LANCASTER BAIL lM'ELLiGfeNCEtt SATURDAY. JUNK 18. 1881. Lancaster fntelUgencet. 8ATURDAT BVXNIMO, JUNIUS, JUL The CkrMle lallread TrwMe. . As the city of Lancaster seems te be unable te compel the Pennsylvania rail road company te guard the street cross ings, it may be a matter of congratula tion that the company proposes seen te lay a track putside the town, upon which te run its'threugh trains. It is certainly net creditable either te the city or the company that numerous ac ac cidentssheuld take place at the railroad crossings of the streets without any rem edy being applied. It shows a nerveless city government and an -unscrupulous corporation. An accident yesterday and one te-day should suffice te stir up enough popular feeling in the matter te secure tome redress ; but probably it will net. The suit brought, by the city have somehow been paralyzed and their issue will be delayed until the new read is built outside the city, when its officials possibly think they can afford te snap their infers at the municipal authority. But that they cannot de. There is one influence which controls them always, and that is self-interest. Lancaster is tee big a town te be despised. Its trade is important and another railroad is at baud te contend for it with the Pennsyl vania. If that corporation should sue-. ceed in grasping the Beading we would be pretty effectually at its mercy, it is true; but it has net done it yet and is net going te de it, we think. The com petition of the Reading has forced the Pennsylvania te relinquish the original intention of putting the freight depot out en the Stainbaugh place, as was contemplated when it was pur chased some three years age. This depot is new about te be rebuilt en its present site. In view of all the circumstances, perhaps, it may really be the city's interest that the main line be taken outside our limits. The chief inconvenience will be the possible less of the use of ene or two fast through passenger trains. This is the extent of the deprivation of railroad facilities which the malice of the officers will be able te impose upon us, and te compensate for it we will have our streets J. from the delays and dangers at- tendanv upon lhe cressinS hy man' trains. , . , , , , It is a matuTr W,,IC'1 should be care fully considered by J10 cita? amI ie authorities, however ; aud ,f ".u Judsed te be any disadvantage te th c,ty te per mit the building.ef the outside Juei ie question will arise as te our power te prevent it. That we have sucli power we are disposed te believe. We de net knew what authority the Pennsylvania railroad company has te build a loop in its line whenever and wherever it sees proper. Under the power it is new as suming, in the straightening of its line, of laying down new liues while yet retaining its old one, it may cover the whole country with its rails. Possibly it may net have the power it claims te build what will be esseutially a new railroad around Lancaster, even though the city had no special power te object te it. But it will be remembered that the present read was built through Lancaster at the expense of the city. The original line was lo cated outside, pretty much where the projected line is te be built. The city entered into a contract witli the state, as we understand, by which the line was changed at the city's cost. Dees net then the question arise as te the power of the purchaser of the read from the state te violate the agreement made by the state that the railroad should pass through the town ? The purchaser took the read subject te all the restrictions under which the state held it, and if The state could net run the railroad or any part of it out side the city, can the Pennsylva nia railroad company de it? And would net the city have a lawful claim for damages against the company for removing the read or any part of it ? We have net examined the matter and state no opinion upon it ; but it is im portant eneugli te be looked into by the authorities in view of the well known purpose of Jhe company te seen build the outside line. We doubt the propriety of covering Inte the shite treasury, as a forfeit te the commonwealth, such money as that which one member of the New Yerk Legislature says was paid te him by an other for his vote. The man who says he get it will net keep it, as it is the wages of iniquity ; the man who is charged with giving it will net take it back, as that would be a confession of crime. But their difference is no reason why the state should be a stakeholder or a beneficiary of the dirty bribe. It cannot determine whicli of these Republican legislators is thief, and which is liar,and it has no business with their money. Let the local prosecuting officer of the county indict both and have their guilt passed upon by a jury, and whichever is the ras cal let him .take the money and pay his lawyers with it. But the state has no need of it and no right te it in law or de cency. m m Seme ignoramus who dumps his con tribution into the Examiner columns writes te it inveighing against the lack of " progress" manifested by the reso lution of city councils te light the street lamps with gasoline instead of putting the municipality at the mercy of the gas monopoly. Every line of the communi cation shows such a hopeless ignorance of the facts of the case that few intelligent readers will fellow it te the astounding discovery announced in the tail of it, that " the authorities of Lancaster have se annoyed the agents of the Pennsylva nia railroad company while running their cars through the city, that the Company is new lying a track outside of the city." Sad is the let, indeed, of "A Citizen" and a newspaper which give circulation te such stuff as this. Sisce 16 members of Philadelphia common council vote for and 53 vote against the expulsion of a fellow mem ber for bribery, people who want te buy members will likely cut out the vote, se