V41 fcT if E3' - - ;?SMaefc S-r -" fT rtg m& 2 vi 7 r j ?v . L rfc Ifil-.W it BK t5i &FU lvi m mv & Imp -''? s. .rt;- , h??m' .irit i? . ?& t S SSSS &: fjSX. Lj:a s? cti PA5 rm r&,.j -?-- kp " ! ' -s OK-.... mm'b IF A ".- . wjgt M !: rT ? fi? rfcS'xTff R- WttiKKSSttfc-; P ?' H ,Vrii-'iVW'C'a'r. i. " . 1 hTJWHftcwjn nanm mw -' -- - they are doing a jpi-tJ(foc,tIelrmpleyera iahowl iahewl ? fat at -Waeh factec against the Senate ' '-33 Mklrlrlai-Mnn hv vie-nrnns calls 3apem the inn manufacturers te telegraph v fcotlieirreeresentativesin the Heuse of .f:C - Betweeentatives te oppose and vote vjferiMt the Senate measure. .They have 5$-jnetsenteuttne metal schedule of the ti W7 ,.. ... . . . i r i -,,, 4-1...:.. 'SfvDUiaeapus dbiew iu ia uig tviw meu 5?tj Injunction yjta. te hurry te these who receive ic denuncia A geed hurry alone their tk tk of it by telegraph. rSV? mmr Am manufacturers seem te JZrjtf IliwiJ v "f , have done se, probably without forming Mjui 'Independent opinion of their own, Wrmtaccepting that of their supposed rep jp&ewntatlves, whom they credit with un ldewtanding the effect of the proposed i-t-iegWatien. Congressmen should net be ( i- -. -ran rnHi.iv miiinvu'ii vwilii Liin uuiiiiuuu Tiy3"y"-"" . .r 7 " .. . .. . v . aF Hw inlthvifltH returned te them in wis .way from their constituents. They would de well te ask the latter for the reasons for their opinion. "We see that Mr. Coxe, superintendent of the Bead ing railroad company's rolling mills, advises Representative Ermentrout, of narneicrhberincr Berks county district, r WfckhineeDle erefer the present tariff '$?2 bill te the Senate bill, but that they pie My?, fer the latter te a postponement of the decision. And that opinion is probably theene entertained by the majority of the iron manufacturers of the state. What they want is a settlement of the tariff agitation in some way, and they would greatly prefer a somewhat lower tariff te continued uncertainty. It is home competition that keeps down the price of iron, and the reduction in the tariff en foreign goods proposed by the Senate will net be likely le affect the home manufacture. The municipal building commission of Philadelphia, which has been spend ing millions of the city's money en the obstruction of Bread and Market strcel s is a self-perpetuating concern, accounta ble te no authority for its conduct, with supreme control ever the affairs entrusted te it, and having a prospect of doing what it pleases with Independence Square, when the public offices shall have been moved thence te the marble pile which the commission has in comse of erec tien. Such a body could only have been created under the defective old constitu tion and the loose legislation which de veloped under it. There are better rea sons for the repeal of the law autheriz ing it than the personnel of the men who compose it. If the movement te shear it of its powers had no ether mo tive than te substitute another set of men for these who have exercised the extraordinary powers of the building commission, the repealing bill would be properly viewed with much suspicion, but a mere statement eMbe unexampled attributes which this edy professes is enough te demonstrate that no such irresponsible authority ought te be tolerated by law. Fhilauel phiahas waited se long for the comple tion of her public buildings that the delay of a year or two mere while she is considering the proper substitute for the present system will de no great hurt Tne great difficulty which the state Legislature has te encounter in drafting a law that will properly regulate the freight charges of the railroads in the state lies in the patent fact that the state legislation will net control the railroads out of the state that are the competitors of these within it. This difficulty would net be experienced in congressional legislation, ana it seems that no entirely adquate measuie of protection can be given te the people while exact justice is done te the rail reads until Congress is summoned te enact it. The state Legislature has power te prevent railroad dis criminations as between citizens of the state ; but the people of Pennsylvania, whose state is used as a bighway for the carriage of goods te and from the people of ether states, aie $titled te protection against railroad -.discrimination in favor of these outside d?$j. -lts boundaries. Pennsylvania cau re- W-fV, v - t - 51 .1 t l .,. ;-"' -QHire uer una ramuaus iu i-uanie uiu isr?n- r . - . . . .... same rates of vlreignt per mile te her own citizens that arc charged te ethers; but the consequence will likely be that the railroads in ether states will get all the freight of the "West. The close of the short session of Cen- j 'gnBBlnitjiauuuBaKicaKuiaas ui luipuii- ant legislation en nana, wan no lime m which te consider it. Something euiht .V;HI et) curae iu uiueuu luis suite ut kiiiii. I'- Ereerience has shown that three months. 'M&.- broken with a Christmas holiday, are net sufficient time in which te properly Px'jaature legislation. Congress ought te j l!assemble earlier, or the term of t, 4Mnrice should end later than the I fourth of March. Six months time f'.are needed for a session, and ifcyredld be better te have the short .ucanbe of longer continuance jryCitweaidbe better, at anyral x'roe.iuiy rate, te have 3 hat one session of Congress during two P-Wvtmrsi. Thn nrpjwnfc distnrhannfl nf Mir frz r -.. t i. : :., c .i. l imr'"" -.j. 1UIC1C3LO VL LUC cuuuuy, because of the tariff agitation in Cen- jjv: -CBBB,lBUU3 Biippure lu una wpinieii. Bui when Congress does sit, certainly it should sit long enough te maturely con- slderand te dispose of all the matters submitted te it. A great many impor tant bills will fail te be acted upon at this session for lack of time, and many mere will be tee hastily treated. Delaney, Cochran and Mylin are exercised because the Heuse would net join the Senate in voting Delaney S3,500 te expend at his own sweet will for sup plies during the balance of the legisla tive session. Chief Clerk