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oft lefkn^ Union. YOL.XYI. No. 120. FORT JERVIS, ORANGE (X)tJNTT, N. Y., MONDiY EVENING, MAY 21, 1888. PRIOR THREE CENTS TO WARM THE YILLAOE. THE NEWEST SCHEME OF THE HBER- PARK EI.ECTKIC LIGHT COHrPA3Snr. A Plan to Heat Port Jervis by Steam. Pipes to be Laid tliroiigli the Streets and Radiators Placed in Private and Public Buildings. The Deerpark Electric Light Company is now considering the project o f heating Port Jervis by steam. This is a big project, but it is considered feasible. Already the company has looked over the grounds pretty thoroughly, and is satisfied that the scheme is entirely feasi ble, and it now seems quite likely that it will be fully carried out. The plan is to generate steam at the electric light works, when another large boiler will be added as soon as it is found necessary. Pipes will be laid through the streets and then connected to public build ings and private residences, into which as many radiators will be placed as the own ers or occupants desire. By this means it is thought that houses can he more thoroughly warmed than by the present annoying method of using stoves and being bothered with coal and cinders and ashes, and at less expense. We understand that the electric light company purposes soon making a canvass of the place, with a view of ascertaining the probable number of customers that could be relied on, in case the company finally decides—as it now thinks it will— to go right ahead with the project. LOCAL LA\VI« TENNIS. Tlie Port Jervis Association Beginning its Summer Season Exercises. The Port Jervis Tennis Association Opened the season of '88 on the grounds of Mrs. Josephine Brodhead, Broome and Elizabeth streets, on Saturday afternoon. There was a good attendance. The association has now a membership of about 80 persons and the prospects for a lively season o f this healthful sport are very bright. Its grounds contain two courts now and a third one is in contem plation. A summer house adorns the cen tre of the ground, and numerous seats have been built beneath the trees, which are numerous about the courts. The ground, outside the courts, is covered with a rich matting of grass, and the view from it o f the Delaware valley and hills beyond forms by no means the least o f its attrac- The West End Club, which has its court on the grounds o f Mr. Geo. Malven, is in active operation this year ; most of its members, however, belonging to the Association as well. The Junior Club composed of young players, will be in the field, and with all this array o f tennis talent it is safe to say that the blazer and racquet will be famil iar sights on our streets this summer. WISE POLITICAL “ DOFTS” STTHOEN HEATH LAST NIGHT. \ A u n t M a r y ’* C o n n ers D ie s o f E n la r g e m e n t o f tlie H e a r t , A g e d TiS T e a r s . Mary Conners, aged 75 years, and by her relatives and friends Known as “ Aunt Mary,\ died very suddeoly last night at 10.10, at the residence of her brother-in- law, James Gleason, on East Division street. Sunday she had been around as usual, and came home in the evening, apparently as well as ever, and sat up and talked with the family until nearly 10 o’clock, when all retired. In a few minutes she awoke her niece, Miss Katie Gleason, by her heavy breathing. The latter spoke to her and shook her, hut the only word she Uttered was the exclamation, “ Oh!’’al though she was apparently conscious of her suffering. The others of the family were quickly called, but she died almost before any of them could get into the room. Dr. Hunt was summoned, and said she died of enlargement of the heart.' He had examined her last fall, and found her suffering with this ailment then. The deceased was unmarried. She was born in the county Leitram, Ireland, and had resided in this country about 35 years, and during the past 17 years had made her home in the family of her brother-in- law, Mr. Gleason, whose first wife was her sister. She is survived by a brother in Scotland and by a sister in Port Jervis, Mrs. Martin McCall of Germantown, and by two nieces, the Misses Annie and Katie Gleason, and a nephew, Eddie Gleason, who deeply mourn her loss. She had a great many friends iii town. The funeral will take place Wednesday at 2. p. m. from Mr. Gleason’s residence, and at 2 80 from Sfc. Mary’s church; in terment in St. Mary’s cemetery. IT E M S F R O M M O N G A D P , R e p a ir in g th e D . & H . L i n e —B i t t e n b y a S n a k e W h i le F i s h i n g —P e r s o n a ls. M ongafp .N. T.,May 18.