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Divorce Hade Easy.
Elcock, of the Philadelphia
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Is reported te have aeciareu
l the bench that divorces are mere
w Obtained in Pennsylvania than in
f "ether state. This will aoueuess ue
ing information te Pennsylvania
waoele. who are accostemed te regaru
EK the marriage bends as very binding. But
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laws. In this county divorces are
-ys.
L se readily that it is net easy te
i hew the facilities for securing uem
t be. greater in any ether community.
i the divorce is mutuany uesirtu
Is no impediment at all that is net
. in the honor of the parties or 01
ftinir atternev. and there are auvays
-?si i - i.mAM tn 1ia fnnnrl who are net
w&aavj i-ti j "
T- - r ..V. A-1 J1 T" Tlfl I lll'ltr
Ljfwen ra inauira wubiuu '
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ia. guilty collusion
heftrppn these who
is demre te be relieved of their legal bends.
rWhere the proceeding is undertaken by
is only one party te the marriage cummin
there needs tone a irauuuieui, tuut
'jnent of It te make it effective, but this is
set difficult because the notice required
by the law may be made by publication
and need net be personally served. We
de net knew that fraudulent di
vorces of this kind are common, but
these secured by the collusion of the
parties are exceedingly se. If the state
proposes that these .who are tired of
their marital relations may sever them
by mutual agreement, it had better say
se in its statutes ; for certainly it is net
creditable that its judges should go en
vear after year annuling marriages be
cause the parties are discontented with
their condition, when the law does net
sanction this as a valid reason for di
vorce. 'If it be true that people
who desire te be divorced cannot
be kept from gratifying their dis
position the lawmakers had bet
ter recognize the fact and keep
the law from contempt by permitting
that which it is powerless te restraiti.
But there can be little doubt that the
public sentiment is averse te such ex
ceeding facility of divorce ; and it seems
quite possible te effectually prevent it
by requiring both parties te appear for
examination before the court. If a gen
eral law of diverce prevailed all ever the
country it would be mere creditable te
It ; and as Congress claims the power te
fntarfera with the marriase relations of
Utah the same logic would give it au
thority te regulate the matter of divorce
in any of the slates.
Lady Dixie's Assault.
The assault upon Lady Florence
Dixie reported from England is very
remarkable in view of her preservation
from injury when she was apparently at
the mercy of her assailants. Slie attri
butes her escape te the assistance of her
St. Bernard deg, who ilew at the assail
ants just as she lest consciousness. Pre
bably her faint induced the belief that
she was slain, and the men or women
thought their work wasdene. She thinks
they were men, though in this she may
ba mistaken, as it is just as likely that
such a dastardly assault upon a woman
would be women's work. She repudiates
the idea that it was the work of Irisl: Irisl:
Ba3n,ef whom she claims te be the friend.
But in the present excited state of Irish
feeling, the people de net seem te be
able te tell their friends from their ene
mies, and it is certain at least that Lady
Dixie has been the opponent of some of
the Irish champions, and has been the
free critic of the Land League. The as
saults that are becoming se frequent in
"Enerland. and that are attributed te
Irish hostility, are evidences of a state
of feeling that is likely te lead te a
speedy determination of the question as
te whether England is strong enough te
subdue Ireland. Apparently it has come
te this. Conciliation and arbitrament
cannot be effected te settle the differen
ces between the people. England will
have te prove her title te Ireland by
force, and the Irish will disappoint, lea-
senable probabilities if they cerne out of
the struggle mere independent than they
went in. They have a fondness for
bloody heads, which is likely te be grat
ified, but beyond that their qualiOcatiens
will hardly extend
As was forecast by this journal, a
private publishing firm in Philadelphia
has undertaken te reprint the entire
set of Pennsylvania state reports
of cases decided in the supieme
court. The first sixty-five volumes, from
Dallas te Barr, which are new selling at
$428, are te ba furnished as a whole for
$150, and the succeeding iui volumes are
te be reprinted atSl per volume, whereas
most of them were sold at $1 50 each
This announcement relieves the state
from any necessity for going into the
publishing business, and if it is made in
geed faith, as there seems te be no doubt
it is, the proposed bill te provide for the
reprint of these reports under the auspices
of the state may be held in abeyance.
The Congressional Recerd keeps en
coming, heavily freighted with pesthu
meus speeches. Statesmen who never
s;et upon their feet en the fleer, and who
never were recognized by the chair, fill
upas many as seventy pages with an
ollapedridaof literature, history, politics
and philosophy, which was of course
never delivered and would net have been
listened te. There ought te be some
protection te the public from this impe
sitlen, especially of that sort in which
the speaker " begs the Heuse te excuse
his long digression," se that the reader
may be led te suppose that the speech
was really delivered.
The avowed and unmistakable pur
pose of the Republicans in the Heuse at
Harrisburg te obstruct the passage of an
apportionment bill this session only
affords the Democrats the greater justi
fication for exhausting all legitimate
parliamentary processes te accomplish
that constitutional duty. The Deme
crate' of the Heuse have it in their
power te de it, and it should' be done,
always taking care that such a bill is
sent te the Senate that honest members
K&-v;;.et'iiiat Deay,reganuess or pentics, can ,
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The success of the Thirteen club, of
New Yerk, ikdining thirteen at table
for a year without any deaths in the
family, will certainly nave pracucai
fiv.t in allavinir the popular supersti
tien nn that snbiect. and in this regard
it has served a better purpose than most
dining clubs.
FEATUBBS OF THE STATE PEESS.
The WilHamBpert OazetU classifies the
Intelligencer as a " red net Boureon
organ."
