t- . - ,.. vi'ti iTffWWi H. LA.NCASTEK DAILY INThJJLLlGJGNOEK FIUDAY. DECEMBER 14.1HKJ. w. .tW rj - t , ; 5i, .J v ft r Eancnstrr frucllfgcnrrr. . , FRIDAY flVKNINO, DVO, 14, IBOP, The Klcctrle Lights. It U te he itseumed Uiet councils will BOt accept the electric light sorlehg us the lamps arc unreliable In their llluml Ballen. It la or lltlle benefit, te have lights which shlne spasmodically and with Irregular brilliancy. If electric ' lighting is te be a success, the light mutt 1M made reliable, steady and constant Oar experience, with It here has net been satisfactory thus far. The fault Is par tially with the particular system of light ing adopted, If It Is ne: with the Imrer feet plant used, slnce In ether cities bt t ter satisfaction has been given, though no city dependent upon electric lighting Is safe from sudden darkness. The cost of this method of Illumination Is se great that It should yield very geed results te be adopted. When It consents te Illuminate It lights the streets much better than the gas lamps, during this winter season, at least, when the leaves are off the trees. What It will de in the summer tirue remains te be seen. But If we are te continue te have dnrltness instead or light as often as we have been experiencing it under the electric limps, or if we must learn te de without light whenever it suits llie inconstant lamp3 net te burn, we may as well learn te walk into the darkness altogether. It the councils think that we ought te pay for a light that Is net reliable, they will accept the Maxim and pay their money -, but If they think we ought first te get what he bargained for they wilj keep the money until they get It. In their private business our ceuncllmen would undoubtedly refuse te pay for what they did net get ; and In their public capacity they ought te be as con siderate of the general Interest. ' Hummers' Hall." In the report of the la3t grand jury, which made lntelllgnt observation el some of ttie me3t striking feature in the management of the public institutions of thisceunty.appeared the following with relation te " Bumnerj' hill " at the prison : Bummers' hall hit net been divided into cells, as previously recommended. The men are crowded Inte that buildiug llke beasts and kept in ported idleness, and en tbe ploaef suppressing the tr.imp nul sance men who went work and rainy meu wIioje only offenso is that they are tern perarily without work and friends are treated In a manner which eilers a high premium te crime. Fer, the contrast be be tweeuthe corefotts, ptivilegr and oeuven ionees of the prison cell, and the utter ab sence el them iu Dummeis' ball Is se great that the commission of crime is made the passport t) a comparative para dise. By a rule of the beard of prison in spoelers, the daily fare of theso committed te bummers' hall Is a quarter of a leaf of bread, weighing about one petiml, glven te tbern every morning a ration of soup twice a week and water ad libitum. We recommend that thrse men be glveu some steady employment, the bread rations be inereaix'd one half, .and be served te them in two equal shares, morning ami evening We de this because we believe number get there who weuM gladly work if they can't enjoy a merited freedom. AVe learn that these recommend itiens have net been put into force, and per sonal observation cinvmces ui that the Btatements of the grand Jury concerning the place were in no wmu exaggerated. rneyare3ucn as siinuu receive mere practical attention from a Christian cemtnuni'y and a tmmane system of government tbau they have thus far had It is true that iu a single room, of no great size, are ne.v eeillned setim lift) men und boys, whe3 coinlitleu is very little better than that nith which the average Lancaster county farmer sur rounds his beasts of the b.n tiyard The stories which this class of nh'ii tell are net te be rolled upon, and there are no doubt nmeng them many harden ed wretches upon whom any amelierat ing influences would be lest. Hut the indiscriminate huddling together of sometimes as many in a hundred men and boys, picked off the btrnets, some for vagrancy, seme for crime and seme for poverty, cannot serve any laudable purpose of erganised society If the supposed object la te punish crime, It H iudefeiislble because of the inordinate ehaiaoteref the penal tyin relation with the offense. The conditions of the criminal system piae ticed at our jail am such as te encourage these men te steal si) us te be housed in comparatively comfertablo cells, clothed and fed, instead of being herded iu a filthy pen, associated with the meat loathsome company, physically and mer ally, and kept en bread and water diet. If the Bummer's hall system is intended te prevent crime, It certainly falls of its purpose because it cm hardly be ether wise thau tha Its associations make it a ahetb?d of vim There are toys of tonder years, uum ut respectable appear ance, uud tottering Imbeciles crowded iu indiscriminately with the vicious nnd reckless. It is nn Infamous system. Ne lutein gent man can leek upon It and reach any ether conclusion. The problem of better ing it may be dlfllcuit, but men net able te granple wlt'i it ure net fit te be en trusted with the management of the prison. The Grangers in atate convention renew tuetr demand for "the equalize tien of taxes." It Is a very proper de. mand, aud they will meet with popular sympathy in their statement that " the burdens of tnxatlen are oneieus and op presslve 5 roller Is sought, and must be hed ; justlea aurt eqtilty demand It, and no effort should be spared te Rccurea just nnd air law by which all property, visible and Invisible, of all citizens would bear its due proportion." But when they specify "equal taxes upon equal values, upon the basis of the bill pre sented by the special committee te the Legislature last whiter," they nt once repel confidence in their intelligence. The prepositions