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TEOKSDAY rSVBNINO, DhO. 18,
PellllcBl Ucegraptiy.
The adventitious clrcumstnnces under
Which a political convention Is held nave
MM Influence in shaping' Its policy And
tetarmlnlng its candidates than they
f oraetly had. Travel Is easy and cheap ;
ample hotel accommodations and sufll sufll
etefit halls can be secured, nndthere
would be no lack of popular attendance
wherever the place of meeting for a
aatlenal convention might be fixed.
Nevertheless the sharp competition for
snch a gathering usually draws the lines
between contending interests, and its
determination has soine significance in
estimating their rclutlve strength and
the likelihood et final combinations
ameDg them. In this view the selection
Of Chicago as the place for the next Ro Re
publicau national convention indicates
that the field Is stronger than Arthur and
that while Blalne will net show his hand
openly against him his friends are glad
te consolidate all the nntl administra
tion forces te defeat Its wishes and an
tagonize Its candidate. If nny one as
pirant comes out of this preliminary
contest with personal prestige it Is Lo Le
gan. Stick a pin there.
Under ordinary circumstances the se
lection of either Chicago, Cincinnati, or
St. Louts, would admit of easy explana
tion. They are nearer the centre of
population gradually shifting south,
westwardthan the ether cities of the
country with like population and ae
eommedatlons, nntl it Is net diftlcult te
understand why the Seuth and West
should prefer them. It seems, for like
reasons, altogether probable that the
Domecratlc committee will new take St.
Leuis for the meeting of its part) 's con
vention. The present disposition manifested by
all parties te make concessions te the
"West and Seuth indicates a lively appre
elation of the uncertainty which they
are te play In Hie future of our politics.
Throughout the proceedings of the Be
publican national committee yesterday
it Is te be noticed that an extreme feel'
Ing of caution was the prevailing tone,
in striking contrast with the excited
Jubilation of some of the party organs
ever what tLey pronounced the recent
Democratic suiclde in Washington.
Rather than have a ceutest ever the
chairmanship of the committee they
agreed en a new and insignificant man ;
and In cheesing n place, If they had any
regard for political geography, It was
apprehension ever the insecurity of
that region of which Chicago Is
the centre and which has recently
shown an unmistakable disposition
te drift nway from Republicanism.
Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin have an unusual number of
Democratic representatives In Congress
new. They have been potential in erga
nizlng the Heuse. They may shape its
policy se as te strengthen their party in
the country at large, or they may weaken
It. But the advantage of the Democrats
and the stumbling block te the opposi
tion Is that while we are reasonably sure
of New Yerk, New Jersty, Connecticut
and the Seuth, the Republicans aie In
danger lu a half were of the Northwest
ern and Pacific state?, everyone of which
is essentlal'te their success
The Law or Marriage.
An miertant decision affecting the
liability of ministers and Justices et Ibe
peace who marry miners has been re
cently made by Judge Rewe, of the
Franklin county ceurL A miss of 16 in
attendance at the Shippensburg Nermal
school, had been united in marriage le a
lad of 18, and the parent of the damsel
brought an action for damages against
the party who performed the ceremony.
The suit was founded en the net of Feb
ruary 11, 1729, which provides in its first
section for the publication of bans when
one of the parties te be married lives in
the town or county where the publica
tion Is te be mvJe, and In addition re
quires that the person maktug publica
tlen shall have received a certificate of
the censeut of the parents, If either of
the parties are under the age of twenty twenty twenty
ene. The scend section imposes a
penalty of fifty pounds upon any Justice
of the peace or minister who shall take
upon him te join any perseus in marriage
without publication of bans being made
as directed In the firet section. Curi
eusly enough the act of 1671 whluli took
away the penalty attached te the viola
tionef the first section of the actur
1720, left the second section of that act
forbidding marriages without publica
tion of baus, In full Terce and vigor
Tinder Judge Rewe'a ruling the act of
1871 only applies wliore there has been
publication of bans, the second sectleu
of thoactef 1720 bBlng still In force in
all cases of non publication. The Jury
in this suit In question brought In a
verdict for the full ameuut of the penalty
and the defeudaut has appealed the case
te the supreme court, where It Is uew
pending. If Judge Howe's view of the
law is affirmed by the court of last resort
it will have tlia effect of maklm? imv
minister or Justine of the peace who
marrles miners without the publication
of bans und the parental consent (which
latter he must knew at his own risk)
amenable te the penalty given In the
actef 1729. Geed results might flew
from the enforcement of a law of this
kind, as It would teud te make these
who officiate at marriages mere clr
cumspect, while at the same time pro
tecting youth from the unhappinees that
be often accompanies these matrimonial
escapades.
TnEitK are indications that Henry
"Watterson has learned seme sense. Ills
Louisville Courier Journal new declares
that "the clamor about free trade Is a
Republican lnventfen"nnd "as long ns
two hundred millions must be collected
through the custom houses there can be
no such thing aa free trade ; " and "the
Democratic shlbboleth is tax referm net
Tree trade.1 There are no serious ob
Jectlens te this kind of talk.
Chautauqua, a camp meeting, Sun
day Bchoel ground, was named for the
Itepubllcan national convention. JJut
net seriously. It did net get a vote.
The financial exhibit of the common
wealth shows that its debt Is $10,718,
783.28, of which nearly eight millions
pay tlie high rate of 6 per cent. Inter
est. There was only a ihnlt million
dollars of the state debt liquidated last
year, although the surplus of revenuc"
was very much greater. Neither of
these features of our state financial ss
tern Is credltable te its management.
Nene of Its obligations ought tn be
bearing mere than four per cent. mter
est at tneit, and they should be In such
shape that the surplus revenues could
all be applied te their payment. As the
next best thing, however, It Is gratify
ing te see that nearly a million of dol
lars of this surplus In the treasury has
been withdrawn from the banks favored
by the state treasurer and Invested lu
interest beariiu United States bands.
This Is the direct result of the Demo
cratic policy ombetiled in the Humes
law, and the people of the state can con
gratulate themselves that se much of
their money Is net nt the service of fa
voted banks and bankers.
