iKdniinniHPH LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER- THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1881. lgZj-fiy" "i- -.. iancastet intelligencer. THURSDAY KVBNINO, AUG. 18, 1881. SUck Valae. The Xew Yerk Herald informs the public of the belief of Messrs. Vander bilt and Gould tbat the president's death would cause no financial panic. These men are net very geed authorities en this matter, since the interests of both incline te make their wish father te their thought. Judge Hilten, who administers the A. T. Stewart business, givas an opinion te the same effect, which is mere disinterested since his dealings are in merchandise rather than in stocks. But nobody gravely supposes that the mercantile interests of the country will be affected seriously by the president's life or death. It is stocks, which have been booming while mer chandise has been quiet, that the hold ers are nervous about. As we have said, we de net sec much mere reason than Vanderbilt and Gould de, why Mr. Gar field's death should knock the bottom out of the stock market: still stocks have been going up without reason, and se may come down with as little. If people get te thinking that the presi dent's deatli will make a panic in stocks, a panic maybe very likely te occur. There has been nothing te send stocks up but credulity, and credulity ought te be as as efficient in sending them down. The peejile who have been buying stocks at prices that are net ruled by their in trinsic value, are net very wise people ; and may sell them as unreasonably as they buy them. Jte one can safely pre dict the course of stock prices, because the value of the property they represent does net govern them. Mr. ( Vanderbilt, who new tells us there will be no panic b3cause there is no reason for it, a year or se age sold out a large part of his holding in the New Yerk Central rail road ; and people took it, and have sent the price up a geed deal higher since, although there was no reason for it, and one would think that there was a geed deal of rea son, en the contrary, why the public should consider that the price at which Mr. Vanderbilt was willing te sell was a top price ; since he certainly knew all about the property and would belittle likely te sell it for less than it was worth ; especially when he had no use for the money but te invest it in United States bends, bearing four per cent, interest, while his railroad stock paid eight peJ cent, dividends. Mr. Vanderbilt's epin ion of the value of his stock was net taken then, though doubtless it was a very geed opinion ; and his view of the effect of the president's death en the stock market may net be taken new, though we ceneider it a very logical one. If we did net knew that there was no logic in stock prices we could comfort ably accept it. Our old friend Sailer has often said in the Ledger money article that the value of a stock is its market price. It was a very excellent way te get rid of the importu nate inquiries addressed te him as a finan cial authority te declare the real value of a security. It really would be useless te inform the anxious inquirer what the actual value is, if it could be ascertained. It certainly would net be the market value, and he would net believe you if you gave him any ether; The real value could net well be demonstrated. That value depends upon the question of the income which the property represented by the stock will earn throughout the future. If anyone would undertake te de with all corporation properties what Mr. Harris undertook te de with the lands of the Heading coal and iron com pany namely, te determine their intrin sic vnlueby estimating their yield through the coming century it is very certain that he would net get, as a result, the present quoted value of a single stock en the market. His way, it is true, was net a very geed one, as his arithmetic brought out the present value of some lands as less than nothing ; which is net likely ; for, though a great many people would be a great deal better efT if they had net, some things they have, yet nothing can be said te be valueless, since everything can be sold. If stock prices were the result of the judgment of men as te tLe intrinsic value of the property it would be true, as the Ledger is se fend of saying,tliat the market rate is the best attainable cri terion of value. But dealers de net put their judgment te the endeavor te dis cover the real values of stock, being mere interested in divining what they are likely te sell for, which is a very different thing ; and as they have no solid ground te tread ea in their specu lations they are often very sadly errone ous. Every one admits that the presi dent's deatli affords no geed reason for a change of a cent in stock values, yet every one knows that the threat of it has affected the market, and the apprehension is general that the re alization of the fear may have a mere decided influence ; and the apprehension may be strong enough'te effect it ; though we greatly doubt wliether people will show themselves te be se silly. Our Democratic contemporaries con tinue te c i:;cus3, in excellent temper and from different standpoints, the reorgani zation of the party in this state and the kind of rules it ought te adept te secure better government and mere efficient or ganization. The Pittsburgh Pest' and Harrisburg Patriot make contributions te the subject, of which we publish the salient parts, and without committing ourselves te the support of their views we find much therein te commend, and all that they say can profitably be con sidered by the whole party and digested by its committee en rule3 and the state committee and AVilliamspert convention. The Patriot makes excellent and forci ble stigKe.it ions concerning the necessity for a mere permanent organization, for better work upon voters in times when they are net carried away by political ex citement and against the Hilly, expensive and demoralizing