Franklin Repository (Daily) from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • 1

MimnuH lOvCi a 'V W.ist. fiMTiOH CBA11BEE8BUEG TUESDAY EVENING MAY II. 1886 VUL 3 -NO 109 EXAM1N1NQTHE SCHOOLS. TOWN TALK AROUND THK WORLD. MAY MATTERS.

OBITUARY. Death cf Two Estimable Who Wellkaown to Onr Citizens. MBS. BESTS EW. Mrs.

Jemima Renfrew, widow of John Renfrew, died at the home ot her daughter-in law, Mrs. Lindsay Renfrew, in the township of Guilford on Monday. Mrs. Renfrew was quite aged and bad a large circle of relatives. MBS.

HOC8ER. Mrs. Michael Houser, whose husband died in Altoona several years ago, died Monday in Harrisburg. Her body will be brought to town on the 10 a. m.

train on Wednesday to the home of her son Wilson, of W. R. Houser A Co. from where it will be buried at 2 p. m.

Mrs. Houser was a sister of Mr. Wm. Fisher and leaves three grown children. The Y.

M. C- A. Meeting. The Y. M.

C- A. meeting held last evening in the Methodist church at which Rev. S. A. Taggart, State Secretary, and W.

A. Bowen, Assistant State Secretary, wgre present was unusually' interesting and encouraging to the large number of members present. Rev. Taggart in his address gave much valuable information in regard to Association work, which was of great assistance to the membera in deciding several important questions- A committee of five composed of Messrs. R.

E. Coyle, H. C. White, H. 8.

Gilbert, and Revs. Dickson and Hartman was appointed to nominate a board of directors composed of fifteen gentlemen which will be submitted to the association for approval. A cordial invitation is given to all the business men and young men who are injthe formation of this association to attend the meetings at 8 oclock this evening in the lecture room of the Methodist church. Aaothsr OonrmHUt Visit Stout J07 sal Finis tit School la Bood Crier. The Mount Joy Herald of last week says: The Grand Army of the Republic are investigating the charges brought against Hon.

G. Wright and James L. Paul aa members of the syndicate that manages the Mont Joy am other Soldiers Orphan schools, they being also members of the Grand Army. On last Monday a committee, including aa attorney-at law, came here to get testimony in regard to the matter. Teachers, pupils, matron, none and the other employes tk the school were examined; also several citizens, and one or more of the ministers from the town who hold Sunday services at the school.

Witnesses were sworn and examined by attorney Hol-Iinger, and also questioned by other members of the committee; and the evidence was taken down by a abort hand writer. As far aa we heard these witnesses there was nothing in their testimony thst would confirm the reports published in the Philadelphia Record or in the speeches made by the Gover. nor and the Attorney General. It was reported that the boys did not get enough to eat; the testimony was that on several occasions the cook did not provide an excess of a certain dish, which being dealt ont did not reach quite around; bat those who were missed always got plenty of something else. Instead of boys and girls giving medicines, to the sick under directions from the doctor, there is a regular nurse who testified that she attends to giving medicines and to all the wants of the sick nnder the doctors directions given to her.

But there is nothing so damaging to the reports of neglect and abuse as the healthy appearance of the children daily seen on our streets, and the health and death statistics of the While the average death rate among children between five and fifteen vears old throughout the civilized world is 7.5 in 1000 per year, it was only 4.32 in 1000 at the Monnt Joy Soldiers Orphan school; and at the Mercer school (represented as the worst) only 8.07 out of 1000. These are facts from official reports. Gift of Poison. It is time that respectable merchants combined with consumers tor the suppression of all gift, prize and lottery schemes in connection with the sale of articles of merchandise. These schemes are not only demoralizing to legitimate business and to the morals of the community, but in the extent in which they are being carried In the sale of articles of food have become a source of great danger to the pubtic health.

They are, no matter in what form they appear, nothing more or less than devices to swindle honest and unsuspecting people. It is gratifying to learn that in some instances the officers of the law have taken hold of the matter; In New York, and also ia Chicago, parties who in this way offered gifts to purchasers of their packages have recently been arrested npon indictments for lottery swindling. The latest candidates, both for public execration and criminal prosecution are-the manufacturers of the alum baking powders, who are both by means of gifts and lottery tiekets, disposing of large quantities of their corrosively poisonous compounds, which are so well known to be detrimental to health that no housekeeper will admit them to her kitchen, knowingly. This form of swindle is not only being peddled from house to house but under the promise of large profits to be realized, the manufacturers are entrenching themselves behind the counters of many grocers by getting them to offer the alum goods with the gifts or lottery tickets attached thereby shifting the liability to prosecution, in part, npon other and, perhaps, innocent parties. Every grocer or dealer, for -instance, who sells or offers for sde any of the prize or lottery baking powdera is a criminal in the eye of the law, and liable, npon conviction, to fine and imprisonment, while those who sell the gift goods are morally, as responsible, for they are offering an inducement, or prize, I to housekeepers to use a food that contains a a corrosive poison.

