LANCASTER DAI 1 A INTELLIGENCES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1881. ftanrastci rttfclUgrnrcr. THURSDAY EVENING. NOV. 10, 1881. Well Merited Defeat. The defeat of young Mr. Aster's as pirations te go te Ceugress tvill serve ;is a wholesome example te that class of people who, alas ! have had tee frequent occasion te believe that money and its illegal aud profuse use are unfailing means of political advancement. It sometimes becomes needful te rebuke that spirit of demagegism which teaches that te wear a clean shirt and te have a certain knowledge of the forms of polite society are disqualifications of a popular representative. Geed clothes and geed breeding in themselves should be no bar te political honors, any mere than horny hands or lack of lycre. Geed men are often peer ; the meanest and worst frequently happen upon wealth. Neither combination is essential. Mr. Aster may be a well disposed young man, but thus far his political ambition, as dis played in the Xew Yerk Legislature, has been te train with the bosses who have flattered him for his money and who encouraged his congressional canvass, which he carried en by bribing the bum mers and lavishly patronizing the beer houses. His extravagant campaign, in which $20 geld pieces were the leading arguments advanced in his behalf, and in which he siwnt $75,000, has been the scandal even of New Yerk pol itics. Gen. Grant and ex-Senater Conkling legging through his district for him en election day did net enhance the respectability of his contest. It is well that he has come te grief, and the rebuke is all the mere emphatic because he has been defeated in the Republican district from which Mr. Morten resigned te accept the French mission. Ilia successful opponent, Mr. Flower, was a rich man tee, tfie result of his own exertions, however, and net an inherit ance like Aster's fortune. It has been misrepresented that the contest was be tween moneybags, but this is obviously incorrect, aud Mr. Flower's character and his kind of canvass may be inferred from these sentiments avowed in his speech upon learning of his election : Ten days age, when there was no Deme crat in this district who would accept. ;i nomination for Congress, I said te your committee if you desired te ruu me ou my record, I would stand in the gap ; but if you wanted te ruu my purse, I would sub scribe my share te another candidate's can vass, but I would net run myself. I an nounced that I would net buy, te gain an election, a single Republican vote. 1 knew that this was the wealthiest congressional district in the United States, and I thought that it was :v shame that only rich men could successfully ruu lure. I said : " If you will stand by me and carry me through this canvass, I will try aud take your stan dard, trailing in thedust, and carry it te victory." I appealed te the people, aud the people have wen. I said te the people of this district, many of whom started iu life as I started, that wc would teach the corruptieuists that they could net carry this canvass with money. I appealed te the rich aud the peer and tlic middle classes te stand by mc iu this light against corruption, and, united with geed Republicans who be lieved as wc did, and who believed in an honest administration, we have gained success ; because we were in the right. Wrc suspect that the returns will net s'iew any inordinate desire en the part of the great body of Democratic voters te have had Judge Livingston's name en the ticket et" a party opposed te that with which he has always been identified and from which he has never separated him self. The Democrats of the county had an opportunity te compliment him with their suffrages, if they felt that they had net been fairly represented in the county convention which declined te make no nomination, or by the county committee which, after Mr. Yundt's nomination, decided te print no judiciary ticket. It appears that comparatively few con cluded that such a course would illus trate their desire te take the bench out of politics. When the Republican party of this county will abandon all partisan CDiisideratiens in the selection of judicial nominees, and will range ever the whole field of choice te secure the fittest men for the bench, they will find the Democ racy ready te accept a sincere invitation te lift the judiciary out of politics m Tin: Retiniiicr's great satisfaction ex pressed yesterday " that amid the crash in politics in different local elections, that able and indefatigable worker, Jehn Cessna, has been elected president judge in the Bedford and Somerset district," will no doubt be turned te deep grief to day, and the news of his defeat will be published with signs of mourning. When the Kwnrincr and Cessna put en sackcloth, geed people may see a silver lining te the political cloud. " Abb and indefatigable party-workers'' can be spared from the bench. W-E were about te suggest that the representation of Philadelphia iu a Democratic state convention should be based upon the vote therefer the Demo cratic state ticket in an off year. Bui, come te think of it, the Philadelphia Democrats polled about as large a pro portion et their vote as their brethren in Lancaster county and ether truly rural districts. It would be a great stimulus te parly exertion if the repre sentatien in a state convention was based en the vole of the preceding year. The election of a Democratic ma jority in the Xew Yerk Legislature will block the game that was en feet te se cure Laplnm's resignation, with the offer of a life, judgeship, and re-elect Conkling te the .Senate, where he could de his friend in the White lloiise the most geed. Tin: decision of a Canada court seems te establish the principle that an ad verse verdict for the defendant in a breach of premise suit may be avoided by his tender in court of an offer te marry the plaintiff. Tji j. Nw Yerk city and