LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES MONDAY MAY 15 1882
fcanrastri CiUrlUaenccr.
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 15,1883.
Mitchell's Defiance.
The position taken by Senater Mitchell
and the support which it receives from
the Independent Republicans make it
reasonably certain that the convention
of the 24th instant will put an Indepen
dent Republican ticket in the field. The
undertaking of Senater Cameren te
emasculate the Independent movement
by conceding te it all the sounding
declarations it demanded will then have
failed ; and a straighteut fight will be
inaugurated upon the issue that distracts
the Republican party in the state, which
is simply whether it shall continue te be
administered by the men who have se
long had it under control, and who new
have te aid them the influence and
patienage of the national administra
tion. Senater Mitchell w.is elected te the
Senate after a fierce and prolonged con
test in the Legislature upon this issue,
and it lias until new been uncertain as te
which side had secured the substantial
victory in that engagement. It was
thought by very many that the new sen
ator was tee amiable, inert and weak te
boa thorn in his fellow senator's side,
and this view has been persistently main
tained by the Philadelphia Tima. Others,
who thought that there was better
stuff in Mitchell, had had their faith
weakened by his long submission te the
domination in Pennsylvania affairs
which Cameren has steadily maintained.
The bold and decided stand new taken
by Senater Mitchell,however,has demon
strated that his quietude was net caused
by weakness of character, but has been
the fruit of his strength and moderation.
He has endeavored te persuade his
brother senator te act fairly toward
him and the clement in the Republican
party in the state whose fight against
machine rule caused his presence in the
senate. He has pursued this object
with great patience and self control, un
til he has fully satisfied himself that it is
net te be obtained by persuasion. Real
izing at last that his fellow senator was
only te be induced by forcible means te
refrain from seizing all the power and
patronage that he could lay his hands
upon, Senater Mitchell new thiowsdenn
the gauntlet and sajs "se let it be."'
There is no mistaking his altitude. If the
machine leadcis, with the administra
tion behind them, cheese te ignore the
Republican element v.hieh does net
3ield them obedience, then these leaders
and the administiatien backing them,
must learn that they cannot command
the Independent Republican votes.
It is a simple issue, and it seems te be
made up. The Independents cannot
yield without being slaes, and Came
ren and his friends cannot surrender
without losing the grasp upon the IIc
publican tlueut, which it i- the. aim of
all their devices and the sum ei all their
hopes t maintain. The consequence, of
course, is a division of the Republican
vote and the probable election of the
Democratic ticket. Senater Mitchell
and the Independents see this result ei
their action. II is but a question ler
them as te whether they will help te
elect men who will Kick anddespitefully
use them, their enemies in their own
party, rather than risk the success of
their opponents el another party. They
have been trying the endurance of the
first evil fei a long while, and it has be
come unbearable. Naturally they pic
fer new Democratic success te It nger
abuse by their political associates, who
may be taught by adversity what canne!
apparently be Knocked into them in anj
gentle way the necessity if decent
treatment of political allies.
Cameren's Outlook.
11 must be admitted that the pi aspect
for harmony in the Republican pally in
this state is net rosy. Senateis Mitchell
and Wolfe, Stewart, Lee and Kauffuiau,
Themas W. Phillips, Butler 1$. Stiang,
Geerge W. Merrick and the array of
active spirits in Philadelphia who cohi cehi cohi
pese the Independent Reform move
ment in that city and whose labeis have
made it successful, are men who can
give vitality te a successful levelt
against Cameren. Indications are net
lacking that they will find folleweis.
In fact, unlike most " belts," in this
one the followers seem te have moved
in advance of the leaders and te have
commanded their course. The Philadel
phia conference, apparently ratified at
Harrisburg, might have amounted te
mere had the people who voted for
Wolfe net shown a disposition te kick
ever the arrangement which he and his
confreres seemed te have made with the
Cameren committee. The Independent
rank and file have made it incumbent
upon these who would lead them te
make open fight against Cameren ; and,
while this disposition crops out all
ever the state, there is a gecd
deal of sympathy with it manifested
at Washington, in New Yerk and
from ether quarters where Republicans
want te make an issue against the Ar
thur administration. Senater Mitchell's
call te arms and te organization, Wolfe's
renewed hostility and the proffers of as
sistance from nearly every corner of the
state, have had a response from beyond
its borders and the New Yerk Times,
the leading and the ablest organ of its
party in the country, sajs :
If the Cameren coutiel cannot be thrown
off without defeating the party, hhall it be
allowed te continue '.' It it involves .ill
the evils and abuses credited te it, it
ought te be get rid of at any price for the
sake of the party. Moieever, it is ques
tionable whether it Would net be defeated
without any organized independent move
ment. Party prospects are dubious in
Pennsylvania at best, and there could be
no better time thau the present for fight
ing out this issue of " boss " rule and let
ting the immediate party consequences
take care of themselves.
It is net only outside of his faction
that Cameren has trouble. His own
people are kicking. The temper that
was manifested when Wolfe's name was
proposed for a place en the ticket has been
felt and expressed for some time. There
are ardent spirits in the Cameren clan
who are dissatisfied with what they call
temporizing with the "kickers" and
" moenshiners." They believe in a Stal
wart policy of prescription and are hope-
ful that the Ifcrtranft campaign policy,
of 1S72 can be successfully invoked.
This class has net been conciliated by the
expressions of Rawle since his nom
nation that Cameren's politics
are "damnable" nor by Marshall's
free utterance of similar sentiments.
The demand for the withdrawal of the
nominations of Jacksen and Kauffmau,
appeiuted collectors, is te the mind of
these chafed Stalwarts, a sign of what
may be expected from the policy of con
cession, and ex-Mayer Stokely seems te
voice their feelings when he says of
Rawle, " I guess I can vote eneeagainsU
a man who voted three times against
me." The Philadelphia Sunday lieuvh-
li; highly compliments Rawle and Mar
shall for their fitness te be en any ticket
which was running ' te defeat the Re
publican organization."
