LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, MONDAY. JANUARY 19, 1880.
Lancaster Intelligencer.
MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 19, 1880.
The Twentieth District.
There is every reason te suspect that
the apparent compromise of the Curtin
Yocum contest in Congress, by which
there is te be a vacancy declared in the
representation of the district and a new
election ordered, has been prompted by
some considerations which de net lie
upon the surface and which are net iden
tical with the real merits of the case. It
is possible that se many technically ille
gal votes were found that in the absence
of any positive proof as te hew they were
cast a fair and intelligent committee
could net decide who was elected and
se did the next best thing in providing
for a new election. But we have been
se accustomed te see representative
bodies resolve all doubts in favor of the
majority, and decide contested elections
according te the partisan interests of
that majority, that we are net ready te
lielieve that Unexpected judgmentef the
Heuse in this contest is entirely
free from personal or political motives.
It is an open secret that both the contest
ant and sitting member have been assid
uously playing fast and loose with all
parties during this and the extra session,
with a view te invoke such considera
tions in the determination of their
claims : and all parties found themselves
placed in such a delicate situation with
relation te them that a large majority of
the Heuse preferred te avoid any decis
ion upon it. There were Democrats who
preferred Yocum te Curtin, Republicans
who would rather had Curtin seated than
Yocum, and different members of the
same party estimated quite differently
the political effect of seating one or the
ether. In view of this and of the dubi
ous character of the testimony there
would have been some strange voting en
the final question, and a majority of Con
gress are heartily glad te dodge it.
Te the people of the Twentieth district
the exhibition in Congress may convey a
valuable lessen. If we understand the
power and the proposal of Congress, it is
net te send these two men back te be
voted between again, but simply te de
clare no election, a vacancy, and te order
another election " free te all " who may
make themselves or be made candidates.
When such an election is ordered it will
be for the Republicans and Democrats of
the district te say whether or net they
will run the old candidates. It is appar
ent that since their last nominations
reasons have intervened why each
should desire a change.
In the first place, in 1878 each party
was plowing with a strange heifer. The
Republicans nominated Yocum te get
the Greenback vote ; the Democrats nomi
nated Curtin te get a Liberal Republican
vote. It was net a geed policy for either
te adept in a district se unevenly divided.
A strong majority can best maintain it
self by standing erectly by its principles
and its straight party leaders ; a weak
minority can only save itself from ab
sorption or disintegration by refusing
these entangling afliliatiens,in which vic
tory brings it no credit and defeat lias
no assuagement.
In the second place,things have changed
since lS78,and if there was any occasion
then for the two leading parties te make
conciliation with the third party, there
is far less new. The battle lines in 18S0
are being strengthened. Again, if a con
test between Yocum and Curtin in the
Twentieth district is attended with such
enormous frauds as are alleged te have
marked this one, would net the peo
ple of the district save their credit
by framing an issue that would
invite a fair election. Rut above
all ether considerations is this one which
chiefly affects the Democracy : that ex
Gov. Curtin has been shown te be the
weakest possible Democratic candidate.
As such he has been tried and found
wanting. His nomination demoralized
the party and lest it the district; will it
avail it anything new V Can it afford te
invite defeat with him again ? There
are able and trusted Democrats in the
district conspicuously A. II. Dill and
P. Gray Meek who can carry it by the
old majority. Would it net be safer te
make a sure thing of it with sonic such
an one ?
We fail te see any necessity for limit
ing a new election en the eve of the
presidential election te the old candi
dates. We doubt if such a contest is the
better policy for either party.
Maine Law.
In 1S77, when the Republican governor
and council of Maine counted out Dem
ecratic members of the Legislature be
cause the returns were defective, the
Democrats appealed te the supreme
court, and en the 22d of December, 1877,
from a full court, received the following
answer :
"It is te be regretted that votes arc lest
by the negligence of town officers, but the ob
vious remedy is te cheese such as knew
their duty, and, knowing it, will perform
it."
The Democrats and Greenbackers pro
fited by this advice, chose officers " who
knew their duty," and by a strict adher
ence te the law secured a governor, coun
cil and majority of all the Legislature.
The governor and council threw out the
defective returns and unseat Republican
members; and then this same supreme
court gives another opinion (Jan. 3, 1880)
in these words.
" The representative is net te be de
prived of Ms right because municipal offi
cers have neglected their duty !"
Could partisan inconsistency go
further? When a Democrat is counted
out because of defective returns the
court says, in effect, " it is your own
fault; why didn't you cheese compe
tent election officers V" When a Repub
lican is counted out for defective returns
the court bristles up and says, " O, no ;
you can't de that ; the representative is
net te be deprived of his right because
municipal officers have neglected their
duty."
The chairman of the city committee
te-day issues a call upon the Democracy
and all willing te cooperate, with them
in securing an economical, honest and
progressive administration of the munic
ipal government, te assemble en Wednes
day evening, 28th inst., te make general
nominations for the offices te be filled at
the election next month. Let the call be
Jbeeded and only geed men named.
The long-drawn-out agony in Maine
premises new te end with the establish
ment of the Republican government.
