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Filfm ud Muhlenberg.
:t -Apcopeb of the erection in the federal
-.pafttoiez tne statue ei. juuexi x unuu,
for ene of Pennsylvania's iwe
f there, the West Chester Recerd,
.--wltt characteristic-ill nature, .remarks
ttbjt "the statue or tne JNew xere gen-XtlMMUi-wbe.
is te represent Pennsylvania
be rotunda of the national capitei
I been placed in position, but the Vir-
" tiiBian who is te have the ether niche is
Vi -. .. .9 .1 , ..A ..... wlA sinfnm
perary ptedicts'that in years te come
"tbft-veumrPennsYlvanians -will leek
'mk the statues of the New Yerker and
:c the Virginian, whose names they will
Sprebably never have heard, and wonder
bow the well-known names ei ivnttieny
-felTajne, David Rittenhouse, William
&Tnn and nther Pennsvlvanians should
'& aethave occurred te the people who se-
.lected the statues."
& 7 At the rate at which the intellectual
a iuMUnMitM if Phnafav (tnnnfv llQQ VlPPtl
AVi VMVCfUUUICUV Ul wutaw-i uuuu; ...- -
"hastening te decay" of late years, we
l "ahnnlil net be surDrised that its youth
ifb ' a generation hence would net have heard
kV Dm names of two such prominent figures
in the history of their state and country
as the eminent- inventor of the practi
al application of steam power te naviga
tien, and that preacher-soldier-publicist
who illustrated in character and action
r the qualities which made the Revolu
tionary struggle an epoch in the world's
history. 'But in such forgetfulness we
are confident that the constituency of
the West Chester Recerd will be solitary
and singular among the people, of the
land, who keep Pulton and Muhlenberg
in grateful remembrance.
There was a fair division of opinjen
as te the proper subjects te be honored
by Pennsylvania in the choice of the
statuary commission. But when the
language of the act creating this body
limited its members te these whose
claims te distinction were established
previous te or during the revolution"
and when the two whose names are most
vividly impressed upon our common-
wealtn'3 uisiery were ruieu eiu, ieat
some carping critic like the Recerd
would refer te Penn as the " emigrant
from England" and te Franklin as the
" carpet bagger from Bosten" after
this the commission did about as well as
it could, and certainly selected as con
spicuous and familiar figures as these
anerirested bv the Recerd. Gen. Muhleu
berg was born and died in Pennsylvania,
and though he preached in Vircinia,
the picturesque incident of his life,
which the talented artist who is work
ing out the statue of him has seized
upon for representation, was one of such
national significance that its commemo
ration in marble will be a most worthy
subject for a national gallery. Besides,
Muhlenberg, after geed service in the
army, rose through the gradations of the
civilervice te the Unitsd Slates Sen
ate ; he was of a family distinguished
in the religious ana peuucai iue ui me
state, and he is a fit representative of a
race which makes such a large part in the
composite citizenship of Pennsylvania.
If the Recerd has any doubt of Pennsyl
vania's claim te the place of Fulton's
"nativity, it is only because its vision
does net extend te this side of the Octo Octe Octe
rare hills, where the " Fulton Heuse "
is a railroad station and the streams are
living witnesses te the youthful invent
or's experiments with steam. Between
him and Rittenhouse there is far
less danger that he will be forgotten,
either for his citizenship of a state
having many memorials of him or for the
popular and practical results of his
scientific labors. Gen. Wayne, it is
true, was the most eminent Pennsylva
nia soldier of the revolution, and
though the commission, in extending its
.view beyond simple military achiev
ments.made ether selection for the capi
tel, the state has net been slew te recog
nize Wayne's claims te grateful memory
and due respect is accorded him every
where except, perhaps, among the
youth of Chester county, by whom wa
believe his monument at Radner has
been desecrated, despite the devotion of
his family.
Wiggins' Storm.
The morning newspapers have been
seduced by the beautiful weather yester
day te make fun of Professer Wiggins
-and his storm, which isdistinctly recog
nized te ba his .private property. But
the weather of te day must be encourag
ing te the professor's friends. The big
blew may be along after all. The
weather is ugly enough te satisfy an
ordinary storm prediction by an ordi
nary storm prophet, but as Professer
Wiggins predicted the biggest thing in
the storm line ever seen this will have
te de a geed deal mere for him
than it -has as yet done te see
him through. There is no telling
what man may de, but in the
lice of prophecy in modern times his
achievments have net been startling,
and weather predictions are particulaily
unreliable. In the affairs of men se
many unknown elements exist te dis
turb the cempletest calculations that
it has come te be a proverb, whose truth
everyone has experienced, that nothing
is less likely te happen that what is ex
pected. Professer Wiggins no doubt
has fieures that prove ins storm te be a
tainty, and if it does net come he
rill probably be ready te bet us that his
figures were all right, but the stars get
wrong.
It has been pointed out in the state
Senate that the state moneys en deposit
in such banks of the commonwealth as
enjoy the favor of the state treasurer
have net been less in any month of the
jjear than $3,300,000, and that new they
reach an aggregate of ever $5,000,000
from which no interest is obtained. The
Increase in' the general fund .has been
'heavy since the first of the year, and there
must be a constant increase iu the sink
ing fund while the present system con
tinues of creating a surplus by having
revenues -poured into the- state treasury
rbfeh should be diverted.inte the coun
ty treasuries, and -while, there are no
v maturing bends of the commonwealth
be paid. Under these circumstances
wbnet .tee i0&em.&m
Senater Bume's b!U or sene ether mea--
sure deviaed for the purpeje or lnvjaiting
this large amertnt of idle money
.. .. .'
in government bends se that it
may earn some interest. Te take
money from tne taypayers sim.
ply te give the use of it te the banks I
favored by public officials is an indefen
sible and demoralizing policy. The
present discretion vested-infthe sinking
fund commissioners te invest, the sur
plus in the purchase of state bends net
yet due is net an adequate remedy, for
there are se few of them in the market
that such a demand for them would be
taken advantage of by the speculatorste
run up the price. The constitution ad
mits of investment en interest-bearing
government bends and the law should
be made accordingly. It would save the
state from $60,000 te$100,000 a year,and
deprive the politicians of the chance te
thimble-rig with the state's idle millions
for personal or political gam.
