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Tlie Herman Trouble.
The German Pntllnreent nnd emperor
seem te be pe hedged In from the
world by Bismarck that no otie can
connnunlcnte with thcru unless what Is
te be Batd langreeable te tlie Cerberus en
guard It seems very rcmnrkuble that
the resolutions of the llouse of Itepre-
senlalives could net reach tlie emperor
or the Reichstag ugnlnst Bismarck's dis
approval of its sentiment. He argues
that he could net ask the emperor's
authority te send the resolutions te the
Reichstag, bccauRO it said what he did
net bolleve. If he had said that he had
communicated the resolutions te the
emperor and had ndvlsed against their
transmission te the Parliament, he
would have placed the emperor In a
better light hefore the world than he
docs In declaring that the Bervantlsse
much the master as te dictate what
Bball and what shall net be told te the
country's nominal ruler. It would be
bad enough te knew that the German
Parliament can hear nothing officially
save by the command of the emperor ;
but te be told that the emperor can hear
nothing without permission of Bis
marck, gives ene n strnnge idea of the
government of Germany.
If it be true that these resolutions
have been sent back by Bismarck, and
net by thoempcrer, their return is net a
serious matter. Our minister may be
Instructed te hand them te the body te
which they were directed, lllsmarck
scruples te be the medium of communi
cation through his iuability te en
dorse their sentiments. It would net be
reasonable te expect him te endorse
them ; and if liis net of transmission
would thus commit him he is quite right
te retuse te send them in. IIe might,
however, have returned thorn te our
minister nud requested him te find some
ether channel of communication. That
would have been his proper ceurse if he
is really sincere In the reason he gives
for his refusal te transmit them te the
Itcichstug. His insincerity feenis plainly
shown by his failure te de this. He
evidently is trying te get Inte a row with
this country. He, perhaps, wants te
step German emigration ; or, it may be
eulythat he is tired of his long spell of
quiet and wants a little excitement. He
should net be gratified. The German
Reichstag is already in possession of our
resolutions ; and if an official presenta
tlen of them is desirable, our state de
partment can send them directly te the
president of thelteichstag.
Meney at Elections.
Many politicians honestly entertain
the opinion that It is impossible, te con
duct a campaigu and te bring out the
full party vote without a profuse ex
penditure of money te temptthecupldlty
of the laggard voters and te buy up the
" floaters." The abuse grows with what
it feeds upon. The price of the bummer
vote gets higher and tlie number of these
enrolled in the ranks of the mercenaries
becomes greater every year. If ene
party gets the advantage of the ether by
the practice it cau take llttle credit for a
triumph thus purchased, and no party
victory nor any change in tlw eillce
holdings can cempensate for the fearful
demoralization which must ensue te
every community when the ballet Is thus
prostituted nnd tue franchise becomes a
marketable commodity.
Old men, with a brief span of life be
tween them and judgment, Mnnd en our
street 'corners en election day waiting for
their bribe; young men, en the threshold
of llfe, with their careers before them,
go back and forward between the party
lines running up the price of their
own shame ; seme of the loud
est mouthed followers of betli par
ties, who talk politics patriotically
the year around, never vote until they
are assured of their pay. Even the
law closing the bar3 en election day is te
some degree nullified by tin opening
of party headquarters supplied with
free beer aud whisky. Practical politics
has beceme a dirty business, aud theso
who have te de tiie work, even if they
enter upon It with the best intentions,
feel that a brimstene bath Is needed te
cleanse this town from the ensuing filth
of present methods.
It Is no exaggeration te say that our
local oxperlence Is among the worst in
the state. Treachery and corrup
tion nmeng the political leaders
are net se much te b3 apprehended
here ns elsewhere; in fact they are
rare. The affiliations of theso con
spicuous en either side hi political work
in Lancaster are well defined aud in
variable ; their respective parties can
trust the most of thorn. Hut tlie
vote 'that waits and wants te be
bought is relatively larger and mero
pandered te than almost auywhore
else In the state. In Philadelphia the
expenses at the polls consist mainly of
from ?5 te $10 for eacli voting place for
the men who de an actual day's work In
holding the poll book and distributing
the tickets. That is the Hum total of
the money spent thore en election day
nt the polls by the Domecratio city com
mittee. In Luwrne county last year
the largest Domecratio majority ever
brought out In that county was secured
at an oxpense which we have heard was
only between $100 nud ?500, mostly for
printing and postage. The nvorage
expenses of the Democratic party in
Chester county for the past twenty flve
years have net been $250 per annum.
We cite these aud could produce many
ether illustrations te show that tlie ex.
penditure of money by political parties
en election day, at the polls and upon
the Individual voters, is very much
greater In this city than elsewhere mid
much In excess of what is Justified In
law, in morals, or in geed political man.
agement.
The chief concern new is net se much
te dotermlue who ha3 been me3t rcspen
fllble for this as te decide that It shall be
stepped and hew. All partlej and all
classes of citizens nre Interested in that
nene mero than theso who are being
demoralized by the ea'e of their own
votes. Politician and pro.ieher, lawyer
aud Iiiyinnn, Jtepubllcnu and Democrat,
rich nud peer, high nml low, have a stalce
in the preservation of tlie purity of tlie
ballet, New Is the tt me te assert their
Interests, their rights aud their influence.
Xe mero terrlble tragedy was ever
recorded in our local annals than the
hloedy murder of Bernard Short, of
Marllc tewhshlp, in the twilight of a
winter day and within u mile or two of
his quiet rural home, whom his family
were waiting for the return of the hus
band and father. When the theory of
asas3inatlen was first breached it seemed
se horrlble and unnatural that it was
discredited, until it was found that no
ether explanation of the occurrence was
rcnsenable. Circumstantial evidence
pointed promptly te the suspected perpe
trators, but stll there was a hope in the
popular mind that there might be seme
relief te the dark tragedy of a brutal and
cold blooded murder iusplred by the
low motives of revenge ; the confession
of ene of the accused and the corrobor
ating testimony leave scarcely any room
for doubt that the deceased was the
victim of such a crime at the hands of
these who nre charged with It The
whole story, as graphically related in our
local columns, forms a domestic tragedy
the like of which has seldom stained the
rural portion of our community ; and
the scene at the hearing yesterday, as
related in this account, was invested
with a remarkable- degree of pathos aud
family wee.
