a crew of men to drive logs on Kettle Creek. With pike-pole or cant-hook this powerful woman waded the stream with the men, whirling a derelict log into the stream or breaking a jam at the creek's bend. It required supreme nerve for a woman to undertake to drive logs for it is a mightily danger¬ ous business; yet Mrs. French did this more than one spring, earning from $6 to $8 per day. Even now, at theage of eighty-four years she refers with considerable pride to the time when she was young and sti'ong enough to pitch logs in fa¬ mous Kettle Creek.
Mrs. Andreason is said to have been a handsome woman. Even now, though her face is wrinkled and her hair turned gray, one sees traces of former beauty. She was yet quite a young woman when Ole Bull's colony of Norwegians came into Potter county and took up the tvvelve-thousand-acre tract. She then had been a widow for two years. She was employed as a cook at the Norwegian headquarters, and it was there that she met and married Henry Andi*eason, who came into that country to manage the affairs of the Ole Bull colony. But Mrs. An¬ dreason was not in love with the colonists. She says they danced and carried on too high for her. Many a time, she declares, the Nor¬ wegians would dance all night, to the tune of a squeaky fiddle, instead of resting for their next day's work at clearing new ground for their little farms.
AN INSULT TO  REPULICANS.
From the Coudersport Enterprise, "Rep."'
Notwithstandingyesterday's pour¬ ing rain, nearly the usual vote was polled throughout the county,  and so far as the State and county ticket is concerned the Republicans of the county did their wliole  duty.      But we are  not greatly surprised that the county gave  Mullin a majority 01 upwards of 400 for from start to finish it has beeu an ui^hill   tight   in this count3%  owing to Judge  Mor¬ rison's unpopularity with tho farm¬ ers on account of his tax  case  de¬ cision and  Supreme  Court  record. There is jio use dodging that  ques¬ tion—nor has the Enterprise endeav¬ ored to do so through the campaign. Our county chairman had every  im¬ aginable difficulty  to contend  with and was obliged to fight unaided, as the   Republicans    throughout   the county seemed to feel that  they had no interest iu the judgeship contest. That Mulliu's majority was kept as low as it was is simply  due to the fact that Mr. Swetland worked faith¬ fully to counteract the effect of a landslide which he plainly felt was almost certain; worked  without the assistance of men who have in form¬ er years took an active and effective part.      The Republicans of Potter county   need   not  be   disheartened over the I'esult of yesterday's  vote, from the fact that the usual majority was rolled up for State and  county. But still  their   antipathy  towards Judge Morrison does not defeat him in the contest, as latest reports from McKean county give him a majority of from 800 to iOOO, and  shows that whatever his standing here,  he ap¬ pears to be very popular in his own county; but the facts  in a nutshell are just these:    All the   chairmen and newspapers on earth could not have changed   the   people   of  this county.    The people had not forgot¬ ten M"orrison's action  in  1889,  and were determined to resent that ac¬ tion when the time came, which they did most effectually.     Mullin's  ma¬ jority was not brought about by any shrewdness of the Democratic press or its managers, aided and abetted by the entire Populistic element of the o;ruaty; it  was simply  because the Republican farmers   of  Potter county did uot  want Judge  Morri¬ son for another term.     The argu¬ ments made against the election of Morrison   were   simply   unanswer¬ able.    The facts and  records   were there.     The minds   of  the   people were fixed.    So far as the balance of our ticket is concerned the result is highly gratifying and  we  have  no fears for the future of the party of good government and progress.
IN A WHITE MAN'5 COUNlRY.
