LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7; 181. Eaucastcr intelligencer. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 7, 1881. The Distinction. The Carlisle Herald, with a density that does it no credit, measures Judge Black's opinion in I860 that "war can not be declared, nor a system of general hostilities carried en by the central gov ernment wjainsl a state " as encourage ment te the doctrine of secession. Had it steed alone perhaps such a construc tion, by a net very acute reasener, might be justified, but in connection with the attorney general's very emphatic pro pre pro nuuciamentes against secession it is net hard te see exactly the distinction which his loyal and his legal mind drew be between war upon a state and upon insurgents against the nation al authority. There is net, and never was, any constitutional au thority for war upon state, as such, and te admit such a right is te ad mit the doctrine of secession. If a state can," in the exercise of its sovereign power, secede, only then can war be de clared against it, and Judge Black was careful te deny a doctrine which carried with it the right of secession. He never denied, in fact he always strenuously urged, the power of the government te coerce these who interfered with the na tional authority, ami te maintain its national existence. He foresaw that " the Union must utterly perish at the moment when Congress shall arm one part of the people against another, for any purpose beyond that of merely pro tecting the general government in the exercise, of its proper constitutional functions."" Te declare certain states te lie the Union and ether states net te Ik? in the Union was te con cede all that the Secessionists and most of the Abolitionists claimed. But the doctrine that the war finally came te be waged upon was exactly that which Judge Black laid down in the beginning : that the states were net out and cuild net get out of. the Union, but that their people in arms were rebels and insurgents, whose act was war upon their own states,us parts of the insepara ble union. This was net the Stevens doctrine, but any ether would have been a concession that the doctrine of secession was valid and that the Union was only pinned together by bayonets. Reeded Where They Are. We de net " tumble " recklessly te the conclusion of some of our esteemed con temporaries that because Controller Pat Pat tisen and Mayer King have made such excellent officials for Philadelphia city there is a pressing call upon their party of the state te take either for its candidate for governor. The names of both have been mentioned in this con nection, without their connivance of course. We have no objections te them ; either would make a creditable candi date and an excellent official. But there is no special cause te transplant them. Philadelphia needs geed government and geed governors as sorely as Penn sylvania, and lias a smaller circle te pick them from. And when she gets them she ought te keep them as long as pessi ble. That city cannot spare any who are discovered and who can be elected. The Democratic party will be lucky if it gets a candidate as popular as either of them and the state would enter upon a new era with such an- honest and intrepid governor as cither of them would make. Fer all of that Philadelphia had better keep her treasures and by re electing honest Democrats te office set the party and the slate an example, following which they can easily bring te light and as easily elect te place some of the many ether geed men who can ba found, aud when found can be elevated te office, but who in the reign of "addition, division and silence" have remained or have been kept in the background. The Change. The president's removal has been ac complished successfully, and whatever results ensue the country is assured and teels satisfied that te have left him at the White Heuse any longer would have been te make certain his death. Whether he survive or net there will be satisfac tion in knowing that the best thing pos sible hits been done aud done in the best possible manner. The innate courtesy and patriotism of the American people have lieen attested by the interest felt in his journey and the undemonstrative but sincere sympathy manifested at every point en the route ever which the nation's patient passed. The public heard with relief of his safe lodgment in his new quarters, and wait with solicitude the effects of the change. It may be a day or two until they are fully realized. Meanwhile it is te be noticed that Dr. Boynton, an anxious watcher and net an unreliable reporter of his condition, manifests great anxiety for the develop ments of the next forty-eight hours, and is net at all hopeful of the issue. Only at three times since the sheeting is the president reported te have been in as critical condition as new, and oftener than that the public has been taught te knew that his chances for life were very scant indeed. The second attempt te burn down the American engine house is made at a time which, will prove most opportune te remind our councils that they must act promptly and decisively in the mat ter of the uiged reorganization of the fire department. The incendiarism of yesterday, it Is te be said, mere likely re sulted from the laudable attempt te re form the American fire company than from any present defect in that organi zation or taint en its membership. It proves, however, a spirit of lawlessness and recklessness which has been stimu lated by the looseness of the present system. Without these admonitions the faults aud deficiencies of the existing means of protection from fire have been long made apparent. Councils have no right te consider them in any sectional or partisan spirit, but with a view solely te the public geed. Let them' se act and their determination will be ap plauded and sustained by the people who have property te be protected and who liave the larger interest of a sound con cern