Site Crutw Sniwrnt BELLEFONTE, PA. The Largest, Cheapest and Best Paper : PUBLISHED IN CENTRE COUNTY. TIIE CENTRE DEMOCRAT is pub- Kabetl every Tltur.U> morning, at Uwllefbuta, C'eutr# county, Pn. '1 IKMd—rti hi %lvMir< Si bO It not |*il In iiitvuncc ~ OO Payment* tna.ii* within Ihrtm month* wilt !• con •tHcrc I in advance. A LI VK I*A PIC It—devoted to the interests of the whole people. No paper will le dlkoontinoed until arrearages are paid, except at option of publishers, Papers going ont of the county uiust be paid for In advance. Any person proouriinr tt ton cash subscripts will le sent a copy free of charge. Our extensive circulation iiuifce* this psper an nn- ' usually reliable and profitable medium loranvertislng j We have the most ample facilities for .JOB WOltK and are prepared to print all kinds ot Hook*, Tracts, ■ Programmes, Posters, Com menial printing, Ac., in tho lineal style and at the lowest possible rates. II ITU Of M' \ EBTIBIKQ Time. 1 1 In. | 2 iu. | a in. | 4 In. j A In. j lnln.| I*o In. 1 Week, 111 00 2 ixvjn no! 4 oo'ts (MI Js Q0,f12 'HI 2 wi>ki, I i an ;s on| 4 mi ! a uo| n nojn no mon a Wwk>, | 2 no a fin 6 on| o ooi 7 oo i:t no is no 1 M<..itl>,- a6O 4 nn| il no! 7 is-! sno is IM| -in cm -J Month*,l 4 00 ocm 8 cm In mi 12 on Jcl IMI -JS no a Month*, 6CM sno 1-i in, |:t on IS 00;26 am :t;> CM 0 M..uth, H 00 12 'Hill* On 20 esc *•> CM a". osition to the 2lst rule, which permits a rider on an appropriation bill. It is not at all likely that resignation will ensue, as everybody wants the old vet eran to remain, nnd all are united in the proper coaxing and soothing syrup applications u|K>n him, with every pros pect of success. It would lie a misfor tune to lose him at this juncture, and we doubt whether there is a Republi can in Congress but what would deeply regret his exodus. Though not a par liamentarian in that fighting oense which puta Speaker Randall where he is, and makes Mr. Conger leader of tho Republicans, yet he has a perception of parliamentary law which gives him great strength as a counsellor. When, in the 45th Congress, the Republicans prevented the introduction of hills, it was Mr. Stephens who suggested the successful flank movement of the pe tition box, through which all hills could lie brought before the House. He is undoubtedly a man of power and of great use, hence his resignation is to be deplored. On the surface, President making here seems to have no particular excite ment in it. But tiic under current sets strongly, indeed, and each candidate is exerting all his strength to *ecure favor able influences for himself. No matter into what company one goes, the topic of conversation will inevitably drift into that of the next Presidency, Washing ton is peculiarly a city of politicians, nnd it is as natural for a Washington ian, whether a congressional sojourner or citizen, to discuss White House mat ters as for a fast horse man to "talk horse." It is naturally the uppermost iMibject of thought here, hence it is irrepressible. Mr. Blaine has resumed his card receptions, and weekly gathers in his parlors hundreds of politicians | of both Boxes and parties—color alone | excepted. Ho is an astute politician, ! and it is a shrewd move (or him to inih ! trie with those of his class in leveens just i in advance of the coming struggle at I Chicago, lie is in fighting condition I this voar, as he is not handicapped, as in 1876, with personal attacks, and we do not doubt will bo heard from at Chi cago next .luno, as ho was at Cincinnati in 1876. None of the other candidates are deviating from their usual outward | course, though their friends are hard at work pulling wires. The anamolous political position of Virginia is u source of concern here, ns j no politician can now predict, from i what has occurred there, how the .State I may cast its electoral vote this fall. The warfare between the adjuster and re ad juster elements is so bitter and acrimo nious, and withal o extensive, lor it 1 brings under its influence all the voters | of the State, that no party whip can lie I applied to force dissentients into the ! traces on election day, unless some un known healing appliance can he invent ed. The hue and cry against the re adjusters and his so-called repudiation has sufficient groundlessness in it to warrant a beliet that he will be safe in I an appeal to the people, and we hazard the prediction that next November will show him to have increased rather than weakened his strength should the elec tion turn to the financial concerns of that