The tenor of events since the adverse
opinion of the supreme court en the
questions submitted by Gov. Garcelon
has pointed te that result, and supple
mented as it was by an opinion " recog
nizing " the irregularly constituted Re
nuhlicnn Legislature, the news of the
electien.by tliat body of Da vis,the Repub-
lican candidate for governor, and his
taking possession of the state house and
assumption of the powers of the guber
natorial office, is entirely in accordance
with the nature of things. The most no
table feature of this whole trouble has
been the facility which the supreme judi
cial tribunal has exhibited in reversing
itself and turning itself completely inside
out in obedience te the requirements of
partisan expediency. Te any unpreju
diced legal mind the action of Gov. Gar
celon and his council and the subsequent
proceedings of the Legislature appeared
te be in entire accordance with the con
stitutien, the law, and a long line of lle-
publican precedents ; yet this accommo
dating tribunal, Avhich, as is elsewhere
shown, has been se very particular in
construing the law in accordance with its
strictest letter where Republican inter
ests were advanced by se doing, new de
cides that the equities take precedence of
the law; and "mistakes go ever" with
Republicans, that were se vigorously con
demned and punished when committed
by Democrats.
PERSONAL..
Themas Dunn English, the poet and
litterateur, is a Democrat of Democrats.
Cel. A. D. Markland of Washington,
D. C, prominent in the army postal ser
vice during the war was in Lancaster ever
Tuesday, the guest of E. E. Martin, Esq.
Before beginning his sermon yesterday
morning, Dr. Talmage took back all he
had said about the "moral rottenness" of
his pursuers in the Brooklyn presbytery.
General Jehn A. Sutteis, the veteran
California pioneer, left Washington yester
day morning te preside at the dinner of the
California pioneers this evening, in New
Yerk.
Senater Thukmax said te an ex-member
of the Ohie Legislature, recently, that he
was a candidate for the presidential nomi
nation, and in a sense that did net imply
only a complimentary vote.
Senater Wade Hampton has never fully
recovered from the illness which came with
the less of his leg, and, net being in geed
health, he has net rallied from the de
spondency occasioned by the death of his
son.
The Conservatives attack Mr. Glad
stone for lending his support te the South
ern confederacy, and Mr. Gladstone re
plies that his sentiments were always
friendly te the North, even Hamilton Fish
acquitting him of conscious hostility.
When Nugent, the New Yerk police
man, was acquitted from complicity in the
Manhattcn bank robbery, the judge said te
him and the audience that nevertheless,
the court believed him guilty and that
justice had miscarried.
Senater Conkling arrived in Washing
ton Saturday evening and stepped at the
Riggs house instead of Wormley's, where
he usually stays. Mrs, Conkling ami
maid were with him. This is the first
time that Mrs. Conkling has been in Wash
ington since Grant's administration.
Senater G. F. Hear has bought the land
at Princeton, Mass., en which Jehn Hear,
an ancestor, once redeemed a captive, Mrs.
Rowlandsen, from the Indians. A bowl bewl bewl
der, called "Redemption Reck," lies upon
this land and upon this bewlder a suitable
inscription has been cut.
Hayes has astonished his cabinet by
making an unexpected choice for the im
portant pest of governor of Utah ; he has
selected a gentleman known as "the hand
some man of Kentucky," Eli II. Murray.
Gov. Emery's friends will, however, urge
him te withheld the nomination for further
consideration.
A monument was recently put ever the
grave of the mother of Abraham Lincoln,
in Spencer county Ind; but the grave of his
father, Themas Lincoln, near Matoen, 111.,
is still unmarked, save by a small heap of
stones. Abraham Lincoln paid the grave a
visit when he was en his way te Washing
ton te be inaugurated, and left $50 for a
headstone ; but the money has. disappeared
and the headstone has net been set up.
Much expectation has been raised in the
literary world by the announcement that
M. Ernest Renan is coming across the
channel te deliver a scries of lectures,
and that Ruskin is also leaving his retire
ment te lecture en the subject of
"Snakes." William Black announces a
new novel called " Sunrise ; A Story of
These Times," and Mrs. Olipiiant's un
wearied pen is engaged in illustrating the
history of Hantc Bougegne.
Miss Lucy Waltew, Riiett Horten,
who created a sensation in the streets of
Washington some time since by sheeting
and slightly wounding Jehn II. Morgan,
S3n of Senater Morgan, of Alabama, has
been held in the sum of $1,000 bail te
answer at court. Miss Horten, who was
employed in the treasury, accuses young
Morgan of having betrayed her under
premise of marriage. The two families
had long been intimate.
Prince Oscar, eldest son of the king of
Norway and Swceden, is te be mar
ried te Princess Helena of Wal-deck-Pyrmont,
sister of the Queen of the
Netherlands. The princess is barely nine
teen ; the prince is just of age. The
empress of Austria is expected in Ireland
for the hunting season in February. The
ex-Empress Eugenie will sail for Zulu
land in March, and Queen Victeria has
appointed Lieutenant Brigge, who was one
of the prince Imperial's most intimate
friends at Woolwich, te be groom m
waiting te the ex-empress.