Bt n careful calculation based en the
figures given by the accounting officers
of the state, the Harrisburg Patriot
figures out that during 18S3 Pure was
an actual decrease of $705,Sd 9H ii all
expenditures of the state govemment
absolutely under the control of the leg
islative and executive dep irtiuents as
compared with the satue in 1SS1, the last
previous year when there was a ses
sion of the Legislature. Even allowing
$500,000 ns the cost of the extra session
the Patriot concludes that a net "sivnig
of nearly a quarter million of d dl.irs,
with the Legislature lu sessleu eleven
months, makes a record of w'tlc'i the
Democrats of Pennsylvania may wellbf
proud and for which the taxpayers of the
c nnmenwea'.th ought te be duly thank
ful "
Chris M aeee get his work in. Fre,
of Maine, and ether of Blaiue's friends,
who had twice seen him sacrificed by
the dexterity with which Statu. .rt prac
tical politicians like Magte cutuiulied
the large delegations from the Southern
states, wanted the Republican national
committee te se amend the rules as te
give the big Republican states a relative
increase of representation. Fearing or
falling te defeat the preposition directly,
M.igee and his fellows had it postponed
u ltll the convention organized en the
old plan could consider and kill it.
CniCAae has been selected as the buriai
place of the Republic m party and the date
of the Interment his been fixed for June
8, 18S4.
KXOW THTSELr.
Or nil mains no fame time te be Alene .
salute tbyfuir. ee wait thy soul teta wear,
Dare te loot In ttir cheit rer'tw thine nnrn
And tu tile up and down what thou r)ticl-t
there.
Dorset has been tried in the balance of
the party, he did se much te save last year
and found wanting ; but it may yet be
found nocessary te make the lojeeted stone
of tbe builJer the head of the corner.
Tnn postmaster general has issued a
circular letter te all postmasters, directing
them te oxchinge ou application the three
and sis ejnt denominations of postage
stamps and stamped envelopes for ethers
of different denominations.
Foixewiso are the tUXtsrtc sh jwiug tbe
Impert gjy itallraries of American cotton
manufactures at Shanghai from July 1 1$S3
te June 30, 1833, Total imperts: Drills'
409,535 nieces; sheetiLgs, 031,33?; pieces;
Jems, 20 210 pleces. Total deliveries
Drills, 301,409 pieces; sheetiugs, 373,313
picceejeans, 33,440 pieces.
Notwitustaxdine Lord Leme's pre
testatiens that Canada is devoted in her
allegiance te England, the frequeney with
which he insists in all bis publle utter
ances since leaving tbe Dominion, that
England should try te draw Canada Inte
closer alliance, indicates that there is room
for a great deal of reform in the govern
rnental methods of the mother country.
THEnE Is nothing lilee making a vlrtue
of necessity. PhiladelpliW new felicitates
Itself ou the money it will save by net
haviug the uatienal conventlon in that
city. The parties who loused Horticultural
ball for the oeoasion are probably some
what disappointed at tha crushing manner
in whleu Philadelphia's claims were treated
for at no tirae during the balloting did the
City of Hrotherly Leve obtain mere than
eight of the forty six votes cast.
Im the trial of the Salvation Army at
Ne Haven, ebarged with a broaeh of the
peace by making a disturbing neise in the
publie equates of that eity, an allegation
was made that the songs sung by the Army
were blasphemous. Permission was then
asked ami granted for the singing of a
specimen hymn in open oeurt, aud the
Judicial mind seemed te iucline te the
opinion that the oharge of blasphemy
oeuld uet be sustained. Whether the
sounds oumplained of were inusie or nolse
Is another question which should net be
tuijr uuuiuuw, uuu me juuge uas very
properly determined te give a few days
reflection te the tnuter before reudering
Judgment.
Ma il i.ne's situation at prosent is by no
meanB enviable. Rejected by his constit
uents at the rocent eloetion, he takes his
sonaterlal seat as a kind of mongrel
Republican who, sinoe his fortunes are
fading, Is mere degpised than feared. The
stralghteut Republicans of Virginia, will
have nene of him, as they roselvod at
their convention en Tuesday " that Ma
heneUm is a failure aud dead beyond
rosuireetlon" 5 the Domeoratlo orgaulza ergaulza orgaulza
tlen would llke nethlug better than te see
him orushed ; and a great dofecttou has
bsen notleoablo among his own followers
slnoe the result of the last cleatlen. Un
less he eau capture the Ropubliean organi
zation whieh has already deolared against
hlra, his political obllvleu cannot be much
longer postponed. The test will ceme In
the admission of de Jegates te the national
Republican conveutlon. If the three
political organizations are kept Intaet, It
leeks as though Mr. Mahoue and his Dartv
betwoeu the Domecratlo and Republican
millstones will be ground into very fine
powder bofero many moons have oerue aud
I gene.
A GREAT ST0KM.
A Wr.rKtt UWOMINIC IN KNOLIMU.
Terrltil Peitruetlen l IVuperty nU Lite
in IreUml, HcJtUutl mill Wales
Other Ohrouleles of the
tlAj'n w
Violent gales prevailed throughout
Great Britain nud lreliud and were ac
companied ou the coast by heavy seas,
Wednesday. The telegraph wires were
much damaged and comnmuieition is
seriously interrupted. The gate w.n cspe
elally sovero in Ireland, Soetland and
North Wales. Iu the middle counties of
England huge trees were tern up aud car
ried away aud there was great destruction
of property and personal injury. There
was also some l ei life in that section.
The low lying districts of Birmingham are
flooded. At Derby the reef and ohancel of
the C'uirohef St. Chad were demolished.
The Congregational church was also dam
aged. At Uetherham the parish ouureu
was much Injured. Many huge chimney
shafts were demolished at Lseds, Herry,
Pudsev. Stamford and Leicester. A I tree
gashelder ucar llradferd waseMsized. auil
two large ohemteil wetks at W nines wcre
damaged. At Wolveruvnpiou theextnbi
turn buildiug, whieh wis only ptrtially
completed wasdestreved by the storm.