Twe recent most terrible events re
ported among the news of the day
graphically illustrate the heroism and
strength of maternal affection. Near
Frederick, Md., the mother of a large
family caught in a blazing heuse at
midnight stationed her husband en the
outside while she dropped the children
one by one from the second story into
his saving arms, remaining at her place
until, with the last one clasped te
her besom, she fell back into the cruel
grasp of the advaucing flames and per
ished. In Philadelphia the struggle of a
mother for the life of herself and child
with a homicidal maniac, who had been
taken into her service, is one of the most
thrilling domestic tragedies reported.
While Rev. Dr. Dix is bewailing the de
cadence of the maternal instincts such
every day actualities as these prove that
the operation of the natural law of
motherly devotion is as strong as when
Eve mourned the victim of her first
bem's fratricidal wrath or Rizpah's
faithful vigil fiercely fought the vulture
and the jackal from the gibbeted bodies
of the sons of Saul.
Cel. McClube refuses te give te the
committee investigating Delaney the
names of the witnesses he has te Delan
ey's turpitude. We think that is hardly
fair te Delaney. Suppose Delaney does
intend te sue the Times for libel : where
fore should that prevent the Times from
vindicating before the commit
tee the truth of his assertions?
If he can show them te be true, it will
help him, one would think, te win his
libel suit, if Delaney should ever recover
sufficiently te bring it. Whereas, if he
cannot show this, it may as well be dem
onstrated new as at any time, and De
laney i3 entitled te have in done. The
committee should exhaust the subject.
m m -
It seems that it was net Judge Beif erd ,
but another man of like initials who get
the check from Dersey for $2,000, for
money wen at cards en the Pacific rail
road, which money Dersey seems te have
charged te expenses in his account
against his partners in the Star Routes.
Ne wonder Judge Belferd was anxious
te have an opportunity te deny this false
allegation against himself made in the
course of the trial before Judge Wiley.
He certainly should have been allowed
the opportunity in some way, and as he
was net he did quite right in taking it
without permission.
Whkn the newspaper gossips let them
selves loose en David Davis' wedding that
venerable mau will suspect Wiggins'
storm centre has been located near Fay
etteville, N. C.
The Heuso at Harrisburg has summari
ly sat down en a scheme te print 125,000
volumes of the previously published state
geological reports, at a cost of about $125,
000. They can be procured at a much
lower rate from the junk shops and second
hand book stores.
It will be gratifying te people about te
handed te learn that Dr. G. M. Hammend
son of ex Surgeon General Hammend, has
been making seme personal experiments
by the aid of a twisted handerchief and a
teurniquet, and has satisfied himself that
there is no pain in the process of strangu
latien
It is ridiculous te blame Wiggins for
scaring people with his storm prophecies.
He fervently believed he was right, and as
a philanthropist was bound te make
known Iris apprehensions. Had be with with
eold them, and the disasters predicted had
occurred, he would have been held te
blame. As it was, nobody was bound te
believe him, unless they had faith in his
scientific knowledge, and mere trusted
savants have made as big blunders as he.
Rdv. Dk. Heuiuck JonuseN, who
asserted with such assurance of opinion
seme'years age that the Bible wine was
uufermentcd, new as unhesitatingly de
clares that a fuller study of the subject
has batisiied him that the use of unfer
mented wine is without recognition in any
respectable authority. The distinguished
Hebraist, Or Green, of Princeton, is of
like mind, and Dr. Buckley, the editor of
the Christian Advocate, has said that nine
tenths of the scholars of this ceuutry will
bs alienated by pushing the two wine
notion.
It will grieve Philadelphia, and yet -the
eternal truth must prevail, te learn that
the voluntary census of its manufaetering
interests, undertaken by Lerin Blodgett,
te correct the government's census defi
ciencies, is nroneunccd by the federal
authorities perfectly worthless. It seems
Mr. Blodgett swelled- the returns by clas
sifying one business with a half dozen
branches as a separate manufactory in
each department, and made the number of
employees immense by such devices as te
count all the boys celling newspapers as
employees efthe establishments pi inting
them.
It would seem that a reciprocal senti
ment of sympathy should exist between
the distressed Irish and at least
the poorer class of the people of
England and Scotland. Late reports state
that prospects for even a moderate yield
of the crops'are extremely gloomy in these
two countries and woll-irreanded arm-e-
hensiens are felt that the miserieref want
wil? benefchar sKt wr HM.&
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weaJd aet.huianlTpeAvbe1min-"
deserved, exparienes ferfEngknd ttf 'abe
should he compelled" te endure theaaasr
wretchedness in her own homes which she
is the direct cause of in these of Ireland,
and especially that which is new torturing
the people of county Maye, where it is
said the distress has
net been se great
since 1847.
The late Alexander H. Stephens par.
ticularly cherished the following .poem
addressed te him by Jehn Quiney Adams,
when they were in the' Heuse' together in
1844": " " . '
Say. by what sympathetic charm,
What mystic magnet's secret sway,
Drawnby some unresisted arm.
