SSV -r " LANCASTER DAILY IXTKLLIGENCER, ArFJ)NKSDAV. FELUU'AllY RM8S4. v lancnstrt intelligencer. ' JL! " - "3 WEDNESDAY HVENINQ, FED. 13. 1B94. Oheylng tlie TcnIIct. The late acquittals, amid the shouts el the multitude, of men charged with mur der, -who killed with their pistols ether men whom they charged with wronging their women, Is naturally accepted bj all men se injured as pointing out te them their proper course of conduct. Congressman I'hll. Thompson, of Ken tucky, hearing that someone had se duced his wife, at ence judged the story true ; presumably because he knew his wife te be an easy prey te a tempter; and he without delay hunted up his man and Bhet him as he lied unarmed from him. Mr, Thompson was duly acquitted and occupies a Beat of honor In Congress. Yeung Mr. Nutt, In Pennsylvania, had a like grievauce upon a llke foundation, and shot his roan, like a man, while also he was fleeing unarmed from him. A gentlemen in New Yerk shortly followed suit, having been led te Biispect his wife's honor. He adopted, with the aid of a friend, the most careful prepa rations te decoy his man into his wife's bedroom, and shot htm as he fled thence, llkowlse unarmed. Mr. Xutt, having been acquitted with ereat demonstrations of popular approval, and tlioufiirmatlen of a United States senator that he would have dene the same thing under the same circum stances ; and it being thus shown te be the sentiment of both branches of the United States Congress and of the iee pie that men should avenge their women with their pistols, the New Yerk gen tleman was clearly called upon te de his man te death in any manner most agree able te him ; and it is te be said for him that he at least did net fall te demon strate that he had geed Ground for action. Ami new comes along a Cen nacticut gentleman obeying the law thus plainly laid down. He improves upon previous methods by taking his victim out te enjoy a buggy ride through the town and being considerate enough te refrain from striking him until he had finished the pleasure jaunt and get back te the stable. His man, tee, was unarmed and running away ; but the husband was fortified by the wife's con fession, who had "get religion" and lest sense. The journals have hardly time te chronicle this Incident before a woman in New Yerk demonstrates her capacity te read aright the lessen of these verdicts and sheets her recreant lever; of course, while his back was towards her. This woman, however, with n finer sensitiveness, kills herself. Of course, she would have been acquit ted,but she wisely concluded that life was net worth living after such an expert expert eace, and that it would leek vastly bet tsr if she snuffed her candle out along with the fellow's. We highly applaud her decision. If all the people who un dertake te be the law's executioners would execute themselves, the doctrine which affirms the laudability of private vengeance would be safe enough. I3ut as It stands it is net a very sound doc trine ; the fallacy in it mainly being in the assumption that the individual is the best judge of the proper guilt and pun (shment of hitn agalns1; whom his feel ings are inflamed ; and further lying in the fact that the wickedness of men's heaitB will lead them te destroy their enemy undercover of an allegation of wrong which they knew te be false. Hut if the avenger is expected te kill himself after gratifying his thirst for vengeance, the privilege te kill will be reasonably safe from abuse. Au explanation that Don't E.tphilu. In explanation of the reduction of thp aisessment upon Select Councilman R A. Evans' 17 ncres of laud in tiie Seventh ward from $191 te $97 per acre, for city purposes, by the finance committee, of which Mr. Evans is chairman, the Ex aminer says : In 1680 and 1681 when the Demoeiuts lie'd control of council)), wnh Gee. W. Zeeher chairman of the fliiance oemmittee and D. McMullen a me ruber thereof, upon motion of James R. Garvin, the Dmne critic assessor of the 7th ward, then nud new an cmploje of the Intem.u.em f;r itwasngrecd by said fin mce committee, that the (arms of Dr. Henry Carpenter, Rebert A. EvanB, Vm. Sales, Charles Sohwebel and Schaeffer should be taxed at half the assessment ler county purposes. When Mr. Evans, under Re. publiean rule, ence mero assumed his old posltieu en the flnauce committee, he did net undo what the Democrats in their wisdom decided should be doue iu equity, as the farms in question receive no beuellt from the city. Mr. Evans payi taxes for oeunty purposes en an nssossmeut of $191 per aero, There is nothing iu this explanation te demonstrate that the Intki.meenci:h was carried a huir's breadtli " beyond the bounds of truth " when it said it could uet indorse Mr. Evans' "act as chairman of the finance committee iu reducing the assessment of his own property for city tax purposes irem $l'Jl te $97 au acre, when he Iuiewh It Is worth ns much us ether property In the city taxed $500 per ncre." If it was re duced under Democratic contiel of the finance committee the reduction was nonetheless a mlstake. Subsequently the assessor of the Seventh ward iieith. er then nor new "an ompleye of the In TELLiaENCEu" lu his official servlce assessed It at $101, which is a low valua tion. The county commissioners left it atnnd at that ; no appeal was taken und no change made until it came before the finance cemmittee of the city. It is true that Mr. EvanB committee reduced the assessment of some ether properties lu the Seventh ward, all of them consider ably less important than his own ; but it applied no such rule te the suburban properties of ethor wards. Upen the books of the Bame year in whleh Mr. Evans' cemmittee ordered the red lines te be drawn reducing his valuation from $101 te $97 per acre, for 17 acres, will be found Biiburban properties which receive no mero "benefit from the city" taxed at from $200 te $500 per acre. Why was ene taken and the ethor left V It was a little uufortunate for the Examintr't candidate for