LANCASTER DAHA INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1881
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Jiancastcr &ntcUigencet
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 18, 1881.
Hen it Leeks.
On the surface,lhe Republican factions
at Ilarrisburg .seem te have come to
gether te select a candidate, but without
being en the ground or knowing any
thing that everybody else does net knew
at this distance,we are satisfied that there
is no real change in the situation, and
that all the apparent eagerness of the
Cameren .side te compromise en a sena
tor has behind it the, same solid deter
mination te accept no man who is net of
their household. As their opponents aie
equally le.xdved te take no out of that
stripe, we see no room te conclude that
an election i- very near at hand : unless,
as we have said, one side or the ether is
hoodwinked and cheated, which is net
likely, seeing that all hands are thor
oughly alive te the .situation and as thor
oughly distrust one another. The anti anti
Cameren people aie watching the move
ments of Hit- inai'hiue with lite alertness
of the gazelle, and no stealthy appieaeh
can be successfully made upon them.
Their leives rue well in hand, and .se far
well managed, ami it sccmsthat thciing
will be unable te get m a man at all te
their liking. It ise.M tain that unless they
can get such an one. no en.' will betaken
if r-ciialei Camel n can continue te con
trol Ids fu re. He has succeeded ill get
ting a committee of twelve en his side,
Who are, as Repie-cnta'.ive Wolfe savs,
se'id !n Mnlhuelv : se that fnun the
hands ni thecenniiitte" of Iwcntv-feur,
no candidate will imiiic fi.ilh who
is net a-jie'-isbie -te l.im. In the
event of the failuie of tli.it c.ismiiUce
te ague there is a pieb,;blity that a
number of thesn who h ie b -eu voting
fei Oliver .mil Reiver will unite with
the aiiti-(inieriu element in the supert
et someone. Tin met that Mr. Gas field
ist atuii.us for a :,. lectien will weaken
.Senatei Cameren's held upon his lollow lellow lollew
ei.s. Theicha possibility that it may
eventually listen Ihcnunibei ofhisslcid efhisslcid
l.ist adherents se much as J.i leave him
with less than a Miiiiieiit number te
psereiu an ehclien. ilut litis is net
likely te happen : mid vet it is about the
only contingent which will make an
election possible. His individual ob
stinacy has been pieved .se often th.it it
m iv b'abs liiucly lelicl'iu toheld him u
te the com sc he Ji.ts l.tid amis for him
self until the last horn blows. We neid
n it agitate ourselves upon the pie-pect
of an election for a few da s jet at least :
as we leek at the situation.
The iApiisiijea.
The effeit te k epepesi the great r.q o e o
sitien building ru Philadelphia is about
te in- given up. The mauugeni'Mil of it
has net Lern esy wise, or this laihue
would net be iceerded. As it has been
ceiiducted.lhe exposition has net been of
mates ialhciif lit te Philadelphia, et it
seems te us it might have been. It has
b'en administeied as a show place, t he
ebj'ci being t make money out of the
admission .f visitor; te an exhibition
which few iMles- eaied te go e far, and
te pay. twe. The original design i.l the
building was tepi evide for the exhibi
tion of the goed: and manufactures of
all nations. That design .should have
been adhered te : a gicat bazaar should
have b'en epene 1 in which every m.tii
ulaeluiY. csp daily, should have b en ex
hibited. The iMt would have been col
lectible liens lh" exhibitei.s andfieiua
omsnisiien tins tie j of iharti'des exhib
ited. It Philadelphia had provided a
place where cveiy man needing an ni ti
de of a p.ulicuiar kind could haw gene,
with an aisuiance tii.it he would see
eveiyaiticleeflii.it kind that was made
and would be ulferde 1 an oppeitusiity of
testing their ic-pectie mciils. is it net
a' seasonable si:)io.sitieii that people
would have come these fiem every (pias
ter te enjoy se great an advantage ?
Puicha-ei, ai" alwas anxious te sic
even thing that is made te sesve the ob
ject thev have in view. Mr: chants and
makes s ase anxious te exhibit te the
widest ciicle of puich.isers the tilings
they have te seli. Philadelphia had a
splendid oppeitunitj in its gie.st build
ing, by the side of a raihead and se
easily accessible, te bring thev pasties
together who aie thus auxieu.; te meet.
Complete samples i.f e entiling in eery
lssie of trade could there be shown,
their weiking exhibited and their pi ices
made knew it.
If we ase light in .'-opposing that te
buvei.s and .'-dlcis sii"h an opportunity
would hae been weleeii". tli'-iecau be
no doubt that it would hae been both
practicable and profitable : ter all that is
ever wanted te make ass rnterpsNe suc
cessful is a demand for what iselteied,
and a capability of supply isig that de
mand. The details of the management of
such a museum or bazaar as we suggest,
could readily be made out as seen as its
advantages should be eenlcs-ed, and
Philadelphia has such manifest intrust
sis drawing people te her limits that it
seems strange, indeed, that she does siet
effectually psevidc for the retention of a
persssasiesst exposition iss her midst of the
goods and manufactures of the world.
Tun Senate agsee.s with thelleu-e that
"a lhiee p t cent, lean can be floated, and
that is the rate which the propos-ed
bends will bear. The geiieral impression
lias been that the rale is tee low, but it
is te be piessssned that Congress knows
what it is doing and that therefore the
lean will be taken as effeied.
The national banks offer a rest
ing plsicr for it. 'i ney will mails
ly absesb the bends if they are
absorbed, though they will de it with
a wsy fae. It is net plcasmlte the
stockholders te contemplate se small a
profit as they will in futme have isi
their circulation, hist as the sleck of the
banks keeps going sip they hae in gieat
rcisen te complain if their pselils come
down. The ewneis of bank shaicssccin
resolved te be content with lighfer divi
dends. Stocks still keep going up, though no
upward movement is pricrptible in ether
consmedilies. Ileal estate is net feeling
much impulse as jet, though we sec that
the large owners in Xew Yeik,"suchas
the Astess, propose te put up lents this
spring ten per cent. Xe such experi
ment will be tiied by landl nds gener-
ally. "We understand from our local I
dealer.-, that a great deal of real estate
is en the market here, though in a quiet
way ; net being pressed for sale at all,
the owners being content with letting
their willingness te sell be known. Lan
caster seems te be prosperous in its bu
siness nd its real estate probably holds
up as well as that.inany ether city of its
size ; but it has felt no boom. The con
ditien of ether property shows that stock
price's are greatly inflated.