—A, L. Bishop of Hawley, Pa.,W. U. Telegraph repairer, is on his way down the canal with a scow to repair the D. & H. line. Miss Lizzie Bhimer is visiting friends at Scranton, Pa. A Post Office inspector visited this place Tuesday last. The young child of E. Storms is recov ering slowly under the care o f Dr. Lam bert of Port .Tervis. I see in the Westbrookville correspon dence that Rev. 8. D. Harris preaches at that place. He was stationed here about 8 years ago. Albert Aughton, while fishing one day last week, was bitten by a snake. Wm. J. Knight shipped his first load of stone down the canal, this seassn, on Tuesday. M. B. Vaninwegen is confined to the house with measles. NEVEKSINK. HOSE CO. NO. 1. L sped! . will b Co. will be held at their rooms this (Mon day) evening at 8 o’clock. A full attend ance is requested. By order of the President. A N E W D I S T R I C T O F T H E K . O F L . The Newburg Press says that the two Assemblies of the Knights of Labor in that city, together with the assemblies at Fishkdl, Matteawan, Cold Spring, High land Palls and Peekskill, are about to withdraw from the famous District As sembly No. 49 of New York, and form a new district assembly, with permanent headquarters at no particular point, but changing from towns included in the organization from time to time as may be deemed advisable. There has been dis satisfaction with the manner, in which D. A. 49 has conducted the affairs of the Knights. A prominent Newburg Knight will be District Mister Workman, and the assembly will start with a member ship of about 3.000, A G R E A T L E 6 A C T to bequeath to your children, is a strong, clean, pure constitution—better than ;8lth, because it will never prove a curse. Yon cannot give what you do not possess, but mothers will find Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription a wonderful help— correcting all weaknesses, bringing their system into perfect condition, so that their children, untainted, shall rise up to call them blessed! F O S T -O F F IC E GOES B E G G IN G . Arthur Connor, who has been post master at Rock Lake, this county, for thirty-four years, with the exception of thirteen months, resigned on the 4th of last month, and the office will now, in all probability, be abandoned, as neither Mr. Connor or any one else in the immediate neighborhood desires the honoT.—Hawley Times. TOM QUICK TO-MORROW NIGHT. Don’t forget that Tom Quick is to be played at the Opera House to-moixow evening, by a company of amateurs from our nwn village. Go and see them. Prices 00, 85 and 25 cents. K e e p T o u r L iver In G o o d , H e a lth y working condition, and you will then have a good appetite, he free from indigestion, sick headache, heartburn, costiveness and all the ills that flesh is heir to. Steele’s Little Bile Pills can be taken with the ut most confidence that they will achieve this feat. They are purely vegetable in com position, and are unequaled as a cleanser of the system. They are easy to take, and entirely free from griping. Price 25 cents per bottle at 8. St. John, E. T. Laidley and T. K. Anderson. —Garden seeds by measure. Cut cash prices at floagland’s, —Thi latest summer stales In millinery sre now displayed at G. uury’s. N O R T H E R N L I G H T S L A S T N I G H T . The northern sky was beautifully il luminated, last night, by northern lights. Early in the evening a bank of light ex tended across the northern horizon. Later a white band- slowly spread itself clean across the sky from west to east. After 10 o’clock rays of light, of different colors, were frequently starting toward the zenith, and the spectacle was very pretty. A D U A L T I T L E . It isn’t often that a man is President and King at the same time, but Mr. King is President of the Erie Railway. Speaking of railways, every traveler knows also of Travelers Insurance Co. Mr. A. B. Kauf man is agent for that company and is stationed at Lancaster, Pa. He said to- cently : “ Dr. Tutt’s Liver Pills are an ex cellent remedy.” People in every walk of life say the same thing. —Children should learn to use Tulip soap before they learn to chew the navy plug of progressive civilization. BOB BURDETTE’S ADVISE TO A VOUNG MAN ABOUT TO VOTE. Sit Down anti Tliink Before Vou Vote. B u t D o n ’t C a st Y o u r F ir s t V o te fo r t h e P a r t y t lia t U p h o ld Slavery, t h a t B o u g h t and Sold Women, that Fired on Fort .Sum ter, a n d t h a t AggasHliiated L i n c o ln . My son, you will cast your first vote for President next November. I don’t want to