sr rtx ,1. ?. nfm awi LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1884. - te ' L".r t, 1 l 0 it i. .- IS r l-: v VI fj h' ' i fcatuaatet JnteWgencct. BATURDAV VBOTNQ, FEB.JJ3, 1884 The l'regrcss or Kcrerni. We can Imagine with what keen ap preciation the dally reports of the doings at the White Heuso are read by Mr. Wayne MaeVcagh, who writes be ardently of " the great and neble work awaiting a president ableand willing te dolt." "The solemn work of reform Ing net only the admlnlatratlve servlce of the national government, but tne very atmosphcre Itself of the national capital" Is progressing most vigorously under the direction of King Arthur and bis knights of round the table. As regu larly as sunrlse the country is told that en the evening before, In the executlve mansion, thlB selemn work of reform was being carried ou In fifteen courses, whlle "the state dining room was handsomely decorated for the occasion with bloom ing azaleas In the window nooks and hyacinths in mess along the mantel pieces." It is true, as Mr. MacVeagh says, that the valuable tlme of the sec retary of the treasury Is wasted "upon senators and congressmen, or deputa tions of local political magnates, in lis tenlng te their appeals for the appoint ment of a pensioner upon the treasury"; but then, at last evening's dinner, " the table, with Its bread end pieces and curving Bides, was decorated In low form, the central ornament of the long mirror being a large oval piece of roses and lilies of the valley "and the exacting Mr. MacVeagh ought te be sat Is3ed with that. Sure enough, under BUI Chandler's regime the navy yard has net been cleansed of " its rottenness In contracts, and in navy yards as well as ships," but what Illustrious dude will net be satisfied te hear that en President Arthur's dinner table "the mirror wa3 bordered with roses, heliotropes and ether flowers, nnd at either end of it were tall gilt and crystal competes running ever with long-stemmed Marshal Kiel roses ; large baskets of tulips and ilat pieces of roses, azaleas and carnations decorated the ends of the table?" Mr.MucVeagh must net expect everything at once. lie ought te be satisfied with the vigorous reform made upon the White Heuse dinner table ; the upholstery of that establish ment is the most gorgeous ever known, Its master is a fashion plate and they de say that the robin's egg blue of his bed room wall paper is ' perfectly awfully lovely" A Suffering city. Pittsburg has an unenviable reputa tien for the honesty of its eillcial man ngemeut. Some yeais age Its elllccis put a debt en it which it was net able te pay and which they caused it te repudiate, until they wete put into jail and acorn premiso with their creditors was hud. Its present etllcials have been essaying a comfortable game of money making at the city's expense, of a very bare faced character, which has been resisted by the tax payers und Is new stepped by the decision of the court. The game is ene which is familiar te state and city treasurers. Our state has suffered from It every time a lean was made or renewed. Tne terms have been se advantageous te the borrower as te warrant the conclusion that the agents of the state profited by their cemplals ance. There san lie no reasonable doubt of this In the Pittsburg case. The city in the first place did net need te borrow the money, and In the second place a Ave per cent, thirty year bend was offered at ninety nine cents en the dollar, when the city new has an outstanding four per cent, lean that sella at par. The fraud and con spiracy In this new leau was se censpic ueu3 that the court did net hesitate te put a step te Its further negotiation. A million und a half of the six million lean had been Issued before the inter ventlen of the court was secured by the tax payers through Malcolm Hay, esq., and that portion is new selling at ten per cent premium. The transaction is a very discreditable one te the Pittsburg eQlcials and te the people who permit such cattle te get into places of trust. am m Ceunui'TiKO veters by plajlu. them upon " poll committees" nt se much a head, morely te secure their vjtcs, and degrading the manhood of Butrruge by pa litlcal committees paying tax.s by wbole Kile, ure tire evils which every geed ci'i zen ought te frewu upon and pelitlc.il leaders of both partles comblne in geed faith te abolish. iVew Era. "We heartily agree with our esteem d Republican contemporary, that the pay ment of voters' taxes by political patties or politicians, is a " twin evil" that might as well " go" with the poll com mittees. It Is net se direct and serious a form of bribery and source of corruption as the ether, but it certainly tends te " dograde the manhood of suffrage" and te make the Individual voter unmindful of bis political rights and duties. In this city fully one-half the voters depend upon their parties and tlte politicians te qualify them for the suffrage, and if they should refuse or fail te attend te it, two or three thousand men would be disfranchised. In Philadelphia this year seme twenty thousand dollars wero paid out for the taxes of forty thousand voters, and ever the state generally the custom prevails of the political parties bearing the heavy oxpense and doing the important work which would be lightly felt by every in dividual voter and his attention te which would glve him a better appre elation of the value of his ballet. One of the results of the present si stem Is the. enormously Increased expense of political campaigns nnd the advantage which rich men liave as candidates , it tends te the practical establishment of a political plutocracy, and the men who new take money for thelr votes nnd de pend upon etherB te pay thelr taxes are the most interested In abolishing the evil and in maintaining tlte ene thing that makes them politically the pesra of anybody