Thi: Colerado congressman who
moved an ansessdment te the river and
harbor bill which would appropriate
$30,000 for the sinking of artesian wells
iss his country was a man of consistency
and .sense. If Congress is detersssisied te
spend our money te make navigable
streams that de net carry water enough
te float a beat, the only way te accom
plish the object is te supply the streams
with water pumped up from wells : un
less some scientific appaial us can
be devised te compel the reluc
tant clouds te shed their rain
meie copiously. It would be a seal besi besi
efactieu te the country if our national
legislature would provide mere r.iin for
us. "We would thess forgive them for
taking the stones and stuisips out of the
diy channels of our rivulets. Water is
getting te be the great need of the cousi ceusi
try ; and we have a right te insist that
the appropriations shall be made te se
cus" its abundant supply b'feic the
water courses aie impievcd.
MINOR TOPICS.
ifien Huge's i;ii has been invoked
by the leader of the League te wiite a
manifesto te Euwpi; recommending the
Irish can e.
Tiir.Legisl.iUue of Flerida has passed
an act le prevent the iiilcim.tiriage of
, bites and blacks and the governor Ins
signed it.
G'...v G v;:kii:i.I) is quoted as saving, a
lev. days age.tPat ''he had made no pledge
in refereeec le an appointment in his cabi
net or any ether pi ice te anybody iu the
whole cvuuliy. He has thousands of ap
plications for eliicc which he has Med for
lefcicnee at the pwtpci time."'
Tin: Atlant t Cemtilulimi thus legauls
it : "The Pentisv Ivaui.t Legislature is se
selfishly divided up thai it is impossible
fur e.ie 111:13 te buj it. This may he an
imp.evi.ment in politic; fiem a reformers
point of view, but net fiem the Camcion Camcien
ia 11 standpoint."
Tar. Cailislj ILrahl, lit p. as : Tlie
Peiiiisvlvaiu.i Legislature, or at least the
Republican pait of ir. seems bent en giv
ing .1 piariieal exemplification of the ass
vvlie starved te death because equally dis
tint fiem two bundles of hay or v as. it
two asses eipiallv distant from one bun
dle .'
Pi:'nu:v, LeLiaC is.-e leluei.rit te le
turn te the ciiilly grandeur of the Cana
dian coin 1 that she seeks evci-y p:. -text te
piolelli
he: visit inEiuep1. Her depait-I
ure, v. hit h had been fixed fei Febiaary.
is new put oil' until E.e-ter te citable her
te ).iy cei lain viiits long piemiscd. Me in
while the m.nqtiis pines auien thejahres
of the P'omi'iien.
Thk tlailiiaeic Gazette savs: 'The
e lUtitiy has come te leek upon the dis
iUsting eeii'iuct of the politicians at ILu
risburg with indiileienee. We aie piom piem
ised that the end is near, but se many of
this '-eii of limieis have been sent out that
nobody believes them asy mom. It has
beceinea; ;
c.tr.s."
;ie.;t a smisiaee as Whitlakei's
A leiMsi sie.nm:nt of the Wihainglen
Erery Eccniiuj says : When gee 1 teetota
lers go uhie.m they s.ty with uplifted
hands and eves and goblets, ''(lh! thi
shocking wate: ! We shall eeitainly be
ill if we dihik it, for we aie assured, en
the betef autheiity, that it is rank poison.
We deiest the ruby wine, and at home our
111 iiiciples forbid that we should ever touch,
much less taste the insidious beverage ;
but lieie, why leally, wesuppe-e we must ;
but it is under pretest, we beg you te ob
seive." Wltoieupe'.i down gees a glass of
claict, with a decided smack of the lips,
and at the end of the dinner each indi
vidual teetotaler has dispened of his
regulation pint bottle of the 'gleaming led
wine undci pietest.
Tin: Illinois as te the doubtful stand of
Senater David Davis in the leorganiatien
of the Senate, aie. set at lest by an intimate
I lieiid of the senator, who lepeits that
Senater Davis says that a movement, by
the Republican- te lcergnnizc would be
entiiely and essentially a p 11 Usui cubit
fei the benefit solely of the Republican
paity, and that te suppeit such :i move
ment by his vote would be fei him te sus
tiin "rank p.utNaiisliip," while in voting
te continue the picscut status lie main
tain, his independence. Therefeie if any
change is made in the Senate it must be
by Genera! Mahone voting with the Re
publicans, unless Pennsylvania shall delay
the election of the senator until after the
3th of Mai eh. Tint would leave the
Democrats ietesv.
II yyes has backed down befeie Conk Cenk
ling en the Feister appointment. lie has
withdraw n his name from the Senate, offer
ing no explanation for its piesent.itieis or
withdrawal. This may be icgaided as a
bid fer the suppuit of the fiicuds of Conk Cenk
ling in the continuation of Matthews, or it
may be considered pait of a piegramme
for s-ceuiing cei tain ether objects dear te
the he.ait of the retiring incumbent of Til
den's place. Ferster, it will be borne in
mind, is an Ohie man named for district
attorney of the southern district of Xew
Yeik. vice Weed fowl, who has held the
place since Giant's teisn. Conkling ic-
senteu lite appeititmem. ana, as usual, tne j
Democratic majority submissively jielded
te his command. Te the ceuntiy at Luge
the affair is of no seit of significance.
Peister is doubtless quite as capable of ad
ministering the place as W-'odfeid ; but as
Conkling didn't want him he must step
ividc. And this is called constitutional!
republican geveinnient. Times.
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General Skebclelf telegraphs fwmi Geek
Ttpc, under date of the 12 instant, as '
follews: The pacification of t lie country is
megicssing veiy favorably. fcixtecsi
thousand families have new returned.
