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Middletown transcript., 1893-02-11
Church Directory.
M1pDLETowN NJ. r. CHURCH.

Preaching every sabbath at lOse f. m, and t
!, Nv :, y, M ~ Aired q. Cox, superintendent.
: prpyer =; IT, meeting every Thursday evening at at
! "a O'Clock. The class meetings are I,1 held as
toilows: Sunday, a. m. M; - y. ,a,oi, wilson, ,wo
oiesses w r. Moore and John B Roberts;
leaders: Tuesday evening at 7.3O, 1ea oa
nv the pastor Wednesday evening at S auV
o'cIock two classes, Rev. N. M M, bro@ns nts are are
Alfred q. Cox, Leaders. Inc so"tS
free and all are welcome.
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MIDDLETOWN DIRECTORY.
Mails Close as Follows

For Odessl-9.25, 045 A. NJ. and Pm
For Warwick ,Cecilton, Sassafras, 4 g. 9.25 A. M
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VOTE fof Electric Lights.
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qhe transcript

Will print your sale
bills in colors, and
it will cost you very
little more than the
plain black. Try US
and you'll go no
where else
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MIDDLETowN, FEBRUARY Il, 1893

..tersd a. the Fost osee as seoond-elaas matter
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FoRpsT pREsBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Row rrancis Il. Moore. Pastor.

htV. rTuIICIs n 1H'0' !.
Services held every Sabbath morning az az
10. 50 O'Clock. and every sabbath eNrnihS % a.
IN, Snbbath school will be held every sap
barn morning at 9.I5 o'clock. E. Reynolds.
sunrrintendent. Prayer meeting ever!
wednesday evening.
div ofIetuoon ut O'clock. j. L.. Dunnlhg,
Snnerintendent. Preaching by the pastor,
Rev. r. H. Moore The lst. Sunday IN eacn
month at 8 P. Nj.
ST. AHNE's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL 'HuKcH'
Rev. J. Beers, Rector.
Divine Service on Sunday mornings q, a.
halt mast ten O'Clock and IL the evenings ~
4 90 O'clock Sunday school at T. M. rif
day service ut p. IN. ana z p. N.
Middletown transcript., 1893-02-11

MARTIN B. BURRIs 4 HIGH c. BROWNE
EDTToRs AND PRoPRIEToRs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-29
THE NATIONS BIRTHDAY.


Calumbia, gem of tho west,
Peerless thou art, alone doth stand,
A continent by freedom best,
Bright banners float . 'er all thy land.
From mountain peak to peaceful valb.
From ocean depths to bubbling rill,
= We ever hear the same sweet tale
OF peace on earth. to man good VIII
OF all the nations of the earth,
' What one can such q record show
or purity and sterling worth
Among her men of years ago?
On histories page forevermoro
Their names shall blend harmoniously
AS those who opened wide the door,
Freedom for all posterity.
Unfurl our glorious f3g once moro.
Ring ont in clarion tones again,
Amid the glare Of canhon's roar,
The nations yearly grand amen.
i This day of days. alolc It stands
A priceless gem of 3strous hue.
Secured to us by patript hAnds,
loyal hand to riglt Cur frue.
The stars and stripes long may they wayA
Grand emblem of a land that's free.
Might and oppression found one graves
Thereon was reared sweet liberty.
And while the golden kunset rays
In radia1Ae fash &C loss the Garth
We'd offer up to God dill praise
For noble deeds thadfsave our Fourth.
E. clifford Wordsworth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-29
4 BOY $ STORY.
Fourth Of July afd fireworks.
By CHARLES \. .LEE1s N. orADA
iC,o;,yrightt l&ai-

tCopyrightl lS993l.
How / loved that airl-Ehat Melvina
IJacksonl 1t was a cafe Of love at first
sight; threw a pa. Mad at q red
headed boy in school, and tbs teacher
made me sit with Melfina jackson as
punishment In after years saw that
lshe had turn up nose "a freckled face.
u cast in her left eye AID 4 mouth like q
milkpan, but at that eriod I hooked mp
ION her as q champion beauty. ldidnt
lose five minutes tiz1l3 telling my feel
lings Of adulation and admiration, but
the most she would say was that she
would ride down hill pn my hand sled,
borrow my geography In preference to
any other and allow ME to sharpen her
slate pencil and lick tile boys who snow
lballed her after school. Thus weloved
ind loved, or ac,ieast ibid. Therecame
Is time when could l1ok back and see
where Melvina was cod calculating and
level headed where her love stopped
dead short and business began, but /
was blind then.
a year passed by befbre rival entered
the field We had orr bpats There were
occasions when we made up faces at
ZACH other across tho schoolroom: when
Ithe turned from me and let another boy
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-29