of that bill te levy ene common tax and have every local gev ernmf nt draw out 1U Hhare, wiping out the lines of township nnd municipal gov ernments in rnatterd of revenue and ex pendlture, nnd utterly destroying local salf government were wildly absurd and radically antagonistic te our entlre pe. lltlcal system. The Unlght f nsdrance Cnsc. The life inBiirancocetppanles' effort te escape the payment of the heavy Insuraoce en the lifoefDwIght, has been a failure the jury finding the. full ac count of the policy te be due It will be remembered that Dwlght Insured his life for $250,000 in anumberef companies and th"n died iu what seemed te be a goad deal of a hurry. The Insurance companies concluded that he h.id te-ined himself Willi a view of a se.dy death, and that in fact he had committed sui cide. The circumstances were somewhat suspicious certainly, but still the fraud could net be clearly demonstrated and It may have been that Mr. Dwlght was really Innocent. It is te be generally nvumed that a man won't kill himstlf even for $2.50,000, nnd this general, if Bjmewh.itslllv, inclination of men te h ild en te their lives Is quite a sufficient protection te life Insu.'auce companies a;aiti3t a great nvalanche of fraudulent chums et this character. They would be wise te pay all their policies without dispute unless they enn show fraud very clearly. Twe Insurance companies were wlse enough te pay their Dwlght policies. The rest contested, and have had their labor as t'e.r to ward, and less of repuU' 1 , e. Life insurance would be a vr g ed thing If the insurer could depend with absolute certainty upon hi3 family get tine his money when hedirs. But life insurance is net altogether a geed thing, as we have generally experienced it iu this country. We have te run the risk of the weak companies, and fraudulent cemp.iuHs, and the further risk of a pest mortem legal contest, and there are tee many uncertainties iu what should be a certainty. The defeat of Gerham for secretary of the Sfiiate by the Republican caucus, yesterday, was an assertion of the utitl utitl admlnlstratlen aud auti Mahencelement In that body. As one of the editors of the Washington organ and the mainstay of Mahone's cause he appeal'd itb the prestige of a previous caucus m hi na tion te the Stalwart sentiment of his party, but it failed te secure the prize f r him. Takitu this circumstance with the seltctien el n place for the menting of the na'ieual c invention, this h.:s net bueu a geed week for Mr. Arthur. ' Cncast lies the bold that wears the orewn, nud many are tlie pins tba. iu fest the speaker's chair Vulcan kicked out of he iveu by an an. gry Jupiter finds a modern illutratien iu the way Gerham's candid icy for the secre taryship of the Senate was treated yeiter diy. The early bird eiught th convention worm, for it n w turns eat thit Chicago bad enough pledges te elect a month be fera the brass band delegation from Phila d'lpbiu put in an appe.ir.tuce. ' cel lTe in tneu, a tlme 110 tlilxl'iviniU Ou-ut he ns. atreiiK mliuU, tru ruith una wli Inp ham'." : Mn wnemtiie lut of eillwO ilet-s net kill. Men hem thn spoils et ofllce cannot buy, Mi n wli j)tssi an op'nlen unci u III, Men who have honor, mn who will net De . for wtalln the labhlu with thulr tuumb-wern tTftf TIh.1 larne iroi.lenhiid their little .latflj, WrAnjIuln iultli'i nlrltu lo-Krui'ilem wetipi renrul the Inn 1, un 1 waiting . I ustlce aii-eps ' Arrr.n llvj yearn' weary dragging through the 0 mrts tbe I) .right insuraoce case has been decided in favor of the dead man'd relatives, nnd the iDSiiranca cim pinii'H whose rashly te ik the large risks en Walten Dxrlght'is life will he made te tee ths mark. The public, whose sympa thies seeined ti run with the widow in her plueky fiht, vrdl net be mu ih displeisi 1 nt the jury's dtoisien. Lawteiis who delimit whila addresttii,; a jury In dealing out vile eplthets te ail who ate lu any wiyeppisul te them, should take warning from the f ite of a St. Leuis liwyer who liaJ his hoi well pounded by an into defendant whim the lawyer pleasantly alluded te as "a p3r ftdioussaiuudrel." If la?al limbs must UfO the mjJt opprobrious nersjtial Ian gnage in dlseusslng the merlts of their cause, It might be well ler thorn te take a thoren ;h ceurse in calisthenics while 00a nln Blackstone and Kent ; for tuny em never tell tha day nor the hour when their smart bandying of epithets wilt leul ti .1 h mud thrashing from the aggrieved pirty The lawyer who deals in vituperative abuse usually dees se in erder te conceal the iiihireut woakness of his e no TriK apostles of modern acsthetlciam who love te leek upon the sunflower and grew enthusiastic ever the odor of fain1 litleu will bs sorely grieved at the suit new iu progress In tlie Uuited States supreme court at Washington. The suit iu question iclntcs te a photegiaph of Oiicar Wilde, aud has been bought by a lithographic company against Barony, the well known New Yerk photeraphor. The latter took out a copy right en Ocar'H photograph en the ground that it was his individual preperty Inasmuch as he bad lustructed his subject en the proper pese te be taken before the oaraera, seloetod his costume 11 h well as the draperies nnd ether accessories, arranged Occir in a graoeful position, and suggested aud evoked the desired expression. The plain tiff en tha ether hand centends that copy, rights are euly taken out when the party claiming uueli protection is the author of the vlBlble artlela en whleh the oepy.right Is granted ; and that a patent must be applied for wheru ene Is net the exclusive inventor, but has almply arran(ed newly sjmr-thlug already extant. Purther do de tallt of llke harrowing nature will possibly be evelved In the ceurse of the trial. The glamour that has been thrown about his picturesque peBe, his slmpely ealves and olusterlng curls are new departed llke the glory of a summer mi met, aud he who