, ajsaHhwastss .LANCASTER DAILY BOTELL1GEKCEK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1882. Lancaster ntellfflenccr. WEDNESDAY STONING, AUG. 2, 1883. The fete. The president's veto of the river and harbor appropriation bill is based on a solid foundation when he finds that " it contains appropriations for purposes not for the common defence or general wel fare, and which do not promote com merce between the states." If Congress undertakes to pay money for pur poses not authorized by the con stitution it is the president's duty to refuse his assent. Of course there is u diiTcrcnce of opinion between the president and the majority in Congress, relative to the constitutionality of the appropriations in this bill, since it is not to be presumed that any legislator would vote for what he conceived to be an un constitutional measure. Democrats gen erally, because they are strict construc tionists of the constitution by their faith, will not not be likely to disagree with the president's restricted view of the power of Congress ; and his veto will be a popular measure, even among those who do not trouble themselves with the con stitutional objection, because it is in the line of economy. Communities that lose the benefit of the vetoed appropria tions may complain, but the great mass of the people who pay the taxes and do have a plum in the bill will re joice to see that it is defeated. The veto speaks well for the president's back bone, as he lias been under a severe pres sure from politicians to oppose the mea sure. Whether his veto is prompted by his sense of duty or by the popular ap proval he expects, it is one for which he merits commendation. There is no question that in these omnibus appropri ation bills a great deal of the public money is squandered. Members of Con gress combine together on the " tickle me and I'll tickle you principle." and thus a majority is secured for a massed lot of appropriations which would not be had for many of them or their individual merits. The president does not point out the specific apppropriations which he (injects to and thus give us an oppor tunity to test the soundness of his judg ment, but it is fairly to be inferred that he oljecls to all there made for objects of only local utility and not such as the whole nation is interested in. The Stale TrcasHrj . There is likely to be a dispute and a law-suit between State Treasurer Baily and the bank at Franklin, Venango county, which has been involved in heavy losses by the defalcations of its cashier, Craft, who was the personal and political friend of Stale Treasurer Baily. Inlhienceil by these relations the state treasurer gave Craft for deposit in his bank $85,000 of the state mouey, of which the bank now claims that only $22,000 reached it and is set down to the credit of the state on its books ; that the other $(;::,000 was a personal loan from Baily to Craft, of which the bank had no cognizance, and for which it is there fore not liable. The state treasurer claims to hold receipts in the name of the bank, issued by Craft, for tiie (tntire amount. However the law-suit may turn out, it is plain that the system of checks on de positories, which lias heretofore been in use at the state treasury, has not pre vailed with the present management of it or the bank direction and the state treasury would not have waked up at this late day to the discovery that the " nice young man" who was cashier has left oue party or the other stick for $63, 000. The system which had been in vogue was for the auditor general to re ceive monthly from the state treasurer a sworn statement of where the state moneys were deKsited and also from the banks a statement, made under oath by the bank president, as to the moneys of the slate on deposit with them and an affidavit that no iuterest, bonus or con sideration was paid the stale treasurer for his deposit. A comparison of theso two statements by the auditor general would always show whether the reports of the. state treasurer and those of the banks agree, and by reference to the re lrt from the Franklin bank to Auditor fJeneral Lemon, the state treasurer could, in this instance have :iscertained whether he was credited with $S5,000 or $2:2.000 on the books of the bank. Tin: solicitude felt by the Democrats every where for good local nominations is relieved daily by the evidences of good sense presented by the action of the De mocracy in different localities. The nomination of Major John W. Walker, of the city of Erie, the other day, for the Legislature, in that close district, was a very fitting and strong one. He is ad mirably qualified for the post and has great popularity and strength as a can didate. In Clinton county, yesterday, the Democrats approved the renomina tion of ex-Gov. Curtin for Congress and he will most likely have little or no op position in the district. In Montgomery county, yesterday, where the Democracy were charged with the responsible duty of nominating a successor to Judge Ross they met it by choosing Hon. 1J.M. Boyer for their candidate. He is a well-equipped lawyer, an estimable gentleman and has the entire confidence of the people of the district. His popularity is attested by the fact that he was nominated by a vote of two to one over Mr. Rogers, a popular competitor, in whose behalf an active canvass was made, while Mr. Buyer made no exertion whatever to be nominated. Tu hue's millions in it the rain which has been falling steadily and copiously over the country. Here and there it has caused a slight flood with some loss of property, but the results have been uni versally beneficial. The corn was begin ing to turn up its leaves most piteously, and the tobacco needed rain sorely to make even a half crop. That Providence which ministers to our wants in due sea sou, has again been kind to the country, and