r-w&S$ .., ,i.j v " '- v" S UT-f " l-i'Z'l V .1 s- . f LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 115: 1881. 5--ft.-jv-'? Lancaster intelligencer. THURSDAY 9VENINQ, SEPT. J5, 1881. Doctors as Pomps. When these Washington doctors were sent home from Leng Branch, people wondered why three should be taken and one left ; and that one Bliss, whom along suffering country would dearly have heard from no mere. But Bliss had a use. Bliss is the reporter's friend. They can pump him at any and all times. If it wasn't for what Bliss says they would net have much themselves te say ; and it seems te be felt by the executive council about the president that the pub lic has a great appetite for news that will be satisfied by any kind of quality, se that the quantity is great. That is no doubt a correct estimate of the reporter's appetite, though it is doubtful whether the public is as well pleased te read long strings of stuff with nothing of value in it, as the reporter and the newspaper are te provide it. Newspapers should knew their business ; and presumably when they for nearly three months steadily and daily print what Bliss says, notwithstand ing nearly every time the next day's say is different, they knew what their read ers want. If se we must conclude that the majority of the people like te be hum bugged und trifled with, and we must ap plaud the sagacity which has discovered and utilized the distinguished capacity of Dr Bliss as a never-failing cucumber, well which may le vigorously and all the time pumped by the reporters and never emit te yield them a column of words. This is the office of Dr. Bliss. He fills it well. He never is without an opinion that he is willing te confess and a prognostication .that is as hopeful as the circumstances will permit. Even while his Washington associates were with him Bliss was the best pump. Key burn did pretty well and Woodward was net very slew, but Barnes was seldom heard from. As only one old oaken bucket was needed Bliss, who was easily chief, was kept ; and that explains the disruption 'of the quartet. Agnew won't talk and Hamilton don't like te ; they beiug the working members of the professional group are relieved by the ornamental and com municative Bliss ; and a very excellent arrangement it is se far. But we pro pre test that the working doctors carry their reticence a little tee far. They don't seem te talk even te Bliss. They don't appear te tell him much ; which is ap parent from the fact that he gets his stories se crooked. Seemingly he don't knew much ; for he would hardly de liberately say se many things that he has te unsay and conceal se many things that finally leak out, if he knew any bet ter. He would net willingly make him self se ridiculous. Seriously, have we net reason te com plain of the information sent out te us from the president's badside ? The only reliable statements we liave had have been these furnished by Secretary Blaine te the- English minister, which have been a notably concise and accurate ac count of existing conditions ; Mr. Mac Mac Veaglrdees net succeed se well as the secretary in getting the mesvt into his cablegrams. The official bulletins, which ought te be entirely reliable, have net merited that distinction, because they have net been entirely frank. At the outset when the Washington quartet signed them they were painfully partic ular in insignificant details ; and new, 'when better names attest them, they de net, we find, divulge important symp toms as they occur ; a notable instance is the fact that the lung trouble was net alluded te in them until some time after there had been an outside rumor of it,and then it was coolly referred te as though everyone knew all about it. The people knew that the president is desperately ill, and the doctors' cencealments only make them faithless of the doctors' hopes. The Fire Organization. The Firemen's Union is net content with the councils' proposed reerganiza tien of the fire department, and neither are we, nor de we knew of anyone out side the councils whp is satisfied with the result of their deliberations. The firemen object te giving te the city au theritics entire control of their volunteer organization, and that is natural enough Almest anybody would object te be a volunteer under such circumstances. It is net at all the ideaef a volunteer organ izatien that it should put itself under the absolute control of an outside body that it does net elect. Volunteers na turally want te cheese their own mas ters. The city wants te administer the fire department ; and proposes te men, whom it does net hire and whose time and services are their own, that they shall submit themselves te any disposition the city cheeses te make of them. The velun teer firemen say that they will see the city burned first ; and perhaps the velun teer firemen are right; which only shows that volunteer firemen are net the kind a city needs that wants te manage its fire department as it thinks it ought te be managed. The city must be content with volunteer management if it wants volunteer firemen ; and we consider that in this the Firemen's Union have the logic of the situation. The councils proposed te cut down the seven fire companies te five ; but se long as the companies are volunteers, we de net see any particular advantage in re ducing the number of companies if they are geed companies of competent fire men, vi course, ir iney are uau com panies, infested with bad men, there would be great advantage in disb.u ding them : but then let this reason be given for it and the-act be based en its true and sufficient grounds. As the Firemen's Union says, a proper system would easily keep companies from going out of their district te a fire unless summoned ; and the mere the companies, the mere ad vantageously can they be distributed ever the city. Of course, the thousand dollars a year that the city proposes te pay each company could be saved te two