i riV'TriTTTMiMil. LANCASTER JDAILY nSTEllJUfiENOEJR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11. 188 .jsewrscwjsSsS. fcaurastct Jntelligrncer. I MONDAY EVENING DEC. 11, 1882, The Pacific Rallreai Debts. The report of the government com missioner of railroads shows that the Pacific railroads owed the United States at the end of the last fiscal rear a balance of over one hundred and three million dollars. This includes the origi nal debt and its interest ; the latter now amoiu.tiiig to nearly half the former. Non' of litis interest can be collected, under the remarkable decision of the courts, until the 'maturity of the debt, which will be at the close of the cen tury. iy that time the commissioner suggests that the great debt due the gov ernment may be precariously secured, and he suggests that some arrangement D2 made for its earlier settlement. This would manifestly bo wise, if it can be done. Tho United States made a very bad speculation, indeed, in making its loan to the first Pacific railroads ; her courts have held her most unfairly bound, and it is doubtful whether the money invested will ever be returned to her. Whatever can be got now is a clear gain. Now we can use it to re duce our debt. By the end of the cen tury we will have no debt, and a generous Congress may be called on to forgive the indebtedness of bankrupt railroads. There is no great competition ahead of the Pacific railroads that their future financial condition cannot safely be trusted. There is a sinking fund pro vided by the companies for the pay ment of their debt, but the commissioner says that it will only amount, when the debt falls due, to some seventy millions of dollars ; less tlian the debt at present. The commissioner asks that, if the sinking fund is to be contin ued, the secretary of the treasury have enlarged discretion as to the investment of it, but he advises that the indebted ness, which is now in the form of a book account, should Le changed into securi ties of fixed amount, payable at fixed periods. The matter should have the attention of Congress, and such disposi tion should be made as to put the treas ury immediately into possession of secur ities for the government loan which may be disposed of for tho redemption of tli public debt. When Rogues Fall Out. The melancholy report comes from Ilarrisburg that Senate Librarian and Supply Custodian John C. Delaney has quarrelled with the contractor for state supplies and refuses to take the articles he proposes to furnish because they are not up to the standard bid for. The con tractor in turn alleges that Delaney is "pinching" him because ho wanted a friend of his own to get the contract. In view of tho way this supply business is managed the public will be very ready to believe both stories. Fraud and pecu lation have nearly always honey-combed the furnishing of state supplies, and there never was more suspicion and scan dal attaching to it than since Quay has been Invested with the manipulation of the contracts and Delaney has received and has had charge of the supplies. No body will believe that Delaney would make objection to the contractor furnishing "wagon sponge at $3 per pound" instead of "flesh sponges atlSlo per pound ;" " towels at $2 per dozen in stead of Turkish towels at $20 per dozen; soapstone dishes instead of china ; small pieces of chamois, instead of large skins: common plain glass, instead of cut glass tumblers; ordinary cuspidores, instead of fancy decorated ; inferior brushes and dust-pans; 25 cent towel racks for those costing $3.50; poor quality of damask towels and machine-made combs, for hand-made," and otherwise making from feOO to 1,200 per cent if Delaney "s friends will profit by the steal. On the other hand everybody will be ready to believe that the contractors for these supplies regularly swindle the state by furnishing articles of inferior quality and in quantities below their contracts. But the contracts themselves are swin dles in that they call for many articles which the state should not buy at all, and many others of which there should bean ample supply on hand from the purchases of preceding years. The whole subject needs thorough ventilation and reform and the quarrel between De laney aud the contractors may help to light up the dark ways and vain tricks which have too long prevailed at Ilar risburg. People who express themselves in favor of protection in a tariff for revenue, seem to ask for very contradictory things. A tariff for revenue is one which will admit the largest quantity of the things which will pay the duty; while protection to home manufactures can only be given by excluding foreign manufactures. Tariff for revenue and for protection are too very distinct things, and it would be impossible to ad just them so as to completely accomplish both objects, although it may be possible to do it so as to measurably accomplish both. Possibly a very great deal of skill could secure such a delicacy of adjust ment in the duties as to make them at one time protective, and at another reve nue, as the market value of things would see-saw up and down ; and possibly in these alterations there would be enough got on either side to be satisfactory all around ; but it is a work of difficulty. Experience does not show that it has ever been satisfactorily performed. It is hard to strike the line that will leave sufficient protection while it secures sufficient revenue. The better plan is to put on a tariff rate that will exclude the articles whose protection is necessary, and to raise the revenue needed from other sources. According to the report of the au ditor general for the past year, the ex penses of our state government were $3,869,575, exclusive of loans redeemed and interest paid. $1,083,524.09 of this amount went to the public schools, and $683,654,35 to charitable institutions The soldiers'.'orphans' schools cost $366, 670.87, and the penitentiaries, $216,988. 