Padfatirgeporta.
S. O. • 00022162,
Towanda, Pa., July 22; 2880.
# Republican National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
General JAMES A. GAMMA
OF OMO.
70R VICE-PRESIDENT,
General CHESTER A• ARTHUR,
VP' NEW-YORK.
Repyblican•Btate Ticket.
JUDOR or SUPREME COURT, ,
Hon. HENRY -GREEN, Norgiamptaii.
AUDITOR GICSI3TUL.
HoiL. JOHN A..LEHON, Blair Ommtv.
Republican County Convention'
Pursuant-to a resolution passed by the
Republican County Convention, in session
,June 20, 1880, tho Convention the Re=,
'publican party for.lBBo will convene at
the Court Rouse, in Towanda Borough,
on. TITESDA.Y, ACGCST,24•rn 1880, at
1 o'clock, P. M., to make the following
'nominations, to wit : •
One person for President Judge.
One pe.rson for Representative in,theeth Con
MO
One person for State Senator.
Three persons for ftepresetatatives:
One„person for District Attorney.
liml.for the transaction of any other bust
ness that may come before the_Conven
tion.
The Committees of Vigilance of the
several election districts will call' a pri
mary or delegate election for their respec
tive districts, for SATURDAY, AUGUST
21sT, 1880, to elect by ballot two dele
gates to represent each district in said
County Convention.
The delegate elections in the Townships
will be organized at '3 o'clock,,P. M., and
kept open continuously to the close at 6
o'clock, P. M.; in the Boroughs the dele
gate electiens 'will be organized at 6
o'clock, P. M., and kept open continu
ously until the close at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The votes shall then be counted, and the
. result certified by the officers to the Chair
man of the said Convention,,and a copy
delivered at once to the delegates elect.
The Committees of Vigilance are .Par
ticularly requested to observe the above
suggestions carefully in conducting the
primary meetings.
BENJ. M. PECK, Chairman.
RODNEY A. MERCUR, Secretary.
•
commilteci of vigilance.
Alba Borongh-0. H. Foss, F. Young, Orrin
Mc.ntgornery.
Albany Towtship—ira li. Richards, G. W. En.
Porter Jones. •
Armenia Township—D. D. Alexander,, John S.
.•
Youmans, 0. B. Sherman.
Asyltun Township—O. A. Glitrrt, F. Sr. Dixon,
Myron Kellogg,
Aihens Borough—D. W. Tripp, Floyd' Sinner,
Fred M. Wells. -
kthens!rowtignlp. Ist District—L. 0. Snell, Geo:
D. 3III1er; Frank. Lincoln.
Athens •Township. 2d District—P. W. Keyes,
James 3liistart, N. W
Athol. Towni.lilp, :01 District—H.
,W. Thotrias,
11. G. Spaulding, It. F. Coolliaugh.
Barclay Tow,nship—C. W. Tidd, George Emory,'
lUiry Duggan.
Burlington Borough—W. H. It. Greet, C. H.
Moron, 31. S. Douglass.
Burlington TownsbliT. S. Baker, H. L. Spen-
cer, E, W. Wheeler.
. _
Burlington West—A. B. 31cEonn, John E. Dar
row. Leroy Stanton. •
Canton Bomtiglz-Dr. J. E. Cleveland,' M. E.
Miley, F. A'. Owen.
Caittou Township—Dantel,Andrus,'Hlram Lind
ley. Lawrence Manley.
Columbia Township—C. E. Gladdlng, ',DeWitt
Wolfe, Frank Morgan.
Franklin Township— Joseph Spalding, Ahira
Gay, Wm. B. Rockwell.
Granville Township—Adam Innts, John Truman,
2.1 t M. T. Shoerhaker, 2d.
Herrick Township—James Hunt, George Brown,
Noble Levenwnrth.•
Leßoy.Township. B. Willcox, A. T. Lllley,
Leroy libicomb.
Leßaysidlle Borough—Leroy Coleman, Samue
Bober, 0. G. Canfield.
Litchfield Township—Stephen Evans, C. E. Me
Kinney, Dr. A. Judson
Monroe Borough—O. H. Rockwell, D. J. Sweet,
A. f.. Rockwell.
.Motiroe Tovat'ship—U. 31. Pratt, Clay:Rockwell,
A. Kellogg.
New Albany Borough—D. ,W. Harshberger, S.
D..Sterigere. G. H. Wilcox. •
Orwell Township—Dr. J. 31. Barrett, E. J. Ham
ilton, John I. Eastman. •
Overton Township—Chas. Streevy, W. W. Cahill
'Russell Beverly.
i'ike Township—ll: D. Bolles, L. W. Upham,
Doolittle.
ilildgbury Township—E. A. Cooper, G. R. Mead:
I). 11. Larrlson.
Rome Borough—C ; 11. Stone, E. E. Spalding, L.
W. Maynard.
Rome Townshlyt-Richard- McCabe, Geo. Forbes,
A. C Arnold: - •
Shesheonln Townshlp—Wl H. H. Gore, I. L.
'Springs, 11,F. Watkins.
Smithfield Townsbip—George T. Beech, Walter
Phillips, C. 0. Webb. '
South Creek Township---0. H. Thompson, 0. 0.
'Turk, Ira Crane: -
South Waverly Borough—D. L. F. Clark, John
M. Bost, Chas. D. : Sanders.
-Springfield Township—O. P. Hatkness, W. A.
Ilrovvn, Ira S. - Fanning.
-Standing Stone Tow 31. Gordini', Chas.
Jennings, Henry Slovens.
Sylvania Borough—Lcander Gregory, W. L.
Scouton. Stephen Keyes. _ •
Terry Township-J. 11. Schoonover, S. Bowman,
Charley Terry.
. Towanda Township—A. W. Dlmock, Leroy 31.
Boulnan, H. M. Davidsrn. .-
Towanda•Borough, Ist Ward—Ed. Stevens, John
J. Spalding, J. P. Keeney.
Towanda Borough, , 21 Ward—lsaac Middaugh,
Chas. Taylor. 0. E. Bennett.•
Towanda Borough. 34 Ward—D. T. Evans, ,E.
D. Mandell, Frank Smith.
Towanda North—E. Butts', W. Manger, A. R.
Thompson.
Troy BoroCigh—_, Lewis Crane, D. B. Mitchell. 11.
31. Beebe.. 1
Troy Township —L. T. Loomis, Wm. Lines,
Harrlsan Greener
Toscarorti Towtiship—Dr. N. J.:Cogswell, A. B.
Christian S. F. Ackley.
Ulster Township—James Mather, J. H. Merser
eau. Geo. H. Rockwell.
Warren Township—J. A. 'Murphy, D. A. Sleeper,
C. H. Rog. rt.
. Wells Township—Wade Beardslee, F. H. Sway
ze, Win. Ilelyea.
' Wilmot Township—Thomas Quick, T. 11. Young,
Rickard Ares,.
Windham Township—N. Loomis, Wright- Dun
barn; Chet White. •
Wyalusing Township Luman Lewis, Jacob
Bites, Jr.„ - Dr. A. K. Newell.
Wyseik Township—Wm. IL Conklin, Wm. Whit
aker, Daniel Lamphere. ' • .