Ainnc-ty has been proclaimed and the
chiefs have premised fidelity.
PF3SONAL.
General Hancock has advised the in in
auguaratien committee that he will be in
Washington, and at the committee's
service en the 4th of March.
Senater Blaine is lccevering slowly
from his attack of lhcuniatism, but is still
unable te leave his house. The senator's
hair is constantly growing whiter and lib
figuic stouter.
King Kalvkaua was chief guest at a
ball given at the Pacific hotel, San Fran Fran
ciseo, the. ether evening. His majesty ap
pealed in an eidinaiy black diess suit and
opened the ball by dancing a quadrille.
Mr. Venneu is skilled net only in the
signs of the weather, but in geology, and
ornithology. He is new bus with a weik
en the " Birds of Canada." He is a stout
man about thiity-five yeais old, with fair
hair, a weather-beaten countenance, and
modest and allocable niauuci.s.
The New Yeik Eceniny Pest confirms
the repeits of the letiiement of Mr. IIovv IIevv
ei.i.s fiem the editeiship of the Atlantic
Monthly and s.tvs he letiieote devote him
self 11101c closely te eicative weik An
opportunity for this, it is said, vv ill be
given him by appointing hiin minister te
Svvitx.eiJaud.
A notable society event in Philadelphia
vestewl.iy was the maitiage et Mr. Will
iam Levltt Maktin, and Miss Kati:
MvitTiN. daughter of Select Councilman
Maitin, the ceremony being pci formed in
the chinch of the Messiah, and being wit
nessed by a large number of persons prom
inent in social cirelcs. A leceptieu was
held at the residence of the biide's father.
The annual dinner of the Tluu.sd.iy club
took place in pallor C of the Continental
hotel, Philadelphia, ycstciday afternoon,
and wa-a most thoroughly enjoyable oc
casion le ail present. Among the invited
guests vveie pieiniiicii' gentlemen of the
press, Mr. Ilainey M.tc.t'iley, the actor,
Mr. Jehn L. C.u across and elheis : speech
niaking and singing supplemented a veiy
elaborate banquet.
SeTULitx's will is being contested. It
gives $10,000 te his j eungest son, 3.000
each le Lis children, Evaaud lalvvaid, and
nothing te his eldest son, Lytten. It is
claimed that the will, which was signed
only a few days befeie his death and
which is of veiy diflVient tenor fiem one
made List May. in Mentseal. was executed
when he was net in condition te make a
will.
LA.TEST NEWS BY MAIL..
Constable, tlie neUl English jeekey
is
dead.
The pie-s bill passed the Pi each Cham
ber of Pcputies jesteulaj by a vote if -123
te d.
Every member of the Tennessee L"gis
latuu; will go te Washington te sec (Jen.
u.nfield iaauguiattd.
A bill te tax telegraph e mipinies two
per cent, en theii gie., earnings was,
after r.iueh discussion, passed in the Illi
nois (senate yi'steiday.
Ann McCaitg.v and Eliza Mai tin wcie
tenibly burned by the explosion of a kei kei
esenc lanij). in Xevv Yeik, en Wednesday
night.
A
temperance petition with 6(5,000
stgucia was iescuted in the Xeitl. C.ue-
lina Legislature vestet.lav. Se f.u t!ii
session 200,000 petitieneis have a deed for
prohibitory uiea.-uies.
Pievieus te enib.uking en the steamer
City of Chesser at Liveipnel vesteiday
Haitian cabled his acceptance te the At.i
l.utta beat club, ei Xcvv Yeik, of the
pielier of a leceplien te him en his anival
theic.
Edvvaid Bibbey wen a vvwitliifg match
ar Xew Yeik last night for $300 and the
Aineiiean championship, best thiee in
five, with James Daly, liish champion, in
1 hour and 20 minutes. Bibby wen itist.
thiid and fifth falls.
The caboose of a train en the Wabash
laibeidwas tin own 110111 the track at
East Hannibal, Missouri, yclewlay mom
iny. A passenger named Scheli w as killed
and two ether passeuget.s and two train
hands weic iujuied.
A gi eat effeit was made en Wedne-day
night te lynch Tish and Jehn Pee in the
jail at Winchester, Tenn. They aie
chaiged Avilli the minder of 01mg Baker
hist week A crowd of men beawlcd the
train at Tull.ihema Je go te AVinchestcr,
but the conductor held the train. Feats
wcie cutci tained that the effeit would tie
repeated last night.
Ex-Chief of Police James Sweeny, of
Wheeling, West Viigini.i, fiem whom
Paddy Ryan, the Albany prize-lighter, es
caped, aitei arrest en a requisition fi-jm
Ihc governor of West Yiivinia, asseits
that Rjan is backed by the mayor and in
fluential local pelitieians.and characterizes
the escape as a conspiracy deliberately
planned, te which the Albany police were
Ii ties.
Miss Julia Still, the famous fein tie her
mit of Orange county, X. Y, has just
been ai rested and taken te the poorhouse
en ach.ugc of being a mendicant. Miss
Sti'I has lived seven ye.ns
near Matameias, Pike county, hi
a hul without file, sub-isting en dtied
bei lies and such fi nit as was sent her bj
the neighbor. She is believed te have a
l.uge sum of money invesUd in bend-s, as
she is the owner of the propel ty en which
she lives.
i'ATAI. AiTIlAV.
A 3Imtlcr l!cr.ii:s et ;:u Ai:
Abitu' a :irS.
;x-.i :;'n. 11 ic
AVilliam Ilawly and Harry Clemens
qu.urelid in Louisville, Ivy., recently evei
an alleged remark made by Hardy about
Martina Clemens. Haiiy's sister. They
had never come te blows ever the ali'ait,
however, until ycsteulay, when they
met en the street. Ilawly said: "L"t"s
settle that matter new. Hairy." The
speaker immediately steppvl hick and
pulled out a pistol from his pecked and
held it tevvaids Clemens. Before he could
use it Clemens clinched with him and en
deavored te get the weapon from Ids hand.