75 ; the judges were paid $481,605.02, and the other most considerable item in the' budget is "$242,395.23 for the na tional guard. Although there was no session of the Legislature. $44,526.01 is set down as expenses of the Senate and $153,0S1.28 for the House ; and, in ex planation of this, it is stated that this was the " back pay " of the members after the supreme court had decided each to be entitled to $-500 extra. Bui as there are only 231 members in al1 this would account for but $123,500 whereas $197,010.38 are credited to. tho expenses of the Legislature. Was there also 50 per cent, addition made to the pay of the clerks, messengers, pasters and folders, doorkeepers and janitors, and to the " contingent " funds ? The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph insists that there has not been a ready response from what it calls the " Demo cratic machine" to the " patriotic ut terances" of Governor-elect Pattison since his election. We perhaps do not understand what the Telcgrah means by the machine, but if we are to measure the sentiment of the party by the voice of: its press, or of those who are acknowl eiged to be foremost in its leadership, or of the state or county committeemen, or of the Democratic members-elect, of Congress and the Legislature in this state, we would say that there has been a very general and hearty approval of the new governor's patriotic utterances. From every side comes the demand that the pledges made in the campaign shall be f ulfilled.and the avowal of a determin ation to support the governor in such purposes, that tho commonwealth may be redeemed from personal boss rule. Up ia Watcrbury, Couu., a judge liuod an editor $50 for criticising his decision. Aio tho "bluo laws " still in force? Accoicding to tho auditor gcner.il the "stationary and supplies" furnished to tho state last year, cost $10,021.90 and tbo "advertising for proposals" $18,127.06. The high price of buffalo robes is due to a ring of two Now York firms controll ing the entiro buffalo trade and rapturing all the catches in quantities of two thou sand to five thousand robes per hunt. Our esteemed contemporary, tho Con rjrcmomd hecord, opens a new volume with a new diess of type. It is edited with the customary vigor and sprightliuess but advertisers do not Eeeni to appreciate its worth. Is the president's message in speaking of the rates of letter postage ho calls a re duction from three cents to two cents per half ouuco a leduction of "fifty per cent." It would be interesting to know by what rule of arithmetic ho works this out. NoRTiiEiis bees taken to Florida, whcio flowers aud fruit continue all the year roaud, are said to grow fat, lazy aud im provident, abandoning themselves to liv iog from baud to mouth as recklessly as does auy tropic born buttorfly. Kiim-Asu, Ohio, twenty five miles from Clevoland, is disturbed over an attempt to revive Mormouism thero and to rcstoic tho ruined temple of that faitb. A statu that ro-clects Keifer need not blush for Mormouism. Attorney Gesek.u, Palmek has writ ten an opinion to the effect! that tho gov ernor has uot the power to restore to cit izenship u person who has lost the fran chise by reason of conviction for violation of the election laws. Goveksok Cameisox, of Virginia, on Friday issued a proclamation declaring tho amendments to tho constitution repealing tho law for repayment of capitation tax as a pro-requisite to voting approved and ratified by the people and now in full force. Tho amendments were ratified by a ma jority of 41,172. The best approximation to the pension population of tho country that can bo pro cured shows that of the 2,003,391 soldiers who enlisted during tho war, pensions have been applied for by or on account of, only 26 per cent. From tho best available in formation, it appears that there is a sur viving soldier population of a little over 1,000,000, out of which claims for pensions in tho future may bo made by those who incurred pensionable disabilities. Delaney has grown virtuous. This is tno same Delaney who in one year got $1,200 compensation as libiarianoftho Senate, and iu addition $600 for "services as librarian, recess December 31, 1881 ;" $310 for "new desks for sea. of com. offico ;" $1,315 for " repairing rooms and bookcases ;" $428 for desks, tables, &c. ;" $908.62 for " radiators for departments ;" $20S for "sale for stationary department;" $1,203 for " furnishing desks for depart ments ;" $2,114.75 for "furnishing offices of the Senate and state treasury," and $900 for "postage, labor aud expross charges. Tue Press, in noticing, with pardonable pride, the merited compliments or its con temporaries for its recent successful de tective woik, claims too much for itself in the exclusive matter of making " an extended and thorough exposure of tho systematic stealings in connection with tho state supplies at Ilarrisburg an exposure which, with vigilant attention, will pro vent their repetition in the future." Sinco 1875 this subject has received the persist ent attention of tho Istelligesceu. In 1880 "an extended aud thorough exposure" of theso " systematic stealings" appoared in this journal. It seems that on November 30, exclu sive of moneys appropriated to tho sinking fund, the treasury had on hand 81.430.