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THUBSDA? EVENING, JUNE 23, 1883.
The "Times" aad the IJIorerner.
Our esteemed and courteous contem
porary, the Philadelphia Times, at some
length, explains that it lias ether causes
for complaint against Gov. Pattison's
administration than his " nomination of
a recorder and of sealers of weights and
measures before moving for the abolition
of these offices ;" and, in illustration of
his " fatal surrender " te Pilgrim leader
ship and the " disorganization of the
honest Democracy," it charges that
"his attorney general, with his ap
proval, bad bargained away the large
plunder of the office of sealers of weights
and measures," and " the failure te de
mand the abolition of the office was
because of the Pilgrim contracts te
which he bad made himself a party.'
With respect te this charge, point
edly made before and new repeated, we
have said before that it is one for the
governor and his attorney general, at
wbem it is aimed by Cel. McClure, en
the authority, we understand, of Mr.
Josephs, te answer. If it is denied, as it
has net yet been publicly, the issue thus
made will require th 7Ymcs te produce
the proof of its charge. Until that is
forthcoming the honest Democracy of
the state will net believe that any such
surrender te Pilgrim leadership was
made : it certainly has net been fatal :
the reputable appointments of Messrs.
Iseminger and Sensenderfer were no evi
dence of it, and hence il had no disorga
nizing tendency en the party at large in
the state.
The 2Yics indulges in the diffuse and
vague charge that " every great reform
demanded in this city, that directly
affected the old Cameren bosses with
whom the Pilgrim Democratic bosses
have affiliated and divided, has been
defeated at JIarrisburgrand by the Pi I
grim mastery in legislation and in per
verting the power of tlte administration.'
This is net true. The editorial columns
of the Times for mouths past have
borne witness te the ceutrary. The
proclamation e'f the Cominittve of One
Hundred, te the effect thai numerous
reform measures, which sought passage
in vain from former legislatures and
succeeded in this, have become laws
effectually contradicts the Tinu,. These
measures had the sympathy and secured
the approval of the administration.
The defeat of the bill le repeal " this
boss railway act of lW.s," which the
Times calls " the gravest failure in re
form effort," was net chargeable te the
state administration in any sense. The
Times has at different limes held the oil
men, the speaker of the Heuse, Mr.
Singerly, Mr. Cassidy and ether in
fluences responsible for that failure.
And yet, far mere than any of these, it
knows that incompetent management of
the bill defeated it. It suffered most
from its friends, least from any influence
the attorney general had in the Legisla
ture if he exercised it at nil and none
from any interference of Gov. Pattison.
It is true that the present Legislatin e
has net done all that could have been
hoped from it ; but what it has done of
a salutary character, it seems te us,
has been largely in accordance with
the governor's recommendations ; what
it has failed te de has net been his fault ;
and what it has done ill-advisedly, he
has largely corrected. On the whole
his administration has been wise, lien -e3t
and intelligent ; and it se strikes f he
public judgment. In its criticism of it
the Intelligknc rcit moves by just as
high a standard as the editor of the
Times, who claims that he " can have
no personal disappointments in politics"
and "asks only of public officials, high
and low, that they shall be faithful te
their solemn pledges te the people who
honored them."
Separate Orphans Courts.
A Reading coirespendent writes te us
in the matter of the orphans' court
judgeship for Berks county, that the
law establishing the court was net de
sired by the ieople ; that it was passed
without the thirty days advertisement
being given that the constitution re
quires for proposed special legislation ;
that a remonstrance against it was pre
sented te the Senate, but that it was net
read iu the Heuse as it should have
been ; that the orphans' court is held
in the county en but eleven days in th!
year; and that JudgeIIageninau, who is
active in pressing Mr. Schwartz into
this judgeship is net aiming le adorn
the bench with dignity, intelligence and
honor, and that it is tee much his habit
te drag the judicial ermine iu politi
cal mire. ;
We quite agree that .iudge Hageuman
has net a proper conception of the dig
nity and duty of his position and that it
is unbecoming in him le exhibit him
self as an active politician. Still that is
"the nature of the beast," and the
judge probably can't help it, but he cer
tainly mistook his calling when he
sought the ermine, as a great inauy of
our judges have done. Men who reach
the bench by political intrigue cannot
change their natures and drop their
habits when they get there ; and they
cannot afford it, either, for the time of
their reelection comes around every ten
years, and as they cannot earn a renemi
nation by merit they need te leek out
for it by management.
We de net knew I whether or no the
Berks county people wanted this orphans'
court judgeship ; but our correspondent
does net state the case properly when he
alleges that there is only eleven days
business for the orphans' court judge.
At present the common pleas judges del
egate their orphans' court labors te au"
dtters whom they appoint from the bar.
There should be ample business in Berks
county te keep an orphans' court judge
busy during every day in the year ; but
there will be little business left for audi
tors in the distribution of decedents'
estates. The simple question is whether
it is better te have estates distributed by
a score or two of lawyers as auditors or
by one lawyer a3 a judge. The strength
of the argument is all in favor of the
distribution by a judge, as it should be
the cheapest, promptest and most efH -cient
way ; and would be if the judge is
fi; for his place. It all turns en this.
T:
By a geed orphans' court judfeVorphaesl
court business would be well administer
ed ; by a bad one it would be badly done,
and it would be much better te take
your chauce with au auditor picked up
out of the bar.
The advertising of this law was preb
ably net required by the constitution, as
it dee3 net fairly come under the desig:
nation of a special law, the Legislature
being especially authorized te appoint
orphans' court judges iu its discretion.
Berks county will have no reason te
cemplaiu of its judgeship if it gets a
geed one. New is the time for its peo
ple te let their voice be heard. A geed
man en the orphans' court bench will be
worth a geed deal te them ; a peer
judge will be a very expensive nuisance.