was te Inaugurate a new mede of living when nil was te be sweetness and beauty has fallen te the common level of a mede in a photograph gallery, Bueh a spoctaelu should mnke even tlie gods weep. four linya hi n llirth. The wife of Jehn Hewie, of Hemervllle, Yerk oeunty, N. B., gave birth te four boys en Thursday morning. One died two hours after birth, but the ethers me doing nloely, A WOMAN'S RKAS0N reit MieriM) hiiuski.f ui:.i. 11 nr vniciiln In the idiom tit III Sl.tit Who .llltfil tlrr llefern Hid .NeltlJ Mr rlril Wlf. Abeui 4 o'cliiek Ttiursdiy a'tortieou a hindsjnie wi'inau. about 30 ers of hce, cnt te the rlevat i boy In the Windser hotel New Yeik, nnd said. "Shew 1110 te room 31 1." Sim was well drossed, very ladylike, but very nervous a"d tntnbliug with suppressed excitemnt She ku ekcd at the deer of the rooms she asked for and was adm'ttcd. They vre nccupivd bv Geerge W. Dnue, and his tuwlv imrrl'd wife. A i-ervant maid pissliigthnumh the hallway heatd seme loud t.ilking.anil seen all the eccup id's el the li or were startl.-d by n pi.tel shot. A specnl detoetivi' namiMl Hobeit So'ii'tlnld.whe jushedtothe apartmeuts, found Diinu pale with flight, auduuablotesp.uk 1 1 is wife was hys terical an I in ti't's I'lie bjiy of ine jeuiiij ' u.iu who had come up in the eleviter lay across the threshold, her rlht liiied lIemiI tiehtly ever a revolver Tlie deer and weed weik were spattrrcd with bleed, anda streim oezd from a bullet weuud ever Ler right eii en the oirpet. Coreuer M.trtiu reached the hotel about an hour after tlie eecurrenc-'. Mr. Dunn offered him uoesplinatlen of the purpee of tbe young IuIv'h visit, but gae her name as It sa ICciser, a Meuegrauhcr, hv iugatXe. 162 West Forty fourth street At the request of the h tel p.'eple the re ni litis were taken te an uudert.iker't Tlie c ne'ier visited the yeuu worn m's home, but 0 m'd I-'arn very little about her. She went te beard there two mjuths a.,0, and had beeu noticeably ret cut He was shown te her room 011 the tlnr.l ll ir. It was we I furnished. A diamond breastpiu aud a pur of gel hract'lels were left e.ire lecsly ou the bureau The following letter was found en the table, neatly lelJed, and addressed te Mrs. I'.ml Kiiser, Ne 150 Riyette street, Utlea, N Y 'MeTiinn : Fursive me, uud pi iy Ij Gel te pardon your broken hearted duuhter Hew I have suffered you cm guess by this net. Curse the love that makes your child thu forget you I tried te conquer it, but no power or will could queneh it. I'ray ler tnt Yeu de net knew nhit till costs me. Thitik kitully of me. I have been se wronged, raore than I eau nokuew ledge, aud Oed alone knows hew I hive bfen dejeived. Again, farewell nuther. Have I desetved this "" The jxilicn wero uet iufenne I of th" suicide for three or four hmrs after us occurreuce The Windser hotel piepte were very neu cemmuuicativn all evening aud there was au appireut illtrt te biii.li the matter up. Djtectiv.-s Shelley aud McQjw.vi were sent out from the Fifty -first pelice statian te l-jik up the oase Abmt milu ght they brought Mr. Dann te th stitiea b rue 1 1 a cirrue. anl he told his story te the sorgent Miss Kier, he stidsh'i wis fr j n U.101 He Uieil 1 1 knew her bafore h was marned. He th mght she was about 30 years old. She wan 111 hive with him, aud when ehe called te se him lis: eveme, declared tint it wu cruel of him te h her Without him she did net mb te live She talked wildly In tin.) ttrr.iu for a few miuutes, Dann an I his wife tryiug te pie fv hr. Site refnssd te b. comforted, and Dunn left her with his wife fur a meinem, while he went into another r.Mira. He did net say for what purpiin. Mrs. Dann told the ye-ing womae tint she could 0 lit i.ad e'e thm and w 111U a'tv ijg be welcome "Oa Ged!" Miss Keysfr gtaspud iu reply Sudilenly she drw a pistol from the folds of har dresj Without speaknj another word she placed it te her head aud fitrtl She fll te the tlejr without a mean, au 1 before aid oeu'd beeummentd was d.M'1. .Mr. Dann rushed into the room at the sound of the shot, fearing that the freDziid woman bil th it In wife. As lu eam in the dying woman opened her eyes and loektd at him She mule a slight metl m w.th h r ha"d, but ni nt instantly they dropped motionless iuilath. Mr. Diiuti is .1 broker, with an effljn at Ne. 2 Dread street. Hehasbi'eu m.uried but a few days UltKIT iy'UISMOE OA"K Vrillct In l'ver et ihe Itelri el t'eluiiel Vfnl Vfnl le;i llitlirnt. Tae vcr lict m the Dwlght insurance case which was readeied at Norwich, N. Y., in favor of tha plaiutiffj against the Germania llfe insurance cjnipiny, affects ctgbteeu ethor corapauies. The history of t ! case, briefly told, is ns follews: Cel. Walten Dwlght, the proprietor of a hetel at Binghamton, in New Yerk, took out iu the year 173 polieies of lusnrance en his llfe In twouty-euo cmpinies, aggregmng in amount $255,000 Towards thn latter etid 01 that nar tl, n l wi-l died and liy the tcrnii of his wi.', I111 niie was made oxeoutrlx, and Messrs. I'n.ipmun aud Lyen oxeoutors of his estate. When tin iusuranca companies were ea'led ou for piyaoutef the policies the Equitable nt ouce handed eier 430,000, the amount for which tha decaaseJ had insured his life in tliatcempauy. A short tlme after the Heme oempauy paid iu share, 45,000. mu umjr ciaipaei s reiuaed te piy tue pjlieies, giving us a reusjn that Colonel i wwigutnau pieaureit the msurmees wuh tha intention of taking his hi-, ami , saving his family from want, aud then i directly eharged that he di l commit mu. etna with that intent. The represeuia lives of these companies banded together te resist payment of tha pelluieH, aad selected Timethy H. lir.suan, of the Tnlted States company, as chairman of the oemmltteo te contest the matter in the euiuts. ThJ foil iwiug are the oempanioa which refused te pjy the policies, and the amount for which they wero liable : Man hhttan, 20,000 ; Mutual Benefit, $15,000 ; Northwestern, 415 000 , Germania. 