tSROLVWMM ffaegKatfJHfflgoytjewMtJHii a wjrwwm.'imi tUBSJBKfiJttftiO'WtOSISSSE LANCASTEB DAELY ISIEIJjIGJSNGEB. FKIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1882. wuu'nBr Lancaster f ntelligenccr. FBIDAT EVENING. OCTO. 182. A. CsernI Rivalry. Mr. Robert H. Sayre has resigned tlic positioa-cf sopertltendent of tbe Lehigh Valley railroad.compaaiywith.intntJJt is said, to assume the presidency of the South Pennsylvania railroad, a new and formidable rival to the Pennsylvania railroad, which will shortly be built be tween Hsrtisbhrg and 'Pittsburgh, and by its connection with the Beading on the east arid the VanderbiltTOads on the west, form a new trunk line to the Mis sissippi. Vanderbilt, constitutes the financial basis of the project, which will undoubtedly be executed. It has a very flattering prospect of successful rivalry with, its great neighbor when it gets on its feet. With a smaller capital and better gradients and with as product, ive an agricultural and mineral country to draw upon for its revenue, it ought to" be sure of large dividends. The public will profit by 'the rivalry of j the roads, and probably there is business enough to keep both prosperous under their competition. .There is little dbubt that if the Pennsylvania railroad i had properly developed the resources of the country along its main line in Pennsyl vania instead of seeking unprofitable business from all over the country, it would be in a much' stronger condition to-day, from the great increase of its local business. Even with the neglect which this lias experienced at' the hands ..of ,the company, it has grown so as to be the mainstay of the railroad. A more- liberal policy animates the direction of the road now than fprnierly, and. it is per haps as ready to respond to local de mands as its foolishly-made entangle ments in far away places make at present possible. It has more qf the sympathy of the public than" itused to have, but, nevertheless, its rival will be welcomed for the cerjainty the rivalry will bring of the goad behavior of the railroad management to the people, whose favor they need to conciliate. There is nothing like necessity for mak ing railroad and other potentates de cent in their behavior. When they can, they kick; but when they can't help it, i they submit to be kicked with a marvel - lous graciousness. o-a Miss PnESCOTT,an actress, has just ob tained heavy damages from the Ameri can News company at the hands of a New York jury, for the publication of a very gross libel upon her in a newspapei which was circulated by the "News com pany. Tlio notable thing about the ver dict is that neither the author of the libel nor the newspaper which printed it were held to their responsibility, bui the damage was Jaid upon a 'party who circulated it. There seems to be no doubt that tho News company was legally responsible ; the liability would appear to be a great drawback upon the business of circulating newspapers in these days when tho license of tho press is so great. It is remarkable that the libel law is so little invoked as it is. Few persons who suffer at the hands of a newspaper undertake to obtain rcdres? in the law courts ; and those wiio do, seldom take much of their effort. Per haps now that it has bean demonstrated that a rich News company may be made to pay what it has been so difficult to collect from a poor newspaper, actions for libel may bs more popular. In this case the libeller and the newspaper that was the vehicle of his motive were both too contemptible to bs held to account ability. The American News company however, enjoys a profitable business, built up at the expense of the newspapers it circulates, and it' can well afford oc casionally to pay heavily for the offenses of its clients. It might be a good idea to require all newspapers to be endorsed in this way by a strong financial com pany that may be held responsible for their misconduct. We are convinced that it would be to the advantage of both the public and the newspapers, if some means could be adopted of put ting a proper brake upon the license of the press that would not interfere with its liberty. m m Certain district conferences in Penn sylvania of both parties are having an exhausting time settling disputed nomi nations. They always come at this time and there is no help for them under the present system of appointing conferees from the different counties in the dis trict. It is the practice to permit the candidate of tbe -county to select its con . ferees and consequently when they meet they areat-the disposal of the respective candidates to be held, traded and sold for his benefit. It is needless to say that there 'is no propriety in the De mocracy of any county putting itself into the pocket of any man to be used for his profit. Until the idea is aban doned that any man lias claims upon his party instead of the party having a claim upon him, we will continue to see these discreditable personal contests over nominations. The truth is that as soon as any mau under takes to demand a nomination from his party just then it is demonstrated that he should not have it.. No conference should take twenty-four hours to select a candidate. If the conferees cannot in that time discover" a man in the district fit for the nomination they show them selves unfit for the duty assigned them. ( If the conferees were appointed in the interest of the party and not of men, they would speedily and properly do their business., But t is seemingly ira-o?