Pittston Gazette from Pittston, Pennsylvania • Page 4

I o'i. rvi, i or. tn COUNTY POUTICS. FIRE IN FOREST CITY. SOLDIER LIFE IN flANILA.

aor and power ot these business men win TMCKKltY IN TRADE. What charm will thure be Iu rural CITY HALL SITE. gittstorr Safccnc. Eleven ItullilliiK in the ltusliiene Snellen Jlefttroyed. Fire broke out in the business sec tlm of Forest City at 1:30 Monday morLiug, and eleven buildings were burned.

The Davis hotel aud stables, owned by T. C. Mai zer and occupied by Cbarks Craudall; J. F. Wellbrock's wholesale liqior store: John Franko's': barber shop; Peter Gardella's frnit store; F.

M. Carpenter'a meat market; William Wllden l.erger's jewelry store; Miss Hyatt's mil linery store, Dr. C. Kitspp's drug store; Henry Spencer's hl tckemith shop, aud the donble dwelling toenpied by Jerry Wes cott and Miss Anna Fox wereeither totally destroyed or damaged beyond repair. All the burned buildings are on Main street, eitending northward from Center street, and all excepting the Wildenberger atoie and the dwellings were owned by C.

Manzer. The buildings for the most part were two story frame sir net rues It ia thought the fire started in the bntcher shop, but this waa not definitely known at the time of writing. The loss is estimated at $50,000 The two Forest City fire com pauiee were assisted in the fight by the Vandllug Hose Company SEPTEriBER JURORS. Upner Bud Citizens Drawn to Hit In Judgment Sept. 11 Luke Connors, Theo.

Daven port, Enoch Evans, W. H. Lloyd, Pittston; 'J. W. Conrtright, George idgers, West Pittston; J.

L. Dymond. Wyoming; Gorman, M. J. Mnlderig, Frauk Segler, Jenkins; Jamea Mitdiell, Avoca Sept.

18 hn Engler, Pittston town ahip; Jamea Etgan, Wyoming; John Gil honley, Marcv; Joseph Langtord, West, Pittatou; Win. Mitchell, Jenkixs; W. Holliater, David Junes, Wm. Webber, Avoca; A. W.

Oliver, 3r Edward Hmith Pittsto Lewis Werlz, Hnghestown. Sept. 25 Liwienee Boyce, J. Regan Marcy; Thomaa Flynn, Mikins; Berj Bowed, Pittston; W. J.

Lewis, Exeter township; John Judge, Yate.ville; Thos UsLanghlan, Avoca; James Space, Wyoui log; Joeeph Wint e. West Pittston. A Oilelliu of Law. The Lancaster Inquirer, in answer to a question, says that "if the branches of tree growing on one's land extend beyond the line of the same and over bia neigh bor's land the latter may cut them off so far aa they extend over bia land; but bad they been allowed to remain for twenty one yeara over the neighbor's land, be would have no right to remove them Fruit hanging on a tree ia a part of real tate and ia not the subject of larceny If the frnit had fallen to the ground the neighbor might pick it np and use it bnt while yonr neighbor may remove the branches he haa no right to tl fmlt banging oil the tree. It ia not the duct of bia soil or Labor.

His only right ia to remove tbe obetriKttiojis, or proceed against yon for allowing them to be there, and he cannot make them or their prodm hia own; for if he were to rut tbe branches off, he would not be e'ltltled to use th wood. While yon may not go upon yanr neighbor's laud to pick the frnit from the branches of your tree, yon may pick it by staying on the brai.chea even tuough the fruit extend beyond his line. If tie pick yonr fruit he a trespasser; If yonr trees overhang hia land yojz are a trespasser. ex pt, by the law of Pennsylvania, they have been there twenty one yeara." ROBERT Q. INGERSOLL DEAL Famtina laadel Strli Urn With Ann lle.

New York. July 21'. Robert (I. Inger soll died suddenly yesterday of apoplexy his summer house in Iobbs Ferry. Mr.

Ingersoll was born iu iM'esdeu, N. Aug. 11. 1K13, and wus the son of a minister. It ia stated that the Uev.

Mr. IngersoJ) was somewhat lib rial in hia views aud thut this lihcrxlity antagonized the more orthodox member? of hia congregation. The sen naturally greed with his father, but even before he had passvil out of boyhood he had fine much further upon the liborul rond than Ingersoll ncnnn' ever dreamed of. Early in the forties the Iugcraolla removed to Wisconsin njl a little inter to UMithcrn Illinois. Btu Inersoll's boyhood and early umnhood were passed iu that state.

At 18 be eulered the otBce of his elder brother, Ebon C. Ingersol), when of age was ndmittcd to the 1111 lob bar and, with hia brother, opened a ibw office at Shawneetowu. Both were Democrats and prominent iu local politics. Ebon C. became congressman, aud it that time it was Robert's highest nm Dition to be himself aelit to the house of representatives from bis hite district, (n 1857 he removed to Peoria, where ha thought the Sold.

would le wider and bis political ambition more likely to he frrat fied. He devoted much of his time to political speaking and acquired considerable local fame. Id 1WI hia opportunity came. He was hen offered th Democratic nomiuntion a district that waa overwhelmingly Republican. He accepted and was bvatvn.

His disappointment was so severe that lis never ran for otbee again. He settled Sown to the practice of law, but upon the breaking out of the civil war entered the Union army after organising a regiment of cavalry, the Eleventh Illinois, of which he was made colonel. He made a reputation as a soldier for personal diir Ifif aud danh, Most of his service was Iu Tennessee. When his terra of service eiplrei, he returned to Illinois. In politics he became I Hepubllcan, and his rise in the legal profession was rapid.

In 1846 he was appointed attorney general of Illinois, which post he filled for several yeara. Ten yeara later, in 1S7C, he became a delegate to the national convention, and ills speech nominating Jamea G. Maine the sensation of that occasion. It waa In (Ids speech that Mr. HI nine waa ii st alluded to a "plumed knight." Mr.

Ingersoll never denied tljnt thor(? waa a flod. Hp used to say that th Ife tde was a beautiful book and that lie would give nil he had if he could bclWe ts promises. I'pon the death of his broth tr he delivered a brief eulogy which wns jnotwi by many as an indication that he atae about to embrace Christianity, but this waa not true. A little llRht work oughtn to mk a woman's back ache And it wouldn't if the kldneyi wars right. Sick kldnevs are to blame for thrse fourths ot the pain and misery thera is In this world.

If all the kidneys hi the world could be Bade strong and healthful, backache would disappear like magic Doan's Kidney Pills are making well kidneys Just as fast aa people let them. They never tail. Mr. Geo. W.