This is a predicament in which it is not possible onr grocers will care to place themselves when they come to think seriously of the matter. It must be borne in mind that every one of these gift or prize baking powders, are alnm baking 'powders. These powders cost less than four cents a pound to produce; the gift or prize oosts but a few cents more. They are sold at the price of a first-class baking powder, so that the swindle, in a commercial sense, is enormous. But the chief iniquity of the business consists in selling, as presumably wholesome, an article of a positively injurious char acter, and by means of gifts or bribes inducing servants or unsuspecting housekeepers to purchase and use it in our daily food.

There should be some prompt method of reaching these dangerous practices and pun-ishing the parties engaged ia their promotion. If the present laws are not ample, we commend the matter to the consideration of onr State Board of Health tor recommendation of such additional legislation as shall be effective for the protection of the public. ITEMS OF INTERESTjN AND ABOUT OUR HOMES. The Happenings of Bay as Caught oa the Hy hr our Awake Soporto aai RoUeiDowafcf the The rain cleaned tlse gutters out nicely. 1 The union have had a bad time for their fair.

feThe firemens parade this evening will be a creditable one. The street brigade Were out this morning cleaning the streets. Meeting of Hope evening at 7:30 oclock sharp. 1 The insurance-underwriter of the county have a meeting in town today. A few days ago Mrs.

John Cree, of Queen street, fell and badly Injured ber arm. The nun storm that visited town on Monday night was one of the most violent we have had for a long time. A poet says, I listen for the coming of bis feet. We suspect the -girls father doesnt tackle to him kindly. When Jeff Davis sees some of the portraits, with his name under them, going the rounds of the press, he wilt regret that he didnt remain in his tomb until Gabriel sounded his horn.

I Grants Book. Mr. Loder, the agent for Gen. Grant" a book in this place tells ns the book will be here on Thursday, when it will de delivered to the subscribers. lnspectfoh Tonight.

Housum Poet 809 A. B. will meet at their room, this evening for inspection. The inspecting officer will be Commander Crawford, of Stevens Post, 817 of Fayetteville. A full attendance is requested.

Prophesying. The Lancaster Examiner says: Col. McClure is again prophesying about the political situation in Pennsylvania. As usual those who are good humored will laugh but those of a billions temperament will get a pun. Weather Indications.

Special to Rxvomtobt. Was hix GToir D. C-, May 11, 10 AO a. m- For eastern Pennsylvania, local rains; variable winds, generally shifting to southeasterly nearly stationary temperature. Hoae Company Meeting.

The members of the Junior hose company are requested to meet in full uniform at the hose house this evening at 6:45 sharp. Clat Hexxixgex, Chief Director. At tha Horae Show. The excursion to the horse show in Harrisburg last evening was not as well attended from this place as was expected, there bang bat two passengers, Messrs. Chat.

Hyssong and George Foreman. The special train reached this place at twelve oclock. A Trying Time- This is the trying time of the year. Heavy clothes are too heavy, and thin clothes are too thin. Felt hats are hot and tiresome, and straw hats are not yet seasonable.

It is not every one who can afford to indulge the luxury of an intermediate set of wearing apparel and those who cannot are very anxious for the warm weather to begin in earnest. Landmarks Gone. One of the rarest relics of a past age is the street pump. The time was when one could be found in almost every block in Chambers-burg. Now it is seldom that one can be seen in a miles walk, so completely have these old landmarks disappeared.

Think the matter over and see how many existing pumps yon can count. The fewness of them will no doubt surprise you. Road Bulldara. The West Chester Republican says: The man who first invented breaks on the public roads may have thought he was a great genius but instead of being a public benefactor he gave to posterity a heathenish contrivance for the breaking of carriage spring and the commandments. Supervisors who make breaks in the road just (because their grandfathers did are behind the age.

Dowa with the breaks. Handsome Crazy Quilt. There was put on exhibition this after noon in SoUaubergecs shoKJrindow a beautiful crazy quilt made by Miss Lytle Barbour of this place. It is composed of sixteen' patches the half of each one being beautifully panted and tbe remaining bait embroidered. This quilt has been talked about among tbe ladies for sometime, expected to see a beauty when it was put ou exhibition and they have not been disappointed.

OUR BUDGET OF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. What Cm acdArotmd Ttwn. General County Matters of Interest our Readers. The Junior Fair. Housum Post, 309 G.

A. and Franklin Guards, N. G. attended the Janior fair in full uniform last evening. The Junior band marched to the respective head quarters of the two organizations and escorted them to the rink.

