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WEDNESDAY FVENINQ, MAY 0, 1B83,
The Civil Service Bules.
The rules of the civil service commis
sion de net serve te make the concern
shine as a very gigantic thing in the
way of administration. Tne present ap
pearance of the rnuch-talked of cemmis
sien recalls anew the fable of the moun
tain that labored and brought forth a
mouse. If the commission is any bigger
than a mouse, it certainly does net leek
bigger than a respectable rat. Its oper
ation is limited alew and aloft and in
between and all around. It tases no
cognizance of laborers, nor of offi
cers confirmed by the Senate. The
confidential clerk of a depart
ment head also escapes the com
mission's scrutiny, as de also the
cashier of a collector or postmaster, the
superintendent of the money order divi
sions in posteffices, custodians of money
for whose fidelity another officer is under
official bendsecret service officers.trans efficers.trans officers.trans
laters, stenographers, persons profession prefession professien
allyemployed, chief clerks, superintend
ents and chiefs of bureaus. Then the
commission reaches no officeref any kind
who is employed in a posteffice or a cus
tern house that has less than fifty effi
cers. Eleven custom houses andtwenly
t.iirpn Dosteffices only come under the
harrow of civil service reform as execu
ted by this commission. The clerks in
the government offices at Washington,
who are net included in the many ex
ceptions, are the chief care of the com
mission. It will be their success in giv.
ing us geed bookkeepers, better writers,
money counters, messengers, and all
that kind of officers in the Washington
public buildings upon which the title of
the commission te our applause and
gratitude will be based. But as the gen
tlemen and ladies who are doing this
clerical work for us at Washington are
very geed people for it, se far as we knew,
we see no particular occasion that is
likely te arise for a great public ovation
te the civil service commission, because
of their triumphant execution of a great
work.
Te besure,it is possible that some peer
devil of a Democrat may creep into a
small office under these rules, if he has
geed luck; and perhaps we ought te he
grateful for that. Hut as we no net
think that a small government clerkship
is a very desirable possession te any man,
and as a Democrat's chance of getting
one under the commission's rules is net
particularly brilliant, we feel under no
obligation te let our bowels of compas
sion for our party friends move as te
laudation of what seems te be a stupidly
undertaken business. Of course, there
is no politics in the commission. The
very essence of its being was the avoid
ance of political appointments. But it
does net touch heads of bureaus. Tliey
are political. When their heads want a
subordinate they are directed te draw en
the commission. They are supplied
with four names for each clerk they
need, from which te select the one they
prefer. This latitude of choice will
suffice te give them a man of their party
every time, unless they have particularly
hard luck. The fellows they de net
select go back into the pet. They may
be drawn three times ; buL if rejected
that often they are pitched overboard
altogether; as they are, tee, if they de
net succeed in receiving an appointment
within one year from their selection.
Their educational requirements aiv
net severe, as they are examined only in
orthography, penmanship and copying ;
in the fundamental rules of arithmetic,
fractions and percentages ; in interest,
discount and elements of book-keeping ;
in the elements of the English language,
letter writing and the proper construction
of sentences ; and in the elements of
the geography history and govern
ment of the United States. All
these are desirable objects of knewl
edge, but manifestly are net particularly
needed by the messenger or letter car
rier, for instance, who is sufficiently
educated when he has learned te read,
and who would de his work better with
active legs than an educated head. The
commission seems te have had some
idea that it was asking tee much bonk
knowledge for some positions, since it
provides that for places in which a
lower degree of education will suffice
the examination may be limited
te penmanship, copying and orthegra
phy and the fundamental rules of arith
metic ; which is still an unnecessarily
large demand while alertness and legs
are the only points te be critically exam
hied. We de net note that the com mis
sien proposes an inquiry into the si;.e of
an applicant's calves, the depth of his
chest, or the state of his corns ; or. in
deed, any careful physical examination,
though this would seem te be of the first
importance in selecting efficient of
ficers for any place, high or low,
the well established tule being
that a sound mind dwells only in a
sound body. It is directed that the ap
plicant shall provide himself with certi
ficates of his geed morals, geed health,
and physical and mental capacity for
doing the public work ; but there is no
geed reason why certificates should an -swer
a better purpose ler these qualifica
tions than for the educational one?, which
might just as well be certified te the
commission from the colleges and
schools. Ne one may apply for admis
sion te the postal service who is ever
thirty-five years of age ; which seems te
be an excessive recognition by the com
mission of the importance of youth in
the postal service. The customs service
may be entered up te forty-five. This is
. quite a new idea of the merit of age. The
commission evidently is net of the opin
ion that it is a crime te be a young man ,
or perhaps their idea is that the places
they have at their disposal are of se little
account that only boys and girls should
be permitted te accept them. There is
some justification for this opinion. The
commission's work is of very little con
sequence. There is nothing in it te
disturb the composure of the people,
generally.
Seme of the newspaper correspondents
have been trying te anticipate the pub
licatien of Curtis' biography of Bu
chanan by warming up, with greater or
less inaccuracy, the familiar newspaper
stories about the betrothal of his early
life, the death of his premised bride and
the shadow which it cast upon his after
domestic relations. The greater inac
curacy of these sensational scribes gen
erally characterizes the stories of these
who with most pesitiveness assert that
they tell the plain unvarnished tale of
facts familiar te the memory of the elder
inhabitants of Lancaster city ; aud they
who confidently relate that besides the
facts they knew and tell " there are
none ether in the narrative of James
Buchanan's first and only love," may be
surprised, upon the appearance of Mr.
Curtis' biography, te find that an 1m
pertant part of the record of this passage
e his life was sealed when it was made
and the seals were never broken until,
all the actors in it had passed te another
world.
