LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1881. Hancastrr I-iUclliflcnrcr. TUESDAY EVENING. OCT. 11, 1881. Silence Will AotDe. The politicians who thought they could readily withstand the force of Wolfe's rebellion of one forget hew he was armed against them by a knowledge of their Erie practices and hew he could command the ear of the people in relat ing them, as one who had been of their household and knew of what lie spoke. The serious charges which Mr. Wolfe brings against the state office-holders have often been substantially made by Democratic speakers and journalists, though never perhaps with se great par ticularity and boldness in naming names. Frem us these charges have been evaded as prompted by partisan malice. But Wolfe, with his declaration in favor of the puriGcatien of his party, is obviously working up te the support of his princi ples in expressing what he knows of the wrongdoing of the3e who have taken his party in charge for the profits they can make out of their management of it. When Wolfe get up in the oil region at Titusville en Saturday night te tell why he was an independent Republican candidate it was evidently u very oppor tune time and place for him te say what he knew of the dealings of the officers of the state in oil ; and lie declared that Governer Ileyt, Secretary of State Quay and the Democratic cashier of the treas ury had been in partnership in the pur chase of large quantities of oil with the state funds, in anticipation of a rise in value ; instead of which came a fall and a less te the operators ; which was made geed by Den Cameren and Henry W. Oliver ; which was the reason of the strenuous advocacy of the election of Oliver te the Senate by (Juay ; Ileyt, who would like te have been a can didate himself, being obliged te support Oliver. Nothing is wanted te make that statement specific. And of course it needs te be met. Chairman Cooper was wise in considering that the best way te treat Wolfe was net te notice his caudidacy ; but it evidently won't de te refuse te notice his charges. Of course that involves n notice of his candidacy ; but it is a difficulty if the situation which cannot be avoided. If the Republican leaders were but paneplied in innocence there would be no difficulty at all ; as they would blew Welfe out of water as seen as they showed that his accusations were false. If they cau de this they have no time te .lese in the demonstration ; and even though they can't, they may make up their minds that the policy of silence about Wolfe will net work under exist ing circumstances and that they are bound te try at least te make him out te be a malicious slanderer of better men than himself. Governer Ileyt lias a geed reputation for his friends te plant them selves en te start with. People generally will net be inclined te believe that he has been unlawfully speculating with the money of the state in collusion with the cashier of the treasury. Xe accusation of that kind against Quay will create any surprise, but Ileyt has a decenter reputation. Still when we remember the fact that Kenible controlled the gover nor, and compelled him te control the at torney general, te grant the pardon which they did net wish te grant him, we must suspect a reason for this influence ; and an obvious one would be the desire of the governor te avoid nu exposure that Kemble threatened. It may net have been of his speculation in state funds ; it may have been of something very dif ferent and even worse : something for instance about his Mellie Maguirc con nections. But whatever it is, crooked ness of some kind is naturally supposed te be at the bottom of it ; and Governer Ileyt does net stand before the people se paneplied as te make him impervious te Wolfe's teeth. He will be a sadly used up governor if he don't come out te de battle for his fair namcaud knock Wolfe en the head if he has the strong staff for the work. As te Quay it really don't matter. He can afford te be quiet and fellow Chairman Cooper in net noticing Wolfe. His reputation for honor and honesty is tee peer te be made much poorer. Cashier Walters, of the treasury, of course needs te speak if ha would save himself; and, being a Democrat, he is net deterred by any fear of increasing Wolfe's importance by noticing him. The Harrisburg Putrwt declares that whatever may be the truth of the allega tions as te the abuse of the treasury frauds, State Treasurer Xeyes had no knowledge of them, and of course its meaning is that the cashier abused net only his trust, but the confidence of his chief. These are serious charges. We are glad te have the Patriot's assurance of the innocence of the treasurer ; but it cannot mean that he remained in igno rance when he came te transfer his office te his successor ; for it is well known that the latter objected te the character of the securities; and it is altogether prob able that the mortification : nd the anx iety brought down the gray hairs of the aged treasurer in sorrow te the grave, even though he was innocent and lest nothing. But what must be the management of the state treasury when its cashier can dispose of its funds se that they shall be out of the knowledge of the treasurer ? Fer years the money of the state has been unlawfully used by its custodians and their bosses. Everyone knows it. Mr. Welfe treais en familiar ground in assailing the abuse. Wcwish him better luck than we have- had in exciting the people about it. If he does net de it when he (lings the governor of the state into the dirty peel, we may give the case upas hopeless, and let the robbers rob. The state treasurer excuses his failure te comply with the law requiring month ly statements of the condition of the state treasury te ba published in the Harrisburg newspapers, by saying that no appropriation has been made te cover the expense ; which would be a better ex cusc if he had asked the two Harrisburg papers te publish the statements and take their chances of payment from Ihe