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LANOASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, WEDNESDAY MAltOH 12, 1884.
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WBDNEHT AY PVENINQ, MAR. 12, 1884
Hack te the Imsli.
The Massachusetts Heuso has passed
a bill providing Hint wife beatera Bhall
b3 thcnjBclvefl beaten In the heusea of
correction of their respective counties.
Matsachusettn returns te her ancient
predilection for corporal' chastisement
In certain cases, the dlffcrence being that
nhe has changed her views as te the pro
per provoking cause for such treatment
of her citizens. Once upon a time It
was witches and scolding women who
were flogged, aud new it is brutal men.
The change- is nu improvement ; but it
is rather unexpected in a state which
has had such n high veneration
for the black man's skin that it
was convulsed nt the thought that it was
subjected te stripes. It was the stripes
themselves that then wero horrible.
Flogging iu itself was declared in
human and unfit for the back of
a human being. Our neighbor, Dela
ware, which has persisted In np
Dlvlnc the lash te certain classes of
her criminals, persuaded that the state
was benefitted thereby, has been the ob
ject of derision in her sister states claim
ing te be mero civilized and te have a
higher conception of the dlvinelrights,
attributes and immunities of man
Dolaware was tern te tatters en
the theory, but had consoled herself
with the substantial benefits of the prac
tlce. And new Massachusetts is first
te 1)0 converted te the conviction that
the theory which protects human flesh
from the degrading lash is subject te
proper exceptions. She udvancesgingerly
toward the whipping pest as a panacea
for crime. The experiment tried upon
the brutal husband, If found te work
well, may be expected te have further
subjects in uruiiu men or nu Kinus. it
may be concluded that the Massachusetts
mind may be penetrated with the con
viction that brutality generally
effaces the claim of n man te be
treated us a man, and that the
lash is a punishment for his misdeeds as
becoming as it is efficient and cheap.
The cheapness of It will especially rec
ommend it te the frugal mind of the
Yankee solon ; and It Is u geed recom
mendation, tee. There Is no particular
propriety in taxing geed citizens unnec
essarily for the support of the
bid. Impriseuraeut is an expen
slve punishment. New Yerk, which
has been trying te pay the cost by the
contract labor of her convicts, ha3 Just
given up that plan, by a vote of her
people, under the well developed defects
of ass stem which places the criminals
under the control of contractor for their
labor, and makes tticiu their keepers
New Yerk Is looking around for a new
method of cheapening the punishment of
crime and may well be attracted te the
Massachusetts adhesion te the Delaware
plan. It Is worth trying. It has merit.
There is no doubt in the first place that
flogging Is punishment. Neone was ever
known te like te receive it ; and there
are many prisoners who de like imprison
ment and te whom it is no punishment
There are a great many mero te whom
it is hut a slight punishment. Being nn
undoubted punishment it will undeubt
edly pievent crime, which is the great
object of punishment, and New Yerk
need net let any sentimental aversion te
laying tlie lash en human backs deter
her from trying the whipping pest ;
aince " paddling" is an established
custom in her prisons ; and certainly if
It Is proper te flog at a prison keeper's
command, it is right te provide by law
that it may be done by authority of a
judge's sentence Pennsylvania, though
we believe she does net let her prison
keepers flee, may profitably ce&sider
whether certain classes of her criminals
Bheuld net be flogged by Judicial sen
tence. -
A coitniureNUKNT points mil the
great injustice nnd disadvantage from
which entirely lit, applicants for govern
ment positions might suffer under the
se-called civil service examinations by
reason of their inability te answer ques
tiens with which a school boy fresh from
his books 13 apt te be fumiliar, while a
man who has been in the world's bread
field of battle although amply qiullfk 1
in the essentials of public sei vice would
be most likely te fail upon them Then1
is much ferce in the suggestion, as there
is much humbug in the pretensions r
the system of competitive examination
te secure letter carriers and gevernmen
clerks. Even te pick out quallllt!
teachers or te determine the grade of
Bchelarfl It Is doubtful if the ordinal y
system of examinations Is at all trim
worthy; but in the selection of publ s
officials it is totally useless, and a stum
civil reform. We have, It Is pretty gen
orally conceded, a well erganizjd local
postefllce, but It la very certain that
a class could be found in the
secondary school who would pass a bet
ter examination In history, geography,
arithmetic and orthography than Its em
pleyes could. That does net prove that
the tchoel children would make better
letter carriers and postal clerks; no mere
will the established system of cempetl
tlve examinations furnish Improved pub
lie servants. Tlie remedy for a corrupt
and Ineluctcnt civil service must go
deeper than this.
Wi: fear that our osteeraed contom centom contem
porary, tce JVeie .Era, has been Impeied
upon In the " special arrangement with
the author" by which it is printing lu
weekly Instalments a new version by (J.
II. Miller of his well worn story of the
" Danites." Quite a number of our es
teemed neighboring contemporaries hi
l"erk, Unrrlsburg and ether parts of the
state seem te have the same " special ar
rnngement," and one of thorn has get be
fur the advantage of it that In an ex
cbange printed and delivered last Sunday
morning we feuud the same cbapter
that appears " by speclal arrangement "
In our esteemed local contemporary last
evening. Quite appropriately, tee, the
earlier publication is printed en pi par
of n bloody hue, se m te heighten the
wmsatlemil offeet of " a long, slim,
black coffin " which "crawled along the
twuy sand in the sun, ercrept stealthily
gleng In our track as the moon rev,"
whlle " that great, gaunt, hollewoycd
and silent glnnt pushing, plodding en
after It, was the meat welrd, ghostly
and fascinating Hlght that evor froze
young bleed." It Is no wonder that
with the simultaneous eruption or tins
M long, slim, black " coffin and "great,
gaunt, hollew-eyod and sllent giant " In
different parts of the state youthful
desperadoes should ba captured nt every
railway station, bound for tlie west aim
fired with the determination te wipe out
the Mormons ordle in their tracks
Tin: Important duty will devolve
upon councils nt its next meeting of
making the appropriations for the
coming year. Ordinarily, the estimate
or the finance commltte ferim the basis
for these appropriations te the several
departments. "We have shown that this
estimate this year is wholly unreliable
and misleading. It does net comply
with the law, and it dees net meet the
facts of the cue. It docs net properly
provlde for the $23,000 required te pay
for the new Worthlngteu pump. It falls
$9,000 short of the requirements of the
law with relation te the sinking fund.
