fppwiisppp '"' fW(n-. "It je aanf a$ttf tMM, 3' &.X I ' I VOLUME XXINO. 141. LANCASTER, 1A., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1885. -' PRICE TWO CENTS. -jS fl Ob JttfrakUia 1 A NIGHT OF IlQKKOIt. i.v.s.i.vi; ii:i:iitTMi:r uf as ai.mhiieusi: IS ri.AMKH. T1IW KIrIiIfeii I'mtmiiis Henri Inn Klrrnl Itii lllnehley Anjlniit, l,lillnilelplilHllixirlrenilliiff Purlieu llinl NVm Wllmmeit In llm I'niirU li lle(ll) the. Inmate. eighteen rating iniuliics moie burned te death lit the liisnne ilcurtmcut nt Itloekloy almshouse, l'lillinU'l)liii, Thursday night In nconltagialleu which needed untiling te Iniiku II tlie most lioiilble dlsister of llm kind ijiit known In tlie history ul' tlie ilt. 'I'lin lltii originated ulxiut H o'clock In the wing of tin-elit Iiiilldlugnfthe Insane dcpait- iit-t 1 1 , which fronts toward llm M linylkill liter, mid Indirectly south of llie main build ing of the almshouse. This wing Is 115 feet Inmt anil (ii) fist dicp, cnnuix'tixl with the in.iln building ofthneld stiucluioser tlm in Nine department, which runs west KM) feet tun similar wlugtnthu etiii In which llm disaster ixvilneil. In IIiIh wing, wheielhellriibruki) out, there woie sixty separate cells for the t Intent Mtlcut- twenty en iwli tlcMir. In aililltlini te tills tlii'in was a large riMini en each uf tlie time IliMir-i, In which ents for twelve men wero plmisl, nil of which vvoie ixvupicd 1 it'll tlie llm broke out. (In tlm sis-end fhxir wni a drv-roetii, heated by steam. 'I his room, w Mill was alxiut tun fort squire, was directly alongside tlie mlilillii stairway te tlie Hours n! iind Ixdnw, Here tlie llamex originated, lint from wli.it oatixe N net no known. At tlie time there worn Insane pdleuts In each of the twenty cells en tlm three, (loom, ten In tlie large riHim en tlie tlmt Ihxir, anil twelve In each or tlie large rooms en tlie iiv mill anil tlilril Ihxirs. run i iht of in: vn. Tlie following me tlm nanus nml ages of tlm (xvnpants hx'ked In tlie nineteen ceIIm In Want M., neiir where tlie llre first started, nil of w lieni are supx)-d te hav e Ikx-ii xulltx-atcd or burned te death, uitli the exception of three, win) wcre rescued liv tlie firemen : Cell Ne. 2 rrnnk H. ncoh.ieun, ngixl Xi years. Cell Nu .1 .tunics McCoy, aged te yearn. (VII Ne. I Jehn l,vl'Uii;dl SO i'arn. Cell Nu .V Klu.'0'NiiIII, nged .ViiMrH. Cell Ne ( diaries Scott, oeloroil ai(il ,12 yiiirn. Cell Ne. 7 .telin llMMir, .ikeiI 10 .e.ip(. Cell Ne s James llurk, nel "fi7 ye.ir-. 1 1lls man killed tlirue lnin.ituM of tlie Insti tution ilurlliK tlie t" out -two jiari lid linil liconeoilrtiiojltlioro. Ker twenty usurt his Ii mils worecliallioil te his UmIv, Cell Ne. ti Tliem w Itnsk, hkeiI .VI jcirt. Cell Ne. 10 MU'liael Wretli, apisl "iityunrx. Cull Ne. II. Ilelmrt "llllllllinu-i, :ij;(il I, jears. Cell Ne. U-Cliail(x No'enliorKor. aj;til ft je-.iri. Cell Ne. I't. Thulium Jiincx, ngeil .tl yen. Cell Ne. II .lelm HerrlKOK, uistxl tsSi-nrH. TIki until of tills lctlm will Imi easily ro re r.illiMl te l'lilldilelplilnlis, us he was llio''r llie''r wiu whouateoiilliiisl indinluiliy hlHlirother In tlie old hlnnty at thu nerthuist iiirner of reiirth and IjOinlianl streets. u wn-t ill1 ill1 ill1 coNered alxnit IsTn, after Iun jioeu there ter twenty rnrx. Cell Ne l.i . lelm K'liler, nuisl en je.irs. Cell Ne. 17 Thenus Smith, aiied .Ii jour. Cell Ne. In ndw.ird Murphy, nt;el IS xenr. Cell Ne. I') -Charles O'llrleii, uisl .!(! venn. Oil Ne. 4riulii XcwhitrniT, sgeil u) yt'.irn. Cell Ne. 1 was uueivupicd, and m .Nu, 111 Jan ih tilavmian was I'eiitliHil. He was res cued hy Watchman William ll.iun.i. ThoUlies of Crank Dochncen, Michael Wroth, Theiu is Jenes, James llurk,. lehn Koehler, Jehn Hurries, Charles sstt, Jeliu l.jileu, l'hillp Nowberner and Cliarlus Noli'iilivrKuruerndiscdwrisllii the ruins .mil ruinevud te thndoitil-heuso by luidrilftht. There were lour of the iniuati s of tlie cells who wero rescued In tlie k1Ice, hut one of tlie men was se Unify hurued nlmut tlm feet thatheilktl hoeii nller Ih'Imi; hrnught out. The names of tlie thnsi Liken out h tlie tlreiiipn could net In learned, ewIiik te tlm contusion pruMiiliiiK iimeiij: tlie attcudaiits. Ward M, in which thu uutorttiu.ite follewH mi t their death, was In chari;e of Mr. Strain, iijeuiir man, who hid his lace Minged hefore lie could m.ike his eViisi. Till! FIllsT A I. VKM. l'rfiin all th cotitlletliiK accounts te Ihi oh eh tallied It apiHMrn pretty (ertaln that the first alarm wusgten li an iusaue patient en the tlrst fleer of tlie in till building, ndjoiulugthe wlniy already descriU'd. 'J Ills mm, Josph Nadine, nvupled a mom Willi alHjut twenty ether (iiict imtleuts. AImiiu ten iiiluutcs te H o'clock, liu tun fiuuke IssuIiik from alxive tlie deer which nix-unl into the wing In w hit h tlie celli were situated. He ran te tlie lilg ireu-gnited deer floating en tlie in till lorrider et the building and cried out ' the." This fearlul xeuud niiclied thu ears et Jeseph Nhroeiler, the attendant of thu ground-Meer, who was In his room, dirts tly opjieslto the ene from which Nadine had given the alarm. Mrs. I'mste.id, who has general churge at nlglit, K.iys that when the aliirni reached her slie was In her oilier, atieut 11) loot finui the dry riMim, and at onto hurried te the mcue. Mm Ml 1 that an atteiuit was inadii te put out llm Hatucs w ith Imekets of water, ami at tlrst it was supposed that the tlamcs were only burning Irem the ureuiHt fleer near the stair way ; but in almost un Instant it was found that thu real jsiiut trem which the danger came was the second Doer, at the top of and aliOMi the dry room. She then histeued te Ret all the patients from the main building extending liack from the wing. hOMU OK TI1K llOltUOUH OK IllKNIOIIT. Attendant Sliroedor takes up the thread of the Ntnry at this point, and thus relates seme of tlm horrors of tlm dreadful night: "I de net knew who sounded thu alarm. As hoeii as I heard Nodlliu'sery I rushed te the feet of the stairway, and after a short attempt te check the llre at eneu set te work te get out tlm patients. Cirst I unlecked the deer of the mini In which Nadine and hiscouiiaiiiens were. They ran out at once, Hy this time tlie flames were gathering in rury and dense oliuue-s of smeke wero ascending into the upper stories. I succeeded In unlocking tlm doers of all the iclls en the first fleer, and had dilllculty in hoiue cases in getting all the inmates out. 1 had no tluititoleok after them liirtlmr than te rim them into the yard, for the flames worn getting he fierce that it was almost !niossih!e te breathe in the new nipidly burning building. The Hiuekii In the upper stories was he thick that breathing was impossible, Whlle I was getting the men out below, Attendant Wil liam Strain was doing thu same for the lo in ites en tlie second lloer. I met Mr. Ilannii, the night watchman, who was also helping, and we went up te the third story, hut wero drlM'n back by the flames, which had forced tlieir way through the stairway