iSBaSeSSSgydkS sJ ,?- r- at '-c -13- Kfl3SS53as ST tr, v " a." ' - t '- 5,, & 9tA r V-ji &" ' z. lUfVi E;,3- LANCASTER PAn.lINTfiLUGENCEft. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 1881. T K & Kr - . ft' Hanrastcc JtUelUfiencer. WEDNESDAY EVKMIMO, AUG. 24, 181. Mialag Iareslraeats. Seme authority we believe the New Yerk Times has ventured the assertion that net one in a thousand of the silver or geld mines of the WeBt has been profitable. It is a rough guess, necessa rily, because no one knows hew many minea there are. If the assertion is made of developed mines it hardly does them justice ; for. without knowing anything about it, we would be inclined te be stoutly of opinion that men were net se hopefully silly as te continue te put their . money into the earth te get silver and geld out of it if their chance was only one in a thousand te be repaid. But comparatively few of the se-called mines reach the stage of development which calls for capital from these who would search for the precious metals for the profit of swelling them. The mines have names, and little beside ; there is a pros pect hole, it is true, and enough work done te secure the claim. Then the pro perty gets its value from the great ex pectations the owner may have, and he seeks his profit in exchang ing with some still mere hopeful person his expectations for mere or less ready coined specie. Paper mines are very abundant, and it is safe enough te say, if they are called mines, that net one in a thousand perhaps net one in a geed many thousands turns out very productive and valuable. It is" very seductive te listen te the conversation of these who have tarried in Colerado and thereabouts, and te read the glowing ac counts of the fabulous wealth or new and old Mexico, where Bess Shepherd has gene for a brief season, te return with thousands of millions, and whither Grant leeks, and Gould and ether like great bugs, and all singing in the chorus of the honey in the honey comb. But there is mere here than there, and the pirates are after what is here, which they would have put there that they may cenveni ently lay their hands en it. Be wise and don't apply for any of the prizes in the lottery. When your friends who have been out te see the elephant come back and speak te you rapturously of the inter ests they have secured for a trifle that are new worth millions, don't envy them their geed fortune, nor burn te deprive them of any part of it, as in their seem ing goodness they may offer te let you de. Don't begrudge them their luck, but rejoice with them and keep your cash. Itemeuiber that mining is very expen sive and very uncertain. Even the fam eus Comstock mines, that euce produced se largely, are new but a source of ex pense. The Yellow Jacket ten years age had paid ever two million dollars in dividends ; since then it has expended nearly that much in vainly driving its way three thousand feet deep into the earth. The money spent in its develop ment is mere than twice as much as ever came out of it ; and yet it is one of the richest mines the world has known. A silver mine is very like the Irishman's Ilea, even when you strike the paying rock ; and when you don't, it is a con suming elephant. Tied. We are very sorry te find that our friend, Colonel Duffy, is obliged te con fine himself se closely te his home. The river atmosphere is net very wholesome at.this season, and prudent people would abandon it for the seashore or the moun tains. Te be sure there is great delight te the colonel in looking ever his waving fields of bread-leaved tobacco, which new are getting ready for the reaper and thirty, ten and five per pound. But still the seductive tobacco should net keep the colonel at home, if he is the Lancas ter county king of the growers. Fer the colonel has duties. Te say nothing of these he ewes te himself, his family and his health, he must remember that he is an officer of the state. He is Fish Com missioner ; and the fish-basket criminals are about. That was the way we found out the colonel wasn't. We passed down the river en the railroad the ether day and from the car windows gazed upon many fish baskets seductively fixed for the fish and put right under the honor able nose of the Ilonerabb Fish Commis siener, if he should stir abroad for a rail read ride along his preserve en his free pass. The fishermen knew he was tied at home, of course, or they would net have ventured. What ties him we don't knew, if it isn't the tobacco. We hope it is net the gout But he is tied very fast, anyway. He must be. Just think of his anger when he reads what we new tell him of these rascally fishermen. We hope his family will take care that he does net get the news tee suddenly. Break it te him gently ,and meanwhile the fishermen had belter hurry out these baskets ; for the Honorable Fish Commissioner will surely be after them before another sun sets. Notwithstanding all the talk about the wrongs of Ireland and the distress of her people, they de net seem te be as badly off as the Germans, of whose hard ships we seldom hear, but whom we sec pouring into our country, without well understanding why they leave the happy and prosperous land we suppose they leave behind them. Te avoid the con. scriptien is supposed te be one great cause of German emigration, but it won't explain the coming of whole families, nor does it show why the French, who are equally liable te military service, de netequaily flee their country te avoid it. The statistics printed elsewhere tell of a great German outflow and its causes. Over two hundred thousand Ger mans came te these shores, within the last year, and but seventy-two thousand Irish. The French immigration was in considerable. The Germans came te better their condition. Laber is cheap, work is scarce and profits are small. Capital arns a small recompense, and therefore, can pay but low wages. Busi ness is lacking, money and workmen are