a? te tell where te put their money se as te de the most geed, New Yfc LegisbttlM. That active little 'fellow. Davenport, turns up again hi the Albany scramble f or the senatenhip; and, of course, in a disreputable way. He telegraphed from Washington te a state senator te meet him in New Yerk, and there told him he was authorized te offer him the posi tion of United States marshal if he would abandon his support of Conkling. This bears hardly, of course,upon Garfield, un less it is believed that Davenport had no authority for his premise, which is hardly possible, since henotiiedthesenatertbat the appointment must be accepted at once, as it had te be 'acted upon next day by the cabinet and be confirmed by the Senate. The revelations in New Yerk show that legislature te deserve a geed deal blacker name than our own, since the new con stitution, at least, has kept the Pennsyl vania railroad agents out of Harrisburg. A member charges from his seat that the candidate of the administration party has been for years the chief lobby ist of the New Yerk Central railroad ; and it is shew that a man employed by it kept open; house for the members, and that at any time of day or night a game of cards for money could be get up here.- One of the state senators en his examination admitted that he had been a professional lobbyist all his life, and of a second rate order. The first rates' seemed te be, according te his idea, lawyers' of great reputation who were employed te advocate measures or legislation. That was- lobbying by first-class men in a first-class way for first-class things. The second rates, like himself, took smaller jobs and put their work in less ostentatiously and with appliances which it did net de te talk about. Frem appearances, little legislation of any account ever gees through at Albany because of the unin structed opinion of the legislators as te its merits. MINOR TOPICS. The measures instituted by the autheri ties at Kieff for a census of the Jews have induced a large exodus of these people. Minister White, in his farewell speech, at Berlin the ether night, remarked' that while Great Britain bad been the " past parent" of this country Germany was likely te be its "future mother,"" The IIeus of Commens contain; fear members of the age of 80 and upward two aged 79, six aged 78, one aeed 77, two aged 76, two aged 75, two aged 74, two aged 73, four aged 72, two aged 71 and three aged 70. The Columbia Spy complain against the thinks nobody can law requiring oleo- margarine te be plainly stamped as such " except the dealer who wants te sell the imitation under false preteuses." But 3rrtiV' net have" a general law against all iiStfatnens. The people need te be pro tected' from candy made out of clay, from brass jewelry, flu" from- bogus "reform" newspapers as much as- from bogus but ter. Gakfield is reported te hare said te the executive committee of the Virginia repudiation association, that it wae for them te decide whether or net these adjuster movement was tainted with rv pudiatien. If it were, they ought net to te Bupport it. He is also reported te have said that no ene is authorized te premiso appointments or threaten removals ; that he proposed te use his judgment, and that he did net propose te give the pa tronage te any one man, being opposed te the " boss " system. Tns following is from the National Bap tist : " We often hear it said that it is use less te try te make people religious when they must live in filthy tenement beu-ics ; that if we would improve their spiritual condition we must improve their surround ings. But what is religion ? It is that which can make a man noble and happy, even in the midst of wretched surround ings. Of course it is desirable te improve the outward conditions of men. But many a Christian in a filthy prison or in a dreary garret has shown that happiness can be experienced in the midst of outward dis comforts. De what we can te improve men's surroundings much that is untoward will reraain. And the glory of our religion is, that even when it is impossible te im prove the outward circumstances, when one must continue te live in the midst of cheerless discomfort, the heart may still find joy, and the dreary garret be made te shine with heaven's own light." The Christian Advocate says: "If a miuister will permit one man or one woman te have constant access te his mind, be lieve implicitly what he or she may say, leek at ether members of the church through the media of the prejudices or prepossessions of such confidants, he may form the most erroneous judgments, and commit acts which will rend the church of Christ in twain. Yet in the itineracy, when an old pastor departs, and the new appointee arrives, very often the insinuat ing and the artful will endeavor te cap ture the confidence and exclusive attention of the stranger. And he, implicitly be lieving what is told him, unconsciously imbibes the most improper thoughts and feelings toward ethers. These who de net intend te cause such a result sometimes de it, and the minister may threw its influence against the very salt of the church. Te no officer in church or state is perfect im partiality mere necessary than it is te an itinerant minister of the Methodist Epis copal church." Pabllc Benefactors. Jehn P. Heward, of Burlington, Ver mont, who last Monday gave $50,000 te the University of Vermont,' has signified his intention of erecting in the university park a bronze statue of Lafayette, who laid the corner-stone of the university build ing when he visited Burlington in 1825. The late Eli Bates, of Chicago, who was buried en Thursday, bequeathed $40,000 for the erection of a monument te Presi dent Lincoln, and $25,000 te the industrial school in that cily. Mrs. Geerge Ward Nichols, grand daughter of the late Nicholas Longwertb, and well known as a ceramic decorator, has established a pottery art school in Cincinnati. The