Daily Republican., 1889-02-28

conphLl5t. Inc lClIOWlnH Orlglual song
or ditty brought down the house:
LET THE BUILDERS LIuuT BE BuRgING.
Our Builders Exchange is making things
Quite right! Quite rightl
But there's one thing in which they
dc mt see any fun,
But Of course there must be light
And although they admit that the lights
all right.
Quite right! Quito right,
They think it u sh,me that they them
selves
Must see that they burn all right.
Chorus
Keep them a'burnlng!
Keep them a'burning.
The law says ut night,
These piles must have light.
Now, don't you think that laws to
quite so, Quite so,
Thnt would make any man whether rich
OF plain,
But Of course there must he light,
Leave his wife and children In tears at
home,
Not right! Not right.
While he sits down on II big cold stone
And watches the light all night
Chorus.
The question of light has been thor
Quite right! Quite right!
And has been the cause of considerable
fuss
Among our prominent men.
They try the law. aud it costs them dear
quite right! Quite right!
If they'll let the law alone, they'll have
nothing to fear,
So they Keep the light burning all night.
Chorus.
Some say the contractors have nothing
with keeping the matter away from
Judge Ball,
Quite right. Quite right
But of course there must be light
Mr.. Reed il II builder who takes delight,
Quite right Quite right!
In arguing that this is the contractors
fight,
And he'll be larned If he'll bother about
lights.-Chorus.
The banquet is one of the pleasant
memories of the pIst and helped to bind
good fellowship together. May the
Builders Exchange live long to prosper
and carry out ils ambitious aime.
News Summary.
A natural gas explosion occurred at
Tarentum, Pa, on Tuesday night The
conclusion almost completely demolished
two brick dwellings,, one occupied by Joel
Smith and the ether by W. Il. Pritchard.
All the occupants were more or less In
jured, and Mrs. Smith, it is feared,
fatally. A second explosion took place
on Wednesday morning iu Plttsburg,
which wrecked frame house Of Patrlck k
Murray. The five persons In the house
were slightly injured.
The total value Of our exports of mer-
chandisc during the twelve months which
ended on January 3lst was S7O2, l07, 162,
against E06, Sl7, ,715 during the pr, celing
twelve months. The total value of our
imports during the twelve months which
ended the 3lst ult. was t735, 038 .08l :,
against S7l5, $50 $50 during the twelve
months preceding.
John j. Dougherty, Assistant Cashier
of the A american Express Company at st.
Paul, was on Wednesday shot dead by a
woman calling herself Clara j. Dough.
erty, with whom he had lived. He elected
her from the house few days ago, and
on wednesday she got drunk, aud, meet
ing him on the street, shot him.
The half burned body of John Mat
tein, an Italian, was found In the lott OF
his residence In New Orleans on Wednee-
day. The theory of the police Ia that
Mattein was killed by his wife while
asleep. The couple had five children.
The wife sent three to neighbors and dis
appeared with the other two.
Alonzo A. Shank, aged about 30 years !,
a freight conductor ON the Western Mary
land and Cumberland Valley Railroad,
was killed on Tuesday, near Edgemmt.
train separated In going down the
mountain, Pnd when 1t came together
Shank was crushed.
John Holler, living near Dickinson,
Dakota, killed his wife at the house of a
neighbor, on Tuesday, and then commit
ted suicide. Before following his wife he
locked his Ave children In the house and
set fire to 1t. After his departure the
children managed to escape.
District Attorney Fellows of New York,
on Wednesday, decided to accept the
evidence of Bookkeeper Woodruff against
his employers, Ives and Stayner, and
Woodruff will be witness for the State.
| He has been promised immunity from
punishment If he tells the truth.
Beverly +. Cole of Salem, N. T., Chiel
of the Mineral Division in the General
Land Office IN Washington, was attacked
with epilepsy while going down a stair
way in the Interior Department, on Tues
day. He fell forward and fractured his
skull He died Wednesday morning.
Governor Jackson Of Maryland, on
| Wednesday, announced the Communication
of the sentence of death to imprisonment
for life, In the case Q. the solored man,
lsaa" Y KllHeaa;aaD, convicted O. the murder Of
John Holly, and sentenced to be hanged
on Saturday.
The funerals of the Victims Of the dis
aster at the squib factory at Plymouth,
Penna., took place yesterday. There
were nine hearses, followed by an enor-
nous throng. The bodies were inferred
side by side In Shawnee Cemetery.
The total number of immigrants who
arrived In the United States during the
seven months which ended on the 3ls'
ultimo was 212, $50 against 1856 ,Si5 dur
ing the corresponding period oil las
year.
A despatch from Chicago says thai
Jacob 7. Goodman, cashier of the Cool
County Treasurer's office, has disappear
ed wiz about $1,000 o. the eounty's fund
iis bond will cover the shortage.
Jobu Brofee, Postmaster at Mount Car
mel, Pa, was removed yesterday. 1t I;
said that he appropriated $500 of the
Government mCuey to his own use. His
bondsmen made g6od the loss.
DR.. Francis Girard, { veterinary sur
geon, aged % years, died yesterday morn.
Ing in Philadelphia from the effects Of an
overdose OF lsudanum, taken, members