companies if there were five instead of seven; but that is a small considera tion. The union has appointed a committee te confer with the councils, seeking an agreement. As we leek at it, there are but two reasonable courses either a volunteer department managed by itself or a paid department controlled by the city that pays it. PZBbONAlj. Bismarck is daily growing stouter and new tips the scales at 251. " General Grant is " getting steep- shouldered and gray." General Bcrnside's funeral will take place at Providence te-morrow. Senater McDonald said te a reporter that he has no further political ambition. Mrs. Florence, the actress; says that she talked with the Princess of Wales in the box of a Londen theatre, and found her charming in manners and person. Signer Campanini will be heard here againthis winter. At last accounts from Europe Mr. Mapleson had visited the tenor at Parma te effect an engagement with him. General Gorden, having made con siderable money since his resignation from the United States Senate, is disposed te enter politics again, and may make the race for governor. Mrs. Lanetry has disappeared from Londen society, and the society papers are worried about it. The Chicago Times con solingly remarks that perhaps she has a pimple en her nose. Mrs. Shaw, the daughter of Piol'csser Agas&iz, and wife of the Bosten million aire, has established ever thirty frce Kin dergarten schools in Bosten and the neigh boring suburbs. She is suffering from a nervous prostration brought by her exer tions. The Marquis de Recuamiseau, accom panied by Madame, the Marquise, and by ten representatives of the families of offi cers who held commands in the French army at Yerk, will sail from Ilavre en September 2G and arrive in New Yerk about October C. They are the guests of the Yoiktewn Centennial association, and the citizens of Philadelphia should assist in providing for their entertainment iu the country as well as for their proper re ception upon the historical field. At the invitation of Mr. Geerge W. Ciiii.ds the members of the Aztec club held their annual meeting at the Hetel Bcllevue, Wayne station, yesterday. The officers elected were : President, General Winfield S. Hancock ; Vice President, General U. S. Grant ; Treasurer, Mr. Ran dall Hagncr ; Secretary, Professer Henry Ceppce, LL. D. After the business meet ing a number of ether distinguished guests joined the club at dinner, at which Gen eral Grant presided, Hanked by Sherman and Johnsten. Addresses were made by Generals Grant, Sherman and ether distin guished gentlemeu, among them Hen. Jehn Walter, 31. P., proprietor of the Londen Times, and guest of Mr. Guilds. The menu is described as elegant in the extreme and the entire affair very brilliant. MINOR TOPICS. It is suspected in Ohie that Ludlow, the Prohibition candidate, is running for governor as a cider and wine press adver tisement. The great preblem iu New Hampshire just new seems te be whether all people shall give up their usual occupations and go into the business hereafter of keeping boarders. The Bosten Herald suggests that Dartmouth college be turned into a school of cookery, ami that the state house be removed te the summit of Mount Washington. TiiATis a charming social episode re ported from the White Silphur springs, where a lovely belle bit the cheek of a young man at the moment when he ex pected a kiss. lie had her arrested en a charge of assault, bnt failed te appear be fore the justice, and she was discharge. Such things as these it is that makes life endurable through the heated term. Gen. Burnside had just entered upon a full term of six years, aud it is probable that a lively contest will take place for the succession, especially as the Republican majority in the Rhede Island Legislature is overwhelming, leaving ample room for internal rivalry among the leaders and wonld-be leaders. Ex-Governors Heward aud Van Z tndt will be the leading con testants, with Gov. Littleficld as a possi ble compromise. Lieutenant D. A. Lvle has eaten grasshoppers out West, and he lately read a paper before a Springfield science associa tion praising them as feed. Although they naturally have a disagreeable smell, heiys that when cooked the' become pleasant te both smell and taste, no dis guise being required. They can be eaten after boiling two hours, with pepper aud salt, and thus prepared are net easily dis tinguished from beef broth. Fried in their own oil they have a nutty flavor. The applications for space at the At lauta cotton exhibition during the last week of the time allotted for entries (which ended en Saturday) astonished even the enthusiactic director-general. About 75,000 mere feet thau there was space te allot were applied for. The com mittee, however, is determined te make some prevision for these late applicants. Every possibility of failure new seems te have vanished, aud there is no reason te doubt that Atlanta's big show will oc cupy au honerablo space in exhibition annals. " Beld " is certainly net an exaggerated adjective te apply te that festive New Hampshire highwayman who singly and alone ventures upon the capture of crowd ed stage coaches and the cleaning out of their passengers. He is graphically de scribed as "a large man, wearing a veil. " There is delightful mystery about this characterization which allows a fairly free play of the fancy. It is te 'be hoped in the interest of the summer resorts in the interesting region where this romantic person is levying contributions upon tourists that his career may be brought te a speedy close. There is a town called Texarkana, lying partly within Arkansas and partly within Texas, with abroad street marking the boundary. It has two mayors, and the state laws governing en one side have no binding force en the ether. Arkansas made a severe enactment against the free sale of firearms, whereupon the hardware merchants moved their stores te the ether side of the street, thus going