N LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1881. Lancaster intelligencer, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 3, 1881. Try Again. A geed illustration of hew the dilet tante element in politics, who mean well " but de net have much practical knowl edge, expose themselves and the cause of reform te ridicule is afforded in the August number of the Penn Monthly. which allows a contributor with the high-sounding name of Edward Fenne Heffman te devote seven pages te an article en "Primary Elections Reform in the Delegate System of Nominations." People interested in the subject who turn te it in expectancy of finding something new and valuable, will turn away in disappointment that the writer knows se little about a matter which he undertakes te write about. His narra tion of hew much influence the primaries exert en the general elections, and hew little interest citizens generally take, or hew little control they exercise in these primaries is true enough, but se trite as te be hardly worth the telling in the pages of a magazine that affects te deal with live matters. It is te his proposed remedies for the existing evils that we turn with the confidence of finding some thing original, when, le! we find the writer's discovery te be that, the princi ple of delegate conventions for making nominations being the corner stone of the whole system which has given rise te political corruption, the efficacious remedy he prescribes is that voters at primaries should vote directly for the candidate. After expanding his idea the writer in nocently adds in a feet note : " I believe a system somewhat similar te this has been successfully tried iu Crawford county, Pennsylvania." New the fact is, as anybody who luis studied Penn sylvania politics knows, that the system has been for years iu operation by 'both parties iu many counties of the state, that there have been numerous statutes regulating it and that it has had a very extended trial, notably iierc in Lancaster county, a splendid field for the operation of reform. It has failed te vindicate its superiority ever the delegate sytem as a reform agency; mid, indeed, under it corrup tion has waxed mere prevalent than ever and the annual primaries of this county, under the Crawford county system, are by common confession " carnivals of corruption," in which " rings" and " bosses" and " political oligarchies" strive for the spoils by the most desperate and despicable means, and out of which corrupt influences reap the victory as effectually as under the delegate system. In view of which facts 3Ir. Edward Fenne Heffman will de well le study up the subject and try again. His present effort would scarcely read well in a maga zine of ten years age. Shvicxty-enu students of IhcMillers ville state normal school, who left dur ing the late troubles there, have pub lished and arc distributing in a pam phlet of thirty-two pages a statement of the causes which led te these troubles, a vindication of the students and numerous extracts from the press of the state en their attitude and conduct. The recital of the events which culmi nated in their departure and of the inci dents of the exodus covers matters that have already been related in our news columns, and most of the newspaper comments en the case have been pub lished in the Intelligence::. "What ever appears in this statement of the case which its authors themselves fear may be excepted te en the grounds of geed taste, they ask may be referred te their desire te publish a complete and authentic history of all the facts. A portion of this "statement," however, which has original interest, even for these familiar with the history of the Millersvillc troubles, is that which gives the reason for the publication, viz.: The manifestation e a purpose by the school authorities te fellow these young men out into the world in a spirit of persecu tion and frustrate them in the successful exercise of their profession as teachers. The gentlemen whose names are affixed te the statement say : We have every reason te believe county superintendents have been asked te dis criminate against us when we appear as applicants for schools. We knew te a cer tainty that such has been the case with various beards of school directors who were subjected te the adverse pressure of iRillersville influence and furnished with falsa information respecting our spirit and past conduct. Twe instances arc given, in which it appears that a trustee of the school and the treasurer of its beard of directors sought, with mere or less success, te in fluence school beardsagainst the selection as teachers of these who had been con spicuous in these troubles. In view of these things the students are justifiable in spreading broadcast their vindication ; and thesa who seek te fellow them be yond the authority of the normal school are as much te be reprehended as the weaklings who allow themselves te be influenced in their public duties by such display of malice. Xektii Carolina is te have an elec tion te-morrow, and the old state lower in latitude by several degrees than this has been worked up with a degree of excitement that could hardly be evoked in any Northern state, even in the cooler days of the late fall. The whisky ques-r tien enters largely into the canvass, net as a means of persuading voters, which is quite common at elections everywhere, but as an issue of state politics ; and, strange te say, the Republicans are try ing te make capital from the anti-prohibition element by' representing the Democrats as the temperance party. This construction of their position is based en some prohibitory legislation by the last state Legislature, which was controlled by the Democracy, and by means of it the Republicans hope te per