LANCASTER DAILY INTELLiaENCEB, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1882.
jcamdstn Hurlliflenrn.
TUKSDAY KVBNINO, AUO. 8, 1883.
Usfraiir-lLeglsIatles.
Congress adjourns after a very long
session, which has not been fruitful of
good works. It would not be easy to
yoiut to the profit which the country is
to reap from the labors of the session
The record for the eleht months is very
barren. The tariff wanted revision and
did not get it ; but a commission has
been appointed to consider what should
be done about it. Perhaps the commis
sion will find out, and perhaps not ; a
reasonable opinion anyway would be
that Congress might as well , have deter
mined the matter without a commis
sion's help. If congressmen were fit for
their places they surely should know
enough to legislate wisely upon questions
of taxation ; and they are questions
which should be legislated upon
promptly. In the expiring hour of the
session Mr. Robeson sought to obtain
for his party, which bears the responsi
bility of the legislation, the credit of a
desire to reduce taxation. lie offered u
bill which he declared had that purpose.
The same bill was pending in the Sen
ate. It was a bill which relieved those
who did not need relief and continued
their burthens upon those who should
be helped. It was not a Democratic
measure and failed to receive Demo
cratic support.
We do not recall anything that Con
gress has done that has been of more
account to the country than its dealing
with the subject of taxation. The House
has been especially ineffective and slow.
.Senator Plumb, complaining of its action
uon the appropriation bills, said that
notwithstanding the department esti
mates had gone before the House com
mittees in the beginning of the session,
no important appropriation bill had
reached the Senate until nearly the close
of the fiscal year; the legislative bill
came to the Senate on June 10, and the
naval bill not until July 13, which was
thirteen days after the date on which it
was to take effect. The Senate has very
good reason to complain of the time the
House gives it to consider these import
ant appropriation bills and to threaten
hereafter to take into its own hands the
origination of them. The House has al
ways claimed tho privilege of originat
ing the appropriation bills, but does not
seem to have any exclusive privilege on
the subject, and if it can work no faster
than it has at this session, it shows itself
unfit for the exercise o." the power. But
this House is hardly a fair sample
of tho efficiency of the lower
branch f Congress. It has been
afflicted with a miserable speaker
aud nearly as miserable leaders on tho
side of the majority. It was uot to be
predicated that any useful, speedy or
diligent work would come from a body
presided over by Keifer and led by
Robeson.
The measure for the retirement of the
officers of the army is a fair sample il
lustration of the works of this Congress.
That bill was introduced and passed to
increase the efficiency of the army by
putting its inuup-iblc officers on the re
tired list. What it really did was to
leave the incapable officers on the active
list aud to retire all the capable ones
that are over sixty-four years of age.
The army is not to suffer hereafter from
the incapacity of age; hut an officer
without arms and legs, or crazy as a bed
bug, still retains his place on the active
list and is supposed to do his work. In
fact, however, he is absent " on leave"
aud his labors fall on one of his fellows
ot iL-iiiiiwi unuone. inc law re
tires him, but at the same time limits
the retired list to 400; and the gray
beards whom this Congress rushes into
it fill it to overflowing. It was very
easy to have this embarrassment to the
service and to make the bill what it pur
ported to be, a measure to increase the
efficiency of tho army; it only needed to
provide room for tho retirement of all
the iucapables ; but Congress was unequal
to the effort. Its great work was the
river and harlxir appropriation bill. It
passed this with decision and great
energy. It passed it over the president's
veto and over the unanimous objection
of the country ; and by this work, as by
nearly all its work, is condemned.
We are of the opinion that the average
efficiency of the police force of this city
is not what it should be. Tho work of
the force often fails to be what it should
be. Probably every city suffers from in
efficient, lazy, stupid aud cowardly
policemen ; and probably Lancaster's
experience is general. At the same time
we would like to have it special. We
know we have a mayor who attends to
his duties zealously and intelligently,
aud that the fault is with his instru
ments if the police work is not well done.
It is not at this date especially that we
have had cause to complain of our
policemen. It has always been so. We
know that our town would never have
suffered to any extent from incendiarism
if its policemen had always been intelli
gent, zeaIou3 and brave. Our comment
to-day is especially excited by the really
ridiculous conduct of tho police search
forMcMulIeu. Tor a week this search
has been supposed to exist ; and for
a week the boy has been around
the town and has several times
been within the reach and under the
very noses of policemen. They have
been told where he was, and baveap
proached bis hiding place so stupidly or
timidly that he has slipped away from
them. The last time was yesterday. On
Sunday the young man disported himself
in the waters of the Conestoga with other
boys of the town. On Monday the
mayor was told where he was. Three
policemen were detailed for his arrest.
They march out to the place in High
street and stumble around in the neigh
borhood until the lad is warned, and
arrive at the house in time to see him
fleeing from its back entrance over the
adjacent fields. Perhaps these star bear
era were only stupid ; but perhaps they
were cowardly as well. Either way they
did not show themselves fit for their J
duty. J
It is uow- stated by a dispatch from
Chicago that Hilgert, the absconding sagar
refiner, forged acceptances on -merchants
in that city to the amount of $00,000.
The Senate yesterday confirmed General
U. S. Grant and William H. Trcscott to
be commissioners to negotiate a commer
cial treaty with Mexico.
Tub president has Biguod tho acts pro
viding for deductions from tho tonnage of
American vessels, relating to the registra
tion of trade-marks, to cbtablish diplomatic
relations with Persia, for tho relief of the
executors of John W. Forney, and to cor
rect the error in the revised statutes relat
ing to knit goods.