A Peet's Leve Story.
The matrimonial eccentricities, felici
ties and mis-alliances of famous literary
men have been an interesting study for
these who delight in contemplating the
curiosities of literature and the calami
ties of authors. It has been remarked
that nothing is se notable about the
wives of great men as their resemblance
in character and fortune te the wives of
lesser men, and, perhaps, it is only be
cause they stand in the brighter light of
ampler criticism tuat there seems te at
tach te the domestic relations of poets,
dramatists and ether men of genius
peculiar misfortune and frequent ship
wreck. The subject involuntarily sug
gests the names of Dante, Shakespeare,
Cervantes, Milten, Byren, Goethe and a
host of less brilliant lights. Joaquin Mil
leris by no means the meanest of the later
day poets and abroad, mere distinctively
than at home, he has been acknowledged
as an original genius whose contribu
tions te American literature have em
phasized its claims te distinctive receg
nitien. His checkered married life has
been the subject of a great deal of gos
sip and scandal, and perhaps a man ei
mere native refinement and delicacy
of sentiment would have hesitated
te tell the story of the heart which
we reprint te-day from his narration of
it in a San Francisce newspaper. But.
as a correction of the scandal and gossip
that have travestied the truth and as a
romance of real life it is a curious and
interesting story. It leaves little te !
explained of the causes which led
te their luture separation, while it re
veals very plainly the sources of the
Sierra poet's inspiration for much of the
best work iie has ever done. The egot
ism of the man obtrudes itself se plainly
through this very sketch that no one will
acquit him of his share of responsibility
for the awakening te their levers' day
dream. But if he has written the closing
of this tale in sad sincerity aud it is
hard te see hew he could have ceiued his
best sentiments into the earnings of the
penny-a-liner he is entitled le the pity
of a world that haschided him.
There are " no returns " of umbrella
statistics iu the census reports. Quite
natural.
Galveston has scored the receipt this
season of 800,000 bales of cotton, ami thus
becomes the second pert for this slapie of
the country.
The striking coal miners of Western
Pennsylvania have filed a petition in the
Pittsburgh courts for arbitrators under tlie
Wallace act. it will nicely new nave a
fair test of its merits.
An important railway enterprise was
organized in Duluth yesterday, te iuu a
read from there te Red River. Five mil
lien dollars of capital augurs a potent,
factor in the development of the rich Red
River country.
The third velume of Count Paris' his
tery of our civil war will ba ready for
the American public in about a month. It
will include the war en the Rapidan, the
Mississippi and in Pennsylvania, includ
ing the decisiva battle of Gettysburg.
It is reperted that the civil service re
form commissioners have determined te
give Keim a cbauca te ask the withdrawal
of his narnn. They count without their
host. Keiru is altogether tee modest te
take such iibeitfes as that, with himself
aud his present opportunity.
The appointment of a Greenback orator,
general, colonel and general disturber of
Democratic peace, named Butler, te a
place in Sacretary of Internal AfTaiis
Africa's office gives offence te the Dcmec
racy of northwestern Pennsylvania and
they are eagerly inquiring vthe is respon
sible ler the imposition upon Mr. Afriea,
THE SEASONS.
Hay, and corn, and buds mid llewers,
Snow, and Ice, and truit and wlne
Suns and seasons, sleets and shower!?,
lSriny in turn these fjilts divine.
Spring blows. Summer glows.
Autumn reaps, Winter keeps.
Spring prepares Summer provides
Autumn hoards and Winter hides.
Come then, friends, tccir praises sound ;
Summer, Antumn, Wlntei, Spring,
As they run their yearly round,
Each in turn with gladness sing !
Time ureps blessings as lie tiles
Time makC3 ripe and then makes wise.
Rev. Dr. Buiggs, a professor in the
Union Presbyterian theological seminary
of New Yerk city, an original and vigor
ous thinker aud an able preacher, will
deliver the annual sermon this evening
hefore the Society of Religious Inquiry of
the Reformed Theological seminary. Te
this association the community is i egularly
indebted for the presentation by some able
divine of one phase or another of Christiau
thought and these who hear te night's ser
men will profit mere than from the mere
bestowal of a proper compliment te the
praisowertby efforts of the society te pro
mote Christian culture.
Oun consular reports from the British
isles indicate that the prevailing distress
in Ireland is net se much greater than
usual, as has been represented, but the
situation of the peasantry is always bad
enough and is new aggravated by a short
age of potatoes and ether brcadstuffs.
Emigration is steadily increasing and 74.8
per cent, of the persons who left Ireland
last year were between the ages of fifteen
and thirty-five, showing that a large
majority were able-bodied. Of the 47,426
males who emigrated no less than 32,955
were returned as simple laborers. As te
farmers, the figures for the past three!
years are : 1880, 1,994 ; 1881, 2,440, and
1882, 3,140.
Nothing se scandalous was ever known
in the gossip of pnblie life in this .county
as the mean insinuations of the scurrilous
English prints occasioned by the geed
queen's faithful devotion te her loyal
irillie Jehn Brown. What mere natural
than that in her desolate widowhood she
should turn dependency aud uven leau
trustfully en the old servant whom possibly,
alene of her attendants and counsellers,
she could implicitly trust and in whose
utter unselfishness she could rely ? Te the
decency and credit of American journal
ism he it noted that the flings and asper
sions of her own subjects of the harpy
press have found little respensiva echo en
this side of the water.