Philadelphia Demeciacy have net improved them selves in the estimation of their fellow Democrats by the results of the late elestieiif. TnE most cheerless spectacle in the debris of the campaign is Jehn Cessna, with his " pants rolled up." We regret te hear from the solid Seuth that in the election news from the Democratic state of Mississippi fresh subject is furnished for an outbreak en the fleer of the Senate, by such " out rage shrickers" as Messrs. Hear and Dawes, who new rattle around and are lest in the reals once occupied by Web ster and Sumner. Ic seems thatadis qualified person who was Jegally denied his ballet at Marien station, Miss., and was adjudged a non-resident, made this refusal te let him vote illegally the occasion of denunciation of the election eflicers, and foul abuse of their wives and daughters. Being ordered away from the polls, he returned with a gang of his fellows, armed te the teeth, and, iu the manner of the Seuth, free in the use of pistols. The conse quence was a riot, in which five men were killed and the arousing of a spirit of vengeance in the community from which it is feared a dozen tr.ere may suf fer death. It is greatly te be deprecated that such incidents occur and give our political opponents a chance te stigma tize the whole Seuth, and its majority of law-abiding, well-disposed citizens, as indisposed te peace and fairness. Of course it will net alter the tone of senatorial speeches and Radical Re publican newspaper comments te be in formed that the " bulldozers " iu the above case were negrees and the people whom they shot down in cold bleed were white Democrats. New they will " mop up with the Half Breeds. the fioei'' If Grant and Conkling had only "walked through" Tem Murphy's dis tiict. Ir Giant aud Conkling had gene en horseback through Aster's district, what might net have happened ! Ni-:ithi:k Stalwait Arthur nor Tlalf Brccd MacVeagh voted en Tuesday. Call it a stand-off. Mi:. WuIjKE polled a large Democratic vote in Snyder and Union counties. And yet Judge Buchcr could have spared them mere easily than Neble ! That a considerable number of Phila delphia "Democrats voted for Wolfe or Daily, may he inferred from the fact that Mr. Neble had only -12, 47." voles, while Vealc for iccerdcr of deeds had 10,47(5. Tm. advantage of a nen-parlisiu police, under a Democratic reform mayor, ever the operations of Stele ley's force, can best he inferred from the fact of universal tes timony regarding the elections of Tuesday in Philadelphia that "a very noticeable feature of the day was the absence of elce tiencering quarrels. Fer once the police tyek no active part." In Quebec, en September 25. 1SS1, a notable sermon en the assassination of President Garfield, was preached by Rev crend Rebert Kerr, and Dr. Greene has received a pamphlet copy of it from a friend who was one of a number te pub lish it with a touching dedication te the bereaved widow by sorrowing friends in the " ancient capital.' It is a high trib ute te the personal worth of the dead and voices the grief of her majesty's realm at the tragedy which shocked all Christen dom. On election day iu New Yerk young Aster's opponent met a friend, who told hint of some working men who had as sured him they were Democrats and were going te vote for him but would like a little mere money te spend. Te them Mr. Flower replied that the canvass was for them mere than for him, that he could net take his chair in Congress except at a great sacrifice, and that the main result of his election would be a deathblow te the misuse of money iu the district, without which any working man might go te Congress (R well OS he. TiiKiti-: is geed reason for saying that the president in his forthcoming message will urge upon Congress a reduction in in ternal taxes te the extent of at least $7, 000,000. The tax en medicines and blank checks he will recommend be swept away altogether. On the tariff, it is understood, he will be non-committal as te the scale of duties, but he will take decided ground in favor of such a revision of existing statutes as will simplify the present con fused, if net contradictory, mass of legis lation, aud thereby facilitate the collection of tbe reveuue without unnecessarily in terfering with the operations of commerce. TiiKiti: seems te be no dispute that the feeling between MacVeagh and Blaine is very frigid, aud that the recent publica tion of a reported row between MacVeagh and Arthur is ascribed te Blaine. The facts of that disturbance arc said te be that there was a cabinet meeting. Every member was present, and it lasted four hours. The Guitcau trial was brought up by the president. lie wanted te knew from MacVeagh what he has done about it. lie had doue nothing, and didn't think there was anything for him te de. Arthur had ether views. A discussion en sued. Judge Jehn K. Perter and a Wash ington lawyer were suggested by the pres ident. They were next day engaged by MacVeagh. The Blaine-MacVeagh quar rel, it is said, is net ever. MacVeagh avers he has only just begun le fight. The understanding is he possesses a consider able amount of reserved ammunition, with a disposition ou the part of Gar field Republicans te keep up the supply. Iu such a contest MacVeagh deesn'c mind himself se long as he hits his fee. Blaine and MacVeagh are un forgiving, relentless. The contest has al ready involved public men and newspapers and shortly it will be waged without dis guise or reserve. Of course much of which the public would otherwise have re mained ignorant, will come out. The in side history of the Garfield administration for the mouths before he was stricken will bs laid bare. Even new it may be said that it will be mere curious than ene could have imagined. Western Justice. Bill Litteuburg and Sandy King, two members of the noted cowboy gang, were recently arrested for dealing in stolen stock and takeu te