manently divide the present majority party of the state. It is quite as likely, however, that the Democrats will make some compensating gains en the same issue, though no outcome out of Thurs day's struggle can have much political significance. It is interesting, however, te see the party of moral ideas making the fight for freer whisky. The principle of vaccination as a pre ventive of small-pox has been success fully maintained long enough, net only te have created public confidence, but te have secured the approval of the best medical judgment. Indeed it is asserted by these who ought te knew that this dreadful pestilence could be entirely stamped out and its ravages stayed by a universality of persistent vaccina tion. Se easy a means of averting such a scourge should net lie neglected. Smallpox, it is well-known, in lighter or mere serious form, returns te nearly every community periodically and next winter, it is believed, Lancaster is as likely as net te have a visitation from it. New is the time te prepare for it, or against it rather. People who neglect the easy and effective precaution of vac cination net only run themselves into needless danger, but de the whole com munity a grievous wrang. MINOR TOPICS. Oscxn Wilde, aesthete, is no new dis covery. Patent medicine venders can give points en wild doggerel. Atoeb Kkan Khant submit te Ameer British puppet, and the Viceroy, it is said, is just Ripen. He will get Ayoob's head Afghan. If he can't have that per haps he Candahar. We advise that he Quitta trying and have Dunn with it. It appears that Guiteau will net get off se easily as was expected, for the law fix ing the penalty for murderous assault, in the District of Columbia, at eight years, was repealed in 1875, and the law as it new stands, admits of a penalty of net less than seven, no- mere than twenty years. Tiik gcncolegical tree of the Smith fam ily must ante date the foundation of the heuse of David. Even iu the days of Samuel it was considered worthy of men tion that there was no Smith found throughout all Israel. I Sam. xiii., 10. This would also imply that the Smiths were net of Ged's chosen people. Mn. Crewe says he manufactured the "infernal engines," and new conies the British government and brands his state ment as a fabrication. Here is a square issue, a plain case for arbitrament ; but this is a Republican administration, and having witucssed the fondness of that party for boiled crew we are filled with grave apprehensions. Tiik military is becoming altogether tee prominent in the administration of civil affairs. That the power of the civil au thorities is net adequate te cepe with law less elements iu a state like Wisconsin will net be readily believed. Arkansas fellows with a proclamation of martial law for Perry county. There- is perhaps, some little excuse i n this instance, hit it is a bad precedent and should net have been resorted te until all ether means had failed. The national beard of health arc taking steps te prevent the importation of small pox cases into the United States and as a means te that end have adopted certain revisions of the rules under the act of 1879 with regard te the reception of cmigrauts here. The principle change, it is under stood, is a requirement that all persons coming te the United States from abroad shall be vaccinated upon sailing. What a sensitive let of emigrants will arrive en our sheres. Dn. PaulJaceby, a learned Frenchman, has gained the prize offered by the Madrid Royal academy of medicine for a work en the hereditary influence of selection upon the humau race. His conclusions are that whenever any member of a (human) family becomes illustrious that family pays by rapid degeneracy and ultimate extinction for the (comparatively) momentary eclat acquired. Humanity hereafter will net be the posterity of the powerful, the rich, the intelligent, the learned, the-encrgetic, but of laboring peasants, neccssitieus bourgeois, humble and little people. The future belongs te physical mediocrity ; every conquest of intelligence hastens the extinction of the race and the school beard is the precursor of a depopulated world. Oun esteemed but somewhat unamiablc contemporary of the New Era, is moved te ill-humor at our efforts te second his movements te have order reign en East "King street as well as Middle. In the course of a single issue he finds occasieu te declare that the power " behind the throne," embarrassing the mayor in his efforts te maintain police discipline is $800, levied by party managers te buy the 800 votes at a dollar apiece, which made up Mayer MacGonigle's majority at his last election, levied without his knowledge aud :igainst his consent, and that the con stables de net de their duty for fear of offending theso te whose votes they ewe their election. The writer of these lucid and logical remarks seem te be jn some apprchonsien lest the feel -killer may find proper game in him, but the Wise Man has given ample reason why he merits no answer. The " National fair trade league " of England has issued its pregramme. Among its main features arc previsions that the imports of raw materials for home industries shall be frce from every quarter in order that Great Britain may compete successfully in the sale of her manufactures ; that adequate import duties be levied en the manufactures of foreign states refusing te rccftve Hritish manufactures iu fair exchange, and that the same be rcmoved in case any nation agrees te take British manufactures free of duty. The first stated object is " te develop the resources of the British em pire and te determine the flew of British capital, skill and industry houceferth into our ewu dominions instead of into foreign protective states, where it becomes a force commercially hostile te us." The league, which describes itself as formed " te pro mote trade with the colonies and depend encies en a principle of reasonably frce interchange and te agitate for such fiscal readjustments as shall prevent the pro ducts of foreign states,, which refuses te deal with Great Britain en a basis of fair trade, -from unduly competing with the products of home labor," appears te have a special grievance against the United States. Secretary Hunt intends asking con gress for authority te dispose of all worn out material that has accumulated in the various navy yards since the war. There is a party ever in New Jersey,. Robeson byname, whose services in conjunction with these of a friend, one named Reach, would be of incalculable value te the sec retary in the disposition of superanuatcd' naval stock.