The Reading Newt discovers that adver
tisements are mere truthfulthan formerly,
are mere valuable than ever, and by many
are scanned as eagerly as ether news of
the dav.
The Erie Observer thinks the whole
neoele have reason te be satisfied if the
Legislature turns ever te their juries the
matter of restraining raiireau. uiscnuuua uiscnuuua
tiea. The Wilkesbarre Union Leader pro
nounces it creditable te Mr. Jenkins, and
te the Democrats of the Heuse at Hairis
bunr. that the former's bill, proposing te
divert the income from tavern and ether
licenses from the state te the county
treasuries, has passed second reading.
The Philadelphia Timet, having dis
covered that the usually harmonious
editors of the Lancaster Intelligencer
have reaehed a deadlock en the Dukes
case," suggests that the disagreement
might be referred te Wiggins aB arbiter,
He isn't very busy just new."
The Harrisburg Telegraph indignantly
avows that no Southern bulldozer ever re
sorted te mere discreditable methods of
coercion than were attempted by these
choice spir its e( reform, Lee, Emery and
Jehn Stewart, -in their conduet towards
Senater M'Knight, of the Jeffersen and
Indiana districts.
PEBSONAIj.
Gov. Cleveland was 46 years old yes
terday. Colonel Kit Thrower, a prominent
editor and politician of Arkansas and
formerly a state senator and a judge, died
suddenly en Saturday in Little Reck.
Robeson and Crane have leased a let in
Chicago, opposite the Central Music hall
and will build a theatre thereon at a cost
of $100,000.
JenN McCullecgh, the actor, has been
sick of bilious fever in Cleveland for a
week, and was unable te appear at Satur
day's matinee. His physicians prescribe
absolute rest for a time.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, who was presi
dent Garfield's secretary of the interior,
sustained severe injuries en Saturday by
being thrown from a carriage in Iowa
Uity. llis physician tuinlcs his condition
is net dangerous.
Carlten C. Curtis died at his home in
Erie, Pa., en Saturday merninir, aged 72
years He was a member of the thirty-
second, thirty-third and forty-third Cen
gresses, and was colonel of a Pennsylvania
regiment duriug the war.
Senater Lewis E.MEuv,at the expiration
of his present term will remove from Me
Kean county te Philadelphia. He contem
plates erecting a residence ia West Phil
adelphia that will require two yeais te
build. His income is reported at $30,000
a month.
Cel. A. K. McClure, Jehn O'Bjme,
Judtre Pierce. 3tate Senater Jeseph P.
Kennedy. Charles Emery Smith, Joel
Cook, Senater Eckley B. Coxe and W. U
Hensel were amenc the speakers at the
celebration of St. Patrick's day with the
annual dinner by the Hibernian society of
Philadelphia at Doeners hotel en satur
day night.
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THKKE MUTLD1MVAL.IUS.
President Arthur, senator Cameren unit Sec
retary Jfelger On a Trip.
Preparations have begun aboard the
steamer Dispatch, new lyin? at the navy
yard, for the reception of President
Arthur and several guests, en Wednesday
for the proposed trip te Fortress Menree,
Virginia. Senater Den Cameren, having
made rapid progress sieca the operation
perfermed upon him several days age, has
been invited by the president te accompany
him and will accept the invitation if his
physicians think it best for him te de se.
Secretary Felger, tee, will probably be
one of the party, but will net step at the
fortress. Be intends te keep ou te Nor
folk and there beard a steamer bound for
Bermuda, as his doctor thinks that a sea
voyage will prove beneficial.
It was intended that the party should
leave immediately after the cabinet meet
ins en Tuesday, but it was deemed best
te take mere time and spend a day en the
Potomac river and Chesapeake bay aB be
ing less tiresome te the invalids. The
president is still indisposed from the
effects of catarrh and will remain absent
from Washington for a week or ten days,
Fertrc&s Menree has become a famous
winter resort for invalids and such devotees
of fashion as find the bracing sea air
beneficial, and there is plenty of geed
society te entertain the distinguished
party. The steamer has been thoroughly
overhauled during the past week and is in
readiness te start as seen as steam is up.
tieing fur Ills Mileage.
In Clarenden county, S. C, en Saturday
Charles Wilsen, a deputy U . e. marshal,
assisted by two constab!e3. arrested nine
white men and one colored man, all
respectable merchants and farmers. He
took them from their homes without
allowing tnem te change their clothing or
make any preparation for a journey.
carried them te Graham's and locked
them up all night. In the morning he took
them te Florence, where they are te be
held until Tuesday, when they will be
examined by a U. S. commissioner. Wilsen
said that the arrest was for an election
offence, but would give the prisoners no
mero definite information of the charge
ajainst them. Bail was offered for all the
prisoners but Wilsen refused it, giving as
his reason, that te take it would deprive
him of his mileage. Great indignation has
been caused by this proceeding.
Heavy Lesses by Fire.
The lead works at Washington, Pa.,
were burned en Saturday night: less,
$50,000. Fifty men are temporarily
thrown out of employment.
The woolen mills at Mexico, Missouri,
were damaged by fire en Friday te the
extent of about $50,000.
The Wabash railroad round beuse and
two engines, in Detroit, were burned en
Saturday morning. Less about $32,000.
Twe men have been arrested en suspicion
of causing the fire.
Capel's tils factory in St. Jehn, Quebec,
was burned en Saturday. Less $20,000.
The steamer Grand Isle was burned last
Thursday at Wilsen's landieg en the
Black river, in Louisiana, Ne lives were
lest Her cargo of ,300 bales of cotton and
2,000 sacks of cotton seed was destroyed.
Suicide eta Miutary Character.