! got hold with both hands he gave In.
For a week Melvina placed me on
pedestal and almost agreed to elope.
Then Sam Greene sent her a piece Of
poetry entitled The Maiden's Heart"
and Host my grip again. The only thing
to be done was to lick him again, but he
had had his hair shingled in the mean
time, and the conflict did not terminate
to my satisfaction. Some Of the boys
said 4 shollered." and others said
licked. and it was an open question as to
who won. He went right home and
wrote another piece of poetry entitled
.'She Died at Sunset, and should have
been a goner but for Providence. was
hanging aro.nd Mr.. J&ckson's house in
the evening. hoIihg to at least see Mel
yilsss''s saes low on the kitchen WINDOW
60. tain when Il discovered that TIE
smoke .ouse ys;ss on FIRE. i haroicslir
uEcacaed the AfINines, burned my lett
heel AID saved Gwen hams from an in-
glorions fate: That was1rncre than an
Offset for ,s55lle Died ct Sunset ami for
weeks 4 was a happy youth. ! must
credit Sam with going over and helping
Mrs. Jackson to make soft soap and with
painting the well curb red, white and
blue at his own expense, but Melvina
only treated him os q brother.
Age came creeping over mo as timo
passed on, and my sixteenth birthday
arrived. It was ushered in by Melvina
presenting me with q 15-cent Testament.
and it was ushered out by my giving
Sam Greene tho awfullest licking q hy-
ena Of a Eoy ever received. One ct his
| legs slipped into a posthole during our
struggle, and then had him. This was
only week before the Fourth Of July.
and there was also to be a circus in town
| that day. in that fight, as ! was re-
joiced TO kear, sS5h1n lost 8 cents ID cash
out Of one of hib pockets, and fondlys
hoped be would be financially paralyzed
On tho glorious Fourth. Alas, for my
hopcs Els mothef permitted him to sell
| two ola fatircns land a dozen eggs, and
1 no was made financially stronger than
before Neither de us dared ask the fair
! Melvina to accompany rs to the celebra-
ton We hadn't the age nor the back
ing. Our attentions would come in after
/ she reached town In her fathers lumber
wagon. had licked Sam Greene again.
i but lie was not discouraged.
When the glorious day arrived, ! had
a caah capital Of al cents. n firing the
sunrise salute the hnvil burst, and one Of
the pieces struck our hencoop. That
would have madb me hero in Mel
yina's eyes, but that ornery Sam Greene
managed to burn q hole in his vest tx-
actly over his heprt with q firecraclzer.
and that dished lme. We had fight
over it, but it resulted in q draw. Sam
offered MeIvina the first 'Jasses candy,
bat came in q good second with real
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
Almost overcome

LANCASTER. April Il.-Under Keeper
H H. Moore of the county prison had
desperate struggle this morning with an
insane prisoner who tried To kill him.
j. c. Van Nostran. formerly of Wilkes
barre, drummer who was committed
To Jail L. await trial on a charge of en-
bezziement, became insane recently, and
a few days ago the court ordered ms re-
mOyal 10 the Norristown asylum. This
morning Moore entered the cell To get
Van Nostran ready for removal and the
latter asked the keeper TO p ick hbr valise.
While thus engaged the madman jumped
on Moore and struck him a stunning
blow
The keeper was knocked or his back
He managed To give the crazy man
terrific kick IN Jhe stomach when the
latter attempted 10 follow up the advan-
tage of the first blow, and Moore thus
gained more time to get up
Van \O-trau Immediately assaulted
him again, and, although the keeper l.
a very powerful man, II was only after
long and desperate struggle that he man
aged to disengage shimSelf and escape
from the cell He at once returned
with two deputy sheriffS. and a. he
stepped into the cell was struck a fearful
blow over the head with a broomstick
The madmau was then quickly overpow-
cred and taken To NorristOwn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
Cleveland " III Start It.

