LANCASTER DAnINTElGjJ, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1882.
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The Hcgetiatlens Ended.
The Regular Republican candidates
put themselves into the hands of the ex
ecstfty ttnmttes)f the state commit-
lM which TThairman CdODer had CSTB
folly nked7an"d'Therefusal of tliis I
sub-commit 'Ut Wtertain the prop
sals of tbftiJtfspfad.iWgUat
virtually puts an end to the insifceepe
negotiations which have been progressing
for some weeas oeiween inetwo iacwoi hk
The nretexts made on either side for n
getting together are too thin to decei re
the adherents of the respective factioi a,
and probably they are just as well sat a-.
fied t!t JtieJt hts liven made t le
concesnVneWsW io-natmony and
unity. The Independents want to be it
Cameron ; the Regulars are anxious to
save' him. Each knows' that his fo r,
tuneir are staked on Bearer's 'electio a.
The one side was not willing for any
peace that vwould involve,, tfwpossibili ly1
oftbis; theyher'wd ratyer.taket ie.
chances of defeat than submit to
Beaver . withdrawals amefen seems
to have considered that- - be had
better go down with his party
and with the 'organization' at lis
back than to surrender the organization
over to his enemies who have no caufee
to show him any mercyk , The anti-Cameron
people prefer, that their party should
suffer defeat rather than achieve victory
with Cameron in command, for they
know that 'such a victory means no tol
erance for them and no good to the com
monwealth. .Withhese differences pre
vailing the, .Regular committee offered.
what they did not expect the Independ
ents toaccepf'r and'the Independents re
torts with aproposftloh that they did
not expect to be.accepted. j
The manner ia Which these offers
havebeen made has not deceived any
body. The shifting of responsibility
from candidates to committees and from
committees to candidates has not dis
iruised the real purpose of- either .side.
The'iVm .affects to. believe that thero
is still time for peace and opportunity
for compromise because " the Regulars
still Offer the proposition of, a new con
vention ; the Independents are still free
to accept it ; and it still remains the one
hope and assurance of the canvass. The
Independent candidates did not pass
upon it 'but 'referred it to their
committee ; the epinmittee .meets on
the 27th." .But the Press knows
that the Independent candidates did
virtually " pass upon it" by, their reply
to the Regulars ; and that they decline
to withdraw and provide for new con
vention unless Beaver ami his associates
refuse to.be candidates. This they will
not do, and that settles it.- It may suit
the Press to sjt out on the fence a whjje
longer, but if it does not soon get down
the procession will have passed and it
will be compelled to fall into line at the
tail end
1 ' Ud3eii&ea
indeed if the 'quai
rel between the Stalwarts and Indepen
dents to taeJef ablicaa party should re
veal the fact that on his death bed the
late Gen. Garfield repented , of the part
be had taken ia?the electoral struggle of
1876-1877, when, by the abuse of power
and under the threats of bayonets, fraud
first became triumphant in the seating
of a president. Such a disclosure' would
only reflect credit on the' dying man.
Gifted by nature with an amiable dis
position it can easily be understood how,
when the asperities of political strife be
came, mellowed in the twilight of life, he
could review only with remorse the part
he had taken in helping to seat a man,
not elected, and in sitting, in judgment
mpon evidence which he admitted he
had framed as counsel. aSor did it rc
quire the clear sight of prophecy, which is
said to come, to men in the shadow
of death, to enable one to foresee the cer
tainty of political retribution upon the
, party responsible for that great wrong.
-It has .been seen- what -use the Stal
warts are making of Gen. Garfield's let'
rerto " Dear Hubbell" in1 '1880, inquir
ing what the departments are doing and
encouraging jthe Star Routers to respond
liberally in answer to the same kind of
circulars that Hubbell is now sending
out. The Stalwarts produce this letter,
contuaauy to1 show that Garfield be
lieved in remorselessly conscripting era
. , d aad grpre, reaching into j tho dinner
frTOWrS'WJw'
hntikniaball
and chain to the letter Jeafriers' leg in
theafrrieeofthe partyof moral ideas.
They consider that the letter of Garfield
is coBcluMvetipon those who call them
selves " Garfield Republicans. Andso
if they should be compelled to resort to
ethods.ofil87d-77, to keep
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' "'?' P jfower,'iyyiCTpB. wn.
Garfield's sympathy with those methods
'to justify them. In such event it will
be advantageous' to the Independents
and creditable to the memory of the
dertpesidsdb jif itcan.be shown that
his later thoughts and his feelings on his
death-bed were not in sympathy with
the Stalwart modes by which Mr. Hayes
was counted in.
,
When General Beaver addressed a
company of Confederate .soldiers at Car
lisle, some ,years ago, he frankly told
tbem that there were some things on
their side he could never get over. So it
teems there are some things in Beaver's
record, that the Independent RepUbli
caas cannot get over ; for example, his
vote for Grant; his 'acceptance of a sen
atorial nomination in Don! Cameron's
parlor, his consultation with Cameron
about running for governor, and his ac
ceptability to Cameron after. Chicago,
though 4Mattefal'JothW before that.
These things the Independents.cannoi
'geioverV'ankW alt hW explanation:
t
ions
the ffrmsxon cajxffifote,does,not explain
It is understood (bat Hubbell is pre-
pariag a circmlar assessing the pension-
, to.. , Two per cent- of thebackpansidns
teeeiVed daring the past few years would
ij.haafmeskiautting. y ,
i d't'ti '-m sawn ,
"? y-BjUyfrTflkaat , elder
Oissria hasnosaiaated him for'nresi-
. 'Inl88Iae mayi'coaclQde'that the
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cifred
thCB
does not seem to have tbcassed is how it
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comes that, with an endowment of $500,
000 the agricultural college, of whose
board Beaver is president, renders no
service to the agricultural interests of
iestate,-anctft5r years of experience
finds itself with only, one student . now
taking a full agricultural course.