According to tho St. Louis Republican,
he intrinsic value of the bronze medals be
stowed upon the Old Guard of 300 is about
thirteen cents apiece. They arc made of
some cheap composition, and enclosed in a
thin covering of bronze, on which the fig
urehead of Grant and the other devices arc
stamped. Is this the reason Beaver does
not wear his medal when he appears in
public ?
In Altooua tho other night, Charles S.
Litchman, organizcr-at-largo of the
Knights of Labor, declared, "If the report
be true that I have read, that one of the
political parties of your State relics for its
hope of success upon its ability to purchase
the votes of workingmen, I say it is a
shame and disgrace upon every man who
thus sells his birthright." Since the ex
posure of his plot, Chairman Cooper is less
boastful of his Miecess in getting 70,000
Democratic workingmen to help elcet
Beaver.
Tiik total value of tho foioigu commerce
of the United States during the fiscal year
ending June 30th last, includiug both im
ports aud exports of merchandise and
specie, amounted to$l,56G,859,45G,agaiust
$1,075,024,318 during tho preceding fiscal
year showing a decrease of $108,164,8G2.
Duriug the last fiscal year there was an
excess of exports over imports of gold and
silver coiu aud bulliou, amounting to
tG, 9 10,180, against au excess of imports
over exports during tho preceding year of
$91,1GS,G50.
Wo reprint to-day from tho columus of
tuo Now York Herald a resume of tho
political situation in this state that has a
timely interest and practical value. Tho
plan of tho Democratic campaign as indi
cated by the chairman of the state com
mittee presents features that aro sure to
win the hearty co-operation aud approval
of party workers in every section
of the state, and aud the active and aggres
sivo campaign foreshadowed in Mr. Hcn
scl's utteracces to the reporter bodes no
good li tho demoralized cohorts of the
opposition. What is said about tho Labor
vote and of Cooper's iusolent boast of
manipulating it it to theJDemocratic detri
ment fairly expresses the honest sentiment
of tho party with regard to that important
element. Because tho workingmen were
secretly betrayed four years ago it doos
not follow that with tho insult of the
Cameron chairman still ringing in their
care they propose to allow themselves to
Imj made a catspaw in the present cam
paign. That Hinder is burnt, and the
workingmen have learned a valuable les
son.
Mi:. Daxiei. Westekcott, was so over
come by exasperation and the weight of
' blighted affection " that came crushing
down upon him in Philadelphia the other
night, when tho youug woman ho had
been 'bittiug up" with showed him an
engagement ring which au other admirer
had giveu her, that ho straight-way went
off and took a big dose of laudanum with
tho avowed purpose of ending his life.
Persons skilled in affairs of tho heart state
there was unfiling uncommon in this des
leralo actiou of Daniel's ; but viewed from
a practical standpoint there seem" to have
been a score of hotter expedients by which
ho might have soothed his wounded
feelings and at the same time have
brought homo to his faithless sweetheart a
consciousness of tho turpitudo of which
she had been guilty. In his present ex
hausted and disgustod condition moraliz
ing on tho subject would probably piove
distasteful to the wretched Wcstcrcott,
but in case ho should persist in his
avowed determination to remove himself
from this sphere of sin and sorrow, it is to
be hoped ho may be brought to a proper
realization of tho folly of such a course.
There aro as good fish in the sea, Daniel,
as ever were caught, aud if you will just
got a bigger and a bettor ring and givo it
to tho girl who lives next door you will
live to leaiu tho truth of a homely maxim
that has a fit application to just such a
caso as yours.
1'EHSONAIj.
Gukekal. Wallace, tho United States
minister to Turkey, has gone to Athens.
Emma Tiuinsux positively refuses to
sing iu opera.
Robert Crockett, a graudsou of Davy
Crockett, is publishing a literary papor at
DoWitt, Arkansas.
Tom Ocihltkee's candidacy for Con
gress in the Galveston district, has excited
considerable interest among his competi
tors. Sauau Bernhardt, in purchasing for
her sou tho lease of the Ambigu theatre
at Paris, gave 83,000 francs, with 40,000
francs as a half year's rent iu advance.
Rev. Samuel Longfellow has resigned
the pastorate of the Germantown Unita
rian church, and intends devoting his time
to writing a biography of his brother, the
deceased poet.
Dn. Deems, of New York, in 'his Suu
day morning sermon, said : " Everybody
should try to be beautiful. If I could, I'd
be a handsome man ; I hope I shall be a
handsome angel."
Governor Plaisted, of Maine, has
written a long and exhaustive letter ac
eentini? the Democratic nomination fm
governor, and discussing the issues of the
cauvoH. no expresses uimscil comment
of re-election.
Mrs. Garfield has nnknonrioiiinxi
rcroipb iruiu ujh uoraeus Dim culture
association of Philadelphia, of tho dress
goods manufadtared at Patterson, N. J.,
from silk grown in fourteen states during
the year 1881. She says that it shall be
preserved both as an heir-loom and as a
memorial.
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Xhlaks Be Needs Carrying.
Altooua Tribune, Kcp.
It is about time for somebody to give
Chairman Hensel, of the Democratic state
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committeo.a currying. Cooper and McKee 1
nave ootn been severely bandied by able
editors, though neither of them seems to
be a candidate for anything this year.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
A TALK TflTH CHAIKMAH 0JSH8KX.
What Soma ltepresentatlre FoIlUclaus Said
to the New York Herald (Jor
rcspondeat Bright Dem
ocratic Hopes.
A correspondent of tho New York Her
ald, who has been sent into Pennsylvania
to keep au cyo on the campaign here,
sends tho following to his paper uudor
date of Lancaster Gth iust. It is interest
ing aud valuable as showing tho situation
as sccu from divergeut standpoints, and
tho hopeful viow taken by tho Democratic
chairman will have an especial degree of
interest for our readers :
Tho active campaign begius earlier iu
Pennsylvania than in New York, becauso
the registry closes on September 7. Un
registered persons can vote on election
day, but only after groat trouble in get
ting affidavits as to their right to Jo so.
