LANCASTER DAILY ltifELLlGlSNCEK WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 1881 lancastrt fcntrUcgencrt. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUL.Y 13, 1881. Tlie Caue el Oar TreMes If our friend Dr. Fahnestock's theory is correct, that comets ceme te restore te our sel;ir system its proper stock of electricity, we may be permitted te mild ly observe that we wish they would stay away if they can't de their work with less discomfort te humanity than our present visitor seems te have caused. Maybe we are wrong in charging our unusual disturbances te the comet ; maybe it is net the cause of the execs Hi ve heat, nor of the sheeting of the pres ident, nor of the unprecedentedly early advent of the mesquite ; but it will have te stand the blame, jis we don't knew where else te put it. These apparent misfortunes may indeed be blessings In disguise. The het suu and the heavy iains may insure us the' abundant crops that we are premised ; and then we can't deny their blessing. The wounding of the president may be his geed fortune, Hceing hew it has drawn te him the averted heart of the country and for the present caused a veil of oblivion te be spread ever his doubtful record. It may lie a geed thing for his party, tee, in persuading its contending factions te hush their quarrel and ceme together in unity ; though the advance towards tliis giace does net .seem te be very swift. Te the Democrats even theie has been benefit in the magnanimous attitude their paily has taken, in the situation. It cemitates well with apaily se dis tricted as te find in its own mcmbei.ship an assassin hand for its chief and our president. Hut when we come; down te consider the mosquitoes we fear our ingenuity will fail us in the effort te plausibly state the blessing in their presence. We might tail back uieu the faith of the faithful, and declare that they are geed because they ate. Hut there is nothing novel in that .statement of the case ; and it won't Itcrsuade the uniegenerate many, who will condemn the mesquite while they feel his sting and don't sec a bit of use in it. Te these of little faith it may be heimlcss te urge that the mesquite is the messenger of the comet's elec tricity, dispatched early in the het bcasen te bestow te each body the portion of the '.fluid needed te put it in first-r.it e electrical coudjtien and lit it te defy the fevets and malaria that lie in wait te assail it when the positive and negative fetces are net indue propertu n with these of the circumambient air that the sun, newly stored by the comet, has promptly supplied with the right Kind and quantity of electricity. If th.it ex planation of the hidileu blessing in the mesquite bite won't weik, then we fear we have no defense for the insect, or the comet that brought him, if it did. And it don't matter much whether it is inno cent or guilty, for one who is engaged in a mesquite war cannot leaseuably be expected le be in a frame of mind te make nice distinctions or le carefully weigh the evidence for and against the comet; he may be expected te condemn it en general principles, thankful te have .something beside the little mesquite te swear at,:iud something grand and beau tiful ami afar off, that will inspire him wilh words te de justice te the subject. And, by the way, is it net abjuttime for the astronomers te tell us some thing about the comet ? It has neatly disappeared. from view, and we are net jet informed whether it is the comet of 1S07 or a new one altogether. About the greatest suITerers by the comet aie these astronomers, for they have. suffered in lepiiUilien, which islhcirnll. They have claimed te knew se much and have been found te knew se little, that they have this great mollification of the spirit te bi'.ir in addition te the mortification of the flesh caused by their all-night vigils, and the heat and the mosquitoes that they endure along with the rest of us. Peer men of science ! The only ones who can find any consolation in the comet are these who have maintained these strange celestial visitors te be the messengers el clecliical force. The live ly ctectrical commotion th it h is been exhibited during the season gives gteat plausibility te this theory. Te say noth ing of the mesquite bite as a gcutle elec trical force, we have been treated te a great number of belts of the old fashion ed kind that strike houses and trees and men and beasts. Hardly a day passes, certainly net a week, in any community, in which the heart of the wicked local reporter is net rejoiced with the story of a thunderbolt. The comet hits lieen ex pensive te the insurance companies, and they are deeply disgusted that the ;is ;is ;is tronemcrs fail le foretell the comingef the all-lircd things long enough ahead le enable them te raise- their premiums ac cordingly. A Venner in the comet pio pie pliccy line is guaranteed steady employ ment en his own terms by the under writers. Wiikn Mr. Garfield publicly expiessed the opinion that the iiillucncc of Mr. Jeffersen was en the wane and that of Slam i! Ien strengthening he only formu fermu 3a ted a thought which has been for vears fathered by the wish of the Republican lurly. The dividing lines between the principles of these two men are the di viding lines of American political parties. The doctrines of Hamilton were se essentially undemocratic and these of Jeffersen were se essentially these of our constitutional system, and in every appeal te popular opinion en this direct issue the Jcffersenian princi ples have been seabundantly vindicated, that no political patty has liecit se bekOc arc glad that our iustiucts arc se .cer- US le openly attack them and espouse the Hamilton ideas by name. The tendency f Republicanism has, however, been ex actly us Mr. Garfield staled it,aud it has drifted the country away from that sort f leadership which, with Jeffersonian's administration, inaugurated