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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1881.
iUucaster Ititellcgencer.
SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 15. 1881.
Set Lucky.
Mr Quay is net si lucky manager. Ilia
friends say he is a geed one, but lie
comes te grief se often that his works
cannot be claimed te justify him. His
predecessor as the machine manipulator,
Mr. Mackey, used te be in the habit of
accomplishing his aims. Mr. Quay, while
demonstrating his equality with him in
unscrupulousness, does net seem te be
able te leek ahead far enough te capture
the game ; and in such games success is
the only criterion of skill. Mr. Quay
started out te make Mr. Oliver senator by
getting him the caucus nomination of
his party ; he get him the nomination of
a rump of it ; which kills him ; and Mr.
Quay is stale-mated. The fundamental
element in his calculation gave way un
der him. Obviously it was rank felly te
go te work te secure a majority of the
mrtv representatives for Mr. Oliver in
such manner as te insure a majority
of joint assembly against him. Perhaps
it could net be helped. Then it was
a mistake te force Mr. Oliver. The
possibility of his choice by the party
would have been known in advance by
a manipulator of the needed sagacity,
and when a fatal number of the party
representatives were absent from the
proposed caucus, a leader of ordinary sa
gacity would have adjourned it for fur
ther manipulation, knowing the useless
ness of going ahead te nominate his can
didate. Mr. Oliver, with a declared re
volt against him of a third of the Repub
lican force, is an impossible can
didate. Any Republican in the state
is in a better condition te reach the Sen
ate than he new is. His deadliest enemy
could net have succeeded in laying him
out colder than his professed friend has
done, by his lack of skill ; for it was net
treachery, since he lays himself out as
well. He was aboard the Oliver beat te
sink or swim ; and the family is along
with him. The whole concern has gene
te indubitable wreck. The cause may
be patched up, but the 'skipper and
cargo have gene te the " demnitien
bow-wows." There will be an
awful degree of incapacity among
the anti-machine men new if they de net
achieve a substantial victory. The peo
ple approve their independence and are
unexpectedly gratified at their courage.
The often hammered Hint has at length
given out a spark of fire and it delights
the popular eye. The indignation which
tie machine people expected te be poured
out upon the men who dared te kick
against their dictation has net come up
from the country te llarrisburg in an
overwhelming wave ; but en the contrary
a supporting shout is heard, that ought te
strengthen the hearts of the rebels and
nerve their hands te complete the deed
they have commenced. Their bridges
are burned behind them, and onward
only is victory and honor. "We Demo
crats expect nothing out of the contest,
and have nothing in it. It is a fight for
the control of the Republican party, in
which our sympathies are for the op
pressed and our interests probably with
the oppressors.
Ohie Statesmen.
Ex-Governer and present Congressman
Tem Yeung, of Ohie, a wild Irishman,
who can drink a barrel of whiskey at
night and have a cool head in the morn
ing, but whose tongue is always moving
with the barrel impetus, is in favor of
Congressman Keifer for speaker of the
next Heuse ; he does net see anything
against his election except that he is an
Ohie man, and he dent knew why that
should be a reasonable objection, because
Ohie " can't help having a surfeit of
brains" just new. Surfeit is a geed word
and just expresses the feeling of the
country about Ohie brains. It signifies
a fulness te disgust ; and that is hew
we feel about. It will be noticed that
the quantity of tiie feed and net the
quality is the clement producing a sur
feit ; and it is the quantity and net the
quality of Ohie brains forced into the
country's services that gives uneasiness.
Mr. Yeung will consider, if his
attention is called te the happiness of his
language, that a surfeit of Ohie brains
of indifferent quality may be an excel
lent reason against Mr. Keifer's selec
tion as speaker. He maybe reminded
tee that Mr. Keifer is a most excellent
specimen of the Ohie man te cultivate
the country's satiety of them ; Mr.Keifer
beiii" conspicuous for slopping ever with
the Ohie, style of brains, which is notable
for seeking expression with ampeitude
of words, weakness of logic and hard
ness of cheek. Ne one would ever
leek te Ohie statesmanship for sound
sense, modest expression and honest ac
tion. It is a synonym for just the re
verse. The state seems te be run by a
race of men with the typical wildness
and supreme self-confidence of the na
tives of the emerald isle, with enough of
their native shrewdness te be able te
take geed care of themselves, without
the geed sense and generosity which
enables the Irishman te be something
else than a curse te his neighbors. This
diatribe does net, of course, apply te all
Ohie men ; but we believe it is a faith
ful expression of the popular feeling
aueiiL the Ohie statesman. The country
lias had enough of the quality and mere
than enough of the quantity of this thing
that has been poured out upon it. Te be
an Ohie man is te be ineligible te public
office with the public approval. And if
Mr. Yeung can't s--" i it just proves
that Mr. young is an Ohie statesman of
the ruling order of comprehension.
Tiie Only fjucntlen.
Mr. Caven declines the nomination of
the committee of One Hundred for the
city solicitership of Philadelphia, en the
ground that its effort te secure reform
within the Republican party in Philadel
phia has proved a failure, by reason of
the refusal of the co-operation of the
regular organization, and that it has
therefore br-ceme clear that a successful
rfei:ii movement must be made outside
e' f.ai'y lilies. This was apparent
l:h i-A" te every observer of ordinary
pxi,;'.al experience. The movement
tit U.f; bu-inusi men was very lin
iiuziut&i h'-''- They needed Democratic
-rRfid asked for them, while declar-
u Writ pur?' te be te sustain the
Republican party. A child ought te
have seen the felly of such a position.
