".& SSSMSffSS Sjg2s??!,??:: -..- ? mmtm IGS5 v?55fc s5-; f5wr iFf Si c I--w-cr . k: ".- V--r 2: V , x LAKCAStElt DAILY llVTELLIGEKCEft- THURSDAY, AUGUSI 11, 1881. mmmtW iaucastrr f ntrllujenrrr THURSDAY EVXSXHO, AUG. 11, XWL. A Sensible Fanuiy. General Patterson's family have de clined an offered military funeral for the reason that the general was net in the miliary service at the time of his death, and was net entitled te be buried with military honors. Never during his life, his sen'writes. would he consent te ap prepriate honors net strictly his due,and in his burial his family feel like observ ing what th&y knew would be his wish. The determination is creditable te the sene and sentiment of the surviving Pat tersons. It is refreshing, in these days of humbug and silliness and false pre tension, te come aTOS3 such honorable and honest ways of doing. If men would bat try te 1 the best they may, and nel be constantly striving te appear some thing else than they are and be strug gling te appropriate honors and credit 5 te say nothing of mere material thing? net belonging te them, what a world it would be! But such honesty and geed sense cannot be expected of men who are net both honest and wise, as it must be conceded most men are net. It takes great and strong men, such as General Patterson was. te be content with the measure of honor their ewr abilities can win them and te refuse 1 3 accept anytliing they de net deem theii just due. Few men, comparatively, are capable of such stern honesty. Many are virtuous enough net te seek te ap propriate what is net their own, of im material as well :ts material things of value, whose courage would fail them te decline such as may be thrust upon them. "We can safely say that few men. with as geed a claim as General Patter son te the drums and bugles and pageantry of a n.ilitary funeral, would have impressed upon their children tl.3 conviction that the thought of such a burial would net be agreeable te them : and few children would themselves have been se full of desire te glorify theii dead with contingent remainder te themselves as te have hearkened te t father's silent voice forbidding his burial with martial music and a soldier's vel ley ever his grave. As a soldier of higl rank and repute during the rebellion Gen. Patterson's body might have been laid te rest with military honors without anyone venturing te say that he was net entitled te them, though the letter of military etiquette reads otherwise. But certainly his children have honored him far mere in strictly construing his privileges than they could have done with the muffled drums and fife and musketry that they rejected. Will the example be heeded ? And may we hope that the relatives of these who once were soldiers, will re member that their dead died as citizens, and as citizens should be buried? The commonness of military funerals lias taken from them pretty much all their distinction, and General Patterson's family may well have been inspired te reject the drum because its frequent sounding has made it after all a very common way of being buried. There is net much appropriateness in brass band din at a funeral, anyway ; '" the Dead March ia Saul ''greeting us from the mourning minstrels going, while a lively air like ' Johnny Cemes March ing Heme " is as likely as net te proceed from the horns of the returning musi cians. There is tee much blowing done in the world ; and he who is fondest of blowing and being blown ought te be con tent net te be blown into his . grave, since it is a blew he can't hear and enjoy nor honestly claim. A wise man wouldn't want it ; or get it, if he leaves wise children behind him. Kiiles for the State Democracy. The movement te provide rules for the government of the Democratic party or ganization in this state, te regulate its state committee and conventions, is a timely one and should net have been de layed se long. Difficulties, dissension and disorganization have arisen and pre vailed in the past for the lack of them. These were recalled te some extent in the meeting of the state committee yesterday, as related in our Ilarrisburg correspondence, though te a much greater extent they were obvious te all the members present and te every Democrat who has paiticipated in the management of the party in this state for the past ten or fifteen years. The movement for a better system of organi zation comes from no single quarter, and is the voice of no faction nor special in terest. It is demanded by the rank and file everywhere. What particular direction the rules proposed may take, rests entirely with the competent committee of experienced or ganizers selected by Mr. Dill ; and they will doubtless confer at an early date en the matters entrusted te them. Ne report made by them will, however, be even submitted te the state convention until it has been considered and has been ap proved by the state committee, which is te have a special meeting at "Williams "Williams pert just before the convention, te hear and te act upon the report. Meantime, we can assure the Democracy of the state that the newspapers and individ ual members of the party cannot be tee free with suggestions touching the need ed reforms and the best way te secure them. The committee will want te hear all such. Meantime it may be assumed that among the prepositions which will en gage the attention of the committee are the establishment of a central organiza tion for the party en a different basis than that of the present stale commit tee, for instance, a conference committee composed of all the chairmen of county committees, and a small executive com mittee of, say, nine, te be chosen from sub-districts of the state, for the direc tion of the general campaign; a uni form manner of selecting the state chairman and a longer tenure for him; a permanent, salaried state secretary ; previsions for temporary