for it a pe riod of signal honor and prosperity. The ex-calhcdra announcement that a bolder move toward the adoption of llamilto llamilte jtian principles is te be made justifies the prompt resistance of the Democratic Democratic Jeffersen party ; and although Mr. Ran dall's recent excellent speech at Dickin Dickin eon college wjis a literary and historical rather than a political address, that por tion of it which we reprint te-day will be found te fairly present some elements of Jeffersen's character, in the contem plation of which this generation will find abundant reason te anchor their po litical faith te his example and teach ings. m In a personal sketch of Judge Black (which was printed last year), net as a presidential "candidate," but as one who would honor the bigliest office, appeared the following : Orthodox, pure, simple Christianity, in all its holiness, has no mera devout wor shiper in spirit and in truth than he, and the noblest article yet te appear from his pen will be printed when he gratifies the wish that lias been expressed in se many high theological quarters that he should publish a reply te Ingersoll from a lawyer's i and a layman's standpoint. Tiie expression of the wish herein re ferred te was greatly intensified by this publication, foreshadowing that it might be gratified, and the judge has yielded te it by furnishing te the Niirlh Ameri crn Itccice a direct answer te an arti cle by Ingersoll in the same number, at tacking Christianity. As indicated, Judge Ulack discusses the question al issue as a lawyer and layman, or, :is he felicitously expresses it, he performs " a duty analogous te that of the policeman who would silence a rude disturber of the congregation by telling him that his clamor is false and his conduct au offense agrinst public decency." Hew admira bly the duly is performed the leaders of the iNTKi-UfiKNCKK shall have achauce te lead and determine for themselves. Theie is as little left of Ingersoll as ic mains of most of these who engage Judge IM.ick in contreveisy. It seems that King Kalakaua'.s lour around the wetld is really an auction of the kingdom of the Sandwich Island- His nation cannot get along well en its own hook ami has dwindled from 100,000 souls in 177!) le 50,000, lapidly lteing te placed by feteigners aim half-breeds. Half its revenues are consumed inefficial salaties, and neatly all of its peliticsaud business ate in the hands of entet prising Americans. The patriotic soul revolts-it the idea of this outpost being auctioned off le European peweis and Yankee in genuity may be depended en te pi event it, even if the American "princess" new theie has te be force of Yankee crowned arms. sovereign by Se man knows and appreciates better than t; ai field the corrupting inllueuce of making and receiving gifts from lich men le these in public position. When he gets well and befeic he allows his wife le accept the putse new collecting for her he will recall his speech en Gen. Themas, in which he praised him for declining gifls effeted. He will, tee, find the rellex of public sentiment in (lie popular applause which greeted his re marks en that occasion. What a. second cousin, horse doctor, lliiuks et Guileau's mental condition is deemed worthy of telegraphic Itansmis Itansmis sien these days ; and also a half-column about a man who put chased au old pistol like Guileau's at a Washington junk shop te carry wilh him le New Mexico. MINOR TOPICS. Nuiici. is given that the live cent nickel coins arc no longer furnished by the United States miut, but may be had up.m application at any sub-ticasiiry. Ont experts of petroleum for May, 1831, weie e 1,815, 481 gallons, weitli .$e,:J01,135, nearly deuble double these of May 1881. Five sixths of it is shipped from New Yeik. TiiKitr. ;iie new two bundled poisons impiisencd in h eland uudur the coeicien ac(, including one member of Pailiameut, ene priest, ene magistrate, scvcial town councilleis and many peel law guai- diaus. Fixiri.i: don't need te "goeff" in de nunciation of "heartless hoaxers" who get up " a malicious report" that the steam ship Ai iiena was lest. Its captain has found that his cabin boy did carelessly llitew evci beard the package of Ieltuis of which the finding caused the scare. The newspapers made no mere ado about it than the facts warranted. Cut wheels are new kept in their place without being keyed en. In former times they weic almost sure te piecipitatc an accident ; besides keys would diep out by the constant jar and be weakened by the axles and wheels. Axles are turned te lit the wheel snugly and aie diivcu in place by hydiaulic picssuic Previous te being driven the axles aie covered with a thin coat of white lead ami oil, which haidcus in a shei t tinie aud holds the whcel se firmly that a ptcssurc of fiem 100 te 140 Ions is lcquiicd te tcmove a biekcn ale from the whcel in which it is placed. OuDiN'Mtu.Y, the number of letters re ceived daily by the president m rcfoieuce te the appointments and ether executive business is at least fifty, but net a single lctl or has been received relating te public affairs sinee the date of the sheeting, ex cept a few that weie mailed at points dis tant from Washington en the day prier te the attempted assassination. Sineo the sheeting, however, thore has been receiv ed at the White Heuse an average of sev enty letters daily, but all of thorn have been letters filled with expressions of sym pathy and condeloneo, and a majority of these were addressed te Mrs. Gai field. Tiik JVi;w Era thiuks the lNrKi.i,iui; ci:u is true te its instincts in feeling aud expressing disgust at the tedious details cjneciiiing Mr. Garfield which theso who tliieug his bedside "report te the public, rcct, and that they accord, in this instauce, with se well-qualified a judge as the presi dential patient. In language as forcible as his condition will