LANOASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY MAY 17 1882. Lancaster fntrlitgencer. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1882. Talking te Arthur. Senater Mitchell lias been te see the president te tell him that he should re call the nominations of the two Stalwart Pennsylvania revenue collectors who had only their. Stalwartisni te recom mend their nominations. He took occa sion te tell Mr. Arthur the condition of affairs in the Republican party in the state, and te advise him that his col league, Senater Cameren, was running the concern into the ditch. He re minded him of a similar warning he had given him last fall ; and generally took occasion te deprive Mr. Arthur of any future opportunity of explaining that he did net knew what was goingeninthe state. Of course Senater Mitchell had no idea that he could turn Arthur away from Cameren ; but his visit te him was a vise and manly movement ; it was right that he, as a Pennsylvania senator and a leader of his party by virtue of his position, should tell the president just what he thought of his policy, what he knew of its effects and what he intended te de if it was persisted in. Senater Mitchell has developed into a bold, square, open fighter. President Arthur is quite the ether stjle of man. There is nothing open about him : as lie told Senater Mitchell, he has been for twenty-five years in the practice of " practical politics " in Xew Yerk city, and that is the practice which lie carries into the presidency. It is obviously net one likely te make the eflice illustrious or te adorn his adminis tration with either fruit or flowers. The devices of the Xew Yerk city politician are net the ones best adapted for presi dential use ; nor is the man who has spent his life in their cultivation the one best fitted te be president. Arthur, by nature and educatieu, is crooked. He has net a frank, open leek. He averts his eyes il conversation leeks any where by preference rather than directly at you. fordees he reply directly. . It is net easy te get any information from him. Senater Mitchell did net get any, though he was addressing him en a most interesting topic and saying te him things which seemed te call for a re sponse, and which would have received it from an honest, epeu man. And yet neither Senater Mitchell nor the public are in any doubt as te what Arthur's course Is te be in Pennsylvania matters. His silence was as significant as words, lie has a well understood infiexibility of character aud depravity of mind which leads him te stick, like the oyster seed, where he has dropped, and the rougher the place in a moral way the closer he clings. There used te be an idea, derived from his reticence, that he was smart. People "who keep quiet tongues in their heads are apt te get credit for having long 1 leads, because they are net always de monstrating their silliness. But a man who is president cannot long hide his real self; and it is becoming apparent enough 1 hat Arthur is net any mere wise than he is honest. He does net knew much nor icasen much, but is a geed deal of an animal ; a big ex, in truth, who can stand in the field and fill his belly with rich grass, chewing hfs cud, lushing at a red rag occasionally and finally getting butchered. We will have him for a roast at the Democratic barbecue in 18S4. Au Over 'Protected Monopoly. Mr. Hewitt in the Heuse, takes Mr. Kelley te task for his endeavor a short time since te make it appear that the Bessemer steel manufactures were net making the enormous profits that every one, at all familiar with the subjest, knows that they are realizing as the re sult of the S28 a ten duty levied by Con Cen gresi upon an article of steal that is made mere cheaply than wrought iron, which yet is amply protected by a duty or eleven dollars a ten. Secretary Swank of the iron and steel association, was nourished' by Kelley in the face of the ignorant congressmen as an authority te support his statement of the moderate profit of the Bessemer manufacture. Mr. Swank.as we pointed out, was man ifestly dishonest in his statement, as he knew a gieat deal better. "Whether Judge Kelly was misstating the facts wilfully or ignorantly can hardly be said , for it seems equally unlikely that he would deliber ately lie, and that he could be se poorly informed in a matter where information was se readily te be had and en a subject en which he claims te be au expert. Probably, however, he did net knew what he was talking about. The igner ance of congressmen is marvelleus, and never has been better illustrated than in this case. Everyone who knows any thing of the iron manufaeture knows the exorbitant profit of the steel in dustry, aud yet there are three hundred men in Congress who are supposed te be well posted en all such matters whom Judge Kelley had as an audience when he undertook te deny the known facts about this industry. Mr. Hewitt told him the Pennsylvania steel works at Harrisburg had last year reported te its owners a surplus profit en hand of nearly two aud and a half million dollars, after having paid seventy-seven per cent in dividends. And this company has real ized no greater profit than any ether of its ten associates in the business. It is proper that the men who have risked their money in this manufacture should reap every reward that naturally comes te them. But it is net proper that Congress, when it finds their indus try does net require protection, should continue se high a rate of duty en the foreign product. Wrong-headed. The Philadelphia Press says that it has paid te the wife of Sergeant Masen $3,CG0, being the product of 36,000 ten cent subscriptions solicited by it for Betty, and the baby." The Press ought te be ashamed of the purse, net because it is particularly small, for it is respectable enough in size, though cer tainly nothing very magnificent, but be cause it shows that there are 86,000 peo ple who read