riirw .- r -:-; vr v "J 4? ..T-e1 1 i.il : m VOLUME XXT1-NO. 20!). LANCASTER, PA.. FKIDAY. JULY 10, 1880. PBIOE TWO CENTS. ni O'. ' J ,rT .:-".--ivwi ww iiiii i in ii n Xh rpr u ameumeitaf 1 v u V) ' V NEAKLY A TKAOKDV. iire ijmmiti jiKirr THVhHitAr aim itAtK nuMK ruuviti.it. One Attempt"!" Kill tliutlllier llh Itetulter. Tite i.tiltrmniit liileiinD In llm tliliitlytil llie I i in lletlt Arretted Him l.nikril IV-WIm! llifjr sir Almttt II. Tliu western end or tliu city was aroused nnil excIIihI hist evening ever the desperate attempt or oiie mini te t.il.e tliu llfti or an an ether. Thu participants In tliu light, or rather attack, wure two trumps, nun of whom wns iry bully used up. Them wero nil kinds or rumors en tliu streets during the owning, mill iiteiui thiiu It uiii icpniled Hint enu or the inun luiil been shot anil fadilly In jured. Thu stories were alt exaggerated hi limy passed (ruin mouth te mouth. 't'lie iiamus el the le meiinru Albert Knur hiuI Augustus Hlbtu. Tliu rnrmtir says hu It a I'runchiiiiiii, although hu talks mero likes Herman, llu It n sailor, twenty-four jears old, inn! iniieli larger than hlu companion. Klblu lsal.ermuti, lllty jears of age. Tim men wcih together yesterday atlcuieii, mill hail been drinking beer at llolkei's saloon, ou Went king htrixiU Shortly bulerti Mix o'clock they were steu coming out of Hi" tuition to gether ami het words passed between them Kill illy ttible stuitisl te run away at though atrnlil tit lilt loinpunlen. Ilu rati through ait alley into Carellnu street ulitl thiilicn out tliu Columbia plke. Keiir rollewoil him closely, and llred two nheU ut him from a revolver. Hlblu wat net at Heet or loetut hit ceuipiui Ien ami Im wat overtaken en the plku. Willi smoking revolver In hit liimd, Knur ntitimtl almost crazy Irein rage ami hu beat Klble etr tliu ht'iul with the butt eml of thu weaen, cutting several terrlblugathii. Thlt wat witnessed by a number el poepln, ami a troinetidous creud seen pathertKl. Cries el iimrder wero heanl ami thu excitement wat great. tin: t ni iik ei' hoi ii eh tiu.m. It Just happened that Olllcer Kissinger wat In the neighborhood t the tlniu. llu ran te tlie place and the II rst m in that hu saw wat Hlble, from wlie-wi weuinlt thu hloeil was pouring. The elllver Isilleiing that hu had committed a niiirilur took him In 1 1 large, Init hauditt him ever te another man. Keur, who had left hit victim, wns trying te get nway, but tliu olllcer headed him oil by cress Ingulleld. lle hi idn some rotlstaiice, but thu pellcemau wat tee much for him ami llie nippers weru plmed en lilt wrist. Ilnlli inun were lauded rafuly In thu station hotieu. Un llie way, Keur, who moeiikiI prutty drunk, inadii alt kludt el threattaiid aeru that hu would et kill Hlblu. Tliu wounds of tliu lalter were sewed up bv Dr. Ntuivart, the xlntlen Iieiihu Burgeon, 'i'liere weru heveral ugly cult which wero made by the ioelor, but neither of the biilleta atruck him. Wlien avarehnl at thu Htalleu Iioiihe, Keur had f I 7, two very geed nller watchet and aruoler. The wuipen wat a alx-shoeter of thirty-two calibre ami nearly new. In It there weru ) nt four leailt, at tliu ethers had U'en allot at Hlblu. The butt end of the pWtel wat badly broken and It was plain that the IiIewm dealt" with it en the head of Kilile wure ury hard. Klblu had ene dollar lu money and a common pocket kullu. what Tiu. mi or riinin iitut'iu.ii A reporter of thu 1nti:m kikmi it Hieku te the men In thu tells at thu xtatleu Inuise thlt inernlng. Wheiiaskud what thu light wa.t about hour did net xeem te knew, lint attributed it te liquor. Hlblu It dressed like a laborer and moeiiih te be an liKilleiisUuuian. lie Ki that he had been working for a man named Kaliy, liotweeu l-incister ami I.ltitz ; yesterday hu started te town ami en the way lull In with Keur , iieii rcachliig tow n they had atnenil drtnkt together. Keur drank a great deal but Hlble, alter taking three or luur, Hald In wautcil no mero. mkiii lliey went out of Itloker'a mIoeu Keur begun te abuse Hible becutiHO hu wei'ld net buy mere beer. The latter nalil he needed hit money te get lodging anil feed. Keur get ery angry at thlt ami at Hlblu was a much smaller and elder man he becamu frightened ami htarted te run. H11i1e8.ih hu nuer uv Keur Itilore jesterday ami known nothing about hlui except tint hutelil him hu wat a bailer and a Frenchman. Thlt morning Hlblu was taken before Alderman Patrick Dennelly where he made complaint against Keur charging lilm with felonious assault and batterv and carrying concealed deadly weasmH. lie wat taken te Jail tern hearing ami Klblu will bu held at a witness. .lUiil'f.lt THU TUAVh. raiMeliKern en llm h4kliure ICtrre llaitly Miakuti Up In an Aitliltilil Ah thu ll.'iO a. in. bcuthore Hxpr8ai train from llarrisburg, en thu main line el thu Pennsylvania railroad, wat coming around thu cure in llie cut between Iterwyn and Doven en Tliursilay aftornetin, thu last llireu cant J uiii hh! thu trivk, bruku thu coupling connecting thorn with the llrnt tliree ami ran ecr en te the up tr.ick, tearing up about llfty jardt of each of thu tracks, 'llie com weru alieut hall lull of pastKiiigeraatthu tlmu ami a hcuiiu of tlie wildest coiiIuhIeii liumodl liumedl liumodl ntely ensued. Women ruslied from the earn HertumliiR and crying, ene woman being ee excited that alie drepied en lier knetis and began te pray. When heatlt wero counted it was found that ue one wat herieutly hurt, though the eccupuitH of the wrecked cara were pretty badly sliaken npand thoreu;;hly frightenttl. Wertl wat Iniinedlately Kent te thu city ami u wrecking train disjiatt hed te the aceiie or thu accident. It wat three hours Lolero the track wat cleared and thu uninjured Mit of thu train carrying the pat-senguruwhe had occupied the wrecked cara ditpatched. Thore wero thrie tralua ceuiiiig east and eleen going west de layed by the accident, thu lirat train tocemu through being thu Umlted Kxprest. Owing te tliu fact that the westward-beiliid trains could net be trauaterred te thu cist tracks be bo be lew Iterwyn they were only run from station te station ami the passengers transferred from train te train. The elllclals el the read were nnable te aa aa ceunt for the aceident. Hupalrs wero lieiug inadu te the track where the accident oc curred, ami It la thought, that a sulllcleiit number of uplkes had net been used In fattening the tracks te the sleepers. The ox ex press is ene of the fastest trains en the read, and as it wat going at lis usual fast rate the insecure track spread apart and in that way tliruw the cars. Thursday night a gang or men were at work en the track ami lielore midnight tliu trains wero running again en Hchcdule tlmu. The Columbia accommodation and liar rlbburg express, which are due here bctwudii 7 and o'clock, ji in., were