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miDAY EVENING, DEC, 20, 1008.
Is Jail Punlslimcnt J
A man hna just been convicted In
Philadelphia for complicity In the rob
bery of the Kensington bank nwajr back
In 1871, at which tlrae he was police
man of the city. He was identified by
the watchman of the bank ; ana rnaue
no defense beyend declaring that he was
net guilty. He has Just been released
from the penitentiary, where te had
been cenDned for eight years for a rob
bery subsequently committed in Mont
gomery county. When asked why he
had net availed himself of the service of
counsel and tried te defend himself from
a oharge of which he declared his inno
cence, he replied : " Why should I ? I
have no money, nnd no friends. I am
better off in prison."
We notice the ense, because it fur
nishes geed ground! for doubting the
efficacy of Imprisonment as a punish
ment for crime. We are very familiar
with the fact that there Is a numerous
class who prefer Imprisonment te
liberty for a short period, because
they are assured of maintenance
without the labor and worry of
providing it for themselves. During the
winter tlme our jails nre filled with
vagrant who regard their ceuDuemeut
M a privilege rather than a puulshnient.
This Philadelphia case shows us a man
who having been for a low? term In
prison prefers te return te It rather than
enter Inte a struggle for subsistence In
freedom. The case Is net an Isolated
one at all, for we net seldom have
occasion te believe that crimes are
committed for the sole purpose of ob
taining public support, and that there
are many persons who have even less
fibre than the erdluary tramp, and who
are contented with a life in Jail all the
year nreund and for years together.
This ex-Philadelphia policeman, lu his
willingness te pile decade upon decade
of imprisonment, affords but a striking
exemplification of the feeling of a class.
That men who accept imprisonment
with such willingness should net be
given imprisonment as a punish
ment, since it is net a punish
ment, is proved by the statement.
"What then should be done with them ?
It will net de te make their imprison
ment less comfortable than it i?, for It is
already as uncomfortable a3 humanity
will allow. There Is, te be sure, no
corporal punishment in Pennsylvania
prisons. Probably it there was they would
be less popular. But such punishmeut
if given, 3heuld be part of the sentence
properly awarded. At .present public
sentiment is opposed te the corporal
punishment of criminals ; se that simple
Imprisonment seems te be the only
available penalty of crime. Its condi
tions need te be greatly amended te
make it effective It certainly should
net be tin inducement te crime ; and the
discharged criminal should net want te
return te it If the state would And
employment for these who are dis
charged from Itsjall3, se that they could
honestly earn their livelihood, it is rea
senable te sunpese- that they would
rather work in liberty than In confine
ment. Something should be done te
this end. It is a cruel and Impolitic
thing te turn men out of jail te provide
for themselves with all the avenues te
honest employment closed te them. The
tabor that is te earn their honest bread
should in some way be shown te them-
Chandler and Herse
There has been no little mirth, min
gled with considerable indignation at
the boerishntss of Secretary Chandler lu
presiding upon the occasion of the recent
lecture by Matthew Arneld in the feder
al capital. He improved his position te
publicly bewail the election of Carlisle,
and after the lecture plunged the audi -ence
into painful embarrassment by
calling hi turu upon a half dozen distin
guished gentlemen who were present te
criticise the sentiments of the distin
guished English guest of the evening
His conduct as reported could be ex
plained only upon the ground that he
was drunk or utterly lacking geed breed
ing. In either event it was n scandal
by which the respectable portion of the
American people was put te the blush.
But this perfoiumiice of Chandler was
net singular In him. These who were
present will never forget the scene at a
dinner party iu Washington when the
secretary of the navy insulted Represen
tative Merse, of Massachusetts, by
expressing his surprise that a cultured
aud refined Bosten constituency could
repeatedly send "a foreigner and a Jew"
te represent them in Congress. Merse
drew himself up with dignity and turn
lug with withering scorn upon the Jew
batter, said, in full hearing of the entire
cempany: "When the president of the
united btates can steep se low us te ap
point ism Chandler becretary of the
navy, there Is no occasion te wonder
that a Bosten coiibtltuency can riEe te
the level of sending a foreigner and a
Jew te Congress."
In the turn of affairs Mr. Merse has
been appointed uhairnian of the Heusa
commlttee en the expenditures In
Chandler's department. It may be pre
sumed that they will have his close su
pervision. Tub New Yeik Tribune, with that
partisan unfairness which has long given
it bad eminence, bus tried te exclte sec
tional fears ever the appointment of a
Southern member of Congress te the
chairmanship of the pension commlttee.
As n matter of fact the se-called " pen
sion " commlttee has nothing te de with
any thing appertaining te the late war, as
the rules provide that everything relat
ing te pensions of the late civil warBhall
go te the committee en Invalid pensions,
while te the committee en " pensions"
shall go all pension mutters nrising from
the " wara of the United States ethur
than the civil war." The committee
which has eutire jurisdiction ever the
pensions of the civil war Ima for Ha
chairman Mr. Matseu, of Indiaun, n
union Beldler, who wen his way up from
a private te the rank of colonel by gal
lant scrvice in the field. A majority of
ita members served in the union army
and of Ita only two members from
Southern Btates one of them wns in the
union army. Hew the vipers de enjoy
gnawing at a flle!
Tun unusual glow lu ihe western sky,
continuing with such beauty long after
sunset for many nights of the past few
months, is net cenflued te this hitltude
and longitude ; but, ns the reports e
print te day show, the phenomenon has
been observed and admired in all quarters
of the glebe. The theories offered te
explain it are various and de net Illtim Illtim
Inate the subject very much. The wide
ly remote points at which the extraor
dinary manifestations are witnessed
seem te discredit most of the local ex
planations offered, such, for Instance, as
the argument of the English nstrono nstreno nstrone
mer, Mr. .Nerman Lockyer, who states
that the crimson skies are due te the
presence of vast quantities of dust aud
ashes ejected during the August erup
tien in Java, and transported thence by
the trade wind currents into the high
northern latitudes. Much mere likely
te And popular credence are the theories
that relate te celestial disturbances, or
the sudden presence of the earth In some
vast volume of cosmic dust. In a mere
suiwrstitieus age these signs of the skies
would be ominous, nnd, in any event,
they present a spectacle which for con
tinuing grandeur is seldom equalled be
tween the parallels which bound our con
tinent. .
