-T LANCASTEE DAILY nJELLIGENCEE THURSDAY MAY. 10 ls3. . a Tit- yiv iTiTin -flrii "r mmtm M ancaster Jntelltgenct THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1883, Th Law of Disbarment. Justice Field, of the United States supreme court, whose dissenting opinions are always read by the profession with much interest and very often held in Breater respect than the different judg ment of a majority of his brethren en that bench, takes iS3ue witn tnem lnibeingacquamteawiuiuiecircumBiauuca, their affirmation of the disbarment of I the state treasurer's duty clearly was te ... I T.awver Wall bv the circuit court ei i Flerida. It seems that the district judge proceeded en information brought te him, he states net hew, that Wall had participated in the lynching of a negre who had been guilty of ravishment. Upen this outside, ex parte and unswern saying of some one who would net face the accused and whose words are net even given in the summons te Wall te answer, he was arraigned in a disbarment pro ceeding, and when the respondent ex ceDted te the jurisdiction of the court, ". en the curbstone ana sircta-iuCl information it had received, and denied the accusation against him, the court proceeded te try him and upon the scanty evidence of one witness, that the respondent was in the crowd which hung the ravisher, the judge, who was the accuser also, dis barred him and the United States annreme court sustained the act. Judge Field very naturally excepts te such a subversion of the well established prin. ciplesf law in disbarment cases, that persons shall net be held te answer in this way for crimes committed outside the presence of the court, and net in contempt of its authority. He cites a long series of English and American de cisions, the latest that of Judge Shars Shars Shars roed in the case taken up from this city, te prove that where such turpitude, as is involved in an offense against the statute law, is te be made the basis for disbarment it must be established by the record of conviction or the confession of the respondent, and cannot be deter mined in an ex parte proceeding, in which the judge makes himself presecu ter, district attorney, judge and jury. Upen this point Judge Field makes this deliverence, which is unquestion ably the well-settled law governing this class of cases : When the proceeding te disbar au attor ney is taken for misconduct eutside of his profession the iuquiry should be confined te such matters, net constituting indict able offences, as may show him unfit te be a member of the bar, that is, as net possessing the integrity and trustweithi nesswhieh will ensure fidelity te the inter ests entrusted te him professionally and te the inspection of any record of conviction against him for a leleny or a raisdomoan raisdemoan raisdomean or involving moral tarpitude. It is njt for every moral offence which may leave a a stain upon character that courts cau summon an attorney te account. Many persons, eminent at the bar, have been chargeable with moral delinquencies which were justly a cause of reproach te them; some have been frequenters of the gaming tjihln : some have been dissolute in their habits ; beme have been indifferent te their pecuniary ebli Rations ; some have wasted estates in riotous living ; some have been engajed in broils and quarrels disturbing the pub lic peace ; but for none of these things could the court interfere and summon the attorney te answer,, and if his conduct nhnnld net be satisfactorily explained, proceed te disbar him. It is only for that moral delinquency which consists in a want of integrity and trustworthiness, and renders him an unsafe person te manage the legal business of ethers that the courts can interfere and summon him before them. He is disbarred in such case for the protection both of the ceuit and of the public. The Examiner seems te give apprev ing response te the suggestion of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher that humanity must give mere attention tlhe breeding of people, something en the plan " that men have learned te breed horses for better speed, sheep for better wool and bullocks for better beef." The deli cate science of stirpiculture has had its advocates before the Examiner, or Mr. Beecher, or even the circle of free thinkers and free levers who tried te popularize it in New Yerk some years age. As our progressive contemporary itself recalls, the ancient pagans had and practiced some theories en thi3 sub ject, which, perhaps and perhaps net insured mere perfect physical perfection among the Greeks than the world has seen before or since. But it is notable that, with the advance of Christian civilization, the ancient scieuce which weeded the race of its infirm by antici pating their natural death, which pre vented the maturity of these born im perfect by slaying the deformed and puny babies, and which bred a prepon derance of warriors by pntting te death the surplus female children, has had a decadence. Something better has super seded it it in a civilization which takes account of mental aud moral quali ties as well as physical, and notes that the brightest intellects and purest souls are often enshrined in mean and insignificant bodies. Besides, people gifted with the best physique often are the most reckless in abusing it, while these born te an inheritance of feebleness strengthen and improve it and entail upon posterity, by the exer cise of moral power, better physical parts than their mere favored contemporaries. A geed deal can be done te improve the physical condition of the race, but Mr. Beecher's barn-yard science is net the best way. The State Treasurer. State Treasurer Bailey tells the Senate, in response te its inquiry, that he has met.diverted into the sinking fund the balance in the general fund in excess of half a million dollars, as he is required te de by the law. The state treasurer says that such a disposition of the stated moneys