-sible'to keep tbe candidates from owning the men theoretically appointed to make the nominations suitable for the party. The conferee system should (be abolished and some other method be tried.' A dis trict convention would do better, made large enough to prevent it from being so Hated jn .selfish interests as easily manipulated in conferees habitually are. ',r ,i ' U - I William A. Wallace has 'been nominated for state senator by tbe con ferees of two of the counties in his dis trict, in which there hasibeen a great' deal'of. disturbance over the nomination:' tie it. He can hardly desire the place, since be has long since exhausted its loners, and if he'is willing' to accept it. he people'of his district have reason to be entirely' satisfied. Any individual disappointments the matter should be I a subject of no concerafbatever. The "Lovistille Tobacco Reporter" is the title of a new weekly devoted to the tobacco interests of the wes it -ispub- iisbed by James J. Mitchc1! at 2tper annum. The secretary of war has asked jthe opinion of tho attorney general upon tbe question, " Whether the persistent refusal (in the part of an officer of tbe army to pay his just debts and obligations does not make him liable to trfalfbyjcourt martia1 upon charges'of conduct' unbecoming an officer and a gentleman ? " You must make a break among! the capitalists, " is tbe latest advice given Highway Robber Hubbell by Secretary Henderson of the Republican Congression al committee. Tim desperate, counsel will rauk in history along with Quay's stirring exhortation to Black to throw dust iu tbe oyes of the laboring class : "Go ahead' with the Greenback-Labor campaign, and I will foot the bill." A coititEsroNDENT writes : "It has grown to be the wonder of everybody how the three candidates continue to bear up under the incessant strain upon their powers. ' The earnestuoss and evident sin cerity of Pattison, tho versatility and pol ished rhetoric of Black, and the grace of logic of Elliott under tho trying circum stances, mark them as ono of the strongest combinations ot speakers which ever essayed the task they are now performing in Pennsylvania." Tjie struggle between pure government and Maboneism iu Virginia, mother of presidents and repudiators, is waxing more bitter every day. Clerks without political influence are being discharged and their places filled by unscrupulous Muhone henchmen. Tho corrupt bargain with the administration for tho election of seven re pudiators to Congress has givon the ex Confederate brigadier entire control of tho federal patronage of tho state, ami he is using his ill-bought power with a tyraut's hand. If this thirsty leech is not soon torn fioru his position, he will sap the life blood of tho Old Dominion. Waltek M. Franklin, esq., informs us that he received a dispatch from Mr.Far quhar, of York, a Republican, requesting him to advise the Examiner that the story it published from a Pittsburgh paper, that the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor had b2en intoxicated at meetings in Western Pennsylvania, was untrue, Mr. Farquhar having been so informed by reliable parties in Waynesboro.Bedford and Uniontown, where the sseue of the story was laid. Mr. Farquhar added that he had known Mr. Black for twenty years and know his habits to be good and he himself to bs as good a man as a Democrat could be made. The Examiner iailed to publish this contradiction. . It has also failed to print tho numerous contiadic- tions it finds in its western exchanges ; such as the following fiuin tho Wayncsburg Messenger : " We appeal to every decent man who attended the meeting in the court room on Tuesday night, to say whether there is one word of truth in that etatement. It is a lie bald and naked, from beginning to end, as every honest man who was present at the meeting will tes tily. We were with Mr. Black before his spsech and after its close, and feel safe in saying he had not been drinking a drop." PERSONAL. President AnTUun arrived at tho cap ital last night. Judge Kalakaua, a brother of king Kalakaua, is visiting San Francisco. Mrs. Thomas A. Scott will leave in a few days for the south of Europe, and will remain abroad two years. She will be ac companied by her mother. Governor Stephens, of Georgia, in pursuance of a rule j of his life, will not remove any officer in" the state department who has done and is doing his duty. Tho applications from new aspirants 'are over whelming. Paul Hamilton Havne wi!l bo present at tho opening of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union, convention, at Louisville, Ky., on ' Wednesday next, and will recite his poem, " Tho Sunny South," composed for tho occasion. Bonnat, tho famous French painter, is a solid and muscular little man, with broad shoulders, a massive head, and strongly marked features. He is neither a wit nor a brilliant talker, but is esteemed as a true friend and an excellent and amiable man. Dr. Hamilton, of New York, has sent in his bill. The board apppointod to con sider and audit the various claims arising out of the illness and death of Mr. Gar field yesterday received from that physi cian a claim of $25,000 for professional services. Speaker J. Warren Keifek arrived at the Continental hotel yesterday and was called upon by numerous Stalwart friends, who congratulated him upon pull ing through out of the Republican wreck in the Ohio election, no will .peak for his friend, Mr. Robeson, in Camden coun ty this evening. PnoFEsson W. E. Waltz, principal of tue Scuuylkill valley seminary, at Kcad iog. Pa., has been appointed a missionary to Japan by the board of missions of the Evangelical association at Lindsey, Ohio. Prof. Walz is a son of the Rov. J. Walz, manager of the Evangelical branch pub lishing house in Stuttgart, Gormany. Ciiief Justice SnARswooo is to be ten dered a complimentary banquet by the Philadelphia bar in view of his retirement from the supreme ourt bouoh in Decem ber. A meeting was held on Wednesday, at which a committee was appointed to prepare a letter tendering the chief justice the compliments of the Philadelphia law yers. Sionor Tomsiaso Salvini, the eminent tragedian, arrived at New York by the steamer Ameriquo yesterday. To a re porter he said that ho had just recovered from a sprain got in a .fall from a ladder last summer. Daring the summer Signor Piccini, of Florence, translated "Riche lieu " for tho tragedian, who: will act the leading part before Italian, bat not before American audiences. Signor Salvini also has been studying "King Lear." His season will begin in New York next week. Ai Organ in Hysterics. WiUcesbarre Becord. The Lancaster Examiner, the personal organ of ex-Senator Simon Cameron, re fuses to be consoled and goes