else, a free ballet. Chicago Is the most comfeitable city iu the West In which te held a national convention, and in fact the only one well suited te the purpose. St Leuis und Cincinnati huve inferior uccomme dat'e,' u-,1 urp intolerable iu summer because of their heat. The date selected for the Democratic convention is a warm one, but probably as geed as any ether would be In that regard. A later date would have given n longer tlme in which te determtne the policy aud the candidate without taking anything from the eill clency of the campaign ; which always drags in the summer months and never wakeus Inte effective work until the het season Is pretty well ever. Strictures en Colleges. The JEniiMiiier Indulges In seme Btrnnge reasoning In regard te colleges and their intluence en education gener ally. It says, " In a large measure the collcge stands where It did ene huudred years age in its philosophy and Its cur riculum." Then It gees en te lament the Intluence of the cellege upon the schools of lower grade. It has spoiled the common schools. The result is that " the common school, which formerly was simplicity itself, is converted by its many improvements into an institution which does net Rive as much useful in struction or as substantial results In the entire year as the old-fashioned school gave in three or four mouths." New, If the cellege Is just what it was a hundred years age, we cannot see hew it can be charged with spoiling the com mon school, which has advanced Inte se many new methods that it is no longer as efficient In its teaching as it was in former times. The cellege is charged with being excessively conservative, old fegyish and complained of en this ac. count, and then the common school Is charged with being progressive, aud complained of for this reason. During all these years the cellege has been going ou, doing its work without any pregresj, whereas the common school has been making such progress that It has beconie well nigh useless. If the college has ex erted any influence en the common school, we should suppose its intluence would tend just the ether way, that is te mike the common school conservative and old fegyish like Itself. There seems te be a flaw somewhere in this reason ing. Put is it true that the college iu this country has been making no progress 't True, some things in all teachings, whether in the college or common school must in the nature of the case, remain the same Sjiue branches must be learned by each gener atien just as the ene before learned them. The principles el mathe matics and of language de netchmge. The rules of arithmetic, algebra aud geometry, are the same for each genera tien, and children must go en learning their a, b, c's, just as they had te de a hundred years age. S many branches In the cjllnge curriculum remain the Sitne. simply because the science, what ever it may be, Is unchangeable, as for instance, geometry. It requires some genlu3 te discover new principles in this science. Put have tu.t our colleges been extending their scientitlc courses where ever it cau be dene V Have they net added te the classical ourseas much natural science iu the discovery and progress of the age have produced 't We think they have. True, the Ppnlnr Sen mi Monthly, which the Examiner quotes, very naturally complains that natural science does net receive sufficient attention as compared with the classics, Just as a philological journal would com- plain that the classics are slighted ; aud Inthoentroversy new raging ever the cellege curriculum, it is ditllcult te tell which Is the louder complaint, that of the utilitarians ever tlte predominance of classical culture, or that of tueclnsai cists that the modem tendency is tee strongly toward the technical, " bread and butter " idea of education. The truth, as usual, lies between, it is necessary te combine these two, aud te include mathematics, history, &c, if the course is te be evenly balanced. Every department will naturally be jealous of Us own importance, but the educators who All out the curriculum seek te give each its proper share. Men may differ as te the proportion et time and atten tion Unit should be given te each course iu a liberal education, but it is te be pre sumed that the combined judgment of our leading educators is better than that of non professionals, aud less free from prejudice than the judgment of these Interested iu prometiug special brandies of knowledge. Our teachers and teach ers' Institutes might, and generally de, have a peer judgment In regard te ether pursuits in which they are net engaged ; for example, they very etteu assume te knew mero about the making of a news paper than the editor. Their pretensions are often as ridiculous as the criticism of these who alt in judgment upon them in their own sphere; but It may be supposed that they knew something about their own profession. Their work is net te make mechanics or merchants or edit ors, but It is te lay the foundation by de veloping the minds of the yi ting, se that at the proper age they may be prepared te learn a special pursuit or calling in llfe with success. State Superintendent Hlgbee in his last annual lepert, eloquently referred te and feiclbly answered this frequent objection te the common schools that they de net (it their pupils for the vari ous trades and that wide range of Indus trial pursuits which characterize our modem civilization : Te nay nothing of the true aim of ele meutary and, indeed, of nil training, which should eeek above all te secure a right Inward Inclination aud habit of mind aud spirit in reference te their own proper dcitinatien which should atrive, by all means, te glve te the soul power te sur sur meuut nature, aud caltt a full mastery of ltself te Hay nothing, we ropeat, of the true aim of elomenlary tralulug, which, in our judgment, Is qulte the opposite