unfortunate State. FELIX. The Case of John Fifz Porter. Sjmm'U) Dl*jiatc)i to the Tim"#. WASHINGTON, March 11. The Fitz John Porter case goes over foi a while in order that the fortifica- ; tions appropriation bill may lie consid- j ered. It was not the intention either j of Senator Davis, of West Virginia, who made the motion for the postpone- I menl, nor of Senator Randolph, who j consented, that the debate should stop J •or that the bill should go over indefi- : nitely ; still this may be really there | suit of to-day's action, and it may not , be again possible to resume considera- j tion of the subject at this session. There are enough .Senators on the Democrat- I ic side who have the courage of their ) convictions and will vote to do justice j to General Porter, as they think they J have a right to do. Careful inquiry shows that onfy one Democrat—Senator (Jockrell, of Missouri—was so convinc ed of the lack of power on the part of Congress to pass such a bill as that j which has been pending by Senator Carpenter's argument that he will vote ' with the Republicans. If any others thought as he did last Saturday they have apparently bad their objections satisfied by the excellent arguments of Senators bayard, McDonnell and Jones. ! What will deter the Democratic Sena tors from consenting to again taking up the bill this session is the determi . nation ot the Republican* to make a partisan question of the discussion and to attempt to use the Democratic action for campaign purposes. As a matter of ; fact, the Southern Democrats feel that they are put in a very delicate position. They are convinced that General Porter has suffered great injustice, but see very clearly that their votes to relieve him would only lead to inflammable j speeches by Republicans, and all this sort of thing they are very desirous of , giving no excuse for. They have taken General Gordon's advice and stoutly ] maintained the policy ol silence on all i sectional questions, and they are really | anxious to avoid being made an issue iof in the coming campaign. Since i Senator lioars's return lie has heard of the Republican caucus and its determi nation, and has apparently changed his views about voting for the bill. Trjlng to Help Porter. ! BIC-Ol X SENATORS SHOOTING SQL I IIS OVER JUL CASE. WASHINGTON, March ll.—When the I Fitz .John Porter case came up in the ! Senate to-day Mr. Allison wanted the j bill informally laid aside. Mr. Blaine j asked in what position that would leave i the bill and the presiding officer said I that it would have no place, but would he subject to be called iy>. Mr. Davis j hoped the floor would be given to ap ; proprinlien bills after the s)>cech of the | Senator from Florida. Mr. Burnside said he desired to have an opportunity to speak on the Porter , bill. Mr. Logan said be would object to | the Porter bill being set aside. Mr. Allison said his intention was merely to ask that the Porter bill be in formally laid aside. Mr. Blaine. That takes unanimous consent. Mr. Conkling. And the Senator from ! Illinois gives notice that he will object. Mr. Thurman. If tlie debate on this Fitz John Porter bill is to extend for a month, as it threatens to do, I shall feel it my duty at a much earlier period than a month from now to antagonize it with the Geneva Award bill. Mr. Thurtnan further said that the bill can not be allowed to take precedence over I more important business. Mr. Jones, iof Florida, then proceeded to support I the bill. At the conclusion ot bis speech Mr. Logan moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. Mr. Davis to lay the bill on the table. President pro tem pore Edmunds ruled that this motion superseded that %f Mr. Logan. The motion was agreed to by a viva voce vote, and the Gill was laid on the table subject to be called up by a majority vote. IN the spring of 1872, when Grant was a candidate for re-election, the Hon. Stnnley Matthews positively and truth fully remarked that "in every depart ment of the Government the slow poi son of corruplion, only not sufficiently slow, seems to have pervaded the whole civil and political administration of the country from the head to the foot." Grant was re-elected, because the oppo sition to Grantisra could not be united. The second term was as much more corrupt than the first as that was worse than decency. Rut, in the face of those facts, Matthews is now howling for a third term. His only reason for hoping that a third term might be bet ter than either of the others, is that Grant has traveled around the