abundant, and these two things, which we are accustomed here te think are the only essentials needed te establish pros perous business,de net effect it. Why, we de net understand ; but evidently Ger many needs mere enlightened govern ment than it has. There is failuresermv where when the people are driven away from its soil because it. affords them no means of comfortable' livelihood. The Examiner continues te applaud the late 3Iajer It. W. Shenk's official conduct, in the matter of the Belgian block pavements, for having " applied te the city just a little ' heroic treat ment' ';" and in the same article it calls en the city authorities te take cognizance of " the criminal carelessness of Con tractor Schwebel in building a sewer en Water street." The fact remains that months before Majer Shenkwas in coun cils the mayor set forth, in a message te councils, the advantages, practicability and estimated cost of Belgian block pavements for the streets. Majer Shenk was doubtless energetic in aiding the movement, but it is in bad taste for a newspaper te applaud that sort of " he roic treatment" of a matter by a public official which consists of an utter disregard of the law and ordinances, that could only be checked by an appeal te the courts, where the chairman of the street committee of that day never dared te test the legality of that treatment. The law which is invoked te punish and prevent criminal carelessness by con tractors should be respected by council men as well, and the Examiner is incon sistent in applauding" heroic treatment ' in one case and condemning it in the ether, when in both it means a disregard and defiance of the law. MINOR TOPICS. The accounts of some palatial Ameri can homes, published en our first page, will teach foreign monarchs hew the Amer ican citizen lives, summer and winter, by the sea and in the city. Messages of 20 words, exclusive of ad dress, can be sent from any one part of England te another for 23 cents. If the telegraph companies in this country would reduce their rates one-half they would double their profits. Ouit sprightly contemporary, the Potts Petts Petts ville Chronicle, proves by donning a new dress, enlarging, and ether visible signs of iuwaid grace, that it receives the patronage te which its enterprise and merits eutitlc it. Tin: Pepe and Mr. Blaine have exchanged friendly and sympathetic messages about the president's critical condition. This seems te open the way for a renewal by the Red-mouths of tbe story that Blaine wears a Catholic chain left by his dead mother. Elegant fans are made of white and tinted ostrich feathers, powdered with geld aud mounted with pearl, amber, tor toise shell or geld. The Cincinnati En quirer saw, from afar, a fan of that sort which cost, with diamonds and bettings, ever $1,000. The mayor of New Yerk yesterday re moved from office Police Commissioners French, Masen and Nichols, for failure te keep the streets of that city clean. The removals are subject te the governor's ap proval. The New Yerk heard of alder men met yesterday, but, without confirm ing any of the mayor's nominations, ad journed for two weeks. The legislative salary committee, in cluding Wolfe aud Ruddiman, have de cided te instruct counsel te proceed with as much diligence as possible in the appeal of the salary case te the supreme court se that the case may be argued before the supreme court in Pittsburgh in October. The sooner they get their corpse buried the better. The administration organ in Cincinnati has awakened te the propriety of the country having a president. There is nothing inconsistent in its suggestion that Arthur should be acting president during Garfield's disability. That is just what the constitution provides. Indeed there is a growing doubt whether the vice presi dent, even in the event of his chief's death, ever can become mere than " act ing" president, though the qualifying term is a distinction rather than " differ ence." TnE rumor that Wm. II. Yanderbilthad quietly purchased the franchise of the New Yerk underground railroad, te push the work vigorously te completion, when trains will be run from the Battery te Forty second street, at fares one or two cents below these of the air line overhead, iu duced Cyrus W. Field te order his brokers te sell out a large block of the New Yerk Elevated stock for his account, which car ried the price down from 105 te 99J. The break at the time was a puzzle te the street but it is probably intelligible enough new. Senater Beck is reported te have said with refcrence te the course that Demo crats should take in case of the death of President Garfield, "It would be a time when love of country should rise above all party questions. As te my own course, I would be in favor of some conservative Republican, say Henry B. Antheny, of Rhede Island, for the position of president pre tern, of the Senate, and thus avoid any inducement for any insane person or polit ical fanatic te desire the death of Mr. Arthur. In such a contingency, this would be a graceful recognition of the fact that, under the great calamity which has befal len the nation, the intensity of party spirit and the eagerness for spoils were for the time forgotten." A Coel Suicide. " Geed-bye, dear ; if I should die sud denly, de net take it hard. " With this strange speech William Otte, a highly re spectable farmer of Jacksen township, Northumberland county, left his wife after dinner, went out te one of the fields where his boys were working and told them te stick te it and work hard, that he was going ever te his father-in law te get some seed wheat, and started in that direction. When he get te a large, shady cherry tree, between his farm and Geerge Snyder's, lie stepped, drew a seven-shooter from his pocket and placing it te his right ear he pulled the trigger and sent the leaden messenger of death through his brain. i The railroad between Canen City .and Silver City, Colerado, was