LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, MONDAt, JULY 25, 1881
Hanrastrr intelligencer.
MONDAY EVENING, JUL.Y 25, 1881.
Xet te be forgotten.
The Xew Yerk Times, while it op
posed Conkling's re-election and depre
cated the felly of his resignation, makes
itself plainly understood as having no
sort of sympathy with the act of the
administration which led te that step in
removing Men-it and appointing Robert Robert
eon collector of the pert of Xew Yerk.
Of that act Hie Times says it was an
error, and that the opposition te Conk Cenk
ling and Piatt's re-election would have
been mere effective if that error had net
bean committed. This is a truth which
is verv likely te be lest sight of in Mr.
Conkliiig'.'idiscemfiture and Mr. Blaine's
triumph. Jt is, however,a very significant
thing in measuring the sincerity of the
administration methods of civil service
reform and the moral results of Mr.
Celkling's deposition. The late collect
or of Xew Yerk, Mr. Mcrrit, was ap
pointed against Conkling's interests and
his wishes. He was was put in, osten
sibly at feast, te displace a declared in
competent and unfit official, whose ad
ministration offended the Hayes-Sherman
notions of a proper civil service.
With whatever sincerity that change
was made, there, was no complaint of
Merrills administration. Even Conk Cenk
ling had become reconciled le-it. The
merchants approved it and upon no prin
ciple laid down by Mr. Garfield's decla
rations could his removal be justified. It
is t he subject of authentic report that
the president was -impressed with this ;
that his most sagacious counseller, Mr.
MacYeagh, viewed the subject the
same wav. and that when he un
dertoek te negotiate an ar
rangement between Mr. Conkling
and his friends en this one side and
the administration j1i the ether, he was
satisfied and even delighted te find that
it could be arranged en se easy a basis as
Mr. Merrills retention. That was the
understanding. The breach of faith en
the part of the administration and its
ignoring of its civil service reform
pledges are attributed te Mr. Blaine's in
lluenee; and his reward of Robertsen,
at this cost, is attributed te his determi"
nation if net his obligation te pay a debt
contracted in his campaign for the
presidency. Xe matter hew well Col
lector Robertsen may turn out, his ap
pointment was a betrayal of the ad
ministration pledges ; it was a breach of
faith ; it was an invocation of the very
means, for his employment and resort te
which Conkling has been abused from
Dan te IJeersheba of his parly, and
nothing can wash this ' damned spot "
out.
Ik it lie, true, as the Philadelphia Ycss
asserts, that a faithful Republican elec
tion officer eik! who t.c-e)ich is a" potent
factor in the primaries in Chief Clerk
of the Senate Cochran's ward has se
cured the contract of distributing docu
ments at, ilarrisburg for $1,150 per year,
by can very well afford te divide with
these who were induced te keep off in
the bidding. Fer the chances are that all
the work involved in the contract he
can get done for 100, or $150, if indeed
he be net carried along en the pay roll
without rendering any service himself
or by substitute. In a previous instance
apolitical and personal friend of Clerk
Cochran from Lancaster was carried
along as fireman and get $1,100'
or SI ,-00, for his services, though
it was notorious that he never quit his
work here nor left the city te attend te his
Ilarrisburg duties, unless it was te draw
his pay, and even that, it has been shown,
can be done by proxy. Indeed, very
often these te whom state employees
ewe their positions insist that they, the
principals, shall draw the pay se as te re.
tain their " divvy.'" In a recent instance
one of the rural " best workers " of the
county, who obtained a Si'00 position,
hired a man te de his work for 9150.
Hut he assures us that the bosses did net
make him divvy. Mr. Leenard will be
lucky if he gets off as easily.
'
Tiik news from Washington this
morning are mere reassuring concerning
the president's condition. The opera
tion performed by Dr. Gress seems te
have reached its purposes and te have
been followed with altogether satisfacto
ry results. Of the much dreaded bleed
poisoning there are new no symptoms,
and it is hoped no danger. The alarm
ing stoppage in the discharge from the
wound, se necessary te progress toward
recovery, has been relieved and the gen
eral condition of the patient is much
improved It must be observed, how
ever, that he is far from being out of dan
ger, and the character of the recent bul
letins as well as the relapse which has
occasioned such wide-spread anxiety,
will strengthen the popular impression
that he has net been nearly se far en the
way te resterat ion as the White Heuse
advices had led the public te believe
Indeed it is very manifest that his mere
critical stages are concealed from the
public, and that again and again it is te
lie noticed, that information about them
only conies when the doctors are ready
te report an improvement. This mode
of giving the public the news is very
misleading, and it would be better te
give them his exact condition or less
frequent tidings.
The late .Secretary E. M. Stanten
must have leen an odd man. though it
was perfectly natural that his arbitrary
and tyrannical exercise of power, ensu
ing se often in terrible results te inno
cent persons, should have filled his mind
with remorse and peopled his bed cham
ber with spectres. A most curious dis
covery in relation teliim and tlieconditien
of his mind, is the publication of the let
ters printed elsewhere, in which he an
nounced his purpose te have Herace
Greely arrested for inciting assassins te
murder him. These letters will go far
te strengthen popular credence of the
story that in some such slate of mental
agitation, se easily accounted for, he
rashly sought the most desperate re
source of remorseful men.
Pkxxs.ylv.nia Republicans seem te
find comfort in the fact that the out
come of the Xew Yerk struggle pro
motes their representation in the federal
Senate. Only by such comparison can
Cameren and .Mitchell shine. Se long
as the Empire and Keystone states have
their senators at the feet of the list and
little states like Delaware and Rhede
Island go te the head of the class there
will be little dissatisfaction ever the ar
rangment which gives each state two
senators.
