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WEDNESDAY KVBNINQ, OCT, 31, N383.
" Jtlnlne nml llie Siirph" Kerennc.
Tlie speech of ex-Senater Wnllnce nt
Yerk, Inst night, in which he exposed
the surplus rovenue distribution propo prepo
sition, should be rend by every voter in
Pennsylvania who cares te knew the
details, and the meaning of one of the
most insidious and dangerous political
schemes presented te the country during
the present generation. This ultcrance
neglects nene of the brandies of the
question. Its unconstitutionality is Im
pressed with nil the ferce that logic nnd
precedent can impart te it. Its danger
te both the general government nnd the
state, te local institutions and te the
individual, 13 presented in the simplest
and yet In the strongest language. Its
pktce in the general plan of consolida
tion se perseverlngly pursued during the
past twenty years, i3 set forth se that no
Intelligent man can mlstake Its de
sign and its effects. In addition te all
this, the remedy is suggested and en
forced that the only way te distribute
the surplus revenue Is net te collect it.
This question passed the limits of
practical statesmanship the moment it
was suggested. Us very origin taking it
out of this category. Wat it new appears
from Mr. Stewart'a speech that is in
vested with personal significance net
heretofore admitted. It is simply pait
and parcel of a scheme te nominate Mr.
Blaine for president. The " plumed
knlght'is found te be strutting under the
tiwdy and bfdrnbbled feathers of Whar Whar
eon Darker. The Pennsylvania Rvub
licans nre simply the decoy which shall
bring game te the aim and leaded gun of
the historian from Maine. Wack of 1? ir .
ker.back of Kelley, back of Stewart,
hick of harmony, stalks the writer of
the Mulligan letters, the l't. Smith rail
read bends, the convenient sunstroke,
the pyrotechnic prize policy of the dis
appointed Wlainc. Little, parhips, did
the Stalwarts of Pennsylvania think
that they were conferring power upon
their worst and most vindictive enemy
when for the sake of harmony and te
oblige theso whom they stigmatized as
cr.iuks"and "dudes," they endowed
this propesiti jn of an apparently harm,
less crank. Hut Senater s-ewart, the
new spokesman of a united party, se
cilled, lias exposed the whole scheme,
and in spite of the shadows et the
Stalwarts they are marching te the most
familiar of the Blaine terms
But such a scheme comports with the
intuie and the methods of the M une
a'atesman. As is the individual in lis
private affairs se he will be in his rein rein
ten te the public. Fer years slnce his
eitrance into politics lilaine has been
collecting u surplus. Hew it was ib.
tiined is notorious. Hew hcj h.is turned
his elllcial position Inte personal power
and Inte money need net be recounted.
B it successful as he has been in collect
i .g n surplus he 13 net anxious te dis
girge if the government can be again
drawn up m te pay his bills. Hence lie
liC3ilates te distribute his own surplus
until the effort te pay out of the general
government for his btmetU has failed.
It is psrfestly natural that he should b
in this scheme. It has money in it. it
13 the giving out of money belonging te
the people. It ha in it the elements of
splendor and whatever Maine does must
have in it the glare and glitter with
which Ills tawdry life has bsen made up.
He knows nothing of the quiet work,
the gradual siviiu, the pinching econ
emy which have crea'ed and preserved
the material progress of the country.
Therefore, it ought te have been ex
pasted th it he would be found behind
the policy which proposed te continue te
take $10 annually from the head of each
family In the country in order te die.
trlbute it for education for which there
Is no need, and te fe3ter public extrava
gance and its accompanying corruption
Democracy s. 1'cdcrnliMu
Ever since the organization of our
government by the adoption of the con
stltutieu of tlie United States, there have
been but two patties in the country, the
Demeciatlc nnd the Federal piuty. It
Is true that parties in opposition te the
Democracy, have at various tunes and in
various places sprung up, but their prin
ciples se far as they contended for any
principles of government, were essen
tially Federal in their character.
When the old Federal party of Hamil
ten and Adams was formed, its tendency
te impress a consolidation and ceutiali
zatieu of all governmental power in the
general government, led it into the
attempt te crush the reserved piwtrs
vested by the e institution in Hit' stales
and In the people, of which the alien ami
sedition lawn were the me3t prominent
results. It lest its held upon the people
and gradually sank out of power In
nearly every state In the Union. Upen Its
disruption as a national oigunizatien,
the "Whig party, under the leader
ship of Henry Clay, rese in opposition
te the Democracy in Hemu of the states -.
in ethers, such a3 Pennsylvania and Ver
ment, a party was organized in opposi
tion te the Democracy, under the banner
of nntl-Musenry, but It seen btcaine
merged with the Whig patty, whebe
principles were tho3e of federalism ; the
granting of upsclal privileges te the few
at the expeuce of the many, In the shape
of enacting high protective duties en
foreign Imports ; nnd concentrating the
meneyed power of the country In the
general government by menus of a
national bank. When in turn the Whig
party had lest Its power, thepilnclples of
federalism, with which it was leaveued,
appealed te the religious elements of the
country In opposition te Catholicism ;
which resulted in the formation of the
Kuow-Nething or American party,
secret oath bound association, whose only
principle of action was te gain power by
appealing te the prejudices of the people.
The iniquity of the alien nnd sedition
laws of the Eider Adams, were a mild
species of despotism compared te the
ends which the Knew-Nothing parly
had In view. The geed aense of the
American people refused te confer power
upon a party whose principles were based
en religious fanaticism, aud Knew Keth
Jngism died away as rapidly as it rese;
but only te be absorbed by the llepub
lican party of the present day, which In
Its principles nnd practice has shown
itself te be direct scion of the Federal
party, nnd its legitimate heir. "Ne as
sumptien of power was tee great for it
te exercise no limitations of the censtl
tutien were a restraint te Us design of
legislating for its own continuance in
power. Its leaders, drunk with their
success, boasted that the Democratic
party was forever dead. Vain delusion !
The Democratic party, Inspired by the
true Jnterpretrntlen of the national con
stllutlen, can never die while that
Ins'rument remains the chnrtcr of
the liberties of the people. The
signs iudicate a near disruption of
the Republican party. But with its
disruption, the Federalism of the coun
try will be organized into some ether
party and contlnue its baneful effort
toward centralization.
