LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, WRDNICSDAY .JANTAKY 10, 1884.
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WEDNESDAY KVENINO, JAN, 10, IG04.
A. Iny TJiet i Onte.
The beautiful tlmea of tlie railroad
projector seem te have fled far nway.
The great fortunes which lmve been
amassed in railroad projects fllnce tlie
boom was started and the way pointed
outlnllie flrflttranscentlnrntnl projects,
still remain te many of tliose who
gehlevcd them, whlle from elhera they
have melted away. The latest crop of
operators have generally come te prlef.
Mr. Gould, 1 he chief of the railroad spec
ulaters, still survives, but net In a joy jey joy
eii3 condition, at all, In view of the
necessity upon him te dispose of his
stocks te people who don't want them,
notwithstanding the great profits which
Mr. Gould's Ilgurc3 give them. Ills
Western Union condescends new even te
solicit Philadelphia purchasers nt the
local beard, and hli Missouri Pacific
cries nlend for purchasers In circular
nppeals addressed te every hamlet In
the land. They will net come. Stocks
which have been watered beyond their
Intrinsic value no longer find eager pur
chasers. Ne doubt some dav the credulity of the
people will return, but their late exper
ience has for the pre s?nt paralyzed it.
One would thluk that railroad bends
which have been Issued In excess of the
cost of the read, would het lliul
purchasers until at least the read
had demonstrated its dividend
paying power. Yet It Is a fact that
nearly all the new railroads which have
been built in the past twenty years have
been built out of the proceeds of the
mortgnge bends ; many of them have
even been iqulpped with rolling stock
out of the same fund. The stock has
been Invariably the perquisite of the
projectors; and sometimes they get a
Bhare of the bends, tee. These who pre
Jectpd the Union and Central Pacific
reads net enl get stock and bends, but
a great land grant and government
bends, beside, with which te work out
their fortunes.
They did it magnificently. The land
grant benefkence te railway builders
cime te an tud some time age, and new
Congress is evidently determined te re
claim all that it can of what was se feel
Ishly squandered te make a few men
rich. Mr. Huntington will lns? the
Texas Pacitic graut, and the spolia'ien
of the favored companies will doubtless
be complete when this session of Con
gress Is ever.
When railroads can be built and tquip
ped ea their bend?, there is certainly no
need of n land grant. A great number
of railroads have lately been chartered
with the viewef constructing them upon
public confidence, net a dollar of the
projectors' money beintr dedicated te the
purpose, te which only thetr talents nud
brass are te be devoted Mr Vanderbilt
has a r.itlre'id In progress slew progress
by tlie way through southern Pennsyl
vania, which hns been contracted for by
the American construction company
we beltevu that Is the t Pie composed of
Mr. Vanderbilt and li's fronds, which is
te be eutrus'pd with any quiiitity t
bends ncccssavy te build the read Tiiese
very alert and enterprising gentlemen,
MfBSis V. L tscettuud A. .1. Cassatt,
ate building a read dewu the DeUwau
pgnlneula te Norfolk upon bends,
and bends only, of which enough
are printed te complete the read In
the level Funds it tra verse. If the tern
per of the times will enable bends, which
represent mere than the cost of the reads
mortgaged, te find purchasers, tins way
of building railroads will be as successful
ns it is easy and agreeable. But in view
of the disaster which has befallen the
West Shere read, in the collapse of its
construction company and the ceilnpMj
of its bends, with ether like signs of the
times, the buoyancy of new railroad
bends is net going te be great, and
consequently new railroad projects are
likely te come togrief. The projectors
of the West Shere toad were men of
Bhrewdness and of weulih acquired in
the uiiliead projecting business. They
made a geed read, but yet, h ive found it
n flnaiiulal grave. It is an experience te
be heidul.
TueSlar Heute MjMit.
There is smething veiy remarkable
about the rosecutlensof the Star Ileute
thlevia. Nobody seems te be able te
find out the real truth about them. The
most alert newspaper correspondents
have net jet settled te their own satis
faction whether the rrosecutlen is hon
est or net, or who of the counsel in
gaged in It are sincere. The country lian
had circumstantial evidence that some
of these Involved had friendly assurances
and reason te expect protection from
President Gat field. His successei'd
associations were Eiich that he was sus
pected from the stmt. Mr. Mae Wash's
withdrawal tiein the cabinet and the
cases heightened this BUHnlclen; he has
been the subject of vague hints and
Inueiidues ever since, ids friends inti
mating that he distrusted the new ad
ministration's Binceilty in the presecu
tlenniulhis enemies maintaining that
he had get Inte deep water nnd leek
ft'lvnntne of the change of executive te
get out. Then Cook and Glb3en, who
had been the mainstays of the govern
Hient's case were frown out, they
changed sides ami their relations te the
case have been the subject of contre.
veray ever slnce. There was nothing re
assuring te the country In Gee. Ullss'
appointment te the direction of the gov
ernment's case , and events have proved
that se long as he nnd Mr. Ker get $100 a
day nud munificent allowances the end
of the Star Reute cases will never come.
Meantime the public Judgment gropes
blindly in its effort te obtain a true
insight Inte these remarkable cases. It
is plain that the attorney general knows
nothing about them ; nor does he lmve
any interest in his office except te make
ft ridiculous display of hlmself and his
magnificence. The embroidery of his
table covers, the frills en his shirt, the
upholstery of I1I3 omea furnlture and the
yellow wheels of his equipage nre the
culer concern of his eWclaUlfe. The in
formation which the pcople seek must
came from a rigorous congressional in.
vcstlgatlen. They only knew new that
their money has been lavishly spent and
Justice thwarted. The New Yerk
Times, the ablest newspaper of Its party,
advises Congress te "go straight te the
Heart of tlie Star ltoute trial farce and
lay bare the real causes of the govern
ment's failure." This Is geed advice,
and the proffer of it Indicates a knout,
edge of "real causes" of failure that the
public are net acquainted with. Mr.
Merrick, tee, of the government ceun
sel, esteemed alike for honesty and
ability, says :
' Thore are sorae le.-idlug tu-n who have
been In sympathy with the thieves, and
who have obstructed my course, embar
rassed my fiction, and sought te intluence
the ndmlnistratieu el justice in overy way,
e nllew the indicted scoundrels te escape
I have heard that Kellogg has threatened
te tell all about the transactions of 1870 in
Louisiana. I de net knew that he lain
made thin threat, but I urn certain that he
could tell a great deal. If he would, that
certain pern en a I could nanie would net
UWe te hear."
"If tboydrlve Iliewster from the cabi
net and neck te make clear tlie oelitical
I n line nees which surround every btcp of
'he prosecution, they will learn something.
It will take tlie seal from my lips in pri
vate and upon the stump next summer. I
sbaM have nethl g te say upon the Hump
against the administration. It has been
sincere, but tht tin of tht nrextuticn cm
bi laid upon tht Jirpublietin party. II
Springer is In carnet in this investigation
and cheeses te come te me, I will talk
freely. It is tlme for everybody te un
mask. They are doing DrewsteY a great
wrong. In all the Infernal torments 1
have had in this business I hate known
that the attorney general has been auxieus
te vindicate tbe law."