MINOR TOPICS.
This depressing statement from an cx-
exchange : Ohie ghouls have been at work
again. The cerpse of the Greenback party
has disappeared.
What the country demands at this
crisis is that the Herald's medical staff
step plugging the president's wound with
paper pallets, and found a college with
this motto : " When jgnorance is Bliss
'tis felly te be wise."
Rev. C. A. Jehnsen, Hamilton, Canada,
reinforces Brether Jasper aud asserts that
the sun moves, rises and sets, while the
earth remains stationary and is flat. The
position is fortified with scriptuial texts.
Tm: American, or Philadelphia, insists
that even Guitcau must net be deprived of
his constitutional rights, lest an evil pre
cedent be set ; also that the time, is com
ing when the internal revenue taxation can
and should be abolished.
Tin: " most notorious outlaw" new di
vides the honors with the eldest Masen
and last surviving body-servant of Wash
ington for ubiquity and pluenixical im
.mortality. Like Bauque's ghost, he will
net down.
The new cornel is said te be the one seen'
in China in 11)37. We must draw the
line somewhere. This wholesale im por
tion et Chinese fireworks free of duty is
ruining American industry. Senater Mil
ler will please notice.
A scientific railroad man in tins west
says that railroads arc rain producers, and
thai rains fellow the iron tracks in belts
en each side, lie assigns as the main
cause fer'thc meteorological changes the
electre magnetism developed in the rails
in their continuous .line, and the concus
sion of the atmosphere by the jar of the
train.
Sen.ytek-ki.ect AIim.ku, of Xew Yerk,
seems te have the "banner" pretty bad.
In a short speech te a party of serenaders
he alluded te "that banner" sixteen times.
Among the many things alleged te have
been "emblazoned upon that banner"
is "protection te home industry." "In
dustry" is what the new senator calls
weed pulp.
Theue is a stupid and conspicuous type
graphical blunder in the Oxford edition of
the revision at 1 Corinthians, Hi, 5, which
reads : "What then, is Apelles? and what
is Paul".' Ministers through whom ye
Lord believed ; and each as the gave te
him." The word "Lord" has been drop
ped in "making up" the form, and insert
ed a line ahead of its proper place ; it
should obviously conie in after "each as
the."
The first weeping willow lice in England
was raised from a sprout found in a box of
figs brought from Asia Miner, near the
Garden of Eden, where the willow is in
digenous, mere than one hundred and
fifty years age, and was planted and rear
ed by Alexander Pepe, the poet. Frem
that tree a twig was set out in Bosten in
1775 by a British eftiecr, and shortly after
was transplanted by Jehn Park Curtis en
his estate in Virginia.
If Allegheny county were situated geo
graphically somewhere south of Masen and
Dixen's line, it would be a percnuial foun
tain of joy te radical" stalwart" is a lit
tle eif color just new outrage slirickers.
In ten years the list of murders committed
iu Allegheny includes about one hundred
and fifty cases, embracing some of the
most shockingly cold-blooded instances of
crime en record. Te offset this appalling
catalogue, it is of record . that but four
executions in vindication of outraged law
have taken place. This state of affairs ar
gues something radically wrong.
Tiik Tobacco Journal, which manufac
tures a great deal of such " exclusive "
information, has it that some of the to
bacco buyers have made a combination te
buy the '81 crop, " without competition,"
as seen as it is cut and befere ethers arc
aware of their operations, and have their
agents in the field wailing for the word
" go." This startling information is sup
plemented by news from Lancaster te the
Journal "r exclusively," that the leading
growers have entered into a combination
te sell their "81 crop only at ccitaiu high
figures and iu bulk for one price through
out. The Journal is manifestly in the mar
ket before the buyers or the crop.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Edwix Beeth, who was thought
te be dying iu. Londen a few mouths age,
has improved in health since her return
home, and is new strong enough te drive
out.
The Democracy of H. B. Pi.umek's
county of Venango give him a reusing
tsend-eff for the nomination of state treas
urer and recall the fact that iu 1850, when
Knew Xethingtsm had swept ever the
land, it was his noble sire Arneld Plainer
who led the Pennsylvania Democracy te
victory.
Bedford, as an off-set te Joux Ckssxa's
nomination for judge, rejoices that " the
veritable sheet en which President Lin
coln died is new in Bedford, iu possession
of one of our citizens. The fabric is
stained with the martyr's bleed, nod the
impress of his baud, also stained with
bleed, is distinctly, discernible." By all
means let Cessna wave it as his gon
falon in the pending battle for the bench.
William Pitt, prime minister of Great
Britain, was a peer man and in debt.
Seme of his rick- Tery admirers thought it
would be a geed thing te pay off his credi
tors. A large sum was quickly subscribed.
Then Pitt was told. His cheek was red
dened with indignation, and he refuted te
touch a penny of the money. " Te a man
in my position, " he said, "a gratuity is
a bribe. "
Among the rich Californians may be
mentioned Charles Crocker, $20,000,000;
Peter Donehuc, $5,000,000 ; A. F. Davis,
$000,000; James G. Fair, $42,000,000;
James L. Floed, $22,500,000 ; James C.
Floed, $3G,000,000; J. C. Floed & Ce.,
$10,500,000 ; J. C. Floed & Ce., trustees
of J. W. Mackay, $22,000,000 ; Lcland
Stanford, $20,000,000, $350,000 of which is
in diamonds and family wardrobe ; Mrs.