influence your vote; I don’t want you to vote for a certain man just because other men do. I want you to sit down and thiuk about it before you vote. I want you to bo able to give a reason for your vote. I want you to go to the polls in good company. As a young man of pro gressive ideas, I want you to be abreast with the world and shoulder to shoulder with tho times, when you walk to the polls. I want you on entering politics, to align with the party that has the purest and most progressive record. I don’t care a cent, my boy, whether you are a Repub lican or Democrat. There are honest men, patriotic citizens, good Christians, in both parties. Only I don’t want to see you walk up to the pools and cast your first vote with the party : That upheld slavery as a divine institu- ' That bought and sold men, women and babies like so many mules; That fired on Port Sumter and the American flag; ^ That for nearly five years fought to destroy the Union; That opposed the issue of greenbacks when the government was fairly perishing for the want of them. That organized mobi and riots to oppose the drafts; That swept American commerce from the seas with armed privateers; That 18 the party of Boss Tweed and Jefferson Davis ; That polls its heaviest majorities in the most vicious and ignorant precincts; That is the strongest in the states where the percentage o f illiteracy is the greatest; That has opposed every liberal and pro gressive measure of legislation during the last quarter of a century; That was a defender of slavery; That was a defender o f Mormonism; That slandered Garfield; and That assassinated Lincoln! Now, as I said before, my son, I don’t care whether you are a Republican or Democrat. Choose for yourself. Just keep away from the crowd whose record I have briefly outlined. Find the party to whom this record belongs, and then forever keep away from it. You need not be particular with which party you unite, if you don’t join that one. Always vote against that party, and you will always vote about right. I am a Republican, but I will shake hands with fraternal love with any Democrat who votes against that record. That kind of a Democrat is al ways a good enough Republican for me. P, 8.—^I have never found that kind of a Democrat. T H E INCANDE*SCBNT L I G H T . The work of putting in the incandescent electric light for business places and resi dences, is progressing just as rapidly as possible, and the lines are now nearly ready for use. There are now 476 lamps on the circuits and probably by the time the lighting begins there will be 500. Con- vertors are being placed around town, in the form of iron boxes, to be used in modifying the flow of electricity to the lamp. The company now hopes to begin the lighting by Wednesday of this week. TO G O S H E N J A I L F O R F O U R M O N T H S Ambrose Van Horn is in trouble again. Sunday morning he got drunk and chased his mother m th a brick. His father in terfered, and he and Ambrose were in a severe tussel when officer Post, learning of the rumpus, came up and took charge of the belligerent youth and led him away to the lock-up. This morning Jus tice Cox sentenced him to Goshen jail for four months. _______ T H E Y W A N T * T O * B E S H E R I F F . Democratic candidates are looming up for Sheriff, however hopeless the chances of election. Among the names already mentiioned are Supervisor George Sayre of \Warwick Supervisor Richard Tuthill of Minisink and conductor William H. Halsey, of Middletown, formerly of Port —There is absolutely no adulteration in the Tulip soap, therefore it is the cheap est soap for laundry, bath or toilet. —You are promised a pleasant time Tuesday evening at the ladies entertain ment.—2t. an unsafe guide for the Here followed a brief but biographical THE SERMON ON THOMAS FAINE. Epitome of tlie Arjfument of tlie Rev. W. S. Gallaway Sunday Night. The fifth sermon upon the requested sub jects was preached by Rev. W. 8. Qalla- way last night. Subject, “ Thomas Paine and his relations to Christianity.” .Text, Then said he to Thomas, search hither thy finger, and behold tby hands, and search hither thy hand and thrust it mto my side, and be no more faithless but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, my Lord and my God. John 20:27-28. These words of the Savior were ad dressed to an honest skeptic, resulting in the acknowledgement of the truth, and a firm reliance upon Jesus Christ the Sav ior, and this is the inevitable result with all who will allow the subject to come fairly and fully before the mind. The reason why many young people become indifferent and skeptical and finally infi dels, is they want to get away from moral restraint, and readily accept, as truth,and argue the flippant sayings, bold denials and blasphemous utterances of haters of Christianity. They regard these sayings as truthful and learned, and fail to inves tigate and learn for themselves, how the truth is perverted, and how utterly unre liable the great majority of infidel writers “ In presenting the subject 'o-night,” said the pastor,” we will consider; 1st. Who was Thomas Paine, 2d. His lack of correct religious opin ions, and his relations to Christianity. 