New the matter is different; and it
seems te us that the opportunity ought
te be embraced by the Democratic party
te sustain a non-partisan ticket. In the
first place a city ought te be governed
in a non-partisan way. There is no need
of politics in municipal government. It
is wanted te be efficient, economical,
honest and fair te every class. There is
little or no political legislation called for
in the proper government of a city.
Then the Democrats are a minority
party in Philadelphia, and if they can
get a non-partisan government they
ought te be amply content. If
the affairs of the city are well adminis
tered and the power cf the city is never
used against them in elections, they
have all that a geed city government can
assure them all that, in the hands of
their party men, it should give them.
Why then net unite with every citizen
of Philadelphia who wants sucli a gov
ernment? Why net try te elect non-
partisan officers, if they can be mere
easily elected than Democratic can
didates? That is the only question;
which will be most likely te succeed
an attempt te elect a straight Demo
cratic ticket, or one headed by Steel or
Caven for mayor, they being men who
seem te have the confidence and te meet
the support of all the geed people of
Philadelphia ?
The city of Lancaster is added te
ether customers of the gas company,
whose right and duty it is te make com
mon cause against the payment of the
extortionate bills of this quarter. The
city's officers report that the lamp3 are
net lighted, and the city gas bill should
net be paid. Let the lamp committee
take notice and refuse payment for a ser
vice tha't is net furnished.
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MINOR TOPICS.
The question of introducing a hymnal
into the Free Church of Scotland is being
discussed new. Dr. Begg, Sir Henry
Mencrieff and ethers desire te have the
acceptance of the hymnal, which contains
376 hymns, postponed.
TnE Hebrew population of Jerusalem
new numbers 15,000, as against 10,000 in
1873, a very rapid. increase. It is net im
possible that the Jews may again repossess
the holy city, of which they have been se
long deprived. The fall of the Moslem
power would work great changes in Pal
estine, and it might become once mere
free.
PnixcE Bismarck is represented as say
ing that ' the zeal of certain American di
vines regarding the persecution of the
Jews in Germany is quite remarkable, con
sidering that in the present quarter of the
century the first social ostracism of Jews
was practiced by Americans, who preliib
itcd them from entering the hotels at
Saratoga and ether places "
Tiieue were 103 new Congregational
churches organized in the country during
the year 1880 against 67 in the year 1870.
There were 205 ministers ordained or in
stalled against 173 the previous year, 70
dismissed against 99 the previous year.
These facts, it says, s-cem te indicate that
the climax has been readied, and that the
pastoral relation is at length becoming
mere permanent rather than less se. The
number of the Congregational ministers
who died in 1830 was 76 against 71 the
previous year.
Seme one who has taken the trouble te
count the patents issued te women finds
that the number for the year ending July,
1880, was seventy, or ten mere than the
average. Most of the inventions of women
have te de with household appliance.
Among the past year's are a jar-lifter, a
bag-holder, a pillow-sham holder, dress
protector, two dust pans, a washing ma
chine, a fluting iron, a dress chart, a fish
boner, a sleeve-adjuster, a lap-table, a sew
ing machine treadle, a wash basin, an iron
heater, sad-irons, a garment stifTencr, a
folding chair, a wardrobe bed, a weather
strip, a churn, an invalid's bed, a strainer,
a milk cooler, a sofa bed, a dipper, a paper
dish, and a plaiting device.
If one wishes te hire a seat iu Professer
Swing's church in Chicago he can take
the choice of one in the parquet, dress cir
cle, or balcony. If he should fail te find
one te suit in cither of these places he can
have a box. The best scats in the parquet
rent from $10 te $25 a year; seats in the
dress circle for $15 ; the most desirable
boxes rent for $125 a year, and etic con
sidered pretty geed, but net se situated
that a bonnet or dress will show off te
great advantage, can be had for $100. A
single seat for one service cau be had for
the sum of 10 cents. The society pays as
it gees, and it is in a flourishing condition.
Professer Swing is te have a salary of
$10,000 the coming year. The church
revenues for the year just closing were
mere than $23,000.
These are fine passages from a speech
by Garfield yesterday te a deputation of
negrees : I have semeti nies thought that
the men that sink a coffer dam into the
river and work for months in anchoring
great stones te build the solid abutments
and piers, whose work is by and by cover
ed by the water and out of sight, de net
get their share of the credit. The gaudy
structure of the bridge that rests en these
piers, and across which the trains thunder
is the thing that strikes the eye of the
great public a great deal mere. The sunk
en piers and yard work, the educational
growth and the building up'ef industry,
the economy and all that can help the
f jundatien of local prosperity, is the work
that in the long run tells. Seme Scotch
poet said, or put it in the mouth of some
prophet te say, that the time would come
"When Bertrm's right and Bertram's
might shall meet en Ellcngewan's height,"
and it was when the might and the right
of a people meet that majorities arc never
oppressed by minorities.
A countable fiem Chaniuersburg had a
warrant for the arrest of Mr. Jacob K.
Myers, of Nevada, Ohie, who was in at
tendance upon the funeral of his aged and
respected father. The officer waited until
the funeral precession bad iea lied the
grave, aud while Mr. Myers was standing
with his mother paying the last siid rites
te the memory of the deceased father and
husband, the warrant was rudely terved
upon him, regardless of the feelings of
the grief stricken relatives.
PERSONAL.
Congressman Walbbidee A. Field has
accepted the judgeship uf the supreme
court in Massachusetts, tendered him by
Governer Leng.
The will of the late Jeseph F. Akmeck,
of Chicago, bequeaths $100,000 for the
establishment of a mission in the most
thickly-inhabited part of that city.