Mary F. S. Hepkins, $17,000,000.
It has been currently reported that Mr.
Fkaxkmx B. Gewex, one of the receivers
of the Reading railroad, was te sail for
Liverpool te present his case at Londen te
the English holders of Reading stock, and
te offer te be their representative at the next
annual election. Mr. Gewen was en beard
the City of Richmond Saturday afternoon
just before she sailed, but said that he
himself was net going ever. He was there
te bid farewell te his daughter and a party
of friends.
Up te the prcseut time the number of
medical men announced te attend the In
ternational Medical congress te be held in
Londen from August 2 te 9 is about 800.
The aggregate attendance is expected te
reach 2,000. Earl Guaxvii.i.e, foreign
secretary, holds a reception of foreign
members of the congress en August C.
The Xew Yerk Academy of Medicine will
be represented by its president, Dr. For Fer
dyce Barker, and Drs. Adams and Farn
ham, secretary and treasurer of the acad
emy. The Bosten Courier, with a cheerful
hope and commendable frankness, leeks
forward te "a net for distant future
when the toiling race of Xew England
farmers' wives, that sallow, skinny, sal-eralus-fed
sisterhood, shall be extinct;
and in their places shall stand a hale,
hearty and happy following, who live en
the fat of the land, and sell only that
which they cannot use themselves ; who
have time and taste te array themselves
in something beside a skimp cotton gown,
and gladly make concessions te fashion in
the matter of coiffure; who lead some
thing beside the Bible-, and, en the whole,
have almost as easy a lime as their spouses'
beasts of burden. "
A young English hostess, who had
heard of the feud bcucen limn Haute
and Geokei. Ai:mjstl.s Sala, (because of
a venomous attack by llarte ea Sala in
California years age) thought It would be
geed 'fun' te send Mis. Sala down te din
ner with llarle as escort. She also intro
duced him for that purpose. Seeing tliis
Sala stepped forward, removed his wife's
hand from llarte s arm, and told him he
cauld net take her te dinner unless he
would first offer apology for the insujt
offered years age, and false assertions
which had never been retracted. Harle
declined te retract or apologize, where
upon Sala took his wife upon his arm and
left the house.
The Bosten Herald, Philadelphia 1'imes
and Xew Yerk Sun have been among the
newspapers of the ceuutry that deprecated
the Field purse for the Garfield family.
The Springfield Jlepublican adds itself te
the list and says : "The Xew Yerk cham
ber of commerce is left iu a ridiculous
plight in view of the dispatch sent last
week by its secretary te Postmaster-General
James, announcing that that organi
zation had decided te present Mrs.
Garfield with $250,000. Cyrus W. Field
has been telegraphing and writing ap.
peals all ever the country for help in
making up the sum which Xew Yorkers
were reported ready te tender. Widows
and children are sending their mites for
the man who gets a salary of $50,000 a
year, and this whole spectacle of begging
for the president of the United States is
unseemly. If the president recovers he
will have a difficult ;uid somewhat ungra
cious duty te perform in refusing this
gush money."
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A cocked and leaded revolver was found
in a mail bag. at Bosten.
Three hundred and thirty-six new pos
tal money offices will be put in operation
Aug. 1.
Over 109,000 drum fish were caught at
one haul of the seine at Chincetcaguc
Island, Va.
They call it " a romantic affair ' up at
Alliance when a young German is left a
fortune and drinks himself into delirium
tremens.
A monster turtle was caught en Fire
Island en Friday. It was 7 feet long and
-1 feet wide, and weighed about 800
pounds.
Eleven Shetland Island fishing beats
have been missing since the gale en Thurs
day last, and it is feared all arc lest. It is
probable that sixty-three persons per
ished. The people of England regard with
great disfavor the seeming disregard of our
government of the attitude of our foreign
born citizens toward the mother ceuutry
in the Irish troubles.
William Gale, the English pedestrian,
completed 3,027 of the 0,000 quarter miles
he engaged te walk in as many consecu
tive quarter hours, and then the physi
cians forced him oil" the track.
Xcar Chascburg, Vernen county, Wis.,
a farmers family, numbering seven per
sons, were drowned during the late storm.
The water at Chascburg is four feet high
er than ever known there before.
A whirlwind in J. F. Reynold's hay let,
iu Slcvcnsvillc, X. Y., picked up a stack
of hay and whirled it into the air te a
height of several hundreds of feet and then
dropped it about a mile distant. The hay
was kept intact.
Xew Jersey denizens vary the monoton
ous occupation of killing oft the peach
crop by anathematizing the millions of
new immigrants, immense German fleas,
that threaten te make the little common
wealth one huge blister. There's millions
in it.
In Waukesha, Wis., X. B. Ward, one of
the eldest printers in the United States,
was killed by a wild train. The old man
was deaf, lie has been editorially con
nected with Buffalo, Xew Yerk, Racine
aud Waukesha papers aud at the time of
his death was a correspondent of a paper.
A bass weighing one pound in 1880 was
returned te the Potomac, near the Great
Falls, withK small sleigh bell fastened te
his tail with a wire. A few days age it
was caught iu the canal at Weaverteu,
with the bell still attached. It weighed
six pounds.
Thsy hung an alderman out in Colerado
the ether day. He conceived his official
duty te lie in the "direction of shielding
from justice a band of desperadoes of
which he was a member, the citizens
elevated him by the aid of a strong cord
without the formality of a trial.
A singular case of piracy has been dis
covered iu Saigon (French Cechin Chiud).