organization of state conventions and te avoid or set tle contests ever seats. These and many kindred subjects of greater or less importance have been suggested for con sideration, and they are before the Demo cratic press and politicians for discussion. TTs republish te-day from the Albany Isvz Janrmcl a remarkable contribution te that able publication from a gentle man in Milwaukee, touching the succes sion te thepresidency after the vice president- This novel and forcible argument aims te show that even Congress lias no constitutional power te provide for that succession, as it has done, by making ;h president jre leva, of the Senate and ih speaker of the Heuse eligible te tht succession. By the very terms of the constitution they are excluded from eligibility te the succession, and it is the duty of Congress te designate some ' officer of the United States " for it This has never been done, and if the apparently valid argument of the writer in the iair Journal receives from Congress the attention it merits, another reason is added te the many already adduced why there should be prompt in quiry into and satisfactory determiaa tien of the matter of presidential suc cession. 1HHOB TOPICS. Since July 2, when General Garfi-dd was shot Gen. Hancock lias refused te go te public dinners, or en these excursions of a quiet kind he is very fead of. He says " It is net proper that I accept festive en tertainments while the president, ex officio my commander-in-chief, is hover;'..; be tween life and death." Mr.. IlEXiiv G. Vexseb premised en the eth inst., ever his own signature, that he would net make any further predictions in'" the weather until October, aud said that all his communications te the news papers had been stepped. Three days later came the preposterous assertion that the comet is te freeze us with frosts and cold northerly winds. The first party of twenty-five Chinese students who lefc Hartferd for their homes arrived in Chicago yesterday. They said they had finished the stadies for w inch they were sent te this country. One rea son given by them for being summoned home is that the military and naval acad emies in this country are clcs id te them. As Germany allows them te enter her institu tions, they will probably be sent hereafter te that country or te England. Nine of their party have changed their faith (biceme Christians?) in America. "These giddy girls' are affording the Reading Eagle a vast amount of anxiety. The editor of that paper says the psneJiant displayed by young women there, of re spectable parentage, toward tlirtatien with the " lecherous dapper drummers,'' with which the city is infested, is one of the alarming signs of the times, aud calls loudly for a halt upon the fiee ami easy " manner that is characteristic of Mich a large proportion of the young women as they promenade the thoroughfares of Beading. The Eagle man is down en the drummer, and reads the pedigree of that ." most detestable of all species el' men "' in a manner that is truly touching. Tue Virginian Republicans had a mon key and parrot-time jesterday, in Lynch burg. The straighteuts assembled at Holcombe hall, and the coalitionists at the opera house. Ihe former were called te order by Mr. Cochran, the chairmm of the State central committee. The coali tionists met in the opera house under the authority of tin: state central committee, or rather, the sanction of fifteen out of twenty members thereof. Each m vie au organization, the straighteuts expressing themselves bitterly against Captain Kidd (Maheue) aud his ballet-box stutter?. Finally committees of compromise weie appointed aud the Maheue people c'aimed last night that the coalition scheme would win. Evangelist Meedy is endeavoring te make it Sunday all the while at Nei field, Mass., where he and Evangelists Whittle, Sankey, and ethers are holding three relig ious meetings of various kinds every day. This is net directly a movement t convert sinners, but a summer gathering of Chris tian workers for recreation and improve ment. The clergymen of the region held aloof, staying away from the services, and disceuragiug their people from attending ; but the gatherings arc, nevertheless, of considerable size, being composed iargely of visitors from a distance. Mr. Meedy retaliates upon the clergy by snch remarks as these: "I don't believe a man can preach Christ acceptably aud preach and work in Sunday school, and attend funerals, and meetings, aud lawn parties where they dance, and fairs where they have grab bags. The Hely Ghost sets a man apart from the world." Twe Uoea Tilings, l'lillmlelnliiu Times. The Democratic state committee settled upon two geed ideas at its meeting yester day It put off the state, convention te the last days of September, thereby pro viding for a short campaign only a little mere than a month aud it took steps to ward a mere compact organization of the party. The first of these ideas will meet with general approbation Nobody wants, any mere of a campaign this year than' may be necessary, and as only a state treasurer is te be elected four or five weeks of a campaign will de as well as se many months. The Democratic state committee has se lected Williamsport as the place of meet ing of the next state convention, which will be held late iu September. The Democracy seems te be in pretty geed spirits just new and feels as if the next state treasurer will be named at Williamsport. The selec tion of that place is a thoroughly graceful compliment te one of the most hospitable aud charming of the interior cities, and these who knew the peeple there knew that every delegate te the convention will be. made te feel entirely at home. Hotd accommodations are ample, and the city has an abundance of everything calculated, te delight a Democratic politician. Dead in the Streets. William E. Laubcrman,sen of a promin ent and wealthy citizen of