rx? , '- J' '-.' A ft ;'", i 't ' -" i " r' . ., I V-J i ' lr2 ji migenM m flfefn VOLUJNIE XXINO. HARRY WILKES THE WINNER. I'll A 1.1. AS FALLS AN EASY VICTIM AT T1IK RELMONT I'AJSIC TROT. The Little fielding Takes Tlirce or the Knur llents Without Much Trouble Slew Time Mmle Something or llm Cntrer of llie Vlrter. HotwceufyOOOnnd 0,000 peeple went te Bol Bel Bol lnetit park, Philadelphia, en Thursday, te witness tlie contest botween the two fiist trotting herses for tlie supremacy. Upwards of r00 vehicles wero within the park, bimI many ethers wero tethercil lit the nolghbor nelghbor nolghber Ing hotels nnil nleng the read. The Penn sylvania railroad, was severely taxed te accommodate the passengers, and the trains during the early hours of the afternoon wero run In sections te Kim station. Tlie scenes around Klin station wero animated. Vehicles of nil descriptions, from the great heavy fnur-horse omnibus, and smaller country stiires and oily hacks down te me 0110 nnrse image do.vrneru wagon, wero congregated there soliciting the patron patren patron nge of tlie constantly-arriving passeiigcrs for con voynneo te the park. Tlie.y w ere jammed in around thostatleu, anil exleiiding up the read en both sides for a square, and nearly all of thorn had their " runners" out who would lioslego the passongers en the station platform and convey them tlireugh the Holds the fences having been removed in places ler convenience te tlieir rospecfi ve voliicle. The train leads having been disposed of llie race te the park began, and what with tlie heat, the heavy leads, the fist driving and steep lulls, the peer horses had a sorry tlnie of it, but as fiiraswaslearned, thore wero no bad resul Is except an occasional collision or smash-up. At the park the crowds tilled the grand stand te overllowlng, crowded the orlleecs of the club heuse and surged out uhii the track and across Inte the Infield. Theio wero a number of ladies en tlie grand stand and the upper portico of the club house The shed capable ofeevoring 200 or iWO vehicles wero all occupledand overy avallable "hitch ing" point in tlie iiark was In use In addi tion te the drinking accommodations under the grand stand and nt the club house, beer booths wero orected at ninny ether points en the ground, but nene eT the latter appeared te be liberally patronized. Tim kaci:- iiikutn. Shortly after 3 o'clock the herse Harry Wilkes niade his nppoaiance en the track, and se unconspleueus was the ltttle herse and Harry Van Xess, his driver, that the spectators wero hardly aware of his prosence until he had niade oue or two turns en the home stretch. Phallas, with Kd. lUlllmrs behind hitn, clothed in jacket and cap of purple, tin no out shortly after, and wits re cognized at ouce, and greeted with applause The horses, having roeeivoil thelr "ivurm-lug-up" oxeroiso early in tlie afternoon, at ence took their places, Wilkes having the pole. At tlie llrst tnree scorings, wiiKas breke liofero reaching the wire, but upon tlie fourth effort they get oil'. Wilkes having somewhatthn advaiitiige. He had n halt length leail of Phallas which dlstance by the tlme the half was roached was Increased te n length. The horses tretted very steadily and turned Inte the home stretch with Wilkes still ahead. About 800 yards from the wire Phallus broke, but quickly re covered, Wilkes coming In the wlnner of the heat by two lengths, in 2.10. The llrst quarter was roached In lit seconds, the half In 1.07';., the third quarter in 1. I2ja'. Wheii the second heat was called Wilkes was tlie favorlte .'I te 1. He again breke when scoring, but en the second effort he held steady until niter tlie horses had received the word, when he niade a very bad break, and did net sottle down until after passing the llrst turn, and then Phallus breke for a second, but did net leso any of his dlstance. which wns six lengths ahead, which he held te the half. On tliehill Wilkes closed the gap and passed te the front. The two horses came thundering down the home stretch and a dese finish was looked ler. but 20 lengths from the wire Phallas eased up and gae the heat te Wilkes In 2:20. In this heat tlie quarter was passed In HI, the half In 1:09, and the third quarter in 1:11. The, result was received with eulliiislastle cheers mid vigorous haud-clnpphigs. l'IIAT.T.H WINS HIS O.N'I.V IIIMT. Fer llie third he.it the horses get away at the second scoring, but another bad break by Wilkes befere the turn was roached threw him adeen lengths behind, and Phal las had widened the breach te twenty lengths by the tlme tlie half luile iest was reached. Alter this Wilkes pushed up some what, but could net get neuter than a dezen lengths. Phallus took the heat In the slew tlmoel'SiatS.nmid much excltement among the spectateis. Tlie tlme In this heat was ns follews: Quarter, 3.".: lialfl:0i); thiid 1:41. The interest In the race was new greatly increased, Wilkes having two heats und Phallas one, and wheii the feuith was called the odds wero nbeut two te ene in favor of Wilkes. The ilrwtscei lug for the fourth heat Reut tlie homes oil' In geed order, I'hallas be ing a neck aliu.ul. At the blacksinlth'sshep Wilkes went oil his feet, but. recoverlng quicker than HMial, Phallas had get but a liair-a-doen lengths ahead, but as seen as the gelding settled down he began te gain en the stallion, and at the half had cellared him nud then p.c-sed him, and came home en u jog In 2:18i, i'hallas pulling upat the distance pest, giving Wilkes the race. In this heat the llrst nuartcr was reached lnS'Jlj, the half in 1:07, und the third In 1:12;$. In ceiiiinentiug en the race old horsemen remarked that it wns altogether out el the usual order of things In trotting racoslera herse te inake his fastest tlme In the llrst and fourth Jieats Fsuallv the second heat Is cem-idcrn.1 f he best. Mr. P.dO, ox-lesseo of ileliunut park, declared that both horses worn " oil'" yesterday, and net in a condition te de their Isist, while another trackman declared that the track was net In the best order. Others romnrked that the weather was favorable and the track In geed order for quick tlme, and that thoheises appeared te )e in splendid condition, the llrst nud last lieata Hhewiug it. TIIK CAHKIlIt "l" Till: WINNllll. Harry Wilkes Is n bright bay, nlne years of age. Hestinds 1.1 hands high, and Is ns gentle as u kitten, lie was foaled In Ken tucky nud his llrst public performances weie Seuth, in ISM, whero he get n record or "On the 12th of October, 1SS2, he tretted nt Lsxingteu, Ky and wen in straight heats in 2.2S, 2.23i4, 2.201.,. On tlie Ith of July, 1881, atMaysville, ICy., he tretted and wen In (straight heats In 2.28, 2.27VJ, 2.2.1JJ. On July 17, 1881, at Pittsburg, he tretted