Legislature's future appropriation. And as the constitution orders the publication of these statements the .stale treasurer might at least have obeyed its mandate by posting a copy conspicuous-' ly in the portal of the treasury ; i he had net enterprise enough te send copies te the newspapers for their information. State Treasurer Butler, considering the great respect for the constitution which he showed in refusing the demand of the members of Ihe Legislature for ten dol lars a day beyond a hundred days, ex hibits a very surprising disregard for the direction of the constitution about the exposure of the condition of the treas ury. The man with the straw hat leeks kind of seldom. The wise mau new takcth his fall over coat out of the camphor and doth net get left. What a crowd of " I told you se's" there will be te-morrow. And the crop weu't be confined te Ohie, cither. The stability of American institutions is in imminent peril. Mr. Arthur is con fidently looked te by his intimate fiicuds te cause a step te be put te the practice of promiscuous presidential handshaking as senseless, meauiugless and disgusting te the president. This is a serious matter. At the time of his assassination Ciesar was master of the then known world and at the acme of his greatness in his fifty third year. Henry IV., who was also murdered, at forty-seven had acquired his claim for greatness. Liuceln became president in his fifty-second year of his life, and Garfield in his fiftieth. Ocn fellow citizens, of Swiss, nativity cannot read the statement of the consul at Philadelphia in behalf of their afflicted countrymen without having their sym pathies quickened. Subscriptions for the worthy cause in behalf of which this appeal is issued will be received at this office and promptly forwarded te the proper authority- Tin; insurance newspapers de net at tach much credit te Governer Heyt's latc-in-thc-day refusal te charter any meru of the "death rattle" insurance companies. After two or three hundred had been au thorized te fill up the graveyards, the insuranee organs naturally think the thing might have been allowed te go en until every man was his own insurance com pany. Tni. Philadelphia -4wcne, which likely wants te de what is right, cannot find what there is iu Neble's record "te show that he is :i public-spirited ami upright man, net a millienaru after the model of Mr. William II. English?" The Ameri can should inquire at Mr. Neblo's home. It will find him foremost in all geed works, active in building up Eric's interest?, lib eral, energetic, upright and honored by all his fellow townsmeu. A Wii.minc.ten man took laudanum, and almost immediately repented of the rash act. He hurried te a physician in order te procure an antidote. The M. I), thought he was druuk awl refused te re lieeo him ; se the mau died. There are quite a variety of morals te this tragic tile, hut if the iirst awl best is heeded never te take laudauum unless you mean business there will be no necessity of lengthening the list. Mu. Wei.fi: lets in a geed deal of light upon state treasury management. The Noyes-Walter administration, it is greatly te be feared, was far from clean ; and, although it started oil well, it suffered from contamination with the Quay Magce iniiucuccs and from association with that Bayard against whom the Ixtixmuexceu lifted its voice in partly vain pretest. Mr. Welfe gives a geed reason why the " Pce pie's" bank bears that name, as it fattens ou the people's money. A Bkitisii newspaper calls attention te a noticeable feature in the social and poli tical life of the present generation in a decidedly increased and increasing leve for stars and cresses. The multiplication of orders under the present reign pre ceeded apace. The Victeria Cress and the Star of India supplied what soldiers and Indian civilians alike considered neces sities. The need for the decorations of the Indian Empire and the crown of India was less apparent ; but Lord Bcaceusfield's career would net have been complete without his feundiug an order of chivalry Mi:. Wharten Bakkek'k Philadelphia American, changed back te a weekly and printed in the best styie of typography, is new re-launched under the editorial man agement of II. M. Jenkins, an experienced journalist. The American will make a specialty of fiuaucial and economical ques tions, with proper attention te literary matters and independent Republican poli tics. In its sphere the American will be te Philadelphia journalism what the Ari Ari tien has se" Jeng been in New Yerk awl England tee. Jenkins can make it go, and we yet leek te see the American blos som forth iute a Quaker city daily with money and brains te push into the first rank. They arc beginning te talk new as though the jelly commander of the Cor Cer wiu had perpetrated a bit of hilarity when he awl that Herald reporter scrambled up te the highest point they could reach en an uninhabited piece of territory in the Arctic regions and formally took possession of it iu the name of the government of the United States. When it is kuewn that no human being, net even an Esquimaux, exists there, the prospect of disputed jurisdiction takes en the appcarauce of a huge joke. Wrangle Land, as the place is set down en the maps, is probably co called because the excellent German nobleman whose name it wears never set feet upon the ground, nor indeed heard of it. Vandalism gees marching ou, and the latest icenelast whose vicious work has attained any degree of publicity is ene of " thorn literary fellers " who proposes te tear away all the aureole of glory which history aud tradition have woven around the brews of the passengers of the May flower aud their immediate progenitors and descendants, and te show that they had no right at all te the title of Puritans ; that they had no connection with thebedy of English and Scotch religionists te whom that word was applied : but that they were a collection of fanatical outlaws called Brewnists, whose communistic