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s i r . Cleveland, i n liig mesBage,for w h icb 1 glncarely lionor h im , h a s challenged th e prott-cled industries of th e counti-y to a Oght of extei-miuation ; t h e fight i s to the d e a th —S e n ATOK V est TO a S t . L ot - is D em ocBATic C lub . 'Ipoft Union, W e dem a n d t h e r e d u c tion of l e tter post age to one’ cent p e r ounce.—JR epitbli CAE N a TIONAT. PhATPOBM. VOL. XVI. No: 233 ANOTHER GRAND RALLY PORT JBBVIS, ORANGB OOUNTY, N. Y., THURSDAY EVSNING, OCTOBER 4, 1888 REPUBM CANS THRONG IN GREAT NU'MBEKS AT T H E R I N K ’ Addresses hy Col. C larh E . C a rr of I l l i nois and Sanmel, M o rris of T roy—T h e Tarift’ Question T h o roughly D iscussed a n d a T ariff f o r R e v enue \ D enounced. W liy Irish-A m e ricans Slioiild Vote for H a r r ison an d M o rton. A large, thoughtful and attentive aud ience of earnest Republicans assembled at the Rink last night to hear the issue, of the campaign discussed by Col. Clark E, Carr of Illinois, and Samuel Morris of Troy. That Republicans are in earnest, that they are keenly alive to the impor tance of the great questions at stake in the present c- nvass, and that they mean to win, at the coming election, is evidenced by the very unusual degree of enthusiasm manifested in their public meetings. The speakers of the evening were es corted from the Delaware House to the Rink by a delegation of prominent Repub- licana They were preceded by the Emmet Cornet band, and arrived at the Rink, a few minutes after 8 o’clock. Frank Hardenberg, President of the Young [ Men’s Republican Club, took charge of * the meeting. The following prominent Republicans of the town occupied seats on the platform; Wilton Bennett, Dudley King, Abe Wandel, Jas. M. Allerton, F. R, Salmon, H. B, Fullerton, Horace Lee, J( hn Wells, Chas. Terbell,Nelson Mondon and Ed. King. Shortly after 8 o’clock the meeting was called to order by Frank Hardenberg, and Wilton Bennet was made chairman, Mr. Benaet stated that the present was an in tellectual campaign. It was free from the base elements that ordinarily charac terize a political campaign. The Repub lican party had, in the present canvass, risen superior to partisan considerations, and were rising up in defence of the in dustries threatened by the free trade pol icy of the Democratic party as fore shadowed in the recent message of Presi dent Cleveland. In a few brief, well- chosen words he then introduced the first speaker. Col. Oiark E. Carr of Illinois. Mr. Carr stated that he was suffering from fatigue brought on by excessive and continuous work on the stump and that he spoke with great difidculty owmg to his exhausted condition. Nevertheless he made a strong and very effective speech and before he had been speaking five min utes all traces of fatigue had disappeared. Among other things he said the Demo cratic party allege that in this country the rich are growing richer and the poor pooper. This did not accord with his own obser vation for wherever he went in every com- munity,he found that the well to do men, who occupy the positious of honor, in fluence and wealth started in life as hum ble wage earners and by industry, thrift and enterprise lifted themselves to their present positions. The wage earners of to-day will in time take the places of those Who are prominent and well-to-do. There is u n l i m i t e d o p p o r t u n i t y in th i s c o u n t r y for a poor man to rise by the exercise of economy, enterprise and thrift. He Stated that the great question of Ihe campaign w a s the e c o n o m ic a l Q u e s tion. It was a campaign of argument. Two civili- zati ns are at war. On the one side stands the south and on the other the north. Free trade originated in the south under Cal- houn. It was the parent of nullification because it was on account of South Caro lina’s opposition to the tariff that nullifi cation was proclaimed. The south was wedded to the idea of a tariff for revenue and when the confederate government was organized it was one of its cardinal principles that no tariff should ever be levied but for revenue. He defined the revenue tariff and cited as an example,the fact that England raises $24 000,000 per annum in duties on coffee, spices and fruits. This was a revunne tariff but not a protective tariff. He also dei demonstrated that a strictly revenue tariff' is possible on articles pro duced in this country by reducing the duty below the protective point. The Republican party takes issue with this idea of a tariff for