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Lancaster $ ntclligencer.
THUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 1, 1880.
Wherefore Dees He Tarry X
Somebody reports that Mr. Kemble is
staying away from Harrisburg and Judge
Pearson for a few days until he can set
tle his business affairs, which he was
prevented from settling before by the
expectation that he would be pardoned,
that premise having been made te him
when he plead guilty, it is said. But the
precise truth of the statement maybe
doubted when it is considered that if Mr.
Kemble had desired a little mere time te
be given him before sentence he would
probably have been granted it en appli
cation made te Judge Pearson. And,
furthermore, as Mr. Kemble is new at
Atlantic City, it would seem clear
enough that he is net much mere advan
tageously situated for closing up his bus
iness operations that he would have been
at Harrisburg.
Still Mr. Kemble seems te be hesitat
ing, and his counsel and friends are full
of premises that he will report te Judge
Peirson some day seen ; he is even said
te have declared that tue period of his
sentence was immaterial te him. He
seems te be in a very accommodating
mood ; and :is the Harrisburg court is
ready te be accommodated, wherefore
does he tarry ? Everybody is at liberty te
guess, since manifestly there is a reason.
Fer geed cause discarding the explana
tion that it is te arrange his general busi
ness, what remains ? Can it be a dicker ?
We all realize that Mr. Kemble plead
guilty te save the feelings of the ether
fellows behind him for whom he was
offering himself up. lie could net save
himself and he could save them. He did.
He exjHilled from his heart the natural
inclination which induces a man, when
he is te be hung, te want te be hung with
all his companions in crime about him.
Probably he thus subdued his heart for
a consideration. Part of it may have
been the premise of the pardon that
such high influence could hardly fail te
expect te get. We are told this was
premised him ; and it was gained for
him se far as Dunkel and Quay and
Heyt were concerned. Quay was in
fact as criminal as Kemble. They
were in the same nest. The. testi
mony showed Quay in the background.
He could net refuse Kemble his pardon.
Dunkel is but a human tool, and Heyt,
the fast comrade of the less than forty
thieves. It was unreasonable te expect
such a stumbling block in Palmer, and
it is ever se surprising and creditable te
him that he resisted a power of persua
sion and weight of influence that we de
net believe has ever been exceeded in the
history of the affairs of the state.
But he did ; and Kemble stands at the
deer waiting. "What is he te get ? Is
the raid en Palmer net ever ? or does
Kemble demand additional reward te
compensate for the imprisonment which
was net in the original contract when he
plead guilty ? The one side having
failed te provide the pardon, is he de
manding an equivalent ? and what is it?
The Prison Management.
The twenty-ninth annual report of the
Lancaster county prison ler the year
1879,published in neat pamphlet form
without the picture of the prison en it,
which would have made it leek like a Heg
Ring campaign document is a publica
tion whose figures are worth studying by
the average tax-payer. It seems that there
are S convicts at labor, and yet the
manufacturing department shows a less
in the tabular statement, the directors
say, of $1,517.96. Turning te that tab
ular statement, however, we find it reads
thus :
GAIN AJiD LOSS OP MANUFACTURING DEPART
MENT. V.
Cr.
By cash paid by the keeper te this
treasurer for goods sold, Ac $12,271 13
By manufactured goods en hand No
vember at, 1879 c,ii: 32
Bv raw material en hand November
SO, 1879 8,803 7.r
By amount due prison en book acct.. :!,!ll 31
By deduction en cigars sold by order
et inspectors
By depreciation in price et manufac
tured goods
$30,974 71
Dr.
Te manufactured goods en
hand November 30, 187S $ d,C20 50
Te raw material en liand No
vember 30, 1878 10,012 80
Te book account due Novem
ber 30, 1878 2,908 90
Te overwork paid te prison-
Te amount paid for mate
rial $12.9388
-$31,099 17
LOSS OF MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT. .$ 3.721 4G
If the figures show a less of $3,724.40,
why de the directors say in their prelim
inary statement that the less is only
$1,517.96 ? The taxpayers would like te
knew, anyhow, what sort of management
it is which, with 83 convicts at work, no
interest en capital, no light, rent, fuel,
clerk hire, nor ordinary business expenses
te pay, conducts the manufacturing ope
rations at an annual less of $3,724.46. If
an ordinary laboring man has te support
himself out of his daily wages, why
should a convict " at labor " net be made
te de the same, especially if, as these
prison inspectors tell us, " the cost of
each prisoner has only been 13 cents per
day ?" Any man running carpet weav
ing, shoemaking and cigarmaking with
83 hands, who could net feed them en
prison fare and clothe them in jail gar
ments out of the profits would net be ac
counted much of a manager.
Again, we find the directors carrying
about $15,000 worth or raw material and
manufactured goods te de their little
business an amount of stock largely in
excess of the business done.
Anether discrepancy is te be pointed
out in the fact that in the above state
ment, printed en page 27, it appears that
the amount due the prison en book ac
counts is only $3,094.51, while en page 0
of the same report the directors say that
the amount due the prison for goods sold
is"$8,893.75. New which is correct of
these figures, which are $5,199.24 apart ?
In calculating the cost of the prison
last year the directors have deducted as
assets of the manufacturing department,
$8,893.75 en this account. If this is an
error, then the actual cost of the prison
for the year was $19,149.93, instead of
$13,955.69, as they- report it ; and these
facts are net " evidence that the affairs of
the prison have been carefully anfl judi
cially managed," as "the managers mod
estly say of themselves. We are utterly
unable te reconcile these conflicting
statements ; and when the blanks in the
above tabular statement are filled out
with the " deductions " and "deprecia
tions" hinted at, the losses in conducting
the manufacturing department may be
further increased.