In the wrest lethal followed demons threw
Haidy te the gwmnd and fell en top of
him, still tiyhii; te get his hands en the
pistol. While they were in this positieu
Ilawly reached up with the weapon, which
was aIrcadyceked,atid bringing the muzzle
against Cleiuens's head, pulled the trigger.
Clcmeiis's held relaxed and lie fell upon
the breast of his murderer. The lattei
vveiked himself out 110m under the weight
j and, putting the pistol in his pocket.
I walked rapidly away. Clemens died in the
afteiiioeii. He was never conscious after
being shot.
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Y.'r.'tlcil ly Wire.
A curious mauiage took place at the
Cavvtetunent, esitheBid Lands. Dakota,
between Frank M. Shappie and Henrietta
T.ntiicrt.i Jnnmc lf,.v ftli'vrm. tf Ttiwi,i.i. M-
..m,.;-,!;., unn i..,f !,,. s!.- .,i....e,a.
Frank S. Meede and Engineer Deutch
were witnesses that the p.u tics responded
te the elect rie mairiagc ceremony at one
end of the wire, while the Pieneer-frcss
correspondent and several ethcis saw the
elergvman perfeim hisdutv at the ether
The questions and answers were written,
telegraphed and responded te. and a bless
ing was pronounced in the usutl feim.
THE DEADLOCK.
A .STltOXC. KFIfOKT TO UKEAK IT.
Tlie 3tachine Voters Meet in Caucus ami
Alter a Lively Tune Adept the Com
promise Preposition and Ap
point their Committee The
Cemutltte-c'g Action.
The caucus of the frieuds of General
Beaver called for 10 o'clock ycsteulay
morning, for the purpose of considering
the compromise preposition made by the
independents failed for lack of numbeis.
There were only about fei ty persons pre
sent iu committee rooms 3 and fi at
the capitol at that hour. After some
consultation it was agreed te call a full
Republican caucus for 3 o'clock in the
afteniuen in the state library. Whether
it was really expected that the inde
pendents would enter what was tcimcd
111 the call a joint caucus cannot be
said. There is one thing ceitaiu however.
At J) o'clock there were no suppeiters
of Mr. Bajnc in the state iibraiy. The
machine, te the number of about sixty
people, waited for them until nearly half
past tin ce, when, as there were no signs
of their appearing the caucus was called
te elder by Chairman McXcill. The
chaiinian stated that this was an adjourn
ed caucus of Republicans called te receive
the preposition for a compromise from the
friends of Mr. Giew or Mr. Bayne, or who
ever they were. Mr. Kneass then pre
sented the compromise preposition pro
viding for the appointment of a committee
of twelve fiem each faction te a ree upon
three candidates subject te the appiev.il
et the whole body, accompanying it with
a resolution moving its adoption. Mr.
Clark suggested that this plan would
bring the affair light te where it had stai t t
edfiem. In reply Mr. Kneass said, that
made no difference. Seme step tevvawl
the .solution of lids dilliculty would have
t'i been taken. The friends of Colonel
Bayne had exhibited a disposition te har
monize differences, and it was met hall
way. Mr. Chirk simply desired te knew
who had fust made this compromise pic pic pic
postien and wanted all the infer
matien en the subject he could get.
The communication of Senater
Lawrence, cliauman et the Bayne caucus,
was men reau, staling mat uie .piau nan ,
net been adopted as a definite one, but
was offered with the hope that it would be
found feasible But Mr. Claik was net
satisfied. lie had an idea that Chairman
McXcill had originally made the pioposi pieposi piopesi
sition te the Bayne men. The chairman
naid that no copy of the preposition had
been kept. lieie Mr. Davis took sides
with Mr. Cl.uk. and read McXcill's piopo piepo piope
lioii fiem a newspaper. McXcill ac
knowledged that the wewls lead were
these he had used, but explained that a
veibal preposition of that nature had fii.st
come te him fiem the ether side and this
was his icply. Without I'm ther debate
the plan was adopted by a viva voce vote.
Senater Xenis at once moved that a
committee of five be appointed te name te
the caucus the committee of twelve sub
ject le the latter s appi oval. Mr. CI.uk,
who is net a regular
having been "vvteng''
;tnd is accused of
ever since lie lias
been here, did net like that way of deiiv
the thing. He was opposed le placing the
power te appoint the committee anywhere
but in the caucus. Te relieve Mr. Clark,
Mr. Stewait moved te amend that the
caucus m.ike its own nominees and then
pieceed le elect. But this break in the
plans did net suit the Cameren element.
Their arrangements had all been made
beforehand am! must be cairied through.
Senater Cot pei took the fleer in opposi
tion te the amendment. lie thought the
committee should be composed of staunch
friends of General Beaver. Clark intci
1 uplt'd te say that it was net absolutely
ncccss.uy le have the committee solid for
Beaver. That gentleman was net regular
ly nominated by the caucus and 110 one
present was found te suppeit him.
Cooper Slid it would never de te send the
twelve regulais into the committee di
video as te a candidate. The Bayne
men would be solid for their candidate
and would present an unbroken front.
They must either be sebd for Reaver
or lese the fight. Senater Greer sup sup
peilcd Cooper and aigned that as the
address from the friends of Bayne te the
friends of Beaver, the regular halfeftha
committee should of ceuisc be solid for
Reaver. Mr. Cl.uk had all along been
under the impression that he was paitici
paling in a Republican caucus. If this
was simply the caucus of Beaver's fiicuds
he would feel compelled te withdraw. Mr.
Ivitcass held that as Beaver had no mere
iiihttethc suppeil of the caucus than
any oilier geed man, each man present
.siieum ue ie-u .1 voice in me sciccuuu 01 1
the committee. He did net propose te '
surrender his right te exeicise his judg-1
liicnl in the hands of five men. Senater !
