- JttMmM tmt&ta? i VOLUME XXI-NO. 152. TiANOASTEH, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1885. PRICE TWO GENTS. cjh -y V1VK CAMNKT l'LACKS VIXKI). It.tr.tlll, MAXXIX1I, l,AMAlt,(lAlll,AXI, rtt.AK, m.atv.I) ran mi: vaiuxkt. A Very lii. Illve. AmiiiiimemeiitTliut Ilia l'rrl ilcul.r.teet I. Rearing H Umirtmlim About llli I'lrnitltn ('mini II Cleveland' Ipit. en Tim siller IJiir.lle". Albany dispatch te N. Y. World. A concerns the cabinet llienlr hivs cleared vnry iitplilly since Mr. Iditnnr Ien horn. Ill Vlilt brought thing te n head, and when lm luitijl fimu Mr. Cluvtilnnd the cabinet was piiu'llriilly tiiiiiletil. I have learned fruni u seun-a net te Ite questioned for one iiioiuenl Unit Mr. 'iovelaud has illlvcly settled en lle inotnlvers, iiikI till iff tliein huvu given In tliulr ferinnl acceptance. These nre llie luuiin mid Ihu place they 1110 tellll i llnyiiril, secretary of slate. Maiming, secretary of the treasury. Lunar, secretary T llm Interior. Oarlaud, attorney general. Vila, postmaster general. Thl leave llm wnrand navy imrlfnlitw te lm HI led lle Is new disposed tit appoint Mr Wliltupy tnlluiii.ivy. If lm h.iil Insend in hli cabinet liMl.iy he would mi doubt iln Ml. Of course this means tM men from New Yerk. This In worrying liliuu geed deal. lle wauls Wlillnev, mill I about divided te Ignore custom inn! precedent and veIunUirlly incur niiit'li Inevitable criticism of n hostile character for the suke el having n man In the tuny department whom lit) understands mill Mini iiniierKtaiuls liim. It need net Isisur prlslngif hedix-ssii nnyhmv. In fuel, 11 ls probable that lie Mill. Ah te the war department, he Is halting between two men, Judge laid loot t ami lien. I'ntrli'k . Collin, or .Massachusetts, with Ihoeh.iuce In laer of tlin runner. One of theso is sine te lie ntMsduled. and will go in us n rcpioseutatlvo of New laiglatiil. The chances le-duv are rliMrly tli.it lie ill m m lieiut Judge Luillcett, wliii will tie rciiiuiu IktimI us the Democratic noinlnee for gov ernor In Massachusetts lest year. His se lection would Ik) imrtii'iilurly satisfactory In the IndcH'inlcnt who supported Mr. Clovo Clevo Clove laiiil, though lilt Iiemecrucy Is nut te be doubted. cabinet thus made up of course disposes linall) or IhiIIi Tlinrinuii anil Mi'Dnn.iliI, tinil leaves thi Western Mldilli) stale without u representative. The greatest hludr.Mice te tliu iipiMiuilini'iit of Mellenalil Is the irritat ing mill disturbing elhvt It would h.iwi en the Indiana Demei'r.iey, wlileli was net n unit in liisiiilMH'.icy. Pern similar reason Mr. ('liuelaud p.isusl ever Mr. Thurman, an additional ohjii'llen ItelilK Ills aiie, whlrli, In Mr. I'levelanil's opinion, would hardly snnlt Ids imderlak IliK tin pressing werU that lulistiliiMilveiijMiu tin' e.il.ini't ellirers of the InniiuliiK ndininis. tratiMii. It Is understood that there is te Iki iippeuitid te the 'iisen liurtiiu, wlileli lio lie lio Ieiiks tu the deiurlnienl of the Interior n Mi'U-kiiewn I nieii uener.il, wlileli would .ill.iy .my liostile i rUlei'in that nilht arl freiii Mr. I.amar's having Is-en a prominent (.'en federate. rRi:i'liiMi Tin: imaimii'iiai. Mr. floehuul Is wullaleiiK with his iii.ui jiural ndilri's.s. It will I hi lirief, slmplu mid plain, like all his puhlle utterani'OM. lle will luke the s.11110 position en the tarill as that l.iul down III the ('liliK Demoer.itie pl.it Ibriii, iiilMniitlui; reforms of the present tar ill stem, hut with due eonslderatlen for m ei dental jirelei tlen of Anierli-m l.ilmr and Industrie. He will taku iKsltie ground .iffilust the eontiimatieu of silver iwiIimk1'. Seiiih tiiuu iire he rixiieil a luttur fieui oiie lnuiilnsl eutii;mssiiiPii, lieadisl liy Mr. Ileapin, of Ti'Mvsn-ikliiK "Ini te l noiwoin neiwoin noiwein inltUtl en the silver question In his Inaugu ral. This letter he has Just ansuernl, auil In it he gives Ids rea-seilH fur taking ground against lurtlier coinage. IIemvs tliehiiHirtiuee of the suhjet and the nveipt of the eouiluuiiii'-.itleu from inein inein liers of the lloiise of Representatives make it ins cssary te give attention te the ipie-.tien lierere his views are presented te the public in his inaugural address. lle urges the hteppige of Ihni-einage of silver, giving his itsiseiis, and expresses fears et a lluauei.tl crisis unless legislation te this end Is enacted. Ne relerenee Isinaile te the projiesod legis lation en this ipifstleu in cotineetieii witli the Hiindry civil bill, nor arc any reconiinciiil.i receniinciiil.i reconiinciiil.i liens re'ative tolegislatiiiiilxilerotho adjourn ment of( '(ingress ellensl. 'Ki:r.iM!iius Fuit iAfii:.trie. s.inieiil Till' l'.ir lid FiMtnrc of The Ureal l)lpla III ilhllltiill Nnt U'rvk. The dance music for the luaiiguratieii kill ill coinpiise a lmnilred pieces, nml the promenade music by the colebratod Marine and New Yerk Sevenlh Regiment Imiiil. Tlie daniitig Heur at the luaiiguratieii lull will Iw linllit, ami the new pension build ing In which the light fantastic, will bolipped, Mill be decorated and illuminated its no stiuctuie was ever bcfile. The order of dancing for the inauguration lull will he a uuitpie allalr, deeldely teney in all its iipiNitiitmeiitN, the iicutil broeiu- hIi.iimi nml of L'eld and silver metal. It Is cstiuiated that thore will be from eight te ten tlieus.inil mcuin the clvie division el the inaugural parade. Ker the greater part they will uniformly dress in black, with high hats, light overcoatM. anil carry canes. The military parade will be coiupesoil of troops as follews: I-'rnm Pennsylvania. li,le New Yerk, 1,'J); Maryland, I,wk ; Virginia, 2,(KW; North Carolina, Georgia, Ohie, Ala I) una, California, and Minnesota, 70H. The Centennial legion for the thirteen original states, l,.lml. This maki's the very line total el ever 15,(KXI. The Chinese or day lliowerks will 1h a striking feature of the inauguration. These are lnmibs, w filch, when Ureal into the air, ex plode nml display iuimouse elephants sellouts nniinals, bluls, and men. The I It; 1 1 res lleAt for hoiiie time in the air, anil allerd ple.isure and amusement, kept up as Mill lie the novelty throughout the daylight hour. The inauguration lull pregramme Is te consist of hixtoeu pages of heavy crcam crcam crcam coleied paper, w Ith n bevcleil gilt eilge en the outside sheet. On the cover will be a finely engraved ertralt of Clev eland, mid en the luck a vlew of the pension building, wliorethe ball is tobe held. The pregramme of dances will be neatly printed in gilt letters Ne thoroughfare in the land equals l'onn l'enn Hylviiulti avenue, Washington, fur a iKiniiliv Its miles of length constitute a line as straight ls a strliur from cmiltel te trcisurv build ilig, and Its grand breadth nllerds importunity for a display or marching oxeellenco but rarelv veuchsafvil. l'ull ceiuiaiiiy front, the crack military organiz-itlens will vie witli each ether in the glorious inaugural parade in is'ifeet alignment lu soldierly bearing, and in the uld-tiiue "comrades