In Richmond Benjamin Bates, known as
Sergeant Bates, officer in charge of the
soldiers' home during the late war com
mitted suicide by Ehoeting himself though
the breast. As the commandant of the
soldiers home, which was used te incar
cerate straggling Confederate soldiers un
til they could be sent te their reeiments.
he was known te almost every man in the
Southern army. The dteeaaed had been
employed for eeveial jean aa a draawer
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THE 3AYS DOINGS.
VARIOUS F0JUUB4 OF Urn ARD DEATH.
Tue Btead. Trail of Crtaae Mid
Kreryw'ser A Keapectabie
Manured at Her Doer.
Disaster
Lady
In Watertown, about eight miles from
Bosten, en Saturday night, Mrs. Carlten.a
respectable lady living near JMorweod park
was brutally murdered in her own deer
way by some person at present unknown.
It has been learned that a man rang the
bell at 7:30 p. m., and that Mrs. Carleton
went te the deer, the man stepping inside.
The murder was undoubtedly committed
immediately afterwards, as Mrs. Uarleten's
daughter, coming down stairs te see who
the visitor was, stepped upon her mother's
body lying at the feet of the stairs. The
murderer used a large pieee of rock, beat
ing in his vietim's skull in a horrible
manner. Mrs. Carleton's husband is a
liquor dealer in Bosten. There has been
trouble between himself and wife and h9
has net been home for ten days.
A BInrdcrer PoUen uimeir.
At Evergreen, a station of the Norfolk
and Western railway. It appears that
Spencer Page and a woman,' named Mar
tha Page, colored, lived together and a
few days age the woman died, as alleged
by Page, from iejuries received by falling
into a fire. Burial followed. Subsequent
events led te the belief that the deceased
had been murdered and the remains were
disinterred. -An examination of the body
revealed the fact that the woman's death
had been caused by her threat having been
horribly cut. Page was at once suspected
of the crime. When an officer went te
arrest Page be was found dead in his cabin.
The supposition is that he committed sui
cide by taking deadly drugs, shortly after
committing the murder, for which no
cause is assigned,
A Weman'i Leg Stelen.
The people of Findley Lake, near Erie,
are greatly incensed ever a ghoulish out
rage, by which the remains of an honored
woman have been disturbed in their last
resting place. A year age Mrs. Fiudley
fell and broke her right leg. She never
fully recovered, and as her friends were
dissatisfied with the deformed condition of
the limb action for alleged malpractice was
brought against the attending physician
two months age, but before the suit could
be tried Mrs.Findley died and was interred
in the family let. On Saturday last the
grave was thought te have been disturbed.
In consequence of certain suspicions the
grave was opened and, te the horror of the
family it was found that the body of the
lady had been taken up and the injured
leg had been chopped off. Near the casket
were discovered the dissected parts of the
leg.
round Dead in His Bed.
A stranger entered the New Yerk and
Brooklyn Bridge hotel, in Chatham street,
gave his names as Malkey and was as
signed te a room. During the day the
employees failed te arouse him and the
loer was forced. He was found dead in
bed, with the gas three quarters turned
ou, but, btiaage te say, no odor of gas
was perceived ia the room, though the
window and deer had been tightly closed.
The belief prevails, however, that he was
asphyxiated by the escaping gas. On his
person were found $50 notes and a double
cased silver watch, black guard and a safe
key Twe cards were found en him ; en
one was " William Mulcahey, 1435 Filbert
street." The ether was a business card of
Browning's clothing stere, at Ninth and
and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.
NKWi) NUTJJ9.
Condensed Frem the Morning Alalia
Near Dunham, Hunsen county. N. J..
Themas G. Greenleaf, a young farmer of
mac piace, died in gieat agony after
taking some pills prescribed for a tape
worm by a herb dectress, named Mrs.
McMinimy. Regular doctors pronounce
it a case of vegetable poisoning. The
dectress refuses te say what the pills were
made of. An inquest will be held. The
woman is said te have fled.
Harris Cehen, a Wilkesbarre merchaut,
while seated with his wife and four chil
dren at his rcsinence en Lincoln street,
suddenly jumped from a chair and enter
ed an adjoining room, where he drew a
razor across his threat, inflicting a horrible
gash. He was immediately taken te the
hospital, but no hopes are entertained of
his recovery. Demestic treuble is said te
be tha cause which led te the rash act.
While a young man named A. L. Hale,
employed in the tobacco works of Captain
M. Waid, Roanoke, Va., was under the in
fluence of liquor he attempted te murder
his sister and commit suicide with a razor.
He inflicted a severe gash in his own
threat before the razor could be wrested
from him by his father. He was ar
rested. Frank Clark, a shaftman at Leiscnring,
fell down tbe air shaft about midnight and
was crushed se that he died at five o'clock
next morning. His body was horribly
crushed.
CRIME AMU CALAMITY.
Uecent Happenings of a Tragic Cliaracc.-r.
Herman Klen, a farmer, left a kettle of
coal tar en the stove in his house and
walked out. The tar boiled ever aud Mrs.
Klen tried te remove it but dropped the
kettle, atd the clothes of hetself and child
caught fire. Klen returned in time te drag
out his wife and child and quench the
flames. The child died that night, and
Mrs. Klen, who has since given birth te a
still bow child, is net expected te recover.
Fourteen cars of a freight train en the
Northwestern railroad were thrown fiem
the track by a broken rail near Council
Bluffs en Saturday. The engineer and a
brakeman were killed and the fireman was
badly scalded.
The boiler of a saw mill at Abbottsford,
Wis., exploded en Friday, killing Charles
Hogansen, and slightly injuring three
ether men.