Meek has ahewn that he can get as far with $1.50 .per member of the Heuse as Delaney uUlScawitb. $14per capita for members of 35 3he Senate, and the Heuse, therefore, is ki--taAmt in refusing te vote money te pflpaah housekeeper as the state Senate ayiSBft-l!3i Ufe iveevnavev'WiiB faeM'.OT'wvvMw ;.thafc--?wiitti'---te:?m. vwttate Delaner eaaeaefly brine . te light hit shameful system of adminietn tien if its members axe -really willing te go eemna tne vouchers, into tne pro priety of senatorial barber shops and of domestic supplies for the households of legislators at the public expense. Senater Coxe, who proposes te have the soldiers orphans schools investigated, is importuned te net press the investi gation until the Legislature has passed the bill recommended by the Grand Army of the Republic, te extend the time of closing these schools from 1885 te 1889. But this bill should be held in abeyance until the Coxe inquiry is con cluded. Fer it may result in disclosing facts te prove conclusively that there is no just cause for keeping up institutions te clothe, feed and educate the orphans when every living child born during the war has grown te manhood or woman hood. A Haekisbukg correspondent of the New Yerk Sun vouches for the revived rumor that Den Cameren is about te re. tire from politics, but somewhat dis counts the story by the incidental men tion that he is te take the place of Mr. Cassatin the management of the Penn sylvania railroad. With the freight discrimination bill en hand and the im pending rivalry of great corporate interests in this state the office of first vice president of the Pennsylvania would be in Cameren's hands, as it was in Cassat's, a very active factor in the politics of the state. It is gratifying and encouraging te see that the Democrats of the Heuse, at Harrisburg,- en Saturday, voted down the preposition te give themselves and the senators ten thousand mere copies of Smull's handbooks, free, for distribu tion among their constituents. It was an impudent and shameless preposition! and ltepiesentatives Hassen and Jen kins have increased the obligations which the public ewe them for many geed works by manfully leading the op position te this schem e of plunder. Tni: newspapers are figuring en :i suc cessor te Minister Wickersbam, diplo matic representative te Denmark. Has Dr. Wickersham's resignation been ac cepted and his pay stepped ? The world moves. The lash is xro xre xro peped in the New Yerk Legislature as a p:nal remedy for wife beating. The Leuisville Pest names eight and knows a dozen mere of the belles of that town who were in Mrs. Langtry's audience and were prettier than the Lily. " TiiunK is reason te believe that fresh surprises await the public in the Star Reuto trials." JV. T. Sun. Doisey is about te turn state's evidence. Saka Beunii.vrut's husband is about te quit the stage for the army. lie finds himself only first lieutenant at home and with no siu'ns of promotion. It is about the lime of year for a Dor Der sey dinner. bat there are eutgivings that the feast te which Deisey is about te in vieo seme of his old party friends will be a banquet of bitter herbs. The Supreme Court of this State recent ly decided that the expenses of holding the local elections aie te be paid by the respective distiicts. The authorities of Meadville claiming the county te be liable brought suit and recovered a verdict in the Ciawferd county court The county com roissienors then appealed te the Supieme Court and wen the suit, the judgement of the lower ceuit being reversed. A inevisiON ia the proposed sa'ary bill for this and counties of ltke siza is that an ceuury euiceis suaii give their per senal services- in the perfermvice of the duties of their office. Sush an enactment might reduca the list of office hunters in this county, seme of whom are unwilling and seme unfit te give their personal services te the offices for which they pic pic pese te run . TuniiE was a late prospect that the governor of Massachusetts was about te discount the lieutenant governor of Penn sylvania in his appreciation of the charac ter of Democracy's apostle, Themas Jef Jef fereon, but iu an after dinner speech in New Yerk, en Saturday, Butler recalled Jefiei seu's appearance at a ball iu Phila delphia with an elaborately. puffed and powdered wig, a blue satiu oeat, a purple waist coat of velvet, yellow plush breeches white silk stockings and silver buckled shoes, and carrying a cocked hat under his arm a masquerade in which we can not leoegnize Blaek's Democratic Jeffer Jeffer eon at all. The St Peteisburg Qoles is a Russian newspaper which may claim the distinc tion of being the most irrepressible jour, nal iu the world. Although every few months it is suppressed by the govern ment, it bobs up serenely with its un pleasant criticisms upon Russian state affairs. It has recently been again com manded te step its issue, but the very near future will doubtless see ic around with its alleged mischievous discussions en state institutions and its publication of Russian ways of governmental reform With a pertinacity worthy of a better cause Salmi Merse has steed up for weeks against a strong popular opposition and legal impediments for his right te present his "Passion Play" as a legitimate drama, but his marked perseverance has been a failure. Having been arrested en the charge of producing the play without license he has been brought before the New Yerk courts te answer the charge. Mr. Merse avers that he sees no objection whatever te the presentation of the nlav in this country where we beast of our advanced ideas and religious toleration, and asserts that it will exert a geed influence among these who never attend church. Just what the pepulace wpuld find te urge npen them the neecssity of improvement in their characters in this bread trav esty with its alluring spectacular illusions is net se easy te determine, -asHarjdgyggg ,.SticI i- -5"-.iS11M5--f3"-f L Cr-T"''& i d? l&&? Htttn TheTamoutlef relief for the sufferers from the mine