for public order and morals. TnE suggestion that the Democratic senators should elect a Republican .president of the Senate or postpone its organization until their opposition had sworn in a majority does net make much headway. The attack upon the presi dent has net effected apolitical millen nium. The factionsef his party are bur nishing their weapons for a fight at Har risburg tomorrow, in which are care fully counted the chances of his failure te recover. Meanwhile the Democrats are net disposed te accept that sort of truce which the lien offered after he had dined en spring lamb and pease. They are still waiting for Jehn Cessna's arrival at Harrisburg te boss the Republican stateconventien,notwith standing his nomination for judge has taken the judiciary out of polities in Bedford and Somerset. MINOR TOPICS. The Bosten & Maine railroad gives each depot-master $10 a year with whiclrte buy flower seeds aud offers $30, $30 and $20 prizes te the depot-masters who keep their stations in the best order. Tin-: needle passes through the hands of eighty workmen before it is ready te de liver te the trade, and as they cost at the most only $2 per thousand, en an average, it will be seen that the 8,000 operations arc remunerated by the sum of twenty cents. Oxi: serious fault found with the new version of the New Testament by preach ers of mere denominations than one is the fact that some of the alterations in the text make it necessary for them te revise many of their old sermons, or wiitenew ones. Within the last few months an immense impetus has been given te the lager beer trade in England. Several lager beer breweries have lately been chartered, near ly all under American management, aud what was formerly an almost unheard of beverage in Louden is becemiug quite popular en account of it being se much lighter than English beer. Mil. Lrm.ew, the manufacturer of wine presses, and Prohibition candidate for gev crner of Ohie, has defined his position. He says that his presses are mainly used for cider, which iscenvcrted into apple but ter, and that he docs net intend te make any presses this year. Besides this what wiue is pressed out by his machines is chiefly used for medicinal aud sacramental purposes. SiiKEr-it using is probably carried en te a greater extent in Australia than any ether country in the world. It is nothing extraordinary for a fleck there te aggie gate 200,000 head, and a few proprietors own as many as 500,000 each. One firm in New Seuth Wales employed one hundred shear ers in addition te the regular farm hands, who in ten weeks succeeded in shearing 200,123 sheep. Much land in the great West is new devoted te pasturing sheep, and a much greater area could be similar ly apprepi iated with profitable results. Seme "Notes and Queries" en our first page te-day will be found te have piquant and original interest. They arc the ini tial contributions te a regular department of public inquiry and information for which the Istem.igexceu will find place from time te timc.and which, it is well as sured, will engage the general attention of its readers. Striking matters in every realm of knowledge will be gladly received for publication therein, aud "anxious in quirers" will have their questions pub lished aud answers ebtaiued as far as it is possible te get them. By this means, it is believed, much valuable matter can be brought out for the public information en things local and cencral. A TiiEMENDOi's row is being made about the condition of the Thames from sewage. Uudcr the present arrangement Londen's sewage is discharged into the Thames at Barking, in Essex about thirteen miles below Londen Bridge. When the Metro politan Beard of Works completed the thrce main sewers which join and empty at Barking, they flattered themselves that they had get ever all the sewage difficulty forever ; but the refuse of 4,000,000 people is net se readily disposed of. Net only are the waters of the Thames vilely per nicious and dangerous te health, but the heavier portions of the sewage arc slowly but surely creating banks of deposit in the channel of the river, the effect of which is felt far above Louden Bridge. The tide and current together, of course, ruu towards the sea mere rapidly than the tide flews back against the current, and sewage engineers have been puzzled te ace mut for the undoubted fact that a geed part of Louden sewage is working up stream instead of down. PKKSONAl.. Jeff Davis has reached Euglaud. The holders of the Confederate cotton lean will preb.ibly net ba among his most ar dent admirers. Baren he Mayii, the late Austrian am bassador at Washington, who some time age retired en a pensieu, will proceed te Constantinople as the private representa tive of the Austrian creditors of Turkey. Dr. Jehn Citkwkn, for many years su perintendcut and manager of the state asylum for the insane, near Harrisburg, new of Warren, was married yesterday morning te Miss Annie Wyeth, daughter of Rev. Charles Wyeth. Secretary Blaine ami wife, Secretary Hunt aud wife, Secretaries Lincoln, Windem, Kinuwoen and Postmaster General James left Washington yesterday en the 10:30 train (Baltimore & Potomac read) for Leng Branch, where quarters hid already bceu secured for them. Princess Maud, the youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales, is described as a musical genius. Although euly 12 years old, she shows extraordinary vocal powers, aud is se devoted and insistent a student of music that her parents have been obliged te restrain her enthusiasm. With au carfdem, $750,000 a year, youth, health, a pleasing wife, a taste for spmt aud for the choicest homes in the world, Lord Reseiieiiv, te whom Mr. Gladstone ewes his seat for Midlothian, putS his nose te the grindstone in a sub ordinate office under that net particulary. conciliatory chief, Sir William Vernen Harcourt. On August 11, Johann Strauss cele- brated the fiftieth anniversary of his first waltz, which he composed when a