fyggrSgffrggtVrS !VlrJWVA SW?? ?ti wi.' I LANCASTER DAfLY INTELLIGENCE! THUESDAV, AUGUST 23. IeStf. A 'P JLancaster fnfcUfgpnrer. THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 23. (883. What Answer I J. B. Niles, the Republican candidate for auditor general in the present state campaign, and the exponent for his party of the issues which are te enter into its discussions is net only upon record in the session of 1881 as te the constitu tional obligation of the Legislature te pass the apportionments, but he is of a later date upon record in favor of the Democratic doctrine that in making the congressional districts, due regard being had te equality and contiguity, there spective parties of the state should have a fair proportion of these districts ac acerding te their total vote as expressed at the last presidential election. Such a distribution, if made " without cutting and gerrymandering for political in terests," Mr. Niles said, would give the Democrats twelve and the Republicans sixteen congressmen. He admitted frankly upon the same occasion that '-if we bad just as many votes as you we would be entitled te just as many cei -gressmen ;" " this is a pretty plain slate ment of the preposition, and one upon which all of us, Republicans and Demo crats, will agree." Fer their 37,000 ma jority Niles asked only a majority of four congressmen, that is, that the dis tricts should be sixteen te twelve. This the Democrats have repeatedly offered te take ; they have even agreed te ac cept eleven. What excuse has Niles for net urging upe i his parly that this offer be accepted V Hew can lie reconcile his present position of acquiescing in their denial of justice with his former attitude expressed in the sppech we have quoted? A &i'KCial telegiam informs the Is telligkxcek of the :udden death, at his home in Chambersburg this morning, of James MacDowell Sharpe, member of the Legislature, and one of the foremost lawyers of the state. He was a native of Cumberland county and was in tlu. fifty third year of his age. Graduated from Jefferseu college, he studied law in Carlisle, but has practiced in Cham bersburg since 1S51. He was a member of the Heuse of Repre sentatives in 1SC1 and 1S5 and again of the present Heuse, having been elected last fall; he was also a member of the con stitutional convention of 1878, and in all his public service was distinguished for great legal acumen, forcible expression and courtesy of manner. In the present. Assembly he was chairman of the judi ciary general committee and protested with all his eloquence and ze.il against the passage of the judicial apportionment bill which finally became a law. In this as well as in many ether respects in which his counsel was net heeded, his party colleagues would have done better te fellow his leadership, which was always honest and nearly always wise. His deafness, delicacy of temperament and an extremely nervous organization somewhat interfered with his parlia mentary leadership, but he was always listened te with the most profound re spect when he spoke and he silenced the opposition while he persuaded his own side. At the bar he ranked very high and his opinions were remarkable for cogency and clearness. He was a warm personal friend and admirer of Judge Black, whom he has se seen followed across the dark waters. Men toil unceasingly in the pursuit of the uiighly dollar, and after years of untiring labor some are fortunate enough te amass colossal fortunes. What te de with these acquisitions of a life time is very often a perplexing question. Fer these who are cursed with relatives who wolf-like impatiently await the time when they can feast upon the carcasses of the dead, charitable bequests at once suggest themselves :is a way out of the dilemma. Yet se often de these fall into the hands of unscrupu'eus or inefficient trustees, as in the case of James LickJ the California millionaire, that testators have Income possessed of considerable distrust of this method of disposition of their estates. J.B.Gardner, a wealthy citizen of Bosten, recently deceased, has taken the bull by the horns, by turning ever te the United States treasury, te be used iu helping te pay the national debt, his entire fortune, aggregating $021,000. The United States, judging from the premium which its three and one-half percent, bends command, has always been thought te be abundantly able te take care of itself, but Mr. Gardner ap pears te have believed differently. This is the second time within a brief period that nearly a million dollars have been left te the United States. Whether a morbid love of the fame which would attach te the act, or patriotism, pure and simple, prompted the donors, none can tell. Yet te most persons it would seem that the richest people are net al ways these who make the mast sensible disposition of their property. m m "Ne change has been made in the new postefnee building in Philadelphia se as te make an entrance for the public en Chestnut street. Notwithstanding the spaciousness of the esplanade en that side and the fact that Chestnut street is the great thoroughfare for pedestrians, the posteflice edifice is absolutely with out an entrance en that street. Fer this "apparent architectural blunder the ex cuse was made that an entrance there would tend te congregate crowds and ob struct the sidewalks. Of course this i3 no justification for the emission of such . a convenience te the busine33 .men and ethers doing business at the posteflice, but the fact is that without an entrance this side of the building has become a favor ite leafing place, and these who congre gate there find themselves entirely free from the interruption which a stream of patrons going in and out would have caused them. The' list of pensioners upon the general government is about te be printed. It is a geed idea. Ne man who gets a pension deservedly need be ashamed of it nor te have it