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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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."
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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.
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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
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