"fcc t? yvrf T yyrr-rrr-ffr-i--- M LANCASTER DAILl INTELLIGENCER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1881. Lancaster riitcUtgencer. THUE3DAT EVENING, FEB. 17, 1881. A Hellew Truce. The Philadelphia Press, which seems te be one of Senater Conkling's personal organs, confirms the rumor that he has visited Garfield at Menter, having been invited te de se, it says, " in cordial terms.' It thinks that " no one who knows General Garfield requires any statement that he has net extended such an invitation with a frank and earnest desire te establish a re lation just te himself, honorable te Mr. Ceiikliug, and advantageous te the party." It believes that ' because he ought te represent and unite all ele ments el the paity, he should recognize the claims and secure Ihcsuppdrt of that powerful section of which Senater Conk Cenk ling is the admitted leader."' It further announces that " Mr. Blaine, the chosen premier, lully concurs in this policy;' and therefore concludes that " the prospect of the union of all inter ests under a successful administration is auspicious." Frem its relations te one of the par ties te the tripartite convention thus told el between Gailidd. Blaine and Cenkliug. we must conclude that it 1ms a i substantial existence, although it may net be as firmly established as indicated. It is quite contrary te public expectation that the elements in the Republican party which are se intensely hostile tow ards one another will be made te lie down in peace even under the enchant ing red of the president and the influ ence of his iewards. But it is evident that Mr. Cenkliug, in the realization of the ad vantages which willbesceiedbyhis adver.-arie.s in controlling the presiden tial ear, !us get down from the high hei.ie which he customarily mounts, and ha.s I.! en induced by the wailing of hii friends te bend the very .still" joints of Ids knee that thrift might fellow. Tit.- J'i'is thinks that " no one who knows Mr. Conkling needs te be assuied that he did net go te Men Men eor except in respeiis.' te an invitation ;" and none whoknewhiin,i-ih(r,haicany doubt that his political ndhcicnls found it te be 'the gie.ite-t effort of their lives'' te get liini te go, and that nothing would have induced him but diie neccs sity. lie is supposed, we believe, te claim the promotion of Congressman Morten, of NowYeik, te the treasury: and this, we are given te understand, is c mceded te him as the price of his sup sup peit. It will be observed with interest that the l'i cr. declares that the support of the "peweiful section, or which "Senater Conkling is the admitted leader," is only te be had by lcei.gniing -'its claims. In ether words, this section of the Re publican party dees net piopes'' te sup pert .Mr. (aili.-Id because he is a He pueisean president, unless i.e lixewie gives it a fair shaie of the public pa'uon pa'uen age. That is a frank confession of what is no doubt thetiulii; and the aim of Mr. Conkling conversation with Mr. Garfield at Menter was te impress upon hisn this solid fact. His presentation of it seems te have been effective. Looked . -it in the proper light, this in terview between these two men lellects great discredit upon both. Why should Mr. Garfield invite Mr. Conkling te con fer with him as te hew he should make up his cabinet ; and where did Mr. Conkling acquire a right te dictate te him concerning it? This is a strati-re situation for a president te find him-elf in. and one that but recently known te 1 e forced upon the man elevated te that high office. In the thus when strong men were chosen te it they were net thus threatened by opposing factions and compelled te bribe them te secure a united paity. It is a scandalous thing that it should new be done. The presi dent being alone responsible te the coun try for his adinininistr.uien should be absolutely free te select his cabinet, and should lnue manhood and feice eneutxh within himself te deit without dictation, or such sett of consultation as that witli Conkling amounted te. That, briefly stated.censisted in an inquiiy en the one side as te the terms upon which .suppnil would be sold and ,i statement of them en the etlit r. With a cabinet thus bargained, fei Mr. GarlUdd may patch up a truce between his belligerent suppeilers, but no peima nent peace. His submission te dictation shows the weakness of a character which will be totally unable te command the discordant elements of his party. His command will net be '"Peace ! be still !' and his administration will be as dis turbed as is the household in which the weak patent seeks te btibe his umuly family te cease from contention. m m i Solid for an Appropriation. Tiie determination of the majeiity of the Heuse te pass the appropriation bill for rivers and harbors is, of course, read ily understood, since nearly every mem ber is interested in getting some of the country's money expended in his dis trict, even though it is without futuic benefit. The irrue of the average con gressman does net rise high enough te enable him te withstand the demand of his constituents for an appropriation ; and the virtue of the constituents is net great enough te withstand the demand even though it leeks very like public rob bery. The virtue of congressmen is about en a par -with that of their con stituents ; which is about the only con solation the people of the c uinlry in gen eral can get for the waste of the public money upon insignificant streams which are only used as a pre text fe the seizure of a share of the plunder. We de net knew that our im mediate constituency lias demanded any thing for Lancaster county streams. We hive never heard of such demand if it lias been made. We think our congress man has nothing in this bill, though h, has ery fair reason for claiming some thing for the Susquehanna, a noble rivei that is of no practical use, but which might be made very valuable by the ex penditure of sufficient money. The river and harbor bill, however, seems te be intended only te provide enough money for each constituency