Swepson cotton mills in Alamanca county, N. C, have been burned. The but several buildings were saved. Insur- ance, $70,000. PKBbONAl. Edward Remehti, the faaoes violinist, is said te have purchased fear stores, one dwelling, and twenty-one building lets in Farge, Dakota. A. B. Martin,-who was graduated at Franklin and Marshall college with the highest honors of 1866, is a Democratic leader in Washington county, Md., and heads the delegation which' gees thence te the state convention te sustain Gov. Hamilton in his war en the rings. Robeet Benner thinks his Edwin For Fer rest or Rams ought te beat 2:10, and the former driver of Rams, Splann, thinks he cm go in 2:08. tteth horses have trotted in 2:11 J en a three-quarter track, which in considered by sporting men better than 2:10 en a mile track. Bishop Scott, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, is new 79 years of age. He has been in the episce pal office twenty-nine years. Bishop Paine, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church Seuth, is 80 years old, and -has been in the Episcopal office thirty-five years. Rev. H. C. Swentzel, rector of the Trinitv Episcepat church of Chambers- burcr. preached his farewell sermon en Sunday. He will IcaTe for Europe some time during the latter part of June and expects te be absent about two months. He will spend the greater portion of his time in Great Britain and visit some of the principal European capitals. Henrt Ward BEECHEitsays that in the (year in which, through Mr. Benner's gen Awtml-, Iia wAelSvAfl in live fvillr Wlf. WAVOXVJ, AAV Awu.wu ,. am .0 mva .,, weed" a larger sum than he expected te make, he paid a larger income tax than did any of eight or ten of his millionaire neighbors. He adds that he never in quired what had become of their property, but he thinks there will be some inquiry about it en Judgment Day. While he does net exactly and in se many words say that these men lied, hie severely inti mate it. Miss Gladstone, the daughter of the premier, is shortly te be married te Dean Lake. Londen society believes that this announcement causes much grief tePrince LeopelaV the queen's youngest son. The prince had been accustomed te show marked preference for the company of the young lady, and, as the two are very fend of music, they have been went te practice together by the hour. It has long been among the most interesting problems which have troubled the breast of society, whether after all Mr. Gladstone and the queen would de Drought into family re re atienship like theso which exist between Her Majesty and the Duke of Argyll. STATE ITEMS. The Columbian declares that the people of Bloemsburr may as well understand that there is small pox in the town. The body of James Dickey, drowned in Huntingdon last Friday, was rccovered at Mapleton, eight miles below. During a violent thunder storm at mid night the lightning stuck a 25,000 barrel tank full of oil at State Line and ignited the oil. Martin Fisher, a Pole, recently lifted 1,500 pounds at the Menteur iron and steel works. Subsequently, William H. Aten, at the Glendower iron works lifted three rails weighing 1,680 pounds. The barn of Rev. J R. Lanes, in Hill valley, Huntingdon county, was destroyed by an incendiary fire. One colt, one cow, a large quantity of grain, hay, etc., were destroyed. Less about $3,000 ; insurance : 31,800. Mr. M. B. Trescott, county surveyor, while surveying in Wyoming county a few Jays age, led the line through a den of rattlesnakes, and with his attendant killsd twenty-seven rattlesnakes in the short space of forty-eight feet. After twenty years of exemption an ac cident has at last occurred en one of the high trestles of the Catawissa railroad, But this accideft only entailed destruction of property, and the record is unbroken as regards less of life . It was owing te a de fective Western car breaking, and in falling ever it dragged thirteen ethers with it. The pregramme of commencement at the Lehigh University, Seuth Bethlehem, is as fellows : University Sunday, June 19, sermon by the Rev. Geerge Leeds, D. D., of Baltimore, Md.. at 11 a. m. Thesis day, Wednesday, June 22, reading of the ses ey tne graduating class, at iu:3i a, m.; address belere the alumni association by Hen. A. K. McClure, of Philadelphia, at 7:30 p. m.; president's reception, at 9 p. m. University day, Thursday, June 23, commencement at 10:30 a. m. IMrORTANTTO MINORS. An Act Prohibiting Them from Falsely Representing Their Ages. The following bill passed by the Legisla ture has been approved by the governor : Making it a misdemeanor for any miner te knowingly and falsely represent him self of full age for the purpose of obtain ing intoxicating liquors. Section 1. That any person under the age of twenty-one years who shall know ingly and falsely represent himself te be twenty-one years of age te any licensed inn keeper, restaurant keeper or ether per son, for the purpose of procuring or hav ing furnished te him by sale, gift or other wise any intoxicating liquors shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic tion thereof in any court of quarter sessions shall be sentenced te pay a fine of net mere than twenty dollars or undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for a period net exceeding thirty days. Sec 2. That any person who shall know ingly, willfully and falsely represent te any licensed innkeeper, restaurant keeper or ether person any miner te be of full age for the purpose of inducing any such licensed innkeeper, restaurant keeper or ether person te furnish or sell anv intexi eating liquors te said miner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced te pay a fine of net mere than twenty dollars or undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for a period net exceeding twenty days, both or either, at the discretion of the court. Ap proved the tenth day of May A. D. 1881. Henry