revenue only and in sists upon a tariff which shall protect our home industries. The Democratic party are beginiug to be afraid of their tariff smashing policy and they are now hedging, apologizing and explaining and trying to make the people believe that they are not enemies of the protective system,that they are not for a revenue tariff. All through Minnesota, Illinois, Michi gan and other granger states they are talk ing free trade and telling the people “ buy where you can buy cheapest. You have been paying tribute to the east long enough. They say let us pass by the east and buy where wa can by cheapest. They are whispering that these states will go Democratic, but I tell you that the Demo cratic party can no more carry Illinois than they can carry Vermont or Maine.” The farmers of the west, however,know that the laborers of the east constitute their beat market and if they strike a blow at them they strike a blow at themselves. Thurman’s much quoted complaint about taxes was satirized and the good old Dem ocratic times eulogized by him were shown to be very poor limes as compar ed with the present. The speaker gave a very amusing pic ture of the cos.tumes of that era. Jean garments, home-made shoes, a “ hickory” shirt with a coon -skin cap, and a long tail hanging down the back. All this> of course, was great, handsome and splendid, but we don’t want to dress that way now. We have learned now to make hats, clothing, etc., and by mutual interchange we have grown rich. We don’t want to go back to the good old Democratic times. There was no money in those times even to pay taxes, and as a result to-day the title to half of the farms of Illinois are derived from tax sales. Mr. Carr compared our condition at this period to that of the system of absentee Irish landlordism. The money was all sent out of the country for English goods, and none came back. Pigs and cattle were scarcely worth marketing and corn was burned as fuel or rotted in the barns. Mr. Carr then described the era of pro tection inaugurated by the Morrill tariff. In twenty-five years after the first tariff was imposed Uncle Sam’s farms increased in value 3 times. (Cheers). How did we get rich ? Because we protected our At Elgin 3,000 men and women are employed in watch making factories. But all the delicate machinery of the watch would be woith nothing if run back to the original element. They told me in Elgin that they got on because there was a protective tariff of 25 per cent. In Geneva, Switzerland, I found workmen receiving 60 cents a day for do ing work what in Elgin was paid for at $4 But Mr. Cleveland says that he’s op posed to imported contract labor. In that he surrenders the whole question. What’s the difference between imported contract laborers and importing the goods that they make ? It would be better that you import the laborers, because they’d have to be clothed by your dry goods association and fed by us in Illinois. Some people say we can’t make as good goods as people on the other side. What is this Mills bill? It is a curious thing. The first thing the authors knew they struck sugar, of which 92 per cent, is imported. We thought : we were going to have free sugar, but the Louisana planters who are Democrats rose up and bad the tax kept at 60 per cent. But when the Democratic party struck a poor innocent sheep, then it was free trade. Take the tariff off I It’s a conspiracy in favor of ct.tton and against all tariff. They say if we can get the tariff off wool let us have free trade in everything. Mr. Clark’s discussion of the tariff ques tion was long and exhaustive. Coming to the candidates he said, we have everything to encourage us. We have splendid candi dates, that quiet citizen who has appalled his enemies and surprised his friends by the clearness o f his judgment when the fierce light that shines on candidates was turned upon him, who conducted himself modestly, like a genial American citizen, and who in his speeches has risen above the domain o f statesmanship almost into that o f a serene philosophy as pure and clear as bis own life and as invincible as the battalions he led in war. And there is that other by his side, who is blessed by the poor of two continents, and has taught the stingy and sordid rich that there is something better than bonds and stocks and gold. I know that you will vote for Levi P. Morton. (Lopd and long cheering.) InclosmgMr. Carr congratulated the Republicans of New York on the com plete accord which exists within its ranks everywhere through the state. We in Illinois