Fears are entertained reardtug the
safety of the channel stpuiier. A ship
was sunk at the entrauee te Albnrt deck
At Lelci'nter the eirriai;e works were
destroyed. At Birkonlie.nl gre it dittnge
was dene. The chief efllcer of a steamer
which had lust arrived from Glasgow was
blown up vi the pier aud killed. In Liver
pool cus weie overturned and many
bull ling were datujgtd. At Lincoln ihe
parapet of the terer of tue oithe.lial was
blown il wp.
A stup was blown from its mixjniitfs m
Uelfaat, Irel.iud, harbor. At Seuth Shields
veeW breke udrift iu the harb r At L.in
ueu three wherries were.Miuk. The llntish
ship Liverpool, from tjuobeo for Ureeueck,
i a total wreck ti-ar Stranraer, Scotland.
Of the crew of twenty-o'ieouly oae man
and a boy were saved. The ship has gene
te pieces aud the cargo u washing ashore.
A pirtien of the teu of Portsmouth is
tl-Mdcd. At Liverpool the stertu wis very
severe. At tlirtl spool tninvui,s were
datnigcd. Nearly all tee chimney stacks
iu Hull were ovetthrowu. Twe persons
wcre killed there and several were injured
At Birmingham two persons were killed
aud a number of otMers were injured.
Tarce perseus were killed at Miuehestei
by the falhtii; of a houe At Dinvsberry
three persons were killed. At Chester a
ram was blown deu in the street and
killed. Twe perens were also killed at
Liverseiltje, Yorkshire A pjrieu of the
reef of St Mary's church a', Berwick
was destroyed. Several houses in
the suburbi of Nottingham were
blown down At Kildwiek a g.ne
meter was demolished. A pxtil tele
graph inspector was out in halves at LjciIs
At Bradford the tnonurnents iu Underdid
Ceme'ery nud a p irtien of the depot of the
Midland railway cetnpauy were blown
down. Several vessels decked in the Mer
sey were damaged. Twe vessels were
wrecked at Diuure. near Ayr. Sjit'.aud,
and two men were drowned. The 1 w lands
iu West Lancashire and in the Garatant;
distnet en the Wyre river are tljeied. At
Glascow the damage te property was very
great. A beat was wrccked whil i entenug
Galway harbor and four jjrseus were
drowned. At Newry, Ireland, the gale
wis very severe, destroying miuli property
and bcudiug the 1 imp pjjU en the -'. reet.s
uEsritferiv; vdhvl nut no n-.
An I'nti.iml Suinbtc of m49iruua rirrr.
The Drake block in S'.. Paul, Mian ,
which was built lust spnui; at a est el
JOO.000, was burned vesterdiy nieruin
The total less will ba"$225,0OJ, of which
G. F. Magec, resUurant, loses e 10,000
and Arthur, Warren & Abbett, notions,
J50 000. The Rsoves block, ec? ipid by
P. Hardenburg & C, dealer n hardware
and saddlery, adjoining the Drake b ok,
was also burned at two o'clock. Le-s,
3113,000. An incendiary flre at Hubbard
City, Texas, en Tuesday uit'ht, destroyed
a block uf buildings. The less is
heavy. II. U. Ureu & Ce 's mai.uiuc
shop in East Hampton, Connecticut,
was burned yesterday. Liss, ?3O,000.
The Kirkwood hotel tn Carrington, Da.,
was bnrn--d en Tuesday night. Less,
859,000 The wuolesale grocery b mse of
U. L. Spjncar & Ce., in Oskaloosa, Iowa,
was destroyed by fire en Tuesday unjht.
Less, $25,OtX. A flre m Eiu Claire, Wis
censiu, ou Tuesday night, destroyed a
grist mill, uu olevator and several frame
buildings, causing a less of $30,000.
Several persons were injured.
Kellecg's dry goods store In Castloten,
New Yerk, was destroyed ou Tuesday
ulght by a tire rosultie; (r' mf" plosien.
It is thought that the explosion was ciused
by a dynamite cartridge uied lu the mines,
which had net beeu removed from the
oeal.
Tne Red River east line steamer Alax
andria sank en Tuesday uight near Ceu
shatta, Louisiana. Bhe has a care e!
1.U0 bales of cotton and 100 barrels of oil.
The beat aud cargo will probably bs saved.
rilK Ulil.NKSK WAKUI.OIU.
itiirqulaltnnE tn I.ave Ills Kinbs- m
the
I.TOUl Ol UOtllllllB.
The Londen press assoaiatlen says it is
enabled te state that if II ie Niuth and
S jutay are attacked by the French forces In
Tenquln the Marquis Tseng, Chinese am
bassador, will promptly leave Ins embassy
in Paris and go te England. The Paris
Oauleit, states that Prime Minister Ferry
told the oemmltteo of the Rnpubliean and
Deraecrat'a unions that immediately after
tbe voteof contldence in the government
had been pissed by the chamber of deputies
he telegraphed te Admiral Couibet te in
form the Chinese authorities that it gave
the govurnraent catte blanohe as te mat
ters pertaining te the Tenquln questien.
Admiral Courbet is te propeso te the
Chinese eftlaials a renewal of negotiations,
oaeh side holding its present military pos
itlens in Tenquln If the proposals be
refused Admiral Courbet is te boIee Bae
Ninth, Sentary and Hung Hea. When
theso places are captured fresh proposals
iu, uuKouiuieuH are 10 00 ruade. u they
are also rejected Admiral Courbet la te
take possession of one of the ilve large
Chiuese ports.
Klglit Mere WurmuU Uitatied,
Eight raombers of the Legislature had
their elalms for services at the extra
Bi'ssleu paid at the s'ate treasury ou
edncsday. Among theso was Senater
Sutten, of Montgomery oeunty, who drew
J710 20 less than the amount of his war
raut. Ha doduetod from hischlm$110
for the Juna recess, 000 for "sham sea
siens" (oeverlng 00 days) i 100 for abscn
toelsm and holidays and $83 20 for mileage
and Htationery, and gave himself eredlt for
110 for "eash actually paid for travelling
expenses te and from the sessions,' Ben.
ater Nelsen, of Wayne, turned in 1100. A
oheek was mailed te Franklin Hall, of
Philadelphia, for $1,575. Mr. Hall dis
tributed M00 te Philadelphia oharitles. A
brether of Representative Einsley, of
1'hllailelphla, drew all the pay of the
latter ana Represontatlve Qavltt, of Phila
delphia, drew the full amount of hi war
mn.,; . "8Pnntatlves A. II Morgan, of
Philadelphia, Unele Jake Ziegler, of
Butler.and Wayne, or Okester, covered
Inte the treasury $110 each.
