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We shall be- surprised if Governer Tott;0,n nnueints Mr. Schwartz te the orphans' court judgeship of Berks comity, although the Harrisburg corres pondents represent that te be his inten tion. We shall be surprised, because Mr. Schwartz is net the fittest man for the place that the Berks county bar can produce ; and we believe that it is Gov Gov ereor Pattison's desire te discover and appoint the Attest man. We believe this because that is his duty, and se far he has given strong indication of his de sire te de his duty without fear, favor or affection. Mr. Schwartz is recommended te the governor by Judge Hagentnan and some of the members less than a score, we believe of the lawyers of Berks county. A larger number of these lawyers nmteah mrniiist, his nnneintment. . In this state of the facts, Governer Pattison will need te inquire for himself net only whether Mr.Schwartz is Gt te be a judge, but whether he is fittest. Such inquiry will be likely te result in infermiug the governor that he should net appoint Mr. Schwartz ; in which case we have such confidence in him as te believe that he will net appoint him. Judge Hagen mau's opinion of Mr. Schwartz's fitness for judicial duties does net conclude the question by any means -, Judge Ilagen man himself would better adorn ether positions than the judicial one. He can hardly be satisfied himself that nature has specially fitted him te be a judge. He shines much batter as a pelilicia-i. Mr. Schwartz voted for Gov. Pattison's nomination in convention, we believe ; but that is no leasen why Governer Pattison should make him a judge. The governor will better justify Mr. Schwartz's vote for hini by making the best judge he can get in Ueiks county. If judges are selected by gov ernors because they are politicians, v will have te revise the opinion we ex pressed the ether diy that governors would be likely te appoint, better judges than the people are apt te select. The appointment of Schwartz would give a very black eye te that opinion. The selection of Garret D. Stevens for in stanceweuld confirm it 'The tandidates' State. In most of the calculations for 1SS4 made nowadays reference is had te the doubt ful states of New Yerk and Indiana, and it is counted that the Democrats must take somebody who can carry one or both of these slates. But it is by tin inaiw eerlnin Unit such a man is most likely te be found in them. Indeed their very position as pivotal states lias engendered fierce feuds in the party of these states which have well nigh killed off all their men of prominence and made outsiders stronger there than their own men. Meanwhile the naitv in Ohie and Pennsylvania has been strengthened by victory and mere ellicient organization, until both these stales are fairly classed as debatable ground for 1SSI. Theiei a little friction ever Ileadley's nemiua tien, but it. does net threaten te be sei i i eus.and if he curies the state, as seems altogether probable, the Ohie delegation will go into the iiwct Democratic con vention with an apparent right te be considered of that weight which attaches te the representatives of a great stale whess electoral vote may be cast for the nominee. But in Pennsylvania the con ditien of the party i ; still better. Theio is an utter absence, of factional strife here, and the old lines are entirely effaced. The party has learned wis dom from experience and its leader ship has broadened and is pervaded by the best of geed feeling. The party has acted upon the principle that the first contest, it had te win was for the control of the state government, and that it could only prove its claim te that and te higher trust by geed admin istratien. Having given this te the commonwealth it reasonably asks this year for an extension of confidence, and if it makes its fight for this it. will win again. And, having dene this, if the present harmony and spirit of the party continue te rule its cenncils, the IViin sylvania delegation te the next Deme cratic national convention will tie the most influential in its membership. Fer Seu ud Reason. It is an old and wise maxim of the law that fraud vitiates everything; and, while it is true that after a reasonable time there should be some limitation upon the power of a party ten contract te annul it en the ground that he was net fully informed as te the circumstances under which he made it, it is equally true that the Grady insurance bill, which the governor has vetoed, was se . sweeping in its previsions as te legalie the most carefully planned and craftily hidden imposition. There has been abundant reason for con. plaint concern ing the tendency of insurance companies te resist claims arising out of the deaths of persons whose premiums they centin ually took during their life without pre teBt; and a sound public policy calls for relief te the patrons of life insurance from this and ether sharp practice en the part of the companies. The bill vetoed seems te have had some geed features about it, but these have had te fall be- - cause of the prevision which comes within sound objections te any enact rnent which seems te invest fraud with the sanction or law. me governor is right in thus condemning defective leg islation, notwithstanding the .slaughter ed bills have some merit. His wholesale dispatch of the work of the present Legislature will teach future bodies te be mere circumspect; and accurate. These qualities have been se long want ing in our assemblies that the statute' books are cumbered with crudities and the law of the state is a jumble of con tradictions and a maze of mysteries. Better no mere laws than bad or doubt ful ones. Jfew that Berks county has its orphans' court judgeship, it has a deal of trouble finding out what te de with it. TMe CaaiMafe. Inthe current issue of Our Continent, its editor, Judge Tourgee.whe has made some reputation as a writer of