Cooper here suggested that if Xerris I
would withdraw his resolution temporality
he could suggest a way out of the diffieul-'
ty. Gen. Reaver, who up te this time had ,
been present, here withdrew. Senater 1
X01 us acceded te Cooper's request, and
the latter then moved that in order te
present a solid front the caucus pie-1
ceid te regulaily nominate a candidate
for United States senator. Claik an-,
ueunced if this was done he would with-,
draw and objections aiese from all sides, j
Mr. Davis aiese te say that he was as geed
a Republican as any man present, but
there were friends of ether candidates be
side Beaver who would like representation
en this committee ; se-called leaders had
uudcit.ikcu le inn this affair and had 11111
it into the gieund cvciy time They are
unfeigivmg and unrelenting. Conciliation
is what is wanted. Senater Cooper then
wun.iiew ins motion and that eileictl lV
eiii, wasbioiightup.Iustippertofitaim
in opposition te Stewart's amendment
Senater Grecrrcm.iikcd that one of two
things must lie done. A candidate must
cither be nominated and adhered te te the
end or this committee must go into the
conference and meet the enemy en even
teims. I he only way te accomplish the
latter was te make it solid for Beaver.
Senater Reybtirn next objected. If Beaver
could net be nominated, Philadelphia mem
bcis desired te support a Piiiladelphian.
If cut out of the cmmiitlcc, they would
hav e no chance. Senater Heir followed in
a defense of Beaver. The suppeit of all
present, was due te Beaver iu fair deal
ing, in placing him in nomination, he
had net been consulted. If he was let
fall new, he would be sacrificed in the
house of his friends. Besides, his repu
tation and piespects are at stake. Let
the e twelve men at le.tst be friends of
General Re.1ver.1t first, and make a rea
son ible stand for him. Mr. Claik an
svveicd by saying that Beaver had never
been piepeily nominated. A certain
muiibei of Republicans had met at a pri
vate place at night and nominated him.
The meeting was net regulaily and piop piep
eily called, and was net presided ever by
the regular chaiinian of the enreus. He j
had no doubt that ii nominated under the
pieper ciicumstances, General Beaver
would have been accepted by the ether
faction, and would new be the United
States senator. I
A viva voce vote was then taken en
Slcwait's amendment, and the chair pro
nounced it lest, notwithstanding the ,
fact that Mr. Kneass called for a division. '
Mr. Kneass then became angry and
fiercely cried that he did net piope-e te
be gagged. This speech at once meused
Geerge Handy Smith, and springing te his
feet he said angrily : "If any one tries te
gag here, it is Ivnerss. I believe he came
as .1 maiplet. and has been playing mar-1
plot ever since he has been here.'" Kne.is;,
however, stuck te his point, netwith-
standing that he might hint the feelings
of his friend from Philadelphia. Adivi
sien vvas taken, and the amendment lest. I
The original resolution wras then adopted. I
The chair appointed as the committee
Messrs. Xenis, Mylin, Pert, Walker ami
Xebinger. A recess of fifteen minutes
was taken te give the committee an op
portunity te deliberate. They returned,
and en their return anuOunced the follow
ing as the committee of twelve : Messrs.
Greer, Herr, Geerge Handy Smith. Keefer
Cooper, Pollock, 3Ioerc, Marshall, Hill,
Eshleman, Lee, Thompson and Billiugaby
The names were agreed te unanimously,
and the committee then adjourned until
this morning at 9 o'clock.
The Bayne supporters upon learning of
the action of the regular caucus went
into caucus at Felix's last evening. The
business of selecting the ether half of the
conference committee was at once pio pie
ceeded with and balloting for various
names begun. A majority of the caucus
elected. The following committee was
chesen: Messrs. Davies. Lee, Stewait,
Lawrence, Xilcs, Mapcs, Slack, "VA elfe,
MeKce, Stttbbs, Deriicksen and Silver Silver
thein. Three ballets were taken. On the
first ballet the fit&t nine names were
chosen. On the second ballet Stubbs and
Deiricksen received the rcquisit number
of votes. On the third ballet Silverthorn
was elected. Senater Stcwai t received the
highest number of votes, fifty-four. The
compiemisc committee at once assembled
and went te work. Senater Greer was
chosen chairman and Mr. Wolfe secictaiy.
About twenty ballets were taken without
a choice. The last ballet resulted as fol fel
lows ; Beaver 11, Bane 3, Shiras 1,
Stewart 2, Scofield 1. The committee at
2 o'clock a. 111. adjourned te meet at
o'clock this rooming.
10
SVAY JJNUlNr.S.
Tl
Largest Drivliii; AVIipcIs yet 1'mtcd nil
an Altoeua Locomotive.
It would seem that locomotives wcie
almost perfect and abundant enough in
variety te supply every want, jet there
aie constant changes being made in their
construction. The Pennsylvsni.i railroad
company has decided that the distance
between Xew Yerk and Philadelphia
en their line, about ninety miles,
must be traveled in ninety min
utes, and for this purpose are
new emraecl in eenstiuetm" a locomotive
eilm ceiistiuctuu
in the Alteena shops which it is thought
will accomplish this tremendous speed. It
it. a class Iv engine, but is diii'creut iu
many respects from its predecessor, which
his failed te accomplish the work for
which it was intended. The new driving
wheels which are new standing iu the
wheel shop are seventy-eight inches iu
diameter nearly a feet taller than
an eidinaiy man. The eylindeis will be
IS by 21 i'lche... TI11-. will make a much
faster, though weaker engine, than the
lhst class Iv manufactured. The tietible
with it seemed le be that the steam would
net keep up the requisite pressure. The
boiler of this engine is already manufac
tured. It contains 201 Hues of one and
I one-half inches outside diameter. The
1 fire box is a very large one. Its dinien dinien
siens are, width, 49 inches ; height, 40V
j iiiehcs. Tlie length of the boiler and fire
1 box is 207 inches. The ciirine it is be-
( fieved, will lie fully competent te pci form
1 its weik. But one will be made at urem
ent, in ewler tntt it nity receive a
tllOi'
iiiuh trial.
The shop new has an order for ten new
Class I) engines, with a driving wheel 08
inches iu diameter. This is as large a
driving wheel as has heretofore traveled
en the read.