allow, Mr. Garfield has been expressing his " disgust " a the number aud quality of the reports scut out from his chamber. The New Era, however, is entitled le differ from him. Ve yustibus non. Tim Pittsbuigh Leader is of opinion that the development of aesthetic dressing is by no means exhausted in the apotheosis of dandelions, hollyhocks and field daisies: " ltcferc the reaction comes we expect te sec the piquant smart weed become the subject of our women's passionate adera tien. The tall aud plume-like mullein, hew stately that will leek when it replaces the ostrich feather in our ladies' bonnets! The yeuug gentleman who wants te make a genuine " mash " in fashionable circles will doubtless seen have te appear in the ball room with the bread aud plantain-like leaves of the modest and homely burdock, adorning aud concealing his-buttonholes." All this may have much te de with the discoveries by English journals that fiem jj50 te $73 iter car is amp'c for a lady's wanliebe. EcROnc, continental and insular, con sumes two milliards of matches daily. Assuming that each several act of ignition occupies the brief period of one second, it will be obvious te every leady reckener that live bundled aud fifty-five thousand hours of each successive day are spent by the inhabitants of Europe in striking matches. Four liuudicd thousand cubic yards of timber aud four huudrcd and twenty thousand pounds' weight of phos phorus aie in annual request for the manu facture of the seveu huudrcd and thirty thousand millions of matches used up by Europe in a year. Theie is indeed feed for much speculation in the fact that Europeans dispose of nearly sixty-four yeais per day in scraping tiny sticks, tipped with some inflammable compo sition, but the able statistician fiem whom we quote would have added zest te his figuics by including a compu tation of the number of .swear weids daily utteied in connection with the process of scraping tiny sticks tipped with some in flammable composition," when the inflam mable composition fail te go off, or the tiny stick breaks cle-e le the head, audt sewch through the leeesscs, of the vest pockets discloses nary another mitch. Your tnady leckener who undertakes this job will find his h.t'r standing en cud at the appalling magnitude of the figures pieduced by the calculation. PERSONAL. Mr. Ti'iiNim Mi:ssi:i;sruiin gees te Say Say Say lnoek I'eiut, Conn., enFiiday. The admirers of Virien IIi.ne Ihiough Ihieugh Ihiough euttho weild aie asked te furnish money tecteel a statue te him. Mr. Gvitrir.i.u has been anxiously in- quhing : " What effect does thi.N have upon the contest at Albany ?" Mr. Gar field should l est rain that seit of curiosity. Iu the meeting of the American Dental society in New Yeik, Dr. M. II. Wnnn, of this city, piesidcs ever the depailmciit of operative dentistry. Of Joux S. Ci.vusr.'s three sons one has taken te the sea, another has his father's genius for comedy, and the ether inherits fiem his mother the Beeth aptness for tiagedy. The many liicuds of Air. and Mis. Hkmiv K. Johnsten, of Wheatland,willbe glad te knew that their son, Harry, is con valescent, and iu the opinion of his physi cians is "getting en finely." Vice-President Annum called at the executive mansion last evening, am! had a sheit but pleasant inlci view with Mis. G.ulield. It is undei steed that he will re turn te New Yeik te aid iu electing anti anti Cenkliug scnateis, of course. Cel. 11. W. Guwhes lefiied fiem the Philadelphia beaid of health iu which he was serving his thiid tcim. Cel. Gray was born iu this county near Meunlvillc, went te Philadelphia iu I8"7 te assume the m vn igeineul of the Sjhomaker pi me folic company. As councilman, colonel and politician he It is been in public life twenty years. At Mr. Tilw'.n's age the young man's fancies lightly turn te thoughts of hooks. He is adding the adjoining building te his town house and will use it as a library and art gallery. Te that end he is having the present building lern down, and will have it rebuilt of iron and liic-pi oef brick. The front of Ne. 15 will also be tern down, and a uniform flout of about sixty feet of blown Belleville stene and reddish Car lisle stone, with strong ceuiscs of black granite will be built. During Jei: JnrvmtseN's (ravels through Fiance he chanced, iu one of the smaller towns, te visit a chinch, the of ficiating piicst of which h:ul just died, and in consequence the letters R. I. P. (Rcquiescat iu Pace) were displacd in silver iua black drapciy abjve the altar. His little boy, clinging te Mr. Jeffersen's hand, looked up at the familiar weid and exclaimed, " Why, papa, hew did the peo ple knew that you were coming hcie to day ?" Wiu.tw Siiklinci, of the late linn of Stilling, Alliens fc Ce., of Baltimore, died yesterday, aged 55 yens. The linn of which he was head was the piincipd sugar and coffee impeiting firm in Baltimore, and controlled all the large sugar leliueries there. About ten years age it became in volved with lhc government legaiding the p-iymcut of duties en sugar, aud finally suspended, the cleiiug of all the lcfuiciics in Baltimore following. Al the time of his death Mr. Stilling was engaged iu the southern tiade. The Philadelphia 7.ui;$ and Bosten Herald disapprove earnestly of the pre posi tion te present Mrs. G .afield with a puise of money iu case her husband lives. Dur ing the long scivice of Jehn Qui.ncv Ainns in the llouse of Representatives aftei the clese of his presidential teim, some publisher sent him a fine edition of the Bible, bound iu costly style, as a pres ent. Mr. A. asccitaiiicd the probable value of the book, and enclosed the amount te the donor with his thanks, but with the assu i.uice that he legardcd it as improper for a public officer le leeeive piescnls from the people. Li:: Faui.km:i, who failed te meet his mauiage engagement le Miss Hubbaid, of Hartfenl, Conn., is