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              burning dl PITTSTON. PA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1882. \ PRICE TWO CENTS ) '$4.60 Per Annum. VOLUME I., NUMBER 92 I Weekly Established 1850. ( FIRST EDITION. penditurcs for the past year have not been FOLGER WILL ACCEPT. drinking and its facial evidences are more marked and decided. SECOND EDITION ing :i uood Italian hand organ, or an accord con, but a9 far as orchestras, pianos, tlio opera, prime donnc—bah ! lie liacl uo time to wasto over sncli nonsense; and as for tenor singers, over wliom ho many went into ecstasies, ho footed up. Collision of Two Freight Trains An En- WHO WILL GO INTO THE CABINET LATE NEWS. gineer's Torture. Gleaned and Condensed from this Morn- 5 O'CLOCK P. M. 3 O'CLOCK P. 91. By telegraph to the Gazette. Tkentox, N. J., Sept. 30.—A serious accident occurred on tho railroad at Princeton Junction this morning. A freight train bound Nobody Knows—Wiekersham Resigns— The Old Testament Revision— Ureenbacker Walsh for Senator. ing's Papers. could not endure them, The Austrian squadron has sailed from Al- THE VERY LATEST. Something" the Reformers Forget. NEWS BY WIRE. exandria. From the Philadelphia Press. west ran into another freight train standing at tho Junction. Frank Leeman, one of the engineers, was caught between the locomotive Tho International Conference will meet on October 16th, to discuss protection of the THE LANCASTER INDEPENDENTS Ono of the needed reforms in Pensvlvaniii ASSOCIATED PRIlSS DISPATCHES Folgrer Will Accept. submarine cables. is the abolition of this nu-Rcpublieaii, un- Deitiocratic system of conferees, which stands for individuals rather than for the people and which prolongs unseemly contests, breeds corrupt bargains and thwarts the principle of just representation. Lot it follow the fate of the twin evil of electing State delegates by County Committees which the Republicans have now overthrown. Let us have real pop- The Philadelphia Slur Route Trials— Yesterday's Verdict—Delight Over the Cairo Explosions—The Coal Trade—Other News. ■Mid tender, and was hold there for over an hour. Ono of his legs was cut off and tho othor was badly scalded. Tho fireman leaped off and escaped with a sprained ankle. Tho cars were all mora or loss injured, and traffic was blocked by tho wreck for some time. A I. BANT, Sept. 29.—The Argus to-morrow morning will say: An Argus reporter yesterday called on John F. Smyth, and had with him, for publication, this interview: It is reported that a mino of meerschaum has been discovered at Ilenry station, at tho foot of tho Blue Ridge Mountains. The Triangular Contest ill Which Cameron is Interested—Fires in Which Several Lives were Lost—A Theatre lturned, &c. SeptemBSr jvlieat has advanced four cents at Chicago, aiA a big corner is developing. It will probably jump to $1.12 to-day. Reporter—" Mr. Smyth, I see some of tho papers aje speculating on whether Mr. Folder will decline tho nomination for Governor, and some of them are urging him to do so. Have you any knowledge on the subject, or whother he is likely to decline that nomination ?" Col. Kauffman for State Senator. T'o-Morrow's Weather Indications. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The Wheeling mills signed the scale yesterday, and by Monday next all tho iron mills of this district will be in full operation. By U'legraph to the Gazette For tho Middle Atlantic States, fair weather, northerly winds, stationary baromeitor; stationary or higher temperature. KriiBATA,, Pa., Sept. :i0.—Col. C. S. KaufTman was to-day nominated for State Senator by tho Independent representatives of the Fourteenth (Upper Lancaster) district. ular representative conventions in its plaec. In Greenville county, S. C., yosterday, Riley Anderson, a young man, beat Mrs. I .-on. Griffith and child to death and horribly mangled Reported by Carpenter & Bodmer. Rooms 5 and u Club House, Franklin street Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 70—3:00 p. m. Stock Report. Mr. Smyth—"You can say in tho Argus that I have no reason to suppose 'hat Secretary Folger will decline the nomi ialion, and ovcrv reason in the world to believe ho will Kingston, STAR ROUTE TRIALS. " I'll shakq you for the quinine," said tlio ague to tlio victim. The Cases in Philadelphia—The Verdict ol Closing Bid N. Y. Cb, St. Louis 14% do. pref 66% do. pref 31 O. & M., com... 3hD4 lVunaK.il do. pref  Phil. & Head'g 32 II. & St. Jo. com 47 Lehigh Valley 6«% do. pref.. 87 Lehigh Nav.. Union Pacific... 