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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

bed at the Hahneman Hospital for
sick policemen. The affair is under
the patronage of distinguished socie-
ty ladies. A band of genuine police
men in full uniform and armed with
their night clubs, will sing the police
mems chorus from the Pirates:
"The Policemen's Lot is not happy
one" 1t is said that Superintendent
Walling will lead off. This ancient
king of clubs ought to do we'll in
this role. Anybody who has ever
heard him sing the MarsAAaise at
Press Club receptions about three
o'clock in the morning, must have
instantly perceived that the operate
stage lost a great star when Mr.. Wal
ling gave it the cold shoulder to de-
velop his biceps in the discharge of
his duty as zone Of the finest"
The Press Club at its annual cleo
ton last week had novel issue
thrust upon it. 1t was whether
poker playing, which had become
the leading institution of the concern,
should or should not be made away
with. The club decided in favor of
the candidates for Executive Com
mit.ee who believed in poker, and
thus the pot is safe for another year.
When one thinks Of what the Press
Club was and might be, and what it
is. one cannot help regrettil.g the
fact that it is going to the dogs.
Two or three years ago crowd Of
officious nobodies managed to fight
their way into office. Their behavior
was such that the best men left. AS
it always is when things enter on
the downward course the descent
is very fast and thus the club is rush
ing on an express train to the demni-
tion bow vows, to use Mantalini's
paraphrase. But for comparatively
small number of representative journ-
alists' the Press Club is at present
largely composed of Bohemians, who
find its rooms convenint place to
lounge, read the papers, gossip and
criticise about others and fleece the
young and innocent, by means of
their superior knowledge of poker
and other games the interest for
which centres on money stakes.
Reporters on the Herald are hav-
ing hard time of it now. Benefits
parting instruction to his managing
editor, before sailing for Europe, was
"Make them witty and keep them
Short" Thus those on the regular
staff have been making the most
painfully ridiculous efforts to be witty
and the "space men" will soon be
obliged to devote their attention toll
poker at the Press Club, for under
the "keep short" rule now in force,
some. Of them do not earn their Car
fare to and from the Office.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

The Grand Rapids saloon keepers
gave over 5000 to benevolent insti-
tuition there on Thanksgiving day.
That is right so far as it goes, but
the donation should have been made
larger for all the reasons that exists
for institutions of that character,
grow out of the traffic in which they
are engaged.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

There are in the state Of New
Hampshire SO cotton manufacturing
establishments with an invested CAPT
tai of SIo,877,o84.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

The Lansing Republican very
forcibly says, sanger over the Sen
atoria! question is unwise,. The SUBJ
ject should be candidly and Thoroughly
discussed, but there is no reason for
any exhibition Of bad blood" Pre-
cisely our opinion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

The Gratiot Journal The airy
fabric of democracy is still ballasted
with free trade, but in 1884 the peo-
pie will furnish it with the sand bag
of defeat and that will hold it down
for a while.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

1t is said to be fact that Bsmark
has asked for authority to prohibit
absolutely the importation of Ameri-
can hog products into Germany.
If this is the fact, it demands prompt
action for redress upon the part of
the United States authorities.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

MARKRTs Wheat. No. 1 per bushel,
92c. corn per basket, "a to 25c, oats per
bushcl, 80 to 3sc, barley per centum, S1.40,
apples per bbl., $3.50 to 81 90, potatoes
per bushel, 40 to 45c, butter per h., 90 to
25c. cheese per h., full cream, 10 to lac,
eggs per dozen, 1Sc. pork per hundred,
81 to Z. .25 beef by the side per H., to &c,
chickens per lb. dressed, Q to &c, turkeys
per ID. dressed, Otto 10cts. GEESE Tets,
ducks Sets, clover seed So. 80 to G.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

The second trial of the Star Route
cases has begun. We do not be
lieve the charges against the accused
parties are true and hope they may
be acquitted.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15
GEO. M. DEWEY, EDITOR.