Tin: Jtrcerd may be right in its state
ment that " partisan or personal malice
will make nothing out of the attempt te
implicate General Heaver in any scan
dals connected with the management el
the state agricultural cellege in Ctntie
county." Ne investigation undertaken
for '" partisan or personal malice " e tight
te successfully serve that end. But
since Gen. Reaver has been the official
head of the direction of this cellege
since 1S74, the results of that direction,
as compared with the means at hand,
cannot fail te shed much light upon the
fitness of Reaver te be put in charge of
the executive depaitment of the state
government. The Ledger states the
truth succinctly when it says :
" Refetra next year or seme ethei ywr
appears te he about the way of it with the
state agticu Rural college, uearBellcfonte.
It spends Unity thousand dellais of public
cash cveiy year, with se little te show for
the money that it takes a legislative com
mittee tvtfiy two or thiee eais te go en a
search expedition te find the result. An
exploration of the sei t is going en new,
and the chief agricultural product is a
crop of humiliating professional imbecility
and scandal."
The testimony of an ex-president of
the college, printed en our first page te
day, te be sure,shows no money actually
stolen, but it shows what the L'dgcr
calls most weel ul "imbecility," and it
isveiy hard te see hew Reaver can es
cape his chief share of lespensibility for
it. He has been at the head of the beaid
of trustees, and has had ample time te
c.urect the evils and institute reforms,
Whethei he has been unable or unwilling
tode this makes littledifference. In either
cafe the failure of the institution plainly
reveals Ins incapacity te properly dis
charge the functions of air office which
covers the plan of a very small govern
ment indeed, compared with that of our
commonwealth.
T iieke is new no daugei of the Phila
delphia Democrats even attempting te en en en
dorse Judge Biiggs' je-eleetien.
Res Bumu.uu put hci " liens. iLhorue''
among cactus plants', which de net glow
in either the Asiatic or African jungle.
A )i limine by a riur's biim
A jellew pilmresc was te il:n ;
And it w.isnetlilnir meie.
The soft blue sky illcl never melt
Inte his lieai I ; lie never lelt
The witchery el the slt bluesl.y.
Wenhmnth
Bamt.ei i, at 82, and aftei 43 jeais of
r.ei k en his histeiy of the United Stttes,
has only get it down te Washington's fii.st
election as president. He is hopeful of
completing it as far as the Mexican wai.
Timlin is a bright aud popular social
club in New Yeik which exists solely for
the purpose of cembatting popular supir-stitien-i.
It docs everything by thn teens
and en Fiidays.
Tiii;iu; isaninciease of outspokenness
ou the pait of the bar agamst the haste
with which the state supreme ceuit docs
things, and the biief time and biiefer at
trition given te eeuusil and their ail
ments. Washington gossip has it thatthe whisky
men secured the official services of Con
gressman Dunucll, of Minnesota, and In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Raum, upon
pledges te support them for the Senate, te
saecccd respectively Mi. Windem aud
David Davis, the terms of whom will cx
piie in 31.U cli next
Tin: litciaiy editor or the Ti ,bu,ic has
been looking evei State Chairman Coepci's
handbook of 'Amciican Politics" and
concludes that Cooper is mere of a Cam Cam
eeon man thau a "literary idler." The
'Tribune is especially disgusted that the
hook makes nieicly iuuidental allusion te
the anli slavciystttiggle aud says nothing
te efleud the glies1. of James Buchanan,
but is quite fiank in its contempt for
President Hayes aud Civil Set vice Rcfeim
and Wayne MacVcagh; while it lauds
Cameren and Arthur. The Tribune is hard
te pleasft.
Juky Commissioner Rinewai.t, in an
nouncing himself as a candidate for re ro ro
nominatien, seems te be unmiudful of the
fact that in two instances the Democratic
county convention has declared the un
written law of the party te be "one term"
in the few county offices it has te fill.
Ceuuty Commissioner Keller and Jury
Commissioner Slayruaker, both excellent
officials and popular men, failed of rcnom rcnem rcnom
iuatien " by a large majeiity " because of
this one-fcrm piinciple asserted by the
party in this county.
The memorial window of stained glass
which was presented by Americaus te St.
Margaret's church, Westminster, was un
veiled en Sunday meining. Canen Farrar
pieachcd the scimeu. Mr. Leffcll, tie
American minister, has written the fel
lowing lines, which are underneath the
window :
The .Vew World's sons fiem England's breast
we drew
Such inlllc as bids leincmbcr whence we
came.
Pieud et ber pxst, wliercfrein our present
KICW
Tliu window we Inscribe with Raleigh's
name.
It must be admitted that many feebler
poets than Lewell could have furnished
much better verc e than this for such a
place.
Tennyson is fend of the seashore ; but
net much se. The lights are te bright and
the mood is tee even. He likes drowsy,
brown autumn hillsides, somnolent sheep,
and deep, dark inland lakes, net easily ac
cessible or tee near. Sheep are his especial
pets, and he likes te lie in a high-backed
chair, smoking a pipe while he leeks at
them.
PERSONAL.
Talmage defends the polar explorations
of the Herald.
Vanderbilt's wife h$ about employing
a $7,000 cook.
Mrs. Blaine has "j'ust enough" cor
diality and " net tee much" dignity.
Becciier's brother James is about te
build a 4.0,000 tavein at Sam's Point,
Ulster ceuuty, N. Y.
Precess Mary weie a lavender dress
with pink ribbons at the last royal wed
ding. C. C. WAsnnuit:E. ex-member of Con
gress and ex-goveiuer of Wisconsin, ha,
died at Eureka Springs, Ark., of paralysis
aud Bright's disease.
Lieut. Dakexhewei: , te hae the
thanks of Congress and piometiou te
lieutenant commander evei the heads of
240 lieutenants who newiank him.
Ai.exaxeer U. Stephens will accept a
nomination for govemei el Geeigia by the
Independent Democrats el that state, ;nd
the Regulars will likely endeise him.
Millionaire Mackay is accused of let
ting the kind-heaited old uuele who
brought him up cud his Uy3 as a pauper
in a New Yeik county almshouse.
