0 --tscswww LANCASTER DAILY DSfTH: tiGENCER, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 251882. Lancaster f ntclligencrr. "WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCT 26. 1883 The Eril or Journalism. A platform speaker has well said that the three curses of journalism are rumor iam, sensationalism and personalism, or personality. Journalists, like other men, work for a living, and as much more as they can get. Most of them, however, (unhappily we cannot say all) especially the men of power in the profession, realize that there rests upon each writer and editor a responsibility not associated with any other secular calling. These seek the truth and earnestly uphold it, laboring zealously to promote the gen eral welfare. There are others, men of brains, energy and skill, who seem to be destitute of conscience, and whose sole aim is to drive a thriving business and fill their coffers, regardless of duty or honor. These pirates have fastened themselves so firmly on the press that it seems to be impossible to shake them off, but their demoralizing and corrupting influence is on the decline. Ruinomm and sensationalism do not " pay " as they did a little while ago ; while the general thirst for news is as great as ever, there is an imperative public de mand for honesty and reliability in the press, and those journals are the most successful and influential which furnish the facts and not the rumors of the day. But personality runs wild through the press and is the evil and disgrace of the hour. This is particularly the case in times like the present, when an exciting and bitter political contest is pending. It is a deplorable fact that an A merican citizen cannot to-day enter the political arena, except at imminent risk of that which is priceless in value, his good name. No reputation is safe from tiie poisonous breath of personal slander. The more enviable the reputation, the nobler the character, the more vindictive will be the assault, the more insistent the effort to vilify and degrade. The nation is struggling through a sea of political corruption, and there is u uni versal cry for deliverance from the clutches of bad men. Every where move ments are in progress, having for a com mon object the purification of the politi. cat atmosphere, but when candidates are to be named very many of those who should lead the fight shrink back ; they are actually afraid to enter the field. On every avenue leading to political honor and emolument they see posted conspicu ously the word danger. They know that every highway is filled with lurking slanderers. It takes a very brave nun to go forward, for they are few, indeed, who run the gauntlet in safety. The political stump, although still a leading feature of our campaign, is no . longer the centre of power ; the press is the deciding influence, that which makes and unmakes men. An oratorical blath erskite may bitterly rail at an honest and thoroughly fit candidate from the plat form, and recklessly assail his public and private character, but the incident is soon forgotten. It has no weight, it car ries no conviction. It is the carefully worded inuendo, damaging rumor and mean suggestion, scattered through the press, like the seeds of poison, and kept continually before the public that slowly undermines the victim of such dastardly work ; breaks the confidence of the peo ple in his integrity and capacity, and does him irreparable injury. The press teems with this disgraceful, ruinous per sonality. On every hand public men and candidates for public honors are llaytd. It is high time the reputable journalism of the country put the brand of condemnation upon this vile work. Where the Railroads Yilu. The Philadelphia Bi-Centennial has had astonishing aneress in attracting a multitude to Philadelphia. Why they go no man can find out. There :s noth ing of consequence tor them to see or hear when they get there, and the only thing appreciable of the car loads of human beings who are dumped into the Centen nial city is the comfort of being in a big crowd. Itdoas really seem as though many people's highest idea of enjoyment is to b3 made uaoaifortable. They seem never contoat unless they are struggling for room to move, air to breathe and food to cat. It is hard to understand the feeling which has taken pretty nearly all the mechanic? out of Lancaster aud has swept all parts of the state away out to the Ohio, and has even affected the country away off in the prairies. Possibly there may be some sentiment about Penn and hi settlement vhich leads the people to de sire to honor the celebration of thj an niversary ; and probably there has been a good deal of indefinite expectation of great things to be seen, such as were to be seen at the Centennial ; but yet the mass of the visitors must be credited with no other impulse than the desire to go where other people were going. Like a flock of sheep they have followed one another. When they get home they will have their experience and will not have their money. They will hardly be satisfied with the trade. It is amusing to note how feeble have been the efforts to give the visitors any value for their money ; or perhaps the efforts have been great, but their result has been ridicuously small. The railroads that have profited so largely by this pro ject can afford in future to get tip an annual Centennial celebration of some historic event, and provide a better show than the Penn Bi-Centennial has been. The demonstrated desire of the people to flock together should be duly taken ad. vantage of by enterprising railroad was senger agents. Senator Wallace is unanimously invited to become the candidate of his party in the senatorial district composed of the counties of Centre, Clearfield and Clinton. What threatened at one time to become a source of serious embarrass ment to the Democracy of the district and of the state is obviated by the re tirement of