Te DAT is the birthday of lieotge
Washington, " the father of his coun
try," te whom the world at large con
cedes the preeminent distinction of
having been first in war, first in peace
aud first in the hearts of his country
men. Such a tribute has been paid te no
ether man of this or any ether laud, nud
none has deserved it se well. Neverthe
less there is but scant observance of the
day and its significance. The character
of Washington is net dimmed by lapse
of time nor does he grew smaller by
closer study. It 13 te be regretted that
this generation i3 tee unmindful of him
and It would be profited in many ways
by mete diligent study of his career, and
the high qualities which Inspiied it.
Time that corrodes everything uiertal
serves but te add new lustre te Was hing
ten's fame.
A list of all theso who sold their votes
at the recent election lu this city wmld
make "mighty iutcrcstiu' reading."
Diiadlaveu was ordered out of tlie
Heuse of Commens again jeaterday. Like
a ten-pin he scorns te exist euly for tlie
purrese of being knocked down.
When it is clearly understood that the
"neil coramittce" isarofugeonlvfor thtsa
who soil their votes, that debased ami de
basing nstitutleu will seen be a thing of
the prist.
I'iaise's frieuds auuouuce as a crate
fo:iel that while the "wbite plumed
knight," is net a presidential eindidau,
he will aaoept it elteicu. N ena ever
deub'xd it.
A muSI'mki.t te Ocorge Washington's
mother was begun at Fredericksburg, Va.,
lu May 19.53, and in Mill Inoemplate. Thu
tnouuiuent te the "father of hi-i country"
in Washington ie still unfinished. As
monument hnilders Americans arc nut a
mi ucui s.
IN nUVIiVAL W(if)l).
Tr.W c ecp, primeval wool hew still !
I.e, allt-ncu Imie unities nil lit own ;
Vello I Iiiiiih, with li.incU upon their Una
Stan J round aOeut UH darxenu 1 tlire i :.
Tlie patient nlciiiiiinir el lliu trci
Hew ite.'p It hHuiimm tln soul's ilejruli
In sniipitcttlen tnnvelcsi, mule,
TOey Keep ttielr uttltti liet pruj-er
Jehn I'ume Che nay
Had Washington lived uutil te-day he
would have been 152 years of age. Could
he revisit earthly scenes and viev the
wholesalo havoc of the western floods
caused by tree destruction, adeeper regret
would seiza htm for having used his httle
hatchet en that momerablo ocenion mero
than a century age.
Uovmtxen Annum of New Joraev.lava
down a iulu of conduct similar te that
which gained Mayer M.usOonigle's admin
istration its just distinction, that is. nj
expenditures in excess of appropriations.
IIe lias distinctly warned the Legislature
that he will vete any bill calling for an ox ex ox
pendituro in excess of the state's rovei.iinn.
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and he sugge-sts that some meaus be de-
viseu ler increasing the roveuuos te meet
what would otherwise be a deficit. Let
the Kapublicau mayor-elect profit by these
two shining examples of Doraeoratb wis
Jein.
I'KMSUNAL.
Emi'uheu William, of (lennany, will
be tJS years old en Slarch 22.
Mu. A. J. CAbH.vrr aud family have
geno en a pleasure trip te .Mexico. They
will retiiru in Apill,
Ilr.NUV Invi.Ni., who is an adwiuced
Itadieal in politic, has been elected a
member of the English Itoferm club.
I.ni'idki. llitADLAieii hasn very Clnis
tiau brother who nuuouueed at Exeter
lately that he had hepes of the ultimale
conversion of the uubolievor.
ItKV. Mi'nuuh, of the U. U. church, at
Intercourte was glveu a birthday surprise
party en Tuesday ovenlng. Wobater'H
dictionary, a reference Hible aud ether
articles of tise auJ btsiuiy were aweug the
prosenti.
Miss Maiiv Hall, who was seme tltne
age admitted te the bir in Connecticut,
bnH been commissioned by the goveruor
nsa notary nubile in Haitferd. She is
the first foruule te held that office In
Connecticut.
Ai.nxAttncn Gumulkte.n Klpflkten
Scuvtlkten Oni'.ninWuiTKi.uTON Seuth.
KNHAM, llKNJAMIN FllANKMN gquillKS is
tlie naiue of an old man hi Clay oeunty,
N. 0., who has barns for 03 years the
burden of his name,
PiiimstisSawyrii, who represents the
puie weeds of Wisoeunlit in tlie U. ti. Souate
Is described by a correspondent as "always
standing with his bauds lu his poelsotn,
and his head cooked en ene i;k!e like a
rooster deliberating which worm he shall
eat."
Mns. FiiEDcniCK W. Pauameur, nt oue
time known ns Nellle Hazoltlne, the helle
or St. Leuis, dietl in that city Thursday lu
her tweuty-flfth year. She la well ro re ro
memberod in this scotien ns belng the
horeino of a sensation in St. Leuis In whleh
Jehn Arawetr, a fermer Lancastrian, was
leughly handled by the yeiiinr ladv'a
brotlierand Intonded, I
THE CYCLONE'S PATH
DKiAII!) IIP ITS Tt'lllUltl.K WOltll
Tlie Hisin Drilling Teriimlit li Wwrpt D"r
feutli mill Wen Vlrtt'r lid Kulii
nml t)CKOliillnii
Vivid doserlptlot'ii nre iveei f the np np
xaranee of llu heavens during tlie death death
dealtug tornado which swept the West and
Seuth. Tucfday nlcht. Attir unut the
l;y Mas HIIihI with strauKi', ncuddlug
cleudu of u purplish icd ; at S:eU thuie
was a vielent rainfall, and at midnight the
sky hud again beoemo a ilery rcl, followed
by" a heavy fall of rain and hall. Tlie rural
population ha I gathered in Held te m.Ue1.'
the straege manifestation of the heavens,
and se foil ca.sy victims of the r.ie el the
tornado. Wheu the sUrrn reachid Chere
kce county, it Hoeiued te burst, with awful
violence , the largest trees were uprooted
and sent living through the nir nud within
an area of thre sipiare miles, between
Charokee and 1'iekens ceuutlen, twenty
oue men, women, and children were killed
and forty injured.
