Wfi;fy-f Tv?. h"' fc. .. ,' ,'l, m -5G1 V-J . jrl !,""' 1 ' l.l" VOLUME XXI-NO. 204. JUDGE BLACK'S WORKS. i A Biography And Compilation of His Famous Addresses. A TJtlllVTl! OP Flt.tAT. At'FJUVTlOX. te. Ooverner C. I'. Hindi's hhrtcli f 111 lathrr, ami Publication r Ills Mint rameui Tin rimle KffiirU anil Control eralnl Wrlllnpi-iA Welcome Heek, ??VS AMI ftr-EKCUrS or .'l'.f.KMIAII . 11LACK, J 1'lj u Illiijrniplilcal Sketch, by cimuncvy K lllnck. Js'uvr Yei k 1). Applcteu ft Ce., l&sl. 1'p' l"or iimny years befere the dcuth of the lale Judge Black thcre lind licen contem plated tlie publication of n vel it me of Ills iiiomeniblo addresses mill controversial writings. It was te liave been published tinder direction of lite son, Chauncey F., the present Ueutcnant governor of tlie common wealth, and with an Introductory sketch by the llonernblo Charles It. Bucknlew. That such an onterprlse would rocelve no aid nor encouragement from .1ml go lllnck himself J was easily understood by lhoe who knew Iiim well, and e recognized beueuth his tremendeus personality aud 1 he self-assertion efa lefty genius, ontlre absence of ambi tion or HOlf-consideiatlon. It was net only true, as his biographer says "of him, that when he "had uttered n speech or written nn essay he coucerncd himself no mero about it;" but it is doubtful If any man who ever at tained his position as a publicist recked se little or what Lord Mansfield called "that popularity which Is run alter." It was net unfortunate, liowevor, that this publication was dolnyed until Judge Black's death. It is as completo as a voluuie of its kind could be made; it Is profaced witli a sketch that has been propared by the very fittest hands te which it could have been committed, aud the discrimination ami rare appreciation which compiled the work will be recognized even by theso who did net knew the clese association, the tender affec tion and kinship of ideas which existed bo be bo twecn lather aud son. Itlsdilllcultte conjcctuie whether tlie 33 iwgosef biography which this book contains will be most eagerly read and most grate fully appreciated by theso who knew Its sub sub ject most Intimately, or by theso who knew him net at all. It pretends only te glve an outline of his life, but it is drawn with such lidclity, such Impartiality and with such delicacy of touch, that while it cm well be beheved tliat there Is held In roscrve the ma terial for "an cxtromely UHeful and interest ing book el biography," te be made at a later porled, the forctaste here given aids tit con ception of Judge lllack's public sorvices and personal character, which are manifested in the "works" that comprise the bulk of this volume. l'lltiite I. lie anil l'rrxiiiul Character. Frem his writings and speeclics alone, taken altogether, It would have been dilllcult te have formed an utter misconception of his personal character. The simplicity and directness of his language, with the power aud beauty and cloquence of his rhoteiic proved tlie holf-educatcd and yet thor oughly educated man. His loudness for nature mul his homely but forcible illus trations proved abundantly the strength of his early associations aud their lasting im pression and continuing Inlluence. He council his Virgil by the light of the airly morning lire, aud he made translations of llorace at the corners of the furrow or iu.tlie pauses of the Hail, as he pursued his boyhood labors atield, but te his dying day he was as mindful of the delights of the soil, te which he threw himself for new strength, a-s he was of the classic fountains from which he drank such Invigorating draughts. "He walked the mountain ranges of the law ;" he revered the letter of It, but he knew the reason of it. He was a triljunoef tlie people, but he scorned the arts of the demagogue. An omnivorous reader, he forget nothing. Orthodox, pure simple Christianity had no mero devout worshipper than lie. Tar ahead of all his coiiteniorarics In publicachlovenientho was no politician, and, most loyal el Democrats, he was net, us terms ate misused, a partisan. Bern in "the Glades," "high up among tlie noun of frosty thunder," be represented two great strains of Pennsylvania citizenship tlie Seeteh-Irlsh and Pennsylvania (ierman, and he united tlie best qualities et both race. Frem the beginning mental labor was diver sion te him ; and "his serious mind, with Us mighty and eager grasp seized and assimi lated everything within its reach" which was no incouslderablo store of books for that day. Fer his lain ilywcre mostly people of mark. Ills maternal grandfather was a Revolutionary captain and a member of the legislature, when te till that otllce literally - meant te sorve the state. Ills father was justice, assoclate judge, member of tlie general assembly and of Congress ; and his father bofero him had been a justice and of great Intlucnce In local affairs. Judge Jlluck himself studied law with and married the daughter of Chauncey 1'erward, leader of his party aud of thoSemorwot bar, aud who turned ills law business ever te young Black when he himself was elected te Congress. His rise In his profession was net due se much te .genius, even in that community which was appreciative el It aud which nourished some of the brightest minds or the commonwealth nor te a capacity for oratory, in a region w here the eagles made nesLs : but te his "nersenal nrebltv. conscientious deve- Hen te the interest of clients and scientific knowledgo of the law," which are the orna erna orna nieuts or the profusion and tlie surest guarantee of success in its practice every where He was a Democrat fiem conviction ratherthan by inheritance; and ids earliest contribution te tlie litorature or his paity's campaigns, whether as a pamphleteer or Htumi-spoaker, wero marked by the pungency, the clearness, tlie dignity and quaint humor with which te his last day he defended and upheld the true doctrine. Hut when, without any bollclta bellclta bollclta Hen en his part, and te the joy of even politi cal opponents among his neighbors, !ev. Perter made him udge or the Sixteenth dis trict, he thenceforth confined himself strictly te the duties or the bench. The Eulogy en Jai-ltMin. It was during this period that he tnaile the oration el eulogy upon Jacksen, at Bedford, Pa., July 23, lSI5,wh!ch llrst attracted national attention te him ; and w.hlcb, by general assent, was pre-eminent the country ever among the tributes eveked by the death or its famous subjecU After the lapse et a genera tion, and when thore Is as great diversity or opinion about Jacksen's real character and the value of his public services as thore was then, the student el our political history, as well us the literary crltle and Uie rhetorician, may turn with prolltte this momerablo de de de livorance and will read with wonder hew its author proved his preposition that " Andrew Jacksen is entitled te stand higher en tlie list ut publie bencracters tluin any ether man or i.iu finwvHmt hu was a soldier, unrivalled for skill and intrepidity, a patriot pure and faitlifuli and a statesman uniting the greatest and best qualities or a republican ruler." It bocame the characteristic, of a Mugwump cynicism in Amerieau polities te decry An drew Jucksen ; Judge lllack nover was In fected with it er ceurse no lilb of Judge lllack would be complete that was net lurgely occupied with an account of his caroer en thusupreine bench or Pennsylvania; and no compilation or his "works" would be sulliclcut that did net in clude many or that long llnu or decisions run ning through thirteen volumes or the Penn sylvania state reports, which enriched our Jurisprudence and enlarged the fame of thelr author us a writer und Jurist. Hut these de net fall within the scope of the present publi cation. It was In this porled wheu his best lowers, which nover bocame everripe, wero fully mntured that he delivered a master ly agricultural address befere tlie so ciety or Somerset county, at Its animal ex hibition, Oct 0, ISM. Theso who saw him at Breckio, nearly thirty years later, rovelliie in. Its beauty oflandscajie, slaking his thirst . -. ;0, .A.