M. H6vt. An Awrel Slaughter of Rooster A great cock-fight took place yesterday at Avendale, iu the suburbs of Cincinnati, lasting from six in the morning until ten o'clock at night. Over 2,000 people were present and all the sporting character in this section of the country and especially of Kentucky were noticeably around the pits. Five hundred cocks were fought, ten main going at once, and 150 of the combatants bit the dust. Vast sums of money changed hands and the scene all day was a verita ble pandemonium. Peel sellers drove a thiiving business before and during the slaughter and there was considerable feel ing manifested between the backers of the various feathered knights of the pit. In Hartferd, Conn., Mrs. Catharine Healy, the saloon keeper who struck a drunken man named James F. Farrell en the head with a bottle for refusing te leave her place in March last, was found guilty of manslaughter and sent te jail for two years, TUB OOBNRIU5 AT AA.MANV. Has His Hand la. Before the investigating committee in Albany yesterday, Senater Strahan was sailed and sworn : I as a member of the state Seaate from the Eighth .district ; I am aUepubbeaa; I suppose I may be prop erly styled a " Stalwart ;" I opposed Piatt iu caucus and voted for Crowley; Crow ley is a Stalwart. Mr. Bangs Did you see an article in the New Yerk World en May 20tb, entitled " Taking the Reef off the Administration Bin ?" A. I saw it at the time it was published ; I can't say as te the truth of its statements. On May 18th I found a telegram in my room, as rollews : " Washington, May 18. Te Jehn II. Strahan (confidential) : It is very imper tant te you personally that you meet me at club te-night, at 11 o'clock. I leave here at once. Say nothing te any one of this dispatch, but meet me without fail. " Jehn I. Davenport." I went down te New Yerk and went te the Union club and met him there ; he asked me if I wanted the marshalship here ; I asked him why and he said he was "in with Garfield in this fight,"' and could get it for me. I said, "If I accept the office would I be expected te act against Conkling ;" he said "Yes ;" I then saidl didn't think I could accept the Flace ; that I wanted te be independent ; told him I didn't knew whether Conk ing would be a candidate or net; if he were, I should support him. He said I had better think it ever, and meet him at the Fifth Avenue hotel "at nine or half-past nine o'clock ; he said I would have te accept it en the jump if at all ; the "Ca binet, " hesafl, "will meet te-morrow be fore 12 o'clock, and you will at once be confirmed." I told him I would meet him, though there was no probability of my accepting ; I met him, and declined the appointment ; I have net seen him since. MOBE CHARGES. Mr. Tathlll Paint a Vivid Picture or the Corruption Within His Party. Before voting yesterday Mr. Tuthill said : I desire te be excused from voting and te briefly state my reasons. Frem the beginning of this contest my vote has been cast in one direction. I have en deavored te be consistent net only with my convictions, but with my record. Fer two years I have consistently given my voice and my votes for all measures tend ing te relieve the people from unjust dis criminations and from unequal and in equitable taxation. In all these efforts I have been baffled by this same corrupt power which confronts us te-day. Te continue te oppose this overshadowing power is still a duty which is clear te me, and for the performance of which my con stituency will, as is right, held me te :i strict accountability, wheu they come te understand the painful and shame ful facts new being uncovered by the in vestigation new being had. I -have ad vocated a caucus, in accordance with all former usage, te nominate candidates for whom Republicans could unite in voting. But all attempts in this direction have been defeated. What influences, I ask, have been brought te bear te prevent Re publicans from conferring together ? Who have prevented us from having a caucus ? Men who have undertaken te represent and te speak for the national administration. Overwhelming corporations have been present everywhere. Whom have they attempted te put into the Senate of the United States? .Why have they feared and refused te attend a Republican caucus te pass upon their caudidate ? Can it be pos sible that Republicans were te be kept thus disorganized in order that corruption might de its perfect work that men were te be forced into a position of individual liberty in order that material influences might be attempted befere a party pledge should bind them ? The tax payers who are robbed by unjust taxation and the farmer and business men who are robbed by dishonest rates and charges, will answer why all these bold and high handed proceedings have been taken. They are only part of a general and constant raid upon the public right. It is an open secret that the candidate of tne corpora tiens is and has been for years their head lobbyist. A D. Barber has been his confederate and associate, and Edwards and the rest of the gang are lieutenants in the work of infamy and corruption. The room of A. D. Barber has long been the head quarters and den where legislation is bought and sold and where certain legisla ters gamble with lobbyists and claim agents and where a game of cards is made te cover naked bribery. I knew enough of what I am saying te take the responsi bility of saying it. If these who frequent tfarber'sroem for such purposes complain of this statement let them put me te my proof. Let a committee of this joint con ventien be appointed and 1 will furnish the witnesses who will uncover this foul nest of legislative jobbery. I go further and say that in this corrupt canvass which has neen made licrc, and which is net yet ended, Barber and his corrupt agents have been the con trolling and leading managers, managing te put into the Senate of the United States their