LANCASTER DAILY JOslELXilGENCEB. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1882.
Uaitrastcr fntcUtgenctt.
TUESDAY EVENING. AUG. 28. 1002.
A Pharisaical Pesitiea.
The Philadelphia Press at last finds
something in General Mahone to con
demn. Up to date he has been a pattern
politician to the Press, which approved
all his methods and has never tired in its
applause. We think our contemporary,
after swallowing so many camels, need
nit nave strained at the gnat which
causes it to now aJmonish Billy Ma
hone, who has been so naughty as really
to ask the men for whom be has obtained
federal offices in Virginia to pay five per
cent, of their salaries to his campaign
fund. We do not see anything very
heinous in this. In fact, it seems to us
to be a " quite-to-be-expected " order
from Mr. Mahone and entirely in
accord with his usual methods. Just why
the Press, which has so steadily and
warmly admired them, should choke at
this is incomprehensible. It can hardly
be that it thinks five per cent, too much
for the office-bolder to be charged, nor
can its sympathy be extended to him be
cause two such hawks as Ilubbell and
Mahone pounce down on him at once ;
for five per cent, and two per cent, make
only seven per cent., and certainly the
man who gets the hundred per cent, that
he never bad before, and now enjoys by
the grace of Mahone, can afford to pay
seven per cent, of it for the pleasure of
continuing to enjoy the other ninety
three. It is very clear indeed that the
office bolder can stand this degree of
tapping without financial exhaustion.
It is also obvious that Mr. Mahone
understands this ; and furthermore that,
being in want of money, he considers
that the best place to get it is from those
who now have it by reason of his polit
ical strategy, who never bad it before,
and who will not continue to have it if
his strategy fails ; as it will fail if it is
not sufficiently supported by cash.
It appears to be necessarily conspicuous
to the dullest understanding that Mr.
Mahone in arguing thus argues wisely.
It being conceded that he must have
money, the men who enjoy their incomes
on account of his political dance are the
men properly to be called upon to pay
the piper.
But the Press pretends not to sec it,
though it is profitable both to its friend
Mahone aud to the drove of creatures
whom he has put out to green pastures ;
which only shows that the Press is hypo
critical. A journal which could laud
Mahone up to this point in his progress,
and never stick at any of his dishonest
performances is not of that high virtue
that it can conscientiously pretend even
to gag at his assessment of his office
holders. There may be an honest opinion
that office-holders should not be assessed
the cost of political campaigns
by the party that puts them in
power ; but that opinion is not
held by the timeserving class of
journals to which the Press conspicu
ously belongs. We can respect the opin
ion when delivered by those whose con
sistent objection to all political expen
diture enables them to give it honestly ;
but it is simply despicable in men who
aim to live by party plunder and who
are always ready to applaud the pur
chased successes of their leaders, to hold
up their Pharisaical eyes in public and
dare to condemn the assessment for po
litical expenses as the fruit of the suc
cess of the party that is striving to buy
its retention of power aud the mainten
ance of its retainers in office.
In our judgment office-holders ought
not to bear the cost of party campaigns,
but neither should they be the sport of
party success. The old doctrine, for
which Andrew Jacks Jn is made respon
sible, that to " the victors belong the
spoils," needs modification in view of
its abuse in modern practice. The first
consideration should be the country's
service. That needs to be cared for by
the party to mark its fitness for
the administration of the nation.
There will never be a good civil
service, we have learned by dear
experience, while patronage is the chief
aim of parties. It takes all honesty out
of our political professions, and tends to
make our statesmen nothing better than
time-serving politicians, ever on the look
out, not for the truth of issues, but for
their availability in reaching the flesh
pots of power. Let us away, then, with
this reward of party service and have so
much at least, in some way or other, of
civil service reform.
But so long as the political offices are
the rewards of political success, let the
political office-holders be called on to pay
the cost of the dirty political fight.
The hue and cry against Governor
Cornell in New York illustrates how
comfortable a man may be until he stirs
up a hornets' nest ; and further, how
quiet hornets may be until they are
stirred up. The hornets are quite indif
ferent to ypu while you let them alone ;
but when you make yourself obnoxious
they make a fuss. Probably it is so
with people as well as hornets. We in
cline to think it is. It is when anyone
treads on your toes that you find him to
be a very disagreeable fellow and throw
stones at him. Governor Cornell was a
very good governor and an excellent Be
publican until he lately sought to put
the nose of Roscoe Conkling out of joint,
and so offended the administration and
Jay Gould. This is the tripartite alli
ance that is now sitting down on Gov
ernor Cornell, and they think that
they have him pretty well squashed.
Perhaps they have ; perhaps not. Ono
would think that a man could make
quite a lively fight even in New York
against so very highly perfumed a trinity,
before letting them make political mince
meat of bim. We should really like to
have a Jay Gould in the combination in
this state. He would do vastly better
than Cameron to put up in tbe country
grain fields as a scarecrow.
. " Ridiculous and absurd " are tbe
designations aptly applied to the latest
Cameron bugaboo, in which it is sought
to be shown that the industrial interests
of Pennsylvania are endangered in the
revolt against tbe machine.
I We see it stated that the political at-
mospbere in this state is charged with
dynamite. Just wait for the explosion
and the Cameron machine will be
smashed into splinters.
The Easton Express, long known as one
of the ablest provincial newspapers iu the
state, has adopted the metropolitan form
of make-up on its first page which vastly
improves its appearance. The Express
will deserve -the prosperity that is bound
to reward its new departure.