Tiik Pittsburgh Dispatch thinks that
Governer Pattison is inconsistent in
vetoing Pittsburgh's charter because it
is a special law for Pittsbugh alone, for
bidden by the constitution, while saying
that he would be glad te approve some
" well digested and comprehensive
scheme for the government of that
city." But the governor adds, " if it
conforms te the requirements of the f un
dameutal law." Pittsburgh can com
ply with the requirements of the funda
mental law prohibiting special legislation
for cities by combining with Phila
delphia te get up a first class
charter adapted te large cities. Pitts
burgh claims te have the (500,000 pep
uiaiien which cnauies it te come in as a
city of the first class, aud why then does
it want te stand out in cold solitude as
a city of the second class? The supreme
cjurt nas ueuiueu mat a single city :u a
class may be legislated for, net wit 't ' -md
mg tne constitution, uut tlie i .. 'ne
court nas tee eiten demonstrated Kb in
capacity te read the constitution accord
ing te its spirit te entitle its judgment
te any mere consideration than il has
received at the sioveruer'a hands.
UISREI'UTAHLK aUtl UlStlUStCll HS
Dersey is, there never was any reason te
doubt that he was the trusted agent of
the Republican candidates and leaders
in the presidential contest of 1SS0. The
letters which he produces abundantly
sustain this. The " plenty of money "
raised for and spent iu that campaign
was furnished upon a geed uiiderstaud
ing between the candidates and the pe
litical bankers of their party.
If the Philadelphia Press is really
anxious te make a comparison of the
expense of Democratic and Republican
administration at Harrisburg, we invite
it te an examination of the cost te the
state of " suppliers " and contingencies
under Republican Clerk of the Heuse
IIuliu and Democratic Clerk of the
Heuse Meek. That is a geed file for the
Press f e cut its teeth en
Tiik Beiks county orphans' court judge
ship returns te plague its inventors.
Tiik prcscuce of Butler was much
inert)
conspicuous at the Harvard dinner
terd.iy than the absence of the Hears,
yen
FeuNiiv's Progress speaks of Lancaster
as oue of the " least advanced " cities i'
knows of. Ilow many docs it knew of ?
Clearly Lancaster is net ene of them.
Mu. Randall and Mr. Watten-oe arc
guests together under Mr. Tildcu'u reef,
and though Watterseu says he loves Ran
dall like a brother, he thinks his election
as speaker would be a national calamity
What does Mr. Tilden think?
iiie.su who expected Gov. Butler te
make au ass of himself at the Harvard
commencement evidently calculated with
out a proper appreciation of his fertility
of resources. Te have indulged iu any
publie speech of a spiteful character be
cause the overseers of the institution had
refused te him the courtesy it has paid
his predecessors, would only have helped
te justify then- conduct. He was smart
oueugh te recognize this and deltly im
proved the occasieu te make friends where
he had net known them before.
The bills which the governor vetoes to
day arc the Roxbury bill which is objected
te en the ground of special legislation ;
i. t.:i, -:..: .,. ?-. .
mu uiu niiug me military organizations
of Philadelphia money iu the treasury,
the proceeds of the sale of property at
Thirteenth and Callowhill stroets, and the
bill equalizing the salaries of orphans'
court and common pleas judges. These
features of the general appropriation bill,
which provide par diem compensation for
salaried officers, of the Legislature will
also be negatived by executive consent.
It having been assumed by the Rcpubli
caus iu their discussion of the subject in
the Legislature- that counties could net
be grouped into districts te give the Dem
ocrats a majority of the congressmen fiem
this state, Geerge W. Morgan, of Phil
adelphia, set himself te work te demeu-'
strate that such a result could be accom
plished. As the product of skill and
industry he produced a bill giving the
Kepublicaus thirteen sure districts' and
the Democrats fifteen, three of the latter
by small majorities. The distribution is
as fellows : First live districts, Philadel
phia ; Sixth, Chester, Delaware ; Seventh,
Bucks, Northampton ; Eighth, Berks
Ninth, Lancaster ; Tenth, Lehigh, Ment!
getnery ; Eleventh, Wayne, Pike, Lacka
wanna, Menree ; Twelfth, Luzerne, Celum.
bia; Thirteenth, Schuylkill, Carben;
Fourteenth, Lebanon, Dauphin, Perry;
Fifteenth, Susquehanna, Bradford, Tiega,
Petter; Sixteenth, Sullivan, Lycoming,
Menteur, Northumberland, Union, Sny
der; Seventeenth, Cumberland, Yerk;
Eighteenth, Adams, Franklin, Fulton,
Bedford; Nineteenth, Juniatta, Mifflin,
Huntingdon, Centre, Clinten; Twentieth,
Fayette, Somerset, Westmoreland ; Twen-ty-first,
Indiana, Cambria, Blair; Twenty
second, Clearfield, Jeffersen, Cameren,
Elk, Ferest, McKean, Warren ; Twenty
third and Twenty-fourth, Allegheny;
Twenty-fifth, Washington, Greene,
Beaver; T wenty-sixth, Clarien, Armstrong,
Butler; Twenty seventh, Lawrence, Mer
cer, Venango; Twenty-eighth, Crawford
and Erie. Of course, three of these dis
tricts, the 20th, 25th and 2Cth, are
Democratic by slender majorities, but the
bill shows what could be done if the
Democrats were inclined te gerrymander
the state even te the same extent as the
McCraeken bill does it.
MAIkNtWS.
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DDlNUa AIX OVKK THE CUDHTKT.
Tbe Republican State Nominations in West
ern State Recent Happening
of Crime and Accident.
The Republican state convention of Iowa
met yesterday in Des Moines, and elected
Cel. D- B. Hendersen permanent chair
man. Buren R. Sherman -ras reneminated
for governor and O. H. Manning for lieu
tenant governor by acclamation. After
the ticket was completed resolutions were
adopted declaring iu favor of the prohibi
tion amendment te the state constitution,
adopted in 1882 by 29,974 majority, and
for the enactment by the next legislature
of laws for its enforcement ; and insisting
" upon such revenue laws as will encour
age American industries and protect
American labor, in order that American
working men shall have a fair day's wages
for a fair day's work, and which will tend
te assure permanent employment."
