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Wbdmbuday evening, sept, e, toea,
Tlie Weeden I'elcs Must de.
The Etumincr suggests that this jour
nal ami tlie jYfie Era liave concluded te
let the iwles go up, referring probably le
tlie fact that we de net dally pretest
against tliem ; nevertheless our oppest
Hen te them Is unabated and our Inve
catien unchanged te -the property hold held
era and the city authorities, who have
the power te, keep the city from belng
disfigured by these ugly poles. They are
a relic of a bygoneago,nnd are no longer
tolerated, being no longer necessary
The Western Union telegraph company
has Jnst been refused icrmlsslen by the
commissioner of the District or ceium
bla, te put down mero poles In Wash
ineten cltv. Thov nre Informed that
their wires should be laid underground,
and the Intimation Is strongly made
that the poles new up must shortly come
down, lecalise of their unslghtllness.
Washington Is fertunate in being under
the jurisdiction of intelligent commis
sioners. Lancaster and most ether cities
are unfertunate in being under tlie con
trel of ceunclimen and committees who
de net have an adequate conception of
the needs of tlie community. They have
no Idea of the beautiful nnd but little
idea of the geed.
The councils have undertaken te give
the city the electric light ; and le the
lamp commlttee fell the work. The lamp
committee did net knew any thing
about electric lights, but they had u
company which was lighting the city
with petroleum which was also In the
electric light business ; and this coin
pany told the lamp committee all about
it and offered te ,nt up the plant and
previde the light for a year for a certain
sum. The lamp committee, delighted
at the ease with which their duty ceu'd
be thus discharged, embraced atonce
the Maxim company and its idea nnd its
price, never asking anyone for a bid or
an idea, and made n brief agreement
which simply said ' you put up the
light by a certain time nud we will pay
you the money." They were prudent
enough te get a bend in $10,000 that the
Maxim company, which in truth might
boa maximum fraud, would de what it
ngreed te de. This it has net done. It
has net dene its work in the time spec)
fled, but it has put up poles. The Maxim
company is stoutly devoted te poles. It
seems te think Lancaster people love
poles and they have justiflcatleu
for their opinion in their calmness ever
their Infliction. Anether electric light
company, new introducing its light en
our principal streets, finds no use fr
pules. It fastens its wires along the
houses under the awnings, where they
are very conveniently located. The
Maxim company could de likewise. It
could get permission , from property
owners te fasten its wires te trees or
walls where they would de no injury. It
might be asked te pay for the accommo
dation, and it should be willing te pay
for it. We de net understand that the
city has any particular Interest in
this electric light company, which calls
upon it te aid the company in luipesii.g
its poles and wires upon property ewneis
without paying for the privilege We
de net suppose that the lamp committee
or any ether elllcial has any pecunia.y
Interest in the Maxim contract, imprevi
dently as It seems te have been given
out. Why then should the city cllkials
give this company their sympathy ar d
aid In Its undertaking te take pilva'e
property for Ita nse without compensa
tion ?
If the lamp commlttee of councils bail
desired te de its duty intelligently it
would have acquainted Itself with the
merits et the respective systems of elec
trical lighting. It would have diseeveied
that the one It has selected is net the
best even of the pole lighting sjstems
It would have feuud that tliu cily
could be economically and eillclcutly
lighted from a single high tower, where
all the light made would be utilized, in
stead of being cenllued and wasted as In
the system contracted for. The European
visitors and scientists, who have cnnie
ever te ntteud the opening of the North,
em Pacific railroad, were very much
struck by the illumination of the town
of Farge, In Dakota, by electiiu light
from a central tower, which shed its
effulgence en the earth rorinllesureiind.
The rapid growth of the town, which
numbers some ten thousand Inhabitants
new, though net in existence a decade
age, did net astonish them se much as
did the quickness with which the latest
improvement In science was sei.ed upon
in the wilderness, and tlie new town
lighted with the best light, utilized m
the most eillcieut way ; while the old
cities in the East aud "Europe were still
clinging te their old appliances. Farge,
still but a third the sl7.e of Lancaster,
iias erected an electrical plant which
throws a mild light ever the whole
town, as well in the yards and alleys
and en the house tops ai en the streets.
Nene of the light, and none of the pewei
that makes It Is lest. The streets are
net obstructed and dlsllgured with poles
And better than all, persons lesldlng
uear the electric light or walking to
wards it are netdlstressed by its infernal
glare, aa they would If it hung low en
poles.
State CiiAiitMAN Coepkii isrepoit isrepeit
ed te have said In Uedfeid last night
" in answer te Hansel's attack onLlvsey
as belng an English soldier, that Powell,
tee, was au Englishman and the only
difference between the two was that
Llvaey had also served as a soldier In
the Union army. Tlie Humes bill he
claimed as n Republican measure." The
chairman et the Democratic otate com
mittee says that he made no attack
en Llvaey for liavlnjr been a British
soldier. Tlie conundrum which he left
at lied ford for Cooper te answer wus
hew it could be if, according te Cooper,
Pattlsen was last year disqualified
for governor because he was born ju
Maryland, Llvsey could be qualified for
state treasurer, having been born in
Eegland. As te Mr. Pewell'd place of
nativity, It uiay be said that he was born
where he has ever since lived, In Brad
ford, county ; Ills father lived Micro be-
fere him ; his grandfnthetxteught In
the Revolutionary 'war, wminsl the
lkltlsh army, and his great-grandfather,
a Moravian missionary, left Wale3 and
England te ceme te this country In 17 12.
Dees Mr. Cooper want te go any further
back V
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Wn qulte agree with our esteemed
Democratic contemporaries, the Potts Petts Potts
vllle Chronicle and the Harrlsburg
i'dtrief that, slnce the Democratic policy
at Harrlsburg has been declared te be
ene et continuance until apportion
ments nre made, there must be no
further trilling en tlie part of the
Democrats there. If the majority of
the Heuso members dcslre their con
s'.ltuents te believe that they are in
earnest they must stay there nnd keep
their associates there by the vigorous
enforcement of the Heuse's processes
aud by denying pay te these who de net
earn It hi attendance upon the sessions.