would cause a very great embar rassment and make it impossible for him te meet its current obligations. He therefore has deemed it advisable te comply with the law. But as it is net left te the discretion of any citizen or officer te determine whether be will obey the law, the state treasurer was net warranted in disregarding it. Ne doubt it is true that the execution of the law would have embarrassed the state ; but the Legislature has been in session for three months and the state treasurer had ample opportunity te lay before it the situation of affairs prier te April first, when it was his duty te transfer the balance of the general -fund te the sinking fund. He might be excused for temporarily assuming tne responsibility of violating the law, if he policy of the commonwealth. Mr. Rey Rey haddene it under the stress of necessity. "ldR dwells at seme length en the imag- But he had no need in this case te as sume any responsibility, as the Legisla ture was sitting and in position te take it from him. If it did net act, after mm 1mmm execute the law. Tax ea Petrelennu The representatives of the oil regions seem te pretest strongly against a tax en crude petroleum. We de net understand why. Certainly there could net be a mere proper object of taxation. It is a product in which the state has a natural monopoly, and one therefore upon which she can collect a heavy tax without lessening the production, and se damag ing the producing interest It is a pre. duct that is almost entirely consumed out of the state and mainly out of the nation ; se that the tax is net a burthen upon our citizens. Again, the product is se cheap as te bear a geed tax without causing the burthen of it te be seriously felt by the consumer anywhere. We de net see why there should net be laid upon the oil as it comes from the ground a tax as large as can be readily collected. Such a tax would be a "benefit in hampering speculation in petro leum ; cheating in which has come te be as damaging te public morals as any ether species of gambling. Tiiese who speculate in oil and daily drive its price up and down Ave or ten per cent, cannot object te the Legislature taking a hand in the game and permanently handicapping the lively thing with a ten or even a fifty per cent. tax. The vola tile creature would be benefited by being steadied with a geed weight, and we trust the Legislature will put a strong tav. en petroleum, for the benefit of the thing itself ; even though the state has no especial use for the money. bENATOK Humes does net have a high opinion of the supreme bench. He says the judges are but ordinary lawyers and de net adorn the front rank of the profession. He is tee sweeping in his allegation. We cau cordially agree with him as te three or four of the number, and as te the fact that as a whole the supreme bench does net command the respect for its judgments that it is es sential they should have. The peer stuff en it is se very peer as te bring down the average frightfully. Can't it be reconstructed-? TnE new editor of the New Yerk World is a fiery red-head. This is hopeful. Gov. Butler's private secretary obsti nately refuses te tell the legislative com mittee anything about the circumstances under which the governor vetoed a certain bill. He knows his rights and has a fit souse of the proprieties. The railroads are carrying the war into Africa en all sides. While the Pennsylva nia is building its new line from Philadel phia te Reading the B. & O. give assurance that the new line from Baltimore te Phila delphia will be put under construction very seen. It is related that when Senater Cooper was in Virginia lately, arrangemeute were projected by the Repudiation leaders of that state, Gov. Cameren and Senater Maboue.to become financial and oratorical C3nlributers te the next campaign in this state. They will be welcome. A contemporary, whose specialty is net figures, reports that the new Christi ana national bank has made 16 per cent, profits in two month and a half. These announcements are calculated te make people who happen te be leaded up with the stock held en te it, at least until they are made eilers of from $300 te $1,000 per share. But the effect upon borrowers must be rather discouraging. Such tapid financiering is apt te take the hide off. The Catholic Yeung Men's association of New Yerk has vigorously and deter minedly set about the geed work of sup pressing the vicious and demeializing practice, said te be common in Chinese quarters of that city, of deceyiug- yeuug girls into their opium dens for the most degrading purposes. It is said te have crown te such proportions as te be a blot upon the social life of the city ; and, if the natives cannot be purified, the papan strangers cau at least be prohibited from disseminating new forms of dissolute ness. Tin: completion of the great bridge be tween New Yerk and Brooklyn has re vived the project of uniting these citiss in one municipality. As a mere matter of economy, people are beginning te see there is no reason in having two civic ad ministrations for communities that, with the completion of the East river bridge, are substantially one. It ceits New Yerk ten million dollars per annum for official salaries alone, and Brooklyn pays in about the same proportion ; the saving by the proposed combination, therefore, would ba an advantage worth contending for. Thk Benison Cra'g prosecution for se ductienand breach of premise in Phila delphia, has ended, as probably mere of ita kind should in its entire abandonment by the presecutrix after defendant had so se cured a rehearing. It will be remem bered that young Craig had been convicted and scut te the penitentiary for two years and a half, when a young man, who had the best of reasons for knowing that the girl bad committed perjury, came for ward te save the prisoner and gave them. Craig was released, and when the matter came up te be retried, the girl's people quit