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David Davis is reported te ha ex
nrAMfld the opinion in a recent interview
that Mr. Tilden's friends were undoubt undeubt undoubt
ediv mevinsr heaven and earth te secure
his renominatien for the presidency and
that his Affected unwillingness te enter
the race was as insincere, as was his
pretended Indisposition te the nomi
nation in 1880. This interview has
called out Daniel Manning, the
close friend of Mr. Tilden, who,
in a New Yerk Sun interview,
reiterates that Mr. Tilden is new
determined te remain in private
life ; and he affirms that Mr. Tilden's
letter of declination sent te Cincinnati
in 1880, was in strict accord with what
his friends knew from his own lips te be
his irrevocable determination te net un
dertake the presidential canvass even
though be could have been nominated,
as Manning insists was certain.
If there was, as is here claimed, a di?.
t'tnct and conclusive understanding be
tween Mr. Tilden and his New Yerk
friends that he would net be a candidate,
they did net deal ingenuously. Mr. Kan
dall, who was a delegate from this state
and who was for Mr. Tilden and only a
candidate himself in the event that Air.
Tilden was net, had an interview with
Mr. Tilden en his way te the Cin
cinnati convention the Sunday before
its meeting, and after that he went
en te the convention, impressed with the
idea that Mr. Tilden was and would
continue te be a candidate. Mr. Randall's
own candidacy, which developed only
after he himself reached Cincinnati and
Mr. Tilden's carefully withheld declina
tion was produced, was embarrassed by
bis presence there, as if he were person
ally directing his own canvass.
It was the general impression of intel
ligent observers there and then that
Mr. Tilden had acted badly with Mr.
Randall and 'had rendered his nemina
tien impossible ; that he had also been
toying with the Payne forces and that
bis letter of declination had never been
intended te be produced until his uemi
nation was seen te be impossible. Had
his withdrawal been unequivocal and
unmistakable lone in advance of that
convention, its result might have been
different. Gen.Hanceck's support in this
state was rather a resort of the opposition
te Tilden than the outgrowth of sincere
interest or confidence in his own candi
dacy ; and it was only when the positive,
aggressive anti-Tilden sentiment of the
Convention was found te be the most
radical element of its composition that
the scattering Hancock forces were
welded into an organized and controlling
power. If Mr. Tilden was from the
start sincere in his withdrawal and his
friends had acted upon that theory he
could have controlled the nomination.
It is this disposition en his part and
theirs te a policy of indirection and
evasion that creates such antagonism te
them. If he is net a candidate new and
under no circumstances will consent te
be it would be an easy matter for him te
say se, himself, in terms net te be mis
understood. Meanwhile Mr. Hendricks
rise3 up te declare himself, substantially,
for the old ticket, which is interpreted te
mean that, if Mr. Tilden is net a candi
date, Mr. Hendricks will take first
place from his friends, and if be is a can
didate Mr. Hendricks is net te be counted
among his competitors. The New Yerk
Sun, which sometimes seems te speak
for Mr. Tilden and often does net, ora era
cularly lays it down that " if Ohie is
unanimously for Thurman,while Indiana
and Illinois are net united in favor of
McDonald and Palmer, Thurman will be
the candidate ; if Indiana is unanimous
for McDonald, while Ohie and Illinois
are divided, then McDonald will be the
candidate ; and if Illinois is unanimous
for Palmer, while Ohie and Indiana are
divided, then Palmer will be thecandi
date." It might go further and say as
as much for New Yerk, Pennsyl
vania or any ether doubtful
state, that if their Democrats were
unitedly for one candidate, ana
these of no ether state agreed upon a
candidate, the man with the big stale
behind him would have the best chance.
But as no state as yet seems te be
able te settle its own differences, spec
ulations upon the next Democratic
candidate are no mere valuable than the
opinions of Bunsby, and the field is
much stronger than any favorite.
The ''Old Ticket."
An interview with Themas A. Hen
dricks is published, which represents
that'statesman as under the impression
that there is a strong feeling in the coun
try in favor of a renominatien by the
Democracy of the old ticket of Tilden
and Hendricks. Mr. Hendricks is made
te express a very high admiration for Mr.
Tilden and te convey the idea that be
would be quite ready te be again asso
ciated with him en the ticket. At the
last presidential convention Mr. Hen
dricksfell! differently ,; but he ex
plains that he? did net then appreciate
the strength of the popular demand for
" the old ticket." If he did net then
think it strong, it is surprising that he
should new find it overwhelming,
as Democratic sentiment in this
direction 'does net, te the general
vision, seem new se pronounced as then.
If this reputed interview conveys a true
expression of Mr. Hendricks' feeling it
shows that one at least of the " old
ticket " is willing te run again ; and
Mr. Tilden's patnetism probably will be
sufficient te cause him te mount te the
sacrifice with equal amiability. If
the Democracy want the "old ticket"
of TMen and Hendricks it Is
at their ' command. Mr. Tilden
is proclaimed f' te be in vigorous
health and Mr. Hendricks' big tee is all
right again. In fact, it seems te be in
excellent kickiBgjerder.y Mr. McDonald
having been spoken of for the presidency,
Mr. Hendricks proceeds te fleer him
with the old ticket. (It is an excellent
weapon 'for that purpose, whether or no
the "old ticket "is prayed for and craved
for by the Democratic masses with the
fervor which Mr. Hendricks seems te
see. An Indiana boom for Tilden and
Hendricks may be cultivated te a force
sufficient te fell the McDonald move
ment, even though it falls te secure
meh headwrnyJn ether slrtes., -
A MrHeidriiks W Xe aiakel a very
eleaniaemtirsatk te .feet Sverfi histeid
I record against the "eM ticket"; but Mr.