It is no way te make a slege te let ways
open for the beleagured te sally out and
prevision themselves. Tlie Democrats
et the Heuse, being In a majority, are
responsible for trio policy of their party
at Harrlsburg and they must prove that
they are In earnest in their preftssed zeal
for au apportionment. Fer thirty days
there have net been 101 of them present
at any one session of the Legislature.
This trilling must cease. Absenteeism
must step, Regular and frequent ses
sions must be held. There must be no
pay te absentees, nor for time net occu
pied with the public business. It is only
in this way that the Republicans can
ever tie made te believe that the Deme
crats mean business. Push things. Less
declanatlen and mero work.
At a caucus or the Democratic mem
brs of the Legislature in Harrisburg
yesterday, it was decided by a vote of 1
te 10 te keep the Legislature in session
until apportionment hills ar passed
There was no disposition shown, how
ever, te abate the Democrat ic demand
for an " honest, just and true apportion
ment ;" nor de the Republicans manifest
any disposition te concede that.
Wamiinhten city, which is rapidly
becoming ene of the most beautiful in
the country, makes forcible pretest
against the continuance or further in
vasion of the ugly telegraph poles They
must go.
Last day ter tegistrntleu, Thursday,
Septernber 0.
Makwoed, the English cxceutioner.wbo
spent his llfetitnu in assisting mun te tlie
confines of the uusceu world ero their time
had expired, bis new geno thither himself
unassisted.
The Newark Evening Setts is a fresh ac
quisitieti te Newark journalism The
Seat is a bright and independent journal,
showing editor! il ability and giving a
Urge amount of telegraphic and ether
news.
Pcacues are said te have reached be
high a flgure this year that the proprietors
of the cauuleg and drying establishments I
hi souie portleusof Delaware have allowed
thorn te remain closed, finning it mere
te their advantage te ship the fruit direct
te the Northern market.
It is authoritatively stated that the
Arthur administration has geno se far in
its support ill Matienti's icadjuster ceali
tieu movement in Virginia, that te Le.Ua
rotreat would be at the present time well
uigh impossible. Mr. Arthur may .. e
leisure iu his onfeiced retirement In the
near future te ponder the fact that the
descent of Averuus in exceedingly easy,
but that the retracing of one' footsteps
when there is uieU amazingly difliciiH.
The New Yerk iSitn colebrated its 50th
birthday by publishing a f.ie simile, el the
paper as it was ou the first day of its ap
pcance. The contrast et the ltuigulficaut
little sheet of that time and its meagre
uirojlatieu with the Sun of te day and its
vast influence preailm the lessen of the
reward that U ever m store for well
dueeted journalistic endeavor. The aver
aje daily oire.il ;ti n of tin Sun 1 ist weal:
was 150,000 copies.
Hki'civimi peuil in pipers in piwn is
tliu latest scheme by which advantage is
taken of the needs of pensienuts The
method of its working is ler the pensioner
1 1 put the pension oertilleato iu pawn iu
couhidciaiieu of a lean from the pawn
broker, ranging all the way from '2't tu fl'J
pei cunt of the quartuly amount due the
pensioner When these quartuly dis dis
burtements aie made, the check for the
entire amount is turned ever te ihe pawn
broker, who Is thus enabled te cash his
enormous percentage. In ene instance it
is alleged that iu order te makosureof his
money in the case, a pawn broker actually
took the daughter of ene of his debtor! In
pledge. Au cflert Is being made te tdep
this petnloiens practice by making all who
have pawned iheir certificates go through
the formality of obtaining new papcia
from the ciuiiuissleucrs.
FKATUKKSOF TUB STATE PUE33,
The Germantewn Telegraph aiys Levy
the oeruut player is greatly overratod,
The Serih American thinks it neither
notable nor creditable that Judge Black
eft tlie cabinet Iu debt.
The Wilkcsbarre liccenl asks that
building tots in that city b bold cheaply
iu order toeucourago building,
Iho Uhauiberhburg litgiiter, which Is
eiiny te satisfy, complains that Welfe Is
hard te please.
The Pittsburg Evening Telegraph te
minds the epicures that Oyster onters with
thu
iu September.
Tint Philadelphia Chronicle Herald sees
a rcfcombtauce botween the Legislature
aud the peer, because we seem te have
bulh with in always.
The Rifermad Ohurth Meucnger U sure
that the future hopes of the church In re
jjatd te the inoreisj of gospel minUti-ia
depend largely upeu the mothers.
The Philadelphia Itulletin Ihitikn the
tlsath of IvauTeuigueiiefTbrlugB te a oleso
the foremost literary career that Ruisla
has ever wltucsiied.
The Lobaneu Ailtertuer chronicled the
I net tliut the Oerman Republicans of that
county are getting unanimous en the ux ux
passien ; " Fer der Llvsey stelm lob
tkinel tied, un my fudur dud ah nod,"
There is no surei qualification for sue.
cms In a young matt, says the ltlsiille
Chrenirle, than the ability te lay his mind
alougjide of the physical probletns of the
hour and comprehend thorn in all their
length tnd breadth and thickness.
TtIK IIKMOUUATIO ItUl
I'lnter Heard ter l.ncKrttil l.efiUUiiir.