the field te save her from prosecution for perjury, and Craig .gees free. Samuel H. Reynolds, esq., "counsel for farmers and land owners in Lancaster county," has had printed and distributed among the members of the Legislature; an argument against free pipe line legislation, which he was prevented from orally making by a sudden attack of sickness. It is a comprehensive and ladd presentation of that side of the question, backed, by the oititien of numerous authorities, bed iUai: it makes the most eat of what psnever yet been a convincing deaujajftcatiea that the Rant of the proposed tight te pip line companies would be prejudicial te.th publie interests or in conniet wisna una inary offensiveness of these subtsrranean oil conduits, which has never "bfen estah- lished ; he Cites, the rapnrtM ilimy and I danger at Leavittsbnrg, O., from the breaking of an oil pipe and the firing of the outflow, though the denial of this" story, has net "been rebutted, and'a recent well verified incident much nearer beme has proved the greater peril of railroad transportation for oil. But the most original, and, if it were sound, the most foreiblo feature of his argument is the exposition of the principle that te justify the grant of eminent domain the use must be exercised in the immediate local ity where the right is given. This is net strictly true, as there may, often be a general publie necessity for railroad, pipe line or ether connection between two points which is net felt at all points along the line. The policy of a free railroad law, adopted in this state and approved by its people, contravenes this part of the argu ment' FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS. The Yerk Age urges cold sassafras tea for the bleed. The Carlisle Sentinel strenuously urges salaries for county officers. The Columbia Herald calls for free flowers for Decoration Day. The Reading Herald expects the annual shower of lies from proprietors of summer resorts. The Germantown lelegraph thinks it leeks bad for Germany that there is a steady emigration thence te Russia. The Pittsburgh Pest apprehends that the removal of the match tax will profit the watch-makers, net the consumers. The Allentown Item wants te knew who ever heard of a Democrat appointed te any position by a Republican official. The Columbia Courant, after laboreus investigation, pronounces the dude "a nar row gauge swell." The modest Carlisle SentiBL has blush ingly heard that the Langtry garter is the fashion. The Yerk Daily tells of a Harrisburg, 111., girl who had "five Drs., no end of medicine, and no relief." The Gettysburg Compiler points out that If Ceyle is te be hanged it must be done en the bloody soil of Adams county, where the couvictien was had. The Fulton Democrat, like the state press generally, cannot see what geed is te ceme of the legislative trip te the land of Mahone. The Carlisle Volunteer, assured that mild weather haseme te stay, names ex Representativa Robt. McCachren as a fit Democratic nominee for auditor general. The Pottsville Standard makes a note of it that -the Schuylkill county commis sioners can get through with the public business by meeting once in six weeks. The Pittsburgh Leader thinks Union- town must prize Dukes as an advertising card, as its people have swallowed their threat that he must leave the place. There ought te be some limit te the jibing of Keim ; and the Pittsburgh Du- patch should suppress rather than spread the story that he is a rejected lever of Nellie Grant. The Harrisburg Telegraph leeks as bright as a bruit! in a new spring suit of clean faced type The Telegraph has lately let out several links m its manifestations of enterprise. The Eisten Express receguizas that the differences between labor aud capital, like every ether problem relating te trade, must be worked out according te the natural law of supply and demand. The 3' Wasg, of Pittsburgh, the only Welsh newspaper printed in Pennsylvauia has suspended publication. It will be sold atjmbhc sale te-morrow. At one time it had 25,000 subscribers and did a prosperous business. The Hazleton Plain Dealer raps Judge Stanley Woodward ever the knuckles for going out of what it considers the judieial path te write a letter te Harrisburg agaiust the repeal of the law limiting sheriff's advertising te Wilkesbarre papers. Eadle Kealali Tell, published at the Indian tiainiug school, Carlisle, feels as sured that the tardily awakened enthu siasm for the elcvatieu of the red man must continue te increase, new that se many of the earnest spirits of our day are alive te the cause. The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Reyburn, of Philadelphia, regulating the practice of veterinary medicine and sur gery in cities of the first and second class, leeks like a job, te the Alteena Tribune, in behalf of the Pennsylvania college of herse doctors. The Reformed Church Messenger is net surprised at a liturgy being used in a Baltimore M. E. church. "Indeed the time is past in most of the churches in which freedom within certafn latitude is disallowed th reugn desire ler mere uni fermity." Tell tne Whole Truth t N. V. Sun. With a single fact added, the picture drawu yesterday by the New Yerk Timet of the fate of the congressmen whom Oakcs Ames bribed is as complete as it is striking : " It was unquestionably true that Mr. Ames was an ardent and sincere patriot. and that the work of building tne transcontinental railway, in .wnicn he was engaged, was one efi great national importance. it was, never theless, true that members of Congress were bribed, by au allotment of Credit Mebilier shares, te vote for the augmenta tion of the preGts of these engaged in that mighty undertaking. The exposure of that bribery ruiued many reputations be fore unspotted. One gentleman, elpgant, polished, scholarly, and a conscientious and consistent member of the Democratic party, never lifted his head after the exposure of the Credit