GEN. HANCOCK has given notice thht
- Li:z letter of acceptance of the DernoetAie
nomination-for the Presidency will not be .
ready for - two weeks. Probably he is
awaiting Jr:nt MACE'S return?!
SOME valuable figures cornAed by the
Agricultural Department shoW a decided
imprAverneni in the wages of farm labosl
throughotk the country. This is,true of
almost ever :section, arid the demand for
labor is reporled to be good everywhere..
HUN. G. A. GuoW will open the cam
paign in West Chester on nest Saturday.
The GARITELp and ARTHUR Club of the
above boOugh, numbering',7oo strong,
will be handsoniely eiptipped and turn out
street parade on that occasion.
A - NOTE from Hon. Jolt's CESSNA,
Chairman 9fithe Republican State Cen
tral Committee, states that the call for
the meeting of the committee, instead of
reading 5‘ Tues4ay, July 29th," should
have read t" Thursday, July 29tb," the
error occEirring% in transcribing the call.
CyASTINE COX, the negro murderer of
Mrs. tiuLL , was hanged on Friday, at
New - York. Great exertions Is-ere made
to procure a respite or•pardon•from Gov.
ConNELL-, but without? ElleCess,. The
murder Was—cold-blooded and atrocious,
and was properly expiated upon the gal
lows.
GgaiF.FiltAT. GairyiELD's letter of ac
ceptancetdoes not please the Philadelphia
Times. As it was not prepared especial
ly for that purpose, it is not remarkable
that it- sli6uhl lacli the important endorse
ment of that' critical and independent
journal. But it pleases the people of the
country, all the same.
- HARRY the t ilotorious outlaw
Of Elk County, has been•arrested bra de
tectiva in Michigan, and will tin brought
back for trial. Fori i weelus he set the au
thorities of Elk County at del:Mtge, being
armed tolbe teeth and bands with Win
- - ,elester_riftes and revolvers. ' Attempts to
mipture hinicost one num ht llfq send tbp
,ing of others., ,•
OE
HA3114151, vhose term of
flu u a Senator *oat Midne expires next
spring, annommes, his purpose -to retire
and the Legii . slatare will elect his snocei:
sot next winter. •He has been in put&
life as Legislator, Goierner; Congress
man, Vice President and Senator Aim'
1836 without intermptidn--s longer pest:
'ad than that covered by the service of any
of his present associates.,
Dip the country vote for a "change"
fi ern Repliblican rule just after the Repub
lican party had crushed secession ? Will it
vote for a change just after the same
party has crushed repudiation? What
sort of a . commentary upon the , commbn
sense of• the American people would it be
if they were to ut a party out of power
at the very moment when it had carried
through to success a wise and beneficent
policy ?
THE go-as-you-please walking idiots
having lapsed out of existence, a new
phase of insanity now threatens to invite
public attention. IDr. TANNER'S exam
ple has brought to the surface a number
of imitators, and there will soon be exhi
bitions of fasting through the country.
There is satisfaction tit the the thought
that there will be fewer fools, after a few
attempts have been , made to imitate the
Doctor's example. ,
JUDGE 4Ldvocate General DUI IN having
concluded hie review of the Warn/ arm
report, has submitted it, together with
his recommendations, to the Secietary of
War.• The documents are very volumi
nous, and, owing to a pressure of business
since his return from the West, have not
been read by .Secretary RAMSEY. Speak•
ing on the subject the Secretary said the
recommendations would be made publiB
as soon as practicable.
TILE Pittsburg Commercial-Gazelle of
Thursday says : The, follovling was utter
qd yesterday by ono of our well-known
Citizens, and- a woolen manufacturer of
National reputation, SAMUEL BRADLEY, a
Democrai of fifty years : I shall vote
for GATIFIELIi. I knew him and have
watched his curse since entering public
life. No better man could be selected'for
President at this time. The present finan
cial policy of the Government ought not
to be tampered with when -our country is
in a prosperous condition, as it is now."
DURING a severe storm at Hanover, N.
13., Friday, a whirlwind passed over the
southeastern portion of the village, doing
great dama.ge. Its course was from south- .
west to northeast and its track a little
over a mile wide. Trees and Chimneys
were levelled, several houses were unroof
ed, and one was partly demolished. One
man was injured by being caught in the
debris of a wrecked building ; three
others \sere inju!cd by lightning, one
securely.
WE learn from an esteemed Democratic
contemporary that the reason why BAR
NUM, of Connecticut, was placed at the
Lead of the Democratic National Com
mittee, was that "he is thoroughly
familiar with the campaign methods of
Mr. Ttr.or.N." The campaign, then, an : .
cording to high, authority, is to be cm
ducted upon Tit.pEN's methods.; that is
to say, there will be cipher despatehes,
lying, bribery and all the varied and in
genious forms of 1 wickedness which have
given TILDEN an inntortality of infamy.
GE.15 1 . HANCOCK is a military man and
nothing else. Ho has had no training in
civil, life, and knows nothing whatever of
the Ant ies of the Presidency. Ile is em
.Pbatically ," the man on horseback"
'whom the Democrats have been effecting
to fear in the person of , General GRANT.
Their great terror, in.contemplating the
return of GRANT to the Presidency, has
been the danger of establishment of mili
tary rule in the government ; yet they
take the rankiiig Major General of the
American Arihy as their candidate. for
Pregident.
THE fashion of eating with one's knife,
it seems is not only offensive to fastidious
people, but attended with danger to the
operator. At least such was the experi
ence of THOMAS 31unnar, of Camden,
who, while shovelling his food into his
mouth with his knife accidentally cut his
lip. The wound was healed with plaster,
and Mr. MURRAY retired for the night,
but at an early hour he awoke in his bed
and found the wound bleeding profusely,
the blood having soaked through the 'co
ver and ticking. He was weak from the
Joss of blood but medical aid being sum
moned his life was saved.
By the general term, Civil Service,
is embraced the,employment of all
persons in tile service of the govern.
ment, exclusive of the Army and
Navy. The number is considerably
over one hundred thousand, a large
array, but when merged in our popu-'
lation of fifty millions, so small as to
be inconsiderable in number's and
unimportant in influencing the mass
i
of the voters. Holding the tenure
of their official life at the will of the:
heads of departments, they are oil
course subject to the contingencies'
of political changei. Worse than
that, the uncertainty of retaining
office is increased by,, the fact that
caprice or selfish conSiderations may
step in at any time to remove the
most capable and deserving official.
So the greateot drawback upon the
Civil Servie, i!as,,been the frequency
with which changes have been made,
and: the consequent 'uncertainty
which was felt by everybody in the
employ of the government. There
has - unquestionably been gross
wrongs and abuses committed in re
warding partizan services by the ap
pointment of unworthy or incompe
tent men, but. the great overshadow
ing evil is the one which we have
mentioned,: and• which honest t and
well-meaning men have earnestly
sought to remedy.