its columns who are se illy-instructed or se mentally deranged, as te be willim te applaud an act and reward its performer, though it was dis tinctly and confessedly a violation of law.' Ne crime could be mere plainly marked as" such than the attempt of a soldier te slay a man who had been placed in his custody. The people who subscribed te the Press fund for "Betty and the baby" did se, as we understand, net because of their sympathy with Betty as the de serted and unprevided for wife of a criminal, but te testify their approval of the effort made by her husband te sheet Guiteau. We of course express nothing but the obvious truth when we say that all such subscribers were wrong-headed ; they suffer from weak ness of understanding. The Press itself knows better. It is manifest that it undertook the raising of this purse sim ply in the way of an advertisement. It thought it would strike a popular chord and it went for it. It was net quite se popular as it thought. The Betty move ment has been quite a failure. The ma jority of people are net feels, especially when they distribute their money ; but the Press found 30,000 who ought te be ashamed of themselves. Kickers Net Independents. We agree entirely with the Philadel phia Times that the Democratic party in the nation and state, in Lancaster county and everywhere else, should make honest government its honest aim, and that when it fails te de this it neither attains nor deserves success. We de net agree with the Times, however, that the only way for the Democracy te accomplish this end is by supporting Republican candidates who have tried for and failed te get the regular nomina tions of their part'. These people are net Independents, they are simply " kickers " and anti-Cameren Republi cans. When any partisan exigency calls them, Senater Kauffman and Represen tative Landis, for instance, can be just as narrow-minded, bitter and unfair partisans as any straight-out Cameren Republican in the county, and they have often demonstrated this. They may be personally honest, but net mere se than plenty of Democrats mere fit te repre sent this county in the Legislature. When thev cut loose from their narrow partisan affiliations, declare themselves Independents and come te regard au honest Democrat as less of an " evil " than a Republican thief they may be in a position te secure the political favor of " the honest men of both parties." Un til then the.Lancaster county Democracy cannot regard as " a bold, trusted repre sentative of honest government " any man who believes there is no political virtue outside the Republican party. Editek Labeuciieiiu, of Louileu, defies any person te intoxicate himself with Ger man beer. " Leve U the Hely GliObt within : Hntc is the unnard rdoneble sin. v no preacuus etnerwise man mis Betrays his Master with a kiss." Longfellow, Se Mitchell has been talking te Arthur ! But then Johnny Landis once " talked like a Dutch uncle " te Den Cameren and still he is net happy. It is understood iu array circles iu Washington that no mere retirements will be ordered until Congress has acted en the pending compulsory retirement bill. J. F. Loubat, LL. D., Member of the New Yerk Historical Society, Knight Com mander of St. Stanislaus of Russia, Knight of the Fi rst Class of the Crown of Frederick of Wurtemburg, Knight of the Legien of Hener of France, Member of the Union Club of New Yerk that's a ponderous name for a man te carry around him, es pecially wheu he's contemplating such a light diversion as a duel in Virginia. The Wilkesbarre Recerd is the most original of the "Independent" Republican newspapers in inventing au apology for supporting Beaver. It thinks the Inde pendent Republicans should rally te his support se as te prevent the necessity of any such bargains, as he will have te make with Cameren if his chances become desperate. This is a low estimate te put en Beaver. It damns him with faint praise. Music may have charms te soetho the breast of the ordinary savage, but the New Yerk beard of aldermen rihe supe rior te controlling forces, and cany dis may te the hearts of traveling showmen and their retinue of small boys by passing an erdinance prohibiting the beating of drums or blowing of horns in the streets te attract public attention, while the fes tive hand organ will no longer be heard before nine in the morning nor after the same hour in the evening. GovEitsen Leng yesterday vetoed a bill passed by the Massachusetts Legislature for the regulation of the practice of den tistry. He is of the opinion that there is no reason why the dentists any mero than ether professional men or craftsmen, should be specially legislated for, and adds that " the bill did net oblige the dental society te examine candidates, nor fix con- venienc times ana places ler such exami nations, thus placing the power of restrict ing the practice of the profession te a few favored persons in the hands of that or ganization." PERSONAL. James Vick, the well-known seedsman. is dead at Rochester, N. Y., aged 64 years. Rev. Dr. A. B. Bullions, aged 60 years, a retired Presbyterian clergyman, fell dead of heart disease yesterday at Lansingburg, N.Y. Blatne's little boy looked rather hard at a visitor and asked : " Where is your axe ?" " What de you mean, little boy ?" asked the visitor. "I heard pa say the reason you came was you had an axe te grind." President Arthur, his cabinet, Gen eral Sherman and Admiral Perter have been invited te participate in the Decora tion day ceremonies in New Yerk. The president has premised te attend if pessi- uie. Mr. Albien W. Toureee announces editorially in Mr. Albien W. Tourgee's Our Continent that for Ne 16 of that pub lication Mr.Albien W.Teurgee has written a Decoration day poem of " a high order of excellence." Gen. Cameren, Readjuster, of Vir ginia, flanked by Mahone and Riddleber ber, called en Secretaries Chandler and uuweanu maae a peremptory