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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!?, TUESDAY, j MARCH 25,1884.
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TUKSDA.T EVKNWO, MAllOH SB, 1004.
Kctp Coel.
Erle county declares lUelt for Mr.
liandull for president, and Mr. William
L.Scett Is te represent her In the na
tional convention, which he will de very
well, belntf un old hand at the- business.
Mr. Bcett is very restless and energetic
and has been very Biicccssfnl In business.
Politics arc ene of his relaxations. He
Is apparently ene of the unrecencllable
kind of politicians. He will net believe
that Wallace Is net still after KandaU'B
scalp. He made n bloody speech te the
Eric convention, In which he warned
the pcople that Wallace Intended
te defraud them out of their presidential
choice. We de net think that the iee
ple are very much alarmed at the prea
pect, or that they nre disposed te have
as little faith as Mr. Scott In the treaty
of roace that has been proclaimed be
tween the old tlme hostlle Democratic
camps of the state. It the convention at
Chicago wants te nominate Mr. Handall
the Pennsylvania delegation will be n
long way from seeking te balk Its dcalre.
We fear that Mr. Scott has been se long
and steadily engaged en Wall street as te
have lest all confidence in man and all
his trustfulness in his integrity. When
he was down tu New Yerk the ether
day, upon the matter of the Colerado
coal company, he and General Palmer
had some pointed conversation in which
each displayed a notable lack of conll cenll conll
dence In the ether, the general Intimat
ing that no one could teach Mr. Scott
anything In the art of railroad wrecking,
and Mr. Scott showing Hint he deemed
Goneral Palmer a thief of the llrst
water.
New, we have te say te Mr. Scott that
when he addresses a Democratic con
vontlen he needs te adept a different
tene from that which may be suited te
a corporation meeting. It mny de in
such a presence te charge a man with
baseness without being able te prove it ;
but it won't de in a Democratic conven
tion, state or national, te accuse a repu
table Democrat without geed evidence.
Mr. Wallace may net consider Mr. Han
dall te be Ged's anointed for the presi
dency, and there may be muuy mere who
tnlnk with him, but none of them will
bs likely te stand In the way of the se
lection by the national convention of a
Pennsylvania cindUUte.
m mm m
rnreasonnble Retaliation.
Senater Vance, of North Carolina, has
written a very sensible report en the bill
te authorize the president te retaliate
upon Germany for her exclusion of
American perk, by excluding German
products from the United Stales. The
majority of the committee en foreign
affairs approved the bill, but Senater
Vance refused his assent' te it for rea
sons which we think fully sulllcient.
He says thai if the perk is excluded be
cause It is apt tube infected with trichi
nosis, that reason for its expulsion is
amply sulllcient, and that at least Is
clear. If, ontheether hand, Germany
excludes our perk te avoid its competi
tion with her own, we de net stand in a
position te deny her right te de this,
since we exclude by means of a heavy
rate of duty all Imports which interfere
with our own industries. Theio is no
reasonable way of avoiding the position
tunt Germany may de what we de. if
we can lay a prohibitory tariff en wee),
she can as well prohibit peik. If
there are any German pieluets
which we de net want, we can
prohibit their Importation ; but il will
be silly In us te deprive ouisclvesef
what German products we want, by
cause Germauy prohibits of ours what it
don't want. Such retaliation would be
a small business.
Tiik Democratic conference tonight
in Washington will In all piebability be
an honest effort te reconcile differences
of opinion en matters of detail, and te
show te the party at large that there is
no such danger of nor necessity ter
Democratic dlssen3leii8,a3 free trade and
high protection alarmists have been
lately representing. Hut whatever the
conferenco may decide, and however
members may abide by its action, the
Democratic doctrine will be piecl.iiuied
at Chicago, and it will be tiniu enough
there and then te discover who, if any
body, Is crowded out of the paily.
Tin; uneasy desire of se many lawyers
te be Judges does net Indicate that they
possess the judicial qualifications. There
nre said te be about fifty en the nuxleus
beuch in Philadelphia walling for the
chance that is te occur next fall when
Judge Elceck'a successor will be elected.
There is entirely tee much self seeking
in this matter. The bench has lest much
et its former dignity, and the legal pre
feaalen is, in consequence, degraded in
popular estimation. Heferm is neces
sary. i m m -
Uv the cleee of tbe present week the
delegates te the Domecratlo state con
vention will nearly all have been elected
and the list of these, already chosen
shows a very excellent average of ability
aud standing in the party. There ought
te be no difficulty in getting a represen
tative body of such numbers and of Buch
character as Its membership will have
te make a safe and judicious deliverance
en the subjects with which it will have
te deal.
Tim electric llglitB keep en net deltnr
It. Ne reasonable citizen needs further
proof that the Maxim light Is net what
it claimed te be, aud that it does net
furnish what it contracted te supply.
The publle waltti te see what the lamp
committee and councils propose te de
about it.
WmcN the finance couuuiltce of coun
cils comes te ceusidcr the assessments
of property for city purposes suppose
that, for the sake of novelty If net jus
tlce, they try te correct some of the gross
and painfully suggestive inequalities
which they will find thore.
Tiik Democratic mombers of the
soheol beard made an excellent cholce
te fill the vacancy oceasloned In tbe
membership of that body by the death
of Mr. McConemy. Mr. Nauman will
be a very lit school director.
Tun Montgomery county Demecints,
who send a large delegation te the state
convention, Instructed their represent
tlves te-day for Mr. Handall ; Adams
county expressed the same choice jester
day. Manifestly Mr. Wultersen has nit
succeeded in reading Mr. Randall out
of the party In this state.
OlT of the Went comes the stereotyped
old story that the Bovore winter ban Ken
very (lostruetivo en peaches.
Tut: great hubbub about the taiilf has
enabled Maltene, Koifer tt id emne genus,
te sneak te their cevers uuobserved.
Ix tin) erring a livelier
lmrnlstied dove.
Ir's chnnxes en Un
In ttin sprint: n ynuriK mail's
turns te llinuj;lii et love.
dincv HRlitiJ
Tathjsen.
I.kt McClure and WattCMen pottle the
tartlT question with hard gloves, according
te the rules formulated by the Marquis of
Queeiisbuty.
Mavuciii sktts has just passed a ''
providing free text books for ohel..ib u
the public schools. Supplementary leln
lattnn Is needed for offering prizes of
apples, cakes aud candy te all who use the
text books.