The reduction of the National
debt in November was S5,53A8oo.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

The Tariff Commission have SUBJ
mitted to Congress an elaborate re-
port in which they recommend re-
duction in duties from 20 es per
cent. With all due Difference to
the opinion of the able gentlemen
who compose the Commission, we do
not believe there should be any re
duction in tariff duties, but only a
readjustment to meet the business
wants of today. Every ceut taken
from the protective duties is taken
from the mouths and off the backs
of the working men and women.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

A beautiful line of Ladies' and Gents
Chains, Sleeve Buttons, Bracelets and Scarf
Pins will be found at
T. o. CHRrsrrAN'a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-15

The Hastings Banner: "If the
Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Sages
and the Huntingtons think that a
free people will much longer have
patience with their iniquitious doings
they are reckoning without their
host" But the Banner does not
specify what those iniquitious doings
are and for the life of us we cannot
imagine what evil they are all doing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

WHEN Mr.. Merrick. one Of the coun-
sci for the government in the Star route
cases, made the statement in court two
weeks ago that the prosecution had am
pie evidence to prove the guilt Of Ste
phen w. Dorsey. ex-U.sS. Senator from
Arkansas. and now one of the defend
ants, the head and front really of the
Star route ring, Robert G.. Ingersoll,
who is DoTsey's counsel, said to him
with all the GOODNESS of a veteran gam
you have not" To which Mr. Merrick
replied ''that's not the way we try
cases in law. by betting" ''You know
the old story" responded Ingersoll. put
IN or shut mp" Thus endeth the first
chapter Now for the second. There
are two Dorseys. the ex-senator. STE
phen W. and his brother, John W,
both cast in the same mould. John hav-
ing been the man Of All work for Steph-
en- W. in his Star route manipulations
and now a co-detendant with him. Jno,
". seems to have strong Tepugnance
against his appearance in court. although
he is under heavy bonds to do so. and In
/ gersoll had pledged Mr, Bliss, another
Of the governments counsel. that he
would produce him when wanted. JnO.
( W. wasn't on hand, however. on yester-
day week, when the cases were called
for trial. and Mr.. Bliss charged that
IngersOll's failure to have his client in
court was a mere measure Of delay.
''ROyal Bob" rs Garfield called him.
! springing to his feet and bringing his
fist down upon the table with sledge-
( hammer force. exclaimed "YOu are a
/ liar, sir : a liar" These are some of the
amenities Of Bob Ingerson in the court
room, and we only mention them as in
cidents peculiar to the trial. all the ef-
forts of the counsel for the two Dor
sey's being plainly for the purpose of
DELAY. The cases WILDE called up again
on Tuesday next. Pefhaps a begin
ming will then be made of their trial but
certainly not if Ingersoll can prevent
it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

WHENEVER one political party uses
its power in p State Legislature to per-
petrate a Elaring wrong. the opposite
party in power i'm other States. under
the plea Of self-defence. will be sure to
initiate the example. After the parti-
san and totally indefensible manner In
which the Republican Legislatures of
Iowa, Michigan. Illinois. Ohio. and
some others. have districted their re-
spective States for Congressional pur-
poses, we are not at all surprised that
the Democratic Legislature of Missouri
has Just done what we have been deuoun-
cling as political Outrages by the Repub-
lican party in the States above referred
TO. That State. whose Legislature ad-
journed on Saturday last, Is entitled to
fourteen members Of Congress. and the
apportionment bill. passed on the dav of
final adjournment, is intended to elect
thirteen Democrats and one Republican.
At the Presidential election Hancock
had Dos, $50 votes in the State and Gar
field bad 153. 5S7, While it will there
fore require only about sixteen thOus-
and votes TO elect each Of the thirteen
Democratic members. all Of Garfeld's
vote. more than nine times sixteen thou
sand. will be represented by q single
member. This is infinitely worse than
the attempt Of the freebooter, Malone,
TO disfranchise the debt-payiug Demo
eTacy Of Virginia. No honest man can
stand up and offer even an apology fer
this Missouri gerrymander. Tt is as
rough and ready piece Of work as was
ever performed bv her distinguished cit
iZen, the late Jesse James. when he was
engaged in wreeking and robbing rail-
road passenger trains.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

On Thursday Of last week President
Arthur. acting on the recently written
opinion of the Attorney General, remit
ted that portion Of the sentence of the
Fitz John Porter court martial by which
he was disqualified from holding any
Office Of trust or profit under the Gov
ernment of the United States" Gen.
Sewel, the Republican member of the
Senate from New Jersey, will introduce
a bill into that body to carry out at once
the recommendation Of the advisory
board of army officers. consisting of
Generals Schofeld. Terry and Getty. to
restore Gen. Porter to the position of
which ne was deprived by the sentence
Of the court martial.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