415. 000 , E-na, eiO.000 ; New Yerk L'fe, $10 000 ; Union Mutual. 410,000 ; Travel (ir' $10,000 : Nitlenal Vermmt, $10,000 ; Washington, 410,000 ; New Kui'laud, eiO.O'W , Barkshire, $10,000 ; Mansaehu setts Mutual, eiO.0000 ; Metropolitan, ei0 000; State Mutual, Massachusetts 410,000 j National U 8. A. $.000 ; II j moipathie. 45,000 ; Brooklyn, 45 000 It was agreed by the contesting cempa tiles te aocept the suit agaiust the Gjrma niaasa test oise aud tiblde by its result. A Mll.l.lO.IAtUK SlUHDKUKt). SBTetileen Yer nt l.ltlRntlnn lleitillinif MUMII7I11 a 'lruKeily, At San Franolseo Charles McLaughlin was shot aud killed Thursday by Jeremo B. Oex. The tragedy was the rciiult of seventeen years' litigation. McLaughlin was a plonuer, the president of the Central gaslight company and a large capitalist and land owner, ranking among tha mil. heualrea. He was the prommer of the old oierlund mail reute, out of whleh he made considerable inouey. In 180 be contracted te build the Western I'aolfle railroad from Sail Jese te oieramonto Ter 85, 100 000. He sublet tlie grading nnd masonry work te Jeremo H. Cox nnd otliers for 4000,000. After twenty inilea of the read had been built, Mr. Mo Me Lauuhlln lalled te make piymunt. Cox who had put in 450,000 or bin own money, had te step work. MeLiughllu completod the read and sold it te the Central lioi(le railroad oempany, realizing a large sum. Cox brought suit against the oempaay nnd McLaughlin for 4150,000, nnd obtained judgineut, whleh, honevor, en technicalities the Hiipreina court roversml, Cox araonded his complaint aud ajaln roeovered judgment, wiileh was ngain roversod. The third, fourth and fifth trinls resulted similarly. Cox went Thursday morning te MeLauuh liu's ofllce nud demanded f 10,000 in set- tlemeut of the accounts. Doing refused, ' he shot McLaughlin three times. The man ' lived thirty minutes after the shots wero llred. Cox was rormetly eiptitn of the 10th ludtaiKi butery nnd servtd during the war uuder Gencral Hoscerans, AUUlllKvr and tituii: Hfceiit tlitltUs nt tliiui" 11111I llireil Twe iteiiiiPts were wieeked In Hella'id in the recent gales ; oil) etf Texel ami the etl er oil' Holveetsluys. A life he it round three dead bvlles ubnid tlr" steun-r wrecked oil the latter -it A hurrlciue in the p uvmcef Aliet.it, Spiln, uproetod 5.40J eli" troes In tie piovlneJ At Deul.i an mru tise sea d iiivihshrd the quiys, inundited the tow e, and wrecked leurtecu t3seM in th harbor. .lehu Utah, e( llliuveltvilli', au I L 1 ward .MoDetiald, of Fiermmt, were urn eer and killed by an oxpiess train en the WostSh'ie rallieil, iiau N'yajtc, New Yerk Asvitli.dat the rllllt of til') MnqU hanna coal eimptiiy at N intioek., I'a . give way nud fell into tlie pit, carrying dertii I'lienias Slmeu, a uiiuei. who was instantly kldcd. A pi'sauger raiu and a f 1 c 1 g b - '.rniu no thelKeigia eeutral railnn.l oellidl, t'i miles liem Sivaueah ami both weie wrecked, J. F. Wilsen, of l).iiiboreiigt. tKergia, was killetl, uiut lnii" ethers we.u bully tu,urtd. Kiuuohrew's fijur null, in Uaruw w,l, Texas was burned ou Wednesday. L , 420,000 Livlugsten's Heur niuls at F.iIiumIi, Ky., were burned Thutsdiv nieruing Les. 450.000. Tlie llie was emsed by tue spontaneous combustion of ll tir dut. Crlmei ut uilenic. A yeuug worn 111 niuvl Keisr eon tuitted suioule by shn'ii h-i'self in n hetel iu New Yeik Timliv "'it, S in hid beeu disapp unto i u le. At Iv HIS is tit'. M'. HeWrtll', Pi .ink J lines wis released ea 43 000 bill He was i mined lately rvnrested en t'n oharge of killing Cishi 1 Saee'.s, at Gtili tiu, in 1S0S. Fiva har.se a-id cttl iIhevjs hirs bijen killed by vigllauts in t'ii Nabri'ki l'ey withiuthJ last toil das. Twe of the accused were shot, the ethers hinged. L'uknewn scoundrels en'ered th- Ji wib synagogue iu Cn.eagi WetjesJij night, nud iles'reyed the inter. r ornimeuUltion, wrenched etl the g is tixtii'es tore gewts and curtail', and 0 nucleoli wrekeJ tbe turniture. Tbeciuseef the Tedibai is ui'.kuewu. friiiiiH i ml Fercf. Dpuy- Collector Stipt-s, of the fourth, North Carolina district, hai just roturerd frxm a raid in Grange county, in which be captured 8 distillerns and il.5'X) gallons of beer. Iu tha I'. S. court at Detroit, Dr Ribert E. Djuglass pleaded guilty of lergmg ponsteu pipers, aud was entoueed te eon tluement in the house of correction ler four years. Charles Thompson, known as "the Opium Fiend of the Arkansas Vall-v, ' has been arrested in Denver, Colerad ', for passing counterfeit half dollars. Jar rctt Stillwcll has been arrested a Steudal, Indiaua, for miking cjuutcrft.it silver coin. I'erry Jacobus, secretary of the EuraKa consolidated miuiug ceaipany, has besn arrested in San Franeisej en sixteen eharges of cmbczziiuent. The total aiuertnt of his nllcgcil s'caliufs ii 450,000. W. I. Calloway, sti'mn mister en the International and Great Northern railway at Palestine, Texas, bes been iirteted en a charge of erabvzzlin J3 000 belejiug te the cerapauy. The Vlf;liil lieut seltlniuent A j mt rcsehitnn adopted at a Dino Dine Dino craue caucus en Wednesday night w 4 lutiolueed into bjth Heiscd of thu Vir gie'u L giil Uu re cstenlay. I', ilcclan -"vhat lie penpla of Virginia have aoeep'.l the aei of February, 1S32, known ns t! 'liidilleberger bill,' as tha ultunate s M'. M'. mentef the Jebt of this state; thu r is their uaaltarab'e purpeseth.it that sittl--meat shall be final, and any expec'atien that auy ether bain will ever hi made or t ilerattd b tlie peeple of Virginn is ab selutely illusory and hopMesa. Secoe I, that the interests of the public creditors, a i well as tbe safety and wrlfare of the state rcq lire that that aettl.'ir.eut shall bu accepted by the creditor, as well as by the state, and, therofero, the General Ascm bly of Virginia en behalf of all the pople of tbe state ndvise and ci 1 upon holders el all bjuds aud claims against the com muuwealth te corae forward with prompt prempt prompt neus and fund the same under thu previs ions of said act. Teird, That the governor of the commenwoalth ba rcqaosted te com muuicitn these resolutions te holders of beuds and claims against the state by preu lamatien." It is s ml the i.