inteTexes,' where the sale Of revolvers, like their use, is free. The Arkansas mayor issued a proclamation against the sale of liquor en Sunday, greatly te the advantage of the saloon men in Texas, 'until the venders en the ether side moved ever and regained their customers. It is pointed out that the death of Gen eral Burnside adds another feature te the possible complication in the Senate. His temporary successor, appointed by the governor, will be present at the meeting of the Senate, but he can have no voice in the organization and election of a presi dent pre tem, should Vice President Ar thur iu the interim be called te the presi dency, as the oath of office can only be ad ministered by the vice president or his constitutional substitute, tHe president pre tem. And in that event the Democrats would have a clear majority of the Senate, even should David Davis vote with the Republicans, as three Republican seats- two from New Yerk and one from Rhede Island would remain vacant until alter the organization. When the new senators were in ther seats, a Democratic president pre tem. might be turned out with .the aid of Mr. Davis, but such action en the part of the Illinois senator is extremely improbable ; he may safely be set down as an offset te Mahone every time. The Death a Bird Foretold. Mr. Reynolds, who returned te-day from Europe, says that en beard the Parthia, which yesterday reached her deck iu New Yerk harbor, was also Dr. 'William War ren Greene, of Portland, Maine, who was a delegate te the national medical congress in Londen. The ship was accompanied en its voyage from the shores of Europe by a Mether Cary's Chicken, a little bird which has a habit of venturing far away from land in the wake of vessels. When the ship was out a day or two the bird alight ed upon one of the topmost masts and Dr. Greene, who had been very much inter ested in watching its movements, gave a sailor ten shillings te catch it for him. He had the carpenter make him a cage and seemed greatly pleased with his ac quisition about which he talked a great deal with his fellow-voyagers. But after he had enjoyed its possession a couple of days it died, and when he announced the fact en deck an old sailor sitting by said : "Then there will be another death aboard this ship before she reaches pert." The next day Dr. Greeue was taken sick, aud was atten led by a fellow physi cian freui Bosten, who had likewise been attending the medical congress, as had a number mere of the passengers. Nothing was supposed te be the matter but sea- sickucss, yet the day following Dr. Greene died. Then it was said that he would be buried in the sea. His Masonic friends en the ship waited ou the captain and urged that his body be ta&en te land. Bnt they were told that the positive orders of the Cunard company were te cast into the sea all who died when ever three days' voyage from land ; a fact whicu will lend an addi tional apprehension te these awaiting by the shore their friends upon the deep waters. It was done. Solemnly the ship's crew and passengers assembled by the vessel's side, where the coffin rested en a plank inclined towards the water and greased te aid the swift delivery of the burthen at the appointed time. Religious services were held, and a lady passenger sang "Nearer My Ged te Thee " te an audience in which there was net one dry eye. Then dust te dust, earth te earth, ashes te ashes, a stroke from the captain's hand, and the casket, freed from the severed cord, rushed down into the sea. But saddest scene of all it was when at the dockside steed the wife and servant: of Dr. Grecue te welcome him home. One passenger had been selected te break te them the news, the rest could net leek upon them and turned away. uew inocjceis wen. Ills Easy Capture et the St. Leger Yesterday. The St. Legcr has been captured by the American colt Iroquois. A large crowd was present, among which were many prominent Americans, who are jubilant. Geologist finished second and Lucy Glit ters third. The betting immediately be fore the start was 100 te 30 against Iro quois, 4 te 1 against Ishmael and 5 te 1 against St. Leuis. The ethor starters were Scebell, Limestone, Fortissimo, St. Leuis, Falkirk, Bal Gal, Ishmael, Priva teer, Eurede, Jesyan, Lord Chelmsford, Geerge Mansfield, Voluptuary. Iroquois was ridden by the jockey Archer, Geolo gist by Cannen and Lucy Glitters by Kuewden. The St. Lcger race was instituted in 1776 and the Derby in 1780. After a lapse of twenty years one horse wen them both and then it was forty-eight years be fore the feat was accomplished the second time. Iroquois's victory at Derby, fol fel fol lewed by his winuiug the Prince of Wales stake at Ascot, made him a favorite for the race today until he was reported te be troubled with an attack of coughing two weeks age. This caused the betting te turn against him, but he entirely recov ered, as was evident from his success to day. He is said te have grown since his June conquests and is new sixteen hands high. Mr. Sutten's brown colt Geologist, by Sterling, dam Siluria, who came in second, occupied the same position for the Prince of Wales stake at Ascot en June 14, when Iroquois beat him by only half a length. In the race for the Derby, Geologist did net de se well, his place at the finish being ninth in a field of fifteen. The third horse te-day, Lucy Glitters, is a brown filly by Speculum, dam Bicycle. Iroquois was the quickest away, but Archer immediately pulled him back. Jesyan then took the lead, attended by St. Leuis, Limestone and Geologist, with Iroquois next. By the time the Rifle Butts were reached Falkirk had taken the lead, Ishmeal and Luey Glitters havincr joined the leading let in front of Iroquois, who ceutmunu at iue ueau ei tne second division. At the Red Heuse Falkirk succumbed te Ishmael, Lucy Glitter being second, with St. Leuis, Geologist, Scebell, limestone ana Iroquois well up un til a half mile from home. Here