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THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 8, 1881.
The Fire Department.
The committee of councils en the pro
posed reorganization of the fire depart-ment-perhaps
did all that could be rea
sonably expected of them in reporting
the three different plans that are in
vogue in cities of the size of Lancaster
and practicable for their use, with an es
timate of the cost of each, based en in
quiry into their workings and an investi
gation of their relative merits. Their
report is entitled te the careful reading
of enr citizens who are almost unani
mous in the opinion that some kind of a
chanae is necessary. Whether the change
that has teen decided upon by councils,
in remodeling the present volunteer sys
tern and reducing the nutnbr of com
panies, shall prove effectual is a question
that is open te considetable diversity of
opinion. Any change, it may be truth
fully claimed, must preve one for the
better, but it Is imperative that a volun
teer plan te be really efficient in discharg
ing the functions of a fire department
must be subject te the most rigid disci
pline ; and the committee in charge of
the matter will no doubt 2e consider in
performing the work confided te it of
preparing a series of regulations for the
government of the department.
The Easten or " call " system, winch,
after gaining the favor of one branch of
councils was defeated in the ether, seems
te us te possess advantages ever any vol
unteer plan, and has the merit of being
net very expensive, if it can be demon
strated te be of enough efficiency for the
wants of Lancaster. Its establishment
would have proved a step toward
a paid department and net much mere
cestlv than the imiimml volunteer sis.
tern, which has been adopted.
It
is questionable whether for the price set
forth the necPKsarv liesenien and fire-
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men could be secured and their set vices
commanded as promptly as they aie
needed. We hardly think they could
be had at $50 per year, and
yet we have many excellent firemen who
for many years have been rendering their
service gratis. TJte question, neverthe
less, arises whether the time has net
come for them te be relieved from this
puraen ana tins responsibility, uur city
is larger, us property interests mere v.i-
riedand the risks of fire greater than
ever before. The character of its popu
lation has changed, and all the circum
stances which were conducive te the old
system of volunteer firemen. Expert
ence proves that there must be some le le
strictien, and the better class of firemen
are of this mind as much as anybody,
and while a change is being made it
might as well ha of the character of a real
reform.
At any event the committee wisely
the councils adept ! a by the "'
ii of a "fne alarm J7heilrot,,Ppean-Iat
indispensable te thel'?"'?0
recommend and
the cstablishmen
telegrapii" as inuisr
proper management of an efficient
protective system. The Intelligence:
has been very decidedly of this mind
all the while this discussion has
been pending. Since the Empire
alarm bell has been put up our citi7ens
have noticed hew much it is depended
upon te iucicate the diieclien of the
fire, and albeit it sometimes sounds the
wrong direction its guidance is of great
service te the firemen and the public;.
The telegraph alarm would de this im
portant work much better and save
time, annoyance and money. It is indis
pensable and no time should be wasted
providing it.
A clergyman, who is evidently of a
practical turn of mind, in an article
which we reprint, points out the fearful
losses occurring annually from fires, a
large proportion of which could have
been averted by speedy reliel. He even
advocates a sort of fire alarm in every
house, and though this may net -et be
practicable, it is net without a prospect
or realization in rue tuture and jui the
arguments for it are argument" for at
least the city alarm system.
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The Machine Still Working.
Tiie news from Ilarrisburg indicates
that the Republican " machine " still
has its grip, and a very tight one, en the
organization of that party in litis state.
What premised te be a very quiet and
insignificant state convention, issuing in
the nomination without a serious con
test of a man net altogether distaslelul
te Cameren and yet the choice of his
opponent turns out te be a chance for
the Cameren dynasty te reassert its
domination and regain its lest prestige.
It proposes te avail itself of that oppor
tunity. It turns up with a big majority
of the delegates te the convention,
quietly secured in this off year and
taken te Ilarrisburg te be counted by
the Davies people and feuud largely
against them. Whether Mr. Garfield
lives or dies the Cameren com
bination find it necessary te assert
their control of the Republican organiza
tion Pennsylvania, in the view of the
country at large and in advance of and
preparation for the gubernatorial can
vass of next year in this state. That
assertion it emphasizes first by secdring
two-thirds of the delegates, then by
making the obnoxious Quay teuqierary
chairman,by appointing its friends te the
control of the committees, and crowning
the work by making Senater Cooper
chairman of the state committee for
next year. As an act of policy, as well
as of condescension, this el anient of the
party will make its endorsement of Mr.
Garfield as bread as it can be made.
In their unexpectedly taking control
of the convention the Cameren-Quay
party of course want te puuish their
former ally, Senater Davies, for his pesi
tien as a belter in the last session of the i
Legislature, and te make its cendemna-!
1" .ill .1 t . .i - - . i
sien or inac oeic ine termal judgment of
the party. Te the extent in which thpy
succeed will their work fail te recom
mend itself te the enthusiastic support
of the portion of the party which
approves that belt. Thus haudicapped
the Republican parly selects te enter the
campaign. It is encouragement te the
Williamsport convention te act wisely.
The Cameren people, in their control
of the Harrisburg convention, are net
unmindful of the popular sympathy in
their party for Mr. Garfield ; and se,
that their opponents, supposed te be
nearer Mr. Garfield, may net have any
advantage from this, they propose te
make the resolutions en the subject of
the president's affliction and his admin
istration as comprehensive as language
will allow. There is a spirit of calcula
tion about this that cannot be disguised.
All the same, the convention is te be di
rected te the punishment of the people
who, with Mr. Garfield's encouragement
last winter, made effective the belt
against Cameren.
MINOR TOPICS.
The Ilarrisburg Telegraph calls the Phil
adelphia Prcts the Me Toe of its neighoer,
the Timsi.
