LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE! FRIDAY, DECEMBER z9. 1882 Eancaster Intelligence:. FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 29. 188?. The Organization or tbe House. The Democratic members of the Pennsylvania House, constituting its responsible majority, seem to be ap proaching their work with that gravity which the situation demands. The or ganization of the body, of course, claims just attention, and this is the immediate responsibility confronting them. That passed, their duties are far from being discharged or their dangers avoided. The legislation of the winter, its due consideration and its prompt disposal impose upon the inexperienced majority of the House grave responsibilities, the fit or undue discharge of which will make or mar the weal of the parly in this state. But this to a large extent will depend upon the manner in which the House is organ ize! and the men by whom it is officered. It is the fashion in some quarters to sneer at the proposed raid upon " ietty clerkships" and " helpless scrub-women," as the project of dispens ing with sinecures and supernumaries, is styled. But the establishment of free beds in the party hospital on capital hill for partisan bummers is one of the practices with which the incoming Dc- nn;: v must not scandalize itself. Ihe "i ncy t H.e state from the pay - lo in" t f txoibitant salaries to useless oO'. sun p.n:i ' i.t not the worse phase of this Th'-se dependencies are only ii!i the political chess plajing at Harriiburg. The minor offices, lor the abolition of half of which at least we moved, are used to manipulate the votes of members at whose disposal they are put. Legislators who have no higher ambition are allowed, each, a place for -'his man," and his vole on the organization or on measures of legis lation are thus secured. The represen tative of the people is bribed to violate his trust, and the public service has to furnish the wages of his iniq lity. Unlit men are slated for the higher offices, aud support of them i3 secured by the deft manipulation and parcelling out of the petty places. Again, when these latter have thus been filled by the personal ap pendages of the members, the sole concern of the useless hirelings i3 to see that the session is prolonged to the latest day, up to which they can draw W.eir SG per diem, and. all their devices of obstruction to the dispatch of busi-nc-33, and their infiuenca with members are exerted to extend the session. For the credit of themselves, the good of the commonwealth and the welfare of the party it is to ba hoped that the Democratic assemblymen will give this subject the seiious concern which prop erly attaches to i t. As yet no combina tions among the aspirants for place have disclosed themselves. Until such a sit uation is revealed the danger is less im mrnmte.f parcelling out useless places aait:ng the members of a combination who havo devised a plundering state programme. We have shown that the entire force of pasters and folders, and numbers of the pages, janitois, Gre meu, door-keepers audsergeants-at-arms if not some of the clerks heretofore car ried on the pay roll, can bo dispensed with. It will be most convenient for candidates for other positions, with members to trade, to have as many minor offices as possible to bank upon, and when the combinations begin to form it may be expected that the pressure will'set in for a continuance of the use less offices. That w 11 be the time for the deseul majority of the Democratic mem bers to rise up and strike hard to bowl out every candidate who is not first, last and all the time for Legislative reform and willing to sacrifice even himself to secure it for the state and for his party. A Little rrevious. There has been an easy sort of as sumption by the Stalwart Republicans that they have secured the assent of the Independent state senators to an organi zation, which will be entirely acceptable to the Cameron faction. The claim has been made with great confidence that the pledges of moie than a majority of the Seuate have been procured to support the presidency of Key burn, of i'iiikulel phia. To have effected this the Stal warts must have captured some of those hitherto accounted as anti-Cami-ron, anti-caucus members ; and as the claim to this effect has been so pretentiously put forth, and has been undented, and, further, as the Independents havcbhowu no signs of separate action, nor made any show of accepting the Democratic proposition to elect their organizition, it was very natural to assume that they had walked into the trap which the other faction had set for them. We have reason to believe that this is not the situation, and that the calcula tions of the Stalwarts are based on the silence rather than on the acquiescence of the Independents. The latter are well known to be satisfied with the se lection of Senator Lee for president, while the Cameron people are not. They offer Key burn, who is a milder but a scarcely less certain type of Cameron man than McNeill or Cooper, and is not acceptable to the Independents. The idea has been given out that Messrs. Stewart, Lee, Emery, Everhart and those who follow their lead will be satis fied with anybody short of an offensive henchman of the King and will be glad of the chance to get into the caucus that will be afforded by the promise of such a selection. We have the best authority for the assurance that this is not true, and that the Independent members of the Senate, who hold the balance of power in that body, have not vet decided upon their action, aud that the Came ron Stalwarts are not authorized to speak for them. A bold but characteristic scheme is reported from Connecticut, where some of the more desperate Republican poli ticians project the scheme of upsetting the late election of Democratic state officials on tbe ground that they were voted for on black ballots, though it seems the Republican tickets were printed, equally regardless of the law, with a black border. It is not likely that any step like