We come from regions tax away ?
Frem North and Seuth, trem East and West,
Here in the People's Hall we meet,
Te execute their nigh behest
in council ana communion sweet.
We meet as strangers In this hall,
lint when our task of daty's done,
We blend the common geed et all,
And melt the multitude In one.
As strangers In this hall we met ;
Cut new with one united heart,
w nate'er et lire awaits ns yet.
In cordial friendship let ns part.
Under the influence of a widely circu
lated translation of the Bible an evangel
ical movement, something like Method
ism, is new sweeping ever Russia, and a
new religious movement has been awak
ened which threatens the popular influence
efthe established church. It has taken
held en the imagination as well as the
convictions of a people much given te
idealism, and flourishes at St. Petersburg
as well as in the southern provinces. The
effects of the movement, it is represented,
have been immediate. It has touched the
corruption and vice of the higher ranks
and " the deceit and rude intemperance "
of the lower classes. It is at once mere
liberal, mere outspoken, and mere pacific
than any religious upheaval that has evex
taken place in Russia, and is mere closely
identified with the spirit of wholesome
progress.
WHAT THE STATE PRESS WANTS.
The Delaware county Democrat, wants
Judge Black for president.
The Sullivan Republican, et Laperte,Pa.,
wants its judicial district left just as it is.
The Wilkesbarre Recerd wants "Keifer
shot. " He is of no mere account than
ex-Congressman Scranton."
The Pittsburgh Dispatch wants dead
heading en the railroads put an end te by
the passage of the anti-free pass bill.
The Danville Intelligencer wants corper
ate campmeeting grounds taxed as money
making affairs.
The Lancaster Inquirer wants the wrong
of unequal asesstnents speedily and
effectively remedied.
The Philadelphia Ecemng Telegraph
wants a saat in city councils raide a "pest
of honor," as it used te be.
The Allentown Item wants it net for
gotten that masquerade balls are against
the statute law of the commonwealth.
The Harrisburg Patriot wants the Demo
cratic legislators te stick te work en Sat
urday and save their party from Republi
can attempts te discredit it.
The Pittsburgh Pest wants the bill
passed which was prepared by the special
commissioner appointed by Governer
Heyt, te revise the lunacy laws.
The Philadelphia Ledger's New Yeik
correspondent wants it te ba noted, that
fashienable lodging heuse
' flats :
are
death traps in case of Arc.
The Scrauteu Republican wants it te be
remembered that old heads and young
hearts will be divided about dancing while
the world stands.
The North American wants an editor
who will tell the tnnk about the teductien
of sinecurists and supernumaries en the
pay roll of the Heuse at Harrisburg.
The Wilkesbarre Recerd wants the Dem
ocrats te " go slew " in anti- corporation
legislation, seeing that its advocates differ
se widely in the remedies proposed for ad
mitted existing evils.
The Gonnellsville Courier wants "-our
own Colonel Crawford, the pioneer of
Western Pennsylvania" remembered in
the discussion about who were Pennsylva
nia's great men.
The Lancaster Examiner wants an or er
phans1 court judge in this county, te faci'r
itate the settlement of decedents' estates
and te save the lawyers t'ue demoralization
that ensues from their grabs after big
audit fees.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin wants
Gov. Pattison te give the Legislature a
bread intimation that he will sign no bill
for appropriations te charitable institu
tions that has net reached the Legislature
in the method provided in section 8 of the
wise law of April 24, 1869.
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Fiohlettlon in lows.
Governer Sherman of Iowa Friday gave
his answer te the committee appointed by
the late prohibitory convention te wait
en him and ask whether or net he would
call an extra session of the Legislature for
the purpose of enacting new prohibitory
legislation, both statutory and constitut
ional. He refused his consent. His rea
sons are, briefly, te the eflect that amend
ments cannot legally be proposed except
at a regular session of the Legislature;that
statutary laws should have been enacted
at the regular sessions and that the extra
ordinary occasion contemplated in the
constitntien upon whieh extra sessions
may be called does net new exist. There
will therefore be no extra session.
Metes et Trade and Business.
At a meeting of iron workers held in
Springfield, Illinois, last night, the action
of the district executive committee of the
Amalgamated association ordering a
strike was denounced ; the " dictation of
the Amalgamated association repudiated,"
the strike declared te be unwarranted,
and the iron companies sustained.
The packing house of Armour & Ce., in
Chicago, was idle for three days this week
owing te a scarcity of hogs, but resumed
operations yesterday. It is announced
that "the works will be kept running as
long as hogs can be obtained."
The steamer Hehenstauffen arrived at
New Yerk from Bremen, en Friday, with
120 mill operatives for the Baltic mills in
Connecticut.
Trlcls With Meney.
It is learned "from an authentic source"
that "in July, 1879. Judge J. B. Bissell,
of Leadville, wen $2,000 from S. W. Dor Der
sey in a game of poker ou a train going te
Denver, for which he gave a cheek." This
is evidently the check referred te by Rer
dell as having been jriven te "J. B. B ,J'
and imputed te Congressman J. B. Bel
ford. Since the suicide last Saturday of Moses
T. Ray, bookkeeper . and assistant cashier
efthe Merchant and Planters' bank at
Montgomery, Alabama, a shortage of
$10,000 has been 'fefind in' his accounts.
His bondsmen are amply able, te pay the1
I amount.
AJDATS NEWS.
OF Tl
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THIS WATS
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A WaltKr Farmer Bbet OtwtL.Br a. Vm Vm
KnewnJUmmtm Other Kiewt Ca
lamities and HappealBg.
