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LANCASTER DAILY KTELLIGENCEB, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1882.
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THURSDAY fcVENINQ, JULY 20,
The Peaasylyaala Campaign..
The finality of negotiations, betwi
the Republican factions fairly makes up
the issues of the campaign. It prom
ises to be one of the most important and
iu all probnhMtty tk toast! ttciting ever
known inonr state politics. Thadetex
mi nation of the Democracy to restore
honest government to theeommon wealth
contributes as much td His 'condition of
things as the differences which disturb
our opponents. With these latter we
have less to do than with the efficient
organization of our own party. The
platform and the' candidates of the De
mocracy are such as to enable it to ap
peal with confidence to tbeiudgment of
honest citizen3,Warjie3 BmubUeap
dissensions, and wnhoiitr waiting' for
them to be healed or aggravated. For
more than two score years the Republi
can party has been in possession of our
state government and responsible for its
administration. At the close of that
period its history cannot be 'reviewed
without a sense of shame. A very large
and respectable element of , the Republi
can party itself, within an'vrlthbut the
borders of the state, agree' with the De
mocracy in condemning .the .men And,
methods which have degraded Pennsyl-.
vania in the sisterhood of states, which
have bartered away her birthright, plnn-'
dered her treasury, debauched her Legis
lature, dwarfed her in the' councils of
the nation, and prostituted her executive
power to personal ,and partisan ends. In
the movement to .relieve her and her
people from all these and all that has
followed them, the Democratic party
must lead, while it invites the co-operation
of all who sympathize with this
purpose. The best assurances that this
purpose is to be faithfully adhered are to
be found in the platform and candidates.
The pledges of the one and the records
of the other present the issues upon
which the campaign is to be conducted.
They need no eulogium nor exposition.
Economy and honesty are the demands
of the hour, and how can they better be
secured in the slate government than
by the induction into its offices of the
kind of men who have redeemed Phila
delphia from the official thieves so lately
holding high carnival and undisputed
sway in that city ? The official tests of
fitness and integrity can never become
superanuated. The salutary provisions
of the new constitution, which have been
a saving boon to the state, can never be
extended to all its , wants until the gov
ernment is administered by those who
fully sympathize with ita. spirit. True
civil service reform must begin in the
election to office of men who owe no
allegiance to boss or ring, and who will
not betray the cause of the people.
The Science f Gerrymander.
Gerrymanders are all wrong. Those
who resort to them should perish by
them. While one party indulges in the
vicious practice the opposition may be
depended i nnpsvt retort' iq kind This
is numsn; nature, jam tpoiitics are not
yet purer than' religion. But we nave
always maintained that the party which
would make an'htrnest apportionment,
guide J by the map and census table only,
would not crnlj? dojitself credit, jbtit win
great political 'advantage. This is wnat
the Democratic party at this state has
pledged itself to ; and all of our influ
ence shall be exerted to have this pledge
faithfully and honestly carried out.
Our state is not now fairly apportioned.
The congressional and senatorial dis
tricts are gerrymanders of the vilest sort
made up in the interest of the Republi
can party. While the proposed South
Carolina appointment which is no
doubt partisan was being abused in
Congress, by men guilty of the same
thing in their ,owu states, some ' one
should have presented a map showing
the lines of the Eleventh' congressional
district in Pennsylvania, reaching from
near the Susquehanna across to the Dela.
ware, and presenting an outline which
in monstrosity is not equalled by
anything grown in earth, or sea or
air. Counties,' and even cities' were
carved up to make it embrace
nearly all the Democratic majorities in
north-eastern Pennsylvania. Some of
the other "phases of our apportionment
are not much better, and in New York
and Ohio there are like exhibitions of
unscrupulous partisan greed. The World
juuuiKwv'Junrauui, umujreunsyiva-
nia and Wisconstabe.Bepublicans. with
1,865,000 vohaveplannea1 tb ctake
ninety congressmen, leaying twentyronc
to the majority of 1 ,640,000. "( For the
past ten years the Republican party has
drawn all its life blood Jrom the geiry-
manyftfi!i!iivr;:!'i!;i.,i
Gen. Beaver is one of the kind who,
" when be opens his month, puts his foot
in it." He seems to have felt the neces
sity of explaining his , Bucks ( county
speech, in 'which he "was reported' to
hae said Don Cameron was "a small
man." He now says he 'Sdidnotsay
that Cameron was a 'small ' man." He
said "he wasn't a big man, but a little
man,' referring of course' to him physi
cally." It did not matter materially
wnetner .Beaver nau said he .was a
"small" man or a "little" man." But
it does matter that Beaver meant that
he was only physically small. He wants
it understood that he referred to Cam
eron physically " of course." jMorally,
politically and financially Benver no
doubt regards Cameron as a 'very big
man. When Beaver was understood to
mean that Cameron -was a small man
Reaver irrew to ha- n. Irmr man in Mia
public eye, auiiunce it bunders' tfied than
Beaver regards Cameron as a big man
excepi'iyfeany, 'of' course, leaver T
agamTJwaifeflrfrrthe staturff of a small
man, whoa Cameron can handle1 at bis
own sweet wfllandiacc'ording to tbe ca
prices of tooib-achyjisposition" ' ,
Tub Democracy generally will be glad
to bear that the Republicans of Keifer's
district will renominate him without o!
position. We cannot think of -anybody
who ,isr doing "the Republicans .tibflir
harm than Keifer, -. ,
""the I
The Republicans, by the power of
majority in Congress .seated another
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eha1Kant!)igommittei?6n eficmSns.
wno naa prooaniy better means cqattany
member on his side of knowing the" truth
of the case, frankly admitted that he
could not honestly vote to admit the
contestant, although of his own party
Taith, and though at
and though at first he voted"
affirmatively ,' he changed his vote before
the roll call ended!.'1 The" speaker tried
not 'to recognize him; for this' pur
pose, but 'falling in this a "clerical
error " was discovered,to the effect that
in calling the roll on t be proposition de
claring Mr TmWn,not entitled; to a
seat there were only 145 votes, one less
than a quorum.. Keifer wasequal to the
emergency, and .Greeted his name to be
recorded ,in order to make a quorum,
though another roll call had intervened
in the meantime which barred Keifer
from doing this. That eminent bulldozer
persisted .in his right to overrule law,
and precedent' so vociferously and boist
erously as to get the entire House in an
.uproar, shiver an inkstand with his1
gavel! and scatter the contents over
the clerk:; and ' papers. Robeson
and Reed with great difficulty ex
tricated him from his parliamentary
debris and after he, had sufficiently re
covered from his rage1 to discern friend
and fpe, the business of Congress went
on wiui a sugut prospect oi tne meuiuers
getting home to vote at the fall election.