Thus far Dersey, Rrady and Kellogg,
conspicuous Republican pelltleini:s,!uve
escaped. It is " time for everybody te
unmask." If the thieves are te get off
the public has at least the right te knew
the teasen whv.
Gov. Cleveland has pardoned a
man under sentence of twenty years im
prisonment for rape in New Yerk state,
who had been in jail since lS7e ; and.
after a very geel cusem which t.be gev.
erner fellows, he accompanies the pardon
with a statement of his reasons for ths
cxercl.se of executive clemency. Tl e
mewst notable of these is the observation
by the governor that the c.n? against the
defeudant was determined urvu. the did
ing thSt he had upm the day the aIigM
offense was commuted a&icdr c-'npd
b?ard. as was charged by the victim and
described in the warrant ; weere.w j.ue
he hss been n prison h'j bevird Uas lvc
allowed te grew, and its cW-r proved
te W a very prwiunii buck. T
wonder is net that the maa fczu We::
pardoned, but tra; it should Lavv taken
the author ries eight years te ikive ob
served the fact upej which h.s parJea .
basd and te have concluded iiis inno
cence therefrem.
Tuc decadence of the Clie idea a-d
the downfall of the Ohie man in Repub
licau politics, are illustrated in the fact
that of the members of that party in
the Ohie Legislature only two etes
were cast ter Fester for United Suites
senator and the ether ferty-seveu were
blank.
Chicago has a larger proportion of fnr
eun born population than any ether cit
lu thw ceutrry, excepting Sau Prauc.se,
with its Chinese.
Lka:; men may take hert n-un. A
love'y Philadelphia girl haa fallen m leve
with uuil nurned the " Jivng gkeleten "
in a museum in that city.
A btati-.ticl fiend has catiicnteil tLe
numher of pbjMcum m the veilil -u
103,000 S.nce the declaration el Solemon
no one ha attempted te cempute the
number of feels the earth neurihuh.
Seme juicy devel jpinenU of thillllug iq.
t-reit te present Itepubhcau sutesmen
my be looked for when the II mse cjiii
mlttee en espeudltures in thu department
of justtce beiua te luvestigate the ex
P'u03 of tbe Star Unite trials.
ManTLANn has meiiib odd Uws. The
ether day it was iccalled that preachers
w. re haired out of the Lislatnre, and
uew It nppjariith.it tbe United Sut.s
suater for tbe ceinhij; term must ejmu
from the eifcteru shore.
Tni: qucUieii of accepting paiscn might
te be settled forever wlien we read that hu
geed a prepbet as Jenah paid m his join
m) tag wherever he went. Fer we read
in Jenah i, 8 : ' mid he found a bh.p
guiutf te Tirshluh ; se he piid the fain
thereof.''
old nnHSAe.
ii 1 . ' . ." 1 rt'iiiit tii my couth,
uiii iiiKl 11K eniului italOH. uml awlnulmf slum.
A ml Oh hie IU,-. ii,i,n 11 tlum.uii.l tube"
Atom) , hluw 11 leml, unit ui sill IiIh-ii
U, IP. jlunyny
Wkawii is eHcapiug taxation mere each
year. The cauans of 18S0 hIiews au in in
ciease in the assesied valnn of real estatn
iu the Uiilted States of 0,073,000,OOO out
that of 1600. Iu the same tlme the alna.
Hen et personal property deellued 0110 0110
feiuth. A crown of glory awaits the man
who ean dovise a Bohemo to'make million,
aire bondholders bear tbeir portion of tlie
exi 0 ises of government.
Tin: Committee of One Hundred iu
PhlladelphU yoaterday nominated Jehn
Iluntur fet tax recelver, and loselvod that
they would support ICIug for unyer if the
Domecrata named him, as they iindoiibt iindeiibt iindoiibt
ellywill Things are getting warm dun n
thore, nnd the Heptibhaaii bossesarosj
het at Stekely and ether " belters" thut
at the annual meeting of the Union pis
eeuger railway this woek Leeds net only
turned his haak 011 Htokely, but tried te
beat him for director, and ran him O.OUO
votes behind his ticket.
Tun avorage jwpulatlen of the oeantry
te the iquare mlle is 17.29 j the meat
dousely soltled state Is Rhede Island, with
204 87 ; Pennsylvania has 05.21. Of 100
principal eities, Linoaster jatiklng 77tb,
this city shows next te the smallest milli
bar of persens te a dwc'llug. New Yerk
exhlblta the highest avorae 10 37 j next
oemes Hobekon, N. J., with 11 02. In
caster has 0 03, ami
the only oue that
owing is Memphlm
is owing te municipal
makes a better hhewl
lenn , 4 08, but this is owing te municipal
a nit ut the luiiiee un the linzun ttiHHi
I'iu IwtoiillUuOtilUlieliltlMlie lul,i luml
ldUitti.ti,ilien,,uit,ljLjniniu.irKii,,,,rt
1 .'.'Ir1'"8 '"? .'"'"", "ireuirn every enuu nune
1 1 in 1111. bltnilH. uml mail.u i.m.i. , "il
1 inliiirii lniv I114 un ii, .i, 1, .,.?... -;,..;. '
-.-. -... u.i fiiiut n iiiint
binkruptcy, and net te prevailing domes
tie comfort
A tiikvtiiv e.iinpiny dolnyed by a rail
r utd collision In tJeergla failed te meet
their enRrtit' meiit ntid tbe management
had t u fund 4288 te diannpeltited ticket
h llders ; the Jury, upniiasiiit ferdamugrs
agiunst the railrenl, aw irded tlni whele
amount te the dramatic mauiger The
supreme e nirt, howevt r, reversed the
lower court and held that the peculiar
n.ittt e of a p,ieiier'rt busiueps could net
be cousidered unless it was made known
te tlie railroad cemp.iny, and In this case
the 0 mipatiy having bad no such notice
at tbe time it sold plaintiff tiekett for
truiiputitieu of himself and cempau;,
pUintilf could ret ttcavcr mero thin the
pilce iid for the tickets.
H" the 1.12 33J nattvobern population of
Lancaster eutity by the hint cuntum 129,
031 weie born te Petinilvaula, 303 In
New Yeilt, 193 iu Xuw Jersey, 1 250 In
Miry land, 200 m Ohie, 101 in Virginia,
137 i 1 Pel w 110, -19 in Massjchusettg, Gd
in t'ouneetleut and 12 111 West Virginia.
Of the 7 0(15 foreign born pej illation 30
neie born iti llmisli America, 427 in
Enuluidiiud Wales, 1,002 iu Ireland, 37
in Scotland, 1 iu ether Uritish pjse.sieus,
5 Ut ie Ui-rmnti), 100 in Fiance. It in
S'Tccden and Norway, 1SI iu Switzerl mil,
1 in 1. land. Of tbe inhabitants of this
country the females exosed the 111 lies by
ever two theuaud, which ditfi'ionce is te
be found entirely In the respective cl isses
evjr 17 )cai of age.