off into hysterics over the growth of the Independ ent movement in that region of the state. Oar esteemed contemporary i is to be pitied in its distress AOUTEEBN VENDETTA. i 5" THAttlC ENDING OF 'A rAJULS VKVD. Three Citizens of Knoxville, Tenn., Klfl Kacb Other In the Street A Triangular Duel That Knded Fatally. One of the mo3t desperate and deadly shooting affrays, tnat ever took placo in the" shot-gun region ot JSisfTnnnessee occurred on the main street and in the heart of Knoxvillo. Thursday morning. Three nromincnt citizens were almost in stantly killed, two were wounded and half a dozen others had their clothing perfora ted by buckshot. The. dead are General Joseph A. Mabry, his son, J63eph A.' Mabry, jr., and Major Thomas O'Conner. The Mabrys were a family of fighters, and a score of men have lost their lives at the hands of the male members of the clan. The triangular duel however, ended the lives' of the last two men of the Mabry line in that section. In August General Mabry quarrelled with a neighbor named Moses Lusby about a horse. They separated, each vowing vengeance. A day or two later General Mabry and his son Joseph met Moses Lusby and his son Daniel. The older Lusby asked tho general if he was " fixed," which inquiry referred to the possession of firearms. The general replied "Yes" and drew a navy revolver, an example which was followed by his son. The Lusbys also drew and began firing first. A dozen pr more shots were fired. Both tho Mabrys wcro slightly wounded and the Lusbys were killed. Tbe Mabrya wore arrested, released on bail, tried last week and acquitted on tho ground that they were acting in self defense when they removed old and young Lusby. While the fatal quarrel between the Mabry and Lusby families was said in court to have originated about a horse, it was generally believed that the Lusbys were killed out of revenge, Dan Lusby having shot and killed General Mabry's sou, William, at a merry-making last Christmas. Some mouths ago General Mabry and Major O'Conner, president of 'the Mer chants' national bank of Knoxvillo, disa greed about the settlement of a claim which grew out of the transfer of a tract of land onoo owned by the general. Mutual friends prevented a duel and soothed the angry men into quietude. The time of the Mabrys was so taken up with tho set tlement of the Lusby affair that they did not re-open tho quarrel with Major O'Con ner until Wednesday afternoon, when tho general met the major at the county lair. Mabry publicly upbraided O'Conner and declared that he had not treated him (the general) as one gentleman should treat another. Major O'Conner replied that it was not a gentleman's place to settle private differences in public. The general then told O'Conner that he should not live. Mbry was armed, but O'Con ner had no weapons. As Mabry was about drawing his revolver friends interfered and they wore taken away from each other. An hour or so later Mabry sent word to O'Conner, who was at home with his family, that he intended to kill him on sight. IJetween 0 and 10 o'clock Thursday morning Major O'Conner stood in the door of the Merchant's national bank, on Gay street; smoking a cigar. Down tho other side of the strost walked General Mabry, arm in-arm with a Iriend. O'Conner, who was awaiting the coming of his enemy, steuned into the bank, picked up ono of two double barreled shotguns that stood by the door and came out on tho steps at the moment General Mabry camo up. Seeing O'Connor. General Mabry stopped and reached for his pistol as his companion stepped back. Beforo Mabry could dr.'w his pistoi O'Conner took deliberate aim and discharged ono barrel intr Mabry V left side. The general reeled, shook his fist at his murderer and fell dead upon the sidewalk. O'Conner fearing tha the gen eral might rovivo again, raised the gun and sent another char-re of buck mot into the dead man's left thigh and body. Ii an instant after tho firing the strcr was crowded witu people running to the scene of tho trageey.. O'Conner pushed his way through the first arrivals, 'ontored the bank, picked up tho other shotgun and cime out bareheaded upon tLe street. About this time Joseph A. Mabry, the gen eral's son, who had heard tho shoo'Jng and suspected who.was doing it, came rushing up, revolver iu'hand. The crowd scattered light and left as young Mabry advanced, and O'Conner, who was greatly exeiied, did not catch sight of him until they were within forty feet of each other. Tho major raised his gun, but young Mabry was quickest and the shot from his revolver entered O'Conner's right breast and came out f his back. O'Conner fired almost at the same instant and young Mabry fell a corpse on the pavement. His side and breast wcic literally riddled with buck shot, no less than twenty wounds being found in a space but little larger than a man's hand. A second after young Mabry fell Mcjor O'Conner dropped dead upon the steps of tho bank. Tho whole tragedy occurred within two minutes and not one of tho three principal spoke from the timo the firing began. General Mabry had moro than thirty buckshot in his body aud his son had a greater number still. One bystander was shot in tho thigh and another received three buckshots in tho arm. Tho affair has caused moro excitement than anything that has occurred there for years. The dead men wcro all woalthy and widely known throughout that section of tho state. Major O'Connor was reputed to be one of the richost men iu East Tennessee, Col. E. J. Sanford, the vice president, took charge of the Merchants' nation?l bank immediately after the shooting. Msdor O'Connor's Career. A Nashvillo dispatch says : The most intense excitement prevails on account of tho terrible tragedy at Knoxvillo. Express ions of profound regret are beard on every hand at the death of Major O'Conner, who was universally beloved among all classes. Major O'Connci's home is in Knox villo, is located near Fort Saundors and is said to be the most beautiful placo in the South. All that money could buy or in genuity suggest was used in beautifying tho grounds, whilo tho building was a Srivate palace. It