General Cusxnu'a mess chest, which was
found near the scene of the massacre, has
just been sold at Mount Pleasant, Iowa,
for $300.
Professer William Pepper, who was
elected professor of the University of
Pennsylvania, has sent his letter of ac
ceptance te the cemmitteee of the beard of
trustees who notified him of his election.
A few days age the young wife of Oura
Butler, an aged and very wealthy citizen
of Kenesha, Wis., entered suit of divorce
and alimony. Yesterday the old gentle
man dropped dead in the street. He was
well known throughout Wisconsin.
United States Senater McDonald of
Indiana, after his term expires next March,
will return te his old profession as a
member of the law firm of McDonald &
Sutler, at Indianapolis. He is quoted as
saying: " me practice et my proicssien
has been my life business and politics but
an episode."
According te a Vieuua dispatch a wish
is expressed that the marriage of the crown
Prince Rudelph, of Austria, and the Prin
cess Stephanie shall take place en the
24th of April, but doubtless the wishes
and conveniences of their majesties, the
king and queen of the Belgiums, will be
taken into account.
Cel. Wellington Jenes, of Reading,
died suddenly in Washington after mid
night, Friday. He was en his way te the
depot te take the train home when he was
seized with sickness. He sought refuge
in a house opposite the depot aud died in
ten minutes. The coroner will investigate
his death, which ir thought te be due te
congestive chills.
In a very able and scholarly sermon
preached in New Yerk last Sunday morn
ing Bishop Stenens remarked, in allusion
te Mr. Edwin Arneld's recent profound re
searches into the ancient literature of In
dia, that although Buddha might he the
"Light of Asia," Christ was the Light of
the world.
STATE ITEMS.
Titus Leifcrt was fatally injured by a
fall of ere in the Chapman ere bed Lehigh,
county, yesterday.
Jehn Cassidy, a young man of Reckdale
near Chester, was frozen te death while
sleighing en Wednesday night.
Jeseph L. Caven has declined the nom
ination for city solicitor tendered him by
the Philadelphia business men's Commit
tee of One Hundred.
The fire companies of Reading have
made their ' annual report the city coun
cils, from which it apcars that the aggre
gate membership consists of 1,981 active,
940 honorary, aud 839 contributing mem mem
berseotal, 3,260.
An explosion of gas eccurced in the
Pittston coal company's Twin shaft at the
Junction. Rebert Lynelt, his son
Michael, Martin Healy and the mine be??,
William Harrison, were severly burned.
Considerable damage was done te the
mines.
While Jehn A. Rightcr and wife were
sleighing en the Germantewu turnpike,
about a mile above Fairvicw, en Thurs
day evening, they came te a beg where
water had collected under the snow and
the horses broke through. The animals
were frightened and ran off, throwing the
occupants out of the sleigh into the read,
but without serious injury.
Themas Sweager, a young man teaching
school in Spring township, Perry county,
had an itching pimple come te the surface
of one of his cheeks the Saturday previous
and from annoying him ou account of the
itching sensation became exceedingly
painful, almost beyond endurance, and en
Wednesday he died, from no ether appar
ent cause.
Notwithstanding the emphatic charge
of the Carben county court, and
the virtual direction te the jury
that Anten Klecffel's sheeting of
his bride was a clear case of involuntary
manslaughter, the jury remained out ten
hours aud astonished everybody by an un
conditional acquittal, because it was net
at all contended that there was any crimi
nal intent. Klecffel was formerly mana
ger of the Journeymen Baker's society of
New Yerk.
A party of Dickinsen college students
took a sleigh ride from Carlisle te Mcchan
icsburg last week, and before they left the
latter place concluded te serenade the
young ladies at Irving female college.
After they had sung and encored a favor
ite selection the cook of the college ap
peared at the deer and thanked the gen
tlemen for the compliment, which she
highly appeciated in the absence of the
young ladies.
At the Carlisle training school for ehil
dren a huge stoue stable is used for the
workshops in which the little Indians arc
taught the various trades. It is a very
large building, and the workshops occupy
only a portion of it. There is a desire, en
the part efthe officers of the school, te
place in the vacant space in the edifice a
few of the simpler portions of the equip
ment of a gymnasium. The Indian chil
dren need active physical exercise, and
during much of the time, at this season of
the year, they are unable te obtain it out
of doers.
SAFETY ON THE WATEK.
At Uut Leng Islam! Sennrt Is te Have a Non Nen
combustible, Non-stnlcaule Steamer.
Mr. Jehn Reach is about te build an
iron steamboat for the Fall River line that
is intended te be absolutely fireproof and
non-sinkable. He said yesterday that the
beat would be 395 feet iu length, or nearly
twenty feet longer than the Bristel ; made
entirely of iron, from keelson te hurricane
deck ; with no hog-frame, as in ether
steamboats, the bracing and stiffening
being made entirely of iron. There will be
two distinct hulls, as if a steamboat was
fitted into the hnll of a much larger beat.
The hull proper will be divided into about
100 compartments abutting upon an iron
alley way. Threugli this alley way the
numerous compartments may be filled with
cargo, although the cargo of the beats is
usually carried en the main deck. After
bsing leaded the compartments will be
sealed up. In the room of the chief en
gineer there will be a thcrmemetric dial
connecting with every compartment
in the ship. If a fire should be
smeuldering in one of them it would
be known at once and flooded by
means of an ingenious system of pipes
that will connect with each section. Mr.