used to deplore your differences but now you are united and harmonious and will march to victory with unbroken front (Loud and prolonged applause con tinued for several minutes.) The chairman then introduced Mr, Sam uel Morris of 'Troy, N. Y. We regret that we have not space for a M l report of the very excellent speech delivered by Mr. Morris, and must content ourselves with a brief summary. He appealed particularly to Irish-Ameri cans not to vote the Democratic ticket because their fathers did. He pointed out to them numerous instances in which the Republican nominees had proven them selves sympathizers with the Irish in their fight for home rule. He contrasted the petty f 2() generosity of Grover Cleveland with the magnificent donation of Levi P. Morton. He re counted Cleveland’s veto of bills to reduce the hours of labor when Governor. He closed by urging all Irisb-Americans to rally to the support of Harrison and Mor- KErUISI.ICAN CONVENTION. Moses D. Stivers o f MiddletowH is N o m i nated fo r Congress. M iddletown , Oct. 4, 3.30 p. m.~Tho Republican Convention asse^nbled at the Russel House in Middletown at 12 o’clock, noon, for the purpose of nominating a cfindidate to represent this Congressional district in Congress. 0. P. Howell was made chairman. 'The secretaries were selected from the three counties. A motion was made to proceed to a ballot for member of Congress. Clarence Lexow nominated Mr. Theron F. Read as a candidate who would be satisfactory to Rockland county. James G. Graham of Newburgh nomi nated M. D. Stivers, referring to the strong canvass he made two years ago, and pre dicting that he was the choice of the .convention and would be elected in No vember. Col. W. 0, Dickey of Newburgh, John F. Bradner of Wallkill and Mat, Decker of Sullivan county seconded the nomina- of Mr. Stivers, An Informal ballot was then proceeded with, the Rockland county delegates voting for Read, while Stivers received the votes of those from Orange and Sullivan. Mr. Lexow then withdrew the name of Mr. Read and moved to make the nomination of Mr. Stivers unanimous, which was done with a rising vote and great applause. Mr. Stivers was brought before the con vention by the committee and accepted the nomination asking the Republicans of the district to stand by him and predict ing a victory in November. THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF Gu! O F F FO B M IDDIiETOW N, T h e D e law are Boys Reave Town on th e M o u n tain Express. M id d l e t o w n , Oct. 4 . —The following members of Delaware Hose Company left Port Jervis this morning to participate in the great firemen’s parade at Middletown, which occurs to-day: Ed. G. Geisenheimer, Fred Schwartz, Irving Elston, Philip Brodner, Sol Bip- is, Arthur Messier, W. J. Raymond, Reoling, So' McKeeby, A. T. Porter, J. J. Mills, Ed. Snook, F. R. Salmon, Ed. Courvoisier, Floyd Cole, Geo. Far- num, C, 1. Terwilliger, T. R. Anderson, Gus Hawber, Mike Seegar, Joseph Rosen- crance, Mark Cohen, John Sherman, John Wells, Clem Anderson, Wm. Weiser, Ed, Whritner, Geo, A. Decker, Jacob Bippus, Chas, Reuling and Chas. W. An derson. The guests of the company are Lionel Dickens o f Jersey City, James McIntosh Of Glen Spej, E. H. Mondon and H. B. Fullerton of Port Jervis. The company went in a a special oar at tached to the Mountain Express and on the Side of the car was a large banner on which was inscribed the words : “ No. 2 of Port Jervis.” They were met at the station in Middletown by a delegation of the Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company of Middletown whose guests they are. They paraded a short distance and on their arrival at the hose rooms of the Ex celsiors were welcomed by T. A. Pronk, President, on behalf of the Excelsiors, after which they sat down to a lunch in the hose rooms. At 10 o’clock they will enjoy a ride about Middletown. Dinner will be served at the Russell House at 11.30, after which they will form in line for the parade which begins at 1 o’clock. Supper will be given at 7 o’clock at the Excelsior Hose rooms. Middletown is profusely decorated with flags and banners, and presents a holiday appearance. A W E E K ’S ENGAGEMENT. 1 weete icing on jca Red- free, like the political meetings, the pri is so low that every person can afford to go. Admission is only 10, 20 and 30 cts,, with five cents extra for cushioned opera chairs. ______ ^ ______ —The dirtiest men in the world are made the cleanest by using Tulip soap. —Neiiw Vf'ear at stock of ladies’ muslin ui ; G. Ury’s at very low prices. SENATE BIRR FO B BEDtTCTNG T H E REVENUE. A Bedue-tiou of N e a rly 875,000,000 P r o posed — Internal Revenue Removed from Tobacco and Alcohol Used in the W ashington , Oct. 3.