totally destroyed by Saturday's water spout. It. will prob ably net be again in running order for sev eral weeks. Meantime, traffic between the two places is maintained by stages. In New Mexico the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad is badly broken south of Las Yegas. PZHbONAl. ' Theephilus Fenn, jr., has been mar ried in Philadelphia, te "Miss Susie K. Burr. It is said that Judge Hilten is going te erect a "baronial castle" at Woodlawn, Saratoga. Ex-Senater Cexkling, it is reported, has purchased Robinson's island, in the St. Lawrence, just below Thousand Islands park- The Seranteni?pu&hc( puts afloat the story that Judge Black once asked Buch anan if he ought te accept a duel challenge from Rebert J. Walker, provoked by Black calling Walker a " feel." In Leng Branch, yesterday, the wife of the Hen. R. C. Griggs, president of the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad, died from bleed-poisoning. Sirs. Griggs was very handseme and corpulent, and had in the last year taken eighteen bottles of anti-fat te reduce her weight. A Western paper has "exclusive" in formation that a movement is progressing in official circles te have Vesner, of Canada, te supersede General Hazen as chief of the signal service. Prominent military men and scientists are stated te be interested. Colonel J. G. Benten, of the ordnance department, commanding at the Spring field, Massachusetts, armory, died yester day morning of heart disease. lie was a native of New Hampshire, and about GO years of age. In 18C0 he published a work en erdnance aud gunnery, which is used as a text-book at West Point. Dr. Agnew docs net agree with Dr. Atlce about malaria at the White Heuso. He says : " Thcre arc no traces of malaria at the White Heuse, nor could I find that anyone who had ever lived near the Execu tive Mansion had been affected with it in the past. The sick-room is perfectly com fortable and healthy." A further cliarge of embezzling 850,000, iu addition te the amount previously stilted, was preferred against Captain Howgate, in Washingten,yestcrday morn ing. It is believed further investigation will reveal mere theft. Howgate was dis bursing officer of the signal bureau for six years, and kept several establishments besides the one in which his wife was mis tress. Rev. William Faulkner Browne, chaplain of St. Jeseph's hospital at Pater Pater seu, New Jersey, who has died of tpheid fever, aged 48 years, was a surgeon in the United States army and acted as surgeon in Hampton Reads during the Monitor and Merrimac engagement. Later he was examining su-gcen at the Park barracks in New Yerk. Leaving the army he went te Reme as correspondent for several newspapers. Jehn Pomeket, one of the eldest and best known of the lake captains who took laudanum in Chicago en Sunday night with suicidal intent, was one of the first te demonstrate the feasibility of direct ship ments from Chicago te Liverpool, having taken the Geldhuutcr through iu 1858. When the lakes were closed in winter he worked as a type setter en the Chicago duly papers, and paralysis and poverty drove him te suicide. ORGANIZE THE 1'AKTY. A I.eiit;-Wcei!cil Murcmrut. Doylestown J)euecrat. The most timely suggestion made at the late meeting of the state committee was that by Mr. Hcnsel, of the Lancaster In telligencer, that the party should be properly organized without delay. The Democrat says organize, aud begin the geed work at once. Ihera should be no delay. Organization and discipline are just as necessary te a great political party as an array. Without it neither can achieve success. Without it, au army of the best and bravest men becomes a mob iu a short time ; with it, inferior men often win great vic tories. There should net only be a state organization, but county organizations, subordinate thereto. The chairman of the state committee, as well as a secretary or two, should be salaried officers, whose time should be devoted te the service of the party. raid service is always the best. The records of the state organization should be carefully kept, and handed down from cemmittee te committee, which would enable the leaders te knew, at all times, the condition of the party, as the comman der knows the condition of his army. Let us organize ! A l'erimtueut Cemmittee. Erie Herald. Let the party have a permanent central state committee of loyal working Demo crats. The Republican party has a com cem cem mitteo of one, or two, a dozen, as the case may be, in nearly all the public offices of the commonwealth and Union, and as a result that party is always perfectly or ganized. We agiee with the Harrisburg Patriot that the objection that the maintenance) of a permanent state com mittee would cost tee much is net well founded. "The money misspent in the ordinary Chinese gong campaigns," says the Patriot, "will suffice te carry en all practical and sensible opcratiensof a state organization in permanent activity." Se we believe, and we would commend te the gentlemen selected by Mr. Dill te prepare a scries of rules, the advisability of a per fect and thorough permauent organization of the party. The sinews of war will be forthcoming. We are Mark Taplejrs. Philadelphia Timed. The Democratic organs of Pennsylvania are wonderfully delighted with the notion of giving the party in this state a perma nent organization. It seems te be a nrettv geed idea from the party standpoint. Ordinarily the Pennsylvania Democrat stands around wondering what is going te be done next. A few weeks before the election the chairman of the state commit tee opens a headquarters and the voters of the party are led up te the polls and knocked down and dragged out. The Democratic party has then kept very quiet until it was time te walk up and get knocked down again. Perhaps a perma nent organization may somewhat alleviate the sufferings of the party in this respect. The Lancaster Intelligencer seems te entertain