the bountiful harvest of wheat and summer grains may yet be supplemented by a generous corn crop the backbone of our material prosperity. The Altoona Tribune hears " confus ing reports" about ex-Senator Wallace's attitude in the present canvass. The Tribune may rest its troubled soul in peace. Senator Wallace, like every other Democrat in the state will give his hearty support and large influence to the election of the Democratic state ticket ; first by assist ing in the thorough and effective organ ization of the party and then in the un wavering and steady assault upon the lines of the enemy, which will be made when the party has been thoroughly drilled and is ready for action. Rawle used to think Cameron's politics "damnable." He may get hack to that opinion. Candidate Rawle was about right when lie told Cameron his power must come to an end, it was only a question of time. The time and the end arc at hand. Why don't Beaver put on his 30G medal and display it when he displays;himself ? He must be either proud of it or ashamed of it. Whichever he is why don't he say so like an honest and courageous man ? The Democratic press of the state and many of the Republican organs commend Pattison's letter of acceptance as a model of good sense, and recommend Beaver and Cooper to take pattern. Some of the most prominent Republi cans in Lock Haven are opposing General Beaver's election. Among these are John W. Harris, late postmaster ;- W. Allison White, lawyer; John B. Lesher, hatter; George Weymouth, J. D. Stratum, A. J. Schuyler, Samuel Marsh, C. Linglc, and many others. Tns Democratic party, declaring against monopolies and in sympathy with la bor, seeking its protection, and in favor of the protection of the industrial interests of Pennsylvania, at this time do solemnly pro test against evils wJdch the policy and prac tices of the llepublicans by the insolence and long 2ossession of office Iiave brought upon the country. Democratic State Plat form. In a postscript to a private letter a work ingman at Howard, Center county, writes The Bcllcfontc Watchman as follows: " Though I have always been a Republican I can say that no better man than S. M. Clark lives in the state. We wore raised side by side, and we stood during our early school boy days, shoulder to shoulder. He went to the college from our academy and I to my father's trade, and I can say that I have an admiration for Clark as a compan ion, as a lawyer, as a neighbor, and as a man that will compel me to throw politics aside and vote for him. I do hope he and Puttison will be both elected. " Pattison was not present in Harrisburg at the convention which nominated him ; be never left his office in Philadelphia, nor was he for a moment upset or distracted by his nomination. Such self-possession in a young man not yet 32 years of age, nominated for the highest office in the gift of the people of a great state, is certainly remarkable, and his letter marks an epoch in the history of politics in Pennsylvania. The genius of common sense is the secret to success in business, and its infusion into the politics of Pennsylvania is what is needed to redeem the commonwealth from misrule, extravagance and corruption. A number ot tlic Stalwart organs seem to be terribly exercised over the fact that Pattison was born in Maryland, and did not come into Pennsylvania until he had arrived at the mature age of six. They have been relieved somewhat by the dis covery that Chairman Cooper was born in Ohio, and that Davies, the Republican can didatc for lioutenant-governor, was born in Wales. And what will they say now that it is discovered that the trustees of "The Pennsylvania State College" have just gone to New Jersey for a president, to re- doem that institution, if possible, from the condition to which It has been reduced under the management and control of Gen James A. Beaver, president of the trustees. With half a million dollars endowment, spending $30,000 of the state's money every year, it is a failure, and has now only one student pursuing a full agricul tural course. The Philadelphia Press, disposed to he a little captious, remarks : " Men don't take a farm hand for his good looks. He must be able to tell what he can do, whether he understands what is wanted of him and the like. How much more, then, is it ne cessary for the applicant for the post of governor to give some sort of credentials ? It is true that Mr, Pattison's last or pres sent boss gives him a flattering character, &c." Sensible men won't generally take a farm hand because he "can tell what he can do." They want him to shoie what he can do. Mr. Pattison's record speaks much more forcibly than he could speak for himself. The record of a reduction of a million and a quarter dollars per year in the debt of Philadelphia, as much in the department expenses, and the cutting down of the tax rate from $ 2.25 to $1.90, speak much more forcibly for Pattison than he could speak in columns of public letters. He finds his "credentials" in the fact that over 30,000 Philadelphia Repub licans voted for him after four years ex perience with him as city controller. His "boss" is the best interests of the whole people. He has rendered them such ser vice that they now call upon him to go up higher; to do for the state what he has done for its chief city. Political New. The president . yesterday nominated Henry Pease, jr., of Massachusetts, to be consul at Santigo, Cape Verde Islands. F. M. Darby, U. S. sub-treasurer at Baltimore, entered yesterday upon his duties, relieving Peter Negley, who had held the office twelve years. The amount on hand in the vaults, over $4,900,000, was found to bo " correct to a penny." Secretary Folger has appointed Michael Dadyto.be superintendent of buildings for New York city. The local election in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, held