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' Grat sideslHyrTnghmdlathe Egypt-
.'Ian fitter.' The 'other ''Sphinx 'is with
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w'&tntf'hhWVi. oi ..-..,..
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at .Newport. ...,4He jred-beaded
men are
ragtag ia thia state.
Beater taiaka-Gaaeroa is " a small
man.'1 If Bearer frnoi cafefo) Cameroa
may ram si opinion of Hiiinl '
RXwrlEn thinks Cameron's politics are
damnable,, bat ,he owes, bis, place qn the
SiokflStotbML . . - . - j
Coopba mast have straok Beaver very
hard. Taa gubernatorial, caadidato says
I he would be 910,000 better off if be wasa't
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When Brother Hike Schall, of York,
advoeatas, moderation and advises the
Stalwart team to so slew the road mast be
very rough and the grade steep:
Gen'. Beaver told the Bristol people
that Cameron was a small man. But he
was big enough in 1878 to beat Beaver and
big enough in 1883 to sominato him
Beaver in the meantime having earned bis
right to wear a "306 " medal.
Either the yellow fever is very malig
nant and discriminating in Cnba or ship
captains are abundant. It is reported
that since the hot season began sixty-four
ship -captains have died of yellow fever
at the different ports of the island.
Beaver insists that he has always been
his own man. He takes all the responsi
bility of voting for Grant at Chicago, when
he stood up and went down with the
1306." If be is fond of it why don't he
wear his medal?
During the conference of Cooper's com
mittee in Philadelphia, yesterday, the
colored brother kept shouting " Amen "
to every speech mado on his side, but
Judge Reeder, still more unanimous, said
"Amen" to the speeches on both sides
with equal fervor.
The New York Times, the ablest Re
publican paper in the country, declares
that Republicans outside of Pennsylvania,
who are anxious for the overthrow of the
"boss" influence and the introduction of
reform principles and methods, will re
gard with complacency the prospect of
Patbson's election.
Uenebal J! abbe, Uambctta's minister
of war, decreed the disuse of the drum in
the French army. General Billot, his sue.
cessor, has just decreed the restoration of
that sonorous weapon. The Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph advises Cooper to get a
drum at once the bigger the better.
"Brosius would handle the weapon with
grace and sood effect."
Our venerable but vigorous weekly con.
temporary, the Volktfreund und Beobach-
Ur, published by John Bacr's Sons, en
ters upon the se venty-fifth year of its
publication to-day. It is a well conduct
ed conservative and reliable newspaper,ex
ercising a large influence in our German
communities, and the efforts of its pro
prietors to maintain a high journalistic
standard are rewarded with well deserved
material prosperity.
A strong lobby has been organized in
the interest of a St. Louis inventor who
has patented an adjustable flap for postal
cards, which is desired to have adopted by
tue postmce department, as tue curious
postmasters can easily raiso the flap, it Is
difficult to see of what use the cover will
be, but if the department can be made to
sanction the scheme the inventor will
doubtless realize a fortune out of the
patent. Strenuous efforts have been made
to secure a favorable report from the
House committee on postoffice and post
roads and the lobby avows its willingness
to come down 'handsomely to all who aid
'in putting the measure through Congress.
yesterday's miracle.
City and town and farm ;
Farm and city and town !
To-day, tbe wild deer scents around ;
To-morrow, an empire grown !
Canvas and wood and stone;
aoa, auoue, ana urica.
A day a dream tbe tents are gone
And palaces crowding- thick !
Death! iifo! A moment's span
The tlood leaps switt;
The shadows lift!
The babe has grown to be a man !
The earth Is free !
The dreamer makes his bed ;
The twig by which he lays hl3 head
To-morrow Is a tree !
The Ancient dreams;
The Man-child drives !
The Old World swarms !
The Mew West hives.
'-Judge Tourffcc, in Our Continent.
Tiik followine beautiful extract from
the Fourth of July oration of Consul
Elliott, at Morrisburg, Canada, is being
republished over the United States, and
should be read by everybody who claims
an undivided interest in a single feather
of the American eaglo : "Let it be writ
ten on every leaf that trembleB in the
Canadian and American forests, every
blade of grass that waves in the morning
breeze, every sail that whitens the sea of
commerce ; let it blaze from the sun at
noontide and be reflected in the milder
radiance of every stir that bedecks the
firmament of God ; let it echo through
tbe arches of. heaven and reverberate
through the corridors of our national tern
pie, that the grand and sympathetic words
of Queen Victoria, which flashed on the
wings of electricity over the Atlantic
cable and hovered likej a guardian, angel
over the bed of the dying President Gar
field, wgre words of .pearls and diamonds
wn ia uie aecKiaoB ov.incernauonal unity
and harmony, hung round the neck of the
Goddess,of Liberty."
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BaatM by the Meek.
. A Woodhoand.used ia playing " Uncle
Tom's Cabin" by 'a traveling dramatio
company jumped oat of -a window at
Montello. Wis., and, failnur to Teach the
grouaafor tkenrBason that a chaia was
aroart'hlsireVjlrwaTlianged nntil he was-
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A strange story comes to me from the
deathbed of the late President"" Garfield.
It is to the effect that while yet in his full
senses, but convinced thatj he .could . not
recover, he vxpreseed not Only 'regret but
deep contrition; for the part which he had
borne in depriving President Tildenof the
office to which be was elected in 1876. It
will be remembered that Mr. Garfield was
one of the "visiting 'statesmen" who
thrast themselves into, the canvass of the
vote of Louisiana in that year, bringing
out "evidence ?' of "bulldozing" in some
ofthe'rural, parishes, and in particular
thatof the old colored woman whom Mr..