Itiirrl-i'erit 1'iitilel, Dcin
New then let tln.re be no mero halting
or doubting about the propriety of lighting
the battle for the right te the end. Let
there be no mero pairing, no mero nbsontee.
ism, no mero trilling with the great public
duty that rests upon the Democrats of the
Legislature. Let there be unity and har
mony of notion from this time forward,
I.i;UUtle Absenteeism,
t'nttsvlllu Chronicle, Pern
The Democratic members of the Legis
lature having decided iu caucus that it
was their duty te ntnke still further efforts
te secure the passage of fair aud cqultable
apportionment bills, we take occasion te
remind them that there Is a certain consti
tutional obligation resting upon each
member te be iu bis seat every day the
Legislatuie is in session. Ne man can
honestly draw pay for services he docs net
render. On several occasions recently the
Democratic vete in the Heuso was lament
ably short and the roll docs net by any
means show a full list el Schuylkill rep
resentatives. Some of these days the Demo
cratic slde of the Heuso will be caught
napping by reason of Its big list
of absentees ; aud the Republicans will
obtain seme permanent advautage which
will neutrahze all the efforts of the Demo
crats te comjel an observance of the man
dates of the constitution. Every ene of
the Democratic members of the Heuse
should be in his place till the oleso of the
session, unless unavoidably detaiucd
an ay. Ne doubt many of them are dis
heartened and disgusted at their failure te
secure even handed juslice from their op
ponents, but that very failure makes It
the mero incumbent en them te be faith
ful In the discharge of every public duty,
iu order that their Republican adversaries
may gain no further ndvautage ever them.
PERSONAL,
will give Lord
fit tixii will give Lord Coleridge a
yacht ride.
Wn.Kir. Cellins is in high spirits after
a yachting trip, aud is writing auethcr
novel.
Juk.e Oliku Wknueil Hei.iiks ju.,
Is "mentieued" as a possible Republican
candidate for governor of MasnachusetU.
Jens Recii, who new employs 1,000
men at au average of 2 10 a day wages,
was ence a tramp en the Illinois prairies,
without a dollar iu his pocket.
Jkmes Nitt's trial has beeu postponed
until December en account of the illness
of P. C. Breckcnridge, ene or the leading
witnesses.
Sr.NATen Chasiueu's widow has civen
$1,000 towards a scholarship in the Chica
go women's medical college, for wemeu
who intend becoming miMienaries.
Miss Lydia Peet, having geno through
a regular examination, has been admitted
as a lawyer te the Inr of Torine, Italy.
After her admission te the bar two mem
b?rs resigned.
Mrs. Lanetht told &u Euglish Inter
viewer that she was nearly worried te
death by American journalists, but she
felt bound, as a matter of business, te
show them seme kind of courtesy.
Satei UNKH Tni'Tii is ene hundred and
eight years old, is lively and cay, and full
of reminiscences of the past, and takes an
Interest In all public questions She re
sides with her daughtci at Battle Creek,
Mich.
Gneui.c S. Pi iid carried the Wayne
ceuuty convention for judge of tbeTwcuty-
second judicial district, composed of
W aytie aud Pike. IIeu. D. M. Van Auken,
cx-cengressman, received the nomination
from Pike. Purdy will likely be nominated
in joint couvention. His leading opponent
from Wayne was Hen. Wm. II. Dlmrnick.
Mas. Geneum, IlejinnT Toejins died of
paralysis at Clarkosville, Ga., her snmmer
residence, en Tuesday morning. She had
been prominent iu society in Washington,
D. C, and Richmond, Va., while h.'r hus
band was United States sauater and while
he was in the confederate cabinet. She
had accompanied her husband through
European countries and threuch the East.
Dit. Jake Kimmkm. Gaiiveu was at a
late tntcting of the trustees of the state
lunatle asylum at Harrisburu, electcd
chief female phvsician of that institution
for the term of three years Mrs. Garver
has for the last three years served as as
sistant physician, and discharged her
duties with se mmh satisfaction that she
was promoted by a unanimous vete.
Iliir.T Haute resides at St. Jehn's Weel,
Londen, with tlie chancellor of the Belgian
legation, Mr. Vandorveldt, a cultivated
mau, whe30 wife seriously net hersetf te
work te rogulate Mr. Harte, of whose
genlusshe had a hgh idea Mra.Harte lives
in this cjiiutry upon her husband's censu
Jar salary. Mrs. Vanderveldt has teu
children, is herself of literary inclination
and is fire at ropartee.
1 cilfUuilill I'elnOIrm (In.
All of the leading telegraph companies
wuoie imcs enter Washington Inelutling
tne western Lnten, the American Rapid
and the Baltitnore nnd Ohie, have recently
made application te the district oemmis
slouers for leave te crcet new poles or
reset old lines In the various parts of the
city. The applications have all been de
tiled, upon the ground that the poles nud
wires disfigure thn streets and intorfere
with growing trees. The requent of thn
Western Union cempiny, which was rofer
red te Captain Gnone, was rotiirned with
tlie following endorsement : "Net rooom reoom roeom
mended. In place of Mttlug new and
large poles, this trunk line should be placed
underground without delay." It is under
stood that Majer Lydecker and Captain
Grocne new have under consideration a
plan for an underground system of wires
within the city llmlts.nnd that the District
tolepheno company will shortly begln the
work of laying a mlle of wires under
ground for the purpese of oxperlmont.
ttjine AMeinbite.
The semi centennial of the first white
sottlemont of Dubuque, Iowa, was colo celo cole
bratnd en Monday, and attracted ten
thousand visitors te that city. The Rtrcetu
wero decorated with bunting, and thore
was a profession of ctvle and military
societies, A meeting was held at the fair
creuuds, addresser! belug made by ox ex
Mlnutter Washburne aud A. C. Dedgo, of
Wisconsin.
The llfth annual session of the select
Knlchts of the Aneicnt Order of United
Werkmen began josterday In Pittsburg
About 1100 delegates wero present.
(lev. Unelt limuiEurutixt.
Gov Knett, of Kentucky, was installed
yesterday In the oapltel at Frankfort,
ihe retlrlug govurner, Blackburn, in his
valodietory " repeated his exciucs for his
numerous patdens made bofero the Deme,
oratie oenvontion last spring, and was
patiently listened te." Governer Knett,
following In n brief Inaugural, said s " I
dfolare hore dlstlnetly and Irroveoably,
that iu no oase will I grant a pinion or
reuiK tlie Kinal conscqueneoM of conviction
for any criminal oirence unless I shall be
fully satUtled that it would be unjust te
the oenrlot te de otherwise." Ten thous
and portions witnessed the Inauguration,
NEWS BREVITIES.
Cl.tl'l-KIl 1'ltOM THK MdllMMI M At I.N.