- 724.16, of which $200,000 wore deposited in the politicians' bank of Pittsburgh, and $150,000 in Eemble's bank in Philadel phia. Theso enormous balanco, let out to the favored depositories of pet politi cians, may with good reason serve to direct popular attention to the proposed schemo of establishing an independent treasury system as is reported to bo in successful operation in Ohio under whioh the state takes care of its own money, and its treas ury is not a prize for impecunious offico hunters and voracious politicians. ihe reappointment by Gov. Hoyt of two notorious Philadelphia politicians to the lucrative offices of sealers of weights and measures has somewhat impaired the improved public opinion of our governor-; but it has more positively directed atten tion to the enormous abuses attaching to this office. $40,000 are said to be drawn from the mercantile community of Phil adelphia annually by this leech and, as the Times suggests, " nobody will have any more confidence in the correctness of measures or scales, because Mr. Slack or Mr. Crawford has stamped them as ac curate." Here whero Mr. "Buck" Leibly carries around the standard, and taxes everybody who has scale3, yard sticks and liquid measures, the place is said to be worth $2,500 a year a grievous tax upon the community. Let it be abol ished. The county could easily keep the standards to settle all disputes, and the commissioners' clerk could act as arbiter in all cases of complaints made against tho accuracy of weights and measures. Pofulau admiration of pretty women is nothing new under the sun. It is older than Solomon and was one of Abraham's patriarchal points. This country, as well as England, seems to have a revival of it, and the sketches which aro printed on our first page to-day have enhanced interest from the presence of Mrs. Langtry in our country at this time. Of this famous beauty's quarrel with her companion, Mrs. Labouchero, there seems to bo no doubt. The Philadelphia Times, which has been hooting at tho affair as an advertising speculation, caught Mad. Lab. iu its city yesterday, and she owned up that when Freddie Gebhart sent his horses and car riages to Boston for tho Lily it was too much for her. She had taken up tho Jersey beauty aud shielded her from tho aspersions of tho scandalmongers on as surances that tho Langtry was done with the " idle frivolities " which injured her in England, but now, "after afew months the good resolutions aro ignored and she has relapsed into the samo dangerous gayoties as before." Mr Lab. cables for his wife to come straightway home, the Lily goes her own wayward way, and Mr. Langtry, reduced to a state of genteel poverty iu England and, utterly unable to find employment, is forced to live upon tho empty and profitless title of 'Mrs Lingtry's husband.' PERSONAL.. AuAiu Pasha has expressed a satufao tionihat ho is to bo exiled to Ceylon. Ges. BnAuitECAKD is said to be engaged to Commodore Vandcrbilt's widow. General Custer's widow has presented Custer Post, G. A. 11., of Chicago, a hat once worn by her husband. The Duke of Newcastle is hunting in the vicinity, of Greensboro, N. C. He is expected to remain in that vicinity for a week at least. Major Harry Gilmoue, who, during tho war of the rebellion, achieved noto riety as a confederate guerilla, is danger ously sick in Baltimore. His recovery is considered very doubtful. Bon Toombs is oprosed td" the building of a new tavorn in his town. Ho says: " What need ? If any deccut person comes here, let hitneomo to Bob Toomb,' house. If they arc not decent let them go their way. Senator Tom Cooler is reported to have induced Senator Mitchell to counsel the Independents iu tho state Senate to unite with tho Republicans in .sunnm-tinrr Lee for president of the state Sauate.rather tuan unite with too Daraocrats iu sup porting John Stewait Ex-Goverxor Hendricks, of J . hana, continues to improve slowly, and is now able to leave his bed for tho greater part of the day. The condition of Godlove S. Orth, Representative in Congress from In. diana, shows little change. He is very weak and thero is no indication of any speedy or permanent impiovomout. Senator Joe Brows offered $50,000 to the Georgia state university as a fund for the education of poor young men, on con dition that his sous have partial control of the fuud. For personal reasons, Biovrn says, the gilt was declined, and he proposes to offer it to every state iu tho United States until it is accepted. He will begin with his native state, South Ca-olina. Rev. J. Fletcher Wilcox, pastor of the First Christian church, Chicago, preached a sermon denying tho necessary immortality of tho soul and claiming that eternal life was to bo the reward of virtue. Tho church members denounced theso views, and dismissed Mr. Wilcox, forbid ding bim ever to preach in their church again. IL:nry Wilson once said of both Conk ling and Fentou : "They are smart men in their way, but you will not find their names in tho archives of tho country, among tho public acts, iu laws, progiess mm tue transiormmg ol this irom a pro- viucim to a ireo national -society, like tho two Vermont senators, Edmuudsand Mor-j rill, who malcothn hV -, Hi..t; r I our ncriorl in t.hn Kfnntn . " . -. ..v .w.vhu Uli Freddie Gebhakdt is the gilded youth who followed Mrs. Langtry to Boston. He is stopping at her hotel and it is declared by those who profess to know, that Mrs. Langtry has taken sundry walks about tho back bay and other aristocratic quar ters of Boston leaning on Mr. Gebhardt's arm. It is also stated that desiring to witness the performance of other mem bers of tho company during tho intervals in which she was not on the stage, sho secured the stars box at the Globe theatre had tho lace curtains drawn together, thus completely screening observations of the interior, and while off the stage her self, she occupies this box with Gebhardt ; that she also introduced him into tho green room of tho theatre. A Mexican State in Arms. A dispatch from Albuquerque, N. M., says : Frank Joselyu, or "Deaf Sandy," as bo is called, has arrived at Silver City from Chihuahua. He was with McDonald and Biggs when they wcro murdered by Jehu's band of Apaches. The three men had ridden hard all