is said that during lajnr O'Conner's visit to Nashville a few days ago he stated to some friends that ho decided to go to Knoxville for he expected to havo to kill tho Mabrys or that they would kill him. M-.'jor O'Conner was forty eight years of ago and wa3 born in Virginia, where he resided with his parents until the death of his father, ho then being only eighteen years of age. Ho left his uativo state, camo to Teunosseo and settled iu Knox ville, where be entered into tho Buddie and harness busiuess, working himself on the bench. He continued in this business until the breaking out of tho war, when he espoused the causo of tho South, and entered Captain Kain's artiilery company as first lieutenant. The battery was stationed daring the greater partof tho war at Cnm. berlaud Gap, whero Major O'Conner was made a prisoner of war. At the close of the war ho moved to "Atlanta and again took up his old trade. In tliia he continu ed until he had accumulated some money, when ho returned .to Knoxville and opened up a wholesale harness and leather estab lishment. In 18T1 he removed to Nash ville and leased tbe state prison, which he continued to lease at tho time of his death. Hs wa3 a director and large stock holder in the Nashville is Chattanooga railroad, a member of the firm of CherrV, O'Conner & Co., of Nashville, and presi dent of the Merchants' bank. He was en gaged in building exteusivo iron furnaces atGladsden and Birmingham, Alabama. 1 and was one of tho largest stockholders in the Tennessee coal, iron and railroad coi r never mnr. Maior O'Conner. though mai leaves no children. Maior O'Conner in Uia imiith hid maiiir ailvanhicres. hilt b earnest efforts had accumulated an im mense estate. Major O'Conner was a member of the National Democratic executive committee, having-defeated General Bate for the po sition at Cincinnati two years ago. lie has frequently been talked of for governor on the debt payees platform. A Family ot Cot-Throats. Gen. Mabry was about sixty yoars old, and prior to the war was well known, iu connection with the turl. Daring his career as a turfman he killed a man. General Mabry's father was killed forty years ago in a celebrated quarrel. Major O'Conner and young Mabry were partners in tho hard ware and agricultural implement trade at one time. The failure of the firm invol ved General Mabry, and it was understood at the time that some ill feeling had grown out of the transaction. It is said that two or three years ago General Mabry became involved in debt and his personal property was sold under a decree of the circuit court. Major O'Conner was his security, and bought the property to save himself. This exasperated Mabry and led him to make threats against O'Conner. General Mabry was a large landowner and was en gaged in more litigation than any mau in his section. A. WILD WOMAN Ur THIS WOODS. Terror Inspired in Notth Carolina Uauy-Eatlns Megress Attempt by to Capture tier. A special from Charlotte, North Caro lina, says : For months past there havo been rumors of a terrible apparition which has fright ened all the women and children in Clear Creek township. The women say that for two weeks they have been subject to terrifying visits, in tho absence of their husbands, Irom a creature like a shiny black negress, with long hair and gleam ing eyes. She asks iu hardly distinguish able gibberish for a baby to eat and makes efforts to get bold of the children. The men, getting tired of the fears of their wives, determined to try to catch the creature and for the last week crowds of farmers have been daily and nightly chasiug bcr without success. The first cifort to oatch hr was made a week ago by John Roberts., a blacksmith. The wild creature bad appeared several times at a fite, which it was tho habit of Corey Moore, colored, of tho neighborhood, to light aftor dark iu the yard of his house for tho preparation of his meals. Roberts was put thero to watch for her and she appeared oven before the flames wore well kindled. Sho presented such a wild look in the half light and asked for food in uoh a wild fashion that Roberts was de moralized. He recovered, however, mado au outcry and attempted to seize the woman, but slie slipped through his hand aud disappeared in tho dark shadows of tho woods. Tuesday morning Manuor Steven Cawell caught sight of the creature aud chased her aeross an open field. He wa3 badly hurt in his efforts to keep up with her and leported that she outran a buck and cleared four rows of com at a leap. That same night she was again out iced from tho glom of the woods by the kindling of a llro and was chased by thirty men without success. Captain Marsh Allen, later in tho day, met her in the neighborhood, with her face torn aud bleeding and a long, bioo.ly knife in her baud. The croatura was naked aud so uuearthly and terrible look ing to him that ho says he is not sure it is a human being. Her hair reached almost to her feet, but was kinky, iike mat ot tiie Airicin. it is not mere fripht which bns caused co'intry people ro organize in their attempts to catch the creature, which has been livhjg in the forest aud swamps for a year or moro Soaio mouths ao, it is rcported..au in fant was spirited away from its parents' jard while they were in tho com Iioid and was never heard from, aud the disappaaranco was from that section of the CDtintry in which tho wild womau ha-; been seen, and mothers, white aud bl'tek, aro in teiror for fear their little ones may also become food for tho cannibal negress. Yesteiday the farm ers, some mouuted and others o'i foot, assembled for tho purpose of surrounding a swamp in which tho cieatnro is known to be hid. There wero four hundred niou banded together lor tho chase. At first it. w,as attempted to ruu her dawn with bloodhounds, but they refused to ohase her, which deepeued the superstitious feeling with which the men as well as the women of the community begau to regard her. The men then made the attempt to catch her, but without bucccss. The ex citcment among tho negroes aud simple country folks is intense. By the more in telligent farmers from that Fiction the