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BtBtO or upheaval ever wie yuuuv uuuu uuuu
leg bills which are being rapidly pre
sentcd by the committee that has had
them under consideration, through lta
chairman, who rejelcea In the name of
Stockslnger. TuocemmllUoliEB given n
favorable ear te the petitions or the
numerous communities that dealre
public bulldtags.nudtue Houseto which
It reports the bills, shows a majority in
favor of thelr passage. The mi
nority, however, Is shocked at the
oxtravagunce and at the combina
tion apparent among the congressmen
wanting buildings te vete for each
ether's bills. Mr. Mill. Thompson, of
Kentucky, Is one of the shecKeu con
gressman. He does net want a public
building In his district, and thinks that
the four millions of dollars asked for
by ether flectien? should net be given.
A few days age, however, Mr. Thomp
son voted te hIve or lend boihe sixty or
seventy millions te the whisky men, who
are Important people In his district.
Evidently Mr. Thompson Is rather a
spigot than n bung saver. Mr. Helman,
of Indiana, who has been accused,
by liberal minded fellows of the
Thompson stamp, of being a cheose
paring economist, seems te think
there la geed reason for appropria
ting the public moneys te public
buildings. And we have it as our own
decided opinion that the public moneys
might b much worse spent. If we can
afford public buildings we should have
them. The question as te the propriety
of their erection was closed long when
they begun te be scattered ever the ceun
try. If oue town should have them, why
should net all ethers of like size ? Simen
Cameren, ten years or se age, get an ap
propriatlen for a public building at liar
rlsburg, beseeching his fellow members
of the Senate te give this tj his "ewe
lamb." Eveiy ether member or
Congress is as much entitled te
have a ewe lamb as Simen was.
Lancaster Is as much entitled te a
public building as Harri3burg was. Mr
Smith has obtained the recommendation
for one and his constituents de net held
this act against him in his canvass for
renominatien , nor will we urge It
against him in his canvass for re election.
"We are unanimously In this county for
a public building in Lancaster, and
the little Mill Thompsons in Congress
may as well understand that every town
in the country of twenty-five thousand
population wanU and intends te have a
public building, because ether towns of
theirsize have them; and they won't And
fault with their representatives for com
blnlng with these of ether towns, te get
what they have a just right te ; but will
commend them for it. Of course this is
leg rolling, but It Is proper leg rolling ;
whoa representatives premise theii
united support te a proper sort of bills
they are doing what they ought te de.
What Can he Dene.
Mr. Eaten, of Connecticut, is re
ported te have spoken te Mr. Morrison,
as the representative of himself and
ethers who believe in a reform .in the
tariff, but net In the Morrison bill, and
te have offered te arrange a tariff bill
which could be passed ; but Morrison
declared that he would stand or fall In
the measure he had introduced.
This was a quite natural feeling en Mr
Morrison's part. He does net like te be
lieve that his bill is net geed. He prob
ably knows, however, that it cannot be
passed, and if he was ns wise as he should
be, he would seek te modify it se as te
make it acceptable te the party with
which he acts. It can be done. A measure
cm be framed, aimed at the reduction
of the tnrlir, which would be entitled te
a solid Democratic support and which
we beliove would therefore receive it.
Mr. Eaten is the man te frame such a
measure, since lie does net stand with
any of the extreme opinions. He is
in favor or a tariff reform
which shall begin at the bottom, at the
free list, aud opposed te the indlscrlml
nate horizontal reduction et the Merrl
son bill. This bill is also objection
able because It will ba Impossible te
execute it, owing te Its fiiilure te fix tlie
duties it prescribes, making these rela
tlve te the Merrill bill, with certain res
ervatlens and exceptions that will make
Its mnstructlen a work of great ill 111
culty.
If Mr. Morrison will postpone the
consideration of hii measure until after
the prudential election he may con
elude when he again takes it up that it
should b.j reformed. It will be a much
better time then for such work then
new new, when with the presidential
contest impending the members of Con
gress can hardly consider exciting polit
ical topics with calm deliberation.
Tiir Democratic state convention wna
quite as fertunate In the character of its
nominees as in Its utterances of political
principles. The candidate for cengress-man-nt
large Is a soldier of two wars,
whose best certificate that he was a real
beldiei Is the maimed hand which lie
carries as the reminder of Ills courage
and expesure te peril. But Gen. D.wIb'
fitness for civil elllce is proved net se
much by his military record as by his
acquaintance with and bread view of
these questions which should ongage the
attention of a popular representative.
An secretary and acting governor
for a time of New Mexico and
for nearly thirty years aa conductor
of one of the best newspapers of the
state, the Doylestown Democrat, he has
demonstrated that grasp upon public
affairs nnd bread comprehension which
eminently qualify the fit congressman.
The electoral ticket is headed with the
named of Richard Vaux, I). J. Mcdrann
and II. D. Mumer, tried and true
Democrats known all ever the state and
representative of Its best citizenship ;
they may well feel complimented by
what was practically the uuanl
rneus vete of the state Democ
racy in placing them at the head
et its ticket iu u year when it
will command mere votes than were
ever bifore cast for it ; und the party
can feltcltute Itself upon tlie fact Hint
any po3slble nonilnee for president will
be strengthened by the names of tlie men
who nre annotated by the Democracy te
I niit. Mm vntn nf Pennsylvania ferlilm.
icasi i no vote ei i-cuusjn" -.
eonventlon selected
for every section of the state ami everj
olement of the party. They are big
eneugh te take in the situation ami te
lead the delegation, and they will be
ably supperted by a very superior order
of district delegates.
Tm: harmony of the AHentewn con
vention was net that which is secured
by a dicker among the leaders ler a divi
sion of the spoils, nor wan it accomplish
ed bv the treachery of anybody, neither
by any surrender of priuclple nor cow
ardly compromise. It was tlie work of
tlie whele party,represented by fit repre
sentntlves who could command peace
with honor and give te their proceeding
a dignity and gravity which would chal
lenge the respect and eenlldence of the
entire Democracy of the state. .itiee
the memorable and bitter struggle
of lse there have been held four
Democratic state onventiens. with
out any revival of the old factional
dissensions of the party. It is safe te
say they will nerer be restored, certainly
net in their old term. The attempt te
classify the members of the Pennsylva
nla delegation te Chicago as Wallace or
ltatidall men is supremely silly. They
are Pennsylvania Democrats, pledged
by all that controls honorable men, te
carry out the wishes and te be guidtil by
the spirit of the convention which sends
them.
