NJJ ' LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES TUi'SDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 18H1J. lf: M w Lancaster tntcllt-jrnrcv. TUBHDAY KVENINO, SEPT 4, 1003. Dramatic Art mid lis Critics. Miiry Andersen tins been received with great enthusiasm by her Londen mull encea. "She came," we nre told, " wns Been and conquered." The applause ' which al way b alteudcd her here attends her llkewlse In England. This proof that she Is n great actress cannot be gainsaid. When slie reaches the ieiiilar heart and Bfttlsflea the popular undir standing she achieves the only verdict by which fatne is gained. The singular thing In Mary Andersen's career is that slie has tnct the het condemnation of metropolitan critics-'. These men, who nssume te knew all about the histrionic art, have had numerous and grave faults te find with Mary Andersen's personatiens ; and the mere her audiences applauded, the mere the critics raved In opposition. The gentlemen who nre hired by the New Yerk newspapers te tell their readers what plays and players are geed and bad unanimously declared, when Mary Andersen, a few years age, first appeared en the beards of a New Yerk theatre after achieving a provincial reputation, that she wis a very peer actress Indeed, and would never be any. thing mere unless she unlearned all she had already learned and commenced anew the study of her art. Hut the New Yerk audiences disagreed with the critics and applauded the actress in spite of thorn, welcoming her back with in creased Interest upon her stated reap pearance. Still the critics condemned. Tt-ey would net be convinced against their will. Their judgment went across the wnter te the English critics who steed ready te condemn. But they dared net de se in view of the extreme enthu siasm of the reception awarded Mary Mary Andersen y the Londen audiences. Instead they are p'ltnt. Before the popular judgment they are dumb. The question uf interest is, why the judgment of the critics in the case of thisartlst runs counter te the popular judgment. It is clear that the jiepular Judgment is the correct one. It is that alone which can give the palm te merit ; and when it has been tested belere the English speaking people of both centl nents its soundness is net te be gainsaid Actors de net play te professional critics. The judgment of their audiences is what tliey have te satisfy, and when that of the critics runs counter te that of the masses, it is se much the werue for the critics ; the natural conclusion from the failure of these men te appre ciate Mary Andersen is that they de nut understand an art which they set them selves up te judge. They are gener ally most pretentious ieeple, with no conscience te speak of. They are hired te de their work dally and, need te de it hurriedly. It Is easy te Out and slash, and nearly all new plays and players de serve te be cut and slashed ; se they de it. Most actors and plays succumb te their power. These first brought out in New Yerk must win the newspapers verdict te succeed. Oscar Wilde's new- play has just been slaughtered by the New Yerk critics. They damned it te liberally that it did net have a chauce te draw an audience. Tim judgment is Bald te be unfair and due largely te the critics' personal dihlike of Wilde. The probability Is that this is true. If Wilde had tested his play outside of New Yerk the verdict would have been favorable te him. if he had deserved it. The audiences in the ceuntiy ate impar tial in their judgments, and they are quite as intelligent as metropolitan au diences and probably mere se. Mary Mary Andersen was saved by establishing her reputation and discovering her strength before going te N-jw Yerk. There has never been sosavage and unintermitting an attack made upon any artist as was leveled against her; but it was totally harmless. The iwople appreciated the great charm of her perfect naturalness, and rejoiced te llnd a woman who could portray en the stage In an unstilted ami unartltlcial way thu ordinary passions of humanity. She hail never been educated in the art; and that which was te the critics her great sin, was te the people her greatmerit. She educated herself te simulate emotions as her nature di rected her te exhibit thcra ; and the truth and simplicity of her representa tiens were demonstrated tiy their uni versal impressions upon th0 audiences who witness them. The newjpapera tell us of another case in which the fallacy of the verdict of tun New Yerk critics is demonstrated. Mr. Hartley Campbell, who for ten or fifteen years unsuccessfully wrote plays for the New Yerk stage at last went te Gei mauy, where he has been hulled as a dramatist of great genius. He is de clared te be "natural, fresh and vigorous." Such characteristics would net gain him credit within New Yerk, for these are Just the features which securtd Miss Andersen's condemnation. It is llme that the metropolitan news papers should consider the propriety of dismissing their professional critics, and content themselves with sending their reporters te see new plays and players and chroulcle their reception by their audiences. They will thus give truer verdicts tliau they get from would-be learned men whose learning teaches them te divorce uature from art. The Doylestown Democrat advises that " the Democratic members of the Heuso go home and appeal their cause te the people," declaring that it Is Just and that they need net fear the Judg ment. It is geed advice ; as the Demo crat says : "The rault does net He at the deer of the Democratic Heuse, nor the Democratic governor, that the mandate of the constitution has net been carried out. They have dene their duty and can afford te wash their hands of the whole business. Thoylmve made their best oedeavor te carry out the supreme law, which the political bigotry of the Republicans has prevented." We observe Unit our friends are still voting solidly te contlnue the session. They proixwe new te