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WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 28,1081.
The Sllghtei Vice Presidency.
The Philadelphia Press recalls the
manner in which the Republican vice
presidential nomination went begging
among the second rate New Yorlpoliti Yerlpoliti Yorlpeliti
cians, te which state the place was
unanimously conceded. Conkling, of
course, could have had it, but equally,
of course, would net think of accepting
the second place en the ticket. It is a
singular fact that Arthur even did net
want te take it, because he expected te
b3 chosen senator from Xew Yerk, and
greatly preferred that place te the pres
idency of the Senate and the second of
fice in the country. Se would almost
any ether man. Why is it that the vice
presidency is se little esteemed, netwith
standing it has se often conferred the
presidency ? Xe doubt, one reason is the
fact that its chief importance comes from
its liability te the inheritance of a dead
miu's shoes ; but the real reason is
found in the fact that the place gives
the holder of it very little influence. It
it an ornamental position and only that.
Tiie incumbent has no patronage and is
net able te catch the eye of the country
en the fleer et the Senate, ever
which "he presides, but in which
he does net raise his voice even
te cast his vote unless occasionally
when there may be a tie among the sen
ators. He is a part of the administra
tion, and : such bears the weight of its
acts if they are evil, without profiting
by them if they are geed. In this re
gard, however, he is no worse off than a
cabinet member; but positions in the
cabinet are also looked upon askance be
cause of this embarrassment te the ambi
tion of the politician. The vice presi
dency and cabinet ellices used te be
looked upon differently, and as stepping
stones te the presidency. Hut in these
days first clasi men were willing te be
vice presidents, and first-class men can
pull themselves up anywhere. The old
system of election, that gave the repre
sentatives in Congress the choice among
the candidates voted for by the people
when none had a majority, was a great
deal bsttcr than our present way, and it
was net far-sighted wisdom that changed
it. Our present method of obtaining a suc
cessor te a president is even worse than
our way of electing a president, and that
is bad enough. There is a fair chance at
least that a parly wi'.l select a geed man
for the first office ; but when a conven
tion lias exhausted itself with this
supreme labor it is net in a fit condition
te find a second geed man fgpr the second
place, esjecially when it is compelled te
leek among the ranks of the hangers-en
of the great men for its candidate. Te
balance the ticket furthermore it finds it
expedient te put upon it one who has
been an opponent of its chief candidate;
and se it always happens that when the
president dies and the vice president
comes in there is a general upsetting of
things and a state of uproar in the af
flicted parly and in the country, which
may be very interesting but is not'edify net'edify
ing. What is Ills Use!
The New Yerk Sun thinks that our
eighty days' experience without a presi
dent shows that the country can get
along very well without an executive.
Possibly we could de better without
than with one. It seems absolutely
necessary that everything should have a
head and that every nation should have
a ruler. We have been in great alarm
lately lest our country should be left
without a chief, as it would be if Presi
dent Arthur was taken off. Perhaps our
alarm has been needless ; and we would
be quite .is well off if we abolished the
presidency. When we reflect upon it we
find that our presidents have been a great
bother te us. They are troublesome te
elect and troublesome when they are
elected. Lately we narrowly escaped
a civil war through the effort of a beaten
candidate te usurp the place; which he
finally get, tee, because his party sue
ceeded in pulling Iho wool ever the eye
of the Democratic statesmen, who were
virtuous and guileless, and accepted the
electoral commission without seeing the
thimble-rig. in it. A thing ought te be
of great value which we maintain at
such cost ; and perchance the presidency
is net really valuable enough te hang en
te. It is a pretty whistle, but maybe we
pay tee dear for it.
What is the president's use ? Te sign
his name te papers ? But the secretaries
de that most of the time. But he directs
them. Dees he ? Xe doubt he does very
often, but oftener they de it in the rou
tine of business, without special direc
tion. Appointments te office are made
by the heads of departments. The pres
ident may control them if he cheeses,
and sometimes does, but mere frequent
ly does net ; and what they can de in
some cases they can as well de in all
cases.
Congress really governs the country
under our institutions and controls the
president. Parliament governs Great
Britain and controls the queen, who is
but a figuie-head. Our president has
vastly mere power than the queen ; but
the question is whether the country
C3uld net get aleug better if he had as
little ; and if he was thus shrivelled,
could lie net probably be dispensed with
entirely, and the country be governed by
congress and the secretaries V
We de net declare our opinion en the
subject. It is an idea suggested by the
ease with which for three months we did
without a president. We have jiever
seriously considered before the question
of the usefulness or uselessness of the
office, taking it for granted that the
country must have a single executive,
just as every great interest is given a
single head. And probably this head
must practically exist in some form ;
but since Congress rules the roast any
way, why net let Congress find the head,
and put it up and take it down, some
what in the English fashion, and let us
net be bothered with presidents elected
by the people, te kick up a rumpus with
Congress and keep the country in turmoil
until they are subdued and reduced te
knew their places ?
The Philadelphia Recerd says that a
lady advises it that the fabrics used in
draping the buildings in mourning will
be very useful te the Michigan sufferers,
for skirts and linings for women's wear.
It seems an .excellent idea ; there is
enough cloth retting en our buildings te
clothe every woman in Michigan, and
they arein mourning, tee, se that the
black will l)e appropriate. Take down
your cloths, citizens, and send them te
the mayor.
MINOB TOPICS.
Base kalt.ists are getting ready te
pick away their little bats ; te figure up
the profits and losses of the season's busi
ness, and te retire from their heroic en
deavors until the coming spring time.
Chicago seems te be "safe en the first"
as champions.