FfcJATUniSd OK THE S3 I ATE PKES3.
The Pittsburg TiUyrapK notes the grew
lug number of female patentees and re
jeices.
The I'nttsville Cfire'iide doubts the
wiidem of iutrodiieiug German iu tbe
public --oheo's.
The pirty cijc n ! every year fallmg
me e and mere 111:0 disrepute, in tbe eel
niaiien of tbe .Vrif ii,Vi.
Apropos of the Nim trial, the flirris
bark.' 'ifnef ibirts that justice be tem
perii bv mrcy i.ad net by sentiment.
The Phil idelph'a Ilteerd adva!es the
w tipping pvst pauisbmeQt for tbo-e who
cenmit highway robbery with violence.
The as Chester Rp.:?a "hop-8
Nutt wtil etcape punubment." 5Vby u-e
the term ' puDishmeet " if N'utt has
c ain'i!tii tw erim t
Tl IVm --:c f-utt a PhiUit jL
is. Pt i- . Xht tt'. prvp of :b? l." '-uta.v
C.r w. Uf i i
ay ii -' ::if j Pj l.t
TJiirMfc ijarte.-'T.
' Ihvia': ke-.w t m .wi.. . . be
ti. rrl e: ct te J'wy. tt. tb Ilrt'e- !
tee fi.t Sptbf. if Dne.-Ai5 jjnt
qn-t filing w-.Ui :h free trsde pwel.
The Pa.Jiile'phia I'.qt.rtr thicks that
nearly twenty years after tiic war it is co
wiw or noble ftelm which prompts new
aad eoerru.Mia pension raids up in the tas
payers ; it is a corrupt political ,ao;ive,
ami sh)nid b denouneoil from eae end nf
the laud tJ t'.e ether.
l'tSUbUHAL,.
Mm.
I-avetuy has gene te heuekrcp
doraely n New YjrU. Freddie
Uebhard is lelt.
SE.NVTOH Mobten s'atue wan nne lei
I.) IiiduiLupel.1 uu Puesday with ft prepri
n'e ceremenifcs
J.iyni F. Dew., -ft, formerly of this
01'y, has been appointed district c nirt
clerk at Hinsdale county, (Jel
So'ATen Loox's r.'lvue te hn son
"He a geed boy and grew up te be a greit
and geed man like your father."
Matthiw Anvei.D en his iituru t.
Eiglaud, will beieeietary of the education
dpirtmeut, at a salarv of 410,0 a year
GF.neE II Vasdeheilt grows mere
melancholy t ve-y day. The young man
s'luns society and bpeeds ncirly all et bis
time iu his tiHy poring ever books.
Sf.ssKr Cox, it is siid, will wnte a pe-
liucil histe-y of the oeuntry from tbe
timoef lliulnvinn's administration, for
which be m te be pud nbmt 475,)00.
Senvteh Allisen has been reneminated
by th.) U nblicans et the Iowa Legisla
ture ; P.iyne has bcen elected 111 Ouie.aud
iu Kentucky and Jlaryland thore it no
cboice as j ft.
bin Antheny Mr ehavb, m hU official
rep ut en the cotiditien of tbe islind of
Jamaiaa, notes that nn nn avorage fifty
eight out of every 100 children born are
illegitimate.
Jamks.J. IUnrLAY, tl.e president of the
beard of initiators of t'.e Philadelphia
hiuse of refuge, was given a handsome
ree ptieu by Ins fiiondsen Tuesday outhe
occihten of his 90th birthday.
Govniseit IJni.L, of Texas, en nssuming
his seu, hdgaii his inaugural address with
" Fellow eltizsns : In the chaste and
hiauiifiil language of Jeb, ' New is the
winter of our thscoutent undo gloneiis
bummer by this sun of Yerk.' "
Ur.imeF, llvxi uei'T, the eneiabla his
teriau leeks rs though he has just stepped
out of an old piature. He is a very
straight iiiui nnd wull formed. His hair,
still long and thick, is paiTectly white. It
falls ever a small white forehend iu a long
gracuful curve. His sham eves leek nut
of ueld rimiin d spectacles evor a mustache
and Ien beard, thick, silky and whlte.
like his hair.
.MThlll-ll.Ntl llltUTAL ASSAULTS.
A lUrmiennty Trin, ruliril In nit r.nuru
t Ciiinmit Uriiue.
A tramp named Ilcrst, employed bv Mr.
Wooing te nut wend.in Shartlesvill, Uerks
reutitv, attempted a btutal assault upon
Mr. Ueeuiu'rt wife ami her mother duriug
nis iiiiKene.). railing te aoeompllsli his
ternbli) il, signs he threatened te tnurder
thein. The frightoued ladies inshed from
the heiiHO and sereamud fnr help. He thou
called at thn residoneo of Ulley Hout, about
two milts distant, and asked for a night's
lodging, which was granted. In" the
morning, while Mrs, Hout was milking
the cows, the brute oame into thu stable
armed with a large clasp It info, and under
threats of liking her life nttemptiiil an
11s1.au It The plucky woman liowevei,
fought desimrately and soieimod for as
sUtance. Her ories were heanl by her
husband, who piemptly responded, nud
tbe tramp was driven away at the point of
a nelir. The jcople are terribly en
raged, and It is ropertod oll'erts will be
made te nppieheud and lyneh the foeuu
drel.
Iliiligeil fur Fllty i;enti.
Jehn P.lfers, who shot Dan llngcetty,
bocause the latter would net pay him ility
eents which he owed him, was hanged en
Tuesday morning, at Walla Walhi.Wyeni.
Ing territory.
A l'rleit llurueil 10 lleutli
TllO lirOSbvtOl V of the Catholie nlnirnl,
' it Hayou du Large, Tone Houne parish,
' 0 '. WM li,,,,'l en Bunduy morning. Hev.
. l'atllcr l "'"tarot por.shed in ths iiames.
JAMES NUTIVS TlllAL
.1M1MOMU) huh rilf. IK Ut.s nit lllMt.
run I ram nil leu l'r,ie Hrlpmimir I'Klei
rrmtirr I rler In Ihr KnlO'4 uml
Het! Illrlr I '.
