5S&r5SSSS4B fesf-- -".,-? , "w' - t , . . T J LANCASTER DAILY MTEJJLJGOENCEB SATURDAY JUIiY Y MTEJJLIGENCEB SATURDAY JUIiY 2V. 18S. i iUncastet fnteiUgetusr. 8ATTJBDAY EVENING, JTTLY 28, 1888. Steer Clear or the Constitution. In view of the fact which Governer Pattison has made very plain in his nu merous veto messages, that he is a very strict constructionist of the censtitu tien. the Democrats of the Legislature, who desire te be in harmony with his views will certainly be prompted te refuse te vote for the judiciary apportionment bill, even though it was no moreebnoxi eus te the constitution than in making a separate district of the county of Beaver, whip.h did net have at the census of 1880 the 40,000 population which thfi constitution required it te have according te that census. Though Beaver is a separate district new it was made se under the special pre vision of the constitution that until the census of 1880 the apportionment should be based en an estimated population. The estimate which gave Beaver 40,000 Donulatien having been shown te Le Bt-rnnnntis hv the 1880 census, Beaver necessarily drops out as a separate ju dicial district, and saltpeter cannot save it in the hands of a governor who is an intelligent censtruer of the censti tutien, of any degree of strict ness or looseness. It is impossible te make Beaver's separate district go through by any decent constitutional con structien, and the statesmen in the Leg islature who undertake it will find the neenle net te be the feels they take them te be. That the constitution requires a 40. 000 population by the 1880 census te make a judicial district, and that it en titles all counties se populated te be sepaiate districts are two prepositions seemingly tee clear te be denied. Coun ties of less population it declares " shall be formed with convenient single dis tricts, or if necessary may beattachedte contiguous districts, as the General As sembly uiav provide." Frem this it appears that the Legislature, " when necessary" may attacli te centiguuussingledistrictECOunties which have less than 40,000 population. The Legislature certainly is the judge of the necessity, but it should net thus attach counties when districts can be formed in auy ether way. Great embarrassments result from such attachments. Fer in stance, McKean, Tiega and Petter new form a single district with two judges. McKean and Tiega, under the 18S0 census, are each entitled te be made separate districts, and are se made en the proposed apportionment bill. But McKean docs net new have a judge resident within it ; one of the two resid ing in Tiega and one in Petter. Peller is " attached" by the proposed bill te McKean, and Peller's judge is assigned te the district. Bui that manifestly will net de if McKean says no. When made a separate district the constitution authorizes it te " elect cue judge learned in the law ," and it loses its two lay judges. What is te b done witli Pot Pet ter's judge does net appear. If Petter was joined with ether counties of less than the requisite population for a sep arate district, te form a single district, its judge might be directed by the Leg islature te act in the single district, as the constitution only in words com mands " separate " districts te their judge. ' Single districts " may de se by implication. elect only We are confidently of the opin epin opin te a ion that a county " attached " separate district has no voice in the elee tien of the judge of the separate district. The separate district "shall elect one judge," says the constitution ; the ceun ties attached te it have nothing te say in the matter. A different view has been held and practised upon, but we cannot see the warrant for it. In the appor tionment bill we are discussing the Leg islature undertakes te give te the at tached counties the right te vote for the judge of the separate dis trict te which it is attached. It has no authority, we think, te de it. Mc Kean can proceed te elect its judge as seen as it is made a separate disliicr. That seems te he the clear direction of the fundamental law. And the fact that there is a judge loose in Petter can net affect the right of McKean. AVilh a judge in McKean and one in Tiega, the two new separate districts, there is no field for Petter's judge except Pot Pet ter; and Petter is net entitled te a judge. Yet Petter's judge being elect ed for ten years, probably cannot be leg islated out of office. It leeks as though he will be a judge without a district . and with nothing te de. Governer Pat tisen will hardly, with his economical ideas of administration, feel disposed te approve a bill which endangers such a result. The Legislature directs that the judge in Petter county, who is the addi tional law judge in the present distric' , shall be the president judge of the new McKean district until the expiration of his commission. It would be a very geed disposition te make if the Legisla ture had authority te make it. But as it has net, it will need te take Petter and Petter's judge away from its at tachment te McKean unless it can put McKean under bends te accept the gift of a leady-made president judge. Wk fear that our esteemed centempr. rary, the Ilarrisburg Patriot, gees tee far or net far enough, when it suggests that "the passage of apportionment bills would be a vindication of the course of Governer Pattison." The passage of apportionment bills merely, would net in our opinion, ba any profitable result of the extra session unless they were honest, just and true apportionments. Mere than this the Democrats have net asked, and hsm they should net take. Dishonest and unfair apportionments they were jffertd, and could have had at the regular sswiien . Te accept them new would bean exhibition e! weakness and a confess en of error. New that Mr. Dersey rises up te " vindicate " Garfield we shall expect te see him accounted an angel of light by the very newspapers which se recently discounted his testimony as that of a