system of Chinese gong campaigns, which always serve te strengthen and intensify the opposition in this state and te waste our little cam paign fund. The Pest argues for a larjrer state convention, its membership te be chosen en a different plan of represen- tat ion, for and against which much may be said, and somejnedification of which may be found practicable. Upen a different plan of selecting the central state organization, and upon a per manent salaried secretary, we believe the entire- party in the state is agreed. Whether Cel. Barr'splanef a committee of five is better than a conference com mittee, made up of the county chairmen, and an'executive committee represent ing say, nine sub-districts, remains te be considered. It is well, however, te have all the plans brought out and freely dis cussed. TnE Philadelphia Times needs te seen publish another letter from its states man correspondent abroad, the Honor able Samuel Josephs, or the anxious pub lic will find out which member of its able editorial staff is off duty. What Josephs saw at the Mabille, and what he taught Gambetta and Grevy about poli tics, will be mere interesting than the Times' controversy with Dr. Agnew or Kemble's project of endless wire-pulling for five cent fare passenger railway cars. MINOR TOPICS. The anti-monopolists of New Yerk have a convention meeting at Utica. It is said ex-Gov. Seymour will take part in its proceedings, and possibly Mr. Conkling. S. M. Lewis, a colored "straight-out " Virginia Republican, openly declares for Daniel, and in a letter te the Washington Pest urges his friends te fellow his ex ample. Texas people de net threw themselves en epitaphs no matter hew much display they make at funerals. Down en the Rie Grande a plain beard at the head of a mound tells the public " thirteen of them Mexican Greasers ar' planted here." Cor.. Ferney's Progress was astonished at the successful preservation in ice of fresh shad caught in the Delaware, until a friend sent him some facts and drawings about antediluvian elephants kept, ten thousand years imbedded in frozen gravel in Siberia. The Clearfield Republican approves "the idea of a cede of rules for the govern Trent of the Democratic party in this state, is pleased with the composition of the committee having the same in charge, and leeks for satisfactory results from their labor. Mermen missionaries have been preach ing in Georgia, and in one county they have a chuich with a hundred members. The newspapers have, however, taken the mat ter in hand, and the apostles of " the true faith" are finding their work se difficult that it is likely they will seen retire from the field. News is received from Rugby, Teuu., the English colony founded by Mr. Themas Hughes, that ever ene-twentieth of the colony is suffering from typhoid fever, two deaths having occurred and sev eral persons being in very precarious con dition. A foul cistern and imperfect drainage tell the whole story of stupidity aud neglect in a community whose habita tion was chosen for its sanitary advantages and ene leading principle of which was te be special care of the health of its mem bers. The latest popular mania confined as yet te sentimental writers of billet deux is the practice of sticking postage stamps upon uuusual and out-of-the-way parts of envelopes. There is, it seems, a " pestage cede " of flirtation, and each position of a stamp expresses some particular senti ment. Postefficc clerks are loud in their pretests against the custom, as the placing of the stamp iu any ether than the orthodox position, the upper right hand corner of the envelope, puts them te no small in convenience and annoyance in the weik of cancelling. The population of Scotland has grown mere in the last ten years than in any de cennial period since 1821 31. It has 3,734, 441 peeple, the females outnumbering the males 140,000. Its cities have varied in their increase iu the last decade. Glasgow has increased from 491,646 in 1871 te 511, 532 in 1881, or 4 per cent.; Edinburgh from 107,593 te 228,190, or 15 48 per cent. ; Dundee from 120,724 te 142,454, or 18 per cent. ; Aberdeen from 88,181 te 105,054, 19.13 per cent. ; Greenock from 59,794 te 68,897, or 15.22 per cent. ; Leith from 46,434 te 01,108, or 31.73 per cent. ; and Paisley per cent. from 48,257 te 55,642 or 15.3 People who de net sympathize with Beb Ingersell en general principles can asseut te all he says about Parson New man's logic, who tells us that the crime of Gulteau shows three thiugs : First, that ignorant men should net be allowed te vote ; second that foreigners should net be allowed te vote ; and, third, that there should net be se much religious liberty. It turns out, first, that Guitcau is net an ignorant man ; second, that he is net a foreigner'; and third, that he is a Christ ian. New, because an intelligent Amci i can Christian tries te murder the presi pent, the parson says we ought te de something with the ignorant foreigners and infidels. Within the next eighteen months a railroad will connect Kansas City with Memphis, and then, says the Avalanche, Memphis will be waked up all ever, and will run a race with Kansas City for the position of the chief Southwestern city. By January 1st, a new cotton mill will be in operation in Memphis. AtRandlcman, N. C, a mill is new producing 5,000 yards of plaid per day, aud ether cotton mills iu the old North state are running en full time, and have mere orders than they cau fill. Altogether there is a very hopeful outlook for the "new Seuth" and its ma terial interests will be greatly quickened by the great cotton exposition iu Atlanta te be open from October te Christmas. Preparlne for Emergency. A special te the World intimates that the secretary of state is about te issue in the name of the president a call for an extra session of the Senate, in order that by the election of a presiding officer of that body due prevision may be made for securing a legal succession iu the executive