The members of the Newark (N. J.)
club, whose invitation te the "Jacksen
day" celebration called out the late bitter
letter of Charles O'Coner, arc quite in
dignant at the writer and the publication
of his philippic. Their secretary thinks
that when he found out he was invited by
a club under the mistaken idea that he
till cherished his former principles of
sympathy with them, he should have had
the common courtesy te apprise them of
this fact and net make the occasion a pre
text for an insulting and injurious commu
nication. The letter was net read, it
seems, at the .supper, and was published
in the World at Mr. O'Coner's request
upon that journal.
On Saturday evening Majer R. W. Shenk
entertained a very large company of his
gentleman friends in his law and banking
office and the club rooms of the Bair &
Shcnk bank building. There was a very
handsome set-out and delightful entertain
ment generally, the guests embracing a
hundred or mere of our best known busi-
ness and professional men of all political
parties, religious creeds and civic associa
tions. It had no ether than purely social
significance and indicated most agreeable
hew the restraints of business and the
barriers of political differences can be
forgotten in the commingling of hale fel
lows well met.
Au announcement has been made, no one
knows hew, no one knows whence, te the
effect that the Prince of Wales's two
sons, Prince Albert Victer and Prince
Geerge, who arc serving en beard a man-of-war,
have been tattooed en the nose
with India ink. lhe society journals arc
hysterical en the subject. It appears that
the symbol of a bread arrow has been artis
tically imprinted en cither of the princely
nostrils. The thought of bowing the knee
te a tattooed king is altogether tee much
for Mrs. Grundy. The sacrilege wrought
upon the countenances of the Lord's anoint
ed has provoked a torrent of indignation.
Vanity Fair comes forward te stem the
tide. It learns en excellent authority, from
a source which it believes te be peculiarly
reliable hinting, indeed, that it is official
ly charged te make the announcement
that the mark en the side of the nose is
only an eighth of an inch long.
MINOR TOPICS.
A G. Dawsen Celeman institute has
been established in Lebanon, for the pur
pose of affording instruction, en certain
evenings each week, te such as may be
anxious te advance themselves. The course
of instruction is divided into three depart
ments in order te meet the requirements of
all who earnestly seek improvement.
Talking about round dances the Pitts
burgh Pest recalls the fact that Miss Sher
man, daughter of General Sherman, refus
ed the invitation of the Duke Alexis te
join in a round dance. Instead of giving
offence, her conscientious objections were
respected, and extorted the admiration of
the duke.
The price of nails having been advanced
east and west te $3.15 a keg, an iron city
cotemperary runs ever the variation in
their prices since 1852 and finds that they
have ranged from 17-10 per pound te as
high a figure as 8$. They were lowest
in December, 1878, and highest in August,
1804.
The New Era breaks out with a propo prepo
sition that the delegates from this county
te the Republican national convention
shall be elected at the May primary elec
tion, whether the county committee likes
it or net. The plan of the Bull Ringers
is te have the county committee name the
state delegates and the state delegates
name the national delegates. The Era
says that under the rules of the party the
delegates te the national convention shall
be chosen at the primary and that May
will be plenty of time for that. It urges
that the county committeemen insist en
this and if it be refused them that they
belt.
The star of Rescoe Conkling having
becu dimmed by that Rhede Island affair,
the New Yerk Herald makes an heroic ef
fort te brighten it up and publishes a glar
ing biography of New Yerk's favorite
seu, who, it says, shines conspicuous by
comparison with the many eminent men
nourished by New Yerk. Virginia, it
declares, is no longer the " mother of
statesmen," and New England and Penn
sylvania with equal opportunities can net
rank with the Empire state. The favorite
sons of whom the Herald beasts are Sena Sena
eor Conkling, Secretary Evarts and ex
Secretary Fish en the Republican side,
and ex-Governer Seymour, ex-Governer
Tilden and Chief Justice Church en the
Democratic side. And of them its says :
" We may safely challenge any ether state
or cluster of states having an equal popu
lation te show an equal list or te match it
in point of capacity, experience and quali
fications for public life. There is no one
of these six who is net equal te the high
est responsibilities with which his fellow
citizens might think fit te clothe him. They
differ greatly from one another in the cast
of their faculties, and although they were
all bred te the law Mr. Evarts surpasses
the rest in professional reputation as much
as he may fall below some of them in ad
dress and dexterity as a politician. Senater
Conkling, the youngest of the number, has
had the most signal and
as a public man."
brilliant success
The Sunday Examiner republishes from
Christian at Werk a list of twenty-eight
authors whose names are alleged te have
been "saved from oblivion by single poems
produced." Among them arc included
Jes. Redman Drake and his "Culprit
Fay;" Fitz Greene Halleck and "Marce
Bezzaris ;" Richard Henry Dana and the
"Buccaneer ;" Julia Ward Howe and her
" Battle Hymn of the Republic ;" Bret
Harte and the " Heathen Chinee ;" W. W.