deliyed forevor two hours, ami the station wat idled with poeplo all e oiling. Cliurgrtl With Mealing h Dullir. A man giving his nameas Jehn Wallace entered the residoneoot Mrs. Kate llulser, 117 Houth lleaer stroet, this iiiernlug, and ' asked ler something te eat. Mrs. llelser gave lilm a breakfast. While he was eating the milkman canie along, and Mrs. IleUurwunt out te get houie milk, leaving her potket petket potket lieok, containing a dollar lying en the table. HhoBtepped for a moment at the frontdeor te chat with u nelguber, and whlle tliua en gaged Wallace came out, thanked her ler his breakfast and walked oil". When Mrs. llelser entered the room and opened her nocket-bor.k she leund that the dollar had been stelen. A search w at madu fur Wallace and he was arrested about II o'clock In Chris lian strcet by (leorge Ntrabert, who held lilm until Constable Durti arrived mid leek lilm te tlie station house, lie wat HiileiUenlly taken before Alderman Hair who committed lilm In doraullel ball for a hearing. Theio were leund In lilt pockets nliiety-suveii cents lu sller. llu denied having hlelen thu money. Hall liiitintnce. Thus lar this soaseu evor 300 fariuers el haucaster county have taken out policies of Insurance In tlie Lancaster Comity Mutual Hall Insurance company. In tlie storm of a few days only about a dozen of the members had their tobacco Injured by hall. The com cem pany has been In oxiatence since Ootebor 1881, and lias paid In full all insurance or crept ngalntt less by hall, and many tanners wtie would have lest their crops saved tuoiuselvcs bv carrvlnz lnsurauce against hall. The ollleoniaad dlrectera are weU known resl- I In-law, JosepU 1-UItei, la Comwage towu tewu duta el the city and county. u'r, luU county. a Mir at rKNtinii.r.iMJi rei.invi. An lllil I.FS'lrr t'nitfir a New Nhmih I nilf lliikcii tu Cai'liirn tin Slain llinrtiiinrnl. Kiiiiii the New link llulcpt'iiitctit, Itep. I'er jears tlinsilltlcs of Penns.) haul hnve been in a deplorable condition. MoueHillnln hae ruled at ene end anil the speilsmen lme thieved at the ether ! anil between llie two llie honest clllen hat hail a sorry ropie repie ropie nuulallell lu the ginernnienl or Ills stale. Theru iire no atler inonepollts lu any com. luntiweatli than tlie Pciiiisyluuilii railroad ami the HLandard oil ctiuipaiiy. Thu latter hat controlled a prejierty that, In allttliuiieifl than atlecade, hat exceeded in alue the en tire geld production el Call'eiiila. Tliese moneiMilles haxe tllctatetl the leuli-lallen of the stale, ami their tiKitt thu iiiest icrful or which Is the Ciimeren uiachhiery hae ctirriipted the consi'lenee eftlie s'eile, or ca joled them Inte holielug that t'lmtirtm Uo Ue pilbllcaulsiii ItHeuitithliig I'ltn thill political deiniigeglsm. I'nllkn New Yerk, Peimsyl anla hat net a controlling agricultural impu tation te counteract thu toil liillueiicet of rings ami machines, ltt rural population t-tiiinlsts largely or thu workers in mines and oil wells, tlie iuaerity or whom It may Imi said, nre mero subject le mrruptleu than te coin letlena, and atu thu ready tools of the brltio-glers. Theru hat been rinnll In thu Hepubllcan mrly or l'eniiayUaiilii against the doinlna deinlna ting ami dishonest Inllutinee or Its Ifitders. Ill ivsl and 111 IN1! the Independent He public-ms madu a Mreng light Ter i)llllcal liurity. lu thu latter year they Kiiiveedctl III tleleatliig the niachlim ticket, but at thu uxpeusu or putting thu Democrats in power -It It can le called an extntu te have se en red se clean an administration at tiover tiever tiover ner I'alllsen, the Democrat, hat given. Hut the Hepubllcan pirty sieius te have prellled nothing by the ileleaU 'i hu meiie peliut ntlll control Ihti machlue ami thu ma chlne slllls controls tlie parly. The tsiiidltliin efnllalrsK If an thing, worse te-dav thin It was In ISSi Men who weru then lu tilt, grace are new lu positions or honor. The corrupt elllclals, who, seven yeart age rdeii(sl a gang efkimvct who had been lalrly and Justly cenvlctttl of bribery, have rorgetteu the reproach that wat heaptnl upon thorn at thu time, and aru new en joying the distinctions of party favor ami public trust, Quay, who wat at the head of llie pardon heard, Is te day tlie treat urer of the stale, and unless hit gang shall forget their cunning he will he the next cltlen chosen by Pennsylvania te sit Irtwldu Cameren in llie Senate el the lulled Htatcs. At the riwut Hepiiblldiiconventleu, more mero moro ever, thu revolt of tss'j seemed te have bteu forgotten. Thu eltt ticket wat put forward w Hli lunch thu same spirit ami disregard fur consequences at prevailed In the national convention that nominated Mr. Illalne in Ksl. '1 he Quay machine ruled at llarrishurg. '1 he nomination el coiigressman-at-large only wat net dlctatttl by the corrupt leader. It Is true that thore wat net tliu namu Independent movement of opiesll!oii te General Iteaver at Hi Ks- j the convention w as tee carehilly "packed" for that. We may le Hiiro, how ever, that there It an honest sentiment In Pcnnsylvanli that will tolerite tlie uicthetls of the machiiie still less today than four years age. tumeral Heaver, even If hu It at iiucerrupt at he It weak, will hardly save lilt party from deteat; for an old leader under a new namu it preparing te defeat tliu schemes of the sisilUmen. Mr. Welfe will have a large following. Such organlritien threatens the pewer of the Republican party in Pennsylvanl.i. Ouu of two things must occur. The parly mlist be roerganlretl, the "tHxttes" exslltHl, and Its methods purllled, or It must go te thu wall. Thu Republicans of I'enusyl vauia may taUe their choice. TIIK l'KXHIUS mifiitff.&a A r-ic-iiiirn Cmi el tliu r-iifeletin Mm I'rrnltlt-nt. etnvd lijr rrlu the I'hlkuli Iphln ladder It is a very easy thing lsifore an audlentu of easy going peeple te get up lav or foracase realleged hardship ami meritorluusclalmfer a solder In thu rcieut war. Here is an In stance: One of the vetoed hills proposed tu give a iKiiiNieii te the widow or a man who enlisted in April, lMil, wat sent te a preiara preiara tery camp lu tliu suburbs el Cincitinttl, and whllu there died. This en its face appuared te be tliu case of the widow efn soldier who lest hit life in thu military service of tlie country, and which therelore appealed stretiglv te the feeling cilled p itrietlc gnitl gnitl tude. l'H)n examination, however, it wat leund that before the inati had ever been lu the presence el the enemy, or in actlve service in tliu Held, hu asked ami get leav u te go te Cincinnati whllu there, and net lu the dis charge el any military service, get Inte a brawl, during which hu received a blew, from thu ellucts of which he tiled. Tint It oue of the ewes about which sena tors who fellow Mr. Illair's lead get oil their dignity, and