The trial of James Nn't ler tlie killing
of Nicholas Lvtiiau Dakes be."i" I'nti
burg Ttiefilay inenntig luumnse crowds
thteng Iho ci tut room and crrat interest
is maiillesttd iu the rcsu t. I'he pieweu
Ii Hi i'iieil tbe cise 1 1 il'u'g ' D
He) d, a civil eii);iiiii. ' in t '' I'"'
dinwiurf of the "round e it' r, ' th"
scene of tlie death of Pukes I'm' di iw
mg was shown the j'iry. with rxp'ainti 11
of wlnre 2,'utt steed ivueeahd nn 1 the
diirctieu of PukeV npi.'.ieh, t 'getbei
with the detai.s of the 1 1.1,10 nenl tint
followed. Willlam.ti Hi ns, of t'litentuwii
who steed by Nutt win n 'Ii" shorting el
PiiUt s oecurri'il, was i-i"'d and testihVd
that en the eveuuig 1 I tb" "h "'ting b"
1111 1 Janus Nutt en the p'Kt 111' iviiur ;
the two ste.'d there a while uuiihi n went
te Broadway urn! sepuatcl . Nutt
again 011 the corner of Ma n and Pittsbaig
streets, going into the 1 ew diiitf si, ire
bui'ding. In thi fr ut e' i'i- bud ling
iie pos's mx or e;li me'ies njnaie
Tbe plan whs here bhen the witness and
he designated the spd wh'reN'ntt was
stand mg when he Ii .1 t!e tln.1 shot
Tbe witness was stan !.!'' 01 tin' ether
ide of the san.0 ,'t. Thiy bad s une
oenvrritiiin. Several jeisins passed,
sotne of whom the ihi ro'egi ited.
The witness knew Nidi ''.is Linii'i Duke
by sight. When Duke 1 wisl Jim st.e
nt him Jim was stand. -g nthc pt by
tlie sill Af'er the ti s' h 't ' "' '''',1
again Tne wbnewd'l 1 '' knew what
lollewed the seoend .li ' Hu'i Pukes
ami Nutt worn ruutiing u.erd thpoerni"
when the first and venl shuts were
lired. They wr re ab nit tight Uet pit.
Witness didn't j;e n.. 11 d the e irn, r
right away, but heaid ttioie wne tu re
hhetA Died.
Piank Peg-. Iho 5 1-nun, te'd the
story of the eboe nig ni'".'autially us be
told it nt the crener iruuest, and saie
"When 1 arrested Nutt he rrnstt d 11
little, but as seen as lie reei.'i -d m he
h i di'ii me the revolt r 1 : 1 s mi . ' Take
it ai. d take me te j id ' A't r we started
t iwanls the jail I tA' 'Jim you're
dure bi 1 wrk. Yeu'w t, ",.l Dukes a'.d
prnbablv another iu in ' J 1 n replied .
' I'm eny f"i the t'i, r ivim , but as h r
Dukts, I couldn't hf'p 1'
.l.lllli stilt I Mil -itut.
With the exception 01 J hti ilesaiiere
the teetim iny et tbe tiltieu or twenty
ether witnesses tint . t I flei materially
from the nbore or what has already beeii
published. Missuiere s a l.ttle bv, uiue
years old, and his tt t 'n.m, told tu a
straightforward man n r w h mr a break,
eiii-td a sensation. H sa.d that he knew
h w ter -ad but did i.i e "e church. He
a ' t-at tel'.nur an ui.r'i w u'd 6 ml
i "u te a bad plaee. H.' w is sw irn by tlie
-d hime!t. ib' m. i he lfinen
-vvi the kd'ing of Dikes O 1 'he af er
- ea of the dsy of tLi- ki Im he was at
N .:: t house piaying 'h Wuhe Nut, a
' t his own age. lie sw ii'id htrd
$ -z. (hetiig done. He sau l.m Nutt
-v:'t. at a beard with bis Uncle. Steve.
Th NiJ was agair.st the carnage h us
.'. r wmch is xirt of the ttab.e. They
were te or three yards awav, or ns fir
as frtn the witnesn te Mr. Piayferd.
itce ether man the t.y did net knew
was with Nutt aud his uuc.e. They ba '
tn.) pistols. Ileth men used the Mine
ii,tel. They hit tlie beard they shot at.
They shot four or llve fines. Attcr they
C"t through sheeting Jim went into the
house and h.s Cuele reve went home.
Uuc'e M'eve told Jim n t te full, said the
boy. He said it j 1st before he lett. This
was all that w. u hs heard.. Jimes Nutt
was en thepeich the titne bis uncle speku
te '.nm. A number of e'ber witnrsses
supported Me smere's st ,ry ty -i:ii'
tliat they h'ud sheeting t.'i Nat.'s)ari
.it tLesime ufiernceu.
The prosecution here rested their cue,
but will ptebably present sera-' new wit
nesses te day. The defense uet being
qui:e ready, by permission of the prosecu
tion the ease was held ever until te-day.
During the afternoon Souater Voerhwa
arrived, in company with Ciptniu lteudi
net, the Cherokee lawyer. The pnsoner
matutaics hts qmet reserve. He has bceu
ti e recipient et a number of letters from
persons throughout tbn ceu .try wishing
him vrelt.
The target prac'ice by Nutt en tie ,iay
Dukis was killed, which was referred te
by Beveral witnesses, was explained by
James Wells, an ut c:i of James Nutt.
Mr. Wells says the lite dp-am Nutt took
gteat mt rest in maikhmanahip, aud that
belore and after his d -atli a party would
gather n the baekyaid at Nutt s heuse
aud iiidulge in target practice. The words
"don't fail," spoken by btephen Nutt,
had no rolerency te Pukes.
Dr. Ayers, formerly et tlie Dixmont
iusiue asylum, wh examined Nutt last
Minda), says Nutt's mi id was tindenbt
edly unsound.
1 un ui.uh-iiii.n iiL'itiii:
.1 M'ne deserter in tlin ir,itiwn .lull win,
Is .-iiltJiit)il ut 11,0 Driiiin
The murder of Samuel G. Clugsten ut
Valley Forge In Aunl, 1SS1, again comes
te the front. Suspic .n has Ujr attaehml
tiWm.H. Atkins, wLe 11 oenlltitd 111
j til in Norriatewu, Tu eu'einpt of court
ler note implying with the mrt's dectee
te support bis wife, wh . ha 1 ehargsd him
nub desertien. lu Uiy, 1 Atkins
was employed at I) jsmii.tt.iwu, Chester
county, by the Petinsylvmii railroad
uempauy. He was seen una tlay te IejI:
Ter sonietliing lest at a spot where a 0 .py
of thoTetonto Ectrnnij Xutj, dated 51 y
dot that year was leuu.l, upon thimaigin
of which had been w.ittt-n the follemuL'
lutttr : h
"line my rospects te folk m L C and I)
nnd gtve my leve te thu e'd gA n ),, a.l
delphu. I lmve 41,700 m counterfeit
van ou 1; i 11 way sun it ir I 8ei,cl (t le
you ? If se, ene word and I Send it m a
package of papers. I will wiite no morn
jaon.vnet papers. I will wnte no morn
low. Don't wnte in a letter or pat,d
jai.l, but de all yem writing ti,u.IHr
ou send. Don't let it be ku ,wn lr Ued's
UUIV.
ca
i
n.me. iqii nan U'liei cjtna out. Yeu
can gut a job tuuning ,ln 0,110 en these
beats, as they want engin Ktn very bad I
have 0110 myself. ;iV10 ,, e-2 '
and beanl in it. That it .m i ........ ,
V.,11 Irnneu Wlmn . .... " 1,,luuul
mO"s S-HUI4 .Ml,
ttt "i"."'1 7n,' write te
net at. Jehns. If they get any
j"' ........