theory is advanced that tho creature is some half-witted womau, who has been so long hunted dowu tliat sho lives in terror of all human beings, aud therefore lives like an animal in forests, her necessities having forced her to eat; anything she can got, including C7en human flesh. FANNY. l'AKNLLL. Tho- Illuhlrlons irishwoman 't Taken to 1 tog ton. ICuiuaniB The remains of Miss Fanny Parnell ar rived in Boston yesterday morning, and were received by a committee of delegates from the central brauch of tho Massachu setts Land League They were placed in a hearse drawn by four horses, and taken to the rosidcuca of Mrs. Tudor, on Beac."n street. Here funeral services wcro held at noon, after tho face of tho dead had been viewed by a number of tho rela tives and friends of tho deceased. A number of magnificent floral tributes, from friends in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and other cities wcro displayed. At the opening of the services Mllo. Rosa D'Erina sang "Angels Ever Bright and Fair." Tho Episcopal burial servico war. read by Rev. Henry Fallen, of tho church of the Messiah. The choir of St. Paul's church sang the hymn "O, "Paradise," aud tho words. "I hoard a voice." At the close of the services tho remains woro borne to the hoarse, tho pall-boarers be ing James Moony, president of tho Nation al Land Leaguo of America ; J.tJ. Htced, national secretary ; Thus. F. Dohci ty, Hon. P. A. Collins, Juo. Boyle O'Reilly and Chas. F, Endicott. A largo funeral cortego followed the remains to Mount Auburn cemetery, whero they wero placed in the Tudor family vault TUE CANVASS IN I11 ANA. Kx-f.ov. Hendricks cnnfltlent,.oI a Detnc oratlc Majority ot More thin 1O.O0O. Ex-Gov. Hendricks, Ex-Senator McDon ald and Senator Yoorhees, who have been speaking in different parts of Indiana, ex press the greatest confidence that tho state would givo more than ten thousand Democratic majority, and that eight, if uot nine, of the congressmen elected would be Democrats. The Repub licans are working hard for viotory, but their shrewd leaders admit that tho tide is set against them. Tho Germans are united and giving an enthusiastic support to the Democratic candidates. In Indi anapolis alone it is estimated that fully 1,000 Germans who voted for Garfield, in 1SS0 will vote the Democratic ticket next month. Judge Holman is speaking daily in tho Fourth district to large crowds, many Republicans attending his meetings. Ho denounces everywhere, in, the, most severe lauguage, the river and harbor bill, the Robeson steal, and other fraudulent national legislation. He will be returned to Congress for tho tenth tiT.o by an in creased majority. '-J 'TBEJCOMNG - IWIMLf fr Jrr- r 'A ts H .MOUKBl-CEXTEja.lI.ritKl'AltATlunB J" V Notes or '2v Mi. .j. jti. tho l'orail Feature of Tamllns lJay JM)kons Pyrotechnics An Appropriation or 835,000. Prof. Samuel Jackson, the pyrotechnist, was yesterday awarded a contract to fur nish" 2,000 chemical lights aud over forty calcium-lights, to be used iu thailluaaiua, tion of tho mystic pageant on Wednesday evening, October 23. The leading features of the shore cere monies on Landing Day will be tho land inc of Penu and his followers, who will proceed up Reck iticetjo tha Bluoj Author! theold lmi!dmr of 200 vear. a!?o. where . -- p,. , tho pion?er will address the assemblage of Indians, Dutch and Swedes, after which the party will join in tho procession. The United Stites division, which will lead tho line on ' LaiidingiDay,?'i ,will.be' composed of the "United-States marshal's department; representatives of tho United States navy ; tho United' Stamps arsenal, r Pennsylvania soldiers' orphans ; i Indian! training school ; Uuitcd States customs department ; internal reveuue department; United States mint, which will havo the steam coining press in full operation, strikiug oft' 75.OJ0 Ui-Ccntenuial medals, and the United St ites postoffico depart ment, with postal tableau tinp mail wagons in line. Arrangements for tho Bi-L'eutcnuial celebratipiriin. Oheiter on Monday, the 23d instant, have bssu completed anil aro on an elaborato scale. The exorcises will consist of the representation of tho land ing of Pcn.i on the actual spot where Penu lauded two huudied yeais ago, a public meeting iu themorniug, a grand civic, military aud' industrial parade io tho afternoon, and a magnificent pyrotechnio display iu the evening. Tho city council of Philadelphia has voted $25,000 lor Bi Centennial purpose's. tqk witiows raxBU, Au Interesting Declalnn by the Supreme Conrt. Iuaaopiniou just tiled in tho supreme court, by Justice Trunkoyi some interest ing law is laid dowu concerning the right of a widow who tnaiiK's again to partici- pate in tin estate of her deceased husband.- licmy Venus, ,S!i a c wsuui y, jx orKicounty.; was a widower with" mx cmiurcn; aim pretty well advanced in years, when, iu 1873, ho married Euphcmia WeT, a maiden lady of about loity-fivc summers. Venus bad accumulated some estate, and it was said that the nowly-mado wife was about as well off as himself. They lived together uutil the 23d of August, 1879, when Venus died. His six children had never taken kiudly so their stepmother, and had objected to the marriage before it took place. Whether they wero afraid that she would take a big slice of their father's Chtate. or whether they were angry that the marriage should havo oc curred only three months after tbe death of their mother, is a disputed question. However, alter Venus' death the widow "mado application for 300 exemption is money, be.