-selutiim wli lu adopted without doubt. KilenillUK the llneUili Mei,i)n At Cincinnati, the Amencin assuiatien biscnilloenvoution adjinrud Taursd.iy uight, after voting te exteud the cham pionship soasei' from May 1 te October 10 Each club Is te play ten gimis with f very ether mambir of tha association The foul bound is retained, as was also the rnle in regard te the pitoaer s pjsitieu. The centraat for the bill was awarded tn I A. J. itoaeh for three ymrs. L'mwires were appointed as rollews ; Oorge 1. Sawaid, of bt. Leuis ; Terronce Cotmell. Philadel phia ; J. Breunau, Indianapolis , ,1. G. Valentine, Brooklyn ; J Mctjuald, Chica go (Miibstltute), and J .1. Daly, New Yeik (substitute). Tim assoeiat en will meet in Baltimore ou M irch 5 te adept a hchcdule aud te revise the playing rules. An Irish CenTciiiinii, The Irish state oenvontion la Housten at Milwaukee, en Thursday, unanimously adopted resolutions condemning thn British governmeut ; approving the action of the Philadelphia convention, eilling for allegiance te Parnell ; doelarlng that Ireland's hepe lies In the fraternity nnd union of her sons, regardlcss of creed it section ; doneunolng as infamous the of. forts or the British gevcrumeut te re kludle the fires or religious, intolerance as manifested in the late atiackn by English- Inspired mobs at mce'ings or the Irish nationalists in Ireland , and declaring It the duty of Irishmen te promote manu facturcs In Ireland, nnd onceurago tlie Importation of Irish goods into America. After agreeing te the lesolutiens the con vention ndjourned. rrnnk James Ilelraieil nml Kenrreiteii. At Kansas City, Me., Frank J.mi-s was released ou 43,000 bail Thursday afternoon. He was immediately rearrested 011 a oharge of kllliug Cashire Sheets ntGalhtlu in 180S. The case In whleh James was bailed Is the Blue Cut rebbery. His beiidsmmi number eighteen and reprosent 4300,000 worth of property. Jamet will be taken te Gallatin te morrow. It la ennsldarcd doubt ful whether he will be admit'ed te bail en this oharge ei murder. Officers wero present te-day waiting te arrest him for stepping the United States mail, for the robbery of a United States paymaster en the Muscle Sheals, Ala., and ler the North North Held, Minn., bauk robbery. 1'arueM'R llenant Speech. The Louden Timtt in its leading edi edi terlal Thursday says thore never was a tnore uncompromising defiance lltiug in the faea of the English nation or govern ment, Mr. Parnell, in his speech lu the Itetunda at Dublin ou Tuesday evunlng, doelared war upon constitutional prlnel. pies nud tlie commotion between F.aglaud and Irehind, It is iranoislble for the public men of England te regard this renewal of Irish warfate with iudlQorenco or contempt. The situation Is sorleus nud will tax the ability of English statesmen te the utmost THE DAY'S NKWS. IllOn IllLMlAltlAN hO.VNDAI,. rimsrcirl el thn I flct u( thn .lu.l,lirl. llnu Murrlnue Hill t xrliiuit Srenra i.l Ine Unfiling 11I 11 I'errj Itiml The oxtraetdlnniy tumult nml iH'rsnunl feeing with which Premier Tizi's bill (j'O'Ofiiiing the m.Milage of .Ions nnd C'liiistlaus was opposed by the Hungarian IL iisne' I.erdn, is initially explained by 11 citd MTi111l.1l that has amused the gei 1 rl li itlgnntleti of Hungary and of llie entire p'esn. Haien G ill. the ether evening, nt the nristoctalie IVsth Adds Casine, lest nt p 'In r ever a million tl iriuis. Tepiy he was obliged te srll his entlre property at nbeiit half its 1c.1l value. Unluckily a delay of twenty four benis elapsed bofero payment. The punctilious members hotice proposed te exjh'I It iron Gall from the club, but Premier Tisn, who is au Ititl mi' 0 friend of Unon Gi 1. w unity opposed his rxpiilslen. Fiuillv, by a v te of 21 te 10 boon been tinned A member. All the oeuseriMtives nud e'ei lei's who ha I played poker with 15 11 en Gill felt very bitter against Premier Tizi for his notion 111 the matter. Since llii'ii, for vengeance, ab have v ited against him Public feeling in Huugaiy is much ex eitcd by what is dcelired te be deciding the interests of the community by personal in itlves. Tue Uengariiu pipers take tbe matter up warmly, nnd siv : " Yesterday poep'e saw hi the Hiingailan Heuse of Lords uiiguates, who, from hunger and misery, eau .oirejly staud, nud whnm all regi-d n vicm us." IT.KltV 15D.W IIIKM.II An I'xcitlni; Inelitent III ttn.t l(lr The beat G irden City, of the Hutiter's P tut feny, left h t deck at James' slip, Eist tiver, at 11: te o'clock a in. en Thu rs diy, having en betrd about twenty pas sengcrs and tevi-ral trucks. She had pro pre pro erf.'lod no further than the middle of the s'leam when an alarm el tire was raised and the pilot immediately signaled te re turn l)y the tune M10 had reached her lierd the entire upper weed works were in dimes, and the pisseuger.s, who crowded te the end next the slip, had birety ttrua te leap te the fetry bridge. Ad were rescued in safety. Tne horses were ii'ibitehed from tee trucks and seme of thorn urged through the smoke and etheis put orerboird. Four ware burned te dath. Three ethers wero saved. Neil Nelsen, the pilot, stuck te his pest nf duty while the tltmi's licked up the wihkI werlc all around him. When he had if ? his beat firmly 111 place and knew that the passengers were saved, he Jumped fr "u the blazing wheolheme te the deck. He a as badly injured areuud the should sheuld ei Tne engiueer, S iiuuel Tracy, ran th. "lgh the flames nt d reached the deck wiih his clothing all ablaza. The shirt w.,i burned from h:s b dy, and his hair wiii sitiged. .Tames Iliul, the firemau, t:i ling escape te the d ck out oil, equeez d Mireugh a p lit liole aud dropped into '.envoi. He was hauled out aud mved. I'ue rest of th) furry bauds caciped nu ll mt. When the alarm of tire wis aounled li.e steameis. Njs. 7, P nud 12, aud hook aud ladder, Nes. 1 and 0, rospjttded, and the firebnts Havomeyer and Zixhur Mills also spaedily cuna up aud seen subdued thcllimas. It was Mini nJcartalned that tha iron hull of tha bjat wai uuinjurel, though the entire superstructure was wrecked. The tire had evidently started in the lewer cab'u, near the smokestack. The le Is abent 430,000. A search of thn btat a'ter the fiimas were extinguish cdrjreilel only tin holies e' tha four h.i.