of the theory underlying UiIh ndverBO oritleUm, we adk, nnd with seme degree of sumrlse also, are the roots such ns te warrant the orltlelsiu ? During almost half a century have our common eoheols, with their present course of studies, slightly medllled it may be here unu mere, neon laiiuiuiiy at weik ; aud liave we, as a result, a population of iu. tolleotual droues ? what industries liave boenshuuned oruegleotcd? De net rail reads, like erle vast net work, oevor our land, and, with telcijrapha aud telephones, bind the whole oentinont together ',' Are noteur ralues delved, our ores smelted, and our coal aud ceku sent almost ou wings te the uttermost parts of our coun try ? Are net our itieuiitulim tuuuoled, our rivers spanned with colossal bridges, whole counties ttplred with dor der ricks, whero, from the laboring earth, our poeplo are pumping naptha aud esplialtum. Are net our for est a swept down a if by in agie, making our mountains treeless, and our streams Ashless ? Are net the booms In our rivers filled with myrald legs and our cars ilea, fened with the whir of countless saws ? Is uet our commonwealth, lt.el( nti eniptre, tilled with rush and rear or innumerable industries, and Is net our metropolitan elty thd very coutre whero almost every fabric of the known werl.1 is made '.' I de net say that our common schools are the only causa of this ; but most certainly they have net yet given ua a population of In tellectual drones, among whom the trades are shunned, nnd ou whose shops nnd wharves the cormorant and bittern ledge. Emt Payne ; onter Dlalne. Let every voter pay his own tax and ewu hid ewu vote. Caul Scuviiz and a large number of voters who call themselves Independent Republican had a bauquet and a confer ence in New Yerk last oveuing and the burden of their speeches was that the He publican party could only succeed in the next campaign if it deserves success. That settles it. Tub Marietta Jlegistcrte uet "personally ncquaiuted" with Wm. Aug. Atlee, esq , candidate for judge, but from theso who knew him it learns "that he Is fully capa bio te p-rlerui all the duties develving upon that high ofllce, and is a formidable opponent of the present Incumbent, lien. I). W. Pattr rsen." Some of Mr. Atloe'o friends should make the Utgitttr acquaint ed with him. HIK XJLXK Iu M'iircU, from A te I they passed. Ami " Mruerlti " chese at last Hut thought It seu nit oil fur tnnre seet I'e cill tlie biby " Margarita." Wnen Kttmilmtt uiw tlie llttle nut, fcne called Her " darling Maruret " Next, Uncle Jack ami Cousin Aggie ent cup ami spoon te " llttle Muggd' Ami Kramlp.ipu t lie rlcht must beg Te call the iasle " bonnle Meg." (Frem "Jinrguerlta" down te "Meg ' ') And new he simply " llttle lVg.' Mri. J. I'. M'hetler, ii 4' .VcAefu Jer March Ui in Bedford borough at the l.ite spring olectieus the centest for local otticers took en the form of a railroad and anti-railroad issne and things get se badly mixed that there wero net inore than ten straight tickets in a poll of 400. The repert iu some way was started that the Democratic nominees for ceuncilmcu and chief bur gess wero agalust facilitating tlte entrance of the Southern Pennsylvania railroad into the town, wbile the Republican can didates wero for It. Although there was no basis for the issue as tuvle up it was se understood und the railroad party wen the day. The Philadelphia Pten is mistaken in saying that the Democratic newspapers of the state have " found it necassary te de fend Governer Pattiseu for his appoint ment of Democratic trustees of the state lunatic hospital," Governer Pattison simply rcdeomeJ that beard by appoint ing four new Demoeratic trustees from the slouch of partisanship into which it had fallen under Republican governors, who made it censtat of eight Republicans and ene Demeciat Rut, as the Prtsi insists that a police ene third Democrats was partisan Democratic, ene might as well try te whlstle down the wlud as te get it te talk truth aud sense. Mu Co.nkli.ne has been talking te a Rev. Dr. bnydcr, of St. Leuis, who in turn gives out the conversation te the newspapers. Mr. Cenkhng thinks that sinoe the Republican party has been get tiug rid of its " besscp," every man who wj a head taller than his fellows haa been killed efl. The party is new like an army that has shot its own leaders in the face et the enemy ; he hopes the " cranks ' are satisfied. As te Garfield's nomination, he said the story of it was buch a nicketimg history of faUe pro pre tense, miserable hjpecricy and detestable political corruption that I have ue heart te review it." He thinks the Democratic party may huve a divided leadership, but they ate a uuitcd army aud will elect the next president. Oveii in Cuester county Sraedley Dar liugten a rich, aud daring politician, wants te go te Congress. He and Waddell were the eulitih' candidates for the Republican nomination the laht time, and when it get ery close between them Darlington threw his strength te Everhart and nominated him. New he claims te have found out that I'verhart ill used him in the canvass and he will dtspute his ronemlnation. The attack upon the present member has begun iu a scries of paid artielas in the local papars abusing Everlnrt for net hav lug voted agalust the Fitz Jehn Perter re lief bill. The comity is beiucr flooded by the parties te the e.outrevorHy with congression al speeches for and ngalnat this moasure. It will be Intorestinn te soe what offeet snob a system of campaigning will have ever there ; aud possibly It may be inaugurated here, as Congressman Smith voted for the bill, whleh his spoeial organ, the Ne Era, deelared te he se infamous that its sup porters should iu oenslstonoy offer n roan liitien vindicating Ueuodiet Arneld and whitewashing Judas Iscarlet. The In quirer charges tint the Net Era haa nover told its leaders hew our