-ides claiming an exclusivo one third of the estate. Venus having died intestate. The children contested the claims of their step mother, and the matter went beforo an auditor, who was subsequently sustained by tho York county court. Tiie children claimed be fore the auditor that an aute-nuptial con tract had been made between the decedent and his widow by which it was screed that in case of the death of either tho other was not to paiticipato in any de vice in Mich decedent's estate, which was to go to the legal heirs of tho lattei. Thia agreement was denied by the widow, who, in tho meantime, had married a Mr. Hunt. The auditor held that tho ante-nuptial contract had been made out bv the testi mony produced, and ho therefore tlistribu led the balance o( Voiiu-' estate among the children of the latter in equal shares. It was also held that tho widow had for feited her claim for $300 exemption by de manding ni'iiiey whe(i bhcfwas. only en titled to ai tides of personal estate belong ing to tho decedent, there being no money, and also, that having remarried sho was not a widow ot tho jdepcdehV' within the spirit and meaning of 'tho'aotJ of April, 1851. Jastica Trunkoy, iu fhis opinion, agrees with tho auditor and tho lower court in their lindings relative to the widow's claim Tor $300 under the act ol April 14, 1821. As to tho antenuptial coutiact, however, the justico holds that clear and oonviiicing proof of such a con tiact bhould be shown. As tho children were the supporters of tho bupposcd cou tiact, it was their duty to prove it by more than slightly preponderating testimony. The judgment of tho lower court upon this p.int was, therefore, reversed, and one-thud ol tho ostato awarded to Mrs. Hunt. l':rieeu Yeurt, u ISlank. In Febtuary, 1SS1, a man named Walter riiilbioolvs was picked up bytho St. Louis police, and, l;-ii.g unable to givo an ac count of hi in self, lo was sent to the St. Louis insane asylum. Ho could give no account of anything that had taken place hincc 1807, hue was familiar with' events that had oectniod pisor Io that time. He hid been a Mildier in the Con federate army from Alabama, aud had resided near Mobile. B'.'ing i ducatcd and accomplished lie .soon enlisted tho sympathy of several parties, who ptocecded to investigate his antecedents. It was discovered that iu 1SG7 ho left Mobile and failed for Havre. Ho was supposed to have returned to the United States, but little information was obtained concerning him. When ho left Mobile ho had a sister residiug near that city. It was discovered that sho now lived in New York, and a correspondence took placo betwecu her and tho au thorities. By caieful attention on the part of the phyhioians at the asylum, aftor a j car's treatment Phil brook's mind was considered re stored. The vci! of fifteen years was gradually lifted. Being impressed with his abilities, tho health commissioner ,;ave him a situation as bookkeeper In mu of the institutions, which position ho held for bis months. It was then discovered that ho had a great liking for good intox icants. Ho.was found iutoxicated on sev eral occasions, and atf length was relieved of his position. At that; timo thero was no symptoms of insanity about him. Sub sequently ho was discovered iaau ine briated condition, aud a few days, ago was sent to the city hospital to be treated for alcoholism. After1 the effects of alcohol ism had been removed it was discovered that lie no longer recognized any one about tho hospital. When asked whero ho was ho replied that ho was " at his horel'in Havre awaiting lor a ship to take him to London." It was discovered that ho had no recollection or knowledge of anything that had taken place since 1SG7, and was virtually in the same condition as ho was when sent to thO asylum in February, 1881. Philbrooks, it is said, was one'of tho soldiers who guarded tho Confederate" treasure on its way south after tho sur render of Richmond. ' FATAt CASUAlTJfc'S. ilcuth In Various Unnatural forms. Joseph Hardy, a painter, 2G years old, was killed yesterday morning by falling from a scaffold in New York. A ten-year-old child of Timothy Shea, nork merchant, of Quebec, died yesterday iu a dentist's office in'that cty. while under, ' Mrs. James Mahoney.was knocked dowp and latally injured yesterday by a luna-' ,wy, horse at Schuylervfile, New York. Almeron Davis, 24 years of age, was tilted yesterday bytho accidental die- ,:- v serious deflect in tbe law passed by-the Tcnncssco Legislature to re-arrange the congressional district in that state. It appears that tho bill for this purpose, as it passed the Tennessee Senate, was amended iu tho lower House and, through La&lerfcarerrfr, three counties, CuMber- una, Jielgs anu ltnea, wmica. uy wa gcu ate bill were assigned to tho Third dis ,trijt,were omitted. ,TJlo,bi 11 as .amended Id the lower House was Anally agreed to by tbe Senate, but the error was not dis covered and corrected. As a consequence these three counties are not assuNfsqtO any congressional district aud the1 voters residing iu Ibom. should an election be Jild under, tbe new law, will be debarred J irom vowng lor i-ujireseuMUTva is vuu-. grcs8. Tho Corner In Kabber. The rubber manufacturers of tho United States continued their session in New York. About sixty manufacturing firms were present, representing a, capital of over- $30,000,000. The following wa adopted: "We, tho undersignod manu facturers of rubber boots and shoes, here by agree to close our respective faatottetf ou and after December 2J, lsS2, and to keep them closed until the price of rubber shall fall to a point which warrants us in resuming. The time when that point has been reached shall be determined by tho meeting called by tho, chairman ,;or secre tary' of this meeting on the request of ive members who are manufacturers of rubber boots and shoes." . .. s 1 Him Kiueoi KlveitougnseB sv wcaounnfi Five roughs stolo a locomotive in the vard of the New York and New England railroad, Hostou, at 10 o'clock at nighf and started out at high speed just ahead of a passenger train on tho main line. The telegraph was used to clear the track and au attempt was mado to throw the wild au ausmpi was raaao o mrow tne wna any damage, nut tue rougns ran tne gauntlet for 14 mires, when theywere brought toa stop by if freight train"head of them, and four were captured by rail road employees. Tbe engineer of tho trip escaped.' . , ' f August lleliuont's tlbol case. The grand jury of tho general ucssigns; court, iu New York, yesterday indicted' John Devoy, publishcrof the Irish Nation for criminal libel, for having published a statement that August Boinionl, the banker, bad failed to account, for certain moneys