Clswsnn, wife of tbe well known emid tor on the Western Pennsylvania K. living on Campbell street, Hlain vllle, 1'a savs: "To day, ami it it the month of June', 18SM, I appreciate Hoan'i Kidney villi more than I aid two yer ko when they cured me of troiitilenoum kidney complaint and all the iu luencei that attend that prevalent dtwust 'ot only ran I speak from perxoutl knowle.Te hut I know of dot am who are a ardmt adTocttet ol thli remedy a I. Poan's Kidney fills ihould known to all suffering from any form of kidney troulile, simply because they are a a ration which ai.t up to tha representation made for it." Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers, price Mailed by Foster Mtlburn Buffalo, N. sole agents for the United States. Kemember tha name DOAN'S and take do other.

aay, "Alas, this Is all that Is left of that great firm that occupied a block with their merchandise nnd overshudowed the city with their iullucnce und made righteousness ami truth and purity fall under the galling fire of avarice and crime." While we admire and approve of nil acuteness nnd tact In the sale of gooda, we must condemn uny process by which fabric or product Is represented as possessing a value which it really does not have. Nothing but sheer falsehood can repreaent as perfection boots thot rip, Bilks that speedily lose their luster, calicoes that Immediately wash out, stoves that crack under the first hot fire, books insecurely bound, carpets that un rnvei, old furniture rejuvenated with putty and glue and sold ns having been recently manufactured, grdd watches made of brass, barrels of fruit, the biggest apples on the top, wine adulterated with strychnine, hosiery poorly woven, cloths of domestic manufacture shining with foreign labels, Imported goods rep resented as rare and hard to get, becauso foreign exchange la so high, rolled out ou the counter with matchless display. Im ported Indeed, but from tbe factory In the next street. A pattern already un fashionable and unsalable pnlmed oft as new print upon some country merchant who has come to town to make bis first purchuse of dry goods and going borne with a large stock of goods warranted to keep. Won't Bland Llstnt.

Agnin, business men are often tempted to make the habits aud customs of other traders their law of rectitude. There are commercial usages which will not stand the test of the last day. Yet men In busi ness are apt to do ns their neighbors do, If the majority of the traders In any lo cality arc lax In principle, the commercial code in that community will be spur! oua and dishonest. It ia a hard thing to stand close by the Inw of right wnen your next door neighbor, by his looseness of dealing, is enabled to sell goods nt a cheaper rate and decoy your customers, Of course you who promptly meet all your business engagements, paying when you promise to pay, will find it hard to compete with that merchant who is hoie lessly in debt to the Importer for the goods and to the landlord whose store he occupies and to the clerka who aerve him. There are a hundred practices prevalent iu the world of trallic which ought never to become the rule for houest men.

Their wrong does not make your right. Sin never becomes virtue by being multiplied and admitted at brokers board or merchants' exchange. Because others smug gle a few tilings in passenger trunks, be cause others take usury when men are In tight places, because others deal in fancy stocks, because others palm off worthlesa Indorsements, because others do nothing but blow bubbles, do not, therefore, be overcome of temututlon Hollow pretentions and fictitious credit and commercial gambling may awhile prosper, but tbe day of reckoning cometh and In addition to the horror and con demnatjon of outraged communities the curse of God will come, blow after blow, Qod's law forever and forever (a he ouly standard of right apd wrong aud not commercial ethics. Young business man, avoid tbe first business dishonor, and you will avoid all tne rest. 1 ne captain ot a vessel was walking near the mouth of a river when the tide was low, and there wns a long, stout anchor chain, into one of tbe great links of which his foot slipped, nnd it be gan to swell, and bo could not withdraw It.

The tide began to rise. Tho chain could pot be loosened nor filed off in time. and a surgeon was called to amputate the limb, but before the work could be done the tide rolled over the victim, nnd bis life was gone. I have to tell yon, young man, that juat one wrong into which you Blip may be a link of a long chnin of cir cumstance from which you cannot be extricated by any Ingenuity of your own or any help from others, and the tides will roll over you ns tbey have over mnny When Pompey, the warrior, wanted take possession of a city and tbey would not open the gates, be persuaded them to admit a sick soldier. Hut the sick aoldier after awhile got well and strong, and he threw open the gates nnd let the devas fating army come In.

One wrong admit ted Into the soul may gain In strength ujiflj after awhile It flings open all the gntes to the Stf ack of sin, and the rain Is complete. Individual Responsibility Again, business men are sometimes tempted to throw off personal responsibil ity, shifting it to the Institution to which they tielong. Directors in banks and rail rond ant) Insurance companies sometimes shirk personal responsibility underneath the action of the corporation, and how often, when some banking house or finan cial institution explodes through frauc, fespectable men In the board of directurs say, "ft hy, I thought all was golug on In an honest way, aud I aui utterly con founded with this demeanor!" Thu banks and the fire and life aud marine lusur auce compnuies aud the railroad coinpa nlcs will not stand up for judgment in the last (lay, but those who Iu them act ed righteously will receive, each for him self, reward, and those who acted the part of neglect or trickery will, each for himself, receive a condemnation. fJulawful dividends nre not clcuu be fore God because (here are those nssoc, ntfd with you who grub Just as big a pi'? as you do. Ho who countenances the ilia honesty of the firm or of the corporation or association takes upon himself all the moral liabilities.

If the financial lustitu t.lon steals, he steals. If they go Into wild sii()cuaJlons, he himself is a gam pier, moy nuc(ii4iy eniii.iri'usH creditor, be himself is guilty of cruelty If tbey swindle the uninitiated, ho lilm self Is a defraiider. No linanciul iustltu tion ever had a money vault strong enough, or credit stanch euongh, or divi dends largo enough, or policy acute enough to hide the Jnilivfdiiu) sins of It memuers. rue old adage that corpora tious have no souls is misleading. Every corporation bus as niuii souls as It has mcmiiers.

Agulu, many business nieq have heu tempted to post die their enjoyment and duties to a future season of entire leisure. What a sedative the Christian religion would be to ull our business men if instead of postponing Its uses to old age or death they would tuke it Into tbe store or fuotory or worldly engagements now I It ip folly to go umld the uncer tainties of business life wUh no God i0 Help, a merchant la a New Migianij vi luge was standing by a horse, and tue horse lifted Its foot to stamp it in a pool or water, ana thu niercuant, to escape tho splash, stepped into the dour of au Insurance agent, and the agent said, suppose you have come to renew your fire insurance." "Oh!" said the merchant. "I had forgotten that." The Insurance $ss renewed, ant the next dny the houBe that bad been Ui'sured was burned. Was it all accidental that the merchant, to escape a splash from a horse's foot, stepped into the Insurance office? No, it waa providential. And what a mighty solace for a business man to feel that things are providential! )Vhnt pence and equilibrium In such a consideration, and what 4 grand thing It all busluess men could realise Cknrms of 1fc Conntrr.

Many, although now comparatively straitened in worldly circumstances, have goodly establishment In the future Ciaunei) puf. They have In Imagination ullt, about 20 ears ahead, a house in the country not dillicult of access from the great town, for they will often have business or old accounts to settle or Investments to look after. Tho house la large enough to accommodate all their friends. The halls are wide and hung with pictures of hunting scenes and a branch of nntlers and are com fort able with chairs that enn be rolled out on the veranda when the weather Is Inviting or set out under some of the oaks that stand sentinel about the house, rustling in the cool hrcesc and songful with the robins. There Is just land enough to keep them Interested, and its crops ot almost fabulous richness springing up under application of tho beat theories to be found In the agricultural journals.

The farm ia well stocked with cnttle and horses and sheep that know the voice aud have a kindly blent when one goes forth to look nt them. In thia blissful abode their children will be instructed hi art nnd science and religion. This shall be the old homestead to which the hoys at college will direct their letters, and the hill on which the house stands will be called Oukwood or Ivy Hill or I'leas ant Itetreat or Kngle Eyrie. Mny the future have for every business man here all thnt and more besides! Hut are yon postponing your happiness to thnt time? Are you adjourning your Joys? Suppose that you achieve all you expect and that the vision I mention Is not up to the reality, because the fountaina will lie brighter, tbe house grander and the scenery UKire picture so, the mistake th hum th ks fatal. 29; Columbia county, Oct.