-se', h iwiu tint all the pisien;ers esjspc I. E igiueer Sa uuel Tiacey said . " I saw .. buz) near the smokestiek iu the engine 1 e or.. I thought it was a reflection of the k iu through the hatchway. I heard a ill etc baud cry out Fire " I had balls fie u tbe pilot and that prevented me from Wvieg the engine room. I put bask into the .tip and rushed through tha dimes My shirt was burned nearly elF my back." His hauls and eirs wero also burned, but hu sa d that he inhaled no tlame. Till. KI.Ntl OK AS.1AM rUIIONKD. A Krrtti OulbrmU ABlnt the I'reecti Alure Troops lur lunqaln. .V Heng Keng dispatch says it is state I there th'it Hiephema, King of Annara, has been poisoned by the anti French party at Hun. The same dispatch Bays thore :ue ruuierb in Heng Keng that a fresh deelar ati u of war hai been proclaimed by An An naei against France. Toe eity et Hal Pheng, 011 the gulf of Tenquln, has beeu Mreuglj fertiflad by the Freuch, and pall nudes and block houses have beeu erected A Pens dispatch te the Exchange tole grip'i company states that the Marquis Td&ng has accepted nn invitation from Prima Miuistcr Ferry te nttend the banquet te ba given ut rhn ministry of foreign aff ilrs ou the 32d. The Senate has voted urgency upon the Teuquln eredits bill. Tha Pjrij state that the cabinet de cided te band lirga roiuferoemants te Admiral Ceurbct in Tenqulu. Three thousand men will be forwarded soeu. Tbe Tempt says that the quostleu of in creasing tlie Froueh forces m Touquin will net ba definitely ucteil upon by the cabinet until Saturday. The Libert asserts that the Marquis Tseng, the CuincHe ambassa der, admitted yesterday that Sentay might ba evacuated by the Chinese troops, but that Bae-Niuh uever would be given up. He oxpressod a bjltef that an ainioa ainiea U!u uuderKtiinding upon tlie Tenquln quos tieu between France and China was pessi bio. KliiHncml a. in id r Tee t juI otperts of petroleum an 1 pe treleum produets irem the Unitad States during tha ten months whleh endad en Ootebcr 3Ut, were valued at 430,021,833, against 433,803 040 during the correspond leg period of 1833. The Merchants' national Inn'c of Mui kogen, Michigan, hu baen authirizid te begin busmess, with a eipltal of 4100,000. Tlie Uauadlan ilopartmeut oragrleuituro have been informed in the Becky moun tains, naar Podmero Tne stir faea uen talus copper assaying 100 pjunds par ten, aud under it is the geld. One of the largest reonded oattle sales was consummated yosterday iu Deuver, Colerado. II. D. and J. W. Snyder & Ce., of that elty, bought of Snyder Brethers, or Georgetown, Texas, evor 29,000 head of cattle and 400 horses Ter $000,000 eiih. DEMOOKAfa UUAUItKUNO. A Hew lietwenn Vex mm lleluieiii liver n Ubklrmtnililii. Sunset Cox and Parry Belmont are quar ruling. Mr. Belmont oalled upon Mr. Cox and told him that he had heard a vigue rumor te the eircet that Mr. Cox wis a candidate for the chairmanship of Ihe oemmltteo en foreign affairs. He heped it was net true. " 1 have," said Be! ment, ' set my heart en that coinmltteo myself, ami really must have It, I put In my claim just after the election last year, se you see I was first In the field." Mr. Cox refused te commit himself nnd Mr. Bolraeut left in disgust. " Iteally," nald Mr. Cox, tills Is tee raueh. I want that little upstart Belmont te understand that I nrn going tn have the oemmltteo en foreign uflalrs, He dees net need te waste his tlme catling 011 me nnd asking me te withdraw. These young men will never learn auythlng." Mr. Belmont says that Cox Is old' and oeuooited, nnd that he Imagine) he owns the whole Oongress, He thinks liu will flud out his mtstnke when the commltteos nte announced, FEATUIUC3 OK TUB UTAT15 I'HEBS. The Hartlsburg Ttttgniph Impeaches the nccurney or the ilifn'ei's claims for Doiuecrntlo economy, The Pf(i Is nearly as much tickled at Oerhftin's defeat as though Frank Hatten had get his discharge. The West Chester lltpubltcan wants Chester county te take 0110 of Its pmper children without foreign Interference, Thn Cauibtla Fittimm thinks 110 iiinu will heip.tflcr leek back upon the extra sffsleu el 1833 without a renting of nliume and humiliation. The Delaware county l)tme?nU extols Daniel Pitt's is tin " Intelligent and hon est " linn, hriMUni he taltrs tint paper aud pays for It, though he hns a chance te re nl his son iu law's copy fice. Genuine civil icferiii, says thu Erle lleraM, requires net merely that Inoetnpc taut men should be kept out el ollleo, but that tin) unworthy men new iu should be given the grand beunne. lletw-en the treatment received by the Democratic- Cecgrrs.s 011 ene slde and the Republican national convention 011 the ether, the Pottsvllle CfiremcU thinks It Is high tlme fet Pennsylvania te recede from the union. Thore Is a marked tondtiney nil nreutid toward conservatism en the tarifl question but the decided leap toward frce trnde, whleh our esteemed contemporary, the Knminer makes, almost takes ene's breath. 