globe J Mr. Matthews should rest from politics long enough to write a text book of log ic for colleges. l'nrnell'H SucicmhTul M Union. Front tlio P!tJlAhtft Times of Friday. Mr. Parnell sailed for Europe yester day. In spite of nil that may be Maid to tlio contrary, his visit to this country has been succesful far beyond what might have been anticipated. That he tins made mistakes and in making them made enemies will not be disputed, but these are forgotten in the general re cognition of the integrity of Ins purpose, the chivalry of his mission and the har vest of beniflceuce that has been reaped under his inspiration and direction, lie is to be credited unreservedly, we repeat, with a faithful execution of a heaven born purpose. I n some remarks to a committee on the day before his departure lie briefly and modestly gave some ol the details of his work. Mur ing the shoit time he was here he trav eled ten thousand miles, visited sixty two cities and allowed no flay or r.iglit j to pass without pleading the cause ol I his suffering country, lint lor his com ing and his frequent explicit, but unpre- J tending explanations of the situation, ; the American people would he ignorant j even yet of the extent of the calamity | under which Ireland is groaning. He I awakened depths of feeling, touched chords of sympathy and uncovered springs of charity which have surprised ourselves as much as they have surpris ed him. Nearly all of the organized agencies for the collection ol Irish relief funds in this country are directly or in directly tlue to his work. The data for an authentic statement of the net result financially are not available, but his own collections foe immediate relief from (amine amount to $200,000, of which about $120(100 have already reached 11 eland, beside, he has raised nearly $25,000 which was contributed expressly for political purposes. Apart from these contributions there are funds under various auspices, the crea tion of which is attributable in greater or less degree to his labors, ami in these we may fairly include the grealeat fund of all, that collected by the New York llerahl , with the magnificent contribu lion ol James Gordon Bennett as its corner-stone In round numbers it is safe to say that six hundred thousand dollars have gone to Ireland as a result of Parnell's coming to America, and the amount will a million dollars be- | lore the good work stops. Such a result , shows what can be accomplished in a j little while by an enthusiast in the cause of humanity. If Mr. l'arnell is an agitator he is an agitator in a good j cause, and the mere political agitators should bo shamed into better things by j bis example. A Terrible Accident. Ixmaxafoi.is, March 11.—The flax mill of Lehman, Rosenthal Si Co., at ! Frankfort, Ind., exploded this morning about 7 o'clock. Ten persons were kilf ' ed, among them Patrick Leahy, the j foreman, and Thomas Claxton, the en gineer. At the time of the explosion all the employes, ten ui number, were gathered in the boiler room, apparently tor the pur|>ose of wanning themselves preparatory to going to work at 7 o'clock. The explosion completely de molished the building, shaking the neighboring town and hurling pieces to a distance of three hundred yards. Not one of the ten men escaped. When help arrived Engineer Claxton was the only one alive. He never spoke, and died in a few minutes. Only two men were buried in the de bris, the rest being blown through the walls and horribly mutilated. The body of one man was found five hun dred feet from the boiler room, which stood in the centre of a two acre space. The head of & man named Webb was : blown entirely otf. and others were torn ito pieces. In the alienee of any sur vivors the cause of the explosion re : mains a mystery. The gauge of the boilers was fixed for one hundred pounds, but it has been customary only to carry sixty. Engineer Claxton only I had the position two days. One report says his predecessor left because the boiler was unsafe and another because an advance in wages had been refused. The mill took fire and was burned to the ground. The estimated loss is $lO,- j (XX), with possibly $3,000 insurance. The list of killed is as follows: Patrick I.eaghy, foreman ; Thomas Claxton, en- I ginecr ; Joseph Miller, who leaves a fam ily ; Eli iielmich, Scott Williams and Patrick Shields, leaves a wife and three children ; John lloushied and Joseph Eihanberry. leave three children, Mon ! roe Webb, (hia first day in the mill); John Rogers, bis teamster, leaves a wife and large family. The Fatted Call. j From lh llnit>arg Patriot. In the groat moral drama to be en gaged by the Republican party in Chu-ago next June, the dramatuprrtontr will be represented as follows : Fother Mr J. I). Otmtmn. Ftodiul P"n .Mr. I'. 