10 to 13; Schuylkill conuty, Orwigsburg, Aug. 29 to Sept. Susquehanna county, MontroBe, Sept. 19 to 20; Susquehanna county, Harford, Sept. 27 to 28; Monroe county, Stroudsburg, Sept.

5 to 8. The residence of Mrs. Arnold, In Lu zerne, was robbed of $350, a gold watcb, and other valuables. Mr. and Mrs.

Arnold are deaf mutes and of course did not hear the thieves, who had thiugs all their own way. Charles M. Young, yardtnaster of the Snnbury division of the Pennsylvania Rail road at Nescopeck, died at that place of a lomplication of diseases Saturday. He had worked for the Pennsylvania Company all his life. Peter Gallagher, aged thirty three, of Wilkesbarre, died after an illness of one month of hemorrhage of the lung.

He was born In Schuylkill county, lived in Lansford and Philadelphia, aud moved to Wilkesbarre ten years ago. The barn owned by Michael Farrell, In MayBeld, was entered by thieves early Saturday morning and a valuable team of horses were stolen. The animals are sorrels, with silver manes and tails, and weigh about 1,100 pounds each. L. J.

Gnyon, road foreman of engines of the Philadelphia and Erie and Northern Central Railroads, died at the Mary M. Packer Hospital, Snnbury, Saturday. Death was due to a complication of dis eases. The deceased was ntty nve years old. Sunday morning at two o'clock, the mule stable of the Mldvale Coal at Lee, was destroyed by an Incendiary fire.

The mules were saved with much trouble, but the hay, straw, feed and tweity six seta of harness were consumed. The loss Is about $1,500, partially insured. viewers of the Berwick Nescopeck bridge met on Saturday in the office of At tortiey Rush Trescott, condemned the bridge and fixed the valuation at $25,500, half this to be paid by Luzerne county. There were three viewers trom each county and it la understood the Columbia county people are willing to pay their Bhare. Record.

T. M. Williams, for the past seventeen yeara auperintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 'a collieries in the Ly kerja Valley, Dauphin county, haa tendered his resignation, to take effect Aug. 1st, and will thereafter make his home iu Harrisburg, where he is interested in a number of business concerns. Previous to going to Lykens, Mr.

Williams was for six yeara mine Inspector of the Wilkesbarre district. For a year past, he haa been in ill health. George Graham, of Stroudsburg, today too, charge of the L. W. Bhops in Kingston as master mechanic, succeeding his brother, Charles Graham, who has held the position for many years.

The latter, it la understood, will go to Syracuse as master mechanic of the shops there, although the appointment has not been made public, and Mr. Graham when seen refused to either affirm or deny it. It is probable that the appoiutment. however, will be made public in a few days. CALEDONIAN GAMES.

List of the Winner at h'verhart'a Inland Saturday. There was a great crowd of people at the annual games of the Plttston Caledonian Clnb, which were held at Everhart'a Island on Saturday afternoon, and the affair proved very successful. Following is a list of the winners: Boya' race Thomaa Kelly, first prize, Allan Gruver, second prize, 50 cents. GlrlB race Eveline McDonnell, first prize; Mary Evans, second, snnahades pre sented by A. B.

Brown. Putting the ball John Naughton, first, 30 feet 9J inchee, Peter Curley, aecond, 28 feet 9 inchee, $1. Throwing light hammer Geo. Rntle Ige, first, 99 feet 11 inches, Larry Morahau, aecond, 89 feet 4 inches, $2. Boya' vaulting Allan Grnver, first, 6 feet 3 inches, $2 shoes; John Reading, aec ond, 6 feet 1 inch, $1 50 shoes, presented by H.

G. Weeka. Running hop, etep and jump Peter Curley, first, 43 feet 11 Inches, John Naughton, second, $40, $2. Running high leap Lawrence Morahan, first, 5 feet 2 inches, Thomaa Mora han, second, 5 feet, $1. Half mile race Peter Curley, first, Patrick McAndrew, second, $2.

Three legged race Curley and Burke, first, Hoover and Shipp, aecond, $1. One mile race Peter Curley, firet, 5 minutes and 2 seconds, William Col lina, second, Jamea Shipp, third, $2. Clog dance P. A. Lynch, firet, Mark Hinea, aecond, $2.

Girla' race Eveline McDonnell, first Lizzie Kelly, aecond; sunshades presented by A. B. tJrown. Vaulting with pole Martin Burke, firet; 9 feet 3 inches, Thomas Morahan, see ond, 9 feet 2 Inches, $2. Hurdle race Peter Cnrley, first, $4, Thomaa Morahan, second, $2.

440 yard race Peter Curley, first, William Collins, second, $3. Pitching quoits John Brown, first, Jamee Burden, second, Thomaa Dobbie, third. $2. DISASTROUS WRECK. Slity tlve Loaded Cars Demolished on the Central Road.

A disastrous wresk occurred Saturday morning on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, near what ia known aa the tun nel, a Bhort distance east of White Haven station. A mixed coal and freight train of 80 cara, drawn by an engine in charge of Elmer Butz, of Ashley, waa going down the grade at that point at a lively rate of speed when the tiain parted, owing to the breaking of a conpling. The two sections afterward came together with anch terrific force that only fifteen out of the eighty cara composing the train escaped Injury. The others were com pletely wrecked. They were loaded with coal, brick, pig Iron, making alto gether a very costly load.

The wreck blocked the tracka for several hours, and the wrecking gang waa on the' scene all day clearing up the debris. Aunt Dorcaa aaid "It takea all sorts o' people to make up a world, and I thank the Lord I ain't one of 'em." Thin, pale and consumptive persons should use some coastructive tonic that will enrich the blood, increase the nerve force and renew wasted tissues. Scott's Emulsion is based upon scientific principles. We digest the oil for you by mechanical processes, thus strengthening your digestive organs by resting them. It stops wasting, and produces energy, vigor and warmth.

The hypo phosphites in it invigorates the nerves, and brain tissues. 50c. and i.oo, all druggists. SCOTT quiet for a man who baa for 30 or 40 yeara been conforming bis entire nature. to the excitements of business? Will flocks and herds with their bleat und moan be able to silence tho Insatiable spirit of acquisitiveness which has for years had full swing In the soul? Will the bum of the breese soothe the man who now can find his only enjoyment In the stock market? Will leaf and cloud ml fountain chiirm tho eye that has for three fourths of a lifetimo found Its hlef beauty In hogsheads and bills of sale? Will parents be competent to rear their children for high und holy purpose, if their Infancy ami boyhood and girlhood were neglected, when they are almost ready to cuter upon the world it ml have ull their habits lixed ami their principles stereotyped? No, no; now is the time to ls happy.

Now Is the time to serve your Creator. Now Is the time to be a Christian. Are you too busy? 1 have kuowu men us busy us you are who had place in the store loft where they went to pray. Someone asked a Christian sailor where he found any place tu pray In. He said, "I can ulwnys find a unlet place nt masthead." And In the busiest day of the season I' your heart is right you can find place to pray, ltusy thoroughfares are good places to pray In as you go to meet your various engage ments.

(Jo home a little earlier and get Introduced to your children. He not a galley slave by day and night, lashed fust to the onr of business. ut every day have Its hour for worship and in tellectual culture nnd recreation. Show yourself greater than your busluess. Act not aa though nfterdeutb you would enter upon nn eternity of railroad stocks and coffees and ribbons.

