.-1 - .r-v. LANCASTER DAILY INrILIGENCER. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1882. lancastcr futcUtgenca. THURSDAY EVENING. ADO.' 17, 1882, Tfce Labor Ceallet. A Pittsburgh paper slates that one of the. large steel mills iu that section, which has not been affected, by Uie pro longed strike,' paid oif :inM wages last mouth over $100,000. Thisis a sugges tive item at the present time 'and one that workmen may ponder jver. .While tin: iron strikers have lost over $4,000, 00!) in wages since the 1st of June, the employees of a single firm have earned over $100,000. Should the manufactur er yield to Urn demand of the strikers anl pay the advanced taio for the re mainder of thoconlaW jrethe sjien' would not, in June next.lw as well off as they would have been had they continued at .work at the old wages. Therefore, as the matter stands, they have not limpro'ved! their financial situation, and the end is not yet. There are indications Uiat the manufacturers are about to adopt and enforce, at any cost, rigid measures against ,Jl he Amal gamate! association, with ,the deter mination either to break, up this great organization or to. bring, it practically under their control. The- attempt to carry out such a scheme will result in one of the most stubborn, bitter and costly contests,, bet wee.",', capital and labor the count ty has ever known. And the struggle will end in, a com promise of some sort after all. i Strikes never pay. In all such con tests one side or the other is seriously ctippled, and nine times, out, of ten , the woikman suffers the most. Ho cannot afford to be idle ; to be without 'Work is many, many limes to bo. .without bread. His employer is embarrassed and perhaps much inconvenienced, bnf he is seldom seriou&ly hurt financially ; while his personal comfort and that of his family is not materially interfered with. But how about tho workman's family V His wife aud children arc often com pelled to drink from the bitterest cup of poveity. Sometimes, in, despair, bo at tempts to drown bJs, troubles in drink, and then crime darkens the already gloomy picture. Thjs, is no fancy sketch. It is not overdrawn. Cio,,Uuough many of the humbler districts of Pittsburgh to-day. and in the homes of hundreds of poor laborers it will be more lhau re alized. And should tho strike continue, instead of hundreds the sufferers will number thousands, and public charity will find an imperative field for action. Such things ought not to be and would not lie if men would only reason aud be just with oue another. Within the past fifl een years not less than fifty millions of dollars have been lost in these period ical and latterly almost continuous labor troubles. Pittsburgh alone lost during the year 1877,, directly and indirectly, not less than leu millions of dollars. The remedy, and the. only practicable remedy for this end is arbitration, and a practical beginning should be made in Pittsburgh right now. Lot the threatened spirit of bitterness ami revenge give place to kindly respect aud an honest desire to settle all differences. It is evident that the manufacturers are ready aud anxious to start their mills ; it is sadly' true that the workmen need to he at work. Let, us have peace in the labor world. A court of arbitration is one of the needs of the times iu this state, and the subject should receive Ihe careful, in telligent aud practical attention of the next Legislature. Tim Philadelphia Xorl't American calls attention to the very general ex pressions of regret at the severity of the sentence imposed upon the late General Warren, which- are' being heard from every quarter ;' and observes in the same connection Uie. failure that has met the efforts to have the 'wrongs of General Pit. John Porter righted. Our con temporary points out the fact that Gen eral Warren's grievance, burpensome as it may have indeed been, was as nothing compared to that of the- living soldier whose appeal for justice Congress has persistently denied through a series of years during which ho has been smarting under the brand of treason which ho in not the slightest measure deserved General Warren,, relieved of his com mand for reasons' which his su perior offlcer deemed sufficient", but which cast not the slightest, imputation upon .his loyalty, has long had the heartfelt sym pathy of people who believe in fair play, while Porter, whose fame has been blackened by an odium that should never have been visited upon it, is by some singular contradiction permitted to knock at the doors of Congress for the measure of relief that, is bis honest due,, without apparently exciting more than a passing interest in the minds of the public. Let justice be accorded to the living n we as to tbJpdaid.j The suggestion is made that while Mr. Pattison is .kept too busy control ling the financial affairs of Philadelphia to find time to claim, his calling and elec tion sure, after Uie manner of the Stal wart, Independent and Labor candidates for governor, all of whom give, public i tterance to the belief that they are cer tain to win, the Democratic candidate may take a notion to rise up about the morning after the .election and express confidence! 