The Ulris en lteute itiiiun.
The raombers of the Philadelphia fomale
baseball elub have started for home from
Chicago. Wodnesday morning the pro
prietor of the hotel whero the club wero
staying turned the whole party Inte the
Btreet and they sholtered thomselves in the
Reek Islaud depot. Mr, JelTry furnished
enough money te secure theni break Inst,
and headed the subscription list with 1 100
The petition was olreulatod during the
day and nt last $500 wero ebtalnrd. The
girls were placed Itiohareeei Mis. Rounds,
of the Yeung Men's Christian association,
who saw thorn safely en beird a Baltimore
& Ohie train.
TrnilK nnO I. ti.r.
.1. II. Blllups & Ce , cotton murehaiits
of New Yerk, suspauded yestenhy with
liabilities estimated at 1 100 000.
A deputation from the Ontario steel
works of Louden, Ontario, visited Ottawa
yesterday te represent te the government
the necessity of Increasing the duty en
steel.
Clans Spreekels has "oerneied" th
entire Hawaiian sinrar crop. The iju vittty
Is estimated at 30,000,000 pounds, nud the
operation, it Is said wl'l enable him t
control the stuar trade of the Pacific
coast
Chief Arthur, of the brotherhood of
locomotive, engineers, being asked, lu
Cleveland, concerning retorted ittrikers in
Texas and elsewhere, said that he knew
uethlng of thorn. "The brotherhood has
no presetit or prospective ditUculty with
the railways anywhere."
Representatives of the vaileus labor
organic ttlens iu New Yerk met last night,
and decided te held n " monster demon,
stra'ien" next Monday eveuiug in Coepr
futon. Heniy Oer Cele will preside,
and addresses will bn undo bv prominent
labor advocates in r.nglish, French ami
Gerintu. It is eMK'ete.l that the French
delegates te the Bosten cxhiblbitieii will
attend.
The French labor delegates, Messrs.
Rrebant. Rlbanier and Rihn, yesterday
visited Yale college ami the eity hall lu
New Haveu, Connecticut. Mr Sergant, a
large hardware mauu'ajliirer, refused te
allow them te inspect all the department
of his factory, thev wre also refused
admission te the Winchester arms faoteiy.
The delegation w.ll start for Philadelphia
te day and will leave for France en Do De
comber 19th.
Acclileut mm Urlin".
A p monger tram ea tbe Texas nvl St.
L mis rail wav was wrecked ea Tuesday
night near Gllmer, Texs A number of
perseus wero hurt. I'Oree freight trains
were wrecked en the same nud during the
same night.
The government evnsel in the St it
Rmte cises siy thit the preseeca el
Walsh Is absolutely Indnpensible t make
out. 'heir eise ngaiusr x Senater Ivolleg.
They ere oeufideut el their ability te Had
Walsh and get a ,rv ' u,' 'i him before
the Mnreh term.
A drunken man In tH? gilloryeftha
Academy of Music, in Chicije, en Tues
day uight, set up the erv of "lire," aud a
large audience surge 1 towards the exit
doers. The manager and people en the
stage succeeded in retsauring the audience.
The mau who raised the cry wa place I
under arrest.
The distune Wrought "T Cure.
Jennie Smith was for l'l jearn a hi lpless
invalid. She peddled books uetw ithstaud
ng, gJing about iu a coach en wheels
Sbe u suilly stayed in that vehicle night
and da, and te aveiJ the effort ami pnu
of removal te a scat in a passenger car,
habitually traveled among the baggage.
Sbe was suddenly cured. She believes it
was by miraale. Tb.V made her tu-u
Evangelist. Remembering he almost unl
form kindness with wh:h railroad cm cm
pljyes had treated her. she resolved te
devote herself entirely te their salvation.
Durieg two years she has had charge of
the railway department of the Women's
Christian union. " Bat I'm tint treated as
considerately as when I was a cripple,"
she 1 says ; " a baggage master remarked
'W were glad te help jeu when you
couldn't walk, and you'd be welcome new
If you ceuldu't talk.' "
Tti uln King ami nri'ApproprUtleu.
A convention of colored men from all
parts of Georgia met Wednesday ie the
cipital at Atlanta, "te discuss the educa
tieual situation, with a vlew of getting nu
addi'ienal appropiiatieu from the state,
together with an appropriation by Cen
grcss." Four hundred delegates were
present. The organization of the conven
tion gave rlse te rather "tumultuous" pre
cec dings, but iu the afternoon there was n
parliamentary quleting down. Dr. Orr,
the state school commissioner, addressed
the convention by invitation, He urged
the members te be conciliatory in their
demands, as the colored people pay taxes
en only $5,000,000 of the $203,000,000 worth
of property in the Btate, nud he mged
thorn te be non parttsau. Rev. J. W.
White, of Augusta, was elected permanent
chairman.
l'Mntem en a itrlke.
The oempositors in the office of the Nw
Yerk Tribune, eighty six in number, struck
Wednesday evening at 6 o'elook, because
of an alleged attempt en the part of the
foreman, Thompson, te get men from out
of town te take the place of the Union
compositors. Subsequently three men
went back te their cases, and 11 were
procured from outside, making the total
working foreo 14. This is the strikers'
statement. The ofllce people say that " a
full complement of meu is en hand, work
ing uuder leek aud key, and that oets aud
previsions have bean provided, se that the
new men will net need te go into the
street te boiniluenced by Union men."
Iliu Hall AnocUtlen Olllecra.
The third annual convention of the Amor Amer Amor
lean association of base ball clubs, In
Bession at Cincinnati, yesterday elected
the lollewiug etllcsra : Proildent, II. D.