Harmony.
There ought te be no difficulty in the
Pennsylvania Democratic convention in
securing harmonious action. It is ob
vious that we need te draw all together
if we hope te carry the state. The one
object of all must be te secure a presi
dential candidate and platform which
will be acceptable te the people. Ne
one need expect that the temper of the
convention will permit any particular
candidate te be named as Pennsylvania's
choice, because it is sufficiently obvious
that the state has no especialjcheice, and
desires only the strongest candidate.
The feeling of the convention will run
towards compromise and . harmony
just as it ran in the Erie county conven
tion, where the strongest friends and
opponents of Tilden met together and
agreed te be peaceful. There is net the
slightest danger that any obnoxious can
date will be forced upon the national
nartv by the vote of Pennsylvania. Our
delegates will go uninstructed, and with
no disposition te sacrifice the party te any
man. In our state convention no trouble
can arise unless the selfish ambition of
would-be leaders makes it. If anyone
should undertake te show that he con
trols the party in the state it is likely
that the glove thrown down will be taken
up and a scrimmage occur; but the rash
man who provokes it will be likely te get
the worst of it. The Democracy of the
state have time and again shown that no
one controls them ; and when one man
has thought that he has achieved a firm
seat in the saddle one year, lie has gener
ally found himself unhorsed the next.
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MINOR TOPICS.
Wekk you April fooled ?
JcriTKit, like many geed farmers, new
rises an hour before the sun.
Open them tenderly.
Slide them with care,
Fer since the big paper boom
Exchanges will tear.
Thc Ilaickege thinks itws a geed thing
for Jeb's reputation for patience that he
died before the gem puzzle was born.
One of the leading restaurants of New
Yerk is noted for its oyster soup. The
proprietor says that its foundation is soft
clams which give it an unctuous flavor.
Thyme is added te chowder.
Ik you are thinking of moving into a new
street this spring and wish te knew what
kind of children your neighbors have, get
a pair of musicians, bagpipers being pre
ferable, and let them reuse the whole neigh
borhood. His umbrella fell with a bang during
ene of the most pathetic scenes in the
play, and when everybody turned areuud,as
they always de under the circumstances, te
see who was responsible for the racket, he
was intently watching the stage, and no
body suspected him. "I admire your
self-possession," whispered his friend ;
"if that had been my umbrella I weu!d,as
a matter of course, have picked it up."
" Naturally ; but you sec the umbrella is
net mine ; it belongs te Jenes."'
.Tenen Jehn Rice was a very violent
secessionist, and in a speech urging seces
sion said, "Why, the Yankees ! If they
show fight we can whip them with pop
guns !" A short 'time after the war Judge
Rice was making a speech at the same
cress reads where he made his boasting
speech before the war. One of the audi
ence asked him if he was net the same
Judge Rice that spoke there in 1800. "I
am," he replied. "Well, didn't you say
that we could whip the Yankees with pop
guns?" "I did, and we could have done
it; but 'era, they wouldn't fight us
that way !"
In Cincinnati en the evening of March
24th, two gentleman and a lady celebrated
their twenty-first birtheday, the noticeable
feature of the occasion being that they are
triplets. The lady, Miss Millie Bleck, is
a handsome blonde, bright and intelligent.
Her two brothers, Alexander and Solemon,
are popular young men of geed business
qualifications. Forty-seven years age there
were born in Greenville, Ind., three sons
at one birth, all of whom are living, and
the lightest one new weighs 202 pounds,
and the aggregate of the three is 040 pounds
In Jessamine county, Ky., there are three
maiden sisters who were born together in
1827, and are new 53 years of age. They
have gene but little into society, and have
resolutely maintained a life of celibacy
even unto this day. When just verging
into womanhood their father (who is new
dead) exacted from them a vow never te
marry, and never te seperatc until death.
And this premise they have kept.
PERSONAL..
General Gakfield is president of a liter
ary society in Washington.
Ex-Senater Dorset is making arrange
ments te set out a $5,000 banquet for Grant
at Little Reck, Ark., en the 12th instant.
Ex-Governer Tilden and Justice Field
were schoolmates, the latter bearding at
the house of Mrs. Tilden, Samuel J.'s
mother.
They are shopping. "My dear!" said
the anxious mother te her daughter, " the
next time I will buy your stockings first,
it will be easier te cheese the dress te
match !"
JenN Xueent, the newspajter man of
note who died in California en Monday
was the first journalist in the country te
be arrested and imprisoned for refusing te
divulge the sources from whence he obtain
ed his news.
Since the introduction of postal cards
Gladstone's handwriting has fallen from
clearness into chaos. Beaconsfield's writ
inn has also changed, but it has se fre
quently varied during his varied career
that the change is net attributable te
postal cards.
Senater Tiiurman, since his recent ill
ness, has been forbidden by his physician
te smoke mere than two cigars a day. He
has been a devoted and persistent smoker.
It is net thought that-his illness will have
any serious effect en his constitution.
Up is a rebellious patient and utterly de
clines te obey the doctor's command te
stay in bed.
.General Grant, it is said,intcnds te pay
the doctor's bill of the small boy who was
severely injured by falling from a ware
house, while observing the general's arri
val at Galveston. IIe will, moreover,
make the youth a handsome present, and
if, when he recovers, be proves te be de
serving, the general will find him employ
ment. Se runs the Galveston tale.
Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary
of the death of Jehn C. Calhoun. After
the fall of Fert Sumter, a few of his for
mer friends took the responsibility of re
moving his remains from the Huguenot
Cemetery at Charleston, te what they con
sidered a mere perfect place of safety.
Where they new rest is known only te such
of these persons as are living.
Miss Maynard, the great English
heiress, is bright and beautiful, and is
only eighteen, and has only about one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year.
It seems, under all these circumstance?,
that rumor should be pardoned, if with its
thousand tongues it has whispered that
she was te be married te Prince Leepold.
It would really net be a bad match , finan
cially speaking.
TlllliS IT AGAIN.
The Rev. Newman Hall Again Venture!
lute Matrimony.
Rev. Newman Hall, D. D., the noted
Congregational pulpit orator of Londen,
who, in August of last year, obtained a
divorce from his wife, married en Mon
day last the lady te whom he admitted te
the court, during the progress of the trial,
he had communicated his intention te
marry in the event of the success of the
suit against his wife. The Rev. Newman
Hall first began an action for a divorce
from his former wife in 1873, but abandon
ed the proceedings because he was inform
ed by his legal advisers that he had no
legal certainty of success, and also because
he did net wish te imperil, by ihe scandal,
the efforts which he was then making
te raise money te build his new
church. Last year, however, he re
newed his former actieu, and after
a trial which lasted six days, the jury en
the 8th of August gave a prompt verdict
in his favor. He had been married thirty
three years, but had long found it impos
sible te live with his wife, who had vir
tually separated herself from him at an
early date, and had abruptly quitted his
home as far back as 1809. She was shown
en the trial te be a woman whose tastes
were at marked variance with his own.
Although a woman of culture, she greatly
preferred the company and attentions
of a youth named Richardson, livery
stable keeper, te these of her brilliant
and popular husband ; she was fend of
thoroughbred horses, and liked te loilew
the hounds ; she was addicted te sitting
up late in the kitchen with male guests
who smoked into the small hours, and even
was net averse te the consumption of the
weed herself ; when Richardson took giu-and-water
after midnight by the kitchen
fire, she also sipped of the compound, and
when preparing te go out riding with Rich
ardson as her attendant, she was net averse
te changing her habit in a dressing room
which opened te Riehardson's'bcd-reom. In
a twenty-eight page letter produced en the
trial, she scouted as ridiculens the notion
of her husband that it was net proper
for her " te enjoy a little smoking in
her kitchen, where for fourteen
years she had spent se many happy
hours !" All this she pretended te regard as
innocent, and declared that her friendship
for Richardson, although warm, was pure
from first te last. The evidence of 5lrs.
Hall's criminal instimacy with Richardson
was, however, tee direct anil circumstan
tial te admit of serious question, and the
fury did net hesitate in decreeinji a divorce
Mrs. Hall had brought a counter-charge of
undue familiarity between Mr. Hall and
Miss Mary Wyatt, a member of Mr.
Hall's church, whom she accused of being
the cause of all the trouble between herself
and her husband. On her cress-examina
tien, Mrs. Hall declared that the proceed
ings for divorce were instituted simply te
give Mr. Hall a chance te marry Miss
Wyatt, who had "made her home a
hell en earth." But these grave counter
charges were net pressed by Mrs. Hall's
counsel, no witnesses were called te prove
them, and they were even withdrawn be
fore the conclusion of the case. Under the
English law, Mr. Hall was at liberty te
remarry six months after the divorce was
decreed, but the geed parson permitted
nearly two months mere te elapse before
he wedded Miss Mary Wyatt. The mar
riage has been anticipated from the first.
Upen cress-examination during the trial
of the divorce suit last August, Mr. Hall,
en being closely pressed, admitted that if a
divorce were granted, he might marry
again; and then it was literally forced
from him that he "had a person in his
eye" whom he intended te marry, and that
he had already communicated his feelings
te that person.
SHOT WITH A l'APEU BAG.
Hew a Physician Captured a Burglar.
Dr. Themas II. Andrews, well-known as
the demonstrator of anatomy at Jeffersen
college, returned te his home, Ne. 1117
Spruce strcet,Philadelphia, about 1 o'clock
yesterday morning, lie was about retiring
when he heard a noise down stairs, and
going te the head of the stairway he discov
ered the figure of a man moving about
the parlor. The doctor, having no revolv
er, was nonplussed for the moment hew te
frighten the burglar if net capture him,
but noticing a small paper bag en a stand
he blew it up and clenching it at the top
cautiously made his was down stairs.
When near the bottom of the stairs he
saw the man coming from the parlor. The
doctor brought the bag down en the rail
ing and it exploded with a deafening
report. The burglar tumbled ever en
the fleer in a fright and in an instant
Dr. Andrews was upon him. The man
begged the doctor te have mercy upon
him, and said he was shot. The noise of
the encounter awakened the inmates of the
house, and a servant was dispatched for
an officer. The frightened burglar con
tinued te beg for mercy, saying that he
had a wife and several children. He said
his name was Geerge Campbell ; he was a
bookkeeper and lived in Camden. After a
short struggle the burglar succeeded in
making his escape. On examinine the
parlor a subscription book was found, con
taining about a dozen names, for an edi
tion of Shakspcarc, of which a sample
copy was left. It is thought that the bur
glar called te see the doctor in the aftcr aftcr aftcr
noen,and net finding him in, he hid himself
until the family retired, when he began
his search for valuables. This theory is
borne out by the fact that the servant did
leave a man in the office in the afternoon,
who said he would wait for the doctor and
he was net seen te leave.