CHICAGO, April 9.-President Cleve-
will touch off the World fair on Nav /
in the presence of from 100. 600 to $50, =
600 people. The plan TO nave the open
ing exercises in a small hall has been
abandoned, and the ceremonies will be
held at the east front of the administra-
ton building There was considerable
objection 10 the massing of so large a
crowd in one portion of the grounds To
witness the ceremonies, as ii was feared
that it might ruin the lawns and flower
gardens, but these were overcome by
those who favored an open air program
4 platform will be built just in front
of the administration building This
will be connected with Machinery hall;
so that President Cleveland will only
have To step To the speakers chair to
touch the button. The new plan fur
nishes many opportunities for pictur.
esque effects. 1t proposes TO mass all
the electric launches, gondolas and other
water crafts in the basin and in front Of
the administration building. Thousands
of spectators can get fine view of the
platform from the water front.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
Burned In The Depot.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-In the destruc-
ton by fire last night of the Baltimore and
Lehigh freight depot, George McGreevy,
aged Is years, was burned to death. Nc
Greevy only arrived IN the city yesterday
afternoon He came with a letter of
introduction to Mrs. Watkins, the night
telegraph operator at the depot and was
laying on lounge In the telegraph Office
when the fire was discovered by Mrs. Wat
klns and Mr.. Hooper, the night freight
agent. The man called To the boy To
follow them as they ran to the window
to escape. After the fire had burned it.
self out the charred body of the boy was
found on the remains Of the lounge. He
was asleep, 1t Is supposed, when called
upon to run, and and did not hear the
alarm.
4 loss to the railroad company by
the fire Is the obstruction of all the plans
and drawings for changing the gauge of
the road. work at which was commenced
last week. These drawings were in Chief
Engineer Troxwell's office on the second
floor of the burned building.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
Turkish Oulrages at Armenia.

LoNDoN, April l0.-Advices from Con-
stantinople show that the British COnsuls
at smyrna, rrebizond and other places
IN Auatolia, have sent to the British
Embassy in ConstantinOple, list con-
tanning the names Of ! 500 Armenians
who are imprisoned, on various charges,
IN the several Consular jurisdictions
The question OF the treatment of the Ar
menian Christians by the Turks, l. again
assuming Importance and II Il reported
that Great Britain viii propose the hold
ing Of conference, by the European
powers, to consider Turkish misrule in
Armenia
Ii j. charged that it Is a common oc-
currence for Turks to kidnap Christian
girls, and dispose OF them to the owners
of harems. If the relatives and friends
Of the girls attempt to regain them they
are met with the statement that the girls
have embraced Mahomm edanism. and
this, as "A rule, ends the matter so far as
ArmenIans are concerned. The Chris
tians are ridiculed and subjected to gross
outrages, and if they object to that treat
ment they fiBd themselves arrested on
trumped-up charges and always found
guilty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

The April report Of the StatistlcIan oil
the department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. makes the average condition OF
winter wheat on April / IA, against
81 , last year, and that Of rye S5.1.
The averages of the principal wheat
States are: Ohio 81; Michigan, "A; In
diana. So; Illinois, y; Missouri 76;
and Kansas, 81 The average of these
six states is 742, against II in April,
1892. 1t L. IS in New York, 81 in Penn
sylvania, SO in Mary land and 81 in Nir-
ginia. The Southern States range from
SO in Tennessee to 100 in Texas. The
Pacific States show now a favorable con
dition, with the exception of California,
where too much rain isreported. Seed
ing Was late in the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys because of widely prevalent
drought, causing poor condition of soil
and retarding termination and in some
cases wholly preventing same, a IN Kan
sas, where the reports show a total failure
over considerable areas. In the Atlantic
Middle, Southern and Pacific States seed
ing conditions were favorable.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
4 Mining Horror

LONDON, April IL A frightful min
ing accident occurred this morning at
Pont-y- Pridd. Wales. 4 spark from an
engine ignited the gas IN the coal pit
near Pont-y- Pridd and caused the gas 10
explode. A large number Of miners
were at work at the time and the eXplo-
sion caused terrible havoc The exact
number of lives lost l. not known, but
it l. rUmored that twenty persons were
killed and many others were more or less
seriously injured.
Later accounts from Pout-yPridd
show the situation 10 be more APPALLING
than at first supposed. Three hundred
miners are entombed IN the mine The
engine house IL In flames and there Is
the creates fear that hundreds may have
perished. The rescuers who went down
were driven back without being able TO
bring up more than five Of the dead and
the fate Of the other miners l. in doubt
The most agoniHng scenes are witnessed
ami throngs Of men. women and children,
relatives Of those below, are crowding
about the mouth of the coal pit
Sull iater adyices from Punt-y Pridd do
not tighten the calamity, and the worst
l. feared for hundreds Of miners. The
pit Il worked IN sections, one seam being
above another. The fire resulting from
the explosion broke out in the eastern
section From this section men sue
ceeded in reaching the surface through
the main working, led by miner VINO
knew the roads. They had terrible
struggle to get out, forcing their way
through the fire and smoke, and many
Of them Wer. SchOrcned and all were ter
rIbly exhausted when they emerged to
safety. They brought no good news as
10 those who were left behind, but. on
the contrary expressed their dread that
ali IN the mine had perished.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
DO Not Like The Work