Thk statement made by Mr. Gewen
te the legislative committee en the Pat
terson matter, that net a barrel of oil 13
new carried te market from the wells
by the railroads of the state, but that
all gees in pipe lines, which are untax
ed ; although the railroads luve lest a
business of ten or fifteen million dollars
a year, upon which the state realized a
tax will excite marked attention, and
should obtain from the committee te
whom he made it a recommendation te
the I legislature which will secure te the
sta'.e its proper revenue ftem this pecu
liar product of Its soil, which new Hews
across its territories into O.iie and New
Jersey, te be manufactured tlieie and
yield te these states the revenue its na
tive state should have.
It has been oftlefilly nscorUtecd that
Bosten is without ozone ; no wnder
prize lighters aud basebalhste thrive in
the hub.
AneRiccurvuK has Its little boom. A
forestry league has been termed in New
erk and tlie governor et iew Jersey has
proclaimed next Friday ns a proper day.
for general ttee planting.
Since New Yerk has panned out se
badiy for Arthur the rumor his geno
forth that the latter will retire from the
presidential track in favor of Blaine. This
is nonsenso pure and undeflled. Loek
out for "Cuet" when the horses are com
ing under the wire iu the sensueus days of
early June.
GOOD J-KIDAT.
U duty, lowlier than Ueith ;
Only the gods can knew
1 lie sweetness or thy halleneU breath,
Thy aummlta crewnu'l iruli no'
Te day Uiy martyrs tread tlie earth
Despise 1 ami alone.
Mourning tlie tionret thulr lilrtu,
itneut a rent or Heme.
Te mnrrewall tlia crested waves
Ot lllu's tempestuous nca
liieikut ttintr lent la love tin' siva-
Our royal destiny,
Thurtm
Pupilau interest iu thj White Elephant
warhaabeen aggiavated l the produc
tion of nu affidavit from au Eugl.eh
animal trainer, just arrived m this ceuu
try, that Ferepaugh's wbite elephuit is a
common brute metamorphosed iote an
object of oriental idolatry by lifty coats of
whitewashing and sizing Hirnura sup
pieraenU the discovery with au otTer " te
give $10,000 te the Society for the Pre
ventieu of Cruelty u Animals If a com.
mittoeof aciontlstsappeiutcl by its presi
dent does net ileculj Adam Ferepaugh's
pretended white elephant is artttlclally
colored." This is capital advertising for
the Ferep.iugh beast, as an elephant with
lifty coats of whitewash en bin hide is far
mom et a curiosity than a iiatura1 white
elephant
Tiikiii; is u grevuug popular suspicion
that thu irameuse quantities of canned
goods put upon the market nre prepared
with cnmiual carelessness, and that the
public health is thereby endangered. This
has very naturally attracted tbe attention
of tbe ciuning trade, aud before a recent
session of tbe Medicu legal in-iety, of
New Yerk, its roprcsentativcs appeared
nnd explalued that tbe ftu'ts and vigcta
eies are net llrst cooked in copper b ilers
nnd then canned, but are llrst put in cans
hormetically sealed nnd thou cooked In te
torts of copper or iron. Z no is dissolved
in muriatic ucid until tbe ueiil w.H bold no
mero ziue This mlxtuie is tin u diluted
with water, is rubbed in tbe Joints with a
brush, and a soldering iron applied
promptly aud the work is dene. The only
safe way for a housekeopor te test canned
goods is by applying the thumbs te both
esds of the can. If the u in resists pros,
sure thoceutonts nre g ted All of this is
important, if ttue.
FEA.TUIIE3 OK TUB BTATE WIK33.
Tbe L'nloutewn Oenivi of Liberty netes
with nlarm tbe iucrcahoef tbenavul nonu nenu nonu
latlen or Washington
The Jernnun thinks we are living tee
fast for the rotentlou of moral strength,
religious faith and hepe and leve.
II we want te keep up wages and secure
geed times, says the Pittsburg Leader, we
have te eat mero aud bring up large ram
ilifls.
me aiioiiiewii unue minim it was a
pieoe of Kastenlan jealousy te fix liur
banging match a day abeau of the Deme
eratla convention.
Senmten is te hnve a new ovenlng
paper, 77n Keening Truti.te be conducted
by Hen. J. E llnnett and Mews. J. J,
Jerdan and Hubert Bltlel.
Dolonte-at large B. F. Myers' ilarris-
Lurg Jitriet says : "The eudoreonioiit of
Mr. Randall wits glven with outlre unaui
mlty nnd he will have the united aud
eaudid suppeit of the delegation at Obi
oage."
The Philadelphia llecenl complains that
"tbe legal tender decision of the miprome
oeurt wns net even referred te nt the Al Al
leutewu oeuvtutioti'" And yet the Allen
town platform coudemns the overturning
or sound federal prluelplcs by "Judicial
legislation,"
A DIG MONOPOLY.
th khiandahd en. company I'mehkd
The IMinimny'a Attorney Udeuuinc l'At-
trtieii'a Conduct Uevren's Atrmjjt:-
meut uf the Corporation.
Tbe legislative comuilttce apppelntcd te
investigate the oharges innde by Franklin
B. Gewcn against the standard oil com
pany, tnct In Senater Grady's ofllee,
Philadelphia, Thursday, and listened te
the closing arguments of Mr. M E. 01m 01m
stead, of ceunsel for the Standard oil
company, aud Mr. Gewon. Besides
Sonater Grady, the ether mombers of the
comuilttce present wcre Senater llerr aud
Representatives Walker, Ziegler, Clarke,
MacKeynnlds nud Graham. V. G Pat
terson, who is charged with havlug
received a bribe of il5,400 trem tbe
Stnudatd company te suppress certain
testimony iuthetix suit instituted against
that corporation by tbe state, was present
nud patiently listcucd te the denunciations
of both spenkers.