liar, thief and perjurer. The Democrats could have had the Stewart bill during the regular session had they then regarded it as satisfactory. North American. That is net true. The Democrats in the Senate voted solidly for it and the Republicans refused te assent te it and allow its passage. Had they done se the Democratic Heuse would have passed it then as they have done new, and the necessity for an extra session would have been avoided. It is a significant fact that in the balloting for United States senator in New Hampshire Chandler loses even when nobody gains. The Catholic Mirror, of Baltimore, ob jects te the preposition of the Catholic literary societies of that city te raise one thousand dollars te entertain the cenven tien of the Catholic young men's national union, which holds its next session in Bal timore. It claims that the practical work done by theses societies does net merit the expenditures required. Wiiktiier or net Dr. Brister, the young Newark minister whose reported fall from grace created quite a sensation in religious circles, is guilty of the immertalities found by the investigating cemmittee en Men day last, the fact remains that his conduct was xtremely indiscreet. The hemely scriptural injunction, that he who seeks the danger shall perish by it, cannot he tee often sounded in the ears of theso who aspire te lead ethers in the paths of righteousness. Example is mightier than erccept, and the outward conduct at least of these who fellow the divine calling should be far removed from even the breath of suspicion. the 8o!eetioa of an archbishop, te be aDorevocl bv the noie. is njrhans nnn of the most important offices that falls te the Catholic church in this country, and there fore the performance of lha duty is made the occasion of much solemnity. The suf fragau bishops of the archdiocese meet in solemn council and area upon three names for the efli ze as dignus, dignier aed aig nmsimus, mat is, wertuy, inoie worthy, and most worthy. The ether archbishops of the country also send three names, which arc determined upon in a similar manner, and the latter are usually supposed te have mere weight at Reme Beth lists are submitted te the holy father for his choice, which is generally made within a year. The lattar may reject all and appoint a stranger te the vacant posi tion, but he is usu illy iruided iu his salcc tien by the veica of the councils. .The archdiocese of Philadelphia, having been mada vacaut by the death of Archbishop Weed, Very Hev. M. A. Walsh, adminis trator, has issued a circular, requesting thoclergyto add :u the mas i the prayer "DdSpiritu Satist.)," every day when the Rubric permits in. for the purpose of im plering the light of the Hely Ghost in the choice of asueccsier. The congregations are likewise requested te rccite with the priests''afier tha late mas ea all Sundays and holidays of obligation the litauy of the Blessed Virgin, and the prayer thereto attached. All religious communities male aiid female are also enjoined te practice particular dovetioai, having in view the same holy object . An iutoiestiug and somewhat bitter re ligious si niggle is uew going en between the low and high church vestries iu che Protestant Episcopal church of the Evan gelists iu Philadelphia and the interven tion of the secular courts has already been found necessary in order te decide between the contending factions. The low church people complain that the rector, Rav. Henry R. Puicival, has introduced into the church forms of worship and doctrines clearly contrary te the canons of the Protestant Episcopal church, and they fuither assert that his conduct is bringing the church into "disrepute and scaudal." The charges are presented In the form of a letter te Bishop Stevens, asking advice in the matter, and cover nearly forty pages of legal cap. The pastor is accused of erring in the tenets regarding the csseuce and the celebration of the Hely Eucharist; employing small wafers at the celebration .-t imped with an image of the Lamb, and bewiug low and elevating the elements ab.ive his heal; administering te the laity t'.ie prescribed meietu-s of juleavened bread and pax taking himself of the special wafer; emitting te invite the laity at the late celebrations; teaching a doctrine akin te that of trausubstantiatien; encouraging anil carrying out the practica of auricular confession; permitting genuflections; using c indies en the altar forsymbelic purposes; employing acolytes, and iu ether ways introducing practical and ceremonies foreign te the mandates of the book el common prayer. The low church held office by virtue of a recent decision of Judge Allisen, but the high church vestry have appealed from his decision, and that appeal is new pending in the supreme ceuit. REA.TUKES OF THE SrATE PKESS, The Alteena Times is becoming alarmed at the increasing number of petitions for divorce in Blair county. The cholera, according te the Pittsburgh Dispatch, could have knocked Sir Garnet Wolseley out in ene round. The Reading Herald is mystified that Wharten Baiker.in his sehoine for the dis triliutieu of the surplus revenue, did net inciude the payment of the rebel debt. The Pittsburgh Pest thiuks that the people arc getting along very well with a limited telegraph service. They are loam ing the virtue of patience. The Hazleton Plain Speaker is of the opinion that voters leek mers te the char acter and ability of nominees than te tha high sounding declarations of party plat form. The Erie Herald predicts for the ap proaching Democratic convention a re freshing, old fashioned freedom from restraint in selecting the nominees of the party. The Uhambersburg Valley Spirit wants the Democratic convention te select the bast men as standard bearers of the party and give them an henest platform te stand upon. The Szranten Republican believes in a postal telegraph and thinks that "the government of the United States must eventually control the telegraph system of the country." DOBSEYS-DENIAL' NO