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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
From our rrgulsr Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, I>. C., NOV. 23, 1880.
The Secretary of the War is ahead of
all other members of the cabinet with
his annual report. This report has
already been made public. It gives
a general review of the various subor
dinate reports, calls attention to their
several recommendations and details at
some length the operations of the de
partment. It treats fully of the ex
penditures of the past year and gives
the usual estimates for appropriations
for the coming year. Contrary to ex.
pectation the secretary does not take
sides against Gen. Scofield in the mat
tw of the colored cadet, Whittaker, as
radical politicians and sentimentalists
have so confidently predicted he would.
He treats the case with as few words as
possible, merely saying that lie has "re- j
frained from commenting upon the un- \
fortunate agitation which flowed from
an alleged assault upon a colored cadet
at the academy in April last for the
reason that in some of its legal aspects
the subject is still under considtratioD:"
KELLOGG AGAIN IN DANGER.
It has been for some time understood I
that Gov. Wiltz, of Louisiana, would |
make an appoiutment of a claimant for .
Kellogg's seat in the Senate in place of
Mr. Spofford who died some time ago. j
The appointment has now bpen made,
but no particular significance is attach- |
ed to the fact in political circles here, j
It certainly will he a temptation to the !
Senate democrats to seize Kellogg's j
sent, in view of the undoubted close
complexion of that body after March
next. But no one believes that the
temptation will be sufficient to induce '
the prominent Senators who have de
clared Mr. Kellogg could not he law
fully disturbed to "go back" on their j
deliberately expressed opinions.
UNN EC ESS AR V S '.'GO EST IONS.
In South Carolina and in several of
the other Southern States suggestions 1
have been made that the Presidential
electors should vote for Garfield, and in j
one or two instances it has been suggest- j
ed that they should vote for Grant. The j
idea which lies at the bottom of such i
suggestions is that it will he accepted as
a tender on the part of the Soutn of its ]
desire that sectionalism and sectional .
solidity shall he done away with. The
idea may he good enough in the ah- ■
stract, but it is not likely to he carried
into execution, and if it could he, it
would fail in its purpose. The electors
are nominated and chosen with the un
derstanding that they are to vote for a
particular person, and so strong and
binding is the obligation considered
that, as is well known, several electors
in 1872 insisted on voting for Horace
Greeley, although he was dead.
SILVER COINAGE.
It has been stated in several quarters
that the Secretary of the Treasury will
recommend the repeal of the require
ment that $2,000,000 of silver shall fie
coined monthly. Mr. Sherman may do
this, or in lieu fie may recommend that
the number of grains in the silver dol
lar be increased so as to make it equal
in intrinsic value to the gold dollar. If
any attempt is made during the coming
session to interfere wita the silver coin
age, Director Burchard will object, being
confident that we can go on coining
svithout inconvenience at the same rate
as at the present time until we have
reached the same amount that France
has, or $360,000,000.
THE MINT BL'REAC.
A report has gained circulation fo the
effect that treasury officials would give
countenance to a hill for abolishing the
mint bureau and giving management of
the coinage to the treasury, and sta
tistical matters to the bureau of statis
tics. At the office of the Secretary of
the Treasury it is denied that they favor
any such scheme. The present organ
ization of the mint bureau works admi
rably, and there is no desire for change,
tin the other hand there is grave objec
tion to placing coinage in tbe hands of
the treasurer. The secretary would not
consent to any plan that allowed the
treasurer tocoin the money of which he
is the keeper. In this way no check
would be kept upon the treasurer, and
the whole scheme is pronounced im
practicable.
TilE CENSUS RETURNS.
At the census office work is now
mainly directed to tbe preparation of a
statement of the aggregate population
of the country for insertion in Mr.
HayeH' message. About 24,000 enumer
ators' districts, or three-fourths of the
entire number, are now completed, and
the population, so far as is contained in
them, can he given accurately.
The means are at hand for an intelli
gent estimate of that of the remaining
districts which cannot ho lully detei
mined; so that the limil estimate will
not vary substantially from the oilioial
returns when ascertained.
INDIAN LEGISLATION THIS SESSION.