te enable its representative te appear te its giatcful eyes with a lit tle small change for public distribution ; and net te enable any great works of material importance te be undertaken. The debate upon it has exposed thor oughly its character and the undenied fact that the insignificant rivers named for the national benefaction are but the hooks en which te hang a national gra tuity te the constituents of the syndicate of repiesenlatives who have combined together for mutual benefit. It is dis agreeable," but as it has been done year after year apparently no cure exists. MINOR TOPICS. Kicker ticket Fer governor in 1882, Clias. S. "Wolfe, of Union county. Fer United States senator in 1884, Jehn Stew art, of Franklin county. Ge ! The Examiner thinks that since the Re. publicans have lest the mayor and paiti san police in Philadelphia the Democratic' chances of electing a governor in 1S82 arc geed. Pethnps it will new move for Wolfe's noin'natien for governor. Pasteu Mausdex said te hi Metho dist congicgatien, at Yarkcr, Outaiie,that if certain me mbeis persisted in attending dancing pai ties they must withdiaw fiem thc'huich. Six p.'rsei.s instantly steed up and asked for dismissal. Biireui: the election the Philadelphia Mulhoelys dtclaied that Jehn Hunter "had a crank." Jehn will put that "crank"' in motion in a few weeks, and what a har vest of Mulhoely heads will he knocked oil" by it. Woj:i:x aie less given te sui'-ide than men are, and maiiied people than the un man ied. The faveiitc mode of suicide in Fiance is by the u-c of charcoal or by jumping fiem a height ; that of Gei many is by drowning ei sheeting. The highest death late by suicide Is in Dciuuaik. Oni: of the editeiial stall of the Ixri:i, mgi:xi:i: who seems te be a 'pientice ban" at election table ligutcs, added the Demecialic school ditceter tela's yestcr day. !fe get them "all right but five." The collected totals aie : C.upenter, : Morien 2121; B. J. Snjder, 241.") ; j 2120; Slaymaker, 213(5 G. Snyder. 2111: A. Riii" wait, 2417. An appaicntly destitute we. nan was caied le,- nytiic peer atiiertt ies of Sedalia. Me., dining a severe iliacs. It was after wards learned that she was a widow, le sidhig in a neighboring county, whcie she owned a line fa: in. had a bank account of $2,000 and belonged te a "wealthy family. Feeling sine that shu was about te be i sick, vhe dee'ded te j;e le Sjdalia under an assumed name and leeeive tseatiisent ficc as a pauper. The major has compelled her te pay the bill. Tin.m: has In en a cengiCiS of auiists in Italy, at which a Heidelberg professor said that CYneiiee.ce had convinced him of the impeiiancc of examining the eigaus of , j healing of engineeis and firemen en loco motives, both bcfeie appointing them and ec.y two j ears or se while in seiviee. The beiiM." of healing becomes impaired from v.uieus causes, and often without the knowledge of the pcisau suffeiiug fiem it. Defects in this sense aie net less d-mger-eus than color blindness and sometimes meic difficult te di-eeve:. Tnr. Republic m pnty has in my Ihiiigs te answer for, but, the ltn Monthly thinks, "theie i; no sin in the leceid of the Republican pai ty gi eater than the elec tion into a state of this baucii wilderness (Nevada) with a population of money meney huiiteis. stationary in nuiiibeis, though constantly shifting in composition, and with a soil poisoned beyond any hope of lcdemptien .slieit of the day of judgment. Only the general ciedcnee given te the giess lies told by the promoters of the lhst Pacific railway, can account for the popular delusion that such a country and .such a people, weic fit for admission into the Anieiiean Union as a state." PFRSONAL. Senaier Coxiciaxe has gene U Menter te confer with the piesidc.it-eleer. Gen. MrCu:i.i.x has a Bmepean town in iew. The Bernhardt woman is miking a bust of Or.ni: Loox. Piei. Toe-. C. Peutkis. of Bisten, has been down te Lurav cave in Virginia, and lectin es .ibeut its wonders. It is s ml that Mr. T. B. Ai.tMticii is te become editor of the Atlantic Monthly after Ma-.chl. It is officially stated that after Bi.uxe was effVicd the seeietaryship of state he held it under advisement, until newspaj cr sentiment was tested. He is satisfied and will take it. Gociner Cullem, who has just letmned from Menter, says he believes it te be a settled fact that the seeietaryship of the interior is te b offered te Reuekt T. Lixcei.X, the son of President Lincoln. Dr. AiiTiirn Scli.ivax has a nephew, an eight-year-old Richard Sullivan, who bids fair te be another musical genius. The child has just beaten thiity bejs who competed with him for the position of choir boy at St. Paul's, Londen. Rev. Dr. J. II. A. Bemukkgli:, for nine years past pastor of St. Luke's Reformed church at Fiecland, Montgomery county, has lesigned his charge. Dr. Bembergcr is picsident of Ursinus college, and being unable te ;ivc te the church and college the attention they icquhe, deemed it his duty te sever his i elation as p.ister with the ibi mcr. This step is much legietled bv his comnegatien. POLITICAL, FllILOSOl'li I.ItS. TIieK?!ubIicati Organs en the Leral Llcr Llcr tiens. Examiner, Anti-Kicker. The pic-cnt city councils aie Republi can en joint ballet by a vote of 19 te 17, hut with one or two exceptions iJemeerats weic elected te fill all the offices. New all will be Democrats, and it does net leek as though much had been let. Peihaps by the next election some people will have been cuied of their bickerings aud jeal ousies and willbeprepaied te pull together and lecever the lest position for the Re publican paity. Itlaim; Itentlie Ites. New Em, Kicker. Bess McMclIcn and his new allies under took te make everything and everybody bow te their demands in this direction. If they could net secure that theie was noth ing for the general cause in their estima tion worth securing. This nile or ruin policy disgusted honest citizens and the result has been what must sooner or later "fellow all such persistent boss domination, whether pi acticed en a large or