authority should the presidential effice devolve upon the vice-president either through the death or the disability of President Garfield. PEEbONAU. Rev. Dr. J. H. A. Bemberger, of Ur sinus college, was in town yesterday. Dr. W. C. Wentz and wife, of New Providence, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hensel and -Mr. and Jlrs. G. J. P. Raub, of Quar ryville, are en a trip up the Hudsen. Hen. T. M. Pomeroy is aciini; presi dent of the American express company, and it is thought that he will be elected te succeed Mr. Farge in that office. The Delta Tau Delta college fraternity has been holding its twenty-third annual convention iu Pittsburgh and J. Harry Geissinger, late of Franklin aud Marshall college, was the poet et the occasion. Cardinal Manning is spare almost te emaciatieu, and bald as if shorn ; his ap pearauce severely monastic. His voice and manner, however, are pleasant, and his speech is full of kindness. Bookwalter invited Fester te be pres ent at the opening e his new opera house iu Springfield, Ohie, but Charles is just new devoting himself te camp meetings and beer halls en alternate days. By the American Bar association, in session at Saratoga, Hen. Thes. E. Franklin, of this city, has been elected the Pennsylvania member of the executive council. Jehn Amweg's admirer. Miss Nellie Hazeltine, "the belle of St. Leuis," has arrived at the Greenbrier White Sulphur springs. A correspondent writes te the Wheeling Register : " A dozen ladies said te me te-night, 'I don't think she is se beautiful, de you.' " Rev. O. B. Frethingii.vm, who has spent two years iu the south of Europe, is new in Scotland. He has recovered his health. In September he will sail for New Yerk, where he will engage in literary work, beginning with a biography of Geerge Rippley. Patti and her sister Carletta are en emies. The story gees that while the lat ter was lying at the point of death in a hospital of the Sisters of St. Jeseph, Ade- line was all the time in the neighborhood, aud scut net a single word of inquiry about her sister. It is said that when asked te attend the administration of the sacrament she refused, saying that she did net care whether Carletta lived or died. The Duke of Sutherland, who can drive a locomotive or command a fire de partment, is no slave te tyranny in dress. There was a garden party a fortnight age at Marlborough house, given by the Prin cess of Wales, aud among the bidden guest was the duke. The weather was extremely warm, aud in paying his respects te their royal highnesses he astonished every one even these who knew his in dependence of social prejudices by ap pearing iu a white linen suit of clothes, better adapted te the weather than te the formal social requirements of the occa sion. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Dennis McMahon, aged nine years, of Hobekcu, drank a piut of whisky and died almost immediately afterward. Ansen Eldred's large saw mill at Oconto, Wis., with a quantity of lumber, was burned yestciday. Less, $100,000. The chair factory of Nichols Brethers at Westminster, Mas3., a large three-story building, was burned yestcrday. Less about $15,000. Albert Elscle, aged twenty, was carried past Elizabeth, en a Central railroad train from New Yerk, and attempted te walk back en the track. lie fell from the bridge and was killed. James Wilsen and Miss Davidsen were rowing a small beat en the bay at Hamil ton, Out., when -the beat was run down by the steamer Algerian. Wilsen was drowned and Miss Davidsen was rescued in an insen sible condition. An unknown man, about fifty years of age, was found hanging from the fence en Sevi nth avcnue,between One-hundred-and-thirty-third and One-hundred-and-thirty-fourth streets, New Yerk. He was dead, aud had apparently cemmittced suicide. The body was sent te the morgue. Out in the state of the late Mr. R. B. Hayes a young ruffian, named Jeurdau Reed, beat- Jehn Jenes, a man eighty years old almost te death at Marietta, and his step daughter aud second wife finished the murder by kicking him in the stomach se that he died. The man who was killed at the Saw Mill run bridge en the Panhandle railroad, was net Massrush, hut Themas Hays, and he lived at Burgettstown, Pa. He was a brick meulder and worked at Midway. He came te the circus and get drunk, and is supposed te have been killed where he was found. The deceased was fifty-five years old and leaves a widow. A farmer named D. Drue, living about eight miles from Nashville, III., while sleeping in a bed near the deer of his house, was awakened at 10 o'clock en Monday night by the discharge of a uun, aud as he raised up in bed he received a charge in the head which blew nearly all the top part of his skull off, killing him iustautly. A gang of train robbers bearded the smoking car just after dark, at Granada, Cel. They blew out the lights aud com menced going through the passeugcrs for their money. A colored United States soldier in the rear car refused te give up $500 that he had and was shot by one of the outlaws. In turn the soldier shot ene of the latter and killed him. This frightened the ethers and they left without any booty. Yankeughnct, of Bedford Mills, Conn., suspected of the sheeting and killing of Farmer Richardson, is missing. His wife alleges that "in anguish of soul at being continually accused of all the crimes com mitted in the vicinity," he went out en Buck lake in a punt with herself aud their child, and when midway iu the lake plunged into the water and never rose again. The story is supposed te have been concocted for the purpose of allowing Van Van keughnct te escape. A FAXit; AT SEA. Anil ftieu Act tlie Ceward as Usual. The steamer Plymouth Reck en her morning trip te Leng Branch with 1,000 passengers, when about twenty miles from the ireu piers, burst a steam flue, from which an immense volume of steam es caped. A sccue of terrible coufusien en sued the passengers being madly panic stricken. In