Mr. Alexander and his union in the call upon Mr. Wallace to bear the standard of the party. Mr. Wallace is said to be sufficiently impressed by the nature of the demand made upon him to forego his own inclination and once more to enter the arena of poli- i ics, in which he was for a long time a conspicuous figure. With Mr. Wal lace a candidate, and the district united in his support, there is no question of his election, and the whole thing settles it self down to a matter of majority. It is pleasant to contemplate the adjustment of quarrels such as have threatened to distract the Democracy of Adams and Cumberland and of Clearfield, Centre and Clinton. Each day finds the Dsm cratic ranks more compactly united and moving forward with resistless tread to complete and overwhelming victory. m m While the most determined revolt against Cameronism ever known is in pro gress, and while the memory of the gn at founder of our commonwealth is being fittingly honored in Philadelphia, it is pe culiarly refreshing to learn from an es teemed local contemporary that " Simon Cameron i. honored and respected by the people of his entire state, and his name will go down in her history as one of her first sous." The propriety and dignity of Controller Pattison's declination of the proposed serenade of the Good Will fire company, of Altoona, will be apparent to all. With a nice sense of the fitness of things he does not think that anything should be done which could be considered as giving a personal or partisan direction to the Bi Centennial celebration in which all the people are interested. A sentiment like this is entirely worth)' any candidate for governor. Towsostows, Md., has n .shrewd minister, and his name is Smith. On Sunday ho was called upon to marry a man in the jail charged with murder, to a young woman who is Ihe'principal witness agaiusthim. To tho surprise and disgust of the lawyer who concocted the scheme, he refused on tho ground that when the woman became the man's wife she could not testify against tho prisoner. Tho Rev. Mr. Smith evidently believes iu obeying the Divine command to be as wise a serpent. Duuikq the (tumping tour of Attorney General Brewster in the interest of the erstwhile despised Cameron, the investiga tion of the Star Route bribery cases is entrusted to a detective, who proudly terms himself " general manager." Let Mr Brewster leturn at once to Washing ton, aud fore vermore eschew the Sisyphean task of defending Cameron. For tho future let him bend his energies to tho re cstablishmcnt of his self-respect, which his latest performances have badly shat tered. The following paragraph clipped from our intensely Stalwart local contemporary the Lancaster Examiner, reads a little oddly coming from such a source. To be sure it is made to apply to Massachusetts but the Examiner will find there aie a good many people of the same way of thinking iu cur own state: "An intelli gent man recently appointed to a respon sible position said : I have never de parted from my faith as a Republican of the strictest sect, but now I feel it my duty to go for a change in my state to rebuke the leaders of my party. I know of no other way to register my protest aud bava it felt. I know many good Re publicans who will go with me.'" The opening of the Bi-Centemtial cele bration iu Philadelphia was undoubtedly a grand r.ffiir. The crowd was large, the eathnsiasm intense, and tho whole demon stration on a scale of hitherto unparallel ed mugnifieeuce. It will bring many dollars into tho collars of tho Quaker city's thrilty ttadesuien, but they well deserve the tribute for their liberality in getting up the display in honor of the founding of tho commonwealth. Tho sad oudiug to tho first day'sealebration, when several bves v. era lost by the explosion of a mortar duiinir the pyjolechuic display, adds a tragic phase to thu obteivance that will send a throb of pain through the veins of the whole commonwealth, whose people r.re so universally interested iu the celebration, and who must feel a sense of personal sorrow ia tba shocking calamity that marred what bad otherwise been a season of complete rejoicing. If it can bo shown that it was carelessness or negli gence that brought about the catastrophe, let the punishment follow where it be longs. True, the most stringent proce dure cannot assauge tho grief which has been caused in so many homes by this horrible mishap, but a prompt and effectual application of the law's rigor may be the means of preventing a repetition. Some how or other there has been a fatality about lireworks of late that calls for more than passing notice. l'AKDOS REFUSED. Another of the Klr.tzler Murders to Hang. The board of pardons has refused to in terfere with the execution of the death sen tence in the case of Uriah Moyer, who was' convicted about a year ago in Snyder county for the murder of Mrs. Gretchen Kintzler, on December 9, 1877. John Kintzler and wife were murdered and their bodies burned. About a year ago Emanuel Ettinger, the principal in tho crime, committed suicide aftr having been sentenced to bo hanged. Last March Jonathan Mercer was executed for com plicity in the crime. There are now under sentence of death for partcipation in the murder Uriah Moyer and Israel Erb. No action will probably be taken in Erb'scase until the execution of Uriah Moyer in the hope that he will either exculpate or in culpate Erb in the crime, there being some doubt as to tho guilt of the latter. Warrant for Alleged Jury Bribers. At the instance of the department of justice warrants have been issued in Wash ington for the arrest of Frederick H. Pall, lately an employe of that department ; Arthur Payne and Thomas R. Foote, his go-betweens in the attempt to bribe Juror Brown and Frederick C. Shaw, one of the original panel in the Star Route trial, who is charged with corruptly ap proaching Juryman Doniphan. Fall and Payne are said to have left Washington. Foote