Garfieid.ezamwed, "not," ,hesaid "as a
judge, but as a lawyer."
It is now related that, feeling that he
could not recover, that his death must
take plaoa within a few days, he talked
with his attendants about his public career
as well as his personal affairs! It is sakb
npbn.aathoritytthatlhave no reason to
doubt, that he showed himself sincerely
penitent for' the part which be took
in the great fraud of 1876. He re
garded that as the one great stain
upon his publie career; and he made some
reference to documents which he. felt sure
wpnld serve to mitigate the judgment 'of
posterity'' upon him. lie expressed the
r greatest apprehension that at no distant
period an avenging Nemesis would visit
upon his party and friends a terrible rW
venge for that wrong. Those who listened
to him were his personal and political
friends ; they regarded the words and
emotions of Garfield as the effect of physi
cal weakness and long suffering, and
agreed to be silent regarding them. But
in the quarrels that have arisen between
the Stalwarts and the Halt-Breeds they
have been repeated, and are at length the
subject of discussion in private circles.
At no distant day some authorized publi.
cation on tbe subjeot may be expected.
PERSONAL.
Julia, the youngest daughter of Senator
Edmunds, of Vermont, died at Dublin, Ji.
H., last Saturday evening.
Governor General Lornk, Princess
Louise and suite returned from their fish-,
ing excursion last night to Quebec and are
at the citadel.
Ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt has been
commissioned to select rooms for the
president at one of the Coney Island
hotels. Platt will see to it that the tran
som glass is opaque.
James G. Blaine, Ulysses S. Grant,
James Donald Cameron and Wmfield S.
Hancock have rooms engaged, for next
month at the White Sulphur Springs of
Virginia.
H. T. White is the author of the
"Gwendolen Mahaffey " and " George W.
Simpson" novelettes of the Chicago
Tribune. He is a graduate of a theologi
cal seminary.
Dr. Bliss, the Washington surgeon,
now parades himself on the streets of the
capital in a coupe behind a span of stylish
bays and a liveried coachman. Before his
connection with tbe Garfield oase he drove
two little black nags in a simple buggy.
The ex-king of Naples has been living
with his wife in obscurity iu a small hotel
in Paris, their existence varied only- by an
occasional visit to some quiet seaside place
on the French coast. This summer they
have been toCoburg.
Prince Charles 'of Prussia, younger
brother of the Emperor William, and who
is eighty-two years old, is one of the most
inveterate smokers in the world. He con
sumes twenty cigars a day, and to better
enjoy them, often smokes three cigars at
onetime, held by a cigar holder with three
orifices.
George H. Reeder, former editor and
proprietor of tho Easton Express, pub
lished in this state, and sou of ex-Governor
Reeder of Kansas, was found deranged
in Brooklyn yesterday. Mr. Reeder 'has
been in ill health for some time, and went
to Brooklyn a few . days ago to visit a
brother-in-law residing there.
Rinehart, the sculptor, is memorial
ized in Baltimore by a monument that has
just been unveiled. It is a granite block,
surmounted by a bronze statue of " Endy
mion," one of the best works of Rinehart
and has been erected by the liberality of
William T. Walters of Baltimore one of
the warmest admirers of the gifted sculp
tor and the executor of his estate.
Frank Jotinson, inspector of clothing
at the Schuylkill arsenal, went down to
Washington to secure his reappointment,
but was severely snubbed by Senator Cam
eron, what tbe trouble was is not stated,
but as Johnson is a Cameron man the in
ference is drawn that Cameron either had
the toothache or had picked another man
for the place. A change is anticipated.
John K. Randolph, living near Pitts
burgh, believing that the Lord is soon to
visit the earth with another flood, is build
ing an ark after tbe pattern of the vessel
of Noab. It is 228 feet in length by 48
feet in width, and will have a capacity of
one hundred tons. He looks for the flood
by the middle of October; In the mean
time he is making arrangements for the
reception of as many representatives of
the animal kingdom as be can find, and is
sending invitations to a great many per
sons whom be wishes to save.
CURED Br FAITH.
A Young Woman Arise troin a Sick Bed.
The power of imagination has been
well tested in Erie. MissE. Greyson, bed
ridden with spinal disease for many years,
decided to try the prayer cure, against the
wishes oT her physician, who finally con
sented, however, to make arrangements
for simultaneous prayer in her behalf at
eight o'clock last Sunday night. The
lady was greatly excited but full of confi
dence iu the Scripture and believed that
the prayer of faith would save tbe sick.
Assembling her relatives aud friends at
the hour named, she bade them stand still
and behold the salvation of God. At six
minutes past eight o'clock she arose from J
uoi vcu, uuui nuicu tuiu uau uus arisen
for three years, and walked in their midst,
a well woman. Two skeptical sisters
were immediately converted and fell upon
their knees, asking forgiveness for unbe
lief. It happened, however, that tho doc
tor's arrangements for prayer miscarried
and no prayers were made. TheVcuro of
tbe lady and tho conversion of tho sisters
are rejoiced at all the same
MysMttous Wrecks.
There is much speculation ovor an un
known wreck discovered near Old Pro
prietor Rock, Grand Manan. How or
when it got there is a mystery. There is
but little doubt that all on board met a
watery crave. The wreck is supposed to
be'that of the hermaphrodite brigantine.
She lies in eight fathoms of water.
A skiff sailboat with black hull and red
gunwales tvas found bottom up in the
Hudson river near Milton. In the boat
were a quantity of clothing and letters
signed Eleanor J. and Maggie, addressed
to Thomas J. Kensam, Hoboken.' Other
letters found' show Neusam to be secretary
bf the Equitable social club, of Hoboken.
The boat was eeea hut night with1 two men
in it, 'and itis supposed that both have
beau drowned. -" ; .'..