Hendricks, being a peliticiaftrpf agility,
with a renewed tee, may be equal te the
emergency. If. he can persuade Tilden
and his fnends of his sincerity
he will win the geed feeling of
an Influential Democratic element ; and
if it be true, as Mr. Tilden's man Man
ning says, that Mr. Tilden is out of the
presidential race entirely, Mr. Hendricks
may then have hopes that his honeyed
words will Win him Mr. Tilden's favor.
But Mr. Tilden, being the astutest ppli-
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uciau cauiui, ie uui a oie iiuu w fit j .
game with. He probably understands
Mr. Hendricks as well at least as Mr.
Hendricks understands him. The public
knew them both pretty well. They
knew that when Mr.Hendricks was cold
te the :old ticket" it was because he was
at its tail instead of its head. And they
knew that when Mr. Tilden withdrew per
emptorily atCincinnati from the presiden
tial race and from politics forever, it was
only when he knew that he could net be
nominated. There is ample justification
for any degree of incredulity of any
statement withdrawing Mr. Tilden from
candidacy for the presidential nemina'
tien if there is any reasonable prospect
of his getting it ; which at the pre
sent writing there does net seem te be,
Mr. Hendricks apparently te the con
trary notwithstanding.
Governer Cleveland has shown
himself again te be a man of sound
judgment and courage in disapproving
mere than one-third, in amount, of the
Items in the annual supply bill passed by
the New Yerk Legislature. Extrava
gant and illegal expenditures, purchases
for which no previous appropriations
had been made, gratuities te centrac
ters, allowances net in legal form,
extras te salaried officials, unnecessary
grants te commissions otherwise amply
provided for, pay for services net ren
dered, appropriations te purely secta
rian institutions, and like items are
ruthlessly slaughtered, and the position
of the executive, while a disappointment
te the politicians in many instances,
seem te be in strict accord with the law
I and sound public policy. It may be that
I Governer Pattison has a surprise of the
f same sort in.stere for Pennsylvania
A party of Independents, civil service
reformers and blue-blooded Democrats
have already started an anti-Butler move
meut in Massachusetts iti anticipation of
Butler's candidacy for reelection. It
would be just like the pious object of their
hat9 te stick te bis inaugural and disap
point them by net standing YoreeIeetien.
The Harrisburg Patriot reports that in
the night session of the Senate en Friday
Senater Reyburn, the president pre tem
pore, en discovering that the Senate was
without a quorum, deliberately ruled that
the call for the yeas and nays was void
because the senators en whose demand it
was ordered declined te vote ! He then
directed the clerk of the Senate te destroy
the record of the vote, which the latter
proceeded te de by tearing the list of yeas
and nays into tiny bits.
CeNTRAnY te general expectations,
Themas B. Searight has beaten Wm. H.
Playford by a decided majority in the
contest for the nomination for judge in
Fayette county, notwithstanding Sea
right's alleged unpopularity, and the fact
that he was friendly te Dukes, while Play
ford was the counsel against him. Neither
is very heavy judicial timber, but "Fy-at"
county has ways of its own. Besides, un
less Fayette is erected into a separate
judicial district, Greene may yet claim
this nomination.
The commencement season is full upon
us. Franklin & Marshall's annual week
of festivity will begin with the baccalau
reate sermon en Sunday, June 17. lien.
Jere S. Hess will be the alumni orator this
year, and Prof. Owens, of La Fayette col
lege, will make the address 'before the
literary societies. Dickinsen will have its
commencement one week later and the
exercises there will be of special interest
because they will celebrate the ceutennial
of the institution. Rev. Dr. Creeks will
be the centennial orator and Gen. Horatio
C. King the poet. La Fayette will held
its commencement the same week as
Dickinsen and Chas. Emery Smith, of the
Press, will deliver the commencement ad
dress. The symposium in the New Yerk
Tribune of yesterday consisted of centrihu
tiens from a number of leading men en the
subject of the proposed union of New
Yerk and Brooklyn in one municipality
which has bcen mooted since the comple'
tien of the bridge. Mayer Edsen talks
clearly and Btrengly, in a business-lika
way, for a union. Mr. Kelly is against it,
and whenever Jehn Kelly speaks he speaks
with no uncertain sound. Ex-Mayer
Grace is as earnest as Mr. Kelly in his
opposition te union. Mr. Beecher holds
that Brooklyn would suffer seriously. O.
B. Petter, sees only injury te both com
munities in union. William Dowd thinks
that the benefits te be' derived from con
solidation are se great that early agitation
of the question should be begun. Fred
erick S. Winsten believes that while New
Yerk would benefit by a union, Brooklyn
would ga-n much mere. S. B. Chittenden
is heartily in favor of union. General
Slocum leans toward a sort of cenfederp.
tien of the two cities. Ex Judge Tracy
favors a union se far as certain features
of munieipal government are concerned.
D. Willis James has no denbe that the
two cities will be one within a quarter of
a century.
UaseDal Saturday.
At Harrisburg Merritt. 9 : Harrisbnnr.
14. At New Haven Tale, 8 ; Brown, 0.
At Pittsburgh Allegheny, 10 ; Cincin
nati, 9. At Providence Cleveland, 9;
Providence 1. At New Yerk Eclipse, 7 ;
Metropolitan, 0 ; New Yerk, 22; Chicago,
7. At Baltimore St. Leuis, 5 ; Balti
more, 4. At Bosten Bosten, 2 ; Buffalo,
1. At Cambridge, Mass. Princeton, 5 ;
Harvard, 3. At Albany Union, S ; Al
bany, 2.
