LANCASTER DAIIA7 1NTKLL1GES0ER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1881.
Lancaster intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENINQ, FEB. 10, 1881.
The Contest at Harrisburg.
Senater Cameren is quite tee ebsti.
nate a man te have consented te the
withdrawal of his candidate for senator,
if he could any longer have held his force
te his support. It has been a very heavy
business te held it se steady se long, and
the interposition of Mr. Garfield
made it impossible. The Cameren in
terest would be best served by keeping
the senatorial seat vacant, but as that is
net possible, obviously the next best
movement is te dictate the man who shall
Jill it ; and te make sure that lie shall be
a friend and net :m enemy. The with
drawal of Oliver is a Cameren retreat ;
Willi a body of devoted followers, attend
ing him into his .second line of entrench
ments. Sufficient in number te prevent
the election of anyone by the Republi
cans of the Legislature, whom they de
net accept, they may still control the
situation and elect a friend of the
family. The caucus at Senater Cam Cam
eeon's house last night, seems te have
been attended by such a number, and the
strong probability is that the senator
still has this grasp (in the situation. He
may be able te force upon the ether side
one of his own followers; but if he does
it will be because only of their being de
ceived. Knewing their strength as they de
and having demonstrated it in the first
knock-down secured te them by Oliver's
witlidrawal.it is net conceivable that the
leaders of the anti-Cameren movement
will be se weak as te surrender the game
in their hands by consenting te the elec
tion of any adherent Of THE I'AMIT.Y.
They have been fortunate in getting rid
of Grew. Cameren might have spiked
his enemies' guns i.i the outset by ac
cepting Grew, who would have proved
as subservient and .serviceable te him as
juiv man he could have chosen. This is
becoming apparent new te the anti-Cameeon
side by Grew 's withdrawal and his
expressed willingness that his friends
should vote for Cameren's candidate. If
he could control the votes he has had he
would seen strike a bargain with Cam Cam
eeon and Quay for their transfer te
them. But this he cannot de. lie h:is
simply been the figure-head for the anti anti
Cameren sentiment ; and a very peer
one at that.
Forced te drop Oliver, the tactics of
the i ing will be te start out their friends
as candidates, one after another, taking
cue te vote for no one they de net feci
sure of using should he be elected. In
this way they hope le persuade the peo
ple that they are net the obstructionists
but that they are doing their best le har
monize the party. As the, however,
will vote for no man that the ether fac
tion can prudently accept, they are net
likely te come together unless one side
or the ether is deceived in the position
of a candidate. This state of affairs
will afford a golden opportunity for the
Janus faced style of people te scheme
for the prize. They will go from one
side te the ether, with these premises,
freely made. But they will catch only
gudgeons. Every man of geed sense
will at once distrustene who makes such
liberal premises te .secure se exalted a
place and must confess te him that he
is deceiving the ether side te get its
vole. The conclusion at once must be
thai such a man is net le be trusted.
Jehn Cessna is this style of creature.
" Without knowing what Jehn is doing at
Harrisburg. we would like te bet a pretty
penny that he is as busy as a bee Hitting
from one side le the ether, prom prem
ising each everything they ask from him
and deceiving the ether side as freely as
hfs truly Christian character will permit
him le. Cessna is such a political sneak
that he could net de anything else if he
should try. In the past he has been
Cameren's servile tool, and unless he
should clearly see his title clear te better
grazing en the ether sid of the fence he
will be likely desert his paddock.
The Cameren strategy in withdrawing
Oliver ler Heaver is ably met en the
ether side by taking down Grew and
putting up Baync. There are likely le
te be a number of movemenlsef just this
kind. We are net neai the election yet.
Every time a fresh Cameren henchman
is trolled out he will be met by a new
entry en the ether side ; and unless one
party or the ether falls into a trap, and
is induced te vote for an enemy, under
the guise of a friend, the chances are
that the Democrats will net have te be
called upon te pick out the Republican
senator if one is te be elected.
The situation is one which calls for
great alertness upon the part of the lead
ers of all the factions, for it is one emi
nently calculated te award the victory te
these who are most wide-awake. The
anti-ring people have need te beware of
Greeks bearing gifts. There are plenty
of them about ; and the only safe way is
te give them all the cold shoulder and
trust no man who makes great premises
in return for an offer which no man who
will keep such premises would thus offer
te buy.
Mil. Ei.ixx, of Pittsburgh, has intro
duced a bill into the Legislature for the
relief of the estate of Rebert W.Mackey,
which sets forth thai the deceased dur
ing his official career paid 3100,000 from
his own funds, which had been deposited
with banks and bankers who became
bankrupt while holding the state de
posits; that his estate is new almost in
solvent, there being ne: king for the
heirs but some heavily encumbered real
estate: that Mr. Mackey left dependent
sisters and neicea, and that the. balance
Of $1,(513 3S still remains due from his
estate le the commonwealth, being
losses te it from the failure of banks in
which he had deposited .slate funds.
Mr. Flinn's preposition is a specious one
bat its whereases de net justify its re
silves. It is true Mr. Mackey had le make
up, out of his private funds, heavy losses
occurring te the stale treasury by the
failure of some banking houses which
had its moneys. Rut in all such cases
the slate money had been deposited in
these rotten concerns, rather than in safe
institutions, because they premised and
afforded imiawf Al gains te Mackey and
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me utsibuiy i ";,'. " ioek iiiu nuances j
of profit and neither liener his estate
should have any consideration, because
he incurred the risks of losses. Moreover,
if we are net mistaken, Mr. Mackey
used te beast that in his subsequent
speculations, with state funds presum
ably, he made up all his losses in the
Yerkes and similar failures. These
losses we de net believer ever amounted
te $400,000 nor mere than the half of
it. Mr. Mackey's estate is insolvent,
net because he ever paid te the state
treasury as much money as he made out
of it, but because he put his booty into
a gambling house partnership. There is
no mere reason why his estate should
have relief from the commonwealth
which he shamed than why the Legisla
ture should vote bounty te the impecuni
ous sisters, aunts and cousins of any
ether insolvent gambler and lobbyist.