Congress will probably do nothing
ahout the measures recommended by
the acting commissioner of Indian af
fairs in his report, which was given to
the representatives of the press last
night. There have been one hundred
and nine Indian hills introduced during
the two sessions of the present Con
gross. Outside of the appropriation hill
and the I'te bill not more than two
have passed. Ami in thirty or forty
working days ot the approaching ses
sion, days not spent in recess, Sundays,
holidays and in routine work on appro
priation hills, it is practically certain
that no Indian legislation of conse
quence will he accomplished.
A RF.CF.NT DEATIF.
Intelligence tins reached hereof the
recent death in Kgyptof Madame Van
Deti Nest, whose romantic career has
given scandal mongers more food than
that of any other lady who was ever
conspicuous iu Washington society.
Her maiden name was Kva Taylor, and
she was a daughter of Col. Joseph 11.
Taylor and a niece of l'resident /aiclia
rv Taylor. Her lirst husband, Colonel j
Kingsbury, who was killed at the battle |
ot Antietatn, left his fortune to their
child born alter his death. Her second ]
husband was Gen. Galitin Lawrence, a
son of Hon. Win. Leach Lawrence, of
Newport. Mr-. Lawrence's elopement
with Mr. Van Den Nest.ot the Belgium J
Legation at Washington, is ot coinpa a
tively recent date. General Lawrence'
followed his wife to Ku-ope, where he j
challenged and fought her paramour. •.
No blood was shed as Van Den Nest i
fired in the air. The diplomat was dis- I
missed by his government on account !
of tins affair, hut after Gen. Lawrence
had been divorced he married the lady,
and subsequently to that was given a
small diplomatic position in Kgypt,
where he and his wi'e were living until
liei death, after a shoit illness, a few
weeks ago. Mrs. Van Den Nest was a
blonde of much beauty ami a spoiled I
butterfly of fashion. She leaves a see |
ond child, which hud been legitimatized !
by her marriage with M. Van Den j
Nest. KEI.IX.
GENERAL NEWS.
There are now thirty-two inmates j
missing from the insane asylum which j
was burned at St. Peter, Minn., and it j
is believed this number have perished.
Cadet Midshipman K lmund L. Kief i
or, of the third class of the Naval Acad- i
emy, a native ot Altoona, Pa., died at ;
I Annapolis on Thursday last, ot pe iton- ;
| His.
A number of citizens of Oakland, ■
jCal., have now identified Mr. Morrell, j
who recently died in Philadelphia, as a
i former resident of that city tor a while, i
hut he was n reticent, eccentric man,
making hut few acquaintances, but of
reputed wealth.
Mrs. Levi Hulzapple put a cartridge .
| of giant powder in a stove at her home, [
i near New Vernon, N. Y., in order to
j warm it for her husband, who w is blast
| ing in the vicinity. The cartridge ex-
I phxled and the woman was dangerously
| hurt.
In the National Grange of the Pa
trons of Husbandry at Washington, D.
! (J., on Saturday, the masters of State
granges reported that in many instances
i the study of elementary principles of
agriculture had been made a feature in :
Ihe public schools with evident bene- |
| licial results.
A rumor is current that Gen. W. W.
'Grout, member of Congress elect front
j ilie 3d district of Vermont, is ineligible,
he having been born in Canada and
| never naturalized. Gen. Grout says Ins
j parents were natives of Vermont, and
' about six weeks prior to his birth ntov
| ed Into Canada, where he was horn and
i where lie lived for about ten years.
They then came back to the States.
The St. Louis Hefinery and Smelting
J Works, at Cheltenham, five miles from
| the centre of the city, were burned on
{last Friday. Loss. $125.(100; insured
: $35,000. The fire was caused by bur.st
-5 ing of the smelting furnaces containing
twenty-five tons of molten lead. John
Williams, the night engineer, while at
' tempting to save his clothing, was over
| taken by the flames and burned to a
crisp. 'The accident throws 150 men
out of employment.
The old apprenticeship system has
been revived by a manufacturer at
Springfield, Mass. The hoys hind them
selves for six years and are to receive
from five cents an hour at the beginning
to twelve at the end. In addition, two
cents an hour will be placed to their
credit and paid on their discharge, thus
providing for each about S4OO for a start
on his own account. The employer
stipulates for fifty-eight hours of work a
week and nine of study.