A native vessel, driven ashore in a stress
of weather, was searched for contraband
opium. In the held, concealed, were
about fifty female children intended for
sale.
Considering the condition of the track,
the performance at Chisago en Saturday
is the greatest effort of Maud S's history.
The second and third heats arc the two
fastest consecutively en record, being 2:11
and 2:11. There were 25,000 people look
ing at her.
At Dublin, Ga., Mr. Suggs was out
hunting, and his gun burst the first shot,
tearing his hand dreadfully. Frem . the
dust of dry clay found in the gun, it is
supposed that a chimney swallow had
built his nest therein, which caused it te
burst. The doctor took off Mr. Suggs's
thumb.
Yazoo City, Me., desperate love ; ob
durate parents ; young man sheets inam
orata's mother ; arrest, and girl brought
en stand as witness for state; gets ex
cused for a few minutes ; skips te a mag
istrate and marries prisoner ; wife cannot
be witness against her husband ; sensa
tion ; reconciliation ; joy.
An earthquake occurred at half past 2
o'clock Friday morning iu Switzerland
and in the eastern part of France. At
Geneva bells were rung and houses shaken.
At Mergcs furniture in dwellings was up
set, aud there was great consternation, but
no casualities. It was also severe at Berne,
Switzerland, and at Lyens and Grenoble,
France
THE WAY OV THE WOULD.
Startling
Striking and Sensational Sc
Novelties.
The losses by the burning of the ware
house aud ether buildings at Berdeaux,
are estimated at from two te three million
francs.
In Manchester, X. II., Maud Lovejoy,
nine years old, daughter et Captain Jehn
G. Lovejoy, died of hydrophobia last
night. She was bitten by a rabid deg sev
eral weeks age.
Baseball en Saturday : At Xew Yerk-
Treys, 8 ; Metropolitan, :. At Detroit
Dctreits, 3 ; Chicago, 2. At Bosten
Bestens, 1 ; Wercesters, 0. At Buffalo
Baflales, 3 ; Clevelands, 7.
A tool car en the Texas and Pacific
railroad jumped the.track at the edge of
the Sand Hills, causing a bad wreck.
There were about sixty nun aboard, of
whom three were killed and ten wounded.
A petition is ciiculatiug in AVilkesbarrc
praying thai the encampment of the Third
brigade be net held thijre. Small pox is
the burthen et the petition, liie surgeon
general says, however, there is no danger.
The German Siengcrfcst inWilkesbarrc,
beginning te-day, will continue for three
days. Thirty societies will be represented
in the concert, Among them five from Xew
Yerk. Over 0,000 people arc expected.
The city is decorated in elaborate style.
Andrew Mcssinger, aged nineteen years,
left his home iu Carbondale eight weeks
age m seai en ei employment. lie was
run ever by a coal train at Sidney Plains,
yesterday, and instantly killed, his head
being completely severed from his body.
William J. Xelsen, who accompanied an
excursion paity from Philadelphia, was
drowned while bathing at bcavillc. ,lle
was a married man, eO years old, and a
resident of Gcrmantewn. The body has
net yet been recovered.
At Carlisle recently, a man and wife
were incarcerated in jail, ledged iu cells
directly lacing one another across the cor cer cor
rider, and both convicted of the same of
lense aeuitcry. mar. must nave eetwi a
phreuolegically compatible marriage.
Sparks from the cugine which ran Wm.
II. Vanderbilt's special train te Xiagara
1 alls set lire te the Canada Southern rail,
read freight shed iu Chippewa, Out,, A
high wind was blowing at the time, and
before the local lire company could get
their engine in order a clean sweep was
made of one-third of the village. In all
about twenty houses were destroyed, te
gether with, barus,. out-buildings, etc.
A mile and a half south of Greenwood,
Johnsten county, Ind., early Saturday
morning, a tramp attempted te enter a tell
house, kept by -Mrs. Alelhc Hunt,a widow
Mrs. Hunt gave the man all her money,
$8, through a pane which he broke out of
the deer : but he persisted in his attempt
te enter and she shot him dead. He was
known as ;i tramp, passing under the
names of "Jehn Miller," " O'Brien " and
"Lewis Cook."
A 1'rlsim Tragedy.
At Paducah, Ky., eleven convicted
prisoners in the county jail Nvere te have
started at 8 o'clock for the penitentiary.
Between 0 and 7 o'clock there was a noise
in one of the cells, which attracting atten
tion outside, quickly brought Jailer Ed
wards, his assistant Jacksen, and County
Judge McGannagle te the scene. Twe
negrees, Levi Beldcn and Jehn Stewart,
couvieted of larceny, were confined togeth
er, and en reaching their cell the officers
found that Beldcn had killed Stewart,
having beaten out his brains with a piece
of an iron bunk. As seen as the cell
deer was opened Beldcn attacked the offi
cers with his weapon and would have kill
ed some of them but for their pistols,
which firing almost together, sent one ball
through his beilv and another through his
brain.
Strikers and Soldier.
The governor of Wisconsin has called
out two battalions of state militia, te pre
serve the peace at Eau Claire, the scene of
the lumbermen s strike. Light companies
of militia, numbering 375 men, arrived at
Eau Claire, yesterday, aud camped en one
side of the park, and exchanged
friendly greetings with hundreds of
the strikers, who were gathered iu
the same ground. Several of the lead
ing strikers were arrested yesterday before
the arrival of the troops, although se far
as can be ascertained, nothing hostile
was done by the men. There is some criti
cism of the governor's course iu calling out
the militia, but he says it was done at the
call of the mayor and leading business
men, who assured him there was "danger
of a great conflagration unless the militia
were called out." The governor addressed
the strikers at the park yesterday after
noon " in a temperate speech." One firm,
Sherman & Brethers, have yielded te the
demands of the strikers, and their men
arc working en extra time. The ether
mill owners say they will begin work to
day. KKCENT FATALITIES.