The knowledge of the, existence oi'
these evils,nnd the desire to reform
the Civil Service, has brought for•
ward alegion of theorists and dream
ers whose propositions are of the wild
est and most unpracticable nature,
and just as wide of the mark as the
system they would supeisede. The
letter of acceptance of Gen. GAR
FIELD tria3tB this matter of making
appointments and holding office in a
frank and sensible manner. - He says:
0 The appointment of zitizens to.the
various executive aid judicial offices
of • the govenune4Aiii perhaps-the
-mod, difficult of sit attest which the
Constitution hasr Luipossd • lip= the
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CIVIL SERVICE
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Exectitive.• !The. Conveution
demands that Congress shall - co- '
:operate with' the executive dengt
ments in placing the civil, service on_
a better - .basis. Experience has
proved that with oar'frequent
changes otadministration no,sySteM
of refonn can be made effective and
permanent without the aid of legis
talon. Appointments to the military
and naval service are so regulated
by law and custom
. as to leave very
little ground for.eomplaint., It may
'not be wise to make similar regale •
lions by law forGhc civil service, but
, Without invading the authority or
necessary diseretien of the executive,
Congress should ) devise a method
that will determine the tenure of
office and greatly reduce the uncer
tainty which makes that service so
uncertain and unsatisfactory. With
out depriving any officer of his
rights as a citizen, the goveinment
should require him to discharge all
his official duties with- intelligence;
efficiency and faithfulness. To select
wisely from our vast population those:
who are 'best fitted for the many
offices e to be filled, requires an ac t .
quaintance far beyond the range of
any one man. The executtve should
therefore seek and receive the infor
mation and'assistance of those whose
knowledge of the . communities in
which the duties are tole pettired
best qualities them to aid in making
the wisest choice."
The clear head and good judgment
of our candidate are conspicuously
displayed in what he has mitten.
He makes no attempt to lay ,:lovin a
theory or suggest a system] which.
cannot possibly be carried out. And
he recognizes at once that it is im
possible for heads of departments to
have that intimate knowledge or all
sections of the country which would
enable them wisely to make choice
of the proper persons to pla# in
office. The time will come, prokably
when by legislation the tenut4 of
of office will be fixed in such •a way
as not to be atlected by the muta
tions of politics, or the caprice of
politicians and when •the unpleasant
task of distributing the offices will
be eliminat&l from the labors falling
upon the executive or his advisers.
Whether or not the Civil Service
System of England is adapted to the
temper and habits of our people is a
grave question. All their prejudices
and ideas are offered to the
creation of a'class which should hold
a life-long lease of the offices. The
prevailing dispcisition , is fol. rotation
and change, and the spectacle of re
movals seems to be enjoyed with
satisfaction by everybody except the
victim. At the same time there is
made scope for reform in the man
ner of appointments, In many cases
in the,performance of official duties,
and particularly in the unsatisfactory
and uncertain tenure by which the
officbs are held.
Wirms we have no desire to interfere
in the family squabbles of the Democra
cy, we will confess to '.a leaning towards
the WALLAcz. side of the house. For the
Senator has been one of the men of whom
it could be truthfully said, "you always
know where to find him." Ho is .a Dem
ocrat, pure .and simple, all the time. It
is not particularly to his discredit, being
a Democrat., that he pursues the ways
and practices the arts of a Democrat. So
is no matter whether the "grounds" in
his coffee-pot are the residuum of the
berry that comes from the far-Off isles of'
Mocha, ur are the products' of Brazil.
They impart the same tinge of age to the'
papers which proclaim the - newly-arrived
emigrant to be an American citizen and
entitled to the elective 'franchise. And
then, the Senator has never been accused
of being unfaithful to his party. He lias
never " sold out" the Democracy for per
-8091 ends. Which entitles him to the
respect of all true partizans, for while it
is convenient and, profitable sometimes
to encourage treason the traitor is not
thereby ennobled in dour estimation. The
Senator was an original HANcocx man.
He was not a follower and worshipper of
the Sage of Gramercy Park. Nor .did he•
favor the Presidential aspirations of- SAM
RANDALL. In short, he (lOUs not train in
that crowd—and a bad crowd it is, too.
It was' fair to prestitne that as the Senator
desired to be Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, and as Gen. HAN
COCK had the same desire, that he would
succeed in his ambition. But lo ! there
is a "wheel within a wheel." There is a
"hand you cannot see "—although it is
Vain enough that it is the hand of Sammy
TILDEN—In fact the hands of the two
SAME—and they have been potent enough
to defeat the Senator and put lisuNum—
not the showman, but the BARNUM of the
mule fame—at the head of the Commit,
tee. The manner in which it was done,
and the reasons therefor, have just come
to light. It wad part of a scheme to cap
ture HANCOCK in the interest of TILDEN'S
friends, and a concession and yielding on
the part of the " Superb," that the co
operation and su?port of the TILDEN fac
tion in the canvass was of greater import
ance than standing by the Senator who
had brought about HANCOCK'S nomination.
It ,was shabby treatment of WALLACE,
and the excuse given' is shabbier still,
though it. shows boson:inch of harmony
there is in the Democratic party. The
pretense of Gen. Ilsrict's nearest
friends is that they have put the TILDEN ,
faction in a position "where they have
got to tight and cant skulk." We sup
pose, also, that by this arrangement the
bar'l is to be freely tapped:
Tux, July report of the Department Cr.
Agriculture shows that the States which
grow the bulk •of the seed-leaf tobacco,
namely, Connecticut, New York and
Pennsylvania, are increasing their pro
duct. Thevondition of the tobacco crop
for the whole country is but slightly be=
low that of last year. The oat crop
shows improvement, and ; in all sections ,
of the country the prospects are good - for
a full crop.. In 'potatoes 'there is no in;
cria`Upe in the area planted:; the 'condition
of the crop is fully as good as in ISM In
rye and bartepthere is a full average con
dition in all States wbere grown except
Nebraska,„ Where it is low, owing to
drought. All the States except New
H;unpshire and California show a wool
clip opal to or greater than last year. In
fruit crops apples and peaches show a full
average mop everywhere 'except -on the
Paoli:l23 coast. ; Grapes are-reported favor
.ably lont - -
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ISE
11111 Wstat aqs hrgeoliPthiliecifludtteik
went wad -gathering 16. - Ifew to*, and
have come back badly AMAMI!.
visor Davineowi, wbe hia been`the sub
ject' of - tumnasurod Dirmixtratic abuse,
was on the staiid, - and - taid the Story . of
Democvatic waturalizatiOn frauds in 1868
in inch- detailed • ind :Vividently_ truthful
way the . DemocratiO committee fairly
winced under it. Senator McDossui at
tempted to prevent the evidence from
being fully brought out, but only parthd
ly succeeded. Neale, were given of pro- ;
feasional witnesses, who vouched for per
sons,- to the number of 200 each. Ten
men vouched for 8,245 applicants ; one
hundred men, in One month, made affi
davits for 3700 applicants. One man,
Grp, secured 1,000 certificates in one
day. Altoge.ther, 04,000 certificates were
, secured in 1868, of which 20,000 were not
recorded. Mid all these were used in be
half of the Democratic party. Nor was
all this enterprise confined to New. York ;
but New Jersey and Connecticut were
benevolently included in the benefits of
these fiaudis. Naturalization certificates,
AO produced in New York were sold in
Connecticut and New Jersey et, fifty cents
each. fakhe z fact that these were largely
out-and t frauds' is proien by the -cir
cumstance that the declarations of inten
tion were trilling in number compared
with the naturalizations made.. Thus,
where 18,824 naturalizations occurred,.
only 400 declarations of intention existed.