uemana I that the Readjustee should control the ' Howe and made a peremptory demand entire pairenage. Beth acceded te his terms without hesitation. Hen. H. G. Fisher, the Huntingdon congressman, who declines renominatien aelely en account of the ,: bad reads," finds bis constituents se ready te take him at his word that he feels it necessary te issue a supplementary announcement that he will take the nomination 'if forced upon him. A fly Fisher is he. Mfss Helen M. Lewis, was recently ewindled out of $500 by Merris A. Schwab and Rebert J. Rummels, two bogus theat rical managers en the pretence that she should be leading lady in tha company about te be organized te play "Daniel Rechat." The men were yesterday at New Yerk sentenced te state prison for three years each. Morgan Wise says he is net a candi date for re-election te Congress. He says he steed higher with the Hayes adminis tration than almost any ether Democrat in the country, and that he get mere money appropriated for the Monongahela river than Albert Gallatin, and that is glory enough for him. He also professes te have been solid with the Garfield administra tion, and te have the favor of Arthur. Mrs. Gee. Bull, of Philadelphia, vic tim of the sensational outrage last sum mer, by an Adirondack guide, who was killed for it, has died in Philadelphia. She was a niece of Hen. EH is Lewis, chief jus tice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and was reared by him. After her mar mar riage te Mr. Bull they resided in the man sion en Fortieth street, below Spruce, which for many years was one of the finest residences in West Philadelphia. The wife of Rebert Fex, formerly of the celebrated variety theatre in Philadel phia, has begun suit for divorce, the spe cific act te prove being the gay manager's liaison witha.stage beauty at Willow Greve while he was biding from the officers of the law who wanted him te answer for break ing the sanctity of the Sabbath by giving a thrcatrical performance. Fex, who will net oppose his wife's suit, is new run ning a low variety concern in Newark, and was " raided" by the police a few nights age. Mr. Edward J. Sw.vrtz's new play " A Square Man," had its initial performance at the Brooklyn grand opera heuse en Mon day night, and made a decided hit. Instead of running one week only for this sea son, as at first intended, Sir. Hill will pre sent it two weeks in New Yerk and one week at McVicker's theatre iu Chicace before discontinuing business for the sum mer. Mr. Swartz, who is of the Eiening Telegrapli, has given te his work as a play wright the same conscientious care which marks his labors in journalism, and all his many friends aie glad te knew that professional and pecuniary success attend his works. NATIONAL BANK CHARTKRS. continuation or tbe Discussion en the ill II Mr. Hewitt's Flan. Yesterday the Heuso resumed the con sideration of the national bank charter bill. Mr. Hewitt, of New Yerk, premised his speech with the declaration that he was the owner of no stock in national banks, and that he had never borrowed a dollar from such a bank. What he said would net be in the interest of bauks, but would be spoken as the representative of a district in which he did net believe there was a national bank. He did net claim that the present system was perfect, or that in some ether age or time a better would net be devised ; but it was the best that. had yet been devised by the ingenuity of man. The banks that would clese up their business unless their charters were extended under the operation of the pending bill would in the present year withdraw $13, 000,000 ; but the called bends would coin cein pel the withdrawal of a very much larger amount of circulating medium, and, in his judgment, that withdrawal would take place unless this Congress would take action. He reminded the gentlemen en the ether side that they were responsible for the business of the Heuse, and that if trouble came, as ceme it would' unless they acted, the responsibility was with them and net with the Dem ocratic party. If he wanted party ad vantage at the expenses of the interests of the country he would held his tengue en this subject. He proposed that the na tional banking system should net be changed in any respect except in regard te circulation and the security for the same. He would keep the issue of the money in the hands of the government through the agency of the banks ; he would previde for the reserve fund and the redemption fund ; but he would no mere compel banks te deposit government bends for their cir culation. What security would he sub stitute? First the amount of notes he would deliver te a bank would be 90 per cent, of its capital, and weald still re quire that $50,000 of its capital should be invested iu government bends. He would make these notes the first lien en the assets of the bank ; make the stockholders personally liable for 100 pet- cent, in addition te the capital of the bank, aud make the notes a first lieu en these assets also. There he would have at least 200 per cent, security for these notes. He would then compel the banks te pay a reserve fund of 10 per cent, in coin into the hands of the treasurer of the United States. Lastly he would make the banks as a whole guarantce the circulation of each individual bank. Branching off then te a consideration of the question which was se frequently dis puted during the tariff debate a3 te the profits of the Bessemer steel works, Mr. Hewitt again asserted, and quoted statis tics te fortify his assertions, that in 1881 the Pennsylvania steel works after pay ing seventy-seven per cent dividends had a surplus of $2,461,000, with six months' profit te be ascertained. He severely criticised tbe speeches delivered by Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Kassen, of Iowa, contradicting the statements made by him during the tariff debate, de claring that the former had shown an absolute