James L. Pugh, Alabama's new Sena
tor. was born in Burke county, Ga., in
1820. He received an academical edu
cation and was admitted to the bar in
Alabama. He was elected to the
XXXVIth Congress as a Democrat,
serving from December ft, 1859, to Jan
uary 21, 1861, when he retired from the
House, his State having seceded from
the Union. He was a member of the
House in the Ist and 2d Confederate
Congresses, serving from February 22,
1862, until the surrender.
Despite the disturbed condition of
Ireland, which gives Qneen Victoria so
much trouble, the Empress of Austria,
relying with reason on her personal
popularity there, proposes once more,
as she has already done for two years
in succession, to take her establishment
and stud to Ireland and enjoy a winter's
hunting. As Queen Victoria has nrtl
been over civil to the Kmpress, it may
even graiify Her Imperial Majesty's
feminine instincts to show herself more
at home there than th| Queen.
Dculli of Governor Janies D. William-,
of Indiana.
INHIANAI'OI.IS, Ind., November 21.
Governor Williams who has been very
ill for several days died yesterday.
Governor James l>. Williams, of Indi
ana, was the man known to the coun
try as "Blue Jeans" Williams. His
real character and ability were little un
derstood outside tbe State where lie
lived and obtained honors. He was
really one of tbe most remarkable char
acters of bis time. Born in Ohio sev
enty two years ago, be went to Indiana
when he was ten years old, and settled
in Knox county, in the southwestern
part of the State, where lie continued
to have his home to the time of his
death. He grew up in the wilds, got
his education in tin* log school houses,
where merely the simplest things were
incompletely taught and eaily fell into
the lile of a termor : this humble pur
suit was always bis boast. Mr. Williams
wns elected a member of the Indiana
House ol Representatives in 1843, and
has since been more or less in public
life. He was four times re-elected to
the House and was a member ol the
State Senate for three terms; while
serving bis last term in that body in
1873 be was made the Democratic can
didate for United States Senator against
< 'liver I'. Morton, but the Democrats
were in a minority in the legislature
and Morton was re-elected, lie was a
delegate to the Democratic National
convention of 1872, which met at Balti
more and nominated Horace Greeley
for President. In 1874 he was nomi
nated for Congress in the Second dis
trict, and was elected by a majority of
nearly eight thousand, the largest ever
given for a candidate in the district.
The Democrats bad control of the
House in which he served, and Speaker
Kerr, who knew his Indiana neighbor
as no one about Washington knew him,
put Mr. Williams at the head of the
committee on accounts. In the impor
tant contest ol 1876, when the Demo
crats fully understood the importance
of carrying Indiana, Mr. Williams was
nominated for Governor. The contest j
was one of the hottest known in the
history of the State and Williams was j
elected in October By a majority nearly j
as Urge as that given a month later for
Tilden and Hendricks. He was serving
the term tor which he was then elected ;
when he died. It was during that cam- ,
paign that he became known abroad as j
"Blue Jeans," a nick-name given him
on account of the kind of clothes he j
sometimes wore.
Romantic Elopement.
Mr.*. Eliza Eergmann. a very wealthy j
and handsome lady of Philadelphia, j
left her home in that city lost week and ,
went to New York to search for a young j
Spaniard with whom she was in love 1
and with whom she wished to elope.
Her tlight was intercepted by her -
friends and she i* now a willing pns- I
oner at police headquarters in New
York. It also transpires that the young
Spaniard wa* only enjoying n flirtation j
with M s Rcrgm.mn and dues not recip- |
rocate her sentiment* of love. He is :
now said to be in Matamora*, Texas, :
and to be we|| connected. Repealed j
and persistent efforts have leen made '
to effect a reconciliation, and on Friday I
evening these had so far succeeded that I
Mrs. IWgmann declared she would j
have nothing to do with the unknown '•
Spaniard, for lore of whom she bad run j
away from home. She added that she
had telegraphed to a Spanish hotel in
Philadelphia to search the Spaniard out
before she left Philadelphia, but receiv
ing no response, siio decided to seek
him at tho Filth Avenue Hotel, and,
that failing, to walk up and down
Broadway until she found him. She
seems satisfied to-night that she will
never see her Spanish lover again, but
she still refuses to return to Philadel
phia, where her disgrace would be
known. When informed by Cotnmis- ,
sioner French that her husband's aim j
was to save her from disgrace Mrs. Berg- j
niann became penitent and exclaimed :
"What a fool I was to leave that than !