'in his own success. It wouldn't be surprising if he did do just that thing. SrjirLY that the people of this long misgoverned commonwealth, honey combed as it is in every-depkrtment with fraud and rascality, want to put Pattison where he will do'the most good to the state at large, Ute;reon why, they proDOse"to promote him to the post or governor, wnere there is open" a Mrtlll wider field for the employment, of those faculties that have' wrought' so ranch benefit for Philadelphia. ' This is tire logical answer to theniery propounded by aii esteemed contemporary. SM I.A.. i 5 r 5 Mu. CooEBB has, to Hide his dimin ished head' when the cheerful Mr. Armstrong, who is thelabor candidate for governor, gets .to talking. As a specr men of unique political utterance Ail Armstrong's recent deliverance upon tfye situation in Pennsylvania, quite re -; - VO. moves the dilapidated linen, from the sbribbery.; t N"ff -1 TUB New York Stav rami Mr. Brew- sterovervlhe knuckles for deeming it necessary to apologize so often for hfe official conduct, Referring to the attor ney general's attempt to excuse himself to the public for proposing to participate in the Star Route prosecution, our lum inous contemporary intimates that the only real ground for- criticism ol Mr. Brewster 's'course is that he has not done half as much in the cases as lie promised at tho outset. The editor of tho Ashtabula Sentinel begs subscribers who have remarkable fish storicsjto print to send their fish to hi office ai exhibits. Ho would believe a flan weigh-ll six pounds if be had it in hand sooner than bo would the declara tion of two) fishermen that it wcighod thir teen pounds, six ounces, on ho scales. Our in Evansville, Iud., according to tho. Courier Journal correspondent, the theory is not yet exploded that tho pupils of a murdered person's eyes boar tho face and figure of the murderer. A photo graph was'actually taken of the eyes of one of tho victims of the recent triple murder, "Ibut," as tho con espoudeut ex presses it, j" without satisfactory result." Next tol tho movements of i oad ageuts those of editors aiu watched with jealous suspicion by Colorado reporters. Says tho Denver I'ribioic ium : " Mr. F. 1L Allison, editor of tho Georgetown Courier is in the city getting his hair out. Mr. N. P. Uabcock, of the Guuuison Nacs-JJcmocrat, is also in town having some dental work douo AnotuiJu famous English library is brought to tho hammer iu soon to London. Hall, iu eing the collection at Townelcy Lancashire, which was made chiefly id tho seventeenth century. It contains many manuscripts. Certain transciiptj. which Christopher Townelcy made two Hundred ami more years airo are said to have proved miucs of iu forma tiou to laier antiquaries and historians. Tin: fear has bcoa lately expressed that lawn tennis is degenerating into a purely tnawculini game. Tho new-fashioned "vollcjs'j icquiro maiu strength and reach of arm, .did are too much for the tendcr muscles of tho weaker sex. If, as now scorn piobablc, young girls are estopped from usitjg tennis as an afternoon diver sion, notjiing hut croquet will be left for the com bined out-door entertainment of young mpn aud maidens. This horrible contingency shoultt bo avei led by a prompt return to tho simple rules of tho game. Let baseball and cricket sufiice for harsh Unfeeling man, aud take not from lovely woman one good means of arriving at a healthy physical development. Tub Thirteen Club again comes to tho foro in the steamboat collisiou off Bay Kidge. jTue day was the thiitecnth of tho 'mouth, aud, accordiug to custom, tho un lucky number of guests, who have sur vived eight occasions, were to eat their dinner at ouo of tho beach pavilions on this occasion. A number of them woro ou board of the imperilled boat, a good chauco of spoiling their numbers aud their plaus. But they camo all right to shoro and filled three tables with thirteen at each. Thirteen toasts woro givou, in cluding ono to an abseut member, Pre-i dent Arthur, "whoso veto of superstition is attested club." by his membership of the j PERSONAL. Cako.n Fauhaii says tho salvation ainiy is composed of rowdy Christians. Mu. Algernon U haves has just fin ished his ton years' labor iu preparing in dexes to tho pictures exhibited iu London galleries. Kino Cktewayo eats three pounds of beef daily, aud conducts himself, says the Loudon World, like a gormaudbsing black savage. Minister Mouton has leased tho pro ccu'iura1 box at the opera house, Paris, directly opposite that belonging to Presi dent Grcvy. Jonathan Wimout, an atloiuuy, of Pottstown, was couvicted at Heading yes terdayjon a charge of libel preferred by Hiram S. Gotz, of tho latter pl.ico. John T. Raymond, wheu asked by a New York reporter why ho looked so sad, replied that he was sorrowing because he must leave his wife and part with his moustache to strut the September btago. Mns. Langtky's provincial tour of 12 weeks was brought to a closo with a clear not profit of ?43,7G5. Before separating her company prcscutod her with a hand some album. Hon. Wavms MacVeaoii has been cou fined to his bed at Bryii Mawr for several days. His physicians stato that his illness is not serious, aud that after ho has ob tained a muoh-uoedod rest ho will be able to return to his duties. EmEiu' J. Gaufikld, acousiu of tho lato president, kissed his wife on tho morning of August 1 and disappeared from his homo iu Cincinnati. Since then he has not been heard from aud his friends are alarmed lest harm should havo be fallen him. ,m EiHiAit B. Snow, tho marine (said to be a grand nephew of tho lato President Harrison), leceutly tried by summary court marshal, at tho Poit .mouth, N. II., navy yard, for being asleep ou his post, has been senteuccd toau imprisonment for thirty days and placed ou bread aud water. Senatojc Hill was ouo of the noted men in the Senate chamber. He was a man, of impressive personal appearance, being nearly six feet tall, and of propor tionate physique. II is eyes, which were larjreaud blue, were full of nxnrefuimi. His head was large, square, aud formerly it was surmounted by thick masses of dark hair, aud a tuft of brown whiskers was allowed to grow uude'r tho chin. Mr. Lawbbkce Barrett, the actor, ar rived Tuesday from Englaud by tho steamship Gallia. He is looking well but was somewhat fatigued by the 'voyage. He left New York early Wednesday, as his little dauchter is sick. He will beirin his fall tour through the country on Mon day next. He says that he had a ''very pleasant timo in England and that he shall appear on the stage thero after awhile. ",8andt" is the weather prophet of the White House. To help him in form ing his opinion in regard to tho weather the sigual bureau leaves a copy of their report and "indications" twice each day. The president and others about the White Honse take more stock in Sandy's judg ement tbau iu the indications of the weather bureau. Sandy is nearly' always appealed, to if the weather looks at all' changeable by the president when' he goes out to take, a drivo. Should .Sandy, who is an old sailor, say rain,' the bones are immediately sent to the stable. Grant, nayes ana uarneia naa likewise great .. -., .