Cavendish was along with the aiuiy of
the Potomac in 1802, and he was se popu
lar and familiar that the elliceis called
him by firt name and asked for his to
bacco. Queen Victeria has a gieat objection
te create a man a peer unless he has
means amply adequate te maintain the
dignity becomingly. Law pecis have ac ac
ceidiugly been, except when childlc-s,
spaiinglycieated of latcycats.
Tjiesceit has uudci taken a peiilelis
journey into the Pciuviau iuteiier, iu
search of Admiral Montcre. Pait of the
distauce he must be canicd ou men's
shoulders along nauew trails aud dizzy
mountain sides, with pieeipiees and yawn
ing depths beneath.
Mr. Henry James, jr., has for thepic
sent abandoned novel writing for ih.iniatic
composition. He has lewritteu " Daisy
Millei" into a play whicli is ery highly
spoken of by these who have heaid it lead
and he i.s new occupied en a new drama
which hu expects te complete at an early
day.
Congressman Crape's ancestor was a
shipwrecked waif, and the kind-heaited
people ou whose island he ledged, took
him into their hearts aud brought him up
with their own children, his fester patents
giving lam the name Hums Urape (,Cra
paud), his red hair and his French origin
suggesting it.
Mrs. Rem was one of the beauties at
theGailield tcapaity held in thocapilel
letunda. She had hecu a Cherokee piin
ccss and married a Kansas gentleman.
She was tall, exquisitely slender aud
graceful, with fine, delicate feature, a
creamy complexion, and eyes and hair
like midnight; were a deep, geld coleied
satin, with sleeves and draperies of black
thread lace, and a large corsage bouquet
of red roses, and her hair was caught back
in a gracefully loose knot.
Sen.uer Eckley B. Cem:, of Pcimsjl
vania, was prosente.l te the p rs'dcnt a
few daj sage as a proper man te be ap
pointed en the tariff commission, by Cen
gressmau Curtiu and several of his col
leagues, and the president cutcitained the
suggestion fiverably, having consulted
with Mr. Randall and ethers about it
Senater Coxe wasadwsed of the piescnta
tiouef his name te the piesidcnt and he
piemptly wiete Cuitiu, peiemnteiilv de
cliuiug toscive en the commission, en ac
count of pressing business engagements.
WUY'MITCIli:!.!. IIOI.T-.
Net Wiiescd te Men llie Mnluart llets
System 31mt Die.
Mi'ehell's Inlet lew- in the l'tess.
It is net tncu that the Independents aie
contending for it is piinciple. The ticket
is as strong a Cameieu ticket as could be
selected. I de net pat ticulatly object te
the men. The Independents in Penn
sylvania arc net making wai upon per
sons. Their decollatien of principles was
Itughcd te scein in Cameion's conven
tion. It was robbed of its ptactieal effect,
even upon fuluiepaitycouttel, by eliminat
ing the clause which requires the repre
sentation at statu conventions te be based
upon the Republican vote of each county.
It was also vitally stabbed by Ie wine the
tight te vote at ptimatics te he regulated
by county committees at their own will,
when they gcneially have ue will but that
of the impciial head of them all.
It was Mr. Cameren's convention, net
mine lie could tuns the crank el his
own machine. With the exception of
Mai shall the tiekct was ."-elected months
audmoathsage. Even Mr.Rawle says Cam Cam
cten gave him his nomination asaChiiat
m.isgift. Under the feudal S3 stem cer
lam classes of men wcte called villians te.
gatdant. They net only beloved te the
Ijrd of the fee, but they were hi cellai as
a matk of their bondage and they y isted
with the land te which ti.ey were appui
tmaut when it was sold. ' They h.d ve
freedom as men and no choice evi n of
their mast cis. Fer myself, I puiuoae te
s'and fice horn such lestiaiuL in polities.
The poeplo will put that thing down and
fie Pennsylvania Independents have re
sdved ! give them the chance te blot it
out feieet. If the Republican paiiy is te
live heteafter in the state aud in the na
tion, it must come up resolutely te this
wetk. " '
The Stalwatthhavc had a whole year of pu pu
liateon Iwiee as long as the Methodists
give but tiny are joined te their idols, and
the hope of their lcgcneraties: cannot be
realized without a muacle. ' The na
tional administration appeals te be deter
mined te stard by the Stalwart use of the
spoils system te perpetuate itself, This in
a suicidal policy and it will fail, as it
deserves te fail. Oh, yes, I knew Beaver
well, and I don't like te sec him slaught
ered. The Independents object te him
because of his connection with the Cameren
movements in 1880, te everslaugh the
people of Pennsylvania en the presidential
question, aud because they think that
their object te overthrew the machine rule
cannct be accomplished without his defeat.
I de net eee hew the Independents can con
sistently attack the ticket without attack
ing its head.
TlIK IIDULIN ASSASSINATIONS.
Tn lie i'rr.iitnti llclleved tn iae JSeen Con
cerned in the Crime.
Fiem information that the assassins arc
still in Dublin the conclusion is drawn
that they aie afiaid that if they should be
separated one would tut n traitor. Inform
ation gathered ou Sttuiday shows that at
least twelve were engaged in the tragedy.
It is believed that in the cab which steed
near the scene of the mutder, and loitering
under the trees, were armed men ready te
elfect a rescue iu case the actual assassins
were surprised. The police have new is
sued desciiptiens of lour of the men en
the car. Twe of them are desctibed as
beiug about 30 years of age, with sandy
hair ; one about 35 years of stout built aud
dark complexion, with a hollow en the
bridge of his nose, and the ether about
20 years, with a small black mustache.
The driver is described as being between
35 and 40 years, with a red, bleated face
A later telegram says: A car driver from
Kingstown, named Belger, has been ar
rested at Mevillc aud sent te Dublin. There
is reason te believe that the assassins bad
intended te murder eight persons."
The police have found out that the name
of the man who dteve the car containing
the murderers is Rush.
Edward Nixon & Ce.. furniture dealers
of Bosten, have failed ter $125,000,"
CEBIE AND CASUALTY.