Br ikntists may dlller en the question
whother the G anion of Edeu was located
at the North I'ole, or the junction of the
Tigris and the Euphrates, but there is
llttle differeuce of opiuieu en the assertion
that Lancaster ceuuty will net be a pehtl
eal Kileu for the next thrce weeks te
come.
It is somewhat romarkable that little
attention ix paid te Gladstone's tllueis,
notwithstanding the faet that his rccev
ery Is luueh slewer than wa.s expected.
Heccnt advices are te the effect that iie
oeuld net attend eveu a cabinet ceuuull in
his own house and had te re I use iuter
views te piivate friends. Fer se lung a
time has the world regarded the premier
as ene of Its meat poteut factors, that it is
leth te entertain the thought of his ro re ro
ineval from the aotlve sphere he haw Ter
sueli a length of tirne adorned.
Westkun crop reports are neticeable
for the absoue'of complaint of the ruin
and injury of farm products, e generally
heard at thin Reason el the year. Every
thing suems te point te n favorable show
ing from the great wheat centres of the
Went. The usual February and March
freezing out weather did net occur, the
greuud has been pretty generally covered
with suew, and the raius of early tiiilug
have been packing ttie earth about tbe
growing plauU. Out In Southern Central
Olne, and in the central portion of Seuth
cm Indiana, the snow and rainfall has
been se great as te niake a bad showing
for wheat, but the sewing in Uiem) neigh
bovheods is said te have been relatively
small this j car. Moderately cool weather
during the months of April ami May will
be noeisiary for the full development el
the winter grain profpeot.
PilHaONAL..
Iii llli Is the choice for president of
ttie me moors el the Virginia iisncmbly.
Ill n.Uli has written te au inquiring
fiicuil in Erie, Pa , that hn is out et poli
tic forever.
Cei.. C.J. Anns, formeilyef this city,
has been lecturing lu Philadelphia en "Tbe
Shotgun in Soeioty."
Hkkwstkh CamciieN was eeniirmed by
t'ie Sonate jestenlay as receiver of public
in ineys at Tucson, Art, ma.
Wm. H. Foeii, a wealthy aud woll well
ki own New Yerk merchant, president of
the China and Junau trading cemnauv.
died ytsterday.
M Hktv t-peut a few of his Hindus thiu
sands iu cabliug te England and Germany
tbe lull text el Lel. Uiiuiltre- s speclieu
the Lasker resolutions.
David I)i Di.r.v Fn.i.i) is repeiteil as
Haying that It is the dream of his life te
have New Yerk aud Brooklyn united
under the naine of Manhattan.
Jehn Kr.i.LV thinks the laws of pro
hibition can never be enforced ; aud te
properly moderate the liquor traffic, rc rc rc
oeurso must bj had te tbe moral law.
Jamui On.ru.!. in, ex treasurer of tbe
United States, is mentioned In Washing,
ten as the probable successor of Jehn C.
New as abbistaut secretary of the treas
ury. Osman Diena has assumed the drtss of
a Dervish His followers, estimated at
from 1,000 te 5,000, are exherting linn te
light u thud tiiue, with premises or sue
cess.
Giaustenk's llluess has developed into
a Heriuus affection of the larynx, involving
a nearly total less of veice
Sir Stallerd
Nurthcote has alre lest his
voice as the
result of a cold.
Gov. Hamilton, of Illinois, was nearly
killed yeaterday j a pistol ball, from a shot
ureii uy a lad bunting pigeons, orasheil
through thn window or the executive
mansion near which he was sitting.
Mits. A. It. Ai.lkn heads the list of
millionaires iu St. Leuis, paying tax en
$1,107,300. Henry Shaw is put down as
worth 1,17U,1UU ; tbe beirs of Jesse a.
Llndell H, 115,400, and Mies Dorulce Mor
rison 9t)4, 090.
Caiiiunai. McCi.esKi:f's gift of a challce
from the iKipe iu honor of the llltleth an
niversary of the latter's ordination te the
priesthood has reached his orniiience. It
ib probably the most superb work of the
kind evor seeu in this oeuutry.
Miis Ciias. Dunisen, a lady piominent
In the highest social circles of Baltimore,
and highly oeunootcd, has signed a con
tract with the MaiUsen Square theatre
company of New Yerk aud is te go ou
the Htage as a star next season.
Coir CO YD, UucMhIIi,
Tumperunce Ailveeat".
Acoenllng te the vice director of the
Itie Janeiro faeulty of medlolue It niipcais
that in Brazil, where great quantities of
oeiico are used, aim wbore all tbe iubnbl
tanta take it many times a day, nlcoliol nlceliol nlcoliel
ism Is completoly unknown It is fuither
stated that the Immigrants arilviug iu that
country, tiieugu ucset witu tbe passion
for nloehol, contract llttle by llttle the
habits of the Brazilians, ac airing their
feudiiess for drinking oelite and their
uvorsieu for liquors ; aud as the children
of these immigrants, brought up with
coffeo from thelr earlv vears. uuver oeu-
tnet the fatal habits known te thelr par
ents, it would Beem that the number of
drunkards lu the oeuutry is iu inverse
ratio te tbe amount of collee consumed. A
Seuth American correspondent of the
Medical limes confirms the above state
ment, asserting that the number Of OlfCH
lu tbe larce eltlea of Brazil whero nmltl
tudes of pcrseus from the hlghest down te
the lowest olasaes go iu te take a cup of
iuih uoueious noverago wnieu none but
wazuiuus unew bow te make properly
is oiierinous, while drlnklug ualoeus or
baw are very few aud thelr patrons fewer
still.
TUB TONQUINT110UBLE.
lNTKKVIMV WITH MAlUjLIS THKKM.
inn I Inrjr llilenut llecltrrtTiint HibOhji-
turcnt 110 Mnh tlWrMhe rrencti
We Ailvnntncv.
I'he first and only utterance of opiuieu
en the Tenquiu question which has bcen
made from the Chtnose side siiioe the cap
ture "f line Nluh by Ueneral Mlllet was
made te a cable down cotrespeudout by
Maiquis Tseng, the Chinese ambassador
at 1'atis. The veteran diplomat was as
llery aud vigorous as ever aud his manner
no less than his lnuguage implied the
utmost oentldoncfl in the ability of Chun
te held her own against the Froueh, not net
withstanding: the temporary success of the
latter. He was asked llrst as te the effect
upon the situation of the fall of llae Nluh
uud no replied promptly :
" It has net affected the situation in ttie
slightest degree, as far as China is con
ei-rncd. Tbe French nre practically as far
from the Chinese frontier as they were the
day before they entered ltae Ninh, and it
is net likely that they will ever get nnteli
nearer."