political fiction, discourses at greater length than with abounding wisdom of tjm Demo cratic probabilities of 18S4, and after bowling out nearly an tne etner con spicuous candidates for the presidential nomination of that part concludes that Gen. II. W. Slecnm, elect congressman-at-large from New Yerk, is the most available man whom the party can select. The fact that Judge Tourgee even intimates the possibility of Patti son's candidacy, when in fact he is net of the constitutional age, shows that lis information en the subject which he affects te write about is net of the most thorough character, but speculation about the presidency is a matter which a great many ieeple like te write about, and upon which one guess is nearly as troed as another nowadays. The truth is that political lines are se wavcriug, the balance between the parties in the electoral college is se even, the issues upon which the next national campaign are te be fought and the incidents upon which it-s result may turn are new se vaguely te be seen, that it is ten te one against the nomination of any particular person, and almost anyone may lay his hazard en a dark horse or suggest a new name and take some chance of having picked out the winner. Tin: governor keeps en vetoing meas ures which de net meet with his appro bation, but the Philadelphia limes fails te point out wherein his condemnation of objectionable legislation exhibits any signs of " fatal surrender te Pilgrim leadership," or tends te " disorganiza tion of the honest Democracy." m m Ik Jereme B. Niles of Tiega, will con sent te take the Republican nomination for auditor general the bosses will con vey it te him. He was the one man of prominence in the party, beside Senater Lee, who last fall managed te keep his seat en the fence. And the Virginia duellists fattll a hun dred miles apait ! Oun brilliant astroueaiical contempor ary, the New Yerk Sun, is exercised ever the fact that the planet Vulc.ui, if it ever was seen, oxcept in the imagination of the astronomers, has left the skies. Wm. II. English, late Democratic can didate for vice president, announces that he is "out of active politics and out te stay, never intending, under any circum stances, te be a candidate for any office." The proclamation was unnecessary. Idaho furnisheu a new idea in jails. They have a hole iu the ground out there into which they drop the prisoners, and whuu one is wanted he is hauled up with a rope. A man with a ritle at the mouth of it stands guard. The plau is recom mended te Chester county. Henry Vimjard is getting ready te diive the last spike of the connection of the Neitherti Pacific with the Atlantic, which will open up the development of the Northwest. It will be driven about ten miles west of Helena, aud the imple ments will he a solid silver sledge and geld nail. Sknatek Rollins has a hard time of it .-(curing a leelectieu. He is further e(T from it than when the voting begau, but he aunounces that he will never withdraw nor uensmit te the breaking of the dead lock except by his own electien. But, as a majority of the New Hampshire Leg s 1 iture refuses te vote for him, it would seem that the control of the situation is net in his hands. Tin: correct way te write it is "bran new "net "brand." Over a hundred years age or mere the geed people of Cerk and Limerick, and ethor cities as well, had a habit of throwing a handful of brau " ou or towards their new mayor after the election. They knew that brain or bran meant iu Irish "new " and signified also t!:e " husks " of ground wheat, aud they were always witty oueugh te love and aut upon that most popular figure of Hpsce.h in literatur- the pun. Tin: Eiie Observer, iu common with many of 1I10 most intelligent Democratic newspapers of the slate, receguizes that wu.it 1110 people 01 rennsyivania want iu the administration of their government is economy iu every department, and legisla tion te cuib corporations and abolish monopolies. ' Governer Pattison and the Dcmecratc majority in the Heuse have reflected public sentiment and they will be sustained at the coming electien if the canvass is made en state issues." Te make it ou any ethor plau would be i:of only te invite, but te deserve defeat. Last fall we fought and wen en state issues.- This year there is still less reasan for diagjl giug iu outside questions since there is neither congressmen nor legislators te elect. A BABY'S DBATII. "The little eycj that never knew l.iht elUnr than el dawning bkles, Wli.it new lite new lights up anuw The little eyes? " Who knows but en their sleep may rise Such light as never hcivcn let tlireugh 1 e lighten earth from farad se ? Nosteuii, wc knew, may change the line Sett heaven thut haply death descries ; Ne lears, llke these in ours, bedew The little eyes " Angel by name love called hint, seeing n lair The sweet small frame; Meet te be called, it ever man's child were Angel by name. ' Uesj blight and waim from heaven's own heart he came. And might net bear The cloud thut covers earth's wanlacew.tb shame. "II:- Utile light et lilewasall tee rare Andseltaflainu; lle'iven yearned ler him till angels -hailed him there Angel by name." Hwlnberne. Tun National liepublican, of Washing ton, which is owned and controlled by Secretary Chandler, Assistant Postmaster Ilatteu and ether administration satellites, keeps en charging that President Garfield appointed Stanley Matthews judge of the supreme court for a consideration of ene hundred thousand dollars, paid te the campaign fund by Jay Gould,, and that the editor of the Tribune negotiated this sale of a seat en the beneh. This charge affects the integrity of the supreme court, I he reputation of Stanley Matthews and the memory of Garfield. Mr. Justice Matthews has remained silent under the grave accusation. Mr. Reid has uet seen fit te take any notieoofthe part ascribed te him in the negotiation. Silonce is no answer te such a charge