known. It is no discredit te him. lie is net a pauper in any sense. The soldiers who went eat into the, field were poorly enough paid. It was an implied condition of their service that if they died their i ? r; families would, be pensioned '; and if they themselves suffered in body and had their means of livelihood impaired, they would get a proper degree of com-, p&nsatien. The pension is, therefore, no mere of a bounty, te these who deserve it, than was their regular pay. But there are a geed many able bodied frauds get ting it, and these are the people who de net want te sec "their names in print ; but they are the identical chaps that the public want te see. m Just new the people are thinking mere about the corn crop than politics, and we cannot blame them. The corn crop is a geed thing, and we are glad te see that it is premising, notwithstanding Pennsylvania is under Democratic ad ministration. There have been some very able speeches, no doubt, made iu the Legislature in the last few days, but we prefer te print Gov. Pattiseu's talk te the husbandmen at Williams Greve. All mankind live by the plow and ll.iil ; and if the Legislature will net adjourn in time for the fall seeding the members will have te excuse the rest of the people of the commonwealth for turning their attention from events at Harrisburg te mere fruitful fields. Any soldier who has lest his discharge paper. can obtain new ones at the cost of their affidavits from theso knowing of the facts 75 centB forwarded te the war de- part me tit. It is an iuexpressible relief teau anxious nation te knew that the St. Leuis girl of irreproachable family who mysteriously disappeared, did net take her father's cjlured ceackmau with her. Ik tbe Stockton hotel, at Cape M:' hn, as is reported, lowered its later, te $;J per day, it is au evidence that tlie tide of common sense is beginning te Mew in en hotel proprietors. PueriUET.uiY medicines with eighty two per cent of whisky in their composi tion, which have long be en masquerading under the seductive title of "bitters," must new pay the liquor tax, except when they are sold "in geed faith" as medi cines. The immense hole in the saving clause will inevitably make the law a dead letter. It is announced that the Irishmen et Bosten, headed by Hun. P. A. Cellins and Jehn Beyle O'Reilly, have determined te officially repudiate O'Oonevau Ressa and his tribe of fire eating dynamiters. While they are at it, they might as well include Finnerty and his following who have been lately howling their admiration for Carey's assassin in the luxuriant West. If Ireland is ever te take her place among the na tions of the earth a gag must be put iu the mouths of these blatant patriots, te be removed only at ihe sound of the trump of universal deem. And such action cau uet be taken tee seen. Ax interesting bi centennial celebration will take place in Springfield township, Delaware county, en Saturday next. It will be the occasion of the two hundredth auuivcrsaiy of the arrival at that place from Euglaud of Geerge Maris, with his wife aud family. The Maris descendants new scattered through six states, Pennsj 1 vaui.i, Delaware, Maryland, Ohie, Iowa, California, and also from England, propeso te fittingly commemorate the seceud cen tury that has elapsed siuce the arrival of their progenitor en American soil. It is a laudable design, aud one which if mere observed might be cenducive of beneficial results. The virtues of the ancestor dili gently impressed en his youthful descend ants, cauuet but act as a stimulaut en their energies te emulate his example. Weke Senater Stewart possessed of a little mere avoirdupois he would make a most excellent personater of Falstaff, his inconsistency and capability of wriggling out of a tight place being fairly equal te Shakspeare's merry king of buffoons. After having repudiated his own congress ienal bill, he proudly proclaimed himself the author of the present unconstitutional Republican "ultimatum. " He new seeks deeper depths by charging the Dem ecrats of the Legislature with the desire te keep up the special sossieu en account of the emoluments thereto appertaining', forgetting, peer mau, that he was the head and front of the tou-dellar-a-day policy in the special sessieu of 1881. Hew have the mighty fallen ! FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS, The Pittsburg Dispatch declares that the governor is as much a farmer this week as he was last week a soldier. The Alteena Times bolieves that the wily peliticans are trying te dose civil service reform te death with slew poison. Progress concedes the mildness and morality of buttermilk, but doubts its hcalthfulness as a steady beverage. The Moravian calculates that half the burdens of life are caused by worrying, and mere than half our worrying is about the future, of which we knew nothing. The Hazleton Plain Speaker asserts that there are mere than a dozen people who think the old judicial bill was au improve ment en the new. That politics aud effice holding de uet pay one-tenth of these who take that line of industry is mero and mere a patent fact te the Pittsburg DispatcJi. A spirit of truthfulness impels the Philadelphia North American te say that "quarrelling Democrats have a way of Binking their differences and closing up the ranks when election day rolls round." The Philadelphia Ecening Bulletin thinks Senater Stewart's present line of action in the Legislature is prompted by the re membrance of his " huge felly " in last year's campaign. la the opinion of the Wilksbarre Recerd the methods of teaching must be revolu tionized in order that students may learn mere quiekly that particular kind of lere which will b? of most service te thorn throughout life. Cel. Mesby, the ex-warrior and present consul at Heng Keng, this speaks of the situation in the Old Dominion; "What a beautiful spectacle we new have in Vir ginia Mabene teaching the peeple hew te steal and Dick Fair teaching them hew te spell. If any one asks you what I think ofMahene, just say that I regard him as a common freebooter a regular Dick Turpin." TEBRIBLE T0KNAD0ES. TUAIN.S BLOWN fKOM TQK TKAUK. One-Third of a Tewu In piinucnera IX- utreyed. 