Koust not your tnuti bod before the perpetual fires of anxiety. Ith every ynrd of cloth you sell, throw not in your soul to boot. Use firkin and counting room desk and hardware crate as the step to glorious usefulness aud highest Christian character. Decide once and forever who shall lie master In your store, you or your business. Awakened Krom l.elharar Again, busluess men are ofteu tempted to let their calling Interfere with the Interests of the aoul.

Oud sends men Into the business world to get educated, Just ns boys are sent to schist! and college. Purchase and sale, loss and gain, disappointment, prosperity, the dishoiiesty of others, panic and bunk suspension are but different lessons In thu school. Tbe more business the more tiicuns of grace. Many have gone through wildest panic unhurt. "Are you not afraid vou win break?" anld sunp one to a inerchnnt Iu time of great commercial excitement.

He replied, "Aye, I shall break when the fiftieth psalm breaks, In the fifteeutn verse, 'Cull iipuu me In the day of trouble, and I will deliver The store and the counting house have developed some of the most Btulwai't char inters, t'erbaps originally they had but little sprlghtllliess and force, but two or three hard buainesa thumps woke them up from their lethargy, and there cume a thorough development Iu their heurts of all thut was good aud holy uud energetic and tremendous, nnd they have become the front men In Christ's army as well us lighthouses In (he great world of tralnc. But business has been perpetual depletion to many a man. It first pulled out of him all benevolence, next nil umlubility, uext all religious aspirations, next all conscience, aud, though he entered his vocation with large hcutt und noble character, he goes out of It a skeleton, enough to scare a ghost. Dad Partners, Men appreciate the importance of having a good business stuuu, a store on tbe right side of the struct or t'lo flgllr block, yet every of busluess a good stand for spiritual culture, Cod's utigels hover over the world of traffic to auataln und build up those who are trying to do their duty. Tomorrow, If In your place of worldly engagement you will listen for it, you may hear a sound louder than tho rattle of ilrqys and tho shuttle of feet aud the chink of dollars stealing Into your soul, saying, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, aud ul other things shall be added unto you." Yet some of tliiwo sharpest at a bar gnln are cheated out ol ihelr Immortal blessedness by stratagems more palpable than any "drop game" of the street They make Investments In thlnva ever lastingly below par.

Tbey put their valuables In a sfe not fireproof. They give full credit to Influences that will not be able to puy oue cent pn the dujjnr. Tbey plunge luto a 'labyrinth from' which no bankrupt law or "two thirds enactment'' will ever extricate them. They tnke In 1 9 their partnership thu world, the flesh and the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness Will boust tlirougt) eternal ages thnt thu man who In ail bis business life could not Is outwitted at last tumbled into spiritual dcfulcatioii and wai swindled out of heaven. Perhaps some of you saw the fire in New York In IK 1,1.

Aged men tell us that beggared all dehcrlplbju, Boitiii stood on the house tops of lirooklyu and looked at the red ruin that swept Uuwu the streets and threatened to obliterate the metropolis. Hut the commercial world will yet tie startled by a greater cotillngrntlou, even the Inst one. Hills of exchange, 'policies ot Insuraiieu, mortgages nud bonds nnd government securities will be consumed In one lick nt the flame. Tho bourse and the United States mint 111 "ll'M to ashes, Old wll run molten luto (be dust u( the Uv, Exchanges and granite blocks of unr chnndlse will fall with a crush that will muke the earth tremble. The flashing up of the great light will show the righteous the way to their thrones.

Their best treasure In heaven, tbey will go up and take possiVssou ut litem. The lolls of busluess lifu, which racked Uie(r" liratui aud rasped their nerves for so many yeurs, will have forever ceased. "There the wicked cease from troubling and tha weary are ut rest." UP TO OATE SCIENCE, The horseless carriage cannot begin to come up the (nll)ess kite, Bosfou Transcript, Tcsln says he can signal to Mars. Ha can wo, but the trouble Is that Mara won't signal back. Louisville Post.

A Missouri physician claims to have found the elixir of life In a goat. The elderly rounder will be more than ever glad to get fuller than a goat. Minneapolis Journal. One can Imagine the of Ponce Leon et al. If they hiipau ti look over the gold bir ot heaven nud see mortals grappling for eternal youth with gout lymph nud a hypodermic syringe.

St. Puul i'lniiuer Tress, A mathematical machine for speculating In stocks lias Just lscn Invented. Having no emotions and being Impervious to choice tips, It Is supposed to 1st considerably smarter than the average lauiU St. Louis fllohe lemticraV, THE PEACEMAKERS. IY'sent appearances are thnt Orent Hrltuin will have her own wny at the peace conference or break It tip.

Clniin qat Emmlivr. Home 'pessimists profess to believe that the pence conference will be foj lowed by a big boom Iu tho gun trade, Pittsburg News. The ludlentlons are thnt The Hague pence congress will finally resolve that "peace Is a good thing" and then ad IQiirn. Jianuns City Times, Those secret proceedings at The Hague onse out with the same ease aa the details of an executive session of tha United States senate. Washlpgtoa I'oat.

If pidn't Want It. At a military basilar Englnnd an ollleer thought he funded a certain article exposed for sale at one of tke stalls, and be wns certain he fancied the lady who presided nt the stall. He remarked, therefore, that lie thought thut particular article very pretty. The lady siild: "Yes, very pretty. My mother sent "Ah, really," pursued the ofllcer, determined to discover the name of the owner of the eyes thut hud bewitched him, "really, let me see I think 1 have met your mother.

Her name is" "The queen of England," answered tha lady. The ofllcer did. not wait tor the fancied article. Ills Plan res. Father Ah, my son, It plcnao me to soo thut you are taking an Interest In politics.

Kvory gissl cltlseii should Interest himself In politics. Thut ts an Imposing lot of figures you have there. Whnt do they represent the vote for the different candidates by wiirdsf Sun No, father, these are not isiHtlonl figures. They reprcMonl tho average mail by tho members of our base bull beMa lis Utelr pesjotitai gsB tykakgo Mtssav. A Lower End lw of the Republican Situation.

Hazleton Sentinel. The Democrats will not nominate a candidate in opposition to Judge Halsey," said a prominent Democrat this morning. "This is the conclusion which some of the leaders at least have arrived at. It is, to my mind, a very wise one. It would be lessening the chances for Democratic sue cess in other departments if Judge Halsey were drawn into the fight.

The people of the county have a high regard tor th judiciary, no matter what the i fti ie Beekers may have to say about it. Judge Halsey's record since hia appointment haa forced the respect of even opponents and it is plain that he will be invincible in the field Should an opponent be placed on the Democratic tic'jet it would have the effect of throwing Judge Halsey into the fight. The prudent leader perceives what a tremendous power he would thna carry with bim for the entire ticket. The Democrats as well aa Republicana have a high respect for the judgeship. Tbey do not wisb lo see Judge Halaey compelled to make a can vase of the saloons He will not do so either.