The chairman of tho three states commit
tees havo been busy in tho work of organ
ization for a mouth past. Chairmau Win.
U. Heusel, of tho Democratic stato com
mittee lives iu Laucastor, but has spent
almost all his titno in Philadelphia since
the headquarters were opened there. Yes
terday ho rau up to Lancaster for a Sun
day rest.
This is evidently a campaign of tho
young Democracy. The candidate lor
governor is barely thirty-two. Tho candi
date for lieutenant governor is not much
older. Tho chairman of the state commit
tee is only just rising thirty. They say iu
Ilarrisburg that he could have been nomi
nated with a rush for congrcssman-at-Iarge,
but that ho positively refused in tho inter
est of tho ticket. It was tho idea to dis
tribute tho caudidatcs as far as practicable
through tho various sections of tho stato,
aud the candidate for lieutenant governor
had already been chosen from York, tho
adjoining county to this. Mr. Heusel is
perhaps doing his paity more good iu his
present position tuau uau no been ou tuo
ticket. Tho stato committco iu forinor
years h:is uot been noted for its great
energy. Tho young men who aro now
managing it aro putting their shoulders to
the wheel iu good earnest, aud, if the ic
ports of Democratic assistauco to the Cam
erous iu previous campaigus aro truo,
probably the party will loso nothing by
tho new vigor that is at the head of affairs.
Mr. Heusel was asked what tho committee
were doing in the way of organization.
"Wo are endeavoring," he said) "to
build up from the individual voter. Wo
are not content to stop with tho couaty
committees, but aro organizing by school
districts in tho country and by blocks iu
tho cities. The county committees consist
of members from each of the election dis
tricts, aud they iu turn select a worker
for each of tho school districts who can
be made responsible for the thirty or fifty
votes within his immediate bailiwick.
These aro put in direct communication
with tho central committee, and wo will
thus have some 20,000 mon through whom
we can reach practically every Democrat
in tho stato. We expect to have this or
ganization perfected within tho next two
weeks, leaving us a fortnight to work in
before tho registry. This system, you
will remember, was that so successfully
adopted by Mr. Tihlen in the Now York
campaign of '73."
" What response havo you had from tho
county committees?"
" We hear that tho organization is be
ing made thorough and efficient. Thcro
is delay iu some counties, owing to tbo
late date at which tho couuly conventions
are being held, hut in these cases we arc
urging the old chairman to go ahead and
perfect tho organization, ready to turn it
over in good shape to tho committees to
bo chosen later. Tho committco iu Phila
delphia has been activo since its appoint
ment in April, and in Allegheny, winch
polls tho next largest Democratic votc.tho
new chairmau aud committco will be
chosen noxt Tuesday. The Democrats of
Philadelphia feel coutideut that they havo
signal advantages this year in tho unusual
opportunities ollered for a fair aud honest
count."
" And thoy aro what ?"
"Tho Democrats havo gained largely in
representation iu tho election hoards. Tho
tax office is orgauized ou a non-partisan
basis, and wo aro relieved from tho inter
ference of 1,200 iioliceincu, who, hereto
fore, have becu activo agouls of the
Republican party at the polls. Mayor
King, elected as a Democrat, but with tho
aid of tho reform Republicans, has forbid
den the pohco to interfere at tho polls, or
iu any way fur tho boneiit of tho ouo sido
or the other ; aud ho is iu a position to
enforce compliance with his orders. Wo
expect to havo a free aud fair ballot in
Philadelphia this year, aud that will mean
a large increase iu tho Democratic vote."
Tlio Toll Tax iu ronnsylraulii.
" What is your advantage iu nou-paiti-san
tax collectors "'
".Under tho new constitution of this
statu the payment of a stato or county tax
of fifty cents for a single man aud f.wcuty
fivo cents for a married man you see, wo
place a premium ou matrimony in Penn
sylvania is a necessary qualification be
fore voting. The pernicious practice has
sprung up iu many communities, especially
in tho cities, of party loaders paying these
taxes by tho wholesale. Thero h;is
been much complaint, and iu this city the
complaint has been justified by tho ex
posures of judicial investigation that Re
publican tax collectors havo given undue
advantage to tho politicians of their party.
The law requires that this tax shall be
paid thirty days before election. Tho tax
collector can givo the politicians of his
party the opportunity to pay on tho day
of election the taxes of delinquent voters,
dating hack the receipts to the day re
quited by law.
"This payment of poll tax in Pennsyl
vania is ono of tho heaviest drafts upon the
campaign funds of both partios. In tho
election of Hoyt tho Republican commit
tco of this county paid over $2,000 for the
poll tax of Republican voters, and the
Democratic committee a considerable sum.
The Virginia Readjustee aro endeavoring
to secure tho repeal of a similar require
ment in that state, because, doubtless, the
nauper negro vote costs them in this way
too large a sura. In Pennsylvania well-to-do
farmers or merchants expect, as a
matter of course, that the party will pay
this tax for them. It is a part of the con
stitution and cannot be easily repealed,
but it is likely that tho matter will sooii
be brought beforo tho supremo court.
Somo of the judges of tho lower courts
have hold that tho payraont of tho tax by
proxy docs not quality tho voter unless
express authority ou his part was sworn.
Other judges have held that tho posses
sion of a tax receipt is prima facio evi
dence that the tax has been paid by the
holder, and that the election officers havo
not the power to go behind it. Until the
matter is finally decided by the court of
last resort the election officers will proba
bly incline to tho latter view."