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The body of the Earl of: Crawford and
Balcarres, which was stolen some months
since from the family vault at Dunecht
house, Aberdeenshire,, was found in the
groands'of the house.' Amaaisusfectea
of connection with the theft was arrested.
The robbery of the Earl of Crawford's
body was a striking instance .of the suc
cess and daring of thieves, whose charac
ter and skill were as much a mystery to
the detectives of Scotland Yard as to the
ordinary newspaper readers. The earl's
death occurred at Florence, Italy, in De
cember, '1880, and attracted widespread
notice at the time on account of the emi
nence of the deceased, and the wealth and
high station of his family. In her solici
tude for the safe conveyance of her hus
band's remains back to England, tbe
countess of Crawford gave directions that
a triple casket be made, with ah outer
one of walnut, on which a large cross
was carved in relief. The remains
were embalmed, then encased in a leaden
sealed casket, and special privileges, which
were accorded by the Italian railway com
panies, rendered the journey both safe and
expeditious. The conveyance of the ie
mains across the Alps was a work of very
great difficulty, but under the care of the
confidential servant of the deceased they
reached France in safety. A small steamer
was chartered to convey the body to Lon
don, but she encountered such a violent
gale in orossinsr the .channel that 'the coffin
bad to be lashed on deck. The removal to
Aberdeen was safely effected. There
another difficulty presented itself. No
hearse large enough to receive the outer
coffin could be procured, and the outer
shell had to be removed. It was, howeverj
afterwards deposited in the crypt along
side the three coffins in which the remains
were encased. On the day that the body
was removed from Aberdeen to Dunecht
ono of the most violent snow storms ever
experienced in Scotland broke out, and to
such a depth did the snow accumulate that
on tne return journey the hearse was em
bedded by the wayside, and remained for
several days in tbe snow before it could be
removed to Aberdeen, and the men who
accompanied suffered great harships.
Under those auspices tbe body of the dead
earl found a resting placo at last on tho
family estate.
The vault in w'hioh tho remains were
placed was built under the chapel which
adjoins Dunecht house. The chapsi was
visited daily by tbe earls family and ten
ants, and any interference with tbe tomb,
it would seem, would have been instantly
observed. But on the night of November
30 the chapel was entered, four heavy slabs
of marble, weighing noarly a ton, mdved
off the vault, three caskets opened and
the remains of the dead earl carried awav
The leaden casket was sewed in twain, the
lids of tho wooden ones neatly unscrewed
and the rest of tho work ac
complished by the ghouls skillfully
and without the least violence.
The object of the thieves clearly was
money, and the opinion was that they mutt
nave been well acquainted with tbe district.
That several persons were engaged in the
robbery was pretty certain, Tbe slabs
were of Caithness stone, very heavy, being
six leet square and seveial inches thick.
Dunecht house is about a mile from the
road, and so the thieves might carry on
their operations unmolested by the public;
but the fact of the chapol being connected
with tho house made it a matter of cer
tainty that the theft must have been per
petrated during the night. Tho deceased
carl being a spare man the' thieves would
be able to carry off the body all the more
easily. On December 1, a laborer passing
the spot noticed the disturbance of the
vault, and it was soon found that the re
mains of the earl had disappeared. The
most extraordinary feature of the case was
that iu May preceding the agent for the
present earl of Crawford and balcarres re
ceived an anonymous letter informing him
that the tomb had been opened and the
body removed, but regarding the matter
as a hoax he took no notice ot it and did
not even make inquiries, although during
the summer a strong smell was noticed
issuing from the vault, which was attri
buted to tbe decay of the flowers.
Contrary to expectation aud, perhaps, to
precedent, the present carl offered no re
ward for tbe return of his father's body,
but trusted to tbe resources of Scotland
Yard to discover tho identity of the
thieves. Detectives wore employed to
follow up every clew, and numerous ar
rests were made, but to uo avail At ouo
time it was supposed that the thieves.
had escaped to the United States, taking
the ghastly burden with them. Scotland
Yary entered into communication with
2few York police, and officers were on tho
alert on both sides of tbe Atlantic, but it
now trauspires tho remains were probably
in sale keeping within a few miles ot
Dunecht house, aud the efforts, ot the
police wero as aimless as the plans of the
thieves were well-laid but fruitless. The
surprising conclusion is, that tho robbers,
having failed to derive any reward, should
have the audacity to return their booty
to the grounds of Dunecht house
Worse and More of It.
New Xork Herald.
The venerable Simon Cameron, who
still aspires to carry the key of tbepsn in
which his ambitious son locks up Pennsyl-
vania's Republican votes, is reported to
have said recently that if ueneral beaver
should be defeated lor the governorship of
Pennsylvania this year he will be nomi
nated for the presidency iu 1884. This
is worse than had been expected. A tri
umph of the clan Cameron in Pennsylva
nia this year would bo fully as severe a
blow as the Republican party could hope
to recover from ;bnt tho nomination of a
small man for the presidency for tbe rea
son that he would probably make a single
state solid for the Republican party, and
solider still in the great quadrennial raid
on tho offices at the disposal of the' gov
ernment, is about as dismal a prospect as
the party of moral ideas ever had before
it.
DETEBBUNKU ON SOIClDK.
Trying to Strangle HeraeU With Her Hair.
Mary McGee, a good-looking young
woman, confined in the Hudson county
jail on Jersey City Heights, awaiting an
examination by the county physician as to
her sanity, was found hanging to a bar of
her cell door, but was cut down in time to
save her life. After she had been resus
citated, and as soon as she was left alone
in tho cell, she made another attempt to
kill herself. She let down her long hair,
and after braiding it, twisted it around
her neck and tried to strangle herself. She
was again prevented from carrying out her
purpose, and was placed in a straight
jacket. She lived in Harrison, and pre
vious to her incarceration attempted to
throw herself from the Morris and Essex
railroad bridge into the Passaic river. Dis
appointment in love is said to have caused
her derangement. -.