the struggle for life preservers men were seen te seize them even from women. Fer about lialf an hour there was a scene of dire confusion. In the upper deck cabin a struggling mass was wedged, doers being blocked up and te facilitate escape the windows were broken out and the passengers passed through head fiist. As seen as the panic subsided tlie band struck up and helped te reassure the passengers. The tug Germania took the Plymouth Reck iu tow. Other beats came up and towed the disabled steim beat te smooth water where the passen gers weic transferred and brought te this city. In the panic a number of women and children were knocked down and trampled en, but te what extent they were injured has net been ascertained. REORGANIZATION. KUI.ES FOR THE STATE DEMOCRACY. Tne Necessity for an Efficient Organization. Harrisburg Patriot. This movement is net only entirely proper, but ene that should have been made long age. The state organization et the party is without any cede for its gov ernment aud when in active operation is guided simply by usage which sometimes gives place te the interest of faction or the whim of an excited majority. A permanent working state organization of the party should be maintained. It is the sublimity of felly te attempt te organize a half million of voters in a three months' canvass. It is utterly ridiculous te think of adding proselytes te the ranks of the party by distributing documents aud holding mass meetings in the heat of a campaign. It is a continuous, never ending labor te build up a party. Net only must the central organization be constantly familiar with every detail of party wert throughout the state, but it must be ready at any and every moment te take advantage of any weakness of the enemy of which it may he advised. Iu the winter months when the average voter has mere leisure te read and en account of the absence of political ex citement is mere inclined te think for him self than at any ether time of the year, the state committee should make its principal effort at preselyting through the circula tion of sound and instructive political lit erature. Indeed this kind of work should be kept up the whole year round. But iu order te accomplish such a task the chairman of the state committee aud his clerks must be constantly employed. The party head-quarters must be kept open and busy year in and year out without any intermission. The "machine," as the vulgar independ ents would say, must run with a per petual motion. It may be . objected that the idea is visionary and impracticable be cause it involves the expenditure of tee much money. The objection is net well founded. The money misspent iu the ordinary Chinese gong campaigns te which we arc accustomed will suf fice te carry en all practical and sen sible operations of a state organization in pcrmaucnt activity. Besides one year's trial of the plan would se commend it te the party that there would be no difficulty afterward in raising the necessary sinews of war. The chairman of the state com cem com mittee aud his clerks should, however, be paid annual salaries sufficient te enable them te devote their whole time and attention te the party work. They should be men who arc separated entirely from the interests of faction aud who have no ambitious aims of their own. Indeed the work of the state committee should be performed as systematically as that of a jrevernmcin? bureau an d the functionaries selected te perform it should held their places during geed behavior subject te removal only by the full committee. bOMIi MOKE KECOMMMKNDATIONS. Ky a Member of tlie Committee en New Kulcj. James 1. Carr, in Pittsburgh Pest. We propeso te briefly note some of the changes we have heard discussed in our methods of political work, in the line of greater efficiency, iu order te stimulate discussion of the subject, se that when the state convention meets at Williamsport next month the delegates may be prepared te act mere intelligently en any plan sub mitted by the state committee. The State Convention. As new censti tuted, it is equal in numbers te both branches of the Legislature that is 251 members, aud is based net en the Demo cratic vote, but en an iniquitous Re publican apportionment, designed te give Republican counties unfair advan tages. Thus, Berks with 17,000 Demo cratic votes and 7,700 majority, has only seven delegates in our state convention, while Lancaster, with 10,710 Democratic votes aud 8,700 Republican majority, has eight delegates. Such comparisons might be extended, but this indicates the line of argument of theso who claim the state convention, as in Ohie, Indiana aud Illi nois, and in most of the states, should be based en the Democratic vote, ene delegate being allowed say for every 500 votes. This would largely increase the membership, but with no inconvenience, for the vote of the convention en candidates or ether questions would be taken by counties, and net by a call of the loll aud an aye and nay vote. Iu Ohie conventions wc have attended with 700 delegates, repre scntiug eighty-eight counties, the sense of the convention was taken en a giveu ques tien, by a call of ceuutics in less than one third the time it takes in our State Con ventions te call the roll of 251 delegates. Each county delegation elects a chairman, who announces its vote as in the national conventions the chairman of the delega tion gives the vote of his state. It net euly saves time, hut is a mere orderly and sat isfactory method. Theio is no use in the ayes and nays in our conventions ; they are net wanted as a permanent record, hue it is the only way, as the conventions are constituted, an exact vote can be reached. But if this is tee sweeping a change, it is suggested senatorial delegates be dropped, and representation confined te representative delegates. As ue county in the state is divided in electing representa tives, if this is done the convention could readily reach a vote ou any question by