Arthur Ritchie, aged 31 years, commit
ted suicide yesterday in the Eastern pen
itentiary by hanging himself te the
grating of his cell with a handkerchief.
He was sentenced at Williamsport Jan.
10, 1880, te eleven years and six months'
imprisonment for burglary, larceny and
receiving stolen goods. He was an in
valid. Jeseph Jenes shot and killed his wife in
Oglethorpe county, Georgia, en Friday.
He manied her four years age, when she
was only eleven years old, and afterwards
assaulted his mother-in-law and fled. On
returning, a few days age, he tried te
induce his wife te live with him and
killed her because she refused. After
being arrested he attempted suicide in
jail.
ACQUITTAL IN TUE DUKES CASE.
Popular Indignation Against the Jury.
N. Y.Sun.-
If the question en trial in the Dukes case
in Pennsylvania had been whether the de
fendant was an infamous blackguard or
net, the popular indignation at a verdict
of acquittal would be easily justified. The
community at large could form as correct
a judgment en that question as any jury.
The qase was proved by the defendant
himself.
But the issue which the jury upon their
oaths were bound te determine en the
evidence before them was verv different.
In killing his victim had the acenssd man
commuted the crime of wilful murder ?
This issue was the duty of the jury te try
and tXMiecide without respect te his guilt
ei einer uueuces. .a. ceniessea seaueer.
detested. as a beast by every right-thinking
man ana woman in tne community, is still
entitled te be fairly trie3 ; and' instead of
yielding te. the popular clamor ".which
woekloooviot hist of murder, beeaeae. be
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of aay.toeh iaflusBeer
We have, little faalt te fad with these who
think that the defendant deserved te safer
death for the wrongs he eeaaitted agaiatt
the daughter of the man he afterward
shot. It maybe that there are forms of
seduction se wicked and villainous that
tHey demand capital punishment. But
until the law imposes the supreme penalty,
for such offences, juries must -net seek te
enforce it under the guise of punishment
for another crime. The people who con
demn the Dukes jury virtually for net
sending the prisoner te the gallows be
cause of bis heinous conduct' toward Miss
Nutt, should rather criticise the law which
has net made such conduct a capital of
fence. There is only one view that warrants
the public indignation against the jury. If
the evidence clearly established the de
fendant's guilt of the crime with which he
steed charged, and the jury, either from
ignorance or corrupt motives, disregarded
that evidence by rendering a verdict of
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acquittal instead of conviction, then they
merit the condemnation se freely ex
pressed. But hew many persons are there, even
in the county which was the' place of trial,
who are competent te form an opinion of
any value as te the preponderance of evi
dence en the' question whether the homi
cide was se premeditated as te constitute
murder or net ? Few, if any, papers have
published the proceedings in full, and
even if a complete record of the trial had
been extensively circulated, it could give
little idea te outsiders of the appearance
and demeanor of the witnesses and their
apparent veracity or want of truthfulness
en the stand. Nobody can judge of the
weight which ought te be given te the
statements of the several witnesses who
testify upon a murder trial exeept these
who are present in court and actually hear
the testimony,
The intimation that the Dukes jury was
paeked and tampered with is freely made.
uur esteemed contemporary, the JLvening
Fast, gees se far as te declare that " this
is, indeed, the only theory en which the
verdiet of acquittal can be accounted for."
Plainly it is only a " theory," se far as
that journal is concerned that is te say,
no evidence of corruption has been ad
duced ; yet we venture te suppese that
this theory is thus approved by our con
temporary without any information in de
tail as te the testimony upon the trial
except the abridged newspaper reports,
which cannot, in the nature of things,
furnish an adequate basis for any such
judgment.
Of course it is entirely possible that this
jury went wrong, but the fact that they
were firm enough net te fellow popular
clamor does net show that they did. A
man might feel it his duty te acquit Dukes
of murder and yet detest him heart and
soul, as every decent man must. As yet,
however, we have seen no satisfactory
proof that this particular jury was dis
honest, and the attacks upon the jury
system te which the verdict has given rise
are illogical and ill considered.
THIS WIMDSOU ASSAULT.
Lady Fjorence. Dixie's Own Account of It.
Lady Florence Dixie, herself, give3 the
following account of the assault upon
her :
" I returned from Irelaud six weeks age
and came here for the purpese of retire
nient and quiet, as I have a great deal of
work te de, although at this period of the
year I invariably stay at our seat in Leices
tershire, vn Saturday afternoon, at a
quarter te five, I sauntered into the plan
tatieu, which adjoins " the Fisheries,"
with my St. Bernard deg, and had reached
the gate opening into Windser read, when
my attention was first attracted te a soldier
and a woman passing by. While looking
after them and mentally remarking the
fine physique of the man I was addressed
by what appeared te be two tall women,
dressed in long cloaks of dark stuff and
wearing veils, who asked me te tell them
the time I replied that I had no watch
upon me, and turned back again into the
plantation. I was about crossing the stile
when I noticed that the woman had fel
lowed me This reused my suspicion, as
the ground was private, se I faced round
te meet them.
" I had scarcely done se when one seized
me by the threat and struck me violently
en tbe head and threw me en the ground.
I called loudly for help, when they pushed
clay into my mouth. I then saw by the jf
clean shaved chins that they were men in
the disguise of women's apparel. While
prostrate I saw the ether man raise a knife
and aim a savage blew at my breast. The
knife struck the steel ribs of my corset and
glanced off. Without uttering a word he
again made a stab which I caught in my
left hand. I remember seeing him raise
his hand te strike another blew which I
received, in my right band. I also remem
ber hearing the noise of a cart in the read
and seeing my deg fly at the men. Then
I swooned. I came te my senses half an
hour afterward and found myself lying in
the same spot where I fell; I get up and
walked back te the house aud told my
husband and brother of the terrible out
rage. They immediately departed for
Windser, te lay the account before the
authorities."