A quarterly paper has just been is
sued in New Yerk with the title of Moder
ation. It proposes temperance reform net
by prohibition or total abstinence, but by
the moderate use of fermented and spirit;
ueas liquors, and by the organization of
Moderation societies, especially among
business men.
Ax Eche Celestial from the Chinese
quarter of Ft. Cel ville, W. T. Our cor
respondent " Fred." sends the following
Chinese version of a celebrated English
ditty :
"Call name Mell had a luinli !
Fleece all-same whlte-as-snew !
Kvery-where Mell-ga!l-went
Itah-bah boppy-leng tee !"
Gen. Chalmers, of Mississippi, denies
the report that he was se much opposed te
the re election of Senater Lamar that he
would join the fusion movement te beat
him, and says, en the contrary : " While I
am opposed te the re election et Senater
Lamar, I would vote for him myself
rather than see the Democratic state ticket
defeated."
The Tammany organization's abandon
ment of its proposal te the New Yerk
county Democracy and the Democrats who
meet in Irving hall te unite with them en
a delegation te the Democratic state con
vention has made it certain that two, and
parhaps three, delegations from every As As
sembly district in the county of New Yerk
will apply for admission te that convec
tion. The New Yerk Independent does net
knew hew many Republicans in Penn
sylvania will fellow the lead of Mr. Wolfe,
"yet it would net be surprising if the
number should be sufficient te defeat the
regular candidate nominated under the
' bossism ' of Ssnater Cameren. We have
no sympathy with such 'bosses' and
would be glad te sec them expelled from
the politics of the country. Their rule is
one of pure selfishness and iron-handed
prescription of all who refuse te bow te
their behests." X. Y. Independent.
Intelligent;: received from the War
ner obsorvatery, Rochester, N. Y., an
nounces the discovery of a new comet lo
cated in the constellation of Virge It is
a striking coincidence that this new and
bright comet appeared at the same hour
that Garfield was breathing his last. It
was first seen by E. E. Barnard in Nash
ville, Tcnn., who has made claim through
Prof. Swift for the Warner prize of $200
in geld. This makes the fifth comet seen
since May first, and of this number four
have appeared from almost the same spot
in the heavens.
One of the results of the use of ele
vators in New Yerk, and the construction
of high buildings, is a restaurant and
kitchen in the top story. Instead of going
down te dinner, the diners go up, and
leek out from airy perches en a bread ex
panse of sky. The idea of having a
kitchen iu the garret is said te have origi
nated with Werth, the man niilliuer of
Paris. It ha baeu adepted iu the Union
Lcague club's new building and at the
Union club. The aroma of cooking
which otherwise pervades a house, in spite
of precautions, is thus diffused into the un
complaining clouds. The new plan is also
advantageous because it saves the most
valuable part of the building in the lower
stories for mere available uses, and util
izes a part tliat is generally of net much
value.
The succession of Mr. Fillmore, though
a New Yerker of anti slavery antecedents
was the signal for the break-down of tie
Whig phalanx opposing slavery extension.
That amiable gentleman, though cherish
ing anti-slavery sentiments and sympathies
was wanting in the stern courage and in in in
doraitable will which was necessary te
cope with the imperious temper of the
slavehelders. He was sworn in en the
10th, aud accepted the resignations of Gen.
Tayler's cabinet en the 20th of the same
month. The spirit of the new admiuistra.
tien was net equal te the occasion. They
agreed te a compromise; and -although the
omnibus bill of Mr. Clay was net adopted
in form, the several mcasuics embraced in
it ware carried. California was admitted
as a free state, but New Mexico was ruled
out ; and the Fugitive slave net was
passed.
In the judgment of the New Yerk
Times, the leading Republican newspaper
of the country, and anti-Arthur, the new
executive is absolutely certain te impress
his personal traits upon the administra
tien of which he is the head. Gen.
Aithur is a very different man from Gen.
Garfield, but in his way he is quite as pos
itive in his character. He gees into the
scat of the chief magistrate of this nation
with his nature unchanged, his ideas un
modified, his associations derived from his
own past experience. He will give us an
Arthur administration, and it will differ
from a Garfield administration even as the
man Arthur differs from the man Garfield.
There is nothing te be gained by shutting
our eyes te facts or te probabilities.
There -may be no sudden changes, no
hasty everturnings, but when the new ad
ministration has put en its permanent
character it will net be a continuation of
that begun en the 4th of March.
In the United States courts at Trenten,
N. J., the caces of Cashier Hedden, ex-
Congressman Voorhees and the Lewis
will were heard. Hedden's trial was
postponed te the 28th of October. A mo
tion te quash the indictment against Voor
hees was made and the decision of the
court was reserved until te-day. The
executers of the Lewis will case are te
be compelled te execute their trust.
LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. WEDNESDAY,
PERSONAL.
Governer Wiltz, .of Louisiana, is dy
ing. Harry and James Garfield will return
te Williams college next Monday.
Ex-Senater Kernan has been elected
delegate from an Oneida county district te
the New Yerk Democratic convention.
Jehn Sheppard, a .Bosten owner of fast
horses, refuses te permit his trotters te
try their speed against Mr. Yanderbilt's
horses for the benefit of the Michigan suf
ferers, because he objects te racing for any
object.
Miss Kate Shelly, the Iowa heroine,
has been presented with a watch by the
railroad conductors of the state. On the
case is engraved a picture of the scene at
the bridge where the young woman, at the
risk of her life, stepped the train.
Mr. Longfellow, it is said, is net
nearly se venerable as his portraits repre
sent him. His hair is net se white as the
pictures make it out. It is streaked with
an occasional dark line, and the moustache
still retains the tawny amber shade of the
vanished chestnut of his youth.