- The collection and sale of condemned material may seem a simple matter, but iu point of fact it requires the nicest discrimination in selection and the highest order of talent for negotiation. The transactions te be profitable are se complicated it is conjectural whether any one really comprehends their intricacies unless it ba the gentlemen re ferred te. Secretary Hunt is a green hand and is net yet conversant with the vast possibilities of his position, and in direct ing his attentieu te the peculiar qualifica tions of him of the insectivereus and him of the paternally acquisitive cognemeu we are animated by the kindliest motives. It were reprehensible, however, te witheld a precautionary suggestion. In naval no menclature a clear distinction is made between material condemned and that which is useless, se the secretary should net permit the enthusiasm of his colleagues te incorporate- the latter in the schedule with the former. The spectacle of a de partmental head with nothing te supervise, a secretary of reminiscences, as it were, comports illy with our notions of dignity. PKRbONAL.. Garfield tried peaches yesterday. Lucky man, he is ahead of the rest of us. Minister Ciiristiancy's divorce suit has cost him $24,000 in counsel fees and ali mony and he is net dene yet. Rev. Reut J. Nevis, D. D., formerly of this city, new rector of St. Pauls within the Walls, P. E. church in Rome, is ex pected home iu a few weeks. R. B. Hayes is cxpected in Luiideu next October, te be present at the ceremony of unveiling the memorial of the late. Sir Francis Lysight, which is te be placed in City Read Chapel. Mr. Harry Reiciart, new of Maquoketa Iowa, formerly of this city, and the sarae genial and popular gentleman as of old is visiting old friends ami familiar places iu Lancaster. Senater L. Q. C. Lamar's health is still S3 peer that his physician has forbidden him te speak at public meetings at pre sent, saying he could de se only at great risk. Invitations are out for the marriage, at the residence of the bride's parents, en Auir. 11, at 4 p. m., of Mr. J. F. Charles and Miss Ettie Kaufpmas, daughter of Mr. I. II. Kaufpmas, of Mountville. Al. F. Siiesck, of this city, (Examiner) and A. M. Frastz, of Lancaster town ship, (JVew Era) are the rival candidates for chairman of the Republican county committee at its organization next Mon day. " It's close. " ' At a recent informal reunion of the Aitle family en the banks of Cencaut lake, Crawford county, among theso pre sent were Rev. Dr. T. G Apple, of this city ; Sheriff of the county, Andrew G. Apple ; Rev. Dr. Jes. II. Apple, of S.iegertewn ; Rev. J. W. Poiilieus, of Cochranton ; Prof. A. T. G. Apple, of Palatinate college, and J. Ncvin Apple, of Meadville. Miss Assie Louisi-: Cary has received a letter from Mr. J. II. Maplcsen, manager, urging her te reconsider her de termination net te sing iu opera. He claims she is new in her prime, and that it will be time enough te think of retiring when anybody appears capable of occupy ing any portion of her shoes. He urges her te sing iu his company the coming season and shall want her te sing iu Lon Len Lon eon. Jessy Lisd has just received the high est royal honor ever ceuferrcd upon a wo man in Sweden. Oscar II. has bestowed upon her the Litteris ct Artibus medal, set in diamonds, with the privilege of wearing it e:i all occasions around her neck fastened te a blue ribbon of the Order of Seraphim. Though this honor is doubtless in chief pirt due te the Swedish nightingale's past renown, the immediate cause of it was her readiness, at a recent fete, te sing" before the king some of the part songs of her na tivc land. General Rebert Patterses is lying seriously ill at his residence, Thirteenth and Locust street, Philadelphia. On Fri day last he was in a very precarious con dition, and growing steadily worse it was thought en Saturday that he could net survive. His trouble is an affection of the heart and general debility incident te ex ex ex trome old age. On Saturday tiie pulsations of the vital organ were extremely feeble, but with skilled medical treatment, backed up by his wonderful store of vitality, he pulled through. The physicians in attend ance en him express the opinion that he is improving steadily. Leve and Murder. At Rea Mountain, Va., en Sunday night iu a lonely hut, James Leghorn, a white man, who had just returned from North Carolina, found a colored man named Jim Taber living with his wife. He com cem raanded Taber te surrender her, when a fight ensued, during which Taber .shot Leghorn dead. In Fert Wayne, Ind., Mrs. Rubin, widow of the late Rabbi Rubin, found Dr. Brue bach in the parlor engaged in conversation with her daughter, Mrs. Lindmau. After upbraiding the doctor she lircd at him. Dr. Bruebach is engaged te be married te Mrs. Lindman, but Mrs. Rubin violently opposes the match. In Louisiana,, a short distance from Magnelia, Ark., Jeseph Deylo seduced a daughter of Capt. James