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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES. THURSDAY, JCNE 10, 1880.
- Hancaster fnteiiigencet.
THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE 10, 1880.
Easy te Beat.
This premises te be a very easy presi
dential campaign. The Republican can
didates are se handicapped by their rec
ords that there is little danger of their
success; and what little new exists will
b3 removed as seen as it is certain the
Cincinnati convention has made judi
cious nominations against them. There
is no telling in advance what degree of
felly apolitical convention may be guilty
of, as the Chicago convention has just
demonstrated. Se that until the one at
Cincinnati has come and gene, it will
net de te feel certain of the defeat of
Garfield and Arthur. But surely we
need net be very fearful that the Demo
cratic delegates, with these candidates
before them, will net have wisdom
enough te oppose te them men of another
sort, whose characters will command
the country's confidence and gain its
honest vote.
"We really sympathize with the Repub
lican party that has been crucified in the
hour of its strength by the crazy work of
its representatives. It may be fairly ad
mitted that it had a geed chance for suc
cess with decent candidates. Even with
Grant it need net have despaired, for he
had positive elements of strength te off.
set his points of weakness. Against Har
rison, of Indiana, or Wasliburne, of Illi
nois, both strong and unassailable men,
witli elements about them appealing te
the popular heart, no Democratic nom
inee could have felt certain of success.
Against Garfield it will net be difficult
te pit a Democrat of whose success we
may feel nearly absolutely sure. The
battle is lest te the Republican army be
fore it is begun if the Democratic candi
dates are well-chosen. And we pity and
heartily sympathize with the Republican
politician who is bound te make his
fight under such discouraging circum
stances. It can net be an exciting con
test when the enthusiasm of both sides is
net aroused ; and honest enthusiasm for
such candidates as Garfield and Arthur
is net possible.
The Republican party journals wil1
stand by them with as stout hearts as
they can command and will pretest
against what they will call Democratic
calumny. They will undertake te per
suade their readers that their candidates
are virtuous and geed, and that our
charges against them are but campaign
slanders. Rut it will net de, simply be.
cause the facts are tee notorious and the
evidence te prove them tee abundant and
plain. Garfield is net supposed te have
profited as much as Blaine by the sale of
his legislative inlluence, but he has been
caught oftener and his offences can be
mere clearly proven. There was a possi
ble chance for the Republican newspapers
if Blaine had been their candidate, te
have made noise enough te persuade
their voters that their man was being
basely slandered ; but there is no such
chance for Garfield.
Seme of the Republican papers are com
plaining that there has already been in
augurated "a campaign of abuse" against
Garfield, as though the public record of
their candidate for president was net
public property. We have seen no pi r r
senal abuse of Mr. Garfield in any Dem
ocratic paper, no intrusion into his pri
vate affairs, nor any reflections upon his
private character, further than it is re
flected in the record of his public acts.
By these acts, as they are indisputably
recorded in the annals of American leg
islation, he must be expected te be
judged. His party invited such scrutiny
when they put him up. If the truth
hurts it is their fault net ours. If he
took the Credit Mebilier bribes and
lied about it he must expect te
be reminded of it. If he took a
$5,000 fee from a lobbying corporation
te help their job through Congress, it is
no unjustifiable abuse of him te spread
his disgrace before the public. It would
be better taste and better policy for the
Republicans te try te controvert these
charges than te complain of them. They
are singularly silent concerning them.
They attempt no denial, they make no
justification, they can find no escape
Mr. Colfax when asked about the preb
able effect of the Credit Mebilier busi
ness turns his back upon the question.
His party will have te de the same and
will fitly die with its heels te the fee.
m m
Skxateii Kekxax thinks that Gar
field's nomination takes Tlmrman, Payne
and Jewett out of the list of Democratic
presidential possibilities. His very plan
sible reasoning is that the Democracy
dare net put it te the test te win or lese
it all en Ohie. Te select a candidate
from that state and pit him against Gar
field would be te invite a decisive con
test in October. The Democracy are
net compelled te de that. They can
make Ohie a doubtful state, but it is net
by any means necessary te have it te
elect the Democratic nominee. Te lese
it after such a contest as would be
shaped ever the candidacy of two
Ohie men might exert a depressing in
fluence en the Democracy elsewhere, the
risk of which issue is an unnecessary
one. Senater Kernan's head seems te be
level eji this point, though en the score
of fitness and desert, Ohie is quite as
prolific of Democratic favorite sons as
she has been productive of Republican
leaders.
Ix order that the office of collector of
the pert of Xew Yerk the most lucra
tive in our civil service could be ad
ministered "honestly and efficiently"
Hayes removed Chester A. Arthur from
it ; and Sherman certified that " gross
abuses of administration continued and
increased during his incumbency," and
" efforts te correct these abuses failed te
meet with his support."
Is this man fit te be vice president ?
The office of vice president is import
ant. Its incumbent is in perpetual ex.
pectancy. The constitutional require
ments for it are the same as these for
president, and the popular standard
should be elevated rather than lowered.
Maryland Democracy expresses a
preference for Bayard, while it sends an
uninstructed delegation te the national
convention. Georgia inclines te Field
and Indiana honors her favorite son and
instructs her delegation te aid his nom
ination with the unit rule. McDonald
and Voorhees, of the delegates-at-large,
will be men of mark and influence in the
convention, and straws new whirling
indicate that the wind is setting in for a
strong convention and a geed deliver
ance. PERSONAL..
William Wisdom, of Winona, did net
have a winning way.
Fkank Pixley, of California, who sec
onded Blaine's nomination is a Hebrew.
Having traveled around the world
Ghant returned te take a trip up Salt
river.
