lO A K w-jy -? V- -i'.V LANCASTER DALLY INTELLIGENCES, TTIUHSDAY, FEBUUAHY 21, 18Si. ; . .. V T ' ;-r ia I" n a. Eancagter JntelKgcncct, M0RSDAT KVBMIKO, FD. 31, X084, Mr. VRfc'8 ncmsna. There is nothing very unreasonable) nor Bturlllng In Mr.Wayne MncVengh'0, paper In tbe Century magazine doscrlb descrlb Ins; the qualities that the next president ought te have, whatever party la te natne hi hi, and which he thinks that candidate Bt peaseaa who Is te get the votes or a large clasa of people, like Mr. Mac Veagh, who am disgusted with the Re publican party and have net jet learned te trust the Democracy. Mr. MacVeagh scarcely overstates the case when he describes the prevailing indifference among men In the leading walks nf life te political motbeds; and when he Bketcbw the survival of party fealty ever the gross abuses which have been committed under cover of party names Rnd because the politicians se trustfully denend upon the loyalty et partisans. Mr. MacVeagh will net find many honest and Intelligent men te differ from him either when he says that, mere than upon the professions of platform platitudes, the success of n presidential candidate will depend upon whether or net be is net only an honest man but ene who will Ix'ncausoef honesty lu ethers," who will net only hate thieving himself in evcry form, but who will " dedicate himself te the selemn work of reforming net only the administrative service et the national government, but the very atmesphere it Belt of the national capital." The real significance of Mr. Mnc Veagh's article, as we read between its lines, is its frank admission that admin Istratlve reform Is the vital isaue of the hour, and that it Is te 1hj met by the nomination of a man of high character, cast in such heroic mould that his elee tieu would be In Itself tbe pledge of the drastic treatment that the existing evils call for. In brief, an epitome of Mr. MacVeagh's demands is the familiar aphorism, "Turn the rascals out," which he rather slight ingly allude3 te a a "touch of humor." But no one cau read his paper thoughtfully without concluding that this Is bis only remedy for the real, deep rooted disease. If it happens that this means the expulsion of bis own late party that is the necessary sequence of his reasoning. Ter, in describing what a president and an administration ought te be, Mr. MacVeagh, with an accuracy that no one can misunderstand, de scribes just what tbe present Republican executive and cabinet are net. Mr. Arthur's most ardent admirers will net claim for him that he is " n strong, capable and aggressively honest man." Who but Arthur has gene " te the bench" for one member of bis cabinet and " te the lobby" for another 'i The description fita the cases of Felger and Chandler tee well te be misunderstood. When Mr. MacVeagh writes of "rot tenness In contracts and in navy yards as well as ships," and of Indian rlng3, pension rings and land rings, of unpunished defaulting postmasters and rottenness in the department of justice, he describes the results of twenty-tour years et Republican administration in the existlug state et affairs. Common Intelligence and un common honesty and courage are needed te cure this state of affairs ; these quail ties the Republican nominee for presi dent is net likely te have. The Demo cratic party will de well te heed the demand upon It by Mr. MacVeagh's class of men for such n candidate. Step It. Dy the ndmissieus of these best quail Oed te knew en both sides we calculate that certainly net less than three the us and dellats were expended in this city en Tuesday at tbe polls. It Is quite cor cer taln that net ten per cent, of this money covered expenses contemplated by the act of 1674, defining the legiti mate expenditures of a candidate and comprehending all that It is . tbe law's Intent should be Indulged In bv anybody. The menev was nald nut te se called " poll committees," part of them consisting of men who demanded pay befere they would vote for the candidates of the party te which they profess te beleug, and many of them political vagrants who are ready te ac cept the highest bid and are equally willing te vete for either party that pays the biggest price. It is no exaggerated estimate that fully flrteen hundred men In Lancaster received seme considera tion for their votes en Tuesday, this mer cenary element holding at all times the balance of power. The persons who ceu. tribute the money for campaign purposes have the peer satisfaction of knowing that they encourage a practice which makes every purohasable guttorsnipe mero effective at the electhns than themselves; these who collect It are heartily tired of their work, recognizing that every year their task becomes heavier and mero dlbagreoable ; these who pay it out get few thanks, and be tween the suspicion and rapacity of these who beset them their let la net nn enviable one. If nobody would contri bute, collect or pay out funds for this purpose the bummers would seen be starved out. There are very few places In tbe state where such a custom pro pre valla; in none that we knew of Is the auuse be gross as in Lancaster. It ex tends te the Republican primaries : In fact, it had its roots there. New, Im mediately following the general election and preceding the primaries, Is the tltne te end It. What de our Republt m, contemporaries and politicians say ? Twe promlnent and active Republican politicians express their willingness te subscribe $50 each te a fund te carry out a movement te Btep the use of meney at elections In this city. We nre ready te meet them with $250, subscribed by Democrats, for the same purpose. The electric light geta werse und worse, It never was fitted te de the work ita contract called for. it Is a patched up nud imperfect affair, constructed Just te work long eueugh te be sold. It has brokeu down tee early te justify the expectations of Ite backers and the chaucea et putting It en the city nre growing alimmer us Ita Hghtagrew