select council In the Second ward that en the same evening upon which It be ostentntlouslv Announced that he was "in favor of the electric light," mero than a majority of the lamps of that costly blunder either refused te burn or burned se poorly as te ceme uniier the notice el me pence Electric light is a geed enough thing when It works, but an electric light thai does net work is an expensive Mi'sance, aud the acceptance of it by the cll be fore It was a demonstrated success was a blunder, for which these who are re sponsible have nothing te brag about. Thk friends of the Republican candi date for mayor will de well net te chal lenge a comparison of his official record with that of his opponent. Theio is no occasion te make a contrast of the pr seual merits of the men, though there ure no fears that Mr. McMullen would suffer by that. Hut as both have served in public office, the manner In which they have discharged its duties will serve In Berne degree te indicate which is the litter man for mayor. Mr. Rosen Resen miller has been district attorney and a member of the Legislature. In his career at Harrisburg there was nothing te rec enimeud him for renoinlnatien by his party, ami in his course as district ' ti-r-ney there was a great deal te demon strate that he is lacking in the qualities that should distinguish the executive of the city. Mr. McMullen has served twi terms iu eeinimn cenn, ell, elected from a ward strongly op posed te him In politics aud his course in that body was eminently satisfactory te Ids constituents and for the best inter ests of the city. Upen their records the candidates must stand or fall. The United States circuit court at Philadelphia has decided that the estate of J. Edgar Thompson is responsible te Sultzbach Brethers, German bankers.fer the damage thev suffered by reason of the false certification of Mr. Thompson, as trustee of the bondholders of the Dav enport and St. Paul railroad, that a greater portion of the read had been com pleted than was really the fact. His duty was te see that the bends were issued as the read was made. During hi absence in Europe, the agent, au thorized te use his name, permitted an undue number el bends te be issued. Mr.Tliompsen's estate is held responsible for his act. Three quarters of a million dollars are the damages claimed ; but the cause is sent te a referee te deter mine the proper amount. LteiiT should be the light bill for List night's light. Qcav has officially declared himself for Arthur, but thesu who best knew the ex-secretary adhere te the belief that Quay is for Quay. One of the best valentines th.it at pre sent suggests itself Is a contribution ut feed or cl ithiug te the sufferers from the Western iloeds. j Thk Examiner explains that while raw orew is net palatable the bii-d can be se divided that it makes a tight appetizing dish. There is no accounting for tastes Ol-- 33,000 Btudcnts in 170 American collude, only 14 000 are church raumbers. Toe inodern educational syotem c.ui scarcely lay claim te being tee ally of religion. It m a dull day wheu the Egyptian ferces are net getting a severe thrashing at the hands of El Mihdi au 1 his follow ers. (110011 Vieteria should devote the proeoeds of her book te the rescue of her impel tiled subjects iu the Soudan. The murdering of garrisons by the natives down thrre is becoming entirely ten com men. Tin: Uuited States Senate has always beeu regauled a the home of American dignity, but within the past two days Laphani, of New Yerk, lias beeu culled te order for whistling, and Cojkrell, of Mu Mu seuri, get a humiliating tumble by leaning tee far back en his chair. Tje first legis lative body of the laud seems te be mero iu need of instructors in deportment than private secretaries. A Philadelphia professor lias invented an apparatus by means of whieh ene ujay re'Uler en a prepared surfaoe spoken words, that is, ene may actually write with the eice. By meaua of this duvice a pet seu is enabled te reglater upon the surface of soeted paper the lines and curves that represent the various phonetic sounds of the human speecu. lu futuie the keepiug of n secret will be impossible, as au apparatus of this kind may bu lying around ready te automatically register matters told lu the strictest con fidence. Theie will doubtless be agieat demand for the invention from levers, and little eall for it among these matrimonially tied. FuuTiiKH continuation is given the theory of Jeseph Wharten that the red light lu the western sky is due te the pro pre pro eeuce of voleauio dust in the air, by mero recent investigations. The ship Ridgway, recently arrived from the Indian ocean, brings specimens of pumice that cevered the sua en a portion et the veyage when about five hundred miles distant from the island of Kraikotea. thosceno of the .la van voleauie convulsions. The pumicels found te be similar iu its structural arranuement mid composition tj the dust found in the snow. It would secm. howevor. that the dust linn taken an uncommonly long time te settle, although an explanation for that condition of nffairs may be found iu the numereus strong wind current! kuewu te exist iu the hlgher atmosphere Arrrateil ler TaKluc Illegal reunion tTeti Wa'ter L. Jenns, a justice of the poace at Albntewu, Pa., was en Tuesday ar rested und brought te Philadelphia for a heariug hofero United States Commission, er Edmunds, charged with roeolving a larger fee for collecting a pensleu than the law allows. It Is alleged that he received $70 from nlram Shaffer, of tint place, for collecting a potisieu of $1,200. while he was authorized te ohatge euly $10 for bli Horvices. A urnzy Llgtilitilp Unuiutu. The brig Conildenoo reperts tint when near the lightship ut Hyauuls, Mass., en Tuesday, a flag was observed iu her rig ging union down, Upen nrriving along aleng aleng side it was learned that Captain llerry, commanding the ship, was crer.y, and had been tied by the crew. He waB landed at llyannls, MURDER AND SUICIDE. AM A Ml IU OOtlA.