resides in Newark, New Jersey, and at a late hour last night Shaw's arrest had not been reported. The Firo Kecora. Tho four story planing mill of the Goss & Phillips' manufacturing compauy, in Chicago, was burnt last night. Loss, $70,000. The lumber and planing mill of A. Backus, jr., & Sons, in Detroit, was burned. Loss, $170,000. LANDING DAY. PMILA DKLPMIA'B GBAND PAGEANT. OpemlBg at tarn Bl-Ceateaaial Festivities with m KtiferMntArftnn at fttiA Wai.i or' Arrival A JtagaiaeeBt Seen. The celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the com monwealth of Pennsylvania was duly in augurated in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, by the grandest naval display which has ever plowed the Delaware ; by one of the longest and most varied processions which has ever trailed through tho city ; by the most brilliant show of fireworks which has ever traced lines of light athwart her sky, and by a popular greeting to revive his tory and present contrast which has never been equailed in numbers, order, enthusi asm and sustained interest. From sunrise to midnight the day was one long but ever-striking series of novel beauties and clamorous response. A million people lined the river's side or floated on its sur face to greet the good ship of happy name, the Welcome, which, sailing out of two eventful centuries of growth and achieve ment, bore a supposititious Penn back to his own. Where a wilderness had frowned a great city beamed in bunt ing, and was gay with a flag Penn never saw ; where forests had waved black clusters of citizens clang to piers, bulkheads and river boats; where the canoe had stealthily glided, its savage owner watching with furtive eyes tho ar riving proprietary, a nation's men-of-war thundered sulphurous salutes, and the commercial transport of a metropolis cut the water with switter keels than Penn's dreams could ever have imagined. Once on shore, tho hypothetical founder was escorted through more.than half-a -million people, who were stretched out in two lines five miles long, and who were burst ing from windows and balconies, stages and seats. The march was such a tri umphal pageant as no ancient city.though imperial mistress of a world, could ever have seen. The nation, tho state, the city and the nationaltios which have boen blended into a cosmopolitan unity, and which have transformed a col ony into a commonwealth, were all represented, and all sent their impos ing tribute of honor and congratulation. The labor which has wrought that change which was the real inspiration of the day ceased ; and the city's heart beat not with the regular stroke of its normal life, but quickened its pulse in au interval of mingled retrospection, pride in the pres ent and glowing hope for the future. Perhaps the rabble did not know the phil osophy of their joy ; but there was excuse enough in the gala decorations, therdense life of the streets, the bright color of the parade and the quickening impulse of un ceasing strains of music, for all tho eager demonstration a crowd can make. A just record of the day, after sayiug thebe good words, must criticise the landing ceremo nies as lacking in dignity and the proces sion as too thin and straggling, losing the imposing effect which heavier masses would have given. Tbe Biver Pageant. Tho day's ceremonies began on the Dela ware river with the reception by the North Atlantic squadron of the ship Welcome, bearing Penn and his companions from be yond the sea and with its escort by a naval procession to the landing place. Penn's ship, high-pooped and rigged after tho naval models of his time, bearing in gilt letters on the stern tho legend, " Welcome of London," manned by picturesquely clad Norwegian sailors, her quarter-deck crowded with gray-clad Quakers pointing eagerly to tho shores of a new land, forged up the stream from League Island, passed five United States men-of-war, from whose huge black hulls, looming above the silveryshccn of the iiver,!urid flashes, white smoke-clouds and crashing reports hailed greeting to the historic comer; this on tho Jersey side. On the other were miles of piers black with people, and back of them acres of roofs and brick walls, all aflame with flags, streaming their folds in a wb,l just stiff enough to display well iiieir colors. Behind the Welcome there steamed up tbe river ten dozen tugs, all decorated with bunting and flags, and meeting thiu piocession on nature's highway were ex cursions and passenger boats of overy size, crammed with expectators to a sometimes daugerous degree, but all enjoying to the full the gala scene upon tho water. Amid the boom of cannon which punctuated a shrieking strain of whistles from tugs on the river, aud from factories and locomo tives along the shore, the fleet sailed past the city as far as Shackamaxon street, aud then doubling upon itself followed the Welcome to the foot of Dock street. Slowly the bulky craft was hauled to the wharf, and as it touched the edge of Pennsylvania the be! Is and chimes from every church in the city pealed their recognition of the founder of a state of spiritual freedom. The scene which followed was on.) of the most remarkable of the day. The middle of spacious Dock street, from the wharf to tho Blue Anchor inn, which first sheltered thu real Penn, had becu lined by a i ope, and though hemmed about, by thousands, offeieda fiee passage for the procession of Quakers, Dutch, Swedes and Indians which was to escort the personator of Penn to the historic hostelrie. This wide vacancy, in such open contrast to the denr.a mass of people- which sur rounded it for a tinio was a rare example of the self-restraint of an American crowd. Only a frail rope, with a blue coated officer here and there, kept back the packed multitude. But this was not for long. The shrieks of whistles, the sharp report of the Welcome's little can non and the applause of a favored few on the pier told the crowd