Wliil-3 full particuhM have net b.eu
received of the less of lite nt Hckiunli.vui,
N. C , cu uch is known te warrant the
assertion that no pneel'ul rustle oonimuu eonimuu oenimuu
ity ever suirered se tcrnble a visitation.
Many b-vhen wero found completely
stripped huudred.t of yards from the rpet
where the eyoleuo had htruck them. A
mother wa feuud iu a caucbrakr, coveted
with rce.N, with a deid eln! I, euly a
meiHb old, at her breast. Chickens uud
birds went I urled through the air nud
stripped el all their plumage except n till t
en the head ami in ene cae two uilllst.ines
were dunR, tiudiug tigother, for eevcial
hundred feet. The killed men were, as a
rule, of the humbler classes, aud twenty
three bodies have been feuud already in
the vicinity of Iteckinghani and Hamlet,
towns iu Itichmetid county.
In Putnam county, the j lantatien of
Colonel Robet t Ilumbcrs, a proniiuent
member of the Legislature, was the ocene
of a frightful tragedy. Mis. Paschal, who
was driving by wheu the sky tlrst bvcanie
evercast, took rofuge iu Colonel Humbers'
residence ; as the colonel tried te close the
deer behind her, he was dashed down tlw
hallway, his chct crushed in nud oue of
his ankle broken ; Mrs. Paschal was in
staidly killed, as were oevou negrees aud
neirly all the stock en the place. and tlie
h'uue was cuupleuly domelhcd.
NearUracsy Kueb, Oa., within asp tee
of three ratios, tweuty persons wire killed
by the recent cyclone, a-s felltiws : Sirs,
Levi Casie and two children, William
0 rover, William Ilerren, Alenzo Wright,
Mrs. James Dowder aud two chitdreu,
Mrs. Wyly, Mrs. Levris Kiug ami two
children, .lehu Nichelson, Mrs. K.i
Jlrs. Watkins, a child of Perry iMt , i
child of William Cellier and a cl d e
Ilirntii Walker. Many mero Mho are
wounded nre uet cxpecteil te hve.
aulcllc llvti re u llutrl t'uunttr.
Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock a tall,
bleudcr man wvauug a heavy gray mns
tache, and whese gray bur marked him
as beyond middle age, walked into the
rotunda et tlie Lm.ville hetei, at Ljuis
villc, Ky., aud up te the counter. He
letneved bis hat ami laid it en thoceuutci,
and reaching bad: produced a pistol from
his pojket, cryieg, " Loek out.'' The
clerk at the counter, thinking an
attack upon himself was intended,
dodged uud..rneath the woelwork
and ethers standing areuud cattred iu
every direction. Iu the midst et it all,
the btraugcr placed the mtizile of the
weapon te hit light tomple aud, di.scha'g
iug it, blew las braiuseut. He foil back
ward te the iltwr aud was dead in a few
minutes 1 be tuictde was T. I. Wellis of
Newp-jrt, Ky , a river pilot wh has been
tiiure siuoe the flood, and who li.nl been
dtinking heavily. He was 50 years old,
aud no cause for tee deed Is nzaigniHl. He
left n letter csplaluing It. but it has net
yet been tnade publie.
hatetl llcr Mullicr'a 1 Ife.
While Mrs. Henry llaer, of Alluntuwu,
Mas taking I it ashes out el a steve Thurs
day morning her dress caught flre. bhe
m-.is se greatly unnerved wheu she utilized
her penleus position that bhe cjuKI make
but weak oflerts te bave herstlt. Finding
that the llamn.i were getting the better of
her, she, iu desp-ir, gave up lighting ihe
ilre and would have met a horrible dc uh
had net her daughter, Jennie, aged li,
cotne te her rescue. Jenuie dashed
several buckctsful cf v. iter ever her
mother uud extinguished the ll ime.t, but
net bofero the arms, chest aud bauds had
beeu severely hurned. Ne fatal results
are anticipated. The courage of the
young girl in saving her mother's life is
the theme of geueral comment.
She smoke Tu Muuj Ui;i.reit;-.
Miss Ulanche Slade, of Haadtug, was
found Thursday in her room in au mseusi
bio condition, and when a physician was
summoned he feuud her sufleriug from nn
ever dee of merphine She was resusci
tated, when it was learned that she took
the drug te rolievo her of paiu and also
for the cm e of oxtreme nervousness. It
was said that her uerves were badly af
fecttil by her oxtraeidinaiy usoef cigaret
Uh which shu consumed in large ipntiti
ties. She is iiuite dolicate looking, and
ttiephysiciau cmphaUcally Informed her
if she continued te smoke it would kill
her. It is said she consumed thrce
packages of cigarettes a day.
A Mlsptaceil Switch tuunrn Tue Arcldcuta
A freight train en the Philadelphia and
lteading read was thrown down from the
track at Seuth Wilkeabarre Thursday, the
cause bainj; a misplaced switch. The
loeomotivo plunged down an embankment
and was partially demolished. Ijugincer
Peck leaped from the ongine and was
Bcrieusly injured. The fireman and brako brake
mau escaped with slight bruises. llofero
the train bauds had tlme te send out a
flagman a coal train carae uleng and ran
into the freight, smashing a number of
cais, but injuring no ene.
a Nw nml 1'uUl llone Ulieaae.
A new disoase that is becoming preva
lent among the hones in Menree county,
is causing the farmerB great anxiety, Dr.
Miller, vcterinary Burgeon of the New
Jersoy Htate beard of health, has glven the
opldeinio the name of azetwina. When
attacked, the animal breaks out into a
violeut sweat and lirap3 en its hind legs,
only allowing the points of its hoofs te
touch the ground. Tlie only way te euro
the disease Is te swing the animal clear of
the ground by means of strops around Its
body, nnd unlcsi this is dene when tlie
symptums first appear, death invaiiably
fellows. The disease Is said te conic from
ever feeding, and is pronounced similar te
Brlght'a diaoase of the kidneys.