HOHKX SeKUM. THK HTAB ROUTEBS- Urady net Dersey' Partner Tbs Indians Fight In 1870 400,000 Spent by tbs RepubUcans. The Chicago Herald has an interview with ex-Senater Dersey regarding the re cent article in the New Yerk Sun assail ing President Uarfleld, ex-Attorney Gener al MaeVeagh and ex-Postmaster General James. The most important portions of the interview are as fellows : "New let me see about that Sun article again," said Mr. Dersey. "I still think Mr. Dana has done me gross injustice in publishing and connecting my name with it se geintedly. I did net write it. I did net prompt it. I did net knew it was te be published. I did net even see it until you brought it here last evening, but new that it is published I will say that parts of it, the mere important parts, are true. There are ether parts notoriously untrue. I wish you would "read it ever agaiu slowly, and I'll tell you where it is wrong." The correspondent read the opening sentences, which asserted the supremacy of Brady and Dersey in the campaign of 1880. "I wish you'd step right there," said Mr. Dersey. " This is as geed a time as any te set one lie at rest, and that is the story that Brady and Dersey, or Dersey and Brady, had anything together in politics or anything else. I am sick and tired of hearing and seeing the two names brought together. As for politics, as far as I knew, and I am perfectly familiar with the campaigu of 1880, General Brady took no hand or part it it, and never con. tributed te my knowledge, one penny toward it." ISrady'a f ocketbeoK Net Opened. " I scarcely knew Brady at that time, and the whole talk about Brady and Dor Der sey and Dersey and Brady is the merest nonsense and bosh. If he took any part in the campaign, or if he and the Star Reute contractors contributed te it, I never knew or heard of it. I am certain that no Star Reute contractors contribu ted outside of Mr. Besler and myself, paid or ever gave a cent te the national com cem com mittee. Gen. Brady and the Star Reute people had no mere te de with the cam paign nor any influence with General Garfield in shaping his policy, after his election than I have te de with the king of Siam." "But,"aaid the correspondent, " that will hardly satisfy the country, in view of the Jay Hubbell letter." "Yes, that damnable letter," said the senator laugh ing, "that did leek bad. Let me give you the history of that. I was at Menter when General Garfield showed me a large number of letters which he thought affect cd the particular management of the cam paign and requested me te dictate answers te his stenographer. Among them was the famous Hubbell-Brady letter. I ad vised General Garfield net te answer that letter either te Hubbell or Brady, and it was thrown aside, as I supposed, te remain in the waste basket, but it seems after I left that the anxiety of General Garfield te raise meney for the campaign induced him te discard my advice, and te write the Hubbell letter. Ne practical result ever came of it, se far as I knew, and te the best of my belief General Brady never contributed a cent te the national finance committee nor te any ether committee. Ne mail contractor ever gave a dollar, and all the statements that have been intima ted by inuende otherwise that General Garfield and Mr. Blaine were trying te protect Star Reute contractors is absolute ly untrue." Tbe Indiana Fight. " Brady is here reported," said the cor respondent, " as having much te de with the October Indiana campaign of that year. As a matter of fact had he any thing te de with it?" " Nothing whatover. He knew nothing about it, apparently earod nothing about it and took no part in it. There are two men who deserve all tbe credit and honor of political success in Indiana. They are Jehn C. New and Colonel W. W. Dudley. Whatever I did was simply te supplement their efforts. Of course I did all I could te ..ccif ; ,.-...:..:.,,. i : n . o.e., . Vig..u..uK ue iMiier hi m uij, and whatever I did de was done at the request of the Republican statj committee of Indiana, at the earnest solicitation of Messrs. Isew and Dudley." " But it seems you are c red i ted with a geed deal mero than that. Hew about theso two dollar bills, new and crisp?" "Oh that's a niere stretch of fancy. That there was money used in Indiana in 1880, certainly no one will deny. That it has been used always by both parties and will ba us id us long as parties exist is simply a truism. It is net proper at this time te say hew it was used, for what purpese it was used, or the sources from which it came." "But," said the correspondent, "that is indefinite. Here you are distinctly charged with having run things in Indiana, having wen the fight and havintr bean re warded with a banquet in New Yerk." " There is nothing in the Indiana cam paign te be ashamed of. We took the means that were available te carry the state and we carried it." "But hew? Simply organization no money ?" "Why. yes. I said before it took money." "Hew much money was used iu round figures?" "Four hundred thousand dollars." " Aud hew was that money expended?" "Oh, new you are coins down ten deeply. However, perhaps I can give you some idea when I say there were 1C0 or moie townships in the state, and that in each of these townships we had three geed, honest,' square Republicans te canvas the whole vote, find out what was wanted in their townships te change the com plexion of their affairs, or help te de it, and report te ns at Indianapolis when the time came. Each one of these men, nearly 5,000 iu number, reported what they could de, and hew much it would take te influence peeple te a change of thought. We paid $20 te some, and as high as $75 te ethers, but we took care that the threa men from every township should knew just what each get. There was no choice for 'nigging.' There, that's all there was in carrying Indiana in Octo- vci. jluu luusui t ass me te go any deeper into particulars, ler I won't de it." (1TANTON Al iiUUUANAN. New Light