Reach said that the vessel could l:e abso
lutely cut in two without sinking. If she
should strike a ledge of rocks, tear a hole
in her forefeet, and carry away the fore-
peak, she might be backed off and proceed
en her journey as if nothing had happen
ed. She will be made se as te attain a
speed of twenty miles an hour, aud will be
furnished throughout with electric lights
aud have accommodations for 1,500 pas
sengers. The boilers and engine will be
built in an iron case that will net touch
weed work at auy point.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
James Stevens was killed yesterday, by
the bursting of a grindstone in a saw mill,
at Mitchell's Bay, Ontario.
A colored woman was burned te death
by her clothes catchiug fire from a kitchen
stove iu Danville, Ya., yesterday.
Ferbes'? pottery at East Brookfield,
Mass., was destroyed by lire yesterday.
Less, $7,000.
The Republican senatorial caucus iu
Massachusetts met yesterday aud en mo
tion adjourned untilncxt Tuesday.
Ahmed Moukhtar Pasha will be appoint
ed commander-in chief of the Turkish
forces en the Greek frontier.
Twe children of James C. Buckley per
ished by the burning of his house, near
Rochester, Indiana, en Thursday morning.
" Shepherd" Crowley's term having ex
pired, he was released last Monday upon
payment of the fine of $2e0 exacted ey tne
sentence.
While preparing a chemical combination
for stage thunder in Terente, yesterday,
A. C. Paull and William Armstrong were
severely injured by an explosion.
The election of a United States senator
in Maine was ordered in the Legislature
at Augusta yesterday for next Tuesday at
neon.
Park Wilsen was shot dead by his
father-in-law, Jeseph Higbee, at Winches
ter, Missouri, en Thursday night, because
he intended te marry very seen after his
wife's death.
Henry Puckctt was killed yesterday
while coupling cars in Richmond, Va. His
brother was killed and his sister severely
injured by railroad accidents some time
age.
The wife of Scwell Paine was shot dead
by the premature discharge of her hus
band's gun while he was sheeting a chick
en hawk at Stockton, Maryland, en Thurs
day. Iu the peel tournament at New Yerk,
yesterday, King defeated Merris, Field de
feated E. Shaefer, Merris defeated J.
Shaefer, E. Wahlstrein defeated Lambert,
and Wallace defeated J. Shaefer
A cabin iu the mountains near George
town, Colerado, occupied by two men,
named Piukard and a colored servant, was
swept away yesterday by a snow slide, and
there is no trace of the occupants.
Judge Smith, of New Yerk, dismissed
the libel suit brought by Bartley Camp
bell against C. A. Byrne, stating that the
act complained el constituted a proper
subject for civil, but net for criminal ac
tion. It is thought iu St. Petersburg that the
beginning of the year finds the country
with much brighter prospects than the
past year. In spite of Nihilism a certain
measure, of progress towards real liberal
reforms has been made.
When General Grant arrives m Albany
next Monday he will be received by thn
military organizations, the Beys in Blue
acting as a guard of honor. On. Wednes
day no will visit the Capitel and be receiv
ed'by both houses of the Legislature.
The steamer New Brunswick, which ar
rived at St. Jehn. N. B., yesterday, from
Bosten, brought the captain and crew of
the brig Catherine Merris, bound from
Cornwall, N. S., te New Yerk, the vessel
having run aground and broken te pieces.
An attempt was made in Chicago yes
terday te advance passenger rates en the
Southwestern railroads in which there has
been a long continued war, but after in
creasing the the rates for a few hours they
were reduced again. The war still con
tinues. The executive committee of the Colored
Men's Protective Union, of New Orleans,
adopted a resolution last night, rccem
mending President-elect Garfield te ap
point r. Is. H. rinchbeck te some repre
sentative position in his administration.
J. Newr, an aged colored man, died at
Cambridge, Neva Scotia, a few days age.
He was a slave en the U. S. frigate Chesa
peake when she was captured by the Brit
ish frigate Shannen in lel8, and he was
taken by his captors te Halifax and there
set free.
Jean Baptiste Narbenne and Franceis
Narbonne, his father, aud Genevieve Nar-
benne. the latter s wife, were yesterday
sentenced, at St. Schelastique, by Judge
Johnstone, te be hanged en February 20,
for the murder of Alexander Narbonne,
particulars of which crime are te-day
printed en our first page.
W. F. G. Shanks brought suit against
the American news company in JNew
Yerk te recover $10,000 damages for hav
ing circulated the TrutJi newspaper alleged
te have contained a libelous article en
him. Judge Gilbert gave a decision yes
terday, directing the defendant te pay $10
damages.
James McGuire, indicted in New Yerk
for selling counterfeit trade dollars te Offi
cer Scanlan, of the secret service bureau,
en the night of November 17, 1879, was
acquitted yesterday through the testimony
of Agnes Gilmer, who swore that en the
night in question McGnire proposed mar
riage te her. Her sister was also present
en the occasion.
On the Baltimore & Ohie railroad at
Evcrsen station, the train en which Thes.
Lee, brakeman, was employed, was stand
ing en the siding when another train wa3
thrown en the same track by a switch
which had been left open and the collision
resulted. Lee was smashed te a jelly. The
engineers and firemen of both engines,
which were badly wrecked, escaped injury
by jumping off.
Freters a Democrat.
Philadelphia American, Garfield organ.
The Independent Republicans will threw
themselves into the contest with an ardor
that is none the less active, in that it is net
born of personal vanity and ambition.
Their power has been sufficiently demon
strated te make of value their claims te
fight. And fight they will. Far better,
they believe, and every honest-minded cit
izen with them, that a Democrat should
fill the high place te be disposed of next
week than that a Cameren monstrosity
should be the accredited senator of Penn
sylvania. We have net always agreed with
Senater Wallace.ner de we endorse many of
the principles of his party but we would far
rather have him sent back for another
term, than that a mushroom senator of
Mr. Cameren's cheesing should be sent te
add one mere te the servile effigies the
"machine" has implanted upon this
country. The beginning of the cud has
come ; net only te the influence of Mr.