It Ignores existing deficiencies. It cuts
off seme departments tee sparingly, and
totally falls te provide for ethers. It Is
wrong in law, In fact and in figures.
We trust councils in both branches will
ventilate It. Especially should the
Democratic select councilmen halt its
passage through their body, and dial
lenge Its author te explain Us demerits
and account for Its Inconsistencies.
Tiik electric light is getting no better
lapldly. What de councils propose te
de about it? If the lamp comtnittee will
out the bills of the company down te the
deserved limits the deficiency for lighting
the flity may ba reduced semen hat below
its present frightful estimate.
Tuk conservativo university of Oxford
basdeeided te grant the sauie examination
te women as te men ; thin is tbe act of
Secretary Felgor in licensing Mistress Mary
Miller and of Judge Pierce holding a
woman te be oligible tJ tbe effice of ut-taruey-at
law rjcchead btak from tbe
meat venerabln of England's seat of
learning
Tun Mexican treaty, which has been
the subject of se much discussion In tbe
Senate, was fiually ratified yesterday by a
vete of 41 te 20 ; tbe opposition te it com
ing mainly from theso, like the I. uisiana
roprt-tcutative, who fear the eflfest of
competition of Mexican staples with our
own, sugar acd tobacco being tbe chief
censidcra ieas It is balieved, hewever,
that tbe advantage- of free trade with
Mexico and of an epau market tbere for
ear manufactures will vastly outweigh
this.
Jacoh P. Klveii, of Hlgkspire, Dauphin
county, announces himself a candidate
for county cornmUstencr en tbe bread
platform of " euu candidate, ene terra aud
rotation in office." On tbis llue Jacob
proposes te llht it out, and few will dis
pute that he staudh en helid Ground. In
prnctice the system advocated has been
fi.m.d te work well in this county in
wljijli no Democratic commissioner has
bcen reneminated, and tbe candidates
have been chosen alternately from the
two senatorial districts.
Tim Xerth American, a Stalwart U
pnbheau paper, capable of being fair, im
patiently waitB te hear Senater Legan's
bid for tbe picsideuuy in the new speech
be it nuueuuced te deliver iu the Fits:
Jehn I'erter case The Xitrtfi American
reengnizes, what every fair raiuded and
intelligent inau has long age concluded,
that Gen. Perter's " ontire innocence of
the charge, se mistakenly laid against blra(
has been triumphantly and conclusively
ChUblisbcd," " by cvidoneo tee strong
for the most robust and indictlve incro incre
duliiy te resist." Legan only holds t nn
ej,p ising view bcoiuse ln Is prejf against
reasiu and argument.
Tin: Trejins are net te bae it all their
own way. Hen. Daniel II. Chamberlain,
formerly governor of Seuth Carolina and
an eminent practical man, has been mak
inga lcotuteat Yale, iu which hn boldly
grapples with Chiulos Francis Adams en
tbe qucntieu of Gresk a.s a collej study,
and takes the grjuud that " ue bustle et
buaiueHS nor dm of progress, uj clamor of
politics nor pride of science, will ever for
long overbear the tpirit In mail te which
poetrj, oratory, philosophy, and hterature
nubwer ; and bj tlnilly, It must result that
this study new desjribsd In a low high
puces tv a ' fetich will bj mero aidently
pursued, mero wisely t.uiht, mero intel
ligeutly valued by all thesa wln-ther In
academical or practical hfe, who bollevo
that the highest bccular guarautee of the
strength and permanonce et our civiliza
tion in the diffusion of Keuud and ther
eugh liberal education."
O.ni: of the mighty problemu wrestled
with en Monday by the Motbedist confer
ence of Baltimere was Sabbath observance,
A report was proeented condemning
"the carrying aud distiibutien of the
malls, the running of cars either by btcam
or hor-e.., publishing, buying or reading
seeular newspapers, and all ethor Infrao Infrae Infrao
tlens of Ged's holy tlme." Au animated
debate was at ence started by the reading
of the report, In tbe ceurse of which the
presiding bishop mildly informed the con
ference that he rede In atreet cars en bun-
day " when necessary." Nevertheless
the rcpeit was adopted in Me, If any
geed is te rqiriug from tlie aotieu of con
fercnevs of this kind, they bheuld promptly
blot from thelr proceedings the adoption
of tbis silly repert. The religious fanhlens
of te day are fortuuately net what they
wero when tlie Mayflower groundel t-n
the beach at Plymouth Heek.
Tin, ' uyt en Tep.
The " beya " suojcedod lu ergauUlug
the Hepubllaan county oetnmittao la New
Yerk last evening, and Jehn J. O'Brien, hi
splte of the caucusing whieh has been
doue for the last two weuka ami tbe cam
ful plaus which had been laid te defeat
him, Win elected te be permanent piesl
deut of the committee. IIe rcoelved 143
votes, C mero than u majority of tlie entire
commlttue, whieh consults of 273 members
while bis opponent, Marvelle W. Cooper,
roenlvod only 109 vetes, nltheugh oxtraer
dlnary efforts had been made te get his
full strength out at the meeting.
COOK'S TESTIMONY.
HlltSVfSTKH'H IMIL.HIATION TO JII.ISS.
The Kx-)ueclU couetel or the (lev-rnnttnt
Uentliiues Heme InterctlleB 11t1-
tleni-llltti' lmpetUnre.
In the Star Itoute Investigation, Win.
A. Cook, of ceunsel for the governmont
in the preseut prosecutions, testified that,
shortly after his appointment, he had an
interview with Prcsident Oarfleld. The
latter Bald that the cases involved many
who had bceu his special friends, and
whlie he expectcd the counsel te act under
the attorney general, he wanted it under
steed that be was tbe head of the peeple,
and he dcslred the witness tocemniuuloato
with him at any hour ou tbe cases under
consideration. The prcsident said : " 1
want a most thorough aud impartial In
vestigation of tbe facts, nnd wherever it
conducts you I want you te go, irrespect
ive of persons."