disaster at BraMwoed, 111., received yesterday was greater than of any previous day; and the committee who had tne matter in band feel greatly encouraged. About $1,000 was subscribed and partly paid for in this city yesterday, and the miners in this vicinity will send in net iar from $7,000. A petition was circulated upon the streets this morning, and was signed by nearly all the best citizens of this place, asking that the high license bill be passed by the legislature. This morning the Diamond company paid ont,te these who desired te draw it the last earn ings of these who lay in their watery graves and it was a touching and pathetic sight te see some peer mother or wife burst into tears as she signed the last receipt for funds earned by her lest relative. In the majority of the cases the amount paid out was small, and proved, conclusively, that most of the dead men lived up te their means, and that what aid the widows and mothers received would have te come from an outside source. Te day mcmeiial services were held in the Music hall. At the mine yesterday the work progressed favorably, in spite of the bad, rainy weather, and the water new stands at forty-peven feet below its original level in the shaft. The punips are new working fast, however, but the water docs net go down as rapidly as it should, although the eflicials of tne company nave Deen nam at work lately devising new means of remov ing the water from the mines and getting at the bodies. There was some talk of a direr being hirtd te explore for the bodies before the water is removed, bat as yet no official action has been taken in the matter. A DKlEIJMlNlil) SCICIDK. lle riit Opcua a Vein and tben Bungs film self. Jacob E. Weiler, a segarmaker of Al bany, who had been arrested Saturday morning en account of his insane actions and atterward allowed te go en his wife's premising te have him examined by a physician, in the afternoon rushed into the Dtlavan Heuse, with a wild leek and inco ince heicnt cries. The special officer of the hotel conveyed him te the Second Precinct station house, where he was placed -in a cell. He was watched closely until midnight, and every hour thereafter the cell in which he wa3 confined, was visited by the officer in charge. At 4 o'clock Weiler was found dead. He had taken from his pocket a small, hollow tin cress, about an inch aud a quarter in length, upon which he had produced a jagged edge with his teeth. With this he opened a vein in his wrist and held his arm se that the flowing blecd was caught by a pail near the wall. The wall itself was covered with stains which showed that the suicide had en deavored te write something thereon with his bleed, in which he had dipped his fingers. When found, Weiler's body was suspended by a handkerchief knotted around the neck and tied te a bar -of the cell window tome fcet from the place where he had bled, the knees almost touching the fleer. A physician, who ex amined the body, says that death was caused by les3 of bleed and net by strangulation. It is a mystery hew the suicide could have hanged himself in the exhausted condition in which the bleeding must have left him. a xAani.Y KKWxrcriEe. A KemarKable htery Told by a Farmer Iu Somerset Ceuiuy. Jesse Miller, a farmer living in Green ville township, Somerset county, is ready te swear that his household is afflicted with a witch. Some time age he found a saddle hanging en a hook by the chimney. He had placed it en the balusters. This occurred three times, and every member of the family accused solemnly declared that thny had net touched the saddle. Miller took it te the woodshed, aud again it was displaced. He theu ic moved the sad dle te a saw mill and spiked it te a staudaid. It stays there. His wife was washing one day and stepped out of the apartment for a few minutes. Return ing, she was amazed te find the articles, which she had left in the tub, thrown about ever the fleer. Miller was aieuscd one night by tcrrible screams in the front yard . He bounded out of hed aud rushed out and feuud his daughter thcre alone. She had no knowledge of hew she get there. Eveiy window and deer iu the heuse was locked and belted as when the young lady went te bed. Twice since she has been spirited out of the heuse in bread daylight, in the presence of her mother and ethers. The spirit of darkness that exerts this influence evor the young lady is invisible te all ethcis. Sne describes the witch as lescmbliug an old woman, with hoary locks, hairy lace aud wearing a wliite cap. The Miller family is thor oughly terrified, as is also the entire com munity. Miller intends te lcave the locality as seen as possible. Meauwhile he has been iu Mcyeisdale in quest of a witch doctor, te make the place tolerable for a short time yet at least. He is firm in his witch belief. A MINIsTKll'S J3AXL. A l'rominent Cliurcli Member Charged Willi n IteputaU e Crime. Michael Flath, a man of considerable wealth aud president of the First German Luthciau chuich, at Dayton, Ohie was arrested Sunday en the charge of felonious assault, preferred by Mrs. Ida Schneider, a young married lady but lately arrived fr m Gcrmauy. She is a leading member of the church, as is her husband, who siugs in the choir. The crime, she alleges, was committed in ber residence, while her husband and children were absent, several mouths age. She at the time lelated the circumstance te the pastor, and wrote a full description of the affair, te which she swore. This is new in the hands of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Bern. Since the occur rence of the outrage the trouble has preyed se en the mind of the lady that she has failed considerably and last week when her husband spoke of ber ill health she broke down completely and revealed the matter te her husband who had net heaid of it before. The pastor showed Mr. Schneider the statement. A committee of church council called en Flath a few days age and compelled him te resign his effice while the husband of the outraged wemau filed an affidavit