That ridiculous piece of bunting known
as the president's flag bids fair to be con
signed to the obscurity whence it came.
That this is a consummation devoutly to
be wished, is very evident by the expres
sion of feeling in naval circles as well as
in the ranks of tbe thinking civilians of
the land. It represents an idea th?t is not
only un-American, but that positively
savors of English aristocracy. Away
with it.
Refeuiung to the boast of Chairman
Cooper that the Grand Army of the Re
public, as an organization, will endorse
and secretly work for the election of Gen.
Beaver and the whole Stalwart state
ticket, wo have tbe assurance of a reliable
gentleman in this city, a member of tho
local post here, that such is not tho case ;
that the organization is free from partisan
bias and cannot be used to subserve the
political ends of any faction or party. So
far from the majority of the honie mem
bership being favorable to the election of
Beaver, our informant adds that the fact
is more likely to be tbe other way.
A curious phase in English criminal an
nals was presented iu the spectacle of a
man arraigued for embezzling a leg. It
was a wooden one, and4he offender who
had been deprived of one of his own
nether extremities by an accident, wore it
from a work-house where he was coniincd,
and of which tho teg was part of the per
sonal property, and sold it for half a
crown, returning to the work-bouso on
crutches. It's a pity this enterprising per
son could not bo imported into New Jer
sey, whero as a bank cashier he would
have a much wider range for the exercise
of his superior talents.
City people are beginning to arrive back
from the watering places, but in the ma
jority of cases onh to ulnngo their resi
dences to suburban Inwies and hotels
which are beginning to ''.JI up rapidly.
This will have 1L0 .!'.. of closing the
season early at tires--5 r n; I which are de
pendent upon tho patrouage of fashionable
people. There has been a great deal of
cDJoyment this season at all the watering
places, and many persons are returning,
declaring they have had " a splendid
time)" but on the whole the summer has
been disappointing to people who havo
been away. Very few engagements are
heard of and tbe gentlemen were so scarce
and so many other circumstances conspir
ing to make young ladies vie with each
other, that there has been more desperato
and highly dangerous flirtation than was
ever seen before iu a long time. A num
ber of tragedies arc reported to have been
the outgrowth of injudicious conduct in
this direction, among the most noteworthy
being tho o.ise of a young lady of great
promise who withiu a few weeks drowned
herself because she believed she had been
deserted for another by a young man with
whom she had fallen in love tho same
week. Tho Virginia Garland shooting
affair is but a tragic ending of several
affairs of a somewhat similar nature that
have occurred this season at different
Southern watering' places. Old Point
Comfort nearly' had a tragedy iu which
two United States officers were on tho
point of fighting about a girl from the
South with whom both were enamored.
A young lady at the White Sulphur
Springs was prevented only with difficulty
by her mother from poisoning herself on
account of a lovo affair. Saratoga and
Newport have had each one or two little
affairs, kept very quiet, iu which gentle
men have been prevented by their friends
from having personal encounters about
girls.
fBKSONAL.
IIexuv M. Seely has been appointed by
Gov. Hoyt to fill the vacancy on the bench
in the Wayne and Pike judicial district.
A M. Sullivan. M. P., is to sail from
Liverpool in tho Parthia on the second of
September.
Bancroft, tho historian, takes daily
rides at Newport, notwithstanding his
great age.
Professor Helmuoliv. very unpocti
caliy, and almost irrevelently, speaks of a
blue eye as simply an eye with turbid
humors.
Mrs.Garfield has given enough money
to a poor brother of the late president to
enable him to build a handsome house, it
is said, on his small and unprofitable" farm
iu the northern part of Michigan.
Blondin, the hero of Niagara, iu spite
of his flfty.eight years, has again made
bis appearance on the tight rope in the
" Neue Welt" at Berlin, greatly to the
delight of the Berliuers.
Thomas A. Edison must be tho despair
of hatters. He wears a "stovepipe" of
colossal proportions, usually balanced on
the back of his head, while tho generous
brim descends before aud behind with the
effect of a sunshade.
Emile Zola. 'inherits from his father, an
engineer, a mathematical turn of mind,
which in his youth inclined him towaid
the natural sciences rather than tho clas
sics, for which ho always expressed a pro
found contempt.
Cardinal Howard has arrived in Eng
land from Rome and will remain for a
visit of somo week"
is now archpriest r '
the Eternal City,
England it will bi. v
Cardinal Howard
V-r'g basilica in
' n he leaves
. s the duties of
that office.
Senator David Davis is spending somo
time at the Greenbrier White Surphur
Springs, Virginia. A correspondent of a
Southern paper noticed with surprise one
morning that the bulky senator, tiring of
a waiter's tardiness in changing plates,
arose with agility and procured a clcau
plate himself. Whether tbe suprise was
occasioned by the agility or the uncon
ventionally of tho act is not made
clear.
Mr. J. H. Lambert, of tho Philadelphia
Times, who at the time of the Republican
state convention at Harrisburgwas robbed
of a handsome gold watch, a present from
bis gifted wife, a few days ago experienced
an agreeable surprise, in being presented
with an elerant $300 cold watch bv the
proprietors of the Times, to replace the
one that was lost. Mr. Lambert's news
paper friends will be pleased to know of a
gin so graceful and so well deserved.
THE LABOB CONVENTION
THOS. A. AJCMSTBOHG GO VJSKNOB.
A Sweeping Platform Adopted aad a Lively
right About taking Fart la PoUUcs
Mr. McClure Denounced.