Shakspeare, Arizona, for trial. About two o'clock in the morning ever a dozen men went te the jail where the men were cenfined, seized the guard aud hanged the cowboys te a beam, until dead. PEBbONAL. Ex-Treasurer Jehn C. New is ticketed for the Russian mission. Indiana will seen be a bigger state than Ohie. Berthold AurriDAcn, the celebrated German novelist, is lying seriously ill at Canustadt. The Marquis and Marquise de Rocham Recham iseav sailed from New Yerk for Europe yesterday en the steamship St. Laurent. Ex-R. B. Hayes has been elected su pervisor of reads at Fremont, Ohie. Wc knew that man would'cemc te something yet. Saiiaii Bernhaudt's success in Bel-' gium has been se great that she is te re turn later te Brussels in order te give fif teen inore performances. Dean Stanley left $84,000 te his sisters and 3,C00 for a trust fund te pay guides te show strangers through Westminster Abbey aud abolish the fee system. Fer seme mysterious reason the Phila phia Times speaks of the late Dr. Helland as a "wild genius " who " has passed te ether work in ether spheres as we say." Ceijden, the statcsmau and political economist, began life as a playwright, but luckily "The Phrenologist" was rejected by the Drury Lane theatre manager, and its author saved from vagabondage. On Wednesday of last week Mr. Isaac Walker and his wife Eliza Ann, es teemed residents of the Gap, celebrated the golden (fiftieth) anniversary of their weddiug. The silver wedding of A iiuam Eiciielu and wife in Chicago cost $20,000. The festivities occurred in a large hall, the music, decorations and supper were the best, and no presents were accepted. Rev. Dr. Jehn Hall has declined the chancellership of the University of the City of New Ye:k, as he docs net want te limit his exertions as a minister of the cesnel. for all of which his pastorate of j the Fifth Avenue- Presbyterian church, ; New Yerk, makes demand. Thujilew Weed having boasted that "he had just cast his sixtieth election vote,' and had cast mere votes than auy ether living man in the city," is tenderly reminded that there are men iu New Yerk who have voted that often ou a sin gle election day. Stalwart Graham's star route organ calls him "the Charlatan MacVeauh. " The llcpublicun is the organ of the admin istration, and defends with quite as much fervor Rcpudiater Mahenc and star route jobbers Brady and Derscy as it denounces Mr. MacVeagh. Ex President Diaz and Miss Romere j Rurisce were married iu the city of Mex ice ou bunday evening, tue ceremony being performed by a civil magistrate. The witnesses for General Diaz were President Gonzales aud General Pachere, and for the bride Ramen Y. Guzman and Manuel Saavcdra. Beb Ingersoll seems te think it is the wrong James who is at the head of the posteilico department. It ought te be Jcsse or one of his brothers who knowing hew it was himself, wouldn't have "cal umuiated"Brady and Dersey as the present James has done, but would have been glad te divide with them. Busted, the Halt-Breed, who was se fiercely cut en the New Yerk Republican state ticket, is the man who, in flowing night shirt aud perched en a step ladder, looked ever the transom at the Delavan house, Albany, into Piatt's bed-chamber and put an end te "Mc Toe's" chances for senatorial re-election. Dr. Hammend, of Minneapolis, was en gaged te marry Miss Bly, but he made Miss Winter his wife instead. There was no reasonable explanation of this change in his affections and the matter was still further complicated by the fact that Miss Bly didn't seem te care much. A solu tion was reached, however, when the spec ulative doctor eloped with her, after get ting possession of his wife's fortune. Rev. Henry Ward BECciiEUisOT years of age and is suspected of feeliug old he causs lie declined te accompany te York Yerk town the regiment of which he is chaplain, and has just resigned tlse editorship of the Christian Union. But the Becchcrs arc long-lived. His father died in his SSth year, having failed mentally before his body gave way. Catharine is ever SO and Edward is net much under four score. Mrs. Stewc is nearly 70 and ether children are living. Ben Toemus is se notorious for his hos pitality that recently when it was pro posed te build a hotel iu Washington, Ga., where he live, and a committee called upon him for a subscription, he cried : " What the hell de you want of a hotel in Washington ? Every respectable per son who comes te town puts up with Beb Toombs and is welcome, aud every disre disre spectable person leaves town because he cannot put up anywhere." Such being the case the project was abandoned. Adelina Patti appeared bofero a very fashionable, but net crowded audience, iu Steinway hall, New Yerk, List eveniug, and was enthusiastically received. She first gave the "A Fers e Lui," from " La Traviata ;" and, for aud encore, " Coming through the Rye." She also sang "Heme Sweet Heme," aud selections from " Din Din erah" and "I LembarJi," and was encored every time. The triumph of the evening was "Heme, Sweet Heme," for which she was called out four times by the plaudits of the audience. AX 1MU6XAKT " 1JAKON". ' lie Would Escort Mrs., ltigelew or Nebil3 At the New Yerk ball te the foreign visitors from France and Germauy, a most ludicrous incident was the very early de parture of the Ven Stcubens, seven in a row, from the ball-room en account of a collision between Colonel Veu Steuben and Colonel Varnum, of the committee of managers. In orderte fulfil their duty of making the ball as " grand, gloomy and peculiar" as possible the committee of managers made rules of precedence te govern the festivities, though where they get the precedents for their precedence is mere thau anyone can imagine. However, it seems te have been plain under these rules te Colonel Varnum that Colonel von Steuben was net the most fit person te take Mrs. Jehn Bigclew, the wife of an ex minister te France, m