'The Boys in Blue all patronized the Juniors nicely and seemed to enjoy them-Belves very much at the fair. The heavy rain that fell during the evening kept many people from attending the fair. The attraction of the evening was a cornet dnet by Messrs. B. L.

and Will Flinder entitled What are the Wild Waves saying? The young gentlemen played their duet eo well that a presistent encore applauding arose to which they responded by another very pretty selection. These young cornetists are proficient in the use of their instruments and are talented musicians. The rink dnriDg the continuance of the fair is illuminated by the Thompson-Houston electric light of the Cumberland Valley railroad company. Seven lights are used, two of them being outside, and urnish a clear, strong pretty light. The electric car stands near the water house in the railroad yards.

Wire runs from it to the rink. Tonight the other companies of the town department will attend the fair in full uniform. A street parade will be given, starting at o'clock. The Parade Tonight-The parade this evening by the fire companies of town will be quite a nice little affair. The Juniors headed by the Junior Band will leave their house at 6:15 and march down Second street to the Cumberland Valley Hose House where the C.

Vs. will join them. They will then proceed up second street and the Vigilants and Friendships will fall into line and march to the Good Will house on Catherine street where the Third ward boys will join the procession. The route will then be down Catherine to Main, down Main to Market, np Market to Hope house, where the No. 4 company will join the line and from thence the parade will move to the rink.

The procession will come down Main street about half past seven oclock. A Bazaar. The ladies ot the A. M. F.

Zion Church German street will open a Bazaar in the Lecture Room of the church this evening, con-tinning three nights. Quite a display of fancy toilet and Useful articles willbe on exhibition, together with a variety of flowers, plants, bouquets, Ac. The audience will be entertained each evening with select humorous readings, recitations, tableaux and dialogues interspersed with vocal and instrumental music, solos, duets, choruses 4c. Refreshments will be served every evening and it is hoped that the occasion will receive the hearty support of the friends and public generally, to assist this congregation in raising their pastors salary, of which they are very much behind. Gives the One Tenth.

Dr. Sanderson, the gent1 email who selling or rather advertising his medicine on the diamond says he attended the Central Presbyterian church about three years ago and read on a small envelope He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord. He says he went back to the Montgomery house and told his wife he was going to give the one-tenth of all he made to the poor, and has been doing so ever since. Will Not Accept. W.

U. Brewer, the present chairman of the Republican County Committee, will not accept a reelection. The duties of that position this year will be more arduous than Mr. Brewer is willing to undertake, but he will devote much time to the campaign, and will give all the assistance he can to the suc cess of the ticket. About Again.

It is said warm weather brings flies, insects, and, bats. It should also have been said that it brings the street physician who carries with him the cure for all diseases. One held forth on the Diamond last evening and we may expect to have many more of these good Samaritans during the summer evenings. Married. Mr.

John Truman and Mrs. Mary G. Patterson were united in the bonds of matrimony, by Rev. M. H.

Ross on last Thursday, and returned to their home in Msrtiasburg Ya-with the prospects of a happy future; Vigilants. The Vigilant Hook A ladder Co. is requested to meet at the house at 6.45 this evening in full uniform to attend the Junior fair. BUDGET OF NEWS FROM HOMS ANO FOREIGN COUNTRES. XiUit Important Sweats Paragraphed for the CTBTtaieaee of Hasty Sudan.

The News iaa Nat Shell. Five jurors have been obtained in the trial -of Jaehne, the New York aldermauic bribe-'taker. A tornado ia Wane County, destroyed everything ia ita track. One woman and two men were killed, The Democratic membera oi the Ohio Senate are still absent. The Chicago lire Stock Exchange adopted resolutions opposing any law prohibiting or taxing the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine.

At the village of Nichole, near Owego. N. Norman Loansbery shot and killed Horace Fayaon and his own wife and then killed himaelfi The Preller murder trial began in St. Louis. At a bark camp, near Wilcox, Elk County, William Bush, an ex- convict, shot and killed bis Philip, with a Winchester rifle.

Sallie ONeil was pot on trial in Pottsrille for the murder of Betty Keefe, her husbands aunt. Valentine Barrow, of Middlebcro, attacked Fred Peffer with a knife and stabbed him fatally. The young men were rivals for the band of a farmer's daughter. In Philadelphia 1000 garment cutters went on atnke. and their action ia likely to throw I others out of work.

The Brotherhood -of Carpenters vote $1000 for the defense of James Orrick and James Broderick, for attempting to instigate a strike on Friday. General Master Workmen Powderly has issued a secret circular to the Knights of Labor, in which he denounces the boycott aa an evil practice, demands obedience to the General Executive Board, says the man of capital i not necessarily the enemy of the laborer, and indicates that some important work will be transacted at the Cleveland meeting of the order. General Secretary Treasurer Turner says there is nu movement to displace Mr. Pow--derly, and that the Cleveland conference will take all authority to order strikes, and lockouts will be taken away from district assem blie. In Cincinnati the situation ia decidedly more hopefoL The United States Supreme Court has dismissed the three Snow polygamy cases for want of jurisdiction.