The Republicans had enough majority
in the Ohie Senate te pass instructions
te Senators Pendleton and Tkurman, in
bahalf of their vote for StanlcyMatthewv
confirmation. But the Democratic mi
nerity came up smiling and put upon the
minutes a forcible pretest against de
grading their body "te the level of ward
politicians and making it a pliant instru
ment in the hands of the majority te
strengthen the sickened cause of a vul
nerable office-seeker, whose election te
the great office which he se diligently
seeks would net be for the best interests
of the people, even though he gained it
by the usual and honorable methods."
It arraigns him for his part in the elec
toral fraud, and for his advocacy of the
cause of dishonest corporations en the
fleer or the Senate. " Such a man is
neither a safe nor proper person te sit in
the highest and holiest temple of Amer
ican justice unless the veil of the temple
is rent asunder and fraud, is te invade the
last refuge of the people's rights.' Sena Sena
eor Thurman will mere likely take his
instructions from the Democratic pretest
than the Republican resolutions. Mr.
Pendleton will de well te de likewise.
The Philadelphia Titnen sees ahead
for the Democrats nothing but severe
punishment in the apportionment be
cause they " have been loe weak le de a
great act and tee timid te trade" in the
election of a United States senator. It
expects the Cameren faction le punish
the Democrats because they did net help
te elect Wolfe ; and the anti-caucus ring
te punish them because tlieA- would net
corruptly combine te elect Oliver.
MINOR TOPICS.
Evi;nv Republican statu is new well as
sured of a man in Garfield's cabinet and
several have picked out two places.
The state Senate has finally passed the
bill te permit husbands or wives of defend
ants charged with crime te testify in be
half of their husbands or wives in all
cases wherein the defendants are compe
tent witnesses.
Fekney's Progress is of the opinion that
the true story of the ballet girl is net one
of jelly midnight suppers, with rivers of
champagne and little palaces of homes,
but it is a story of very hard work, meagre
pay, and two or three weary girls in a
closet of a room in a peer lodging-house.
Mekk than two hundred and fifty years
age Helland ettered a reward of 610,000 te
the discoverer of the passage found by
Prof. Nordcnskjeld, and it is expected it
will new he paid te him, although he knew
Heming ei i tie ener when lie maue ins
voyage.
lx Philadelphia, of the two hundred
thousand postal cards that were sent out,
sixty thousand have already come back
t3 the Reform campaign eoinniiilce eeinniiilce
Ten thousand signatures of men declaring
for the reform ticket came in yesterday in
five lets. Had they all been brought up
from the postetfice at once by the com
mittee's messenger he would have had a
wheelbarrow full. Seme enthusiastic citi
zens have put postage stamps en sheets of
pasteboard, written out their reform sen
timents in characters an inch and a half
long, and mailed the huge cards te the
secretary.
MAY DAWN.
A winil caine up out of the sea.
Ami suiil, "(), mist-, make room ler me."'
It hailed the slops, iiml crieil "Suli en,
Ye mariners, the night is gene."
And hurried Iuiulwar.l faruwav.
Crying, " Awake! it id the day."
It said unto the forest, "Shout!
Hung all your leafy liunner.s out !"
It touched the weed-bird's folded whig,
And uuld, "O bird, awake and sin;;."
And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer,
Your clarion blew, the day i near."
It whispered te the Holds of corn,
" Hew down, and hail the coming morn.''
It shouted through the belfry-tower.
" Awake.O bell ! proclaim the hour."
It ct-esecd the chuichyard with a sigh.
Ami said, ".Net yet ! in quiet lie.'"
Lorttfellew.
The Chanibersburg daily Herald makes
the point that James D. McDowell, repre
sentative in the Legislature from Frank
lin county, is ineligible te the position.
McDowell was elected associate judge of
the e'Jlh district in 1871 for the term of five
years, but as the new constitution, which
went, into effect in 187:1, provides that all
persons holding efiicc under the common
wealth at the time of the adoption of that
instrument shall held until their suc
cessors arc duly qualified, and as no elec
tion was held at the expiration of Mc
Dowell's term as judge iu 1870, te cheese
his successor, the JTcrald claims that Mr.
McDowell is still the legally constituted as
sociate judge, and consequently ineligible
as a member of the Legislature, the two
offices being incompatible.
Tin: New Yerk Sim pays this well
merited compliment te Speaker Randall
in referring te a Republican scheme te
gerrymander him out of his seat : " Mr.
Randall leaves the chair after five yea; a'
service, during which the lobby has been
almost extinguished, and no corrupt ieb of I
any magnitude has been allowed te pass, j
He will go le the head of a powerful miii
erity en the fleer, where his incorruptible-
lntfMri'tl ir iviwrifMiw nml vicrilnine rill I
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CJ 7 w "miv"vw Bsx.K w it. vw rt
lerm uiceest reliance eitne people against,
such vicious and extravagant legislation
a3 disgraced the Heuse and filled the
country with scandal before the present i fr1 ' h . . r ? "I-nemnfM-.it.in
mninr.-v , ;..f.. ... i hke body, the withered limbs recovered
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ins removal weutu ee nmvcisaiiy rcgart.-
ed as a public calamity, and his removal
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- ltm3 iiu(;c;ivu II mil JlillllMJIirjr
would lead te very serious consequences
le these who should cause it te be done."
PERSONAL.
Geu. Siiekmax has celebrated his Gist
birthday and next year can retire, hut he
won't.