Limestone joint d Ishmael. After a quar ter of a mile had. been traversed the sec ond leaders were beaten. Bal Gal and St. Leuis became distressed. Lucy Glitters momentarily took the lead, but before the distance-pole was reached Iroquois came ea in full running, winning easily by a length. Geologist passed Lucy Glitters in the last fifty yards. St. Leuis pulled up fourth, followed by Eosebo. Ishmael. Fer tissime. Limestone aud Scebell in the order named. Lord Chelmsford, Josvan and Privateer were the last three, except Voluptuary, who walked in. The time of the race was 3 minutes, 20 seconds. m The army and navy medal was wen yes terday at Creedmoor, N. Y., by the Thir teenth regiment of Pennsylvania. TKACH WOMEN TO VSE FIREARMS. A Suggestion for Southern Women te Defend Themselves. Louisville Commercial. The account in our Jeffersonville corres pondence of the assaults committed by a single scoundrel upon four ladies, which by the merest accidents were frustrated, impels the Commercial again te insist that husbands and fathers and brothers shall teach the feminine inmates of their house hold the use of the pistol. A woman who can sheet a pistol is as powerful as a giant ; that little weapon levels all distinctions of strength. Sergeant S. Prentiss, the briliant orator of Mis sissippi, once get down upon his knees and thanked Ged for the invention of gunpowder. All of us might de it if women were made se familiar with its uses as te be measurably secure from the unutterably horrid crimes perpetuated against them by black and white demons crazed with lust. Think of that peer girl down Seuth who seized whilst working in her father's field, dragged into a thicket, outraged and mutilated with razor cuts. If she had had a pistol she could during the struggle with ' the fiend who had seized her. have managed te send a bullet into him. Let it once be known that wemen iu exposed places or situations are in the habit of carrying pistols, and that one fact will give them additional security. De away with your petty archery practice until you have learned the management of a weapon that will guard your honor. Shame ou it that grown up people and people assumed te be rational shall permit themselves te be se defenseless that any brute may over power them at his own fiendish will. Bet ter a race of amazons than a race of such helpless creatures. There's no difficulty iu learning hew te handle a pistol. Three days' practice would teach women hew te lead, te aim skillfully and te held the weapon without tremor. It would also enable them te handle it without danger of accident; in short, te be careful. New we de net mean that women should go armed all the time, with pistols in their girdles. Let's be reasonable in the discussion of this delicate topic. Whilst' their male protectors are about the woman can forego the pistol. What we de say is that women who are left in their homes with or without little children in their cus tedy, the men folks being absent, or women who are obliged te make journeys from home through secluded spots, ought te have seme weapon of defense. If a great big strong man deems it necessary te keep euch weapons, hew much stronger the reason that gentler and weaker persons should be se fortified. De our women read of the terrible details of outrage se common in the dispatches without realiz ing that it may be their turn next ? Nothing is much mere contcmptible than the failure te display common prudence. Even the deg is endowed with teeth by which he can defend himself, and does defend himself. Weman's only defense is her scream, which can speedily be smoth ered. A 14 year old boy shows mere sense. He at least can pull out his little jack-knife and make seme seme show of defense. A woman can have a belt made in such a way that she can carry a pistol concealed, and in such a way that she can readily draw it. Give her this chance for the protection of what is most precious te her, and we shall have fewer accounts of the dreadful and mournful wrongs that arc perpetrated upon her. This is net a theme which we mean te leave untouched. It is a vital one in a country which is flooded with tramps and villiaus of every stamp. HAY-FEVKK. The Disease Less General than iu former Years A l'liyslclan'd Explanation. It has been reported in various quarters that hay-fever is net se prevalent as usual this year, aud that many anuual sufferers from this auneyiug discase have net been com pelled te make their customary jaunts te the mountains or the sea in order te cscape their long-time enemy. Jf New Yerk Tribune reporter asked Dr. Alenzo Claik yesteiday whether there was any founda tion for the report. "I am net informed authoritatively," he replied, "that hay-fever is net prevalent this summer. I have several patients who usually suffer from it and they are by the sea or in the mountains. The disease is produced by the pollen of certain plauts, and as plants are a little fickle in their growth possibly they are net se abundant this year ; bnt of that I knew nothing. One of these plants is Ambrosia Artemo Arteme sire Felia, which is semcties called hog weed, or ragweed. The pollen circulates in the atmosphere of a city, as has been demonstrated. Pie.ces of glass covered with glycerine and then exposed te the air have been afterwards found coated with pollen. Hay-fever varies in regard te its prevalence, iu different years, aud in a particular city will de pend en the wind and still mere en the productiveness of the plants in that part of the country. The only cure for hay fever is te get into an atmosphere where this pollen is net found, but the cure will net be permanent. The disease will re turn the following year. There are, how ever, only a few persons who suffer from it. If you will tell me why one mau has pneumonia and another has net, I will explain why hay-fever is confined te a small class. It depends upon a person's constitution and susceptibility. Children