wheu responsibly made. The supreme court ought net te permit it te pass without a proper investi gation, and Congress certaiuly will net aHew the highest judicial tribuual te be aspersed without a full inquiry. PERSONAL. Dukes' will has been found. It leaves $2,000 te Miss Mary Beosen, his nearest lady friend, and the rest te his mother. Mahion Ckawfeiid, author of " Mr. Isaacs " and " Dr. Claudius " accepted $:i,000 for the copyright of the latter. mTeiin H. Alexander, colored, has passed an excellent examination, and been admitted te the military academy at West Peiut. Rkv. Dr. Georee W. Smit.ky, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in Potts- ville, is dangerously ill and last night his death was hourly expected. Den Pedre, of Brazil, wears white silk and white satin when he sits en his throne, a necklace of immouse diamonds and emeralds and a rich lace cravat. Dn. Herrick Jehnsen, lately raodera raedera raodera ter of the Presbyterian assembly, has re signed his pastorate in Chicago te accept of a professorship in the Chicago theolog ical seminary. Butler's premisod visit te the Harvard commencement has completely scared off Senater Hear, who will absent himself en the occasion and hide in some unknown place. Geerge Francis Train has sat en the same bench in Madisen square fourteon hours a day for nearly ten years past. He wears no hat aud his face has bronzed coppery in the sun. Dr. TiiEerniLUS Pauvin has been elected by the trustees of Jeffersen medical college te the chair of obstetrics and dis eases of women, which was vacated by Prof. Ellerslie Wallace, who resigned a few days age. Postmaster General Gkesiiam has failed, thus far, te please his first assistant who declares that he is " te inquisitive. " With such a persen as Mr. Frank Hatten in the department the postmaster general cannot be tee inquisitive. Dn. "W. II. Bradley publicly denies that he has sold his interest in the Wilkes barre Recerd. Tlip stockholders of the paper have simply given him permission te transfer the lease he holds. Ne sale or change has been made and may net be. Mrs. Celta Tiiaxter, who is net only a poet but a painter of much taste and skill, is net satisfied with her present ac quirements, and is studying with a dis tinguished artist with as much ardor as if she intended te make painting her profes sion. UNFIX TO HOLD UlrFlUK. Recerd et KevenuB Ageut Clias. M llorteu. Commissioner Evans is credited with having se far recognized the fact that his recent appointments were open te criti cism as te assert if he found that Mr. Charles M. Horten were net a proper per son te be made a special agent no man would mere quickly condemn and remove him than he. Seme reasons for question ing Mr. Horten's fitness have already been given, and Mr. Evans has endeavored te defend him by publishing the fact that Governer Butler. ex-Collector Simmons, Secretary Chandler, and the Hen. James G. Blaine had asked for his appointment. What may prove te be only the first of a series of letters te show that he is unfit were received by the pres ident and referred by him te Secretary Felger. One of the letters is from a pre minent Massachusetts firm, protesting against Horten's appointment and com plaining that while engaged as a special agent he distributed the cards of a fitm of dealers in alcohol and sought te develep their business. The second letter tells its own story. It is from a member of the firm of Carter, Harris & nawley, drug cists, of Bosten, and is as fellows : Bosten, June 20, 1883. Te the Hen. Cluster A. Arthur, President of the United States : Dear Sir. Having noticed within a few days the appointment by the Hen. Walter Evans of Charles W. Horten for a position in the internal revenue depart meut, I consider it my duty as a friend of the administration and of an honest gov ernment te let you knew of my experi ence with him while he was in that de partment before. My business at that time was a wholesale druggist. The firm thou was Carter & Wiley, and in addition te the sale of medicines we dealt in wines and liquors, which is cus temary in that department of trade. Seme time after the tax was put en te whiskies there was a supplementary bill passed by Congress requiring all whiskies en hand before the tax was made te be stamped by a government gauger. It was my misfortune te be ignorant of that law. It se happened, ene day the abeve Mr. Horten called at my store aud said that he wished te see my stock of liquors aud that he was a government officer, and I readily acceded te his wishes aud took especial pains te give him every inferma tien wanted. When he had made or get through his examination I had tbe curiosity te ask him the object, and ibe reply was that my stock was seized ; that he made the gentlemen with him keeper, and that he would be in in the aflcrnejn. Much surprised, I asked him en what ground was theseizure made, and he showed me the act. I replied that I was totally ignorant of the matter and that it was an injustice. His rjply was that it was mydaty te knew the law. I asked him what was te be done. His reply was that he would he iu again, and that he was entitled te one half of the value. I was very much agitated ever tbe matter, net knowing what was my duty, and after con sulting with a friend was advised te go with him te a friend of Mr. Horten's and see what he could de in my behalf ; and the result was that Mr. Horten and his friend came te see ma in the afternoon, aud, after much negotiation through this friend, Mr. Horten being in the front of the stere and the friend aud rayself in the counting room, the friend going back and feith te Mr. Horten, I gave the friend for Mr. Horten a check ter SGOO, aud the stock was restored. The abeve facts are my ewu experience. Many similar transactions I have heard of, but cannot spaak from my own knowledge. His roputatieu here i.s very bad, and for the honor of our present