small scale, in extended or limited fields. THE BOSSES BOSSED. TUE SENATORIAL COXTET AT MAK KISRDKG. Ringmaster Cooper Tries te Enlorce t!ie Lair. At Harrisburg yesterday the twenty ninth ballet for United States senator ic sulted as fellows : Beaver 78. Wallace 74, Baync 57, Cuitin 1, Scofield 2, Ruddimau 1, Henry 31. Phillips 1. Shiras 1. Themas W. Phillips 1, Hewit 1. Whole number of Mr. Bierly changed Curtin; J. B. Brown Banc te Glenui I. Sc from Wallace te and Ilajes fiem efield; Mr. Fuuh from Wallace te Henry Phillips; Clark voted for William II. Ruddimau, Ilu'ins for Shiras, Ellis Morrison for T. W. Phil lips, and Ruddiman for Hewit. Trying le Put en tlie CJiig. Senater Cooper, the ringmaster of the caucus forces, elfeiedthc following : ' Resolved, That at the sitting of the joint convention te-mono wafternem theic shall be at least tluee ballets, te be fol lowed by a recess until 8 o'clock in the evening, when at least live ballets shall be eidcicd, or as many without intcnuptien as may be lequired te elect; and that then and theicaiter it slrtil irquhc a two thuds vote te adjourn any sitting wheie less than five ballets have been taken." In suppeit of his motion te rescind the elder made last week as te balloting, etc., Senater Cooper said : " New. Mr. Chair man, a number of gentlemen horetefoie have signified their willingness te go en and endeavor te elect a United States sen ater. Every lcsolntien offered in this body has been with that end in view, and this lcsolutien of mine will test the sin cerity of the gentlemen offering these les les les olutiens. If it be adopted we can elect a senator te-morrow and that is its pmpesc. Wc can go en and Jritter the time away of this convention, flitter it away until that time when one of the minorities of this body, who wish te join with another mineiity of this bedv after the 1th of March, when the United Stales senate shall have seen organized, adversely te this side of the ch imbur, can cany out this combination, which they have new in view. I appeal te the Republican side of this chamber te give it a f.iir oppoitu eppoitu oppeitu nity and te put it upon its passage." Senater Stewaitsaid : 'Mr. Picsident, I would have no objection te the motion made by the senator fiem Delewaic if I had the slightest suspicion that it would accomplish anything, sir. but I de net see that it is going te help us out of our ptbs ent difficulty in any dcgie,c. If we aie te grew old by dropping empty buckets into empty wells and diawing nothing out we may as well de it in the manner and feitn in which we have been pieceeding for the las'; four weeks. I di net apprehend, sir, that by a multiplicity of balloting we aie going te reach a conclusion of this diffi culty. We aie under no lestiaait, we aie under no limit new, pccpt the pleasure of this body, as te the number of ballets which are te be taken. Instead of allow ingitlebc governed by the pkasuie and inclination pf this body, the senator would limit it by an aibitiaiy lit'e. in the vain hope and expectation of supposing the individual prefeienee of this body. Sir, we aie all anxious te leach a conclusion of this difficulty, but it is net te be earned in the manner in tended by the renater from Dchwaic. If it is te lesiilt in the election of a Republi can United States senator, as wc liust and hope, by these of that household and faith it must net be by any teneiisni, it must net be by any itnpiepcrrestrainst; it must net be by any undue lestiictien; but it must be by apieper spirit of conciliation and compieniiso, te be extended bv these etheis who have defied the centralization of p n ty and l isen above all - I'toleugcd applause. Sir, wc sue net outlaws ; we aie net te be inesciibetl , but ivc ;ne le be met as an integral part of the Republican paity with right te be inspected and with a light te express our prefei ences and te be con sulted in the final conclusion of this nut tcr." Applause. Mr. Myers, Venango, sail : '-Mi. Pici dent, I was itidill'eicut te the lcsolutien, but since the lemaiks fiem the gentleman fiem Franklin, I am in favor of it. I say, he and his companions have been acting like banditti in this matter. I am in favor of the election et a United States senator. I de net believe in tcireiisin from any source nor from any quarter. I believe iii having this lcsolutien, simply because it will affeid us a chance pet hips I am net evcily confident of it, I confess te solve the difficulty and untie this knot, and that is all 1 am in favor of it" for. If we are net te elect a senator nor te try te de it, we might as well ballet, until the last day of the 150 is out, one ballet a day. We will quit then of ceur-c. Wc might give one extra day te tin ew in, they alwasquit at that time. If ilis te be done in that man ner, we might as well de it, but if theie is an earnest de ire upon the nait of this body te elect a United States senator, it is I about time te commence tiyiug te de it." j Repiesentativc Wolfe w'euld favor an increased number of ballets if the tendency was te anive at an election for sLn.irei. I He denied the right of enc-thiid te instuict I two thuds, however. Repicsrntative Ruddim m considered the lcsolutien very obnoxious and said he would net bow te minority, ling or fac tion. Senater Alexander suggested that one or the ether of the Republican factions turn in and elect Wallace, te whom he paid a high tribute. Senater "Scwmver said he had geneiaily voted against adjournments, but he saw no reason for the passage of the proposed les les les elutien. Senater Greer moved te adjoin n. Car ried yeas 124, nays 93. What U 111 Come or It '. The Independent Republicans held a caucus last night. Theie was a full at tendance. After some discussion it was agieed te accept the pionesition that each faction shall appoint" a committee of twelve and that the candidate upon whom thicc-feuiths of a joint committee Se com posed shall agiee shall leceive the united suppeit of the Republicans in the Legisla ture. At the caucus a petition from citi zens