dimmer. It has beceme fashienable te complain of 8ome of the later biographies Mr. Ferster's llfe of Dickens, for instance that in its minuteness seme otthe weak nesses et the subject nre tee painfully revealed. Mr. Freude, tee, isseverely blamed for making the world tee familiar with the foibles of Carlisle and the petit petit lancyef hlswlfe'ln laying befere the world their letters and the story of their lives. The points made ngalnst the biegraphers are net well taken. J list when the true story of n great man's inner life is te be told is a matter of taste, in which, it is te be presumed, the feelings of his family nud surviving rel atives are, mainly, te be consulted. Rut when the work Is dene by ene authorized and equipped for the task ltsheuld be dene truthfully nud without extenuation of the common frailties of mankind. The value of Reswell's llfe of Jehnsen sycophantic as the author was consists lu its fidelity te details ; and the reader, rccegntzlng the biographer's ielnt of view, Is never at a less te knew what kind of a man Jehnsen was, and Boswell tee. If the world has a right te knew what manner of mankind great geniuses are, it ought te have the whole truth about them. Most biography is trash because the writers of it set out te euloglze their subject and gloss ever their faults. A great deal of harm en sues from the tendency te unduly extol the virtues and te minimize the faults of theso whom the world wills great. It Is better te have the truth. The " poll committees" must go. Beeu, bummers ami beggars, as the patent influences In election:, should be scut te tbe rear. The man who predicted a short setsien of Congress has geno te join Wiggins, Veuueraud Hazeu. The ler man who soils his vete parts with 'what makes him the ieer of the richest en olcetlon day. In West Chester everybody te'cs an open ticket. The plan is said te work well there. Tbore is no coercion, aud no hired poll committees. Eneland is at present kept se busy watching a cer tain Egyptiau dependency that her Emerald sister across the channel, Ireland, roceives but little attention. Tue I.ntellieenceii has called for a re form of the poll committce abuse as often after its party wen as when it was beaten, it is consistent, and new it proposes te be persistent. Ir a property qualification for voters were proposed for Laacastcr the men who are net possessed of it would raise a howl and rightly, tee. Rut when voters cm be had at $3 apicce tbe ptirse of 3100 will oentrol fifty of them. Reform is neces sary. The purging of our local politics from the evil of bribery Is one that calls for no partisan recrimination. TLe politician! of both sides will, we believe, be ready te join bands with the moralists in cutting out the cancerous growth. Let the geed workbegin. Scud the bell man out te call a town mceting. CeNanESSMAN Smith 1a reported from Washington te be greatly delighted ever tbe election of Resenmilier, who was for fer mcrlv a law student iu his office. Oncn upon a tlme Mr. Resenmilier was greatly dollghted at Mr. Smith's election, but his cup of joy was net full until alter he had brought suit for tbe expenses of that memorable campaign. The Independent Republicans through out the country have agreed te meet in New Yerk city en Saturday morning next and have a talk ever the plans for the presidential campaign. The conclave will begin lu Brooklyn te morrow cvening, when there will be a banquet. The Big. nificance of the gathering depends very much upeu who participate iu it. Nineteen men killed in ene Penusylva uia mine aud two in another, thirty-six poraens dead from the furious wind storms prevailing iu the Seuth aud West, two prisoners hung by western mob, together with the regular list of railroad casual ties, fires and suicides maku the newspapcr of te day read almost like a gazette do de voted te the official chronicle of disasters. Ii has beeu doterminod by the beard of trustees of the state r.ollegQ te reduoe the number of the faeulty nearly ene-half, as at prosent mero than two thirds of the income of the institution is paid out In salaries. A still botter plan would be the total abolition of the establishment. It may be confidently stated that mero money Is spent thore with less results than nuy nuy nuy whore else en the glebo. That great and geed man, Senater Jehn I. Mltohell, it appears, has a brother in law, ene Cameren, who draws a salary of $1250 per annum ns nn assistant United States distrlet atterney for the wostern district of Pennsylvauia,livesnt Wollsbore, Tiega ceuuty, nbeut 400 ralles from Pitts, burg, and renders no publie sorvice. Ridiculous, indeed, has been the meuse that was born when the loglslatlve meuu. talus were in labor iu 1681. The dealers in fireworks are Biid te have very geuerally and systematically oppesod Mayer Klng'a ro-electlon because he Insisted upon a strict observanco of i.'ie ordluaucea prohibiting the noisy and aangoreuB raode of oelcbratlng the Fourth of July, whleh had come te prevail In Phil adelphla te the great danger of llfe and the destruction or preperty. Conservative poeplo will net vlaw without approheuslou the sucoessful attack upon a ohlef magls tratofer enforcing the ordlnaneos which he has sworn te oxeouto ; and It Is evon doubtful ir the mayor-eloot will be bub. talned by a sound public opinion In returning te the old order of things, The Inquirer warns Smith that the termination of the noisy uuisauce " was ene of the few acta of- his administration lu whleh Mayer King had the nppreval of the en tire population of Philadelphia, a few adult eranks and the assortlve but unre flecting BtnMI boy only oxeoptod, It was worth whlle te oleot a Domeoratlo mayor simply te have the ordlnaneo against llre works onfercod, If that oeuld be nocera pllehed iu no ether way, Binoe .Mr. Kiug caused the law te be rcspoeled iu this particular thore has been n gratifying docreoso in the less of llfe and preperty by Fourth of July Occidents and nu entire