administration I sincerely hepe the appaintraent will uet be confirmed by you. Mr. Itanuey and Mr. Merse, our present representatives, I would leferte inrezard te my character Very respectfully yours, Solemon Carter. Why They Approve Them. Harrisburg Independent. While Governer Pattison is obeying the mandates of the consitutien in his vetoes and putting the mark of his disapproval en bills notoriously objectionable as measures, all that his partisan opponents in the city can de through their feeble ergau is te do de 8cjpd te the gutter and threw mud with low fcpithets at him. There was a time when the Republican party was differently inspired and led, but in these days of its degeneracy these who profess te speak for it have neither the ability te de it intelli gently nor the manners te de it dccentlv. The mass of thinking men in Pennsylvania approve Governer Pattison's vetoes because ins reasons en wmen iney are nasea are sound and the argument by which he sus tain them incontrovertible. NEWS BY MAIL. fUEVAlLIMU CKIME AND OAUAMITV. Tornwiemi Heutn and West Chicago hm Ulitll Lightning l'teya Havoc in thn Meuth-Mall Miscellany. A tornado passed ever Elborteu, Ga., en Sunday, levelling sixtcen buildings, three of thnm churches aud killing ene man. Chicago experienced an extraordinary Bpell of weather yesterday. On Sunday midnight a cold wave set iu which lasted until last evening. The mean temporature of the day was about 50 degrees, and fires were built in many offices and dwellings. Winter undorwear and top coats were in much request. At the races the specta specta taters, with overcoats buttened up, had te keep moving te provent being chilled through. A Blight rain set iu at 3 o'clock in the evening. The Planters' cotton sced oil works in Algiers, Louisiana, was struck by light ning and destroyed during a thunderstorm Monday evening. Several cottages adjacent were also destroyed. The works were the largest of the kind iu oxistenco, and the less is estimated at 31.000.000. Five fire men were slightly scalded by the oxple sien of a tank. Four frame buildings in Milferd, Massachusetts, were burned en Sunday night, aud Captain William P. Burkes was burned te death. The scoeuer Wye, from Baltimere for Petersburg, Virginia, with coal, sank in the Appomattox river en Sunday evening. The scoeuer Lizzie Dewey is ashore en Nantucket shoals. The steam scoener Walker Armington grounded en the rocks in Bosten harbor during a fog en Sunday, but floated yesterday at high tide. Her captain attributes the accident te the failure of the Bosten light keoper te sound the whistle. T11K WKSTKBN FfAlUUS. Condition or the Mississippi Illver. The river is still rising slowly, but the situation is practically unchauged. In East St. Leuis the Bewman dyke and the ether weak points are constantly being strengthened. Threats are made te cut what is known as the Madisen county dyke, a high emhaukmeut running east from the river about a mile and a half, and midway between Broeklinand Venice, but after a long aud angry wrangle bo be bo tween a number of the inhabitants of the former place and seme poeplo living north of the dyke, it was decided te de nothing at present. As the cut ting of the dyke weufd increase the inundation of Brooklyn, the people were very determined, and guarded the lovee all night with shotguns and ethor weapons, but se far as is known, no attempt was made te intorfcre with it. A large velume of water still flews through the breaks In the Chicago and Alten aud ether railroad tracks, and it is spreading out and cover ing mere and raore bottom toward the bluff and along the Vandal ia railroad, but no damage te the latter is reported. Ilo Ile ports from points along the Missouri river vary. At some places the water is ri.Mng, at ethers it has fallen from a few inches te two feet. It is safe te say that there is considerably niore water te ceme down from this side of St. Jeseph, and the rise may be a feet or mere. A dispatch from Bismaick says tbe Yellowsteno river is already as high as it was last year, and that the Missouri river is also rising at that point. Telegrams from ethor places high up the Missouri indicate that the usual June rise has be gun, and probably some parts of it will reach here before the present flood has re ceded much. If se, the situation will become alarming, and thn destruction of property along both the upper and lower rivers will be appalling. The inhabitants of West Kansas City are preparing te leave, ene or two families having changed quarters. Thore is much apprehension regarding the ice houses and ethor property along the river iu that vicinity. The water is new considerably higher than at any time since 1SS1. The magnitude of the disaster from the floods below Alten, III., is just beginning te be disclosed. The break in the dyke below the city has caused destruction covering a wide area. Thousands of fam ilies between Louisiana and Grafton are homeless aud fleeing bafore the floods. Stock te the number of 0,000 have already been drowned in the American bottoms. Telegraph communication is seriously iu terrupted. The Suy Carte bottoms are ruined for the year. HEKCUEll'S JUUTIIOAY. The Seventieth Anniversary et the Itroek lyn Preacher. The celebration of llev. Henry Ward Beecher's 70th birthday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Monday night drew a crowded and distinguished audience. Among theso present were Mayer Lew. Revereuds Rebert Collyer, Themas Armi tage, Edwasd Bcecher, Justin I). Fulton, Generals Stewart L. Woodferd, Horatio C. King, G. T. Christiansen, B. F. Tracy, II. W. Hlecum, James Jour Jeur dan and James McLeer, ox-Mayer Hewell, II. IJ. Clallin, ox-Governer Smythe, of New Hampshire ;. Senater J. J. Kiernan, Jehn Feerd, Audie w Mc Lean. Iu en of the boxes were Mis. Beecher, Mrs. Stewe and ethers of Mr. Beecher's family. The entrance of Mr. Beecher en the stage was greetcd wiih the