en Lincoln's " Ureat War Min uter." Mr. Stanten, who had been in Mr. Buchanan's cabinet, remained in Wash ington after the latter had retired te wneatiana, and bis letters te the ex-president are among the most notable centribu tiens te Curtis' biography. This was befere Mr. Stanten had anv idea of Antnr- ing Lincoln's cabinet or before he changed his tactics towards the ex-preaident. He writes from Washington, March 16, 1861 : " Lincoln, it is complained in tbe streets,' has undertaken te distribute the whole patronage, small and great, leaving nothing te the chiefs of departments. Growls about Scett'B ' imbecility ' are frequent. The Republicans are beginning te think that a monstrous blunder was made in the tariff bill, and that it will cut off the trade of New Yerk, build up New Orleans and the Southern ports, and leave the government no revenue. They see before them the prospect of seen being wituuut money ana wicneut credit." Again he writes, April 11, 1861 : " The feeling of loyalty te the government has greatly diminished in this city. Many persons who would have supported the government under your administration refuse te be enrolled. Many who were enrolled have withdrawn, and refuse te - V t take the oath. The administration has net acquired the confidence aed respect of the people here. Net one of the cabinet officers has taken a house or brenght his family here. Seward rented a house 'while he should continue in the cabinet,' but has net opened it, nor has his family come. They all act as though they meant te 'cut and run' at a minute's notice ; their tenure is like that of a Bedouin en the sand of the desert. This is sensibly felt and talked about by the people of the city, and they feel no confidence in an administration that betrays se much insecurity ; and, besides, a strong feeling of distrust in the candor and sincerity of Lincoln personally and of his cabinet has sprung up." After the first battle of Bull Run Mr. Stanten wrote : " The imbecility of this adminis tration culminated in that catastrophe, ; an irretrievable misfortune and national disgrace never te ba forgotten are te be added te the ruin of all peaceful pursuits and national bankruptcy as the result of .Lincoln's months." running the machine ' five PERSONAL. . FlTZPATHICK Mr. Jenx J, toga. is in Sara- Hen. L. W. Hall's room, at Bedford Spring's hotel, was entered the ether night and robbed of $175, and Chris Magee lest a let of valuable jewelry in the same way, en the same night and at the same place. Rev. Cdaiilbs It. Baker, rester of the P. E. church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, has declined tbe professorship of liturgies and Rev. William P. Orrick, of Christ cathedra, Reading, the associate profess orship of biblical criticism in the Phila delphia divinity school. Mr. Allan Campbell, sent te Mayer Edsen yesterday his resignation of the effise of controller of the eity of New Yerk. The controller's action was a sur prise te few otber persons who knew anything about local municipal affairs and is prompted by his failing health. Hen. H. H. Suiiwarz's ronemination te the Berks county orphans' court judge ship will likely be contested by H. C G. Reber, an ex-district attorney ; Richmond L. Jenes, son of the late Glancy Jenes, at ene time minister te Austria; A. G. Green, brother of ex Judge Green, of Schuylkill, and Ames B. Wanner, a lead ing orphans' court lawyer. T. L. Stoneread, a premising young law student, of Uniontown, Fayette county, was with Dr. Ewing and Nathaniel Ewing, fishing in the Youghiegheny, a few miles above Falls City, when he be came separated from the ethers and get in beyond his depth and drowned. He was the son of a well known Presbyterian preacher, Rev. Joel Stoneread, of Dunbar, and a graduate of Lafayotte college class of '79. TI1K TKI.KUBAPH WAR. Tbe Situation In l'hlladelpbla Yesterday. Recerd. The foature of the news yesterday in reference te the strike was the constantly repeated rumor that the Baltimore & Ohie telegraph company had compromised with the brotherhood en the terms made by the American Rapid company. It was even insisted that Master Workman Lav erty had an order te be read at the strikers' meeting in the evening directing the Bal timore & Ohie oparaters te return te their keys. Mr. Laverty promptly denied this stcry. At G o'clock, however the rumor received a'quietus upon the receipt of the following dispatch from Baltimore : " The attention of the officials of the Baltimore and Ohie telegraph company having been called te a dispatch sent from New Yerk te day relative te negotiations said te be pending between the brother heed and the Baltimore and Ohie com pany iu Baltimore, which would be con eluded yesterday, the following statement was authorized te be made : It is au thoritatively stated by the executive officer el the Baltimore aud Ohie telegraph company this afternoon that the rumors regarding a compromise by that cempauy with the Brotherhood of Telegraph Opera tors are absolutely untrue and without any touuaatieu wnatever, ana mat no fnnfavnntna am tm,rl?nf Tirifli flinf vinnr .-. I .