It begins te leek as though the Repub
lican senatorial address would be a boom
craug, the roeoll of which would serve
te heap up the Democratic votes en Tucf
diy next.
It Is semewhat noteworthy that while
t'ae aggregate vote for governor In Ohie
was 718,100, thore were, as the ollleial
count shows, only elevcu Battering votes,
all the rest being given te the four regu
larly nominated candidates.
Tin: thelt of the prcsldency by the He -publicans
in 1S70, the corruption tint
uttcuded the auecess of that party in lSO'
and the gcucral demoralization and apathy
tint Is new prevalent among its once
anient adherents all conclusively preve
that its race is run.
Tur. Republicans arc all alleged t be
tinder uue reef this year. Tha peliti
cal weather must have s idly ad'eeted the
condition of the reef within the past few
weeks, for there are a great many holes in
it. It is hut poorly prepared for the inevit
able delude that awaits it in Njvembjr.
Hit i.r.TT Kilueuun wants $23,000 jer
day fet the tifteen dayr during which he
was immuied in prison by order of the
Scrgcaut-at Arms of the Heme of Reprcs
entativesat Washiogteu. The modesty of
the de maud shows that Mr. Kilbourn is net
seeKiug a rnemed vindication.
Oeiisev has gtven $5,000 te a college in
New Mexico This waste of money when
it is se wefnlly uoeded in ulitic.il circles
is tej hid. Tue astute distributor of
"seip '" in Indiana should see te it that
the inst. tutien thus benefited by his de
nation uses an expurgated history of the
United States, in which the story of Dor Der
sey' complicity with the S:ar Koute
frauds will be religiously emitted.
!ema time
The mouth was October, the treits haj come
down,
1 In- woeillatiils were cirW anl yellow nnl
brown ;
Tl Imtieus neru iratliereil tlie nUlil-. liivl
Ktenn chill.
Hut w arm was the tlay en the south et the bill.
'Tivas there w Itli our bags and ear baskets w a
went.
Ami semcnlng the dry leaves w s bu-tlly bent,
liiu cbertnuli wure bl, the beechnuts worn
small.
II ul b-tli sorts are welcome, te boys In the UU.
Ami w lien, lit the usliea benuath thu bright
ll.inm,
tin oves ei ie-mbur. nltb laughter unit
name.
Tlie sweutiiienUiire reulml, we recollect still
Hew line wiin tlie itay en the south nt the hill.
St. yichetai
Twe Lmden railway stations were shat
tercd yesterday in a mysterious maimer,
aud as with all things olse that de net
admit of immediate explanation, the out eut out
rige was promptly attributed te the
Feniint. It is hard ti timhrst.and hew
any orgauizitien ctn rocegniz crime as
ene of its Icjltlmite mstheds of operation,
hut English hostility te Irelaud aud every
tiling Irish tends te blind for a tinp the
reasoning facilities of the peeple. If. is i
reported, four dynamite cartridges wen'
found near the ccene of ene of the oxple
si ms.it einc'usively proves that the direfnl
work was dene by a few irresponsible
llcuds, fcuch as iierpetratcd the l'uaaix
Park assassinations. Te say tuat
all the acts of d'jiparate tneu en
Kauliah soil, that can net otherwlse be
explained, hava tbalr root in Irish bttrcd
of Hnglaivl is te reach a cjiichi-iiea uet
warranted by the prcmlsun. As wel'
mihf i'. bs said that Jacob Oaug.away,
recently convicted in our courts of wreck
ing attain whereby a life was lest, is a
revolutionist snekiug te destroy tlie noin nein noin
meuwealtli. FBATOKES OF THE HIATB PRESS.
Tlie Wet tJboster Republican has a new
attack of the Frankford malady.
The Ptiiladclphi i Press is haid te have
increas.d in circulation 14,000since Its 2
cent reduction.
The Ciiambersburg Valley Spirit asks
for an aflldivit from Niles as te liis peBl
tieu in the ISeivcr campaign.
The I'lttsbiug Ttlvjraph has reached the
cnnoluhien that te live a few milea out from
a small town in order te get a half dozen
acres of grenml bad policy.
The l'hilalelphia Keening 'leUgraph
thinks that eep.es of the Stalwart senator
ial athliess outfit'., te he sent te all the
institutions In the tttate for feehle iniuded
children.
Thenuli only soven weeks old, the Sun
day editleu of the Pittsburg Duputch haH
already re.ached the phoneinoiial circula
tion of 17,000, a tribute te iti merit.s as
(ratifying as It is doservlug.
If the actual Is evor te ba improved,
nays the .1irrtri(i;i, it must be through the
ideal. Te try te hoparate the two, in life
or in literature nlike, U te attempt te
soparate body and soul.
The Suiihury Daily has lucreasjd Its
sl.e and revolutionized its appoarnnee,
and it is new a hatidsome nheet, creditable
alike te its owuers and the town wherein
I' is publisbetl.
Tli Pittsburg DUpiUet, Hep., observo
taat i.i i peeple who have kept traek of
the npp irtionraent light will be able te
judgoeftho Republican senaterial atate
ment by Its true value, whieh is of n neg.
ntive qnallty.
Hiij-i lie Will Heat Tuuner.
EAsrejf, Oot. Ul'. Small, the hersa
thief, hoganthe twonty-feurtlt day of his
fust this mernlug, in thu liolvldcre, N. J,,
Jail, His pulse was C4. He obtains very
little sleep and has lest thirty pounds
slnce his incarceration, Smull saya hn
intends te beat Tanner's record by ten
days,
LONDON SOARED.
TWO Sim I.TANKOUs KXPI.OSIONS.
NnmtiMn of atunclcd rnMMiRf r rminit
Th (liilriice Cliarsul te rcnunn-
Ottier Lrtte Na
About t o'clock Tuesday evuuiug a ter
nble explosion occurred near Pr.aed street
underground station en the Metropolitan
railway in Londen, Eugland. On the tlrst
alarm a strong cordon of pollen was sum
moned te preserve order, te keep the way
clear and toeotive wounded people te the
hospitals. Passangers who wero en the
train at the scoue of the explosion say that
thore was suddenly a loud report like that
of a camion, thou a sudden darkness, the
gas lights from the front te tue rear of the
train being put out. The glass was broken
and splluters of weed llew about the cars,
cutting and wounding many passengers.