In the Trade and Labor couventiou at
Philadelphia on Monday, the text of the
resolutions offered by Welsh, of Schuyl
kill, was as follows :
Whereas, there frequently appeared in
the Philadelphia 'Times editorials charging
the Workingmen's Union ot Schuylkill
county with selling out to the bosses, and
we, the Industrial Executive oard of
Schuylkill county, do hereby stamp the
whole matter as a base fabrication, and in
order to give the gentlemen an opportunity
to prove his assertions concerning the
Workingmen's Union of Schuylkill county;
therefore be it
Resolved, That we hereby invite Aleck
McClure or any committee be may select
to meet us at any time or any place in
Schuylkill county, and should he (McClure)
refuse to meet said committee, we ask him
to retract the foul charges ho has made
against the workingmen of Schuylkill
county, and should he not comply with
the above we brand him as a liar and a
coward, and regard him and his paper un
worthy to be recognized by the mass of
the coal regions ; and furthermore be it
Resolved, That we, the Committee of the
I. E. B., of Schuylkill county, are author
ized to prove, when the proper time comes,
certain charges against Aleck McClure,
which will unmask the action of tbe gen
tleman and show him up in his true light
before the people of this commonwealth.
Signed Reese P. Daniels, Philip Mohan,
Christian Byrnes, John F. Welsh.
After a lengthy discussion the resolution
was referred to the committee ou resolu
tions. John Jarrett, the permanent chairman,
made a speech in which he claimed that is
was the right of the workingmau to strive
to elevate labor, and that it was the duty
of tbe workingmen to attempt to touch
the heart of the nation, so that it shall
respond to the claims of the laborer. The
reason of the prolongation of the strike in
Pittsburgh was because the oligarchy of
the banks was behind the capital against
which labor was contending. The press
was the servile tool of capitol. It could
see everything wrong in labor, but it
never could seo anything wrong in capitol.
He would say to them : " Pull tho beam
out of your own eye, then you can see to
pull tho moat out of thy brother's eye.'
Let the press say what it might, they wcio
not there iu tbe interest of tbe radical
party or any other political organization,
but to stand up and say : 'By the eternal,
we will be free men.' "
After the recess Myles Mcl'uddeu occu
pied the chair. He announced that Chair
man Jarrett had been called suddenly to
Chester to scttlo a d input o about wages
in the iron mills iu that place. 112 dele
gates were present.
C A. Richardson offered a resolution to
the effect that- the chairman be instructed
not to entertain any resolution ottered in
the convention having for its object tho
indorsement or recognition of any known
political party. This resolution struck a
popular keynote, and was received with
marks of approval from the delegates.
At this juncture a delegate called attcn-'
tion to tbe doorkeeper on the right sido of
the hall, who, he said, was not in a fit
condition to atteud to his duty.
" Suffering from the effects of Schuyl
kill water, evidently," remarked Chair
man McPadden, as a Philadelphia dele
gate hastened to relieve the overstocked
doorkeeper.
W. U. Borrcll, of tho shoe cutters' asso
ciation of Philadelphia, offered a resolution
stating that for twenty years the working
men had looked in vain to the two great
parties for recognition. The true remedy
for all the ills lay in a pure, able and
economical administration ot government,
and workingmen should pledge themselves
to bring about such a result.
J. M. Cuddy, of Morocco dressers' as
sociation, Philadelphia, caused a lively dis
cussion by advocating the adoption of a
resolution condemning the importation of
Italian labor. He asserted that Italians
were as hurtful to American i;i;or as the
Chinese. Ho favored raising the cry of
"The Italian must go." Mr. Cuddy's
proposition wasTItot popular, and his sug-
gestions were attacked by half a dozen
delegates.
At the evening session the galleries were
thronged with spectators, and a number
of ladies smiled upon the delegates from
the proscenium boxes. Chairman Mc
Padden read a telegram from Mayor T. V.
Powderly, of Scrautou, which caused a
feeling of sadness iu the assemblage. Mr.
Powderly, who is grand master of the
Knights of Labor of Pennsylvania, said
that bis father was dead, his brother
badly injured and his brother-in-law dan
gerously ill. This accounted for his ab
sence, but he wished the convention God
speed. A resolution expressive of tho
sympathy of the convention for Mr. Pow
derly was unanimously adopted.
Frank Heath rose to a personal explan
ation, and stated that he was in the con
vention simply as a delegate, and had no
other object than assisting workingmen to
take measures to secure their rights. He
was a member of tho Greenback party, but
he would not ask them to indorse his party
or its candidates. He behoved labor to
bo above all parties.
Tbe Kosniatlous.
The committee on resolutions appeared
at last, and Chairman Rankin read the
lesult of its labor, which was as fol
lows :
Whereas tbe freedom of labor is men
aced iu Pennsylvania as never before by
recent political and legal action, wo bo -lieve
tbe time is at hand when uuited labor
should take such political action as shall
secure just recognition before the law.
1. That wo demand tho repeal of that
portion of the act of 1872 legalizing trade
and labor unions organized for their mu
tual aid and benefit and protection which
deprives them of the practical benefits of
its otherwise just provisions, to tho end
that associated labor shall have all the
rights and privileges permitted to associ
ated capital.
2. That wo demand such revision of tho
tariff laws as shall protect American labor
against the labor of foreign countries, and
we demand of Congress an act making it
a penal ollence for any person or persons
to import labor under contract for tho
purpose of reducing American labor.
3. We demand a law making it a pjnal
offense for employers or their agents to
procure labor under false prctenso.