-.felte' aVaSj at Its majestic .spring, refreshing hlmseir under Its mighty ferest trees, giving hlm hlm selt up te Its flowers and orchards, Its vines nnd hedges, could well understand the en thusiasm with which he exalted the primal occupation of husbandman ; once as I walked ever his Holds, In the twilight with him, he told me that sitve Ter the desire te Wipe the niortgiige from his father's rami anil lift a burden that he saw welghed heavily en parental shoulders he nover would have abandoned the plough for the bar. He Weil When Hie Field Wero Yet flrccn. And when he canto te dle! His blographer tells the pathotle story : The windows el the chamber In whlcli he lay during his last illness affbrded ene of the fairest prospects en thlsrarlh, and ene which he loved beyond all ethers. In no heart that ever beat was the sentiment of home mero predominant than in Ills ; and net Hreckln only, with its in mates, but the wiiolusceue around it the rich landscape. the fertlle farms, the thrifty, Independent leeple, with whom he thoroughly enjeyed the sensoefgood neighborhood wero very dear te him. Uuable te rlse and sce for him him seir, he asked his wife loge te tlie window and tell him hew It looked, especlally ir the Holds wero green ; and he listened te nor re port with sliuple and touching eagerness. He knew from the llrst that he was fatally stricken, and no nssurance te the contrary produced the slightest impression. Hut he said vorvllttle en the subject. In his bread view tr the economy or uature und or Ged, dissolution or this mortal ltre wasutlevcnt net te be dreaded but te be soberly welcomed by ene who had no reason te fear tlie lace onus judge. Te oneothlw family he said, " I would net have you think for a mo ment that 1 am afraid te dle." And te an ether ::" My business en the ether slde Is well settled en this It Is still somewhat at loeso ends;" nnd then proeceded In ordinary veice and apparently In ordinary spirits te give certain instructions about ids worldly affairs. Tliese expressions wero each of them made In the hearing el but ene person. Thore wero no scenes none of the usual dcath-bcd Incidents. His vlslble descent te the grave, except for the great bodily an guish he endured, was perreclly serene, and hu lay down te the long rest he hud no well earned with all the majesty or his natural character about him. In alt the Intervals or Intense suffering throughout thai momerablo week, he in dulged tlie usual flew of clear, delightful conversation, lighted up with his usual wit, rich with his customary humor, and abound ing in amusing anecdotes and Interesting reminiscences. Ne ene who had seen him, without knowledge or his actual condition, could hae imagined that all this while he was consciously dying, and that the time re maining te him had been measured in his own mind by hours, and they rapidly dimin ishing I Heall7lng Uie approach or the parting mo ment the" parting or Hie and et ties mero dear he uttered that prayer, unsurpassed for Its simplicity and tenderness in the literature or human devotion : " O, Theu beloved and most merciful Father, from whom I had my being and in whom I ever trusted, grant, if it be Thy will, that I no longer sutler this agony, and that I losiceilily called home te Thee. And, O (ied, bless and comfort this my Mary." UN letter Aililreiwea. It were sulliclcut apology for this vel u me te have preserved in ailthoritative form the receul el' this beautiful sunset or a life that was Irradiated with the highest virtues; and te have given petmaueui lodgment te the Ilcdferd eulogy en Jacksen which was net included In the contemporary compilation of Jacksen memorial addresses the Somer set rairaddrchs, and the remarks lu the su preeo court en Judge Gibsen's death. The latter is a classic or its kind, und was very early incorporated In the Mihoel readers as a model or diction. Judge lllack's later career and frequent public addresses and controversial writings uromeio familiar te the present generation. Kut tliey were te le found In such widely Mattered places, and se many were net te be found at all, that who, seeking tlie choicest examples of irile American writing, or tracing tlie truth of se many disputed his torical and biographical questions, will net Iki glad te lind between the lids or ene leek his memorable letter te Hev. Dr. Alfred Ncvin, en "Political Prcachiug;" his letters te Douglas, Judge Hear, Henry Wilsen, General Garlleld and Sloughten ? Kach ene uf these bristles thicker than the porcupine's skin wllh dart-llke utterances that van quished his opponents; but they wete en riched with something or far greater interest and value than the rapier thrusts or satire or tlie sabie strokes el unanswerable logic. They are contributions te contemporary his tory, by un actor in the e cuts described, it is true ; but by a narrator, who-e veracity was never luqicaclicd aud who-e antagonists never unhorsed him. It has been he much the r.ushleu te mis represent tlie facts of the early history of the Iato war, and likowiseof the circumstances leading te its outbreak, that it is high time the student of history take into account tlie testimony of se upright and intelligent u wit wit wit ne.s.susthulc.uloeftho Union wing otlluehan etlluehan an's cabinet; and nearly every published political history of tlie last twenty-live years must be rewrittcu lu the light of Judge lllack's own account of the proceedings elils most eventful ieried, If it is te stand " the last appeal te truth aud time." Following the war and tholleod-tidoofeon tralizatieu which threatened te submcrge ull tlie old forms of constitutional law, Judge lllack rese te his highest powers as an ad vocate and rendered what was perhaps his most conspicuous public service in his suc cessful appeal Ijcfoie the United fcjtatcs supreme court for the right of trial by jury in the Milllken case. That great speech, which was like ene of theso which "Sheek the urueiial, imil liiliiiliieU evcrGieecc." Is orcserved. as best the Htenocraeher could preserve it and the compiler reproduce it, in twenty-nine pages of this volume, overy ene weighty with rich lore, vivid rhetoric aud ponderousarguincnt; but no description can de justice tothoclr tethoclr totheclr ciimstauces under which it