On the conversation at the iutcrvlew ou
Weduesday night bofero the president was
assassinated, Air. Cook said : "I said te
the president that he Bheuld be careful of
his movements. A bitterness had arisen
betweeu tbe 'Stalwarts' and 'Half Ilreeds,'
aud tbere wero connected with tbe cases
men of oxttemo views. I said at tbe t me
thore might be a resort te vloleuco, such
was the Impression then en my mind. My
suggestion for a moment touched the
prcsident, but he responded there was ue
danger. The bitterness of feeliur was se
strong that I would net have bcen sur
prised bad It carried itself agaiust the
postmaster general and the atterney gono geno gone
ral. I don't thiuk I used, at that inter
view, tbe lauguage nctua'ly placed en ray
lips by Mr. James, but stated, iu sub
sUcce, what I have given you. The idea
I had was that the feeling of bitterness
was se strong that It might eperate en the
minds of seme of theso Involved te such
au extent as te lead te violence that it
might assume the form of desperation."
In answer te the question if any efiferts
had bica made te learn If Guitcau had any
acccmpltce, tbe witness said : " I went te
tbe ofllce of the district atterney aud sug
gested strongly that line of investigation.
I went further and sent a letter te the
atterney general and said I would proffer
my assistance in the prosecution of Guitcau
without compensation. The line of in
vestigation that would have led te the
proof that Guitcau had associates was
dropped. I never received an answer from
my letter te the attorney gcueral, except
a statement that the president bad selected
ether te prosecute the cases. The infer
puce I drew originally was that the sheet
iugef the president wa net the result of
the individual action of Guitcau, nnd I
naveneier become fully satisfied that that
Infercnce was incorrect I could net con cen con
ceive it pessible that he had been around
Washington for a considerable tirae with
out forming acquaintances. II e could net
have been here as a hermit, and he must
have had aseciatcs. I think be still. In
addition, the act was se bold and daring,
aud a; the same tlme se cowardly, that it
secmen no would net have attempted it
without accomplices. And this was in
harmony with what I had suggested te the
president in connection with the bitterness
of feeling and the differences between the
Stalwarts anil Half-Urecds."
In the further ceurse of Mr. Cook's ex
amination he claimed that both tbe weak
ness of the case and the method of trial
resulted in the acquital pf Dersoy and
Brady. Being asked if he recommended
te the atterney generil, when he resigned,
who should be indicted, tbe witness replied :
"I made no recommendation te Mr. Brews
ter, because I was satisfied that it would
have bsen useless for me te have dene se.
Because nhen I went te him and offered
suggestions, he said I must remember that
he was largely indebted ler his position te
Miss. Mr. Bliss was an intimate fncud of
the presuhnt. The attorney general said
homu3tnllew htm te conduct the case.
The suggestions of Mr. Bliss wero accord
ingly carried out and ray suggestions were
of no consequence."
rilK JKMBV.VANIA.
Stockholder of
dreut Corperjtlin
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At tbe annual meeting of the stockhela
ers of the Pennsylvania railroad cempauy
held yesterday morning In Musical fund
hill, Philadelphia, the attendance was
very large and all the ecat.s were filled.
During the proceedings Mr. W. E.
Lockwood desired te ask If the Adams
Express company has tta transportation
carried by the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany at less or at about tbe same as pig
iron is carried.
Iu reply, President Reberta stated that
thu freight of the Adams Express company
is net carried ever the lines at less nor at
about the charge of pig iron.
Mr. Lockwood next wauted te knew
what amount is received from the Pull
man Palace car company, and he aUe
roferred te solicitations made in Londen
for proxies for Pennsylvania railroad
shares.
President Kjbjrt sill he did net sup sup
pese that auy of the shareholders beheved
that the president or directors were geiuir
arennd asking for votes for their rotcntien
in office. The management of the com
pany is desirous of geting as large a vete
as poibte. and this is doue through an
agency iu Londen. Ljndeu shareholders
are requeued te send en tbeir proxies, and
thesa are used as they direct.
Mr. Lickwoed understood that soventy seventy soventy
flve pjr cent. of the tonnige of the Penn
sylvania railroad ejmpiny was eastward
aud only twenty llve per cent, westward.
He wished te knew hew mueh of this was
dead weight, and also whether any coal
transporters had thelr coal carried for one
half per cent. per ten per raile whlie
ethers are charged three cents per rnile.
President Roberts replied that ene man
is never charged mero than another under
llke considerations.
Mr. Parker said that, in his opinion, the
company never Btoed in as geed aflnaneial
condition for the past thirty years. It
ought te be known lu England, where
three fifths of the stock is ewned, that
the cempauy has adopted a fixed policy.
Tbe usual oemraltteo of seven was np.
pelntrd te nemluate a tioket for direoters.
JOAI. MIMKU1.
UGiiiIderlar- Their lllgliti and InteretU.
The Beml annual convention of the rail rail
read and river coal miners of the Pittsburg
district, met yesterday In Pittsburg, 114
delegates, representing 15,000 miners,
using present. The question of onferoing
the law guarautcelng the miners for all
murcuaiiinuie coal was roferrod te the
state couveutleu, te ba held iu August,
rhe question of making a. half holiday en
Saturday was next considerod, but was
finally laid en the table, as It was deemed
Inadvisable te make the demand at
preseut. A tribuual, consisting of a
roprcsentatlvo of oaeh peel and railroad
section, was appointed, with power te set
tle any dispate that may arise, and te
assist the prcsident In building up the
organization. In the afternoon session
the question el securing the frlendly co
operatlon of the miners of the Kanawha
district, and having them demand a higher
rate of wages, was roferred te thu national
oxecutlve beard after n lengthy discussion.
J he third peel tiiiiiejv, who wero takeu te
task for resumliigatn reduction, stated it
was n matter of necessity, as they were
starved out. Many dalugates favored
ordering the moil te ntrike again, but
pending further notion tbe convention ad
Jeurned.