In a race nn d wen til straight heats tu 2.18U, 2.10, 2.18,'. At llull'ale, August 8, 1881, he had for competitors Cnlchljy, ('iiptnln Hunneiig and Holle Kche He wen ihor.ice in straight beats In 2.18,2.10.;, 2.17. OnSe)leniLer-l, 1SS1, he tinttcdat Rprlug jleld, Mass., in the 2.17 class, against Phyllis and Majolica. The llrst heat Majolica wen in 2.114 and the second went te Phyllis in 1fVilkesln2.1'i,2.1812.17. This year he ojiened ihe season atHcet atHcet atHcet woed park at the spring meeting, having as foinpetittrs Hilly llulten, Keullwnrth und Felix. Although he was net lu proner con cen con ilitlen he wen the race easily in straight heats In 2.21 'i, 2.10, ilSf. Khice then he has been through the Knste'rii circuit and at Pittsburg nud Cleveland. He has wen nil Ills rnces. the ene nt Pittsburg driving park being the lwst, where he wen lu 2.10'i, 2.1.1'; nud 2.111, after prepping the llrst her.t In Trinket. jx2 Innocent Spectator Killed, Hetwcen six "d seven o'clock Thursday ovenlng, Mrs. Mu'iuiel Karlln, living nt Ne. 820 Seuth Second BircH, St. Ieuls, had a wordy altercation with I'jiarlcs Herber, n labeier, nnd n bricklayer nained Jlyermann, reiranlln the roineval or bome brick and ether building material In her yard. Her son, Jeseph, a lad of eighteen, took her parti und is said te be slapped nnd knocked down by Hebcr, Mrs. Knrlln then told her ley te go Inte the house and get n rovelvor. Jleclld se,;and returning llred it, presumably nt Herbor, but missed him and shot Jehn llraeudel, an in in nnecnt siectater, through the heart, killing hhu Instantly. Mrs. Knrlln nnd her son wero arrested, nnd the body or Uracil del was taken te the innrgue. Mrs. Knrliu is a mar. iied woman with eight children. 280. BAHVXC ltKRMAS'a DECEASE. A Ileime Carpenter In Willow Hired, Who xmn Much Iteipected, Faue Awsy. H.MiTiivtM,r, Pa., Aug. 13. :Anethor of our.nged has left this world of cares. Mr. Samuel Herman, of Willow stroet, ene of lier eldost residents was burled en the 12lh Inst, nt the German Kofermod church el that place He was In his "Clh year, and had for 00 years fotlewod the vocation of home carpen. ter. He leaves behlnd te mourn him n large family of children, grand-children And great- grand-chlklren, among the fornier the Rev. ircnry M. Herman, I). D. of Mlamlsburg, O., n Uerman Rofertnod minister for many years. The funeral was largely attend ed, ns the deceased wns well known and had nlarge uost-ei relations. Among nil no wns nnivor nniver sally respected and osteeined. Tlie funeral servlces wero openod bv Ilov. J Hinoker, el Kefton, with the 230th hymn, followed by the reading el the 14th chanter or Jeb, An interesting dlscourse was then dollverod by the llev. Huenkld, pastor of the church, from the 10th verse of the 14th chap ter of Jeb. The servlces nt the greve wero conducted by Hev. Shenkle, tiie pan iicarers wero Messrs. Kisie liarr, Adam Heriimn, K. K. Stekes, Kugone nciieiiiug, uavni liarnisn nnu iienjauun Knull'iiiau, grandseusand husbands of grand daughters of the deceased. Kight years age the doccased burled Ills wife, she belng the first Intorred in the church-yard of the ltofermod church nt Willow Ktreet Her lass proved heavlly upon him nnd he mourned constantly until he Joined her. They had been faithful follewors of Christ, nud their Christian oxample lias been nnd will le missed by ninny. Oilier Lecal Nete. Mr. .Shnub, of Willow Street, received n torrlble fnll whlle painting. He wns en an oxtenslon ladder when the rei breke, pre cipitating him te the ground nbeut 30 feet, from which he received serious injuries. Hev. Henry M. Heriunn. 1). IX, or Mlamls burg, Ohie, Is hore attending the funeral of his father, Sainuel Herman. The A'cif Era correspondents oem nil te have caught the Abe Iluzzurd correspondent oxaggeranen craze, ler scarcely can ene item of local news be rolled upon. In reporting Mr. Henry's fall from the Hnfe Harber rail road bridge, the correspondent mannged te get the dlstance CO feet when It Is net evor 20 loot nt best. Poisoned at n Illrttutay Annltenuiry. A (Itstrosslugwlmlesalepolsouingoccurred at the heuse el Ferdinand Goetz, of the leather firm or WInter & Ooetz, Heading, Wodnesday night Many guests had assem bled, Including mctnbers of the Harmonle Miennorcher. Itofreshincnts wero served nt a Inte hour, nnd whlle the guests wero en thelr way home many or them wero attacked with vlolent pains, and were unconscious befere reaching thelr dwellings. The sutlerers wero seized with violent retching nud purging. Kind Meyor, a lead ing local tener, was overcome, and fears are entertained for his reenvery. Anten Miller Is seriously ill. Mr. nnd Mrs. Lewls Hor Her man nre serieusly nOllcted nnd centlued te bed. Mrs. Ferdinand Winters suders so se so verely, and is confined te bed. Miss Hose Kuccliler has vlolent retching. Nicholas Schmidt and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Streng, Jacob Otte nnd many ethors have been at tended by physicians nil dny. Theso Hflllcted are among the leading citi zens. As yet it Is net known what caused the trouble. Some think that the propared plekles may have contained olsen, The remnants of the feed jiartaken of are belng nnalyzed. Tho-eccaslon was Mrs. Goetz's birth-day anniversary, nnd the jmisoneus feed was partaken of nfter several hours or singing mid merry-making. Dentil of FmncU .Ionian. The announcement of the death en Wed nesday, at Ocean Grove, or Francis Jerdan, senior momber or the Arm or Francis Jerdan it Sens for many years doing business ns wholesale grocers at 207 North Third street, Philadelphia, was rccelved with sorrow by his many friends In that city. The heuse or which the deceased was tholiead waslounded evor ene hundred years age by Godlrey Haga, from Wurtembiirg, who retired with n lortune In 1793, lenvlng the buslness In the hinds el his two principal dorks, Jehn Jerdan, the father el Francis Jerdan, and Frederick Heller. In 1SS5 Francis Jor Jer dan hcc.ime a member el the firm. Twe sons survlve him, Itetli of whom nre partners In the heuse or which he was the head. The funeral arrangements are net yet annouueed, but the interment will be in Woodlands, the present Interment place or the lamily. Mr. Jerdan was a patron el American art and n director or the aendemy et line nrts. During the period or ever half a century the flrni acted as the business and disbursing agents of the -Moravian settlements and mission sta tions In the West Indies, Itussia, Greenland, Kurope and among the Indian tribes of this country, and also as agents for the seminaries at Nazareth, Ilothlehein and I.ltltz. The llrothurlieoil el the t'llleli Adjourn. The Grand Circle or the Hrotherhood of the Union in session at Easten censidered n