A brilliant contemporary argues that
the European nations could net afford te
disband their huge standing armies be
cause the three million soldiers " could
net find cmploymeut if they were turned
out of "their vocation. Neither the me
chanic arts nor agriculture need, or could
employ, these legions ; for the increased
production would at ence break the market
for wares and feed, and se react en the
general welfare by unsettling values in
every direction." If the nations burdened
with the .support of these legions can afford
te keep them in idleness they could still
better iuanage te support them when they
were turned te active productive pursuits.
The masses of the Eurepcau countries are
weighed down with the burden of keeping
up the" standing armies, aud their estab
lishment is a constant menace te peace and
a provocation te war.
PERSONAL.
Auciinisuer Girrens' mother, of Bal
timore, died yesterday in New Orleans.
Senater Antheny was reperted
stronger and mero comfortable last even
ing. James Lenc.street, jr., a son of the
ex-Confcderate general, has been ap
pointed by Mr. Arthur te he cadet at at
large at Aunapelis academy.
Senater Waee Hampton has accepted
au invitation te deliver the oration at the
unveiling of a monument te Confederate
dead in Camdcu, S. C, en June 20.
Charles B. Hall, president of the
Bosten national bank, died yesterday
morning in Bosten, lle was state treasu
rer of Massachusetts from 1848 te 1S53.
Rev. E. II. Bewer, D. D., late of Lin
coln university, deceased, had $D,000 in
surance en his life which has been paid te
his wife.
Rescoe Conkling made a mistaken
speech, in the judgment of the Stalwart
Philadelphia htening JViics, but iu the oye
of the mero Stalwart Rraminer,he is a lien
among poedlo whelps.
Charles L. Davis' (' Alviu Jeslyn's")
divorced wife, formerly a beautiful young
woman of Bingbaropten, N. Y., then a
variety actress aud later sunken low in
degradation, rcceutiy died in the Lead
ville almshouse.
Ex-Gov. IIei'rrN's wife followed
some men diiving cows en the streets of
New Yerk for eight blocks until she
could get a policeman te inake them re
lieve the kine by milking their udders,
which were se full that milk and bleed
were running from them.
Georee W. Peck, who has leaped into
a certain order of fanie and wealth by his
bad hey stories, which the virtuous Neic
Era published in January and deprecated
in April, is said te receive a larger yearly
income from his writings than Emersen
realized during his entire life.
Mn. Randall is much better assured of
election as speaker of the next Iloitse than
he was in March. His enemies aud op
ponents epened fiie tee seen. Their at
tack upon bin cousctvative position en
economic questions has only seived te ex ex
eite apprehensions in the congressional
delegations of such slates as Ohie that if
his enemies get. the swing of the party
they will lead it le defeat. Mr. Randall
is in less danger of lesiug the speakership
thau ever.
Princess Beatrice is the old maid of
the queen's family, being iu her 29th year.
It is believed in Louden that she was sin
cerely attached te the late Prince Imperial.
The marriage could never have taken
place, because, according te the English
constitution, no member of the royal
family may marry a Reraau Catholic. Se
the princess still remains a maid, and may
possibly de se for many years yet te come,
though every new and then ene hears
rumors of the advent of a German princel
ing who is te claim her hand and her
dowry.
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THE CIVIL SKSIVIOJ3 KUl.CS.
Hew the Commission Will be Untried In
Solectlng tjevernmnnr Empleyes.
The civil service rules, as finally revised
aud approved by President Arthur, are
given for publication. The tenor of most
of them has already been published in the
newspapers et the country. Rule five
provides that there shall be three branches
of the shi vice, net including laborers, as
fellows : First, these classified in the de
partments at Washington shall he desig
nated "the classified departmental ser
vice." Second, these classified under any
collector, naval ofiicer, surveyor or ap
praiser in any customs district shall be
designated "the classified customs ser
vice." Third, these classified under any
postmaster at any posteffice, including
that at Washington, shall be designated
" the classified postal service." The
postal and customs classes embrace the
several districts where the officials arc
as many as fifty.
Rules six and seven give the method and
scope of the examination of candidates.
They will be examined en the following
subjects : Orthography, penmanship and
copying, arithmetic, fundamental rules,
fractions and percentage, interest, dis dis
ceutit and elements of bookkeeping and of
accounts ; elements of the English lan
guage, letter writing and the proper con
structien of sentences ; elements of the
geography, history and government of the
United states. Sixty-five t3r cact will be
required in the first three subjects te
secure a " grading," and no one who does
net attain this proficiency will be entitled
te a certificate of appointment. The com
missioners may order examinations of a
higher grade for place of special impor
tance, but no questions calling
for the disclosure of political or
religious opinions will be asked.
The names of all these who attain G5 per
cent, will be entered en the books in order
of their excellence, and the appointments
will be made as vacancies occur. The
places will be apportioned as nearly as
possible among the several states and ter
riteries, upon tha basin of population.
Every appointment will be only for a
probationary period of six months, when
if satisfactory, the appeintee will be con
tinned in his place.
Bbie IJhII Yesterday
At Baltimore : Athletic, 8 ; Baltimore, 5;
Cincinnati : Cincinnati, 3 : Louisville, 4 ;
Pittsburgh ; Metropolitan, 10 ; Allegheny,
7 ; Buffalo : Buffale.G ; Cleveland, 2 ; Phil
adelphia : Athletic, 8 ; Baltimore, 5.
At Trenten : The Inter State association
game between the Trenten and Harrisburg
clubs was interrupted by rain In the fifth
inning, and the umpire declared the game
in favor of the Trenten. The score was
Harrisburg, 1 ; Trenten, 3.
MAT WEATHER
UKSTKUUTIVE WINDS MET X.OOMK.
Thunder Unit aad Mrtecf 0amag Tn
Ice Firm at Oaebec trerepaash'a
Clrcea Tent Vreetrated.