Secretary Of the Ndry, Washington, q. s. l.:
LENA DELTA, March 24-Found DeLong
and party dead. Found all papers and
books. Continue search for Chimp.
MELVILLE.
The foregoing brief despatch tells the
sad and melancholy fate ot Lieut.. De-
Long and ten of the men who went out
with him in the Jeanette to explore the
Arctic regions. Tie vessel was pur-
chased and fitted out for the voyage by
Mr.. Bennett. proprietor of the New
York Herald, at his own expense, and
sailed from San Francisco in July, 1879
DeLOng was a Lieutenant in the Navy
and was assigned by the Navy Depart
ment at Benefits request, to command
the expedition. The other officers and
the crew of the ship numbered about
thirty-siX men. On the 23d of last June.
nearly two years after she had left San
Francisco. the Jeanette was crushed
by the ice in the Arctic ocean, and De-
Long. dividing the crew into three par
ties. with himself at the head of one.
Engineer Melville. who sends the des-
patch. at the head of another, and Lieu
tenant Chipp in charge Of the third. took
refuge in the three boats Of the ship. In
a heavy gale at night the boats became
separated. Chipp's boat has never been
heard flOm and was no doubt lost in the
storm. Melville's party managed to
reach one of the mouths of the Lena
river. in Siberia. in September last,
and it is known that DeLOng and his
party reached the coast at point north
of the Lena about the same time. This
information is based on the fact that
two Of his men. sent by DeLong to hunt
a settlement and to return with pr0vi-
sions for their relief. reached BOlenga. in
Siberia. on the 29th of October. As
soon as Melville could organize an expe-
ditiOn he started back to search for his
companions. and the result is announced
in his despatch as given above. Tt is a
sad thing to learn of these brave and adj
venturOus men thus dying front slow
starvation. but the fate of the Jeanette
. and her gaIlent crew will not deter 9TH
eTs from emhaUking in the same hazard
Gus and foOlhardy enterprise. Melville's
( full report of his search will be awaited
with deep interest.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

MICHAEL DAvITT was released from
Portland JAIN. a short distance from
London, on last Saturday morning His
friends Parnell. Dillon and O'KelIy
Travelled from London and were present
to welcome him back to liberty. His
health is good. On the morning of his
release he had completed the fifteenth
month Of his Imprisonment since his re-
arrest. making n complete record of nine
years and ten months spent in English
prisons for political causes. About the
only complaint he makes is that during
these fifteen weary months he was al
most completely cut off from all inter
course with his fellow men, as he was
not allowed to exchange q word with
any Of the other prisoners. even the jail
wardens being forbidden to speak to
him
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

Mrs. EMILY HENsEL, wife of our ex-
cellent friend, w. L. Hensel, Esq, of
the Lancaster TDtelIiqencer. died in that
city, on Saturday last, Of rheumatism,
but at what age'is not stated. The pa
thetic pen Of one who knew her we'll
pays a most tender and eloquent tribute
to her character and virtues, in the col
ums Of that journal of Saturday even
ing, We extend to Mr.. Hensel our sin
cere and heartfelt sympathy in the sore
affiictiOn he has been called upon to suf-
fer. Nav God comfort and console him
in his great loss.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

BURIED AFTER YEARS OF WAITING.-A
strange burial took place at Palmyra, on the
AmbOy Division of the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road, short distance from BOrdentOwn. n.
j., on Tuesday of last week, when the bodies
of three children who had been dead a num-
Der of years, were laid to rest in the cemetery
in that village. Some twenty years ago a
child of Henry Coy died, and the father, be-
ing unwilling to haye the child buried, had
the remains sealed up in a bronze casket
which he stored away in a room in his house
A year later two more of his children died
and they were put in casketS and disposed of
as the first one was. All attempts to induce
the father to have the bodies buried failed.
In all his travels through the country the
bodies were taken with the family He at
one time lived at Camden, where he manu-
Tactured surgical instruments, and had been
a resident of Philadelphia and other places
lie finally settled one and a half miles from
Palmyra, where he died recently at the age
OF slXty-one years. He was very eccentric
man, and was unwilling to make the ae-
quaintance of any one living near him. tits
stated that he would sit for hours i'm the room
with the casketS and seemed to take pleas
uTe in being with them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12
! MorHER,s TEnp1n1r IrHr,1.u1rz i