4. Tho lcserving of public lauds for ac
tual settlers, and not another acre for cor
porations. 5. The cnactmout of laws to compel
chartered corporations to pay their em
ployes weekly in full for labor performed
during the preceding week in the lawful
money of the country. "
6. The enactment of laws giving me
chanics and laborers a first lien on their
work for their full wages.
7. The abolishment of the contract sys
tem on national, state and municipal
wonc.
8. That we demand that transportation
and telegraph charges shall be based on
cost, with a lair proht on actual cost
added.
9. We demaud tho reduction of tho
hours of labor to eight hours per day.
10. Tho substitution of arbitration for
strikes whenever and wheiever employes
and employers are willing to meet on
equitable grounds.
1 1. That education be made com pulsory,
and that elementary and fundamental
principles of political economy be taught
in all crmmmar and hifrhnr Mssmo r i.
I public schools, and the prohibition of chil-
dren in workshops, mines and factories,
before attaining the age of 14 years.
12. The abolishment of the system of
convict labor.
13. To secure for both sexes equal pay
for equal work.
14. To prevail upon the government to
establish a purely national circulating
medium, issued directly to the people
without the intervention of any system of
banking corporations, which money shall
bo a legal tender in payment of all debts,
public or private.
15. That intimidation of voters by em
ployers or their agents must cease, and
we recommend men to look to their
unions to protect every member in voting
for the ticket of his choice, no matter
what it may be, and that all national and
and state elections be a legal holiday.
The resolutions were adopted with loud
applause. Hardly however, had the en
thusiasm quieted when Chairman Rankin
was again on his feet with a resolution in
dorsing Thomas A. Armstrong, of Pitts
burgh, for governor. This was the signal
for a general uproar. Delegates jumped
to their feet and shouted, and tho specta
tors joined in the chorus, creating a per
fect Bedlam.
George Chance, of the Philadelphia
typographical union, and a number of
other delegates vigorously opposed the
resolution and denounced it as the re
sult of a private understanding. " Mr.
Rankin bas attempted to pollute labor or
ganizations with the dirt of politics,"
continued Chance. " You aro playing a
game that may prove your downfall. We
are here as representatives of trade organ
izations, and not as political hucksters ;
and to indorse this resolution may bring
this organization into disreputo and possi
bly disrupt it."
The resolution was adopted by 89 to 23,
and some sensation was called during the
roll-call by Wm. H. Barro't voting for R.
E. Pattison. He said that he believed it
was tho purpose of his association, as it
was of the Labor party generally, to have
a governor elected who would justly exe
cute the laws and protect, as far as he
could, 'the interests of all classes of citizens
and as there is already such a candi JatJ
before the people ho would vote for Robt.
E. Pattison.
Mr. Beaumont, of Eimira, N. Y., intro
duced Mr. Armstrong to the convention
as soon as the vote was announced, and he
was received with gieat applause. He
spoke briefly, and said that he fully in
dorsed the platform. Ho was repeatedly
oheered during his speech.
Before tho convention adjourned the
chairman was authorized to appoint a
committee, to consist of one from each
labor organization in the state, who should
organizo into an executive committee to
carry ou the campaign ; if necessary recall
the convention, and if they thought best
advise the .nomination of a full legislative
ticket.
TICKETS IN IHG COUNTIES.
The Kepuollcan Oeadlock In the Seventh
District l'oUtlcs Over tne State.
The Republican convention of the
Seventh congrcssioual district was called
to order in Lansdale. Montgomery county,
by Mr. John A Eckraan. The town was
tilled with people all day, and intense ex
citement prevailed when the balloting
commenced. The candidates for Congress
were as follows :
Dr. J. Newton Evans, of Hatbore;
Colonel William Reunyson, of Bridgeport;
James E. Thropp, of Couskobooken ; Hon.
William Godidialk, of Bucks county ; II.
K. Weaud, of Norristown ; Colonel Theo
dore W. Bean. Forty ballots were taken
without substantial variation or without
effecting a result, the last ono standing :
Weand, 37 ; Evans, 33 ; Thropp, 31 ;
Godshalk, 13 ; Bean, 0. At ten o'clock p.
m., after an all day session " with occa
sional intorvals for rest and refreshments"
an adjournment was taken until this mori
ing.
The Democratic convention of North
umberland county, in this state, yesterday
nominated S. P. Woolverton lor congress
man, and James J. Rylan aud R. C. Mc
Williams for assemblymen.
The Democratic convention of Bucks
county nominated for state senator Cbas.
S. Vandegriff, of llensalem, and for as
semblyman Chas. II. Wonsidler, of Mil
ford ; J. Miles Jamison, of Nithampton ;
Thomas MacRoyolds, of Now Britain and
James M. Snyder, of L3Wsr Wakefield.
Tho Democratic convention of Perry
county nominated W. H. Smith, of Bloom-
held for assemblyman
The Union couuty Democrats nomina
ted A. H. Dill for Congress, and S. M.
Himmelbreioh for Assembly. Dill will
contest the congressional nomiuation with
Curtin, of Centre.
John B. Storm was nominated for Con
gress and M. F. Coolbaugh for the Leg
islature by the Monroe couuty Democrats.
Klotz was indorsed. Bossism, political
assessments, etc., were condemned.
At the Democratic primary elections in
Pike country John D. Biddis received tho
full vote of the couuty for state senator in
the Twenty-second district, composed of
Pike, Monroe and Carbon, there being no
opposition. Monroe county elected con
ferees to concur with Pike, thus giving
the nomination beyond doubt to Mr. Bid
dis. The result for representative in Pike
is not yet known. William Westfall,
presont iucumbent, and George Geyer are
the candidates. Conlonel A. E. Lewis
won the congressional conferees of Pike
without any opposition.