Story in "Cleopatra, " and Themas Dunn
English's "Ben Belt." The imputation
in all these cases is an utterly undeserved
exaggeration. While the productions
cited are each one of them among their re
spective authors' best, they arc far from
being their only claim te merit, and might
be blotted out entirely without seriously
endangering their writers' fame. Drake's
ode te the American flag is mere familiar
than his charming " Culprit Fay ;" the
friends of Fitz Greene Halleck would bit
terly resent the idea that he had written
nothing that would have rescued him from
oblivion except his stirring martial poem ;
the veteran of American literature who
saw its infancy and manhood had ether
claims te immortality than a poem that is
new rarely read; Julia Ward Howe's
claims rest en a broader foundation than
her one grand lyric ; Bret Harte has done
a dozen better things than the "Heathen
Chinee ;" Story's sculpture is mere dura
ble than his verses ; and New Jersey's Ten
nyson, who wrote "MemaPhcebe," will be
forgotten for " Ben Belt " when his better
work is remembered.
SamnelS. Salsbirry, aged 72 years, of
Alteena, cut his threat en Saturday while
in a fit of mental aberration.
MAINE'S TWO GOVERNORS.
The RepubUcaa Legislature Elects Corporal
Mavis. Get. Smith and the Fusion
Ista Determined..'
Saturday afternoon was an exciting one
for Augusta, Maine. The se-called Repub
lican "Legislature" met, the hall of the
Heuse of Uepretentatives was packed, the
entrance of Blaine, Merrill and Hale being
greeted with enthusiasm. The Republican
members were all present with few excep
tions. Messrs. Knowles, of Bradford, and
Temple, ofEddingten, Fusion members,
came in and took the seats they had eccu
pied in the r usien Heuse, and were greet
ed with applause. Mr. Knowles was ap
pointed en the committee en gubernatorial
vote, but declined te serve.
The committee en the eubcrnaterial vote
rcnertcd as fellows : Whole number of
votes cast, 138,80G. Necessary te a choice,
G9.404. Daniel F. Davis received 68,907,
Jeseph L. Smith received 47,073, Alenzo
Garcelon received 21,851, Bien Bradbury
received 204. The Heuse then proceeded
te the selection of two names te be sent te
the Senate, the whole roll being called,
and each member, as his name was called,
came forward and deposited his ballet.
As Spreulc, of Veazic, who had deserted
the Fusionists, came forward, there was
tremendous applause. He voted for Dan
iel F. Davis.
The result of the balloting was as follews:
Whole number of vote, 88. Daniel F.
Davis received 88 : Bien Bradbury received
87; Alenza Garcelon received 1. The
names of Daniel F. Davis and B. Bredbury
were sent te the Senate. That body was
crowded as it has net been yet during the
controversy. When the vote was taken for
Governer 19 votes were thrown, all of
them for Davis, who was declared by the
President te be the legally chosen Gover Gover
eor of the State. Several Fusion members
were present, but none of thein in their
seats and none participating.
The two houses then met in joint con
vention and seven executive eouncillers.all
Republicans were chosen. At 0.45 p. m.,
another convention was held for the inau
guration of Mr. Davis. An immense
audience was present and tremendous
enthusiasm manifested. Davis took the
oath of office, and delivered a brief ad
dress, at the conclusion of which he
took possession of the executive chamber
without any interference. The only obsta
cle placed in the way by the fusionists dur
ing the day was the refusal of the deputy
secretary of State te give up the guberna
torial returns, but certified copies of the
clerks returns were substituted. At 7.45
p. m., both branches of the legislature ad
journed until Monday at 11 o'clock a. m.
Mr. Davis last evening officially notified
Gen. Chamberlain of the former's election
as governor and the latter at once replied
turning ever the militia organizations te
the command of Mr. Davis. Gen. Cham
berlain then notified the militia that the
republican form of government is restored
and that all orders fiem Mr. Davis shall be
obeyed.
Speaker Talbot of the Fusion Heuse
says: "The Fusion Legislature will as
semble at the station house at four o'clock
en Monday, when the report of the com
mittee en the future course of the legisla
ture will be presented." Mr. Talbot states
that some of the committeemen are
in favor of asking for recognition at once
by Congress. He further says that noth
ing would better suit the Fusion Legisla
lature than te be refused the use of the
Legislative hall. In such an event no re
sistance would be offered, but that the
Legislature would quietly disperse ami.
abide the decision of events.
Fusion Secretary of State Sawyer has
issued an address te the people of Maine
reciting the proceedings of the Republi
cans and their employment of force and
skeleton keys in securing possession of the
state house. Sawyer having been waited
en by Davis, and formally called en te de
liver up the keys of the safes and all docu
ments in his possession, refused point
blank, whereupon the Republicans breke
into the office and found, te their great
surprise, that Gov. Smith had taken away
the state seal, and that the returns of leg
islative officers were missing. Sawyer's
manifesto preceeds:
"As secretary of state and responsible ,for
the safe keeping of its archives, I protest
ed against this outrage, and I solemnly
pretest in the name of liberty, law and
order, and present the case te the people
in order that they may in some degree un
derstand the true condition of affairs, and
inaugurate prompt measures for the vindi
cation of their rights and the support of
the duly and legally constituted authori
ties. Let no one sleep while insurrection
and treason triumph. Let the issue be
clearly defined. The laws of the state
have been violated ; the constitution has
been trampled upon ; fraud and violence
have been resorted te ; the partisan opinion
of the members of the court upon an as
sumed statement of facts has been pro
claimed as a judicial decision, and the gov
ernment of the people is threatened with
destruction. It is another leaf in the his
tory of the warfare of wealth against
labor, and unless sternly resisted and de
feated will seal the deem of a liberty-loving
people, until, ceasing te forbear longer,
they will be compelled te purify and re
generate their free institutions by a bap
tism of bleed."