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The Democratic state committee will
meet in Hanisburg on Tuesday, July
2.5th, (and outline the work of the cam
paign, after which there will be no ces
sation of effort to thoroughly organize
thepaity. On the following Monday,
July 81, the Democratic county commit
tee will conyene in this city for organi
zation and other business.
Khedive, is pronounced Red e we by the
eastern papers.
Beavru seems to havo had a sudden at
tack of jumping toothache.
Beaveh should illustrate hit. remarks
with manakins so that the people will un
derstand what sized man he means.
Tjie supremo court of Connecticut has
decided that women are eligible as attor
neys before the courts of that state. Go
in uirls, the bars are down.
A great many able editorials have been
.spoiled by Beaver's explanation that he
did not say Cameron was a small man, be
Baid ho was a little man.
The U. S. ship Brooklyn, which had a
new copper bottom put into it only a year
or two ago, now has to be repaired in
South America, at a cost of $25,000 before
it can be got home. The Xedger, which
is not giving to joking, thinks in strict
justice, Chairmau J. A. Hubbell ought to
send some of his assessment circulars to
the Brazillian workmen engaged to do the
job. If toll has to be taken from all Amer
icans who do government work, for the
'benefit of the party, no discrimination
should bo made in favor of foreigners.
W BAMCIUAEY.
While palo with rage tbe wild suil splines
Athwart the hai bor bar.
,The safe ships fold their snowy i ings
Beneath the evening star.
In this cilm haven rocked to sleep
All night they swing and sway,
TU1 mantles o'er the morning deep
Tlut golden blush ot day.
Here, safe Horn all the storms of fate.
From worldly rage and ecorn,
Thns let me fold my hands and wait
The coming ot tbe morn ;
While all nightlong o'er moon-lit tuif
The wind brings in from far
The moaning ot the balucd surf
Athwart tbe harbor bur.
n'lltiam WiWei , tn Harper's jot Angi'Sl
The federal Senate is uoi .i iwift body,
and as it can't move ahead of its ponderous
president it does not make Maud S. time.
When Philip Reich, an old citizen of Fred
erick, Md., entered tho chamber the other
day, after an absence of seventy years
from Washington, tho business before the
Senate was a bill for the relief of the heirs
of R. K. Meade, who sustained some losses
while minister to Spain. Mr. Reich at
once exclaimed ; "Why, that's the bill
they, wore considering when I was here in
1812, 1" Examination of the record proved
Chat tbe old gentleman was correct.
After Keifer's election to the chair anu
Robeson's leadership on the floor nothing
in the way of brazen impudence ought to
be surprising from the present House. A
specimen brick is the instance in which
Keifer removed two competent men who
ad served for some years, and put two
incompetents in their places confessedly
so by their own admissions. These worthies
then oppointed two other parties to do the
work for which they were appointed, but
instead of paying these assistants out of
their own salaries, as would be expected,
one of then! at least has managed to get
bis substitute's charge for services into an
appropriation bill and it seems to be likely
to go through and be paid.
8TKANGLKD fish.
What rilled the Upper Sobaylklil
With
mo neaiy inu.
It is ascertained that the Bchoolsof dead
aud dying fish observed recently in tho
wabeisof tho Schuylkill at Pottstown had
suffered from their voraoiousuess, and
were not the victims of polluted water.
In the dead and dying fish it was
found that the gills -were inorusted
and partially coated with sulphate of lime,
similar to the precipitate in the water and
deposited with mud at the bottom of the
river. The accretions of this substance
upon the gills may have been deposited
there from the water in its passage through
their folds, of may have been derived from
the! mixed deposit in the bottom of the
stream, in which the fish search for food.
Ones attached to the trills, thi fnmiim
matter acts as a mechanical obstruction to
tbe necessary aeration and oxygenation of
blood, and when excessive the fish die of
suffocation from anurelvmnMianin-ii
;aod not, as aUesed&om the effect of poi
son taken into.the body. Tho phenomena
observed in the' neighborhood or Reading,
therefore, depend in all probability upon
the, temporary' aggravation of conditions
initially present in the water at that locality
and which have no appreciable effect upon
the water supplied to the city of Philadel
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i-OAitBETTA's mother has died. The
French statesman was a most devoted arm
aua since his elevation be has shown to
a. . . - .- . ..
lus'pamats, a simple, nigh-spirted, study
and anpreteadmr couple, a really touch
ing' deference and affection.''
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TRijH)IES OF THE D.
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vans, THud Cavalry, Nat department-
headquarters, sags: "A troop consisting
oi toe xairu auu dixm cavairy, .major
Chaffee commanding, had an engagement
with renegades from San Carlos, yesterday,
atChevIon's Ford, about 45 .ages Max
.Ft. "Verde.. JMajor Chaffiw7 win has beTSh
following tbe Indians since their outbreak
from SaniCados several days ago, got theo
into'aldeep ravine, and, ,ai fight began, as,
utey naa no ierUTc,, 'yauo,vwiuuiu9a uu
one side are: One enlisted man wounded,
siaoe jdeadj five others wounded, two
danceiously ; Lieutenants Morgan and Con -
rs, Third Cavalry, wounded; one Indian
aoomb (killed, one wounded. During the
night theladianft broke. .leavinir six dead
bucks on the ground. Scouts reported about
zu-more Juuea. au jineir equipage .was
left by them on the field, and 33 head of
horses. and mules were captured by troops;
also six. women aud children. The hbstiles
were 'led by Jfattisuah, one of the surren-
uereu, uuiie jHoantain vimou cnieis.