For Congress the Blair county Demo
crats at an unusually full and harmonious
convention nominated A. B. Lively, with
tho privilego of choosing his own referees;
Assembly Abraham Lingaefelter and
Adolphus- Ake ; Prothonotary J. P.
Stewart : Sheriff Mercer Gray. Fisk
Conrad was chosen unanimously as chair
man of the county committee, and that
means the signal for a hard and deter
mined fight. J. P. Stewart is tho present
incumbent of tbo office of prothonotary,
and is serving his third successive term.
His re-election is considered assured. It
is confidentially counted upon that Ling
aefelter will succeed in making a victory.
Joe. SI. Shafer was nominated for the
Assembly by the Democratic convention
of Cameron county, and J. B. Newton for
state senator. No one was recommended
for Congress.
THIS STAR Sl'AGLKO BANNER.
Alleged Discourtesies to the American Flag.
Ill feeling among American residents in
Japan has been started by repeated and
apparently studied discourtesies to the
United States flag on the part of British
naval officers. The American ship Swa
tara left Yokohama, homeward bound, on
July 27, and was saluted, according to cus
tom, by war ships of every nationality ex
cept tho English. The British fleet at
Yokohama was sent away on the 2d of
July last, and remained at sea over the
4tb, avoiding the necessity for a salute.
Similar incidents were of constant occur
rence during Ueneral Grant's visit, and
the determination of the British army offi
cers at Hong Kong to withhold salutes on
Washington's birthday has been a cause
of difference between tho officers and the
governor, Sir John Hennessy, who shows
a sense of the proprieties on such occa
sions. It is claimed on behalf of the Brit
ish agents that their conduct is regulated
by orders from London.
THE WOBLIVS CONTEHPOKAKIES.
Some Choice Excerpts from Becent Issues.
New Tork World.
The vile and venal Times Jones of
the Times (not Jeptba, the pension bum
mer, but George, the dealer in obscene
literature.) Jones is an ass The
prize goose of the Tribune waddles up to
an attack upon Mr. Flower The
more disinterested lunatics of th? Albany
Evening Journal.
iNEWS MISCELLANY.
GLEANED VBOat THE MuBNINU ".
The Bcord r Notable uccarreaces A Hat
band's Singular Conspiracy to get
Bid or him Wife.
A man named Weaver and his wife liv..
ing two miles from Adams, N. Y., were
attacked by a highwayman,at a place called
Greed's Crossing, near their home. Mrs.
Weaver thought she recognized the voice
as that of A J. Budlong, an adopted
brother and great chum of her husband.
Budlong having been arrested on Saturday
night has made a confession, substantially
as follows :
Weaver and his wife have not lived hap
pily together, and a few weeks ago Wea
ver spoke to Budlong in reference to put
ting Mrs. Weaver out of tho way, and it
was agreed that Budlong should attack
them while out riding and demand their
money, and upon a refusal he was to step
behind the buggy and shoot Mrs. Wea
ver, and the plan was carried out. After
tbe woman was shot the husband paid no
attention to her and refused to go for a
doctor. Tbe wound was only a flesh
wound. Weaver has since been arrested
and denies the story, but be is very reti
cent. lmuWNED.
Three
Voudc Girls Lose their Lives In tbe
Juniata.
Martha and Flora Crosley, aged re
spectively fourteen and eleven years, and
Minnie Peddeck, aged twelve years, were
drowned in tbe Juniata river near Hunt
ingdon. They were, with Ruth Crosley, a
sister, beating on Fisher's dam, and when
about thirty feet from tho shore their boat
sprung aleak, and tbo girls in their fright
upset it, and they sank in ten feet of
water. Ruth Crosley clung to the boat
and was rescued. The river is being
dragged and the bodies-of the Crosley s
have been recovered.
Heath la a Wash Tub.
Mrs. Charles Hovey, a young married
woman, liviug in the town of Thetford,
Genessee county, Mich., bound ber five-year-old
child to herself and then plunged
her own head and that of her child in a
wash tub filled water. Both were drowned.
It is supposed to be a case of temporary
insanity.
Frank Stoner, a livery stable koeper,and
his brother, Everett Stoner, were drowned
at Kingsbury, Me., yesterday, by the
upsetting of their boat.
HOUSE THIEVES.
An Organized Band Working In Now Jersey
aud Pennsylvania.
There has been considerable excitement
among tho residents of Mercer and Mont
gomery counties, in New Jersey, and
Berks couuty, Pa., over the supposed or
ganization ot a gang of horse thieves and
a systematic arrangement to steal horses,
as during tho past month 30 horses have
been stolen in these counties. A man
named John Beunett has been arrested
and coniincd in Mercer couuty, (N. J.)
jail, on the charge of being connected with
a gang of horse thieves. He confessed to
the officer who arrested him to having
stolen a horso at Coatesville, Pa., and tho
animal was found in his possession. Do
velopments are expected which may lead
to the arrest of a number of other persons.
ItLUOulAirlRAY.
rnro Desperadoes Seriously Wouuded Near
Cleveland.
. At "Smoky Hollow," Youngstown, O.,
William Manly and James Bualley quar
reled at a dance about a young woman,
and with mutual friends, they fought it
out. Bualley was cut and otherwise in
jured, so that ho lies in a critical condi
tion, and Manly has an ugly wound on
the head, which may provo fatal. A lady
whose house is near the scene, and who
was an involuntary witness of the light,
was frightened iuto spasms, and her re
covery is doubtful.