- . rUv..H .w uu "" " any ether, and none contemplated." This ilisnatnli t.hw nM w. This dispatch threw cold water en the hopes of the strikers, who have been counting upon the surrender of the Balti more and Ohie, and expecting te thus turn another powerful engine toward the breaking down of the Western Union's determination net te give in an inch te the brotherhood. Tbe American KhpidM lluem. The business at the American Rapid's offices throughout the city threatened at one time yesterday te overtax the facilities of the company. Ferty-seven first class operators in the main offices and the vari eus branches were pegging away as fast as they could go, and it is claimed that the Rapid handled mero messages than all the ether companies in the city combined, except the bankers and merchants'. During the day various state ments were current regarding the proposed new telegraph company said te be new ergauized in New Yerk. It was stated that a large amount of capital had ueen pledged, en condition that the broth erhood would indorse the scheme aud held the operators out until the plans being arranged could be perfected. At the same time the capitalists backing the scheme premise the strikers substantial aid, se as te enable them te held out long enough. It was said that the American Rapid was te be the nucleus of the new company, which was te have $10,000,000 capital. Hearing this movement, it is said Jay Gould has made an attempt te gobble up the American Rapid, but that he was net successful, as tbe arrangements with the ether parties had been completed. An An other story was that since tbe trouble with the strikers Gould had obtained a controlling interest in the Baltimore and Ohie company, which accounted for its stern refusal te treat with the strikers. tleatbs by Accident. Six colored men were drowned yesterday by tha upsetting of a barge in the Wacco Wacce man river, Herry county, Seuth Carolina. M. K. Munley, aged 40 years, and Thcmas Haley, aged 50, were killed in the Pierce coal company's tunnel mine, at Archibald, Pa., yesterday morning, by me iamug ei part ei me reef. Edward S. Dompsey, ayed 15 years, was killed by lightning in a baseball field, at Newark, N. J., en Thursday evening. Ten ether persons were stunned by the same flash. Three children of Isaac Barry, aged re spectfully ten, twelve and fourteen years, were killed by lightning while standing under a tree near Londen. Ohie nn Thursday. Three men, named Thomp son, Crenin and Hartnett, perished by suffocation in a cesspool en Menree street, New Yerk, en Thurs day evening. Thompson wnr. tinvcn first, te ascertain if the trap was in order, and the ethers followed. The body of Myren L. Knight, Amheist college stu dent, who was drowned at Asbury Park, en Monday last was washed ashore yester day Five cars and an engine were w recked en the Cumberland Valley railroad by run ning ever a cow. Ne person was injured, but the damage te property is estimated at $20,000. The steamboat Ress Standish, of the Bosten and Bingham line en her trip irem nun toiieston yesterday, ran en a rock, filled rapidly and was beached en Leng Island. There were but fw . gers and they were taken off safely by another steamer of the same line. . Benes Snipped. Fiss & Deerr shipped from 'their nsw stables. Ne. 223, North Queen street, te New Yerk, 20 head of draught and driving horses. MAIL NEWS- ASUMMAKTUrBECBNT OUGUKRBNOKS Tbe Varied Way of tbe World Numerous Deaths by Accident Uedl . eating Cannen. Four howitzer cannon presented te the Franklin county memorial association of Chambersburg, Pa., by the general gov ernment, in accordance with an act of Congress of 1870, were dedicated yester day in presence of about ten thousand people. Tbe cannon are placed in position in ine enclosure or tne memorial fountain, dedicated in 1878 te the union dead of Franklin county. The exercises yesterday consisted of a parade of the Frederiek. Maryland, riflemen, Hagerstown light in- lantry, company u., eighth regiment na tienal guard of Pennsylvania, and the fel lowing Grand Army Pests : Simmends and Ne. 53 of Harri8burg, Caldwell of Carlisle, Walker et Waynesboro, Stevens of Fay etteville, Pomroy of Roxbury, Rene of Hagerstown and Heusem of Chambers. burg. After the parade and dedication by ine latter pest an address was delivered by uoienei A. K. McUIure. of Philadelnhia. In the evening there was a display of flre- werics. The Sprague property at Central Falls, Rhede Island, was sold at auction yester days. The mill estate of the U. S. flax manufacturing company was sold te Alvin Jenks for $200,000. Mr. Jenks bought tne personal property, snare machinery. stock in process of manufacturing, &c, for $e,uuu. lie also bought the superinten dent's heuse for $2,500. A stone building two cottages and 300,000 feet of land were sold te the Valley Falls company for $9,100, and the Heme print works building and land were bid in by the Union wad ding company, of Pawtucket. William Mitchell, of Bosten, and Chas. Smith, of Chicago, "champion butchers," were te have killed and dressed two bul locks in Cleveland, Ohie, en Thursday, for $1,000 a side and the "national champion ship." Mitchell, having cut his hand, did net appear, and Smith killed and dressed a beef, weighing 1,200 pound?, in about seven minutes. Secretary Felger has directed that the hospital barge Seldcd and the British steamer Audean, new anchored in Hamp ton Reads, be removed te Lynn Haven bay, just outside of Cape Henry. This is done at the request of the merchants and authorities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Fer tress Menree and Ocean View. Surgeon General Hamilton has notified the health authorities of New Yerk, Philadelphia, New Haven, Providence and Bosten that several vessels laden with rags purchased in Egypt since the ap pearance of the cholera there ara new en the way from Eurepe te New Yerk and New England ports. Capt. Hcner, of the engineer corps, has reported te Gen. Wright his annual report of tbe progress of the work en the im provement of the south pass of the Missis sippi. It shows that there is new a channel at least 150 feet wide and having at least a deptu et 20 feet of water from the gulf te the main river. The Union company which recently bought the Mansion heuse at Providence, occupied and formerly owned by Mrs. Fanny Sprasue, mother of ex-Governer Sprague, had decided te offer her the lease of the property for her life at the nominal rent of $1 per month. Yesterday was the third day of the National Temperance campmeeting at Ocean Greve, N. J. Addresses were made by J L. Poulsen, D. D., of Alexandria, Vir., and Albert G. Lawsen, D. D., of Brooklyn. In tearing down an old house near Warm Springs' N. C, a few days age, the skele ton of a letter carrier was found, with a leather mail bag containing ever 30 letters of the date