Abeve the diii was heard the shrieks of tlie
li'Jured aud panic stricken peeple. All
occurred in a momeut and for a while con
fusion reiuned supreme.
The tra. n, which was crowded, contained
principally country visitors rcturnim; from
the Pishenes exhibition. After leaving
the station the tram traveled steadily
ahead, though the e ncus4ien smashed
uearly all the lamps in the Pracd Street
station and caused much damage te the
permanent waj. hen the train leached
the uext htatlei), Kdgewaru read, the tlrst
ell'ert was made te rescue the wounded.
Seme wero dreadfuliy burned, but mero
were prostrated by fright. All the doetors,
surgeons aud dispensaries in the neighbor
hood were called into requisition.
Tne ilrst impression was that an explo
sion of gas had caus'd the disaster, but
later mi'itries teud te show malice. The
two rear carriages wero damaged the most.
They .it e mere skeletons, One theory is
that th. explosion was caused by foul gas
accumulating in the tunnel. Thls.howevor,
is untenable, because ue premonitory
symptoms were observed. The geunral
opinion of tbe railway etUcials and of ex
perts is that the tltsaster was caused by
seme explosive material, which had been
placed p. eh ibly in the rearmost carriage.
A searching inquiry is proceeding. It is
bolievrd that about forty persons were
injured, seme of thorn dangerously.
Almest simultaneous with the Praed
street aflair a violeut explosion occurred
en the I ndcrgretiud railway, botweeu
Charitii; Cress aud Westminster stations
The windows et the signahug stations in
the tunnel wero shattered and at Charing
Cress the glass reef of the station partly
collapsed. The report was like that of
artillery. The effects were hke theso of
the Praed street explosion. Carriage lamps
windows, etc.. were smashed. All traffic
was suspended for a while. Tueugh both
explosions are mtttcrs of the greatest
mystery they are generally thought te
have been of Feuiau origin.
The shocks of both explosions are de
ocribed by elllcials as very similar te the
shock of explosion at the local government
elliee last March, in which Dr. Gallagher
was implicated. It was stated that four
machines, similar te reckets were found
in the tunnel near the Praed street sta
tion. Altogether six carriages were shat
tereil by the Praed street cxplosteas.
Though about forty persons were admit
ted te the hospitals, many mero were
injured, but they were seut directly te
their own homes
.1UH1 MiTK3.
Item or Intercut UediIcukiI.
" Immense crendt " el locusts are le le
pertcd te have appaare 1 in the Mexican
state of Pueblo.
The llcr'.tu A'erfi German Gazette denies
the existence of an aggroasive alliance and
declares that the powers have only united
te sccure the pcaca of liurope.
Henry .lenes was fatally shot by Thes.
Matthews, in Dinwiddie county, Virginia,
a few days age aud is reported te be
djing. Matthews escaped, .lenes was tee
intimate with Mrs. Matthews.
Flaxter Sttngley, city marshal of Saltda,
Colerado, was fatally shot a few days ae
by Frank Reed, a cowboy, whom he was
trjing te arret for stealing cattle. Reed
escaped.
Asovere sh.ck of eut'iquike, acjitn
panicd Juy subtft ratio in rumblings, was
felt as Ivituioutec the etptul of the gov gev gov
ertimoBt of Podeha, Russia, .Monday
oveniag. The shock UUed thirty secends.
At Halifax, Neva Sjetia, yosterd.ay,
Jauies HeUnns and William Hraoken were
committed for trial in the suprome court
for hwiug dyuamite aud ether dangerous
explosives in thei.- possession. IJ id was
refused.
The Hansom cab company of Chicago
was organized a week age. It is an
nounced that tin company will have fifty
vehicles in the streets by tbe tlrst of
January and iHty nure s ion after that
date.
A soeond cise of "acib" having ap
peared among a let of sheep in Montreal,
destined ler nhip:nent, the Canadian do de do
partment of ngnoulture has ordered the
slaughter of tlie whele let. This plan
will be followed in all uch cases, in onler
te proveut Catu la from being " sched
uled " by England.
At It jtue Cardinal Hoheiileho ha3 writ
ten au apjlegy te the peps rogretttug the
false statements that had bsen made
about himself, and stating his willingness
te returu te Rune immediately if his
holiness se desires.
According te a special dispateh from
Dallas, Texas, te the New Yerk Keening
J'est, thoie was no foundation for the
rumoied iiogre outbreak atOanse, aud the
governor is soveroly censured for sending
tioeps there. The place is only a cress
toad.
The fair of the Maryland agricultural
soeirtv began at the fair greuuds at Punlioe,
Md . Tuesday, with "the ilneit display et
stock cvei semi in the state." Thore are 15
herds of JeiBey cattle.
At a meeting el the Independent coleied
eteis of ii ihten, Tuesday night, a loiter
from Wendell Phillips recommending thorn
te vete for Ueiijaniui P. Iiutler, " ene of
the best friends tha colored man has ever
had "
Ariichftuf iiuorperation of the "United
htaU-s Central railroad oeinpauy," capital
75, 000, 000, wero lllcd ycstertlay in Don Den
vor, Colerado. The company is a consoli censoli conseli
tlation of the Sin Frauoiseo and Ocean
Shero. California Central, aud Denver,
Het Springs and Pauille oempauics, and
tlie read will inn from San Frauoiseo te
Denvor via Hanta Cm.
A pjrtien of a freight train en the
Jortlieru railroad, consisting of 17 plat
form eirs loided with ore3stles, foil
threigh a tiotle bridge 15 miles from
nariesten, Seutli Carolina, yesterday.
j:
giucer P. IJ. titration was killed and
iuiuu uoiercu men injured iiie cam
caught flre fiem the oiigiue and wero
consumed. About 200 feet or the trestle
was destroyed.
Tlie llrt hale of cotton evor picked from
tlie Held by maohiuery was shown at the
u.itten oxehaugo at Galveston, Seuth Car
olina, yesterday. Its condition was pro
nounced as geed as hand pioked oetton ei
the h mie giade, nnd it was oenoodod that,
if plaoed with ethors, It could net be dls
tlugti shett from hand pioked oetton. The
mnchiiie is operated by ene herse aud ene
man, and will harvest 2J te 11 hales a day.
aOVl.Il.N3IKNrl, MATIHKI.