The Republican convention of Minne
sota, met yesterday in St. Paul. Governer
Hubbard was reneminated by acclamation.
Resolutions were adopted approving the
river and harbor bill and the arrears of
pensions act.
The annual session of tbe Prohibitionists
of Missouri began in Warrensburg en
Tuesday. The president of the association
urged the necessity for funds "te put
active men in the field," but advised
against organization as a political party.
Yesterday's ballet for U. S. Senater in
the New Hampshire Lcgislatuie result ei as
fellows : Bingham, 110 ; Rollins, 105 ;
Patterson, 154 ; Briggs, SO ; Stevens, 18 ;
Marsten, 14 ; scattered, 5. Necessary te
a choice, 103.
When the decision of the supreme court
of Illinois iu favor of the constitutionality
of the Scott liquor lax law became known
in Cincinnati en Tuesday, saloeu keepers
began at once te make payment under the
law. The total revenue tuerofrem iu that
city is estimated at $300,000. "Hitherto all
sales of liquor (except ale, wine and beer)
te be drank where sold was illegal, and
though the law was generally a dead letter
its repeal and the substitution of the tax
gives saloon men a legal standing iu their
business, which most of them appreci
ate" Ex-Judge Badgley, iuau opinion, states
that the grand ledge of Freemasons of
Montreal is subject te the ponalties im
posed iu the act aaiust secret societies,
theso only being exempt who are uuder
the grand ledge of Englaud, Ireland,
Scotland or Canada, they having get spe
cial acts passed granting them immunity.
The grand ledgo contemplates taking the
matter into court.
A national convention of master plumb
ers met yesterday iu New Yerk. The ob
ject, besides effecting a permanent organ
ization, is "todevise some ineaus where
by practical plumbers can ebtaiu plumbers'
supplies from dealers as cheap as thosame
supplies are sold te speculators aud con
tractors who, it is said, buy net mere
that one-fourth the quantity the plumb
eis purchase." Iu the evening, V. E.
Fester, of Virginia, was elected provident,
and Euick Remiek, of Pennsylvania,
recording secretary.
CICIMK ANU AUC1IIUM'
The flaln Trail et Hloudslied auil DiH.tnlpr.
A stage ceaeh .going from Helena te
Deer Ledge in Mentana, was stepped by
two highwaymen about e o'clock en Sat
unlay morning. Jehu MuC jrmiek, a pest
trader, who sat en the box hostile tbe
driver, drew a revolver and fired en the
robbers wounding one se badly that he lied
back into the brush. The ether returned
the fire, wounding oue of the horses,
whereupon the team took fright, acd was
seen beyond range of the robbers.
A (i year-olddaughtcref Lawreuce Jehn
steu, of Huntorsville township, North
Carolina, was found dead iu her father's
barn yesterday hanging by a halter. She
was alone playiug iu the barn with a hal
ter, oue cud of which was fastened te a
deer binge, aud it is suppjsccl her feet
slipped and she loll, the noose closing
uuder her chin aud breaking her neck.
A fire occurred yesterday aftorneou iu a
heading in'a breast at the Monitor cel.
liery, situated about two miles from Mt.
Carmel, Pa. Several meu were overeemo
by gas and were carried out of the mine.
Tiie origin and extent of the tire are at
prcsent unknown. The colliery employs
ever 500 men aud boys.
A special dispatch from Greenville,
Texas, te the New Orleans Timcs-Deme-crul
says that two colored mcu who com
mitted an assault upeu a lady, near Jef Jef
fereon, were Wednesday taken from jail,
aud ene banged and the ether burned te
death.
William Ray, proprietor of a bearding
house at Pullman, Illinois, Wednesday,
shot aud instantly killed Themas Dewdie
aud Geerge Fex, two young rueu who had
made threats against his life. Ray asserts
that the act was in self defence.
The Buffalo Eccning Ncics publishes a
number of affidavits alleging shameful
cruelties iu the management of the Sol
diers aud Sailors' home at Bath, New
Yerk. The affidavits are from inmates of
the home.
The schoenor Clara Bell, with .. earge of
paving stones for New Yerk, struck ou
Avery's Reck, at Rockport, Massachu
setts, en Tuesday evening, and will be a
total less.
The steamer Rhinwidda, ashere near
Torbay, Neva Scotia, is reported in se bad
a position that there is no hepe of saving
her.
The yacht Wayward, reported by a tole
gcam from Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
as probably lest, has been heard from.
She was fog bound,
A fire in Nashville, Tennessee, Wednes
day destroyed the building at Clark and
Frent streets with itssentents, andcreatlv
damaged the Woodward building ad
joining. The less is estimated at$49,
000. In an affray at Collmgsville, Alabama.
yesterday, William Mullins and Tnemas
Hall and his seu were killed aud Jehn
Mullins was fatally weuuded;
A TlSltltlUIiK TALK.
In Human Treatment tit Twq ISejrs.
One of the most peculiar cases ever
tried iu the courts of Lackawanna county
had a hearing iu Scranton yesterday. Tne.
defendants were D. E. Westcott and his
wife, who were prosecuted for the inhu
man practice of burning the hands of their
two sons, Willie and Charlie, by placing
them upon a het cooking stove te cuic
them of the habit of stealing. The couple
did net attempt te deny that they had
placed the hands of the boys en the steve,
but they pleaded in extenuation of the act
that the stove was net red het, as had been
alleged. Mrs. Westcott, who is a strong
minded stepmother of fiercely religious
tendencies, told the court that she knelt
by the stove with little Willie and tried te
impress mm wun me iaet tnat tnat was
the throne of grace, and that the heat
which made him howl when it teuchel
his palm was intended te remind him of
the torments of eternal fire which
awaited him unless he reformed forthwith.