touch the elbow." Washington, en inauguration night, will present a vision el hi illiancy weitli a Jour ney te beheld. Frem the top of Washington monument, the dome of lliocapltel. theciest of the Smithsonian and ethor public build ings electric lights et monstrous iiowernuil in wemlerlul profusion will make the na tienal eapltel IoeK HKe imriy num. J no geu tleincn who h.ive this fuiituruef thefuHtlvltluH in charge nre of acknowledged talent in se urranglngoverytliing a te hringabeut unique ellects I'lllIHiniINT Altl'lll'lt ami iiih sucei:sseii. President Arthur proposes te de every thing In hi pewer te make I'reslilent-elect Cleveland's advent lu Washington pleasant. Te this end he will g've n dinner party lu honor of the president-elect en tlie evcnlng of March :i. It Mill le the finest dinner ever given In the AVhite Heuso. Ilesldes Clovo Clevo Clove land mid Hendricks, the pi escnt cabinet and hoiiie prominent nciuucrntfi vv ill Ik) inv Ited among the latter theso who nre likely tobe lu Clev eland's cabinet. President Althur will participate in all the Inaugural ceremo nies The president-elect will rlde with President Arthur in the Litter's mrriage lu the inaugural precession. Ner dees Presi dent Arthur propeso, as lias Ihjeii roiK)rted,to le.ive Washington ubruptly en the afternoon of the -Ith of March. On the contrary, he will remain lliere for a week or mere. He has luvepteil mi invitation Irein Sivretary I're. lingliuyseii te remain ut his residence from the Itli nt March until he leaves Washington. The Whlte Heuso U lu jiorfectorilor lu every rcursx't. Tin: i.Att.nr ruuv i m: s eviia s. TIip .Mmllr nf Tiikn'a llrll I l.utt Mitnrjr mrr tin) ItiMllln llilili'liihltlilli Trllic. The latest iiemh iceehcd from Aglgiiuil Tiiinnl ceiillrins the repirt eT the brilliant victory wen I iy the Muilir of Takiianil llie HhliUrlii tilbe of I'lieinlly Arabs iigninst till) llmlendewali tribe of hostile during an at taek lii.ule hy tlie latter iieti mil no friendly trllics for Hiipplylng the garrison nt Kussala with grain. It is new mated that during tlie battle no lens than :',t'i(0 el tlie lladeudewiili Arab were killed and that iiiueug the Main was Sheikh Moes i, The Kassala garrison I short of feed mid iiiniiiuuilleu, mid its tlie place Is hard pressed by the enemy, dosplle the lecent ropulne, u Hiirrrnilcr must neon result unless the garrison be relleved, Ociieral ltrackeiibury, i'eminauder of the hileUcneral Carle's lens, reiKirU Iretil I lull Ik'Ii, npNise Kanlet Island, that en Satur day, thetilst Instant, Ids entire force, Includ ing TMiaulumlK, guns and equipment com plete, crossed ever te the light bank of the Nile, ready te ad value at daybreak Holiday Abu-llmncd, lettv miles distant. (Ion (Ien mill llravkeuhitry liad visited the wcone of Colonel .Stewart's nmrilur nml found winie of Stewart's visiting i-ards, pipers lioleiiging le llerliin Pew er and n shirt sleeve Ktaiiusl with htoed. The sle.uuer which con cen con eyod Colonel Stewart fieui Kliarleiim te Hli) place where he was luuiilereil is new sixtfsiii feet iiImiie the present level of the wnter. She Is gutted and tilled with sand. The houses and all the property belonging te the blind men, Kukri I'.linan, one of the prln iiml Instigators of Colonel .Stewart'nmurdur, were completely deslnmnl. The wounded of (Iciuinil ItruekcuhuVy's paity are doing well. Ne deaths havenviirred sliicothe 1'tli Instant. The health nml spirits of the (roeis are evolleut. Only eighteen men beslilcs the weuiidisl are shk. A dlspati'h trem Kuril says (hat thedreadisl kamsiu w luds w hli h de net generally Is'gln Is'lore March, have alrcadv licgiin In blew ever the Soudan nml have assumed almost the Intensity of Mrmfes. The wluil Is het and Is accompanied by blinding clouds of Mild, whliii cuts like iiismIIe imiIiiK The troe i-iii enlv llnil shelter by lying down, with their fares tu the earth, until the storm has piseil ever, when they struggle out of the saml almost choked nml blinded. The cav.drv liorses have suH'ered terribly from the eilWtx ofthe het blasts and inanyef them have Ih-cii se injured Hut they had te be shot. Ills -upiHiscil that the kam'slu winds will prevail ler aNuila month. vi' am iums rn if voM.ue.ytt ;.(. . .lames A. Miller, or New Trlill, l.ehlgh county, is the youngest justice 4ef the peace lu the stnle. lle is neti; ve-irs old. Mrs. William llurke, orlUsteu.lheinolher-iu-law efjudge Iteisler, was taken sick while sleighing en Tuiwlay, ami died or paralysis ofthe heart seen allerward. Thowlfeerit-v. .1. K. Millet, of Mci:wcns ville, Nerthiimlierliuid ceuntv, died en Wisl liesday rrelii the ellts'lH el a iiyixslcrinlc In In iis'tien or merphia admliusleiisl by her hus Iriinl. The Utter isismipletely iniiicrvcil. Mrs ( lara Miller, el' Mm k, I'hoslcreeuiity, w lie has no infant, rcieivcil a pair el luby shoes a lew ilaysng'e thieugh a mistake. She Iss-une Indignant and threw them Inte the street. A suit h.is lsen bteught by tlie real purchaser te niaku her pay for the riilnisl shoes. Mrs. Jehn 1". Aueeiia, wile of the clerk el the stationery mum. Heuse of ltoproscnta lteproscnta ltoprescnta llves, Washington, died suddenly from par alysis of the heart, Wednesday morning. Mr. Aiicena is a native of llerl.s county, l'x Richard Ityan, an ai-tue sillliciau of Ml. Carinel, drank live iliachiui of laudanum en Wedncsilay morning, and shortly afterwards died, lie took a prominent part in the rivcnl Ml. C.iimel township iKilltic.il light ami im paired his health, ami no took the dillgasa tonic. Tlie fert.v-slvlh annual session of the K.vst Peiius.vlvaiiia eeiifcreien' of the I Evangelical assm'iatien, epcni'il in I'.it.isauqua en Wed nesila.v, mid ever one hundred ministers ami laymen are in attendance, and ltishep IMiIh, el' Chicago, presiding. Jehn .Mietic, a woodsman, was klllisl at Tietil Run near WilllamsHirt en Wisluesday morning w Idle Telling li ecs lie wasengagcii at legging for lMlcr llretheis' mill. The tree which lie was cutting loll a alnst the limb of another tree, and in trying te dis lodge it the tree Cell mi shone, killing him in stantly, lie leaves a wile and nine children. The Central Hcmncmlii' i lub, of Harris burg, will take 11" men te th limiiMiiatlen with the state Capital Uind of Harrisbuig at their head. They will hike with them their handsome banner, which will Is) carried by Mr. Cis'klln, who stands il fis-t 7 inches higli and weighs .H."i iHiuuds The men have all Iss'ii equiplKsl with new eveiisuts and bl.li k silk hats It Is said that the cost el supper, spis-ial trains, wlue, and the broken premise et Mr. Cleveland le Is) present at the Ainerlcus Club ball, Philadelphia, have swallowed up all the icceipts and led the i lub in debt. Other roiierts arc that . i prelil el f'J,mni was made. Judge McKeunan hascenllruieil the lopeil el'Spis'l.tl Master Dallas, iis-emmemliug that the locelvcis et tlie Philadelphia A Head ing railroad company be allowed te piy interest en the Ihvitiug debt ami te make ether piviuents