Jehn Fex, of Bellville, Ohie, widely
known en account of his arrest for the at
tempted murder of Dr.! Irwin, .of Mans
field, about fourteen months age, was
shot and instantly killed last night en the
public read, within half a mile from, his
home. Fex 'and his ' brother Daniel went
te Mansfield yesterday with a lead of grain
and were returning home at night.' The
shots .were fired .from a revolver in the
hands of. an 'unknown , party,' whjtcame
from directly behind the two" men. At
the first shot David 'leaped, from the
wagon, and "ran, without looking te see
who was the assailant, utber snots were
fired, and the horses broke loose and ran
away. David had been shot in the. leg.
lie-ealled for assistance ana returneare
where his brother lay in the wagon. Twe
bullets had struck him. One had entered
the base of the brain, and the ether through
the back near the region of the heart.
Either wound was fatal. Ne arrests have
been made, and, though many theories
are current, it is bard te fix en one that
has any appearance of being correct. One
night, about six weeks age, Fex was fired
at as he entered his house by some one
secreted under the perch, and he has been
in fear of assassination -for sometime
past. A few months age Fex's wife, te
whom he had been married for two years,
obtained a divorce en the ground of
cruelty. Fex was forty years of age, a
farmer, and quite wealthy.
Hakes' Tital Te-day.
A vast crowd had assembled -Fri
day morning te hear the Dnkes trial at
Uniontown, but were again disappointed,
when it was stated that the cane would be
taken up the first thing this morning.
Twe or three felony cases requiring eyer
and terminer juries were disposed, of, se
that the Dukes jury could be chosen from
the full panel and the ethers discharged.
Otherwise the jurors would have had te
return te court next week. There is
nothing new. Everything is in a state of
eager expectancy in view of the develop
ments that will be made by the letters.
An Elopement Frem Jail.
Katie Judd, of Bosten, who set fire te
the Weaver villa, escaped from the county
jail at Newport, R. I., Friday night, in
company with a young man named uee.
Rounds, under arrest for breaking and
entering the house of H. A. Wright, of
New Yerk. The affair has caused a pro
found sensation, as it is evident that some
person outside furnished the means of
their escape. They took their departure
by the front deer. Their cases were te
have been heard at the coming term of
the Eupreme court.
Henry Sejbert'a AShBS.
The urn containing the remains of the
late Henry Seybcrt, who was cremated at
the Le Moyne crematory, at Washington,
Pa , en Wednesday, were received yester
day by Gee. S. Pepper, of Philadelphia,
ene of the oxecuters of Mr. Seybert's
estate. The ashes, which were taken
from the iurnace en Thursday night, were
carefully sealed. They will be buried in
the family let at Laurel Hill, where the
father and mother of the deceased are
buried, in accordance with the dying re
quest of Mr. Seybert.
Tbree In One 'Grave.
Seven children of A. B. Rrusch, of Pine
Giove, became ill with scarlet fever en
Tuesday. A. B. M., jr., Sebastian and
Sallie, aged ten, eight and six years res
pectively, died yesterday, and te-day they
were buried in one grave. Serious doubts
are entertained as te the recovery of the
ether four children. The family were in
very destitute circumstances, but nurses
have been procured, and all ether immedi
ate wants supplied by the generosity of
the residents of Pine Greve.
A Bleiber and Daughter Burned.
Mis. Wolfe, an aged lady living en Gil
bert street, Shenandoah, was standing in
fren of a stove, when her clothes caught
en fire. She was badly, perhaps fatally,
burned. Her married daughter, with a
child in her arms, went te her rescue and
succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but
net until she was also badly burned.
Slaughtering. Pigeons.
The pigeon sheeting match between
Captain Begardns and Dr. Carver, fifty
double birds, twenty-ene yards rise, Illi
nois state rules, for $250 a side, eame off
at St. Leuis Friday and was wen by Bo Be
gardns. The score was 81 te 79. Bogar Begar
dus killed the last ten birds straight.
OV'JJK SIXTV IMMIUKANT3 DKOWKKD
Tne Snip Navarre reunders at Sea During
Yesterday's Severe Gale.
The steamer Navarre foundered during
the gale of Friday, while en her way from
Copenhagen te Leith. There were 81 per
sons en beard the ill fated steamer at the
time of the disaster, most of whom were
immigrants, and only 10 of them are
known te be saved. On Tuesday, when
about 200 miles from Christiansund, the
Navarre was struck by a heavy sea. The
cargo shifted and en Wednesday the fore fore
held filled. As the ship went down, a
fishing smack hove in sight and ten men
launched a beat and reached it in safety.
Unfortunately, they then allowed their
small beat te go adrift. ,
The smack sailed round the sinking
steamer, but having no beat was unable
te render her assistance. The emigrants
in the meantime were clinging te the
rigging, the sea washing ever them. In a
short time another smack arrived en the
scene. Fifteen of the Navarre's men
endeavored te reach her in another beat,
but it swamped, and all its occupants
were drowned. A steamer arrived at the
spot only iu time te rescue x persons,
who were struggling in the water, as the
Navarre was foundering. Altogether, six
et the crew and ten passengers were saved.
Most of the Navarre's passengers had
intended embarking for America imme
diately en their arrivai at Leith.
The Dutch fishing smack, which picked
up five of the Navarre's passengers, has
arrived at Hull. Their names are Ander Ander
eon, Hazelberg, Nygren and Mannall.