St. Leuis, was mysteriously shot dead in one of the streets of that city late en Tuesday night. He was seen in excited conversation with three unknown men, then shots were heard, and his dead body was found, the men having disappeared. The body of a man about 40 years of age was found, yesterday morning, in the middle of the roadway of 142d street and Broadway, New Yerk.with a bullet hole in his temple. Beside him lay a seven-barreled revolver with one chamber empty. Frem papers found in his peckes it is supposed his name was Charles Webber. He was 1 well dressed and had en an overcoat. TEE STATE CONVENTION. MEEnSG OF THE EUIOCttATIC COM MTTEE Wnuio-'pert. WdBacs7. September 25. Flxl ter tbe CobtcbUeb. HAnmsECSG, Pa., Aug. 11. The state Democratic committee raec at the Bolten Heuse, in HerrUbarg, yesterday, te con sider the time and place for holding the Democratic state convention. There were about twenty members present, including Chairman Dill aad SeereUry.MjClelLLnd. of Pittsburgh. Frezi Lancaster county Mr. Moere was net present, and W. U. Hensel was substituted for Gserje Diiler. It was agreed first te fix the time, and Mr. Caldwell, of Crawford, moved August 54. s that the party might take zhz field first, aad anticipate the opposition with a strong anti-monopoly plank ia the plat- form. Mr. Dyssiager. of Sunbury. named j a Loilllen . pirtv thc elLer dav September 25-it bain- represented by j charmiUi ia a ia, members from the northwest, that the , covered eu dewere aild :l week of September 19, 20. 21 would be very j M mitch Tfad virid inconvenient te that section, en account I lnMed weU hej. brnMtM t- of a series of county fairs then te be ! A mmhet ei the n friends (jear (jear (jear holetng. Mr. Ermentrout suggested p- j and busine5S mea) of M. A. s. tembcr ., and tu was accepted by Mr. j proprietor of thc Baltimore , Calawell. Mr. E. ured that the ceuven- ,d w aIleman vcs. tien be hel-i seen, and at least the uay be- ; t0ldaT aftrneaa at bis j a: of fore the Republican. win;h meets in tiar-, Guilferf the dav tll(? :4:a Quiver- rub.Svuiuciu. .ui.xjc..-.UtVu.iiU later date, both because te call tue convention eariv m:;ht embarass counties which have net vet elected delegates, and , , ,. , , . , eecanse ue ueuevet; m iaie conventions ami sheit campaigns ; esperienci had taught the Democracy the disastrous resait eC set tins their ticket in the field tej seen ; be- 'ides the people are weary of long politi cal contention, and the policy of that party will be acceptable te them which . makes briefer campaigns : the party , should net be allowed te get se disorgan ized that it needs a nomination te start , its work : let the opposition put up their mm aud have him het te pieces and then name our candidate aad elect him with a short and sharp campaign. The motion for the 7th was lest and the 23th was fixed as the date, the 11th aud 22d havhig also been found te centlict with the dates of ' fairs or ether popular gatherings iu differ ent paits of the state. I The naming of the place being ordered, Mr. McMulIen named tViliiamsiieit aud offered thc opera house and music there ; for the convention, and stated that that ' city, in a Democratic county, had had no state convention for thirty yeais. Mr. ! Iviugh made the same offer for Harris- J burg. Mr. Mickey named Easten, in the ' Tenth Legieu," which never had a state convention. Mr. Ermentrout named Reading, the capital of old Bciks. Mr. Dyssinger proposed Sunbury. A ballet being taken resulted : Williamsport, S ; Easten, 4 ; Ilarrisburg, 4 ; Reading, 1 ; Sunbury. 1. Seme of the 'votes were changed te Williamsport aud its selection was made unanimous. Mr. Iiensel then introduced te the com mittee the subject of the necessity for a better and mere permanent organization of the party in this state He had made this matter the subject of some conference and correspondence with active and in fluential Democrats, representing all sec tions of the state aud different ele incuts of the party, mere particularly The Democratic editors, and he found it te be the universal complaint that our present system of organization is defective and in sufficient. Nobody knows better than Messrs. Dill aud McClelland, who had both served as chairman, the difficulties in volved iu the present rickety system. The state committee is a cumbersome body, hard te assemble and te get into working order; the powers and duties of state committeemen and county chairmen arc net distinguished aud are liable te centlict ; thc frequent change in the chairmanship, the abandonment of the organization as seen as a campaign cuds, and the difficul ties of resuming it and getting the ma chinery into geed working order anew ; the temporary organization of state con ventions, the contests for admission of delegates these and many ether consid erations need only be stated, te point vut the necessity for some rules of government and there is a general demand for them. Difficulties were certain te arise continu ously without them and it was a scandal that such difficulties are settled, tee often, according te the interests of these who control thc settlement of them, and even if they are net, such a suspicion always gets afloat. Iu view of all these things. Mr. Hcnscl thought the time had come te set iu motion some plan for the enactment of rules. The committee had no power of legislation en the subject, but it could ad dress the state convention and he there fore moved that a committee of seven Pennsylvania Democrats, Chairman Dill te be ex officio chairman, be appointed by Mr. Dill, te consider and devise some per manent rules ' for the government of the Democratic organization in this state, te be presented te the next state convention this committee te report te a special meeting of the state committee, te be held in Williamsport the night before thc state convention