McKuight, of Pittsburg; Vleo President,
Lewis Simmons, of Philadelphia ; Secre
tary and Treasurer, W. C. Wikeir, of Ce
lutubus. Directors, Chris. Ven der Abe,
of St. Lswis; O. II. Hyrne, of Ilroeklyu;
Lewis Simmons, of Philadelphia; Wm.
llarnie, of Ualtimer"; W. L. Jacksen, of
Louifcvllle, and W.J. Colburn.ef Teledo.
Underground Wired.
A large portion of the fire alarm and
police telephone wires of Washington
wero transferred te tbe underground eablu
line rocently laid by the Standard eablu
company of Pittsburg. Eightoeu under
ground olreuits have bsen tested with sat
isfactory results and are new in sucjessful
operation,
Au Irish Uuaveutleu,
The Irish state convention oalled te
amalgamate all the Irish organizations In
Wisoensin, in behalf of Ireland, began its
sessions lu Mllwaukoe, Wodnesday, with
ever 300 dolegatos, ropresentlug the bo be bo
nevelont, military and certaln religious
societies of the state.
FWATUUE3 0F THE STATE PRESS,
Pregreis thinks there is 100 much ado
evor tbe trieks of collego students.
The Timti thinks the stock of Republl.
can btatosmen in Arkansas Is run low
wbsn Dersoy makes way for Clayten.
The Ltdgtr Is for the reappointment of
DiHtriet Atterney Valentine, and Pension
Agent General Slokel,
The Pittsburg Leader Is carrying en a
vigorous orusade ngaieBt the lottery as used
in fairs for religious and oharitable pur
poses,
The Philadelphia Keening Telegraph
pretests against the Republicans making
Gerhamism a part uf the party's polley
en the eve of a contest when it uoeds le
show elcan hands.
"If" says the Moravian, "our politi
cians would cxorelso the snie zaal and
industry te prove thomselves worthy of an
ofllce when obtained as they de In trying
le get the offleo, what a happy country
this would be I" If .
BIG BILLIARDS.
I I1IV fllel. UUtlLlMM OltKAT ItU.N.
itilui ROt I'm 11 1- in tMrtj Mliiutpe A line
I xnitiiilmi el 1 xprtt i'IhIiir lu
lne llitrtcat 111 tti llitme.
In a billiard match in the Assembly
looms, Philadelphia, last evening, butwreu
MeLuighlln aud Hclser, tht, former
tnadethe best run ever inade in n match
gaum in this country. The Timet thus
tells r It
When McLaughlin opened tils fourteenth
inning the balls were widespread and by
no means in a premising position, but a
long ihet brought thorn Inte the lower
right baud corner mid began oue of the
prettiest runs that was ever seen In this
country. The lltst flfty points wero made
mi the 1 twer cress rail In two and ene
quarter minutes, nud In Ave minutes he
had rolled up n ueat ene hundred nud had
te step for an Instant until the applause
had subsided. Up the right hand side of
the table he coaxed them gently, 110 ball
moving mero than a half Inch nt a streke,
nud when (he scorer called out two hun
dred he had them btinohel in tbe right
ban 1 upper corner in the shape el a cooked
hat. The dtfllculty here wan te turn the
comer and still keep them In that form for
tuture operation!", and this required
thoughtful aud peculiarly delicate hand
ling. "Eddy" was fully up te his work mid
made the turning lu three moves, a feat
that only n master oeuld have, accomplished.
The two hundred peiutH bad been made Iu
twelve minutes, aud the balls looked llke a
red nud wblte kliamreck, no closely were
they grouped.
blew, i) ut Sure.
Their progress tiletig the upper rail was
vi ry slew, for he gently were they handled
that they scarcely moved a quarter of an
inch at a stroke, ii'id by tbe tlme the deli
cate turn at the corner was te be made
the soerer had auuouuced tbroe hundred
aud the admiring crowd had yolled aud
stamped Its admiration nud delight. Theu
a mew march down the right rail began.
The balls were uever far apart aud
tinny of the graceful player's friends
shuddered at their nearness, because they
dreaded a disastrous "freezs." Hut it did
net come. "Eddy" had them tee well in
h.Mid and nil tbe way along the mil te the
enrnsr he never made a blunder. There
he ha I another .hard turn te make, hut
neither his oeurago nor his judgment
failed him nud he made it successfully,
.till keeping the three Ivories iu their
shamrock shape. Acress the luwer rail be
mads 100 runs in 1 J minutes, making tbe
turn at the right hand corner In three
well judged shots. At 392 he turned In
the uppsr right hand oernor nud bad the
balls iu spleudld position. His play was
very rapid and the scorer had nil he could
de te ceuut the runs as they were made.
The Half .Ulle l'est ltechel.
When tee flve huudred was ealled there
was a rear of delight aud au outburst of
stamping and clapping that prevouted play
for n short time, but the indofatigable
billiard expert kept bU cue in readiness
and patiently awaited the subsldcnce of
the storm. It was a rnluute or mero be
tore he began en bis 600 and at this tlme
he had the balls bunched ou the left rail
and in perfect control. There was deep
quiet iu the room aud tbe fcoble cliek of
the bills as they came together iu this
skillful nursing could be plainly beard.
When 600 was called and loltewld by "six
niuaty ene " there was anether yell of
delight, for theso of the amateurs who
wcie posted in the history of the game
knew that McLaughllu had beuteu the
best record ever made In a match game en
Atnencau soil. The player went right en
after tbe applause had ceased, still holding
the balls in shamrock shape, and feudllng
them rapidly but gently and with rare
judgment. At this pare of the game he
made 110 points in 3) minutes.
It-tout KxrUrnmnt ei the KdiI Approaches.
Ilv the time MjLaughlln had made 700
pjte.ta the oxcitemont was se intonse that
it was with extreme oxertieu that the
au-l.euea repressed Mielr loud manifesta
tiem of delight, and wheu the scorer
scarcely less exeited than they, called out
" Eight hundred I" there was a shout that
ought te h ive been heard half a mile
away. There was n pause of about two
minutes in the play aud thou MeLaugblin
poised his cue again and coolly and de
liberately tlmshul the lengest run en
record in America. He made the 805
peiuts necessary te make up his 1,000
points In oxietly forty mluutes, while
Ilelser's score was only 134.