II. Walker and then tied te Texas. Mr. Walker swere solemnly that should Deylo ever cres3 his path he would take- quick and terrible ven geance This threat was made openly. Te the surprise of everybody Deyle return ed last Saturday, and in less than two hours Walker put the contents of a double barreled gun into his body. Walkcrmade no attempt te escape. He gave bends te appear for trial. A Carelecs Mether. At Leng Branch, while a crowd gathered en the beach pavillien te watch the sea lashed by a storm, Mrs. Geerge Jayne, with a year old baby in her arms, became se interested iu the sight before her that for a moment she forget the babe that sat en her arms ever the pavillien railing, and allowed the child te fall head long te the beach fifteen feet below. The little one struck its head iu its fall against a leg that lay en the sand. It was picked up in an unconscious condition, and medical attendance was at once procured, but its recovery is doubtful. AT CAMP RENO. The National by a ' Guard tn Fighting Camp As Parson." Sean Special Correspondence or Isteliiexscer. Camp Rese, sear Pottstews, ) . Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1831. J " Halt ! who gees there ?" "Advance, one, with the countersign." "Corporal of the Guard, Pest Number Three !" "Cor poral of the Guard, Pest Number Five !" Amid such calls for the corporal and re peated challenges of men from another regiment, who, being out late without the pass, having failed of an entrance into camp through their own guards, were trying te run the guard of the gallant Sixth, your correspondent lay with closed eyes endeavoring te sleep. It was pleas ant te lie there en a cot iu a wall tent, amid the sweet fresh air of the country, with the cricket chirping his night song, and au occasional dash of rain making music en the canvas reef, thinking of times and camps long gene by. The drums beating tattoo, the bugles in the artillery camp ever the way blowing their pleasing evening call, and some lonely bugler making the night sad with " Way down upon the Swanee River," reminded your correspondent of the days of nearly twenty years age, when for the first tirae he lay down under canvas, thinking net of a week's pleasant and dangerless soldiering, but of three years and all the stirring and eventful experiences they might bring with them. With such thoughts and full of pleasing yet sad memories, sweet re freshing sleep came at last. There is no sleeping late iu camp. The surroundings are net at all favorable te lying late abed. Pheibus begins his August archery early in the morning, scattering his arrows red het ever old Montgomery's hills with a lavish hand. Besides, the flies are bad aud reveille beats at six, and there is nothing short of a cannon shot for waking a man thorough ly like a geed reusing reveille. It shakes the last iota of drowsiness out of him. Then the morning toilet and breakfast, for the officers iu a private mess at " The Mansion Heuso" hard by, and fei the men iu quarters and the reutine of the day has commenced. Sick call at 8 o'clock and what a line of sick men already ! Aud all with the same camp complaint. Te what is it te be attributed, whether te the quality of certain previsions of the commissariat, as seme maintain, or te a change of diet and the customary ignor ance new men generally display in the matter of taking care of themselves when put into the field, or te all of' these causes combined, is hard te tell. Certain it is that the sick call is la' gcly attended aud the doctors kept busy. The day premises te be excessively het and with guard mount (which I glance at as I write) aud company drill in the morning, and brigade drill aud dress parade iu the afternoon, and all under a broiling suu, cases of pros tration by heat aud otherwise may confi dently be expected. . Yet, notwithstanding the ordinary du ties of tiie camp, which are by no means child's play te men taken from the shop and the desk, and put at once te the life of a soldier in ramp, the men seem te have an excess of spirits which find their outlet iu games of football ( one going en new at 10 a. m.), leap-frog, fishing in the river, and singing songs and dialling from tent te tent till long after taps have beat for "light out." The best of order prevails in this camp of instruction, there being, se far as I have seen, no cases of drunken ness or rewdyism anywhere. Strict disci pline prevails and due military etiquette is observed. The colonel commanding the regiment having himself, together with nearly every member of his staff, seen hard service in the late war, and having drilled ene of the best regiments in the field the 87th P. V. and beiug withal a courteous aid refined gentleman, has succeeded in imparting much of his admirable spirit te his command, both officers and men. At his home (Norristown, Pa.), the colonel is known as Cel. Jehu W. Schall, recorder of Montgomery ceuuty, where he is highly esteemed for his sterling worth and gen tlemanly bearing. The Lieutenant Colo nel, P. M. Wasbabaugh, attorney of Ches ter, Pa., graduate of a military school and late major of the 11th regiment, is also a man of line military parts and courteous demeanor ; while the Adjutant, Themas .1. Stewart, of Norristown, an old soldier of the late war, has acquired a wide and well-deserved reputation as an excellent drillmaster, and is, perhaps, equally well known as the accomplished humorist of every camp at which lie may be present. In the hands of the surgeons, Dr. J. K. Weaver, of Norristown, also a vcteran, and W. J. Asheufeltcr, of Pottstown, both of whom are efficient and courteous prac titioners, the sick are safe and well cared for. Altogether the Sixth regiment has a corps of efficient officers, both of the field and staff aud of the