A Spotted Baby.
A special dispatch from Rochester, Ind.,
te the Chicago Inter-0c4ansvLs : A spotted
baby, recently born te the family of Hugh
Bryant, jr., in this county, is rapidly at
tracting the curiosity of mere than our
own people. The child when born was
covered from head te feet with spots of a
bright red color, which it was supposed
would disapear in few days ; but they
still remain. The forehead is red, with
narrow stripes running downward through
the centre of the face and neck, while the
breast and neck have mere the appearance
of a leopard's body than auy thing else.
This is the third child born te the family,
and the only one that has been otherwise
than perfectly natural. One man has
offered 91,000 for the privilege of exhibit
ing the child next summer. Numerous
smaller bids have been made, but the i
mother objects te ail such proposals.
AXUSEMXST NOTES.
What the Playm are Doing.
Milten Nobles plays "The Phoenix"
here en April 24.
Alice Oates is under contract te Sam. T.
Jack for three years.
The circuses of Rebert Stickney and
D. Thayer will both start from Pitts
burgh. Carncross's minstrels take the read next
week, opening in Baltimore en Monday
night.
The Hcywoed Brethers combinatieu will
be enlarged and will travel as a tent
show.
The Londen circus will have three ad
vertising cars this season and they will
have eighty-two different kinds of litho
graphs. Gcerge K. Goodwin, of the Walnut
Street theatre, Philadelphia, says this is
the best season he has had since he has
been in the show business.
Barnum already has his bills up for the
appearance of his show in some of the
Western towns during the month of
August.
Fred Lawrence, a popular gentleman,
who was here with Barnum, year before
last, will be director of publications for
Forepaugh this season.
" Our Goblins" will play en Mishler's
circuit next week, but Lancaster is net
given as one of the towns, where they will
appear, according te their published route.
A pantomime troupe has been organized
and will go en the read from New Yerk,
with Bet Butler as clown. It will also in
clude specialty performers and a party of
Spanish Students.
A man calling himself "Bloody Knife,
the Scout," played "A Terrible Night"
recently in Hancock, New Yerk. It must
have been a terrible night for the citizens
of that town.
Miss Lillie Glever, who appears here
with the Chestnut Street theatre company
in " Our Beys," was a member of the best
one of Bartley Campbell's "Galley Slave"
companies, until recently.
Jeseph Whccleck has been discharged
from the " Galley Slave " company for in
sulting Miss Marie Prescott. Mr. Gott Gett Gott
held, who played in "The Octoroon " here
this season, takes his place.
James B. Radclifle, well known here,
is playing old darkey characters in Annie
Ward Tiffany's company. His former
partner, Arthur Jehnsen, will clown this
season with Batchcllcr & Derris's circus.
In our notice of the minstrels, which ap
peared yesterday, we stated that Mrs.
Nellie Gorten sang a sole. That was a
mistaks, she played a sole en a baritone
horn.
Frank Meran and Lew Simmons are the
names of two clowns, who will de their
acts in blackface with Batchellar&Derris'
show. It is net stated whether they are
the well known Philadelphia minstrels.
Our people will be pleased te learn that
" An Arabian Night" will be played here
again en Saturday night by the excellent
company which appeared here recently in
the same piece.
Minnie Palmer is the name of a pretty
young miss who plays Our Bearding
Scheel." William Scanlon is one of her
support and Miss Palmer is said te be des
perately in love with him, while her ma is
opposed te the match.
Seamen and Somers and the Girard
brothers who appeared here with Emer Emer
eon's minstrels this season, in conjunction
with J. W. Ransome, have formed a troupe
te be known as the " Acress the Contin
ent" troupe.
Annie Ward Tiffany, who played in "Si
Slocum" will probably appear here in " The
Child Stealer" late in the season. Frank
Frayne is no longer with her. He is play
ing a new drama entitled " Manlo, the
Hunter" at the New National, Philadel
phia, this week.
Lancaster people have net been support
ing shows very liberally and Manager
Mishler will skip this city with Aldriuh
and Parslee's " My Partner" combination.
This is one of the strongest plays new en
the stage and it will be produced in several
towns en the Mishler circuit.
"The Gilberts " company, managed by
Themas W. Brown, of Harrisburg, who
was formerly with Jee Emmet, went under
in Indian Territory. By the members of
the company selling their personal effects
they managed te get enough money te pay
their way te Chicago.
The six day pedestrian match, for the
O'Lcary belt, and the championship of
America, eegins ai jiauisen square uaraen,
New Yerk, en Monday morning, immedi
ately after midnight. Among the men
entered are the following : Frank Hart,
(colored,) of Bosten; F. Krohne, of New
Yerk city ; C. Fabcr, of Newark ; W.
Pcgram, of Bosten ; T. Allen, of England ;
F. Murphy, of Havcrstraw, N. J. ; S. Mcr
ritt, of Bridgeport, Conn. ; and eleven
ethers. Of these entered Hart has the best
record.
A geed story, which is true, is related
about Teny Denier. One day last sum
mer he called upon Gee. II. Adams (Grim
aldi) at his residence, "Grimaldi Villa,"
in Chicago. The two arc great friends, and
Mr. Denier is very fend of Geerge's little
girl, who at the time was quite young.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams were out, but a
green Irish girl, just ever, was "at
home." She peeped out at him
through a narrow crack in the deer
as she had the tramp scare bad. " I have
come te sec Mr Adams," said Teny.