was delivered, when he sjioke for three hours, citing authorities and marshalling precedents, without nole or book ; nor can the Imagina tion depict the " body of death '! te our froe institutions from which this mighty forensic oll'ert delivered thorn. It is related that a stalwait Kentuckian visiting the federal capital during the MHlikcn trial accidentally stumbled into tlie supiome court room. He had never heard Judge 1 Slack befere aud listened with the most intense lutorestalmost te the conclusion. He could notcentain him self alter tiie eloquent counsel, with all his terrible power and invective, had contrasted military tribunals with the Impudent as as sumptien of I.ela Moutez in linpertingapack of Kegllsh bull dogs into Munich te harass and worry and team very body whodlspleascd tlie royal mUtress of a dissolute king's fancy. As he told hew tlie people finally arese and " urove out icing, uegsuiiu uirumpei," lion lien tucky rushed breathless from the courtroom ever te the Heuse aud begged the llrst group uf congressmen whom no oiiceunierou ie " hurry ever te the court room and hear old Jerrv lllack glve them hell." Ills, I believe, a fact that though thin speech unquestionably saved Milllken's neck, and lie either then "was or alterwards bocame princely rlclif Judge Uluck received no ree in the case ;aud Indeed lie nover did for the vindication bofero the courts of what he con sidered quosttens of supreme publie interest. Moreover, JiU biographer relates, lie had no tasle for the accumulation or money ; und when he had secured a very modest competence, his ambition in that par ticular was perfectly satisfied. The rest or the golden shewer was neglected j he would scarcely steep te pick It up, or, when he did, hogave it away, or let It run through his hands like wuter. He nover kept a book or an account of any description ; nover invest ed a dollar en qoeulatien ; and, except tlie lnterest product or his comparatively small savings, he nuver received any money what what evor but In fair jiayment or plain, down right professional labor. Ha lest large sums by indulgonee of clients who wero noither ciuiiieu te ins cnaruy nor m noeu ei m uuu ha was swindled out or much mero by clients audothera who dishonestly availed thorn thorn selves eflils known simplicity and easiness in piatters of this kind. Huiiiu Quuttieua ii r hUle l'ullllc. liosldes the addresses and papers referred te and collateral articles, 14. Gov. Illack'fl compilation orhlsfuther'tfeb.says und speeches contains his Pennsylvania collego address en llollgieus I4berty," the Answer te Inger Ingor Inger pell," A Great Lawsuit and a Vield Fight," t' The Character of Seward Iteply te C. V. Adams, Br." "The IGruttau Centenary Speech," " Kulegy en Hen. Matt 11. Carpen I ter," " Reasons Against a Third Term," --.! a'tie. iVxCwajafe " General Grant and Streng Governmout," " The Iieulsluna Case ;" it half scere or argu ments bofero the Btiprome court ; an address Ixifore the congressional committee en Utah's territorial rights, and ids nover-to-bo-forgot-ten speech and prephecy befere the electoral commission. In addition te theso is given his' speech in the Pennsylvania constitutional convention March' 10, 1873, en the legislative oath, In whlcli he made uhe of theso momerablo figures : "My friend from Dauphin (Mr. MacVeagh) speke of legislation under the figure or a stream, which, he ald, ought always te flew with crystal water. It is true that the lrgls. lature Is the fountain from which the current or our social and political life must run, or we must bear no life ; but as It new Is, we koep It merely as a 'cistern for foul toads le knot and gonder in. ' He has described the troe ofllberty, and his poetlo fancy soes It, In the geed tlme coming, wheu weary men shall rest under its shade, and singing birds shall Inhabit its branches and make most agreeable music Hut what is the condition of that troeuowT Weary men de, indoed, rest under it, but they rest in thelr unrest, and the longer they remain thcre the mero weary they loeoiiio. And the birds It Is net the woedlark, nor the thrush, nor the nightin gale, nor any of the musical trlbe that Inhabit me uranencs el our tree, ine leuiesi birds that wing the air have made It thelr obsceuo droppings cever all the plains about theiu; the Klte, with Ills beak always sharpened for some cruel repast ; the vulture, ever ready te steep upon his prey ; the buzzard, digesting his filthy meal aud watching for the moment when he can gorge himself again upon the proslrate carcass el the commonwealth. And the raven is hearso that sits thcre creak ing desixdr te all who approach for any clean or honest puriiesc." Acutuat Railroad Dlacrlinluatluiiii. He could net bring the convention te his way of thinking en the subject of making members or the legislature purge themselves afler sina il le adjournment, nor upon seme ethor questions in whlcli he had vital concern for the common weal; but It will be re membered with what reluctance his col leagues parted company with him ; aud hew loath they were te uccept his resignation from meinndrshlp. Tliat part of the convention's work which provided constitutional icgulntleu or carry ing companies esj)eclally met his warm ap probation, and he labored in season and out or season during tlie latter years or his uTe te have the constitution of the peeple enforced by "appropriate legislation," enacted by their representatives In the general assembly. Had his lire even been prolonged te years of further usefulness, his disappointment at the failure of the legislature te de its sworn dutv might have been renewed at each session ; but, as his warning prediction berore tlie electoral commission came te be realized in tlie popular Judgment or the last presidential campaign, se It can hardly be doubted that sooner or later It will be seen that he speke with the veice or prophecy w hen he said ; " The iwople, certainly, get ene Innnonse advontage ever the carrying eorKratlens when Jthey adopted the XVI I artlcloef the constitution. That concedes te us all the rights we ask, puts the Hag of the common wealth into our hands and censecrates our wSrfare. The malign inltuonce tliat hereto fore has palsied the legislative arm cannot last forever. We will coutlnue te clcctrepro clcctrepre scntatlvcs again and again, and overy man shall swear ujieu tlie gospel or Ged that he will de us the full and iwrlect Justice whlcli the constitution commands. At last we will reuso the conscience or a majority, screw their eouruge te the sticking place, and get thojippreprlato legislation which we need se sorely." All InriuViit of HU IJilm- Mr... J udge lllack felt especially eutraged by the enactment or tlie law of lbS3, permitting an iucrease or the capitalization or rail roads In Pennsylvania te ?SOO,000 per mile. He deprccaledlt asTJl gross Invasion or popu lar rights; and though thore was no room for personal bitterness In his great, kindly soul, lie remembered te his dying day and re sented what he felt te be the personal affront put upon himself and the shame brought upon tlie commonwealth by this cxtnierdf. nary extension ofenrperato privileges. Smarting under this