His Flesh Stripped JTroin His Bones.
A Hungarian named J. Baron has been
employed . on the Jersey Shore & Pine
Creek railroad, at Williamsport. On Sat
urday afternoon Baron was engaged with
a crew who were preparing a heavy blast
aud was ordered to open a keg of powder.
He proceeded to Knock it open, with his
pick. An explosion followed and the face
and neck of the man wore burned almost
to a crisp. The flesh upon his back and
arms was literally stripped from tho bones.
He was still alivo at last accounts, but
will not survive his terrible injuries.
A SUFoot, Jet-Black Applicant at West
Point.
Forty-two out of tho forty-seven ap
plicants appointed by congressmen for
admission to tbe military academy at
West Point have arrived there, and all of
of them passed tbo medical examination
to day. Among them is the colored ap
plicant from Floiida, Lemuel W. Livings-
ton. Ho is nearly six feet in height and
jet black. Ho is accompanied by the
whito professor of tho college from which
he graduated.
He Hanged Hltuseir In tne Orchard.
James Love, 23 years of age, living on a
farm a short distance from Gordon, Pa.,
committed suicide by banging himself to
a tree in tho orchard. The deceased lived
with his aged mother aid was her only
support. No reason can be assigned for
the act except temporary aberration of the
mind.
Governor Long Willing to Go to Congress
Governor Iiong, replying to a petition
to stand for Congress in the Second Mas
sachusetts district, says : "I should deem
the nomination it tendered to me a great
honor, and also deem it a call to public
service which I should be bound as well as
gratified to accept."
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CHAIRMAN HENSKL TALKS.
Pertinent Suggestions to the
Democratic
City committee.
Philadelphia Record.
The Democratic city executive com
mittee held a special meeting last evening
to allow its members to receive instruc
tions from Chairman Hensel, of the Dem
ocratic state committee. Mr. Hensel had
come directly from tbe convention at
Doylestown and reported the Bucks county
Democracy to be efficiency managed.
Reports from all sections of the state, he
said, indicated that the party was being
thoroughly organized, the county com
mittees being formed in school districts.
Mr. Hensel explained the apparent apathy
existing about political headquarters by
saying that the party was not preparing
for victory in August and defeat in No
vember. He advised the committeemen
to bend their energies to tbe registration
of Democratic voters from now until Sept.
7, and for a month after ihat to look to
payment of poll takes and tho producing
of naturalization papers.
" It is not safe to assume that your name
is on the list this year because it was last,"
said the Democrat chairman. " I won't
say that tho Republican leaders have
issued instructions to assessors all over
the state to drop a few Democratic names
from each division list, but if the names
shonld be dropped it would do us great
injury. The Republican party is desper
ate enough to resort to any rascality in this
campaign, and it will be safe for us to
assume that such instructions havo been
issued, so that every Democratic voter
will ascertain if he is'registered. The Com
mute of One Hundred has suspected that
tho registry would not be correct, and it
has offered a reward for the detection of
persons mutilating the lists."
Speaking of the Democratic candidate
for Governor, Mr. Hensel said: "There
was nothing contributed so much to Mr.
Pattison's nomination as the appearance
of harmony and sincerity of the Philadel
phia delegation at Harrisburg. It is con-
ceded on all hands that the nomination is
the itreageat that could be made."
The Democratic leader does not favor
parades, torchlight and brass-band deaoa
8tntiOBS,.af inf that if the party should
undertake then the.opposition could pro
bably outdo them. He thought the city
committee could expend its energies and
perfect organization to better purpose.
The committee received a number of re
ports from tbe various ward chairmen
concerning the Democratic United States
supervisors. Over twenty appointees have
so far failed to take the oath. They will
be notified to come into the United States
District court to-day to be sworn in.
A Distinction without a Difference.
Pnlladelphta Press.
It is not, of course, true that every man
in favor of assessments is a thief ; but
every thief is in favor of assessments.
IN COCKT.
Tne First WeeK of Common
Pic
BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.
The first case attached was that of
Amanda Funk vs. Jacob Eshelman. This
was an aotion to recover for wages, and it
came into court on an appeal from the
judgment of Alderman Spurrier. The
plaintiff alleged that she went to live with
the defendant, who is a farmer and resides
at Creswell, Manor township, on April
23d, 1877, when she was 17 years of age.
She remained there until April 23, 1881.
She did all the houso work during that
time and besides worked in the garden,
tobacco patch and fields and whitewashed
the fences. She received no pay for this
work and now sues to recover. The
understanding was that at the end of her
term she was to receive a set of furniture,
which she never got Witnesses were
called to show that the plaintiff bad done
the work claimed.
The defense was that the girl was
given over into the family of the defend
ant, with whom she lived for four years.
She was to receive her board and clothing
and a set of fnrniture, and on those condi
tions was taken,as her mother was poor. It
wasclaimed that the girl was to!earn the art
of keeping house. Sbo was very slow to
learn, but the defendant did the best she
could with her. Sho was always supplied
with clothing and board and at tho end of
term was offered the furniture which she
refused to take, saying sbo had no place for
it. It was claimed that tho woman did
not do the work alleged.
The defense offered an indenture which
was made between the mother of plaintiff
and the defendant. It was shown that
the girl had never ratified it and it was not
admitted in evidence. Tbe jury rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $208.
In tho case of Amos Kirchner vs. the
couuty of Lancaster, issue to ascertain the
amount of damages sustained by the
plaintiff by reason of the extension of
Green street, this city, judgment was en
tered in favor of thq plaintiff for $30 and
costs.