charging him with as sault. The lady withheld the horrible affair from her husband at the suggestion of her pastor for the benefit of the church. Flath was held iu $2,009 bends. MASTER PUTNAM'S UEATU. On the Ice TVltbin Sight for Twe IJnys ana iSet Kescued. A bill is pending in Congress te prometo Chief Engineer Melville for his gallant ser vices in the Lena Delta in the rescue of the Jeannette survivors and the search for the missing party. A geed deal of comment has been caused among naval officers by the preposition of Congressman Black burn te tack en the bill an amendment for a similar promotion for Lieutenant Berry. They dcclare that Beny has no elaims whatever te promotion, ler he simply went te the entrance of the Arctic ocean aud get his ship burned. There is talk, however, about the department of a graver char actor, which, if true, is cartainly no argument in favor of Lieutenant Berry's promotion by special act of Congress. It will be remembered that after the Rogers was burned aud the party had found shelter in the Indian village en the shore an accident happened by which Master TK -tvC i' ji'"- tX?, fSL,s BR ra SlOlfMBIirU k and fcrta rr tfcs lee for two days, i plate sight of tbejhew, and that no attsssptf wsn' issdn'tn memo him, although thsrs were the walrus hide beats of the natives at hand for the trial It is en this account that the naval officers are opposing thc.prometion of Lientenant Berry. MISCaUUUIEOUS PARAGRAPHS. Hbet Dead by Escaping Prisoners. A number of convicts at work en the levee at 'Williamson, two miles below Helena, Ark., yesterday quit work, and, rushing upon Charles Rankin, one of the guards, wrested bis gun from him. A prominent planter named Gant started te give an alarm, when one of the convicts raised the gun and shot him dead. The prisoners, who were 22 in number, tben made their escape te the hills, stepping at the house of a colored man named Jef Jef fereon, which they ransacked of all the clothing they could lay hands en. They separated into two parties, and when last seen were passing into the canebrake near the Lamb plantation. A search party has been organized, and the country is being scoured for the runaways, a number of hounds having been pnt en their track. There is considerate excitement ever, the tragedy, as Mr. Gant was very popular, and it is the general opinion that if the murderers are caught they will ba sum marily dealt with. The jflre Recerd. The Reman Catholic church and priest's residence at Riviere du Loup en Bas, Canada, were burned en Saturday. Lesp, $100,000. A Are iu the building in Duane street, New Yerk, occupied by Powers & Cable, beet and shoe dealers, caused a less en Saturday evening of $20,000. A nre in tne old postemco dieck in .ba Cresse, Wis., en Saturday caused a less of $23,000. A dwelling in Stapleton, Staten Islard, occupied by Dennis Hennessy, a butcher, was burned Sunday night, and Hennessy's wife and two children were burned te death. Tne old Malley mill at Williamstown, Massachusetts, was en Sunday destroyed by fire. Less, $75,000. Incendiarism is suspected. ocean Feilli. The British steamer Glamorgan, from Liverpool for Bosten, was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition en the lGth inst., after a fearful storm, in which her captaiu and five seamen were washed overboard and lest. The survivors were taken off by the steamship Republic, which arrived at New Yerk en Saturday evening. In transferring them te the Re public another seaman was drowned. A dispatch from Hull, England, re ceived at Bosten, says the steamship By well Castle, from the Black sea, with cotton seed aud beans, is believed te have foundered at sea, with all en beard. The By well Castle is the steamer that ran into and sank the Princess Alice en the Thames several years age, causing a less of about 500 lives. Tbe Lash of me Cruel Moengbluer. Arch Segg came into Cartcrsville, Tenn., and stated that last week he was taken out of bed at midnight by a band of six disguised men, carried about a quarter of a mile, lashed te a tree and severely beaten, the instruments of torture being hickory withes. He says te was punished en account of reporting a still te revenue efficeis. He pleaded innocence and prom prem ised te establish his innocence, but with out avail. He s.iys two whipped him at a time, ene en each side, each striking about seventy blows, bringing the bleed each time. After the men had taken a round of whipping they left him, still tied te the tree. They returned in fifteen minutes and gave him ene hundred mere blows. They then released him, half dead and bleeding profusely, the bleed running like water down te his fcet. uecuinents Lest or Stelen. There is considcrable cemplaiut from members of Congress of the less of public ecuments through the mail service. In many cases copies of the compendium cf the census, addressed by the Interior de partment at their instance te their con stituents, have net been delivercd, and this is also said te be the case with the Annals of the War, a government publica tien that is iu great demand. Mr. Mc Lanc, of Maryland, recently sent several volumes of the latter work te General Joe Jehnsen, of Virginia, which disappeared iu transit, aud copies of the compendium of the ccnsus,knewn te have been address ed te peeple iu this city by the Secretary of the Interior, have net becu received. Condensed Items. Albeit J. Hewell, a broker, of Chicago, committed suicide by sheeting himself en Saturday. He had suffered from ill health. A. Prcscelt, a wealthy banker of To Te peka, Kansas, committed suicide en Sat urday by sheeting himself in the head. He ban suffered from nervous disorder. A suit for $20,000 has been brought against the owner and proprietor of the late Newall heuse at Milwaukee, by Jehn Gilbert, the actor. The Mississippi river at Caire marked 52 feet and V au inch last night, a rise of J an inch since Saturday night, but it was stationary at last accounts. The Ohie river is falling at Paducah. Ex-Judge J. M. Cloud of the