A l'OltUIHKCI S DliUUIIItj.
The U. S. Sotiate in oxecutlvo sehsiim
Thursday consldercd the nomination of
Ocorge P. Evans te he postmaster nt
Marlliibburg, W. Va. It is charged that
hvaiis was ptesent at the lynching of a
negre who had outrageously assaulted and
murdered n whtte wemnu. He admitted
that he was present, but said he took no
part in the lynching. After tin heur'H
dobale upeu the matter, the vete mi bis
continuation resulted in a tin, The dtvl dtvl
sleu, it Is slid, was uet entirely en party
lines,
Wlml hlcUnm la ti f .imity 111 I.
H. V. liarueB, a prominent citizen of
Ueas, WisceiiHin, en Wednesday, killed
his wit'e nnd nttompted Biilclde by cutting
his threat. It is net bolievod he will re ro re
cever. " Pietrautcd sickness in the faml
Jy" Is asaigned as the motive for Ids
crime,
A Mlne. superintendent Kllled.
Themas Pcters, suporlntendont of the
Wyoming Valley coal company's inities at
Pert llowkey, was killed by ears while
crossing the tracks of the Lehlch Valley
read ntMlltert.pl.', late Wednesday night
in a wagon.
KttrAerrilnntjr Mitcx nt Clittilrnn.
Six weeks nge a son m bem te Mis.
Marv Lawlli, the m ife of Hleltard Law lis,
of Hfd llauk, N, J., which wtdghed ex
netly oue pmnd. H died suddenly mi
Suii-hy last, having caught cvld fiem
being firipiently shwu. It was the
twi lllh child hm n le Mr. nud Mis Lawlis.
A gitl batiy b.irti two ycnis age weighed
two p.muda. It weighs out nine puunds
new.
lliirnf.il l,i ftirlr llmnr.
Tue hoip-e of Jehn lliiins, at HriJae
watcr, Maine, wns hurned Thuisilny, nud
he and an adopted daughter lest ttieli
lics.
Dr. leiiiple S. lln, iii' srrn I.
About ten yeais age, Klliett C. S'ore, of
Ne l,.VJt Wabash uun.ue, Chicago, nij -teneusly
disippeated. A few days after
ward Dr. IVnipld S. Hoyue saw his body
en a disirclttig table in the H.ihuumami
medical college, Visliing te sive Mr.
Yore's family the shock whleh n knowl
edge of this would occasion, Dr. llevue
kept the fceciet in his ew u bn:ist. Tlin
widow has no positive proof of her hus
band's death, nud se could uet get
the nmeunt of an in-urnuce p.diey
which he carried en the Connecti
cut mutual life uismauce company.
She wns informed that by paying the
premium for several jeais proof uf death
would be aceopted should lie net appear.
She did se and receivtd the meuey. The
faets of l)r lloyne's strange discovery
have just ceme te light, and suit has li.'en
brought by Mis Vero's attorney against
the company le rccovei thu amount of
premium paid dunug the past set en
yeate.
ItlUrtl tttiile DkIciiiIiiii: Ills tletnpr.
J. W. Urenier, who lives about oue uiile
etst of Nowceuiorstown, O , c.ime te town
Wednesday and stinted home late in the
evening under thu tutlui-nce of liiiuer. On
arriving home he began a quarrel with bin
family and attempted te stab his wile.
Her sons Interfered, and the eldest one,
aged 22 year?, took uj an axe aud prepared
te defend his mother. The euraged father
left tbe heuse with his gnu, leaded it,
antl then returned. He compelled the
eldest seu te drop the axe and sit denu iu
a chair, aud thou, advancing wuliin thrce
feet of him, tired it lal of shot in thn
yeuug man's breast, uear the heart. The
physiciaus sty that there i-. no io-.bible
chance for his recovery This is the
wifb'rt account of the sheeting. The
murdurcr, who gave himself up
faysth.it he shot hla son in self defense ;
that the boy had made an ursaiilt en him
with the axe, and was making nuether,
assault when be shot htm. The nife's
story, hewever, is crrb irated by her
younger son, who also attempted te re
i train his father wbeu he was assaulting
his wife.
lie ttuet Inebilitvd
Mvuliuni Traveler.
'" Mary," said a landlady te her green
hired girl, " w.w the laidar en the third
fleer luebri.tted when he c.ime in last
night.''' "Ne, mum, h was se druuk
he couldn't get up stairs, and I let uiui
sleep iu the back hall."
A Hunt ltrplr.
All eminent clergyman, u.t a thousand
miles from Bosten, was cjugratulatetl at
ene time ou the admirable aud hopefui
ipa il.tics of his wife "Ye," he replied,
'sae'i myjtiater and my tormonter '."
OUI.l' II III A Minn.
.Se I'nellc itljiuiiiiec el 7illoncteu
l'.lltllilny 1 no Werk nt inn Kellrt
Uoiienlttce -letCKiil lutarcel.
Ne'hiag of interudt occurred here te
d7 (Washington's birthday). The old eld
timt miiitiiry turnouts that were usual
O t Washington-, birthday are things of the
pas', and tue tramp of the "segers" is
lizard no mere linict prevailed every
where, adl tue town was dulJer even thau
ea a day nheu bualncfs l.s done. It the
father of his country cau leek down en the
degeaoratedoscondants of his revolutionary
heroes surely he must sigh at their disre-gai-1
of his illustrious name.
Tlie Wert, or the Re!lel ciotmnlitte.
The needy peer are rtceivinc timely and
welceme aid from the rce-Jtitly erganU'd
relief committce. Kvery jiersen who ap
plies for assistance) has their oase investi
gated by members of the committee, aud
il found te desorve nld receive it. Theso
who sutler cm blame none but themselves.
If they conceal their wants they cannot
expect help. Any perseu kuewiug of
families iu want of the necessaries of life
will be doing a geed deed by reporting nil
sueh cases te the committee.
Tbe charity concert will be held in the
opera heuse en Tuesday evening, March
1th. The opera heuse has been given freeby
council. The programme prepared for the
occasion is a very line oue, and consists of
vocal aud instrumental music aud reading.
Tlie Kemevnl el tlie I'untelllce.