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
For the matchless manner in which the late campaign was conducted on the Republican side in this county when! the credit is largely due to the county chairman. Geo. W. Mitchell, Esq. ' He visited every precinct in the county and orgaiiized them thor¬ oughly. ' He was tireless in his efforts in hunting out the weak spots and making them solid. In the city of Bradford and surrounding pre¬ cincts he had the valuableassistance of Senator Bannon, who has  no  su-
not do anything himself,   and   when ^ .
somebody else does, goes  and   tells | perior in the State in working  up^a other people all about it. ' successful political campaign
"An editor is a man who  has  the ¦ judgment and  advice  in  a
His contest industry of a beaver, the instincts of su7di'as"we'liave just passed through   that she cares .
a bee, and the patience of an ass.''    ' are inestimable.—A«y(c Republican.     them nowadays-     Her time is spent
But Mrs. Andreason's most excit¬ ing time of life was the first years of her residence in Potter county. Then deer wei'e as plentiful as lambs in a meadow; elk inhabited the region in monster droves; pan¬ thers prowled in every ravine, and wolves in ravenous di'oves made the night hideous with a chorus of mon¬ otonous howls. Mrs. French (as was the case then) was an expert rifle shot, and has slain scores of black bear, catamounts and deer. But wolves were her specialty, for the bounty on these animals was large enough to make their hunting profitable. Mrs. French was once delayed on a homeward journey, and darkness overtook her. She was traveling a footpath leading from Kettle Creek to her home when she heard wolves approaching her. She concluded that they were on her trail, and strapi^ing her rifle to her back, she climbed a hemlock tree, knowing that if she could but get a dozen feet above ground she would be safe from the wolves' sharp teeth and claws. In less than ten min¬ utes the pack of wolves had overtaken her and surrounded the tree upon which she had taken refuge. She could see the green eyes of the ani¬ mals shimmer in the dai'kness, and directing her rifle at the dark ob jects at the foot of the tree she fired as fast as she could reload. Every shot was answered by a growl of pain as a wolf keeled over. She was within a mile of her home, and the repeated firing of the rifle soon brought her husband upon the scene. He came bearing a rifle in one hand and a flaming torch of piny fagots in the other. The fire fright¬ ened the wolves, and long before French had reached the tree where his wife was captive, the howling pack went scampering'over the brow of the hill into the valley beyond. j When Mrs. French had taken in- ', ventoi*}'' of her rifle's work she found ' that five wolves lay dead at the foot I of the tree. The hides and bounty ' from these vvere worth a good round ; sum. So she never regretted being ! treed by the pack.
I    Her early life was full of such  in¬ cidents, but she is getting so. old but little to relate
Teilesmare Paddio, negro, of La¬ fayette Parish, La., is well educated. He held an important position in the New-Orleans Custom-house under President Harrison. He was a dele¬ gate to the National Republican con¬ vention which nominated President McKinley. Altogether Paddio was so important and prosperous that he was in danger of foi'getting that he was not a white man. But the Rul¬ ing Race of Lafayette Parish have taught him his place. Paddio quar¬ relled with one of his white neigh¬ bors, a local judge. The judge keeps a store. Paddio and some of his friends were in it one day. dis¬ cussing politics or some other mo¬ mentous matter. During the dis¬ cussion he "acted in an impudent manner" toward the judge-store¬ keeper, even going to the extent of using "abusive language.'" The judge suggested to the negroes that they would better leave town. Pad¬ dio was arrested for "insult and abuse, " That night a delegation of the Ruling Race visited the jail, took Paddio out, whipped him, and or¬ dered him to leave the place on peril of his life.
S, C. Miller, a negro, spent six years studying dentistry in Chica¬ go. He went to Hulls, Fla., and swung out his professional shingle. Some of the white citizens did not like the idea of having an Afi'o- American dentist in their town, and they called on Mr. Miller and or¬ dered him to leave. This he refused to do, and they began to fii'e upon him, and he began to leave. Two days after this Miller turned up at Lakeland, almost naked and nearly starved. He left at Hulls all his clothing and money and surgical in¬ struments, which, it is said, were appropriated by the best citizens as contraband of war. There is an¬ other town in Florida where negroes are not allowed to ride bicycles on the streets, and still another where none are allowed to work or sleep. They call it White City.—Buffalo E,c2)ress.