"And shore he is net in," said the girl
gradually closing the deer. "Is the baby
in ? Would like te see her." " Oh, no,
I've been told all about you tramps, go
way frim here new or we'll call the police,"
said the girl as she shut the deer and left
Mr. Denier standing en the step.
THE CONVICTED FUGITIVE.
Win. II. Kemble Finding a Temporary
lCe-
luge lu Aew tlersey.
New Yerk Sun.
William 11. Kemble, the bribery fugitive
is in Atlantic City, lie is occupying ene
of the cottages of the United States hotel.
After leaving New Yerk he went direct te
Camden, without touching Pennsylvania
soil, and thence te Atlantic City. lie
makes no effort at concealment;, but abse
lutely refuses te talk about the bribery)
cases, lie win net say what Ins plans ate,
but his intimate friends say that he will
certainly return te Harrisburg by the time
et the meeting et the next court April
24. Ne requisition has been made out,
and it cannot be learned that the prose
cution has made any application for one.
It is doubtful if Kemble has any definite
plan, and he will probably remain in
Atlantic City until he makes some arrange
ments. Meanwhile it is remarkable te see
hew few real friends Kemble has left out
side of his select intimates. Nobody seems
te have the least pity for the fugitive bank
president. Even his friends say that he
has acted very foolishly. The fact of it is,
however, that when Kemble pleaded guilty
it was at the solicitation of bigger men than
he. Had the trial come off. the
whole corrupt work of the ma
chine which controls the state would
have been laid bare, and ether men
with ambitions would have been impli
cated. Te save them Kemble pleaded as he
did, with the understanding that he should
net go te jail. The powers that' be were
net sufficiently powerful this time, how
ever, and Kemble is a fugitive. Nothing
has been heard from the ethers.
Kemble's sudden departure from New
Yerk is explained by the fact that he was
warned of the pressure brought te bear en
the governor of Pennsylvania te issue a
requisition for his arrest, and he feared te
stay longer. It is quite certain that had
he remained at the St. James hotel he
would net have been se long out of
cu3tedy. It was. supposed that when
he west te Camden he would
step with his old friend Robe
son, but he had an appointment
te meet Benjamin Brown at Atlantic City,
and went through without stepping. He
expected te escape te Atlantic City unob
served. His friends aver positively to
night that he is only arranging his affairs
preparatory te giving himself up for sen
tence, and will certainly return home in a
few days. On the ether hand it is said
that he will probably move about from
state te state dodging requisitions, until
his political friends patch up some sort of
a truce with his prosecutors.
Mr. Wolfe, who led the prosecution, is
said te be contented te let the law take its
course with Kemble, and thinks the moral
effect of his wandering as a fugitive will
be almost as geed as though he were be
hind the piisen bars.
THE PALESTINE KAILKOAO.
Net Exclusively a Massachusetts AUalr
The Reute Projected.
The Bosten Adcertuer says : Since the
brief statement last month of the incorpor
ation of the Palestine railroad we have
learned additional facts concerning it which
give the enterprise new importance. It is
certain te become, when completed, an
efficient element in eastern politics. In
case of peace, it will be et continuous bene
fit te the nations it connects ; in case of
war, it will give immense advantage te the
power which controls it. As was under
stood when the charter was first
made public, the Massachusetts cor
porations are a small factor. The real
work is te be done with the financial sup
port of two large English banking houses,
and the charter was obtained with the
minimum amount of capital and number
of incorporators. There are in the com
pany 15 men, with each ene share of stock
at $100. . Eight of the 15 live in Massachu
setts just enough te come under the law.
Under the charter the proposed read will
extend from Caire, in Egypt, te Mesul, en
the river Tigris, with branches te Jerusa
lem, Jaffa, Nablus, Beyreut, Aleppo,
Iskcndcroen and Erzereum, if it should
be judged best te build them. In
detail the route is described as fol fel
lows : Beginning at Caire, the
read runs northward en the Pelu
siac branch of the Nile te Pert Said, the
northern end of the Suez canal. At this
point connection will be possible with the
lines of steamers running between the East
and Europe. Turning eastward from Pert
Said, the read will pass ever the level
plain near the seashore, across the deso
late track between Egypt and Palestine.
Soen after entering Palestine it gees
through Gaza, Esdud ( the ancient Ash Ash
ded), and thence te Ramleh. At this place
the branches for Jaffa and Jerusalem will
leave the main line, the Jerusalem branch
ascending the Valley of the Nalu
Rubin and Wadi Suarar. It reaches the
city from the north and west of the Gihon
Valley, and the station will be at or near
the Damascus gate. Leaving Ramleh, the
main line runs north through the plain of
sharen te a point near the ancient Jjethar,
whence a branch is proposed te Fablus,
the ancient Shechem. Continuing north
erly from Bethar te the Abu Zabura, the
read ascends that river valley and cresses
the Carmel range threngh the Megidde
pass. Frem Caire te this point the max
imum grade is 20 feet te a mile, and
through " the pass it is 40 feet te a
mile. Frem the base of the hill of Me Me
gideo a branch is proposed, te run down
the plain of Esdraelen, and thence north
ward along the shore through Acre and
Sidon, and by the ruins of Tyre te Bey
rout. Iskenderoen lies north of Beyreut
at the neitheast corner of the Mediterra
nean Sea, upon the gulf of the same name,
The main line passes from Megidde across
the plain of Edraelen, by the base of
Mount Taber, and along the west side
of Lake Geuncsaret. It cresses the Jorden
at or near Jacob's Bridge, and fellows up
the valley, and gradually climbs te Jcbei
Ileish at a grade of 00 feet te the mile.