number of iiiuendments, installed the new otllcers, heard reports of committeoa nnd soleeted Hrlsbin ns tlie place for holding the next meeting. The following were nomin ated for olllce. te lie elected next year : grand chlet Washington, H. Yohn, 'Phlla (lalphia; grand chief Jellersen, Thoodero A. Koredad, Heading ; grand chief Franklin, Jehn Hussell, Alteena ; Allen Sellors, Lansdalej grand herald, W. A. llennert, Alonzet'arl and C. I Drucktniller, all Plilladelnlilans j grand scroll-keeper, W. A. Corsen, Philadelphia; treasurer, Charles Whluua, Philadelphia trustees, W. H. Herso, 11. II. Mackuelt and It. Cenrad, nil or Philadelphia: Grand Warden or Day, F. D. Weed, Philadelphia; A.. P. Rogers, Columbia William Mcllrlde, Philadelphia, grand war den el night, A. H. Sackerlj', Philadelphia ; O. II. Sliertzer, Lancaster ; 11. Hetberg, Alteena ; S. P. Penningtnn, Chester ; repre sentatives te tlie suprome circle, Geerge H. Priee, H. Cenrad, W. W. Corsen, O. Mehrer, or Philadelphia ; Jeseph Henry, Lebanon. The body adjourned finally at o'clock. Hetter te Hate Let Her Ge, Mary Gale, aged thlrty-e'ght, was brought te Hlnghainteii, N. Y., en Thursday from the town of Fnlen nnd put In Jail. Miss Gale has for the past llflceu years been n domestlo in the family or Stephen Carey, a rarmorer Union. On Tuesday last, as he alleges, she set tire te ene of his hay bams, which, with its contents, sixty tens or hay, a line herse nnd carriage, and ether personal property, was destroyed. Mr. Carey bnd refused Mary the lean or the herse and carriage with which she desired te coine te the city and see llarnnin's show. This Is said te have aroused her nnger nnd te have led te the commission or the alleged crime. Slight Fire. A blight llre eccured at the corner or I.emnn street and NpV Helland nvonue nt 2 o'clock this morning In the heuse .occupied by Hlrata llarman, telegraph operator. A coal oil lamp Is kept burning constantly, nnd this morning at 2 o'clock the lamp exploded und the burning oil set llre te the bureau, ran te the iloernnd also set fire te the carpet. Mrs. llannau. heard the uolse of the oxple slen, she awakened her husband and the tire was oxtlnguished with great dilllculty, The less Is fully covered by Insurance. Colored l'lcnle at I'eiiryu. The African M. K. church, Strnwlierry street, this city, had n very pleasant excur sion nud plenlentPenryn Thursday. Thore were two hundred mombers el the church and Sunday school in nttondance exclusive of the Geed Will band, also colored, that fur fur ulshed niusle for the occasion. The day was spent in plays and ether innecent anuiso anuise anuiso meots, and the oxcnrsleiilsts returned well pleased after thelr day's sport. The plcnle was under the nianagoiuent of Hev. Grimes, pastor el the church. Kiccotleii luued. Kxociitleu was issued this morning by S. P. Kbv, atterney for Jehn It. Krb, against Jehn Dutt, for f 11,000. Held Fer l'etuke. A letter addressed te Jacob H. Yeung, box 23, Litltz, Pa, is held at the Lancaster post pest post etllce for postage. LANCASTER, SHOT DOWN HIS PRISONER. TIIK HUKlttFP OVXUHK COUNTY FIHK8 A VATAt. SHOT. fllglinraymaii Frnncl. Flees Frem Rheriff WerkltiRer nt JMIdilloleun, nnd U Hatted by n lliillnt The Kherlrr Forced te Hurry Anny Fmm an Angry Crowd. The Harrlsburg Vatrwt contains an ac count of a tragic sheeting affair that eccurred at Middletewn, between 8 nnd 0 o'clock Thursday night nt which tlme the shcrlfl of Yerk county, James WorUinger, shot, and it is thought fatally wounded a man named Francis. Francis, it is said, Is n bnd charac ter nnd committed depredations In dlflerent parts et the state, his last oirense being high wny rebbery In Yerk county, in 1832. Yes terday Slmrlll Worklnger ropalred te Mid Mid Mid deoeown te nrrest Francis, lie captured his man, nnd then attempted te handcuff him. Francis breke from his captor nnd fled. Tlie sheriff pursued the oscaped prisoner and Boo Boe ing that he could net overtako him drown rovelvor from his pocket nnd fired. The shot went true te its aim and Francis foil bleeding te thogreund with a bullet In Ills back. The report el the rovelvor seen drew n large crowd, nnd wheu the true statoef af fairs wes known, people Hocked from overy direction and steed as clese ns they could lesslbly get te the prestrate form. Seeing what he had dene the sheriff ho he ho cainenlarmod, and It did notlake lilm long te discover that the excited men who wero gathering wero arranging te take the law in their own hands. Ills thoughts wero veri fied when a dezen of the bohlestlu the crowd started ler him, followed by the ethors. The sheriff again drew his rovelvor, nnd for a tlme, held tlie crowd nt bay. A lynching no doubt would have followed had net nn east bound freight train appeared In sight, nnd niade desporate by fear, Work Werk Work lneor bearded the train nnd was carried be yond reach of the Infuriated crowd. Knets of oxclted peeple discussed the affair during the greater part or the night, nnd the death or Francis would net create surprise After the sheeting, Francis, who Is also known by the nliases of Frnntz nnd Michael, was Liken te his mother's home. Repert says that the better class or citizens appreve the olllcer's action, nnd assisted lu protecting hlin from the mob, which was led by n brother or FrancN. hue r.vrEn the jiuvrun. A M nlilrn Who Toek 1'olneii te Hate Her SIc.llial III) lull)' Nigh. William Knglish, a farmer, et Pine town ship, Allegheny county, en Thursday re turned te the enroeftho Hutnane Society Mlnnle Graham, placed In his charge last February, with the announcement that the girl seeined bout en suicide. Mlnnle Is 15 years or nge. Whlle nt Mr. P.ugllsh's home she became 111, nnd was treated by his nophew, Dr. Knglish. The ulrl Lecarno Infatu ated with the physician, nnd after her recov ery vlslled his olllce Iroquently. He objected te this, and finally Mr. Knglish ordered the girl net te leave the house alone. Three weeks nge Mlnnle told Mrs. Knglish that she must nud would sce the physician. Mrs. Knglish did net sce the necessity for the doc tor being sent for, and had a serious talk with tlie girl, in which she sought te show her the felly ether In fat nation. Mlnnle insisted that she must sce the doctor, nnd, going te her bedroom, took it dese of laudanum. This schcine worked very successfully, the doctor belng sent for In great haste. Alter the jiol jiel jiol sen was pumped out of her, nnd she was re stored te consciousness, she threw several languishing glances at her divinity. In two or three days Mlnnle began te plne for the doctor again, and en Saturday of the snme week she maife a will in which she left her clothes und ether leleiiglngs te Mr. Kngllsh's eldest daugliter, went te