-N's I KUUUI1.K iu:i:ii A f-rw mi-r hi ti- liiinriii Sheets llrr l.mu l.i l uliI llloe.l mill Thru men Her llrultm Out, On nirsiiay illuming a startling tragedy was unnoted en the platform of the down town station of the Third avenue E!ivntd railroad at Fifty-ninth street, New Yeik The p'litferm was ciewded with people at tlie lime, Ihe tialns having been de!a)cd by the fog. Among the waiting p.useug ers steixl ujeung muu, ncoempatiud b) n boy seven e.u s old, whom hu bold by the hand, yiu-itly ulter the entiuuce of tip pair a weniau entered, dropped her ticket In the gtiteniatt's box, walked up behind this juuug man and llred a revolver at him. lie full te the tloer. She steed looking at Iniu ler u tuemuut, ami then, stepping back, put the weapon te her own head llie.l, Mje died ulmmt lut'.antiy Tiie man was .line with a bullet in his lujk. With tlie boy and the dead wemau he wa takeu te the station house. The nice n-i Mb ' weie summ.'Uiil pte'n'd fei the bullet a d loiied th it It had ledged I i the left s.'ic, and that his dunces lei lite were very sin II. Te tint p dice the weaaded man siu.l that he v.u Victer Crolteu Andre, of Ne. 0.U Lovunteu aeuue, a journalist, eimc'ed ilb liirin in uewapapern, aud a teacher iu the idiu'.ttieunl establishment of .1. G. Ven T.iubt at Ne. 10 Oramerej t'.irU. lie admitted tl at he knew the woman who shot him, but refused te giwauy uplktia tiea of bur act. Tlie boy who w.,s with linn when shot was (leorge Ujekel, a sin et .leM'pli .!. U'-ckel, iu whise home the neuudid uiau lived. The woman was about 2 ear e.d, with handsome, regu lar ft'ature.vi fair complexion, dark bruvwi hair and hn?.?l eyes. Nothing wa found en her pvueti wbeh would lead te her identllleatieu except a white silk handker chief having the letters "J. T." worked un it. The poliej 8ubcipientiy discovered that the yeuug wemau was Miss Juunu 11. Almuy, agvd 21 years, who taught iu a kiudergartcu sc'.oel. She lived ut 111 West Twetity tilth street, where nhe had hired a room ler souie time. A large paouae ei icueiswas luuuii in A ml re s room, which she had written te him. Frem these it appears that he had prom prem ised te many ber aud had afterwards deserted her ; but whether he had bs trayed her or net could net be ascertained from the correspondence. It was evideut that Audre knew that bhe w.v, waitiug te see him aud that he dreade i t'.ie meeting. Fer this reason he reported at the school where lie taught that he was sick aud had remained in his room during the w ii"l of the past week. On Tuesday met ui g he ventured out for thetirst time. It was said at Miss Almey's bearding that she went away every morning early house and did uet return uettl night, ami it, is supposed that she sput the day watching Audre's beuse. The police llnd tb it the two beevne ac quaiutcd last au'timu at Ne. 2i) Eist Twenty second streec where they bearded together. Their ue'iens then did uet In dicate that there w..s any leve making as lar as ceuui ue acf. tamed. 1 boy appear cd te be euly frieud. There w.ia netbiug in Miss Aluiej'f deportment in any of the places where she lived which was incen sisteut with tin idea that she was a virtu ous woman, h r mauni-rs beiuj: always modest and la I.ilike. Nothing, howevei, could bs learned of her antecedents. Her body was Liken te the morgue, where it awaits the dispoiitieu of the coroner. Andre's condition grew rapidly worse at the hospital, aiel he vomited bleed cet: tiuually The physicians say he cannot pesstbiy nc vor. Iu his ante mortem statement, takea in the afternoon, he ad mitted that he was etu-aged te marry Miss Almey, but said that he broke his premise upon discovering that she was a divorced wife. He would net state hew be found it out or give auy further particulars. He would net answir any questions in legard te their relations The pi-tel used by lliis Almey is a Smith ev Wessen self cioker of large calibre, and was entirely new. Andre has been in tbi3Ceuutry about six months. He neted as correspondent of the Deeratn Ce'irikr, of Berlin, the Germ m cipitul. a financial paper, of winch Ins father is owner. He is a highly educated young man, a graduate of the uuiversity of Iiurlm, and taught German, rhetoric aud algebra in the Institute. He came rec iminended very highly from Germauy, and was readily admitted te excellent si eiety in New Yerk. Andre was taking tb boy down te school when he was shot. Mtukeil in Hl sleep Mlili miAze. Martin MeLaughlin, a peddler, living in the 1st ward of bcrauteu, was attacked in his sleep Monday night by his wife, who crushed his skull with an axe aud imitated a number f gashes about the head and body. Thinking she had liuished him the wife ileeamjud, tiking ber two chiliieu with her. The wounded man rallied sufll ciently iu the morning te raise au alarm and succ-edul in attracting tlie attention of ih iguhers. The hijedy axe with which the need was d me was leuud by Mo Me Liughlin's bedside. The wounded mail is still alive, but his death is hourly expect ed. .Mrs. McLaughlin was nrroned while in the am of ese.iping through the rear of a neighbor's house, iu which she took roluge. She denies all kuowledge of Uiu ci iiiie. He husband frequently lemons tiated u,':ilast her drinking and it is thought that she attacked him while in ene el her drunken tits. Ituw TMrly-llve l.eit Their I.Ives. While a i arty returning from a wedding was ciessiug the rivei- Theiss, near Dam lad, Austria, en Monday the ice broke and thiity-flve persons were diewned. Tlie party occupied suveu carriages. When half way across the river the vehicles fol lowed each ether tee closely and tlie ice gave way, engulllug tlie waole pirty. Only a g)psy musician was saved. There woie number of witnesses ou each bank, but they were unable te render assistance-. The soreams of the victims were heard for liome moments as the carriages sauk slowly in the water. Htruncleil With u Wlre. Ernest Warren, when about te loave his effice iu tlie Clark A Warren