yesterday, resulted in the choice of J. S. Treat Democrat, for mayor by 111 majority. The Republicans have 3 majority in the board ot aldermen and 5 majority in council. ' The Democratic state convention of South Carolina met yesterday in Columbia, and nominated Colonel Hugh S. Thomp son, the present stato superintendent of education, for govornor. John C. Shop pard, speaker of the assembly, was nomi nated for lieutenant governor. THE LATEST NEWS- WHAT TUK MOKNIHG rAFEKS WUHO. The Crime, Casualties, ucatha and Disaster ot a Day. It is reported that there are now more than 400 cases of yellow fever in Mata lnoras. At Middletown, Dauphin county, Wm. Saville, aged three years, was drowned in the canal basin. Michael PUkington, a milkman, was killed by a train while driving his wagon across the railroad track at Newark, New Jersey. William Taylor, a barkeeper, was killed by a train at Lycoming station, near Wil liamsport. The National miniug exposition of Den ver was opened yesterday, according to the programme, with a civic and military UlSpiay. .IllllgO JYCWCJ UOillC mt ..- tion. Tim ormiunrnnrv nf Wpst Indian CniaU- Ainntinn watt celebrated vesterdav by the colored people of Chatham, Ontario. Many colored visitors were present irom different parts of the United States. George liadley, ins wiieanatwo imam wore thrown from a wagon by a runaway accident yesterday, at Weare, New Hamp-nhii-A. One nf the children was killed, the other seriously, perhaps fatally in- jured. An unknown man, wanting aiuug mo track of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & ... a. . T 1 Ol.li.H Baltimore rauroaa, ai Aiinwoou ouiuuu, yesterday, stepped in front of a train and was killed. Colonel R. S. Proctor, brother-in-law ol Gen. Beauregard, committed suicide yes terday in New Orleans. Ho was sixty years of ago. No cause, except ill hoalth, is assigned lor tne ueea. The American line steamship British Queen, arrived from Liverpool with 458 passengers. Among those in the steerage wero 82 Russian Jews and 100 Swedes and Norwegians. Brevet Brigadier General Simon F. Bar ofnoT nf tim linitAil States nrmv. retired. died 'on Monday, at Oakland, Maryland. Unaries iiauu, a yarumau iu tuo uutpiuj nf thn Western Marvland railroad, while arranging a train yesterday afternoon at Baltimore, was caugnc ooiweou iwo cra and crushed to death. Professor Housecan, of Belgium, is at Galveston, Texas, for tho purpose of ob serving the transit of Venus in Decenibor next. William Taylor, of Trout Run, Lycom ing county, was killed by tho cars on tho Northern Central railroad at Lycoming station on Tuesday. Patrick Gibbons and Patrick Girard, of Pleasant Valley, Lnzerno county, two thieves operating on the Lehigh Valloy railroad, were arrested at Wilkosbarro on Tuesday. They were committed to the county prison. Since the 1st of Octobor there have boon sold at Danville, Va., 22,214,000 pounds of leaf tobacco, at an average of SO .7.1 per 100 pouuds, against 25,128 pounds, at an aver ago of 9.92 per 100 pounds, for tho same .period of the preceding year. In an altercation at New Orleans yester day betweon William Walsh, ox detective under the Metropolitan police, and J. J. Ilealy, in which pistols were used. Walsh was killed. Healy, who surrendered him self, claims to have acted in self-defense. William A. David, second mate of the steamer Jfanme latum, was kuiou uu Monday night at St. Louis by Charles Wilson, a colored roustabout on tho same boat. The trouble arose about wages which Wilson claimed was duo him. David has a family at Memphis. Wilson lived at Wheeling, W. Va. Philip Rice, a contractor for railroad aud bridgo work, was shot and killed ou Monday night by a man named McNutt, at tho railroad camp n6ar Kansas City, Mo. Rico accused McNutt of stealiuga dress pattern from his wife when a quar rel ensued, and Mrs. McNutt gave her husband a revolver, with which ho shot Rice. Charles Rcdshirt and William Williams, negro railroad laborers, quarrelled over a game of cards near Sunbury on Saturday night, and in a light that ensued Williams received injuries that will probably prove fatal. The Oldest Negro Dead. The Galveston JVeww McKinney special says : Yesterday Adam A. Harmless, a negro, died at tho age of 120. He was perhaps tho oldest person in tho South. A Duel on a l'ublic Koad. At Mt. Sterling Ky., iu Powell county, Captain W. D. Gay mot P. Cran cher on a public road and renewed an old quarrel with him. Both mon finally drew pistols and shot at each other. Captain Gay was shot dead. An Attorney Killed iu SeK-detense. H. C. Sholes, an attorney of Fayotte ville, Tex., was shot and instantly killed by Herman Slapp, a young merchant. The killing is said to have been done in self defense, as Sholes had drawn a pistol dur ing an altercation. Slapp has been placed under bonds. No Chances for Sergeant Mason. . Thero is very littlo prospect for tho par don of Sergeant Mason, tho would-be assassin of Guitcau, during the time of the present administration, unless the president should act contrary to tho ad vice of Attorney General Brewster, who says that Mason's conduct was not only in violation of the law, but prejudicial to tho good discipline that is the main element of strength in tho army. Tho attorney general has no intention of recommending Mason's pardon. A Learned .Doctor. An iuqucst was held in the case of Ber tram Liugel, aged 48 years, of No. 4021 Sylvan street, Philadelphia, who died on Monday. The only medical testimony was a note from tho family pbysician, a gradu ate from tho University of Pennsylvania or the class of 'GO. It read : Philadelphia Aug th 1. 