Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-08
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You voted with the side that carried,
didn't you
Miss Jennie Gratz of Wintsrset, Iowa,
won the highest honors at the Cincinnati
College of Music, and was awarded a free
scholarship valued at $500.
Miss Marian, daughter of George f. Baer,
President of the Reading Iron Company,
one day last week applied the torch TO
stack No. 1 of the eompanys furnaces.
Rev. Eliza Frye, of Wisconsin, recent
ly preached thirty.two times in four
weeks. Miss Frye is Methodist, and 10
holding daily meetings IN her church at
Maiden Rock.
There is time for everything. After
you have weighed your neighbor IN the
balance, drop a nickel of fairness into the
slot of self-examination and ascertain
your wn moral avordupois.
Both the Reading and Pennsylvania
Railroads have declared their intention of
establishing pension fund for the benefit
of worn out and disabled employees. The
latter road will give $50, 900 to start the
project. Year by year gscat corporations
are showing more libepalisy SowaSds tseir
employees.
Since 1868, when the tobacco TAX was
first levied, until the close of the fiscal
year on the Both day of June OF the pres
ent year tobacco in its various forms has
paid into the Government Treasury the
enormous sum of $S10, $40, 695. SO. almost
enough to wipe out the existing bonded
Indebtedness of the country. The largest
amount paid in any one year was in 1877,
when the sum was $41, LOG, ,546.92
A shrewd observer remarks decided
increase In the number of marriages
throughout the country and explains the
phenomenon as indicating an increasing
business prosperity. When times are dull
aud trade languishes, he says, young men
are apt to think twice before taking to
matrimony once, but when trade is boom-
ing, and the future has bright outlook,
they take more kindly to ii, as is now the
case.
- A GOOD name is rather 10 be chosen
than great riches" Then it must be that
a food name is more valuable than great
riches. " Riches profit not in the day of
death" They profit in life if good use is
made of them. They profit not in death
because they cannot buy peace. A good
name has good character behind it.
Good character cannot be destroyed but
by those who sustain it. Then let not
your good be evil spoken Of" 1t is a
mine of gold to you. All cannot be mil
lionaires, but all may be truly rich.
Saturday was an eveRtful day for New
Bloomfield, it being The formal opening
of the Perry County railroad, connecting
that town with the Pennsylvania railroad
at DuneannOn. The golden spike was
driven II: 2.30 p. Nj. by Miss Mary Crom-
leigh, and an appropriate speech was
made by ex-Judge Junkin. Three round
trips were made between the two towns,
bringing II large number of exeursionists.
TheE train was in charge of Conductor
Elliott and Engineer Charles III. Woods
and Fireman Elmer Bigl'r. Large dele
cations were present from all parts of the
county. To-day the trains will begin Ia
run on,resular schedule.
An old, old man, with pair white as
snow, bis attenuatrd form bowed with the
weight of his over eighty summers, sat IN
the Superior Court room at Red Wood
City, Cal, on Saturday afternoon. Few
would have recognized the once dashing
turfman, Richard Ten Brock, perhaps
the nerviest man that ever ran IA horse III
America and England. He was being
examined by Commission of Lunacy
Ten Brock resides at San Mateo with hi>
family. He married his present wife, II
handsome middle-aged lady, in Ken.
lucky twelve years ago. For some
months he has shown indications of de-
ranged mind and has labored under the
impression that his wife is trying to
poison him, and that she has employed
agents to kidnap him in order that
she may secure his property. To
secure himself against these imaginary
attacks he keeps small arsenal of
knives and pistols in his room. His
wife testified that he has threatened to
kill her. Ten Brock testified in his own
behalf, and his actions were far from re-
sembling those of one who was insane,
although cid age had undoubtedly rem
dcred him somewhat erratic in manner,
The report of the Commission was with
held until November IA. In the mean
time Mrs. Ten Broeck filed a petition
asking the Court to appoint guardian
for her husband. DR.. Buckley, of San
Francisco, testified that Ten Brock is
insane.