I'liliiK I'erUlnlUK te Ulllces nml timcery,
The president bus reoegulzod J. R
Plunteu as consul general nt the Nethor Nether Nethor
laudsntNew Yerk.
Commedore A. O. lib. I ml was icsterday
prometod te be icar admiral aud will he
plaoed en the retired hht te day,
Captain Jehn II, Russel was ycnterduy
promoted te the rank of commedoro and
!...,. ...1 I .. f . f . 1 n.
ordercd te command the navy yatd at Mare
island, California.
Jehn C. New assistant socretary of the
treasury, yesterday rolteratod te an asso
ciated press representative that " he docs
mrt coutemplato rcslgnlug."
K M. Marble, commissioner el patents
will leave lilsotllce te day and lleiijamln
lhittcrwerth, his ttiivosse:, will take
charge te morrow.
foerotary Felger, vterdiv appolntetl
Milllln Kmlen, of IVs M i.iiim, Iowa, te be
supervising arc! itect of tlie treasury, in
tilaoe of J.O. Hill, resigned. Mr. Hell as
nrohltcet of tlie capital buddings at Spring
Held, llllne, nutl Des Menies
A cabinet meeting was held yesterday.
It is said that ene of the mattem consider
ed was thn advisability of ordering courts
of inquiry te intcsthrate the eoudtiet nl
Commaiider Wildes. I . S. N., and Lieu
tenant Oarllngten, l . S A., In the recent
Oreely rollef expedition, iti ertler te llx
the responsibility for the failure of the ex
pedition. In n dispatch te tin depirtmeutef state
the I'lilteil Stites minister at Honolulu re
ports a meeting of the Hawaiian cabinet,
when .i resolution et Apr. I l. l.), pre
testing against furthci i. iiitngr.it ion of
Chinese laborers unmigri'i n of Clitnese
laboreis into the Haw aim islands, was
rescinded, and a resolution adepted tustcad
authorizing the immigration et such labor
ers under certain icsttu'tien, at a rate net
te exceed 000 in any threo month-. It is
said a large uumbei of Chinamen return
te China nt the cxpiratieu et thmi con
tracts, which is given ai a leasjn for the
action taken.
A UT.U.l.lMI llttHK.
A .tturtlcrpr Cenlrnnliil t tlie llleuily
Ulotlie- el IIU Victim
During the trill in Pml.idelphii Tues
day of Charles Hriggs for miirdcriug his
alleged wife the blenl stained clethes of
the dead woman were presented, ciusuig
a decided sensation in court. Hriggs. sit
ting in the deck, stared at the awful sight
for nearly a minute and his Inu Is tremb
led. Then he shut his eyes for a while and
wheu he opened them again turned his
gaze te the ceiling and kept it ther while
the besmeared garments remained in court,
The murdered woman's child told a very
direct aud circumstantial story of the
crime saying that Hriggs sent he- out te
get seme cuter aud en nor returu Mie met
him coming from the eMIir with a bloody
razor in his hand.
" He aid te me ' 1 have doue r .' and
I asked him what he h ul done, and he
said ' Ge down and me whit I have
done.1 I went djwn into tin cellar nnd I
saw my mamma ou the ll ei en the right
hand side of the cellar stain. I oame up
stairs and ci led, and ln taken out of
tbe heust and I weu tj a lady's house
next deer. Hefore I wjut Mr I)w, Basked
Mr. Hriggs what hi- bad done, and
Mr. Hriggs said, ' Let mewipe the bleed
oil my hand ;' but Mr. I. wis wouldn't M
him wipe his haud."
The defense set tip tin tin mm as
Insane.
l'estal Ilcrcnurs for me I'm! Yenr
The estimated amount of pjst.il reven
ues for the tiscilyeir begiuuing en July 1,
next, including l W,t00 os'.imr.teil receipts
from money order bajriesa is 17, 10-1,07.
The cstim.ited expend. ture for the same
tirne is $e0,0t,J,l,Ol which will leave a
deficiency in revenue of $2,9V1I1 In his
message te CeugriS. loejmmeudiug a
reduction of the le'.tcr ratj te two cents,
President Arthur exp.-isoed tlie opinion
that a reduction w mM c.i.tie a detic.eucy
of $3,000,000 m the tits, y.-ar, an 1 rhe etll -cial
estimate just riveu shows hu estimatc
te have bceu withiu about ill, 000 of the
deficiency ai computed npjn the receipts
of the department. 1 r.en tlie two cnt
rate was tu pra:tteil epj.-ati m PeJtmister
Uuidokeper. of Philadelphia, who was at
ene tirne strongly eppjjed te tin aioptien
of the two cent letter rate pistige, new
declares that thj wisdim of tin change
has been amp' prwea by tha lnireasad
business in his etlij i aa 1 tha he no longer
doubts the smcess of the tin lei taking
Tnc ISrlilozrejin t'uiucth .iet.
Kugone Lynch anil .Mary Mulcahey were
te have been married Tuesday morning in
the church of the Sacred Heart, nt New
Haven, Conn. The church was tilled with
people and the street line I with carr ages
in which the guests had com, the parents
of the brtde beiug well te de and of large
acquaintance. The c.ewd waited for an
hour beyond the appointed tune for the
bridal party te appearand wete finally dis
persed by the news that tlie bridegroom
had run away. He arose early in the
mernlug and left the ei.y for parts un
known. Hohasbmiea geed reputation.
It is surmised that he had inisiepresented
his financial condition and decided net te
assume the responsibilities of married life.
The lady has the sympathy of her many
friends who are vety indignant nt LynMi's
conduct.
.iiim Terrj'n -ucci
Mr. Irving aud Mifs Terry appeared
last evening at the Star theatre, New
Yerk, in " Charles I , " and were wel
corned by a larce and friendly audicnoe.
Mr. Irving continued th! gi ed impression
he had made en the inM evening. Miss
Terry received n most c ,rdia! reception en
her entry, and made se exjellent an 1m
presslen upon her audieDC", h ,th by her
charming perBenality ai.d In r ndmlrable
acting, that long before the evt-ning was
ever she had llrmly establish? herself in
the geed gracas el hr new publie, who
mero than ence at the fa'l of the curtain
invited her with ecry enthmintic mark
of approbation te corn e before tha house
te recolve in person Its acknowledgments
and congratulations. Her suceuss was
unquestionable.