Judge JkkemiaiiBlack was at last ac
counts in Dublin and feeling very home
sick. Wm. 31. SntiNflEii was reneminated for
Congress by acclamation by the Demo
cratic congressional convention of the
Twelfth Illinois district.
A number of Ilarrisburg soldiers have
memorialized Hen. A.II. Cokkketh ferhis
recent able speech in behalf of their inter
ests. At the session of the Grand Army en
campment, held at the soldiers' home,
Gen. Lei'is Waunkk, of Philadelphia, was
unanimously chosen commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army.
"Wllllt ! Klaine?
Itlnine of Maine
Licked again V"
' Stranger, that muiie
ninlnc
Itluluc of Maine!
Licked again."
Brigadier General Bkxjamix Alvekd,
paymaster general, having served isutli-
fully ever forty-six consecutive years as a
commissioned officer, has. at his own re
quest, and by direction of Hayes, been re
tired from active service.
Gen. Gaiikikld went te church in Chi
cago last Sunday in the midst of the con cen con
Tentien excitement He was asked by the
clergyman te make a few remarks, but did
net. Garfield- will preside at the Scranton
Eisteddfod, having accepted an invitation
some time age. He is is of Welsh extrac
tien, his grandfather coming in early Iilc
from Garfyllin.
That Gov. Skymei'k will be a candidate
for the Democratic nomination at Cincin
nati, is firmly believed at Syracuse. On
Monday last Gov. Seymour said te Judge
Graham, of Utica : "I see that Senater
Conkling says that Grant could carry Xew
Yerk ever any candidate. If I were nomi
nated at Cincinnati I should carry Xew
Yerk, but I am net a candidate, for I de
net think the nomination belongs te Xew
Yerk." This statement by the governor
is by some persons received as an indica
tion that he may be a candidate.
MINOR TOPICS.
Themas W. Fekuy, who had one eye in
mourning from the blew el a man whose
daughter he insulted, did well te decline a
Republican vice presidential nomination in
advance.
PniLAUELrui.v claims that the census
takers will make her population number
8.10,000. Chicago, no doubt counted all
who were in attendance at the Republican
and Greenback conventions and Porkopo Perkopo Porkepo
lis will take in the Democracy. Where's
St. Leuis -.'
Mis. Alkhed Tennyson is mentioned
as reciving $1,500 for " De Prefundis," his
poem of sixty-live lines, recently published
in the Nineteenth Century. Usui it been
sent in anonymously te an ordinary Amer
ican publication it would net have com
manded fifteen cents per line.
The nomination makes every Southern
state Democratic, makes Ohie doubtful,
makes Xew Yerk and Xew Jersey hardly
debatable for the Republicans, and makes
Indiana, California, Oregon and even
Pennsylvania depend upon the verdict of
Ohie in October. Times.
In the Harry White letter. May, 1875,
General Grant said : " I am net nor have
I been a candidate for rcnomiuatien. I
would net accept a nomination if it were
tendered, unless it should come under such
circumstances as should make it an imper
ative duty ; circumstances net likely te
arise." The circumstances referred te
have evidently net arisen.
The Examiner says : " The attempt te
kill Eph Helland en Sunday night, iu Cin
cinnati, was the third within the past two
months. Helland is a notorious ruffian
and Democratic politician of the Bill Mc
Mulliti kind, and has been of immense
value te the party in Cincinnati. Fer his
crimes in ' repeating ' and blackmailing re
spectable people at the polls he was ar
rested, convicted and sent te the peniten
tiary." The Examiner forget te add :
" And was pardoned out by R. B. Hayes,
Republican 8x7 president."
A BLOSSOM BONO.
Hoses. reses, wne will buy
I'retly resea, tresh uud sweet ;
Gathered while the daylight crept
Up the skies w itli shining feet ?
Buy the pretty roses, dear,
And I'll tell you something true;
Kiss the blossoms for your love.
And your cheeks will steal their hue !
I'nnsies, pansies, buy, eh buy !
Velvet beauties, with a trace
In their up-turned, suuey leaves.
Of u laughing, roguish face!
Buy, my darling, pansies sweet.
And a charm I'll whisper yen ;
Lay the blo-sems next your heart.
And its eieums will all come true !
Lilic, lilies buy, eh buy !
Koyal lilies, pure and cold
A the drifted winter snows,
Save their quivering hearts of geld !
Buy the stainless b!osems, dear.
And I'll whisper something true;
Heart of geld and spotless truth,
Seme one waits te ask of you !
Lucy Marian Ulinn, in Cleveland Herald.
Washington gossip runs thus : Blaine
was jubilant and gleefully said "the
bosses are busted ;" Matt Carpenter was
wroth, swore terrifically, " cussed " Blaine,
Sherman and Hayes, and deeply and vio
lently deplored the defeat of Grant;
Hayes rejoices ever the defeat of "Conk "Cenk
ling and the Grant ring," as he expresses
it ; Sherman feels the same way with re
gard te Garfield, but does net relish the
nomination of Arthur, having removed
the latter from the Xew Yerk collector
ship ; Little Frye's friends think that the
vice presidency should have gene te
Maine, and that it was quite unnecessary
te conciliate Mr. Cenkliug by the choice
of General Arthur ; General Sherman sent
no congratulations te Garfield and Secre
tary Key was silent. The Washington
Pest recommends as the ticket necessary
te defeat Garfield and Arthur the follow fellow follew
ing: Fer president, Horatio Seymour;
for vice president, Allen G. Thurman.