line, which fact is abundantly manifest in the creditable drill and the well executed dress-parade. This " Camp Rene " seems te be the biggest thing Pottstown has known since the Heed of 18G3. Forty years age there was a camp of troopers somewhere here about en the hills, but with the proverbial exception of the eldest inhabitant, the present generation has never seen any thing by half se grand. It is wonderful hew they turn out : men, women, chil dren ; in wagons, carriages and afoot ; in the rain and mud of Sunday (I am told), and in the scorching heat of this Tuesday. Brass buttons and blue coats have se won derful a charm for them that they leek in great-cyed wonderment at the soldier boys as they pass, even when off duty, while the slightest pounding of the drum for guard mount or sick call or what net fetches them down the read or through the field iu crowds. I should like te have something te say of the City Troops, the Iuvincibles and the Brave Battery of Artillery with its two iron dogs of war, that barked loud aud fast wheu the signal flags announced the arrival of Gen. Hartranft last evening at half-past five ; but as the above named troops are camped .at a distance, and the shade is very agreeable, I have net yet seen them, and shall attempt no account of them. As I close, company drill is ou the beards, and the shouts of captains and lieutenants are everywhere heard Halt ! Frent ! Right dress ! n. M. K. Chaplain Sixth Reg.rt N. G. P. There wcr; Philadelphia, miners. 416 deaths last week in 180 were adults and 200 STATE ITEMS. Gov. Brown, of delphia. Tennessee, is in Phila- A man at Tarpert, agreed te sell wife te a milk vender for two dollars his and a cow, and the woman consented. An unknown man, about 22 years of age, was found lying en the railroad track be bo be lew Pottstown, his nose broken, his face terribly cut and unconscious. Prof. Jacob Ennis, of the state normal school, Shippensburg, advances the theory that comets' tails are composed of electric ity generated by evaporation. Charles Comley, jr., of Philadelphia, was yesterday sentenced te an imprison ment of ene year for carrying concealed weapons. Mayer King means business. There are seme COO physicians in Phila delphia who are liable for a fine of $100 for net having registered in the prothono prethono protheno tary's office as required by law. Edward Phipps stabbed James Gifferd in Philadelphia, yesterday, and while being taken te the station heuse suc ceeded in stabbing the Officer, 3IilIer, in the abdomen. Steuben Butler, 93 years old, is lying very low at his home iu Wilkesbarre. He is the euly living seu of the famous Zebu Zebu Ien Butler, se conspicuous in Wyemiug massacre history. Jehn Spill man, the companion of E. A. Abbett, the supposed murderer of Samuel Clugsten, at Valley Forge, iu March last, was given a hearing and was committed te prison te await the charge of murder. The epidemics ravaging Pittsburgh are se disastrous that iu a colored graveyard the bodies have been doubled up. In dry weather the graves crack open and the stench is se loud that waiting dogs prowl around the resting place of the dead. Jehn Sacger, oftbe Stearns manufac turing company, of Erie, and William Sciller, ene of the editors of the Evening Herald, were seized with cramps while swimming in Lake Eric. Saeger was drowned. Seiller was rescued. By an explosion of fire damp in the Phcenix Park colliery, operated by the Philadelphia & Reading coal and iron com pany, Jehn T. Welch and Edward Brady, miners, and Michael Moero and James Brown were badly burned. Welch was a Laber Reform representative in the last state Legislature. According te Mr. Wharteu Barker's American, of Philadelphia, "although the finances of the state are net mis managed, there are many Republicans who would rather sce the trcasurership iu the hands of a geed Democrat than in these of an equally geed Republican. They think it will de the public interest no liarm te set one party te watch the ether. Four weeks age Mr. McClure,of McKccs pert, was robbed of considerable stock in his store. Re discovered a clew te the perpetrators, aud yesterday, in company with four policemen, he started in pursuit. Soen the party came upon the robbers, when the latter, being well armed, opencd lire ou the pursuers, which was ."returned. After exchanging shots for somemements the thieves made geed their escape, but net until they had killed one policeman aud fatally injured two ethers. The entranced Hungarian Jehn Gyum her, who has been au inmate of the Le high county almshouse for the last six months, and whose case has baflled the medical fraternity for that leugth of time, having finally broken silence, corrobor ates the story of his life previously pub lished in these columns : That, having been victimized by a negre woman in Vir ginia who put pepper in his coffee, he thought he was poisoned, and has since been wandering about iu a trance-like state of unconsciousness. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. It has been decided te postpone the ded ication of the Seymour monument in Hartferd, Conn.-, until October. The steam supply system, after a prac tical test, is a complete failure in Milwau kee. Albert Jehnsen, near Wilmington, Del., has been living since Sunday with a bul let embedded in his brain. Of twenty-nine Comstock mines, net one has paid a dividend in the last six months. On twenty-four assessments were levied. Virginia farmers in the neighborhood of battlefields arc still able te gather up enough old gun barrels te supply their blacksmiths with horseshoe iron. Governer Churchill has placed Perry county. Ark., under martial law en ac count of the lawlessness of predatory bands of desperadoes. Miss Anna Lewis, of New Britain, Conn., who has been bed-ridden for months, claims te have been instantly healed by a miracle iu answer te prayer. Baseball : Chicago Buffalo 2 ; Chicago 11. Providence, 11. I. Providence, 2 ; Trey, 1. Eleven innings were played. Philadelphia Worcester. 