lellnery, Monday cvenlug, was set upeu by an uu uu knewn man, overpowered and a wire was twisted about Ins nook. Within ilftueu minutes he was feutid by the night watch man, but had coased te breathe ; lu live hours he was restored te oeusolousnoss. He is bruised about the abdomen and chest and is Httlferiug much and, it is hoped, may recover. Roveuge for au old grudge was the motive. A li Argumeut tin Hlml-tluti. (loergo Halstead, of Maltby, a small vlllage about six miles from Wiikesbarre, visited his brother iu law, William Heplor, at Mtirmerville, a few miles distant, te talk ever souie business matters, when nn alcrcatlen ensued. Heplor Hulzud a shot gun and llred at Halstead, a portion of the oharge taking elloet in his skull aud in. Iltetlug what is new thought will preve a fatal wound. Heplor gave hlnibelf up. hliut III! Uuiiter. On Tuesday aftornoen Dr. J. W. W. Drkosket and iustantlv kllled .Tehn A. Hoarbreiifth, at Columbus Factory, four miles north of Columbus, Qa. The dllll. cuity nrose about an account which S.-ar-broughewol Drake, Drake surrandoied bimself te thoeflloers. Oppuied te Kinyly Hoenn, Jlmelmnt Truvulur. Clara playfully tapped Augustus en the ueau as u Knocking at tlie Heur. " Uorae in," f aid Augustus facotleusly, " Thanks, dear," said Clara, I don't llke te go into an empty room, It's se cboerlcss nnd lonesome like, you knew," lOiiAUUe reit iiiiuii. A tiiin;rIeu et FereUn mill HeiiiP'lie ' I.CMl. ; I'lii n 'i IphU I.e.luer. O.-e of Philadelphia's e'.le' cli.ar iiiauiifaeturera a man of 1.' eats' expo rieiici" in tlie business ebattid tint ether day about domestic and ittipeitd cigar". " Yeu ate making the sumo mistake thnt se nnny Amerij.itis mike," suld he, when the superiority of I ubwi tebicc ) was stiguesti'd. ' It N a jjie.it uroite stippiKe that the best tobaive conies front Cuba," he continued. " l'hete Is just a peer tob.ieco rahed in t'ubi as in this country. We have as geed tobaee) hern its any m the world, only with tl.. i dilbr etioe as eeinpateil with Cuba Ttiere tb'y raise geed tobacco lu proportionately larger quantities That is a I It is ue hotter, euly there is mere "f it. Take, for instance, the tobacco piodueed in I'enti sylvauia, Connecticut ami WmemMii Among these tobaccos , mi cm pick out as Hue a quality us there h i.i the w 'ill, pre Milrd jeii are judire en mi -h te knew ueixl tobacco when ion sh it. Unfeitiiuateh, geed judge of tobiceo are very few indent. In a large ctep, say of 1'entisj Iv.u.' i tobacco, I can pick out titty dtll'erent kind raiding n'l the way up from the ile "eabbie leal" te the lluest tint i ' i uUiiwheiu produces. It our people w.-ic as e ireful in ' selection' and would maitulac'iue aigkrsupm the Cuban principle, tlieic would be less talk of tin Miponenty el the ' pure Havana. TIk- p. meipte of the maniiiacture of cigars i a peculiar tiling. It n quires mero judgtueut ami tu luipula t ion te produce a goeii cigar tluu tdtn tenths of the people have wiv ilea. Toe great punt iu making gee I eig'iis is geed judgment iu sideatiug tli. tebi-c, c&r) iu pieparatieu of thotebici fut'i'weik mau, and proper treatment el the Utter after it gets into bis bin I 1 ae i.t part el a cured lout tobiceo i its points, and us worst is where the stem outers the leaf. Between these two points thore is a regular gr vl.t'.eu et oxeelleuce from the point of the leaf dewuwaids. Deanug this fact in miud, it is obvious that the careful workman will se ceestiuct hiseigir, aud that the be-t pirt of the leaf will always point teivards that end of the cigar which is ligbt.-J, and this lact applies te tilleis, biuders and wrappers. This is the Cuban plan, a.id they had for a long time the advantage of us m this country, for here the tebae: was thrown in indiscriminately. At the piesetit time, however, the Cuban moth id is adopted by mauy of our manufacturers, ami the result is seeu iu much better cigars. "The trouble with the Auiencaus is the idea current that a geed eigai cannot be ebtaiuetl unless a high price is paid for it. This is an error, loin make a soleetiou of Pennsylvania tobieco and produce a cigar that will deceive au expert. I cin make a domestic cigar aid sell it for less than au imported cigar that is usual1) usual1) seld ever the counter a' liltceu cent apiece, or two for twent) live emits, will actually cost in Havaua about ?.r per tbeusaud ; and at the latter late, iu Cuba, it cauuet be xeld cheaper iu this country en account el the heavy duty, cost of transportation, factor's com missions, prelits, ecc A cigar that sells in Havana for jJJ i really a poei cigar, and as it is sold here, two for a quarter, falls far beletv the domestic at the same price. Te get a gexl cigar in Havana, from 00 te j'JO will have te be paid. What are considered the best cigars in Cuba de net ceme te this couu ceuu tiy, or they ceme in such small quantities as te be hardly worth ueticiug. They are a heavy, strong cigar, havu much tuore uicelliiu iu them, and buru with a tluik ash. Such a cigar is i.et rohahed by Amcricaus ; they prefer mild tobacco. Wheii au American tats he wants a ' streug ' cigar he means tint he wants a 'dark ' cigar, dark, but mild. If a tnanu facturer should start licie mid turn out a cigar, tiich as a Cuban would proueunoo te bj the best, he weii'd R"et ilud that there would be ue market for such an articl", and would have te clese up. " What I call a ' geed ' domestic cigar can bu bought th no for a quarter. Such cigars, if made by a reputable linn, are superior te any 1 cent imported ones. Most all of the domestic cigars centaiu Havana t ibaoce, net, ns I told you. be fore, because that tobacco is superior te the American, but because thu latter of the same grade is scarcer The advantage which Cuba has is iu the quantity of geed tobacco, net tlie quality. Iu all my expe rience 1 never knew the domestic cigar te have as geed reputation as it has te-day. The majority et the live cent cigais made in Philadelphia ure uet only a pretty geed article, but a very geed article for the price, and I think that Philadelphia beats ether paits of the ceuntiy iu this respect. Here the manufacturer:! pay attention te quality first aud leeks afterwards. In New Yeik it is just the rovers-. There they are all for leeks and the quality can take care of its3lf. The gee 1 Uve cent eigars are made of domestic w tapper and binders aud part domestic aud Havana tillers." FK.A.TUHE3 0F THK STATE PRESS. The Alteena Trtb-tne tiinks Ul.iiue bus always shoue bast as a wrojke:-. A new suit of type stts elf thu well known merits of the Alteena Tribune. Congieis cannot redeem trade dollars tee seen, says the Norristewu Iieyister. The Wllksbarre Jieeeri' has declared its preference for James G. Ill him for pros', deut. The West Chester &. .'