— The Senate tariff bill, which has been ready for over a week was finally sent to the Senate tliis morn ing without having either the majority or minority reports. The Democrats are still unable to make their report ami asked for more delay, but the Republicans insisted that patience was exhausted so far as the bill was concerned and that the only further compromise they could make was to delay their report so that the Dem ocratic report could he made public at the same time. On that agreement the bill was reported and the two reports are to follow to-morrow, or at furthest, on Fri- Immediately after the decision was made known to the Senate, Senator Sher man made a sharp speech, which must be regarded as the general statement regard ing the bill and the brief opening of the debate which is to take place upon it. He stated that the reduction it accomplished was $73,688‘000. It was a conservative bill, he said, and if it could he; taken up free from party asperities he thought it could be made the moat perfect revenue measure ever placed upon the statute books. The issue between it and the Mills bill was soon to be tried before the peo ple, and the difference was clear and dis tinct. The total reduction of duties, $75,000,- 000,is achieved by the methods least likely to impair or imperil any protected indus try, the largest amount being secured by reductions on sugar that will cut off $27,- 759,000 of revenue and will cheapen an article of common necessity. The aboli tion of the tax on tobacco is an act of justice toward the raisers of an article that has become a necessity to a large portion of our population, and this repeal of an odious war tax will reduce the sur plus by the large aMount of $24,500,000. The abolition of the tax on alcohol used in the arts is in the line of a wise policy, and will take $7,000,000 from the surplus. Other reductions amount to $7,000,000. The new bill also makes considerable additions to the free list. The principal things are jute and jute butts. PEBSONAR. Mrs. B. Cunniff of this village and sister, Mrs. Morrris of Boston, Mass., are visiting friends in Sullivan county. Mr. George Dewsnap removed his family from Middletown to out village this week locating on Orange street. Mr. Dewsnap is a cutter in Chas. Chant’s glovelfactory. Second Vice-President E. B. Thomas of the Erie was a passenger on train 12 this morning en route to New York city, where he will establish his headquarters which heretofore been at Cleveland, Ohio. Charles Olt, a young man 16 years old. Who for the past three years has been Re siding with his uncle Adam Schmidt on Front Street left on train 5 last nigbt for San Francisco, Cal., where he goes to meet his mother whom he has not seen in over twelve years. Mrs. George M. Beebe, of Monticello, accompanied by her daughter. Miss Nellie Beebe, are on their way to Montreal where the young lady is to commence a four- years’ course of study in the seminary in that city and where her sisters, Misses Virginia and Georgia, graduated. A SUCOESSFUR FEAT IN SURGERY. Mrs. George Traverse of Sparrowbush has been in failing health for some time. About two months ago, becoming alarmed over her condition, she summoned Dr. Lambert of this village, who, upon ex amination, ascertmned that she was suf fering from a fibroid tumor in the womb. Dr. Lambert decided that its removal waS necessary and yesterday he iierformed the operation, assisted by Drs. VanEUen, Wickham, Best and Payne. The result was highly successful and the patient is now doing well. The operation is a diffi cult, delicate one, involving great surgical skill, and we are fortunate in having doc tors in our town who possess the neces- ary skill to perform it. ■Marviu Kimball of Matamoras is the agent for Port Jervis and vicinity for the common sense pillow sham holder, the story of the Wild West, bibles, books, magazines etc.