te supper, and se when Colonel von Steuben was gallantly showing Mrs. Bigelow in te. the feast he was firmly and politely informed that he must, abandon Mrs. Bigelow and take in Mrs. Jay, the sister-in-law of a German ex-ambassador te Russia. It did 'net ap pear that Mrs. Jay was at all distressed or bothered by Colonel von Steuben's evident desire te escort Mr. Bigclew. But the rules of the committee were rigidly main tained, and the upshot of a somewhat poly glot conversation was that the gallant German colonel indignantly gathered his kinsmen about him aud took, I was about te say, " French leave" without saying " Geed night" te the managers. Anether Heroic Engineer. The name of J. F. Wager, of Scdalia, Me., is te be added te the list of locomo tive engineers who have deliberately given their lives te save ethers. His train, heavily leaded- with passengers, was cressiug the Osage river, en the Missouri Pacific read, the ether day, wncn the engine left the track and finally broke through the bridge, te be buried in the water. The fireman jumped off and escaped, but Wager stayed te put en the air-brakes and reverse the engine, and thus saved the train and lest his ewu life. Advices from the island of Anticesti confirm previous reports of destitution. There was aimest a total failure of the fishery and most of the people have nothing but a small quantity of potatoes te subsist upon. THE ELECTIONS. PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN. TBE UETUKNs BY vOl'NTIfcS. Results In Other States or tbe Union. The following are the reported majori ties for Neble and Baily by counties : SOBLE'S MAJORITIES. ' BAILY's MAJORITIES. Adams 525 Allegheny WIS Hertford 2I0i Armstrong 450 r.erks r!,oe Beaver 150 Bucks lUOjUlair Sie Cambria 500 Bradford 1207 Carben StisiButler 150 Cntre llSOiCameren 23 Clarien oyelubester 1375 Clearfield 1153 (Crawford OSO Clinten CS4 Dauphin 1MKI Columbia 1181 Delaware 9t Cumberland.... 120:1 Eric 510 Elk 610 Ferest 105 Fayette 200 Franklin Fulton 75 Huntingdon 5'JT Greene 1140 Indiana 1928 Jeffersen 100 Lackawanna 12ue .lunlata 230 Lancaster -Mwe Lehigh 1222 Lawrence 3It Luzerne 1827 Lebanon 1598 Lvceuiing h50 McKcau e7." M'iftlin 213 Mercer 310 Menree 1710 Philadelphia 13159 Montgomery 361, Petter MO Menteur 449 Snyder 102 Northampton.... 2470 Somerset 14' e Northumberland 1452 Susquehanna .... ST IVrry 25 Tiega 1551 Pike , 700 Venango :Ji0 Schujlkiil 3000 Warren 554 Sullivan 250 Washington Oe'i Union 49C Wayne 518 Total 14,131 Westmoreland ... 880 Wyoming 227 Yerk 2704 Total 30,0511 Apparent plurality ler Baily, 8,114. The Vete Ter Welte. The following gives the total vote for Welfe in the counties named, se far as as certained : Lehigh Luzerne ..- Lycoming. McKcau Mercer Mifnin Menree. ......... 10!) 1198 130 S37 S00 1MI 31 911 411 215S lOi 13159 29(0 92tf 1(0 50 712 1725 COO no Montgomery .AULlimiiiivivu. . . . Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Schuylkill Snyder Somerset , Snsnuelmniia .. Tiega union Venango Washington Wayne Wyoming Yerk. .. Tela! 150 17033 Tlie Common l'leits Judges. The returns indicate the election of the following president and assistant law judges iu the several districts named. These marked thus arc new en the bench and these marked thus had no oppesi -tien : 1. 'James T. Mitchell, Republican. 2. JehnB. Livingston,! Republican. 3. W. W. Schuyler. Dem.. maj. 2.131. 4. IIcnry AV. Williams.f Republican. 8. W. M. Rockefeller, Rep., maj. 209. 12. Jehn AV. Simonton, Rep., maj. 4:2G7. 10. William J. Baer, Democrat, maj. 23. 18. James B. Knox, Dcm., maj. 1,700. 19. Jehn Gibsen, Democrat. 20. "Jeseph C.Buchcr. Dcm , maj. 2,000. 21. David B. Green, Rep., maj. 385. 21. -Jehu'Dcan,-) Republican. 38. --'Henry P. Bess, Dcm., maj. 1,357. 41. Chailes A. Barnett, Dem., innj. 229. THK KLIiUllONS ELSEVIi:K'.'.. Mixed J'cstiltln New Yerk. New Yerk Herald. The treturus from the state still leave the result en the general ticket somewhat doubtful. The latest figures, however, strongly indicate Republican success. It seems te be well settled, however, that Rebert A. Maxwell, the Democratic can didate for state treasurer, has beaten General Busted, aud that General Jeseph I B. Carr, the Republican candidate for ! secretary of state, has run se far ahead of his ticket as te lead Mr. AVilliam Pur cell. Associated press dispatches from Al bauy at a late hour last night says : "The returns from the state, se far as received, ! together with the estimated returns, give I Carr a majority of 5,540." The Keening Journal, Rep , says the Senate is tied and that the Democrats have a majority of thrceiu the Assembly, lhe same paper ! also claims the election of the balance of the state ticket, with the exception of ilusted. The statements sent in from the differ, cut counties by the associated press agents arc exceedingly meagre and disconnected. The Democratic majorities from various counties were transmitted en the Purccll vote. When it is understood that Mr. Pureed has run considerably behind his ticket such figures should be considered decidedly unfair and intended m'ore te mystify than te explain the result. It is new apparent that the large Demo cratic gains throughout the state will be obliterated by the totally unexpected smallncss of the majorities in New Yerk and Kings. It is further contended that when the Republicans ceme anywhere within 3,000 or 0,000 votes of winning en the night of election they arc net particularly at a less te make up such a deficiency within twenty-four hours. But all hepe is net yet abandoned by the Democrats, as the Republican majorities being mainly based en the Carr vote leave room for a conclusion that he may have ruu se far ahead of his ticket as simply te elect himself aud leave the balance et his Republican colleagues behind. The state ticket probably elected is : Secretary of State. Jeseph B. Cair, Rep.; Comptroller, Ira Davenport, Rep.; Attorney General, Leslie W. Russell. Rep.; State Treasurer, Rebert A. Maxwell, Dem.; State Engineer and Surveyor, Silas Seymour, Rep.