Tna conditions upon which the heirs of
Themas Jeffersen have agreed te relin
quish the burial ground at Montieelle te
the government of the United States, are
that the remains of Themas Jeffersen shall
never be removed from where they new
are ; that the remains of the ether persons
whose graves are within the let conveyed
by this deed shall be allowed te remain
where they arc, with the privilege of the
relatives of such persons te rcmove such
remains or te erect monuments ever such
graves, if they shall wish te de se ; tha
the remains of such of the grandchildren
of Themas Jeffersen as have died, or as arc
new living, or the remains of any husband
or wife of any such grand children, but
the remains of no ether persons whatso
ever, may be buried within the let afore
said, and that monuments may be erected
ever the graves of such persons, and that
no cnclosure shall be made around the
grave of Themas Jeffersen which shall
net include in it the rest of the family
graveyard.
Tlieiii What New ?
l'iltslmrgli dullies. October 16, 1877.
" Washington, October 10, 1877.
" Majer Errett and Colonel Baync ab
sented themselves from the Republican
caucus, and refused te vote in the Heuse
te-day for the Republican caucus candi
date for speaker, General Garfield, of free
trade and Cebdcn club fame. Judge Kelley
also adopted this course. "
MAHINIi A FKESIUENT.
Three States That Can Help te Elect a Dem
ocrat. The Democratic state convention of
Georgia selected Gen. A. R. Lawten, Gee.
T. Barnes, E. P. Hewell, editor of the
Constitution, and General P. M. B. Yeung,
delegates at large te Ciucinusiti. The con
vention recommended adhesion te the
two-third rule. The delegation is repre
sented sis solid for Field, except one for
Bayard and one for Tilden.
Maryland.
In the Maryland Democratic state con
vention yesterday, the whole proceedings
were characterized by entire harmony.
The resolutions decline te instruct, but
express confidence iu the distinguished
ability of '1 hemas 1 rancis Baysud, et Del
aware, The following delegates at large
te the Cincinnati convention were select
ed : William Pinkney Whytc, Philip F.
Themas, Jehn Lee Carrell and Bernard
Carter, esq. The nominations for electors
at large were I. Xcvctt Steele and J.
Themas Chepkins. The convention re
commended the adhesion te the two
thirds rule in making the nominations for
president and vice president.
Indiana for Hendricks.
Ill Indianapolis yesterday at the Demo
cratic state convention the hall, with a
seating capacity of 3,000, was fully occu
pied. The convention was called te order
by the chairman of the central committee,
lien. Francis D. Heed, of Bartholo Barthelo Barthole
mew, was chosen temporary chairman.
The usual committees were
appointed. Ex-Governer Thes. A. Hen
dricks was elected as permanent chairman.
The resolutions adopted instruct the del
egates te present the name of Mr. Hend
ricks te the Cincinnati convention as a
nominee for president and te vote as a
unit en all questions before the conven
tion. After a call of the districts for the names
of delegates te the Cincinnati convention,
the convention proceeded te the nomina
tion of a state ticket. Franklin Landers,
Isaac Gray and Alexauder C. Downey
were put in nomination for governor.
Mr. Gray's name was withdrawn after
the first ballet and Mr. Landers was nomi
nated by acclamation.
The delegates at larcc te Cincinnati arc
J. E. McDonald, I). W. Voorhees, W. E.
Xihhick and J. R, Slack.
STATB ITEMS.
Henry Ryan, a miner at Bear Ridge col
liery, was buried by a fall of coal. His
body has net been recovered.
A Mr. Weiblcy, of Saville township,
Perry county, recently killed a rattlesnake,
carrying eighteen rattles.
The interest in the Pittsburg Pest one
fourth owned by the estate of Jeseph S.
Larc, has been purchased by the surviving
partners for $18,000.
Yesterday morning the body of Geerce
Baum, of Snufftown, near Easten, was
found in the Delaware river. It is sup
posed te have been a case of suicide.
The lock-out ended ; Pittsburgh iron
manufacturers will sign the new scale ;
live firms have already done se ; puddlers
win again.
The summer meeting of the state beard
of agriculture convened iu Gettysburg,
yesterday, Gov. Heyt presiding. A num
ber of papers of interest te agriculture
were read.
The twelfth annual commencement of
Crozier theological seminary (Baptist) was
held yesterday, and a class of twenty
young men were graduated, the largest
number since its organization.
An unknown man, aged apparently
about sixty years, was struck by a train
en the Pennsylvania railroad, a short
distance above the Callowhill street
bridge, Philadelphia, en Monday after
noon and was instantly killed.
Annie Coppin, a Philadelphia girl, aged
17, harshly accused by her step-mother
with undue intimacy with Wm. Canden, a
msirried grocer, cut her threat in shame
and anger and died. Caution savs she
was falsely accused.
During the progress of the Edcnburg
fire a man who thought the fire would
only be checked when the suburbs were
reached, offered his building en State
street for $10. A bystander accepted the
preposition, and the next morning rented
the building for $20 per month.
English, the desperate outlaw of Elk
county, is still at large. He is fully armed,
and expresses his determination net te be
taken alive. He spent two nights last week
en the lower branch of the Siuncmahening
and talks freely of the murder he com
mitted. Dr. Benjamin Becker, of Pettsvillc, who
has reached his 80th year, has been admit
ted with his wife te the Schuylkill county
almshouse. He twice amassed a fortune
and lest it each time in speculation. At
one time he was superintendent of the
almshouse of which he is new an inmate.
At a regular meeting of the Western nail
association yesterday a resolution was
passed ordering a suspension in all the nail
mills for a period of three months out of
the next four, commencing en Monday,
June 14. This action was taken in order
te hurry up a revival in the drooping
market.
The grand ledjje I. O. G. T., of Penn
sylvania, convened in Leck Haven, Tues
day morning. The grand secretary re
ported no special increase in membership,
the total number footing up te 11,040, with
307 active ledges. There are new twenty
three juvenile temples, with a membcrsh ip
of 2,000.