A CdKREsreN'DENT of a Philadelphia
newspaper suggests that a satisfactory
mode of disposing of Guiteau would be te
have him led along the gutters and sewers-
of this city. Worst torture, he thinks,
would net be possible.
The losses by fire in the United States
and Canada during the month of August
present a somewhat startling record. The
aggregate losses for the month are esti
mated at 47,000,000, which with previous
losses indicate an average for the year of
net less than $"30,000,000.
An eminent scientific professor says that
it is the positive electricity of the cat that
renders it safe in the severest thunder
storm ; that lightning may aim at a cat
all day and nut hit her. This shows what
felly it is te depend en the lightning. The
Pni'adclphia jVecs suggests the use of the
bootjack.
Judge Aexew, in a long and elaborate
eil'ei t, argues that a iaw prohibiting liquor
"l.It! . ..., I , .....
"luaS ' "" a sumptuary iaw nor ine
analogue of a sumptuary law. And that
1 oejccuon te sumptuary laws
""" te supprehR tne personal
I i:i.p"jic w11 ae tltA miltltt nr!
vices as well as the publie crimes of the
people does net apply te prohibitory laws.
I r it the season for agricultural fairs.
and the bucolie mind is in its annual
i state of exaltien. Various state fairs are
ce'ncidcntly in full blast, and the country
c-rfiibiiicus are te be numbered by the
1l It tltt fWle PI,Iia T)Annnlnnn.n " Xn lis11
, tbi, year at Pittsburgh. It is new open,
, uiiiiuibUO. lllb A CUUSVIVAUld 1111 XH UL' u
i and appear te be fully up te the avenge
of fenner exhibitions.
As gauged by the human thermemeter
pei hap-, equally reliable with the con
ventional tube of mercury, if net mere se
this week has se far been the most op ep
picssivcly het of the mason, and yesterday
capped the climax of calorific intensity.
It is xepertcd that up in Vermont some of
the pcople are of the opiuieu that the world
is a last ou lire for geed and all.
The Princess of Wales is regaided with
anxious leeks by the sunerstitieus ones
any races. The
oak with the colors
of the winner of the Derby en the day of
the i ace gave an impulse te this sort of
religion, and new that her Royal Ilighncss
woie a Mine, du Barry rose en the day
the maie of that name wen the Goodwood
c ip, everybody wants te knew who gives
her the ' 'tip." The old turf cry, "Fellow
the Baten," 60 well-known in the days of
tax lute Baieu Rothschild, may new be
substituted by "Fellow the Princess '
IIanlan has decided te retire en his lau
i eh, and lias announced, in lcplytothe
challcgc of Ress, that he will pull no mere
matches. Hanlan, for a wcre oarsman, is
rather uncommonly wise in his day and
generation. lie has had enough glory te
last him for the balance of his life, and he
evidently thinks that thcre is mere credit
as well as mera profit te be gotten out of
the tavern, which his enthusiastic fellew-citi.-.ens
presented te him as a token of
their rcgatd, than is te be gotten out of
bwfc-racing, which may result in his de
feat. " Richard is himself again," is the ex-
j picssien Garfield is represented as making
use of yesterday en arousing from a long
sleep. Tiiu Times calls attention te the
singular f.ict that the Shakespearean quo.
tatiens thoughtlessly made use of for
Gai field's glory have net been of geed
augury. When he was nemiuated Law-
lenec Bluett telegraphed the greeting of
the witch : " Hail Glamis thou art and
Cawdor sbalt he.'" New, no sooner was
he Cawdor than his misfortunes came te
Macbeth. Iu the name way when Rich
aid lousing fiem his dismal dream took a
breath of fresh air, he declared himself
" himself again," but in a few hours the
blade of Richmond had piercsd him in his
heart.
PEIteONAL.
Joaquin Miller, according te the Sar
toga correspondent of the Cincinnati En
quirer, is keeping a bearding heuse at the
Springs.
Senater Lecak will deliver au address
at tli9 reunion of Illinois veterans at
Bloomington te-day. Generals Grant and
Sheridan and Governer CuIIem will be
present.
Mr. Wm. II. Vakdkubilt has added
$500 te the building fund or the Railroad
Yeung Men's association of Trev, thus
enabling it te begin the erection of its con
templated building at once.
Nm-iivx Hale, the heroic captain who
wa3 hanged by the British en September
-, l7e, has no monument. It is new
proposed in Connecticut and New Yerk
that a pillar of marble be plauted en the
spot iu Harlem where he suffered death.
Donald McKat, chief of the Warm
Spring Indians, is visiting in Columbus,
Ohie. -He weighs two hundred pounds
and is ferty-five years of age. He bears
upon his body eighteen wounds received in
various Indian battles while in the employ
et tne
government. He speaks English.
German, French aud Spanish and eisht
Indian teiijrucs,
T.JU - a.
General Sherman is the guest of Sena Sena
eor Hear at Worcester, Mass. Yesterday
he visited the New England fair in that
place. Ou the way he dismounted te
walk through the ranks of school children
who were assembled en Court hill. As he
passed the children sang "JIarching
Through Georgia," and presented him
with bouquets. While passing Plymouth
church the chimes played the same air
and at another point a battery fired a
salute of fifteen guns. At the fair ground
LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERS. 1881.
General Sherman was received by the offi
cers of the society.
Great is the decorum of Albert Victeb
and Geebge, the sons of the Prince of
Wales. On only one occasion, at Mel
bourne, did Prince Albert show much ani
mation, pnd that was when he heard a by
stander speak in admiring terms of his
father. The young prince stai ted forward
and shook the man licartily by the hand.