I'EltaONAL.
Hen v no Sf.vmelu thinks that the
coming political issue is the tat ul issue.
Caiii. Sairiu oxelaims that the rumor
that he is te quit tin New Yerk Pett is
absurd.
Kn Shnateii S. W. Deusky, new Hung
en his ranch in Colfax county, New .Mux
ioe, has given $5,000 te tlie University of
New Mexico, without ejiiditiuns.
Yeunu Ut'eiutr: Gen.n is papular among
the club men of New Yerk and rumor saya
that, tlinui'li he Is net a Mnnniltlirlff ),,,
spends cousldernblo money.
Kst vi.M.s 1h a new Paris tenor with a
hurpasslngly ilue veice and great nlcill in
using It ; but, alas, he Is se short and fat
as te be ridiculous hi the horelo ml, u of
grand opera.
Sr.NATOit Va.vi i:, of North Carolina, in
spcakimr of his career in Washington. .nul
rucHiitlv t "I was mnhtv nlr.li il.vwl .. ,mt
here, but I'll be hanged if I'm, net Higher
ueau te get, away .
Mn. Simmuumn, a Fleiidan, known as
"Ivini? of the Crackers." U nnn .r tin.
richest oattle owners in the state, ene of
its most ccoentrio oiiaraetors and the tlrst
Amerlcan born in Flerida aftei the state
was ceded te thn United States govern
by the Spaniards In 1810
Mo.Nsievoii C.M'i'i. thus spaaks of the
American peeple whom he has met in his
trave's : "Fer mero than twnnty years I
have had intimnte relations with many of
thorn, ami I find a rethiement, a dolicaey,
a gnnoresity existing in tlieir character
which mauy foicignern have failed te
acknowledge"
Wn.uti: Cei.i.tNH writes most of Ida
novels with his own hand, but new and
thou lhoumatle gout glves him such pain
that he cannot held a pen, and thou he
otnpleys an ninanuensis. The latter must
beceme acoustemed te the IiewIh of pain
with which he occasionally punetuatOH his
dlotatlen.
A TJSUlUBJiE FATE.
THIS ltt'.t'BNT tlVNAMITi: f.M'MISlUM.
I'nrtlirr I'nrlltnUrs Uenrrrnlmt tlie Arr -
ilent ut I'eiilliifiics rtii Itnlireml
rmiiblfl nt l.rb.iiiiin Net let
Atritticril.
Htttiilicds of people visited the scoue of
the dyuamite explosion at Drunk's tunnel,
nt Ciiutlueuce, Pa., Monday. A piece of
a human feet was ploke I up half u inile
from the shed ihere tint explisive was
stored. A linger was found in another
place, ene side of n man's l.ice
was found ledged in a tice, nnd
bits of clothing and small pieces
of ilesh were found in various places.
The shed was reduced te splluters.
Where It steed thore is n hole In the
ground U leet deep and !U) or 10 feet in
eircuuiferencj. Lirge trees woie tern up
by tlie roots, and pieces of rock, seme el
them weighing as much as a ten, were
hurled in all directions. The Mioek caused
by the explosion was felt nt a distauoe et
10 miles. Many persons thought it was
an earthquake, and hurriedly left thetr
houses Three of the t, ictlm were laborers
empliyed in widening the tunnel.-, the
ether two were part of the crew et the
graiel train. The wero neatrd In the
dynamite house around n het stove,
when the heat became se oppressivo
that two of them left the building
and went across the river, the ether three
remaining. About this tune Kugiuuer
Gee. Reynolds nnd Flam.i'i Chai'es
Tissue oame through the tunnel from the
west with their gravel train, ami rait it en
n siding in order te permit a freight train
which was following te pass, l'he freight
tram did net cime up as seen as was ex
pected, aud Reynolds and Ttsstie walked
towards the mouth of the tunnel te see if
it was approaching. Seeing that he had a
few minutes te spire, Reynolds s.at en the
ground with hts b.aek against the building,
and, taking a uewspipjr from his pjjkct,
began te run 1. Tissue steed near by. .last
then the explosion occurred, nnd building
and meu disappeared. Hair of six colors
was found, levdiug te tha bel.ef that six
men perished.
int. t.r.o,Ne it u. nuiii iv.ui
l'he DilUetilly -till Un.cltleO.
The forces of the wirring Cornwall and
Lebiueu and the Cornwall railroad com
panics are resting en their arms. Tuesday
the c mrt grante 1 an Injunction restrain
ing It. H. Celeman from building the
Cornwall and Lebanon railroad thremli
that portion of the Celemiu oatate that is
controlled by the Frceman heirs. The
line of the new read tuus from the Middle
Ore Hill te Lebanon. Last week the
empleyes of Mr Celeman laid a quarter of
a mile of read between the Rig
aud Little Ore hills. This put of
the work was completed las. Saturday
aud that opening three hundred men
employed by Charles Freeman swiieped
down aud destroyed it. Tracks, ties and
timbers wero ripped up and tumbled down
an embankment When the Hungarian
troops of Mr. Coletuau returned te work
they found Sir Freeman's Mileri in sap
pers aud minei.i in p iisassionef the held.
I'lie leaders ha 1 great diuicully in prevent
ing b!e)dsbed, an i it was only nfte. u lebg
wraugle that the Cornwall nnd Lobaneu
men retnated. The stemiy weather pi e
vented the Celeman root, from renewing
work, a. id en Tuesday when they were
ready te light or begin lelayiug the tracks
they were stepped by an injunction. A
detachment of workmen in the employ of
Mr. Freemau guard the wrei'kcd rea lwny
n ght and day.
Mr. Frceman aud Mr. Celeman, the bust
known heirs of the famous Cornwall iron
estate, are young meu and cousins, The
Cornwall railreid was p.ut of the estate
and Rjbert, who controlled three-fifths of
the stock and managed the read, disagreed
with Mr Freeman. The Freeman party
get p issesjieii of the old reid and tin u
Mr. C tleman c ineeived the idea of build
ing the new read from Cornwall te Leb
anon. When he boc.ime el age he built
the tlncst furnace in the state at Cornwall
and a railroad from the ere iniues te
Couewago, en the Pennsylvania railroad.
This is known as the Colobreok read.