Jehn Kelly, of West Conshohocken, a
middle-aged man, while drilling a rock in
Michael O'Brien's quarry near Conshohock
en, yesterday, was struck by a stone weigh
ing about two tens that had loosened from
overhead. Kelly was knocked te the bot
tom of the quarry and instantly killed, the
rock cutting his body in two. He leaves
a wife and four children.
Quite a. dramntin w.in nnmirrAii in "RHa
in the home of Mr. P. Kellv. whose wife
died mystsiieusly Tuesday night. The cer-
ener ordered a pest-mortem and when the
physicians arrived Kelly placed himself by
the corpse of his wife and swore by every
thing that he held sacred that his wife's
body should net be touched. Remon Remen
strances were useless. He threatened de
struction te the first doctor who should
lay a hand en the corpse. The coroner
was en the point of ordering the arrest of
the whole family when Kelly's friends get
him away. The heart was found te be
diseased.
LATEST NEWS BX" MAIL.
Congress has agreed te adjourn en the
10th of June.
The Western Union telegraph company
declared a quarterly dividend of 1J per
cent.
Baseball yesterday : At Bosten Bos Bes Bos
eon, 14 ; Cleveland 3. At Xew Haven
Yale, 8 ; Princeton, 1.
With a view te protecting its expert
trade in organ-grinders, Italy is about te
dispatch a man-of-war te the west coast of
Seuth America.
In Dayton, Ohie, yesterday Rev. S. W.
Felgcr, a Baptist minister, hanged him
self from a beam in his barn. It is sup
posed that he was temporarily insane.
The mob that took Jehn Sampson out of
his house at Saranac, Ark., te hang him for
horse stealing, released him upon his open
ing a barrel of beer.
It has been decided te appoint Mr. W. V.
Davis superintendent of the United States
mint at Xew Orleans, vice Foetc, deceased.
Mr. Davis is the present coiner of the New
Orleans mint, and has been connected with
the different minting establishments of the
government for a number of years.
Earl Granville, foretell secretary, in
formed a deputation yesterday that a basis
had been arranged by which negotiations
for a new treaty of commerce with France
might proceed. Mr. Gladstone, he said,
believed he saw a way te an arrangement
of rehttive duties which would net be dis
advantageous te either country.
The remains of Vasco da Gama, the
famous Portuguese discoverer, aud of Ca Ca
meens the poet, who celebrated DaGama's
deeds in his epic, "The Lusiad," were
yesterday removed across the Tagus te
their final resting place, in the Monastery
of Belcm. The occasion w:is made one of
great public rejoicings throughout Portu
gal. There were five of the Hammett broth
ers, and they were the terror of Cress
county, Arkansas. They frequently went
en sprees together, and were at all times
quick te sheet or stab anybody who resist
ed them. It became at length well under
stood that, in case of attack by a Ham
mett, an immediate use of a weapon was
the only practicable mode of defense. Thus
three of the brethers were killed in as
many years, and new a fourth has just met
his death in the same manner.
The only remarkable thing about the
opening proceedings of the Xational-Greenback-Laber
convention at Chicago
yesterday was the prayer of the Rev. Mr.
Ingalls, " We ceme te Thee, O Lord, en
our own hook," and which elicited ap
plause. There seems te be a pretty full
attendance of delegates, and among them
are four women, one of whom, Miss Coz Cez
zens, of St. Leuis, addressed the Demo
cratic convention of 1876 in behalf of
woman suffrage.
An Awful ISccerd.
N. Y. Sun.
The character of Gen. Ganfield can be
judged by the following conspicuous facts :
When, in 1872, the Credit Alebillier bri
bery and corruption among members of
Congress were first expesscd, Gen. Garfield
was one among these accused. He im
mediately publishing a letter expressly
aud pessitively denying that he had any
share in it. Xext, en Jan. 14, 1873, he ap
peared before the committee of the Heuse
of Representatives, and under oath de
clared : " I never owned, received, or
agreed te receive any stock of the Credit
Mebillier, or of the Union Pacific railroad,
nor any dividend or profits arising from either
of them."
But en .Ism. 23, next following, the Hen.
Oakes Ames was examined before the
same committee, and proved by record
evidence, partly in Gen. Garfield's own
handwriting, that Gen. Garfield had had
stock in the Credit Mebilier and that he
had received dividends thereupon. Mr.
Ames also testified that Gener. 1
Garfield had visited him subsequent
te the commencement of the inves
tigation by the Heuse, and had en
deavored te induce him te swear before
the committee that money thus
paid him as dividends had been delivered
te him as a lean ; and yet at the very same
time that he had endeavored te procure
false testimony from Mr. Ames, Gen.
Garfield had called upon Ames te pay him
an additional sum of money en account of
the Credit Mebilier, claiming that the div
idends he had already received had net
been as large as they should have been.
A perjurer, and a man who attempts
te suborn perjury, is net fit te be presi
dent. One ether important feature in the his
tory of Gen. Garfield is his relation te the
Dc Golyer paving contract. One De Gol Gel
yer had made a contract with the Shep
herd ring in Washington te put down a
quantity of patent pavement. General
Garfield was chairman of the com
mittee en appropriations in the Heuse
of Representatives. In order te pay for
this patent pavement au appropriation was
needed from Congress. The sum of five
thousand dollars was paid te Gen. Gar
field en behalf of De Golyer, and appro
priations te the amount of millions of dol
lars were thereafter granted te the Wash
ington ring, the appropriation for the
De Golyer pavement being included there
in. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Kvangelical Association.