Then she prayed, and asked the boy te
unite with her while she continued te held
his hands upon the purgatorial metal, but
instead of being reconciled te his martyr
dom the lad yelled with pain and terror
and thrilled the neighborhood with his
agonizing cries. Charlie, the ether brother,
was treated simiiarly by his father and
stepmother. The red het stove was said
te be the climax in a long catalogue of
punishments inflicted upon the offending
boys without effect. They had been
whipped severely and en one occasieu
Charlie had been compelled te stand for
three hours en the edge of a barrel. Be-
eanse this did net care him" of stealing his
father scorched his bands. The testimony
created a sensation in the court and Dis
trict Attorney Connelly, in summing np
for the commonwealth, denounced the
cruel, parents for the inhuman treatment
of the children.
A KKJUABKAHI.I-. SUICIDE.
.entirely Frencny in Its Ctiaracter.
In Paris en Tuesday evening, the atten
tion of the crowds of premeuaders iu the
Quartier des Pyramided was attracted by
a suicide, accomplished iu a manner very
eccentric, even ler a great city like Paris.
A gentleman, neatly acd respectably
dressed, entered the restauraut "Jehu
Bull," at the corner of the Rue des Pyra
mides and the "Place Jeanne d'Are, aud
ordered an elaborate dinner. He consumed
the delicacies set before him with evideut
relish, and after each dish or glass of wine
he jetted down a few observations iu a
note book. He completed his repast with
tbe satisfaction of a man who had
achieved a thoroughly first-rate dinner.
He then called for a glass of champagnu
aud an excellent Uavanna cigar. He
sipped the former and lighted the latter,
aud finally told the waiter te bring his
bill.
The waiter turned his back, and the
gentleman who had dined se. agreeably
removed the cigar from his lips and iu
sertcd iu his mouth the muzzle of a re
volver. He fired four bullets through his
brain. A doctor was called, and the dead
man was searched. Thev found absolutely
nothing iu his pockets -except the note
book. On the first page of this were writ
ten in large bold characters the words,
Diner de la mert ; Jfes dernicres impres
sions. Then followed a critique en each
dish, conceived iu the style aud unity of
idea of au accomplished couueisour. Iu
the end he expressed his regret that he, au
ex officer iu the French army, and deco
rated at that, should diu as a malhenncte
hemmc, after having striven during the
war te fall sous Ic coup d'unc bdllc Prus
siennc. Ureal O.tuiign In the Slale Regions of
Mnrtliauiptun.
The Lehigh river has risen six feet
since Wednesday morning and is still
rising, overflowing its banks in mauy
places aud flooding the towpath, prevent
ing the movement of canal beats. The
raius continue te fall aud the river will
rise at least six feet mere. The Bushkill
is also rising rapidly aud is already ever
its bauks. The Delaware is little affected
thus far aud a dispatch from Pert Jervis
at two o'clock said little or no rain hail
fallen thore. The storms seem te centre
in the Lehigh valley. The slate regions
arc suffering greatly. Banger is practic
ally submerged. Houses are Heeded aud
families are moving out. The trestlework
of the Banger & Pertlrnd read is washed
away and the tracks three aud four feet
uuder water. The iron bridge at Martin's
creek is swept away. The slate quarries
are filling with water. The track of the
Pennsylvania, Slatingteu & New England
read and of the Banger & Portland read
is washed away west of Portland. Nay Nay
ler's dam, Leng's dam, Piper's dam, part
of Weiss dam en the Jacobus creek, Mell's
slate factory aud a slaughter heue, be
sides ethor buildings, were washed away.
The streams are still rising.
A nianliic'M JSucape uutl Ctpturc.
Charles Edward Hauseu, who was ro re ro
eently declared insane by the jury by
which he was tried for killiug Charles
Ridgely White, of Heward county, Md.,
escaped from Spring Giove asylum, near
Baltimore, and was recaptured. His
escape occasioned great excitement. He
crawled out of the window of his eeil
about midnight and walked through the
rainstorm, without his hut, te his home,
twenty miles distant. When his family
saw him he presented a pitiable sight.
His clothing was thoroughly drenched and
covered with mud.
Tbe ArchlUMimp will.
The will of the late Archbishop Weed
was admitted te prouate yesterday by the
register of wills. The petition for letters
of admiuistoratieu gave $10,800 as the
value of the archbishop's estate. All the
property aud effects, real and personal,
are conveyed in fee simple te his successor,
"with the like powers upon which the
said preperty and effects shall have been
held by me immediately preceding my
decease." The executers named aic Very
Rev. Maurice A. Walsh, V. G.. Rev. Nic
helas Cantwell aud Rev. Jas. E. Mulhol Mulhel
laud. PERSONAL.
Bishop O'Haka is prominently named
for the successor te Archbishop Weed.
Du. II. S. Baugiieii, Iato of Heward
university, has been elected te the profes
sorship iu Pennsylvania eillege, Gettys
burg, vacated by Prof. Jacobs' resigna
tion. Skxatek Voeuiicks has recently ac
quired the habit of faking snuff. He oai eai
rics a neat ebony box in his trousers
pocket, from which he takes a pinch of
old rappee evcry ten ur fifteen minutes.
Senater Bayard, of Delaware, Justice
Weed, of the U.S. supreme court, Gov Gov
ereor Waller, of Connecticut, aud Geerge
W. Cable, of New Orleans, received the
degree of LL. D., from Yale college yes
terday. II. S. McNaiu heads the Yerk county
delegation te the Republican state con
vontien. He was au Indepeudeut last
year and is the implacable enemy of Hiram
Yeung, of the Yerk Dispatch, who "had
been" a candidate for state treasurer.
Jehn O. Jamks, the well-known Phila
delphia merchant who died en Tuesday,
was a native of Bucks county, founder of
the house of James, Kent, Santee & Ce.,
and a liberal minded and active Democrat.
He was a highly esteemed and worthy
citizen, known and respected throughout
the state.