invite the Senate te meet them in dlspasslonate discus, aieii. It la n geed idea If they can get them te come. If tliey can pcrsuade the senators te come ever te the Heuse, tliey can then close the doers and pre ceul te persuade thorn. If they are ob durate they can pray with them. If they are still unconvinced they can beet them around the chamber until they get them Inte a consenting frame of mind. The representatives, being superior In numlters, ought te be able te wipe up the lloer with the senators. Hut we fear the latter won't ceme ever ; they had belter be sent home te be punished by their constituents. Ge ami see if you are registered. l'.wus has -1,000 pupil in frce evctiitig Bilicels. Tun fight of suRYage is one. of the most Important belonging te thu cititir.cn. Guard It carefully by ntteudlng I mined I atcly te the duty of registration. Evkky voter, " if 23 ye.ua of agu or up wards, shall have paid within two ye.ua a stnte or comity tax, which shall have been assessed at leat two mouths, ami pill at least ene mouth bofero election " Tnls is imperative ; you must be asscs-ed an 1 pay your tax or you cannot vote. Bosten's exposition was visited en lis epaning day by morn thau 1,000 people ; but a mob of 15,000 graced the opening night of Jehn L. Sullivan's ealoeu. The " Hub" claims te be the home of Amen cm "culchaw," and these statistics iud's putably pruve that the proud beast has a logitiuiate foundation. A Nkw Veuij waiter recently ku'vk-d a tun down for being presuinp'Heu enough ti Insist ou haviug a meal Td as ordered. Ne doubt the bell..' it teudaut en the waut of the inner i .11 reappear ere long in n new guie, t!i.' of e'ubbing lunlTtsiislve c'.tlzaus te deitri en " fie finest polieo foreo In the world." Till: Increased valuation of taxable property in Philadelphia would, even if the old tax rate of JI.S3 ou utery ene hundred dollars bj retalucd, bring au ii creased ruveuue te that city of meto than halt a million dollars iu excess of that of lait year. It were u consummation de voutly te be wished that Laucister ejuM bast of a proportional increase of revenue from year te year. The valuatieu of tux able property iu 'bis city iu 1875 was fU, 000,000. Smoe that time a watch factory, a rolling mill and a legion of tobacco warehouses and private residences hive been erected, and yet by some inex plicable process the valuation of tax able city property for 1833 was only $12 000,000. Perhaps some of the citv assessor, who are guided in their assess ments by the pelit'cal iutlueucs of tbe property owner, might be able te threw si little light ou this very absurd and dis honest state of afialrs. Theue is uuthiug mero stimulative of the school buy's ambition thau rewards offeted for success in studies. It is true that the importance of theaa honors is often overestimated, and harmful results sometimes ensue from tee severe applica tien iu order te ebta'n thorn, yet It may be Biid that the iulluonce of a healthy compo titien in school work is mero biti-llcUl thau otherwise In mauy of the cities of the United State) scholarships iu colleges anil money prizes are placed befere the eyes of th student te iuoite him him te reue wed zeal iu his task of acquiring an oJucatleu. Our EurepJau neighbors far surpass us in the rewards giveti the suo sue suo eif.ful student. Itocently the municipal omueil of Paris adopted a resolution by which it agreed te grant $7,000 for the purpowe of teuding a certain number of the pupils at each of the colleges en a foreign tour duriug vacation time. The selection of these will doubtless comprise the wer t'nest In the institutions. The liberal oxamp'e of our French brothreu would be well worthy of imitation en American shores. The yeuug rarely realize the im portance of an education, aud prizes elfer ed will often iuoite ibesa te mental exer tions who illicit otherwise grew up useless cit'zms. h will require a masterly diplomatic gonieus indeed te avert the impending war which is threatened between Frnuce aud China. It has always been feared aud frequently predicted that the soiziire of Auuara by the French would inflame the jealousy and uroube the indignat ou of the great celestial empire, whose military power is patent though semewhat un wlel ly Latest dispatches from the old world pretty plainly indicate that Iu uet recog nizing the suzerainty of China ever Ton Ten qtiiu and iu se easlly and he quickly sub. dulng the b irb uian Anuamese, France has placed herself iu a situation from which, without extreme dellcaey of diploma diplema diplema tie aotien, she cannot oxtrieato her self. She has n well equipped aud well disciplined army and, though it is less iu numbers thau the vast mum of Chluose troops, it may overoomo uumerlcal strength by ability, activity and military knowledge. But in the ovent of war botween the two nations France may justly leek with anxiety aud with trepidation upeu her neighboring powers ; she can scarcely aoceunt the most powerful ones her friends Fer waiting, amid misery of sickness of mind aud body, is crafty old Blsmurek, ready te give the word that shall roepon the old soresof71 and eiler a pretext, dishonor able though it be, te hurl the sturdy Ger man troops ngaiuht the intrepid Boldiers of Frauce, while England and Italy each leek with auspicious ami augry gaze, upon the perturbed republic. .luclce llUck'n win, The will of Jorem'ah 8. Blaek was ad milted te probate Monday at Yerk. It consists of twolve olesoly written pages. The oxeoutora are Viucent K. Keesey, Lleuteuant Governer Chaunecy F. Blaek and Isham 11. Hnrusby, nnd the witnesses nre Gcueral S. W. Crawford, Meilnda O Wllhelm aud Uorase Keesey. The will in oeuaidorod very vorbeso by attorueys who have examined it and qnlte curious for se great a man te make. It was written at jus dictation and oaeh page bears the judge'H plain left baud signature. The family request that Ita provlsiena shall net be made publie. After making speelal bequests