50 1'ertene Killed aud 100 Injured. Telegraphic advices received at Owat- teua, Minn., give meagre details of a ter- lible accident between Rochester aud Zumbrota, Minn., en the Rochester aud Northern division of the Chicago & North western railroad, by which about 100 persons were killed or wounded. Owing te interruption of the telegraphic service at Rochester, no information cnuld be ob taiued until the arrival of a train from the scene of the disaster, en which were 35 persons who had been injured iu the acci dent. Or this number many appeared te be seriously hurt aud all were taken te the hospital. The train that was wrecked was that which leaves Rochester at about 4 o'clock p. in., arriving at Zumbrota at C o'clock. It was caught in a severe wind and hail storm that prevailed iu that vicinity be tween 4 and 0 o'clock, and while ruuuiug at a high rate of speed was lifted from the rails aud converted into a mass of ruins. Gentlemen who have been te the scene of the disaster, describe it as one of the most horrifying railroad accidents they ever witnessed. Every car iu the train was a complete wreck, and was almost literally shattered te pieces by the sudden step, caused by the train leaviug the rails, bury ing the unfertuuate passengers beneath tbe debris, killing raauy and injuring nearly every person en the train. A gentleman suited that uiue dead bodies had been taken from the ruins, aud that a large number of these seriously in jured nad been removed te Rochester aud Owattena. At the time he left the work of extricating the unfortunate victims was still progressing, and it was believed that the number killed would reach a sere, wheu the final summing up was made. Ir, is believed, from all reports that come in, that the ,who!e country surreuudiug Rochester is iu ruins. The killed may reach up into the hundreds. M. Cole, proprietor of the Zumbrota mills at Zumbrota, was instantly killed. He was iu one of the mills when the storm struck the town and wrecked the buildiug, Governer Hubbard has seat $5,000 te aid the sufferers Gov Hubbard has received word from Rochester stating that the town is in ruins aud that forty persons have been killed. It is impossible te get full details of the ravages of the storm, ns the telegraphic wires are all down. The storm in ether directions was scvere. Supt. Sanborn, of the Winona & St. Peter railroad, telegraphs that the list of killed aud wounded is hourly increasing. The prostration of the telegraph lines has made it difficult te get particulars. The storm swept through the towns of Utica aud St. Charles, iu Winona county. Jeb Thornten was killed aud several ethers injured. Reports from Dedge county indicate that the storm has caused much damage aud some less of life iu that county. Ne particulars are yet obtainable. The cyclone struck the northern part of the city of Rochester, lying north of tbe tailread track, aud made a cleau sweep of olevato'B, residences,railreail engine house aud ether property. The long railroad bridge was completely demolished. Majer Whittier telegraphs that 25 persons were killed aud 40 wounded. The city is in need of clothing, feed and ether assist uuce. Dottrucitve Ulwid-lturst and Sturm. There was a cloud burst aud storm at Steueman's Pass, near Silver Cloud uiin iug camp, Piual comity, Arizona, which Hire great boulders, weighing tens, out of the mountain side and hurled them into the canon below. A miner by the name of O'Donnell, who lived near, was washed away with his cabin. His body was found 15 miles below. A very severe storm also visited Pinal, iu the same county, a day or two age and washed away Jee Lembard's beuse and a number of ether buildings, with all their effects. A lame portion of tbe machinery of the Swain Mill was washed away, with Fiauoisee Hernandez and a number of Mexicans and everything that they possessed. Most of the buildings in Pinal were washed away, aud many people narrowly escaped with their lives. The damage from the storm has net been ascertained, but it amounts te mauy thou sand dollars. DUUWMKU AT ATLAMTIU. Sinking lu the Licit itieimtt Pend ISofure Aid Could be Huiuineued. At Atlantic City yesterday forenoon the surf was running se high that two yeuug boys were afraid te enter it, aud they went up te the smooth waters of a peel of water known as Lighthouse pond. It is separated from the ocean by a very narrow strip of sand, but its waters are calm, placid and almost stagnant. It is full of deep holes, although for the most part it is extremely shallow. The heys were Willie Jay Smith, a sixteen year old seu of Dr. Smith, of Ne. 1514 Popular stieet, Philadelphia and Willie Harrali, grandson of the wealthy Mr. Uarrab, of Bread aud Poplar streets. They had gene te Kipple'u bathing establishment, a half mile down the beach from the pond, aud robed them 6elves. They had three companions, who entered the surf aud left them te go te the smoother water. When the two lads had reached a point directly opposite Pacific avenue, they en tered the pond, and, after paddling iu the shallow water, they struck out for the mainlaud, distant some threo hundred feet. Willie Harrah, although four years the junior of his cousin, was much the better smimmer, and had almost reached the shore when he heard young Smith call te him He looked around and saw him as he thought, playing, but in fact, strng gling in the water, and he saw him sink till euly his hands were above the surface. When he arese te the surface he attempt ed te swim en across the pond, but, alter a fuw strokes and a feint shriek, he sank again and rose no mere. The little fellow en shore did net loose his presence of mind and