DISASTROUS EMTECTS OF THK fXOODS.
Aceidents and Tragedy Lewes by r Ire
Floods in Kansas.
Theic weic 4-10 births, 249 mauiage&aud
779 deaths iu New Yerk city last week.
Maggie Ball, a pretty jeung lady of
Wheeling, West Virginia, attempted sui
cide by sheeting in a house of ill-fame iu
Pittsburgh.
Melvin Fry, a mulatto, who poisoned a
family in Pittsburgh by putting arsenic in
their biead has been captured iu Staunton,
Virginia, and returned te Pennsylvania.
Rew.uds aggregating $3,000 are offered
for the captute of J. J. Navin, the fugitive
raajei of Adrian, Michigan
Tlucj white men and two uegiets, con
victed of vaiieub crimes, weic publ'cly
whipped iuNew Castle, Delawaie, en Sat
urday morning.
Eva Rozkafellcr, C ycais of age, was
sealded te death by the upsetting of a
kettle of boiling water at her parents' resi
dence, ou Clatksen street, Brooklyn.
Uemy Spatz, aged 4G, of Ne. 1C7 Boor Beor Boer
um street, Bioeklyu, aud Jehn Hassctt,
aged 03, of Ne. 418 Baltic street, thesame
city, committed suicide, both by hanging.
W. T. McGlethcn was waylaid and
assassinated about two miles fiem Linn
Creek, Me., by some unknown person.
The body was tiddled with twenty-four
buckshot.
Jehn Brizzalare, aged 45, the Italian
who stabbed aud killed his wife at Balti
more, committed suicide yesterday by
jumping from the cenidcr of the fifth
story et the jail.
Green Menis, a seu of Rebert Merris,
of Independence county, Atkansas, and a
student iu the Arknusas college, was
di owned near Batesville while bathing in
Polk Bayou.
Jehn C. Randall, a policeman, only "e
jcatsef age, attempted te commit suicide
111 Augusta, Georgia, by sheeting himself
iu the bieast. He is net expected te re
cover. He was " in debt and had failed
in life."
Au attempt was made a few nights age
te assassinate Governer Overton, of the
Chickasaw nation, in the Indian tcititery,
by filing into his house. A squad of In
dian militia followed the assassins and
evei taking 0110 of them, named Stevens,
killed him.
Dick Rogeis, a cowboy, was shot dead,
by the soldiers at Fert Gailaud, Cal., en
Fiiday night. Jim Cation, the Paghas
Springs stage tebbcr.was fatally wounded.
The dcspeiadecs, being drunk, tciriiied
the town aud were trying te run the sol sel
dicis out of the fort.
Cathaiitie McCabe, aged G5 yeats, was
shot and 11101 tally wounded by her step
son, Themas McCabc, aged 1C, iu a New
Yeik tenement en Satin day afternoon.
The murderer was anested aud showed no
concern. His object was money, and,
after fiimg the latal shot, he rilled the
peel woman's pockets of $18 in money,
and took fiem her a watch and chain.
Destructive Fires.
The puddling mill connected with the
Bet wick, Columbia county, rolling mill,
was burned down en Satuiday. Less,
20,000; fully insured.
The glassweihs of Lausctt & Weycr at
Wiliiamshuig, L. I were yesterday de de
stieyed by tire. Less, about $10,000.
A fire en Satuiday at Belle PJaius, Iowa,
dcslieycd hcvei.il fi.imu stolen." Less,
$10,000.
A the iu J. II. Stanten's gieceiy store
at Wilmington, Del., en Satuiday night
resulted 111 a !, of $3,000.
lhe business p ltien of the town of
.Mautan.i, 111 Lcuader, the custom house
and thowaieheu.'.cs along the beach ex
cepted, was destieed by lire en the 21st
et Apiil. Less $120,000.
The fire in the building Nes. 129 and 131
Gi and street, New Yerk, catly jestcrdav
11101 ninir, caused damage te the amount of
$31,000.
Selleck'.s heiel and .111 adjoining store
house containing cement, at Equim.iult,
Biuish Columbia, were binned en Friday.
Less 30,000.
Mbitu.iry Aetei
Capt. C. V. Elwell, of Ne. 109 Wash
ington sttect, Bioeklyu, was found dead
in bed ycsteiday morning.
Judge CM. Winken, of Cetsicauj.au
an associate just ice of the com t of appeals
of Texas, died .it Austin en Satuiday.
Evan C. Stetscnbuig, fetmeily a piomi piemi
ncnt manufacturer of Wilmington, Del.,
dud at Washington, I). C, en Satfnday,
.igd 73 y eat!:.
lb. Jeseph D. Barnes, acting assistaut
buigcen, U. S. A., seu of Suiceeu General
Jeseph K. Baines, U. 13. A., died sudden
ly en Saturday, at Washington, D. C,
fiem diepsy of the heart.
Gen. Jehn G. Barnard, for many ye.it n
at ttie ncau 01 tiicucpattmcntel engineers,
United States Army, died ycsteiday at the
Russcl Heuse, Detroit, Mich. His remains
w ill he conveyed te his Lite home, at
oncincie, luas.
liKhAT ll.OOD IN A1CKAMAS.
Oicrlleu of the White ami Uuchltu Itlierrt
Ilumace te Property.
Jacksoupert, Atk., en the While river,
i in the midst of the most destructive
tveiilew that has vi.sitcd that section for
jeais. The water stauds 31 feet 8 inches
above zcie point and has fallen tlirce
inches. There is net a feet of dry ground
in the town except Jelleiseu street, which
allbids refuge te all the stock the citizens
possess. Quite a number of familcs have
been compelled te take refuge in the upper
steiies of storehouses. The whole coun
try for miles aieund is ene sea of water,
and the damage te crops and sleck cannot
he estimated, but may safely be placed up
in the thousands. A large portion of Oil
Tieugh and Big Bettem aie under water,
and the damage te the wheat crop is terri
ble. The present flood js the highest since
18G7. If a second rise should come, good geed
by te everything. Tiie weather is clear,
with a strong northwest wind, and hopes
are entertained that the worst is ever.