a call of counties. The senatorial delegates are a surplusage. They merely represent Republican ingenuity iu a cheating appor tionment. Fer instance, Delaware aud Lebanon, with 7,000 Democratic votes have two senatorial delegates, while Yerk with 11,000 Demecratic votes has only one. If the senatorial delegates are dropped committees would naturally be constituted of ene from each congres sional district aud thus reduced from the unwieldy number of fifty te twenty sevfin. Te avoid tiie weary and profitless con test ever a temporary chairman for it really decides nothing that officer should be selected by the state committce from the list of uncontested delegates. Thus the convention would at ouce be equipped for its preliminary work, when called te order. The congressional district dele gates having previously met and elected their committeemen, they would be an nounced, and the convention brought face te face with its important duties without a weary wrangle ever unimportant matters, that often provoke scenes of turbulence and bad feeling. Hie fewer peiuts of col lision the better. The State Committee, It is here rather than in the state convention that greater efficiency is requisite. Briefly we think it should be changed iu this direction : 1. Constituted of one member from each con gressional district ; 2. Te elect its ewu chairman, with an executive committee of five with a chairman (net necessarily the chairman of the state committee) and treasurer, which cemmittee shall be charg ed with the conduct of the campaign ; 3. The executive committee te appoint a per manent secretary (at a moderate salary) and establish permanent quarters at the state capital, where the records of the committees, its list of names, etc., shall be preserved and transferred as the prop erty of the committee and net carted elf as the property of individuals; 4. The full state committee te fix the time aud place for holding state conventions and te meet the day before the state convention aud select its temporary chairman and secre taries, and also issue tickets te delegates who have the prima facie right te a seat, what constitutes a prima facie right and what a bogus contest (new quite the fashion) te be laid down in the rules. THE PRESIDENT. His Condition Last Night. The dispatch from the White Heuse last night at 11 p. m. said : Te day has been much mere favorable than yesterday and a general feeling of reassurance has been gradually growing. The interest of the day centered upon the condition of the president's stomach and great encourage has been derived from the fact that the nourishment taken naturally has been re tained. When it was decided te give him cooled infusion of beef Dr. Bliss informal him of the purpose and he seemed perfectly willing te take it. After the first quantity was taken the president showed signs of improvement, and his pulse became 'mere- firm and regular while it was considerably less frequent, being as low . as 116 at one time. This improvement continued from 12:40, when the first teaspoonful was taken, until 1:45 p. m.. wh?n the second teaspoonful was .taken. After taking nourishment the patient slept calmly en both occasions. He awoke after the first nap without expression any annoyance from irritability of the stomach, but when he awoke the second time he re marked te the surgeons that he tasted the liquid, aud at this time barely escaped being nauseated. The symp toms showed that the stomach would net bear any further nourishment te-day. One of the nurses explained the situation by saying: "I sponged the president quietly, and told him net te think of his stomach and he would be all right." This suggestion, it appears, was complied with and the disturbance passed away and no vomiting occurred. Dr. Bliss says it was then determined that it would he best net te attempt the admin istering of any further nourishment, ex cept by means of cnemata for the pres ent. The hope of the' night is founded upon the action of the pa tient's stomach, and as it gains strength the confidence of his recovery increases, and vice versa. Marshall Jewell called at the mansion lastttvcning aud requested te see Mrs. Garfield, and the request was granted. Afterward he said that he had informed that lady of his intention of leaving and before starting felt as if he would like te hear some encouraging news as the condition of the patient. Mrs. Gar field, in response te the question if she thought he was better said: "Indeed I de : I knew it." This reply, the general says, was emphasized aud carried reassur ance with it The Queen Inquires about the President' Condition. The following were exchanged yesterday. Osberne, August 17. Mrs. Qarfield, Washington : I am most anxious te knew hew the president is te day and te express my deep sympathy with you both. Signed The Queen. The Answer. Her Majesty the Queen, Osberne : Your majesty's kind inquiry finds the president's condition changed for the better. In the judgment of medical advisers there is strong hope of recovery. His mind is en -tircly clear aud your majesty's kind ex pressions of sympathy are most eratef ul as they are gratefully acknowledged. Signed Lucretia R. Garfield. Br. Itliss and the Newspaper Correspon dents. The Ecening Journal prints the follow ing extract lrem a letter writteu te a friend in Chicago by Dr. D. W. Bliss, of Washington : " Don't believe any of the pretended interviews with me that arc sent out by newspaper correspondents here. I held no interviews with news paper correspondents, but they insist upon inventing false and foolish conver sations with me. I can't help this. Ag new and the ether surgeons have the same trouble. Don't think that the pres ident's surgeons and physicians are shal low feels because the 'press gang' here try te make them out such. " NEWS SENSATIONS. Cuiiesities of Criuie and Calamity. In a dispute at cards in St. Leuis ene negre, Henry Wise, plunged a knife into the abdomen of