" Hew de you account for ttie easy cap
ture e( B.ie Nluh by lien. Mlllet ?"
" It was net a capture, it was simply an
evacuation by the Black Flags of a place
that was uuoHeutial strategically and its
occupation by the French."
" Where will the next stand agamsi the
advance of the Froueh be made '"
" The Froueh papers aru new talking
very cenlldctitly of their oipeeud capture
of Hung llea and auuouueiug that that
vull be the end of the campaign, ote.
Well, they h ve net captured Hung llea,
and tt Is certain that they will net de m
without a struggle In comparison te which
the previous content will seem trivial. It
is at Huug llea, il the French attack that
place, thai the lirst real cugagemeut of
ttie campaign will be fought. The town
is strongly garnsoued,net by Black Flags,
but by well ilni'ed soldiers of the regular
Chiucse army, aud if the French are te
get possession of it they must bring a
larger ferce and display hotter generalship
than they have shown m any e( these pre
liminary affairs .'''
' What about the indemnlty of 150,000
000 francs or mure, which it is reiertcd
France is preparing te demand from
China
"I have received no intimation of the in
tention en the part of France te make
such a deuiaud, aud I cannot bolieve that
France bcrleusly entertains the idea of
asking us te pay for losses or expenses
incurred as the direct rcbults of her own
aggrcssieus. If sueh a demand be seri
ously made it will lead forthwith te open
warlare, in which China will be formally
arrayed against France, with evrj ad
vantage of numbers aud position in favor
of the former."
"It ban been rcjorted that you have
asked te be rec died from your diplomatic
pest in France. Is that true '.'"
'There is net n word of truth in that
tcpert, aud in thit respect it is hke most
of the news that is printed in these ceu
hciencclees llttle papers in Paris, from
which everybody who Is net a Chinaman
seems te get his information regardlug the
wujie leuqutu uuaiuess.
TIIK KMII.ISlt 01I1SIS
Ulitilateuu' llluriM AiIiIhik cm Compile Cempile
lluns tu ttie Mtunlluii,
Earl Grauville visited Mr. Gladatoue aud
spent half au hour with him lu conversa
tion Meuday. The lill Jlull 0i:etU says
that the only foundation for the statoment
made by the Morning Pest that Mr. Glad
stone's resignation was withheld at the
riquust of the Libera! association is the
fact that Mr. Gladstone's illness is mero
serious thau was at first supposed. "But,"
it says, "Mr.Gladstoue's cold is ene thing,
the political crisis is another."
Iu tbe absence of Mr. Gladstone, the
Marquis of Hartingteu, secretary of statu
for war, moved the seceud reading of the
franchise bill,
Tbe Eight Hen. Leid Jehn Mauucrs,
Conservative member for Leicestershire,
North, moved as au nmeudinent that tbe
Heuse decline te proceed further with the
bill until it has before it the entire scheme
of reform contemplated.
The Eight Hen. Jehn Bright bpeke for
ene hour in support of the bill. He advo
cated petfect and full representation of
Ireland lu the Heuse of Commens. Tbe
debate was adjourned until Tbiusday.
nil. ntei'AtiANiiA,
lluinurctl
lUlllltClttliJII
el tne
Kuiue.
Aiucrliau
Uullr;e lu
It is btated upon high authority that no
authentic information has yet been rrceiv
ed in regaid te the rumored iutoutieu of
the Italian government te soil the property
el the Aniericau collcge at Uonie. Tbe
property forms but a small part of that
beleugiug te the Propaganda, aud it is Bald
that there is no greuud for the statoment
that it will be the Hrst sold. Dr. Jehn G.
Shea, a well kuewu historian of the Cathe
lie church iu this oeuutry, claims that
it is the duty of the United Slates govern
uieiil te defetid se much of the Propaganda
prejwrty at Heme as belongs te or was
contributed by Americau Eeinati
Catholics. He bases this opinion upon
hiHteiie.il precedents both lu the case of
Propaganda as property In this oeuntry,
when the Catholic church et California
was adjudged te have a valid claim against
the Mexican government for Interference
with its property nuJ this claim was
ouferccit by the United States ; and iu the
case et the oeuliscatiou of church property
iu Frauce during the relgu of terror be
longing te British Bubjects, wheu Englaud
demanded nud obtained damages for all
property se ceutlscatcd.
Tbe rumors lu regard te the projerty of
me American college nave caused llttle
oemment among Catholles la New Yerk,
but it is said that no steps will be taken
toward protect lug the preperty until mero
dellutte information has boeu received in
regard te the intoutieus of the Italian
government.
COMJM'IUN OK TUB UHOIM,
llrpiirt in me UnmtiilMlniier el Axiiculture
un tlie Lern, Wheat, It je mill Uotteu Crei.
The oemmlsslouor of agriculture has
sent te the Sonate, lu answer te Mr.
Plumb's resolution, arepert of the amount
of corn, wheat, rya aud cotton produced
during the past year, the quantity ox ex
ported nud the ameuut e( home consump
tion, with a statement of the extent nud
character of the depreciation iu corn and
wheat of the crop of 1893, the stock re
maining en hand for ourreut use nud the
condition of wlurer grain new growing.
The depreciation iu quality of the corn
crop of last year is considered, and the
stock ou baud reported.
The proiMirtieu of umuorcbantable com
was two fifths of the crop, nud ameuuted
te mero than 000,000.000 bushels. The
sleck en baud is 70,000,000 bushels less
thau usual. It was about (500,000,000
bushels ou the 1st of March,
The report shows that the area of
wheat has doubled in sixteen years ; that
in 1871 the Uulted States took proeodcuco
of France iu wheat production, aud for a
tieried of ultie years has oxecoded the pro
duct of that country forty-four per oeut.
It stateH that the rate of yleld is Increas
ing iu tlie districts whero mixed farmiug
and rcouperativo methods obtain, nud
decreasing lu the region of consecutive
crops of spring wheat.
It shows that tlie nggrogate experts of
breadstulls aud animals aud thelr products
fclucelSOl have exceeded iu value the cotton
oxpeited during that period, and amount
te mere than (1,000.000,000.