William Black, the novelist, was the
shortest man present at the recent private
view of the Royal Academy, and were a
blue shirt cellar.
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James!!. Langley. alias Dr. Langley,
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alias J. Henry iangley, who is known
throughout the country as the " King of
Peer Funks," was arrested In Bosten,
Sunday. 'Fer years he has operated in
leading cities as a promoter of sfbek job
bing " corporations" organized en paper
for swindling purposes. Seme weeks age
complaints were made te Chief, Bam, '
the detective corps, te the effect that Lang
ley and ethers were engaged in a huge
swindling scheme, pretending te be officers
of the "United States cCoastrnetion
and Investment company." The com
plainants asserted that the company was a
fraud, and that they had been fleeced of
amounts varying from $200 te $1,000 each.
The officers found that the company had
no existence, and that Langley was the
same person who had severaV yean age
fled from , Bosten after defrauding many
people. The company's headquarters
were elegantly fitted up and occupied by
a large uumber of clerks, mostly victims
of Langley, who had been induced.te in
vest their savings in order te get situa
tions, and who received no salary, all
being " secured" by blocks of stock in
the company. The company sent out a
beautifully printed prospectus setting out
that the coneern bad $600,000 capital
stock, was authorized by its charter te
buy, sell and deal in new inventions for
railway service, te secure patents and te
organize corporations te develop improve
ments and enterprises connected with
railway service ; te negotiate for capital
te promote such enterprises ; te buy aud
sell railway stocks and securities and own
real or personal property necessary or con
venient for the business of the corporation.
The prospectus stated that the company
bad correspondents in all railway cities
throughout the world, and that the capi
tal stock was fully paid, with a large sur
plus in the treasury. The company was
organized under New Yerk laws last year,
the names of the incorporators being given
as Alfred H. Boyd, Alfred T. Ackert and
O. W. Jeslyn, of New Yerk, and Jehn F.
Langley and one Martin. The existence
of the three alleged New Yorkers could
net be ascertained. Jehn F. Lang
ley was found te be an uncle
of James Henry .Langley. Martin says
his name was forged. Among the assets
claimed by the company was the whole
town known as "Bridgeport, Texas. With
this town the company claimed te held at
its disposal 150,000,000 acres, the value of
which was presented as fabulous. The
victims wcre many. His victims among
inventors and yenng men having cash and
seeking employment wero numerous. A
'"limited live stock express company,"
intended te dupe live stDck raisers of the
Western states, was also organized and run
by Langley, bnt hew much he realized
from this source is net known. In addi
tion the officers find that during the past
five years Langley has organized a score of
bogus concerns. In 1879 he opened an
office under the firm name of D. T. Lang
ley & Sen, of New Yerk.
The office was te be used as an agency
for the sale of patent medicines. He
advertised for " men of capital," many of
whom it is alleged he swindled. The
stock of the " agency " was found te con
sist of square blocks of weed se labeled as
te convey the impression that they were
packages containing medicines. Later en
he organized the " Anti-Fat aud Anti
Lean company " under the law of New
Hampshire ; the " West India Guane
company " at Portsmouth ; the " Mexican
Guane company " in Maine ; the " Anti
Fraction Car Bex company" in New
Yerk, and the "National Anti-Fraction
Car Bex company" at Chicago. The
" Continental Cunstiuctien company,"
which had many victims in Bosten, was
another of his schemes. In connection
with the latter concern was a Bosten gen
tleman named Merrell. Later en the
mortgage of the company en the old state
prison buildings, at Conceid, N. H., was
foreclosed and Mr. Merrell found himself
held responsible for debts contracted by
Langley. Mr. Merrell came out of the
investment with a less of $100,000.
After " Continental" Langley start
ed the " Franklin Foundry com
pany," in Maine, the " Anti-Friction
Journal-bearing company, of New
Yerk," and the " Jewett Wreeking com
pany " at Portland. All his concerns
proved worthless, while his vietims wcre
legion. lie is supposed te have numerous
con federates iu various parts of the ceun
try, two of whom, it is alleged, are J.
Menree Hunter and James De Maudoville,
who last September opened an office iu
Bosten and swindled many peeple,and who
are under indictment at Northampton for
swindling farmers by raising notes given
thorn for mewing machines.
Langley is said te have served a term in
the New Yerk penitentiary, and also te
have several indictments standing against
him in the West. The costly lurniture
aud trappings of the " Construction com
pany " wero mortgaged by him sonie time
age. Seme weeks age Jehn H. Langley
wrote te tue "doctor," wne was
stepping in New Yerk, that he was
impoverished, and asking that his stock
be turned into money, adding that if he
was net cared for he would expose the
whole party. The doctor replied telling
his uncle he would see him in Bosten this
woes:, me reply ten into tne nanus et tne
police and led te Dr. Langley's arrest. He
is in jail under bends of $10,000 which will
probably be increased te $100,000. During
the past few weeks he has been in New
Yerk making arrangements te establish
the headquarters of his land syndicate
there. He recently opened an office en
Broadway and it is understood that many
sharp New Yorkers were associated with
him in the enterprise.
NEWS MlaUELLANY.
lMragraplit or Varied Interest.
The spread of Mormonism in portions
of Neitu Carolina is causing much excite
ment among the people. In Gasten and
Rutherford counties 17 missionaries are
engaged iu the work of proselytism, and
have made 37 converts within a short
time, 15 of whom have geno te Utah. The
lyuaneiiu ueurnui-uuserver suggests as
the best means of ridding the state of
tuc-e Mermen missionaries, the employ
ment of the shot gun.