of 1827, some of them enclosing old bank bills. An investigation yesterday showed that the human bones found in a cesspool en Seuth Warred street, Trenten, N. J., were part of a skeleton which a medical student had used for anatomical purposes. The acting director of the mint has ordered that no melting charge be impesed en trade dollars deposited at the mints en account of sales of silver bullion. The body of Carl Mcdinger, a saloon keeper of Cincinnati, was cremated at Washington, Pa , yesterday. The treasury department decides that certificates of registry cannot be issued te vessels of less than five tens burthen. Anether salt vein, said te be the purest crystal yet discovered, has been struck at Genesee, New Yerk, at a depth of 990 feet. rasieK aud ieepi.e. The Disagreement Between a Shepherd and ills Fleck. The relations existing between Rev. C. B. Whitcomb, of the Congregation church Mt. Jey, and his parishioners have net been lately of the most harmonious char acter. The reverend gentleman's defec tion from the Presbyterian church and conversion te Congregationalism along with a portion of his fleck a year age is well remembered. It new appears that fertune has net smiled benignantly en the new departure. His present parishioners claim that they wera misled by the repre sentations made by them and the council, which recognized the church en certain statements of the Rev. Whitcomb, in that he premised te deed te the trustees, for the use of the congregation, the let en the corner of Main and Market streets, Mt. Jey, purchased for that purpose and te furnish funds for the erection of a church edifice thereon, all of which they assert be has failed and refused te de, under the conditions originally proposed by him. The congregation en account of these alleged deficiencies have passed a reselu tien requesting the pastor te fulfill his premises or resign his charge, and in the event of his disregarding the resolution then call for a council of the Congrega tional church te investigate the matter. Mr. Whitcomb, en his part, says that he was obstructed in his attempts te fulfill his agreement by the committee who were acting for the congregation. An editor Excited. Marietta ltcgister. Picture te yourself a sycophant, an oily -tongued, never- Iook-yeu-in-the. eye, pretentious (in everything but self interest) person, with a few thoughts, never expressed, his own, and all thoughts "squeezed out" vacillating between vacuity and nonentity, and you draw tee flattering a word picture of him who would endeaver te make ethers believe that the truth (when it pinches) ought net te be mentioned in a newspaper, and that he who mentions it is a boy, etc. Bah ! Gave Ball for Ueurt. Jere. Duncan, who is charged with hav ing attempted te set fire te the stables of the Fountain Inn, Seuth Queen street, en the 16ch of May last, entered bail before Alderman Spurrier this morning iu the sum of $1,000, for his appearance at court. Frank Snyder, chaiged with surety of the peace en oath of Jehn Christ, entered bail before Alderman Spurrier for trial at court. Tossed by a Bull. On Wednesday last, Jes. Armstrong, of Martie township, was tossed and quite seriously nurc ey a null owned by him.and which was believed te be of gentle disposi tion. JTlre Alarm. Last evening an alarm of lire was struck from box Ne. 13, corner of East Ann street, bydirectien of tbe chief engineer of the fire department, te call out the fire men for practice. MISS UCTTX FAKKEK. A Tribute te Her Services te ur. Bacbaaan In the Curtis' biography of Mr. Buchan an appears tbe following' tribute te bis faithful housekeeper, Miss Hetty Parker, still a resident of this city. It is from the pen of James Buchanan Henry : " She became his housekeeper in 1834, or seen after and was by him and all of ns, treated as a valued member of the family and friend. She was always pre sent at the table, and dispensed the hos pitality of my uncle's house until my cousin had grown te womanhood, and as sumed a part of such duties. "Miss Hetty" continued te be one of the family circle, and te perform her duties most ac ceptably te Mr. Buchanan through the re mainder of his life. I de net hesitate te say that it was largely owing te her vigi lant care of his interests, and her wise econ omy, that his moderate private fortune, mainly earned by him in the practice of the law, and before he entered public life, net only proved sufficient for his want, but slowly increased, amounting, at his death, te about $300,000. Miss Hettie was for nearly forty years his faithful attendant in health and nurse in sickness ; and he was se much attached te her that I have often heard him say that nothing should ever part her from him while he lived. He would let her dowhatshe pleased, and say te him what she pleased, and even scold him, without rebuke a privilege I never knew him te accord te any ene else. Ne biography of Mr. Buch anan would be complete that did net mention this humbly, unselfish and most faithful companion, who was se well known te the frequenters of Wheatland, and te the whole circle of Mr. Buchanan's friends." Personal reinln. Harriet Lane Johnsten has written te Mr. Curtis seme very interesting personal accounts of her uncle. She says that he would have been horrified at the idea of traveling free while he was president, and she has often heard him say, " I will pay my way while I can afford it. When I cannot afford te pay 1 will stay at home." " Te show hew my undo respected the religious seuse of the community I will mention that when the Prince of Wales was visiting him in Washington, and when a large company had been invited te de the prince honor, my uncle would net consent te have any dancing at it. He toeic tnis position, net that be disapproved himself el dancing, but he thought that it weuiu cause scandal te tbe religious com munity if there was te be a dance in the White Heuso I remember din ing with him in company with a lady who seemed te be a thorenghly