82. Ttv tins nnnerance ot the Bodv Bertram Lingcl dyed of Heart Diseas. lours iruiy A. Harsherger ( M. D.) Tim fnrcmnr t.hmicht this insufficient and the case was continued. AN EFFORT FuK FKKKDUM. llurglare Awatdng Transportation Nearly JCacape. Five prisoners confined in tho new jail at Belvidere, N. J., attempted to escape last night but were caught by Sheriff T3s.w&. rPI,Ar lmrl ltv uimA friA-ina flAAn able to dig through the ceiling of their cell into a small space between tho ceiling and the floor of the court room. It was supposed until tho discovery of their work that the ceilings of the cells had flagging over them. Once through the ceiling tho prisoners began cutting MirOUgU UIO UUU1B Ul MIO UVUI l 1 UU1U an the judge's bench and had partially suc ceeded when they were caught. They were removed to another jail. Three of the men were burglars awaiting a requisi- Unn tn faVft (liom in Htrandsblirfr. Pa. The tools with which they operated could not be found. A TKBBIULK CBIHK. Trying to Hide a KoDbery by Vlaclug a Man on a Uallroad Track. A lady returning to her home about 9 o'clock Monday evening near Ross station, Pa., observed a man stretched across the railroad track. She procured assistance and had him removed. He was uncon scious, but when brought to told this story : " My name is George Ringland. I work at butchering for Mr. Walfogle at Etna. On Saturday evening last I drew $40 doe me with the intention of taking it to a friend of mine in Hoboken, near the workhonse. I was in Skarpesburg on my way up between seven and eight p clock. After leaving Sharpesburg I was followed by four men, and when Bear Guyasuta station I observed them still aftst m and grew quite suspicuons and stopped. It was then getting dusk and the men disap peared. I then proceeded on my way, and when in the gravel cut near Ross station I was pounced upon by four persons who held me and snatched my watch and took my knife and pocketbook containing $40, and also seventy-five cents in change. When they let mo go I told them that I knew them, and would have them arrest ed. 1 was then knocked down, and they, I suppose, left me on the railroad track." Ringland pointed out Jessie Kleinfelter and George Altmeyer as two of the par ties who assaulted him. DR. CULLIS' MIKACLKS. Incidents of All Healing In the Faith Cure" Camp Meeting. At Old Orchard Beach, tho Faith Cure camp meeting, which is in progress under tho direction of Dr. Charles Cullis, man ager of the Consumptives' home in Bos ton, is attracting great crowds, and at tended with quasi miraculous phenome na. Yesterday was "all healing day," and all who desired to bo healed and had faith were invited into the tabernaclo at 2 p. m. No others wero admitted: More than G00 persons presented themselves 'at the appointed hour. Thoy were seated ou side of the tabernacle. In the opposite corner Dr. Cullis stood by a chair. Ono by one, in the order of the coming, the afflicted ones wero conducted thither. Dipping a finger of his right hand iu oil, Dr. Cullis laid his hand upon the head of each, uttering a brief, fervent prayer. From halt-past two till 5 o'clock the pro cession filed along. All ages wero repre sented, some tottering on crutches, some in invalid chairs, the dwarfed, tho crippled the blind and diseased. Those waiting employed the time in singing hymns and listening to addresses from clergymen aud others. A large proportion evidently bo longed to the class of semi invalids. Some came from the room declaring themselves perfectly healed. Numbers of men and women from all sections of the country aud of all stations in life testified to being cured of their dis eases. Ono old lady who had not walked a cfan ?n -.arnntv vnnrtt created A ffreat SCI1- sation by discarding her crutches immedi ately after Dr. Cullis finished prayer and walked from her boarding place to tho tabernacle. Three old gentlomcn who havo been lame for years were also appar ently made whole in the sight of tho as semblage. PKBSONAL. Cetewayo, tho captive South African king, has arrived at London. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has been given a vacation until September by tho city council, and will sail for Europe on Saturday next. Don Cameron is reported to havo yes terday familiarly patted Edward McPher son ou tho back. That sottles it. Mc Pherson is solid. Henrt Irving: will not visit America this year. He will wait until ho comes over to act here next year with Ellen Terry and his company. Lord Coleridge, the lord chief justico of England, will visit America next year by invitation ot the .New lorlc war asso ciation. Grant Ligiitner Mentzer, clerk of the firm of John S. Givler & Co., who has been paying a visit to his friends at his old home, Now Holland, today started for Cape May. Benjamin Harris Brewster, Uuitad States attorney general, has accoptod the invitation to deliver tho annual oration before tho New York State Bar associa tion at its convention in Albany, Septem ber 19. John M. Amweo, jr., son of Alderman John M. Amweg, formerly of this city, has left the stage aud accepted tho posi tion of phonographic private secretary to Bishop Simpson, with whom ho has boeu at Long Branch for several weeks. Sanders McCullougii, having become tired of the burden his extensive farming operations imposes upon him iu his ad vancing years, has concluded to sell his farms. They consist of three fino and highly cultivated farms of 240, 334 aud 16G acres, in Drumoro and Coleraine. Rev. Harry M. Kieffer, of tho Re formed church of the Ascension, Norris town, contributes to tho July number of Potter's American Monthly, a biographical and literary sketch of Rev. JohnW. Nevin, D. D. Tho article is illustrated with eight engravings, including a life-like portrait of Dr. Nevin. C. II. Notes has been nominated by the Democrats of Warren and Venango for state senator. Tho Republicans havo made bo nomination, and it is expected there will be a deadlock between J. W. Lee present senator--and W. S. Benedict, of Warren. This is counted upon by Demo