The many Ways In which Men and Women
Meet Death.
James and Cicere Perter shot dead in a
saloon quarrel in Bryan, Texas, by Lucien
Reid. Richard Tayler beaten and kicked
by two brothers named Jehn aud Andrew
Cellins, at their bearding house :i Brook
lyn. W. Bartlctt, a well-digger, shot by
Emil Umfried, assistant postmaster,
in a quarrel at Lincoln, Missouri.
Mrs. Wm. Mcllugh, stabbed by her
husband in a Cincinnati market house be
cause she asked him for money. A young
man named Trujillo shot in a Denver
dance by the chief of police, who was as
saulted while quelling a row. Rhodes and
Crowder lynched in Volusia county
Flerida, " by personal enemies." Themas
Tate, Hans Olscn and August Saline by a
fall of ere in the West End mine at Hara Hara
mendsville, Essex county, X. Y.-s-Kebert
Davis, late of Philadelphia, by sunstroke
in Xew Orleans. Jeseph II. Merse, fire
man of the new Baltimore & Ohie build
ings in Baltimore, by!falling with an ele
vater from the fifth story. Anten Bredt,
an empleye en the Northern Central rail
road, year Calvert Station, Baltimore, by
a freight car running ever him. Jacob
Emanuel, aged 38 years, a shoe manufac
turer, of Duane street. New Yerk," by fall
ing through a hatchway in his
establishment. Hundreds of Aleuts,
Alaska, from an epidemic. Henry
Fischer, aged. 11 years, and William
Brier, aged 15, were drowned while bath
ing at New Orleans. An engineer, named
make, was blown overboard while sleeping
en the deck of the U. S. launch Seaweed,
at Pert Royal, Seuth Carolina.
THE PRESIDENT'S WOUND.
THE CAUSE OP THE RELAPSE.
A CLKAK -STATEMENT BY UK. KETIJUKX
The Heroic Treatment or the Philadelphia
surgeon.
On our first page will be found an inter
esting aud curious story about the pro
jected assassination of Hayes. It gains in
iuterest, if net in credibility, from the
critical condition into which Mr. Garfield
has been placed by a serious relapse. The
account which we print gives the causes
and nature of this reaction, and the pro
gress of the patient's partial recovery from
it. Dr. Reyburn gives the following ac
count of the treatment :
The direction taken by the ball after it
entered the body was forward and slight
downward until it struck one of the ribs,
it was thence deflected still farther down dewn
waid and a little te the right se as te make
an acute angle with the line of the back.
In ether words, when a probe was intro
duced iu the wound te a depth of three or
three aud a-half inches, its direction was
such that its inner end was only about an
inch and a half from the outside of the
body at a point lower down. The exam
ination, which was mads in the presence
of Drs. Agnew and Hamilton showed
that a pus cavity had been formed
in the track of the ball near and beyond
the point where it glanced from the rib,
and that this cavity could be reached by a
direct incision three inches below the
month of the wound. It was decided at
once te perform the operation. The sur
gical knife was inserted at a point just
above the hip and three inches below the
wound. The skillful surgeon, Dr. Aguew,
selected a spot between the muscles of the
back from which he cut straight te the
traek of the ball, striking it at a point
just below the drainage pipe, a depth of
three inches, rue keen uiaue was accom
panied by an instrument that held the
wound open with the withdrawal of the
knife, which was immediately followed by
a flew of pus that at once demonstrated
the success of the operation.
Ne anasthetics were used and the presi
dent bore the operation bravely, but the
part te be operated was te be numbed by
the spray of ether. AVith the aid of a
probe and a pair of forceps a drainage
tube which is a small flexible tube of
rubber perforated with holes was then
introduced into the wound by the ball,
and after being carried through the pus
cavity was brought out through the newly
made incision, one cud of the tube
then projected from the cut made by the
surgeon's knife, and the ether from the
mouth of the original wound. As the
pus oozed into the tube through the per
forations it could escape from either cud
and was repeatedly washed out with a
weak solution of carbolic acid and water,
which was thrown through the tube iu a
stream. The discharge which was follow
ed .by the opening of the pus cavity was
entirely satisfactory te the surgeons and
was seen followed by relief te the patient.
The drainage tube has been left as it was
originally placed and will remain there for
the present. If the wound discharges
freely through the new opening the tube
may, perhaps, be withdrawn from the old
one te allow it te heal. The incision made
is in a direct line with the deeper parts of
the wound and it is thought the pus wili
e.;cSpc through it without any of the ob
structions which impeded its llew along
the track of the ball and which covered
the pus cavity.
In reply te the question whether an
other pus cavity is likely te form aud
bring about another of the alarming
symptoms of yesterday, Dr. Reyburn said:
" I cannot answer positively, but as the
pus new has full egress I de net think it
probable that another cavity will form."
Upen being asked whether there were or
had been any symptoms in the president's
case of pyeamia or bleed poisoning. Dr.
Reyburn said : " Nene whatever. Riger
of course may he a symptom of pyeamia,'
but it is also a symptom of various ether
complications, and it docs net point te
pyeamia in the present case. The pus
continues healthy and the characteristic
symptoms of pyeamia arc all wanting.