In the case of John Free vs. the county
of Lancaster, which is on the list for next
week, and which is also a Green street
damage case, judgment was entered in
favor of the plaintiff for $10 and costs.
BEFORE JUDGE rATTERSOK.
Drs. Benjamin S. and F. A. Muhlenberg
surviving executors of Dr. Frederick A.
Muhlenberg, late of Lancaster city, de
ceased, vs. Catherine and Jacob Drncken
miller action of ejectment to recover pos
session of a small piece of land which the
plaintiffs allege is now wrongfully held in
possession by tho defendants, the title
being, as tbo plaintiff's claim, in them.
The property iu disputo is that portion
used as the western terminus of the Lan
caster & New Holland turnpike, but which
was recently declared vacated by a survey
of the city. The plaintiff showed that in tbe
year 1821 Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg purchased
of the trustees of Samuel C. Offner a
tract of land that in 1832 the city, under
an act of Assembly, took possession of as
a portion of the New Holland turnpike at
its western terminus, for tho purpose of
erecting that part of the railroad, now
under tho Lime street bridge. They
deeded to the turnpike company a tract of
land that had been granted to the
city by Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, situated
on the north bank of the railroad,
and extending back until it again joined
tbo turnpike ; that Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg
bad never parted with the fee simple of
tho tract and upon its vacation by the city
under the new plan it (this land in ques
tion) reverted to tbo estate of Dr. F. A.
Muhlenberg, and that as the executors of
his estato tho plaintiffs now claim it, al
though it has been enclosed and taken pos
session of by the defendants who reside on
ground just north and adjoining tho track.
This morning tho defense asked for a
non-suit on tho ground that tbe defendant
bad failed to show exclusive title to it,
and offered to show that in 1837, by a sale
to Jacob Griel from Dr. Muhlenberg of
tbo whole tract, the conveyance expressly
set forth that there was reserved for it the
portion now in question which the deed
recited as so much as tho city had pur
chased and that therefore tho title could
not be in the plaintiffs. Jurors were with
drawn and a non-suit granted. A motion
was mado to striko off the non-suit.
MARIETTA NEWS.
Items from the Borough on the Susque-
On Saturday last, Mr. Abram Collins, of
Marietta, lost a very valuable family mare
by deatb, caused from a bruise on one of
her feet, several weeks since he had her
shod tho smith that done the work cutting
the frog so close as to cause soreness, and
it is believed sbo tread ou a stone creating
a bruise which ended in mortification and
deatb. Tho animal was a great favorite
and will be hard to replace, being gentle,
fearless and a good roadster of more than
ordinary speed.
A gentle rain set in on Saturday evening
continuing up to this writing (Monday
morning), which will do a great good to
the late corn and tobacco crop.
On Saturday last John Shank, of East
Donegal, near tbo village of May town, sold
bis farm at public salo. It contained 38
acres and was purchased by Christian
Hershoy for $290.70 per aero.
On the 24 inst., David S. Engle's farm
of 30 acres was sold to Ephraim Nissley
for $290 per aero, it is situated on the
turnpike road between Marietta and Mt.
Joy.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
L Events Near and Across the County Lines.
The village of Rosenvick, Chester coun
ty, consists of five houses, three of which
are waiting to be occupied.
The Eastern Pennsylvania telephone
company's wires havo been extended up
the Lebanon valley to Womelsdorf, Sheri
dan, Richland, Lebanon and Pottstown.
Mayor Rowo, of Reading, has given
goUU ball to answer tne charge of neglect
in not keeping tho streets in repair. Fifty
three of tbe 55 councilmen bad entered
bail to answer the same charge.
Rev. Dr. Garvey, pastor of St. Peter's
Catholic church, of Reading, bas been re
moved to St. James' church, Philadelphia,
by Right Rev. Archbishop Wood. Dr.
Garvey takes the place of Father O'Neil,
who dropped dead at Saratoga a few
weeks ago.
Kowdylsni la Strasburg.
Last evening a disgraceful fight took
place at a bee r saloon in Strasburg, dur
ing which a young man named Eckert was
very roughly handled. While be was
being double teamed inside tho salmon,
his brother and some other fiicnds, who
wero locked out, broke iu tho door, and a
general fight 'ensued, during which an
Irishman had his band very badly cut.
Constable John Hull appeared on the
scene and restored order.
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THE TOBACCO MARKET.
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TKAVB IN SKt.D LEar AND HAVANA.
Taa sVeeal Market Condition of taw Crop ot
1883 in Laucaattr-aad Lebanon.
The Field at Large.
Income sections of the county consider
able of the emp has been pat lBto sheds
during the last week, whilst there are still
some farmers harrowing, ' mowing SJa
eoaxing up their backward plants. The
condition of the most of the crops has not
materially changed during the last week.
Until tbe rain of Sunday some sections
were very dry and tho 'rain came in good
time for a great deal of the late planting ;
but a good long time is yet wanted to
make the tobacco, a great deal of which is
very small, is now ripe and will have to bo
cut
In some sections we notico some large
tobacco that is very yellow and some of it
is being out. This will never make a good'
leaf. In other cases farmers 'are cutting,
whilo the plant is entirely too green. They
should let it get' ripe.
We are sorry to see so many many bare
spots in so many of the fields and venture
the prediction that in the future there will
be a larger portion of tbe crop planted
earlier than it was this year. Replanting
was not a success this year; many of the
plants had better be taken in and kept for
next year's planting, as thoy are very lit
tle larger than good plants now. In
fields now being out you will find plenty
not larger than a man's hand, and they
were planted within ten days of the origi
nal planting.