of Union county, 3Ir. Wolfe's home, piaying that the Bayne men suppeit Bea ver was piesented, but no potion was taken upon il. A HUNlinr.D MILKS ON isKATHS Kiiclng Ter n Hell fine! tlie Championship, r.iinl, tne I'edeslrlun AVnis. The skating contest for the Spirit of the Times belt and one hundred mile cham pionship of America was begun yesterday afternoon at the grounds ""of the West Chester Pole club, at One hiindied-and twenty-fourth stiect. Theie was a large attendance of spoiling men, but the ice was m nail condition, owing te the thaw. The contestants were Jehn .Eimis, the pedestrian, of Chicago, and Rudelph Goetz, of Milwau kee. The betting at the stait was in favor of Goetz. Eimis completed his first mile in four minutes and thiity-thicc seconds, the first five miles in 2(5 minutes auu-iej seeeiiiisiuui me nrsi ten miles in 2 minutes S seconds. Rc led fiem the start and kept a gap of a lap or se be tween him and his antagonist. Goetz claims te have made the best fifty-mile record and Eimis has placed his name ahead of all ethers in one hundred miles en skates! Tfie ice grew worse and worse and a new track had te be laid out by guess. This destieys the lecerd. Funis finished his one hundred milesat 11 o'clock, having been at work 10 hours 59 minutes aud 42 V seconds. Goetz made ninety-thicc miles. ' AX INSANE GIANT. Breaks Ilis Shackles and Sets Fire te His :ell. Dennis Fenten, a man 32 years of age, about six feet three inches in height, weighing 285 pounds and hailing from the vicinity of Winchester, Va., was given the contract for grading the Baltimeie and Cumbeiland Valtey railroad, at Grind stone Hill, Franklin county. He and his wife icmeved there last fail. Being rather unsuccessful in business he recently be came pai tially insane and threatened te kill his neighbors, a family named Shank. Becoming alarmed Mr. Shank made complaint against him and Officci s Bitner and Kyle, of Chambersburg. weic detailed te arrest him. They found Fen Fen eon superintending his work, and ai tested him. Fenten told them he thought they had better strap him, and the officers seemed te be of the same opinion. The straps were put en his arms and legs but with a few exeitienshc lent them asun der and seizing Bitner gave him a pietty geed shaking. He then told the officers te diive into town and he would fellow them en horseback. Finding that it was utterly impossible te make the ancst Bitner and Kyle drove home. Fenten followed them and was seen seen tiding through Chambersburg with a club in his hand. He dismounted at the 'squiie's office, and en cntenng said he in tended te use the club ever the policemen's heads, hail he caught up with them. Slier ill" Skinner being sent for, induced Fenten te go te the jail with him and stay ail night, by premising te have him bailed out in the morning. By aruse he was get into a cell and the deer quickly locked. About 11 o'clock at night the turnkeys heaid Fenten call something like fire ! They l an te his cell and found it in a blaze, he having taken his bed and clothes and wrapped them around the stove. They knew it would be very dangerous te un lock the deer as the man was then raving mad and had knocked one of the turnkeys ever while he was looking in the deer. An alarm of f'ne was given and the Ja nier hose, was t'iken up and the general alarm given le which the depaitnient promptly responded. The Junieis attached te a plug and ran their hose up t the cell deer and directed their stream thieugh the "giub hole" of the madman's cell. Quick as thought Fenten toie a piece of beard fiem the fleer and placed it against the hole, thus cutting off the stieam. The maniac denuded himself and hulled coal through the deer at any one who would leek in upon him, st; iking one man en the head and cutting an ugly gash. The chief mai.sh.il eiuYred the Vigilant hook and ladder company te raise their ladders against the cell windows, which faces into the ie.tr yard, se that the Fiiendship com pany could ditcct a stream into his cell from that position. The two streams were moie than the inmate of the small apirt mcut ceuid stand and he gave up and the file was extinguished. The cell fleer was completely deluged with water and was full of smeke and steam from the stove, and hew Fenten steed it for ever two liems is an inselv- able question. The shciiff net wish- ing toallew luin te ,e;nam m these quar- teis, the question el all questions then aiese hew should he be transferred te uint'iorneH-) Al-iiiv U!n tlm alalia ran. ub .. i.awvBv iiiiiku irs-vi pie-i posee ami many, wcie inc orave nearts who veluntecied le "fleer him," in case he should commit an assault upon any one, but when the weids "heie he comes," weic announced theie was a gcneial stampede and all present .seemed anxious te get a breath of fiesh air about that time. At last the pear un- feitunate man said if they would send ter i thepiiesthc would come feith. Father I' leinmg .een ainvetl, anil after talkmg i w ith the prisoner, who by this time had j become perfectly calm, for about an hour, j jic requested the crowd te ictiic. Fenten was cntiiely mule and when the priest had canned linn sufficiently the slienfl procur ed a blanket which was placed mound the man's sheuldeis and he came out, walked den ii stabs and went into another cell without any tieuble. lie was le.f-enably calm during the night, the only mischiefdene by him being the teaiing of his clothes and pulling the transom fiem above the deer. While in the lii st cell he had tern the water pipe from the wall, evidently intending te use it ever the heads of any one that dated te enter. By neon en Saturday Fenten had im im pieed eensideiably, and as his wife de sired te take him home te Virginia, it was thought best te comply with her ic qucst and he was released under $100 bail le keep peace in Franklin county They left en Hit 2:"J0 train for Martins bing. A man, who has known Fenten since he was a boy, says that about four years age he had a contract in Baltimore te build a leserveir and lest considerably, from which he suffered temporary abet ration and was confined in a hospital for two weeks. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Tiie Wisconsin Central railreid punt shops at Stevens Point. Wis., containing two coaches and a baggage car, has been binned. Less about $18,000. The Webster cotton waiehense in Co lumbus, Georgia, was binned yesterday morning. The less en the huifdiug and its contents is estimated at $70,000. An attempt te ignite a large dynamite mine under the wall of the Beggar's Bush bn racks, Dublin, was frustrated by the pcrpctiater being distui bed by a chance passenger. Since the snow has disappeared it has been discovered that game biids have per ished fiem the cold at Seuth Jersey. In some places it is reported that the bodies of whole flecks have been found dead, where they weie buried under the suew, uaving (uee nom starvation anu sulloca sulleca sulloca tien. Resea Hapey, of Woodstock, Ulster county, X. Y., has stabbed his married son, twenty-four years old, with an awl five and one-half inches long. The awl penetrated a lung and young Happy may die. The father will be ancsted. There was a difficulty between them e-er a di vision of property In Buffalo, X. Y., yesterday, the Palace hotel was totally destroyed by lire. There weie about eighty families in it at the time, but all escaped, saving the bulk of their luggage. The books, papers and a. eensidei aide amount of silverwaie were saved. The hotel was elegantly furnished tlnougheut and cost nearly $500,000 ; aoeiiE twe-mims coveted by msuiance. In 1879 Illinois produced one-fifth of all the coin gi own in the United States, and aceeiding te the latest advices the crop of 18S0 will bear about the same propeilion te the coin crop of the country. The value of the hogs marketed in 1880 was $22, 137. 000; in 1879 it was .; 10,010,000. The value of cattle in 1S80 was SI 7.020,- OOO; in 1879 it was lG,751,t00. A match has been made between Schafer and Slossen, three thousand points te four thousand. The match giew out of an offer of Dick Reach, a St. Leuis spot tsntan. te back Schafer against any man in the weilu at any billiard game. The New Yerk f i "ends of Slossen at once accommo dated him. It is expected that the match will be played within six weeks in the Academy of Music ew Beeth's theatic. Mcmbcisef two families named Boyee and Feltcr, of Roudeut, N. Y., have been made dangeieusly sick by eating what is supposed te have been diseased peik Seme of the same meat which was given te two cats by the Feltcr family killed the felines. The peik was purchased of a county. The symptoms of the sick per- acaicr wne said it was farm raised in Ulster sons are the same as the symptoms at tending trichina poisoning. The "National Anti-Monopoly League" have issued a call for a mass meeting at the Cooper Institute en Monday evening next in laver of laws te pi event "peeling" and "combinations" ; te protect the pub lic from paying dividends en wateied stock ; laws making it the duty of public law officers te defend citizens' rights against injustice by powerful corporations, lailread commissions or courts, state and national, te give effect te laws which are or may be placed upon tlie statute books. At Ewington and Stcclten Tuesday night burglars entered Faiiland's carpen ter shop, stele a bread chisel, affected an entrance into Fairland's millinery store and carried away about $23 worth of goods, piincipaliy crape. They cntcied Themas Rebcits's shoe shop and forced open the deer et Dunkle & Ce.'s store, and lobbed the drawer of all the small pieces of money, several dollars wertii, several pocket knives and about four razors. The nei th-bound fast fieight train en the Delawaie railroad parted a coupling near State Read station. While the dam age was being icpaired the north-bound local fieight came whirling round a cuive a few hundred yards distant, and, in spite of the fi antic eli'erts of its engineer, with a tcniiic crash telescoped the fast freight. Eighteen cars and the local engine weic literally demolished. Twisted iron, bits of weed, dead peikers and eystcis (pirtef the fieight) st l owed the track ou both sides. A car weighing 18,000 pounds turned upside down and fell upon the legs of Michael Kane, a tramp, of Red Bank, N. J., crushing the lower part of his body te a jelly. a STATS ITEMS. The body of Oliver Butterwcck, who was diewned en Friday last, was found en Calypso island, Bethlehem, having been cariicd six miles by the water. Mr.'. Augusta Beer and Mrs. Jeseph Mertz wcie inn ever by a gravel tiain while picking coal en the Lehigh & Sus quehana raihead at Siegfried's bridge, the latter being instantly killed and the former fatally injmed. Petitions aie in ciiculatien in the noitli neitli western counties urging lepiesentatives te stand te Btjne, or if he withdiaws, te go for aiiy ether candidate except Heyt, Quay or Stene, the members of the par don" beard being objectionable. Bsavcr has no support theie. The body of an unknown man, about 25 ycar.s of ae. was found en the Reading lailread in Reading last evening. It is supposed he was killed by falling fiem a train. On his person was found a certifi cate of membeiship of Utica typographical union and a travelling card of the typo graphical union of Wilkesbarrc. Rev. Geerge II. Peel, who was installed pastor of the Fenith Picsbyteiian church at Twelfth and Lembaid streets, Philadel phia, in 1870, wheie he continued te pieach about a year and a half, when he lesigned, and was finally licensed as an j Flat,7u,h 'snKl ', hospital, ' Brooklyn, x y f th atn ' ' . . , . , I . he 'itizen.s committee of one bundled i ' I hllailelpllia lCOlleStcd its CXCCUtive Of llt4rtltwt jlinsl fin tlnirj tt,. - 41ia . committee te employ its counsel and take teps te piesecute fraud at the late elec tion, and authorized its finanec committee te piecure pledges te defray the expenses of such prosecution. Representative Law and State Senater James Gay Gorden were thanked for their successful efforts in pio pie cuting the passage of the dclinqunt tax bill. A lcsolutien te continue the com mittee of one hundred was withdiawn for the piescnt. 