niemlieis of the ether Heuse went oil Inte rhapsody ami frantic abuse. Kreiu the way that c.ise was statetl by the lieusleu patKirsaud by the advocates of the bill, no enu would ever have suspected that the caiienied dead soldier was killed by a knock en tlie head in a personal row. Seme et these in both Senate and Heuse who iire smarting under thu exixisuru el their carelessness or improvidence, or Hern under the defeat of their little lulls, are try ing te make ersnual or parly capital out el thu matter by proclaiming that the vetoes e lliese mils Hiiew mat neither uiu president nor his party It friendly te tlie soldier. II this accusation Is te be tried upon tliu com cem com lurallve numbers or pensions granted by thu Democratic iwnslnn commissioner, or the numherel such billtthat have been approved mill become laws under a Democratic Heuse ami president, the men whomuke the charge have widely missed the mark. Thelrcasu it absolutely groundless. Jt hat already been stated that the special pension bills enacted into lawn, with President Cleveland's ap proval, by thu present Congress are live hundred and Hovenly-llvo lu number; that wat the uumljera week or ten davt age, and It then exceeded by far the number passed anil approved diiriugany ctjual period under any precietllug president, ami Is greater in iiumtier than during the whole eight years of President ilrant The record of the present pension commissioner, (leneral lllack, ex cecils at tlicltlvely that el his predecessor. Thu entire assault uism thu president en this subject hat been unwarranted by the facts; il it bated in Km untenable ground j and, se far at it took leriu in personal abuse, it Is disgraceful te theso who Indulged in tliat way, especlilly at thu Heuse end of the capltel. I'lillnliigiila Unlit Their Annual Si-mIiiiih. Thu meeting of the American Philological association closed lu Ithlca, N. Y.f en Thurs day, having heart! twenty-eight papers, a larger number than was ever bofero pre sented. Among these lu attendance weru Professer K. A. March, of Lafayette, who tils cussed "Words which occur but ence lu Hliaketioare ;" K. H. Kockweod, of bowls burg, Pa.; Mr. C. Adler, or Jehns Hepkins Unlveraity, who gave n paper en Henrew words in a Latin glossary; Dr. Merrow, James Trew, nt Philadelphia, who treated of Assyrian lu lis relation te Hebrew and Arabic, A paper, "Heme Notes ou Pennsylvania Heiiiiau," by li. I.eeliriimblne, of Lebanon, Pa., was read In his absence by the secretary. It consisted of un aiiiusingcollectiou of words ami idioms, most or thorn falnillar te persons who have iived In tlie "Dutch" counties el Pennsylvania. It appeared In the discussion that mauy terms supposed te be local In Pennsylvania wero te be heard lu ether states. Ilurrlguirs O'llrlnii lleml. Michael O'Hrien, the Tombs lawyer, has Ikieii ene of New Yerk's queerest chuiactcrs ler llie past ten years. He was a coal cart drlver before he became n lawyer, and hit diploma wat handed him lu Tweed's day. Mlkodied Wednesday penniless and will be buried by the Tombs lawyers. He never charged mero than (1 for advice and his lowest fee was ten cents. Hew at the original or Harrigau'a famous play, " Coun Coun seleor O'Hrien; or the Die at the Tombs Police Court." He nover wero a shirt, but always a coat buttoned closely te hit threat Aged DO, anil Werk In llnrvett. Frem the Hanover Citizen, Mrs. Julia Hletcher colebraled her 00th birthday by binding wheat In a harvest Held a faiv lnira nlnra at tit.. Mjl.l.niu, f I. ah ua,. WIIITK'S L'OOUIAKDY SCHEME. HIM" IIK WIHHEIt TO HWIJH TIIK ItAlf- tiitituvH tiitnti.roei. hai-iiih. Mj llu It I'uiir Harder Biitl If Hit HihmI. Mn Will Makn n liirluiin-l" Atuld the tig Hunkeii Itttrk Thai C'aunetl Ilia llentli et CtttMlii tVbli. Wimil.l'oei. llAl'llit, Niagara rlvtr, N. Y., July li).-(lcorKe W. While, the Otwcge barlmr, who came hure yeaUirday with the announced Intention of swimming the rapids this morning clad lu a cork null about three. tpiarterser an Inch thick, hat lulled le keep lilt engagement up t thin hour (lu-Tu). In an Interview with Unllud l'rett reperter Inte lust evening White said that he had successfully swam thu l.tehltie rapids en the HL Iiawreme, anil atlded : "The WhlrlHHl rapids are much worse, hut with my cork suit 1 can gut through all right. 1 went down along thu bmk here lind had thu folks sjliit out the Hsit where Captain Webb wat killed. His mistake was In trvlug te dlve through the mountain of foam where twoeutsldo currents of the river surge le a peak. There It a sunken rock there against which he struck. In making my attempt I will simply lleal en the surface and will save my strength te push ewav from any rucks. Ir, as people say, 1 will be sucked under the surfaie by the undertow I mil stand it for tlve minutes. Thu current will carry me along better un derneath ami It would be best, ler the pas. s ige occupies only four minutes. A bystander expressing a dlsbollef that Whlle could de any Huchthlng, a pall wat ipilckly tilled with water, and Whlle Im mersed hit head in It for lour minutes. " Yeu fellows need net think I am fool feel ing," he said, "for 1 Intend te go through. It will knock (iraham and hit barrel sky high, and he will net have a clinuce le ex hibit himself. In reply te a question ut te hit ebjts't in making thu attempt White re plied : " I am a peer birber ami If I get through salely 1 will make a fortune and if I don't, It will be little lest te the world." About nine o'clock last evening White heard that Canadian detectives were alter lilm and secluded himself. Hofero he went away, he arranged Willi a few imrsens te w li nens hit attempt , that there would Ihj no dis pute alut the feat If he get through, The general sentiment is that if White gets In tlie rapids he will le killed. 