Miss Helen M. Abell, daughter of Mr.
A. S. Abell. proprietor of the Baltimore
Sun, was married yesterday te Colonel L.
Victer Baughxak, editor and proprietor
of the Frederick Citizen, at the Church of
St. Mary's, in Baltimore county. The
original purpose was te have had the wed
ding celebrated at the cathedral, Arch
bishop Gibbens officiating. The bride or
dered a magnificent trousseau from Paris,
and invitations bad been issued te a large
number of friends. The death of Presi
dent Garfield, however, caused an aban
donment of this plan. The invitations
were recalled and the wedding took place
quietly. The bride were a rich bridal
costume and veil, with magnificent dia
monds, a present from her father.
ATTACKING POCAHONTAS.
A Kulhless Ilrltain's Assault upon the Vir
ginia Heroine.
I.ouUen Standard.
History has, iudeed, bceu rather hard
ou the conventional 'heroines of romance.
The late 31. Edouard Fournier spent a
cynical life in upsetting figures which un
critical chroniclers had set up, aud iu
showing that half the smart sayings at
tributed te celebrated men were never
uttertd'by them. The first American ro
mancer has net even been spared eviscera
tion. In the parish register of Grave
send is an entry which every year the
" geed American " revently peruses. It
relates hew, in " 1810, March 21, Rebecca
Wrolfe, wyffe of Thes. Wrelfe, gent., a
Virginia lady borne, was buried in the
chancel!." This, of course, refers te the
Princess Pocahontas, or Mateax which
was her real name one of the numerous
friends of Powhatan, the Indian "Einper "Einper
eur or Virginia,'' who saved the life of
doughty Capt. Jehn Smith, married Jehn
net "Themas" Relfe, and for the year
proceeding her death was the sensation of
the English court. It new turns out that
se far from being the innocent young bar
barian of the novelist, she was an impish
and net very well-behaved little squaw,
well-known iu the court yard of the Eng
lish fort at Jamestown. She even
scandalized the free-and-casy Vir
ginian dames by becoming in
early life the brevet spouse of one Cook
ham, a captain of volunteers, and subse
quently was " married" te Jehn Relfe,
simply as part of the policy of that un
scrupulous satrap, Governer Argall, in or
der te extract favorable terms from her
wily sire, Powhatan. Se far from her
having saved Captain Jehn Smith's life,
as related by this unfortunate adventurer,
there is every reason for believing that he
was barely acquainted with her in Vir
ginia, and certainly never saw his supposed
benefactress en her visit te England. In
deed, the story was most probably inven
tion after the red damsel became
famous, in order te give currency te the
" General Historic of Virginia," and its
pennyless author. A3 for Master Jehn
Relfe being the love-sick swain he is iu
variably represented te be in the transpon transpen
tine drama., it is new ascertained that he
was a married man, and therefore mero
rogue than feel when he committed biga
my with the "Virginia lady borne."
There threatens te be no end te this cruel
awakening from the dreams e 'our youth.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Rich geld, the grains as large as flaxseed,
has been found in the sand at Little river,
Tennessee.
Guiteau will be indicted for murder in
Monmouth county, N. J., as a precaution
against any legal quibbles which may be
made.
A fire yesterday at Dundas, Out., burned
the Dufferin hotel and nearly the entire
eck in which it is situated. Less, $75.-
10.
At the ceugress of the Americanistas a
Frenchman sustained the thesis that Amer
ica was discovered by Irishmen. The next
meeting of the congress will ha held in
Copenhagen in 1883.
General S. C. Armstrong, principal of
the Hampton Nermal school, left for Da
kota yesterday with thirty Indian students.
He expects te bring back with him an
equal number of young Indians as pupils.
G. A. Zaun, a farmer living near Bateu
Rouge, L?., shot and killed Harry Price,
whom he found stealing corn from his field.
Zahn surrendered himself and the coroner
discharged him.
Ham White, a notorious highwayman
and murderer, who was arrested last June
in Colerado for robbing the United States
mails, was en Saturday last sentenced, at
Denver, te the penitentiary for life.
The tin ee mile race en the Genesee river
at Charlette, N. Y., yesterday, between
Courtney, Riley, Lee and Plaisted, was
wen by Courtney iu 20m. 15s., the quick
est time en record. The course, however,
is short.
Ike Stockton, one of the leaders of the
notorious Stockton -Eskridge (rang of des
peradoes, who is wanted in New Mexico
en charges of rape, arson and ether crimes,
was fatally shot at Durange, Cel., en Mon
day, while resisting arrest.
The hestilcs in the neighborhood of
Camp Themas, A. T., are still coming
into the reservation for the purpose of
surrendering. Only a few of them re
main out. A military commission has or
ganized te try the chiefs.
Iu the United States court at Alexandria,
Va., yesterday, the case of William Car
michael, charged with mailing te Senater
Vance a postal card referring te Senater
Mahenc in a scurrilous manner, was post
poned until January next.
Yerk yesterday from Havana, reports hav-
The bark Havana, which arrived at New
ing lest during her passage out Godfrey
Wilder and Isaac Jensen, seaman, both by
yellow lever. Twe ether were left in hos
pital with the same disease.
The ship Halesburg, from New Yerk,
leaded with railroad iron for Oregon,
struck a rock at Heiraus beach en the
Pacific coast, and went te pieces. Of the
crew of twenty-four persons nine men,
with the captain, were drowned, and one
boy, aged 13 years, was also lest.