this is seriously con- templated. It would ruin the party un dertaking it. The eight by Eeven busi ness has seen its best days in this coun try. The Examiner sas: Toe Istelligesceii we suppose, after it gets through Fettling the paster and folder question for the Senate and House, and the worthier s legislative Record, will next turn its attention to the abolition of a lot of useless clerkships in the office of secretary of internal affairs and other de partments. The Democratic secretary of internal affairs elect does not take his seat until May. The Legislature meets next Tuesday. The immediate concern of the public is with the nearer of these events. "When that is disposed of theie will be time left for weeding in the de partments. We have a very strong sus picion that there are " a lot of useless clerkships in the office of the secretary of internal affairs" as useless as the fat federal office for which the editor of the Examiner drew pay for so many years. IC it is demonstrable that this is so Mr. Af rica will be expected to dispense with them and the subject will have due at tention from the Ixtixligenxxk. A coxTEMrouAKY says ' it is ru mored that, in the event of General Lalta's removal. Collector Hartrauft will resign his commission as major general commanding." If that is the Kind of a soldier Uai Irani t i.u, let him ltaign. The sooaur the hotter. Latta must go. Tiik We-stem Union talegraph company is makiuir hasto verv slowly, if at all. in the matter of improved facilities fur tho Lancaster public. Reform is neces sary. It is only a few years since the Repub lican pres of New England sent up a wild howl of indignation over what they de nominated Gov. Garcclou's attempt to "steal the state" of Maine upon the strength of an irregularity that had been made in the casting of tho vole. What havo cur Republican contemporaries to sny about tho bald attempt to "steal the state " of Connecticut in tho i'.ico of a ma jority of 4,000 letuincd for the Democratic candidates, and upon a quibble that is too trilling to bo considered by any one of ordinary honesty and decency ? Tun number of miles ol main track laid during tho year 1882 was 10,821 on 31G lines in forty-four states and territoiies. Full returns will probably make tho grand total 11,000 miles, which is 1,300 miles moro than was constructed in 1881 the banner railroad building year up to that time. The number ot miles con structed in the states mentioned below is as follows : Iowa, 933 ; New York, 732 ; Arkansas, 529 ; Colorado, 500 ; Pennsyl vania, 4C4 ; Texa3, 817 ; Ohio, 533 ; Indi ana, 529 ; Dakota territory, 483 ; Minne sota, 444. Of tho 31C roads noted 140 are still incompleted. Tho capital invested during tho year is estimated at $270,000, 000, exclusive of the amounts expended in tho preparation of the road beds on which tracts are not yet laid. William Walton went the way of a great many other disappointed aud rath lovers, when in a Missouri town yesterday ho sont a bullet crashing with fatal cftcct into - tho brain of tho comely ycung woman who preferred not to marry him, and an instaut later fell a corpso slain by his owu hand. Murder and suicide would socm to be a very poor kind of balm for a bleeding heart, but there are loveis and wo suppose probably until timo immemor ial foolish young creatures will eonlinuo to do this sort of thing, though let us hope that the larger part of them will be content to take a philosophic view of the situation when they find out they can't get the particular mate they want, and exem plify by their subsequent choice that there are just as good fish in ths tea as ever yet were caught. Boston's aesthetic apostle, Mr. John L. Sullivan, and Mr. Jo3 Coburu, lately re turned from a protracted sojourn in Sing Sing, entertained a delectable assemblage in the Madison Square garden, Now York, list night. They hammered each other around iu a manner that was delightful to contemplate, and tho number of " counters" aud " cros3 counters " and " spanks " and things which the veteran was enabled to get iu upon his bi awny yoaug antagonist, seems to indicate tiiat his enforced residence up tho Hudson has not wholly robbed him of his cunning ; though there is a suspicion that tho Bos ton slugger finding that he has a good thing in the ancient hero prefers to uso him gently rather than use him up at one encouuter, and thus destroy a business that promises to bring profitable pcuuiary returns to both bruiseis. JLOODS IN GKKMASV. Tbe Klvers Overllowlug Their Hanks Twenty Persons Drowned. There seems to be a ceaseless downpour of rain around Cologne. The Rhine has riseu ninety centimetres during the night, and has overflowed its banks at diffeient places. Frankfort-ou-the-Main is flooded. At Mannheim the river Neckar has risen considerably, and the firemen and soldiers are ordered to bo ready to assist the popu lation. Many bridges and banks of dams nave been destroyed. A bridge near Lar lach, in Baden, gave way and twenty peisons were drowned. The river Inn has overflowed its banks at Pussau. and the Danube has overflowed in upper Aus tria. Miss Hritten Wins a Husband. It was expected a year ago that Ames Tiudall, a young contractor of Chambers burgh, N. J., would marry Helen S. Brit ton, a teacher in the Academy street school in Tienton, but subsequently he transferred his affections inconsequence of a quarrel to Aiiss i-Jmma Anclein, a pretty girl living with her mother, Mrs. Emma P. Wood, at 93 Spring street, Trenton. AH of the persons mentioned move in good society. Tiudall gave Miss Anclein an engagement ring, and the wedding was set for last Sunday evening at the Trinity Methodist church. Tindall was to arrive at Mrs. Wood's house on Saturday even ing. He did not do so, nor did he show himself on Sunday morning. Inquiries were made, and it was found that he had been in Trenton, but had left on Saturday evening. Miss Britton left on the same evening, and it is believed that the couple eloped, although some of Miss Britton's friends contend that she only