Theso persons who are talking about the
remeval of the postellico fuither up Locust
street might just as well spare thnmsolves
any trouble ou thU subject. A government
official seme time age investigated this
matter and reported that its present loca
tion docs vary well. This settles the
matter The oflice scorns te be iu geed
qtiartera and a majnnty of the people
appear te be salisiled tint it remain
where it is.
remount mill Sudd.
A large crowd attended the Vigilant
firemen's ball in the armory last night. It
was a very pleasaut affair.
Aboutthirtyflveof.Mr.il. II, Heise's
gontlemon frleuds were entertained by
that gontleman in a royal manner at his
residence last night. The entertainment
was given lu return for that given te hiui
by theso present wheu he returned from
his late wedding hip. The supper te
which the guests sat down was an elegant
one. The party broke up about "J o'elook.
It was a decidedly pleasaut affair through,
ou.
Church .Mattcri..
ltav. S. I). C. Jacksen had a large
audtence at the Presbyterian church last
evening, te hear Him lecture en "The
Ignerance of Ingersell."
The Hav. J. J. Jenca will give his last
views of Paradiie Lest and Regained, in
the Bethol Church of Oed church te night.
The untortainment U well worth going te
see.
Town .lettluui,
Uuv. J. II. Hesten will lecture iu the
opera home te night. Subject : " His
Own Llfe." Popular priceb of ndrnisBlea
will prevail.
A rule has Just geno into ollucteutbo
Pennsylvania railroad which compels
every employe te pay his debts or be dla-
cnargea from the sorvice of the company.
The Susqiiehauua is a cpioer stream auy
hew. One night it falls aud the uext it
reitains what It lest. List night the water
fell about a'x inches, and is still gelug
down.
Stonei'rt reel works wero olesod for a
couple of days, hut net becaiike of tlie men
striking. They refused te work until an
existing grlevanca was sotlled, when most
ui iticin resiimeu werK,
The following meetings will be held this
evening : The Columbia baud will prao prae prao
tiue ; OIlve Uraneh ledgo Ne. 1,377 O. U.
O. of (). P. and Shawnee Imcampment
of I. O. of O. P,, held their stated bes
slens,
A meeting of the fair committee of the
Columbia liie company will be held nt the
ongine heuse te morrow nvnnmi? nt 8
o'clock. It has been decided te held the
fair lu the nrmery from the 11th te the
10th of March. A lveely Capolle cceklug
iuiiu win uu uiinnucu en at tlie lair.
A HLOODY TALE.
HOtV IIAIttltV HtllMtl' WAS Ktl.l.lCD,
UiiiiI.jkIeii nt (I no ut the Aliirilrrre-Kii.
tlreiiPtl tt ID, l IreiitiitUiitiiil l'.,l- i
itiinea I liu H1111K61 linn. i
e' Merv.
When the dead b .ly of Haruard Short, I
ei .Martin township, was ilrt found iu the
tendiuai It.iwhtiBvlile, en the morning of
Pebru.iry I, the dec aed having maul-
fiwtly met h'.s death the night befoie the
oeeuttenco was attilbuted te accident, but
teiy R..OU cireiunstauce.s wero noticed
which pointed te a datker tragedy nnd lr
teslstibly forced tint conclusion of u oeld
blemled murder. This theory strengthen
ed iu the neighborhood, nud bofero the
corp-e was burled there were whispers of
certain names in onutieotlon with the
oiime. Tlie tlrst thing te suggest this
was n motive which was known te have
insplmd feelings of levonge against the
victim ; and the cxpicnMeu of thteats te
giatilya bitter grudge that had existed.
A previous attack upon Short, similar
te that which ha. I resulted iu his death,
was feuud te have been made ; trncks were
discovered leading te a big troe near the
scene cf his death, wheie tlie assassins
were supposed te have lain In wait for
him ; two men had b-eu s.'ou loitering In
the vicinity the uveuiug of the mur.ier.
All these things formed a chain of circum
stantial evidence upon which Themas
Uaiiey, aud his seu Adam, were complained
against, arrested, ledged in Jail, and
yesteiday were taken before Jes. Kngel,
justice el the peace in Murlie township,
with Ins office in the village of Mt. Nebo.
The devt leptneuts of this hearing seem te
clear up the mjstery In which the death
of Short has been involved.
Taken ti tlie Uniuitrjr.
The priseueis wero taken handcuffed
from this city by Constable Shenk, of
Martie, en the U 10 a. in, tram te Yerk
Furnace, from which station they walked
with the officer te Mt. Nebo. The ether
porous who went fiem the city by rail
wero District Attorney I'bcrly, Corener
Staffer an I Themas Wlutseu, esq. James
M. Walker, esq., joined the party nt Mt.
N'ebe, and he assisted Messrs. Kberly aud
Wbitseu in conducting the oase for the
commonwealth. Four representatives of
newspapers of the city press were a Is i
present. The hearing drew a very large
crowd of people tretu all ever the county
aud great interest was felt iu the result.
Siwn after the e instable arrived it w.n
whispered that the younger Haney had
made a confession m whleh he charged
the old mau with biiug the party who
killed Shet t.
The hearing was conducted in n small
room in 'Squire Kugel's house, and no oue
was admitted except the prisoners, coun
sel, officers and reporters. The witnesses
were examined separately. The prisoners
were without counsel ami they occupied
chairs near the steve. The old mau paid
the olesost attention te every word that
fell from the lips of the witue.vscs, but lits
countenance scarcely changed during the
hearing, ilie li y nt times scented U) be
gieatly worried, and when net erying he
took mero interest in watcluug ene of the
lopertors write thau iu listeuiug te
the te.stitn my. The prisoners wero in
formed before the evidcucs began that
they hail the privilege of asking the
witnesses auy questions they desired.
1 he Icslltueuy.
The flrst witness called was Kltner
nreueman, who testified that he was in
Uawliusvilie en the utght of the murder.
Hetwecn 7 and b o'clock he saw Harney
Short driving through tbe village ea his
way tewatda home. It was about a mile
and a half from this point whero witness
last saw lain te his home. Witness saw
the body the morning after the murder , it
had then beau turued ever ou its back.