warmest enthusiasm, the audicuce rising and cheering aud tbe ladies waving their handkerchiefs, llev. C. II. Hall presided. Letters were read from II. IJ. Ilayes, Hon. Hen. A. S. Hewitt, Prof. James D. Dana of Yale college, J. G. Whitticr, Gee. Wm.. Curtis, ex Gov. Nelsen Dingley, of Maine, President White, of Cernell, Cel. ltoob lteob ltoeb ling, ex-Gov. Cernell, General Sherman, Whitelaw Reid, Oliver Wendell Helmes, Fred. Douglass, Wendell Phillips, " Matk Twain," P. T. Barnum, Gencral Hancock and ethers. Resolutions of respect, es teem aud affection, with congratulations for a life se useful and honored, were adopted by a rising vele. Or. Gottheil, rabbi of the Broadway Tomple, in Brook lyn, E D., read an address and presentcd en behalf of his fellow Hebrews a hand some silver pitcher. Addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Armitage, Rav. Dr. Collyer, Mayer Lew, Jehn liarry, M. P., from Ire land, and by Mr. lleecher himself. ilUKNKU IN A THKATISi:. Forty seven Lives Lest by the Frlglittul lieal Ism el a Fire Scene. intolligeuce 01 a Jnghtful calamity at a calamity place of amusement in the town of Dervie, en the shore of Lake Come, has just been received. The advices of the disaster statb that while a peiformance was in progress at a puppet theatie there the structure took fire and was cntirely de streyed. Forty-sevon persons lest their lives and twelve ethers were injured. The show was held iu a large hall ever a tavern. There were ninety persons iu the hall. A Bengal light was used te repre sent fire, and sparks from this set fire te a quantity of Btraw and fireweed stored iu an adjacent room. On prcceiviug the flames the showman shouted "fire," but the spectators thought the cry was merely a realistic detail of the show and remained seated. Cries of fire were seen raised out side the hall. The audicuce, thinking an affray had arisen in the street, barred with a heavy table the deer leading from the hall. They did net discover their mistake until the flames burst into the room After the fire was extinguished forty seven charred corpses were found around the table, including the bodies of tbe showman and his wife. The Grady Insurance Hill Vetoed. The governor has vetoed the Grady in surance bill. He reerets' that lm is I Sht1SAr1 4-i .1x tl.ta la enA aC rt L ments are most just and desirable lecisla-1 tien. Heobjeets te the section, whieh provides that when two years have elapsed from the time of issuing any policy of in surance, the company shall be thereafter estepped from setting up, as a dofense te its payment, the fraud or falsity of any of tue answers made by the tusured, upon the faith of which the policy was issued, but that such answers shall thereafter be ' ' regard cd and considered as true.' ' That is te say, if a company does net discover a fraud practiced upon it within two years after issuing a policy it cannot at any later peried avail itself of the proof of such fraud as a defense te the payment of tue policy. Is net this setting a premium upon fraud by declaring that the mero adroitly and covertly it is planned and carried out the mere sacred it shall be ? By this bill, if a fraud is se stupidly and blunderingly executed that it can be de tected in two years, then it can avail its perpetrator nothing. If, however, it be conceived se craftily ana hidden se ineen ieusly as te prevent discovery for a longer time than two years, then it becomes in vielable and nothing can provent the wrong-deer from gathering the fruits of his evil conduct. " Such a bill," he says, "creating a statute of limitations in favor of fraud, is se at variance with all our ideas of right and such a wide departure from the principles of our jurisprudence that 1 reiii8e te give it validity by my ap preval." Crime anu Calamity. Near Hartsboro', Alabama, yesterday, Jeseph Breem, white, expostulated with Rena Petite, a colored woman, for insult ing his wife, whereupon she stabbed him with a butcher knife. He wrenched the knife from her hand and stabbed her te the heart, causing her te fall dead. Breem's wound is likely te prove mortal. Ne duel was fought yesterday betwoen the Virginia editors, Messrs. Elam and Beirne, but a telegram from Richmond says " it is new pretty certainly ascertain ed that tue light will take place seme time te-morrow." Great distress is reported among the fishing population along the coast of Labrador, owing te the detention of their supplies by the iee jam along the shere. It is feared that several deaths from starvation have occurred. A. n. Hinkle, a prominent member of the Cin cinnati chamber of commerce, died yester day in Andever, Massachusetts, where he had geno te attend the graduation of his son. He was C9 years of age. William H. Harrison, a well known cottager of Ocean Greve, New Jersey, and a resident of Philadelphia, died suddenly at Ocean Greve yesterday merninir. Killed with a Illacksinlth'tf Sledge. Colonel B.L. Farinholt,of Essex county, Va., was killed en Saturday. Early in the week he had a misunderstanding with a blacksmith, and a fight ensued in which the blacksmith was worsted. On Satur day Colonel Farinholt, hearing of threats made by the blacksmith, went te the lat ter's shop armed with a five pound weight but befere he could use it his opponent assaulted him with a sledge hammer and crushed his skull, killing him instantly. Colonel Farinholt was a man of consider able prominence in Essex county, whero he had large monetary interest. Mall Miscellany. The Washington monument at Wash ington, has new reached a height of 370 feet. The Kaaterskill railroad was opened yesterday for business. With its connec tions it forms an all rail route from Rond Rend out te the top of the Catskill mountains. The farmers in the valley of Virginia are new harvesting the wheat. The crop throughout the valley counties will be un usually large, aud the quality is geed. Killed by a Tey l'istel. Several