Considerable apprehensions of a collision
are manifested, and no little anxiety is felt
last bloodshed may ensue. Acting JAssist
ant Adjutant General Folsom, appointed
by Gov. Garcelon, was called out of bed
early yesterday morning and was eidered
by Davis te return te Banger and report
te Lieut-Cel. White of the First regiment,
of which Folsom is major. Folsom refused
te obey the order en the ground that it
came from a person whose authority in
the premises is seriously questioned. Davis
contemplates removing all the Fusion
officers and appointing Republicans in
their places at once. His orders will prob
ably net be obeyed.
Blaine is reported te have said at his
serenade that the Republicans would have
their rights or would fight for them, and
he was loudly applauded. The Fusionists
de net talk light, but arc determined te
use every fair and honorable means te
maintain their legal position te the last.
If they are net allowed te meet in the
capitol, they will adjourn te some ether
city where accommedatians will be fur
nished them.
STATiS ITEMS.
James Mcllcnry and Erie are once mere
friendly.
Mrs. Elizabeth McKinncy was burned
te death at Scranton by her clothing catch
ing fire from the stove.
At Newport. Perry county, en the Penn
sylvania railroad, Saturday afternoon,
Mrs. Jane R. Smith, was struck by the
day express, cast, and instantly killed.
Interest in the trial of Wynkoop, at Cai
lisle, continue unabated ; the prosecution
is endeavoring te prove conspiracy be
tween the prisoner and the condemned Mrs.
Zell te commit the murder.
Posteffices were established in this state
last week at Fairchance, Fayette county,
and Yates, Luzerne county. The name of
Gesford, in Armstrong county, was
changed te Cowanshaunec, and that of
Lene Tree, in Green county, te Lene Star.
Mrs. D. J. Lyvi, of Green Ridge, Scran
ton, has been held for trial for attempting
te kill her servant girl, Mary O'Beyle,
because the latter, having decided te leave
Mrs. Levi's employ, refused te quit the
house without her wages and trunk. Mrs.
Levi fired several shots at the girl, one
which Went close te her head.
Matilda, wife of Isaiah Haukinsen, a
colored woman, 42 years of age, of 1418
Guhelma street, Jfhilaaelpma, Hanged her-
self te a ieist in the cellar of her 'residence I
yesterday afternoon. - Matilda has been
troubled with severe pains in her head for
twenty years, and for the past four weeks
has bqpn confined te the house. It is
thought that in a moment of pain she
summarily escaped the mental trouble te
"Which she was at times subject.
Agreeably te a circular recently issued by
Bishop O'llara, a collection was taken up
yesterday in all the Catholic churches of
the Scranton dieccc for the relief of the
suffering peer of Ireland. It is estimated
by these competent te judge that the sum
total realized will exceed $0,000. Com
paring this result with former collections,
the amount in the 40 or. 50 churches in
the diocese, which extends ever Susque
hanna. Wayne, Wyoming, Pike, Bradford,
Menree, Lycoming, Sullivan, Luzerne and
Lackawanna, will net fall short of $10,000.
Mr. Parnell is expected in Scranton en the
10th pros.
u
LATEST NEWS B MAIL.
Seme western capitalists, headed by Col
onel D. P. Dyer, have purchased three of
the principal mines at Leadville, Colerado,
for $5,000,000.
Jehn Dyer, en trial in Albien, Ind., for
the murder of his wife, has been found
guilty and his sentence fixed at imprison
ment for life.
The North British railway is recovering
from the Tay calamity, anil it has been
1 decided te rebuild the bridge twenty feet
lower than before.
The Russian Courier states that all the
Russian ministers except theso of war, ma
rine and of foreign affairs, have been sub
ordinated te M. Walujcff.
General Grant and party have engaged
passage en the steamship City of Alexan
dria, which is te leave Havana for Mexico
en the leth of February.
The jury in the Hayden murder case, at
New Haven, remained out yesterday, and
there are no indications of their coming te
an agreement.
Richard Sullivan, a well-knewu journal
ist, and brother of T. D. Sullivan, editor of
the Dublin JSatien, died in San Francisce
en Saturday.
Mrs. Margaret Tumy died in Cincinnati,
yesterday, after having, as it is alleged,
subsisted since the 19th of December, en
" no feed excepting two beans."
The female card speeders of the Aquid
ncck and Perry cotton mills, at Newport,
R. I., have struck for higher wages. One
of them who undertook te go te work was
assaulted by the ethers.
The annual racesef the Savannah Jockey
Club ever the Ten Breeck ceurse will be
gin te-day. A large number of well known
horses are en the ground and the prospect
of a successful meeting is geed.
The Due Antoine dc Gramenr, the
rrencii diplomatist is dead, lie was
French minister of foreign affairs at the
at the time France-German war, of which
lie was the principal instigator.
Jeseph Bermer, of Blackinton, Mass.,
17 years old, jumped from the Bosten
Hoosac tunnel and Western Express train
near Backingten, en Saturday night, strik
ing against a pest and killing himself in
stantly. Colored emigrants from Texas continue
te arrive in Kansas in large numbers, both
by railroad and teams across the Indian
territory. Seme of the emigrants are
living in tents and wagons in the weeds,
and several of them have died from the
effects of destitution and exposure.