He is ever so much too good for me."
Mrs. Rerttmann and her husband
traveled in Europe last year, an>l on re
turning to America the wile made tbe
acquaintance of a dashing Spaniard, of
good family. She fell deeply in love i
with him, and from that moment
her demeanor toward her hu*band j
changed. Everything that was possible i
was done to wean her from her infatna- [
\ tion, and the strait* imposed upon her
to prevent scandal wrecked her reason
and she is insane, but her appearance
is that of a pretty young woman, in full
j possession of her mental faculties. The
| young couple were married two years
ago, and Mrs. Bergmann ts now only
! seventeen year* of age.
Mrs. Eliza Bergmann is a daughter of
the late William Nwaim, whose grand
! father made a fortune in the patent
j medicine business in Philadelphia. For
! years tbe Swairn family resided abroad,
most of the time in Paris. A few years
j ago the father died, leaving bis vast es
| tate to his children and wife. 11 is esti
! mated that the estate waa worth over
$3,000,000 at the death of Mr. Nwaim,
i with a business still in operation which
i paid a handsome profit,
♦
AMONG the curiosities of the census,
which has developed no end of curious
things, is a native of Arkansas who
was never twenty miles from his birth
place, and never anw a locomotive, yet
m still a citizen of France, having been
born in Arkansas three years before the
cession of Hint territory to the United
-States in 1803. Another curiosity is an
Alabnma giant, only twelve years of
age, who weighs 380 pounds and is six
feet in height, while both his parents
are of medium size. Fulton county,
Oa., furnishes in tho person of Mrs.
Eavinia Cobb, a lady who has seen her
five score years nd ten, but if we mis
take not, Missouri has a veteran who
was born in 1766, or four years in ad
vance of the venerable Eavinia. A
census department would prove a valu
able adjunct to tbe "only greatest
show."
The pay car on the Hocking Valley
Railroad when near Lancaster on Fri
day collided with a train on the Cincin
nati and Muskingum Valley Railroad,
wrecking fw>th trains badly and fatally
injuring Bert IYarce, the engineer of
the Hocking Valley engine.
A Baltimore 1-aily'n Dream.
A I'AIK OK RMI'TY COKKINS CONK I RMS lIK.lt
IIOKKIIII.K I'KKSKNTI XRNT.
BALTIMORE, Nov. BS.— Mrs. Elizabeth
.1 oilier, a handsomely-attired , en
tered the office of the Hallimore Ceme
tery Company yesterday afternoon in a
state of great excitement. She bad
dreamed that the body of her niece,
Miss Jennie Smith, who bad died not
long ago, had been alolen from tbe
grave. The lady, who belong* to a
wealthy and resectable family, upon
being ijueationed, aaid alie bad viaited
the grave the day before and found
within the inclosure a scapular worn by
('utholica, which t-he wua confident had
been around if ins Smith's neck when
she was buried. Afterward, on return
ing borne, she had dreamed that she
saw tbe empty coffin of her niece, and,
in order to set her doubts at rest, she
wanted permission to have the grave
opened. After some demurrer, tbe re
quest was granted and tbe grave was
opened in presence of tbe lady and a
number of friends. It was found to
contain only an empty coffin. Mrs.
Joiner, who was greatly horrified ut the
discovery, then insisted on having the
grave of the girl's mother Mrs. Anna
Carter, opened. When this was done
tbe discovery was made that her body
was also missing. The disclosures caused
great excitement among the friends of
the family, who are well known, and
they have determined to ferret the mat
ter to the bottom. Mrs. Smith and her
daughter both died very suddenly, the
former September I*. and tbe latter
two weeks ufter. The cemetery officials,
while admitting that the bodies have
been stolen from tbe graves, reluse to
believe that it was the work of profes
sional body-snatchers. They appear to
think that the sudden deaths of the
ladies are in some way connected with
the disappearance of the bodies, and
intimate that the present discovery may
fie followed by startling disclosures.
The police show a disposition to investi
gate the cause of the deaths, and detec
tives are at work on the case.
( aiiicron-ltruilley.
MARRIAGE or MISS CI. I/A MYORXKK ( AX- j
ERON AMI MH. W. 11. BRAIII.BV.