are less subject te it than adults. The dis dis caeo resembles a bad cold. It is an in flammation of the mucueus membranes of the eyes, nose and threat, and is simply annoying." " Where is the pollen found near New Yerk ?" " Iu New Jersey it grows in abuudauce. I have often run across it while out shoot sheet ing. The plant producing it may have failed this year for lack of moisture. After a harvest the fields arc usually full of it. The power of pollen te spread is limited, and it finally falls te the ground. The sea and mountain regions, particularly the White mountains, afford relief. At Fire Island, also, the disease is said net te manifest itself." " It is said that Henry Ward Beechcr has been able te forego his annual trip te the White mountains this summer. Hew would you account for his escape from hay-fever?" "I would .give three reasons Mr. Beecher may have outlived his suscepti bility te the disease ; he may have been te the mountains in ether years when he did net knew whether he would bave the dis dis ease or net ; or the plants that cause the fever may have beeu produced, as I have said, in less abundance this year." A VEILED HIGHWAYMAN. Attempted Itebbery et a sttge Coach In Neiv Hampshire. The following additional particulars have been received of the daring robbery of passengers en the read between the Glen house and Glen station, New Hamphire : "it is saiu that eue man stepped the team of Mr. Frank W. Andrews, of Bos Bes Bos eon, who was driving with his family ahead of the regular coach, which contained sev eral passengers. The highwayman was a large man, wearing a veil. Before the coach drove up he had stepped Mr. An drews and compelled him te deliver $300 and his watch. He also took a pin from Mis. Andrews. He then allowed these persons te go en, and ad vanced upon the driver of the stage, but the driver of the latter started his horses and attempted te run him down. The robber fired his pistol several times, hut was thrown te the ground by the horses. A passenger shot at him with a small re volver, and he retreated te the weeds, leaving the stage te go rapidly down the hill, the leading herse breaking loose and running ahead. As seen a3 the stage reached Glen station word was sent out te watch all the reads, and it is possible the robber may be captured, with two ether men, who are said te have been concealed at the time of the robbery. " "SAY, COMS OVER HEUE.-' Nevel Advertisement for a Shee Stere. Magistrate Cellins, of Philadelphia, held 3Irs. Rachel Hyman of Ne. 934 Seuth street in $500 bail for maintaining a nuisance by keeping polI-parrets,and, with the object of finding out hew en earth a nuisance could be maintained by keeping parrots, a reporter dropped down te Sirs. Hyman's place. A genial and polite little German lady is Mrs. Hyman, but she seems rather cut up ever the prosecution. She takes evident pleasure in showing off her collection of birds, but it is net for the mere sake of having them that they are there. The little woman is a widow and she has a family of three children te sup port. In addition te the bird "store Sirs. Hyman has a small shoe store adjoining, and here all the bother seems te come in. On the opposite side of the street there are two rival shoe stores, and while the proprietors of each of these seem te -get en very well together, it appears from Mrs. Hyman's statement that they have united iu open hostility te her. The gentleman who runs one of these establishments ap pears te have been the party who took out the warrans, while the ether shoe dealer aud a brother-in-law of the first were the witnesses before the magistrate. 31rs. Hyman attaches considerable signifi cance te the fact that no ether neighbors complained, and that these en each side of her had never been disturbed by the birds. However, let's see about the par- lOtS. The shoe store and the bird store have separate entrances from the street, but communicate with one another in the inside. The reporter entered the bird store and was hailed by a voice. " Hew d'ye de ? " "Very well, thank you. Hew are you ?" he replied. looking about him for the party who appeared te be se solicitieus as te 'hew he did.''' "Yah, ha, ha, yah!" "It's only the parrot, sir," said 31rs. Hyman coming in from the shoe store. Having stated his business, the lady informed the reporter that the prosecution was wholly vindictive, and pointed out that the birds were net making any neisd just then. Neither thev were. "But," said Mrs. Hyraau, caudidly,. " ir'a lint wriim fr rlew IITI-iai tlm iwaAflmn aw fc? uvrv vissu ij-imj uguiiiu VIDUlUOl is het as it has been lately they de make a little mere noise, Net se much, however, as te be a uuisauce "I have been keeping the shoe store eleven years," she stated, " but have only had the bird store about six months. One of the dealers en the ether side tried te get it, but I succeeded with the landlord better than he did. They are mishtv mad. however, about one thing," she added. with a smile. "What is that?" "Yeu see that bird out there," pointing as she spoke te a fins specimen of the poll species. "Yes." " Well, that bird does just make them wild. When the weather is warm and he see3 people passing te and fro en the ethor side he yells out, and he has get a splendid voice " "'Say, come ever here and buy seme shoes.' " "They don't seem te appreciate the genius of that parrot." "Net much ; but I can't help it. I didn't teach the bird, and when I put him out there te get the air I can't keep him from talking. Yen can't reason with par rots." ST A It ItOUTE FICAUDS. The Prosecution Almest Ready te I'recjeil. Colonel William A. Cook, employed es pecially te conduct star route cases for the government, returned te Washington from Leng Branch Sunday night, and left again Monday. Before leaving he stated that it was true that Bliss and Brewster had been employed te assist him. He said that there was great necessity for