Cressing the summit and descending the
valley en the ethe side, it stretches across
the plain te Damascus. Thence it is pro
jected te the Euphrates, te connect with
the Euphrates Valley railroad, which is
about te be built by an English
company. Frem the river it extends te
Mesul, and will connect there with a pro
posed railroad from Diabckir and
the Black sea, Branches te Aleppo and
Erzereum will be constructed as seen as
desired after the completion of the main
line. It is the intention of the officers of
the read te push its construction rapidly
as seen as the necessary authority can be
ebtained from the Turkish government.
This authority is expected seen, through
the exertions of the projectors and the
English and American ministers at Con
stantinople. The president of the read
will depart in a few weeks for Londen,
Constantinople and the East.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Christian Smith, of Perth Ambey, N. J.,
was killed by falling oft" a car at Uazard
ville. Ebenezcr Hawkins, a wealthy farmer of
Setauket, L. I., shot himself dead yester
day morning.
A fire in Kane & Bre.'s block at Fert
Wayne, Ind., en Tuesday night, caused a
less of about $45,000.
Jeseph Singleton, of New Hampshire,
died the ether day and lelt the sum el 0
cash te every cress-eyed person in that
state.
The Cotten Exchange of Mobile yester
day adopted a resolution inviting General
Grant te visit that pert as the guest of the
exchange.
Hanlan is in training at Terente for his
match with Courtney, and will go te Roch
ester te-morrow. Nothing is known about
Courtney.
The Western Union telegraph company
has taken possession of its lines between
Denver and Cheyenne, which were seized
by the Union Pacific railroad in February.
In Menree, Ga., Rebert Upshaw com
mitted suicide by blowing his brains out
with a shot gun. Ne reason is assigned
for the acl. Upshaw steed well in the
community.
A man known as Frank Heward was
shot dead by a man named Atkins, at
Peyton, W. Va.. en Monday. Atkins said
he acted in self-defense. Heward, it is
said, was a "confidence operator."
An unknown fishing schooner struck
L'Hemmcdieu Sheals and filled en Tues
day. Her crew were taken off by a pass
ing schooner, which remained off Fal
mouth , all night.
The Democratic state convention of Ne
braska met in Columbus yesterday. Tele
graphic communication being interuptcd,
nothing is known of the proceedings. It
was believed that Tilden delegates would
be chosen.
Great damage was done te property in
Brunswick and Dinwiddie counties, Vir
ginia, by a tornado which passed ever them
last Saturday night. Dwellings were dam
aged, out-buildings demolished, and trees
and fences leveled. He lives were lest.
Secretary Sherman spoke in Mansfield,
O., last night te a large audience. He said
there was one condition upon which his
candidacy depends and that was that the
Republicans of Ohie support his name with
substantial unanimity in their convention
A man calling himself Frank Heward,
who had operated in Charleston, W. Va.,
as a confidence man, was shot and killed
en Monday at Peyton, en the Ceal river,
W. Va.. by a man named Atkins, who
claims that he shot him in self defense.
The schooner West Wind, ashore at
Nantucket, will probably be a total less.
Nothing is yet known .of the fate of her
crew, but it is hoped that a ywlbeat,
passed in the sound, belonged te the West
Wind.
Eight freight cars and a span of the
Guyandotte river bridge en the Chesapeake
and Ohie railroad, fell yesterday, and the
wreck was consumed by fire. The less is
about $30,000. The disaster was caused
by the giving way of an imperfect rail as
the train was crossing the bridge.
The freshmen crews of Harvard and
Columbia colleges will row a two-mile
straight away race en the Thames river, at
New Londen, Conn., en the 7th of July.
Representatives of the Yale and Harvard
university crews will meet in New Louden,
te morrow, te arrange the conditions of a
race te be rowed en the same river en the
2d of July.
A west bound freight train en the Chesa
peake and Ohie railroad had the front
trucks of the car in the middle of the train
thrown from the track, by a bad rail when
just entering the bridge ever the Guyan
dotte river. A span of the bridge was
knocked down, and eight cars fell te the
river shore where they were burned. The
engine has safely crossed the bridge. The
less is $30,000.
The British brig Rebert and Mary sailed
from Rie Janeiro en the 13th et February
for New Yerk, and the British ship City of
Mobile sailed from Rie en the 21st of r eb
ruary for Southwest Pass for orders.
Neither vessel had a bill of health, and it
is said the last named lest fourteen men
from yellow fever while at Rie. The num
ber of yellow fever deaths in Rie Janeiro
during the two weeks ending February
28th was 299.
Judga Brown,of the United States circuit
court at Louisville, yesterday delivered an
opinion in the suit of Commerford te enjoin
the postmaster of that city from detaining,
under instructions from the postmaster
general, letters addressed te a lottery com
pany. The judge holds that the seizure and
detention of letters te lottery companies is
unauthorized by the act of Congress ; that
the postmaster is liable te a suit for dam
ages ; that the lottery is legal, and that the
remedy is legal and net equitable. The
injunction is therefore, denied.
A mass meeting of the Readjusters of
Petersburg, Va., was held m that city en
Tuesday evening, te arrange for the spring
and autumn canvasses. Among the
speakers were State Auditor Massey, Gen
eral William Mahone and Judge Arneld.