Mr. Oltustead began by a rcforcuce te
tbe pur iKise a fur which the comuilttce was
appointed, ile said that it was conceded
that Mr. Atchbeld, or the Standard com cem
pauy, bad paid Mr. Patterson 515, 100 (or
peace, but net until two months after tbe
trill or tbe tax cabe nud after Mr. Patter
son bad fumiMhcd the attorney geueral
with all the luforuvitieu be could ebtnu
against tbe Standard. Continuing, Mr.
Olmstcad said : " Tins sum might seem
large te piy for future peace, but it must
be remembered 'that Patterson bad 6hewn
great ability te disturb the relations or
this cunpany and te iutorrere with tts
business lie had caused its officers te be
arrested tot a criminal conspiracy in a
county wbere local prejudice ran se
high that tbey euld net cxrcet
justioe. lie bad stirred up litigation
uaiujuts auxiliary companies. Ile had
prompted a congressional investigation
into tbeir aii.ur. He bad instigated this
outrageous $3,000,000 nx claim, nnd i .eii
while is was iu progress bid geno te
Albany te prompt a legislative committee
In an investigation ei the Standard oil
oempiuv, aud no later tbau March, 1SS-2,
was uinviug te create litigation ngaiust
two i r us auxiliary oempiuies, by attempt
Qi te discredit the returns they bad made
te the states for taxatiens. Mr. Arch
bold, had testified that he was continually
harassing the company and disturbing Kb
business relations with tbe people of the
state Senater Emery bad said that
irrespective of the tax case be considered
Mr. Patters ju the Standard's most danger
eus 1 e, nnd that his peace would have
beeu cheap at teu times the price paid
him
Mr. (). instead characterized the act as
one of lri.ickm.ul ile thought that Mr.
Geu could render the state mero real
tervu'e by devising seme plan whereby the
state would receive mero than a million
dollars due it by the Philadelphia & Head
ing r u read e jmpany than by pursuing the
Standard oil company. He ceucludcd by
saytug tbat tlie conduct of tbe Standard
oil c mpany toward the state had been
fair aud beuirable, aud th it, hjwever
sincere Mr. Gjwcn had been in his
charges, they were net merely unsupported
hut clearly uisproven ey tbe ovuieuce.
In opening his argueieut, Mr. Gewcn
inquired why a legislative cemmittee
should be compelled te spend a year in
vcstigattng a ewe which .should have been
determined in a oeurt et justice, no did
uu, ecu nuj.mtiujuiu uu uu.uujilinucil
even alter tbe cemmittee rendered its re
pert, for unless a criminal suit were begun
wubin a row weeks theso who were guilty
of bribery would be protected by the stat
ute of limitations He said that tbe
Standard ejl company was a foreign cor
poration rrem Ohie, tbat bad ceme into
this atate and removed millions or dollars
worth of property from taxation. Ten or
twolve years age there were 20,000,000
barrels of oil produced in this common
wealth. It is new about thirty million barrels.
This oil went te market evor several l.nes
of railroad. The Pennsylvania carried 4-1
per cent., tbe New Yerk Central 22J, the
Erie 22$ and the Baltimore & Ohie 11.
The Peunsylvaula charged $1 per barrel
for transportation te the general public,
and SO or 93 cents te the Standard. The
gross receipts of the railroads m the state
rrem this traffie were ten or tlftcen rail rail
lien dollars yearly. This was taxed by the
state in thoshapeortax en dividends, gross
retinitis or tounage. Where is this tratlle
new ' Net a railroad in the state carries
oil. Tbe Standard has taken it away,
aud by locating its retlneries in ether
states does ue business here except te buy
oil. ibis is net taxable, nor can goods
in transit be taxd, se tlie Standard sends
iu oil through pipe lines te Ohie and
New Jersey, und makes its tax as low as
itossible i bus. here Is a creat induatrv.
ene or the greatest in tbe world, and oue
peculiar te Pennsylvania, taken out or
tbe state and all Ps wealth lest te it.
"ilew could It be remedied ?" Inquired
Seuater Grady.
"The only way would be for this com cem cem
mitteo te recommeud a law taxing the
transportation facilities," replied Mr.
Gewen.
Six tr eight eentlemcn have raade within
a few years fertunes aggregating evor
i 100,000,000 by the Standard oempany
controlling this industry, and he submitted
that it was only fair that tbe corporation
should bocernpolled te pay Its Just portion
of the 'axes.
Mr. Gewon then entered upn a discus,
sien of the metus et the ense as mnde
a-ainstMr Arehb ,1 1 In speaking of the
point laised by Mr. Olnistead. that Mr.
Palterseu was net a publie officer. Mr
Gewcn declared that uven ir Mr Patter
son bad net been appointed under au
aet uf Assembly tbe subsequent rocegul
lien et Im connection with the officers of
the nute by a legislative enactment clearly
shows that he was a public ofllcer. Further
than that, Mr. Archbold was indictable
under the common law and was punishable
by n flne and imprisonment.
Mr. Gewon then took Mr. MoMurtrie
(who appealed as Mr. Pattorsen'soounsel)
te task for having said that he did
net kuew nuything about criminal law,
having steppod reading It forty years age.
" Send this oase into tbe criminal oeurts,
whero it projterly belengs, and I will veluii
teer te try it for tbe stnte," said Mr.
Gewen " The admission of tlie guilty
paitles themselves will convict them. Hore
is a crime participated In by thrce poeplo.
One confessed the crime, which Is tbe best
thing that could be secured te oenvlot him.
When I went before the Heuse of Kepre
sentatives I had tbe .confession or Mr.
Patterson hi my pDcket. I charged that
an olllrjer of tlie state had bceu bribed,
aud I have proved it."
UTAH IHIIJTI! HllllllK.ltS.