worldly woman. I de net remember the whole conversation or hew my uncle came te say it, but I remember his remark, ' I say my prayers every day of ray life.' The lady looked up at him in surprise, and ques tioned, thinking he was jesting. Ne,' said my uncle, ' I am net jesting, I have always said my prayers.' " Sales or the Itachanau Illegrapby. Mr. Chas. II. Barr, received yesterday morning and has en sale the Buchanan biography. He reports ready sale of it and that purchasers take it with less so licitation than'any book of its kind that be has ever handled. UA3KUAI.I. SHKilKS. Hew a crowd et Small Beys and Smaller Men witness tbe Lecal Gainet. There are many tricks resorted te by people who desire te see games for neth ing, many of which are very funny and ethers very meau. Between the beards of the fence surrounding the Ironsides ground there are large cracks. On Thurs day afternoon a crowd of men and boys gathered along the fence from tbe ticket of fice te the carriage eutrance, and by keep ing their eyes glued te the cracks saw the game as it proceeded. They had seats at different places along the fence and looked as though they were really comfortable. The large locust trees en the Ilarrisburg side of tbe pike were covered with men and boys and all freight cars en railroad sidings in the neighborhood were put te the same use. One man crawled te the top of a telegraph pole, near Coonley's tobacco warehouse ; he straddled the large cress beam te which the wires are fastened and with a fan iu ene hand and an umbrel la in the ether, sat in this elevated posi tion throughout the game. Among the persons who resort te these cheap methods of seeing games are men of means wne speit geld watches and wear flashy jewelry, but are tee mean te pay tne price et admission te see a game with satisfaction. If men or boys desire te see the game and are tee peer te pay the ad mission fee, they cannot bj blamed for trying te catch a glimpse of it for nothing, but this is net the case alwajs. Many young men are willing te spend their last quarter te see a game, in order te encour age the club, while en the outside ethers, with pockets lined with meney, may be viewing the game from the top of a freight car or locust tree. The boys who threw in the balls that go ever the fence, are mero honerablo then many of the grown persons. The management should stretch a canvass around the entire ground if necessary te prevent this f ree exhibition. Iho ladies turned out in force en Thurs day, although it was the first time thc-y were charged for admission. The National club, of Philadelphia, are playing the Ironsides this afternoon. The Hunter club of Pittsburgh, was defeated by the Yerk club yesterday by the scorn of 6 te 5. 'The Hunters will be here en Wednesday. The Mantua club will play their secend game here next Saturday. The Ironsides have the same nine te day that they had en Thursday. The manager of the Penn baseball club, of this city, states that they have chal lenged the Ironsides for $50 or half the gate money te play a game within the next three weeks. Games at Other Places Yesterday. The West Philadelphia Athletic assecia tien club defeated the Mantuas, who have played in this city with the Ironsides, and who will be here again, by a score of 8 te 5. The Atlantic City club, at Atlantic City yesterday," defeated the Nationals, of Philadelphia, who play here with the Ironsides te-day, te the tune of 4 te 3. Other games were : At Brooklyn : . Harrisburg, 3 ; Brooklyn, 1 ; Detroit : New Yerk, 3 ; Detroit, 2 ; Washington : Newarks, 6 ; Nationals, 3. At New Yerk the -came between the Athletic, of Philadelphia, and the Metre pelitans, of New Yerk was wen by the home team by default, the Athletic net appearing. At Wilmington (champion ship) : Quickstep, 6 ; Anthracite, 7 ; at Baltimore : Baltimore, 21 ; Allegheny, 3. Stelen mare Recovered. The mare stolen from the stable of Wm. Eekert, of Paradise en Wednesday night was recovered yesterday morning, having been picked up below New Helland by Mr. Jehn T. Bare, who found her en bis premises, without saddle, bridle or har ness. It is net known whether the mare get away from the thieves who stele her, or wnetiier tney abandoned her. Contract Awarded. A committee of the beard of trustees of Lancaster cemetery te-day opened the bide for building 408 feet of iron fence alone the Lime street fence of the ceme tery. There were six bidders and the con tract was awarded te Potts & Weber for $675, they being the lowest bidders. Harness stolen. Last night a new set of harness was stolen from the barn of Jacob Minnicb, at Landiaville. A let of tnunpi bad been sleeping in the barn. BAILKOAD ACCIDENT. Bt AN K1X.MCD AMU UARS CRUSHED. A Conductor Leses His Lire at Ulliervllle A Train Wrecked at Leaman Place A Series or Disasters. Following quickly after the terrible ac cident at Mount Jey Friday morning, be fore reported, three ether disastrous railroad accidents occurred in the vicinity of Lancaster. Friday afternoon about fifteen minutes past five o'clock, Benjamin Wallewer, a freight conductor en the Pennsylvania railroad, lest his life under the following circumstances : A number of ears were being shifted at Dillerville and dropped down against the train, in which Mr. Wallewer was in charge. When the train had been made up, the en gine 880 commenced backing. Wallewer was standing en the tank, and as the train reached the crossing he was seen te fall off. He fell with the back of his neck across the rail. He was immediately picked up and carried te the perch of a heuse near by and a physician was sent for, but the unfortunate man died befere his arrival, he having lived but fifteen minutes after the aecideut, and being un conscious during that time. Corener Shiffer was notified and visited the scene. He imnanneled the fnllnwinir jury te held an inquest : Themas F. Mc- Hiingetc, Unas. js. Kenny, Jehn J. Mo Me Cully, Christ F. Mann, Diller Sanders and J. C. Donelsen. An