Tbe Labor Question.
"Besides the regular Republican, the
Independent, the Democratic and the Pro-
hition tickets, the Greenback-Labor party
uas aiso a mu sec ot candidates in the
field. In the campaign of 1878 this Dartv
polled some 70,000 votes, three-fourths of
wnicn were undoubtedly drawn from tho
Democratic lines. The suspicion is abroad
that the Cameron people are putting out a
good deal of money in the organization of
this party and in securing the influence of
local leaders to swell the number of those
joining the organization. With such an
understanding in advance it would ba easy
to manage that Republican members of
the party should vote the regular ticket on I
election day, and that the deluded Demo l
crate should be persuaded to stick by their
party to the last. In connection with
Cameron leaders through the state I opine
that tho Independent vote is largely dis
counted by them on the basis of as large
a Democratic vote for Armstrong, tbo
Labor candidate for governor."
" What about tho Labor vote, Mr. Hon-
bCl?"
"Fears havo been expressed by somo
Democrats," said he, "and a boast to that
effect has been attributed to Stato Chair
man Cooper, that tho Labor movement can
bo manipulated to cripple tho Democrats
by drawing off proportionately a larger
number of them than of Republicans.
That was secretly aud successfully done iu
1878. It was successful mainly becauso it
was secretly managed. That exjierienco
taught tho Democrats n lesson. Not only
aro they now forewarned against tho at
tempted repetition of it ; but, as Demo
cratic workingmen are as independent and
loyal as Republican workingmen, our peo
ple do uot proposo to bo made cat's paws
of for Republican politicians. If tho Labor
ticket and Labor movement aro maintained
sincerely to tho oud thoir candidates will
no doubt poll a considerable voto from
both parties, hut if thore is any movo to
trado it off or sell it out in the special in
terest of the Republicans tho- Democratic
workingmen will tako tho alarm and re
turn to thoir party. It is entirely too
oarlv now to calculato tho chances of the
Labor ticket or to fairly judge of the pur
poses of tboso who havo put it into tuo
field. Nothing ha3 vet been dovclopcd to
justify tho charges of bad faith, but after
tho experiences of 1S7S the Democrats are
suspicious aud alert."
The Democratic Ticket.
"How has your ticket been rccoived by
tho Democrats ?"
"Our candidates havo now been boforo
tho stato for nearly fivo weeks, aud tho
personal charactor and political record of
each ef them has hcon absolutely unchal
lenged. I moan this without reservation,
except that Mr. Pattison has been sneered
at as a 'Maryland bantling.' Ho was born
in Maryland, whero his father ono of the
best known Methodist ministers in tho
Philadelphia conference happened to be
stationed at tho time. Tho boy was
brought to Philadelphia when ho was six
years old, and there has lived ever since.
Chairmau Cooper, by the way, was born
iu Ohio, aud tho Republican candidate for
lieutenant governor was also born out of
tho stato. No dissatisfaction, with tho
ticket is reported from any quarter; no
bolt is threatened. I havo never known tho
Democratic press to bo so unanimous and
hearty. Each of tho candidates is promised
a conservative local and personal support
from Republicans. Since his nomination
Controller Pattison has remained stead
fast at his desk, attending regularly to tho
important daily duties of the offico. He
will, no doubt, bo seen aud heard during
tho campaign at somo poiuts, but not to
tho neglect of tho duties to which he was
elected aud is paid to perform for the city
of .Philadelphia. Tho uprightness and
consistency with which bo has discharged
them will not bo interfered with by any
claims upon his time or attention by tho
stato committee, uor will ho forget them
in his campaign. Ue did not attend the
convention which nominated him, ho has
not been swerved from his straightforward
official course by auy considerations of his
candidacy, and ho will do nothing in the
campaign to forfeit tho respect which tho
dignity and honesty of his public career
havo gained for him from peoplo of all
parties."
A Cameron Viow or Tilings.
The couuly of Lancaster is one of tho
threo banner Republicau counties of the
stato. Its majority is from six thousand
to eight thousand. Tho leader of the
regular Republican wing in tho county is
Mr. John A. Ueistand, editor of the Ex
aminer newspaper. When asked to-day
what would be tho issue of tho campaign
he said : " I have no doubt of the success
of the regular ticket. Thoro is great dis
organization in all parties just now, but
with us organization will bo perfected be
foro election day, while tho lack of pur
pose and discipline in both tho Democratic
aud Independent organizations will bo in
creased iu tho interval. Tho refusal of
tho Independents to accept tho fair pro
position lor union made them is bringing
back to us thousands of Republicans who
were wavering boforo that."
Wolfe polled some 1,500 votes iu this
county last year. Ex-Chairniau Brown,
of the county committee, says that tho
Independent voto will bo no larger this
year, although the party has made a thor
ough organization of tho county. " Whou
brought faco to faco with an issue that
threatens a Republicau defeat aud tho
surrender of tho state, not only now but
in 1884, to tho Democrats, a genuiue Re
publicau without personal hatreds or dis
appointments," he said, " is not disposed
to givo a voto which is really a vote for
the Democratic candidates."
Au Independent View.
Mr. Edwin K. Martin is the leader of
the Independents in this section. Uo is a
well-to-do young lawyer, without political
aspirations in the war of office so far as
can be learned. On a recent visit to Lan
caster General Beaver paid him a two
hours' visit, but his persuasivouess doos
not seem to have shaken Mr. Martin's
iudepondenco or vigor in behalf of the
Stewart ticket.
" What do you expect to do by losing
tho stato the Republicans?" ho was asked
to-day.
