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Year: 1879

Special to the Courier-Journal.l


WASHINGTON, September 1.-Word
is continually being received here by
the Republican leaders of trouble in
their ranks in Ohio. The Sherman
men are crestfallen over the failure of
the State to become enthusiastic over
his advent into the campaign. The
Grant people are fighting Sherman
and Foster and sending out circulars
against Garfield. The indications are
that if the Stalwarts cannot get the
legislature and realize the fact they
will knife Foster openly, as they are
now doing secretly. The Republicans,
who are always good at keeping their
internal dissensions quiet, cannot hold
together in peace in the State much
longer. At least the private letters
they are writing here indicate such TO
be the fact.


The experts of Senator Bruce's
committee on the Freedman's Bank
have discovered that its managers were
at one time in what is known here as
the department shark" business.
The bank under the charter had no
right to loan money except on real
estate, and there was nothing to justi-
fy it in charging usurious interest.
Besides, the books do not show any
record of money thus received. That
this discount business was carried on
by the bank on an extensive scale
there is no doubt. Quite number OF
department clerks are willing to testi-
fy that they borrowed money from the
old bank on their monthly vouchers,
for which they had to pay two per
cent. per month. This business of
shaving clerks pay is carried on at
the present time quite extensively by
banks which are thought to be above
such practices. They have for their
agents clerks in the departments, who
keep the name of their bank secret.
There are several wealthy men in
Washington who began their career
as department sharks, and one of these
men is known to-day throughout the
country as the great philanthropist Of
the Capital City.


The case which was used at the
Paris Exposition for the exhibit Of
the agricultural department, has been
sent to this country and placed in the
beautiful grounds surrounding the
agricultural bureau. 1t is star
shaped, about forty feet in hight,
and the same in diameter. 1t is
made of wood and plate-glass, and is
highly ornamental.
Year: 1879

The health officials at Little Rock
have agreed to permit steamers to
navigate White river, provided they
have not been in the Mississippi river
for forty-fve days. The steamer Ira
der which left here about six weeks
ago will not be allowed to run until
sixty-fve days have elapsed. This
will keep her in quarantine until the
latter part of the present month.
Year: 1879

Forrest City Ark Times.


Helena, Mariana and Forrest City
are the points more exposed to the
yellow fever than any others in the
State of Arkansas. We hear of no
panic at either place, but business
proceeds as usual. Contrast this with
the wild utterances of some towns in
the West. Why nothing is talked of
except the fever, strict quarantine,
personal contributions to render the
capital safe and such nonsense, while
the newspapers fan the blaze and keep
the scare up with flaming head lines
about the Yellow Monster, Carnival of
Death, and other such revolving stuff.
If we have to die, for Gods sake don't
scare us to death. We are of the
opinion, and it may be erroneous,
that if one case of fever was announc-
ed at any of the places which are
"panically" inclined, more people
would die of fright than of fever.
Year: 1879

pressed willingness to do all they
lawfully could, but were of opinion
that the National board of health
should feed the destitute out of the
appropriation availablein their hands.
The subject was to be considered by
the cabinet on Tuesday last.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish to re-
new will do us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very
large, and our force to do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

The subscription price OF the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
SOC per month fOrlsss than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege of
changing pOstOfiOe.
Year: 1879




Colonel William B. Mann created A
sensation in the Center County Court.
at Bellefonte yesterday. On Tuesday
afternoon he was taken seriously i'll at
his office with an attack of dysentery
and inflammation of the bowels. He
was removed to his home at Fifteenth
street and Girard avenue, and by night
had recovered somewhat. He had an
appointment to meet at Bellefonte
yesterday which required his atten-
ton, being the trial of the well-known
Peter Herdie. Accompanied by Mrs.
Mann and a friend, the colonel started
to keep up his engagement. A com
partment in special car was procured
for him and he reached his destination
safely about 10 O clock in the morning.
He was so weakened by his sudden
illness that he was unable to walk,
and was carried to the courthouse on
pillows, where he appeared, and, al
though so i'll, defended his client with
the vigor for which he is so well
known; The novel spectacle of car
rying the lawyer into court on pillows
in . country town created a sensation
which caused the barrister's name to
be on every tongue.
Year: 1879