...Vmi thinks Pennsylvania might vete for L gan after Hlaiue. The editor of the Einmntr turns up the whites of his oyes and thanks Ged he Is net like ethor men, President Arthur expucu the tiaystone state te de its duty In the way of delegates, according te the Pittsburg Pett. The Norristown Iltrall bolievos that the toudenoy of our schools te a multipli city of studies should be checked. Mr. Lewis R. Bayler has purchased an interest iu the Pottstown Menung Chrun. 'rte, aud the firm will hereafter be known as A. R. Bayler & lire. The ImproBsleu has prevailed at Wash ington for eome time, says the Pettsville Cirentcle, that Quay, without a commis sion, was a geed dual mero of a senator nt the White Heuso aud iu the departments than Mitchell. The Mir Era dcclares that theso who take their cue from Mr. ljuay aie afraid te tiust the Republicans of Lancaster county te oxpress their proferotuo for president by direct vete beoaube they knew it would be for ISlaiuu. (Jliulloiigeil te VIum Mxtueu Duels. A wealthy young rnerchaut of Augusta, Ga , tins caused much excitement by pub llshiug a challonge te the proteotors of some yeuug ladies who rcceutly formed a leap year club. The young man has just attained his majority und desired te outer Boelotv. He applied te be elected a mem ber of the elub and was blackballed. Iu his published letter he says that his failure te be elected is due te the combined olferts of the male friends of the exccutlve oemmlttco of the club and he holds them parsenally responsible. Ue roceived six six six toen challenges from as many dltlbrent yeuug men nuil acceptcd them all. He proposes te sheet them down ene after the ether iu the ardor of the lecoptlen of their ohalleugos, but doubt is expressed as te his ability te go through the entire list, THK HIGH WATERS. I'SllllTtill I'liiOHs IN I UK KSl l Mrei t I I'll -tilliS Hie lit In II, II Uil- ii Km '! til" llfts'S r.lnwlirrr lie strut ll n ul ntniibln rreirtty T . bilnslioiie Tuesday morning for the (list ttuin in Cincinnati tiliifle the tl mil begiiti, mid It Is almost spiluglike lu tem po nil ure Tbe.e facts give ome eiiceur. iigomeiit, but since neon the sky has again b.'oemo ftvereait aud there me feainef tuore rat. i. The water at ,1 p. in. was OS li et, six inches, two lent two inches higher than last ear. The liioreaod velocity of the uirrent in Si oetid and Frent stteets cut eir the number of beats that can ply between the wa'er's edge aud iipohsleii budge. If tin e intitules It will out Cov ington utV from Cincinnati, and materially ii.oieaso the iliscomfeit of the situation. The condition of things at Newport, Ky., is gteivinr still mom fiightful. The weist feats about the diunge tu the fotiti fetiti I itieu of buildings have breu realized .V line resideiiiv, built 1 ist year at an ex peuse of $10,000 ha toppled ever aud is a complete nus of mill. Foitiiuately, the family had lemeved. Many mute buildings are iu danger, and it is leartd that the aftorueon and night any bring a calami' y of the worst nature. Many people are In heues, unable te get away, and must be iit it the houses fall. The relief committee uie loeelving veiv liberal oeiitrlbutions. Mr. Dueber, who appeaknl te the jewelers of the country, has already received 300 from Chicago. He Is electing a temporary shelter ou high ground, and atter the tl led he will gie the lumber te t'ie homeless ler thi ir rebuilding of tlieir houses. Mrs. Dueber, who has been feeding llfty clul ilren at her home, te day Increased th number te ene huudred. lu Cincinnati there is a marked impetus te the relief subrip'ieus. The city refuses help from 1 abroad. 'I he river nt Cincinnati at 10 p. m. was tW feet 11 J inches and rising 1J inches per hours. A hard rain was falling at mid uight. The water had reached sixty nine feet, a rise of au inch aud three-quarters m two hours. A I'lieliiiliirniill at lialltli:. The river at Wheeliug. W. Va., ban lalleu steadily since Wednesday uightand at ! p. iu, I .lesday was twenty-eoveu feet. Slew progress hai been made in clearing away the debus left by the tlejd The number of destitute persons 4 materially reduced, but several thousand are still dependent upon the relief committee. principally women aud children or old men. Since the flood receded a singular pheuomuneu ha been noticed at Powk.it Pewk.it un Smd aud water were threwu a censiuerable height there by three regu lir geysers, which attract many sight seers. Ne such suffering lias ever before been cnised by high water en the Kanawha river. At iiutiaie, w. .i., luiu iiioiewu is submerged, but the people, as a general thing, are well supplied. At Leen Place two hundred people are utider water and aie sullertug for feed and clothing. At Point Pleasant there is net n loot of ground which is uet at least six feet uuder water. Storehouses and goeds.dwollings, iu fact all kinds of houses ure hid front the second story downward by the water. Fully 100 heusHs have beeu upset and washed away, and the ioeplo are living en the decks of barges, iu the oeurt heuse ami wherevnr they cm get shelter. .Many have gene te the hills for safety. I'KHSU.NiL. Monienoii Capel started iu life as a schoolmaster at Hammersmith, England. Qi vr says : " My own prnfercnoe Is for I Arthur, but I am for the beat nrau ler tlie party." l)it. S. T. Dams, of this etty, Is ene of the directors of the Ameneau Carp Cul tural association recently ergmi.