ignorance of the facts and sub mitting that the latter should retract the language then used by him when he charged him (Mr. Hewitt) with having made a deliberately false statement with out a scintilla of truth. He admitted te the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Cassen) that he owed it te himself, te him (Mr. Hewitt) and te the country te withdraw every word of the offensive and unfounded sentence which he had used. A Missouri Town In Ashes. Stewartsville, Me., twenty miles cast of St. Jeseph, is in ashes. Thirty-seven houses, including every business heuse, are burned. The principal losers are James Crisman, general merchandise and dry goods, $10,000 ; Ed. G. Shelden, general merchandise, $30,000 ; Wm. Styall, $6,000; White $ Sen, hardware and groceries, 910,000, and A. G. Culbertsen, $10,000. All are insured. The origin of the fire is unknown. Prize Fight. A prize fieht with hard.gleves, for $500 a side, took place at Elliett's novelty theatre, Ceney Island, between Charles Norten, of Newark, N. J., and James Frawley, of Greenpoint, L. I. It terminated in three rounds, lasting but a few mo ments. Frawley, who was badly punished, claiming a foul. It occasioned a dispute, before the termination of which the police arrived. Frawley was arrested while en deavoring te escape. Crashed te Death. William Newbry, aged forty years, was -- - ucmu vy naii ui cui m iue Avendale mines, Wilkesbarre. MB. MITCHELL PB0TESTS. TBE SENATOR CALLS OXMB.AETHUB. Telling tbe President Xtat tbe Recent Ap pointments Are Ofeaoxteas te tbe Pea pie, Bnt With Ne Effect The Independent Convention. Washington Dispatch te the Times. Senater Mitchell is bearing out his prom prem ises with regard te the contested federal nominations. When Jacksen was nemi nated te give the Cameren ranks in West ern Pennsylvania a political leader in place of a faithful public officer, Mr. Mitchell said promptly : "I will pretest against such nominations and I will oppose them te the full extent of my power in the name of tbe people whose wishes have been thus disregarded." He informed Mr. Cameren that this would be done at the proper time. Later, when the indignant people had been heard, Senater Mitchell, still leth te engage in party wrangling, went te Mr. Cameren and asked him te beg the president te withdraw the objectionable nominations. Mr. Cam Cam eeon after calculating the cost and conclud ing that he had geno tee far te retreat, declined te move in the matter, as every body supposed he would, and announced his deteiminatien te press both Jacksen aud Kauffman. His first step was te call up the case of the latter in executive ses ses sieu today. Senater Mitchell objected and the matter went ever under the rules. It will come up at the next executive ses sion and will, of course, be disposed of by confirmation. The next step by the junior senator was te carry his pretest te the president. He must have been fully aware that it would go for naught there, as the executive sees but one side of Pennsylvania politics and that is the Cam Cam eeon side. Te appeal from Cameren te Arthur could net but prove fruitless. Notwithstanding the hopelessness of his errand the Independent senator boldly faced the president this afternoon and laid before him the details of the situa tion. He told the president what the lat ter had probably heard from no man's lips before that his policy of Federal appoint ments in Pennsylvania was a stench in the nostrils of the people and was in direct an tagonism with the platforms of the party, his own message aud the principles of the civil scrvice. He exhibited the recent platform adopted at Harrisburg, the cede agtccd upon by the leaders of both parties in conference assembled, the leading edi torials of the party press in Pennsylvania, indorsing his course and demanding the withdrawal of these names. He showed the president the pretests of the people of Western Pennsylvania and informed him of the united stand of the representatives in Congress from that district. In short. Senater Mitchell gave him a clean history of the whele transaction and then reverted te its bearing en the party. The vote last year for Mr. Wolfe, he said, would net be a circumstance te what might be expected this year should this course be persisted in. The president heard him through and beyond the expression of formal regrets gave no sign that he was moved. "I told the president last October," said Senater Mitchell in an . interview to night, "what might be expected of the Independent movement then, and reminded him of that prediction te-day. He turned a deaf car then, as new. I said then if things -went en as they were then going en under the management of Mr. Cameren there would be a political revolution iu Pennsylvania, and. that the .first man te go down would be Mr. Cameren, himself. His best friends had advised him te change his political methods iu that state. Te my statement that there would be a political revolution he said lightly : 'Yeu don't mean te say they'd take up arms ? ' 'Mr. president, yen knew very well what I mean,' said I ; 'Mr. Wolfe, though self nominated, will have 30,000 te 50,000 votes.' He didn't seem te take any stock in that. He taid he had been a practical politician for twenty-five years, and he couldn't understand this abstract politics. I told him that fifty-six senators and rep rescutativss of the Legislature had re belled against the action of Mr. Cam eren s caucus and that I was disposed te fairly represent that sentiment aud was trying te get Mr. Cameren te recognize it properly by the appointments in the state ; that it the Independents wcre ostracized that there would he no harmony or union. My desire was that there should be such a union. I felt that it was ray duty en the first opportunity te give him the actual situation of political affairs in our state." It was of this interview of last October Mr. Mitchell reminded