'I'he hjIIce en the American side say they will net inter fere with White. At 10 o'clock this morning a ciewd or peeple had gathered en thu bank extctlng Whlle te make his appearance. Cuurtiinjr anil Hum XVInnnrB. In thu regatta at Hay Kidge, Haltiiuore, Wallace Hest, letin Hit and Jehn Teenier wero In the first race. Hots took the water llrst ami kept the lead up te the second turn, whonTeemor pulled ahead. Just after the third turn Hots again went te the front and wen the race in nineteen minutes, Teenier second and IHU a had third. The second wat between Courtney, Hamtii and Lee. The water wat lumpy and the wind continued te blewhravlly. Courtney made a Ind bbirt, whlle Lee anil Haulm get away together. I latum at ome leek the lead, closely fellow ed by Lee ami Courtney. They kept iu that order mull thu lust turn was made, when Courtney spurted ahead and came dew ii the homestretch pulling hard. Lee passed lilm once, but wat unable te held the lead, anil Courtney wen by a length lu nineteen min utes thirty-live seconds. The races wero evra course threo-nuarters of a mile long, necessitating three turns hi a distance of three miles. KillgllU el I'jthUi I'rlztt Drills. The decision ofthe judges In the Knights of Pythias prire drill couiietltlen, Class It, in Terente en '1 hursday was at fellows : l'lrst pri?e, f,itiO, was awarded te the Chicago divi sion ; second prize, MOO, te the Terre Haute (Ind.) division, and third prie, SJOO, te the Lincoln (Neb j division. Thore wero only two points het con setend and third. Six divisions competed ill Class A, viz; The division frum Indianapolis, Did.; the Dear Iwrii, of Chicago; tlie division Irein Kokomo, ind.; the Red Cress division, or Cleveland, U.. the Damen, el Cincinnati, and the Austin, of Amsterdam, N. Y. The Kokeniodlvision carried oil the tlrtt prize el $1,000. and I ort Dearborn division the second, f.VM. Tliu Austin division came lliiril. Drizzling and titlul showers upset all the calculations et the Knights el Pythias com mittee and disapiHiintetl thousands el visi visi ters, but despite tlie ralu thu Knights wero net daunted in their determination te pro ceed with their drill. Hit) Nurtli 1'elt lUiiedllluu reatiimieit. Colonel (illder h.it decided te accept the Inglorious obstacle which bilked hit start for thu Pelu this week at tiually disposing or his trip at at tirst contemplated. He It new, at hit friendt say, making lilt bise of opera tions ie the Htquitnaiix country In n tlltlor tlltler ent way. It It said that the colonel w HI preb ably net start until tall, lie it slut Delng kept shady by hit trleu'Js, ler fear of hoihe ether move by the veiigulul Delly, "the Water Queen. " Most of the baggage was re ro re meved Irein the Victeria hotel, Novv'Herk, and his room were given up, but hit new location It unknown. .Vlee Willi Fir ti Around lilm, t lulu the l.llltz ttccenl. Jacob Ilolllnger, who had hit home at Jehn W. Hellingor's, wat In the habit of Iving ou the bed te read by thu light of a tallow caudle en the bed by hit side. Monday night while llius engaged he fell asleep and aweke by llniling the bed en tire, which was extin guished iu time te meld a cottllagrutlen, but net Isitoro the bedding was pretty well ruined. Funeral til Ml Mugglt) MtUtiriiuck. The luneral of Mist Maggte McCermlck took place from her late retldonce en West King street at 10 a. in. te-day. The sorvlcet at tlie house and the grave woreconduetod by Kev. J. H. Pratt. Heuutiful tleral designs rested en the celllu. The interment wat made iu Lancaster cemetery. Tlie pall-bearers were William II. Reland, William II. Hellly, Jehn II. Maluno ami Richard M. Hellly. On a rpttlal Tialu. (en. Simen Cameren and Cel. James Dully came lreiu Philadelphia en a special train thlt morning and slopped oil at Lancas ter. Ou the sauie train were Vice President Roberts, (ieneral Manager Hugh, Chiet Knglneer llrewn and ether Pennsylvania railroad magnates, vv he with their lamilius passed through en their way te Crotteii. l.n.t III Watch. Michael II elnten called at the poltce sta tion this morning ami uetilled the ellicers that n vvatcii had been stelen lreiu him last night. He uahl he slept at Schaeller's saloon, and this morning when he get awake his watch was gene. A stranger occupied an ad joining room ; he was goue when Helntzen get up, and it supposed te have committed the thuft, OUlccr Hoeehlor was dotailed te leek ler the thief. Sliet and Klllfil liy a 1'areinr. During a tp:iarrel which eccurred Thurs day afternoon near Montreto station, en the line of the Delaware, Lackawanna A Wost West ern railroad, J iidseu Tllluuy shot and kllled Samuel Holcomb. Tlllany is a wealthy far mer. The cause eftlie (piarrel hat net Leen reperted. An Old Offender. Kdwln Spear, who has llgurcd frequently In police courts, was arrested en Thursday night en a warrant Issued by Alderman A. 1 Deunelly. Kdward was arrested ter his usual ollenso drunkenness and disorderly cendnct, and this uierulng was committed (or a hearing, lNTKUKHTMim nAHK HALL NKWH. Wliat I tlelntf Ou AineiiK tlm Vtleltler ut llm XVIIlim, Pittsburg has dene seme remarkable work at home. If Uiey can keep it up en thelr ICastoriitrlplhey will lie sure el second place. 'I'hn Clese MomberH, a colored club of this city, will play a gatne with a nlnu from I I nl.....l.la .ti tlm IrfilmlilttM i.rrtiiti.li. 1.1.1.1,,. I UtFIHllluin mi, .' - - ,- . - ,,,i,..,.ri .v-itivi- row aftornoen. Hmlth, Hroeklyti's short slop, has ralletl tu turn up with the team yut, Kennedy, of the Atliletlcs, hit heen sent home without iy. I'tUthun l)ipnlch. I'er thelr playing none el thu team deservu a great deal or pay. Hoeker and Ramsay will de all the pitch ing ler Loiiisvilletm their r.islem trip, The Ijcague gurnet et ball yesterday wero; At Philadelphia: Philadelphia,., Hosleu 3 ; at Washington : New Yerk f, Washington 'i at St. Ixiuls: Detroit ft, HU Leuis 1; at Kan sas City : Chicago 1 1, Kansas City 'J. Atkinson pitched n geed game for the Ath letics yesterday and they downed KU I nils by 11 te 1. The ether Association games were: At I'itteburg : Pittsburg ft, Mets I; at IjOtiisville: Haltiiuore fi, Louisville I; at Cincinnati: Cincinnati", Hroeklyii I. Dally It batting xeryhartl. Yesterday he had a double and a home run. Ramsev ami Kilroy wero pilled against each ether yesterday. Hich club had six hits and six errors. The Altoetia anil h'cranlen clubt played twelve liiiilugs yesterday, and the ienner wen by I te 3. .A meeting of the directors or thu PoniiHyl PeniiHyl nia Klate League was held at Alloena yester day. The Danville club wat drepped lreiu tliu league, and the schedule committee were Instructed te make a new hchodiile ler four clubs for the balance of tlie season, composed et Alteen. i, Hcrauteu, Wilkesbarre and Wll llamsjHirt, who will Unish out the season te gother,and which will make tlie State Leiigue race mero Interesting, at the four clubs are all ovenly matched and aru well bunched together In the race for the pennant. The American Association clubt are en thelr way K.ist te-day, and the only guine will Is) between PllLsburg and Haltiiuore lu the latter place. Zecher it net hitting the ball with Altoeua. The Christian i were shut out by the Mohican club, or Konnett Square, yesterday. Molcher anil (Irani formed the battery for the Lancaster eeuntlans. Melcher struck out nine ami his opponent eighteen inen. Iu yutterday's game at Alloena, Virtue, who It new playing llrst bae, had nineteen put outs and no errors. Zecher accopled nlne chances without an errer. NKWH MUM fllOVIUKNtlr. lOHNHllli: VlmtMHieilal Correaioiiilint or That section I linht In Clirenit'le. .Smi-iiivili.i:, July 111 Mr. II. Miller hat an eats head taken from hit farm which intra, suret lO'j Inches long, a timothy head which measures 10' a inches, and a clever stalk 5 feet i