Prince Geerge the younger brother, takes
great eare of his personal appearance. On
emerging from an Australian sold mine
he created some amuscmentby his distress
en finding Uis clothes soiled and his hair
rumpled. Ner was he happy untd a looking-glass
and brush were procured, by the
aid of which te readjust his toilet.
A WAIX SsTUEET SQUEEZE."
Hannibal and St. JeHeiili Railroad block
Advances 38 1-2 l'er Cent.
The New Yeik Times of yesteiday says :
The common stock of the Hannibal and
St. Jeseph railroad company was a feature
of extraordinary interest en the stock ex
change yesteiday, owing- te the fact that
the price wa3 run up ou actual sales 38
per cent. from 90 at the opening te
135 at the close. The prices at which
sties were made during the day in
small lets of 100 te 200 shares were as
fellows : 9GV, 93, 982, 9 1M. 101. 124,
123. 130, 1317 135. Iu the jump of 22 per
cent, from 101 te 124 there were 500 shares
sold, and the total sales for the day
reached only 2,200 shares. Te the outside
public the whole affair was au immense
surprise, and it was literally ' the talk of
the street," for it was only necessary te
stand still a few minutes iu Bread or Wall
or Xew streets te hear grey-haired men
and green youths, millionaires and mes
senger boys talking of it as they passed
along. Mr. William Dowd, president of
the Bank of North America, and who was
the Republican candidate for mayor last
fall in this city, is pre-iideut of the Hanni
bal & St. Jeseph railroad company. Te a
reporter yesterday, when the stock was
at 131, he said the only explanation he
could give of the remarkable advance in
piica of the .stock was that there was a
very heavy shirt interest and that it was
being put through the squeezing process.
It was well known among insiders
that there was a very heavy ''short" in
terest en the street, and, if rumors could
be telied en, there weie seme prominent
operators ea that " short " side. The
struggle had been going en iu fact for
nciasV six months, and was a pretty big
fighf, but was conducted quietly. The
capital stock consisted of $9,108,000 com
mon and $3,033,000 pre'eired, and the
read was destined te bscome ene of the
very best paying lines in that ptrt of the
country. Three weeks or se age he had
himself bought some of its stock at
about 93, but ha thought he would be
willing te sjII it iuw at the intrkct price
131.
Common uimer ea the stieet yesterday
was te the effect th.it among the principal
shorts was James R. Kcene, Henry N.
Smith and Benjamin Carver. There has
been no such squeeze as this iu the market
cir.ee the famous Neith western corner of
about ten years age, and Mr. Smith was
ene of the leading shorts in that move
ment, Mr. Gould being ene of the
"sa.ueezers," and twisting Mr. Smith
with savage bdverity. It was reported
that the corner iu "St. Joe" is prin
cipally nnu-iged by Jehu Duff, of Bosten,
heading a clique of clever manipulators,
who are said te contiel about the whole
common stock of the company. The ad
vance of yesterday was said te be caused
by an effort of the sheits te make a price
en the market at which they could make a
settlement, but it was disastrous. After
tbccxchangn closed 150 and finally 165
was bid for the s-teclc, and the stieet
was that it would go up te 200 te day
SOME STATt. CASUALITIE.
talk
Terrible Torpedo jJinaster at Sawyer City.
Yesterday morning at Sawyer City,
about four miles from Bradford, the men
in the employ of the Roberts torpedo com
piny were about te torpode the well of J.
N. Schooner. A man named Charles
Rust, who htd charge of the same, feuud
that the cap would net fir. en tin primer
of the shell. He knocked tha c.p with
his hand twice, when au explosion eccured
killing Charles Rust. William Burten,
Charles Thrashir and Chides Creusc, by
standers. William Satterly is new dying
and Edwaid Wilsen is fatally injured.
The derrick, engine house and boiler were
blown te atoms. The men killed wcre
frightfully cut.
Mollle Magulre InccmlUrie.
The stables of the Mahoning ceke com
pany, at Dunbar, Fayette county, con"
tainiug two valuable horses aud six mulesi
were destroyed by fire Monday night, to
gether with all it contained iu the way of
animals, grain and feed. The less is
$2,500. The fire is credited te the Mellie
Maguires, aud its supposed object is the
intimidation of witnesses who have been
subpoenaed from Dunbar te testify against
the Mollie M.tgmre murderers, whose trial
is expected te take place there this week.
Convicted of Manslaughter.
The case of Geerge Hoever, the lad of
13, who shot aud killed his sister, Lettie,
in May fcv-t was tried at Sunbury yester
day, the trial only occupying a few
hours, as the two most impeitaut
witnesses, the boy's mother and
siater, refused te testify and left
the city. The commonwealth did net
push the case and the jury acquitted the
boy of murder but convicted him of man
slaughter. His sentence was deferred.
The counsel for the defense gave notice
te the court that they had some cvidence
which they wished te present te him te
mitigate the boy's sentence.
Jehn Burke, a miner, was killed in the
Hartferd mines at Wilkcsbarre by a fall
of top coal.
A SOTABLK WEDDING.
Kx-Gevemur Tllden'H Niece Married at Grey Grey
Ktene te R. D. Buchanan.
A notable wedding took place at Grey
stone, the ceuutry residence of Mr. Tildcn
at Yenkcrs.' Adelaide Evelyn Tildcn,
daughter of the late Moses Y. Tildcn, ex ex
Governer Tildcn's brother, was married te
R. Douglass Buchanan, of New Yerk.
The wedding was very private, only about
tweuty-five intimate friends of the two
families havinjr been invited. Governer
Tildeu was prevented from attending by a
slight indisposition. Andrew II. Green
was master of the ceremonies. The
service was read by the groom's
father, the Rev. Dr. J. M. Buchanan.