Uettlng a Carriage by Her Cooking.
A young man living in Oconee county,
Ga- hired a cook last year, but his wife
put the cook into a cotton field of her own, J
uiu iuo cooKiog ior tne whole family,
while tbe cook made eight bales of cotton,
with which this young wife bought a
handsome phaeton. The lady belongs to
one of the first families in Oconee, and is
well known in Athens.
"Tke Ooa'aTnttfe" Mjrer oaee."
Gen.!BeavexatBrlstel.
Don Cameron, my friends, is not a big
man; He Is a small one.
Tne ,Biy.f : Karl Cwmwtmek
M. gnor.TSH joi
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Wfei SMfcKata aa'JHgaa Kabiu is
noaininilimnhll. '.3 IA
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4hVnbihmntia9erf.
the
Englishman's eyes, and he compares all
other places by that standard. America
has always been a mote in ber British
cousin's eye, and be never fails to find
fault with, her.even when a little Braise
'would iBdouad moro to his national credit.
Last year the duke of Sutherland oaae-
over here in company with a delegation of
othcials and invited friends of
the London & Northwestern railway
oompany. Our poor benighted Americans
did their best to be courteous and agree,
able, put failed as signally as f did, tba
Yankee of the " Bor Notes." Mr1. XeeleyJ
one of the party, has just issued a pamph
let recounting tbe trip, and judging from
the printed extracts, bo has seen 'all the
unpleasant things, and a few of the enjoy
able ones. .But how can an Englishman,
find pleasure iu associating with "those
blasted Americans who don't understand
good form, you know, and are so beastly
common T'., The complaints "begin (Upon
landing in' New York; whore the streets'
are described as being kept " in wretched
condition. Nothing could be worse."
All true enough but still something
agreeable might be said, also, on the prin
ciple of the lines,
"To judge men rightly do not scan
Each aepamteact, passiudgmentontheman."
At Harrisburg the hotel was " roughly
American, with rata, naarlv, as laxve as
irabbitayriiBtiingt up and! dqwnsiavs.''
JUU9MJU IVU illlUUCU K 4 1UI BU1BV IH
son called the Hub. Can it be the Bos
tomans, like the fly on the carriage'wheel,
consider they are the cause of all the stir
in tbe world ?" The New England trains
are complained of ou account of, their
constant stoppages, tbe passengers'being
thereby jolted nearly to death. The
young engineers who essayed to show the
Britishers how " smartly thoy could tra
verse" the" road, sped along at upwards of
sixty miles an hour, but tbe travelers were
" very comfortable." The Buffalo girls
were " remarkably plain," udlike
what thoy had been led to expect. In
Chicago the " hotels were extensive, but
the landlords patroniziug," andf the
"clamor on exchange simply dcafeaing.
It was crowded with a mass of men who
looked moro like roughs at a race-course
than men carrying on commercial interests
of largest "value.") And so" thef book goes
throughouta fliugaud a glbe? wherever it
can 'be inserted. And yet Americans think
nothing shows more exquisite breeding
that to ape tho drawl and the broad " a
and the mannerisms of John Bull. There
is an old saying that the spaniel licks the
hand which chastises it. The more cuffs
and blows, the deeper the affection and
homage returned. Snobby Americans may
draw their own, inferences.
A UKTKB.1IIMEU ELOl'KiUKNT.
A follceman Arresta Ills Knraged JTwthcr
In-Law for disorderly (Jouuuct.
Baltimore Dispatch to the Times;
Sunday night Milliard F. Watkins, a
policeman of this city, eloped with Miss
Alary Catherine j owner, daughter of Jas.
jj. J owner, a liquor dealer, living at' .No.
41 Pennsylvania avenue. The policeman,
who bears an excellent character for el-
liciency ana steadiness, had been paying
attentions to the young lady'for several
months unknown to the. J? owner family,
ana lormauy asaea permission to marry
her, but was repulsed. Since the 1st of
July the two have been planning for a
marriage, which was' to have taken place
at High Rock, on the' summit of tbe Blue
Kidge mountains, July 6. The license
had been procured and everything was in
readiness, when Mrs. Fowner, suspecting
something, announced her determination
to accompany the couple on the excursion,
which had been arranged as a prelude to
the wedding.
Finally, on Sunday last it was arranged
that the girl should leave her home alter
dark and join her lover and a fellow-
polioemin, who awaited her iu the vicinity.
This she did, and tho party hurried to the
parsonage of Emory church, where they
wero man led by tbe pastor, Kev. b. oban
non. During the ceremony Mr. Fowner
missed the girl and immediately hurried
to the home of Watkins, whero he sus
pected they had taken refuge. Failing to
find them there, ho was returning home
when he encountered the bridal party just
coming irom tbe wedding. ,
' Kat ie, what are you doing here ?" de
manded tho father, taking her by the
arm ; "come home at once."
" Keep your hands pft.of my wife," said
Watkins. thus nostinir the oareut as to
what had taken placo. Mr. Fowner at
once commenced abusing and threatening
the girl and her husband, when tbe latter
after some expostulation, arrested his
father in-law aud took him to the North
western police station. Here Mr. Fowner
was charged with disorderly conduct and
witb interfering with Officer Watkins and
his wife on the street. When the facts
had been explained to the: lieutenant iu
charge Mr. Fowner was held until tho
newly married couple had left the station
house aud disappeared, when he was re
leased. Young Watkins took his bndo home in
triumph, aud the next day published
notices of the marriage in the papers. The
groom is a nephew of Rav. Dr. W- F.
Watkius, rector of Trinity church, New
York city.
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CHILD STEALERS IN BIONX'ltKAL.