Miss Alexander Heltz and' a Swede, who
was bound for Minnesota, and Who lest
his wife and four children, have also ar
rived at Hull. N. Mannall is an emigra
tion agent, belonging in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mannall, who for three quarters "of an
hour was clinging' te a piece of timber,
states that the Navarre's pump3 were
found te be useless. All en beard baled
the vessel as much as they could. The
captain seemed stupefied. He was hurt
en Tuesday, and from that time until the
vessel sank drank te keep up his spirits.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
further Reported Breaks in the Levees.
There are net mere than two or three
spots el ground between Memphis and
Helena. Scores of the best farms in
Arkansas and Mississippi are completely
ruined, and most of them are abandoned,
the owners and laborers having fled te
higher grounds. In many places' the cat
tle are standing in water which overflows
the platforms, and almost all the gin
houses are filled with colored people. At
Harbut's Landing yesterday, there were
IS negrees in two beats, moored te a tree
en the flooded bank, waiting for a steam-'
beat te take them away. f
There is net a feet of dry land in forty
miles. Skiff leads of colored people, with
their household goods, are te be seen at
various points seeking for grpund te rjest
en. At Sterling, colored people, horses
and cattle are indiscriminately huddlec in
the upper story oft the only! store tbi re.
Most of the fences and heues -along fhe
hack aw rtUrhjpefr .---though -many have
bee fleate away. At ;8tar -Landing the
dwellings are falT'eicattJe and the gin
houses full of -negrees. Itis prebatkt
that them' will be a Mg rise- below, as Jhe
flew of water from the St. Francis river is
undiminished.
Captain Therwegan, of the steamer
Chauteau, thinks there is nnprecedentedly
high water between Yicksburg and New
Orleans em account of the closing of the
Bennet Carre erevasse. The bridge and
trnstle ever Cassades lake, en- the Iren
Mountain read, one mile west of Helena,
was discovered te be afloat last night
from the backwater coming- up from the
break in the. levee below. This will cut
Helena off from railroad communication,
as railroad men say it will be impossible
te get trains out until the water subsides.
The country below is entirely sub
merged, the water in many places pouring
ever the levees back into the river. The
reports from Austin, Clarksdale and
Friar's Point are of the most discouraging
character. Net a single house in any of
the places named escaped tne deluge. A
large number of cattle, horses and mules
are standing in the overflow from knee te
waist deep, hopelessly abandoned in the
St. Francis swamps. Trains ever the
Iren Mountain railroad are abandoned
east of Ferrest City, owing te the track
being submerged just below Helena. Twe
additional breaks have developed in the
upper end of Paulton Ferest levee, about
12 miles of Arkansas City, en the Arkan
sas side of the river, and they have rapid.
ly enlarged and new aggregate 7,000 feet.
OKIIUB AMD CASUALTY.
Seme Heavy Lesses by Destructive Fires.
A fire at Percariza. in the Province of
Leen, destroyed 56 houses. One woman
was burned te death and several persons
were injured. The less is 60,000 pesetas.
Mitchell & Ce.'s cattle factory, in Frent
street, New Yerk, was burned early yes
terday morning, and several adjoining
buildings were damaged. The total less
is estimated at $114,000.
The tobace factories of W. T. Clark,
W. F. Patten and L. L Strouse, in Dan
ville, Virginia, were burned yesterday.
Less, $58KH).
A fire at Buena Vista, Colerado, early
yesterday morning, destroyed a block of
buildings, including Heller & Halleck's
bank. Less. $25,000.
"Cliften," the country residence, near
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia,
of Mr. Elverson, the proprietor of Satur
day Night, was destroyed last night by an
ineendiary fire.
A boiler in the Canada press works, at
La Fertue, Montreal, exploded yesterday,
killing two workmen, named Murphy and
seriously injuring a large number of
ethers. The building was demolished.
Mrs. M. E. Watts, wife of a prominent
physician of Portsmouth. Virginia, died
last evening from the effects of chloroform
administered for extracting teeth.
Rebert V. Dedd, an extensive cattle
dealer, was shot dead in Hunneville,
Kansas, during a quarrel with an unknown
man.
Themas Tayler, of Tacony, wa3 bitten
by a rat at Atlanta City last snmmer,
and bleed poisoning ensued, which has
eventually caused his death.
Mr. Hoedymiller,, en his way from
Danville, Pa., te his home in Fresty Val
ley was stricken with apoplexy the night
before last. He lay in the snow until
found yesterday. He was frozen te death.
William Cummings was dragged out of
bed en Wednesday night by twelve mask
ed men, blindfolded and gagged, and then
carried te a secluded ravine, where he was
horribly mutilated. The deed was caused
by reyenge. Cummings is charged with
having ruined several young girls
and compelled his wife and children te live
in a house at Clearport, Ohie, with one of
his fast women.
CKCKlVriKS TOIHEIHSAHE.
A Witness Swearing that lie was raid te
Keep Away Frem the Investigation.
The investigation into the alleged bru
talities at Dixmont yesterday were of the
most sensational character. R. B. Parks,
a former attendant, testified that when
Carrel, an insane man, was first brought
te the hospital his back was sere from a
blister ; but that, notwithstanding this,
he was scrubbed with a flesh brush ever
the sere place. Soen afterwards Carrell
refused te take some medicine, and an
attendant named Harper knocked
him down and pulled part of his beard
out. On one occasion an inmate named
Inmau had been told te sweep out a room.
He refused, and a fight followed, in which
the patient was knocked down and jumped
upon by one of the attendants. He never
fully recovered from the injuries. Several
days after this fight witness told the cir
cumstances te an attendant named Har
per, who thereupon went te ward 8,
knocked Inman down, and kicked him
until he (witness) begged him te step.