nml wero creeping along te the cells of the deemed in mutes. We ran around te the ether stairway, near the new buildings en the west; and by this time seme firemen had arrived. All the inmates had liccn gotten out of the second story, he tluil tuore reimimeu niieui twenty (light en the third fleer, twenty In the cells mid eight in the large common room. The peer fellows In the cells wero being smothered te death by the smoke, and jHir haps blistered and burned by the flames. Thelr cries wero heartrending, tjome of thein curaed and swore, ethors laughed hid eously, nml still ethers yelled w ith pain mid gave out hiicIi awful cries as would hae ap palled the hardest heart. A fireman of en en gine Ne. 1, attendants Ktraln, Hayes and Ilauiiu, a Kitlent numed ltnffurty niul myself crawled en our hands and knees te1 hucIi of the men en the third fleer as we could reach, nnd we dragged out fourteen, eight of thorn nlIe, four Htillecated and two he horribly burned that they died Ix'fore we could get them out of the building. We could net seu any of the men In the cells, et course, but con in near uorriiuecriusauovuiuu rearing et tlie Haines as they iH'camu sensible that a terrible fate was in store for tliem." While Khroedcr was going through this terrible experience the llaiues wero extending te the main building of the department. The w lug in w lik h the victims wero being burned alhe was wrnpied in flames, which wcre sheeting many feet into the air and Illuminat ing the ( ity for iniiiiy squares. WILLIAM BrilAIN'H IKItllllll.i: NlOltV. 'Tlie rules or the place roimlre the Inmates n rtlre at B o'clock every ulijlit. I had jiut siiccis'ded III getting thu elnhty-uen mini under my care te hed mid had sat down te liiaku out my usual tepert when somebody rushed Inte m viipiiluient and sheiiled 'I'lrel' lu an Instant thu utmostisiufimleii prevailed. ThoHiuekocaliio lolling up the stairway In volumes, nnd Is'l'oie we ciiuld hardly reallre our )sleu the llnuies burst in en us. Thu slxly-etm iH-ciiiianls of the hed-rixims all l mm aged te make their i'scaHi down the stair way, 1 IkiIIove. Their nsiins weru net lecktsl, mid there was nothing te prevent them from escaping down the stairways. The flumes spread with terrible rapidity. I tried te reach llm cells, w here thurii were nineteen of the most violent pitleiitHceiillned. I knew they would be roasted te death if the doers wcre net unlocked te let them out. My only thought was the liberation et lh(ne (mer let lows. Thu siuekii and Humes poured Inte the ward, and befoie I had advanced lar I was drlviil link by llm Haines. It was Impossible ler me te go another step forward, and se I had te Hy ler my own lite. I birely get out id he, ler the right sldoefmy face and mustache worn singed by thu llannvi. I could hear the Kir fellows lu the (oils howling like ilcniuns, for the llre was iihiii them. The thought of them Isilng slevrly roasted alive, coupled with thelr curses and llieir piercing cries for belli, was terrible. Oh, llislt I never lived through such riiglitful leiturc of mind as that 1 ex Hrlcinvd during the lew moments I was trying te gresi my way out of the burning building. I could also hear I hem pulllugand kicking at thelriltiers in their vnlu etlerts te save themselves. Hut they might as well have tikd te go through a Mone wall, ler the ci lis had been lunstruUcd with :is)xs'ial view el eeullniiig dess.irite men llierein." nu: i'iiii.mi st e.s Tin: sci:mi:. At M, o'clock an alarm had Ihsmi struck, and in hdf all hour a general altrm sounded. When the lireiueii arrived tlie llre was en v el oping alsiul one-third of the main building and liurulug llenely. The tvve plugs lu the yard gave but an Indllforent supjil.v of water. Truck I' arrived mi the soenesooii after the II rst alarm, and its ladder was quickly run up te the third lloer te tlm windows of thu cells in which the maniacs wero fastened. With ax and hook tlie llreineu attacked the iron gratings el the cells and succeeding in biking out seven men, four of them kuITo kuITe catcd and three still alive. Many of the Inmates upon being icle.wd esciijsst in the confusion mid wanderisl Inte the city. A large iiumls'r were seen en Chestnut and Seuth streets, and several wero taken Inte custody. Huse Ceunelly'and (teorge Neall wero ar rested by the district pellis'ineii and h ked up In the m)1Ici) sUtieu. fltsirge Ni-ill was found wandering in the Nineteenth distrli t win u arrested. I'lreiuaii Cphallue, of Kngiiie Ne. ., was Itidlv cut alsjul thu head at thu alinshouse fire. ItciiJ iinin llrewu was found bv a Ninth district Hillceiuaii wandering near the pirk. III'VTI I'.IUIIT I IV1IUS. That Is the Niimlier Nun Itchi'tnl te lltlkr lloell lt In (lie bullion llnluiailiit. I'll I i.a ! i.i'iuv, l'eb. ft. The lire of last night at the atiiishoiise entirel.v destreved that Hrtieu of the Institution set apart fur the Insane. Of tlmuM lunatics cetilliied tin. re, iiiiii.v are missing, but It is thought most of them have wandered awa. t iiluoe'ctock lids morning two morn charted Isidieswere round in wild jui They had been roasted Is'vund all ris'oguitieu. Several human forms ciiii li seen in the burning wreck in the i cll.tr. It is new thought that twcntv-elglit of the Inmates perished. Tint iiiiiiiIkt of violent pitlents vicre lm ked in tlm cells en the third lloer and could net In) I cached ; eight of them h iv e h"cn taken out dead and the ethers have net Ixs'ii .icisainted for. 'I hi re seems te Ixj no doubt that they are lest and that their leiiiaius am among llm ruins. During the night inmv Insane persons were lunnd wandering in dillerent jcirLs of the city , seme of them nearly n ikeil. Tlm ("sir creature gctierallv sceiiud iiuable te understand thu situation and lu seme eases Ix'ged their captors pitixiiislv net te threw them into the river. Others seemed te take it as a grand joke, and laughed glecliilh when the subject of the lire was mentioned. Anether cime flying down Seuth street earlv this ineruiiig with a m made attached te his wrist and a lew links el a thaiii dangling from It. He ehriekisl and laughed as he struck right and left among the frightened xsiple. It was found nississirv te use violence and he was kuix'ked down Ix'fore he enuhl lx secunsl. Anether m.idiuiiuc.uissla piuic in a street carliv rushing in half-clad and with his face s-'urched and hl.u'kcuixl. lie s,mk cowering in a corner, ami it was sihmi letiudlhithu was mole Irightcued than these who hid ran awav. Tlie lepert til it tlm streets were full of escaped maniacs caused much alarm in V, est Philadelphia, and stiaugeis hxikcd uiin null ether with distrust I lltl.MKN SI II. I, VT WOUK. The firemen aie still at work en thu mills. Tlii'i are w e.try and halt fieen, e.u h man's helmet and eat appealing as haul asarinei, but tlieii Miarcli tin the bodies is continued steadily. There appealed te have Ixx-n a great deal et unnct essary iroulilei-ausod by letten hese and a siircity lu thu water supply. Te leniedy tlm latlei fall ing a deen brawny lireiueii chupinid a bete in the thick ice en the Schuylkill liver, but when tlm hose was introduced the mud and grinding bits of ite split tlie hitter and the attempt was a falluie. The confu sion ulxiut tlm ruins, the craftiness el tlm iu iu saeo peeple In secreting themselves, the promiscuous manner lu which they are I wing taied for and thu utter woariness of all these who have had them in charge, prevent an accurate estiiii itu being in ule of the less of life and jirnjierty. 