8d. Paine as an imperfect model, and young, but bi( fcketch of his life and character, closing with these words : “ While we admit that he was a sharp debater and a vigorous writer, enlivening his compositions with illustrations which render them attractive to the average reader, at the same time we must confess that he lacked the educa tion necessary for inquiry and criticism- His own testimony forever settles his in competency to write upon theological subjects intelligently. Quotations from his own writings, and others who knew him personally, were read, which showe-’ conolusively his ignorance of the Bible and Christianity, against which he wrote. Oonsidcring the grossness of his language, his satire and blasphemy, and the spirit of hatred manifested, the most charitable construction to place upon him and his writings is, that he was soured by the established church of England at that time, and then, influenced by the shallow Infidelity of the French revolutionists, mistakenly instituted his quarrel with the Bible and Christianity, instead of with the corrupt representatives of the Bible and Christianity, The same course is pursued to-day by those who try to smother conscience.” The speaker paid a high compliment to Mr. Paine’s book, “ Common Sense,” and other writings which fired the Ameri can heart, and did so much to inspire the spirit o f patriotism in the colonists, but said these works were written when he professed strongest faith m the Bible and Ohnstianlty. This is the time when his life should have been taken for a model, but in his later years he sank into the lowest depths of Infidelity, and among Other things produced the mischievous book, the “ Age of Reason. ” Here, com petent witnesses were cited, whose united written testimonies were that he was un safe as a guide and an unsuitable model for young men. The only safe guide and perfect model is the Lord Jesus Christ. Study his character, “ reach hither thy LET IT COME AT 0HC& A DEVICE TO AVOID RAILROAD COL LISIONS, ALREADY FATENTED. THe I n v e n t io n o f T w o F ittsb u r g , F a ., M e n . E lec t r icity to b e U s e d for th is P u r p o s e , a lso H o w It w i l l b e O p erated. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says that C. 8. Wells of that city and George McClain have an electric device to pre vent railroad collisions or the telescoping of trains. The idea is based on a continu ous current from a battery on the engine and a current generated by two electric brushes connecting the rails. These currents extend a half a mile in front of the engine. When two trains ap proach each other, each preceded by the electric current, the connection will be complete when they are within a mile of each other, and bells will sound in cab and rear car. The same effect is produced when one train follows another too closely. In the case of an open switch the cur rent follows the track, and a warning will be given of any engine standing in the O R A N G E COUNTY COURT. L o c a l C a ses B e f o r e th a t B o d y a t G o s h e n th i s M o r n in g . At the County Court this morning at Goshen a number of litigants, jurors, grand jurors and lawyers convened. The first case taken up was that of James B. Hughes vs. the N. Y. L. E. «& W. R. R. Co.,which was argued by Lewis E. Carr and J. W. Lyon, and was then submitted to the court, The next was that of Martin D. Graham vs. Emmet Myers, a case on appeal argued by Wilton Bennett for Myers the appellant and by J. W. Lyon for the respondent. The case of the village vs. Ernest M. Close was then argued by C. E. Cudde- back and Mr. Lyon. This is the case, it may be remembered, in which Close, the auctioneer, contended that the village had no right to impose a fine upon him for having an auction without a license. The decisions in the above cases will be handed down at the next term o f court. One Grand Jury having been out but a short time, presented three additional in dictments against Messrs. Wiltsie and Pol lock, the Newburg Bank breakers, for con version o f the funds o f several depositors. They were present in Court with their counsel, and their trial will undoubtedly occur at the September term. P E R S O N A L . JohnKinsila, jr., of New York, spent Sunday and this morning in Port Jervis, visiting’ friends. Johnny is getting to be more of a philosopher than ever, and he seldom speaks now except in didactics. —Mr. Ed. MeWade, formerly an em ploye of this office and now foreman of the Port Jervis U n io n composing rooms, made us a pleasant call this, Saturday, morning.