lurobjectshevoiultlionariow running oxjiensesef the rnuF. A man signing himself J. A. Jehnsen re cently obtained fiem acigar mauiiractuicr m Yerk fli.'i worth of cigars, and when llie Yerk mm went te West Chester ler his money lie round he had been swindled and Jehnsen was missing, Michael riuiicgau mid Mi's. A. Tcircll, while riding in a carriage, were struck Tues day evening liv a train en the 1 'rarer branch or the Pennsylvania rmlreul. The former, who resides near Westchester, waslatally Injured, hut tlie l.uly cscaiHx! iiiihaimcd. llalie.i. Ciireus for u Huci'thiMrt. Cl.iru Ileplcr, .i prelly briiuettoef tihule's Mills Butler county, had net been keeping company with Herman Stair, justlis) el' llie peace. Shoalse had liecn receiving tlie at tentions of l.eyal Iirillu of Hiillale ten n shii. The levets called en dif leient evenings, neither awaie that Isilh vieie making leve te the same girl. Ileth jeiiug moil wmited te make Wivshliigteu's birthday llie most iiieiuoiahle occasion of their lives by celebrating 1t as their wedding day. Kiriliu llxeil the time Willi Miss Ileplcr ler Monday afternoon, nml Starr thought the best time teget mar i list was in the evening. Meanwhile the startling Intelligence w.is brought le him that l.aulln was his rival suitor, ami had it nil arranged te have the knot tied two hetiis befei e the time uxed ler hi marriage. He Immediately started ter Heplcr's house, and both were seen te leave it together a row minutes later. When l.ardin called ter her. He waited awhile mid talked pleasantly. When Miss Heplcr did net make appearance mi hour later, he naturally began te iuqiiiie for her, and was startled le learn that Stair was concealing his intended bride. A happy Idea struck Uirdln. Court was in Mission, ami lie employed (he novel method of peti tioning ler n writ et habeas corpus ler Miss Ileplcr, who, he alleged, was lestralned or her liberty Illegally by Starr. The court granted the writ, and it was returnable Tues day morning. Starr mid Miss lleplei arrived in Duller town ami lepalHsl te the court house. As seen us lourtepcutd, and before Iiardiii had arrived, a clergyman was sent Ter, and the marriage ceremony performed. Sillli'.l III. Ileunl Hill With a raw ii Thkct. Rebert Miller, v he was arrested by Ser geant Kauchcr, at Lancaster, en n warrant issued by Mayer Howe and takun back te Heading en the charge, of absconding w itheut paying a beard bill of ?1P, owlngteMrsHuvin S. Durrell, settled the serais) by handing the mayor a pawn check ler S la for a diamond ring, which he said cost him tlM In Phila delphia. IIeNiyshls mother died recently lu I.eadville, Cel., mid licquc.ithcd him huv end hundred dollars which he Invested in diamonds lle struck hard .Hues lu item ing, Millie canvassing for an illustrated paper and gave his landlady a diamond as pledge that he would return ami settle. Hut the pawulneker depreciated its value and she sent te l-aucasier nfter him. llm Country la Mill Nile, from the Kulteii Ilumeurat. Who dares te sty that our industries me in danger? llnve we net the skating rink nil ever the land? And nre net the bnse Imll leagues girding themselves for greater ell'erts next season than haveever lieen made before ? Theso who Iihve no coal te dig can sknte this wititer; next summer they can playjmll. AN IMPORTANT CASK STATED ii;tii'i:i:.v itr.itrims ami rm: admi.s. ISTHATim Oh' A.V KSTATIU Tim ljiiel Ien VVIirlher Cerlaln ll.mk llalamc May lierlnlOrrAenliisI llrhls linn Tlitt llciulrrneii Hank In ICre-ltn l.ri;iil Dilrrinllmlleii II. KfTrlt. The following cjisn stated was tiled hi tlie court ofceniuiiiUbpleas.ou Weilnesday nllor nller nllor neout .ten M I). Hkii.i:s, Ailm'lr. 1 of the estate of Ames H. IIi'NIiiiiisen, dee'd. ) VK. Ileni'.ur J. ItotiHieN. ) And new, I'cbruary ISi, liS., it Is hciehy agiecii by and between the rtles te the nlioveHiiil that the following case Imi slated for the opinion of the court in the nature of u HMfial verdlct lietwcen Jehn I). Sklles, ml uliilstrnter of thn estate ofAinesH. Hendersen, iliK'easesI, pl.'dnlltl', ami KelKirt J. Housten, defendant. IsL That AmesH. Ilenilcrneil wasu banker doing business In the city of lnncaster and that lie dleil Insolvent, en January 1.1, 1SH5. That letters of administration en his estate were giauleil by the register el wills of Umcaster county le Jehn !. Sklles en Jan uary 17, lKWfc l. Thaten Dei-emlsir IH, tssl, Keliert J. Housten maile nml had discounted at tlie kink of the decedent n note, el' w hlcJi the fol fel low lug Is n copy : I.a.si ahtkh, Pa., Die. r.i, Issi, ls.HI llilrly ilavs after date 1 iiminlsfl te isy le. the elder of myself ut llm oalikleu Iiiiiimi el: ,v s. iii'iiilersiiu, i held hiiiiilied mul Mil): :ilelliirs without. ik'luUatatieii for value lu : leiveil. : l.iulersiil It. .1. llei'HTux : It .1. Ilui'sre. Which nole liecauie due en January -0, issi, mid was net iald al maturity. .".d. That Keliert J. Housten keptn running account at the liauking heuse of said A. S. I (underseil mill had en deMMlt subject te check the sum of f7il'J.-i at the tlme ofthe lattei's death. Ith. That after the maturing of the said note, said Hubert J. Housten tendered te said Jehn ll. Sklles, administrator, the sum or fs7.7 1 with Interest Irem Jau.iary'JJ, 1W5, In payment of the amount due en said nole everand alsive the Mid deposit, which tender whs ills-lined. Mil. It tliuisiurt shall be of opinion tli.it defendant is entitled te set oil' the amount of ilcMslt against said note.then Judgment te Imi entered for the plaiutill Ter f7.7l, with inter est from January -i, lsXi, without costs ; nml II the ilvfemliiiil shall net ls se entitled then Judgment te be entered d r the plaiutill for fcs.71, with Interest fiem January ill, 1KV, ami co-tsef suit, tith. Ileth parties rcM-rve the right te sue out a writ of error lu any evenL W. A i'u. Ati.iii:, (ii:e. N.vi man, Counsel ler Plaiutill. O. C. Ku.NM'.liv, W. I'. Itr.VKii, Attorneys for Derciiilant. what n i:iTi.i'T vvii.i. in:. The alsjve case shited was agiecd iiniii at a meeting or the dciositert who are in the same position as Mr. Housten, having ac-i-euuls at tlie Umk and also owing tlie bank for note discounted. The llmil result is looked for with great Interest bj- all deposi tors. If tlie Ksitieu or Mr. Housten's attor neys Iscoirect llie assets of the luuk will be reduced several IheuMiid dollars, ami if tltopesltioii of thn attorneys of the bank Is corns t, several thousand dollars Mill be added te the assets Ml MU.i:t I.V fl.l Mf. ,1. .V. (IfMMlin.ili IJiics te.lnll ler lilting Wurlli Ic.b I'Iipi ks. J. N. ii'iHsluian, a well-known voting man tcsidiug In Stnuburg txireugh, was arrested last evening mid ledged liitlmceuiily prison. List Octelier, (iiKxImaii while in this city, induced Cuba Myers, Christopher Dais, nml ex-Mayer Slauller te cash checks ler him amounting tejai The checks weie en the 1'irst National bank el Str.i-burg, and (iood (ieod (ioed niail represented that he had money ileioi ileiei Usl in that institution w lieu