Hew OIUcl.iW Were Once I.
is net a generally known
.ill.
historical
ic
fact that from 1777 te 178
TSi
the territory
new known as Tennessee formed a pait of
Xeilh Carolina, and that in 17S3 the Ten
nesseeans, becoming dissatisfied with their
geveinnient, organized a state government
under the name of ' FrankLn,"' which
was -maintained for some yc.n.s. The slate
I oigani.alien 'afterward disbanded, and
territorial Tennessee was again annexed te
j Xeith Caie'.ina. The following is among
the law s passed by the Legislature of the
i tt'ltfk ,.r l.t-m Irlin AV, ,,.ti - n .',.i11wl !.
1 a speech bv Daniel AVebster en the cur- 1
j rcnev in 1S30 :
" Be it enacted by the general assembly
of the state of Franklin, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same :
That from the first day of Januaiy 17S0.
the salaries of the officials of this common-
1 wealth be as fellows te wit :
I ''His excellency the governor, per an
num. 1,000 deer skins.
" His honor the chief justice, 300 deci
sions. ! " The secrelaiy le hia excellency the
governor. 300 raccoon skins.
,
'I'lw. i.n-,, ....... ,(' ll, r ,1a I tA ,.. .,.!,.,.,.
A II... I.I.IIOIUV. Ill Ll.l, tt 1 1 . lV.' 1.11.1.1kJ It
' Bach county clerk "00 beaver skins.
" Clerk of the Heuse of Commens, 200
raccoon skins.
"Member of the Assembly, per diem,
tluce raccoon skins.
" Justices' fee for signing a warrant,
one miiskrat skin.
"Te the constable fei seiving a war
rant, one mink skin.
" Enacted into a law the 'JSth dav of
October, 1780, under the great sea! of the
state.'
STATE ITEMS.
There is en feet a preposition te raise a
fund for Mayer Stokley te be presented te
him at the expiration of his term of office.
The Philadelphia Prest says Stokley
retires at the cud of his nine jt.us term
a peer man.
While taking numbeis en ens
en the Relvidere and Del:.".. ire read, in
Phillipsburg, Councilman Abraham Hciu-
ley et Jvisten, was strueic iy an engine
. and se seriously injured that physicians
j,av he cannot recover. He has been a
, conductor en this branch of the Pcnnsvl.
i vania railroad for many years
1 ' T ' ... T ' 1. ,1' . .u , ,..
1
I called " Indian Jim, " who was a full-
OtlilJlO f 4llUl" IjIIsJ VtVli'lVlltnUll II II II LI. 1 ,
blooded Seneca of the put est type, has
1 just been found dead iu a little cabin iu a
lonely pait of Petter county by a
' pnty of huntcis. His death is bc
' lieved te have been caused by heart dis
, case. lie was 82 years of age.
I Ilemy Scevvald, aged 24 yeais, residing
' with his parents in Williamspeit, shot
! himself through the threat into the spinal
j column, where the ball ledged. It cannot
, be extracted through the mouth and the
young man pi "bably will die fiem the
' wound, which, the physicians say, is a
vei v serious one. Seevv.ild has been an
imbecile fiem infancy.
AiiVU'ST A DUKL OVEK A VAilitll,
WI:e !i:il 3I:irrieI On Suiter Alter s,c j,,,
i:n:ii'(l te Slurry Anether.
A special despatch fiem AtIanta,Ga.,says :
A well planned duel arranged te come off
en the entskiets of the city this afternoon
between two young bleeds, Charles
Osberne, of Marietta, and Bianhan An An
dereon, of Covington, was spoiled by the
aircst ofOsbeine and the flight of An An
dereon. Beth of the poling men were en
gaged te Miss Weaver, ar accomplished
voting woman of 'Covington. Osberne
was te be wcdde.l one week age ycstciday,
and the jeung woman had given Ander Ander
eon her premise te bjceme his wife en the
il.iy previous. Andersen called at the
house at the appointed time and he and
Miss Weaver were made one. When the
mauiage of Andcisen te Miss Weaver came
te the knowledge of Osberne he made
some reflections en the character of
the bride. Te these remarks An An
deisen took exception, and askd Osb-n-ne
for a retraction. The failure of Osberne
t s retract caused the groom and Osbeinc
te agree te meet in Atlant 1 te-day for the
purpose of settling the difficulty with pis
tols. The police getting wind of the im
pending duel, inteifeicd iu time te cause
a suspension of hostilities. Matt Simonds,
second, and Dr. Walter Dean, stugeeii of
Osberne, were arrested, with'the principal
and are in the hands of the police.
I'crpctual Motion Again Discovered.
David Jennings has new en exhibition
in a stoic at Lyens, X. Y., a peipetttal
motion machine, which he claims will
eventually supercede steam power. It is
a machine fi feet by S, aud consists of
a frame weik and two inclines, aud
a perpendicular, with a hollow wheel
at the top, in which is a shifting
counter balance, or iu ether words, a
wheel that is continually thrown oil" its
centre. Over this wheel and down the in
cline and peipeudicular 111ns an endless
belt, with, at intervals of about two feet,
revolving weights, the principal en which
it weiks being that a certain weight lim
ning down an incline and peipeudicular,
one pound will draw three up a eeitain in
cline. The power is estimated by pounds.
Mr. Jennings says that he has spent near
ly $3,000 in perfecting this machine, for a
quarter of which he was recently offered
?10,000.
Arms Like Lcs.
Ultra fashionable w omen's arms, say s a
Xew Yerk correspondent, new leek like
legs. The cause of this is the new styles
of gloves and sleeves. Fine woolen gloves
resembling stockings or Jersey webbing,
are wein te reach neatly te the elbow. If
the aim be plump and tapeiing, its ap
pearance is wonderfully leg-like m
such a covering : aud even it it be
thin, it is still a like a leg of the seiawny
scrt. Then let the elbow sleeve have a
white lace edge, and you have both
leg and draweis complete. At a jelly even
ing party a girl thus gloved was induced
te tin list her hands into a pair of child's
shoes, drape her waist and shoulders in a
child's dress, and, standing behind a table,
de a marionette dance with her arm.. Tlie
performance was a hit. The creature was
straddle-legged, owing te the impossibility
of bringing the arms close together, but
that only made it the funnier.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nc'isliuorlieotI N'ev.s.
There is an unknown man in the Allen
town peer house, who has been fy ing in a
trance since last Friday.