Tun heavy snow falls of the past ten
days have brought home te many cities
the serious question of what is the best
way te deal rvlth this obstruction te
free passage ever the municipal high
ways. In this city, while property owners
were compelled te clear their pavements,
the conditions of the crossings was such
as te occasion incalculable inconvenience
aud serious danger te the pedestrians
with whom the streets were thronged
during the days of Christmas shopping.
The easy answer te the indignation of
citizens at this condition of affairs was
that there was neither money nor ether
prevision for the city autner.ties te
have the slight work done which would
have accommodated thousands ; the
street committee having already spent
all its appropriation for the fiscal year
and a geed deal mere, besides grabbiug
for everything lying around loose.
Aforetime, we believe, it was tue cus
tem te include In the fiscal budget an
appropriation for cleaning the crossings
of snow. It was a custom honored in
the observance ; let it be returned te
when the appropriations for the next
year are made up.
It is refreshing te hear a geed, strong
clear voice, like that of Supt. Apgar, of
the New Jersey public schools raised In
ringing pretest against the scheme ad
vocated by Senater Blair and ether in
tellectual light weights, of raising feder
al revenues te distribute among the
states for educational purposes. Mr.
Apgar first shows that the figures of
illiteracy given by these people are un
reliable and Inaccurate, and then argues
strongly and forcibly the true position
for the people of every commonwealth
te take, that the education of the young
Is a matter for each state te regulate
and provide for, aud the federal gev
ernuieut should be rigorously excluded
from all participation in It.
Mn. Fyan, of Missouri, one of the
committee en expenditures in the ex
travagant department of the magnificent
attorney general, indicates that he ap
preciates the importance of his commlt cemmlt commlt
teo and preiwses te enter upon a serious
inquiry as te hew Mr. Brewster has spent
se much money and done se little with
it. Mr. Springer, tee, is reported te
haveban wrongly repjrtel in ins in
tentien te resign the headship of this
really Important committee. Congress
men generally are beginning tomero and
better understand that the minaime
times Increases the importance of the
place and sometimes he dwarfs it.
r-i'KcuLvriOM was rife ever the compost
tieu el the Heusa committees ; nnd uew
that they have been aoueunasd, it is en
gaged lu predicting ciraiug legislation.
Thk eagerness of the avorae American
for political ptace is secu iu the statement
that befere the body el the late Congress
man Haskell, of Kansas, had been buried
there were eight candidates in the Held
for the place.
ItEniEiEXTATivi: daneing masters of
the country iu convention assembled in
Philadelphia have issued the ukase that
the most fashionable steps uew and for
the cunning season are lawn tenuis, the
Saratoga lancers, the glide and schot schet schot
t'sebo. Tub Temperance poeplo in Masaohu Masaehu
eettB are organizing te secure a prohibitory
constitutional amendment ; and the liquor
dealers of Ohie propesa te unite the brew
ors, distillers and wholesalo aud retail
dealers all in ene perfect state organization,
with auxiliaries iu each county, "te begin
an agresilve earapiign for the fnllest
rights of personal liberty."
DioenNcs would uet have te go around
with a lantern in Idaho. The objeet. of
his early search stands fully revealed as
In the glare of an oleetrlo light. Jehn N.
Irwin, Governer of Idaho, hai refused te
accept his salary for the last six mouths.
He says that "he has becn unable te at
tend te the duties of the ofllce siuce July
1st, aud caunet conscientiously nceept the
pay."
MOCK MiV.
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Inte the 1 ml. Ice-lerllUii.l and bans
.Ji.1!,1.1,.'l "",wf ell unit Huimy duy.
Which brought Inte itie wtuter't rIeuiii the
rare
l'orvaslve halm and btl;jhtni'8set thn Mnvi
Ami which awolie uti.l wooed rretn thu re'
A beu, that setiuht a rteld ler summers swoet.
n.
Inte a lite hibernal, bleak, theie smiled
A million, us a beIi. uml gunny diiy,
Who weke u heart te bout tosvreol unit wild
Illusions nt udawnliiK, leve-m liny
Kieji wlnter, May-days, Bhndilerlng.Boeiiiiio
flml
Ullnil bee nnd heart l-tltat night the bee Iny
dead.
Uarritl ltobertten.
Tit report of the statlstleinn of the
agricultural department for the year 1833,
shows that potatoes, as well ns all ether
roots, nud eats hove grown luxuriantly
and yiolded abundantly. The corn crop,
en the contrary, shows a doeroaso of 12
per cent as compared with the avorage
annual yleld for a series of yours. The
wheat oret) W slightly in excess of 400, 000,-
000 bushels, nnd the cotton product Is
about 0,000,000 bale
The suggestion I. made te Mr. W. 11.
Vatiderbilt that en the- occasion of un next
reception he Hunt the number of his
guest te about one fourth of that which
regularly crowds his spacious mansion en
thesa occasions. Twe thoiiaed gnosis
entertained in princely style by oue man
may read very maguttleeutly, but It can
net b suppose I that thesa who are
pushed ami elbowed about lu thin sooth seeth
ing mob find the emotion very pleasura
bio. If Mr. Vaiuleil'ilt deslres te tniui-.'rr
te the comfort of his guests and uet te lit
own maguitlcenee, he will held all fiit-ite
reoeptleus hi sections.
Iiikland and her wrongs have bee me
such an old story that fevr cm b found
with pationce en vaa te inv-sti,Mte wme
of the eause of her discontent. As one
lllustrati m of England's injustice tew.iida
her oruslied subject miy be liken the
Irish pirliimeutary sytm. As a pure
and unidiilter.it I him, th's system i
eutitled tj the pi'in ntueug civilized ua
tlens. Iu our ou country, where but
ene of tlie states has adopted the jvep
erty quilttlcitien for voting, aud that only
with rofereuce te foreigners, one person in
overy llve of the papulatien h is a ve'". In
England ami S,j itlatid, where sujh prep
erty quilitloitien exists, the voter Is ene
iu overy ten of the popnlitieu, while in
Ireland, he'i stands especially in need of
intelligent representation, but ene lu every
twonty-tive are permitted te et -njisu the
voting franchise. England anil Soot land
were totter oil th.i-i Ireland In respect of
the right of rep.-asantitlen when siHeu
years ae the 7 demiudel ud eb'aiutd
thelr present privilege. But In splte of
thi'se adamauMoe obstacles the Irish pirty
in Parliament is stea idy growing ami it is
thought will number seven'y llve members
by the next .-essieu. Wero Ireland accorded
her Just deserts, equ il voting lights with
E igland and Scotland, sonie way might be
fa md for righting the grievous rrrers
she is suffering.