The latest advices from Hcrmesilla'
Mexico, indicate that the Indians in the
Sierra Madreshave been forced from these
mountains by General Creek and are
scattered among the settlements.
The thirty-first annual meeting of the
International Typographical union will
open in Cincinnati te day. It is said the
session " will probably be the most im
portant held since 18G5."
A reunion of the survivors of the battle
of Wilsen's Creek, Missouri, will be held
en August 9th and the two succeeding
days. The survivors of both armies will
camp together en the battle ground, and
will be supplied with previsions by the
citizens.
Tne graves of the Union dead at Mem
phis were decorated yesterday.
uAauKufur a aiasked mob.
A Supposed Murderer Drag-god Frem an
leir Jail.
Das Moines Dispatch te tue Tress.
Jehn Hamner, an idle character of Win
tenet, was arrested last week andplaeed
in jail there for the murder of William
Newell, near Wiaterset, one year age,
ttuuBe uiMjjpcarauce, owing te ma worth
tessness, maue out nttle comment.
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1 murder At half w em eiertc Smnday
morning 100auaB& mea assembled at
taweoertkoaMiqiuzsin Winters and,
having been refused the jail keys by the
jailer, broke into the building with crow
bars and sledges. The mob put a rope
around Hananer's neck, after declining his
prayers te hear his statement. They led
him out into- the yard ; the rope-was
thrown ever the limb of a tree and Ham
ner was pulled from the ground. The ether
end of the rope was then made fast te the
fence, ancLene of the party rode np te the,
struggling Hamner and ended his suffer
ings by a revolver-shot through his heart.
The -whole party fired a revolver volley
and galloped away. There is very little
excitement at.Winterset ever the matter.
Hamner was about forty years old, and
his aged ather lives en a-farm near that
town. During the progress of the mob's
violence a bailiff in the court house tolled
an alarm bell.
A FETK OK A COLUSSAt, HOALK.
One Millien People in Attendance and 140
Wagen Leads of Beer consumed.
The fete at Petreffsky park, Moscow,
was en a colossal scale. The land upon
which the entertainments were given
embraced about 100 hectares. There were
four immense theatres in which perform
ance were given, a circus performance,
ballets, pantomimes and precessions of
horsemen. It is estimated that fully one
million persons were at the fete. One
hundred and forty wagons leaded with
barrels of beer arrived en the grounds dur
ing the morning, and by neon all of this
supply of beer had been exhausted.
The czar and czarina, en their arrival
in the park during the afternoon, were re
ceived with deafening cheers by the mul
titude. Large numbers of peasants had
walked from the distant provinces te at
tend the fete. One of the features of this
immense gathering was the lack of dis
turbances, the people throughteut'the day
behaving in the most orderly manner.
It is stated that the mayor of Moscow
intends te resign, iu consequence of the
disapproval that has been expressed of a
speech which he delivered at the banquet
given te the mayors of cities.
Obituary.
Christian Henry Lillenthal, the well
known manufacturer of smoking and
chewing tobacco, died at his residence, at
Yonkers, last Friday evening, after a long
illness, in the 63 year of his age. Jephtha
R. Simms, historian of the Mohawk Val
ley, died en Thursday night; at Fert Plain
New Yerk, aged 76 years. Henry B.
Phelps, at one time a member of the firm
of H. B. Chaflin & Ce., of New Yerk,
died at bis residence, in Brooklyn, en Fri
day night, aged 62. Jehn Paterson, sup
erintendent of weights and measures of
the state of New Yerk, died iu Albany en
Saturday, aged 82. The death is announ
ced of Rev. Dr. McLeise, of the Calvin
ehurch in St Jehn, New Brunswick. He
was lately pastor of a church in New
Yerk. James H. Ray, a wealthy real es
tate broker, of Newark, Del., died at his
home there of apoplexy. He was a leading
Democratic politician of the -state. He
was a state senator in 1878, a candidate
for governor a few years before, and was
a trustee of the peer of New Castle county.
He had for many years been a director of
the Newark national bank.
aieh Times in Mew Haven.
A telegram from New Haven reports
"great excitement" there "en account
of the boisterous conduct of the crowd
which attends the meetings of the Salva
tion Army." On Saturday night when the
army went from the state heuse te Union
hall, the members sang as they marched
along the street. A crowd of about 1,000
roughs ran along the sidewalks, "shout
ing, hooting and singing, ' Here's te geed
old whisky, dring her down,' and ether
bacchanalian songs." Last night, when
the services at the state heuse ended, and
the army started te march te their hall,
they were " jostled, 'hooted and gibed."
In the hall the conduct of the mob was
" disgraceful in the extreme." Ne ar
rests have yet been made, but the cbief of
police " has indicated his intention te
abate the nuisance."
Blalnc-Sherman Alllunce.
Rumer has it that General Sherman's
youngest daughter, Miss Rachel, is bo be bo
trethed te cx-Secretary Blaine's second
son, Mr. Emmens Blaine. The families
have always been iutimate and especially
during the time they lived almost next
deer te each ether en Fifteenth street, as
they did for about four years, before Mr.
Blaine moved into his new house. When
seme one lately said te the latter : "I hear
there is te be an alliance between General
Sherman's family aud your own," he
answered merrily : " There has been au
alliance between our families for three
generations." Miss Rachel Sherman, like
her brethers and sisters, is a Catholic, se
should she marry Mr. Emmens Blaiue, he
will fellow the example of his sister who
married Colonel Ceppingur last winter, in
wedding a Catholic.
PERSONAI,.
Mr. Matthew Arneld new expects
te visit America this autumn ou a lectur
ing tour of four mentli3, beginning in
October.