little girls living near Somer Semer villo Mills, Ga , found a small toy pistol and commenced playing with it. One of the children named Minnie Shrip, was handling the weapon when il was dis charged. The ball first struck Minnie's little sister en the cheek, inflicting a flesh wound, and thou struck another little girl named Mamie Steeu in the stomach, producing a wound from which she died within an hour. Base isall Yesterday. At Providenco : Providenco, 12 ; New Yerk. 3 ; at Buffalo : Buffalo, 2 ; Detroit, 0 ; at Bosten : Bosten, 15 ; Philadelphia, 7 ; at Cincinnati : Allegheuy, 2 ; Cincin nati, 1 ; at Leuisville : Metropolitan, 0 ; Eclipse, 1 ; At St. Leuis ; St. Leuis, 4 ; Baltimere, 2 ; at Columbus : Athletic, 8 ; Columbus, 2. The game was called at the end of the seventh inning en account of rain. A TKAUEOV in an iken MILL, The Cruel and itarbareus Vengeance of an iniariaieu uinnt. Chalanoega Special. Man's inhumanity te man was exempli fied te-day at the Loith-Tredgar iron works iu this city, where a difficulty oc curred between two empleyes, Lafayotte Browder and William Themas, in whieh Browder tried te murder his antagonist by burning him te death en a red het iron slab that was being prepared for converting into nails. The slab was four feet long and twelve inches wide, and was of solid bar iron welded together. Ths treuble grew out of a friendly scutlle in which the two parties engaged. Themas though a smaller man, was getting the best of Browder in the scuftie, which, together with the taunts of the bystanders and the evident satisfaction of Themas, se enraged Brewder that he lest all control of himself, and seeing the red het slab, immediately, with the strength of an in furiated madman, threw his antagonist en the seething iron, holding him there until pulled away by friends. When taken irem the slab Themas pre seuted a sickening sight. Frem his head te his heels he was a mass of blisters, his back and legs being almost roasted te a crisp. The witnesses en the trial testified that the appearance of the unfortunate man was most horrible, aud that a num ber of parsons were compelled te leave the presence of the body te escape fainting. It was with difficulty that Browder cehld be draggr 1 off the peer fellow, and he seemed determined te roast him alive. The mus- os of the shoulders and the tendons of the legs are frightfully burned, and should the wretched man recover, which is doubted, he will hardly recover himself enough te be able te work at his trade. Browder was promptly arrested by the pelice authorities en a charge of felonious assault, and was put upon his preliminary trial befere a justice of the peace. Uartheldl's statue. At Paris the semi official Voltaire pub lishes an interview with Bartholdi, prefaced by the following reflection : "In Ameri ca France has net reaped the due amount of grateful acknowledgment that an emancipated nation should always have for its liberator. " After describ ing Bartholdi as a man of ner vous temperament, but selide and sec, with a beard chatain clair, sprinkled with white hairs, there fellows a long inter view, of which the following is an extract: Voltaire " Americans seem te have forgotten that we once contributed te their freedem. De you think the value of the present will be sufficiently appreci ated?" Bartholdi " Oh, yes ; I hope the statue of liberty will have -its effect down therr, It will remind the Yankees of-France; that the emigrants from a certain country, which it is needless te name, strive te efface." By the " emigrants of a certain country " Mr. Bartholdi naturally refers te the Germans. (lone te Eminlttsbnrg. A nuciber of persons from this city left this afternoon for Emmittsburg, Bid., te attend the commencement there. THE COLLECTORS. INTERNAL KBVEKOK KKUUOTION. Nema or the Changes KUected by the Con solidation of Districts. The president issued an executive order yesterday, promulgating the changes made in the internal revonne collection districts in accordance with the action taken by Congress at its last session. The order is te take effect 011 the first of July next or as seen theroafCer as practicable. The number of districts is reduced from 12G te 82, a reduction of 44. Among the changes are the following : Pennsylvania Tne present First dis trict is enlarged se as te include the ceuu ties or Berks, Lehigh and Schuylkill of the prosent Eighth district, all of which territory is te be known as the First dis trict. William J. Pollock is designated as collector. The ceuutiu-; of Labanon, in the present Eighth district ; Snyder, Juniata and Dauphin, iu the present Fourteenth district ; Adams, Franklin, Fulton and Milllin, in the present Six teenth district ; Cumberland, Lancaster, Perry and Yerk, of the present Ninth district, are constituted into one district, te be known as the Ninth district. Andrew J. Kauffman, collector of the prosent Ninth district, i.s designated as collector. The counties et Clinten, Cou Ceu Cou tre, Lycoming, Tiega, Northumberland, Petter and Union, of the present Four teenth district, are consolidated with the the counties of Bradford, Carben, Celum bia, Luzerne, Menree, Menteur, Pike, Northampton, Sullivan, Susquo Susque hanna, Wyoming and Wayne, of the pre eont Twelfth district, and known as the Twelfth district. Edward II. Chassis designated as collector or the present Twelfth district. The counties of Clarien Crawford, Ferest Mercer, Venango and Lawronce, of the present Twentieth dif trict are consolidated with tbe counties of Cameren, Eric, Elk, McKean and Warren, of the Ninsteenth district, and Jacob F. Walther, of Eric, is designated as collec cellec collec eora new appointment. The counties of Bedford and Somerset, of the present Sixtcenth district, with all of Allegheuy county lying south of the Ohie and Alle gheny rivers, including Neville island, and the counties of Fayette, Grean, Washing ton and Westmoreland, are