10H^ 1'., I itiiKV. & H.... M., U.AT 37^ NorthernPac.com 0 C .,C. & 1.0 K do pref !M«h St. Paul, com... 107^4 D. L. & W W}i do pref... 123 them. A FATAL FIRE. Mr. Cutlor, of (lie firm of IT. D. Jndd A Co., our popular furniture dealers, 1ms invented a chair that can be adjusted to eight hundred different positions, it is designed for a boy to tDit in when he goes to church. the Jury A reception was. tendered Thursday evening to Col. Free, the lirst Minister from Switzerland to tho United States, by the Swiss of Washington. A Boarding House Hurned—Two Men Per Dy telegraph to the Gazette Philadelphia, Sept. :iO.—The jury in tlic accept it. isli In the Flames. Star ltonte eases tried in the United States Wickersham's Resignation. Lemoxt, Ills., Sept. 30.—A boarding house occupied by quarry men was burned horc early this morning. Two young men named Coona and Green were burned to a crisp. By telegraph to t lie Gazette. District Court returned u veruict this morning, finding Joseph Funk, William It. Cuson, Henry Arbuekle and Joseph Blackmail not guilty, and Joseph Iilack guilty, with a recommendation to tho mercy of the court. A motion was made for a new trial for Black, and argument will be heard 011 the motion next Friday. Black was set at liberty pending tlic argument, Judge Butler remarking tlmt thero wero reas- Washington, Sept 29.—Tho resignation of tho United States Minister at Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr. W. P. Wickersham, has been received at the State Deuartmcnt. Tho bodies of threo negroes who had been murdered woro found in a skiff at Battle's Landing, Columbus, S. C., yesterday. No clue The Presbyterian Sunday-school started for Xanticokc this mornine, taking the street car to Wilkes-Barre and thence by etearaer. '1 hey will liavo a grand, (food time undoubtedly. Wo will givo you a fidl account on Monday. Texas Pacific Del. & Undue 47J/6 D. & Hlo G 57 113& Illinois Central.. 139 X. .1. Central.. NVest'n Union.. Pacific Mail.... Erie, com  do. pref. Manhattan Elev N. Y. Central.., Lake Shore.... 7C..'m Met'n. Elev... 8K'i Omaha, com.. A',}Z do. pref Rock Island... Ohio Central.. 4U Mobile & O.... 182% L'ville & N'ville 1'5 Sutro Tunnel... *0 5U4 lOSltj is m to tho murderers. Francis G. Salmon, of Brooklyn, a lawyer charged with forgery and swindling in real esUito transactions, was to-day sentenced to The funeral of Norman 11. haycock took place from his family residence this iftornoou at three o'clock, Hcv. Mr. Woodruff officiating. Tho attendance was very large. The K. of II., ol which he was a member of good standing, Dr. Wickersham was, it is said, compelled to resign on account of tho effect of tho climate on his health. lie was one of the few Pennsylvania Independents appointed to offico at the solicitation of Senatoi Mitchell through tho kind ofliccs of Mr. Cameron. Ho was nominatedast spring, and has not been at his A MISSISSIPPI STEAMER BURNED. A Number of Lives Lost —A Cargo of Cotton Mich: Central Robinson Tho Titusville I/erald'n monthly oil report w ill show tho Cherry Grove Held is on its last legs. One hundred and twenty-nine wells were completed with a production of only 43,- fivo years in tho penitentiary By telegraph to the Gazette and the Mulls Lost, is in attendance and many sister lodges ons for leuieu y in his ease, not only on account of the recommendation of the jury but the surroundings of the defendant. do 1 ref Wabash, com  North West, com. 141 Ki3 Rich. & I). Ter. .. 0D„ 35D6 Central Pacific... DHjj Rich *£- Dan Nnw Orleans, Sept. 30.—Tho steamer "K. E. Lee" caught fire this morning about thirty - fivo miles below Vicksburg, while on her trip to this city, and a number of lives were lost, tho books of the boat and tho U. S. mails were were represented. The season for the melon and " cantalopo " is about over. Wo don't see why a fellow .