IfAßßisnrßri, Nov. 17.—The marriage i
of Wm. If. Bradley, eldest son of Jus- I
tice Bradley, of the f'niled States Su |
pri-me Court, to Mis Eliza McCormiek '
Cameron, eldest daughter of Senator
J. Donald Cameron, was solemnized at
the I'me street I'resbyterian church, at 1
12:30 o'clock to-day, ltev. I r. Cattell, of
I.afayette College, performing the cere
mony. Among the guests were Judge
Bradley, General Sherman, George W.
Child*, A. J. I'rexel, lion. Wayne Mac-
Vengh, Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon.
Benjamin Harris Brewster and Senator
Keefer. Tbe bridesmaids were Mis* '
Virginia Cameron, i*ter of the bride; 1
Miss Kittv Mr-Clean, of Baltimore ; I
Miss Mabel lGvard, daughter of Sena* :
tor Bayard; Mix Louie Sergeant, of
Harrisburg; Mary, Barbel, and Msr
garetta Cameron, sisters of the bride, j
and Mary McCormiek, of Harrisburg.
There was but one best man—C. 11.
Bradley, brother of the groom. The S
ushers were Kmmon Blaine, son of the |
Senator; Woodbury Blair, son of Mont
gomery Blair ; Fred. Frelinghuysen,
son of the Senator; William B. Lam
berton, anil t'ol. James I.ynah.of liar
risburg. The bride was attiied in whitfe
brocaded satin en train, with flowing
veil and diamond ornaments, and car
ried an exquisite bouquet. The brides
maids wore crearuslriped satin, and all
carried bouquet*. The groom and
ushers wore mourning costumes after
the Knglish style. A reception was
held at "senator Comeron's residence
this afternoon, at which were present a
large number of invited guest*. The
wedding trip will tie to New York. It
is understood that Mr. anil Mrs. Brad
ley will take up their residence at New
ark, N. J. The presents were magnifi
cent nnd costly, but were not exhibited.
"Society" Entertaining n Trapeze Girl.
Chicago "Society " is greatly exercis
ed over tbe fact that it has been enter
taining a trapeze performer unaware*.
Some months ago, " Krneat Grunbaum
and wife, of Vienna," arrived in Chica
go, with letters of introduction which
insured them a cordial reception into
the best families. The pair lived sump
tuously. gave brilliant entertainment*
and conducted themselves with strict
propriety. Lately the lovely bride was
recognized as " l.eona Hare," tbe form
er queen of tbe trapeze. While per
! forming in Viena, at the Imperial Court
' Theater, she had a terrible fall and was
! fearfully injured. Young Grunhautn,
who is a scion of an aristocratic house,
| bad fallen in love with her, and after
1 the accident he was devoted in his at
j tention to Iter and nursed her back to
health. Then he very naturally mar
ried her. His parents furiously oppos
ed tbe union, and so tbe pair then came
to America. The exposure of Leona'*
identity in Chicago was occasioned, it
is said, by Tommy Wall, a circus man,
who said he was still her only legal hus
band. She said that she had supposed
herself freed by his desertion. But
this obstacle was speedily removed by
obtaining a divorce from him and being
united to Grunbaum by a second mar
riage ceremony. Then came a cable
gram from the elder Grunbaum, saying:
"Come back with your wife and all will
be forgiven." She and her husband
will start for Vienna this week.
In the Catholic cemetery at Browns
ville lie tbe remains of tbe father and
mother of Senator Blaine. Last week
a monument, ordered by Mrs. Walker,
a sister of the Senator, waa placed over
the remains. It is made of Richmond
granite, four feet square at the base and
stands fifteen feet high, both base and
shaft. It contains but a single inscrip
tion, which will be on thennposite side
of the graves, as follows: "Epbraim Ly
on Blaine, Forn February 18, 17%, died
June 28, 1860. Maria Gillespie, wife of
Kphrnim Lyon Blaine, horn May 22,
1801, died May 8, 1871. Kequieacat in
pace."
—■
Senator Urover, of Oregon, ia steadily
improving in health at the llygeian
Home iu Wilmington, I>el„ and expects
to resume his seat in the Senate in
December.
Sir Alexander Cockhurii.
ILKATII or THE I.OHU CII IKK J ('STICK OK TIIE
(JLZRN'S BENCH.