Inches, another I feet llU, inches, and a clevor stalk from ene root of which branches 17 large stalks which mea sure Irein J'j feet te i feet eacli hi length. Htlaa Hhlnehart hat a timothy stalk which measures i! feet I luetics. Mr. HU lshleuiau hat en hit farm along the I'oquea a bist weed troe which startn from the ground lu two distinct stems ; con tinues for about twelve feet when lliey unite into ene stum, round ami smooth and com pletely Jolned and covered with ene bark. Whlle rehiring from a festival near New Providence Mr. Harry Mel alls' herse became frightened and ruu away, throwing tlie occu pants from the buggy into a creek and wet ting them completely. They succeeded lu capturing tlie horse, but net until; he had tteu'j considerable damage te the vvugen. The annual picnic of the Martlcville Sun day school will be held iu the church yard ou the 17lh inst, A picnic will bu held at thu Croen Tree ou the 17th lust. Harvest it evor and the iarmert, witli few exceptions, have housed all their grain, it being tlie largest yield knew n for seme years. Mr. It. Hroiieuiaii, teruierly lamp-lighter and trimmer of Lancaster city, new has his home with A brain Huber. Mr. J. O'ltrieu while piti lung u lead of hny threw a large copperhoad sn ike en the wagon In a fork full of hay. It was net dlscovered until the lead was unpltchist by Harry Jeiiet when it wat promptly dlspili hed. Mrs. L. Herr, or Hed Hid, hatacaaiis about at thick as a man's arm which meas ures nearly six loot. Hit buiutllul and can be seen at any time by pissers at It stands lu an alceve iu the trout ofthe heuse. nisreiti: tiik ji.i uu. Au Old Siiiisaute heat le llm Werk-lluiue. Other Cases lleunl This morning the mayor had another lively court, 'the tlrst customer was Martin Hesh, an eccentric old German, who lias become a nuisance te the peeple of the city. He can usually be seen en the slrtettwlth n book and he annoys overy person that he meets by begging irein thorn. He Is continually in scrajies and delights te be hi court. Yesterday he was arrested by Special Olhcer Habel, and this morning the mayor M3iit him te the work-house for thirty dajs. When Martin heard his lute he raised n big noise. Hu said he would net take a sentciue lreiu the mayor at he had no right te scnlence him. He claimed that he did uet beg but " collected," and he had permission te tle te from the courts of Jutlge Patterson and Alderuian Decn. He wut slew aUmt taking his de parture (or the work-house, but he tiually Hgreeu loge ana serve uitierm. The ene-legged man who attempted te hung himself lu the station house jctterday, gave his nameas Jehn Mers. lle wat net at ferocious thlt morning as yesterday and did net seem te remember much about what hu had done. The mayor sent lilm te Jail for 10 days. Karah Hradthaw, who wat found begging around the Peniisvlvanla station, was sent cut for the same it rm. One disor derly was discharged us he wat net very troublesome and hail a ticket for Philadel phia which hu premised te use. A Sinking iitinntill. Justin .McCarthy hi New eik llciald. Trevelyau's is a curious lull. It Is perhaps a mero striking testimony te Gladstone's In In In Itiioiiielu .Scotland than uven tliu dore.it of Uoschen. Personally I feel sorry for Tievel- yun, ul though iu a political hcnse I cannot but be gratilled by his defeat, 1 wish he hud kept te literature mainly. 11 he had continued te vvrlte books as geed at lilt " Harly Y'ears otKex" he might have made a inonierablo name In Knglisli letters. New what It hit record? Thus far that of u political failure. Thore Is no use attempting te evade the (act, as hit friendt de, and trying te make out that he proved liluiselfa sound statesman in ireiauu, rsueeess in nuuusuiniwuiii at iu war means accomplishing the work ene it seut te de. Trevelyan simply tailed te govern Ireland, and thore it an end of the matter. He became early conscious of failure and sickened or the task and grew sour against the Irish poeplo, at if It were a crime In them net te llke coetcton, or at leust sit down uncemplainiug uuder IL One could hee the evident grew t of thlt sonse of failure lu Trevelyan and the tee manliest slgut of bitterness of spirit it engendered lu him. The struggle turned hit hair nnil beard whlle and bowed his shoulders at w ith the welght of age, and Trovelyau it some years short of Ulty you May his fate bu a warning te ethors uet te attempt uu Iniiiosslhle tusk. A liberal statesmau cannot govern Ireland by the ugeucy of coercion. What nnOver-lamilmt (Inn Did. Fiouithe LltlU Itocenl. Jehn Kasnacht illscharged u shotgun the ethor day, which was se heivlly leaded that It knecked him down. The shot laniled en the premises of Jehn S'osseman, which was a considerable distance away, hut net tee far te be Jelt and heard. The llttle missiles rat tled all around, one of thein striking a whi tlow paue and ene passing through llttle Johnny S'essemau's hat. Annual Iteunluii or Soldier' Orphan. The sixth annual reunion of the soldiers' orphan ".Slxtoenors" of Pennsylvania It te be held In Philadelphia, from August 17 te JO. Arrangements have been made for re- duced rates evor the soverul railroads, uud it I Is urged that partles be organled te start I Irem llie principal raureau con ires, irem which the most fa vorable tertus eau be made. A MURDERER'S MADNESS. UK ATTKttl'lh HVIVIIH! II II lit VKLI. lllTIt A I'Allt ilflttlKAUH. Drltlng it I'tlent I'm in Ilia Cell unit Alleiuiaing Hi llraln a Sherlir-Precautien Agalnut tlm S Ileum el lilt llnitlier te ItelnaMt lilm I'rmn I'rlatm Hanged at I Snli IMIl, WoentTooif, Ills., July hi. Jim Dacey, the murderer el Alderman flayuer, anil who Is te Is) hanged te-day unless the governor Interferes, made a dcsoru(e attempt at sui cide yesterday. He had a pair of shears hid. den in tlie mallrist of his bud and with them hu attempted te stab liimsell. He wasse vio lent that a hose hud te be turned ou lilm be fore he could be ovurjieweroil. Alter lint Dacey hroke one of the bmlsluts and tried te bruin Depuly Harper, of Chicago. 