Batcsville, Ark., has been visited by au
unprecedented rain, continuing in torrents
twenty four hours without a moment's
cessation, swelling the rivers and creeks
te a height beyond the knowledge of the
eiuesc mnaimants, and sweeping every
thing oeiere it. juuis, neuses, bridges and
fencing were all huilcd from their founda
tions aud washed en with a wild fury,
utterly obliterating the entire crops en
the bottom lauds. Net only the crops but
the soil is gene, leaving only the bare clay
surface Maxlield & Bre's woellen mill
valued at $20,000, and Jee Smith's Heur
null, valued at $5,000, are a total less.
Ruthei fold's mill was damaged $3,000. A
number of ether mills arc net heard from,
but all are beheved te be a total less. It
is geueially estimated that $500,000 will
net repair the less te which this locality
has been subjected. A young man em
ployed at Smith's mill was drowned.
Het Springs, Ark., is flooded with a
feity-eight hours rain. The damage has
affected railway, telegraphic and general
tiafiic, and has rendered Het Springs liter
ally isolated from the lest of the world.
The damage by the overflow at Het
Spriugs and Crukin City alone cannot be
estimated at less than $30,000. The area
of theiainfall extended for many miles
aieund, and continuous reports of great
damage doue reach here. The Het Springs
railroad sustained immense less and dam
age. The track for many miles has been
washed away and three iron bridges were
completely demolished. Ne mails have
arrived since Tuesday morning, and tele
graphic communication has been imprac
ticable. The Ouchita rose four feet be
yond its banks, and its width extended for
many miles ever the country, washta" ?way
crops, fences, houses and mi'.;. "
Tbe Stress of Weather.
Tfce English bark Wenenab aaived at
Philadelphia last night, forty-two days
freM Londonderry, witk 20,000 bushels of
Irish potatoes in a damaged and worthless
condition. Tk veuel. anchored in the
stream, and the smoke issuing' from the
decayed vegetable matter could be seen
plainly from the shore.
The weather in Georgia and Se'Uth
Carolina Is repcrted unfavorable for
cotton, but wheat and eats premises te
yield meie than during any year since the
war.
Great damage has beeu denu te the
ereps in portions of Indiana by cold
rains.
There was a severe storm in the Catskills
ou Friday.
Au Iceberg FeurMUc Uuep.
The bark Fannie E. Caun, of Yarmouth,
Neva Scotia, arrived at the old navy yard
wharf, Philadelphia en Saturday, filty
live days from Liverpool. Captain Geerge
Leughuist reports having passed two
vessels in distress the French brigatine
Gianvillc, with her topmasts gene, aud
the Neva Scetiau bark Mary K. Campbell.
Beth refused assistance. East of the
Grand Battles the vessel passed an im
mense iceberg or island tinea miles long,
aud at ene point towering up te a height
of half a mile. Large creeks of water
gushed down its side, the air was chilled
by its picscnce, aud as the morning sun
shone en the huge mass all the colors of
the prism were reflected. As the specific
gravity of ice is ene eighth lighter than
water, se that for every cubic inch abeve
water thcre aie eight niches below water,
it is calculated that the entire depth or
heighth of the iceberg must have been
ucarly four miles.
isews Notes.
Alexander Campbell, a well-dressed,
line-looking man, was found wandering
about the stteet.s of Bjsteu, en Saturday,
iusauc. lie was taken te the police station,
wheie $2,500 iu English money was found
upon him. As far us could be gathered
from his talk, he had jiiht ceme from Aus
tralia. Thirty-niue suits, each for $0,000, have
been brought by Blackstone Valley manu
facturers against the city of Werceser,
Massachusetts, for w iter pumped during
the summer of 1870, after the giving way
of the Lyndu Bioek leserveir dam.
Twe Euiepcau stcameis lauded their
human caigecs at Philadelphia en Satur
day. The Lord Clivu bieught ever 1,158
immigrants, fully 1000 of whom were frura
the Continent. The weather was severe,
aud three children died en the voyage.
The Switzerland bieught neatly COO stccr stccr
age passengers, encountering heavy
weather and severe head winds en the voy
age. The Illinois brought GOO men 0 last
night.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NUHiiiBUKiieUD N'i:vs.
Kiei.tsKear nr.d Acress the County lane--.
The Norristown Register has been
chauged te an evening paper.
Chiistiaua proposes te have a new hand
engine aud several hundred feet of hose.
There are four cases of smallpox in ene
street at Harrisburg.
The Harrisburg cotton mill is working a
larger force than it has employed for jeais
before.
The giaud jury of Bucks ceuuty has
recommended the erection of a new jail at
Doylestown.
At a meeting of the managers of the
Yerk county agricututal society Dr. W.
S. Reland was elected treasurer in place
of Geerge Heckcrr, deceased.
The morning newspaper ti.lin en the
Philadelphia & Rcadiug raihead will net
commence 1 mining te day as has been ex
pected, but will be put ou net later than
the 22d inst.
The Pennsylvania tailread company has
issued an order that no veal ' under three
months old shall be shipped ever the
read. This 13 done te btc tk up the busi
ness in "monkey veal."
Au Englishman named A. E. Watsen,
was found diewncd in Steny creek near
Norristown. It is supposed the man was
intoxicated, aud while wandering along
the bank fell in.
Saturday afternoon as several weikincn
were engaged in cleansing a sewer, in
West Hanisburg, they de-covered the
dead body of a child in a nude condition
aud greatly decomposed. The case is a
mystciy.
Prof. Km', of Philadelphia, the balloon.
isl, has removed te Dowuingtewu, Ches
ter ceuuty, where he is fitting up a large
factory for tin manufacture of gossamer
cloth. The concern will employ 200
hands.
Peter Giimcs, aged 05, a woedehopper,
of Wome'sdorf, had te cut down a cabiu
used by the cheppeis te buuk iu during
heavy rain. He had loosened the material
of which the cabin was composed, and
when he cut ene of the timber, the whele
mass fell, crnshinghim te death. Net re
turning home the family made a search
and found the body.