Detective Goedrich, en duty in the
streets of Cleveland en Monday night, no
ticed about midnight a gang of pickpock
ets at work among the crowds of visitors.
He was observed by the leader, F. B.
Williamson, who attempted te sheet him.
Goedrich, however, get the first fire and
shot Williamson through the bead.
WILLIAMSPORT.
TO-DAY'S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
A Go-ss-yeu-pleaM Affair Without any
Factional Fight or Besslsm Chances -
et the Candidate.
Cel. A. K. McClure, editor of the Times,
who is up at Williamsport looking at the
Democratic convention which meets there
te-day te nominate a candidate for State
treasurer, telegraphs te. his newspaper as
fellows :
There is one very gratifying sign exhi
bited by the delegates. Most of of them
are almost entirely uncommitted and un
decided, and the common anxiety is te
present a thoroughly honest and compe
tent man. They confidently expect te
elect their nominee and they recognize the
fact that they cannot afford te present a
doubtful man te the people. Instead of
caucusing in the interest of individual can
didates or of factions or leaders, the bulk
of the delegates are looking for the man
who would make the most aggressively
honest State treasurer.
Anether healthy sign is the entire ab
sence of all the common wranglers of fac
tion. -There is no Wallace and Randall
dispute, no struggle for personal mastery.
Wallace is here trying an important case
in the United States court and he has re
fused te take any part in the struggle. It
is customary for leaders te say se when
they mean te de their level best in' a quiet
way te control results, but any ene who
notes the straggling flecks that would ba
iu the Wallace fold if he were in the fight,
need net be told that Wallace has no per
sonal candidate for State treasurer. Ran
dall is net here, nor is there any one here
who represents him, and a regular go as-you-please
race is te be run te morrow
with almost any result possible except the
nomination of a man of doubtful char
acter. The Philadelphians seem te be taking a
picnic rather than running a convention.
If they intend te get'in dead earnest about
they have yet te display the symptoms of
it.
The Candidates' Chances.
J. II. Lambert, the careful and reliable
staff correspondent, of the same paper,
takes this view of the chances of the sev
eral candidates :
The Democratic party seems te be very
much in need of a boss. Never in my ex
perience have I seen se many loose ends te
acouventieu crowd and the unprejudiced
observer must pick up these ends and
thread them te suit himself. The dele
gates and candidates aud workers are
scattered up and down town for two
miles. The weather is het and pocket
handkerchiefs and cold drinks are in ur
gent demand. 1'he candidates arc all en
the ground and there are se many that no
delegate has been left without attention.
It has, in fact, been mere difficult
te fiud delegates than te find
candidates. Neble has bis headquarters
in the City Hetel, but he prefers te
meve about the corridors and seek the
delegates. He has done this all day and
nearly everybody has shaken hands with
him at least once, He is a tall, robust
man of six feet, perhaps, with a steep te
his shoulders, a carelessness in his dress
and a black slouch hat. He owns a
national bank and a let of ether things in
Eric, has some strong friends, and, besides
having a geed showing of delegates, is
shouted for by some prominent Erie Dem
ocrats en local aoceunt. Lounging about
the City hotel, also, is Begert, of Wilkcs-
barrc. Begcrt is a geed looking, geed-
natured Democrat, who has had some
local experience and made a popular can
didate in his own county, lie ditsscs as
becomes a Democrat, has a rather frail
moustache, but knows exactly what he is
up te. Begert's estimate of Begert's
strength is thirty delegates, perhaps mere,
perhaps less.
The Other Candidates.
Kerr, of Bedford, who takes a front
place among candidates, is everywhere
He is very winning in his way and makes
a friend of every man whom he takes by
the hand. He is a man of perhaps forty or
forty-live, with black beard, with just a
stroke of gray hair, and a keen eye full of
business. Kerr, like iiegcrt, is an editor.
Plumer, of Venango, who had the race al
together alene with Neble for a long time,
is making the best use of his time. He
does net meve about much, but with a
quiet dignity stands near the office of the
hotel and receives his frieuds. There are
many of them, but they arc net by any
means all delegates. Plumer was the first
man in the fightand he feels as if a hornet's
nest had been opened since he began the
contest some months age. Cel. Guthrie,
of Pittsburgh, is at the Park hotel, up
town, a mile or se away. He came iu at
neon today with the whole Allegheny
delegation, every member of which he
named. Guthrie says he didn't want te
be a candidate, but since he is iu he will
make the most of it. He has eighteen
votes te start with, aud some candidates
who new apfJear very premising in their
own minds won't start as well as Guthrie.
Senater Ress, of Yerk, and Representative
Hackett, of Northampton, are also en the
ground and each has friends doing all that
is possible for him. Colonel Dissinger, of
Northumberland, is the jelly candidate,
with gray hair and beard and a happy red
face. He says the boys are going te have
some fun whether he is nominated or net,
and he is helping them te as much of the
fun as possible.
Hew Arthur Has Nominated.
Philadelphia Press.
After that tumultuous and thrilling
scene when the Chicago convention surged
away from both Grant and Blaine and
named General Garfield as its standard
bearer, it adjourned till evening te con
sider the question of vice president. All
sides agreed that the candidate must ceme
from New Yerk and that, as the president
represented the anti-Grant division, the
vice president must be chosen from the
Grant element. Three conspicuous names
wcre canvassed Levi P. Morten, new
minister te France, General Stewart L.
Woodferd and General Chester A. Arthur.
When the New Yerk delegation met te
pass upon the subject Mr. Morten and
General Woodferd withdraw and General
Arthur was selected as its cheice by a
very decided vote. But just then these
who were in the inner circle discovered
that a serious obstacle had been encoun
tered, and that was the very earnest and
emphatic objection of the proposed candi
date himself.