constituted ene district, te be kuewn as the Twenty second district, with Frank P. Ca;o,colIec Ca;e,colIec Ca;o,celIec tor for the present Twenty second district, as collector, The counties of Blair, Cam bria anil Huntingdon, of the preseut Six Six teonth district, that portion of Allegheny county north of the Ohie and Allegheny rivers and the counties of Armstrong, Bo.iver, Butler, Clearfield, Jeffersen and Indiana arc constituted ene district, te be kuewn as the Iwenty-third district Samuel M. Jacksen, of the present Twenty- third district, is designated as collector. YVOICIC AT HAICKISUUKU. The Heuse I'asses the Legislature Apper. tiomnent Mill. The Heuse last night refused te rojede from its amendment te Cooper's non pay ment of salary during recess resolution- exempting empleyes aud officers from its previsions. Then it appointed a commit tee of ceuferenca consisting of Shaffer, McOrum and Voegtly. The action of the Ilense was messaged ever te the Senate, and that body again refused te concur in the Heusa amondmeiib, but it did net appoint a cemmittee of conference. Iu a short session of forty five minutes' duration, tlie Heuso pa'sed the senatorial and legislative apportionment bill, recom mitted the congressional bill back te the apportionment committeo and defeated the judicial apportionment bill. The defeat of the latter, however, was but temporary as saveral Democrats, who saw that there were net enough presaut te pass the bill, voted against, aud then immediately moved te reconsider the vete, which was done, and the bill laid ever. The Senate passed thn judicial appor tionment bill en second reading, the only notable amendment being the (separation of Grccue and Fayette. Washington being added te Gieeue.aml Fayette made a separate district. In voting en this Greer announced that he was paired with Wel vertun. Gorden was el the opinion that this was net a political question, when Cooper chimed iu with the remark that there win a political question involved, "inasmuch as Sebright, the friend of Dukes, is a candidate in Fayotte for the judgeship." Lieutenant Govemor Black looked stern, and intimated that there should bj no icticctienscast. IMClilNSUN COLLKUK. ISeglnliiK f Coinmeiiruniont Te-.lHy't I'm gramme. Commencement at Dickinsen college, at C.11 lisle, begun te-day, with a varied pre pi amine. The junior class oratorical con tent was held at the opera house and was largely attended and the contestants wpic. with their subjects : " Demands of the Age Upen Yeung Men," E. E. Ilgeufritz, Yerk, Pa. ; " The Rich and the Peer," R. Lincoln Jone.s, Washington, D. C. : " The Philauthre pisr," R. T. Ileswell, Philadelphia, Pa. ; " Progress," II. M. Fre it, Hazelton, Pa. ; " Succession," II L. Bender, Yerk, Pa. The geld aud .-diver medals will he awarded en commencement morning te the two best speakers. The class day exercises iu the opera house in the morning were as fellows : Prayer by the chaplain M. D. Wagner, Carlisle, Pa. ; addre.is of welceme, W. B. Derris, Washington, D. C. ; Emery era tien, F. G. Graham, Carlisle, Pa. ; His tory, W. K. Darp, llarrisonville, N. J. ; Prophecy, S. Wilbur Gibbs, Pemborteu, N.J. In the aftornoen further services took place en the campus : Linden oration, G. F. Hepkins, Farm Farm ingten, Del.; presentation, J. B. Straw bridge, Lswisburg, Pa.; poem, Will A. Eckels, Carlisle, Pa.; class ode, G. F. Hepkins ; class smoke. This evening Rpv. Rebert Collyer, D. D., delivered the oration bofero the literary societies, his subject being " Ideals." He speke of the pleasure he enjoyed in coming back once in a while te the sunny home of his mether, Methodism, te wander a bit in her pleasant gardens. Alluding te his youthful aspirations after peace, prosper ity, and a work te de we.rthy of himself and of Ged, be said : " Here then is the first truth I would love te open te you. The splendid evor plus of youth and hope is yours new as it was mine lwfore you were born and 1 trust and bolievo my old hunger is yours te be some thing like a whole man. It is the first geed gift of Ged aud I can find no fitting words te clothe my thought of the worth which lies in these days wheu we begin te nourish our ideals of what we mean te ba and te de when we leave the old nest. Fer while the years that raake the almond tree te blossom, bring a worth of their own, no wise man would exchange for theso that have ceme aud geno this worth which lies iu the eacr youthful haart. Te dream of divinn adventures and te run the risk of a shipwreck, if we must in seeking new worlds belongs te the morning tide of life." Mr. Wilbur Fisk Spottsweo.l, A. M., of Philadelphia, of the clas3 of 1873, read a fine poem after Dr. Collyer's oration. m Kncampment Opened. The encampment and fair of General Heintzelman pest, Ne. 300, G. A R., opened te day in Kauffman'a park, near Manheim. It will continue twelve days, which will jnclnde the 4th of July, when there will be a grand demonstration, in cluding a parade and display of fireworks. MK1GHBOXHOOD NEWS. Kven(i Maaraad Acresa the County Lines. The senior class exercises at Lafayette college yesterday were attended by 1,500 persons. Peter Finegan, of West Chester, is 99 years old, and the prospects of his reach ing tha 100th year are very geed. J. Ang. Nebinger, defaulting and ab ab scending postmaster at Steelten, has been arrested after a ehase, in Kansas city. The remains of Archbishop Weed lay in state in the cathedral yesterday and were viewed by great numbers of people. A guard of ever three hundred pelicemen kept order. Harry Stine, formally of tha Dickinsen college nine, has been selected te fill the position of umpire in tha Interstate league in Harrisburg, Themas M'Kce re signed. One of the boilers at the works of the American Weed paper company, Potts ville, blew out a connection yesterday. Jehn II. Seitzler was perhaps fatally in jured. Harry Paul, a fireman, was slight ly sclalded. Some