The average welght of the wheat crop
of 1883 is placed at fifty seven peuuds per
bubhel, aud the stock en baud lu commer
cial warehouses and farm grauarles en the
of M.iich was 150.000.000 bunlwln.
Ply nmple for oeiummptlou, ,,rui
sunt
Hiwiltnc niitl tit-filintitn iixiuirtatletl
The prospeet for the wheat cropet IS" I,
at the picseut date, M repotted as favnra
ble.
III.AlM.'.t IhAlUUKAUIIW.
rmil.i.n I ujuiilir t'iriliu: Hit" " leilcn
lUcer.K I
Lleiiteuant Governer Cham, eey F. ,
Illnek, who Is about te publish two el ,
iimosentttled the "l'.ssms and Speeches
if .lim-inliih H. Black." in
au interview
with the Harrlsburg l'iinet, m-Is leith j
Bomeof tlie inaoeuraoi'-s iu me lerennj
published chapter from Blame's feilh lin
ing book. He says;
"Jiulge mack was a ueinnei.ti. .i .i
Dlalue is n federalist, and If he had been
wholly and perfectly fair in dealing with
the records of a Democratic statesman, he
would have been the llrst federalist writer
from Jehn Marthaldewii, whoever neeeni
pllshed such a feat of heuui ami decency.
As it is, he has come very near te It, and
It is a pity he did net entirely succeed.
With his portrayal of Judge Black's moral
aud intellectual character, ami his ascrip
tion te htm of signal and patriotic services
at the most critical period m tlie country's
history, every one Interested in the
memory of Judge Black must be greatly
L'ratillcd and I would net. If I could,
suppress au acknowledgment of the in
tense pleasure which it has given me. He
means, I doubt uet, te de him political as
well as personal Justice. But it would
have been a inarvel, indeed, if the great
partisan leader suddenly turned Histor
ian had failed te color his narrative of
these Important facta with some of the
orreis his party has habitually propagated
and the prejudices with which It has bceu
saturated for a quarter of a century. W'hen
he professes te state historical lacis, aud
Judge Black's relation te them, be does se
with reasouable accuracy ; when he draws
inferences he draws them after his ewu
kink. Aud lu ene of these gratuitous
inferences, derived from no premise, ox ex ox
cept that Judge Black had always been an
honest Democrat, he does htm grievous
iujustice, unintentionally, of course. W'hlle
he concedes that after tbe removal of
Audorseu from Moultrie te Sumter, J udge
Blaek's tulluonce was powerfully exerted
for the most vigorous measures against
tbe secession niovemeut, he makes the
impression that at au eail'.er poiied his
attitude, like that of many ethers, iu both
parties, was different. And this is a mis
take which Mr. Blalue had no right te
make in a work supposed te have been
written with the deliberation of history,
when the evidences of the truth were se
abuuduut nud se accessible.
Judge llliick niiit HuchMisn.
"The differences between Judge Bhu'k
aud the president which came te n head
wheu the answer te the Seuth Caieliua
commissioners was under consideration,
had existed all along, iu oue degree ir
another, aud though they were differences
net about ends but methods, they appear
te have bceu nhiouie. Judge Black was
constantly urging the reinforcement of
Andersen , he procured the order which
enabled Andersen te move, whtle Mr. Bu
cuauau did net even remember its terms
aud his "Hist premptings were te com
maud him te return." They were net iu
harmony ou the message of December D
Geucral Cass was much mero nearly In
accord with the president thau was Jude
Black, and no sooner had he offered his
resignation tbau he tried te recall it. Mr.
Jeffersen Davis, you may have observed,
has net shared Mr. Blame's error ou this
subject. He knew better, nud only last
year emptied all the vials of his wrath
upon Judge Black'b head for his 'bolbger 'belbger
cut attitude' toward the secessienist''.
" Mr Blatne alludes vaguely te the
attorney general's opiuieu of November
v!0lh, aud intimates that it piupeuuded
heresies which crept into the president's
message of December 3J. This is an
other mistake. That opiuieu is, iu a legal
sense, above bis criticism. Ne lawyer lu
either party has ever ventured iu that
direction. 'Its perfect sound nuns,' said
Judge Black iu one el his letters te the
late Henry Wilsen, 'has uevcr becii ques
tioned by any man with bcuse enough te
knew his right hand from his left.' Mr.
Blaiue has that much souse he has been
credited with mere and, it is for that
reason, he prudently emits te state his
objections te the document, aud I predict
that the omissleu will never be supplied.
I refer you te the admlrable analysis aud
conclusive vindication of the paper, be
ginning at page i', of Mr. Curtis' life of
James Buchanan it is a pity, however,
that the plans el both Mr. Curtis' and
Mr, Blaine's books precluded the puhli
catien of Judge Black's 'Memorandum
fur tbe Presideut,' touching the auswer te
the Seuth Carolina commission, which
shows the practical position of Messrs.
Black, Stanten and Helt, ami leaves no
reason for dispute concerning thelr views
of the powers and duties of the govern
incut at the tlme."
As te the receut publication by Mr.
Buchanan's private secretary, J. Buchanan
Henry, te the elt'eet that " thore was uet
the least disagreement between the presi
dent aud Judge Black, aud Judge Black
uevcr told the presideut that he would
resign," Lt. Gov. Black says Mr. Henry
"calmly ignores facts perfectly well
knewu and of which he cau hardly be
supposed te be ignorant." Mr.Curtls,him
self, the biographer of Mr. Buchanan,
narrates circumstantially the ' disagree
mom' botween the president 011 the ene
side, and Seoretary Black, Secretary Helt
and Atterney General Stanten 011 the
ether ; InoUdlngthe anuouneomoutto the
president of Soerotary's Black's resolution
te resign, aud the concession which the
president thoreupou made te prevent that
atop being takeu, Tbe narrative extends
from page 378, vel. ii. te pae3'Jl, of Cur
tis' biography."
m
HTKAI.I.NU A JUUUK'3 WATCH.
ADrt lteiurnlng It llelere n Deiecllte Una n
unaDce te rind lt.
A few days age President Judge Hare,
of common pleas Ne, 2, of Philadelphia,
reported te the police that his watch,
worth $200, had been stolen, as he thought
at the thoatre or en a street car going
home from the theatre. Dotcctive Weyl
uudorteok te roeever tlie tlme piece, Ou
Saturday, while he was preparing te go te
New Yerk iu seaieh of it, he recelved a
letter whleh read : " The article that you
are iiiHoareh of will come te you ou Mon
day." The letter was postmarked New
Yerk. It was net dated or signed.