Mr. W. F. Story, proprietor of the Chi
cago Times, is said te have avowed his be
lief in spiritualism and te have stated that
he J3 "iu constant connection with the
spirit world."
Judge Black, Judge Peaiifex and
Judge Pershing looked down upeu the
senatorial convention yesterday while the
ballet was being taken, but that did net
settle it.
It is rumored iu Titusville that Colonel
E. L. Roberts will build and endow at
that place a scientific and mechanical col
lege. The building is te cost about S1.10,
000. Patti, Xilssen and Judic are said te
earn mere than $50,000 a year. Creizette
is wealthy by marriage, but with the ex ex
csptien of one or two ethers, there aie no
enormously rich acti esses in Paris. San
gai.m and Sciinf.ider have about 3,000 a
year lrem their property.
JeAqrix Miller's first wife is new Mis.
Themas Legan. She is described as J5,
with a thin, wasted form and a wealth of
black hair. Her health is said te have
been affected by her separation from her
daughter, removed by Mr. Miller te a
Canadian convent.
'Te me," writes Rev. Phillips Biioeks
in reply te an impeachment of his orthe
doxy, "the incarnation and the miracles
which Christ Jesus is said te have wrought
seem te be sublimely reasonable and con
tradicted by no knowledge of man or of
the world which Ged has given us. I be
lieve that they arc true historically, and
most natural philosophically."
Ex-Judge Edmund Tayler died at his
home in Wilkcsbare en Tuesday, aged
seventy seven years. He came te this
country from England in 1818, and was
actively engaged iu business in Pennsyl
vania until 1S70, when he retired. In 1810
he was elected an associate judge of the
Luzerne county courts, Judge William II.
Jessup being at that time president judge
of the district.
The report conies that Bret Haute has
become an awful cockney. He frequents
the crack clubs of Londen, and tells his
American acquaintances about his "dinner
last night with Lawd So-and-Se, deah
boy," aud his engagement te-morrow te
"sup with the Prince, ye knew." He
hardly remembers that there is any such
place at all as San Francisce. Ha actually
told an old friend, with an immense
amount of patronage about it, tee, that
he dined en an average six times a week
with the nobility. And he further de
clared thaffifty thousand pun, "as he call
ed it, had been subscribed te start a mag
azine for him ever there. What he want
ed, he said, was te have all the really
great writers iu the world write for it.
STATE ITEMS.
Jehn Mawhinney, a prominent citizen
of Oil City, a petroleum pioneer, is dead.
Charles S. Will, lately of Pcnn Maner,
was drowned in the Delaware river, oppo
site Bordcntewn, en Monday night.
Themas Connard, of Birdsboro', had his
feet se badly frozen during Hie late cold
weather that portions of each feet had;te
be amputated.
A young man who imagined he had in
vented a telephone with which he could
held direct communication with the Su
preme Being, has been committed te the
insane asylum at Norristown.
Heward Rex, a Montgomery county
teacher, put his hand under the lire in the
school house stove te cleau out the cinders,
when all the fire in the stove fell, impris
oning his hand and burning it in a horrible
manner.
The bill abolishing the office of collector
of delinquent taxes Philadelphia passed
finally in the Heuse of Representatives, at
Harrisburg, yesterday, by a vote of 17ti te
G, and went te the Senate, where it was
reported and parsed first reading in the
afternoon session. -.
Three prominent members and friends
of the Philadelphia highway depaittneiit
one an assistant commissioner and the
ethers contractors were yesterday found
guilty of criminal conspiracy, the statutory
penalty of which is two years' imprison
ment in the penitentiary and $500 fine.
At Wyoming, Luzerne county. Mrs. Van
Buskirk, an old lady who had passed her
three score years and ten, who was almost
blind, was sitting near a very het stove,
when some of her garments became ig
nited aud she was almost immediately en
veloped in flames, dying in two hours from
the horrible burns received.
Albert Jenes, a plumber, made a fear
ful leap while engaged en the reef of the
Catholic church at Carbeudale. The dis
tance from the reef te the ground is :0
feet. Jenes claims he lest his foothold ami
slipped, falling te the ground and striking
upon his head. One eye was cut out by a
sharp stick. The man was otherwise in
jured and is in a critical condition.
Father anil Daughter Drowned.
At Fert Smith, Ark., Mr. Ishnm Carter
and his daughter, Miss Cecilia Carter, a
lovely and accomplished young lady, were
crossing te the opposite side of the Peleau
river in a skill. Recent rains had swollen
the river te unusual dimensions, and,
when midway in the stream, they v.eic
caught in a strong current. The tittle
beat was whirled around like a top and
finally upset, throwing the occupants into
the stream. The father made a frantic
effort te save his child, his desperate
struggles overcoming the violence of the
waves for a time ; but they were seen
separated, drifting apart and down the
stream. The pitiful cries of the young
lady were heard en either shore, mingled
with the supplications of her father, but
before assistance could reach them they
had perished.
i
A Horrible Ruilre:uI Accident.
A construction train, with twenty-five
men, in a caboose, under Conductor Lock Leck
hart, was backing towards Owaneke, III.,
in order te go en the side track thci'e te
let a passenger train, which was running
fast te make up for less time, pass, and
the latter having no notice of the construc
tion train being en the track a collision
occurred. The engine of the passenger
train tore through the crowded caboose,
pushing these inside out, killing three out
right and wounding ten or twelve ethers.
The following arc the names of the killed :
Allen Jenes, of Owaneke. and W. W. Tat
L)ck and II. MePhersen, Pennsylvania.
The Head Keaterci.