— Susquehanna Journal. —Mr. W. F. Stocker, Electrical Me chanician, located at Burrton, Kansas, is east on a visit to friends. He was form erly located at Honesdale, and about 14 years ago had charge of the D. & H. wires between Port Jervis and Honesdale. hand and bo not faithless but believing,” and be saved here and hereafter. s. —Attention la called to the card of Kadel the shoe dealer on another paae. A RARE CHANCE. The house and grounds now occuple bv Rev. Dr, Talmage will be for rer from June Ist. For further particulars apply to P. B, Parnum,—ml6diw. F L O W E R S A N D P L A N T S . We are receiving daily potted plant# of every description from Belding’s Green house in Middletown, and sell them at same prices, also receive orders for any kind of plants needed, and will deliver them the same day as ordered. Verbena’s received every day and sold at 5 cents each or 50 cents a dozen. Pansies 75 cents a dozen. Funeral designs and bou quets at two hours’ notice. Call at Lea & Mason’s drug store for further infor mation. _______ _______ T H E L A T E S T COLD W A V E . Thera was a light fro&t here again this morning, but it seems to have done no damage. West of here it was heavier, and at Binghamton the mercury was 30 de grees, while at Delhi, Delaware county, it was 26, six degrees below the freezing point. It must have done damage there- - What is the use of eating ? Save your appetite for strawberries or ice cream until the entertainment, Tuesday evening. —2t. A FAMILY JE W E L . Dr. David Kennedy, the famous surgeon and physician, of Rondout, N. Y., has sent us a copy of his Medical Book—How to cure Kidney, Liver and Blood Disorders —a work o f great merit, apart from many elegant life illustrations of beauty. It is a work of exceeding merit, one which should be read in every home. In addi tion to the valuable medical lessons there are two articles from the widely known author. CoL E. Z 0. Judson (Ned Bunt line) which add to the interest of the work. The price Is 25 cents, but any one enclosing this notice with the name of this paper with a 2 -cent stamp to the doc tor will receive the book free by mtdL A N O B J E C T L E S S O N F O B P O R T J E R V I S . Ground will broken to-day in Bingham ton for a new wagon factory to be built by the Binghamton Wagon Co. The building will be of brick and five stories high and will cost $30,000. The company is a new one and will start with 300 men and a capital o f $50,000 which la held by some o f the best business men of Bingham ton. And thus do our neighbors thrive. —A stump-tailed cow has a hard time of it during fly-time, but not so hard as the laundress who does not use Tulip —25 cents will buy strawberries, ice c ream and lots of cake Tuesday evening T H O S E F A V O R I T E C O R S E T S . Another fine line of corsets for 20, 39, ), and 75 cents, also those easy fitting, whalebone corsets for stout built people. Corset steels and stays in different sizes __________ and stays in —For a handsome llns of eream Jersey! and colors, at H. C. Cunningham's, [O to G. tJry's, Pike street and Orange Square.—ad W I T H F E N A N D SC ISSO R S . Ite m s o f a M o r e o r L e s s L o c a l N a tu r e C on densed for this Column. ■ —^The Erie paymaster arrived in town this morning. — W a n t e d — Two good journeymen painters. Apply at shop or store, Wm. Blanford.—8t. —This is bargain week at the New York store. Mr. Jordan will offer every day some new attraction. —^There is a law against the throwing of dead animals into streams. It ought to be rigidly enforced. —Invite your best girl to the entertain ment Tuesday evening. Only 10 cents, Pamum’s Hall.—2L —State Inspector of Railroads Spencer of Utica, inspected the P. J., M.