BRADDOCK, April ll.-It is more than
probable that no more negroes Will be
brought by the Carnegie Steel company
to work at the Edgar Thompson Steel
works. OF the 100 brought here three
weeks since to work with the Slavs in the
stockyards of the blast furnaces and on
the Improvements being made at the
plant, but about 40 of them remain.
The colored men say that the compar-
ison between picking cotton in the fields
of Tennessee. Louisiana, Georgia and
Florida and wheeling ore with Huns is
too great, and those who have left Brad
dock have gone back TO cOtton-pickIng
The Carnegie company is fearful now
that the Huns for whom they brought
the negroes To act as a sort of balance
will get so independent that they can
not be controlled, and may make unfair
demands now that they know other men
cannot do the work they do.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

The action Of Secretary Carlisle IN re-
fusing to purchase the Bowling Green
site, New York city, for the custom
house, ant in declining TO accept the
Walnut street site in Philadelphia for
the United States mint, is taken as indi
eating the policy in regard to the cree
ton of public buildings, which is un-
derstood to be to defer the entering upon
any costly public works in the present
condition of the Treasury. No less a
sum than s., 200, 600 would have been
withdrawn for the payment of these two
sites had the Treasury authorities au-
Ihorized the acceptance of the sites. 1t
is, generally believed that Colonel La
mont, Secretary of war, who has charge
of river and harbor expenditures, will
follow on this same line of action. Be
tween the two departments the payment
Of sums aggregating between $50, 900,
600 to s75, 600, 900 year, can easily be
deferred without hampering the public
! service until tine Treasury surplus be-
gins to grow again.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
A Cardinals Life in Peril.

VIENNA, April 10.-Great excitement
has been caused by an attempt to assas-
sinate Cardinal Naszary, the primate OF
Hungary The Cardinal was walking
with hIs secretary, when a well-d:eSSed
young man rushed upon the Cardinal
and made desperate attempts to stab him
with knife The Cardinal stepped to
one side, evading the blows of the assas-
sin, while the secretary received two Sc
we're stabs at the hands OF the desperate
assailant The would-he murderer was
arrested, but refused to give any infor-
nation as to his motive OF identity.
There seems to be no doubt that the
attempt to murder the Cardinal was
prompted 10y the intense struggle now
going on in Hungary in relation to civil
marriage and the baptism Of children Of
mixed marriages, in which the cardinal
is looked upon az the leader Of the eccle-
siastical party. The assaIlant appears
to be fanatic.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

A. A. MCLEED, President of the Read
Ing Combine, has resigned his Office
ed financial assistance will not be accord
ed the company as long as he shall con
tlnue to occupy the positions of presi-
dent and receiver What the next move
in the Reading cnmbine may be. re-
mains to be seen. The Combine wanted
to mOnopolize coal roads, coal mines,
and everything it coveted, but it had not
money enough to carry out its schemes,
and its grasp is broken.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

Tur legislative committee having IN
charge the proposed amendments to the
Rsker ballot law suggest no less than II
;mnortant changes. The first amend
mont i TO strike out of the ballots the
re-idenca of the candidates, which Is
considered wholly unnecessary 1t Is IN
the nomination papers and only IN
creases the size Of the ballot by printing
II on them. Second, to reduce the
number of ballots Third, fix one day
TO deliver the ballots to the Judge OF
elections instead Of two, the ballots 10 De
delivered on the Monday before the
election. Fourth TO extend the time for
the Sheriff to issue his P reclamation
A. the law reads now it Is impossible foI
him 10 comply with it. Fifth, 10 require
the Common Pleas Court OF the district
when nominations are made, except
those made in State conventions, which
shall be tried in Dauphin county courts,
m decide upon the validity OF all certI-
/ ficates of nomination. Sixth, that IN
marking the ballot candidates name be
marked with an Y, and that group
marking be done away with Seventh,
all groups to have party appellauon
when that party for ten years has been
making nominations in a state conyen-
ton. Eighth, to repeal that portion OF
/ the law which requires the Sheriff TO Is
sue a proclamation for city eiecuons.
Ninth. that no candidate shall be allowed
10 act as a watcher or be permitted IN q
booth after he mas voted. Tenth; thai
election officers shall not be permitted tC
prepare a ballot for a person who claims
10 be disabled, and, eleventh, TO require
all persons who claim to be disabled u
1 make affidavit to the same.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
Pullman Accommodations TO the
MorId,s Eair