-; Judge of Court of Appeals, Francis M. Finch, Rep. Democratic Claims. New Yerk World. The latest figures threw seme doubt ever the result en the secretary of state, but the rest of the Democratic state ticket is undoubtedly elected, and en the state treasurer by a very large majority. The stalwarts made a special effort te put Mr. Carr ahead of hisHalf-brccd asseciatcs,and his vote, therefore, is the largest thrown ter any Republtcan candidate. The re turns settle the fact that both branches of the Legislature are Democratic. New Yerk Sun. Mr. Carr, the Republican candidate for secretary of state, runs ahead of his ticket iu nearly every county, and is probably elected by about 4,000 purality ever Pur cell. Maxwell, Democrat, for treasurer, defeats Ilusted, Republican, by an esti mated majority of 10,000 te 15,000. The figures are insufficient en the rest of the state tickets te indicate the result. Each party claims the election of its ticket by 2,000 votes. The official count will be necessary te determine the result. The majority will probably be only a few hun dred either way. The Democrats have carried the Legislature by eight or ten en joint ballet. Virginia and Other States. The Readjusters have captured Vir ginia. The returns are but meagre; but it is net prebable that the majority will fall below 8,000, while the Readjusters claim it will be twice as large. The Leg. islature will also have a Readjuster ma jority in both branches. The latest returns from New Jersey give the Republicans 5 majority in the Senate and make the Assembly a tie, with ene district doubtful, but claimed by the Re publicans. Wisconsin is claimed by the Republi cans, by from 2,000 te 5,000 majority. Returns from one-half of the state show a Democratic gain of 10,000 votes, as com pared with the vote of 1879, when Gov. Allegheny. 5973 Armstrong 281 Beaver 375 Bedford 13is Berks 2(i0 Blair 300 Bradterd 1,000 Bucks 500 Carben 50 Chester 950 Clarien 130 Clearfield 49 Clinten 250 Crawlerd 485 Cumberland 250 Dauphin 914 Delaware M574 f 1115 J&Jfij Franklin; 300 Fulton 5 Huntingdon 394 Lacks wanuu 1000 Lancaster 1500 Lawrence soe Lebanon 490 Smith, the Republican candidate, was elected by a majority of 25,000. The majority for Hubbard, Republican, for governor in Minnesota, is estimated at upwards of 20,000. The majority for the Democratic state ticket in Mississippi, is estimated at up wards of 20,000. The county elections in Colerado sbew Republican gains, 'lhe question of a cap ital was voted upon iu the state, and the result is about 10,000 majority in favor of Denver. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. A train broke through a trestle bridge near Bleem field, Iud., and Jehn Gardner, brakeman, was fatally injured. An uuknewu woman was kiiled by a railroad train, near Pawtucket, R. I. Her body was thrown into a field, where it awaits identification. A sailing vessel with dynamite aboard has been detained at Gallipoli and placed in charge of the commandant at Dardan elles. Samuel B.irr, for twenty years superin tendent of repairs en the Delaware and Raritau canal, has died at his home in New Brunswick. The Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohie railroads have decided that it will net be expedient for the present te fellow the advance in freights made by the Van derbilt reads. Tastes differ and ate net te be disputed. Dr. B. Barnuin, an old aud prominent phy sician of Schoolcraft, Mich., Aud himself ou his dissecting table aud let himself through the heart. He had suffered long from nervousness and diseases of a painful nature. A few days age the yearling filly Hindu Resa trotted a mil.; in 2:13; and the two year old Wildllevrer, that recently trotted a mile in 2:21, was given a quarter of a mile iu 32 seconds, a 2:0S gait. Beth are by Electioneer, the son of Hainbleteuiau aud Green Mountain 3Iaid. Frank Martinez was killed by William Caid in a railroad camp, near Liberty Hill, Texas, a few days age. The body of AVil liam Schultz, with a pistol ball in the head, was found near Owiugsville, JKcn JKcn tucky.en Tuesday. Samuel Daggett, who was last seen with Sehtilt. ou Sunday uight, has been arrested for the murder. Jehn Sullivan, of Bosten, and Paddy Ryan, of New Yerlc, have posted the sec ond deposit of $1,000 a ride iu the match for $5,000 and the championship of Amer ica. Ryan at present weighs 230 pounds and will cuter the ring weighing le-i. bui livan weighs 193 pounds will enter the ring weigliing 173. Jee Gess will prob ably second Sullivan, but he says he does net believe Ryan will fight. Small-pox having been taken te Califor nia by emigrants from Chicago, by the Central Pacific railroad, the state beard of health has recommended the governor te order an inspection, and, if necessary, a quarantining of overland emigrant trains at Truekec or seme point near the state boundary. Sixty-nine cases of small-pox are reported at New Tacoma, AVashingten Tcrriter-. Fifty-six cases are reported in Rahway, N. J. At Fert Mills, S. C, James Sutten, a young planter, shot and killed Na"fc Gibsen a constable. Seven shots were fired by the two men, Gibsen receiving two balls, ene iu the breast and one above the mouth. He died aimest immediately. The difficulty originated iu the execution of an attachment by Gibsen upon the prop erty of a brether-in law of Sutten's. Sut Sut eon escaped and it is net known whether he is wounded or net, although the .shoot .sheot .shoet ing took place in the pest ellicc in the presence of several wicuesses. STATE ITEMS. AV. II. Bickcl, of Georgetown, Northum berland county, of the firm of AV. II. & II. M. Bickcl, proprietors of the general store, and brother of P. S. Bickcl, a well known business man, huug himself in the left of his