boy of six. It was -often played at home, but would probably hsve been forgotten long since had net his sister written it down. Since then Strauss has composed 398 pieces of dance music, te which he has added during the last ten years seven beuffe operas. Miss Margaret, Sephia Bkight, the youngest daughter of the English states man, was married en the 24th of August in the Friends' meetinghouse, at Torquay, te Dr. Theodere Case, of Russell Square, Londen. When the company had entei ed the church aud silence bad been com manded, prayer was offered by a woman, Mrs. Fex whether a descendant of Gee. Fex, the founder of the society, is net stated aud then the bridegroom, taking the bride by the hand, repeated the Friends' ceremony and she followed. Prof. J. M. Rawlins, formerly of Chest nut Level and later of Parkcsburg acad emy, is new principal of a flourishing Latin school at 509 Seuth 42d street Phila delphia, ne has pupils in course of training for Yale college (New Haven), College of New JersejJPrinceten), Hamil ten collcge (Clinten, N. Y.), Naval Acad emy (Annapolis), University of Pennsyl vania (Philadelphia), and Wellesley female collcge (Wellesley. Mass.) Thus far no college student having received his entire academic education from Prel. Rawlins, has ever failed te win the highest collegi ate honors as Latin salutatorian or as distinguished English orator ; and while many of his pupils have wen, at college, admiration and distinction for scholarship aud deportment, no one of them, pre pared and endorsed by him, has ever missed the praise of honorable mention. THE STATE FAIR Ilinnlay f Finn Cattle Interior nt Itulltling Cciierul Notes Special Features. The state fair has opened in Pittsburgh this week. There are nearly 1,000 state fair exhibitors and 350 exposition exhibi -ters. The fair has the greater portion of the ground and machinery hall with their display, and their shed contains some of the very finest specimens of live stock. Iu cattle they have the best three herds of short horns exhibited at the Columbus state fair, two of the best Pennsylvania herds ; four hems of Dcvens, oue et which took the first prize at Columbus ; three herds of Helateins ; two herds of Ayr shires : four herds of Jerseys, and a large number of single and double entries of the finest stock. The herds number from eight te eighteen head each, and will doubtless be one of the greatest attrac tions. Among the horses are Hurrah, Kryle Daly, the winner of the Irish Derby, Abdal Briue, Ketcham, Dewo Geld Dust, llawkeye and fifty or sixty ethers, together with a large number of carriage, coach and light draught horses. In the harness and saddle departmet every stall is full. Every pen in the sheep department is packed with fine wool, middle wool and long wool bucks and ewes. Nearly all are prize-winners, aud several arc valued as high as $5,00 apiece. The display of swine is larger than at any previous fair, and there are "350 coops of exhibition poultry. The display of vegetables and grain is also very cxtensive and embraces every variety and specie. Floral hall has been enlarged and num erous walks have been made, se that the visitors can see every portion of it. On the south, or river side, is au immense cascade that is one of the most romantic aud picturesque things imaginable. There is a waterfall of ever thirty feet, at the base of which is a miniature lake that will contain two huge sturgeons aud ever one hundred choice species of fish, weighing from two te six pounds each. There is a feet of water in the lake, se that the fish can at all times be plainly seen. Iu the centre of the hall is a very large fountain, with a four feet water wheel painted iu bright colors, and when the electric light is playing en it, a very pretty rainbow is formed in the spray. There are sixteen collections of ferns, palms, &c, no two of which will be alike. ATTACKING A TRAIN. Rebber Heard a Freight Train Near Jersey City ana Sheet a Urakeinun. A daring and well-planned train robbery was perpetrated at daylight yesterday morning en the Pennsylvania railroad near Hackensack bridge, three miles from Jersey City. A western bound freight train, in charge of Conductor James Doch Dech crty, was bearded by five tramps at the eastern approach of the bridge. The train had stepped at the signal switch be fore reaching the bridge, when the rob reb bcrs sprang into the caboose. A des perate encounter took place. Docherty realized the situation and resisted the attack. He was alone at the time, the two brakemen being iu the ferwaul part of the train. The tramps knocked him down and deinaudcd the keys. These he refused te give up. He shouted for help, when the men threatened te kill him. His son, who was acting as brake man. heard his father's call and went te his assistance. As the young man ncared the caboose one of the robbers told him te stand off, at the same time firing a revolv er at the seu. The ball took effect and the brakeman fell en the top of the car. The noise of the shot brought the ether brakeman and the fireman of the engine te the scene. Conductor Docherty was all this time struggling with the thieves. When assistance arrived the robbers be came frightened and fled. Werd was sent te Jersey City for help and a squad of policemen was detailed te capture the rob bers. At 8 o'clock two of them were ar rested in a shanty at East Newark by Policeman Speerand Detective Christman, of the railway company. Their names are Charles Hendricks and James McGuire. Yeung Docherty was dangerously wound ed iu the hip, the ball having ledged near the joint. He was taken en the train te St. Michael's hospital, Newark, where he is new lying in a very low CDiiditinn. De tectives and policemen are scouring the meadows iu search of the ether robbers. DROUTH AND I'lUK. Crep Ruined and Lumber Michigan. Burning in There has been no rain in six weeks iu the Saginaw valley aud heavy fires are burning and doing immense damage te