Iho I'Mti uf (Jrlmn aud Unliitiilljr A nils-
rellnureui Collection et item
Frem Many l'nrts.
I pen application of Getham P. Pomo Pome
toy, assignee, the supreme court ut Provi
dence osterday issued an onler tempor
arily unjeining l'.vau Hiudelph from
disposing of any Quidtiick company ntoek
or propetty, nud ordering n personal
citation upon til in te appear en Satutdny
next, te which time the hearing was ad
journed. Benjamin Burgess V Sens, dealem In
sugar, of Bosten, failed yesterday. The
liabilities nre supposed te be heavy.
Buttcrwerth & Ce., beet and shoe manu
facturers and dealers, of Cincinnati, made
au assignment yesterday. The liabilities
are about 90,000, the assets nominally
$100,000.
It is reported that a train en the St.
Leuis nud Kvnnsville railroad was thrown
from the track by seme cattle, between
Carml nnd Urayville, Illinois, last evening,
and that a car occupied by company Aef
tlie North Illiueisinfautry, was overturned,
killing 0 porseus and injuring 15.
Mobile, Putiusacela .Inuctten aud Bir
mingham have established quarantines
against Pousacela, although it is asserted
that the latter plae is free from yellow
fever.
The Shcnauge A Allegheny i ail read,
ruunitig from Grceuville te Butler, Pa., a
distance of OS miles, was formally opened
yesterday. The mad epeus up a coal
region needed te supply the iron industries
of western Pcunsj tvauia and eastern
Ohie.
Steamboat communication between Wit
miugten, North Carolina, and Baltimore,
has been established aud the first steamer
of the line will leave Baltimore en the 8th
instaut.
The coat miners aleug the Shcnauge and
Allegheny railroad, tu this state, ate en
strike, excepting these at Ceal Town and
Harrisville, against a reduction of 10 cents
per teu. The Harnsville miners hae ac
ceptcd the rcductleu.
The wheat crop in Kansas is turning out
heavier tuan was expected and is new
estimated at 33,000 000 bushels. The corn
is estimated at 200,000,00 bushels, the
largest ever produced iu that state.
A large immigration te Kansas has be
Kuu and it is expected te incroase this
fall and next spriug.
The First national bank of Anuisteu,
Alabama, has been authorized te begin
business with a capital of J 100,000.
The receipts of the patent olllce during
the last eii-ht mouth were $7$fi.oe9 against
$';.), 4 II during the c mcspjiiding period
of IT:!.
.11 TIIKMATIUAI. UA1-1TAI.
Keculatteus te Curry ontttie ew lNrllt l.nw
The treasury department has issued a
circular prescribing regulations te carry
out the previsions of the uew tariif law for
a rebate of the duties en imported salt
with which meat has been cured for expor
tation. These regulations previde that
" no payment or refund from the treasury
will be made of a sum less than $100
Claims f less amount iu favor of auy ene
pcrseu or tlrm may be allowed te accumu
late until they rrach that sum. The
quantity of salt upon rchuh a rebate shall
be allowed shall net exceed 20 i Minds te
every 100 pounds of dry salted meats ex
ported, nor -10 pounds or salt te every 100
pennds of pickle cured meats. Whetothe
entry involves a claim of les thau $100 no
bend rer proof et lauding abre id will be
required, but the oxpertor shall file with
the collocter a bill et landing as provided
for drawback shipments b7 circu'ar of
JulyO, 181."
The state depaitmcntis informed that
the American vessels Rebocca J, Moulten
and Jesio E More. simzM recentl vat Sauna
La Graude, Cub, for allied violation of
thotepanisti rovenue laws, have b;en ic
leased en representations from e'ir consul
at Saqua, acting tinder instructions from
the state department.
All the leading telegraph companies
whose lines entei the city of Washington
have applied te the district comumsienor
for leave te erect row poles or toset old
lines in various parts of the city All the
applications have been refused, upon the
ground that " the peles and wires distlg.
ure the streets and interfere with urewlnt:
trees " The rt quest of the WcRtern
Union company, which was referred te
Captaiu Greeno, was returned with the
following endorsement : " Net rccetn
mended. In place of setting uew and
larger peles this trunk line should be
placed under ground without delay ''
UlllJW.Nl'.II WllILt; ItOATlMI.
Three uuus lllrU l.el In the tlcripntie llter
at Itucticttrr.
A sad drowning accident occurred iu
Gouesee river, near Rochester, N. Y,,
Monday afternoon, which resulted iu the
death of three yeuug ladies of that city.
About 2 o'clock, Misses Anna Schuey,
Lulu Havlin nnd Libble Simmons went out
it iw n the river ab.ut thrce miles south of
the city for an afternoon low. They had
rowed around for nearly two hours, Miss
Schuey sitting in the stern, Miss Havlin iu
the bow and the ether iu the middle.
In attempting te change seats the beat
waH overturned in such a way that th-y
wero thrown under it and could net extri
cate themselves from their perilous peii
tien. Twe boys en shere witnessed the
accident and gave the alarm Their bodies
were net seen te rise. Werd wjh sent te
Corener Jenes, who seen appeared en the
sceno anil commeuced draggluir for the
bodies whleh wero net recovered until
ovenlng. Corener Jenes held au luqupst,
but no verdict was rendered. The three
girls wero each about eighteen years of
age.
UIIOLMSII UON.IUIltllts,
Twe Mltilelil VoedoulMn ltnb it Urine
apil urn Lynched.
A special te the New Orleans Picayune
says: "At Edwards, Miss., Monday, two
ncgroes, named James King and Geergo
Gaddls were nrreUed charged with having
mbbed the grave of Mrs. Hattle Hewell.
They confessed their guilt, informing the
olllcer that they stele tlie body for the
purpose of securing the bones of ene arm
which they tHediu earryiui; en their pro
fession aa conjurers. When the uews of
the robbery nnd arrest became known a
crowd of 130 mi a assembled and request
ed the sheriff te turn out the piisencrs.