- - ., THE CAMPAIGN rV 1 ? i XAXKIHO 9V rOBSUK A JUBW BOKKT. What UM Labor OnmU m D at the V s Ueesfae; Meetta. v Ingham W. Bisbing, who is treasurer of the Trade and Labor council, which em braces all the labor organizations of Phi ladelphia, is the originator of the state convention which meets on the 28th in stant and will call it to order. In conver sation last evening Mr. Bisbing said that it was the. purpose of the Labor organiza tions of the stato to have a complete ticket in the field at the approaching election, and it was more than likely that the con vention woald do something in the direc tion of carrying that purpose into effect. " When I ' offered the resolution in the Trade and Labor council, out of which this movement has grown," he continued, "I had as the leading idea in my mind united political action by the Labor organi zations of the state at the polls this fall. If I do not very , much mistake the aim and object that is bringing these men together, they will not adjourn without puttiug a fall state ticket in tho field either by nomiuation or indorsement and they will not go away without making arrange ments for direct conventions to nominate orindorsofor Congress and the Legisla ture such men as are beyond all doubt favorable to the 'labor interests. I think I may say, moreover, that I am sufficient ly familiar with the views of the greater number of the delegates who will coma to this convention to admit that if auy can didate already iu nomination shall bo in dorsed by that convention it will bo Thomas A. Armstroug, who is today among the labor unions tho strougest and most popular of tho candidates named." No Hop for the Stalwarts. " All the talk about Beaver oapturiug the convention simply amuses us," Mr. Bisbing proceeded to say. " It is possiblo that some one iu the Beaver interest may be paid or intluonced to bring up some proposition in his interest in tho conven tion, but ho has no more chauce of being indorsed thau Boss Cameron would have himself if his name appeared instead of that of his political houohmau. I rather iucliuo to tho opinion that no one will bo fouud with ' sufficient hardihood to even breathe aloud in tho convention such a proposition as the indorsement of tho boss Republican candidate, nor has Controller Pattison any more show. The fact is, this is a labor political movement pure and simple and every man iu the or ganization is prepared to ignore old party lines entirely. Heretofore wo havo been deluded aud fooled by both parties. This time we intend to take matters iu hand ourselves aud carry ou tho campaigu as Labor orgauizations, with ticket holders. ward orgauizatious aud all the machiueiy in our own hands. Iu districts that are closo aud in all district where our organ ization is strong wo will nominate aud elect members of our owu Labor orgauiza tions to both Legislature and Congress. "This convention will moot at uiuo o'clock, August 23, and John Jarrott will be elected permanent chalrmiu. IC ha will accept it is probablo that Mayor Powdcrly will ba nominated for congrass-man-atdarge, and tho names of Mr. JarT rctt and John Welsh are also spokeu of as certain to be ou the state ticket." UK WAY TO WIN. Tho Simple Issue in Pennsylvania, liulliinoro l'ay. When ex-Attorney General Lear, of Pennsylvania, an Iudepsndcut from con viction, but iu practice a Stalwart, said to a newspaper correspondent that " General Beaver can only bo elected by tho aid of Democratic votes " ho spoke the language of truth and soberness, as ho wolbkuew. Tho difference iu numbers between tho Democratic and ltepnblican parties iu that state at tho last presiden tial election was somcthiug over 37,000 votes, and no Pennsylvania politician would to day hazard his reputation by the prediction that Stewart's vote will fall below these figures. Ou the contrary, tho Indcpendout candidato is more likely to poll over thau uuder twice that number rendering it impossible for Beaver to suc ceed, unless by the aid of Democratic votes cast openly for him, or thrown upon a Labor candidate so as not to count against him. That efforts in both these directions aro being raado by tho Stalwart leaders is known to everybody. Camer on's henchmen aro straining every nerve to turn the Labor convention, soon to as semble in Philadelphia, into a Republican side show, which shall uomiuaio a new candidate, to bo a Democrat, in order to secure Democratic votes. Iu pursuance of this lino of action Mr. C.tmeionsoleitod all his pension clorks lately apioiutod from Democratic couutics, locatiug them where ho thought thoy would do the most good. No secret is mado of his political scheme nor is thero any attempt to disguise tho fact that tho election of Beavor depeuds entirely upon tho ability of the Stalwarts to carry it out. No Democratic leader or voter can pretend ienoraucocf tho situation. It is so plain that he who runs may read, and whoever of his own accord walks into the trap, or allows himself to bo persuaded by any man for any reason, does so with his eyes wido open. All the Pennsylvania Demo crats havo to do to win a great victory in this fight is to attend to their own busi ness and leave tho Republican factious alone, organize thoroughly iu every voting precinct, and briug out a full Democratic vote. The excellence of tho Democratic nominations will secure tho votes of many who never before supported tho party's ticket, as well as of others who rarely aid its election ; but even such assistance, welcome at it is, will not be necessary if the Democrats do their duty. Surely, for the good name of the Democratic party for the reputation of all parties there is but one John Kclloy. So far ho has had no imitators. UONUBKSSMAN HAYNE'S