FEATURES OF THE SI ATE PRESS.
The Jiriminer favors mere trade uth
.Mexico aud its publisher has gene en te
see about it.
A fortune awaits the genitis wh can
put an end te snow blockades in city
streets, says the Pb.il vielphli Chronicle
Herald.
Tue Pettsvid Crun.fle thinks that no
two states in the union sheul I bi m re
heartily iu acierd th iu Pennsylvania atid
Kentucky.
The Philadelphia AVsntty TtUyraph
hopes that it will n.t be pjivbte " te
mike that old vile and lyin Bloody Shirt
the issue of the pres.Jennal etuest of
1334."
The Sprout in IlepubUwi deeLaresthat
"Legislatures miy enact liwi d mating
the bodies of piupsrs te uiddiea ejlleges
in the interest of soieuce, but tUey have
no authority te de se."
The AVv Em calls for the punishment
of physicians who d.sh mer a n b!e pre
fission by coacealiog ose of biuillp -x ;
it also n Irises that the N'jrtheru tnuket
hoiwe be rebuilt upon a site further north
ttian the present location.
The Li hz Iitterd prays that the time
may seen ceme when birthdays wili be
remembered with less lavishness and mure
sense, ami mirriiga csromenioi will be
performed without the bride and her
attendants wondering, as the preacher
speaks, who gave the ewiliust and haud haud
seracst gift.
I. I1UK XITI-
Ne Mr.ke lu the lutt Iii4l Kri;i(ini
Ofiijials of the lecil miners' nesoeuti u
denv the topert of an uitentten te strike
en New Year's day by the miners of the
Westmoreland, Blair, Uearfield, Bedford
and Huntingdon districts. They say th
mpu are net in a ouditteo te strike, as
theyhive had lutle work and poisess
soareily enough m int-y te bay two weeks'
previsions ahead
The Trades' cengres-, in tessinu at
lorento, lias unaulmeusly adapted i rese
lutieu declaring "the future wolfare of the
working peeple of the Djrainien requireil
the prohibition et further importation of
Chinese labor."
Three thousand ompleyosof the Nation
al tube works, at Melveespert, Pi, huve
deeided te aceept a reduction of UJ te 'J5
per fsnt. iu their waes after Jan. 1.
The annual repert of the earulugs and
expenditures of the Hoesao tunnel ler this
year shows a dellcicucy of J'-M.G J7.
Thu llrst tram crossed the A'chafalja
bridge, en the Texas Paodle railroad en
Weduesday. The strujture is 1,04", feet
long.
Tr.iiitini.i; rai.i.
t'lily Feel umvn lulu uu Old .lliue.
Peter Motzmger, ayeui,' m iu of Lwust
Gap, left his home for the .Monitor col cel
lieiy, auJ while joumeyiug .ileug the d irk
read, steppjd into a mme breach, foil iltty
feet, and slid te the depths belew. Befere
falling he had in his hands a pair of beets;
theso he threw, aud they caught en Heme
small bushes. A gentleman passing
near by observed the beets and foot feet
steps, aud gave an alarm. It .pes were
tied te soma brave turners, and thay ware
lewured into the cavern. At the bottom
they found young Metziuger, bruited aud
someless. Per teti hours he had been
calling for help, and 11 -Lilly boeame hears-i
amlsimseless. A large crowd had assem
bled around the broieh, and a teuclntig
sight was witnessed ai the young mvi was
restered tehls pirents. Dr. Marshall, of
Ashland, was summoned, nnd should the
nervous shook net preve tee union, he has
hopes of brluglug Motzlnger around.
Twe Ways te de It.
N. V Hun.
There are two ways of supporting a
party. Oue is by saying pleasant things,
ami the ether is by saying true things. If
the true things happen te be pleasant,
everybody likes them nnd is willing te say
them ; hut if they happen te be unpleasant,
many dislike them excessively, and com
paratively fevr have the energy te say
them.
Nothing that is said ean de any harm te
a party, If it is net true ; and If it is true,
It is uet the statement of the fact which
does the harm ; It Is the fact Itself, It Is
thoke who are renpsnulble fur the faet that
worked the mischief, and nut thone who
report It. Th reporter Is useful and bcr bcr bcr
ollelal, hoeaiuo he brings the faet te the
kuowledge of theso who nre most nearly
coucerued.and by whom alone the remedy,
If thore be a romedy, ean be elllcaoietisly
applied.
They who are deemed te sure- dostme
tint!, according te the book, are theso
"whleh say te the seers, See net j and ie
the prophets, Prophesy uet unto us right
thlugB, speak unto us smooth tbiigs.
prophesy dnceltB,"
FOREIGN HORUOKS.
THKMOIHIM IH"1UHIN .1 flint M
Tlii Mlilim' r-te-t immr Un ubifrnnu
Cells nml ljn.R nl Ci K,",
Mttiijtnr .1 a '"
Anether li.u renlrnt t iK- of suffering
oenifs from the H imu pi mom the
victim bsiug one Ne ' i if. a Nihlli-t.
sentenced in 187J te .'! - ai piUl seivi
tilde lu the luine i I Nh.T ll'eas
lever doperttid te Sib. ii v. but I. as imrje I
tl years el his impii". 'iim'iit m '1"' f''1
iressef Alexef Hav.lm. nln U is built ei
oneef the uiaishv mi'.ds in tiei.vei
Neva, near Petersburg lie h fucivnlie
in getlieg a lotter suiiuJl nemtlu
fortress aud ptibli-bed. whieli lul jr oe i
Ilims the revolutions if enult wlni
have incetitly beeu rna'e by pii""in is In
the fortress of St. Pet. r at. t -t. Paul an '
the TroubrtjikeiH.ist.oo. I'lie .hnn-e is
In wlueh the pn'Oeis me e !iiimd '
below the wa'er I. il in the .lj iiiuui
rlver, and are b' iter ly e.M aid dnip in
winter, while in summer tn.iiaila and
scurvy are frightfully pn'talent.