Mr. Weyl did net make the jour
ney he contemplated. He waited
in the district attomey's offlce
for something te turn up. At a little past
11, as be was talking with a gentleman, a
little boy, with blue eyes and bloude hair,
wearing a dark suit a llttle the worse for
wear, and a natty round hat, rather old
tee, came iu and inquired for him. "Here,
my boy, I am Mr. Weyl," Baid the dotco detco dotce
tlvo; "have you anything for me ?" "Yes,
sir; 1 was told te give you these things."
The boy placed a llttle box and a lotter lu
the oflieor's hand aud hurt led out without
another word. Thodetectivo retired iute
au inner room ami opeucd the letter. It
was auoiiymeus and read: "Here h the
article you wero looking for." Thodotec Thedotec Thodetec
tivo opened the box. Reposing within lt,
upon a bed of new cotton, was Judge
Hare's cold watch. "It was no doubt
takeu by a professional thlef," said Mr.
Weyl afterwurd, "probably oue en his
way botweeu New Yerk and Washington,
Nearly all valuable things iu the nature
ej jewelry that are stelen are sent te New
Y'erk te be disposed of."
m am m
PitiNCE ev Wales last year rceslvcd
from the Duehy of Cornwall the net iu.
ceme of $335,000.
1st
COMMONWEALTH NEWS
Vfiumvil njjUUll 1Ij0.
' UKAlll
in a mink run ii reirsviM,!'..
The Tnnllili Arrlileut by Which Twe Men
l.iirt riiflr I Irm-lliirclnr In "rrmi-
Inn A Imil Tlilel.
A teinble mining accident nccuntd
Monday afternoon at a colliery 011 the
tieith side dope of the Sharp mountain,
near l'ottsvllle. .lames It 11 It, lermerly a
well-to-de elti.eu of I'ettsvllle, has been
lu leduui'd eliciimntaiices for sumo tlme
past, nud te redeem his lortuue com
menced work ou a vein of coal which he
leiiud en the mountain. Toe jkhit te cm
ploy mincm, humid his bejs worked the
miuonleno and had sunk the slope seventy
ynrtls. Forty yards below them was a
diilt worked by Victer Fay art, the mouth
of which was 300 yards from Kiik's bIeki.
The pillars left lu the drift te support the
1001 us it was llrst opened were robbed
back. This, In ordinary woatlier, would
net have nffoeted Kirk's operations, but
during the past few weeks copious pilns
loesuued the eat th uud it commenced sink
lug as Kiik was at work,
Monday a heavy fall of reek oceuired
lu the slope behind him. He called te tils
sons te run for help, and they returned
with Fay ait, who reallr.ed at a glance his
hazardous position, but bravely otiterod
the slope te rescue Kirk, He had almost
accomplished this when a boulder weigh
ing half a ten fell ou his nook and crushed
him. Menuwhile William Lloyd, n miner,
employed by Fayart, arrived, and he suc
ceeded iu diaggiug out the mangled re
mains of his employer.
The uews spread lapid'y and iu a few
benis a thousand people had Hooked te the
fcetie. Everything was done te rcseue
Kirk, nud at 7 o'eleok his teru and bleed
tun eorpsewas heisted out. Inoudeaveriiii!
te dig out he Iml pulled down tens el
e.uth and rock upei himself.
He was a prominent politician, and u
few years age was the Republican eandi
date for sheriff. He lest his fortune
through speculation. He leaves seven
motherless children,
Fayart was ,10 years of age. lli had n
wile aud thrce children. The litter are
down with scarlet fover, aud the widow is
prestrate with grief uud shock, Fayart,
ou Saturday, predicted Kirk's fate, and
of thofe who went te his retcue. The
calamity is the oue topic of conversation.
two tUirlr Citurrit lu Mrruuteu
The btore of F. Grew, a nephew of
Galusba A. Grew, was broken iute ntGlon ntGlen ntGlon
weod, Susqueuauua ceuuty, en Saturday
night, by burglars, who have recently been
robbing the village pet ifllc-'sand groceries
el Northeastern Pennsylvania. Tbe thieves
thought that Mr. Grew, wborecontly dis
posed of a cattle ranch in the West, had
a large ameuut of money lu the safe, but
ou blowing the safe epsn they were disap
pointed te II ud that it contained only a
low bills. They carried off a large quantity
of cutlery, jewelry, dry goods and came te
Scranteu ou the miduight train. They
wero traced and two of thorn arrested
among a let of tramps at the iron com
pany's furnaces. Tbe prisoners gave tbe
names of Backus nud Moere. A large
quantity of the stolen property was found
in tbeir pehbessiuu. They were taken
back te the Susquehanna ceuuty j ill at
Montro.-e.
The Afnurt4r.cn 01 nu Alleiituwit Tlilel.
The coolest thief that has lately oper
ated iu Allontewu was arrested Monday
morning aud, iu ler.iult et ball, committed
tejatl. His naine is Kress. A week age
some clever seed sUudlug lu front of
Bew en & Ce.'s cod stere attracted his
attention. Net long afterwards he re
turned aud asked the lean of the linn's
wheelbarrow te take a trunk te the deisjt.
The request was granted, whereupon
Kress, 111 bread daylight, leaded a four
bushel bag of clever heed, worth tweuty tweuty
tive dollars, and wheeled ittoe'her seed
stoics, where he disposed of It at a low
llguru Then he returned the wheelbar
row. Other metch.iuU were also auuoyed
by thefts and Detective Smith was detailed
te work up the case. When Krcts saw
that e.sc.ipe wasoutef the question he con
fessed. Uiulrr Arret fur (lMrrelln.
Great excitement has been caiibcd 111
Cerry by the arris', of Jehu E. Muir,
eharged with the crinu of gurreting
Ernest Warren. Warren was discovered
lying ou the lloer of the barrel factory of
tbe works, apparently dead, with a wire
twisted tightly about his ucck. It re
quired nu hour's active work by the
surgeons before resuscitation was brought
about, and twelve mero before conscious -tics
returned. The case was given te the
Americau detcotlve bureau of Pittsburg,
which carefully worked it up nud made
the arrest. The examination bofero
Alderman Brooks was contluued aud the
priioner put under $1,500 bail.
Tire llejs III t Inn by Dug.