8 Qnuit, Th Hooeltol4 lo Ui* (Vtnreotton. y*tt4 Calf. Y Mr. 0. Mftlito, The grand climax in this unusually fine programme will be the killing ol the fatted calf. Tub measure of Irish distress can perhaps better be gathered from the official statistics of the shortness of crops than from any other source. In 1870 crops were higher in price per bushel than in any of several previous years, owiffg to a general aearcily, and vet the total value of the Irish crops last year is estimated at only £22,743,- 006, against £52,758,144 in 1878, a de cline in value of $50,000,000, represent ing a still greater decline in gross bulk of products. The crop of 1879 was the smallest ever made since a great many years, the average annual value of crops from ISM to 1879, inclusive, being £30,514,662, so that the crop of 1879 was only 74 per cent, of the average for fourteen years, reduced as that average is by the bad years of 1806, 1872 and 1879. Ira negro cannot be legally convicted of crime by a jury not composed in part of negroes, can a sausage-maker he legally convicted unless there are sau sage-makers on the jury? The same question applies to the owners of jack assea, trapese performers, Congressmen, clergvmen, and cross eyed men. Under the late decisions of the Court these questions are all pertinent. GENERAL NEWS. The New York Herald Irish relief fund has reached $288,888. Mr. Charles S. l'arnell sailed for Eng land last Thursday afternoon. Sunday is u day which a large number of people of Johnstown devote to drunk enness. Grant leaves the City of Mexico to-day | for (lalvealon, and will go thence to San Antonio and Leadville. Horace Binney, formerly of Bdston and i'hiladelphia, died suddenly at Newport, R. 1„ on Wednesday night of lust week. Tammany will send 300 delegates to Cincinnati upon the occasion of the meeting of the Democratic National Convention. The Wisconsin Democratic Conven tion to select delegates to the Cincinna ti Convention, will meet at Madison, on the 12(h of May. The town council of f'liambersburg enumerates geese among the "animals" not allowed to run at large in the streets of that ancient borough. Another man having been found under the bed, the Buffalo Courier calla out to the young ladies of its city with great violence, "J,ook before you sleep.'' The subject of public buildings in LaokuwHima county is becoming one of trial and tribulation, which all comes from the desire to organi/.e new coun ties. Hon. John B. Hawloy has resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in order to prosecute his j canvass for the nomination for Gover nor of Illinois. A disease known as black measles is prevailing to un alarming extent in several of the counties near Peters burg, Virginia. During the past few days a number of sudden deaths have resulted from it. Mayor Ksllorh is to he impeached (or using riotous and incendiary lan guage. He has lost a great op[>ortuni ty. The trial will soon take place. Kearney will also be tried for using vul gar language and threats to kill. On Friday when Judge Shope, at Lewistown. 111., sentenced Frank Bar rett to seven and a half years in jail for burglary, thelatler hurled and inkstand at the Judge, hitting him on the shoulder and severly bruising it. He was secured and ironed. A freight train on the Sciota Valley Railroad struck a horse at Hoptown last Sunday morning and the engine with nine cars was thrown from the traek. The fireman was horribly man gled and cannot survive, anil Lawrence W. Berry was instantly killed. A conflagration, resulting in the burning to death of Mrs. David Grilling, a widow lady of considerable wealth and social distinction in Central New York, occurred in Norwich. N. Y-,Satur day morning. The fire broke out in Mrs. (trifling's handsome homestead. A story comes from ifowell county, Mo., of Itie strangulation of two girls by their uncle, in order to steal some mon ey which the father had recieved as a pension and divided between them, and the discovery of the deed by a lodger in the house, who shot the mur derer. The National Assembly Rooms at New York on Saturday, would not ac commodate the throng in attendance upon the rna.