iter room and took enough laudanum te kill three persons. This tlme another doctor wasscnt ler nud Minnie wns pumped out again, put en ice, kneaded, walked up nnd down, nud after a hard day's work was pronounced out et danger ence mere. Slnce then she has been moody, and, as she has several times tried te kill herself with n knife, Mr. Knglish refuscd te be lenger re sponsible for her care. She will be sent te the Pennsylvania reform school. One Child Siihttltiiled for Anether. Mr. Frank, a leading lawyer of Nebraska, Is oxpectod In Mentreal in a few days te ox ex ox amine witnesses In a case Involving the right te nn estate In Iowa and Nebraska valued at hnir a million dollars. Several years age Stephen Desnoyes, of Montreal, emigrated te the Wostern states with his wife nnd n boy about flve years old. Alter some tlme he 10 10 tlred rreni buslness, having beceme owner or a large landed property, lu the meantime his son, new a young man, became dissatis fied with a farmer's lire, and sought new fields of occupation. After he had left his home his f.ilher received letters from lilm from New Mexico. Dcsneyes died, leaving no will, and his son npplled for and received letters of administration. He was, however, net allowed te remain in tm tm dlsturbed possession or the estate, as another relative, who, In ovent of young Desneyes's death or the Illegitimacy el' his birth, would be entitled te all the property, began suit, setting forth that the young man known as Dosneyeswas net the lawful seu of the do de ceased; that whlle n baby in the cradle here another child was substituted for Desneyes by a woman wiin was a near neighbor, and who had adopted the rightful son, and that nfter seme years the liey who was stelen died and was burled in the Kast, while the child who was put in the place of the true son grew up without the Desnoyes family evor noticing tlie dllleruuce between the cup dren, as their eyes and complexions wero the same. It Is said that witnesses here have ceme forward and confessed the crime. They will be examined en the part of the plaintiff by Mr. Frank. i Feminine Cr-Jillniern. Frem Iho Heading Kagle. The first section of the Kphraht Sunday school passed through Heading, Wednesda3' evening, en thelr way home. The train steppod at the depot about flve minutes te change engines. During the step qulte a number of the excnrslnnNls get off the train nud went into a res.taiir.iiit. Aiming thorn were a dezen or mere ladles. Alter the on en on gine had been changed tlie train started and thore wes n rush for the cars. Tlie young men nil get en in geed tlme, but two of the yeunc ladles were net qulte se Heet- foetod, nnd befere they reached the train, It was moving pretty rapidly. Nobody thought they would attempt te beard the train, lint they did, nnd tlie oxpertuosa with which they did It wns eneugh te inake even a railroader blush. They deliberately gnisped the slde rail nud swung themselves en as grncelully as experts. Ladles, ns a rule, de net inake successful ear-Jumpers, but it must be con ceded that Lancnter county possesses a few who knew hew te de It. It wns learned that they reslde near Kphratn and both nre daughters of n woll-to-de fariner thore. Convicted of Sitludllncu Fanner. Joel High, a street breker, engaged lu note shaving for the past thirty years in Reading, was convicted lu the criminal court en Thurs day and remanded te Jail for sontence en Saturday. An old fariner named Hney was the proso preso prose eutor. He testllled that his $7,000 Jarni was for sale, and II Mi. dressed as a noer man and representing himself te be Vnuderbllt's son, introduced himself ns n farm buyer. Fer his services the old man was charged 5200, nnd for negotiating a lean nt 17 per cent $200 mero. Thejury pgreed ill fourleennilnutos. High is nbeut Ge years el nge, and lins placed mero than 500,000 In leans in this county. Sadly In Need of geuiethluc Iletter. Frem the Harrlsburg Telegraph, The Philadelphia Times calls Brethor Cooper's campaign slip "sad rubbish." The editorial fraternity throughout the state will rise up and say "amen I" Our Happy Coreuer. Corener Henaman is the happiest man in Court Heuse row te-day, and If anyone asks him the reason "no replies, a young daughter, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1885. .juunn. sn votes attempted a vi emu. Particular of the Tragic Act or nn Alteena Painter Who Has iMcaatcr Ilelatlvea. The attempted sulclde of Jehn N'. Shuck, or Alteena, who lias two married sisters re siding lp fills city, was brleily alluded te yes yes terday. The following additional particulars are obtained from the Alteena Tribune. i Fer several days past the follew-worknieu of Mr. Shuck, who was ompleyod as a painter In the varnish room of the lower shops of the Pennsylvania railroad had notlced at times that he was very low-spirited?, borderlng, in fact, upon melanchely, but no particular at tention was paid te the matter, llotweon 11 and 12 o'clock Wodnesday morning, Shuck went te I. C. MIshler's cigar stere, and, afler asking him what the amount of his bill at tne stere was, Inquired or Mr. Mlahler, lu nn eir-luuided manner, if he had a rovelvor. On belng nnswored afllrmatlvely lie asked If he could have the lene of It, remarking that he had nn old deg around the heuse that he do de sired te get rid of. The rovelvor, a 32-cnlIbre Smith ct Wessen, was given lilm with a warning that he had better take the deg out eut out slde the city limits te sheet him, as it was against the law te llre shots inslde the city limits. He re piled that lie would dese, and would take the detr out after the shot) bell rang nt D o'clock. As he left the stere lie re marked that he would return the rovelvor last ovenlng. At that tlme Mr. Mlshler could detect nothing that would Indicate that lie was laboring under an unsound mind, but en the ether hand, having known hlin for n long tlme. and knowing that he was a man of sober habits, a thought that he Intondedtodo bodily harm te hitnsell nover crossed his mind and therefore had no compunctions in leaning lilm the pistol. A 1IUM.BT TllllOUOIt HIS reIIIUII.'AI). Mr. Shuck went te work lu Iho nftomecn nnd up te the hour of sheeting did net show any sign that would lead ene te think lie iutciided te end his life, and the llrst Intima tien that was had was the report or a pistol. Ills fallow workmen, en looking from whero the sound cmanated, saw Shuck lying en his back en the fleer with the rovelvor nt his side and the bleed oozing from the wound In the upper central part of the forehead. He was Immediately plcked up and the com pany's physician summoned, who arrived shertly.and after examlulng the wound order ed the injured man removed te his home at Ne, 010 Fifth avenne, where all that could be was dene for hlin. A reporter called at the heuse and found that lie was resting mero easy then, although there was but llttle hopes that he would recover. He had up te that tlme failed te recognize anyone, and lind net spoken a word even te his wife's earnest solicitations. If he understood her he turned a (leaf ear, and would net show any sign whatever that he was in possession of his souses. Thore is no eause whatever enn be as. signed for the deed, as he was always con sidered of sound mind and lu geed circum stances. He lea n nete for Mr. Scott Hub. cock, n fellow-workman. At last accounts Mr. Shuck was resting easy and may, it is te be hoped, fully recover. Ills family consists of a wife nnd child, n llttle liey, nnd as a matter of ceurse his wife Is almost distracted by the sad ovent. The nllalr has cast a gloom overall who onjeyod his ncqualuLince nnd ene nnd all hope that it may net terminate fatally. 