Thesejare supposed to be the Indians en
gaged in the recent outbreak at San Carlos
when Chief pf Scouts Calvlg was killed.
The command has followed these Indians
through some of the most mountainous
country in Arizona."
Dry Uoods Merohimt's Satdde.
George D. Wisbam, retail dealer in dry
goods' at 7 North' Eighth street, Phila
delphia, committed suicide on Monday
night in a barn at Tuckahoe, N. J., by
hanging, lie at one time did a very
flourishing trade, but for the pas few
years has felt the pressure of pecuniary
troubles. He felt his misfortune keenly,
and on last Sunday stated to a friend that
obligations woro maturing and he had not
sufficient money to meet them, that' bis
creditors were clamorous and threatening
and he really did not know what to do.
He was afraid, he said to his friend, that
he might be tempted to do something
desperate. Ho was veiy much depressed
in spirits, and on Sunday night left the
houso on North Twenty-second street,
where he boarded, to visit his brother and
did not return that night. He appeared
at his place of business on Monday morn
ing, and shortly after the store was opened
said to odo of his assistants that he had a
iressing matter of business to attend to.
t was next discovered that he had gone to
Atlantic City, as a letter postmarked 4
p. m. on Monday at that place was re
ceived. He was a native of New Jersey ;
was in his 48th year, and leaves a wife
and an adopted daughter. He is described
as having been a "man of agreeable ad;
aress anu very auaoio maimers, lie was
it was stated in good physical health
when he left home, and it is believed that
his business perplexities affected hiS mind.
A Jtejected Lover Attempts Suicide.
Anthony Rodele came from Germany
four months ago and worked for tho Potts
town iron company. He loved Esther
SnelL daughter of the landlady with
whom he boarded, on Water street, but
sne aid not love mm. Early yesterday
morning he attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his arm with a razor. He then
reached for a double-barreled gun, oue
load of which he said was for Esther and
one fur himself. Just then a bed -fellow
awoke and snatched away the gun. Rodelo
wrote to his sister in Germany the day
before, stating that he would be dead in
twenty-four hours.
Killed His Wile With an Axe.
A most horrible and brutal murder was
committed on the plantation of A. W.
Pegness, about eight miles from Chora w,
S. C. A negro -named William Hinson,
who had been living on the place with his
tamiiy, naa not been getting on as smooth
ly with his wife as he should and had
accused her of a failure on her part to
keep the marriage vows. He attacked her
with an axe. She fled to the house of her
father, where she was pursued by Hinson
with the axe in hand, with which he killed
her. Tho murdeier fled and has not been
captured.
Matters of Dreadful Moment.
Mrs. Joseph Blanchette and George La
crosse and wife were drowned on Thurs
day oy toe upsetting oi a boat near
Houghton, Michigan.
There at Smyrna. Turkey, rased seveu
hours, and fourteen hundred houses wero
destroyed. Six thousand persons aie
homeless. One life was lost.
Luther E. Smith, a centlcman of means
and prominence, of Rutland, Yt., was
found dead in a Lake Shore sleeping car
just before reaching Erie. The inquest
win De held on the return or tbe conduc
tor.
The army woims aie reported to have
appeared at Fall River, Somerset aud
Swansea, Mass., doing much havoc. Thev
have also appeared near Halifax, Nova
Dcoua. ,
A severe earthquake was felt throughout
the greater portion of Mexico yesterday.
In the city of Mexico the shaking lasted
two minutes, and, though little damage
was done, it is said that the buildings
"could not have stood much more shak
ing."
There was a severe thunder storm in
Boston yesterday afternoon, and the rain
fell iu torreuts, flooding cellars and doing
considerable damage to property.
At a police station in Charlestown tbe
water rose so high that the prisoners in
the colls " were obliged to roost in thoir
bunks."
A young' lady of Chester township,
Ohio, on her way home from church de
clined the escort of Willio Wells, aged 13
years, and accepted that of Everett
Decker, 20 years of ago. Wells waylaid
the couple and struck Decker on tho back
of the head with an axe, inflicting a fatal
wound.
Maggie Riley, of Bcllefontaino, Ind.,
sued David Harrington for $5, 000 damages
by reason of seduction under promise of
marriage. Harrington's defenso was sim
ple and effectual, being that the parties
were first cousins, and consequently could
not marryj as'Miss Riley knew.
me ltjcklisss khedivk.
Apparently Distrusted by Both Sides.
A dispatch to the Times from Alexan
dria says: "The conduct of the khedivo
causes much surprise. He has for tbe
few days allowed several parsons to be at
tuo paiace wno are well known to have
been intimately connected with- Arabi
Pasha. Tbe khedive apparently trusts
them ; but it may be he is endeavoring to
get them thoroughly in his power."
Arabi Pacha maintains that the bombard-,
mentof Alexandria was a hostile act to,
figypt,-ana contrary to tho rights of the
sultan ; and thafhe was fully justified by
law and by the decision of the council of
ministers in replying to the British fire.
The khedive, he argues, in accepting
English soldiers as a body guard, has
shown that ho considered the Egyptian
army as enemies. By international and
sacred law, he says, he has tho rizht and
duty i to defend the country, and the khe
dive's ofder to suspend military prepara
tions is analogous to the order of the Bey
of Tunis at the timo of the French inva
sion. . i
The trench on tbe Situation.