Tne Infant Son of a Boston Capitalist Kid.
napped and SlO,000 Bauaom Demanded.
Great excitement was created in Hon
treal, by tbe occurrence of a case of kid.
napping, similar in all respects to 'that of
Charlie Ross, at Philadelphia. The house
in the West End of Mr. Melvin Smith, a
Boston capitalist, who has lived there for
years, was broken into and Mr. Smith's
third child, a boy three years old, was
kidnapped. A letter was left behind threat
ening the child with death in two days
unless a ransom of $10,000 was paid for his
restoration. The kidnappers got into the
second flat, where the ;boy' , slept,
by means of a ladder placed uuder
the window. The green blinds as cus
tomary there were shut and buttoned on
the inside. Two slat's were cut out and
the button unfastened within. The kidnap
pers then entered without difficulty, went
through Mrs. Smith's room to the nursery,
where the three children were sleeping in
separate cribs, and, taking the youngest,
they made good their retreat. They were
not heard or observed, although the mother
and grandmother of tbe children were sit
ting reading in an adjoing room, the door
of which was open, besides, tb,ere were
three servants in the kitchen down stairs.
It is supposed that the ohild was kidnapped
between 9 and 10. The letter referred to
makes threats against the father of the
child if he fails to comply with the demand
for ransom or if he appeals to the authoii
ties for redress.
Within a few years Mr. Smith has met
with a series of misfortunes. The lust
was an incendiary fire in an extensive liv
ery stable, iu which he was a silent part
ner, and by which he lost $15,000. The
care-taker on the, premises was murdered
by the incendiarieB. This 'was followed
jibout two years ago by a burglary at his
residence, uiamonusana jeweiry wunu
$20,000 were stolen. Some time after
wards he received a letter ' iri ' which
the thieves offered to return the dia
monds on the payment of $2,500.
Heofered $1,000, ".without any questions
asked; 'I j which offer was subsequently
accepted and the most valuable of the dia
monds were restored, A singular fact, in
co'nnccMon with the abduction of the child
is that the letter found in, the .child's .crib
is in the same handwriting as'the letters
previously received during the, negotia
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Jerthe
nt &.
ptioaaibr the retatn of the
stolen
dia-
mail
ids.
Ilvrfe-Soift alter midnight the hint
waafoahvi standing alone on a nMasteil
dhaij ranytro'8 father'i6a. -
A Precious Stoma JToaad la Georgia.
Atlanta Constitution.
Near Norcross there resides an old Ger
man geologist who loves to live among
the peenliar-speeiMOHS of mineral and
vegetable matter, which be has unearthed
and housed. 'He 4s 'an elderly gentlemap
of little sociability, but of great mental
acquirements. His physical endurance is
simnlv astonishing. For days at a lime
kbe wapdesrov the hjlfe apd through jths
uaics umr m uuuic, vmraiiung ivrau suu
stones, limbs and roots, the properties and
qualities of which are unknown to all but'
himself.,.' .' '""."." i ,
,',The room, hi which his collection is, is
.wondqrfuL . In one receptacle are. arranged
a number of stones whose bright rays re
mind the observer of diamonds! In the
centre of thiaJoaa room.theramsts a stoaa
half the site of a) hep's egg,jwhieh. was I
picked rip" by the owner months atadj
monmsago. icwasiouna oy lis owner
one rainy afternoon. For nearly 'a week
be bad been on a tramp through the hills
and dales near his home, and, weary with
his" ceaseless toil, be was wending bis way
home when his eyes fell upon something
from which the rays of tbe sun were scat
tered in a thousand directions: T"
With little thought of what he was doing
the geologist stooped down and picked up
the object, It was nearly half the size of
a heu's egtg, and of an irregular shape. It
was covered in many places with thick,
heavy clay, which was xemaved with great
care. r IK lf j
It was found to be exceedingly bard,,
aud whenever Btruck with a bard sub
Btance gave forth but little sound. It was
almosij pf colorless white hae and then a
tinge of green. Its form was that of an octa
hedron, but some of the faces or sides were
inclined to be convex, while the edges
were curved. ' ' - i
It was subjected to acids and alkalies
without experiencing aayi perceptible
change. f ' i '
Some friends induced him to place it on
the'market, aad only a day or two ago he
received a letter from a diamond dealer
in New York offering him $46,000 (or it.
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Charles Lamb and the Cheese.
London Society.
The late Charles Matthews used to tell
with great glee, a little story of Charles
Lamb, .which he vouched for as authoptic.
and believed to be unpublished. I am in
debted for it to Harry S. Leigh, the poet
of Cockayne, who bad it from tho lips of
ms inena, me lamous actor, vuu evening
Mary Lamb took a sudden and violent
fanny to bayo some Stilton cheese, for sup-(
scrap iu the bouse. It was very wet and
very late ; but Charles, with: that self-denial
which showed' itself in a 'life long
devotion to his sister, at once volunteered
to try whether auy could' be got. He'asl
lied forth, reached their cheesemonger just
as the shutters were being put up.
In' reply to his demand he was assured
that they had some fine ripe Stilton ; and
the shopkeeper proceeded , to. cut off t a
sliceC As it lay on the--cales jLamb's at
tention was forcibly arrested by the lively
gambols of a number of maggots which
came to tbe, surface of tbe "fine ripe
Stilton." "Ndw, Mr. Lamb," said tho
cheesemonger, " shall J. have the pleasure
of sending this home for you ?"
"No, th-th-thank you," said Charles.
"If you will give mo a bit of t-twinel
cou-cou-could, p'rbaps, 1-1 lead it home !"
The manner in which Charles Matthews
rendered Lamb's stutter was, says Mr.
Leigh, inimitable. '
Fifty Men Capture a Town In Mexico.