The temperature at Leng Branch Tues
day steed at Se degrees in tue shade, a,
heavy thunder storm prevailed there
Tuesday night. A terrific wind and rain
storm passed ever Trenten, New Jersey,
en Tuesday afternoon. The maint tent of
Ferepaugh's circus was blown down, and
the canvas tern te shreds ; the " aerial
apparatus " was destroyed, and the seats
were overturned. Fortunately the last of
the afternoon audionce had just left the
tent, se that the only casualty was the
injury of a circus eraploye by a falling
pole. In conscquenco of the accident there
was no ring performance in the evening.
A violent thunder storm passed ever
Williamsport, Pa., en Tuesday after
noon, doing great damage. Houses were
struck by lightning, trees aud fences
were levelled, and the woolen mill of Sta Sta
den & Ce., was uuroefed. At Danville
the reefs of several houses wero blown off
and ethor miner damages inflicted. The
telegraph wires are downatsevoral places.
The reef of che large bridge evor the river
at Berwick was carried away aud trees
were uprooted. Themas Carsen, whose
engine ran into a tree blown across the
track near Mocanequa, was seriously in
jured. The most violent hail storm since
1877 visited Northern Berks county Tues.
day afternoon. Window panes and fruit
trees suffered materially. The rainfall
was very heavy, badly washing out fields.
A terrific thuuder and lightning storm
passed ever Bellcfonte accompanied with
hail stones thrce inches iu circumforence.
IuUagleten store boxes, chimneys and
fences were blown along through the streets
promiscuously, greatly endangering per
sons who chanced te be seeking shelter.
At West Hazleton the new unoccupied
house, owned by Geerge Kern, was blown
down, aud two ether buildings, unoccu
pied. The Park hotel and the fouce sur
rounding it were completely wrecked. The
hotel was untenanted. The judges' stand
near the centre of the park, was blown
almost a hundred feet distant.
A Ceal Hreaker mown Down.
Iu Driiten the new breaker which is
being built by Coxe Brethers & Ce., ad
joining Ne. 1, was blown down and two
men, a carpenter named Dunn aud a
Hungarian laborer, were instantly killed,
and about 15 men aud boys mero or less
injured by the falling limbers and ma
chinery. The full force of the tornado
struck the long covered planes en both
the old aud new breakers, and before the
terrified empleyes had time te realize
their danger the heavy timbers wero sent
crushing te the ground with neise similar
te the booming of cannon. The alarm
was quickly given by blowing the whistles.
As seen as possible hundreds of men were
en the ground ready te render assistance.
At first it. was supposed that a greater
numbev of the empleyes had been
killed and wounded, but as the
portion of the breaker knewu as
the screeu house was net seriously
damaged, the large number of men and
boys employed therein escaped, with bnt
few exceptions, unharmed. An old man
named Ceyle had his leg broken aud sus
taiucd ether injuries that may cause his
death, hut the ethers will all recover. At
Jed de a driver boy employed en the culm
bauk had a narrow escape, lie was haul
ing out a leaded truck from under the
breaker when a tree fell en the mule kill
ing him instantly. At Freeland a large
plate glass window in the store of Werner
Brethers, valued at $75, was broken by
the slate flyiug from the reef of the build,
ing opposite and all the windows in the
Doues mansion and a number of these in
the College hotel of Fred Haas were also
broken. The store of Williams & Loer Leer
uer was damaged considerably aud several
new buildings, which were standing en
blocks, were overturned, and a number of
wagons and carriages left standing in the
streets were upset. At Black Ridge part
of the reef was blown from the breaker,
aud the Dispatch office was completely de
molished by a falling tiee. 1'he telephone
aud telegraph wires were prostrated iu
many places, and it was therefore impos
sible te obtain a full r-sthnate of the dam
age caused by the storm. At Stockton a
bieakcr owned by Lindcrman, Skeer &
Ce. was partially destroyed and several
persons wounded.
Hull, Lightning anil Celli.
One of the "severest bail storms ever
known" at Denver, Colerado, visited that
place Tuesday. It lasted for au hour and
was accompanied by tin rifle thunder and
lightning. " Hail stones au inch in diam
eter lay 0 inches deep in the streets."
A thunder storm en Tuesday at Omaha,
Neb., did damage estimated at $15.000.
A violent gust at Paterson, New Jersey,
en Tuesday afternoon, uprooted trees,
scattered lumber piles, unroofed several
mills, demolished an unfinished church
spire, aud slightly injured several persons.
The ice is still firm lu the Ragena river,
Quebec. The water in the Ottawa river,
Canada, continues falling, an event with
out parallel at this season of tbe year, ac
cording te the rccollectieu of the "eldest
inhabitant."
CALAMITY AMD OKI lit:.
Seme Keccnt Fatal Disasters.
Dr. Iieiuauli, a prominent physician of
Medina. Indiaua, while hunting ou Tues
day, had the hammer of his gun caught iu
seme brush, when it exploded aud shot
him iu the neck. Ile died instantly. The
national beard of health is informed that
170 deaths from the glandular plague have
occurred iu the neighborhood of Sulimania
and Bagdad, and that a quarantine has
been established along the Turkish fron
tier. Jehn llessier, a German, aged 40,
with a family, was employed as cutter iu
the clothing store of Charles Rice at
Shenandoah, where he had an established
reputation for excellent workmanship.
Several days age he received a letter from
Germany, which, it is said, contained bad
news, lie bacame despondent, complain
ed of feeling uuwell aud immediately left
the store, but instead of going home he
walked in the direction of "William Penn
en the railroad, aud was shortly after
wards seen by the engineer of an approach
ing train, who whistled for Rossier te
leave the track, which he did, but when
the engiue was within a few yards of him
he sat down en the rail, threw up his
hands and was crushed under the train.