If he is not endorsed by the Dem ocrats, he will scarcely be opposed and I do not expect him to take an active part in the campaign." Thna an observing Democrat delivered himself, taking the political aa well aa the higher view of a citizen of the matter. Judge Halsey haa shown himself woithy of the confidence of the people and the kind of man who graces the bench and tncreaaes respect for the tribunal. Too many men of Judge Haley's stamp cannot be secured and this fact Is quite generally The Democrats reason wisely In deciding not to nominate an opponent. Threats of oppoaition have been openly made in the upper end of the county to the renomlnatiou of Hiram Knnta for register. This is another example of nn warranted assumption, a habit the upper end seems to be afflicted with.

ue par ties to that combination do not knsw their man nor the people of the section which embraces the Fourth district solid and a good part of the Sixth, not to apeak of alliance in the northern section. The re nomination of Messrs. Hay and Jonea Is regarded with much favor and especially bo since the conrt house project baa taken defiuite ahape under their regime. To deuy the register the right to aeek renomiua'ion would bo equivalent to denying others aimilar right. Such contention la illogi cal.

The lower end is for Kuntz. It does not deny others the right to aspire to distinction but will never approve of combinations so strongly savoring of Injustice M. Drieabach, candidate for the nomination of County Treasnrer on the Repnb lican ticket, is in town looking tp his chances. Mr. Driesbacb has visited nearly alt the district in the county and feels well satisfied with the outlook.

He says that the outlook for the entire Republican ticket is very bright thia year ai predicts a clean a weep in thia county. Mr Dries bach ia at present chief clerk in the Com missioners' office and ia a man who hold the coi fidence and esteem ot the citizens In his home town, Wilkesbarre. Should be be favored with the nomination he will be the kind of a man that Repnbllctn leaders need offer no apology for when preening claims for suffrage. The friends of City Treaanrer Clarence J. Creveling are pressing him for Chair man of the Republican County Committee.

Should Mr. Creveling go into the county csmpalgn, It ia quite certain that be would Inject all of hia old time energy and make the coming compaign a bummer aa far aa getting out the vote la concerned A BIT OF HISTORv. Original Mine Working of the Pennsyl vania Coal Co. Revealed by a Little Cave Hole. The fact that a con pie of evenings ago a piece of ground about ten feet in diameter in front of Robert English's carpenter shop, near the npper point of Oregon cliff, fell into an old mine working, revealing a vein aliout eight or ten feet below the surface, recalls to the minds of some of our older residents an interesting bit of coal history.

There waa a mine operation at the point in question many yeara ago, before even 1 1 r. loinpuns snail or ou io. abaft were sunk. Col. Jamea W.

Johnson was the owner of the Oregon tract, ai he set off and Bold to the Pennsylvania Coal Com pany, which had been chartered by the State Legislature in 1333 and of which Col Johnson himself waa the principal local owner, a tract of twenty acres, into the checker vein of which a slope waa driven at a sharp angle. The coal waa hoisted by means of a gin and dumped Into canal boats near ie month of the slope. A few acrea of the twenty acre tract bad been mined when the company suspended work, and thr mine waa never reopened, the work lngs having become filled with water, and the mouth of the slope gradually having became blocked, though within the mem ory of some of our people the dilapidated hoisting apparatna remained at the month of the slope. The charter which the owners of this In significant mine secured fr ui the Legisla ture in 1838 la the one under which the great Pennsylvania Coal Company of today ia being operated. The projectors of the new Pennsylvania Coal Company bad been acquiring coal lands hereabout under the name of tbe Wyoming Coal Association, and they purchased from Col.

Johnson the Oregon jwoperty ot the original Pennayl vania Coal Co. The sale included the charter, rights, title, and tbua It came about that a great corporation grew ont of tbe sale, the eame gentlemen having also pmchaaed the property of the Washington Coal Company, which had been chartered by the Legislature in the same year aa the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and which held considerable coal laud tn the region of Dnnmore. The amall Oregon holding of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, that of the Washington Coal Company, and the properties which had previously been purchased in tbe name of the Wyoming Coal Association together formed the neu cleua of the great maae of coal and surface holding now in the posseasion of the Penn aylvania Company. ENGINEER KILLED. Struck by Broke Kly Wheel at Par ranee Sha A fly wheel In the engine honse at the Dorrance ehaft, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, In Wilkesbarre, burst suddenly at one o'clock Saturday afternoon, and one of the flying sections of the wheel struck the engineer, Holly Walsh, killing him Instantly.

Walsh waa forty five yeara old, with a wife and children, and lived on Madison street, Wilkesbarre. Still More Counterfeiting The Secret Service haa unearthed another band of counterfeiters and aeenred a large quantity of bogus bills, which are so cleverly executed that the average person would never suspect them of being apnr lous. Things of great value are always selected by counterfeiters for imitation, notably the celebrated Hoatetter'e Stomach Bittern, which haa many Imitators bnt no equala for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness and general debility. The Bittera seta thlnga right In the etom ach, and when the atomach is In good order it makes good blood aud plenty of It. In this manner the Bittera get at the seat of strength and vitality, and restore vigor to the weak and debilitated.

Beware of counterfeits when buying. Al Seen by a Cork Uim Hoy, of the 8ith Artillery. Patrick A. Martin, a member of Battery Sixth United States Artillery, now stationed at the office of Public Works, in Sauta Lucia, Manila, writes as follows, under date of June 4, to his paren's, Mr. aud Mrs.

Thomas Martin, of Cork Lane. "I take the pleasure of writing you a few to let you know that I am well, and trust this will find yon all the same. We had a veiy good trip both by sea and land. We were on the railroad eight days going to California. The voyage troui Francisco to Henolnlu occupied four days, and we laid over at Honolulu tluee days, to coal up, leaving there on Hay 1st, aud arriving in Manila Bay on May 18th.

We remained on board ship in the lcy for three days, coining ashore on the 21st. After camping just outside the city for a week, we moved down about one quarter of a mile to the office of Pub lic Works, where we are now stationed in building that was captured by our troops. We are sixteen miles rrom me fighting lines, but every day we can hear the Rnnn .1 of booming artilleiy. We are doing garrison duty at the present time. "Last evening, every man received 100 rounds of ammunition.

This is as much as a belt will hold, aud It is quite a weight to carry around. We may never get near the scrap, as it will take a large body of troops to guard the city. It is jnet as hot back in the States as it la here. The rainy setson usually seta iu June 1st, aud lasts fonr months, bnt it has tot yet started Nearly all of the merchants are Chinese and Japsa' we find them a very honest class of people. We drill 2J hours in the day, and we are permitted to go to the c'ty from 6:30 to 8:30 iu the evening.

After 8:30, any man seen on the street is liable to ar rest by the Provost Guard, as the whole city is under martial law. The Twentieth Infautry is on police duty at preseut. Each man is armed with a club and a revolver. We have about a dozen men in the hospital at preseut. New troops are arriving here every day.

In fact, the city is filled with soldiers. We are near the walled city. I have been through the Queen's palace here. Bttery of the Sixth Artillery, is stationed at the palace. The men of that battery are having an easy time, as they drill bnt one hour a day.

We are compelled to remain In our quarters all day. 'The cemetery here is a queer place. It is composed of vaults, built in tiers, and no matter how rich yon are, you cannot buy a lot of ground. A rental of $35 a year entitles one to a place of burial." THE STARK FAMILY. Something Ahnnt the People Who Are to Mold a Kminlon at Lake Carey.

The fourth anunal reunion of he Stark family will take place on August 10 at Like Carey. N. Stark, of East Lemon, is president of the committee on arrange iuents, and G. N. Doyle, of Starkville, is secretary.