A band of fifty revolutionists under the
leadership of, Emiliano Daniel, and Alejo
'Zepeda captured' 'the town' of Tofaala
Chiapas. They overpowered tho gen
darmes and released all the prisoners u the
jail and armed them. 'Cant. Santa Ana
Gauzman. with eighty 'gendarmes, after
ward charged on tbe revolutionists, who
retreated after several of their number
were killed and m&nywounded.,
CUMB1KNCE0IKMT AT
MILI.1SICSV1L.I.K.
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Tlie1 Exercises or Alamai-Oay.
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The commencement exercises of the
State Normal school, Millersville, will take
placo to-morrow, beginning at .91 a. m.
To-day tbe biennial meeting of (the alumni
association takes place and there is'quite
a large gathering of; old students to wit
ness aim participate in mu exerci&cs. i uey
began at 2 o'clock this afternoon and
comprised the following programme :
Salutatory Address The Day and the Hour.
Miss Marianna Gibbons, Class '71.
Music When the Summer Bain is Over
Ellstr D'Amore. Normal School Choir.
Essay The faults ot Culture. Mi.sSuruh II.
Gilbert. Class or '77.
Music MoonJIgat on the Kblno. Xenlaad.
Miss Clements,' Mr. Baer.
Oration Out Duty and Our Privilege. Mr.
W. A. Campbell. Class ot '70.
Music Sob ot the Triton. Misses Staufler
and Lawrie, Messrs. Sandford and Bice.
A report of tbo afternoon exercises will
appear in to morrow's IsteLuokcerv ,
SUMMEK 1.HMUBE.
Mow People are MpeodlUK Their Vaoatloa.
John A. Coyle, esq., has started oq.a
week's drive through the "lower 'end"
and Chester county.
Mrs. E. P. Townsend, of Beverly, N. J.,
is visiting relatives in this city.
Our young typo friend, David Stamm,is'
spending the sweltering days of July and
August among those " meadows rich with
corn " near " Frederick Town," Md.
John Snyder, cigar manufacturer, John
C. Cogley and Dr. H. F. Eberman went
fishing to tho Coneatoga yesterday and
caught 52fisb,of different kinds, mostly
sunfisb.
To morrow an excursion will be run to
Lititz, under the auspices of the Young1
Men's society of Grace Lutheran chnrch."
THe train will leave tbe upper depot on
the Reading road at 7:40 a. m.
Collector A. J. Kauffman has returned
from Bedfoid. The waters were too Stal
wart for his civil service reform system.
'Cameron; MoMaoea aud. others are still
there, and when Kauffman left AlcAIaues
had not yet been persuaded to support
Rawlo.
Quite a number of Lancastrians took the
cars for' York furnace this morning to be
present at the laying of tbe corner rtone
in the new pavilion erected by Mr. Bair.
It is understood that the corner stone con.
tains the names of the officers aud mem
bers of the club, copies of the Lancaster
newspapers and other important papers.
An address was delivered by Major A. C.
Reinoehl, and there were other ceremonies
attending the laying of the stone.
On- Monday a party of gentlemen left
Marietta on. a fishing trip. They first
visited Mount Joy. going from there to a
point near Keencr's dam on the Chiques
creek. They were provided with a full
camping outfit and plenty of good things
for the inner man. They remained until
last night, after catching plenty of fish
and having a good time. In the party
were Captain S. G. Miller, Walter Frey
bergcr, John G. Hoerner and Isaiah Mil
ler. During their stay at the camp they
were visited by many friends, including
one of the county commissioners. Halde
man Libhart rode from Marietta to the
camp, a distance of eleven miles, on a tri
cycle, making the trip in two hours, after
having stopped at Mount Joy for a short
time to rest.
Out SereoMalng.
The Goodwill colored band was out ser-'
enading last evening. Joshua. L. Lyte,
esa.. Messrs. Win. D. Sprccher:' Jams
Stewartaad other citizens were the recipw
fcCIUtlllllKMUOII NfcWS.
, aad Kverywkere.
to soon have a ndintr school.
several eases of snatlnnv in
le, Berks county.
At Harrisburg aait is to be entered
against all who trespass on fences and
trees adjoining a baseball groand.
The blackberry crop will be an abnn.
dant one and fto.9l hindawm eer.n be
ripe.
"Eight kawTreoTTegs-or alii is the
amount manufactured every day at the
Chesapeake nail works at Harriabarg.
Tbe average of .tha, wheat crop. in Barks
couBtv will be 25 bushels per acre, while
finf ordinartfyelra it is bat 18.
HftrtMbtthnd dollars, all that was
needed, has been subscribed towards build
ing a street railway in West Chester.
' The Reading railroad company paid out
140,000 at Reading, on Saturday, to its
employees. ' i --
uniy ntwnt , ef the amoaat needed
to bnikl the silk mitt ntSastea remains
uncollected, aud the work will be com
menced arose? -nr - j r, t
IhnPeMaxIvaaJalstamwarhaLiu a run
of 24 beam, turned oat-1,730 steel rails.
These would lay a track almost five miles
in length.
Thn nspitil ntntfr-nf Win Anurias a snbe
and iron company, at Middletowa. Dau-
Jha. obanfty, has been increased from
1W.UUU to S3W.UUO.
The first returns of thn wheat nrnn in
Cheatec county are fay bearing out the
appearance of-tbe wheat at -harvest time
aad the estimate is that it is one of the
heaviest.orops ever grown in tbe county.
Beginning on Saturday next the Grand
Army of the' 'Repbbllc of Pennsylvania
tirTnp intdaipranfe week ou the bat
tie field of flsYt WbVirg j The Philadelphia
posts will participate and it is expacted
tnatitnree thousand veterans will be on
,th.ro?nd't M-iiUZi.. . ' 1 .
SCelOOI. MATTBKM.