encroachment of the corporations and the muuner in which It succeeded, he was especlally anxious that the Domecratlo statu convention or lbSJ, which met only threo weeks before his death, but lu advance or his illness, should make aolear deliverance en the question tliat was nearest his heart; and ler his individual lnterest in which he had refiicd lucrative employment und large rotaluers prellbred by the corpora tions ranged en the ether slde. Shortly bofero the convention met lie drafted the seventh article of its platform which was unanimously adopted. It declared that "the Kith and 17th articles or the state constitution regulating private corporations, railroads and canals, are the supreme law or the commonwealth governing tliem; and theso previsions or the law should be en forced in their full vigor and meaning by appropriate legislation. Extortions and traii duleut discriminations are crimes and should be punished as such." Although his request that heed be given te the adoption of this resolution was care fully attended te and it was unanimously In corporated in the platform, somehow u gar bled version of the resolutions get Inte the morning papers without it This clrcum clrcum stance will explain the following churacter churacter Istle letter from Judge lllack, written just two weeks bofero lie died, which was pioba pieba bly the last he ever wrete and which I inn sura has never befere been in print. JUDQi: llLACK TO Mil. IIUNSUU UnoeKii:, Aug. (4), 18S1, .Saturday. J Veur Hir : 1 have Jubt had a scare. I took it for granted that you had get the platform through Just us you wrete it, or without much alteration. Kut tills morning I toekupthOiVini, In which it was printed, and found the state constitu tion Ignored, and no objection made te the curse or extortion or fraudulent discrimina tion net even the moderate disapprobation or monopolies which you had copied from the Ohie platform. This was disgusting lu the last degree. Hut when I read the letter from Harrlsburg which says that you wrete it, uiien couhuI ceuhuI couhuI tatien with and amendment of II by me and ethers, I get hopping ilitul aud bla.ed out in a criticism net ut nil complimentary te the convention, which I meant te publish. It was reading inyself out or the party. It was cursing luid quitting the Democracy. Hut Chan told me this morning that the iS'im'a onsien was r.ilseaud that your reselu-. tiens as passed wero mutilated there. This correction came just in tlme te save me from doing a very foolish thing. All this H of no account new. Hut I de wish I could understand hew this lying ac count of veur proceedings came about Was It cut out uy a nigni cuiier or a copyist, or a telegraph man merely te save treuble t Or was it done te make the convention scorn llke a pack of callous dogs crouching down at the bidding or the railroad rings? Or, what is mero likely, was It a mero design te avoid all discussion or the subject ? If the fulse version uppeared in the tiun only, thou it was accidental, net fraudulent. If tue saine repert or u similar ene was made for the Philadelphia papers you may safely nssume that the slaves et the railroads did it Ter a purpese. If 1 wero you I would leek the tiling up, ascertain the fact and make such comment thcroeu.as usense or justice may prompt. Yeu requested me net te be lulorvlewod en Curtis' book without seeing you. Nobody has tried te interview me, nor have I seen the book. Will you tell me Just what I ought te de? I am yours, J. 8. JIlaek. II'. V. jrensel, Esq. The last paragraph of this lotter related te an engagement that I had with him te hear and embody in an "intorview" for the Phil adelphia Timet his opinion or Curtis' lira of Buchanan, und especially of that part or it which related te himself und his uttltude te publie questions lu the closing days of Huehanun'H administration. I knew some thing of tlie couscienUoiiH care with which he und Mr. cunts iiau seugiu te reuen a com mon conclusion en these subjects; and I ex ex ex iiocted seme dissent en ills part from even the dispassionate judgment of his chief's eminent biographer. Hut Governer lllack tells us the lust book Judge lllack had in his hands was the second velume of the " Life of James Buchanan," by Mr. Curtis, tlien bev nil mouths from the press. He had opc'iied it at the account of Air. Buclianan's death, and had evldeutly rend it wiUi doep intorest, for the louyes were net cut but rudely tern t '-jf.ijt ' LANCASTER, PA., TUESDAY, APBIL 28, 1885. nnartby lunnlng his thumb through them. He never saw that part of the work which concernoi) himself. These pages wero noither cut nor tern. Bofero opening the lira of Mr. Buchanan, he wrote what was manifestly the beginning efa very hrier reply which he In tended le make te the ruinous assault upon hi m by Mr. Jofl'erson Davis. In conversation upon tlie subject of freight discriminations he ence told me that lie had Intended te resist pnyment of seme extor tionate freight charges en a pair of oxen shipped te him from Bradford county, and te make this; luslance what Jehn Hampden's shljp moiiey was te Kugland ; but " the ras cally corporation " iiad overreached him In seme contract with the consigner. The lotter above, quoted was written in the beautiful tnrk hand which lie adopted ior ier ior ferco alter his right arm was hurt in tlie Kentucky railroad accident of 1803. At first a servant and amanuensis were considered indlspcusable te hlui, but growing impatient at such dopendeiico he proved that he "needn't be dependent en any fellow te shave and write," and learned le de both for him self. Under the oxcellent steel portrait whlcli is the frontlspleco or this velume or "I'ssays and Speeches' Is gl-en his signature as he wrete berore and afler tlie accident which made htm left'-haudcd. Arrangement of (lie Heek. The addresses are arranged net In order of tlme but under the heads Miscellaneous," " Knlogles," "Political Essays and Letters" and "Ferensic." The tyegrapliy of the book Is excellent, but It would have been an Im provement te have had the runuiughcadsen the right hand pages comprise the subject et the particular iniper printed belew, In stead of the general head. The speech in the McCardle case is emitted because nover fully written out or properly tdpertcd ; but no oxplantien is given for the nbsence el the satirical defonse of Belknap, the "thun derous veracity" of which lay hi the scath ing denunciation of tlie prevalence of brlbe taking, which made his, client's effense no exceptional crlme. Of secondary Interest eqly te the biography itseir are seme or its feet-notes, where the author modestly cites the contemporary judgment or distinguished men lu proof or some of his father's eminent qualities. The eulogies of Secretaries Bayard und Garland have jHicullar Interest at this tlme; and it is well known that Mr. Cievcland had un bounded admiration for Judge Black. He was the friend and confidante of Tllden aud Hancock ; among the Democrats of his own state no factional lines separated him from any of tlie leading men of his party Wal lace, Baudall, Curtin, Hepkins, Dill, Jcnks, and nil were Ills friends. The Republicans loved hlui, as they feared his tongue nnd pen; Blalne and Garlleld cherished the warmest iillectlen ter him, and the elder Cameren, long estranged pelltlcally,pald honest tribute te Ids virtues when he heard or his death. I can only conclude an luqierrect sketch or this first volume which will lie eagerly wel comed as the forerunner of Judge Black's complete "works" as his biographer begins it, with an apt quotation : "O uoed uniy lieail which all men knew, O Iren ncrvu te true occasion true O fallen nt li'UKth that toner of Htnuiglli Which steed Tour xqnuiu te all tliu winds of heaven that blew." Thollncswerescnrcoso worthily written te him orTennvsen'sodo as te the geed man of Breckle. W. V. H. VOUIIT J'JlUCKJJiUXUS. Tne (.'