Harry nud Arthur Wamsher, aged
seveutceu aud fourteen respectively, the
sous of Henry Wninauer, of Moneoaoy, u
sta'.ien en the Hcadiut: railroad, are con cen con
flned te their bed by injuries inllleted by
a deg, The deg llrst attaeked Harry, who
tried te iu vain te ward him oft, and bit a
plcce out of the palm of the lad's baud.
The brute than attacked Arthur Wamsher
aud tore a large piece of tlesh out of bis
arm. Beth boys are suffering terribly,
and thelr case is watched with much
anxiety.
KMINKMT WHIST IXaYKIIS.
A Heteil Whist ijunrtette Stephen, fjiir
llelil, HaurUU ant Frye.
A Washington correspondent of the
Trey Tune) says the greatest whist quar quar quar
totte in Washington for many years was
that made up of Garfield, Frye. Randall
and Aloxauder II. Stephens, The Heuso
oemmltteo ou rules, of whleh they wero
members, met at Leng Branch in the sura
mer of 1878. They began playlug there,
Frye and Stephens against Garfleld and
Handall. Stephens played n wenderful
game. Bolstered up with pillows In his
chair, he would sit by the hour without
becoming wearied. After the first two or
thrce turns he had au utifading pewer of
telling whero thu cards wero held. He
hated te have a peer partner, for it
disturbed his calculations, but with Frye
he was always content uud serene. Frye
Is a strong, impulsive player. When win
ning bis face beams like nehild's, but ence
behiutl and it becomes a serious affair.
Theu he is uucasy nnd restless tiutil a few
lueky deals put him ahead again, StopheiiB
nnd Frye wero iu excellent condition, for
the former uevcr apparently took the slight
est interest, save as his oyes lighted up
occasionally at a remarkably strong suit.
Garfleld nover concealed anything., He
plays wero always upon. Only ence did
he evor try leading from a "sneak." The
leek that met him from Stophens was
sueh that it was nover known te happen
ngaiu. Handall, in whist, as overywhero
else, is cold and calculating. He docs uet
play a solentltlo game, but a well sustain
ed oue, nnd is a safe partner. Yeu can
soe that the four are pretty well balauced.
But Frye and Stephens wen. Frye was
fortuuate ami Stephens skillful. Day
after day they kept ahead. Afterward,
when the four returned te Washington,
the games were kept up, Twloe a woek
regularly the ethers would go down te
Stephen s old fashion parlor at the
National hetel, aud there play oxaetly up
te miduight. Of oeurso they had varyiug
fortuue, but iu the long run the llrst
winners came out ahead. The morn
ing afterward members would always
ask them ns they appeared at the
cipltel hew the games of the night
bofero resulted. Every winter up te tbe
tlme Garfleld was nominated for the presi
dency the four kept at it, but thou it was
broken off, with the intention of resuming
after he was ence fairly soated iu the White
Heuso, Hut he was shot se seen that the
plan eaiiie te nothing. Stephens wanted te
keep en and te till Gatlleld's pl.ici. Harry
Smith, the journal clerk of the house, was
takeu. Very seen nfterwaul Stephens was
oheled governor of Georgia, and went
away never te 001110 baek With his de
p.irture the rerles dtepped, lu and Fiyo
still ahead. Last winter ciwei.il senileis,
including Messis. lltt.ii. Fii', Sheiin.iii,
Meriill, Win nor Mlller.AMileh and otheir,
made up a club and playi'd nften, but It Is
net eeiitlnlied. Sheiman Is one el the best
players in the Senate. Senater llaynrd
likeH te lake a hand, but he has net the
book knew letlge that soiiie of his biether
stMiatets beast el. But the critical scien
tists mi this stihj. et ure net se numerous
as they wuru in the Sonate 11 few yoaisage,
when half the luenib.UH were noted hands.
I'tll.ltli Al.
I'IIIM'1.
Ileum Ktein lliur tlie Mile.
The Domecratlo convention of Adams
county fleeted A. II. l'arr, Nedi F.llersh
nud Dr. E. N. Miiuuni, delegates te the
state convention nnd expressed a prefer
ence for Samuel J. K.indall for the prosl presl
deiu'y. Iu Erie, yeMeidiiv, the Demociatie
county convention expressed a preference
for Kami, ill for pitsideul ; the Wm. L
Scott tactien oicetul most of thudelegatts
te the state convention.
The W'yeiuiiitf, Centre and Columbia
county Republicans have declared ler
Blaiue.
The committee of One Hundred of Phil
adelphl.i, meet this afternoon le take mea
sures looking te thodisieliitioiiofth.it
body.
ItUtlMllHK 1 ii;mm.
fiiiin tlnr UecuUr Uirrtiiiiitnut
Mr. Andrew Anibbr had a very viilu ibb
horse te die last Friday, and Mt. James
M.tiwell had one very siek.
Our ciuueis, J.is. G McSpariau iV Ce.,
will have two hundred acres el 001 11 crewu
for them this yeir, audition en. or for cans
reaches almost 100,000.
Our farmers are hcgiiimui; te complain
ngaiust tbe weather, ns it is time the share
was iu the sod, n'ul it is always raining.
Our reads have been iu a most miserable
condition ami are net much better new.
Our domestic birds of pisnge who lilt 011
the llrst, have prospects of their furniture
catching no dust.
Fan Held is te have n new Industry in
the shape of a butcher shop, te be con
ducted by Messrs. Brown, Penrose i,
l'yle. Mr. Brown is nu old hand at the
business, and 0.111 play his bit of a
tunc en the heinjust a llttle prettier than
any man iu the ceuuty ; his pat tners, Pen Pen
eose and Pile, are both workers and push
ors, ami there ii no reason why tlie new
tnove should nut be a success. Audy
Wiley, the geed uatured butcher at Dm Dm
mere Centre, will continue in the business.
and with Mr. Fritz, from tjaarry ville, we
may net get beeCnt a penny a pound, but
ns near it as competition aud fair dealing
will permit.
Meild Schuul Ulilltlrett.
Oir public schools have closed, aud new
little school inarms are resting nu their
ears. Twe of our most successfully ceu
ducted schools are Harmony ami Pest
Tree. Tbe former has been taught thrce
seasons by Miss Hattle Hess, and the
latter two seasons by Miss Bell M. Neul.