«&N. Y. R. R., and was greatly pleased with its condition. -F o r the whole o f this week the Bos ton store advertises that it “ will let out ” the biggest drives ever fired out o f a dry goods store in this town. —Postofflee Inspector C. L. Morris gives notice in to-day’s U n io n regarding the lease of a room for the Port Jervis post- office to be ready July 1st. —The Tribune's fresh air fund started off this spring with a balance of $8,381.43, and has already received contributions sufficient to carry the total up to $8,879.- 27. —Quite an extensive hail storm visited portions of Jackson and Gibson, last Wednesday. The storm was not large enough to do much h9.m.—8mquehanna Transcript. -F i r s t class engraving executed on all metals. Monograms and lettering a spec ialty. Orders can be left at Lundelius’s studio, 124 Pike street, where specimens can be seen.—ml 63 w. —Middletown, Friday, voted 178 to 108 against the appropriation for lighting the streets with electricity, at a cost of $7,500. There was voted instead $5,500 for street lighting purposes, and gas and naphtha will probably be used. —The Evening Press of Newburg, which looks just like the Newi of that city, made its appearance last Saturday. It is Democratic in politics. James G. Dunphy 13 editor and proprietor, with J, W. P. Ruttenber as city editor. “What’s in a name?” S. J. Tilden nephew o f the sage of Grammerey Park has been offered the position of Supt. of Railway Mail service in place ofT . B. Nash who recently resigned. —We notice by our advertising columns that the next entertainment in Port Jervis after that to-morrow night, will be the Bunch of Keys,” by Frank W. Singeis company. It is a good play and by a good company. The date has not yet been an nounced. President is said to be very angry over the delay of the Senate to confirm Mr. Puller as Chief Justice. The country is not worrying, however. It proposes to have a Senate in Washington next year, even should Mr. Cleveland happen to be sent home. —The annual meeting o f the stockhold ers o f the Port Jervis Building and Loan Association No. 1, etc., will be held at their room, Parnum building, on Tuesday evening May 22d at 8 o’clock for the pur pose o f nominating officers for the ensuing year. H. W. Dewitt, Secty.—3td, —Mr, William C. McNally, late of the Hancock Herald formerly connected with T h e U n io n , has lately purchased the Times at Warsaw, N. Y., a Democratic weekly paper. He takes possession very soon. We wish him success in his new field of labor. —^The D., L. and W. road now runs a train o f milk cars from Binghamton to New York. Three of the cars are of the refrigerator pattern. This new source of supply will have a tendency to lower prices, but a well-known dairyman of Sussex county, whose experience counts largely, informs the Begid&r that when the dry weather of summer comes the western supply cannot be kept up without expensive feeding. The soil of western New York cannot stand the drouth as well as that of Sussex, nor is the grass calculated to produce as good milk. —Do you like music ? Go to Pamum’s HaU the 22d.—3t. T H E D . * H . COAL P R O D U C T IO N . The coal production of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company for this year is one million, five hundred and thirty-two thousand, nine hundred and thirty tons, a of one hundred and fifty-five thons- ___nine hundred and sixty-two tons over the corresponding date o f 1887. Jn Imperative Necessity, lit' is to an unhealthy Dg cleaning is to tl housekeeper, so is Hood’s Sarsaparilla to ST O R E A N D D W E L L I N G P R O P E R T Y . I offer for sale a small store and dwell ing property down town, centrally located and suitable for suy business. It is no^ doing a good trade. Will sell real estat with or without stock of goods. This is a bargain. There is no better business pro perly in Port Jervis for the money. D. Holbrook, Port Jervis, N. Y. What pure air is to an unhealthy local ity, what spring cleaning is to the neat housekeeper, so is Hood’s t-’arsaparilla to everybody at this season. The body needs to be thoroughly renovated, the blood purified and vitalized, the germs of disease destroyed. Scrofula, salt rheum and all other blood disorders are cured by Hood’s BLAINE’S OBSEEYA'nONS. T H E W O R L D 'S C O R R E S P O N D E N T I N T E R V I E W S H I M I N F L O R E N C E . H e F in d s H im a Stronger P r o t e c t io n i s t th a n E v e r —H e i s in P e r f e c t H e a lth —A C o a c h ing T r ip to S c o t lan d —H e tvlU Soon R e t u r n to H is H o m e . Mr. T. 0, Crawford, the special repre sentative of the New York World, tele graphs o f Mr, Blaine as follows: Mr. Blaine will be very glad to get back to the