Te the neble animal of St. Bernard
breed Lady Florence Dixie attributes her
marvelleus escape frpm the assassin's
knife. It is presumed that the deg fol
lowed the weuld-ba murderers for some
distance, as it returned te the house after
the arrival of Lady Florence Dixie. The
queen has requested that a paintine of the
deg be done for her. Detectives have
taken the corset worn by Lady Florence.
who has suffered no injury beyond a slight
scratch from one of the stabs, which after
glancing en her corset just penetrated her
chemise, and made some cuts en the palms
of both hands.
She said : The whole affair is most
mysterious, I can ascribe a motive te no
one, as my sympathies ier tue msn pee
ple have been openly avowed and are well
known. It was assumed that the attack
would be laid at the deer of the Irish, an
assumption which she warmly repudiated.
adding; " In these days every crime must
be of Irish origin." The plantation extends
about MO yards from the house, in the
direction of Windser, bavins for its beun-
aries the river en ene side and the Windser
read en the ether. It is very thinly weeded
the river being plainly seen from the road
way. At the outbreak of the Zulu war Lady
Florence, who bad been previously known
by hi'r exploits in the hunting field, her
racy book of travels "Acress Patagenta"
and the adventures of a tame jaguar
which she kept at Windser went te Seuth
Africa as the special correspondent of the
Londen Pest, and net only astonished the
Beers by her marksmanship, but also
made the acquaintance of King Cetewaye,
whose cause she presented se feelingly te
the English people that his visit te Lon Len Lon
eon and subsequent restoration te his
throne were the consequences of her inter
cession. ReturniL-g te England, she took
np the cause of Ireland, made appeals for
its starving inhabitant and published
pamphlets Bhewing that the accounts of
the Land League were in a most unsatis
factory condition.
Aneiuer Surprise Party.
Mrs. Abraham Erisrean of Ne. 555
Seuth Prince street was 49 years of age en
Saturday, and in the evening a large crowd
of friends surprised ber by calling. 'The
evening was pleasantly spent and there
was tha best of mnsia bath vvj1 and in.
strumental. The singing of Mr. and Mr
weed was especially nne. About 10
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Tb Proceeding of tne Meeting efTfcls Or
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the Cbexchea Testerday
The meetincr called at thn Tlni ntroefc
M. E. church Saturday afbtmnnn nt. a
o'clock, in the interest of the Women's
JUleme missionary secietv. was verv larcwiv
attended. Rev. James Merrow occupied
the chair and made an address in advo
cacy of the cause. After musie and prayer
Bishop Bewman was introduced and
spoke of the great value of the mission
work done in the Seuth under the auspices
of the society, especially among the
poorer and mere ignorant classes. He
commended the mission society te the
hearty support of Christian peeple:
Mrs. Dunsten, who has spent several
years in the Seuth, accompanied by her
husband, both of whom were engaged in
missionary work in Seuth Carolina and
ether sections, gave some account of the
work accomplished. Over 100 churches
and.100 Sunday schools were organized
with an attendance of 5,000 pupils; 13
temperance unions were organized, and
ever 8,000 temperance pledges were
signed."
Julia A. Oram read the annual report of
the society, which has been two years in
existence. Twe auxiliary societies have
been formed in Philadelphia, but a con
ference society has net yet been organ
ized. Mrs. R. S. Rust, the corresponding sec
retary next addressed the meeting and
gave many interesting incidents of the
work done in the Seuth. According te
her statements and these of Mrs. Dunsten
the peer whites of the Seuth are far les
advanced in religious training a? well as in
the social duties of life than the freedmen.
The society needs funds te carry en the
work in which it is engaged. The society
has no paid officers te organize the work
and obtain funds, and consequently the
work has fallen en a few women. She
called upon all Christian people, without
regard te sect, te extend a helping hand.
DUKE STltEET GHCKGlJ.
Ordination ofDeacens ana Elders.
The Dnke street church was densely
crowded yesterday morning, afternoon
and evening as it was there the most in
teresting services connected with the
annual conference were held. The first
meeting was at 0 o'clock a. m., when
there was a Methodist love feast. Bread
and water were distributed among these
present, and a number of the brethren
related their religious "experience," a
feature that created great interest among
these present. The regular service com
menced at 10:30, opening with an
anthem by the choir, after which
Bishop Bewman, president of the
conference led in prayer and preached a
sermon from the last clause of the ICth
verse of the 1st chapter of Remans. In
announcing his text the bishop took oc
casion te say that twenty-seven years age
when conference met in this city, he
preached a sermon from the first clause of
the same verse, which reads as fellows :
" Fer I am net ashamed of the gospel of
Christ : for it is the power of Ged unto
salvation te every one that believeth ; the
Jew first, and also te the Greek." The
sermon was delivered in the bishop's forci ferci
cible style and every word listened te with
the closest attention, the brethernempbaz.
ing its striking points by ejaculations of
" amen, " " praise the Lord," " Hallelu
jah," &c. At the close of the sermon, the
following named deacons elected in con
ference ou Saturday were erdaiced in
form as laid down in the church ritual :
Rebert S. De Bew, Henry R. Robinson,
Wm. Redheffer, Christian L. Gaul, Chas.
S. Mervine, Benjamin T. Callen, Jabez B.
Bicker ten, Frank B. Lynch. The service
was highly interesting and solemnly im
pressive. After the close of the ordina
tion the services closed in the usual
form.