their .employ ment ; the labor and importance of cases demaud it. The preparation of these cases has necessitated " considera ble labor, he said, "and the labor will continue with their prosecution." Even with what we have done, special labor and efforts will be required in the trial of the cases. After indictments may ba found, neither I. or any ether individual could conduct the case te final issue alene or unaided. Besides, it is understood that the persons who may be indicted will have a large number of attorneys, and, in view of this fact aud the importance of the cases, there will net be tee many en the part of the government." "What are your relations with the gon gen tlemen named?" " I am well acquainted with each of them, and have been engaged with Cel. Bliss in the trial of an impertaut case and in several public movements with Mr. Brewster. They are both able and ex perienced lawyers very able and no better selections could possibly have been made " " Were youceusultod or aware of their selcctieu prier te the announcement ? " "It would net ba proper ler me te say. " "Will the attorney general take part in any of the cases?" "-The usage of the office held by him, and the pressure of regular business upon his time and attention, would net permit him te be present at the trial. If this had net been se, the United States would have had the advantage of his ripe experience and admirable ability in the actual trial of the cases." " When will the cases bd presented te the grand jury?" " Shortly. There are a large number of jail cases, including chaff es of murder, which in the usual course of business will have te first be disposed of, but there will be no unnecessary delay in presenting the cases te the grand jury. The record evi dence in a number of cases is already pre pared, and witnesses are new en their way te Washington." " What is your opinion of the cases ?" " Well, it would uet.be proper, I sup pose, for me te say, but the facts have been carefully colleeted, and the cases against a number are regarded as strong. We are all satisfied with the condition of affairs a3 they new stand." s STATUE ITEMS. Dauphin county's agricultural fair is new in progress at Harrisburg, and is a very creditable affair. A $1.90 tax rate is suggested by the Philadelphia councils committee, en finance. This is a reduction en last years rate. The Erie Democrats are engaging in a factional fight for a commissionership nomination, which the Herald says will seriously affect Hen. Orange Neble's can vass for the state treasurership. A son of Henry S. Clark, of Susque hanua, has just died from eatiner beef from an animal that had been killed after having broken its leg several days before. Clark's entire family is sick from the same cause. James Trythal, of Warwick township, Chester county, was walking en tbe line of the French Creek railroad, near Spring field, wheu he heard a train approaching and stepped te one side te let it pass. He did net give the train enough room, and the locomotive struck him and inflicted injuries that proved fatal. A young colored man named Benjamin I F. Jenes, aged twenty-two years was found dead in his bed yesterday morning by the family of Samuel Nichols, of North alley, Harrisburg, were Jenes lived. The ver dict of Corener Sbmdle's jury was hat he came te his death from supposed affection of the lungs. There is considerable excitement iu Easten ever Finall-pox and every measure is being tried te prevent its spread. Three new cases were reported Tuesday night and Wednesday, making five cases new existing. Twe deaths have occurred. It is said that the disease was spread by a woman who had nursed a child who had died from small-pox, going around te dif ferent houses asking for money te pay the child's funeral expenses. DEMOCRACY'S NEED. Hew It I Proposed te Maintain Kffecttve Political Werk Frem One Year's End te the Other. Times. Of the seven members of the committee appointed by the Democratic state com mittee last July te prepare rules for the maintenance of better organization in the party, only three fulfilled the appointment of a meeting at the Giraro house, Philadel phia, last evening. These were Andrew II. Dill, who is chairman of the committce by virtue of his office as head of the state committee, W. IT. Henscl, who was among the first te urge the necessity of the pro posed new rules, and J. P. Barr, of the Pittsburgh Pest. The absentees were' William A. Wallace, who had telegraphed that he could net attend ; Samuel J. Ran dall, who was in New Yerk te receive the remains of his sister-in-law, who died re cently in Europe ; Benjamin Whitman, who had said that it would be tee incon venient for him te come all the way from his home in Eric, and Themas J. Barger, who is en a visit iu Menree coun ty, and in ill health. There had been au understanding, however, that such mem bcrs as might be present could discuss the matter informally if there should be less than a quorum present and Messrs. Ilen sel. Dill and Barr acted accordingly. Briefly summoned up, the idea is te sup ply the want of written rules and prevent in the future such complaints as have arisen from acting in accordance with dis puted precedents. It is desired te secure uniformity of practice in conventions and the selection of chairman of the state committee as well as seme changes in the principle of representation in the state convention and en tin state committee. The ideas of Messrs. Heuscl, Dill aud Barr will be sub mitted at a meeting of the committee prier te the assembling of the state com mittee in WilliamspUrt ou the evening be fore the state convention. The purpose is te have the new rules adopted by the con vention. Abolition of senatorial delegates is recommended, as every county can have as many representative iu the convention as it has in the Legislature. The establish ment of a headquarters with a paid secretary ou hand all the time, is favored. There is