On cress examination Parks testified
that he had just arrived from Cincinnati,
whether he had gene en Saturday last with
money furnished by Dr. Wylie, one of the
physicians at Dixmont. After he arrived
at Cincinnati he had telegraphed te Dr.
Wylie for $30, and received a telegram
telling him te "held the fort" and stay
where he was. The money arrived a day
or two afterward. He agreed with Dr.
Wylie before he left that he would travel
under the name of P. Bask, and in this
name he received the telegram and money.
While in Cincinnati he had repented of
his action in leaving, and determined te
return. He consulted an attorney and tel
egraphed te Malcolm Hay. On Thursday
Mr. Crawford, representing the Erie
Herald, which has been sned for libel by
the Dixmont authorities, arrived, and in
company with him he returned te Pitts
burgh, arriving just in time te take the
witness stand.
Dr. Wylie, assistant superintendent of
Dixmont was placed en the stand. He
denied that he had hired Parks te leave
the city. He said that Parks came te
him te borrow $20, and he gave it te him.
That after his arrival in Cincinnati he
telegraphed that he was sick and needed
money, and he forwarded $30 te him. The
"bold the fort" telegram, he said, was te
cheer Parks up.
The appearance et Parks was a great
surprise te the investigators. The com
mittee adjourned te meet in Harrisburg
en Tuesday next.
STRUCK BV. A TRAIN.
A Carriage Ran Oevta and Twe of It Occu
pants Killed.
The Lehigh Valley train which left
Raritan, N- J., at 9 a. m. Friday crashed
into 'a carriage drawn by two horses,
while running forty miles an hour, near
the Raritan siding. Ex-Sheriff and ex
Assemblyman Peter A. Voorhees and
Abraham Voorhees were instantly killed.
Peter Certelyan, who was driving, and
Jehn Bedine, who sat en the same seat
with him, were seriously injured. Mr.
Certelyan was thrown twenty feet in the
air. He says he saw the train, but his
horses, which were killed, became unman
ageable, and ran en the track.
The men were en their way from Frank
lin park te Semerville te select a plan for
a church parsonage. Peter Voorhees was
about 65 years of age and Abraham Voor
hees 55. Beth were widely known. Su
perintendent James Dennelly, Conductor
Bensen and Engineer Houk, of the Valley
train, did all they could te alleviate the
sufferings of the injured and care for the
dead.
Suspected et rising " a Jury.
A month or two age a married man
named Blue broke down in the night time
the deer of the residence of Mr. Richards,
at Pacific Junction,' a few miles south of
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Richards get
out of bed. and finding a man in the
house, fired, a revolver te warn him .off,
but he was tee draak te take the
warniag and advanced te the inner roen.
Mrs. Richards, in her night dress, met
hlm,"and,' leveling arevelver, shot hiss,
first in the arm. Second and third shots
were fired, when the man clinched with
her, and a shot took effect in his abdo
men. He was indicted for burglary, and
the jury, after being out 48 hours, came
in and were disharged because they could
net agree. The defendant is wealthy and
people are confident that the disagreeing
jurors were " fixed " for that purpose
Great indignation exists and loud mur
murs of summary vengeance are heard.
PERSONAL.
Fred Lauer is seriously ill in Jacksen
ville, Flerida.
R. R. Springer has given $90,000 mera
te the Cincinnati college of music.
Gov. Waller's Geed Friday fast day
proclamation te the people'ef Connecticut
is expressed in nve lines.
Gcx. N. P. Banks bobs up serenely
with reappointment r.s TJ. S. marshal iu
Bosten.
Butler has decapitated the Massachu
setts insurance commissioner for net
having his report ready in time
Mrs. OLirnAKT, after writing fifty six
novels, is beginning te show signs of liter
ary activity with increase of years.
Cardinal McCleskev te-day celebrates
the 39th anniversary of his elevation te
the episcopacy of the Reman Catholic
church.
Rev. W. G. Richardson, of the Am
hurst, Mass., Methodist church, get sick a
few Sundays age, and his wife took the
desk and preached a sermon.
Cel. McClure declines togivetethe
Delaney investigators the names of his
informants, as be wants te reserve them
for the libel suit which Delaney confidently
premises.
Dr. Busrwoed W. James, of Philadel
phia, has been elected president and Dr.
J. C. Burgher, of Pittsburgh, general sec
retary of the American institute of
homeeopathy.
Gov. Cleveland rather timidly opened
a letter addressed te bis (imaginary) wife,
and found it was only a request from
Mississippi for his picture for a " fine boy
baby" named after him. He sent it.
J. L. Crocker, of Taunton, Mass.,
wills $25,000 te religious and charitable
institutions of the Protestant Episcopal
church, and $5,000 te Brown University,
for the endowment of "Careline Crocker
Scholarship."
Blaine is net greatly exercised about
the fact that after he had left his carriage
the ether day seme boy broke a glass in it
with a recklessly cast stone. Mrs. Blaine
will have te lese her diamonds te get a
first-class advertisement.
Right Rev. Jehn Qeinlan, Catholic
bishop of Mobile, died yesterday in New
Orleans, after an illness of two months.
He was about 53 years of age, and had
been bishop of Mobile since 1859. His
diocese embraced the whole state of Ala
bama, and the western part of Flerida.
Annpnisnep Weed declines te be a vice
president of the anti vivisection society,
declaring that while he is in perfect accord
and sympathy with the objects of the so
ciety, yet he has never lent his name te
any society net connected with the church
and begs te be excused from making an
exception in this case.