In the French assembly there was dis
cussion yesterday over the relations of
France to the Egyptian imbroglio Gam
betta maintaining that it was beneath the
dignity of a great nation to accept anaere
police mission. France, he said, should
intervene in the -Egyptian 'Question as far
as is required by her own interests in favor
of the Amrio-Fxcaoh noJicv. aa amnud tn,
the policy of a European concert, rr
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remarks of M. Gambett,-He contended
Wi AY
'rXlfic
hat the iatk)ofs4rtr SryiVmust be
taken mtoaceoaajs J& . . v ,
ine exeats MKumturwmmammm. was
ly votad far MDm nvrorto acaimst.
la tfcrTflfcimhiM af Tlaiailtei HI finhliit
minister of the brtsiior sad f iwrsfcift
viae to. a Baikal intenwHafcioat -
rmrtaMisaeat -or usntiai
for x!am..ttovd order ef-tae
day, pure and siroplei which was rejected
by a vote of 278 to 172. The chamber
AdoDted. bv a vote of 91 fi to 176. an order
e'fhedarbQtiletotbocreetido'ofa Cen-
tral Maine. In conseauence oftbese votes
an urgent summons was issued for a cab
inet council ' jM.jD. Freycinet has .placed
the resignations of himself ' and his col
leagues in the hands of President Grevy.
The latter'urgently begged them to with
draw 'their resignations. There is not the
'slightest possibility .that M. Gambctta will
do summoned to form a ministry.
P15BSONAL.
Ex-Sesatob Ramsey has been made
chairman of the Utah commission.
mrs. L.iNC0L:rs estate is 974,000, every
aoiiar Joeing in United States bonds.
Rev. Da. Jaxes Fbeeman Clabke has
beard Spurgeon preach, and says he
shouldn't care to hear him a second time.
John M. FnAKcrs, of the Troy Timet,
our new minister to Portugal, sailed from
New York yesterday for his post.
General Babmos, president of Guate
mala, arrived in Washington yesterday
morning, no will be formally received by
President Arthur to-day.
Genebvl Hawley is to bo permitted' to
receive "decorations" from Holland,
Japan and Spain for his services in con
nection with the Philadelphia exposition.
Judge Severance, of Mankato. Minn.,
recently returned his law library as being
worth $1,000 but the council said that it
was worth no more than $400. and taxed
the judge accordingly.
Ex Judge John W. Ryon and Jas. B.
Reiily will contest with Judge Pershing
for the Democratic nomination for presi
dent judge in Schuylkill county. Fifty
five of the eighty members of the bar,
witnout regain to party, nave signed a
paper indorsing Judge Pershing for re
election.
Ex-Governor Tom Young, colleague of
Representative JUutterwortb.or Cincinnati,
Ohio, having returned from the prize
fight in New York and resumed his seat
in the House, a quorum was yesterday ob
tained and a Democrat tumbled out to
make room for the colored corruptionist,
Smalls, of South Carolina.
President Arthur has some "sweet
things in socks." Stockings are reported
as being his weakness, and a correspond
ent writes that he has them embroidered
with silk in lilies and sunflowers, Rayons
ae souti, uiaxrc ae tune, Jfon au lac, etc.,
all dreamy, suggestive, and full of poetry
of color. His Marseilles vests are like
Mont Blanc's virgin snows, his' bandker-
Chielsare of the "woven wind" of tho
down eastern looms. Also, ho is a mem
ber of the Squibnocket club of Boston.
That settles it.
Patti," having been invited by Queen
Victoria to come and sing in the palaco,on
unviDg up to cue usual place, was some
what rudely repulsed, and her servant be
ing unable to discover the enterance to
which they were directed,she was obliged to
enter through the kitcheu door, and had
to pass through a number of underground
passages, to her extreme indignation. In
deed, she vowed she would not sing.
However, profuse and abject apologies
calmed her wrath for the time, but she
declared that nothing will induce her to
attend at tbe palace again.
Chauncey F. Black, according to the
Memphis Appeal, "it as unflinching a
Jeffersonian Democrat as his father, and
so far as abilities go is a chip of the old
block, aud worthy of his father. As a
lawyer and publicist, be stands among the
foremost in his state, and as a journalist,
the profession which he prefers and to
which he has given many of tbe best years
ot nis me, ne has no superior, lie is noted
among the writers for tbe press for terse
ness and vigor of statement, and the clear
ness and force with which he makes plain
to tne plainest wnat ne has to say on pub
lic affairs. With all this he is modest and
unassuming, and at his beautiful home is
a prince of prodigality as tbe dispenser of
a generous hospitality, in which he is
warmly seconded by his wife and cbil
dren."
FUN UN BAKU'S ISLAND.
Among the Merry Tacqnaaers.
Yesterday was visitor's day on Baer's
island, where the lucquan club is en
camped, and a great throng of the friends
oi the ciuo visited tbe camp. Tho mem
bers were put to to feed their guests, but
managed to entcitain them hospitably and
lavishly.
The event of tbe day was the laying of the
curuur smut ui cue pavilion, wmen was
aone witn aue lormanty, the occasion
being further signalized with historical
and dedicatory addresses by W. A. Wilson
and A. C Remoehl, esq. At 12 o'clock,
noon, in accordance with pre-arrangement
tbe club drank the health of their distin
guished member, Dr. J. P. Wickerskam,
minister to Denmark, who at tho same
moment was pledging tho health of the.
x uuquauero m iuo luiuces oi vopeunagon
with kings and nobles in copious drafts of
stout .Uani6h wine.
A great feature of the present campaign
was tho serenade on Tuesday night to
Major Reinoehl by a band of musicians
headed by that sweet singor,Mr. L. Haldy.
Reinoehl appeared at his cottage window
in au aesthetic i costume and in a brief
speech of execration frankly and forcibly
admitted that tho music was the worst he
ever beard.
XH8TATK COUNCIL. -
United America a Mechanics Second Day
' The state council of the Junior order of
United American Mechanics assembled
yesterday in Lincoln hall. Broad street
andFairmount avenue, Philadelehia. A
large number of delegates wore in attend
ance. G. Howell presided. He was as
sisted by 8. V C, H. Wells Buser. In
tho morning several important changes
were made in the constitution. Tho fol
lowing officers were then elected for the
ensuing term : State Councilor H. Wells
Buser. of No. 40 : S. V. C. H. J. Dell, of
'No. 12 ; S. O.'Secretary, Edward S, Dee-
mer, of JNo.. 8 ; . U. Treasurer, John W.
(Jalver, No. 3 ; b. U. Conductor, A. R.