meets. Mr. Ermentrout, Mr. Dill, Mr. McClel land, Mr. Newmyer aud ether gentlemen present approved the resolution and agreed with thc remarks made. Mr. Grecvy said he had urged such ac ac tien at the first meeting of the committee, aud thought it could net be taken tee seen. The resolution then passed unani mously. Meanwhile resolutions had been ettered by Mr. Newmyer te the effect that the state committee recommend te the state convention that hereafter the state com mi t tee should select from the list of un contested delegates the temporary organi ergani organi catien of the state convention. This was adopted, but, of course, its subject matter is included within the scope of the above committee's power. Mr. Dill has auneuned as the committee of seven : Hen. A. H. Dill, chairman ex officio; Hen. W. A. Wallace, Hen. S. J. Ran dall, W. U. Hensel, James P. Barr. Thes. J. Barger, B. Whitman. Mr. Hensel was instructed te confer with the members of the committee and arrange for its meeting. It was further agreed that iu his call for a state convention the chairman should in clude among its objects' the hearing and consideration of the peace commission's report and of the recommendations from the state committee touching the adoption of rules for the government of tbe partv in Pennsylvania. FKBSOKAI. JesHra. DrE, knows dariag the war as a leader of th "Knights of theGeHea Circle," died in Abiagtoe, Indiana en Monday night. Er-Seaater Cessixxg has declined an invitation te deliver the address at the county fair la Allegis. Mich., ,; much as he would like te de se." " 3Irs. Feaxces Eox;ex Bckxctt, who made her fame ea That Lass e Low Lew rie's, is passing the summer at Hartferd. She is busy new writing a play from two of her short stories. Esmeralda " and " Lc-dusky."' 3Ir. Jeex Walteb, proprietor of the Londen Tssu. accompanied by his wife and children is. ea his way te this country. He will remain in the United States until Oetehei and cress the continent te Cali fernia. The nrettrLadv Lonsdale aPteared at aanr of hU birth. Mr. Abel 1 retains tae vigor aad enterprise of his former days. Widnwr Relknm? was nr&idt!it ei the n. . . , , . ,, . . , . Cincinnati ledjje of the h.mut ei tue Pyramid and the Widow Pekteh was vice president. The society aimed at social improvement, and under all these circum stances it was uaniral that the widower and widow should agree te marry. Bel knap is a dentist, aad he made the finest possible set of false teeth for Mrs. Perter ' se that she might leek her best as a bride. His daughter lent her $400 worth of 1 diamonds te further beautify Iwr for the I wedding. But when she had been thus embellished, she rau away with, the teeth and jewels, aud the police have net been able te find her. The seventh international medical con gress m l-ouuen uas dispersed atter a dispersed banquet at the Crystal palace. The downpour of Monday afternoeu caused much disappointment te thc members of the congress, and especially te the Ameri can and Canadian delegates, who had been invited te attend Bareness Brr.DETT Brr.DETT CefTTs's garden party at Helly Ledge. Highgate, one ei the most beautiful resi dences en the Northern Heights above Ljuden. Yet. iu spite of the rain, ever 1,000 delegates and their wives made the pilgrimage thither. They were debarred by the weather from enjoying the beauti fal paik. and weie received by the barou bareu ess in one of the lensr conservatories. Her American husband paid special atten tion te delegates from the United States and Canada. THE SlLVElt THAT IS NOT SO 1.1 0. Cruel Deceptions l'ravttcctl by ?oiue Oncin- natUiug. Cincinnati Enquirer. A man can forget disappointments most grievous, but his otherwise rigid vertebra will generally bend when he discovers that the white metal is peering through the plating en what had been given him as a solid silver ice pi'chcr." His recollec tion of the name of the donor then be comes vivid, aud if perchauce there is any likelihood of his memory lagging en the subject there are none mere prompt at jeuniug that memory than the faithful wife, who was never known te forget such a gross deception. Several de ceptions of this character have been re cently developed in this city. A gentle man called atone of the prominent jewelry manufacturing establishments, aud, pre senting a small, bent drinking cup, said he wished te have its original shape restored. " It is a sacred memento,' continued the owner; "was given te us en our wedding day; is, as you see, solid, and has for years beeu the cup from which my only child, who is new dead, quailed. Te us the tekeii is sacred." Befere leaving the manufac tory the gentleman was convinced that the euly way the vessel could be properly re paired was by replating. Inte the same establishment, a few days since, walked a gentleman carrying a full silver tea-set, all carefully packed away in a basket. The set, he stated, had beeu presented te his wife en their wedding day by a very wealthy relative, and was solid. Fer years they had guarded it as the apprehensive banker guards his safe. Te them it had proved a constant source of wor wer riment and care, and their homely tastes had never permitted its use. They had, therefore, resolved upon eiler ing it for sale. The gentleman said he supposed the patterns were somewhat an tiquated, but expected that for old silver .he could realiza at least $300 for the set. The deluded bridegroom's chagrin was ill concealed when his attention was called te certain marks which are qui te likely te betray plated ware and which made him scnsible that the property, long believed te be worth at least $1,000, originally sold for half a hundred. A Cincinnati goutlc geutlc man was net a little amused a few mornings siucc at hearing the last will and testa incut of a deceased father read iu which a solid silver ice-pitcher, the gift of a dear friend, was bequeathed te a beloved