Gen. Jehn Crewell died in Glenville,
O., en Thursday, aged 82 yeare. He w.b
formerly proprietor of the Western Reserve
Chronicle, and latterly edited the Western
Law Monthly, published in Cleveland. He
served a term in the Ssnate of Ohie, and
two terms in Congress before the war. IIe
had been for twenty years in the military
service of the state, as brigadier and major
geneial.
Susie Washington, a belle of Louis
ville, notified Henry Barrett, te whom she
was engaged, that she would net marry
him, hut proposed te wed young Mr.
Winfield, of Chicago, instead. On the
day set for the wedding Barrett was ad
mitted te Miss Washington's house when
the family was absent, and seeing the
bridal dress laid goigeeusly out en a bed
he rolled it up and absconded with it, se
curing a postponement of the festivities.
DELlViSICIKS Oi!- TOUACCO.
Seme Recent Sales and Prices l'aicl.
Yesterday there was a large quantity of
leaf tobacco brought te the city ware
houses, and a still larger quantity te day,
notwithstanding the storm of rain and
sleet that prevailed nearly all last night.
Following aie some recent sales :
Capt. Wilcox has purchased the follow
ing lets in New Helland and vicinity :
Simen Mentzer, II acre at 16, 7, 3 : Elias
Diller, 2 acres at 16, 6,
Nathaniel
Murr, 1 acre at 11, 4, 3 : Bern. Buckwaltcr,
asre3 at 16, 10, 5, 3 ; Geerge Miller, 1
acre at 12, 4, 3 ; Maitin Hoever, H aero
at 16, 10, 6 2, and H acre at 15, 5, 3.
There is still a largequantity of tobacco
in the neighborhood ready for the market
and unsold.
Samuel Moere, jr., has purchased from
Wm. Tedd, of the Gap, of an acre at 18,
7, 3, and from Geerge Tedd a half aero at
14. 6, 3.
H. Shirk has purchased from Harrison
Longenecker, of Drumore, his crop at 18,
5, 2, and from Matthias Harvey, at 18,
r; e
H. H. Kline, of Columbia, sold 3 acres
at 18, 9, 3.
Jehn Moero has bought the following
lets in Fawn tewaship, Yerk county :
Jehn Stausbury, 2 acres at 12, 4, 2 ; Mur Mur
cer Davis, 2 acres at 9 cents through ;
Jehn H. Andersen. 2 acres at 16, 5, 3, 2 ;
J. Jerdan Manifold, 1 acre at 13, 4, 3.
B. F. Menkin, of Baltimore, bought
from Jeseph Dietz, sr., of Spring Garden
township, Yerk county, 12 acres, amount
ing te 18,000 pounds, at 13, 5, 3, 1. The
sale amounted te $1,400.
Wm. Shultz. agent for Rescnwald, vt as
in Lebanon county this week and shipped
te Lebanon 60,000 pounds of tobacco,
amounting te between $9,000 and $10,000.
Wm. 11. Miles, Hennett square, has
sold 2,000 pounds te Rosenwald at 20, 5, 3.
Teller Bres., bought 2 acres from
Julius Fcigge for which they paid $243.
Abm. Mawrer, of Strasburg, sold ene
and a half acres of tobacco at 18, 5 and 3,
te Shifner & Shirk.
C. C. Lapp, Salisbury township, lias
sold 2 acres of tobacco te Skiles & Fry,
for 17, 6, 4 and 2.
Sale tit Real itstate.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale last night at the Grape ' hotel,
Lancaster city, Pa., for Mary C. Cameren,
executrix efthe will of Jacob M. Leng,
deceased, Ne. 3, a let of ground en the
west side of Market street, between Orange
and W. King streets, fronting 24 feet 2
inches, and extending in depth 38 feet
mere or less, en which is erected a black
smith Bhep, te Daniel Legan for $2,000.
Ne. 1, an undivided one half part of a
tract of land in the western part efthe
city, containing 27 acres te Frank Sbreder
for $275 per acre, amounting te $7,425.00.
Ne. 2, a let of ground situated en the
north side of East Orange street, fronting
32 feet 2 inches en said street and extend
ing in depth 245 feet te an alley, en which
is erected a brick dwelling beuse, was
withdrawn at $8,000.
Donatien.
Seme of the members and friends of the
Colerain Baptist church kindly remem
bered the pastor en the' 7th inst. in a
manner that will be remembered with
appreciation and gratefulness. Mr. Ash Ash
mere Levett was master of ceremonies,and
Mr. Milten Keyler delivered the address
en the part of the donors, and Mr. James
McCullough en the part of the pastor and
family ; closing with a devout prayer.
THIS MORNING'S C0IJBT.
WK&TZ APriJJtS JTOJB A HXW 1KUI,
OplaleBr, PIvar and Smety eftae
Cases Vanees Opinions DeUveretf
by Judge fattersea.
This morning at 10 o'clock court met
for the purpose of .disposing of surety of
the peace and desertion cases. ,
Tne first one called was that of com
monwealth, vs. H. H. Snyder, charged by
A. K. Martin, with surety of the peace.
The defendant is the manager of an insur
ance company in this city and Martin was
his agent ;tbey had a difficulty about some
money and Martin alleged that Snyder
threatened te knock him down the stairs
and brealc his neck. Martin is new in jail
awaiting trial en the charge of embezzle
ment, preferred by Snyder. The case
was dismissed en payment of costs by
Snyder:
Themas Kennedy, a tramp, was charged
with surety of the peace Dy Geerge F.
Sprenger, of this city. Themas said he
was drunk at tbe time and could remem
ber nothing about the affair. The court
discharged him en his premise te leave
town te day for his home in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Opiniena. '
Judge Patterson delivered opinions iu
the following cases :
Daniel Brua et al vs. Geerge Beiler.