superior court of North Carolina, was attacked with apoplexy yesterday en a railroad train, and died seen after the train reached the depot in Charlette Rev. C. B. Wallace, of the Salvation army, preached a total abstinence, sermon en ene of the prineipal streets of Pittston, Pa., en Saturday afternoon, and was ar rested and fined for obstructing the street. Charles Story, employed ia Nelsen Ste ry's bank at Bozeman, Mentana, obtained $10,000 from the First National bank of Helena by forgery a week age, aud fled. He was anested at Miles City with most of tbe money in his possession. Saratoga county, New Yerk, is excited ever the discovery in the town of Galway of an oil well which is considered valua ble. The oil floats en the water of a well dug last fall te obtain water for cattle and it is said te resemble refined kerosene rather than crude petroleum. The secretary of the navy has received a telegram from Rear Admiral Clitz, com manding the Asiatic station, giving the names of tbe lest en the U. S. steamer Ashuclet, as fellows : Geerge Valentine, Geerge Ashton. Fritz Lachenbach, F. La ger Crane. William Grenan, Benjamin Weblrab, William Bronsen, Andrew Scot land, sum swing, Au Kind, Ah Dea. Distinguished Japanese Visitors. His excellency Mr. Suci. of the Imnerial house of Japan, and his suite were enter tained by the governor of Utah, Salt Lake city en Saturday night and left for Wash ington Sunday. Mr. Sugi is en a special mission te the United States government and will make a tour of tha country, re turning te San Francisce in six weeks. Uaried In a Cave-in. Saturday evening a gang-way at the Bickel colliery, bstwecu Mt. Carmel and Ashland, caved in. bnrvincr Jeseph and Elias Powell, miners. The coal that fell was fine, and almost smothered both ba fore they were rescued. Jeseph is serious ly hurt. Elias was painfully crushed. Tbe Discoverer or a Mew Cemet. Dr. Swift announces that Prof. Brooks, of the Red Heusj observatory, at Phelps, N. Y., was the first discoverer of the new cemet in the constellation Pegasus, which j was seen ey nimseit and FreT. Brooks en the evening of the 23d instant. , iir'K'HK'aHKi K.w. V -UK""433'm khmaleef.vr ova wnu j. " BwCTWEfMl SV - . BUniUflT.::. fesfe; ''SSF'' sggEggasagSgq; VAX AT, -, "v-; a .t. , rtfe Bmmtmr Sefceete sty AMlrrsry Kr. Dr. V Twe Senas. There were hundreds of brigat and happy little faces thronging the gal leries and a large congregation as sembled in the auditorium of the First Methodist Episcopal church, en Duke street, yesterday, it being the missionary anniversary of the church and Sunday schools. The exercises were began in the morning, continued in the afternoon and ended by services in the evening at which Rev. Dr. T. T. Everett, Governer Patti son's private secretary, preached the ser mon, which he also did at the morning session. The morning services at 10:30 o'clock were begun by the singing of the Gleria by the choir, followed by a hymn and prayer, after which a cantata chorus was rendered by the choir and Sunday school scholars, the little ones doing then: part in a most commendable manner. Rev. W. C. Robinson, pastor of the church, then introduced Dr. Everett, who took as his text the 8th chapter, 4th verse of the Acts of the Apostles : Therefore, they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the Werd. The reverend gentleman began by speak ing of the strange scenes which the strug gles and sufferings of Stephen in his en deavors te spread the gospel presented. He drew a touching picture of the stoning of the geed man by his implacable loes, ter whom, instead of himself or his brethren, he prayed for forgiveness. They were stoning bim te death indeed, but when death comes te he the property of a diseipla of Christ it is baptized and gets another name. With Stephen it was only falling .asleep. It was Stephen's influence which caused baul te pause in his persecu tion of the Christians, though his first belief was that te end heresy was te kill the heretic, and men of such nature are net all dead yet. Paul was only ene of many. Society in his day was a unit against Christianity f aud it was in these dark days that the disciples proclaimed the gospel truths amidst the worst of prosecutions. These were days full of distress, bafflings and failures, which new Christ has changed te victories vaster than Alexander's and prouder thau Caesar's. Yet with all the struggling in these early times there was an intense desire te propagate the Christian religion ; but in these days of fierce and unpro voked denial et the truth we must sometimes sit down and let Ged stand up. Sometimes a season of inactivity is needful iu which a higher power will exert His strength. But we are net formed te a life of inactivity, and in our efforts for geed we must carry our forces net only up te the very lines of the enemy, but take every inch of his tcrri tery. True religion is what is required ; that which is berae down down by the conviction that something must be dene. Failures te seme people are terrible, but te the disciples of Christ they amount te nothing. Failures te them lead up te most wesderful successes. The reverend gentleman cited the names of theso who battled for Christianity in early times, and who took for their instrument of warfare the Bible, he said, which is the mighty sword of tbe spirit that has cut a channei through twenty centuries of degradation and wen countless souls as its trophies. The entrance of these early Christian pio neers into regions of darkness was never entirely prevented, for some hew, some where, the sword of Christ has beaten down the walls and wen the victory. The present necessity and importance of the Christian religion appears iu great dis tinctiveness. If we leek at seciety we must confess that the great bulk of it is oppesod te the divine dectrine, and we may tell theso people of their hostility te Christ in a spirit of Christian charity, yet they will meet us with seme sort of an cxeuse which is a personal reason for their failure te