child, the identical pitcher which the gentleman had sold te ene of the guests present at the wedding of the deceased years befere. The price of the "solid" treasure was then but $35. The peer victim of the de ception, however, had died blessing the economical deceiver. "This solid silver pitcher I purchased of an Alabama family badly pressed for funds,'" remarked a proud native of this city, as he entered a Fourth street store and offered the property for sale as old silver. "I paid $75 for it just at the breaking out of the war. It had been presented as a wedding gift te the owners, and I should have had te pay- as least 5Ui). i -suppose you can ailerd te allow me at least $300 for what metal there is in it?' "My dear sir," replied the dealer, "your pitcher is worth te us about 75 cents. The plating upon it has worn se thin that I wonder that even in your confidence the fact was net long siuce discovered." There was, then no necessity for arguing that "things are net what they seem." It is no doubt in very peer taste for ene te leek a gift horse iu the mouth ; it.is in equally bad taste te present as genuine what will some day prove spurious. i i UANUEK WOT UVEK. The Physicians Disappointed at the Con tinuance of the irever. It is believed that Dr. Agncw and the sur geons generally were rather disappointed at the continuance of the fever after their last operation en President Garfield. The fever has been mero obstinate thau is at all pleasant te see, and if no change for the better occurs within a short time it will indicate that the operation did net remove its cause. If this appears, the condition of the patient is necessarily very grave. Dr. Agnew has said that the science of surgery was com petent te keep the discharge of the wound unobstructed, and that he would under- take te de se ; but we must face this se- iiuus vvHifciugeuey auppusu tue wound discharges only tee fttebr : that is, that it drains the puuet beyond his power te tcaperaf what is te be dose? His strength has bece mintaiued thus far very skilfully aad very successful ly by appropriate nourishment and stimulants If this had net beta th case, he would have died king age ; bat if the fever continues and the local irritation does net subside, there may come a time when the enfeebled body cannot stand the strain. Considerations like tliese surround the president's ca with uncertainty and create anxiety. I; is very foolish as well as untrue te'nuke light of the president's condition. We ciy hope for the best, and have grounds te believe that he will recover, bat it is net wise te take tee sanguine a view of thc situation. KELLE MEADE r.VKH. Tft Georgia Heme of HoeaJe Scetlatatl. the hcuacd renl auti the farlc of lr. H. W. GraJr in Atlanta Constitution. It was here that the Bennie Scotland horses, se famous ea the rarf for the past ten years, were bred. The e!d stallion eied at his stables here last vear. while bis sons and dauirhtare were waking th world te applause with their performances Official returns from seventy-three ea thc turf. Here were bred trem the j counties in North Carolina give "ii$.tV loins of this horse Bramble, the truest I majority against prohibition, with iwenty racer ever known in America : Luke j three counties still te be heard frern. Blackburn, who has run mere races te Haywood gires twenty-one majority for his ae than any horse that ever nan ; ' prohibition. Se far it stands it alone. Uelleef the Meade. Ben Hill. Brooklyn. : a ;u Trafalcir. Jehnsen count v. bramMlctta. Bombast, Bushwacker. Ban- Md.. burned out fourteen bushiest 'houses or. ;ua tue wnele swarra of Hying "Us I f l-t.'V - t lK1.1 .-vb.- -. . - - b - - T -. T. - . iwiuajjaww uui? uu uih luaniup uie teta' of thc products of Belle Meade. Cots - weiv ana merino sheep are raised in large -"""-"- ""l"- ".-;. -" ,.m;i"m irr.iv-fniii nv, r.vv . .. .. -i - i j .. I w..... -..... 'ui.ui ..- uivxi .;ju MJIU, .lliu lucre are trie unest of cattle of several breeds. Las: year General Jackseu im ported a drove of Shetlaud ponies of the very proudest bleed, consisting of twelve maies and two stallions. These little fel lows are different from the erdinarv Shet- lanas seen in circuses, beinsr hardlv larger than Newfoundland dogs. They are hardy. entle and streiic;. aud sell readilv at from $irA) te $C00. The first colts will be offered usxt year. Master Willie Jacksen, a yemuster of S. and a thoroughbred himself, dashed about the farm iu true cavalier style en the bare back of one of these ponies with no mere danger than if he had beeu riding a big deg. There is raised en the Belle Meade mere corn. hay. wheat, etc.. than can be used, and larie quantities are sold annually. The profits of the farm proper pay the expenses of running everything, and the income from sales is about clear profit. A com mission of Frenchmen scut out by the French government reported officially that nowhere in England or America did thcy find a farm ou which the thoroughbred horse was bred with se much judgment and sad-ess as at Belle Meado. "hie of the most attractive sights ou the farm is the deer iurk. This is an enclo sure of nearly 1.000 acres, covered with the incomparable blue grass, and shaded by groves of primitive oaks. In the park are net less thau 500 deer. Our party of visitors were stationed en an eminence in the paik. in carriages, and men s.mt out te drive the deer past us. The suu was beatiug through the niching trees and pewdeiing the grass with geld through tue long vistas of alternate dusk brilliancv there could be seen here md :inl there a Jersey cow or a deer. The scene was bewitching in its beauty, and Majer Bacen and Judge Thempkirts pronounced it equal te the forests of Fentaiiiblcau or Windser. " S-s-h ! Here thev come ! " Way off through the trees could be seen a score of dark-brown forms moving rapidly toward where we were sitting. Keep quiet new !" said