day. They had seen tho Apaches' trail, but no Indi ans. They proposed to camp at Poso del Chacolah. Jossolyn thought it dangerous, however, and rode off ono hundred yards. while Biggs and McDonald unsaddled. Suddenly the Apaches appeared and fired a volley and the two campers fell. Jos setyn put spurs to his horse and escaped. Ho returned later, with Bixty welUarmed men, aud buried the bodies of Biggs and McDonald. Tho Indian scouts say the Apache marauders aro under command of Nana himself, tho war chief reported killed last year. Tho whole state of Chi huahua is in arms. Crushed Under tho Wheels or an nglne. Vinton Rogers, a fireman in tho employ of the Pennsylvania railroad company at r'miadclpnia, was fatally injured at the Twenty-first street station Sunday after noon. He was engaged in oiling hi3 en gine while moving with a train, when his foot slipped and ho fell beneath tho loco motive. Tho wheels pasta 1 over his body at the waist. He was removed to the University hospital whero he cxired before noon. Rogers was 25 years of age, had married recently and lived at 612 North Thirty-sixth street. CELME AND CALAMITI. W1HTKR BUDGET UF WEOJIG-DOING. Murder and Bololde Disaster and Diabol ismThe Nsws of a Day' Time on Land and sea. William Bastard, of North Middlesex, Ont., has been lodged in jail, charged with killing his insane wife by pushing her against a stove, causing injuries wbich re sulted in ner death. During a festival in Marshall, Texas, Luke Moore and Beverly Hill quarreled, when Moore drew a knife and stabbed Hill to the heart. Dr. Harris and a man named O'Connor engaged in a fight in a stable at Everton, Mo. Dr. Harris' son entered the place and shot his father through the head kill ing him instantly. At Hampton, N. J., while John Skill man was coupling cars bis glove froze to tho link, and his hand was caught and crush ed. James Burke met a similar accident in Phillipsburg, N. J. In Washington county, 6a., Caroline Scott accidentally pushed a shot gun from a shelf, discharging it, killing her infant child, fatally wounding her daughter,aged nine years, aud seriously injuring two other children. At Sharkey, Miss., before daylight, two masked men aroused the clerk in J. G. James' store, and when ho rushed iu shot him fatally. They demanded the safe keys but left without taking any thing. A difficulty occurred at Ensley's convict farm ten miles south of Memphis, between C. M. Tardy and E. M. Wheeler, two guard, which resulted in Tardy shooting Wheeler in the bowels. Wheeler returned tho shot and killed Tardy. Some ratal Accidents. An oyster sloop, used as a -mail boat capsized, near Fort Myers, Fla , on Friday night Four boys, whoso ages ranged from eight to fifteen years were drowned. Iu Bloomington, III., tho family of Louis Brandenburg, a well-known citizen, was poisoned a day or two ago by eating trich ina in sausages. Ouo of the family has died and Mr. Braudeuburg and bis wife cannot recover. Sylvester Shrope, a brakeman on tho Jersey Ceutial, fell between the cars while his train was descending a grade at West field, Saturday afternoon, aud ws drag ged about a mile. He managed to drag himself upon a car, and thus escaped death, but is badly hurt. The American bark Robinson Crusoe, Capt. Dow, fiom Philadelphia November 10, for Vera Cruz, coal laden, was wreck ed on November 19, ou Western Triangle, a small bank near Yucatan. The steamer City of Alexandria, at Havana, from Vera Cruz, took off some of the crew aud will take them to New York. The mate and four of tho cr.w remain with the vessel. Louses by Fire. A fire eutted Alexander Gowdri's wooleu established, iu tho west .ubmb of Montreal. A fire, oiigiuating iu tho dry room of Kilburn & Co,' chair shop, iu Grange, Mass., destroyed the building. Tho building used by the Ryder engine company, at Walden, N. Y., for storing eugiucs, was burned. Many engines were damaged. A fire destroyed Samuel Marsdcn's house, in Chester, N.H. C. L Wilcomb's store, with half its stock of general mer chandise, was also burned, and the Con grcgational church was damaged. Yesterday morning the oil cloth faetoiy belonging to Mr. L. 1). Farr, on the south side of Kaiglm's avenue and east of Sev enth street, Camden, was burned. Loks, $15,000. In Barcelona, during tho performance at tho Odeou theatre, a tbiet who was pics eut cried " fire ! " A panic ensued, and many persons wero trampled upon iu the rush to Kot from tho theatre. One person was killed and eighteen others weie in jured. Or.IllJAKV. Tito Koll or litlnulitlird oad. William F. Blakenry, tho turbine wheel iuventor, has died iu Dayton, Ohio. Edgar S. Van Winkle, a well known lawyer of New Yoik, died on Satuiday night, aged 73. Frank Lombard, " tho well known cam paign singer," has died iu Chicago, leav mg a family destitute. Edward N. Kent, chemist, aud formerly nicltcr aud refiner iu tho New Yoik assay office, died suddenly ia Now Yoik city, on Friday, aged C4. Mrs. Caroline A. Stevens, wife of Simon Stevens, ot New York, and daughter of the late Amos Lolaud, of Philadelphia, died in Now York city on Saturday. Rev. William Levcrctt, a rctiicil Bap tist clergyman, died at Newport, Rhode I-Jaud, ou Saturday iu tho 83d year of his age. His son, Rev. W. C. Lcveictt, is an Episcopal clergyman at Carlisle, Penn sylvania. James II. Barney, ex-city collector and president ot tho Baltimore warehouso company, was fouud dead iu bod at his homo in Baltimore. Ho was G3 years of ago. His death is attributed to heart dis case. JJOUJESliA IN WASIlIKGTOlH. - " appk y tho Arthur N- orM Correspondence. The president aud his son occupied a box at the theatre on tho first night of Mme. Modjeska's engagement hero and were among the heartiest applaudors iu the audience. Young Allan Arthur is singularly Iiko his father, although un mistakably in tho