General Arthur was net free from hon
orable ambition, but there was a special
and peten- reason why he did net want the
nomination for vice president. He was
then expecting a different and mere desir
able public position. Only eight months
later the Legislature of New Yerk was te
elect him a United States senator as the
successor of Francis Kernan, and it had
W&J
should be advanced te that place. All the
representative leaders of the controlling
force in the party Senater Conkling, Gov Gov
ereor Cernell, Mr. Piatt, Mr. Crowley
had fully concurred in his selection. It was
reasonably certain that, however the pres
idential election might result, the Republi
cans would carry the legislature of New
Yerk. General Arthur's election as sena
ter was thus as morally sure as any event
in the future could be, and that was the
position of all ethers that he desired. On
the ether hand, the issue of the presiden
tial election was doubtful, and even if
successful the vice president would have
only the prospect of 'dignified retirement
for a period of four years. General Ar
thur was thus asked te surrender a certain
election te a place which he prized above
SEPIEMBER 281; 1881.
all ethers for a dubious contest for an office
which lie didn't want at all.
Under such circumstances it is net sur
prising that he shrank from the proposed
nomination, and for nearly two hours he
resisted the appeals which were made te
him. But there was a very earnest desire
en the part of the friends of General Gar
field, rather than his own, that he should
go upon the ticket. They felt the vital
importance of carrying New Yerk, and
realized that no man could contribute se
much te that result as General Arthur
with his thorough knowledge of the organ
ization. Governer Dennisen of Ohie,
among ethers, was very earnest in his
pleas. The duty of accepting was put te
General Arthur as a matter of patriotic
obligation ; and- finally, against the pro pre
test of Senater Conkling even te the last,
he reluctantly yielded his own wishes and
allowed the completion of the ticket of
Garfield and Arthur.
JUNIOR O. U. A. SI.
An Argument Aagalnst the Insurance Plan.
Fer the Itelliqexcer.
In looking ever a copy recently issued
of the proceedings of the state council of
the Junier Order of United American
Mechanics, recently held in this city, we
find iu it a table of the standing of the
councils for the year ending June 30, 1881,
amongst which we find that Concstega
Council, jr., Ne. 22, has become the third
highest financially in- the state, the total
worth being $3,359.02, a gain ever last
year of nearly $500, the two highest being
Union Ne. G of Philadelphia $5353.78,
and Relief Ne. 2 of Philadelphia $4271.38.
We observe, also, that National council
has set apart the last meeting night of this
mouth i or each aud every council te take
a vote en various changes in the objects of
tfe order, and also another vote en the in
surance plan, which was lest last year,
and if said plan be adopted it is believed
by many members of the order that it will
be injurious te the interests and welfare
of the ceifncils, net only in this county,
but throughout the order ; and it becomes
the duty, and is te be hoped that every
member of the order will be at the meet
ing of his council this week te vote for or
against said plan, as it interests him di
rectly : it means an increase of his dues
te pay for a large number of
deaths occurring iu ether places,
mero 'particularly in the larger cities
where deaths occur mero frequent, the
number last year being 54 deaths through
out ine order, wucrcas an the councils i
this city or county have net had mere
than six or eight deaths for the past ten or
twelve years, thus costing each council
very little, but should the said plan have
been in existence last year it would have
cost Conestoga council Ne. 22 $340.20 and
Empire Ne. 120 $332.10, and no deaths of
their own, and simply te notify the mem
bers of each council at a death would have
cost each council fifty or sixty dollars and
no return for same.
E. S. ,5.
Til K LUCK OF A PEUKSTKIAN.
liuiv lianiei O'Leary's Thousands Came and
Went. .
A Chicago correspondent, in noting the
fortunes et the pedestrians, says :
It was only a few years since that Dan
O'Leary literally " stepped " from ob
scurity, and,if net poverty, from the hum
ble station of a canvassing agent for cheap
publications te notoriety aud affluence
while Mistress O'Leary net the owner of
the latelul cow, but Dans hearty little
wife rose from the occupation of nursery
maid te the live little u Lcarys, laundress,
cook and seamstress te the entire house
hold combined, te the position of a lady
of leisure, who kept her servants, rede in
her carriage, disported in line jewelry and
raiment, and lived in luxury in her fine
brick residence ou the West Side.
Dan showed up as became a wealthy
gentleman of fine cloth. He traveled, was
a here among the reporters, dined -and
wined his friends, and enjoyed the geed
tilings of life right royally. " Mr. and Mis
tress O'Leary spent their money lavishly
and with little regard te the " rainy day "
that seems te be always in waiting for
these upon whom prosperity shines with
special radiance. In fact, there was no
regard for the days- when, like Dell's
Dressmaker, Jim's back would be " bad "
and his legs " queer."
Still, less than two years age, the
O'Leary family were worth between thirty
and forty thousand dollars. But, it is re
ported, while Dan's success was phenome
nal from a business standpoint, and he
seemed te have the money-getting gift, he
had a weakness for backing his judgment
en chances witn tee much et his hoarded
wealth, and here the tables turned en him
aud he began as rapidly losing as he had
easily gained. His last venture, and ene
which Dan's friends say laid him out fiat,
was an attempt te establish a great walk
ing rink in New. Yerk. Twe months'
rent of this at $4,000 a month and
the attendant enormous expenditures
laid Dan out completely. It is stated that
he has net a dollar save that represented
by his home en the West Side, in which he
lives, and even this would have been swal
lowed up some time since, but Mistress
O'Leary stoutly refusses her quite import
ant signature te any instrument which
may take from thenf all they have left.