The Cornwall read for several years re
turned an annual dlvidcned of 30 per ce-.t.
te its owners, but latterly the loweriag of
freight rates cut the pretlts down one half.
The main line of the Cornwall and L-ba
uen read is completodbctwoen the furnace
aud Eighth street, Lsbauen. It is Mr
Celeman's intention, however, te carry
the read through Lebanon te the new b lit
and pike works, and engiuccrs several
days age survoyed the tioighbirheod
through whieh the extension was te In
made.
The Reading railroad eimpany tearing
this and, it is said, bsdlcving that the ex
tension of the Cornwall & Lebanon rail
read was te be made in the Interest of the
Pennsylvania company, at enca set up a
bloskade. 'I ke or three switches wero
primptly run from the Reading railroad
belew Ihghth street directly across the
Inn surveyed by Mr. Celeman's engineer.
These sidings are carried ever a crrek en
piles of cress ties ten feet high, and the
tiacks en top are laid in the most careless
way. On thn traeks stand lines of dilapi
dattd coal cars. The Celeman peeple say
that tlieir trasks will be carried around
the town if they are blocked out of thii thii
eriginal roil tc.
still lilt I sis for Henry ulay.
Lliu lunatt Cetntnerclul (iazu'le
On the streets yesterday ene might have
seen an ap.ud gcutletnan whose hair llewcd
in whlte waves evor his shoulders, while
his heard was bushy and long, and his
wide brimmed he ft felt hat and strange
garb told that he was a stranger. He
was Judge N. Haunieg Norten, from
Dallas, Texas, and years age he was a
violent Whig. When Henry Clay made
his Ilrst, great race for the presidency,
Judge Norten selemnly vowed that he
would never cut his hair until he saw his
leader in the White Hetise. Hut Henry
Clay never reached the White Huuse, nnd
consequently for all theso years, since
1813 the judge's hair has been growing aud
growing and will still contiuue te grew
until the baud of death cuts it short.
Sulclde Ireiu u rerrybu.it.
Within a few minutes nftcr thu Seuth
ferryboat Pacille left her slip en the New
Yerk side of the river, Tuesday ovening,
about 8 o'elook, ene of the passengers, a
well drcssed man, about twenty six years,
steppjd ever the chain nt the Mem and
sprang into tlie river. The act was wit
nessed by soveral persons and an alarm
was raised. The ferryboat was promptly
stepped and life preservers wero thrown
toward the man, who wns quickly dis
appearing in thu darkness, One of thu
small beats was also lowercd by the dcek
hands, who made a clese search for the
miit), hut without avail. Toe occurieiicn
was lopertcd te the Uroeklyn police
Hlioetlnic ou lliuliliitiil l'ntHtes.
A Mr. Dougall, writing te the Londen
Ttmet, en the rise in the value of Highland
ostates, says that up te oine 40 years age
the priviloge of following Held sports had
little or ue value in the mnrket. It was
even considered a ruile thing for a pre
prioter te rofuse a day or two's sheeting
te any stranger who might solicit the
priviloge. New the Scottish shootings
have a commercial value, if oipitallred, of
nut less than 12,000,000, with an annual
value of soveral hundred tlieusaud pounds.
Mr. Dougall montlens various instances
nhewiiig that the rlae hi the value of spott spett
lug ostates has net yet reached its highest
peint,btit will contlnue te go en paripatm
with the Increase of travellng facilities.
I'ltlKNltl.KSI 1.1111,15 OMI'.I.
A l'riMollleii te Tnnntir tlie I'anpnr Will Will
(Iren el llerUs County te the
Hteirtm Heme.
ItendlliR Kugle.
At their meeting at the nlmsheusn en
Monday iiltorneon, the peer dheoters of
llerlts county dismissed with the county
eoiuinlssletiorn the preposition te eroet an
iiiilustii.il home for tlie pauper children
new ut the almshouse. I'IiimIiioiMeih een
eluded that the ehildicu ought te hu in
moved as seen as possible, but as no pro pre
vision had et brcti made for the meet Ien
of stieh a liottie, and as the grand Jury
will Hi Mt have te leoemitietid It nt
the Nevetnbei term of court, whleh
will postpone its building until piehably
neit spring, it was decided te net In tlie
mutter at once. The p ler duootois,thoio dueotois,thoio duoetois,thoio
fore, Instructed their ulerk te wrlte te the
L.iuc.utrt autherltes, who hae such an
Industrial home, asking whether they will
take tlie children fiem the Heiks alius alius
heuse until our own home is completed.
If a favorable icply is leeeived, the chit
dren will be transferred, Herks county te
pay the hills for their keep in; The net
passed by the Lcgislatiue doeit net con
tempi ite that nvrry county shall build its
own children's industrial heinn but sovernl
counties may combine, and It may be thnt
the lemeval of the children Irem thn
Hrks almshouse- te the Lancaster institu
tion is part of this plan.
in: i.nw r.it i:.ni)
liiterrfttttig (lifurO "1'iri. Iiimik Unltle
lljltiK Ultti Splrule I'atfr.
Themas Griest, of Fulton township, this
county, has sold te Isaac Hiadley 5") acres
of laud ut 841 25 per note.
Muddy Run 1. P. church, In Maitie
t iwushlp, is sud te bi. the llrst church of
that denomination in the I tilled States.
The prtvsetr church is the thud ene elected
at or neai the place.
At the raising et the new barn en the
Pouueok l.irin, at Oatorare, ou Wednesday
list, 135 men and 35 women partlelpitetl.
The latter piepued the feast of geed
things. All pieved etlletuiit helpers.
There stiuds en the farm of Jehn Wil Wil
eon, esq, t'n eldest miuiu Driitnere
township, near Couewiugo lurnae. an old
chimney of a hotise ou winch Mt. Wilsen
htmself put a reef sixty jears age. The
root he took off wns said te have been en
8ix'-Mve ycirs. The legs of the house
aie being used in the construction of a
new house en a site en the same farm. As
te the age of the legs no ene knows.