bobble-ilchoy stage, being all logs aud arms. He wears an enormous cxpanso of shirt front aud a faultless evening coat to the theatre. Mme. Modjeska's engagement has been an enormous success financially as well as artistically, every seat being sold for every performance beforo the middle of tho week. Hero te au instance of tho ex quisite breeding of this great artist and finished lady. One afternoon two cards came up to her apartments about the samo time, and two visitors were ushered in by accident at tho same moment. One was young Allan Arthur, aud tho other a Pole, who keeps a haberdasher's shop in Wash ington, and who wished to pay his respects to his countrywoman. An observer who was present noticed that Mine. Modjeska and her husband, who is a highly accom plished man, received thorn both exactly alike. Tho haberdasher was uot made to feci his inferiority, nor tho president's son that he had conferred an honor both were treated with delicate courtesy. How nice it is after all the undignified squab bles of theatrical stars to find this woman, who is equally great in everything she undertakes, no matter how diverse, the simplist. and most unpretending lady in the world, married to a man who rellccts credit upon her choice, and as complete a woman as she is an artist. Galtean'd Kemains. Dr. Henry C. Yarrow, United States army, stationed at the Army medical museum, denies tho published report that tho remains of Guiteau have becu dissected and tho skeleton articulated for pnblic ex hibition. While declining to say whero the remains now are, ho says they aro ready to bo turned over to the person whom the conrt before which tho matter is now ponding shall designate as entitled to him. A Small Boy Accidentally M,t. At Williamsport, Saturday ceniug, a ten-year-old son of Warren Meylinger shot himself in the hand with a revolver. lie had secured the pistol and was exhibiting it to somo playmates on the street when it was discharged. The ball entered at the palm of the band and camo oat at the wrist. BUBIEO TKEASUKE C.NEaBXHED. The Location or a Chest Coatalnlng 27,0O0 la Gold Kevealed la a Ureau. Franklin, Pa., in the oil regions, is agi tated over the discovery of a chest con taining $27, 000 in gold by a resident of that place. For many years past thero has been a belief that during the occupa tion of that part of the country by the French a large amount of treasure was secreted in Franklin, near where tho old fort stood and close by the ancient house of Capt Smith, which is now occupied by Prof Solinger as a residence. Columbus Brown bad a mania in regard to this treasure, and for years the thought of becoming possessed of riches in this way has haunted him. About two years ago two Frenchmen, supposed to be relatives of tho old com mandant of the fort, arrived at Franklin with maps, and commenced a systematic search, but it proved fruitless. Brown became excited at this, and since that time has continued tho search. On Friday night, while sleeping, he had a revelation He dreamed that ho was counting and handling a chest of gold, and that he had found it buried in the earth at the foot of a tree, in an open field. He was informed in some manner, he cannot tell how, but by a man with a foreign acceut, dressed in a military uniform, with a sword and sash, that if he would measure a cer tain distanco from the centre of a rack in the run, due north, and then mensuro thirty-three feet due west from that point, he would find the treasure he had so often seen iu bis drratn. Ho arose, and with spade and pick went to the owner ot the field iu wbich the tree stood and gained permission to dig. Ho had not been at work more than two hours when ho came upon au iron chest, which he opened and tho sight that mot tho craze of himself and sou was enough to turn tho head of al most any man. Tho box was nearly two thirds filled with gold and silver coin, tarnished and covered with sand and mould, but nevertheless gold. The coins are mostly French, but a num ber of Euglish, German and Spanish coins are among the lot They bear dates 1729, 1744, 1731, and various other dates, the latest of which is 1754, which is the same year that Fort McNault was completed. On a brass ruler found in the chest the name "Joneaire" is plaiuly stamped. It is a well known fact that this was the name of tho officer in command of tho French troops. Tho Fort was evacuated in July, 1739, aud eiy hastily. The location of this field is about seventy-five rods south of the fort, and was no doubt selected for the burial of the treasure with a view to mislead the Indians aud recovering it at a subsequent date. Mr. Brown took the chest to his home and many of the coins have since been ou exhibition in the banks. m i AFlKIC 1KM YEARS. Tho Keuiitou ot the Survivor nt tno Consti tutional Convention. riiilaitc;)liia Press. Since tho adjournment of tho conven tion which framed tho new constitution of tho state in this city in 1872, it has been customary for tho surviving members of that body to hold au annual reunion and dinner. Yesterday afternoon the com mittee having this year's celebration in charge met at the Continental hotel and decided upon tho Stevens house, Lancaster, a-s tho place, and the 28 iust., as the time for tho text celebration. Tho committee consists of Samuel II. Reynold, of Lancaster, chairman ; Gcorgo N. Cor son, of Norristown, secretary ; G - W. Littleton, of Philadelphia; General Lilly, f Mauck Chunk, and Charles Brodhcad, of Bethlehem. Ex Governor Curtiu is presi dent of the assooiation'and Lewis C. Cas sidy is treasurer. Of the 230 members of the convention 3(5 have died sinco it first met. Tho roll of deceased members in cludes tho following names, well remem beicd iu both city and state : William M. Meredith, of this city, who presided ; M. D. Baker, of Philadelphia ; Thomas R. Darr and Lin Bartholomew, " the silver tongued" of Schuylkill county ; cx-Gov-nor William Bigler, of Clearfield ; Henry U. Caioy, of Philadelphia; David Crai", Theodore Cuylor, of Philadelphia ; Wm. Darlington, of Chester county ; Robert M. Do France, Samuel E. Dimmick, who as attorney general, died iu office : J. Gilliuhatu Fell, of this city : Tkos. R. Hazzard, William Hopkins, father of tho congressman elect from Rus sell Eriett's Allegheny district ; II. M. McAllister, father-iu-Iaw of Gen- ! oral Beaver : John S. Mann, of Potter comity ; Morton MoMichael, of this city ; G. W. Palmer, father of tho present attorney general of tho state ; .1. L. Reynolds, of Lancaster ; Benjamin L. Tumplc, ex chairman of tho Democratic city committeo ; W. J. Torrell, J. II. Walker, of Erie, who presided after tho death of Meredith ; Gcorgo W. Wood ward, ex-chief justice of tho supremo court ; C. . Wright. Henry W. Smith, of Reading ; II. G. Smith, of Lancaster ; John McCulIuucii, A. C. Finney, Henry Carter, Thomas E. Cochrau, of York, ouco auditor general ; J. CoIIius, Thomas Mac Council, ex-Attorney General Samuel H. Parvisneo. Of.Sl'KlSATK F1GUT. Attempt ot .Ijiil Itirdit li Kscapo Vcfenteri. A dcspeiate attempt to cscapo from tho provincial penitentiary at Stoney Moun tain, Manitoba, was mado by tho prison crs, Saturday There had bceu a regular conspiracy, led by Garvin, an American, recently sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for shooting a man named McDonald iu a bar room fight. Garvin camo behind the guard, knocked him senseless, took his re volver and koy3, and called on tho other prisoners to follow. At this juncture Warden Bedson appoared in the corridor. Garvin fired fivo shots at Bedson, buc all missed him. Tho waiden grappled Gar via, threw him down and disarmed him, receiving iu tho struggle a scvero cut ou the arm with a knife tho prisoner had con cealed on his person. Bofore the other prisoners could interfere guards appeared with rifles and ordered them back. They sullenly obeyed, and all wore soon under lock and key. UUILKK EXPLOSION. Seven Men Killed and Wounded. At Sau Francisco the explosion of tho boiler at tho Bay View distillery Saturday was more disastrous that was at first sup. posed. Tho boiler was old aud leaky, and tho men had complained of it for somo time. Peter Phclan, foreman of tho Ful ton irou works, was examining it when tho explosion occurred. Ho received in juries which proved fatal in a few hours. W. II. Woods, tho engineer, and John Cassidy, who was seeking employment, were dangerously hurt. Frank Thibault, book-keeper, Henry Muche and Thomas Gosling, distillers, and a teamster named Hunter wero less seriously injured. Tho building was of little value. The machin ery was wrecked. Tho loss is from $7,000 to $8,000. The Washington Monument. Captain Davis, of tho Fourth infantry, the engimtT it. ohargo of the Washington monunii'uf, ! -s decided to add four moro etuis-.-- i' granite and marble to that stiiiciurs Ivfuro roofing it over for tho winter. Tneso courses will add eight feet to the height of tho column, which is now 331 feol. freight Trains In Collision. A section of a freight train on the New York aud New England road collided with a frtight train at Chewing turnout near Goshsu, Conn. Both engines and four cars were wreckoi and a brakeman's leg was broken. Foil A KEVtNCt TAl.lFF. Tkt Philadelphia "limn" Hectare Protec tion an Incident. To-day's FbJlad'a Times. The age of a prohibitory protective policy has gone by. The time was when our manufacturers were feeblo aud demanded the fullest measure of protection to enable them to develop our home products and diversify our industrial interests ; but we are now fully abreast- with the Old World in everything that facilitates the develop ment of our varied sources of wealth, ex cept in the cheapness of labor, aud it is to requite, dignify and prosper labor that our tariff laws have been most needed. Iu all tho multiplied iuventions of the age. aud in all the wonderful perfection of machin ery, tho United States surpasses the other civilizations of tho world, and wo arc now largely cxporteis and sellers of cur handi work in countries against whose better machinery aud cheaper labor wo once needed protection. From a purely protective policy, advocated half a century ago by Clay, wo now need a judicious revenue policy to meet our large debt and vast necessary expenditures, wisely discriminating iu favor of our in dustries. If we had no national debt, and no hundred millions a year for pensions, the basis of our tariff policy would necessarily be more distinctively that of protection ; but the present; generation with its debt and extraordinary demands cieatcd by civil war, will need a revenue tariff with fair discriminations in favor of protection. We have progressed until protection is now the incident, and not the chief pur pose of our tevenuo laws, and wo must ad vanco our tariff policy with tho inexorable advancement of our industries aud trade. WOKK FOB THK FOOL KII.LKU. Ilola Kvldenliy Needed lu Mat;or Tounuln. N. Y. Herald. We see from our exchanges that thcr are some idiotic persons iu Peunsylvau a who are amusing themselves by starting in that state what arc called "'Blaine clubs." If the idea is, as it appears to bo, to make Mr. Blaine a candidate for the next presi dency, it is a new phase of insanity, and the best thing tho friends and relatives of the Blaine club members can do is to have them committed to some lunatic asylum before they do something more foolish or dangerous to themselves. Mr. Blaine him self sees that ho has no chance whatever of besug even a candidate. Ho announced some time ago that he was out of poli tics. He has closed up his now Louse iu Washington ; in fact wo believe it is for sale. It