The Tunkhannock correspondent of the Scranton Republican speaks as follows of the St arks "the Stars lamliy is a noted one one In this country and haa been since General John Stark made a remark to his soldiers, iu which he predicted that they would win out that day or bia wife, Molly Stark, would that night be a widow. The fact that General John came through with flying colors and lived to bale old age chows the kind of stuff that the man waa, made of. His descendants have been many and their shadows aie not growing les in the land. The family history and the papers, books, Bibles and other data ne swry to establish it prior to the arrival of the family In this country went up in the smoke at the burning of New London, during the Revolutionary War. The Stark family settled in this section of the country and on Tunkhannock creek.

The family has increased and multiplied and has a dined formidable proportions. It contains in it membership the leading men and women In the county and by marriage mbines other as good people. Several years ago the idea of getting together once a year aud. holding a reunion was inaugurated and these meetings bae been held and each year haa Been Increased attendance aud a widening of the programme and scope of the organization and meetings." THEO. MYERS'S DEATH.

The Fatal Accident That llefttl a Former flttHtonlau. Mention has been made in the Gazetti of the fatal accident which befel Theo. Myers, a former resident of this city, at Dallas. The Dallas Pest contains the following in regard to the accident: "Mr. Myers had been down town in the earlier part of the day and on returning went np stairs awhile.

He started to go down stairs when Mrs. Myers heard him fall, apparently half or two thlrda of the way down the steps. Hastening to him, she found him lying with hia head on the steps and his feet on the floor, aa it he had fallen head first and turned a complete somersault. In his fall he had split about an inch off one of the lower steps, the whole length of the etep. She ran for assistance, aud Dr.

Laiug, who waa going by, was called in. The doctor injected a stimulating remedy but there waa no sign of life except a alight twitch of the muscles of the neck, and on examining he found that the neck was broken. 'Mr. Myers had lived in Dallas about twenty five yeara and had a pretty home just above the Methodist Church. He had worked for Mr.

Ryman in the store until about a year ago and was considered a very eflicient clerk. He was born In Germany April 17, 1H4 1, but came to America when quite young. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served aa a private in Co. Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and has been an active member of Capt. J.

J. Whitney Post, G. A. It. He was an honest, active and industrious man of a'generona and Impulsive nature and bad lint few fault.

"Mr. Myers leaves a widow, whose maidxn name was Christiana Kngler, and two eons, William and Theodore, the former married and residing here, and the latter has just started a drug store at Dor rancetou." Bid COAL DEAL. Henry Leases Acre of Coal Land In Pittston Toviihl. Thomas Davis, of Scianton, has executed a lease with Henry Znlgler, of Du pont, for 300 acres of coal land in Pittston ownship. Mr.

Davies is said to be backed by a syndicate of New Vork capitalists, who will sink a shaft and build a breaker with a capacity of from H00 to 1,000 tons a day. The outcrop shows fonr veiDs of coal, one of nine feet, one of eight feet and two of fonr feet each. The veins are all above the water level and are easily operated. BIG I5ARN BURNED. Hnthmaker, of Itansom, Suffers a Heavy Losa.

'Squire Hnthmaker, of Ransom, Buffer a heavy loss Wednesday, July In the destruction by fire of one of the large barns on his frm at that place. The flamea broke out about, five p. and are anp poeed to have been started by tn Incen diarv. The building waa totally con sumed, as also was a large quantity of har vested bay and graiu I REV. DR.

TAIMAGE CONTRASTS WITH FAIR DEALING. IT Condemns JlnOnesa rroceaees hr Which Valors Are Mlareureaented. Man of Our Merchant Are Models of Inteurlty. ICopyiiKht, Ixwis Klopseh, 1800. Washington, July 23.

Integrity and rickcry iu business life form the aub ect of Dr. Tulinitge'a sermon today, and the contrast lie establishes between the wo is a striking one. Tbe text is Prov rbs xx, 14, "It is naught, it la uuught. raid the buyer, but wheu he is gone hia wny, then he bnnstoth." l'lilaccs nre not such prisons as the world imagines. If you think that the only time kings and queens come forth from the royal gntes is in procession and gorgeously attended, you are mistaken.

Incognito, by day or by night, aud cloth tn citi.cn's apparel or the dress of a working woman, they come out and see the world us it is. Iu no other way 'ould King Solomon, the author of my text, have known everything that wns going on. From my text I am Biire he must In disguise some day have walked into a store of ready made clothing in Jerusalem and stood uear the counter and board a conversation between a buyer and a Bellcr. The merchant Dut a price on a coat, and the customer began to dicker and snid: "Absurd! Thut coat is not worth what you ask for it. Why, nst look at the coarseness of the fabric! that spot on the collar! Kesides that, it does not lit.

Twenty dollura for that? Why, it Ib not worth more than $10. They hnvc a better article than that nnd for lower price down at Cloth cm, item ISros. Besides that, I don't want It nt uny price. Good morning." "Hold," says the merchant, "do not go off iu that way. I want to acll you that cont.

I have some payments to make nnd I want tho money. Come, now, how much will you give for thut coat?" "Well," says the customer, "I will split the difference. You asked $20 and I said $10. Now, I will give you 115." Well," said tho merchant, "it ia a great saerilicp, bnt take It ot that price." then the customer with a roll under his arm started to go out nnd enter his own place of business, nnd Solomon In disguise followed him. He beard the customer ns he unrolled the coat any "Hoys, I have inuile a great bargain.

How much do you guess I gave for that coat?" "Well," says one, wishing to compliment his enterprise, "you gave $30 for it." Another says, "I should think you got it cheap if you gave $23." "No," says the buyer in triumph; "I got it for $15. I beat him down and pointed out the imperfections until I really made him bt'lWVe was not worth hardly anything, It lakes me to muke a bargain. Ha!" niun, you got the goods for less tlinn they were worth by positive false hood, and no wonder, when Solomon went back to his palace and had put off his disguise, thut he eat down at hia writing desk and made for all agoa crayon sketch of you, "It ia naught, It la uuught, saith the buyer, but when he ia yoi.u iis wuy, then he boasteth." Word ns Good as Bond. There are no biglior styles of men In all tho world than those u.w at the head of mercantile enterprises In the great fit lea of thia continent. Their casual promise is as good A a bond with piles of collaterals.

Their good reputation for integrity is aa well established aa that of l'etrarch residing iu the family of Colon a. It ia related that when there was great disturbance in the family the cardinal ail his people together and put thorn under outh fell the tf nth, except l'etrarch. When he come up to swear, t.he cardinal put away his book and anid, "Ai for you, l'etrarch, your word ia Biitllcient, Never since the world stood have there bee go many merchnnts whose transactions can stand the test ot the Jen Commandments. Such bargain makers are nil the mure to be honored because they have withstood year after year temptations which have Hung so many uat aud tiung them so hard they enn never, never recover them selves. While all positloug in life have powerful besotmcnts to evil, there are specific forma of allurement which are peculiar to each occupation and profes sion, and it will be usfu to speak of the peculiar temptations Of business men.

First, as in the scene of the text, busi ness men nre often tempted to sacrifice plain truth, the seller by exaggerating the value of goods aud the buyer by deprecating them. We cannot but admire an expert ealenman. See how he first in duces the customer into a piood fuvorable to the proper consideration, of the vulue of the goods. He shows himself to be an honest and frauk salesman. How care fully the lights are arranged till they fall Just right upon the fabric! Beginning with goods of medium quality, he gradu ally advances toward those of more thor ough make and of more attractive put tern.