Such are some of the salient facts in this
interesting revelation.
. Tun newspapers, having nothing else
to do, this hot weather, have* been pub
lishing daily accounts of the state of Ben
ator.Camenox's health, which were so
bewildering and contmilictory.thap it was
uncertain, day by day, whether be was in
the land of the living. A special Wash
ing despatch dated on Thursday, says
that , "-Septator Dox CAMERON put a 'qui
etus on the rumors which have got into
circulation about his health being in
dreadfully bad way by making his ap
pearance in Washington to-day. He doei
not look like isSin at death's door, and
says that although he has been so much
out of health that he found it necessary
to abandon business for awhile, he had
never regarded his condition as serious
and felt now so much improved that be
should resume his usual avocation. [The,
Senator is in good spirits over the politi
cal outlook, and says that GARFIELD•and
Arantra will be elected toy a l matter of
course. As to there being any doubt
about how Pennsylvania would go, he
said that was all nonsense. 'He had a two
hours' consultation with Governor Jaw-
ELL, Chairman of the National Commit
tee, in which the management of the cam
paign was discussed. * The Senator left
for home in the latter part of I the after
noon and expects to do his full share to.
ward the election of the Republican
ticket."
A FEA101:11. colliery explosion occurred
in the South Wales Colliery, near New
port, Wales, on Thursday last. It is sup
posed that one hundred and twenty men
were in the pit at the time, all of whom
perished. This terrible losh of life will
bring forirard the , hazardous charm
--
ter Of the miners' employment. Terrible
accidents are not uncommon in the. Brit.
ish mines from explosions, as the coal is
bitumions and the•pits of great depth. A
miner heedlessly uncovers his lamp for
the purpose of lighting his pipe, in viola
tion of rules, and fire is communicated to
the gas, with fearful resultrJ. In 1866 an
explosion of this kind resulted in a loss
of ihree hundred and twelve lives, follow
ed by a second explosion killing twenty
eight more, who were• in search of the
victims. 'But as terrible as these accounts
are, the statistics show that this whole
sale slaughter includes but a small part
of the loss of life by accident in the mines.
During the twenty-five years, 1851-75,
while 5,685 miners lost their lives from
explosions, no fewer than 10,184 were
killed from fills of rdlifs and other por
tions of the • galleries. In this country
loss of life from explosions are not fre
quent, because the mines are more easily
ventilated than the deep coal seams of
England, which arti very fiery in their
character.
THE first States to vote this fall are Ar
kansas and Vermont, but as ono is as
strongly Deniocratic as the other is Re
publican, the results will not be interest- .
ing nor indicative. Maine, which votes
early in September, on the contrary, will
be watched with much anxiety. The
Greenback, party has united with the
Democratic; and it will require a vigor
ous fight to defeat the coalition. Arrlicc
tive canvass is already beginning, howev
er, and the Republicans are sanguine of
success., The October States are Indiana
and Ohio. In the former a partizan de
cision overthrew the constitutional
amendments, and kept the election in Oc
tober, for purposes whfch were personal
to some of the aspirants .for nomination
by the Cincinnati Convention. It is sup
posed that this trick will not help the De
mocracy. The State is usually )Demo.
cratic, but. the Republican leaders are
confident that by hard-fighting itjean . be
carried. Ohio is certain to go Republi
can. The only question is as to ,he size
of the majority. • The nominatii4of Gen
eral GenFrEtal will add largely' to the
Republfean vote, and increase the majori
ty which will be given to inspirit the Re
publicans of the North.
Tug Pennsylvania Reserve Association
had a reunion at Harrisburg, on Thurs
day last, attended by about three hundred
survivors of that memorable corps. Gov
ernor Cul IN called-the gathering to or
der, and l ilayor PATTERSON welcomed the
Reserves to the Citol, followed by Gen
eral CRAWFORD, who replied to the words
of welcome. Colonel 11Eanarisori deliv
ered an oration, and a poem was deliver
ed by J. 13. - SLATER. Nearly two hun
dred persons participated in a banquet at
the Lochiel House: Notable Speeches.
were made by General PstrEnsos and
Colonel MANN. The folloiving officers
were re-elected : President,
_Hon. A. G.
CURTIN ; First Vice President, Colonel
WILIIIAM B. MANN; Second Vice Presi
dent, Captain' WILLIAM idoCLELtaric ;
Tbir4 Vim President, Colonel J. P. TAT.
LOU ;aecording Secretary, Cuartrats Da-
TINE; Corresponding Secretary,, Captain
CRIiL W. HAZZARD; TM/11Mb 'JOSEPH
H. irmaxoswtmur. Bellefonte was Ba
ler-tad as the place of meeting next. year,
the hate to be flied by the Board of Offi
cers.
Tun first State election will beheld lo
Alabama, on the 2d of Augrlt. Arkansas
follows on the 7th; Maine, September 12;
Georgia, ' , etcher 6, and Ohio. Indiana
ind West Virginia, October 12. Them
will be a good deal of interest in the Maine
'election, and still more in that of Indiana.
• WREN the New :York Herald polar ex
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The .following Is the full text of
Gen. CHUTES, A: ARTHUR'S letter of
acceptance :
Nzw-YOnK, July.ls, 1880.
Dais Sin I accept the position
assigned me by the great party whose
action you annonnce. .This accep
tance implies approval of the princi
ple& declared by , the Convention, but
recent usage perinits me to add - some
expression of my own views. The
right and dqtyato secure h - onesty and
order in popular elections is a mat
ter 'so vital that it must stand in
front. The , authOrity of the National
Government to preserve from fraud
and force elections at, which its own
officers are chosen is a chief point on
which' the two parties are plainly and
intensely opposed. Acts of Congress.
for_ten years have, In'New-York and
elsewhere, done much to curb the
violence and wrong to . which the bal
hit-, and the, count have been again
and again subjeCted,—sometimes de
spoiling great cities,. sometimes stifl
ing the volce of a whok State, often
Beating, not only iik Congress, but on
the Bench - , and-in Legislatures, num
bers of men never chosen by the
people. The Democratic party since
gaining possession of the two houses
of ;Congress has made these just laws
the object (if bitter; ceaseless assault,
and despite all resistance, has hedged
them with restrictions cunningly con
trived to baffle and paralyze them.
This aggressive majority boldly at
tempted to extort from the Executive_
his approval of - various enactments
destructiVe of these election laws by
revolutionary threats that a consti
tutional exercise of the veto power
would be punished by withholding
the appropriations necessary to carry
on the Government. And these
threats were actually carried out . by
refusing the needed. appropriations,
and by forcing an . extra session of
Congress, lasting for months and re
sulting in concessions to this usurp
ing demand, which are likely, in
many States, to subject the majority
to the lawless Will of a minority.
Ominous signs of public disapproval,
alone subdued this arrogant73wer
into af milieu surrender for the time
being of a part of its demands. • The
Republican party has strongly ap
proved the stern refusal of its repre
sentatives to suffer the overthrow of
statutes believed to be salutary and
just. It has always insisted, and now
insists, that the Government of the
United States of America is em
powered and in duty bound-to effect
ually protect the elections denoted
by the Constitution as National.