ropresentatlvo voted en this moasure, If net, It is high tlme it was doing it, as thu primaries are only sixty tlaya distant. Jtlltt A gut u Tlie Cat Ellen Terry said te an Indianapolis re porter the ethor day : "I shall always roniembor my first visit iu Cilcage by rca seu efau acetdent that occurred thore. In tlie oasket sceno in the 'Merchant of Yonlce' the lines make llamime says that he seals his betrothal with a loving kiss. Mr. Terrls was the Uauante, nnd just as he kissed me a very oensldorablo titter carae from the audionce. My fnoe was iu atlame In a mlnute, and I was juat ready te cry. I did net dnre leek around, but when I rcaehed the flics the cause of the laughter was apparent. The atae eit, a mngnltloent and pertly cieaturc, had oemo en aud watched the whole proceeding and when we leftahn followed, apparently well satis, fled. RutI ean't bring inj self te the klsniug agahr, se that Mr Terrls lalhea my baud te his lips instead." ' Unwind Uuiter Hie Ice, Jehn Moulten and Dennis Hnley broke through the iee whlle sliding en n small pond at Thompsenvllle, Mass., nnd both were drowned. llrewn ct by nil Uineitlncheuiv. Twe raeu wero drowned near Lyueh. bur.T. Vil.. bv thn lllinnttlurr nt n inna In the James rlver, A FAMILY MUflDKRED. Tin: tieniKa sulii i(n iusskutien. The Startling Dlscerprj Mtl ut tlie onto Medical Oollfe-Ttrilblo Werk et re Mgruc. Further developments regiuding the mysterious disappearance of the colored family nnd the burning of their cabin near Aveudale, a suburb of CineluiMtl, ene week age, Indicate clearly that the family were murdered In erdei that their bodies might be scoured ti m1I te a medical col lege. The family consisted of Heerly Tayler, aged 70, his wife, .njed .V, and thelr granddaughter, aged It. Tim cabin was noticed te be en nre late nt nlKht and was a mass of glowing cinders bofero any ene reached the roeuo. It Mas supposed at the time that the family had deserted the cabin nnd It had pemlbly been set ou Hre by tramps. The next day, however, it was found that thelr dogs aud poultry wero still there and the belief obtained thnt thetannly wero asleep when the cabin took Ure and were sullecated and porished. The Village Marshal, J. A. llrewu, raked ever the ashes but could find ue ovldeuces of himiau lemains. He thou became satisllcd that the family had been murdered and h.n been making a slew investigation of the matter ever since. After searching the woedi nnd hollows In the viciuit) f r the bodies ..'id raking a pond near by tt eeeuried te him that he might have been taken te into of the meJical colleges, falling en Dr Cil ley, of the Ohie medical college, he was told that ue such bodies had been leceived there. Inter in the day. howefer he sent for Marshal llrewn anl told him that upeu investigation he had found that three bodies answering the description of the Tayler family were teeeived by the cellege about 12 o'clock Friday night. They were brought tj the college by two men, known te him as ".lack" and "Har rison," who were paid $100 for them nud no qu stieus naked. The marshal identi fied the bodies aud late last night arrested a colored resident of Avendalo named Allen lngalls This man has since con fesscd te ha Ing a hand iu the matter. He Bays two men, whom he did uet knew, en gaged him ou Friday te meet them near the Tayler cabin that ni.;ht and take two " stiffs " in his waen te the Ohie medical cellege. This he did aud was paid the dollars for the j.b. Three mere colored men have been arrested te day, but no further coufesstous have bcen drawn out. In an interview in the evening Dr.Cilley reluctautly admitted that he had been forced te beliove the family had been murdered for the purpoe of selliug their bodies te the cellege he i connected with. He said the thought niid. him shudder. When asked if he supposed such a thing had ever been dene before he Mid emphat ically that such a thinn had never befere oecurred iu this country. "It is barely pessib'e,' "the doctor said, that the bodies of murdered poeplo have been sold te in before. We never ask any questions and cuts and bruises nre uet noticed, as they V we always bxn attribut ed te the rough of the bbdies The skulls of th in ; yet until M excited our suspi any netice ut th i peeple who have Li have possibly beer still think this is ever occurred In '. . nothing about eitbi but could identify tt. they nre arrested " In 1300 a man n -in England afterl implicated in near.y rere all crushed -vih iaquiries id ne: taken t'tie bulies of ieusly missing 1 u before, but I tint case that urn . luntry. I kuew .u.k' or 'Harrison,' ., -ud Will d BO if ii r.ke w.is h.mged . ,' n.fejsjd te beinj tteiity murders, the purpese of which which was te precure fresh and acceptable subjects for the med ical colleges of Londen; The murderiug of peeple with that object has since been known as "Uurking." A HOUTIJEU.N TltAUKtn. I'lirte .lien Killed und Due Wuunded In a Utapuie uer Truparly. A bloody trasjedy has oeeurred at Flat Reck, Mitchell county, North Carelmi, in which three men were killed aud oue uu gereusly wounded. Stephen Burleson and Sebe Miller worked a mica miue leased from lsaae Uailey. Reuben Spirks claimed the mine under a state grant, aud sold half the interest te Ed. Ray and A. F. Andersen, with the btipulatien that they take posscssieu ou Sunday. Ray, with two young men named Sparks, went te the mine nnd took possession of an abandoned tunnel below a shaft in which Stepheu Burleson, Sebe Miller and Rebert I'cnt and were working, nnd built a tire in the tuuucl te smeke thj e-.bcr i irtics out of the shaft, railing iu this Ray went te liakcrsville, nine miles en", .'