went to Philadelphia on a visit. It is said she re cently threatened to shoot Tindall if he married Miss Anclein. ONE DAYS NEWS. G.VfHKllKU frUOM ALL .SECTIONS. Intelligence by .Mall Dire Distress and Uolefal Doing what Worries the World. The Southern hotel and teveial stores in tbe business part of Preseott, Arkan sas, wttio burned on Wednesday night. Loes, 30,000. Robert Ford, ac-d 77 year., committed suicide by cuttinz his throat in Providence yesterday. His health had been bad for some time. Miss Annie Chatfee, 37 yeara of age, committed suicide in the same city yester day by taking arsenic. Five colored persons were drowned yes terday at Fort Barringtou, Georgii, by the upsetting of a ferry boat. William 1. Dolmere was crushed to death by a fall of rock and coal in a mine, at Wilkesharre, yesterday afternoon. Sarah Willis, colored, was murdered by her brother-iu la-, Jaines Coleman, at Columbia, South Carolina, yesterday morning. No cause for the deed is known. The murderer escaped. William Walton, a coal minor at West Belleville, Illinois, yesterday shot and killed Jane Milbourne because she refused to marry him. He then committed sui cide. William Lanz and Richard Kilpatrick, quarreled near Lloyds, Florida, on Wed needay Dang was killed and Fitzpatrick dangerously wounded. Ileniy Wiggins, a hotel keeper on the Coney Island road, Long Island, shot himself on Wednesday night and died soon after. He was 03 years of age, and leaves a wife and children. A rpcnt rainfall has causod floods in th.- midland con ities of E il.a:.!. Thei" is "teat raoitahty among ln- Hocks of sheep iu Northamptonshire, Nottingham and Leicestershire. lipMfciiuc Amo:. Kalir.:t;ci. A telegram from Panama lepons that a choleraic discaso which lias prevailed at Salina, Santa Cruz, and Tchuantepec for the last fortnight has become very viru lent. At Salina the deaths average 8 daily, and at Tehuantcpso 23 daily. Tho work on tho railroad is at a standstill, tho labor ers having fled. A cordon has been es tablished between the afflicted towns and Oaxaca. The disease is attributed to the 'scarcity and impuiity of the water," hut it may result from a specific infeotiou. A Ferocious lilootlhouud. Iu New Haven, Conn., a large blood hound iu S. E. Marwin's packing house, sprang upon Chas. H. Nichols, a book keeper, sciziug him by the throat, lacera ting him terribly and severing an artery m ins ;eit arm. James farreit spue tue doif's head open with a clever and cut off his right fore log before ho would let go. The dog had been treacherous, and had been subdued by the watchman with hot water from a kettle on tho stove. Nichols was tilling tho kettle with water when tho dog sprang at him. The brute inflicted about twenty severe wounds. Lynching of Oregon Cow-Uoys. The following particulars have been obtained of tho lynching of cowboys in Primcvalc, Crook county Oregon : For scveial j oars past the stock-raisers of that section and of Beaver Creek havo coinplaiucd of tho frequent raids of horse thieves. Recently tho stockmen organ ized and g:.theied evidence showing who tho thieves were. The capture of some of tho weakest of the band and a judicious use of the rpo has brought, out a full confession as to who tho membcisaro. R. C. Swarts and John Sharp wci o lead ers of tho t hieve.s here. Swaits in snnio way, found out that tho business h.ul leaked out and ho camo into town and boasted of tin strength of his party, thiCutcning to kill whoever attempted to interfere with them. Last Fiiday even ing v.hilc sitting at a tab?o iu a saloon ho was shot through tho neck, his assai'ant firing through a window. The same night a baud of masked men broke in W. C. Barnes' houso, captured Sid. Houuton and Charles Luster, took them about a mile away and hung them to a tiee. J. Wes ton was also shot thrice through tho head. Who the lynchers arc is a matter of con jecture, but their actions appear to meet with tho hearty approval of tho entire community. I-'IVK FiSKSOXS JJUK-JK.D. Ailnnt Cnrreuce anil Irour of Ills Children l'eri!i In llielr Iiuriit2ig Du-ellfiig. A sickening holocau -r, occuricd in Ran dolph county, W. Va., on Christmas night. Adam Currcnce, an industrious and estimable citizen, resided with his family, consisting of himself, wife aud six children, twenty miles south of Boverly, on the western slope of Cheat Mountain. Mr. Channel, a near neighbor of Cur reuce, had been very low with some complicated disease, which requited the attendance of some one day day and night. Mr. Currenco had beeii very attentive to him, going over at night and sitting up with liini. Loss of sleep compelled nun to remain at home on Christmas night. His wife ttok the two smallest childiou and went to sit up with with Channel. Late iu the night persons at Channel's discoveicd that Currenco's house was on fire. Those who could do so left, immediately for the scene of the fire including Mrs. Currcnce. By the timo they leached the house tho building had fallen in and was consuming Cuneuce and four of his chil dren. The sickening sight of five human beings roastiug before them was more than the stoutest heart could stand, but it was impossible to render assistanco. Mrs. Currency frantic with grief, rushed into tho flames to save her husband and chil dien, but was roscnod alter receiving fatal burns. It is not known how the fire originated, but it is supposed that after Currenco re tired, being nearly worn out from loss of sleep, he fell iuto a heavy slumber, and that while iu that condition a log fell from tbe lire and rolled on to tho floor. UUXGItl J OK AND TUE 1'OET. Interesting Koinnuce Concerning the Ad' ventures of a sunflower. Captain Williams, of New York, has verified the story that Oscar Wilde was taken in by bunko stecrers. He says that two weeks ago Wilde was accosted while walking up Broadway near Union Square by a hatched faced young man, who introduced himself as a son of Drexel, tho banker. As he had seen the poet iu his father's effiae he took tho liberty, etc. Mr. Wilde was delighted. He had been