Resolution were adopted looking te a
union of all Virginians opposed te "fun
derism," Bourbenism, class legislation,
unequal taxation and political preseiptkm ;
apprevingthe of the Legislature in electing
Readjuster officers, and repealing the
Moffet punch bill, J and condemning the
governor's veto of the debt bill.
statu: items.
A meeting of the Western iron associa assecia associa
en was held in Pittsburgh yesterday. All
works were represented but one at Youngs
town, Ohie, which formerly withdrew from
the Western association, and lefu.scd te
suspend operations. The situation et the
trade was fully discussed, and it was un
animously resolved that the manufacture
of nails should be suspended for two wcuks
longer dating from Monday next.
While a number of men were in the office
or Scott Miller, night despatchcr of the
Pennsylvania railroad company at Alteena.
en Tuesday evening, they were oppressed
with the smell of gas, the pipes containing
which are coiled under the fleer of the
building. One of the men dropped a light
ed match through a hole in the fleer and
immediately an explosion occurred. The
building was badly wrecked and burned,
and several of the men were bruised and
burned.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEIGUBOltnOOD .NEWS.
.Events Acress the County Line.
In Yerk, yesterday. Philip Lchr, alias
Beckey, assaulted his wife with a club,
cutting her head badly.
Reports from the peach growing districts
state that the peach buds have net been
injured by the Inte frosts.
Sallie, wife of Daniel AVebtcr, station
agent of the P. & R. R. R. company at
Valley Ferge, died at the residence of her
husband en Monday night. She was quite
well en Sunday evening when she retired
te bed.
The business management of the Har
risburg 1'atriet will hereafter be in charge
of Maj. A. N. DeVee, formerly military
secretary under Gov. Robinson of New
Yerk, and late business manager of the
Elmira Free Press. Maj. DcVee is an ex
perienced newspaper man.
On Tuesday, at Hanover, Yerk county,
Scnory Bachmau made a desperate assault
upon his wife. She is employed at Jacob
Walter's hotel, where her husband called
te sec her and found her busy at work.
He asked her te accompany him te the
weed house, as he had something impor
tant te tell her, and then he would bid her
geed-by. Suspecting something wrong
she refused te de se, when he grabbed
her by the hair, pulled her head back, and,
drawing a large butcher knife from his
breast pocket, slashed it a number of
times across her threat. Fortunately in
the excitement of the moment he used the
back instead of the edge of the blade, or
he would have killed her. Bachman lied
te Yerk where he was arrested and locked
up. Jealousy is said te have impelled him
te the deed.
DARING ROBBERIES.
Ilouie Entered and Meney Stelen.
Yesterday afternoon, between 3 and 5
o'clock, thieves entered the residence of
Jeseph Davidsen, Ne. 15 East Frederick
stcet, and stele therefrem $137, two plain
geld rings, a geld pencil, a pair of panta
loons and a vest. The thief or thieves
entered the house through a back cellar
deer. It appears that, the family about
three o'clock went down street en business,
leaving a small girl in charge of the house,
who afterwards went te a neighbor's house,
and it is supposed that during their
absence the house was robbed, for when
they returned they found the back en
trance open, trunks and drawers broken
open and the above described property
missing. Officer Adams who was passing
at the time was called in and made a
thorough search but could find no traces
that would lead te the detection of the
thieves. A reward of $25 has been offered
for the return of the goods and conviction
of the thieves.
On Tuesday night thieves entered the
house of Dr. Henry Carpenter, en Seuth
Queen street, and stoic $500 in money and
several checks from his office. They en
tered the kitchen window and then by
striking matches, made 'their way te the
office. The person who stele the money
was undoubtedly acquainted with the pre
mises. The Third Ward Delegates Klectiun.
By a typographical error in the call of the
chairman of the county committee, the
Third ward delegate election "was an
nounced te be held at Gee. Wall's Southern
Exchange. It should have read at Jac.
Effinger's, the usual place of meeting,
northeast corner of Vine and Seuth Queen
streets.
APRIL FIRST.
All Foel's Day Moving Iav Settllu- Bar
A Flue Bay uiul a Big By. "
The First of April opened auspiciously.
with a clear sky and a mild temperature.
Quite early our country cousins bsgan te
arrive in all sorts of vehicles, and leug be
fore neon all the hotel stables were filled
with horses, long line of vehicles stretched
around the blocks in the vincinty of the
hotels, and streets, stores, taverns, eating
an I drinking saloons were tilled with
country customers. All the passenger
trains arriving during the morning were
crowded, many of them having extra cars
attached te accommodate the passengers.
But though the strangers in town te day
may be numbered by thousands, it is
thought the crowd is net se great as it has
been en the First of April in former years.
The old custom of crowding all the busi
ness of the year into a single day is being
gradually broken up, and the business is
being scattered ever a range of several
weeks, te the great convenience of all con cen
cernedand te the special convenience of
banks and large business houses.
Anether custom indulged in by young
people, and some net se young, of making
" April feels" of the green 'uns is still
largely practiced. Greasy pocket-books
well stuffed with worthless paper, and
carefully tied up packages, containing a
brick or something else of as little account
are dropped en the sidewalk or placed in
some ether conspicuous place te attract the
attention or excite the cupidity of the
green "nil, who is greeted with jeers and
laughter as he attempts te capture the sup
posed prize.