A MOTHERS TERRIBLE INHUMANITY.-
Nancy Henry, young Eegro woman, 2S
years old, was brought to Selma, Ala, on
Wednesday, from plantation thirty miles
distant and lodged in JAIL charged with kill
Ing her son, boy ten years of age, by con-
tinued ard fiendishly barbarous treatment.
Ten days ago she commenced maltreating
her son in a particularly cruel manner. and
from that day until the moment when death
relieved him of all misery he has been in a
condition superlatively pItiful She whipped
him until he was unable to walk then took
plank and struck him a blow that broke
his left leg, between the knee and ankle. A
day or two afterward, with the same instru-
ment OF torture, she broke the right thigh
bone and then, because he would not get up,
she whipped him with a strap to cure him of
possuming. An old rusty scythe blade was
brought into play. and with this the helpless
boy was literally hacked to pieces From
head to foot his body presented a succession
of revolving cuts, gashes, bruises and running
sores. Last Sunday, late in the afternoon p,
stretched on thin ragged pallet, placed in
an out of the way corner of the house, the
boy died. On Monday he was buried in a
hastily scratched out hole, without coffin or
any preparation for the grave. The facts as
given, coming to the ears of law officers, led
to the exhuming of the body, the arrest of
the mother, and her transmission to the coun-
ty Jail for safe keeping.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

CANERON-s machine State convention
met al Harrisburg on Wednesday last
and welalrn this Thursday morning
that three Of the candidates for State
officers were nominated before the ad-
journment of the convention yesterday
evening. viz: Beaver for Goven ror, Da-
vies for Lieutenant Governor. and Rawle
for Judge of the Supreme Conrt. These
nominations. as every one who readsthe
newspapers know. were settled upon by
Cameron months ago. and all that the
convention had todo was to meet and go
through the empty form of ratifying
them. The other two candidates to
complete the ticket will be Greer for
Secretary Of Internal Affairs and ex-
State Treasurer Butler for COngl essman
at-large We may possibly be mistaken
in regard TO Butler. bat we think not.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

DUTIES OF SUPERvIsoRs.-To the Lewis
town Democrat and Sentinel we are indebted
for the following sensible article on the du-
ties of Supervisors of public roads, to whom
we commend its careful consideration ysS
t'The office OF Supervisor of public roads even
n township is an important office. The holder OF
this Office occupies 4 responsible position before
the public He is in many respects the custodian
Of the citizens-their pecuniary interests are On
HANGED by the proper discharge OF his duties, and
to some extent their safety and comfort also And
he is holding n responsible place from the fact
that he is entrusted to levy a tax on the people,
and to expend IT, 1t would be well for those elect
has been committed to them, and that they are
holding no mean place among the Office holders Of
our Commonwealth. They may readily the
duties belonging to their Office If well performed
contribute at once and more directly to the bene-
citizens than do those OF any other office.
His duties not Of those that are skirked,
" attended to when other things may not require
his attention. He has taken upon himself to
serve the public IN this capacity, and the public
are expecting his services for the that they
have a right to thsm.. There many offices Of
eeve and not be detected but not so with the Su-
pervisors. The condition Of the roads under his
all the while bearing testimony, either o
his faithfulness else to his neglect Of duty. And
now if the ONCE is one of so much Importance and
If It's duties well performed are OF so much imme
diate benent TO the people, and as all that these
overseers Of our roads may do on them OF not do
on them must and will be evident, may not
conclude that there reasons and motives enough
to stimulate those TO do good work who have Just
taken charge of our roads for the year"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

THE Supreme Court Of the United
States on Monday last. in a carefully
prepared opinion by Chief Justice Waite,
decided that the court martial in the
case of Sergeant Mason had full juris-
diction to try him for the offence charg-
ed; that its proceedings were in its pro-
per jurisdiction. and that the sentence
pronounced was not in excess Of its
power. The only man who now carries
the key that viii unlock Mason's prison
door is Chester A. Arthur.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