bolongiug to the Feniaa urgauiza tion, entrusted to his caro sorao mouths ago, for transmission to Irelaud. Killed on tho Track. A miuer named Thomas Murrray was found on tho railroad between Gilberton, aud at. Ncbolas this morning. Uis body was so terribly mutilated tbat ho was re cognized only by shreds of his clothing. It is believed he took the railroad track to' go to his homo at St. Nicholas and -was killed by a traiu. Ho was 29 yearslof age and unmarried. ' TVallare for Mr.tn enator. Tho Democratic conferees of the Thirty fourth senatorial district assembled at Ty rone yesterday, and nominated Hon. Wil liam A. Wallaco of Clearfield, for sena tor. Tho Centre county conferees refuse to yield and insist upon the regularity of tho nomination of Alexander made at L-jck Havu. Stuolde nt an onlam Kater. Francis Fnllingtou. a farmer, last eve ning, while alone in his room, placed the stock of tho old family blunderbuss on tho lloor, ie3ted his chin on tho muzzle and,, Iriokin;' tho trigger with his toe. 1 discharged the pioce, killing himself in stantly, no was seventy-three years old aud a victim of tho opium habit. Kcgro Troubles in Alabama. A telegram from Oxford, Alabama, to the Now York Etetttng Ist says the whites mo organizing, arming aud drilling at An nistoUr to resist a threatened uprising of negroes?. The latter are armed and demon s t rat ive, A Ulrl ormneieen Aiwasslnateil. At MarJette, Mich., Miss Ida Graves, .iged-lO-years, was shot dead, whiie seated, by. a window at her home Suspicion points to'a rejected lover named Sullivan. i S12.50O n f AWAKUUU TO AN AUriCKSS. Tho American NeiTS Company San era on ISebalt r : Libellous liramatlc Journal. Mrs. William Pertzel, an actress known to tho public as Marie Prescott, has ob tained ) verdict of $12,500 against the. American news company in the new York superior court. A year ago last .summer a weekly dramatic journal called' Kym OrinUe published au article accu's-' mg her of immoralities. This was written by, Ernest llarvioc, a the atrical agent, who -had figured iu journalism as editor ol another dra matic paper, the Mirror. Ho had been Mrs. I'ertzel's manager during au unprofitable professional tour, they had quarrelled, and she declared that his attack on her reputation was for revenge. She brought a suit for damages against tho News com pany, holding 'them legally responsible as circulators otlfym Crinkle. The trial be gan a week ago, and a great deal of testi mony,, of a kind to be excluded from this paper, was introduced to sustain and re fute Uarvier's charges. The life of the ast rcss was brought under scrutiny from the time of her marriazoto Edward J. Burke, in Kentucky, in 18G9, to her recent union with Pertzel. llavier was the principal witness for tho defens c, and his account of his intimacy with the plaintiff was cir cumstantial. Ardent love letters were introduced as sent by her to him ; but sho swore that they were written to PerUcel, and wero nurrcptitiously taken 'from her trunk by Harvier, to bo in serted in cuvelopes which had en closed bnsiuess notes to hinir As the letters began with pet names only, and bore no conclusive internal evi dence to tbe identity of the person , ad drc.3Cd, that question was the 'one princi pally fought over during the trial. She asserted that Harvier mado lovo to bcrj but was invariably repulsed, and that she simply employed him to got puffs of her acting printed iu newspapers. He was successful with the dramatic weeklies, but met with , no encouragement t from, the dailies, aiid'his relations with her resulted in a Ian suit about money matters. Judgo Horace Russell discharged the t-jury iuc court room .was crowded, as it had been every day of the trial. Mrs. 'Pertzel, aslenderrgraceful woman, with brown hair, a bright rather than a pretty facgVtbilet1 of exceeding neatness, and nono of tho artificiality of tho typical ac tress, sat beside her husband, who was so seriously ill from nervous excitement. Her two sous wero with her, too, and sev eral sympathetic friends. Tho judge told tho jurors that tho law held tho Veoi dor of a newspaper responsiblu.,foc anj libel that it might contain ; thai it rested with tho defendant to prove thetrulHfali r.ess of the ai-ticlo(about,thoplaiPtiff;Uiat Ilarvicr charges' weio" not supported by the'eVidence' ; '"and' tbat the 'only question deft to them was tho assessment of tho damages. After an hour and a half of de piboration tbo'jury agreed upon tho ver dict of 812.500. This was applauded. Mra. Pertzel kissed her boys, shook hands with I'bsx-iriend. aoddepaxted Icmmcob tll I a 1.am fms-aatliirttfl cbpge of hia gn' while leaning upon it, at-Hague, LafcGorge. wCens; Toyvws killed and two other men vitro jvrerel yjojured by the fall of a der tWfrfestcayVntncw rescmir if coarse of construction at Kensico, Westubestcr county, New York s Three Counties Out in the Cold. Colonel D. B. Henderson, secretary ot the Republican national congressional committee, has recently been advised of a UrUl Ul lie Muawnuu, Tllr. UKAJIA. Lawreace llarrrttnt the per House. Tbe audience gathered at Fulton opera bouse liat evening was a compliment to 'Mr'BfrrTT both in rcsjiect to numbers and quality; ior mere u.vc uwu mw larger assemblage there during the pres ent seasou, aud certainly nono more cul tured or iutellcctuilly appreciative of the dramatic ait of, wlucU.iawrcnee BarreW is the exponttiK-TlperfoMee was something ol a Mvdty to Lsneaster play-Koero, imr has there eip a board so liny lurnwueu -- their enjnymeut in, a. long while. The fountain r ' Sh'tkspeara's maUfifau genius at which tho audience quaffed o freely did rt serve v. destroy the appe- LCits for Mielqu.isa't offl comedy of jieuora-- tions gone that tollowed to complete tue' feast of reason . M r. Barrett's Shilock is a finished performance, a completed study, in tbe rendition of which is dis played the scholaily iuuht that joined U itative BeniupJlfwalTei4 tkssiaot2.Jwhirt, yet so yoiing aleomntsnding'-poeirfon in the constellation of histrionic art. His P rtraKure , .whdtt flyifttckilnic, i OS" fiery vfcor ifttiai IK I OOcssaryiltoJi)nJey a