After the witucsj had concluded the
prismcr were asked if they had auy
qucti.ns te ask. The old man replied
tnithe had ueue, as he did net eveu knew
wiiore the pi ice was.
.Miss Olho Iiobiuten, the school te.-ioher,
who feuud the body, testified that when
she was en her way te sshe3l ea the
morning of February 1st, she discovered
the body lytug in ihe right hand track of
the re,'d ; thu faca was downward, while
the head was towards Kawlinsvilleaud the
feet toward Liberty Square ; saw that the
man's head was crushed, and the bleed
nnd brain were scattered about en the
be w ; she alterwards gave the alarm and
called Samuel Mirtiu aud several ethers
te the place.
Dr. L. il. ISrvsen, one of the physicians
who examined the deceased, testified te
the nature of the wounds, as has been
published bofero; he though. tUey had
been caused by a bliiut instiument in the
hands of seme oue who had htruek the
victim from the left side ; the wound
could uet possibly have been made by tlie
kick of a herse.
Jclfersen Armstrong, deputy oeronor,
who held the Inquest, testified that the
body was found about US feet from the
large chestnut tree, which is near the
read ; witness exarniucd the weuuds also ;
inside the foiice, seme steps away, pieces
of the brain wero found.
Clinten Miller testiiicd that ha lives two
miles below Uawliusville ; ou the eveniug
uf thu murder he pasfced the place where
the body was afterwards found about half
past soven o'clock ; witness nnd his brother
wero driviug in a sleigh ; 15 or 20 yards
belew the chestnut trea they ovorteok two
meu in the read ; b ith wero white aud
about the size of the prisoners ;
wituesssald " geed ovenlng " te thorn,
but neither replied ; witness thou said,
" poeplo are gettlng Independent ;" the
men stepped te the right baud side of the
read ami after the sleigh pissed they
stepped into the read track ; witness could
give no description of the meu, as he did
uet take particular notice of thorn.
llciij. I). Miller, a brether of the last
witness, who was with him nt the time
corroborated him ; he could net tell who
the men wero olther, but In size they were
similar te the prisoners.
Danlel Geed tebtlllcd that ou the Satur
day night previous te the murder he was
passing the point whero It oceurrod, wheu
he was obliged te step, as a herse was tied
te the fence and blocked the read ; witness
waited a short time nud the man in charge
of the teaui dreve away ; he could net tell
who he was and only knew that the herse
was of dark color.
Jehn Charles tcstilled that he lives
within a half milojef the lianeyH1 home,
nud has known thorn for flve years j ene
day he heard the elder man, who had had a
difficulty with Uarney Short, say, "I oeuld
knock his brains out " ; wituess told him
he ought net talk that way, aud he said
that wan se, but he get se mad ; the day
after thu murder the old man oatne te the
stable of vitness nud told him that Short
had bceu kllled ; witness then said that
his words about him having ids brains
knocked out had oemn true ; Ilaney
uttered a short 'humph I " nud walked
efl; witness thought the elder ilaney
usually chopped weed with his left baud
front en the uie haudle, but he oeuld net
state whether he was left handed.
Albert Ilagen testified that he was at
the place whero the murder oeourrud en
February 1st, nud the following Sunday
with Constable Sheek ; he saw tracks of
meu nt the chestnut tree nnd also correi
pending tracks leading from the points
whero the murder took plaoe across n
cornfield te the read en whleh the tolo telo tole
grapli peles are ; witness ditt net fellow
thorn auy further,
TUB UONMMSIUN,
'I'lin liny linplle.tM till I'Mther.
Constable Shenk, of Mnrtle, tostlfled
that en Buuday he was at the plaoe whero
the body was found ; hodiseovored traeks
In the snow nt the chesuut tree, nudothers
corresponding, whleh led fiem the plaoe
or tint murder norm tint curnllnld, down
the read and into the we.ids ; witness fol
lowed the tracks for about a mlle and
they led iu the diicctien of the home
of ihe priseueis ; wttuesN then went down
te Keeves' run, along the river, and found
the same kind et Hacks lending fiem the
dlieetlut) et the minder te Mauey's heuse ;
thu hacks in the corn Held were of two
moil, and witness thought the must have
been ruuiiliig, us thu steps taken by them
weie veiy long ; the tracks made by ene
mau worn larger than the ethers, aud from
the nppcni Jtice witness thought the pernies
who made them had a deg with them.
Witness had a conversation with young
Ilaney wImi he went te Jill te bring him
te the heating In the morning, and while
yet in the cell witness found him crying,
and he placed his hand en his khoulder
and said, " New, Adam, If you have any
thlti) te say, say It before I take you out;"
he loplied at lltst that he knew nothing ;
witness thou asked him whother he wns
along when this occurred ; be tlrst staled
that he was net, but ufterwatdi? said tint
he was, but had nothing te de with it ;
he said his father committed tbe orime ;
witness asked liini il he did it with the
axe and he icplied, ' Of courfe."
' IVe Wme Until Tliore."
At this point the elder Utility, who for
the Unit time seemed somewhat disturbed,
said, " Adam, did you say this V" The
boy icplied, " Yes.'' Thu father then
said, "Were you there?'' The hey re
r
.iIIihI, " ics, we were both there."
ihe consttble then e mtiiiued his testi
mony ; he stated that upon arriving at
Mount Nebo, he went with young haney
lute 'Squire Kngel'u weed shed ; the boy
said he wanted te get clear of this charge
and proceeded te tell his sterv : lm H.itd
he aud his father left home ubeut dark the
evening of the murder, and they passed
through Mt. Nebo ; hu did net recollect
the direction they took then, but they get
te the place of the muider ; witness asketl
him hew ofteti the old man Htruek Short,
and he told hiui twice, au I said it was
dene with a httle axe.
At this point the officer stepped aud he
was the last witness examined.
The l'.ldnr ll.tiipy Crecn-lSianitnr.
The elder Itauuy at oneo begun a series
of questions te the constable :
"Did you net scare hiui up .'" (referring
te the boy who had confessed )
The officer replied that he hail net. The
father became gieatly excited and asked
the boy why he had net told the truth.