crats, and thoy havo no doubt but they can carry the district in that event. Sena tor Lee will not yield, and it is said Cam eron will keep Benedict iu tho field to de feat Leo, even at the expense of his party. Tho nomination of Noyes will givo tho congressional nomination to H. B. Plumer of Venango. Mr. George Hencu, now a resident of Carlisle, will gather his family and many friends together at Centre Tannery, Perry county, on tho 10th instant, to celebrato the fiftieth anniversary of his establish ment in business at that place. Mr. Hcnch commenced then, as most men who have attained eminent success in business, with no capital but his industry aud integrity, and he is now not only a man of fortune, with a largo family fol lowing hissblamelcss example in life, but ho wears the shadows of his more than three score and ten winters as lightly as if he had yet a quarter of a ceutnry of it to live. Heaver at Chicago. Wilkealmrre Record, Rep. If Ttnaver had been a. strictlv honest and conscientious man he would either have rAnrflsnntAfl t.nn KAnMmnnl-. nt liis constitu ents or have declined to go as a represen tative. To accept the position of delegate aud then support his personal preferences m opposition co tne positivo instructions of his constituents, was certainly dishonest nnd xrnrrnnbi the infernnrn that he will practice the same deception on tho people oi i ins stale 11 uu suuuiu uu eiuuieu $;"' ornnr Tf lm rinsirns In PTnw nnd renra- sent his individual preferences he should remain iu a private station whero nooouy will question his right to do as ho pleases. A comedian Iu Tears. The other night as Mr. T. F. Thomas, comedian, was playing at Levantine's theatre in Albany, he received a commu nication while on the stage that his only child, a bright boy, was dying of cholera infantum. The merriment of the actor was abruptly checked, and ovorcomo by his emotions he broke down in tears, call ing to mind the lines in "Dorkin's .Night" : " I'm with you to-night ; you may think I am tight: lint I've a little boy dying at home." Arthur Want to Spend the Honey. riiU&uelphia Times. President Arthur to Congress: That river and harbor bill is a shameless steal ; I can't approve it unless you allow roe to control the stealings. If Congress should resolve to let Presi dent Arthur spend the river and harbor appropriation to suit himself, what a hur rah political campaigu we would have this year. THE WELCOME RAIN. GOOD FOR WKBTUUr CROPS. Some Damage From Flood la the Soiuhweat, A delightful rain has visited Urbana, Ills., and the surrounding country. This fact renders the prospect for corn more hopeful. Had the rain deferred its appear ance much longer, the drought would have proved very injurious. Corn is still in pretty good condition, although the recent dry weather was beginning to havo its deleterious cflects. Tho crop as a whole is very uneven, looking fine in sorao places but in others it is not calculated to afford the tiller much comfort. Tho oat crop is cut, but most of it is still in the shock. 1 ho yield on some farms is 50 and GO bushels per acre, ou others 2-3 to 30 bushels. Hay was even better than anticipated, and is cut and stacked. New wheat has been coming into market rap idly since tho harvest, which has had tho effect to lower tho price on the whole. Campaign county is rarely blessed with so abundaut a harvest. A dispatch from Paxton says : " A heavy shower, lasting for several hours and thoroughly saturat ing the ground, fell yesterday and greatly improved the corn prospects of tho section. Small grain and yielded bountifully, and most of it is already harvested in fino condition. With favorable weather from this time forward we will havo a full half crop of corn." A Morris dispatch says the rain for the past twenty-four hours has been falling in gentlo showers, dropping thousands of dollars into tho poclcota of tho farmers or that vicinity, whose corn and glass were suffering for want of rain. At South Elgin most of the day yesterday quite a heavy rain storm prevailed. The rain fell steadily and no hail or heavy wind attended it. The most of it soaked into the ground as fast as it fell. The rain storm was a welcome ono and will do much good to corn. The farmers have had excellent weather for securing their crops in good order. Most of them havo finished haying with the exception of wild hay. Oats harvesting has been begnu by some, aud nearly all will bo in this week. A much needed rain fell at Strcatcr Monday night. Corn was iu great waut of rain, and espe cially on the highlands. Haying is pro gressing finely. Oats arc nearly ripe, and will he a heavy yield. In Minnesota. At St. Paul, Minn., tho weather con tinues foggy and damp, with frequent rains, and some uneasiness begins to be felt for tho coming harvest. Barley cut ting has begun, and the grain is suffering damage from tho wet. Wheat has not suffered so far, as tho rains havo not been heavy enough to lodge. Tho cutting has not yet begun, but tho crop will be icady for harvest in about a week. Corn is growing rapidly, and shows a daily im provement. Tennessee's Ureal Harvest. Tho commissioner of agriculture for Teunef:-2o reports that tho average' condi tion of the crops on July 25 was as fol lows : Corn, 133 per cent.; cotton, 85 ; tobacco, 107 ; sorghum, 113 ; millet, 10G ; Irish potatoes, 131 ; sweet potatoes, 108 ; apples, 129 ; peaches, Hi ; oats, 1C0, aud peanuts, 95. A Disastrous Flood. Shortly before noon yesterday the Lick ing river at its mouth opposite Cincinnati, began to rise with alarming rapidity. Tho rise from above came out into the low water of tho Ohio with such vehemence as to cause great damage. It was impossi ble to keep barges tied along tho bhore because of the angry flood. Everything was swopt from Swift's Landing, includ ing 10 barges of coal, 10 of coke, one