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SATURDAY EVENING. APBIfj 28. I883'
A Subject Ter Legislation.
Nothing of greater importance can
Piiffara the attention of the Legislature
than an endeavor te make fruitful the
intent of Ui.constitutien, that no cor
poration shaUissue stocks or bends ex
cept for valu'ejeceived. It is known te
every one that jinauy of the great rail
roads of the country have issued stocks
and bends te an amount far exceeding
the actualx&sf of the reads; with the
result that thtvpublic are taxed unduly
for transpejctatipn that dividends may
be earneftAfipenj-he magnified cost of
the enterprises". The Pacific railroads
are famli)f "instances of this un
just burthenihg of the people. They
werebuilt with-the money realized from
the United- .States bends given them,
their own bend's and stocks, new selling
at high figures being a clear preDt te
the projectprs-,.twhe collect from the
cemmunitylarge dividends upon the in
flated cost- hi the reads. The elevated
railroad in New Yerk city is another
illustration- familiar te every well in
formed person of the injury done
a community by failing te re
strain carrying companies from cap
italizing there-reads above their cost.
These things, , indeed, are se com
mon that -itbias almost come te be a
matter of course that the cost of a rail
read should net be represented in its
bends and shares. The company which
uses all its bends in the construction of
its read and .keeps only its stock as
profit is deemed moderate in its exac
tions. Customarily there is an inside
ring in the shape of a construction com
pany; or there is a favored contractor
for the whole job, who divides his profits
with these who give him the contract.
The estate pi the late Patrick McEvey,
of this city, who was building the low
grade divisionef the Pennsylvania rail
road when he died, was largely aug
mented by the fact el his death occur
ring before he had an opportunity te
divide his profits, his partners net being
in a position te demand their share from
his executers.
New, clearly, these things should net
be. The capital of a read should repre
sent its actual cost, and should net curry
in its belly an undue profit te a centrac
ter who builds it.er te the projectors who
put it afoot. These men may be entitled
te be paid for their idea and tiie energy
with which they secure its fruition ; but
their compensation should net be
a secret one. There should be no
imposition practiced upon the pub
lic. The read should net be held
out as costing what it has net cost.
These who lend money en its bends with
the belief that they have the security of
the paid-up stock behind them should
have that security in fact. If all the
money that is te build the read is te be
obtained en the bends alone, that fact
should be known te the subscribers.
This is but common honesty. The read
may, when built, be worth all it is capi
talized at, but that is no reason why it
should be falsely stated that it has cost.
the amount of its capital.
But the 3tate is even mere interested
in protecting these who are te use the
railroad than these who lend it their
money or invest in its stock. It is te
the interest of. the state that transpor
tation should be as cheap as possible.
Freight charges are a very great element
in the cost of every article of coin
mercc. The cheaper the cost of carry
ing the farmer's grain te market, the
greater will be the sum he realizes from
its sales ; and the cheaper the cost te the
manufacturer of the carriage of his ma
terials and product, the cheaper lie can
make them, and the greater, therefore,
will be the number of factories in a
state that duly, protects its industry fiein
undue tax.by the common carrier.
New is the lime for the Legislature te
consider this matter.' The constitution
declares that every corporation shall give
value for its stock and bends in labor,
materials or money. But this mandate
needs te be formulated in a law which
shall secure its execution according te
its spirit. It will be a difficult one per
haps te frame, se many are the ways in
which a false statement may be made
of cost, and se great are the inducements
te make it.. But it needs te be fiamed
without delay. A great railroad is pro
jected across our state as a rival te the
Pennsylvania. It will be welcomed ;
but te be of due benefit te the state it
must net be permitted te issue stock or
bends above its actual cost. The Senate
has just repealed the limitation upon
railroad capitalization in its behalf and
upon the statement that it could net build
and equip the line it wants te lay, as a
proper rival Cor its great competitor, for
the$120,000.perrmlete which thegeuerai
railroad law limits the stock and bends
of railroads built under it. $120,000
is a great deal of money te expend
per mile en three hundred miles of rail
road. The Intent of Mr. Vauderbilt
may be te level the mountains and make
a grade as level as a race course. The
great estimated cost of his read indicates
such purpose ; as the rails, cress ties
and fastenings for a mile of double-track
railread,-sueb as the Pennsylvania, will
net cost fifteen thousand dollars per
mile.
If the money he spends is honestly
and judiciously laid out upon the work,
the state can have no objection te his
spending as much as he pleases. But it
needs te secure this assurance and te
provide a'sufficient guarantee that the
people of the state will net be callfd upon
te furnish dividends en any watered
stock. Mr. Vanderbilt's father made
many of h'is millions by watering the
stock of the New Yerk railroads which
he controlled.. We want no such essay
by the son in Pennsylvania. Probably
he intends none ; but nevertheless it is
the duty ef-the -Legislature te see that
none is possible.
The bo$rdef county auditors nearly
a year age surcharged the members of
the last beard v of county commissioners
with certain amounts alleged te have
been illegally and imprudently paid by
them out of-the. county treasury. It is
the duty of the present beard of cemmis
sieners and their solicitor te press te '
trial the suits arising out of these sur
charges. Are they doing it 'i J ,
The professors and patriots who preach
what they call "the gospel of dynamite"
will net likely find anybody te gainsay
their argument that dynamite is quite
as justifiable an instrument of warfare
as gunpowder, and any law of nations
or cede of war that permits the use of
the one cannot consistently condemn the
application of the ether. It is net by
any means certain that the invention of
gunpowder, increased the frequency or
horrors of war. when one small man
with a rifle became equal te many strong
ones armed with javelins and bows and
arrows, and a battery of artillery was
rendered able te check a regiment of
cavalry, it only had a tendency te make
wars short, sharp and decisive ; and the
invention and use of an explosive agent
thirteen times as powerful as gunpow
der and applied with much mere
facility, may, in turn, prove a powerful
oacificater of the nations. It is net
against the use of dynamite as an instru
ment of open and honorable war that
the universal sense of humanity pre
tests, but the resort te it, as a conve
nient agent for cowardly assassination.