Hill Davis, of Ojtorare, this c mnty, hits
been unfortuunte with n 1 it of stock cattle
roeentlv pinch utid. lie obtained 30 luad
of O.iie cattle a. West Liberty and had
then shipped nutl lauded at Lis farm about
two weeks age. Soen after their arrival
several wire attacked with spicule fever
and last wool; seven et them died. Several
mere are sick, but Mr. Dims is doctoring
them and hopes te he able te arrest the
disease. .Limes F. Turner, a neighbor of
Mr Dans, also bought 41 heal at llie
iiait.e t'.u-, nnd R. H. I'.tucrseu 2 ' he id,
b i the were of a diffeiAht let ami none
of them hive been nfldetcd with the
diea-e.
llfltPii Unt etuat fit re
Harrl-Lurrf l'trle.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
loses e Msiderab'e m mey every "d iy by the
non arres riorsen who steal tides en
the freigV tram b tweeu this oily and
Lincaster. t'hiire is net a train en the
lower division but what comes into the
city well fieUh'ed with thesj trespassers.
Yesterday aftorueoo ou two trams that
passed a Patriot rep . U :, in the neighbor
heed of the Paxteti ire'i rks, no less
than oighteon ride xteatus were feen.
Twelve el them were en one tram. This
is earned ou in bie.id di) light, and by
pirseni who are uet tramps by any ineatis
-at least they wear go- d e'jtl rs and are
tidy in npp. .intuce.
Hill liiiprueiiitil-
Gvorge Reller has recently completed
seme important imp'ovemoutn at his
Pt'qiua lleuring mills. He has had the
the old Hnruh.itn turb ae wlien-l and psu psu psu
stoeic take ii out, a nnvr patistoek built aud
two of Wm. Morcer's " Conestoga" tur
b; ie wheels put in Tuesj wheels that
are 13 inches .u diameter each, are found
te take no mero witer than the old 51
in.'h wheel that wai lo.nived, while they
furnish just (louble the amount of power
Tha old cig gearlng of the mill has also
bee i i vn we i and ropiieod by belting.
His II unt nl llcullli.
The beard of h"n!th met last night, but
h'.tle busiDciib of impnrtanoe was trans
acted. I'hey discussed theapp nntment of
vacciue phyhiciaus nml also thought it
advisable te bring suits against ihose
physicians, clergy men aud etlicrs who de
net make tlieir (juartrly repeits Dollnite
action was postponed until next woek's
meeting. Dr. 1'itzpatriek reported but
thrre rises of binallpex under tioatment.
j'ftllre Uurs
mayor had two customers
The
this
morning, betlt or whom woie arrested for
drunken and disorderly c mdti'it, aud bilh
of whom were diicharged en payment of
costs.
Alderman Samson committed Philip
Petitz for 15 days ami Lizzie Klltie ler 10
days for diunken and disorderly conduct.
dme Mali.
Yesterday the aherifl sorved thu papers
ou the defendants residing in ami around
Marietta in the replevin case for cattle,
which are allegrd te have been stelen in
Hutl'ale. Jehn Shillew gave bail in thn
sum of 41,200 for all of the cattle, which
it Is Haiti the phiutiffs have dilllciuty in
identifying.
I'nx Kllleil.
List night Iiluii and Prank Mehalfy,
Charlea lvatilltuan aud Frank Slguian
were out hunting fei skuiikh when they
started up n fox which was caught nnd
killed by the tlegn near Harnish station.
The animal was very laige, and hn cer
tainly wns oil' his base wlien he get in
that put el the country.
.1 Heavy nliirigairr.
Tliis ineiniiig a $11,000,000 moitgnge was
iecs! veil at the recorder's oflbe. It was
given by the American Rapid telegraph
company te the Hosten safe and trust
deposit company, aud must be recerded in
all counties through which the telegraph
line passes.
Tlie Hiiutlirrn .lliirl.ec.
The pii)siect for tlie nrcetiau of n south,
ern market is taking deftnite shape and
te night a meeting in te be held at Oeoige
Wall's Seuth Queen street, when the com
mittee who were appointed at last meeting
te leek after a Riiitahle location will re.
pert.
Hales el lteitl Kstutc.
Shubert &, Sutten, uuctionecru, sold at
public sale, Oct !10, at the Loepard hotel,
01 building lets balenging te the ostate of
David 11 rtman, deceased hltiutud ou
Rast Walnut and Cliostnut;trcetfl, nt au
average prlce of $128 per let.
Helmut itcmril .llceinii;,
The Linoaster sjIie l luard holds a
meeting this evening te take action en uu
lluiBlied hu lines i Tomorrow ovening
the biard meets for reorganization, when
thu twolve inenibsru nleuted or ie elected
in Februnry will take tlieir Beats.
Arm Hreken.
Kltner Hear, wm of Jacob Rear, of '
Ilrownstewn, ha I au arm brolteu a few
days age, by belug thrown against a fonce i
by a runaway herse I
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUH Ul'llttl.AH tlllllHI3Hl'l)NIH'.MtjC,
Kvints AlmiR tlu Hinuiiiilminm ltpnn ,,t
lnlorel In mill Ariititul tlie llnriiiit;li
I'liKril up liy (In, intnlil.
Rnnrcr llniiiiiifr,
Tue iliiiukeii and dlseidpily coleicd
men, ariisted bete lafct night had iiheaiiiij.
befoie 'riqulrtt Yeung this morning. One
of them named Jehn W. Moero, had 11
house key h ou his pctien, Tim meu stated
that they lived hi a aliuuty nt a stenn
quarry near Huminolstenii. The keis
wcie evidently net carried about without
seme sinster object in ilew, nnd If uuy
pern-n is aw.ue or robberios having lutely
been comniltted In the Lubatieu ialley.lt
might be well te liave Moero examliied.
He can be found for the next ten days In
the Lancaster county prison. Hlscemp.in
ion was disoharged Irem custody. The
shanty occupied by the meu, whero thnlr
etlects still are, might also roveal seciets
worth knowing If U was examined.
Ait Olllcliil llxptiiiintlnii,
A member of the read cuiutnlttea of
council state I te the Inii.i.muiim i mo me mo
pet ter till morning that the boreueh
stiporvisei was net te blame for the recent
ncclilent te a team at tlie upon tllteh en the
Columbia and Washington turnpike, hut
that the fault was tlioassiHtantsupervinorB
who had noteb?jcd Instructions te pl.ue
lading en either Mde el the dangerous
passage. The pars in whose team foil
Inte the dltah has presented te the read
committed a bill for damages, which will
be laid before council at its neil niretlng
for action.
l'rridiml.