and free love tenets made England an unsafe resi dence for them, and whose presence in Helland tried Dutch patience and endur ence te the uttermost. The only excep tion he makes in thus describing the May flower emigrants is in favor of stout Miles Standish, a soldier of fortune and a descendant of a noble Catholic family. The English Punch is distinguished for friendliness te America. Wheu Liuceln died it had one of the fittest poems that was written en the tragic and melauchely event. In a late issue England and America are pictured as meurniug " a common sorrow," there is a touching poetical elegy en the late president, and the new executive gets this high-flown but well-meant 6end off : " ' The Coming of AitTnun. He comes indeed in Tenny son's own words, 4 like a modern Gentle man,' in the person of America's new President. He comes, tee, like the blame less king, at a time of darkness and pain. England's best hope for America and for him is that like the Peet's ' ideal knight ' ' Net swaying te that faction or tetliiV he may come as a presage of purity and a premise of unity te the State he is sq strangely, sadly and unexpectedly called upon te sway." PERSONAL. Senater Allisen is fifty-two years old, Senater Garlaud forty-nine, Senater Walker fifty one, Senater Miller fifty, Sen Sen aeor Teller fifty-one, Senater Hill (.Cel.) forty nine, Senater Kellogg fifty, Senater Fryc fifty, Senater Vest fifty-one, Senater Jenes (Nev.) fifty-one and Senater Jack Jack eon forty-nine. A Chicago correspondent, looking ever a mercantile directory for 1872, finds en the black list the entry : " Z Gciteai;, CnAiuxs, J., lawyer." Turning te the definition or the letter " Z" he finds : " Z Iucome uncertain and. often precari ous. Defer iudefinitcly the payments of debts. Lawsuits te collect claims would he useless. Ne credit or favors should be given." Iu the Eastern Pennsylvania convention of public school superintendents, called by Dr. Higbee te meet iu Reading en Jan. 17, en the evening of the second day of the session, te open the way for discussion, a carefully prepared paper, reviewing the whole law relating te county superintend ents, their method of election, their term of office aud their duties, suggesting such modifications thereof as may be deemed desirable, will be read by B. P. Sii.vn:, superintendent of Lancaster county. The following is the full text of the res olution adopted at WiUiamspert by the state convention, endorsing the adminis tration of the late Democratic auditor general : Jleselccd, That the honest, able and fearlcs course et the Hen. W. P. Sciiem,. as auditor general of the state, merits and hereby receives our warmest approval and endorsement. His personal and official integrity, and his fidelity te public duty, shed iustre upon his administration et' the affairs of his department, while they large ly increased the revenues of the common wealth. Iu a recent peu-pertrait the personal appearance of President Airrnun is thus sketched: Something abeva six feet in height, of presence most impe.-ing, a face at ence grave, self-possessed and frank, a manner composed awl full of dignity and courtesy. His figure, straight as a dart, well rounded aud well-proportioned, is clad in sembre raiment from top te tee, yet a better dressed figure was never seen in a drawing-room. A braid bound Prince Albert coat of black, but toned uearly te the chin, dark trousers 'ind gaiters, a black silk scarf fastened with au onyx pin awl half covering the whitest of standing-cellars these set off the grave face, the closely trimmed military whiskers and moustache, the round head with its short, gray besprinkled hair aud the home what florid complexion. tOOK OUT! Alleged Swindles In Land Certlllcutes. Uce. V. Dele, of Itie Urandc, in X. Y. Sun. I have received a large number of let ters asking inclination about Texas land certificates. It may net be generally known outside this state that such has been the demaud for Texas laud within the past two years that new little if any of the public domain belonging te this state remains uulecated. There are mero than sufficient certificates for lands new outstanding, issued by the commissioner of the general land office, te exhaust the remaining area uulecated, but still the commissioner is issuing monthly certifi cates by the hundred te several railroad companies, te the Texas veterans and te the Texas Confederate cripples, who are placing them en the markets in the North. The CIO aero certificates are new .selling for 82e, and I venture te say that within four months they will net be worth $5 iu the market here. As a large number of persons outside of this state have been swindled with these certificates, it would be well for the public te bear iu mind these simple facts, and when Texas land certificates arc offered in market for sale te reflect that possibly they cannot be sur veyed aud located for the reasons above slated, aud if net located immediately they have no value. Mr. uenks Illds Farewell. Xorristewn Kcglstcr. Rev. W. A. Jcnks bid farewell yester day te the congregation wershipiug at the Central Prcsbytenan church He used no scriptural passage as a text, but preached upon the subject of the Hely Communion. Sacrament was administer ed te the average number of members of the church. The sermon was entirely un like that generally preached when a min ister is facing his congregation for the last time, and was received with as liltle emotion as though Mr. Jenks had net asked that the pastorate be " declared vacant. An audibly uttered ' farewell " at the conclusion of the benediction was all that could be construed into a sign of a farewell service. The no-uiero pastor made the following announcement : "Te the intense pleasure of this congregation, Rev. Samuel Gould, formerly of this bor ough, will preach next Sunday morning aud declare the pulpit vacant." The SIxtU Comet. Intelligence received at the Warner Ob servatory, Rochester, N. Y.. from Bristel, England, states