Miss Ellen MeQuillian, of Summit, Erie
county, aged twenty, was suddenly
stricken with a disease that paralyzed her
whole body se that it began te wither
i. -I l
r or eight days she lay in a state
0r t,..uice.lll(, te ...i aD1Mfflraiim ,iC!Ui
Rev.Fatlier Malency came te pray for her,
and as ? invoked the help of Jesus and
il. .!.. ...,,. ...1 1
their plumpuess and she arose uniuded and
walked about, lnc subscribers te the
statement made affidavits te its truth.
The priest was se terrified at the result of
his invocation that he nearly fainted.
GROW AND OLIVER.
BOTH GET OFF TUB TRACK.
Grew Accused or Selling Out.
Early yesterday morning a meeting took
place between Oliver and Grew, at Den
Cameren's house, when the situation was
full' talked ever, but no determination
reached. During the afternoeu there was
another meeting between them aud at one
time it was agreed that both should with
draw and give the Republican majority a
possible chance te unite upon some one
who could be elected without further de
lay. In accordance with this understand
ing Mr. Oliver about 8 o'clock last even
ing called the Allegheny delegation to
gether aud announced that he had with
drawn from the contest.
Meanwhile the supporters of Mr. Grew
were busy canvassing the situation, and in
view of the contemplated withdrawal of I
their leader were preparing te held a cau
cus ler tuc purpose el deciding upon a
new line et action. They met at Ne. 10
Market Square at 8 o'clock. Fifty-six
members were in attendance and Senater
Lawrence presided. Mr.Grew was present,
and thanking his supporters in eloquent
terms announced his withdrawal from the
fight in the interest of harmony and party
unity. He said that since the preposition
had been made by Mr. Oliver, his leading
opponent, there was no ether honorable
course left for him te pursue, any he de
clined te continue a hopeless struggle with
no ultimate result save an ignominious
backdewn. Mr. Grew's remarks were well
received, but Senater Stewart made a
scathing reply, in which he criticised the
course of the chosen leader of the inde
pendent Republicans in deserting them iu
this crisis. The caucus then took action
en the name of General Beaver, which was
quickly tabled. A number of speeches
were made, the tenor of which was te the
effect that the Independents would stick
together aud fight it out te the
bitter cud. A ballet was then taken en
the name of Wolfe, which was submitted
by Representative. Law, but he only re
ceived eighteen votes. Mr. Wolfe and his
friends objected te letting any of the
members present vote save the forty
eight signers of the original compact. This
caused a spicy scene, out of .which har
mony was eventually evolved. The cau
cus then proceeded te take action en the
original list of seven names submitted by
them te the regulars. That of Colonel
Themas M. Baync, of Allegheny, coming
first was first submitted and received forty ferty
tluee votes, after which Baync was de
clarcd the choice of the caucus as a candi
date le be supported in the joint conven
tion until further orders. After making
an effort for B.iyne's election the caucus
will take action en the name of Geerge
Shiras, jr., which stands next en the list.
The meeting lasted until midnight and was
at times quite stormy, but finally wound
up with three cheers for Bayne.
A Meeting at the Cameren Residence.
Simultaneously with the caucus of the
belters a meeting of members was held at
the residence of Senater Cameren. Fifty
one senators and representatives wcre pres
ent, and Senater Hcrr, of Dauphin pre
sided. Senater Cameren addressed the
meeting in a ringing appeal for party
unity. He disclaimed having any per
sonal interest iu the light, and said when
the proper time came he could take caie
of himself ; but new the life of the party
was at stake, aud in this crisis its true
friends would be tested. Four names
were then submitted te the meeting,
namely, Beaver, Armstrong, Bayne and
Stene. The name of Baync was voted
down almost unanimously, after which
Representative Beycc, who presented it,
withdrew from the caucus. General
Beaver was then made the unanimous
choice of thc'Smeeting amid considerable
enthusiasm. The new dead-lock is new be
tween Bayne and Beaver, and the chaotic
situation last night presented a case of
"confusion worse cenfunded."
OLIVi'lt'S WITHDRAWAL.
Ills Letter Announcing That He is Ne
Lenger Candidate.
Mr. Oliver issued the following ad
dress :
Te Hie Ki'iuiliiUv.n .Members of the Ueucral
Assembly :
The contest for the scnatership has been
se protracted aud without reasonable hope,
of solution as long as the principal candi
dates remain as contestants that it is alto
gether fitting in me at this time te ex
press te you my views ou the subject. It
is an honorable ambition in any man feel
ing that he has the proper elements within
himselfte worthily fulfill its duties te
aspire le a seat iu the national Senate.
Especially is this se when this ambition is
( e represent a great commonwealth like
Pennsylvania. Inspired by this feeling, I
became a candidate for senator
aud received the nomination of
my party. Political parties have
existed in every state of which
we have any history, and they are neces
sary te the well-being of government. In
matters of party representation and organ
ization tiie nominating convention and the
caucus are as necessary adjuncts te suc
cess as the individual membership upeu
which party is founded. As a Republican
aud the party nominee I was entitled te
the support of every member of the Gen
eral Assembly who had been nominated
and elected as a Republican, unless unfit
ted for the office by some moral, political
or personal defect. I am unaware of any
sueh objection, nor has any, te my knowl
edge, been suggested, but unfortunately
for my aspirations, a sufficient number of
Republicans have refused cither te take
part in making the nomination or support
the nominee of the majority. Many, perhaps
all of the gentlemen who have adopted this
method of compassing the defeat of the
party nominee, arc doubtless actuated by
upright aim conscientious motives, and in
se far as they are se actuated they have
my entire respect, although as a Republi
can I cannot approve of the steps they
have taken. It would be highly absurd
te say that the interest and welfare of the
people of this commonwealth would be
best subserved by the election of any one
man te the Senate of the United Stater.