The request was refused. In the confit cenfit confit
Hlen whleh prevailed. Gaildis, ene of tlie
prisoners, attempted te oscape, but was
riddled with bullets by the infuriated
mob, Tite sheriff was then overpowered
nnd the ether prisoner taken from the jMl
and hanged
Uruttn by Accident.
By an explosion of pewder In the Pratt
mines, near Birmingham, Ala , lateBatur
day, two white convict miners wero killed
and two colored ones soverely injured.
A collision caused by a runaway loeomc,
tlve, which was started by atranip.eceurred
en the Dolaware rail re id, near Grceu
spring ou Saturday night. A southbound
possengor train met the locomotive, aud
both engines wero wrecked. William
Cellins, fireman, was badly rcalded, and
several passeugers were slightly injured.
The boy in thn passenger olevator Iu the
Grand Paoifle hetel, nt Chicago, lest con
trot of the inaoltlne in ene of Its nseants,
and advised two passengers who wero ou
beard te jump elTnt the next landing In
nttemptiug te jump off ene of thorn, a
palnter named Jacotisen, employed iu the
hetel, was killed. The warning was need
less, asnu automatle appliance caused the
elevator te step ou reaching the upper
story. Ilomer Legrand Gilbert, need 20
yearn, and James Lockwood, aged 21,wcre
drowned en Sunday by the capsizing of a
sail beat ou Leng Island sound.
lhe Truck of Crime.
Win. Lawrence, a watchman, was killed
by burglam In Bath, Maine, en Monday
night. Iu a tight Iu Cineluuattl en Mon
day, Edward Purcell was struck en the
head with a club by Henry Shtilte, and
deld of the Injuries iu a few hours. Shulte
was arrested. Newlln Glbbs was fatally
shot by two brothers named Gillespie,
with whom he had quarrelled nt Monre
head, Kentucky, en Satutday night.
His assailants esoaped. Dr. J. K. Rltch
ey, of Mendeta, Illinois, shot and mor
tally wounded his wifoeu Monday oTenlng
and then fled. It Is supposed lie was
jealous. Jacob II Hndley, being drunk,
shot nud killed his 20 year old son In
Taylersvllle, Ohie, en Monday. Hadley
tried te drown hlmself nf ter the sheeting.
Themas Reuug, a'longshetoman, was shot
dead yesterday by Daniel Courtuey,
atiother 'longshoreman, iu a saloon in New
Yerk. Ne provocation had bcen glven by
Yeuug, be far as known. Satnuel Bulger,
colored, was hanged yosterday at Mays
vllle, Kentucky, for having feloniously
assaulted a yeuug white girl.
1'nlltlcst I'elnln.
At Indianapolis, en Monday, Judge
.Morten, of the criminal oeurt. laid bofero
tlie grand jury a letter from J. II, Wood
ward, a newspaper correspondent, togeth
er with uewsupcr slips bearing upeu the
Brady atut Dersoy Interviews, mero par
ticularly with roference te the nlleged
disbursement of $100,000 iu Indiana dur
ing the past presidential campaign. Tlie
judge, after laying stress upon "the bear
Iiik which the statute of limitations might
have en the alleged ofletiso," turned
the matter evor te the jury for consid
eration. Ex-Governer Talbot declines te be
again a candidate for the Republican
nomination for goveruor of Massachu
setts. The etate convention of the National
Greenback Laber party of New Yerk met
yesterday in Rochester. Pifty delegates
were present when the conventlon was
called te order.
The constitutional convent ou of Da
kota met yesterday iu Sioux Palls.
Muntcrctl (Iter (lama etUariti,
A pirty of boatmen ougaged in n game
of cards at Schuylkill Haven lat night, at
the tavern of James McCalTey, in the
North want became etigauud in a quaricl
as te who should pay for the drinks.
Charles Kline, alias "Buster," a resident
of the place, made au insultiug remark te
Daniel Bums, ene of the opposing plajets.
Burns did net resent the insult ou the
spot, but a few moments afterwards, hav
ing left the room in the meantime, he re
turned with a long bladcd knife, with
which he made a downward pass at Kline.
The point of the kuife struck just below
the brcastboue and ripped the whole
length of the bowels, se that the iutes.
ttnes protruded. Tin weunded man was
removed te bis home, where he died. He
was 23 years of age aud unmarried. Burns
is also a rosident of Pottsville. Us h.is
thus far eluded arrest.
Muinaitns Ui in the ,l.tnj Trial.
The arguments in the trial of Frank.
James progressed Tuesday at Gallatin,
Me. Judge Heckliuopeurtd for the state in
the meruiusr. He made no special points,
but read a geed deal from the testimony
and claimed that the indontificatien et
Prank James was oetnploto aud the at
tempt te prove an alibi was a farce. Cel.
Stever, of Independence, fellywed for the
defense. He argued iu favor of the four
men theory, and showed the incomplete
ness of the indentiticatieu of the prisoner
by the state and the thoroughness of the
alibi as proven by the defense. He also
called attention te the interested motives
of Dick Liddcll nnd his accomplices, the
Fords. A lecess was then taken.
The Corean Kiiibuy.
The Corenn embassy newiu San Prau Prau
clsce were visited yesterday by. the mayor
and welcomed te that e.ty. An hour later
General Schorleld aud his stair called, after
which deputations from the chamber of
commerce nnd beard of trade waited ou
the embassy and invited them te meet the
two bodies ,m representatives of the com
mercial interests of San Francisce. The
chief ambassador iu accepting said, " Ne
Invitation had given him se much pleas
urs, cemiug, as it did, from represent
lives of commerce, the mainstay of every
state." Thi-ie will be a formal reception
te morrow nftoiueou.
AI'l-ALMMU lllS.lbTKUM.
rmhtug lUnlK .Swept With Dentil.
By recent cyclones around the New
Found land coast the French fleet ou the
Grand Banks has suffered most severely.