The closing session of the ministerial
convention of the Evangelical association,
Ilarrisburg, was held yesterday morning
at 8 o'clock, and the convention adjourned
te meet in Annville in June, 1884.
The delegates of the Sunday school con
vention met at 9:30. The organization was
effected by the election of the following
officers : President, Rev. C. S. Hainan ;
vice president, Rev. S. S. Chubb ; secre
tary, B. F. Bewman, of Lebanon. Vari
ous subjects of pertinent interest were dis
cussed ; Rev. C. S. Brown, of Mt. Xebe,
this county, opening the topic. "Hew te
conduct a Sunday school." After this
convention there was a children's meeting,
and the entire session was a great success.
The Festivals.
Among the attractions at the festival in
St. Mary's old stone church last evening,
was the " blind auction," when there was
some spirited bidding and lets of fun. Twe
fortunate young gentlemen were happy in f
drawing silver plated napkin-rings. This
evening Clemmens's City band will enliven
the occasion with some of their best music,
and the recent entertainment of the paro
chial school children will be repeated.
The Union Bethel festival is liberally
patronized and the attractions are undi
minished. The lecture room is very taste
fully arranged, and the ladies are assiduous
in attending te their guests. The night
blooming cercus exhibited last night by
-Mr. x lick, was tne centre of admiration.
It is a splendid flower, and a sight of it
was alone well worth a visit te the festival.
KV1SCOPAI. CONVENTION.
In Session at Beading.
The ninth annual convention of the dio
cese of Pennsylvania was opened in Christ
cathedral, Reading, at 7 o'clock Tuesday
evening. I here were S4 clerical ana 4e lay
delegates present, and the buildiug was
occupied by a larce audience te witness
the opening ceremonies.
After the opening exercises Bishop
Howe called the convention te order. R. A.
Lamberton. of Harrisbunr. was chosen
secretary, and Rev. Certlaudt "White
head, of Seuth Bethlehem, assistant secre
tary. Bishop Howe announced the standing
committees, the Lsmcaster members
being as fellows : On claims of lay dele
gates te seats, S. II. Reynolds esii. ; en
canons. Rev. C. F. Knight.
Bishop Howe read his report of official
visitations, which showed that during the
year ending June 1st, 1880, he visited 130
places in his diocese, including 84 churches,
seme being visited twice the distance
traveled being about G,000 miles. 722 per
sons were confirmed ; 11 clergymen were
ordained, and 11 transferred te ether
places. The bishop spoke highly of the
behavior in church of several Indian chiefs
at Carlisle, which decorum might, he said,
be advantageously imitated by men of our
own race. He confirmed 12 Indians as
members of the church at Carlisle, where
28G young Indians arc attending the U. S.
government school. His report says that
" if the government would use the ether
military barracks in the country some
fifteen in number as Indian school like
that at Carlisle, there would be no need of
the armies new used te harry the Indians
across the plains." The chiefs present at
the confirmation afterwards said that they
desired their children and these of their
people, sent te the " white-robed church.''
David B. Willson, of this city, a candi
date for holy orders, is in attendance at the
convention.
The convention will meet daily from 9
a. m. te 12 in., and from 2:30 te 6 p. m.
Yesterday morning Bishop Howe ad
ministered the holy communion te the
members of the convention.
The various subjects referred te in the
bishop's address were given te the censid
oration of committees appointed respec
tively en the same. In the address occurs
the following reference te a Lancaster in
stitutien : "I am hsippy te knew that the
Yeates institution for boys, at Lancaster,
is still advancing in prosperity, and thsit
the trustees are new engaged in erecting a
commodious building for its use."
The next coevention of the diocese was
fixed te meet in St. Mark's church, Mauch
Chunk.
The afternoon session yesterday was dt -voted
te the subject of a division of the di di di
occse. Dr. Breck offered the resolution in
behalf of the division and Dr. Hepkins
seconded it.
Mr. Kn ight submitted an amendment te
include in the new diocese all the charges
at present contained in the convocations
of Ilarrisburg and Williamsport.
A further amendment was offered that
the new diocese should include the Xerth-
cast convocation and that of Williams-
pert.
Rev. Dr. Hepkins said he was in favor
of a division, and would be satisfied with
cither amendments.
The question of the appointment of a
committee te report en this subject at the
next convention was then brought up and
a vote taken by order, and resulted as fel
lows : Clerical votes ayes, 30 ; nees, 29,
Lay delegates ayes, 37 : nees, 17. Ma
jerity in favor of appointment of commit
tee, 21.
The following officers wcre appointed by
the convention te serve for the ensuing
year :
Bishop of the diocese. President cx-effi-
cie Rt. Rev. M. A. De Wolfe Howe, D.
D. LL. D. ; secretary, R. A. Lamberton,
Harrisburg ; treasurer of the convention
and episcepal funds, Wm. Buehler, Ilar
risburg ; treasurer of the Christmas fund,
Peter Baldy, jr.. Danville ; assistant sec
retary and registrar, Rev. Certlaudt
Whitehead, Seuth Bethlehem; chancellor
Hen. Thes. E. Franklin.
Trustees of the Church Building and
Parsonage Fund II. S. Goodwin, II. Celt,
II. Alricks, A. Rickctts.
Beard of Missens Rt. Rev. M. A. De
Wolfe Howe, D. D., LL. D., president cx cx cx
officie ; R. II. Sayer, treasurer, Seuth
Bethlehem ; Revs. Wm. P. Orrick, Wm.