he had the checks .ashed. The checks were presented for luy ment and it was then learned that lie never had mi nccnuul at the bank, lle was notified te make the check gissl, but he Tailed te de sound en Monday complaints -weie made against him licfore" A lilermati ltarr for liil-e pretense. Oillcer Itarnhelt went teStrasburg yesterday and brought OisHlinan le this city last evening. His brother, J aeen Weedman, declined te settle the cases or go ills bail and as a consequence the young man spent the night in the county prison. Anether Charge of Turger. IMward II. Kaull'inan made complaint this morning against Jehn Kaheo, licfore Alder man rordtiey, for lergery. Kaiillmau sold a horse te Kaheo mul took in payment a note ter fl'Ai, tearing the endorsement of James Dougherty. Mr. Kaiillmau learned tliat Dougherty's iiame was forged and he brought thlssuiU A detainer wasliHlged at thoceunty prison for KnhiMi. This makes six suits thus I'ar cnteiisl against Kaheo for forgery. i.uirvit 7.vj .vf.'ir.s. lleit i'liiulfliiied I'reni the Oxford 'U, ,..!.." sales nt Ileal ICslalc. W. T. Ilrewn, esq., ndinliiistrater of Jaue C. and Win. Iltirk, lias sold te Alex. Carrell 1 aero and Mi perches of land for $'J'I and mi n eie for 8N. Mis. James Dllweith, of Mentana, who is visiting M. C. Illackhurii, of Kirkwood, liniMster eeiinty, is ceiitiued le her rituiii very sick. Jeseph II. Jamisen has sold his farm of i'kI acies in Utile Britain township, near Rllin, le Jacob Kirk, whose laini it adjoins, ler als)Ul?7,n(Kl. l.evl K. Drewn, attorney for Imicline II. Drewn, has sold the luinlsir and coal yard at llaircs station, en the Columbia A Pert Deposit railie.ul, le C. M. Childs '"" How Hew lamlville. The IhuiiI or lii.mageisel the ()fiiiil agri cultural society have decided te held their spring I limn June leth, 11th and I'Jth, and the tail lalrSept. Ski, 'Jllh and aith. It Is iiemwsI te elect a tclephone llue along the Peach llollem railroad ceniiccthig White His'k, ralrmeuiil, I'ulteii Heuse, i:l i:l deraaml Peach llotteiu with Oxl'erd. Thniwn rrelii Ills sleigh. About u'llmk Wednesday afternoon us It. N. Welle, meulimit et I.illlz, wus driving along North Duke street en his way home, Ids sleigh stuck lu the mud at the Duke street hi idgc, mid the Iieimi lu the effort te extricate the sleigh Jumped out or the sharts, breaking tlie single tice. Ileum forasquaie bclbre he wus captured. Mr. Welle had silsmtn half ten efhanlwaie in the sleigh and a let el gieccrles which were net spilled by tlie uci'Ulcul. frieiHiiy nanus ri'imiieu me daiuagodeiio anil .Air. vv one, who nan neeii thrown out el' the sleigh and skinned his knoe slightly, pioceeded en his homewurd way. l'coneiny Is Wi'iillli. A story from Louden states that te siure extra exponse, a wedding pirty consisting of six persons, drove te tlie church in oue call, II vu inslde mul ene en the box. After the ceremeny was ever, thQ clergyman began te address n few iippropriate v erds te the new ly married couple. While he was spc.ikiiig.the brldpgroein niadehis way te the clerk and sild : " I My, I w isli you'd ask your guv'ner t.icill it hlieit, til wove uircii uie can uy me liimr," Skulhig While llie lUhy lliirneil In llrntli. Mrs Jehn Laws of Nn. KS' Locust street, Camden, left her baby in charge of Its brother aged six, w hlle slie went en mi errand. He. roresho lettirned suioke was seen coming fiem Hie doers and v Indews or the riKiius The deer was forced opened mid the baby was found en the Meer, writhing lu mortal agony, with Its clothing ami the curiiet In the loom en tire. It died n few hours laler. The Ikiv had geno te the river te sknte and the baby had set Ure te Its clothing from u etove with an open grate, where allot tire was burning. 1'KrtSONAIi. en makes sixty thousand dollars n year out or his dirty novels lllcli dirt. lliimi Jlc(!iitMlCK,elmmpIeii skater from SI. Jehn, beat the record by making a mile lu .liUlli; en the Ice rluk lu llobekon. Jnsiipit KiiDirAiibtUitrfiiey, ex-governor nf Mmiitebn, died Weilnesday morning III Wlniiieg, nt the nge of G'J. l'ltANCIs V.. Waiuid.n has liecn nonil nenil iinteil by the proshlent le Iki governor of Wyoming lerrllery. Ai.i:vANDi:n OiiAltAM Itili.t tholiiveuler of the lelephoiie, has Isx'ii making Hiiccessrul GXH)rlmctil with siiUinarlue telephoning ; which abroad has been demonstrated te Imj pmcllcnble nt a distance of nil miles "Oiiien" Heiim:, diHTKi'ed, onee said In talking or novels : "1 think 'Wutherlng Heights' the greatest novel ever written, 'Honiela' the most bountiful, mid 'Vnnlty Fair' the cleverest." Jehn Kiw.i.v Is dill In very fceble health, violent changes In thevveathcr telling ngalnst him; still, his ntteuillug physician has strong hopes that he will ultimately rei:eer. HehaslKieil ndvlsed te Iry 1'lerld.i, but he cannot be Induced te travel he r.ir from home. I'tiMtT.sii (lessi:, spenkliig of English lecturers mid American niidicnecs, conclude that Thnckeraywas iierhaps the most isipul.ir of I'ugllsh lecturer, for liW extreme sim plicity, hi geniality, hi ceurtey, nml his tact. Dickens, en the ether hand, perhaps posed tee imicli for cll'ex't. Cut. llr.iifeiili I'im, who has Just com pleted an exlendcd lour of the Culled Stales and Canada, hits expressed a deslre le pro pre sent llie HrllMi Museum with a slngle copy ofeverv dally nml veekly pnisT publlRlied in the I'nlhs'l States and Cnna.l.i, mul has io ie quested HK?lmcii copies) of the dally issues or March fi, IKS", and weeklies for'the llrst week of March te Is) ferwardisl te him in Londen. A mi mi mi Lincoln, having been once wiitteii te by a llrui w lie wanted te knew the standing of one of his noighliers, answered : "1'irst of nil, he hitsn wire mid baby j te gether they ought te be worth f.O.OOU le any mini. Secondly, he Ills mi nlllee iu which there is a table worth f 1.60, and three chair worth say f I. Ijast of all there Is iu ene cor ner a large nit hole which will iKjar looking Inte." lll'KN.viiv rame le his death by roxsen or his unauthorized order for the dismounted cavalry, forming jsirt or one side of the quare te ad vance te meet the eharge of the Arab spearmen. He himself gallantly led this advance, and was killed in the hand-te-hand light that ensued. The i-avalryineu were swept back, mid the Arabs, swnrmiiig all around them, forced their way into the sqiiare through the gap left by the cavalry men's advance. It was a plucky movement, and Cel. Iliirnaby expiated the mistake iu judgment which prompted it, but it terribly 1mperil!ctl the salcty el' the whole Teree ami cost many lives besides that or Cel. Duriiahy. JiisKrii Pumiti'K, fercin in el' the rot ret m.ikcrs iu the Charleston, S. C, navy yaid, bisrui te work iu the yard when the nqs) walk was built, fifty II ve years age, and has Ih'cii in tlie service ever since and never lest a daj's pay until this year. Allien Sampson, ex-fnreiuaii of caulkers, has worked In the yaid sixty veirs, Isiing new rated its a jour neyman." William II. lieiihl, quartermau el joiners has Ik'cii In government employ I'er II fly years PhillpC. Howe, who was formerly leremau of plumbers worked lu the yard iK'tweeii fifty and sixty years, ns did also A. A W. l.