that Prof. W. P. Denning discovered a bright new comet en the 4th inst. It is located in the constellation of Lee. right ascension i) hours 22 minutes, declination north 10 degrees, daily motion 30 minutes cast. . This"is the sixth comet which has been seen since May 1, five be ing new discoveries, all but two of which were first observed by Americans, and it is certainly a high compliment te the in dustry and skill of American astronomers that they have shown se fine a record. The total amount which Mr. II. II. War- ner has given in comet prizes during the past year is $1,300, which shows that the interest taken in astronomical affairs iu this country is greatly increasing. THK TREASURY MISMANAGEMENT. Welle Striking Bight and Left. In his speech at Titusville, Welfe read from the constitution the clause requiring the publiactieu of monthly statements of the condition of the treasury, what amount of money is ou baud, where it is deposited, iu what amounts, and en what security. He also read the act of 1874 passed te carry the constitutional prevision into effect and requiring the statements te be published in two newspapers at Harris burg. He said up te the time of Noyes' administration these statements had been regularly published. During his administration " they were pub lished euly part of the time and siuce Noyes turned ever the treasury te Butler they have net been published at all. Blake Walter., chief clerk for Noyes organized a gigantic scheme of speculation with the money of the state. A part of it was the purchase of large quantities of crude petroleum certificates which were expected te increase in value but failed te de se, and then Walters and his confeder ates attempted te lobby through the Leg islature of 1879, a tax ou oil iu the shape of a liceuse payable te the state for every derrick erected te bore for oil. This failed, as did also the proposed tax ou crude pe troleum iu bulk, and; the ether speculat ing schemes of the ring proving equally disastrous, the treasury was depleted of cash and members had te take their war rants and go home without getting thein cashed. Many were sold at discount, aud the public school warrants all ever the state were begging for purchasers at a discount, a fact that was notorious every where and caused our school beards im mense embarrassment This deficit continued, aud when But ler came into office the drafts en the peo ple's cash made by the speculations of Walters, the Democratic clerk, and his Republican partners, Henry M. Ileyt and Matt Quay, amounted te au enormous sum. Butler hesitated te take the office when cash was represented by compara tively worthless due bills, and there was considerable delay in the trausfer. At length Cameren came forward and guar anteed the amount, and it is sup posed Henry W. Oliver assumed part of the responsibility awl subse quently demanded his reward. Noyes soed died it is supposed worried te death ever the irregularity and his losses. But ler has hitherto disregarded the plain mandate of the constitution, the law and his official oath regarding these statements, aud it is fair te infer that he has some strong reason for his se doing. Wolfe said he made no charge against Butler's integ rity, but could net understand why he did net obey the law. That there aie reasons for his action may be inferred from the fact that en August 1, 1881. the statement filed in the auditor general's office shows that there were at that time deposited iu the People's bauk, of Philadelphia, $1(50, 000. He read the list of stockholders .of the People's bauk. Ou the same date the treasury had en deposit with the Allegheny national bauk $100,000. The cashier is McCandles, Chris. Magee'.s right-hand man in Pitts burgh. It leeks as if Chris. Magce and net Butler was treasurer when we knew that Chief Cierk Levisee, of the treasury, was named at Magce's dictation. The statement which should have been filed in the auditor general's office September 1 was net filed up te the tenth or twelfth, and these may be some of the reasons why the statements are net aud have net been published in two Harrisburg papers, as required by law. Th 3 People's bank, said Wolfe, is properly ealled the People's bauk because the money of the people of Pennsylvania is deposited there aud the politicians grew rich off its dividends. AXOTIlKlC WATERLOO HlUtO CONK. Dead at the Age ut One Hundred and Five Years. Terente Mail. It is saddening te hear from time te time that another of the liuks which connected us with that period in the history of Great Britain when she battled successfully for supremacy en laud and sea has been broken. Majer Recan. a veteran of the Peninsular war and Waterloo, died re cently at the little village of Gilferd, county of Simcoe, having reached the ripe old age of 103 years.Majer Timethy Renau served his majesty King Geerge HI. in the Forty-seventh infantry regiment, the same corps which lay in Terente at the time et the Fenian raid iu 1860. Most of his military life was passed iu active service, for he was engaged in most of the sanguinary battles fought between the French and British in Spaiu duriug the years 180D and 1811, and was privileged te take part iu closing engagement at Waterloo. Al though it was Majer Renan's geed fertune te die full of years, surrounded by the comforts which his own exertions had wen for him, he did net cscape unscathed from all the battlefields en which his courage aud devotion te country had been tried. He was shot iu the groin at the sicge of Badajos, aud carried the bullet in his body up te the time of his death. Agaiu at Wateiloe he was severely weuuded. During the terrific charges which the French cavalry made en the British squares at the former engagement he was singled out for personal combat by an officer iu the enemy's squadrons. The Frenchman charged furiously up8n him, and with a single sweep of his sabre sever ed the bridle lines of Renau's horse, with the object of having its rider