property. Trains ou the Saginaw Valley & St. Leuis railroad were stepped by fire Sunday night, and also en the Caire branch of the Saginaw & Bay City di vision of the Michigan Central railroad. The people are fighting the fire in every direction. Telegraphic communication is interrupted. Several miles of fence en the Flint & Pierre Marquette railroad have been burned. Perter's station, en the St. Leuis railraid, was burned en Sun. day afternoon. Reports of numbers of farm houses, barns and crops being burned iu Saginaw & Tuscola counties come iu. Probably 3100,000 worth of property was destroyed during the past week. The crops are about ruined iu many sections by dreuth. The little town of Richmeudville, Sani lac county, Mich., has been completely wiped out by forest fires, and eight per sons are said te have been burned te death Numbers of ethers were seriously injured in a similar manner. SAFE AT LONG BRANCH. THE PRESIDENT'S JOURNEY. The Train at Gray's Ferry, Near Philadel phia. When the presidential Gray's Ferry yesterday. train reached where it was transferred from the P. W. & B. te the P. R. R., contrary te numerous reports which had been circulated the engine did net push the train but pulled it iu the ordi nary "way. Next te the engine came the smoking car, and next te this the car in which was the prostrate president, and last the passenger coach. Dr Agnew was seated in the smoking car calmly smoking and talking te a friend. In the rear car were Mrs. Garfield and a number of lady friends. They kept from view as much as possible during the step at Gray's Ferry, aud very little could be seen of them. On the rear piatferm were seated Miss Mellie Garfield, dressed in a navy-blue traveling suit, and Miss Rockwell, daughter of Cel. Rockwell. Beth the young ladies looked contented aud seemed te be enjoying the trip. The average rate of speed which was run by the train between Washington and Philadelphia was between forty and fifty miles an hour, sometimes mere and sometimes less, according te the condition of the president and the read. There was no kissing of escaping steam when the train glided up te its stepping place, everything was done as quietly as possible. Notwithstanding the intcuse anxiety, the crowd was as still as death. As seen as the motion of the cars ceased they were immediately surrounded by a guard of brakemen, special train hands, station men and conductors, placed te keep the crowd back. This precaution was scarcely necessary, however, for every one present seemed te realize that the occasion was a most critical en-, and the slightest noise or confusion inightdistuib the presi dent aud cause his trip te prove fatal. Frem none of the engiucs resting near could the slightest noise b3 heard, the whole place around about was as quiet as the city at the dead of night. Twe men, who, iu their curiosity, had pressed near the presidential car with pipes in their mouths,- were ruthlessly though quietly hustled out. of the way by the watchful guards or the president's comfort, for fear the smoke might rcacli and disturb the sufferer. A newspaper man who crowded in and had a leek at the president saw that he was lying en the wide bed that had bceu placed for him about in the middle of the passenger compartment el"th car. He was lying en the bread of his back with his right knee raised. He looked deathly pale. He lay with his eyes half closed aud his head new and then moving slowly from side te side. Te add te his death like appearance a portion of his whiskers bencatli his chin have been shaved off, and the marble whiteness of his neck, face and threat was awful te leek upon. His head was toward the rear of the ear and his feet toward the engine. Standing ever him was one of the attend ants who, with a large pahuleaf fan, was slowly fanniug him. Clese by the head of the bed was the tireless nurse, Mrs. Edsen, while toward the forepart of the car was Dr. Bliss. The president did net utter a sound, but lay silent, white and emaciated, an awful specimen of the wreck of a powerful mail. Ouly a white counter pane covered him and his head rested upon a low pillow. New aud then his eyes, which seemed twice their size, owing te his pale aud sunken face, would epeir and ream restlessly around the car. Dr. Bliss were a seersucker coat and looked calm aud confident. Mrs. Edsen was all atten tion te the patient. At Trenten, where the engine stepped for coal, there was a large crowd of work men en the platform, which was se high as te enable them te leek directly iu ou the president. One of the attendants pulled down the curtain near him, He at once asked te have it rolled up again, saying that these quiet men would net hurt him by looking in. The curtain was at once raised again. The reception was such as te show hew deeply the president's illness has taken held of all classes. A track 3,500 feet long had been laid from the regular station at Leng Branch te the front deer of the cottage where he was te step. Although the sun was broiling het, and Leng Branch has seldom experienced such sultriness, the long line of read was lined with carriages and with men aud women ou feet of all ages aud from every class iu society, each ene bent en snowing reverence te the president. It was known that he would net be seen, and the mere sight of a moving train would have drawn none of them ; but it was a spontaneous movement en the part of all within reach te stand quietly and iu a respectful attitude while the nation's sufferer passed. The track had been laid net only te the grounds surreuuding the cottage where he was, but through them aud close up te the perch where he was te be received. The crowd was kept off about 50 yards, though no effort was needed te effect this, aud he was promptly lifted from the traiu te the cottage and carried up stairs te his loom over-leokin the ocean. Dr. Woodward, one of the most conservative of the sur geons, and who alone made a stout opposi tion te the removal