the notion that the Democratic state convention will be held at Williams Williams pert just the same as if Cameren had net concluded te make the state go Republi can this fall. The geed thing about the Democratic party is that it is nearly al ways in a cheerful frame of mind. The .Missing Link. Mr. Darwin will be interested in a wild man recently found in a forest near Tiflis, in Transcaucasia. That he was really hu man ahmits of no doubt ; but he spoke pe language ; his body limbs and face were entirely covered with hair, and an attempt te clothe him entirely failed ; he tore the garments from his body with savage en ergy. His nationality is unknown, and it is feared that all efforts te learn this will be unavailing, as he appeared entirely capable of eivinr utterance tn a ainie articulate sound. CRDMB JLND CALAMITY. HEEDS OJT VIOLENCE AND BLOOD. Accident and Incidents of Carreat Occur rence. Near Beaumont, Texas, the body of Jehn Maheney, found in the weeds, was se horribly mutilated by wild hogs as te be almost unrecognizable. James T. Reynolds, a candidate for treasurer of Lawrence county, was dragged en te the Erie & Pittsburgh track by a runaway horse and killed by a train. Rebert Andersen, a miner, of California Pa., was entangled in a mule's harness and dragged a mile. When found his brains were tramped out. Ferry and Alexander Masen, colored, accused of murder, were taken from the jail, at Menree, Louisiana, before day light and lynched by a mob. Mark Duerden, keeper of a newspaper stand in Cobees, New Yerk, was fatally shot en Monday night by Patrick Glynn, whose daughter he was accused of slander ing. A drunken blacksmith was dangerously if net fatally shot by a store keeper named Denncll, in Graham, Texas, ou Monday, Dennell claiming that he acted in self defence. William O. Day, and Lawrence Slattery, mill operatives at Berkley, Rhede Island, were killed yesterday, by a collision be tween two flat cars at the railway station in that place. L. Withara, a middle aged man, in Readsboro, Vermont, was fatally shot by au unknown person when about te retire en Monday night. The shot was fired through the window en the outside, and the crime is supposed te be that of a neighbor with whom Witham had quar reled and who had threatened the latter's life. A horse attached te a truck run away in in one of the streets of Jersey City, yes terday, throwing out the occupants, a man and a boy. The man, who was unhurt, caught the horse, and, jumping into the wagon, drove away, leaving the boy lying in the street. The boy, who is unknown, was taken te the hospital, where he died yesterday morning from a fracture of the skull. Martin McAndrews, a miner, at Packer colliery, was found dead in a crop-fall a short distance below Lest Creek. McAn drews had been missing since Sunday night. He had been en a spree for several days and his absence created no inquiry. The crop-fall was quite deep, and the body of the man was hidden by the sides of the of the hole. He was terribly cut and bruised. At Martin's Creek abeve Easten, owing te the dreuth, Jehn Drew was hauling water with a barrel en a wagon attached te two spirited animals and dreve iute the river te fill the barrel. The horses became frightened and ran away while in the water. Drew jumped from his seat into the river, was caught by the current and drowned. The horses plunged, reared and became tangled in the reins and were drowned also. In San Antonie, Texas, a one legged negre was arrested for committing an out rage en a young German girl while she was en her way home from mass, first knocking the girl down with his crutch and rendering her insensible The negre was arrested aud ledged in jail before the crime was generally known, olse it is thought he would have been summarily dealt with. The Philadelphiaii found with his threat cut en a marsh near Wilmington, has been recognized as William Call, a carpenter who left home en Wednesday, taking his dinner kettle as if te go te work, and had net been heard of since until found in the marsh. On the Monday afternoon pre vious he was seen in the company of a man who, as he told his brother six weeks age, had threatened te kill him. His brother doubts the story of-attempted sui cide, and expresses a determination te work the case up thoroughly. ROBBERY AT ATLANTIC CITY. Over a Hundred Watches and Sonie Valu able Dlameuds Mtolen. Residents and visitors te Atlantic City have notined a display of valuable watches, diamonds and jewelry in the store of H. Mulligan, 1012 Atlantie avenue, between Pennsylvania and Virginia avenues. In the large show-window attention has been attracted by a display of diamonds aud watches seldom witnessed there before. A jewel case studded with diamonds has borne a card stating that it was ence the property of Napeleon the Third, and a rich diamond bracelet there was claimed te have once belonged te Adelaide Neilson. Geld watches glittered around ether valu able articles, and the arrangement of the gems and jewelry iu their costly settings was such as te make the place familiar te all passers-by. A red flag hung at the deer signified that auctions would be held every night, the goods disposed of at private sale during the day, and also that liberal advances would be made upon con signments. Without being exactly a pawn broker's establishment it carried en a busi ness similar te that conducted in such in stitutions. Yesterday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, Mr. Mulligan, the proprietor of the establishment, went te his dinner at the Virginia house, taking his young clerk with him. He had net been geno but ten or fifteen minutes when, 'en his return, he found his place had been robbed. Over a hundred geld watches, Mr. Mulligan says, were taken, all the diamonds and valuable goods in the show cases iu the window and the stock in the show cases en the counter turned upside down and the silk-lined cases which