PROTECTION FOR EVERY- CITIZEN.
More than' this, the Republican
party holds, as a, cardinal point in its
creed, that the Government should,
by every means known to the Consti
tution, protect all American citizens
everywhere in the full enjoyment of
~heir civil and political rights: - Asa
great part of its work of reconstruc
tion, the Republican party gave the
ballot to ; the emancipated slave as
his right and defence: A large in
crease in the number of members of
Congress, and of the Electoral Col
lege, from the former slavebolding
States, was the immediate result.
The history of recent'years abounds
in evidence - that in many ways and in
many places—especially where their
number has be,en great enough to en
danger Democratic control—the very
men by whole elevation to citizen
ship this increhse of representation
was effected have been debarred and'
robbed of their voice and their vote.
It is true that no State statute -or
Constitution in so many words denies
or abridges the exercise of political
rights ; but - the modes employed to
bar their way are no less effectual.
It is a suggestive" and startling
thought that the increased power de
rived from the enfranchisement of a
race now denied ,its share in govern.
ing the country—wielded by those,
who lately sought to overthrow the'
Government=is now the sole reli
ance to defeat the party which repre
sented the sovereignty and nation.
ality of the American people in the
greatest crisis of our history. Re
publicans cherish none of the resent
which may have animated
them during the actual conflict of
arms. They long for a full and real
reconciliation between the - sections
which were needlessly and lament.
ably at strife; they sincerely offer
the hand of good will, but they ask
in return a pledge of good faith.
They deeply feel that the party,
whose career is so illustrious in great
and patriotic iichievement, will not
fulfil its destiny until peace and pros
_perity are established in all the land,
nor, until liberty . of • thought, con
science and action, and equality of
opportunity shall be not merely cold
formalities of statute. but living
birthrights, which the humble may
confidentlyclaim and the powerful
dare not deny.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The fesolution referring to the
public service ?seem to me deserving
of approval. Surely, no man should
be the incumbent of an office the du
ties of which he is, for any cause, un
fit lo perform, who is lacking iffabil
itY, fidelity, or integrity which a
proper administration of such office
demands. This sentiment would
doubtless meet with general acquies
cence, but opinion has been widely
divided upon the wisdom and pme
ticailliity of the various reformatory
schenies which have been suggested,
and of certain proposed regulations
governing appointments to public
office. The efficiency of such regu
lations has been distrusted, mitinty
because they have seemed to exalt
mere educational and abstract teats
above general business capacity, and
even special fitness for the'particular
work in haUd. It seems to ,me that
the rules which should ,be applied to
the management of the public ser
vice may properly conform, in the
"main, to such as regulate the con
duct of successful private business.
Orignal appointmentsshould . be bas
ed upon ascertained fitness. The
tenure of office should be stable. Po
sitions of responsibility should, so
far as practicable, I* filled .by the
promotion of worthy and of of:
goers,.: The-investigwilon orallcom.
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misconduct,, should be prompt
and thorough.' which
I have long , held, repeatodly-deciar
edl-and unffOrrily applied en . call
id upon to not,: I - find; ,embodied. is
the:resolatiOni .whiA, - or course, ;.I
approm I wilt add that, by the so-
Ocptinoo . : of whether
high of low, one • does net, my
judgment, escape any , of:his respon
sibilities as a .eitizen, , and that he
should enjoy absolute liberty to
think and speak and act in political
matters according to his own will
and conscience, provided only that
he honorably, faithfully and fully
discharges all his official duties.
RESUMPTION OP SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The' reatiniption of specie Payments
—one of the fruits of Republican pol
icy—has brought the return of abun
dant prosperity, and the settlement
of many distracting questions. The
restoration of sound money, thd
large reduction - of our public debt
and of the burden of interest; the
high advancement of j the public cred
it, all attest the ability and COUragil
of the Republican party to deal with
such financial problems as may here
after demand solution. Our paper
currency is now as good as gold, and
silver is performing its legitimate
function for the purpose of change.
The prieciples which should govern
the relations of theiie elements of the
currency are simple and clear. There
must be no deteriorated coin, no de
preciated paper. And every dollar,
whether of metal or paper, should
stand the test of the world's fixed
standard.
The value of popular edribation
can hardly be overstated. Although
its interests must of necessity be
chiefly confined to voluntary effort
and the individual action of the sev
eral States, they should be encourag
ed, so far as the Constitution permits,
by thegenerous cooperation of the
National Government. The interests
of the whole country demand that
the advantages df oureommon school
system should be brought within the
reach of every citizen, and that no
revenues of the Nation or of the
States should be devoted to the sup
port of sectarian schools.
Such changes should be made in
the present tariff and such syitem of
taxation as will relieve any overbur-
dened industry or 'class, and enable
our manufactilrers and artisans to
compete successfully with ; those of
of other lands.
The Goveiilment should aid works
of internal improvement i national in
their character, and should promote
the development of our water-courses
and harbors wherever the general in
terests of commerce require.
THE PARTY'S CLAIM TO CONFIDENCE
Four years ago, as now, the Na
tion stood at the threshold of a Pres
idential election, and the Republican
party, in soliciting a continuance of
its ascendancy, founded its hope of
success,'not upon its promises, but
upon its . history. / Its subsequent
course has been such as to strength
en the claims which it then Made to the
confidence and support •of the coun
try. On the other hand, considera
tions more urgent than have ever be
fore existed forbid the accession of
its opponents to power. Their suc
cess, if success attends them, must
chiefly come from the united support
of that section which sought the for
cible disruption of thenion, and
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which, according to all th teachings
l
of our pa!!„. history, will emand as
cendancy in the councils of the par
ty, to whose - triumph it will have
made by Tar the largest contribu
tion. ,
,There is the gravest reason for ap
prehension that exorbitant claims
upon the Public Tteasury, by no
means limited to the hundreds of
millions already covered 'by bills in
troduced in Congress within the !past
four years, would be successfully ur
gei if the Democratic party should
succeed in supplementing its present
control of the National Legislatune
by electing the Executive also.
There is danger in intrusting the
control of the whole law-making pow
er of the Government to a party
which-has in almost every Southern
State repudiated obligations,quite as
sacred as those to which the faith of
the Nation now stands pledged.
I do not doubt that success awaits
the Republican 'party, and that its
triumph will assure a just, economi
cal, and patriotic Administration. I
am, respectfully, your obedient
servant,
C. A. ARTHUR.
To Hon. 6Eonati. F. HOAR, President of
the Repubtican National Convention.
A BANK CASHIER ASSASSINATED
HONESDALE, Pa., July 16.—The
cashier of the Merchants' Bank, Hen
ry W. Shouse, .of Easton, was mur
dered in this blice this evening. In
company with James W. Wilson the
attorney of the late' Judge John
Shouse's estate he came to Honesdale
this morning;
,and a ft er transacting
considerable business during the day
he called, after supper, on Justice
James B. Eldred at his office.