7 ; Athletic, 3. Detroit Detroit, 13 ; Cleveland, 11. In Quincy, 111., Charles Cress and Geerge Lane, bootblacks, each about fif teen years old, quarrelled and fought. Lane stabbed Cress in the neck, severing the jugular vein and causing instant death. A drove of cattle Btanqded iu the streets of Baltimore. An aged man of 70 was knocked down and had his hip dislocated. an old lady was severely injured, a labor ing man was gored from his ankle te his knee and ethers were mere or less injured. A constable volunteered te watch a store which was te be robbed, at New Sharen, Iowa. He slept at his pest, and the burglars took away his money, pistol aud clothes, leaving him covered with molasses. James Israel's linseed oil mill and grain warehouse, a two-story brick building near the Baltimore and Ohie railroad depot, iu Mount Vernen, Ohie, was burned. Total less, 20,000; insurance 10,00, in seven companies. The sixth national nouvention of the Amalgamated associations of iron and steel workers, began its session in Cleve land yesterday. Delcgatss numbering 100 were present, representing several states. The proceedings arc secret. James D. Mesicr, 30 years of age, of Trenten, employed as flagman by the Pennsylvania railroad company, at Morris Merris ville, while flagging one train at that place was struck by another train and danger ously injured. The boiler iu Smith, Grant & Ce.'s coal and lumber yard, at Pawtuqket, exploded. Bernard MeCuddcn, the engineer, was blown a distance of 40 feet and instantly killed. He was 40 years old and unmar ried. William Rowland, of Bridgeport, Conn., mate of the steamer Vulcan, accidentally fell overboard en the passage te New Yerk when the steamer was off Penlield Reef light house. The beat was at once stepped and every effort was made te recover him, but without avail. It is supposed that he was seized with cramp and sank immediately. A young minister, preaching as supply for the Rev. Mr. Cameren in the Baptist tabernacle, at Ottowa, Canada, Sunday night, hesitated, flushed up, and with the remark "Excuse me, " fell forward off the platform, striking-heavily en the fleer. He was taken out and after a while re vived. The sudden illness was ascribed te the heat. The Bosten papers are all explaining that the leaded revolver found recently in a mail-bag at the Bosten posteffico was sent by a gentleman te his wife, who, licing alone at her summer home, was alraid of tramps. The sender was exceed ingly anxious te answer her request for a weapon as seen as possible, aud in his haste did net consider the danger or ille gality of his act. Guiteau has written a long letter te Judge Wylie, of the criminal court, asking that he be admitted te bail. He suggests that the amount be fixed at $1,500, which he regards as a reasonable sum. He be lieves he can give bend in that amount fei trial when he is wanted. Guiteau says he is a lawyer, having been admitted te practice at the Chicago bar, and he re gards himself competent te conduct his own case. TIIK KLECTK1C TEST. Ttie Machine Which Traced tne Bullet. The induction balance used by Profs. Bell and Tainter, in its present improved form, consists of two flat coils, about four inches iu diameter and ene-half an inch in thickness of insullatcd copper wire ; a bat tery, a condenser, an interrupter or cir cuit breaker, and a telephone. The ends of the primary or inducing coil are con nected with the j? eles of the battery, and in the same circuit are a condenser and a small interrupter, whose vibrating tongue open) aud closes the circuit with great rapidity. The ends of the sec ondary coil in which the current is te be induced are carried te the binding pests of a bell telephone. Wheu the con nections have all thus been made, the sec ondary coil is laid en the primary or in ducing coil, se that their respective cir cumferences exactly coincide. The circuit breaker is then set iu motion, and the rapidly interrupted current threngh the primary coil induces another current of higher intensity in the secondary coil, aud as it docs se a loud musical tene is heard iu the telephone, with which the secondary coil is connected. As long as the current is maintained and the circumferences et the two coils are kept in exact coincidence, the musical uetc in the telephone does net change its pitch or iutensity. If, however, the experimcter slides the upper coil along an inch or se upon the lower, se that their circumferences no longer correspond, the intensity et the musical tone is diminished, and just in proportion as the centres of the Hat coils are separated by a greater or less dis tance, the intensity of the musical tone is lessened or increased. wnen tue upper coil has been sbddcn ever the lower, se that they simply overlap the centre of one corresponding nearly with a point en the circumference of the ether the mu sical tene in the telephone ceases. If the upper coil be pushed a little farther te one side se that it overlaps still less, the tene is again heard. By delicate manipulation it is possible te ad just the centres of the overlapping coils at such a distance one from the ether that a perfect balance is brought about, and when this is the case the telephone makes no sound whatever. The centres of the overlapping coils cauuet then be moved either toward or away from ene another without causing the telephone te break its silence. When the coils are thus balanced and the telephone is mute it is found that what may be called the area of coincidence, or, in ether words, the area of the over lapping