IAIN IION, November 21. —Sir Alexander
Cockkurn, Lord Chief Justice of tbe
Queen's Bench, died suddenly at twelve
o'clock last night, lie had heard a case
at Westminister during the day. He
walked home, ate a dinner, and, appar
ently well, retired at 11.30, when he
waa seized with a pain over the heart
and died almost instantly. He devel
oped symptoms of fatty degeneration of
the heart about eighteen months ago.
hut apparently recovered. He had an
attack of angina pectoris at a spa dur
ing the past summer, and a fortnight
ago, on his return home, had a similar
attack, but the symptoms passed away.
He resumed bis official duties und ex
cept for shortness of breath seemed
fairly well up to the hour of his death.
[The Right Hon. Sir Alexander James
Edmund Cock burn, Bart., G. C. J'.., oc
cupied for a number of years a promi
nent place at the English bar; for the
past four and twenty years be lias been
a conspicuous figure upon the English
bench. Tbe son of Mr. Alexander
Cockhurn, sometime British Minister in
Columbia, he wns born in 1802; was
graduated from Trinity 11 all, < 'am bridge,
in 1829; was called to tbe bar at the
Middle Temple,and in 1841 wis made a
Q. C. He was fortunate enough to ob
lain a large share of the Parliamentary
practice incident to the railway mama
that led to the projection of countless
conflicting lines: and in 1847 he was
himself elected to Parliament—being
returned in the advanced Liberal inter
est for .Southampton. He did not take
a very prominent position as a speaker
until bis memorable defense of Lord
l'almerston'a foreign policy in 1850, one
of the most eloquent ami successful
S| eeches ever delivered in the House of
Commons. Soon after this he was made
Solicitor General, and became Attorney
General in March, 18Tj1—holding office
until tbe dissolution of Lord John Bus
seFs Ministry in the spring of 18.",2. <n
tbe formation of the "Coalition Cabi
net'' he was again made Attorney Gen
eral, holding tbe office for two years
Hiid filling it with signal ability. In
18.*iti he was raised to the bench, a*
C/nef Justice of England. Two years
earlier fie hail succeeded to the baro
netcy of h's uncle, the Rev. Sir Wil
liam Cockburn, Dean of York. Since
hi* elevation to the bench his most
noteworthy acts have been hi* famous
charge to tbe grand jury in the case of
General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand,
prosecuted by tho Jamaica Defense
Committee—a masteriy utterance con
taining a most elaborate ex|>o*iiioii of
martial law and of tbe manner in which
it has been applied in various periods of
our histo-y ; ins management * f tbe
interests of Great Britian as British
arbiter upon the board appointed under
the provisions of the Treaty of Wash
ington to settle the Alabama claims;
and a* President Judge during the pro
tracted trial known to lawyers a* "the
Queen vs. Castro," and to the public as
"the Tichborne e.iae"—his charge to
the jury in this extraordiny case, pub
lished under hi* own editorial supervi
sion, constituting his single contribu
tion to the literature of the law.
General Mahnne's Position.
The Richmond H7.,y, the organ of
General Mahone, comes out in a leader
defining his position. It says :
"We can tell these flinders, bourbons
and brokers jmsitively ibat General
Mahone is a Democrat. More, be is a
Virgininn >ntut din etf. Further, be is
a southerner. But, above all. be is an
American and a patriot. He is not a
broker's man. He is not a (under. He
is not a Bourbon. Nor is he a mere
counter to be used in games played by
other men. No, he will be no puppet
anywhere to be moved hither and thith
er by the w.reworkers. A born leader
of men, be will not be the servile fol
lower of anybody nor tbe slave of any
ring or caucus. He will have few if any
equals in the Senate as an independent
thinker and a practical statesman, and
he will shape a policy for Virginia in
national atFair*—aye, for tbe aouth if
not for the whole country—that other
men will do well to adopt and promote.
A Democrat in principle and practice,
with a noble career already achieved to j
attest it, General Mahone will not sac
rifice present realities to obsolete fac
tions, nor subordinate things to names.
An earnest resolute man, with the cour
age of his convictions, he dares to be
right, no matter what Hre the conse
quences to himself individually."
The Riot Bill Bribery Cases—A Ver
dict of Accqiilttal'Rendered.