te all bis chlldreu the undis tributed nertlnn. Iimliiilliwp It,,. ),!,. l in. te the widow, and at her death Lleuteuaut Governer Blaek Is te have the accoptaueo or refusal of It at a fixed valuation. The will ia dated February 21, 1883. The ostate is estimated at about $200,000. MAIL NEWS. THIS V UlIKU W.U1 " 1UK VHlU. I Hln Nitn Cuiii1ciiiI for (Julck I'l-ruml- Itliiie Hint CiilHinlt) lll.icl- Unrmin .itnitrrn. Thodienghtof the last two months in Siutlieru Virginia, continues and is doing great damage te the eieps. In some sec tion net mero than half crop of corn, cotteti aud tobacco cm be made. Tne streams nre fast drying up, maklug milling operation impossible. At Peters burg the ilver is se low th.it millers cut uet de mero thau a feuith of their usual work. The cDcampmeut of the New Jersey Oraud Army of the ll.'poblle, nt Prince ten .Junction, began jeMenlay morning About 1.500 comrades ate ou the greuud. Including the entire Sixth leiment of Camden, besides pest mid militia ergaul zitleu from ether cities. Seventeen of the twetityoe.il mines in the MiuMIIeu district of Ohie, were id e yesterday. Twe of these iu operation arc paying the advance of ten cents per ten demanded by the miners ; tbe ether has net been beard from en this p.)iut. The AmaUaui itcd IiUh and Catholic Kecietie of Fall ltiver, in j mt convention ou Satuplay, resolved te ' boyiett'' the Bosten .iJy Ileriild, because It refusal te pnui au appeal for aid in behalf of the families of the men hanged for complicity iu the Plueuix pirk murder. The nineteenth animal session of the Honie'jpUhlc medical society of Pouusyl Peuusyl vauii, will be held hi Philadelphia en the lS'h, 10;h aud 2Uh, of the present month. Frank Stevens, 14 years old, employed at the jewelry I'sUblishm 'lit of Themas M Guiibuit v: Ce , Philadelphia. vesterday accidentally shot Mary Fisher, 17 years et nge, employed iu tbe name p!ace. The ball passed through the citl s nose. Fritz Kuebb, 10 years old. while tryiug te get ou the platform of : Kiclimend car vesterdav. at Philadehiliia. fill ml llie ear passed ever his light leg. He died (lurmg ine niicriioeu. An unknown man was run ever and killed by a shifting online at Sevjiitienth street and Washington avenue, Pli-.la lot let phia, last evening. An Inhibition iiruril Tlie fireign exhibition at B uten .is formally opened at, neon yesterday, Iu the buihuug el the Massachusetts eharit.ib'c niecliauics' association. Among the spsakers were .Mayer Palmer, the ceminis sieners from Ocrmauy, Frauce, Japau and China. Mousiguer C.ip.l, Secretary Chandler aud Lieut. Gjv. Ames The ex meuses ale lucluded music, prayer and the tiring of a salute of 100 guns. The countries representing are England, France, German v, Spam, Portugal, Aus tria, Huugary, IJu.-vsia.Balirmm, Ueumark, Sweden uud Norway, Helland, Brazil, China, Japan, Turkey, Siam, Algiers, Tuuls, Hawaii, Canada and East Indies .Meurr aiittter. It is believed at tbe internal revenue Bureau that the claims for rebate of taxes en tobacco, suulT aud eigar.s, under tbe new internal revenue law, have nearly all been presented, aud it is estimate! that they will aggregate about $3,500,000. The total auuuil reduction iu thu reveuue from tobacje, snuif nnd cigars n ti.tw e.tt- ni.ucii at ?,ju,wu,uw. The total estimated cost of the building operations in New Yerk city during the first eiub months of the present year .a 611,072,020. The estimated ces: of new buildings during thu tlrst six months of the ear w.n 31.701 SOfl nm. .a'?? e.Kl . 3D5 fur the firt six months et 132. The first national bank of Sbaknpe Mmueseta, withacipit.il of $75,000, and he tlrst uat'unal bauk of Mamquri. New .leist-y, with a capital of $30,000, have been authorized te begiu business. IttllreAil Lltintiiiii, In the U. S. circuit court at Trenten, New Jersey, Monday oeuusel for the New Jersey Central railroad company tiled au ausrer te the amended bill of thu Peunsyl vama railroad company, touching the .uit ever the New Yerk aud Leng Branch read which has been p-.tiding for some months past. Theanswei, iueludiiig ccrtaiu ex- uiuiiH, covers nuy two printed pages. It concludes by denying the right of the court te interfere in the premises, and praying that the lull my be dismissed with costs. The final arguments will take place en the fourth Tuesday of this mouth. Accident iiml rixurs. Oee new em of y.illew fever ami one death that of Dr. B isie were reported at the Peusacela navy yard yesterday. Dr. Basse, acserdin te a tolegram from Pensaela, appeared in that city when the fover was racing there last year, with a " gpfcitlc " for the diseabe, and " obtain ed certificates from hundreds of lutelil. gent porseus of marvelleus cures." When the fever appearcd at tbe yard this season Basse weut there, and " the people en the naval reservation gave him ertilteates of mero cures." A highwayman bjirded atrainatOgden Utah, ou Suuday night, and covering eight passengers and two train man with his revolver plundered them of their watches aud money and escaped. Geerge Wagner, a private watchman, shot himself iiHn the grave of his daugh ter iu a cometery at Columbus, Ohie, en Sunday ulght. He was living at last ao ae ao eoiints, but was net expected te recoe-. Lord lleadley, who accompanied the Hatch party te the Yellowstone, was in jured en Saturday by slipping dewu a procipice wbile pursuing gatne. Though paiulul, bis injuries are net considered serious. Three men with ttilliwl nml ,t-..t.. ;.. jured by the collision ou the Leng Island iaiire.ni, ai nuniiguuiii station, ou Hun day night. The killed were Jehn Hart, William Moere und a man named Fitzer aid. All of the injured are expected te recover. A Ven ns WeniHii .tliinlereil. Itese Clark, aged about 25, daughter of Nathan W. Clark, of litratrerd, was found dead Monday morning near her father's residence, some two miles neith of Stratford depot, Conn. Fingermarks en her threat iudlcated that she had been choked te death. She