.nil brought baek his brother in law, And rseu. Each armed himself, and the two weut te the shaft, which was twelve feet deep. Pen taud and Ilurlcjen wero in the shaft, while Miller was outside te hand tools down te his companions. Ray had a few words with Miller and then knocked him into the pit with the butt of his gun. William Rurleateu then knoeked Ray Inte the pit Andersen. who was en thoeuisido, ordered Horten, ene of tne uuriesten party, te loave, and as the man turned te de a ) Andersen flre 1 a ball Inte the back of Ins head, the bullet com. ing out through tlie forehead. Horten fell dead. Ray and Rebert Pentand clinched in the pit, aud when Pentand get the advantage Ray beRijed for quarter. Pentand let him get up, when Ray ahet Stepheu Uuriesten und rau up the ladder. Burleson was hit in the right side and the ball ptsscd thveugh his heart Audersen then went te the mouth of the pit and flred dewD. The ball struek Miller in the back of the head, ceimug out ne.ir thoeye. nnoiner huei nirucit wnuam liurtesen in the tight alde of the back, lullletiug a dangerous wound. Tlie ball waa out out. Itay nnd Andersen escaped. There Is wild oxcitementand Indignation in the county, and i vorybedy In in pursuit of the murdorera. Counsel in behalf of the aasassinH wero driven from the coro ner's inquest and were net allowed a hear ing, Ray nnd Audcraen are rovenuo efll. eera. Ray had been for a long tlme in the servlce. Iu au efllclal capacity he killed a man and was never cilled toaceountfor it. U r, a II IN Tlir. HI V Kit. 'Hie airlitucliely Knit nt Hnlim Mnnr, el l'aatlen 1'lay I'nuie, The body of Salmi MorRe, the writer of the unfortunute " Pa&sieu Play," was found Friday morning floating In East River at the loot of Eighty. eighth stroet, New Yerk. Of Inte years Mr. Merse's life had been ene of continuous disap polntment. He rogatded the " Passion Piny" as an Inspiration derived from long study of saored subjects atneug acenea of biblical history. Ills repeated attempts te produce the play Iu New Yerk weiodo weiedo weiode toated by municipal authority ; but, al though ofteii repulsed, he nover qulte despaired of getting a fair and iiuhampor iiuhamper cd heariug, When the doera of places or publle ou eu ou tertaiumont wero closed ngalnst him for the purpese of producing this play he went te great oxpeuao for a heuse of his own, whleh he fltted up for this apedal purpese nud in whleh, nfter long preparation, he finally presonted the p!,(y a (.utui.eua prlvate otitertalumont. I'he law howevor, lollewed him even theie, and he was forced te abauden his jurpoae. Ropeated misfertuuea, growing, mainly, It scorns, out of thia affair, let! te mental depression, and finally, ue doubt, te suloide. He has frequently, of late, oxprcsied the wish that he might dle. At the heuse at whieli he lived, it was said that he had net becu home aluce Wednesday, mid that of late he had been morose aud without Inteicat in his Burreuudlnga, He aemicd te think of llttle oxeept the fallure of his play, ou whleh he had spent 10,000ef his own mouey. and a geed deal mero derived from unknown sources ; he claim ed that the play had oest hltn i 150,000. Mr. Merso was about 00 years old ; he was born Iu Gcrmauy, of Jewlsh parents, Wheu qulte young he went te Australia whero he kept u hotel nt Milbotirue. It was whlle there that he took up biblical study. He went te Eurepe and ontercd n monastery, whero he stayed for llve years. Theu he vlstcd the Hely Land and ilulshed gathering data for what he uonslderod his life work, uatitely, the Inculcation In the niavics of rollglem teaching by voleueo display. After the fallure of the Passion Play he said he would return te monastery life ; but, he lingered iu New Yerk, still In evident hope of overcoming oftleinl pre judices te the i'assleu Play. r.n.llng ilia Lite ultn u ltar. The village of Niagara Falls, N. Y., was startled en Friday morning by the nu nu nu uouueemont that a very Honsatlenal sttlolde had occurred nt the Temporauce hotel. The repert was seen conflrmed. The victim of the fatal aet was n line appear ing, tniddle aged gontlemau, aged about 30 years, who has for sovernl days past been stepping nt the hetel under the untne of Henry Houten, of Lowlsteu, Me. He had apparently oetno te the village as a sight-seer, and had been wandering areuud the oataraet. The deed was com mitted In his room with a razor, a terrible gash belug made, which soverod the jugular veln. The deconsed was well dressed and left n large sum of money In his clothing, but nothing was found throwing any light upon the cause of the act. The llurnlncef lUllreiil midge. Friday afternoon the high Jerdan brldge en the Uatasaudua and Focelivillo rail. read, near Allcntewn, caught flre from red het coals which dropped from the lire box or the ongine Catasauqua. The bridge is all Iren, with the oxceptiou of the ties, nnd about thirty feet of tlie latter were burned. The high wind at the tlme spread the tire rapidly. After seme diffi culty the flames wero extinguished. Pas Pas Pas souger train Ne. 9, due nt Catasauqua nt 0 p. m., which was en the ethor side of the bridge, was delayed twelve hours. A larRe force of werkmen replaced the burued ties. The bridge is llftceu huu huu drep feet long and oue hundred feet nbove the water, and is situated about four miles south of Catasauqua, cressiUK the Jerdan creek and a long meadow. It takes the Catasauqua and Fogelsvillo trains three minutes te cress it. Tnree ratal yarrel. Dr. Roe, a prominent citizen of Birming ham, Alabama, en Friday quarreled with Samuel Harrison, n lawyer, and cut Har rison's threat, killing him instantly. Roe escaped Jehn Fields and Jehn Leng, colerod roustabouts, quarreled in the Intter's heuse in St. Leuis Friday morning, aud Leng subbed Fields te death. It is said Fields was tee ititimate with Leng's wife. William Watts a watchman en a steamer had a "diftleulty" with a deck hand, at CVattanoega, en Thursday night and both foil overboard aud wero drewned. Killed by h Kunamiv Team The heiscs attached te a coach iu