If Ireland shall declare war against Eng
land and put her people in that attitude
subjecting her cities te bombardment
and her armies te the fate of war, there
will certainly be no better reason against
dynamiting Londen than against shell
ing Dublin. Students of military history
and these whose profession it is te kill
their fellow men and de the largest
amount of destruction te the property of
their enemies, may well pause and con
sider the momentous possibilities of dyn
amite in making the smallest nations of
Europe capable of as great destructive
power as the largest. Gunpowder has
been held by many moralists te have
been an agent of civilization in eveuing
up the disadvantages with which right
was encumbered in its struggles with
might; dynamite may serve the same
geed purpose iu putting it absolutely
beyond the power of a great nation te
oppress a weaker by the arbitrary exer
cise of brute power without risking
greater evils te itself. But this applica
tien of the new force in open, honorable
warfare is a very different thing from its
employment by the assassin simply be
cause of its convenience for his cowardly
use.
m tm m
The change from Saturday te Friday
night sessions in the Legislature does net
seem te have been productive of any
great improvement in the punctual at
tendance of the members. In the Heuse
last night -there was barely a quorum
secured by the aid of the, sergeant-at-arms,
and out of 200 mem
hers there were absent en roll-call
4S Democrats and .": Republicans.
The Philadelphia members were, as
usual, the most conspicuous offenders,
no doubt because they are near horny
and ride thither en free passes. The
Ileuse certainly has the power, if it had
the inclination, te enforce better attend
ance than this. It has only about four
weeks left and will undoubtedly find
itself at the end of the session with a
large amount of legislation en hand un
finished, ever which much time has been
spent. In this time it should be sparing
witli its grants of leave of absence and
it should held in contempt of its author
ity these who fail te respond te roll-call
without geed excuse.
Uill..il.ur..ii iu nun iuik aiu
naturalized and acquiring real estate,
Chinamen in
New l erk are
beiug
TnE Sandwich Islands object te the ex
clusive immigration of male Chinese.
Aumens of last winter's vile scandals
against the president are said te be
given geed places in the interior depart
ment. TunocGuet'T the country generally the
cigar manufacturers are granting an in in
cieasc of from $1 te $2 per thousand te
their makers.
Probably the management of the Yeung
Men's Christran Association can find a
valuable hint in the plan of the Yeung
lien's Secial Organization of the Moravian
church.
Tin: people of this and ether interested
counties have a right te knew why the
bill te salary county officers is left te
slumber in the judiciary local committee
of the Heuse. What has its cuairmau,
Mr. Aramerman, te say ?
Undeu Clerk of Quarter Sessions Urban
a considerable portion of the papeis in his
office were rearranged and put in order, at
the cxpeuse of the county. It will ' be
well for the court and commissioners te
see that an attempt is net made te un
necessarily repeat this work in order te
make the " per diem " allowed for it, "by
order of court."
The total experts of the United States
for the twelve months which endei March
31st, 1883, amounted in value te $808,720,
350, an increase of $17,917,330. en these
of the preceding twelve months. Our
total imports for the twelve months which
ended March 31st, 1883, wefe $743,442,259
an increase of $41,599,385, en these for
the twelve months which ended March
31st, 1882.
Down in Seuth America there is dis
turbance almost everywhere. Peru is
disrupted by a serious revolution ; Chila
and the Argentine Confederation are in
belligerent attitude towards each ether,
and the former republic is wrangling
with Belivia ; half of the inhabitants of
Ecuador have revolted from the govern
ment, and te increase this animated state
of things nature comes in with numerous
tremendous earthquakes that are harming
much property and life.
S. C. B. who through the columns et the
Philadelphia Recerd has been vigorieusly
assailing the theory that scripture wines
are unfermented, calls the attention of Dr.
Field, of the Evangtlisl, te the fact that
while he allows his contributors
te declare, uncentradicted. that
the Jews never use fermented wine at their
Passover celebration, he has given no
editorial hint that he knew better. In his
series of Oriental sketches, he describes
" Jerusalem in Hely "Week," in a manner
that leavs no doubt that the wines of
Palestine inebriate as well as cheer.
MM IRELAND.
THE HATIOSAL LEAGUE OBOASIZBa.
ADoeluraden el the Principle Upen Wnlen
the Organization Is Founded Who the
rcw u Ulcers Are.