of Penn's arri val. The Debarkation. A handful of Norwegian sailors in but ternut clothes were bobbing about aft, firing blank cartridges from a small gun, right in the faces of tho people. Just as the Welcomo touched the heavy timbers of the wharf all hands went forward and faced a camera which was leveled at them from tho top of tho Pennsylvania freight house. This performance over, a ladder wa3 placed against tho ship's side and debark ation began. First came Penn, assisted down the improvised stairway none too gracefully by Captain McGialey. President Knight, of the Bi-Centen nial association, and Manager Colesberry were tbe first to grasp the hand of the voyager, after Deputy Governor Mark ham had given him a grip of welcome. Though rather too youthful, tho persona tor of the Quaker founder was well cal culated for the part he played, and do ported himself in keeping with its require, ments. His face was smooth, a trifle pale and appeared mora so in contrast with the flowing black hair which framed it in. His coat was of rich-brown velvet, had long skirts, and covered a pearl-colored vest lined with satin of the same shade. The trunks were like the coat, the stock ings pearl-colored and tho costume ended in a pair of low shoes. President Knight confronted Penn,. after greetings had beea interchanged and said in a low voice, in audible on'account of the press ; ' As gov ernor and proprietor of the province of Pennsylvania, your people here will prove loyal to you, respect your laws and acts and use every exertion to develop the great future of the province and forward ana assist you in promoting liberty of conscience and tho future welfare of man kind." The Crowd Brniks Over. Scarcely had the landing party, rein forced by the Dolawares, Iroquois and Narragansetts, moved from Front and Dock, than the long-pent turbulenca of the crowd began to break over the bar tiers of tope and brass buttons, against which it had been beatinir wildly for hours. For a few rods the column marched unbroken. Another moment and a break had been made in the confining rope. Hundreds of peoplo were forced into the inclosute as though fired from a catapault. Policemen yelled hoarsely, waved their billies in air, clubbed the first dozen men within reach and then fell back powerless before the tremendous crush. Two min utes more and Quakers, Dutch, Swedes and Indians were walking in the midst of a howling, pushing, crushing mob which bore them irresistibly before it Quicken ing their pace and struggling along to ward the camp ground tho Indians formed iu a circle around the fire of blazing logs, and Iquation, chief of the Narragansetts, turned stolidly, half inquiringly toward his pale-face visitor. Thomas Holmes, surveyor general, stepped forward, signal ed the interpreter and through him said to Iquatiou : " William Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, is here in person to re new the promises which he has made in bis letters and his instructions to his com missioners." Iquation grunted assent. Then Penn, standing side by side with the painted warrior, and pushed into the closest proximity by the desperate struggle of the crowd, began reading from manu script. William and his chiefs had been told to ba brief under the circumstances, but be fore Penn had succeeded in getting half through his speech the current had swept him away, past the BIuo Anchor Inn, at which he was to call, and well on towards New Jorsey's vegetable tribute, at the Exchange. Governor Hoyt, Adjutant General Latta and the other gentlemen on tbe stage were meanwhile busy helping ladies and children out of the human throng which threatened to overwhelm them. The platform became crowded with tbe rescued ones, ladies, boys and girls and children in arms, all iu a more or less complete state of prostratiou. At the ool umn of fruits and vegetables the crowd and the confusion was not less great. William Penn managed te get into a car riage and followed by the Indians, Frends, Dutch and Swedes, on foot ; Governor Hoyt, Adjutani General Latta and tbe ex ecutive committee of the Bi-Centennial association in vehicles, made bis way through tho throng and out Walnut street to join the line of parade. Meantime a city full of people, scat tered along the riverfront, made a rush for places along the route, which was from Broad street down Chestnut to Third, to Market, and out Broad street to Columbia avenue. Along these streets, on the walks and pavements, in temporary stands erected in front of buildings and in every nook whence a view could be obtained, on balconies, in windows, on awnings and trees, on lofty roofs and low sheds, upon every conceivable vantage point to which musclo could climb and foot cling, there swarmed not only nine tcnths of tbe population, of Philadel phia and its suburbs, but half a mil lion peop'o more from every part of tho state and its neighbors. Through this immense multitude, whioh now gaped with wonder, now roared with happy mirth and now applauded with gen erous response to somo deserving feature, there filed for four bouts and twenty minutes soldiers, sailors, civil officers, secret, benevolent and social organizations national bodies but all Americau to a a man ; fire companies with their appara tus of to-day and the olden time ; tableaux aud typical structures of (various kind aud meaning. The best decoration of tho streets was the populace, who filled them with happy faces and the careless freedom of a holiday; but house-fronts, windows aud flag-staffs were all bright with the nation's colors, wreathed with greens and festooned with flowers. Through all this vista of thickly crowded faces and gay color, tho proces siou marched to tbe sounding rhythm of bra?s aud the pulsiug beat of drum. Its van had reached tho end of tho march and disbanded long before its rCar had thought of moving, aud all the afternoon the un wearied throug watched thu passage of a