General Jack Jack eon, ' till they get. near us. and thou we'll whoop them up !" On they came, the autlcred bucks iu front and the graceful does close behind, hundreds in number, living as lightly and swiftly as the wind. Beyond the deer the grooms came plunging "en their horses. Surely a prettier sight was never seen, and it quickened the pulses of every man who saw it. As the brown squadrons, skim ming ever the sward, reached a point about one hundred yards from us, the foremost buck a superb creature he was halted, crouched hit he gn.ss for an in staut, his autlcrs barely showing, thou rose, a mere flash of brown color, and was off te the leftward en the wings of the wind. Half the drove followed him, but the ether wing wheeled slightly te the right. Just as they were fairly separated a little fawn, hardly bigger than a rabbit, discovered that he was in the wrong crowd, and made a break for the ether, crossing ught in front of our party. He evidently felt that he had business en hand, and leaped in and out of the grass as rapidly as tne eye could lollew. This was mere than the Hen. William A. Harris could stand. " W-h-o-e-o-ph-oo !" remarked lie, in Werth-county tone of voice that made the oaks shiver and lifted the llj ing fawn out of its beets. With Colonel Bill's remark the deer vanished. We thought they had been running before, but they were merely groping until the Seuth Georgia yell open ed the way for them, and then they melted out of sight. , " Quick with your guns, said General Jacksen, " and try your bauds en this buck !' Away down the slope he came, sifting along under the iiitluence of the Worth Werth county rear that had se pervaded the air he could net tell in what direction it came from. Here he is within sixtyyards ! " Bang ! bang !" from the guns of Hen. Milt Rccse and Senater Reid. The buck halts an instant, aud is off again unhurt. " Bang ! bang !" Mr. Cunningham of Savannah aud Speaker Bacen. A few leaves sprinkled down from a neighboring tree. "Bang! bang!" from Colenol E. P. Hewell and Reese Crawford. A cow en an adjoining hill sprang into the air and flew off madly. "Bang! bang!" from Hen. Arthur Gray (and his cousin) and Mr. Davenport Jacksen, and still the deer sped ou with out a hobble. By this time he had passed our stand aud was rapidly vanishing. Messrs. Tom Tem kius and Patterson had fired ineffectual shots, when the writer of this carelessly stepped te the front. He raised his gun quickly, closed his cress eye, ami dropped the geed one along the barrel. There was a flash, the deer stepped suddenly as if he had been transfixed, leaped into the air, aud fell dead. Cheers and cries of " Ge en 1" " Ge en !"J But it is lit that this screed should clese with the tragedy recorded above. As I write these words my eyes fall en Deer slayer, my faithful gun, across the muzzle of which is suspended a noble pair of ant lers, and the sight stirs the turbulent hun ter's bleed in my veins and stills the softer impulses of the scribe ! LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Baseball : At Worcester Worcester, 8 Trey, 4. At Bosten Bosten, 9 ; Provi' deuce, 5. W. D. Carmen, aged 42, a ticket agent en the Ninth Avenue elevated railroad, iu New Yeik, committed suicide yester day morning by swallowing a dose of laudanum. The fei tress at Puerto Plata, in San Dominge, was destroyed by fire en the night or July 10th. and twenty-five lives were lest, chiefly by explosions of ammu nition. Fifteen regulators" rede into Graysen Kentucky, last Saturday, ' and attempt mat nae maue tue DngUt color, tlie long It was caused br dying sparks lerin. and the pretty heads of the." Scot-1 cemctivc. The" total less will l.inl se tameus ou all race courses. . iVV with .miK- -i ii nnim d te assume eitrel. The marshal raised a posse, killed three of the intruders and captured four ethers. Jeseph MeCaan was dangerously if" net fatally injured by being thrown from his hc-rse. during race" at thc trotting park ia Norwich. Connecticut, yestcrday aftccEoen. Nearly all the business portion of Paw nee City. Neb., cvva prising twenty-four stores, two banks, and the Jfc'prJKai'j printing eiSce. was destroyed by fire ea Tuesday night. Jehn Carausgh, aged IS. has died at thc New Yerk" hospital, from hydrephvv bia. He was bitten by a rabid deg ia April last, but thc disease" did net show itself until Monday last. Seven negrees were killed by a slide in a cut upon which they were at work, en the Richmond v"t Allegheny railroad, six miles from Richmond." Six of the negrees were cenvsc:s. ,"Iu Madisen, lud.. Leonid Robertsen, a well to-de farmer, arrayed himself in his wife's clothes aad sua -bonnet and nunc himself. Ne cause is known, for singular act. lie was as sane as no fca been all his life, leavins.ealv three in the town untouched from a lo le reach $e0.- 'ftiin f m- -----...,- ,.---.. ........ S'KV . suranee ' STATE ITBMa ' The Franklin fVrvvf..ru .-!! -- oasis attention te the fact that Attorney General Palmer was elected te the constitutional conven tion at a salary of $l.t bat managed te increase it te5-."00. The Baltimore !t Cumberland Valley railro.ie,now completed te Chambcrburg. will shortly open for thc transportation of : '""W'S"- ai11.1 passengers. The new read connect with the Western Marvlaud near Wayuelvre. The American Society of Mechanical En gineers met yesterday iu Altoeno, for their regular summer session of three days, j Trofessor R. H. Thursten, of Stiver. in stitute, presided. Several papers were . read, and twenty-four new members added j te the society. Shorty O'Connor and Ready" Yasey. two of thc MeKeespeitbaudits. gave them selves up te the autherities'at llollidays llellidays hurg yesterday morning. They will be ' taken te Pittsburgh te answer te the ' charge of robbing and murder. Thc where abouts of the ethers i till unknown. At the regular meeting of thc Western nail association the card rate wa ad vanced from $2.75 te $;?. subject te the usual rates and discounts. This is equal te $2. GO in car lets, sixty days. less two per cent, for cah. The above ad vance was made after a full discussion of the situation and iu view of thc increasing demand and premising outlook for the trade. A wemau in a Philadelphia Miburb pro fesses te practice the black ar:. She is in trouble through conduct that may justly be characterised as unprofessiena . She I toot ?u irem airs. aller in payment ter casting a spell ever 31 r. de. and did the work se satisfaeterilv that he and his horse and cow simultaneously foil ill : but when Me. Vile offered her $'J5 te remove the witchery, she accepted the money, aud un- ( diil ail that Mrs. Waller had paid her for : doing. The exposure of her double deal l iKS is '"'sely te nun her business. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. M A K I KT VA MAT f lUZS. l.ec .iu;ut:u-il lrtaelilnc Trr Snrcpry A Scurnl Iik I'lilumy Man A.um Itattgrreusly III Tobucce I'utiiirr. Harry Longeiieekor. an aged eiti.eii i Marietta, has been suffering for some months with gangone en the feet. Yester day lrs. Craig and Norris took his leg off two inches below the knee. Considering his age, which is 74 years, he is doing as well as can be expected. Rev. J. Mol-'liueyle, the brilliant young divine of Marietta, preached in Chambers burg te large congregations last Sunday morning aud evening. We regret te learn that this gentleman contemplates remov ing ten field mero congenial. Ab.EnswoiIer.thogro.it tree surgeon, has top-pruned the large maple trees iu front of the Exchange bank. They leek decidedly better. Geerge Hamuli'.-. New Feuudlaiul deg frightened at a clap el thunder ami jumped through a window, taking with him sash and all, upset, the supper table and bioke all the dishes. Al Spangler started te go te Chesapeake bay in a small beat ; when near McCall's Ferry he upset and lest his coat and watch ; se he says. Sam Ruby bombarded Dave Armstrong's blacksmith shop with stones anil struck Pave en (he aim. Ruby was arrested and bound ever for court. Dr. II. S. Trout is seriously ill at his residence in .Marietta, his ease is con sidered very critical. Fanners are very busy cutting off and housing their tobacco. A Wild Steer. On Monday Mr. Frederick Hanker, butcher, of North Mary street, purchased a steer from Mr. Jehn W. Mcntzcr at the Lancaster nteck yards. Along with five ether head ofcatileit was started te be driveu into town, but ou reaching Duke street ran off and was net captured until some distance out the Lititz pike, when, after a geed deal of trouble, it was re turned te the drove yards. Yesterday after after neon another attempt was made te bring his stccrship te the slaughter block, and for the purpose he was made enu of a drove of ten head of steers. This time the alley, adjeiuing'.Mr. Banker's slaugh ter pen, was reached, when the steer again broke away, this time bringing up iu Mr. Jacob Wch's cornfield, near the extension of Ncvin street, beyond Chestnut, after making a course through his tobacco field. Here no enu could get near him, and he was only brought te ground by two shots from the rifle of Mr. Martin Sciple. Afterwards if. required a pair of Mr. Well's horses and a sled te convey the carcass te Mr. Hunker's slaughter house, where it tipped the. beam at almost 1,400 pounds. Though the ani mal was rampant for a short time iu Mr. Well's crops, net much damage was done te cither his corn or tobacco. Uniform Knnk K. of l. We inadvertently stated the ether day that Divisions U and 7, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, of this city, would visit Reading en the 18th iust. This was a mistake ; they go te Reading en Wednes day, the 17th inst., en which occasion the Grand Ledge Knights of Pythias meets iu that city. There will be a line parade of the uniform rank participated in by mem bers from all parts of the state. Division Ne. 0 will take along net less than members and be accompanied by the Key stone band. Division Ne. 7 will take about. 7!) members and be accompanied by Clem mcn.s's City cornet baud. Hearting unit ClieRPpenke Ituilruuil. Wm. M. Slaymaker, jr., left Lancaster this morning te join the regular corps that is engaged in surveying the route of thc Reading & Chesapeake railroad. The party is new rendezvoused at Gougleis Geugleis ville, Berks county. Tim 4-1KCVS, " Ktc!?ra! CuJvtHlniucvs TIj lUv, there were large xv -,-.,..v, ..viwv.i sjju . eesuur aKcc- present a; tae ivrlvmu!uvi ..- ,?.. e. t..i. .. .j ... v 1 -,. iiviiri circus aitnengh there wa a clever lt of cvaptv scats in the evening. The pregramme was uie same at both cutmaiuuic nts. and the simply wonderful . J. Mereen, a Ar ing rider. very nue hurdle act. Willis Cobb exhibited a troupe of tramed dogs and a drove of educated tcers. The lermcr acted welt, out the latter were simply driven iute thc ring and after be ing made te lie down "and te Jace thcir front feet en pedestals were driven eat. The contortionist, whose name was net given, did one or the best acts of thc evening. He was able te t wist and turn himself in almost everv conceiv able shape. A large eempu.v of acrobats appeared in the ring, among them being Lew. Daveapert. an excellent voting actor formerly of thc lavenivrt Kr'i!WN !... made quite a hit here with Te:iv IVtiier's pantomime troupe nearlv two wars agv. the He SiinuM handsprings" wlie.e way areui.d the ritv m geed :yL although suffering from a.wre Kv- Geerge Cummings. of this city, who is known in the circus business as tieerge Inuiv. aiuvarvd in !h, ri.- with the tumble ibiCIs and showed a vrivii deal of skill and aniiitv us :. liiine tie was warra'y applauded. The leaping was net up te thc average, but there wa one man who jumned ever several elephants and camels. He was very graceful aud his piettv stvle brought him applause. The trapeze jvr jvr fermance of R. A. Hutaig and Miss Claire was excellent. Pete Cousin, an old cu cits man. acted the part of the clown. His uoe is familiar and nis jokes .are the same as he has told them ever and ewr again m every city for th past ten years." yet he seemed te please the people who are gen orally satisfied with any 'kind of a clown as long as he has- en a grotesque suit and wears paint en hi;- face." The two living hippopotamuses were driven uethe ring by their trainer and thev were made the subject of a sh.ir: kvture." Before the circus performance wa ever a mm with a glib tongue and one leg arose and made an announcement which startled the audience He slid immediately alter this lare show is ever, ail the cariesities en the 'outside will be brought into this tent when an e e ce'lent show will be gi en. There will Iv a hue large stage, beauti'iil cenery. and the whole ring w-,Jl be made te te semble a theatre. Iu every city where we have appeared we have charged i, cents te see this wonderful show, but for this town only we have reduced the price te 10 cents, etc." After recovering from thc shock, the audience was aked te purchase tickets. About half of them spent their little dimes and remained. The 'curiosities en the outside" were brought in. among them being a Cire.isM m weni u with a head of hair as large as a turkey. A long speech was made ever her. after which she went b.ickte the dressing-room, where she took off her wig ami marched off with a canvas man. A fourteen year old boy who weighs 4.00 pounds, a seven feet man. two dwarfs, a pink eyed man and the lecturer himself were the ether curiosities. The concert then began, the orchestra, of about four pieces, occupying seats en bows, steels, etc. The first part was a tniiwrcl performance with men ou tlie ends and ladies in between. The jokes were bad and the singing wet se. Seme jig dancing was done and a young lady walked up a ladder mide of sword in her bare feet. The performance eame te a close with a play. What it was no one knows. It resembled " Ilumptv lhunpty " at times and ran like "Richaid III. "at ether times. Xe beautiful soenery w.is visible. It eame te a termination yeiy suddenly, leaving the audience leek ing iu astonishment while the canvas fell from the sides and the beautiful oaths weie heard flowing from the lips el the canvas men as they almost pulled the people from the seals te get them down in a liuriy. At an early hour this morning the show went te Coatesville. xr.ii.iimiKuoeu m.ws Nfir iiiul AiriiM tli feiu.ly I.lne. West Chester's new reservoir, with a capacity of ever two million gallons of Chester creek water, is completed. Charles Hechus, of the Westchester .V Philadelphia railie.ul. had his leg ciu-hcil by falling in front el a locomotive. The leg was amputated below the knee. Geerge Rigby. a justice, of thepcacr of Media, fell off the ears while tiding Irem Cape May fe Cape .May Point ou Tuesday, and was instantly killed. A little waif found in a b.isket. en the doersiep of James l'.iiuhuC's it'sidenee. Allisen's Hill, llanisburg. has been traced te n young woman lately at I healuishtnise. The Verk county Mutual lhiil insurance company has already taken ever half a million iuMiiauee en growing tobacco and expects te take a million 1u'I'me the sea son ends. Themas Reynolds, of llixre de Grace, caught in the Susquehanna, one iiieiuitig last week, 'WOO pounds of i.u-k fish. This big let of line lisli was sent te I'liilaiiel phia, where I hey ictaii .it V2 te 15 eentt a pounds. The Friendship lire company, Me. I, of Harrishtirg. aie entertaining their friends of the Friendship lire company, the Happy Seven club and thn Quaker Assembly, all of Wilmington. Del., te day at. their an nual picnic at. .Ment Alie paik. During July the Pine Greve furnace produced 41'7'j giess tens charcoal pig iron, using ou an average 2,VT.' pounds of char coal. The best, wcek'ti weik was 121 gross tens en 2,412 pounds charcoal te the ten of iron made. This is remarkably geed work for this furnace, which is 0 feet 4 iu diameter at the boshes and 4:1 feet high. The Ilairisburg market, had a tuibiileiit scene yesterday beeause the superintendent of the market house. .Mr. CIkhiiIkts Dubbs, collected ten cents from a man ami woman for occupying half a stand, when another woman took, possession of tin" half el thn space thus paid for. This iriiliited the first party who pursued Mr. Dubbs de inaiuling a return of live cents, which that gentleman declined. This turned the light en the tiespassiug woman, which was carried en by the man and woman of the first pait, with a vigor of manner and strength of outcry that were painful t observe and hear. TlilttTinli Trnmpa. Twe tramps, giving their nanus as Charles Rogers and Henry Weed, wliitn being fed by W. S. Fence in the village of Georgetown, yesterday, attempted te steal a coat from the kitchen. Mr. Ferrec, en tering the room just at the time, ordered them te diep the oeat, which they made haste te de, and rati from thn house. The family being suspicious made search and found seme spoons, knives and a couple of deer keys missing, a warrant was secured and placed iu the hands of Constable ("hani bcrliu, who koeii had thorn befoie Justice Hughes. They wi-ie committed te jail and ('hambcrlin with a deputy l-idged them ut castle Wcise about f p.m. en the ameday. The spoons worn afterward found hi u by street, wheie thu tramps hud thrown theni. Twin Culvra. A. II. Laiubni, of Drmueru township, has upon his rami at.thu present Hum thrce pairs of twin calves, all poi loot beau, ties. It is welt weith an hour's dilve ti see then. 4w4-: y untury phased. A feature of the nng show was IRe riding of Jarae Robinson, wbe us ackuewVOgcd te Iv thc champion bareback rider of the wvrd or at least of shi ceuntrv. His rnf5n- u t LI
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