still missing. A New Yerk dicssmakcr comes le the fi ent, whom he was le have married the week follow ing the date fixed for his m.ariagcte Miss Hubbard, aud fust hcatd of his Haitferd engagement by reading an account of the preparations for the marriage. He se cured her geld watch te have a new main spring put in, aud he appears te have played the same game iu Haitferd. Miss Hubbatd had a valuable geld watch, aud asshe wanted te carry it en her wedding journey she gave it te him te take te New Yerk te be cleaned, aud that was the last she saw of it. She has overcome the shock of her first great disappointment, aud is satisfied (hat her confidence was entirely misplaced and that the fellow is a scoundrel. NEWS NOVELTIES. STRIKING, STARTLING ANO- SKN9A TIOJiAl.. Facia Frem the World's News Stranger Thaa Fiction. Benjamin Cressman, a drawtender en Hodgden island, Sheep Scot river. Me., left home with his wife te go te Wiscett in a dory. At an eaily hour next morning he was found iu an intoxicated condition en Barter's island, and being questioned as te his wife, replied : " t have commit ted a horrible crime and want te be hung." The dory was picked ue in the river and found te be besmeared with bleed from end te end, the inference being that the woman had been literally chopped in pieces aud thrown overboard. Cross Cress mon is a peacable man when net in liquor, and is about forty years of age. He was sent te jail. Indianapolis Veder Conviction. The great revival among the churches of Indianapolis continues te be the subject of much discussion. The population of that city is about eighty theusaud. Neai ly five thousand of theso have professed reh reh gieu in connection with some church or ether. The work has gene en during the past four months, while general business has been unusually active. The movement has received the respectful attention even of these whoarenotpiiticularly religious. The "boy preacher," Themas Harrison, inaugurated the work, and in spite of his eccentric methods it has steadily grown te its present proportion. Pursued by ii riiautem. In Wilmington, Del., last evening, a de ranged stranger was put off the tram fiem Philadelphia, reaching the city at G:15 o'clock. The next seen of him he was rushing wildly out en the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore railroad track, shouting te men whom he met : " A man en whom I forged a note is after me te sheet me. Don't tell him wheic I went." He ran at the top of his speed until the city limits weie passed, and then went through a farmhoiise which steed by the liver bank and made a vain attempt te hide himself. He then plunged into the nver and was diewned. The body is being dragged for. The man was of respectable appearance and was either violently in sane or sull'eiing fiem delirium tremens. "Ain't It Het?" James Ciaig keeps a tell bridge in Vii gmia. During the leccut het weather eoiyeuo who stepped al the bridge te pay the tell thoughtlessly observed, " Ain't it het'?" In addition te the wear ami tear (ffhiseais. Mr. Craig seen discovered that his voice was growing feeble, for the ex ex cltmatien being couched in the feim of a question, courtesy required that au an swer should be returned. Having kept count for several days he found that the interrogation was uttered and answered 725 time daily en the average, and pio pie ceived that he should seen talk himself te death. He therefore determined, while reason yet remained, te avert the the im pending catastrophe. He acceidingly painted and hung up in plain view a sign which reads : " Yes, it is very het." New when a traveler pulls up at the biidge, Mr. Ciaig simply points te the sign with ene hand while he takes the tell with 4lic ether. A Thief Ainmig the Aji-istles. The night watchman of Biieg, Piussia, while poi forming his usual i emuls, ob served a light te be burning inside the village chin ch at the conspicuously unci neuical hour of 1 a. m. He straightway awoke the beadle and called that official's attention te the suspicious appearance. Havinghaslily collected together a suffic ient feicc of stout-hearted parishieucis, armed with hatchets, hay forks and cud gels,the watchman and beadle proceeded te search the interior of the the church. The chancel of Brieg chinch is adorned by life size effigies of the twelve apostles. Fer some time the investigation proved altogether fiuilless, when all of a sudden the W'llchiuan nudged his companion, and whispered, "Loek hew ene of the apos tles is wriggling about!" "Have ou taken leave of your senses-.'" rejoined "the beadle. "Net at all. See, there are thirteen apostles, instead of twelve, and the extra ene hits get a mole skin cap en." The beadle's ecclesiastical instincts at first prompted him te icgard this addi tion te the apostolic company as a mira cle, symptomatic of special glory and honor destined te accrue te Brieg church, but his pleasant illusion was seen rudely dis pelled by the discoveiy that the thiitccnth apostle was a saciiligeeus rascal, who had secreted himself in the chinch at the time of its closing, with a view te making a clean sweep of the communion plate. When he heard approaching footsteps he climbed fiem the altar into the gallery containing the holy effigies, and there he was seized, trembling with fright, his detection being mainly due te his inability, thieugli sheer panic, te maintain a statuesque attitude. TANNh.lt OUTL'UNK. The Chicago F.intur llegiiiti te l."at (I licit mere. Giiscem ended his fast of leity five days iu Chicago neon yesterday. A great crowd assembled in the Olympic theatre, notwithstanding the heat, and when the faster appeared he was vocileieusly checied. His bill of fare was : Twe quails of milk, one quart of cream, a dish of milk-toast, strawberries, huckleberries, a dish of boiled potatoes, crackeis, butter, sugar and coffce. The stage was arranged Ter