1 Ie is aged about 42 years. Since the almve was written the nete left by Mr. Shuck has been handed fe us. It was addressed te Mr. Z. Wherry nnd Is as fol fel lows : Yeu will find my dinner bucket In my cupboard. Alse nn album which I want Scott llabceck te paint a pate blue and Jehn Walls te gild It. Glve It te my dear wire. Goed-byo, sliopmates." Three Sleu Cni.hcd I'mli'r lCeiln. On tlie approach or the heavy thunder storm Thursday nftorneon a party or six rail road hands, whowero werklngntMcKlunny's Ktntieu, six miles from Ithaca, N. Y., took re In go In a shed at tlie ltase el n perpendicu lar ledge or boulders which forms the pall? ado along the Kast slde of Cayuga lake. The rain loosened several of thogreatstenas over ever hanging the cabin te which the men had lied Ter shelter. Thcse Tell with terrific rorce ami completely demolished the wooden structure, Instantly crushing te death three men. They wero Michael Mack, foreman of n sec tion gam: en the Cayuga Lake railroad ; Pat rick Mc.Mahen nnd Michael Fohee. Twe or the remaining tlirce escaped with a row scratches, but the third, named Jehn Sulli van, had his hip crushed and is otherwise In jured Internally, se thai he will in all proba bility die. Fohee and Mc.Mahen are both married and leave families. Lecture en Canul lnl Ism. Prof. A. V- Soledcr, a christianized nud educated cannlli.il, lectured in Straw berry street A. M. K. church, Wednesday evening. Hogave n history of cannibalism, hew can nibals sacriflce thelr children by having thelr heads cut off and bleed drank tontenofor sin. Others are thrown te the crocodiles et the Ganges, or Hely Water, who eat human lleslu The prolesser wero the cestumn of his people. He has traveled through Furene, Asia, Africa and America, lias vislted the pyramids of Kgypt, Hcthloliem, where Christ was born and where Solemon's temple steed. HIs.Temarks were appreciated and the lecture was a success. Theso wishing te hear the nrofessor can de se by attending the weeds meeting held Sunday, August 10, in J. II. Mylln's greve, read leading from Wil low street te Strasburg ; ha will address the peeple at 1 o'clock p. in., nlse nt Roberts' ball, Princestrect, Saturday ovenlng, August 15. One of the Fine ArU. Vreiu the Cincinnati Enquirer. The skill of the head liner Is ene or the most valuable or the many components that outer into the make-up or the successful mod med or n newspaper. He must be as adept in the use or telling phrases and as familiar with all the shapes and changes of expressive lan lan guage as is the proresser or chemistry with the slims, f'ermubvs, and combinations that pertain te the multiform mysteries or his science. He must have an accompanying koennossof porceptlou nnd readiness el wit te enable him quickly te select nnd apply te the subject in hand Just tlie word or phrase that with the greatest brevity expresses the point te be niade promlneut. The hnste or his work admits of no delay for careful study. What his keen penell has te de must be dene quickly, for oftentimes the matter comes Inte most Important news usually dees and the waiting presses allow no tlme for tarry ing. The Allegheny Democrat.. The Allegheny county jury commission ers' convention, which was ndjourned Wed Wed Wod eosday morning, in unbounded concision, reassembled Thursday and In a cool and de liberate way proceeded te business. An at tempt te dlserganl70 and disrupt the con volition by the minority faction of the luirty justnftcr the meeting organized was speedily squelched. Twe ballets were nec essary te nominate Jehn F. Knnisjury com missioner. 'Squire Hordel was nominated Ter prothenotary, Jehn W. Ceele was named for corenor and Jehn Powers Ter director or the peer. W. J. lirennan was then unani mously ro-elocted chairman of the commlttce and after adopting a series of resolutions in dorsing the state and national administra tions the convention adjourned. IlaUlniore Jee. Jeseph Haley, botter known as HalUmore Jee, was rotured te his old quarters in the Lancaster county prison last evenlng by Ollfcer Shay, en a commitment issued by Alderman ltarr. Joe was released from prison seme days nge nnd went te Potts town. He was committed twlce while thorp and concluded te leave that county, ns he did net like the accommodations thore. His reqnest Is that he shall be indlcted for belng a professional tramp se that he ran get geed quartern in the county (all this coming winter Alderman Harr will dispese or the case. He Wat Toe Old. Samuel C. Lentz, deslres ns te slate that his removal from the pest of lottcr-carrier was due te the lact that he was mero than forty years of age, tlie limit prescribed in the postal regulations. Appointed Tax Collector Cyrus S. Miller wasappeinted tax collector of Adams te wn, by the county commissioners yesterday afternoon. A ;i00,000 PURCHASE. clement n. envnn jtvra tiiemuvnt nui'i! I'lijiNAcr. rnevxitTr. Tnenly.renr Hundred and Forty Acre r fjiiid With the Illght te Take All the Ore Needed Frem the Cerntrnll Hanks Term of the Sale. The Mount Hepo furnace preperly, con sisting of 2,410 acres of land, charcoal fur naeo nnd ethor buildings ; the right te take a full supply or ero ler said furnace from the Cornwall ero bank?, the preperly of the estate or the Inte A. Hntes Grnbb, has been sold te Cloment 11. Grnbb, ler f300,000, by the Pennsylvania Company for Instirance en Lives and Granting Aunuitles, the oxecu execu oxecu ters of the estate or A. Hates Grubb, and the guardian el his miner children. The pur pur chaser paid $205,000 in cash and gave a mort mert mort gage for tic,000, the terms or the mertgage being that $10,000 shall be paid each year for flve years. Tlie deed and mertgage wero re ceived at the recorder's ofllce this afternoon. The deed is a bulky