Mere Teitliuimjr llelnre l tin liiUrmlnuble
rtprlugcr Uoininlttes,
Iuspeoter Woodward testified before the
Springer committee that when ha told the
president bow tbe Mineral park and Pioebo
reute had been Incroased from 3,000te $32
000, Gatlield was nmaeed and ordered
Postmaster Goneral James te "cut tbe
nlcer out, no matter who was hurt." He
also intimated that a "trap had been laid
for him" The president objectcd te the
employment of Ooek because he was n
disreputable lawyer, but witness plaoated
hi in bv saying that Cook was iutimate
with tbe criminal ehiss and could be made
very uieful. Mr. Woodward thought
Ilerdell was a very valuable witness, but
that he was spirited away from the
prosectitlon and be tampored with as
te ronder his ovldenoa worthless. He
said that Mr. Cook had comressod that he
had boeuaoiruptlyapproiohod byHiispoot byHiispeot byHiispoet
ed and aoeiued government ofllelnls, nnd
he was the man who argued te the presl-
dent that 8. W. Dersey ought te be let off
bconuse of his great services te the He
publican party. Mr. woedward thou
related tbe raet et oegus ueiius nun
crooked contracts. M of which nre familiar
te the public, nnd said that while piopai piepai
Ing the cases rer trial he discovered that
A. M. Gibsen was working mero for his
own glorification than for tbe benefit
of the prosecution Witness declared
that pancis Wire obtained surrepti
tiously by Cook fiem official places
nnd published, and they were used
te break down the cases against the
accused. Mr. Woodward described V.1 di
aud Price.ui witnesses who uullulcd their
testlmeuv by blew u.g het nud cold bj
turns. Witness thought a gr.ue mistake
wasmadein the severe punishment of
MoDevitt nt Philadelphia, but he beheved
that Attorney General Brewster acted in
variably from motives of the . highest per
seual aud professional honor. "Witness said
the last trial of the Star Houteis was net
nu entire failure, for it had worked a rev
olutlen In the public service that 1ms been
aud will be of inestimable value, it had
epened the eyes of the public te the cor
ruption of emul circles, nnd hereafter
such villainy as has been exposed can
nover be practiced. Tlie committee thc.i
adleurued.
The secretary of the treasury has sent te
the Senate, In response te a tjnate res In In
tlen, copies of such accounts of miscellan
oeus oxpenscs relitiug te the Star H uite
cases as appear en file in tbe department
They cover tbe period from April 1 1S-.
te Sept. 00, l?. Ne account has be hi
rcudered siuce the list named date. The
aggregate shown by the papers submitted
Is 39,330 3i. Tl.e vouchers, copies of
which aocempiny the showing, are chiefly
theso of steuegripiers, detectives and
porseus engaged r: sec iring the a'tendance
or witnesses.
IIUM'lMI TIIK lIUAH.
The Mournful Tk ut'lhuie scurctilnj
the
l'ccohentss Ml up.
After working fa thfu'ly al. Wednesday
night the gang et seventy-tlve werktueu
engaged in making the last preparations
for entering the Poeehontas, Va . mine
completed thelr tuk abiut 0 a ru. Thurs
day. Headed by Charles Arliugteu, fore
man or tbe day shift, the miners and th
laborers Fridaj in truing at ten o'clock
breke down the list barrier around the
cutrauce nud a rush .f tool air ensued
from the mine gallery. When tbe gallery
had been pirtially ventilated the mu
moved slowly iu the mice and, rer the
tirst time since the terrible explosion, com
menced n systematic exploration of the
interior.
As seen as the tirst heading into tbe
mine had been traversed Arlington, who
like all the ether.', waj carr ing an im
mense safety limp, ei'ledahilt While
he reconneitred the surreun lings thtee
bedies were discovered, half buried in
debris and mud. After a slight hesit tijn
the shattered remains of humiuity were
gathered up and p'aced ea a tramway cir,
preparatory te their being conveyed te the
surface. Wheu the ImIi-'S bad t'en
prejerly cired for the exploring party
continued the search. The foul nir be
came se stilling that several of the ex
plorers were overcetno anil returned te
the surface very ill. Oa a Ijwcr level,
about two hundred yards from the end of
the maiu drift, there was a general halt
I hfr uwn nf nn nfftrn.iftptn. atrtn !, nnd
Uv0re compelled te return te the surfac-.
xne superintendent gave orders fc
or re
pairing the iramense fan, which will be
used te ventilate tbe mine All day the
available laborers of the village have been
busily engaged digging a series f graves
for the dead. A lng tiench ha? beeu
dug about a hair mile cast of the town,
wbere all the unreclaimed dead will be
buried. Friday it n th .uht the greater
part of the bedies will ba brought te the
surface.
A IU1UUS MI53ION.IHV.
Hew Wily Afnctu M4e a Living by
Vruuil
" Hev." W. A. T. Smith, colored, new
in jail in New Londen, Ceau., awaiting
trial in the superior court for swiud. ng
under the pretense of being au African
missionary, has made a confession. He
sajs he we a slave in St Letus, and
bought his freedom in lStJc from Mary
Smith. He raised $300 for the purchase
money in New Ecgland churehes, nnd was
licensed as a preacher when a slave byltev.
Mr. Clark erst. L?uis, also a olercd mm
Ister. Smith said holed a Christian life for
a while, and then took 1 1 swindling church
peeple aud te drink. He was nevorautbei
Ued as a missionary, but raade a geed
living by his falne represL'i tatlens. He
has been in the bw,udling but ucss for ten
years, nnd used all the money ruised for
hlmseir. He says he never gave a cent for
mibsienary work aud that he never had an
accomphce. He is the original Smith who
secured a letter or recommendatiou rrem
Jehn B. Gough, the aarae tbat Gough has
tried te get for ten years. He has been te
Arrica several times Ue would work his
passage te xVmenca, ar.d, after swindling
liuumu iue)iiu uy Kumug money te round
a missionary home for old poeplo in beoe
gambia, would return te Africa. He says
heexpected tecstablwh a home for him
self. When iu Africa he was a farmer.an J
four of his children died there His motbed
was te travel about tbe ecuntry and get
mlnisters te recommend him te the peeple
ns a missionary. He would raake remarks
about the oustems and needs or the Afn
cau poeplo and then take up a collection.
He was Just starting out eti a swmdlin
tour when arrested. He intended te pre
duce his drama, " A Planter's Sen," with
the raoney raised en bis proposed tour. He
was never arrested bofero. He siys he
will new turn ever a new le.if, and when
released will labor for the conveislen or
his raoe. Smith is 53 years or age. He
will plead guilty and threw hlraeelf upon
tbe raorey of the oeurt,
A Surveyor Hhet In Beuth Uarelinn
Some years age a man named Prentice
purchased a large tract or land In Legan
euuuty, H. C. Lltigntieu began, and the
suit found its way into tbe United States
district court. Itoeeutly Judge Jaokben
ordered a survey of the land. A. P. Sin
net was appointed surveyer by tlie court,
aud he, togethor with two l Ins sons,
started te Legan county te de tbe work.