In a state se large and populous as ours,
rich in material, wealth and culture, there
arc many men who'weuld honor as well as
be honored by the position. Fer myself,
realizing that the party nominee cannot be
elected, owing te the refusal of a large
and respectable number of Republicans
te join with their brethren in the cheice of
the majority, it is due te my supporters te
say that I am no longer a candidate and
they are free te select any ether worthy
Republican. It is liaidly necessary f.r
me te express my appreciation et the
manly and steadfast support which has
been accorded me by a majority of the
Republican members of the Legislature
apart from my personal friends. I regard
tneir support net as a tribute te myself,
but as a manifestation of respect for the
rules and customs of the party te which
we belong. Time will demonstrate that
their action has the anitreval of the Re
publicans of the state. This letter, owing
te the circumstances, is te some extent
necessarily personal, but no mere se, I
trust, than a modest appreciation of the
situation warrants. With great respect,
I remain, very truly.
Henry W. Oliver, Jr.
This step was taken by Mr. Oliver alter
he had been told by Mr. Cameie.i that
there was no possible chance of his elec
tion and that his continued candidacy only
added te thcdiffieulticsef the situation,
and increased the bitterness of the stiug
gk It is said that Mr. Grew and Senater
Cameren had a conference, in the course of
which the latter gentleman submitted te
Mr. Grew the names of 31. S. Quay, Wil
liam IL' Armstrong and Gen. James I
A. Beaver. 3Ir. Grew is said te have sig-
nifled his willingness that General
Beaver should be the candidate
instead of Mr. Oliver and the inference"
is that he agreed te influence his fricmls
te vote for Gen. Beaver, but was unabie
te handle them. Seme of the supporters
of Mr. Grew express themselves with
great bitterness regarding his actions in
conferring with Senater Cameren, and
charge that he has been premised some
substantial benefit in a political way for
his acceptance of the candidacy of Gen.
Beaver.
LA.TEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Jehn Terwilliger, of 3Ibmbaccus, N. Y ,
has been frozen te death in the forest near
his home.
A sleeping car costs, en au average
about $12,000 and earns about $1,000 a
month.
Herdic's chariots have come down like
a been upon Washington aud the strcat
car companies nave cut tares te three
cents.
A bill te revive the whipping pest for
wife beaters is likely te pass the Indiana
Legislature. It limits the punishment te
twenty-five strokes en the bare back with
a cat-e'-nine-tails.
Of the women or rather girls married
iu Gratiot county, 3Iich., during the last
year, nineteen were just 1C years of age,
four were 15, two were 14 and one only 13.
Of the whole number married nearly "one
third were under 18.
In Warren, R. I.. Christopher 3IcKcnzie
was drawing Alice Ceyle, aged sixteen, en
the river, when both broke through. The
young man was taken out and resuscitated,
but the girl was drowned, and her body
has net been recovered.
There is a movement in St. Leuis te
strictly enforce the Sunday law. IJv a
prevision of the act, Jews may work en
Sunday if they religiously observe Satur
day, liic a lube Ifemeerat declares that,
if interfcrred with, it will employ Jews
exclusively te get out the 3Ienday morning
edition.
The stock exchange at 3Ientrcal was ex
cited, yesterday, ever the announcement
of a heavy transfer of 3Ientreal telegraph
company stock te Wilsen G. Hunt, of
New Yerk, a director of the Western
Union. The transfer is regarded as fore
shadowing the absorption of the 3Ientreal
telegraph company by tiie consolidation.
Allisen has arrived at Fert Buferd with
three hundred and twenty-tivc of the hos
tile Sioux, under Crew Wing, Black Eagle,
Geed Bear aud Leng Deg. They surren
dered their arms and ponies. Crew Wing,
the head soldier et Sitting Bull, is the In
dian te whom we are most indebted for
this surrender. It is important from the
fact that the pcople were net isolated
from Sitting Bull when the movement to
ward surrender began. It was made while
forming a portion of his camp and in spite
of his opposition and entreaties.
Seme iron mills in Pittsburgh have had
te suspend because of the break in dam
Ne. 1, 3Ionengahcla river, which is a ter
rible calamity te the coal interests of that
city, and the losses that will he sustained
thereby cannot be estimated, inasmuch as
the down river coal trade will be equally
affected. The water has all drained out of
the peel leaving scores of coal laden beats
and barges lying high and dry. It will be
impossible te move these until the dam is
repaired and this cannot he accomplished
until summer at least. Meanwhile no coal
can begotten out and a famine will surely
result.
13-1 -1-1 5.
An Ati-:iiemer Tackles tlie 1'iizilc.
These of our readers, if there be any,
who have survived a serious attack of the
"Fifteen Puzzle fever" will doubtless
take a languid interest in the following
communication en the subject which ap
pears in the Londen Truth of January 27 :
Mr. Richard A. Procter has devoted his
energies te the solution of the "fifteen"
or "boss" puzzle and has published some
three or four learned articles en the subject.
He has calculated that there arc no fewer
than 20,922.789,888 positions in which the
puzzle may be placed if an aspirant desires
te attempt its solution. Of these he has
satisfied himself that one-half arc soluble
and the remaining half insoluble. The
solubility of the problem depends upeu a
strange law of relation between
the line in which the vacant square
occurs and the number of what 3Ir. Proc Proc
eor terms "displacements." If, for in
stance, we read the box iu the ordinary
way, beginning with the upper horizontal
line from left te right, and find it te begin
with 5, there arc then four displacements,
because "i conies before 1, 2, 3and-l, where
as it ought te fellow them. If the next fig
ure be 3 there are then two mere
displacements, because ' comes before 1
and 2, whereas it ought te fellow
them. New, according te 3Ir. Procter,
if the number of displacements arc even
aud the vacant block is in one of the even
horizontal lines, reading from left te right
that is te saj iu the second line from the
top or iu the bottom line then the prob
lem is soluble. The same is the case if
the number of displacements arc uneven
and the vacant block be in an uneven line.