<-s meeting of pianomakers who were interested in the great lock out ordered by the New York Manufac turer's Association for Monday. There were 4,000 present. The crematory at Washington, Ta., promises to become a profitable invest ment. The manager saya he has appli cations from a hundred persons in va rious |>arts of the country who express a desire to be incinerated there after death. The charge is thirty five dol lars. No discount on children. John MeDermott sentenced to the | Sing Sing Prison, New York, for life in 1873, and who was known as "Praying John," from his devout and religious . demeanor, attempted suicide on Satur I day by thrusting hia head into the fur nace of the mesa room. He sustained such injuries as will probably result in | death. Miss Florence Say mark, of Elizabeth ! City, N. C., had arranged to elope with Jonathan Ivy, a young lawyer. Her ; father got wind of the affair one night and went to Ivy's office and shot him in ! the shoulder. A servant informed Miaa Sevmark of the affair, and she fled from her room in her night clothes and join ed her lover, and in this garb was m*r ! ried before her father discovered her I absence. A break has occurred in the levee near the New Orleans' barracks. It ia being closed and the levee strengthen ed. The river is very high, causing ap prehension that the leveea will not withstand the strain cn them. A ore? ise thirty feet wide is reported on a levee on Bayou La Fourcbe, five milea below Lock port. The State engineer will send men and material to morrow to close it. The Chicago Time* publishes a com prehensive report from eleven States in the Northwest concerning the winter wheat crop, of which the following is its analysis: Taken altogether, the es timate ia a safe one that the increased yield in the eleven States will he about 60 per cent. It ia, however, to be taken into consideration that much depends upon the weather for the next three weeks. In nearly every locality the snow ia deplored, but should no severe changes occur, the winter wheat crop will be a bounteous one. Charles Cathcart Taylor, city editor of the Philadelphia Time*, died front the effects of a pistol shot discharged in mental aberration by his own hand. Taylor has been in ill health for two months, and his physical disorder was supplemented and aggravated by ac cumulation of buainesa troubles, which brought on a mental disturbance in volving depression of spirits; Sunday morning he awoke and, though very weak, proposed to pcoontpany his wile to church. She persuaded him that he ought to sleep longer, and went down •lairs to prepare some beef tea in the hope that it would strengthen him. While site was gone he fired the fatal gbot. i Tho Democratic Standing flommittee of Lycoming county adopted a motion on .Saturday favoring the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden. Thi* wa* in ac cordance with a resolution adopted at the luat County Convention. An old woman suptiosed to be very poor, living near Middlesex, Butler county, WHS taken dangerously sick a few days ago and neighbors, who went to the oid woman'* aid, made a search of the premise*. They found at least SI,OOO hidden in different places. A prosperous German farmer in Kan sas wroto to a friend in Pittsburg that he wanted a wife. The Pillshurger in terested himself, and sent on the picture of a comely German girl. The Kansas man expressed hi* satisfaction, and en closed the money to send her out with. The l'ittshurger heard from Kansas again last week in the shape of a deed to a piece of land as a slight reward, as the Kansas man said, "for having procured him tho host wife in the world. The Shenandoah Her all says: As Mr- Gowen has expresyd the opinion that tho trade would warrant the' payment of basis wages by April 1, and its all things are moving smoothly, it is likely that thi* will be the last month, for this year at least, that the men will he paid as small wages as they are now get ting. The wages paid for February, 187H, according to the minimum rate of tolls Arrangement, was 20 per cent, off the basis ; this year it will he 4 per cent, off—an improvement of 16 per cent. The movement to establish a home for all destitute soldiers and sailors not eligible for admission to the National Home for Disabled Soldiers took defi nite shape to day by the introduction of a bill tiy Representative Gamer pro viding for the establishment of such an institution at Krie, Pa., whenever the Legislature of Pennsylvania shall cede to the Government for that pur pose the Marine Hospital buildings and grounds at that place. The property i* worth SIIO,OOO, and includes the spot where Anthony Wayne died and was buried. The