Geerge Peck, author of the "bad bej"
stories, fished from the New Yerk and
Brooklyn bridge and caught an eel before
he was himself caught at it.
DeB. Randolh Keim is se indignant at
the Reading te wncrs for net backiug him,
that he offers his au miner place in that
city for sale or rent.
Conkling has been out at Kansas City
making an argument in a suit te test the
constitutionality of the statue forbidding
the sale of oleomargarine in Missouri.
Au Yeng Wing, the new Chinese con
sul at New Yerfe ; La Heng Qui, his
secretary, and Cheng Sing, his interpreter,
attended Plymouth church in Brooklyn,
Sunday, in full Chinese cestume.
Rev. H. E Jacobs, D. D , has formally
accepted the chair of the Norten profes
sorship in the Philadelphia theological
seminary, made vacant by the death of
Rev. C. P. Krauth, D. D.
Mr. I. K. Witmer, has written te the
New Yerk Times in vindication of thin
community from the attacks made upon it
by the Times for the release npen bail of
the Ephrata train wrecker.
Dr. Ellerslie Wallace has sent te
the trustees of Jeffersen medical ellege
his resignation as professor of obstetrics'
ana diseases of women ami children. The
action is owing te the precarious health of
Prof. Wallace.
Qks'. Grant arrived in Louisville, Ky.,
en Saturday night, and left for Lexington
yesterday afternoon. Te a reporter he
expressed the opinion that Blaine and
Legan were very strong men for the Re
publican nomination in 1834.
Deputy County Treasurer Harry M.
Strohm and County Commissioner's Clerk
Frank GrieBt were the gnests of County
Commissioner Summy at his home in
Marietta, Saturday evening. Yesterday
they crossed the river te Wild Cat Falls,
where they had a delightful time. Thev
returned te duty this morning.
A. Oakey Hall, in his reminiscences of
men and things in Truth, refers te his re
lations with the Tweed ring as these of a
chloroformed passenger en a pirate ship ;
and says he was unjustly suspected of
owning millions of embezzled money, at
times when two bank officers knew he was
shinning" te extend and renew nrn mis.
Pnn.LipC. GabbAt, commissioner of I
nuntn jnMBL wKrwitrmtM
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pubUe charities, has written a long letter
te Judge Hendetsen, of Carlisle, telling
him what filthy and disgraceful condi
tion efthiw MMta. in the Cwmberlandv
almshemae ' andjjail. True eneuh, a
doubt,' but thepreprietylef acommitsioB acemmitsioB acommitsieB
r of jwbliecharities writing letteraabeat
itmaybequestfieed. 'Let hinrsee Ws
beard about it.
Dr. S. J. Ferd, of Hagerstown, Indi
ana, died hut week. Before his death he
bargained for a special funeral train,
bought 110 tickets, issaed the invitations
te his friends jind paid the hotel
"bills in advance for "tne party at
the town where the burial took place.
He arranged for everything, includ
ing the floral wreaths, and. then resigned
himself te his fate. He was 56 years of
age, wealthy, and left a third wife, 21
years old. '
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HENDBIUKS FOR THE OLD TICKET.
Praise lerTlidea and a Bid for the Demo
cratic Nomination.
The New Yerk Times prints a special
dispatch from Indianopelia, containing an
interview with Hen. Themas A. Hendrieks
who has just returned home from the
East. Te the suggestion that the coun
try would regard the nomination of the
old ticket of Tilden and Hendricks as
equivalent te a Democratic viotery, Mr.
Hendricks said :
"There is no doubt some truth in that.
Mr. Tilden is ene of the most remarkable
citizens of the republic. Everything that
he does is complete. A work te satisfy,
him must be finished. His letter of ac
ceptance was a treatise of a perfect master
of the whele system of political economy.
His letter te the last Cincinnati conven
tion, every enemy admits, was one
of the most ingenious documents
that ever emanated from man, while
his frends feel that it was a strong, candid
statement from the highest possible plane
of patriotism. It is wonderful. He has
lived down every calumny. Every slander
awakened by the prosecutions of that
fellow Bliss and dismissed as seen as they
ceased te be of any political benefit, would
add te his. strength at this time. The
whole country has watched him closely
since he was defrauded of the presidency,
and there has beeu everything iu his life
te inspire respect. He is indeed a grand
man.
" There seems te be a strong sentiment
in favor of the old tioket. Four years
age I did net realize the full force of the
demand, and I really felt that I bad beeu
in the position of vice president long
enough. I did net feel the absolute
necessity of taking the second place. It
was for that reason that I decliued net
from any hostility te Mr. Tilden. On tha
contrary, there was no man in the govern
ment whose virtue I held in higher esteem.
When a duty is required of us, however
distasteful, it must be performed. I de
net doubt that if the old ticket were
reneminated it would be elected."
The Presbyterians.
N. Y. Tribune.
The great religious conventions have
kept themselves foremost in popular in
terest duriug the last two weeks. Of
these the Presbyterian general assemblies
were the most important though net the
largest. Archbishop Hughes, who was
well qualified te judge of church politics,
once said of this body in the North that
although it was his privilege te call it a
1 usurpation, he must acknowledge it te be
witneuc equal as a controlling organization
among the denominations of the country
ler the purposes of popular government.
Over three millions of the followers of
Calvin were represented in the congresses
of last week. It is exactly 200 years age
since the Scotch Irishman, Francis Ma
kcrme, feuuded the first American Presby
terian church en Snowhill in Maryland.