Up te the present hour there has been
bnt little drunkenness and no scieus disor
der en the streets, and the mayor has net
thought it necessary te place en duty any
extra police. Net a. single pick-pocket has
been discovered in the thronged streets
and we have net heard of a single pocket
being picked.
The custom of " moving" or changing
residence en the first of April, is net se
easily infringed. Almest all tenants lease
their dwelling for a year, and the year al
most always commences en the 1st of
April ; and per consequence en or about
that day there is a great racket and wreck
ing of furniture. Te-day is no exception
te this long established iu!e. On almost
every block of every street old tenants
are going out and new ones moving in.
There was a large attendance at tin
county commissioners'. office. and
the commisseners and their clerks
were kept busy issuing new county bends
in exchange for old ones. The prothono prethono protheno
tary and his clerks were also kept very
busy transacting official business, as were
also the county recorder and his clerks.
The ether county elliceis were net bother
ed with a rush of business, neither were
the United States revenue officers.
Frem-information obtained from several
large dealers, we learn that the business
of the day has becu satisfactory, especially
among these who deal in goods intended
for country consumption.
PRIZES A WARI)EI.
Drawing in the Public Schools.
The following is a list of the names of
pupils in the public schools te whom prizes
were awarded last week for the best work
Jn drawing.
Bevs' High Scheel Cliften Evans.
Girls' High Scheel Libbie Weber and
Sadie E. Shindlc. v
Secendnry Schools.
Mulberry Street Iierbeit Bewers.
Miss BuudisIl'K Bella Stiille.
Miss Huber's Addie Beaver.
Rockland Street Albert T. Cay and
Wm. Wilsen.
Miss Brubakcr's Clara Ream.
Miss llantch's Charlie Gast.
German Scheel E. Rcttig.
Colored Scheel Cairie Foreman.
Primary Schools.
i Miss Gundaker's Milten Shirk.
Miss Marshall's Mamie Bland.
Miss Channell's Katie Heline.
Miss Zug's William Wacker.
Miss Dougherty's Benuie Yccker.
Miss Musselman's Ellis Hestettcr.
Miss Etter's .Jacob Uriel.
Miss Downey's Alice Black.
Miss Stahl's Frank Connelly.
Miss Clarksen's Charlie Landis.
Miss Zucrchcr's Harry Lines.
Miss Johnsten's Lillie Yeager.
German Primary Philip Benibcrgcr.
" " Geerge Saner.
Rockland Street Primary Ambrose Uei Uei
bcrsen. Colored Primary Laura Dec-n.
The prizes consisted of drawing mater
ial and drawing books, and was awarded
by Miss Dyer, in behalf of the publishers
of the system of drawing in u.e in our
schools.
Urade of I-upilk.
The following is the grade of pupils in
attendance at the boys' high school during
the month of March. Twe hours' home
study per day is expected from each pupil :
rilliT Cl.AS.
Hurry Knarely !7 Win C Heur
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Chili "II Frey
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The-iU Wi-e
Walter 1 Kin..
1-Ulw I. Huhcr...
si:cexi CLASS.
IW'Chas A Miller...
A I. Wiiwer
W S Ailh-r If.
Samuel II l.ichty 'J.5
Chr LFninU !U
Clarence II Clark... 1(0
Win ; I.anilN i-O
Heward T Haves S'S
Frank MeClain.
ISenj A bpinclIiT
r.uw w Diner 7-
Aimer J Mnellz 7:1
Thee Diller 71
.1 II Hartiii.in 71
Win A lluekiiis 711
Hewui-ilSine!:. 7u
Snmitfl W Oilier W
Jno I: McCullen iVi
EdwII Mirk fci
Frank IIHiiuibrh'ht M
J no A Hoever H7
Levi W Hertiny S
Kebt O IJursk 8..
Win II I.iiMlemiith.. Xi
Cee F Eri-nutii at
(Jee Hetrick SO
THIHD CLASS.
Clins Carpenter '.:!, WiNen W Fowler..
71
(iee M Iterwurt
KEU Eiehheltz..
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Daniel 11 SviiscM&r.
Carl It Kal.y
S It Haymaker....
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lames A Kellv...
Jno It Duncan...
It 1) McCaskey...
Edw A She rlzer.
James 11 Hecn...
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.. 75
Henry Cerhart..
Win U I'yfer.....
FOURTH CLASS.
Harry A Phenk...
(Ji-.int Strine
Jno II Hartman..
Win 1 Ueck
IS. Smith
M J5 Itls-iinfjer
liehtM Adams....
Charles Winewer.
Chas II Obrciter..
J7Clilten Evans....
nii.Tus H Muiwni
8dWJ HelliiiKcr....
bT, Ilenrv Otthefier..
SI Cee F Wiley
Ki, Henry Heath
SI (Jee Is Killiaii
SI Abrain I. Miles...
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Net Sold.
On Tuesday, in reporting the tobacco
market, we stated that there was a report
en the streets that Messrs. Bitner & Zeek
had .sold 1300 or COO cases of their packing
of 1870 leaf tobacco. We have since
learned that the report was without foun
dation. Bitner & Zeek have sold none of
their 1S79 packing.
Sociable.
The Union association, which is com
posed of members of the Union fire com
pany, held a sociable in Rebcrts'a hall, last
evening. The attendance was large and
the affair was eue of the most pleasant of
the kind held during the s-easen.
Attend te This.
These of our subscribers who intend
changing their places of residence should
leave word at this office se that there is no
mistake about the delivery of theirTpaper.
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