The large reception room in which
the ceremony occurred was tastefully deco
rated with flowers. The bride and groom
and his best man, W. B. Buchanan, steed
in the bay window at the south end, and
ranged in a semi-circle behind the clergy
man were the ushers, Harry Dun, W. A.
Hazard, Peultney Bigelow and Alexander
Leduc. The bride were a white satin robe
with a full French train and full cenuilla
ruche. The front was veiled with pearled
trimming and plastrons of white velvet
ran down the side ; a de ible box pleating
raa aiuuna me :onem ei rue irent. The
waist was pointed both at the back and
the front aud the V-shapcd corsage was
filled with point de Venice lace, in the
folds of which a diamond breech glittered.
The cellar was cut a la Mary Stewart and
the sleeves, of elbow length, were etched
with point d'AIencen lace. A wreath of
orange blossoms was fastened in the tulle
veil. Among these present were Mr. and
Mrs. II. A. Tildeu, Mrs. Moses Y. Tilden,
Colonel and Mrs. Mellcr, Mrs. William
Meller and Misses Mellcr, Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Douglass, MissGraceMormer,e '
is engaged te the brother of the groom.
Mrs. Clara Stevens, of New Haven, and J.
H. Yeung and R. G. Den.
TtJK HAKBISHDBG CONVENTION.
Cameren Master or the Mtnatlea and His
imends Cutting Oat Te-day's Werk.
IUrrisburu Dispatch te the New Yerk Sun.
This eve of the Republican state conven
tion is the quietest ever observed in our
state politics en a like occasion. There is
no excitement whatever, and, save for a
little stir out at the Lochiel hotel, the Re
publican headquarters, there would be no
visible signs of any unusual occurrence.
Delegates straggle in one by one, and
have te be taken in charge by the man
agers, te be made acquainted with what
is going en and what part they are te take
in it. The canvass for state treasurer is
practically restricted te Senater W. T.
Davies, of Bradford county, and Gen.
Silas 31. Bailey, of Fayette. The
first is a well-known state senator
of long public service, net distin
guished for brilliancy, and generally relied
upon for Cameren work. Last winter,
however, force of circumstances and con
sideratiens of locality made him a leader
in the anti-Cameren belt for Grew, which
was compromised by the election of Sena Sena
eor Mitchell, a colleague net altogether
distasteful te Cameren. Fer a time it was
believed that his only opponent for the
nomination for state treasurer would be
Senater Gee. V. Lawrence, of Washing
ton; who occupied much the same relation
te the senatorial canvass as did Davies.
Lawrence suspected that it was the Cam Cam
eeon design te threw the state this fall,
and declined te run. The political interest
and Republican sympathy, quickened by
the assault upon the president, induced a
belief that the state would be carried, and
the Cameren faction feared te let a belter
be elected te a state office and the organi
zation pass into the hands of his friends the
year before a governor was te be chosen
They therefere selected Gen. Bailey, a
gallant soldier, who had been a Pennsyl
vania delegate-te the Chicago convention
and had steed up and gene down with the
uonkling-uamerenSUo. The lines, there
fore, between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds
have been clearly drawn, and the eve of
the convention finds Quay, Magee, and
ether Cameren managers here determined
and well equipped te put Bailey's nomina
tion through as a rebuke te the belters.
They carefully avoid the administration
issue, and, conscious of the popular sym
pathy for Garfield, they already give out
their design te offer the most advanced
resolutions in sympathy aud in approval
of his administration.
Davies is here, surrounded by these who
made the belt against Oliver successful
last winter, but they de net seem te be
able te count many delegates. Philadel
phia nearly solid, Allegheny, Schuylkill
and ether regulation commercial districts
are in the hands of the Cameren managers
and they claim te be entirely confident of
success. In proof of this they will name
Quay, the most objectionable man te the
opposition, for temporary chairman, and
he will organize the convention. The
stalwarts talk of Gen. Harry White for
permanent chairman, and claim anywhere
from ene hundred and fifty te two hun
dred delegates ferBailey out of two hundred
and fifty one. The better posted of Davies'
friends concede his defeat They will likely
run ex-Attorney General Lear for perma
nent chairmau The platform will have
no distinctive features, exeept the most
advanced pre-Garfield utterances. Bai
ley's friends will meet te-morrow at 10 a.
m., and cut out the work for the conven
tion. The only decided diversion in Da
vies's interests is by the Philadelphia
Press, represented here by a half dozen
of its editors, whose presence has provoked
a stalwart assault upon the present editor
ial management of that paper by the local
Cameren organ. It deneuuees the Press
staff as composed of Democrats, ex rebels,
and copperheads.
The Cameren pcople claim 187 delegates
for all the purposes for which they may
need them, and the certainty of Bailey's
nomination. They go se far as te say that
if Senater Den Cameren gets here in time
they will emphasize his mastery of the
convention by making him permanent
chairman. It is net likely that he will
seek or accept the embarrassments of that
position, although his friends are flushed
with control of the situation. Davies's
friends cannot count ever 100 votes, and
are talking significantly of the prospects
of Democratic success.
Werk of Flames.
Fiie en Monday night destroyed the
barn of Walter Carutb, five miles from
Galveston, Texas, consuming 2,000 bushels
of corn, a let of hay, eats and millet, and
twenty head of horses and mules. Less,
$10,000.
Seaman & Bre.'s cooper shop at Chicago
was burned ou Tuesday night. Less, $20,
000. Shaw Brethers' exleusivcs hemlock bark
extract factory, at Pekiak, N. B., was
burned yesterday. Less. $10,000.
Jewctt s mill, at Drury Cove, JN. 15.,
was burned ou Tuesday night, together
with 4,000 feet of lumber. Less, $20,000.