A new horror bs n been ad led te
these xloeaiy vaults , tV m" i a t w nu.-n
oentlned there are kep- ' mi P'e'r cells
aud ciriiders from .'i" .ar ei'd te
nuetber, outdoor exe eie nlucli ws
lermer'y allowed fei .me h.'in iu Ite
tweuty four, having l ' e iiuely as
pemlmt siuce the .iasiiiaiin if the late
czr. The prison ettiei us piact.ce the most
sbauioless extortions upn the pi i-rttitTS as
long as their money If, in d pnseneih
without money are l.-.t ,u h rs. rl sli nuil
ohaiued in the outer i nice "I e 'lis here,
between their bittles wub the w tei nt.d
the rats, they seju pe.is i
I -, Ml l IT.
Al Mwimt Alli;p.l funic
Thirteen hundred Kipi.iu tnvps have
arrived at KhartuU'i) ii-m PAsh'Hlii, meet
mg null no reslstanc i 'lie way. Tn-'se
trHps ralse tbu gairi" 'i at kuarteutn te
4 iXH) men.
Afninde slave, win w i riptured bv
El Mihdi after th elayn et tue Kaba
bish chief, her mastei, nn.l be reeutlv
ercapwi from El OtH' I, n ports that El
Mihtllis in great fear, ind Ins !--nt his
family te a place of it-ty, and that
the neighboring tri!. hie refused t.
htlp him.
Au etnssjry of Kl Ml. ti lixbesn ar
rested at Miuieh, aK' it 140 inllet. nbove
Caire, en the Nile, lis d !aid that it
w.is his iutcutieu 1 1 i pv.-i-d t Caiie and
Mecca.
Three th msaud
threatening Uaem
Ai i'h it j si,l te he
Tie Kvptian eiv
cip'iiri I !""-) bead !
airy at Seuikia has
oattle and 930 cami's I -1 'gmg te the
oeetuy.
The rebels are mcniciu Uiwaleb, and
an Egyptian guubtut wi 1 embark the
garrison and Inhabitant-. f that plaoe.
Trjlnc In unite Meney.
There is a repett gnierally ereditrd n
I. hk1 in that Egypt has i tiered te sell t
the btghrst bidder a C'ucssi.n br a
&cce:id Suez canal, ;i- 1 Ui it the oil r is
made te get fnud.s t .li-tiay the cxprnsvs
of the campaign iu tae mdan. Tin
campaign threatens m plange Egypiuii
linanoee imu a ra te h ples sta'e th.iu
rven their present oendmou. It is known
here that there would be n j tr mbla about
orgauizieg a cempauy wi'.huut going out
of Louden, which we.il 1 pjy a Urge sum
for Mich a oncKien it there were any
certainty of Tewtlk Pach i's boieg able te
deliver the franchise Between El Mahdi
ou the ue side aud M. 1). L-tseps en tl.e
ether, this would bcemdeubttul
Mera UyuttmliK f iplotlen..
There appears te b n revival of at-t.-mpts
in E.iuduu tedebtr y lile and prep
erty by thu use 'if txplecwe. Bcm.U'h the
explosion at Uitkenheed ud the uight of
the 2.h, a dyuamiu.- caitrule was ex
ploded in Barrack tret, Swrabane, County
lrne, lielaud, destroying the re if of a
h use A b x of exp' iv- , wi'h a fue
attache 1, has been ieuu.1 ou the trick uf
the Ouat Western railway, near Aimui
ster, Enlaud. Had a tram pissid ever
the boiaJviieiu expleaiua would have
tesucd
.1 llM.lllliH 4 KIOT.
Pour Men Killed t.t Unrber Utter, M. V.
Later piuiculars of the riot at Harber
Giaee, Newfoundland, siy that four men
were Willed and about 23 wounded, eight
mortally. Twe of the killed wero Orange
men aud two Catheucs. Oae hundred
spec, il e instablea were sworn iu yester
day morning te pieneive the peace, and a
pjlicoferco was bout en fiem St. J jhns.
At last accounts matters were nuiet in
Harber Grace; but it wm reported that in
the neighbor ug towns of Carbmear wild
excitement prevailed. " Mere than 1,000
men parading the strettn and preparmg te
march ou Harber Gr.i-a, atid crowds of
m-n were hurrying up irem the whole
extent of the north shoie of Conception
Bay te the sceno of the distuibauce. All
business places are closed and most of the
private dwellings are protected by bars
belts." It is rumored that the Government
has cabled te Halifax f ir troops and a war
ship Should the Carbetiear mob march
ou Harber Grace, a fearful cet.llict is ex
pected. A lUSHOP's M 1.1)1)1 Ml.
Tim Widow lit t 'eliirnn ittle llinj; Mr
riea lllli. W.wrcu
Bishop Henry Wanen, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and Mis Elizabeths.
Ihlf, were married iu Deliver yesterday by
iuu uigiit. nor. jjieu.ip r.rapsun, el rnlla
delplna, in the bride'n Imlt million dollar
heuse. The groom is a widower, with
thrce children, and was cleetfd bishop in
18S0. Mrs. HUT Is the widow uf the late
Jehn Ihlf, the Colerado cattle king, since
whose death she has managed her ewu
affairs, nud has b.iuome known as the
" Cattle Quceu," shipping 7j,Oue head of
cattle te Chicago each ear. At the recep.
tien iu the bride's remileticn many promi
nent people of Colerado ami from the Eist
were preseiii. i ii newiy weu-led pair
left for Cuba, via New and Old Mexico.
Mrs. Warren's him. marriage w.ih
romantic. Seme thirteen years age shi shi
left her home iu the Eut ' te makn hwr
fertune iu Colerado," jirovided with n
cortilleato as a sewing machine aent an d
prepared te icaeu sctioei. bhe went te
work In Denver, and oue day entered the
ollleo of Mr. Ilitf, then jtut coming Inte
promlneiico as a oiltle king. Hhn could
net sell amaohine, but she wen the young
oattle king's heart, and they were boeh
married,
ui:ui:mt iAi.s,.iiiriK,
A Uerlesut Hi. Acuidnnta,
Ileturnlng from sch ,d near Mr. Carrael,
Webster Hartlitie, aged iinm, and 11(h bu,.
ter, aged oleven, uttmnptrd te cress the
P. it It. track bofero the train. The boy.
was struek, run ever and killed. IIe wad
n seu of Daniel Hurthue, an cuginoer at
Alaska shaft.