Yeu may say upon my authority that no
indications of bleed poisoning have been
observed and that we have no reason te
expect any."
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STATE ITEMS.
Miners iu the Tiega coal fields weik
four te five days in a week.
Tiega ceuuty was visited by a slight
frost last week.
The total value of live stock in Pcnnsyl Pcnnsyl
vanie, goats net included, is $85,370,912.
Oil is reported te have been found in an
old well in Clarien county. There is mere
excitement than oil.
The Philadelphia Times building is te be
run up another story. It is well te be
capacious in the upper region.
J. E. Gatchell, mayor of Grccnsburg, has
been put .under arrest for the false impri
sonment of three citizens.
There are twenty-seven eases of small
pox in one square in Pittsburgh, making
250 developed within two weeks.
Petroleum is new succesfully used as
fuel in smelting silver. It is said te" be
better and cheaper than coke and coal.
A sharp Williamsport girl, it is reported,
borrowed thirty dollars from one lever or
admirer in order te bny an outfit t many
auethcr.
In nearly every instance of injuries from
the toy pistol lockjaw has supervened.
Death by starvation is the usual termina
tion. A Williamsport fisherman caught a wa
ter snake with a catfish in its mouth ;
baited his hook with the "cattie" and
hooked three bass.
Twe young ladies while rowing en the
river near Indiana creek, were suprised te
sec a large pike jump into the beat. They
killed it with an ear, when it was found te
weigh 141 pounds.
A large bug, resembling a locust, which
fastens te the necks of fowls near Greens
burg, has been very destructive of life.
Thousands of the huge bugs have been
found in one nest.
Mrs. Harry Lingafelt, of Helidaysbnrg,
was recently stung by a "snake feeder,"
or dragon fly, and her entire body became
poisoned. By the application of proper
antidotes, she is recovering.
One of the Blue mountains, near Bern
ville, Aines Pearson caught a black snake
measuring seven feet in length; which had
three young rabbits ant a bird in its
stomach.
A boy at Scranton nearly lest an arm
from the bite of a mule, the bones being
badly crushed. The mule resembles the
old swivel guns that revolved en the cen
tre and spread destruction en general prin
ciples. Ex-Senater Chestnut is announced as a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomina
tion en the Democratic ticket iu 1882.
The senator should remember that chest
nuts de net keep well ever a season. He
is somewhat previous iu opening his burr.
The old hotel at Minnequa Springs is te
be rebuilt this summer or next fall. The
brick in the tabernacle will be utilized in
the construction of the new hotel. Per
haps Peter Herdic has net relinquished
his Utopian dream of a new county, etc.
The editor of the Bloomsburg Columbian
has his nocturnal slumbers tendered un
pleasant by female vulgarity wafted iu
through his open window. The language
shocks his virgin modesty even with the
light extinguished. There should be some
protection for editors.
Erie county must have a sheriff, but the
premonitions are that the office will here
after seek the man, as the emoluments
have become barely sufficient te meet ex
penses, aud during the last term the in
cumbent has actually lest money. This
is rough en the sheriff, but it is a gratify
ing exhibit of popular geed times.
.
Stanten's Draail of Asasslnatl;.ii.
Washington Dispatch.
The following curious dispatches, never
before printed, were sent by Mr. Stanten
te Hen. Edwards Picrrepent about a month
after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln :
W.i: nEiMirrsKXT, May 12. ISfiS.
10.05 v. m.
Te the Hen Kilivarils I'ierrepen!, Xeic Yerk:
" I have written te night te retain you
aud Cutting and Brady,or anyeue else you
may desire te have associated with you,
te prosecute Herace Greeley and tne owners
of the Tribune for Greeley's persistent ef
forts the last four weeks te incite assassiuste
finish their work by murdering me. Please
give the matter your immediate attention
en receiving the letter aud secure copies of
all the Ti ibunes printed since the night of
the president's murder aud get the names
of the owners. I propose te prosecute
criminally and also by civil suit, for I shall
net allow them te have me murdered and
escape responsibility without a struggle
for life en my part.
"EnwixM. Stanten."
Wai: Ukpautmext, May IS. I
.V-JO r. m.
Te the Hen. Edwurilx Pierrepeni anil the Hun.
K IS. Vuttiny, Xew Yerk :
I have proof of express personal maliee
against me by Grccley and believe that I
can establish a combination between him
and ethers which may end in accomplish
ing my death, as it did against -Mr. Liu Liu
celn and Mr. Seward. This is my reason
for distinguishing his case from ethers of
general vituperation.
Ehwin M. Stanten
The second telegram was scut in reply
te one which contained an intimation that
it might be at least indiscreet te make
such an arrest as the one suggested by Air.
Stanten.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
MAKIKTIA MATTKIW.
A Geed Appetite bonus's Visions-May tuvrii'..
' War Herse "Bees Hunting the
Widow A Streng Discourse.
A young man ate two quarts of ice
cream at Harry Wolf.; saloon at one sit
ting. Next !
Leeks, the mermaid man, saw a large
otter while baiting his eut-line in the Sus
quehanna river. What this man will see
next no one can tell.
A horse belonging te Mr. Shane injured
his leg a few weeks age ; his injuries
proved te be of such a nature that it was
found necessary te sheet him.
Jehn L Jacobs, the Democratic ' war
horse " from Maytown, was in town en
Saturday. Jehn has many warm friends
here.
Menree Eugle, of Ceney township,
walked hurriedly through a dark room,
and forgetting a screen deer that he had
just put in, which steed partly open, the
frame and his nose struck. It did net
hurt the deer iu the least. His nasal organ
is badly damaged.