In counting off the returns in th West
waid, Chester county, the officers found
a leeeipted milk bill. Milk is a veiy geed
aitieic, but en this special occasion was
rather tee thin and was consequently
thrown out.
Jehn Hunter, who en Tuesday last was
elected receiver of taxes of Philadelphia by
a veiy large majority, is a member of the
firm of James & Jehn Hunter, ewneis of
the extensive cotton mill iu Xorsistewn.
The lain aud thaw of last week greatly
increased the water in the Li'iU spring.-;.
On Saturday the stream was evei flowing
its banks, a ciicusiistauee which has net
occurred for five yens.
Peter D. Luther, of Ashland, Schuylkill
county, and brotheref Di.s Mai tin and Dtl
ler Luther died 011 Wednesday efciysipelas.
He was in the filth ve.ir of his age, was
an extensive coal operator, and carried en
a successful business. He leave., a wife
and four sons.
Ephiaiin Giew, a highly esteemed
farmer residing near the western bowler of
Yerk county, was struck by a mail train
en the Sheit Line railroad, near Littles-
tevvn,Wedne.-day night,and almost instant
ly killed. He driving his 10.1:11 ever the
railroad, unconscious of the train's ap
proach. A new station house is being erected at
Gable's siding, a sheit. distance east of
Kellers station, en the Reading i'c Colum
bia railroad. This is intended te take the
place of Ivellei's station as seen as finished
which will be in about a mouth, and wiil
be known as Lime Reck station. The
building will be a neat two-steij' frame
structure 10x51 feet, with ladies and gen
tlemen's apartments.
At the last stated meeting of the Heard
1 of health of Reading, president Wcidman
i offered the lbllewiii ' resolution : " Re
solved, That hereafter this beaid requites
whenever death results from scarlet tewr.
measles, whooping cough, diphtheria.small
pox or v.ui deid, said cause shall be ine(i ine(i
tiened in the funeral notice; and also that
air-tight coffins or cases shall be
used, or if such cannot be obtained, the
health commissioner shall see that the
funeral services are strictly private. After
some discussion, the resolution w.iIaid
ever for two weeks.
Tnree rii.tiets .im i'clore Hie l':i!j,':e.
The spectacle presented by Venus, Ju
piter and Saturn gievv.s mere attsactfvc
cvciy evening. Yciiusand Jupiterare fast
approaching each ether, and en next Mon
day night they will be be in conjunction,
shining only a little ever three degrees
apart. Old Saturn leeks as if he had fallen
behind in the race, and he has also drop
ped out of line with the etheis. Xcxt
week, however, he will assume such .1 po
sition that the three planets will maik the
eeineis of a little triangle.
With the telescope the view of these
planets is exceedingly beautiful. Venus
begins te show the crescent form, and may
be watched with a low magnifying power
long befeie sunset. A slight tiiin ei" the
tube and Jupiter with his attendant moons
sails into the field of view. Anether tuin
brings Saturn upon the scene. His splen
did lings are opening wider every mouth.
The narrow division between them leeks
like a black line of enamel upon a golden
band.
These who wish te study thes'i wonder
ful planets should net let slip the oppor
tunity, for before the spring is ever they
will all have disappeared ftetn the even
ing sky.
.Seriously liij'ireil.
Yestei day afternoon Allen Ceble, .1 son
of Christian Ceble, the county commis
sioner, who resides in Mr. Jey township,
took a lead of tobacco te Gieif"s ware
house in Marietta. When en his way
home, about a mile and a-half fiem the
home he stej ped out upon the wagon
tongue for the ptup'.se of mounting the
saddle heise. While standing en the
tongue he placeu his hand en the back of
the off wheel heise, which jumped aside.
Mr. Ceble fell under the wagon, the front
wheel of which passed ever his arm,
flushing it from, the elbow te the wrist.
The ether arm was also limbed. Dr.
Ttciehler, of Eiizabethtevvn, attended the
young man's injuries, and his father, who
was in this city, was telegraphed for.
Che.11 lAeursIeii te Europe.
Mr. R. Yecker. of the opera house, and
Father Kaul have made arrangements te
run :n excursion te Europe. Th juice ful
fil st class cabin passage from Xew Yeik
te Liveipnel and thence te Glasgow fby
raill will be $100, and second class $73.
Thaexctn -ion will be 1 tin in two differ
ent section;. The lhst one will leave iu
May and it will b.: under the chaige of
Father Ivaul, who will accompany it. The
second one will be taken ever by Mr.
Yecker Poison? going en the-excursion
will have lite same advantages as though
they were traveling indivMurllp, and if
they desire they can procure their railroad
tickets for traveling en the continent
thieugh the mananci.s.
A Uess Item.
This morning a ceuatrj man was driv
ing :i two-hoi se wagon along West King
street. At Prince street one of the
wheels strut'!: the street car track and
was bieken te pieces. Several paities
hurried te infeim us of the startling news,
but our readers may think that it is net a
piece of news, as accidents en this track
occur almost daily.
GOIiUlIBIA NEWS.
Ol'i: RL'GULAK COKUKsI'OMDKNCI-:
The employees of the Susquehanna roll
ing mill w ill be paid te-morrow for two
weeks work.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of
the teachers' institute will be held te-morrow
morning in the his.li school room of
the public school building at Fifth and
Locust stiects.
Mr. and Mis. M. R. limit, of Depere.
Wis., aie visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ben
nett. Mr. Themas D. Ivellerman, of Colum Celum
bit. and Miss Sallie J. O'Xeal, of Lancas
tcr city, were united in ln.iiriagc en
Febiuaiy (ith at the parsonage of the
United Brethren chinch, bv Rcv.C. Seltzer
Meily.
Tlu case of Messrs. Patten and Hard
man, who are tied for the oiliccef council,
w ill be submitted, for settlement, te the
body te which each aspires. A preposition
te have a recount of the votes cast did net
take well, as the competitors for the eflicc
thought it would be a useless waste of
time and labor, and they have agreed te
settle the matter in the way given. It is
repotted that W. Hayes Grier, justice of
the peace elect, will open his office in the
opera house store 100111, opposite the mar
ket house, the room new occupied as a
sewing machine agency.