another, J. S. Clark, aud cut him te death. Mrs. Liberty Ratcliif, living three miles south of Great Bend, Kan., committed suicide with strychnine, because though 20 years old and married she could net complete a novel which she had been writing for eight years, and the manuscript of which, in disgust, her husband poked into the fire. Mamie Harris, a white girl, en trial for murder in cutting the threat of Ruth Gwiu, a negre woman at Dry Bridge, near Danville, Ky., has been cleared. Dr. E. L. Pattin- gill, a prominent physiciau at Hancock, ' N. Y., committed suicide by ruuning a stiletto through his threat, though he was only 28 and had a geed practice. Catha rinc Lynch, the-jnether of three children, the eldest only eight years et age, having been dispossessed is sleeping en the streets with ail of her family Mrs. Jane Picrsen, divorced wife of Dr. Wm. Pierson, of Geshen, N. Y., worth $10,000, pniseued herself with strychnine, out of fear of impoverishment. Jeseph Kelm, of Memphis, get beyond his depth while bathing, and when his father's part ner, Merris Feiburg, tried te save him, both were drewued. Charles Wesley Ayers, of New Yerk, whose wife left him mysteriously in their late honeymoon, has died at Fire Island. The young widow heard it without tears. Seven members of a murder jury in New Yerk state, ou Tuesday evening, at tended the Baptist church in Pulaski, and listened te a scrmenin which the preacher discussed the murder freely and used it te point a moral. Edward B. Gridley, who was married en Tuesday in Baltimore te Miss Ora Wal ten, has been sued for breach of premise of marriage by Miss Vina Far ley, daughter of a retired physician. Grid ley is a son of the late Geu. Gridley, who was well known in New Yerk aud the East Miss Farley wears a delicate plain geld bracelet, permanently secured by a diminutive padlock, and claims that Grid ley turned the key with the remark that it should net he uulecked until their wed ding. Auether girl wears a similar brace let, and still another threatens suit for breach of premise. Revising Their Opinions, A Northern clergyman, stationed at Raleigh, North Carolina, and engaged earnestly in the movement for prohibition in that state, predicted its deteat before tlie event, in a letter te the Bjsten Adver tiser, a leading Republican paper. Upen this letter the journal comments as fel lows : 9 The writer echoes the charge of Southern Democrats, that the representatives of the government in the Seuth are morally bad. He asserts, what we have otherwise learned from perfectly trustworthy au thority from the same state of North Caro lina, that the colored people are intemper ate and becoming mere se. The emphatic declaration of the geed intentions of the white people of the state, of their acceptance of the results of the war, and of their hearty co-operation in measures for the rescue of the colored race from the evil habit of drunkenness, is the mere remarkable when the authorship of it is considered. The author is no weak Northern "doughface" wheedled by un expected hostility,but a Northern Republi can Methodist preacher, who went Seuth expecting te contend against "rebel" op ponents, and who is surprised te find he is supported by his presumed fees, and op posed by these in whom he hoped te fiud active and energetic friends. Such testi mony as this is valuable, and it suggests the propriety of a fresh consideration of the question if the Itspublicau party has yet found its proper allies in the Seuth. STATS ITEMS. The family of Geerge Wall, of Philadel phia, whose dead body wasl found in a small tributary of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal, are firm iu the belief that the deceased was the victim of foul play. By a stray shot which may preve fatal Emma Mingcr, was shot in the breast while among the exenrsionistsef the Lei derkranz society last Sunday en the steamer Edwin Ferrest, down the Dela ware. Luzerne county has elected a delegation te the Republican state convention favor able te the nomination of Senater Uavies, of Bradford, for state senator. Anions the delegates is Allan II. Dicksen, Governer Heyt's law partner. It is thought that Attorney General Palmer will be elected senatorial delegate. The lands of the Alliance coal company Tamaqua, Schuylkill ccunty. belonging te Cooper. Hewitt fc Ce., have been sold te New Yerk capitalists for $1", 100,000. The original cost was $300,000. A new company has been formed, with a capital of $2,000,000. The lands will be devel oped at once, and the coal will be carried upon the New Jersey Central read. Union county is a notch ahead in the matter of insurance companies, having in addition te its life insurance and mar riaeo insurance organization, just started a "Mutual Assessment Birth Association," located at Laurelton. It provides, that legitimately married members, who have been connected with the company ene year, can have their infants (born after ene year's marriage) insured. That is, they can secure from $1,000 te $3,000 when their infaut is born, after one year of married life. A policy of $500 costs $4.50, and for $3,000, $24. AH members are taxed $4 per annum payable semi annually. Eccentric suicide. Down in Shelby. N. C, William Droehes attempted te sheet his wife, with whom he had quarrelled, saying, " I am deemed for eternity, but you shall go there first." The pistol failed te go off. He then told his family that when they heard a gun fire at 12 e clock it would be a sign that he was about te hang himself, no borrowed a gnu and started from home with a well rope. Promptly at 12 o'clock the report of a gun was heard. Seme neighbors at once ran te the spot, hoping te frustrate the suicidal design. He waj perched in the top of a tall oak tree, and as they get in sight he sprang down. The rope was round his neck, and the fall breke his neck. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. NEIUHBOKUOOU NEWS Near and Acress the County Line. The Chester county corn leeks very un promising, aud the failure is se general that net mero than half a crop is expected. An incendiary attempt was made te fire the new stables of the United States hotel at Myerstown, a few nights age. It is but a few years age that a barn was burned down en -the same sight. Rev. Dr. M. Meigs, of Pottstown, and his two sons, Mr. William G. Meigs, resi dent engineer of the Lebanon Valley rail road, and Rev. Geerge D. Meigs, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mansfield, Tiega county, Pa., are about te make a trip te Europe. The large tobacco shed of Jesiah Heffcr, en his farm about half a mile west of Highsphe, was discovered te be en fire, and before proper means or men could be taken and had te suppress the flames, the structure, with its contents of straw, was entirely destroyed. A tramp named Julius Ulwig is under arrest en suspicion. Geerge Yocem, an aged and woll-knewu citizen of Sinking Spring, died yesterday morning after an illness of ten days. He was engaged in farming for a number of years, but he retired, and his farm was occupied by his son Ames. He was about 70 years of age, and leaves eight children, all grown up. In a little ever one year nearly the en tire family of William W. Balthascr, esq , of Upper Bern township, Berks county, have died. On the 27th of May, 1880, one child died ; iu September, 1880, an other child died; en the 18th of April, 18dl, Mr. Balthaser died ; en the 15th ei July another child died, and en the 10th of July Mrs. Balthascr and another child died, in all six persons. There is but ene member of the family left, a little girl six years of age. The Reading school beard, notorious ever the whole country for its turmeils, is ia boiling het water because it supplanted the old and favorite high school principal, Prof. Jehn A. Stewart. There is talk of an indignation mass meeting against the " ring." " who legislate simply and solely in the interests of the favorites," and who arc " paneplied with that peculiar kind of power which in some eyes attaches te bodies clothed in ermine, pockets filled with filthy lucre, fingers ablaze with dia monds, and bands gloved with the skin of t!i kid." Charles E. Begle, of Milten, after a fish ing trip, en which he caught mere than twenty pounds of bass, besides a great number of ether fish, made examination in the presence of quite a number of wit nesses, and found that all the bass he caught were alive with worms. In size they are as large as a grain of wheat and in shape like a fish bladder. They are plainly te be seen by the naked eye im bedded in all the fleshy parts of the fish, but by. the aid of a glass, such as the ex amination was made with, they are a dis gusting thing te leek at. In Yerk Mrs. Jehn L. Henry has lived unhappily with her husband for some time. It is stated there is another woman in the case, which has excited the jealousy of Mrs. Henry. They have long indulged iu family fights, and the neighbors have fre quently been dis turbed by their actions and loud talk. Tuesday night the fight grew worse and Henry was obliged te quit the house. He returned yesterday after noon and his wife procured cayenne pep per and threw it into his face before he was aware of her intentions, blinding him. He is suffering intensely. The woman will be arrested. West Mission Festival. A fair and festival under the auspices of the West Mission of the M. E. church, and for the purpose of paying off the debt of that worthy institution, is elsewhere advertised te be held at Fulton hall in September, te continue for one week. The following list of valuable articles will be disposed of by vote, and the attention of persons intending te compete for them is invited te the call for a meeting te be held at the mission, corner of Lemen and Charlette streets, en Wednesday even ing next at 8 o'clock. The list includes an organ, ene geld watch, two silver watches, reclining chair, sewing machine, breech-leading gun.gKnights of Pythias badge, Knights of Pythias uni form, cook stove, scroll saw. wax dell, student's lamp, velocipede, cigar marker's tools. The Lucky Finder of the Wanainaker Balloon. Yesterday the euterprising Philadelphia clothing firm, Wanamakcr & Brown, sent up another balloon from the reef of the Keystone house, Reading. The air ship. Ne. 13, contained the usual order for a $10 suit of clothing- Richard Hamel and Rebert Walsh, of Philadelphia, had charge of the arrangements. Elara Fahnestock found the balloon in a corn field about one mile north of Ephrata, near the Readine & Columbia railroad, in a comparatively geed condition. THE ACGDST COURT. Wednesday Afternoon. The case of commonwealth vs. Michael Mack, Michael Fitzpatriek, Geerge W. Grawley, William Mewcry and Isaiah Shinten, charged with disturbiug a performance at- the opera heuse in Columbia, was resumed. A num ber of witnesses were called by the defense ; they stated tbat they did net see Fitzpat riek or Mack de anything before they wcre arrested and taken out by Constables Fisher and Lyle, They had done nothing te dis turb the play. As far as the ether defend ants were concerned, they had only at tempted te go out of the opera house, when they were met by a let of " special " officers, who attacked them, beating them severely. A number of witnesses testified te the geed character of the defendants, for peace and geed behavior previous te this charge. Jehn Myers plead guilty te the charges of stealing a set of harness from D. S. Detwiler, and a bridle from Geerge A. Rebman. He was sentenced te six months and three weeks imprisonment. Cem'th vs. Wm. Walker, larceny, aud carrying concealed weapons. One night in February last the store of J. S. Snyder. in Columbia, was entered and a let of shoes were stolen. The defendant with another man was seen uear the store be fore it was "cracked." Shortly after ward Private Watchman Rodenheusersaw defendant near the store ; he started te run and and dropped a let of shoes