the occasion se that all present had a full view of the faster when he took his fiist mouthful. His pi csent quartet swore considered tee small, and, besides, hcs.is he has wcai icd of the monotony of their surieuudings. After he feasted en his milk, berries, toast ami potatoes, he re turned te his private rooms, and in due time have something mere substantial in the shape of roast duck, ham gariiiahcd with celery, etc. He will remain in the city till next Monday, when he will return le his home iu Fayette, Ohie. He intends te return te Chicago and m ike prepara tions for a lecture tour of two yeais, giv ing an account of his fast and the dis dis eevcries he claims te have made. He lest about foity-nine pounds iu all, and was still very stieng at the end or his fast. The attendant physician recorded the fastcr'8 temperature as 'J8 7-10 degrees, his pulse as 56 and his respiration as 14. Te show that he had still a geed deal of muscular strength he made a test with the dynamometer and pushed the indicator around te the highest point. Half a de.cn of these present also made a test, but net one could push the indicator mere than half way around the dial. He pushed it all the way with his left baud without apparently exerting himself. Lesses by Fire. The shops of the DoJge manufacturing company at Misliawaka, Intl., were stiuck by lightning aud burned. Less, JjeO,000 ; no insurance. AVilliamsen & Reuth's tobacco factory and the copper shops connected there with, at Pclcisbiirg, Va., weie destroyed by fiic. Less, $34,000 ; insurance, ?2o, ?2e, 000. Fire, which started iu the stables of the Black Diamond steel works, Pittsburgh, Pa., last night, totally destroyed the stable together with 15 mules. Watsen A. Ulam's pickle factory and Hill's planing mill sheds, adjoining, were also burned. Less, $00,000 ; insurance $25,000. The rie l'cr C'enlH. It is estimated at the treasury dcpait meut that there are outstanding about thirty millions of registered five per cent bends, which cease te bear interest en October 1st. They arc redeemable at once with interest te the date of presentation. Upwaids of twelve millions of coupon five Iter cents are outstanding, which ccase te bear interest en the 12th of August, and are redeemable after that date. INSURANCE FBAUDS. A. Uecre or Orer 300.000 Against Con Cen Aptrlng emeeii. Philadelphia Press. A decree has just been issued by Judge Allisen, of common pleas court Ne 1, in favor of the assignees of the National fire insurance cempauy, against the late offi cers aud several of the directors of the company, involving the sum of $331,992. 37. The decroe in form is against Jehn C. Stein administrator of Simen J. Stein, deceased ; Whilden Halfman. Jacob Huntzinger. of Pettsville, and Jacob R. Eby, of Harrisburg. The aggregate amount of the decree against Stem. Half mau and Huntzinger is $278,533.32, and against Eby, $53,495.05. The suit was in stituted against Stem, the late president and treasurer, Halfman, the secretary, and against Eby and Huntzinger as di rectors, for frauds pei pet rated en the com pany while they were officers, and was begun in the spriug of 1871, iu common pleas court Ne. 1. Orgauized in September, 1871, the Na tional fire iusurauce company was granted a charter by the Legislature, and began business with a nominal capital of $200, 000 with the right te increase it te $1,000, 000. Halfman obtained control of the charter for the purpose of effecting per sonal advantages, which finally assumed the feiiu of a senes of stupendous frauds, and succeeded in persuading Simen J. Stein, of Lebanon, te associate with him iu the scheme. Upen becoming au accom plice Stein was offered the dual position of president and treasurer of the cempauy, and the beaid of directeis was tilled up by Halfman with men subservient te his will. After a fei ma! ei ganizatieu of the beard Stein was elected president aud treasurer aud Hallmau secictaiy, and at the succeeding meeting the first fraudulent step was taken in apiopesitiou te the ili ili iccteis by Stein ami Halfuiau te puichase all the stock of the company, valued at $200,000. let one thiid of its par value, or $00,(500.0';. Being sitb.scivicnt te Half man, the beard voted te accept the piopj piepj piopj sitieu, u:id en the same day all of the stock was assigned te Stein and Halfmiu, and they paid for it chiclly iu notes. In elder te cany his scheme still fuithcr Halfman charged $10,000 for the chatter, se that the cempauy only received $50,000 for its $200,000 wm th of stock. .-emc time after this tiansictieii Eby and Huntzinger be came uwaic of the cioekcducss, and Eby, being also vice president of the company, dem iiuled of Stein and Hallmau th.it they would divide the pielits of their transac tion. This demand resulted iu au amica ble paltucrship between the four conspira tors. Ih Older te de business in these states, particulatly in New Yeik, where insur ance cxamiucis were lequiied te examine companies' assets, it became necessaiy te increase the capital stock te $500,000, which was done at a meeting held in Leb anon. On this occasion it was decided that one share of stock should be given te each director for every two shares that might be sold by him. These frauds en the company and the motion te increase the stock were concealed fiem the stock holders, and no mention was made of them iu the minutes of the meeting. Only $100,000 of the proposed incie ise of $.)00, 000 was actually issued, the directeis be ing' unable te sell mere. The company was wonderfully successful iu getting bus iness, and in a short time had outstanding $50,000,000 of i isks. It lest heavily, how ever, by the Chicago, Bosten and O.shkesh fires, and was very much embarrassed in consequence. Strenuous efforts made by the efl'ceis te save the institution were un successful, and en Mai eh 10, 1S70, it made an assignment for the benefit of