chief, the man who supplies them with money te corrupt and debauch the representatives sent here by tne people. Ne administration can affert te be rcpio rcpie sented by such a candidate, pushed by such men resorting te such means te break up the Republican party and te betray and dis grace the state. Frem the day the first ballet was taken every hour has made clearer the wickedness and dishonesty of the opposi epposi oppesi sition set up ostensibly in the name of the administration. The disclosures, day by day, fill the public ear and the public heart with shame, and present the issue whether monopolies, corruption funds and plunder are te rule and decide the question new pending before us. Fer my part, confirmed and fortified by all that has happened, I take my stand mere firmly in favor of the men whose hands have net been stained by corruption, and whose canvass does net proceed by bribery, lobbyists, patronage, or corporation direction. Matched against these men, en whose name there is no stain, is one of the last of all men whom the Re publicans of the state of New Yerk would trust in the United States Senate. Chaun ceyM. Depew for years has been the man who has labored te prevent all honest legislation te equalize taxes, tohenestlv adjust railroad freights and te rive their iust rizhts te interests opposed te monopolies. Te think of send ing him te represent thestateef New Yerk in the highest legislative body in the world would be staading alone, bat the idea of sending such a man, with such a record, te triumph by such means and sustained by such men and combinations as support him would, in my judgment, be an indelible wrong and disgrace te the Republican party of the state. These of us who have steed together being baffled in our efforts te maintain the immemorial usage et that party have adopted the only practicable and effective way te avert the triumph of a corrupt lobby, te save the state of a deeper and mere foul dis grace than was aver attempted during the reign of Tweed, when corruption held high carnival in this capital, and money filched from the people controlled every avenue of power. I withdraw my request te be excused from voting and vote for Themas C. Piatt" Republican Hindsight. I Pittsburgh Leader, Bep. xa view ui wiu buu8w - , and the wholesale and capricious changes whieh, it is rumored, are just about te be made, the subjeet is in clear enough a light new te make a geed many people who voted for Garfield last fall, en the sole ground that they were opposed te a. change wish they had voted for Hancock just te see whether he would have shaken up and unsetthjd things any worse. ,- " Hw-MisamTmBBWABasnBBHSMSMBSt ' LAXXSr, NEWS BY MAII. Iliza! Emersen, aged aighty-aine years, drowned herself yesterday in a well, at Auburn Mass." ' In Montreal -en Thursday Sirs. Limer died from a slight cut en the band with a butcher's knife. Mrs. Connelly, of Pert Huren, Ont., committed suicide en Thursday by shoot sheet ing herself with a revolver. Frederick Hoxsey, aged fourteen yeais, was drowned en Thursday, at Providence, while learning te swim. Gee. D. Rumsey, of the wealthy grain commission firm of Rumsey, Brether & Ce., of Chicago, died yesterday morning, aged GO years. Twe workmen fell from the new capitol iu Albany yesterday. One named Baxter was killed and the ether named Welsh was badly injured. The annual report of the bank commis sioners of New Hampshite shows the total deposits in sixty-four banks of $32,000,000.' The banks have a surplus et 8f,z&,uuu. A colored man named Mundy shot and killed his wife in Edgefield ceuty, Seuth Carolina, en Thursday night, and was ledged in jail. The murder seems te have been unprovoked. Rev. Geerge Sheleen, D. D., for 33 years superintendent of the American Bible so ciety in New Jersey and Delaware, died in Princeton, New Jersey, en Thursday night, in the 69th year of his age. In Ottawa a man named Martel com menced building a miniature ark en Dal Dal heusie street, yesterday, in anticipation of a flood en the 19th of June. His wife has spent the entire week in coekiug and preparing previsions for the trip. Wm. E. Goodyear died in East Haven, Conn., yesterday morning, 50 years of age. He rode en horseback from the Atlan tic te the Pacific iu 1852. He was connect ed with the government survey between California and Mexico. During the war he was a distinguished scout under Gen eral Terry. The body of Henry Valentine, a well known farmer, who lived near Sheehela, Pike county, has been found in the Dela ware & Hudsen canal, after four days' search and the draining of the canal. He is supposed te have fallen into the water while dazed by lightning during the recent thunder storm. The anniversary of the Battle of Bun ker Hill was celebrated yesterday with a precession. The features of the display were mainly comic, and partook some thing of the Southern Mardi Gras pageants. The Bunker Hill monument association uuveiled a statue te Colonel Prescott. The orator was Hen. Rebert C. Winthrop. In Paris, Ky., Mrs. W. H. Currant died from the effect of fright caused by. threats and attempts of her brother, James Offut, te murder her husband. James Offut resided with Mr. Currant, and becoming offended, shot at but missed his brother-in-law. Offut has fled the .country. He was under indictment for several crimes of violence. Great excitement prevails throughout the Choctaw nation with regard te the permit law. It is understood from par ties living there that evor 1,000 men are organized and armed te resist attack. The whites are attempting te evade pay ment of the tax iti various ways, but with out success. The militia of San Beis county will meet atrthe court house next Wednesday for the pnrpese of taking ac tive steps toward expelling the white set tlers who refused te pay the tax. Jehn Griscom weighed 170 pounds at neon, being a less of 1? pounds in the last 24 hours, during