Mr. J. F. Hlack.ef Philadelphia, u ns.t
iug Columbia.
Mrs. Isaae Hongentuglei and tlatightei
Flera have returned fiem an extended
visit te Pittsburg.
Mr. Harry Dounan, of Peaeti Hotteiti, is
visiting Mr. Win. F. Cenner.
Iliiriitisti Uriels
Orien ledgo of Odd Fellows meets to
night. Twe youthful train jumpers sp-ut last
night In the lookup.
A considerable number of Democrats
will attern! the Domeoratio m.iss meeting
in Liucaster, ou Satuidny evening next.
A canal beat captain" mimed William
Wills fell evei beard at the Clilouies hr.a.i
en Monday aud nearly diewned before
assistance ariivul,
Rabbit huiitlug is biug iiidulged lu by
many. It Is yet illegal te sheet this game
and subjects elletiders te tlie iiinishtnei t
of tl'e law.
Frem all nppiaraiices the Orphean inn-i-oile
u a thing of thu past It has gei.e
te Mn many ether defunct erganiziti s
which ence existed here.
Harry Rjwe, n Columbian of the Petit
sjlvanla railroad crew Ne. 110, had his
hand crushed )tsterday while Coupling
ears He v,n. ,1 iah the read ou a trip
with his lr tin wli.'ii the nocideiit i c u
red.
The l igllant tire company will h"l 1 us
monthly meeting te moriew cveiiln, i -stead
et en next Tuesday evening. Nemi
natietis of ollheis ler elcctieti will ! tin
most Important weik of tlie meeting
Next Thursd.i) ovening ivcake walk wi'l
be held in the armory for the Icrclit of
Gcerge Jacks nt by his c deu 1 ii.ei'U
The deem will epen at 7 o'clock, and the
oake wal'i ojtumences at 0 o'clock P i r
ttcorge deserves t'lis n'sistanoe, :is h.- is ,m
invalid nnd is tinable in .uii'v, luoi-elt n
the least.
The boys and girls will m.iieth) .i.
lively te night by tlieir Hallow R'eu
pranks. It is tebn hoped the) will n fra.u
from throwing ll mr aud lampbl.iek u
people, as this go;s beyond the beir d f
dm. Let there Iip tiotie of it.
The "cloak man" scare has nuikui
uxcitement up te a feverish beat at the
upper end of town. It is no bugaboo, hi.'
a solid fact, that ?eni rascal is e.uisiug a
real reign of tenor among the women and
children of that part of town. Ne puuish
ment could be t.e-ev- tofertich a wret. h.
A speaking tu'.e ii the itMpit h.w.n t
rolling mill eIHjc, whic i cenii.-cis au upper
and a lower room, furnished music Nituila
te that produced by an iu jlian haip, ts
tcrday during the time the wind bh a -strongly.
Anri'ew opposite the me.it h
of the tttbe was open, aud through tin
cime the power which made the swet
sounds.
CharleR Shillew, nn apprentice at th.
stove works, was severely burned en iii
of his feet yesterday aftorne m, by ih.
evertuiidng of a ladleful of melted met tl
Anether apprentice named Ilmhl is
accused of having overturned tie lil!'
bscause Shillew tl ilined his turn ni It Ii u'
his ladle with the metal i f the cupola
A l.ancjstnr 11 .mil. 11 ise iiu
The Wisconsin StaU Journal I "s it in day
His : "Sherift Hechtcl relurned f mn Lan
ca'trr, I'enii., last vieinug, with a young
man named A. M. Currau, charged with
having ralsid while employ, d by the
agency of the Singer Sswing maotuue of
this city a nole given by Leuis Johnseu
Lea el L:clrt, Columbia county, fiem live
te thirty -11 ve dollars. Currau was hefnre
the munieipil enirt this morning and t dd
a penitent story, uhieh touched the hearts
of theso who hi aril it, about having lest his
young wife au I child a short tini" age
and that he hrcitne very lonely. While
in this s.Un the thought Mttuek
lilm that lie could raise tueugh
tuoiiey with which te go te his
home in Pennsylvania by simply changing
the value el a uetu which he had from llvt
te thirty tlve dollars, intending te reui't
the ditrerenen of tlurty dollars as neon as
he was able te de se. He acknowledged
his guilt an 1 t ild 'us ntery, as he said, net
for the purpein of receiving olemenoy, hu'
because he felt impallrd te the oenfe-isi in
in justice te himself. An he could net be
sonteiiccd until Information had been tiled,
the trial was postponed for ene week. The
penalty for the ollensols frfinone tes'ieu
ye.u.i' impiiKuiimcnt. "
- -An
l.iiltei' ll'iiuti
Tlie editor of t'ne Columbia C'uitrant wns
veiy mad last wool; bcoause the " Quoeii'h
Lace Handkoichlef " empmy did no'
glve him any oemplimontary tiekrts, He
predletcd that the show would bj ,v ft md
for that uase'i The oempaity uppniied
en Satuiday evening te the hugcht and
most fashionable audluneii Uelumbii Ins
Been for a long tlme a'.d soered a big hit.
Thoeditor is no (leubt mirprisid that tlu
company did nrt disbind after his free
netice. This work he eays he sticks te
what he said Lint week.
I'rutrrmil Visit.
ChicqiioBaluiigatilheNo. :J9, I O. R M.
of Columbia, last ovening paid a friend!)
visit te Can as sa te go tiibe el this oily.
Speeches were mode and long talks In
dulged hi, Alter the counelt Urn was
quenched, the hi ethers repalrcd te II re
Schoenheiger's wigwam, whero a supply
of corn and vonlseu was In waiting, te
which ample justloe was dene Hengs,
recitations aud toasts woie the onler el
tlie ovening, and an enjoyable time was
had by all preseut.
Te-morrow' Itscm.
The last raoea of the season will come oil
at McGrann's park te morrow, Thursday,
afternoon at 2 o'cleok. Some well known
horses have been onteicd and iuteiestlug
contests may be oxpeotod. Following are
the entries :
O. ll. Hunohbergor outera b g, It ill v ;
Isadore ftowniauentors b. g Is j 0. X
Rote entcrn b. g. Tem Scott j T. Heugh
ten onterH b. g. Joe ; Frank Maogeuigle
outers b. in. Lyde ; Dr. R. F. Grell enteia
b. in. Helle,