its cicdi cicdi teis. LATEST NE.WS BY MAIL,. The Gai field fund new reaches $131,321. The tetil amount received ycsteiday up te neon, was $11,500. Henry A. Howe, of Princeton, Mass., aged fifty-live, committed suicide by hang ing himself. He was Miileiin:: from deli rium tremens. The smoke is veiy dense en the St. Law- rencj liver Hern bush lues. All the steamesare delayed, aud the destruction of weed is immense. It is icpertcd fiem Albany that the " Stalwarts " are determined te contiuue f he senatorial dead-lock until it is biekcn by adjournment. Colonel Cressman aud Lieutenant Rus sell, of the British army, are locating sites for the fortification of the harbeis of Vic Vic eoria and Esquimau It, in British Colum bia. The Dominion authorities are advised that SitMng Bull remains at Fert Qu' Ap Ap pclle. His band, or nhat is left of it, new consists mainly of women ami old men. The coal niiiiers of La Salle, Pent and Ogles-by, Illinois, who have been idle since the 1st inst., have arranged with the mine ewneis te iceeive 75, 80 aud 90 eenfs per ten for mining during the pciied of twelve months. The convent ion of Catholic Knights of America met jrstculay in Cincinnati. High mass was celebrated iu the morning, and Bishop Elder welcomed the delegates. After mass prajers were offered for the recovery of President Gai field. Henry Smith (colored) who ceufeu.se 1 te having ravished and niiiidcred Maltic Webb, an orphan 1 1 years old, was taken from the jail at Desaie, Ark., by a mob of 40 masked men ami hanged till dead ; the beHy was thou thrown into the river. Frank Mai key, aged twenty.six, a fire man, was struck en the head ami killed by an engine en the Manhattan elevated i ail ail read at Seuth Fifth avcniie aud Spring street. His body was found lying en the the sleepers near where he was killed. The hoiise of Jehn Brandt, nere Calli coon depot, Sullivan county, N. Y., was stiuck by lightning, and Mis. Brandt was instantly killed. The body was horribly mutilated. The house and the dead woman's clothes wero lircd, but the flames were ex tinguished. In Providence, R. I., Dr. Geerge W. Peller, a young physician, attempted te get en a moving train and fell under the wheels. His left leg was crushed se as te require amputation. He was connected with the Rhede Island hospital, wlicrethe operation was performed. The betting en the race for the St. Lcgcr stakes, which will ceme off at Don Den caster en September 1 1, is three te one against Mr. P. Lorillard's br. c. Iioqueis, three te ene against the Duke of West minster's br. c. Poreginc, and even money en the two against the field. A highwayman fired at the mail carrier going fiem Franklin ceuit house te Dan ville, in Virginia, en Monday. Thocaiiier, though disabled by being wounded iu the hand, put his herse te full speed, and safe ly delivered his mail. It was the second attempt te lob the mail, and a reward of $200 is offered for the capture of the rob ber. Temperatures ranging from 100 te 107 degrees were reported in various places in Indiana, Ohie and Illinois, en Monday. Temperatures were reported yesterday of 100 in the shade at Cincinnati and Nash ille, and 101 in the shade at Cehimbiu and Louisville. There were twenty-seven deaths from suustreks in Cincinnati yes terday. The thirteenth annual session of the American Philological society began yes terday in Cleveland, Ohie. Papers were read in the morning by Professer Sihicr, of Jehns Hepkins university, Professer Blackwcll, of the University of Missouri. anil f rofesser iiey, ei liewara university -.. -W m - - OW ' -.1 In tkd eveuiug the annual address was de livered by Preri;lent Packard, of Yale cel lege. One of the six-penny journals of Londen resently had a staff dinner, which began with every mark of amity and ended in a shower et tumblers, wine glasses and fragments of broken chairs. A distin guished and popular journalist who had recently jeiued the staff was severely mal treated. The question upon which the company appealed te' crockery and furni ture warfare was whether Mr. Edwin Arneld is or is net a uect. STATE ITEMS. The Pittsburgh Leader likes Majer Le:i, but thinks he is tee lenient with his $20 lues for cruelty te animals, assaults, pickpockets and the like. "Lady Brewnwcll wen the 2:30 race at Pittsburgh in six heats, best time 2:271 ; Se Se took the 2:23 in 2:18J. and Lady Belle the two mile heats in 5:25. Frank Petersen accidentally blew his brains out iu Erie; Jacob Weschlcr was diewned, and Hen. Wilsen King, former raihead millionaire, died in his seventy sixth year. Congressman Hcmlrick B. Wright is re potted te be out of immediate danger, and improvement is discernible. Dr. Themas-, of Philadelphia, is in consultation with the family physician, and has hopes ( his leceveiy. It has been decided that the thiid bri gade of the National Guard of this state will go into encampment iu Wilkcsbaiie during the ensuing mouth. A suitable place fur the camp is te be selected at once. Near Easteu Sylvester Ribbing was in stantly killed at the Glendeu ueu com cem IMiiy's weik. He fell fiem a limestone car, aud the wheels passed ever his body. He leaves a widow and scen children. Rebeit Nelf, aged GO, was fatally injured by a fall of locks iu the qii.ury. He Tell while endeavering te get away anil a laige lock fell en his back. The Philadelphia cricket match, Iin gai is, of Canada, vs. Yeung Americas, was concluded ycsteiday. Total score for the two days : Canadians 2-52, Yeung Americas 233, with six wickets te spare. By mutual consent the game was centiii cd until six o'clock and when the stumps were drawn Yeung Amei icis had added 70 mere urns te their score with ten wickets down. The British King, of the American line, sails fiem Philadelphia te-day with a cargo weith of $217,000 and composed of 35,000 bushels wheat ; 23.000 bushels coin ; 1,700 sacks flour ; 132 barrels oil ; 