which were afterwards identified by Mr. Smith. A revolver and a razor were also found ou him. Corsen Devan, a colerod man, tes tified that defendant told him upon this night that he was going te break into the store. He was arrested some time after ward. The defense was that Walker did net commit the offense, and was net in Colum bia en this night ; Rodenheusor was mis taken in the man. Dependent carried the razor te protect himself as another man had threatened te kill him, and the razor was used for shaving purposes. Witnesses were called en both sides te show that Carsen Devan is crazy and sane. Charles Wolf plead guilty te the charges of larceny and carrying concealed weapons, he being the man who en last Sunday night stele a let of clothing from an em ployee of Lawrcnce Knapp, aud after wards attempted te cut Chief of Pelice Deichler with a knife. He was sentenced te undergo an imprisonment of eight months. Frank Gray, a sailor from Neva Scotia, plead guilty te the larceny of ene dozen of stockings, the property of Henry Bech told, of thi3 city. He was sentenced te two months and fifteen days imprison ment. The prisoner stated that he stele the goods in order te get te prison, as he was sick and needed proper medical atten tion. In the case of Cornelius Lanaghan, charged with assault and battery, en com plaint of Anna Green, a verdict of net guilty was taken for want of the prose cutrix who had failed te appear, although notified several times. The court told the jury that they could put the costs en the presecutrix or the county. They put them en Anna. The grand jury returned the following bills : True Bills : Jehn Myers, larceny ; Sam uel E. Myers, Frederick Kecb, Jeseph Greff, Israel Shrcncker and Jehn W. Keis, . neglect of duty ; Frederick Struck, forci ble entry ; James Curran, jr., and James Curran, sr., false pretense ; Lydia J. nerr malicious mischief. Ignored : M. L. Hammend, carrying concealed weapons, with Peter Martin for costs ; Herman Ehrhart, larceny as bailee; Martin Derr, false pretense, with Abrara Wenger for costs. Henry Hart plead guilty te fornication and bastardy, and received the usual sen sen sen touce. Thursday Morning. In the case of Com monwealth vs. Isaiah Shinten, Geerge W. Grawley, Michael Fitzpatriek, Michael Mack and William Mowery, charged with making a neise in the Colum bia opera house, the jury rendered a verdict of net guilty, with county for costs. In the case of commonwealth v. Wm. Walker, the jury found him guilty of lar ceny, and net guilty of carrying concealed weapons, but te pay the costs. Iu the case of Henry Rogers, charged with keeping a bawdy house, a verdict of net guilty was taken for want of evidence. Rogers was indicted with Elizabeth Don Den nelly, better known as " Mammy," who, since the suit was brought, has died. Wm. Jeffersen, a colored man who re sides in Columbia, was charged with hav ing committed a rape. The female was Eva Baker, a colored girl, aged 11 years, who resides iu the same town. She testi fied that the defendant called her into his barber shop aud there committed the of fense. The girl admitted that she did net tell any ene of the affair until eight days afterward. Dr. Tayler testified that he examined the girl, but found no evidences of a rape having committed. The com monwealth abandoned the case and a ver. diet of net guilty was rendered. Verdicts of net guilty were renderedjn the following old cases of ex-District At torney Brubakcr, the defendants having never beeu arrested ; Jacob G. Hacker, David S. Martin. Abraham Myers and Jacob Stermfcltz, fornication and bastardy, Geerge H. Welsh and Theodere Hansen, false pretense Cem'th vs. Elmer Ilulsinger, robbery. The evidence for the commonwealth showed that en the night of June 25, Ann Richardson was en Middle street, when she was met by the defendant, who en deavored te take her handkerchief from her which contained $1.50. Iu order te save the money the woman threw it te Ellen Stewart, from whom defendant took it and then ran away escaping from the po lice officers who were looking for him The defense was that Aun had been drinking en this night and Elmer only took the money from her in order te pre vent her from obtaining mere liquor ; he took the money in the presence of wit nesses. Several persons testified te the defendant's geed character. The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty. Cem'th. vs. Frank PJits, malicious mis chief. The prosecutor was Peter B. Ford Ferd ney, who testified that the defendant tore dewfl a chicken coop and took away the beards of a stable fleer ou a property which he had bought from Isaac Ryan in July, 1880, but did net get possession of until April 1st, 1831. The alleged mal icious mischief was committcien March 15th. The court said that there could be no conviction because the prosecutor did net have possession at the time of the commission of the offence. The jury was was sent out te make disposition of the costs. The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty with county for costs. A verdict of net guilty was taken in the case of cem'th vs. Lydia Jane Harris, charged with malicious mischief. The presecutrix was the girl's mother, who desired that this disposition be made of the case in order te send her te some rela tives in Maryland. Charles Raceugle plead guilty te forni cation and bastardy with Louisa Lewery and received the usual sentence. Divorced. Geerge Adams, et Akren, was divorced from his wife Elizabeth Adams, en the grounds of adultery. Flushing Gutters aad sewer. Superintendent Kitch has force of men at work te-day opening the plugs and flushing the gutters and sewers in various parts of the city, te clean them of accumu lated filth. The superintendent says he lias plenty of water in the reservoirs, the pumps are working admirably, and it is his intention te open the plugs from the eeunty prison te the watch factory.
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