BERLIN, September lit is ru-
mored that the emperor will start for
konigsberg tomorrow to witness the
military maneuvers and will have an
interview en- route with the emperor
Of Russia.
Year: 1879

1T is highly important that every house in
i which yellow fever has existed this year be
thoroughly disinfected Citizens are earnest
which have not been disinfeeted, in order
that il may be done at once. Such disinfee-
tion can be done quickly with little OF no in
convenience to sny one and will greatly
diminish the danger to present and future
residents. JOHN JOHNSON,
az Sup't Quarantine.


Appeal and Avalanche copy l week.
Year: 1879

ATLvNTA, Ga, May The jury in
the Cox case were out all night. They
came in at noon to day to be recharged
in full, and at u quarter to four they
came in and announced that they had
agreed upon verdict, as follows: 1--WE,
the jury, find the prisoner guilty, and
recommend that be be punished by i'm
prisOnment in the penitentiary for Lille.
Cox received the verdict with calmness,
having evidently nerved himself for the
worst His wife, on hearing the words
SD fatal 10 her hopes, sat Tor a moment
trembling with emotion, and then rushed
Tor an open window near by, with the
purpose To throw herself 10 the ground
below. She was wild with grief As
she reached the window she was caught
by Cox, who held her fast. She threw
her arms around his neck and clung to
him wildly, eXclaiming: "Oh. my
God, Oh. my poor darling"
Her Shrieks were heartrending, and the
occupants of the crowded court room
could not refrain from tears OF pity.
Judge Hillyer sentenced Cox TO "be
confined in the penitentiary, or such
other place as the Governor may direct,
at hard labor for and during his natural
life General GOttrell gave notice that
the defense would make motion for
new trial, and prayed fora writ OF super
sedeaS. The execution of the sentence
was therefore stayed twenty days. This
penalty is virtually the extreme OF the
law in this State, as the law passed with
Alston's aid at the last session of the
legislature, giving juries the rightto rec
ommend life imprisonment in all cases
Of murder, as they see hit, in effect abol-
ishes the death penalty. Cox thus is
the first man convicted OF murder who
receives the benefit of that law.
Year: 1879

the West are here to-day TO tell
YOU of the East. We want TO JOIN
hands with you in preparing Tor this
struggle. There is a country west oil
you that YOU little dream Of You
think you know it. You do not. Inc
value of the western country TO youi
YOU do not begin to comprehend, ana
from this ignorance on your part us
rights YOU do not know how to respect.
You have coal, ore, capital and brains;
So have we. You have large cities and
cheap transportation. We have the
former, but not so much OF the latter,
You have a certain protection to your
furnaces and mills by this cheap trans
pOrtatiOn that we have not. Butt this
YOU must protect US from ruinous COM
petition among yourselves or we can
ruin you by free trade votes.


Give the Workingmen a Chance.


The author thought the remedy for
these grievances was for the eastern
manufacturers to give their workmen
better wages. Complaints are made
that 80 per cent. of the iron mills have
been bankrupt in Pittsburgh since the
panic. Now let the manufacturers get
the full sympathy OF their worklngmeni
let them pay good wages, which VIII
permit the workingmen to ENJOY some
of the comforts and luXuries OF lie, ana
then let them agree with themselves al
so TO keep the prices of iron up to living
prices. The reduction OF the wages oil
the workingmCn has never been an ad-
vantage to the proprietOrs, because
every such reduction was followed by
corresponding reduction in the selling
price of iron, and of COurOe the working
men saw that they were the sufferers.
Reduction after reduction is made by
the manufacturers, and If they keep on
they will finally give away their iron Tor
nothing and give a chrome TO the man
who brings them customer.