of stone, and an empty barge. Daniel s coal fleet suffered the loss of 10 barges, four of which struck tho pier of tho railway bridge and sank. Gatchcll lost a boat-lions j. Charles Spinks lost a boat load of cinders and two barges of ntoucu. Lebronsomer lost ono empty barge and ono float. The hull of the old steamboat Champion No. G was torn from her moorings and sunk. The boat house of Charles Forbes, with a number of skills, was carried down the river. Tho pleasure boat May Bee and coal boats from Block's aud from White man's landings also were swept down the current .and Livcsey's saw mill lost a large number of logs. Tho river has risen over 25 feet aud is ruuuiug out with gicat fury. The total damage is now estimated at $100,000. It includes -14 coal boats, barges, floats, .Vc, aud a few stoio floats, and slight damages to the steamers Vint Shiuklo, Beu Franklin aud Jennie Camp bell. Tho river is still ruuuiug out heav- iiy. At Falmouth, Ky., the two brauches of tho Licking river rose 40 feet. The storm was unparalleled. The damage to ciops cannot be estimated. Around Loxitigtou the storm caused great damage to the tobacco aud corn crops. -Small streams became torrents and swept away crops, bridges aud fences. The Maryvillo branch of tho Kentucky Central railroad has been unable to run trains, so many of its bridges beiug gone. i SOAIK SKHSAXlflNS. Striking Kvents at llomo aud Abroad. It is proposed to build an underground railroad in Paris. The oo-it of 1 ho con struction is put at $30,000,000. July has taken the place of April in London as tho month in which the lau guage of umbrellas is most expressive. A Wisconsin boy won a wager with a play mat o by holding his foot longest on tho rail ahead of a locomotive ; hut he will hobble on crutches the rest ol' his life. A good farm in Indiana has been allow ed to run weeds for five years, because of a belief that it is under a curse ( the for mer owner whoso ghost walks tho fields at night, and would make it unploasant for a tenant. Young Louis Fritz, of Kennedy. III., undertook to bathe in the forcbay of tho llouring mill at that place. He was drawn into and through a turbina water-wheel, which loft barely enough of his body in tact for a coroner's jury to identify. A letter from the little daughter of An tonio Mcnz, of Jersey City, dated Nord stetler, Sweden, closed with the words : "Please don't steal, papa." The admoni tion was unheeded, for Mcnz, on tho re ceipt of tho letter, was imprisoned for stealing a cow. There is an American colony iu Berlin, including two hundred native born mem bers. About fifty of theso arc students at the university, at the veterinary school and at the conservatories There are also many German Americans who belong rightly to tho colony. The Paris Galois now comes forward with the statement that General Skob eleff poisoned himself with digitalis to es cape the dishonor which threatened liim consequence of certain revelations which implicated him iu the Nihilist plots. The storios about Skobeleff and Garibaldi are beginning to seem startling. It was thought that Georgo K. Proctor, a wealthy citizen of Salem, Mass., died of a paralytic shock, and the attendants upon the Masonic fuucral ceiemonics were shocked when tho coroner entered aud removed tho body to tho morgue. But an autopsy revealed a bullet hole iu the back of the head, and a search in tho dead man's cellar resulted in the discovery of the pistol which fired the ball. The mystery issp unsolved. Wire Fence 'as Telephones. New York Herald. Some observing genius has suggested that tho loneliness of home life on the Western prairies, where farm houses are often miles apart, may bo alleviated by a general utilizing of fcnie wires for tele phonic communication. As in sonio sec tions of tho country all the fences are of wire most of the ,4 plant" for several pri vate telephones is already in pos session of every farmer, so only terminal fixtures are necessary to a freo interchange of gossip between families that are too far apart for neighborly calls in bad weather. Tho plau certainly has attractive fcatnrcs. If it was adopted the farmer's wife when so tired of tho monotony of home life that she can get no comfort indoors except by, slapping tho children aud pecking at her husband, can drop into a rocking chair near the tele phone and ehat as cheerily with a dis tant neighbor as if she had never had a trouble in her life. Then sho could givo her husband a chance and let him swap horses and exchange crop prospects with the "boys' at the nearest village store. Aside from its convenience such a tele phone would be a great educator, for when iu use by the gentler sex it would do what society rules have always been unequal to it would compel women to talk one at a time. A VIFKS COSifKSsION. Four llablcs ltorrowed to Deceive Her Hiih banil. A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., to tho Prtss concerning the story of four spurious babies, icpublishcd in yesterday's Intelligencer says : John Scarlett, the quasi father of tho olfspring of almshouse mothers, is highly respected, and is rather well-to do finan cially. His homo is on Jacob street, a very respectable thoroughfare iu the southern portion of the city. Tho house, which is a two story brick, stands mi Iho street. When your reporter raug the bell it was answered by a servant, who showed him into a parlor, which was neatly, but not gaudily, furnished with several lino pi hits on the walls and a piano in the corner. In a few moments tho woman entered. Sho is about thirty-two years of ago and rather delicate iu appearance. In reply to a qncstiou as to tho nature of your reporter's business ho informed her of the diselosuies made concerning tho deception sho had practised ou her husband by presenting him with three or four bogus babies obtained from