The annual meeting of Lebanon elarsis
will be held in the Reformed church at
Ncwmanstewn, Lebanon county, en Wed
nesday, May 31, at 7:30 p. m. The open
ing sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr.
T. S. Johnsten. The cktssis is composed
of the miuistcis of Lebanon, Bciks and a
portion of Schujlkill eon n ties, and num
bers, with the eldeis, about seventy mem
bers. Memphis Hatvill, colored, of Valley
township, Chestcr county, was cntciing
Coatcsville with a wagon laden with rails
and drawn by three heiscs, when ene of
them took fright at a locomotive en tlic
laihead, passing them, and being unable
te tear loose from its companions, which
it struggled dcspciatcly te de, suddenly
fell te the ground aud died almost instantly
from flight.
Henry Rabcr, confined 111 the Eistcut
penitentiary for numerous robberies
throughout Lancaster and Lebanon ceuu
tics, defied the prison authorities and
threatened the lives of Inspector James
and Warden Cassidy if he was made te
work. Recently he was put en bread and
water diet, and at the end of two days
meekly asked te be given work aud whole
some feed.
JOSEl'II, TlIK AH All.
tie Finally Returns te Jerusalem.
Mayer MacGonigle has received fiem
Miss Pierce the following letter concerning
Jeseph, the Arab, whose experience while
a pilgrim in this city has been rccei ded at
seme length in the celumus of the Ikti:i.
IilGENCEU :
PiUTADLMMiiA, May 14, 1882.
Mr. MacGonigle Duar Sin 'lhe Arab,
Jeseph Shederwee, is at last en his way
home. We collected money enough te
Spaid ; fiem thcre he says no can get home
without trouble. IIe left Philadelphia for
Princeton expecting te step thcre and see
3Ir. Eddy, Baying he could net leave
America without seeing him again. He
was te go from there te New Yerk. We
arianged for a gentleman in New Yerk te
buy his ticket that we might be sure the
money was used for the purpose for which
it was collected. He was very grateful
for the help given him and left feeling
happy at the prospect of again teeing his
"Jerusalem."
I hear the two men who were in Phila
delphia half Arab, half Pertugese peer
worthless fellows passed through Lan
caster ; also the mau whom we at first
supposed Jeseph te be, Khatccl Yusif
Leitoen. I did net mail you tbe account
of Jeseph in the Philadelphia Press as it
was entirely a false statement, and tended
te made it harder te raise the money for
Jescp'i instead of helping, as we had
hoped. 1c was in great contrast te your
Lancaster paper, which gave such a con
cise, true account of the peer man.
Yours very truly.
Edith L. PiEitCE.
1503 Chestnut street.
THIS X-AIK.
An Attractive Araj aCtuer articles
; Plat t KrtTt'e Ban. ss
i The'rainy weatherTjf Saturday evening
did net deter quite a crowd of people from
assembling in Rebert's hall te attend the
opening of the fair held by Washington,
Camp, Ne. 27, P. O. S. of A., and te con
tinue until 3Iay 20. The room iu which
the fair is being held is decorated very
claberately with bunting and presents au
attractive appearance. The hall is stir
rounded by tables heavily ladeued with
all manner of useful and ornamental
articles.
Entering the deer the first table ou the
right is reached, aud is called " Our
Camp," presided ever by Miss Mellie
Ferrier, with numerous lady assistants. On
this table are a large number of toilet
articles of ev-eiy variety. Among the
articles te be chanced oil are a pair of
beautiful vases, haudseme picture frame
and large dell.
At table Ne. 2" Washington "pie
sided ever by Mrs. P. Winewer, with lady
assistants, are te be found all kinds of
toilet at tides for use aud ornament, and a
line dell, large looking glass aud very
pretty chair cushion.
Passing en the visitor comes te the
wheel el fortune, where the followers of
chance invest aud trust te fertune for
geed leturns.
The next table is iu charge of Mrs.
-Binauucl Winower. and assistants and is
called the ' Empire." Here is a very
pretty wax motto and wax cress, iu hand
some fiames, lamp, worked motto and
large mg all te be chanced off, with
many articles for sale.
" Our Beys" is the next table, and is in
eharge of Mrs. Jehn S. Vatter and assist
ants. Here, .tee, is a plentiful and attrac
tive array of fancy articles for bale.
The bdales ceme next, and are in eharge
of Miss Ida Cair, who appealed te be
doing the most premising business, and iu
the ceutie of the 100m is the confectieucry
table, where are te be found, displayed
in the most tempting style, all manner of
confections and fruits.
The cigar table is the last reached in
making the circuit of the room, and is
piesided ever by Miss Margie Fraily, with
several assistants. Here are arianged for
sale very geed cigar?, pipes, smokers,
canes, iu short, all that a retail cigar store
cau be expected te keep.
Among the articles te be voted for aie a
haudbome bass drum, sewing machine,
deuble-barrel gun, and a full set of first
class carpenter's tools. In au anteroom
aie tables arianged where the mebt delic
ious ice cream and palatable lemonade are
dealt out te the visitors, who aie net slew
iu investing in the geed things. Altogeth
er the fair, with its corps of efficient lady
managers aud assistants, the numerous
display of articles of all descriptions, and
the attention theso attending the fair
rcceive from the managers, gives evcry in
dication of being a decided success, both
in the way of pleasure and pecuniary
benefit.
Jltt SHAWSBEATll.
Iu Kaltlniore Mere Tban a Menth.
There seems te be several wrong im
pressions in regard te the death of Shaw
the Celcraiu wife murderer, in Baltimore.
In an interview with Samuel Baddcrs,
constable of Little Britain township, we
learn that Shaw first came te the hospital
iu Baltimore en April 13th, moie than a
mouth after the murder, with a bad cut
below his knee, which had been done with
a breadaxc. The surgeon dressed the cut
and he went away again. On the evening
of the 11th he again returned aud then
staid two weeks ; after that he died and
was bniicd in the pnb'ic burying grounds.