proper idcaof tho Uerco. overpoworiug ven geance that is the dominant impulse tn tho Jew's cbaraoV-T, b pervaded by a subtile quality tbat is at once tangible aud elusive, whose meaciug fixes itself upon the inner apprehension of the beholder, and yet VaftuJes to yield to the Hue and plum met by which our circumscribed no tions are wont to measure dramatic art. heVoI'Aliw:Mlta'?,0 in the triai scene, whero behind xne do moniae fury; oft tho Jawyas in tho hour of fancied triumph, ho anticipates tho con summation of hi revenge- upua.tb Vcni tian merchant, his victim, tuerert-Hloams an iatenwr llama boxn only of a 'feeljn that the cuningof the inoney-ienaer ireeps mb nawauu was in this scene that Mr. Barrett's power impressed itself most deeply upon those who watched the play of emotions as he mkillfullv wroucht them to their highest do- I.velopfflent.l'thouRh bft entire performance I indeed was illumined by a steady lambent glow that is the redaction ol a genius sucn asms. Mr liiiU Jams famished au accopta , -- r , t, "' ,i iw, tt-.;,i (,r the character of Antonio and ' 'Qrdtiano as respectively represented by Messr. aiosiey anSkJnn. OOliss Marie Wain wright & Ptrtin Kjaay fcojruthfully said to have been a most agreeable characterization, while at the same time scarcely serving to bring out the abundant possibilities of tnc part. In fact Miss Wainwright appeared rather ovtrweight but ner-0 was at all events creditable. .. . -,,M -, Robertsou's three-act cornea'y David Garrick," with Mr. Barrett in the title role.completed the evening's tBtitainmont and served most admirably tai'Jlbistrato the rauge of the actor's powers. r wafj au altogether pleasing performau. 'e !n'' theqniet humor and tender pathos 'lnch Mr. Barrett Infused into the part w'oro refreshing. af tor, thflVtrahi to which he w necessarily sitbJe'oted(iaho earlier part o. the evening; r Hta interview with Ada in tbe third act, w'as'thorbughly affecting and appealed -as , directly to"tho beholder's; heart as 'his .previous performance had challenged intellectual acknowledgment. Mr. Plunkett exhibited oosaic powers of a rather coarse librejirt ttte charac ter of Sijuire Chicy, that answered the author's intent iu tho creation of tho part, while Miss Josie Batchelder jjavo a very ple:tsing impersonation of the rolo of lift Ingot. Mr. Ben Rogers, as old Simon Ingot, and tho remaining' tnembtrs of the cast filled their suveial parts iu:a capable manner aud contributed to tho general excellence of the performance. TI2S l'UKMUYTKKIANS. Truce, l tug of tiie Synod at Ilarrlskurg. The synod of Pennsylvania, composed of ministers and elders of this state and West (Virginia, couviped T4iunday aftcrnouu in ine .narseb oquare rrcsuyierian cuureu, ilani.sburg. During the entire morning, and even in the' early afternoon, tho trams brought many delegates to- the; city. On the loll. of tho 22 presbyteries are tho I paiaeS of 8GG ministers, Gil licentiates and 031 ehurohes. 7SM) of tbe ministers reside in Peunsylvauia, 28 iu We&p Virginia, Din New York, 7'in NeW'Jersey, 4 in Syria, 4 in Ohio, 3 iu Virginia, il in 'Massachusetts, 3 in Al.i.-ka, 2 iu'IMuOis, 21ft1 "Kansas and one each in California, Dakota; Missouri, Vermont, Wisconsin. Michigan, Washiug;-tbnerrftfn-y.Ditrtriot of Columbia, U.ihur Siaw-ahiLTuikeybuiug distributed oven 22 states and countries. Rev. 11. S. Butler opened tho proceed foes with prayer-' Dr.lVilsou, ol the Theological seminary, Allegheny, was elected moderator, hu receiving 200 votes to 80 for Logan, of Lackawanna. In tho evening it was agreed that a committee of ono minuter, and,,. ono chler from each Preysbyterian should be appointed to rcc otnveiul a ratio of representation for the synod fr.futdro. Rev. T. II. Robinson, D. D.7 was elected ct.itcd clerk ; Rev. JamwrUobertB.iD.r JUK,a perraaucut clerk ; Rcv.'S.M'. .I.raneia.W'Hy Sloan, W.J. Holland, and 'J. 1'. Clark,1 temporary clerks ; and Mr. Johu W. Watts, or Phil adelphia, treasurer. Dr. Cattell, presi dent of Ltfayefto college, was introduced and madu a short address iu advocacy of the Bohcin'uu church. A resolution was adopted :omriHmHiug,tl4,.uurch ' for liberal aid" and recommendiug that col lections " bo lifted on the third Sabbath in January." L1T1TZ MEWS. Keeont; I alrrtb4e ften&wNpped From tbe "" Keeorti."'- Withiu the post few weeks Rsv. Chris tian Bonib3rgeF,iviiig ouu mile northwest of Litilz, and-hts two sons not far off, have been uuforiuoato. Mr. Bombergvr, fir., lost four 1Ad bfoattw through somu disease, and thesans each lost three. Es timating theln at $G'J each, cntaiU a loss orscoo. , .. ,, Martin Hacker, butcher ip. tho employ of MoBri-o M ukloy, at Lexington, sovered an arteiy on his left arm with a cleaver. The wound bled profusely and was dressed by Dr. Hertz: I i, 'fyrclvc in". with idijvcls, crowbars, picks, c:i dab Ijidnl tf work on the new pike a!A i Warwick! fya Wednesday , morning, a larger lorco will be put to ' warier aa oi mu as arrangements can bo made. '".A TiarrMv escape from 'a conflagration at the !l:nnr.Tsvillb agricultural works was made. At the -west end of tho foundry is what is, known as tho core ovenj which was'kecp'at a high tempera ture for sever. tLhur, Th"Toof took fire, but"wain'u),l'trmelseea to avoid a big firo. JJcJawaia Kir cr Lancaster KMIruad. The engipeera are still at work survey ing and locating the new Delaware River & Lancaster railroad from Phoenixville to French Creek F.1Ik. Wednesday morning the corps, about len in number, were at tho Bucktowu, iu South Coventry, and wore running the line between tbo Buck hotel and Gi-eeass'tofe.iA party or New York .capitalists, interested iu tbe line, vfeite VtMi of Freaeli Creek and vicinity iTBesday.l'Therai little doubt entertained -just now Jbr those who profess to know sometntDgibout it that this new ro.nl will he-kuilt at an early day, and that it wil. be part of tho .Baltimore & Ohm through routo to New York. , ( XU Ward Club. The Democratic club of tho Ninth ward will meet at Cant. Schuh's saloon North Q9jenBtreehi Friday) evening at 8 S'j14tf v vwm
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