Wednesday, when within iirtcen miles or
Grifllthville, en the Mud river, the sous
were met by a number or squarters en the
land, who llred iute tlie party. William
Sinnett was shot in tlie right slde. The
wounded man was brought te his home in
Ghnrlosten. Ile is in a dangoteus cendb
tien.
Iluicei) Atmoiphere Without Uiane,
At the annual meeting or the Massachu
setts Homeopathic association, a report
from the Uulted States signal elucer in
Bosten was made, stating tlmt in the
atmosphere abeve the eity of Bosten thore
are net aud have net been for six months
past any traces or ozeno, while in tlie eity
or Taunton he has found neailylO per
cent, of ozone, nnd it is thought by many
prominent mombers of tlie society that the
heat and uexidus oshnlatleuu that arise
from large oities have the effect of destroy dostrey destrey
lug the ozone naturally te he found in tbe
atmosphere,
ueucml Davit Mill Accrpt.
Genernl Davis returned from the state
oenvontlon late Thursday r-i-cht, te
Doylestown, and hns been gouerahj -
gratulated upon the honor spontaneous.,,
oenforrcd upon him at Allentewn. ile
did net dcslre the nomination and he has
net yet formally Indicated bis nccopt nccept nccopt
nuce, but hla friends nre united in the
Judgmeiit that he ctnuet new deollue,
alter permitting the convention te ad
journ, and his noceptatioo may be re
garded ns prautically sottled,
THROUGH THE STATE.
tlAt'l'ICNlNllSlNTIUIUUMMONVVr.AI.TII
Itrntli et nil lnsune Ainu, n'h Has Keen
uenllueil aiore Tumi Duly Vmh-a
IMiulurtur' HtrntiKe lltatli.
Daniel Hawn, au lusane mau, who has
been kept In solitary oenllnomont by his
brothers since ltWll, died iu Juniata town
ship, six miles from Huntingdon, en
Wednesday. The nuuouiieoiuuut created
much surptlse In the oetniiiiuiily, ns Iu
keeping with the mystery which has se
long surrounded hi in his Illness during the
last two weeks was unknown te the publie.
His dea'h was, however, nn event
whidi aught have been txpected at
nuy time en ncceunt of his great age,
which had reached eighty-four j eats, q'be
niaiii.ic was ene of live or six brothers
who, when young men, worked togethor
ou tbeirlather'u farm. Ills malady is Bald
te have been caused by drinking rrem n
stream wblle overheated In the harvest
Held. He was Immediately oeuftnod by his
brothers and evor nfterwards totally ex
eluded fiem tbe world. But ouce in tlie
subsequent sixty years did he legam his
freedom, ami mat was nbeut titty years
age, when be succeeded iu escaping mid
ran down the Uajstewti braueh of
the Jtiuiata river, ou tbe hanks of
which they lived. He was seen captured
and returned te his imprisonment. Ne
Intercourse was permitted him with
ethers dunug his long captivity, except
such as (i as absolutely necessary between
him and mie of his brothers, who served
as his aiieud.iut. 1 he room in which he
was kept was of small dimousietia, with
but oue window, nnd te prevent him from
reaching the latter he was chained iu nn
opposite c Jruer. A stove was placed iu a
sm ill epetnug In tbe partition with the
facing lute n hall se that tires could be
made without entering the room. Fouref
the brother.), besides Danlel, remained
tiumnriied nud lived togethor, accumulat
ing laud and mouey, which tbey held In
ojnituen. Twe of them survive and are
the owuers of 900 acres in the township.
A Cumtucter's MngtiUr Death
Douglass Packer, oue of the best ktnwti
freight con lucters ou the Lehigh Valley
r.ulreid, met his death Thursday iiieruiug
near SlUiugteu. Packer left the caboeso
ler the forward prt of the train. His
absence w.is s j prolonged that his asso
ciates became alarmed. Search was made
nud be was found dead ou a ear leaded
with lumber, his head terribly crushed.
Just hew the accident occurred will
probably never be determined. The theory
or the engiueer or the train is tbat in
runuiug ever a box car P.ieker stumbled
aud fell dewu en the lumber car. Others
Lthink he was stauding ou seme lumber
extending from the sule et the car and was
struck b. a projecting rock and thrown
ou the train. Packer was 33 years of age
and leaves a family at Mauch Chunk.
An Important l.Hl Decltleti
The (juestten involved iu the case of
U bb and ethors against the city of Sernn
ten, which the supreme court has just
decided ou a writ of error te the court of
common p'.eas of Licka wanna county, is
whether a certain lustrutnent made in
1ST") between the devisees of Chas. Itebb,
deceased, aud Geerge S. Andersen of the
ene part and Jehu Craiger of the ethor
pirt was a leise or a ale The cise arese
ever tbe question as te who was te pay
tbe taxes. The instrument in question
conveyed all the coal beneath the surface
or a certaiu tract, with the right te mine
the coal and remove the sarae. The max
imum quantity te be mlned nud removed
is unlimited, but the minimum average
quantity is fixed and certain aud that
minimum quantity must be paid for in
each year, whether miner or net. The
duration or the Interest is unlimited.
Justice Clark, who delivered the opinion
or the supreme oeurt, holds reversing
the court belew that this cenveyance,
like mauy ethor uemlual loases, is iu
reality a sale or a portion et the land.
Vhere was such a soverance or the surface
from the underlying strata as creatcd a
divided ownership in the distinct portions ;
tbat tbe instrument is called a loase aud
the price for coal denominated rout is net
strong eneugh te prevail against theso
facts. The court holds this mineral right
te be taxable soparate from the land.
Huns While 1'Uylei: Ulrcai.
Liwrence Smith, aged 10, of 1431 Mar
shal streets, Pmladelphia, empleyed as a
hostler in Bargner & Engel's stables, at
Thirty second and Thompson stroets, who
his of late been affected with the circus
craze, was en lhursday ovenlng found
hanging dead with a repe about his nook
in the sec jud story of the stable. Smith
bad been practising acrobatic performances
aud it is supposed that by seme ncoident
the repe became caught around his neck,
strangling bun. The body was still warm
when cut down, but Iife was extinct.