gave an alarm. The Senate, Congress Hall and ether hotels were all near at hand and it was net long before there were dozens of peeple at the water's edge, but they had ceme tee late. The boys had been living with abrother of Willie Harrah, at the Magnelia cottage, en Pennsylvania avenue, since August 1, aud Mr. Allen, the landlers, immediately eaganized a thorough search for the dead boy's body. He was assisted by some twenty or thirty people in beats, with grappling ireus and seines. Fully Bixtcen hundred people, the majority of them ladies, assembled upon the shores et the pond and steed for hours watching the search. Dr. R. C. Smith, father of the drowned boy, arrived last eveniug aud proceeded te the pond, where the search for the body was in progress. When he reached the lighthouse the body had just been taken into one of the government buildings attached. The body was taken te Phila - delphia upon the seven o'clock Camden and Atlantic train. Willie Smith was in bis sixteenth year aud was au eulv child. AN AE HON ACT'S 1'KlilL. Hanging by two ringer from a Hit I loon l.KOO Feet from the Kartli. At Royan, en the river Gironde, in France, there was en Friday a scene perhaps unprecedented in the annals of ballooning. M. Gratien, a well known aeronaut, was about te ascend in a het air balloon called "La Videuvillaise." Mile. Albertiue, the heroine of several balloon ascensions, waa Mated in the car and M. Gratien wan holding in his right band a loose coil tied I te one of the cords that served te attach the balloon. The balloon unexpectedly broke loose, aud the cord, unrolling itself with lightning rapidity, c- eght iu a sort of running kuet around :be first and second fingers of Gratien's right baud. Gratien was immediately whisked off into the air GOO metres high. Iu vai i he tried te haul himselt up en the cord and loop it ever his arm. After frantic e Torts he be came exhausted aud hung a the end of the cord suspended solely by his two fingers, and suffering excruciating agony. Owing te the jerking of the balloon, the cord cut like a razor through the flush te the bone. Iu that situation Gratieu was carried te the distance of nearly four miles at the height of COO metres above the earth. Mile. Albertiue, overcome by the horror of the situation, fainted away and sank helpless te the bottom of the car. As the air in the balloon became cool the balloon -descended, but bumped agaiust tbe earth iu the midst of a duusa mass of thorny shrubbery. Gratien was net only stripped of his clothes, but his skin was literally tern in strips from his body as he was dragged for nearly half a mile tbneugh the thorny brambles. Finally some peas ants managed te cut the cord. Gratien ap pealed te be a mass of wounds and te be mar bleediuc te death. Strange te say, he did net lese consciousness focasiugle iu stant. He suffered no internal injury, aud although his eouditieu is critical, he pre bably will recover. When the rope was cut and the balloon was freed from the weight of Oration's body it agaiu arese iu the air, carrying oil Mile. Albertiue. By singular geed fortune it seen lauded in a marsh, and madtmei solle at last steed en terra firma. She was sorely distressed iu mind aud badly scared, but otherwise safe and sound. A WO.IAN IN UI3UUISK. Dreneedaa a aian She Werk Upen a farm Tne UlHcovery. Iu Lehigh ceuuty, along the Blue mountains, just across the Berks line, early iu thu harvest season a delicate fea tured young man appeared among the farmer:;. He was fine looking, smooth faced, about twenty-five years old and tolerably well dressed, ile gave the name of Marks Smith and had the ap ap pearance of having pecn better days, lie worked at haymaking and harvesting. The sun tauued his skin ; he enjoyed a better appotite and became stouter aud healthier, and the mountain air seemed te agree with him. Suddenly at the close of a het August day he bucame sick aud a physician was summuued. worse, aud the physician examination, but refused te ailed the person. The fact made known that the person lie grew made au say what was then was uet st man but a woman, aud that au infaut hail been born in the attic iu the farm house. The neighbors provided the necessary clethiug for mother aud child. Who thu woman is is net known. She will euly say that she left her home unknown te auy oue, that bhu dressed herself in dis guise aud cut hur hair off se that she could travel without, danger or fear of detection. She was sunt te the ceuuty almshouse. TUK KlI.l.llIU !!' UAKI'.Y. Summitry Veii;eHuce en an Informer. Details received by mail of the sheeting of James Carey by Patrick O'Donnell, en the steamer Melrose Castle, show O'Don nell became aware of Carey's prr-senee through a paragraph which was published iu the Cape Town papers. He immediate ly began drinking and while in a saloon iu that city was heard te denounce Carey. Intent en killing Carey, he took passage by the steamer Melrese Castlu for Pert Elizabeth. The shoetiug war, dune in thu fore cabin, O'Donnell waiting for such an opportunity as would prevcut auy possibility of inter ference or failure The first two shots were fired in quick succession, both peue tratiug Carey's back; he staggered and partly turned aud the third ami last shot struck him iu the threat, wheu he fell. The bleed from the wound iu his threat spurted iu a powerful butjtnky stream and cevered the walls aud furniture in a most horrible manner. Mrs. Carey, with a scream, jumped at O'Donnell and clasp ed his arms iu au attempt te prevent him from firing aain. O' Dounell pushed her gentlj away and said: " Shake bauds, Mrs. C.trey. I didn't de it." He then quietly sat down and re mained perfectly still until the officers of the vessel placed him iu irons. Carey was quickly lifted from the fleer and placed en the cabin table, where iu a few minutes he died without uttering a word. rOKKlUN FL.ASHES. New.i rrem The Old World. O'Donnell