POSITIUN. lie Opposes the Bosses ana Adheres to ills Denunciation ot Arthur. Iii an iutcrview with Congressman Bay ue, iu which ho replied to an assertion in a local paper that he was truckling to the bosses to secure his return to Congress, he said : " Since it has been suggested that I am truckling to the bosses to secure my return to Congress, I desiro to siy to the press of the connty that I have surren dered no conviction nor abandonod auy principle which I havo hitherto held. I am satisfied that no distinctive statement can get 100 of tho 127 votes in the Twenty third district. That the matter may yet bo put beyond cavil or controversy I am willing that the convention be postponed a month or six weeks, so that a supporter of the boss system and the policy of the present administration may tako the fiold against me, and, my word for it, he can not carry a dozen distrusts I say this not boastfully, but because I am apprised of the sentiment of this constituency. I further desire to say that what I said of President Arthur in my speech of June 10 I dojnot retract or modify in the least," ANTI-MOflOPOIg FrJoecdIiics otUt Mew York State Coin- j suhh, The state committee of the anti -Monopoly party mot ia,Now York yesterday for the purpose of naming a time and place for holding the state conventien. Opinion seemed to be in favor of an early date for holding the convention. Nearly every member of the committee favors, Colonel FrefiariekA. Conkling as the leader of the tickiet for gorm-nor. . Emerson . Davir. or Whitehall, presided, and the proceed ings: ware private. A loug, discussion ostMdas to the time, sad place for the oonvaation. Piaallyit was resolved by a 1" e w w w s WUUM BiMPv WWWvvUw UU at Saratoga on the 13th of September, A . - . SENATOK HI1AM, CAKERK. 8oiM of the Atirittatw off UM JMad i i ' ( Benjamin Harvey Hill was born in Jas par'oounty, Georgia, September 14, 1823., After receiving preliminary instmetion ia pnblio and private schools in the neigh borhood ho entered the University of Georgia, at Athens, in 1811, from which institution he graduated with first honors three years later. He went into politics very early, being a member of the Georgia Legislature early in the fifties. He began his career as a member of the American party. In 1855, when be was 32 years old, he was beaten for Congress by a majority of 70 votes in a total poll of nearly 14,000. His reputation as a lawyer aud as a stump speaker had mado him very popular throughout Georgia, and in 1857 he was uomiuatod for governor by the American party, and ran against Joe Browu, his col league in the Senate iu his last days. Brown beat him by some 10,000 votes, but Hill gained in popularity, although he lost tho elcotion. He was nominated for a presidential elector on the Fillmore ticket in 1856, and again on the Bell and Everett ticket in 1860. Like a good many other prominent men in Georgia, he was bitterly opposed to the secession of that state from the Uuiou, and voted against it in the convention, bnt be, with tho others followed the stato alter secession had been decided upon. Ho entered political rather than military life in tho confederacy, beginning as a member of the confederate provisional Congress, and was subsequently ono of the senators from Georgia while the confederacy lasted. He was iu prisou for a short time at Lafayette at the close of the confederacy, aud thou returned to Georgia tq practice law. Although ho at once jumped into the largest practice iu Georgia, tho fascinations of politi cal life were so great that he consented to ruu for representative iu the forty-fourth Cougreis aud was elected, and re-elected to tho forty-fifth, aud while a member was elcctcu to the Semite aud resigned from tho House. His 'term as senator would havo expired next Match. He aud Senator Browu woro rival can didates twenty-five years ago for goveruor aud were 'always upon opposite sides iu Georgia politics up to tho time of tho se cession of that stato, and thoy were finally brought together when Brown was elected to the Senate in place of Gen. Gordon, who had resigned, When thoy met iu the Sen ate their lifelong political differences seemed ouly to make more stroug tho attachment which was visible to all. They chose seats in tho Senate side by side. Hill never mado a speech to which Brown was not an attentive listeuer, nor did Browu ever speak unless Hill was present, excepting, indeed, when Hill was kept away bysickuess. Hill was a man of large brain and of rather quick tempers His personal en counter with a fellow senator in the Con federate Congress was oue of tho tragic . . incidents of that body. He had however in his older years boon able to control his temper, and had mellowed greatly. Thero was no man on tho Democratic side for whom the Republicans had a higher per sonal regaid,and while ho grew day by day seemingly more radical iu his doniocraoy, and came to bo recognized as ono of the leading men in the Senate of tho so called Bourbon faction, yet his personal relations with senators on the Republican side wore so kindly aud pleasaut that bis bitter invectives novor left auy personal sting. lie even became pleasantly ac quainted aud associated with 'Mabouo,' a thins that at the timo of their encounter on tho floor of tho Senate in tho spring of 1881 would havo seemed almost impossi ble. Hill's sudden discovery of tho fatal disease lust summer undoubedtly gave him far more concern thau ho ever exhibtcd. lie took bis seat iu tho Senate at the be ginning of the session, as Matt Carpenter did a year ago, knowing tnat no was a doomed man. Yet ho betrayed no sign of rear or apprehension. His. philosophy of life soemed to bo broad euough to enabio him, as it did Carpenter, not ouly to ac cept tho inevitable without repining, but also with such large show of cheerfulness as to deceive his friends, oven his family. X.INCUL.N AS COMUAfilWlMN-VBICF. Aii Instance in Winch lie Asserts llin Prero gative as the llead ot the Army. I. Ouo of the old attaches of the execntive