'I'he pris oner was exceedingly violent last night. He tlrove a prlest from his cell mid It spending his tiine lu giving vent te the vilest impreca tions. An extra guard hut been placed ever him. Sherlll Udell put a line of pickets oxlouil exlouil oxleuil lug from the depot te a iwlnt halt a milu be bo be lew tlie town yosterday, bocause it was ro re ro erl(l that Patrick Dacey, brother of James Dacey, threatened when he went te Chicago yostertlay te bring out a gang of men te pre vent the hanging or hit brother. While It It the general opinion that there It nothing te be feared ou this score, it shows hew much this llttle village is wrought up evor the ex pected execution. Sherlll Udell saltl at ene o'clock this morning that he had advices from ene near te Oev. Oglesby that the latter would net interfere with the execution. Lxte thlt afternoon Dacey broke down anil man Hested great contrition. He requested lather Hurke te pray for hlui and Joined in the prajer ollered. About 12:20 he was led, or lu fact fairly cir cir ried, te the scalleld, and at 1-itl the drop loll. He died with Hcarcely a struggle. The crime ler which James Dacey sullored wut ttie un provoked murder of A lderniau Michael tJayiier, ou the night or May U, 1SSI. 10 tnilTXtrAMl ltll.liK. Hut .llm. Cran-lertl Will Nut Itelract Her htury Agalimt lilm. Londen, July Hi. The ro-liearlng iu the Dilke Crawford divorce case wat commenced in the divorce court this morning. The court room was crowded. Mrs. Crawford, ac companied by her sister, wat present. The counsel for the queen's proctor lu opening llie case assertod that the ovldenco of the servants did net confirm the confessions of Mrs. Crawford. Sarah, Dilke's housekooiHjr, donied dressing the respondent, Mrs. Craw lord, at Sir Charles Dilke's heuse at the tlme statetl lu tlie coiifestiou of the fermer. The woman, l-'auuy, said te have been Sir Charles mistress, togethor with her husband had disappeared, hut it would be shown that she wat net with the respondent, Mrs. Crawford, en the dates alleged iu the latter's contexslen. Mr". Hogorsen, the land lady of the Warreu Htreet heuse, where Sir Charles Dllke and Mrs. Craw lord are supposed te have met, would show that the respondent never slept there, as alleged. Sir Charles' coachman would show that he had never staved long ut Mrs. Crawford's heuse, and also that he could see ever the room iu which the meetings between the ro re ro HiMjtidetitaud co-respondent took place. The concensut of opinion appears te be that the court will make a strong attempt te white wash sir Charles Dllke. The respondent, Mrs. Crawford, stoutly adheres le her fermer confession. S'ir Charles Dllke upon taking thu wituess stand denied in tete the confossien of Mrs. Craw forth MVbT HAVE J1AKTJ.U10X. llln .VtifplaiM " XVIII -Set Mean the Oblitera tion ul l'arty l.lue. LoMieVjJuly IO. The Timet this morning points out the lack ofpersoual weight auieng the leaders of the Conservatives and asserts that this fact must of nocessity lead te the formation el iv coalition ministry. The government w ill be compelled te take Lord Hartingteii into its councils, it must, iu fact, adept his proposals uud accept his terms whether he joins the new government or net. Pointing te the necessity of the Unionists becoming part and parcel et the government, the Tunis declares that the formation et a coalition iu no bcuse means the permaneut obliteration of party lines or that Lord Hart Hart ingeoii shall beceme a Tery. Ilarllugteu Will form Ne Alliance. Londen, July 10. The Daily Sews, says the Liberal dissidents held the position in Parliament coveted by the Parnellites. They are the arbiters of the fate of the gev ernment. Lord Hartingteii will term no alliance, but preserve hit independent pvsitleu. dm y KHS AS It VOXnUUTUHX Olbiu rrant luie'n City llallivajs strike A lllei Oiielleil lly 1'ellie. San ViivNCisce, Oil., July Id. Twe hun dred car drivers and conductors of the North Reach A Mission and City railroad com. paniet struck last nighr. About 1,000 peeple gathered ou Mission street between 1th and 0th streets, mid at the Alitsieii company's curs passed they wero saluted with showers el stones and ether missiles. An attempt was also made te derail thu cirs by placing a scantling across the truck. The obstruction was, hew ev or, removed by the police, rinally three cars w ero steppod, the horset un hitched, tlie windows broken and the drivers and conductors lorced te loave. One car was upset across the track. The iiolice wero unable te cepe with the crewtl and tout for rointercomeuts with whom they tiually suc ceeded lu dispersing thocrewd. Tour rloters were arrested. UEl ULUIIOf IN 31KXIVO. A Town Captured Alter a fight In Width I'lvu CilUeut Were Killed. Cuii. vie, July 10. A sjieclal dispatch fromMlers, iu thu statu of Tauiaulipas, Mex ico, says: "A courier hat just arrived from the Interier and reported that the Involution Invelution Involutien Ists under the command of Juan Trovlne, captured the town of Aguesteguas ; 11 ve cltl- 7ens wero killed In the light. Cen. ltoyes has ordercd the hth regulars te Aguesteguas, with Instructions te light the Revolutionists wherover he limit thorn. Thu Revolution party Is gaining strength daily. A large num ber of its syinpitliiers are coining iu from the Btites of Celiaullaiuid Neuve Loen, and also from Texas. Governer Cuellar It at Vic Vic eoria, the capital of the state. He w Ul proba bly be obllged te call ou the federal govern ment te put down the rebellion and In that case martial law will be declared." Six Weeks' Drought lu low a. C.vnseN, Iowa, July 10. Thore has been no ralu here of any consequonco ler the p-ist six woeks, yet by careful examination Hit found that corn that wat plauted lu season Is sullurlng but llttle for want of ralu. Iu fact, this cereal has been much bouetlttod by the dry, liotwealhor ofthe pist few weeks, and will stand the drought well until August 1, and thou yleld from 00 te 00 bushels te the aero. The Appointment ul I'uat Trailer. Washington, D. C, July 10. The In In In voHlgatlen of the Souate Inte the question of nast tradershlns was continued this morn ing, and the documentary eyidoneo sub sub inltted tender te corroborate the statements heretofore made te the effect that thore had been irregularities in the appointments of urau j..ub. I pest traders. Til I A I. UP VIIIUAIIU AHAKVIIlltTB. 1 he Curium Creudlng llm Court Ilnuis tu Uet IIIiiiim) of tlie Right l'rlstmers. Citii-Atie, July Kl. Alter many woeks, alter Interiiiltiable delay HH)iit In exliaustlng overy device rer delay ompleyod by crafty lawyers, the trial tr the Anarchists Is te begin iu earnest. This morning the eight inen who are te answer ler tlie llaymarket massacre tuke thelr sealt In Jutlge (lary's court. They are conipesod ; their man nor laitrays no sonse of uneasiness ! appareiitly they are c-irolest of the past and Inillilerent at te the future. With, out the court room It congregated a large crew tl, victims toacurleslty they are liimble te gratify. Down stairs It anether crowd, und still another and a larger ene It congregated In Ironter the entrance te the criminal court building. They regard with a curious stare the windows et Judge (lary's court ill which the opening scene in a great drama, tlie closing one or which may land eight men evor the death strap, is being por trayed, livery detail lu a matter el such supreme Importance is or Interest te theso ciirieslty-scekers. They euvy the privileged few-who lind accent te the court room, hut even theso favored onet meet with dlsap-l-ointments