decument nnd numbers 43 pages. The mertgage covers IS pages of manuscript A HEAVY JCA1X STORM. The Lightning; Slakes It Lively Ter Some o,uar e,uar ryinen and Other.. Thursday aflorneou Lancaster and vicinity had a heavy storm of rain, accompanied by vivid lightning and loud thunder. Thore was very llttle wind and we hear or no dam- age dene oxeept the washing or seme fields of corn and tobacco, The lightning struck into the barn en the Whitby rarm In the northeastern part or town, (leased by Jehn W. Mentzer), and tore off part oftheroorand ene slde of the barn, Firtcen or twenty of Mr. Meutzers quarrymen, who had ran te the iKim when the storm came nn, were In It when It was struck. They were a geed deal stunned but escaped Injury. One man who was sitting en a keg or powder, lu n shed seme dlstance from the barn, was badly stunned, and thrown te the ground, and for a time he thought the pow er had exploded under him. He seen re covered from the shock. Neither the barn nor the shed were set en llre by the belt. Jehn K. Lamparter's glue manufactory In the Seventh ward was also struckby light ning. The fluid entered the drying heuse,and knocked offapartel the roer, and appeared te run along the Iren reds by which the smoke stack Is stayed, and entered the ongme iiouse a snort dlstance away. It passed off without doing any damage Mr. Lamiiarter wns in the cnglne heuse at the time. The electricity made his hnir sand en an end, but did net knock him down, lie niade a liasty exit from the building. There was seme smoke seen in the third story or the drying heuse arter the stroke, but the building was net 11 red. lUrii Struck by Llghlulng. The large barn of Abncr llrewn, near Wakefield, In tholeworend of the county, was struck by lightning last ovenlng. The barn, with all lis conteiitx, consisting of this year's crop, was destroyed. The live stock was sarely remeved. The less, which Is heavy, has net yet been ascertained, but is partly covered by Insurance. llOLlt CASE Ol' KIDNAVi'lSO. A I.ltlle r.lrl-. Itellgleu Hearing the Cnue or the Act. The lioldestcase or kidnapplngever known In that section was porpetratod Thursday afternoon In a thickly-settled portion or Ro chester, N. Y., whMHiascre.iteittinrgi'eatest excitement both nt pollce headquarters and among citizens. At, three o'clock Llzzle Kane, a pretty llttle girl nearly 1 1 years or nge, started from the home or her stepmother te go about a block te a grocery stere. Just as she was passing a cerner she was seized by two men nud hastily thrown into n hack, which seemed te be in waiting and which was driven rapidly towards the outskirts et the city. The xflce wero quickly notified, and at a late hour Thursday night found her In a heuse en the outskirts of the city, where her clothes had been changed, preparatory te taking her away en n night train. Seme tlme age tlie girl's paternal grand father died, leaving her n considerable amount of property, consisting mostly of real ostite. Her mother died when she was two years old and her father seen after mar ried, this tlme n Catholic, the child's mother having Is'en n Protestant The child's father died two years age, seen nfter which Dr. Charles Sumner was appointed guardian. The child's maternal grandfather ft W. H. Hrundagp, of Philadelphia, who is a Protest ant He has been thore two months, during which, as he reported te Dr. Sumner, lie at tempted several times te see the child and was refused. He heard the stepmother was about te have the girl confirmed te the Catholic faith and applied te Dr. Sumner for an erder te take the child en a visit te Phila delphia Such order was granted, but the stepmother kept the child away from lilm. Her reason for se doing she said was that she was afraid if the girl was taken te Philadel phia she would nover return. At the pollce station the stopmethor, alter telling her story, swooned and altdrwards became delirious and attempted te Jump from Iho window. Jtnnamiy Hey Caught. Kdward M. Fentlman, a boy whose parents II ve in Johnstown, ran away from home seven weeks age. Ills father has been searching for him all theso weeks, nnd receiving infor mation Hint he was In tins city, he came here and leundhim last ovenlng. He was taken te the station house and kept thore until this morning when his father called for hlin. father nnd son left for Johnstown en this morning's early train. Ilirrtmilerfcr .V F.by1 Sale. The sherlll Is still engaged in selling the preperty el Dlll'onderfor A Kby, at thelr stere, cerner or Orange and North Queen streets. Thoaale was largely attended last ovenlng, and this morning, and the goods principally disposed of were cloths nnd cas. si mores. The bidding was lively and thopur thepur thopur chasers wero principally local merchants and a few storekeepers from the cenntry. It will take soveral days te dispese of the goedsyot en hand. Celebrated Ills "4th Anniversary. Frank Hyerly, et Ne. 050 West Chestnut street, was visited by a large mtmber of friends last eveulng, the occasion being tlie coleuration of his 21th birthday. The visit was a great surprise A pleasant eveulng was spent, games of all sorts nnd vocal and Instrumental musle making up the pro pre gramme A fine supper was partaken of by the party. Dr. Stener Troubles. Dr. Sainuel S. Stener, the Ironvllle doctor, who created a sonsatlen by oleplng with Mrs. Helfrlch, was heard by Aldermau Harr this aftomeon, en charges of assaulting his wife en January tj, anuiaiungiopreviuoiorner slnce. A clear case was made out against the accused, and in,defanlt or f500 ball lie was committed for trial at next week's court The jHivniiercIier ltlnK. Miifnnorcher hall was well lllled last ovon evon oven lng, the occasion belng the llrst evenlng or reller skating ler the season. Many who were regular attendants last season wero en the fleer last evening and onjeyod thosknt thesknt iff. At the Station Heme. Twe ledgers wero the inmates of the sta tion heuse last night. They wero discharged this morning. Seventeen electric, two gits and llve gaso line lights wpre ropertod as net burning last night Oplnleu Duy. To-uierroy court will be in session for tlie first time In several weeks. Opinions will be delivered creases argued at the June term or court and a large amount or current business will ba transacted. Hit J! PLEACHED 11 Ell 1'AVE. The Device Adopted by a While Weman Who Married a Itlgnmen. Negro, Jeur.T, Ills,, Aug. 11. Mary Danlels, of Torre Haute, white, and Chas. A. Stewart, a nogre, hailing from the same city, wero re re ro leasod from Jellet prLsen yosterday after serving a year each ier bigamy. Mary eleped from Torre Haute, leaving a whlte husband, and Steward leff n colored wKe. Tlie two Went te Mnrsollles. III., mill