n funeral procossien iu Newark, New Jersey rau away Friday afternoon, and au uti uti knewn mau was killed in attempting te step it. A Terrible uynainlte Kipludun. Oue hundred pounds of dynamite ex plixled iaven miles from Omaha, killing Themas Rums, plowing great gaps in the earth, ami causing a shock which wnt. felt throughout Omaha. PISrtSUNAL,. Victeii ilt'oe is a warm opponent of vivisection. Payne, Blaiun aud Bayue are becoming painfully conspicuous of late in the polit pelit cal world. Men. C.vrEi. intenda te visit Denver early in the spring "for the geed of his nealth." Hen. W. P. Sciiell, who romevod te West Cbester seme years age, has sold his heuse there. Rev. Dh Denniss' controversy with Rev. II, A. Cloveland has new get into the Reading nowspapera. M. Fjiancum IieMiF.i'ii died suddenly Friday merniug in a railway oarriage in Paris. He was a brother of Resa Bou Beu hour, the famous painter. Ghn. Reiieht E. Lr.E's atatue was unveiled in New Orleaus Friday afternoon. The servicca were greatly interfered with by a drenching rain storm. Lekk.nz Wiedmann, who wn.s Hered in the " Passion Play " at Oborammergau, died rceently at a Munich hespitalt the age of CO years. He was a tanner by trade. OffKS Revce, past grand ohaucellor, grand lecturer and supreme ropresentatlvo of the Kuights of Pythias of Mississippi, died suddenly at Mayorsvllle, In thnt state en Thursday. Ex Atteii.ney Gen. Palmeii who was recently making temporauce apeeches acems te be mixing bis drinks as he is new ealled te lecture ou "A Geed Time," and overybody knows what that means In Wilkesbarre. Oi.ivr.ii Edim, the originator of ma ma ma ohlae rlvet making in this oeuntry, aud for many yeain promlnent In zinc mauu faeturing and mining iu Massachusetts, Yirginiaand Tonncsseo, died lu Plymouth, Mass., ou Thursday. Rev. D. W. GEitiiAnu. pastor of the Rofermcd congregation of New Helland, has received a unanimous call from the Jeffersen charge, In Yerk oennty, consist ing of three congregations. Rev. G. has net yet docided whother te acoept or uet. Rr.v. Phek. E. T. Jefheiis, of Lincoln university, haa been called te the paator paater paator ate of the Oxford Prosbyterlan church ; Rev. Dr. Robinson, pastor of the Market Square Presbyterlan ehurch, Harrisburg, haa acceptcd the professorshlp lu the Wostern theological seminary lu Alle gheny, recently offero'i him. Sin J. D. Astley, who is known lu the United States as the baoker of Rewoll, the feo of The Pluuger, aud the hospltable beat te many Americans, has boeu making a rery amusing apoeoh te his oenstltuouta . Roferlng te Mr. Gladatone's recent apoeoh en jam veraus butter, he said : Listen te tlie grand old man j It tin gets plenty or um Ue don't cure a damn. Revs, Andiiew Loneaciie, William II. Elliett, Geergo W. MneLaughlln, Themas B. Neely, Themas 0. Murphy, D. D and William McDowell are the names en ene slate for dolegates from the Philadelphia M. E, oenferenco te the next goneral con ference. Atiother ticket in tlie Held con cen alsta of Revs. J. S. J. McCennell, William J. Paxson, Jeseph Welch, Geergo W. Mae. Laughlln, William Swlndells and T. B. Ncely. Jens Aisti.n Stevens, of New Yorki ex editor of the Magazine ej American Ihstery, has orgauized ii soeloty in that elty which he calls the Orldlreu Club." It meets etica a wiek In n reBtaurant nnd partakes of a plain nnd inoxpenalro dinner. Tlie object la te keep nllve an interest in the history and traditions of New Yerk eity. It has adopted for Its arms theso the city of New Yerk had in the fioveuteonth century, a mill, two flour barrels and two beavers, printed in erange. i.riiiih (lut, Thore were soveu of the oleotrlo aud fourteen of the gasollne Wrapi reported net burning last night. WELSH AND JJBW. AM KMU'I'.IUKNT IM MtUAMTON, Hew tlie Venug frlliitr lint Awn; With 111 (Vile Her Kmlljr Mourn Her Death. The runaway tnarrlage of H. Fnrr, a bright young Welshman, te Miss Justlne Levy, a elinrinhig 10 year old Jowess, has created nti Intense sensation hi Sernnten owing te the bitterness with which the girl's family regards the union. Thu court ship has been conducted under great dlfll aulty for seme months, during which the young wemnti has been the subject of the most exacting survollaneo, nud en severnl occasions n pled go litis been uxaeted from her by her tuother te the olTect that alie would uet marry her Oentile levor. Notwithstanding nil this clandestine meetings were held by the young people whose dovetlou appeared te be Intensified by the tlorce opposition, until at last the girl was net permitted te go unaccom panied nuywhore lu tne streets or te the dancing Huel.il where she was likely te sne Farr. Belug thus olesoly pressed the levers resorted te the telephone, but this form of communication was hitorcepicd. J. A.FItiBher, tlie girl's brother-ln.law who employed her ns a housekoor, throateuod te discontinue his tolephuuo'H volce unless the manager prevented love making by wire. liter n Pence unit Away. Matters reaohed a crisis, howevor, en Weduesday night, when the levers met nud went te nti iee cream saloon. Hore they wero surprised by Flolsher, but they mnueged te oseapo by the baek deer, nud scaled a high touce, after whleh they ran off te Providence, en tlie outskirts or the eity, nnd nroused Rev. Geergo Gould, a rresuyterian niintster, from his sleep te tle the nuptial knot. He tried te dissuade tketn from thelr purpese, but Farr, who is 20 years old, insisted ou tlie mar ilage aud the girl was equally atixleus. Accordingly, at two o'cleok in the morn ing, they were made mau ami wife, nud the kind pastor let them share his home until next Tuesday, when they went te the groom's rcsldouce In Hyde Park. The brlde's relatives wero iudignaut ou learning of the marriage and vented thelr wrath In a uotlce published in the Jitpub Heart, under the head of death uotlces. It is