mansion says he never heard of such a thing as a presidential flag until now. Ono of tho attaches, however, ventured the statement that though Lincoln never had a flag, he on one occasion at least assumed the commander-in-chief of the army and uavy. As the incident has heretofore never been minted tho narrative is given in full. o Tho narrator was "Saudy," tho old fireman of tho White House. "It was a terribly cold aud stormy night," said Sandy, " aud President Lincoln had just como over from the war department whero ho had been to talk with Secretary Stanton'. Ashe stepped upon tho stops ho remarked to tho two soldiers who woro on duty at tho door (thero wcro always soldiers pacing backwards and forwards in front of the .door during the war), 'Why don't you men come iuside the house and remain thero until the storm blows over?' Tho s'ddiers thanked him kindly, but said thoy could not, as their orders wore to remain at their posts. 'Rather severe orders for to night,' added Mr. Lincoln as ho started to come towards the door, having by this timo reached tho platform ; ' but come to think of it, I am the commauder-iu-chief of the army and uavy, aud I now give you orders to como into tho house and remain there until the storm blows over.' The seutrics thanked bini again, shook tho suow off their over coats aud camo in. About an hour after wards tho corporal of the guard came along with tho relief. As ho reached tho portico ho looked for his sol diers, aud not seeing thom came up to mo aud tapping at the window asked what becamo of the guards. I told him they were inside the house by the orders of the president, and explained to him tho other fact that in this particular case tho presi dent had assumed direct command of the army. The guards passed out tho door. Tho relief took their places. The storm not having subsided, and the order of the president having been communicated by the guards who received it- to thoso who relieved them, they too remained on tho inside until tho storm had passed over." THE KIFLK. International Hatch at Hamilton, Ontario. The international small bore rifle match between the Amateur rifle club, of New York city, aud the Victoria rifle club, of Hamilton, came off at Hamilton, Ontario, yesterday. The competition was at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, Creedinoor tar gets, fifteen shots at each range, tho highest possible score at each range being 75 points. The following is tho score at 800 yards : Americaus, 403 ; Canadians, 431. The score at the 900 yards range was : Americans, 397 ; Canadians, 393. Rain and darkness prevented the Cana dians' finish at the 1,000 yards raugo. Tho Americans, however, shot fast aud scored 379. -W Extensive Sate ol Land. The sales have been perfected of 50,000 acres of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railway lands in Lincoln, Jackson, Martin, Faribault and Freeport counties, Mian., to A. Bayaoo, the Danish vice con sul at MUwauki.who hw'flfty families on the way from' Denmark to settle on' the lands. Other colonists are romingl Tho' price ii un4ert0Qd to ho $4.25 per acre. -.Y THE J)ATS1PJINGSV ITEMS Klopement Case la IlUaols. John Madden and Andrew Russ, profes sional tramps, dug their way out of the Harrisburg jail, on Thursday night, and escaped. Taey. are also wanted at Sua bury for assaulting the jailor of Northum berland connty. Arthur A. Nages yesterday plead guilty to the charge of stealing $20,000 worth ot hosiery goods from the store of Lewis Cabman & Co., while he was engineer in the Lawrence block, Boston, Mass. It has just been discovered iu Allentown that George J. Bryan, lately cugaged in the lumber business, who disappeared from there on the 5th inst., has commit ted petty forgeries footing up forty thous and dollars. Charles T. Kugler, was arrested at Tor onto, Ont., yesterday, or forging notes at Listowell to the amount of $10,000. When his father beard of bis son's arrest bo com mitted suicide by hanging. A young man, named Johu Hollar, and two horses were instautly killed, and two boys wero slightly injured yesterday morning, near Shippensburg, by being struck by a construction train ou the Bal timore & Cumberland Valley railroad. William Clay, employed on tho railroad, aud his son, aged about 3 years, while walking on the track near Hancock, Md., were struck by a locomotive aud both killed instantly. Tho boiler of Clarke & Brothor's shook and lumber mill, near Parker's, Va., ou tho Piedmont narrow-guage railroad, ex ploded yesterday. Tho fireman was fatal ly injured ami two labororera wore severe ly hurt. Mrs. McBridti, of Cranberry, N. J., was burned to death yesterday morning, by tho explosion of a kuroseuu oil can. She- was lighting a. fire with the oil. , Thomas Ward, of Wilmington, Del., was drowucd in Christiaua creek yester day morning by tho upsetting of a boat, which ho aud some companions wero play fully rocking. Alexander Bushe was instantly killed and William Welsh fatally injured yester day morning, while excavating a well for a turbine wheel at tho Lower falls, Rochester, N. V., for tho Brush electric lisfht compauy. Two mou were killed and two others in jured yesteiday ou the West Shoro rail road by a water tank toppling 'over' on them while they wore at work at Target Hill, near West Point, N. Y. KTKANHB KMJPKMKNT CABb. An infuriated Husband's Brutal Conduct. Quito a sonsation was created inludian npolis in " which tho partcipatiug parties were Dr. II. B. Palmer, his wife and Ephraim A. Admire all of Chicago. It seems that during Palmer's abscuco from the city, about August 1, Mrs. Palmer left for Indianapolis with Admire, who was a student in the doctor's office. Pal mer knew nothing of their whereabouts until a day or two ago, aud ho camo to Indianapolis in search of them. Palmer first sworo out a war rant against Admire, charging him with the larcony of somo of his property; and then proceeded to tho house where thoy whero stopping Mrs. Taugart'a boarding house at Ohio and Mississippi streets. Admire and