-ike, lateqiuutcrm.iii of Joiners si:ts:nirv or a casauias wisrr.ii. Mether Anil .seu l,mt 111 a Siniv(urlii Anil u .VI in Tnifli in Ileal h. The winter In Canada has lieen an oxccii exccii oxccii tien.illy severe and steady one, and numer ous instances have been rejierled of jwrsens freen te death. Tlie last case isthatefMrs McHuar and lier 8-year-jld son, or Lien's Head, Ontario. The McHuar family have lieen living there for seme years, and weieiu very destitute circumstances McHuar himself ls simple ' ;nimled, nml has Ikmmi tee l.uy te make any exertions te Hiipjsirl hiuiseir and his family. Heg- ging mils their elder means et support. On Monday arterue'in Mis McHuar and the boy were begging, and net returning at the expected tlme McHuar himself started out ill search ertlieni. lle round them and the three skirled fiir home. A blinding snow storm was in progress and they le-t their way, wandering round nnd round, until Mrs McHuar and the Isiy sank ex hausted U'lilnd a large upturned root. liy the time that McHuar obtained assistance and returned te this upet they were both dead. The mother was found with one nrm encircling the Ixxly of her child ; her scanty clothing was tern in shreds by coming in contact with brush and legs In her vvandeiings, and her lle-sli was mutilated where the clothing did net protect it. Tlie little boy wus crouched close te his mother ami had net ns much clothing en his person ns is went by a street urchin en a summer day. The liastner council met en Tuesday and iiiade arrangements for burying tlie dead. The mother mid sen were buried ill oue grave en Wednesday, and a burlnl ser vice w.vs read by the Hev. Mr. McLennuu. Cdwnrtl I'.uran. n sheeniaket living ill Picton, wil round frown en the Ice en the Ilayorquliite, llve miles cast of Picton. It aptsiirs that he and a man named Han. w he also lives in Picton, left Dcseronte for Picton with u horse mul cutter. Ran says they get lest en the ice nnd were upset, mid lagan refused te rlde w ith him further, but slid he would go back te Doseronte. Han went en te Picton and did net eco l'agan nfterw ard. The Isiy was found next morning en tlie Ice 'iv some people w he hapts'iicd te be crossing tlie ilver.it that point. i:i:i.i:asi:ii ristiM Tin: ri:.i n:xTiAU' A Man Wliii Win Imprisoned fur Aiuitlier.llan's I'rlniDSt't Tree After 1 1 lear. After having lieen imprisoned llve years for a murder which he did net commit, Henry Digby h.is Is-en iclcased from llie Chester, Illinois, penitentiary. Five yours age JehnSinklcr, a Keiitiicki.in, wil iiuinlered at Digbylewii, a vitilige in Hamilton County, 111. lie lived a lew benis nfter i is-clvlng the r.ital wound mid testified that he was aroused suddenly from sleep mid siw a man standing In his room. He sprang up in ls'd mid asked tlie intruder what he wanted. A hcullle ensued and Sink lcr was shot The inuidenir lied. Sink Sink Sink lerswoie fieiu his veiie, he believed Ihatthe man who shot hint was Hum y Dlgby, a seu el' Jehn Digby. an englishman, with whom Sinkler had lieen iHiardlng. Henry Digby was convicted and sentenced te four teen years hi llie Chester penitentiary. Jehn Sinkler was te Iiave lieen married the next Sunday te LUzjv DIghv, Henry's sister. Sinker and his two hmthers, Richard nnd Perry, were thou partners in business at Dii'bvtewn. It was said that Richard was deeply lu leve with his luether's lictrethcd wife, nnd that he hnd sworn that no man lie side. Iiiiiisell'sheuhl ever llve with her. Net lenguller Jehn Kinkier' death and Henry Digby'sconvietlen KlchardSiiikleraud Hlia Dlgliy were married, About two years nge lEiclnird Sinkler in it a lile sentence te the penitentiary for murdering u man at Ilelle Ilelle rieve. llu confessed te two ether convict that lie had murilered hi brother Jehn, be side killing two men bolero he cunu le Illi nois Thice ofthe men whose testlmeuy Mcntlar toward eenvietlng Henry lllgby, weie afterward sent te the penitentiary ter various crimes Tlilsstateineui wa vermeil and Digby wairileued. Dlgliy wa met nt the railway station by sevenil hundred people and wa escorted home. Tlie New , Imlliial I'lan. According te the revised Judiciary system, premised by the committee of state lawyers upiKilnted by Mr. North, the supreme court would be divided Inte two parts of four and thieoJiidgeiespectlvoly, the former te try writs of eirer and writs of cortienui te quarter sessions and tholatter all ether eases Constitutional question would be heard iu banc. Tlie system would also grant an ex tension ofjurlsdletieii iu quo warrante, man damus and injunction eases, and de nway with the hour limit ler counsel. It would also increase the pojuilatieu of u common pleas jiidge from forty thousand te lllly thousand. Illlint Shiver.. This morning en the Niagara Kx press west thore was n troupe of blind singers who rendered several songs in the Oojiet while the train stepped. CONKSTOGA IN FLORIDA. Aiiricr.s rmiyr tiih i.axcahtvh our O.Vl" IX Till! l.AXJI or J'lAIUL'IIS. Tlie Nir CotieAtetft .A linrniiler Saw Mill Aiming HeutliPin rlnc The Ijuiilennirs cif llie New Settlement-An Inlerellug I .otter Treiii Jehn II, Blorteii. Hlnce the recent exedus of several young men from our city and county, te run a saw mill In the plne weeds nf Oninge county, Flerida, a tiumber of letters have lieen received by friends of the Intki,i.iiii:nji:u, from which seme extracts and nlistracts will lm of Interest le the general reader. The usual tourists' trip, with vvhleh many who read this nre familiar te l'crmuidlna by sea, Jacksonville by mil, up the St, Jehn's river te Palutkn, ever le historic St. Angus tine all this has liecn se frequently mid thoroughly written up that we will net touch upon that part of our boys' trip. Arriving nt Aster, they took mil for 'Si miles te Fert Mnsen, nnd tlience roile six miles te Seneca, where they found Ijiiiie.istrlnns already cs- LiblHicil Willlntii Miller, the pioneer Old (lii.ird settler; Jehn Morten, from whom we hear later; Samuel Drum, Daniel Helm and ethers The newcomers wero made welcome, and seen quartered lu an unlliilshed heuse and with Mr. Miller. After waiting lu vain for freight dolnyed en slew railroads, tlie six "dudes" as the city Isiys had been clirlstoneil licfore leaving home, struck for n deserted cabin In the weeds en the tract where the siwmlll is new located mid thcre thoyare new, enjoying llfe lu n climate w here a roar rear ing llroef plne branches is rather ornamental than useful at night, and where they write letters at eis-n windows liy day, and liml coats Mipcrlluetis while IjuiciLster froze at zero. The land Is high, covered with a strong growth of plne ; and through the tract en which frjierntlen,: have commenced, runs a ' bay-head " a little stream et "the best water we have Usletl," says ene, along tlie banks of which is " first-class garden