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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

:. THE pension cranks of Congress, such
blatant friends of the soldier as i ohm A
Logan and that superlative demagogue,
Henry W. Blair, Of New Hampshire,
who warmly support the proposition that
a pension shall be given to every survi-
wing soldier and sailor of the war of the
rebellion have again been repudiated by
the Grand Army of the Republic. At
the late meeting of that organization in
San Francisco a pension for every
body resolution was defeated by the
decisive vote of 327 nays to Sc ayes,
which was simply re-affirmatlon of the
vote by the same body of soldiers a year
ago, with this difference-thatt the vote
this year against the proposition is larger
and more emphatic than on the previous
occasion. No government in the world
has ever been so liberal and open handed
IN pensIoning her wounded and destitute
1 soldiers as that of the United States
All have been generously provieed fol
and it is not the true soldiers who are
now advocating an indefinite extension
of the pension system, but pension attor
neys at Washington and elsewhere rein
forced by brswling politicians in Con.
gress intent upon cOnciliatiEg tn
"soldier vote
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

The Mexican difficulty has assumed
new phase. It seems that Secretary
Bsysrd acting on the positive decIara-
tion of the Mexican Minister at Wash
ington that Cutting was to be punished
in Mexico for an act done in Texas, de-
manded that he should be delivered up
ard asked that Congress should support
his demand by a resolution on the SUBJ
ject. The first dispatches from FL Paso,
Texas. ali asserted that the libelous
article had been published by Cutting in
the United States, and upon this infor-
nation Mr.. Bayard made his demand.
Later advices and especially the opinion
of the Judge before whom Cutting was
tried, make it appear that the libel of
Cutting upon Medina was irst published
in Mexico and that Cutting retrscted it.
He then crossed over the Rio Grande
into Texas, repubiished the libel, and
returned to Mexico bringing with him
his paper containing the libel for distri-
button, and that the paper was circulated
on the Mexican side of the river. If
this statement is correct it alters the
case very materially. In order to ascer-
tain the exact truth Of the whole bust
ness Mr.. Bsyard haI appointed a. G..
! Sedgwick, of New York, as a special
commissioner to proceed to FL Paso and
thence to chihuahua, the capital Of the
Mexican State Of the same name, where
Cuttings case is now pending upon an
appeal to the Supreme Court. This
course has been resolved upon by Mr..
/ BayaTd in order TO obtain the precise
history Of the affair on which to base
any action ne may decide upon when il
/ Is in his possession. He is specially
+ anxious to have before him transcript
/ of the proceedings of the Mexican Court.
Until Mr. Sedgwick's return Cuttings
case will remain as it is for the present.
Mr.. SedgwIck left Washington on last
( sunday night, and expected to reach E.
/ PasO yesterday or to-day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
Extent of Three-Inch Rainfall.

Few people have any idea of the ex-
tent of two or three-inch rainfall, and
a great many think it doesn't amount to
much. They have often seen the water
six inches deep in a gutter or a foot deep
in a cellar, so that little three-inch
shower is looked upon as veIy iDsignif-
icant affair. Let's look at the figures
moment. By an easy mathematical
calculation it may be demonstrated that
a rainfall of three inches, or rather of
three and a-quarteT inches, as now Off
cially reported for a recent storm, is
equivalent to about Sc. $50 gallons to the
square acre, or sc, ,4S0, 600 gallons 20 the
aquare mile-enough to fill 1,412, 900
forty gallon barrels. Estimating the
weight of this enormous rainfall at the
old accepted rate of pint to pound
we find it to be 225, ,920 tons. or almost
three times the weight of the Washing
ton Monument. This to a single square
mile, remember. Those who may feel
a further interest in the matter can,
without great difficulty, approximate
the number of tons and barrels of water
which fell in the ten miles square Of the
original District of Columbia, and before
they get through ciphering they will
come to the conclusion that three and
a-quarter inch rainfall is decidedly wet
and an amazingly heavy one. The Pro-
hibitionists may certainly conclude that
Providence is on their side WASHINGTON
Critic
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND with his
wife, her mother. Mrs. Folsom, his pri-
vste Secretary, Daniel Lamont, and
Mrs. Lamont, left Washington on Mon
day morning last for the Adirondack
Mountains on the head water ot the
Hudson River, Y. Y, where Mr.. Cleve-
land will spend his summer vacation
Mr.. Lamont and his wife will leave the
party at Albany. Unless something not
now anticipated should occur the Presi-
dent will not return to Washington until
about the 10th of Septembsr. No former
President has ever done 50 much hard
work in his Office as Mr.. Cleveland. He
keeps on steadily engaged in disposing
of the vast amount of business before
him, and his ability to do so without
breaking down is a matter of general
wonder at Washington. No man better
deserves a brief respite from the toll and
incessant labor which he has devoted to
his high Office than the present indus:ri-
Gus ard hard working President Of the
United States.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
Tell the Truth.