Mr. Baddcis went with Shaw's son te
Baltimore te identify the remains. Eleven
bodies were riBfid before that of Shaw was
found. As seen as the top was taken off
the coffin the son aud Mr. Baddcrs recog receg
nised the face, which was still iu a geed
couditieu, the only dillcrcuce being that
he had cut off his beaid.
Hew he could have remained iu Balti
mere se long without being found seems
hard te explain. He was evidently in that
vicinity vciy been after tbe murder, as en
the day of tbe tragedy he crossed Cono Ceno Cone
wingo bridge ; about 5 o'clock iu the
eveuing he was met en the hill this side
of Conpwinge by Jehn Rbyner, who knew
him well. He was-then off the read in the
j weeds, and seemed te be in a great hurry.
uniertunaieiy jjtr. uuyncr Knew netumg
of the murder for Bome time after this.
A wai rant was net given te Badders
until after midnight, but he was at the
bridge aud en the right trail at neon of
the next day, but fiem there he could
learn nqtbinji netsceing Uuyncr for sev
eral wceki after. '
thaw's body wasre-interred wheic it had
been buried, and it will be left there. His
family aie new perfectly satisfied, and it
is better for them that the whole thing
has ended as it has. Without his capture
or death the property in Colerain could
net be sold, but new lhe mother's estate
can ha liunlly settled up.
1NMIUANUK AGAINST HAIL.
I lie County Company Xruuy Organized.
Thcie was a meeting of the members
aud many of the agents of the lately or er
ganised Lancaster County Mutual hail
uisuiance company in trie orphans' court '
room this foteneou and the necessary
papers aud instructions were given te the
ageuts, who wcre briefly addicsscd also
by A. M. Frantz, esq., touching their
duties and the necessity of "getting into
the Held " at once, se that as seen as the
tobacco growers set out their plants they
may he able te take out a policy aud pro
tect their enterprise from the danger of
hail.
Following is a list of the ageuts ap
pointed :
Adamstown, Abraham Lutz ; Bart,
Rebeit S. McClure, Jehn M. Rutter ;
Brecknock, D. B. Sniffer: Caernarvon,
David Stycr, jr., A. G. Scyfiit ; Clay, II.
S. Eberly ; Cocalico East, J. A. Stebcr ;
Colerain, James Cellins, Thes. S. Cellins ;
Columbia, II. 11. Heise ; CouestogaSam CeuestogaSam CouestegaSam
uol B. Geed ; Ceney, Adam Smith; Drn Drn Drn
more, Jehn J. Leng ; Denegal East, S. S.
Stacks ; Denegal West, Jehn Prescott ;
Earl, Moses W. Tayler, Henry Nagle ;
Earl East, Adam Geist, Jehn S. Redgcrs,
B. Frank Weaver, S. B. Feltz ; Earl West,
F. II. Burkhelder, Aaren II. Summy ;
Eden, J. H. Leman ; Elizabeth, E. B.
L Brubaker, Jehn II. Weidman ; Elizabeth-
town, Aiiuiseu .rjey ; xjpiiniui..jaceu war
gas; Fulton, J. M. Jacksen, Kiik Brown;
Hempfield. West, S. A. Hershey ; Ilcmp
ficld, East, Jehn F. Bair, Benj. S. Tteut,
Jehn Gingrich"; Lampeter, East, Ira Hcrr,
Enes H. Weaver ; Lampeter, West, C. S.
B. Herr ; Leacock, Wm. K. Hurst, Wm.
K. Bender ; Lancaster twp., Andrew F.
Frantz ; Lancaster city, Bausman &
Burns, A. A. Herr & Ce., Jeseph Samson,
Jehn H. High, Andrew M. Frantz ; Lea-,
cock, Upper, L. B. Rcczer ; Little Britain,
James L. Walker ; Martic, Hugh Arm
strong ; Marietta, Jehn W. Rich ; Maner,
Jehu H. Landis. M. D. Kcndig ; Manheim
borough, Jehn F. Dcvcrt, II. S. Danner ;
Manheim twp., A- C. Ilyus ; Mt. Jey ber.,
Jehu II. Zellcrs ; Paradise, II. P. Brack
bill, J. P. Mcllvaine : Penn, N. S. Badorf,
Israel Q. Erb ; Pequea. E. G. Boek ; Prov Prev
idcucc, T. J. Armstrong ; Raphe, Tobias
II. Hcishey ; Salisbury, Levi Bewers, A.
C. Baldwin, .lac. M. Hershey, Daniel Lee ;
Sadsbury, Wm. McGowan, II. L. Town
sand ; Strasburg boreught II. G. Boek ;
Strasberg township, Daniel Herr ; Wash
ington boieugh. S. B. Urban ; Warwick,
Peter S. Reist, P. J. Roebuck, 31. M. Fry ;
Ceatesville, Chester county, M. R. Sample;
Oxford, Chester county, W. J. Smith ;
Chatham, Chester county, Albert Frank.
Viewing a Bridge Site.
This morning tbe county commissioners
left Lancaster, for the purpese of viewing
the kite of a proposed new bridge, te be built
acr
v,uic;creeK, aoeut two miles
bow DrjtewBcen the read leadimr from
JCeintJi
0rfPrver Springs.
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TUB
COUNTY ACU1TOKS.
OOicer Brady, of Columbia, en tbe Steed.
The county auditors resumed work this
morning at 10 o'clock. '
Railroad Officer William Brady, of Col
umbia, was called as a witness and exam
ined by Gee. Nauman, esq., counsel te the
auditors.
Mr. Brady was asked if he knew about
the arrest of several boys, at Mountville,
en his complaint, for drunken and disord
erly conduct, all of Hvherq, wre "discharg
ed en writ of habeasxerpus by Judge Pat
terson. He answered that some thirty
boys bearded a 1 reign t train te ride te
Columbia ; at Mountville they were put
oft, and then they Jfarew stfneaaf the
train hands. Werd was seat te Columbia
and witues 111 company with ether offi
cers went down the read aud arrested
them. They were heard befera 'Squire
Frank and sent te jail. There were no
complaints against tlient for trespassing en
the railroad.