What may be ahead of Dan, of course, is
conjectural. His friends arc many, aud
warm ones ; but it would almost seem that
the noted Daniel had get te a point in life
whcie his opportunities would hereafter
present themselves in an inverse ratio.
Suaue Stories,
tiattysbitrg Compiler.
Early en the morning of Saturday week
an eight-year old daughter of Henry C.
Rice, Mcnallen township, was bitten in the
ankle three times by a copperhead snake,
the snake lying in a path from the kitchen
te the celter, and the child stepping upon
it. As seen as it could be procured whisky
was administered in considerable doses.
and onion poultices wcre applied te the
bitten part. The swelling seen became
frightful, but by evening it had somewhat
subsided. She get hotter rapidly, aud last
Saturday accompanied her parents en a
visit te Gettysburg, the ankle still a trifle
stiff, but free from pain. The snake was
killed and measured two and a-half feet.
During the last tweuty or twenty-five
years we. have had reports of the existence
of a blacksnake of immense proportions
somewhere between the Emmitsburg read
and Round Tep, but se shy has it been as
te avoid observation for a series of years.
Mr. Hiram Warren saw it quite a long
while age, and last week Mr. Samuel D.
Plank had each particular hair en his head
placed in a most erect position by a sight
of the .reptile lying across the read with a
stone -fence for a pillow. As he saw it he
makes its length about fifteen feet. There
are parties who went te take it alive by
" looping," but if it continues te make it
self as " scarce " as it has heretofore done,
the present generation will hardly have a
chance te sec the feat performed.
STATE ITEMS.
Isaac L. Jehnsen, district attorney of
Fayette county, will be impeached for
alleged malfeasance in office.
Charles TuIIereth, a well known miner,
was killed at Plymouth last evening by
falling down a shaft 155 feet deep.
Patrick KUceurse, who killed his wife
in Chester en July 4th, was convicted
yesterday of murder in the second de
gree. Majer Ryan, following in the steps of
General Wagner, has withdrawn from the
contest for the Republican nomination
for city commissioner in Philadelphia.
Twe hundred and forty stone cutters,
comprising all the sandstone and marble
cutters of the city, went en a strike at
Philadelphia for a reduction of one hour in
a day 8 work.
Jacob Guycr, a farmer, of North Wood Weed
berry township, Blair county, had finished
preparing the ground for seeding, and in
passing along the harrow struck a pest
and fell down, one of the teeth catching
Mr. Quyer and tearing a Hue almost across
his abdomen and then downward into the
membrane of the bowels, in the shape of
the letter T, the flaps hanging down and
exposing the greater portion of the mem
branous lining.
At Irvin station, Westmoreland county,
J. W. Cook, a young freight brakeman in
the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad;
started te walk from one end of his train
te the ether ever the tops of the cars,
when, as he was stepping from one car te
another, the coupling broke and he was
threwu en the track with his head ou the
rail. The wheels of the loose section of
the train passed ever his head, cutting the
back part completely off and killing him
instantly.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
F1KK.1I EN '8 TOURNAMENT.
Hepert et the Juuges Awarding the PrUe.
Thu.Rpading Firemen's Union met last
evening, President Hell in the chair. The
business of the evening was the reading of
the reports of the judges and the award
ing of prizes, with the following result : .
Te hose company making best run, etc.
1st prize silver tankard $300, te Hanley
hose, of Chester, Pa. 2d prize "Spawn
& Dennissen prize," hose jumper, $150, te
Friendship, of Danville, Pa.
Te hook and ladder truck making best
run, etc. 1st prize solid silver horn,
$200, te Mt. Vernen hook and ladder com
pany, of Harrisburg, Pa.
Te company having largest number of
equipped men in line. 1st prize silver
vase, $100, te Union, of Lebanon. 2d
prize judges failed te report.
Te company making finest appcarance
in line of parade 1st prize, the "Silsby
prize "and "Andersen & Jenes prize,"
two trumpets, $150, te Montgomery, of
Norristown, Pa. 2d prize, "Eastman
prize," withdrawn, awarded, however, te
the Humane, of Norristown, Pa., they te
have ene of the prizes for best drilled com
pany. Undar this class the judges made
honorable mention of Empire, of Conshe
hecken ; Empire, of Lancaster ; Hepe, of
Harrisburg ; Geed Will, of Pottstown ;
Geed Will, of Myerstown ; Hanley, of
Chester, aud Lebanon, of Lebanon.
Te company having finest equipments
in line 1st prize, coin silver fire trumpet,
$150, te Humane of Norristown. 2d
prize, C. R. Botsford prize aud Cairns
Bres, prize, two fireman's hats and baits,
$25, te Montgomery of Norristown.
Te best drilled company 1st prize,
Mutual lire insurance company's prize,
silver water service, $75 ; Braxmar prize,
geld aud silver medal, $50. But ene com
pany competing the Empire, of Potts
town ; they te have choice, aud prize net
chosen te be used as 2d prize for finest
appearance.
Te company having finest steam engine
in line 1st prize, two service pipes, $50.te
Humane, of Norristown ; 2d prize, silk
American flag, $75, te Vigilaut, of Al Al Al
toena. Te company having finest hose carriage
Repert referred back te judges.
Te company having finest truck Fire
men's Journal prize, $75, te Empire, of
Lancaster.
After the award of prizes had been ap
proved, Mr. Rakes moved the prize com
mittee have the prizes suitably engraved
and forwarded by express te the successful
companies.
MICVliK BY. LIGIITNINU.