Cel. David B. 1'akkek, recently ap
pointed postmaster at Washington, D. C,
is suffering soveroly from the laceration of
both hands, received at his home, in
Randelph N. Y., in an attempt te separate
lighting dogs ou Sunday. He received
prompt medical attention, and hopes are
entertained that nothing serious will result.
The dogs were both killed, by erder of
Mrs. Parker.
Algernon Saktekis. the Eu-'Iishm.-m
who married Gen. Grant's daughter Nellie,
for some years has spout several mouths
each season en his farm near Green Bay, a
nunureu mnes or se norm et Milwaukee.
He is new the subject of some scandal in
the Western papers, in connection with an
English widow who lived in grand style
in Milwaukee, and suddenly disppcarcd,
leaving a long list of unpaid bills.
Rukus Hvrcu is a philosopher as well
as a finaucier, aud the ether day he put a
pertinent truth into a pithy phrase as
fellows : " I owned last June a year age
three times as much corn as there was in
the city of Chicago. I bought ether nee-
ple's imaginations. If I had held it thirty
days longer I would have made $600,000
mere than I did. It was as illegitimate as
could be. 1 bought what I didn't want,
and the ether man sold what he didn't
have."
Miss Blessem Dkum, daughter of Ad
jutant General Drum, was married in
Washington last evening te Lieutenant
Henry J. Hunt, of tbe navy. The cere
mony was performed at the residence of
the bride's parents. President Arthur
and Chandler were ameug these present.
The" bride were a dress of white silk,
pleated in front, with basque and train of
brocaded satin. The veil was of tulle,
fastened te the head with a daisy. The
bridesmaids all were white. The house
was covered with flowers,
BUTLER. AT HARVABD.
HE CAPTURES POPULAR liNTUUSIASJl.
Heiv Old Men Talked at the A!uml Dinner
He Arouses tbe Kutiiustasin of
His Audience.
Gen. Butler went te the Harvard college
alumni dinner Wednesday. ThwLaneers
with their baud, performed their historic
escort duty te the six horse carriage in
which his excellency aud 4jieutenatit gev
ei nor Ames rode ever the bridge, and
President Elliett welcomed his guests at
the deer of Massachusetts bill. There
weie present about fifty gentlemen, most
of the distinguished alumni, te a few of
whom the governor was presented. There
was no formality about the reception; iu
fact, tbe governor was left te hi3 own re
seurees and sought out and speke with
two or thrce in the crowd whom he knew.
Among these present were : Uen. E. R.
Hear, president of the beard of overseers ;
ex President Hill, of the University; Hen.
Charles Francis Adams, jr., Judge L we!l,
of the U. S. circuit court; Judge Colburn,
of the supreme court, and members
of the college government. When the
precession matched te Sanders' theatre the
governor, with Hen. Jehn Quincy Adams,
came next behiud President Elliett. He
was greeted by silence as he took his seat
ameug the notables en the platform aud,
clad iu black, his Prince Albert coat,
adorned with the inevitable boutenniero,
remained a pissive listener te the orations
aud dissertations of the graduates. Pres
ident Elliett, when these were ended.
conferred degrees en the 207 members of
the graduating class aud also announced
the honorary degrees. Francis A. Walker
of Bosten, aud Rev. Geerge E. Ellis, I).
D., of Bosten, received the degree of LL.
D. Rev. Charles Babbidge, of the class of
'23, received the degrce of D D. Mr.
Babbidge has been pastor of a church iu
Pepperell for fifty years, aud was chaplain
of the first (Sixth) Massachusetts regi
incut which went out for three mouths.
President Elliet; entertained the gover
nor during tbe interim which succeeded
and escorted him into Memerial hall at 2
o'clock.
Tlie Alumni llluner.
Fully ene thousand alumni wcApieseul
at the dinner, while undergraduates eccu
pied the galleries overlooking the diuner
tables. After Dean Gray, of the Divinity
school, had asked the diviue blessing and
the veterau Sibley had led in the singing
of the seventh psalm, Jeseph II. Cheate,
of New Yerk, the presiding officer, felieit
eusly began the speech making. Mr.
Cheato pointed out pleasantly that the
governor, who sat at his left, was present
as the guest of the president and lellews
and net of the alumni and made sevcrai
ether allusieus, which could be takeu
either as slaps or compliments, but which,
in the light of ethor words, were clearly
intended iu the latter sense. The okle: ekle:
men among the alumni, prominent among
them being several well known oppeuonts
of Butler, refrained fremapplaudiug these
sallies, except when Mr. Cheato alluded te
Harvard's hatred of shams. Theu they
joined iu the demonstration started by the
younger men. Mr. Cheato announced be
fere concluding his remarks that Samuel
J. Bridge, of Bosten, had ordered au
ideal statue of Jehu Harvard te be placed
in the quadrangle. President Elliett, in
his address, stated that $110,000 had been
giveu te the college during the year, the
income of which is te be expended as the
faculty may sce fit, aud $00,000, the in
come of which is te be added te the presi
dent's salary.
Governer Butler realized his uucomfei-t
ab!e position while the president was
speaking. He nervously chewed his
unlighted cigar and turned and twiutcd iu
his chair. He had just been shown the
last Life, with its burlesque of him iu his
predicament.
Uovernei- llutler'rt Hpnecn.
When he arose te speak he laid down a
bouquet of red roses which he had had iu
his hand. The younger portion of the
assemblage only cheered. His first sen
tenccs lamented the poverty of his boy
heed, wlncu compelled him te seek au
humbler alma mater thau Harvard . Then
he recalled almost with tears that his
eldest son, the pride et his life, new dead,
was a Harvard graduate. Fearing that
he was iu dauger of breaking dewu under
the rush et recollections he quickly turned
te his ellicial duty as the representative of
the state and entered ou au eloquent ou
cemium of the commonwealth aud the
college and their close legal rela
tiens. " If," he said, " the college
nas swung away in auy dogree
from the affections of the people, swing
her back. Popularize her, bring her down
te the people and the people up te her and
make her what she was at the beginning
of the century." He spoke gratefully of
what Massachusetts ewes te Harvard cel
lege, saying : " In overy time of her dis
tress, in every time of her need. Harvard
college has been the refuge of Massachu
setts, from the time when smallpox drove
the Legislature out of Bosten aud you
took it iute your hall and gave
it a home; aud .then the Legislttur;
burnt it up, or it took hre when
they were iu it net from auy heat iu the
Legislature and Massachusetts rebuilt it.