fellow the Christian religion. Se the world stands away from Ged and declines te ceme into the holy places of the church. It gees where it may enjoy its base passions in wicked indulgences. It is ler this reason that the church is aggressive, and that she has or gamzed her forces te go in aid of the suffering aud seek te alleviate their mis ery. Fer nearly nineteen centuries the church has given its study te the subject of missionary work, and it is new time te And the solution of the matter. Yet it seems that ' ' go and spread the gospel " is sufficient. Christ did net go from man te Ged ; he came from Ge3 te man, and se must the church go out te man. In the first fifteen centuries of the Christian re ligion it included 100,000 souls, in the next 100 years it cared for 100,000,000 mere aud 180 years age, 155,000,000 were under the banner of Christ, while te day 400,000,000 are under the protection of it, and vastly moreinan indirect way. Rev. Everett, who possesses a pleasant and fluent ad- dress, closed his very able sermon, of which the above is a mere synopsis, by an eloquent appeal for further aid for mission work, after which a collection was taken up and a handsome sum of money secured. Afternoon Exercises. In the afternoon the church was again filled with people te witness the exercises incident te the reunion of the Sunday schools, which consisted of rospensivo singing, readings, addresses and were very interesting and highly appreciated. Evening Services. At the evening services at 7:15, at which every available spot in the church was oc cupied. Rev. Dr. Everett again preached, taking as his text the 21st chapter, 11-12 verses of Isaiah : The burden of Dumnu. He callcth te me out of belr. Watchman, what et the night ? Watchman, what et the night? The watch man said : the morning cemetli, and also the night ; It ye will Inquire, Inquire yc : return, come. The reverend gentleman spoke of this neble prophet of Ged standing amidst the depravity of his own nation, covered with the darkness of night. Sighing, he watches for the coming of the dawn, and he calls te the watchman, "What of the night?" The answer is cheering. Victory and joy for the captives ; night for their taunting enemies; morning for the fathers of the church ; night for the infidelity of the world, and the premised morning came when the Jews dried their tears and took down their harps and marched out of their dreary captivity. This was the morning when the restoration came, and when the royal commission was issued : "Ge ye into all the world and preach the gospel." Seven hundred years after Isaiah in darkness and distress looked for the coming of the dawn, we see the Apostle Paul standing in the early morn saying : "The night is far spent, go ye into the world." The morning of the day in which we stand begun three hundred years age, yet if these days drag slowly let us remem ber that te Him te whom 1,000 years are but a day,all things are possible. What we see around us new is but an anticipation of what may be ; though men new like te praise the old times, as these of England before King Henry VIII, when men were gay, happy and indifferent, yet if we were te take them back and let them de what people did then they would make the most piteous pretest that ever affected human ears. The speaker then drew an effective comparison be tween the modes and advantages of life in these early times and new and demenstrat ed hew vastly superior are the advan tages for comfort and intellectual and spiritual geed of these days. The great difference in the intelligence of man teji marked feature. It wasdarkenedandweak, but-the- mind-couIdTneTTal ways sleep in that condition, and the lStby 16th - Si -'j. stKr. I. ! ,t Un h ; teaes eflatfcer ttiadend te workflow Jlisesmles of Galilee? eanessad Kewtea opened up the sources of sciences. Ia our civil lib erty the advance is also marked. The theory used te prevail that the people existed for the government; their only' right was te obey and be silent. But the doctrine new is that the people have rights, and that government is for the people. The old despotisms en the ether side of the ocean are crumbling, and we are taught that republicanism is the high est government next te the government of the Jehovah. Fer ages religious liberty was chained te tbe stake, and government controlled it ; but it is plainly apparent that it is releasing itself from state au thority. They are by no means identical, and in the government of society they are separating, but separating as friends. The reverend gentleman drew a pleasing and hopeful pieture of the potency of peace, which he believed wenld by the agency that would reconcile the clashing ele ments of tr" world, end war with all its horrors, bring happiness and presperity.and end iu tbe final acknowledgment of all mankind of Christ and the Christian religion, and then closed with a strong ap peal te the congregation te aid liberally in the dissemination of the gospel in heathen lands. PERSONAL. Rev. Phillip Brooks, D. D., weighs 300 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Johnsten of Wheatland are expected home from Europe in the spring. BuFrALeBiLL" pretests against such of the measures proposed fe.