About llfty vessels have already arrived at
St. Jehns, and the spectacie they present
aa they lie In the reads of St. pierre, only
half moored, is distressing In .the extrcmc,
and at the name time eloquent of the
terrible ordeal through which they have
passed. They are almost completely
sitrlppsd of their gear. chains, anchors,
cablus, dories and trawls. Their tattered
sails blew out In ribbons te the breeze. A
inei e cruelly dismantled looking Heet nevcr
saddened the t-ye of a spectator. Rut the
story of the less of human llfe remains
untold.
Jacquet Pines' banker -lest six of her
crew ; Hardy's lest six men ; Vincent's
six ; Leeui Cestcs' four; Demalvlllaln's
two, and thore nre only two or threo ex
captions in the whele Meet where there nre
tint thrce, two or ene of the crew geno te
their deem. Leuis Jeurdntn'ti banker
foundered nnd sank after the storm had
subsided, but the crew were fe: Innately
saved. Some thirty vossels are missing,
and the most awful approhensions are en
tertained regarding them. The Prcncli
captains are unanimous in their ncceuut of
the storms of Sunday and Thursday, de
picting them as the most fleroe nnd de-
htrtictive within tlie whele wlde range of
their cxporienco.
Without WHrnlnR.
The oyelouo of Sunday gave net the
slightest intimation of its disastrous ap
proach. The morning waa line, the wind
modetato and the sea tranquil down te 8
o'elock. Most of the ships had all their
dories outsetting or overhauling trawls. A
llttle bofeio 0 o'clock a small blaek, oval
shaped aloud rese swiftly bofero the vorge
of the eastern horizon. Peals of distant
thunder were at first faintly hcurd, but
continued te increase- apace in their rever
berating tones. Pale flashcx of fitful
lightning flitted across the sky, the water
changed te an inky blaokness nud a vast
billowing Hwell heve rapidly home from
the castwanl and rese in towering nnd tu
multuous masses above the shoal bankr,
tossing the fragile fishing tleet like sen
gulls en thn foam Croats of the wave.
In lets thau au hour the wind hail
reached its maximum fury and the era had
piled up te mountainous altitudes. As the
storm broke ever the water thore wero
soveral hutidred dories away from the
fishing Heets of the United States, the
Ur'tish Neith Amorlean and the Fioneb.
It Is heart 'billing ht present te contem
plate the probable oeiiBcquonooa of this
awful elemental visitation. When the
record Is oempleto it will tee truly be the
Baddest aud most widely destructive
within the memory of living men.
It 1h ropertoJ that an oaean steamer, steamer,
natne as yet unknown, has been discovered
sunk ou the Neva HjetU coasts, near In
dian Hatber. It is suppesed that the
vessel went dewu ou Sunday night with
all en beard. Purther uews i expected
te morrow. The announcement of the
wreck has caused oensidorabfo oxcite excite oxcite
meut. Annoying the Neighbors.
Complaint has heen inade agalust a
party of boys who annoy the ncl'hberi by
playing baseball en tliu open soheol let ou
North Mulberry strcet, abeve Orauge,
JJ0L1) HIGHWAYMEN.
llltlOANIt.Uir. IN MAsilAUHllMKriH.
A Singe Hleppeit by n (Innu el Itntibnrs unit
I'ltMeiiKcrs' Vnlimttles TuUen A
Thlctes' 1'ulnre.
The annual illumination at Nautasket
Beach, Mass., Tuesday night dmw togoth tegoth togeth
ot about 20,000 people. This display and
festivities continued until a ery late hour.
'1 he liiellilles ler transporting se huge a
crowd wero altogethrr Inadequate, mid It
was midnight bofero many el them could
leave thn bcaeli.
A party of ten ladles nud gontlemo-i
from Bast Weymouth chartered the large
stage Miami of that place, and IeU the
Hetol Nautasket at nbeut ene o'elock.
They had proceeded us far aa the feet of
the Old Colony Heme hill, irhoie thore is
a thickly weeded and very grttesotne spot,
nud where the read tuns for a mlle nnd a
half thteitgh a dense fercRt, when they
came updn a gaug of tnenty-llve or thirty
despernte oharaetois, some of whom worn
in nu express wagon and part en feet.
As the stage drove up these men made
a tush for It. q'we of them selzcd the
horses by the heads, the ethers surrounded
the stage, cursing and threatening le
sheet the dilver when he attempted te
whip up his horses. Edward liowley,
who was staudlng en the steps iu the rear,
was scir.ed by two Of the rufllans. who
threw him down upon the ground and beat
him severely. They tore oil' most of his
clothing and kicked him brutally about the
head and body. His uose was brokeu and
he was otherwiso Injured. During the
scuille the men secured his valuable watch
and chain aud his pocketbook, ceutalnlug
a large sum. In tliu meantime the rest of
the gaug had set upon the ether gonUemon
In the stage, who, belng altogether un
annul, could make no resistance. Jamas
Burke, Themas M. Pawu aud David Queen
were brutally pounded nud sullered serious
injuries. One of thein was nibbed of a
valuable pin, nod they all lest their
watches nud ether jewclry and what money
they had.
The ladies were very roughly handle 1.
Their watches and ethor ornaments nud
their putse.s were taken. Tlie robbers only
laughed nt their piteous pleas for their
souvenirs and swore the louder.
The men at the head of the horses
finally relaxed their vigllatice aud their
gupeti the bridles, and the dilver of the
stage, taking instant ndv.tutnge uf tins,
whipvcd up his hort-es and rattled oil"
down the mail at a full gallop. The
robbers swote te catch them aud jumping
into their pxprrsi wagon diove swiftly
after the llylng stage. Fer ever a mlle
they ceulinued iu hut puisiilt, but en
hearing Iho town of Hitigham they drop
ped the pursuit and the stage lead of
frightened people escaped fuithei melcsta
lien. Many of the ladies wero horleusly
prostrated by their flight.
A HAM! Of I lllh I.S.
lltliiKiu the llilKt nt alOHble Kuk, Cur
tail n nl (HI I'Aintlncs.
The dlsueveiy of a hamUeinely furnished
hut, constructed of railroad sleepers and
occupied by a gang el young thieves, under
the ver nose of the police, is a revelation.