examination of the body showed that the neck had been broken by falling across the railroad track. The body was net otherwise in jured. The jury returned a verdict that "the said Benjamin Wallewer came te his death from injuries received from falling from a train, his neck being dis located by the fall." After the inquest the body was brought te this city and for warded te Harrisburg en the Harrisburg express train. Mr. Wallewer was a resident of Har risburg, was about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife, who is in delicate health, and four children te mourn his sudden death. He was regarded as one of the most relia ble conductors en the read, but for soma time past has been suffering from malarial fever, which disabled him from active duty a part of the time. He did net want te go te work yesterday, but the company being pressed for help, he consented te take a train, but, it is said tbat be had a presentiment be bo be fere leaving home that he would be injured or killed. At Dillerville he complained of feeling ill, and said that if the Lord spared him te get home he would net take out another train. It is thought that he was net jolted from the tank by the motion of the train, but became dizzy from his sickness and fell, with the fatal result above stated. The weisn Tragedy. Fast line west Friday afternoon, took te Mount Jey the engineer, firemen and conductor of the train that ran into Welsh's team at that place yesterday. S. H. Reynolds, esq., and several railway officials were with them. They went te 'Squire Bicker's office, when the hearing of the witnesses was continued. Engineer Hugh KeIIy, affirmed. He gave a long whistle at the whistling pest, west of the turnpike, within 130 varda of the Fairview street crossing; when he first saw the team he blew the danger whistle ; the team was 30 feet from the south side of the track.; Welsh whipped the horse as if te beat the train ; the en gine struck tbe hub of tbe front wheel ; the train was going at a rate of 30 miles an hour. A short cress-examination develeped the follewing: He applied the air breaks as seen as he came in sight of the team ; they worked all rieht; the train was heavy, made up of seven coaches ; the track was wet and down grade ; with an ordinary train aud favorable circum stances he could have stepped it in one fourth the distance he did. Conductor A. C. Painter, affirmed : The train left Harrisburg 7 minutes late, and at Mt. Jey the train was 14 minutes behind time. The train was going at the rate of 30 miles an hour. After a long consultation the jury rendered this verdict : " That Henry Welsh, Mary Welsh and Alice Swords " came te their death en the morning of the 27th day of July, 1883, while driving along Fairview street, in the borough of Mount Jey, by beiujt struck by eneine Ne. 650 of the Pennsylvania railroad traiu, known as 2d section of fast line going eastwardly, and from the effects of the concussion by being struck as aforesaid by the railroad engine. The said nenry Welsh, Mary Welsh and Alice Swords were then and there killed. And moreover the jurors aferesaid upon the affirmation aforesaid, de hereby censure the officers and directors of the Pennsylva nia railroad company for allowing te be run railroad trains at a tee high rate of speed through the said borough of Mount Jey, and recommend that a watchman be stationed at each crossing." The first verdict proposed by one of tha jurors, was presented in terms of severe condemnation of tbe ofucers, directors and empleyes of the railroad. But two of the jury favored it ; another directly, opposite, we jury uuuiu uet agiee upon, ine one rendered was considered for a long time and one of the jurors reluctantly signed his name te the verdict. Tbe verdict as rendered meets with almost general approval by the citizens of Mt. Jey. The tra?k through tha borough is full of sharp curves, ene of the most dangerous paits of the read along the whole line. Semetim s -.140 the citizens of that borough presented it petition te rail way headquarters, asking for watchmen. The request was net granted. As the citizens were then disappointed the verdict of yesterday expresses the sentiment of the community. The funeral of the three victims was held this afternoon. The citizjna have contributed te defray the expenses of their burial. Since the accident it is noticeable that trains pass through the borough at one half the rate of speed prier te its occur rence. The engineer blows mere fre quently than they did before, which gees far te prove that Messrs. Samnel Patter son and F. A. Ricker took a wise view et the occurrence of the accident when they proposed te censure the empleyes as well the officers and directors of the Penusyl vania railroad company. Wreck at Lamn flare. Abent 3 o'clock Friday afternoon as a train of empty freight ca-s drawn by engine 843 were passing Leaman Place, a brake block fell and threw six cars from the track, some of them being thrown ever an embankment and a geed deal broken, and ethers blocking up tbe north track of the r6ad for about four hours, and detain, ing some of tbe trains. Ne one was hurt by tbe accident. Benjamin Archer, a brakeman en the Pennsylvania railroad while walking en the top of a car about 9 o'clock Friday merning, wis struck by an overhead bridge west of Parkesburg, thrown from the car and very seriously injured. lie was carried te his home in Parkesburg. where lies in a very critical condition. Died of HI Injuries. Mr. Oliver Evans, formerly of Heney, brook, Chester county, a brakeman en the Pennsylvania railroad, who bad both his feet badly crushed by being run ever by the cars at Thorndale, last week, died of his injuries at the hesptial in Philadelphia en Thursday night. A Wteek eat tbe Branch. New Helland Clarien. . On Thursday evening about half.past four o'clock as the bnuMh train wj.h making its last trip west, it met with an it "J2L :?&. ,-.-?& V"
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