at his mercy. But while Monsieur was se engaged his intended victim ran a sword through his body. But Renan had, by the cutting of the bridle lines, lest control of hi3 horse, and another Frenchman endeavored te take advantage of his predicament by also charging upon him. The British officer however, adroitly fell ever his horse, and slipping under the animal's body managed te catch the second Frenchman in the nick of time, and by an upward sweep of his sword nearly decapitated him. But feats of strength and daring accomplished by Reman en the eventful day would fill pages He was severely wounded toward the close of the battle. Shortly before Bluchcr's arrival was announced a shell burst immediately ever him, and a frag ment fractured his skull. He was carried te the rear, aud in the hospital the wound was silver trepanned. lie were the plate te the end of his life: Renan came te this country before the rebellion of 1837-08, and took an active part in its suppression. MB. BAYARD'S SPEECII. IVhat lie ald en Assuming the Senate Gavel. When Mr. Bayard's election as presi dent pre tern, of the Senate was announced the presidentelect rose from his seat and came forward with dignified demeanor. The only real sensations of the three hours were a round of applause from the gallery when Mr. Beck alluded te the two foolish New Yerk senators, whesj comic tragedy had brought such results, and the refusal of David Davis te vote en the final ballet, which elected Bayard. There was no demonstration made after Bayard's speech, which was read from manuscript. It was as fol fel lows : "Senators : I fully appreciate the honeji j;uu uueu iiiu ey me uAiircssiuu ei your confidence, and in assuming the duties of president pre tern, of the Senate in obedi ence te the. law and in accordance with the rules of this body aud the vote of the ma jority, I should have greater misgiving of fulfilling acceptably the requirements of the pest were ft net for the assurance that se long as I shall continue te exercise its duties I shall receive your co-operation and friendly aid, which I new earnestly and confidently invoke at your hands. We are all painfully mindful of the unusual cir cumstances under which we meet and of the national bereavement which has caused this special session of the Senate. May it net be hoped that, touched by a sense of common sorrow and chastened by a grief that penetrates every household in our great family of states, our proceedings may be marked by a spirit of concession and harmony and generous consideration for mutual differences of opinion and softening of partisan asperities and a high intent te perform e ir duties in a manner responsive te the demands of the occasion aud the best interests of our common country? With such hopes and in such a spirit I new assume and shall endeavor te perform the duties of the high position te which your favor has assigned me." THE SWISS DIS.lSTKK An Appeal ter Help. Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1SS1. Editors or the Lancaster IxrELLiGENCEa: Dear Sirs : The receut calamity, a mountain-slide of the most disastrous re sults, in the canton efGlarus, Switzer land, following right after a series of de structive hailstorms awl inundations, invelviug only iu the cantons of Zuerieh and Thurgau losses of millions of francs, has caused the authorities in Switzerland te invite the Swiss consuls abroad te raise collections among the well-situated resi dents iu ether countries, as the resources at home, official and private, have already been taxed te their utmost by the former events. As it is essential te that end te briug the dreadful catastrophe, as far as possible te the knowledge of the public generally, I would be greatly obliged te you for giv ing in your estimable paper a description, at least in extract, of the event. Cracks in the ground, of a dangerous character, had been observed en the 9th, two days before the catastrophe. A num ber of woodcutters employed en the spot were prohibited te continue in their work, as also the laborers, 80 te 100, in the slate quarry. The people around were warned of the danger, but as the cracks appeared te be only en the surface, nobody thought of the possibility of se near and dreadful a calamity. On the next day small quantities of gravel and earth came down, and ou Sunday, the 11th, at 4J p. m., a.large slide behind the slate quarry went down, destroying a slate magazine aud a stable. It was net until then that the inhabitants of the place were alarmed and began te fly. A quarter of an hour later the whole mountain side, amidst a fearful rear, tumbled down.envelepingtho whele neighborhood in thick clouds of dust and transforming the greater part of the valley into ene huge mass of ruins. The height of the fall from the place, where the greuw began te move te the valley, is said te be 1,500 te 2,000 feet. The debris covered up the valley in that part te a depth of from 30 te 100 feet. Houses, bridges, trees and fields had totally disappeared, as also the read and the telegraph lines. The river Scruf, flowing before the fall through the middle of the valley, was thrown te the western bauk of the same and formed a lake in the village. Under the debris whole families, one of seven, another of eight souls, found their unexpected graves. A baptismal party of 12 persons had just placed the mother and the baptized child outside the house for safety, when the whele structure broke down upon them. The bodies found were dreadfully muti lated and mostly uuiccegnizablc. It is said that one family of three persons, father, mother aud daughter, have baeu rescued alive, having been se .situated that their cries for help from below the debris could be heard. It is feared that ether slides must fellow, which will destroy the small rest of the village which had escaped the first time. The population has lied. Very respectfully, yours, R. Keraui, Swiss Censul. rASIC IX A CIUAK FACTORY Twe Uuudrsd Men and 'Women Driven Frantic