in the Drexel banking office, but did not remember the young man. The two went to a rest am ant, where Mr. Drexel ate as though hungry. Mr. Wilde remembered this with a grim smile later in the day. when he was informed by Captain Wil liams that " Mr. Drexel " was Hungry Joe, a noted bunco stcercr. During the repast Drexel mentioned that he had won a lottery prize, and suggested that the poet accompany him to get the money. The old bait was swallowed, and Oscar went te a houso on Fifteenth or Seventeenth street. Several men were throwing dice. Drexel threw for the poet and won quite a sum. Oscar was then persuaded to join in, and ot course, began to lose. First it was $G0, and then a hun dred, until becoming excited over tho game, he played until he lost $1060. Ha slowly signed a check on the Madison Square bank for the amount, realizing at last that he had been swindled. He shook off Drexel, who insisted on accompanying him, and, rushing to the street, bailed a cab and was rapidlv driven to the bank. He got there in time to stop the payment of the check. The check was not presented, but was re-1 turned by mail to Capt. 'Williams. Oscar recognized Drexel's picture in the rogue's gallery. It is that of Joseph Selliek, alias " Hungry Joe." VUUUNU HIS AKUUK. An Angry Mother lab!lc!y WMps a Youaz Han Who won't ba ltepmsea. In Quincy. Mass., a sentimental young man had been most assidious in his atten tions toward an old lady's daughter, al though the girl and her mother discoura ged his attentions. Ho 6ent the girl a letter which ho began with the angelic anthem, " Glory to God in the highest and on earth psaco and good will to men." The mother rushed over to tho court room aud besought the court to interfere. Being told that the man was not legally responsible, as he had not done anything criminal, she withdrew in a great rage. On the sidewalk stood tho object of her ire. She rushed upon him and struck him in tho face with her clenched fist. Get ting out of her clutches, ho stepped back a few paces, and taking off his hat, gave her a polito and most insinuating bow. This had the effect of making bar still moro angry, and seizins a large stick she swooped down upon tho nnfoitunate lover, and vigorously belayed him on the head and shoulders. He took the thrashing as a.martyr who was being sacrificed for his devotions. PERSONAL, Cardinal Newman has recovered from his attack of bronchitis. Prince Arisugawa and suit left Wash ington yesteiday morning for Sau Fran eifceo. Representative Kasson, of Iowa, will bo a candidate for Unitt d States senator to succeed Mr. Aliison. V. 1). STOCKisniDon, .oista'it commis sioner of patents, has lesigned, his resig nation to take effect on January 1st. Mme Nilcson mace the tour of China town, Sau Francisco, visiting tho theatres, rostaurants and joss houses. Lot M. Mobrit is reported by telegram from Augusta to be gradually failing. All hope of his recovery was given up several weeks ago. Mr. Gladstone has had a slight attack of lumbago, owing to chill, consequent upon exposure while felling a tree on Tuesday. Ho was much improved last evening. Hon. Silas M. Clark, supreme judge of Pennsylvania, was tendered a reception by tho members of the- hv of Indiana and Armstrong counties at Indiana on Wed nesday. General C H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, has declined to accept the recent allowance made to him of 1,079 as arrearages of pensions, saying he does not need it, and only pressed the application to vindicate the honesty of tho claim after an open and bitter enemy had falsely alleged that the claim was a false one and ought not to be granted. Dr. George Fox, a well-known physi cian of Philadelphia, died of old ago on Wednesday night, in his 77th year. He was a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, was at one time resident physician and consulting surgeon to the Pennsylvania hospital, and au inventor ot a surgical apparatus for fractured clavi cle. General Lew Wallace, United States minister to Turkey, has been taking a vacation trip down the Syrian coast, and has been shown flattering attentions by tho Turkish officials everywhere. It has been his good furtune to visit tho holy places at Hebron. Tho Sultan directed him to bo admitted to the sanctuary. This honor has only been accorded hitherto to Europeans of royal blood, and tho num ber who have entered tho sacicd inclosure can bo counted on tbo fingors. Mrs. Lane, who wa3 in tho general's party, is, it is said, the first Christian woman who has been allowed to enter the place. A l'ALACK OS WHEELS. rullman's Practical Demonstration ot tiie l.uxurlousueg of American Travel. l'hll'a Press. When the Pullman palaco cars Queen and President were exhibited at tho Cen tennial exposition, it was generally con ceded that the highest art iu car building bad been reached. The drawing-room car Afton. which reached this city yesterday from Pittsburgh, and which was completed a few days ago at the company's shops, in Pullman, III., is as far suporior to the Queen and President in point of artistic finish, as these magnificent coaches weie to their immediate predecessors. The Afton is one of sixtcon cars, which, when finished will be of similar design. Exteriorly it at once attracts attention by the panelling, the square plato glass win dows and tho running gear. Tho pane's are vertical, about two and a half inches in width, aud so placed in position that they cannot warp uuder tho hottest sun. So perfect aro the junctures that the side of the car looks like one stretch of solid plank grooved at regular intervals. The windows are square aud sot iu mahogany sashes. All the wheels of tho car are made of paper, rimmed with steel, and run under trucks, provided with springs, which are ingeniously arranged to prevent any lateral swaying of tho coach. The Afton is equipped as the others will be with tho combined " Janney and Miller coupler," so that in case a car with a "Janney" coupler strikes a railroad where the " Miller is in use either coupler