con tained the watches and ether valuables scattered around in wild profusion. The thief or thieves had effected an entrance through a back window. A slat had been cut away from the blind and the window forced. The news of the robbery created great excitement and a crowd gathered quickly around the deer. The pelice au thorities were promptly notified and ether means taken te prevent the robbers escap ing from the city. Mr. Mulligan estimates his less at about $10,000. en s A Western View or Arthur's Duty, The Cincinnati Gazette, the leading Re publican journal of Ohie, says: "The proper way wenld be for the cabinet te notify the vice president that the presi dent is unable te discharge the powers and duties of the office. And the proper way for Mr. Arthur would he te separate himself from all the disaffected crew ; from all who have declared war en the president ; from all Republican 'cranks,' and te go te the executive office and dis charge its powers and duties as the presi dent's assistant and substitute, carrying forward his intentions as well as he knows Then the perfect constitution would have its perfeet working, and it would ,be seen that it has made wise prevision for this emergency. Discussion of this question cannot ignore the notorious fact that Mr. Arthur has put himself into a very embar rassing position in respect te acting as president by his conspicuous adhesion te a politician who set out te make a scene and a sensation by a declaration of war en .the president. He has given the country reason te leek upon him as ready te as sumo the executive office in a spirit of hos tility te the president and his friends. He cannot complain that the people think this and therefore distrust him. The position is partly his misfortune, and partly his fault, and it is his duty te divest himself, of it by cutting loose from these who de sire his assumption of the office as an act of hostility, and by making friendly ad- vanefs te the administration, and defining uifinw. j.m is uus vj jiuuiie epin ion.'; U TQE GERMAN EMIGRATION, ' HepeleMueaa or better Times at Heme. Philadelphia Recerd. During the twelve months ending June 30, 1881, the number of immigrants arriv ing in this country was 060,239, and of this total 209,500, or nearly one-third, came from Germany. Daring the same period the emigration from Ireland was 72,330. Many people who are unfamiliar with the real condition of things in the two countries will be surprised te note that about three times as many Germans as Irish seek asylum in America ; for "Ire land's wrongs " was written and talked about continually, and very little is said of unpleasantness iu Germany beyond the burden which the military sys tem or the country imposes upon its inhabitants. The New Yerk Timet in treating of this subject presents the case in a clear and forcible way and shows con clusively that the Germans groan under a burden even mere oucreus than the mili tary system. The Times says that at the recent fair trade demonstration of the working classes at Exeter hall one speaker put France first in the list of countries whose trade has expanded during the past twenty years, the United States second, and England a " bad third." Germany, te borrow the race track metaphor of the Ex eter half speaker, is net " placed " in this contest, though she is certainly a country where trade is protected. The fair trade agitators who lefer te Germany in support of their theories commonly speak of her as the home of. "pauper labor," against which home industries are unable te com pete en equal terms. Frem the point of view of the protectionist or even of the advocate of "fair trade, " which is only another name for protection, there is a certain difficulty in accounting for the present condition of German trade and in dustries. Theoretically the protective tariff ought te bring the laborer's wages abeve the starvatieu pgjnt and make trade se brisk and money se plenty that everybody would be con tented. It has done none of these things. It it net trade and manufacturers that are increasing, but socialism and ether sigus of popular discontent ; net workmen's wages, but emigration. The results of Germany's experience with a protective tariff, there fore, are net such as te oneenrage a free trade country like England te fellow in her footsteps. Pauper labor in Germany however, is au appalling reality. Censul Petter, at Crcfeld, has collected statistics of wages in seven localities in Rhenish Prussia, which tell plainly enough why it is that German immigration te the United States is increasing at a race which fills the bureau crats with alarm. The average daily wages of carpenters and joiners, as ascer tained by him, are about GO cents ; plas terers, 83- ceuts ; locksmiths, GO cents ; journeymen tailors, 38 cents, and beet aud shoemakers, 33 cents. The avcrage wages of skilled workmen and mechanics of all kinds for eleven hours labor is 55 cents. Common laborers and farm hands earn about 48 cents a day. Compare these scanty sums with the wages earned iu the same occupations in the United States. As de termined by the compilers of the forth coming reports of the census of 1880 the average pay of skilled mechanics here is $3.18 per day of ten hours, and of common laborers $1.21 for the same number 'of hours. This is the average of twenty prin cipal cities. Skilled labor is paid four times as much here as in Germany, there fore. ' Frem the tables of market prices of flour, butter, eggs, potatoes, beef, perk and milk which Censul Petter has prepared, the cost of living in the German cities where he gleaned his facts would seem te be net much less than iu the United States. Fleur is quoted at $3 a barrel, butter 25 cents a pound, beef 13 te 1G cents a pound, perk 15 cents, bacon 1G cents, and milk 5 cents a quart. There is geed rea son te believe that these prices are consid erably higher than these actually paid by the working classes. A family of five persons living ou an income of $323 a week would certainly starve if compelled te pay these rates for tbe necessaries of life. It is prebable that these sorely pinched pce pie have markets which comfortably-fed persons knew net of, where, as is the case with the tenants of hovels in this city, they cau purchase their table supplies at a very cheap rate, cheaper than is possible with dealers in wholcsemo articles, but still giving quite as much as they can afford te pay. The condition of thiugs which these figures reveal is sufficiently desperate te account for all complaints of industrial depression and sufiering among the peer which have been se frequent in Germany during the last two or three years ; and there are as yet no signs of improvement. It is the hopelessness of better times at home that sends se many families te this coun try. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The lighthouse en Federal Point, North Carolina, was destroyed by fire last night. Japhet Cress, for 30 years a jeweler in Adrian, Mich., has failed for $15,000, with assets reported at $9,000. The Ohie river is se low that navigation abeve Cincinnati is suspended, except by the smallest beats. A convention of the Baptists of the maritime provinces of Canada is in ses sion at Yarmouth, Neva Scotia. Nearly 300 delegates are present. Baseball yesterday : At Albany Trey, 7 ; Albany, 6. At Worcester Bosten, 8 ; Worcester, 4. At Cleveland Buffalo, 7 ; Cleveland, 0. At Chicago Chicago, 8 ; Detroit, G. Thcrese Jehurek, aged 11 months, died in New Yerk en Sunday from erysip elas of the face, resulting from the perfor ation of her ear lobes te allow the iuser tien of earrings. Martin Cunningham, aged 22 years, was shot two weeks age, in New Yerk, and wounded, it is said, " in exactly the same place as Garfield. He died yesterday and an autopsy will be made te determine the course of the bullet. At Monday's meeting of the American association for the advancement of science in Cincinnati the following officers were elected : President, Dr. J W. Dawsen, of Montreal ; treasurer, Wm. T. Vaux,' of Philadelphia ; general secretary, William Saunders, of Londen, Ohie ; assistant secretary, Professer J. Eastman, of Wash ington. STATES ITEMS. Jehn Welsh, jr., of S. & W. Welsh, sugar importers, Philadelphia, died yes terday morning in his 47th year. Professer W. C. Bartel, of the Mansfield normal school, has been appointed profes sor of mathematics at the University of Lewisburg, and has accepted the position. Dr. W. MeT. Ostrander, a wealthy phy sician of Pittston, committed suicide yes day by hanging. He had been an invalid for some time. The encampment of the Third Brigade, at Wilkesbarrc, contains 43 companies, numbering about 2500 men. The camp is named "Garfield" in honor of the presi dent. James C. Slocum, of Bradford, a rail road contractor, forty-nine years old, took an 'overdose of morphine te quiet his nerves after drinking, and died en Sunday evening. The Democratic committee of Clrawfnrrl county yesterday named the following uoiegw; m; me Bi.auj cuuTBouen : sena torial. .Tfthn Vartitr ' 'Rnnrssnnt'ifivn T. A. Leberman. Romr Sherman. J. S. Le gan and Jehn O. Sherred. By the Lycoming county Democracy the following delegates were elected te 'the state conventien: Michael Wolf, 3i S. MeMullin and R. A. Kinsloe. ' The nomi nations for county offices werij as fellows : M. K. Swartz, treasurer ; .Rebert WoedV regtsterand recorder; E. Tomb" and M. Kamp, county commissioners. The Re publicans held their convention te-day. By the burning of Warner & Merritt's fruit warehouse, in Philadelphia, yester day, $100,000 damage was done. A num ber of adjoining properties were badly damaged by the falling walls and by fire and water. The less, about $33,500, is about covered by insurance. Jehn Fitz gerald and Henry Barnum were suffocated by the smoke, and crushed te death by the falling walls. The origin of the fire is unknown. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. TOUAtUO MATTKKS. Seme Recent Sale Arrival or Buyers! Of the crops in Conestoga township sold green in the field, we are reliably assured of the follewiug prices : Ames Warfel, 14 acres, 30, 10, 5 ; David Miller, 12 acres, 30, 10, 5 ; Benjamin Miller, 5 acres, 21, 5, 3 ; Jehn Warfel, 12 acres, and 18, sold te AmesFenstermacher, Millersvillc, for A. S. Rosenbaum, New Yerk. The large tobacco house which Eusebius R. Bernard, of Pocopson, Chester county, has been building is new completed and is said te be the best in that county. It is 3G feet wide, 72 feet long and is 20 feet te the square with top ventilation. It has a stripping room, packing room aud damp ing room. The drying, room is capable of holding five tiers of tobacco in height. The Slab, Gatchellville, Stewartstown and Shrewsbury, Yerk ceuuty, beast of big tobacco. Shertlidges' academy, at Kennett, Ches ter county, which has been standing idle for seme time past, is new being utilized for the drying and curing of tobacco. The idea of taking a building so4eng used for educational purposes and using it for cur ing the "filthy weed" is exceedingly dis tasteful te these in that vicinity, who are rigidly opposed te the use of tobacco. A number of tobacco growers in West Marlborough and Londengrovo townships, Chester county, have suffered severely from the effects of the hail which visited that section of the country seme time age Many of these growers were insured in the Yerk hail insurance company, and it will pay ever $1,000 losses there. Numbers el Buyers in tbe Field. We stated in yesterday'slNTELUGENCEn that owing te the shortness of the crop of seed leaf tobacco net only in this but in ether states, the buyers evinced, a great desire te secure tbe finer lets, and that quite a number of them were in the field already and that several crops had been bought as they steed in the field. The " boom " in this direction was