the Phil adelphia almshouse. When theso words were uttered she became deathly pale, tottered and fell fainting to the lloor. Tho visitor raised her to a sofa aud threw water in her face. As aho recovered from the swoon and tho full gravity of the revela tion dawned upon her, sho hurst into tears. After becoming moro composed, in ic ply to questions, she gave her story :;nb- stautially as follows : " I have been mar ried over twelve years. . My husband has always been anxious to havo children. After wo had been maiiied for some jears he would often express his i egret that we had no littlo ones. While on atnpKist to mv mother's house I told her of this, aud at her suggestion wo went to the Phil adelphia almshouse. This was on the 29th of February, 1 870. I took a littlo one from that institution aud adopted it us my own and wrcto my husband that wo had been messed with a child. 1 gave it the best of care, with my mother's assist ance, for I grew to love it, but it pined awav and died before I left tho city and was buried there. Soon afterwaid I re turned home, and being in delicate health, my husband naturally believed the word I had written him, and together wo mourned for the little oue. " Tho next year I went East again, and through the assistance of my mother I seemed an inf.mt fiom the Foundling Home at tho corner of Seventeenth and Filbert streets. It was ;i beautiful little boy, towaid whom my motherless heart went out at once ; hut 1 had hardly learn ed to love it when dealh again iuteivcncd and claimed it, and I was :ij,in left alono." This is only the substance of what Mrs. Scarlett said. No words can convey tho sadness of her manner, nor describe tho tcais which frequently interrupted her convocation. She continued : "My husband being still dissatisfied, the following year I again visited Philadelphia, aud from the home there secured a bright, cunning little one, who is now live years old. On it I havo lavished all my affection ; I havo watched over it in sickness ami in health, and cared for it as fondly as though it were my own. In every respect wo havo treated it as onr offspring, and it would break my heart to have it taken from me. My husband loves it fo dearly that ho will hardly suflVr it to be out of his sight, and I know I c mid not love it more, were I its truo mother.' The girl is a pretty little child and was dressed with the utmost nearness, and her whole appearance indicated that she was cared for with the. greatest kind ness. Kissing tho little one and sending her from the room, Mrs. Scarlet turned to the reporter and said : "Can they take her away from me ? She is all I have. I could not live away from her. Her father idolizes her. Do you thiuk thoy can take her away 1" When assured that this could not ho done she became moic com posed, and earnestly pleaded that she might not be exposed. Mr. Scarlett is htill in ignorance of the fact that, he is not the father of the child. THE 1. .11 to It TKMirmKS. Around tlio t'uinUorlniio Coal Keum. Wm. S. Jacques, president, and E.J. Sterling, vice picsident of the Hew Cen tral coal company, visited Lonaconing Tuesday to look into niattciti at Koontz mine. Twenty carpenteis are at work on the new building, and four more police went down, making tho number on the ground fifteen. The visiting party after wards went to Camp Mayor, and returned to Cumberland iu the evening. Superintendent Sinclair, of tho New Central company, has obtained authority from tho other companies to n:pic.-cnc them at another convention of mineis to bo held shortly, the basis of negotiation to bo ten hours' work. It i. undcrato.i.1 that tho companies will offer fifty eeut.'i on tho above terms. M. Wonn and Jhu Her man, two boys, living at Eckhart, went to work Tuesday iu the camp, oue at the dump and the other on tho cars. Wonn is 19 and the other 13 years. Both were hooted by boys, who threw stones at one of them. Six new men from Cumberland have ai rived at camp and foity old miners. Americanized loreignors, arc expected in a few days from Pennsylvania. The out put at Eckhart to day was 575 tons and at Hoffman 200. The George- Cieek coal company to-day issued notices to quit to six of the miners occupying the company's houses. The convention of Amalgamated iron workers was welcomed at Chicago, Tues day, by Mayor Harrison. President A:ir rett made a brief speech, and Mr. A. M. Carpenter, of Springfield, III., urged the necessity of oiganization, and jtointed out the benefits to bo derived from tho work ingmen taking au active intcicst and pait in politics. The association then went into secret session. Tho hands at Charles Keighlcy's ex tensive shoe factory at Vineland, N. J., struck Tuesday. They demand the rein statement of two females operatives who havo been discharged for becoming mem bers of the Knights of Labor. Tho annual convention of tho National Brotherhood of carpenteis and joiners has began i:i Philadelphia. m m - A ew Finn. - Captain John P. Wcisc, lato prison keeper, has bought an interest iu the Sprechcr house on Dnko street. He aud Harry Copland, tho present proprietor, will contiuue tho business, and as tho firm is a good one they should do a larpe busincs'. LUNATIC'S CATECHISM. HOW THE IDIOTS TALK. latcrrogatloaa Adapted fur lse Among Lunutics, Id lot and Maniac of all llegrees. Q. See this beautiful brick Buil.liug ! Do you know what it is ".' A. O, yes ; It is an Insano Asylum. Q. By whom was it built ? A. It was built by tho Poor Director. Q. Did they build it at their own ex pense ? A. O, no ; They built it at the expense of the taxpayers. Q. For what purpose did they build it and why do they exist. A. They have several purposes : First, they havo to please the Polical Bosses who want to Control tho Purchase of Bull Beef, and Pork aud Flour and other Sup plies, so that they can inako a Divy. See ond, they want to get lat Positions for their Friends ; aud, third, big Divies and Dinners for Themselves. Q. Why are they called Poor Direc tors? A. Because they are very poor imloeil. 