some diversity of opin ion as te hew the state committce should be constituted, but the prevailing idea ap pears te be that It should consist of the chairmen of the county committees, insur ing harmony with the local constituencies and preventing abrupt and radical changes in the composition of the body. The com mittee thus constituted, it is thought, should be allowed te elect its own chairman at seme time, say in January, when tlic.clcctien would be least likely te be affected by local conflicts. It is believ ed that by giving the state committee au thority te provide for the temporary organi zation of the state convention, as all na tional committees de in national conven tions, considerable friction that often disturbs preliminary proceedings can be avoided. It is thought possible that regulations can be made by which at least the prima facie rights of delegate te participate in temporary organiza tions may be determined in advance. Oue of the maiu advantages foreseen in a per manent organization, such as the ollicc ellicc ollicc helding Republicans can easily maintain for their party, is the carryiug en of effec tive political work at times when the minds of voters are believed te be mere readily influenced than during the heat of campaigns. LS-TEST N WS BY MAIL. Baseba 1 : At Buffalo Buffalo. 2 ; Wor cester, 1. At Trey Trey, 8 ; Cfevcland.O At Providence Providence, 4 ; Detroit, 1. At Bosten Chicago, 4 ; Bosten, 3. Near Boenevillo, Arkansas, en Tuesday, Rebert and .William Hamby, brothers, while riding home from town, were fired en by an assassin. Rebert was killed and William wa3 fatally wounded. 31. II. San ford has sold his splendid farm of "100 acres, near Lexington, Ky., and his whole stud of thoroughbreds, including twenty-one Lexington marcs, Glcneig, Vir gil and Monarchist, te D. Swigcrt, for $132,000. The compromise arranged by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce committee has been accepted by all parties, and the labor troubles in that city for the present may be considered at an end. Large num bers of the old hands will go te work with the new hands te-day. The New Yerk police yesterday raided three peel-selling establishments in Bar clay street and arrested the proprietors and clerks. All gave bail in the sum of $1,000 te await trial. The paraphernalia at nll-the places was seized and retained te be used in evidence against them. Advices from the west coast of Africa state that the king of Dahomey with his army of Amazons had raided and destroy ed the towns of Igname and Okeke. north west of Akekeut. They had populations of many thousands. All who were unabl e te escape were brought te Abemey, the capital .of Dahomey, for sacrifice at a great? annual "custom." Arrangements have been made with the officers of the railroad companies leading from Washington te Chattanooga for re dnccdiatcs (half the usual fare) te such members of tbe " Army of the Cumber land " residing in the Northern and Eastern states as desire te attend the reunion of that society, which is te be held at Chattanooga en the 21st and 22d in stant. The main fair building, with all its con tents, and the offices of the Times, Journal and Jlail at Kansas City were burned te the ground yesterday. The building was crowded with people, as was also the graud stand, with which the flames com municated, arid for a time a terrible panic ensued. People were trampled under feet, and it was seme time before matters could be quieted. It is net thought any one was killed. The less from fire is at least $30,000. MYSTIC KNIGHTS. Session of the Select Castle In Heading. The select castle of Pennsylvania, Knights of the 3Iystic chain, in session with closed doers in Reading, elected the following officers for the ensuing year : Secretary commander, Chas. W. Lutz, of Ne. CI ; select vice commander, J. K. Boyd, of Ne. 77 ; select recording and corresponding scribe, Jehn J. Davis. of Ne. 18 ; select treasurer, W. C. Brown, et me. ze; select marsnai, Archer weed, of Ne. ly ; select inside guard, Jeseph II. Lenhart, of Ne. 44 ; select outside guard, Martin V. Fry, of Ne. 01 ; select trustee, H. E. Wainwright, of Ne. 26. The report of the retiring select commander, J. B. Nebbs, was read, and referred te the com mittee en select officers' report, consisting of Representatives S. R. Fish, of Ne. 44 ; C. L. Eads, of Ne. 1 ; and Richard Thomp. son, of Ne. 14. The report of the select recording and corresponding pcribc' showed the order te be in a flourishing condition, and te have met with a large increase during the past year. The re ports of the committee en law and super vision and of the committee en appeals were read and approved. The following committee en demise of sir knights was appointed : E. 3Iurphy, of Ne. 27 ; W. J. Wilkinson, of Ne. SO, and W. Charlleen, of Ne. C4. Representatives G. L. Jenes, C. W. Lutz, C. Wainwright, Geerge Met calf and Isaac Davis were appointed a committee en condolence en President Garfield. Supreme Commander W. C. Brown being announced iu waiting, was introduced and addressed the assembly. The Supreme Castle of the World will meet at Liberty, Indiana, en the eigh teenth of October next. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. YESTERDAY'S FIKES. The I'M en llarn and Anether Flace tired. Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday after noon the stable of the county prison was found te be en fire. There are two por tions te the building and they are connect ed by a slate reef under which is a shed with big doers. The fire was discovered iu the portion of the building next te Orange street. Twe tens of straw and and some ether things were destroyed by fire. The reef of this part of the building was burned entirely off and the fleer ou which the straw laid was damaged badly. The carriage called the Black Maria, which was m the shed was taken out. ihe horse was in the ether part of the building and was removed. A pig that was in the burnt poitien was rescued by the prison baker. The southern portion of the building was net even scorched and the shed was very slightly damaged. The whole less, includ ing the straw, will be little ever $100. The firemen did geed service at the lire. The cause of the fire is net known, but it was undoubtedly the work of an incen diary. The Other hire. Just as the firemen were getting ready at the prison another alarm was sounded, it having been discovered that a tobacco wareheuse ou Milllin street, in the rear of Ne. 510 East King street waseu lire. The building is occupied by James I'rangley aud is owned by Jacob Gable. Itcentainctl several hundred cases of leaf tobacco aud no ene has been working at the place for some time. The fire was started by an incendiary at the double deer leading out en Mifflin street. The large pest between the doers was almost burned oil and a hole was burned in the fleer at the bottom. It is believed that coal oil was poured en this pest from the transom above, after which cotton waste wan placed under the deer and set ou lire. Several ca&s of tobacco were burned somewhat. Five or six were broken and quite a number were damaged by smoke. The doers and floors of the building were all that were injuicd by the fire aud that less is net great. Per sons in the neighborhood with buckets, assisted by the American lire company with their engine, extinguished the fire. The building is insured in the Heme Mutual company. Mr. Prauglcy had his stock insured for $1.1,000 with Bailsman & Burns in three different companies. What his less will be is net known, but the agent w'U net ac knowledge any less by smoke. Tin; DRAMA. Cennie Soesah " at the Opera Heuse. In the expressive phrase of stage vernac ular 3Ir. Cliarle.-; G.iylcr's alleged drama of "The Cennie Soegah " may ba de scribed as a decidedly " tart snap." The story itself is net without interest, but it has been treated with au awkward hand and the amount of lemance, plot aud counterplot that are developed iu its three acts seen sour en au audience of avcrage intelligence ; while the abundance "sensa tional "' effects produced, apparently after intense strain upon the resources of the author, frequently bring it close te the holders of the ludicrous. Geerge Clarke, who played the title role is a passably geed Irish dialect actor, but the, life of the play is Miss Jennie Ycamans, a bright little soubrette, who reminds one of Annie Pixley, and who.e pretty faee, jaunty style and racy humor saved the perform ance from the tatal wreck that frequently threatened it. With a fair veice aud undeniably limber feet this heroic little lady attempted at several stages of the play te entertain the modest audieneu at the opera house last evening, but her praiseworthy efforts in that direction were marred by the orchestra, who couldn't or wouldn't come te time iu spite of the re peated stampings of her shapely little feet or the annoyed glances of a pair of uncom monly fine eyes directed vainly toward the unconscious musicians. All the same, the audience obtained a pretty fair idea of her capacity when given half a chance, and applauded accordingly. The company re joices iu the possession of an exceptionally cold-blooded villain, iu the person of a Mr. Hagan, who made people shiver when he rolled his eyes, but generally speaking tin: ether members of the company were penr sticks. The piece needs te be sent te the workshop for repairs, and a little judicious pruning of seme of the absurdities that constitute its principal stee'e may result in making it pre sentable. A feature of merit was the " Devil's Basin" scene, a fine piece of stage architecture ; but faulty management of it, as for instance when the realistic waterfall would occasionally step running without visible cause, deprived it in a mea sure of its full effect. OUK F1KKMKN. The Union Doyneffto New .terney'ii Capital. The State Capital band of Harrisburg, arrived in this city en mail train last even ing, and were met at the depot by a committee of the Union fire com pany and a large crowd of peo ple who had gathered te get a leek at this noted musical organization. They marched down North Queen street te Cop land's saloon, where they played a fine se lection. They were entertained in Cop land's best style, after which they went te the Union engine house and from their te the Cooper home, where they put up for the night. The band numbered 2.1 men, handsomely uniformed in red coats, light blue pants and bearskin hats This morning the fire company assem bled at their house, and headed by the State Capitals, made a short street paracle ever the following route : Frem the hese house down 3Iarket te Orange, te North Queen, te Centre Square, te East King, te Duke, te Chestnut, te depot, where they left en the 8:03 train for Trenten amid the applause; of a large crowd assembled te witness their departure. The company were their hand some new uniforms, which consisted of hjack helmet hats(the latest pattern) with a large brass frontispiece and "17G0'' painted in geld en the shieldg ; green shirts hand somely trimmed with geld lace and having a geld figure "1" iu the centre; white neck ties, regulation belt with a large brass plate in front, and black paUs; gloves and gauntlets (Knight Templar pattern) with a figure "1" worked in green velvet. Al together their appearance was such as they themselves and all menus ei the company have ample reason te be proud, and such a respectable body of firemen will be sure te receive a royal welcome in tbe New Jersey capital. The company numbered 48 men and were marshalled by President- II. E. Slay maker and Vice Presidents E. E. Snyder and J. L. Lytc. They will return en Sat urday evening when they will be received by the members who did net participate in the trip and make a short street parade for which the have secured a calcium light. V
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