from Cape Town who killed James Carey, will sail for England, where he is te be tried, ou September 4r.li. Exteusive flour mills, near Killncan, county Westraeatb, Eng., were destroyed by lire, and three persons perished in the flames. The less is 175,000. Fire iu a cotton warehouse iu Liver pool caused damage te the amount of $200,000. Twelve decompessd bodies of ehildreu have been discovered iu the establishment of an undertaker at Bermondsey, a sub urh of Londen. The police are making iuquiries as te the ideutity of the children and the cause of their deaths. A dispatch from Heng Keng, says that Haidueng, Tenquiu, has been takeu by the French. They also captured 150 can nons aud $50,000 of Auamite cash. The Anamites fled iute the interior. PERSONAL. Empress Eugene is said te have com missioned an American doctor te assail her dysnepsia. JesEPn Jeffersen has geno te the Cat skill Mountains. Strange te say, this is Mr. Jeffersen's first visit te Rip Van Winkle's ground. Evangelist Weheii while expounding the gospel at a campmeeting had a wicked fly walk down his threat and nearly cheke him te death. Mauwoed, tbe haugman of England, has taken te drink. He has twice executed men while under the influcnce of liquor, and has done the work se buugliugly that he is likely te be dismissed from eihee. Du. C. A. Giieenk has been granted the use of the hall of the Heuse of Repre sentatives, llarrisburg, Wednesday cvou cveu iug next for the purpose of .delivering a lecture en "The Marl Deposits in Vir ginia." Misa Lizzie Mett, of Milferd, Pa., the finance of Frank J. Pest, of the Bosteu Gongreaatienalist, whose narrowly escaped death a few weeks age, by beiug thrown from her carriage, is convalescing. Her condition is very encouraging, and her entire recovery is assured. Dk. F. W. P. BuTiiEit, a son of Senater Butler, of Seuth Carolina, while horseback riding with a young lady at Lancaster, S. C, was thrown from his herse. As he struck the ground the horse fell upon him, crushing him severely and causing concus sion of the brain. Ne hopes are entertained of his recovery. Senater Tabeu aud bis wife are ex--eluded from geed society iu Leadville and Deuver despite their millions. They have given up their apartmenis in the Windser hotel, aud are liviug ,iu a rented heuse, which is overrun by the Oshkosh relatives of the bride. The pair ride areuud in au elegant carriage drawn by four white horses, the driver and footmen wearing bright red Iivories. His desorted Wife says she loves Taber just as dearly as ever, and that she will heard up her meney for the support of his old age, when his wealth is gene and his bride has tured of his senility. MAIL BREVITIES. A. CONDENSATION Off LATE KVKNTH The Uevlean Track of Crime and Calamity ."UntcelianeuuK l'liragrapua el the liad isewn. Seme tinie age the secretary et the treasury ordered the removal of Mr. Boughten, keeper of the lighthouse at St. Jeseph, Mich., and the appointment of Mr. Piatt te succeed him. Mr. Boughten refuses te give np his place. He is iu possession of the lighthouse and refuses te allow his successor te take charge of it. It is thought that legal measures will have te be resorted te. Tne directors of the Canadian Pacific railroad company arrived at Terente yesterday by a special train, 'accompanied by forty European capitalists. Among the latter are Prince Hohenlohe and his brother, Vice Admiral Count Gleiehen, of Germauy, Earl Latham, Lords Elphin Elphin steue, Castlcteu aud Onslow, of England, and several English members of Parlia ment. Twe cases of yellow fever have been dis covered at Palalex wharf, at Peusacela. The patients are sailors, who will be re meied te quarantine. After their removal the house will be burned. At the navy yard, Surgeon Owens in reported dying, aud his daughter has been taken sick. Herbert Mayer, 28 years of age, com mitted suicide iu Trenten, New Jersey, yesterday, just after readiug a letter from Germauy, which evidently brought him. bad news. He leaves a wife and children. Advices from Mexico report an earth quake at Patehuca, which leveled thirty beuses and caused a less of 20 lives ; also a shower of "thousands of fish " at Mente mereas. William Rockefeller's Cleora and lude peudunce trotted an exhibition! mile at Charter Oak park, Hartferd, Conn., en Wednesday, in 2:173. The last half was in 1.07f. The first bale of New Seuth Carolina cotton was received in Columbus en Tues day from Lexington. It was classed mid dling and sold ler 8 5 10 coots. The U. S. revenue cutter Manhattan yesterday at Montreal yesterday fiem Ogdensburg, en route te Philadelphia for repairs. The soeond annual fair of the North Carolina fruit growers association opened yesterday at Wilmington. The display is said te be the finest ever made iu tbat city. J. M. Havon.ex-treasuror of the Rutland railroad, was arrested at Rutland, Vt.Jast niht, charged with ever issuing 4,717 shares of the preferred stock of the com pany. Fatal Accidents. Twe passenger cars aud a baggage car ou the Memphis &, Little Reck railroad foil through a trestle bridge near Ferest City, Aik., en Tuesday night, owing te 1 lie breaking efa rail. Three men, J. B. Salinger and Harry Feldborg, merchants of Cotten Plant, Ark., and Jehn Adain, ex foreman of pile drivers ou the Little Reck lead, were killed, and several ethers iu j u red, one severely. Twe Italian laborers wcie killed by an engine en the Bosten & Albany railroad, near Blackstoue, Mas pachiibutts, ou Tuesday night. A boiler at Oakdale, Illinois, burst ou Tuesday, killing Eugene Wilsen, the en ginuer. Richard L-swis Br., was killed, aud Richard Lewis, jr , and Geergo Riek ert were badly injured yesterday by the piomature discharge of a blast at Luke Fidler's celliery, Shatnekin. Jehn Mc Claiu aud Geerge Quiuu perished from the eff.'cts of foul air while digging a well near Kuoxville, Tennessee, yesterday morning. Mrs. Fowler and her daughters were