Lecal Deacons Gee. W. Dungan, Wm.
MuIIineaux, Arthur Oakcs, Jehn R. Wat
kins. In the afternoon Jehn Bell Emanuel H.
Toland, Geerge Gaul.Wm. H. Smith, Wm.
Pickep, Thes J. Mutchler, Cornelius Hud Hud
eon, were ordained elders by Bishop
Bewman, assisted by the four presiding
elders of the conference, Revs. J. M. Hin
son, W. Swindells, J. Dickersen and J. S.
J. MoCennell. The ordination sermon was
preached by Rev. Dr. Creeks of the theo
logical seminary at Madisen, N. J.
In the evening at 7:15 a thrilling sermon
was preached by Rev. Dr. J. Tedd, te an
audience that packed every feet of sitting
and standing room in the church.
At Other Churches.
The pregramme previously arranged was
carried out at the ether prctestant churches.
In most of them members of the confer
ence occupied the pulpit and preached im
pressive sermons te large congregations.
In the Moravian church, where Rev.
Frank Moere preaehed, there was a bap
tismal service in the morning, followed by
the confirmation, by Rev. J. Max Hart,
of a class of three young people, and the
reception into the church by certificate
of two members from ether churches.
The sermons pleached by the members
of conference in the different pulpits te
which they had been assigned, were beard
by large audiences and with great satisfac
tien by the congregations te whom they
ministered. The appointments weie se
numerous that it is impossible te report in
detail the services and sermons. At the
college chapel, where Rev. T. B. Neely
preached, the attendance was immensely
large including the venerable ex-president
of the institution and dis
tinguished theologian Rev. Dr. J. W.
Nevin. The preacher of the occasion dis
coursed of the interview of Christ with
the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, and
faculty and students speak in praue of the
scholarly treatment of the theme. Presi
dent Apple conducted the opening and
closing services. In the presbyterian
church in the morning, besides the regu
lar congregation, there were present
quite a number of the members
of conference te hear Rev. J.
H. Hargis preach. His text was
" Only let your conversation be as it be
cometh the gospel of Christ ; that whether
I come and see you, or else be absent, I
may hear of your affairs, that ye stand
fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel,"
from 2d Philipians i, 28. Mr. Hargis said
in opening that the words had been
blessed te the uses of bis sermon en the
preceding Sabbath when speaking farewell
te his own congregation and he felt their
appropriateness en this occasion of hail
and farewell. His exposition of the text
was scholarly, eloquent and practical and
from beginning te conclusion he held the
fixed attention of his audience while he
presented the Christian conception of a
life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Among
his bearers was Rev. J. L. Hughes', of the
DeKalb street, M. E. church, of Norris
tevn, who en last Sunday preached a fare
well sermon te his congregation en the
same text. In the evening Rev. Dr. Rit Rit
tenheuse preached te the Presbyterians a
profound and interesting sermon The
ether engagements of the conference mem
bera in and out of the city were filled te
the eminent satisfaction of the local pas
tors and their people.
TO-DAY'S 8E8S10N.
Ministerial KelaUeaa Dleklnsen College
ProUMterr legislation.
Conference was called te order at 9
o'clock this morning by Bishop Bewman.
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song the hymn, " O Happy Day that fixed
my Choice."
J. 8. J. MoCennell presented the report
apportioning the episcepal fund for this
conference, which was $728.
The tellers appointed te conduct the
election, en Saturday, of two trustees of
the education society, reported that A.
Longacre and A. Rittenhouse were elected.
Wm. Powick, who was absent en Satur
day, was received into full connection and
elected te deacon's orders.
The secretary presented the state Senate
bill en prohibitory liqner law, and moved
its reference te the committee en temper
ance. Se ordered.
Wm. D. Jenes, HenryFrankland, Chas.
W. Bes well, Samuel W. Smith, Albert
Mann, jr., and Jehn McQueid, traveling
deacons of the first class, were raised te
the second class.
The relation of Antheny Atwood was
changed from supernumerary te superan
nuated ; Jeseph Masen and Henry H.
Bodine from supernumerary te effective ;
Wm. H. Burrillfrem supernumerary with
out work te supernumerary with work ;
the case of D. L. Patterson supernumerary
was referred te the consideration of the
preacher and society. Similar disposition
was made of the cases of Jeseph Gregg,
Henry B. Manger and G. Oram.
The cases of L. B. Hughs, S. H. Reish Reish
nerand S. B. Best were referred te the
conference beard of stewards.
Presiding Elder McConnell moved that
the relation of J. C. Gregg be changed
from effective te supernumerary.
Rev. Gregg took the fleer and made a
long speech advocating his claims te be
continued en the effective list, and given
ame light work in the mountain re
gion of the conference, where be believed
he could de effective work and ba restored
te health.
The conference gave Mr. Gregg and H.
U. Sebring supernumerary relations.
The report of the committee en educa
tion relative te Dickinsen college was
read. The report concluded with a reso
lution suggesting measures for raising
$150,000 for the use of the college, and
recommending the college te the friendly
consideration of the public.
Dr.-3IcCauley president of the college
was introduced, gave a history of the in
stitution and its several endowments,
buildings, aud revenues. The endow
ment fund at the end of the last collego
year amounted te $170,000. Dr. McCauley
noted several large contributors te the
additional endowment of $100,000, of
which $41,000 have been already secured
and he has no doubt that during this, the
centennial year, the entire amount will be
realized.
Educational Reports.
At the conclusion of Dr. McCauIey's le
marks the report of the committee en
education relative te the Drew theologi
cal seminary was read. The report takes
an enceuraging view of that institution.