A despatch from Leavenworth, Kansas,
sas the late City Clerk Fred. M. Spauld-
ing, who has been en trial during the last
week and found guilty of embezzlement in
office, was en Saturday sentenced te the
state prison for four years and six
months.
A Paris dispatch says that at a meeting
of the members of the Left yesterday it
was proposed te form a single group,
which Hbeuld constitute in itself a govern
ment majority. It was decided that a
meeting be held en Friday next te discuss
the preposition.
Twenty-six deaths have occurred this
month in Dead weed and the neighboring
camps, twenty-four of which were caused
by the prevailing threat and lung epidem
ic. Nine of this number were children
undcr ten years,
less than seven
death-rate is very
With a population of
thousand person this
high. The weather is
unfavorable.
The directors of the Catholic colinizatien
society of the Unitsd States were in session
in Chicago last week. There were present
Bishops Spalding, of Peoria ; Ireland, of
St. Paul aim O Cenner, of Omaha. It was
decided te call in the subscriptions te the
capital stock of the society, which is mere
than fully taken. 250,000 acres of land in
Greeley county. Nebraska, have been pur
chased and will be open te emigrants and
colonists by the leth sf February.
There has been unusual stock gambling
in Peruvian bends in Londen en account of
the war. The transference of ownership of
tue celebrated 1'eruvian guano and nitrate
deposits into Chilean hands will amend, it
is thought, the long standing scandal of
Peruvian bad faith. The Peruvian Guane
Company owns guano in Londen te the
value of some 4,000,000, all of which has
yet te be realized. The conditions pro
posed by the Chilean government being
reasonable, the bondholders expect te re
ceive payment whenever the war indemnity
is paid.
Mrs. Maria L. Crew, aged 28 years,
wife of Jeseph Crew, living en the Libby
farm, Groten Ridges, Mass., was murdered
en Saturday. Her husband, who had
been absent, returned home about 8 o'clock
in the evening, and going te his wife's
bedroom, found her lying in a peel of
bleed en her back, dead and covered with
a quilt. She had been shot three times in
the face and once in the chest. The mur
derer is believed te be a mulatto tramp,
about forty years of age, who had been
seen in the neighborhood. An autopsy
revealed the fact that the villain had rav
ished the woman before killing her.
TUE FITZ JOHN PORTER CASK.
Lively Debate in Congress Expected.
The bill agreed upon by the Heuse mili
tary committee providing for the relief of
Fitz Jehn Perter is creating a lively inter
est among military mcu and members of
Congress. The bill restores him te the
rank of colonel, which he held in the regu
lar army, recites that great wrong and
injustice was dene him through his trial
and conviction, and fixes $75,000 as the
sum te be paid hiin as arrearages. The
minority of the committee will present a re
port, through Mr. McCook, in favor of re
storing General Perter, but without admit
ting that any injustice was done te him, and
that the facts, as understood at the time
and condition of the country, justified the
action taken. This indicates the extent te
which the Republicans are willing te go.
The debate en the bill bids fair te excite
unusual interest. Fer the first time the
Confederate officers will be able te take
part in the debate and give their personal
experience as uemedcrates witneut em
barrassment. This is expected te be
one of the most interesting features of the
discussion, since there are a number of
Confederate officers in each house who
were either present in General Pepe's or
General Perter's front or have made a care
ful study of the situation from their own
records. General Garfield is expected te
lead the opposition te the bill. As a mem
ber of the first court he intends te try te
vindicate its action. He is somewhat
hampered by the fact that many of the
most important matters were discussed in
secret session, and as yet the obligation of
secrecy has net been removed, and he
does net feel sure that it would be right
for him te ignore the oath of secrecy. He
is new giving attentionte this question in
order te determine hew far he can ee in
his discussion of the deliberations of the I
court. The indications are strong that a
pass before the ses-
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE DRAMA.
Cotthela'k Company in The Octoroon."
On Saturday evening Dieu Beucicault's
"Octoroon" was presented in Fulton
opera house te a large audience. The play
is something after the style of "Uncle
Tem's Cabin. " The leadin ; character is
Salem Scudder, a Yaukcc, who is overseer
of a plantation. Mr. J. N.Gottheld's im
personation of Scudder was a very geed
piece of acting. He has an easy, pleasing
manner upon the stage and his voice aud
make-up were very natural. The villain
of the play is Jacob McCleskey, and that
character was well played by Frank
Lesce, who is a geed actor and a
handsome man. L. R. Stockwell is an ex
cellent old man darkey and his personatien
of Uncle Pete was se true te nature that
while he steed upon the stage talking with
the real colored men, many persons in the
audience, thought that he also was a negre.
There has been ;ue actor here for some
time in the "old darkey " line who pos
sesses as much talent as Mr. Stockwell, and
his efforts received the appreciation from
the audience which they deserved. Sid. S.
Hicks acted the character of Captain Ratts,
the jelly steamboat captain, te perfection.