Five Vessels of the International Nav¬ igation Have Been Acquired and Will Run to St, ilichael's
The States Steamship Company has been formed under the laws of New Jersey with a capital of $7,000- 000, and with Charles H, Cramp, president of the Cramp Ship Build¬ ing Compan3^ as its president. The new company has completed ar¬ rangements by which it acquires from the luternational Navigation Conipany the tive steamers, Ohio, Penn.sylvania. Indiana, Illinois, and Conemaugli, and others will soon be added to the fleet.
Presideut Cramp says that these steamers will be sent around to the west coast as soon as possible, and will ply regularly from San Fran¬ cisco or Seatle to St. Michael's. The Ohio is now at the Jersey Cit\^ docks and will go over to the Phila¬ delphia yards within a few days, and there, together with the four others of the fleet, be fitted out un¬ der hurry orders, and, with passen¬ gers and freight, be dispatched to the Alaska Klondike gold fields, first sending the passengers up the river to Dawson City by the first boats that can make the trip.
The Ohio will be the first steamer to sail, and will leave early in De¬ cember, to be followed by the four others, all leaving by March 1. Pas¬ sengers and freight will be taken fi-om Philadelphia. Tbe Ohio is a steamer of 3400 tons register aud the others are of about 3200 tons.
The boats will .sail down the east coast of South America, touching at the principal ports of Brazil and at Montevidio, and go through the Straits of Magellan. They will touch at Valparaiso, Callao and Panama for coal, an3 theu up to San Framcisco cnxd Seattle and theuce to St. Michael's. To act in conjuction with these steamers a fleet of light- draught vessels are being built as rapidly as possibly to make the ser¬ vice up the Yukon River.
Mr. Cramp sa^js that the lack of transportation facilities to the Klon¬ dike experienced last spring and summer, where all available boats were overcrowded and could not carr}^ a third of the possible passen¬ gers and freight, led to the forma¬ tion of this new company, and he expects from applications already received that the boats will leave here filled to their full carrying ca¬ pacity. The Ohio will reach Seattle about the 1st of February.
TRUE WORDS WELL SAID.
A father talking to  his careless daughter, said:    "I  want to speak to you of your mother.    It may   be that you  have noticed a careworn look upon her face lately.    Of course it has not been brought there by any act of yours, still it is your duty to chase it away.    I want you to get up to-morrow morning and get break- fast,'>nd when your mother  begins to ex|iress her surprise go right up to her and  kiss her on the  mouth. You    can't   imagine    how    it  will brighten her dear fate.   Besides, you owe her a kiss or two.     Away bacfC when you werealittle girl she kis ed you when no one else was iem Med by your   fever-tainted  breath   and swollen face.    You   were not so at¬ tractive then as now.    And througii tho^yearsof childish sunshine and shimows she was   always  ready to cure by the magic of a mother's kiss the    little,   dirty,   chubby   hands whenever they were injured in their first   skirmishes   with  this  rough, cold world. And when the midnight kisses  with   which   she   routed so many bad dreams as she leaned over your restless  pillow, have  all been on  interest these   long   j'^ears.    Of course she is not so pretty and kiss- able as you are, but if you had done your share of the work  during the last ten years, the contrast would not be so marked.    Her   face   has more wrinkles than yours—far more and yet if you were  sick that face would appear more beautiful than an angel's   as   it   hovered   over   you watching every opportunity to min¬ ister to your comfort, and every one of those wrinkles  would seem to be bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over the dear face.    She will leave you one of  these days. These burdens, if not lifted from her shoulders,   will  break   her   down. Those rough, hard hands, that have done  so many   unnecessary  things for you, will be crossed upon  her lifeless  breast.     Those   neglected lips that gave you  your first baby kiss will be closed forever, and those sad, tired eyes  will have opened in eternity, and then you will appreci¬ ate your mother, but it  will  be too late."
Some of the world's statisticians claim that in fifteen years all the nations of the earth will have adopt¬ ed the gold standard, unless some international Bryans arise to stem the tide of universal disaster.
The gold Democrats made remark¬ able gains in the recent elections, despite the fact that a light vote was generally cast. In Iowa there was a gain of 20 per cent, over last year's vote, in Massachusetts about 11 per cent., and in Kentucky nearly 60 per cent.