43 casks carbon ; 25 cises leaf tobacco : $4 hhds. tobacco ; 7 cases folks ; 1.800 pkgs previsions ; 1,500 bales cotton ; 400 ban els syiup ; 150 casks tallow ; 70 eases sawed weed ; 0 JO legs ; 149 boxes cheese. Organic L.lle en the Comet. Professer Draper sajs : " The argument that tha existence of hydro-c.uben com pounds iu the comet being established, the conclusion fellows that organic life has existed there, since we have no hydro carbon compounds en the eaith except as the result of organic decty, is tiue in sonic of its premises and false iu etheis. It piebably is tine that we have no such compounds en the earth except these re sulting from organic life, but it is also true that w c can fei m such comieunds by chem ical and physical feices iu use, as, ler instance, the voltaic arc. New, no physical or chemical force can pieperly be called an aitilici.il force, aud since we de net knew tvhat feices the comet may have been subjected te, it is net safe te say that organic life necessarily existed in the comet because wc find hydro catben com pound there. The gieat heat te which the body was subjected in pissing near the sun would cause the two elements te unite, and as the comet cooled they would remain in the compound form. Theie is no telling what bodies we may inn into as we whit 1 thieugli space at the 1 ate of. say, feity miles a second ; and as such bodies come in contact with our sun they are heated, and if they are volatile produce emcts. It is net altogether impossible that the earth itself may become a comet. As wc travel into the unknown realms of space who can say but that wc may find ourselves subject te the influence of a sun hotter than our own which will vaperi.e our system. The theeiy is that our solar system moves in au eibit of which the Pleiades are supposed te be about the centre. The feimcr theeiy was that the earth traveled about our sun alone. New it is known that all bedie iu space are iu motion, se that we can ex tend the whiiling of these wheels within wheels infinitely, and infinite space may contain a suu het enough te make us all comets." Pi of. Lewis Swift, of the Warner ob eb ob servaleiy, iepeitsth.it it is the opinion of astiouemeis generally that the comet is identical with the one discovered iu Brazil, May 29, called Euiope by Dr.m Pedie aud a new comet, ('apt. Wilsen, when near Demerara, saw two comets blaiug brightly at the same time iu differ ent positions .some time age. .Slie " Saw it Drapeii." Gcliude Reiteitsaud Delia Power iu the Lougue Point asylum, near Montreal, were patients and occupied the same loom. During the night, Power,a religious mono maniac, fancied she saw a frightful dra gon, aud te save hcisclf and the ether inmates killed it, as she thought, by pounding it en the head with a piece of beaid. The supposed dragon was her companion, Gcituule Rehcits. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. - m Washington Iturmigli Ili'iiiH. Oui cei respondent furnishes the fellow ing Weather oepiessively het for several davs past. Mr. Henry Wcilz sold a nice five-year-old bay hoi.-e te Mr. Levi Havei stick, of Maner, for $127.50. A great many poisons wen; ei ycsteiday forenoon fishing for i the river bass and met with geed success. 3Ir. J. T. Yingcr, of Columbia, agent for the Estey organs and domestic sewing machine, was in town yc.teid.iy advertis ing his business. Hen. J. P. Cellins has sold out his entile confectionery business te Mr. Aaion Shcit.er. Cellins expects te go into bus iness of some kind again in the fall. A biether and a sister of the Rev. C. L. Gaul were in town several days List week. They live in Philadelphia. Thu Chinch of Ged Sunday school will held thcii annual pieuie this year mi Wed nesday, July 27, in .Mr. Shciick's weeds. Ilclil fur l'sl.it;e. Lcttcis addressed as fellows ate held lei postage at the Lancaster poslefliec : Reigul, Sceli & Ce., iVi'i M.akct stuel, Phila. Gee. W. Shaelfer, New Helland, Lancas ter county, Pa. Weild Manufacturing Ce., 122 Nassua street, New Yerk. Mis. Jehn Hayes. Miss Jennie McAIcsr, Tyrene, Blair county, Pa. Flera G. Day, Guard, Pa. The following are held for direction. " Miss Kuilt, Delaware county, in care or Jacob Thomsen ;" and another letter with out any address whatever. Soldiers' Orphan. The public examination of the pupils in the soldiers' orphans' school, at Mount Jey, takes place te morrow. A large dele gation of the liieiubeis of Geerge II. Themas pestG. A. R. of this eity. will attend the examination, leaviug Lancaster at 7 o'clock a. m. in omnibuses. NKIuHlMWHOOD NfcWS. Near and Acress the County Line. Eight mera mutual insurance companies were chartered at Harrisburg yesterday. C. ,C Caldwell is erecting anewsiale house at Conowingo. The second annual fair of the Cicil county agricultural society will take place October 4, 5 and C. The cefuer stoue of a new Evangelical church will be laid at Dryansviile, Yerk county, next Sunday morning. The Ancher baseball club, or Harris burg, will visit Yerk en Saturday, July 10, te play a match game with the Clippers. Cecil county, Maryland, brag1 of fields of corn planted en May 0, which measure 8 feet and are tasseling. The Prohibitionists will held their con vention at Alteena en July 18, when a candidate for state treasurer will be nomi nated. Philip Shearer, aged 59, residing in Har risburg, fell ever dead at the ear shops between 7 and 8 o'clock vestenlav morning fiem the heat and ever exertion." Charles Bcriiethum, aged 17ears, lacer ated his baud with a toy pistol a few das age in Womclsdeif ami has died in the terrible agonies of lockjaw. Bess fishing in the Susquehanna is mo me mo ueunccd geed A paity fiem 0feu, some of tlicin green li.imN, caught alieut two deen en the 4th. The debt of the Rising Suu M. E. chinch has been reduced from $5,14ii te $1,050, and the committee hope seen te announce, the whole amount