Terente
ene nrrcbtei! en
fllKIlinilin UAn.l . ..
ristewn paper,
, ' .".."" nui a ier-
f riuial 5Vlll. let. nn ,
uiuu IIIIDI II, u UUWSIIIpr r W fnnn.l 1
missed by Atkins h-SeU ,S 'S
known, announcing, however, that he was
going te Texas, He returned in th,? in
but it was found tint 1. i,,i. '
iMUbiirg ami i t.5hSr5 ?? e!
Matylaud. Near y a var .,,. 1
arrested en cemprint ftteViAVS
sortieu. Sover.il lottets w Z,0 , r "
Distnet. MtnW .W"1,bJ' him tO
a...... ..1 .1
ixi.t vuin uiiiuiuii wis fiuiillr,,,.. 1 1 :,
Judgment of experts en han w n u,u,U
Atkins Identified the cm ieff ' '","., m"'
the murderer as that et her h, k1.. 1Ul l)y,
the picture found iu It a, ha u 5 ""
nnd her child. 8I.0 did 1 et k, ,'l'rS.?lf
tlme that the articles ii TJZi, m U,
found at the Olugaten wsWe. " lm,,1bl08'.'
been the property 0 the (! 1? ,mul ljaa
de.ei. After Atkins- imD,te"te FT
was questioned ns te thTm ,men, . I0
11wiKUi.1l letter, hut he dome 'liT1 U,,
....... . IU u ,,, U1D , Hen
s bio. Let me knew whether them is any.
thing said of the Valley ,rK0 " auf
Hektepdark. Tealiie.,,1, y iVi.,."
from Wm. McO. ' " AlIll'.
ITIW1M l 11111 rt-Nl ip.iIa
oh0lieVo.,aVAtl.nT8hiV8:frim
. n!,,.m lU W '" "ie Terente A" '
I fesinil he wrote the letter, but could glve
! no ee d explrtii itieii for se doing. An
linpntuit itneH says he boheies that
.VtUlnsi Iho iti)trtleUH Abbett, hut Jim.
Mit IIikui'ii 11 'd te identify the pi isoner
its nidi
til M I"" "MllltNt.
1 iistriie 1 'limit s Wtj llir.itrn tint
I'be returning be 11 1 Ilie. In Hariisbuig
yrsti rday and iviuputed the returns of the
NiiTeinbei elieii.ni ler state treasurer and
nudum nvi tl 1 no be ltd had 111010
eiiti'i'li) i.i in 1 mug at a oniieluslon
111 thiJ eempi' hi in of tlie etu
.' tint nudi 01 giiH'inl and UUt (reas
u.cr than itsiitl Tins resitlted fieni the
1 .eiMiplete returns from Lur.trtie county
1'liere was a tulii.e te larwnid a sealed 111
turn te the 1 lll.'e "f the sectetnry of the
oeinni.invv, atih I'.ie prothetiotary of the
e.'iinty was lepeatidly rtqui'sted te cover
the d.ll. n nee, hat no apparent attontlen
was pud t ) the d, m inds, nud nfter a long
tliki'uwieii the vote of LiiEoriie county was
ilinurn out, itnl thu miijeritlrn of the
It.'piiblie in 0 indi I itns for auditor gener l
And state tnn-iner wert) largely increased.
The vote, as ami niueed. is as follows fellows follews
S'nte tieasurer, I. mv, 3111571 : Powell
WLl".' , Miisli, 1120; Heward. 0 370
A11 lit.irem nil, Ndi's, 1111,005 ; Taggart
.".i: 078 , Keid 1 nn, 0,418 ; Kyuder, 1,-1 17
I'lieie was si.ue auiusemeiit ever the
pv of th' c mimittoe. Seven huutlred
deiUis had b. ei- appropriated, aud, at the
suggestion el t ..erner Paulsen, who
pi filled ever the count and who desired
1. 1 educe the t puses of the beard, only
tn. ee el. iks wen- elected, Thus 11 Ceeh
Lie. H P. rite a-.d Geergo D. Herbeit,
win., at pun -is uiLVHtiigs thore has
iltdji ti. t n nieie. Tins action of the
ijteriier enlv iiicieased the pay of tlie
members, as a committee was appointed
dining the iiu-.'ting te ascertain tbe
am. unt of pay unach, including mileage.
IW the top ti nl t'ie committee tbe clerks
w. re given J.J.5 an I mileage, and the mes
seng. r the same. The bal.iuce netted
U.'J te eae't ..f the fourteen members
, 11 t 10 of then mileage, and nil took the
pn f t the I- w hours' work except the
govern ir and In.lge Simoiiten.
The governor was net ploieed at the
, xpi s- of the w rk entailed, and admitted
In was beaten 1 1 tns elicits te curtail tlie
I xpeust.s 11 j signed the warraut for the
in tiny and .'..' commission adjourned
an r inv a U.iuutt.
.) I u MtluhllU'r mi -lr,t ,r Ills l.lle in
r..lt,ill.
1 he tn il et I din Steiuhllber for the
h siting of l'u..uias Ivearns, at Asblaud,
last Neveuibe., begau en Tuesday. It
will occupy the remainder of the week.
Ashhud had bem terrorized for a ) ear by
a tueb knew u us the "Lynx," who beat and
otherwise I'ltrei'cd jieoplecauglitout after
duk, paitiuu ii'y men who had been
dunk -ig t ... imly. l'heir rallying cry
i "it." ' 111 November '21, bte.n
hilber had b'en toOirnrdville, and, return-
II g at tnght te his home, a suburb of
Ash'and. was p . meed upon by four or
live ).mug m -ii who grabbed him and
sh.ut.tl " Ue,t " He realised that he
was 11 the ha .1, of the Lyux. He had
b.eu a victim ouee before and had armed
himself. He drew his revolver and tired.
Iho ball euternl the brain of Themas
Kearus, aged 10 years. The common
weiltlt claims tli it the Jiynx were only in
fun and that the sheeting was iinjustlll
able. The prismei's pica is that it was
dope in self defense. 'I he doctors and two
eyewitnesses te the sheeting were heard
te-day.
IIDlt'N A.N KMIIM(UKT
lulrly I'rt.uu. Irjursil 1111 tlis ms I'aclfle
l.nilruisil.
Awestbiu'd Texas Pacific passonger
tram was wrecktd Tuesday morning by .1
broken rid, 10 miles west of Woatherford,
T.-xas Itiskni.vti that 30 persons were
iurtd, am mg them are Gee. McCall, of
WeatUeiferd, uiured in several places;
U U ritennett, arm broken ; It. H Strat
ten, of JohLSeti ennnty. Texas, hurt In
head ; L H. Atwell, of Fert Werth, scalp
weuud ; 15. J. Williams, of White water,
Tex , h-.id and face injured ; Mrs. Ferd,
arm broken ; bur nephew, 12 years old,
scalp wound A.J.Hardin and wife, of
Terrell, hea I ,i".l face wounds, and Vieter
Wemiirk, skull fractured and nese broken.