Jehn Hcalcy, aged 23, while at work at
Fisher's slate quarries, at Chapmans, was
instantly killed by the premature explo
sion of a blast at which he was working.
His entire head was blown off. Healey
was a single man.
Tlie Annals of Crlnie.
Charles Schneider was fatally wounded
by a drunken man named Poindextcr at
Willcox, Arizona, en Monday. Poiudex Peiudex
ter was arrested. Daniel Shnemaker
killed a traveling salesman named Leng,
and was himself mortally wounded, in a
quarrel at Cornishville, Kentucky, en
Monday. S. M. Thompson was shot and
killed by City Marshal Butler, while re
sisting arrest in Oxford, Mississippi, en
Tuesday evening. At. Delvalb, Texas, en
Saturday last, W W. Dillard shot
and instantly killed Henry Sims in self
defense. Mr. Dillard is a lawyer and
member of the Legislature and Sims, who
was a planter, was said te be a quarrel
some bully. The preliminary trial of
Philip B. Thompson, congressman, for the
murder of Walter II. Davis, was begun en
Tuesday in Harredshurg, Kentucky.
Tuesday sessions of the criminal court in
Chicago was consumed iu trying te secure
a jury te try "Jerry" Dunn, charged with
I the murder of the pugilist Elliett. One
juryman thai far baa been accepted by
oetn Bides, ana it is thought it will require
two days te secure a fnll panel.
The grand jury at Yankton, Dakota,
was dismissed en Tuesday. It is said te
certain that a number of members of the
Legislature have been indicted for bribery.
A sensation was created in San Autonie,
Texas, en Tuesday, by the confession of
Majer Wassen, the paymaster reported te
have been robbed of $24,000 en a train near
Fert Werth, Texas, that the whole trans
action was a fraud te cover his short
account with the government. The
amount of which he is ' short " is $5,500,
and it is said his Iowa bondsmen are geed
for the amount. He has designated the
hiding place of the remaining $18,500, and
officers have been sent for it. Wassen is
under arrest and will be tried by a military
fleurt.
NEWS HOTKS.
Interesting Gleanings trreta tbe Morning
Haila.
The Ohie beard of agriculture has re
ceived official dispatches from ether states
giving the following probabilities for acre
age and condition combined, of winter and
spring wheat in the states named : Kansas,
03 ; Minnesota, 7G ; Indiana, 90 ; Iowa,
about 80 ; California, S7 ; Michigan, C4 ;
Ohie, 50 ; Iillineis, April estimate, GS ;
Kentucky, April estimate, GG. Frem these
and ether data, Secretary Chamberlain,
of Ohie, estimates a provable total short
age of 100.000,000 bushels from the last
crop of 500,000,000 bushels.
The Hetel Men's Mutual Benefit associ
ation of the United States met yesterday
in Bosten. The secretary and treasurer,
F. W. Rice, of Chicago, reported that
since last meeting the receipts had beeu
$20,199, and the disbursements, $21,044.
The number or death losses paid was 13.
The present membership was 891, an in
crease of 23.
The seventh annual New Yerk bench
show, given under the auspices of the
Westminster Kennel club, epeued yester
day iu Madisen Square garden. Over
1,100 dogs are en exhibition.
The Monumental street railway, iu Bal
timore, including 3 miles of track and its
equipment, was sold at auction yesterday
by the receiver. It was bought for $100,000
by a syndicate of Philadelphia and Balti
more capitalists.
The fourth bieunial convention of the
Catholic Knights of America met yester
day in St. Leuis, ever 200 delegates being
present. Mayer Ewing delivered au
address of welcome.
A grand national pilgrimage of Cana
dians te Notre Dame de Lourdes, iu
France, has been organized in Montreal,
under tbe auspices of Monseigneur Fabre.
It will leave Montreal early in July.
Frederick Wesley, of Penn Station,
Westmoreland county, committed suicide
by eating arsenic a lew days age. He had
beceme dispirited through family trouble.
I.KBANUN COUNTY'S WIl.U uIIU..
A Shocking Story of Ignorance and Deprav
ity In MlllcreeK Township.
Womelsderl Dispatch te the Times.
On the northern slope of Seuth Menu
tain, in Millcrcek township, Lebanon
county, lives a family, among whom is a
girl resembling a wild woman and who is
kept mere like a best tb.au a human
being. The family consists of but
three persons, the father, a son and the
girl in question. They occupy au old leg
hut, which is nearly ready te tumble
down. The girl's mother died when she
was a child and the peer creature has had
no one te train her. Her mind has always
been weak and she was neglected entirely
in every way. She has uet been inside of
a school room iu all her life ; she cauuet
read or write. She is very shy of strang
ers. When she sees a person approaching
her she disappears in the bushes
and rocks en the mountain. In the spring,
". is said, her father compels her te ire
out ou the hill with a fleck of turkeys,
which she has se trained that they fellow
her through the thickets and weeds from
morning until night. Kind neighbors
have several times attempted te catch the
girl when she was out with the turkeys
aud care for her, but all te no purpose.
She runs at the sight of a person and dis
appears, with the fowls at her heels.
Wheat bread, the neighbors say, is un
known te the creature ; that her principal
diet was corn-dodgers and a sort of paste
made of dried rye flour. Her father gen
erally acts in the capacity of cook aud
baker. Her dress consists of old rags,
which are tied about her body.
Seme time age ene of the neighbors
took compassion en her and made a new
calico dres3, which was probably the only
ene the girl has worn for several years.