Miohael Mulvey, Jatnes Grant und
Henry Beerinan was Hoveroly liijuied by
the caving in or a bank whlle digging
oeal In a mountain breach, near Glranl
vllle, l'a. Ucerman's recovery is doubt
ful. A tilelgh eentaing feui cuuplen was
dragged ever a preuipiea at ltoektown
near Ashland, by runaway horses, and all
the occupants wero Injuie-l, Jamca Smith
Ilenry Green aud Mary Ktehncr bo be
verely. A I might train broke threugU a bridge
near Coarletto, North Carolina, Josei.li
Hendersen, the llietnan was rcalded te
death, and William Kiuimem,, brakeman,
was killed by a ear tailing en littti.
Whlle an onglue was swltchl'tiit near
Clear Creek, Texas, It collided with u
baud ear, killing two moil nnd Injuring
two ethers, oue fatally
A lire at SiratiAO, Midi , destroyed nix
st ues, causing an estimated les of Jle.OOU.
It wns stat tid by burglars who set tire te
a janeliy stere.
A treiiiiMnUus thiiudcr storm passed
ever Ni w Haien, t'oiineetleut, at half
past llve o'clock Thursday uftorneoo.
l'he lightning was fri'ipient au I vivid, and
the thunder loud, wulte the ralu foil tu
torrents.
Tim dead body of Jehn V.uice lifts nr nr
tved In Ei l. Wnile at Dunkirk, N. Y ,
V.imw was shot iu the heart with a target
gun in the hauls of a drug olerk and lu
stantH ItlPed.
l'ait of a buliie-s blejk at F.wge, Dak.,
was buriieil en Weliusdiy, Ljjs, iii,
01 "U
Sniciiln Hint Oilier l)rluir
A dtp.icli from Hanover, Uernuny.
statetbat Cel. 11. It. H.ulibotie had killed
his who mid commuted siuolde. Deceased
w is connected with two prtimluent fami
lies tu Alb my, and his wife was the
daughter of Uuliud States Senater Ira
limns.
l'he body uf William II. Kirk, a herse
dealer of Cliiuluuatl, was found with a
repu tied tightly around his neck beslden
small stream near Ciiminliisvllle, Ohie,
ytsterdiy. It is Ojlieve.l he wai robbed
and iiiurdered.
Miry Evi Hout'ehk, 73 ya s el I, com
mitted suicide in Philadelphia by hanging
heise'.r. She canto Iretu Germany and had
been iu this country but a few mouths.
.UmkU 'tin r-rem ttin MMllery
(loreruer Butler had au Interesting ex
peri-uce during his receut stay iu Wash
ington, iu trjing te enter the Semite eh uu
bir through a tbhir, the keeper of which
didn't or wouldn't receitn.n him. " Yeu
can't go In there, sir," said the doorkeeper
" the Senate Is tu sessieti." Butler mure
ty growieti eat. iiu Matter, 'anil pjr
sisted In Ins ctlert te outer. " Oh, no my
antupiatcd masher," sitd the ether, with
u w ink at a bystander, "you can't play
me for a sueker. Scmiter Butler has Just
goue iu through this deer. Mash 'em
tiouithe gallery, my dandy." Governer
Butler was paralyzed ter a moment, and
theu, wheeling upon the ustouished door
keeper, he fairly jelled, " Butler of Seuth
Carolina, bed d ; lam Butler of Massa-i-huset'ji.
Gov. Butler, you iiupudeut
tool." and, amid the prefuse apologies of
the doorkeeper he entered the chamber.
C'ou.nciue t'uiui el Itie LcKlsUmrr.
Sixty-seveu members of the Heuso aud
thirty. eight Senators have uew covered
into the State Treasury $23,(531,1'), aud
fourteen legislators remain te preseut
their warrant. The senators have de
ducted from the amount of their warrants
i I D13.S0, aud the members of the Heuse
$10 710.00 Sautter Hall, of Elk. drew
JPiOO less thiu his c'atm, nud Hopreson Hepreson Hopresen
tatives Merrv, of Clinten, ami Hitand, of
Nerthuiubeilind. each $110 less. Messrs.
Bullitt, Clark, Gertuer and Kavauagh, of
Philadelphia, are among the members of
t te Heuso who have net demanded their
1 ty
ro IntcntlEHte ItrewMrr
Mr. Fyan, of Missouri, oue of the mem
bers of the committee en expenditures tu
the departmcut of Justice says : "I am
satisfied that there is net another commit
tee in the Heuse that will have as ge.xl
opportunity te make i reputation as that
one. If any part of what has been said
about the (.-xpenditures in that department
is true it will epeu up ene of the finest
tleids for Demoeratio political campaigning
that has lmuie te light sinoe the great
tii-lcy frauds. I, for one, propose te go te
the bottom of the alleged mlsuse of poaer
and the people's money.
HUliaONAL.
Gi.vnsxexr. will be 7t te-morrow.
Foi.eeu is liable te palpitation of the
heart.
P. T. Daknum says he has only ene dis
ease old ajje.
Cox aud Springer will net decline their
ehatrtnauships.
Gun. GoaDe.s', ex. senator irem Georgia,
has uiade his million.
Jehn Beyle O'Rku.i.y is considered the
handsomest man iu Bosten.
Gov. Ueadlt, of Ohie, is strongly op ep op
Iebed te the use of jowelry.
GneriGE W. CAiu.r.'s stories are being
printed iu a Paris newspaper.
Miss Clara Meam expended evor
il,-(XJ en Christmas prcseuts.
Aitcnnisiier PunciiE, of New Orleans,
died Thursday ui,;ht. He was 73 years of
a-e.
Piiksiuu.st AiiTiivit was glven a recep
tion in New Yerk yesterday by Stcve
Freneh.
Saulsuliiy is the only member of the
L'r.ltnd States Sonate who wns never
marrud.
Maut ANnEitse.N Bends the surplus (low
ers she roceives te charity schools and
hospitals m Louden.
Hlv. J. J. Pomeiiey, of Hahway, N. J.,
has been called te the Chatnbersburg
Presbyterian church.
M. Gjiiif.tta, the father of the late M.
Leen Gambetta, has married his pervaut,
a wemau -1.3 years of age.
Leoan and Maiie.ne are in Nuw Yerk,
and their icfusil te talk excites fears that
they have Buflercd painlysis of the
tougue.