Twe huudred rami have returned te
work In the Haett Haven mines and have
signed an agroemont te work for three
cents a bushel the your nreuud and
roneunoo the association. This make
C,B0O minera working under contract.
The Btrlke nmeng the oe.il miners of the
Hecking Valley, Ohie, became gencrnl
yestcrday.
FEATURES OK TU1S 8TATU PHESS.
The Pittsburg Chreniele Telegraph de
preeatcs the growing tendency in that city
te erect lefty buildings.
The Timet will enter upon its tenth year
to-raenow, nnd the nunlvcrsary number
will be the largest paper ever issued tu
Philadelphia.
The Wilkcsbarre L'men Lender declares
that the lleptiblican party could net
oppose monopolies without being guilty of
child murder.
The praotlce of thrusting "story
papers" Inte oue's very home, of tucking
a luridly illustrated let of rubbish under
one's front deer, excites the severest eon.
dotuuatieu of the Se rant ou Republican.
The Chntubersburg Repository declares
that the newspapcr copyright hill will
help te put an cud te theso piratical
nowspapers which llve by stealing the
uewa of thelr honest nud enterprising
neighbors. The Rep'ntterj't llfe is threat
ened. "U1VIL. SKUVIUK lir.FOKM "
The Competitive Kiinlutlnu -tynteiu
I'er the iMTit-tiuKNcii:
Thosystemof examining appliciiits for
government offices iu various brauchea of
knowledgo is net calculated te select the
fitter rueu for them. It is net a fair test
of tbeir capacity for the particular duties
attached te the places they seek, The
worthier man is hkelr as net te fall be
hind. Fer oxample, take some questions,
asked in a rccent examination of two
applicants. See hew ene fell beblnd In
some branches and the ethor iu ether
departments. Note tbe difference in their
grades aud in what branches of knowledge
each excelled, and who will deny that the
rejected and unsuccessful apphcaut made
really the better showing in the things of
most accomplishment te a public official :
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Sueee$tul. Kntdeil
IIuterv ''When was
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lu-hlnt;ten lnuijurtel
Prealiient?" "Wiutynir.
lnenlb, date and !ny 1M
trio coniUltttlen of Uie
UnlttMt iUtt'ii go Inte ct
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Msf "What lak gup gup
pllei all l'crsu with Its
alt lieruanil wiut
H tbu source nt the MM,
Isilppt :"
AiUTuirr.c-"riat, In V.
S. inenuy.lt the v.ilue of
a Herman mark' "
" What tee value or u
Uussi&n reublx It
a man ami a-hali earn ll.M
In a lUy and u-half, what
would one man earn In
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Sriu.te jcu I'triercvne.
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L.vncasteii, Pa., March 11.
PEKSONA.L..
Sitkoeen has been left a fortune.
Minnie Hauk is wiimin glory
aud
snokeis singing through lexis.
Nat Goodwin, the comedian, Isaffiictrd,
like Jeb of old, with multitudinous boils.
Assistant Soliciteii Hont.veN, it is
understood, will be appelutcd solicitor of
the treasury, te succeed Kennoth Iiaynir,
deceased.
Ituv. J. It. Beyle, formerly of Duke
street M. E. church, this city, has been
reappointed te the pastorate of Grace
church, Wilmington, Del.
Mayer elect W. B. Smith, of Phila
delphia, aspires te defeat MeMancs for
delegate at large te the Hepub... in
national convention.
William Levett Li dlgu, the only seu
of Judge James H Ludlow, of Philadel
phia, died en Monday, of Bright'adisease
of tbe kidneys, aged 21 years.
Nathaniel Byren Page, actor and
playwright, known en the stage as Teddy
Byren, died in New Yerk yesterday of
puoumenia at tue ace ei -iJ years.
Commander William Bairdridee
Hefk will likely be ordercd te command
tae Alert, which will be brought te this
country from England for tbe Greely relief
expedition.
Celia Gariiialdi, the youngest
daughter of the geueral, was rccently
married at Turin te Prof. Granialdi.
King Humbert sent the bride a handseme
diamond bracolet.
Rev. Benjamin L. Aenew, D. D., new
pastor of tbe East Liberty Presbyterian
church, Pittsburg, has received a unanl
mens call te the Betblehem Presbyterian
chnrcb, Philadelphia.
Helen Kine Spaneleu, wife of E. T.
Spangler and author of " A Physician's
Wife " and ethor well known novels, was
found dead in her baih room at Conshoc Censhoc Conshec
ton, Ohie, yesterday, from apeplexy.
Frederick O. Prince and Miss Abby
Nerraau wero married in Trinity church,
Bosten, at neon yesterday. The groom is
the long time sccretary of Democratic
national cemmittees and conventions.
Dn. Hehekt Bartiiolew, of Phila
delphia, professor of the chair of Materia
Medlca and Thorapeutlcs, in Jeffersen
medical college, Philadelphia, has been
invited te address tbe Berks ceuuty med
ical soeioty In May ou the subject of
typbe malarial Tever.
Solemon Biiavira, well known in con
neotien with tbe recent attempt te soil lu
Engtand a forged manuscript of the book
of Pontateuch, has committed suicide by
sheeting, at a Rotterdam hotel. Letters
wero found proving that he was sufferlng
from mental aberration.
Bismarck grows irritable evor the
Laskcr luoldent, every fresh phase of the
dlspute quickening his irritation. IIe is
mueh emaciated, having lest evor forty
pounds in weight In a short tlme. This is
regarded us a bad sigu, Tbe prlnee'tt dlet
has been completely ohauged. Ills con
dition is the cause of mueh auxiety.
UKA1N IN KI.AMKS,
A OuulUiratleu Which Threatens! te Mum
Up Katt St. l.iiul,.
Probably the most destructive flre evor
knew hi East St. Leuis occurred last
night. Tbe tire first caught In n small
harbor shop, onvclepod a whele row of
frarue buildings nnd spread te the Trans
fer company's stables, Elsvater A was
destroyed.