by the Flames. A fearful panic was caused in Carl Up matin's cicar factory, iu East Seventeenth street, New Yerk, en Monday, by a lire which broke out in the engine room, en the ground fleer. Twe hundred men and woman aud girls are employed iu the up per stories, aud before the alarm could be spread through the building the flames had pcssDssien of the lower fleer and rapidly mounted upward. A sceue of frantic excitement aud terror followed. Women shrieked and fell fainting at the benches and meu ran wildly about. The majority ei the meu were en the second and third floors and the packers nearly all young girls were en the fourth and fifth. These latter made a rush for the fire-escapa, but found that their exit this way was cut off by tue flames. Ae chance ettered them for cscape by the stairway, but eventually they ail get out the scuttle en the reef of the hair factory adjacent, the last one reaching the reef just as the flames rose above the deemed budding.. The work men ou the .lower floors were marshaled with net a little difficulty and let) down stairs te the street by their superintendents force being required te prevent disaster. The employees lest all their tools and whatever property they had in the build beyond what clothes they were. Twe minutes from the first warning the entire building was wrapped in flames. Three alarms brought the firemen for a mile around but they could net prevent the cn cn tire destruction of the .factory. Mr. Up mann estimates his less at $75,000, upon which there is insuraacc amounting te about $55,000, in about fifteen companies, mostly domestic. The building was the property of Mr. Mclleu, of Mellen fc Ce., and was damaged te the amount of $25, 000, fully insured. Vanderbllt'rf Stables in Flumes. A fire broke out en Monday night in the Fourth Avenue car stables, New Yerk, owned by Wm. II. Vauderbilt. The flames spread rapidly, owing te the strong wind that was blowing, and the building was seen enveloped. The stables occupied an entire block. They were entirely con sumed. A number of horses perished in the flames. The estimated less en the stables and contents was given as $200,000 The flames set tire te McrrelPs large fur niture storage building en Thirty-second street, which was entirely burned down. This building occupied the middle of the block en the south side of Thirty-second street. The less en the building and its contents is estimated at $2,000,000. Seme of the finest furniture in the city was stored here and it was destroyed. Among the articles stored and destroyed was a picture owned by William 11. Vanderhilt, valued at $30,000. . llalliuiere'H Oriele" FestH'al. The three days' festival iu Baltimore began yesterday. Along the principal streets many buildings were decorated with French, German, English, Irish and United States flags aud colors, and with the colere of Lord Baltimore. The events of the day were a civic and military par ado and the turning en by Mayer Latrobe, iu Monument square, of the new water supply of the city from Gunpowder river. Te-night there will be a precession of the " Mystic Pageant," and an illumination by electric lights. The French visitors arrived in Baltimore last night. An unknown man, aged 65 or 70 years, and apparently a laborer, was struck by a train of cars en the canal bridge, near Reckville, above narrisburg, and almost instantly killed. STATE ITEMS. Charles 3. Wolfe had a big meeting in Bradford last night. Jehn A. Weir, aged 80, prominent in geed works, has just died in Harrisburg. The Wilkesbarre Secord, under' Dr. Bradley's enterprising management, takes no step backward, and has just been com pelled te enlarge te accommodate its press of advertising patronage. Geerge D. Herbert, of Sharen, form erly of the Patriot and recently managing editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, is new connected with the editorial staff of the Philadelphia Times. He is alert and well acquainted with state polities. Jesse B. Davis, Neah D. Frank and Ames D. Mesor, commissioners of Mont gomery county, have been arrested for creating aud maintaining a nuisance in turniug the prison sewerage into Saw-mill run. Fires were lighted in the Le Moyne fur nace, at Washington yesterday,, te cre mate the body et a seldeir named Moere, who died in Pittsburgh en Friday, but the parents of deceased arrived in time te pre vent it. The Lebanon judicial ceufcrees met yes terday at 10 o'clock, the Dauphin con ferees net being present. After a little discussion a ballet was taken with the re sult of giving Cyrus P. Miller three votes. Mr. Miller was then declared the Republi can nominee of the XII. judicial district. It is new announced that the death of Garfield awl the retirement of Attorney General MacVeagh will be followed by the rejection of Mr. Thompson for col lector of the pert of Philadelphia, and the nomination of Majer E. II. Nevin, of the Evening JVeics, who had the united recom mendation of Senators Cameren aud Mitchell before. The employees of Themas Grady's Clif Clif eon dyeing works, at Cliften, Delaware county had resumed work as usual at one o'clock yesterday afternoon and the little village was dull and quiet, when the boiler in the establishment: suddenly exploded with terrific ferce, leveling the factory, killing ene mau outright awl fatally in juring two ether, with a number of miner casualties. Clarence D. Ritncr, eldest seu of Jeseph Ritner. of Meehaniesburg, while returning from Harrisburg was attacked with a semi epileptic fit, while the train was speeding iute town at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, aud unconsciously walked off the cars, falling violently en the stene ballast, and was thrown fifteen feet from where he first struck the stones. He sustained a serious scalp wound, a deep cut above and below the left eye, and the left side of his body was rendered powerless. In 1877 the Philadelphia & Reading aud the Lehigh Valley railroad companies d cided te dispense with the men