1 IJAU " .11 EX. Alleged llcpreil.iliens et Cenunji in Ail' 7tin;t. A despatch fiem Tucson, Arizona, says: 'Tiustweithy information has been ic ceived from the San Pedre liver, helew the Senera line, that the San Simen cowboys aie committing fearful depiedatiens upon the Mexican stock raisei.s in Senera. J. W. Elias, whose lands extend for eighty miles along the line, is the greatest sulfeier. The people aie ih tenor. Tlictc are about two bundled of these cat tle thieves, mestlv fiem Texas, and they arc scattered along the bolder in hands of ten te twenty, and all epciate. The Mexicans aie aiming themselves and say that rf the authorities will net interest themselves in punishing these invaders, they will net allow an American te cress the line along the localities of these lanchcs, as they arc unable te distinguish between the geed and the bad. They claim that the depredation of the Apaches weie net half se destiuctivc as the work of the cowboys. "A piemincnl Mexican ranger arrived in this city te-day with a view of purchasing twenty stand of aims te defend his pro perty. Re said that if something is net dene by the American government te pre vent these American marauders from in vading their homes serious complications must arise. It appears that these cattle tine ves aie largely made up el the same bands who have given se much tieuble en the Rie Grande for years past. The cattle men of Seuth Arizona arc also losing much stock fiem the .same source "The Apaches aie still hovering along the border of New Mexico and Chihua hua. A man named McMnrry was driven from his ranch by a band of about 30 last Sunday.". Snia!!-Pex en the Increase. The small-pox is increasing in Chicago very rapidly, The lepeit of yesteid.iy showed eleven new eases, while theie weic only sixteen during the whole of last week. There arc sixteen cases of small-pox in Callcepe, a village in Sioux county, Iowa. Rufus Stene, publisher of the Sioux county Independent, died last Satuiday of small pox and remains unburied, the fear of tiie contagion being se great that no one can be prevailed upon te burv him.Five dellais i a day has been offered for muses in vain. tiie supply et lucl and previsions has given out. Movements will be made in Sioux City for the relief of the suffering com munity. m m The KeturiiB I'nun ler. Evening Disp.ilcii, Kep. Slaughteied again. An overwhelming Dcmeciatie victeiy in the borough elec tion. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Tobacco ISnught. Geerge S. Blair has purchased the fol lowing lets of tobacco, for Skiles Sr Fiev, in J ill tie Jiiitam township : rfem Jehn C. Giey, 1 ? acis. at 19. 10, 0 15 and 3. Geerge Rubinc.in aud 3. 1 ! ' i acies, at 1 Themas Wilsen, and 3. Wibmi & ("rey, and 3. ' one acie, at 18, 8 1 acies, at 15, 7 Jehn Rubincan, one acre, at 12, ("and 2. B. F. Eshlcinaii, one acre, at 13. 7, 7 and 3. Anethci acie fiem the same at 19. 17 ami a. Walter B. .Cook, two acies. at 20. 10 and 3. AH the above crops are said te be veiy geed ones. Te Attend Sullip Musseluian'rt Obsequies. The membeis of St. Paul's M. E. Sun day school will meet at the chinch to morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, te attend t,,e funcral of Sal,ie Musb0,,na "edy, COUKT OF COMMON 1'LKAS. Before Judge Patterson. In the case of "Win. S. Amweg, admin istrator of Catherine Stewart, vs. Susan Stehman, Catherine Vatinaure and Liz zie Nivling, issue te try the validity of a paper purpei ting te be the will of Cath eime Stewart, deceased. The defense called a number of witnesses te prove their allegations that deceased at the time of making her will was net of sufficient capacity of mind te de se, and that she was under undue influence in her act of disposing of her estate. Mis. Fanny Stewart, widow of Andrew Stewart a son of the deceased, testified that upon one occa sion in 1S70 or 1S77 she called upon W. S. Amweg. and informed him that Mrs Stehman (one of Catherine Stcv;ait's danghteis) was desirous of isiting her mother, if alie was invited te de se. Mr. Amweg angrily replied that he did net want any interference in these matters, and that Mrs. Stcwait whtle sick was under the impression that Mr. Stehman, her son-in-law, had thieatencd te de her bodily injury. Dr. S. II. Mctzijcr, who attended Mis. Stewart from 1873 te 1S79. testified that as she had paralytic affections ; seme of them were seveie and piestrated her men tally during the first 24 or 48 hours : after which her mind became clear and blight. While she was thus atVceted, witness was satisfied that she was net of sufficient strength of mind te attend te business or especially te make a will. The tendency of such attacks efptralsis, Mrs. Stcwait being an aged lady, earned mental impair ment. The last professional visit of the witness was en the 20th or 23d of Novem ber. The defense then rested and the plaintiff opened their lebuttal by first propounding te the court these legal prepositions, first, that it lequiied proof of mere than feeble ness of intellect, short of what might be deemed idiocy, te incapacitate the testa tor fiem making a will, or te void her act afterwards. That every one hid by a law a right te dispose of their property as they desiied te, and were te he censideicd cap able of doing se until proven positively by the contestants te have been intellectually incapacitated theiefrem. That it was net considered sufficient in law that a peisen had used impe: Unti tles in hN own behalf te make out a charge of undue inllucnce whcie no coercion or force had accompanied the solicitation, Ihe authorities agiccing that it was very dif ficult te pieve what constitutes undue in fluencc. That such influence as is intend ed te void a will must be show n te have been excicised at the time of the execution and net at some remote time, prier thereto; Lastly, with legard te delusions existing that could tend ! te est range the testatei's geed will tewaul his or her i