lest it should be tee great a drain en the president's strength, said he was inclined te think he had been mistaken, and that no damage would re sult from the moving. Dr. Bliss says : " Once, when we were traveling at the rate of CO miles an hour, I said te him : 'Mr. President, if the movement affects you in auy way we will reduce the speed.' ' Ne,' he answered, 'let her go.' Afterward I remarked that we would step and give him his bath. ' Ne,' said he, ' te get te the end of this trip is mere important new than the bath.' The president was given feed regularly every two hours during the journey, but until night he had r:e enema given him. His feed consisted of from two te four ounces of beef extract each time. The story that the president war. given morphine is abso lutely untrue.'' Dr. Bliss continued : " He was given no morphine, no opium iu any shape, and no anodyne of auy kind at all." The president remarked after he had been in his room a short time, "This is very refreshing." The bed is placed se that the patient can leek out directly upon the ocean. There is a capital circulation of air through the room, and last night the breeze became se strong that the doctors ordered the windows closed. "One of the plcasantcst things about the whole trip," said Mr. Brown te a cer respondent, "was the admirable conduct of the people along the entire route from Washington te Elbereu. Everybody in every town aud hamlet seemed te kuew the traiu was coming, and at every station and farm house people lined the track ; but they seemed te knew that noise was net geed for the president, and se, instead of cheering, as one might naturally expect them te de, they simply took off their Hats and steed in silence as the train went past. Even the street urchins iu Washington were quiet as we left the city. Iu Balti more and Philadelphia there were great crowds, mostly of laboring men, aud near ly every man steed with uncovered head while we were passing." ;an Cows Count ? Gee. Andrus, an extensive farmer of Cognac Prairie, Mich., and one who has had much success iu stock raising, recently stated as a most sigular fact that his drove of cattle alway knew en what day they were te be salted. It has been the custom te give them salt at the barnyard every Sun day morning during the spring, and once in two weeks, or every ether Sunday, dur ing the het weather. This the cattle have welljearned, and during the spring they have come up the lane regularly each Sunday morning, and stand there bellow ing and making a great noise until they are salted, when they will return te their pasture let, which is some distance away This they -de regularly every Sunday morn ing, and never make a mistake of coming en any ether day. The same fact is still mere strange in summer, when they only come up once in two weeks. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. William Daed, a merchant of Lexing ton, Va., was killed by being thrown from his horse. The New England fair, which will con tinue four days, opened at Worcester, Mass., yesterday. A fire at Osceola, Illinois, has destroyed property amounting in value te $100,000, upon which there is an estimated insur ance of $40,000. By a collision en the Baltimore & Ohie railroad at Thornten station, W. Va., 13 persons were injured, one of whom has dieeh The bodies of four men, " supposed te have been cattle thieves killed by ranch men," were found about twenty miles from El Pase, Texas. In Marquette, Michigan, by a powder explosion iu the packing house of the Lake Superior packing cempauy elevcu men were blown te pieces. A passenger train en the Wabash rail road was ditched west of Shenandoah, Iowa. Themas Lececk was killed and nineteen ethers injured. Twe or three fatally. The project of a second Suez Canal under English auspices is the subject of discus sion in the Alexandria press. The advan tages proposed include a quicker transit aud a reduced tariff. Visitors have been abundant this year in Switzerland. Ou the 20th of August 2,000 persons were carried te the top of Righi by rail, the greatest number that even as cended the mountain iu one day. Buildings with peaked reefs escaped serious injury in the cyclone which se greatly damaged the town of New Ulm, Minn , while neighboring square-reefed buildings wcre wrecked. The principal Free Masen ledge of Seville has offered its material assistance te the Jewish refugees from Russia, and premises te give continued guidance and aid te these whose who settle iu Spain. The American Secial Science Association iu session at Saratoga this week, premises some important topics treated by essay and debate, including civil service reform, the census, temperance, journalism, &c. In Greenville county, Va., Brown Davis and J. W. Saunders, ceuuty magistrate, get into a quarrel, and the latter was shot and mortally wounded by Davis, and in turn shot Davis twice, killing him in stantly. The city of Les Angeles, Cal., celebrated its centennial en Monday with much spirit. A precession, literary exercises, ancient native dances aud games com posed the pregramme. Governer Perkins delivered an address. A special fund is being raised iu Eng laud te forward a project for establishing school banks throughout the country iu connection with the elementary schools. The National Thrift society is moving in the matter. A sexton and his enemy fought in a churchyard at Millsboro, Delaware, and the sexton was thrown into a freshly dug grave. Then the ether undertook te bury him alive, and had almost completed the job when help came. In Jersey City, William H. Smith, HO years of age, employed as a switchman by the New Yerk, Lake Erie fc Western rail road, was run ever and instantly kilted by a drill engine, near the Barrow street crossing of the read. Ou seeing two girls in earnest conversa tion at Carie, Mich., a young man blew his brains out. Be had made a marriage engagement? with each, and rightly guessed that they were discussing his du