Miss Neel had two small pupils, children
of .Mr. David Zimmerman, of Falrlleld,
who atteudetl the full 7 months without
mtsMtic; a day, and Miss Hess had
four, children of Wm. Brooks aud Jacob
Nell, who did the same Ami thou again
we have ethers in every school district
who allow the whole seveu mouths le pass
uud never attend a day ; aud we en
paying our taxes for thcli Apedal beuetlt
directly aud our ewu indirectly, nnd de
uet compel Ilium te take advautage of Dm
free hchoels, and wonder why they c,rew
up 111 igiiorauceai.d iiselesuucss.
ni 113.
l.lit ut
II U.IIKIIAN'.S ith.iiur.vi-i.
Tnii-e Who Were Iteinriubereil
Willi llirir Aiuuuitip.
The will of Mrs. Eliza Ewmg Haldiman
has been admitted te probate in thu regis
ter's ollice of Dauphin county. It was
drawn up in 177 aud the executers are
Rudelph F. Kelker, Hamilton Alricksand
Hubert Snedms? The cash biquests
amount te $2(1,050, and are divided ns fel
lows : Samuel Jacob. and Maria Jacob',
of Iowa, $2,000 Mary and Rebert It .ss,
$1,000 ; Ellia E J. I tableman, j.'.OUO ,
Maiy Aim Berer, Baltimore, $1 000 ,
Mary Ann Black, Maryland, $5U0 ;
Matilda Husten, $,;,000 ; EI11 .1.
Clyde, $5U0 , Rachel Haldetnan, $')00 ;
Mary Hipple B.iiubridge, $500 ; Ehza
both, Rebecca, Enza aud Emma Husten
each $100, $100; Ellzi H.ukins, $100;
Eliza Fegelmassi, $500 ; Haldemaii,
O'Connor, $1,000 ; Ress Keue, $500 ;
Elizabeth Bellmger, $1,500 ; Mary, Anme
Saraband Henrietta JaciIh, each $100,
$100 ; Haehael I) Plank, $;oe ; Maria 11.
Chamberlain, $3,000; ElUi K. Leng
oneekur, $1,000 ; Anme Bigler, $1,000 ;
home for the fiifudlebs, $1,000 ;
First Presbyterian church, Market square,
$1,000 ; Careline Bigler, $1,000 ; Samuel
Haldemau BUler,$l,000 ; Henry Robiuseu,
$50; Anule W Ilenduitej, $1,000 The Ha' Ha'
demau mansion, Frent and Walnut streets,
is givcu te Mrs. Sarah Haley dining her
life, with such furniture as she may ch se
te retalu. Mrs. Susan O'Connor is giveu
the residence en Frent street uext te the
mansion, absolutely. Henry Robim-en,
the coachman, Is given the house en
Rivoraveutio near Pine street.
TIIK MTUKKT LAJUS
Tne Did htery
T!ieruii;li!itre
limlly
I is
turn.
Following is the report made by tte
police officers this morning of the lamps
that did net burn well Inst night :
Eloetrlo Lights Monday North Queen
and Orange, irem 7 o'elook ; West Klrg
nntl Water, from 3;30 ; Grant and
Market, peer uutil 1 o'clock, taen went
out ; Chestnut and Priuee, peer , East
Kiug nnd Ann, from 7 ; Grata aud
Christian, peer a part of the night ; An
drew and Prince, from 7 ; Orauge aud
Pine, peer up te 1 o'elook, thou out ull
night; Columblaaveuue,peor te 12;Orange
Marleta avenue, peer ; Lltne nntl Lemeu,
Chestnut nud Shlppuu, from 7 o'clock ;
Duke nud Chestnut, for thrce hours ; Ship
pen nud Walnut peer nil night ; Green
and Duke, Maner and Laurel from 7
total, 10.
Gasollne Lamps Water botween Ad
drew aud Hazel, Seuth Queen, south of
Seymour, from 7 ; two lamps en Marietta
pike from 2 ; Plum and Rockland, from 7;
Lew aud Christian from 10 ; Christian
aud Locust, two lamps en Market, Clay
aud Priuce, from 1 total, 10,
Ulllclnl Vltliullun.
U. J. Delly, esq,, state counciller of the
Junier Order et Amorieiu Moehailcs,
who Is ruakiug a tour of visitation, will be
lu LanoaBter op Thurhday evening and pay
nn eftblal visit te Couestoga Couueil Ne.
22. luvitatiens have bceu cxtended te
Empire Council Ne. 120 of this eity, and
the several oeuueils throughout the oeunty
te be probeut, and a very large attendance
Is expected te greet the state counciller.
Will bniltti "Mt Down '
UurrlsliuiK Inilepeiiiliuit
Ex Naval Officer Uirstaud, of thu Lin
caster Examiner, says te the present
congressman fiem the Ninth district,
"Sit down, Smith," 1 want the plane.
Whether Smith will obey remains for the
future te develop.
tUle ul Uteeki.
Jacob II. Leng, breker, sold yostenlay
at prlvate sale 10 shares New Helland
national bank at $131 5 $500 Quarryvllle
railroad bend at $117 nnd ititerest ; $100
eity 5 20 years 1 per ceut. bend at par and
interest.
ANOTHER IUQ FIRB.
llll HIV llltll'innll IMM.l.Mli I t.
A lotmt'eo Witrrtiiuutn mill Hi CmiiIkmIs IK.
strejml i,jr the I'lninei-unnll irn
Hun In ihe IHiiiiuy.
One of the most destructive oenllagra
liens which evor oceurml In the nirtil ills
trlets of this county hippbnml last night
In the village of Muiilurey (GieU'ii Stcre
P. O ), lu Loaeook township, two miles
neitheast of Bltd lu-Hnud station, en thu
l'liitsylvanla railroad. The large two twe two
bteiy fiaiuu tobacco wiitehoiise of Jehn
Sile, with nil Its contents, wan uittrely
dtstieyed. 'I'he lire broke nut between II
and 10 ut night and fiem the clieutii
stances id Iho ease and the place wliuie
the lire was llrst discovered It Is believed
that the destiuctlen was caused by the
building taking tire from the pipe of a
stove lu the building, which had lire lu It
during the tlay. There nie no appliances
for extinguishing lire In the village, and
the destruction of the pi qa-tty was speedy
ami complete.
'Iho I.I1M
The contents of the warehouse consisted
of about 150 eases of paekrd '81 tobaeuo
owned by Mr. Slgte, and a few ncrea of
tobacue the piepcrly of larmcis iu the
neighborhood nud stored there by them.
Iho value et the eeutt ills is estimated at
ever $30 000, and tlie Insurance en the
cased tobacco will reach neatly that sum.
'i'lin I'lillclm.