Smith was a general faverite about tbe
brewery and was a skilful athlete.
Homed te Death In Uer Vnnl
Thoelotbing of Mrs. Daulel Fetterolf or
Mount Carmel. caught Ore en Thursday
while he was homing brush in ber yard
in Upper Mahaney township, and she was
burned te death bofero rriends who came
te her asiistanoe could extinguish the
tlames,
A Man Mining With J.OOO,
Frederick Jaoksen, a niomber of the
Arm of Jacksen fc McCaull, machinists, of
Bald Hidge, Butier county, has left for
parts unknown, taking with him $3,000 or
the funds et the firm.
1U1.I.K1J nV A ItlVAL,
I.OVElt
A Komunceet the Wnr Tbnt Tarns
Out te
lie b murder
Tbosjqueler the ratal leve affair of a
foderal prisoner named Oapt. Itaphnel
Llviugsten, who was a prlsoner in one of
tbe Confederate prisons In Salisbury N.
C, dunug tbe war, has just ceme te light.
During tbe last year of the war Livingston,
through the aid of a pretty girl, man
aged te effcat his escape Ile was
glven shelter by his fair frleud nnd
remained iu bis hiding plnoe for a
day and a night. Fearing capture by the
oeufodorato prison authorities, the escaped
soldier made his way ou feet through the
mountains In the western part of the Btate.
After many trials nnd mueh suffering he
roaebed Wilkes oeunty, oue of the rometo
counties of that section. Then he was
lueky eneugh te meet Miss Itese Austin,
who lntorested herself in him and assist
ed him In eluding the oenfedorato ofllcers
in her neighborhood. The handsome
young captain made n deep Impression
upon Miss Austin, and a mutual under
stand lug and an engagomentef marriage
was tbe result. Miss Austin managed te
ronder biicIi assistance te her levor that he
get through the Southern lines and made
his way te his home in New Yerk. In
1807, two years atter the oleso of the war,
Llviugsten retifrned te Wilkes county te
claim his bride. During the lntorvening
)eats Charles Bird, a yeuug farmer iu the
neighborhood nud an old admirer of Miss
Austin, had ceme botween them nnd
gained the girl's nfl'eotlens. Boen after
tbe young captain's roappearanoo in
Willies, he ene day suddenly disappeared
without leaving any olue te his whoro whero whore
aboiits. Bird and Miss Austin were
A)jti nftenvard married, and the
romance of the foderal ofllcer
passed out of the minds of the
Wilkes oeunty poeplo. It was revived
Wednesday night by n quarrel betwoen
Bird and his wife, iu whleh the latter In
pil oue of the neighbors that Bird nud
twi. sr men shot nnd kllled Livingston,
nud bu.. " - hedy In a plece of weeds,
A negre, v.iu . alleged te have pnrtiui
luted, corroborated the wife's story. All
of the ncoused tnen wero arrested
aud committed te Jail iu Wilkes county te
n wait nn oxaralnntleu upon the ohnrge The
case nttraetn Intouse Interest In that sce
Hen, whero nil nre known, nnd where the
missing Federnl etllcnr was n grent
faverite during his brlef nud It new ap
pears fiitnl visit Mrs. Bird Is new nbeut
111, and l) still quite pretty nnd or geed
family connections.
An Acter us n lleier.
Members of the theatrical profession nre
just new exetaised evor n report Hint
Mnurlce B.wrymore, the noter and play
wright, has beeu experimenting with
gloves en Mr. A. Dam, Jr., of the Hetel
Dam, N. Y. It scums that en Tuesday
night Barrymere met Dam In oue of the
parlors or the hotel nud had n dinner, nt
which Ned Buckley, A. 11 Cajtiurau, Beb
Merris nud Jim Oolller me said te have
been present. After the dinner Barry,
mere said he would go out for nome ex ir
else, but Dam nsstired him he could get it
In the hotel. Bexlnj: gloves were procured
nnd were denned by Bnrryiuoie nnd Dam.
Ned Bnekley was rorereo, nnd the oeconds
were Mr. Cnz.iuran for Barrymere, and
Beb Merris for Dam. Jim Cellier was
tltnokeopor. Tbe stakes were a ceuple or
baskets r wine, and at the end or eight
rounds, during whleh no serious damage
wns sustained, Barrymere was declared tlie
winner.
rsUI i-ie, lim el Dynnmlte.
An explosion or dynamite occurred
Thursday morning nt the stene qmrricH
near Friinkllnteti, N. C, killing Deck
Uobinseu, fatalv weiinbing Edwin Streng
and Injuring William Bredle. William
Hawkins, Geerge Hampton nud Sandersen
Majlleld, nil colored.
I'KttaONAL.
Kine. HruitciiT is fend or reading books
en military atlairs.
Pr.r.stiiKNT AiiTiu u seldom vvenrs the
same necktie two dajs in sitccesieti.
'Mn Hu.NiiY Iiivine's book en Ainoriea
will be published In Bosten next month.
WKNur.1.1. PuiM.ii'd wns proud or being
called a man or oue idea He said he re
garded himself ns fertunate in bnving an
idea.
Cot, KeiinuT G. Ixor.ineM. has been
defeated as a candidate for divlegate te the
Chicago convention by Mr. Perry Carse,
colored.
Miis On: Him., whose residence in
Bosteu has beeu visited by se mauy prom
inent people, gees this summer te her
home In Norway.
Mu Ci.uit. Skwkm. Ur.vu, who was
receutly elected without opposition, n
member of the Brlttsh Parliament for
V est Norfolk, paid the sum or $J, 130 for
election expenses.
Ciiaiu.es Ueihk, who is new at death's
deer iu Londen, always wauted te ceme
te this country, but dreaded creating the
Atlantic, as he was always an intonse
sufferer from seasickne s
Miss Auta Cedy, daughter or Buflale
Bill, is a student at tbe female seuunary
at Morgan Park, N. Y. She is a hand hand hand
seme yeuug I idy of soventeen, and among
her ethor accomplishments Is a skilled
shot with tbe rlde and an expert herse
wemau.
Mits Lnwnu., wife of tbe I'uited States
mlulstortethocouttof St James, is a flne
loeklug lady of middle age, with a most
agreeable smlle anil n pleaant volce. Fer
seme years back she has been a great
invalid, but is new completely restored te
health.