While seated in an armchair in the
Middle of the office, at about 81, with
Mr. Wilson seated on. one • side of
the office table and the justice on the
other, all engaged in friendly con
versation, Benjamin K. Bortree, of
Ledgedale, this county, a brother-in
law of Mr. Shouse, walked in at the
open door. Without speaking he
stepped up to Mr. Shouse, and pine
ing the muzzle of a revolver at his
temple, fired two shots in rapid suc
cession. Mr. Shouse fell over in his
chair without uttering a word. Jus
tice Eldred jumped up and seizing
the pistol; said " What in the
world are 'you d oing t" Bortree
turned to the justice, wrenched the
pistol from his hand, and placing it
to his breast, swore that if he did not
leave the office instantly, he would
shoot• him also. Mr. Eldred retreat
ed out of the door. • While Mr. Wil
son made good his escape throu'Fh
the back door. Bortree then turned
to his prostrate victim and disch4-
ed another barrel of the revolver at
his head. Justice Eldred again rust'.
ed into his office, and confronting
Bortree, demanded the pistol which
the murderer then surrendered, say
ing that Eldred had always been a
good friend of his, and he would not
harm him. lie then surrendered
himself to the justice, and was taken
to jail. 'On the way he said he knew
the consequences of his act and sup.
posed be would have to die for it;
that the Shouses had robbed him,
end that he did not regret the died.
The revolver used was of large cali
bre, and was bought in a hardware
store here to day. Mr. Shouse nev
er spoke after being shot. A doctor
was immediately summoned, but the
wounded man was dying when he ar
rived, and only breathed a few min
utes. The tragedrwas witnessed by
two or three persons who happened
to be in front ef the office at the
time. The murdered man was a
younger brother of the ]ate.: nom
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'under the suridemiot tboaiii!k
Airsailog to . _*• , kaiiko-*****Ki*P4 o .
troika , pmts - of thi Wintry to beer Wit
lima* of two hae,
lips* vas Does - deithnespooof: : ll*
coci or 6.aulogi of oanartruk bat 8 dii
miaow of theLprinclphiof the eaMptigit.
_Re vigorously attacked the Democratic
platform a's's whole. lie declarixl that in
nominating HANCOCK the - Deniocratle
patty had sunk its ofterworpressed objee•
that to military men and' in nominating
Rsousw had :forgotten its prejudice
against national banks. They bad stolen
the best planks from Republican past
history for their platform, especially as
regarded honest motley. GRANT'S Dell-
Moinesigieech was cooly appropriated by
them. In pledging themselves anew to
the doctrines of the Democratic party,
they again indorsed slavery as a divine
Institution, the Rebellion of, 1861, and
all the results of death which the war
brought about.
CERTAINLY there is a touch of false
pretense in Gen. lixicomes nomination,
which however, deceives no one. ,No one
supposes that the DemoCultic party in
power. under HANCOCK would be different
from--certainly not betterthanwould
be under TILDEN, or HENDRICKS Or, Say
noun.- The never was a part y whose
solidarity was more complete, - iii„which
the machinery of politics was more thor
oughly effective, over which a leader not
in sympathy with She party sentiment
would be more powerless. General ll.tx
cires nomination changes nothing in the
purposes of the men, who, With unity of
pnrpose and inflexible resolution, deter
mine the course of the party. These men
ate the Southern managers. They are
the only ones who -know, what they want
beyond all doubt or equivocation, - and
1110411 to have it, even if the ballot is en
tirely suppressed _at the Sotith, and all
the avenues to justice blocked and made
impassable..
THE Twelfth Congressional district is
now represented by the River-Improve
ment-Greenback-Democrat, HENDRICK R.
Mimes. It comprises. Lackawanna and
the greater portion of Lyzerne county,
and with united effort might be carried
for a Republican. But our neighbors
have apparently set about "firing things"
so as to ensure defeat. Lackawanna pre
sents JOSEPH A. SCRANTON, editor of the
Republican and has three conferees, under
an old arrangement ; Luzern does not
recommend a candidate, Init the Conven
tion electot four- conferees without in
structions, and understood to be unfavor
able to Air. SynAwrox's nomination. The
Lucerne Convention also named the .day
for the meetiLg of the Conference at a
time not acceptable to the'Lackawanna
people. LD. Snoesfiecn is named as a
probable candidate. from Lucerne.
IN a recent speech Senator Pgsraxrbit
remarked that HANCOCK'S 'candidacy
means "a free ballot to every-citizen,
white and colored, native and natpraliZed,
without marshals - to .electioneerewith him
or supervisors to intimidate him; it means
free elections and - fair counts.l' Pkx DLE
TON, howeve r , knows that there is not a
Southern State with, perhaps, the except
ion of Virgiiiia and Florida, in which the
negro citizens will be allowed to vote the
Republican ticket, or in whiCh Republi
can votes will be fairly counted. A free
ballot and a fair Omit in the South would
give more than half the Southern States
to the. Republican party, and they are
the very last things that are desired by
PEsm.rrott, llsscocx, or any of the
Democratic crowd.. The people_ of the
North cannot be blinded to the truth of
the Southern situation by PENDLETON'S
' ACCORDING to present estimates, under
the new census, the Southern States will,
lose thirteen Representatives in Congress
and may possibly gain three—two in
Texas and one in Missouri. The North
ern States will probably lose eight mem•
hers and gain eighteen—the gains going
to Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Colorado and Cali(ornia. Eleven
Democratic States will oso thirteen Rep
resentatives, and two Democratic States
gain three. Four Republican States lose
five Representatives, aud seven Republi
can States gain eighteen, while three
doubtful States lose few Repreientatives,
which summed up, is as foll.iws North
ern States gain .10; Southern Statei lose
10; Republican States gain 13 ; Demo
crap: States lose 10.
SENATOR WALLACE Ma* not made
Cllairman of the Democratic National
Committee. It was expected that the
member from this State; WILLIAM L.
Sant, of Erie, would resign and allow
his place to be filled by the Senator. Such
it is understood was the wish of- General
HANCOCK. But Mr. Scores inclinations
didn't run that way. His objections were
that Senator WALLACE not having a bar 1,
could not successfully -appeal to those
who had, and besides' over forty promi
nent Democrats lad written him not to
do it. So the Senator will have to con
tent himself with a little side show, and
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can devote all time and attention to
the impossiblerik of attempting to se
cure a re-election.
Tna most ludicrous performance of the
day, was the visit of condolence or con
gratulation, or whatever it might be call
ed, paid by the Democratic National
Committee to the Sage of Gramercy
Park. Ex-Governor STEVENSON, of Ken
tutky, Supplied the "taffy," which was
liberally_ administere4 to the old man.
He was praised for his noble example of
self-denial and patriotism in relinquishing
the Presidency four years ago, all the
while the speaker and the listeners con
gratulating themselves at the narrow es
cape they bad from his candidacy. The
visit was probably , intended to induce a
liberal tapping of the bar'l.
- CoLosEL CAsu, the South Carolinian
who recently shot down a prorqinent law
yer in a miss-called duel; has been admit
ted to bail. A son of CASH drew his pistol
to shoot an - editor whObad censured the
Cowardly homicider.' The red-banded
father, instead of chiding his son, brought
out his -own revolver to insure what he
called "a fair play." Had not bystanders
interfered the journalist would have been
slain in cold blood by the son of the mur
derer, under the encouragement_ of the
father. And this is civilization among
the high-toned gentlemen.of -the South !
The promising son Was not arrested.