elatiens, it must be shown that they aie net adduced from mciceutbuists of passion, or belief in disrepectful treatment, but the antipa thy must be clearly shown te have arisen from mental distraction. W. S. Amweg, the plaintiff, was called te prove his long acquaintance with Mrs. Stcwait. who was his mother in law. Dur ing all that time, with the exception of a short time dining her most c.xtteme pros tration from attacks of cholera merbus, she was perfectly rational and showed a gi eater capacity for business than most women of her age. Never in his observa tion during her lcsidcnce with him, did he notice any irrationality in Mr. Stcwait. The witness denied that theie was any un due influence or coercion used by him or his family in controlling the acts of Mis. Stcwait, especially in the di-position of tier estate. Other witnesses weie called te show that during their acquaintance with Mrs. Stewart she was peifectly iatien.il, a I though te waids the last years of her life she was physically debilitated, but up- te the time shortly piciouste her death she had net failed mentally and was always capabl.t of m.ikiiig a will Miss Elizabeth Deiwart, a sister of Mis. Stcwait, testified, net only in conobora cenobora conebora tion of that statement, but added that the deceased m 18 1 7 told he- el h tving made her will, and that Dr. King and Alderman Wiley were witnesses te it ; that she had left all te Lucinda, as no one else came te take any notice id" her, and she was net suie theie wen Id be enough te pay her and her ether debts ; that Mr. and 3Iis. Amweg both took gi cat care of her. and she requited considerable attention ; that upon one occasion Mr. Stehman told Mis. Stewart that he was se levengcful tow ards Mr. Amweg that he could tluew him down staiis; Mrs. Stcwait after wards said that she intended te inform Mr. Amweg of this. On trial. In the case of G. W. Hughes, ts. Jacob Bnsscr, a judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff for $112.74 Itcfore Judge Livingston. Ada Biown, nee Ada Tayler, vs. Levi K.Brewn, administiater of the estate of Jesiah Brown, deceased, of Fulton town ship. This is a trever and convci.sieii case te whielr the defendants plead net guilty and statute of limitations The plaintiff's testimony showed that in the year 1808, previous te the death of Jesiah Biown, he gave te her, for her own individual use, six $100 bends. When the cstate was being settled the defendant ob tained them fiem her, as he stated that they weie te be appraised with the ether cstate. She never recovered them back again, although she asked the defendant for them upon several different occasions. He claimed that they were pait of the cstate and the proceeds of them weic distributed among the lnjirs. The dofenso asked for a non suit en tlirtlt Ihlurt f i fnf ttln nf ltm!in 4 1 ...... They also claimed that they acted J i,r.i.,.T,..r .!,. ;.. .i. ...i.:..:. " tieti of the estate of J."ah Brown. The J"! 'J"8 ,lcrrest'K IIH-r wl,,rf, was pro pre argument en the motion for a no., suit had ' , !&! V'.fs P' ? ' net been concluded when ceuit adjourned. : " P'l''hon.ctimcsincebythe Cam- Might Tire. Last night about half-past 11 o'clock a fire was discovered in the stoic-reoni Ne. 1G7 Neith Queen street, belonging te Iliish Bietheis and occupied by Mr. M. Conn, tobacco packer, as a business office, and Mr. Jeffersen Rutledge as a cigar steie. The liic was di.;ceicred by Jehn Sheweis, nijjht watchman, who at once raised an alarm, kicked in the front deer, and with U12 aid of a few men who bur ricd te the scene succeeded in extinguish ing the flame, which had net gained much headway. The fiic was caused bya very het stove placed in an open space in a tempeiaiy wooden p.iititien. dividing the stove loom into two pai ts. The open space in the weed extends only a few inches above the stove and is closed by the inset tieu theie- in of a piece of sheet iieu cut out se as te fit closely around the stove. The lite in the stove heated the sheet iron te a ied heat and the shrct iron set fire te the wooden pai titien te which it was nailed. Had the fire gained a little mere headway befeie it was discovered a dcsttuct"ve con flagration might have lesulted. As it is, the less is veiy trilling net mere than $10 or $20 pci haps. KeyMene Hand Fair. The attendance at this fair last night wa larger than any pievieus evening. Theie was a letter for evciybedy in the postellice. The lunch aud "ether tables weie well patienied. The gtcat atttac tien te-night will be that these pin chasing admission tickets will be entitled te a chance in the wheel of fortune. Henry Trout's Will. The will of the late Henry Trout was filed in the office of the register of wills te-day. The estate is bequeathed te the wife and children of the deceased under certain cenditians, and Tiieodere Trout and Ames II. Christ arc named as execu-teis. NKlfaHUOKIlOOD NEWS. Event Acress the Coentjr Line. A cteamery is te be established at Hano ver, Yerk county. A hawk shot by W. A. Kelly in Adams county measured thiee feet eight inches fiem tip te tip of the wings. A Chester county firm of florists mailed ten tens :f circulars one day rceently. The postage en the shipment aggregated $1,000. Since Satuiday night the river has fal len nine feet aud is still rapidly en the de cline. It was clear of ice yesterday, but occasionally a leg or some pieces of drift weed or hi ush would pass quickly by, borne along by the swift rushing tide. The Reading Eagle attributes 3Iayer Tyson's defeat te the fact that at the out set he eil'euded one class of people by try- ing te cmerce antiquated laws, and el- tended another class by abandoning uis pency wnen no leuml it uupepular. A young child of Henry Sleuk, of Red I.:en, Yerk county, in eating a chestnut, get a piece of the kernel fast te its threat, ami despite every effort the piece could net be dislodged. The child began suffering greatly, and after three weeks from the time of swallowing the kernel it was dead. A Perry county minister was preaching vciy