.million rieim Court DixpaUliliii: the HiiHlneaA of tlie Term. m:reiiK .itrimi: rA-rrimseN. In the suit or Smedley Marsh vs. Saiu'I C. Geed, owner, and Jehn Will, contractor, judgement by consent was entered in favor of plalntlll'and against defendant fur fll.W with stay of execution fur CO days. In the suit of Charles Kshbach vs. the county of Iancaster, issue te ascertain the amount of damages sustained by reason of the openlngef North Christian street through Ids land, ivvoniict-bycenseiil was rendered in favor or plalntill' ter ?:r75. The llrst case called for trlul was that of Martha Jane Kunkcl vs. A. O. Xewpher, oxeculer of Ducella S. Williams, deceased, action te recover for services pcrformed. Frem tlie testimony of pUihitlirs wit nesses it appeared that defendant, an aged lady, l,earded with plalntill', en Kast Chestnut street in this city. Mr. Williams was sick a great jKirtleu of the tlme from 11)71) until her death, and during theso years she was minted and cared for by plain till', and she net being paid brought this suit. The dofense was that Airs. Kuukel lived in Mrs. Williams house, the consideration being that Mrs. Williams was te recelve lieard and nursing ami in return Mrs. Kuukel was te live rout free. On trial, unreiii: jrnm: i.ivinusten. The suit or James M. Burke and I'd ward McGoverii,executorsorMIchaol Malene, do de ceased, for the use or Jamd M. Burke und Mortimer Maloue s. the county or Lancas ter, was attached for trial en Monday ulter ulter ulter noen. This is an action te recover tfaiuages by tlie reason of the opening of Franklin street through their laud. After the juiy was sworn they vlew oil the land aud Uen their return te the court room court ad journed until Tuesday morning. A number of witnesses wero called for the plaintiff this morning, and they testified that the defendants would suffer from Ci.-OO te SfljfiSJ by reason of their land being taken. On trial. CURlll'NT mrsiNKss. Jehn S. ChllJas, city, was granted a ro re ro newal or Ills peddler's license. Catherine Htrehl, or Kphratu, wife of Win. Strohl, was granted the benefits of the act or assembly or April 3, 1872, giving te mar ried women the benefits of their soparate earnings. An issue was granted te try by Jury whether the last will and testament et Au gustus Sturgis, of BItitz, is his last will. Ti:3ii'JsiiAXCi:ATMiLLi:nsricT.ii. Silas .Viirdwi I. White Tallin About It I'rem the Standpoint of Silence. Mn.i.imsviM.i:, April 23. On Sunday morning Miss NarcKsa I". White, or the Women's temperance union, speke te tlie students or the Millersvillu Nermal school en the subject of temperance firm a scientific standpoint- Tlie lady handled the subject in a line style, showing the evil cll'ccts or alcohol upon the human Hystcm, basing her statements upon the oxperImeuts of the most eminent scientists in the world. She had tlie closest attention of the large audience for an hour. Her dellvery was very geed, sometimes quite eloquent; her loaseulng logical and her conclusions convincing. In the afternoon she met the ladies und or ganized a union with elghty-slx members. On Monday morning the Uo'cleck classes w ero excused when she agan met the students In the chapel, and dtiringthatperlodeflorty-llvo minutes speke en hew the thought can be presented best te the scholars. She showed by her methods und by experiments bofero the students hew the subject can be success fully taught in the lowest grades of the pri mary schools. On Sunday evening a missionary, u native or Armenia, speke in the Uofermed church in the village. He wasdrossedin his native costume. He said that the Information re ceived from a tract coming from America made his futher abandon tlie Mohammedun religion and through it lie, himself, received a Christian training. He has ceme te America te get uu Kngllsh education. He speaks J'nglish well new. and he expects te return te his nntlve country seen, Although the church is a large ene, and exlru seats wero put in, the whole audionce could net find standing room. He speke In the Bethany IiUtheran churcli In the ovenlng. Dealt lu u Heg Pen. In Kast Chatham, N. Y,, S. C. Hulbert found the remains efhis grandfather, Jarvis Klder, in a hog pen being tern and eaten by a large sew. The body was terribly mangled, the head being severed from the trunk and partly cuten. Mr. Klder was ,85 years old and a native of lthode Island. He came te Kast Chatham mpre than 50 years age. In the house where he lived also resided his only daughter. An Abortion One Dlmulniicit. This afternoon at 2 o'clock was the time appointed te hear thocases against lr. Jeshua Potts und Mrs. KUzubeth Ituhl for conspiring te commit nn ubortlen at a heuse en Wood ward stroet. In vlew or Dr. Potts' conviction und sonteuce for n similar otlenso the case was net prosed and Mrrdtuhl was discharged from custody, RAIDING THE ROOST. HAM nOIVMAN CAVXUIIF.S TWO SOTOItl OVS MUVSTAIX TUIBrr.S. Cimrley Cllliseii nuit Jee Oriiir, Desperado? nnd .(nil Ilrenkere, Taken 1'rUenem In I'aniicr'altarn A Midnight Arrett en I he WeIMi Mountain. About 12 o'clock last night Censtable Sam Bewman, of Salisbury, assisted by ene of his sons and noveral ethers, made lmtertant arrests en the Welsh mountains, where they captured Charles Gibsen and Jeseph Grell, two notorious th loves and Jall-broakers. The ineu wero taken In tlie bam of Gee. Purmer, which is situated throo-feurths or a inlle cast of the Ditte Beck. This rock Is a famous plle of protruding beulders, en the top of the western slepe of the Welsh moun tain, and about a half mile abeve the homes or Mart and Jehn Buzzard, whero Abe's fam ily live and te whlcli houses he himself fre quently resorts. Censtable Bewman lcarned last week that strange men wero en the mountain. They first put In an appoarance en last Thursday, and at times there was three in the party. It appears that they pretended te be dotec detec tlvcs In search of Abe Buzzard. Te dlflbrent parties they made this known and every where they reudly abused Censtable Bow Bew man, who they said was In league with. Abe Buzzard aud did net want te catch hlui. Te seme persons Gibsen ondcaverod te pass him self off as the famous Abe. Censtable Bewman kept track of the mm, although he did net knew who they were, nover having caught a gllmise of their faces. Last night the efllccr obtained information of the whereabeuts of the men and learntd that they Intended te sleep lu Farmer's stable With his son and bome friends he so se creted himself near the