The eung mau answered : " I have told
the truth, we were both there; if you Kuew
bettei, why, tell it." The old man said,
" I de net want te be hung for anything
I did uet de '' Tlie boy replied that he
did net want te be hung, either. The
father stoutly denied his guilt, ami said
that he oeuld prove t'tat ha was home nil
night. The boy at oueo replied, " why
don't yen get jour proof ?"
L'eiiiinllteil te Jul).
About tht.s time the hearing was eon
eluded, uud the 'squire decided te commit
the prisoners for court. I lie small room
was thrown open nud was at unce packed
with curious people, nnd the prisoners
were closely suueuuded. The old mau
kept denying his guilt, but thu boy per
sisted that he had told the truth. When
the officer left the side of the old mau for
au instant thu latter said, "I wilt net go
away , I amjnet guilty."
A l'attieile Scene.
The officer finally made his way into the
kitchen with the prisoners, and a terrible
scene followed. Mrs. Ilaney, the wife nnd
mother of the pmencrs, was there. She
had heard tbe testimony of the boy nud
was almost crazy with grief , she clasped
her hiuband aruut.d thu uuck and pro
claimed that he was innocent of any urttue,
as hu wit4 home en the night of the mur
der. She violently charged the bon with
trying te send his father te the gallons,
aud dcni Hided te knew why he had made
such n statement.
Tlie boy was crying loudly but he
persisted iu stating that he had told the
truth and that thn father was the guilty
party.
In a short time nud after considerable
difficulty the prisoners wero taken from
the building, but for fear that thu father
might de Ids son seme Injury they were
uet haudcutfed together.
Mrs. IJauey followed the prisoner out
into the ruvl, shouting at the top of her
veice; she was induced te get iute a oir eir
riagn te be taken home, bat just as she
did se she fainted aud had te be e in led
back te the heuse, whero bhe lav almost
lifeless for cometinio alter the prisoners
had leit for Yerk Furuaca te take the
train.
A little seu, who seemed te be almett
crazy at the sceno, clung te his mother
aud remained with her uutil she rcoevered
under the careful treatment of Dr. IJry IJry
seu. Mrs. Short, the wife of the murdered
man, was present at the hearing, aud she
steed upjii the perch coolly looking at the
proceedings.
I.edcnl In .lull.
The prisoners were brought te this city
in the train whleh arrives at 0:15 p. in
On the way home the old man clung te
his btatomeut that he was iunecctit.
After reaching the prison the boy again
told the officer the story of the crime, sub
Btantially the same ns given abeve.
It Is thought by many that the boy was
offered some inducement te tell his story,
but the officer claims that the examination
was properly conducted, aud he premised
the prisoner nothing. One thing seemed
strange, nnd that was that as seen as the
officer had finished his testimony, and
while the elder prisoner was talking thu
yeunger man arose aud said "New, meu,
can I go?" IIe scorned te think that he
was entitled te his freedom, but if hu hid
nay such Idea the disappointment nt net
being set frce did net make him change
his nteiy in auy particular.
The l'rliouers.
The boy is botweou SO uud 'it years of
ngJ, but leeks mueh yeunger. IIe is thin
nud pale and in appearance is just the
oppeslto of his father, who Is very robust.
The bay was married about two months
age, te a daughter of Henry Wales, of this
city, who had been living with Jehn
Charles, a wltness In tlie case and a uolgh uelgh uolgh
ber of the I Janeys. It Is said that the boy
is dull aud some nre inclined te bcllnve that
he Is weakmlndcd ; all think, however,
that his story is very straight and
lr nnything hi wrong It is very strange
that he should aoetrio his father of such u
terrlble crime aud cling te his story with
sueh persistency.
The boy told the offieur considerably
mero thau was tostlfled te oeucorniug the
nfl'alr and all of the ciroumstnuces soem te
corroborate him. IIe states positively that
they ran across the Held where the tracks
wero found after the murder. On the
train last night, batwoen Yerk Furuaoe
nud this city, the father get hut ene
chauce te speak te the boy, and he said,
" Tell Jake (the constable) it's nil a He
you told." The boy told this te the effi.
cer afterwards.
The Father's History.
The elder Daney is about -15 years of
age aud he moved te Yerk Furuaca five
years age from Lebanon oeunty ; where,
it Is said, he had bcen In prison ouce,
Slnce he has been living iu this oeunty he
has bcen working ns n laborer and seme
times dealt iu benes aud iron. Although
he has boeu suspected of being oreokod,
nothing has ever boeu preved against him
here nud his uulghheiB are very slew te
say mueh either for or against him, The
storles published by the Intkim0.!;nci:k
relative te his troubles with Uarney Short
nre all true aud are about as already given
In these columns, Thore was bad bleed
botween them and It may have caused the
murder,
Besides the boy Adam, IJauey has soven
ether elilldteu, nil tmtall, Thny mu very
peer nud rduen theli MtpHrleis tue lu
prison the neighbors have been pievldlng
for lliein. They tue unable te employ
counsel and nothing has been dene ns yet
by anyene le mvure cenns'd for thorn.
Dim tiling Incmtutii, II they had been lu
strueted liy Itwters at the Hum of thu
attest It is liltily that thn terrible nteiy
we publish te-day would net have been
learned, uud It 11 doubt fill if the circum
stantial uvldeucu aloue oeuld have con
victed thorn.
I.liptiy llriuilUrt.
The ropicsenlntlviis of the Latioaster
pupeiHUhd ethers who nttnudrt! the heal
ing aie under many obligations te Admit
Hiigeu ami 'Squlte Kngtil fur emit tei.it s
extended te tliani yesterday. Ah thore Is
no hotel iu the vlllagu Mr. lliigeu took
charge uf the Ltuoaster folks and utve
tlium a royal dinner at his heuse. Toe
leporteiH did Justice te the feud, nud nil
seem anxious te return te Mount Nube at
a future d.itu.
Ni'.imiittiKimeu ,Ni;VH.
I'.teiiiM Mrur unit Aernns ihe Comity i.Iiipv
Ploure.puriiuuuiin Is attacking the cat
tle iu the lower part of Chester county.
The Philadelphia aud Kvidiug ratlie.ul
company is making cxteiiHve additions te
Its shops in Heading.