Tlie tire spread te the freight ofllce of
the Chloage & Alten read, and te the cars
iu the oxtenslvo yards of the company, The
freight ofilea was totally destroyed nud a
large uumber of empty nud hden ears
wero burned.
The peeple of Eist St. Leuis were pauie
btrloken -, bolleving that their elty and the
big brldge wero doemod, they sent an ap
peal te St, Leuis for help. A high wind
was blowing nt the tlme and that added te
the oxeltomont nud plaoed the Mirreuml
lug property lu Imiuodlate daugur. Ou
the runs evor tlie rough reads of East St.
Leuis soveral St. Leuis flrnmeu have been
Injured nud otte tnembcr was killed in
Jeurney evor then.
Elevator A coaUlned ilOO.000 bunhels.
Ne 2 mixed corn, fO.OOO bushels of eats,
and Hoveral thousand bushels of wheat, the
eereals burning like se mueh shavings, and
the whele mailing n lingo houllre which
UgliUd the river up for miles, and brought
thousands of peeple te the brldge and
river fronts. Total leis dl,000,000.
KBLIGIOUSNEWS.
Ol'KNIMI Of Til K M. K. CON I'KlUCJIUt:,
Atintvtriary et the illttnrlcM Keclety A
fierce infinite of the Tlieuleglnnt
Hi let Church aetea.
Prelltuluary te the asseinbling of the
M. K. conference In Philadelphia last
evening the historical society met In St.
Geerge's ebtireh. The room was decorated
In a beautiful and unique manner.
llrlef addresses wero made by Bishop
H. W. Warteu. 1). 1).; the Uev. William
Swindell, the lter. U. E. Adnmseu and
Professer James Streng, I,L. I)., of the
Drew theological seminary. Bishop War
ren and wlfe nud Professer Streng were
made llfe moinbers et the soeloty. The
following managers wero then oleoto.l for
the present year :
Clerical members Geerge W. Mao Mae
laughlin. W M. Kidgway, Mlohael I).
Kurtz, Jehn S. J. MoOeuncll nud Themas
A. Feruley. Lay niembcrs Themas M.
Grceubank, JaiueB Ashbrook, Themas W.
Price, Jehn 1). Patterson, Philip Rudelph
nud James Lougacre.
One of the most interesting features of
the occasion was the exhibition of n geld
watch, which belonged te Geerge White
field, having been presented te him, as the
inscription shows, by " Salltia, Duohess of
Huntingdon." Whitelleld valued the
watch highly, nud at his death left It by
will te James Habersham, In 1770. Since
then the rolie has bcen n family huirloem.
It Is new the property of Mrs. Celeman, of
Cornwall, Lobaneu ceuuty, who loaued It
te the Hev. W. M. Hldgwny for tbis occa
sion. Tlie watch Is solid .geld aud very
heavy. It is enclosed iu ene of the old
fashioned, egg shaped cases, which is
elaborately engraved, and shows upon its
face four mcdalieus, ceutalnlug tululature
portraits of four of the refermers eugraved
upon the geld surface The meeting
olescd with the doxology and the bouedie
tien, invoked by Bishop Warren.
TIIK'HAHIIA.! IM HAD TKSII'KIl,
Twu lEplicepallitn Teacher rail Out About
mii urtlUnce.
Kenyon cellege nnd the Theologian
seminary of Ohie, located at Kenyon, are
iu a state of tumult. Gencral Beu Piatt
llunkle was admitted te the doaeouato in
the Episcopal church, en January 1 1 by
Bishop Kuickerbacher, of Indiana. He
also held a position in the cellege. Re
cently printed circulars have been sent
broadcast through the state entitled "Ex
prcssiens of Iudlgnatien Over the Ordina
tion of Ueneral Runkle." Pollewiug this
oe me printed letters from clergymen,
editors, bishops aud ethors, making
serious charges against General Ruukle.
Dr. Bates is ene of the head masters at the
cellege ; se is Dr. Jaeger. Flve years age
Dr. Bates refused te" attach his name te
General Ruukle's testimonial and evon
opposed his ordination, se when he
preached his ordluatleu sermen he was
scvorely criticised, and it was even tntl
mated that thore was seme sinister mo
tive for his unlooked for action. On Mon
day Dr. Jaeger met Dr. Bates in front of
the postefiho nnd publicly denounced him
in unrseasuicd terins.
Immediately after tbe deplorable scoue
Dr. Jaoger scut in bis resignation as ene
of the faculty of the thoelogioal seminary.
He thinks that the trustees should refuse
te accept his resignation, but should
depoje Dr. Bates.
HKLUHOUS MAT1EIW.
Items et latere, ( te jew ami Catholic.
Rev. Father Murphy, at Dever, New
Hampshire, has, by order of his bishop,
directed tbe members of the Emraet
association te disband under penalty of ex
communication. Bishop Wigger, of the Reman Catbolie
diecese of Newark, New Jersey, yesterday
refused te allow the funeral of William
Hayden and his wife, who died in Pater Pater
seu en Friday last, te take plaoe from the
church bocause tbe Uaydens had disebey
cd an order of the bishop, issued about
thrce years age, forbidding the sal a of
liquor en Sunday.
i'he supreme ledge of the Hobrew order
of Kasher Sbel Barzel is holding its quin
quennial session, iu Cleveland, Ohie. It
yesterday ondewod the home for aged and
infirm Israelite., located iu Philadelphia,
in commemoration of the 100th anniver
sary of the birth of Sir Moses Montetlore,
and as a tribute te his worth. The value
of tlie ondewmcut Is net less than $75,000.
KMII.IU 11IKI11 1.1VKH
A Coe;r-iii-,u,n llruther Itllli lllmielf.