1'KitaUNALi Mm MuwBs " Unole Tem's Cabin' could at 0110 titue have bicn bought for 435. KiSknuek CnitisTiA.NCv'ft divetccd wife has died in Brooklyn, n tnanlae vie tuii of Insomnia and chloral. I) win L. YfLB, ex United States smia ter of Feriiaudlua, is said te be tbe richest citizen of Flerida, bis wealth being esti mated at $3,000,000 Mr. Ailndld nays that the Uosteu schools he has visited compare favorably with and In seme respects surpass the pub pub he schools of Londen. JesF.ru 3. Hauuis, picsldetii of tlie Lehigh coal aud navigation company, de nies that he is 11 candidate for the presi dency of the Philadelphia nud Heading read. Kkv D11. A. A. Watsen, of WHmiug ten, has bun unanimously elected bishop of the new Pretcstau Epiioepal dioeoM) in North Carolina by the couventteu in Now New beru. Jehn Buieiit makes notes and headings of his speeches, and with great care writes down and cjinmits te memory all the Im pertant passages. Glide tone merely jets down faets aud tigurj', and for oxpresveu trusts eutiruly te the moment. Lcn CnvwreiiD, the young girl who, with a female friend, Is iu custody for tak ing a herse without paying for It, while en a lark, is a daughter of Heu. Chas. W. Walten, of Auburn, Me., n judge of the supreme court or tuat state. Geneiiai, Hancock arrived iu Sin Fran Fran ciseo en Wednesday evening. He was met ut the ferry lauding by delegations from the municipality and the Democratic (t.ite committee. Subsequently a great t ireng gave him receptieu nt thu Palace hotel. Anciinisner Elder, successor of Arch Arch mshep Purcell, received thu pallium vester diy in the cathedral at Cincinnati, nishep McCleskey, of L'luUville, colebrato.l lioiititieial h gh mass, and plaoel the pallium en the dieuhhrs of the new arch bishop. Uihhep Wattets.m, of C dumhiis, preached the sermon. Among the cougie gatlen were the six brothe.sef Arahbishep Elder. N Kltltl lll)lflll(l-) ,N t:VS jciiM f-r unit Acrmi the (Jean 17 t.lim.. Aun.i Mirla Lcsher, of Easteu, aged 75 veir 1ms died, leaving an estate valued at 4100 000. She started peer nud neiurnu lated her money by strict economy. Iu Heading iu nn oyster saloon Henry Richards opened 100 oysters lu 0 minutes and 80 wounds and Geerge Arneld opened the same number in 0 minutes and 10 seconds. Beading wants a piiblie building, au 1 Congrecsmae Enncntreut has introduced a bill In the Heuse at Washington pre vldiug for the erection of 0110 that would cost 4100 000. Jotin H. Painter, founder of the well kuewu'firm of Orr, Painter & Ce , steve manufacturers nt Heading, died in that city at 0 -10 o'clock Thumday morning, aged neaily sixty ene years. Gevei nor Pottisen lias addressed 11 let ter te the auditor general asking for a de- tailed statcment of the disbursement of the contingent fund or the two Houses or the Lrglslntiire during tlie extra Mission. A dispatch from uirardville, fa., says that smallpox has again brekcu out thore, three young girls being sick with it. A meating of the town oeuncll will be held te take action in regard te closing the soheols te proveut the sprend of the dis ca). Thu empleyes of the Pennsylvania steel company at Hnrrisburg are notified that a reduction of the force and wages will be made after Jauuary 1st. The amount of radiictien was net stated, oxcept that " it would be In accordauce with the value of their services." The prosecution in the case or James Jack, ou trial at Norristown for killing his wife, oxpeot te preve that he committ ed thn murder boeauso of Ills jealousy of Alfred Harvey, who was arrested for coin pliclty In the jrlnie aud afterward com mitted sulolde In jail. At a meeting in Weit Clioster for the purpese of determining what shall be dene with the pauper children or Clioster ooun eoun oeun ty, It was decldcd te take steps te have thorn plaaed in respeotable families, nnd thus prevent the evils urising from lire in almshouses, Thn Pennsylvania railroad company has sat about discouraging tbnt form of gift onlerprido which takes the shape or testi monials te superintendents nnd bosses, who are geld watolied and geld headed caned nnd sllver pltchercd te an extent whleh is seriously lucouvenlent for the workmen who feet the bills. Resolutions were prcsonted by a com cem com mlttce or the state grange or Pa Pa tiens or Husbandry, at Ilarrlsburg, asking tint agricultural studies be embodied lu common soheol educa tint), censurlng the Legislature for net passing the apportionment bill conderan lug intemperauce, demanding the eqtinll zatien or taxes and petitioning Congress te proteet the sugar crewing Interest. Maionle Ullleem. At a stated meeting of Christana ledge Ne. 417, bold last evenlug, the follow ing oflleors were oleetod and lustalled te serve for the Masonic year, beglnulng ou Bt. Jehn'a Day, Dee. 27 : W. M. Themas J, Marah. B. W. Harry Hoever Hamilton, .1. W Milten Hcidelbaugh, Trces. Samuel Slekcm. Hee'y. Edwin Garrett. Trustees Jno. D. Harrer. P. S flush, 3. W. Bwlssher, Jes. I). Pewuall, 11.' 8. Pattoraeu. Bep. Simeon W. Swlsshcr. Mere l't Ilecs Ullled. Frank Mottrett yesterday killed two hogs that weighed, droned, 711 pounds ; and Geergo LutK killed two that wolghe I 801 pounds. (JOLUMMA NKWii. OU ll ltl-ll,Alt UOIIUI.MI IIN'll ftliK. KvsnU Alnne Hie llllurril In hiiiI I'lukeil 11 11 tl'il,Oniiiiii Itnun of MiHIlnl th lliirimli ujr llii, liilehl- ftrucnr lltperler. At the meeting el the soheol beard last livening, the lluaiice com tuition reported 4313.19 cents oil hand ; 4107 weithuf books have been placed lu thu Sheek library nhice lust report. Schools lopurted in geed condition generally , new desks should be put Inte loom Ne, 17 of the Cherry slreut building. Oramer & Paul, contractors, ordered te be paid for the sat isfactory completion of the superintend out's new ollleo. Ilelldiy vaoitlen fixed nt from December Ul te January 7, four days te be made up nt tlie cud id the term. Mr. Given iiutherlzcd te confer with state niuiieriiies respecting lux Attend mae for month ending Diioeembor 11 : Male 0S3 ; rotnale 710; total 1,138. Average, male (119, Tomate 071 ; total 1,280 j poreonlago, 95 : proeut every Mission (151) ; vlslta 58, S. 11. Heyd authorized te llie liens for un paid