nbsauce of the dlabolle.il racket which made the day unendurable In the city." KKATUKK3 OF TU15 BTATB P11E33. The Examiner thinks pcople icad the lmti and bollevo the lrtts. The Bedford Inquirer and Bedford He- pullitan have beeu consolidated. The Philadelphia lleeerd thinks Tuesday was a bad day for Protectionists. The iteie Kra ndmlbs that It cost its party a big plle of meney te e.ury the town. The Pittsburg DUitt1 says Domecratlo ditsonsieus contributed te Republican victory out thore. The ledger thiuks it will take a llorcules te remove the bedding of November mud from Philadelphia streets. The Altoetia Tribune regards the oleo tlen of the Republican ticket lu that eity as n reform ratherthau a partisau victory. The West Chester Lecal Xevs has been hunting iu vain iu that borough for a per son named Sopkie M. Springer te whom Wendell Phillips' will bequeaths $300. Mariauna Gibbens' Journal has discov ered that tbe result of great learuing is te teash men hew little they knew compared with what thore is yet for then! te learn. The Chambersburg Valley Spirit has besn bunting for nil the words iu the books cudlug with deus. It has found tremendous, stupendous, hazardous, am phlpodeus, cephalopedous, hybrideu, jeop.udeus. The West Chester Village IUeonleb serves that binding ever Frank and Struck does net help the imprisoned men who were kept in jail soveral wecks, robbed of their valuables and then scut out really a tramps te make their way te their destiua tieu the best they could. i'tataeNAL. Emeusen was iudelcnt iu his youth, POSTMASTEU Jamks II. Mausuall has been confirmed by the Senate Henut B. Payne writes that he is uet and will net be a candidate for president. Wiiakten Baiikeii thinks Bsn Harrison would de for a Republican candidate for president. Wendell PniLLtr' faverite book, was " Bacen's Essays." He nover tri 1 but one law case. Scllivan, the slugger, has temporarily incapacitated himseit for sparring, by a strain sustained in jumping. CONQHESSMAN CfRTIN thinks that BlS marck's conduct iu the Lasker resolution indicates that he wants war. Themas Hi'ntek, principal of the New Yerk city Nermal college, has been ascer tained te be the author of "The Bread Winners." Sarah Brim's will, bequeathing $3 000,000 for charitable purposes and which was contested by relatives, has beeu au mittcd te probate in New Yerk. Senateii Bvyaud considers that tbe suggestion of turning the treasury of the United btates into a bank or issue is a dancoreus one, leading directly te cen tralizatien. Cel. II. W. CJhat, of Philadelphia, was knocked down iu his piano rooms yester day br a stranger te whom he speke slightingly of a piano made by a firm whom the pugilist represents. Mil. J. Themas Sciunr, editor and part author of the History of Philadelphia, of which the first volime was rcecntly pub lished, baa just been appointed commis sioner of the land otHce by the governor of Maryland. Majer Calkins, ene of the Indiana congrc&uenal delegation, is described as the meat imposing looking man in the Heuse. He is ever six feet tall, leeks the picture of health, and has "blue eyms that shine out brightly above checks as rosy ns theso of a oeuntry belle." William Kise, upon being converted in a MothediBt revival meeting in Cald wel1, Ky , arose and confessed that he robbed a store iu 1503ef 30O worth of goods. He went te the proprietor the next day and paid the amount, with 20 years' interest, but was immediately arrested for the theft, and new languishes in jail. Senater Legan hurls tbe following ie markable rboterio talTy at the Abolition ists : "They dreve their bark ever a sea of prejudioe and caased te arise above its waves islands aud continents of thought, bedecked with a moral grandeur." The mau capable of such mixed metapher de serves Bomethlng botter than the presi dency. Yea, evon a stuffed elub. The Empress of Austria's taste for field sports is by no means exceptional among ladies of rank in Austria and Huu gary, Recently the crown princess ae cempanlcd her husband ea a sheeting expedition, and proved herself te be nn excellent shot, The imperial huuts in Hungary, though the ompress la iucapa ciUted from riding this year, are always frequented by a number of the ladles boleuIug te the hlgher court circles. aiVSTKKIUL'a DKATn.S. A Ktllreil MllwauKee Merchant ami nil Wire Kijilre Hmlilsnljr. Mr. Frank C. Bradley, a wealthy retired merehant, has lived happily for many jears with his wife at 180 Doty street, Milwaukee, Wis. The husband and wlfe both died under Inexplicable oircutiiHtauceB Wednesday night. Shortly after 0 o'clock, James Nipp, a neighbor, was awakened by Mr. Bradley, who was at his front deer in his night clothes. He nsked Mr. Nipp te Bend his wife ever, na Mrs. Brodiey was very 111. Mrs. Nipp dressed and readied the nolghber' heuse iu about twenty flve minutes. When Bhe entered Mr. Bradley was lylug iu the middle of the fleer dead and his wife was found dead in bed. Beth apparently had just expired, and at about the same rao rae rao ment. The oeronor was hastily aumraoned. no round no ovldeuces of foul play, and said that death probably rosulted from apoplexy. An Inquest will be held. It is the opinion of the neighbers that the old ceuple were polsenod. The circumstances Biirreunding the ease are suspicious. A nana of ulgtiway Itebbers. I he poeplo living in the mouutaiueuB regions ei Jtayotte ceuuty have long beeu terrorized by a band of highway robbera, who made their hoadquertors In the moun tain. Wodnesday morning the rebbers were surrounded while attemntw t.n n.i. a heuse nnd in the fight whleh onsued Sheridan Mouteltb, ene of the baud, was fatally shot. The ethers oseapod. Mou Meu Mou eoltb gave Information whleh will result in the capture of the otuer inombe or the band. TIjb UeUware lery IllSh Ht l'iilUuelliU The water In the Dolaware rlver rose te an uuugual helght Wednesday, ewluir te the strong uouthweat wind. Dolaware avontte was corapletoly subraorged, and at