WILLLUI !CALDER, -a wealthy 'and re
spected citizen of Harrisburg, died at his
residence in that city on Monday morn
ing last, aged 59 years. Mr. C was well
known throughout ~ the country from his
connection at an esrly ago with stage
coaching, canal and railroad enterprises.
He was a Irian of great energy, sound
practical common sense, unswerving in
tegrity and distinguished benevolence.
He will . be much missed in Harrisburg,
and his eady- death lamented by . .a large
thole of friends and acinaltdiamm,-.
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PIUY ADRLPHUI :LETTER.
riimiansumu44aly
IMINZIE
Aboat the - Brit of August the Chairman
`of tb• Religion saki' committee:will
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*pen aka campaign hr occupying tho
rooms provided for lam in thileity. : Mr.
Celina 0 an indefatigable and shreird io
liticallrorker;.and be will make the can
vass "red hot." Of con* he will not
lowe the tiglit all to himself, as Mr. Dill,
the Chairman erthe Democratic Commit
tee, will about the prune time make. this
'city the base of ihaoperations (no pun W
inded on Dace) and extraordinary efforts
will be made to overcome th s tEßepublican
:majority in the State, 'That . all the cf.
forts of the Democracy wilt be -futile, is
to:coming more and more certain, day by
day. - The quarrels of the Democratic
factions have by no means been settled.
The it still the same jealousies" and the
same bickerings amongst the leaders,
which Will in a certain measure effect
the vote. On the contrary, the Re
publician party in the city as it 0 in
the country, fa united, • harmonious and
I determined. :Whatever differences there
may be as to local matters, there is com
plete unanimity upon the !residency,
and ri universal and deep feeling that
the Democracy should not; be allowed to
have control of the government. The
Hancock boom—or rather the attempt to
create t boom—is a fiat faihare. The awl;
diers utterly 'rejeit ' the nomination of
their oldoommander by the Confederates.
ey are not to be caught by so simple
d palpable 'a trick. There is no defec
tion in the Republican ranks, but from
every quarter comes the .sane account.
The Republicans are united, anxious and
determined. .._ ':f. .
A gentleman, while enjoying thir cool
breeze in Franklin Square, Saturday af
ternoon, was approached by a lady. hay
ing a little girl about:three years &,ld by
, -,the hand, and.with a most winning smileg.
'requested fife gentleman to take charge
of the girl for a few moments. The mo
nienta lirngthened into hours , and still she
did not return, and the gentleman having
business somewhere else an ( rl not desiring
to take the child with him, turned her
over to an officer of the Fourth 'oistrict,
Pennsylvania Railroad stock' sold on
Friday at 55, the highest point touched,
since early in the spring of 1876, more
than foiir years agoqwhile Lehigh Valley
was selling abOve pa There can be giv
en no better proof of the confidence felt,
in the a r management of "these two great
companies, involving over $400,000,000 of
stocks and bonds, than the fact that of
all the dividend paying stocks In. the
Country, these two sell highest in -propbr
tion to the rate of interest that they are
paying upon the investment. At these
prices the Pennsylvania is paying only a
little more than five and a half per cent.,
and the Lebigh,Valley a trifle leis than
four.
In many respects Philadelphia is clear
ly the *greatest of all American communi
ties. She is utiquestionably so in manu
factures, her total,prodaction being esti
mated this year at $625,000,000. This
aggregate, large as'it is, increases steadi
ly, and will undoubtedly reach $1,000,-
000,000 annually before 1890. Philadel
phia also far exceed all other Americifit
cities in the number of ,her dwelling
honses, in the lepent of her paved streets,
of her culverts and of the number of het.
places of religious worship.' 11l these
respects our 'improvements are i proceed
ing as regularly and rapidly as they were
ten years ago.
The foreign fruit traded thiS city. has
been very large this' season. It is esti
mated that thm number of bananas im
ported will reach 500,090 ; cocoanuts,
6,000,000; pineapples, 2,000,000. .
Collector Tutton was superseded- on
Thur'sclay by General Hartranft.
Tutton has made a good Collector, and
served the governnieut faithfully and
well. There is no reason to . doubt that
the:new Collector will follow in thieeot
steps of his predecessor so far as the busi
ness of the office is concerned. No remov
als have yet been made, and there is no
probability any taking place.
Satnrday morning Judge Briggs, in the
Court of Quarter Sessions, rendered a dej
cision concerning the recent irregularities
in the office of the clerk of 'the Court of
Quarter Sessions, in which he exonerted
the clerk of the court, William R. Leeds,
and advises District Attorney Ilagert to
indict Messrs. Goodwin, Schell, Mcßride,
McKinney and Ilarman, and also to use
as witnesses Messrs. Glenn and Clements.
The Crooked part of this business was not
esd much the taking nnd dividing of illegal
fees as the forging of the names of sure
ties and witnesses to the tavern bondi.
It looks as if there would be trouble for
the parties implicated.
The toy pistol is a new invention, but
as a tire-arm, if not suppressed, it bids
fair to be as destructive to life as the
most approved weapon with which hostile
armies are provided. It is insiguififant
in its looks and sells cheaply, but its' ef
fects aro unknown Until a week or so af
ter it has bursted,, when its victims are
taken with tetanus,' that horLibt• disease,
and speedy but agonizing death follows.
Every fitrge city in the country is report
ing deaths from the toy pistol, and Phila n
delphia so far presents eleven as her quo
ta.'
In spite of all the complaints of •dirty
streets, unwholesome . water and tot
weather, the statistics show that Phila
delphia as compared with other cities, is
really the heathiest injtho country; , The
mortality lists of the last few weeks fur
nish the teats., Our heaviest death loss
per week this summer has' been but, one
in every 1,500 of population, while New
York has lost one in 1,000. Our sister
city, in fact, is losing more in deaths of
small children than our entire, death rate.
We are healthier than Boston by twenty
five per cent., than Baltimore by ten per
cent., and than several Western cities by
from fifteen to forty per cent.
Appearances indicate a time of consid
erable excitement among the iron men of
this city. The hands in most of the mills
have gone upon a strike for higher wages.
The masters, instead of yielding, have de
termined to give the strikers until next ,
Friday to return to work; and if they do
not, then to employ new men. The pro- ,
vision is al4o accompanied with the red
gnirement that the men .abandon their
trades-unieu.
The Board of Health, on Motulay, re
coived a communication from a Dr. Goy
im calling attention to the condition of
the Schuylkill water, In which he says
"It has an odor of putrid animal . matter.
When the water was low in the basin a
few days since, it was so heated by the
action of the sun that it killed the fish,
and they yet remain in the reservoir."
The doctor predicts an epidemic of ty
phoid nature unlessimeans be taken to
prevent it; The Board referred the mat-
ter to the Medical Inspector for examila
tion. In the scare; of course, , theie
be constant demmuls for beer, and the tem.
petance movement will be, to an 'extent,
damaged. C . . .
,The bark Roe? Itedergues Lopez, is
new lying at the Wharf of the Edgmoor
Iron Works ? out the Eoplaititli t
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EMBIN
with wthe limt4nirket f house = eonstructod
. .14. tcm la*titiPitown, Deinerars, British
South America. This is the - first,
ircitt building ever made in this- coontry
fora dripandencyrof the:En - gu s h Govern_
merit. Theplans adopted were manifest
ly sat superior to those presented_bi other
parties,. Butt the American competitor ~3 _ .
cared the contract at an advanced" price,
over that offered , by his rivals in Europe. •
, - two-year-old child of Christi an .