'llm less en the buildings will amount te IllMMll ti.'.u.oue. Sni'll lull by Culnrril r.ilk.. Kiein the Iteiullng Kagte. ColeretVrMK'loty of this city is in a flutter of expectation ever the select reception te be given by tlie Heading Sixial club. This Is mi org-inlzatieu of seme .15 well-known colored citircux, and its object is te furnish pleasure for the members mid their friends. Their tlrst grand ball comes oil noxtTuos nextTuos noxtTues day ev ening in the banrpicttmg room of Micuiiorcher hall. It is te be a full dress atlalr. The ladies who have received Invita tions te thu salmi aru vicing with ethers te ceuiu out hi the most Ixiiutltul costume, and nre showing considerable rivalry. (luests have been invited 1 1 out 1'axten, flarrisburg, llethlcheui, l.mcister and Allentewu and ether places, and some. 11) me expected te Ihi present from tliose iil.u en alone. Calw have ikicii hired te take tlie guesU te and from the hall and everything premises telxi conducted in the most recherciie style. There me no tickets for sale, mid consequently white folks will net be admitted. .Mi. Mulone'n Central t In 1'lillailrlpllU. The tlnuiice committce of the riillndelplila councils en Thursday decided te reert fa vorably an ordinance transferring the sur plus of tiShiiOU et June 21, lbNi ler the con- striictieu et the Market street bridge, te the highway and water dopaituieutx. An ordi nance te appreve the sureties of Bernard Mnloue en tlie contracts ler building sec tions set en mid eiglit of the intercepting sew or was read, Mr. Malenn bad Intimated that he would net accept thu contract for Ne. t), as a mistake had I icon made in his calculation which would cuihU him considerable less. Chief Kmrliioer Hinodley said that If the con tract for Ne. 7 and Ne. 8 be given te Mr. Mn Mn Mn loeo a saving of nearly $1.1,000 te the city would be ellocted. On motion of Mr, Clny the matter was refurred te tlie chairman of the llnmice committce mid the i Ity solicitor, with Instructions net te upiuove the leutratt unless M alone w HI take all thrce sections. Th" llyii.iiullii l('Miliitliiii lliirlisl. The Heuse eoniuiitce en foreign ntlairu, te w lilcli was rcfei n d the various resolutions relative te thu lecent dyuauiite explosions u Londen, has decided te report that it was unbecoming tlm dignity of the Heuse of ito ite presentatlves te presiune that American citi zens had In any way been connected with a crime weru no chnrge-i had been maile and that the committce was unwilling te request any olllcer of the gevenucnt te search ler pioet of full t where thviu was uechaigu. T11K WATCH KAGTOKY. jvrt( m: nnmiymt mom tiiih city te ILLISOIN. Houin ticcrful Neivi AImmiI n (frrnt Lnrnl In- ilmtrj' Orilrrn frnm New tnrk and I'lill- s.lrlpliln-fte.lHMl (li, Alirend A MHloinent of thn rrtiH'li. Our people will be glad te hear that the wiiteh factory Is unt likely te Ixireiuev ed te II- llneis. Tim agreement has been forwarded te Mr. Illtner, signed by the pirtleseiit there, but he hns (included net te lake the laclery away, slnce the prespci t for its operation hiiiv (cssfully hern has Ixsiuuu very bright. He has just returned from New Yerk and Phila delphia, and obtained orders for watches wherever he applied forJhem. lie took mi order for fi0,()U movements te go ubiead. He hasneheap wnlch te eiler thu trade at about lour dollars, which he can inake at u geed prellt. He hivs tint this factory has lx(ter ma chluery than any ether factory lu tlm coun try, and better ami clieasT l.tvir ; nnd hu Is confident that he din make watches heatxr by ten percent, than they can be maile else where. With .100 hands he can turn out "(HI movements x-r day, whlle Walthnui can liriknbiitene for every tvve hands. The factory Is new running with n small force and bv April llrst Mr. Itltnei ekvLs te have the f. to.eoi I of Indebtedness pud oil whkh iKs'cssilated his assignment. It Is al ready mere than half liquidated, ami he has still ever a hundred thousand dollars of imllnlshcd stock en hand. He considers thef.K lery te be worth all of four hundred thousand dollars mid te be in prime condi tion new for sueu'ssful operation, the linn machinery uiti, whkh it has lx.cu tilted enabling It te comiicte with advantage hi thelr cheap prices w Ith ether f.wterlcH. Thu olllclenoy mid delicacy et the ma chinery is really wonderful, and thore can lx no doubt that with the fattery in this condi tion for commercial manuficture it can be profitably run In thu ilullest times, with courageous capital Is'lilnd It. .i ;() Mittiin:i. .sifeir, DeikslAiler 3L Ari!ifttriliKn (tiniKiny .Viqiear te a rry Ijirjr llnu. Ii.st evening Armstrong V iKx-kstader's mlnstri'lsnppciircd In the x'ra house nnd any ene who was present would certainly be led te lxdieve that cheap shows wero able te "down" nny ether kind of entertainments. Leng Ix'fore K e'elwk tlm building was packed mid sUindiuu rixiui was being sold. Hy thu time thu curtain arose it was difllciilt for any ene te obtain a place from whii h the stage could be seen. Tlie show was far Ix'tter thin many for which high prices are charged mid it fx certain that tlm treiix pleased tlie audleiKi;il the loud shouts of laughter were any iuilini iuilini tleu. The first ait showed seventeen -pie, including seven musicians with Harry Armstieng and I'hil Oiblxius en the ends. Tlie jokes were new and the songs well ronderi d. Part second was opened byltenwlc and tes, a gixxl lullsli-al team, who iiiade room for Armstrong and I)i ksUdcr, who scored a great hit with their songs, leiilalulng local hits Ac. Carrell and I billy are fair song and dance men, and the I lay ileu quartet King darkey songs belter thin they did hi the first pirt. The show ended with a very tunny sketch, entitled, "All Crary," which was written by Mr. Armstrong. 