Rev. J. McEImeylc preached a very able
and impressive scimen in the Presbyter
ian church yesterday morning, taking for
his text the follewiug word : ''If you love
me keep my commandments." The con
gregation must certainly have been profit
ed, if they sat down in the temper of
Cornelius and his friends, "new therefore
are we all here present before Ged, te hear
all things that are commanded thee of
Ged."
A widow in Marietta undertook te de
melish a bumble-bee's nest in her yard.
She tackled it with aii old broom Se far
as the nest was concerned she had it all her
own way. But when the skirmishers in
the air charged en her, she retreated to
ward the kitchen deer, fighting every inch
of the ground like a game hen. Soen .af
ter she had closed the deer she discovered
that her one eye was closed, and her face
and arms were covered with knots and
wounds received in the fight. The honey
is still iu the nest.
OIUTUAKY.
Dentil or Mrs. Kiln Leidigh Slaymaker.
Our obituary columns note the sudden
death in Wilmington, Del., yesterday at
the residence of her husband, G. I). Slay
maker, of his wife, Mrs. Ella Lcidigh
Slaymaker, only daughter of Isaac W,
Lcidigh. Mrs. S. was a most estimable
and popular young lady. Her parents
formerly resided in Paradise, where she
was married te Mr Slaymaker, then of
Williamstown, a few years age. They
were both widely known and very popular
in the social circles of this city and the
eastern end of the county, where her
talents us a musician and all the amiabili
tics of a refined womanhood made her a
general favorite. In the development of
his business Mr. Slaymaker removed te
Wilmington. His father-in-law came te
this city and recently removed also te Wil
mington. Mrs. Slaymaker wa- the only
surviving child of her parents, her brother.
Parke, a premising youth, having died
some years age. Her body will be
brought te Paradise for interment iu the
Presbyterian graveyard there.
l'ellre Case.
Jehn Loucks, a drunken . tramp, wa-r
caught iu the yard connected with the resi
dence of an East King street family, and
declined te give any satisfactory account
of himself. He was taken before Alder
man Barr, who committed him .for ten
days.
Annie Haggcrty, a traveling peddler,"
came te town en Saturday and get se
drunk that she was unable te walk. Officer
Mei-ringcr took her te the station house.
This morning she was taken before Alder
man en the charge of drunken
and disorderly conduct and was sent te
jail for five days. Anether drunk paid
costs and was discharged.
Had Opinions of the Nickel.
Chattanooga Times.
An article is en the rounds headed :
"What is a nickel '."' Old General Spinner
when register of the treasury, said it was
"an ugly stinking token," worth about
two cents, and was in all respects a dis
grace te our coinage and a nuisance in our
circulation. It is new worth less than a
cent and a half, and seems te be continued
in cii dilation solely for the benefit of the
patriotic perseus who own the principal
nickel nunc iu the world, located near
Lancaster, Pa.
Uelng West.
Geerge A. Shelly, for ten or twelve years
past connected with the Intei.mrrnckr,
left the home of his parents in Mt. Jey this
morning for a brief trip te Xew Yerk.
He will thence proceed direct cia Chicago
te his new home Minneapolis. He carries
with him the best wishes of the Intei.m
uencek and many ether friends in this
c mnty.
I'ipe Laying.
The superintendent of water works,
Mr. Kitch, has recently been laying a geed
deal of water-pipe in the Eighth ward
1.050 feet in Leve Lane and Union streets,
1400 feet in High street, and 500 feet in
iVinifir street. The ieb will be fiuished
and the connections made by the end of
the present week.
m
A rigeen Kly.
n.t nnvf 3itiii1fiv a. niircen 11 v will take.
place between Bird-in-IIand and Philadel
phia, a distance of 01 miles, between
young birds owned by Arthur Chambers,
Air. Tim and Themas Grist of Philadelphia.
Till: UAICKlsDUKC STEALINGS.
And Is It Juhuny Leenard. Kvniiblicnn In
spector or the Sixth Ward. Lancaster?.
rilarrisburtj Cerrcspmitlcnre et Philadelphia
1'te-si.i
J. Wesley NeillV. bids for the Senate
and Heuse plumbing, which took the con
tract, amounted te !?0,8;10. Four or five
ether plumbing, firms had determined te
bid and soma had actually prepared pa
pers, when Xeill, peer man as he claims te
be, ettered te buy them oil and premised te
pay each a stipulated sum it they would
keep out. The plumbers are Harry Stew
art, Patsey Bradley, .Jehn Kremer and
Lyle & Peel. The first three named
were te get $100 each, and the
last $150. the extia $50 being
the balance due en the purchase of
the year 18S0, when Xeill made the same
bargain with that firm, but neglected te
settle in full until this year. Xeill thus
cleared the field of four competitors and
had it all te himself. But te keep all
ethers out he induced a young friend of his
te put in bids a little in advance of his, and
thus make it appear that there was still
competition. Te make sure of the contract
against all peradventure, he had prepared
ether bids in his own name, amenutiug for
both houses te about $1,000. which he
iutended te substitute for the $G,Se0 in case
ether competitors turned up at the last
moment but the bidders were confined te
his friend and himself, and Xeill get his
contract at the enormous figure of $(5,Se0.