In the Irish convention in Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon the committee en
resolutions presented a preamble and reso
lutions. The preamble says that the
English government has existed in Ireland
net te preserve the lives of the governed,
but te destroy them ; that it hasjannihilat
ed the liberty of the people ; that instead
of protecting the property of the people,
the English government in Ireland has
been a conspiracy for its injury and ruin ;
that is has net maintained peace and
order ; and that Ireland is net allowed an
equitable and efficient voice in the Legisla
ture. Iu view of these facts the com
mittee recommended the adoption of reso
lutions declaring that the English govern
ment has no moral right whatever te exist
in Ireland ; that it is the duty of the Irish
race throughout the world te sustain the
Irish people in the employment of all
legitimate means te substitute for it na
tienal self government ; that all the socie
ties represented in the convention,
and all that hereafter may comply with
the conditions of admission, ba organized
iute the Irish National League of Amer
ican, for the purpese of supporting the
Irish National League of Ireland, of
which Charles Stewart Parnell is presi
dent ; demanding that the farmers allow
the laborers a fair day's wages for a fair
day's work ; ceunselling their countrymen
in Ireland te buy nethiug in England
which they can produce in Ireland or pro
cure from America or France, and pledg
ing themselves te promote Irish manufac
tures by encouraging their import iute
Ameiica, and te use their utmost endeavor
te persuade American tradesmen frera
kecpiug English goods en sale ; declaring
that an English ministry has earned the
contempt of fair-minded men throughout
the world by imprisoning uiore than a
thousand citizens of Ireland without accu
sation or trial ; that the policy of the
English government in first reducing the
Irish peasantry te abject poverty and
then sending thm penniless te the United
Statcs.depcudeats upon American charity,
is unuutural and an outrage upon the
American government and people. The
resolutions were adopted.
A Scheme el organization.
The report of the committee en organi ergani organi
statien, setting forth the objects of the
" Irish National League el Auienea,"
was read ami unanimously adopted, as
fellows :
Wheue.v", In the opinion of the citizens
of America and Canada, Irish and of Irish
descent, it is needful for the purposes
hereinafter set forth, that sinking all pri
vate prcjudice and creed distinctions, they
de unite te secure this common end, de
eaud themselves together unit or the name
and title of the Irish National League of
America
The objects of the Irish National League
of America are :
J. Earnestly and actively te sustain the
Irish National League in Ireland with
moral and material aid, iu achieving self
govern men t for Ireland.
2. Te procure a cleaier and mere aceu
latc understanding by the American peo
ple of the political, industrial and social
condition of Iicland, that they may see for
thcmsslvcs that her poverty is the result
of centuries of brute force and destructive
legislation ; and that, if permitted te make
her own laws en her own soil, she will
demonstrate the possession of all the
essentials nutural and ideal, for political
automeuy, beneficial alike te Ireland and
the United States.
3. Te piometc the development of Irish
manufacture's, by eueeuragiug their im
post into the United States, te promote
the htmly of liis'u history, past and present,
and te ei'culate carefully prepared litera
ture iu ! choels anf? societies that the jus
tice of the cause may ba thoroughly do de
ieuded against ignorance, inalice aud mis
lepreseutatieu.
-1. Te encourage t ha study of the Irish
language, the cultivation of Irish music
aud an enlightened love of the art charac
teristics which made the past of our race
blight amid darkness aud have always
secured for the Celt "success and renown
in every country in which he has an equal
opportunity with his fellows.
5. Te hint the enemy uhore he will feel
it most, by lefusing t purchase auy article
of English inauui'aetuie and by using all
legitimate influences te disceurage trades
men from keeping all English manufac
tures en f-a!e.
G. Te abolish sectional feeling, te do de do
strey these baleful animosities of province
aud weed vlnch nave been insidiously
handed down by the enemy, te weave a
closer bend of iadic.il jiride aud affection,
and te keep alive the holy llama of Irish
nationality while performing faithfully the
duties of American citizenship.
Sec 2 The officers of the league :liall
ba a president, vine picsident, treasurer
uudscci clary.
Sec. ,". Tlie picsident shall preside at
all incetiims et the league anil perferin
such ether duties as may hereinafter in
these articles be imposed upon him.
Sec. 4. Iu the absence or inability te
serve of the president his duties shall be
discharged by the viea president.
Sec. 5. The treasurer shall prepeily ac
count for all meueys paid te him by the
s-cci clary en behalf of the league, and
make explicit reports thereof annually te
a convention et this league.
See. C. The sccreiaiy shall keep correct
records of all meetings of the league, re
ceive all moneys ler its use from subordi
nate bianehes and affiiiiting organizations
in states and countries, aud pay the same
ever te the trea,-:uer, taking the receipt
therefer, ami all moneys se paid te the
secretary shall be by draft or posteffice
order in favor of the treasurer.
Sec. 7. The governing body of the
league shall ceusiat of the president, vice
president and council, which shall M com
posed of one member from each state, ter ter
litery, the District of Columbia and do
minion qf Canada, and which shall be
elected by the national convention, and
shall meet at least once annually, the time
and place for which shall be designated by
the president.
Sec. 8. The governing body shall meet
at least onee annually at the time and
place heretofore provided, and shall frame
an organization similar in character for
each state and territory and the dominion
of Canada. They shall previde for the
general welfare of the organization, and
they shall have power necessary te pro pre pro
meto the iu forests aud extend the ergani
zatien and influence of the league.
Sec. 9. The council shall appoint," of its
number, an executive committee of se von,
te be centrally located, for the mero effec
tive administration of the affairs of the
league, of which committee the president
shall be ex officio chairman. They shall
make such rules, regulations and bv-laws
as they shall deem best for the manage
ment and control of the finances of the
league and their general correspondence
and shall previde for the establishment of
branch leagues and the reception of socie
ties desiring te affiliate with the league,
and shall make aud publish such rnles and
regulations as may be necessary for the
formation, government and control of
branch leagues, and for the admission of
such ether organizations as may desire te
affiliate with the league, aud such council
shall make such prevision as may be in
their judgment, necessary for the forma
tion of stat i organizations.