The ether gentlemen who took prominent
characters were Charles Masen, as Geerge
Payten, and II. S. Duffield, as Wuh-ne-tee,
the Indian. Miss Florence Elmere, as Zee,
the octoroon girl captivated the audience.
She is a geed actress and pretty woman,
who possesses most charming manners.
Miss Rena Maeder pleasingly rendered the
character of Dera Sunny side, as did Mrs.
Sarah A. Baker that of Mrs. Peyton. The
company throughout was strong, and the
play was given in a manner which evoked
the hearty applause of the large audience.
The scenery was very pretty, especially
that of the steamboat and the early morn
ing scene in the caucbrakes. The troupe
of colored vocalists appeared several times
and sang many songs, each time they were
encored four times aud their singing was
the best we have heard for a long time by
colored people.
THE I'EIJESTKIANS.
Slield the Winner Tierce Second McCaf
frey Third.
The comparatively slim patronage re
ceived by the pedestrians at Frankc's gar
den during last wt ek, culminated in the
gathering of a great crowd there en Sat
urday evening, te witness the wind-up of
the protracted contest. Shcid who was
only seven or eight miles ahead of Pierce
at 2J- o'clock, p. m., did some splendid
walking during the remainder of the after
noon and evening, and lelt all his compe
titors far in the rear, his object being te
score 450 miles. and this dis
tance, the judges said he had
made at twenty minutes past 10
o'clock. He was enthusiastically checicd
by his friends, and at the close of the 450
score was given an American Hag, which
he carried two or three times around the
ring and then rctiied. Shcid was net by
any means the only recipient of applause
during the evening. Fer mile after mile
Pierce and McCaffrey ran together, Mc
Caffrey's object being te tire out Pierce
and thus secure second place. Pierce,
however, wouldn't tire worth a cent, and
continued te keep his eight mile lead.
Beth men were prime favorites with a
large portion of the crowd, who cheered
their favorites with stamping of feet clap
ping of hands, and ether demonstrations of
approval. At half-past eight o'clock,
while both were running like quarter-horses
Pierce stumbled and fell, and McCaffrey,
who was close behind him, fell en top of him.
McCaffrey jumped te his feet and darted
off at full speed, but Pierce, who was
badly stunned and bruised, had te be car
ried from the track, his score being 431
miles. A physician was scut for and ad
vised him te take no further part in the
contest, and it was understood that Pierce
had yielded te the physicians advice.
Meanwhile McCaffrey was making geed
time, and spurred en by the cheering of
his friends, hoped te profit by Pierce's
mishap and secure second place.
By 10 o'clock the scorers had given
him 428 miles, and he was running gamely
for the three miles yet lacking, when like
an apparition, Pierce came limping upon
the track in evident pain. He was received
with yells of applause, intermingled with
cries of disapprobation. After limbering
up a little. Pierce took position at the heels
of McCaffrey, and there he stayed despite
the efforts of the ether te shake him off.
After running in this way for nearly two
miles, McCaffrey slackened his pace and
allowed Pierce te come along side. The
two conversed in an undertone, and evi
dently came te an agreement, as seen after
wards they simultaneously left the track.
The race was declared ended and the
following was announced as the score :
Shied 450 miles and two laps ; Pierce 433
miles ; McCaffrey 430 miles ; Harvey 320
miles
Much credit is due Harvey for his game
ness in sticking te the contest when he
had no no hope of winning. Most of the
spectators believe he was overmatched,
but his own opinion is that under favorable
circumstances he is as geed as the best of
his competitors. He get far behind early
in the match, and he did net feel like hurt
ing himself in endeavoring te secure se
small a stake. He staid upon the track
until 10 o'clock and made a number of
runs te show that he was net played out.
Murray, who gave up the contest en
Thursday night, after making 290 miles,
had intended te favor the audience
with au exhibition run en Saturday night.
He came upon the track for that purpose,
but after going a short distance, gave it up,
being tee stiff and sere te de justice te him
self, or please the spectators.
At the conclusion of the long walk, Gus.
Rinc, a light-weight runner, appeared en
the track and ran 48 laps in 11 minutes.
Twenty-four laps arc considered a mile,
but it is confessedly a short mile. The
managers claim, however, that the small
size of the circle en which the men walked
made it quite as difficult for them te com
plete twenty-four laps as it would have
been te complete a standard mile en a track
of sufficient size.
loot Injured.
Geerge Myers, residing en Mulberry
street, who is employed at the Penn iron
works, had his feet badly injured by hav
ing a piece of iron fall upon it this morn
ing. Appointed Postmaster.
Jacob M. Hershey has been appointed
postmaster a.t Royerstown, this county.
bill for his relief will
sien ends.
COURT OF O.UARTEK SESSION'S.
January Kegular Term.
The regular January term of quarter
sessions court began this morning, with
Judge Patterson presiding.
There are 149 cases down en the list for
trial, including that of Julia Hoever,
charged with administering a fatal dose of
poison te her little step sister.
Ex-Sheriff H. N. Brenemau.ef Strasburg
township, was chosen foreman of the grand
jury. The court charged that body in re
gard te the various duties instructing them
te visit the different institutions
of the county, after they have con
cluded their labors in their room,
especially the Children's Heme
which is new under the care of the county,
the efficiency of which management several
grand juries have before commended.