United States. Be brings with him as the result of his year of observation abroad a stronger confirmation than ever of hia belief in the system of protection, which he alleges alone keeps our working classes above the degraded and hopeless condition of the laboring men in Europe. On that subject he talks as earnestly in private as he does in public. Mr. Blaine’s friends need not. be at all disturbed about the reports of his ill health. These reports are stupid concoc tions of malice, disproved to the most prejudiced by a mere glance at Mr. Blaine. He is looking to-day as well as he did in London last summer. He is even more alert and vigorous in his walk, as his year o*f rest in Europe has done him a great deal o f good. Although he does not see newspaper representatives at his hotel, yet he is continually coming in and going out during the day in sight o f every one. He drives nearly every day in the Bois de Boulogne. He leaves for England in a few days, and expects to reach London in the neigh borhood o f the 1st of June. He goes there to meet Mr. Andrew Oamegie, who has made up a coaching party to leave Lon don a'DOUt the 5th of June for a straight drive to the north of six or seven hundred miles. The trip is arranged so as to travel about thirty miles each day. It will take a trifle over three weeks, as the party will rest Spndays. The terminus of the drive is the Scottish place taken by Mr. CamegiOi and which is some sixty miles further north than the castle rented by him last summer. This coaching trip will delay Mr. Blaine’s return to the United States for a few weeks. He will probably sail for home early in July. He will be back long before any campaign begins, ready to take hold and assist the nominee o f the Chicago Oonventioru At the time of the Chicago Convention, however, he will be on Mr. Carnegie’s coach approaching the extreme north of Scotland, beyond the range of ordi nary telegraphic communication. I think that few of the originators of the stories of Mr. Blaine’s feeble health would care to take a seat with him on the outside of a coach for three week’s steady driving. But the mere sight of the man is enough to demonstrate Mr. Blame’s condition. It needs no medical expert to pass upon the bright, clear look of his eyes, his good color and the vigor shown in every one of his movements. He has to-day the health that comes to a man aa a reward for a life of simple habits and tastes. L U X U R Y A N D F A S T T I M E . T h e OnlyJCine R u n n in g T e s t lb n le T r a in s b e t w e e n C h icago a n d C o u n c il B lo llii. Magnificent Vestibule Express trains— built expressly for ibis service with all the latest improvements—now run daily each way between Chicago and Council Blu£b, over the Great Rock Island Route—time 16 hours. This is a splendidly appointed series o f continuous parlors on wheels, in cluding elegant dining and palace sleep ing cars. No noise, no dust, no swaying of coaches, no cold draughts of air, no slamming of doors, but restful comfort the entire journey. No potentate of the old world travels in a more princely style, or commands greater luxuries or more o f them, than those going west can now enjoy, i f ticketed to or from Council Bluffs via the Great Rock Island Route. This train also connects at Omaha with the “ Overland Flyer,” going through to and from Chicago and San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and Los Angeles, in 87 hours. Tickets and rates by the Rock Island Vestibule no higher than are charged by lines having greatly inferior accommodations. O N E M O K E S M I L E . “ What are some of the products of Peru?” asked a Springfield teacher of one of her bright boys. “ Saltpeter and guano,” was the reply. “ What is guano used for ?” “ Tomake jellyof.”— Springfield Union. A L L [F O R F I V E C E N T S . Commencing next Sunday, May 6th, • Moore & Son’s bus will make the follow- ; trips between this place and Laurel ing trips t Grove c< the »w oth( ite Bansaparllla, ilood disorders are cured . lar the most popular and suc cessful spring medicine. -^Bluestone -walks, curbs, sills or steps >n sale by G, W. Hot^land, contractor, following time-table : The stage will leave postoffice at 9,10 and 11. a.m.,2,8,4, 5 7.80 p. m. for Laui Q,, and 1.30, 3 30, The route will smetery up Main ike street to t postoffice and thence down Ball street the Point. This will be the time-table 4.30 and 7 o’clock p, : Laurel Grove e from I cemetery \ 8treet_to Pike, down Pike jtree t to the fOT the present until further notice.—adv.