The author next pitched into the AS
sOciatiOn for electing so many Eastern
men TO the offices of the Association,
and for appointing Eastern men almost
exclusively on the committees. Inc
President is a Pennsylvania man. all OF
the Vice-Presidents are Pennsylvania
or Eastern men, seventeen members OF
the Executive Committee are Pennsyl-
vania men; the Secretary is a Pennsyl-
vania man, and four Of the Auditing
Committee, composed of four persons,
are PENNSYLVANIA men; this, too, while
different Western and Southern States
have no representation among the otf-
GERS. The Association, in some meas
ure, deserves the name, The Pennsyl-
vania Iron and Steel Association, in
stead of the National Association. The
author wanted this system abolished
and fair share of western men elected
to the offices and management OF the
Association. This is but brief abstract
of Mr.. Potter's paper, the reading OF
which created smiles on the faces of diff
ferent Western members.


There was some more rambling dis
cussion, not of special interest. Resolu-
tions were adopted thanking the chair,
man, the Western Iron Association and
the press. The convention then adj
jOurned without day.
Year: 1879

san Francisco, May The opposl-
ton concede this city by 1900 majority
against the constitution. The majority
will probably be over 10000. Returns
from the interior are yet too meagre to
state, with any accuracy, the result, but
at present the indications are that the
vote outside this city will be small ma
iority in favor of the new constitution.
There is no question, however, as to the
defeat OF the instrument, as the major
ity againstitin this city will far more than
overcome that for it in the country.
During the evening there have been some
minor disturbances in the city, but
nothing Of a serious nature.
Year: 1879

THE FEDERAL CITY.
YESTERDAYS WORK IN CONGRESS,
Impression That the President Will Sign
the Election BiII-BiIl Requiring
National Bank Reserves to be


Kept in Standard Gold


and Silver Coin,
Year: 1879

And now, sir, this Is what would
saw of this Protective Tariff we hear
so much about: 1t must be a national
benefit. not one for Pennsylvania alone
or Illinois alone. 1t is to be tariff that
will protect labor and capital in Georgia,
in Tennessee, Kansas, or Illinois, even
though either may not be so well To-
Gated in many respects as you are for
many of your supplies. English capital
and Free Trade can shut up every iron
and steel establishment west Of the Al
leghenies in three years, and every one
east of them in five years. And it
will not be five years before We will
be face to face with this issue, and
Year: 1879


z. w. Gemmill met with an accident
though not avery serious one while In the act of
coupling two cars on the Tasker railroad. He
was carried to his home and medical aid rem
dered.


he members OF the M. T.. Church seem to
bear better feeling toward Mr.. Bristor than
any minister they have had before, and they
express themselves more openly since he has
or will be sent to New Orleans next week.
Next Sunday he will preach his farewell
sermon.


Since the organization Of "the Amateur
Minstrel OF New Castle" minstrelsy has
another minstrel troupe has been organized,
and will give their first performance ONE
time alter Lent. The Amateur Minstrel
troupe will give their second entertainment
on the evenings Of Tuesday and Wednesday
after Lent. There will be an entire change
OF programme on both evenings and the
"Gyrater" will be out week before hand and
give the full programme. Our city is sadly
in need OF a public hall and some of cur en-
terprsing citizens would do well to have one
erected as the accommodations at the City
Hail and Court House are insufficient.


A big improvement will shortly be made
on Ninth street from the Depot to Washing
ton avenue. As soon as operations commel cc
we will give full account, but are not at lib.
erty to do 50 at present. Il. Il.
Plain goblets 40 cents half dozen Mt 2l7
King street.
Year: 1879

This morning according to custom a
few persons assembled at the st. Paul's
M. 4. church on Market street above
for the purpose of listening
to the usual debates on Monday morn
ing that take place in the church but
at ten o'clock the hour commencing the
preachers failed to be Oh hand and as
a consequence the reporter of the Re-
PUBLICAN had no Preachers meeting to
write I'D for the readers.
Year: 1879