Warren, No. 11 : Warden. H.A. Ensminff-
er. No. 32 ; Sentinels, H. P. Blythe. No.
30, John R. Dobson, jr.. No. 43 : Retira-
sentative to National council. John E.
Armstrong. No. 69. Allccrhenv Citv was
selected as the place for holding the next
anhnal session.
The treasurer's report showed an in
crease in the standing of the order during
the past year, and that seven new councils
were instituted in the state, mafcjng to-
wi oi 4v councils, with a membership of
7,800. During the year 837,571.97 were
received into the treasuries. There were
paid out for benefits, $802,01, leaving a
total surplus in the treasury of $65, 639.07.
There were only34 deaths among the
members of the councils in the state dur
ing the year. There were 151 representa
tives present and about 300 past officers.
To-day tho members will make a trip to
Cape May on the steamboat Repnblio.
Basebaii.
Yesterday the Ironsides baseball dab of
this city, paid a visit to1 MillersviHe and
Pyed a rattling good game of 'baseball
With the Normal club, on .the grounds of
the latter. Thn T.anraafnj. lnY. M. Ar
imoubyJbesOTrepf $'ty4i - -
mifm
Maine'
WHATS IN A NAME?
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'WewWaWS' X4T
There is no person better, and more
widely known through this part of Penn
sylvania than the gentlemanly and. pleas
ant manager of the Mishler circuit, John
DMishkf himself, and for that reason
we publish the following facts' concerning
the law suit which hrfaas had with the re
nowned and popular Dutch comedian,
Gob (Williams, who has been appearing at
Haverj's 14th street theatre, New York,
to packed houses for tbe last five weeks in
his neir play which he had the audacity to
name ("John D. Mishler One of-. the
Finest!" It is not positively nowa
whether Mr. Williams named the pty ish-
tenuosaiiy alter Managar Mishler, but it
was isb supposed by a number of Mr.
Mishler's friends, as he was at one time
proposed for the loaoeef captain-' of "the
Readieg police department, which ho
stoutly refused to accept. Gua Williams,
in his pew play, assumes the character of
a very, fastidious Dutch policeman, who
notwithstanding tho fact that h& is con
stantly guyed by members or -bis precinct,
is always iu a cheerful and fuuny mood,
wbichjmakcs the play a very comical one.
Now to come to a point; the following facte
must fce Btated :
Several years ago, when the Musnnerchor
of Reading gave their reaf masquerade
ball id their new hall, they proposed "that
twelve of its members should be dressed
alike as policemau to take the place of
floor managers. Mr. Mishler was the
captain of tbe squad and when the hour
came to unmask the policemen were drill
ed into the middle of tho spacious floor
surrounded by hundreds who had already
taken joft their masks. Thet signal was
given to tbe 8qdad.touuaaskrjmd as all
eyos ere strained to see who the captain
was who had drilled his men with such
precision, tbey beheld the person, to be
none ether but John D. Mishler. The
remark was then made that Mr. Mishler
was M ono of tbe finest " in tho squad. In
the following spring when the Repub-.
occurred iu the Readiug police force, Mr.
Mishler's name was mentioned by some of
bis friends, iuiluculi.il in politics, as the
succeeding ohief of, the, Reading police.
iiuuc. xoiug fcuuu in iue luiMiro uusiuess
bo stoutly refused the compliment which
his friends desired to bestow upon bim.
It is well known that tho above office is a
well paid, one. There is no club swinging
necessary, but many office duties which
require constant attention.
Gus Williams has made himself many
friends in Reading and during- his last
visit (there, after the performance of the
"German Senator," ho was invited out to
a supper whieh was given him by some
prominent members of tbe Americus club.
Duriag this banquet the incident of Mr.
Michler's nomination was mentioned and
from this many of Mr Mishler's frieads
inferred that Gus Williams had named bis
piece! This fact has not received publicity
heretofore, and was only divulged during
the trial. When the name of the play was
first 'made public Manager Mishler was
traveling with the Equino Paradox,' which
required all bis time and leisure moments,
consequently he was slow in forming a plan
to prevent Mr. Williams from using his
name. As a shrewd manager who always
has his wits about him, Mr. Mishler at
once1 consulted the celebrated lawyers in
New York, Messrs. Howe and Hummel, as
to the course to pursue and left the whole
case in their bands. When the first repre
sentation was given of " John D.' Mishler
One of the Finest," Messrs. Howe and
Hummel were present with instructions to
serve an injunction if ,tbe play.shouid
indicate, any objectionable features. So,
pleased and delighted were they with' tho!
result ot Mr. Williams' rendition of this
character that they immediately tele
graphed to Mr, Mishler, who was with the
horses at Wilkesbarro, that the play was a
'' great go '' and would score a big bit for
Williams and found' 'nothing to Inflect
upod his name. Mr. Mishler immediately
replied, " if tbe play is a go, will claim
percentage for the use of my name." This
was an eye l opener for Messrs. Howe
& Hummel, and they immediately
drew up papers to the effect, and
notified the manager of GusWilliami to
appear before them. When thomatter
was proposed to him ho refused to listen
to anything of the kind, saying, tha the
name which Mr. Williams selected for the
play was as distant to Mr. Mishler as tho
name of Adam, bnt Messrs. Howe & Hum
mel thought that Mr. Mishler had some
claim to Adam and gave .the manager to J
uuucratituu ujiibBUuro apecuj compruulltill
should ba effected, otherwise they would
restrain him from playing the new com
edy under its new name. This was no
easy matter for Mr. Williams, having al
ready given orders to three pf the largest
lithographic printers in America', amount
ing to over $15,000 for work which is said
to be the finest on tbe road the coming
season. This was surely a hindrance for
Mr .William, and after consulting his law
yers Mr. Williams decided to compromise
matters with ilr.Misblar by paying Messrs.