which he drank 32 ounces of water and had a passage of the bowels. His total less of weight in twenty days is 27J pounds, and he presents the appearance of a well-nourished man, although in com parison with himself as he was en May 28, he shows a marked shrinkage. His pulse was strong at G4, his respiratiau 19 and his temperature 98. In Montevideo a great sensation has been caused by a decree forbidding news papers, en pain of a fiue of five thousand peses, te discuss politics or create obstacles for the geverment. Several deputies and senators have resigned. The legations are crowded with journalists who are hid ing from the authorities. Twe papers have suspended publication and the rest avoid politics. The printing offices of the three opposition papers have been at tacked. One compositor was killed and three ethers were injured. The up express, which left Brockville, Ont., at 3:30 p. m., yesterday, bad en beard thirty-three convicts from St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary, going te Kingsten penitentiary. When near Car dinal, after working their handcuffs off. three of the convicts jumped out of the windows of the cars and escaped, and a few minutes later two mere did the same thing, jumping from the train while it was going at full speed en a down grade this side of Prescott. "Seven of the convicts in all escaped from the train. One of them has been recaptured. The balance of the convicts Avero sately ledged in jail at Kingsten. - s Falling Off of Panares. Only sixty-six failures in the United States and Canada were reported te Bradstrects during the past week, the smallest number for any week this year, and a decrcase from last week of twenty. This is a pleasant con trast te the figures given three months age, when there were upwards of one hun dred and fifty, showing a marked improve ment in trade generally. The number of failures iu different regions of the country were thirteen in the middle states, a de crease of sixteen; fourteen in New Eng land, a decrease of five ; fourteen in the western states, a dccicase of four ; four teen in the southern states, an increase of six ; five in California, a decrease of one ; six in Canada, same as last week. Killed In a Railroad Collision. A railroad accideut occurred about one o'clock yesterday between Trey and Wathena. A construction train backing down te Ellwood came into collision at a curve with a freight train going west. Beth trains were running at the usual speed. The caboose of the construction train, containing workmen and several boys who had been allowed te climb en, was struck by the freight, demolishing the caboose and a couple of fiat cars. Charles McCulIy, of Jeseph, employed en the train, and Frank Whelen, aged 13, son of D. C. Whelen, of Trey, were in stantly killed. William Dunn, an em ployee, was se badly injured that he can not live, and William Casterline and Moses Maley were seriously injured. The Shlffler Fair. Last night the Friendship fire company, numbering about sixty members, attended the Shiftier fair accompanied by the Key stone band. The fair was largely attended and there was fine singing by the glee club. A pin cushion was chanced off and was wen by B. P. Metzger, and a beauti ful tidy was wen by Mrs. Henry Smeych. Te-night the Sun company will attend the fair. Tobacco Sales. C. H. Spitzner & Sen, of New Yerk, have sold te Mr. Carl Upman en private terms, 1,000 cases of R. H. Brubaker's fine Lancaster county packing of 1880. It is probable the goods are intended for a foreign market Mr. Brubaker still holds, we believe, about 1,000 cases of the same packing. LOCAL AJffTELLIGENCTjj J THATLSSniHUE CK09MXG. -, ' WfcsreDsata Walts Ter the Pawary. This'raern&sf abeuta quarter before 8 o'clock a rather serious accident' occurred at the North Queen street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad, resulting in serious injury te Mrs. Alexander and the demoli tion of a wagon belonging te Samuel Yeung, of Bautngardncr's" mill, who was driving, and who, together with a Miss .Deeter, of Willow Street, made a narrow escape from death. An extra freight train drawn by engine 811 and in charge of Cen ducter dark, of Columbia, blocked up the crossing for some time. Finally the trainl was cut, and an opening, net ene half the width of the street was made for the pass age of wagons. The train was a long one, and the engineer, who was en his engine iu the cut below the Duke street bridge, could net see that part of his train which obstructed North Queen streen; but the con ductor is said te have been present and when requested by Watchman Kautz te open the street te its full width, there, be ing a dozen or mere wagons that wanted te pass, declared that he wouldn't open the gap any wider for the president of the United States or anybody else. When Mr. Yeung's wagon came up North Queen and be saw the blockade he stepped ; but some person whom Mr. Yeung thought had authority, told him te go ahead that it was safe te pass the track. Just as he attempted te de se, the front part of the freight train having sounded the usual signal, backed up for the purpose of coupling. Mr. Yeung was tee far te the front te pull back, and se he whipped up his horse in hopes of getting through ; but his carriage was caught between the cars and the hind wheels and axles crush ed. The frightened horse bounded for ward and breaking the single tree, escaped injury. Mr. Yeung was pulled ever ;he dashboard, but held fast, te the lines. Mrs. Alexander, who was in the carriage, was thrown out and severely hurt, and Miss Deeter, of Willow Street, jumped from the carriage and escaped with very slight injury. Mrs. Alexander was picked up and car ried into Christian Liller's, near by. Dr. Davis was sent for te attend her. He found that two or three of her ribs were broken, ene of her arms badly lacerated and that she had sustained some severe