Yesterday morning and evening the
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Gov
enant held their services in the Old
Union Church, for the first time. For
weeks the members OF the Church had
worked together OH the building and at
last they had the pleasure Of seeing
grand work appreciated, IS the attend
ance both morning and evening was
large. The Church is elegantly fitted
up and presents very handsome ap-
pearance. Several persons not men-
bers of the Reformed Church, but who
were members Of the Old Union Church
stated this morning "that the Church
now, with the Improvements made,
looks 10 per cent. better than it ever
did" The Church was not consscrat.
ed yesterday as the Reformed Episco-
pal body, never consecrate a church
until it is out of debt, so the services
were what might be called, the opening
services.


A few hundred dollars would meet
all the expenses and the members hope
by the assistance of the generous pub
lie, to very soon be- free from all the in
cumbrances. At the Sunday School in
the mOrninL there were present Al
teachers and scholars and 4 visitors,
making 245 persons present on its first
opening in their new place of Worship.
Rev. William B. Feltwell, of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church of PLiladel-
phia, delivered an able sermon both
morning and evening. In the morning
his text was "FOr as often as ye eat
this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
show the Lords death till he come"
The speaker in his remarks said that
it was no ordinary occasion that had
brought the people TO the church, but
it was for the purpose at once Reopen
the building with humble and contrite
hearts, and the minister was to preach
the gospel with the power and demon
stration of the Holy Ghost.


The collections both morning and
evening were fair. Services will be
held in the church every evening this
week except Saturday evening. This
evening Rev. +. B. Duval, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, will conduct
the service. There are two objects in
view in holding these meetings. The
first is to have ministers of other de-
nominations participate in the services,
and, the second is the salvation of souls.
To these meetings they extend cordial
invitation to all denominations to at
tend,
Year: 1879

"You have asked me pointedIy If I
can marry you, and / have answered
you pointedly that I can. can
marry man who makes love to a
different girl every month; can
marry a man whose main occupation
seems to be to join in any gauntlet in
front OF churches and theatres, and
comment audibly on the people who
are compelled to pass through it; l
can marry man whose only means
OF support is an aged father; / can
marry man who boasts that any
girl eau be won with the help OF a
good tailor and an expert tongue; l
can marry such a man but l wont J"
Year: 1879

From the Burlington Hawkeye. IS
The first time you wear a stove
pipe hat everybody looks at you.
Not, as You may vainly imagine, be-
cause you are the first young man
who ever wore a stove:pipe hat. but
because tits apparent even to the old
blind man who sits in the back pew,
without any cushion, away back un'
der the gallery where the poor have
the gospel preached to them, that it
is the tirst time you ever wore hat
OF that description. Your old father
elaps one on the back of his head,
puts his hands il his pockets, holds
up his head, aud walks off down the
street in a gale. of wind and never
thinks OF his hat. But you, son, you
pull yours on at the most graceful
angle it can be posed, and you go
teetering along, both hands ready to
fly at the hat at the slightest provo
cation of the ghostliest phantom of a
puff of wind. You don't look COM
Portable, son. Your hat is always
trying to come off; you bump it
against everything you pass; you rub
it the wrong way vixen you try to
brush the dust off it; when yoa carry
it in your hand s.up the aisle every
body smiles, because you first hold it
by the brim and let the crown tip
gracefully over your arm, and by the
time you have hit three or four wor.
shippers in the head with it, you
change and turn it under your arm
and try to carry it that way without
touching it, and the first thing you
do in that pose you put woman's
eye out with your elbow. Then,
when you sit down you put the hat
on the floor, setting it on the brim--
fatal mistake. And then, before
the sermon Is halt through, yoH put
your feet on it three times. Bat never
mind; you hayeto learn some time.
Only don't imagine that people never
saw anything Of the kind before, be.
cause they have.
Year: 1879