parts of the two flat coils, has become highly sensitive te the approach of metal, aud manifests its sensitiveness by a low note iu the telephone. As long as metal is kept away from this area the telephone remains silent, but if a piece of lead, for example, is brought within a distance of four or live inches from the overlapping parts of the coils, there may be heard in the telephone a faint but clearly perceptible nete, which becomes louder and louder as the metal appreashes the sensitive surface and throws the coils mere and mere out of balance. It will readily be seen that under the guidance of the telephene the small area bounded by the intersecting circumferences of the over lapping coils can be placed exactly above a bullet or ether piece of metal embedded in the body provided the metal docs net lie at tee great a depth. As seen as the balanced coils begin te feel the disturbance caused by their approach te the embedded bullet, the telephone an nounces the fact by a faint continuous musical note, and this note grows louder and louder until the overlapping parts of the coils are directly abeve the disturbing metal, when the sound reaches its maxi mum. Fer convenience of application te the body, "the coils used by Prof. Bell were mounted in a rectangular piece of walnut, about 7 inches iu length by 4 iu breadth, with screw pests at the corners for the wires and a handle at the back by which it could be held. SLAiHillTKKHO BY INDIANS. A Surveying Party efThlrtceii Wiped Out by Apache. Ambrose Lemprax of Natchitoches, La., has arrived in San Francisce from Mexico lie was with a party of surveyors that were attacked by Apaches south of El Pase, in the state of Chihuahua. Lemprax says he joined the party the day before the attack. and that night be lest a horse and a hired boy. He saw what he regarded as signs of the presence of Indians iu the neigh borhood. The next day the party started and he lingered about half a mile behind. When the party reached the Sand Hills the fighting began. Lemprax says the party were well armed aud were brave men, but they had no leader and did net knew hew te fight In dians. He tried te join the party, but was taken prisoner by the Indians, and would have been killed had net his lest Mexican boy appeared aud told the Iudiaus that he was wealthy and could be ransomed. He was secured and could notsee the fight. The surveyers, thirteen in number, fought desperately against the Indians, who num bered ferty-live or forty-six. Six of the lat ter were killed and nine wounded, and all of the whites were killed, sixef them being dis patched while lying ou the field wounded. Lemprax says the Indians were under the most rigid discipline. After the battle they took Lemprax into the Sierra Madre mountains, where they buried their dead. Fer mere than a week the Indian depre dated under Euris in Senera, cemmiting a number of murders. They went down the coast of the Gulf of California, aud in crossing te au island Lemprax made his e-scape and get safely te Quay mas after a severe live days' tramp. Lemprax says that the Indians were under command of Victeria, as he knew that chief very well by sight. Lemprax is en his way te Washington te lay the subject of the massacre before the government. Fatal Duel Between Negroes. A report comes from Menree county, Oa., of a duel between two negrees, Bill Cemer and Frank Cheney, at a negre weed-chopping. They quarreled, a chal lenge passed and was accepted, when they proceeded te settle matters en the spot, the weapons bciug pistols. Cheney used a Derringer; which missed fire ; Cemer, with a revolver, ledged a ball in Cheney's thigh. Again Cheney's Derringer missed fire, and he received another bullet in his leg. Trying his Derringer ence mere without success he threw it down, and, seizing an axe, struck at Cemer, who warded off the blew and shot Cheney dead at close range. Cemer escaped. Sharp Sheeting. Near Saratoga, Santa Claia county, Cal., a lady and her lever were out prac tising sheeting at a target with a Win chester rifle. While the gentleman was reloading the gun he handled it carelessly and it was discharged. The bullet wizzed by the lady's brew and went through her hat. She fainted from fright, and her lever, believing that he had killed her, became frantic with remorse. He pre pared te slay himself, but she regained her senses and restored his. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. STOPPING A KC.VAWAY. Hew a Lancaster Lady Averted an Accident In Italy. Iu the streets of Massa di Carrara, Italy, the ether day, a deed of female heroism was done, with the particulars or which we are made acquainted through the columns of It Frigide, a paper pub lished in that city. It seems that as Michael Carle, the driver of a postal car riage or seme ether public conveyance, was passing through the streets he upset his vehicle in such a manner that he fell 4ewn upon the front of it and became jammed between the carriage and the horse. The animal, though net naturally vicious, was frightened at his struggles te extricate himself and started te run. An American lady, residing in the city, hap pening along and seeing his dancer ran te his rescue and thoughtfully siezed the horse by his head. TIip man squirmed out, but with great difficulty get bis legs from their entanglement in the wheels and harness, when the lady, well nigh exhausted by the strain upon her, seeing his escape, let go the horse and he ran a short distance and was caught by a dozen men, who by this time had ceme running te the seene. The rescued man and all the by-standcrs were loud in their gratitude and prises te her, and she has since received the mere formal thanks of Carle. The following card from him also appears iu the Italian newspaper abeve