The fair for the benefit of the A. M. E.
church, is still in pregiess and is meeting
with some success.
Prof. I. G. Ames, sitpet inteinlent of the
Columbia public schools, who has been
granted a leave of absence for one week,
spent yesterday in visiting the public
schools of llariisburg.
The Philadelphia & Reading company's
pav car is expected here en Monday.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Church ei"
Ged-met, last evening at the residence of
Mis. Jeshua Strettse.
The "fourth package ball," for the
benefit of the Citi.-Mis" baud will be held iu
company II armory en Monday evening
next. A geed orchestra has been provided
and it is thought there will be a large attendance-.
Tlie private and national banks, pjst
office and public schools will be closed! en
Washington's birthday and the Pennsyl
vania raihead cer.1p.111v will run nothing
but high-class and perishable freight until
after midnight. The day bids fair te be a
very quiet one
Miss A. A. Rrace, of P.itersen, X. J.,
is the guest of Mrs. F. A. Dennett.
"A man with a derby hat" is the descrip
tion given of a peiseu who pursued a
woman en Thud and Locust streets l.r.st
night. Complaint, has been made and the
man is being looked for.
It, is undeistoed that the lhst fight of
the new council will be te 10 elect Dr. S.
A. Iieckiiis tethe eflicc of cleric of coun
cil. A new aspitaut has loomed up, and
te him, it is said, four eeimciimeu have
already declared their allegiance, while
the ether five stick te 1'eckius. Wc will
have mew' te say e.t this question in .1 few
da j s.
Adonitien sir. prise paity, attended by
mere than eighty' of the members and
friend; of the 1. !k Lutheran church,
waited upon the pastor, Rev. F. W. Stalcy,
last evening, at his residence en Locust
street, just below Sixth street. The rev
erend gentleman was rcmcinheied iu a
very cheering way, and will have cause te
long remember the event. A very pleas
ant evening vvas experienced by alt pre
1 ent.
These is nothing new te report about
the river. Very little ice is 1 mining and the
water i-i falling. It is jet, however, con
siderably above le.v water mark.
Capt. .Limes D. Slade is collecting the
guns in the. p.i-er-sien of the Columbia
Rifles te retain them te the state by
which they were is.-ued te tiie command a
eoup'.e of vtassage. The organization has
disbanded.
::;:: son::.i:.
!el!,'litrniAir.:U-.,t I.ixIht'sSI Hi l.istNiht
Among the pleasant social episodes of
the se isen that is Hearing a protracted
lece-s with the approach of the Lenten
period was the soiree and reception held
last cvcuhigiii Leclier's hall, Centre square,
under the direction of half a dozen young
gentlemen well-known and popular in
local society, aud identified with one of
the ltunieieus private dancing clubs that
during the winter have constituted quite a
factor in the social life of the community.
Ilctvveeii cight'and nine o'clock cabs were
ebscivcd roiling thwiuh our streets and
their occupants alighting before the en
hance te the hall en West King street
just below the square, and sh-utly after
the Litter hour the smoothly waxed lloer
of the spacious hall priqicr and the wait
ing rooms 011 the south wcicthiengcd with
guests. By !):!." Tav'er's eichestra had
taken their p isitieu en the west side of
the 100111, the signal was given for the
grand maw'h, and Mr. James A. McElhene
with his jiu tne;-, immediately preceding
the gentlemen of the management, at the
head of ttpvraids of forty couples, led off
the promenade which vvas altogether a
maivel of aitistic and intricate beauty,
being m" tin design known as " the Snake,"
and afi'01 ding te the pin ticipants, no less
than te the mere spectator, a
fine spectacle, as the columns
matched and cetiutci marched just
each ether in ever-varying direction,
finally bringing up iu position for a quad
rille. Fiem this time en te midnight
dancing was 111 liutaiited, nil present en
tering with the utmost :est into the
spirit of enjoyment that ruled the
hour. The inaiiagcis were inde
fatigable in their attentions te their
guests, and te thi; eiicumstancc joined
with the fact that the number of geed
daneeis was uncommonly large, and Tay Tay
eor's music extra geed, was attributable
the almost constantly crowded condition of
the fleer. Refreshments were served at mid
night, and were partaken of with appetites
sharpened by the exhilarating exercise of
tiie dance, after which the sets were re re
I'e.ined, and it w.i-s net until past two
o'clock that tint final l ' promenade all"
was sounded and the folks began te think
about going home.
Among the guests were a number of
l.idies and gentlemen from beyond the
bowlers of our own city, county and
state. The dressing of the ladies vvas
handsome and tasteful, and iu every re
spect tin entertainment was a grand suc
cess, se pwmeunccd by all pie-sent, and the
source of mutual congratulation and par
donable pride among the gentlemen of
the management. Missis Jehn F. Reist,
Melvhi II. Rithfeti, Jehn F. Ileinitsh, D.
II, Witmer, Jehn A.Ceyleami J. Frank
iJ.ur.
iiiiiiert.tnt te Tinslii Auditors,
The township auditors, under act of
legislature of June:;. H7f), shall in 1881,
and thereafter, meet en the second Mon
day of Match in each jcar, (exept te au
dit the account:; of school dhecteis, which
.hill be the fiist Monday in June,) and
oft' ner if nei'css.uy, and shall audit, settle
and adjust the account -of supeivi-ei.s and
iteasuicis. and of siieh ether township
eiliceisas shall, by law. be referred te
them.
Tiln co Sale.
Jehn Hiibei, of Iliickcisville, has sold
his eiep of lSsO,agmegating 2.019 pound,
te Edw.11 d Kattffman for 17, 7 and ;.
Ames Keener, of Mount Jey, has sold
his ctep of one acre, weighing 1,900
pounds', te Greve cc Cellins at 10 cents
through.
t Itiit i..l!llts.
The police report the unlit street lamps
as fellows : Saturday night, 73 : Sunday,
7' ; Monday, 02 ; Tuesday, SI ; Wednes
day, 71 ; Thursday, CO.
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