'Ibis evening the show gees te Columbia and they perform here te-morrow alterniKiii and evening. A lining the features of te-morrow evening's IxTformauce will lx) a xyl.iphoue sole by Jeseph lleyer, of this city, who is a member of the orchestra and baud. Hiitcrtuliilnt; 111 I'crruriiu r. After the porlermnnco of the minstrels I it evening a lirty was given them by their friends. It was held in tlm opera house nnd wax attended by a line class et young people, including at least twenty-llve voting latbvs. Ii.iucing was kept up until a t.ite lieui, and all had a delightful lime. i rvett.ir iv Titerm.i: I'm!. AIT Mill. an. I U Is VV lie Trv In llln. knuill I'lsiiile, llul Hit I It. A man who gives his name as Allnsl Mills, and a weuiaii w hnui he calls his wile, have been in trouble in Allentewu. Itaps'.irs Hut Mrs. Mills was in tlm Inhitel tietting around the street n great deal and smiled sweetly tiM in nearly ail the young men th it she met. She made i iiiiinbei of " pickups" en the street mid would take them toiler lieuie.wheu her husband would rush in iixii her appiiently very augiy. It thou required money "te hush tlm matter up" and in this way anumlx.'ref " Jays " allowed themselves te lx fleeced. At last a member of llie xilke force of tlm town took the matter in ch irge. He disguised himself Willi a filse bcird and met thu woman sevur.il times en the street, Sim Invited him te her house and he accem panled her ; when they worn hi. Mills put in an nplxiiraneu nnd raised a big low. He de manded HI cents of the olllcer, but refused te take It when It was eilcreil te him. ThoellUer stilled the nutter by taking both people te the lockup. They wcre afterwards dis charged, as tlm ch irge of blackmail iiiude against them bv the olllcer could net be sus tained. Mills and wife thou premised te leave town. The Hem gives this account of Mills: "He isa pugilistic inclined individual, who has gre.it (oiilldeuie in his ability te handle liiiuself, and lias terrified moie uieii bv his apparent fearlessness inle handingevei Imsli money th m may come te light." I'reiu the description of the man it is evi dent that he is " 1'ief." All Mills, the pugilist, who is well known in this city, vvheiu he has icsided at times. He Is a pugilist el seme reputation, but has done uiore lighting in newspapers than hi the ring. He taught box ing in this city mid ixsldled stationery tlueugh the county, but had no wife with him then. rlillnilelililutis ItaiiiitictlliK In ttiinla. A jiarty of ene hundred distinguished Phil itdclphlans arrived in Atlanta, (i.L, Thuisday morning mid left at midnight for New Orleans. The party Is ioiuK)sed el some of Philadelphia's most prominent business and protesslon.il men, and numbered among its members ten millieiiairis. They sent an hgent bolore them te preuire nn elaborate banquet for Atlanta, engaging carriages and positively refusing te let Atlanta hikmhI n dol del dol ttirtewanltheirrocoption.Thoydhl this in ic turn for Allnnki'scempllmeutary reception te Mayer .Smith mid party or Pluladeljihianx, while in the city a fuw weeks age. A niagniU is'iit banquet w.ts Hiiread for the jurty, witli their guests, at the Kimball house that ev oil ing. A reception was tendered theni by (Sever (Sover (Sever ner and .Mis. McD.tuiel at tlm executive mansion, which was attended by tlie elite of the city, '1 his is the llrst time thu tables liav e been turned en Atlanta. A ('reiuattirliuu lu limn. A creinatlen seciety has Iks'H organized at Davonvert, Iowa, with a capital shx'k of $25,000. Tlm ceinpiny, vv hleh isceiuxised of some of the pioniiiieiit Heriu.m citiens et Davenport, preKises te euvt a building, with nrniugemcuts sulLible te the purKses of cie cie matieii, nnd be ready for operation next spring. It will be the only crematorium westet Washington, Pa. A Mine Nevel Tmgi'tl). Twe twolve-y ear-old Ixiys mimed Davidsen and Parker, of (liosveuer, Loiiaweo county, Miehlpm, nu Wednesday, after reading a dime novel, prepared a sham Indian light. Davidsen hail a h.itihct and Parker a revol ver, which was accidentally discharged, striking Davidsen in tlm feieliead, killing liliil l11M.1nj.ly. b A 1.1 ttlc'TliraU Aaln.t Cleveland. Williui.1 Ray, an e(iix'd luuatle fiem ricnecn 1'alK N, Y., lins been arrested In KU Leuis for threatening te rcmnre President elect Cleveland. A long sheath knife was found iix)ii him, Hu entered the health department, and lu a conversation with Dr. ltassctt suited that he had been selected by Divine power ter thu task. ve.yn UKin AfvaiiTiesMusr. mill Agreed ttimn by the Hriuilft am! Ileiue Commute'. 'I he Heiiale committed en congressional ap portionment Mulshed Its lnlxire Thursday allernoen, mid the result Is a most grotesque grouping of counties that make nineteen He publican and nine Democratic districts. The bill Is llm McCnicken bill of thu last regular session, with a fuw slight amendments, and will bu iexrted this morning. The follow ing are thu district) as arranged by the bill: rirsl Philadelphia, ".d, 7th, VJHh and SOth wards. Second-Philadelphia, hill, till, 10th, l.'lth, llth imd'JOlli wards. 'Ililrd-I'lilladelplila.nili, lib, f,lh, l.th, llth, l"th and It) wards. reuilh Philadelphia, lath, ".Ith, '.7th mid tfJtli wards. I'irth-Phlladelnhl.i, 17th, Istli, pilh, mid .'list wards, and tint xiitleii of ustli ward south of I.ehlgh avenue. Slxth-PlilUlellihla,iilst,vy.l,d,nudr,th wards mid that iirtlen of llm liilh, ward north of I.ehlgh avenue, - Seventh lliickH and Montgomery. Hightli Chester and Delaware. Ninth Idineuxter. Tenth Northampton, Carben, Moniee, Plkenud Wavne, Kluvetith ItcrkHiiud I.ehlgh. Twelfth Schuylkill and Celuinhi i. Thirteenth I.urerne. fourteenth Dauphin, I.ehineunud North Nerth iimlx'rlaud. Kifthtoenth Uickawanii.t, Wyoming and .Siisqiiehann.'u Sixteenth Tleg-i, llradlerd, l.y coming, Menteur and .Sullivan. Seventeenth Yerk, Ail mis and Cumber land. Hlgliteenth Huntington, Mlflliii, Junl.it i, 1'nieii, Snyder, Perry, I'ulleii nnd I'ranklln Nineteenth C.uiilirl i, lllair, Somerset and I led ford. Twentieth Clarien, Cerest, 1.1!,, Clearfield Clinten nnd Centre. Twenty-first Washington, Oreene and TiiM'tte. Twenty-second and Twenty -third Alle gheny. Twenty-leurth Butler, Armstrong and a portion of Allegheny. Twenty-fifth JellorKen, Indianamiil West moreland. Twenty-sixth Venango, Warren, McKean Petter and Cameren. Twenty-seventh Hrie nnd Craw ford. Twenty -eighth Mercer, I-iwroneo and Heaver. The Twentieth district, running from Clarien en the west te Clinten and Centre en the east, is made up entirely of Iloniecrntlo isiuntles, with the exception of I'erest, which gives a very small Republican in ijerity. I.ehlgh is taken away from Northampton and talked en te llerks, while Northampton is placed in a district running two-thirds tlie entireeastern boundary of the state. Washing ton, a Republican county hi which there aie a gixxl many Mugwumps,! attached te (irccne and r.iyette, and will lx snowed under a big Demecratic: majority trem tlice counties. 