killed by lightning yesterday morn ing near Athens, Alabama, while taking shelter under a tree. Au infant iu Mrs. Fowler's arms escaped injury. Yesterday ' UrlineH. Iu Nebraska city en Tuesday evening, Ezia Stephen A. Douglass, quarrelling with his wife, struck her, whereupon she drew a pistol aud shot him dead. She then committed suicide. Dr. Abrahams, au ex-Confederate surgeon, was yesterday shot and perhaps fatally weuudnd by a colored man named Clark, in Housten, Texas. Abrahams shot at Clark twice the day before, without effect. There bad been a feud between them, each cemplaing of annoyances by the ether. A warrant has beeu issued at Cambridge, New Yerk, for the arrest of Moses Murphy, charged with being the man who assaulted Mary Varley, a 13 year old girl, whom he met en the highway. Fifteen men have agreed te lynch Murphy, if he is captured. Ah Yung, a Chinaman, was hanged at Mis soula, Mentana, last Monday, for the mur der of another Chinaman, committed in Jauuary last. He asserted that he was innocent. Commercial aud Financial. Alexauder White, whose recent disap disap pearauce from Sherburne, New Yerk, caused some uneasiness, yesterday as signed all his property, without prefer ences. White was reported te be one of the wealthy men of Sherburne. His diffi culties are attributed te speculation in Wall street. The Chenanga Valley railroad, New Yerk, was sold yesterday under a mort gage foreclosure for $100,000 te the West Shere railway company, which holds all but $10,000 of the $261,000 worth of out standing bends. The corn exchange national bank of Chicago, capital $1,000,000. and national bank of El Doralde, Kansae, capital $150,000, have been authorized by the comptroller of the currency. Morehouse & Godsen, dry goods mer chants, of Terente, have made an assign ment. Their liabilities are placed at $45, 000 and assets at $20,000. m About the Size of It. Philadelphia Recerd. Frem present appearances tbe Assem blymen at llarrisburg Will neither apportion the state; Ner adjourn ; Ner resign ; It begins te leek as if the ten dollars a day were the main object in prolonging the session. The people of Pennsylvania will net bb long in tumbling te this ten deilar a day racket. In 1352 the populace of Paris shouted after the unpopular deputies iu the streets : "There go the Taenly-fim Francs!'1 Under the weight of this odious re re ro preach the French Assembly finally wiuked out. Victer Huge bitterly cemplaiued of the injustice of this cry: "There go the Twenty-five Francs !" But the populace of Paris were right. While the deputies, talked aud talked, aud punctually drew their daily pay, their enemies acted. If the members of the Pennsylvania Legislature will neither pass the appor tionments, nor adjourn, net resign, the people are right in assuming that the ten dollars a day constitute the consideration iu protracting the extra session. Toe Many Watches. Plilliv.lulphta Times. Carl Fegel, who claimed te he frenf Lancaster, and Goe. Sbal, of Newark, N. J., two young men, were arrested ou Wednesday afternoon by Special Officer Rosek ou suspicion. A large quantity of jewelry and watebes was found in their possession. They had made several efforts te dispose of the rings and watches. They will have a hearing te day. Large lieu Kick. Wm. Wright, Seuth Priuoe street, is the owner of a white Brahma hen that laid an egg yesterday "measuring 7J iuohes long and 6J round. This hen frequently lays eggs almost as luge as this one. TUK IUWEDEM aTATK IMIK. Fine froseecta et It Success Tne Mauas went Uay Working it up. The Independent state fair, te be held at McGrann's park, in this city, en September 17, IS, It), 20 and 21, premises te be a great affair. The fact that the statt. agricultural society has de cided te abaiideu their project of hehliug a state fair iu Philadelphia will be of great advantage te the fair at L ineaster, as it will bring here mauy exhibitors who otherwise would have made their entries at Philadelphia. Already applications for room in the several departments have been made from ether states as well as our own. aud it behooves our ewu people who may intend te exhibit te secure places for ibeir entries, .iue indications are that the departments for machinery and agricul tural implements will especially be largely represented, as several of the greatest manufacturers iu Illinois, Indiana, Ohie, New Jersey and Penn sylvania have signified their inten tion of becoming exhibitors. Premiums of our $1,200 are offered for trotting and pacing horses, in six different races, includiug horses with records from 2.25 te 3 minutes. Assurances are given that all of these will be filled and tbat interesting contests may be expected. The premiums for thorough bred cattle are liberal and cannot fail te be sought for by stock steck breeders of this aud adjoining ceuntirs. Indeed the premiums iu all the depart ments are liberal, aud aae offered for almost every variety of stock aud farm produce, and all that is needed te make the fair a grand success is thoce operation of the merchants, manufacturers, arti zans aud farmers of Laucaster city and county. Te this cud the management are busily at work. Oue hundred thousand copies of their premium lists are beiug distributed and immense lllumiuated pesters in e being put up iu every village aud hamlet. Mr. Jes. Suav ly, of Orrville, Ohie, is the proprietor aud manager, Jehn Ehleman, who may be found at the Fraklin house, this city, is the local mana ge and treasurer, and J. B Leng, Rhoad's buildiug, West King street,is the secretary, either of wnem may he consulted by pros pective exhibitors, or ethers interested. The business men of Lancaster should de all they can te " push things " as, if the fair U properly worked up from 20,000 te 30,000 strangers will visit this city during thu live days the fair is te last. CUSllI.KTINO T51K fflKK. at. hiary'M C.iziveut and school Undergoing the Ftnubiu