the president to day. At least he will act hereafter with his eyes open. POLITICAL NOTES. What May or May net De Dene. The greenback state convention will probably nominate Themas A. Armstrong, of the Laber Tribune of Pittsburgh, for governor. He is opposed only by Dr. Caveny, of Luzerne. Rebert Tomlinson, of Huntingdon county, will no doubt be the nominee for lieutenant governor. He is president of the state grange. J. Adam Cake, of Northumberland, or Geerge A. Jcnks, the Democrat, of Jeffersen county, will be nominated for supreme judge. Hen. W. A. Hinds, of Luzerne, will be named for secretary of internal affairs,and Wesley Chambers, of Oil City, for cen-grcssinau-at-large. Chambers is a well known oil producer. The Philadelphia Democratic city com mittee has agreed te postpone the primary election from early in July until the fourth Monday of September next. The repre sentative and ward delegate convention will be held en the 26th, and the sonato senato sonate lial and congressional and county nomina ting conventions en the 23th. On the 27th the temporary chairmen of the various conventions will sit te receive and certify te the lists of delegates. A Fregrame Fer tbe Democrats. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, licp. As Ludlow's chances of nomination for the supreme bench biightcn se de these of Hepkins. The wide-awake portion of the Democratic press recegnize the fact that the selection of both is new almost a neces sity; the one te utilize the Brown disaffect ion in Allegheny, and the ether te counter act the Rawle movement in Philadelphia. Africa, of Huntingdon, has no opposition for the secretaryship of internal affairs, and ChaunceyF. Black, of New x'erk, son of Judge Blaek, seems te have the call en the lieutenant-governorship, while chair man Begert, of Luzerne, of the state com mittee, can doubtless have the place for cengressraan-at-large for the asking. Geo graphically this ticket would be shrewdly arranged. A Student 8nnt by a Professer. A number of students of the Minnesota state university, in Minneapolis were out en a spree and being followed by some of the faculty, who proposed te canture and discipline them, one of the students, named Asa Paine, who Was pursued by Professors Moere and Pike, finding that he was likely te be caught turned and displayed a revolve r Thereupon Professer Pike drew a pistol and fired, the shot taking effect in Paine's thigh. The wound is net serious, but there is a great deal of excitement, as the Dau leeling between the faculty and stu dents is of long standing, the latter having been very aggrcesive, Ne arrests have been made. Unanimous Fer Once. Londex, May 17. The Times publishes the following telegram from the president of the Egyptian Chamber of Notables : "JThe difference between the Khedive and the ministers has completely disappeared. We are all of one mind te maintain repose arid support the present ministers." GENERAL NEWS, MR. TKESCOTT'S HUSSION FRUITLESS. President Meutere Rrjects Chill's Terms or a Truce With Peru Occurrences In Various Parts or the Country. Sener Elmere, the Peruvian minister in Washington, has received two cable dis patches from Peru, through Dr. Rosas, the Peruvian minister in Paris. The first conveys the important news that en the 25th of April, Special Envey Trcscett was received by President Montere in the Pe ruvian city of Huaraz, and presented his credentials, as the minister of the United States, in a public audience with the usual official ceremonies. The same cable dis patch informs Sener Elmore thatMr.Tres thatMr.Tres cett, in a subsequent conference, present ed the Chilian project of a truce, the prin cipal conditions et which were that Chili should keep the province of Tarrapaca as a conquest, and that Peru should be obliged te sell te Chili the Peruvian pro vince of Arica. The ether telegram received by Minister Elmere announces the fact that Peru has rejected the proposed truce under these conditions. Sener Elmere, iu commenting upon this news, says that the prevince of Tar apaca is worth $1,000,000,000, and that under the proposed arrangement Chili would virtually buy the province of Arica with Peruvian money derived from the prevince of Tarapaca. Clilucse Smallpox Patients Drowned. The report has been received at the coroner's office in San Francisce from Ma Ma cendray & Ce., consignees of the steamer Altonewca, new lying in quarantine with Chinese passengers, that a barge contain ing Unity six Chinamen, taken with small pox, destined for the pest-house, capsized, and all en beard were drowned. Anether report iay only a portion of theso en the barge were lest, and that a serious mutiny has broken out among the 800 Chinese remaining en the steamer. Nothing defi nite has yet been ascertained. Fatally Beaten by His Wife. Duiing au altercation en Monday night between Jehn Hayes and his wife Mar garet, at their residence en William street, Dutch Kills, Leng Island city, in which the son, William, took the part of his mother, the husband was beatca into in sensibility with a smoothing iron in the hands of his wife and will piebably die. The wife and son are held te await the re sult of Hayes' injuries. Roilgieus Conferences. The twenty-second anniversary of the Baptist Sunday- schools connected with the Southern New Yerk association was cele brated yesterday at New Yerk by the parade of the children of all the Baptist Sunday-schools te central places of meet ing, where addresses were made by promi nent clergymen and ethers. Meetings were held in Cooper institute, Chickering and Association halls, and Pilgrim, Fifth avcuue aud Trinity Baptist churches. The general conference of the M. E. church south, in session at Nashville, Tcnu., yesterday elected five bishops, as fellows : Alphcus W. Wilsen, of the Bal Bal timeic conference, for the past four years missionary secretary of the church, with headquarters at Nashville ; Dr. C. Gran berry, a professor iu Vanderbilt university, but a delegate from the Virginia confer ence ; Dr. Attiens G. Haygood, of Georgia ; Rev. R. G. Hargrove, of Ten nessee, and Dr. Leuis Parker, of New Orleans, wcre elected bishops. Refusing te Werk With a colored Alan. Alfied Jacksen, colored, was appointed letter-carrier in the posteffico at Terente, Canada. The ether carriers, fifty in num ber, iefu.se te work with a colored man, and the postmaster has assigned Jacksen te ether service until the authorities settle the matter. Miscellaneous Mews Items. Eighty jurors summoned te appear iu the marine court at New Yerk have bcen lined $250 each for non-attendance. J. Hutchisen & Ce.'s cooper shops wcre burned at Poera, III., en Monday. Less, Sie.uuu. Roberts & Ce.'s extensive basket works at Cleveland, O. wcre burned last night. Less, $23,000. The New Yerk iron aud metal exchange was formally opened ycsteulay at its new building, Ne. 69 Wall street. The laree planinr mill at East Saginaw. - Mich., owned by Jesse Heyt, was burned yesterday with several theusaud feet of dry lumber. Less, $70,000. On Sunday morning Jehn Cretzle, Gee. Onswald and Gcerge C. Knell left Chicago for Wolf Lake te spend the day fishing, and all were drowned. The whaling schooner Amelia, 93 tens, off NcwBodfeid, Mass., was wrccked en one of the Abrolhes islands, near the coast of Brazil, en the 27th of March. The cap tain and crew wcre saved. Henry Hansen lias recovered iu the su preeo court at New Yerk a verdict of $5000 against the liusteesef the New Yerk and Brooklyn hvidge for injuries sustained while he was working ou the trcstlcwerk. Oniccis of the Leng Island city police have been detailed te search for Mcliridc, the missing contractor and water commis sioner. He borrowed several sums of money, amounting te $1,500 before he went away. The semi-centennial annual convention of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity was opened yesterday at New Yerk. Hen. Jehn Jay, president, welcomed the dele gates who numbered about 330 and repre sented the principal colleges iu the country. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. STRASBURG NEWS. Our Kegulur Borough Correspondence. Jeseph Werth buried his youngest child, Ress Werth, aged six years, en Sunday, May 14. Interment at the cem etery. Mrs. Emma Jenes, widow of Mr. Isaac Jenes, deceased, of Strasburg borough, was buried en Sunday, May 14 Services were conducted by Jehn Kehr, jr., at the Lutheran church ; interment at the Lu theran cemetery. S. Greff, of Paradise township, is having his residence painted in the latest style by Jehn S. Warren, of Strasburg. Carter Bres, have opened a cigar factory near Massoseit hall in a building owned by J. G. Weaver. Success te their enter prise. On the southern side of our borough along the eutskhts, is situated a building which has for years been the chosen field of the bold, dangerous, and wholly un principled. Their mission is multifarecs and their movements mysterious. This is a stain upon our borough, a snare for its youths. Hew can a community with in telligence, reason and conscientiousness be mdinerent upon a subject of sucn tremen dous, everwelrning magnitude ? Speak out against lust. Don't be mealy-mouthed about it. Base Ball. On Saturday afternoon a match game of ball will be played en tbe West End grounds, between the Active and Red Stockings clubs. Ou Saturday the Franklin and Mar shall baseball club of this city and the Miilersville Nermal club will play a match game en the college grounds. Beth are fine amateur clubs and an interesting game may be looked for. Busy Bees. Mr. Jehn S. Rohrer's bees swarmed this morning, probably the first of the season ; they ledged en au apple tree in an ad joining let and were successfully hived. The bees are making geed use of their shining hours. COLUMBIA NEWS. OCR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE. Events Alene the Sulquelianua Items et Interest in and Arennd the Borough Picked Up by tbe Intelli gencer s Reporter. The funeral services of Mr. Sdniuel Car ter will be held at his lata residence, en Walnut street, en Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The remains will then be taken te Yerk for burial in the 3 p. m. train. The friends are invited te attend the services at the house. Last evening two drunken men get after a gentleman from Yerk iu u Frent street restaurant. He quietly pulled out a re volver and gave them te understand that he would sheet the first man who laid a hand en him. He was net further mo lested, but he intends te return te Colum bia again and push the matter before the Pennsylvania railroad authorities, of which read the men are employees. W. B. Given, esq., who has been invited te address the graduating class of the high soheol at the commencement exer cises, has accepted the invitation. Mr. Harry Zcanish killed a blacksuake yesterday at Detweiler's dam, which measured 6 feet 6 inches iu length. This dam is alive with water snakes in summer yet crowds of boys go there te swim. Ex-Squire Mayer is improving aud painting the irent et his residence en Walnut street. A new notion stere will be opened about the 24th of this month in the room for merly occupied by Mr. Samuel Allisen by Mr. A. Abels. Rafting aud shad fishing have com menced again en the Susquehanna. Mr. Michael Shuman has been confined te his bed for the past week by illness. Chief Burgess Sncath and Mr. James Schroeder left for Harrisburg te day. The latter will attend the Grand Order of Odd Fellows new in session. Green peas have made their appearance in some of the stores. A handseme new stationary ongiue was placed in position te-day at Supplee's ma chine shop. The pavements en Fourth street, be tween Union and Cherry streets, mention of the bad condition of which was made a short time since, are being rcpaiied. There are also numerous street crossings which should be attended te while the weather is geed. This morning one of a team of beat mules fell into the river from the tow path at the bridge, but was saved from drown ing by the crew of the beat. Mr. Themas Corcoran,an old and highly esteemed member of the Society of An cients, of Columbia, is dead. He leaves behind him a large circle of sorrowing friends here. While en a spree last night, two young men were thrown from a buggy en Wal nut street and the wheels passed entirely ever one, fortunately doing but little in jury te him, piebably because he was tee druuk te feci hurt. The horse ran away, taking the homeward ' track and the young men were removed te their homes in another vehicle. 