state's triumphal march after two cen turies' campaign of conquest in ait, science aud social order.,, Then there was a rush homeward from the choked main arteries of the city. Night was made brilliant with corrusca tious of fire and streams of light in Fair mount park, whither crowds hurried early iu tho evening to close with an ephe meral but splendid display of tbe first day of the Bi-Centennial. KIXL.K1I BY FltiEWOIEKS. Frightful Accident lu Fnlrinnunt Park. By tho explosion of a mortar containing bombs, last evening, during tbo display of fne works iu Fairmount park, two per sons were killed and nino wounded, four of the latter probably fatally. Following is a list of the killed and wounded : KILLED. Mis. David Coakley, aged 20 years, re siding at Forty-Second street and Wood land avenue ; top of her head blown off. John Cannon ; portion of his head blown off ; died at German hospital. MORTALLY WOUNDED. Henry Bowen, aged 29 years, of Atlantic City ; arm and shoulder shattered. Dorothy L. Miller, aged 7 years, No. 1023 Poplar street ; wound in head. Mrs. Eva McCairns, aged 27 years. No. 535 Gold street, near Twenty-Third and Green streets ; both legs fractured. William Lovo, No. 242 Stokes street ; wounded in legs. SERIOUSLY INJURED. David Coakley, husband of woman killed ; injured in right leg. Kate Bowen, wifo of Henry Bowen, aged 24 years; wounded in the breast and arms. Albert Sellers, aged 33 years, residing at Twenty-fourth and Meredith streets; arm injured, necessitating amputation. Joseph Cahan, aged 20 years, No. 1247 North Twenty-sixth street; head injured. Thomas Harrison, a park guard, resid ing on Fairmount avenue, near Twenty second, received a frightful shock, and was carried home insensiblo. The exhibition of firework in Fairmount park last evening was made at Flat-iron Hill, within the confines of the Reading Railroad, the main drive, Fairmount avo nue and tho Lincoln monument. Fully aO.OOOjpeople were assembled in tbo imme diate vicinity of the display at an early hour. The exhibition was under the direction of T. J. Sobarfenberg. of No. 189 Cooper avenue, Brooklyn. He and his threo as. sistants had successfully shot into the air many brilliant bombs of four, six and eight-inch diameter. They were fired from mortars of suitable dimensions. When Mr. Scharfenberg decided to ex plode the ten-inch bombs he instructed his first assistant, Joseph Keefer, to at tend to that part of the work, while he and the others arranged for other displays. One ten-inch bomb was burled into tbe air, and when it burst cries of admiration rang from thourands of throats. But sud denly an awful peal, liko that made by some tremendous cannon, was heard. The mortar, which had been charged with another ton-inch bomb, burst and tho fragments of iron went screeching into the air, hovered for an instant aloft, and then swiftly descending, crashed into the midst of people, fully a square distant, upon a billon the east side of the Reading railroad, between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets. Over 5,000 per sons were massed upon this hill at tho time. Sergeant Swank, of tho Ninth district police, was on the hill at tho time, and stood only ten feet away from Mrs. David Coakley. He soon summoned aid and had the injured conveyed to the German hospital on Corinthian ayenuo, near G- rard college, where their wounds were at tended to. Mrs. Coakley died instantly, and her body was removed to the Ninth district station house, Twenty-third aad Brown streets.. Thereon tractibr furnishing tho pyro technic dUplay;wjsbtairied by William i: Meyer & sons, located on Market street, above Fourth. Mr. Scharfenberg was engaged by this firm to superintend tbe exhibition. When ho was called upon last evening at the hotel to learn his ex planation of tbe catastrophe he was star tied to hear the dreadful result. Ho covered his faco with his hand and sat like one bereft of reason. In a little while he summoned up sufficient strength to give this account : . " Previous to the explosion we bad dis charged 110 six-inch bombs, 30 eight-inch and GO four-inch. The mortar whioh did tho damage was made of wrought iron, and was half an inch in thickness. The only reason I can give for the accident is that the powder in tho mortar used to propel the bomb was previously fired, whereuponbothitandthe bomb exploded inside of the mortar. There were in the mortar seven ounces of powder which is known to tho trade as 1 F G rifle powder. The bomb contained various chemicals, the principal being chlorate potash, nitrate of barytes, nitrate of strontiau and shel lac. I do not think Keever overcharged the mortar, as he is very careful aud has been in my employ fourteen years, and never had such a thing to occur before For twenty years I have conduct ed the business, and it has always been my boast that I uever had an accident to occur while making public exhibitions." Strange as it may appear, only the smallest fraction of that vast assemblage which had gathered to witness the fire works were aware that the explosion had dealt death to somo of the spectators. The full programme of the exhibition was carried out without delay, and the set pieces, which wore numerous aud magni ficent, wore all that bad been expected. The neighborhood had been densely pack ed with people from all parts of the city, and the street cars, going and returning, were crowded to suffocation. wmVpattison declined. - Tho Controller' Keaaona lor Ahlclnc Tliot a Serenade be Mot Given. The Good Will fire company, of Altoo na, which is in Philadelphia, and made a handsome appeaiance iu the parade, through Chairman Hensel offered Con troller Pattison a serenade. Mr. Pattison at once sent tho following reply, embody ing his reasons for asking that the compli ment bo omitted : City Contuolleb's Office, PiiiLDELpnTA, October 24, 1882. My Dear Sir : I have received your note communicating to me the kind pro posal of the Good Will tire company, of Altoona, to tender me a serenade while they are in this city during the Bi-Centennial celebration. Please convey to them the assurance of my appreciation of the proposed compli ment and my sincere thanks for this evi dence of their kindly feeling. 