stable te watch. AlxMiti) o'clock they saw ene man outer the stable, but the second ene did net put in an npjiearanee until 10 o'clock. .The captur ing party waiteduntll midnight when they went te the stable. Bewman called te the men who wero en the hay loll te get up. Gibsen caniB below aud stated that thcre was no ene else UWU!nC ; Bewman said he knew letter and hteut for Orelf, who was seen brought from h,'s khmL- Bewnuut reco(nIzidGreffat once, but he wasnotseposItHoat first 'about Gibsen, al though he ballevel It te lie he. When Bewman fold Oroffwue he was, the latter replied, "maybe It Ia'JS, Gibsen de clared that his nam- wan Jehnsen, and that no man in XanceAte" could identify him as Charles Gibsen. . Neither or the men heweil any resistance. They wero handcuffed together and token te Klnzer's station, whero they arrived' at 1 o'clock; this morning. Jjewinan telegraphed te this city, and was met at the train, which arrives here at BiTe, try UnlerkceperStaufrer. The prisoners wero quietly. landed In jail Ikk fere many or the great crevd, which always throngs the depet at Udftlfiue, knew who they were. IIHUINII T1IK JAIL. Dien. Befere their arrival thore thiy hadleu recognized as Grefl" and Gibsen. The; men were quickly stripped or their clelh'g and after being attired in full suits of striptq were placed In cell Ne. M en the upper tier: 'lnJh men were very well dressed, their clothing beinir of the best material. e eu te the drawer aud undershirts. Their shoes wero badly cut aud used up generally, and they looked as though they lind U'Cii walking ever stones. Gretf had 4.u lu silver money, besides a number or photographs, cards, a Chinese laundry check, Ac., and a line silver Wulthum watch. Ne. 8tS,218. He also had credentials showing that he was a member or the Clgarmakers' International union, ut Delawai e, Ohie. On these his name appeared as J. B. Boberls. Grell' also had a let or cartridges and it is believed that he threw Ids pistol away when he found he was about being captured. On the person of Gibsen were found 25 cents, seme curds and a number of photographs or Pittsburg women. NOT VCIIY LOQUACIOUS. A ropertcror the iNTKLLiai'NCUK round both men in 50, and when he made known his business they seen became very quiet. Greir says, " I have no dcslre for noterloty. aud have nothing for ropertcrs." Gibsen alsedeclared that he would glve nothing te nowspaper men. The peucil pusher Informed thorn that he did net wish te pry into their private affairs nor did he care te have thorn glve anything away that they did net wish te l3 made public. The men at ence bocame mere communi cative. Gretf stated that he had net lieen In Imcaster slnce lie breke out of jail, but was In Columbia ; he traveled through the West and worked nearly all the tlme at clgar-niak-Ing (his credentials give credit te this). Of Iato lie had been in Ohie aud met Gibsen in Pittsburg last week. After n tlme Gibsen becan talklni; and stated that slnce his lust escape he had Itccn living lu Pittsburg, where he was In the saloon business. Te preve this tlie reporter was shown a card which was taken from his coat when searched at the prison. It bere theso words : " Open day and night, Little Kntorprlse, 200 Gr.uit street, Pittsburg, V. C. Merris, proprietor. Compliments of Charles A. Gibsen.'" WI1K.V TUKV CAME KAST. In continuing his narrative Gibsen said that ene day last week Groft came Inte his saloon; the two shook hands aud finally agreed te ceme East togethor ; they arrived in Lancaster shortly after elght o'clock, en last Wednesday morning, but did net re main long, going at ence te New Helland aud thonce te the mountain. Neither or the prisoners stated what their buslness was en the mountain, but both admitted that they had represented themselves as being detec tives in order te avoid suspicion. They say liicy Intended toleayo the mountain te-day aud they unite in denouncing Mart Buzzard; thev sav that he betrayed them te the ofllcer, as he was the only man who knew whero they intended te pass the night. Gibsen glve the dates or his many escapes as nearly as he could, but said he had nover given the matter much thought, and It was se long slnce he get away that he could net tell the i.T-u-t tlnin. TTeHjdd lin nlvvnvs cut through the iron cells and went through the cellar he intends te go again ir he possibly can. All through his conversation Gibsen boasted that lie would olther make his escape or go out or the jail "feet foremost." Grell' did net talk with the cenlldent air of Gibsen, and scorned mero Inclined te- be quiet ; lie was also well posted in regard te his sen tences und escapes. The men agreed in their stories told te the reporter. They would net tell overy thing ubeut the poeplo they had seen en the mountain ; but Glbaen said he would a great deal rather be In all than there. liiHTenr op tub rmseNuns. Charles Gibsen is a man about 35 years of age and was married te a daughter of Jehn Frankford, the notorious horse-thlof ; she Is new resldlng in Philadelphia Gibsen and his father-in-law wero formerly partners iu the business of horse-stcaling, and the former was caught ini Baltlmore in the early part of J870. He was tried hore en boveral charges of herse-steallngand larceuy, and was sentenced te eight years' Imprison ment en Novenibor 22d, 1870. He first os es os caped en July 25th, 1878, but was rocaptured and returned en Soptembor7tli of the saine year. On July 13th, 1870, he and Alouza Hambrlght, who was doing ten years for burglary, escaped by going through the cellar. Gibsen was caught near Pittsburg and says he was given away by Warden Wright, et tlie Wost West ern penitentiary. He was returned te prison en September 1st, 1SS0. Hambrlght was caught at Butl'ule and is new injail. Gibsen made ids lest escape in the samoeld way, en the night of Doeeinbor 31, J88I, the last of Capt. Wulse's term as koepor et the prison, and has been out since. It is said that Gllseti also broke out or the Allegheny prison and different ethor Jails. He is re garded as an oxpert Jall-broaker end ndan ndan ndan goreus man, and the elllclals at the prison ure froe te say tliat they don't think he will be iu prison long bofero he attempts escape. He beems able te go right through iren-ciud cells. . Jeserih GrelT la probably 25 years of age. and; lived in Columbia ull Ills life. On April 25, 1870, he and Andy Kb man, who Is also a fugitive, was convicted of breaking into and robbing a stere at Mlllway, en the Heading & Cdumbla railroad. They wero each sen tenced te flve years Imprisonment, At neon en the 21th. or May he made his escape with ethors from the cigar shop, "evor the garden wall." Grefl' acted In a very Ignorant tnanner and was rocaptured by Ofllcer Michael Bums whlle attempting te beard a freight train near the Pennsylvania depet en the same night. The ofllcer did net knew who Uie man was at ence, but he wero a pair of striped treusers and a nowspaper man who knew him told his naine. lie made his last escape when Ike Buzzard set all the long term boys froe with his famous "bird cage trick" en the night of October 10, lbSJ. nnTUHN OF THE WANDKHEnS. The prison hore Is gradually filling up, and the