How he watches the moods and whims of bis customer! With what per feet cnlmupss he takes the order and bows the purchaser from bia presence, who goes away having made up bia rnlnd, that he has bought the goods at a price which will allow him a living margin when he ngnin sells them! The goods were worth what the salesman said they were nnd were sold at a price which will not make it necosisnry for the house to fail every ten yeara In order fo fix up things. Practices I'ondemned, Cut with what burning Indignation we think of the iniquitous stratagems by which goods are sometimes disposed of! A glance at the morning papers shows the arrival at one of our hotels of a young merchant from one of the Inland cities, lie is a comparative stranger iu the great; city, nnd of cotirse he must be shown nround, nnd it will be the duty of some of our enterprising houses to escort bin). He is a largo purchaser and has plenty of time and money, and it will pay to be very attentive. The evening la apent at place of doubtful amusement. Then they go back to the hotel.

Having Juat come tftown, they must, of courae, drink. A fflWul from the same mercantile establishment drops in, and usage and goiicrosity suggest that they must drink. ItusiatcRS prospects are talked over, omj the stranger is warned against certniii dilapidated mercantile establishments that nre about to fail, and for such Mildness and magnanimity of caution against the dishonesty of other business houses, of course it is expected they will and si they do take drink. Other merchants lodging in adjoining rooms find it hard to sleep for the clutter of decanters, and the coarse cnrousal of these "hall fellows well met" waxes louder. Put they alt not nil night at the wine cup.

They must see the sights. They stagger forth with cheeks Hushed find eyes bloodshot. The ouler gates of hell open to let iu the Victims. The wings of lost aouls flit unioiig (he lights, nnd the steps of tbe carousel's sound with, (he rumbling thunders of the lost. Farewell to all (h sum lilies of home! Could mother, sister, father, slumbering In the Inland home.

In some vision of that night catch a glimpse of the ruin wrought they would rend out their hair by the roots mid bite the tongue till the blood spurted, shriek iug out, "(Sod save him!" Dishonest)' Itennrd. What, suppose you, will como upon such business establishments? nnd there are hundreds of them In the cities. They mny boast of fabulous sales, and they may have nn unprecedented run of buyers, aud the name of the house in ay be terror to nil rivals, and from this thrifty root there may spring np hrauch houses in other cities, and all the partners of the firm may move into their mansions nnd drive their full blooded span, aud the families mny sweep the street with the most elegant apparel that human heart ever wove or earthly magnificence ever achieved. 1 1 nt a curse Is gathering surely for those men, nnd if it does not seise hold of the pillars and in one wild ruin bring down the mnlo of commercial elorv It will break up their peuce, and thev will tremble with sickness and bloat with dissipations, nnd. pushed to the precipice of mm me, uiey win try to nom naca huu cry for liplp, but no help will come, and tbey will clutch their gold to take It along with them, but it will be snatched from their grasp and a voice will sound through their soul, "Not a farthing, thou beggared spirit!" And the judgment will come, nnd they will stnnd aghast before it, nnd nil the business Iniquities of a lifetime will gather nround them, saying, "Io you remember this?" and "Do you remember that?" And clerks that tbey compelled to dishonesty nnd runners and draymen nnd bookkeepers who saw behind the scenes will bear testimony to their nefarious deeds, and some virtuous soul that once stood aghast at thm spiu FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899.

COUNTY AND STATE. Items of all Sorts Gathered From Exchanges antl Condensed for Hasty Reading White Haven has cot the school term from nine to seven months. Mrs. Elvira Tubbs, one of Cambra'a old eat residents, has passed away. Ex Mayor Hendrick, of Carbondale, has ordered an electrio automobile.

Jacob Albright, an aged resident of Bloomaburg, was fonnd dead in bed. Peter J. Gallagher, a well known hotel keeper of Wilkesbarre, is dangerously 111. Hiram B. Worden's farm house, two miles from Factoryville, was destroyed by fire.

Peter Flannigan's dwelling, on Walnut street, ilooslc, waa wrecked by fire and water. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company will lay a tblrd track between Penn Haven and Mauch Chunk. F. T. Gelder, editor of the Forest City News, has been appointed justice of the peace for that town.

Ill for a month of gangrene, Mrs. Barbara Callaghan, an aged resident of Forty Fort, has passed away. Thomas W. Jenkins, formerly of Nanti coke, died in a Pittsburg hospital from injuries received in the mines. Rev.

J. D. Smith, pastor of the Blooms bnrg Baptist Church, suffered a broken arm in a runaway accident. Only nineteen years old, Frank Hirtman ended his life by banging himself In his father's bara at Catawissa. William McNeals, formerly of Wllkee bane, was shot dead by Peter R.

Hall at a West Virginia lumber camp. John Mitchell, a native of Cornwall, England, and a resident of Carbondale for sixteen years, has passed away. Mulherrin Judge, of South Scranton, have been awarded the contract to build the new Catholic Church at Taylor. The Hazleton public school teachers will not attend the county institute this year, but will have an institute of their own. As a result of drinking lye, a little daughter of John Mooney, of Luzerne, suffered intensely and shortly afterward died.

H. L. Frey, aged sixty two, of Court right avenue, Wllkesbarre, died of consumption. His wife and seven children survive. After a two years' stay In the Klondike, Richard Rosemorgy has returned to his home in West May field, Lackawanna county, with $25,000.

Josef, Ripley, of Mansfield, has 'been appointed a watchman in the Capitol Park, at Harrisburg, vice David M. Robinson, of Harrisbnrg, removed. Robert J. Irwin, of Saltsburg, has been appointed a messenger In the Attorney General's department, at Harrisburg, vice Fred. W.

Ray, of Sharon, resigned. Mrs. James Dooley, a well known rest dent of Plymouth township, died after an illness of three months of typhoid fever. Her husband and five children survive. wiuiam ujommer, of Nuremberg, a wheelwright, fell from a ladder and was killed.

He is survived by his wife and four children. His age waa sixty five year. Governor Stone has appointed David Henning, the Republican nominee for judge in Schuylkill county, to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Judge Pershing. Stricken with apoplexy while working in a hay field, James Sutliff, a Huntington township farmer, died a few hours later, He waa fifty five years old, and la survived by his wife and five children. The estate of C.

E. Wilbur, valued at 757, Is being distributed by the Luzerne court among heirs extending to the fourth generation, the individual shares ranging from twenty five cents to $68.90. Edward Gorman, who waa a prominent dry goods merchant In Scranton until a few years ago, waa drowned while bathing In the surf at San Diego, where he had gone in hopes of recovering his health. The Olyphant Shoe Company haa been organized with a capital of $20,000. The directora are: T.

F. Jordan, M. J. Lavin, E. S.

Jonee, A. M. At her ton, James W. O'Brien, Dr. F.

L. Van Sickle, B. J. Lynch. Hugh O'iJoyle, who had lived In Luzerne borough for nearly twenty years, died of heart trouble after a month's illness.

Fcr many years he had been engaged in the hotel business. His wife and four chil dren survive. Three children, two daughters and ason, were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Evans, of Scotch Hill, Plains township.

Mrs, Evans waa before her marriage Miss Annie McLuskie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McLuskie, of Plains. Theo. Meyera, aged fifty five, of Dallas, was Instantly killed by falling down stairs at his home.

He waa a native of Germany and bad been a realdent of Dallas for twenty yeara. During the Civil War, he waa a member of Co. Sixth Pennsyl vania Cavalry. President Sprague, of Wyoming Semi nary, states that the applications from stu dents for the fall term are unusually large and he anticipates a better year than last, which recorded an average attendance of 393 and a total of different pupils for the year of over 500. Isaac Taylor's long beard nearly cost him his life in a mill at Wllllamsport.