The httle village of Greenville, en tlie
line of the Dolaware, Lajkawauna aud
Wesuirn railroad, about six miles from
Scranton, has been startled by the suloide
of Audrew J. Weaver, aged 13 years, a
brother of Congressman Weaver, of Indi
ana. His daughter called him at 7 o'clock
in the meruiug ; he evinccd a morose and
quarrelsorae disposition at the breakfast
table, ate but little, and finally threatened
te sheet his daugbter whom he dreve from
the hoube with the rovelvor. He then ba
gau breaking the furniture, and was even
tiully quieted by his son, who was called
iu te pacify him. Woaver thou lay en a
leunge for half au hour, after which he
went te nu adjoining room. A few min
utes later the family was startled by a pis
tel shot, and en going te see what had
happened found him lying dead en the
fleer. The ball entcred bis tomple and
passed out through the right oheok. His
family say that he has shown signs of in
sanity ou Boveral recent occasions.
A TllJOT'lt Mulciile.
Tuesday morning Mrs. Clara Halfpenny,
of West Pittston, followed the oxample of
her husband, whodied by his own haed
about threo years age, and oemmlttod
suloide by swallowing a large dese of rat
poison. Her husband had been for years
the nronrietor of the Luzerne heuse at
West Pittston. Just bofero his death the
temperance organization had succeeded in
preventing tbe granting of a lioenoo te this
hetel, and this se weighed en his mind
that he became molaneboly aud ended his
own life. Siuoe then his widow has had
charge of the hetel, but busluess bocame
very dull and who took te drinking. Ne
particular reason can be nssigncd for her
suicide, and It is supposed she took the
poison in a fit of drunken despondency.
She was 00 years of age aud leaves threo
children,
l'ltnUIIUIOUS UIUI.llKKN.
Tlie I'.irectef Toe Mneli Literary iraili.
Faunle Cook, aged 17 years, and Llllie
Burgerwald, aged 10 years, wero arrested
yosterday at the Bread stroet station,
Philadelphia, having run away from tbeir
homes in Baltimere. They waie sent bad:
te that eity.
Hei mau Fleishman nud M.uirice Car
psnter, both nbeut 111 years of age, who
had run away from home te go West aud
fight Indians, wero captured yesterday at
Deveu, en the Pennsylvania railroad.
They were comtnltted te the Heuso of
Refuge with the conseut of their parents.
A teleirraph niessonger hey giving the
natnoef James Rlley was found by the
polieo In the streets of New Yerk early
yesterday morning "a ravlug rnaulae." IIe
kept oentinuilly crylug out "I am Butts,
thu Bey Detective." Ills frlends could
net be found, and he was takeu te the
hospital. The bcrgeen nt the hospital says
"his brniu was turned by reading dime
novels,"
-rllKKl MtSHHIK'r.
Iiy u Uesperate JfuuuB J.over.
Peter Ghilstmau, a farmer living about
eight miles from Geld Mine, Pa., aseer.
taiued that his daughter, Mary, aged 10,
had been driving out of tire vlllage about
uoen, Tuesday, with a young man named
I'r.eklal Henry, who had rcoently been
nottfied by Christin.tii te disaoutltiue his
attoutleiiH te his daughter. Chrlstman
with two filetids, Henry Snoepo and Israel
Meycr, procured a tenm nnd stnrted In
pursuit and ovorteok the cotiple about teu
tnllcfl away. Some words passed botweon
Chrlstniau and Hemy and the former
drew a revolver, but bofero he could use
It Henry diew n pistol nnd tired, striking
Chrlstman In the leg. Meycr nud Swoepo
attempted te lutcrfere when Henry ngaiu
llred and weuuded them both Henry
then dreve away, leaving the young lady
with the threo wounded men. She boeh
secured help and conveyed her father te
his home. Henry was subsequently
arrested. It Is net bolleved that any of
his vie'lms nre fatally injured.
A MttldutTrasle Kveuti,
Mr. Houseman, a well known gentlemau
70 years of age, was run evor by a train nt
Stonobero, Pa , nud killed,
A pr.tlrie tire near Kinsley, Missouri,
destroyed a uuiubnr of ranches and
dwellings, nud burned a woman te death.
Tbe Heeds lu the lewer Mississippi are
still increasing, and the prospcei is that
the Inundation of last year will be re.
lowed.
Harry Turner, 18 years of age, belng
ntigercd nt a ropreor tretn hi tnotlier,
snatched up n revolver nnd Bitet hlmself
through the heart hi St. Paul.
Tlie greatest blizzard of the riusen Is
raging iu the Nerthwest. Travel aud
busluess are susponded throiisheut Minne.
seta and Dakota, the peeple keeping in
doers. Snowdrifts 20 feet deep are reported
near St. Vincent.
Woedstook station, a vIIIibe 75 miles
south of Deadville, Cel., was evor whelmed
by an avalanche en Monday night. Seven Seven Seven
toen parsons wero buried, two of whom
women have becu get out oevoroly
injured.
nrimuntl in n Sw lit C'ui rent.
Mr. Unchurch endeavored te cress Red
IsUud creek, Miss , which was deep nud
swift. He had his wlfe and four children
with him. Almest as seen as he had
roached the edge of the water the eurrcnt
shifted his home's head down the creek.
The wagon bed at tbe same tlme was ro re ro
raevod from the frame of the wagon, nnd
was turned ever, throwing Inte the tur tur
buleut water the whele family The bus
band seved threo of the children and his
wife, nud dived iute the raging waters
twice for the fourth child, which went
under the water and was lest The herse
and wagon wero hurled down the current
200 yards almost in an instant. The cur
rout was se swift that it tore the shoes off
the lady's feet.
rrirre Women l)j I tic nt Hungtr.
In Montreal the pelice found three
women dying of starvation In a heuse en
St Antoitie street. Their names are C.
M, Fitt nnd E. A. Jenes, slter, who are
ever 50 yearn of age, ami a daughter et
the latter, named Alice. They carae a
few mouths age from Terente aud tried te
get work at dressmaking but failed, and,
their means being exhausted aud tee
proud te beg, they rcsigned thoraselves te
dle by buuger. When found iu tbeir beds
they wero se emaciated nud wasted that
they had te be taken te n hospital and
cared for. The two elder women wero be
weak nnd low that they could net speak.
Horrible UIceery,
While the baggage master at the Union
depot, Chattanooga, was arranging his
truuks, he carae across a soap box address
ed te It. F. Wallace, Clinten, Tenn., from
which a horrible stench arese. On roraov reraov roraev
iu the top he was horrified te discover the
decomposing remains of a white man,
whose head was shockingly mutilated.