The Philadelphia Press avOws that
Mr.. Blaine could have been elected in
1884 "but for the stupidity or perversity
of Burchard and the blunder of a Del
monico dinner.
The Press leaves its readers somewhat t
in doubt as TO whom it holds responsible
for these blunders. If to them was due
the defeat OF Blaine there is no one to
blame but himself and if his party re-
grets his defeat 1t should hold him to
deserved accountability for the result.
The DelmOcicO dinner, OF ''BelshaZ-
zar's feast" which was held to demon
strate that he was the fsvorite of the
millIODaires and monopolists was aP-
proved by him and he became its willing
guest upon his own Judgment and pleas
ure. He considered there was ten thou
sand dollars under each plate for his
campaign fund, and that he ate and
drank political salvation with that CON-
pany. 1t was a short sighted conceit.
The vulgar pretentiOusuess of the whole
affair disgusted many and captivated
few, The party was the loser, but who
was responsible If not Blaine
When Burchard bluTted out his fatal
rum, Romanism and rebellion" had
Blaine been a sincere man. Instead OF
an unpIincipled d5magOg1e, feveTishly
anxious to make votes, his honest i'm
pulses would have prompted him tC
resent the insult to his mothers religion
/ and to the patriotism and morality oil
/ half the people of the country. He
| failed to do it and lost such chance a!
| had never occurred to him before moi
/ since. Nobody but himself was respon
/ sible for this failure. If the Press would
tell the truth it conid easily demonstrate
/ that the chief perversity and blunders Oi
that campaign were it's candidates. W.
hope he will be gwen another chance t
swim the whirlpool in 1898.
/ Ilteligencer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

THE condition of the corn crop at this
time of the year in the Western States,
the home Of that valuable and important
cereal, is always a matter of general in
terest. The very latest reports received
at Chicago from the twelve corn States
including Kentucky and Tennessee,
bring out the following facts that up
to the 4th of July the general prospects
east of the Missouri were exceptionally
good west of the river the corn situa-
tiOn, comprising the States of Kansas
and Nebraska, had been reduced more
or less by dry weather that ever since
/ that date the corn has been subjected
with the exception of portions of Ohio
and Indiana, to such extremes of dry
weather and intense heat that the gen.
eral prospects to-day point to croE
/ greatly reduced in quantity and quality
Rains during last week have been copi
Gus throughout nearly the entire corr
growing region and further reduction o
the crop from drought has been stopped
but the season is now so Ear advanced
that no amount of rain can bring tn,
crop up to more than three:fouTths thI
aggregate yield of last year. whicl
would indicate crop of about fifteel
hundred millions of bushels Agains
this total must still be counted the risl
of frost during the first two weeks il
September. II this danger is ono
passed there will be enough for HON
consumption as we'll as a ressonsbl
amoEnt for foreign export.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