at tlie very oul..eU Anether delay Is asked ftsr. This tlme the state requests It, On thoeisinlng of court Mr. (irlunell tells L Judge Gary that holt reluctantly coinpelled mi luque-si an aojeurnmoui inun a e cieck. He says he has a geed reason for asking thK He does net want te say wiiat thlt reason Is, but it Is of great Importance te thecase. Then IiiH assistant, Mr. Walker, whispers Inte his ear and Mr. (irlnnell suvs an adjeurumtul until 11 o'clock will de. Mr. Pester inquires xvliat It the reason. Mr. Grlnnell does net want te declare it publicly, but assures the lawyer he will tell him prlvately. He does he and the desired adjournment is allowed. Tlie reason for thlt adjournment Is glveu In a rumor te the effect that the state has met with seme treuble en account of Its vv ltnesses or certain of them. The story is that seme or these denied this morning the truth et thelr dis closures relatlve te the oxistenco el the dyna mite conspiracy. The state's attorney's olllce Is closed te all attempts te get Information bearing en thu truth or falsity of this report. neught .'Otl.OtKI Aires el Ceal Iinil Kxewii.M', Teun., July 10. An Cistern Hyiidtcatohaspurch.ised 600,000 acret ofthe Isjst cad lauds In Hast Tenuosseo, embraclng the famous Ceal creek and I'epular creek minus. The syndicate is said te be the same as the ene controlling the Hast Tonnessee, Virginia A Ooergia railroad, and Hrunswick, (la., will be made the leading calling station el the Southern coast steamers'. The new coal syndicate it headed by H. It. Chapman, el New Yerk, and has a capital et evor f J, 000,000. Arrenteit In lurk ter I.ihel. Yeiik, Pa., Jul v 10. Suit was brought this morning by MrH. Harriet (leist at 'Hipilre Sherwood's, against William IX, Smyser, or Yerk, ageut, and J. M. Place, mauager,ef tlie Harritburg 'lVcqram, for alleged llbel. Smyser was arrested and gave bends for a hearing. Censtable Leng left for Harritburg thit morning te sorve a warraut en Place. The alleged libel was printed lu the JVfc jr'tw'a Yerk letter about two months since. doeil Nena for a Jtallruad Ctinipiitiy. vbllItlTeN, D. C, July 10. At a meet ing of tlie Heuso committeo en commerce today Mr. Hyiiuui was instructed te report favorably the bill authorizing the Kansas City A Memphis railroad company te con struct a brldge ever the Mississippi river at Memphls, Tennessee. Thlt bill was "held up" at a meeting ofthe couimltteetwo weeks age by a motion el Mr. lrieu te reconsider the instruction te laverably report it. Ihe dory failed le Ac roe. llrt.rvsr, July 10. The coroner's jury In the case el Policeman Gardner, who died flew the ellect of wounds received iu Tuot Tuet dny's riot, failed te agree after live hours' deliberation, and wero discharged lat ove eve nlng. A XVitlk Around Jerusalem. CoiiedpunuYiiLe Omutiu lit raid The city Is net large tlie walls net very long suppose we take them ou our left, and soe hew lung It tikes te come back again, The way about the walls la first by the well made modern read that leads te Hethlohem by the deep, dry meat, and by the rim of Ilinnem vale. Theu by a donkey path It takes the left new up, new dew u ; new by the hurling ground, and by old gates and elder stouts, skirting the Kcdren vale, and then Geheiinah's gulch ; then by a narrow loetpath past the garden patches, past old knotted, gnarled elive trees : past Hethauy's mud houses clinging te the dreary, blistered walls and past tlie golden gate skirting the valley of Jehesaphat with his rock tomb and that or Absalom and Zacliariah ; past the HL S'tephcn giitu that gives a viowetsad (Jothso (Jethso (Jothse mano and Olivet ; then through among the Moslem gravet and tombs whero waiting women sit and mourn their dead ; past the Damascus .gate ; in vievv of Jeremiah's cave w here erst he sat se many recluse yeart and poudered o'er the pist, and prophesied of fu ture woes ; then past mero walls ami heips of rubbish, stones and aged elive trees that have seen the tears and heard the sight of centuries, we ceme back te the moderii homes ami streett again, Mid ou a modern luvciuent bv a lotef uiodern traders' shops, stand we by Jatla gute again. Loek at your watch. Net quite sixty minutes gene since we sioeu uore oeiore, yer. we iiave coinpasseu. all these walls about been clear around the pre-eiil Jewish city, which new It twlce as lame at wat 11 when the Savier died en Cal vary ! New are these walls two miles and a lih.lt about ; then, perhaps, a traction mero than euu a city then upeu a walled space with Zteu's hill, Merluli with all its tem plet, houses, streets, about the Hke of nix modern city blocks I Such was tlie magni tude el thu great city or D ivid, a mure speck upon this Jiideati mountain ran go. nrk l'ruhlliltluuUts. The l'rolilbltlenlstsof Yerk county held a convention Thursday, nndiioinin.ited the fol lowing ticket anil elected delegates te the state convention, which meets Iu Harritburg en August S : S'onater, Dr. II. V. Cress; legislature, (lea P. Arneld, II. II, Hnytler, W . J. (ieminlll, C. W. Ollley, colored; sheriff, L. J. Dodseu; register, A. J. Moero; direc tor of the peer, James M. Hendrlx. A'plat A'plat ferui was adopted denouncing the sale and manufacture et liquor, advocating the nomi nation of the Prohibition tickets overy where, and favoring honest government and civil service loferm. 1 ell Down An IJiiibanktilent. Yosterday Mrs. H. M. Hener, residing at 230 West Orange stroet, went with the excursion te Peuiyn. Iu the alteruoeu she went evor te Miner's Village, where the ero mines tire. Whlle walking around she xvas me- tleucd te Loep back by the workmeuwhe wero about te make a blast. She turned quickly and fell down an embankment, cut ting and bruslug horseir badly. Itlbi llruken lly a florae. On Tuesday a stallion belonging te Samuel Miller, who resides near Sluing Greve, Dru- mero township, began lighting with another horse. Miller trietl te separate them when the stallion turned upon tiiiu, breaklug sov sev sov eral ethis ribs. Dr. Haul), of Quarry ville, at at at touded Mr. Miller. linpruilng. Master Jeseph McDlvitt, of Wrlghtavllle, whose sev ero fall from a cherry troe has been noted, has se far lmproved as te be able te eat, and uuderstand mero clearly and taiK a iiuie. An Aiqmrent Contradiction, from the 1'hUaaelpula Hciald. A girl may have plenty of bustle and still be very lazy. IMITATING UK. SULLIVAN. l.l-i..l ! IIKIIK-.1 A I'HKTtr HBM HHTWKKH TWO WKLL KNOWN VONUMmaHMKN I ItepreiieiiUIHti jlnl mrlkea ItrprcMatetlT Ctilili In t'erimmt Knrnnnler They War All lreare.l lu KIBlit It Out Uuletlr When They XVer Interrnplwl. W'AsiiiNrtTON, l. t, July 10.