started by Mr. U. C. Rosenbaum, of. New Yerk, who had scarcely cemmencad operations, as sisted by two or three agents, until ether buyers took the alarm, aud exag gerated statements of Mr. Rosenbaum' intention te gobble up all the finer lets in tbe county wre put in cir culation. It was stated that he had rented four large packing houses in this city, that he wanted te rent two mere, that his agents were all sections of the county, aud that his intention was te secure G, 000 cases at least of the crop of '81 of this county. The result of these stories, added te the generally known, shortness of the crop, was te bring te Lancaster, large numbers, of buyers from New Yerk and selsewherc. Most or these gentleman say they de net ceme te buy but merely te take a leek at the growing crop, and at the old crop which is new being sampled. But they are evidently a geed deal disturbed and are buzzing around as actively as hornets whose nest has been disturbed by the naughty small boy. A leek at the hotel registers shows the fol lowing names thereon all late arrivals and all tobacco buyers and samplers. Stevens Heuse Frank Pentlarge, B. Strasser, S. Gershel, New Yerk ; J. Rosen Resen myer, M. Newbcrger, S. Prctzfield, Pitts burg ; S. Spingarn, D. Lederman, 31. L. Fisher, Fred. Heffman, M. Fringcnt, New Yerk ; S. Hernsheim, New Orleans ; Leuis Teller, Philadelphia; Henry Hellander, E. Arndt, H. Levy. New Yerk; F. Cenklin, sampler, of the firm of C. Hamilton & Ce.. tobacco inspectors, New Yerk. Geerge Myers, of the firm of Myers & Sen, New Yerk, was at the Stevens house a few days"age, but has left. Cadwcll Heuso Jeseph Lederman & Sens, Moses J. Lederman, Martin J. Leder man, L. Wertheimer, M. Lachenbruch, I. Lachenbruch, II. Rosenberg, Daniel Mayer, New Yerk ; Leuis A. Teller, Cel. R. Teller, Philadelphia ; M. Roseushine, San Francisce ; Chas. II. White, Connec ticut. The following named samplers are also registered at the Cadwcll : Jehn Stu art, Allen Hunt, Charles Frake, Edward Cene, Frank Rusher, W. Hernandes. Grape Hetel H. C. Rosenbaum, New Yerk ; M. Shirk, New Yerk ; Ames H. Fcnstermacher, New Yerk ; Jacob Ber liner, New Yerk: L. Rosenthal, Phila delphia. City Hetel M. Merfeld, of .Merfeld & Kemper, Baltimore. Cooper Heuse L. Mayer, New Yerk ; M. B. Davis, New Yerk. le the above rather long list of buyers from abroad are te be added a great num ber of local buyers both these who buy en their own account, and these who are the agents of ether firms in ether cities, nearly all of whom are riding the county and apparently looking after their own or their employers' interests. Most of them declare they have bought none of the new crop and don't intend te buy any of it en the field, but their activity indicates that they mean business and don't intend te let Mr. Rosenbaum or anybody else have the field te themselves. COURT OF COMMON FUSAS. Before Judge Livingston. In the case of Mary Armstead vs. A. K. Witmer and Emlen Franklin, executers of Jasper Yeates Conyngham, en trial up stairs, tllft COlinim! Rnn'rn Hlia mnrnlnrr V ' - " -'W w VMM MMMf Ulk Court adjourned at 12 o'clock and this afternoon the court charged the jury and sent them out. Before Judge Patterson. The case of Constantine Ruttgers vs. Samuel Diller was again taken up before Judge Patterson. TheVlefense called a nnmber of witnesses te prove that previous te this the horse's character for peace and quiet was geed. The testimony closed be fore neon and Cel. S. H. Price began ad dressing tbe jury for the dofense. Divorced. In court yesterday Hannah Greeme, of Columbia, was granted a divorce from her husband, Jeseph Greeme, en the ground of adultery. A "NewEra'Ma Yachtiag. Atlantic City Review. The Lancaster Yacht Club of Lancaster, Pa., paid their annual visit te Atlantie City, en Monday last, and were the' guests of D. S. Whealey, of the St. Clair Hetel. The party composed Commedore Abra ham Hitz, Captain Frank Diffenderffer, Lieutenants B. S. Shindle, Jeseph C. Biggs, Milten Reyer, Andrew Hershey. They were received by the Jehn W. Ger- rett yacht club of Philadelphia, consist- J ing or juuu . uerreit, cumnunaer, unas. W. Allentry, Lieutenants Jas. E. Patter son, Harry Gillman, H. Carrell, who took them en thir new yacht, the '-JIary Gransfield," te the fishing grounds, where they enjoyed a fine day's sport catching blnefish. In the evening a grand hop .was given in their honor and a fine, collation served. SERIOUS DRIVING AOOH2ENT8. ,IJCOS AND AKMS BROKEN. Taos. J. Hoeghtoa Asata TJafertaaate - jrurther 1'arUcalaaa of tbe Ban ner Runaway. Last evening about half-past 6 o'clock as Themas J. Houghten, liveryman, was returning from the Canstatter Velksfest with an:omnibus filled with passengers, the left front wheel of the omnibus came off the spindle when en North Duke street above the railroad bridge and let the end of the axle down upon the ground with a heavy thud. This frightened some' of the lady passegeis who gave vent te their fear by screaming at the top of their voices. Their screams frightened one of the animals a rather vicious mare hitched te the omnibus, and being unable te run away, she commenced kicking furi ously. Mr. Houghten, who was driving, bravely, kept his1 seat: and endeavercd at Lthe. sarhe time te.qaietlfcis team and his f passengers. At last 'the mare 'having kicked the dasher te pieces planted her iron-shed hoof, with fearful violence, fairly against 3Ir. Houghten's right leg, balf-way between the knee and ankle, lacerating the llcsh and crustlrihg; the tibia, or shiu-bene. As quickly,as')ossibIe Mr. noughten was takeu from his scat upon the 'bus and car ried into the heuse of Harry A. Shultz, near by, where he received preliminary at tention from Dr. Levergood, and was sub sequently carried te his home en North Queen street, wherti the fractured, limb was set by Dr. Ueyd the family physician, assisted by Dr. Welcbans. The tibia was found te be badly crushed, tbe