Mebilier scandal. He died of abreken heart. Anotherwhehad filled a high office in thegift of the Repub lican party, and who, at the end of aJeng term in a federal office, Was about engag. ing in an enterprise of pith and moment, was laid low by the. belt that feljand, Le disappeared (while ' yet i -the' prime of manhood) from the polities of bis ceBntry: Others were clad te flnd'inthe' !ob scurity of private life that namantty from. criticism, that shelter from derision which they could net ask or expect in tAe publie service." Si And one was elected mlilaiH bf th 1 Unitedjttates by thevept ths.bU. j can party, iieu if :ii ' i t, . il" WiH i- OOVERNOE'S EKJEPTION. kik tmmrvmum wr nu ham: Others -w KeoepUea 8Tae the laingn- ration Hsrrisbunr-Dispateh te the Times. The.eit .reception givntby the flover flever flover nerand ttrs.'Patttsen since the htaugura- tienJbegan.abum 9,declrr'vramBriy night and was nearly all.ever at 11. Only a few 'ybusz ' neenlal lingered in' the ball wtm 4Ya Iiaum rpfrin lefriat"iincr was et te the pblie aad -the 'governor! and Mrs. rattisen, the latter assistea Dy, Mrs. Stenger and Miss Wcolferd; of Alex andria; Va., a eeuBin 'of the governor,1 were in the publie parlor 'ready te shakei hands' with callers for half an hear before! they "sbegan" 'te come in considerable numnersv -Tn reception bad been an -BOUBced te begin at eight o'clock; Nearly all the senators Were present, but scores' of numbers of the Heuse-were net. Sena Sena eor and Mrs. Cooper, 8enater and Mrs. Stewart, Senater and. Mrs. Emery, Sena tors Smith; Adams, Herr, Davies, Mac Farkne, Lee, Coxe, Gorden, Wallace, Wolverton, Laird, King, Vandegrift,Hart, and Patten were among the earliest who paid their respects. Kennedy was absent. Se was President Pre Tern. Reyburn and Grady. The representation from the Heuse, like .that from the senate, was about equally divided from a political point of view. Auditor General Lemen was absent, but his office was represented by Chief Clerk McCamant; State Treasurer Baily -was also among the missintr. Lieutenant Governer and Mrs. Black and all the Democratic de partment heads were present except Adju tant General Guthrie. The reason given by many of the statesmen for their ab sence is that Governer Pattison did net fellow the' custom of sending out cards for the first reception. Among the mere prominent citizens net in public office who attended were F. Boyd Martin, Colonel Henry MoCermick, James MeCermiek, M. E. Olmstead, J. M. Weistling, A. J. Dull, Penn Lusk, Henry Gilbert and Superin tendent Carter, of the Pennsylvania rail read. The number of ladies was compar atively small. The Costume. Mrs. Pattison were a beautiful cream moire, en train, the front of surah laid in puffs and pleats, the corsage and over dress trimmed in Duchess point, with a fringe of pearls. Her ornaments were pearls and Marshal Neil roses. Mrs. Sten- ger, who is in mourning, were black Ot Ot eoman silk, with hydrangeas and onyx jewelry. Miss Woolford were blue da massse, made witn a court tram, pins she and Spanish lace trimming and a corsage bouquet of pink roses. Mrs. Black, the wife'ef the lieutenant governor, were a toilet of navy-blue crepe, trimmed with a lighter shade of blue silk and Irish point lace. She were steel ornaments. Mrs. Everett's dress was purple velvet, made with a court train and petticoat front of old geld and pink silk, trimmed with Duchess lace ; ornaments, pearls. Miss Katharine Calder wero white corded silk, court train, square corsage, trimmed with Duchess lace, caught down with diamonds and garnet beads. She were diamond jewelry. Miss Regina Calder were white damasse, made short. Miss Mary Setter's toilet was eream surah, eu train, with a'Iew corsage and short sleeves. Miss Helen Espy were pink nun's veiling, en train, trimmed in pink and garnet silk, with roses- Mrs. Henry H. Carter's toilet was cream satin, en train, with overdress of garnet and cream silk. She were diamond ornaments. Mrs. Frank Wveth's dress was of embroidered old geld pongee, worn short, with a white bonnet and lace shawl and -pearl orna ments. One of the handsomest toilets was that worn bv Mrs. Gee. W. Hall, of Philadel phia old geld surah, white . cardinal damasse trimming, petticoat trout of solid cardinal, trimmed with fleuncess of Duchess lace, ornaments Rhine stones. Miss Mary 8tewarr, the daughter of the distinguished senator, were white cash mere, trimmed with swans' down. She had the arm of Senater Lee a great part evening. Mrs. R. M. Snodgrass, of Har risburg, wero cream damasse, made with a court train trimmed with deep red and cream roses. Miss Dull were pale blue surah en train. Mrs. Beatty were cream brocade satin en train, trimmed with pleatings of the same The evening dresses were worn by ladies chiefly resident here, the wives of the legislators dressing in plainer attire. Scenes In the Mansion. During the handshaking there were two interesting groups chatting near the gov ernor Handy Smith, Cassidy, Gorden and Cooper Ihrmed one of them, aud ex-Judge Jeremiah S. Black was the lively centre of another. In the parlors and the dining room were tropical plants aud flowers from the state conservatory, the display being neither meagre nor se profuse as te at -traet attention. In the ball room, oppos ite a painting of Washington, hung the large guilt frame containing the portraits of the controller and his clerks. When Davis, of Ferest, Hayes, of Erie, and ethers of the Virginia excursionists started a rumor that there was mint julep about there was a rush te the dining room, were the colored waiters announced coffee, lemonade and sweet crackers as their entire bill of fare. "Oh for a Republican administration," sighed a Stalwart Philadelphia senator, as he sipped his coffee and recollected the "hole in the wall" that was accessible upon former occasions of the kind. The dancing was almost moneplized by about a dozen couples of young