Again, when your halls were wanted for
the barracks of Washington's troei)3, did
Harvard college object ? Ne, no. With
the patriotism that distinguished the
fathers they left these halls te be occupied
by the troops aud went te the shades of a
neighboring tewu and there carried en the
studies in a very small building. But
when the war of the Revolutieu was rag
ing aud when Washingthu commanded
here the classes of Harvard were necessa
rily small, for all its young men were in
the army of the country."
Itutler Clieered te tlte KcUu.
Turning te the record of Harvard iu the
rebellien, he paid a glowing tribute te the
old chaplain of his Sixth regiment, Rev.
Mr. Babbidge, who had just received the
docterato of divinity, and said: "Har
vard has done one tbiug te day which, if I
felt, after tbe kind receptieu you have
given me, a thought of uukiuduess toward
her, would wipe it all away." This was
the governor's triumph. Every man in
the great hall joined in the applause until
the rafters rang again aud again. Three
cheers were called ler and the venerable
clergyman rose aud bowed aud wept in
response. The remaining sentences of the
governor's speech were elegistic of the
students of Harvard whose death at the
front is commemorated by the building in
which the company was assembled, and at
their conclusion the cheering was pro
longed sevcrai minutes, the speaker rising
and bowing again aud again.
A JTalthful uorerner.
Philadelphia ISvenipg Telegraph, llcp.
As a fiscal officer Governer Pattison was
noted for his painstaking attention te de
tails ; nothing was tee trifling for bis
official notice, nothing escaped his vigilant
scrutiny. Se in the matter of the state
finances he is looking with characteristic
fidelity after the little leaks, and by se
doing, killing a number of private petty
raids upon the treasury, he will save a
geed round sum that, otherwise, would
have been promiscuously scattered by
legislative profligacy. It is quite certain
that at the next session of the Legislature
this sort of claimants for public bounty
will be conspicuous by their absence.
Gov. Hubbard was reneminated by the
Minnesota Republicans yesterday. A
resolution was introduced condemning the
actieu of these Republican legislators who
refused te vete for Windem as senator
after he had received the caucus nomina
tion last winter. This was laid ou the
table by a vote of 148 te J) 3.
THE UlUH SfOHUOL. ALUMNI.
Second Annnal Meeting of tn Aaaoclatlen.
The alumni association of the Lancaster
boys' and girls' high school, held its sec
ond annual meeting in the high school
building last evening, the president, J. C.
Gable, oecupyiug the chair. There were
about forty ladies aiid twenty five gentle
men present
Prof F W. Haas, who presided at the
piano, opened the exercises by playing the
"Alumui March," after which the presi
deut intreduei-d Mr. lleury W. Stein, who
h.id been deputized te read the history ei
the association prepared by Mr. Walter P.
King, who has removed te the west aud
was unavoidably absent. The historical
sketch was well written, containing a
huceiuet account of. the origin aud objects
of the association, ami mauy iuteresting
and valuable suggestions.
"Esmeralda' was sung by Miss Alice
Marshall, and the "Relief of Luckuew,"
effectively recited by Miss Carrie Younker
alter which Miss Llla Muster, soprano,
aud Miss Mary Sener, coutralte. sang iu
fiue voice a duet, entitled the "Maids of
the Greenwood '' An original essay, en
titled "Distance L?nds Enchantment te
the View." wa read by Miss Katie
Shirk, and this was followed by a line
bass sole, "The Scout," by Jehn
Waifel. Miss Nellie King recited
with much feeling aud line expression
the thrilling oempiotiou, "The Last
Hymn," and this was followed by "The
Vagabonds," a sole, well rendered by
Frank MeClain. Tuen followed a brief
aud rather ene sided debate en the quesiiiu
" Should industrial drawing be tutredu
ced iute our publie schools," C. V. Lichty
taking the affirmative aud Jehn Suyder
rathcr tamely cembatting it. A vocal
Fole " Waiting" by .Miss Alice Marshall,
au instrumental sole "Sjcret Love" by
Prof. Haas, aud a veeal sole " It is net
True" followed iu the order uame'd and
were well executed.
President Gable made a brief addics; iu
which he took occasion te compliment the
ladies aud gentlemen who took part iu
progiamme,aud hoped that the next meet
ing of the association would be much
mere largely atteuJed.
A business meeting was then held, dur
iug which the tniuute.-f of last mettting
were read aud approved, au enrollment of
members- made, aud the follewiug named
officers elected for the ensuing year :
President James C. Gable.
1st Vice President lleury W. Stein.
li 1 Vice Piesideiit Miss Margie Eris
nian. Cor. Secretary Gee. !'. Eiisunu.
Ree. Secretary 11. S. I Spencer.
Treasurer Miss Amanda Landis.
Historian Jehn Snyder.
The chairman announced the follewiug
standing committees :
Comniitteeon Pregramme J. C. Gabk,
ex-ollicie, chairman ; Miss Claia U.
llubcr, Miss Emma L Downey, Miss
Mary Dougherty aud Miss Clara Spin Spin
dler. Fiuauoe Committee J. C. Gable, ex ex ex
oiliue, chairman ; Miss Laura Falck.Miss
Hattie Curtis, Jehu 31. Davidauu and
Isaac ilartmau.
On motion of Mr. Snyder the thanks of
the association were extended te the com
mittee ou pregramme for their geed judg
ment in arranging the program me for the
evening, aud te theso who se ably took
part iu the performance.