House Commerce Committee shows no disfiosition to undertake the investigation of the Standard Oil Com pany, prayed for by General Butler in his argument before that body the other day. jl'he members hold that, in the first place, they have no jurisdiction, and that in the second place, it is not a proper subject for Congressional inter fereoce, siuce person* aggrieved have their remedy in the State Courts and Legislature. Mr. Townsend, of Ohio, a member of the committee, who repre sents the Cleveland district, where the headquarters of the Staudard Oil Com pany are located, says that from eonver sation with the members of the com mittee he is satisfied the investigation will be refused. Professor William Theodore Roepper died at his residence in Bethlehem, I'a., on Wednesday night of last wceK, in the 71st year of hi* age. He was a dis tinguished chemist and mineralogist, well known in scientific circle* of I*hil adelphia, as also at Yale and Harvard. He was the discoverer of the famous deposits of zinc near Bethlehem and of several new mineral*. His knowledge a( the zinc ore* of Penny si van ia and New Jersey was thorough, and he wa* often called as an expert. The deeea* ed was German by birth, but has lived in Bethlehem since 1.H40, chiefly in the financial the Moravian Church. For a time he held a professorship in University. The funeral ser vice# were held at the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The following post office change* have beqg. made during the week end ing March 13 in Pennsylvania: Post Oflic4* Kstablished—Alius, Bradford county, Jerusba B. Kdsall, postmistress ; I'eely, Luzerne county, George A.Pehle, iiostmaster; Postmaster* Appointed William 11. liurlburt, Cowanesque Val ley. Tioga county, ; James Flack. Dans borough. Bucks county: B. H. Moore, Felton. York county ; Frank A. Schultz, Gerrvville, Bucks county ; Francis M. Purdy, Hemlock Hollow, Wayne coun ty ; Spencer J. Worthington. Median icaville. Buck* countv; Catherine K. I*ean. New Hope, Buck* county ; Jacob 11. Mace, Penn, Lancaster county ; Jno. H. Miller, Redman Mill*, Allegheny county ; George 11. Smith, Smithville, Lancaster county ; John Hertz, .Spring vale, York county ; Alexander M. Hab ley, Thomasvitle, York eounty ; Jason D. Tsylor, Thornbory, Chester county. The attempt on Saturday to awuur •inate Mayor Baxter, of 'Louisville, Kentucky, was due entirely to a sup i poaed injustice done a worthless char j acter who had been given employment for political purpose. Samuel Redd, the assailant, wa* an attache to the Street Cleaning Department, His free drinking caused hi* discharge a few Hay* ago. To-day be went to the City Hall, asked for Mayor Baxter, found him absent, and proceeded toward his residence. He encountered the Mayor on Third avenue, near hi* home, and before Baxter could undertand that an as*nult was intended Rsn had induced Miss Price to become surely for him in the sum of $20,000 as a bookkeeper in the bank, from which position he was subsequently promoted to assistant cashier, no notice of which change, however, was nude to hia sure ty. After the lapse of some veers Keen commenced peculating the funds of the bank, and kept U up until he cot possession of about $120,000. When ft was discovered judgment was enter ed on the bond and execution issued. Miss Trice asked that the judgment be opened, and that she be allowed to prove before a jury that the changes fn the position and responsibilities of Keen without her oonsent or knowledge was such as to free her from any liabili ty. In the opinion filed this privilege was granted to her. Aii Important Ulieorny by u North Carolina ex •Senator. Vrum tit* Ilnltirnon* 0z(l. Fx Senator Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina, an aged statesman whoso public experience goes back to the day* of Webster and Clay, ia now coming to the front aa an important factor in the experiment* for an electric light. It seern* that Mr. Clingman own* large property in the neighbor hood of Aahevihe, in hia State, which ha* alwaya been famous for rich and rare mineral deposits. Among other thing* of value, he discovered there some yeara back the mineral known a* corundum, which i uaod in the art* by dentist*, as it i* harder than emery and better adapted to their purpose*. The corundum wheel i* a well-known in strument among thi* fraternity. The mineral in a cryalalized state has the appearance of the ruby, and one of these crystals from Mr. Clingsman's farm had the almo*t incredible weight of 316 pound*. It is now in the