The remains were packed in lime, and
appear te have been jammed into the box.
It is net known hew it came en the
premise, nnd It Is thought that it will
lead te the discovery of a terrible murder.
llie 1'iipulallun et Ir-Iml.
The wpulatien in Ireland is new very
nearly the same as it was in the year of
the Uuiea, '5,100,000, the great lucroase up
te 1811, when it reached 3,109,000, having
been entirely lest. But whereas iu 1832.
en the passing of the reform bill, Ireland
hail 32.32 per cent. of the population of
the Uuttcd Kingdom, it has new but 14.81
per cent., aud Its electors, who wero 11.32
per cent of the whele hi 1832, are new
but 7 l.r
The I -let lllieit Hlery.
Texas rcperta the fe'lntving as n ghost
story, the locality being Turnorsville:
" Just at the moment of the dissolution
of a Mrs. Rnncau, six coffins were seen te
oemo and hover ever the heuse and then
glide gently upward te tbe sound of sweet
aud molodieus music." Several rolisble
persons elniin te have witnessed the spec
tacle. i m
M-.tUIIHUllUODl) nKWH.
r.Tcntd eur and Acreet (he County Line-
Tbe debt of Lebanon county Is (03,030 ;
county tax $59. ISO 21.
Harrlsburg is trying hard te get new
market houses ; se is Lsbaneu ;
A number of young men in Harrlsburg
are forming a tally-he coach club.
The annual cnoampment of the National
Guard will be held at Gettysburg from the
2d te the 0th of A ugust.
Thu receipts for inlerual rcveuue at the
Yerk county 0HI30 for the wcek ending
Satu rday, March 8, wero $7,700 12.
There will be a two days sheeting
match at the Kurtz heuse, Reading, en
March 28 and 20 for $500, Leng Island
rules.
The Reading coal and iron company has
olescd a contract te furnish the Manhattan
olevated railroad company with 200,000
tens of authraoite coal per year.
The R-adlng oeunolls have adopted a
resolution requlrlng the Consumers' gas
company te pay te the city of Heading
(25,000, for the use of its streets te lay gas
pipes,
Lung (ever prevails te a considerable
oxtent nmeng the horses of Readlng.
Liverymen nttrlbute it te te the preseut
state of the woather as the animals be
ceme wet when overhoatod aud cateh
oeld.
Jacob Iluyett, a wealthy farmer, aged
82 years, was found dead In his carriage, a
mlle from Woruersvlllo, Berks county.
The herse steed porfeotly still and feet
steps in the snow lead te the impression
that Mr. Iluyett left the carriage and pro pre pro
ecudod te the edge of the read. When he
was about te reenter the carrlage he was
stricken dead,
Rebert Mennls, aged about fifty, an era.
ploye nt a quarry at the Half Way heuse,
below Stoelton, was seriously hurt yester.
day afternoon by n stene falling from the
top of an embankmnnt into the quarry, n
distauce et twenty flve or thirty feet, and
striking him en the head, cutting n deep
gash several inches in Ieugth evor the
tomple abeve the left oyeand making a
sealp wound en the back of the head
Fifty commerolal travelers met at the
Lechlel heuse In Harrlsburg yesterday and
organlzed " The Commercial Travlers'
Association of Pennsylvania." The ob
Jeot of this association Is te aid aud protect
tbe monibers by scouring te thorn botter
rates from railroad companies nnd hotels.to
provide indemnity te Its members In oase
of accident or ncoldental death, and te
benefit Its members mutually and socially.
Hale el llurtri,
Barnaul Hess & Seu, auctioneers, sold nt
publie sale en Monday, for Dauiel Legan,
at his sale nnd exohauge stables, this eity,
18 head of Ohie hortes, at an avorage
prlce of $222 per head.
At tlie same tlme aud plaoe wero sold 8
head of mules for J. W. Jehnsen, esq.,
nt au nveragu price of (391.25 per pair.
Keauiued work.
Toe I'enn Ireu company resumed weik
in the puddle mill yesterday and Its bar
mill starts up te-night.
A VERDICT KB ACHED.
"I Hi: lAINtl INMH-AMJU UAMlj I'.NHKt.
Tlie .lurjr llrlng In n Venll.1t ex M'J.niOU.I
ler the rialiitin--llainl en tlie
AxTuril nt itie Aitjti-!(ir'.
The celebrated suit of GottKehnlk &
Lodermaii against the North British nud
Mercantile insurnnoe company, that has
been ou trial lu the court of common pleas
siuoe Feb. 20, onme te nn end this morn
ing, When the court bell rang nt 0 n. in.,
announcing that n verdict was it hand,
squads el two nnd threo might hnve boeu
seen hurrying te the court heuse te hear
the result. The court room win crowded
with a curious throng, drawn thither by
thn general Interest that has been felt
slncn the start lu the outcome of this uew
famous aase.
A hush of Hilmice came evor the crowd
when deputy protheuotary Krolder te
oelvod the vordiet from the judge, nnd
rending It te the jury asked theui if they
se ngiued, receiving nu nlllrmnllve 10
spensn, The verdlet nwnrds the plaintiffs
i'i 301 55 nud Interest from Aug. 21), 1SS2.
(212.40, making tbe total award $2,010
05. This Is about ene half of the amount
claimed against the lusurnuce company.
Five ether suits yet remaltig te be tried
ngninst the Lancashire, City of Londen,
Londen Assurntioe, Williamsburg nud
Phejiiix, of Hnrtfeid, respectively, the
total amount claimed from nil the com.
paulcs being nbeut 25 000. It Is thought
that tbe result of this trial virtually K-t
tics the suits agaiust the ether companies,
aud au effort will bu made te compromise
thorn without further lei-al Intervention.
The casts et the suit which fall upon thu
defente by the jury's verdict will reach a
high figure. The witucss fees nud ether
legal costs will preb.bly aggrogate $J,000,
without aeuutlug the $1,50 prr day h.i1
te have beeu allowed t the counsel for
thodefonso during the 10 days of the trial.