barn. The estate of the late Jehn McLaugh lin, of Philadelphia, owns 373 shares of the valuable daily Times stock, of which com pany deceased was one of the originators. His widow has enjoined the administrator from rushing it into the market before the public has a chance te become acquainted with its large value. Just before the election the Erie Ectn- ing Herald said : "Orange Neble's friends virtually concede, m advance of the elec tion, that their candidate will lese four hundred or five hundred votes in this city." The city of Eric answered it with the em phatic and largely increased Democratic majority et 000 ler Neble. As seven miners were descending the east side of Eaijie Hill shaft, Themas Cochlin, a miner, one of the number, who, it is supposed, became sick, pitched head foremost from the cage into the west side of the shaft. At. the time he fell the cage was eight or ten feet from the top of the shaft. After falling from the cage en the cast side Ids body . .truck the covering of the cage, which was coming up en the west side ; he rolled oil" the cage covering and fell te the bottom of the shaft. When picked up life was extinct. YANKBi: DOODLE. Our Friendly Knglisb Cousins. In Londen yesterday was Lord Mayer's day. Jehn Whittaker Ellis, the new lord mayor, went in solemn precession te Guild hall, with the usual ancieut display, which drew immense crowds of spectators. The stars and stripes were carried in the pro pre cession, preceded by the drum and fife band of the Fourth battalion of the city of Louden militia, playing the "Star Span gled Banner," After a short interval came the band from the training-ship AVar Sprite, jilaying "Yankee Deedle," and the American flair, as it came iu view, was received with a general clapping of hands and cheers by the spectators. There was a striking demonstration as the pro pre cession passed the managing effice of the United States cable company, en Bread street. Four young ladies waved Ameri can flags from the windows as the banner of the free went by and there was loud and continued applause. A great demonstra tion was also made at the American Ex change, en the Strand. Thrce hundred ladies waved the American colors from the balconies. Among the decorations through out the city the American Hag was con spicuous. Vnuiaiiable Letters. Iu the rack in the postefiice is a letter addressed as fellows : "Miss Annie Fitz patric, 910 Green street Phila." It is held for postage. Twe ether letters addressed as fellows are held for better directien: ,:Any Archy, iu care of Jacob Archy, Brown Station Pa." There is no such postefiice as Brown Station. "Miss Mary E. Iughram Pale Alte, Alte." There are postefliccs named "Pale,"' in Alabama, Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska ; and "Pale Alte" in Illi nois, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohie and Texas. Postmaster Marshall don't knew te which of these places te send the letter. Fatnl Jtallreail Accident. A sad accident occurred at Radner sta tion, Delaware county, last evening about 5 o'clock, resulting in the instant death of Samuel Rawlins, storekeeper and post master at that place. Mr.Rawlins was walk ing across the track net a hundred yards from his residence, and net noticing the approach of the AVest Chester express train west, was struck by it and instantly killed. Deceased was a highly esteemed citizen, aged about 33 years, and leaves a wife and three children. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE OLD GAS COMPANY. collections of the Corporation's History. At the Stevens house last evening there was a pleasant social gathering of the di rectors of the old gas company, aud a fev." personal friends et the treasurer, te par take of some of the geed things of life and spend a cheerful evening around the festal beard. Thcre were present, Dr. Jehn L. Atlee, president ; Gee. K. Reed, treasurer; Messrs. Luther Richards, Jacob Bausmau, Dr. II. Carpenter, B. J. McGrann, Mayer Jno. T. MaeGeuigle, Chas. A Hcinitsh. Jehn D. Skiles. R. II. Brubaker, i. McConemy and A. Teller. During the course of the evening, and te recall the history of the corporation and the names of these who have been prominently identified with it, the secre tary read some extracts from the miuutes, of which the following is an abstract : The Lancaster gas company was incor porated April 7, 1819, Jehn Wise taking a leading part iu obtaining the subscription te the stock. After considerable delay he get about 1,200 shares subscribed, sufficient te organize the cempiuy. On the day appointed for the meeting of the subscri bers, C. Hagcr and D. Lengcnecker took the balance of the stock, 2800 shares, which placed the organization in their bauds. On the Gth of January they met iu the court house, Hen. Ellis Lewis, Jno. AVise aud AVilliara G lei in were appointed a committee te visit ether gas works te obtain such information as might be te their advantage aud profit from tie exper ience of ethers. They visited Philadel phia, New Yerk, Bosten, Sprinefleld,New Haven, Newark, Scranton, Wilmington aud Reading, the latter company having been but a few months in operation, s'nee March 1849, when they reported a daily consumption 3,930 cubic feet. They made a very lengthy report upon each work that they had visited, and wound up by rcceni mending the building of resin works for the production of 8,000 cubic feet of gas per day. Ou June 27, 1819, they met again at the court house and organized by electing the following beard of managers : Hen. Ellis Lewis, president : Jehu N.Laue, Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, C. Hagcr, D. Lengesicekcr, Dr. Jehn Miller and William Gleim. Jehu F. Leng and Carpenter McCleery acted a judges of tiie election. Twe days after the beard met aud elected William Gleim secretary and Jehu F. Shreder treasurer. Dr. Muhlenberg, as a committee, re ported that he had