people. Only two or three of the statesmen and department officials participated in it. When Cassidy and Private Secretary Everett were seen returning from the top story with their hats, about a quarter be fore eleven, these who might have been heedless of the passage of time were re minded that it was time te go home. TRk.DK AND J.ABOK. Extensive Shipments of Whisky. Judge Trench, assistant secretary of the treasury, who has just returned fiem a trip in Virginia, says that he. learned that a vessel was about te embark from New port News from Bermuda with a cargo, of 8,000 barrels of whisky, and that it is ex pected that many r thousand barrels will be shipped te that plaee during the season. It Is stated that the shippers will reimpert the spirits at Newport News, and ask the government te put it in warehouse for three years, 'At 'a meeting of the Western Expert as sociation of the. Mississippi valley in Indianapolis yesterday, about fifty distil leries being represented, a resolution was adopted " that all distillers who can de se shall at enc6 reduce their capacity se far as possible 'until June'l, and that after that date it shall be "obligatory en mem bers of the association te reduce the pre ductien te twenty per cent, of their ca pacity.'' (Nearly all the saloons in Milwaukee were closed at midnight en Tuesday in accordance witb the proclamation of the mayor. The few which were keptepan were net interfered with. It 1b said the apparent compliance with the mayor's arderjs due te the fact that a majority of the, saloon keepers have net taken out their annual a licenses and that they threaten te violate the order as seen, as they secure their license, , . .The Law and Order society, of Look Leok Loek pert, New Yerk, '4ias adepjgid. resolutions asking the beard of excise te grant no licenses. (The beard meete terday.i s ., liBllimnW. VVMMffftl;UNt. Thsatrrienltural department of UUaeis nA$mHammkamfm aa hasfoewptetsd a report of the crops covering 1,500 townships of the state The winter wheat erep will net exceed 40 percent, of that of 1882. Official reports premise' fall average peach erep in Maryland. The trees were in full bloom en the 26th ult., about fourteen days later than usual, and the lateness of the blooms prevented damage by frosts. Fer ether fruits the prospect is unusually geed. The National Association of lumber deal - I ms met vesterdsv in Chicago. An amend ment te tne by-laws was adopted, which provides thas the "name of a wholesale. dealer who violates the rales shall be sent te members, with instructions not;te bny from him, and any retailer who per sists in buyiac front sash wholesaler shall be! excelled" ' '! "im 211M.1 The tobacco manufactures or Detroit, Michinn. held a meeting yesterday, at which a letter te the commissioners of internal revenue was unanimously ap proved, protesting against the great in in cenvience caused by the inadequate supply of revenue stamps received. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of tobacco are await ing shipment in that city for want of necessary stamps. Our experts of petroleum for the nine months which ended March 31st 1883, amounted in value te $33,023,373, against $88,207,257 for the corresponding period of the previous year. URIMK AND CALAMITY. A Cavalry LtenMMBt Sired Upen by a DreaKea Memeer ei iiu Troop. In Tombstone yesterday Lieutenant Andersen, with troop L et the Sixth cavalry when near the edge of the town had an altercation with A. B. Gabriel, a member of the troop, who wheeled inhis saddle and fired at the lieutenant. The ball struck the latter in the neck, inflicting a flesh wound. Gabriel escaped daring the confusion, but was subsequently ar rested. Lieutenant Andersen rode back te town, had his wound dressed and then rejoined his command. The ball struck within a quarter of an inch of the carotid artery. Ne cause is assigned by the lieu tenant for the man's action. He was in toxicated at the time and claims that the officer shot at him first. Charles E. Menree has been arrested and ledged in jail at Lynchburg, Virginia, charged with poisoning his brother, War ren Menree, and his mother, some weeks age. The evidence is purely circumstan tial. James O'Dennel and a man named Gillespie engaged in a fight near Beaver Meadows, Pa., en last Sunday, during a drunken spree. Mrs. O'Donnell attempted te separate them. During the struggle she was struck en the head with a poker, receiving injuries from which she has Bince died. Gillespie was arrested for inflicting the injuries. A full jury was secured yesterday in the " Jerry " Dunn murder case at Chicago. At Harrodsburg, Ken tuck, the iurv was completed in the Congressman Thompson murder case, and the trial was begun. Anarchy is reported in .ueuge uuy, Kansas, owing te a rivalry between two lawless opposing factions, whieh has be come intensified since the candidate of one of them for mayor was defeated at the last election. Several prominent .lawyers of Kansas City have gene te Topeka te petition the governor te place Dedge City under marshal law. The present mayor of the city, Degue, is said te be the leader of th3 most lawless faction. Advices from Panama state that representatives of the Ecuadorian government yesterday en tered the Bank of Ecuador, at Guayaquil), and notwithstanding the pretests of con suls and captains of' English and Italian ships, broke open the safes, robbing them of $320,000. The act of the Tennessee Legislature making gambling a felony went into effect yesterday. All thegamb ling houses in Memphis closed their doers yesterday afternoon. ' Recent Calamities. Mayuer's patent medicine manufactory, Seuth Minneapolis, Minnesota, was burn ed en Tuesday night. Less, $30,000. The less by the burning of the business portion of Ferney, Texas, is estimated at $30,000. The distillery of Jehn Beggs, at Shelbyville, Indiana, was damaged by fire yesterday te the extent of $45,000. The livery stable of Rufus