Mrs. Palmer woro in a.sittiug room wheu Palmer found them. Tho lat ter immediately opened fire with a huge bulldog self-cocking revolver, but Admire succeeded iu grappling with him bdfro any of the shots had taken effect, and a lively struggle ensued, iu which the two men fought all over tho second floor and out on a balcony, where Admirer' knocked Palmer down and held him until assisted by ethers to dis arm him. Palmer was taken to a police station but was subsequently released. Ho immediately returned to the boarding house to renew tho fight ; but in the mean time tho constable had arrested Admire on tho larceny charge, and Mrs. Palmer was found alone with her five-year-old daughter. Palmerattacked her most bru tally and kicked her face shockingly, bo sides bruisiujr her in a frightful manner. Ho wpnld undoubtedly havo killed her but for tho timely arrival of the police, who took tho infuriated hus band into custody ou a ohargo of as sault with intent to commit mur der. Mrs. Palmer claims that her husband has repeatedly maltreated her and forced to leavo him. Her object in coming was, she says, to obtain a divorce, aud claims further that Admiro, who is several years her junior, accompan ied her as her protector only. The board ing house peoplo say that tho relations of the pair havo been perfectly houorable and that no effort was made to deceive any oue as to their relationship. Palmer is in jail ; Admiro has beeu committed on tho larceny charge pending an investigation, aud Mrs. Palmer is in a dangerous condi tion. EUUKI1H OVERTURE!. Asking tb Ilrltlsh Not to Participate In the Faciflcatlon of Kgypt. A dispatch dated Constantinople, Aug ust IC, Btatcs that the draught of .the mili-' tary convention proposed by the Porte to England was as follows : " The Turkish army undertakes tho pacification of Egypt without foreign assistance, the British to remain in their present positions and not to participate in the operations. The Turks shall bo allowed to use Alexandria as a base of operations, and the Turks and British both to withdraw after tho pacification of the country.'" Lord Duffcriu rejected this draught and submitted auother, stipulating that tho Turks should not undertake operations without tho previous oonsont of- the Brit ish commander ; that British officers should bo attached to the Turkish head quarters, aud that the question of evacua tion should be tho subject of a special convention. It is believed, that thero is no probability of tho Porte accepting the English conditions. The report that the Ulemans have do posed the sultan is untrue. On the con trary, the sultan at tho feast of Bairam yesterday received several congratu latory telegrams from' Cairo and other parts of Egypt. Philadelphia Follcemea'a l'ranks. A very amusing incident occarred on the Philadelphia water-front on Tuesday evening whioh has only leaked out. Per mission was given by Mayor King to a number of prominent men to go down the river ou the police boat Stokley to meet some of their friends returning from Europe on the American steamer British Queen. In order that the trip should be pleasantly;, made a large supply of liquid refreshments was laid in, aud' (dar ing the run courtesies were extended to the crew of the police boat. On the re turn of the party to Walnut , street wharf Lieutenant Moore left' the; boat, in chargo of a subordinate and went to make his re port. Wbilo he was away" two of the officers, who had indulged more liberally than was supposed ia 'the free whiskey, started out on a crusade. They found Captain Dilenger, of the Ridgeway Park steamboat, at the wharf (his boat lay alongside) and assaulted him. They then turned in and depopulated the whole wharf, driving people in all, directions by !: ;i.l a.Maa !) thrMt. Thai (an m -ii-i i iniil.'. ' j-t t J J FrlestllrwaM.' . Rev. Pather-'Chaftlliere-and- four In dians were drowned in Lake'Morekigo, Montreal, while fishing. A sudden storm, up-o1; tho canoe. OASBEHmD WAH'SAMB XKAJE. ' - ' ' H v' K A The Beet et Wasssei east ,, BaOjat r - ' iTlsilto TtsiaeSlaii masaiai SKSUKMT THAT-KAftKED. - , TfasaaaWaeSaw from Monument Beash; Massisfcnttagjays: Charles H. rotccV Captain wAimr J.vwnnepr ri. ju. Founce and William Vaughan, of Hart" ford. Conn., four young men wbohave been campine along the shores of the bay, relate the following exciting story of their journey across from New Bedford to Wing's Neck light : " We left New Bed ford yesterday at 1 o'clock, p. m. in the yacht Josie, accompanied by our sailing master, Captain Walter Briggs. When two miles off the south end of Bird Island light, at tho entrance of Buzzard bay, one of the company called our attention to a singular-booking object, about, a half a mile, ahead jaudseme? pfints off, our, port bow. Our captain catted it a sea-horse.' Again, he thought its movements in the water did not resemble those- of any fish ho had ever seen. "Wespoo ascertained that whatever it was it 'was 'propelling 'itself at a fearful rate of speed through the water and making almost a straight lino for our little craft. When within a few thousand feet of us it seemed to raise its immense body, orkneck, some ten-feet, .oat, of thewater and, atthesametimf,ttweaty'leetin the rear, its tail was seen to' rise up, and at times lash the water. AH at once the fish or serpent vanished from sight. For over ten minutes wo sailed along, and were near tho black buoy not fur distant from Wing's Neck light, wheu, looking back, to our horror aud dismay wo observed the mys terious lish again making direct for our boat at a most rapid rate. When withiu twenty-five yards of our craft it partly .ilisanneared. but ia andnstant was seen to shoot out of the watewith sort of hum ming or hissing souud7 aud with a distinct bark liko that of "a dotr. Then it dove agaiu and; was lost to sight. The ilepgth of tl,u niMtnMMItlliuli a4B tvnotttlfflfltm III moro feet. Iib body was about two ' feet iu circumference, decreasing regularly toward the point of the. tail, when it seemed but the size of a child's wrist. Its color was a dark cray, but resembling ,thatiof;theback of iprocodile. 