oue tlme the water was mero than a feet high in the street. The cellars of the warehouses en the line of the avonue were floedod couBiderably, though no great less was sustained by any ene firm. In Frent stroet the residents were compellod te re move te the soeoud story. In Camden aud Gloucester, N. J., the Bituatlen wh worse CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH. UltKAT 1.IISM tV MFK AND l'ltOVKHT lletutu KfiniillnhKi bythft I'lercfl Wind mm I'rei'ln Klll-il lij- fulim llmUn-t-A I'nitj uf Hcheut Otulilreii UruOml. Atlanta Ulcjuti'li te tlie Tlmf. A cyclone swept through this ointe jes tmday and report trem the net thorn and central factious anil from tlie western ed;e show it te have been terribly destructive of hfe and preiuu ty. Frem the Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama and ether points lu the Seuth coine eimtlar aeeeunts of death aud desolation. Iu northern Georgia the ineldenU of the disaster are appalling. At 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon heavy oleuds porteuded a renewal of the storms, when the flood gates of heaven seemed te be opened, accompanied by n ojeleno of wind. Signs and everything that oeuld be detached went Hying iu all directions. Soen houses were upturned nud ll!ng timbers can led everything before them. In Kast Heme the rertdeiice of W. S. Crane was completely demolished. One thousand residences In tti.it county were similarly demolished. In Cau Spring great less of llfe is reported. Aiueug ethers Mr. Oilliard and his son were killed by the falling beams of a lieuce, from which they were attempting te escape. Twe negrees also perished, .Mrs. Hoke was fatally Injured. The family of Mr. Ferd, flve persons in all, were seriously injured, te what extent is net stated. The state deaf and dumb institute is located in this place nnd the terror of the fright cued inmates was pitiful te kce. Colum bus is practically cut off from the world, but rejHirts which have been obtained tire that the less or llfe aud property has been incredible. The reef of the Rankin heuse was blown off. In Harris two cyclones started out, ene of which did damae in the scctieu already noted, wlule the ether took n straight westerly course nnd passed through Randelph across te Columbia and out of the state. A most terrible tale e-unes fiem Jasper, Pickens ceuuty. A large number of chil dren were iu a school when the teacher saw the portending oieuds. tie dismissed the scholars and scut them home. On the way they were overtaken by the storm, when they huddled together in a vacaut buildiug. A gust of wind carried the building away, the crashing timbers killing and maugling the uufortunate little ones, a great number of whom nre dead, The storm was terrible in the section around Macen. The Telegraph received n box of hailstones from Iudiau Springs, seme being three inches long and ene nud a half inches thick and ethers weigluug two and a half ounces. Many houses at that place were unroofed and miny persons were wounded. The heuse or W. x, Miller at Biounts Bieunts ville, Jenes ceuuty, -0 miles from Macen, was blown te atoms. His wife and three children were killed nud the baby was blown away and has net yet beeu found. The bodies of the dead were found at two hundred te eight hundred yards distant from the site of the heu-0. Six uogrecs were killed en the same plantation und a young man dangerously wounded. Saved Aiulit tbe W'rrrU. The wife of Dr. Bullard heard 'he cy clene coming and remembering that the oeruer of the heuse nearest the storm was the safeat, she crouched there with her babies and ttre little negrees. The heuse was swept away, except a few timberf, behind which the party crouched tafely. The store et Jerry Smith, flve miles from Clinten, Jenes county, was blown away. A person named Finny, who was iu it, was fatally injured. The central train from Davisboro this morning, brought wounded men here, who reported that the town was swept and that many were weuuded, but no deaths are reported. The wires are down in many places, and It is difficult te obtain news of the storm. The storm cme west by east, following generally the old oycleno tracks, differing from the ethers in breaking up iutofevorat indepen dent storm centres. KocMecbani'n 311 lullit IMilt Rockingham, N. C , seems te have suf. fcred most terribly. The tornado 6truck it after the peeple had retired for the night, and while it is impo.sible ns yet te get the names, it is certain that twenty threo people were killed, and many mero Borious Berious Borieus ly injured. Every member of the Jenes family was destroyed. Near Lilluyten, a neighboring hamlet, sir persons were killed. At Philadelphia, two miles from Rock ingham, overy ene of twenty five houses was razed te the ground. A party of men began a oeareu of tbe ruins for bodies, and within a short time eleven had been recov ered, three whlte and eight wote colored men. Oue white man, named Jehn Dalkin, was found with a piece of splintered timber through his abdomen ns large as a man's leg. All the bodies were badlyjmutiiated. This neighborhood fcecms te have suffer ed mere than nny ethor. At Woodward a negre man and his wife were brained by a Hying feuce rail. At Winnsboro three negrees and an aged white lady, named Mrs. Sterling, wero killed, aud Mrs. Ster ling's seu and daughter were blown from a heuse and leJged in a tree. At Polkton, N. 0 the wife of Mr. F. M. Gray, a prominent citizen, was killed by a falling llOUBO. Iu Mississippi many plantations are left without a stick of timber or buildine- standing, and in Columbus, Miss., many persons wero wounded. Lives Lest ul Alabama. Iu Newtewn, Ala., eight persons were killed aud thirteen Injured, three fatally. Threo negrees, named Jeff Ferd, Dan Cloud and Bart Keith were crushed te death. Seuth Carolina escaped with less less of llfe. At Darlington four persons were kllled and a number wounded, and the less of preperty elsowhere is great. Three miles south