gieunii, ireiu wiiu'li wilt nemiseii llie vego vege vego table feed ofthe town that is tolie. This Ntrcim is baptized the Conesteg.i. The pines grew close down te its banks, and ene of them has been measured mid pronounced "a huudied Icct high," wliile another has the form of across in remarkable iKirlectien. Tin: viiei'itmv evvvnns. Within tlie spice of two miles square several ljumistrl.ui linve purchased land Dr. Mary II Wilsen, Hev. Dr. Knight, Prof. J. P. McCaskey, S. Clay Miller, Dr. S. T. Davis Jehn S. Hehrer, MKs Mary Martin, II. W. Powers and ethers, heldiugiii various quantities.. Dr. Wilsen and her brother were the llrst te locate at the new Conesteg.i, buy ing land at f 10 and f I'- perncre, which is new selilandheldatf.i'iaiidSlO thisgrent Increase having taken place Ju little mere than a year. There is probably no laud lu tlie settlement that could new Is) purchased as low us $3) or aero In llve aero let. Oue of the newest in habitants noticed lu a Flerida letter te the JSxttmincr a remark that thosUite wasgcttlng " thickly settled " nnd thought it comical leading for a man who had been lest In the weeds thn day before. Hut thore will be less chance for that oxjKirlcnce by-aud-hy. The Conestoga saw-mill will make short work of the pine, ami houses and fence. will form the landmarks or the new clviiiz.itleii. Some of the ndvnntngoser this portion of Flerida as a lesidence are set forth Iu a letter rreni Mr. Jehn H. Morten, or Seneca, (new clearing laud iu Conesteg.i,) te the Intki.m ui:nci;ii. Tin; i.aki: IllKIIUN. Mr. Morten says : "When you i-otne te Flerida, be sure and visit the famous Lake Region, and you will go home full of prafse of thl, our adopted home, lleie winter is unknown, but Hummer reign throughout the year. Tlie writer of thi i sitting by an open window, iu front of which the lomatee nre hanging en the stalk iu all stages fiem the blossom te jH'rfectlen, nnd the oleanders are iu all their glory all this in January, wliile you "people of the North are locked in tlie oiuurnce of King Frest. Heieyeunecd net work six months ofthe year le keep yeurseir the ethor six; for you can raise vegetahle the whele year round. As thore is no winter, you de net need te lay iu a stock of fuel ; but what you need;for cooking puriieses you get in the pine meihIs, nnd thanks for hiking it away. If you have a family, it costs far less te clethe thcni liore than iu tlie North, where heavy clothes are needed n great part of the year. Theso in tiioNertli whofellowed the fortunes of thelr Hag during the latewar, and ceme here, will lind comrades, there being a Grand Army Pest nt Hustis or fifty members There ure ox-Cenrodorates here, ten; but although they fought against you once, they will light for you new. The war has been ever twenty years mid the men who curried tlie muskets then have burled the hatchet long age. As te politics, you can vote for wlie you ploase, without fear or favor. The best way for a man M he w ishes te set teo liore and has a family, is te come down himself, secure land te suit him (which can be had for twenty-llve te fifty dollars an aero), cleur and fenee It, set out his tree It he wishes te start an orange gtove, put upa geed Flerida heuse, (which can be done for f 100 or ?1W)), and you have your heuse ready te bring your family te. While your trces nre coming en, you can work for your neigh bors In u few yours your trees w 111 bear, nnd Iu the lueuutlme you can raise pine apples, iiunanns guavas unit einer irepii-.u iruit, vviiicu win nniig you in money wmie you me waiting Ter your oranges; or if you leel inclined you can get hummock land ami go into market gardening, which Mill pay you well. We have plenty of settlers here iiem Iowa mid ether Western state, which indicates tliat the stream of immigration Ills changed iU course, and net Westward but Southward, he, "thostaref empire hikes Its way." If you have seme meney te glve you a small skirt, you will never regret the day you made your home among the palmettoes of Southern Florid. l I might also add that if it I net cold iu winter, it Is net seriously het in summer, tlie mercury rarely going above U'i ill tlie shade, ami u gentle breeze blew ing from tlioeceun or gulf, which makes it extieinely pleasant by day and night." u.veii) iMi-uevi'MiiNr.. Mr. Morten also gives statistics of Or.mge county, w liich ovhlenee extraordinary grew Hi lu population nnd value iff tnxable property. The state tax is four mills He predicts a brilliant future for the new settlement at Conestoga, which we hope will be mere than realized. Letters icceived liein the mill Isiys indicate that tlie climate has already been bencucial te seme of them, whose chief duty and pleasure Is new the satisfaction of llieir upH)tite for victuals of their own cooking. Seneca Ising nearly three miles from the 1aucnstcr Imys' cabin, the walk consumed tee much time "lietween meals" and they arranged te cook "turn abeuh" for them them selvos, with splendid results "Flnulnger's biscuits" nnd "ltruce's coll'ee night-cnp" 1'iLMire largely iu tlie account, and no ileidit belli te ninke tin a novel ex nor I- ence. llotue-slcknos. seems net te have broken out iu the jurty probably because of the ulisence of " mosqulleos malaria and alligators" which Mr. Morten denounces us travelers' bugaboos ; we rather think the llrst named m ill present thelr little bills by-and-by, but let us net untlclivite. The larger landholders in Conestoga are new or will shortly have considerable land surveyed into ten and llvo-aere lets, mul ell'cied for sale, when I-ancastrlans who think of emigrating te thn I .and of Palms will llnd a settlement with familiar names and faces We will print further information ils received. Will Vl.lt the litKii.tur Colony. S. ('lay Miller and Redmond Cunyugliam left Umcaslcr thlsaflorneon at l:l."i for Flerida They go partly for pleasure and luirtly for business Their route Is via Washington, Charleston nnd Jacksonville, by rail, anil thence te Conestoga mid Lustls, O run go county, Fla, where they Mill meet tlie I-mcastrians who recently settled there, nnd where Mr. Miller mul Mr. Ceiiynghaiu ure lutgreblcd hi lurge tracts of laud. KXimns or xitr. aer.uKX j:aeia:. lllne CrnM C'ltnlln Ne. 10 In lln lii.tltuteit in I,nnrAler. Tlie order el Knights of Ihu Gelden Kagle, will be Introduced Inte tlie city, en next Sat urday evcnlng, by the Institution of lllue Cress Ce-stk) Ne. III. The cerctuoules will hike place In Admiral Reynolds Pest, (I. A. R. hall, adjoining the ioslelllco. Tlie appli cation for charter contains the names of fifty well known citizens, ninny nf whom are prominently Idetitillcd with various benovo benevo benove lent erders The odlcers of Itlue Cress Castle, will be : Past Chlcr-M. Wnlter Hair. Neblo Chief Isldore ewtuan. Vlce Chlel Henry K Hlmmeiis High Priest Andrevv Halslgcr. Vcnerable Hermit Oliver lxs?d. Master of Hocerds Owen 11. Shcrtzer. Clerk et exchequer Jehn S. I Hack. Keeiier of ICxcheqiier Win. M. Hennocke. Sir Herald-U