Heur ttie uoncluileu wan Itruelied.
The jury was charged brlilly but cleat ly
by Judge Patterson, all questions of faet
being left te thelr determination ; they
retired about 0 p. m. ycsteiday nud agreed
upon thelr verdict, sealed it aud separated
withiu an hour after the ense was given te
thorn. Mr. Gee. K. Reed was made fore,
mau et the jury. There is no geed loaseu
te bollevo that, ns has been reported, any
of the Jury held out tur a vordiet for
dofenae or that any favored nu award ler
the full amount claimed. It had been
shown in the ovidence that the adjuster
agreed upeu by the plaintiffs nud the
iusurauce cempauy had found, nftcr the
flre, that the original v.itue of thn stock, be
far as they could discover traces of it, was
114,872 17, and that what remained of it
was worth 3,810 31, showing a less of
$11,001.83 This nniuuut with inUrcst
formed the basis of the jury's award, iihd
the amount of the verdict was the preper
tlonate share of defend tni'it interest iu the
ontire Iusurauce.
The plaintiffs loomed te be gratified with
the result of tbe trial ; the dufe dauts nre
disappointed ; the publie generally np
pear te be satisfied. Thu theory of Incen
diarism was net supported by the verdict ,
no? was the defcudaut's estimate of their
total stock, but thelr exaggeration et its
value does net soem te have been consider
ed fraudulent by the jury, as the judge
ehaged that wilful fraud and deliberate
misrepresentation by tbe insured would
be geed cause te find for the defense.
TUB STHKr.T l.a.lll'S.
Tee Electric I UhU Still KeepUc LpTlitlr
llmi lleiiulilll.il).
Following are the l.uupn that did net de
satisfactory duty Tin sday ulgbt :
Eloetrio Limp Christian nnd Grant,
Lime and Ora go, from 7 o'clock ; East
King and Ann, Orange and Ann, out for
two hours ; Eatt Kiug nnd Square, Orange
and Duke, Orange and Luue, per all
night ; Seuth Queen nud Square, out for
three hours ; Seuth Queen aud Hager,
Seuth Queen nud Andrew, Seuth
Queen and Hazel, out for thrce
hours ; Duke nud Walnut, poei
all night ; Lirae aud Lemen, Chest
nut and Duke, out for two hours ; Duke
and Green. Rockland aud Locust peer
all night ; Locust and Freiberg, North and
Strawberry, out for threo hours ; Dor Der
wart and Maner, High nud Filbert, Poplar
and Filbett, Vine and Strawberry peer
until 12 o'elook ; Walnut and Mulberry,
Jaraes and Mary from 7 o'aleck ; Waluut
and Mary from 0 o'clock, total, 25, ami
no repert from the First aud Third
wards.
Gaseline Lamps Christian and Lew,
Woodward and Christian, Rockland south
of Green, Lirae between Lew nnd Locust
from llo'cleok ; Lafayette botween Fil
bert and Strawberry faem 7 o'clock.
Total, 5 no repert from First aud Third
wards.
I.OWKK r.fllt I.UUAIS.
CeuUeaieil I'rein Mid tixfuril I'rti.
Edwin (Jhainbuis of Chester oeutity will
remove te the Whitseu farm, Bart ewu
ship.
E. E. Kidd, new en Sim'l. W. Wilsen's
farm, Drumere township, will romevo te
Andrew J. Miller's farm at Mount Vern.iu,
Chtihter oeunty.
C. C. Cauffmae, undertaker at Wakcfbld
attended six fuuerals in ene week ending
en Monday last. Sluoe the 14th of Duotmher
he has attended twenty fourfunerals. I'hu
measles prevails iu tint neighborhood nn 1
several persons have died from taking cold
resulting iu pucumenia.
J. Hilly Brown, who drives the stage
from Lyle, te Oxford, ene day last week
accidentally fell overboard from the vnhlole
near Lyle, and alighted tee caimi te the
hind fcotef ene of the heihtc. He was
kicked and rcoaived bruises and scratches
enough en his head fre.u thn animal te
kcep him lu doers for seme days.
A Vleiiin et Hydrophobia.
Sir weeks age William Humer, a real,
dent of Hlghsplre, six miles below Har
rlsburg, pioked up a little Skye terrier,
whieh had wandored ou his premises. Tlie
deg bit him ou the thumb of the right
hand and he at ence had the wound cau cau
terlzed. Last Saturday oveulng after
Hamer roturned home from his work he
felt very bad, and oeutlnuod te grew
werse during Sunday. On Monday after
noon nbeut 2 o'elook he was thiewti into
spasms, whieh contlnued until It lcquircd
six men te held him. Yesterday afternoon
he was still alive, hut his death was hourly
oxpeetcd. The deg was killed tuiuie
woeks age by being run evor by the cars
The lllejcle Club Klccn onicere.
At a spselal meeting of the Lancaster
Bloyelo elub, held last ovenlug. C. B.
Longencokor, president, II S. Hnrtwell,
captain, and W. B. Yoiiugrean, secretary
and treasurer, who ure lenvlug the city,
handed in their resignations nnd the fol
lowing wero oleetod lu thelr places :
President, Dr. E. P. Day ; captain, W. F.
Gorreeht ; secretary
E. Uaberbush.
and troasnrer, Ohas,
DrUlui; -Acelilrut.
This morning ns Mr, Jehn Sales wus
drlvlug en West Orange ntrcet, he carae
lu collision with a heavy two herse busi.
ness wagon nt the coruer of Prince and
Orange. The shook was be scvere that
Mr. Sales was thrown from his buggy,
Ills horse was thrown down but escaped
Injury. Nelther the buggy nor tbe wagon
was mueh damaged,
1 a .i
Honorably Dlicharijed.
B. Matlhlcu. thu Gicek, who was nr
rested lu Reading and brought te L3ne.11
ter, Tutsday, te answer for the laiceny of
n oeat alleged te have bcen htolen from G,
W. Hellls, had a hearing befere Alderman
Ferdney, aud was dleohirged. it bclig
shown that he had au iut t lu the coat,