TDK DTHKKT I.Ar.1'3.
Ne.irly One-i!lt ut tne t'.lcctrle Light rll
te Hum.
Following is the report of the police re
garding the lamps last night :
Electric Lamps Priuce nnd Andrew,
Chestnut an 1 Charlette, Pine, and Chest
nut, Orange aud Marietta avenue, Lime
and Lemen, Limn nud Fredortek, Lime
and New, Iteckland and Ann, out from 0
e'cl ck ; Shippeu and Chestnut, peer from
Oo'elook; btrawberry ami Woodward,
Priuce nnd Walnut, Mulberry and Walnut
Charlette nud Walnut, Lancaster
avenue, out from 10 o'clock ; Prince
aud Lomen, Prince aud James.
Mulberry and James, Chestnut nud
Prinee, out from 11 o'clock; North and
Strawberry, out from 13 o'nleck ; Lime
and Walnut, peer from 1 o'eloak ; Wnter
and Orange, out rrem 2 o'clock ; Filbert
and High, out from 2 o'clock ; Filbert and
Maner, peer from C o'clock ; beuth Queen
aud Coucstega, out from 2j o'elock ;
North Quoeu and Oraugr, out rrem
3 o'clock i North and Dake, ifehti
and Locust, St. Jeseph at church, Maner
and Love Line, Prince and Coucstega,
Ann at Childrens home, peer all night ;
Freiberg and Lew, Green and Duke,
Mulbery and Lemen, Mary and Lomen,
Ghnrlotte and James out all night. Total
37.
Only three or the gasoiine lamps wero
reported net burning.
1IASK I1AI.I. flKIVS,
Herns from the Dluineuil rlclil.
The manager, secretary and eleven play
era or thu Ironsides base ball club, left
this eity te-day for Wilmington, Del.,
where the Ironsides play with tlie home
club te day and te morrow.
The Cloveland played tlie Allentewn elub
yesterday, and gave them a severe drub
bing. Baltimore : Providenco, 13 ; Baltimore,
4. Base hits : Providence, 1 1 ; Baltimore,
8. Errors : Providenco, 2 ; Baltimore, 0.
NowY'erk: Yale, 1: New Yerk, 3.
Earned runs : Yale, 0 ; New Yerk, 1.
Washington, I). C : Washington, 0 ;
Detroit, 0. Earned rims : Washington 3,
Base hits : Washington, 8 ; Datreit, S. Er
rers : Detroit, 5 ; Washington, 0.
Richmond, Va : Virginia, 10 ; Philadel
phia Uoservcs 4. Only 8 iunlngB wero
played. Earned rutin : Philadelphia He He
sorves, 2 ; Virginia, 0. Total base hits :
Philadelphia, I) ; Virginia, 17. Errors :
Philadelphia 13 ; Virginia, 3.
In Philadelphia j esterday the Phlladel
phla scored 7 te 1 for tbe Athlotle,
The Yerk elub has signed Liwis Smith
of last year's Harrisburg aud W.T Seharf
of a Baltimore amateur elub. The Daily
says Smith " elaltua te stand at the head
of the iutor-Btate association." It is easy
te elaim anything.
An Attrnotleu ler rru.UjterhiiX
On next Sunday morning Mr. Uoderiek
P. Cobb will preach In the Prosbyterian
ehurcb of this eity, and in the ovenlng the
fulpit wilt be occupied by Mr. Julius A.
Ioreld. Theso yeuug men are both mem mem mom
eors of this ohureh. They nre graduates
of Franklin and Marshall oellogo, and
students or Princeton theological semi
nary. They wero liconsed en lest Wed
neBday by the presbytery or Westminster,
te proaeh the gespel. This is thelr first
nppoaraneo aa ministers iu this eity,
and they will preaeh the Bormens
which were prepared for trial before
prcBbytery. Mr. Cobb will supply the
pulpit at Abucoem, N. J., daring thuBiim thuBiim
mer, and Mr. Horeld will supjily ene lu
Philadelphia.
Itev. Jas. Y. Mlwhell, I). 1), will
preach te the students at .Mlllersville
school, next Sunday nt 2:30 p, m
Preparatory unit Uuiillriuntien Hervleet.
Preparatory nud continuation sorviesB
will be held this ovenlng in the nudlonce
room of St. Jehn '4 Lutheran church at
8 o'clock. A clans of slxteen will be re.
oeived iute ohureh fellowship by tlie rlte
of continuation, nud several ethors by cer
tificates from ether nhiirehes.
MtiJ'ur'it Uiimt
His honor Mayer Hosecmillor had n
liakerV dozen or cases- this morning.
Eleven tininps in soaieli or "work," se
they said, were dlsehurged. Twe diuuks,
Jeshua Perry aud James Hyau were com
mitted for 10 aud 5 days respectively.
LOCAL POLITICS,
WHAT TUN IIOSHKM AUK IHI1MU
HI, 000 Oircretl en I'ltttetsun nuil no TitKtri
Tlie Kins llvkrt lit t tin Upper Kml
Tlie Iteje ut tlie Hull,
Humors have been current en the Btroets
for u low ilavH past that two or threo well
known inciiibers or the Lancaster bar bail
motley te het en tlie olectlon or Atloe ns
Judge, In sums te suit customers, from 25
te i 000, Last evcnlng n well known
business man, a friend el Judge Pattorseu,
sought and found ene of the lawyers ami
oftercd te oleso a $1,000 het en Patterson.
The nttorney " took water," but in lieu of
tlie $1,000 het, ettered te pest jlOO en
Atloe and $100 en Tonillnsen for sheriff,
thu bets te bu taken together. Tbe bust bust
iiestt mau declined us he wanted te put bin
pile en Pattetsen for judge.
In the upper district the Batisoulg Batiseulg Batisoulg
MeMilleti short ticket has en it tlie names
et Bejd, Courtney nud IComper for As
sembly, ami Ueble, Lnndis uuil rjeyfert
for repieseulative delegates te the state
convention.
Montzer, Shirk nud the Xtw Km nre
counted for Mjern and Gingrich for county
commission,. It is possible that Ging
rich nnd Musscr wilt be winners in this
contest.