purchased thrce acres of land from Themas Silvius at $230 per aero for the erection of the works. July 18, 1819 The question came up as te what kind of work should be put up, resin or coal. Drs. Miller and Muhlcu berg voted for coal ; Hagcr, Leugeuecker, Lane and Gleim for resin. One week later they entered into a contract with Stewart & Carver for the erection of resin work and the laying of 13,738 feet of street mains for $28,855. They were com pleted, and tha first gas made en Wash ington's birthday, February 22, 1830, ami delivered te 131 consumers ; the amount consumed the first three months was 100, 238 feet. January C, 1851 Made the liist divi dend of ene per cent, June 1831 Dr. Jno. Miller retired frcm the beard and AVm. Matheit took h's place. As Jno. N. Lane did net attend their meetings a committee waited upon him, when en the 3d of December he re signed and Bar tram A. Shacffer filled tl e vacancy. At this meeting Ellis Lewis declined te serve as president when AVm. "Mathiot was elected in his place. April 4, 1852 They resolved te ckauge the work from resin te coal. June, 1855 II. R. Reed was elected te the beard in the place of B. A. Shaeffcr. February 28, 1854 Hen. Ellis Lewis withdraws and James L. Reynold.! takes his place. March 27, 1851 At this meeting the death of AVm. Mathiot was announced. C. Hager was then elected president of the beard aud Charles Beughtcr a manager. June, 1854 Beughtcr ges out and Dr. Henry Carpenter takes his place. Nev. 5, 185G Jno. F. Shreder resigns as treasurer ; Gee. K. Reed was elected te lill the vacancy ; he had been connected with the works as clerk from the day of its organization. June, 1857 D. Lengcnecker gees out and Dr. Jno. L. Atlce takes his place in the management. Dec. 13, 1858 Win. Glenn's death an nounced ; Jas. L. Reynolds takes his place as secretary of the beard. Jan. 1, 1859 Luther Richards elected iu AVm. Gleim's place. Jan. 29, 1859 The death of Henry IJ. Reed was announced and at the next meeting, Feb 5, 1839, Hen. Henry G. Leng was selected te fill the vacancy. Dec. 13, 18G1 Death of B. A. Shcafler was'anneuuecd. Jacob Bailsman was then elected iu his place. July 9, 1861! Jas. L. Reynolds resigns assccrctary when L. Richards was elected te fill the situation. April 20. 1803 Death of C. Hagcr was announced, when Jno. L. Atlce was called te the chair as president of the beard. June G, 18G8 Michael Zalnn elected te fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. Hager. April 12, 1880 Death of James L. Rej--nelds announced. June 12, 1880 As Hen. II. G. Leng declined a lc-clectieu, Chas. A. Hcinitsh and Jehu D. Skiles, were elected te fill the vacancies. At this meeting the death of Hugh Corcoran, superintendent of the works, was announced. (Ic had served the company from the day of its organi zation, and a better or raore faithful man never lived. Aug. 2G, 1880 Luther Richards resigns aud Geerge K. Reed takes his place. August, 1880 Sold out te the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Ce. I have prepared these few extracts from our minutes, thinking it might prove in teresting, and recall te mind the names of some of our geed citizens who took a deep interest in the old gas company, aud served it in different capacities who have passed away. The only person new livitig that was interested as director or employee from the date of its corporation are D. Lengcnecker, Dennis Crenan and Gee. K. Reed. Out of 177 original subscribers te the stock, but GO remain. Such is the change in 31 years. OBITUARY. Smlilcn Ile.itli or a Well Kneirn Mnn. Djvid Mycr. an old resident of Pcquea township, died very suddenly yesterday. He ate a hearty breakfast and seen after wards had a stroke of apoplexy, from which he died before 10 o'clock. Deceased was a well-known and wealthy citizen. He was 72 years of age and leaves two sons aud a daughter. He was the owner of two beau tiful farms iu the neighborhood where he resided. Gene Went. Last night Mr. E. II. Flinn, a popular young gentleman of this city, of the firm of Hess & Flinn, left Lancaster for an ex tended trip, reaching Las Aregas and points beyond in New Mexico. He accompanies Mr. Heward Chandler, a broker of AVil AVil mingten, Del , and another gentleman with mining interests in that section. They expect te be absent several weeks ami a large conceurso of Mr. Fli tin's friends assembled at the station te see him elf. He Dm Net Hear tlic Gun. This morning a man was seen en the street wearing a straw hat and a new pair of buckskin gloves, which reached almost te his elbows. He went te the mayor's office and gave himself up at once. lt.!L!CUAD ISSl'lSUTIOX. Annual Trip Over the I'eunsylvanla KeaU. This fqrenoen about half-past ten o'clock the " inspection trains " passed east through this city ever the Pennsylva nia railroad. Each tram consisted of aa open car iu fient of the engine and three or four passenger cars behind the engine. The open cars contained each about ene hundred persons. The party left Pitts burgh en Tuesday and ran te Alteena ; en AVcincsday they rau from Alteena te Harrisburg. aud te-day they iuu from Uar risbttrg te Philadelphia. The trains were provided with conveniences for cooking and sleeping, and he party were very comfortably pievidcd for. Among the ,-arty w "i.i General Manager Frank Thomsen, of the Pennsylvania railroad ; General Superintendents Pugh, of the Pennsylvania division ; Jacksen, of the New Jcrcy division, and Ncilsen, of the Philadelphia division. The inspection s conducted by the gen eral maragcr, chief engineer, general superintendent and assistant engineers. The inspectors, numbering nearly a hun dred, ride in four special trains, consisting et qysi btx cars, constructed especially for the survey of the read bed, and the light of way. The cais are pushed iu front of the locomotive and travel at the late of ten .ir twelve miles an hour. The spectacle of I he diguitled railroad mag nates leaping oil" the train te measure the read-bed, count the number of tics under each rail, and measures the sizes of ballast HfCd is presented en the journey. The sub divisions are marked by white pests ou the north side of the way. As they ride along each of the judges makes pri vate memoranda of the various divisions as he finds them, and at the end of the ieurucy these-lepurls are compared and the inspectors agree upon the foreman wtio.e track is nearest the desired standard and who is theieferc deserving of reward. The prizes aic as fellows : $100 for best line of surface between Pittsburgh and New Yerk ; $50 second prir.e ; $100 for the best track en superintendent's division ; ler the best supervisor'.