The ether big runs at the Freneh carom
game arc: Vignatix a l,eJ7, in l'arls. In a
gn-nn with Geerge Slossen; Slossen's run
of 1,103 in the same game, and Shaeffer's
run of 090 in Ills game withSlossenat Chi
oage.
McLaughlin and Ilciser will play n balk
line game a month honeo and a game in
the champion style a month after that,
eaeh for 230 a slde. The New Yorkers
that came evor te witness the 00 n test went
home rather molauchelly. "There ain't
oeough in that crowd te buy an oyster
stew," raid oue Phllvlelpblan ns the New
Yorkers filed out.
flSttaUNAU.
IUtne Is for Blaine.
Ex-Get. TnestAS A. Hbndhicks sailed
for Eurepe yesterday.
Chai. II. W8ERX.KU, late of Philadel
phia, left a personal ostate of $2,117,
U31.21. Cahl ScnURE, it is said, has been asked
te beoemo the editor of the Atlantic
Monthly,
Jehn W. GAnnHTT has beeu reelected
president of the Baltimore A Ohie railroad
oempany ter tuezetu time.
Hancock "rather thinks " he would do de do
ellno a roneminailou : he says the glory of
Gettysburg was all Meade's.
BEEcncn has never read his wife's
"Dawn te Daylight," iu whieh his early
experience as a mlulster are desoribed.
BiiEwsnn was egainst taking the Ro Re Ro
publeoan conventlon te Saratoga boeause
"it Is n rendezvous fur gamblers nud
dudes."
Lillian Srssctn, the notress, has
brought suit for divorce against her bus.
band, Edward Clayburg, eharglng cruel
t eatmeut.
Ge wen says he already has enough
proxles te oleot the next president of the
P. & R. R. R. Which his nanie is Gee.
De B. Kelm.
Mn. D. A. Onn, editor of the Cham
bersburg Valley Spirit, waa united in
raarriage te Miss Lilly Black, in the FlrBt
Lutheran ehurch,Pittsburg,Tuesday even
ing. Siomer Mauie, tbe great Reman tener,
died of angina peoterls, nfter an illness of
two days. HIb dying oharge was te pre
Bent his homage and farewell te Qucen
Viotertn.
Nelme Anriiun.the president's daugh
ter, has joined n Children's Christmas elub
in Washington. About 10 young people
of both sexes arc morabers. The object is
te make a merry Christmas for many peer
people
Si'EAKEii CkRUUhT has net as yet de
termined absolutely aud finally upon the
name of any eue for nuy position en any
oemmlttoe, except In thoeaso of Mr. Rau.
dall, who will be ehalrraun of the appro appre appro
prlatlens committee 5 Mr. Morrison, who
will be chairman of the ways and means
oemraitteo, and Mr. Cox, who will be
ehalrman of the foreign affairs committee.
Loud Lehne In n piper re:ent'y read
bofero an English eoeloty mide the fellow,
inn- nrAillntinn ! "Tim arja of Canada
and Australia Is se vast, the fertility of
their sell Is se remarkable, and the rapid
Incroaseof thelr population is soeortaiii,
that within the lifetime of the children or
goiitlemon new prosent thelr numbers will
equal ours, and In nnnther eenlury they
will be greatly supoiler te us lu meu nud
wealth '
A rll,1M It!) r lOfS BTUHV.
WliyMr. ItE". el Ceiuieetlrmt, If Out of
rnnket H U11111I Mmiy llullnre
.1.11. Tlgue, of Seymour, Conn., who
was rash minugh te eiler 50 for eaeh
string of 8 700 buttons, nil with shanks
and no two ulike, te Im sent iu before
November 20, has b ju ealleil oil te pay
let about Curly s'rlugs of buttons. His
original elltr stipulated that the collectors
should bn young I idles nut evor twenty
yeam old, but thin condition Is suspected
te h.ne been veiy gouernlly dlsre
garded. It is said however, that long
bofero the limit el the tlme net he had
actually paid out 61,500 en approved
e'aims. The offer eilgluated from his
noticing a string of 1,400 buttons nt the
Meriden fair this fall. It pleased his fancy
and chancing te make a visit te relatlvus
lu lirenkl)ii, he told of the circumstance
te his nephew t.iore and the Misses Matle
and Nellle ltepps, of Pert Chester, New
Yerk. They lidiculed Ins "foolishness"
nud said they oeuld eisily bring him a
string of 2,500 buttons und no two alike
aud nil with shanks. Plus was tee iiiueti
for .Mr. Tigue, ami he offered te give thorn
$50 a plece mid pay thelr expenscs te and
from Seymour If they would eriug him the
string within thirty days. The offer was
takeu, and the day before the tlme was up
the trio walked into his olllce, bringing the
biiUeus according te the contract.
Tnis iuoideut led te the Insertion of the
notice In the Seymour Recerd. "I have
paid out about 12,000," said Mr. Tlgtte en
Tueeday. "There are buttons of rare
value lu my collection I have ene or
two tnkeu from the coats worn by William
Peun aud Geerge Washl gteu nud ether
ancient worthies, aud ereu solid geld
buttons are en seme of the strings. I In
teud te hnre a large glass show case made
te held the collection with an ungraved
plate bearing the names of all the young
ladles who have bought the buttons."
One uf The Allien mi, I Cel tot.
Carllile Volunteer
Whatever eau bs laid te the charge of
the Legislature which adjourned last week
It never can be justly accused of selecting
the wrong man tj preside ever the Heuse.
Speaker Fauuoe has proven himself oue el
tbe able hi und fatrent ofllcers that bus till
ed that position slnoe the organization of
tbe oeuimoiiwotlth. His etlloieuey, his
regular attend 1100, his rulings, Inn cour
tesy te member and bin whole oflleial
conduct from the time the gavel was
placed ii.t j his band at tbe begiiiuing of
the regular te the time lid laid it down nt
the ntose of the long drawu-eut extra ces
nleu challenges the closest scru'.my nuj
has wen for hint universal respect.
UeurltiiB bj .Unit.