'Squire Grier will give a hearing te one of the two men engaged in the light en Walnut street, last evening. At a trial of the Columbia steamer last evening, a stream was thrown a distance of nearly 300 feet with au inch and a-half nozzle. The young girls use Second street as a base ball ground. They seem te enjoy the sport as much as heys de. The services of May devotion were held in St. Peter's Catholic church last even ing. A riding party of six couples, from near Marietta, passed thieugh town yesterday evening, en reute for Lancaster. A glee club is being organized. As there are no musical associations of any kind here, it is te be hoped this may prove a success. It will number ten icr icr sens. Few premenadcis took ad vantage of the fine weather last evening. Columbians were net much en the streets. AN ECCENTRIC MAN. lie is Bigger Xban the President. Johnny Hoever is the name of an eccen tric individual who made his appearance en our streets about two weeks age. Johnny is said te have been from the neighborhood of Columbia originally. He is apparently between 40 and 50 years of age and wears a lull suit or United States army uniform. He served iu the war during the rebellion and in it lest au arm. Fer several years he was wan dering around aud has been re garded as a very eccentric man. About two years age he was in Columbia where he always appeared ou the street in full uniform, often cairying a flair with him. He says he has been au in ma te of the Soldiers' Heme at Dayton, Ohie, for a year or mere, but recently left that iust' iust' tutien. He is uew making lint home ou Maner stiect this city. Besides his uni form he wears a huge brass badge en his right side. He imagine all sorts of things. He thinks he is a United States detective and is doing mero geed te tie country than any ether living man. Be says that he recently received his com mission as a detective at Harrisburg and in proof of it shows a letter head of the. adjutant general's office at Harrisburg to gether with au old yellow seal of the state. He thinks that the seal gives him author ity te de anything. On Monday he called upon the different court house officials and exhibited his papers. Yesterday be went te the oflice of Collector Wiley, ou East King street, which he endeavored te close. He seemed quite indignant wheu no atten tion was paid him, and at once started for the stock yards te inquire into the reason of the hieh price of beef. He said he was going te make war en the cattle dealers, as the butchers were net te blame. When he returned in the afternoon he said he had fixed everything all right. He says he is far above the mayor in authority, and at any moment can telegraph te Governer Heyt for troops. He intends te erect a large number of buildings near the watch factory, en a plot of ground for which he paid an enormous sum. He will station a large number of troops there, and will then establish an office in the court heuse. He has employed several clerks, and will at once proceed against a number of distillers, who, as he thinks, are defrauding the government. He will have all the trade dollars called in, as he says no man cau work a day for 90 cents, and at his leisure moments will give his attention te Sena Sena eor Cameren and a numbrr of ether indi viduals. Johnny is troubled a great deal by small boys, and he thinks he will have te get his troops here at once, as be cannot finish his business unaided. The clerks which he recently hired will be Bwern in shortly. Present sd tilth a Watch. Fer a long time past Patricius Mc Manus, of this city, has been superintend ing tbe laying of track for tbe Pennsylva nia railroad company in Philadelphia, and en Monday he was presented by his em ployers with a beautiful geld watch and chain. Mr. McManus will shortly go en the work of Mr. R. A. Malene. payer's Court. His honor the mayor had before him this morning nine cases. Three unfortu nates who sought the shelter of the lockup were discharged. The ethers, among whom was one woman, were all mere or less drunk and disorderly ; five of them were committed Ter terms ranging from 10 te 24 days, and ene was discharged en payment of costs. SHEWS FROM TBE NEIGHUURIIOOO. Intelligence In Brier from Various Ceubtlrs of Pennsylvania. Mrs Ridenhewer, a Lebanon lady, be came a raving maniac because her son 'was sent te prison. West Chester Stalwarts have had a rat ification meeting aud taken the whole Re. publican state ticket. Travel en the Pennsylvania railroad is new enormous, all through trains running in double sections. The Chester county poerhouso is said te be the best managed institution of the kind in the Jliddle states. The Reading belt and nut company has purchased a tract of land in East Lebanon te erect works for the manufacture of their goods. The capital stock of the company is $100,000. Jehn McKeuna, who fell through the bridge en the Steny Creek railroad at Norristown, and who was seriously in jured, has died from the effects of bis in juries. Emma Rewe, of Reading, who has been leading a reckless life for a number of years, made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt te commit suicide by drowning; by jumping into a dam. She was rescued. lesterday afternoon Richard