Cameren, but te Mr. Cameren himself.
The petty despotism of his personal ambi
tions cau no longer be telerated as the
price of his continuance iu power. The
people elected him, and the people ex
pectcd something mere than insult, and
something better than degradation.
Sara Bernhardt Faints.
The audience at McVickar's theatre,
Chicago, last night, was treated te a faint
ing scene by Sara Bernhardt net down in
the live Phcdre, which she was playing.
Iu the last scene of the fourth act, where
Phcdre expresses a longing te be left te
"deplore her fate," Mile Bernhardt
dropped in a dead faint en one of the
couches. The audience generally was net
aware anything wrong had happened until
the proprieties of the scene were disturbed
by the appearance among the assembled
Wrecks et several stage hand and supers
in their shirt sleeves, headed by the stage
manager, who bore Bernhardt behind the
wings. The curtain then descended en a
rather picturesque mingling of ancient
aud modern customs. The etchestra had
te play double time before Mile. Bern
hardt was sufficiently recovered te drag
wearily through the last act
NEW BAIX.ROAD UEFOT.
Tbe Handsome and Complete Structure that
Is te be Krecteu in Philadelphia.
The designs for the exterior of the new
pas.-enger station of the Pennsylvania rail
road cempany, at the corner of Merrick
aud Filbert streets, indicate that it will be
one of the most imposing structures in
Philadelphia, and the plans for the interior
assure passengers that nothing will be left
undone which can add te their comfort aud
convenience. The company owns the en
tire square, which fronts 306 feet en Mer
rick street and runs back 123 feet te
Fifteenth street. The station will oc
cupy the corner of Merrick aud Filbert
street, with a front of 193 feet ou Mer
rick, se that it will cover very nearly two
thirds of the square. It will be of four
stories, with a tower ever 100 feet in
height en each corner. The style of the
architecture is Geth ic and the material en
tering into the construction of the outer
walls pressed brick, ornamental brick and
terra cotta the latter furnished by the
Perth Ambey terra cotta company, and of
a color similar te fire brick. Hie first
story will be faced with Pennsylvania blue
stone. The use of terra cotta will admit
of a great deal of simple ornamentation in
the columns and the different floors will
be marked by lines of fancy brick.
The first fleer will be occupied by the
inward and outward baggage rooms, aud
the ticket offices, of which there will be
two, entirely distinct from each ether
one for local and the ether for through
passengers an arrangement that will
materially shorten the delays of local pas
sengers, who can be attended te four or
live times as fast as through passengers,
who are generally in search of information
both as te routes and time. Eighty-four
feet of the width of the building will be
given up te three passage ways, two
twenty feet wide and ene twenty-four
feet. Passengers arriving in carriages will
drive directly into the building, and alight
in front of the main stairway leading te
the waiting rooms en the second fleer.
They will procure their tickets and the
baggage will be deposited in the baggage
room at the corner of Fifteenth aud Fil
bert streets, which will be arranged se as
te be approached from three sides. Twe
stairways, eleven feet wide, will lead te
the second fleer, but two elevators will be
running constantly te accommodate these
who find even a single short flight of stairs
tee much. The lower story will be sixteen
feet high. Arriving passengers will leave
the station en the opposite side, descend
ing te the street by a single bread flight
of stairs into a lobby thirty feet by thirty
two, from which they will reach Merrick
street through the southern entrance.
The two stairways, divided by the ticket
office, converge at a landing half way up,
and lead te the general waiting-room,
through which all passengers will pass en
their way te the trains. Tnis is a spacious
room 51 feet in width by 80 in length, with
a lefty ceiling of glass, the altitude of the
room being 41 feet. An abrupt turn te
the left ou entering the general waiting
room will conduct ladies te the ladies'
waiting room, which, with the dining room
will occupy the cntire front of the second
fleer. The ladies' room is of the same
length as the general waiting room, but
29 feet in width, with a private room open
ing out of it en the Filbert street corner,
26x16. A deer from the ladies' room leads
te the dining room, which is of the same
width and only eight feet shorter than the
general waiting room. Entrance te the
dining room will be had from the
general waiting room through the restau
rant at the further end, opposite the main
entrance. In the restaurant. 23 feet wide
by 51 long, will be a lunch counter, with
small tables opposite. The news stand
and telegraph offices will be en cither
side of the entrance. The height of the
second story is 31 feet, the general wait
ing room being two stories iu height.
The third and fourth stories wiH be
mainly devoted te the offices necessary for
the company's officials, and they will be
reached by a gallery running around the
waiting room. The kitchen will, however,
eceupy a large part of the space toward
Market street, and a private elevator will
ceuuect it with the ground fleer. Back of
the restaurant will be a large barber shop,
16x31 feet, and ever that will be bath
rooms, where passengers will find all the
conveniences of a room in any hotel, and
will thus be spared the inconvenience of
going te a hotel for no ether purpose than
te take a bath and make a change of
clothes. Over the restaurant will be
private dining-rooms.
Four entrances with wide doers will
afford the means of communication with
the train shed, the lobby between the
doers and the gates being forty feet. An
ornamental iron bridge across Fifteenth
street will mark the head of the train
house, and the rear ends of the trains will
conic te the eastern line of the street. The
train shed itself will be somewhat like that
at West Philadelphia, with eight tracks,
but close together under ene reef with
two arches. The shed extends one square
from Fifteenth te sixteenth street, and
walls arc fifteen feet in height, and the
centre of the reef fifty feet high. The ex
terior of the shed will be of faced briek,
but the interior will ba finished with or
namental brick.