FROM OUR KKant.AK COliKB-SPONDENT.
Washingto.v,  Nov.   15.—Senators and    Representatives    already    in Washington   are    discussing    with much interest   the   probable   length of the coming session   of  Congress. The hope is general that the session may not exceed six months, but the opinion is also general   that  it   will depend entirely upon circumstances If no financial legislation is attempt¬ ed, it will be comparatively easy  to complete the business of the session by the first of June, possibly as early as the first of May.   as no   time   will have to be lost in organizing and se¬ lecting the House Committees, as  is usual at the  beginning of the  loug session; but if  financial  legislation of importance is to  be  put through the House and  to  be  attempted  in the Senate, everybody may  as  well make up their minds to an extended siege, with probable  failure  in  the end.    Knowing the situation in  the Senate, many Republicans favor let¬ ting financial legislation alone   until it is certain that something can  be accomplished.     They argue that the agitation that would necessarily ac¬ company an attempt to legislate on the subject would hurt business and could do no good.
It is thought by those who ought to know that the President's action in issuing a proclamation exempting I Mexican vessels in ballast and steam vessels from the payment of tonnage duties usually imposed upon foreign vessels in our ports, will give American coal complete control of the Mexican market. It was an act of reciprocity, as Mexico makes the same exemption in favor of our vessels.
The probable choice of the Repub¬ lican majority of the Maryland legis¬ lature of a successor to Senator Gor¬ man continues to figure largely in political conver.sation in Washing¬ ton. Owing to the number of eli- gibles, there are wide differences of opinion as to who will be chosen. The legisl-ature meets on the first Wednesday in January, but it is probable that the Republican caucus will nominate a Senator a day or two before. As thirty-four votes will be a majority of the caucus, and Baltimore will have twenty-one of them, it would seem that Baltimore can easii^y name the man if its votes can be kept together, but that '"if" has already assumed formidable pro¬ portions.
It is not thought likely that the conferences now going on between Hon. John A. Kassoy, Special Com¬ missioner representing the U. S., and Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Premier of the Canadian government, will re¬ sult in the speedy negotiation of a treaty of reciprocity between the United States and Caiada. although that ma-,' be tho ultim.xteresult. The present conferences are expe(;ted to define the positions of each govern¬ ment, and, of course, each will wish to get the most it can for its citizens, regardless of the interests of the other. Later negotiation with Great Britain representatives — Canada cannot negotiate a treaty—will de¬ termine whether the give and take spirit is mutual enough to result in a reciprocity treaty. Secretary Wilson will oppose any reduction in the duties on any Canadian agricul¬ tural products which compete with those of our own farmers. The Can¬ adian officials and the ladies who are with them are receiving many so.-ial courtesies. Dinners have been given them by the Pi-esident. Secre¬ tary Sherman and Ex-Secretary Fos¬ ter.
Postmaster General Gary has been highly commended for his action in issuing a fraud order against John Wedderburn, John Wedderburn. & Co., and the National Recorder, their paper, but he regards it as having been merely the performance of duty to protect the public from frauds who make use of the mails. Evidence even stronger than that which brought about the recent dis¬ barment from practice before the Patent Office of Wedderburn, for faaud, was brought out at the Post Office hearing. All mail matter ad¬ dressed either to John Wedderburn, John Wedderburn & Co., or the Nationcd Recorder will be stamped "fraudulent" and returned to the writers. Newspapers which con¬ tinue to print Wedderburn & Co. 's advertisement may find themselves called to book by the Post Office - au¬ thorities.
Chairman Cannon, of the House Appropriations Committee, doesn't intend that the work of his commit¬ tee shall furnish any excuse for lengthening the coming session of Congress. He has announced all of the sub-committees and notified the members to report for work on the appropriation bills in their charge on the 29th inst.. more than a week ahead of the assembling of Con¬ gress.
A Thousand More to Follow.
Our friend Butterworth, of the Coudersport Enterprise, can count on one less subscriber to his excellent newspaper in Smethport,—McKean, Democrat.