II. Iaudls Werthy Hard ("has I Simen. Werthy Chamls'rlalii .tnreuiiah Adams I'nslgn Kinauuel Kllllngcr. Ilsqulre Abraham Applcbach. l''irstOuardsman DanielO. Hrewn. Second Oiiardsman IMward Heuser. The district deiuitv grand chief of Lau- easier county will lie M. Waller Hair. The order of the Gelden Ijigle Is n secret benevolent Institution, founded lu llalttmore !'eh. (1, IS7.1, mid new lu successful operatlon in tlie states el Maryland, Pennsylvania, Masschiisctts, Delaware, New Jersey, Cali fornia, Ohie nnd New Yerk, It has for Its motto. " Fidelity, Valer nnd Hener." There nre 81 Castle with an aggregate inenibcrHlilp of nearly 11,000. In this slate thcre nre 10 Castles f,200 Sir Knights The main object of the oriler are fel lowship of congenial spirits; moral and material nld te its nir-iubem; assistance te their widows nnd orphans; the establish, mentor sick and death benellt funds; and the holding of social entertainments ler mu tual improvement. One of the fixtures of the order Is Its mili tary dress nml drill, nml en iamde the knight present a stunning appearance. -t jnxxi:n that was vxiqvi:. Him Mr. lteiiglers fluents round Their Dares at the T.llile. Charles F. Rongier wa nil year old en Wednesday, and in honor ofthe event lie In vited a dozen of hi gentlemen frleniLste dinner. On tlie (ahln at each guest's place was something te designate his business At the physician's place was a lmttle of medi medi cine ; the ie.il eskite agent's place was desig nated by a toy house, bearing llie placard " Fer Rent ;" a lawyer, Mho served gallantly during the war, hud in front of him a toy Kwerd, around which was tied red tape. The sword represented hi military record and the red tape his profession ; at another at torney's place was n bunch of paperft, lied with red tiipe;n hardware merchant knew his place by a imckiige of nails en his plate, and a well-known hatter knew where he was te sit by seeing a minlutiiie silk hat en his platu ; an lien merchant took his scat in trout of a plecoef tire iron ; a well-known jeweler glided into aseat, iu front or which was ome diamond (7) jewelry ; a coal mer chant's clerk saw n piece of coal en a plate and he knew that it was the place assigned te him ; a well-known alderman took the only remaining place, in trout of which was a large terrapin shell and cerk-screw, te hull hull cate that he was fend of geed liviiir All the delicacies or thoseasoiiMcro served, and Ter sevenil hours the parties lingcred nt the tabic. At the conclusion or the dinner toasts wero drunk, sjieeches made, songs sung and n geed tlme generally was had. It was near the Mitching hour or midnight when the guest wished thelr host many re turns of tlie day they had met te celebrate, and demrted for thelr rospective homes well pleased with the haiidsome manner in which they had liecn entertained. Hew Oi)t. Klitil Was Hanged. The thrlce-rciSMted failure of the hang man deputed te cxecute Jehn Lee, the Huglish convict, will remind many readeis of the parallel cutastrophe that marked the cud of ICIdil the notorious pir.ite of William Ill's time. When the "Captain" was hanged, at Hxccutlen deck, the repe broke, and he enme te the ground still alive, but a second attempt proved niore successful. A still mero strik ing oecurence or tlie same- kind leek place iu Russia during the present century, within the memory el many men still living. When Rylaieff, the celebrated poet and conspirator ofthe last generation, was sentenced te death by the Czar Nicholas in company with Postal, the composer of the famous" waltz, and ether or equal note, he In sisted en dying first, iu erder te encoiir.ige hi comrades by hi undaunted bearing. Hut the repe broke, and the olllcer In command, who was hi personal friend, stayed the proceeding till no could imike ene mero effort te obtain n pardon. " Did he siy anything when he fell t" asked Nicholas, en hearing the story. " He slid," answered the eillcer reluctantly, "that it seemed the Russian government could net even hang a man preiicrly." " Ge back, then," reared the czar, " and show him that it can 1" Winter Spert In itcrks County, t'lemthe, Iteiullng I'agle. The rallllng for a $2s harness v liich was held at the Solsheltzvlllo hetel, was well nttended. The suessful winner was William Mell, throwing is with dice. A grand rallllng match took place at the White Hear hotel, kept by Miss Sarah Ueard, by which two bulls were chanced oil". Over 700 tickets were sold. The highest number thrown mils 17 heads which number took both prizes J. I). Mountz, of Ileckersville, was the lucky winner of tlie largest oue, while the ether wa wen by O. Kline, of Hirdslsire. The prize money wa wen liy Llmer 1'. Sands merchant of Searlelts Mills lines It Mean Mcllciltt? As the Day expiess steamed into llie Penn sylvania railroad station at5:18li. in., yestor yester duy, llve well-known isilitlcul characters wero seen te alight tlierefiein. They were Chris Magee, Congressman-elect II Icst.iml, Senators Mylln and Htehman and Chief Clerk of the Senate Cochran. They were joined by Candi date for State Treasurer James A. McDevitt mid J. Hav Hrewn. of this city. Alter an earnest conversation of a low minutes the party soparated, Mr. Magee accompanying Sir. 'McDevitt te his home as his guest. While it is denied that the visit foreshadows any political design, tlie knowing affirm tliat it is a conference called I'er the purpose of writing out in plain characters MuDevitt's uame en the state treasury slate. I'lKlithigll Ciinstltiltliiliut Amt-llillnelil. Wii.minuten, Del., Feb. SOL Yesterday's adve(rse vete en the increuseil repre sentation amendment, was recousldered In the general assembly this morning by a vete or fifteen te live, Mr. Ileum, who, voted no, yesterday, voting for ro-eensldora-tion te-day. A delegation of leading Deme crats will go te Dever this uftorneon te iirgetigulu the ratUlcatlen of thonmeudmont. The I'raiiro-Clilueee War. Londen, Feb. 20. A dispatch from Hny Hny slieng, says: Inrge numbers of wounded men nre returning from the front along the Langsen read. Heavy lighting has eccured but nil news or operations Is sup pressed and tlie wire are appropriated for thotrmiHiuNsIeiiofollKiul dispatches Ger man olllcers are busy drilling Chlnose troops and sending them te the front. An Illinois Leclnlater Sudden Death. Sl'iUMii'li:i.l, III., Feb. at Rcpiosoutu Rcpiesoutu Rcpioseutu tlvo Rebert Legan, (Republican,) fell en the stairs of the Heuse te-day and lu ten minutes later was dead, from heart disease. WF.ATIIV.U IXIIIVATIONH. YVasiuncitek, Feb. 2A Fer the Mlddle Atlanltu states slightly wanner, generally fair vvcather, easterly winds, shifting te seutherly, lewer Inurometcr, AT HAttUlSBUllG. nv,stxt:ss ukveuk this utatk t.Kut LATOIin A lllll Aiire. Hating Admit 1 00,000 te CiMrt- laliln Inilltulien. l'mnniiily ltemrteil, Itrn.lini' r.lerllnu lllll Nrgallrt-MrH. tires Intrmliired In llntli Itntwrn. lLviutiMiiuiin, Pn., Feb ai tn the Heuso bills wero fuvernbly ropertod appropriating