wero mnrrlml. but wero followed up rrem Indiana by Stow Stew arl's dusky botter half, who had them con cen con victed. A peculiarity alieiit the Danlels woman Is that when she reached the prison, her face and hands had been colored by seme mu in siam mat gave nor the nppoarance or n bright-colored mulatto woman. A year's sojourn behind the bars has bleached out her skin te Its natural color, se that when she wns called up for discharge this morning the prison officials wero nitonished te see that In In In stoadefbolngn mulatto, Mary Daniels had blue eyes ana a fair skin and brown bangs. The ceuple Joined each ethor again after leav ing prison, but Mary afterwnrd left alene for St Leuis. MA.rirEt.va alleged confession. A Statement That It Was Manufactured-The 1'rljoiier Knattrard Hound. St. Leuis, Aug. 14 The Qlebc-Dcmn-crat'a story nbeut Maxwell hnving confessed that Proller is alive was manufactured. One or the detectives with him was telegraphed te at Mngave, Cat, and replied that thore was nothing In It San FitANfisce, Aug. II. The alloged Maxwell intcrvlew was wrltten by an extra man en n morning paper hore, and Is net no ticed by the ether papers. It is liollevod te be bogus. The chler or wllce se regards It, and also Captain Lees, or the dotectlve force Newspaper men gonerally scout the story. ii was puuiisneu loe late ler denlal. Ar.ntiQUlMiQUK, N. M.. Aug. It Maxwell passed through hore last night, en tholltfe train, bound ler St Leuis. He was in irons and closely guarded by two detectives. He was very rctlcent, and was averse te being questioned, though he said he would preve himself clear or the crime. Ne Faiorle the Knllread. Citv or Mkxice, Aug. It The cabinet, aflcra protracted discussion, has decided en the nature el the reply te be made te the representatives or the railway companies en the question or whether the railways wero te be exempted from the operation of the decree of June 22. The decision is that nooxcop neoxcop noexcop tlon shall lie made In favor or the railroads and that the law or June 22, shall be en forced te the letter. Susbsldles will net be paid nnd net ene cent of the customs rovenue will be appreprtitcd te the railroads. The gevernment maintains that it ewos the rail roads nothing oxeept the small nineunt or subsidy which would have accrued te them slnce the public action or the docree and this amount and that rallingduein ruture months will be Included in the government's floating debt PlarlngThelrl.nuiU en the r.ngllidi Market. Gai.vi:ste.v, Tex., Aug. II It is evident that the Chicago syndicate who have the con tract for building the new Texas cupltel, are making arrangements te place thelr large landed possessions In Texas which they re ceive for the construction u ihe capltel en the Finglhh markets, -This stalefnent ,is borne out by the receipt here yesterday of the JVii(iirtI iVctc, a paper jmbllshed in Londen whlclt-states that the capital nyndi cate lands will be placed en the Knglish market In its issue next day It lias ever a column long dpsaiptlen of the building land and contracts. The land is valued at fcI7G"an aero, making the whole tract worth ? 11,250,000. Otinrdlng Against Tellow Feier. Austin, Texas, Aug. 11. Governer Ire land yesterday issueu a proclamation, saying Hint it has corae te his knowledge that per sons rr6m Vera Crnz, and jiesalbly ether places in Mexico Infected with yellow favor, are onteriug this state by way or Kl Pase, Laredo and ether points by railroad and pri vate conveyance, in violation or his quaran tine proclamation. He declared that quaran tine shall be enforced en the Rie Grande against infected plnees In Mexico. Quaran tine stations will nt ence be established at Laredo, Kl Pase, and inspection made or all Incoming trains. Alashn'H New (iotcrner. Peim.ANP, Ore, Aug. It Yosterday A. P, Swineford, the newly appointed govorner et Alaska territory, arrived here rrem the Kast He is accompanied by his stall" eom eem iwsed or Captain H. K. Cewles, Jehn Mc KcnnaandJ. O. Fuller. Governer Swluol'erd and party will net sail for Alaska for nearly a month. Meantlme the party will visit all points of interest en this portion of the coast Gov. Klnkead, Swineford's predecessor, Is new at Seattle, Washington territory, under going surgical treatment for a wounded nrm. He will at ence turn the olllce evor te Gov. Swineferd. Heward Will Net ha Dogged. Ni:v Havhn, Conn., August It Whlle Lt A. L. Heward, efgatllng guufame, was fighting Hiel's halfbrceds, an Indignation meeting was held at which Terrence Mc Donald wasuleadingsplrlt Slnce Heward's return he has been dogged by McDonald's ndhoreuts. Yesterday Heward notified tlie chief of pollce that he was being lollewod evi dently with the Intent te de lilm injury. He declined pollce protectlon, but stated that if he wasassaulted the assailant must take the consequence. Cotten Crep Damaged by Drought. GAl.vr.STON, Texas, Aug. It Cotten crop reports from nearly evcry section of this stite roceivod by the Xcws Indicate consider able damage irem drought within the past ten days. In a number or places the plant Is ropertod as shedding rreely and belng otlior etlior otlier wiso injured. Notwithstanding this there is no report from any section which does net estimate a better yield than last year. Tim SIcCarthy, the Wemnn-Aasaiilter. New Yenif, Aug. H. Tim McCarthy, the notorious Oak stroet dlve-keoper, rcleased en $2,000 ball yosterday pending trial for assault ing the woman Kate llurrews, and who was again arrosted last night for assaulting LIzzIe Rosobreok, was befere the Judge in the Tombs pollce court this morning. He asked for en examination and ball was llxed at (500. Unnble te secure It he was remanded Ie the Tombs. WJSATllEli J'JtOIIAIIIf.ITIKS. The Condltleu of the Haremeter and Ther. inemeteraml Indications for the Merrow. Washington, D. ft, Aug. It Fer tlie Middle Atlantic states, coelor, gonerally lair wcalher ; north westerly winds, higher Uiro Uire Uiro metor. Lecal rains have falleu tu the lake regions, the Atlantic coast states and the Ohie valley and lu Tennessee. la all ethor districts the weather hwi been gonerally fair. The tem perature has fallen In the Lake regions, the Upper Mississippi, Missouri and Ohie valley and Tennosseo, nud lias remained nearly stationary in nil ethor districts. The winds have been gonerally southerly in the Atlantic coast states, northerly in the Upper Lake region, the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys ; westerly In the Low Lew er Lake region, generally variable in all ether districts. Feil Hatuiidav. Slightly cooler, gener genor goner ally fair weatlier is indicated for New Kng lar.dnnd the Middle Atlantla states; light frosts may occur te-night in