I'rucesa. Fer the past ten days Daniel MoLaugh MeLaugh iiti, builder, aud a force of men have beeu busily engaged in the work of completing the new convent aud school building of St. Mary's Catholic church en Viuestroet, operations en which had been suspended for some time. Tne building was com menccd in September, 1881, aud thrce rooms en tbe lower fleer have been in use for school purposes siuce October 1832. it is new proposed te finish the buildiug withiu and without, aud equip it with all the conveniences suited te its purpose. The first story will be completed aud ready for use by September 20, aud the completed structure will be prepaied for occupation en December 1. The total cost of the building will bj in the neighborhood of $23,000, about ono eno one thitd of which has been already paid. The pastor of St. Mary's, Rev. Dr. McCul h'ji, has been quii-tly making a collec tion among his parishioners in -aid of the enterprise, and a short time age he announced the subscription of $7,500 as the result of his labors. This amount was mainly contributed by a few wealthy members of the parish aud it is new the purpose of the pastor te organize a general collection among all the parishioners te increase the amount subscribed te $12,000. This sum, together with what has already been paid, will leave but a slight debt auainst the building, which it is thought will uet.be burdensome te the congrega tion. An erroneous impressieu exists among seme members of the church tbat the orphan asylym fund, resulting from a number of bequests, new amounting in cash and real estate securities te about $22,000 may be appropriated for the pur pose of the convent and school new in course of erection. The fund, it has been ascertained, is for orphan asylum purposes, and these alone, aud any attempt by the trustees te divert it te ether uses would make them legally resp.msible. should any orphans be quartered in the new building, the expenses of their mainte nance will be paid out of the orphan fund, and it is the desire of the pastor that no portion of the latter money be devoted te the uses of the new building, en account of the complications that would inevitably result. The new structure will be used as a con vent for the sisters of charity attached te the church, and for the academy and parochial schools. When completed, it will be a handsome ornament te the south western section of the city. NtSlfitlUOKHUOU NKWS. KveutH .Near anil AcreHH the County Lines. Easten is te have a new school building, te cost $15,000. The assessed value of the real istate in Yerk county is $27,002,400 and the num ber of watches returned is 204. The preliminary test et the fire alarm system in Wilkesbarre will take place in a few days. Seven hundred men are at present em ployed in the Lehigh Valley railroad shop at Weather ly. Rev. S. O. Wylie, pastor of the second Reformed Presbyterian church, Philadel phia, for about 39 years, died yesterday. Since the murder of Fiss, by Gaffy, in the Norristown insane asylum, a great stir has been created among the officers of the institution. The matron has resigned and ether resignations are expected. A son of Nathan Manship.ef Heney brook, while playing ball recently at Chester Height, Chester county threw a baseball with such force at te break his arm be tween the shoulder and elbow. Rev. Edward P. Heberton, a well known Presbyterian clergyman, formerly of Phil adelphia, and a son of the Rev. Alexander Heberten, of 4008 Pine street, died en Monday at Walde, r lenda. While Pierce Kiug. 13 years old, son of Albert King, of Kimberton, Chester county, was helping his father te unload a threshiug maouiue, it fell evor en him, crushing one of his legs below the knee aud breaking it in two or three places. A young man from Lebanon county, a well-known character, is making a business el buying horses in the vicinity of Bern ville, Berks ceuuty, aud giving worthless notes for the same. Mauy farmers have bf en swindled by his operations. In Reading at a meeting held for the nomination of Democratic delegates in the 8th ward, the question was asked : " Who are entitled te vote at the delegate election?" aud the reply was made, "All who voted for Pattison for governor." lleury Stein, of Uarrisburg, 45 years of age, was bitten by a Newfoundland deg in the leg and arm en Meday afternoon. He refused medical aid and drank a quart of whisky. In the evening he refused water aud died shortly afterwards iu great agony. II art by a Torpedo. This morning two Deys residing near the Laucaster belt works found a torpedo en the railroad near the works and placing it en the track strnck- it with a stone. It exploded and fearfully tore the muscles of the arm of one of the boys and out the ether quite badly en the head and face. AUGUST COURT. 1MB KKUUt.AU OU.lKtti:SSUMs. Proceeding t hn Court YeMerduy After noon anil Te-day The Vrlnu :ate9 l)lrtinai Of the OrttiMl JuryV tteperc. Wednesday Afternoon In the cat.e of J. B. Geed, et ah, charged with forcible entry aud detainer, almost the whole of the afternoon was taken up by the argument of counsel. The jury retired at half past flve o'clock and returned in a half hour aud reudered verdicts of guilty with a recommendation for mercy. Cem'th vs. JenasB. Geed and Jacob B. Geed, resisting an officer. It iru shown by the commonwealth that en thc24:h of May Officers Swenk and Burns, of this city, went down te Pt-quea township with warrants for the arrest of the defeudants en the charge of forcible entry, aud in tended te arrest them ; the defeudants refused te go aleug, although the officers endeavored te persuade them ; dually Jonas said, " New the best man for it ;" Swenk aud burns then caught held of Jonas, who resisted, aud Jacob ran np and hit Swenk ou the head with his fist ; tbe handcuffs were finally put en the men aud they were taken. The defendants testified that they made no forcible resistance ; they