fracture being a, compound one, but the fibula, the smaller bone of the leg, is uninjured. Mr. Houghten has been peculiarly unfortunate since be has been in the .livery business, being once before almost kicked te death by a horse, besides suffering a number of miner accidents and losses by runaways, death of horses and dishonest patrons. Te-day he is doing as well as could , be ex pected. It should fee mentiened: that the herse whose bad conduct resulted se dis astrously does net belong te Mr. Hough Hough eon's livery, but was merely bearded thore by the owner, Frank Hartmycr. At the time of the accident it was thought that ene of the lady passengers was seriously injured, as she screamed fearfully and seen became unconscious. She was carried into the residence of Jehn B.Reth, where Dr. Welchans attended her. It was seen ascertained that she was un hurt aud had simply fainted from fright. The accident was caused by the less of a nut ou the end of the spindle, which holds the wheel in place. This nut was afterwards found en the pike near Mc G rami's farm, showing that the omnibus had run safely for mere than a mile after the less of the nut, before the accident occurred. k js : ( ,The Benaer Attletent.' ' Mr. II. F. Bcnner, of East Lampeter, furnishes us some farther particulars of the terrible runaway accident en Saturday last near the railroad bridge that cresses the Big Conestoga, by which his wife and mother was se seriously injured. Mr. Benncr was driving te Lancaster in com pany with his wife and mother, and when about 123 yards from the cars the locomo tive blew off steam, scaring his horse, which rau furiously. In attempting te held the horse, Jlr. Benncr pressed se hard against the dash beard that it was broken off, and he thus lest the means' of prepping himself te pull upqn .the reins. Tbe herse ran the carriage against a bank, and the occupants were thrown out ene after the ether. Mr. Bcn ner escaped with some cuts and contusions. His mother had both arms broken at the wrist, and tbe small bone of one arm broken near the elbow. One of her legs was also badly cut below the knee. Mr. Bcnner's wife was caught in the lines, when she was thrown out of the wagon, and was dragged for some distance. She appears te have held en te the left rein in such a way as te draw the horse towards the fence, causing 4the carriage te be thrown eyer in the opposite direction., At 'the same moment, the herse became disen gaged from the wagon and Mrs. Benncr from 'her entanglement in the lines, othcr ethcr othcr wise she would surely have been killed. Beth the bones of her left leg were frac tured the larger bone bsiug split iu thrce different places and the smaller ene broken off near the ankle. The'kucc-cap was also badly fractured. The unfortu nate ladies were takeu te II. F. Bcnner's where the broken bones were set and ether .necessary , attention given them. They occupy the same room, aud are to day as comfortable as their serious inju ries will admit of. THE VOLKSFEST. Eml of the Canstatter Jubilee. The crowd at the Canstatter festival yes terday was quite large, though net se thronged :u the day bcfeic. The Suabiau weddiug was repeated, Gus Elias, of this city, taking the part ofthe preacher. The sheep race for beys and girls carne off amid great enthusiasm, aud the shcep was wen by Frank Rieker, brewer, and the lamb by a little girl named Gall. Dancing and the. sports of the festival were renewed 'ami. a very 'merry day was spent. The net profit of the manage ment will cscccd $300, which will be kept by, the as-tociatien for charity purposes during the winter, with a balance ever for next year as a nest egg of the expenses of a mere. elaborate celebration of the fest, when likely a street parade will be had with scenes illustrating features of the history of Wurtembcrg. Mishap te Bicycle Klders. Yesterday afternoon Martin Rudy, Jacob Shirk aud Thad S. Ilerr started te ride te the Velksfest en their bicycles. They made iiue progress through the streets of the city, "proceeding in the order named, and attracting considerable atten tion by their graceful and skillful ridiag. Arrived at the park, en entering the grounds Mr. Rudy, observing the steep decline, slackened speed, while Mr. Shirk, who wan directly in the rear, kept en aud went ahead. Rudy, seeing this confidence in his companion, fell in behind at a rapid pacis. Shirk glanced backward for an instant, which was an un fortuuate thing for him te de, for it caused him te lese control of his bicycle, and ever he went sprawling en the ground ; Rudy, te avoid running ever his Iriend, quickly turned ent, net observing a deep gully alongside, when everwent his machine and he, tee, plunged head foremost, bury ing his face completely in the thick red dust. Ilerr managed te dismount from his bicycle unhurt. Rudy's and Shirk's bicy cles were somewhat damaged, but tbe inju ries te the riders consisted of a few trifling bruises and scratches. The mishap being observed by a number of. the picnickers, they were liberal in their expressions of sympathy and' gave the unfortunates a most cordial welcome. Getting Ready for. Winter. Jehn Best, the. boiler maker, has men at work te-day overhauling the boiler and furnace iu the station house te have them in geed order against the day of winter, when the festive tramp shall seek' com fortable lodgings en the soft planks with which tbe cozy cells of the lockup are provided. In time of heat prepare for cold. Besides the public institutions quite a great many private citizens are laying in their coal for the winter, which is a geed idea, as it is lower new that it will be then. New Providence Camp Meeting. The camp meeting of the Church of Ged, held near New Providence, this county, began te-day. The opening ser-. meu was preached by Rev. J. II.Esterline, of Columbia. The meeting will he con tinued for ten days.
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