of Leeds the heuse of Jehn Peelo was blown away, nnd a beh of 17, a daughter of 0 ami a negre child were Instantly killed. Peelo, bin wlfe aud four ethor children were all badly injured. The residence and premises of Docter W. F. Wright, a railroad contractor, were demolished nnd the body of his mother was found a hundred yards from the heuse fearfully mangled. Annle, aged 20, Jonnle 10, Themas 18, James 1-1, nnd Edward-12, all ohlldren of Dr. Wright, were badly injured, having their arms or legs brokeu, Harriet McCrew, tbe cook, was kllled. Of twenty-four carta, two wagons nnd threo horses ou the place, nothing remains but the carcass of ene horse. In the same neighborhood, S. P. Lan Lan drue's residence was blown away, and he and his wlfe and daughter all raaluiei ; the heuse of Mrs. Kerr took fire and she was fatally burned, Dlsmtreas frlrei by Llshtnlcc. Ataoedwntor, Ala., the lightning caused a fire whleh defltroyed twouty-feur build ings, including stores, dwelllnga, hotels, the depot and telegraph ofllce, the prlncl pal losers belng J. I). Estes, Simpsen & Gray, Exehanfre hotel, R. & M. Horzreld, J. Ii. Simpsen, J. M, Smith & Bre., A. Caldwell, the Milten heuse, J, II, MeOraw, J. II. Thornten, S. E. Ray & Ce,, and R. L. YaiiBandunt. The postemeo and express ofileo were burned, ind the total less iu the town was evor $100,000. At Columbus, Ga., the Central railroad round houee and several eugiues were wreeked, nnd soveral porBenB wero kllled and wounded. About 0 o'clock In the aftornoen the storm Btruek In Hnucoek oeunty, over turning BOercB of heuses, the lightning setting lire te David DIekmau'a houBe and Btablcs. The plantation of Geergo Granade, in MoDullle county, was ruined, the houses being demolished nud the timber carried off. Ou Aim plantation of Dr. (.tcese a nogre was kllled and Mrs. V. M. Wade, wlfe of the overseor, was Berleusly Injured. In Columbia oeunty the barn nud stables of Ike Y, Dalian), of Hurlem, wero blown down and three Ikupch killed. In the town of Ihadlins, S. C, the residence of Dr. Llcen was blown down and his wlfe was badly injured. At Ninety six, S. C , a Iieumi was blown down and a child UllUd. The residence et W. II. Slatt worth, uenr Plmmlx, Bdgelleld county, b. C, was blown down, The ruins caught llre, and his daughter was burned te death, i'lie dwelling of J. C. Hiiiikiu son nud the store of J, S Boyd,at Jaokeon, S C , were blown down nud three negrees weie killed. The town of Milieu was nearly destroyed. Twe l'rlteutri ttmi): l7 it Slob, At Lebanon, K , Ben MoKlrey nud Piiiteu Yeung, both colored men, were hanged by n mob Tuesday night, for an assault ou Siunu Gribbiu, last Saturday night, and the two had nu examining trial, which elicited direct nud positive ovideuco as te MeKlrey's guilt, but as te Yeung's merely circumstantial. They were com mitted te jail iu default of $1,000 bail each. About S o'clock Tuesday night n parly of 50 men went te the Jul, aud, falling te get the keys, broke the doers with sledge hammers. lien the doers hud been forced 0vu, the keys wero surrendered, aud the fourth deer unlocked, The pris oners were taken te the tin n tabid ou tbe railroad nud hanged te a horizontal bar. MoElrey and Yeung both protested their innocence. MoKlrey vns brave te the last, and when it was found that there was net enough rope, he remarked : "I'll chip in a dime te buy mere," Yeung weakened, but remained quiet most of the time. Thore was little attempt at conejalmaut.and only a few of tbe mob wero masks. Spectators mingled freely with the participants without objectieu. AN IDKAL I'llr.SIDK.NT ltliW lid AVuulil llllIIOTD ou l'reient i-re- lice Ex Atterney General Wayue Mac Veagh contributes te the March Century a striking paper ou "The Next Presidency,'' iu which he says In part : " Thore is nt this time great aud noble work awaiting a president able aud willing te de it. It gees without saying that he must be abse lately untrammeled when he takes his solemn oath te dofeud the constitution and te oxecute the laws. He must net have sought the nomination, nor must he have shown after his nomination what President Wiolsey se uptly called ' a most uncommon nuxiety ' for his election, for he must be without friends te reward, and without enemies te punish. Iu the prcseut Btate el affairs at Washington, he must net only ba an honest roan, hut lie must ba cause of henctty in ether. He must really hate every form of thievery, and mast be nble te dedicate himsetf te the solemn work of reforming uet only the administrative service of the national gov ernment, but the very atmesphere Itself of tbe national capital. "Four years of administration of the national government by such a mau would transform the public life of Amoriea. He would recogmze the just limitations of true eivil service reform, and knew that all political officers iu the exscuttve de partment, all such etlljcrs representing iu any degree the political action of the gevernment, ought te be iu harmony with it, and that his cabinet his official house hold ought te be composed of men pos sessed of bis cuttre political and personal contUcnce, and in earnest sympathy with him in tbe work he proposed te acoom aceom acoem rlish. " His pecretary of state would take care net te vex foreign nations with requests which he kuew ought uet te be granted, and which, if made te us under precisely similar circumbtaiccs, would be indig nantly repelled ; but while avoiding such requests he wuhl keep vigilant wateh evor the rights of overy American citizen in the world, and maintain net euly the dignity and honor, but the interests of the country, in every quarter of the glebo. Our foreign miwiens would be regarded as political offices, but they would be filled se as te reflect only credit upon the ooun eoun oeun try ; while our consuls would be regarded as commercial officers only, and be releated uet becaiihe of their friendship with politicians, or with the president himself, but because