who were employed te wipe oft' their engines. The Reading painted many of its engines a very dark brown color that time might net be employed iu burnishing the brass work. Iustcad of saving $00,000 in wages the new move led te such injury of the machinery as made the less amount te mero than $00,000, and the wipers have new been employed again. m Organization of me Senate. X. Y. Herald Editorial. With proper dispatch the United States Senate yesterday elected Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, president of the Senate pre tern awl thus performed the imperative duty of destguatiug a citizen te be next m the order of succession te the present ecenpant of the executive office. It is perhaps the remotest conceivable ceutingancy that is contem plated in this prececdiug, but the law re quires that the constitutional machinery shall be prepared for even rcmote contin gencies, and the majority of the Senate had no option. There was no course open te them but the ene pursued, for if it had been conceded that the Senate should admit before the choice of a president pre tern, the leccntly elected senators, the cre dentials of at least two of them would have been objected te and they would have been excluded for another reason than the ene aeted upon. Mr. Edmunds urged the admission of the new senators, but prac tically admitted that there was no argu ment in their favor. He called the vacant position " a prize wen in the lottery of as sassination," aud when a gentleman rests his case in any degree whatever upon lan guage el mat sort he seems te admit that lie has noreasens,gooil, bad or indifferent, te present. Hew the choice of a president pre tan. was related te the assassination of Mr. Garfield no rational person cau see, for though that tragedy caused the Senate te meet earlier than usual this election would have been its iirst duty at whatever t ime it might ceme together. Mr. Bayard's words upon taking his scat arc in admir able contrast with the tone of the Repub lican champion. IRISH RIOTS. Fatal I'.'iicuuntcr Itetivcen the I'oiice and i'eeple at Hallyraggct. There was a riot Sunday night at Baliy ragget, county Kilkenny, which proves te have been a mere formidable affair than was at first supposed. Shortly after the laud meeting a detachment of poiice' were inarching te the railway station. They were followed by a large and hooting crowd. Near the station stones were tiirewu and the police turned en the peo ple aud charged with bayonets. A man named Mansfield was fatally stabbed and fifteen ether persons were seriously wound -cd. Otic mau has since died. The people were infuriated at the sight of se many weuuded and were about te threw them selves upon the constabulary, but were re strained the priests. The rioting con tinued all day. Twe hundred awl fifty extra poiice have been dispatched te the sceue. There are disquieting reports from every quarter. The residcuce of Mr. Rebert Spaight, J P., was attacked en Friday evening by an armed party. Shots were fired into it. Mr. Spaight was going into his bedroom when a bullet grazed his head and ledged in the wall. Mr. Spaight being a popular man, the only cause of the attack assignable is his refusal te quit patronizing a Bojcettcd butcher. Anether bold outrage occurred near Enuis Monday meaning. The herds mcu of James Lynch were storing hay when a regular fusiladc was epsucd en them from an adjacent hillside. The bullets failed te take effect, but the terri fied herdsmen fled into Ennis. Poiice scoured the country seen after, but found nobody. A serious collision occurred betweeutlic police and the people at the village of At henry, Sunday, in which sevcre in juries were sustained en both sides. One man lest an eye through a bayeuet thrust. Five persons were arrested and taken te Galwav. LA.TEST NEWS BY MAIL. The steam flouring mills at Ricliville, N. Y , were destroyed by lire en Sunday night. Less, $21,000 ; insured for $5,700. The cabinet as new slated, is as follews: Ex-Senater Frelinghuyscn for secretary of state, ex-Senater Howe for secretary of the interior, Chief Justice- Felger for sec -rctaiy of the treasury, ex-Senater Sargent for postmaster general, ex-Governer Rice for secretary of the navy, Secretary Lin coln ler secretary of war and Benjamin Harris Brewster for attorney general. The New Yerk Democracy, who meet in state convention at Albany te-day arc split up iute three factions, each of which will claim the admission of its separate dele gation te the state convention. They have the county Democracy with Congressman Hewitt and Gen. Sickles among the Iead Iead ers ; Tammany Hall led by Kelly and Schell, and Irving Hall under the leader ship of Ben Weed. The French and German guests of the United States are expected te arrive in Washington, en route for Yorktown. ou Thursday, the 13th inst. They will be escorted te quarters at the Arlington hotel and will be formally received in the rotun da of the capitol the next day. In the evening Pennsylvania avenue will be il luminated by electrie lights, and there will be a display of fireworks. Oa Satur day there will be an excursion te Mount Vernen, and iu the evening a reception at Secretary lilaiw's. On Sunday the guest will leave for Yorktown. Ki:ilii .Monks Murdered. A shocking murder, says the St. James Gazette, was committed a fortnight age at a monastery near the forest of Vronyo Vrenyo Vronye Selo, in Hungary. This menastery.which was inhabited by eight monks who were believed te be very wealthy, was attacked by a band of brigands, but an alarm hav ing been given, a body of soldiers came te the rescue. The brigands rnili:iverpl tn barricade themselves in the monastery aud exchanged .several shots with the soldiers, who were mere than an hour before they could force au entrance. When they did get in they found the monks lying gagged ou the fleer, but could liud no trace of the brigands. Alter the monks had been set at libcity they informed their deliver ers that the brigands had escaped by au underground passage leading from the cellar into the forest. The soldiers at once searched for the passage, while the monks went off te the chapel te give thanks for their delivery. The soldiers, having ex plored the cellar and having failed te find the deer of the passage, came back te ask one of the monks te act as their guide; but they were nowhere te be seen. Iu the course of furthnr investigations, however, they found the dead bodies of the eight monks in a small room, and the mystery was then solved. The brigands, seeing that they could net escape, had murdered the monks awl hidden their bodies in this room, hav ing first stripped them of their clothes aud put them en themselves. They then gagged one auethcr te deceive the soldiers, and while the latter were searching in the cedar had made off te their fastnesses in the forest. l.iiv.