'I he ixld-shax'd district or 'Venango Warren, McKean, Petter nnd Cameren is se formed in order, as it Is said, te place the oil counties together. Allegheny Is made into two districts divided by the river, and the northern xirtieii of the county alxive the Junction et the rivers is fastened te Uutler and Armstrong, mid a sure ICepublic-au dis trict is secured. Westmoreland is out in the cold for securing a Democratic congressman, Ix'iug connected with Indian-t and Jetlersen. Se the bill all the way through is filled with incongruities and is liable te be amended te death. The Heuse congressional npixirtienmcut (einmittce, after u long session, have agreed te reixirta bill that is prai'ticdly tlie one up up eold by the Itepilblicans at Urn extra session of tss-'t as their ultimatum. Itgivesthe Re publicans eighteen and tlie Democrats ten districts. ''() 1 IIO.V vi.r.As cevin: V.nlhl In llie Vt'l Cas6--lsi.ie Itllii'liirt Neli sailtt-. in nun: jtimi: mvivusten. The jury in the suit of SiiiihcI M. Wetel vs the county of Kuieaster, .utioule itcever (lain.ige by re.csen of the prexwcd eixuiing of Chester street, through plaiiitilfx land, leturued a veulitt in favor of Wetzel this morning for f AUS-fl. In thu suit of Auselm Henlly v-clliign Mc Mc Cert delcnd.int nnd (ieorge K. Reed and Rev. Vutheuy 1'. ICtiul, gnrnisliees, judg luent by 00110111 was entureil against tlm deleudiiit ter JJOU, with plaintill te pay the cosUet suit, in (old, Jt imi: I'Ali KltMi.s. After all the tcstlinenv had U'cn elleied by plaintill in the suit el ls.iac Riiieliiut vs. tlui dty el Imtiister, lu rts'over a reward of fa hi for the arrest of mi ineendi iry, City solicitor Fulton moved for a lien soil en the ground that plaintills bad tailed te show th it there was a tire nt tlm I'euntain Inn hotel stable. The motion was resisted by It. V. Divis, counsel ler Riuehirt, who nigued that D1111 giu had been isiuvittixl el nth iiipllug te lire this stalile, and was new serving his term el imprisonment lu thu llisteru .nitentl try. .Judge Patterson granted the non-suit, stat ing that there wcie two claim ints lui the re ward mid llm mitter should line been re ferred ten master te ascertain whether Rlno Rlne hart or David Uracil weie entitled te thu same. A rule was granted te show cause why tlie non-suit should net be stricken oil. DIVOllCIM). Catharine 111 uh.iker, of Druinnie tow uship, was divorced from her htisbtud, Ucujaiuui lliubakei, 011 tlie gieuiid of 1 n u 1 tieatluunt. AMOUItWII QUAKTEIl s.ss(). Tlm 1. 1st of llie Cases That Are llmui ferTilil. The following easos have been pl.ued en the trill list for the adjeurnal qu.ir'er ses sions cemineucing Monday, Marth J, with Judge Patterson piesidlng : MONIIAV, MAUOIt '1, Isn'i. David A. ltniekblll, Jonas II. Ilerr, A. I.. Leng, Frank U Miimlch, ass.iult and bat tery ; Jehn Ij. Crawford, et- aL, negligence of duty ; Andrew J. Jenes, ass.uill ; Jonas I Miuuich, Jehn 11, Stauller. false preteuse; Jacob M. lJachinan, forgery ; C. C. Aniwake, malicious mischief; (1. J. Hildeliraiit, sell ing liquor te miners. Tin:si),vv, ma lieu !. l'lnanuel Uerktielser, iniiidci , Jehn (ill), fornication and bsst.udy ; Jeshua Potts, nlxir nlxir tien ; Jehn I Smith, embezUiiuent ; Anna M. Oess, its'eiving stolen goods j Jehn I'is ley, r.qie ; Tillie J. Cirberrv, biwdy house. vvnn.M'.snvv, siAiii 11 I Ames It. llostettor, fergeiv; llenj. Rixit et. id., conspiracy ; Jeseph llireg, forgery, seven indictments ; Jacob M. Unit, forgery, four liidittuieuts. TIlUIISll.VY, MVIUII .'1. Jehn ti. (iix)d, embe7luui(iit ; Denuiseii, et. ul., censiilrucy : Jehn lehn i:. Ii, Den- nisen, false preteuse ; Jehn M. Peeples, em IICZSll'UIClll, vc. SA1UIIDAV, M VIU'll 7. Hester Piesbiiry, Hiirety of pe.ue j Jehn Presbury, desertion ; C, C. Aiuwake, surety et peace. Drought Heme Distil. Frem tin) l.ttitz Itccerd. A year mid a half age Jacob Reist, seu el Augustus Itelst living west of I, lilt, went te Ohie te seek his fortune. II found employ ment in Osboiiie and lelt jwifoetly h ippyand content. On Thursday evening of last week in company with seme of his young Irlends he attended church, mid was jelly and well. He retired nt the usual hour and was found dead lu Ixjil next morning. coroner's In quest was held, the verdict being death from heart disease. The remains were brought home 011 Sunday morning mid the funeral was held en Tuesday nt I'rh's meeting house. Ills age was about 21 years. The young in m was Ireiiucntlv troubled with piln at the hc.iit nml predicted a sudden death. lu and Aruiiinl i:iluiila. Kioto tlie ftovlew I, II. "iV.ui7.er, of Wisteiisiu, thocieamery man, has succeeded in making thu necessary arrangements for eistiiblishing a gathored cream creamery at lllue Hall. It Likes a Sweigart te raise 11 mammoth hog. We thought that Rhcsa, of Wast Kiirl, tixik the cake but yesterday morning, Adam Hvveipirt shipped te Reading Irem tills sta tion a Chester Whlte porker weighing be tween I, (MX) and 1,100. He wan tvve yarx old and well pioperUonod. "1KV." Mil. JIKUEMTIt . ih:i:ami'M rjiiin jtr.AiuMi i.r.Avisti AS VSI'tll) HOAItn lltLU A Clcrlnil rnnnl, hu mi KxtHmrd liy (tie "liilelllgriiier' Wlirn lu Tlilx l'lly,.1lmi- (r snlmlln ItcitlilinU nrilrrkt County Hent Tlm DelalU. It will Ixj nmemlxired by the'jreaders of the I.nii:i.mh:m'i:u that 011 DoceiiiImji- '-".i, IsHI, there aps'aied In tlm advertising col umns tlm following caul : Ti'iniirmmc. 1 here will be a ImiuiemiM e uicettng lu the llrlluil lm rt-li Dili (VIiumIii) ) evening al 7 n'ele k. AililrexH bv llnv. Vlr, .Vfr rcilllli, of .Vuw Imiiey Ml arntenliilly liivllut teatleinl At the H.UUU time there was a call upon " Rev." Mr. Meredith toglve his front 11.11110, owiugtethufactlh.it a Rev. Meredith had get himself into bad odor last winter while delivering tcnioraiiee discourses lu Phila delphia, mid had been convicted of preni hlug almost verbatim a sermon of Dr. J, O. Peck, published In the IfmmlctU) MunlMl,tf De cember lsil. Thosune party had been ex ix'ltcsl from thu Methodist oenfoicnco in ltallhnore w here he hid been a local preacher. The anxiety of tlie IvTi'.t.i.KiKNci.it for " Rev." Meredith's fient nninu was gratified en January 'J, by a isird from Rev. (!. W. Sell hauler, pastor of thu church of Ged, of thin city, who stated that " his parents wero pleased te christen him .lames Heward Mere dith." Contained in the card was a brief sketch of Mcresllth's ordination nnd a reference te his alleged ministerial lnlxir. Shortly nlterwards .Meredith ilisapiKiircd leav lug no tnice of his vv hereabouts, nxresf.ii as v rit.vt'ii. Rev. J. Max Hark, of thiscltv, though whom Unoriginal Investigation was begun, receiv ed 11 letter en Jan. 11, from D. C. Ilaln cwk, district secretary of the national tem tem ixjmnce Mx'iety, Ne. 4H North nievutith street, l'hitaduiphiii. iiifermiug him that six or seven years age Rev. J. II. Meredith was expelled 'from the llaltlmore conference for impure conduct. Dr. (.ran, et the New lerscy (ttncttr and the Pnlidrin Aitvncalr .is well as ethers exx)sel him as a sham since that lime. He was, described as " a stout, clean-shaven fellow of about M years of atre ; get up te leek liku a minister; his fai e is heavy ; inclined le lie ll.diby ; and his ey es hav 0 .rrestless leek." This itecrrtilieii ex.11 tly lilted the man who hid inserteil the isird announcing the tcinperance hx-ture at I'nlen Rethel. TfllNS fl IV IlKAlllMI. The prompt oxtxisure of this iinK)Ster by the I vri:i.i.fii:.M'i.u forced Meredith tolisive Lancaster in very short order. It new trans plies that he went te Reading, vvhere he sinfoedeil in throwing dust into the eyes of seme of the pious xsple