W. I). Hewell, is uew forty-six years
of age. He is u little umler thu medluin
height aud compactly built with a leuden
cy te oerafortablo steutucss as the years
roll by.
Mas, Mattie Eddy, known as " Kit
the Tramp," perhaps the only foraale
tramp printer iu the United States, and a
remarkably last compositor, died in Clove Cleve
land, Ohie, Sunday last.
W. A. MoIiten ha been reappointed
deputy grand master of the Masoule order
ter this district, and A. J. Kauffman, esq.,
deputy grand high priest for chapters
.Tins, y.i or Lancaster, '-J ei uoiumeia,iuj
of Yerk aud 223 of Oxford.
I'LresEsS. GnNi, son of Itev. William
Jesse Grant, formerly of Illinois, aud a
cousin of Gun. Graut, has been arreatcd
at Dallas, Texas, en a oharge of burglary.
He was committed te jail, being unable
te give the required balPbend of $500.
IIlniiv VlLLAiii) has a son at school,
and the boys thore roeently get up a sub sub
sariptieu for the purpese of prosentlng their
teaoher w Ith a set of books. Yeung Vlllard
letuscd te join, saying that he would make
the toaeher an Individual prosent. And
he did se by handing him a richly bound
oepy of the history of the Northern
Paoille Railroad.
Vandeiuiilt, just bofero his late ball,
was going out ene aftornoen when he was
met upon the threshold of the ontraueo
hall by n bev leaded with packages
"What is this ','" he asked the boy. "Them
Is favors," was the answer. "Ge right
baek whero you oemo from," thundered
the great railroad magnate, "and tell te
who evor sent you hore that Mr. Vandor Vander
hilt docs net want no favors from nobody."
Itesv BeNiiEiuls out of danger again.
The dlsoase bIie suders from Ih constitu
tional, and must ultimately preve fatal.
ShollresatByo, a village In the Cham
pagne, among a mass of all kinds el
auiinalH. which boive her as medels, She
is nil work, and greatly dislikes te reoelvo
visitors. But ahe Is uaturally amiable
when she does recolve thorn. Bhe Ii new
01 years old. Her hair, out short llke that
or n man, Is perfectly white. When nlone
and at work bhe wears loeso treusers and
a werkiugniau'a bleuse. She was nover
married, and her fortune, whleh Is begln.
ning te be qulte large,wlll go te the numer
eiu children of her slster.
G. A, R,
IHUiAWiy, MIO.N Of a NI'.W I'llsT,
limit Tnek uml llean Sunn l.iilrrtiiliiiiieni
Th Ciiuituu Htntn laivniiipturnt-
'i ni ttin tinler AWniit.K
.Irmui.l ilia Cniup Htm.
l'er some tline p.int the oigatilit.illeu in
this city of a new pest of thu etdnr of the
Grand Army or the It'P'Knie has been
dlscus'.'d by many of the in no notlve
members of the eidcr aud soldiers who
never belonged totheoidiu. Phe agita
tion of the subject dually resulted in un
application being undo te the deparlui ut
of Pennsylvania for u charter.
Pollenlug are the names of the eharter
member : lliulen Piaukllu, David ll-duey,
Chris llaierstlek.Wm. O lCleller, Jehn V.
Sialus, B K. Mnyuanl, .leliu P. L ug,
Wm. P. Ilambr'ght, James E Crawford,
Jehn B Ling, Simiiel G. Urban, William
II. Iijbkleher, Jacob It itz .1 ihu W.
Zeoher, Themas West, lletiry .M Geiter,
Dav d 11 irl.ui, Win. M 11. ill. n 'ter. Ames
S. I'rbau, Eiiitimis Itathveu, A. Delict, It
O. MoDennell, E.iiinuel Kdliuger, Chas.
D. Tiipple, Jehn Bojle.
The charter inemb'irs will tueet en
Tuesday evenlnc lu the roeum of Weldler'M
commercial college for the purpose of elect
ing etllcers. On Wednesday oeiitug
Thes. J. Stewart, assistant adjutant geu
etal of the department el Pennsylvania,
will be in Iiine.sstei te muster the new
pest, which will be known us pout -IlKi.
Nearly one hundred applications fur iiietu
barshlp have been made, se lit it the new
pest starts oil' tindr llittenng oucntii eucntii oucntii
stauceH. Measures a-e b.lng tiken for th'i ergi'il.
Ration of anether uew pest lu Strasbnrg
borough, aud still auother lu Mount Jey,
This evening Geerge 11 Themas Pest
SI will have a be in niippjr te which tnivn-
bers or the ilr.ler irid .itlier old soldiers are
invited.
The sta(e uneiinpuieut of the order
wlurii takei plaoe iu this eity Pebru iry 0
aud 7 is oxpeeted te In very largely at at
teiidcl. Hetel aoeouiui') I itieiii aie being
iiipldly secured.
.SI .11 Id IIIINI.ll..
Tim fliilttu-Sinluiie Nuplinl l.sit Ktenlui;
The marriage, of Mr. Thetnis P. Galvin
te Miss Alie.) It. Malenu was selemuiznd
at St. Mary's Catholic chinch list night in
the presence of the immediate re I itivus and
Iutimite Irten.ls of the oeutraotlng parth's.
l'he bridal party entered the church te the
stratus of Mendelssohn's wedding unroll
in the following order. Mr Doniher, of
Philadelphia, aud Miss I.'zxie Miletie,
sister of this bride , Mr. .Jehn E. Malette,
biother of the bu ie, and Miss S'ell.t
Weutz, followed immediately by the
bride aud groom. Tue bride wan nobly
nrriyed m white s.itiu with beaded
front and tram, aud woie for lit r erna
meuts diiuieuds A tulle veil env.-1'ipad
her from head te feet. Miss Weutz
were a handsome white damase dress, and
Mi."s Lizzie Maloue u vielet colored silk.
Arrived at the altar railing, the brief and
impressive oeretnuuy et the Catholic
church was pronounced by Itev. Dr. Me
Cullagh, alter which the brldtl party
proceeded from the church iu iuveree
erder from tint in which they had on en
tered. A reception te the uewly mirrlcdpalr
followed at the rosldeuca of the bride's
father, Mr. It. A. Maloue. en Went King
street, which lasted until aftr midnight.