The Janes' fund, $40,000, has been nearly
all paid, $32,000 being in the hands of its
treasurer, and steps have been taken te
collect the rest. A class of superior young
men will ba graduated this year te go
wherever they may ba required te go.
Dr. Creeks, of the seminary made a
brief address in behalf of the school.
The report en the Pennington seminary
wasnextread. The institution continues
te prosper. There is an attendance of 155
students, one-third of whom are females.
About 25 young men are studying for the
ministry.
Rev. Thes. Hanlen, D. D., of the school
made a short address.
The report of the Williamsport Dickin Dickin
eon seminary was read. The institution is
in geed condition. Twenty-two students
are prepared for the ministry. Te aid
these $1,500 have been expended. There
ii an increased number of students.
The education fund has produced an
annual ievenue of $3,272, all of which
has been paid te ttye treasurer of Dickin
son college. The investment?, including
a mortgage en Dickinsen college of $15,
830, amount te $74 833. Frem the income
of the Nelms legacy the sum ef$15G.84
has been paid beneficiaries recommended
by this conference. The conference edu
cation society has given $1,750 te aid
young men.
Tha beard of education of New Yerk
has received increased attention at the
hands of the churches.
The committee recommended that
children's day be observed by all Sunday
schools, and that regular conference col
lections be taken in the churehes en the
morning and iu the Sunday schools in the
afternoon. The committee finally recom
mended the visiting of the different insti
tutions. The whole report was adopted.
Dr. Rust, of the Freedman's aid se
ciety, and Dr. Fowler, e! the office of the
beard of missions, Broadway, New Yerk,
were introduced, and Dr. Fowler made a
speech.
The question, " Who new are the su
perannuated ministers ?" was next con
sidered. Favorable reports were "received
from P. Hollewell, Jehn D. Leng, Jeseph
Carlisle, J. Cummins, J. A. Watsen, S.
M. Cooper, W. Cooper, Jehn Shields and
W. McCoembs, and their relation was
continued.
W. Swindells offered a resolution that
the list of applicants te be received en
trial be introduced te the conference. The
following named were introduced : Rufus
D. Naylor, N. W. Clark, J. E. Grauley,
W. C. Grefr, Antheny A. Thompson, li
Fred. Nixon, Stephen 11.
Stegden, G. B. Burns, Gee.
Jehn Bell, J. S. McKinley,
Evans, Q. P.
, E. Kleinbeim,
H. J. Illick,
W. W. Uoek.
The elders and deacons who were or
dained by Bishop Bewman yesterday,
were introduced te the .conference by the
bishop. Rev. Dr. A. J. Kynett, of New
Yerk, and Rev. Dr. Stewart, of the Cole Cele
raiu Presbyterian church, were also intro
duced.
A letter from Frank Sayler, photo
grapher, was read The letter was accom
panied by a photograph of the conference,
which was en motion ordered te be placed
among the archives of the historical so
ciety. The committee en the Lybrand testi
monial reported progress, and said they
would make final report te-morrow.
The conference adjourned te meet at
2:30 this p. m iu the Duke street M. E.
church, te hear a missionary sermon by
Rev. J. T. Satchell. Rev. Jeseph Masen
was appointed te preside
The anniversary of the missionary soci
ety will he held in the court house at 7:30
this evening. Addresses will ba made by
Rev. W. H. Shaffer, of Lansdale, Rev. J.
Y. Debbins, of Trenten, N. J., and Rev.
Dr. O. H. Tiffany, of Philadelphia. Tick
ets of admission may be had at Myers &
Rathfon's stere, East King street.
KEL1UIOUS MATTEKS.
Mainly of Interest te Methodists.
Joaquin Miller says that Dr. Talmage
talks a perfect flower garden, while he
fights mosquitoes with his arms.
'It is proposed te secure $150,000 te start
Dickinsen college upon its second cen
tury. Rev. JessaB. Yeung, of Alteena,
is the financial gent te raise the above
amount.
The Reading Herald thinks that the
punishment which the conference was dis
posed te put upon Mr. Everett tends te
discourage geed men in the ministry from
making any attempt te purify politic?,
which i?, en all hand?, admitted te be sadly
in need of purification.
On Thursday evening, in accerdance:
with the ancient Hebrew custom of begin,
ning the day at sunset instead of
midnight, the Hebrews will celebrate the
time honored festival of Purim, instituted
in honor of Queen Esther iu commemera
tien of the deliverance of the Jews through
her intercession, v
The presiding elder of tha Mermen
chereh la aCMrttaaogaamngferthe
". m m bnimwun arrangmg i
emigration of converts te. Utah.
are new 90 missionaries at terk .ia the
Seuth, and ha says the aennal Bttmber of
converts ia 780. One hundred aadflfty
will emigrate next week.
Bishop Lyman, of North Carolina, baa
expressed his mortification at the reports
that-he gave his daughter $50,000 for a
wedding present, and that a great deal of
finery was shown at the 'nuptials. Si
says that the wedding was simple in all
respects, and that' no presents of much
value were received by the bride. He does
net understand why such exaggerations
were made.
Rev. Albert Mann, jr., A. M., a mem
ber of the conference new in session at
Lancaster, preaehed a very able and elo
quent Eermen yesterday morning at Grace
M. E. church, in Harrisburg. He was
assisted in the service by. the Rev. Dr.
Stevenson, the pastor. Mr. Mann's text
was the 4tb verse of the 137th Psalm :
"Hew shall we sing the Lord's song in a
strange land."
St. Patrick's day was observed by street
parades in New Yerk, Washington, Mon Men
ties!, St. Leuis and Bosten. In Washing
ton the president reviewed the parade ; in
Bosten, Gov. Butler, and in New Yerk,
Mayer Edsen. In St. Leuis, ex President
Diaz, of Mexico, attended the banquet of
the Knights of St. Patrick.