was te have becu married about two wueks bunce te Wm. Loemls, of Stratford, and was aconstemud te visit his heuse, which slie did last evon. ing. She started for home, about 0 o'clock, which was the last seen of her allve. A colored man knows as " Bosten " White, who figured se prommently in the Brush murder case, is suspeetud of the eriiuu, MAM.I.MlTO llKA'Ill. A I'les.urn llnitt uiiiili, hikI Twe men Kruivuett uiriluwttiurue lleuen. A heavy sea with n sudden burHt of wind upset a sailboat carrying a pleasure paity en the sound nt tijuth Norwalk, Conn., yesterday, and two men worn ilrowued, ene a young man employed by the Eastern news oempauy, and the ether a New erk stock broker. The beat was managed by an old sea man, but the equall developed he suddenly that he was given absolutely no warninc of its approach. A high aea was rolling when the party embarked, but the pleas pleas nre scokers laughml away the counsels of timid frleuds. There wero six poeplo In the beat. A genereus feo quieted the boatman's fears and away went the shanely beat, watohed with anxious Interest Heaehlug the harbor, she beL'an te shin wuIai- ,.n.l . .... l i i" i i l "HUH oil Captain Islaud, nrpund reeks opposite Hawthorne Boaeh, oue mile Irem shore eanslzml. tirnnlnUnilnrf 1U.1......1..1.11 ' 80a'iui 8 uwlldered by flielr perilous vUUU.wuu, Duiuu ui me young meu swam around iu a circle, Others kept near the I beat and tiled te ellng te her keel, whlle ethers made the bold but hopeless cllert te reach the shore. All were known te have been swimmers, but Humer Gilbert and James Lockwood wrre diewned, their bodies net being Rrnu after tliey first sank. James Lockwood, aged twenty-two, was agent for the Eastern iea-s company, and had charge of the route ou the New Haven beard during four years. FKATUllttS OF TUH SVATB lRli83, The h.uidsome new suit of type of thu Bending Kttglt adds much te the appear uuce of tliat newsy slieet. Ne wetk, no pay, should be the motto of the Democrats in the Legislature, thinks the Norrlstewu Htgister. The Ilarrisburg Independent says it is the failure of both the old parties te cer rect corporate abuses and kindred evils that has tilled them with internal discord. With regard te the adjournment of the Legislature, the Pittsburg DifjMteh de. elates that " it is hotter Inte than nevcr." 'I he Pottstille I'Hieniclt advises that means should be taken by the government te prevent the useless sacrifice of life iu the navy. The Beading lmt says.uitli rein slung sapieuce, there is no room for doubt that livitn: salaries te teachers profit the com munity as well as the teacheis. Only tbe great men of the werM.p.ays the Philadelphia Evening Setts, can prom euade it with (hnven faces and pass un challenged. The Norristeu lmtt regrets te por per por ceive n disposition among some American iron ship builder te encourage a system of building steamships mere for sjeid than for anything else The Philadelphia Chrurucic ltr.iU as as eorts that a man who runs for a governor ship iu these days must hive the health of au ex and al-e the uuliole of a thin oiceres. The Philadelphia Kt-emng liulUt,nheyc that by-aud-by tenening methods will be se much improved that vacation ean be exteuded se ns te last from the end of May te the beginning of October, te the mutual benefit of pupiix and teacheis. UllAUtttMtU'S I'I'.M UAL. A nrviti Uuiiciitir l'ri'tMit, tiH-liuiin rue riiuumi rrticli Itejuli-tx. The refusal of the Oilcans prme.'s t attend tbe obsequies of the Ceuut de Cbamberd at Geritz, France, Meml.t) created oe:isiilera'jlo seusalieu. The funeral cortege was uimpised as fellows . First were members of all the corporations in the town, bearing taers , uexi was the Mineral ear, drawn by six horses; iiuether vehicle followed, la leu with wreaths; Prince Thura nnd Taxis alone, represent ing the Emperor Francis Jeseph, was uex'; then came the Duke of Paimi, the Gram! Dake of Pus-jaiiy, Den Carles, l) u Alfonke and the Ceuut of Bardi; following them were tlve thousand French Koyal ist-i, French deputations bearing hamieis and wreaths, uud workmen's delegates from Paris, Lyens aud Brittauy bieught up the rear. The route of the precession was lined wuli mlautry. Fifty thousand foreigners were present te witnebs the nb scquies. A meeting of French lleyalists was held iu the aftornoen, te draw up au act of adhesion te the Ceuut of Parii Count ilenti, leader of the Vuudeau royalists, aniieituci.il his adliesieu te tbe Count of Paris. General Charette s mi mi meued a meeting of former Peutiticial Zeuaves and informed them that the Cjunt of Paris relied upe-i his aud their supp irt. A requiem mass was celebrated at fie church of St. Germain at Paris for the ropeso of the beul of the Ceuut du Cbam Cbam eord. The service was ijuiutly performed. The chinch was filled aud there were great crowds of people outside. There was no disorder. The remains of the Count da Cbamberd were conveyed from Frohsdorf te Walkers durf ou Sunday morning uud were s-Mit from thonce te Gerilz in the evening. All the inhabitants of Frohslerf accempauied the precession from the chateau te the depot. The certege e insisted of a force of local volunteers and the intimate friends of the deceased. The celllu was placed iu a railway carriage, which was elaborately draped iu black. At Gerilz tUe railway depot Mra heavily hung with black. Iu the streets through which thu mournful precession marched many black Uags aud draperies were displayed from thu public buildings aud residences. A plaster east of the ceuut's face was taken and the Duke of Sanan made a sketch of the body as It lay iu state. A r.lTAl. flltK. ttuipleye lliirnml nml .iiiiqbImiI Iu cliinutl tliti: Wuroliiiuse. Ctn- Monday aftornoen a flre from an un k'le-.vu oause broke out iu tbe rug and pipir warehouse of Heury Uremaucc Ce., Ne. 232 Walnut street, Cincinnati. With remarkable swiftness the flames ran up through the flve stories of the double freut warehouse nnd cunmuuicatcd with the Tunes Star budding adjoining it en tbe south side. Iu less than lllteeu minutes both builings were a mass of ilames. Mary Fiyun, working en the third lloer of the rag warehouse, jumped te the ground, breaking her leg and sustaining ether inju ries. Gus H uber, also employed en tbe third lloer, raauaged te get down the stairway, but fell ut.couscleus en the flint lloer. His head and face were burned nlmest te a crisp, and he cannot recover. Mary Mcinges and Stella Melr wero cut oil from the stairway en the soeoiul lloer, but jumped te the pavement safely, q'hey said that another girl was en the same lloer and was afraid te jump. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of live em em peoyes of the r.ii warehouse Mrs. O'Uennel, ltesa Llddell, Alary Burke, Annie Lynch aud Nollle Kelly. Tliey bad net reported nt their homes at the usual hour, nud are thought te be iu the ruins. Henry Harretcb, a speotater, was crushed against a wall by a hook aud ladder wagep and futally Injured. A portion of a wail foil while several dromen were ou ladder3 placed against it. One of thu meu was kuecked efi" by uuether and foil tweuty feet, sustaining fatal but uet panful In juries. Therag wareheuse was completely ruined, The less en the buildings is esti mated at $35,000; en stock,$30,000 ; partly iuiurcil. The tliree upper stories of the Times Star building, ineludliig the er-iu. posing room, wero outirely destroyed. The less te the company ou stock IsglO.OOO.nnd that ou the building thosame. Thu losses ure fully covered by insurance, A. Strauss, Seu & Ce., whisky reetifyers, whose ns tablishmuut adjoins Dremau's, sull'ered n less of $10,000, Insured. The lire was still burning at 0 o'clock, aud unglnes wero playing ou the smoking rags. The Tunes Star expects te proeead with its public, tleu as usual. At midnight the following persons wero reported missing by their parents, and are supposed te be burled iu tbe ruins of Dremau & Ce.'s rag wareheuse, Mary Galasehiin, residing 110 East Sixth street. Mary Kelly, aged oighteon, residing en eighth street. Mary Loe, aged 22,and MaggloLeo.oged aged Blxteeu, slstere, at Ne. 01 Fludlay street. This makes nlne llvea pretty oertalnly lest. WAli CLOUDS. llln I'O.HITIDN OKtllltMA AMII'1I,.NUB, In Tin mil ii y irrl Inte I ten Tnn limit rn t-UK't-it '1 hmi.illil ('hint-Mi troop snit t-nrwrttil. Filteuu thousand Chinese Heeps Ii ive orescd Urn Mengkal iu China uud ure pre ceidlng te Niiidneng. A squadron of vcs'els Is leading atShaiighal with Heeps, ammunitieii and torpedoes. The French Geuer.il Beuet, the com uiaiuler of the French forces at Annum, bus demanded of thu war departmutit an additional relnroreemont of 5,000 meu The emutry is still sulleriug from Heeds. The French admiral has Issued u uotice declarlug nil the ports el Aunam,liiehidlug Saliteu, in a state of bleckade. The Chluose government has issued a lermai protect te the great powers, declar ing that the treaty cf poaeo b.itween France and Annum, signed nt Hue, is void, as tbe king of Auu.un was forced by the Fn neli te sign It. A dispatch from Ileug K m siys : The war cloud ever Annum daily thick ens. Open hostilities ou the put of the Chinese have cprung up se suddenly th it the French nre taken by surprise 30,000 Chiuese tro'eps have been massed for suv oral mouths en the Tonquin frontier. The order of march was net given uulil after China t,ih informed that the French, after taking Hue, the cipitil of Aniiam, hat compelled tbe Anuamese te sign acouvcu aceuvcu acouvcu Hen recegnising the French occupation and France's right te supervise- the collec tion and distribution of the customs duties and certain taxes. China, it is understood, male nnefilelal remonstraueo against this convention for the reason that she had previeiisly.iu an ultimatum te the Famuli, stated exp'icilly that she would ncccde te no French occupation that did uet rec 'i: nize Chiuese suzerainty ever Tjuquiti, thu vass.-ilage of Aunam te Chini. aud China's light te collect pert dues in Teuqulii. '1 he 15 0O) troops moved beyond tlm frontier wero hurried across the Tonquin country lyiiii; letwecn that frontier .iiil the Sauc-Kei river, in Teaqiuu, iu u south westerly direction. The reports te ceived show that the Chinese troops lust no time in crossing the Sang-Kei river, and iu marching straight up mi Haideng oue of the first pi ices taken by the French after they succeeded in master ing Hanei. Intelligence has just been te ceived that the approach of the Chinese troops toward Haideng the Auuamesu forces, under French supervision, marched out iu force t oppxse thir progress. The Auuamese were rcpul ed by the Chiuese, who, at last accounts, were tilittnx their way toward Haideng. It is supposed that if they suicuj-1 iu takitii: Hiideng the troops will next march agiiust Hauei. The advauce army is bjiu will s.ipn . 1 by the arm massed at the frontier, which is being con stantly reinforced A Chinese gunboat has gene out from Foe Chew as un escort te a licet of merchant vessels The Ch ticse sipuulren here is rapidly leaded with troops and ammunition. A torpedo ser vice is being put iu readiness as fast as possible. The city is all bustle and ex citcnieut ever the sudden warlike activity. Frnucu unit llin I'nlleil Stit.". Tbe charge d'ull'airs of France has in formed thu department of statu nt Wash iugteu that the government of that repub lie having been led te interfere lu thu affairs of T.mquiii and te occupy that proviuce for the purpose of restoring order, has bceu compulled te adept measures te prevent arms and munitions of war being sent te Aunam for the pur pur kme of strengthening its enemies ; tba conscquently.tho commanders of the Frencu naval ferce have beeu ordered te cxoreiso strict survillance in the Gulf of Totiquie, and te search all suspected vessels entering Aunam's ports, these ves B'jls which, after having teceivid speaial netice of the proliiuitieu of thu trade