The state Legislature does net make any
appropriation for this institution, although
it is a very worthy one, as it is au excellent
prevention of crime, and the duty devolves
upon the court. This is the time of the
year for the annual appropriation te be
made by the court.
The constables were called after the
grand jury had retired.- They made their
quarterly returns and were asked the
usual questions.
The first case attached was that of
cem'th vs. Michael Snyder, charged with
violating liquor laws by selling en
Sunday. The defendant plead net guilty
and autrefeis acquit (once tried anil ac
quitted). Constable Pyle, of the Eighth ward,
testified that he made the return te court
at last April sessions, upon information
received. He never saw any one drink
liquor there en Sunday.
Jehn Gill was called and he testified
that he never drank liquor at the saloon
en Sunday.
Jacob Greenawalt. the second witness,
never drank liquor there en Sunday; and
did net remember telling Officer Shay te
tell Pyle te return the saloon te court.
Rebert Templeton testified that he get
beer there last spring a year ; he iid net
pay for it ; Michael gave it te him ; in the
fall of 1878 he get liquor there ; he was
treated and did net knew whether it was
paid for.
Daniel Brown testified that he bought
liquor from the defendant's father at the
saloon ; he did net knew the exact time ;
it was 15 or 18 months age.
Frank Herzeg bought liquor there at
two different times, one "of which be
thought was between October, 1878, and
April, 1879 ; beuth of Snyder's father ;
the defendant was net iu at the time ;
Jehn W. Barnhart testified that he get
beer there en Sunday, with a crowd ; Sny
der's father was paid for it ; witness
thought it was a year age last spring ;
three brothers of Snyder, Jacob Greena
walt and several ethers were there at the
time ; thought it was shortly before a pri
mary election ; never drank between Oc
tober, 1878, and April, 1879. On trial.
Current Duslnexs.
Elizabeth R. Brubaker was made a. feme
sole trader.
A charter was granted te the Liberty
Square hall association.
l'ellce Cases.
Before the mayor : Julius Shuman, a
tramp by profession and confession, ap
peared at the station house and at his own
request was committed te jail te answer
at court for a violation of the tramp law.
Geerge Albright, an old offender, cre
ated a disturbance en Saturday evening in
Sprenger's saloon and was committed for
30 days for drunken and disorderly con
duct. Before Alderman MeConemy : William
Richardson, arrested for misbehavior at
Schecnbcrger's saloon, was committed for
sixty days. The sentence was made this.
heavy because William, who has been in
many former similar scrapes, was recently
allowed te go scot free en " swearing etr
for a whole year and then violated his
pledge.
Before Alderman Spurrier : Jacob
Shcnk, of Marticville, was arrested en Sat
urday night, charged with the larceny of
a quantity of leaf tobacco valued at $75.
He was brought te this city yesterday, and
in default of bail was locked up for a hear
ing en Wednesday morning.
Tlie Lecal Tobacco Ttaile.
We have very little te add this morning
te the full report of tobacco transactions
printed in Saturday's Intkm.ieenckie. At
the different warehouses, owners, agents:
and employees are busily engaged in as as
eorting, packing and getting out of the
way the immense quantities of leaf re
ceived en Saturday, and en ether days of
last week. Te-day the heaviest receiver
is Jehn S. Rohrer, at whose warehouse
about 50,000 pounds have been delivered.
A number of buyers arc yet in the field,
but there is net anything like the activity
that existed a few weeks age. Prices are
stilf, and lets that would net have brought
10 cents early in the season, new command
12 te 15. Prime goods is rather scarce
and hard te find, but when found com
mand prime figures.
Soup rieu.te Contributions.
The following cash contributions te the
soup house arc acknowledged by Mayer
MacGenigle : Gee. Geoble, $2 ; Benjamin.
Rohrer, $1 ; Hen. A. Herr Smith, $10 :
The Bean, 11 ; Jehn T. Sencr, 3.
The following contributions in provis previs
ions have been received : Henry Krick.
100 pounds pudding; Mrs. Cruger, .
leaves bread ; Jehn Leibley, 200 pounds
beef ; Mrs. Jehn Clay, one basket cabbage;
C. Beettner, a let of rolls ; S. K. Miller. Z
bushels peas ; S. F. Klink, 5 pounds meat
and 2 bushels turnips ; Hirsh & lire., 15
pounds meat ; Jacob Gruel, one quarter
beef; Henry Fisher, 8 quarts salt ; Geerge
Brady, 6 leaves bread ; Chas. Reth, 1
crock pudding meat.
Rer. Jack en Sir Walter Scott.
Rev. A. B. Jack, the popular Scotch
preacher and orator, whose sermons in this
city and recent lecture en " Rebert Burns '
created such widespread popular interest
and constituted rare literary treats,
will deliver his equally famous lecture en
Sir Walter Scott in the First Reformed
church, this city, en next Friday evening.
Being a fellow-countryman of Scott, as
well as of Burns, and net less in sympathy
with his literary genius, a rich feast may
confidently be expected in the announced
lecture. Asa poet and novelist Scott is a.
subject of absorbing literary and personal
interest, and Rev. Jack is in all respect
qualified te treat it in a taking manner.
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