Or the speech of Michael Dsvitt at a
mass meeting in Chicago on Saturday
last, the New York World says: The
speech of Michael Davitt in Chicago on
Saturday was a notable one. 1t was an
appeal to the Irish in America not to
misjudge the situation following upon
the defeat of the Home Rule Bill and
CRY out for violent measures, but to con-
tinue to sustain the Nationalist leaders
in the peaceful prosecution of their
cause. He declared that notwithstand-
ing the elevation of the Tories to power,
Ireland was steadily advancing toward
autonomy. He called for patience, for
bearsnce and unTemitting sympathy on
the part of the Irish-Americans "If
by being satisfied with less than what
satisfies you, - he said. i've become rec
Teant to the past history Of our country,
then we are quite willing 20 bear the
blame" 1t was very easy, he explained,
to establish an Irish Republic by patri-
otic speakers 1900 miles away from
Ireland, but the operation was rather
more difficult at home.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

AT the election in Tennessee for five
Judges of the Supreme Court, which
took place two weeks ago, the Democrats
carried the state by about thirty-6ve
thousand majority. Another general
election will occur IN the same State in
November, and it promises to be very
interesting, although a Democratic vic
tory is not doubted. a Governor is to
be elected and the two candidates are
brothers, Alfred A. Taylor being the
Republican nominee and Robert L. Tay-
lor the Democratic. Both are good
stump speakers and the Democratic can
didate has served one term in Congress,
defeating Republican in strong Re
publican district. The district embraces
the mountainous region of the State and
Taylor, who is an expert with 1.-The
fiddle and the bow" took his musical
instrument along with him during the
campaign and when not engaged in
making speeches to the rough Tennessee
mouutaineers, fiddled for them at their
dancing parties, and in that way
changed enough Republican votes to
beat his opponent. The father of the
swo candidates is Rev. Henry Taylor,
now well advanced il years, an original
Henry Clay Whig, and in the political
7 contests prior to Lincoln's election in
1860 was regarded as perhaps the ablest
stump speaker in Tennessee. The Pro-
hibition party of the State want to nom-
mate him, if he will accept, as their
candidate for Governor, and if that is
done the singular and unprecedented
. spectacle will be presented of a father
ard two of his sons all candidates for
the same Office. Before the recent elec.
ton in Tenn essee the Republican lead.
ers IL the State proclaimed their ability
/ to carry it as the forerunner of success
in the Presidential contest of 1888, but
their crushing defeat not only in thai
State but also in Alabama, has once
more blasted all their hopes of dividing
the "Solid SOUTH
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

THE President last week suspended
Samuel G. Wingard. one OF the Judges
of the Supreme Court OF Washington
Territory, and appointed William G..
Lsngford in his place. The cause of
Vineyards suspension is not stated. He
is a native Of Huntington county
prsctised law here thirty years ago and
is a man of very decided ability. He
removed from this place to Pittsburg and
from there to Williamsport. He subse-
quently represented Lycoming county
for one term in tue Legislature as a Re-
publican, and refused to vote for Simon
Cameron for the United States Senate.
When he lived here he was a full blooded
Democrat and was a candidate for nom
ination for District Attorney against
Theophilus Heyer when the latter gen
tleman was seeking a denomination. In
1867 he was appointed one of the Justices
of the Supreme Court of Washington
Territory where he has resided ever
since.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

AS showing the desperation Of the
combstants in the riots at Belfast, Ire
land, dispatch one day last week said :
Never did two different religions dis
play a more blood-thirsty desire to kill
or MAIN each other. During the fight
ing on Sunday and Monday whenever
powder run short vIragOes on both sides
took fiat irons and other implements and
ground large grains of blasting powder
into q size suitable for small arms, while
boys of tender age melted lead into bull
lets and slugs. While the rioters were
friEg, youths and women stood behind
them busily loading the spare guns in
order to prevent a waste of time. The
fusillade lasted until nine:o'clock Tues
day morning, When the ammunition
gave out and a tscit truce snsued, both
sides removing their dead and wounded
to their homes. Both sides are doing
their utmost to hide their losses" "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

THE venerable widow of James K.
Polk who was elected President of the
United States over General Scott in
1852, has written letter to General c.,
H. Grosvenor in favor of securing the
National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic in 1897 at Nash
Vile, in the course of which she says -
before l die 1 would that mine eyes
should see the grand reunion of my be-
loved country in the city where my dear
husband lessee the veterans of the
North encamping in amity where they
once did in anger and those who wore
the gray shaking hands with their fellow.
countrymen in the fellowship of com
mon sstipy.'' -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
saved His Life.