C. Leverett, Charles Breck, D. D., Henry
L. Jenes ; Messrs. Wm. Buehler, Wm. L.
Dunglinson, J. H. Perkins, C. M. Conyng Cenyng
hara. Beard of Trustees of the Diocesan Scheel
for Beys Rt. Rev. M. A. De Wolfe Howe,
D. D., LL. D., president ex-officio ; Revs.
Chas. G. Gilliat, Ph. D., Wm. P. Orrick,
Chandler Hare, Wm. C. Leverett, Cort Cert
landt Whitehead, G. B. Allen ; Messrs.
W. M. Weidman, Wm. Buehler, Themas
D. Stichter, Isaac Hiester, W. L. Small,
H. A. Packer, P. It. Stetson.
Trustees of the General Theological Semi
nary Revs. Certlaudt Whitehead, Jno. If.
Hepkins, S. T. D., J. Milten Peck, D.
Washburn, Chas. G. Gilliat, Ph. D., P. B.
Lightner, J. II. Black, Cyrus F. Knight,
Marcus A. Telman, Messrs. J. W. May
nard, Peter Baldy, jr.
The following were elected as the stand
ing committee for the year :
Clergy Revs. Wm. C. Leverett, M. A.
Telman, Edmund Leaf, Henry L. Jenes,
Wm. P. Orrick.
Laity Messrs. II. S. Goodwin, R. A.
Lamberton, Peter Baldy, jr., Wm. F. Rey
nolds, James F. Blackslee.
Deputies te the General Convention :
Revs. Certlandt Whitehead, C. F. Knight,
Henry L. Jenes, Charles Breck, D. D.,
Messrs. R. A. Lamberton, Jehn L. Atlee,
M. D., Jehn W. Guernsey, Henry Coppee,
LL. D.
The following were elected en a viva voce
vete as supplemental delegates te the gen
eral convention ; Revs. Dr. II. W. Spald
ing, J. II. Black, Wm. C. Leverett, C. G.
Gilliat, Messrs. W. L. Dunglisen, S. H.
Reynolds, C. M. Conyngham, J. G.
Freeze.
The financial statement of the diocese
was read.
The sum of $500 was collected during
the session te defray the expenses of a mis
sionary te Milten.
The bishop announced that the ordina
tion of one deacon and one priest would be
held this morning at the close of morning
prayer.
A telegram was received from the dio
cesan convention new in session at Pitts-
burgh thanking the bishop and convention
for their kind message of condolence and
stating that Bishop Kerfoot's health was
improving.
The Right Rev. Bishop and Mrs. Howe
will give a reception this evening te the
clergy and delegates attending the con
vention aud their families at the episcepal
residence en Centre avenue from eight te
ten o'clock.
Lecture at Danville.
In the progress of the commencement
exercises of- the Lebanon Valley college
Rev. M. P. Deyle, of Mount Jey, Lancas
ter county, lectured before the Pauline
theological society en "St. Patrick."
DRAMATIC BECOBD
Wliat baa Transpired en the Lecal Stage
Daring the Late Season Stars and
Constellations.
The amusement season in this city dur
ing the past nine months has been one of
almost unexampled brilliancy. The fol
lowing record includes every public enter
tainment that has been given at Fulton
opera house during the period indicated,
together with a statement of the character
of the audiences. The season has been a
remunerative ene for the companies as well
as for the owner and manager of the opera
house, the geed eutertainmeuts being
generally well patronized, though there
were some notable exceptions te this rule.
The outlook for the coming season is quite"
premising ; upwards of twenty-odd combi
nations, some of them of excellent calibre,
having been already booked for appcaranc0
here. Belew is presented a carefully com
piled record extending from the opening te
the close of the late season.
Kntertaiuineiitrt at Fulton Opera Uease
Season or 1870-80.
Aug. 27. Mordaunt-Boniface Company in
" Queen's Evidence." Fair house.
Aug. 29. Wallace Sisters iu "Minnie's
Luck." Fair house.
Sept. 8. Mordaunt-Boniface Company iu
" Queen's Evidence." Fair house.
Sept. 11. McGibeiiy Family in concert.
Geed house.
Sept. 12. Ferd's Juvenile Opera Company
in " Fatinitza." Geed house.
Sept. 13. McGibeny Family. Large house.
Sept. 14. McGibeny Family. Packed house.
Sept. 15. McGibeny Family. Packed house.
Sept. 1(5. McGibeny Family. Packed house.
Sept. 17. McGibeny Family. Packcdheu.se.
Sept. 18. McGibeny Family. Packed house.
Sept. 24. Scanlan andCreninin "O'Xeil,"
Small house.
Sept. 25. Scanlan and Crenin in "O'Xeil,"
Small house.
Sept. 30. Barlew, Wilsen, Primrose and
West's Minstrels. Large house.
Oct. 3. Ferd's English Opera Company iu
"The Little Duke," Geed house.
Oct. 4. Fent's English Opera Cempatiy in
" II. M. S. Pinafore." Geed house.
Oct. 7. Liugard Felly Company. Small
house.
Oct. 8. Rebert Mc Wade in "Rip Van Win
kle." Geed house.
Oct. 9. Oliver Doud Byren iu " Acress the
Continent." Fair house.
Oct. 15. F. C. Bangs iu " Dan'l Druce.'"
Small house.
Oct. 10. F. C. Bangs in "Dan'l Diuce."
Small house.
Oct. 17. Emersen's Magathcrian Minstrels.
Geed house.
Oct. 18. Gus Williams iu " Our German
Senater." Lsirge house.
Oct. 22. Maflitt & Bartholemew's "Hump-
ty Dunipty." Geed house.
Oct. 23. A. I. Burbauk in Elocutionary
Entci tainment. (Opening of Barr'h Star
Course.) Small house.
Oct. 28. Tennessee Cabin Singers. Small
house.
Oct. 31. The Bergers and Sel Smith Rus
sell. Small house.