The train was ruuuiti at the rate of 25
ran an huL.
Ulnlitreii Miir.icrilcd by .Smoke.
Jehn and Auniu McDonald, aged i and 3
rcsjieetivuly, wero sudecatcd Tuesday
morning in a room ut N'e. 191 Hamilton
avail!, Brooklyn The mother locked
them iu wh .v he took anethur child te
sch.jel. Piirmg her absence the children
built n ti e un the lljer aud sutlocated
ih.-ni Ives.
Inr rr.ite V. Ml et 1, 1'lmuixvllle He 1.
r Down at Ptxeaix villi), Mr. McFadden A.
Kelly, a 0 infracter, lest the ether day a
shanty and a vilueii hen, which rrcently
showed a strong disposition te be the ma
tern guardian of a drove of chickens,
aud slit) was placed en a nest iu a box con
taining sawdust, in which had be en
packed cans of dynamite She began
natcniug in tlie be;c, aud had sat cempla
arntly for a day or se, when with the most
t exceeding and mysterious suddenness
there was a tremendous oxplesioti aud the
shinty and tlie old hen and her eggs van
iihed from mortal sight. There had been
.vein of dynamite left in the box and the
In at Irem the body of tlie hen produced
thotragie reMilt. A low splinters of the
shanty were afterward found, but tlie old
chicken senms te been oemplotoly nuuihi
lated as there was net a feather te be koeii
when things settled te tlieir normal state.
1IIH IMIII.TIII hllOW.
Arrltal ut hniiles rlue lllril en Kililbltleu.
The fifth annual exhibition of the Lan
caster Poultry association will open In the
laige hall in the pest ufilce building te
morrow. Already a very considerable
niiinber of entries have arrived from dis.
taut eities, and been jdaccd iu their coops
111 the hall. The stoek Is of unusually llue
quality, and the. show proniises te be ene
of the best if net the best yet glveu by the
association. It will or ceurse nttraet the
nttontien of all the chicken fauoiers In the
county. The display of plgeena will also
b') very fltie. We will publish the Hit of
entries te morrow.
1 l;tm Sti.iutini- .Alttteli Mmr mount Ji.y.
Au interesting pigeon sheeting match
took place en Saturday nftorneon en the
firm of Jehn Ilaverstielc, near Mount Jev.
I'liB sheeting was for a ptirse of $18.
Thure wero six nntriun nud six pigeons
" h hhet nt, Josuph Fergusen, Jehn
Haverstiek and Harry Btohler each shot
I out of 0 birds, dividing the first price of
U among themselves. Philip Pyle shot U
taking the second priza of id ; and L.
Htohier mid Clinten Itelnud shot 2 each.
dividing butween themselves the third
prir-oef jJI.
Aiiiitljer Mining SIhu,
Jeseph T, FouIIcef, or Taoeuy, en the
Dolaware, writes te the city authorities
here asking for a description of the man
who was round suspended from u troe at
Millway recently. He states that he hns
a brother, who has becn missing for six
weeks nud thinks that he may be dead,
Hals el Mules.
Samuel Hees and Hen nuotlenors, sold at
publle sale en Monday nt Daulel Legau a
sale and exohauge stables Lancaster city,
Pa., for Heward Ilatly U3 head of Kou Keu Kou
tueliy yearling mult .it au avorage prloe
of 43 00 per pair.
OVjfiltTIlESTAm
nvi riinu nm niainiiioHiieou.
Nnsr unit rrnsn tn.i llimnty l.lnpit-O.iiit t
lis tn 11le rellllmil AimjiiiHtis
III llrilm
Hi ailing be.is's of n thrce legged hull
fte; Willi only 0110 eye.
Tlin Spilli'e anil P un hi root pissengnr
railway, Plilladi)lphl.i, altet a vein's trial
of llve cut lare pays the latitest tlivldeiid
In its history.
The national bank of Oxford has declar
oil a 8.11111 n111111.il dividend of three per
cent
Twe hundred and twenty eight students
1110 in nltet.ilince at Lincoln L'niveisity
This is tlie largest number of students
ever in uMendaiioe ut this Institution,
Since Friday last, ftuu binkniueii mi thu
Lehigh Villey ralliead were crippl. d
while coupling eirs, mid hive slnen lieen
inli.iifetl te rtt. Luke'it he-p.lal, Ualble
hem.
While a number of b tys were ceisting
lu ShuuieMii, they were thrown from their
sled ugalust a building. Jehn Deuly and
Kinh.ird Mtidieett were bully injund. and
seveial otht.Htee ived moieer lesspa-nful
weiiiiiIn.
lliehard 5Iorriek shipped f uiteen h-nd
of tluocittle fiuin Oxluid stock yirds te
Philadelphia en Friday last. The he most
pair weighed I..V20 lbs., and were foil by
lteubeu Hiker of Fulton township, Liu
Oister ceituty.
The Conewuigo in idge oempiny.afier de
elariug a dividend of il poi share, minced
tells 011 two herse carriages which were
reduced fiem 75 cents te fiO and emi herse
carnages from r,0 te 2V Tim bridge is
new lighted for SJ hours lu the evening,
which is a eonvenience audsaletv lei
these who have te travet nfter night."
A line deposit of marble luisbeeiidis
corned near Dillsburg, Yerk county. It
Is said te be of exculleut quality, and a
11, 1 1 1 r.. .... ...... t. t ;r .. .
" eniuK ' niiii piepariug it ler
market will shortly be oreetnd by Pills
burg capital. Tlie vein Is u large ii' tl ex ex ex
tousive one, which it is tluught will prove
a very prollfahle enn.
The Pailade.phia lltend his exclusive
iurorinatientk.it at the luspitalet the
uiiivcrsliy of PeiinsyWaiiia, in West
Philadidphii, en Saturday night, Dr. Hen
j iniiti F. Hamil, thu superintendent el the
Institution, shot Dr. lMiv.ud Martin, one
of tbe resitleut libyslctatis. inllietiiur a
wound which will pess.bly rebiilt 111 his
death. I'he uflair has hun kept tpiit t by
the uittbuiKtcH of the institution Ilamtl
cheiisheti an uuieuJed jealousy of Mar
tin's ullegtid intentions te his wife, nud
upon a siid hn impulse rushed out of his
olUce, pistol in hand, and, without warn
mg. discharged IU cinteuis mte the face
of tbe phvHieiau
lu Pi) mouth, Liuerni) county, a piety "f
be)s were evastmg tlewn a steep hill, and
among the number was I hemas Hretmau,
an inu-lligeiit laii of about twelve years
llrennan boasted that he had the fastest
"jumper" en tlie hill, end challenged any
el his companions te beat htm. In the
trial Hreuuau liMtomtrel of hts bled aud
was precipitated ever a deep omlunkment
te the radio id below, a disi.iuce of forty
five feet, sustaining u compound aud iner
tal fracture of the skull.