-d in i'hiladclphia. Mauy Andeiien will assist Mrs. Hughes Ilallettin the American department et the International Peasant festival, at Albeit ball, en Thursday. Des.twiin II. T.vTLen, ene of the eldest luinbei manufacturers in Willlamspert, died en Tuesday after a short hut severe illness, aged about iiuvcnty four years. Rev. W. C. Lawueni e, of Philadelphia, was married at Easteu en Tuesday te Mrs. Careline Mcuch, of Hslvidere. Reth bride und groom are ever thioe ecore years. Stephen Williams, late of Roxbury, Mass., lelt $20,000 te the Hampton, Va., normal school, $110,000 te Rotteii homes and the remainder of his estate te Rot Ret bury charities. Mies Nina Hatcheleii, of Kentueky, who, besides being the most beautiful woman in Paris, whero her red geld hair and dark eyes will make a wouderlul social sensation this season, is proclaimed by tier professor, M Saintpioyre, us a future star of the lirst magnitude iu oil painting. Mir ii.vr.L Davitt dolivercda leoture at Nowcastle-en Tjue Tuesday evening ou "The Irish Preblem aud its Solution." He was received with persistent howling and hissing, and a rush was made for thu platlerm. Thirty policemen interpesal, aud Mr. Davitt drew a revolver, which be held in his hand for souie minutes. The dlsturbers were finally ejected, Hen. Eiinst Narkl, Mayer E. G. Mur. tin, Hen. W. H.Huowden, T. 11, Met.gcr, esq., Mr. W. R. Htcckel, Captain II. C. Wagner, Mr. Wilsen ,1. Hartzel, Mr. Goeigo Ivuhl, C. I. Erdman, esq., R, E. Wright, jr. esq. aud Hen Geergo T. Gress are a citizeiis cemmittee of Allen town te make the necessary arrangoments for the meeting of the Democratic state convention. AN S800.000 HU1T. Meilileil Acttlt ine l-.tute el trie Late I. Uilssr Tlieuiiau. The famous suit of Sultzbach lires. agt. vs. the J. Edgar Thompson ostate was decided in favor of tlie plalutill's in the United States circuit oeurt ou Tuesday. Their elaims against the ostate aggregated about $800,000. The Sulssbach lires. nre German bankers. Thelr claim was that they had sulfereil mismanagement in the construction of tlie Davenport and St, Paul railroad. It was thought possible te make Mr. Thomsen's ostate roapensiblo for this less, iuasmueh as he had beun trustoe for the bondholders, nnd the German firm contended that there had been an overis everis sue of bends-, which had been aountenano. ed by him. They Iliad u hill In equity against thn administrators of the Thomsen estate, aud ex-Gov. Dennisen of Ohie, Andrew Carnogie of New Yerk, and llenj. E. Smith of Ohie, They brought the notion as bondholders of the Davenport & SU Paul railroad company te reoevor damages for injury suffered by thorn through the alluged everissue of bends, The lite Mr. Thomsen und ex Govorner Dennisen were trustees under the mert gage. Tlie ethor defendants nre alleged te have participated in the ever issue of bends, The court erdered that the cstate of Mr. Thomsen pay the ontlre damages The complaint as llled against Mr. Carnogie was dismissed, and thn judgment docs uet adect tbe ether dofeudauts, because servlce of the bill in equity was uet had ns te them, liiiliurlatit lu Hmukars. If, says Dr. Treltskl, the avotage tora tera tora nerature of non-smokers wero rcprosentod by 1,000, that of moderate smokers would be 1,003, and while the heart in the former oase was making 1,000 pulsations in the latter it would beat 1,180 times, It is te the latter olleet.ho thinks, that tlie danger of tobacco smoking Is due, AN i:iMi:it iHMtlHIIt. Thn Iteieln Uernineri. of tin, tliirrlmii nt ,-liikiil llultiiirrril. At last Ih" hernia carrisen at, Sinka'. have bi'tui butchered. Fer nfeitiilght they lrul been eating roots and tire leaves, it was an oiileoblod bind. In lecd, which ser ser sor tied ti die amidst the tebel heides. Tew Ilk Hey had harangued his men, saying that by lighting they miht save tliemsi Ives, but that by leltiailiing they iiiu" die from hiingeV in a few dnys. Flight was iiupots.hle. The men, thus iitiima ted with Tew Ilk lley's spirit, destroyed the military stotes, exploded theiiiitgay.iu, tilled then niches te their utmost with eirlildc.0 and IsiumI leith, (l')D strong, agaiul f he lubel. Osinini Digiuii's berdes itisbi'd te the attack. Tew flit Hey and hH men fought nobly. Fer a long time thev repulsed every attempt te break thelr i.inks. Filially, supotier nuntbi'is prevallinl, and with u tremendous rush, the rebels burst through one of the sides of tlu Egyptian square A general massaoie eti sued and net a soul escaped. Aceeril'uig te tb latest reports only four sick uieii, who weie enable totake tur' lu the sortie, the cadi of Suikat and thirty women ucie sparel by the rebels. Sir Evelyn Hiring, the Hiltish mitnstet at Caire, toleguiphs that, alter the battle, the rebels ontered Suikal aed ni', everyone te the sword. l i't.1 !) mil ivcal. A li-li dealer down in Salinovllte, Ohie, aajs that he toeoivod a box of frozeu llr.li from Cleveland during the lecciit bllzxard. They were se bard and brittle that they had te be handled with earn te krep from breaking te pieces. He sold nun te an old lady who took It home ami put in a bucket el cold witei te thaw out gradually. Pining the night she heard soinethiiig splashing and dapping around in the kitchen. Supposing it was thu cat trying te get the tish, Mm jiimprd out of bed, sei.ed the broom and broke for the scene. There was no cat visible, but the llsh was making the water tly lu every direction. As near as could be learned these tlsli had Inn out in the oeld two nights before being packed iu boxes mid h id benu out of the water mere than two weeks Au old Germati living near Mt. Vernen, I ml. , gees out every day about neon and takes a pluugu in the river, even if he has te cut a hole lu the ice. The ether day when the thermometer -was away below zre