-: divit-ien, there are feuriu each division ; $35 ler the best sub-division foreman, and $50 for the best sub division. There aic about ene hundred sub-divis-ieixs betweeu Pittsburgh and New Yerk. Each of these, sub divisions has a foreman, and for cwry forty miles thcre is a gen eral supcrvi.-er, ami by the employment of the men under these, who in summer are employed at tra::!c repairing, iu winter as watchmen, eveiy mile of the read is guarded. The condition of the track is ascertained by means of a delicately constructed in strument which is operated by means of delicate reds and levers connected with springs under the ear, and the deprct-sieiir. aie recorded upon paper, which moves at the rate of four feet te the mile by a pe culiar sbapsd pen. Anether pen worked by an electric press button is used for marking mile pests, signal towers, stations, switches, etc., se that by subsequent inspection of the diagrams the positions of fault iu the track may be exactly located. A pun worked by the same gearing that drives the paper moving mechanism makes a notch in a line every time the car has passed ever a distance of a hundred feet, se that if any peculiarity is observed in the dia gram, the car may be stepped and an in spection made of the particular spot en the track, which is located by counting back the number of notches en the diagram. Counting liie Vote. Court met at neon te-day for the pur pose of counting and consolidating the returns of the several election districts of this county of the votes cast at the dec tien ou Tuesday last. Judge Patterson presided, Judge Liv ingston being a candidate for re-election, I net being eligible te take part in counting the vote. J. L. Ljte, J. E. Carpenter and Frar.cb; Kilburii wtiic sworn as clerks. Prothenotary McMellcn produced the returns of the late election and they were taken hi charge by Judge Patterson. After transacting some routine business court rose, te meet an in at 2 o'clock. Iu addition te the returns from the cetiuty published yesterd y, that of Little Britain ha been received, wliicn gives Baily 110, Neble 121, Welfe 10, AVilsen 1. This makes B.iily's majority 3,91 1, with Indiaiitewn, Clay and Fulton te hear fi em. They may increase it te 4,259. A Lancastrian lit Yorktown. Iu the year 1853 the Pennsylvania II is is teiical society published a volume of col lections. In it is contained "the journal of Lieutenant AVilliam Fcltmaii. of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, from May 2G, 17S1, te April 23, 1782, embracing tl.e Sicge of Yorktown and the Southern Cam paign." This very interesting journal was furnished te the society by the late Bern R. Kueass, e.iq., of flic Philadelphia bar, who was a grandson of Lieut. Felt man's sister. Lieut. Fcltman was a na tive of Lancaster county, and his journal is exceedingly minute and accurate. It deserves a republication in a new edition, which might readily be done, as the vol ume of the collections is out of print and was never copyrighted. He describe:; the young slaves in Eastern Virginia as des titutc of clothing until about fourteen years of age. aud waiting upon tabic " dressed iu the same uniform." The Virginia taverns iu these days weiu called " ordinaries," by contraction " erncrics," and the accommodations were in general very ordinary. Our Amiable Contemporaries. IC.aiiiIner, Stalwart. Ami they arc all sick very sick ! AVhe aie sick? AVhy the sneaks who pre tended they would vote for Baily and voted for Wolfe, or scratched Baily's name off and voted blank. New Era, Half-IJrccil. The result of Tuesday is the handwrit ing ou the wall, which such bosses as Cam Cam eeon. Quay, Hey I ami Palmer will de well te interpret in all the fullness of its mean ing. It is a pretest against the pardon boa id infamy. It is a pretest against every outrage which the be.ssas have heaped upon a patient people. It is a pretest against the unit rule, which these political frccboetefs have tiiedte force en the peo ple. Serenaded. Last evening the Empire fire company serenaded James B. Rcilly and Jeseph Kcenan, two members of this company who were married recently. The com pany, headed by Clem incus's City band, marched first te the residence of Mr. Reilly's father and the b uid played sev eral pieces. They then went te the " Rehrcr " house, wheie Mr. Kcenan is bearding, and i.erenaded him. Messrs. Kcenan and Reilly then took the com pany te Snydar's saloon, where the mem bers were handsomely cntertaiiwd by them. Fer Stealing Spectacle. Geerge Fisher, colored, had a hearing before Alderman A. F. Dennelly en a charge of stealing a pairef geld spectacles, the prepcity of Lydia Smith. He was committed in default of bail for court. Emma Archey, who had been bald en the charge, was discharged. m The IVatcIi factory Will llavn a Supper. On Saturday evening next the managers of the Lancaster watch factory will give a supper te their employees, about 250 in number, at the Stevens house. Annual Dinner. Te-day the annual dinner of the Cali fornia excursionists was held at the resi dence of II. 31. Neith, esq., Columbia.
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