in bold, black type, surrounded by n deep, black border, and reads as fellows : " Getio and forgotten. We mourn the marriage of our sister, Justin E Levy te Jehn Farr, as death, and disown her for life. Lew Family." A geed deal of feeling has been stirred up nmeng all olasses by the publication. Farr, the bridegroom, is n sober, industri eus, progressive young fellow. He learned the printing business in the litpublienn oflice, saved enough mouey te secure a geed schooling in Lafayettc, where he was the champion runner, is new assistant secretary of the Sorauten school beard, aud at the recent election was chosen a hchoel controller from the Fourteenth ward. The Farr aud Levy families have had several hostile meetings, and a mini bcr of lawsuits nre thronteucd. The girl's family will de all they can te soparate the young couple, but Fnrr declares thnt no power ou earth cau part him from his bride. THK DKMUUltATlU CU.-SVE.NTIO.N. Chicago .Selected hi the l'laee ler HelclinR It unit July Hlh ns the Hate, The Democratic national comlttce hnve helcctcd Chicago is the place and July 8th net June 21th as first ropertod a the tlme for the assembling of the national conven tion te neminate candidates for prosident nud vice president of the I'uited States. The contest botweeu St. Leuis and Chicago for the convention was sharp nnd enrnest, soveral gontlemeu whose names are fre quently mentioned in connection with the presidential nomination taking au aotive part. The St. Leuis forces were led by the Morriseu-Carlialo combination but Messrs. Randall nnd Rrumm decided thn contest in favor of Chicago en the third ballet, Among the mombers of the com mlttce and theso Democrats who were attracted thore by its session the feeling against taritV legislation was qulte pro pre pro neunced, nntl ns botweon Carlisle nnd Morrison en ll-- ene baud nud Randall en the ethor, thore ; re decided expressions of profcrenco for the 'utter. The fellow ing is the call for the convention issued by the committce . "The national Doniecmtlo committce, having met in the eity of Washington ou tho22ddayef February, 1881, has ap pointed Tuesday, the 8th day of July next, at neon, as the time, and oheson the elty of Chicago aa the place of holding the national Domecratio convention. Every state la eutitlcd te a representation thore equal te deuble the number of Its scnaters( uuu representatives in me uengrens ei tne United States. The Democrats of rach organized territory and the District of Columbia are Invited te send two dolegates, subject te the decision of the conveutlou m te their admission. All Democratic conservative oitizena of tlie United States, Irrespective of past political associations aud differences, who can unite with us In the effort for pure, economical and con Btittitlenal government, are cordially Invlt cd te join in seudtng delegates te the con vontien." OUUllT 1'1UIUI!DIKUH. The lmurnuce Ume Ourrent IluilneM, Inthocaseof Guttsehslk & Loderman vs. the North British nud Mcrcautile insurance company, it was found last ovening that It would be impossible te finish tlie oase this week. The jury waB thoreforo diaeharged until ten o'elook en Monday morning, who the case will be taken up again. This morning court met nt 10 o'elookjfor the purpese or transacting current bual ncsa, &e. The decket was called at 10 o'elock aud twonty-flve judgments were cntored for different reasons. In the case of Stopheu Wiggins vs. Jehn M. Martin, whleh was en the list for this woek, judgmeut by couaent was cntored In favor of the plalntifT for $30.10. Jehn F. Smith naked that the restauraut llconse grautcd te Oaear Greff, of the Third ward, thin el5y, be transferred te him, Tlie court stated that as Mr. Smith had been a hetel koeper he would be com. pelled te take au aflltlavlt that he had net violated the law during the past year bofero anything would be dene in the inatter. The llcoiiBe of Miohael Mewrey, fermerly koepor of a hetel in New Previdence, was tranaferrcd te Aiueh Baer. Wm. Gaat, of the Eighth word, thla elty, waa granted n aoldler'a liconae te poddle. On Monday morning at 10 e oleok the adjourned court of quarter fcosBlens will oemtnouco with Judge Pattorseu en the boneh. Thore are twouty.flve oasea en the liat and among them are theso of Goe. aud Wlnlleld Smith, of Columbia, who are charged with murder. Mayer's Court, Twolve customers sat bofero the mayor at his loveo this morning, Ten of them, who had sought lodgings, wero dlsobarged; ene, who was very drunk nnd moneyless, was committed for twenty days, aud an other, who had net spout qulte all hla fertune for bonzlne, was dlsobarged ou paymontef costs, Anether Hewer Caved In. The ai eh of theVf no street sewer has caved lu badly at the " -Uh Queen crossing. Streot Oeiuinler, Levan has foneod in the daugorem(7 . rr a distanoe of Bixteen feet, tepw'jn wkiidents te teanifl, Til It MUKVIVOIIH. Tliclrbltlaeutli AiiiiimI itiitnuul. " The Survivors " is tlie uanie of n social club organized sixteen years age nnd numbering, when formed, twenty four members. 'I he sixteenth annual bauqaet was held at C'opelatid'H dining rooms last evening, In noeordauoo with n rule of the club, tint provides for a re union annually en the evenliig et thn 22 d of February. Only soven of the survivors wero pre pre eold : Jehn 1). Sktles, lsaae Slokeni, Wm. I). Stniiller. J. 1C Bair, Wm. 8. Shirk, Geergo F. Springer nud Jehn C'ope laud. The absontces were Capt P. L.Sprceher, New Cumberland, Yerk county; MnJ. J. uamoren aiunienoerg. Austin, Texi Cel. Milten Woldler, Portland, Oiegu Texas ;ou u. ii. uruuaKer, city. The dead members for whom plates were set nt the bauquet, nre Uharles D. Ituplcy, born Oot. 10, 1811, dled Aug. it, 1870, aged 20 years, l) mouths and 18 days;. Jehn Jehns, born Aug. 1(1, 1820, died Doe. 7, 1871, nged Til years II mouths nud 21 days ; Jehn K. Ilutter, born Feb. 1), 1839, dled Aug. 11, 1872, nged 33 years 0 mouths nud 0 days ; Edgar 0. Reed, bem Doe. 3, 1813, dled Sep. 12. 