On motion the follewiug named per
sons were elected houerary members of
the association : City Superintendent
Buehrle, Prof. J. P. MeOaskey, Miss
Emma Powers, Prof. F. W. Haas, Prof.
Goe. R. Glever, Miss Raohel F.Jacksen,
Mr. A. R. Stamy, Miks M. E. Gill aud Mhss
Mary E. Palmer.
" Auld Lang Syne " wai nung iu
chorus and the absociatieu adjourned.
ll:;;li bclioel t;oiiiineiiccuieiit.
The hig! school commencement will
commence in Fulton opera house te-morrow
morning at 8 e'ebek sharp. The
committee el arrangement wish te impress
upon director, teachers aud scholars tbe
necessity of meeting at the high school
building piemptly at 7:!0 a.m. and mareh-
iug iu a body te the opera house.
tfiSUJlllI'.MCMUUD SEWS.
ISvuntrf Near and Acre.-w the County l.tnei.
Mr. Hawley, editor of the Head in
E(iilc, sails for Europe te-day.
Reger Howells, aged 70 years, commit
ted suicide at Pittston ou Wednesday by
hanging.
Augustus Bchr, a Pele, fell from the top
of a lliglit et stHirs at Reading and re
ceiveu limine:; lrem wiucu no died m a
a few hours.
Au unknown man, who was afterwards
captured with his booty, entered the
house of Dr. M. G. Prosteu at Norristewu
en Wednesday, and took an ic: pitcher
valued at $100.
Hugh W. McCall, of Yerk, has brought
suit for libel agaiust 11 ham Yeung, editor
of the Yerk Dispatch. Mr. Teuug was
arrested, waived a hearing and cutered
into recognizance of $300 bail.
Several hundred bricklayers iu R.'adiug
have made a demand for $2.75 per day,
an increase of 5 cents iu the present
wages. With oue or two exceptions all
the contractors have complied with the
demands.
The RinggeM bind of Reading have
just received their new uniforms, which
were made expressly te their order iu
France, aud are patterned after the inii-'
forms of the French infantry, consisting
of dark blue coat and red pants with black
stripe.
The county reads and wheat fields
around Reading have beau badly washed
by the heavy rains of yesterday. At
Macungie, en the East 1'aun railroad, a
ditch 200 yards long and iieveral feet deep
was formed by the water aud all train.s
were stepped. A large number of mcu
were put te work but they canu-it accom
plish much b?cause of the rush of water.
The Pbojuixville & West Chester rail
read will be ready for travel by July 1.
The last rails were laid yestarday. Cen
siderable lining up and ballasting remain
te be dene up yet, but the whole work will
be completed iu a few days. A party of
prominent Pine aixville gentlcmeu intend
visiting West Chester en Meuday next by
this new line.
The West Chester Village Jlccerd says :
Frankford's breaking out of jail has
started several ether prisoners te digging,
but as yet none of them has succeeded iu
getting away. Dunn, who get out of
jail when Frankford and Robison did, is
said te be a very desperate fellow. I he
prisoners are loucsemo without Robiseu,
he used te sing te them in the evenings.
Frankford is a very quiet man and is
at present suffering with a large boil un
der his left arm. He spends most of his
time walking the fleer of his cell.
Mundy still carries two balls, ene in his
arm and another in the abdomen.
The Philadelphia baseball club mana
gers have evidently get held of a great
prize. A representative of the club went
te Webster, Mass., and get away from
the Webster their pitcher, Arthur Hageu,
who, although net mere than twenty
years old, has a wonderful record thus far
this year, net mere than two or thrce hitu
per game having bcen averaged off his
delivery. Iu one game of six innings he
struck out twelve of the eighteen men at
bat. He has been troubled te find a
catcher who could go up under the bat
and held the third strike. He pitches a
ball het aud swift ever the plate, but has
all the curves.
Sale of Heraea.
Samuel Hess & son, auctineers, sold at
public sale en last Monday, for Daniel
Legan at his sale and exchange stables,
Lancaster, 17 head of Ohie horses ct an
average price of $330.14 per head.
THE EAINS.
AFrEB YESTKKDAli'S STOKM.
Tne Uatuage et Great at at Klrat Ke-
ported VleldaWttatiRdlu tlte Country
Seme Uralu Spolted.
Se far as can be learned the damage by
the hterm of Tuesday and Wednesday is
less thau could have been leasenably ex
pected. Ne sjrieus d iiu go w.u done in
this city ether than was yesterday report
ed. The fears that the Cnueste:a would
rise te a dangerous height and damage
the bridges and sweep away the
crops along the bottom lauds, have net
bfeu realized. The creek continued te
l ise until a late hour la-st night, submerg
ing all the pumps at the water works,
except the Worthiugtea, but dein r no
serious damage. Early this morning the
stream begau te fall, and is uev with
iu its banks at all pjints. The report that
the ciiy dam was iu danger of being
swept away was purely sensational. It
was at no time in dauger, though a lloed
of water, some four or five feet iu height,
swept ever its breast.
Officers of the Pennsylvania and Read
ing railroads report a few washouts along
their respective lines, but no bridges weie
damaged, aud there was ue serious deten
tion te either passeuger or freight trains.
Persons who have come in from the
ceuutry report the wheat, eats, grass aud
ceru badly beaten dewu, the level fields
evei flowed aud the hillsides in some
places very b.idly washed, but ou
the whole it is belt veil that the
storm dM a great deal mere geed thau
harm. This was certainly the result iu
this city. AU the surface tilth has been
washed away from the streets aud gutters,
the sewers have bnen thoroughly Hushed,
and it is doubtful if Liucaster has for a
dozen years beeu as eleau and tidy as it is
te-day.
E. M. Staiiflcr's mill dam near Chest
nut Level, was taken away by the lloed
of yesterday aad all the tobacco and grain
fields below it were flooded and the crops
ruined ; the bridge at Leng's was se badly
washed out that it cannot be used.