- the "im provement" of the Yellow Stone park as will drive the buffalo and elk from it. Gamuetta's excised eyc, taken out by a German surgeon, is new ene of the ghastly curiosities of a scientific German prince's collection. Princess Bismarck has received from the Persian shah the decoration of the order of the Kun. It is big enough te cover half the bodice of her ball dress. Senater Lapham, of New Yerk, is going toward the dogs, and the Demo cratic Ieglslatuic may have a chance te elect his successor. Jay Gould's pleasure yacht new build ing for his two years journey around the world premises te be the most luxurious beat that was ever put afloat. M. S. Quay has geno fishiug te Flerida. He took with him au implement of oiigi eiigi nal fashion which can be used with like facility for cleaning piscateiial gams and for " knifing" political enemies. Rev. J. H. Hareis, new of German town, whom, it was hoped, the Duke street M. E. church of this city would secure for pastor, will be transferred at the coming cenference te Hedding church, Jeisey City, N. J. Ex-Controller Tage vrt, el Philadel phia, manifests some hesitation in swear ing te his bill for services rendered as auditor of the controller's effica when he was cooling his heels outside the locked deer. Senater Taber, ene of Colarade'.s new pair, starts iu by giving a dinner with twelve kinds of wine and $1,000 worth of flowers. The president was, of course, ene of the subjects of this senatorial cour tesy. Taber is solid Gee. D. Herbert, an accomplished and popular newspaper man, late of the Times, has become managing editor of the Har risburg Patriot, which under his direction and ether impulses of enterprise will seen make some rapid strides in the field which it occupies. W. R. Black, who made his fame as a reporter by the capture, in Bosten, of Christine Cox,murdcrer,and who bas since that time left a bread impress en journal ism and literature in many ways, is about te beceme the editor of the International Iicvicie, which has a large and increasing chculatieu among the intellccual classes of the whole country. Cu.vs. II. Bergner, late of the Harris burg Telegraph, after years of preparation and a very low months of direct applica tien te study of the law, passed a most brilliant examination befere the commit cemmit cemmit tee of the Dauphin county ear the ether evening and will seen b3 admitted te the practice of the law iu that jurisdiction. He will net, hewever, be entirely lest te the profession of his first choice. a m Arab en a Leng journey. 1'itlsburli Dispatch. Three Arabs arrived at the Union depot last night from Lancaster, having been forwarded from theie by the Yeung Men's Christian association, with letters ad dressed te the association in this city. They are brothers. A letter the eldest one bears from the Yeung Men's Christian association in Jeiusalem, states that his wife and children wcre murdered lhe-e, and that they were desirous of reaching San Francisce, where a brother resides. They have net a cent of money, and unless seme ene takes pity en them they will have a hard time reaching their destina tion. They slept in the depot and will present their letters te the proper officers of the Yeung Men's Christian association te-day. euiiVAitr. Dentil of Kllzabetn Detvney. Mis. Elizabeth Downey, aged 88 years, died last night at the residence of Mr. Daniel Altick, of whose wife she was an aunt. The deceased was born in this city, en the spot where the Lamb hotel stands, en November 29, 1705, uud was a daughter of Sebastian Graeff. She was married te Wm. Dewney, who was a captain and a paymaster ia the regular army, and whe.hzs been dead ever forty years. He served with distinction in "the war of 1812, aud was afterwards appointed as Indian agent at Reck Island. While at the latter place Mrs. Dewney was with her husband and she did net see a white face during her stay, except these of the soldiers in the fort. Beth she and her husband were very intimate friends of the late Prea't. Buchanan. She was an excel lent woman of mere than ordinary intelli gence, and had a wide circle of friends. She had been in ill health for seme years and died et a complication Of diseases. Death from Apoplexy. The name of the old lady en whose body Corener Shiffer- was notified te held an inquest en Saturday was Pelly Fultz.whe resided with her son in-law, Frederick Andes, in East Uempficld township. On Friday cveuing she retired te bed appar ent! y in geed health. In the morning she was called but made no reply, and shortly afterwards was found dead in bed. Yes terday Corener Shiffer impanelled a jury composed of C. G. Bessier, Jacob Gray bill, Jacob Kauffman, Jehn Mummab, Jehn Dembach and Henry E. Light, and the verdict was death from apoplexy. Death of Catherine Powell Mrs. Catherine Powell died at her resi resi dence en West James street, between North Queen and Prince, en Sunday morn ing at half-past four o'clock. She had been in ill health for several years, and her death was net unexpected. She was 73 years of age and the widow of the late Daniel Powell. She leaves no children, but four grandchildren. The funeral will take place en Wednesday at 2 o'clock. M 9 Correction. In our court proceedings of Saturday we erred in stating that in the case of the Old Columbia public ground company vs. the M. . church, judgment was entered for the defendant. It should have read plaintiff. iMrttiipr re- ?.ag?Ahr ' ..'". 'f veire sntfteL mimi m :sr w m mmmm vvaavwvi,i t-zb! Vh nw jmtixdxnu em jutw i A D imam mt H Md Its WIlT Strmetare Needed ta Au'ikn Awt of the vtty. The new public school building corner of New and ChrhtUu streets has been completed, except , ew finishing touches from the painters and the dressing up of the grounds en which the building stands. The structure is of brick, two stories in height with finished cellar. The founda tion walls are heavy and substantial. Above ground the babe is of hammered stene aud en this rests a course of cut granite en which tte brick walls rest. There are two school rooms en each fleer, each contain ing about 25 by 36 feet of fleer, and capable of seating a maximum of GO pupils ;ium an. me zooms are well lighted the windows aud seats being se arranged that the light falls upon all the pupils from the left and icnr The floors are of yellow pine, and the walls are finished in light gray sand and are wainscoted in yel low pinote a height of four feet from the fleer. The combined seats and desks, manufactured by the Keystone school furniture company, are of hard weed, cherry and maple iu alternate slats, resting en cast iron frames that are screwed te the fleer. The seats and desks are of the individual pattern, se that no two pupils are seated together. The teacher's disk, standing en a plat form, faces the school, and in front of