Smith, in New Ha ven, was burned last night. After the flre had been nearly extinguished,'a brick wall of the stable fell upon a party of Bremen, severely injuring eight of them. Twe of the injured, Augustus Hyland aud James A. Fiunegan, are net expected te recover. The steamship Big Hern, whieh left Bismarck, Dakota, en the 20th ult., with merchandise, for Mentana, was sunk by a snag. Ne lives were lest. The steamer was valued at $20,000. J. E. Jehnsen, a farmer living near Casstown, Ohie, was plowing, when he suddenly left his team, ran te the weeds, stripped the bark from a sapling anti made a rope and hung himself te a tree. Ne cause can be assigned for the act. Chureh B. Tuttle, of Harmar, Ohie, a well-known and respected citizen, eighty years old, committed saicide by taking an enormous dose of arsenic. In Saee Me., the body of a man, about thirty years old, was found in a coal shed. He had com mitted suicide by blowing out his brains. His face was battered beyond recognition A barely legible paper feuud en his person had the following words, faintly traced iu bleed :" I killed myself because I was friendless and tired of livinc. Charles Smith." UMSball Yerterday. At Pittsburgh, Allegheny, 18, Metropo litan, 3 ; at Chioage, Detroit, 17, Chicago 7 ; at Baltimore, Baltimore, 15, Athletic. 7 ; at Trenten, Trenten, 2, Quickstep of Wilmington, 8 ; at Pottsville, Active, 3, Anthracite, 1. : i The Mw Yerk ' World " Ubmnges Hand?. Wm. Henry Hurlberthas completed the transfer of the entire property of the World newspaper te Jeseph Pulitzer, of the St. Leuis Pett DUpatch. Hurlbert announces this in the World and the first number of the World under the editorial charge of Pulitzer will be issued en Friday morning. It will centinne Democratic, but Mr. Pulitzer will extend and modify its local features. The price paid' by .Mr. Pulitzer is un-, derstoedtobe $100,000. This does net include the building erected for the paper under Mr. Humbert's direction in 1881, which has been leased for 10 years. Mr. Gould, in thus disposing f his entire in terest in the World, is carrying out the policy before announced, of closing out his holdings generally, except in railway and telegraphic properties, preparatory te his tour around the world. It is understood te be the purpose of Mr. Hurlbert te sail for Europe shortly, and in that case it may be expected that he will take the opportunity afforded by his leisure te inspect places in Great Britain which have received the attentions of Mr. Rebert P. Perter, and te review the ac counts given by letter from the standpoint of a tariff for revenue only. A Free Traaslatlea. t Harrlsburc Patriot. The wordy but classic Sponsler yester day get astride the eagle and the bird ' of Jove carried him te empyrean heights whence be descended at a sweep with the exclamation " vex pepuli, vex dei I" This unfamiliar expression startled a certain member of the Heuse from his slumbreus propriety and this one rubbing his eyes and suppressing a yawn, said te his nolghber : " That was a grand speech of Spons Spens Spens or's!' i "I'll bet yen ten dollars," said the ether, "that yen don't knew what Spons ler meant by that expression," "Dene,"' said the first. ' "That Greek keens in Snglisfa : My Ged ! my Ged ! Why hast Tfiea forsaken me V " j "Take the money,'' replied summer two, assuming an afclef cheerfulness ;,"I didn't knew yen? ece'such a ssfcelar." J POBONAL. A Bxv. JY. Bckwe has associated afcn - self with Mr. Jes. A., Welferabergetvj in the publication of ScMel Days, a literary monthly, of this city. Cei. Sxaf L Snecn's -autograph made in 1 1808 has been seen by the Columbia Herald, which declares it te be handsomer than-his sign manual of today. ' Republican State Chairman. Themas J Y. Coepek, marching tbreugn tne streets of Richmond in a precession headed by a Confederate flag is an incident that his friends propose te revive for future use. SEXAtoHBeAB,inaatioipatidn of Ge Butler kettinctiedeoferate at 'fla next commencement, declines te sit at the head of the alumni dinner table, with B. F. B. at his right. Secretary op State W. S. STEsanrf has been asked te preside at the twenty- nun annual .reunion or uis cuss iap j u the next ,eqmnieneemntf FrankDk aid, Marshall college Nerman Blackwood, son of Dr. Wm. Blackwood, has gene, te Washington, whence he)gqes.t6 Annapolis, for exahft atibn as 'a cadet In the"U. SP naval acad emy. He does net expect te return te Lancaster for two years. President Arthur will probably accept an invitation te f attend ,the rcereaenies incident te the eperiri&bf tSelfewYW and Broekfynbridgb en the" 24th instr He will net take up his residence at the Sel diers' Homeibefere next month. Gen. Creek's expedition has net been heard from since the 3d inst but Secretary Lincoln says that does net give any ground for alarm. He has " confidence in Gen eral Creek's judgment and prudence, and is satisfied that he knew what he1 'had te encounter before he crossed the, border. 'V- CatuaniI Bey, ttie Jewiih ' millionaire died recently in Caire, aged seventy-three years. He was estimated te ee worth $25,000,000. He owned a synagogue 'and' carefully observed Jewish rites. He leaves a wife and a large, number' of children. Jehn M. Kney, comptroller of. the' cur rency, has been designated te act as com cem com misiener of internal revenue for ten, days from the 8th inst. The term of Deputy Commissioner Rogers as actinjscommis actinjscemmis actinjscommis siener will expire te day. He could net be legally designated te act for a longer period. Mahone's vanity is that he leeks like Napeleon ! He wears a white hat' cocked knowingly te one side aud the historic gray overcoat, and assumes the Napeleon ic attitude of folded arms whenever any body is looking-at him. It ia common expression among the people whom he has bulldozed into following him "He's a little Napeleon.' ' Anything mere unlike the crreat Naoeleon than the little weaz