Sec. 10. The central council shall pro pre
vide an equitable assessment of dues for
each society, league or branch affiliating
with this league, and snch ordinary or ex
traordinary assessments as may become
f,
necessary by the exigencies of the situa
tion. Sec. 11. All American, Irish and Irish
American societies, military, benevolent,
social, literary, patriotic ana charitable,
maybe enrolled as subordinate branches
or affiliating societies of the National
League, and they shall pay te the treas
urer of the league a sum -net less than
one dollar per annum for every member in
geed standing in such league, branch or
affiliating society, payment te be made
quarterly.
The national convention of the league
shall be composed of delegatee duly
elected by the various branches and socie
ties affiliated with the leaarue, and the
basis of representation shall ba fellows :
One delegate for every one hundred mem
bers, and one delegate for societies of less
than one and mere than fifty ; but no
society shall have mere than two dele
gates. Ne branch or affiliated society shall be
entitled te representation that has failed or
neglected te make its regular quarterly
report and paid its assessment up te the
date of the convention.
officers Elected.
Alexander Sullivan was elected presi
dent of the new organization, Majer Jehn
Byrnes vice president, J. J, Hynes secre
tary, and Rev. Dr. Riley treasurer. Rev.
Father Crenin, en behalf of thocemmitteo
appointed by the American Land League
with power te officially declare the latter
organization merged into the new
one, did se. The convention, at 6:50 p. m.
adjourned sine die. In the evening a
reception was tendered te Patrick Eagn
and Themas Brennan, in the Academy of
Music. A number of speeches were made.
Alexander Sullivan, the newly elected
and first president of the league, is only
35 years of age. He is a native of Maine,
and a descendant of General Sullivan, of
the Revolutionary war. Before he attain
ed his majority he became an active par
ticipant in the movement for the abolition
of slavery, and he stumped the slate of
Michigan in favor of negre suffrage wheu
an amendment was submitted te the con
stitution of that state, before the adoption
of the national constitutional amendment.
He remained with the Republican party
until the nomination of Herace Greeley,
for whom he had a strong personal admi
ration. He studied law in New Yerk, and
is new engaged successfully in its practi
tice at the Illinois bar. He is the husband
of Margaret Sullivan, a journalist well
known in the West.
PERSONAL.
Senateii Antheny was reported some
what better yesterday.
Clayten MeMich.vel is very popular
as marshal of the District of Columbia.
Queen Victeria will be able te stand
unassisted upon her feet before a fortnight
elapses
Salvini says "art is always one." Dees
I he include tue nenueya in
I he include the donkeys in the " Uncle
I Tem's Cabin ' troupes
Geerge W. Vanbkunt, inventor and
patentee of the Vanbrunt seeder, died
yesterday at Oconemogwoc, Wis., aged
53.
Civil. Service Refeumek Examtnek
Keim deubtless longs for a chance te re
fill most of the editorial chairs of the
country.
Miss Lizzie C. Fi:y, daughter of a
leading citizen in Tamaqua and educated
in Fans, made bar epsratic debut in
Tamaqua, last night.
Rev. J. C. Hume, of the Presbyterian
mission, this city, who is about te remeve
te Elkton, Md., will preach his farewell
sermon in the Orange street Presbyterian
church te-morrow evening.
Paiisen Talmage said last night that
seated iu some unpretending law office, or
some gubernatorial chair, or in some quiet
farm-house, is the man who will be the
next president of the United States,
JesEPn IvErpi.EK, Puck's distinguished
caricaturist, sailed for Europe yesterday,
te ne aesent- several months, lie was
formerly an opera singer, and arrived in
this country some years age as a Castle
Garden immigrant. New he is rich and
famous.
Senater Beck started in life as a farm
baud, Cenger as a lumber hand, Davis of
West Virginia as a brakeman, Fair as a
bartender, Farley as a stage-driver, Ger
man as a page, Vest as a reporter, Sawyer
as a labor, Jenes of r iendia.as a carpenter
aud Merrill as a cenntry storekeeper.
Rev. Geerge Tiiemas Dewi.tng, of
Cleveland, Ohie, who has net been called
te a church in Cinciunati, gets even with
her unappreciative peeple by declaring that
he would net live in Cincinnati en any
terms because soap is tee dear and a man
cannot spend four hours a day in the bath
tub.
Rev. Dr. C. B. Boynton died yester
day in Cincinnati, aged 77 years. He was
for 25 yeais pastor of the Vine street con
grcgatienal church in Cincinnati, and
served two yeara as chaplain of the U. S.
Hense of Representatives. He was father
of General H. V. Boynton, the well known
Washington newspaper correspondent,
and Mr. A.C. Boynton, the Washington
representative of the Western associated
press. 4 .
HITCH KK SWOOI'E'S CONFKSSIOI.
The Charge et Forgery fastened Upen
Senater Wallace te Uratlly a Per
sonal Hatred.
Pittsburgh, April 27.
Te CliaWes Emery Smith, esq., editor Vress.
Sir : I notice the letter of Reland D.
Swoope in your paper this morning I
knew hi3 father, H. Bucher Swoope, for
mer district attorney of this district, very
well. He repeatedly boasted te me and
ethers that he had fastened en Senater
Wallace the charge of forging naturaliza
tion papers, and that it was te gratify a
personal hatred of him. Within a month
of the death of Mr. Swoepo he told me re
gretfully that " he had set that thing up
en Wallace ;" that he was sorry for it ;
that he would send for him, and, as I un
derstoed, retracted the charge. Whether
he did se or net I am unable te say.