Xev. 1. Frayne Tiffany Combination in
"SiSlecum." Geed house.
Xev. 5. Mrs. Seott-Siddens in readings.
(Ban's Star Course.) Geed house.
Xev. 7. "Aunt Pelly Bassett's Sin gin'
Skewl." Geed house.
Xev. 8. German's Church Choir Pina
fore" Company. Fair house.
Xev. 11. It. .1 Burdcttoeu "The Pilgrim
age of the Funny Mai. " (Barr's Star
Course.) Large house.
Xev. 13. "Aunt Pelly Bassett's Singin'
Skewl." Large house.
Xev. 14. Teny Denier's "Ilumpty Dunip
ty." Packed house.
Xev. 17. Ferd's Opera Company in "The
Chimes of Xermandy." Geed house.
Xev. 18. Ferd's Opera Company in " The
Sorcerer." Small house.
Xev. 20. Ferd's Opera Company in " The
Chimes of Xermandy.'" Small house.
Xev. 22. Haveily's Church Choir " Fina-
fore" Company. Small house.
Xev. 24. Miss Xeilsen sis Viela in "Twelfth
Xight." Large house.
Xev. 25. Sprague's Georgia Minstrels.
Small house.
Xev. 2(5. Helen Petter's Pleiades. (Barr's
Star Course.') Geed house.
Xev. 27. Temmy Mack's .Minstrels. Large
house.
Xev. 28. Joe Murphy ih " The Kerry
Gew." Small house.
Dec. 1. Madisen Square Company in " An
Iren Will." Small house.
Dec, 3. F. S. Chaurrau in " Kit, the Ar
kansas Traveler." Fsiir house.
Dec. 4. Kate Thayer Concert. Small
house.
Dec. 5. Remenyi. Small house.
Dec. 8. Gus Williams m " Our German
Senater." Geed house.
Dec. 9. Grace Church Concert. Geed
house.
Dec. 10. Lew Simmons' Minstrels. Small
house.
Dee. 12. Denmau Thompson in " Jeshua
Whitcomb." Geed house.
Dec. 13. Procter's Lecture en "The Poetry
of Astronomy." Geed house.
Dec. 15. Pat Rooney's Combination. Geed
house.
Dec. 19. Rev. A. B. Jack's Lecture en
" Rebert Burns." Fair house.
Dec. 25. Bert Rinehart's Benefit. Packed
house.
Dec. 27. Robson and Crane in " Comedy
of Errors." Large house.
Dec. 31. Alice Oats's English Opera Com Cem
dsmy, in " Girefle-Girella." Geed house.
1S80.
Jan. 1. ZanfrettaPsintemime and Variety
Company (Matinee). Geed house.
Jan. 1. Zanfrctta Pantomime and Variety
Company. Geed house.
Jan. 3. Rial aud Draper's " Uncle Tem's
Cabin " (Msitinee). Geed house.
Jan. 3. Rial and Draper's "Uncle Tem's
Cabin." Packed house.
Jan. 5. Kate Claxton in "The Deuble
Marriage." Large house.
Jan. (5. Watsen, Ellis and KerncIIs' Vari
ety Company. Fair house.
Jan. 13. Oefty Goeft in " Under the Gas
light." Large house.
Jau. 15. Malm's "Fatiuitz.i" Company.
Fair house.
Jan. 1(5. Prof. Lippett's Sleight of Hand
and Gift Shew. Large house.
Jan. 17. Gottheld's "Octoroon" Combi
nation. Large house.
Jan. 24. Soup Fund Entertainment. Pack
ed house.
Jan. 2(5. Madame Rentz's Minstrels.
Large house.
.Tan. 27. Wallace Brucc's Lecture en
"Womanhood in Shakspcare." Small
house.
Jan. 28. Kiralfy's " Enchantment." Pack
ed house.
Jan. 29. Aunt Pelly Bassett's Singing
Skewl. Small house.
Feb. 4. Pi of. Coeke in Expose of Spiritual
ism. Small house.
Feb. 5. Prof.Ceoke in Expose of Spiritual
ism. Small house.
Feb. 7. Pythias Club Gift Entertainment.
Geed house.
Feb. 9. "Our Goblins." Small house.
Feb. 10. Almayne Comedy Company in
"Fate." Small house.
Feb. 13. Teny Denier's Pantomime Cem-
psmy. Large house.
Feb. 14. B. Macauley in "A Messenger
from Jarvis Section." Packed house.
Feb. 16. Heme Entertainment Benefit for
Free Diseensarv. Geed house. -
Feb. 17. Buffalo Bill in "Knight of the J
Plains." Packed house.
Feb. 19. Fanny Davenport in "Pique."
Large house.
Feb. 20. " Pirates of Penzance." Large
house.
Feb. 21. Miss Heller in Sleight-of-Hand
(Matinee). Lame house.
Feb. 23. "The Danites" (James Ward,
manager). Geed house.
Feb. 23. Rev. Dr. Warren's lecture en
"Recreations-in Astronomy." Large
house. -i
Feb. 27. Mary Andersen in " Evadue"
Packed house.
March 1. Annie Pixley in "M'liss."
Packed house.
March 5. Power's Combination in " Dr.
Clyde." Fair house.
March 6. Power's Combination in "Dr.
Clyde. " Fair house.
March 15. Temmy Mack's Minstrels.
Large house.
March 19. "An Arabian Xight." Fair
house.
March 24. Lawrence Barrett in " Hani
let. Large house.
March 25. Dr. C. A. Greene's Lecture.
Small house.
March 20. Cellier's "Banker's Daughter.''
Large house.
March 30. Xew Orleans Minstrels. . Small
house.
April 2. Band's Xew Orleans Minstiels.