tax, Siipeiliitendent's report read; bills npprevtd ; adjourned. Supnrinteii. dent Ames entei tallied the beaid with an lunch. Iinrniigli lltlrln Clies club ergaulzMl. O. (t, Kauffman, crq , will proseut the llig te the Shawnee, en New ear's Day, for the Indies. A. llnldemaii will occupy the stere runin va cited by F. A. Ilciinett Themas Hall's Infant died last night. Ollve Branch Udd Fellows meet te night. Gee. Wambaugli cenvnlcscent. Fer lack of ovldeuco, case ugainet JamcH Sweeny and Haul Bead, charged with disorderly conduct, was dis mUsed. Three paitien, nun a masquerade, en the tapis. Strohl family ut the opera neu se te-morrow uveinug Ames 11. Him nnu, of Maner, has n 700 pound beg ; Mrs. William Little, or MutietU, killed two thst dressed OSrt pounds. Tbe members or town council or Yerk will accompany the Yerk fire companies en their visit te Columbia en January 1st, te wlttiess the dedication or the Sbawnoe engine beuse. AiMnltlnt; n tUr U.uiOuntur. riillnila'phtii Lcilgcr Jehn Sohlegelnnoh, or Columbia, Pa , had a hearing before Maglstrate Liitiun yesterday, charged with rtr king Merris Wledcr, nominator of car 23 of the Murket struct mllw.iy ou the uose nud cheek en Wednesday tireumg. The conductor's trstlmeny was that four men, Including tbe defendant, get en his ear. He asked two of them te step smoking. They refused and also declined te pay their rare. The ear was stepped nud they were put off. Seblegclmllch sprang en the car aud struck Wledcr, who had htm nrrtstcd. The nccused wns put under (000 bail. KAl II. .iUill)Kr. Klllnl by rlllui; I'rum u M.ikuii Urlas F. Hurtraufr, late propiieter of the Uruuuervlllu coach works, 011 Tuesday afternoon went te Lititz for a lead of luui bcr. On his return, having dopcended the bill near Iiruniu 1 wile, hoepeued thobrnke and while in thu act of btepplng en the wagon, hu slipped nud fell below the wagon, the hiud wheel pausing ever his nrms and breast. He was feutd iu au un couselous oeudillou by Mr. Wm. Heth and wife, living near by, who at ene spread the alarm and the injured man was carried te his home. Drs. it mbuek aud Hertz were summoned, who did all in their power te relieve tlie injuitd man, but nil ef forts were iu vain, aud en Wednes day at 2 p. in. he breathed his last. Mr. Hartroeft was born near Pine Hill, Wnr wlek tewnshlti, en thn 4th day of June, 1S35 ; learned his trade as ceuchmaker with Jehn Beam, of Mount Jey, and in 1850 he established thu Hriiuncrville oeaoh works, which he carried ou quite success fully te the time of his death. In 1S01 be man led Auuin Themas, who suivivcs him, together with ten of 'heir tiftecn children. Mr. ilartrtnft was a member of the United Brethren cliuieh of Hruuiiorville for n number of years. He built; nlue large dwelling huutcs In the village of Drunnerville. The funeral will take place at his lata residence en Sunday at 10 a m.; Interment lu the New Haven Lutheran church oemo tery. Pililtlru De .111. Geoige Shrelnur, living nbeiit l-ulf .1 roile went of Bethbiilla station, while nt the supper table, complained of severe pain iu the head- Hu urote fitm his chair and his wife ran te the ether part of the hoube for nfslatunce. By the tiuiu she re turned lie had dropped ever uud iu a short time he was dead from npoplexy. He was aged 45 and leaves a widow nnd ene child. (JOUSTV NKIV.1 Hems ircitn Aremiil Lltlir Uullril from trie ! Itcuuril." The citizonsef Lititz will held a meeting te-morrow te try te dlscover the cawse of the prevalent sicklies In that ceuimti utty. Levi Eckert, of Laxtngteu, killed a hog ou Monday, which tipped the brum, when dressed, at 414 pnuuds. A professor of analytlcil chemistry at the Pennsylvania university, I'll ladelphia, has analyzed the water of thn uitltz spriugs nud says that among thehubstauces in It seme have 'a pioiieiincod toudeney UCprodiieo low forms of fever." Philadelphia A Beading railroad efilaials nre te be In Lititz next week te consult with the Moravian church authorities with n view of puiehasing a part of the spring grounds for the eroetion of a deiet. Hettl tstntu Hales. Jehu II. Apple sold te W. I'enn Bheads, a oue nnd 11 half story hotise nnd part of a let or ground, en Seuth Pi ussiau street, Mnubelm, for 050. II. II. Fey sold his three story rrnme liouse, and let or greuud, en Beuth Prus sian street, Manheim, known us the " Koysteno house," Ineludluga peel tnble and seme furniture, te Peter Apple, for es.sse. Mnthlas Irober sold his property, iu Baphe township, cnuhisting of about !) acres of laud, a 01111 story liouse. nnd ether Improvements, te Henry Shue, (or $025. uuuitT ur gUAttiKH arciiiews 'llie BJsner Termlili Blip eivleuis I'envlclcd In the easa or oem'th vs. the super visors or Maner township, the jury this morning rendered verdicts or guilty. The onto or cem'tli vs Herman Miller, was attaohed yesterday afternoon. The defendant was charged with maintaining a inilnnnee in operating a tannery en East King street, near thu prison. A large number nf witnesses wero called by whom It was shown that bctwoen the years or 1878 and 1830 a very offensive smell nrose from the tannery nnd It was a nuisance te all of the neighbors. Fer about a your past the tannery has been closed. The oemmouwpalth preduced an agreoment whleh wns made by the do de feudant In 1880 ; he then agreed te oleso his plnoe of business In case tlme was given him by the commonwealth te work up bin stock en hand ; this was dene, but lie continued te run his tannery for seme tlme nfterwards. The defence called a number of witnesses te show that the smell arising from the tannery was net oll'unsive te thorn ; tlie same smell nrose from this tannery ns ethers and it did net iiiiney the witnesses, Jury out. Verdicts of net guilty were taken in tbe following cases for want or cvidouce Henry Hump, uuisauce, and J, I). Warl'el, assault and battery. - ! I if r
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