The plans drawn for the station wcrede
signed by Wilsen Bres. & Ce., under the
direction of Jeseph W. Wilsen, engineer
of bridges and buildings of the Pennsyl
vania railrea ', and the work of construc
tion is proceeding under the supervision of
William II. Brown, engineer ;l" mainte
nance of way. The cost will ue about a
quarter of a million, exclusive of the
ground. It is probable that the 1st of May
will see the work completed.
Havana Tobacco In the United States.
Western Tobacco Journal.
Since the first attempt of tobacco
growers te cultivate Havana seed tobacco
in this country, their efforts have never
been crowned with such perfect success as
during the present year. Frem all of the
seed leaf growing states which have culti
! vated this variety of leaf only, the most
encouraging reports are coming in. In
the Connecticut valley, the crop, though
small in quantity, is pronounced un
rivaled in quality, the texture and color
having never been surpassed by that of
any previous growth.
Frem New Yerk the growers report ex
cellent success with Wilsen's hybrid Ha
vana, while in Ohie aud Wisconsin the
Spanish leaf, the culture of which is new
assured, is much superior te the ordinary
seed leaf grown in these states. In the
latter state 2,000 acres are new planted,
while 10,000 acres of Wisconsin seed are
new grown. Already a large amount of
Havana leaf has been bought while
hanging en the poles. This mode of
buying before the exact quality of the
leaf is ascertained points te the fact that
buyers are confident that the leaf is of
superior quality, as sales are net effected
in this way when the leaf is peer or of
sacend rate quality, Havana seed tobacco,
especially that grown in Massachusetts
and Connecticut, is principally used for
wrapping geed cigars, the wrappers having
a rich, oily appearance, which gives the
cigar a shiny leek, mere especially the
darker grades.
' Of western Havana, quite a quantity is
exported, and it is a favorite leaf abroad.
In flavor it closely resembles the cheaper
grades' of imported Havana, while some
choice lets grown from imperteed seed are
really fine and compare favorably with
some brands of cigars of Havana and Ma
tanzasmake. When grevrn en a sandy
soil containing a little clay the quality of
Havana seed is generally geed, but when
grown en a light sandy soil, the leaf often
has a harsh, leathery appearance, and is
rendered strong in flavor, inclining te bit
ter, while it is wholly unfit for wrappers.
In Cuba especially, when grown in tbe
valleys, the plants' are usually set in the
low lands bordering a river or the small
streams which flew from the mountains
in the interior te the ocean. The soil of
most of these tobacco farms, or vegas, is
a red clay, somewhat moist, aud made
rich by repeated manuring. On the hill
sides the soil is sandy, and does net pro
duce se fine a leaf. At first our growers
used only imported seed, but the leaf was
small aud thick and of somewhat bitter
flavor, while some difficulty arose in sweat
ingit. New, either hybrid sorts are sewn or
else seed is planted from the second te the
ninth year's growth. One fourth mere
seed leaf can be sewn te an acre than of
Spanish, but as a larger price is obtained,
its culture is quite as profitable. About
1,000 mere plants can be grown te the
acre, but it matures sooner, cures down
earlier, and is less liable te pole ret and
sweat. Rich soil is required aud constant
culture is necessary in order te secure a
geed leaf. Artificial manures are net as
geed as animal manures, that of the horse
being the best. .
Next season a very large area will be
planted in the five seed leaf states which
grew this variety. In Ohie where its
cultivation has only just begun, a large
quantity will be planted, while in the
Connecticut Valley and Housatenie Valley
the amount cultivated will be largely
in excess of any previous year. The cul
tivation of this renowned tropical variety
of tobacco, if it continues te be success
ful, will open up a large expert trade in
all the foreign markets.
SCENK IN THE HOUSE.
A His Ked Apple as Flag of Truce.
The Washington correspondent of the
New Yerk Sun thus notes a scene in
the Henso el Representatives.
Ne soenor had the Heuse gene into com
mittee of the whole than music began.
Amendments and amendments poured in
upon Mr. Cevert, who was iu the chair.
That he kept his head above water with
such a sea of amendments engulfing him
was an evidence of bis parliamentary abil
ity upon which many of the members
congratulated him. On one side there
was Tewnshcnd, of Illinois, with his swar
thy face flushed by the energy et his at
tempt te get his amendment in ; and there
was General Warner, of Ohie, reaching
his long arms out with his amendment.
Over en the ether side Governer Claflin, of
Massachusetts, held up a white paper and
waved it like a flag of truce towards the
Democrats. These efforts brought a par
liamentary suarl en very quickly. After
the members had tried te unravel it, Jlr.
Cevert .took held at the beginning and
rapidly untwisted it.
Casey Yeung, the slender, dark-haired
member from Tennessee, get a chance te
speak te one of the amendments, aud in
courteously severe language took Mr. Car
lisle, of Kentucky, and ether Democrats
te task for leading the party, as he affirm
ed, astray. Then, having finished sceurg
ing Mr. Carlisle, Mr. Yeung went out of
the chamber. Air. Carlisle's pale face was
lighted by smiles as Mr. Yeung se vigor
ously pitched into him. The smile be
came a bread grin when Mr. Yeung, re
turning from the cloak room with two
huge red apples, gave one te the man he
had attacked. Then Mr. Yeung seated
himself by Mr. Carlisle, and the two
statesmen began an apple-paring match.