Headware and shoes are unknown te her
iu her rambles through the rough weeds
and mountains. She has long auburn
hair, whieh she wears hanging down
ever her shoulders. The household
affairs of this wretched family arc said te
be very primitive, there being bjut one bed
in the heuse. Stories of a most outrageous
character have been circulated about this
family. It is stated by geed authority that
a number of citizens will call tbe atteutieu
of the proper officials te this family and
have the matter remedied.
MCLDOOA'!) P1UNIU."
lly ' Vault " Newell's Comedy Company.
Last evening "Yank" Newell's spe
cialty company appeared in the opera
house te an audience, which was worth
ever $200, of geed size considering that
the weather is very warm and the season
is drawing te a close. The company con
sists of but eleven peeple and seme parts
of their performance was quite enjoyable.
The entertainment opened with a little
sketch entitled "The Mystic Mede," Miss
Clara Franklin, a ctever serio-cemic with
a geed voice, sang a number of pieces in
cluding Joe Emmett's " Cuckoo Seng."
The performance of Billy Mack and Edith
Valentine was only fair ; Jehn W. Morten
was seen in a little of the Geerge Wilsen
style of negre business and was geed.
Mr. Morten is a member of the famous
" Big Four," a strong team of comedians,
who had a company .ou the read this year.
Their season closed a few weeks age, and
Mr Morten, as well as Mr. Shepkard, the
manager, joined this " snap " for the re
mainder of the season. The entertainment
closed with the very cleverly written
piece eutitled "Mnldoeu's Picnic," which,
however, has been done te death the past
two seasons. Themas Murray and Billy
Mack impersonated Muldoenand Mulcahey
and the latter was the better Irish come
dian, although neither was great. Other
features were the introduction of the
trained donkey "Jerry," and the Biuging
of Misses Valentine and Franklin. The
company shows the effects of wear and it
is said te have been changed very often
since Newell started from St. Leuis with
it. Newell is well known as an agent.
Twe years age he was here ahead of the
Sells' Brethers circus, and conducted a
bitter war against Batcheller & Deris. He
had a number of the latter's billpesters
arrested for covering up Sells Brether's
paper. He was also a manager of the May
Fisk Blendes for some time.
They Kepert It a Geed Bridge.
Yesterday Wm. M. Slaymaker, Samual
C. Slaymaker, Samual McDonald, Jehn A.
Shober, Jehn Clark and Wm. C. Beecber,
who were appointed by the court, inspected
the bridge which has just been built by
Elias McMelleu across the Little Cones Cenes
toga, at Greff ' s mills. They found that
the material and in its constuclien were
geed and it was built in a workman like
manner and in accordance with the speci
fications. Thirty Sbares et stock
. L. Reinhold sold 30 shares of Mari
ietta hollow ware stock te Cel. James
Duffy, at $220 per share, instead of 10, as
reported yesterday.
FRANKFORD . IN LIMBO.
'THE OMS-KTKD HUH" lUEMTIFlED.
He Recognizes tne "Intelligencer" Reporter,
and Accords Him an Interview.
As related in yesterday's Intelligen
cer, there was geed reason te believe that
" the one-eyed man " recently arrested in
West Chester was Jehn Frankford, the no
torious herse thief, who broke jail here
nearly a year age, and has evaded arrest
by the local authorities ever since, though
he has net, meanwhile, pursued his old-
tirae avocation without some perils et tbe
law, and ence, at lexst, having get within
its clutches.
As seen as it was learned that the West
Chester authorities had identified the
photograph of Frankford sent them by
Prison Keeper Burkheldcr as that of their
prisoner, a representative of the Intel
ligencer was dispatched te West Chester
te verify the identification and te inter
view the prisoner concerning his move meve
ments since he se unceremoniously quit his
quiet bearding place with Mr. Burkhelder
at high neon en that peaceful May day of
last year.
Kececniiiiig Acquaintances.
The result of his trip and of his investi
gatiens leaves no room te doubt that the
daring horse jockey and prison wall scaler
is new in custody at West Chester, where
he was arrested iu iguorance of the impor
tance of their capture by theso who made
it. On the same train which carried the
Intellieencer reporter te West Chester,
went Prisonkccper Burkhelder en the same
errand. Upen arriving in town they called
upon Sheriff Hoopes and Wm. Hemphill,
the latter being the young man who made
the arrest under circumstances fully and
correctly reported horeteforo in these cel
umns. Theso gentlemeu had a photo
graph of their prisoner, which was taken
yesterday forenoon. As seen as it was
shown te the Lancaster men they recog
nized it as that of Jehu Frankford. The
visitors were then taken te the prison and
shown te the cell of the mysterious man,
which is ou the second fleer. Sir. Burk Burk
eolder was the first te enter the cell. He
saw at a glance that the man was Frank
ford, and the latter quickly recognized
him aud seemed te b greatly pleased te
sce a familiar face from Lancaster coun
ty. The reporter of the Intelli
gencer next went in aud wab recog
nized at once by the prisouer, who shook
him warmly by the hand. Besides the
Lancaster men, thore were a number of
lawyers and ethers in the cell, which is
quite roomy. At first Frankford seemed
te be backward about talking and acted
shyly, especially te the Chester cetiuty
men, seme of whom were inclined te in
terview him, and he resented their efforts
te get him te admit local depredations
with exceeding coyness.
Ills Account et Uliusell.