Howe & Hummel thirty-eight hundred
("dollars, and also allowing Mr. Mishler 2
jicr uem. oi tuc gross receipts or every
performance as long as Gus Williams
plays his comedy under the title of " John
Mishler One of the Finest." Mr. Mish-
ler also made a clauso in the agreement
binding Mr. Williams to a four weeks' en
gagement over the Mishler circuit. From
present appearances the new play is des
tined tp have a great run,'and if, such' is
the case Manager Mishler will reap a nice
income therefrom. After all there is a
great deal in a name. The police commis
sioners of New York havo secured the
services of Gus Williams aud his company
to give a series of benefits ibr the widows'
and orphans' fund of the municipal police.
Tickets for each performance are now be
ing sold all over tbe city by the guardians
of the peace.
JOHN SMITH.
An Alleged Lancaster Man Arrested in Pan
adelphta.
Three men eivine their names a John
Lennon, alias ateatins Homer,rDesxtpick
Rodgers. of 'Caicscb I afad1 John! SoiiSi.
one armed and colored, of Lancaster, Vera
arrested in Philadelphia yesterday on sus
picion that they were sneak thieves.
Lennon broke away from the officer and
fled, but was shot at, seriously wounded
and recaptured. He was taken to the
Pennsylvania hospital. On the person of
Smith was found a cold watch with the
ring wrenched off. He said he bought it
from a man for 25 cents. Rodgers had in
his possession a box of matches and a,
candle. Both men were locked up lor, a
further hearing. ' '
Kxcarslou Trains to Camp, Meeting.
On Sunday next the Reading & Colombia
railroad will run special trains to and from
Landisville camp meetingas follows: From'
Lancaster, King street station, at 8:25 and
10:10 a. m., and 1:45 p. m. Returning will
leave Landisville at 12:05, 5:10 and9:80 p.
m. Fare for the ronnd.trip 25 cents.
Accident.
Monroe Gable, aged about 11 years,-aul
residing at Neffsville,, yesterday fell from
a tree and alighted astride a' pale fence, J
one of the pales penetrating his groin and
inflicting a very serious wound. Dr. E.
H. Witmer, of Neffsville. is attending
.him
A- Serenade.
The Steyens band,- colered, serenaded
iu otcTcus muMs,' uuivrcu, aerenaaeo
ICU
IbeS
VOL
coloni
spdnse to the compliment.
COLUMBIA
N8WS.
R&wk ,4rr i.aI ttrjf dkatkai vJpmfonikmje
VamJer ashler KEtJm teJtA SimBpajaaa means of
txw Mm yMl: M mte&t -m Bonnh
byWS-n-Mli- tr
iceacer a Keporter.
Mr. John Madden's 6 month's old child
died last night about midnight. It will
be buried tomorrow at 2 o'clock.
This morning at 2 o'clock Mrs. John
Shillow died after a lingering illness, of
consumption -
Mrs. John Yeaklev has , returned from a
trip to Norristown and the sea" shore.'
-The Misses Katie and Sallie Gosslerafe
home from Cresson.
'Squire Young this morning discharged
Dennis. Keamejrarres.tedfor being.drnnk
and HiwraeaytonlLocustltreef yesterdiyl
onpaylientlf thi fine aai costs. T T '
Mrs. Myers Auerbach, formerly a resi
dent of this place, but late of Pauadel
which a leg was fished up at the canal out
let yesterday, has not bean recovered. It
probably floated down the river.
Joseph Cole and a Chestnut Hill man,
both colored! iadtJed in a flaticJBuosunter
ojff ifthf steftrtestery. Th
he fatter
received tbat for which be bad
not oar-
gained when he called " Joe" a chicken
a JO J IU '-
Tfce Circus aad Its IacldeaU.
The scene at the circus, yesterday, dur
ing the tornado, cannot be well described.
It was one of otter confusion and terror.
Every person seemed to have but one ob
ject, and that was to get out of the circus
tent. It .threatened to fall every moment.
There was no person' in it when it finally
came to the ground. In different parts of
town trees were overturned, windows
shattered and things generally overturned.
Thefitprm, fortunately, was going at such
a uumjiowk rate, mail uuu particular epui,
did not feel its effects for apy great length
of time. What damage was done in tbe
TounhCIsTeu&i)wnherel C !
iThoiowhoktfcnledBarrettfA Co.s eitcts
yesterday were much pleased with, the per
formance, cspecjaBy ilbki'et thAevealsg,
,whenfthe effects of the storm had been
ifdlly cleared' away. The denB of the ani
mals were in a much cleaner condition
than is seen generally-. 'a menagerie. (Ther
press agent, Mr, WUlia Cobb.' cawed many;
I friends here by hiageBil and genIenianly,
raanFspeialjquaUties. The: ciroushadja
fair attendance in the afternoon and was
filled in the evening.
, iA, number of sharpers, who .were in,
town yesterday, had the usual number of
victims. A dealer in vinegar, from Lan
caster, lost $15 by investing in cheap jew
elry.' John Kelly, of Marietta, is minus
16, because he took another sharper's
word, that a considerable sura i of money
was enclosed in a piece of paper with a
cake of soap. A countryman lost $19 on
the same game. Neither was tbe cup and
.ball man wanting, and he likewise v did a
fairbumess ' As fong as swindlers exist:
there will be dupes to support them.
A man connected with the circus was at
tacked' yesterday by John Banaw and John
Patterson' Banass was ' struck in the
mouth with'a'stone by the plucky circus
man, who defended himself right gallantly
against them both. A knife in the hands'
of one of his assailants sliced the leg of
his pants but did no of her damage tb him.
The "TowHillers" were not arrested1 as
they should have been.
William Schnapfs baker team ran away
twice yesterday at the circus grounds. The
first time the occupants, who were three
boys, were thrown out, and Harry Weimer
had bis leg badly bruised. The second
time the owner, William Schnapf, was
thrown from the wagon and bis head and
arms were hurt. Harry Schnapf also had
"bid arm and legs hurt by being thrown
'dAt. Mrs. George Dearbeck was struck
by the runaway, thrown down and one of
her arms was fractured. The runaway
was finally caught and quieted.. . ,
A man from Chestnut Hill; after) Deifeg
pummelled at John Scblegelmilch's saloon
On 4th street, yesterday, was then
thrown out into the street. It is. claimed
that he .was. .raising a, disturbance, but
whyhe should 'be beaten before being put
out of the saloon, is not apparent.