Rule for a new trial made absolute.
Jehn Hildebrand vs. James S. Eckman
et al defendants, and Rebert Hegg, treas
urer of tbe Southern Mutual insurance,
garnishee. This was a rule te open judg
ment, &c, and the rule was made absolute
upon payment of costs by the garnishee.
The question which new arose was, whether
this order would include the costs of at
tachments against the garnishee. The
court decided that it did include such
costs, and only en their payment is the
former rule made absolute.
First national bank of Lancaster vs.
Geerge H. Hattman and Miehael Zahm.
Rules te show cause why such portions of
the defendent's special plea, filed Dee. 27,
1882, as are net contained in tbe offer of
evidence made at the trial, should net be
stricken out. The court made the rule
absolute se far as pointed out by them.
Divorced.
Jeseph Bewman, of Ephrata, was di
vorced from his wife, Lydia S. Bewman,
en the greuuds of adultery.
David Waiful, of this city, was divorced
from his wife, Ann E. Warfel, en the
grounds of desertion.
The counsel for Jehn Wertz, who was
convicted of arson, this morning filed
reasons for a new trial and a rule te show
cause was granted. The case will new be
heard in argument court beginning March
19.
Court adjourned until Monday morning
at 10 o'clock.
THEAKW MARKET HOUsK.
Tbe Location fur the Market Agreed Upen.
At the adjourned meeting of the sub
scribers te tbe project of an eut end mar
ket, in the erpbanb' court room last even. .
ing, Mr. R. J. Housten gave some account
of tbe exper ence of the northern market
company. The land upon which it is built
cost them $20,000, and the building cost
$50,000. Cash was paid for stock te the
amount of $50 000 and a mertgage given "
for the ether $20,000. The receipts of the
compeny average $5,000 per year and their
annual expenses are about $1,000 including
the salary el the janitor, secretary, treas
urer, taes, etc. They have new paid off
all their debt but a few thousand
dollars. But the .founders of tbt
market labored under a great many dis
advantages. A day market was a nevjlty.;
and pcople were prejudiced against it; ,
They als-e tried costly experiments whieh
did net pay. Night markets wer a
failure, as they made big gas bills and.,
besides the farmeisdid net like te be away
from home su late. As building can be'
done mero cheaply new, it is
estimated that a building like the
northern market can new be erect
ed for $30,000, which with cost
of land would make the eastern market
cost $50,000. As the building will ba the
same size as tue nertuern niaiKet, tne
income should be about the same, and-"
the tax being a little less the cxpcndU
tures will net ba greater, se that there
will be a net income of about $4,000, and
the directors enabled te declare a dividend
of about 8 per cent. ,
The question of location then recurring
for determination, after seme discussion,
a vote was taken en Mr. J. W. Helman's
motion te purchase the site Ne. 1 at the
corner of East King and Church streets,
consisting of the Bard, Eshelman and
Carpenter properties, fronting en Ejst
King and a front of 100 feet en Middle
street, of the MacGonigle property : price
$21,500. It was agreed that a majority
of the stock should assent te whatever
site was selected, and Ne. 1 was cbosee
by an almost unanimous vote. The e ?ners
of the property will extend the time for
payment until the required aracaat of
stock can be paid in. It was decided that
the stock be paid for in five monthly in
stallments, $10 per month, beginning en
April 15 ; also that the subscription
books be closed en March 30, and that the
stockholders meet en the same evening .at.
8 o'clock te decide what further stcp3 te
take.
Jehn A. Ceyle, L. S. Hartman ami C.
A. Fender3mith were appointed a com
mittee te promote the opening of Shippan
street.
Mr. Saner and ethers offered te increase
their stuck subscriptions but, at Mr. Hous Heus Hous
eon's suggestion, this was net done at
present as he thought that as the farmers
are te ha asked te subscribe, they should
he givcu an opportunity te subscribe for
all the stock they wanted. He theugbtit
important that the farmers should be in
terested in tha project. If, at the next
meeting, there is net enough stock taken
te warrant the building of the market
house, then he thought it would be time
enough for the present subscribers te
increase their subscriptions
ll'sliep Uewe In Lancaster.
The Right Rev. Bishop Howe is in
ten naud will visit St. James parish' to
morrow morning and confirm ; at the
same service he will ordain te tbe Dia Dia
cenatc, our fellow townsman, Mr. Lucius
M. Hardy ; the announcement will inter
est Mr. Hardy's host of friends and 'the
members of Lamberton ledge, F, acd'A.
M., of which he is; chaplain. The service
will begin at 10 o'clock. The bfsh'ep
will visit St. Jehn's parish in the evening.
Strasburg Hewn.
A poetical question will be discussed be
fore the Strasburg literary society en
Monday evening.
Rev. Henry E. Spayd, who is en a visit
te the borengh, will preach in the Pres
byterian church te-morrow. These who
desire te hear a learned divine and elo
quent theologian should attend.
Soldier' Meetings.
The members of the 99th regiment, Pa.,
Vel., of this city will held a meeting at
Philip Wall's Green Tree hotel, en Tues
day evening, te make arrangements for
attending the reunion of the regiment in
Philadelphia en Thursday.
. Aiemelt and Battery. '
Charles Carr had a hearing last evening
before Alderman A. F Dennelly, en the
charge of assaulting Fred. Leipsle en
election day. He was held for trial at
court.
Snoot tbe Taller Heg.
Yesterday afternoon a little bej abeui C
years of age, was severely .Httaa ia the
hand by a yellow deg att eeraeref
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