—o3d2w. Who sells “ White Satin ?” Every dealer who desires to sell the very Best Flour made. YOU OUGHT TO SEE T H IS. Brooklyn of 6 sell for $1,300. Where can I buy “ White Satin ?” If your Grocer does not keep it go to Horn- beck & Bonnell’s.who have the agency for Vhite 7 best neapolis, Minnesota. A good dwelling in rooms, lot 45x200, will sell for $1,1 This is a very desirable location and cheap at the price. Terms easy. D. Holbrook, Port Jervis, N. Y, BARGAINS FO B 30 DAYS. Nice 10 rooin house on Sussex St. “ up Place 8 rooms, 2 on Broad St., one on 2 on Main J no . L, B onnsix . nice town,\ one on Ulster Orange St., one on Broad »t. Front St., one on Jersey Ave., 2 St. and one on Elizabeth St. THE GAZETTE CONUNDRUMS. Some E lem e n tary PoHticai Econom y for O u r N e ighbor. The Gazette takes ufl» severely to task for not having.in onr issue of Tuesday,an swered two interrogatories propounded in the Gazette of Monday. We do iiotjhold ourselves in duty bound to convert the col umns of this paper into an elementary text book on political economy for the Gazette's enlightenment. Nor do we admit that we have shown lack of either enterprise or courage be- cause two exceedingly foolish questions propounded by the GasstiJcjliave remained unanswered over one issue. But last night we did answer the (?«- zette's questions, and inasmuch as the Ga zette seems to attach such vital importance to them and inasmuch as we entertain an earnest desire to enlighten ^the^^Gozetfe with respectjto matters on which its“ideas seem to be cloudy and uncertain, we recur to the sui-ject. lat,is free trade or anything like it possible in view of the revenues re quired for government expenses and if so We reply yes, whenever the Democratic majority in Congress shall see fit to enact the necessary legislation. The revenue required for government expenses can be derived in a ndmber of ways all of them inconsistent with, and fatal to our pro tective system. For instance we can do away with cus toms duties and depend on Internal Rev enue taxation, or an income tax. Import duties coaid be wiped out of existence without drying up the sources of revenue. But It is not necessary to completely do away with customs duties to destroy our protective system and establish virtual free trade. Duties can be concentrated on products not grown in this country, yet in very general use, such as tea, cof fee, opium, etc., this would give revenue but not protection. Again duties on ticl^ manufactured in ttiis country could be reduced below the protective point and by encouraging importation, actually increase instead of lessening the revenue. It is needless to point out that the re sult of such a duty would be to deprive the American producer of all protection. Yet this is the kind of a tariff the Gazette wants, a revenue tariff, for has it not re peatedly denied the right of congr^s to enact protective legislation. With respect to the second question, whether we favor the Accumulation of an enormous surplus we reply. No. Measures should be taken to reduce it. But it must be done in a manner that will not injur iously affect the protective system and by those who can be trusted to respect and pre serve the protective features of the tariff while legislating for the reduction of revenue. VIORATED m s PREDGE. Deerpark Should Oppose Greene’s Re-elec tion R e sardless of E a r ly. Two years ago Assemblyman Greene gave his pledge to the Democrats of Deer- park that he would not again be a candi date. Acting upon th^e assurances the friends of Mr. Kiusila went to work fer him to repair the defection in the Demo cratic ranks, and Mr. Greene was elected. Last year Mr. Greene made another pledge of the same kind, and now he violates it by defeating the candidates from Deerpark and Wallkill, The Democrats of Deerpark ought to make one supreme effort to get rid of Mr. Greene. They will never have a candidate from this town until they do it. Deerpark has been shamefully snubbed by both the Demo cratic and Republican conventions, and the people ought to show their strength by giving a large majority against Mr. Greene who violated his pledge. A P E T I T JURY consists of 12 “ good men and true.” Were a tithe of the testimony in favor of the inimitable Francesca Bedding com pany presented to such a jury, they would render a verdict m its favor without leaving theh seats. That Grand Jury, the American people,have pronounced favor ably upon it, everywhere they have ap- peared, experience having taught them that as good a performance can be given by the Francesca Redding company, at 10, ' and 30 cents as by the high majority of mpanies playing at high prices. The Opera House will be occupied by this company all next week. For particulars see ailv. in to-day’s issue.—adv. -Those needing fall jackets lUo call at G. tfry’s and exai examine his For Sale—Clean good oaying business up town, and one down-toi\ wn-town. J no . L, JE -R iilroad men, try our $2 line of R. R., 3 sole, stitched, extension edge, lace or elastic, at Kadel’s, 100 Pike street. •The “ Puritan’’ham is fast taking the lead over all competitors. 