iu arms, shall still uudoaver te discharge their cargoes or te run thu hi tekude te ba relzed The charge d'atrairs furtbi r s- ites that the treaty wlueh wa ceuclud el botweeu France aud Aunam in 1871, whereby certain ports woreopju te lercigu commerce, irrespective of nationality, pro vides that "arms and munitions of war bhall neither be exported nor imported,'' and that the French commission iu Ten-q-iin and the commanding ofllcer of thu sipiadruu have been instructed te t ike all necessary measures te eiiforce this ptevi slen. Tlie Ckuse auit r.ltect el llntllllllrs. When the iuvusieu el Tonquin by a French expeditionary ferce began lu Juue, China notified Frauce that she would uet object te any treaty between that jiewer and Anuam belug made, If iu It her sover eign right were clearly recoguized. She said alie did net wish war, but that rather than surrender these rights slie was pre pared te take the consequences. In the rtceut treaty forced upau the Annamcte king, Chiua's utalms were disrcgaidud. Hence the threatened war. The Chinese army e mtalns about 120,000 men. Probably 20,000 of these are armed with the most approved implements of war, including American breech leading rifles. The French forces new iu Tequiu muster 0.500 men, or including Baileis, about 10,000 in all. Au important aspect of thu nmvs liv eable Is the bleckade of Aiinamuse petts, and the interruption ofcemmcrcn between China and the United States and Great Britaiu In 1880 foreign nations scut into China, cotton, metals and coal, te the value of 418,010,000. PERSONAL. J. Flint ion Knett, governor elect el Kentucky, will be installed at Frankfort te-day. Wm. B. Sikmins, president of the Fitchburg railroad, died in Bosten en Sunday, aged 50 years. Stephkn A. Doi'er.As, whose condition was at ene time deemed critical, is new showing signs of steady improvement. Ivan Skuevkuviiii Tm ueii:ni:i'f the UUBstan novelist, died nt Bougival, France en Monday, nftei- a long illness. Wm. M. Evauts thinks the next Ite publlcau caudldate for President will be olther Arthur, Edinutuis, Gen. Sherman or Blaine. Hbv, Jehn A. Eiki.vii pastor of the Presbyteriau church of Bloemliold, lint accopted the presidency of Wilsen Funale collegeat Chambsrsburg, and will remove te his new field of labor at ence. Mi nkascy's picture, ' Christ borero Pilate," has met with n wonderful rocop recop rocep tion in Manchester, Euglaud, no fewer thau 130,000 poeplo having seen it within the space of a few weeks. Itisv. Dn. Pewi'.it, of Washington, based his Suuday uight's sermon en the UTe of Judge Blaek uud pointed out te his con. grogatlen tbe mauy impressive lessens of virtue nnd morality te be drawn from the oxample of the distinguished jurist Dr. Power was for many years Judge Blaek'a intimate frlend and pastor. Ckma Thaxteii, the poetoss, was the daughter of Themas II, Loighten, who lived en tbe Isle of Sheals. Oae summer young Thaxter, an mvalid, oame te the island and loved the seaslde lass, Her fathered ordered him away, but he built a lint near by and declared he would live there until his sweetheart was of aire. 1' inally the stern father relented. Leuisu II. Van Ai.lkn, a daughter of William K Van Alten, whose old home was at Bergen Heights, N. J , was a vle-1 tim of the earthquakes at Cassamlcelnla. Betli legs were broken below thokneo aud . ene feet uearly out off. The very weak condition in whleh she was found pre vented amputation, nnd after uearly ten J days of torrlble suffering, she expired en I j the 7th ult. Her body is being eiiibalmed te be Hunt home for burial by the nldn of ' her mother in the old family burying j ground at Bergen. She was an only ! child. ! Oiiaui.ks Ut'iSKi.i. the eminent lawyer, whoaeoompuilos Lord Ciller Justice Colo Celo Cole ildgo en his tour te this country, is a favorite lu society, boeauso he Is net only I WlttV lu OellViiru.iHiiii I... I .... ...........!..!.. listener lu turn. Hu is a geed sportsman, nnd popular among frequenters or the turf, us IshIiewu by the faul that when the vexed question concerning the Identity of tlm celebiuted Bend Or was inlsed. bilefs for both plaltitill' and defendant were s.uit for Ids acceptance. He is, be. sides, i gieat whist uud plcquet player, and enjoys, in Tact, all games wherelii coolness, readiness and dealslen m.i i. ,,...,. j su-y for niccess. .it'll, Tin; jti-Aum; uiiikk. Up VKhtiires Meiir tlm metlrsn MoItlrnieuU Willi Ills U.in llnnrs. News leceived fieni Cerrulltic, Mux , dated August 111, says that .lull, the notorious Indian chief, isencamped twenty miles from there. The report thatJuh is married ami ult his men living a secluded liTe is untrue. He has 250 braves with him, and Is in constant oimmunlcatleti with ether chiefs who nre killing poeplo en thoSenoiasldtiortho Sierra Madie mountains. On last Friday he sent five squaws Inte Cesta Grande under the preteinic that he desired a peace ful ncttlemeiit. Au Apache interpreter was dispatched te Cesta Grand, but upon ills arrival be found that Juli lind culled in the squiw.s. saying he was going te be married and merely sent them te purchase liquor te celebrate the event. Ne uticasl uess is felt by parties ou the Chihuahua s de unless they venture into Juh'sstrong Juh'sstreng Juh'sstrong held I'M'UIIV I.N ,V KI.VIMI lll.l.T. Sllil Able te Npe.tk Alter Winning Around Hlmll IKO limes it Allmiir. Jeseph F. Jehnsen, nil ompleyo of tbe silver pinto manufactory or Manning & Bewan, at Merulen, was caught ma Hying belt Monday nnd burled through the air, striking the solid beams of the work room ceiling with a ferce sufficient te break nearly every bone in his body. He was then whirled -around the hhaltiiig thrce or four hundred times The shaft made 160 revolutions a minute, uud with every evo lution his be.lv struck the ceiling ami par ticles el his llish were scattered nil ever the 10.UI1. When the engine was stepped thu man wat still ulive. Thu belt was deeply embedded in tbu llesh nud had te be cut in sevcral places te froe it Irem the mangled body. Jehnsen seemed te retain possession of his faculties when lifted from thu belling down upon a work beiich by fellow workmen. He commingled with his means a few Indistinct words, iu whieh only the word mother was iimler iimler derUexI by thoie b -side l.liu. He lived five minutes. He was 2J years old. THK IIKAMA. " lm CtirUllUH IStra" lit the llprr ltiiiuxs. Thore was a fair sued audience iu Fulton opera heuse last evening te witness tbe llrst presentation of Lester r reeman s play, " Twe Christmas Eves," iu this city. The piece has nut thu p 'Sscssieu of exceed ing great morn, emeu us eruiltues ate rather marked and its construction Is often loose. 