claimed te have a right te be there, as Jacob Geed was part owner of the property, and en deavored te explain this te the officers ; they also objected te handcuffs being put en them aud finally went along peace fully. Verdict net guilty and ceuuty for costs. Thursday Jferniny Cem' th vs. Lewis Kershhauiu. The defendant, who is a big strong looking German, was charged with assault with intent te ravish Cclia Spiug ler, an eight year old daughter of Jehn Span;v'lcr, who resides at 937 Columbia avenue, this city . The circumstances of the case were fully published in the daily papers at the time of the occurrence. After hearing seme of the evidence the nonnieuwealth state! that they wer; willing te take a verdict of assault and battery only, as they did net have sufficient evi.lcnce te sustain the ether charge. Tbe detent-e were unwilling te de this as they claimed that the prisoner had been guilty of no effeu.e whatever With the consent of t' e fa' her of the child a veidict of uet guilty was taken. Cem'th vs. Themas Kaut, assault and battery with iut'nt te ravifh ; the evidence showed that ou last Siturday the defend ant went te the house of a mau named Brandt in Raphe township ; Mrs. Brandt and three daughters were present aud Kaut asked them for something te eat which was refused ; he then caught, held of one of the girls named Agnes and acted iudeceutly ; sh retaliated by hitting him with a brush. All of this occurred iu the presence of the ether members of the family ami iu the day time. At this junctuie the ciiirt said that the squire who returned this case should have had better sense, as there was net the slightest evidence of rape. Ifth'iu was any crime it was assault and battery, pro vided that the jury believed that Iv nit. had rudely taken lield of tbe girl. Tlie de fcudant upon beiug called stated that he merely took held of the girl in a joking way. The jury found him guilty of assault only. Sentenced te pay costs of prosecu tion. Cem'th vs.. Sebastian Stuher. Th i Je fendant was charged with feloniously entering the heuse of Ezra Mellinger, in Ephrata township, en the 20th of July lat The crime was committed in the day time, while Mr. Mellenger aud family were away from home, and the parties entered by breaking a window. Several handker chiefs, necklaces, rings and a razor weie stolen. Uriah Henry testified that, en the day of the crime he was picking raspber ries near the hense of Mr. Mellinger and did net knew the family was away. He saw the defendant with Chas. Dull and D. Weinheld at the house; they were talking aud did net see him ; alter a time he heard the window glasses breaking and saw ene boy, but he could uet tell which, crawling from the window. Dell has plead guilty te the oharge aud Weinheld has never been arrested Rep. Coustable Jenes testified that he recovered some of thu ar ticles from Miss Jennie Cramer. and that young swere that she received them from Dell. The defonse was that upon this day the defendant fell iu with Weinheld aud Dell, the former treated him te beer aud whisky until he became very drunk ; he went with the men te Melliuger's home, aud by the time t ley reiched it, defendant was helplessly drunk ; lie took no part in the robbery of the house and if anything was taken Dell and Weinheld were the guilty parties ; he knew nothing of the crime until ha reached home ; he laid in a field for several hours, unable te move. Cu trial. Mr. Fogle plead guilty te assault and battery en Michael Carey, of this city, whom he beat with a club, no was rcu tenced te nine months imprisonment. The frand jury letumed the following bills : Ignored . Jehn Johnseu. larceny and felonious entry ; Gurney Coatelle, bur glary ; Lizzie Smith, larceny. True Bills : Jerry Dungan, arson ; Jehn Brimmer and Geerge Gerlitzski, malicious mischief ; H. H. Green and Isaiah uiitb, malicious mischief and arson ; Lorenze McCracken, fornicatieu and bastardy ; Jeseph Miller, felonious entry ; Geerge Fegel and August Kummer, assault aud battery ; Sallie Blair, receiving stolen geed and accessory te larceny ; Christ Franciscus, felonious entry and receiving stolen geed ; Zach Beeth, felonious entry, burglary and receiving stolen goods ; Gee. M. Ayers, felonious entry, larceny and accessory te larceny ; Andrew Hauck and David Hauck, felonious entry aud lar ceny. Police Oaten. His honor the mayor had soven cases of drunkennecs and disorderly conduct te dispose of this morning. Three of the offenders were discharged en payments of costs and four were sent te jail for terms rainging from ten te twenty days. Themas Cissidy, and Julia, his wife, were arrested yesterday for drunkenness aud disorderly conduct. They were taken before Alderman Alex. Dennelly and by him committed for thirty ene days each. The Old factory llrldsn. Tiie bridge that spans the Couestega en the old factory read, southeast of the city, is se badly iu need of repair that the county commissioners have made a con tract with Jehn Kreckel te repair it. The principal defect is iu the abutment ou the Lampeter side of the-creek, which will have te be partly rebuilt. Mr. Kreckel is te have the work completed by the 1st of November. A Vielent Wern!!. A few days age Alderman Samson sent te jail Ellen Leuhartfer a short term for drunken aud disorderly conduct. Yester day she wax released and had been at liberty but a few hours, wheu she again get drunk anil attempted te carve her husband. Charles Lenhart, with a big butcher knile. The unfortunate benedict managed te escape and complaint was again ledged, and last evening she was agaiu committed for a term of 20 days. Chaplain ItecK te I'reacn in I-anc-uter. Rev. B. F. Beck, chaplain of theScnate. will preach in the first Baptist church of this city en Sunday next, preparatory te his acceptance of au appointment te Bis marck, Daketab , by the Baptist missionary society. i.
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