The happy cnuplu took the 1 a. in. train
for au extended brld tl tour iu the East
The bride is ene of Lancaster's best kuewu
and most popular s ictMy belles aud the
groom is a leading II irlst of Bosten.
i)t it ti in:- r.
Ker 1). A. 1. I.nvurt) Hurled.
The funeral of It-v D A. L. Laverty
took place in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland
Ce., yesterday aud it was very largely at
tended by mluisters of tlie Church et Ged
and thofe et ethor denominations us well
as friends. The services worn held iu the
Church of Ged, and were opened by Elder
Fex, of Mount Jey Elder S gler ettered
a fervent prayer, which w .s followed by
Elder Leng reading the scriptures. The
funeral address, which was delivered with
feeling aud caused many te shed tears for
the deceased, wa made by Elder C. Prloe,
of Harrlsburg. E der S-ilhamer aud C.
H. Ferney et the Ciun-h Advocate, made
remarks eulogistic! of the deceased. Thu
remains wero interred in the cemotery at
Shlremanstewn.
Denth el it Well Known Currtnue HmlilMr.
Jehn B. Aumenr, late of Strasburg, has
died ut the residence of his seu in-law,
Win. C. Herd, of this city, altera lingering
illncs i of a year's duration. He was aged
02 ; a native uf Strasburg, whero he car
ried ou the business of carrlage making
for thirty jeari", retiring from biiMitiesi
and romeviug te this eity thrce years age.
He was a widower and the father of seven
ehlldren, Mrs Heed ; Mrs. M. It. Waller
and Mrs. W. W. Ilildebrand, of btrasburu
Heward aud Harry, of this city ; Frank.
Iln, of Paradise, ut,d Heiruer, new living
iu Milwaukee, Wis.
Tin; iil.. vite ifj s.
An jiKllunniii Trnlest Irem llreiimr Slnrr,
Martin Buzzard writes a long Jetter te
the Inti.llwem'EU. which eheuifully ae
cedes te his request te excuee his " bad
spoiling "It la net as bad, by the way,
as a L'oed deal that is submitted te this
journal by voluntary contributors.
lie is justly ltHllguant.it an urimie re
cently printed in the A'ei Era, the
wrlter of which undertaken te preve
that theie has been bad bleed m the
Buzzard family for generations, nnd that
the notoriety earned by ita later mcinbeiH
is the result of liihcrltetl traits of charac
ter. On the contrary, Mart BajH, his
father, who was raised near Barevllle, this
county, by a man named Orayblll, waH an
honest nnd industrious man all his liie.
He was nover ncoused of crime nnd was
never in court, even as a witness. He lest
his life iu the late war, lighting for his
country, and his eight, orphan chlldreu
wero sent te soldiers' orphan schools.
He ascribes the family dorellatious rather
te the dUclpline of these Institutions than
te any transmission of "bad bleed" from
his forefathors ; nnd sajs that wheu the
young Blizzards Bought relief from it und
lied te their tnotber, they wre dragged
back by foreo nnd Biibjoetod te treatment
calculated te make criminals of tlieni.
Mart, who Is reformed and trying te
llve a butter life, admits thut he and his
brothers have been bad boy, but they are
net guilty of all the deviltry in the oeunty
nor of one tenth or that which is laid te
thelr charge. Iu conclusion he Biiggcsta
that If seme of the Buzzards wero em
ployed us watchmen at the prison there
would be fower escapes. And the public
will agree that Mart is about right.
A I'eaerviui: sjliarllr.
Thore are two or thrce families in
Mlllliu street who during the smallpox
oxeltoinont had te surrender and submit te
the destruction or thelr bed clothing,
whleh bad beoemo iufeoted. They Buffer
from the laek of it or a preper substitute.
Olean secend hand oevoring or any klud
will be noceptablo, and eharltably dispened
citizens may leave It at this olllee, with
the mayor, nt the station house or at 220
West Vine Btrcet in the nsstiranea that it
will be promptly and worthily bestowed.
Blnynr' Uenrl,
The mayor had aoveutoon eaBes te hear
this morning, thirteen or whom had been
Beut from the almsheuse te the lockup ou
oeraplaint of Dr. McOieary, the Biipeiin.
tondent. As the doetordid net appear te
teatiry ngalust thorn they wero held, until
neon and then discharged. Of the ethor
Tour oue disorderly was committed for
five days, ene-was made te pay the costs
and two ledgers wero discharged.
A Ollltlll.nJM l.MTKItrAIIHStl'.PT.
I'rclly 'lutiiemn lwu sliicln-j unit Other
li.tiT'Mii.u l.xerelti.f,
The Cliilstin.u. celebration of the Duke
fttu-et M. E. Sabbath school took place, lu
Fulton opera heuse lust evening. The
hall was well tilled and the exeiolses wero
r-utflt mining ii'id liihtriietiv.", consisting a
they did tu oieliestral iiiusle, uurisimas
carelH, atitheins, tableaux, s-ilptuie rend
lugs, deolatnatleiiH eud SiutaClaiismerty
makings. Thu oiiteilahimcnt epeurd
with n fine overture by the orches
tra, followed by u gi.iud eheitis
by the reboot, " Prnlse the L-ud." The
pister, Hav, ,1. T Satehnll, ellared
prayer, the Boheol satig "Stnke Yur
lluips," nnd the Christini giretlng was
t-llVetlvely read by .Mis Amanda Linden.
Ah the choir sang the ntithem " And tluie
wc re Shephetds." them wn mnsMitiil a
tableau of a group of shepherds watching
lliulr llauks by night. They had Revnial
llve Hlioep uu the st.ige with lliem mid th.
sceiie wa very realistic. The choir sai g
" Let it new go even unto Belli,
leheui " and u si eud hoeiio was
presented, representing the Bhepherds
befere the maiiger, the heIkdI ring
sluglug "Kuoel bnlore Htm." Then Mis
Shubeith read the story of the birth of
Jesus, and Miss Am.iudt Louden the
Htety of thn wlse men, uml this was fol
lowed by a tableau of the wlse men, cos ces
turned In oriental dress. A chorus by
the school, mid a scripture reading by Miss
Shubeith, were followed by iitiuther tableau
reptuseutlng the star nppe.iting te the
wlse men. The soheol sang "Let the
Heavenly Pettals King," and Miss L miles
declaimed "King Hered." Theu were pre
Hentcd two tubleaux, the llrst representing
"Hered nud his council," and the seoeud,
"Hered and the wlse men," and a third,
the wlse men fol'en Ing the star te Beth
lehem. All these scenes were very artisti
cally put upon tlie stage,
The second part of the pregratnum wns
uf a lighter character. Alter an overture
by the orchestra nud a line voc il sole by
Miss H.illie lleohteld, " Christmas at
Heme " was represented lu four scenes
the llrst showing the littte oues hanging
up their htecklngs aud going te bed ; the
scceud, Sauta Clans lu his ouiieus winter
costume lllllug the stoeklugs with
gifts; the third, ChristmaH morning,
where the whole tamily ure enjoying the
piesentH received, nud the fourth the re
turn of Sauta Claus te assist tu the dl.strt
button of the gifts te melt scholar present.