plicity. David Crimmins, from Terente, com mitted suicide by jumping ever the falls, domestic affliction being the cause. Iu a letter found in his pocket he says he was forced te de this rash act by his wife, aid ed by Fathers Haidcn, Laurent aud Olenc of Terente. Mrs. R. M. Harvey, the handsome and wealthy widow, of Burnt Ordinary, Va., who mysteriously disappeared August 10, is believed te have been murdered after leaving the ferry en the Pamuukey river, en her way te Richmond. Detectives arc working up the case aud it is thought im portant arrests will be made Eighty stallions arrived en Monday are for breeders in the West, aud are the finest let of stallions ever brought here. They are all irem Scotland, except six magnificent gray Normans, and thirty five of them arc owned by the Powell Brethers, of Springboreugh, and the re mainder by Charles Fullington, of Marys ville, Ohie. Dr. M. Hcmstrcet, a wealthy farmer living near Stringtewu, a few miles from. Jeffersen City, Me., en Saturday night, steppeil at the house of Andy Bohnnebcr Behnnebcr ger, where a dance was in progress, and iieiug slightly intoxicated get into an al tercation with some men who were present. He was prevailed upon by his friends te mount his horse and go home. He had net proceeded far when two men, as yet unknown, met him en the read, felled him from his horse with a heavy fence stake, aud while he was lying insensible upon the ground crushed his skull in a terrible manner. STATE ITEMS. Washington is having a big time this week ever the centennial celebration of the county's formation. The Oakland aud East Liberty passen ger line of Pittsburgh once observed a speed of two miles an hour, but has dropped hack te about one te enable pas sengers te get the worth of their money. Evan M. Evans, a miner, was crushed te death bcucath ever 200 tens of coal, at Ne. 3 tunnel of the Susquehanna coal company at Nanticekc. A large force of men arc at work trying te recover the body. Patrck Divers, who was burned by an explosion of gas in the Pennsylvania rail road company's Ne. 4 shaft, died. Jehn Kelly was also seriously burned, and may net recover. The Republican convention of Fayette county when presenting General Silas M. Baily for state treasurer passed a resolu tion heartily approving of the administra tion of Governer Ileyt. Geerge Stewart, a colored employee at the steel works near Harrisburg. was in the habit of bathing in the canal before retiring, aud en Mend.iy evening was taken with cramps and drowned. The body was net recovered until yesterday morning. Deceased was about- sixty years of age and unmarried. Game may be killed or taken in this state according te the following summary of game laws : Squirrels may be killed from September 1 te January 1; rabbits from November 1 te January 1 ; partridges from October 15 te January 1 ; rail birds from September 1 te December 1 ; wild turkeys from October 15 te-Januaryl; wild fowl from September 1 te May 15 ; deer from October 1 te December 31. Gewen cables Keim te keep the friends of Reading in geed heart. " Inform share holders threats of foreclosures are deubU less manufactured te frighten them into selling their shares, and advise all te held en. Foreclosure is impossible. Rev enues present year cover all fixed charges aud, if necessary, all arrears. General mortgage lean interest can be paid. In cubus of present beard of managers is the only obstacle te financial success. If Bend and colleagues will resign and reinstate old management and advise me by cable of -change, F. B Gewen can. before sailing. Saturday procure sufficient advances against proceeds deferred income bends and new fiye per cent, consuls te pay float ing debt, receivers' certificates and all arrears interest." A Locomotive- Rolling Down an Kinbauk ineut. The engine of the TJ traiu for Philadel phia from Norristewu jumped the track about 4100 yards from the end of the Mill street depot, and rolled down an embank ment twenty feet into a meadow, turning completely upside down. The engineer and fireman jumped in time te save their lives. The fireman, however, in attempt ing te draw the fire from under the boiler was very badly scalded by steam. A bag gage car was dragged ever the bank. The accident was caused by au epcu switch, which was net seen until the engine was almost off the track. A prompt application of air brakes saved the passenger coaches, which were filled. Jacob Micheucr, a car inspector of the Reading railroad, was killed by a shifting engine at Norristewu yesterday. AVny He Christened It. ' I wish, " said the farmer's wife te her husband and six boys, "that some of you would sheet the yeller cat. " Se they all when they happened te think of it, went and leaded the gun. Luckily, it was the youngest boy that fired it, for he was vcry healthy and could stand being kicked through a feuce. When he came te, he went and baptized tluit gun " Old mule ' LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE DRAMA. Hartley CamnDell's ti-.illey Sliive Lust Night. There is in Mr. Campbell's successful work, " The Galley Slave," an abundance of dramatic situations and picturesque periods that mere than compensate for certain improbabilities of incident which reveal themselves upon a critical examina tion ; while the triteness of the theme is scarcely noticeable in the treatment it has received at the pen of the clever author. The spectacle of a brave, iicreic man submitting himself te ignominy and disgrace te shield the geed name of a pure and deeply-wronged woman has se often been presented in various shapes that Mr. Campbell's work is all the mere worthy of commendation iu the faculty which it retains of engaging continued interest even though the spectator feels that he has seen the same thing befere with incon sequential variations. The sterv is familiar te our readers and needs ue repetition here. Of the manner of its production there can be hut one verdict ; it was as near fault