of the largest property holders of Norristown have signed patitieus asking the attorney general te withdraw the bill prohibiting the Pennsylvania railroad cemptny from laying its tracks through that place. A delegation of thirteen lawyers from Berks county, irrespective of party, visited Governer Pattison yesterday te pretest against the appointment of II. n. Schwartz as orphan's court judge under a bill passed by the Legislature at its- last regular session. The govemor listened in silence te the arguments of the visitors bat did net indicate what his course could be. Unless some check is made upon the ravages by the curculie the plum crop, especially in Berks eeuuty, will be light. The insect is puncturing the young fruit already; and in the ceurse of a few weeks the injured fruit will witherand drop from the trees. Down in Delaware where the tomato crop has recently become al most as great in its way as the peach, the big, ugly green worms, se destructive te the young vines, are appearing te such an extent that soma of the farmers say thore is liable te be a boom in the price of canned tomatoes next winter. KTKKKT WOKK. IlldsUpeued and Contracts Auarded. At a meeting of the street cemmittee held last evening the bids for street weik advertised for were opened. They were as ioiiews Ferbi sewer en Der wait strict between r and 1'enlar Frank Ilin- der, St.if 'rancis Aucamp, $4,"-l.1 ; peuter, $:5.700 : Charltv. Schwebei, ,(500; Davis Kitch,jr, $!,- 102 f0. The contract was awarded te Mr. Schwebei. Fer building sewer en West Chestnut between Market and Water Charles Schwebei, $700 ; Davis Kitch, jr., $734 ; Em'I Hoever, $084 17 ; Frank Hinder, $727 ; Francis Aucamp, $030. The con tract was awarded te Mr. Aucamp. Fer grading Pine street from Wst King te Orange .las. C. Carpenter. $100 ; Davis Kitch, jr., $103 ; Suter & Bre., $160 ; Jehn W. Musser, $149.40 ; Wm. C. Kneezel. $147.25; Frs. Aucamp, $120; Frank Hinder, $150. The contract was awarded te Davis Kitch, jr., Mr. Carpen ter's bid of $100, being conditional en his getting the contract for tha Derwart street sewer. The street cemmittaa decided te advor adver advor tise for proposals for a sewer in East Vine street from Duke te Linie ; aIeuj Rockland from Vine te Church, ami along Church from Rockland te Keehler's browery. Alse for the extension of the Audiew street sawcr te Heffman's run. LtHt of Unclaimed I-nttern. The following is a list or letters remain ing in the postelfico at Lancaster for the week ending June 25, 188:. : Ladies' List. Miss Katie M. Bacr, Miss Katie Burg, Miss Hattie Fi.sher, Miss Annie B. Uerr, Miss S. R. Hubley, Miss Emma Hauser, Mrs. Lucy R. Lovelin, Mrs. S. M. McCi-acken, Miss Laura A. McKinney, Lydia Musser, Susan Riuer, Mrs. Millie Rishell, Mrs. Mary R. Smith. Gents' List. Jan. Bittle (for.), Barre A; Brethers, Solen Bruce, Ed. Bush, Jim. Deal, Jue. Eagan, Ed Fritehln, A. S. Hamb'right, Jno. Hunk. II. B. Heir, ,J. C. Hemphill, Wm. U. Heward. S. McCer- .mick, Wm. McCarthy, Lawis Maiturn, J. P. Miller, E F. Quinii, S.un'l Rishel, W. P. Rife, Jac. Kethruss (for.), I). M. Sharp, Jno. Schleghenstciu, Lnwi.s Vol Vel rath, Albert C. Weed. Third ane" fourth class matter. Thinl class. Jno. Beakler, Lizzie Haruisli, Mrs. Evaliue Hondriek.seii, Jno. F. Harrison. Fourth class. Miss Emma Dpnliiifjer. m K.IIK. I Kirn Ien el (lUlrerr Ii-iit(tliiiii,il I'nrude. The following efliceis were elected fur the ensuing terms by Liucastcr lede Ne. 08. Knights of Pythias, in thou- ;.vt!.i hall last eveuing : P. C Jehn L. Vegan. C. C Jehn A. Gable. V. C. Clarence V. Lichty. r. u. Heward Campbell. M. of A Jehn E. Zecher Trustt-e Chas. I. Limits, esq. Representative te grand ledge C. II. Fasnacht. The sir knights of Lancaster division, Ne. 0, U. R. K. P., together with mem bers of the ledge, will participate iu the dedication of the cantle hall ami parade of Marietta ledge in that borough en the Fourth of July, and will bj accompanied by the City band. They will leave this city en f e 9:40 a ".1 1 rain and will 111.1k.: a short street parade before their depart ure. A .Student lllrycler. A Penushurg correspondent of the Nor ristown Register sajs : Sunday evening Mr. Weaver, a member of Franklin and Marshall college, arrived here frm Lan caster en a bicycle. He stat ted from the collcge at 5 a. ra. and reached Pcuusburc at 7 p. m., having male a di.stauce of 07 .miles. He was en hit way home te Ilel Ilel lerstewn, but did net go any farther than Coopersburg. Mr. Weaver is a noted bicycle rider and proved his skill in the art by lying supinely en his vehicle and gliding down the steep hill bsyeml Peuns burg with the precision and indiff-umcejef a veteran. Drank and DiKertlerljr. Themas Williams yesterday deliberately and publicly took oft his pantaloons, (a new pair) en North Duke strict, below James, and put en an old pur. He then ttied t0 8ell the new ones for five cents. Officer Weidler pulled him in and locked him up for a hearing. Wm. M'Goniele was arrested by Officer Lentz, of the Fifth ward, for drunken and disorderly conduct, and he, tee, was locked up. The Lawyers I'lcnlc. Although- the weather looked very blue for a picnic this morning, the lawyers gathered en Barbary coast at an early hour. AH were ready for a picnic, rain or shine, as extensive preparations had been made. Shortly before, 10 o'clock the first 'buss lead of legal talent left Alderman Fordney's office, which was the place of meeting, for What Glen, and tha banis ters have been going out ever since. Heme Stelen. A telegram received from North East, Md., states that a grey-spcckled, " fat, chunky horse, sprung in the knees, and having a short tail, was stolen from ucar Fair Hill, Md., en Sunday night. Miller Burten, 25 years old, rather tall, slim, smooth laced, dark eyed and pleasant looking, is suspected of the theft. lkr 1 , -T sss gfe?g&- ?
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