- Temperature and Lew Sp!rii. About this time leek out for people with solemn faces ami low spirits. They de net knew what is the matter with them ; they have been praying for cool weather awl their prayers have been answered ; yet they are net happy. They were geiug te enjoy everything hugely as seen as they could step perspiti'ig profusely ; new their perspiration has been checked, but se has, their enjoyment, exc.ipt iu falling asleep. These of them wh' are religious consult their pastors, theso who drink consult the barkeepei, but none seem te have sense enough te consult the family doctor. When the mercury tumbles thirty or forty degrees in three or four hours it is impos sible for any physique te endure the change without a shock serious enough te be deprcssirg A sudden change of temperature .-.I.euld impel very one te bathe thoroughly, make an immediate and appropriate change of clothing, cat proper feed, drink nothing stronger than water and h". ci-it.iin that the entire ma chinery of digestion is in perfect working order. If thesis joccautiensarc neglected, as usually they aie, the proper thing te de is te consult a physician, for checked pers piration and :t congested liver, with its numerous supplementary annoyances, arc almost iwvitable. Snubbing one's wife, teelding the children, quarreling with friends, swearing at politicians, peuriug in rum aud frequenting church meetings may, each or all, afford temporary relief ; but they de net remove the cause of the trouble for this came honestly enough as a penalty of natural laws disobeyed, and it can be removed only by full coinpliauce with these laws. L0CA.. INTELLIGENCE Cii ut or Comineu l'leus. Yesterday afternoon there were no eases ready for tu.il, and court adjourned until this morning. But one court was held, owing te thi- absence of Judge Patterson, who is iu Philadelphia as a witness iu a case being tiicd there. James Yecuiii fc Sen vs. Adam Keener. Judgement entered for plaintiff iu the sumefSJJOO llniuv !t ni :';uhicr, Themas liaum g:mlncr,jJV. jjii;aumgarduerand Edwin Ebcrma'iit ' .in... as Haumganlnur, Ebcr maa & Ce . v's. S trail Stanten, owner &c, and Harry If. ilubei', contractor. In this cas-c the de'eu-e amended their plea and the plain: iu', suffered a nun suit. .Mary M. I vs. Jehn Smith, jr., action te recevc, w.ige.s. The plaint ill" and de fendant b i reside at Bainbridgc aud the former wei !;'d for the latter for six years prier te 1S80. All the pay she ever re ceived wa- 50 cents iu money and a small lead of w id. She claim1? that she did nearly all :'ie work for the defendant, who resided en a farm and kept a number of cows, which .che was obliged te milk, be sides boiling apple butter and doing ether hard work. The defi'i! that there was no con tract bef.wi'i' i t!: ' trties, and defendant never asked Se: ;.: ler her sui vices until after sh; h id It it de'eudant's employ. He claims that h- iu; her nothing, as he fully compounded her for her services by giviug he:- iiienry, feed, &c. On trial. Feul I'My Suspected. Abraham Ehrgood, a saloon-keeper of Reading, mysteriously disappeared en Tuesday of last week, since which time nothing is known of his whereabouts. Hfs wife claims that he has been foully dealt with, as he was known te have a large sum with him when he left. She says they lived happily together until a short time since, when a German tramp made his appearance at the saioeu. Since that time matters have gene wrong. She sold a small property belonging te herself aud gave the proceeds te her husband. This and ether money, amounting te about eleven hundred, Ehrgood h id with him when he left. Mrs. Ehrgood says that her husband has been enticed away by the tramp, who was also absent for several days, but returned. When asked where he had been and if he knew where Ehrgood was he replied that he had been te New Yerk, but knew nothing as te the whereabouts of the lat ter. The matter is being investi'ated. Michigan Aid. The following additional contributions are acknowledged by the mayor : . Mis Uettie Bear $5 ; Cash 81; Stras burg Friends, per D. K. Land is SIT ; Mis. K. by Dr. M. $10. Clothing, hats, bonnets, &c, have been contributed by Mrs. S. T. DavN, Mis A melia Kauffman, Mrs. Hcttie Baer and Mrs. Jehn Hertzlcr. f .itimster fnnfrilint.ed ever 2. 000 in aid of the yellow fever sufferers at Memphis; ij.JjiiUJ lortnesuiierersei ine .union nrc, ai:d ought te contribute mero for the helpless sufferers of Michigan. Itlus Broken. Willie Fritch, a son of Charles Fritch, rcsid'uiL' at Ne. 544 St. Jescnh strent while playing yesterday near his residence, was run ever uy a raiuer ucavny leaded wagon and had two of hih-iba lrar-turfd !r S. II. Foreman rendered the needed sur gical aid, and the boy is getting along well. .Spuciill Meeting or the Scheel Heard. A special meeting of the beard of direc tors of the Laucaster city school district will be held in common council chamber, te-morrow evening; at 7 o'clock, te take action en the death of David Hartman, one of the eldest members of the beard. 1 i y
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