IT strikes US as exceedingly fnconsist-
ent for a Democratic paper to charge
Harpers' WeeE7y 7ywith caricaturing prom
inent Democrats nearly every week, as
was done by a certain journal of that
ilk in its last issue, while at the same
time it devOtes two-thirds Of a column
all the year round to printing prospec-
fuses for the Harper publications, prom.
inent among which is the scurriIous
sheet complained Of.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

An account of the double assassina-
tion in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on last
Saturday evening, of Lord Frederick
Cavendish, the new Chief Secretary for
Ireland, and Under-Secretary Thomas
Henry Burke. will be found elsewhere
in our paper. 1t is one of the most
bloody and infamous crimes of modern
davs and may perhaps strike a heavy
blow at the newly revived hope of bet
ter government for Ireland, inspired by
the recent change of policy Inaugurated
bv Mr. Gladstone towards that unfOrtu-
nate country, in which for many CEN
turies there has been neither peace nor
rest. The assassination of Cavendish is
senseIess beyond words to express, and
is the counterpart, so far at least, as IFS
stupendous folly is concerned, of the
murder of Abraham Lincoln, who but
for the deadly bullet of the assassin
would have shown himself a kind and
true friend of the Southern people. So
LordCavendish. as the representative of
Mr.. GladstOne's adoption of the policy
of Cancellation, would have been instru-
mental in a large degree in evolving or
der and quiet out of the present chaotic
condition of Irish affairs. At all events
he went to Ireland as her friend ard not
as her enemy. Who is responsible for
this insane and mOnstrous crime Z? 1t
is not pretended, even in England, that
the Irish Land League inspired It. or
had any connection with it. The elo-
quent and indignant manifesto of Par
nell, Dillon and Davitt, elsewhere puk-
lished, denouncing the crime in the most
sweeping terms, as well as the public
horror manifested throughout Ireland
by the Land League at the act, woul d
be a sufficient answer for any imputa-
tion Of that kind, if made. In brief
time. perhaps within the next twenty
four hours, the perpetrators of the fear
full tragedy will be hunted down and the
mystery now surrounding the affair dis
PEELED, It is too soon yet to speculate
upon the effect, if any, that the assas-
sination will produce upon Mr.. Glad
stones new departure in administering
the government of Ireland, though the
expression of the English press indicates
that the late change of policy avowed
by the ministry will not be abandoned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

MAKING Grows UsEFUL.-Mr. W. g. Nor
gan, OF hOrgan's Mills, Somerset county,
utiliZes the crow in a way that will astOnish
some OF our readers His experience is Civ
en- IN the American AgTicUltafrist as follows:
"For the past nve seasons, have, Just befere
my corn came up, sowed on the field about quart
OF corn 20 the acre and repeated the operation as
often as necessary until the corn was so large
that they could not pull il up II the Is soak
cd until tender, they prefer picking what they eat
froIn the surface rather than to pull the young
plants 70 get II. The cost q the thus s0wn Is
but tribe as a result have great number of
oroWI almost constantly my field, and after
they have been satisfied with the corn, they pick
up al the inaeets Rrubs. and out-Worms they ind
as dessert. In raising nifty acres Of corn since
adopting this plan, 1 have not lost hundred
stalks by the crows and cnt worms combined" D"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12
Gambria freeman.
EsENssURc. Pa,
FRIDAY, MAY ID. 1892

THE President screwed his courage
up to the sticking point on Monday last
and signed the anti-Chinese bill. in or
der, if possible. to save the Republican
party in California. Nevada and Oregon
from total aunihiliation at the next
Presidential election. Too late. Mr..
A hrfI
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

Hon CHARLES r. BUCKALEw will
be a candidate for the Congressional
nomination before the cOnferees from
his district, in which there is a Demo-
cratic majority of about eight thousand.
No man in the State is more worthy of
the honor. nor more eminently qualified
to discharge the duties of the office.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-12

The Land League has issued a prOcla-
nation denOuncing in emphatic terms the
assassination of Lord CavenGish and Under
Secretary Burke in Dublin on last Saturday
TIE various branches in many of the large
cities Of the Union have adopted resolutions
in accordance with the spirit of the precla-
matfnn