1 he story is iutcresting, but cou ceu tiius nothing new, and the various phasus of lire which it presents, being tliose or thu domestic nud iniuiug spheres, ure cenven tlenal aud semetimuH tedious. The story is nn old Ule ; n forbidden aud consequently secret marriage, au unscrupulous husbaud, the designing machinations of another w imaii, aud a rejected lever. The particulars of the drama as thu author is pleased te term it are carried through mauy odd and frequently reasonable channels which eti- ablu thu writer te present a number of pathetic aud ludicrous situations which blend net unple.isautly, although ofteu jerkiugly. Concerning the company, much less praise thau blamu may be awarded, although the actim? of Annin Bcrlein.as liestic Woedurd, the heroine, is ei reany in. common oruer. Her dulluca tioaef berrole unmistakably demonstrates intelligent study aud comprehen sion of it, aud her portrayal of the character of the oeufldhiL' country gill whose nairete is refreshing uuu wnesu icmierucss is at ence sincere nud childish, is marked by high ablli ty. But it is when, after boom ing crazed by the duplicity of her husband, w e places her at the mercy or a iuuruerer, .uiss uetlclu gives expression te a sphere. of dramatic talent that is excellent. Her portrayal or the mad wife, iu whose shattered bem.es semu faint glim metri of former features aud friunds strug strug gle for existence, was received with much enthusiasm by the audience last ovou evou oveu Ing, and she was awarded witli Boveral calls lofero thu curtain. The ene great militating feature of the porfenii auee is the exceedingly weak support .Miss Berlein has. .Mr. Willaul Tremulne, as Vtatrenee Kterett, fills a part, which could be made efieetive.hi a most impotent mauLer, while.I. J. Louden as Stephen Jlurreict, the wrongful husband, is satlsfae tery. Iu his particular line Alfred Beverly, as Jack. Spratt, was geed, and the two little children are uncommonly proficient. Althreugh thoeutertalnmout was a pleas ing one, and n large audiencu may be ox ex ox peoted this evening, when It will be repeated. tiii: htuvkns ueti.sr. Election of the Heard of Directors. The stockholders of the Stevens heuse hotel company held u meeting yesterday uuu. uivuinii me leiinwuig named gentle, men ns directors for the ensuiug year : Francis Shroder, ltjbert A. Evans, J. B. Martin. C. A. Bittier. Gee. M. Franklin, Chas. F. Hager and M. 3. Hiirnish. The stockholders by an unanimous vote of tliose presmit, authorized thu beard of directors te replace the mortgnge en tlm neuji iirojierty wuicu win i.in uue next year, aud te issu a 7 per cent, proferrod stock sullluieut te liquldate the arrearages of interest ou the mortgage. It is believed tbu preseut 0 per cent, mortgage ean be replaced by ene at 1 per cent. At a meeting of the beard of directors the following named wero elected officers for the ensuing year : President Francis Shroder. Soerotary Hubert A. Evans Treasurer .1. II, Martlu. Anether MicUul .Ms us. The uieku! inlne near Gap station, iu this county, lias long enjoyed a monopoly in fiirnishlug this valuable metal for the various uses te whleh It is applied in mau mau ulaetures, it being the only miue hitherto discovered In the United States, and there ueing out very lew niines in any part of the world A telegram dated San Fran Fran ciseo, nnd printed iu the morning papers, states that valuable dopeMta or nickel ere have been discovered in Churchill county, Nevada, and that the specimens assayed furnish 150 per cent, of pure niekel. Should the deposit preve te be an extensive oue it may serieusly cfToet our local miue. l'ellce Uase. Aldermau Spurrler this morning com mitted Aldus Itowe te the county prison ier reu ii.iya icr uruuuuii ami lllsoruerly conduct. Aldermau McConemy had before him last evculng au unfortunate, who bcoame boisterous because of undue indulgonce In bug-julce. As he was very contrite niter the effects of the poison began te wear elT, and took an oath net te drink anything in toxicating for ene year, the alderman dis charged him ou payment of costs, AG1UCULTUKAI, run. i'a '.ii Kits ami I'm 1 1 iniewKiii. t'oiiitltlennt ihf Otnps lipfrrrffil DuphIIeiis Ivulllilt llin Krilll lll-unllHiifiiuia mill. nm rrniiiiii'tflil. A stated meeting of the Lancaster county agricultural ami hortleultuinl seciuty was held in their moms In ulty hall ycHtntday. Thu following named members weui in niienunuce : Mefsrs. 