2 The holly was a bright yellow, with dark red' spots scattered hero and there, whilo its tail was covered with' short, thick black hah. Tho head resembled that of a bulldog.' Great flat j ears were distinctly seen on cither, sldo; off ts ugly1 jaws, 'while two extremely long feelers or horns pro truded just over the ears. Tho eyes were sharp and fiery." " . It is said that a similar creature was seen in the bay two years ago. The mem bers of the party aro all trustworthy per sons, aud vouch for the truth of the narra tive. Nominations for Congress. TV South Carolina John II. Evins. I Democrat; J "" 1 t. i ? VIII Iowa D. M. Clark, Greenbacker. XVII Illinois B. W. F. Carley, Green backer. ' ' f IX Illinois M. Bernard, Greenbacker. I Wisconsin Charles G. Williams, Re publican. Ill Missouri A. M. Dockcry, Demur erat. VI Louisiana A. S. Herron, Democrat. V Georgia N. J. Hammond, Demo rat. V South Carolina Johu J. Hemphill, Democrat. , VII Virginian Johu Paul, Readjuster. VI Virginian J. Henry Rives, Read juster. VIII Kentucky W. O. Bradley, Re publican. II Missouri William Quaglo, Green backer. XU Missouri George S. Spring, Green backer. l'ICNIU AX 11UFX'S l'AKK. Tho dailies ot Marietta Surpass Themselves. Ono of the most brilliant social events of tho summer camo off last evening at Col. James Duffy's beautiful park, on the out skirts of Marietta, whero the " Ladies Annual" nicnic; was held, and wherein response to the invitations that had been sent one tuere assemoieu a company ui upwards of lSOyoumc ladies and centle men representing tho, society of that town, together with many guests from Lancaster, York, Columbia, Harrisburg and other localities. It was the only party ' that has been held iu the park this sea son, tho last Fourth of July, '.'Annual,", which was in the bands of a committee ol gcntlcmou, having beeu given under roof in the town, by reason of tho inclemency of tho woathor. To say tho fair lady managers outdid themselves iu tho provi sion they bad made for tho comfort and enjoyment of their guests is but slight acknowledgment of the thorough success of the aQair,concedod by all whose pleasure it was to share in its delights to havo been one of tho most charming out-of-door en tertainments in tho history of like events iu this neighborhood. Tho spacious grounds were brilliantly illuminated with colored lanterns that throw a" cheerful glow over the scenes of festivity enacted under skies richly studded with stars, while tho soft summer wind that had been so oppor tunely tempered by a brisk littlo shower llato in tho afternoon fanned tho cheeks of tho merry dancers as they. glided through tbo graceful measures of tho waltz. Tho music was by ""Taylor audr be rose to tho level of tho occasion by pro ducing somo of the most delicious strains of Strauss and of Waldteufel. Tbo young people seemed scarce to' weary of tho dance, which was kept up almost- contin uously until two o'clock this morning. There was an intermission for refresh ments, in which the ladies again signally illustrated their capacity in matters? ot this kind, aud sweeter food by fairer hands was never served. Under tho wider spreading, foliago of tho stately trees young couples wandered amid tho soft glamour of tho lights that flooded tho grounds with their mellow radiance, and if there was no heart-smashing in progress during the fast-flying hours Cupid must have been sadly derolict in improving' tho op portunities afforded him. As tho dying cadence ol tbo last waltz lingered on the cool night air there was a general expres sion 'of sentiment that this latest venture of Marietta's ladies deserved to be in scribed on the record of similar events with a big rod letter, and it is statoU that some of the young chaps who went up from hero and who are understood to have encountered hard trials and great tribulations before they succeeded in reaching the scene of festivity, voted' unanimously that" the- pleasaro they en joyed after they did get thero far more than compensated for tho hard lock and discomfortetbqy, met, while ,00, routq. . Mrs. G. G. 'Cameron, Mrs.' !). B.' Caso, Miss Duffy, Miss MaoDonald, ..Miss., Rudi sill and Miss Carrie Wi! Eaol com prised tho committee in charge' of tho picnic. if ' 1 1 , f 1 The latMerkransKzcamea. Tiiis morning between 7 and 8 o'clock a special train left this city for Weise's. island, in the Susquehanna river, taking iwith it the Lancaster Leiderkranz and their friends, to tho number of about 400. It was expected that tho crowd would bo considerably increased before the destina tion was reached. The train was well filled and ample provisions and refresh ments were taken along. Summer Leisure., , , John A Snyder. Charles Snyder and Edward' Beyder left' to-day on a trip to Atlantic City. They will be gone for some days. ' Edward and Miss Hoonie Brinton are. summering at Epurata Mountain Springs, vmaaiac mrm i tfpi u sm1nFdm3fet COLllMk iNEWS. '.JL I I ft) St iubv : aUCOOsVAIt , C01UCK3tt)MKMt;K ;i ? 1 . j -Itrttia ui h. Interest vfta aa Siaasil tae Doroogh Stteke Up r Use JaUlU- The work of making the new cushions for the Methodist church has been given to Mr. El. Carter. It will be well doae. A country team was ran into by Clare & Fasig's ice wagoa this morning.' Little damage was doae to either wagon. Tho building oa Locust street, formerly occupied by Coleman's barber -shop, U bavins; a frame addition built rear 'of it Forty couples attended the ball at the Armory-, last night, , which was given by 1 he friends' of Mr. James Smoker, to cele brate his 21st birthday.'' It was a very pleasant affair. Officer John Gilbert and two fricuds, killed two large copperhead snakes on DctwiUr'a farm ia.York county last .Sun day. One measured aearly foar few i and the other three. A misplaoed switch; threw engine No 441, P. R. R-, off the. track last' night about 9 o'clock in front of tho company's weigh house in the west yard. It was re glased on the'traek hi