The policies held by Mr. Sinle are for
amounts aud In companies as fellows :
With Bailsman it Burns' neiiey :
Union, of Philadelphia, JiUme ; l'ltunix,
of Hartferd, $2,500 ; Londen AsMiiauce,
$2,500.
With A. A. Heir : Londen and l'reviu
eial, $5,000 ; Star, of New Yerk, $3,000 ,
.Mercantile, of Bestin, $3 000 j Guardian,
of Londen, $2,500 ; Bullale German,
$2 000 ; National, of New Yerk, $2,500.
With J II. Metzlcr : German, of Pitts
burg, $J,500; Cuiuictieiit, of Hait'erd,
$J 500.
With II. 11. Br.'iHiinn ; Hamburg, of
Bremen, $1,000.
Total insurance : $32,0U0.
MKlOltlllllttUMHi nt.VlH
1. tents rlriir nntl Airust thu Uutitily l.lui
Joint II. Nngel, a prominent uilizeu of
Reading tiled yesterday.
Navigation ou the Schuylkill opened ou
.Monday.
Feity tramps .no quartered, like a
small nruiy iu camp, iu a weeds near
Reading.
It is rumored that the empleye;) of thu
Pennsylvania lalhead will have their
wages reduced aud the iiumbui of in u
employed will be diminished.
William linger, a well te tle fanner of
East Reckbill township, Bucks oeunty,
committed suicide en Meuday by sheeting
hitus'lf.
Geerge Irwin, aged 11 years, of Norris
town, had his tlugeis blown oil en M unlay
by the oxplosien of a railroad tei pede w ltd
whieli he was playing.
Tbe autbraclte coal trade is In a tu- 10
cheerful condition, at the prospect of 1..0
resumption of full working time at the
mines, which will begin en Apiil 1st.
The Reading lee dealers have llxetl upon
the satne prices for ioe as last year. Tlie
prices run 5 lbs. tlaily 25 cents per week,
10 lbs. tlaily 10 cents per week, and 301bs
tlaily, 70 ceuts u week.
Mntlame de Raceutha, a Philadelphia
music teacher, shot and burletisly weuudt-d
William Ce.id, a boy who had, nuclei
instructions, asked her te put out thu
light iu her room at an eirly hour this
morning.
Sallle Himnii-liuicu, the Reading girl
who was thrown into a tr moo at a recent
religious meeting, has revtvi.il, and repeats
substantially what she said in lu-r tiauoe
state. The members of her di-tiomiualieu
beheve her conditie.! the result of Divtiiu
power.
At the Hillmnn vuu oeal company's
btcakcr, near Wilkcbbaire, Monday morn
ing Jehn Garry, nine yearn old, employed
as breaker boy, was pushing Heme pieces
of coal iu the buge ai.l heavy lien tellers
with his feet. I'he heel el his beet was
caught by the revolving machinery uud
hi an instant be was drawn lu anil killed.
The National Reform association. which
holds that Ged is the source el all national
pewer nntl authority, that Christ is the
Ruler of nations, aud thai the Bille con
taius lawn for nations nnd Is tbe supreme
standard, beau a two diys convention at
Ashociatieu ball, i'biladi Iplin., last tiiht.
Jehu Alexauder was elected chairman
Geerge M. Rupert the treasurer of West
Chester, has buoemo a dulutilter te the
ameuut of $15 000. He was solicitor for
the l'eiiu Mutual lire insurance cuiupiny,
and had been generally respeeted. Owing
te ueghgeuce of elllciats he bail no bend.
Rupert has confessed his guilt aud divided
boiue $0,000 between the twoeorpora'ions.
James Richardson, aged -18, a wealthy
farmer of Ceeil county, Aid., retired te
bed au usual Saturday night aud th next
morning was discovered uncoieoious upon
his bleed soaked bed. Thn vsiupeu was a
penknife aud the ucck was terribly lacer
ated. Thinking he would bleed te tlcath,
he stoically remained quiet until he Ik came
unconscious. He cannot recover.
A p.i'ty of sixteen Lifayctte cullege
students have been taking some praotieil
lessen.') lu milling uud civil uni'.intierlnij by
a trip te the anthracite oeal mines et tin.
Luzerue regions. They were tiuder tbe
charge of Professer Bulln, and visited the
ireu uud zine weiks at Bothlehom, thu
Slatingteu quarries and two or three e' the
ll.uleten oeal bhafts.
At the state department at H.itrisburg
the following corporations have bcen uhar
teretl : Susquehanna Avonue building nud
lean association, of Philadelphia ; capital
$1,000,000. Delta building nntl lean asso asse
clan, of Delta, Y'erk eiunty ; cipit.il,
$150,000. Enterprlsu building aud lean
astoelatlou, of Lohlghteu, Carben county ;
capital, $300,000. Keystone lean and build
ing association, of East Maueh Chunk,
Carben oeuuty ; capital, $210,000.
The County Convention,
The Domecratlo county convention will
meet iu this city te morrow te elect dele
gates te the state convention nud mcmbeis
of thu stnte committee
The delegates from the city will roinoin reinoin roinein
her that, for convenience, thelr convention
will nssotnble at the rooms of tLe D01110 D01110 D01110
oratie city committee en the third Heur of
Kepler's postefllco building at 0 a. tu. The
delegates from thu upper distriet will
ntsomble at 10 a. m., in the main room
front, aud the delegates from the lower
end will meet nt 10 u m., iu thu com.
m It tee room.
The Feutt nt Hie AiintliiiUtleii.
Te day Is the feast of the annunciation
iu the Catholic obureh, a holiday et obli
gation with the members of that oreod. It
commemorates the announcemont of the
ongel Gabriel te tbe Virgin Mary that she
had been chosen as the mother of the
Saviour. As with all holidays of obliga
tion, today's religious observance is as
strletly eujolued as that el Sunday. Ser
vices were held iu the three Catholic
ohurehos of this city this meruing in com
memoration of the day.
l.uncaitfr Cautitutur.
At a speclil meeting of the highway
eoinmittce of Philadelphia councils yester
day the centraat for repilrlng Chestnut
street b ldge (constructing tu the rear of
the west bridge abutment, and iueliiied
about forty flve degrees from the horlzm herlzm
tal, four wrought iron and coueroto hut
tresses, elght feet Iu di.imoter, and put iu
place by the oeruproasod air process) was
awarded te R. J. nud R. B. Malum , f
Lancaster, at $59,000,
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