The JVYte Km faction will support
Blough, Hoever and JoIuibeii Miller for
Assembly in thu upper distrlet ; Holloii Helloii Holleii
bcrgor for register, Sotlley rer eleik or
orphans court and B"nr nnd Oast for peer
directeiB.
The Atlee e rcul.ir ou the judgeship
nppents In seme ei the ruial weeklies
translated into Peiiiisvlvanla Dutch.
J. A Selleuberger, who has all along
been resided nsoue of the leading oandl eandl
dates for register, has withdrawn his name
ns a o.iudid.ite. Belng nimble te get ou
either of the combinations be considered
his chiiuce hepclcs. This withdrawal
will make the fight between Stouer and
Geyer a oleso ene
Coen nnii I'uentitii
A ltepubllcnn correspondent from the
northwestern section of the county, who
has heard that Iiarve Itiyinend has turned
in for Myers nn I a third term iu the
oeunty oemtnislonori' elll", thus ox ex
presses Ills incredulity There Is nu old
saying that the lien nud I imb shall Ile
down togethei, aud lu politic i Rumetimcs
saint nud sinner get under the same bed
cl itles ; but this list reported deal Is tee
startling te be true. It c.itiuetbu that the
coon and possum will travel iu oempany.
The bnllet box stuffer aud class leader
cannot be harmonious. Loek out for nu
honert count "
l'ellilt In Hmlutiiry.
A Gap correspondent writes : " Politics
iu the Republican e imp in this Gibraltiref
radicalism Is at fever heat. Tbe voters
seem te have broke loose from tbe oll ell
ticiniiB nnd all are at 1.0.1 In regatd te the
outcome Atlee will probably carry tbe
tewuship. Hlcstaud is gaining ground
nnd will poll a fait vete. Unless nil signs
rail Baldwin, for As.iembly, will be set
down upon at liQme for his tutrrfoieneo
in tlie districting of tbe township, und
Hoidelbaiigh will feel proud of the vete
that Salisbury will give blui te morrow."
Till. lUUIlll.ll H.U.I..
Ktlileplunn Ironing Ine " Light I'extaMtc '
Caucmmn t'nlnlcUiis l'retenl.
The Silver Leaf club, compesod or
colored men, gave n plain dress ball in
Fulton hall last night David Wilsen was
master of ci re monies nnd Benjamin
Stewart nud Samuel Jehnsen fleer mana
gers. The Stevens baud made a street
pronieuado in tbe interest uf tbe ball, and
played lome pieces iu tbe ball room
during the evor ng. Tbe dauclug musie was
furnished by a oed orchestra. Tbe attend
nuce was large, there boieg ne.irly a bun bun
dre I colored men nnd wuraeu present, nnd
about sixty whtte men. Nearly all uf the
latter were Republican politicians and
seme of them Uepablu'au candidates, who
went there te grind their political axes nud
make tbcmsolves solid with the colored
voters. They daueed with the wenches
nnd buttonholed and " bcored " the men.
There was seme squabbling nnd disorderly
conduct, the most serious disturbance
being a quarrel between a colored man
and his wife. Financially tbe ball was a
Nuccess, nnd it was conducted as welt as
sue'.i gatherings usually are, the colored
folks, as a rule, behavlng quite as well as
the whites.
OITY 1'Dl.lTlUS.
Thn Caiuinlttnes UrRnUeil nml OrB.luUliiK
The water cemmittee of ceuueils met for
organization last ovenlng, all the mombers
being present, iuelndiug his honor, the
mayor, who is ox-elllcio chairman.
Atidrew Bleteher, of the Eightli ward, was
clouted elerk te the cemmittee. Jehn A.
Hamilton, of the Seventh ward, was
olectcd engineer at the water works, nnd
Samuel Miller, or the Fourth ward,
assistant cugiuecr.
The tluauce cemmittee nlse organized
last night, by electing Hervey N. Hurst,
chairman, nud je electing DuBois Uehrer
elerk. Ne business ei importance was
transacted.
The strcet cemmittee ineet fei organi
zation tonight.
lujnstlce te Mr. Deuiuth,
There is a geed deal or comment In the
politic il circles of the city evor the injiutice
of Pies dent H. A. Evauc, of seloet coun
cil, in keeping II. C. Demuth of tbe Third
ward off all the important committees in
that body Mr. Evans was moved by
personal spleen, it is charged, te oxeludo
Mr. D. from the fiuatice, water, streets,
fire, lamp, markets and eity property a
dlsciiminatleu that was made against no
ether member of councils.
MMUMAf. NUIKS,
VMist U UuIdk en nt nilllemllle.
The summer term of the Nermal school,
whleh began March 31st, premises te be a
very successful one. The buildings nre
already nearly full, nud yet every day
brings new arrivals. Thu immense dining
room, about 00 by 80 fcet, contains four
teen long tables, nnd thirteen or these
tables nie already filled, nnd in addition
te theso there are many students, probably
n hundred, who heard with rriends in the
villuge and vicinity. The new principal.
Pref.B.F. Shaiib. is filling his difficult nnd
rcBpoimlble ofllee with clllolenoy, and
gives gcuernl Batisfactien n feet that is
indicated net only by the success
ful nnd harmonious working of
the school, but nlse by the large
attendance A large school is ns
Bonsitlve as n thermometer. Auy celdness
In the educational atmosphere Is douetcd
by a railing off in the number of studenta,
The teaching foreo is the same as last
session, except that Mrs. Baker resumes
her toaening te n limited oxtent. Among
the students nre soveral resident graduates
who nre pursuing the studies of the higher
or soientiflo oeurso. The graduating class
for tills year numbers between forty nud
fifty, and is winning goiden opinions en
ncoeunt of the ability nud exoeilont do de do
pertment or Its memberB,
Oir Willi Anether ntiiu'a Wlle.
Kphrata ltovlew.
Mrs. Amanda Poters, wlfe of Benjamin
Potern of the Ephrata Mountain, has
eleped with Geergo Wltmjwr. Mr. Wit
injur Is uIfe a married man residing near
Puters and it was noticed that an intima
cy existed between the parties for seme
time. Tbey nre thought te have taken up
their nbjde iu Srouehsburg, Berks county,
I'eitiuntler Appointed,
Jehn M, Jnoksen has been appointed
postmaster nt Wnkolleld, this oeunty.