"Why, wo expect to save tho stato to
them," ho eaid. "This Cameron frog pond
is so covered with the scum of fraud,
proscription and corruption that tho Re
publican party is dying from tho malaria
of it. Wo will purify tho party of it this
year, and next wo can go into the fight
again with a party that deserves, no less
thau it is able, to v, in success."
" Do you expect to poll enough votes to
defoat Beaver?"
"Undoubtedly. Wo have a strength of
a hundred thousand votes now and we will
add to that before election day. Wo will
poll over fonr thousand votes in this
county, for instauco. In Philadelphia and
along tho tier of counties whero is Mr.
Mitchell's home wo have a still larger and
moro active strength. Boaver cannot bo
elected."
Still, even with these varied views, a
remark of Colonel W. B. Fordney, a
veteran Democratic lawyer of Lancaster,
probably best expresses the situation.
"Matters are susper coll," he said, "which
may bo interpreted ' No man knows on
which sido the beef will finally fall.' A
good deal may happen between now and
eloction day, aud who will tret the beef de
pends upon many things." The most im
portant of tho possible contingencies is
how many JJemocratic votes can Mr.
Cameron's money and Mr. Ilubboll's as
sessments manage to buy.
Democratic Victory In Alabama.
The election for governor, secretary of
state, attorney general, superintendent of
education, treasurer and auditor and mem
bers of the General Assembly was held in
Alabama ou Monday. So far no disturb
ances in tho state aro reported. The elec
tion was very quiet. Democratic success
is conceded, mere bas not been much
excitement. Very few Renublicans are
running for the Legislature. The returns
are yet toe meagre to base dispatches on.
DlplomaUo changes.
Dwight Reed, at present secretary of
legation at Madrid, will be made chief of
the consular bureau of the state depart
ment, in place of Mr. Adee, recently ap
pointed thud assistant secretary of state.
Mr. Reed is not expected in Washington
before December 1st; meantime Gustavus
Goward. appointed sscretarv of lemtion
at Madrid, will act as chief of the bureau.
THE NEWS QE TO-DAY.
STKUCK DOWN BX THK UUUTNIKG.
Buildings Baraed aad Feraoas lejared ta
Various farts ot the Country by
tbe Electric Bolt.
Tho Presbyterian church spire at Stam
ford, Conn., was struck by lightning at
2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, and by 1
o'clock the whole building was on fixe,
when the roof fell in. It is supposed two
men perished in tho flames. William
Brown, colored, was rescued still alivo in
an almost unrccognizablo condition. The
adjacent buildiug, tho residenco of Ros
wcll Hoyt, was also destroyed, after most
of tho luruituro had been saved. The
mayor telegraphed to Norwalk for help,
aud a steamer arrived in timo to do good
work. The loss on tho church, is $33,000.
Roswoll Iloyt's loss is $8,000.
During tbo sarao storm lightning struck
tho straw factory of II. D. White, making
threo holes in tho roof, passing down into
the offico and stunning and burning James
Wallace, tho bookkeeper. Lightning also
struck tho residenco of George Roberts,
damaging tho building and blistoriug Mr.
Roberts' back aud blackening his legs
and feet. Uo. is badly hurt. Other mem
bers of his family weie stunned and blis
tered. Ono of tho summer houso-s on tho bluff,
opposite Jauch's hotel, at Long Branch,
was struck by lightning duriug the
storm. Tho eud of tbo building was torn
off, and four persons who lrj.d sought
shelter in it wore prostrated, one of them,
Police Officer Jnhu Conuors, being seri
ously injured. Ho was unconscious for
several bourn, and is uow in a critical con
dition. A largo barn, owned by William Light,
near Ilarrisburg, was struck by lightning
and was entirely destroyed, with its con
tents, including this year's crops.
Lightning struck and destroyed a barn
on tho farm of John Ingham, in Warren
county, N. J. Tho lightning also struck
and damaged a house at Easton, Pa.
Much damage was done to crops. Iu the
township anil vicinity ot Northampton,
adjoining E.istou, gulllies fiom three to
ten feet deep wero made iu fields, aud tho
streets of the town wero damaged to tho
extent of several hundred dollars. Tho
entire damage by the storm is roughly
estimated at from $5,000 to $G,000.
Two terrilio thunder and rain storms
visited Scrauluu. Trees wero uprooted
and houses unroofed. Many cellars wero
flooded. Considerable damage was dono
to tho crops. During tho storm last even
ing the scaffolding of tho new court house
was struck by lightning.
Jesse Brown, a colored man, was killed
by lightning at Waterford, New York,
while he was standing iu a hcu-roost,
whithor ho had taken refuge.
Lightning struck in three places iu Mid
dle town, N. Y. J. C. Mullisou's house
was slightly damaged, but tho inmates
wero not injured Mrs. McCrea was
knocked seuseless iu her houso by a ball of
tiro which camo down a lightning rod, en
tering an open basemont door. She will
recover. A barn on Huston's farm, on
tho outskirts of the village, was burned,
with $1,200 worth of crops. Tho farm
house of B. II. Holbert, near State Hill,
six miles south of Middlctown, was set ou
fire by lightning, which tore down through
the centre of tho building. Seventeen
persons wore in tho houso, including
twelve boarders from Now York. No ouo
was hurt.
Damago by Bain In the South.
Recent heavy rains at Lynchburg aud
throughout southwestern Virginia havo
Hooded all tho swollen streams and done
great damage to the crops aud other
property. There havo been large washouts
on tho Norfolk aud Western aud Rich
mond and Allegheny railroads, but tho
tracks aro now repaired. There was a
heavy rain from Moutcrcy, Mexico, to
Corpus Christi, Texas, duriug tho whole
of Sunday night. A violent hailstorm
passed over rJmilulph, Ontario, yesterday
afternoon, damaging tho standing crops.