Since then hi3 race have always largely
controlled the denomination. The Pres
byterians prepouderato iu this state and
through the great agricultural district
beginning at Lake Erie in Pennsylvania
and running down through Ohie te the
Blue Grass region of Kentucky, and they
are almost without exception of Scotch or
Scotch-Irish descent, shrewd, thrifty,
honest and virtuous, men whose opinions
and affections are apt te ruu in ene rut,
with an ebstiuacy whfch makes them
devoted husbands and bigoted sectarians.
It is probably owing quite as much te
their race as te any teachings of their
church that the progress of healing the
wounds between the two great branches
of this sect is se slew.
The Herse Thler Still Free
We3t Chester Village Itpcenl.
The horse thief that escaped from the
Lancaster officer by jumping through the
car window en Thursday, is still at large.
Officer Yeung, of West Chester, scoured
the neighborhood for several miles sur
rounding the place whero the thief had
jumped from the cars, but failed te find
him, although he heard of him at
several places. The thief was sharp
enough te " deuble ou his tracks" sev
eral times and thus mislead these in
search of him. He had stepped at Emmer
R. Green's, where he told a pitiful story
of hew peer he was, and hew he get se
badly hurt by falling off a train of cars
while attempting te get a ride en his
journey. A daughter of Mr. Green finally
gave him a hat, the scamp having lest his
in jumping from the car. The hat had
Mr. Green's name in it. The last trace el
the fugitive Officer Yeung found was at
the " Three Tuns," which is about a mile
from Frazer ; the fellow had been keep
ing in the weeds as much as he could,
stepping at but few places, and that te
inquire the way te railroad stations. The
fellow is quite boyish looking, net mera
than 19 years old, and small for his age.
The hat that Miss Green gave him is a
light colored slouch, and ha had en a
rather lightish grey colored coat. The
genera impression is that he succeeded in
bearding a freight train and by that means
get away from the neighborhood.
List el Unclaimed Letters.
The following is a list of letters remain
ing in the postefflco for the week ending
June 4, 1888 :
Ladies' List.R. uell, Emma C. Buck
uer, Rebecca Lowhever, Mrs. JIary Ful
mer, Mrs. Careline Heuig (for.), Anna
Kissinger, Lizzie Lefover, Lillie Martin,
Mrs. Marv E. MoEvev, Christie J. Mum.
Lydia A. Musser, Clara J. Powers, Lena I
Gents1 List. Harry Baker, Wm. L.
Baker, Mr. Beehtle, Gee. J. Cerey, Neita
Costilliee, Wm. Chandler, Dan'l Cullman
(for.), Gee. Fehl (2), Chas. Jenes, Jno.
Keitzer, Jno. F. Lyen, Jno. D. Miller.
Abr. Meweamer, S. D. Phillippe, Daniel
Palmer, W. T. Reiter, Emanuel Sheaffer,
.i,uei w- oprenx, e. u. sturgeon, J as.
F. Welch, A. Zuik.
Lecal Festal Service.
Orders affecting the postal service in
this county have been issued by the post pest
office department as fellows : Star service
discontinued, te take effect July 1
Cburchtewn te Cedar Lane ; Spring Greve
te Cedar Lane. Speeial service discon
tinued Housten te Kinzers.
Introductory Sermon,
Rev. L. P. Brown, of the Presbyterian
mission, delivered his first sermon last
evening in the chapel and, although the
rain came , down in torrents just at the
hour of assembling, he had a large audi
ence, who were much pleased with the ex
cellence of the discourse.
Chickens Stelen.
Last evening theives visited the prem
ises of P. Kanl at 516 East Orange street
"" 8eIe a lar?e let efj&ickens, which
nwe iu a uvui iu tun jiuu.
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The county auditors continue te wrestfe
with the intricate and wonderfully con
structed bills of the constables, the city
aldermen and Columbia justices of the
peace "county for costs." Some of
their bills contain hundreds of names se
badly.writtcn. .that the.. auditors- have
no little tronble in deciphering
tncm. The bills, en the whole, are net
mere than half as large as these presented
before the county auditors made their
exhaustive examination of last year ; but
they still contain hundreds of items
charged for which the auditors strike enfc.
One of these bills after having passed
though, if were suffering? from a terrible
attact et smallpox, it is covered with
stars, cresses, lines, and interlineations in
red ink and blue crayon, te
indicate these parts of it which
the auditors have eliminated and which, in
their report, they will declare te have been
uiegmiy cnargcu against tne county.