Further particulars of the disastrous
forest fires in Michigan show a terrible
condition of affairs in the northern and
northeastern sections of the state. The
villages af Deckerville, Pert Hepe, Ve Ve
eona Mills, Bad Axe, Sandusky, Andersen,
Stanten, Richmendsville, Charleston and
Fortsville, have been wholly or partly de
stroyed. Iu Watertown township two
families have been burned te death. The
continued dreuth and high winds are
spreading the flames, and " hundreds of
farms are reduced te blackened ashes."
It is feared there has also been serious less
of life
Death (or Achrblshep Hennl.
Jehn Martin Henni, Catholic archbishop
of Mil waukee, died at his home in that
city yesterday afternoon, aged 76 years.
Fer several months the venerable arch
bishop was in such peer health as te be
confined te his room. He was born in the
canton of Graubunden, Switzerland, in
1805. He was a student in Reme in 1829,
at which time he came te this coun
try. Soeu after his arrival he was
sent te Bardstown, Ky., te prepare for the
priesthood. In the following year, 1830,
he was ordained by Bishop Fenwick and
assigned te St. Francis Xavier's church in
Cincinnati, where he ministered te the
spiritual wants of the German portion of
the congregation. In 1832 Bishop Fen
wicedied and was succeeded by Arch
bishop Purcell, who appointed Father
Henui Vicar General. In 1831 the latter
built the first German church in Cincin
nati and in the following year visited
Reme. On his return he started a Ger
man religious paper called the Friend of
irutt ana remained its editor ler nearly
six years. He was made bishop of the
new diocese of Milwaukee in 1844 and in
1875 he was invested with the insignia of
archbishop.
s
A September Swelter.
Maximum temperatures were reported
yesterday by the signal bureau as fellows :
Washington, 104.5 in the shade ; Philadel
phia, 101.5 ; Baltimore, 101. These figures
were reached in the comparatively cool alti
tude of the signal offices, and are several
degrees lower than the temperatures in the
streets of the cities named. A temperature
ei iui in me snaue was reacnee at Albany,
and 102 at Wilmington, Delaware. In New
Yerk city a temperature of 100 was
reached, and there were 43 sunstrokes,
many of them fatal. There was a heavy
snow storm in the Black Hills, Dakota,
last Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Eleven men were killed by the blowing
up of the packing house of the Lake
enTng.'
THE PATIENT AT LUNG BR&NCH.
Helding His Own In Spite or the Oppres
sive Heat Three et the Attend
ing Physicians Dismissed.
Mr, McClure telegraphed te the Times
last night as fellows : " The president had
a severe ordeal te-day because of the ex
cessive heat, but he held his own well.
The day was the hottest known here
for many years, and the land breeze was
se stifling that persons had te avoid it.
The night is terribly sultry and oppressive
but the president's condition is better than
it was yesterday. It is tee seen te say that
he is going te improve, but there is a gen
eral feeling of renewed hops that he may
recover.
Late last night it was asceitained au
thoritatively that Drs. Reyburu, Barnes
and Woodward had signed the last official
bulletin en the president's case, having
immediately after the is&aance of the
evening bulletin withdrawn from the corps
of attending surgeons.
Dr. Bliss stated last night' in response te
questions bearing en the matter that there
was no causa for the withdrawal or retire
ment of the surgeons beyond the fact that
it was the desire or whim of a very sick
man, and as the Dresidcnt had entertained
the idea that a fewer number of physi
cians could manage his case as well as the
number heretofore engaged upon it, it was
desired by Mrs. Garfield that his wishes
be complied with. The doctor stated
further that the best of feeling prevailed
among the entire corps of surgeons, and
that the retirement of Messrs. Reyburu,
Barnes and Woodward would net, in auy
manner, affect the intimacy which had
grewu up between them since the presi
dent was shot.
Dr. Reyburn was approached ou the
subject aud admitted that the facts in the
case wcre substantially as above stated.
He corroborated the statement of Dr.
Bliss that the best of feeliug prevailed
among the surgeons. Dr. Reyburn said
he would net return te AVasbingten imme
diately, ns before deiug se he desired te
pay a brief visit te some relatives at Ocean
Greve.
The movements of Drs. Barnes and
Woodward are net definitely known, but
it is thought that they will soeu retain te
Washington.
HINDOO DEFEATED.
The Surprise or the Saas3ii at Sueephead
Bay.
An event oceurred at the Ceney Island
Jockey club's races yesterday such as only
happens en the turf ence in years. It was
the unexpected aud utter defeat of a phe
nomenal racehorse that had swept every
thing aside during the entire season as a
strong wind sweeps chaff. Dwyer
Brethers' wonderful colt Hindoe, after be
ginning aarly last May in Lexington by
winning the Blue Ribbeu stakes and cap
turing the long striug of fat stakes for
three-year olds, as well as purse races,
down te a race of mile beats, until he had
scored nineteen successive victories, was
defeated by both the ether starters for the
September stakes at Shccpshead Bay.
The winner of the race was Ciickmere,
owned by cx-Gev. Bewie, of Maryland.
Fer two years there has been a running
duel between these cracks. Crick Crick
mero defeated Hindoe when a two-year
old at Saratoga. It was then claimed
that Hindoe was off. They met again
last spring at Sheepshcad bay, in
the Tidal Stakes, Hindoe defeating Crick Crick
mere. At tbe clese of this race, Mr.
Bewie said te the Dwyers : " Yeu have
beat me te-day, but we'll meet again."