Meeting el tne Coaaaslttee on raraltareaad
T i i JIH ?-
Last evening the committeee on furni
ture and supplies f tlMrlancaster school
board met in jhhuou ceuncil chambers
for the purpose of deciding upon tbe selee
tioMef)&sa'for'the(avw 'ftaaefi street
school building. The committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Erisman,Rhoads and Smeych
listened to statements made by L. C.
Eaby, representative of tbe KeyBtone
school and church furuiturecompany who
oronosed to lurnish tho school with the
" Triumph " desk,.aid.Mr. JohuM. Sau-
yw, mpnur ,u- ironware
company, who .proposed to furnish tho
school with the "Paragon" desk. Both
of the gentlemen -above, named appke at
eoMderafaU'leDTh't' of
then respective desks. The price
and' achraatages of the respective
desks' we're 'so evenly balanced that the
committee, after mature deliberation, do
cidedto give each a, trial., .They gave to
Mr. Eaby 'an order for fifty-four "Tri
umph." desks xand six eajrseate for the
secondary sehoofe, and" 'sixty1 desk V and
seven rear seats for the primary school
rooms ;, aad top MrSauder an order
for one hundred and 'twenty " Paragon"
desks and fourteen rear Beats for the pri
mary .schools. The coats of the desks for
thdfeor schobrooms'Wlll be jfrm $900 to
1,000. By the committee's action in se
lecting a portion of each kind of desk, the
board will have the advantage of knowing
which is the best.
8TB ASBORU . MEWS.
Personals, Rejoicing, Nuisance, "4c.
Mrs. Dr. Houston,, of .Washington, D.
C, is in town.
The street viewers were out in full force
ttheetherjdayt planing jraysjand means for
straiahtaninr main street! No definite
conclusion has been arrived at.
' MrV Chas. Griner went fishing on Tues
day .beneath' tha , shade of, au.old apple
tree'on.Bunf e Hill.f , , J j( ,
Many have expressed their intention to
go on the faxenrsion to Atlantic City,
Augusta.""
Mrs. Dr.. J. H. Musser, of Philadelphia,
id 'spending! a ftp dais' with ber father-in-law,
Benj. Musser M. D.
(About.twe weeks ago we took occasion
.to njahe 'mention of a certain offensive
odor emanating from a slaughter house on
Main street. .There has .asyet been no
effort pat forth to nmettyltfae evil. Tbe
matter is growing serious. In plain terras
sometbiBgimastbedone by tlfb'wners of
this nuisance, and thatspeedily.
A coDgrstslatory meefngwas held in
Temperance ball last evening, W. D.
Chandler, was elected president for the
evening. The object of this meeting was
to congratulate tho ' people of Idwa upon
the successful step they have taken in the
cause of temperance and the constitutional
amendment. Five minute speeches were
made by Dr. Martin, John S. Warren,
Jacob Baofaman, Dr; Baoruei Eeaeagy and
Rev. Heaney, interspersed with choice
:msic The bairwasjulu and mueh feel
mg e'xprMMtF in favor bf constitutional
amendment.'
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tiBBior Americas jaecnaaica.
r The State Council, Junior American Me
ehatesl htf) Ihf r Jin! OTon yester
dayjat the hall on Chestnut" street, above
Seventh, Philadelphia. It appears that
the order is in a flourishing condition, and
there is a membership in, this state of over
7,500 aid 'nearly 1000' m the United
States, representing- the states of Dela
ware Maryland, renrisyrrania, Indiana,
Tennessee, New York, New Jersey, Vir
gins,' Ohio and Vermont. The officers of
the State Council are : S. C. O, Howell
Arthur ; S. C. Secretary, Edward S.
Deemer ; S. C. Treasurer', John W. Caher ;
S. C. Conductor, AJg.,Ft. Neisser : S. C.
Warden, J. A. Spannagal ; S. Q.fSenti
nels, George J. Mariner and George W-
Taylor.
In the afternoon tha inset ifgas held in
Lincoln hall, there being a very large at-jtendaace.'-
At this meeting, nominations
wore made for officers as follows: State
Councillor, H! Wells Buser; State Vice
Councillors, W. J. Deiby, S, C. Weadley,
Wm. V. Edkins, Darnel !P. .Conoway;
state uouncii Treasurer, Jonnw. Ualver;
State Council Secretary, Edward S.
Deemer; State Council Warder, George J.
Marlor; Representatives to tbe National
Council which meets iu June. 1883, John
Armstrong, Hugh Kennedy, Tons. Clegg.
The remainder, of the afternoon session
was taken up in considering revisions in
the constitution and by-laws of the state
and subordinate councils
Palatal , Accident.
On Monday Christian Brinker, residing
on East Chestnut street near the Penn
iron works, while breaking stone on the
new railroad exteaaioa at . Dillerville, was
struck in the eye' bjra small piece of stone.
The wound pained him considerably, but
he did not seek medical aid until this
morning, when he called on Dr. C. H .
Brown, who found the eye, vary uch in
'flamed, aad'says there is seriats J angor or
the sight of the eye beings 'destroyed alto
gather. -A samll pie tfjtoae is probably
imbedded in the eyebalL ..Brinker is aged
about 57, years and has a,Jjnju. .
PMUsW-fsM 'meTteeys,
HarrHburg Patriot. , .
' The Ironside eiabof Uienater, which
plays in this ,citjOA Sataxday, is said to
be the beat in that nsethm as! the state.
There is one' tkia certain they have an
exeunt eatcaer,U,Zeeherv who played
witb tha Harvey Fiaheato , Satnday last. T
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, CoatsMacmg toJdriLaBiddi.
tibial 'nouch'-'faV 'flliQ? T-
York city, and, tbeFiitlin shell j1 will be
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ients of tne compliment.