raised. Jehu Shade IkiiuuI en the farm of I low aid Patterson, at Faumenut, twenty-nine dozen and eight sheaves of wheat, ju-t as it was left by the reaper, iu one hour and thiity minutes. Caleb II. Kiiin.ud. jr. Wist Chester, while spending the day wilh his grand grand methci. had the end of his index finger pinched off in the gum lellcis of a clothes wringer. Mr. Eh Bushman, a farmer living a shot t distance south of C a lisle, wis thiuvn oil a Imd of grain. The side of his f ! and head weie ciiished te such an extent, that death ecciii led ene hour anil a half after the accident. Rev. T. J. Aiken, pastor of the IVit Deposit Piesbvtcrian chinch, has tendered his resignation. His congiegitien does net want te accet it, but will held a meet ing en the 17th te take action in the mat ter. William Paxson, of C'elcrain township, has sold lis voting mare, " Xauuie." te James M. Hendersen, of Ridle p.uk. Delaware county, for $500. She is of Xa polcen stock, five ve.iis old, eu.lulv lib, and gives premise of making a fast trot tret trot tei. A light eceiu red near Carlisle betwien Matei Stautlei and Geerge Lay. Staulfer using a dung feik en Lay. struek him in the face ami beat him ever the eves, mu tilating his face shockingly. L iv was also injured about the aukles, but no bones werebieken. Benjamin Geist and his wife, an old and peer couple, were found in bed iu Leng Swamp township, Berks county, tee weak te move. They were staving slowly and bad eaten nothing for some time, and there wa no feed in the house. Efferts are being made te icv ive them. MtssSallie L. Evans, of Lebanon, while visiting friends in Chester and Lmeaster counties, was made the recipient of a line quilt, made from the wedding silk dress of her great great-grandmother, which is inure than 100 ears old. It is buff color and veiy handsome. A colored hostler, in the employ of L. 11. Grcenawalt. at Fie.vstewn. Yeik coun ty, stele $2 fiem a neighbor en Sunday night and hid it in the bam. The neigh bor discovered his less aud eidered the man te return the money. He took te his heels and has net since been seen, although several shots were fired after him. Fountainville, near Conowingo. en the Susquehanna river, a remuitie and pleas ant place, having failed te be pietitable as a place et resort, has been cenv cited into a c.aiueiy, the pirk building being used for that put pose by J. Kiik fc Ce. Many of the faimeis of the ucighboilieod have planted l.age lets iu tomatoes. Einest Lengsdeif, a seu of Dr. W. II. Lengsdeif, of Penn township, Ciiuibcil.iud county, was missed at his home en last Friday. On Monday, his dead body was found hi a haymow iu Ins f.ithei's bain. He had slipiH'd down between the havinew and weather be.adiug. He was subject te epileptic fits, and is supposed te have died iu one of them. The noteiiou. colored in in Nathan I ta lis, who made a ieput.it ion for himself sometime age by attempting te take hi: lifebyciittitighisthie.it iu the Diuphiu county jail and followed this uj with au endeavor te hang himself, made hiscseae fiem prison iu the early p.utef vesteidav afternoon. He ran up te the toef, iheppcd te the gieuud and made his way home. His wife, however, peisiiaded him te give himself up and returned with him te the jail at 11 o'clock last night. On July 1th, Theodere H union, loIeumI, West Chester, get into an alteie.itien with another m-i seu. Officer Shields went te Harmen's house, attested and took him before Chief Binges i Weed, wh- sent him te jail fei live days. He was released en a habeas corpus, en the gieuud that the defendant was attested by the officer and scut te prison by the chief buigess without any w.u rant. Chief Buigess Weed has been arrested en a capias issued by Judge Fiithey en the chaige of h iving made a false impiNeumcut and compelled te give bail te the amount of $1000 fei liisappe.it ance at the next term of quail or session coin t. riONU.WS STOISU. Mern It.ttuae ICnirtil. On Monday afternoon tluecs cons belong ing te Jehn Lefevie, of Millpeit. wem killed by lightning. The cows were stand ing along the dam ami two of them were thievvu into the water. The lightning also stiuck three I.uge trees close by. Our Washington cei respondent tepeils the stei in as vciy severe in that vicinity. Trees weie bent and twisted off. A l.agu but ten weed lice iu front of.. M. Sliu nian's mansion, w.is biekcn Ie-,vn by the slot in, as well as a number of pcielii, ;ip pie and locust tires. A cow belonging te Henry Smith, of Maner township, .sought shelter fiem the storm under a willow tree. Lightning struck the tree and killed the cow. The slot in had full sway at the lumber y.nd efSliuIU& Bie., and scatter ed the buaids iu every direction, making the y.ud. ler the time Itciug impassable. Mr. Shieiner, near Lit it z, sitting en his M)ich, was stiuck, the belt striking :i watch in his pantaloons pocket, smashing the fafe and mel ting seme of the vveiks. The cm rent passed down his leg, thieugli his beet and escaped by tearing off the sole. Mr. Shieiner was net injured iu the .'cast, though considerably shocked. Toek l'olseu. Louisa Miller, aged 10, of Berne. Berks county, was alone with her father, who is almost entirely helpless, and sits around the house, unable te de anything, while her stepmother had geno te visit near neighbors. When Mrs. Aliller returned Louisa made some remaiks about Mrs. Miller's soul and her own soul and then went up staii s-. She, remained upstairs some time ami then came down and lay en the lounge. Her stepmother noticed that white froth was gushing from Louisa's mouth anu sue eecarae greaiiy aiarmcu. Dr. Petteiger was at once sent for, and she confessed taking two spoonfuls of ar senic. She suffered the most tciriblcand exeiuciatmg agony. Milk in large quanti ties was given te uer, out sne is m a uying ifAiwIifirai condition.
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