1872, nged 23 vcars 0 months nnd 10 days ; Samuel L. Leatunn, born June 10, 1830, died Match 2, 1873, aged -12 years 8 months nud 22 days. Jonathan Spreoher, born Dee. 8, 1830, died Aug. 21, 187S, nged 35 years 8 months nnd 13days, Ell Lnndls.beru Feb. 28,1832, died Dee. 11, 187.1, nged 33 years 0 mouths ami 12 days ; Dr. Win. M. Whltesldn, born Dee. 10, 1832, dud. Jan. 31, 1890, ngcil 47 years 1 month nud 12dii)fl ; Chan. H. Spreoher. born March 11, 1817, dled May 20, 1630, nged 33 years 2 months nnd 12 days , Edward A. Seucr, bem Feb. 12, 1915, dled Dee. 30, 1830, nged 35 yeiis 10 mouths aud 18 days ; Jehn James Mo Me Gran n, betn March 11, 1815, died Feb. 18, 1833,ngcd 37 years 11 months and 22 days. The bauquet was presided ever by Jehn D. Skiles, the senior membnr. It was sorved in Mr. Copelaud's best style, the menu embracing every delicacy of the season. The banquet began at s nud tcr initiated at 10 o'elook. Thore were a number of Informal speeches made and toasts drank te the health of the absent nnd the memory of the dead mombers.Tho virtues of the departed were roeounted and comniendcd, nnd the uticertnlu ohntice of "whose turn next V was pleasantly but net flippantly discussed. OlllTUAllUV. Death et Itrtiry ai, Hener. Henry M.Sencr, a seu of the late Gottlieb Se tier, nud late n member of the firm of Sener Brethers, lumber merchants, dled of dropsy at his home, Ne. 210 Wesl Orange street, this morning, iu the lUth year of his nge, nlti r nn illucss of tov tev erat mouths diirntieu. Mr. Sener was a native of this city, u-ccivcd a geed cducn tieu in our city schlt aud then learned the watchmaking business, llnishiug his trade under iustructt.ius in Philadelphia, On obtaining his majority he became a tuomber of the firm .if G. Sener fc Sens, and cntored his father's efll -e, remalulug an aotive member of the firm until n few mouths age, wheu d. elinltig health oem polled him te retire. Sume ten years age he was oleotcd a member of thn sohenl beard, nntl was a progrcssive nnd active member during his three years term. He leaves a wlfe and three children. Heath et RIU l.iiium imcruiu. Mfsa Emma Doersom, eldest daughter of Philip Docisem, died nt the rcsidonce of her father. Ne. 120 East King street, at 10 o'clock this morning, alter a liURering Illness from consumption. The d c asetl was it most estimable young lady with hosts of friend who will learn with heart felt grief of her death. Cut elf in the llower of her youth with life'a rosy dawn opening bright befere her, her striekeu parents have the sympathy of thu ceminu ulty in thelr sad bereavement. Her funeral will take p'ace from the family residence ou Tuesday morning at 8:15 o'clock, high mass at St. Mary's church at 9 o'elook. The luterment wilt hi made at St. Mary's oemetcry. The llerte .llarkil. Doer shipped te day te New car letd of Lancaster county Fisa & Yerk oue horses. Ou Monday next at ene o'clock nt bib stables rear of McGranu heuse D. Legau well sell 20 head et Ohie horses. Henry Weill shipped ten head el heavy draught and driving herses te New Yerk this morning. Hied In Triton. Jeseph Nelt, aged about 35 years and who was committed te the county prison by Squire Slaymnkcr of Salisbury town ship ou the 20th luBt., for drunken nud disorderly conduct, tiled iu the prison this morning about -1 o'elook of dellrium trem ens. The prison authorities have tele graphed te Squire Slaymaker te ascertain if Nelt has any friends who may dosire te claim the body. Hlnndei- Hulls. Jehu J. Ilcevcr or this city has brought elvil suits for slander ngalnat Henry II. Hoevor and Mleliasl Hoevor. Tlie plaintiff alleges that defendants oireulated reports oencorning his character, whleh injured him te the ameuut of 42,000. A capitis was isaued and the defendants wero ar rested by Deptity Sherifl" Striue. They furnished ball iu 2,000. 'lhe Kuuliie l'arndei, The inatinoe at the epera this afternoon is being well attended The performance this evening closes Prof. Bartholemew's ongagement In this eity. The business dot n hore has bcen si'is .utery, nud thu amount of the week's receipts will reach almost $3,000 At tlie Wllkeiiuiirre Hull. The Yetiug Men's Hebrew association opanetl thelr new nnd bentitiful rooms in Wilkesbarre en Thursday night with a grand ball. Among the jjuests noticed by the Heeeril was Miss Emma Rosenstoln, or this elty, who were green silk, with plush trimmings. Who iluil Heteil " Hint ? Lancaster Inquirer. Mr. Smith livored the appointment of Mr. Boehtold. nnd only oeusontod te ie commend " our popular Iieinir c nnd rfllelent riniilnijistnr " after be 111? offeettllllly null dozed by n number of our prominent elll zena. Tlie Tenr et u iireken Neoitle. Five yonraageMis. Levi Koller, residing near Ephratn, whlle washing a dresf, thrust part of a noedlo whieli was un knowingly left thoielu, Inte the palm of her left hand. The ethor day it oanie out of her left'wrist, minus oye and point. The Colored Lecturer, Rev. Hoetor, of Yerk, the colored mom mem mom ber of the Grand Army who mmle such a hit In a apoceh, at the late oueampmont In thla city, will dellver n loeturo In the court bouae ou next Friday ovening under tlie nuspicea of the two postsef this elty. An Hid tarty Hurued te Heatu, Mrs. Katle Bhowell, nged about 80, waa burned te death at Shrewsbury, Yerk county, Friday morning. She lived alone, and it Is supposed that wheu alie nrose from bed alie set tire te hnr olethoa whlle attempting te light u candle. i Hale or Hecuretles. Jacob B,. Leng, breker, sold today at prlvate sale, a S500 -1 per oent. soheol bends at 103 aud luterest, 12 shares New Helland national bank at 131, 20 shares Marietta turnpike at 34.
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