Garrath, sexton of the Methodist church at Mid Mid dleiewn, Dauphin county, was found dead in that church. It is supposed that Mr. Garrath was handling the gasoline, and that be was suffocated by its fames. At the Reading iron works, while at work, James Kech was struck in the ab domen by a solid ball of iron two inches in diameter aud hurt severely. His right arm was lacerated and burned from the hand te the olhew by the grazing of the ball and the het cinders attached te it. At the same furnace, Heward Bewers, a welder, was struck en the mouth by a het ball that was blown out of a two inch pipe, and passed through the furnace at lightning speed. It . fractured the bones of his lower jaw in a horrible manner, knocked out bis teeth and carried away his chin. The hemorrhage was very pro fuse. The teeth and some of the tinc tured bones fell into the ash pit. m i TDK ODD riSLLOWS, Annual Meeting of the Grand Ledge inllar rlslmrg. The Grand Ledge of Odd Fellows open ed its annual session at Harrisburg yes terday, Grand Master Rebert E. Wright, jr., presiding. Over seven hundred dele gates are in attendance. The morning ses sion was devoted te a reception of teperts from the grand master, grand pcribe aud grand secretary and the committees en finance, superintendence, printing and credentials. Several appeal cases wcre acted upon. Tbe grand secretary's re port shows that $357,680.48 were expended for relief, including $158,605.19 'in Pbila delphia. The statistics for the year are as fellows : Members as per last annual re port, 76,476 ; initiations during the year, 6,149 ; admitted-en card, 682 ; reinstated te membership, 926 ; members deceased, 951 ; withdrawn by card, 605 ; suspended, 4,793 ; expelled, 50; present membership, 77,834 ; net increase of membership dur ing the year, 1,358 ; applicants rejected, 362 ; past grands, 18,019 ; present number of working ledges, 894. The following officers were elected : Grand Master, F. M. Rea, of Philadel phia ; Deputy Grand Master, Dr. C. N. Hickok, of Bedford ; Grand Senior War den, Geerge P. Hawkis, of Philadelphia ; Grand Secretary, James P. Nichelson, of Philadelphia ; Grand Treasurer, M. Richards Muckle, of Philadelphia ; G. It., Samuel P. German, of Bucks county. - Harrisburg was chosen as the plaee for the next annual meeting. The session of the evening was devoted te a eulogy en the death of Grand Secre tary Ridglcy, of the Sovereign Grand ledge The ledge will adjourn finally to day. Dr. Underwood, of POttstewn. a dele gate te the grand ledge of Odd Fellows, died suddenly in Harrisburg last night. 1LL.KUAI, FEES. Why Uu People Net Avail Tiiemnclv of Their Legal Remedy? Mr. F. R. Leenard, of Maner, has shown us a deed which Jehn Green had recorded at the recorder's office, and for which he was charged and paid $3. It contains 874 words, and bears the recorder's certificate. The legal fees for recording and exempli fying this paper is exactly $1.28 as fol fel lows : Fer recording aud cxemplyfying at the rate of 1 cent for every 10 words, .88 Certificate and seal 40 $1.28 The overcharge was therefore $1.73. for the recovery of which Mr. Green has his remedy by the previsions of the law of 1878, according te which if any officer shall charge or demand any fee for any service or services ether than theso expressly pre vided ler by this act, such efliccr shall forfeit and pay te the paity injured $300, te be recovered as debts or the same amounts are recoverable." Fer the convenience of the public the Intei.ueenckk has repiintcd from its issue of a few weeks age the article con taining the legal fees for this county, aud single copies of it can he obtained, free of charge, at this office or will be sent post paid, upon receipt of a two cent stamp. The flunebberger Assault Cane. Geerge W. Eaby. clerk of quarter ses sions, takes exception te a statement in yesterday's Intei.meencek that he was present at Alderman Barr's durinc the as sault and battery hearing of Hunuhbergcr vs. Derwart and Heffan, "te represent his own contingent interests." He says he went te Alderman Barr's because he was well acquainted with both Iluuchberger aud Derwart and wanted te kuew hew the case would terminate. That he did uet go te Ban's in company with District Attor ney Davis ; that be left the office imme diately after the alderman said he would held-tbe defendants te court, and that he did net hear District Attorney Davis say the case could net be settled until his fees and the district attorney's fees were paid. Mr. Eaby is entitled te the benefit of this general deuial ; but if he did net hear District Attorney Davis' remarks relative te the fees, it must have been because he was net paying close attention te what was going en, as we are assured by at least three reputable witnesses that Mr. Eaby was present when Mr. Davis made the remark that the case could net be settled until bis fees and Mr. Eaby's fees were paid. UCR HOME POLITICS. Declines te Cite It Respectability Examiner. - W. Leaman, esq., declines te serve en the Republican state central committee. Mere Ancient by Three Years. Era The " present editor and proprietor " of the Examiner beasts that his Republi canism as a journalist dates back te Octo ber 20, 1858. The editor of the New Era can go three better. He initiated the movement for the organization of the Re publican party of Lancaster about three years before, when the " present editor and proprietor" of the Examiner was carrying a dark lantern through the Knew-Nothing ledges in search of an office, which seems te have been his earliest and life-long' political ambition. Death or Themas E. Cochran. Hen. Themas E. Cochran, ex-attorney general of Pennsylvania and a member of the state constitutional convention, died at Yerk at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was a brother of the late Jehn J. Coch ran, of this city. 'i i
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