Mr. Carlisle beat. He pared the red skin
from stem te eye without breaking it.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE l'CULTKV SHOW.
Fine Stock Heed Attendance The Award
Uetngltladn Opinljn or the Judi;en.
The poultry exhibition in Roberts's hall
was well attended last night and this
morning, and the universal opinion is that
no finer collection of fowls was ever seen
together under one reef. The
judges have been busily engaged
iu carefully examining the entries
and making their awards. Already a
large number of the premiums have been
awarded and the owners of tbe lucky
birds have net been slew in taking up the
premium cards. The work of the judges
will net be completed before 6 o'clock
this evening and a full list of the awards
cannot be had before Monday. The
judges share the opinion of the visitors as
te the excellence of the exhibits. Beth
Mr. Darlington and Mr. Ncvius, the
judges of the fowls, declare that with the
single exception of the Buff Cochins and
Dark Brahmas, the stock of fowls en exhi
bitien is mere uniformly geed than they
have ever seen exhibited ; and in our
judgment the Buff Cochins, also, are hard
te beat.
The "incubator," which was positively
premised te be ou exhibition yesterday,
has net yet been added te the show. The
reason given is that the weather has been
unfavorable for its removal from its pres
ent quarters ; but there is a rumor that
the machine, for some cause or ether, has
net been working well, and that many of
the eggs put in it have failed te hatch.
The managers say that quite a number of
chicks have been hatched and that tha in
cubator will certainly be en exhibition en
Monday.
The North Carolina quail, which failed
te reach the show yesterday, arrived this
morning and are new en exhibition.
There are half a dozen pairs of them, and
they attract agoed deal of attention. They
are in the small room en the second fleer.
JOHNNY LANDIS INTERVIEWED.
The Grew Men will Net Abandon the Fight
Against Oliver.
PliiliKlelpliiu Evening Telegraph.
" There are 51 of us who remained out
of the caucus hist night, and we intend te
go into the Legislature and vote for Mr.
Grew or some ether geed Republican, if
we have te stay there until next Christmas
and ballet every day."
Thus spoke Representative Jehn 11.
Landis, of Lancaster, one of Grew's
lieutenant?, and one of these who signed
the paper advocating a belt.
" Will no ether person suit you but Mr.
Grew ?" asked the Telegraph representa
tive. " That we have net thought of. Just
new it is Grew or nobody. la time, if
there should be no choice, we may cist
our votes for some ether geed Republican
like Wayne MacVeagh or Glenni W. Sce-
field ; but we want no half-way Republi
cans. We represent principles, net men ;
and will stand by them."
" Is there any truth in the rumor that
you intend te form a coalition with the
Democrats?" Mr. Landis was asked :
"Ne advance will be made bv us.
They must make the overture. Of course,
if they want te vote for Grew, wc shall be
very much pleased, but under no circum
stances will we vote for a Democrat."
Mr. Landis reflects the views of the 46
men who yesterday signed the agreement
te stay out of the Republican caucus.
If He Kecavers.
me marietta Jicgwtr says: "in tne
cabin of a canal beat, near the hollow
ware works a young boy has been lying ill'
with the measles for a week past. Ira
Null, who has been a patient student of
Dr. Robinson, has been trying te bring
this young man through, and the manner
in which he has prescribed for the patient,
would have killed one of Robinson's best
mules ; at least se the story gees. Fer
every ill that the flesh is- heir te this
pseudo-doctor, Null, prescribes baked
beans and maskrat soup, seasoned with
cayeiinc pepper aud. saffron, the latter te
ue auuieu wim wmur, uuu uppneu as a
' notion infernally,' as the doctor puts it.
Tiie patient, notwithstanding the "ex
perimental 'pethecary shop" that is made
of him, is improving."
OPINION DAT.
Bute, .Motions. &c, Decided
By the Coutt
Court met te-day and
read in the following cases
opinions were
BY TATTEnSON, J.
Thes. D. Kelly vs. James Trimble & Ce.
Rule for a new trial ; discharged.
Cem'th of l'enn'a., for use of W. D.
Weaver, et. al vj. D. G. Steacy, ct. aL
Rule te amend
lute.
Mnlvany vs.
strike off all
the caption ; made asse-
James Turner. Rule te
amendments ; discharged.
Thce. E. Hear vs. Richard Weaver.
Rule te open judgment and let defendant
into a defense ; discharged.
Jehn Drace, deceased. Rule te pay
money into court charged en lands of Jehn
G. Greider and discbarge lands from said
charge ; rale made absolute se far as re
kites te $500.
Rebert Nussbaum vs. Heraco Dasher.
Certiorari by defendant from H. C. Gib
ble's docket ; exceptions sustained.
City of Lancaster vs. county of Lancas
ter. Case stated, te determine what fees
the mayor is entitled te charge in certain
criminal cases, te be paid by the county
into tne city treasury. Court decided that
vagrancy, drunkenness and disorderly
conduct are and may be treated as three
distinct offences; for drunkenuess the
mayor is entitled te 90c ; for vagrancy,
25c, for disorderly conduct. 25c in all cases
of commitments ; for discharging nothing.
Judgment entered for defendant.
Samuel Mellinger's estate. Exceptions
te auditor's report ; dismissed.
Richard Barten, dee'd. Exception te
auditor's report ; dismissed.
Moses Shirk and Mai tin Becker, as
signees of Jehn Baker, vs. Jehn Baker
aud wife. Rule te grant an issue ; dis
charged without prejudice te respondent.
Adm'x of Daniel Brown, dee'd vs. Levi
Senscnig. Rule for new trial ; discharged.