Very truly, F. M. Magee.
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Deaths by Violence.
The total number of deaths caused by
the tornado at Wessen and Bcauregrad.
Mississippi, is 40 thus far. As showing
the force of the storm, it is asserted that
" a solid iron screw of a cotton press,
weighing 675 pounds, was carried by the
cyclone 360 yards." Alse, that " a piece
of scantling, 3 by 4 inches and 10 feet long
wasuiivju lureugu u reu eaic sapling.
By a collision between a freight train and
a passenger train en the Grand Trunk &
Chicago railroad, near Olivet, Miqhigan,
yesterday morning, three persons were
killed and ten injured, some perhaps
fatally. The killed were Conductor P. J.
Wall, of Montreal ; H. Frye, of Engle Engle
weed, New Jersey, and Jehn W. Higgins,
traveling agent for a shoe firm in Detroit.
.
The Warring Indians.
The Indian agent at Fert Totten. Men
tana, informs the commissioner of Indian
affairs that he has notified the Turtle
Mountain Indians te go te his agency and
roceive' supplies. These are the Indians
recently reported as starving. -Captain
Theman McGregor, of the First cavalry,
reports that there is no founda
tion for the reports that an out
break is contemplated by the Indians
at the Willows, en the Columbia river, in
tvasmngien territory. tne Hostile In
dians at Chilliceatin, British Columbia,
after killing two Chinamen and stealing
several horses, fled te the mountains, pui
sued by white settlers and friendly In
dians. Captain Win. Barehert, who was
Professer Bandelier's companion during
the greater portion of his southwestern
professor's capture by Apaches in Senera I
trip, inclines te believe the report of the
A HUSBAND'S BEVENGE.
AN OATH FULFILLED IN COLO 1SLOOD.
Ex-C'ontpreMman Thompeou Sheets 11U Fer
mer jlosem Friend A Desperate
Deed. Induced Dy Ilia Wile's
Unfaithfulness
There was great excitement in all the
towns in Kentucky Friday when it was
learned that ex-Congressman Philip IS.
Thompson had shot Walter Davis at
Harredsburg.Ky. These who are intimate
with them have been expecting the trouble
for some time. Walter Davis and Philip
Thompson were besom lriends, they get
drunk together and played cards together.
Their families were wealthy, and from
their boyhood up they have helped ene
another, politically and financially. Davis
became a distiller at Harredsbnrg and
made money hand ever fist. Thompson
drifted into politics and was elected te
Congress, first from the Seventh district
and then from the Eighth. "
Davis married Miss Livernia Herring, a
step daughter of Governer Robinson,
and Thompson married Mary Garnett,
who was said te be the belle of the Blue
Grass region. The two friends bought ad
joining farms in Morien county and their
intimacy centinned. Davis built himself
a princely home, and is said te have con
tributed $10,000 in Thompson's race
against Ewell the Republican condidate
last year. Net a word was whispered
against Thompson's wife till last fall when
in company with her husband and Davis
she went te Cincinnati. Thompson went
en te Washington and Walter Davis and
Mrs. Thompson, who appear te have baen
en terms of intimacy, remained in the
town. They visited all the variety thea
tres in an opera carriage, and ended their
debauch in a disreputable house.
When Thompson heard of his wife's
faithlessness he disowned her, aud aweie
that if he and Walter Davis ever met
either of thorn would have te die. Davis
avoided him till Friday morning. Beth
men get en the train which leaves llar llar
redsburg at 6 o'clock. They met in the
smoking car. Without saying a word
Thompson reached back for his pistol
and fired two shots at Davis in rapid suc
cession. Beth balls took effect iu Davis'
head. His braius splattered the car seat,
against which he was leauing. He died
without saying a word. Wheu Thompson
saw that he had killedjiis besom friend he
threw the pistol en the" fleer and exclaim
ed : " This man took my wife te Cinciu
nati and debauched her. I swore te kill
him en sight. I hope I have dene se."
He then ordered the train te be stepped
and delivered himself up.
This is net the first tiuie that Phil
Thompson has killed his man. Wheu a
very young man, his family and the
Davies family became engaged in a law
suit ever some land. They had a pitched
battle in front of the court heuse at liar liar
redsburg. A father and two sons en each
side, and all armed with knives and pis pis
tels, after a hand te hand conflict that
lasted for nearly au hour, the Thompsons
whipped the Daviescs, killing the father
and the two sons. Phil Thompson shot
ene of thorn through the head and his
father stabbed the ether two. Phil was
the commonwealth's attorney. " Little"
Phil Thompson, as his friends affection
ately called him, is ene of the most popu
lar, men personally, iu Kentucky. The
sympathy is decidedly iu his favor, and
the prevailing opinion is that he will cer
tainly be acquitted.
.1 TKKKIULGTKAIitlDV.
The cray need of a Dlauienu itrelter.
Brooklyn reperts a tei rible tragedy. A
man named William MacDuff, a diamond
broker, deiug business in New Yerk, re
siding in Brooklyn, about 5 o'clock, Friday
morning, murdered his wife Catherine
and his six-year old son William, aud then
completed the crime by committing sui sui
cide. He used a large bull-deg pistol,
with five chambers, aud he shot his wife
in the back of her head. Her death is
supposed te have been instantaneous. She
was found lying with her face down en
the fleer. The child was en the bed, and
he had probably been shot while asleep.