1J. Do Poor Directors direct ? A. O, uo ; they are diicctcd. Q. By whom arc they directed. A. By tho Political Itossos to whom they uwe their Election. IJ. Who is that pions looking gentle man who bows s. gracefully to tho Pool Directors'. ' A. He is the Superintendent. (J. AVhat does ho Superintend . A. He superintends tho drawing of his Salary and the big Dinners prepared for tho Directois. (1. Who arc those four handsome men with round Bellies and red Noses '.' A. They are tho four paid Doctois of the Asylum. Q. What arc their Duties? A. To ride out to tho Asylum, look at the Tongues of tho Lunatics, ulmko their heads and order them Medicine. Q. Do they Cure their patients ? A. O no ; they Jet 'em dio. (2. What do thoy do with tho dead Bodies? A. They call in the Coroner and hold inquests ou them, and chop them to pieces to find out what was tho matter with them. Q. What does tho Coroner do? A. Ho smoke.u,and draws his Fees, and tho jury fees, and feels happy. Q. Who aro thoso miserable-looking Creatures who aro peering through tho Iron bars that are placed across tho win dows of tho Asylum ? A. O they aro of no account ; they aio only Lunatic.?, and Idiots, and Maniac?, who occupy the cells or the Asylum. Q. Aro them many of them ? A. (, yes ; a great many that yon can not see from the outside, because they are chained or confined in straight-jackets, or aro lying Helpless ou Hard cots or Dirty doors. Q. Aro these poor eicaturcs attended by nurses ? A. O, yes ; the Lunatics are nursed by other Lunatics the Iiliols by other Idiots and tho Maniacs by other Maniacs on tho principle that " like liken like." Q. Do any of the Insane eer git well ? A. O, no ; they die off liko Hotteu Sheep. Foui teen ot" them havo "gono to tho Lordy' within a fortnight. The Motto above the door of tho Asylum is : " l'o enters here leaves Hope behind." (. And what will become of the Bosses and Poor Directors and Superintendents and Doctois and Nurses, when all their patients shall have Died ? A. O, there is a place " prepared " for them, but since the " ic vised version " has come into use it is called by such a haul name that I cannot pronounce it. TUK KKSKIIVOI K OUTRAGE. Tin-. KiilliansSlill at Large Arrest or Mn rwi' M oilier. Mis Lizzie MeCIanen, (he simple minded rirl who was so terribly abused by a gang of roughs, on Saturday night and Sunday morning, remains at tho hospital in a very low and nervous condition, though much less violent than when she was first taken there. None ot her assailants except Wm. Monroe havo yet been ai rested, though the police conlinuo to s-areh for them. Mullen, Gilchrist and Tammany, all of whom were implicated, it is said, weie seen running towards the Conestoga. along the same route by which tho Bu. .arils and other jailbrcakcrs escaped pome time ago. Mr:;. Monroa, the mother ol Wm. Mon roe, who lives next door to the McClarreus, was arrested last night for drunken and disorderly conduct, she being charged with vilely abusing the McClarrens and other neighbors. Alderman Samson com mitted her to jail this morning for livo days. A Missing Itojr. Fiedetiek Shcridau, a lad aged about fifteen years left his home at J. S. Iiohrcr's East Lampeter, a few days ago aud ha not .since been heaid Aom. He had uu coat on when he left home, but wore dark striped overalls and a dark slouch hat. The hoy was apprenticed to Air. Hohrer by the managers of the Children's home. His mother, it is said lives iu this city, and it is possible the boy came hero to !ii:i! her, a he was seen on the turn pike a short distance east of this city. Any information regarding him will bo thankfully received by Mr. Hohrer or the chief of police of this city. Since the above was in type, the where abouts of tho boy has liccn ascertained. Ho came to town to see his mother, and claims th.it he left because he was abused by Mr. llohier. His mother says he shall k not go back to Mr. Rohrer. '2rli llowu the Susquehanna. - Ilai'ri.ihitr!' l'atriot. Messrs. V. J. Balbant and G. Wright, of New Hamburg, New York, m the head waters of tho Susquehanna, arrived at Harrisburg yesterday afternoon, iu a neatly built pleasure boat named " Idle," ou their way down the river to Chesapeake bay. They used two pair of sculls, and were provided with a tent, an axe, two provision blankets, a number of gum blankets, etc. On account of tho rain they moored their craft near Ed. Poist's boat honso below tho water works, and took lodging at the Franklin house. They have been out nearly a week aud enjoyed their trrp thus far very much. J'ocket I'lcked. Mr. Kichard Baer, formerly of this city, hut now a resident of Charleston, W. Va., had his pocket picked of about $"0, while tiding on a crowded ferry boat between Philadelphia and Mount Holly, X. J., on Tuesday. The thief adroitly cut open .Mr. Bair's pantaloons over his pocket, and absti acted the wallet in which tho mouey was contained. Mayor' Court. Only two case.- were heard by his honor the mayor this morning. An old fellow badly parylized, and having both his oyen bunged up, was found by the chief of po lice in a very drunkon condition. He was committed for 30 days. The other was a young man, also drunk, who was discharg ed ou payment of costs. Civo Ball for Court. Henry Green, colored, was artested about a week ago, on the charge of bur glary, preferred by Wm. McFall. who alleged that he entered his house and stole a quantity of tobacco. Thin morning Green was taken before Judgo Livingston on a writ of habeas corpus and ho fur nished bail iu tho sum of $500 to appear for trial at the August court. -A I U I
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