But where the displacements arc even
and the line of the vacant
block even, or vice versa, the prob
lem is insoluble. I de net profess
te entirely fellow 3Ir. Procter's reasoning,
any mere than te be able te ceut the stars
in the nebula of Orien. But T have fol
lowed his rule, and I have never found it
fail.
3Ir. Labeuchcrc publishes this with the
observation that for his own part he finds
it rather tougher than the puzzle.
" Ilia Fruuilulency."
Lancaster Kxamincr, late Republican Orgun.
The present Ohie man who is about
going out of office, unregrctted by even a
respectable minority of the party 'that
elected him.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
DAUFHIX COU.NTY DOCTORS.
Ktttcrlainiiig the l'refewiinii from Yerk anil
Lancaster.
The Dauphin county medical society
holds a special meeting in Harrisburg to
day and in reciprocation of courtesies ex
tended its members by the Lancaster and
Yerk society, they are guests of the occa
sion. The following will be the order of
excecises :
Pravcr: Address of Welcome, II. L.
Orth,3I. I)., Harrisburg, Pa. ; 3Iedical
Education in its Relation te Quackerv, J.
L. Zicgler. 31. IX, 3lt. Jey ; Practical Ob
servation in Using Chloroform, Jehn T.
Carpenter, 31. D., Pottsville, Pa. : The
.Physician The Grandeur of His Profes
sion, II. O. Orris, 31. I).. Newport. Pa.
Lunch at ( p. m., at Association hall.
Evening Exercises, 7 p. m. Embolism,
J. W. Kerr, M. I)., Yerk Pa ; The Mimicry
of Disease. S. Weir 3Iitchell. 31. D.. Phil
adelphia, Pa. : Treatment of Nase. Pharyn
geal Catarrh. .1. Montgomery, 31. I).,
Chambersburg, Pa. ; Seme Diseases Pecu
liar te 3Ien and Beys, S. B. Kicller, 31. D.,
Carlisle, Pa.
Supper at 10 p. m. at Lcchicl hotel.
Tilth Ward Nominations.
The Democrats of the Fifth ward nomi
nated the folio wing ticket last evening :
Select Council R. If. Schnadcr.
Common Council 3Ierris Gcrslicl,
Henry Wolf.
Assessor S. S. Jerdan.
Constable Samuel Lcntz.
Judge Geerge 3Iusser.
Inspector O. B Shertzer.
City Committee W. B. Strine
THE FREEZING OF INSECTS.
A 1MPJ5U BY UK. RATUVOX.
In Which He Sets Dr. tirevne Rlt;ht.
We could net possibly attend the Feb
ruary meeting of the A5riculiur.il and
Horticultural society, and had we been
there wc probably could net have heard
what was said en this subject. The reports
of the proceedings by the three dailv papers
de net seem te convey exaetlv what Dr.
Greene advanced, but all seem te agree
that he admonished these present That
they need net entertain any apprehension
in regard te insects the coming season,
" solely from the fact" that threugh'the
long aud intense cold of the present win
ter, e:gs, larva', pupa:, and mature insects
would largely be frozen. This does net.
fellow by any means. Under favorable
circumstances (unfavorable te the in
sects) this may fellow te some extent,
but it cannot be regarded as a matter of
course. It is very hard te freeze the eggs
of insects, especially in a dry and contin
uously cold winter. The eggs of Ai7ud9
Cecci, and "Tent' caterpillars, will bear
a very low degree of cold without injury,
aud this is also the case with many of the
pupa.', and even some of the litrciC.' As te
the developed insects themselves, many of
the hibernating species are under ground,
and the ground tee. deeply covered with
suew te be much effected by freezing. A
few years age, when 3Ir. Lutz reported
the ground frozen three feet in depth, iu
Lancaster cemetery, "Colerad.i potato
beetles' taken out of solid block's of earth,
revived in two hours after they had been
removed te a warm room. That same
winter we had our eye tliily en a chrysalis
of the "white cabbage butterfly" from
the month et JNevcmbcr until the follow
ing April, when one warm day the fly
evolved and lied. We think it was that
same winter, that one of these butterllies
,flew into the Ixtei.mee.Xit.r office en
the 22d day of February, which was
given te us by Lieut. Johnsten. The day
was net very cold, but the ground was still
covered with snow. When a silk-worm
breeder receives eggs before he has any
feed for them he puts them in an ice-house
te retard incubation. The Japanese scud
silk-worm eggs te San Francisce, from
whence they are shipped across the conti
nent te New Yerk, and from thence te
different ports in Europe. These are pre
served from incubation by placing them
in refrigerators, or packing them in ice.
We have frequently seen species of Pev
lidic (shad flies) coming up through fis
sures in decomposing ice along the shore
el the busquehanna, in 1'cbruarv
Mid
March. AV'e have also found insect l.irvre
frozen se stiff that they ceujd be broken
like icicles, aud yet en the removal of
these intact le a warm medium, they have
revived and become active. On 0110 occa
sion wc cut the caterpillar of Arctiu hmi
bellu out of a solid block of ice, iu a. rain
stand, and within one hour afterwards we
found it creeping ever the carpet in a
warm room almost as briskly as in sum
mer. During the cold winter alluded te
above 3Ir. Ilensel, of East Orange street,
cut potato beetles out of frozen earth, but
the beetles did net seem te be frozen
they mashed and made a yellowish streak,
as they de en being ciushcd in summer
time. And yet, there are meteorological
conditions that are detrimental te the life
an 1 health of insects, namely, watery
satuartiens and extremes of alternate freez-
nigs aud thawings. Almest all the
architectural structures of insects
are impervious te water. The oh - eh -
ject seems te be te keep out moisture and
net the cold. A gravid female insect ap-
pears te have as many lives as a cat. Af-
tcr all her eggs are deposited she loses
her tenacity ; the case is similar with a
"bachelor' male. After his fertilizing
office is performed he looses his vitality
and passes away. v hen we advise a far- '
mer te turn up hi soil with a plow and .
expose the larva or chrysahds 111 it, it is
mere te subject them te destruction, by
buds, skunks, etc., and te freezings, thaw
ings and watery saturations, than te cold.