■an'l elopo now, as well as in tho springtime. Oil City, Sept. 30—2:00 p. m. Crude oil closed at 93c. OIL MARKBT. post over six months. 000 barrels. Quo of our smart young men took his sister tu 'he meat market this morning to show her a ground hog. Ho showed her somo ground sausages. Young man, don't be too suro. [By telegraph to the Gazette Jewish Persecutions. Fhiladelphia Markets. Greenbacker Welsh for Senator. In tho treaty signed between Mexico and Gautcmala, tho latter receded entirely from her claim to tho tho territory of Chiopas and Sacotiusco, which, for the past sixty years has been in the possession of Mexico. lost, together with a cargo of 500 bales of Vienna, Sept. 30.—The anti-Jewish riots at IPressburg broke out again yesterday evening, uud lusted until midnight. By telegraph to the Gazette Philadelphia. Sept. 30. Pottsvili.e, Sept. 29.—Tho Thirtieth Senatorial Greenback Convention at Mahony City, to-day nominated lion. John F. Welsh over Hon. John Parker to succeed the latter' Welsh announced himself only yesterday, and Parker had several weeks ago announced in his newspapei that ho would not be a candidate. Welsh will have as competitors Hon. Chailes F. King and John W. Morgan, the Democratic and Republican nominees. Welsh's nomination is in the interests of tho latter. cotton. Upwards of twenty persons are re FLOUR—The market was dull but unchanged; super §2.75@$«.0O; extra $3 25(ji.3.7'3; Penna family SI 7«jC05.00. RYE FLOUR...$t.25(&$».37. ported missing. Go to the grand entertainment at tho Seminary Chapel to-night. Sco tho tableaux, hear the singing, and oat some good icecream, cake, etc. Proceeds for tho benefit of tho B. B. Society. Go! Encourage tho boys in their battle for em nenco. WHEAT—-The market was dull but firm; Del. & Penna. red l)6c.@.?l.01; longberry red and umber $l.07@$l.10. A boy named Collaglian, aged Bix years, while playing at tho foot of Cedar street, Cohoes, yesterday, fell into Champlain canal and was drowned. The body has not been recovered.By telegraph to the Gazette. Oity Council TJndor Arrest. The Khedive's Infidel Friends. CORN—The market was quiet steamer 09C5,U{%c.; yellow 70}4eCf/D7lc.; No. 3 mixed 69c. and easier; 71c; mixed WiLLiAsist'OHT, Sept. 30.—All tho members of tho city council, of (Villiamsport, are under arrest to-day upon information of several property owners, charged with failing to keep the streets in proper condition. They gave bail for their appearance at court 30.—Many natives go c.bout the cily shouting witli delight over tlio explosions here on Thursday, and crying, "This is the people's bonfire, lit by tlio people, in honor of tlio Khedive's infidel friends." Cairo, Sept. .By telegraph to the Gazette Many of our town people attended tho Lackawanna county fair at Scrauton } esterday.OATS—The market was dull and weak 3 No. 1 white 43@44cc.; No. 2 mixed 42c.; No. ; do. H9C7&3(%c; No. 2 mixed 34c. RYE— Scarce; 68@70c PROVISIONS—The market was firm. According to tho budget of tho Financial Department of the Russian Government for 1883, the revenue from indirect taxes for tho financial year of 1882 exceeds the estimate by G, 118,000 roubles. Miss Km ma K. Tarry, who has been visiting friends and relatives lino and at Wilkos- Barre for a short time past, returned to her home at Harrisburg yostcrday. LARD — The market was firm. BUTTER—The market was firm; choice lots well sold; creamery extra 81 @32c.; do. good to choice 27c@30c. Trade and Failures. EGGS—1The market was firm but quiet Penna. 29: Western 2»$e.@27e. REVISING THE OLD TESTAMENT, A Theatre Burned. That moonlight cicursion that was to have occurred somo timo dining tl o past week down the Susquehanna to Xnniieoke, and a grand success—as far as nut going was concoucerncd. When tho young peoplo of this town undertake to get up anything of that kind it is almost alwavs that sort of a success. New York, Sept. 28.—Brndstreet's Journal CHEESE—Choice wanted; poor lots dull, skims. Meeting of the Committee—Progress of the "Work—Revision of the Psalms Completed. James H. Elliott, the lawyer charged with burglariously entering tho house of Emmaline Laurent, at New York, and stealing a deed while she lay in bed, and attempting suicide by starvation, was discharged yesterday at tlio conclusion of tho examination. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. SO.—Tho Academy of Music was nearly destroyed by fire last night The loss is from twelve to fifteen thousand dollars. There was no audience in the building at tho time. By telegraph to the Gazette. reports general activity in the movement of merchandise at the leading trado centres of the country the past week. The dry goods _ PETROLEUM—The market was steady; refined " tvHISKEY—ll.M. New York, Sept. 29.—The American Bible Revision committee, or that branch of the cominitteo known as tho Old Testament committeo, met to-day in private session at the Bible House. The work of revision, it was reported, has progressed to Psalms, -frhicli have already been revised four times, twice in this country and twice in England. The Songs of Solomon w ill come noxt, followed by Ecclesiastes, which will all but complete the work, and will tako about a year yet to accomplish. Professor Meade, of Virgniia, and Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia, Dr. Packard, of tho Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia, and Dr. Donaul, of Brooklyn, were present, wttli suggestions as to the best way to advance the work. About nino clergymen are now en- movement continues active. New York Markets. Tiio Itev. Dr. Copeland loft town yesterday tor souie of tlio hctillh resorts of Now York State, where he will remain until his health is somewhat improved. Tliere were 1G3 failure** in the United States •during the week, 32 more than the previous week. Middle States 42, increase 15; New England 27, increase 5; Southern States 18. By telegraph to the Gazette New York, Sept. 30. BEEF—The market was steady, quiet; new extra mess $l2.7.r)(fft$ 13.00. In the trial of Samuel Baker, at Somervillo, N. J., indicted for shooting A. T. Schenck, becauso the latter eloped with former's daughter, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty of assault with intent to kill, but guilty of assault and battery. Publio Debt Reduction. By telegraph to the Gazette. PORK—The mark* t was quiet and firm;'new mess I2i.62^@f2i.75 LARD—The market was a shade bettor; steam rendered $13.05. tieorge Broadie, of New Brunswick, Canada}', arrived in town yesterday and will remain here during tho coming winter. He is at present staying with his brother, Hdwaid, who is a clerk for Hutchinson & Co. -decrease 7 ; Western States 55, increase 15 ; ■California and the Territories 31, increase 4 : ■Canada 18, decrease 2. The failures have been the largest and most important that have occurred for many weeks past. Washington, Sept. 30.—It is estimated lliat the reduction of tlio public debt for the mouth of Septembor will be in tlio neighborhood of $10,000,000. Flour—patent  Flour, straight brands Corn  PittHton Wholesale Markets. $9.00 i«0 »k) s;@28 U(& 13 24 C0®75 1.F0 1.80 1.50 1.65 1.50 1(5.00 IS. 00 151.00 Elias Robbins, conductor, fur tho ID., L. .fc W. Co., while making a coupling in the yard here, previous to the departure of Ids train yesterday, had his hand caught between tho bumpers, and so badly smashed that three of his lingers liad to bo taken iMr. Bobbins has been in tho employ of this company for tho past liftcen years anil has never received any injury to sbeuk of before. Early this morning a fire broke out in the Democrat office at Ridgoway, Pa., and before it was gotten undor control seventeen of the principal business places wore burned, incluuing both printing ofliccs,tho bank aud tho Hyde House. Loss, $150,000; insurance, $50,00q. Oats, new  Butter  Cheese, new  Ewrs  Potatoes new, per bu, ('hop anil Feed  Meal  Y. II. O. A. Convention. THE COAL TRADE By telegraph to the Gazette. A lirisk Dcnmnil Full Time Necessary to Supply Orders Prices Advancing. Wili.i amsport, Pa., Sept. 30.—To-day's session of the State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association was devoted to boys work and railroad work, intcrsjiersed with Biblo study. Tho business of tho convention has been completed. A number of devotional meet.ngs will bo hold to-morrow. Salt, coarse, per sack Salt, fine, per sack... Salt, per bbl  Hay....  