less as such performances can be made. Miss Maud Granger, who headed the un commonly strong company with which our friend Mishler favored us en this oc casion, stands in want of no introduction, being an actress of national reputation and local favor. Inte her impersonation of the role of Franeesm liemeni, whose own misfortunes, supplemented by a very na tural mistake into which (die fell, entail a crushing weight of wee upon the Ameri can heroine, Miss Grander infused all the intensity of feeling and dramatic force that have given her such conspicuous rank in ths school of ' emotional " art. The part is a difficult one ; that is. there arc several situations that arc most exact ing iu their demands iu order that the full effect may be produced, and te them all the actress responded nobly, evincing a breadth of ability and reserve power that was in the nature of a revelation even te these who suppose themselves acquainted with Miss Granger's conceded capacity. The expression of grief and suffering, sub dued but prolonged, that the Italian wo man constantly bears was an admirable counterfeit presentiment and striking iu its effect upon the apprehension of the audience, which, by the way, was a singu larly sympathetic and imprcssible one, as the liberal use of pocket handkerchiefs and undeniable moisture of eyes at ecr tain pathetic junctures clearly attested. At the conclusion of the fourth act the large and cultured assembly insisted ou show ing its appreciation by a very enthusias tic call before the" curtain, te which the star, attended by Miss DeFerrcst and Messrs. Evans and Maubury, who were fairly entitled te a share in the admiration evoked by the fine acting of the scene, gracefully responded. Miss Gussie Do De Do Ferrest indeed, who played the character of Cicely Blaine, the American heiress and heroine, came in for a goodly portion of the houers which the audience were se liberal in bestowing. The part is a trying one t circely less se than that of Francescu, as is te be inferred from the fact that Miss Granger frequently plays it herself, alternating it with the latter role. Miss DeFerrcst proved her mettle and gained pronounced favor by her excellent rendition of her re'e. Mr. Frank Evans was a manly lever aud here, albeit he spoke a trifle tee fast and with imperfect enunciation ; Mr. Maubury was quite satisfactory as the cold-blooded and scheming villain, while Mr. Bums as the mcrry-hcai ted Fills furnished fun that served te light up the edges of pathos that imbues the piece from its beginiug te its termination. Miss Annie Deland, Miss Elsie Moere and Mr. Sam Hetnplc per formed tlic light though net inconspicuous parts assigned te them in a manner that was entirely agreeable, and altogether the presentation of the play left little te be desired. (round Limestone. The Germantown Teleyiaph, which knows as much as anybody about agricul tural matters, inquires about pulverized limestone for fertilizing purposes. Inquiries te the same effect have been received at this office, which we have referred te Daniel Hcrr, Rcften, this county, who has a mill for grinding the raw stone. The Telegraph says : " We lack scientific ill formation iu behalf of the actual value of this ground limestone, and should be very glad te see something of the kind en which mere or less reliance can be placed. But far as we arc at present advised, we candidly confess our want of belief in the superiority of the raw ever the carbonized or burned stone, and we must possess some clear aud convincing' facts before our impressions arc changed, though we are ready te change them as seen as these conditions are produced." The Field jub. The animal meeting of the Field club was held in the parlors of the Stevens house last evening, a quorum being present. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and all the old officers re-elected. Arrangements were also made and players selected for a friendly game of lawn tennis in the first week of October between two ladies and two gentlemen of the Lancaster club and the same number of players from the Harrisburg Outdoor club. The secretary was directed te in quire into the expediency of joining the National lawn tennis association ; and al together an interest was manifested which betokens the continued activity el this useful organization. Who Lest It ? Market Master Derley this morning found a pocket-book containing a small amount of money, which lie held ter iden tification and claim of ownership. He Knew. Suiibury Daily. The Lancaster Daily Iktelmukxckr, one of the brightest of this state's papers. T1IK EXCURSION SEASON. The Trip te Reading Yesterday. The Keystone band excursion from this city and points north and east te Reading came off yesterday, and these who went en it had a geed time. The band sold 111 tickets, but about 300 persons went en the trip aud great indignation is manifested by the excursion management at the railroad company for selling tickets at their office te all comers at at $1.50, only 15 cents above the excur sion fare, by reason of which nearly two hundred perseus, ignorant of the differ ence, bought the company tickets, and made the baud's excursion a financial failure. There is great complaint, tee, that after the company had agreed te make the tickets geed te stay ever te day, eight persons who returned were charged full fare back this morning. Altogether the band managers are in a state of high dud geon and intense disgust at their treat ment by the railroad company. The day was spent pleasantly iu Head ing. Theic was a picnic in Laucr's park and lets of music, the Keystone being as sisted by the Mechanics' baud of Marietta. Jehn Stahl, leader. The latter band visited the different newspapers offices in the course of the afternoon and tendered them the compliment of a serenade. The Time says : " It consists of 2t pieces, aud is a tine musical organization, highly creditable te our sister county. Consider ing the little