Q. Don't you knew the proper
complaint te have made against the boys
would have been assiult? A. Ne, I de
net.
Mr. Claikseu said, Jud"e Patterson had
discharged the boys because the complaint
against them was for drunken and disor
derly conduct, while the offense they had
committed was tresiiasiur en the rail
read.
Mr. Nauiu.m taid under the circum
stances of their discharge the officers were
net cutitled te pay for their services in
these cases. IIe asked Mr. Brady te cx
plaiu hew it was that' he was prosecutor
iu se many cases of drunken aud disorderly
conduct in which the accused wero dis
charged. Mr. Brady answered that he
arrested the mm, had thorn looked up for
a hearing, took them before 'Sqnire Frank
next merniug, and if the 'squire dis
charged them he could net help it.
Mr. Nauman railed witness' attention
te the fact that three-fourths of all cases
of drunken aud disorderly conduct arrest
ed by hint and heard by Squire Frank
have been discharged ; aud he was asked
whether all the men thus arrested were
le.illy drunken and diseiderly. He an
swered that they were all drnnk and dh dh
eu'.erly when he ai tested them.
Mr. Nauman And yet, although you
saw them dune, ami disorderly, and two
or three etlu-t eilieer.s saw them, and were
called a. win. sx aud s wero te the fact,
Squire Fi, ink i: charged three-fourths of
them '.' A. Yes, the officers cannot die die
tate te the squire hew he is te dispose of
the case.
Mr. Clarkseu then called witness' at
tention te a number of cases in which
there were six or ejynt witnesses sub
poenaed te preve the charges and ye$ all
of them were discharged. Witness re
membered hemcthiug of these cases :
thieves had stolen at Marietta a railroad
conductor's satchel containing bis tickets
and puueh. The parties accused wero
seen en the cav from wbieh the satchel
was stolen ; they wcre arrested at differ
ent times, but at the hearings the charges
could net be substantiated, though they
wete ue doubt the thieves.
Mr. Nauman said Mr. Brady's bills
showed that of 133 complaints niade by
him before Squire Fiauk, 98 were dis
missed at a cost te the county of $111.65 ;
notwithstanding the eath of the officer
that the accused weic drunk and disor
derly. If the 111.1gisl1.ttc did net believe
the eiliccr.'a .eatli, the officer had better
tako.kispriseiiers te some ether magis
trate. The witucs.s was shown several hills
signed by both himself and Officer Wertz,
of Washington, anfr was ask'etl fitkich 01
them hadiperformed the tcrViceaj ifnd re
ceived the money. It was Important te
aiccitain, as all illegal fees lcccived by
either of them would have te be covered
back into the county treasury. Mr. Brady
answeicd that for everything en these bills
received by him he was responsible He
had b"cn appointed deputy censtable by
Constable Wettz, of Washington.
Mr. Nauman read that prevision of the
law which hiatus that no deputy shall be
appeiuted by any constable without the
sanction of the court, and asked witness
if he was se appointed, lie answered that
he was net appointed by the court, but he
held a commission ftem the governor of
the state . 'i.s a i.iiliead policeman, which
gave him the same right .is a censtable
has te make arrests.
In answer te ether question?. Mr. Brady
said that 'Squire Frank's bills would show
that he had a less number of of witnesses
than any of the ether magistrates. In a
case iu which witness charged 02 miles
mileage, had gene twice te Harrisburg for
a man that had stolen a barber
chair from his wife, aud when he was ar
rested she refused te appear against him.
About tu.iiiy of the eases iu which he was
interested lu remembered nothing'; kept no
record of attests made by him, and did
uel think any Columbia officer kept a
leceid ; they depended en the squires te
make out their bills. Ue never in his life
put a man in the lockup for a night's ledp
nig and then took him te the magistrate's
for the purpose of making costs ; he de
clined te answer whether ether officers
did se or net. He claimed that in many
cases he was entitled t mere fees than
'Squire Frank allowed him, aud had never
charged for work net dune. He could net
leincmbei the particulars of a nnmber of
eases te whieii his attention was callec, in
which l.e h .d made the arrests and in
which the .um: pciseus were repeatedly
summoned cs witnesses.
A Sew Railroad Branch.
A ucw branch of railroad wilt be con
structed frertTItss station, ontheQuarry entheQuarry
villc branch of the. Philadelphia & Reading
read, te run te the mines in Pievidence
township, which ate owned by different
companies. The lead is about a mile in
length and tbe grading will be dene at
the expense of theewiicrs of the ero mines.
The Reading company will lay the iron,
&c. The cent 1 act for grading has been
awarded te Daniel Baer, of Hess station,
and be has already commenced work.
The Tew 11 '1 Amazement.
The music of the city is being furnished
by about twenty different hand organs.
Seme of the grinders are' supplied with
monkeys and the ether will have them if
they succeed iu eelleeting sufficient money
te procure drinks. Twe lubberly-looking
things, who ctll themselves men, are drag
ging a muzzled bear around town, which
they are making pe'ifeim for their own
benefit.
fll.i)fr'i Court.
The mayor had ten custemeis before
him this morning, nine of whom being
penniless ledgers wcre discharged. Tbe
ether, Harry Binkley, for being drunk and
disorderly, and raising a row en Saturday
night near the corner of North Queen and
Orange streets, was sent te jail for ten
days.
Cerner-stone Laying.
The friends of Bethany orphans home
Womelsdorf, Pa., are invited te attend
the lying of tbe cotuer-steuc of its new
building, en Thursday, May 25, at 1 p. m.
Under present cireumstances, visitors can
not be bupplied with lunch, as has been,
heretofore, the case, at anniversary occa
sions. Shad Scarce Klrer High.
.The Susquehanna river is very high, and
iii censeqnencc of that but few shad are
being caught. Several leads of fish arrived
during yesterday and today, but tire
owners report that 'the waters are high
and shad scarce.