Indians With Breech Loaders.
Indian Agent Miles telegraphs to tho
commissioner of Indian affairs from Reno,
in the Indian Territory, uuder date of the
5tb inst., that Indians from that aud tho
Kiowa agency "had bought breech-loading
guns of tho best pattern from traders
at Caldwell, Kansas," aud he asks " what
course shall bo pursuod to prevent such
dangerous practice?" Tho commission
says that overy effort will be mado to cor
rect such abuses.
Yellow Jack's Onward niiirch.
Eighteen new cases of yellow fever ami
ouo death were reported in Brownsville,
Texa, during tho 21 hours ending Sun
day. Tho mayor has buon sick of the dis
ease. In Matauioras, Mexico, tbo number
of deaths has reached 7. Thcro is au in
crease iu tho number of cases, but no fig
ures aro given. Tho United States port sur
geon at Laredo, Texas, denies that thero
aro any cases of yellow fever in that city or
viciuity.
Mortality from the 11 eat.
Tho weather throughout tho United
States aud Canada continued very warm
yesterday, the temperature at many places
rangiug far above t)0 iu tho shade. The
death-rate, especially among children, is
unusually high, iu consequence of the
heat of tho last two weeks.
Our Wauderiug Secretaries.
Secretary Chandler expects to leavu
Washington noxt Monday, in tho United
States steamer Tallapoosa, on his tour of
inspection of tho northern and eastern
navy yards, Scoretary Teller left Wash
ington last night for tho West. Ho will
go to Illinois and Colorado, and expects to
bo absent about threo weeks.
AIOKNINU NEWS MISCfcH-AN V.
Tbo Itecord oritecent Notable Occurences.
Tho boilor of a steam thresher exploded
at Kingsvillo, Ontario, killing Frederick
Lyons aud doing much damage to property.
A keg of powder exploded in tho Dutch
coal mine at Washington, Indiana, fatally
injuring Goorge Weaver and a boy named
Alfred Hamar. The disaster was caused
by the boy's carelessness.
A train on the East Line railroad was
wrecked near Winnsboro, Texas, killing
Conductor Fowler, Mail Agent Charles
Harper, Express Agent Isaac Rossor, and
a passenger named Fetro. Several others
wero injured.
A fire at George May & Co.'s mills, near
North Troy, Vermont, burned over
several hundred acres of woodland aud
consumed a dwelling occupiod by Albert
Frasior. A child in tbe houso was ser
iously, if not fatally burned.
A fire in Gardiner, 'Maine, Monday do.
stroyed about a dozen saw and planing
mills, furniture factories, etc., and sixty
dwellings, causing a loss estimated at
$200,000. Over 300 men are thrown out
of employment. It is reported that two
lives were lost during the progress of tho
fire.
The steamship Vandalia, which arrived
at New York yesterday from Hamburg,
reports having passed seven icebergs dur
iug her voyage, "tho smallest of which
must have been 100 feet in height."
The stato eamp at Lowistowu was
thronged with visitors yesterday. Ono
death occurred in the camp on Sunday
night, but it is said that very few men aro
on the sick list, and none of tho cases are
serious. The weather was somewhat
cooler yesterday, after a light shower.
Sals ol Keal Estate.
Allan A.Herr &co., real estate and in
surance agents, have sold at private sale
for Peter Winour, a two-story brick dwell
ing, No. 415 West King street, to J. M.
Herzog, for $3,500.
THE L,ATTEK BNIV
Betes Disquisition oa a, Familiar Collo
quialism For tbe larauancKB.
Lj it proper, or allowable, in writing, or
in speaking, to use the words latter, end
under circumstances, and especially when
applied to a day, a week, a month or a
year ? Can any of these divisions of time
havo more than ono end ? A rope, a chain,
a wire, or a picco of timber may have two
ends, but it might be difficult to determine
definitely which was tho former and which
the latter end of auy of these objects; the
caso would be entirely under tho control of
circumstances. Wo aro led to these reflec
tions from tho fact that wo havo seen
linguistic criticism ou tho phrase
" latter end," and wo have also seen it
used by many respectable authorities.
A day, a week, a month and a year have
each a beginning and an end ; but as it
would be absurd to say aud write about
tho former begiuning of any of these
periods of timo, it would seem equally ab
surd to speak or writo about tho former or
latter ends of any of them; for, if they
really havo a latter end, thoy must neces
sarily havo an end that is not the latter
one. Wo remember of being exceedingly
amused in our boyhood at au old "for
eigner " who was iu the habit of saying
" leather end" when ho used this phrase.
Perhaps ho could not understand how
theso divisions of time could havo a latter
end, as contradistinguished from somo
other end ; but supposed they might have
a leather end.
Would it uot be sufficient to writo or to
say simply tho eud of tho day, week,
month or year ? If wo did not mean abso
lutely tho last day of any ot theso periods,
wo might qualify it by saying or writing
" about" or " near" tho end, as wo do
when wo refer to tbo beginning or tho
middle of any period of timo. But thcro
aro many able and sensible objectors to
tho indefinite term " about" under any
circumstances. About four or fivo hun
dred aro very indefinite terms when used
as descrintivo of time, object or place.
They leave a- margin of ono hundred iu
tho category of inaccuracy, and aro quite
as indefinite as latter eud, although less
arbitrary, perhaps.
Latter days, latter weeks, latter month,
or latter years may all be proper, wheu re
fer ing to any particular period of time ;
because, then phrases allude to the days,
weeks, months or years next proceeding
tho ends of thoso periods ; but wheu the
end has fully come, the termination of
tho period seems absolute, and docs not
admit such a qualification as "latter,"
as though thcro was some other end that
was not the latter one. Wo know these
congitations may all bo more bagatelles,
but then such "kinks" will sometimes
get into tho miud aud torment it with
thoir incessant repetitions, aud wo can no
more extract ourselves from them than
could Mark Twain from the pertinacious
thurapings of his "Horso-car poetry."