named, of the date of July 3, with au ed itorial introduction. " We very willingly give publicity te the following letter, and add our commenda tions te Miss Blanche Ncvin for the cour age she displayed : " Mn. Editor I feel myself obliged te make public my grateful acknowledgment te the American sculptress, Miss Blanche Neviu, who with a courage unusual te her sex, arrested the horse when my legs were fastened in the wheel, aud thereby releas ed me from the terrible situation in which I found myself, and which, had it net been for her persistent succor, could have only resulted in most serious injury te me. MiriiAKi. Carle. Our readers need net be told that the lady referred te is our towusweman, Miss Blanche Neviu, daughter of Rev. Dr. J. W. Nevin, of Carnarvon Place, near this city, who is in Carrara working out her statue of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, one of the figures te be set in the national capitol by Pennsylvania. ' Limited iCxcumieiis." In view of our severe criticism the ether day upon the Pennsylvania IS. R., for ad vertising an excursion te Leng Branch at $3.75, and then compelling all persons above the number of fifty who came te the ticket office te pay double the advertised rate, we are asked te note that the com pany advertised " a limited number" of tickets te be sold at the $3 75. It is true that upon examination of the circulars is sued for the company this announcement can be found near the bottom of it in re duced type, but we cannot, sce that it betters the case for the company much. Many persons never saw it. aud these who did had no means of knowing what the limit was. The idea of keeping au excursion dewu te the lowest figures is se novel that people in these parts are net familiar with it, and the whole thing leeks like a dedge te get peeple te the depot, with their arrange ments all made te go, and then put the double fare en them. As such we let our denunciation of it stand, giving tire com pany the benefit of the explanation it has te make about the " limited number" of tickets. SI'Kl.nWKLL ANO V1CIN1T. Purity Lewer Her Recerd. The livc-ycar-eld mare " Purity " trotted a half mile at Speedwell stock and training farm en Tuesday iu 1:03 J. A number of visitors were present, among them were Mr. Seldom ridge. Mr. Sellers, and Mr. Barten Winters. Great credit is due Mr. Harry Bcchtcl who se successfully developed the young mare which, it is be lieved by all who have seen her trot, will prove a very formidable rival of " Maud S." Peeple are nevcr satisfied. Everybody was wishing for rain aud new they are grumbling because it came tee suddenly and tee hard. It rained here en Monday evening for two hours very rapidly and did some dainage te eats and corn. To bacco within a mile or two of this place was cut te thrjds by hail. Jacob Singer, B. Bishop aud Elias Scheets lese their entire (rep. Blackberries are ripa but net very plentiful. Narrow KHcape. This morning between i) and 10 o'clock Casper Weber, baker. Ne. 324 North Queen street, made a narrow escape from beiug crushed beneath a locomotive en the Pennsylvania railroad. He was driving en Christ iau street aud attempted te cress the track at. the east cud of the passenger depot at the very moment the Dillcrvillc local (which had arrived a few minutes previous anil ran down the read te change tracks) was entering the dcKt from the east. Neither Mr. Weber nor the engi neer could see each ether until both were almost en the crossing. The result was the bread wagon and the locomotive reached the track at the same instant. Fortunately the locomotive was approach ing slowly and the engineer managed te step his train within a feet of Mr. Wclicr's horse as it steed upon the track. Ne damage was done, but the hairbreadth es es cape caused mere than ene heart for a mo ment te stand still. Hand Festival at KeiiuiHtiitrii. The fourteenth annual band festival of the Rcamstewn cornet band will be held under its auspices at Rcamstewn, Aug. 13, 1881. One of the interesting features of the occasion will be the simultaneous ascension of five mammoth balloons, pre cisely at 7 o'clock, p. m. Muure's famous minstrel troupe, with brass band included, has been engaged te enliven the audience. The Rcamstewn cornet band will be assisted by members of the celebrated Ringgold band, of Reading. The festival will be held in the beautiful orchard of Mr. Geerge Uibcl near the village. Re freshments of all kinds will be sold for the benefit of the band. A 'liny Apple Tree. Perhaps the tiuiest, most precocious and most prolific apple tree in the state is ene that is growing and in full bearing in the grounds of Henry Gerrccht, Ne. SOD North Charlette street. The trunk of this little tree, if it may be called a tree, is net thicker than a man's little finger, aud its topmost twiir is scarcely mere than two feet high. Nene of its lateral branches are mere than a few inches iu length, and yet upon this tiny tree are growing twelve large and shapely apples of the Paradise variety the apples being of a pale straw color and about the size of an ordinary rambe apple. This little apple trce was only planted iu the spring of 1880. Sale or Real Etate. Bausman & Burns sold yesterday te G.W. Dodwe & Sen. cork manufacturing com pany, the brick structure en the Pennsyl vania railroad below the Penn iron works known as the "Old Bark Mill," for $13,500. The property belonged te the Lancaster VYerkingraens building and lean association. Messrs. Dedge & Sen will convert this property into a first-class cork factory. Baseball. The Ancher baseball club of Harrisburg will visit this city en Friday and will play a match game of ball en the Ironside grounds with the Friendship nine. I
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