Among the items stricken out most
frequently are these ;in wbieh,energetic
constables and policemen' charge' 15 cents
for subpajning 'themselves' and' 12 cents
mileage for finding themselves se
that they could be bnbpeenaed. The
reporter was shown a constable's bill
which states in effect that the.unfnrtunata
officer lest himself four times) hVa single"
mentu, anu uau as many snbpcenas Issued
by an accommodating alderman te enable
him te find hiraseW, at a cost te the county,
of only 1.08. The, is dirt cheap. Think
et the thousands of dollars that have been
expended in the efforts te find Charlie
Ress, and all te no purpose. Other items
in which the auditors frequently place the
red mark of disapproval, are cress actions
between professional low grade litigants,
cases iu which no heariugs were. had bnt
for which" full fees were charged j by con-
Rtat)?PS find m!criRhrftna' fiAttrnlt vrtft'i,,tt2
issued aud served and no goods found,
" alleged recegnizances taken of which
thore is no ffecerd, &c., &c. Fer receg
nizances taken seme el the magistrates
charge no cents, whereas the auditors are
inclined te think they are entitled te noth
ing, as the feo bill lixesue fee for such
service ; , but the lawyers say they
are entitled te 25 cents, Sunder the
clause that gives them that sum for
" taking private bail," and accordingly
the auditors allow them a "quarter"
instead of a "half," for all legitimate
recegnizances takeu But right here is a
difficulty. The only way in which the
auditors can find out whether the recog
nizance charged for was really taken, is by
examining the magistrate's docket ; and
the magistrates, uuder advice of their
counsel reluse te hand ever their dockets
for inspection. The auditor.", and their
cennsel, claim the siima light to'examine
their dockets and audit thou accounts as is
possessed by the court of common pleas,
and under this power they threaten
te have the contumacious magistrates ar
rested anil committed for contempt- Bnt,
then, there is smallpox in the county
prison, and there would be dancer of the
aldermen and justices contracting the dis-
ease it tiiey wero sanfr thither, and per
haps they might, after their discharge
communicate the disease te many ether
people the auditors themselves, for in
stance 1 Hence the auditors have been
going along very slowly, holding net
mere than two sessions a week. They
don't knew hew long it may take te
finish their labets, and, indeed, they
are net quite certain of the extent of their
own power and duties. They claim that
their last year's ceurse was the correct one
and their couusel advises them te pursue
the bauie course this year ; but their .au
thority te examine dockets and audit
accounts that have ence passed the scru
tiny or the county solicitor and the county
commissioners, being denied and resistcd
by the aldermen and justices, the matter
can only be decided by the courts The
auditors say they would have had fair
sailing by this time had the cnuuty com
missioners promptly prosecuted the mag
istrates and constables for the recovery of
the illegal fees they had received from the
county treasury as shown by the last report
of the auditors ; but eight months time
was lest before suit was brought, and much
mere time will be rcqnired before the
matter is settled in court.
The bills of lue sheriff as certified by
the clerk of quarter sessions have been
audited and found correct. The sherilf
keeps no record of jury fies and fines paid,
but the clerk of quattur sessions certifies
them. The auditors find it difficult te get
the particulars of the accounts between
the sheriff and protheuotary where the
jury are charged as their settlements aie
made by balances aud offsets, iu which the
items de net appear.
The auditors believe the thorough inves
tigatien they made last year resulted iu a
great savingte the ceuntyand If persisted
it will tend largely te put an end te the
enormous abuses that have for years ex
isted in some e"f the county offices, and
among pnlice, magistrates and constables.
Removing a Honee.
A two-story frame house belonging te
Jacob Griel, that has hcretofeio steed ou
the west side of Mary, near the corner of
Walnut, stieet, is being removed te the
oantsideof IValnut Ftreet, 175 feet north
of its former location. The heuse is occu
pied by Jehn Hampton and family, who
continue te live in it and perform their
usual honseheld duties during their re
meval. Since Saturday evening their resi
dence ha s been in the middle "of' Mary
stieet.
(lese West. '
, Last night at 11:10 Wm. A. Keller, son
of Jehn Keller, of North Duke street, left
this city en a trip through the West. He
gees te St. Leuis first, and thence te Den
ver and San Francisce. He expects te ha
in the latter city during the great Knights
xeuipmr conciave in August: A. large
number of friends were at the depot te see
him off.
Gelden Wedding.
Hai l laburg Patriot.
Sullivan S. Chill and wife will leave to
day te attend the ireklen weddiucr of his
I father aud mother lit their home in Ma
and wife, of Lancaster, who were the
groomsman and bridesmaid at'thowed at'thewed
ding fifty years age will attend its semi
centennial. Held ter .Postage,
Lcttcrn addiessed "Miss Ella Wilsen,
Ne. 11 Seller street, Fraukferd, Philadel
phia," and 'E. G. Greff, esq., Inland,
Clay-county, Nebtaska," are held at -the
posteffieo for postage
Assmilc aud itattery.
Michael German hail x hearing before
Aldcrmau Ferdnny, en Saturdav evenintr.
en the charge of assault and 'battery' pre
ferred by U. IS. Ammen. He was held in
bail for court.
An Owner Wanted!
At the mayor's office there is a ehild's
silk satchel, containing u handkerchief with
a spotted border, which was picked up iu
the square en Friday. It awaits the,
owner.
Mayer's court.
i The mayor this morning had? one case
of drunkenness, and the offender was sent
te the workhouse for 10 days. Twe bums
were discharged.
MMGBBOBUOOD MEWS.
B" V .h.
MreaM'Kaarand AcreM the County L!r.e.
H In Yetk Menty there were sold during
fee month eRMay stamp for 23,919,600
tears, ameving te 971,759.89.
. The Smutti elects a president pre tern.
k tba&fiMfiay evening session and from
present Indications his name is James W.
Lee, of Venango.
The Democrats of Menree county at
their reeent.annual meetinccerdialIy: en
dorsed the administration of Governer
Pattison. ,l," . . -J
, Asingnlar.fatality among the cow-in
and around Middletown is ascribed by
some te be the result of eating growing
eats, while ethers attribute the cause te
nightshade or some ether 'equally deadly
plant.
An iron girder, seventy-three feet seven
inches in length, six feet high, and weigh
ing 40,020 pounds, for the Bread street
crossing of ,tae Pennsylvania railroad, has
just (been eemplefed. bytbe .Philadelphia
bridge works at Pottstown.
At a meetiug of- the directors
of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad ccempany, Saturday afternoon,
Hen. Eckley fy Cte reiignfia hisfbsitiea
asa member of tbbwnL jThe'nama of
C. K. Robinson, of Milferd, Pike county,
was presented te fill the vacancy, and be
was chosen without a dissenting voice..
The Dauphin Ceuat Agricultural society
has wound itself i . The last meeting
was held ou Saturda , morning te discuss
the financial condition, which was net
brilliant. After an interchange of views
it wasdcemedT thet bent- ceurse for the
society te make 'an .assignment for the
benefit of creditors?