'The present occasion, however, is one in which all the people of tbe commonwealth have and feel an equal interest, aud although I in tend in common with, my fellow-citizens of Pennsvlvania to participate in its festi vities, I think it should not even appear to bo diverted to personal or party ends. For this reason only, and repeating my thauks to the Good Will fire company, of Altoona, I feel constrained to ask that they will omit the kindness to myself which they have contemplated. Yours, very respectfully, RonERT E. Pattison. To W. U. Hensel, Esq. m9 m WALLACE If OK SENATOR. Alexander Declines uml Wallace Uuanl luonaly Called Upon. Sonator Alexauder has declined to re main iu the field as a Democratic candi didate for Senator iu the district composed of Clearfield, Ceutie aud Clinton counties and in a card ho calls upou the Democracy of tho district to unite in the support of Senator Wallace. The conference of Clear field and Clinton had previously united in calling upon Senator Wallace to accept the nomination, but he refused to enter tain the proposition at all while there was any divihion of sentiment on tho subject. Mr. Alexander's conference now unite with him in asking to accept. benator Wallace was found at the Con tinental hotel, and when informed of Alexander's withdrawal and demand for Wallace's accccptance he said that he had prepared a peremptory declination last wenK, but was urged by Alexander and others to withhold it at the time ; that his business interests as well as his inclina tions wero strongly adverse to a return to tbo Senate ; but, he added, a unanimous demand made upon him by tho candidates aud conferees to harmonize and save tho district was one that be felt ho must yield to, aud ho would thereforo accept the nomination. CUMUKESSIOMAE. NOnilXATlONS. Eml ot tlio Protracted Deadlock In Western Pennsylvania. After threo mouths' deadlock tho Re" publican couierecs of tho Twenty-fourth congressional district of Pennsylvania yesterday nominated Georgo V. Lawrence, of Washington county, over W- S. Shal Icnberper, the present Congressman. Lawrence is at present in tho stato Senate and has previously represented his dis trict in Congress. Ex-Mayor Fiedler, of Newark, has written a letter acceptiug tho Democratic nomination for congressman in the Sixth New Jersey distriot. In his letter of acceptance he avows himself a protec tionist. The Republican congressional committe of tho 1 irst New York district met yes terday in Jamaica, ii. I. After a long session it was decided to mako no nomina tion, but " recommended all Republicans to vote for any candidate who is opposed to the regular Democratic nomineo." D. D. Twiggs, Independent candidate for congressman in the Eighth Georgia district, has withdrawn from tho contest "in the interest of peace and good-will." Sovereign, the Greenback congressional candidate in the Lemars, Iowa, district, has withdrawn in favor of Patterson, the Democratic nominee. A Budget of Fatalities. Thomas J. Gorgan, a well known lawyer of Boston, was probably fatally injured yesterday morning while getting off a moving train. William Northerly, 13 years of age, was killed yesterday at Mahanoy City by fall ing into the breaker of the Tunnel Ridge colliery. Michael Day. while walking ou a rail road bridge at West Troy, was struck by an engine and fell to the ground, 36 feet beneath. His injuries are fatal. Two sons of D. S. Baird, aged respect ively 12 and 18 years, were drowned yester day, at Ottawa, by tho upsetting of a boat. A Treasurer's Aceoaats Boor. An expert's examination of the financial condition of tbe city government of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., shows a deficiency existing in the accounts of City Treasurer F. W. George, deceased, which, foots up $27,000. Suicide of a Toaas Man. Arthur Breton, aged 22 years, a wealthy, temperate and industrious young man, shot and killed himself at Victoria, B. C. No cause is assigned for the act. His father is a merchant in London and in Victoria, PERSONAL. lhcn.vRD A. Proctor says that the comet is likely to return in a few months. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has re signed the Parkins professorship of anat omy is Harvard aniversity. Madame Christine Nilsson arrived in New York yesterday afternoon by the steamer Gallia. Secretary Folq.br has gone to New York, and will not return to Washington before the close of the week. M&vA. Bbokson Aloott had a para lytic 8 troke yesterday at Concord, Mass., and Iait evening was only partially con scious. Senator Wade Hampton said in a speech in Chesterfield county, S. C, the other day that he would never bo a can didate for office again. Mrs. Lanotry's photographs aro even more numerous than Willian Penn's. Those of the imperial size, colored and with guilt edge, are now sold fastened on to a atrip of bright colored satin ribbon. Col. Lono, explorer, writer, soldier, and lately American consul in Egypt, has been spending several weeks in Paris. Arabi, be says, is a bad man, with many vices and almost no virtues. Bramwell Booth, son of the general issimo of the Salvation Army, was mar ried a few days ago at Clapton, England, his father officiating. The ceremony was performed in tbe presence of several thousand persons, admitted at a shilling a head. Alexander H. Stephens, governor elect of Georgia, arrived yesterday in At lanta, where he will be installed in a few days. He was met at the depot by an en thusiastic crowd,-and driven to the execu tive mansion iu a carriage drawn by four white horses. Miss Durr of North Carolina, to whom Senator David Davis is to be married soon, was a young friend