eloquently te his congregation the ether day. Waxing quite warm in his theme, and becoming quite earnest in voice and gesture his artificial teeth flew out of his mouth and lauded in the altar. Winding up his discourse very suddenly, he called en a member te lead in prayer, and during the devotional exercise he slipped down into the altar, and recovered his grindeis. An exchange says. ' His congregation pretest against having any such ulcanized gospel thrust at them again." In the Chester county court the case of Perry Biubaker vs. A. C. Cotten "c Sen. has been tried. The plaint ill" keeps the Welsh Mountain inn, in Lancaster county, about two miles from Waynesburg. In the fall of 1SI9, the defendants were en gaged in putting up lightning reds in that vicinity. Thosllariew. one of the defen dants employees, went te Biubakcr's and engaged bearding for the men and horses. Twe men and two heises were there for some time. At the time Harlow engaged bearding he stated thafrCotten would feet the bill. When befoie the justice, M. C. Cotten elleicd te pay a portion of the claim. He claimed as an offset a charge for putting up a ted for the defendant. The amount of the claim is $70.90. The defendant, like in the previous case, did net put i:t an appearance. Verdict for plamtill" for :s:;.:"ti. n:e:i tmk sassv seimi. Letter from V.'. A. .Mm-vliull, Muster Aboard United states .Sleamur V.indall.i. We are permitted te copy the following extract fiem a private letter teceived in this city from W. A. Marshall, master, U. S. navy, aboard the U. f. steamer Van dalia, which left New Yerk en the 23d of December, and arrived at Bridgetown, Baibadecs, after a seventeen days pas sige. The letter, which is dated January 28, says : The lit. st part ofeurcrui.se was very dis agiecable, stormy and cold. We left N. Y., in a gale of w hid after cutting through the ice in the harbor, and then we caught it outside. We had three heavy gales, one riijht after the ether, altogether Lut ing seven days ; but our floating julace behaved admirably. We arc all very much in love with the "V" for being such a geed sea-beat. However, the latter pait, bailing the legular tiadc-wind squabs, we had very pleasant weather. But just think hew we suffered from the heat. We left New Yerk with a tcmpeiatuie of zero degrees, and in a few days heie weaie with a thermometer at 9(5 in the shudi Feitunately the rights aie very cool ; hut hew the people manage te ccist in mill t,iimuur iv u master jr Leme This place is pjepled witlr a crowd of hungry, dirty, saucy negrees, and a few w hites. There ai e some very nice families heie officers attached te the garrison and native regiments and several English men-of-war, se that altogether we manage te pass the time very pleasantly. We leave te nionew for Trinidad and then ciuisc anion;; the Carribcau islands, thence te Curacea island and ports en the Spanish main, Aspenwall, etc., etc., finally bring big up at Key West abeuttlic 9th of April. This place net being in t he postal union, v.c have the greatest difficulty in getting our mail posted. We can pay our letters" as far as St. Themas (13 cents) only, and from there trust te the author ities ferwaiding the mail. Concert for the Soup I' uikI. Prof. A. W. Weed weed, manager and leader of the line vocal quartette known as the Continental Vocalists, has written te Mayer MacGenigle offering te give a conceit in the ceuit house en Friday, Feb. 25, for the benefit of the free soup house. The ina or gratefully accepts the eiler of the CeiitiiieutaN, saying that' the distribution of soup has been very large owing te the severity of the winter, that the funds are running low, and tiiat should the severe weather continue the distribu tion of soup will have te be continued until late in Match. His honor calls upon citizens te icsnend te the call by purchas ing tickets for the concert, which may be had of Mr. Wcsthaefl'er, who has kindly consented te wait upon citizens at their houses. Lancaster Microscepical Society. The monthly conference meeting of this society was held last evening. The special Mic ler the meeting w. " Ye Microscope of yc Olden I inie." Extended extracts "- iiiiciuuinLat euuivb v einja illU UUIJI pound microscope te have been used bya few students of natural science in England mere than ISO years age. All knowledge of the weudciful instrument seems then te have been lest for nearly a hundred yeais, when it was again invented, since which time it has been se greatly improved as te make it the most valuable aid te the scientist that has ever been known in the history of the werid. After the reading of this paper the usual inteicsting display of instruments and microscopic objects oc cupied the lcmaindcr of a very pleasant evening. Yestcrdaj ' M'rew. The fieight wicck en the Pennsylvania railroad eccmied a short distance west of the Big Concstega bridge yesterday after noon. It was caused by the falling of a brake. Twe cats leaded witli iron and the caboose were tin own fiem the track. Geerge Lewis, the conductor of the train, was in the cab iese at the time ; he had his head seventy injured by having it struck against the top of the caboose. He went te his home in I'hiladi-lphia. It was several hours before the track 'was cleaiert. Justice of the 1'eace. A commission for James Diller as justice I of the peace for Earl township, nee A. W. j Siiader,tesigned, wis leccived at thecoun theceun 1 ty leceider's office today. The commis cemmis i sien dates February 16th, and is te run te .May 1st, 1831. At the election en Tues i day, Mr. Diller was chosen as justice for a J further term of five years te commence il May 1st. i " Consolidating the City Tete. At neon te-day the judges met in the lower ceuit room for the purpose of con , selidating the vote for school directors in the city. J. L. Lytc was appointed read ing clerk and .Jehn .. Carpenter and Geerge W. Eaby tally clerks. They then adjourned te 2 o'clock this afternecn. XZvESmMmm an iiirTifiNg-s
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