efthat city. Thu Reading 7'imMef tills morning says: "Rev. ' James Milten Meredith lelt Rculing very suddenly yesterday morning for icasens net only Ixjst known te himself, but te a ntinilx'r of persons with whom he hid ceme hi con tact during his brief lesldeuce ill tills city. He get himself disliked. Moreover, a warrant et arrest l-sucd by Alderman Hippie awaits his return. It is net prolinble, how ever, in view ofthevailous schemes in which tlie pseude leverend gentleman engaged, that Mr. Meiedith will lx likely te accommo date the constable by coining back nnd drop ping into his hands. " Rev." Meredith caine te Reading about a mouth age and engaged quarters at the lirst class Ixxirdlng houseof Mrs. J. II. Solvent, fill! Penn stieeL Wednesday whilst Mrs. Scivcrd was away en business he had his luggnge removed fiem the house nnd then followed his luggige yesterday, leav leg an unpaid lxi.iid bill bi'hlnd as a legacy el his visit. Mr. Seivcnl said that tlie "Reverend" was a man of unlimited jaw mid scrap, who continually exhorted tliose in the house) te repent and alter they had done that te sul scribe for a teiiipor.ince uiper el which he was the agent. Kverylxxly get tired of the fraud and watched the meal hours te avoid the usual lecture, Ifmssible. The nxiiu of the "Reverend" was generally littered with tracts, mid it Is slated that certain mysterious Ixiltles wero part of the "luugage" the ex press wagon took away se suddenly. The toiuperanio paixfr subscribing business was the Ixist paying racket that the " Rev erend " v.cs xVisessed of. Nelxxly knows liew many ixxiplu were diix'd, but enough inquiries altera temiierauie jeitru d puii lislitsl at Newark, N. J., niul called the .Scii tinel rreulfiw, have been made te lead te the estimate that Meredith gathered in ulxiut rJiH) by tint scbeuie. lie w,is .1 gcxnl (iinvasser, knew hew te talk ; in fai t some of Ins v it thus say tint llie dollars telt uneasy In their pix'kets, because he told them teni x'rance must net be permitted te siilliu ler tlm need et . 1 dollar "lightly applied." The .VnfiiiLf 0 I'lifilem never reached Reading and is as much et.i my th .is t lie title Met edilh gives himself. vvuiie m iteming no was rciuseii inepuinii of the .ion's ddlcd lliethreu church, the pastor, Rev. S. I'tter, declining thu privilege unless shown a ccitillcatu winch Mcicdith could net produce. List week, he kissed in I.ebineii, but something was w long with the climate and he retuilied. Tlioexixistirouf this piece of 1110u11111ent.il clerical Impudeiice will have awholeseniu eiieci liKic.irmg me iumiioiaiiceaiiiies.puoio. The warrant issued ler his arrtst will 11 lirelki- blv inake him a very scarce citicu m this part el thu country. di:ai i.v a tii:iu:i:. 1 ii" Men Aiili xl.iteil V lille Alteinptlu seiiih sewer Itexilrx In Cliltilgn. Five men w 01 e asphyxiated in asovver late Thursday afteinixm. Several days age the main sewer in Kinie street, live feet in dl auu ter, became clogged, mid a ping el olev en 111011 w eru sent te clean it. Nine went into tlie sewer with a scnqxir lilting the conform ation of the sewer, dragging it lieui manhole te manhole, whlle the ether two remained abeve gieuuil te draw up the mud and dirt through the manholes. Jictween Halsted and I'uieii streets an unusually long time was consumed. Finally the lercin.m, bending down nt the mouth et tlie manhole, heard a cry for aid, mid, going dew n, leund thu uieii near the ox.'ii ex.'ii iug, some et them pasping ter lue.itli and etliers I sing dead. There was 11 verystuuig smell of gas. A lepe was kissed down te him, ns thu siirviveis were unable te climb upthe ladder. After tvve had lxeu assisted up llie tereniaii leund liimsell falling from tlie elleits of the pas, and was obliged loge te tlm surt.ue. Anether man went down and loseueil tin ee, mid a third assisted the lemaiuing live. Four were dead when brought up and an other died seen after. The names of the dead nre: Mkhael Laski, Jeseph (Jill, Jmnes (Ji-ady, Daniel Cunls and Matthew Masen. All 1110 married extent CJill. The survivors My their first iiitiuiuatlniilhat any thing was vv rung was vvlieu (illt Utopian dead. It 1 net known whether the gas in thosewerwas an accumulation et ordinary sewer gas or illuminating gas from a leaking pipe, or vvhatj Is known as llre damp. A Minister's Suit hu- Illtiirie. Prix-cedings iii divorce wire instituted In Pettsv llie, 011 Thursday, by Rev, Jehn Jenes against his w ife, vv he loll him a fuw days age, charging him with beating her. Rev. Jenes charges her with making his life in tolerable by her cruel and barbarous treat ment and destroying his useluliiessasa min ister of the gesxl by slanderous nqxirUs. hlie is new at her parents' home, in Pittston, mid the papers weru sent there te be served. llie Muliilt AiiiitiuutcA (terilun'ri Diatli. Ill the A rah camp near Dulka Island, which was (lesciteit alter Thursday's light, there was leund .t copy of an nllici.il document ad dressed te "The Faithful," by 1U Mahdi. The document is hi the form of an encyclical letter, and states thai the piepliet took Khar toum bv storm mi January 2il ; that he hud killed thu traitor, Gorden, mid had captured his steamers. lllii'iiuerdier Itall lu Heading. The Hnrinoiile-Mionnerchor of Heading held a large masquerade ball last evening, at Mieiinorcher hall, that city. Among the vis itors wero poe iile from Wilmington, l'hll.i dwlphU, New Yerk, Iucuter nnd Lubanen. .1 A-y;ir en viivn eittiAX. Ilesrrliillen r tlm Instrument I'laciil In llm lflrt Uernnncil Clmrrli. Mr. Charles I. Durner, of Qtinkrrtevv 11, P.i., Ii.ih finished nnd set up the grand plpe organ made by him te tlm order of the l'lrnt Reformed ehua-h or this city; nnd en Thurs day evening the Instrument was tested by several or tlie lxwt ncrforiners of Ijineaster, In presence of about four hundred ixjrseiix, ninny of whom were musical oeimolsseurs. Tlie ixirferincrs wero Prof. Carl Malz, or ganist of NU James llplsnipd church ; Prof. Krelis, organist efthu Presbyterian church ; Prer. (Jeergu lleukert, organist of Ien Lutheran chilli h s I'ref. A. Frank Scheedlcr, organist ersu Mary's Catholle church. There was but ene opinion expressed by the iHTlermers and the auditors, and that was that thu lustriimcnt Is a very sux'rler one. Following Is a description of it: Frent 111 feet wide; 11 feet deep mid is leet high. Twe Manuals compass from I'C te A, AS notes. Cen 1 piss of X)ilalH from C C te D, 'S! netus. (real organ cenLaius: Nik 1, bourdon, 10 fist, vvixxl, B8 pipes; Ne. '2, e'n diapason, S root, inctnl, fts plx;s; Ne. :t, dull Inu.v, S rixt, metal, OS plies: Ne. I, melixba, Hfeetvveixl, M plix's; Na 5, octave, I loot metal, lis pipes; Nik ii, llutnd'Ameiir, I feet vvixxl and metal, 5S pipes ; Ne. 7, twelfth, 3 feet metal, .IS iiipcs; .se. p, inieciiiii, - lex-'t metal, j pixjs; .k u. till llX'S mixiiire, a raiiKs, metal, 171 trumix't, 9 feet, reed, 08 pipes. Swell organ contains. Nik 11. open dia pasen, S feet inctal, 68 plK!s ; Ne. 12, step diapason, s'foet vvixxl, 6S plixjs; N(k 13,tv iela, HleetineUil, KJ ixs ; Ne. II, n'eliue, 8 feet metal, Ii, pix's; Ne. in, llute harmonic, I fwt metal, 5s plx-,s ; Ne. Hi, Vielma, I feet mi tal, &S pines ; Ne. 17, Flantlne, 2 reel inctal, hi pipes : Ne. 1H, Olxn nnd lkcssexin, 8 feet, iced, fm pipes. Peilale. Ne. ll, double eimn diapason, 10 feet wrxxl, 27 pipes ; Ne. 20, Beurden, Hi feet wixxl, -J7 lX'S. Mis ban leal Registers. Ne. 21, swell te great coupler; Ne. 22, swell te rxxlal esnipler; .ik i., great 10 ik'uiu coupler; -se. i, iri'iHMi, Ne ii, blew or signal. ( emhin.iii 11 Pedals. Nik 1, forle gic.it organ ; Nfk 2, piano great 01 gan ; Ne. 3, ferte swell erpin; Ne. I, piano swell organ; Ne. ft, reverslble pedal te oKir.ite Nik 2-t. Hal niiecsl swell xmI.i1. Total number of steps, -. mil 1,217 pipes. The organ is blew n by Ceates' Little Riant w.rer meter, which vverks automatically, keeping the lwllews constantly supplied with a sullleieucy of air, without lalxir en the part of the organist or an assistant. Thoeraseof the erg in which hasa front of nineteen feet and extends trem thu lloer of tlm choir gallery te the ceiling, a height of eighteen feet, has been pain toil a light drab color, te liarmonbe with the fresco of the church. The pipes are painted a maroon exiler, lipped with geld. The exist el the organ wn.xf.J,roennd of the water meter and its sew or comics thins, $.1(10 extra. Tlie organ will Ixj publicly dedicated en .Sunday next, at Mlfle a. m. Rev. J. A. Peters, former pastor of the church, but new efDiuville, Menteur county, will conduct tlie consecration services, which will consist of prayer, the recitation of the creed, the for mal consecration of the erpin te tlie worship eftiixl, vixid and instrumental music, by the organ, choir mid congregation, reading of tlie Scripturu lessen, dedicatory sermon by Rev. Peters, ollertery Ta ileum, congregational singing, doxology and benediction. Rey. Peters will be assisted. In tlie dedica tory serv ices by Dr. Shimiaker, of SU Paul's church, Prof. SLihr and ether clergymen. The new erpin was fermnlly accepted to te liy by the committce having It In charge Messrs. Hiram stamm, Jehn Ii. Reth anil A. II. Fritchey. Rev. Dr. Jehn AL Titrel, or Alteena, who has Ixjen elected te and neveptcd the p.istei-at5 el the First Itolermcd church, will net enter iiixiu Ills duties until alxiut the six eud week in Apiil next. Me.uitliue thu pulpit will be supplied by t lasxis. -I.V VXVAlIt JlOAltlt IIIIA A IHilliully Willi 'Minstrels Thai Mas l'liiall Ailjilst.il. Messrs, Armstrong and Dix.kst.uler, the minstrels, have lxeu very unfortunate in getting Inte trouble. Yosterd ty they came te this city fiem Reading vv ith the company, in the morning, leaving behind them a man named Flyuii, who had been managing tlie troupe nnd h id get them into several dilllcul ties. Tlie treiix) stepx'il witli J. I. Knight A Sen, formerly of this city, new proprieteiH of the (irand Central hotel, while in Read ing. l'xjn leaving, thu lxkird bill of the party w.ts net Kilil, as It was understood that Fly 1111, who had the money of the company, was te uy It. Instead of doing se, he loll the "town as seen as tlie treiiH) had gene. Mr Joe Knight came te this city last night and hid Messrs. Armstieng and Doekstader arrested. These gentlemen piemptly paid the bill, which amounted te alxiut fMl. They were reluctant about doing it, however, thinking it very hard, as accord ing te their story, Fly mi should have paid the bill. Messrs. Armstrong and Dixkst.uler are pushing men, who deserve te suuecd. They work haul and leave nothing undone te make their show a suc 1 ess, w hit h it cei Utility is. They have IxX'ii iiuleitunatu in securing mana gers vv he desired te Uiko the show vv ith tliem upon leaving it, but it is new IiexmI th.it thelr tumbles aie ever mid that they will go through unmolested. Hdpir M. Lev. 111, esq., "of Reading, was counsel for the minstrels heie and aided them in settling their dlllicul tles. a; u.i.s nvitir.it alii r. Ilorrilile rate uf 11 leung Weft Virginia Ijuly VV he Weke Up In Her Cnllln. A terrible atlalr lias just ceme te light en the levels near Okonoko, W. V.l Mary Cox, a well known and popular young lady, re siding near the moth et Little Capen river, was taken violently ill. Tlie physician diagnosed the caseivs ene of neuralgia of the stomach, and prescribed merphia. A dese was administered at ouce and another left with Instructions te give it In twenty-four hours. Fer seme unexplained reason the second dese was given in a very short time. In an hour or two utter the death et Miss Cox was announced and neighbors prewired the Ixxly for huii.il, und two days later the deceased was interred. At thu funeral 0110 lady insisted tliat Miss Cox was net dead and begged that a phy si C1.u1 Ik sent for. That night the dogseta man living near tlie graveyard stationed themselves near the tomb and kept up a IXJrslstent howling. The neighbors talked, and that day the grave was iqicned, when, te the horror of all, it wax found that tlm girl had been buried alive. The coffin presented a terrible sighU Tlie lining was tern from tlie sides of the casket. Tlie pillow was In shreds. The peer girl had literally strjpHd the clothing I10111 her body. Her fluids and arms were tern and blood bleed ing. The lips were bitten through mid hand fills of hair lay alxuiU The girl bad ceme te life, mid evidently a tearful stuggle te oscape had followed. isitMiCAS i:nniiTiey, llie 1 Ir.t of Its Ktuil 1:1 er Id lleyuiul tlie iitlniial Limit. Mayer Rosenmlllor, or this city, lias ro re ceived from Cien. U. Ii. Norten, socieUiryef the American exhibition te be opened In Louden, I'ligl.iud, en the 1st of May, lSsO, soveral pamphlets mid ether documents giv ing full imrtlculars of the sceixj and character efthu exhibition, which will be of interest te any of our ix?ople who may Intend te bo be bo ceiuo exhibitors. The exhibition will be entirely devoted te a specitle and com prehensive display of the wealth of the United States, and will be the first or the kind that has ever been held beyond the limits of the national territery. The United Stales government, the governors of the most Important states, the I'uited States consuls in F.ureiK). the fix il and commercial cenxira- liens, and many hundreds of manufacturers, iiiercii.mis, iiiecnauics, artists ami producer, have given it their countenance, mid will set id their vverks ami wares te the gi eat show. Tliose desiilug lurlher kirlhulars can find theni at the mayor's olllce. - V lilewa nf Thirty Yearn. A dashing young Philadelphia widow, it is said, will seen give a ball, tit which 110110 but widows 30 years of age will lxj present Orass widow swill be sternly barred nut As the local widows of the right kind will net be numerous enough, iuvitatiei.s are te Ixt sent te widow sin New Yerk, Ilosteu, Iktltlmore ami ethor cltkn. TKNNSY'S LKGISLATOHS '- lllYtSO TO KARS Til Kill HAtUHT AT Till: HTATll-UAl'lTOr