Twilight settled darkly down on
the rush of white-capped waters
round the lighthouse base-twilight
over the rocky shore-twilight fold
ing the faraway land in its gray
mantle-and 1 sitting by the little
slit of a window, my chin resting on
my hand, looking out over the dark
ness and desolation OF the waving
world of waters. l was alone, but /
minded it not a whit, was used to.
that, and it was such sweet peace and
rest. ellth.a I.a ~ 81


Father was away for two days and
two nights; but felt myself fully
competent to manage the lights. l
had done it often and often, and there
was sense Of human companionship
in the idea Of all the eyes that were
turning, in the darkness, to the red
beacon star of the Whlitedge Light
house. sr rfH lI


Atsunrise 1 extinguished thelights
and busted myself, singing at my
work, with cleaning the glasses, trim
ming the wicks and replenishing the
great receivers with oil and what
with one thing and another, I was
pretty completely occupied antil
noon. Then, as l chanced to look
out toward the nearest point of land,
l saw white flag futtering from the
tall pole among the rocks, the signal
father and / had agreed On in case of
any help needed.


My heart stopped beating and then
gave a great jump again. What did
it mean? Involuntarily L caught my
hat and shawl from their pegs against
the door, and then laid them down
again despairingly, How could l
leave the lighthouse all alone2
Year: 1879

From the New York Freeman's Journal


Nothing can be worse for child
than to be frightened. The effect Of
the scare is slow to recover from; it
remains sometimes until maturity, as
is shown by many instances of NOR
bid sensitiyeness and excessive ner-
vousness. Not unfrequently, fear is
employed as means of discipline.
Children are conskplled by being


naa lie,sauiA eas.is
bic Will happen to them and punished
by Being shut up in dark rooms, or
by being put in places they stand in
dread Of No one, without vivid
memory Of his own childhood, can
comprehend how entirely cruel such
things are. We have often heard
grown persons tell of the suffering
they have endured, as schildren, under
like circumstances, and recount the
injury which they are
sure they then received. No parent,
no nurse, capable of alarming the
young, is fitted tor her position.
Children, as near as possible, should
be trained not to know the sense Of
tear, which, above everything else, is
to be feared in their education, early
and late. ss
Year: 1879

Sift into a pan pound ard half
OF flour. Make hole in the middle,
and put in two ounces of butter
warmed in a pint of sweet milk, a
spoonful of salt, three well-beaten
eggs, and two tablespoonfuls Of the
best fresh yeast. Mix the flour we'll
into the other ingredients and put
the whole into tin pan well creased.
Cover it, set in a warm place, and
when it is quite light bake in mod
crate oven. Send it to the table hot
and eat it with butter.
Year: 1879

Two tablespoonfuls Of Graham
-four, one Of corn starch, stirred
smoothly into one-half pint OF. milk.
Add three well beaten eggs, another
halt pint Of milk,. one tablespoon
ful Of sugar and little lemon Juice.
Stir all together, and pour into a
we'll -buttered plate or pie tin, and
bake in a quick oven, The flour will
settle to the bottom and form fine
crust without shortening.
Year: 1879

This is nice when chickens are not
very plentiful; it helps to make a
variety for those living on a farm.
Slice nice salt pork; soak a short
time-sweet milk is nice to freshen it
in-boil two hours then put in the
potatoes, and a few minutes before
they are dene, make the dumplings
as follows: One ell.beaten egg, one
teacup Of sour cream, half a teaspoon
tul. OF soda, enough flour to make
quite thick or they will fall to the
bottom; drop the mixture in small
spoonfulsI and shake the kettle a few
Lines while boiling. Before taking up
put in some pepper and small Jumps
of butter. ,s-~t
Year: 1879

Put the liquor emptied from a quart
OF oysters into saucepan: add a
half cup of butter, two tablespoons
-four and one cup of curry powder,
well mixed; let boil; add oysters
and a little salt; boil up once and
serve.
Year: 1879

thy intellect,I should have ordered
them to show thee greaterthings than
these From this, however, l took
a palpitation of the heart, until the
Emperor ordered me medicine
which restored me.