He was taken aside by the iiowspaper
man, and it reply te an inquiry iu regard
te his health stated that he had been
pretty well, although he has suflered con cen con
siderablo pain iu his right oye, in whieh
he was shot. The sight is entirely geno,
but at times the pain is intense He
has also had rheumatism, but was
well of that. After A few ether
remarks the reporter began questioning
Frankford in regard te his travels. He
stated that un the day or the escapa from
the prison here, the 24th of May, 1832,
ha was the last man te leave the cell. He
really did net desire te leave the prison,
as at that time he was endeavoring te ob
tain a pardon, and his efforts iu that di
rection had been quite successful. New
he is worse off than before. After con
siderable coaxing by the ether prisoners
he finally resolved te go along, aud did se.
no, Merris Bricker and Geerge Mc Mc
Alpine separated from tha ethers,
and in the evening turned up at Rawlins
ville. MoAlpiue had a citizen's suit
under his stripes when he left the prison,
se he was net much afiaid of being de
tected. The ether two were draped in
convicts clothing, aud in the evening they
went te the store in Rawlinsville and pur
chased overalls. Upen being asked if he
had ever heard that AI. Ilageu, a prison
inspector, was iu the village of Rawlins
ville ou the night that they visited the
store, he laughed heartily aud replied that
he might have been. After leaving Raw Raw
liusvllle the threa prisouers crossed tbe
river and started at oace in the direction
of Baltimore, where Fraukferd was ac
quaiutcd. About seven miles this side of
that city, Frankford left the ethers. He
heaid afterwards all about the recapture
of Joe Greff, Abe and Ike Buzzard aud
Merris Bricker.
Frankford did net tell a very clear story
in regard te his whereabouts and move
ments after arriving iu Baltimore. n)
said he traveled around through different
towns and went West as far as Chicago.
He was constantly in fear of being ar
rested. While in Chicago he heard that
officers were after him, aud at ence started
East te threw them off the trail. This
spring he has spout a great deal of his
time ia Philadelphia, but could net freely
make his appearance in daylight. He was
compelled te prowl around at night, aud
this became se tireseme that it does net
worry him new that he is arrested again.
TheClie-iter 'Jeunty Cases.
As far as the present charges against
him in Chcster county are coucerned, he
claims that he is entirely innocent ; he
stele nothing aud was just, unfortunate iu
getting off at the wrong station en Sunday
night by mistake. What station he had
intended te step at the prisoner did net
state ; nor docs he tell what his business
was in that part of the country at the
time. His ticket was te West Chester,
but he asked the conductor te let him off
at the first station eutside of West Ches
ter. It was then that the suspicion of Mr.
Hemphill was aroused and he determiued
te capture the man, which he did exactly
in the manner described in the Lancaster
papers yesterday, their accounts being
taken from the press of West Chester and
entirely correct.
Frankford was asked whether he had
net broken out of a jail iu Maryland this
winter, and if he did net attempt te take
a portion of it with him. lie seemed
somewhat astonished at this question aud
reluctantly admitted that he had been in
a prison in that state, which could net
held him.
I'eul and cheerful.
Under all the circumetances Frankford
was very cool and cheerful, and seemed
rather anxious te talk te the reporter. Te
seme ethers he was net se communicative.
Te all he persistently denies his guilt,
although some of his stories are somewhat
strange. In personal appearance he has
net changed much since he left Lancaster.
If anything he is stouter. He was always
accustomed te wear a goatee, but new
has only a moustache, which be wears
heavily dyed. His oye leeks very bad
and his face has beeu se disfigured by the
wound received from a shot in attempt
ing te escape seventeen months age that
it is very difficult for him te escape detec
tion, and his identification is made mere
positive.
Apart from this wound he leeks the
picture of health and as he sat en the win
dow of his cell, with his coat off, submit
ting te this interview, he seemed the most
unconcerned man in the room. He appears
te be anxious te get back te Lancaster
county, where his friends reside, and he is
fearful lest they attempt te keep him
where he is. He thinks he has been very
foolish and if taken back te his old quar
ters will never again attempt te escape.
The New Charges.
There are four charges of horse stealing
and several of larceny iu Chester county
against Fraukferd, and he is said te have
stolen a herse in Delaware county. The
antherities say that they can make out all
of the eases. Yesterday morning be was
given a hearing en the charge of stealing
the horse, wagon and harness of David
Parke,atParkesburg, en the night of Jan
nary 1, 1833. He was followed te the office
of 'Squire Whitehead by a large crowd of
curious people, and there gave bis name as
William Jehnsen, though it was shown
that he had geno by that of
Jehn Parker. He was identified
by William Hemphill, of the firm of
Hemphill Brethers, West Chester, te
whom he bad sold the grain stolen from
David Parke ; by Moses G. Hepburn, pro
prietor of the Maguelia house, iu the East
ward, where he had left the stolen team
te be fed ; and by Jehn Cummins, hostler
of the Turk's Ilel hotel stables, where
he had stepped for a short time with the
stolen team. Elias Copeland, farmer for
David Parke, Parkesburg, was examined
in reference te the horse, wagon, harness,
grain, etc , stolen from Mr. Parke, and
his statement agreed with theso of the
statements by the ether witnesses. The
hearing was euded by the 'squire remand .
ing htm te prison until Thursday after
noon, when he will be given a hearing
upon the charge of having stolen the team
of Hoopes, Bre. and Themas.
During the taking of the testimony tha
prisoner sat holding a handkerchief te his
tlefective oye and appeared very much tin
concernod as te what was going ou. Ile
wait dressed in a garb of black, his bait
was nicely combed, anil altogether looked
quite respectable He gave the name of
William Jehnsen iu rather au undertime
of voice, seemingly reluctant te tell it.
Mli trp friiRtlces.
At the hearing of Constable Caley, of
Willistown, who identified him as the
person te whom the Willistown detective
association had paid a reward for the cap
ture of the herse stolen from Wm. T.