THE LANIMSVILX.15 CAKl'JtEETlNG.
'I j l"i -i 'V
Attendance
targe New Arrivals Cheap
This is the lareest'day.yst at (l
jzenrnoB JMie , v ' r r
the Laa-
disville campmeetlng, as the arrivals have
been heavier than IbefbretH Among those
wno nave come since our last report are
Presiding Elder Dickerson, Rev. Dr., Dob
bins, formerly of the Duke street church,
Lancaster, but now of Reading ; Rev. Dr.
'Roach, the eminent Brooklyn divine ;
Kev. L. B. Brown, of Middletown, and J.
W. Bradley, of 'Halifax, Dauphin county.
Rev. Hanlon, pf enigtoAN. J., came
this afternoon. The meetings are all
largely attended. Yesterday afternoon
Rev. R. W. Humpriss, of Columbia,
preached, r liking ,- bis f text from Psalm
xvh:i5l U rb ti'-nr '
In the evening at 7:30 Rev. G.G.. Rake-
straw, of Downingtown, ipondactedi the
services. His subject was ' Praise ye the
Lord, "from the 130th psalm '1st verse. This
'morning early prayer meeting was heldat'
b o clock and it was under the .charge of
Rev. B. F. Powell, of Lancaster. .Thefoae
at 8 by Rev. R. W. Humphries was largely
attendod. r (
' One of the finestfse rruoas of the mcetiog
was preached by Rev. J. Knox, of Kansas,
from 1st John, xiiii 17. The audieuca
was the largest yet and the services clo3ed
with au interesting prayeimeetipg.; ? j
Rev. Dr. HanladofiPenniagtdn, N, j.,j
preached this afternoon and Rev. J. W.
Bradley will bVheard this overling. . J
Little Notes.
A new feature of the grounds for the ac
commodation of tbe permanent residents
is a barber shop, which was opened to-
A number of Columbia bootblacks,
under the leadership of Joe Moorjo, are on
hand to do chores 'and polish shoes. ?
The rain was t very; light- at the samp
grounds yesterday and did not settle the
dust, ,nor interfere with thet services. Tbe -
air is quite cool aud pleasant today.
Tho crowd of Lancaster people is grad
ually on t tke,incfMeoj"j6fii;rdnny arrived
this morning. '
The Reading railroad will charge 25
cents for the round trip to Landisville,
from this city, on Sunday,
t Tho prospects are that Sunday will be
the biggest day ever known.
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FALL. Or A
UUILDING.
Narrow Escape or Workmen Janfl: Otfcetsj
Dor several days past workmen have
been engaged in tearing down the old
buildings ,Nos. 3 and 5 East King street.
This morning" about 0 o'clock the third
floor of the rear of No. 5. which had been
piled full of the debris from the reof and
the upper story, fell through tho 'second
story, carrying down that floor also the
entire mass falling to "tbe first floor with a
teirinc crash . Uuram Sebmeer, one or the
workmen was standing on the third floor
when it gave way and was cairicd down
to tho first floor. He scrambled out of the
wreck with unbroken limbs but pretty
badly shaken up 'auUcoVerred with dirt.
Several children were in the store floor of
the building gatheriBg'flrawaod' When thy
upper floors fell,' but' they all escaped in
jury.by beating a hasty retreat. The ac
cident caused' great ' excitement in the
neighborhood at the time.
Francis Delp," of "Neffsville, and Frank
VfUV4IWl V SS .VSJ , HMay
and skKkadvighfeasces of heavy wheat in
eighteen noun; a lewaays ago on a farm
in Manhehn township, near Nefl&rille.
MttMBRSYILLE.
THK'AJm UAL. COMMENCEMENT ..
5 ft- (H I r fc
? t9l-qWll wB AMw-A foil ,.
H saaainaafM'pCtkaCoi
rr aaaat Kxntcb&
Tae exercises of the Alumni association
of the state normal school at MillersviHe,
took place on Wednesday arWaooe, ia
the chapel building, where there had as
sembled a goodly -aadieaeat efcUpbstd'lJ!li I
moU.entiralj.of tt4tntM aad alamai nf
the institution; The number of the latter
returned to tbe scenes of thoir early
scholastic labors is quite large and lends
an additional feature Of Interest 'Id 'the '" '
exercises incidental to commencement
time.
'At two VckKletobd was well filled
with Miss arMuialOlbbons president,
"Miss Harriet I. Bruokhart secretary, Mr.
A. R. Byerly treasurer, aud Mr. Thomas
R. Baker chairman of the executive com
mftm .: Wtthraftas-lioac MialifWiJX rrA
Miss Gibbons delivered" the salutatory idV
dress upon "The Day and tbe Hoar."
Quoting the words ascribed to Robert
Bruce on the eve of Bannockburn, Miss
.Gibbons proceeded .to-pawt, in the
inostrvHid dplor4 Itiei ehL corrup
tion' and1 rottenness of- oar present
political methods and the urgent necessity
l$3ft?rJtt
system, corrupting the legislative branch
of tbe service and making. , the r executive. . , T
department or the adminiittatisV JmP
and powerful oligarchy, that has laid hold
of the liberties of the,poople and is stead
ily increasing its power over all
the affairs' of tbH nation. Mm Gib
bons graphically sketched the man
ner in which political conventions are
run, where the will of the fiosVaf oatafBO? "
tent and where his puppets go through the
mcAioMofWnUuatinx e clreiUat'l
his choice.' Mtllions-df -dollars' arttBwnJ
raised to put these men into tbe office, for
whicktherhajretbeen designated, to con
tinuatie reigrof fraud, profligacy and
dishonesty in "every department of the
public service. In the space of sixteen
years the expenditures of the navy depart
ment aaaownted e i tier . esosawus. earn of. r
$243,000,000, of which '818O.O0O.O00' were "
.spent during the six years prior to 1877.
Siese ngures argue that there was some
ing radially Wrong WitktkV aaStfnis
ttation of that branch of the service, and
tas a result of that immense outlay we have
a navf toatf he meanest republic of Sooth
America , could . blow out of the water.