HARRISBI-RU, November 20.—The cases
of William Kemble, Charles Salter and
Jesse R. Crawford, charged with perjury
during the riot bill investigation, were
called in Court this morning and a jury
drawn. District Attorney Hollingerex
plained to the Court that he had not
sufficient evidence to convict. It re
quired two or more witnesses in each
case and he could summon but one.
He could not possibly ho|e for convic
tion. The court agreed and instructed
the jury that in these cases it could give
a verdict without (paving the box. The
jury accordingly rendered a verdict of
not guilty and were discharged.
Lieutenant Governor Isaac P. Gray,
who succeeds the late Gov. Williams as
Chief Executive of Indiana, was a Ches
ter county boy, having removed to that
State from hit home, near Philadelphia,
in 1835. He was colonel of the Fourth
Indiana Cavalry during the war. He
was elected Senator in 1868. In July,
1870, he was appointed Consul to St.
Thomas, but declined the appointment,
lie waa a delegate at large to the Na
tional Liberal Convention in 1872 at
Cincinnati, and waa a member of the
national committee. Since then be has
acted with the Democrats. Under a
pleasing exterior and suave manner he
hides an indomitable will and aggress
ive character. lie waa unanimously
nominated for Lieutenant Governor in
187 C and again in 1880.
The i/jck Haven Co-operative Ax and
Edge Tool Manufacturing Company ex
pect to get up steam this week, and the
manufacture of axea will commence
soon thereafter.
Scribnor's Magazine.
We published la*t week a somewhat
| extended notice of Scribner'* magazine,
ito which we refer our reader* f<>r our
opinion of it* merit*. '1 he publisher*
now authorize u* to announce the fol
lowing liberal term* for JhKO.
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! hound in olive green cloth 100 vol*.,
containing J'art I, of I'eter theOn-at,
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St. Ntcholaw for 1881.
j KiK ENGI.AM>, 100/100 rOR AMERK A
•Si. AVAefax, tin- charming Magazlia
for boy* and girl*, edited by Mr*. Marv
Mape* I lodge, ha* irureased *o niuch ,n
-ize and number of page* during the
year pa*t that the publibers have
t.een obliged to i*u<* the yearly volume
in two part*, iniitead of one a* hereto
fore. A* to it* circulation they report
a gain ol 10.0011 in the average monthly
edition* of lS s d over Js7'.'. The an
nouncernent* for the corning year in
elude* a capita) serial *tory for Ih>\, full
of exciting adventure, "Jn Nature -
Wonderland," or. Adventure* in the
American Tropics; Stories of Art and
Aru-t*, by Mr*. < dura Krskine Clement,
a taithflll outline ol the history ol I .
ropean Art. with many illustration*
" J'haeton Rogers," a delightful and
humerous serial h> Ko**iter Johnson ;
" Mystery in a Mansion," a *ix month*
*erial : The Treasure Box of Literature,
directing and encouraging young peo
|•l • in the be*t reading: 'I he AflSeiz
Association, fully explained in the
November number; " Two Knglish
by Mrs. <>lipbant ; "The
I.and of Nod, a children's operetta,
with music—full of Charming tableaux
and effect* ; A *ene* of beautiful illti*.
trated Ballad* for Young Folk*, begin
ning with the Christmas number; A
Special Budget of Fairy Stories by
Frank K. Stockton—the first of which
i* in the November number; An Indian
story by •' Bright Eye*," the Ponca In
dian maiden ; a splendid holiday story.
" A Chritmaa with the Man in the
Moon," by Washington Cladden. ''pen
air paper*, stone* of *port*, and game*,
will be continued, with all the popular
department*.
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vember i**ue will include "the wonder
ful I'hristnia* number,'' of which the
edition will be 5.000 in England ar.d
100 000 in America. The price of this
number to be issued about November
■ >oth, will be 30 cent*.
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number. For -ale. and subscriptions
received bv all dealer*, or the publish
er-, Scribner A Co., 743 Broadway, New
Vork.
YN illsrd H. Fox, of New Karen,
Conn., ba* invented a railroad veloci
pede designed especially for the use of
road masters, telegraph line repairer*
and trackwalker*. It consists of a
frame to which are attached one large
wheel and four small one*. The larger
one i* the driving wheel, and the small
one*, which merely act a* a flange to it,
are placed diagonally to the frame and
stand at an angle of forty-five degree*
to the track or rail. When not in use
the large wheel can be folded over upon
the platform so as to take up little
space.