of his late wife and used to visit her at the National hotel, at Washington. She is about thirty years younger thau Mr. Davis, and he has been paying her marked attention for at least a year. Queen Victoria is so much annoyed by the staring of summer visitors in the little Crathie Established Presbyterian church, near Balmoral, that she seldom is seen in her pew there until the end of the season has taken the straugcr to iheir homes. She usually has special services conducted in Balmoral Castle during August and September. J. B. Newbrouoh, of New York, has written by a type-writer a new bible en titled "Oahspe, a New Bible in the Words of Jehovah and his Angel Embas sadors." The book has just been printed Mr. Newborough claims that it was writ ten under spiritual infiuence.He says while he was writing a very bright light shone over his hands. Lord Ronald Gower, who is described as " a dilettante painter and a dilettante sculptor," recently wrote a few articles about his friends and the English court circles, which were published in Vanity Fair. The sketches suddenly ceased, and it is rumored that the titled reporter was administered a smart rebuff by the Prince of Wales for writiug of things he bad bet ter havo passed over. m Shot by as Pupil. Professor Yeikes, who has charge of a private school in Paris, Ky., for boys and young men, received a painful pistol shot wound in the right arm, at the hands of Homer Oldson, one of his students, aged fourteen years. Tho professor yesterday took tbe lad by tbo collar and shook him slightly for tardiness in attendance and failuro in his studies, and requested that a written excuse ou liautled in. The lad brought the excuso Tuesday morning, and as ho handed it to the professor said : "Take this too!" and fired with a 32 oalibre revolver. The bullet passed ob liquely through the muscular part of the arm, and by mere accident missed taking effect ou any of the pupils. After having the wound dressed by a physician the pro fessor resumed bis duties in the school. A Doctor Shot By a Boy. As Dr. C N. Hoffman, of Sinking Springs, was on his way to Reading, be overtook four young men who were out target practicing. They asked permission to rido along with the doctor, but being refused one of them, named Walter Hocb, about 15 years old, fired, tbe shot strikiag the doctor on the scalp. He immediately sprang from bis carriage and grappled with the lad, who made a desperate resist ance, and the doctor, finding himself growing weak from loss of blood, released his hold on young Hock, who escaped. Had the shot entered the bead a few inches lower it would have been fatal, but it is not necessarily dangerous. No arrests have been made. Had Iter Sboes Blacked. An immigrant girl whoso shoes were not suggestive of Cinderella's sat with a man on a bench in City Hall park yester day, New York. A bootblack with a wooden leg offered her a shine, and sethis box before her. She put up a foot, dis playing about as much blue stocking as is ever seenou wash day. A crowd of men and boys gathered around. Apparently they had nothing worth while to do. She gazed upou them with a placid smile and put up the other blue stocking in its tarn. Then she paid the bootblack and walked away, chatting in somo foreign tongue with her companion. -s-o Attempted Smugs-Mag Frustrated. At attempt at smuggling was made from the Chinese steamer Arabic, at San Francisco, on Monday night. An officer saw a boat run alongside tbo steamer and receive packages at tbe mail dock, and the boatmen, trying to get away, were fired at by tho officer. One of them cried out that he was shot, and dropped his oar, where upon his comrades threw tbe package overboard and escaped in the darkness. Tho packages were found to contain opium and silks to the value of $10,000. ' funds in tbe Itate Treasury. The statement of tho amount in the state treasury at the close of business on September 30 is just published. The do lay was owing to the fact that Auditor General Lemon has been ill in Hollidsys burg for tho past three weeks. The amount in the general fund is given at $1,544,079.09, of whioh Philadelphia has its share as follows : People's bank, $150, 000 : Townsend Whelen & Co., $100,000; Girard national bank, $200,000 ; National Bank of the Republic, $50,000. On Duty la Philadelphia. Yesterday Officer Burns, of this city, was in Philadelphia, for the. purpose of taking in the great show. While in the crowd on Broad street, he detected a negro in tho act of picking a gentleman's pocket. Burns at once arrested him and handed him over to the lieutenant of the Philadelphia police. The darkey gavo his name as William Johnson. Bass Fiablng. Yesterday Deputy Register C. L. Stoner and Tipstave Jake Hollinger went fishing for bass at Safe Harbor. The day was cold and uncomfortable, but tho fishing was good, nineteen fine bass being taken. Mr. Stoner landed one that weighed over three pounds, which be presented to his honor, Judge Livingston. Sale of Real I-state. John Gundaker, auctioneer, sold on Tuesday evening, at th. Cooper House, the late residence of Dr. Henry E. Muhlen berg, deceased, to Daniel A. Altick and Richard J. McGrann for $10,500. COLUMBIA NEWS. OU1C KF-UULA K UOKKESPONDEMCK Stoats Alaasj the Sasquehaaaa Items of latere ta aad Around the Borough ricked l'p by tbe Jatelb Keacer's Keportsr Miss Mary Wall has returned to her home in Carlisle. H. F. Yergey returned, to-day froa a visit to friends in PUtoa ' ' Messrs. Emory Stevenson, W. R. Lewis, and Wm. B. Given have gone to Philadel phia. The addition to Joseph Desch's Baa will be C8 feet deep ; 00 feet or that will I a two story brick structure. .Miss Jeunie Bowman, who has' beea visiting friend ou Cherry street, retaraad this Baorniug to Baltimore. A handsome phaeton which will be chanced off at the U. A. R-. fair next month, is now u exhibition at Becker's carriage shop. It is a fine pieoe of work manship. A double