of their knowledgo of the poeplo with whom they were te live, and of their ability te advauea the lutorestsef American commerce. " His secretary of the treasury would be 1 aoie te uoveto an ms tlme te the great fiscal problems which coneoru that dopart depart dopart ment, and would cot be ebliged te waste it upon ecuatera and congressmen, or depu depu tatieus of local political magnate), in lis tening te their appeals fortheani)ointmont of a pensloner upon tlie treasury. In giving te his subordinates the assurance of a permuuent tonure while they discharged their duties effoetivcly, he would iusplre them with new zeal for the publie servloe and secure a larger meaBure of fidellty te the iutercsts committed te their charge. " His secretary et war would be able te secure punishment for the men who nre new iu such numbers tarnishing the fair name of their neble sorvice, and thus bring the army baek te ita oarlier and better atate, when conduct becoming an officer and n gcntletnan was net supposed te include what, in the language of the capital, ia by a dolleato euphemism oalled 'duplication of accounts,' but elae where is called swindling. " Ills secretary of the navy would cleanse that department of Its rottennoss iu cjntraets and in navy yards as well ns Iu ships, and the country would gladly accord him whatever moneya were nocos necos noces sary te place the American navy upon a footing creditable alike te the gallant and illustrious sorvice it represents and the great oeuntry whose flag it carries in the waters of the world, "His secretary of the interier would be administer that vast dopartment as te cleanEe it of the agents of the Indian ring, the pension ring, and the land ring ; and it would then be posslble only for houest contractors te furnlah the Indian supplies, honest agents te represent claimants for pension, and honest sottlerB te obtain titles te publie lands. Congress would possibly no longer hcsltate te vete the meney necessary for the proper treatment of the Iudiaus, as the wards of a rich, civilized and Christiannatlen. "His pestmaster goneral would plaoe the entire postal servloe upon a basis of absolute honesty and economy. Default ing poatmastera would net only be dls. missed, but punished ; nnd men oenviotod by the oeuntry of robbing the dopartment would net be allowed toseouro new con tracts while they were belng proseoutod for fraud lu old ones. "Ills atterney gencral would be able te secure the Boleotlou of judges, marshals and commissioners upeu the ground of their fitness by charaeter and ability te represent the administration of justice in their soveral communities J aud the ooun eoun oeun try would no lenger be Boandailzed by the prosecutlou of unworthy officials who ought nover te have been appointed te the placea they have dishonored, Of ceurse, it is net intonded te suggest that many of the luoumbents of theso offices have net illustrated the qualities mentioned, but only that Btieh n president, Biirrounded by such a cabinet, would be able te de mero te purify and olevato the publie Borvlce in a term of four years than can possibly be dene in any ethor way iu the llfo-time of a goueratlon." m m rlre Ycnri Imprisonment New Yerk, Feb. 31. Emll Uollander, oenviotod for sheeting and killing Geergo Rodermaohor, wns te-day sontenced te flve years Imprisonment. NINETEEN LIVES LOST. Till: WOltn III' T1IK 1'IKK IIAMI. I It ill Ii br lluriiliiK mill Sillliirttliiii m Unit- ni.llMllle Mlite-Tlie Krti.ll ul the A)ialllitg tihitiitrr. A terrible explosion of flre damp occur i red ut half pastil e'cl uk Wi-dnesdty morn lug iu the initie of the Coiiuellsvlllo Cerk nud lien oempauy, located nt West Leiseu i lug, four miles distant from Uniotitewu, Pa , which killed nineteen luinms. Thore nre constructed and lu operatiet. nt West Luiseurlng cuke works Just U00 evens, It requires about seventy live miners lu keep these evens supplied with coal. They work lu two shifts day nud night. The night nhift euly comprises about ii dozen men, who drive headings, while the day shllt comprises the remain der of the millets. Tlie night shift gees te work early lu the evening mid gees oil at !) o'clock lu the morning. On Wednesday when the night shift went off they saw no signs of nny tltcdamp, and tlie men ou day turn had been at work three hours when the spout of firedamp was struck. Tills mine is worked by means of a shaft 11)5 feet deep, and the sixty miners wero at work iu all parts of the mines, many of tnem nan a mile apart. That portion of the mluu whom the ex -plesl in oceurrod was about 800 feut from the bottom of the shaft, In a butt heading. The oxpleslon was heard at a considerable distance, both underground nud ou top The rush of air through the mine was terrific, aud blew overythtug lu the miue te atoms. The cam were blown te pieces, reeks tern up nud mules killed. Great confusion reigned among the men who were working at n c uisidnrable disunion from where the explosion took place, and many rushed hurriedly te death simply because they did uet heed the advice of experienced miners, who escaped tin. harmed . There wero lu the tuttte iu all miners, drivers and ethers about soveuty men Of theso uinoteon lest their llves. Some wero burned te death and ethers suffoca ted. When taken out of the mum nud ex posed te thu air the flesh In many cases dropped oil' that part of the body which was burned. Theso who were suffocated looked quite natural and simply as If sleeping. It was uet until nbeut half past 7 or 8 o'clock that the dead aud living could be takeu out, ou account uf the dauger of foul air. The men who were temporarily out of the mtue aud theso employed ou the outside noted in tbe most becoming man man uer, and steed ready with brave nud stout hearts te assist iu searching the miues. Te describe the soeno iu the mine, the condition the men wero in and the way they were lylug is impossible. The men working nt n distance from the plaoe of the explosion worn