From the Pottsville Journal. gaged on it. At tho llising Fawn, Decatur, Ala., yesterday morning, a desperate negro attempted to shoot Marshal Surry, who was about to arrest him. Tho marshal shot the negro dead. A mob of co'ored men gathered around tho marshal's office and threatened to liaug him. Now, as Mr. Coles, M. of M. and M. C is acknowledged to bo a thorough anil aCv nphshed music teacher by the leading jsiperB of New York city and elsewhere, let's get tip a large singing class in this tow u and have Air. Coiea to instruct us. Tliero is a brisk demand for stove and chestnut coal and a fair business doing in the other sizes. For small stove and chestnut the demand exceeds the supply. The prospects Bailed  Rye St raw  Turnips, per bu Another Legislative Candidate ill the Third District. Tomatoes, per basket 50 Cabbage, per hundred, good 3.00([C6.00 •* • • " fair to middling iD0 ookai.ao From the Plymouth Record (Ind. Dem.) for the remainder of the year are very encouraging, and it is anticipated that the collieries wilf have to bo worked for all they are worth in ord r to supply the trade. October will set in with advanced rates for most of the sizes. For the lino and city the advance will be 25 cents on stove, small stove and chestnut. New York and Eastern prices will advance 10 Thcro is much dissatisfaction expressed by a number of prominent Democrats at tho nomination of Mr. llincs for Assembly, and a movement is on foot to call a -convention of men of all parties to nominate a candidato who A deputation of gentlemen of the Syndicate formed to build a new railway from the northwest to connect with the Grand Trunk at Duluth, is at Montreal, conferring with the goneral manager of.tlie latter. It is proposed to make a competing one from Manitoba to the sea, with tho Canadian Pacific. Wholesale Poisoning. Mr. Townend, our liveryman, claims tint this has been the best so-ison that ho lias ever had for the business, Apples, per bu Sweet potatoes. 3.0 (ft; 3.50 1y telegraph to the Gazette. lYauhes per banket Pears, per bbl 4.00(fr0.Cj0 Piiii.adelPaia, Sept. 30.—William G. Whitakcr, charged with poisoning his wife, children, daughter-in-law and a boarder, at their house, was arraigned this morning, and committed to await tho results of tho  All of tho sufferers are considered out of dan- The market during the past week was steady. Flour and feed are unchanged. Butter is active Who can sol ye this ? A farmer's wife living just out of town, has thiriy-two liens. A preacher came to stay over last Sunday, and sho cooked a neck piece of corned beef. How m my hens has sho left ? zflc, for the best dairies. Fpgs art' scarce, and wanted, at an advance over our las1 quotations. The market is well supplied with choice potatoes, which sell off rapidly at 60 to 05c. Hay and straw are a shade easier, and demand lighter. :*c to will combine all tho dissatisfied element in opposition. Mr. llines was instrumental in defeating Mr. Perse, the regular Democratic nominee, two years ago. Hon. John J. Shonk A Chicago gentleman just returned from an extended trip in the cattlo districts says that stock from Northern Texas to Montana was Don't read this: A maiden wants to know how to avoid having a moustache come on her upper lip. Kat onions, sis. cents 011 egg and 20 cents on stovo and chest sizes will remain for tlic is mentioned, as a suiuiblo candidato, and it is hoped he may be induced to accept. gcr except the prisoner's wife present at the September circular prices. Tiie total civil product for the week ending nut. The other Yellow Fever, Wo don't know of a plaeo in this town or Wilkos-Barre, thatyou can buy goods as cheap as you can at It. II. Do 'son's. lie is closing out his whole stock at remarkably low prices. Personal and Political never in so fine a condition at tho beginning of fall as at present, and the supply of marketable cattle is large. He reports a large sur- By telegraph to the Gazette Sept. 28, was 704.705 tons, against 011,487 Tluirlow Weed is so ill again as to cause Democratic Candor. Pen'SacOla, Fla., Sept. 30.