ened snipe, strutting around and filling the place of United States senator as if it were the ollice of deg-catcher or pound master in a country village, would be hard te imaine. - f m A l.KLL.IUERKNr MILITIAMAN. The City Troop ei r hlladelphl Defied by na Honorary Member. The trouble in the ranks of the Philadel phia City Troop has grown much mere serieus. The majority of the troopers have been designated as ''asotefd -ddudes," and the members of that exclusive circle of society, whose uames are recorded in the elite directory, are deeply agitated. The members of the troop in some way discover ed that Cel. Jeseph F. Tobias, a wine im porter of large wealth, high social stand ing, and an honorary member of -the troop was the person wbe bad employed 1 bes. F. Diehl, a lawyer, te contest the election riFT? TJir-rl nrtltti aq fffinffiin nf ln 4-rnim en the ground that Grubb is a resident cH New Jersey. On Monday night the troop held a meeting aud adopted a preamble audfesolutiens, denouncing Cel. Tobias' action as impertinent, unwarranted, personal, contentions, and unworthy a member et the organization, and requesting him te resign his hen erary membership. The document was presented te Cel. Tobias by Secretary Ringgold W. Ladner, but instead of com plying the colonel laughed ;) the invitation te scorn and at once wrote a pep'pery reply te Mr. Ladner, in which he said : " I am asked te resign because; in au effort which I believe te be a duty te myself and a duty te these who have preceded me upon the roll of houer in the first troop, I have done some, thing which is repugnant te, the present active members of this organization. I decline te de se, and shall maintain my right te membership, and shall also insist that the issue presented be fairly met and decided, and that no commission shall be issued by the governor of Pennsylvania te the gentleman who has beeu elected captain, unless it is decidcd'Cse that it shall hereafter be a precedent) that a non resident, a non-citizen and a non inhabitant of the commonwealth of Penn sylvania, owing allegiance te another state aud having held a commission in the military service of that state, is eligible 1 te held au office in the National Guard of , this commonwealth, I must request that, ' as the communication addressed te I me has been placed 'upon' the min- utes of this body, my' reply may, also appear there, that future generations may. see that at least'ene member of this'be'dy protested against the absurd and ignomin ious position in which it has placed itself befere the community, whose laws it is bound te maintain sacred and held invio lable." ! Te a reporter Cel. Tobias said : " Just think of thecueek of the thing. I have been oennocted witithat ergahixatibn for! 28 years. "'When anything wss needed I have always put my hand into my'pecket and assisted. Really I am one of the" fathers of the troop, and here a let of d d young dudes come up and request me te resign, i guess nef i i " Colonel, are you prepared te contest your rights upon the- field of honor, in case a member of the troop should call you out." i ' 1 1 ' ) llflli 'noe Tinn Han TTartMnff'tl.U morning and told him that in case I was called out I should need a few days te ar range my affairs, and I have secured the services of Dr. Packer as aiy surgeon." Their Own Vrtrat Oelct'Ulne. MeutanafMlner. Kt " Twe Frenchmen came, into Last Chance yesterday $rhb y have been recognized as Augustine Rafello and " Antoine, the Trapper," both of whom have been known for years la' ' the mining camps of Oregon- and Idaho, They have created a sensation, by the (display of half a dozon'-Ieng buckskin" bags filled with geld dust and glistening nuggets from. tne size ei Dim snotjtetnat er a wainat. Fer years past these two men have been' in the habit of spending most of their time in the frontier camps, but new and then they .vreuld disappear,for a month 'or, six; weeks and suddenly mahWiheii '.reap pearance, always with their peuehes well filled witb dust. Attempts have been made te fellow them en their excursions, which usually resulted) iu their hiding in the meuntainsrand'elndrngipnrsnit but one' man claims te have followed them in the Kentenai country te" a point near the British line, where a narrow pass was' reached, and that-while one went en the ether mounted guard with a Winchester rifle. He attempted te approach the sen tinel, but was ordered te halt, aoseai." panied by a discharge of- the rifle. The companion immediately " armeared.-'aa if the shot was a muusHy-uodersteod signal ana me lmruaer jras ..wq$ia te Mttv the vicinity en. pain of death. . . MATENTERTAINMENT. fHlLA.DBI.PUIA. MUSlO rKSTIVAL. v iT l'fh. JS Cencert Well Kecelveil ami Creditably Given. The first concert of the Philadelphia M.iy musie festival, which is te continue for the rest of ths-week. was given last night at the Academy of Music, by the Philadel phia Musie - Festival association, a new organization. There had been much elaborate preparation and a geed deal of 'pretentious circus pester advertising, for wnicn,- however, tee musical part et the society was net responsible. The chorus consisted of 500 voices and the erches- ellOOtpieess. The arrangement of the J 1 z - , .-.. 