can be substituted in ninety seconds, by simply withdrawing tho king bolt below the shoulder. The scene insido tho;car is one of simple cleganco. Tho designer has succeeded in tho difficult task of producing a beauti fully artistic effect, with vory few curves. Everything, save tho bottoms ot the berths in square, and even there the curv ing is very gentle. The entire car is finished ia solid mahogany, and an effort seems to havo been made to uso tbo most beautifully grained wood obtainable. The seats are upholstered in crimson plush, and tho floor i3 carpeted with dark pat terned Axminstcr. A soft uniform light is shed through the car by six brass lamps, depending from a wooden ceiling tastefully frescoed after the Moorish style. One of the most noticeable features in the finish of the wood is the inlaid work in the sides of the pieces which form the division between the upper and lowr berths when in use. Olive, cherry, walnut, maple, oak, ash and other hard woods have been used to produce a series of harmonious designs, resembling the finest mosaic, and so delicately are the pieces blended, that at a few feet they re semble hand-painting. At either end of the main body of the car hang rich colored raw silk curtains of the finest texture. These curtains conceal from view the smoking-room, a cosy little bouffe, and gentlemen's dressing-room and private apartment with four berths at tbo other" Each of the dressing-rooms have glass rool s through which light is obtained from the lamp outside. This is an entirely new idea, and is intended to do away with the odor of oil which made the old cars slightly un pleasant. The little bouffe next to the smoking room deserves special mention. It could appropriately be styled a multum in parvo. There is the loveliest little side board, with a white marble top, and mir rors behind it that one would find a mag nificently appointed dwelling; a hand some silver service of plate; a silver coffee urn and chafing dish combined, and the most ingenious arrangements of drawers, ice-chest, and 'bottle-box ever seen. The ear with all its appointments cost a trifle over 915,000, and the convoy if such a term is allowable is run be tween New York and Washington and Florida, and on the Atlantic coast lines. TEE FAIETTE TEAGEDY, in ALLESUbM CITY Sl'OKY. School Ulrl Days Tbe Object or Alleged Re cent Movements ol Dukes. A Pittsburgh Evening Telegraph le porter made a discovery which, it" sus tained, throws new light on the tragedy at Uniontowu. What led to tho murder is known in a general way, and everyone believes that it was the unfortunate inti macy of Mr. Dukes and MissNutt, which was the primal cruise. It has been thought by 3Ir. Dukes' frierds that his reasou for cot marrying Miss Nntt was because he did not; believe her to he chaste. Ic now looks as though there was an entirely different cause !or Dukes' refusal to became the husband of Miss Nutt, and that cause, his love for another person. Over in Allegheny, on one of the quiet streets in the lower part of tho city, lives a pretty little lidy twenty-seven years old. She was a pupil at a well known seminary, and when sho was be tween fourteen awl fifteen years of ago she met Mr. Dukes, who was then a stu dent at Washington college. Dukes was twenty-one. He was introduced to her aad they became very good friends. Dukes left tho collego and went to Princeton, and the intimacy wont the way of school timo loves and hates, and each apparently foigot tlu other. Miss Ella became a young lady, met a Pittsburgh merchant whom she liked well enough to many and she becatna Mrs. . A boy was born aud for several years .sho lived happily, but the" becano discon tented with the m.'.unnr in which her bus band treated her and they were divorced. Among those who weut to B iltimore to sea tho Oriole was Mrs Smith, who ac companied a party of ftiends. On the way bonis th3 pirfry m t s .uo ladies and goutleiu ii from Uniouto.vii. Oao of ths latter chanced to raentiou Dukcs' name in connection with h"s cvidtU cy for tho Ljgisla'me, i.ni M Smith asked for news of her giillux d lover. Tho Uniontowu pjoplo teas l lar about the affair and one of thm aid he would tell Dukes what had happened, and Le did. Two weeks ago, -; tho 13th iust., Mis. Smith was told in tho eve ning that a gantleuiau wished to seo lnr in the parlor aud on entering waa aston ished to liad Mr. Dakej. A very pleasant chat ensued, and each told tho other much that had taken place rdncj they last met. Dakes seemed to bo moro than usually, interested in his old friend, and when some other incmberj of thj family and some gentlemen friends caino into tho house, Dukes seemed to bj quite pro voked at the iateiruptiou. Ho was .so marked iu his attention that it excited comment among the others present. Dakes said ho intended to go to Washington tho following day to seo old friends, but he told Mrs. ho would certainly stop and see her on his way homeward Ho did go to Washington, remained there a day and a-half, and on tho cvenicg of Friday, the loth, ho again called in Mrs. . She teased him about his nor, being married. Duke.s said that she was the camo of his beiug still a bachelor. One of the gentlcmon who saw Dukes on Wednesday evening told Mrs. that Dukes seemed to bo iu soma kind of trouble, aud that his actions wero rathcr singular. Mrs. had not noticed any thing of t.h.3 kind during the first visit of Dukes, but she did notice that ho was rather excited on Fiiday ev',-t.iug. They wero alono together for a'ljut half an hour, and during that time Dukes asked Mrs. to marry him at once, that evening in fact, and go to Uniontown with him. Mrs. lcfused, and then Dukes excitedly urged her to be come his wife then aud there. Sumo of the family happened to came into tho room. Tho subject was dropped, and in a few minutes Dukes left this house rather angrily, intimating that hu did not think he hail been well tieated. lie Ieit for homo next day. Oa tho following Wed nesday, tho 20th instant, Mis. re ceived a Ion? letter from Dukes, dated