Sampling of the "81" bas commenced
and the goods are coming out excellently.
Packers are feeling good and claim to have
one of tbe best packings ever put up in
the county.
Farmers are high-toned in their prices
"expected" for the "82" and say buyers
aro around prospecting. Buyers on the
other hand say they will not be in a hurry
and will buy after the leaf bas been
stripped. We shall see. One thing w
have lrom a perfectly reliable grower looks;
as though there was some movement go
ing on : He says he had a letter from the
party who bonght his crop last year that
they would bo at his place to buy his crop
inside of two weeks, and also asked him
to be ready to go with them to buy more.
He sold last year for 28 through, and ex
pects to get more this season.
We havo learned of sales of two pack
ings of " 81" on private terms during the
last week, and prices are said to be very
satisfactory to both buyer aud seller.
Lebanon County Tobacco.
A correspondent sends us the following
from Sbaefferstown, Lebanon county :
Edt. " Lancaster Intelligencer."
As a reader of your paper I have no
ticed almost weekly reports of the grow
ing tobacco crop ; ' and as we consider our
county not altogether an insignificant part
in the production of the weed, we con
cluded to report onr observations while
out among tbe farmers. We have been
around a good deal, and are convinced
that Lebanon county can oompete with
either Lancaster, Chester, York or Ju
niata counties for nice tobacco. While we
could mention many names that have
extra fino weed, we will confine ouraelf to
only a few parties, viz : BrendeL Loose
& Steinmetz, all of whom raised weed
on the Brendel farm near Sbaefferstown,
of a very superior quality, topped medium
low bo that the leaves are very large aad .
regular. We measured a leaf the other
day 46$x25 and a fraction. Leaves from
3G to 39 inches aro quite common. And,
as the weather is so favorable now we ex
pect to show at least 300 ares of such
goods to your city buyers. Growers are
very busy cutting tbe weed at present,
and if tbe season shonld not bo too damp
so that it will not rot or burn on the poles
you may expect to hear big reports from
old Sbaefferstown. In regard to white
veins we have no anxiety, the late rains
have so filled the stalks with moisture
that it will cure very slowly and not dry
like hay on the scaffold without changing
color as it did last season.
Gas' Revert.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by
J. S.Gans' Sou & Co., tobacco brokers,
No. 131 Water street, New York, for the
week ending August 23, 1882 :
650 cases 1880 Pennsylvania fillers, 6
CJc ; assorted, 1012Jo ; 300 cases 1881 Wis
consin Havana seed l(518c. ; 50 cases 1880
do. 10c ; 100 cases 1880 New England,
wrappers, 1430c ; 150 cases 1881 do.
seconds, ll()12o. ; 4C0 eases 1878-79,
Ohio, private terms ; 125 cases 1880, do.
wrappers, 'J(a;12c. ; 100 cases Sundries,
914c. ; total, 1,935 cases.
new York Market.
Sew York Tobacco Journal.
A somewhat better inquiry for old goods
was noticeable during the past week, and
while as yet sales are by no means large,
the absolute lethargy that has character
ized our market for so many months past
is lacking. The prices realized were not
in advanco of those lately noted, and the
inquiry for "bargains," meaning great
loss to holders, was frequent and signifi
cant. In new tobaccos, Wisconsin has taken
the lead so far, the sales amounting to
about 600 cases at 17 to 22 cents. This
tobacco, or at least that offered up to the
present time, has some resemblance to Su
matra ; hence tbo prevailing preference.
The following conversation between a
prominent manufacturer, who, for years,
bought new Pennsylvania at this time of
the year, and tho writer, illustrates the
sentiments of his class toward this to
bacco. "Have .you examined the new Penn
sylvania ?"
"Yes."
" What do you think of It?"
"Splendid. It is better than the '78,
'78 and '80."
"And the price?"
" I have been asked between 25 and 30
cents for tbo bert, and I think, compared
with the previous crops named, it is
cheaper."
" You always bought new Pennsylvania
at this time of the year. Why don't you
buy it now, especially as yon thiok it
cheap ?"
"Because I have learned a lesson.
Pennsylvania is apt to change in all its
features within a few months. If, in a
few months, it looks as it does now, I'll
buy it ; if it doesn't, I won't. Good by."
The sales of the week were as follows :
Pennsylvania Crop '80 : 600 eases, 12
to 15 cents.
Connecticnt Crop '81 : 300 cases see
dnds, 13 cents. Crop '80 : 100 cases wrap
pers, 80 cents.
Wisconsin Crop '81-: 600 cases Havana
seed, 17 to 22 cents.
Ohio Crop '80 : 100 cases, 4 to 6 cents.
Crop '79 : 450 cases, p. t.
Sumatra Exceedingly active. Sales
500 bales. Quotations : Small size, 85 to
95 cents ; large size, bat light, $1 to $1.05;
medium size, dark, 1.10 to $1.20.
Havana Market quiet. Sales 400 bale.
Prices unchanged.
KeeelvMt am agageoseat.
William Zecher, the well-known base
ball catcher of this city will leave for
Williamsport to-morrow to join the club
of that jsity with which ho will play dar
ing the remainder of the season. The
Williamsport nine are paid and Mr. Zecber
will receive a good salary.
Ceraer Stoaa Layiag.
The corner stone of the.M. E. church at
Quarryville, will be laid on Saturday. Sep
tember 2nd, at three p. a. Rev. J. A.
Cooper, Elwood C. Yerkes aad otbersVue
expected to be present.
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Apost-oafoe has been
Houston, this county.
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