A nig llal ! or lllll rrramtfit-llath llnimf AclJ.iurn Until Artrr llie Kltxrtlen Ttia lliitlli nr ItciirritrntAtlvn Nurthep An iniiinir,! nml tlie Artlen Taken. C-tlivt Dispatch te the IdTKiiiniisc'XR. Haiiiiisiiuiki, Pa., Feh. Ilk In the Heiim tisday bills nppniprlalliiB fl50,(e0 for llie completion of the Huntingdon reformatory mid 1 1111,000 te the 'Wnrrcn hespihtl, thn amounts asked for, wero favorably reported ( simitar action was taken 011 the bill making the separate estute of mauled women llable for debts contracted by her or her agcnL The bill requiring rnllreitd companies te fence their lines te protect the llve stock of fanners and otherH was negatively reported. The state ph.irm.iey nnd leglslntivu appor tionment bills wero recommitted. LVklPs Introduced a bill cenixjlllug habit ual drunkards te make known the names of persons selling them Intoxicating drinks. The resolution requesting the l'onnsyl l'ennsyl xnnl.t congressmen te vete for the bill te place ficuernl (Iranten the retired list wan adopted. Colbern, ofSemorsct, wanted te knew hew much the common pleas judges received in extra pay for courts held outside their dis tricts mid ollered a resolution requesting the auditor general te furnish a statement of the amounts they received from 1877 te 1SS3. The resolution wnslnid ever under the rules. The invitation of tlie Aincrlcus club te the Heuse, toattend iUs ball en Monday ev ening, was accepted. Soveral bills 'wero read the first time, when Tarber, of Lackawanna, an nounced the sudden death of his colleague, Nicholas Norlhep. He offercd a resolution for the appointment of a committce of flve te draft npproprinte resolution!, mid that the desk of the deceased Ikj draped In mourning for thirty days, mid tlmt a committce of nine memlicrs be apixiintcd te attend tlie funeral. Tlie resolution was adepted and the II oil se adjourned in respect te the memory of the deceased. The chair appointed Faber, WII HiMix, Gllrey, True, RcRserpiie, Swecney, Uuiiklu, Hughe" and Lee as the committce te attend the funeral. In the Senate the congressional apportion ment bill, dilfcrlng x cry little from tlie Mo Me Mo Crachen bill of the regular session, was fav erably retried. Macf.irlane's bills prohibiting opium jelnU was passed finally by a unanimous vote , Wulllng intnxluced n 1)111 making the in surance commissioner subject te writs of mandamus te which ether state officers tire new liable. Mylin's bill requiring monthly HUitcmculK of the sUte Institutions te Ixi filed with the auditor general, passed second reading. Nineteen senators wero nbsenU Reth Houses haveadjourneduntU Wednes day ev enlng next en account of the elections. Mil. 3TU11AXS O.V TUB STASV. Tivstirjliij te Mlarepreneiibttlena Slaile by tlia Director. tqiccl.it Dispatch te tlie ISTEtLIUEXCKR. l'lTisiiuuu, Fell. 13. Mr. MeOranii testi fied te-day te the circumsUinccs of the con tract in the construction et the read, changes, extras and ether features of the claim. He narrated the niisiopresontatious made by the directors totheellect that tlie engineers had net allowed his extras, when the contrary w as the case. Counsel proposed te ask him an essential question, "What induced him te sign thu receipt t" Tlie defendant objected and the court (Disallowed the question. This is the ixilulen which thocase will go te the supreme court. Ills Vtlfe livid fur Mix Murder. Pilii.vni:L,l'iiiA,Feb.U. At the Inquest to day en the body of Jehn Nvveeuy, vvhodled y esterday from Injuries alleged te have Ixaen inllictuil byliis wife, it was sliewn that death resulted from a fnicture of the skull, and Mrs. Sweeny was committed te prison te await the action of the district attorney. Congrcxsleiml Proceedings. W.vsiiiMirex, Feb. 13. Heuso. The Heuse met at leu o'clock in continuation of Thursday's session. A long deb.ite took place in repird te limiting the debate en the river and harbor bill, but without a detlnlte resulU At neon the Heuso adjourned and w.ts immediately called te order In Friday's session. .seiileiiieil te l.ife Imirleinneiit. Ni:w YeitK, Feb. 13. Leuis Deluca was te-day sentenced te Imprisonment ler life, having been convicted of murder In the second degree. In October lait the prisoner shot and killed a fellow countryman, named Lorcnte, In a qtiarrcl ever a gan 10 of peel. The Master's Iteurt Overruled. Pun. viim.t'iiiA, Feb. 1A Tlie report of the master uixm the matter of the distribution of Reading railroad earnings was overruled by the United SUites circuit eeurU Hut anil Fur Bture Iliiriifxl. heitKNUCTKDV, N. Y., Felk 13. Levl T. Clute's lur and li.it stere was destreyed by lire, causing a less or f 10,000, 011 which there is ?3,000 insurance. H'EATlIKll 1N1HCA.TIOSH. Wamhnoten, Felk 13. Fer the Mlddle Atlantic states, jiartly cloudy weather and light snows, northerly winds, becoming variable, slightly colder. The Leglnliiter Frem Ms J town. Frem Notes by tlie Wayslilu In Columbia Herald. Representative Heek, of tills district, Is i.ilher dull of comprehension at times. In I'.u t, he is out of ids latitude as a legislator. As a business man he sustains a llrst-class reputation, mid liku the shoemaker, J10 should slick te bis last On Thursday last, when tlie xote was tnken en the governor's veto or the magistrates' bill, Mr. Heek voted "no" when he Intended te xote "aye." He was immediately informed of tlie mess he had made, and, rising, said : "Mr. Speaker, i do de do slre te change niy v ete," and the spoaker or er dered the clerk te commence nnew, and fol lowed the order with the information "that all who doslred te pass the bill, notwith standing the veto, should xote 'aye and all opposed 'no.' " This gev e lioeK tils bearings, and the next time he xoted "aye." It is rough te hav e le Ixj told hew te vote, but he vv ill seen learn te obey his orders. Dillerent KlterU of llellsien. Frem tlm Philadelphia North American. Wife What a number or ladles thore was at church this morning wearing sealskin sacques ! I counted no less than 27. Husband ( who won'tsee the point ) De you think that Is the preper way te occupy one's mind whlle atcfiurch T I didn't notlce a single one, Wife Ne ; 0110 can scarcely lx oxpccteu te notice such tilings when one's asleep. JA Man Kvery Time. Fiem the New Yerk llerabl. " Would you mthpr be a man or a woman?" asked Justice Dully of n young man wlie had been parading in his siller's clothes. "A iii.ui," was the answer, bashfully b1...:.' . ......... .1 11 ..IOl II, a Inn. 'I en iieuars 11110 niuii, i"1 "- I lock ti 1 '' I'm net man enough te my It," wa Duxipiii's answer, as he went uijaiu At the fetatien fetttn. Thrce drunks and nlne vti(rsiveroooe vti(rsivereooe vti(rsiveroeoe eupantsortho station heuse last night Tb , x-ugs xv ero discharged and the drunk eoa eea initted bv the mayor for ten dayu och. Four fiuudred and clghty-nlne ratlena of soup wero distributed t the soup heuM to day. 0 '..til ' 3 it. f ,! '7J ,m '-!t ', J, jj.
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