Yesterday he fulfilled his premise Hindoe
ran nine races as a two-year-old, winning
seven straight. Thera defeated him at
Saratoga for the Day Beat Line stakes
last year five days after he was beaten by
Urickmere. lue umereuce in weight yes
terday was twelve pounds in laver of
Crickmore. The backers of Hindoe claim
that this gave the race te the Maryland
herse. The bookmakers wefc badly
wrecked en Hindoe.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The freight hands in the Erie raily way
and Central transfer houses at Buffalo,
have struck for an advance of 50 cents per
day.
The New Yerk Democratic state com
mittee met yesterday and issued a call for
a state convention, te meet in Albany en
the 11th of Octeber.
A British resident at Aden telegraphs
that cholera has appeared there and that
thirty out of thirty-seven cases have proved
fatal.
Jehn Casper Dcitzcl was arrested ucnr
Ten Mile Run, New Jersey, last Friday,
for stealing grain. He and his family re
sisted the officer, and he was shot in the
melee. His dead body lus since been
found in the weeds.
Jehn Kcmmel, a tavcrnkccpcr of Jamai
ca, Leng Island, who lived unhappily with
his wife, killed her yesteiday morning,
and then, after setting lire te the house,
hanged himself. The lire was discovered
and extinguished.
Te-day will be observed in New Yerk
and jncw jersey, in accerdance with pro
clamations by the governor of these states,
as a day of prayer for the recovery of the
president. In New Yerk the day will be
a legal holiday, like Sunday.
Walter Harmen was arrested at Shrcve Shrcve
pert, La., en Monday, as a swindler. He
represented himself as an agent of the
New Yerk mutual life insurance company,
and has been perpetrating the same frauds
in Jacksen and in Memphis, Tenn., and
Sedalia, Me., as H. H. Heward, lie is in
jail
STATS ITEMS.
A fight en Monday at a picnic in Jack.
son township, Greene county, resulted iu
a man named Duval being killed with a
stone by one Hughes. .
Washington county last night cemmencp
cd celebrating her one hundredth anniver
sary with bonfires, illuminations, music
and speches.
Horatio Petter, of Moscow, Lackawauna
county, married a Mrs. Wembachsr about
a year age, and new he has eloped with
her eldest daughter, whom he had se
duced. The supposed remains of Henry Barnum,
ene of the victims of the recent fire at
Warren & Merritt's fruit establishment,
Philadelphia, were found in the ruins yes
terday. Four prisoners made their escape from
the Northumberland county prison last
evening. Their names were Pat Lawless
(manslaughter), William Ileagland (bur
glary), and David Schoep and William
White.
Last night Mr. William Maun, the well
known Philadelphia stationer, died at his
residence in Haddonfield, N. J. On Sun
day last he was visited by a streke of ap
oplexy, which was .followed immediately
afterward by a paralysis of the left side of
the body.
Slate is advancing in price. The advance
is the result of the formation of the slate
exchange of Lehigh and Northampton
ceuuties. Monday afternoon the exchange
held another meeting at Easten and re
solved te advance prices an average of
seventy cents mere, making a total ad
vance of ene dollar per square in five
weeks.
her Went a-Fishlng.
Ex-Sheiiff Ames Greff and Assistant
County Treasurer David Warfel went
down the Susquehanna en a two days' fish
ing excursion yesterday. They had the
finest let of bait that has been taken away
from this city for some time, and if the
river is in any condition at all they ought
te get some bass.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A HOTEL FIGHT.
A Man Had His Head Terribly Cut.
This morning a fight occurred at the
General Jacksen hotel, en East King
street, which is kept by Christian Hagel
gans,in which a man named Themas "Hara
ill was very severely, if net seriously, in
jured by being struck en the head with a
club by the proprietor of the place. After
the fight the police were sent for and Offi
cers Slerringer and Helman took Uamill
te the station house. He was bleeding
uum an usjij uuiiu tuc ueau ana no was
covered with bleed from head te feet, and
his check shirt was se saturated that it
looked mere like a red flannel than any
thing .else. He was placed in a cell at the
station house and physicians were sent
for Dis. Fitzpatrick and Brown seen
arrived and they attended te the inju
ries of the man. It was found that he had
received a bad cut en the front pait of the
head which had severed an artery causing
him te bleed very freely. Alter lming
his wounds baudaged Hamill was taken
te the office of Alderman Barr where le
made complaint agaiust Hagelgans charg
ing him with felonious assault and bat
tery and carrying concealed weapons. II
was then taken te the county hospital.
A man named Billy McGinn was w ith
llamill when tlie fight occurred. He
stated they were seated iu the barroom
tins loreneou after having taken some
drinks Uamill had a few words with a
little son of Hagelgans (who McGinn says
was veiy impudent) when the father came
up and drew a club (erabilly), and struck
Hamill ou the head; Uamill had net
touched Hagclgaus previous te the time
when he was hit.
Hagelgans was interviewed in ictrard te
the affair, and he states that Uamill
placed a chair against the deer leading te
the strct aud sat down en it se that no
one could enter. When told by the boy te
remove it he refused and began abusing
the boy. Hagelgans then came in, when
Hamill asked him ir he was the boy's
father. He said that he was, ami Hamill
immediately struck him with his list.
Hagelgans then picked up a club and with
it struck Hamill two blows which, he ad
mite, were net easy ones.
AVhe tells the truth in regard te the
fight will probably be learned at a hear
ing. Meanwhile it is enough te knew
that ene man was terribly cut and his in
juries may result mere seriously than is
supposed.
Marriage Bells nt JLittls.