A vrreck occurred betweem S'lamekiti
aud Weigh Saales. en th- Netliein Central
railroad, by a collision of a coal train aud
au empty freight ttaiti a shett distance
from Shamekiii. The coil train stepped
te snle track several uirs, the Empire
freight, rounding 11 sharp carve, dashed
into the reir of the coal train, driving the
tlues into the tire box. The escaping
steam nud boiling water alnuut roasted
Fireman Jehn Childs, who was standing
en the tender. Tne Empire freight eugi.ie
and sev.rnl cars were demolished, Engin
eer James Keeuan aud a brakeman being
slightly injuied.
Drain el a uiitr Wtirtlt 3.1,000.
Mr. Edward Werth, of Wawa, Ches'tr
county, the well known real estate broker
and breeder of fancy stock, 011 Saturday
lest his Jersey cow "Lydia Darroch,"
(1 903.1, from indigestion, 11 postmortem
showing that te be the cause of death. She
was ene of the most valuable et Mr.
Werth's line stock. Last year he refused
5,000 eish for the cow, he baheviug her
te be worth mete, .he his made as high
as I'J (Kjunds of bntter psr wenk.
rei.liIiiAi. 1'iu.iTr.NK.n,
ilnwTliry On it ilvcr in Uerks Ueusty
Heading News, Dem.
"Over in Lehigh county," sas the Lan
caster I.NTr.i.ue i:nci;u, "the bomeoratio
commissioners courteously oleet their col cel col
Icngue president of the beard in the last
year of tlieir term. Why, dear I.ntelli
0r.5rF.11, Berks county has been doing the
satne thing and gees oue belter, it gives a
large share of the 0 aunty printing te the
Itepubl cau organ that abuses the Poiuo Peiuo Poiue
oratio party roundly from January te
December, The commentary en this
action nf the Doiuecratio officials of lierks
and Lehigh 11 umqiiw. Toe L me inter
iNTr.t.MGKiscEit pointedly asks "did Messrs
Myrsand auunuy (the Republican com
missioners of Lancaster; hear anything
drop ?"
Of ceurse they didn't! In Republican
counties like Lancaster tlie Democratic
minority ofilelals are treated with the
broadest discourtesy and alt tbe "political
pap"""gues te Republican journals. When
the Reading Timet indulges In Its usual
misrepresentation of the Damoeratio party
it should net forget te inontien that in
ilbernhty towards Its R. publle m oppe
nents, the Djmoeraoy of ll jrks hai alsays
been first aud foremost, simply bccame it
belengs te a party of liberal Ideas,
TOST NOI'TIAIi CUMTltAOTH.
Vurmnr l.anrastilana li.lnretttil lu Qns Qns
Hen llcletc tlio'Supreme Cinrt
The question of what Is a valuable con
sideration, te hiipjert a pest nuptial
contract between husband and wlfu fur the
bennflt of the childicu of ene of the par
tics by a previous marriage, was argued
in thu hi pre tn e court Tuesday morning.
The point arose in .Martha Hurkheldur'H
appeal from the adjudication of the Phila
delphia orphans' court iu the sottlement of
Rouben Rutter's estate. The decedent
married Mrs. Julia Hrlssen, a widow, with
ene Ben by a former husband. Heme tlme
after the marriage dlllcrenccs aroae bo be
twecu the husband and wife, nud iu 1819
a separation took placn. Theso differences
wero hoeu compromised and a formal
agreomeut was made by vvhieh, iu consid
eration of a future avoltlance of dillloul dillleul
tleaaud dUsonsleus, the husb mil agreed
and covenautcd with the wife nnd her son
thatlnoase the former should die boreio
him, the huiibaud was te pay ever, upon
his death, one-lialf of all hiu nre
perty te his stepson The stepsen dletl
three years after tne agreement was made,
the wife In 1870 and the decodent In 1831.
At the audit of the ostate In the orphans'
court the one-lmlf share was claimed by
the children of the stepsen. The e'alin was
objeetod te en two greuuds : First that
the ngrceinent upon whleh It was
formed was a mero executery con
tract, and, being without Oonsldera.
tleu, it oeuld net be enforced ; nnd boo beo boe
ond, the ngroemont being n pest nuptial
oentrnot, caunet avail thoae who would
net have the slightest interest in the
ostate without it. It wan argued en the
ether aldn that the sottlemout of difforeuocB
was a Biiftlolent consideration The lower
court decided lu favor of the stop-seu a
children. , , .
The parties te this suit formerly resided
iu Intercourse, this ceuuty. II. O. Hru-
l.nl.a. r,. nt lliln eln. nnnnnrnil as atter
ney for the appellant, nnd 8. Hepburn, et
n.-irlfuhi. nnd
ll J, 1. lOWUBOUll, Ul 1 u..v..
phla, for the appellees.
UUIIHT OIlUllVi, neuiriv
Tldrl .Mil lvr,nr,i.,,t ,, r ,.,,
lilt linnls tin,., 1 nt,,: in
si. it.
Tfci atinlvmsaiy eiitoitaliimunter (Jhrist
ehoiel snelety, given In (JhrUt Ev.
ItUttnvxii chsieh last evi iibig, was veiy
Iihi.'..t uiteiuleil UiHwIiiistiiiiiliiigtliniuiew
Mm iw which prevailed. A. It. llutUhnrt,
presilsat of the s.icleiy, pic, I ud Alter
lunjMv br Ruv. Hylvanus Stid, or St.
Jehn's Lmli'rnn church, tbe ulierul
M)cttiiy. under the had or Rev. K.
L Rtfd, retuleiul n " Gleria "
villi rrry line iiTeet. Mi. Ada
llutv'i lead her annual lep.ut, from
whii h it iippeurs that the iiiembniship or
Hid s leiety lias Increased twenty si during
thn pustxear the roll nt this tlme con
tnlnlug tlin names or sixty six ninnibnrii.
Dining thn year the society has aided thu
ohuieh In many ways by tu voluntary
Ubeis, vt Idle ItH weekly meetings have
iiltetdrd pleasant iinteilalntniiit am) In
structien At the el. si el Iho tending nf
thn seerttary'n lepeit, the oheial society
sang the ant hem "Italli "
Prel. M. II. Richards, el Alloiilewn, iv
nuvnbrr el Iho faculty id Muhleii
bi-rg oellogo and stcrelnry of the Al
letdown school beard, was then Inirodiieid
and dtdiriirMtl his I ntuie en " Pretty
Peggy." The lecture abounds lu telling
points, fnie satitoeii tlie wbimsnf society,
keen humor and mniiil tiintnie" imi. Pintiy
P'ffgy, the daughter of peer but iosp.)nt iesp.)nt iosp.)nt
nble patents, was loved by a c.iptutu of
the army and warmly reliiriied his love.