Near the feet of the bed was the
body of Mae Dad, lying en his
hack, and wearing only his night
clothing. The wife and mother had been
up probably a short time before she was
murdered, for she was dressed and there
were a few dishes en the table, showing
that she had evidently begun preparations
for breakfast. As yet the motive for the
shocking deed is a mystery, and the fol
lowing brief note which Macduff left for
his brother, J. S. Macduff, does net ex
plain it :
"Dear Brether Jack. If anything
happens te rae I want you te have what
ever I may leave. Put Willie and me in
your plot. This is ray last request.
" Your unfortunate brother,
" William."
The suicide has another brother engaged
in the real estate business at tiie corner of
Gates avenue and Hreadway. He says
William had been married about eight
years, and appeared always te live en geed
terms with his wife, and he was net a
quick tempered man and net given te
dissipation, the presumption is that he
was laboring uuder a temporary aberra-
tien of mind. The coroner's inquest may .
threw some additional light en the sub-"
jeet.
Other 'i raseillcrt.
C. W. St. Ulair, a colored harbor, yester
day assaulted his wife with a hatchet and
then cut his own tin eat with a razor, in
Columbus, Ohie. It is thought both will
die of their injuries. St. Clair formerly
lived in Philadelphia. Carrie Smcdley,
aged 13 years, committed suicide in Gcr-
mantewn, yesterday, by taking arsenic.
Her two sisters, with whom she lived,
could assign no cause for the act. Frazier
Cepcland, colored preacher, was hanged
yesterday at Wahalla, Seuth Carolina, for
the murder of W. J. Aunnicut, committed
in December last.
A Temperonce Lecture.
The lecture te morrow afternoon bv
Mrs. J. Ellen Fester, under the auspices of
the Weman's Christian tomperance union,
will de in the oetirt heuse at halt past
three o'clock. Mrs. l ester is said te be
an able speaker, and for several years has
been practicing law in the courts "of Iowa.
She makes a specialty of suits againts
violators of the liquor laws, and has been
successful in many of them. The special
topic of her address here has net been an
nounced, but theso who knew, claim that
her Sunday lectures are adopted te the
day. Thore will be no admission fee
charged, but " all will have the privilege
of contributing something in aid of the
work when the collection is taken."
Capt. Wm. s. Mccaskey.
Capt. Wm. S. McCaskey, formerly of
tne vatn rennsyivama volunteers of this
city, and new of the 20th U. S. infantry,
and for some time past stationed at
David's Island, N. Y., passed through
Lancaster yesterday having in charge one
hundred aud sixty recruits for the army.
His destination was Mentana. He states
that the rendezvous at David's Island,
where recruits are drilled for about four
months te fit them for active service, is
almost stnpppcd or troops.
Horses shipped.
Lazarens Piose shipped fifteen head of
draught horses from the Keystcne stables
te New Yerk. It was a remarkably fine
looking let of aminals, among them being
five that were coal black, which were pur
chased from one man by Mr. Piose.
r iss & Deorr shipped te day te New
Yrk30headef Lancaster county draught
OBITUARY.
Deatb-oZFesuaaatar ChrUt, efUHtz.
The death of Franefa W. Christ eccwred
at his home in Lititz en Friday eveniagat
7 o'clock. Mr. Christ was 67 years bid,
and was born in Lititz. Fer many yean
he held the position of jnstice of the peace,'
and for the past ten years had been pest
master, which office he held at time of his
death. He was president of the beard
of Trustees of the Lititz Moravian
church, and also took an active
part in politics as a Republican. He
was most generously inclined and gave
liberally te all who applied te him for aid,
and was held in high esteem by all who
knew him. His funeral will take place
en Tuesday afternoon, interment in the
Moravian cemetery at Lititz. Mr. Christ
leaves wife, but no children.
Mr. C. was born in Lititz, Feb. 29, 181G,
and was a pupil of the late Jehn Beck,
with Franklin B. Gewen, After having
served an apprenticeship at shoemaking,
he taught public school in Manheim for
two terms. In 1841 he was married te
Miss Sarah Kreamer,of Lititz, andshertly
afterwards opened a bearding heuse for
Prof. Beck's academy pupils. He con
tinued te keep this heuse until June of
1SS1, when Prof. Ileppe took charge of
both academy and bearding house. He
resigned the effice of justice of the peace
te accept the appointment of postmaster
under the first administration et President
Grant, which effice he held till his death,
having always been a Republican and a
member of the electeral cellege
in 1SG0, and often iu state and county con
ventions. He was a direoter of the Read
ing & Columbia railroads and had the
general direction of the Lititz spriug
grounds. He was a prominent member of
the Moravian church ami ler many years
superintendent of the Sunday schools.
Death of Mrs. Hagen.
Elizabeth Ilageu, wife of the late Jehn
IIagcn,;dicd yesterday morning at the lcsi-
couce el her son-in-law, Moses Johnsten,
at Mount Pleasant, Bart township, in the
90th year of her age. Deceased had ap
parently injeyed geed health up te the
evening et the 27th, when she suffered a
streke of apoplexy and died from the
cu'ect:t the following morning. Mrs.
Hagcu was well known and highly respec
ted. Her funeral will take place from the
residence of her son in-law en Tuesday
next.
Death or Jehn S. Uraudt.
Jehn S. Brandt, a well-known citizen
residing near Mastersonville, Raphe town
ship, died en Thursday evening, after a
short illnesy, of mumps. Ha was a faroier
by occupation, a man of much energy, and
was higffty .esteemed. lie was about 58
years of age, and leaves a wife and several
children.
T '
Y. M. a. V.
Tlit; Yeung Men of the Moravian Church.