'Try them’ —Bluestone for sidewalks and cur Contracts made by Geo. W. Hoagland. W IT H PE N AND SCISSORS. rt-Kmn or a M ovhot R«gg Ronal Natm<e Ooi rieimo.l for thiH Column. —F ob S alb — Penney's Union House Enquire of the proprietor, Isaac Penney. —s27dl5i. —A man was arrested Monday at King ston. N. ¥., on suspicion of being Tascott, the Chicago murderer. —Instantaneous photographs of the firemen’s parade for sale at Lundelius photo studio.—dtf. —People are being vaccinated in Buf falo at the rate of 3,000 per day. Cases, of smallpox are discovered daily. —Concert by the Erie orchestra in the Railroad Y. M. C. A. rooms, at 8 o’clock to-morrow evening. Two tickets free to everyjmember. —Advance car number 2 for P. T. Bar- num’s circus passed east on train four this morning en’route to his winter quarters in Bridgeport, Conn. —The Port Jervis Gazette captions a chicken theft with the pun, “ Fowl Rob bery.” Dealers say that a chicken is not a lo^\.~Bmgliamiz>n Leader. —Members of the Yonng Men’s Christian Association remember the reception to morrow (Friday) evening in the Associa tion rooms. Bring your lady friends. No expense. —^The post office at Hancock has been raised to the Presidential grade, the change being made Oct. 1. There are now five in Delaware county, Delhi, Walton, De posit, Sidney and Hancock. —The Rev. D. R. Lonri^ D. D., Pre siding Elder of Jersey City District, will hold Quarterly Conference in the Metho dist Episcopal church, of Port Jervis, (to-morrow) Friday evening, at 8 o'clock. —The ladies’ auxiliary will serve fruit after the concert to-morrow evening, at the y. %. C. A. entertainment. Concert begins at eight o’clock. Members may get their tickets at the Association rooms. —The Boards of Inspectors of Elect’ou met in the various districts Tuesday an.i yesterday for the purpose of registering voters for the coming election. The lists are much larger than they have been in preceeding years. — Losx-Oct. 4th somewhere between R. Jordan’s store, the creamery and John son’s shoe store a roll of bills containing about $50. The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving the same at the U nion offlice.~3dt. —There is going to be a big parade vjt all the Newburg Republican organizations on next Tuesday evening. A formation of a Harrison and Morton regiment has been made. W. D. Dickey is colonel and Thomas T. Haviland (who was for Cleve land four years ago), Lieut Colonel. —The Rink last night was particularly unhealthy for all sorts of Democratic here sies. We advise all Democrats who are bent on cherishing their illusions and who don’t want to he convinced not to enter it, particularly when a Republican meeting is going on. But Republicans enjoyed themselves and found the political atmos phere of the Rink in the highest degree salubrious and exhilarting. WHAT DOES IT EOBTEND ‘ i A Ghostly Object Appears o n the T oe P o i n t F e ter. A large ghcatly object, draped in white, was seen day before yesterday noon by many of our citizens on the top on Point Peter, skipping along the edge of the cliff and extending its arms in an awful warning manner over our village. The children stopped upon the street 4o gaze up at the mysterious object,and the house wives rushed out with clothes upon their heads to see with their own eyes a visitor from another world. The men from the shops returning to their homes gazed languidly upward and remarked that, if it wasn’t such a hard climb, they would find out what it was, But the politicians of the town were agitated to the greatest degree. The wise men of both parties have been in consultation and have cast many horo scopes, but as the ghostly visitor distrib uted his warning gestures north and south, east and west, up and down impartially, no definite conclusion has been arrived at by them, but it is agreed that something is likely to happen on the 6th of Novem ber next. F I R E NEAR TURNERS. Fire 'Tuesday about midnight destroyed two large ice houses and a barn at Tur ners. The ice houses belonged to the Erie, and formerly contained all the ice used by the company on the Eastern Division, The barn was on the old Orange Hotel property. —Impurities of the blood often cause great annoyance at this season. Hood’s inoyan< Sarsaparilla purifies the blood, and cures all such affections. FOB SARE. A small sum of money will buy i cellent business property on Jers^ extending 100 feet to line of the E PBIOB THESE CENTS AT L A S T - - A T LAST F IR