Wo havo been admonished that "peas
planted iu tho latter end of this month
will mature beforo frost, "aud wo aro both
ered to know exactly when to find that
end, aud whether tho month has some
other end that is not iho latter ono. Such
instruction may bo perfectly satisfactory
to that "helter-skelter" kiud of people
who are indifferent as to when aud whero,
aud how they do a thing, but we would
liko to bo a little more precise, because, a
singlo day too I a to may throw us just that
far beyond tho "frost-line." The calender
or absolute end of tho month is on the 31st
inst., at 12 o'clock at night that is tho
very latest end hut surely tho above in
structions do uot refer to that end, aud, if
not, when and where, and how aro we to
determine tho latter end. Of coiirsc,uobudy
would look for it, or expect to find it in
tho first, second or third quarters of tho
month; neither would auy man of ordinary
method, en lowed with precision, locate
it in tuo louitu. or last quarter; and yet,
perhaps, that is tho very "head and front"
of the above instruction. Hut suppose the
jieas were planted on tho 29th or 30th of
August,although that might he legitimate
ly considered tho latter part of tho month,
tho end itself could not occur until the 31st,
nor is any other end admissible under any
circumstances. It iormer aud latter are
to be understood as all other dual ex
tremes of comparison hard aud soft, high
aud low, big aud little, hot and cold
they do not become more definite by au
ambiguous qualification. Now, this is
not an analytical dissertation ou tho struc
ture of our local phraseology, nor au or
thographical, prosodial, or syntaxieal dis
quisition, nor yet a linguistic hypercriti
cism uor remotely intended as such it
is simply a groping aud floundering
amongst the lights aud wrongs " tho
sublimu aud tho ridiculous " iu tho cate
gory of literary composition and of
cpccch. It is a matter of paramount im
portance that tho rising generation should
know precisely whether au hour, a day, a
week, a month, a year, a decade, an
epoch, or auy other imaginable period of
tune, has more thau ouo end an cud that
is latter, and an cud that is not latter.
Because, thcro is au Oscar Wildo "among
us takin' notes, and faith he'll prent 'em."
It would bo an " awful " contingency if
this phrase wcio to fall under tho criti
cism of Oscar Wildo as one of our absurd
" Americanisms."
Can-Robeut.
LOSING T11KIK EAli.
John Conlln litis an Kar Shot On and
Joseph Murphy lias One Bit Off.
Yesterday afternoon a rather serious al
tercation took placo on Locust street be
tween John Lonlm and a one-legged man
named Jacob Brobst. Tho facts, as re
ported to us, aro as follows : Brobst and
his wife had been invited to visit a couple
of new houses recently erected by Mr.
Utziugcr. On coming out of one of the
houses thoy encountered Conhn, who was
sitting at tho front door. Conliu used
very bad languago to Mr. and Mrs.
Brobst, which so enraged tho latter that
ho struck him over the head with
a heavy cano and drew a pis
tol on him, fired twice and shot
hitn through tho left ear. Dr. Wost
haeffor was called and patched up the
lacerated ear. Conlin made complaint
before Alderman Alex. Donually, charg
ing Brobst with felonious assault and
battery and carrying concealed deadly
weapons. ISrobst was arrested and enter
ed bail for a hearing. Ho asserts that ho
did not have a pistol in bis possession, but
that bo cut Conlin's car open witu a blow
from his club after Coulin had grossly in
sulted him and his wife.
Last evening at Koring's salodb, corner
of East Chestnut and Ptum streets, Wm.
Nicholson and Joseph Murphy got into a
fight. The battle was nip-and-tuck for a
while, but finally Nicholson got Murphy's
left ear in his mouth and hung on like a
terrier, lacerating the. ear in a shocking
mauner. This unusual modo of warfare
squelched Murphy, and his only consola
tion was to make complaint against the
victor. Nicholson was arrested, and in
default of bail was committed for a further
hearing.
The Hook and Ladder Company.
At a meeting of tbe committee on lire
engines and hose, held last evening a reso
lution was proposed favoring the selling of
the horses used by the hook and ladder
company ; the discharge of the driver and
tillerman ; the rebuilding of the truck
broken at the late fire, and, whenever it
shall be needed at a fire, it shall be hauled
there by the horses of tbo first engine that
reaches the scene. The proposed plan has
caused much unfavorable comment.
YESTERDAYS STORM.
MAKBS BAD WOKK la TUB LOWCK EMD
ira-elllac. Basa Jf leasts, Bridges and Crops
Swept Away The uuarryvliie Kail
road Track Dasaaged A Heavy
Flood.
The heaviest rain that ever visited the
lower end and middle of this eouBty fell
yesterday afternoon. It began about two
o'clock and poured in torrents until four,
and the results aro very serious losses to
those living along the streams as well as
to all the farming community.
A representative of the Intelliuencer
repaired to the section which seems to have
suffered the heaviest, ami some of the
scenes were really terrible In tbo vicini
ty of Quarryville all the corn is badly
damaged, and in the bottoms is ruined.
the tobacco fields are washed over, and in
eome places it would be hard to tell that
thero had been anything planted. The
Quarryville railroad is badly dam
aged from Refton down. No trains
have been able to run nor will they
bo likely to get into Quarryville for several
days. At the "Y" all the track is
washed off tbe mam line and tho heavy
iron bridge is moved at least ten feet from
tho stone work, and for one hundred yards
above it the switch and main track is clear
off the road bed and tho rails badly bent.