1-Vr some time past systematic rubbery lias
been going en in the yards of the Bosten
nnd Lewell railmad, at East Cambridge,
M.U.S. A few das age several arrests
were made ter thelts of large uuautiUcH of
lead. Tuesday morning, while an olllcer was
searching for traces of the thieves, he
stumbled ever a heuse in u lemote corner
of the yard. This was formed by walls of
sleepers and covered with a loef of the
same It was handsomely furnished. There
wcie valuable rtitjs ou the fleer, curtains
at the windows and ml paintings ou the
walls. In the eentie of one room was a
small marble top table nud ou this were
two uviilvet, r-iprnl jiqies nud a number
of nvvrls of tlie " Rid Handed Dick '' or
der. Around another table at, the side
were heated six beardless boys, playing a
qu.et game of poker with a small limit.
There were four double cots arranged
along the walls and suveiul carnage robes
were spread upon the fleer The police
man who stumbled en the gang was nloue
and could arrest enly two of the boys,
Bernard Smith, ngrd IT, and Charles
Quigley, aged 18. They were held iu the
police cuurt and the ethers will probably
be cnueht. 'f he thieves' icudczvuus was
located behind great piles of tubbiah en
the banks of the Charles river, whotice
they wcie iu the habit of leading their
plunder into ,i beat aud towing out into
the channel. There they would be met
by a junk dealer fietn Bosten, te whom
the Irt -lit would beseldnhd takriitn that
city.
m m 9
(inebs (iKriuiAL. ar.di.r.ur.
he Yellow frvnr Hi (lie Nlivy lanf.
A letter from the Ponsaeula navy yard in
regard te tlie yellow fever has been rccolvel
lu Washington which Hays complaint is
made that the navy department has been
utterly indifferent te the wolfare of the
command and that no amount of argu
ment ou the part of any ene would have
served tu modify iu any particular the
policy et the department toward the I en
nncela yanl. The writer sayn :
" We are here te stay as long as our
servicer, are required, and ene aud all stand
ready te face the situation with Btreng
hearts and cheerful courage We ate de.
termlued te make the best of everything
and trust in Previdence te carry us safely
tlueugh the season of blckness. 1 must
admit, as the summer advanced and no
disease of a contagious oharacter made its
apearaiic I felt encouraged nnd bohevod
we wero going te oscape a visit of the tor ter tor
rlble Hcourge. We all felt oenlldont that
for ence yellew fever could net ceme
among the force htntlened here. Every
attention had been given te the auiltary
condition of tlie yatd, Dr. Oneu making
psrsenal inspection, and lie pronounced
the quarters lu most oxcellnnt sanitary
condition We bollevod the yard te be
entirely frce of fever geims nnd the com
mand in pcrrcct healtn, but we wero de
ceived.
The rlrst Cnse
" Less thau two weeks nfter our inspec
tien 'nsusnloleus case of fover made its
appcarauce iu the garrison. It was en the
morning of August 12 that n private in
the marina corps, named Plaheity, went
te the olllce or his epminnnd and said lie
was sick. He was ordered by the doctor
te go te bad, At that time the nature uf
the complaint was net nppareut and tlie
sick man went te the barrneks until the
symptoms became mere protieunood. It
was, te our horror, yellew fever. The
bedditii; was dent toyed and evety precau
tien taken nt ence te kill the germs. The
case proved fatal thice days after. Corporal
Bensen was the next man taken sick and
then Private Barger. who lived only four
days. Barger aud Flaherty were, I am
told, very abstemious men, nud wero ex
oeptlonnl lu their conduct ns well aa care
ful about thelr health..' Where or hew
Flaherty get the disense Is a mystery te
every oue hore. The case of Barger Ls
even a greater mysteiy, After various
theories had beu advauoed It was feuud
that the quarters occupied by the maiines
wero infected, and that iu 187.') :hcre were
seme eases of fover lu these quartets.
Notwithstanding the oare taken te avoid
the infection the lemeval of the command
from the mailne barrneks was followed by
two eases of fover. Thore was no Incon
siderable auxlety en tli9 pait of the resi
dents of the yaid when they found that
yellow fever hud made its appoaraneo
among the marlaes, The marina guard
was promptly qutirraiitined and duty of
nil kinds was suspended, and it was with
feverish expectation that development-.!
were awaited.
Dr. Owen' Stcbite Hint llextti.
"Dr. Owen was takeu sick Thursday,
August 10, nud Immediately went te lied.
Tills left the yard without a surgeon. Peer
Oweti's oase was Indeed u mil one. He
had worked day mid night until he was
completely tired out and bioken dewu
The very day he was taken sick his wlfu
aud family were te have geno Ninth.
Their plans had been arranged and the
evening train was te have cat r led them
nway. The illuess of the doctor put a ntep
te all thought Of leaving the yard. A
strict quaiantlue wai placed against the
yard aud egress was at ence ended. Oweu
was without medical tieattnuut for two
days. When it became evident that his
oase was assuming a very serious form
authority was requested te employ n olvll elvll
Ian pbysblati Dr. Ilaigis, au old practi
Hener from Pensncehi, was employed at n
salary of $100 a day. Owen died en Wed
nesday, the 23d of August, at xtioen, nnd
was burled at once.
Mrs. Owens was takeu sick Thursday.
Hhe lived but a few days, Tlie peer
woman was carried te her grave at the
dead hour of midnight, her llttle children,
fast asloep as the lifeless body of their
mother wns being bm no through their
room ou the way le butlal. A auditor,
tuoie heart breaking occurrence than this
has seldom takeu plaea. The youngest
child Is au Infant less than four months
old, a bright, spleudid boy; the ether chll
dreit, three In uuinber, are left te the oare
et no ene. i-roddle, the eldest, was taken
siek en the 2Sth of August. Paymaster
Brown, who has slnee died, ids wife nud
daughter, wcie all Hi0k. Lieutenant
Whipple was taken down with the fevcr
about the 2i)d and wm eured by Dr. Bos Bes Bos
se (who lias slnce died), whose tteat
m cut had bcen mero successful thau that
of the regular practitioners
(In the Iteierviiilun,
"Thore have been upward of forty cases
en the reservation, the (tenths numbering
fifteen. I am told that early this year Dr.