was intended at one time that this establishment should be tho social aud political headquarters for all tho Blaine following ; but this was iu the halcyon days when Mr. Blaine was tlie premier of the Garfield administration, aud when he was meditating a guano war with Chili aud a grand "row" with all tho rest of the world. Tho sober common sense of tho country has squelched all these scusitioual and ridiculous enterprises and made Mr. Blaino a political bankrupt. If there is a fool killer around anywhere he ought to go to Pennsylvania. m m A Woman Murdered for Money. Margaret Glancy was found at her home in Wilkesbarre, yesterday, dead, with a terrible gash in her forehead. She had considerable money in tho house. Foul play is suspected. The School UirH Fair. The fair held in Miss Georgio BuiidoU'd secondary school for tho purpose of raising funds with which to purchase an organ for tho use of the school, closed Saturday evening. Tho artistic decoration of tho room, tho really handsome display of ar ticles for !;t'e, a..d thi; good purpose for which the fair was gotten up, had tho ef fect ot drawing together a jjreat throng of people, a largo majoiity of whom wero ladies and misses. Every thing passed oil' very satisfactory. Tho music by the school girls, under tho leadership of Mr. Kevins!: i, was an interesting feature of the fair. Nearly everything offered for salo was dis posed of, and we aro glad to learn that the receipts for the sales aio amply suiiicieut to buy a line organ for tho school. Tho net profits wcro 6202 almost enough to buy a good piano. Wm. O. Marshall, a member of tho board of dircc tors, acted as auctioneer in disposing of the goods not sold by privato sale. Tho auctioneer created a gieat deal of merri ment. The beautiful doll, in swinging cradle, was won by Miss Marioa Herr. The cuess doll was won by a young man named Sherwood, who guessed tho iatlicr unusual name of " Diones." Stilea of Heal K.-itatc. Henry II. Kccuo has sold to II. II. Lc fever, tho Daniel Mowrer farm of 112 acres for $G5 an acre. The farm is situated near Carmargo, in Edcu towuship. and adjoins tho celebrated Conowingo oro banks. It was purchased several years ago by Mr. Kccne for $41 an aero from the assigneo of Daniel Mowrer. John Harnish withdrew tho " Black Bear" farm of 78 acres in Driunorn town ship at 80 an acre. IIo has been offered $83 since tho sale. Henry Barr, of Quarry vilJe, has bought on privato terms, tho Bowman Farm near Mount Eden church, in Eden township. Slippery Pavements. Sunday morning opoued with very slippery pavements, the rain of Saturday night having frozen as it fell, coating tho streets with an icy surface very dangerous to pedestrians, hundreds of whom slipped and slid and sat down heavily during the day. The bad walking interfered greatly with tho church-going people and tho preachers addressed much smaller conju gations than usual. To day many of tho sidewalks are in a wretched condition and ought to bo sprinkled with ashes or saw dust. A Package Found. On Saturday evening Charles F. Eber man, whilo walking on Prince street, found a packago containing a white shirt, a red flannel shirt, a pair of hoavy socks and a packago of tobacco with tho revenue stamp unbroken. Mr. Ebcrman left the package at tho station house, where tho owner can get it. Uossainer Stolen. On Saturday Mr. A. Huffer, a guest at tho Fountain Inn, South Queen street, had his water-proof cossaracr stolen while ho was at dinner. He had taken off his gos samer and overcoat and placed them in the side room, from which place tho thief, with very poor judgment, stole tho gossa mer and left the overcoat. tap Blanket Stolen. Ou Saturday afternoon a lap blanket valued at $13, was stolen by some person unknown from in front of tho store of Ed ward Kreckcl, East King street. Ho im mediately notified tho police, and Chief Dcichler traced tho missing article to the store of a Hebrew junk dea'er on Middle street, to whom the thief had sold tho blanket for $2 Tho Mayor's Conrt. A round dozen of customers presented themselves beforo Mayor MacGoniglo this morning, having spent tho night in tho station house. Three of thorn, drunks, wero given fifteen days each, and two others got thirty npicco with leavo to cat their Christmas dinner at tho county s ex pense. Seven vagrants wcro discharged. Was 'ot Hurled at the lins House. Young J. F. Malcnc, who committed suicido in Lebanon, was b iried at Mount Nebo, this county, on Monday last. The funeral took place from tho residence of his sister, onCaroliao street, this city. THE QUARTER SESSIONS. TUK UUIEMUEB ADJOUKMED TEI.M. Tim Kinney Cae and Others Disponed Of. A Suit Uroognt by Parties as a Re sult ot a Trad. -The adjourned term of quarter sessions court began this morning, with Judge Livingston on tho bench, and about thirty five eases on tho trial list. Iu the case of Wm. Smart, charged with defrauding a boarding house keeper, a verdict of not guilty was taken with county for office costs. Tho defendant has never been arrested. Tho t.am dis position was made of the cofco of Ad auistowu borough, indicted for nuisance. Tno following cases wero nol prossed on payment of costs D. F. L. Witmer, resist ing an officer ; City of Lancaster, neglect ofduty. The case of desertion against Peter -Munima was Tdismisscd, the costs having been paid ; Martin Miller, assault and battery and resisting; an officer : Annie Xnsh. assault and battery. Com'ih v.s. Washington MeCardlo, false pretenso. Tho evidenco of B. F. Uoopes showed tli.it ou the 15th of September he went into the saloon in tho Fountain Inn, this city, kept by tbo defendant ; ho .had had a gold watch valued at $60 which he bought at Hirsh's store ; McCardlo also had a watch which he represented as beinc gold ; he induced witness upon theso rep resentations to trade