raore or less affected with the leul air, which was driven with great ferce throughout the miue, aud the only way for them te avoid death was te get te the main entrance, where the air was pute, owing te tbe direct oenueotion with the nir shalt. Richard Balsey, an oxperlencod miner, who was working in the initie In the morn ing, toils the following in regard te his escape : He aud his partner were at work only a few rooms from where the exple sien occurred, nud the moment of the report he kuew what it was. He tore up his clothes, giring his partner a portion and telling him te stuff it lu his mouth. He did the same with the ether, which was part of u trouser leg. Ha told his partuer te be sure and fellow him. They wero in total darkness, as all the lamps wero blown out. After going a short distanoe the ether man told lialst-y he did net thiuk they were en the right read, nud left him. Balsey escaped, nnd the ethor man, whose name was llaokuey, rushed frantically into the headiug where the explosion had takcu place, and is among the dead. Patrick Murphy, another, who barely escaped, says he crawled en his hands ami knees from the heading. It was net uutil about neon that the living and dead were gotten out of the mine. The last man takeu out was Henry Wilsen. He was thought te be in a dying condition, but was restored nnd will get well. Men, women and childreu steed at the top of the pbaft waiting in terrible bus ponse for their fueuds te he brought out. The managers did everything they pessi bly could for thu sorrow strlekeu peeple. The dead bodies were takeu te their re re pectlve dwellings in wageus, and the families of the aUin were properly looked after. Dr. Diehl, the company's physlelnn, was en the ground and did all that medi cal skill could de for the sufferers. There is no telegraph communication botween West Lolsenring and Uuiontewn, nud it was net uutll nearly neon that anything was kuewu of the accident. Mr. Taggcrt goneral manager of the company, aud Mr. Hewell, the fltore manager, nrrlved thore after the eoreuor. At 3:30 p. m a jury was soleotcd and the dead bodies vlowed and identi fled. The company will bear the funural expenses of all and aid all the families. Ne gas has heretofore oxisted in this mine, nnd the crovieo eeutninlng it was only reached Wednesday morning. Twe Killed la I.usarna Ueliler. An explosion of flre damp occurred en Wednesday in Ne. 10 celliery of the Phila delphia and ReaOiug coal company at Sugar Notch, near Wilkcabarre. Twe men were working near the scoue of the explosion at the time, Jehn Themas, a Polander and Jehn Creswight. Themas was frightlully burned about the head, neck and sheulders, and has aluoe died, a mass of top eeal whleh was shakouleoso by the vloleueo of the explosion, fell ou him and crushed out of all somblanea of humanity, Beth the men lived in Ashley. Themas was a single man but Creswight, who is 47 years old, leaves a widow and bIx childreu. The oause of the explosion Is unknown, but it is Biippose that the gas was fired by a naked light lu Themas' hat. UAlTUltKO IN A UUUItUII. Tlie Neire KiicK Tauan Nearly UeaJ Irem Kxpemre. The negre Itugg, oharged with the mur. der of the Mayboes and the assault en the Spragucs and Tewusends, who oseapod from the Leng Island oily jail en Sunday, waa captured Wodnesday morning. The aearcbiug party spent the night about Hyatt's weeds, near whleh the fugitive was Been in the night. The party about tbe weeds at night waa inoreaBed, by ene at a time, until two Boore poraens had ar rived. Jailer Murphy, Sherlff Furman and n few of their liolpers left the spot at Oo'e'.ook Wedncsday morning, aud just about thnt.time two coaehos dreve up te the spot nud tbe polleomou get out, alx patrolraeu nnd four iorgeants. After two hours' rest tbe sheriff and a dozen depu tlea went te Wintleld again and recom recem recom menced their huntlntr. Tbe rogleD about Winfleld, as daylight approaehod resembled a plaoe under a Btate of aioge. Men In uniform oeuld be seen at every corner, who sharply scrutinized every passer-by, and groups of two and three patrolled the reads. In the weeds the sherlff and his deputies ndopted the plan used in beating weeds for game, overy square Inoh being examined. Aa the morning were away the rogleu round about the weeds beoarae mero thronged and the reads leading te them were lined with pedestrians for two miles distance In the weeds could be heard the baying of bounds. After thoroughly aelug the ground It was eoneluded that Rugg had escaped. A woman's dress, tbeugnt te have been worn by him, was found lu a corn field near by. The party aoparated aud spread out ever the surrounding oeuntry. In n abort tlmn information was re ceived by the sheriff that Ituirg hud goue across the country te Woedsidu mid taken refugn in a oliiireh Tim oliiueh was sur rounded and the deer broVeu in. Itugg Hiibmlttcd with but very little resistance, ns he was nearly dead from ospesuio nud the hole of feed. U3 was It iiuleuffed and takeu te Leng island City by the seerlff nud hia assistants. Tbe llirnl ninii-K i.urli, ILeililli.il (Me.)Hpccltd tllspittuli. A roninutle wedding U reported from Jacksen county, Me. ltev. Moses Auiler son was the accepted Jever of Miss Fannle Calllcotte, a daughter el a wealthy stock raiser of that ceuuty. The wedding day wns set for. this week, the lianiisn precuied and the trousseau purchased, but ou tlm day before thu nuptials were te taka plioe the bride received permission from her parents te go toWludsei, Henry oeunty, the nearest village, te purchase a few articles te comp'eto her toilet. The hired man, Josepb Graves, a handsome jeung fellow, accompanied her lu the family ear. riage, and ou the way te Windser tlie eon vorsntieti drilted into thu channel of the expoetod wedding. Graves speke of the many happy hours they had spent together and hew they would miss eacli ether lu the future. Finally he told her of his love. Th girl's heart warmed towards him and an