In the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal
conference, en Saturday, Bishop Keener
said that " the M. E. church Seuth and
been far beyond ethers in the work of
educating the African race. Fer sixteen
years he had -preached te the colored
pteple, but through some marvelleus
providence they had scarcely any of that
people new iu the church, through the
conference U3ed te have them by tens of
thousands."
Bishop-elect Nichelson, of Philadelphia, ,
has written a letter te the standing com cem com
mittee of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Indiana. He says the strange unex
pectedness of the call leads him te say yes,
but he isstaggeiedby his utter lack of
experience, his unknown name in the
church and bis age. He Bays it will be a
very hard thing te (rive up the people of
his present parish, but if Ged calls him te
the work he shall come.
Notwithstanding the expressed deBtre of
the cenference the Cumberland Valley
railroad ran trains yesterday te Chambers
burg from Carlisle and "Mercersburg in
order te give all who desired an opportuni
ty of hearing Bishop Simpsen preach. Leng
befere the hour tha church was crowded,
and hundreds of persons ware turned away
te attend ether churches, nearly all of
which were filled. Bishop Simpsen's ser
mon was based upon the text, "This is the
victory that overcemoth the world even
our faith."
The Kennett Advance apropos of the ap
pointments te ba made by the conference
says : " It is pretty clear, however, that
the mediocre men will be found filling the
pulpits of the weak churches, while the
brighter intellect, will gravitate te the
popular churches as surely as water finds
its level. Ouu might suppose that in the
dealing out by the unprejudiced bauds of
the cenference of the appointments an
able man rnighb sometimes be sent te a
weak charge, but the men who make thee
selections are but; human and they never
make mistakes of this kind, and the
preacher who is able te draw well and
command a geed salary is never thrust into
a peer place."
Wliiit Is 3fet Wise."
Reading HcruUl.
Unwisdem is net peculiar te Mr. Cleve
land, apd, te make things even, tbe con
ference should vete that they had all been
unwise, and should earnestly inculcate '
upon each ether the getting of mere
wisdom. It would ba a geed thing for
future preachers, tee, if the conference
would make out a full list of what is wise
and what, is unwise, se that there would
be less danger of transgression. Fer in
stance, Mr. Cleveland knew that it was
net " unwise " te preach in a Uuiversalist
pulpit, or te sit at a Universahst table and
eat Universalist chicken, but he had no
means of knowing that it was " unwise "
te sit in the same Universalist pulpit and
listen te ethers preach, and te express
publicly the hepe that that preaching
might de geed. Had he known this he
might new be counted as wise as the best
of them. Wisdom aud unwisdem need te
be a littla mere definitely defined.
PALM SU.-iflAV.
Hely Week Ushered In by the Churches,
Palm Sunday is the first day of holy
week and it commemorates the' triumph
ant entry of Christ into Jerusalem, amid
the acclamations of the multitude waving
branches of palm. The sad story of the
passion, as rel.itcd by St. Matthew, is read
as the gospel of the day in the Catholic
churches, after tha blessing and distribu
tion of the palms, te remind the faithful of
tbe wail of wee that will quickly fellow
the chorus of rejoicing. The day ushers
iu holy week, during which the whole
world honors the memory of Christ's
ignominious death and glorious resurrec
tion. In the Episcopal churches palms are
used in the decorations, but no distribu
tion is made.
Special services will be held in the
Catholic churches en Maundy Thurs
day and Geed Friday, at ea, m.,
and en Hely Saturday at 0 a. m. On the
last named day a precession of the Blessed
Sacrament will take place, when the sacred
host is borne from the tabernacle te the
altar of repose, a receptacle especially pre
pared for it, wherein it remains until borne
back in a similar precession en Geed Fri
day. On the Utter day at 3 p. m., the
stations of the cress will be recited te call
te mind the exact time of the Saviour's
death en the cres3 for the sins of the
world.
Yesterday being Palm Sunday the Cath
olic churches were largely attended, each
of the worshippers carrying a sprig of
evergreen, in commemoration of Christ's
triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In the
Episcopal, Moravian, Lutheran, Reformed
and soma ether churches the event was
also marked by special services,
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GRACJS' CHUKCHt
Dedication of the Old Washington Bell
As has been heretofore stated in these
columns the bell that se long hung in the
cupula of the Washington fire engine
house, was recently purchased from, the
fire company and presented te Grace
Lutheran church. Last week it was hung
in the tower of the church, and yesterday
morning it was formally dedicated te the
use of calling the faithful te worship. The
church was crowded, and there were
present in a body, abent forty members of
tha fire company. After the usual litur-'
gical service was said by the pastor, Rev J
C. E. Houpt, assisted by his
cousin, a student in the theological
seminary, Rev Houpt preached
the dedicatory sermon in the coarse of
which he recited a fall history of the bell,
from th'j time it was cast for the Ephrata
Brethren nearly a century and a half age
te the day of its dedication in Grace
church. The dedicatory ceremony as laid
down in the church ritual was then per
formed and the pastor expressed.a, wish
that the members of the Washington fire
company would be as prompt in respond
ing te the tones of the old bell new that it
calls them te religious worship as. they
were ever prompt in responding Ce ita
alarm of fire. During the collection tha
choir sang a dedicatory anthem, and dur
ing the singing of the doxology the old
bell was rung. - -"
During the evjing service there was,
confirmation of a clan of six young peep.
There will be service- every ereaiag ex
cept Saturday, te the communion wbieh
will take plaea en Friday- .
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