him ; afterwards witness took tho McCardlo watch to a jewelry store aud found it to bo worth but The defense was that the prosecution on this day was anxious to make a trade and insisted on doing so with the defendant ; a trade was finally made, Hoopes getting $2 in money and McCardle's watch ; the latter did not believe there was gold about any of the watches, although ho bad paid $14 for his ; after tho trade the prosecutor told different pnrtieu that bo " soldered " MeCardla on the watch. The jury ren dercd a verdict of not guilty with defend ant to pay two-thirds aud Hoopes, the prosecutor, one-third of the costs. The rmney Cane llispoaed ot. The certificate of Dr. Welchans, setting forth that Wm. B. Finney, who was charged with manslaughter, died on Nov ember 24th was presented to tho court this morning. Tho ease was thereupon drop ped from tho list with county for costs. CULl'MltlA MKTV3. from Our Regular Correspondent, Mr. Samuel Pence has gouo to Chicago to attend to business matters. Mr. Willis Ellis, of York, spent yester day in town with his brother Vernon. Tho funeral service. of the late Jacob Groft were held at Tiiuity Catholic church this morning at 0 o'clock. Tho ice on tho river, on Saturday, was strong enough to enable persons to cross. The bojs and girls were out in force skat ing. Tho funerals ot tho late Mrs. Julia A. Sclbcrt and Rudolph Perrottct were hold yesterday afternoou. Instead of working tea h-junt hereafter as formerly, tho workmen in Ii. F. Broiler's coal yards will woik but oigbt. This will of course reduce tho men's daily wages. Tho Wagner farm, situated iu York county, was offered for oala at Shrewsbury on Saturday evening but was finally with drawn. It will bo now ba disposed of it privato sale. The McGiuncss pioporty, on Sixth street, fWas also offered for salu at the sann time. S. S. Djtwiler purchasod it lcr $DS0. A horse ran away ou Saturday ovouing and was not stopped until it had run to Fourth and Walnut. The buggy was much f'amaged by coming in contact with a post . Out. -f respect for tho memory of tho late Adrian Lindsay, a former member of tho Vigilant fire company, the engine house has been draped iu mourning. The attorney of J. P. Angncy, Mr. Fill more Bcall, of Washington, D. C, was in this placo yesterday. He was endeavoring to gu I il for his client. Ono end of a P. R. It. passenger car was crushed on Saturday aileruoon bctwern Walnut and Bridgo streets, by colliding with another car. Mr. W. II. Lindsay and wifo went to Philadelphia to-day to attend the funeral of tho hrmer's brother, Adrian, who was killed i u tho Pennsylvania railroad last week. Nineteen probationists were admitted to full meiubcr&hip in the Methodist church yesterday morniug. Ono person was also baptised. Tho Rev. Dr. McCuIIough, or Philadelphia, preached in the evening. A fr.i's-e dwelling, belonging to J. C. KauthcM, was oik red for salo at tho Franklin llou&o on Saturday evening. It was withdrawn after the bidding had reached $1,000, when thero seemed no prospect of the bids being increased. OlHccrt Klecied. At the election of officers of the Shaw nee fire cunpany tho following wero elected : President, Andrew Hardnele ; vice president, Geo. Hiirdneio ; secretary, Geo. Lutz ; treasurer. Dan'l f'. Gowen ; chief engineer, Jos. Bowers ; 1st. assist, engineer, Harry Dinkel ; chief hoso direc tor, Edward Tracy ; trustees, Aron Gil bert, Peter Buck and Jos. Schwcitzar ; janitor, John Hohondlc. The Iresbyteri::n Pulpit. The Rov. McUangal, of Y'ork, preachod in tbo Presbyterian church yesterday. After tho fci vices of the evening had end ed a meeting was held for tho purpose of appointing commissioners to notify tho Rev. Gcorgo W. E'y. tho newly elected pastor of tho church, of his call by tho presbytery, Messrs. J. C. Pfahlerand W. M. McCltut, were choson. They will leave ou their luishion to Wyoming, Pa., to-morrow. Th presbytery met this morning at 1 1 o'clock in the Presbyterian church to mako tho formal call to the new p-istcr. This matter is a mere formality required by tho laws of tho churcb. The Charity Hull. Those iadi'.-s who have signified their intention of assisting in the preparations for tho charity ball are requested to send in their contributions of cakes on Wed nesday morning. It is to be hoped that the ball will be a success, as tho object is a noblo one. A number of ladies wero enthusiastic enough when they proposed holding tho ball, but. ttic;r cntbus asm seems to have cooled fomewhat, lately. It would be a poor time to desert tho lady who is managing matters now, and would icllect slight credit on those who did so. The work must ua pushed rapidly now, for the ltfch of December will soon be hero. FriiutA'd Frlghtrul Kail. Abrani Frantz, a young man who is dpaf aud dumb, stepped into an elevator hatchway iu J. T. EusraingerV, bui'ding, Uarrisburg, on Saturday evening. In tho darkness bo had mistaken the elevator door for ono leading down stairs, and lis foil from tho fourth story to the basement. Strangely enough ho was not rendered unconscious, nor were any bones broken, though it is supposed he has suctained severe internal injuria?, and his hands are terribly burned and torn by tho wire ropes, which he caught bold of in his frightful descent, and which served, in a measure, to break tho lorco of hit; fall. Being dumb ho was unable to cry for as sistance, and though bully injured ho managed to craw! up it:lo the carpet room in which place bo iukuo himself as com. fortable as possible on a large chair. He lay thero all night and was found by tho watchman on Sunday morning. Frantz is a draughtsman at the Harrisburg foundry and machine works. His homo is in Waynesboro, Franklin county. f Mi il 'J Si : .1 J. m l '41 b irxl M .3 iStfTl a r?l ft '&
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