S T MOVE TOWARDS T H E NEW D EPO T MADE T H IS MORNING- O tlier R a ilroad M a tters—F e t e r Cooney I n ju r e d A g a in—More E rie B n m o rs—E l- m irans Backing—A Switeliinan Ar rested—Splints. The first move towards the new depot was made this morning. A force of about 50_men were put to work tearing up the first track onjthe northern side ot the de pot, which has for years ^een used for loading and unloading heavy freight. The.track foreman, in conversation with a U nion reporter, stated that he had not yet been given any^orders about moving any more tracks than the one in question, and that he did not know what alterations would be made. Supt.jStarr being out of town nothing,.definite could be got about the depot, but it is generally understood its construction will he started in a week or ten days. It is an old saying that long threatening storm comes at last ” and it may be very properly applied to our depot, but good things come slow. MORE ERIE RUMORS. It is an off day these times when tt ere are not rumors floating through the air of Erie changes. The latest rumor. affects tne officials of that road and a number of the caboose committee say the action will be like putting them all in a bag and drawing them out, one at a lime, for vari ous'positions. In other words iherf is to be a grand, general change ail around that will create no little commotion when the orders are promulgated .—Elmira Gazette. ORVING ABOUT IT. It is generally understood that the peo ple of Elmira are making great efforts to nave .the offices ^of the officials of the JSusquenanna division, recently removed trom Elmira to tnis place, orought back to Elmira. Entreaty and threats of a boy c o tt, etc., are being used, but probably tne Erie will consult its own convenience oy letting the -offices remain just where they aie. Of course it’s a sad blow to a a. little village like Elmira to lose a dozen or two residents and we don’t blame them for feeling bad .—Snsguehanna Transcript. AN UNFORTUNATE RAILROADER. Feter (Jooney, .a well-known brake- man on the Eastern division of the Erie, met with another accident on Tuesday morning. He was getting off a train near Monroe station and stepped on a round stone and fell violently to the ground, breaking his right leg a few inches below the hip joint. It will be remembered that Cooney is the man who was all but killed in the wreck in Newburgh yard last spring, which resulted m the death of conductor O, C. Quick and flagman Eugene Thomas. Cooney, although very badly injured, re covered and again resumed work on the road. One day, a few months ago, while aking a coupling in the lower end of the road, his hand was caught between the bumpers and badly smashed, necessita ting the* amputation of two fingers. As Will be seen, the accident of Tuesday morning is the third which has happened to him within a year, SWITCHMAN ARRESTED. Switchmau xihea, who was in charge o f one of the switches in the Erie Railroad yard at Jersey City when engineer Pow- less was killed a few days ago, was ar rested by order of Coroner Brackner on Saturday for manslaughter. The lever of Powless’ engine was reversed by a colli sion, and was sent up the road into col lision with another locomotive on one of the side tracks. Powless leaped from, his cab to save his life and fell beneath a moving train. Switchman Shea is ac cused of having improperly opened the switch that let Po'wiess’ locomotive in on the siding ,—JSusguekanna Transeript. SPLINTS. The office of traveling engineer on the Eastern Division of the Brie has been abolished, and it is rumored that the same will he done on all the Divisions of the road. Mr. Al. Philips is the man affected by the order on the Eastern. Special car number 200 arrived in town last night, containing Chief Civil Engineer C. W. Buchholz and party; This morning: they left for Shohela where they will look over the ground in view of enlarging the yard to accommodate summer travel. piece of calling— ever seeany- leap?” “ Yes,’’roared one of the crowd—“ Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup is the cheapest and best remedy known for children.” Prevention is better than cure, and Laxador is the best preventive of disease known. It is used, approved and recom mended by myriads of people throughout the land. It only costs 25 cents. —If your grocer does not sell it, he does not display enterprise and you should patronize one who considers your welfare selling by Tulip soap. But a few decoihted toilets seta for $2.. 98 left at Hoagland’s Crockery house.