In his little confidential talks about this
scheme Air. Xeill told some things which
implicated Air. Delaney, thus connecting
him with something else besides the con
tracts for stationery and miscellaneous
supplies. Xeill said that Delaney made
out all the plumbing bids, even that
of the friend who acted as Neill's dummy
arranging the bends, and, iu short, was
interested iu him (Neill) in -procuring
the contract. Air. Delaney, as senate li
brarian, has nothing whatever te de with
the plumbing, yet, according te Air. Xeill,
the successful bidder, he is new found
cheek by jowl with that individual in fur
thering his interests, ami, net having the
fear of the twelfth section of Article HI,
of the constitution before him, appears te
be a silent partner with the known con
tractor' All of which is submitted te the
state treasurer as auethei reason why the
plumbing contract should net be approved.
Among the bidders for the distribution
of documents contracts was J. X. SIcntz,
a boss carpenter of this city. He it was
who said that Delaney ettered him $101)
te withdraw aud net bid. Air. Slentz de
dined, giving as a reason that Resident
Clerk Patterson who was his si
lent partner, objected le that kind of
a bargain. Apart from the fact that
Air. Patterson, as an ellicial, had
no right te be interested in a
contract, if he really was, this refusal was
an honorable act. But Sleut. new says
that Patterson hoodwinked him by reveal
ing the amount of Slentz's bill of $1,200 te
the successful competitor, Jehn II. Leon Leen
ard, whose bid was $ 1,150, and went snacks
willi Leenard and Delaney iu the contract.
Se it would appear that nearly every prom
inent official in the Legislature is mere or
less interested iu contracts, in spite of the
constitutional prohibition, and that they
restore te all kinds of tricks te "catch en."
Iu a card iu te-day's I'rc.ia Slentz I'enies
that he " gave Patterson away," or that
Patterson was anv seit of a partner iu his
bid. '
The Circus War.
On Saturday after O. Kcnyen, of the
Balcheller & Deris show had been arrested
for mutilating bills of the Sells Bre.'s,
" Yank" Xewell, of the latter show, made
complaint before Alderman McConemy
against Willson, charging him with
the same elfenec. Willson is a pester of
the Balcheller show aud it was alleged
that he covered bills of the ether party,
lie was arrested by Officer Titus at the
outer depot of the Beading railroad and
was taken te the alderman's office. It was
shown at the hearing that Batchcller &
Deris had .secured a shed in the country,
for which they paid and then covered it
with bills. Sells's men came along after
ward and covered their bills. On Saturday.
Willson went te the country and again
covered the stand. The alderman tlis
missed the ease ami Willson and G. W.
Yegte, boss of the brigade, left for Bead
ing this morning.
Geerge Gardner, who drove lvcnyeu te
the country en Saturday, states that lie
did net furnish the information en which
the man was arrested, but that " Yank "
Xewell followed the wagon te the country
and saw the alleged mutilation of bills.
li.K'laliiied Letter.
Following is a list of unclaimed letteis
remaining in the postellice at Lancaster
for the week eflHing Alenday, Julv 25,
1881 :
f.ailiex J.it Susan Benedict, Christiu
Brccht, Alaggio Buckes, Airs. Alanda Den
nis, Airs. Alargt. Karnst, Alary Gannon,
Viela Jehnsen, Liz.ic .Malcolm, Anney
Presberry, Airs. .1. (J. Peters, Alary Rea
gen, Sarah J. Yeung.
Gent1 Lhl J. F. Brown, Bal. Cini
mcrs, Eavncst Carpenter, Chas.O. Hewes.
Jehn Hummel, (J. Mucdetiald (for.), Frank
. Pelinypacker, J. !J. Bohiuseu, Levi
Scarlett, Jeseph Filiex.
I'all of a llerNe.
As a team attached ,te Youart's ice
wagon turned the corner of Xerth (Jtieen
and West Orange .streets tit a rapid rate,
en Saturday evening, one of the horses
slipped en the cress flagging and fell
heavily en his side. The harness was de
tached with some difficulty, though advice
floated about as autumn leaves and as
variegated, and the animal regained his
feet, apparently none the worse for his
shaking up.
Legislative Memerial.
State Representative E. G.- Snyder, of
the. city district, has our thanks for copies
of the legislative memorials en Senators
Wm. Elliett, Gee. D. Jacksen and Chas.
II. Paulsen, all of whom-died iu the har
ness and were cufegized handsomely by
their .senatorial brethren. The elcgaic
eloquence is gathered into these volumes,
handsomely printed, illustrated with steel
plates and hound regardless of expense.
An Old IIIarkHmltli.
Benjamin Braekbill recently put up a
new blacksmith shop in West Willow. On
Saturday Jehn Sn&vely, aged 71 years, who
is a blacksmith by trade, but has net
worked at it for 18 years, went into the
shop aud shed a liei.se in excellent style.
This is quite a feat for such an old man.
Bane nail.
A game of base ball was played at Alil Alil
leisvilleeu Saturday, between the Millers
ville Xine" and the "Actives," resulting
in a victory in' favor of the latter. The
score steed 9 te 2. Harry Goedhart, bill
pester, of the Actives'," did some fine play
ing as 'short step.
Ai'ci.Ient.
This morning, as two young ladies fiem
the West End, were driving en East King
street, between Duke and Lime streets,
their horse stumbled and ell, breaking
one of the shafts of their carriage. The
ladies alighted, the damage done was seen
repaired and the diivc was resumed.
A' Curious Seal.
Tlmm arc manv curiosities in the OinriA
of circus lithegranhs in this eitv. but tm
one which leads all is that which represents
a seal flying from a cake of ice te the
water. The animal leeks like a sea gull.
Colored l'lcnlr.
The Colored Workingmen's association
is te-day holding a picnic at What Glen
park.