it are bard weed benches en which te seat the classes during recitation. Te the left and rear of the teacher's desk are black boards of slate, some thirty feet in length. Connected with each school room is a cloak room and umbrella stand, the walls being wainscoted like the school rooms. The rooms are heated by two large porta ble heaters in the basement, the registers in the lower rooms bciug in the fleer near the centre, and iu the upper rooms in the wall near the fleer. Ventilation is secured by several ventilating flues in the wall, which find their exit through the reef alongside the chimneys. Additional ven tilatien can be easily secured through the transoms above the doers, which are hung en pivots and can be opened and closed little or much by means of a hinged red attached te them. The distance from fleer te ceiling is 14 feet. The windows are furnished with inside latticed shutters te exclude tha sun and regulate the light when it is tee strong. Thcre are neat stationary hook cases in each school room, and hydrant water and stationary wash stands in the cloak room?. There are gas pipes throughout the building, but no burners yet attached. Entrance te the first fleer looms is bad by a flight of three or four gianite steps in front of the building, and te the second flour rooms by means of stairways built iu projections en the east and west sida of the building. All the doers, both upstairs and down, open outwards, and as an additional meau3 of safety te upstairs pupils, there is a deer connecting the two school rooms se that pupils may make their exit in case of accident by cither of the stairways. The reef of the building is of tin ; it is what is technically known as a ' hip reef," and is surmounted by a neat cu-. pela. The building ib quile au addition te the northern end of the city where it is badly needed te accommodate the hundreds of little peeple in thai rapidly growing sec tion of the city. It will be opened for school purposes shortly after' the next meeting of the beard. Three of the rooms, probably will be devoted te primary schools and ene will be a seceudary school. It is believed that all the rooms will be immediately filled with pupils, as the James and Lemen street schools are greatly overcrowded. A similar school building is badly needed in the eastern section of the city, and will no doubt be built during the en suing Spring. xuk lin.t:an secirrv. Its meeting Saturday Kvenlng 't be Contri bution!!. The Linnreau society met en Saturday with President Hen. J. P. Wickersham in the chair, and six members present, la the absence of the secretaries Prof. J. S. Stahr was appointed secretary pre tem. After reading the minutes ef the previous meeting and the collection of dues the fol lowing donations wire made te the mu seum: Mr. Dibble of North Queen steeet, per Mr. Wm. Roehm, specially deposited an abnormal chicken. The specimen i3 a geed ene of its kind. Mr. C. A. Heinitsh do de natcd a specimen of Reger's sand boxes, imported from Londen in 1790. The dona tions te the library consisted of three ad ditional volumes of the second geological survey of the state of Pennsylvania, from W. A. Ingram, secretary of the beard, the Lancaster Farmer for February, 1883. The Bosten Daily Ad vertiser, a 20 page folio, proceedings of the American Philosophical society freme June te December, 1882, an essay en demoraliz ing literature and art, illustrations of rare coins, three catalogues and three circulars, ene envelope containing 13 historical and biographical scraps, reports from consuls of the United States en the commerce, etc., of the consular districts. The committee appointed te collate amendments te the constitution and by laws made a partial report and were con tinued until next meeting. Dr. Rathven also reported that the arrangements in regard te keys were net yet perfected. The president then appointed the follow ing chairmen of the various committees : Mammolegy Dr. M. L. Davis. Ornithology Wm. L. Gill. He-petoiegy W. S. Bolten. Ichthyology C. A. Heinitsh. Entomology S. S. Rathven. Betany Mrs. L. D. Zell. Geology Prof. J. 8. Stahr. Paleontology Dr. T. R. Baker. Microscopy Dr. II. L. Knight. Mineralogy J. B. Kevinski. Archaeology Dr. J. H. Dubbs. Natural and Historical Miscellany Mrs. P. E. Gibbens. After a few remarks by the president the society adjourned te meet en Satur day, March 31, at 2 p. in., in the museum rooms. Unclaimed Letters. The follewiug is a list of letters remain ing in the pohtefnc3 for the week ending February 20, 1883 : Ladies List Miss Fannie Buck, Dera Bierwirth, Mrs. Ella A. Beaver, Mrs. Kate Conners, Mrs. Jno. A. Derwarr, Alias Emma Prick, Mrs. Christina Feeglo, Miss Annie C. Fry, Mrs. C. E. Gibney, Miss Rebecca, Hamcr, Miss Alice Hess, Miss O. Hcyn, Mrs. E. L. Jehnsen, Miss Alice Land if, Mrs. bailie Lamer, Miss Daisy Miller, Miss Mary Reland, Miss Lillie Snyder, Miss Annie Wcist, Miss Lizzie White. Gents' ListW. Bard, Johannes Bauss mann, (for.), Wm. Berry, Jas. Connelly, Alfred Dull, Jacob Fletter, J. M. Greii, Gee. Grebe), Martian Geutner, L. Gold Geld back. David Hcrr, S. A. Irvin, Isaac W. Keim, Jno. S. Landif, Wm. Lesher, Chas. Livell, Jac. G. Miller. Donald McNeill, Samuel Parner, Jno. P. Roberts, Jno. Silknitter, Dr. Shriver, Gee. D. buy maker, D. W. Stiause, Standard Ameri can Watch Ce., Ftantz Wcigeit, (for ) Sale of Ktal Estate. Henry Shubett, auctioneer and real es tate agent.se!d :.t public sale, February 24, at the Grape hotel, a two story brick dwelling house, belonging te the estate of Martin Shreiner, sr., deceased, situated en the north side of West Chestnut street, Ne. 245, te ThemasCamaings for 11,930, .. -a &-1 3? 'it A mi M .j -al i x :VY M XJ d.T?ii -3rl -j; vteSSI 1 C4f5 'Wt.-e'. X jrS-ii.l fVIKJ - .Q.-t-T. J ,, &Y&i . Pk-avJ' fr uJ..:! &&2&&s&&i S -3-,, Cif'S'-iT'jj -as:'i5.'s:v"i5 J2til ,l.. aiM SJ , mhM& . " Jtl. jEa :rft.sfs: f .1-t S a-JQi'V.f war &&,' . t y :ji&4&&$$$i -1-.-V .1 M: ri 4wV&.5 a 'SVdSnSSS
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