A Large Uarn ana IM Contents ISurned.
During the storm last evening a large
frame barn en the premises of Seth Gra
bill, near Pcnnville, Penn township, this
county, was struck by lightning, and te
gcthcr with its contents totally destroyed.
By great effort the horses and ether live
stock wcre safely removed from the burn
ing building, but the crops, including an
aero of tobacco, hay, grain, straw, &c,
were all burned. There is an insurance ou
the property of $3,200 in the Pcnn town
ship company, but this amount, will net
cover one half the less.
Mr. Grabill is peculiarly unfortunate :
Last winter a fine large barn belonging te
him was set en fire by tramps (as is sup
posed) and was entirely consumed, with
all its contents, including live stock. The
barn burned last night was built ou the
site of the old one and was a large and
fine structure, only recently completed.
Mr. Grabill was in Lancaster yesterday
and laid in a great quantity of supplies te
be used at a love feast te be held in a few
days in the neighborhood of his home
by the religious sect of which he is a mem
ber. The burning of the barn made a great
light, which was seen as far south as
Quarry villc. In this city it caused an
alarm of fire and most of, the fire apparatus
was run out, it being supposed the fire
was in the northern part of the city.
HUKMEu TO I'KATII.
fatal Kesult or a Ceal Oil Kxplonlen.
Last night about 9 olcleck while Jehn
Brobst, residing at 730 St. Jeseph street,
was filling a lighted coal oil lamp, the lamp
exploded, scattering the oil ever a three three three
montheld child which had been prepared
for bed and was' lying en the table ou
which the lamp was standing, burning it
se badly that it died from the effects at 3
o'c!e2k this morning, Mrs. Brobst who
was standing close by, grasped the burning
child in her arms, and was also badly
burned about the face, arms and breast.
Mr. Brobst had his hands severe
ly burned. Further damage was
prevented by Jeseph Adams, who lives
next deer, and ether neighbors who rushed
te the scene and extinguished the flames
by throwing the burning lamp, etc., into
the street. At the time of the explosion a
small can of oil was standing en the table
but fortunately it did net catch fire.
Skull Fractured.
On Sunday morning about 8 o'clock a
young man named Ellwood Cressin, re
siding with his parents two or three miles
southeast of Atglcu, was kicked iu the
head by a horse aud had his skull frac
tured. It appears that he and two ether
young men went te the stable and found
the horse rubbing his harness. Te pre
vent it from doing se, Cressin, while
standing behind the horse, struck it with
a cornstalk, whereupon it kicked with both
hoofs, planting one en each side of the
young man's head. Drs. Bailey and
Sharp were sent for, replaced a part of the
fractured bone, and at last accounts it was
thought the young man had a chance of
recovery.
Aid te AIIchlg.tn SaUerem.
The mayor acknowledges the following
additional sums in aid of the Michigan
sufferers : A widow's mite, $5 ; Eliza
Eshleman, Strasbnrg, $10; Jehn Bachmap,
Strasburg, $10 ; Jacob Bachman, Stras
burg, $10 ; Dr. S- II. Metzger, $5 ; Mil Mil
Iersville Mounenitc church per Jehn K.
Brnbakcr, $65.
Injured by the Carlug-ln of a Hank.
One of the workmen constructing the
new sewer, en Water street had a bank te
cave en him yesterday. . He was injured se
that he had te be taken home, but is able
te be at work te-day.
Went Kast.
A special train passed east through this
city last evening' at 7:20. It bad en beard
persons returning from the president's
funeral. General Hancock was among the
number.
tVIUKRASs IN COUNCIL.
Final Sesslea and Adjournment et East
Pennsylvania Syaed.
Tuesday, 2 p. m. Synod opened with
prayer by Paster Peter of Manheim.
Items of unfinished business were taken
up in order and discussed.
The case of the new church organiza
tion in Columbia consumed almost the en
tire afternoon's session. It was finally
moved that the pastors of each church
select a person and these two a third te
confer at Columbia wTthiu thirty days and
try te adjust matters amicably.
The election of three ministerial and one
lay delegate as directors te the theological
seminary resulted as fellows : Clerical
delegates, Revs. Dr. F. - W. Cenrad, M.
Sheeleigh and E. S. Henry. Lay dele
gate, Jas. S. Yeung, of Middletown.
The president auneunced the different
committees for the current year.
Adjourned at 5 p. m. with prayer by
Paster Meister.
Tuesday evening was devoted te the
ordination and licensure services. The in
tense heat of the evening led the speaker
te say that his remarks would be shorter
than he intended. Dr. Albert then an
nounced as his text Exed. iii, 10: "Come
uew therefore, I will send thee unto
Pharaoh that thou mayest bring forth my
people, the children of Israel out of Ejjypt."
It was a timely, appropriate and impres impres
sive discourse calling for strong, studious
men for the church's work.
After the discourse E. II. Delk, of Phil
adelphia, aud II. M. Obcrheltzer, of Lion Lien
ville, wcie licensed te preach the gospel
for ene year, and Rev. W. S. Delpe, of
Chalfonte, was ordained te the holy minis
try by the laying en of bauds.
Biographical sketches of Revs. D. P.
Rescnmiller, of Lancaster, and Dr. J. Sic Sic
Cren, of Philadelphia, were then read by
Rev. 31. Sheeleigh, after which resolutions
ou their death embodying the feelinsrs and
sentiments of synod were offered and
adopted by a rising vote, followed by a
moment of silent prayer.
Rev. E. G. Hay, of Pottsville, whose
people expect te entertain synod at its
next meeting, offered a resolution ordering
that if their audieuce room be found tee
small the opera heuse should be engaged
for the occasion. It was adopted, by
synod.