Davis, at Newteu Square, Delaware
county, en the night of Thursday, April
20, and it is quite likely that the prisoner
was then without the treuble of a femv
receiving a rewavd for a herse stolen by
himself. It is also reported that he was
seen about Berwyn last week previous te
the stealing of the horse, wagon, harness
and grain from the stable ami warehouse
of P. W. Lebb at that place.
ills Picture Taken.
After the hearing he was taken te the
photographic gallery of T. W. Tayler, by
the sheriff and censtable iu charge of him,
te be photographed. During the time
he was in the art gallery he asked for seme
papers, remarking that " it was very lone
seme in prison without geed and whole
some literature." The picture of him that
was taken is a very correct likeness and
from it Mr. Hall, of the West Chrstt-r
Republican, had a cut made for his paper
of this morning.
Since his arrest Frankford has given the
names of Wm. Jehnsen, Jehn McCauu and
Jehn McCannies. The West Cheat.-r
people had no idea that they had caught
such big game until they wero informed
of his record. The officers were astonished.
Mr. Hemphill, the young man who cap
tured, him is a member of the firm of
Hemphill Brethers, and a prominent young
man in the town. He deserves great
credit for his coolness and success in the
matter. When- the prisoners escaped a
reward of $50 was offered for the arrest of
each one of the refugees. That reward
still stands geed ami our authorities will
doubtless net hesitate in paying the money
ever te Mr. Hemphill, who certainly de
serves it for the capture of the most im
portant of the escaped convicts.
Frankfiird'H Kecerd.
The prisoner is a noted criminal, aud
although net a despcrate man, has beeu
very successful iu his "profession." His
specialties are horse and grain stealing and
he seldom took anything else. Anether
act at which he is very expert is breaking
jail, and he has succeeded iu making his
escape from a number of jails in thi:;
country. He ha3 broken out of our jail
several times, and upon ene occasion get
away after breaking his leg. Ile is alsn
said te have ence broken out ( the
Western penitentiary. He is a very hard
mau te catch, and it is very difficult te
keep him as he is a very cunning, shrewd
fellow, and posse sed of mero than erdi
nary intelligence. He has a wife aud family
of several little children, who are warmly
attached te him, although for years they
have seen but little of him except behind
prison bars. Ile is a rather geed natural
person, and is said te be kind hearted and
full of fun.
The crimes for which he wai last con
victed were all herse stealiug. He tvar
arrested in 1877 at Ceale.ivilIe,aftei- havitig
been a fugitive from justice for several
years, by Captain Sprecher, who waa then
chief of police. He was tried in November
of that year en ch irgea of stealing a hers-e
from Reuben Baer, this city, another from
Itiackbill, at Bird-in-IIand,. and a thiid
from Mr. Geiger, of Fairfield. He w. s
sentenced by Judge Pattorseu te nineteen
years imprisonment. This sentence was
considered very severe net only by the pris
oner, but the public genur.il ly, aud it was
net quite certain that he committed all
the crimes alleged against him
at that time. Knewing very well
that they had a hard man te keepjthu
prison antherities had au iron clad ceil
constructed for his benefit. He was placed
in it and kept there nearly all th time
The iron lining of the cell did net prevent
him from making a nearly successful
attempt te get away. About seventeen
months age (as he states) he cut through
his cell and made his way into the eellar
of the prison. Digging under a stene
wall and an iron fence, be made his way
into the large flue in the stOise
wall en the north side of the pris.m
He crawled te the top of this, am.
about the time he was going out he v, i.,
shot in the face by Prisenkcepsr Weis.-,
whohadbeen listening te him working
The weapon with which the sheeting va.-
done was a shot gun, and the man received
a terrible wound iu the face, causing him
te entirely lese the sight of ene eye.
When he escaped the last time he was
confined in a large cell with a number of
ethers and was engaged in making cint.-.
They went" ever the garden wall" en th.'
the neon stroke of the clock.
Keeper Burkhelder remained iu Wt-i-t
Chester ever night and it was his inn-i:
tien te bring Frankford back te day ii ii
could get him. Sheriff Heeper, lumper i
McFarland and the Messrs. Hemphill wi re
very courteous tJ the representative t
this journal and he is indebted t tli.-m
for many of the foregoing facts.
Foeatl Shelter.
In the list of corporations which the
governor announced thirty days age would
nave their charters forfeited for failure t
make reports te the state wero a niniili.t
of Lancaster county companies, hut be
fore the governor's List proclamation ah
selntely forfeiting their frauehl.se.; the
Strasburg railroad company aud Lace ister
beat company made return auds-aved the it
corporate privileges.
Sent te jail.
The Hatrisburg Telegraph tells of James
Cenner?, a one-legged man from Lancas
ter, who went te Alteena te get his one
eyed son. On the way back te Lau-:i.s!f r
they stepped off at Harrisburg, and ihe
father borrowed $1.50 from the boy, :.!'.
the money tbe peer fellow bad, aud get
drunk. Then he hunted up the unu at
the depot and getting en his blind side
dealt him a terrible blew in the hes, for
which Harrisbnrg's mayor sent umi O
jail for thirty days.
.Baseball.
The Ironsides baseball club has organ
ized for the season with the follewiug
nlaverrt ; ZnnhAr. nritnhpr ; Stveif-e
C tt .. ., . . T k-- .,..v , ,
pitcher ; Myers, first base ; Mi'cn, second
ease ; reuer, tniru uase ; iiaruy, short
sten : Davis. Inffc field Arneld i'imi,
field ; King, right field and change catch
er. Tbey will get a ground enclosed with
a fence.
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