The gifts consisted of little baskets tllled
with oranges, bananas, grapes and coti ceti coti
lectlons, whicii the large number of elid
dren present rcceivid with every domoti demoti dometi
stratlon of joy.
Much credit Is glven te Dr. Wlthtrew,
eliairmnu of the commlttee of arrange
ments for the judgment aud taste display
ed by him In nrratiglug the progrumme
und putting the scenes .e iffcc.ively upeu
the stage.
i.l) Tin: H A.t sr.irlsi'iri
rmltiiK tlm llunka lur 18H3.
Itev. Svlvanus stall's Lutheran year
book for IS3I presi tits the following sum
mary for ir83 : The Lutberau chureh in
this country ha at prei-cnt 20 missienaiii s
lu tbe foreign field, nud 1 nalive ordained
luinisturs, with 2,787 ceiutntitdp.iiits The
total contributions through the foreign
mission beards of tbe general Hwwd and
general council have been ill 1,531, for
home mlssleus, $200,511, through thu vari
eim general beards, nud perhaps even
mere through the various district synods.
Fer church extension, the genetal
synod alotie having such a beaid, $1-10,-.3
It, with possibly a much mero having
been contributed after the organization of
the general synod (IS21) aud bofero the
formation of this beard (1833), and by the
various congregations und district synods
since. Parent education society, id Ifi'i'i,
and doubtless at the lowest cstnua'e, net
1-ss than twlce that amouutceutrbuted by
t'te d strict synods, wlueh new have this
work umler their porseual supervision.
Pastors' fund, $11 071, besides soveral
ether agencies for the care of the super
annuated and Intlrm. Fer the treasuries
of gonernl synod, geueral council and
general synod south, i')i 'Ml Immlqraut
heure (general couuell) $23,515. Of Luth
eran institutions thore are 17 theological
BPiniuarles, IS oellogos, 01 classical semi
naries, 15 young ladles' seminaries, 00
orphans' homes, asylums and Institutions
of charity. Or papers and porledloals thore
10 English, -12 Germin, 15 Norwegian,
J Swedish, 0 Danish. The general
synod Is composed of 20 district
synods, 8.i ministers, i,-i,ii oeugro
gatlens, 12U.201 communicants. The
general synod Cseiitl.) E13 ministers, 241
congregations, t7,770 communicants. The
general council, 873 ministers, 1,075 con
gregations, 205,020 oeiiimuuioauts Synedi
cal con fereuce, 001 ministers, 1,230 con cen con
greRatlens, 220,050 oemmuuicnutR. In
dependent Hyneds, 71S ministers, 1,070
congregations, 107,221 communicants
making a total of 50 synods, 0 550
ministers, 0,027 congregations, 800, ISO
communicants.
UKAIM.NU N KWrt.
t Intcret In I.nncaster.
The Lancaster and Philadelphia pchut pchut
zenbunds will be invited te attend the
ball of the Heading Bobutzenbund in Febiu
nry.
Mr. F. Pierce Mlller, olerk at the key
stone boiibe, Heading, has leased the Mer
ehiintH' hotel, nt Denver, this county,
owned by K. 6. Fasnacht, and will take
possession en the 22nd of January.
In the case of Hcv. E. V. Oerhart vs.
Jehn G. Kaufman, II. II. Muhlenberg,
Kichard T. Lear nnd wife, Judge Sassa
man, or Berks county, has filed nn opinion
dismissing the exceptions nud confirming
the mnster's repert. The defendants, co
partners with the phlntlir, shall pay te the
latter the full share of the dividend,
$l,50C, with interest from January 1.
1880.
-liiK i.Kr.N.ii.i.uuei.
Heinl-aniiunl ftlretlUB-l'-lrctleii et IIIIIems,
The Lancaster Mwnnorcher held Hh
regular Beml-nnnual meeting in the new
Miennorehor hall last oveuing and oleetod
the following named oflleors for the ensit.
lug year :
PreHldent Will Wolllseu.
Vice Prcsident Henry Deric.
Hce. Soeiotary Oeo. Pfeiirer.
Vice Seoretary Jehn 11. Ostormayer.
Cor. Seoretary Jehn Gee. Flseher.
Troasurer Goe. Jehn Boehrlngor.
Librarian Jnceb Wolfer.
Musle Commlttee Fred. Hoefol, Henry
Rudy, Gee. Pfelficr.
Trustees Jehn Oehs, Fred Iloefel,
Philip Dlnkolberg.
Standard Boarerfl Ambrose Ball, Christ
Hoefol, Wm. Itoehm.
1)11"1) 111' II IS 1.NJUK1IW.
An Imi'ieatnu llm Unknown Victim.
The unknown man who was struck yos yes yos
terday afternoon near Dillorvllle by the
ongiue of the Frederick uoeommodntlon
train en the Pennsylvania railiead, died
at the ceuuty hospital at 0 o'clock last
uveutug. He never Bpoke after the acol acel acol
dent, and thore were ue pajieis or ether
cll'ccts en his persen by whleh he oeuld
he Identified. This merulng Coreuor
Shifter empaneled a jury, proceodod te the
hospital and viewed thu remains and then
ndjoiirued until te morrow morning, when
the ompleyosof the tiain by whlali the
man was killed will give their testimony.
!'l en the Ice,
Mrs, Rebert Herr, residing at 501 Smith
Quceu street, whlle returning las evening
from a visit te her daughter, sllpped aud
foil en the loe en Walnut street, and bus
taltied severe injurles. She was taken te
her home where she received the attention
of a physician.
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