AH this, however, does net militate
against the fact that insects at a certain
low temperature may freeze : especially
when ether conditions render them mere j
susceptible te the effects of cold ; hut wC ;
de net think that it makes any difference
with these below the " snow line " the
present winter, hew cold it is above that
line : and te illustrate hew invulnerable
sem above that line are. we have eriv te
mention that en Monday, the 7th inst, a I mn I-,A ,0"'. r '"st"l,-1 ''. h !,,s
... " .. 'I ...:i. ......1 ciin : -r.-.;-.,.L- .. i.,..r. :.. f :...
young man meugnt tens a lively chrysalis
of Atlitctts cecrepin "for a name" which
he had very injudiciously taken out
of its cocoon. This is the large " Ameri
can silk-worm," or "Cecrepia moth," and
we think if any insect would be likely te
freeze this one would, for it always spins
its cocoon and fastens it in a low branch,
a weed, a shrub or some such place. Its
cocoon is impervious te water, and that
is pretty much all it provides tigainst.
Thus secured, it is very doubtful if ever
one "-as killed by cold. Ner will water
always effect the destruction of insects,
unless they arc immersed in it for a long
period or until decomposition takes place.
It is certainly known that "house Hies "
caught in a "water trap" have revived
after exposure te the sun's lays in less
than an hour. Rev. 3Ir. Kirby, one of Eng
land); most distinguished entomologists,
had his attention first called te the study
of insects from a most striking case of
their tenacity, which came under his ob
servation. He immersed a small yellow
and black-spettc'd " Lady bird " (CeceincUu
20-puiictitlit) in spirits, and en placing it
in the sun some hours afterwards, it re
vived and Hew away. We have often been
astonished, when wc had killed and im
paled insects, le find them :' alive and
kicking" two or three days thereafter.
Although a certain degree of heat will re
vive insects that are thought te be dead,
yet intense heat is a surer mode of de
struction than intense cold. We wish we
could assure farmers and ethers of a milieu
nial absence of noxious insects through the
intervention of cold winters, but wc cannot.
They are here, ami have been here from
our earliest recollection, and perhaps al
ways will he here as long as the earth pro
duces feed for them te feed upon, and the
mere the untamed earth is cultivated and
its products improved iu quantity and
quality, the mere inviting and facilitating
will it be te the presence and the increase
of insects. Ne farmer cuics hisincat,er has
his meals cooked without providing s.tlt.
This is an all-pervading and ever accom
panying essential. Let him repaid insects
as something that he shall have " always
with him," as a matter of course, aud
make previsions by prevention, circum
vention, or extcravnatien. as conditions
upon which he can only be enabled te
" reap what he sews."
As te Prof. Riley's predictions in refer
ence te the appearance of the seventeeu
year locust in Lancaster county in 1881, te
which Dr. Greene alluded, wc think the
professor only refers te it approximately ;
and net as a reality. He doubtless bases
his theory en certain data which ought te
produce certain results, if these data have
been correctly noted or reported. Prof. R.
has done mere te reduce te systematic
order the chaos that has existed in regaid
te the various breeds of these insects Ibi
the last hundred yc.irs, than perhaps any
man living. We de net expect inch an
advent of these insects this year in
Lancaster county, as these wc wit
nessed in le'Jl, 18."1 and 18C3 ; al
though small and isolated breeds
may appear, in certain localities, both in
Yerk and Lancaster cenntirs, and te which
wc have mere fully alluded elsewhere. It
docs net require much prophetic power te
forecast the damage done te vegetation by
the seventeen-year locust. Beyond a lit
tle pruning, In some
beneficial te some trees.
tie damage, except te very young trees,
or dwarfs and shrubbery : but their visits
are .se "few and far'between" that a
single year may setmattcrs right again.
Had they never been wrongly called
"locusts,"' perhaps, no destructive char
acteristics would have attached them ; but
that name suggests the locusts of Asia and
Africa. &c. R.
v T1IK KKFUKMED I'UUItCU.
A riece of tireunri Purchased iu Wahlngtei,
D. C. antt it Cliupel te be Krccted Thta
Summer.
Wellington, D. C, l'est.
Rev. Theodere AppeJ, D. I)., of the Re
formed church, is new en a visit te this
city te inaugurate a movement for
the erection of a chapel or suitable
house of worship for the mission con
gregation of that denomination
recently organized here. Yesterday, Dr.
Appeland the pastor of the church. Rev.
Charles F. Sontag. were joined by Rev. C.
w it:i .ie J . : t.
W
iii.iiiii.iii, in eumeiset county, ra., a
minister of the beard. Thus far their ef
forts have met with an encouraging degree
of success. An eligible piece of ground
at Fourteenth street and Ithedc
Island avenue has beeu purchased
by the beard, and the chapel will doubt
less be built during the coming summer.
Dr. Appel was for a long time professor in
the Franklin and .Marshall college, at Lin
caster. Pa., and is new superintendent of
missions for the eastern part of the Re
formed church. He has the oversight of
missions iu Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia, Kansas, California, Oregon, Seuth
Carolina and Flerida
Mt?iiLi-:xitKK;
AXD Kill. TON.
Meettuz of
the 1'ennsTlvanla
Statuary
l'ntmlsMeii.