1 li nswc ana enecuve, ami e-niee display or newers and evergreens and flags, the floral offerings handed up te the stage, and the important looking per- aiffjas5iJ2grw The first nart of the concert was under thraJBBctien f Mr. Gilchrist. It opened itk8 old German hymn, "A Streng held Sure," arranged by JNiceIai in a s. called pastoral overture. The tine, bread choral sung by .the great choir was very impressive, ft was j at ence percoived, aise, mat me ercnesira was targeauu viij fine. It is substantially the Germania, but reinforced and nearly double its ordinary number with an excellent beiiv Lef strings, notably strong iu the cellos ami tbasseaCi The composition or the chorus rcalls for the warmest praise. It is a noble bedv of voice and work, well disciplined, idteiBgeBt,. ami strong. The only music that really tried the ability of, the chorus was Handel's sixth Ch'andes anthem, which followed the wATtiirA. The . last two choruses, ami notably that" beginning " Exalt the (Maker's Name," were very finely hiiu-. Four of the verses of the anthem are given , te sole voices, taken by Mr. WoedrufV, tenor; Miss Fuller, soprano, and Mr. Price, baritone. The first part of the concert Closed with Beotheveu's "Ah Perfule" sung by Mme. Beema. The sec end part of the conceit was de voted te Spehr's excellent oratorio cf "The Last Judgment," which was con ducted by Charles M. Schmitz. Mr. Schmitz took the singera through tlu orateria in a vigorous staccato manner that could i hardly be called sympathetic, but that was quite effective aud that held the voices together admirably. The holeist-s in the orateria were Mine. Beema, Miss Crouch, Mr. Woodruff, and Mr. Ilciurich. They sang generally well eueugh, but the interminable goody-goody music gnw very stupid befere is was ever. NJC1UHBOKUOOD KEWM. KvenU Near aud Acrena the County t.lllCB. The First brigade will encamp at Pl. - nixville this summer. There were shipped last week, ftei.i nine cigar factories of Hanover, Y county, 1,210,000 cigars, te Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cincinnati aud ether pnitn..' Francis Gresch, proprietor of a summer resort at Warnersville, Berks county, has been awarded 64,500 damages for the seduction of his daughter by L. Z. Sn j der. In Harrisburg while Jehn Rel.iud, a;eil about 14, with ether boys w.is pl.iym, "Indian" iu the vicinity of the old round-house, ene of the boys named Fount had a wooden scalping knife ami was about tar e through the process of lifting Reland's hair, when he jibbed the point of the knife into hi. right eye, il trey ing that organ. According te the county papers in BcrLs county the grain fields are in an excellent condition. The grass fields leeks better new than they have at corresponding tc.t sens for the last ten years, aud if no dry weather occurs it is expected that :v god crOD of hav will ba ent. Iu Millien county thff prospects ;ire laveraDie, "iiiti the grass and grain leek well. The conference of the A. M. H ch.in.li is in session in Philadelphia. -Ijlioie tire in the bounds of the cenferen-e 11 ohurehes, with a corresponding uiimbt,-r of pastors, who List year contributed the following amounts : Fer . contingent expenses, $173.38 ; pastors' support, iH 439.35; dollar money, $201.74 ; iducitmi., $66.64 ; superannuated prcachei.-i. 'jTl.iM Children's Heme mission, $201.17; "erei. m mission, $109.36; en church debt, ill 940.79 ; traveling expanses 199.31 ; mi't. money; 199.21 ; metropolitan ctmrrh. $3.65 ; ecumenical delegates, 207.81. T4X4BLK KAltKIMU I'KOl'l-.UT Value of Kel Kstate Owuetl by Hie f. i: t: la ThU County, Met Udert fnr Kall- reMii Furpeses. Frank Griest, clerk te the county c m- misaieuers, has prepared for the lV::i.:..l vania railroad a schedule of the property owned by the company iu thi.s city .Mid county, net used for railroad purpose ; .ml therefore being subject te tav.itie.i !' i city, county and school purper.es. Th assessed value of such property within tiu city is $54,512, and is computed in tli;' part of the passenger depot used as .i restaurant and ners stand, several private houses' and lets of giuiind owned by the company alen; the line of their read. The .pas.sen;;cr depqt is assessed at 20,000. The t:.il valuation of assessible property of tl company in the city aud county is l7.r: 790. It consists of wharfage ground ::vl canal wharf at Columbia, dwelling li.;ii, '.!, building lets, warehouses, and farm f.uid.t along the line of the read in almost every township from the Dauphin te the Chest' county liues. Warehouses, depots, oilier &c, used by the company ler railre.t I purposes are net included iu the list, a.i they are net taxable for city, county . sebeel purposes. The figures were Ul. -n freh the 'books of the assessors et r:, . serial districts. '.Uxu!i. t Lett. Papers teand. Jejutf. Carpenter, who is a"ertmg, rearranging and filing in an orderly man ner, the paperpand documents in ihe oilier) of the' clerk of quarter session?, fe-.ir.d yesterday in an unused closet all the I papers relating te the purchase, by the oeaaty,. of ISinkiey's bridge. They datu as far back as 1707, and consist et frui tions for the purchase, reports by iand juries, read viewers and county com mis sieners, the opinion of the supreme court and ether important papeis, ire:u whiek it appears that the bridge was built" in 1797, at a cost te .Mr. Bink of 3,081, 17c, exclusive of .-.ums sub scribed by numerous citizuis te whom the bridge was a convenience. Owin te the enhanced value of bis property, he oill-ied ta sell the bridge te the county for 1,600, and several grand juries ret erted in favor of the purchase at that sum, and it was finally purchased. During the late litigation between the county commis sioners and- the New Helland turnpike company, growing out of the burning of tne bridge last year, tnese missing papen were 'diligently searched for, but could net ba found. As the litigation is net yet ended, the find is an important one, as they threw considerable light en .h-j matters in dispate. " "- A Csrteaa Letter. Mrs! 'Harry Brmmer received yesterday firest Ida P. Parry, a blind girl, lcsiuing in Wilmington, a very interesting letter. The contents cover the surface of a lare sized sheet of writing paper, but the epis tle iajaet writtm.- It is picked letter by Jetter with the point of a pin, mere than a 'dqzen pin hetes being required te form some of the letters, all of which are in well shaped 'capitals. It must have re re qeimd the- greatest care and the keenest sinse eCFeneh "te,. have produced such a work without the aid of eyesight. V JpH
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