Owen predicted that yellow fover would
make its appearance ou the tercrvatien
during the summer season for the reason
that articles Infected with the dUcase had
been brought here from Pensacel.i. The
government steam launch was simply n
passenger beat for thu residents of War
rington nud Welsoy. It made three
trljis a woek te I'onsacela, leaded
dewu with people. Se great was the
trallc that it m understood that olllcers of
the ynrd doelined te use the beat, preler
ring te be conveyed by the army launch.
Eat ly in July Dr. Oeti addrossed n com
mtitileatiun te the commandant of the
yard, warning him el thn danger of tee
frequent in tei course with I'onsacela, ami
advised him te restrict the travel nud re re ro
duce the frequeucy of the latiueh trips
This advice was net noted upon. A lew
days hefore the doetor was takeu sick lie
remarked, " They care nothing about u
iu Washington and wool I rather net heat
from us." I iiuilerstend that there nre
twenty medical efllcers of the navy en
duty in Washington, a place entirely
healthy, wlule here oue surgueu Is consid
ered suftioieut te attend te all the duties
required."
MKHilllUIKItOtlll M'.Ws
l.venl incur umt cre. thn Cimniy l.liirv.
Harford county, Mil , complains of a
short corn crop.
The public schools of Nomstewn opened
with 1,173 pupils In attendance.
Gilbert Maxwell of Fulton township.
this county, hr.d a yield of 05 bushels e i
wheat per acre from IS acres.
Cel. A K. McClure, of the Philadelphia
Tunes, will deliver au address at Oxterd
fair nt 11 a. nt. en Friday, 28th lust.
The tlremen's parade expected te take
place at Harrinhuig tlie latter part of
this month has breu abandoned.
Over two hundred millions of feet of
lumber have thus fai been raited out of
the Williamsport boom this season, and
Mr. James A. Dlnehart, the boom boss,
thinks that are one hundred millions in
the boom jet.
A charter Was lsued at 'the state de
partmcut ycstciday te thu German build
ing and leuu association, of Philadelphia,
with a capital stock or $1, 000,000, and
another was Issued for the Kburheltz .mil
Obi r brewing company, of Pittsburg
with a capital of $'.200,000.
The name of ChiUtmti Temperance
union has been adopted by the tempreauce
orgaulzit.eu which meets every uthet
Sunday at Reck Springs school heuse.
The meeting en last Sunday was well ut
tended aud the exercises were interest
ing.
Jehn Gable, aged eighty five, rcsidlug
near the Lehigh church, Lewer .Macungle
township, Lehigh ceuuty, get out of bed,
and while walking Wound,' fell, breaking
his thigh bone. At last account! he was
sinking last. Gable Is well known through threugh through
eit Lehigh county.
Jeseph II. Brosius, of Octoraro, drove
four horses te a large wagon lead of mar
keting te Lincoln station and was unload
ing it when the animals (cared at au en
gine and ran elT. In their flight oue of the
horses belonging te Judseti King, wns
thrown down and dragged for a dlstanea
until iu hank was broken, nud It had te be
killed.
Rev. Solemon Neitz, pastor of Ebetiezcr
Evangelical ehuieli, Reading, was stttick
with apoplexy yesterday morning nt ene
o'clock, nnd has been unconscious evor
since. Rev Mr. Ncllr. tins bcen in the
ministry -14 years, and has been oue of tlie
most eloquent preachers connected with
the Evangelical association. He is fathei
of Rev. Harry Neitz who has a large con
gregation at Oormanteivn, Philadelphia.
Some farmers hi Chest r oeiinty icpert
the dihuiveiy of a new enemy of the pota
to in tlie shape of a white worm, looking
much like n chestnnt wirtn, but net quite
se thick. It attacks the vine near tlie
root and usceuds iu the ccutiu of the stalk
of the vine te die prematurely. Unlet a
remedy is discovered, it Is feaied it will
be troublesome next season.
THE I'AIH AT MUU.NI Vll.I.H.
A l.lt nt Article Voted for, ami Names nl
the winners.
The fair for the benefit of the Mount
villa Cornet band which commenced hi the
public school house in Moitntvllle en last
Satunlay week closed Tuesday evening.
It was lu every respect a very otedltable
and successful nllalr. Last evening net
less than six hundred poreens w irn pres
out, the sales were" uumoretls, and the
voting spiilted, All articles no' disposed
of by ptlvate sale or by " clip clng" aud
" voting" wero sold by pr ellu nuotlen
last evening, Sam. Matt Piidy noting as
attotleucor.
The articles disposal of by ballet were
in fellows :
Parler organ, aw aided te a daughter of
Jacob Witmer,
Parler carpet, te Alaiy Itnbelf,
Spriug bed nud mattress te Satnuel
Deorr.
Silver cernet, te II. II. Barnthelsel.
Sllver wateh, te Edward Froelleh.
Ncoklace, te Muzlu An- .
Bleycle, te Will. Martin.
The tecelpls from dales, ndmlBsIens and
voting, will aggregate botween 41,200 and
$1,1100 qulte n handseme sum te go into
bttid treasury. The comtnltteo of ar ar ar
inngomnntnreeutltlcd te warm pralse for
their efllelent management
The Caimtutter Vnlkireit.
The Canstatter Velksrest at Tells Haiti
closed last evening after two days of genu,
ine Gcnnan fun. The prlueipal sports of
the day wero feet raecs and bag races,
The ruea by boys, for which them wero
soveral eutrjes, was wen by Ooergo
Sehwartz, whoteeolved aflue peakct kuife
as u pilze. The rnoe by girls was wen by
a daughter of Augustus Rich. who rcccivid
j a prize picket book. The bag rare, a my
comical aft.ilr, was wen by Gcotge
Schwartz, who whs awatded a baseball