Hut the gill's mother ebjtced tn thn
match because the captain was peer, and
she believed that Peggy's pititty lace
would easily secuie her a butter miteli.
Thn capt tin's brother nlse ohneted te tbe
maleh bi'ciusn Peggy was peer nnd of tee
low tank te be tlie matt) uf an army
officer. The resuls was that both weiu
made very tnUeiable, the cspiaiu went
away ami died, mid then Pietty Pegg),
like faithful lever, diul also. The lec
turer made sumo strong p mite against tbe
nbsmd dnTOti.111 paid te akln-dcep bounty
and rank aud wealth, te the neglect et
msntnl and moral exculleuci). Tint enter
tainment concluded with au anthiMii"Siiig,
011 Siiif," by the choral socie' v, the long
unitrodeioligy and n benediction by tbe
p ister.
At tbe oleso of tbe entertainment thn
choral society and the lecturer proceeded
tn the rositlntiea of Rev. Reed, where a
pie-isatit sociauie was lielil ilu lug the io ie
tnaiuder of ttie evenliu', thoebornl furnish
ing an excellent n't , ut.
I his morning Pml. Ri hards visited Mm
boys' high school au I grinni'iium, the
boys going through some of their t'xercistH
for his entertainment. He visited thu
girls' high school, where he was enter
tallied with vocal music, anil expressed
himself as being tutieh p!eaed. He
visited various ether schools and public
Institutions iu theeity pner te leaving fur
Alleiitewu.
n Hi 1.1. rti 1 ei.i.i-.vjI'.
lliu Owner ut a 1 nw 11 I nuulit ly a ' llfirn-
rinr " .tuiiiii.
Win. Klinge, projirleter of the ip-n
heuse at Liueaster, Ohie, bill pe,i, 1 ,
baker confectioner, eti) , is very angrv.
It appears that 1'eni Van Tassell'a eem
pany wa booked te show in that town
but failed te put in 1111 appearance Hen.
DoImeu, the acnt ahead of the pirty con
traeted a bill of $17, including about $15
of borrewod money, with Klinge giving
un order en the show for the amount.
Mr. aUitige is out tins little bill. He
hssid kOTVur 1 tha' the show would appear
hsra this week uud scut thu bill, with a
let Y papeu, theatre tickets, etc , te
Mayr JIacQeniL'le and asked him te collect
it 4 forward the money te biui. 'i'he
asayis: dreppd Ui. Klinge a p. dim nete
liif.n jing h m tut he did net have a
elijUcn agency. Miss Van Tassull is
net 5 soiled te Appear hate, and it is very
dlflUsUl te UU when Mr. Kliue will get
urea. Aftur this he will no doubt be
cam tal hew he places eentidti.ee 111 the
ngsns of qiicer shows The snow is veiy
dejv juftt new, tbe walking bad, ami
oettosiulws, ns well as their agents, have
te jjsjp tip in s imi way, 1 vi 11 if it is
unmr.
Ue.j Uuinull ) V3, Jr. I), u A i'i
T'.e menliii' of Conestoga council Ne.
'22. Jr. O, U A. M., te-morrow evening,
will be ene of great inteiest. H.J, Deily,
of Philadelphia, S. C. of Pennsylvania, is
cxptcted tis be in nttcudaui'e an 1 1111 en en
terUinment will be given in his hetnr.
Tliose who atend to-merrmv night will hie
tl-jj council perform the initiation el cau
il.tias with tbe finest, must expensive,
and only cimplete outfit in the order
Mr. ll. E. Dra, of Reading vis, ted this
council n few weeks age 111 the interest et
n grand parade te be liu'.tl in Raiding next
July, in honor of tin stite coiiueil con
vening at that placs at that tune The
councils theie are making extensive pre
parations te entertain all members of the
order who may visit Reading The mem
bers of Conestegn council N 1. 2.' ute
making extra elt'erts te tnerna-m then
mombeishlpte 100, se as te make a geed
showing oil that oceistou. Iho rates
of fare, bearding, ecj., will ba made se
rvasouable that overy mc.nb.'i iau take
part en that occasion.
iti..fi:yiui i. ASsuui.viMi-ii
no tipcrsll jut et tlie u.iueittin Mi. I nl
At tbe annual meeting of the Ooiii'steg.t
mutual hmufleial assoeiatmu In Id ci the
ollbe of Ne. S cotton mill last evt 1 ing, thu
fe lowing inembnrs were oleeted elllaers
Ter thu ensuing year : President, H. S.
poueer ; vlce prusidtin', Giorge E. Z d
Isrs ; treasurer, M. O. Khun ; i-eeri tary,
Edwia E. Sn)der ; trustei's.G.'e Iv ltned,
Themas Days, Elam D. Iltust.
This association was ei(auiz d 1 11 Ja-iu
nry, 1872, and Is composed or tluee hun
dred meuibets, each or whom pays ene
dollar nud ten cents upon the ile ith or a
tnetnbcr, ene dell ir el winch is paid te thu
widow and thn remaining tn 01 nts are
appropriated te the expenses of thn asse
aiatien. Blue Its organization the nsse
elation has had twenty two deaths, and
these have been paid for beucflts $0,2U2.
The amount of benefits due for ene death
was paid from tha surplus funds, which
hud accumulated In the treafctiry.
Hnppcr te i:upiiyc.
J. II. Martin & Ue. gave a flne supper
te tlieir empleyes last evening In recog
nition of their faithful sorvlees during the
busy holiday season jiut closed. Tlie
nlTalr came off at Oee. Miller's rcstauraut,
North Queen strent. Thore were
twenty-two who sat down te the supper,
wlileh was get up lu Mr. Miller's host
style. Duriug the ovenlng the ompleycH
presented Mr. J. L. Maitlu, the junior
mernber (f the firm, with nn elegant writ
ing ser, containing overythmg pertalnlng
te the artohlregriphloal. The festivities
weiu continued until near midnight.
Congratnlateiyspecohcs wnre mitle, songs
were sung, toasts wero drunk, nnd all
ptesunt had n raie seaseu of enjoyment.
Atittuit ui.it ltmifry.
Ueorge Burten, the big blae't perter at
the Stevens house, oemmlttod an assault
and battery en Oharlca Sllnkman, a eab
man, whose stand Is hi front of the same
hettl. Sllukmau, who says he nnvu no
prevacaiUu for the assault, in ado com
lilalat galnst Hiuten, who was anosted
and held for a beating bofero Alderman
MoCsisetny, te take jdace en lMdayaf.
tcaiipOn,
A " l'rra"aanff.
Mr. Vi'm. II. Thatcher, of the business
stan! of the Philadelphia Press, nocem-
I ptinled by half a dozeu active Vfs at
j tatkat, is stepping at tha Hiester heuse,
It is ths purpoae of the party te malte n
! thriih eanvats of Lancantcr and
wUiaVty In the iutcrctt of the Prtit.