The Moravian church at Lititz lest even
ing was crowded by a brilliant assemblage
gathered te witness the celebration of the
nuptials of Dr. Jehn Francis Duulap, a
well-known young physician of Mauhcim,
and Auuie V. Evans, daughter of Peer
Director Jehn Evans, of Lititz. The
church was handsomely decorated aud
among the guests present, numbering
probably between 400 and 500, all sections
of the county were represented, with many
from this city. The bride was attended by
Misses Mary Hacker and Ella Erb, with
Mr. Mix and Wm. D. Weaver, esq., as
groomsmen, and Owen P. Bricker, esq.,
and Harry E. Stener ushers. Rev. Nagle
the pastor performed the beautiful mar
riage ceremony of the Moravian ritual, at
the conclusion of which the bridal paity
and invited guests repaired te the resi
dence of the bride's parents, where a
brilliant reception was held, and
a bountiful repast was scivcd,
gotten up in the best style of our
popular caterer, Jehn C. Spaeth The
display of bridal presents was veiy large
and elegant. The bride and groom left
Lancaster last night en the 11:55 train en
an extended tour, which will include AVat
kins Glen, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Al
ban', New Yerk and the Eastern states.
Cowardly Assault.
Our Marietta cei respondent writes as
fellows : While Harry Harnish, cigar
maker, was working in Stum & Wilsen's
cigar factory, two Baltimore cigarmakers
who had been drinking pretty freely, weut
into the shop and without any provoca
tion, attacked Harnish with knives. Uc
defended himself as well as he could and
knocked them both down. IIe struck one
of them en the back part of the head with
his fist and the bleed flew out of his cars.
Harnish received an ugly cut in his abdo
men. The wound bled freely. Dr. Reich
dressed his wound and he is about again.
Harnish is a powerful man ; he is six feet
four inches high, twenty-four years old and
weighs two hundred yeunds. His home is
Manhcim, Lancaster county, and he is a
quiet, well-behaved young man. The two
plug-uglies that attacked him get away en
a freight train while the officers were in
pursuit of them.
A Hetel Beat.
" II. Hull " is the name which was writ
ten en the register of the Stevcus house en
Monday by a man who arrived, as he said,
from Philanclphia. He remained at the
house until yesterday morning. Tuesday
night he went te bed stating that he had
chills and fever. He asked te be called at
G o'clock. He was awakened at this
hour, and sometime during the forenoon
he slipped away from the hotel without
paying his beard, taking with him a coun
terpane and blaukct en which he slept.
He bad several boxes with him when he
came te the hotel. He left ene of them
behind and when it was examined it was
found te contain two flint stones aud a
let of grass.
The Leaman Place Accident.
The Pittsburgh Leader of last evening
has an account of the death of Allen Gray,
of that place, who was killed by the cars
at Leaman Place, as reported in our col
umns yesterday, and says the unfortunate
man was one of the eldest keepers or over
seers at the penitentiary, having bcen
connected with the priseu for from twelve
te fifteen years. He was born in the north
of Ireland, but has lived here for many
years. His wife was visiting friends in
Ireland. She was coming home en the
steamer Nebraska, which arrived in New
Yerk yesterday. IIe has a brother Henry,
who is also an old and respected keeper in
the penitentiary.
l'ellce Court.
Steve Brown, colored, was arrested by
Officer Elias last evening en Middle street
for being drunk and disorderly. He gave
the officer considerable trouble. This
morning he gave bail for a hearing before
Alderman A. F. Dennelly.
An Italian woman who was un
able te speak English, was arrested last
evening for beiug drunk and disorderly.
She was sent te jail for ten days. Night
before last she spent tiic time in the lock
up en the charge of vagraucy. Jehn
Barnes, a drunk, get 10 days in prison.
Warm Weather Ficnlc.
This is the day of the grand picnic at
Lititz, at which a large number of brass
bands, including the Ringgold band of
Reading., are furnishing the music. A
number of folks from this city are in at
tendance, some going by rail and etheis
driving.
Iu New (uarters.
Jacob Resenmyer, with Basch & Fisher,
tobacco packers of New Yerk, will occupy
Bitncr's warehouse, 218 North Queen
stieet, and David Lcderman, with the
same firm, will occupy te two large houses
en the New Helland pike.
The Height of Water.
Notwithstanding the very dry weather
the water is very high in the reservoirs.
In the western basin it is 16 feet deep, and
in the eastern 13 feet, 4 inches.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OCR REGCLAK COKKKSl'ONuENCE.
The long looked for Columbia steamer
arrived yesterday afternoon. This morn
ing it was tried.
Jacob Jelius';') while drawing a btr of
iron from the roller iu the Shawnee rolling
mill, stumbled e cr a scrap pile and had
the palm of his tight hand severely burned
last evening.
A number of Columbian ; aic attending
the picnic at Lititz te-day.
The ceuucil of the borough of Washing
ton last eveuin elected Win. 15. Given,
esq., as their solicitor for one jcar.
The ladies letie of Columbia of the
Riverside Heme, Ne. 27, intend holding a
danciug picuic in Heine's weeds September
15.
Mr. Fred C. Buelicr has returned from
Philadelphia ; Gee. R.ithven retrrned
home last evening fiem his pleasure trip
in "Ole Virginy," Mr. Il.uiy Brunei-, left
this morning for the piep.irateiy school,
Ilnokettstewn, N. J.
The administrators of Coe. Iegk de
ceased, are new pajing the last dividend
at the banking heue of E. K. Smith &
Ce.
Jesse Martin, colored, was anestcd for
bciugdiserderly ami creating a disturbance
en the streets, and after paying the costs
w.is discharged.
A leak in the main water pipe ou Wal
nut, street occurred this morning.
This morning the infant daughter, An
nie, of Fred. Wagner, was buried.
Mr. Newcomer, of Mount Jey, while
driving ever Thin! street, near the market
house, broke the hind alc of his wagon.