His beard became entangled in the machinery, and it was only by making a mighty effort that he waa waa saved from being drawn under a shaft. A portion of hia whiskers were torn off and became wrapped around the shaft. Horace Day, aged twenty seven years, son of Rev. W. J.

Day, of Lnzerne, died of heart trouble, from which he had long suffered. He was a graduate of the Harry Hill man Academy, Wilkesbarre, and of Princeton Theological Seminary. He also took a post graduate course in Germany He had been licensed to preach by Lacka wanna Presbyteryand was doing mission work in New York City when he became 111. News has been received at Scranton from the State Department to the effect that the Thirteenth Regiment will be perpetuated The new Thirteenth will be composed of Cos. and of the old regt ment, and Cos.

and of the Elev enth, in Scranton, with Co. of the old Thirteenth, at Montrose; Co. of the Eleventh, at Honesdale; Co. of the Eleventh, at Easton, and Co. formerly of the Seventh, now detached, at Tank bannock.

A peculiar accident happened to Mrs Jane Norman Dresden, of Wyalusing, While watering some cattle, the bucket slipped from her hand and fell into the well. Mrs. Norman went down a ladder to secure the bucket, when one of the cows backed into the well after her; but the woman, by swinging around to the under side of the ladder, saved hereelf from being crushed. Her cries alarmed the neighbors, who rescued the entire outfit woman, cow and bucket without injury, Some of the county fair dates for this section of the State are as follows Lehigh county, Allentown, Sept 19 to 22; Penn aylvania State Agricultural Society, Wllkesbaire, Sept. 25 to 30, (probable) Bradford county, Towanda, Sept.

26 to 29, Bradford county, Canton, Sept. 19 to DR. TR0XELL OFFERS A LOT ON BROAD STREET FOR Councilmanlc Committee Disposed to Accept the Offer, hut Would Like to Have the New Komi Alongside the Lot More Thau Twenty Feet Wide. There la a prospect that something practical may be accomplished during the present year toward the erection of a new City Hall. A lot on the old Pennsylvania Coal Co.

plot, on Broad street, now owned by Dr. E. R. Troxell, is favored by the city authorities, because of the splendid opportunity afforded to secure a well lighted and well ventilated basement, without doing any excavating, bnttheconncilmanic committee and Dr. Troxell were unable for a long time to come to terms.

'Squire J. K. Ehret, of the West Side, is the agent for the sale of the propei ty, and he hat, had several conferences with the council men lately, with the result that a final offer has been made to give the city a lot with a frontage of sixty feet, at $125 per foot front, or a total of $7,500. At a recent meeting of the Common Council, an ordinance was introduced by Thomas J. Corcoran, now Mayor, appropriating that sum for the purchase of a lot.

This ordinance is now in the hands of the committee on public buildings, of which Mr. Connors is chairman, and it is expected that a favorable report will be made upon it at the next meeting of the lower branch, though there is a disposition to hold it back until some understanding can be had with reference to the new street which it is proposed to open through the Troxell plot, between Broad street and Charles street. An ordi nance authorizing the exchange of th land now occupied by an alley on the up per end of the Troxell plot for a twenty foot strip near the center of the plot, to be used as a public street, has been passed by the Common Council and is now in the hands of the public buildings committee of the Select Council, of which Mr. Hennigan is chairman. It is wisely con sidered that the public street at the Bide of the City Hall should be wider than twenty feet, and an effort will be made to have the ordinance changed in this respect.

The street should certainly be made wider, whether a city building is to be erected thereon or not, and provis'on should be made, if possible, to secure a wider strip say thirty six feet, the same as Church and Kennedy streets, which it will connect. OBITUARY. GKOlUiK SMITH George Smith passed away Thursday evening, July 20, at the family bon in the Masonic Hall Block, on North Main street. The end was not unexpected. For three years past, Mr.

Smith had been in ill health, bb the result of a stroke of par alysis, followed by dropsy, and for a year he had been closely confined. George Smith bad been actively identified with PittHton's business interests for nearly half a century. He was a native of England, having been born in the town of Paulton, Somersetshire, on Jan. 10th 18:51. He was, therefore, in bis sixth ninth year.

The marked feature of his life whs the persistence aud energy which enabled him, without the advantages of an education, to come here penniless youth and become a wealthy and leading citizen. He landed in this country on the steamship Star of the West. after a voyage of thirty days, April 8, 1850. Robert Sharp, who has been his secretary for many years, was a fellow passenger. He was an experienced rock man by trade, and coming directly to Pittston, was just in time to parti cipate in the work of opening the coal veins hereabout.

His brother, Harry Smith, became associated with him In rock contracting, and together they sank one of the Twin shafts, in Upper Pittston. They were also connected with the work of sinking the Ravine shaft. George Smith and his brother were aiterward members of company that, for a short time during the Civil War, leased and operated the Eagle shaft, the lease on which they afterward sold to $16,000. Later the Abram Price, also M. C.

Mercnr for Smith brothers and of thia city, went to Gllberton, Schuylkill connty, where they opened a rich vein of coal at an expense of $20,000 and shortly afterward sold the property for $100,000. George and Harry Smith invested their portion of the proceeds of this coal sale in a tract of coal land in Pittston township, known as the Heidelberg tract, aud that section has since been popularly known as Smithville, In recognition of the owners. The coal on this tract ia now being mined by the Lehigh Valley Coal Co aud is a source of great profit to the owners. Oce piece of work in which Mr. Smith took Bpeclal pride waa the opening of the fam ona Hoosac railroad tunnel, in Massachusetts, for which be had the eon tract, through the death of hia wite led him to return to Pittston before the work was completed.

In 1875( when Pittston'a bridges were carried away by a flood, Mr. Smith ran a email steamboat on the river here, and this gained for him the title of Captain which he afterward held among hia aasoclates. Mr. Smith waa once the owner of the Polen property, Including the Glennon residence, at the corner of Susquehanna and Luzerne avennea, West Pittston, and lived there with his family for a short time. He afterward, in connection with the People's Bank, erected the Masouic Hall building, on North Main street, where the family has since resided.

For many years and np to the time of his death, Mr. Smith was a director of the People's bank. For twenty five years past, he also conducted a hotel in his own bnilding. Mr. Smith was twice married.

He was first married In England to Margaret Phoenix, who ditd iu Massachusetts in 18(0. Liter he waa married to Sarah Kin ley, of North Adams, who survives him, as also does hia only daughter, by bin first wife, Mrs. O. C. Glick, of this city.

Mr. Smith's only grandchild is Mrs Albert Shnhz, of Scranton. ItS. ANN CATOV. Mrs.

Ann Caton, aged sixty six years died on Sunday afternoon of heart disease and dropsy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Krey, SO Lagrange street. IIKUNAKII m'cauk. Bernard McCabe, an old and respected sident of Browntown, died last Sunday at the home of his danghter, Mrs.

John Corcoran. The deceased is survived by the following children: Patrick McCabe, of Wilkesbarre; John, of Avoca; Thomas, at home; Mrs. Daniel Corcoran and Mrs, John Corcoran. Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, bnt akin eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen'a Arnica Salve enree them also old, running and fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, chapped hands, chilblains, rseet pile cure on earta.

Drives out pains and aches. Only 25c a box. Cure guar anteed. Sold by G. D.

Stroh, West Pitta ton, and W. C. Price, Pittston, drnggiata.J.