A year age Mr Orlande P. Williams, a
wealthy larraoref Lake Washington, oame
te Minneapolis te live. His laudlady
wrote te Miss Ella .looking, of Manobcs Manebcs Manobcs
ter, N. H , aud recommended Mr. Wil
liams as n suitable mau for her te corres
pond with. A correspondence began, nud
resulted in .Mr. Wlldams agreeing te send
.Miss Jeiikins tnoney te piy her way te
MlnneiiKill, aud also eneugh te take her
back home in case she was net plcasd
with him. Miss Jenkins came ou accord
ing te contract aud was well pleased with
her lever. Twe days later they were mar
ried. - -,.,
"MUItTK OKISTU."
Au AltrisrllTe
Aleluilrnm
lliiunr.
In the liier
Wheu Alexandre Dumas' remautic
story, "The Ceuut of Mente Criste," was
uiveu te Paris litterateurs pronounced it a
success, as much because tliej dared net
suppose the great nevuliat could write a
tale which would net be a suceass, its bo be
Ciuse the intrinsic merit and interest it
possessed entitled it te eraiunnt considera
tion. All druses et Parisnyis soized upon
it and devoured it with avidity ; when it
was dramatized everybody went te ee it
presented. The English version, llke tee
many translated dramas, loses much of
the splendid effect, animated movement
aud delightful originality and vim of
language with which the original
is endowed, nud ns rendered last
evening iu Fulton opera house only new
and then the fieshners and peeuliar lively
cb iracteristicn of the French tongue oeuld
be cireerned. Mr. J. B. Studlny was the
star of the evening, assuming the llve
different characters the play demands. Ills
impersonations are net without mere than
ordinary ability. He Is an intelligent
actor, und his experience tu roles in trag
edy, notably as Ingemar, iu which oharae
ter he is remembered in conjunction with
Mary Atidorsen, has enabled him te In.
vest a part in melodrama with a manly
woightiness and earnestuess that receive
raerttcU appreciation. All his work
last ovening, despite the oxtremo
paueity in numbers of tbe audience, was
performed with his usual ability and meri
torious oxcellonco. Mr. Htudley is te be
commended for the absonce in him of any
tendency te rant, opportunities (or which
are offered in his part , he rcoegnin's that
a, subjugation of all Inclination te noisiness
should ever be enforced. The play Itself
is replete with objections, while its ell
maxes are worked up with ndmirable
effectiveness. Its situations nud geueral
iuu of story are Improbable ; but often
absorbing ; Its plot disconnected and
sometimes tedious. Nevertheless, It
is equal with the majority of the class
of pieces el its kind. Among the cast E.
A. Powell, as Danglert, O. J. Blrbcek, aH
Villefort, nnd II. Beverly ns Cadereutte
ate quite acceptable hi thelr various parts.
Miss Nellio Jones, as Mercedes, presents a
plotutesquo and intelligent impersonation,
but renders her part tee uninteresting by
her palpable laek of spirit, Miss Alary
Bryer, as Uaydce, a creation net unlike in
some peculiarities Byren's Greek maiden
"Haldee," was nltogetber attractive in
appearance, and satisfactory in dramatic
ability. The rest of the oempauy may be
said te be reasonably satisfactory. The
Bconle offeets are elaborate nnd add net a
little te the interest or the play, although
the natural oensequeuces of their setting
at se short notice are te compel rather
lengthy waits between net, nnd te oause
unpleasant hitches iu thelr movement.
gU.tllTr.ll HKdslONH UOlUlT.
Hit, MunorXewnihlp Nes'et of Doty Okie.
Iu court the oaseofthecommmonwealth
against the supervisors of Maner township
Isyet en tiial. Thodefense epened yes.
terday afternoon. They claim that tbe
indlotment Is dofcetlvo, boeauso it fails te
set forth the particular parts of the read
alleged te be iu an impassable condition,
and further that the supervisors
received n notleo from Mr. Jaoeb
n. Landls te Bet Uostettor's fouce
baek nnd reoelvod a similar notleo from
Hestetter te set Landls' fenoe back, aud
they had been advised by their couusel
that It was net a part of thelr duty te set
baek fences whero there wasadispute
about lines. It was shown by witnosses
that the read Is iu botter condition te day
than ever before.
William WillianiB, colored, who was
convicted of fornication was Koutetioed te
pay $10 fine and costs,
New Trial Wanted,
Yosterday afternoon reasons for a new
trial were Hied by the defense In the water
light case of Brua vs, Halter.
Arcaiueut l.lit.
The list for argumeut court next vfcek
has Just beeu Issued. It has a number of
Irapertnut cases divided as fellows :
orphans court, 1R :
common pleas, 27.
qiiMtrr sessions, 12
.Nr.lUIIIKUKIIMlU NKIVH
r.venln rseitr nml ,tnrits Hie llminly I, Inns.
The Gettysburg it Hirrls'nirg railroad
Is rapidly Hearing completion,
A Franklin county weather prophet
predicts forty eight snows for this whiter,
ten of which will be of great depth.
The Pettsvllie iron and steel, eniiipany's
Finhbaek mill nnd girder rolling mills have
shut down for want of orders,
The Mlddletewn car works have about
oeiuplotod n contract of ene hundred ears
for the Pennsylvania railroad company.
Down In Chester county the "dandelions
are blooming In the green grnss, and the
fields nre dotted with cattle and slier p."
it ', """ounecd nu herttatlvely that
Harry Grecnawnlt, the present nssbtnnt
oashler In tint state tieutury will be np
pointed cashier under Treasurer Llvsey.
The Pennsylynui,,, Slatlngten Sz New
I'.llirllklifl rallr.in.t .. I.1..I. ...
-..............,.,, wns 111 me simrlll'B
hands, has raised n lean of 1,000,000, nnd
thn work will be continued. . '
The hog ohelora I; iaKu.g In the nelgh.
borheod of llig Mount. Yerk oeunty.
Some farmers have lest evnry pig 011 thelr
farms.
Gov. Pnttlsen lias appointed Loenatd
Rhene, master of the state grange, ns n
commissioner of the Huntingdon reform
atory. The hog ohelora Is alarming farmers in
the lewer end of Cumberland ceuuty. The
disease seems te prevail only among hegH
shltipcd ft etn the west.