H. C. Hauscr vs. D. G. Swartz. Rule
for new trial ; discharged
Simen P. Eby, executer, &c, vs. Wm.
B. Hoepcs. Rule for new trial; dis
charged. Henry W. Weise vs. Philip Bernard.
Rule for a new trial ; made absolute.
BY LIVINGSTON, P. .1.
Estate of Jac. L. Landis. Utile te. re
commit auditor's report ; made absolute.
. City of Lancaster vs. Edwin Clark et. al.
Rule te satisfy judgment as te terre tenants;
discharged.
City of Lancaster vs. Julia Wade. Case
stated ; judgment for defendant.
Gcerge AVciman vs. the city of Lancas
ter. Certierai by defendant from II. R.
McConemy. Exceptions sustained and
execution set aside.
Jacob Markley vs. M. J. Burkhelder
ct al. Rule for a new trial ; discharged.
Isaac S. Reland vs. A. B. Grubb. Rule
for a new trial ; discharged.
G. Sener & Sens vs. Adelph N. Basch
et al. Rule for new trial ; discharged.
Jeremiah Brown ct al. vs. the Colum
bia & Pert Deposit railroad com
pany. Petition for appointment of
viewers ; granted, and court appoints
Samuel Evans, Rebert Montgomery,
Davis A. Brown, W. D. Sprecbcr, A. C.
Kepler, Jehn D. Wilsen and A. W. Rns
sel. Jehn Black's use vs. Gee. Lcntz, et al.
Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient
affidavit of defense ; discharged.
Edw. Welehans vs. city of Lancaster,
ct al. The court, after reciting the facts
at length, as familiar te our readers, de
clares that as the answer shows the finance
committee neither new has, nor claims
any longer the right te interfere with tha
office of the city treasurer in the
manner complained of in tbe bill,
and that se far as they are con
cerned there is no necessity for continu
ing the injunction, it is therefore dissolved.
The court affirms the power of councils te
suspend, and the duty of the treasurer,
thereupon, te quit the office aud cease all
attempt se te exercise its duties ; that un
less he does, he becemcH a trespasser and
wrongdoer. If he has been wrongfully
suspended he has a legal remedy, but be
cannot, meantime, held ever and keep pos
session of the office until that is determined.
The injunction being, dissolved, Mr.
Brown, of counsel for Welehans, said te
the court that they denied the proper sus sus
pcusien of the treasurer, and asked for tha
appointment of a master te inquire into
and repeit the facts. The court said they
would appoint a master en Monday.
Adam M. Ranck, for the use of Solemon
Lcsher vs. Isaac Sewers ct al., elders,
deacons, etc., of the Reformed church of
Muddy Creek ; demurrer overruled.
Jno. J. Fisher, deceased. Exceptions
te auditor's report. First exception dis
missed ; second sustained.
Eli I famish, deceased. Exceptions te
confirmation of sale ; dismissed.
Silas Omohundre, dee'd. Rule en Penn
sylvania administrator te pay ever bal
ance te Richard Cooper Virginia execu execu
eor, made absolute, and fund remaining; is
hands of B. F. Eshlcman, administrator,
ordered te be paid ever te Cooper en bis
filing approved bend in $5,000 te secure
proper share of heir aud creditor and en
filing release te ancillary admistratnr.
Mary A. Armstong, dee'd. Exception
te auditor's report ; dismissed.
Adam Lutz, dee'd. Citation te Jobs B.
Eshlemau te pay a certain legacy. Order
ed te pay ever Lydia Echternacht'u sfaare.
Elizabeth Gorrecht, dee'd. Exceptions
te auditor's report. Sustained and testi
meny allowed te show liability ofdeeessvi
te A. S. Killian; report recemmittal'.? te
take further testimony.
Cem'th vs. Wm. McAfee. Rule for new
trial ; discharged.
Cem'th vs. Henry DcArman. Motion
te quash indictment ; overruled.
Cem'th vs. J. Milten Mishlcr. Demur
rer te indictment ; sustained and indict
ment quashed.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
IIAUN ON
THK EMZAHETU
FA KM 1SUKNEO.
."fTOl'K
Horses and Cattle i'erUb In the Flames.
About 2 o'clock this morning the old
frame barn ou the Elizabeth stock farm,
belonging te the Celeman estate, atBriok atBriek
ervillc, took fire en the upper fleer, and
in less than an hour was totally consumed,
together with all its contents including;
seventy head of choice Alderney cattle, a
number of valuable horses and ether live
stock, large quantities of hay, grain, farm
implements, &c. The barn was a very
large one, being about a hundred feet in
length, and attached te it were several
smaller buildings, all of which were de
stroyed, involving a less of many thou
sands of dollars, the amount of which has
net yet been estimated.
The Elizabeth stock farm, which for
years has been under the management of
Celin Cameren, is one of the most valu
able in the state.and has been noted for the
excellence of the stock bred upon it, and
shipped te all parts of the country.
The origin of the fire is net known, or at
least has net yet reached us. The fire had
attained such headway before it was dis
covered that all efforts te check its pro
gress were futile.and the building being of
dry weed and the contents of a highly
combustible character, the flre raged Mr?
eusly and its glare illuminated the heav
ens for miles around.
X communication received from a
special correspondent since the above was
in type places the number uf live stock
burned at 52 head, of which 33 were Alder
ney cows, the best and finest in the state.
The lire is believed te have been the work
of au incendiary, but this is pet positively
known.
A dispatch from the scene of Uiedisar. '
tersays the less is $15,000, with co insur
ance. ITixar. Manufactory Darned.
Last evening a two story frame building
situated in the rear of 040 Columbia av