ntioutNe,KW UT.vnrleus charitable Inslltu Inslltu tletis Similar action wa tnken en blll te nuthorize chattel mortgage en all chatlel proerty; requiring tolegrnpli, tolephotio, eloctrle light nnd railroad companies te pay taxes for school and resid purisises ; applying civil sorvlce rule te tlie upixiliitmentnnil promotion of empleyes of the Philadelphia departments ; for the taxa tion of prlvnte coriHirntlens for publle purposes ; providing for enough tnx le cover with ethor trtnlotnxes the oxpensos of the government ; te provide for the health and safety of persons employed te InW 111 mills and factories nnd regttlate the employ mentor children iu them. IHU were Intro duced a follews: Authorizing the ntnle printer te furnisli the legislature additional copies of Smiill's haiid-lioek ; appropriating ?i"i,0(X) for the protection nnd proivigntlen of llsh ; empowering dorks of court te Issue isxldler's licenses te hold ers entitled te them muler existing laws ; fixing thl standard weight of a bushel or clevor seed at sixty pounds ami eats 33 M)imd ; thore wero constitutional objections te the bill extending nnd renewing llie charter of llie Peeple's suv Ing bank of Pitts burg, which weru withdrawn until third reading and the bill passed, second reading. This bill has oxclted much interest. The lire csoape bill was amended en second reading, requiring Iren stairways te Ihj placed en the outslde of buildings affected by llie act. The Senate Indian educational hill was concurred In. In the Heuso te-day Hreslus' bill relatlve te the election of elllccrs in Iancasler county was negatived. Tlie bill te allow the prison kecimr of Lan caster county for fuel and hoarding of 111 family wa juLssed second reading. The Senate occupied much of lis tlme dis cussing the lunacy bill and 'the bill for the rcnewal and oxteiisleu of the charter of pro pre vident and savings Institutions Neither wero passed te Html passage. A bill was fa vorably reported te abolish the poll tax qnal qnal ilicnlleu of voters The bill te crcate n com mission of forestry was negatived. AVnllace introduced a bill making the term of assasem three years tmxtinvssiexAT. irenic. A lteviliitlim of Tfiaiikii Tallied III Hie Hutuc. Thn laf;Ulathe Hill rashes tin) Senate. W.v.sitiNiiTON, I). C, Feb. 'Jl Senalal The chair laid before the Senate, a letter from the secretary of the treasury, transmitting ti rciHirt of the allowance or the twelfth Instal ment ofthe war claims of PennyIviuiia amounting te $1,378 ami requesting an ap propriation ler Its payment. It was appro priately referred. Hale, fiem the committce en appropriation reported with amendments the regular annual nnvnl appropriation bill, nnd siid he would endeavor te call it up to morrow. At twelve o'clock tlie Senate went Inte oxecutivo session. The Democrats voted ngalnst an oxecuttve bcssleu, but the vete resulted yeas 31, nays 'iX After forty minutes spent In execttli ve session, the doers were reopened and legislative business re sumed witliconsidcratlen of the legislative bill. The legislative appropriation bill was! passed and the silver bill was then taUen up. Sherman took the Heer. Heusa A concurrent resolution, tender ing the thanks of Congress te Cel. Casey and his assistants for tliOHiiecessful completion of the Washington monument, was agreed te. Themas (III.) moved te reconsider, and argued that Cel. Casey wa net mero entitled te special thanks than ethor ofllcers who nre lighting en the frentier. After seme dobate the motion te reconsider wa agreed te and the resolution was then laid en the table. Cobb (Indiana) moved te suspend rules nnd take Irem the spoaker's table for refor refer refor ence te the committce en publle lands, the Heuso bill repealing the pre-emption, timber culture mid desert laws Mith Senate amend ments thereto. Cobb said no grciter evil hail been dotie te the future of tliecguiitry,than by the laws it was new propesod te repeal. Con Cen Con versc,(Ohie,) said mero fraud had been com mitted under the homestead laws than under the pre-emption lawsniul Instanced a case hi Colerado, where Lord Dunravcu had no ne quired much land under the homestead law. This statement w a questioned by Payson, (Illinois). The dobate ran en and MaglnnU, (Mentana), sold the bill should be entitled "an act In the Interest of cattle kings" Keeping 111 Answer Secret. Wahiunoten, Feb. 24 The congress men who signed the communication sent te Picsldcnt-elect Cleveland relating te the steppage of the ceinage of sllver, decllne te make public. Ids answer, in anticipation et his luuugur.il uddress. Tiir.r.iev or smiKixa irxvn'jJiM. I'nur Iartlcl)aiite Held Mere Trouble Anttrl Ujated rreoiutleii te fiuull Dhertler. Piiir.AiiHMMUA, Fell. 2& Four young men were given a hearing te-day for partici pation iu the small labor riot of last evening, iu which a waiver who rofused te strike ami two policemen wero badly boateu. The prisoners wero held for inciting te' riot and assault, the niagistrute declaring that nil llie force necessiry would be used te quell dis order. All Is quiet about the mills this morn lug, but mero trouble is feared this evening, and u strong ferce of police i being gathered lu that vicinity. CUEAVEll X'UXU A IlviUlcd Deillne lu Ceal l'rlce l'rem Lint Miinlir Schediile ltates. I'llll.AliKl.l'lllA, Pa., Feb. 20. The new circulation of line and city prices ofthe Phil adelphia it Reading Ceal and Iren com-, pauy, which tnkes eflbct en Monday next, ha lieen Ksued. The rutes for white ash cool at Kehuviklll Haven ure as follews: Lump, ste,inilK).it, broken and egg, fi.00; Meve and srXtj small stove, f 2.85 ; chestnut, $2.75 ; pea, l.26 " A nnd buckwheat bO cents This Undoclded &, decline, as compared with the prices of em J,f i month ngoef 15 cents per ten en lump,Bteam- beat, hreken, egg, siove ami small meve, ii cents en chestnut and 20 cents en buckwheat.' i . ir.k f C0SCLVDE1I TO STJtlKK. " r Wabash Ilallrenil Knijilnyeii at Sprlngflcld, j . HI- ItenUllfii? a lletlucllall. ' "r KiMtixeFiLD, I1L, Feb. 2tt An adjourned! r ' meeting ofthe illssatistled vvnuusli cinpleyeii,,. .....a linlil lfisl tih.tit fitnl thn nilrledlill Hr P.y of a strike, in vlew of the 10 per cent r ! ,, ,n a.w.u .w ...n..-, ..- ..w .... , w..- j, . reduction, was fully dlscusseil. A e ' hour It was agreed that the whole number et t 1nA.. .. l.A U.. V ul.A.il.H trtlra llild '.'' Ollll'iujvnufc niak vl -J, buwwmwi. ... ,- morning una re6i iirmlu tueir uemami mm thoBcaleorwagcabonotmluced. Telegram Jj were received rrem workulenntFertVByIr,,, Mobile, Chicago and Decatur, agreeing te1 ,;. strike n cise springtiem se ueciueti. . A lineal Filed lu the l-'nmeu Shlrel Cm.' 1 , Han FnANCtfcce, Cat, Feb., 24 Centwi, v for defendant in ine anaren uiverce.ew yesterday, tiled a notlce or apixiel ttemih declslnn of the superior court granting plrty tlffadlvorcejudgmont, alimony and oedm4 j.' Efs m tet .V" & m. 3k! sM YS - r. US'", m J I J A .vTui-tJ fl- n J. ;-)-; n
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