Small house.
April 3. "An Arabian Xight" (return
visit.) Large house.
April 0. Chestnut Street Theatre in Our
Beys." Geed house.
April 8. "The Escaped Xun.' Large
house.
April 9. Xick Roberts's Pantomime.
Large house.
April 15. Jeseph Murphy iu "The Kerry
Gew." Fair hoeve.
April 19. McGibeny Family. Crowded
house.
April 20. .McGibeny Family. Crowded
house.
April 21. McGibeny Family (Matinee).
Crowded house.
April 21. McGibeny Family. Crowded
house.
April 22. Jubilee Singers. Small house.
April 23. Carneress's Minstrels. Packed
house.
April 24. Milten Xebles in "The Pluenix."
Geed house.
April 20. Cellier's "Celebrated Case."
Fsiir house.
April 27. Emma Abbett and Opera Com
pany iu "Paul and Virginia." Packed
house.
April 29. Salsburv's Troubadours. Geed
house.
May 1. Jeseph Jeffersen iu "Rip Van
Winkle." Large house.
May 12. J. II. Keane iu " Rip Vsyi Win
kle." Small house.
Msiy 12. J. II. Keane in " Rip Vsin Win
kle." Small house.
Msiy 22. Jsuiauschek in " Macbeth." Fan
house. May 24. St. Antheny's Church Lecture
and Concert. Geed house.
May 25. "The Twe Orphans." Fsiir house.
May 27. Adelaide U. Murdoch's Lectin e.
Small house.
A Had l'lace.
On the southeast corner of the Duke
street bridge is a rather dangerous opening.
The circumference has net been mc.-isttii-d,
but si child might csisiiy he ssilmiiU-d
through while walking ever or h mg
around the bridge and be precipitated te
the railresid track below.
We all knew that childien have bieken
limbs by falling a few feet. Whsit would
be the fate of one net smart eneu:h te
elude this trap '.' It would be interesting
te knew en whom devolves the duty f
having this repaired. The police ccitainly
de net spend much time en Duke strt ct,
nor de the judges pass along the neighbor
hood daily. They sue extremely vigilant
individuals ( the boundary line of whose
duty is net drawn sit tliecourtheii.se steps)
who would long age have ordered si repara
tion. The Isiwyeis and doctors passing
te-siud fro can be resisensibly excused. The
former can view this incautious elephautinc
dilapidation with a selfish smile, bccsuise
the spot may be the source of a fiituie
law-suit, and the latter, in case of au acci
dent, would be afforded an opportunity te
exercise their professional skill ; but, l
sill sipparcnt probabilities t'.ie victim, would
have gene te where Lsmcaster judges, law
yers, street-commissioners and policemen
may net be known.
Dusty streets and uneven crossings may
be dissigrcablc enough, yet they are net
cmctliately dangerous, but this Duke
street what-is-it should have si treat of
carpentering or masonry. A dumb-waiter
would be beneficial improvement.
M. It.
whose is it:
A Valine Found In tlie Little Ciinestetza.
On Tuesday morning Edwin F. Huff
naglc, son of Geerge W. Hufl'iiagle, f'ennd
in the Little Concstegsi creek near the
Pennsylvania railroad bridge, si black oi. ei. oi.
cleth valise, without handle, containing
seven pairs of long woellen stockings, one
pair of knit drawers, two pairs of shots,
a pair of gaiters, a pair of slippers, si steel
teethed hair brush, a black leather drink
ing llsisk, si bottle of pomatum, a piece of
chamois, three linen cellars, two
shirt fronts, si bird eye towel,
si dark calico shirt, two neckties, and a
gilt-edged Bible, bound iu red morocco and
having si gilt clasp. On si fly leaf in the
Bible is the name of " Henry Gibbs, Man
chester, 1878." As there are twenty-tive
or thirty Manchcstcrs in the United States
and several iu England, it is net known
which of them Henry Gibbs may belong
te, nor what may hsive become of him
whether his body lies at the creek, or is
safe aud sound in some one of our many
Munches ters.
The contents of the valise are of geed
quality, but some them hstve been badly
damsigcd by the water.
Master Huffnagle took the valise and
contents te the mayor's office, where they
await identification and an owner.
renrntj-lvaiiL-i State rharmaceiitical Asciit Asciit
tien. This association met in annual conven
tion en Tuesdsiy iu Allentewn, and was
called te order promptly at the time ap
pointed, by the president, C. A. Ilcinitsh,
esq., Lancsistei Pa. The reports of the
officers show marked progress in member
ship aud interest. A numberef new mem
bers were elected sit this session ; csssiys
were read and a lecture delivered en the
metric system. Te-day the association
takes an excursion ever the Switchback
railroad.
The association centstins 144 members
scattered through fifty-two towns and cities
and twenty-nine counties, with the fellow
in" officers : President, Charles A. Ilcin
itsh, Lancaster ; Vice Presidents, G. W.
Kennedy, Pottsville, and G. A. Kelley,
Pittsburgh ; Treasurer, Jeseph A. Miller,
Harrisburg; Assistsmt Secretary, C. E.
Klump, Allentewu ; Executive Committee,
II. Bressler, Chambcrsburg, James A.
Meyers, Columbia, and Wilbur T. Hern,
Carlisle. The association was organized
Tuesday, February20, 1878, in Ilarrisburg.
Mr. Randall Rickey, of Trenten, and Mr.
Arthur G. Smith, of Belvidere, represented
the state association of Xew Jersey at this
meeting.
Arm Broken.
Geerge Hecht, of this city, who is visit
ing his brother William in Xonistewn,
fractured his right arm at the wrist by
falling into a ditch en Tuesday evening.
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