The President, Dr. Baum, then offered
the thanks of synod te the congregation
and friends who had se hospitably enter
tained its members during their week's
pleasant stay in this city.
All joined iu singing " Praise Ged from
whom all blessings flew " and then Dr.
Baum pronounced the benediction.
Thus ended the, 40th convention of the
East Pennsylvania synod. Pleasant mem mem
eiics of this week will always remain with
us, and we se para te with the desire of soeu
again greeting these friends face te face.
NKSUIIIIOKHROO NEWS.
Near unci Acress i;ie County Linn.
At each session of the Lancaster county
court a number of diverce suits are tried
aud several married couples arc divorced.
That county will soeu be full of people
running around loeso. If less beer was
drank there would be mere conjugal fe
licity iu the land. Oxford Press.
Mrs. Schcrtz, aged almost 90 years,
died at the farm residence of her son, Jes.
Schcrtz, iu Caernarvon, Lancaster county.
Her funeral took place en Monday and
was attended by a large number of friends
and neighbors ; interment in the family
burying ground en the farm. Deceased
emigrated te this ce.jnty from Leraine,
Fransc, about 50 years age.
The Oxford agricultural fair which will
open te-morrow premises te surpass all
ethers heretofore held by the Oxford so
ciety. The entries in all the departments
are very numerous and praiseworthy and
every day adds hundreds of new features
te the display. The trials of speed prom,
isc te be exceedingly exciting, a number
of trotters from a distance being entered
for the several purses.
The Yerk Republican county conven
tion yesterday re elected Michael Schall
chairman of the county committee, and
endorsed Jehn Gibsen;? the Democratic
candidate for judge The ether candi
dates are, Treasurer, Edward Smyser, of
Manchester; Clerk of Courts, E. B.Good B.Geod B.Goed
ling, of Legauville ; Rccorder of Deeds,
Henry F. Ncff, of Windser ; Clerk te Com
missioners, F. G. Metzga of Yerk ; Cor Cor
oner, W. H. Wagner, of West Manchester;
Director of the Peer, Eli S. Cole, of Codor Cedor Coder
ous ; Commissioner, Stephen Reefer, of
Hanover; Auditor, J. IS. McDonald, of
Hopewell. Michael Schall was chosen
senatorial delcgate and J. Q. A. McCon McCen
kcy, R. C. Bair, G. G. Smith aud Jehn
Kirk representative delegates ti the state
convention of 1882.
Memerial College.
Nathan Werley, formerly 6f Manheim,
Lancaster county, Pa., but new of Mar Mar
shalltewn, Iown, suggests the erection of a
memorial college in Menter, in honor of
Garfield. The work could be done by
twenty-live cent contributions by the pco pce pco
ple in general. Mr. Werley's suggestion
is that as this fund will iu all proba
bility amount te millions, the idea of
ostentation should be abandoned and
that of benefitting humanity be es
pecially kept iu view. Te this grand end
let a college be erected upon that farm at
Menter, te which the eyes of the fallen
president turned with such hungry longing
in his lying moments a college that
shall by its very grandeur, the immensity
of its proportions aud the principle upon
which it is founded be an enduring monu
ment in fact as well as name te the virtues
of him whose character it is intended te
make illustrious te the present and all
future generations. And that this object
may be steadily kept iu view Mr. Werloy
suggests that the college be forever main
tained for the mero immediate benefit of
these whose birthright, is that which was
James A. Garfield's the heritage of
poverty.
Unclaimed Letters.
The following is the list et letters re
maining unclaimed in the posteflice for the
week ending Sept. 2G :
Ladies' List. Susie II. Cooper, Ella
Dean, Barbara Draycr, Mrs. L. Eckman.
Mrs. Kate Gall, Amelia Land is, Mrs. Dot Det
tic Myers, Luciuda Paulc?, Barbara A.
Shaub, Henrietta Smith, Annie Seuders,
Minnie Themas (2), Mary Tayler, Mrs. II.
E. Talley, Mrc Annie Wickenhcigcr,
Sephia Zimmerman.
Gents' List. W. J. Bourke, Gee. Cooper.
P. B. Ewing. Jehn T. Fex, J. B. Fergu Fergu
eon, Zach Fryc, Leu R. Goodell, W. J.
Hcnsel, D. G. McBeam, E. M. Miller,
Jehn Millcns, E. F. Maheney, Lawesap
Mihaly (for), P. J. Neycs, Jehn Rine,
P. J. Rinchart, N. N. Senscndcrfer, Gee.
W. Schraucker, W. F. Slier win, Michael
Stroub (for). L. C. StaufTcr, Chrn. Ulmer,
Henry Walck, J. II. Wcnger, Eli Walker,
Ferdinand Zahlmann (2 for).
Mayer's Court.
Otte Fisher and Jeseph Reider, wcre ar
retted yesterday by Officer Lemen for
disorderly conduct and for insulting a
lady en East King street near Christian.
Fisher took held of a woman named
O'Briau and terrified her se that she be
came very much prostrated, and had net
fully recovered when the hearing of the
case was had this morning. Reider did
net take held of the woman but obstructed
the pavement. Fisher was sent up for 30
and Reider for 15 days.
Twe ether diserderlies wcre discharged
ou payment of costs.
County Committeeman elected
At a meeting of the Democracy of the
Ninth ward, held en Saturday evening at
the public house of Arneld Haas, Jacob
Pentz was elected ceuuty cemmitteman
for the ensuing year, receiving 71 votes out
of a poll of 74.