All ever the 1 nver end of the county we
hear of bridges gene aud travel will be
considerably impeded.
The work of repairing the (juarryville
railroad track was quickly dene. A loree
of workmen were busily engaged along
the line yesterday and last night, ami the
first train down arrived at Quarry villa at
t) o'clock last night. Although the bridge
across the Cuuestega was bul.oved te be
unsafe it i.s all right and ue dauger is ex
pected. Belew this bridge the track was
washed, but it has been repaired. There
was a small washout at West Willow,
which was fixed yesterday altcnie-ui. At
the Y, below New Providence, there is
considerable damage, which can be ro re
piircd, however, while trains are passing
ever the track.
. long me ltlver.
Our Columbia correspondent writes :
A bridge ever a ereek ou the Columbia &
Pert Deposit railroad was washed away by
the swollen stream yebterday morning at
10 o'clock. All tiaius were dcla.it-d for
five hours, during which time a
tempo! ary structure was ercctid. A
saw mill at Peach Bettem was also washed
iute the river yrstciclay, together with
about $100 worth of lumber fiem the
lumber yard attached le the mill. The
river is rising fast, the Iato storm having
swollen the streams Mewing iute it te such
an extent that many have ovei flowed their
banks.
Sunday Lrcltitr.-tlii I.uiicuMler.
1'regresM.
Even Lancaster can have Sunday lec
tures. Ex-Gov St. Jehu, of Kansas, a
week age last Sunday addressed the peo
ple en temperauce. He speke iu the court
house aud uuder the auspices of the
Women's Temperance union of that city.
Lancaster may be a slew place, but it is a
peg abeve Philadelphia, here at auy rate.
I question much if ex Gov. St. Jehn
would be allowed le t.pcal: iu Philadelphia
as he did iu Lancaster ou a Sunday after
noon. What make:; tin's incident mero
interesting i.s that Rev. J. A. Peters,
of the Fii.st Refermid church, picsided,
and the exercise:; opened with au authum
by the choir of the First M. E church.
Dr. J. B.Shumaker, of St. Paul's Reformed
church led in prayer
A brief consideration id' th:s occurrence,
please, you who say we shall nut have free
Sunday lectures in Philadelphia. It hap
pened iu Lancaster, one of tbe least ad
vanccd cities that 1 knew of. The lecture,
as appears frinn the first extract from the
New Era, was evidently one of a course.
It was uuder the auspices of a religious
body el ladies, aud several clergy meu of
different deuiirnimitieus gave it encour
agement by their presence. Our Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge askH no
mere than Lancaster has. That is the first
city iu the state, the second city iu the
union asks le be allowed te de what this
almost village is doing. Only here we
propose ue eolleetie'i. Our lectures shall
be Iree iu all that the term implies. But
the iiillueutial meu of th-i great city say
ue. Tbe park commissioners say we .shall
net have a building there iu the prepla's
own park for this purpose. I jxopeso
that wc send a delegation of our promi
nent gentlemen, net neglecting t'e include
representatives from the park commission,
up te little Lancaster, te iuqtiui: hew they
ouduie the aw fn I wiukedne.v: of Suu
day lectures. Mind you, tin.-, v. ,i; net a
.sermon. There are u t usually " .sallies
of wit" te be oemniondo'l iu sermons.
Lancaster has ehurchc, aud its sermons
are net piva'iheil iu Uu e mrt hetis?. It
was an out aud out lecture, and certainly
by authority of the eby itself, shieu i . wa's
pronounced iu a public building.
(jii-Hde r I'lipll.
The following is the pcrecutage of Maner
street secondary school for the mouth of
June, 18S::
O II.AH-J.
Laura Cooper
Waller Cooper a-
Klvitia l.amlis til
Harry I'eritz 81
l.ullicr l.ulz 80
Ueorjje Sctie.iirt:r....VJ
1) CLAS.S.
...'J7f Annie limner N
...!k. I eh n I.ntz 7
...'Jl'Hiilie Kempt 77
llc&iic Tyler
Annie l'entz
l';rtlia Kmitz...
Mumii: Myers '.I I
I'licule Wi'llur 17
Fannie Campbell b'J
Willie Kuhiis BH
Cnarlie Miay Ml
U.zlu liaiisinan 81
.Barbara Sehiefer .3.1
Annie Stell...
.7;
Charlie Spelin...,
Harry Winner...
Maurice Al:iina
IScnj. Lawrence..
.70
Kurglar Arrested. v
Wednesday, Officer Eichheltz'bignalized
himself by driving through the rain and
mud and swollen streams te the
Welsh mountain, back of New Helland,
and capturiug Geerge M. Ay res, who has
been wanted for some time put for
breaking into and robbing the store of J.
L Sniffer & Ce.. New Helland, en which
occasion some $200 or $300 worth of beets,
shoes, clothing, drygoeds and ether wares
were stolen. Ayres was brought te town and
ledged iu the city lockup, but as he made
a desperate attempt te break out of that
tumble down place of detention last night,
he was this morning sent te jail te await
a hearing befere Alderman Spurrier, at a
time net yet fixed.
SntiiteiK lJeath of an Ola Jacr.
Pelly Pritze, aged 01 years, of Bain
bridge, was found dead in bed en Tuesday
morning. She was at work as usual en
Monday and retired apparently in geed
health. In the morning some of the fam
ily went up te call her. Receiving no
response, the room was opened and she
was found te be dead. The deceased was
afflicted with nervous diseases and was
subject te paralytic strokes. She leaves a
family of four daughters, all of whom are
married. Tlie funeral took place thin
a'ternoen, the interment being made iu
the old Lutheran graveyard.
Katie Sclmullcr '-7
Alice Urlch !'!
Sallie nisntt'd :
Annie ISntt '.r
Harry WINeti ill,
Willie Mullen Ulj
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