On that part running out on the Cabeen
bank thcro was a very heavy trestle
work of the heaviest kiud of timber.
It, with the tails, is washed away entirely
and tbe stone work is destroyed ; tho
road bridge on the public road is also
washed away. At this point the water
was higher by odds than it has ever been
known and not a fence in all tbe meadows
around the " Y " is left. George Witmer,
whose residenco and farm aro there, is a
heavy loser ; his corn is badly damaged,
and at his tenant bouse tho truck patch
and garden and fences havo all gone down
the stream.
Just below this is the new branch to
the mines and which was abont ready for
the ballast. It is almost ruined, the cul
verts and bridges', as well as tho embank
ments being washed away, and great gut
ters torn in the excavations.
At the mines tho damage is extensive.
Tho worst. .M-fiim to 1m that of tho Mon
oxy, whieii ;s managed by John Rowe.
The mud d.tut is entirely destroyed, which
will lie a --iious loss, as it was ono of
tho bcbt in thai, section, aud lad
lately iv;u finished. Part of the
stable w.is washed away and with it
ten fat hogs owned by one of tho em
ployes. The entire loss to this man will be
over $2,00O; and will bo likely to stop work
for somo timo as tho pits are full of water.
At New Providence where the railroad
coropauy hud put up only a short time ago
a first-clas-. M-mo and iron bridge as they
supposed, high enough for tho highest
water, basjiecn washed away, inis will be
a serious loss aud will take some timo to re
build it. All along tho road from this point
to Quarry villo tho whole of the culverts
will have to be overhauled.
Tbo bridge at this point was all of first -class
work and is the most important on
tbe road outside of the big bridges. It was
built of red sandstone from Lebanon val
ley and. cost at least $6,000. It is a total
loss. From New Provideuce to Refton
the scene is terrible. All along Big Beaver
the tobacco is all drowned out ; all tho
corn is ruined, and at Refton the county
bridge is washed down to Reynold's mill
and has cut its way through the willow
trees. The railroad bridge is still stand
ing, being somo eight feet higher than the
county bridge, but it is very badly dam
aged. The houses alongside the bridgo are
badly damaged, aud no fences aro left to
tell the tale, and the gardens aro a com
plete ruin. The corn is gone, and a moro
complete scene of desolation could not be
found. At New Providence, B. A. SmiUi
& Bro., will lose $1,500 in mill feed, and
also all their tobacco growing iu tho mea
dows. All the tobacco in this village is
more or less injured, and tho roads aro all
gono but the stones.
John Hildobrand's fine place is badly
damaged around tbo grounds. Tho largo
stone wall is partly swept away, and
tho trees near it aie gone. Ilia loss will
be heavy.
At Shultz's mill tho dam is broken and
the lower floor was lloo.led and consider
ble oats floated away, as widl as some fenco
around the building.
At the mines around New Providence
tho damage is more serious than wo bad
supposed. All the inud dams aro gono
aud tho boles are full, Mopping work for
some time. Tho men are all looking on
and taking in the situation. At Geiger's
mines tho voir belonging to Harvey
Smith was washed away aud drowncf.
All the spring houses aio washed away.
On tho Conowiugo all tbe dams aro
swept away. This will boa very serious
loss. Tho meadows aro all Hooded.
All the streams in the lower end wero
high and the damago will bo very great
and travel will be impeded for several
days ; bnt further south the damago dors
not seem to be so severe. The rain seems to
have been confined to a radius of 10 miles.
From Refton to Quarryville wero tho
heaviest rain and tbe streams on both
sides seem to have all been high.
The heavy rain seems to have gone out
as far as Rawliusville, where the roads are
badly damaged and tho bridges gone on al I
the streams.
At Smithville we havo reports of muck
damage. The lightning struck into the
house of Peter Finncfrock, but did no
damage. Samuel Miller had considerable
loss at his mill at Refton. He says the
water was 1 inches higher than it has
ever been ; 24 years ago it was just that
much lower.
Additional ew ol the Sterna.
There were several humorous incidents
in connection with tbe storm and some aro
just as sad. Benjamin Shaub, residing
near Quarry villo tells a good story of bis
chickens : They were roosting on tho
lower rail of a fence near a creek when the
water began rising. It gradually became
higher aud tho chickens would change
their positions until they were on the top
one. They did not remain there long
until the water took tho feuce away and
they perished.
A horse aud colt belonging to Jacob
Bradly, who resides on Hopkins faraa, at
the old Conowingo furnace, were pasturing
in a meadow along the Conowingo, when
the storm carried both away. The horse
wasswept about a mile down the stream,
when it succeeded in getting out of tho
water. The colt was drowned.
At Hopkins mill the race and trunking
is gone and tbe dam breast injured. Threo
acres of tobacco ou Mr.'Hopkins farm be
longing to Abram Sheuk and Benjamin
Bleacher was swept away. The loss to the
tobacco of Dr. J. H. Deaver, near the
Buck, will reach $1,000.
E. M. Stauffer, residing at Long's mill,
will lose at least (COO worth of tobacco.
The breast of the dam at the mill is also
torn away.
Adam Hoke resides at tho bridge of tho
creek aear Green tree. Tho water became
so high that Mrs. Hoke had to leave the
house with her children and go out on iho
railroad to escape drowning.
Four cows belonging to David Haraisb,
near West Willow, were killed by light
ning during the storm.
A Carrier's Great Flights
Mr. Chas. Homaa, residing on North 4
Queen street, has a carrier pigeon which "
flew from Mifflin to Lancaster in nn hnnr
and forty-five miaates distance eighty-
six miles and if any one can beat this he
would like to hear from him. Mr. Hoataa
claims it was the best time ever smads be
tween the points named.