On last Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings uumoreus visitors were present at the
informal reception of the Yeung Men's
social club, of the Moravian church in
their rooms en the third fleer of H. Z.
Rhoads' building, aud were very much
pleased at the geed work this young
organization is quietly eugagedin. The
Y. M. S. club, which already numbers
ever forty membeis, originated a little
mero than two months age, in the young
men's Bible class, of the Rev. J. Max
Hark. Its membership is limited te fifty.
It was started for the purpose of counter
acting the temptations and degrading
influences of the saloons, beer
clubs, aud ether places of evil
which elfer se many allurements te
young men in our city. Te this end the
the third fleer of Rhoad's building was
rented ou April 1st, and its two large and
handsome rooms furnished and fitted up
in comfortable, horae-Iike style, as aplacu
of resort for the members. The front room
is furnished as a reading, smoking aud
leafing room, where the young men can
pass their time iu a pleasant unrestrained
manner in the midst of congenial compan
ionship. On it.s ide tables are ihe
leading magazines, periodicals, secular and
religious papers and ether literature. On
the side tables are chess beards,
di aughts, games of authors, &c. On the
walls, iilr. Rhoads, who has .shown a
gicat interest in the enterprise, has
hung some of his handseme oil paintings.
The back room the young men have fur
nished as a gymnasium, with horizontal
bar, strikiug bags, Indian clubs and ether
similar apparatus. There every ovening
the membcrr-speurt their time in a profita
ble and pleasant manner, reading, talking;
playing games or engaging in athletic ex
ercises, who otherwiso would ba out en
the streets or in places of resort of a
morally harmful or at least questionable
character. This club cannot fail te exert
a geed influence. It proceeds ou the right
principle of trying te keep young men
from intemperance, immorality and row
dyism by offering them equal inducements
and attractions as the places and societies
where these are practiced, without their
evil accompaniments aud associations, and
en the ether hand without auy ostentatious
and repelling display of religiousness.
We need mero such clubs.
.MClClHIOKHUOn NKW.S.
Kventa Near aud Acress the County Lines.
Ferepaugh's circus leek $1,000 out of
Ilarrisburg.
A Mifllin county farmer has a parrot
which speaks Pennsylvania Dntch quite
fluently.
1,243 German immigrants landed iu Bal
timore yesterday, from the steamer no ne
hea8taufficu. The grand jmy at Dever, Delaware,
yesterday indicted II persons charged with
the attack ou O'llrieu'si circus troupe last
week.
Miss Emma Whitmer, of Lewer Milfeid
township, Lehigh county, who was robbed
one night last fall, while she slept, of a
beautiful head of hair, died en Friday of
grief ever her less.
A mau named Slaven, aged about 26
years, who worked for Philip Detts, near
Spnngheuse, Moutgemeny county, was
found en Thursday evening in a weeds en
the read near that place dead from the
effects of an epileptic fit. His father died
at the same place from the same disease
A charter has been issued at the state
department te the Delaware aud Atlantic
Telegraph and Telephone company, in the
counties el Chester, Bucks, Montgomery
and Delawaic, with a capital of $10,000.
The general route and points te be con
nected are as fellows : Philadelphia te
Chester, Media, and state line via, Darby,
Philadelphia, te Coatesville, and thenca te
Lancaster county, with lateral Hues te
We3t Chester. Norristown, Plio'nixville
and ether points.
It is well net te feel with the ground
hog. Heward Martin, near Ken net
Square, Chester county, while attempting
te blew up groundhogs near his father's
house, was horribly injured. He had
poured powder down the hole and attempt
ed te light it by the aid of a fuse, but un
fortunately the powder ignited before he
had time te attain a safe distance and
his clothing was set en fire and his arms
ware burnt te, a crisp. The cases of a geld
watch in Martin's pocket were completely
melted.
ceiikt of common flkas.
The Uartman Will cuae Still On.
I The whele of this morning's session was
taken up by the case of the contested will
of the late Jacob Hartman. The defense
centiuued te call witnesses by whom they
endeavored te show that Miss Ackerman,
the housekeeper of the deceased, and her
son exercised undne influence ever him te
the prejudice of the contestants. -At
neon it was found that the case could net
possibly be concluded this week, se the
jjurers were discharged until Monday at
00LUMMA NEWS.
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KEIIDLAK UOKKTWOXDKNUK
KvenU .ilens the Susquehanna Items ut
InMtMt In aud Around the Koreugh
ricked up by the Intelil-
cencer Reporter.
Mr. Jehn Weinrr, a freight brakemau of
the Pennsylvania railroad, was squeezed
te death between the dead weeds of two
cars which he was endeavoring te ceuple
in the west yards here, last night. Life
was gene by the time he was extricated
from his terrible position. Deputy Core?
ner Frank and a jury will view the remains
aud render a verdict this evening. The
time of burial is net yet determined upon,
but will probably be en Monday. The
mother of deceased was killed last fall iu
the east yards of the P. R. R., by the Har
risbnrg accomedation train, while gather
ing coal en the track.
Mr. Geerge Campbell, a Pennsylvania
railroad roundhouse empleye, had his
right hand badly mashed yesterday while
coupling cars. Amputation will net he
necessary.
Mr. Joel Fester, sr., a freight brake
man of the Pennsylvania railroad, -was"
thrown from his train in the Philadelphia
yards, last night about 9 o'clock, and
severely injured. He was brought te his
home in this place early this morning.
Council.