Uniontown. That letter was unfortunate ly burned by Mrs. , and it caunot bo given, but iu it Dukes asked her to forgive him for his anger, when he went away. Ho begged her to reconsider her refusal to marry him and to send him word to that effect. He conc'u led by say ing ho left tho matter outuely iu hir hands, aud unless sho wro:c and gavo him permission ho would not vi ite again or call upon her. An answer was written by Mrs. o 1 Friday, but acting on tin adviec3 of a friend she destroyed it, a3 well as that of Dukes. Two days later caino the mur der and all the story connected with. Of course Mrs. w.is horrified, a::d could not comprehend what Dukes meant by seeking to becomo her husband under the circumstances. He nnver mentioned Miss Nutt or any other Uniontown lady to Mrs. , although she questioacd hini as to his friends, but of course his reticence was lutuial. I was so staitled when I heaid of the murder," said Mr3. to tho wiiter, ''that I could scarcely cat any thing for thrpo days afterward. Tliiik how dreadful it would havo been if I had answered Mr. Dukes' letter. It would have, been found in his pocket when he was arrested for tho murder, and I would havo been brought into tho case in such an uuplcasaut manner. I cannot understand why he killed Capt. Nutt unless it was iu self defensj, for Mr. Dukes was not a vio lent man and was one of tho best man nered gentlemen I over taw. Of course if I was in lovo with him like some of tho: e Uniontown girls, I should bo uimoat frautic now. As I am not in l'va with him, but am to bo married to .some one else before long, I only feel sorry for hitn. When ho was hero I showed him tho li ters ho wiotc when 1 was at school. Wo laughed about them, and I told him I did not think ho would write such letters now. lie said he would write stronger ones. I am sure I do not know what it ail means." A Pittsburgh gentleman who has vis ited Duke.s in his cell say3 Dukes to d him he had acted in self defense, and added: " They accuse mo of writing an onymous letters. Why I never wrote aa anonymous letter in my life. I havo very little faith in experts, but I want them to get the best obtainable, and if any of them can Bee the least similarity between the writing in those letters and mine, I'll give up. Those who know me know th: t I would never stoop so low as to do a thing of that kind." Dukes said he was sorry Miss Nutt's name had appeared in the papers. The gentleman said in speaking of this phase of the affair that Dakes hid ku wn Miss Nutt for about eighteen months and admitted improper intimacy with her. He had intended to marry her, but certain discoveries led to the letter to Captain Nutt, and to the fatal iuterview. Dukes denies indignantly that he wrote to Cap tain Nutt to induce him to come to bis room for the purpose of doing him bodily harm. A Crying Abuse. In the House lately Mr. Kasson asked unanimous consent to permit a vote upon a resolution authorizing Paymaster James R. Wasson, Uni-d States army, leavo of absence for two years to do special service for the Japancso government. Mr. Kas son explained that the pay offered by tbe Japanese government was small, and Mr. Wasson could not afford to resign from the army. Objection to the consideration of the resolution was made by Mr. Hol nian. During the short debate that pre ceded the objection Mr. Randall said that he had been informed that an officer in the army drawing $3,000 per year bad been granted four consecutive leaves of absence of six months each from the war I dc-paitment and tht, he wa in the regular employ oi me jrunman ear company as an t inspector receiving a salary of S3. 000 per annum. Mr. Randall cited thb case as an illustration of favoritism iu tbe service whieh should not he tolerated. v.vLLt.K's rLECTiii:; iisri;r:.i. An Attempt to tlYertltrour tli i.eMnt lu Uoiiurccicut (in u w;al Tecauicaiilj. New II:iveu Dispatch to the Time-, The Demociatic hi.uk ballots cast in New Haven at both tho iecjiis city and state elections wero printed frorn electro types heaviiy inked and leaving tho names oV candidates iu white. The decision of Chief Justice Park that the city ballots were illegal, chauges tho cntiio complex ion of the city government and overturns a Democratic inijority of about three thousand. It alo app'ies to the .tite billot, for the method of printing bjth city aud statii ballots was identical. Oat of this circumstance will unquestionably grow a famous case. William II. Ilulkley of liaitford, tho Republican candidate for governor, said : ' I believe that legally tho whole Re publican ticket was elected at the state election. I cannot seo how the Logislatuio c in declare it otherwise, iu view ot Judge Park's decision The shape tho case has assumed i3 very distasteful to me and I should maeh prefer that nothing of the kind had occurted to raise this question. I must be Governed by ci eamstanees and consider what is the bt-it uiteie for tho state of Connecticut. I am frank to say to you that ace irdinii to law ther.s cm bo hut ouo icsult. If the LgU!.uuit' ignore the laws th.-y havo made, that s aroti-er tiling ; hut I don't seo how th s can over look a law they havo pissed, fhu Demc- cratic baliot was simply a diitei violation of tho iaw, jasfc a imi -It as n 1 took r. watch from r. man"-, pjck.-t i-'i the sticet. What will bo done i not, f :- nu to say. I a-n, von umfer.Mand, msh 'y a pi- mjer." ' Wu'-J you tiki I'.j .i ;;!., ih-ciieum'tanc.-0. '.' ' " I- is not lor r.io to say. Is tin- Lgis Lit un; deelarj the Rcpulrican state ticket elected, certaii.ly Waller could not nold office. What I will do is another in itter. That I decline to discuss." Charles J. Cole, of Hartford, chairman of the Republic in state central committee, first advanced in piinf tho cl.'itn that the stato Democratic ballot was void. He distinctly mapped out the R "publican plan sayiu that a petition would ba brought to "tho Legislature setting loith tho facts in accordance wiih Judjjo P.uk's ile.