When the Heuse adjourns next Wednes
day it will be after a handsome and chaste
silver tea service valued at $700 nliall have
beeu presented te Speaker Faunee with
the compliments of the members as their
testimonial te his worth and excellence a3
a presiding officer. The Senate will ex
pend 3800 en a similar token te President
Pre Tem. Reyhurn.
The Oxford Agricultural society holds
semi-annual fairs. Tale spring fair opens
eh Wednesday next and continues Thurs
day and Friday, and the fall fair opens en
the 2(5th of September. Special excursion
traius will run from Philadelphia ou
Thursday and Friday te the races, for
which there are 3'3 entries. The races take
place at 2:45, 2:45, it and 3:30.
The merrjengaged in constructing the
Philadelphia, Norriste'wn & tPjiajnixillle
branch of-' the' Pennsylvania railroad
through Norristown en Saturday laid a
siding ever a plot of ground belonging te
the Philadelphia & Readiug railroad. A
ferce of Reading railroad men tore up the
siding, when it was relaid. Hostilities
were then suspended until te-day.
Several gentlemen of Harford and Cecil
counties, Md., in conjunction with 'seme
Philadelphia capitalists, have organized a
Bteck company for the manufacture of
printing paper and cardboard. The mills
will be located eh the Susquehanna, about
nine miles north of Havre de Grace. The
Susquehanna will furnish the motive
power. The work of raising the banks of
the dam at this point is under way, aud
as seen as the plans are ready the erection
of the necessary buildiugs will be com
menced. It is expected that net less than
150 men will be given constant employ
meat. KA1LROAU ACUIUCMTM.
A Mnn Killed A tlrakeinau Has a Shenldcr
Brekeu a i.:1 Hurt.
The body of Geerge 3IcCartey, of Mari
etta, who was known in his town as
"Wholesome," was found lying en the
railroad track about three hundred yards
east of Bainbridge about 5:45 yesterday
morning. The discovery was made by the
crew of a western bound train. They
placed the body, which was terribly man
gled, ou a aide track and telegraphed te
the family in Marietta te ascertain what
should be dene with the remains, It was
found that the deceased had a wife aud
four children residing there. The wife
was tee peer te bury thei body, but she
went te Bainbridge en 'the first train.
Upen her arrival a jury was sworn aud an
inquest held. The verdiet was one of ac
cidental death. The remains were then
placed in a coffin and iuterred in River
View cemetery, Bainbridge.
The deceased was 29 years of age, and
had net lived with his wife for some time.
He was intoxicated in Bainbridge ou Sat
urday evening, and it is supposed that iu
attempting te get ou a ireight train te
ride te Marietta he lest his life.
Mhenlder ltreken.
Uriah McCallister, jr., a brakeman en
the Lancaster & Quarryvillo'railread, who
resides at the latter place had his left
shoulder brekeu by having it caught be
tween two cars while coupling them en
Saturday. Dr. Raub attended him.
A Negro Bey Unrt.
Dick BIaden's(colered)14 years old bev.
while watching cows at pasture te keep
them off the Columbia & Pert Deposit
railroad track, near Ooteraro station, lay
his head en the rail te, take a nap, He
was awakened suddenly with a broken
Hkull and only enough life te keep him out
of eternity. At last accounts the boy way
improving.
Firry ye aim a tailor.
An Interesting Occasion Fer a Werthy
Citizen.
On Saturday, Jacob Rathfon, of the firm
of Myers & Kathfen, merchant tailors,
completed his 50th year in that businccF,
Which be (minted en June 2d, 1833. Iu the
evening, after the store had closed, the
empleyes of the firm marched te the re
sidence of Mr. Rathfon, en Prince street.
Where they f-nriri-t1 him by presenting
him with .t pa:i f Ne.. 10 tailor's .sheets,
nickle plait d,1 and handled. On ene blade
is the following : "June 2, 1833, June 2,
1883," and ou the ether the inscription
reads : " Presented te Jacob Rathfon bv
the empleyes of Myers & Rathfon."'
b.K. Liculcy made the presentation
speech, taking occasion te congratnlate
the recipient of the gift and of the geed
will of his empleyes upon the success
which had attended bis mechanical and
business career, and. wishing or him a
long continuance of the same.'
On behalf of Mr. Rathfon, Mr. Jehn B.
Leng receivtd the token with an expres
sion of thaukr, a brief relation of Mr.
Rathfon's experience and success iu life
and concluded by an invitation te a
luncheon which is te be given this week
in honor of the happy eveut.
Y. m.c.A.
The regular 'monthly meeting of the
Yenng Men's Christian association will be
held this evening.
r The lady friends of the association will
meet in the hall at 7:30 this eveuing te
make arrangements te held a floral and
strawberry festival In the association's
building en Thuitday, Friday and Satur
day of this week, te raise funds te pur
chase a new cat pet for the hall.
in K la Si rained.
On Saturday evening as Mrs. Lee, re
siding htf Ne. 40 West King street, was
leaving Uie Jew lark (store, where she
bail been' mailing some purchases, she
accidentally Flipped and fell, spraining her
ankle and otherwise bruising herself. She
was assisted te' her" tiome, and although
net seriously hurt, suffers considerably
from her injuries.
Fell Threngb a manhole.
About neon te-day Wm, L. Gable, a
young man in the employ of R. J.Housten,
of Centre Square, while going down Seuth
Queen street te Basting's hotel with some
packages, fell into an open manhole in
front of the X. M. C J. icenB. He" was
considerably biuifccd; but fe Let believed
te be seriously injured.