Sirs. Valentine Festes.nf S wope's valley,
Lebanon oeunty, shot a wild turkey near
thn Blue mountain recently that weighed
17 pounds. Bhe Is in her eSth year.
The trial of James GafTey nt Norrlstewn
for the killing of W. A. 8. Flss In the
state uespitni ler the insaue resulted in a
verdict of net guilty.
Statistics nte said te preve that the eity
of Wllkesbarre nnd Its outlying suburbs
send, ou au nvrrnga, ene porseu n week te
the Insaue asylum,
James Clarke, who escaped nfter 0011 0011 0011
viotlen for burglary, at Media, Pa , ou the
8d lust, was oaptuied nt Baltimore and is
held for the authorities of Dolaware
county.
The Hanover Junction, Hanover and
Gettysburg railroad oempany are layiug
track ou the old "Tiixjwerm" railroad,
Adams county, and are pushlug work
abend lapidly.
Number of pupils at the Carllsle Indian
school : Beys, 274 ; girls, 101 , total, 45.
Tribes represented, 30 , of the whole num.
her there are en farms attending district
school, boys, 53 , girls, HO ; total, 83.
A number of empleyes of the Philadel
phia d: Reading railroad shops in Reading,
who have been in the employ of the 00m
pany for 80 years were suspended Tuesday
for quitting work before the whistle blew
The governor his eiinmlsslotied Peter
E Buck, a protniiieut hardware merchant
of Ashland, Bebuylkltl county, a member
of the beard of trustees of the "state hos
pital for injured pontens 0 tbe iiuthraolte
coal fields of Pennsylvania," vice Senater
Charles F. Klug.
At a spcelal meeting of the trustees el
the University of Pennsylvania, the facul
ty of the new vcrterinary department was
appointed. J B. Lipplnoett nunouneed
that he would make an additional dona
tion of 819,000 te that department if
J15.000 were subscribed by ether parties.
While Wintleld Divine was working In
the Reading Iren works a heavy leg,
sixteen feet long and eight by six inched In
dimensions, fell from the top of the reef
aud struek him ou the top of the head,
fraetuilng his skull nud kuoeking htm
from n platform. His wetiuds proved
fatal.
The sessions of the state grange of Pa
trons of Husbandry, In Harnsburg, yes.
terday, wero dovetml te routine buslness.
Eloveu new granges wero established
during the past year and about ene thous
and new members added te the order.
Over 150 members had the fifth dogree of
the order conferred upon them last night.
The following Pennsylvania's were ap
pointed te positions iinder the Heuse of
Representatives . M. J. O'Brien, of
Wllliamspert, en the recommendation of
Representative Elliett ; Rebert Dougherty,
of Greeno county, credited te Representa
tlve ueyle, aud a. II. Uilseu, or Allegheny
ceuuty, indorsed by Representative Hep
kini.
The flnlshcis employed at tbe bat
faotery of Heudel, Bobst & Ce , iu Head
Ing, who quit work Tuesday, were paid
off during the afternoon. Some of the
men have already secured work at ether
faoterlos. Theso who remain idle will be
paid by the union until the dllQculty with
the firm Is settled, whieh it is believed
will be bofero long. The factory is net iu
operation.
The Reading oempauy has purohased
1,500 acree of valuable coal land in the
Silver Broek district near the Heney
Broek Holds. It Is oensidotod a very Im
IKirtant acquisition and together with the
output of a number of oelliortos which the
Reading will ceme into possession of Jan.
1st will make the total production of th 0
company and Its leased lines fully 50 per
cent, of the authrnclte entput of the state.
rei.101: uahim.
Ilelere the Mayer mill Alilertnen.
The mayor this morning heard flve eases
two el the offenders wero committed for
flve days each for drunken nnd disuiderlv
conduct, ene was made te pay oenttt and
two wcre discharged.
Alderman Samson last ovening commit
ted Frederick Multz aud his wife Louisa
for ilve days eaeh for drunken nnd dis
orderly conduet.
Susan Murphy, nun Kleffer, was looked
up last uight by Alderman Samson, for
committing an assault ou her father. This
morning she was discharged, her father
refusing te appear against her. As seen
as Mrs. Murphy was diseharged ahe ou
tered complaint against her husbaud for
maintenance, nnd threatened her father
with prosecution for defrauding the revo reve revo
nue. Albert Arts, who was charged bofero
Aldernian McConemy with laiecuy and
carrying concealed weapons, wan 'te have
had a hearing last uveuing, but as the
prosecutor did net appear he was dis dis
oharged. Last ovening Jehn MoC'ert, who is
oharged with felonious nssault and bat
terv, en complaint of Charles Bewmau,
had a hearing bofero Alderman Barr and
was held in bail for oeurt.
Allcced Vau l'releuie.
Last evening Geerge Btrebert arrested
for fatso protense, en complaint of Jehn
Sebleenstein, had a hearlng before Alder
man MoCeuomy and entered ball for his
appoarance at court. Schlconstelu charges
that Btrohert obtained wagon wheels and
ether material from him by representing
hlra te te a preperty ewner, whieh he Is
net.
The Hlevens Huute Assembly.
The Invitations te the grand annual
assembly te be held en New Year's Eve, at
tbe BteveuB Iioube, were issued this morn,
ing. As the Boeloty event of the year par
excellence, the coming assembly premises
te eclipse all previous efforts, and already
a nuraber of well ktiewn soeioty poeplo
from abroad iu addition te the elite and
fashion of tbe city, have signified their
Intention of being present. The following
capable and efficient beatd of mauagers,
who se successfully ouglneorcd the last
assembly, have taken t'm prosent affair in
band. They nre : Samuel II Reynolds,
esq,, Samuel II. Priee, esq , B, J, Me.
Graun, I), G. Eshleman, esq., Ohas, H.
Loehor, II. A. Mnleue, II. Z, Hkeads, J,
L. Btelnmetz, esq., P. Eekert Blayraaker.
Jehn K. Malone, B. W. Altlek, B. F.
Breneman, W. J. Ferdney, esq., James
M, Burke, esq, nud Geerge Stelnmnn.