he broke the ice and Mout in tis usual but didn't stay long. II ivitig souie dis-1-ineote run ou thu ice te where he b-ft his Olothes, lie was frozen se still when he get te tbem that he couldn't get them en. Hi wile called a neighbor, aud they wrapped bam iu a quilt and earned him te tlie heuse. Fearing the ell'eet of tee sudden warmth, the) lelt lum out in thu woodshed for a couple of benis, cl sely wrapped lu iilaukcts. He keeps the bathing habit up, lint bus l'iseletlns handy. .)itiiuiuetik' lllmiuer. WUrn .l.in lUKjhek was placing in New Yerk last woek she was stepped en tlie street by a iimid little girl, who said, with great ctlert . " Please, ma'am, won't you glve me a tick Jt te see you act te night '.' I'd pay, IndiMid I would, but I haven't n lenny, and I'd se leve te seu you." .I.mauKche!: smiled She is easily touch ed. " Weel 1 the family like te sce m, tee ?" she asked. "Oh; yes, ma'am !'' cried the little thing-, eaguily. ' Pieddie would I no te, and se would peer uiamm t, for she uover gets anywhere and his te work se hard." The actress wrote an order ler a privatn box and handed it te the child. " There," she said, "take that te the theatre at ouce iud when night comes all will be well." Tint evening in the midst of "Zilln'i" danauschek looked into the box. Tl ere was her little ft lend, a delicate boy and a pale, sad looking woman, i'hey were wiping their ejes and were inteusely inter ested iu tlie pi ly. Iu the last act the little girl sobbed se that shenttracttd the atten tion of the audience. As the curtain foil Jaimuschck went into the box. " Did you like it, my diar?" she said. " There, Ged bless you." And she placed a sum of meuey in the peer mother's hand, nnd with her own eyes full of tears bade them farewell. A llllilit iTuiimu IJctectUe. Iliilluniipells'lltnuf. A day or se age ene of the most prenii no in, anil elegant lauies et the city went aboard an Illinois street eir. Uy the time she was seated and had boleotod a nickel te pay licr laie a well dressed, ceed look ing iniu enteied the ear, aud, seelng thit she wished thu change deposited in the box, roceived it from her for that purpose, The lady noticed that tlie well dressed, geed looking gentleman dropped her nickel in the box, but dropped nene for himself. Slie was, of oeurbo, stir priseu ami Uisgiisteil at the meanness aud dishonesty of the transaction She saw the driver leek suveral times at thu bjx aud thou into the car, and she imagined he was looking at her. She was uncomfortable, and lermed a icso icse icso liitien. When the ear arrived op posite her re.s.deuce she stepped It, nnd, c tiling tbe attention of . the drwer, pointed out the well-dre.-s'd geed-looking gentleman, aud said in his hearing: "I handed my faiote this geu tlamuu nnd he put it m the box, but put lu nothing for himself." The driver an- swored : "It's all right, Mrs. j that'n L'oieuol .Jolinen,tho president of thu street. car cenipiny.' A fctery or itcter Kiimuutl, Shortly after the marriage of King Victer Emanuul, he met a neasaut irlr.l upon the htopBef the royal palaoe atTuiiiiJ She was bringing a basket of eggs for tle royal kitchen, and because the Icing woie a plain hunting dress, nnd was alone she tool; him ler a servant. " De point out the king te me," she tagged ; "I should se llke te see him." " I am the king," he said. "Eh! bah I " said the girl, laughing into his faae, " The pi in. e:ss would net have chosen such an ugly man." The king laughed tee, and ho he ho cempauiod the girl te tlie kltelun, whero he bade the servants attest te his Identity He then gave the girl a 20-fraua picce, and left her bawildered aud surprised, Tlie I. ii test Ageny. Iloneii Ulobe. Anether agony the portraits of the family are uew painted en thn " company china'' apropos te this, the little " fiweet slxtceu " ornaments the sugar Lea'I ; t.'.e " llewer of the family," the bread plate, and the artist may, " in a mild way," pjfe the sharp features of the maiden mint upon the teapot, while tlie dignlfled head of the heuse gazes mildly up from under the edge of a quarter pound lump of but ter. What uext ? Opium InuiortMlen, Upwaul of -118,038 pounds of opium wero imported into this oeuutry dining the ten months ending Oct. HI, 188 J ; the nmeuut for the corresponding peried lu 1832 was 100,801 peuuds. In Ootebur last we imported 00,015 pounds of citule opium, while thu whole amount of opium Imported iu the foiiie month of the i revt revt eus year was but UM.513 pounds, , A Wicked t'urti Device. Ulsmarck Tribune lu playing a came of seven.tipwith a young lady from St. Paul a wlekcd DIs mnroker told her that overy time she held ajaukei trumps it wasasure sign that her levor was thinking of her. Then the Impenitent fiend watched her face at each deal, and uvery time she blushed and looked pleased led out aud caught her jack, OUKFlKlUAiiUlKS. a vihitte rnt-iiii.n w.iiin nni'-i;. i Heir llin Ne I Itnys itrn l'iil pr I Inr it itrn Ihe hi n i,t-xiiiiiit tin- Hi Itlirll llililPliml ure l,H.lrlltlllltril, I I A repteseu'ntivii el the Im I'.t.l mr.Ni'lui diepped lu upon the Urn wimps et Cem. pauy iNe, 1, ( the old Washington ) last livening mid was shown tlueimli tlie premises. He teutid the eiDiliiii Iieinim, 'Inn " mid " Dick," and the eart home. "Geergo," iu excellent condition nnd all well tunned te thu sound of thu gong and tlie i ulcus of the dilvirs, Sinine liiKtMlluiiK Cm I ilium-, llesides the hiitiglug harness and the ad miiab'e arraitgometit for opening tlie no us of the etikiim heusa I rout the driver's suit, which the company have bad In tm I' n Heme time, thu men have added u uumh.T et ingenious uiplliinees t i their out lit which gieatly luoilltate tb.