bad men who made their escape in 1683 are all being brought back. The following have bcen returned : Jim Clifferd, burglar, who was caught op tne Kphrata hills, alter being shot; lke Buzzard, burglar, caught In Chicago, white attending Ferepaugh's show ; "Tid" Brimmer, firebug, taken in Harris burg; Jehn Llpplncett, caught at Columbia; nun ihsi nigni pair. Thore Is a standing reward of f50 each ler the return ofGllsen and Grell' te our jail, and it should be paid te Censtable Bewman at once. The officer showed considerable detcctlve skill In making the capture, aud he Is deserving or great credit. Although the stories told by the captured men in regard te the tlme they were upon the mountain are corroborated in many ways. It Is boltevcd that they have been en the hills at dlflcrent times and were Inter ested with Abe Buzzard and his gang in numerous lnirglarlcn. Tlie clothing found en them are said te be llke that taken from several stores that have been robbed. ju.y at riii; rusTeri'ivv. Tele Ilenel unil " Vnllej" HeflTniau Won't Keep Di'iiiecrntla Ce nipwuy. As Is known te most or our city readers, Christian H. Mayer, letter carrier, tendered his resignation te Postmaster Marshall seme tlme age, for the purpese of going Inte the preduce business with his brother, In tiie old market heuse, which they leased from the city for that purpose the resignation totake effect en the 1st of May. It is also known that Geerge W. Plnkerten anotherof the carrlers, who snuffed danger from afarafter Cleveland's election, sought the nomination Ter Alderman or the Ninth ward, aud was elected In February last his commission dating from the first Meuday in May next. Te fill tliese vacancies Postmaster Marshall recommended te the department Geerge W. Ovcrdeer, who has been a sub-carrier for a year past, and Chas, 1". Ochsra young Demo crat of the Fourth ward, and son of Jehn Ochs, the well-known grocer. The appoint ment of Ochs created great consternation among the Bcpubllcan posteflico officials, several of whom said they would net sorve In the ofllce In company with a Democrat The noisiest or theso were Valentine Holl Hell inan, or the Sixth ward, und Peter C. Ilcnsel, of the Second. The commissions orevcrdcer and Ochs ar rived this morning and as seen as it wus known, both Hcnscl and Hellmau resigned, Without giving the postmaster an hour's notice.' Mayer aim liukorten, wlie were ijx pectcd te remain Until Hie 1st of May, also left their pesfs, claiming, we understand, that they are entitled te jltteen days' vaca tion, and they cheese te lake it new. This leaves thertiustinaster short-handed, but l-i : the mails shall be promptly Ues " beiiaM iij.mu .,,,i, ..i.njitt act earner himself, as he lias often clone iu years gene by j .! WHAT THE 1'OSr.MASTElt HAYS. Te a representative of the Ixtei.i.ku:nceii, who asked Postmaster Marshall what object he had in appointing Mr. Ochs, n Democrat, te ene or the vacancies, he answered that he appointed him because he Is a geed German scheIar,aud he has often Telt the need or such an ene en the force. He denies that he had any thought of "casting an anchor te the windward" in his own behalf. He says he Is ready te step down and out at any tlme the Democratic administration may see lit te rcmove him; lie says his ofllce will l be found clean under thoclesestscrutiuy He has tried te conduct it prejierly without regard te politics ; that thcre is net a tost test tost ellico In the United States In which politics has lieeii less talked about, or less party work has been done than in the Lancaster effJca; he nover asked ene of his empleyes te vote or te leek after voters. He knows that lie will be censured by some geed friends for appointing a Democrat, but In making tlie appointment he acted en his own judgment and en tlie advice et some of the best men iu town. Hu thinks Hcnscl and Hedman acted ery iool ieol ioel lshlyuswell as unkindly In leaving iu tlie manner they did. l'yen if u new postmaster were appointed they could net have been dis- luroeu oxcepi ler causu ; uiiu u n bi nuimu for thoiute refuse te work with a Demecrat in the jxistolllce as it would be for Hensel te re ruse te work with oue in a carpenter shop or Heffman te reftise te have ene as a customer at his cigar store. A CIVIL M'UVICE HEFOIUI 1'. M. On being questioned as te whether It was his intention te fill the vacancies with Demo crats, the postmaster said he did net knew ; he had already had applications for the places, seme of whom he certainly would net appoint. As seen as he found applicant! that seemed te be cupable he would recom mend them te tlie i stmastcr general. In conclusion Mr. Marshall said that he bo be bo llevod tlie administration was honestly en deavoring te reform the civil service ; that he heartily favored it himself, and he believed tlie public would noyerairalii consent te have the offices dispensed merely as rewards for partisan services, no auueu mat incre wero no Indications that any of his ether oilleers intended te resign. 'liiis alternoen, J. Bensen Samson who was recently appointed a distributing clerk In the ofllce was made a carrier iu nlace or Heffman and KphShaub in place or llcu&cl. Win, Hartman, a son of Gee. H. Hartnum was appointed distributing clerk vice Sam Sam seu. itASJS jiazl xi:ns. The I-ancuUer Club Wipe Up the Fluer Willi the Heiucnet. Following is the scere of the game played In Philadelphia yesterday : Somerset uoeooaooo 3 Lancaster. aaOJUDUO 015 The Semerset and Lancaster clubs will play here en Thursday. Tne ether base ball games played en Mon day resulted in the following scores : At Philadelphia: Brooklyn 5, Athletic 4; Harrewgates 5, Mantua 4 ; New Yerk : Mets 3, Baltimore 2 ; Newark : Newark 3, Phila delphia 0 ; Washington : Nationals 1, New Yerk 1 ; Birmingham : Birmingham 0, Atlanta 4 (ten innings) ; Macen : Nasliville 0, Macen 0 ; Augusta : Augusta 15, Memphis 8; Columbus; Columbus 10, Chattanooga 9; New Britain : Bosten 27, New Britain 5. Tlie players of the Ironsides club have nearly all arrived and are quartered at Sheber's hotel. They ure us fellows : Green, catcher, and Swoltzer, third base, of last year's Littlostewu ; Householdor, soceud base, of last year's Chicago Unions ; Carsen, pitcher, of last year's 'Woensockot, It. I., ; Mitchell, llrst base, or last year's Chambers burg; Rollins, left field, iormerly of Wash ington Nationals aud Ciiambersburg club ; Wilsen, of last year's Johnstown ; Zecher, short step of last year's Ironsides. AYiother first-class pitcher will Bocured at ence, and the season will be opened with the Acllves of Heading, Saturday. The players wero en the held for practice this morning und Bhowed up well. Win. Zecher will nmnuge the team. Tlie btule of tlie I. B. Ireatury. Wasjiinotek D. C, April 28. Treasury balances te-day : Geld coin 'and bullion, $213,129,072 ; silver dollars and bullion, Sl(i3,. 242,451; fractional silver coins, f30,873,032 ; United States notes, f47,303,007 ; national banknotes, f 0,001,913 ; deposits with national bank depositories, ?0, 1 10, 150. TeUU, "W-',-050,320. Certllleales outstanding : Geld, $121,810, 070; silver, "5100,745,331 ; currency, 25,210, 000. Internal rovenuo roeelpts, !"271,4S7 ; cus toms, ";G53;3(i'l. PRICE TWO CENTj&l SIGNS OF WAH , Or.KAT JlXCITUXSlfT ANX MM revvLAii FEELisa txkmx.. "311 The General Heller That Anether .Bi Ui$ tween the Kuwlana and Afshana Iteeil Vnilirlll lln.luHll-Hi.lH.1 &n$m M '-vtUH v .