cabi net of Arnhemt college. While pros pecting in hi* scientific way the ex Sen ator discovered another mineral which ho took to be of value. On Investiga tion it proved to ie zircon, an opaque mineral, of grayish hue and with double pyramidal crystal*. Learning something of it* great hardness and illuminating properties, he went ahead with hi* ex periments, and to day he ap[*ared Vie fore the commissioner of patent* in be half of a patent for what he terms zir conn, which is nothing but oxidized zircon, ilia application hud been pre viously filed. The Senator claims to have discovered the philosopher stone which is to solve the problem now puz zling the ingenious brain of Ediz-on. I'he Menlo I'ark inventor has up to this time been totally unable to dis cover a substance that w ill produce un interrupted light for any great length of time. Mr. Clingman ha* subjected this zircon to the action of a blowpipe for two weeks and at the end of that time found no preceptihle diminuti n in the size of the crystal. Indeed, it seemed literally indestructible. Ho contends that the properties claimed for it and shown to exist under exper iment will supply the article needed in the manufacture of electric light. .Should this prove true, he ha* already found enough of the mineral on his land to supply the world with light. The patent will undoubtedly be issued, and it will then devolve on the commu nity to await terults. ■ Denis Kearney Convicted. TIIE HA HUE OF ISIXO Til* EATEN ISO I iv- OCSOE A- NEI— HIS SEW UZI AKH EE. P(mvmu to tli* WorWL .Sax FRANCISCO, Cel., March 1— In the police Court today Judge Jiix delivered a lengthy decision in the rae of I>enis Kearney on a charge of u-.i.g vulgar and threatening language agaiu-t Hpreckles. He held the defendant guilty on the ground that hi* language was calculate*! to provoke a breach of the peace. On the second charge, threatening fa kill any person who should plot agsintt hia lite, tne Court held that it couhl let be considered a crime, a* the circum stance* in which the killing wob!d be justified were tectled a* qualifying the threat. The sentence is reserved till tomorrow. There was a Urge attendance at the Sand Lot* yesterday, including ni*ny of the respectable classes, drawn thither by curiosity. Kearney took an ent.rely new departure. He invited the leaders to the Citizens' Protective Union to meet the leader* of the Working Men on the Sand Ixris for *n exchange of views, promising them a respectful hearing. He also informed his lollonets that the object* of the Citizen*' Union had been misapprehended ; that some unscrupulous men had taken advsn tage ol the movement to create the impression that violent measures against the Working-Men were intended, where** nothing ol the kind wa* meant. Hi* audienoe received his novel speech undemonsiratively. At the Melropoli tan Temple this evening Kslloch Kdnpted Kearney'* cue and spoke to * similar fttect. it i* evident that the Citizens' Union is making its influence felt. A harmonious and satisfactory con ference was held at the Mayor's office this afternoon between Mayor Kalloch. representing the working men, and a numler of prominent Citizens, bankers, merchants, Ac., on the part of the Citi zens' Protective Union. The whole sit uation and the events of the last few weeks were reviewed and discussed, sn l it msy be stated there U reason to be lieve that within two or three day* arrangement* will be consummated in suring a harmonious settlement of the questions which have so long vexed this commuoitywtnd a restoration of business confidence and prosperity. Philadelphia Market*. DBHASSBMI*, Marrh It, ISSfI. The Soar msrkM I* t**rij*, nd price*, to ■ rouwd entile extent, are nonuml. Sale* ol 7UH lot rein, in lots, Inrlodlng Mlnn*t* extra*, low s*lout* extra fiaiilt *t : western 4a. do. *1 R "Aw 7 UJ, an* pnteot an.l <>*•• hi*h grade* at #7 IVat. Th* wl,e*t market a *frv*nger, tint th* Aemnn-I >• mh... 14 Cora, shotted — Olt* .7.1-1 I, | , , 4< flour, r*t*t). |f*r b*rnl. I M Floar, wboleawle. 7 HAT AND STRAW. Hay, rhotre timothy, per ton ——...1 1* W Hay. mixed,per toe - I <*' lam* rye strew, handled, per loe * *" Short atrew, pot >se A M$M M Frovliloa Market. Currartod weekly by Harper Rrothsra. Apple*, dried, per ponad..—•. * Oharrie*. dried, per poaad, seeded•• Resn* per quart J fraeh better per poaad ...... Chfrkea* per poind .. * Cheat* per ponied * Country bom* par poaad...-. J* H>ls Wl|ir mil ttuwmmi 111 m Lard * Eg** per itus— ™ flftfillXH PUR L>t)sltf| „ . UINIIU.IIIIMI T" Dried - 15