Muis lletsy Oberholtzer, of a family of
lour lathes, et Shaollerstewu, was found
dead lu her betl of dropsy.
Au Italian laborer had both his legs
broken ou the cinder bank at Bird Cole,
man turnace, near Ltibatieu, by a lump of
uiuder lulling en him.
The Hepublicaus of Bethel township,
Lebanon county, nominated two ladles for
school directors, but the Democrat! east
gallantry aside and defeated them,
Frank Maker, of Litit., tramped ou a
rusty nail in an old beaid It penetrated
his feet for an Inch and caused a painful
wound.
Jowelor Wottzel, of Heading, who was
robbed of $1,000 worth of stock lately, has
found his goods aud ideutilied thu thieves,
experienced craokinen under an est iu
Philadelphia.
Jehn tturk'hart, employed ou the farm
of Phares Bwarr, near Petersburg, while
rihoetiug intiskrntH was painfully injured.
His gun bettig accidentally discharged, the
entire oharge passed through his left loot,
tearlug nway two of his tees.
ltose Dennelly, agi d in years, living at
St. Jehn ami Willow streets, Philadelphia,
walked out of her bedroom window, while
asleep, at midnight. Shu gi.tspcd the
window sill ns she lull, and hung outside
till her sister ran te Thud and lluttuuwoed
streets in search of au eIUcit. She was
tin illy rescued uninjured.
KMX'UATIMMAl. .lll.t.IIMI.
I'lipuUr Intercut In tlui tniu l.om-eik.
Ou the Kith lust, the annual educational
meeting of Leacock waH held. Thcse
meetings have liecemn a part of its school
system, nud great interest is niniilfcstetl
by both teachers and patrons. Iu tlie
large aud commodious school room, tLm
directors' ami the auto-rooms overt avail
able Inch of space was occupied. Tbe
rooms wero appropriately decorated for the
occasieu. Five lectures wero delivered
during the day, ranglug from 20 te :10
minutes in length as fellows II. 11.
Pleam, subject, " The Teacher's work ;"
Jno. C. Mylin, en " Ceurage ;" Hev. J.
N. Mundeii, en " Scheel Government ;"
I. B. Uoed, ou " Benelits of lteading ;"
E. W. Weaver, en " Troublesome Weeds."
Much interest was taken hi thu discus
sion by tenchers, patreus aid directors of
the following questions :
" What is education and what is it
worth ?"
" Is mental activity iujut toils ','''
" Should the township furnish tuxt
books?" After the disaussieu uf the last
it vete W2S tnkeu and the meeting unaui unaui
meiibly decided in favor of the affirma
tive. The programme wns iuturspersed by
entertaining leadings and choice selections
of mu aie by tlie pupils of the different
schools. Mr. C O. Oabla was organist
for thu occasion.
The meeting was a great success a-id
ureatetl a hotter school sentiment ami a
closer feeling butwecn parents nud teach
crs.
Uuurt ei Uniiiiiiiiii rlrus.
uefeiie ji nun Livisosre.s.
In the case el Jehn Ureeuburgur vs.
James II. Beam, UJuie te try the validity
of Catharine Beam's will, the jury render
ed a verdiet iu favor of the plaintiff, thus
sustaining the will,
nereni: jui".e rArrmtse.v.
Iu the case of Qettsclnlk cb l.bdurmau
vs. the North British and Mercantile in
surance company the plaiutilf continued te
call witnesses te prove the amount of stock
they had upon hand at the time of tbe flre.
Ne ether cases belng ready fertiial, thu
jurors uet impauuled iu the insurance case
were discharged for the wcuk.
Current lliiflurnn.
The tavern lioense of J. P. Knight, Inte
of tbe Third watd, was transftrred te
Danlel II. Fry.
A rule for a new trial was denied in the
oase of Abraham K. Beurn vs. Petor
Leugnccker.
The question of whother District Atter
uey Davis or the county is untitled te the
feus lu cases begun before Jan. 1, but
concluded since thou, has been submitted
te the court iu n case stated.
TlllCATKM) ti, si.tr rr;ii.s.
'ilie Kiinrntfil llernen Other Opera IIuiimi
Items.
There was anether large nnd didightcd
nudiouce nt the opera heuse hibt evening
te witness the perfortnance of Pief.
Bartholemew's trained horses Theso
animals are new accustomed te our stage
aud perform te their utmost nbilily. The
audloueo attending the matiuce this after
noon is very larije. There will be por per por
fermancos this ovenlng, te monew after.
neon at 1:U0, and Iu the evening, which
closes the ongagemont here. Prof. Bar Bar Bar
thoeomew will go from Linoaster diieet
te Providenoe, II, I., whote he opens en
Monday.
Perhaps mere artistic r.utl beautiful
theatrical advertisiirjf wns uevcr seen iu
Laudater than that new displayed an
nouncing the appearance of the omiuent
nctrcfu JaTiaitfchuk, iu her great aud new
play of " Ztllah." The advertising con
sists iu flnely ongraved lithographs el
the tragodlcnue, showing her in the differ
ent features of her part.
The managers of " Nobody's Claim,"
ndvurtlcu for 50 supernumeraries.
I'D II oe Cults,
The mayor had nlne lookup customers
te ntteud te this morning. One uf them
was committed for ten days for drunken
and disorderly conduct, and tlie ethers,
whose only offense appeared te be that
they oeuld And no place olse thau the
lookup Iu whleh te sleep, wero dls dls dls
oharged. Goerne Asklns and Geerge Hunter,
colored, beoame druiiK aud disorderly antl
engaged In a Jlght. They wero arrested
and taken bofero Aldermati Sampson, who
discharged thorn from custody en paymcut
of costs.
Tite Letus Hall.
The ball glveu by the Letus social club
last ovenlng In Huberts hall was n very
soleot affair. The hall was never mero
l,nn.i,ir,,lle ilnennifml. A limit thlrlv Itvn
oeuplos of young ladles and gontlemon
wero proieut, an ei wnem wuure accom
plished danoers. Tayler's orchestra fur.
nUheil t.hn music The tuutv breke up
about U o'clock n, m.