It has Ilso recalled the mandate in the Cannon case, setting aside the former judgment and dismissed it for want of joriadktion- The appropriation for pnblic printing for the present fiscal year proves inadequate, and -a deficiency of $200,000 is asked. The Senate further considered, without final action, the Inter-state Commerce bill. Mr. Van Wyck introduced a bill to authorise the Union Pacific Railway to construct branch roads. In the House an attempt failed to pass the Anti pool selling bill, and it went over until the next District of Columbia day in June.

Resolutions of inquiry regarding the fishery -seizure were introduced. Cheaper to so Home. It will be remembered that a year ago it was no unfrequent occurrence to have at least thirty or forty travelling salesmen spead Sun-day in Chambersborg It has been 'noticed recently that such ia not now the case, and the reason was asked of a prominent hotel man. He replied that the railroad companies are now offering excursion tickets for sale on Saturday, good until Monday, at a cheaper rate than the hotels can afford to keep a single person for over Sunday. consequence is that the Philadelphia and Baltimore salesmen instead of remaining out, return to their homes on Saturday and remain there until Monday when they again start out on their route.

They are thus enabled to travel a few hundred miles and spend Sunday with their families much cheaper than they can by remaining away. Received an Invitation The Junior Hose company has received from the Excelsior Hose company. No. 8 of Altoona aa invitation to be the guests ot the latter company during the meeting of the Stale Firemans Association in Altoona in September. A grand firemens parade win be given during the meeting of the association.

-Popular' in Tha It the Demo iracy nominate the most popular xnaa in the South for the Presidency in 1888 as ha been suggested Jeff. Davis will carry off the honors by large majority. No other ma in the country can fire the Southern heart with sack red-hot enthusiasm aa the ex-Preaident of the collapsed Confederacy. To the Setting Sun. The following named persons left the station today for the West via Cumberland Valley and Pennsylvania Railroads.

T. B. Wood and wife Bev. B. G.

Huber, Michall Long, Miss Satie L. Shank, Miss Katie Lesher, John G. Grove wife and dangb ter, Joseph Sneze, Mrs. Jacob Grove, Mil Libbie Schloeaer, E. T.

Ditzler, Miss Jennie Thompson, Geo. B. Andrews and wife, SamL M. Elliott, Wm. Shafer, John E.

Shartle, Mrs. C- Burkhart, Martin N. Wingerd, Thoa. H. Wallace, David Lutz, Min Beckie Lutz, Mies Martha Lutz, Miss EUie Berlin, Miss Kate Sheet z.

Not Americana. Judging by the names of the rioters arrested in Chicago and Milwaukee, for causing the recent bloody riots in those cities there is not an American workingman among them. They are Anarchists and Socialists from European countries, who left their country for the countrys good, and they should be given no countenance here. The incendiary who applies the torch to a building is a dangerous character, and should be within prison walls. The incendiary who uses his fiery tongue to make murder and riot, is no better and should receive like treatment.

A Successful Sunday School. The Sunday School at Antrim Grove, a mile south of Browns Mill, has been re-organized. Jacob S. Smith (Ex. Co.

SupL) is the Superintendent, A. K. Hammill, Secretary; and David Eshelman, Treasure and general manager. The school has about fifty members, the adult portion of the community attending very generally. The school is very fortunate in haring Mr.

Smith at the head, for his explanation and review of the lesson ia interesting and profitable. Mias Beckie Esh-elmaa presides at the organ, which she does very gracefully. Broke His Arm. Mr. John Arnst, an aged inmate of the Alms House, broke his arm in a singular manner on the 8th insL He was leaning against a door when he was requested to move by an attendant who was scrubbing the floor.

Mr. Arnst, who is hard of hearing, was startled by the command and in his endeavor to get out of the way, turned suddenly with the above result. The bones of course were brittle and broke easily. He received attention fro Dr. Seibert.

Death of Mrs- Davis. Mrs. Ann Davis, wife of Rev. John Davis, formerly pastor of the two colored churches in this place, died in Carlisle, at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Her remains will be brought to Chambersborg this evening.

The funeral will take place from Zion church, German street, on Wednesday morning 10 o'clock. Slight Damage. The accident at the residence of one of our Second street subscribers did no further damage than to injure tha hinge of the shatter to gently doted and indicate the time when the wee small hours were approaching. Personal. Mrs.

J. W. Cree, of Pittsburg, is visiting her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Cree, on Queen street.

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