Adjourned meeting e council was held
last evening. Tax rate for this year set
tied at 6 mills en the dollar. Communi
cation received fiem Reading & Columbia
railroad company, asking the epening of
Cherry street fr ::i Second te Frent street.
Ne action takn. Alse another petition
requesting the borough te vacate alley I,
from Bank alley te Pennsylvania iailrcad.
A committee was appointed te confer with
railroad authorities en the matter. Coun
cil's action will be delayed until commit
tee acts and reports lOMilts of confereiu-o.
Tlie Churches.
To-uierrow's subjects at the churches :
Presbyterian, morning, " Seme elements
of a vigorous Christian life ; " Bethel
Church of Ged, morning, " Backbit im;
and evil speaking j'ovening'Tnetcrriblo
evil of drunkenness ; " Trinity Re
formed, evening, " Saul, the Pharisoe ;"
Methodist, "Songs of the night." The
pastor of this church will also preach at.
the A. M, E, church at the quarterly con
feronce meeting iu the afternoon. The E.
E. Lutheran pulpit will be occupied te
morrow by Rev. C. A. Hay, 1). !., of
Gettysburg.
Educational Notes.
The oral examinations at the public
schools during the past week were of tha
most satisfactory character.
Pref.B. G. Ames will remove his family
back te Columbia from Philadelphia
again.
Prof. E. E. lligboe, state superiutond superiutend
end of public s-choels, was much pleased
with his examinations of the school:! of
this place.
rib:lc Affairs.
The free festival of St. Paul's P. .
church will be continued te night in tha
Letus elub room.
An important meeting of the Kcely
stove company btockheldcrs will be held
en Monday eveuing, May llth, iu Odd
Fellows' hall.
On Tuesday evening, May 1st, fJen.
Welsh Pest. Ne 118, G. A. It., will held a
meeting. The pest intends te give an
entertainment iu a short time.
Pest Ne. 226, of Mariettj, is te be pie
sented by the ladies of that pl.ice with six
beautiful Hags ou Friday Evening, May
llth. Numerous (1. A. It., guests are ex
pectcd te attend the exercises.
Literary, Alnslcai and Secial.
v)n Monday evening a public package
party will be held at Mr. Simen May's
residence, en Locust street, by the Metho
dist church congregation.
The new teacher of the Citizen's hand,
Prof. Worrell, gave his tirst lessen Iffst
night.
The Letus social club held a speci d
business meeting las-t evening.
The "Orpheaus" meet en Tuesday
ovening at Mr. IIenry I'fahler'.s, Locust
street.
Little Locals.
A runaway herse en Locust street yes
terday managed te demolish the shafts
and a wheel of the vehicle te which he was
attached.
Anether niuaway occurred en the same
street this morning, hut a broken hitching
pest, with which the w.igen collided, was
the euly damage which icsnlted.
Beating lias been temporarily discen
tiuued en the Pennsylvania canal. A break
has occurred iu the canal bank at Rsp.iy
town aqueduct, which will net be repair
I for five days.
A large party of lailii's and gentlemen
will make a rafting excursion te PerL fin
posit, en Monday.
Nathan & Ce's circus and muiiageriu
will show about the middle of M:y.
Train lumpers.
Railroad Officers Pyle and Keiinrdy yet
terday arrested four train jumpers and
locked them up. This morning three of
them were taken before Aldermau Me
Coiiemy and sent te jail for ten days each.
The fourth, a man named Rebeit Harris,
was siek when ai rested, and en being ex
amined by a physician was declared te lm
suffering from smallpox.
This forenoon Officcis Kennedy and
Pyle captured three mero train jumpers at
Mill creek station and brought them t
Lancxster. Alderman McConemy rum
initted them for ten days each.
Charged With Ferjjery.
Jacob Hard, of Columbia, charged b
Jehn A. Charles, of this city, with forgery,
entered bail for a hearing befere Alderman
Spurrier en Monday next, at 1 1 o'clock
It appears that the accused had discounted
at the Lancaster County bank, a note for
$1,100, purporting te have been signed b v
avid Bard and payable in sixty days,
he nete matured June 5, 1S82, and wei.t
te pretest. In the meantime David Bard
died, and Mr. Charles, his executer, pro
nounced the nete a forgery. Mr. Jacob
Bard declares the note genuine and is 3iu
ions for the fullest investigation.
Hurled iu Ceal.
Ycstciday an Irishman familiarly known
by the name of " Pat " employed by the
pipe line company at Millway, made a
narrow escape from death. He was ou a
coal car that was standing en ;i trestle
work, some twenty-five feet above the
ground, wheu seme one opened the trap
iu the bottom of the car :tud Pat and
about eight tens of coal went down te the
ground together. Pat's hands and face
were terribly cut, but none of his bones
were broken. He was patched up and
expects seen te be as well as ever.
Odd Fellows Klectlen..
The ballets cast in the ledges for grand
officers of the OJd Fellows in this state
have been counted and Dr. F. V. Van
Artsdalen is found te have been clectf d
grand warden, the only place for which
there was a contest. He received 1,910
votes te 1.520 for Chas. II. Smith, the next
highest. The elect is a practicing physician
in Lewer Merien township, Montgomery
county. He was an active member of the
order for 26 years.
21 ay or 's Court.
The mayor this mewing sent two dis dis
orderlies te the work house for thirty days
each. One drunken and disorderly person
was discharged en payment of costs, and a
vagrant was discharged.
A Severe Kali.
Adam Blumenstock, a bricklayer work
ing en the new Mxnnercher building en
North Prince street, fell through the joists
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