In the breach of promise suit of Mary
Simmer* against James Wagon-eller. on
trial in West CbeMer, the jury rendered
a verdict giving her ss,tf*i damage*.
The plaintiff is a young woman eng-ged
a* a domestic in the upper end of Che*,
ter county, and the defendant, a rich
farmer, had been very attentive to her
for nearly two years, wheh he broke oF
the engagement.
Mr. J. 11. Slower*, aged fi9 years, a
re*pected citizen and prominent retired
lawyer, died Saturday evening at hi*
residence at Mauch Chunk after one
day * illne*s of pneumonia.
Trial Liat— Becond Week.
Monday, November 29, 1880.
Biol Cnsl and Iron (V.......** W M Holme*.
Orta V|e, n*e of. - Samuel Miller.
J. C Mots ft C 0.... - Hum <> A
J O. Mots A Co " tluMon A Rogers.
W P. I.uru el at. •• Hum„ * fewer*.
Bradley Child* el al •• II Mertyman el |.
J H I ruMe* ... " John Slrsu
Jeremlsh Tolen el ax " PhiUp Ttuis el a*.
Jeremiah Tolen el u*. ...... " M—.. Sirau** el U x
W O Mulholland, Adin'ra " K Mntholland *1 at.
W.-aro Thoni|i*oa M Clin* Zimmerman
Mom* Thompson, us. ot ... " J IVtnlnxlon, Ad s,el at
W A Thomas. IniMe* * Win R feklev
Philip *. Hale •• Itavid llouser. '
Solomon (tanna, indorsee.... " P II Rrnniaon. Adm'r.
Jamee Hun, Melon " Morriedsle Coal CV.
Com of Penn'a, ** r*l " Samuel Ale* el at.
Com of Prnii'a, ex rel " J.dm Ptrunk el al
John Irvln, Jr. uee of—. •• llerlarher A Hurst.
J. A.CrJder „ " William fe.ldnson.
L A Shearer " Adam Kephart
James P Hale " Commerrtal In*. 0.
t. A. Shearer Leonard Ky| M
I. S. 11-xpee, use of. H. * Hoover
Th. Ws, A Son. nee of ... •• C 1. Borkulth. Adm'r.
Mary I, Mar Bride " J 11. Sand*
P"2 , *i Rh "~' , rl U " *'"ce On. Apr. Poriety
Jr. Pooler... -J |, |^, h > A , lib
y r Pn-ler .. - Benj Vaughn . Adm'r.
V"?! V. f •• y P. Pare* el al.
J. II llolt S Sow e j„t, n p,, r ~ a)
D. M Ull>, Adm'r II || fe.thrark.
Traverse Jurors-Second Week.
Monday, November 29, 1880.
Reoyamln Arney, IVdter, i]
A .1 beam. Nprtim. i
William HH-IIIM, Ntrtni, ,
D. I*. Hi* kmi:, Uregg,
W II Rrretlue, R. llrlokK,
Kmemtrl Noll, if,, Rouge,
John Lord, Walker ti
Job W. p*. Ler. Port In,
llenry Miller, lUrto.
Mm. 11. tlerdner, l.tl*erty, '.
Darid IMong. I'urtln,
Jnnoh Yarttell, Hogg*.
H'li" AtmegMt, lb-niter,
John M Irth, Niton,
Time. K. Wlntlnt, Utterly,
John tint ley. Fergnaon,
E. 8 Urrworth, Helleloate,
William Roller. Bngre,
j*nm Weltdi. Cnrlta,
Tlifiet Arrnttrneter.Opegg.
Jacob Miner, 9rere.
Albert Miner. I .Uteri*.
John A Rornann. Walker,
time F Oooh. Bellelbnie,
Oren VU, R„, h .
I Noah Rlorer, Penti,
|W. A Alexander, llnlon,
*"••, Jr., Harris.
D H Hnitmga miner.Ulatrlr
John Ihiete, llarrln,
J. I. MrCiure, Bellrfonle,
1-. O. W hippo, * orth,
* II- Rnrth-loaieer.ilregg
W illlamlbdbart.tVdlege,
John MrOoy. Jr,V.dlerV
T. J. Rankle. Mob.