--! i'Jl Tjivnnv. 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' M..i.uv.., ....u m. uiuuaHiuu eyv q """"""..I great eilect. yesterday, and It Is the erwSwTJ uuuui mil j-ii(jiuuii win ucinanu ;sai iae(aa,i The generally accredited news, red ved hytt several Journals, 0r another battle; aeu(ijT H net as yet confirmed, has trreally ii ivsiertJ'' the danger or war and popular cxcltt Uint.t At the war ofllisrtlie opinion Is un intnftL- that ir such a battle as reported hai rAally" fakCIl DiacethnnllOttMmlu-linllinrihnrf .$.!.,.": Kxpecteil te Fellow, jjMj?l ncace or war between Grant Britain n I rl;.3i sia, has been decided In favor of v r, aadw netiung ncr majesty's ministers can jowae will avert it. , '-J" xms is uie prevailing vlew In Let IeiUm .dviuuuusiHjsiiun aim iunner i iijrii frnm thn Hllnnrmn.I lutntin nf hrattlt iJ. awaited with deep Intcrest. $$ 'jliie declaration or war Is new cxl ctes fellow directly upon a rupture efdii )nMkUal relatiens between Baren De Staal nCMffii i-.uiiuiu .i jiuijiiiiii, aim iiusriia wet LW .probably enler General KomareiT tel en Herat, Kugland nieanvvhlle ecj Quctta and Cundahar. SIONS Of THE STOlt M "sum Grain and coal freights, und tire rat surance are advancing. It is denied that the czar wrete I' man emperor that the chances ler dimlshcd. k a Whitehead's famous torpedo fn y-ea m Fiuine is making 20 torpedeos for Wtif The whele Russian coast of the II been strongly fortified and the ap any point Is dangereus, owing te t and sea miners. Tin: i.atit Ninr.s nv telke American interest in Panuma are te be fully protected The Chicago beard of trade meved new and elegant building te-day. Gen. Grent rested comfortably I t lnl.... .I..u-ll. .I-M. uiiu Lt ginning niitaiui iniliy. f r!lll,nti titlnnVf.f t.,ti tr IT VI i.mu'U 111 famr ' en the Island. ff i Leicht Bres., ale and beer brewery at'Now at'New bttrgh, N. Y., burned te-day. Less, $80,000 J Insurance, ?40,00O. Cel. J. H. McGlaughlln and. Chas. Nertl i wrestled a match at Fert Wayne, Intl., law night; North wen and they alterwards nearly tune te blows. 150 members of the Amcrlear Medical Editors association attended tlie meeting In New Orleans yesterday; addresses were made and officers elected. Half the cotton crop iu the Arkansas valley , is destroyed by. recent ovorflew iu Uieriyar-- Hr.il1iiiO fV " m KMQtt'i.K mJMm i HtuttffSf .t'ti b.mmm last night J&, Fifteen rhundred of the miners. cn'PJ'CKPj at Irwin' station, en the PeunMivanL'T raflMffftjl rrfu'v"5v rinsed te return te work " "r"fll reduced wages uui HUUUi nrm fe-'vV l"" ! ion. l ney are siraueuau -navu pepuiac sympathy mid aid. t$ "j. e juonnisen," anas "uoraeiv a netKfa. msi "Hetel swindler has been picked Up In IMlTJle?" N. Y., where he tried te pass a bogus checi, reprei-cnting himself as an agent for the Standard oil company and of Peck t Snyder, dealers In sporting goods. Farmer Merris shot bis neighbor, Lamar, near Woedvillo, PrhicoGeergo'scounty,Md., vesterday, en account of u quarrel evor pro perty lines. A charter was te-day granted ut Hartis bttrg, te the Pittsburg it North Kastern Hallway company, te inn lrem Ft. Berry, Allegheny county, te Punxat3vvney,G5 miles. After long domestic strffe, ending in recent separation, Jacob Scott, aged 75, erFt. Gibsen N. Y., last night shot and kllled his wif3, agedfiO, at the farmer's whero she had gene, us housekeeper. Mrs. IIavviey, the lady who discovered tlte flre in tlie Palace hotel, Cincinnati, at 4 o'clock Saturday morning, is under arrest as the incendiary; tern paper was found in her room te tit the nieces saturated with oil laid under the doers of tlie ethor rooms ui (he' ' saine lloer. Judge Parker, of the U. S. court of West ern Arkansas, hasdecidcdln a habeas corpus case that en the disputed Oklahoma lands the U. S. court has" no Jurisdiction, the same having been patented te the Chorekeos en Dec. 31, 1838. This decision invelves the tltle te 8,000,000 acres. Hoperts from the flooded country in Texas give details of great less of property aud cat tle. Many hair-breadth escapes are recorded. Twolve miles north of Dallas 20 men, women and children surrounded by the raging waters, wero forced te take rofuge ou the reefs, where they remained oxpesod without feed evor 30 hours befere they wero roscued. The crushed and lilelcss body of Nelsen weed, foreman ofengino Ne. 3, or Pittsburg, wus taken from the second lloer of the burned brick building of Kdmundsen & Sens, 03 Third avenue, at 330 o'clock this morning. Of eleven ethor firemen badly hurt, several will die. Jehn Greetzinger, whose skull is fractured and breast crushed, had resigned his position te enter ether busi ness, and this would have been his last week of service. The bill te print 15,000 mero el Suiull's handbooks, "or the use of members, at thq state's oxpenso, fulled te pass the Heuse at Harrlsburg te-day evor Gov. Pattison's veto. It get 123 votes te II against it, lacking 11 of tlie necessary two-thirds. Tie bill te permit school directors te buy school books out of tlie publie funds pased finally. An amendment te the antl-discriminatlen bill passed almost unamieusly, requiring rates te points within (net outside) the state te hd posted. The Sonate holds a speclal session this afternoon te censider the Bullitt bill, which has been amcuded by IU trlends se as te net take effect until April 1, 1887. VJEATJIJSJt riWllAUILJTIES. The Condition of the Barometer and Ther mometer ami Indication fur the Merrow.' Wasihsotes, D. C, April 28. Fer the Mlddle Atlantic states, light rains, partly cloudy woather, te south winds, becoming varlable, lower barometor, stationary temper ature Fair weather continues en the Atlantic coast, Ohie valley aud Lewer Lake region, partly cloudy weather and light rains are re-, ported from all ethor districts. The winds from north te west in New- England, the Upper Lake roglen and the nerthwest and southerly in the Seuth Atlantic states, Ten nessee and the Ohie valley, and light and va- , riable In the remaining districts. The tern tern tern poraturehas remained about stationary In the districts en the Atlantic coast and In the Levver region, it lias rlseu slightly in the Gulf states, Tonucsseo and Ohie valley and has fullcn in the Upper Lake region, Uie Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. A full of from 10 te 20 degroes being ropeitod from Kansas and Nebraska Light snows are reperted this morning from the northern portion of tlie lake regions and Colerado. Fer Wodnesday Slightly cooler, fair weather, Is indicated for tlie Ohie valley aud Teuuosseo, und near Lake Krie. Fair woather is indicated for the Mlddle Atlantic states, preceded by light rains te-night, with Blight changes in temperature Falrweather aud slowly rising temperature is Indicated for the Upper Lake region, the Upper Mlsa 'salppl and Missouri valleys. t3;riiii! . Cje m a J 9i .--" , ,'si M ft. 'Ml W 5,
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