publicity that was given te the fact of the picnic, the park was fairly filled with visitors, the heat of the day and the line music evidently serving as an in ducement for attracting a crowd." A number of our county officials were en the excursion and made it the occasion of a visit te the Berks county public institu tion. They included Jehn Breck, steward of the Lancaster county almshouse ; Jehn Shnltz, president of the beard of directors of the peer ; Tayler Shulcr. engineer, and Lewis Kohlhaus, baker. They were ae cempanicd te the almshouse by 1 Jerks Ceuuty Commissioner Yeung, Clerk Fegely, Director Reland, and Elias Bickel, nominee for director of the peer. A sub stantial dinner was partaken of at the almshouse. In the afternoon the party proceeded te the county prison and in spected that institution. The visitors were also .shown through the court house, aud examined the arrangements in pro gress for heating the building by steam. 151(1 Kwurslen te Lltlt. Te morrew: will be a great day at Lititz Springs. Excursions will arrive from a number of a points for this purpose of uniting in a grand harvest home festival. Tickets at reduced rates aie sold at all stations en the Philadelphia & Heading and en the Wilmington Aj Northern rail road. Six bands of music will be in attend ance, including the celebrated Ringgold band, who will give a conceit from one te three o'clock, in tins beautiful Springs park. The United Brethren Sunday schools, of Reading, taking advantage of this opportunity, will make an excursion te-morrow te Lititz Springs. an i;ni'rtu.ati: max. Hast ills Leg Cut Oil' lit I. cumuli IMitt-e Kntiil KeMilt. Allan Cray, a man of about fifty years of age, was au officer in the Western Penn sylvania penitentiary, Allegheny City, Pa. Ha left his home last evening en the fast line passing through this city at 5:20 a. m. te-day, for New Yerk, where he was te meet his wife, who has been iu Europe and is (about returning therefrem. Near Lcamau Place, a station about 12 mijes east of this city, where tins train does net usually step, it stepped this morning ou account of ft freight wicck, elsewhere noticed and iu the early morning Mr. Gray stepped off te take a sniff of fresh air. The train started rather sud denly and Mr. Gray ran te get en his ear. He made three unsuccessful attempts te oeard it and in the last, the spcctl of the train meanwhile increasing, he was thrown under it and had his leg se terribly cut aud crushed that amputation was neces sary. He was attended by Dr. B. Lcaman, resident surgeon of the railroad company, who brought the injured man te the county hospital, where he was attended by Drs. Brown and Belcnius, and has siuce tlied, net having survived the shock long enough te have I lie limb amputated. His sad accident is a sorrowful ending te a journey upon which he started with such joyful anticipations. This afternoon Corener Mishler impan eled a jury, composed of (,'. M. Striue, JacebS. Strine, II. W. Hess, J. B. Am wakc, Jehn Samson and Tehu Heed. They viewed the body and after .van I adjourned te meet whenever the coroner shall call them together and at a time when it will be convenient for the railroad men and ether witnesses te be present. The Household Muriii-t. Our housekeepers feel the effects of the drought very perceptibly in a general ad vance of market prices all along the line. Butter is up te the unusual het. weather price of twenty live cents per pound, owing te the shortage of the pasture and the necessity for f.-eding the cows cut provender. 'I he siine causes are pleaded by the milkmen for a recent ad vance of one cent per quart in the price of milk and for the depreciating quality of their product. Kggs are up te 2: Qi) 25, though the' eldest housekeeper says the chickens lay better iu dry weather than wet and is disposed te strike against this advance Sweet corn, tomatoes and ether vegetables are scarce and high ou account of the drought, but watermelons aud can can tcleupcs are none the scarcer and all the better in quality en account of the nature of the season. Apples aud juars arc abundant and the plum supply seems te be getting butter every year. l'etty Justice In 1'ttnnKylvanla. Cliiuiibersburg Kt;pfiritery. We notice by the papers of Lancaster and Chester counties that they have the same trouble that causes se much com plaint in this county ; the large number of petty eases which take up the time of the court and jury which never ought te be sent te court at all, but settled at home by the justice of the peace. These incon sequential cases adil greatly te the ex pense of the courts ami there should be sonic way of stepping them. One paper asks, " hew would it de iu si case which was found ought net te have been sent te court te put the costs en the justice who sent it " Anether suggests "one man with geed judgment, a stout arm, and a horsewhip could dispense justice iu half the cases that plague the sessions." We are ejien for further suggestions. The 1'reKidenlial Service. In addition te the services noticed yes terday the members of ths Jewish syna gogue met and held r. .solemn and imprcs sive service of prayer for the president's safe deliverance from his present affliction. Our Hebrew fellow citizens are behind none of th? population in testifying te their patriotism and resect for the powers that be. The services at St. Stephen's Lutheran church were conducted by Bev." Etnil Meistcr, who preached an extemporaneous discourse ; and at Zion's Lutheran by the pastor, Rev. F. P. Mayscr, who based Lis sermon en I Kings xx., 2, "The IJestera lien of Hczckiah." In the Catholic churche:;, iu accordance with the bishop's directions, prayers are daily offered for the president. Oettlng Hetter The little boy named Gcycr, residing at Springville, Mt. Jey township, who was se badly kicked en Saturday by a hone, has returned te consciousness and is cx- i pected te recover. b. r
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