-.u lu hitching up and getting awai qu eMy when tu ill 11 tu Is Hounded. On) of tl e impiove uieuts is n hoise oellir hinted nt tlie top and closed ut the bottom with an ingeni eusl constructed fnstcnei which holds it 111 inly iu plaiw and eau be iiiljusti'd in n second. Anether iiup.evciniint is a self hanging bit, Iuventcd nnd constructed by mom ours of thu company. It hanuH ever the pole of the engine and e.m be In stantly placed tu the mouth of the horse and attached by a snap te the headstall that Is ulwajH worn, thus obviating thu waste of time that would tiMilt firm tak ing oil tl-.n headstall and putting en the usual kitid of bridle. By an ingenious mechanical emtnvaiire connecting the ahum gong with a gas biarkut, the gas, wh'eh bums l"W at flight, is thrown en te a full head by tint sounding et the electric alarm, and remain at full head until the ongiue has passul out of tlie mom, wheu the Irent dens of. the ougine li.uisuolesi automatic il'v .riii turn down thu gas. Itrcitnt lllipiinriin.nl The company have also pi u'nl an im proved i.'ougen tbe hose cart.lmve chanced the pet ttleu of the lamps, nnd cipet.-d nu-i the cart a roller en which the police lopes are carried a great convenience cempaied with the old plan of earning the topes in a box. They have also taken thu r. el brake from the cart and replaced it with u tread brake, whieh the driver, while going at higU speed, can i ut ou thu brake and step tbe cart in a veiy sh irt distance. el Dutlvm UinitrinpUl -it. It is tbe intention of the bejs m a nunl time te remove the lamp from the top el the tuigiue and replace it with a bell us a Mgnal te "ilnr the track" for the engn e when running te a llie. They uitcud a'.e te attach a cloak te the alarm gong in such a wr.y that It will step tlu inxtant tlie alarm is sounded, und thus liidicitn the exact time at which the alaim is stnuU. Disputes have irccutrid mere than oneu as te tlie time of an elaiiu, but thn will Ui avoided by the i.npievenvMit euii. in platcsl. far I All mi .-Ne I The active membem el C'einpui) Ne. 1 aie as fellows : Koremau Walter 11 Sainsin Engine Driver Henry S. Rsh Foreman of Cart Michael P. lUsc. Engncer Jeseph Ilorzeg. IIoKctneti Jeseph Ciinniiii'liam, Fred. Ertsmau, ILury Gemixui-.-, J uph tiood tieod tioed ciulorl. It is croditable tu the cenipiny. ami a proof of the reliability and i llicicuey of tbe men, that euly one sinul) change has been maile in the terc- siued thu organiza tion of the pan i lire depaitiuent. uintJtu.N n.nas -n:r.r Pultun Tinvimtiip Scliuul Dirieluri, I ijniunl UKPOIIi: .TUDOR LIVINGSTON. in the c.ise of Abraham 1 Ihlini vs. t'uter Longueekor the defeus-i opened jes ter day. They produced a draft in ovlduuee te show that the troughs let riningelt the inn water under the rtiill i.ice were put down in lH'ii ,.n.l a-; snored .ill ) ur poses up te the time that L in 't.ecker took tKisscssien of tlie prpmifO. The cul- verts wero kept in geed repair and would carry uti nil ttie water rrem itehm s pieni iscs. The defenxe argued that ue ncgli ncgli geuce had been shown and defendant, was therefore net liable It was Inrthei alleged that Hchra's land was naturally sw.tiupy and would net produee geed crop , at the time complained of by plaintill thore was au unusually heavj fall of snow. It was also claimed that plaintiff hoi been in ill health hofero, and it was net pie lueed, as lie stated, by the b-ick watei "en his piutu ises. In rebuttal it was shown that the laud uew in possession of plaintiff hail been cultivated oIejo up te the run, although it was marshy. iiLieiiE jfDOE r.irrEiiser,. Iiithoeveof Jehn HiMebrand vn. Hen. janiin Hckniau, the defcim) e untuned te call wltuesses yesterday afternoon te show that the nete was u forgery. Iu inbuttal thu plaintill' pieduced testi mony te show that at the time spoken f, February, 1803, Hlldebrand and Eckunu lind a conversation about nettling up au ostate ; at that time Eekinau said he hid agrced te pay Hil lobiend $J,000 ler his floivices, and had given him a note fei th.it amount. I'rellinliiury IhJiiiiuiIhii (ir.intce. Onpotltleu of Levi Iv. Hrewu, n preli minary injunction Wiis gliuiled te le-tl.illl the school beard of Fulton township from concluding the bile of it school piepcrty te Themas R. Neal. It is elaiined by the petitioner that tlie property was devised te the school beard by the late Jeremiah Drewn, en condition tht it be use i for school purpe"cs only. The petitioner is a resident of said township and avers that stieh a sale nnd transft r would he a viola tion of the intent and desiroef the testator and would work irropirable harm te thu hens of the deviser. IVrltet llitrcpoiiient. Samuel C. Slnymaker, ofthisel'.y, was granted a writ of entrupement, restiaiuing Gcerge B. 1 ted seeker, his tenant farmer lu Salisbury township, fiem selling such of Slaymaker's preparty an may malte wastu, as it is allegcd he Intends ted , ejutiary te the articles of ugriement. I.lceme Truiiilrricil. The hetel llcouse of Charles A. Miller, of the First ward, was trausforietl te Cluistian Ufllemati. IH'.sjTllUtmVK I ntic. 111. llarn llurueil l.lve Meck rrrhti In rluiiiCK, tlie About eight o'clock Ibis morning the large barn en the cbtate of James Yeung, opposite the junction of the two biauchus of the Pennsylvaiili railroad, n short ills ills timce cast of Mlddlutewn, took liie fie.n souie cause us jet unknown, aud was biitned te the grmnd together with its contents, consisting of gintn, li:y and straw, a large number et v. 1 table lurm implements and feiirticu headet the lincst steers iu that section. The hog pen near by was also burned and several line hogs polished in the llamas. The extent of the less is net yet known, but is very heavy, the barn beiug ene of the hen en Mr. Yeung's extensive estate, and iti contents also beiug valuable. There is au insurance ou the preperty destreyed that will go far towards covering the less, -i.ljrtua out. Owing te seme disarrangement of the elcotrie apparatus the whole southeastern Foctlen el the city was left iu daikuebs last night, mid n geed mauy lamps iu ether sections failed te hum. The police report that 01 of the ISO cleotrie lamps w ie olther out or burned poorly, and 1 of the gaseline lamps wero unlit. Jri
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