caual boat broke from its moorings at the bridge, yesterday after- , mad drilled down to tbe ooal basis of the Reading & Colasabia taJlroa' iota paiiy.' where it was secured. ' a The Pennsylvania, railroad brmkeisa, Mr. John Wolfe, who was injured ia tbe accident in tbe west yards, on Moaday morning, is on a fair road to recovery , It was at first supposed that hk injuries would have a fatal termination. Both fesa Cat M) . ( Yesterday afternoon a MidWtowBStta was thrown from' 5th Union line freight train, and had both legs cut off. He had boarded the train in Middletown, intend iag to take a short ride. The accident occurred but a few minutes after be had gotten on tbe train. He was yet alive this morning. Duck Shooting, The great number of duck kaaters has thinned tbe feathered ranks considerably. Comparatively few were abet yesterday, as compared with the results of previous days. Every person who can command a gun and boat is now a dusk buBter. The report of the great quantity being killed at this point must have spread widely, as persons from distant paints arrive in town daily to enjoy the sport'. A Uavalry Troops Mishap. The "Sheridan Troop" of cavalry, 55 strong, from Tyrone, passed through this place at 9 o'clock this morning. They have been on the road Bince yesterday afternoon. The passenger coach containing the saen, and the four stock cars with their horses aboard, were attached to a freight train. The men are in -anything but a good humor at their detention along the route. i A lllaca Lotharla. 'Squire Young will give1 Uriah, alias " Sun " Holsinger, colored, a bearing this evening at 7 o'clock, charged, on com plaint of James Reynolds, also colored, with drunk and disorderly conduct. Reynolds- lias had HoUlnger sent to jail several times on the same change. He is reported to be in love with the tatter's wife, and, she being willing that it should be done, takes this method of securing his absence. His diplomatic ability ia worthy a Haytien consulship under tho Arthur ad ministration. voubt or common fucas. The Brua-ueller Case Besaated. Yesterday being a legal holiday there was no court. It met to-day- at nine o'clock. The trial of the case of Daniel Brua, John Brua and Franklin Brua vs. George Beiler was resumed. It is claimed that the breast of tbe defendants dam was raised to too great a height from 1878 to tbe time of bringing tbe salt in 1880. The deeds under whieb the parties hold titles , were put in evidence down to 1878. A " reservation was inserted in each prescrib ing tbe height to which tbe water in the creek should be allowed to back toward plaintiff. This was indicated by an iron pin which was driven in a rock by Michael Musslem.iu in 18C2. Testimony was pro duced to Khow that for jears this pin has been covered by water. Those interested for tbe defendant in the case of A rnos Slaymaker, executor of Jaises L. Reynolds, deceased, who was adminis trator of Wm. Mathiot, deceased, vs. the Farmer's National bank, published on Monday, by our omistion to stato the fact that Mrs. Mathiot had taken out letters of administration on her hus band's ehtate after the death of Mr. Rey nolds and that tho deposit in the bank to the credit of the estate was paid to her not as bis widow, but as administratrix might be led to a wrong impressionl The correc tion is therefore made. The question before the court, as wo stated, was whether the bond, was properly payable to the new administratrix, or to executoi of the deceased administrator. Nocaso was attached in tho lower room this morning. KI.UER.SUIP APPOlMTaticMTS. Made lor the Tear at Ms. Joy Darlag; the Ueceat Session. At the late East Pennsylvania Elder ship of tbo Church of God, Elder J. W. Uesuong, of Altoona, was elected speaker, D. S. Shoop, stated clerk, F. L. Nicode mus, transcribing clerk, and J. Halfleigb, financial clerk. The following are the local appointments for the ensuing year : Lancaster G. W. Seilhamer, W. S. Smith and A. H. Long. Columbia S. D. C. Jackson. Mount Joy A.Ti.nsi Washington J. M. Soeese. "II BaiBridVeandMaytown G. W. Getz. EHzabcthtown 'and Hienspire. S. W. -- Nail. Churchtown and Shlremanstown O. H. Betts. - , i Moral Instructor at Lancaster JAIms J.M. Swank. ' Rev. D. A. Laverty, formerly of this city. Is appointed to Mechanicaburg, Cum berland county, and Rev. J.B.Lockwoed, of Mount Joy, is transferred to Middle town. Aalsaportaat Subject. Last Sunday Mr. Hark announced in the Moravian church that ho- wpaM aext Sunday evening begin a series 6f 'dis courses on " Books and Reading " in their relation to Christian life and culture. This is a subject well worthy of more at tention than is commonly given it in tbe pulpit, and is year by year Becoming more important. Mr. Hark tolls us that next Sunday evening's discourse will be de voted to the general topic of ' Literature and Life." to be followed by others on " Literature in tbo House," What to Read," "How to Read." " Papers' and Periodicals." and " The True Purpose of Literature." Wo suppose the newspaper, Sunday reading, fiction and, such sub jects will also receive their share of atten tion. A Quartette or Military Mea. The Republicans will hold a meeting at 3Iillport on Saturday evening. The first speaker on the bill is ex-District Attorney Eshelman, before whose same the title " Col." appears. There are' three other speakers whose names appear and some wag, who srophathized with thmas. thinks they arc as deserving ot titles as'Mr. Esh elman, and has changed a bill in a promi nent hotel so that it now reads : Capt Rcr enmiller. Gen. Peter Hershey and Corp. A. F. Schenk. Mayor's Caart. Only four guests graced tbe mayor's love this Morning. One a poor traveler, was discharged with instruction to travel farther. One who was too utterly to too, piid $2.03 and was discharged, and two others wen meat to jail for flue and fifteen days respectively''
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