-The) wordy dilllculty liolween ltopretoiiUtlvM Cobb, or Indiana, and Laird, el Nebraska,eu the iloer of the Heuso of Kopresoutatlves, a coupleof weeks age in regard te seme land ontrles made by the latter, rosulted In a sanguinary encounter near the southern outrauce te the lloer of the Heuso shortly afler ene o'clock this ultorneon. It appears that Messrs. Cobb and Laird met and talked evor the dlspute In which the former accused the hitter of being a perjurer anil that they agreed te go tlewn Inte the- haso hase haso tuent or the capltel and light It out. Seme ene overheard the arrangement and went at ence te Mr. Payson, or Illinois, who Is a mem mem ber of the couimltlee ou puhlle land", or which Mr. Cobb is chairman. Mr. I'ayseit hurried out oil the lloer et tlie Heuse and ovorteok tlie moinbers at they wero reIiik down staliH te the basement. He expestulu. toil with them and Dually, as he supposed, succeeded Hi persuading them te deslst. The threo inen rotraced tbefr steps and when they arrived at the oulrance te the corridor run ning east and west, they steppod and the two quarreling mombers renewed thelr dispute. "Well" said Laird, angrily, "you are a old liar any way." "Ami you" said Cobb, "you are a porjurer, and I can prove It." Mr. Payson steed between the men at tills mouient but quick at a Hash and with the precision of a trlphainmer, Mr. Laird's left baud went evor Mr. I'aysen'a shoulderat Mr. Cobb. It was atorrllle blew, but thodls thedls thodls Lince was se great that It only touched Mr. Cobb, who Is u powerful man (I feet, tl Inches and weighing 230 pounds rallled te resent the blew. Mr. Payson separated the inen with the assisUince of seme bystanders, and the dilllculty onded. Had the light as arranged taken place In the basoment It would have been u llerce one. Mr. Laird is 37 years old, about 5 loot 11 inches lu height, weight 200 pounds, magiil magiil llcently proiKirtlenod and athletic. Mr. Cobb would have beeu at a disadvant age only en account or agility and age. He Is fS years old. Beth meu are courageous and both have manifested ou ethor occasions a dosire te defend themselves against per sonal Imputations. The encounter created a geed deal of excitement about the Heuse for awhile. It is bolieved the matter will be brought bofero the Heuso for trial. Yet most of the mombers say no rule was vio la toil, bocause the treuble occurred outsldeof the hall of the Heuso. TIIK HI r Kit AMU llAKHOll HILL. eithayi It was Itutcheretl, Itut IU Itluetl mu Net mi II In llnntm. Washington, D. O, July 10. Senata Mr. McMillan moved te preceed te the con cen con Hideratlen or thu river uud harbor bill, but waived that motion temporarily lu erder te allow consideration of some pension bills. Mr. Heck crlticled the action et Mr. Mc Millan for net presslug the river and harbor bill and Intimated that his (McMUlau's) do de sire te get ou with that bill was net sincere. Dills were passed Increasing the pension of Jehn Ryan uud granting a pension te James Noyes. Mr. Ceckrell characterised the latter as a mero act of charity te a colored preacher. This Mr. Hlalr contended was Incorrect. After the passage el 10 mero pension bills the Senate resumed consideration of the river and harbor bills. Mr. Ingalls InsUnced a number of luoc luec luoc curacles, and as he termed them, "occoutricl "eccoutricl "occeutricl ties" hi the new addition of thelblll printed this morning. Mr. McMillan explained that the reduction ef2,icr cent, had been computed en the amount of the appropriation, and that the distribution el the amount of an Item among several parts ofthe work was merely a mat ter of computation. That could be dene as the bill was belug read. Mr. Test, during seme remarks, said that the hill had been butchered; but Its bleed was net en his bauds. The reading ofthe amended bill (with the original ameuuts reduced li'i per cent.) was then preceeded with, and the "eccentricities" jKiinted out by Mr. Ingalls wero corrected as they (the Herns) wero reached. What I lie Heuse XV erked At. Heuse The Heuso proceoded te consider the conference report ou the legislative ap propriation bill, ami It wat agreed te, thus disposing et at many amendments as bad been agreed te by the conference com mittee. On motion of Mr. Klnley the salary or the assistant treasurer at Baltimore was al lowed te remain at 1,500. Mr. Tovvnsheud, et Illinois, moved that the Heuso recede from Its disa greement te the Souate amendment increasing irem Jl.OOO.OOO te f3,000,Q00, the appropriation made for the salaries of agents and ether internal roveuue olllcers. Lest. Ne Kvtraditteu Treaty as Yet. Wasiuniuen, D. O, July 10." Itcau be stated with poBitlveuoss," said a member of the Senate te-day, " that no extradition treaty between Hnglaud and the United States in relation te dyuamlters has been sent te the Souate and that it is new berore the Sen ate committeo. The mere siguiug or such a document by our min ister nt Londen and the minister - ..... I...1.1..I. ..nl.... ni1t..e he. nn slgUUl" lliu iiiuinu uncivil u...v.u "... ..v. - ,, cance further than that the treaty meets "5" approval of theso representatives. " It ilfiist recelv e the signature of the secretary of statu and the ratification et tlie Souate before It can have etlecL I am Inclined te bollevo that such a treaty Is new In the stale depart ment and that It will be sent te the Senate." VBLL INTO A I'AT OK UMS. The Terrible Accident That llefel Allien irrel- rher. In I.jnu, 5la. Ian.v, Mass., July 10. This morning at 8 o'clock Albert Drescher, a German empleyed at the leather manufactory of Nicholas We ber, foil Inte a vat of het logwood dyeaud th wat terribly scalded. The xat is about lx ,jr3 feet high and Is reached by steps. Ureschet 'j asconded the steps with two buckets and "J? H .i-A......i i.n... lnllhailvA T.ra1ntr litjltMt l-ji f uiuppcni mum ihiw.mv . n - --. u ance hu fell Inte the boiling tluld and wasV aiinostwhellv Immersed. The foreman el V1 the room witnessed the accident and pull! the unfortunate man out, and although b was in it but a few seconds, he was horribly scalded. He was taken te the hospital. It Is net i.nil....a,t tliat ImfHin rnmvAr. IfAhaaa wlfe and two chlldreu. lie is 35 yearn of age. S, , . ir WJSATUBM VKOHA.BIL1TIEB. J i WABUitiaTev. D. O., July 10.-rit'A "X" Kastern New Yerk, Kastern i'enunyl-' yanla, New Jersey and Delaware lecali ruins, folio we. l hv lair weather, sutleaary. tomperature, southerly winds sbifllni; ta i uortherlv. . ?.. 'Ji Feil SATUlin.vv.-Il ". ollewed. ff. fair weather. with stationary leuirwraiHrww, Indicated for New England, ana aP xvarmer. generally ir . . y. MIddIe Atlantic BUtet. j- gan"ilil l' Mlnufc " b ,, .!. wHiriitivllta Star. , , 'rr.t.reveninir two genUewMi Inte Yerk, and reported at uavtef -4fh iev en inUes In thirty nilnnwa, eaiafc Ml the Gettysburg pike. , v R il ki ' vf-j ?& .HI I Hi I vr; $.? !. 1 M M '1 rS 3 , m V. Sf , w. s. 1 . J4 -V i
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