11. U. Bush, New Danville ; Henry M. Engle, Marlettu ; James Weed, 1'iiltett j Cusper Illller, Conesteim ; Calvin Coesjr, Dltd In-Hand ; Jehn O Lluville, Salisbury; V. W. (hlimt, ulty j F. It. Hlfienderiler, oily; Levi S. Heist, War wick ; J. O. Hush, West Willow ; J. Ileflman lleishey, Saluugu ; Cyius H, Nell, Maner : J.M. Johnsten, ulty ; Jehn, son Miller, Warwlek ; Henry Shllfuer, Bird !u-Hiim! ; S. P. Buy, esq , elty ; Huu. Jehn II. Liudis, Maner; O L Uuu Uuu secker, Manhelm M. L. Grolder, .Mount Jey; Hobreu Herr, Limpeter; Eph. 8. Hoever, Manhelm township. Urep ltiiirtt. Calvin Coewr,of Bitd.lii-Hand, reiKirtcd the npple crop u failure , pjac lies nre line en healthy trees, potatoes nbundant but some llttle ret, com very premising, te bacce mostly housed, and el geed quality, grain's badly dameged by mildew. dsper Hllier rejieitud that the condition of the com had greatly Improved since lust meeting, late potatoes ure u partial liulure, caused by wet weuther uud a sub sequent baking of the ground causing them te ret, peaches nre line but net abuu dant. It wns reported that potato bugs would be scar co this year because perfect bugs could net thou be round. This rail perfect bugs nre very numerous uud thore will be mere of them next year. Levi S. Heist said that six of ills ten pound npple tices were laden with tins fruit, the Smith cider apples also bear well, but all ether vurietles are u failure. Concord grapes are doing well Henry M. Eugle said that grapes with hm was a partial failure, being badly af Iccted by mildew aud ret ; thu pear crop is very geed , peaches pretty geed , corn as geed a crop as ever grown ; grass holds out well ; the eluver Is butter than It has been for years. He believes thu bitter weed which is he annoying te far mom, be cause It overruns the wheat stubble, might be exterminated by cutting it before it testis Jniics Werd iald the corn crop is a very geed ene ; the cl. ver Is growing finely, but has little beed ; the upplu crop is a failure ; tew peaches are grown in his neighborhood, potato bugs have been very nuim-ruis, aud eaten up tbe vines , there are grapa enough ter family nw, net mai-y te sell. J. Heffman Hcrshey reported tbe corn crop geed ; grass plenty ; potatoes very abundant ; pasture excellent ; plums and prunes ret ou thu trees ; jwnrs vtry llue ; apples scares , peaches ordinary ; tomatoes au immense crop ; grains tudiilerent. Jes. F. Linville said the losebugs curly in the season destroyed oue half et ids grapes, the evher half are looking well , pasture l very geed ; he hud planted his early otatees rather late mid they turned out very well ; the tops of the Inte petn tees within two weeks past had blighted, become black and died. Cyrus II. Nell'rep rtcd an extraordinary crop of corn , a geed crop of grass ; a geed crop or tobacco, about oue half of which has beeu housed. l'lnntiui; Wliriil I. Ike Tubicce. F H. Dillonderlfcr called attention te an artiole he had read iu the JrieriVnu Miller, relative 'e wheat growing in Bol Bel gium. It stated that tbe Belgiaus set out their wheat plants much the same way we set out tobacco plants iu rows six luetics npart, the rows being twelve inches apart They grew from 100 te 100 bushels per aero. He suggested that some of our Lancaster county furmeis gve the plana trial. Seme discussion followed, but none of tbe members present cecmed ineliiied te adept the suggestion. Heferrril (Jiie.tlens. The following questions wero referred for nnswer at next meeting : "When corn Is sixty cents per bushel, what is the value of n bushel of potatoes as Teed for stock " Hoferred te Cyrus II. Noir. "What is the best methed et curing grapes iu the cluster for winter use?" Ho He Ho fereod te II. M. Engle. The chair appointed Jehnsen Miller as essayist for next meeting On motion, u committee of thrce, of which the president shall be chairman, was appointed te represent tbe society at the fair of the Lehigli emuty agricultural seciety te be bold iu Allentewn, commenc ing September 2.1th inst. The chair named II. G. Hush, Jehnsen Miller and J. II Landis as said committee. James Weed, W. 11. Brosius ami J. O. Lluville were appointed a committee te represent the society at tlm Oxford Agri cultural fair, te commeuco ou the 2uth of September. II. M. Engle, Casper Hllier and Calvin Cooper were appointed a commit tee en nomenclature, te name new vnru-ties or fruits und test fruits exhibited at the meetings of the society. Calvin Cooper presented a resolution, which was adopted, authorizing the com mittee ou nomenclature te uwnid pre miums at their discretion te these who exhibit fruit ut the meetings of the so ciety, provided the premiums de uet ex cccd $1. Kgj-pllilll Wliriil. M. L. Greider, of Mt. Jey, presented a sample of Egyptian wheat grown by him, which appears te he of superior quality. He says that he grew en two acres in 1831 ever DO bushels and this year, ou nu no eurately surveyed half acre 21 bushels. Tettlne I'rlilt. Seme vury llue specimens of poaelios, pears and apples wero exhibited before the society by II. M. Engle, Levi S. Heist, Hllier aud Besh, nnd perhaps ene or two ethors. Cyrus Neff, James Weed nnd C. L. Hunsecker wero appointed a committee, te oxamlne it nnd report te the society. Tliey reported that Hiller and Itesh exhibited thu largest collection and 11. M. Eugle the finest plate of fruit, ami they therefore awarded te these geutlemnu the premiums provided for under thu rules. The Arunu Klectrle I.ltlil. A furce of workmen are engaged iu electing wires for thu Arnoux electric light oempauy, who have made arrangoraents with beveral storekeepers un East King street te place lamps in and in front of their stores, se that the publie may hve au opportunity of comparing them with the Maxim lamps with which the city is te be lighted, Twe of the lumps will be placed iuslde of S. J. Demuth's con fectionery store nnd ene in front of It ; two iuside and ene in front of J. S Glvler & Ce.'s dry goods store, nnd three Inside nnd ene In front of Astrlch Bres pnlace of fashim, A flltcen herse pewer engine, placed iu rear of Soheonbcrgor's Excelsior saloon, will furnish the pewer te gonerato the oleotrlclty. The wires ure or oeppor, very heavy, and eoeurcly Insulated by being covered with a webbing of cotton cloth painted with white lead. The lamps will be ready ler lightliig by Wednesday or Thursday. rielil Wern Closed for Hie Scmeii, Allontexn ;tem. Prof. Mansfleld Merrlman, noting as. istant U. S, coast nnd gcodetio survey, re. turned te Bothlehom en Saturday, having closed his field work for the season. Tlm triangulation has been carried en durlug tbe summer lu the counties of Lebanon, Lancaster, Dauphin, Yerk and Adams.
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