short time. The crowd of gentlemen called tho " Gutter Snipes " have returned from Rehobetb, N. J., driven sway by the 1 1 mosquitoes. Tho latter go about in dense , swarms. Horses down there have to be. protected by blankets from tho bites 'or the countless little pests. A freight car of the R. & C. railroad was thrown from the track yesterday at tho company's tool house. A board from' a' " j fence close by caused the accident. i " " r J.ateeTer. f r, t jr The board! of "directors of thof slova , works have appointed Messrs? S. 8. Dot-" wiler, W. B. Given and Hiram Wilson a committee; attead to tBeJgafc'tf a blefcbi 'i of groand .belonging to thb company, ap4 1 1 1 j j ' situated near the works. The purchasers must agree to begin tho immediate erec tion of booses, to be rented to tho em ployees of the works. Bachman & Ferry have been awardod the cositrait for buildag'the paUcrn house of the 'works, at tho sum of 12,809. bummer Leisure. The family of Mr. II. F. Bruucr havo gouo to Anbury Park. Miss Pattie" Watson, of Philadelphia, is visiting" Win Ifehry Pfahler. Miss Rebecca llagmau, of Philadelphia, is .a guest f jMu-h Lillie W'lsou. . . Miss! Lillian Welsh') returned" noow last! evening fim an extended visit to frionds 111 Ttavpr P Mr. Joseph IJIack has irons- to Bird-in- Hand, about which placo ho will spend a few days hum iug. Mr. Llai i v Wolfe is spending his vacation atSquam, N.J. " ' About 75 persons from this place went oa taelLarfcaster Licdetksinz excursion to Weise's island this morning. The train was half au hour, late from, Lancaster, . caused by last nujht's wreck, untcers Klectetf. At a meeting of St.- Joseph's building association, lust evcuing, the following officers were elected: President. Rev Wm. Pieper ; vice president, Peter Bitner; treasurer, A. Haberstroh ; secretary, -Joseph Jansou. The following directors were also elected : Messrs. V. S. Baker, DF. Gobcn, M. Thomas, Peter Malbert. Jacob Nickolous, John Pfeffer, Joseph Englebart, Joseph Yoss and August Weiss. Mr. W. B. Given was chosen j solicitor at a subsequent meeting. Tito organization is in the most flourishing con dition and the showing of results for last year are excellent. The future prospects arc very bright. Big rrelcat Wreck. ' By the breaking of tho body bolt ot a freight car tnuk on tho P. R.R., last night about 7 o'clock, at Here's mills, below Columbia, nino cars wero mashed to pieces. The train, drawn by engine No. 314, and manned by crew No. 34, Mr. John Snyder, conductor, was eastward bouud. The tracks wcro torn up for a distance of 300 yards. Fortunately no person was hurt. The passengers of tho train due here at 8:15 p. m., were brought to this place about half-past eleven o'clock iu a transfer, tram, which went down to the wreck for that purpose Tho south track was opened for traffic at 2:30 o'clock this morning, 'and the north track was not in order until several hours later. Charged Wlta HtabMsg. A preliminary hearing was held before 'Squire Young lastj evening in the case of George Desch, charged by the mother of Isaac Welsh with cutting tho latter with a knife in a fight which the two had at the stove works yesterday morning. The affair grow out of a trouble they had ou Tuesday in which Isaac and Harry Welsh, Wm. Zerger, Aaron Manuel and several others threatened to tar and feather Uie female companions of Desch and a friend. Desch denies the euttmg and says he only strnck Welsh with the handle of the knifo after the latter had, attacked him at.the stove works,' as he was' watching tho workmen at their labors. A counter snit has been entered by Desch aud bis com panion, Cbarlio Hippcy, against the four above mentioned boys. The, final hearimc will be held this evening at 7 o,'cloek,at 'Squire Young's office on Walnut street. " a, J ' ' , 1 Meattas of Maatdaas. , Harrisburg: Patriot. " ' The annual meeting of 'the '"Buckskin Tycoons," an organization of musicians from all parts of the state was held at Uie ' Lochiel hotel' Wednesday morning. (The. following persons wero elected officers. for the ensuing year : G. W. S., Charles C. Donnelly, of Lancaster ; president Clias. JO. Smith, pff Chester coanty ; vjee presi dent, Gsorga W. Frecmani of nicastcr county ; secretary, Harry nuin, of Laucaa- turoOButy ;itreararer. Amos CjGa4t, of.. Lancaster ; K. I, of u. J., w imam ituey of Lehigh county, : trustees, J. M. Fagley, sr., of Lancaster. William Sraoych, of Dauphin county. The next meeting of tho' BucksKIa Ty: ' coons will be held at Lancaster oa the 16th iof August, 1883: JWIJU. Henscl, of Lan caster, ana Mayor mooiey, r reiierick,Mu, sentlettoMof regret that thoy, could not bepresent'at the convention. - Ketara of Uie KalfihU. Last evening the two divisions of Uni form Rank Xnights of Pythias, returned to this city. Wo57 arrived on the C:. train. At the depof thcyvfdrni2d in lino and headed , by. the. city band, marched down Chestnut streeV to Prince to' Con- ' estoga to South Queea, t?Centre,iSaaro- to the ball where (they .dismissed. , Divi sion No. 6 came on the 8:55 train. They had the Steelton baad with them and marched dowa North Queen street to Centre ' Square' amt I tam to UwiiM Asdl, where they dismissed. The band went to Steelton on the llVelock .rata. Feilee Vaesev Mrs. Monroe, the mother of Wm. Most roe, 'the yoang maa awaiting,, trial for committing am outrage on Lizzie McCar res, wasarrensd yesterday for drunken and disorderly eoadact and committed to tho county jail for 30. days , by Alderman Samson. This is Mral Monroe's 'second commitment for smaller offences since the outrage of MiMeCmWmV; ivul nil.' EiizaeetbBesdereaafged.wi.assault and battery, ou. Bridget lliuselraan,' waa held by Aldertniu r8amoi te answer at ooarfeut. 1) tvu, ,t ,) The mayor this morning had two cases, both being drunks. One got 10 days 'and the" other 20. 44 JNg paaateweci , . Mrs. Lucindla J. Roberts, 'Wet. Orange Street, ha a tnnflnn. 1Q a il :n..l... i high aii sfiU rjOwiPf , ' -- 5 iii ' t Mi K
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