bruises and internal injuries. At a later hour she was removed te the residence of Jehn May, Seuth Queen street, Mrs. May being her sister. There is a geed deal of indignation ex pressed at the conduct of the conductor who refused te open the street for the pas sage of vehicles ; but his conduct is strictly in keeping with that of ether and higher officials of the railroad, who appear te think that the citizens have no rights that the railroad company is bound te re spect, and that the life and limb of our people are of small account compared with the rapid transit of co?l, cattle or ether property ever the line of the great monopoly. Mayer MacGenigle was pres ent and witnessed the " accident." Its serious results may perhaps inspire in him renewed zeal in enforcing the city ordi nances against the railroad company and its employees. . -l,,lf !,, THE EMPIRE'S ANNIVERSARY. Tba Meet! os Last Night The Company En tertained. The Empire hook and ladder company held a special meeting last night te take action in regard te the celebration of the twenty-1ilth anniversary of the company, which will be -twenty five years old to morrow. It was agreed that the company meet at the truck house en Tuesday even ing in citizen's dress and accompanied by a band serenade a number of old members. The truck house is te be handsomely decorated. A com mittee consisting of Israel Carpenter, Jacob Shirk and Harry H. Hensel, was appointed tojprecure a band and decorate the house. It was decided at this meeting that the company visit theShifflcr fair in a body en Wednesday evening. Before the meeting adjourned Themas C. Wiley, a member of the Empire and also of the firm of Cehe & Wiley, who suffered from fire yesterday, thanked the company for their valuable services, and invited the members te the saloon of Jehn Snyder, en North Queen street, where they were entertained in excellent style and spent a nice evening. This company will go te Reading in September, and' the members are already making arrangements ; at least 50 mem bers will go along. The Stelen Team. As suspected from his stupidity, the man who stele Mr. Steinman's mare and Philip Hess' buggy at Bethel M. E. church and brought them te this city, where he was arrested, turns out te be wrongheaded His real name is Franklin McLaughlin, se:i of Parker S. McLaughlin, millwright, who lives about two miles from Bethel. He is about 25 years of age, and weak, minded. He was in the county hospital for several months last summer, and, though he was supposed te be improved when taken home, his physician, Dr. II. E. Muhlenberg, was indisposed te have him go. His last exploit shows that he was net ht te take care of himself. His father, upon missing him from home and hearing of the team being taken from the festival which his son bad attended, suspected the tacts as ne lias vermed them ey inquiries here te-day. Yeung McLaughlin, alias Jehn Jehnsen, had a hearing en a habeas corpus before Judge Patterson at 2 p. m. te-day, with a view of having him trans ferred from the jail te the hospital, pend ing his trial, when his condition will be shown se as te secure proper committal and treatment of his case. After an investigation of the 'matter it was arranged that the prisoner, by his counsel and father, waive a hearing and be finally committed ; the court then re duced his bail te $200 whieh his father en tered into, and upon the certificate of his mental unsoundness by Drs. Compten and Muhlenberg he was sent te the hospital, te be detained there te await trial at August sessions. A Conscientious Postmaster. Ilarpcr'a Magazine. A postmester under Buchanan, finding by his " instructions " that he was te re port quarterly, addressed the folewing official communication te the president : July 9, 1857. Mr. James Buchunan, President of the United Slates : Dear Sin : Been required by the in structions of the posteflice te report quar terly, I knew heerwith foelfil that pleasin duty by repertinas fellows. The harvestin has been gein en peerty, and most of the nabers have get their cuttin dun. Wheat is hardly a average crop ; en relen land corn is yallerisb, and went turn out mere than ten or fifteen- bushels te the aker. The health of the community is only toler able, and chelery has broke out about 2 and one half miles from here. There is a powerful awakening en the subject of religion in the naborheod, and many seals are bein made te knew their sins forgiven. Miss Nancy Smith, a nere naber, had twins day before yester day. One of them is supposed te be a seven menther, a peer scraggy thing, and went live half its day. This is about awl I have te report the present quarter. Give my respects te Mrs Buchanan, and subscribe myself yours truly. , P. M., at , Fulton, Ce., 111. ' Court. On Monday morning at 10 o'clock court will meet for the purpose of transacting current business. UTTU. LOCALS. MANY. MtXOr MANY MIND?. paealaaa Hera and Hereabout. ' At the continued sale of fancy stock in Philadelphia en Thursday M. L. Greider. of Mt. Jey. bought a bull calf, dropped April 29, for 145. " These continued reminders that official papers are net safe in Brether Jehnsen's "back office" are painful, brethren very. If the' sqprame court of Pennsylrania had sustained Judges Patterson and Liv ingston in their disbarment of Stcinman and Hensel it would, in consistency, have te summon Gewen and disbar him new "" ' "JZ 'C V" "Tl,um .mTes.l.u 'v ""'" "J """ .c reiunn mvesii- gaters need reform as much as they fear investigation. Gene but aet forgotten the fraudulent poll of 153 reform votes at the Seventh ward primary. Harrisburg's high school alumni ass ciatien will have a banquet and reunion. There is another strike at Mcllert's foun dry, Reading. A committee of the Reading fire depart ment started out' this morning te inspect the apparatus of the Harrisburg, Lancas ter, Columbia and Yerk departments. Mr. Jesse B. Wentzel's "happy family" in Reading has broken up. The 'cluck' that abandoned her veuntrand took charce I of a litter of kittens close by her nest, has iersaicen her trust, and left her fester chil dren te take care of themselves ; while the cat that took charge of the 'cluck's' little breed of chicks extinguished her adopted family by eating them up, feathers and all. Netice is hereby given that a meeting of reformers is called at Levi Scnsenig's re form headquarters te devise a reformation of thecautfe of reform. Reformers will please bring with them the revised edition of the rules of reform. The accident at the railroad depot this morning furnishes another text for " A Citizen" te tell the Examiner reader what deplorable results will fellow the removal of the track or the freight trains outside of the city limits. With a tell-gate at ene of our streets, and a death-trap at another, it is a dread ful thing for our peeple te criticise the corporations. JR. O. 17. A. M. National and State Councils. The twelfth annual session of the na tional council, Jr. O. U. A. M., U. S. A., will cenvene in the Odd Fellows hall, Haverhill, Mass., en Tuesday the 21st inst., commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. The attendance is expected te be full and large, as questions of importance te the order will be acted en, as changes in the principles and objects of the order are about te or will be made. Mr. J. P. Winewer will.lcave Lancaster te-morrow evening te attend the council in the capacity of a representative from the state council- He will visit also New Yerk, Brooklyn, New Brunswick and Philadel phia. The twenty first annual session of the state council of Pennsylvania will cenvene in this city en Tuesday, July 19, com mencing at 10 o'clock a. m. The session will be held in Odd Fellows hall, Seuth Queen street. Conestoga council Ne. 22, and Empire council Ne. 120, will give a grand complimentary ball in honor of the state council en the evening of Wednes day, July 20, 1881, te be held in the main room of West End hall. Nene but mem bers of the senior and junior order will be admitted, as only such will be able te pro cure tickets of admission. It is expected that ether testivities will take place in honor of the visiting brethren. A com mittee of reception will be at the Phila delphia & Reading depot, West King street, and Pennsylvania depot, te meet all trains up te midnight, en Monday and en Tues day morning. This session will be the largest held for years, as the order through out the state during the past year or two lias made rapid growth, as for instance, in our own city. Conestoga Ne. 22, has added a large number te the rank, and financially has done remarkably well, saving ever all expenses from one hundred te a hundred and fifty dollars per quarter, which is very geed, when taken into con sideration that the dues are only four dol lars per year. TERRiriC TUSSLE. A Trie or Bloedhonnds Get Inte a Terrible Fight. Many of our readers, no doubt, noticed the five fierce looking Siberian blood hounds, and two Mexican burros, or di muntive Spanish jacks, belonging te Jay Rial's Uncle Tem's Cabin troupe, as they were being led through the principal streets te-day as an advertisement for the company which appears here te-night. They were in Harrisburg yesterday, and the powerful dogs and the jacks were quartered in Mr. Wil liam Duncan's bearding stables, Cranberry aveuuc, between Raspbeny avenue and Second street. Last evening about 6:30 o'clock one of the dogs, named "Tray," a powerful black brute, get 'loose in some unaccountable manncrand fell upon "Bis mark " and " Satan," when aterrible fight ensued. One of the attendants at the liv ery closed the doers and then ran te Der rick's Franklin house te acquaint the col cel col eind men wlie bare the dogs in charge with the state of affairs at the stable. The men hurried te the scene of the fight and succeeded in a remarkably short space of time in separating the brutes by throwing water upon them. After they had been separated and secured the deg answering the, namepf "Tray" was found te have been severely bitten about the head, neck and shoulders, the fange of " Satan " and " Bismarck " having evi dently been sunk deep into the flesh of the vanquished brute. " Satan," a black and white deg, was also severely bitten about the face, but after having been washed had a presentable appearance. " Bis marck " get off without a noticeable scratch. " Tray " was se badly used up that he was kept off the stage last even ing. Anether deg, a young one, was at tacked by one of its mates last Saturday, and in consequence of having a bad wound in its neck was also excused from taking part in the exciting slave chase en the stu"e last evening. A Milk Wagen Wrecked. Iufreut of Arneld Haas's saloon and the Washington hose house this morning,' a woman driving iu a milk wagon get the lines under the horse's tail. Her effort te pu'I them out caused him te kick, and after he had shattered the dasher, smashed the glass, scattered the milk cans and nearly frightened the woman te death, she fell out and rolled upon the pavement, without any further serious damage. Lamp Explosion. Last evening a coal oil lamp exploded in the saddler shop of Jehn A. Beam, which is in Eaby's hall at Intercourse. The oil ran ever the shop, in which there was nobody at the time. The fire was dis covered by Dr. Isaac Gable, who ran into the shop and smothered it before any damage of consequence was done. Majer's Court. The mayor had four cases of drunken and uiseiderly conduct before him this morning. Twe of the offenders paid costs ami were discharged; the ethers were "admonished" and told te sin no mere. .Surety or tba Peace; On complaint of William Williams Elmer Helsingcr was committed by Alder man McConemy te answer at court for surety of the peace.
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