northern Michi gan and W Iscensln. PRICE TWO CEOTS.3 . .. . MMiMMBnmakaBeaaM ,: , " i'AKLlAMENT PROROGUED. THE OVEEN'S Sl'EECll JtEAD ilffFOK"' THE ADJOURNMENT. Her Kerrntr nt the Failure of the Khartoum Kvpedltlonandtlie Fate of Clorden-IIer Cheerful Atncntahen te ItilUFurpen. lug te Amend the Criminal Law, Londen, Aug. ll. There was a very small atlendance In oither Heuso, whoa at 2 o'clock this afternoon ParlUmeni was prorogued. The queen's speech was read by Lord Halsbury, lord high chancolter, and its delivery was unusually impressive. In reviewlng the events of the past year, her majesty oxprenscd deep sorrow for tlie fail ure et the Rrltlsh expedition te rollevo Khartoum nnd roscue Gen. Gorden and his army of heroes, and points with special prlde te the bravery and endurance of the troepi and the skill or thelr cemmanders. The as sistance rendored by India, Canada Tmd Australia in the Soudan campaign", Sd ib CTi'eciaiiy auuueu te by ier majesty in terms or warnt congratulation. As the negotiations with Russia continue, 'thore Is ronewod hepe that a peaceful sottletnonf of the differences with that pewer will seen be achleved. The queen has taken much pleasure In giving assent te bills amending the criminal law, increasing the number of freeholders in Ireland and improving tlie dwellings of the peer, and trust that the en largement or the electorates will greatly iu iu crcase the efficiency or Parliament and add te the contentment or the people In conclu sion her majesty prays Ged that the new mombers or Parliament will use thelr power with that dogreo orsebrlotyand dlscornment which has se long been characteristic of the llrltlsh legislature and has added se much te the honor and prosperity of the nation. Kag Importation Frehlhlted. Londen, Aug. 14. The importation or rags from France has been prohlblled by the llrltlsh government Jehn Itutklii Much Worse. Londen, Aug. 14 The condition or Jehn Ruskln is much werse than yesterday. He passed a very bad night The Cholera Itccerd. Madiitd, Aug. 14 Thore wero 3,895 new cases and 1,411 deathsln the cholera Infected districts during thepast2l hours. Death of Lord Yen Tcinpent. Londen, Aug, 14 Lord Van Tempest is dead. He served with seme distinction in tlie federal army during the American war of the relation. The Crar Ilet lenlng His Troepi. St. Pirrunsnune, August It The czar will held a grand roview or tlie troops to te day at Krasnoo Sole, w hore they are camped for the annual mawpuvrcs. Kmperer WIllLlm's Touching Keccptlen. Hmti.iN, August lt The Kmporer Wil liam's roceptlon at Potsdam yesterday was touching. Hands orilttle children sang pa triotic hymns as he appoared. The tewu was prettily decorated with fiags and the paths wero strewn with ilewers. Thore was much enthusiasm. THE STORM IN NETT YORK. Llttle Damage en the West Shere Kead Mak ing Repairs at Norwood. Nj;vy Yeitrc, Aug. lt Passenger and freight trains evor the New Yerk, West Shere fc Buffalo railway are runniugwlth runniugwlth eut interruption en account of the roeent storms In the Mohawk Valley. It Isascoj: Isascej: Isascoj: talned at tlie offices of the West Shcreread -that the reports that their bridges were swpt f away are nil true. The West Shere escaped serious damage because thelr tracks, are'' hlgher than these of the Central. l bridge of the West Sherparw'tSe hi! and meat substantial evi constructed this country. The Ilreak nt Amsterdam, N. V. AMSTKItDAM, N. Y., Aug, 14,The situ, atien at the break remains unchanged, and passenger trains and malls are all consider ably delayed. There have been no moils re. ceiyed here In two days.- -The postal servlce owpected te have ene trackxrigged up for the mall servlce at .'I a in. this lefcrning, buthave net succeeded up te the prescht writing (10 am.) Malls are belng scut from ihe West for New ierk via the Dolaware, J-ncKiwanim W! it Wostern railroad front Syracuse The Flyers at Saratoga. Sahatoea, N. Y., Aug. It It is raining te-day, and the track is very heavy. The at tendance is fair. First race, Ji mlle ; Gleaner wen, Tartar second, Mena third. Time, 1:1SVJ. Mutuals paid $11.80. Second race, the Kentucky stakes, u sweopstakes for 2-year-olds, Jf mlle ; Quite wen, Reck and Rye second, llattle Carlyle third. Time, 1:19. Mutuals paid $11.14. Third race, grand prize of Saratoga, 1 miles'.; Heb Miles wen, Huclld second, Van guard third. Tlme 331. Mutuals paid f27.C0. FreeUnd and Reunion wero drawn. Fourth race, selling race, I mlle ; Carrle Stewart wen, Mlnnle Moteer second, Lorey third. Tlme 1:18. Alleging a Prohibition Hargalu. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 14. G. W. Caldei Caldoi Caldoi woed, or Chicago, is coming te Ohie with facts te preve that the Prohibition- cam--palgn committee sold out fe the Demo cratic campaign committee. He will inake 12 speeches in Ohie, and in each speech name all the men connected with the affair and challenge thelr denial In face of the docu ments he will bring. Instantly Killed In Philadelphia. Pnii.ADi:r.rniA, August lt Geergo Kin soy, aged 20 years, a brnkeman en tlie Phila delphia X Reading railroad, was struck and knocked down whlle coupling cars at Bread and Callawhlll streets, this morning. The forward whoels of a car passed evor his body, nnd he was instantly killed. The unfortu nate man resided at Bridgeport, this state Albert lt. Derrick's Funeral. New Yenic, Aug. 14. The funeral In Brooklyn of Albert R. Uerrlck, who was murdered en Monday lest by his stepson, Thes. Armstrong, was largely nttonded this p. m. The servlces nt the grave wero Ma sonic, perfermed by the Ploneor ledgo, of which the doceasod was a member. Supreme Council Temple or Hener. Banoeii, Me, Aug.lt The closing soasleu or the suprome council Temple of Hener was held yesterday afternoon. In the evenlng a public meeting was held, at which eloquent Bpoeches wero made by the Rev, C. S. Wood ruff, or Nyack, N. Y., and the Rev. A, H. Sembar, or Pennsylvania Committed Suicide nt 81. Nr.w Yeuic, Aug. 14. Carrie Lenscliman, a aerman woman, 81 years or age, commit ted sulclde early this morning, by hanging horseU at her rosldenco Ne. 310 Kast 72d street. A Slurderer Hanged. CATI.UTTS11UUO, Ky., Aug. 14. Henry Frezo, colerod, wlie murdered Chester Honnker, In a low dlve hore May 2d, was hanged at 12:27 o'clock this afternoon. His neck was broken. He Is New Hest of n Tauuviua Hetel. .Teseph P. Knight, who was proprietor of the City hotel, this city, and later eftha Mansion house Reading, has taken the well known Beard hotel in Tamaqtin. Mlcbael Heard, the retiring keeper, wal (n thQ business for 45 years. 1' fTtW m -,$ .m ,-JfeS ' -w&'aim iv.t; mLW, V-1 M a i jJi s til -t-L$st j
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