ulos)ineut was boeh propesod, and they proceeded te carry It out. At Windser they put up tlie carriage nt a llvery stable, beardod the Missouri Pacific passenger train nud went te Maeen, near this oily, They then went te a hotel, a minister was called, who stepped bofeio the blushing; bride nnd the mau of her choice, who was still attired iu his farm suit of brown suit of overalls uud cowhide beets, ami seen brought her interesting courtship te au end by tying the nuptial knot. The ceuple nre still at Macen, Grave's former home, -" .Mattlicir Aruiilil'n lltil Tnntr. Matthew Arneld, who ia lecturing at Montreal at present, produced n profound sensation at a Itttieh given in his honor en Wednesday bv Freneh nud Kuullsh cltl. zens in the Wiudier hotel, in replying te u toast te his health he severely denounced what he called the narrow nnd Illiberal doctrines of certain religious denomina tions, especially of the Reman Catholic ehurch. Some French Canadians who were prescut, including Louts Frcchotte, whose poetloal works have been crowned by the French noademy iu Paris, nud who has welcomed the philosopher in a peem, resented the attack ou their church by rising and leaving the table nt thu end of Mr. Arneld's ungracious nud effensive remarks at what wan purely a social as as sembly. m fc NKIOtlllOKUUtlll Nf.VVS. t'.rai Nrnr anil Acrut tlie Uuunt; l.lurt. Thore are only 10 priseners iu the Allentewn jail. A hog weighing 1,100 pounds lb being rafllsd off In Beading. A inoveiuout haa been btirted iu Allen Allen tewu te oeniol owners of hotels, factories, etc., te erect lire escapes. The Pottstown iron oempauy empleyes went en a strike three mouths age, and the gU'0,000 which would have been paid out iu wages in that tlme has beeu locked up and the town complains of business beiug very dull. A large number of persons ong.ued in the canning business in the lower part .of Yerk oeunty were compelled last fall, owing te the low prices, te store thousands of cases of canned corn nud tomatoes. Lately a better dernand has beeu cxcri oueed, nud theae goods are being worked off. Edwin Bear and David M-iyer, of Fredorieksburg, Lebaueu oeunty, having captured 115 and 117 miiskrats respect! ve ly this year ; and Jehn Huinmel, near Pottstown, lias brought this season about 400 skins, inuskratH, skunks, coons, opossums and minks te market of which about 175 are muskraU. The Pennsylvania railroad is stnl test ing its ompleyos for color blindness. It is stated that the oempauy has been nble te trace nccidents, involving the destruction oPpreporty nnd lives, te color blinducss existing in the pcrseu respousible for the aoeidout. The test is bein made with ougineors, brakoraenP switchtcuders and flagman, and nil these ou tbe middle ami east6rn divisions who fail are sent te Phil adelphia for a further examination, where if they fail, they are romevod from posi tion. Jehn Miller, the burglar who was shot by Captain Besslor. in Myerstown, is slowly reoevorlng. The priseucr is oon eon oen fluod In the Lebanon jail. Sherlff Boshero has recelved a lotter from Carl Neppaoh.ef New Yerk, who says : "I have a brother in thia country, by the name of Rebert, but have net heard anything of him for about ene year. He was always a wild boy, and we wero unable te de nnythiug with him, but I never thought that he would end an low ns all of this." Nep pach claims Mlller aa that brother. liltUTIIBIt U1.KVKI.ANI1 .tllAI 1 Ha Makes Heme Inquiries About tlie Itible. Rev. U. A. Cloveland, of the Covenant Methodist Eplsoepal church, Reading, u minister well known among the advanced thinkera of tbe atnte, oreatod quite a stir at the meeting of the Schuylkill miniate rlum. He read an essay entitled "The Blble In Our Own Tlme," and it was eon atrued by seme te meau that Rev. Mr. Cloveland deubted the truth or nuthou nutheu nuthou tlelty of the gospel. In tbe essay Mr. Olovelani says: " Is the Blble true as we new have it V We don't knew. It Is for us te prove." Wheu this essay was belng reid there was n noticeable flutter among the assembled clorgymeu, aud the towering form of Dr. J. B. Debbins, arose as he combatted this view. Dr. Debbins ohlded Rev, Mr. Clevelnud In warm terms, and accused him of belng inoenslstout, Rev. Mr. Cloveland responded just as warmly. Rev. Geergo Alcorn, of Humraolstewu, Bald : Mr. Cloveland, you talk a great deal, but thore ianethlugiu It." This remark aroused the latter thoroughly. He bo be bo eamo greatly oxeltod, end, In vigorous nud omphutle style, cut right and left. It Is highly prebable that the matter will be laid bofero the conference by Dr. Debbins nt the meeting In Mareh. Rev. Mr. Cloveland Is outspekou iu his opposi tion te elass meeting, revivals, Bheiitlug, etc., and, for two yeare, has uet allowed aueh.things iu his ehurch. Congressman smitrt llauiijr. Washington Dispatch te l'iiila. Times. "Although there Is a strong sontlment In favor of Blaine in Lancaster oeunty," said Reproaentatlvo A. Herr Smith, who returned te the Heube te day, "the delo. gatlen te the Chicago conveutlon will go unlnstruoted." Mr. Smith went home te take part in the loealoloatiou at Lunoaster and was rnueh gratified that Mr. Rosen miller, a fermer student In his law ofileo, had been chosen for mayor. During his sojeuru Mr. Smith talked with a number of leading Republicans of the Ninth dUtriat nud they were outspoken In favor of the presidential nomination coming direetly from the poeplo's ropresontatlvoa and net from besses ei any (notion. A strong candidate was nueessary and all puty dls. putes should be put nslde, with a view te oleotlng the Ropubllean candidate. If Blaine was lacking in strength te secure a nomination animosities growing out of the canvas should be forgettou lu the lntorest of party weal, The result of Tueaday's oleotlons throughout the state nf Pennsylvania, oenoludod Mr. Smith, maku it no lenger dubatable ground, e H . MUMMfSSESSiKt V
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