-i-don and leislati in asked. Mr. Colo said the couiimttt-e on the c.iuvass of votes must, according t. too constitution of Connec ticnt, dei'ia elected. the Repul: iliciri t'ektt Thomas 31. Waller, of New London, was elected governor oa i he. face of th returns by over 4.000, his majority in New Haven being U.0GS. O.i t'.ui Republican ticket opposed to him was a black bolder, but I ho names weso printed on white paper in black letters. The only plain tickets polled wero east by the Gorman Progressive Union, an anti-striet Sab batarian aud liquor law ii.tcrpietatiou party. This party polled upwaids of 3,000 votes, indorsing all the Democratic slate candidates but one, whilu tho DtUi ocrats make tho claim that if the Demo cratic ticket was il.'egal the Republican ticket was equally s, and that the Re publican ticket being also thrown out the Democratic candidates aio still elected by the votes of the Progiessive Union. Thi-y aropiepuii'g titako Jiiitice P.uk's de cision hefo u a fall bench of tho live j.idjjes of tho Connecticut siipioma court. Tnc picliinin.'try stops aio promised for to moriow. GiCat excitement is r.iai.i fotidatthu position of Chairman Cole. Mr. Waller, governor elect, some, days ago expioscd his opinion that to throw out the black ballots would, under tho cir cumstances, be an outrage disfiauuhisiiig, as it would, thousands of voters who cast their ballots in good faith. This was be fore the Republicans threatened lo steal tho state, and lit was speaking of the lesser N ue of municipal offices in New Haven. 'EVA." Holiday KntercHliiiiicnt at the Opera IIni Last evening an cntcrtainmeut was given in the opera house before a very largo audience, for tho benefit, oi'thc West Mission Sunday school. In fait fiist of tho programme alter prayer and music, a musical pcrx-ico entitled Eva"' which was eon:pihd pnd arranged j from " Uncle Tom's Cabin," was given, i It was illustrated by nino tableaux from ' the play. The colored glee club of this city sang a number of plantation .longs m goed style iu several scenes. Part hccjik! included a tableau of tho Heboid ; Recitations by Miss De.-sie Nolan, srd , by Miss Leila Hear, r.p pcnianco of Kiiss Kuigle. aud ilis tiibutiouof gifts to the children, singing by quintette consisting uf Mis. llublcy, Mr. Hoilinger, Miss Kato Ryan and Win. Schlauch, with Prof. Haas at the orsan, and lecitatiou of the service by Miss Amanda Ltndis. The entertainment was iirst-class throughout, and the manage ment deserve credit for their succif r r CharltaUlo Acknowledgments. . Tho managers of the " Home " grate fully acknowledge tbe following dona , tions : I Mi.. L. Knnpp. 1 bushel of apples ; Miss Alice Kevin, cakes and toys; a fiiend, I.....J , .. ...V.U.., .....J -.1,.. , ....... ... ......... eakes ; Miss L. Ostermeyer, toys for treo ; Mr. Sharp, toys ; Frank and .Mamie Hart man, cakes and toys ; Pleasant View school taught by Miss ilattiu Curtitr, ekes ; Miss Echternacth, candy ; a fik-nti 50 cents ; a friend 50 cents ; Fiinn & Will son, lot of toys ; Mr. G. Goebl?, iy cinna mon cakes; Mrs. Geo. D. Spreeher, ! ; an unknown friend, $2.23 ; :i friend, box of blocks arid cakes ; a friend 123 buckets of candy ; Mrs. J. Miller. largo doll ; Moravian Sunday tchool, '' lbs candy; Mrs. C. A. H.'ir.itsh. ts; annual snb-Ecrip-ion to the weekly Inquirer; child.-' paper from Sunday school of Giace church, ami thanks to tho threo daily p.ipers fur publishing the donations received. Sale ct Real I,tai-. Ilcniy Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub lic sale last evening at the Lcopaid hotol, for A. C Hc-incuhl, esq , assignee of J F. Stauffer, a three story brick dwelling, situated on tho east side of South Duke street, No. -13, to Alfred Diiler. for $4,400. llreak at tlio Water Works. At tho water works yesterday theie was an accident to the Birkinbine pump. Two bolts', which hold tho cap down to tho main shalr, were broken off. The repairs will be made at once but the accident will not affect the water supply in tho least. Sale of lloiEr.g. Samuel Hts3 & Son, auctioneers, sold at public sale for Daniel Logan at his sale aud exchange stable3 this city, on Satur day, nineteen head of Sorr.ersofc county horses at an average price of $180.40 per bead. Mi.yorM Court. The mayor had before him this morn ing ono diunkcn and disorderly person, who was discharged on payment of cost?, and three vagrants who were discharged on promising not to come back again. A aew'Sqolre. Wm. II. Inman ha.3 been appainted jus tice of the peaco of Lancaster township, in place of R. Lintncr Hess, who has re signed. The commission of Mr. Inman has been received at tho recorder's office. CONSilTUTIOX MAKERS. tis:: iu. o ion L'ISK SUUViVOK-i Calkcirtl liouDtt ll:t I.'miqutt Hoard Irtry inilu.go lr tet.cliiiakiu'g and limrc u unit Tliuo tloctlou of UIHcem. Tho late trains yesterday afternoon brought a number of additional members of the constitutional convention, and at livo o'clock, the hoar set for tho business session of the association, there wvio ueaily forty of them ou hand. The nicra bers :it promptly to work at tho hour natiud and Gov. Curtia, tho president, eallpd the body to order. S. II. Reynolds ol litis city, eh iirmaii of tho committee ot arrangements, read thj report of th:.?. committe.0, and the call of tho roll showed that thiity-soveii members of the conven tiou have died. Et Governor Curtin was re elected president ami Geo. N. Corson of Norristown secretary ; William E Lit tleton, of Phil idt-Iphia, was chosen treasurer, vice Mr. L'assidy. The last Thursday in 'December, 1SS;5, was lixed as the time a::d Altnoua as ;!;. place for tho next anuu.il reunion an I :t commit ten cousUtiiig of Rev. John W. Curry and A. S. Liudis, of that city, a 1 1 John M. Railey, of Huntingdon, w:i up pointed to inako arrangements. Tno way was then led to tho liini.ig room, which vvas handsomely deeorat. d in honor of tho occasion. Large fob to and tropical plants stc-nl round the side', of the room, .irranod by the tasteful hand oi' Schroysr, tho ll.uisf, while th iab! whieh was set in tho foim of a T," wis ornamented with beautiful cut flowers. Dr. R. A. Lainbcrton. president o.' I.ehiuh University, and James ll.oyil, of Norristown. escortrd President Curtin to tho seat of honor, whMo t'i' other niein bir vreio a-,!i.