—Tho yellow tons for the same week of last year—an in anxiety among his friends. doming, of Now York, owns a From the Pottsvllle Journal. plus of marketable sheep in tho same dis- fevor cases reported yesterday : Npw cases, 52; deaths, 11. From Brownsville, Texas, there arc 11 new eases reported and 2 deaths. A gentleman visiting the coal breakers tho other day, stepped on tho platform scales anil asked to !Do weighed. Tho dealer said. ' Why certainly!" and called tho wcightnaster insiilo 10 take the weight. And the weighmaster thought it was coal ho was. weighing, ami shouted back the weight six hundred pound*. crease of 93,218. The total product for the 10 rast us *130,000 collection of orchids and Jay Gould "If, besides carrying tho State of Now York, tho Democrats carry Pennsylvania and Massachusetts in tho November elections, we shall soon afterward behold the final overthrow of tlio debauched Republican party," tricts, and their condition excellent. year so far i: 20,198,879 tons, against 19,684,- 820 tons for the corresponding period of last has a collection worth $00,000. Yatesville. Tear—an increase of 514,053 tons. Tlic taxpayers of Altoona are moving to ef Mr. Ilewitt received severe if not fatal injuries by a fall of coal, while working in the Boston colliery one day this week. Dr Underwood is attending him. Bacon's Famous Essays. ii iii the city jvernmout. At a Lord Bacon was one of the moste.xtraordin Another Kewannee Bank Robber Caught C-'iit lints: / a committee of sixteen \va: says the outspoken Democratic New York Sun. Yot the " independent " Republicans who are using every effort to enable the Democrats to iirv men of which any ag ;e can boast. A ■ludd i Co. lmvo received another lot of new" Chicago, Sept Gorman Saloon Keepers' Association of The school directors arc putting up a large and substartial wood and coal house near the building purchased for a school house. The interior of the building has been neatly improved! The walls have received a coat of alabastine, and tho ceiling has been kalsomiued. The directors made a tine purchase when thoy secured this building, and saved tho taxpayers over live hundred dollars in the operation. scholar, a wit, a lawyer, a judge, a statesman, Look ovprJudd .'i Co.'s select stock Iwforo viakiiig any purchases in tho furniture line. of the Kewannee bank "robbers, was arrested in Battlemount, Dakota, yesterday. PuuMi carry Pennsylvania pretend to argue that eucli a result will be the sure precursor 01 a purilied and united Republican party and a sweeping- Republican victory in 1884. What a philosopher, his writings will endure as long :uiuro in which they were written You cannot do better, at any establishment n tho Valley, either us to finality or prices, .Uun at Judd A Co.'s furniture storo. is twenty-five years old, and lived in 1H 11 the liquor question with a view to ,3 the la 1. II Moines, Iowa, where his father for many year i:i t! direction. was a merchant and occupied an eminent » cial position. Young Dunklo was highly e Hx-Unitcd States Senator \V. A. Wallace writings laid the found of the si Mr. C. Graham lias returned from l.U pleasure trip, looking much improved. lFctllod which has changed tin the world. Professor Playfair said of ! (SOpllV of A fact worth publishing: Durh% the recent rain storm a citizen of this place entered n certain Tfotel, not over $5,000 miles away, to pay a call to some one up stair. After placing liis umbrella where it might drain, bo uroto ipori a piece of paper and p'riued to it the sell* Linca: IJ.—This umbrella belongs to * nan who strikes a 210 pound blow—back in liftcon niinu'ftC llo went his way up stairs md after an aliSbnco of tifteen .minutes returned to Hud his umbrella gone, and in its teemed, and was never before known to Ik lie was inglicld at Clearfield, 011 Tuesday. The speak Heal Thyself. The festival at the M. E. church was a decried success. The order was excellent and the occasion was highly enjoyed by .all. The net receipts were over seventy-live dollars. The Ladies' Aid Society of tho church disposed of articles for which they received over twenty dollars additional. engaged in any crooked business. xaced from Dc.s Xloines, which I10 left sooi ers were Kx-Governor Curtin, K. Dlaeli From the Harrisburg Telegraph be an object of admiration to all succceding after the robbery, to Wyoniii Territory, and