Mr.. ID. l. WilcoXOn, of Horse Cave. KY,
says he was for many years badly afflicted
with Phthisic also Diabetes the pains we're
almost uncomfortable, and would sometimes
almost throw him into cOnvulsiOns. He tried
Electric Bitters, and got relief from the first
BOTTLE and after taking six bottles was en-
tirely cured. and bad gained in flesh about
eighteen pounds. Says he positively believes
be would have died had it not been for the
relief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at
fifty cents bottle by E James
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
UudIxesfed Food.

In the stomach develops an acid which
stinRs the upper part of the throat aud pal
ate. causing "heartburu." It also evolves a
gas which produces wind on the stomach, I"
and feeling and appearance of distensiOn
In tnat organ after eating. For both this
acidity and swelling Hostetter's Stom ach
Bitters is a much better remedy than aka
line salts, like hartshorn and carbonate of
soda. A wineglassful of the Bitters, after
or before dinner, will be found to act as a
reliable caTminative or preventive. This
fine specific for dyspepsia, both in its acute
and chronic form, also prevents and cures
malarial fever, constipation, liver complaint,
kidney troubles, nervousness aud debility.
Persons who observe iu themselves decline
of vigor should use this fine tonic without
delay.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

THE three Irish delegates, Messrs.
O'Brien, Deasy and Redmond, selected
by Mr. PaInell to attend the National
Irish League Convention which met at
Chicago on Wednesday last, arrived at
New York on Monday morning and left
for Chicsgo in the evening. MessTs.
Deasy and Redmond are Irish members
of Parliament, but Mr.. O'Brien is not,
having been defeated at the recent elec'
tion in one of the Ulster districts by
three votes by the Tory candidate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

GENERAL YOUNG. one of the candi-
dates in the Fifth, Louisiana, DistI icU,
when asked last week to say something
why he should be sent to Congress, re-
Piled ''No one would appreciate a
nomination for Congress near as much
as l would. 1 was numerously solicited
to become a candidate, but 40 one solic-
tied me as thoroughly and peTsistently
as I did myself"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
DvyoCRATIC CoUNTY TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
FOR CONGRESS:
THOMAS COLLINS,
FOR ASSEMBLY:
DANIEL LMCLAUGHLIN, JohnstOwn.
JOHN 5. riley, Ebensburg.
FOR PROTHONOIARY
H. A. SHOEMAKER, ESensbuIg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER:
CELESTINE J, BLAIR, Ebensburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
H. G.. ROSE, JOhnstown.
FOR HOUSE HOUSE DIRECTOR:
JACOB SHAFER, Allegheny Twp.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
How
Your LiVer7

Is the Oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist withCJt a
healthy Liver. WheL -
Liver is torpid the Bow
els are sluggish and con-
stipated, the food lies
in the stomach undi-
gested, poisoning G the
blood; frequent headache
ensues; ; a feeling Of lassi-
tude, dependency and
nervousness indicate how
the whole system Is de-
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means Of restoring more
people to health and
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraor-
dinary power and efficacy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

TUESDAY was the ifIieth day of the
Anarchists trial at Chicago, and was
occupied by Captain Black, the leading
counsel for the defense, in an argument
on behalf of the prisoners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

NEVEN BEEN DIsNFTOIN EU'
Asageneral family remedy for Dyspepsia,
ever use anything else, and have never
been disappointed in the effect produced;
IL seems to he almost perfect curv Tor All
diseases of the stomach and Bowels
W. ]. MCELROT- Macon. ga
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
Surface indications

What a miner would very properly term
sssurface Indications of what Is beneath,
are the PimpIes, Sites, Sore Eyes,
BofIs. and Cutaneous Eruptions WIN
which people are annoyed IN spring anu
ssriV summer. The effete matter accumu-
lated during the winter months, now
makes its presence felt, through Natures
endeavors TO expel It from the system.
While It remains, It Is poison that testers
in the blood and may develop Into ScroI-
uIa. This condition causes arrangement
of the digestive and assimilatory organs;
with a feeling of enervatiOn, languor' ana
wearineSs-often lightly spoken OF IL "OnIy
spring fever" These are evidences tnas s
Nature Is not able, unaided. to throw on
the corrupt atoms which weaken the vital
forces. TO regain health, Nature must pe
aided by a thorough blood-purifyinS med
icine; and nothing else Is 50 effective rs
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20

WAkTED-LAnY- aSslvs .ad ia.sInssat, %
- &c I'm Feisreness rsquirsd Permanent positie
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
Ayer's SarsaporNa,

which is sufficiently powerful TO eXpel
from the system even the taint OF Hereo-
itary Scrofula.
The medical profession indorse AYERS
SARsIPARIILA, and many attestatlonS OF
the cures effected by It come from all parts
of the world. 1t is, in the language OF
the Hon, Francis Jewett, ex-State SEN
stor of Massachusetts and ex-Mayor OF
Lowell, ''the only preparation that does
real, lasting good"
PREPARED By
Or. j. C. Aysr & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists: Price t1i
Six bottles for IS,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-16
MINOR MATTERS.

Ex-Governor Porter and the Part He Will
Take In the Indiana Canvass.
Epecial to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-Ex- Gov Albert g.
Porter, who has been here during the past week
working upon data in the library and
the departments for use in his forthcoming hsto
~ Of Indiana, left to hight Tor Indianapolis. He
will report to the Republican State central com
lnittee on bis arrival and take assignments upon
the stump. to begin about the lst proximo. He
Informed the Journal correspondent that he in
tended to make at least twenty or thirty speech
es, il he had opportunity and his voice did not
fail him. and that he had confidence in the cleo
Gion of the State officers. five or six Congress
men and probably the Legislature. Governor
Porter made about one hundred and fifty speech
.es in the campaign of 1880 and shook hands with
i5O, goo people, and would like to repeat the rec
ord II he had the physical strength. After the
campaign he will return to Washington and re-
sumo work upon his book
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-16
General and Personal.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l5.-Eb Henderson can
renew his hope of serving Uncle Sam. Senator
voorhees, and ex-senator Mcdonald, of Indiana;
Representative Breckenridge, of Kentucky, and
Representative Rogers, of Arkansas called upon
Acting Postmaster-general Stevenson to-day.
The Postmaster general oday issued adver-
tisements inviting proposals for the performance
of service on all the star and steamboat routes,
aggregating about 5000, in the States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa and Missouri, from July l, 1887. to
June 3d. 1891. Proposals will be received until
o'clock P. M. on JAN g. 1887. Awards will be made
on or before Feb. 90 1887
The following Indiana applications for pensions
have been granted: Matilda Crist, Christiana
Carroll David L. Watson John F. Bake, Will
lam Fl. Longest, James NJ. Buskirk, Francis B.
Shepherd, Henry A. Lords William H. Smith,
Abraham Kphart, Joseph c. Cramer, Henry V.
THUS Michael Maley, George Wolf, John Vel
lom, Mitchell Prater. Ananias Graham, Aaron
Mawhorter. Carlton Stewart, John Carmichael,
William N. Gardner. James P. Harruf and
Henry Richardson.
The Comptroller of the Currency has author
lied the Fourth-street National Bank, of Phila-
delphia to commence business, with 81, 500, 900
capital and the Santa Rosa National Bank, of
Santa Rosa, Cal, to commence business, with
800 900 capital