- . t. .- lespeclive I pl.tjos lv Mr. Iij.i, !-.. cliiirniiu of tuo emnmutec. The following i a nimplote list of tho pviPK -s p. itieip.lt in.: : S II. Iteyiiohls :-.u:.I.. 'i- D. Y P.iltoi -..::, ..f Lu.castui; J.ide J. W. F. Whi:i. W. II. Smith and ;.I di"lm Hay, of Pittsburgh ; Oln.rlcs R oadhe-nd, of Bethlehem ; T. Strutlimn, id Wain u ; J. G. Fiiczo, ot Bloomsbin ; Josiak Fiinek, of Lebanon ; Janus L! K. of Potisiblt:; Colonel James lhiyd, ! Norristown ; W. Ii. Littleton and Ge.no M. Dallas, of Philadelphia- ; Ohai-fcs llu i seck'-r, of Nornsiowu ; John l'nw Wethc-iill, of Phiiadi Ipbia ; .1. nr.es :l. Hevenii, of Philadt-Ij Ida ; J. W. Curry, .l" Alt.iona ; Juduo Tims. -J vw; of Pitt.; hundi ; John Gih.-on, of Viuk ; J.! II. McC.iinan Pottovillo ; Z. II. Ling, ijJ highton : Jrsri.h 15 dly, lVriy county ; llaiuitou Air.cks, Il.urisbnrg; Aui'im-.v Reed, LewisUwn ; U A.Limbeiton, Ihtli li'hem ; A. G. Cm tin, Ilell.'fonto ; George N. Corson, Norristown ; J. 31. W. Nowlin, Philadelphia ; John Stewart, Chambershurg ; I). W. I'v Chanibiis burg ; John M. Unlet, Hiiiiti.igdon ; ox-Attorney General L"a' Dijh.tow n ; Judge W. J. 1'aer, S.iuu-isut : J. J. Motx gor, Williainspnit ; II. C. Paisons, Wi!-lia-nsi ill ; T. 11.15. Patterson, Pittsburgh ; Attorney General H.W.Pahner, of Wilkes bairo ; It. A. Wc-t, who was tho stui.; graphetr of the convention ; Lucius Rg rs and Frank Mantor, secretai ies. The only guest who was not associated with tho eor.vvntinr. was Judge Living&tou, v. l.o.-o associate on lha bench, Judge Patteis , was a member and who was pirs?u' f.u-t night. Ueiug seated a; th banqueting bou 1 the visitors west: w lu.tmcd to Laueastt r by J u lgo Patterson, to which Mr. sjtrui -ers, of Waricn county, now eighty-lho ye-irs of age, the oldest member ef tho convention, responded in litting term , md from that timo ou dm ing the progress ot tho festivities impromptu s-peecbes, many of them pungent with wit and irp.irio-, weio made by ecrue of tho e.cntlcnu-u present, among them Attorney G-ni'-i-il Palmer, Senator Stiwait, Gov. Cm: in, Dr. Lambctton, Messrs. Hoy I, Reynold-., Ileverin, Littleton, Hay, Dallas, Pan-on and a number of others. The iitortain ment continued until lh.m. Mr. Dallas, of Philadelphia, offou-d a resolution expressing the thanks ol ho association to tho committee of air:it-;,,o-ments, of which Mr. Reynolds is chairir.:.:, to the proprietor of the Stevens house, and to the citizens of Lancaster, for furnishing the handsomest cntcrtainmeut atn! initio libeial hospitality than it h::s been t!.o plea-nreoi the aisociaticn to enjoy mho the adjournment of the cnnvi ntion. Tl o resolution was unanimously adopted. There wero several impromptu tois's, which wero responded toby Hon. A. G. Cuitin. Hon. IC A. Lamberton, LL. l , Hon. Samuel H. Reynolds, Hon. Mahiohn Hay, Hon. George M. Dallas, Hon. J. H. Heverin, Hon. James Uoyd, Hon.W.E.L t-tlt.-ton, Hon. John Stewart, Hon. II. . Parsons, Hon. Frank Ma-itor, lion. Geo. N. Corst'ii. Hon. 1). W. Patterson, Hon. Charles Huniecker, and otL"rs. I'cz-.nsylvanta.l'ouMrj' ranclrrn. Among the awards ot prizes ma:Tc on Monday at the Maryland poultry shw now in session at Ualtimore, weio tho fol lowing : Third priz." for silver dusk w i.g game fowls to J. R. Lichty, Lancaster, Pa.; first pnzn for B U. K. game fow i", aud the second prize for chicks of tho Fame breed to W. W. Moiey, Washington, Pa. ; second piizo for bionzn turkeys tn C. A. Reed, Eliz-ibethtowu, N. J. ; r .a to Bunting Hank ins, Uordentown, N. J , for best collection of fantail pigeons, lh iiig and inside tumblers and owV, :i'm a silver pitcher for the largest collection of idge.ms not less than ten varieties ; first pi iz for whito Leghorn fowls and tho second pt'so for chicks, also thu first for Sabriiiiit chicks and tho second for Pekin ducks to A. S. Ponti-.s, Lawisburg, Pa. Caught Iu tlie Act. Robert Gochenauer, last e ening sVilo a bundla of stockings from in front of Erismau'ri Im-iii-diing store ou Nor'h Queen sticet. Ha was sscn byapaity who informed Officer Stormfeltz at the mayoi's ofiiac. The officer followed tins mauupEiSu King street, and ariest-1 hha iu a door way njar Christian slreni He then had the goods in his posscsiiiri ; on his person were also found two rings a gold poncil and a chain ; the latter has a pasteboaid tag with tho figures 731 " and letters UR. S. U.?' upon it, Thoy .-iu believed to have been stolen also. AM. -man i'.ur committed him for a hearing. Uot Cons Term. It will ho remembered that some time last year George McAlpine, a young vil lair, attempted to rob Albeit Mcllvaine, of Paradise township, in his own houM-. For this crime he was ouvicted and sen tr.iiccd to live years imprisonment. During tho summer a large party of priouers made their cscapo fioni jail and ho was among thern. Ha drifted out to Kansas, where he iobhod a rcaa and threatened to kill him. He was ariestcd, and our au thorities Lave just learned that he has heeu convicted and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. A Neat riMeclWotk. Edgcily & Co. havo just finished a pretty littla trotting waon for Chief En gineer Howell of the fire department. It is very light, with rolid steel axles, neat little wheels and pietty cushions, which are dark green in olo-, the running gears aro painted a rich carmine striped in gold. The chi-.f will take his new vehicle out next week. Cruelly to Auluial. Samuel Jones was arranged before Al dermau Samson, en complaint of Charles King, to answer for ciuclty to animate tbe specification being that he poisoned a dog belonging to King and another be longing to Wm. Kabl. Tbe case appear ing to be made ont against him, he was fined $10 and costs. 5-1 I t m I h ! a m n u i-'il i 33 - I ;i ST M r"
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers