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WEDNESDAY EVE'O, MABCH 28. 1883.
Dukes' Resignation.
Dukes Las done a sensible thins m
declining te accept the seat te which he
was elected among men who have suffi
ciently netifled him that they de net
mnf hi nnmnanv. He has done quite
as -wisely in declining te accede te the
demand of the people of Uniontown
that he should leave that place within
twenty-four hours. That he could net
have done without exhibiting .censpicu
eus cowardice. The people or unwu
tiwn are under no necessity of associat
ing with Dukes, though he lives in
the same town with them. He
has a clear right te stay there
if he wishes te, and te concede u.e
right of the Uniontown people te expel
him would be te confer the like right
upon the people of every ether commu
nity ; which would leave Dukes without
a right te live anywhere and would log
ically compel him te kill himself ; winch
would be a crime. The foolish talk and
action that is being indulged in concern cencern
ing this Dukes case is; setting very
tiresome, and it does seem that it was
about time that the people should quit
makine faces at the man. If he is guilty
of any crime, let him be punished. If he
has offended the sensibilities of the com
munity, as he undoubtedly lias, let him
be damned by it, as he is. Evcryenr
has the right te abstain from association
with him; but there the right ends.
The Uniontown people cannot huvfull
drive him out of the town ; nor can they
interfere with the hotel keeper who
cheeses te entertain him. He may be
the worst man in the world ; but no one
has a right te lay a hand en him with
out a warrant from the law.
In the New Jersey Methodist conicr cenicr
euce the report of the " committee en
the state of the church. " being made, as
its framers claimed, "net te please the
conference, but merely te represent Hie
case in its truthful aspect, unpleasant
though it be," was of such a charactei
in its statistics in regard te psobatieuers
and iu its comments thereon that the
members of conference waxed indignant
ever it, claimed that it slurred them,
that te put it en the minutes would be a
disgrace te the conference and that it
should be suppressed lest it bring disgiace
en the church. After considerable of
this sort of talk ami a correspondingly
warm defense of the truthfulness of the
report, "the difference was aejusuu uy
substituting the last year's report of tl e
committee en the same subject' II will
strike the average secular mind that tins
was a most remarkable way te dispose
of an unpleasant subject. If the report
was inaccurate and unreliable it should
have been gainsaid and its statistics ie
futed by these who denied them ; if this
could net be done it was certainly mere
of a disgrace te the conference te sup
press the report than it would have been
te have received it and profited irum its
showing. But, most ludicrous of all, was
the idea of substituting for it the lepeit
of a year previous en a diffeient period
and another state of facts. Thisiecalls
the story of the woman who would net
consult the almanac for the current j ear,
but went by the old one because the new
calendar pi edicted rain en the day she
had set te wear her spring bonnet.
Dukes has cut the gerdian knot of
constitutional difficulty in dealing with
his relations te the Legislature by re
signing the seat te which he was elected.
He proves that he has some sense left or
has taken geed advice. His claim for a
seat in the Legislature would only have
intensified public indignation at him ;
right or wrong it would likely have been
denied him, and even if obtained its oc
cupancy would have been made anj thing
butagreeableferhira. Ten constituency
which would net elect him were it te be
done ever, and te the Heuse, which was
in a quandary as te its legal lights in the
matter, he has afforded relief by taking
himself out of the public service and
sight. The nearer the. authorities ap
proached te the question of his expul
sion the mere difficult it became,
especially ih view of the concessienal
precedent cited by the New Yerk
Tribune iu discussing this very matter
in the case of Herbert, the California
congressman, who shot and killed a
hotel waiter in Washington. A le-seiu.
tien was introduced te expel him and a
petition was received from 2,232 citizens
of California declaring their belief th.it
Herbert had committed an act entirely
without justification ; had disgraced Ins
high position, and could no longer satis
facterily represent the will of his con
stituents in the Heuse ; and asking that
in the event of his acquittal by the
court he should be expelled. Tlus was
reported from the committee en elections
by Mr. Colfax izithnut recommendation.
The Heuse took no action and Herucit
continued a member until the close of
the Congress.
Ex-Senater, Kkli.oge, of Louisiana,
who is at present a representative in
Congress, and who has been a conspicu
ous illustration of successful political
rascality, seems te have come le the end
of his rope. He finds himself under- in
dictment for bribery. There is no ques ques
ien that he has been guiUy of a -varied
assortment of crimes ; the only question
is as te their proof. He fraudulently
occupied a seat in the United States
Senate and avoided no means, however
, disreputable, that tended te .keep him in
possession of political power in Leuis
iana. That his evil practices should at
-last bring him into a criminal court is
net surprising ; the wonder is that he
se long escaped.
In the case of "Dick" Heilig, nolo nelo nole
rious in the criminal courts, who has
been admitted by Judge Patterson te his
own recognizance in a prosecution for
larceny, it is charged upon responsible
authority that there is no such difficulty
in making out the commonwealth's case
as was represented te the court by the
district attorney. It is alleged that the
man from whom the property was stolen
recovered it from one who will testify
that Heilig sold it te him ; and if se the
necessary testimony of
yicting witnesses can
these two con -
be procured,
iimita iheir inclination te preaecuteV
The court wilT delweu te " loekagain ?'
ana te ioek eeeper,ini una luavm'
Te carry out the constitutional pre
visions in regard te tne senatorial
representation it will be necessary ter
the Legislature te divide the population
of thestate, se far as practicable, in .mak
ing un the districts, se that there shall
be the least possible -surplus ever the
ratio in any district. We de net see in
the constitution anything te forbid me
cutting off from any county me
siirnlus which it may have ever
one ratio, and
surplus te another
less than a ratio in
adding that
county having
order te make
we believe that
a senatorial aisuici.
this has never been done, but we de net
knew why. Apparently it is entirely
proper, for instance, te add a part of
Berks county, wnicn nas mere man
enough population for one senator, te
Lebanon county, which has net of itself
a senatorial ratio, se as te make a sena
torial district. Unless the surplus popu
lation of counties is used in this way it
will net be possible te carry out the con cen con
stitutienal requirement of a senatorial
ratio that is made by dividing the whole
population of the state by the number of
senators.
CexiCLixa was discharged .from
fuither custody in New Yerk yesterday,
net, be it noted, because the man
whom he shot was his wayward sister's
paramour, but because the judge thought
he had acted in self-defense. It may
be, as Conkling's lawyer insisted en
claiming, that the " moral senti
ment" of the community holds
him guiltless en ether grounds,
but if se it only proves anew that the
conservative judgment of "the law is
better than the het-blooded decision of
the "community." The judge who dis
charged the accused put his action en no
such sandy foundation as that he had
avenged his " family honor," but upon
the bread, natural and legal principle of
the right of self-defense.
A ri:w of the revolutionary societies of
France are known under the suggestive
titles of La Jennessee Anarchist, La Jen Jen Jen
nossee Internatienale, the Panther of Bat Bat
ingnelles, the Torch of Belleville, the
Nitre Glycerine club, the Avaut Garde,
the Vengeance and the Insurgents. They
seem te mere than size up te Ireland's re
constructive organizations, which thing
O'Douevau Ressa needs te observe.
A contest of beauty has just been ended
iu Pittsburgh, the question having arisen
as te who was tbe prettiest, Mrs.Laugtry,
Minnie Palmer, or Queen Dinah, whose
maiu ekarni was the perfection of her
midnight complexion. A ballet box was
felaccd at a convenient situation, parsers -hy
cast iu their written preferences, and
returns showed that Minnie was consider
ed as the most beautiful by a large ma
jerity.
Tin: New Yerk Herald and Oraphie
having tried te pick up the Sun for Its
outrage en geed English in using the ox ex ox
picssieu " a tinker's dam," the Sun
promptly informs them that " a tinker's
dam is a dam of dough or ether suitable
material, constructed by a tinker te con' cen' con'
flne his melten solder te the business at
hand : and that, inasmuch as when a
tinker's dam has once served its purpose
it possesses little or no commercial value,
the phrase has come te be a frequently
used and almost universally understood
synenymc for worthlessness."
A Pittsuurgii paper asserts, with pre.
testatiens of truthfulness, that an order
has been received by glass man ufacturers
of that city from a West India lirm for a
glass urn in which te deposit .the remains
of Columbus. Somebody might credit
this tale if the journal did net further
state that the discoverer's ashes are te be
exhibited ever the world iu the most ap
proved method of modern exhibitions.
Mauy talcs have been thrust upan a
patient humanity during the lour hun
dred j ears since Columbus lirst trod upon
our fair land, and Pittsburgh has long
been honored as the city of smeke and
brilliant imagination.
Tnr. New Yerk World, determined te
piove that the Yanderbilt ball was a great
charity te the working people, among
whom the meucy that ic cost was event
ually distributed, has sent its reporters
nesiug around te find eat and inform its
readers all the details of the expenses of
hosts and guests. I( figures out that the
gentlornen's dresses, with remarkable
uniformity, cost $100 each and the ladies
$250, making a total for the costumes of
$155,730. The florist who used 12,000 red
roses as one item in decorations Of mere
than royal grandeur had a bill of $10,000 ;
and altogether, the World is rejoiced te
assure its readers that the ball put $250,
000 iute circulation among the working
and tradespeeple.
A Mn. McGahey, an intelligent corres
pondent of the Ledger, who has become
"tired of hearing this talk about the
pauper labor of Europe," lets iu some
light upeu facts within his observation of
the labor system in Pennsylvania te show
that while in England children between
ten and thirteen years of age are worked
only twenty-eight hours a week, such
children are worked in Pennsylvania
seventy hours a week. He asserts that
while in England the health of young
children employed in factories is protected
by the law, in Pennsylvania it is left at the
mercy of the employers, He asserts that
while the English " endeavor te and de
educate their children employed in factor
ies, 'the Pennsylvania system' deprives
them of a secondary school education. '
"England is turning out the best opera
tives in the world, and the reason is that
their law allows the children opportunity
ler education and instruction in the
technical schools, and their operatives
thus combine practical with theoretical
knowledge. The younger race of English
men new coming te this country are
exceptionally well-equipped and they
command excellent wages. Iu Griswold's
mills these young Yorkshire bosses make
from $25 te $30 a week and they deserve it,
i tee, for they
understand tbeir business
Minmniruiv. Tlftw can we Amfiripjum
compete with surh people if our children
1 are deprived of tbe same opportunities for
advancement ?"
BeMEC-f these .who aro'eempIainiBg that
Jehn Heward Payne receives undue praise
for hii.JseBg oiViHeiHe, Sweet Heme,"
when se much of its popularity is due te
the melody of its music, by fair uenry
Bishop,arc reminded that he did netinvent
theahTltis an old Calafarian peasant
song sangjbr generations in Sicily. Bishop
obtained it frem-CapL. Alexander btuart,
who served under Lord Bentick. He
never claimed it as his own, hut en the
title of the original English edition, stat-
efl tne searce from which he obtained it.
When Payne was living, or rather etarv-
ieg, in Paris, in 1823, Charles Kemble
bought his manuscripts, among them a
play entitled " Clari, the Maid of Milan."
Kemble persuaded Payne te alter this te
the -libretto ler an opera, te which Bishop
was te furnish the music. This was done
and Payne introduced his poem " Heme,
Sweet Heme, " te which Bishop set the
music of the old Sicilian folk-song. The
following two stanzas, generally emitted
in the publication of the song, are cited te
prove its general lack of literary merit
and that its popularity is owing te its
sentiment :
' Te us. In despite of the absence of years,
Hew sweet the remembrance of home still ap
pears j
Frem allurements abroad which but Hatter
the eye.
The tinsausfled heart turns and says with a
sigh,
Heme, home sweet, sweet home.
There's no place like home, there's no place
like home.
' Your exile Is bleat with all late can bestow,
But mine has .been checkered with many a
wee ;
Yet, though different our lertunes, our
thoughts are the 6ume,
And both, us we think or Columbia, exclaim,
Heme, home sweet, sweet home.
There's no place like home, there's no plaee
like home."
Had the inspiration of prophecy been
given seme individual te foretell before the
advent of the present year what ravages of
death would cause the world te leek with
awe upon them, he would net new be
bewailing the transiteriuess of his notori
ety. Signally marked has been the con
tinued mortality among these whose varied
achievements brought them into public
notice, and, starting with Garabetta clos
ing his eyes forever upon his peiturbed
Frauce, scarcely any country with which
civilization has given us intercourse has
net felt the crushing hand of death strik
ing down in the midst of busy action its
foremost representatives in elevated
walks of life. Little of the influence of
superstition is needed te attribute te a
mystical fatality of the time, the cause of
this weful feature of present history, and
the ascription seems very feasibly sup
ported by the palpable fact that nowhere
since the coming of the year has there
been effected any cven moderately great
design that would tend te enhance . the
condition and promote the interests of
mankind, while en the contrary the recking
hands of murder and war, the dark plots
of conspirators against society and gov
ernment and the sweeping inroads of pesti
lence, Are and flood have been for mouths
the startling occurrences of each day. Yet,
after all, a pleasing and net irrational
fancy may held these portentous times
but as a gloomy prelude te brighter days
aud the enactment of that part of the
world's drama which i3 mere in accord
with the desires and sensibilities of human
nature.
FEATURES OF TEE STATE PRESS.
The llarrisburg Independent foresees
thatbesses aud leaders in politics will pass
through severe ordeals during this and
next year.
The Pittsburgh Telegraph thinks there
is no occasion te be iu a hurry te hang a
man off hand when theie are new develop
ments of the case.
The Alteena Tribune asctibes slim
church attendance te the fact that ser
mons are either entirely read or arc
preached from mero or less copious notes.
The Pottsville Chronicle wants it under
stood that the Republican leaders at Har
risburg are very much mistaken if they
expect te deceive the people by "higgling"
ever the apportionment bills.
The Nerristpwu Times suspects that the
Catholic Mirror is " somewhat harsh aud
unjust " when it says net one daily paper
published in this country is fit for family
reading in Christian homes.
The Philadelphia " Inquirer pretests
against the state tax of rlve per cent, that
is deducted from every legacy te coipora ceipora coipera
tions, such as receive bequests being
mostly charities.
The Yerk Age, apropos et the indispo
sition of the soldiers orphans' schools te
be investigated, recalls that it is the creek
ed stick which cracks when you try te
straighten it.
The Harrisburg Telegraph, which is net
an unbiased witness, pronounces the Dem
ocratic apportionment bill " the most
contemptible gerrymander that was ever
introduced iu the legislative halls of this
commonwealth."
The Lebanon Advei User intimates that
the members of the Legislature will no
well te pass, without any further delay
the congressional, legislative and judicial
apportionment bills, se as te be ready te
adjourn by the 11th of April.
The Alteena Times declares that
'' a statesman of the quality aud antece
dents of Samuel J. Randall would be a
first class man for the executive position"
and confidently believes that if he were
nominated by the national Democratic
convention, his election would be certain.
A Tenne Weman Cruelly Murdered.
About 4 o'clock last Sunday morning
Miss Nancy Rewe, a yenng girl about
seventeen years old, living in Peoria,
Union county, Ohie, star ted from the res
idence of her sister, Mrs. Geerge Arge, te
go home, a short distance. This was the
last ever seen of her alive. On search
being made the dead body of Miss Rewe
was found in the creek, and circumstances
seemed te indicate she had been murdered.
The water where the body was found was
only about nine inches deep, and there
were marks of violence en her person. A
coroner's jury was at once summoned, and
investigation and a pest mortem proved
beyond doubt that the girl had been mur
dered and thrown in the water. The flesh
en her neck wa much bruised, and gave
evidence that she had been choked te
death. The jury returned a verdict that
Mis3 Rewe met her death by violence at
the hands of her brother-in-law, Geerge
Arge, and he was accordingly placed
under arrest. Miss Rewe was seen te re
ceive $500, left by her grandfather, and it
is thought Arge murdered the girl te get
the money, as the will declared the $500
should revert te Mrs. Arge should the girl
die without heirs. There are threats of
lynching Arge, and he is closely guarded
from the mob.
- THE LATEST NEWEL
GEOKGB COHKUXO DISCHARGED.
Police Jostles Smlui uecidea that the Kill
ing of HsTcrmieb was JnstlUable
Deaths by Violence, Jfcc.
Mrs. Emma Uhler sat by the side of her
brother, Geerge y Conkling, jr., yester
day afternoon when 'Police Justice Smith
began an examination into the circum
stances of the sheeting of W. H. Haver
stick by Conkling. She was extremely
well dressed and were sealskins aud
diamonds. She was closely veiled. Cenk
ling's Iawyeis claimed that the sheeting
was justifiable and the assistant district
attorney agreed te receive the depositions
taken by the coroner without re-examination
of the witness. He urged that the
case should come te trial. ' As seen as he
had finished his speech Justice Smith said
that, from the evidence, the defendant had
reasonable grounds te infer an intention
en the part of the slain te commit a great
personal injury te him aud there was im
minent danger of the design being ac
complished and that, therefore the homi
cide was justifiable.
Conkling was then discharged amid
great applause that the judge made no
effort te step. He will go te Rene with
his sister soeu. A package of papers has
been found showing that all the furuiture
in her apartments in the Paris flat has
been bought by Mrs. Uhler. Alse a will
of W. H. Haverstick, bequeathing all his
property te his mother in Caliternia.
Counsel for Mrs. Uhler will apply for an
order of arrest against Dr. Amiden, en
the ground that he illegally took possess
ion of goods aud money iu I la vers tick's
apartments, the property of Mrs. Uhler.
DEATHS BX VI01.KNCK.
Tragic Accidents Over the Stale.
Henry M. Uhlberg, a Hebrew labeierat
the Cambria iron company's steel works,
at Johnstown, stumbled en ene of the
ingot tracks and was killed by the locomo
tive. Jehn H. Smith, a colored lad, about six
teen years old, employed as a slate picker
at the Diamond breaker, near Wilkesbarre
fell into a sciccu aud was killed, being
horribly mangled.
C. W. Towles, a brakeinau en the Bal
timore & Ohie railroad, was assisting in
switching a train iu Washington, when
he was thrown under the cars and terribly
crushed. Death resulted in a few hours.
He was 34 of age and leaves a wife aud
two little children.
At Feiut Pleasant, Pa., while Jacob
Fretz was getting out of his wagon te put
e'u the brake ou a steep hill, he fell under
the wheels and was se badly injured that
death resulted iu an hour. He was tkirty tkirty
five years of age and a miller by oscupa escupa oscupa
tien. Timethy Reagan, constiuctieu foreman
en the Sbamekin, Sunbury & Lewisburg
railroad, was fatally mjuied by an exple
sieu en Monday afternoon, three miles
north of Shamokin, Reagan had squibbed
a hole aud put his hat ever it te protect it
and was iu the act of charging when the
powder ignited. Re igan received the full
force of the explosion. His right arm was
blown from his body and his head fright
nilly out from pieces .n rock, which llew
iu all dhcotiens. Reagan is Jerty.fivc
years of age and has a large family.
JKAUI: ASll LAHOll.
The WerktnKinuu Dumii:l Increase) efi-.iy.
It is reported that extensive deposits of
geld and silver have been discovered en
the northern end of Vanceuveis island.
A detachment ei 100 men from the
Nineteenth regiment left Halifax yester
day for Liugan, Cape liieteu, te quell the
lioteusruineis.
The patent efliee yesterday issued te
citizens of the United States 4:51 patents
and designs, and 32 trade marks and labels.
Thirty patents aue dpsigns were issued te
citizens of foreign countries.
Ten of the cigar makers ei the Bosten
co-operative manuf'icteiy, ar. Husten,
struck yesterday for an increise ei' $1 per
thousand. A large number of ethers are
expected te go ou strike.
All the shoe facteiics iu Allciitewu, Pa.,
aie new in operation, non union men only
being. employed. Tuc female cmplojces
belonging te the union quitted work in
Leh's factory yesleiday.
The labereis en the Washington monu
ment and in the public buildings and
grounds iu the District of Columbia have
petitioned for the enforcement of- the
eight hour law as construed by the scc scc
lctaryefthe navy. The president has
leferred the matter te Secretary Jv.nceln
for consideration .
A meeting of Knights of Laber was
held in Bioemington, Illiaeis, ou Monday
night, te insist upon the iniustatcmant of
!eveu employees of the Chicago and Alten
railroad who weic discharged for "peti
tioning" for hig'-icr wages. About 1,000
men attended the meeting. The speakers
uiged a strike- uulc&s the men are rein
stated.
Lord & Muun, the principal shippers of
preduce iu Menti eal, made an assignment
yesterday, with liabilities amounting te
"at least " $250,000. It is said "they
expect te make a geed showing." A. A.
Des Marteau & Ce., wholesale grocers of
the same city, have also made an assign
ment. Their liabilities are $100,000. C.
Des Maitcau & Ce., have suspended for
$40,000.
IX Of AJI WAKS.
The Want Ked Men In tlie i.uud.
&. dispatch from Richmond, N.M., i-tater,
that the Indians yesterday attacked the
camp of Palmer ant
miles from Yeiks r.i
aud iiiuier;ck, about ten
inch. ' Jack " Haynes
and ubtianger w'ie killed. Jehn Lmerick
is missing and it is supposed he was also
killed. The ether men in ramp escaped
te Yorks ranch. It is reported that a large
band of ludiaus are secreted iu the moun
tains north of Yorks laech. A later
dispatch states that the Indians attacked
living's station, seven miles south of
Yeiks, killing live men. Gen. Creek has
telegraphed Secretary Teller that these
outrages have beeu committed by a small
raiding party of Chiiicahua Apaches
coming back from Mexico, lie says :
"Tuey are the weist baud of Indians in
America, and I should be glad te learn
that the last T)f the Cbiricahuas was un
derground." Secretary Teller telegraphed
iu reply, "I agrce with you that the reuo reue
cade baud must be .subjugated or de
stroyed." General Creek says it is
believed these Indians " have killed net
less than 1,000 persons iu this country and
in Mexico " within the last two years.
Rumors have leached Portland, Oregeu,
of an outbreak among the Umatilla In
dians. There hav been no hostilities,
but numbers of them are ciebsing the
Columbia river iute Washington territory
it may be for their annual salmon
fishing
NUXVSSOT&S.
Miscellany UetulenRetl from
niallH.
the Morning
Under the new editorship of ex-Mayer
Oakley Hall, Truth will advocate Hen.
Samuel J. Randall for the next speaker
ship, meanwhile waruiug the Democracy
that if they intend te conduct the next
presidential cimpaigu en an out and out
free trade basis they will commit a fatal
mistake.
At the fuueral of an, old miser in Bell
township, Westmoreland county, recently,
the minister made several severe remarks
about the miser'f leve of money and gen
eral meanness. Yv'hen the miser's will
was read it was found that $1,000 had
been bequeathed te the minister's church.
The deaf and dumb asylum at Haw
thorne Hill, near Frederiekten, N. B.,
Was burned, with all its' outbuildings, en
Monday night. U? r Q -y
The tannery of Hewell, Hieehman &
CO., in MiddletewnJfew Yerkwas
burned en Monday night. Less nearly
$20,000.
There was a steady rain iu the San Joa
quin valley, Cal, en Monday, which
assures geed crops there.
Part of the ice in the Hudsen river at
Albany has moved out, and a gorge
has formed at Tan "Wiess, a few miles
below.
AflNALS OF CKIMK.
-e
Twe Men Saved Trepi tbe Gallens.
In the criminal court at St Leuis, ves-
terday morning, the judge announced that.
uy iub auvice ei tne circuit attorney, ana
en further consideration of the case, he
would accept the plea of manslaughter in
the lirst degree! offered by Russell Brown
and Patrick McGlew, en trial for the
murder of Brown's grandmother, Mrs.
Derris. The prisoners were then arraigned
and pleaded guilty, as recommended by the
circuit attorney, after which they were
sentenced each te ten years' imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
A gang of Chinamen employed en the
railroad near New Westminister, British
Columbia, en Monday assaulted their
foreman, Kevin, beating him with shovels
and picks until he became insensible. His
recovery is doubtful. As there were no
white witnesses of the crime it is net
believed that his assailants can be pun
ished.
In Perryville, Me., Charles "Wynne,
aged nineteen years, and Edgar Garner,
aged seventeen years, became involved in
a quarrel, when Garner stabbed Wynne,
killing him instantly. Garner escaped
but a sheriff and posse are in pursuit.
Beth young men are highly connected.
DETERM1NEO SUICIDES.
'i be Bndlng or a Penitentiary Convict.
Charles Deckert, aged 81, a prisoner
under sentence of eight years in the
Eastern penitentiary for robbery and
larceny in Lebanon county some time pre
vious te August 25, 1879, the date of ar
rival at the prison, committed suicide seme
time en Monday night by hanging himself
te a gas bracket in his cell. At his re
quest he was recently given a muslin shirt
te wear, as ha complained of the usual
piisen garb irritating his flesh. Yester
day morning, when he was discovered
hanging by Keepers Hagney and Park, he
was found te have tern the shirt into
strips, whieh he had made into a noose
and fastened te the bracket. Inte this
noose be had thrust his head, throwing
the weight of his body upon his neck, one
leg hanging en the fleer and the ether
resting lightly en the seat of a bench. The
suicide was deliberate, as the man could
have cxtiicated himself at any time by
supporting himself en his legs and with
drawing his head from the noose, which
was but loosely made.
Suicide After Many Attempts.
Dennis Toemoy, of Shenandoah, hanged
hicibelfin his bed room. His daughter
had been te a ball and returned home
about three o'clock and was horrified te
find her father suspended from the bed
pest dead. He had attempted self-
destruction a number of times. Several
months age he was discovered hanging
from tbe rafters of an out house, but was
cut down by a neighbor in time te save
his life. He was 55 years of age and a
miner by occupation, working regularly,
lie leaves a wife and eight children in
destitute circumstances.
Mrs. Jehn McDerraett, of Prospect,
Cambria county, threw herself in front of
a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive, but
was iescucd and taken te the lockup. She
divested herself of all her clothing and
made a rope with which she nearly sue
cccded in killing herself by hanging. She
is demented.
PERSONAL.
Mossigxek Gastat.di, archbishop of
Turin, is dead.
Tewfik Bey, fei rnerly minister of fin
ance, has been appointed Turkish minister
at Washington.
Emperor William is suffering from
catarrh of the stomach and swelling of the
neck.
Cot.enet. Herndek, eue of Alabama's
most popular congressmen, is lying seri
ously ill in a hotel at Mobile.
Charles Stetscn, ex.ceugressmau aud
one of the wealthiest citizens of Banger,
Maine, died there yesterday at the age of
81 years.
Wiggixs is said te have euce been an
inmate of Dixmont insane asylum, uear
Pittsburgh. He had sense enough te get
away from it.
Rev. Dr. Ott, who is about te vacate
the pulpit of the Chamber Presbyterian
church in Philadelphia te remove te
Alabama has been in Lancaster for a lew
days the guest of friends.
Collector Haynes, of Brownsville,
Texas, has informed the secretary of tbe
ticasury, that " acting upon the advice
of his friends, he must decline te resign,
as requested.
Rev. Mr. Hicks, of Washington, who
was Guiteau's spiritual adviser, has sued
the Baltimore American for libel, claiming
$35,000 damages. The American published
a statement that Hicks "disposed of Gui
teau's bones for a money consideration."
Ex-Senter David Davis' mansion in
the surbur03 of Bloomington, 111., is being
wholly refurnished and repainted, in
anticipation of the home coming of the
happy ceuple, who are expected there
about June 1, and who will be tendered a
grand reception by the citizjns of Bloom
ington. Oscar Wilde appeared at a Paris party
the ethor night iu a plain orthodox black
evening dress. The only eccentricity ap
parent was in the cut of the shirt cellar
aud cuffs, The cellar was rolled ever a
bread, black tie, and the cuffs worn ever
the coat sleeves. His flowing leeks are
cut short and his knee-breeches are
packed away, at least for the present. -'
Madame Albaki was officially welcomed
by the mayor and a committee of tt'.e
councils of Montreal upon her arrival in
that city yesterday, and was greeted with
an ovation by a great throng of citizens
who gathered at the depot. Te day she
will be given a reception in the council
chamber, and te-morrow will be the
guest of the convent of the Sacred Heart,
where she received her earliest education.
Mr. and Mrs.Cuarles A.Dana started
yesterday in a private car for a tour of the
West and Southwest. General Cameren
was tee ill te join the party. Mr. and Mis.
W. C. Dereheimer and Mr. Frank Hitch
cock are Mr. Dana's companions. The
journey will be te Ettingham. Ill , thence
te Chicago, te St. Leuis, te New Orleans,
te San Francisce, te Salt Lake city and te
Denver. Mr. Dana and his friends will
return te New Yerk about May 10.
Mr. Aaauis- Literary wert.
Mr. Oscar Fay Adams, formerly of the
Ycates institute, Lancaster, and who
while in this city distinguished himself by
the authorship of the Hepkins papers,
studies iu Tennyson and ether literary
work, published in the Intelligencer,
has bceu very successfully exercis
ing his talents since he left this
city. He is a frequent contributor te
various periodicals and net long age bad a
well finished sketch in Our Continent, iu
whieh he gave a rather incorrect repre
sentation of Mennonite character and its
relations te our own local life. In the
current number of Our Continent Le has a
very pretty little story entitled "Beside the
Ante," the scene of which is laid among
the geed folks of FalaUe.
"THE HfiST.
PKOsTcCTS OF THE MONEY MARKET.
Finances Likely te lie Kasy unalneea
Changes-FlUtlngs of the
Houaehulilers.
The first of April, the business of which
will be divided this year between Satur
day, March 31, and Monday, April 2,
draws near and signs -multiply that there
will be no stringency in the money market
here nor any depression in business circles.
Fer a month past parties seeking
investments have teen busied iu
investigations of their security aud
the lawyers and court house officers
have been engaged in making searches ;
and it is new manifest that for well se
enred leans the ruling rate of interest will
be about 5 per cent. There will be fewer
changes of investment than last ear be
cause then mero permanent leans were
made thau usual, and less money is new
seeking investment. We hear of some
extra geed leans made at 4J and a few even
as low as 4, but the security is gilt edged
and the term a long one, while a great mauy
of geed average security are made at 6,
and few new held at that rate are dis
turbed by borrower or lender. Business
men generally repert a geed account of
last year's business aud little difficulty
with settlements. The freedom with
which the tobacco crop has moved off in
the last sixty days has made tbe farmers
easy aud brightened up business.
Items are moderate and lew geed
houses are empty or hunting tenants.
The signs of preparation for extensive
building operations throughout the city are
very numerous and material men aud
mechanics are hopeful of a geed season
for them. The two new market houses
projected are among the chief improve
ments of a public character, while the
Fulton bank buildiug, Martin's commedi
eus tobacco warehouse at the coiner of
Duke aud Chestnut streets, the block of
handseme new houses ou the south side of
the Columbia, turnpike beyond the watch
factory, and Jehn I. Hartman's elegant
new mansion en North Duke, near James,
are among the netable improvements of
the past season which are just approach
ing completion or are already occupied.
The conservatism of local business in
terests is illustrated by the few changes
of firms or reorganizations that are an
nounced and very few .te retiring from
or geiug into business. The usual num
ber of householders' " llittings" are seen
iu the streets and the following are the
chief chauges made by business men in
their places of trade -
KEHOVALS AND CHANGES.
In Anticipation of the First of AprU.
Jehn W. Hubley will open a photograph
gallery at the rooms formerly occupied by
B. Frank Say ler, new removed te 42 and
44 West King street.
Shultz bens will open a hat store at Ne.
144 North Queen street, recently occupied
by Gundaker's millinery store.
Dr. M. W. Raub new has his drug store
at the northwest corner of Prince and
Orange.
C. A.Reece, formerly of Lancaster, later
of Easten,'wilI start a cigar manufactory
en Seuth Quecu below Vine.
Mis. Houghten's millinery has beeu re
moved from Ne. 25 North Queen, te 105
West King.
Liller's shaving saloon will be removed
from the Stevens heuse te the opposite
side of West King.
A. G. Frey's drug store will be removed
from tbe southeast cei ncr of North Queen
and Orange te Ne 29 East Orange.
F. Hiemcnz closes out his shoe business.
W. A. Duncan has gene te Philadelphia.
L. Feu Darsinith's book steie will be
removed from Ne. 152 te Ne. 4C East King;
Williamson & Fester add the store at Ne.
32 te their present capacious place of
business, and A. W. Woodward remove
his music store from Ne. 4G East King le
Ne. 40 West King, forming a business
connection with Prof. Zeller.
Gee. O. Heusel, the florist, removes te
Flerida, and Bellinger, the baker, takes
his property at Ne. 238 East Orange.
Allen A. Ilerr lemeves his real estate
aud insuiance agency from Ne. 100 te 108
East King.
Bechtold, the druggist, gees te the new
store at the corner of West Orange and
Charlette.
Bartld & Snyder n-move their variety
stoie from Nes. 414 and 440 East Orange
te the coiner of Pine aud Chestnut.
The building at Ne. 5 and 7 Seuth
Queeu, which has been refitted by W. F.
Beyer, esq., and furnished with two geed
stere 100ms aud a basement is te be eccu
pied in the basement by Eichelman's bar
ber shop ; in Ne. 5 by the Wheeler &
Wilsen sewing machine company new at
108 East King ; and in Ne. 7 by Lewis
Maus' cigar store.
Harry Decker has opened a. music store
at Ne. 152 East King; and Rese's umbrella
store has for seme time been located at
Ne. 14 North Queen.
J. Brinkcr. the barber, has removed his
shop from East King street, near Knapp'h
te Ne. 7 North Duke.
Gee. H. Miller will remove his restaur
rant from Ne. 20 East King te Ne. 25
North Queeu.
The telephone exchange removal te the
upper stories of the City hall, makes way
in the third fleer of the Bewers' buildiug,
northwest angle of Centre Square for tbe
American Rapid telegraph company ; and
when tbe Fulton bank shall have occupied
its new building en North Queen, is is
hoped the Western Union telegraph com
pany will find better accomedations for
tbe public iu the Eshleman & Rath von
bank building than it new affords iu Nim
low's cigar store.
Mrs. Thema has removed her millinery
and dress making from West King street
te the stand formerly occupied by W. A
Duncan.
J. B. Leng, real estate, stock aud insur
ance agent, has taken the second story
front and J. B. Lichty, clerk te the . Dem
ecratic state committee, the second story
back of Rbeads' building, en West King
near Centre Square.
Ringwalt'a saddlery removes from Ne.
35 te 19 North Queen.
E. J. Erisman's gentlemau's furnishing
store gees from Ne. 50 North Queen
te 17 West Kinsr.
The partnership heretofore existing be
tween Supplee & Owens in the grocery
business, Ne. G Centre Square, has been
dissolved and the business will be carried
en at the same stand by Steve S. Owens.
The commercial college hereafter will
he conducted in Rhoad's building Ne. 0
West King street by H. C. Weidler.
Jes. C. Miltenberger will occupy rooms
in the Intelligencer building for the
purpose of manufacturing clothing &c.
Benjamin F. Shcnk and Samuel D.
Bailsman have entered into a copartner cepartner
ship for the transaction of a general insur
ance business.
Miss Auten. of New Yerk city, has
located at Ne. 27 Ea-it King street te carry
en dress making in the latest styles.
M. A. Bash & Sen have removed from
West King street te Astrich's Bres, store.
East King street.
Edw. P. Brinten. esq., has moved from
S. H. Reynold's office te 121 East King
street.
Dr. Edw. P. Day has removed his Den
tal office from 18 Seuth Prince street te
130 Narth Duke street.
Gast's shoe stere will be .removed from
Ne. 19 North Queen te 109 en the same
street.
Tne Black Herse hotel property having
been sold te A. C. Kepler will make way
some of these days for a handsome new
building te be used in part for the increas
ing demands of Mr. Kepler's hardware
business.
Owen P. Brickcr, esq., counscller-at-
law, and M. N. Brabaker, surveyor, have
taken the offices at 15 East King, up
stairs.
Fiss & Deerr, herse dealers, remove
from Grant atiMtgte 221 North Queen.
Jeseph Seuthr-irner takes Fiss fc Deerr's
piace en Grant stieet.
J. C. Houghten takes D. Altick & Sens'
yard and shedding, en Market street, where
he will open a livery and exchange stables.
Harry Gallagher takes the store new
occupied by-Geiges en North Queen abeve
Chestnut, aud will open a barber shop.
F. A. Albright opens a liquor store en
North Queen ene deer below Walnut.
Mr. Supplee, late of Supplee & Owens,
grocers, will open a grocery at the south
east corner of North Queen and Orange,
new occupied byFrey's drag store.
CHURCH OOVKRKMENT.
DUcnMlnc tne Advisability of Forming an
KpUcepata Among tbe Lutheran.
Iu accordance with a call extended by
the pastors of Lutheran churches iu Eas Eas
teu, there assembled at St. Jehn's Luthc
rau church in that town yesterday a con
ference of ministers belonging te the old
ministerium of Pennsylvania, te take into
consideration the establishing of an episco
pate. It seems that there are about as
many in the church who are opposed te
the movement as there are advocates of
the church being governed by bishops,
and discussions have been frequent
in a small way. This is the
first conference held by the min
isterium. The meeting began at 10:30
o'clock with prayer by Rev. Dr. Jehn
Kehler, of Allentown. Rev. Geissinger,
pastor of St. Jehn's church, welcomed the
ministers and moved the election et lfev.
Kehlor as chairman and Rev. Zugenfuss,
of Bath, as secretary. Rev. Kehler then
read an essay en "The Episcopate in the
Eat ly Church." In this he showed that
the apostles had been commissioned by
Christ, te go into all the world, preach the
Gospel and build churches. The apostles
believed that they were authorized te
ordain elders anrfdeacens, and te transmit
their power te elders who were placed in
charge of churches. The term bishop fre
quently appears in tbe New Testament,
and was often sy nonymeus with elder, but
it was net long before these who were
raised te the office of apostles were called
bishops, and the terms became distinct.
There were three kinds of ministers theso
of the apestleate, the presbyterate and
these known as deacons. Tbe apestleate
seen merged into tbe episcopate.
Dr. Kehler quoted from many writeis
te show hew that bishops were put ever
churches and were empowered by the
rights of the office te transmit their power
te ethers. Frem the lime of the early
church te the reformation, or for 1,500
years, there was no ether form of church
government any where te be found. In all
ages and in all times wherever Christians
could be found, there were bishops, and
where they differed in point of decriue or
custom, or made schisms and divisions iu
the church, yet were they all unanimous
in this, in retaining their bishops. Even
though there was a departure from the
Episcopacy in the Reformation it was real
willingly or of choice en the part of Luth
eran reformers, nor was it general.
After the reading of the paper the con
ference adjourned until afternoon, when
there was a discussion of the topics whieh
it referred te. The main point of differ
ence was as tewhether the apostles were
inspired in their actions as well as in their
writings and just hew far they were in
spired. A letter was read Irem Dr. E. T.
Heme, of Charleston, S. C, in which he
said he beheved there were no bishops iu
the early church. A paper was read by
H. Lewis, showing the view
of laymen en ihe subject. After
reviewing the history of the early
church, the paper set forth that
the episcopacy was the only form of gov
ernment until tbe fifteenth century. It
xv as net until 1587 that the jurisdiction of
bishops was denied. The church of
Swedeu, having opiicepacy iu its .succes
sion, and adopting the Augsburg cenfes
sien is a uuitvd chinch. The church of
Germany is divided, and cannot be termed
Lutheran. The fault lies iu the govern
ment. Visible unity is possible under
episcopacy. The paper streugly favored
its adoption. Rev. (J. J. Coeper.of Seuth
Bethlehem, read a paper en the episco
pate in the German Reformation, having
special refcicnce te tbe positions aud
views of reformers ou the episcopate. He
showed by the writing of these reformers
that they were init anxious te retain the
episcopate in it-, innovated form and they
recognized the episcopate, pastorate and
deaconate as the offices having Divine
authority. Rev. .1 F. Ohl, of Quaker -town,
then piescnted a paper under the
same head but referring mere particularly
te the constitutions adopted in the Refor
mation periods and tbe bishoprics estab
lished under them . Thee papers occupied
the afternoon, and there were general
discussieus of them.
Besides these v. he have buen mentioned
the following an; in attendance : Rev. E.
E. Sibele, St. .1 .hu's Church ; Lewis S.
Houpt general at.eat of the Northern
Pacific read ; J. Heward Smith, Rev. W.
K. Freck, Rev. J. L. Sibele, Rev. G. W.
Frediick, all of Philadelphia; Professer
Richards' Allentown ; Rev. Messis. G.is
ftinger. Auspach and Pfatteichcr, Easten ;
Rev. Enech Smith, Bethlehem ; Rev. C. .1.
Cooper, Seuth Bethlehem ; Rev. W. .1.
Andres Bath ; Rev. M. O. Retb, Allen
town ; Rev. E. S. Fry, Lancaster ; Rev.
11. T. Clymer, Quakertown ; Rev. A. W.
Walter, Sand's Cut, and Rev. T. Heilig,
of Streudhburg.
THKUEIL1U CASK.
IU Wry Iteinarkaule feature.
Dick Heilig is still in jail, and his case
creates much comment among lawyers aud
aldermen. The original charge against
him was larceny. A tru bill was found
against him. He gave bail te answer at
court. He jumped his bail. A bill-piece
was taken out by .his bondsman, and he
was arrested, but escaped from the consta
ble. He was a fugitive from justice for
months, and was arrested in this city a
few days age, as has been before reported.
He was lacked up and two ether charges
were made against him one for felonious
assault and the ether for carrying con
cealed deadly weapons. A duplicate of
the bail-piece was also taken ent
yesterday, Heilig had a hearing en
habeas corpus, and notwithstanding the
duplicate bail piece he was discharged by
Judge Patterson, the district attorney hav
ing made a statement that the charge of
larceny agaist him nu!d no; be sustained
notwithstanding thlinding of the grand
jury. It is said thcie is no doubt that the
larceny was committed by Heilig, and the
only difficulty in convicting him results
fromadisicclinatien of the piosecatorto
appear against him. There is a geed deal
of unfavorable criticism en account of his
discharge en habeas corpus, en his own
recognizance, after the bail-piece had been
duplicated aud executed, as this action
releases the original bail from all respon
sibility and Heileg's recognizance is
worthless. He is still a piisener, however,
held en detainers ledged against him for
felonious assault ou Officer Bell, and for
carrying concealed weapons, but Bell says
he never assaulted him and he d"i't knew
that he ever carried concealed weapons.
The cate as it stands is a geed deal mixed
and might be further ventilated. Perhaps
it will be, as there is a rumor that ether
complaints have been made against Hei-
Ifc.
Mayer Court.
The mayor this morning committed one
drunken and disorderly person te the
county jail and discharged three station
house ledgers.
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