Miss Gibbons instanced the campaign of a
PhlladdDbTmpnlilkjiarf Who in 1 attesptlr t
to be elected sheriff' levied ai'sssesamelt"''
of 840,000 upon the employees of the
almshouse, while the unfortunate , inmates
ui mat insiumiuD wero oyuig oi inatten
tion aud neglect and suffering for the
necessaries of life. Everyone recoguiaed
the portrait as that of Rowan,, ,He thea (
in a most caustic manner drew the pro -trait
of ttivmodernraoUtical Boss, a pro
dftyioa t Jthe)19VfTentury civilization
whose counterpart has never appeared
in the (history t of i the world., If-be
is a self-made man .he has laid the
foundation of his fortune by robbing the
helpleta; i perhaps ipowpcihaa been handed
down from father ,to son ; iaj either, .case
tbe traits of character.are much the same ;
in private life he is vulgar in his manners,
lowra,his instinets,.adTnnkafril?aTg am
bler and n debauchery as aTpubic mjaa he
is above measure overbearing,, hiatal,
tyrannical revengeful, rapacious and per
fidious ; moral ideas are to him as eolors
to the blind ; statesmanship behasaever
studied, knows no mora of than a Hot
tentot, Openly fidientca and despises!
"Practical politics "that is office-hunting
and office-holding are his field.
Though a blatarjt patrbtledoes notTesi
tate 'to affiliate with unrepentant traitors,
if by so doing h can keep his own faction in
power. Greedy both for money and power,
the only "crime that is a crime in his eyes is
resistance' to his tyranny; Such' resistance
hafmrbMnlfStttempJhflrdoMrnot hesi
tamlto threaten the afttt 'lnlpbriant busi
ness interests of ,the country, if the busi
ness men refuse to do his bidding. Per
fidy he openly bias for and richly reward.
The hiaa who dees 1M 'biddfagiay Moist
ing the most solemu pledges,, aed thus de- (
feats the choice of the people fonntbe
bighestoffice in their gift, is.rewarded with
place aad poW'erasxfiHhWsecomes a little
boss, imitates theworst vices of his mas
ter, ;arid is )'Jeo 'hhn apdblie iikmj, an
eyesore1, and scared to -moiety. S
r.Miss Gibbons then- iaaid,1thati leader -ship
is wanted it fs stiofa mSnteaddettS
Stevens and Janes Abram- Garfield to
whom we sheaM) look for it, and paid a
glowing tribute to the memory aad politi
cal virtues of those celebrated character., ,
The only way in which the pernicious sys
tem that sped the assassin's bullet and is
binding the natiod with! cbaini of I steel
can becle'stroyed 4. I the' adtptiofcofa
code of civ(il,serTicef reform in which ap
pointments 'w office1 'shall bo made with
regard to tbenecial, fitneM of the persona-.
vmmvr.f tt V" twj",?iw mi i
.! . J .-. I l-.I
itiuuo, itk iikj uuure uv
lertne tenure no for' iire'Or tMrmt?--
good behavior, andr.let, promotions be
rood
made in regular oro aft
made in reenter braei after the manner of
.the military branch of, the government ;
iljolitifal bsseameahS tii be deelarsd a fel
ony ana pnmsnaoie as such, now is tne
day and the hoar to win this battle of re-fo-snanl
thjsri)gg mjuit be kept up
until the national purity, fidelity and jns
tice an established et.prnaJlv. i i r -
V To'wordsofWiwBiiikQGilriUadded
words of, welcome and cordially greeted
the addience to the ekerclsesibf iaemestl'.'
inc.
Me nvAal fcfcJoitliLirJ snler the
leadership of J. W.Lansiegei-S satfg a very
pretty chorus, entitled: "When the Sum- .
mer Rain is Over, ,(l&qr D'Amore), and
then Miss Sarah H." Gilbert read an essay
on "The Faults of Culture." The young
'lady pointed oat the rocks that beset the
student in his search after knowledge,
chief and most dangerous among which
she designated that'falsvcaltare'wfeicb'ls'
often at the. expense, of the more excellent
gtt tfhfca-iity. Ji ia ftidlat as a
lamentable tfaot kboyHbatJ wnM culture
comes in it opens tbe door for faith to
go'onan the speaker deep ptsfed a i
growing tendency to make light of religion
!tft, miHte&Hirwti
wmemjtms raiseitanaiei id jipMn.
Ingersoll and his confreres were named as
the principal exponents of this pernicious
school ofthought Another fault of our
modern oultare is that it very frequently
doesn't know 'how to make itself useful.
Many peophj get a mouthful of education ;
very few, However,1 a0 f ull nteaK sPrHe.
selfishness and.alhcinm are of the culture of
our day, anstltldytalast be destroyed else
the light of a true and perfect knowledge
will.bum low' and eventually go out.
" Moonlight on the Rhino " (Neuland)
was nicely sung jfjt Miss (Cktments,and,
Mr. Baer, and then the ' president.' Miss '
fliKhAna. annonriaSilMtklt Mt.1 W. A.
'Campbell, class of '70, who had been ex-
tCbeu to deliver au uimw "
Duty and Our Privilsge,'" hod no arrived
and his absence was aaoxpiatned ; .this
feature 'of the programme wonMmfore,(
have to'be dispsassdwith
. f-lt 'i i r r
" The Song of tne
the
title of a song which was. charmlazlv
dered by Misses fMifef; LwrtS, XMA!
sanioro ana Mp.rjTj ? r rr?-,
s The president, MiMGibboas, announced
bership, and aba hsvimd . thaas - te partici
pate in a private niirmg bf the ' assseUv
Uon to he held at thai alosa': of the public
exercMmv This clsasd the twewTamme of
the day'.1 .".;.. ''' '"J ;i':r
lAttae private meeting of the
sociation, held 'snbssqnsaily,
as-
tbe"ooly
DiuineW'Oj.MUIiiei
nhe'elec.'
tion of the .folkywmg;
Fsideut,
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