The Pennsy lvania Railroad Company
announces that arrangements have been
perfected whereby passengers intending
10 go 10 Chicago may reserve their Pull
man car accommodations ia advance.
Passengers taking a train al New York
may reserve the requisite Pullman space
one month in advance Of departure those
from other points on the system two weeks
in advance. This arrangement can be-
made upon application 10 ticket agents Of
the Pennsy ania railroad. who. after Sc
curing tho space, will delivers a reservation
slip TO the passenger. Passengers thus re-
serving space in advance will be required
their tickets seven DAYS before th,. date of
departure, otherwise the reservation will
be considered as forfeited.
Accommodations In Pullman cars for the
return trip may also be secured upon ap-
plication To ticket agents of the PennsyI-
vania raj lroad-
This arrangement will prove a great
bene iii to visitors to the Worlds Fair
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

HE President, on Tuesday appointed
Daniel. n. Morgan of Connecticut, one
Of the solid men of New England, treas
urer of the United States in place of +.
ii. Nebeker of Indiana, resigned. This
Is an important Office The treasurer is
charged with the receipt and disburse-
OF all public moneys ia the treasury at
Washington and the various suh-treasu-
ries throughout the country, and in the
national bank repositories He is also
the trustee for bonds held to secure ma
tonai bank circulation, and custodian
of trust funds and agent for paying in
terest on the national debt. C. y. Jord-
an, who held this office under Mr.
Cleveland first administration, is ap-
pointed assistant treasurer at New York
Daniel NJ. Browning of Illinois gets the
responsible place of commissioner of In
dian affairs, to succeed Thomas ]. Nor
gan.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

GovERNoR THIMAN of South Carolina
was in Pittsburg, on Monday, looking
around the glass manufacturers to get
bottles for the liquor business in his state
After the first Of May the entire liquor
business in that state will be controlled
by state officials. The Governor gives
the following details concerning the fu-
ture regulation of the liquor traffic IN
his state: The State commissioner will
purchase all the beer and whisky drank
in the state. At Columbia he will have
this put up in sealed packages. The
smallest will contain half a pint, the
largest five gallons. All liquor must pass
muster before the State chemist. These
packages are to be distributed to county
dispensers overlooked by a local board
appointed 10y the State board of control
which consists of the Governor, comp
troller general and the Attorney General.
A county dispensary cannot be estab-
lished unless a majority of the freehold
votes petition for it,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

IT Il understood that Postmaster Gen
eral Bissell has ordered that no more
fourth class postmasters shall be remov-
ed except for cause, until they shall have
served all or nearly all Of four years
term This is "A new rule, as these Off
cisls have never been considered TO have
fixed term, but were removable at the
pleasure Of the department. The change
Is understood to have been made by di-
reCtiOn Of the President
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

The nomination of Judge Lochren for
pension commissioner meets with GEN
eral approval. Judge Lochren's reputa-
ton as a jurist is of the first order, and
his military record is brilliant. He is
81 years of age and was born in Yer
mont, where he was educated in the pub
lie schools and admitted to tie bar. He
went to Minnesota in 1852 and practiced
his profession, but when the war broke
out he was one of the first men in the
state to abandon his civil pursuits and
enlist in the First Minnesota regiment.
His service during the war was severe,
eliminating at Gettysburg, where his
regiment made the famous charge that
checked Pickett's onslaught OF the
800 men that made that charge only 40
came out whole, and Young 'Lochren,
who started on the rush as a first lieu
tenant of Company f, came out in COM
mand of the regiment, every officer
above his grade having been killed or
wounded.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14

ONLY a comparatively few years ago
all the vessels in our navy were of wood.
Or the fleet Of forty in the United States
service twenty years ago, there are now
but nine in service. Some are lying idle,
others are used az receiving ships, few
have been sold The names OF those in
service are Lancaster, Marion, Michigan,
Kearsarge, Adams. Alliance, Thetis and
Yaltic.