The injunction "physician heal thyself" would apply to Pattison just now. He started ages." His essays are a treasury of the deepest knowledge conveyed in a gorgcaus and cncr- from thence to Dakota, and taken armed with sportswoman. She drosses in plain woolen out as a Democratic reformer, and has brought up as a violator of the law by disregarding city ordinances and his oath of oflice, by which the almshouse thieves swindlod tho city of Philadelphia out of thousands of dol- a rille. lie had $1,500 in his possession. ulTs. and, wii h a small felt hat and a water getic style. They continue to be tho chosen compauion of all students and thinkers. In no other writer is so much profound thought proof, takes her gun under her arm and all by f marches over' hill and dale, climbing From tho number of wagons that come from Pittston here, I coneludo that Yatesville must bo a very good customer of tho storekeepers in your enterprising town. I am sorry, however, that a goodly number of tho wagons have bottles in them. Revenues of the Postofflce Department. A statement pre s and jumping ditches in quest of game, rgeant Mason is said not to be enjoying to bo expressed in such splendid eloquence. Thousands of readers will welcome heartily tho very charming, new and complete Elzevir edition, just issued by tho Useful Knowlcdgo Publishing Company, New Ycrk, at tho ridiculously low price of 4i cents fur the cloth, 66 for tho half-Russia binding. For salp in Pil'aton by C. II. Fenn. l\ S.—Umbrella taken ,v a man win) walks ton foiled an hour ii nolo roiulnijr Washington, Sept pared at the office of the Sixth Auditor of tl won't be back at al cM toflico Department shows the it of health. Mr. Bigclow, his counsel. ceipts of the department for the focal yea isiied him the other day in the Albany says that Mason is looking bad quite discouraged. Ho is at work Opium Eating Mrs. Truman ICuapp, of Newton Centre, is visiting her sister hero. Tit for Tat From the Hotel Mail. * Said a rftilrovl eigineor lo an Irishman whoso cow l,;:d been kil'ed: "But tin cI dn t get ou. of t! o w ty when I rang tlio bell. "•Ailh. thin." puid rat, "ye didn't slop wh.n ended June 30th to have been $41,265,000 against $36,217,000 the previous year, lie From tlie Germantown Telegraph Opium-eating is ono of tho growing evils of tho day, and it is believed that more women than men are addicted to it. It is almost a ceipts fjom the sale of postage stamps, postal cards, envelopes, Ac.,- during the year amount Mr. Slocum, of Seranton, and Mr. and Mis. Slocuin, of Wilkes-Bar re, aro visiting at Mr. Tioga County is prolific in politics generally, but in the person of F. G. Babcock sho has a Uerheart's. to §30,533,000 against. $34,618,000 the previ universal habit among Chinamen, which no doubt is chiefly instrumental in giving the swarthy hue typical of the race. When the pleasurable sensations, which its use is said A Man Who Enjoys a Hand Organ ous year. Tho issue of stamps, etc., for 1882 amounted to $40,978,000, increase over the itizen who takes tho eake as a political aero instant Mr. Babcock served How Things Change. Hismarek is a man "that hath no music in a'.ic ran:; her 1 oli, nnythor. previous year of $6,352,000, These figurss, it is thought at tho department, justify the with distinguished ability as secretary of the From the ltaxleton I'lain Speaker is soul. recently with tho painter A'libut'l), bis guest at Varzio, ho frankly )wuoit that neither he nor any of his chilchpu possessed oven tho rudiments of musical fup|D iug. Now ami thou he did not object toLeii^ Talking naTRAT * n-l.iwo 5"-ar "lil llD'if«rtlr»yed IV n-nii«'* Of Jolin Bimrnon. In Democratic County Convention and on the 22d ho presided with dignity and decorum over to produce, pass away, recourse to the drug must speedily be had to removo the terrible Tlio only Democratic daily in liUKXlje.—, Union-Liaier. estimate of about a million dollars net re\enue feelings which temporary abstinence produces. It is more destructive to boalth thuu liquor- Tlie only Democratic ijn Luzerne • that for tho fiscal year ended Juno ;»0th. although (Jie exact figures caunot be giveu, as the ex- Convention. •f the tloa tho county tickSpeaker