About seven o'clock this morning, as a
herse and carriage containing two col
ored couples from Marietta, was being
driven up Walnut stru-t, the herse get
scared and ran off. The colored ladies
made their csc.ipe by jumping out of the
rear window, but the gentleman stuck"
te the carriage and at lat succeeded in
bringing the vehicle te a step.
AVilI. Schackenbach, an employee or
Kauffnian's stoue quarry, while prynig.eut
a large stone slipped aud tell a distance of
thirty feet. IIe was severely shaken up,
and it is thought he has sprained his hips.
He was hauled home in a wageu.
This morning two young boys, living in
Fishtenu, 15 and IX years of age, i in oil"
with the intention of going west te make
thcii fortunes. Pittsburgh is where they
intend te make them. Ne effmt lia been
made te In ing them back.
Grand Wediln.(;
The wedding of Mr. Reheit Ilaldeniau
te .Miss Fleieuce I'atten last evening, us
expected, was a grand affair. About half
past seven the friends and iul.it i vet et the
bride and gioem began assembling in the
Methodist church te witness the ceremon
ies At 8 o'clock the chuich was com cem com
feitably filled and these pa-sent were wait
iug with watching eyes te seu the fust
appearance of the happy couple. Messrs.
('. C. Kauffinau, Alfred C. Bruucr,
Themas Ilalderaan and Du Witt Denny
acted in the capacity of ushcis. Mr. H.
A. Decker, el Jincestcr, presided at the
organ. Rev. Henry Wheeler pcileinicd
the ceremony.
The dccoiatiens weie many and very
elaborate, especially at the pulpit ami
altar. Around and above the former
flowers, climbing vines and different col
ored leaves rose in beautiful pyramids,
while en tin right and left side two large
vases weu tilled te overflowing with na
ture's own decoration. The chandclieis
te the right and left of the vases were en
twined with ivy. The table at the feet or
the altar gieancd under the weight of
flowers, etc., and at each end weie huge
baskets leaded with the choicest aud l.ucst
flowers.
At a quaitcr el eight the eigauist play
ed au intioductien aud sole, selected Irem
"Bialla, "' and precisely ,at eight the
doers were ejiencd, and the bride and
groom, piccueded by the four ushui:; and
the bride's two small sisteis, ni.irehud up
the aisle, the organ pealing forth one of
Mendelssohn's choicest matches. At thu
feet of the altar the bridal pair stepped,
the bride and groom in the ceutie with
two ushers and one of the children en
their right and left. Rev. Ileiny Winder
then piececdcd with the ceremony which
was very impressive After the usual
questions had been asked and answered,
all bowed in prayer. The couple were then
pronounced husband and wife. When the
eigan began playing " Take this ring,"
a selection from Bellini, the relatives, bil
lowed by the many friends offered their
heartiest congratulations te the newly mar
ried and new happy couple, alter which a
large number of these present, accom
panied them te the residence of the bride's
parents, where a sumptuous tabic or re
freshments had been provided. An hour
afterward the Citizens' band made their
appearance and furnished some of their
finest selections. The bridal paity left
the house at 12 o'clock aud diec te Lan
caster, where they then took passage for
Cressen Springs. Among places of interest
they will visit will be Pittsburgh and
Columbus.
The drceS of the bride was the perfec
tion of loveliness. The matrri.il was a
fawn colon. d satin, trimmed with satin
brocade of a lighter shade. The train was
of the ceuit fashion and decked with
white crei: lace, as were the sheit slcctcs
and square cut neck. At the threat was
a heavy lace ruche, clasped by a plain geld
pin. The bride, always beautiful, last
evening looked like the mythological
Venus, and exclamations of admiration
wcre heard en all sides.
The groom was attired in full evening
dress with three blazing diamonds iu his
glistening white shirt. The ushers were
in full evening dress. A majority of the
ladies present were silks aud satins, while
a few of the gentlemen were attired in half
evening dress. A mere imposing as
sembly could nowhere be found.
Instead of a i ing the bride w.is married
with a geld bracelet with a monogram
studded with diamonds en the back.
The streets en both sides of the chut eh
were crowded with uninvited guests. A
large number or invited gtusts Tiein
abroad were present. The friends and
relatives at the home of the bride were
cenvejed te the church in carriages. The
wedding is ever and our gossips will have
a nine days' talk about the dresses of the
ladies, ecicnieiiiesaud decorations.
The prc-ent.s numbered ab'vit one hun
dred and twenty live, and were handsome
and cestlv.
Oxford Ntws.
The iOtli am iversary of the marriage of
Captain William Hanna and wile of Upper
Oxfeid, took place en Wednesday last.
The event was celebrated by one of the
largest gatherings of relatives ami friends
of parties in such relation ever held in
southern Chester county.
The corner-stone of the Second Presby
terian church of Oxford (colored) was
laid last Saturday afternoon. There was
a large attendance of both colored aud
white people, :iud the clergymen present
wcre Rev. Herace G. Miller, p ister of the
church, Rev. Dr. Rcndall. of Lincoln uni
versity, Rev. (jtilmere, of New Yerk, Rev.
Orr Lawsen, Rcv.SamucI Dickey and Rev.
W. R. Bingham. Revs. E. Webb and A.
II. Cresbic. Mr. Henry Davis, Mr. A. Car
hart, treasurer, and ethers were also
present.
Contract Awarded.
The proposals for the rebuilding of an
abutment nt' the waterworks have been
opened at the mayor's office. Jehu R.
Smith's bid was S!)i. and that of SclUauch,
Shupp&Ce. was i;100. The former re
ceived the centmet.
Baumgaidner fc Ce. offer te furnish the
coal for the Buchanan relief fund for
82.91 per ten, and the bid of Stewart &
Sen was $3.18. Baumgardner was award
ed the contract.
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