The Pennsylvania statuary commission,
the body cut rusted by the Legislature
with the duty of seeing that the state is
properly represented by the statues of
two of her prominent men in the eapitel
at Washington, met at the Lochiel
hotel, Harrisburg. yesterday afternoon.
3Iessrs. 1 lager, if Lancaster; ex-Representative
F. A. Osberne, of Phila
delphia, and Cengiessman-clect Ermcn Ermcn
treut, of Berks county, were present.
The claims el the commission wcre heard
by the general appropriation committee
during the afternoeu. Au appropriation of
$15,00!) is asked for and will probably be
granted. Mr. Roberts, the artist, has his
plaster east of Fulton already prepared,
and Miss Xevin, who is new in Italy, has
finished a clay model, of 3Iuhlenberg.
The bill hefere.the Legislature at the last
session which made au appropriation te
defrav the expenses of the commission was
1 pushed as far as the lliird reading, but
the bribery investigation began about that
time and its passage was prevented.
The Teats nf :i Cew Frezen.
West Clic-Mcr Lecal New.-.
Geerge P. 3Iatlaek, of East Brandy wine,
tells us that a very singular thing oc
curred with one of his cows a short time
age. She was kept iu a warm stable, and
notwithstanding which during the recent
cold weather all four of her teats wcre
badly frozen and three of them dropped
1 entirely off close te the udder. Since
, I lien she has had a calf, which he tells us
I manages te tjet alen admirably. It some
times uses the remaining dug and ether
times attacks the openings where the teats
have beeu, and, as the cow has no way of
' retaining it, the milk flews copiously, and
! which the calf takes in with avidity. The
freezing of a cow's teats is something
, never before known te any farmer within
' ' 3Ir. 3fat lack's acquaintance, ami which he
thinks was probably caused by a liniment
j of spirits of hartshern and oil, which was
applied te the cow's udder te remove a
cake which had made its appearance. The
I hartshern he thinks extinguished the heat
from the teats, causing them te freeze as
I they did.
The IJeys' Cern Crep.
Last ear several prizes were offered iu
different, sections of Chester county te lie
competed for by boys in order te induce
the rising generation te show what they
could de. The Chadd's Ferd Farmers
club offered prizes for the ley who
eeuld raise the most corn from au eighth
of an acre and Chailes Lcvcrgoed, of
Houeybreok, astonished them hyauneuuc
j ing that lie had ratuercd H1 peunus
I or at the 1 ate of 1H2 bushels te the acre.
Uut Charley's yield sinks into a very small
one compared with that el a
tankce boy
I " X ils shown by the icportste Still-
Lt !ft'lll.'.J1! 4.wts 111 '1 l.t..i 1,1V irJjn III ITi.ftiiitj,
under iijditccn years of aire, who have
raised the most Indian corn off one-eighth
of a acre during the past season. 3Iore
than six hundred boys competed iu all
parts of the state, and the first prize of
6200 was carried off by Frank E. Small, of
Stockton, who raised 2,241 pound.
The ISrenK at the Renervuir.
As seen as notified of the break at the
city reservoir yesterday, Sujicriutendcnt
Kitch took prompt measures te discover
the location of the leak and make the
necessary repairs. He lowered the water
in the reservoir eight inches, and discovered
that the main which enters the reservoir
near the top of the embankment had been
raised about half an inch by the frost.
When the thaw el yesterday came the
pipe fell back te its original position, leav
ing an opening above the pipe of about
half an inch space, through which the
water found its way and flowed down the
bank as stated yesterday. The damage
done is inconsiderable, aud the leak was
closed by neon te-day.
Opera Heuse Noted.
Charlie Shay's variety troupe is booked
te appear here 011 February 17th, a -week
from te-day, but the agent has net yet put
in an appearance.
Gill's Goblins were yesterday booked te
appear here iu "Fun 011 the Rhine." 011
Satuiday, Febjuary 10.
Brune Kenticett, agent of 3tadamc
Rentz's min.strels, was in town yesterday.
He was tiyinj; te make arrangements for
their appearance here en February 18th,
tne night betere they show in Columbia.
That date is taken, however, and the show
will go te 3IiddIetewn en that night.
The "Om Maii Ulscnurceil.
William Blauchard, agent of the Oiel in
Scranton, who was arrested en Saturday.
en a charge of libel preferred by Themas
McAudrcws, was discharged 011 Wednes
day, the evidence, in the mayor's judg
ment, net being sufficient te held him.
The above information was furnished te
us by the publisher of the Old. On the
ether hand the Scranton llepubhcaii says :
"Chailes Blauchard was yesterday sent te
the county jail, iu default of bail, for ap
p.carancc at next court. When asked why
he was sent there, he sadly replied : It
was the Oirf .'
l'atcute (.ranted.
In the list of patents granted by the
United States te citizens; of this state for
the week ending February 8, 1831, we find
one te I. L. Land is of Lancaster for bad
bottom, and etic te II. ('. Mussulman, as as
sigeor of one half te I J. 31. Slaymaker, of
Lanctster, for brush bridle.
Haad Creaked.
Mr. (' Bailey, a brakcmaii en engine
135 extra local fi eight cast had his right
band badly crushed this morning while
engaged in coupling cars at Leaman Place.
Dr. Lcauiiui dressed the wounded hand,
and Bailey was sent te his home at the
(Jap. Though very painful his injuries
arc ii"t considered dangerous.
Appeal Oay.
Te-day the assessors of Bart, Little
Britain, Eden, Colerain and Fulton town
- lit Mill' ! v.v - j uuniiiii.jii7UVIi1
cases absolutely Ojficote i,car appeals from assessments
i, they de very lit, Thcrc xfen vcry ,cw appCiats present.
ships sat in the county commissieners7
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