Freed, a baker, in thelower part of this
city, on Monday last, ;fell into a tub of
' yeast intended for the'next day's bakitg
and was drowned, the l body of the child
was not recovered for some • hours after
ward.
The Board of Directors of the • Union
League have appointed a committee of
one hundrgd to take charge' Of the cam-
Tulip on behalf of the. League. It will
be called together . early in September and '
a chairman elected. •
" It is stated that since the establishment
of Buchanan's _ready-made doctoi-shop
on Pine street, it has turned out nearly
eleven thousand 'diploints. The list of
graduates, according to ;the Doctor's own
annonneenient, contains ever fifteen huu-.
dred_names, embracing over twenty-two
years—from 1K i 8 to 188 n. - In Buchanan's
ReYetic Jourqal was contained a report
of commencements of eve g year, which
gives the names of eiWlinndreri gradu
ates from its inception in 1863 to the prec
ent. time. Besides these there have also
been discovered the names of six hundred
persons. who have received express pack
ages from Buchanan ; and, if becegliary,
it can be proven on the trial that of these
six liundred packages over five hundred
Contained diplomas. There - have also
been found fifty-four letters having refer
ence to the purchase of diplomas. In the
same connection, a search reveal-. the
names of over six hundred graduates of
Dr. Paine's college—the Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery.
Jane I?obenson,.eleven Years of age, a
domestic in. the louse of William H. Curt
ningtoii, - "residing 'at No. 1712 North
Ti entfeth streot e met with a horrible
death by .bu ruing ritt TbursdaY- last.. All
of the family were laketet at the time
with the:exception of tivo) , children, who
were playing on the- third floor. Jane'
had been Sweeping up the dining-room,
and hall gathered up some papers - and
threw *them into the . range.
,-.ln doing
this herelothing,took fire. She at once
rushed into the yard screaining; fin. - aid,
.her cries attracting the attention of a gen- ,
ilenian, who jumped over - the fence,
threw the child down 'and extinguizhed
the flames: The little sufferer, howevir,
was fatally injured, and died yeste'rday
morning about ten o'clock, iu great awi
ny.
A lad of atventeen years, named Wil
liam Weiivdr, residing on Master street,
above Fourth . , rowed over-the
.bat
Ridgway Park, Sunday, and after
ging Idei boat on the — sand, dim'obed and
went
went into the water, A . strongcurrc
bore him out, beyond his,depth hit? the
channel, where the terry, boats , rim
their regular trips, and not being able to
make his way back was drowned_ in Ile
presence of a large - number of spectators
who were watching him froni the •
with no meads of lending him aid. iLe
police tug Stokley went to' his, a • ssistat.,e
as soon - as p.,ssible, but before iti r cupid
reach him the lad sunk for the la-t'
Medical Inspector Taylor is having
analysis made of water taken fro m the
Spring Garden, Fairmount, and Delawa,:e
reservoirs on the last day of the riton tit.
to ascertain if the charges made as to iTs
impurity were founded pu faCt:
The funeral of - Robert. Baist, Sr., t:!e
well-known florist, took place Friday' i,r
termon from I,i.s.latc• residence, corner e•f
Sixty-seventh street and-Elmwood :iven
ne, and was largely ft - I
- tended. The le:
mains were .interred in Mount Veri:,,-n
Cemeterv.
Iv, A large portion of England the
weather . of the past•week was again dis
astrous to the agriculturalists. An exttsC
sive acreage of arable lands is 'under
waterfront heavy rains, and many of the
croPs, especially hay, are Irretrievably
ruined. • Englishmeit were wont 'to boast,
and not without good grounds either, that
their island was a garden. Can its climate
have permanently changed fur the worse ?
WIIOEVER shall be 'elected President
.will inevitably-caOy out the policy of the
party which electS him. So much is be;
youd the realm of. dtitibt.: The personnel
of the tickets my be set aside iu this
presmit discussion. The men are only
the indices of party life.
.1
AFTER all, the lla.scocx boom - *as
nothim.T.but the epthusia.s t m of the De
mocracy at being relieved from Tit.DEN..
STATE NEWS.
—The Democrats and Greeilbaelors in
Indiana couuty have ctgi'ened. '
—The Allentown iron Company, °Trim*,
to the dulue,s of the tratle, • has .blown out Its f•tr
up!es. i .-
—The Ferndale rolling mill at ,
town. after a long idleness, has. contintir.eed (.1, , ,; - 1.• •
tlonsagain.
—A large tract of land in Plitt: county,
formerly owhecl ":+y limace Greeley, was'boldoa
Tues.lay for taxes.
—The Mont&rnery ffirnaces at Port•
•Kerin , dy has gone out of 1.1a,d on account of the
dull market for Iron.
—Ninety bands have been thrnwn out
of.woik by the' horning of the trhlgh cnf
c t'
shops at ‘Vtitatileity.
—Mr. Nicholas Su) fforti, .of van,y
Forgo, hag a coo/ tha Lgiorolli• t h to twiK-cal'yesla:,t
week weighing 1(4 pounds each.
Q . —Whortlpiterries are so .plentifill on a
portb•o of thi• Blue that th4;illtop Is
sold-tn present a biul.llappearatwe.
—Mrs. Betsy Bice, of :.nwer . Saue'n
tow•ashtp, LetOgh roitnty. Is 107 years or ;Lee. Site
dues not uv.e sptelaele, and realarkaidy
. —The barn of Daniel Herr, !rear 11;:f_
tee, wAs!,freck by .llghtnlog on Thursday and tie.-
trosed. The loss slit amount to 117.,^e04 pattlaay
Itisurtd.
—The baby of an cnilgrant - woman died
at Pittsburg. on Monday, while she 1 ,, k1 It In her
amts. The intense neat is supposed je bare hetut
the cause:
—Michael March vliri t!ie
Iron futilaeo at Lawrencv‘llletti••r county.
srveral seam ago, died at LinioriclltaLlon cu
Tuesday. In his 77th year. • '
•
—Z. Itejnbanter, .aged , 40, was rnn
over and It Wed by a train atl attatit I near WI lk
barre.t .11Is head was crushed awl his body terri
bly Mingled.
•
—Ou Thursday the Democratic coht•r:
eisir for tho Nineteenth Coygresslottal district
at Gettysbut g and trnanilitoto,ty po•i.
T. E. lieltzhoosTr for Colign•ss.
•
—During a violent thunder storm at
Carlisle on Thursday two hobses were strnek by
lightning. One of them (*longed .1. W. Ikos.
io n, whose daughter was badly
JamesS.ltutan left Waver for
New Ybrit with his wife on Tnei , !•day, and they will
sail fromthe latter place for Liverpool on Slltu
He will return oh.att the Ist of S..pt-rn her.
•
—Tiro
Williamsport
reports that them are from ao,toe.eoo to
elk feet of logi In the Susquehanna iti.vr betwr,
Leek Haven and Keating. nearly all otwhlch
be brought In en halt - Haul. • •
• —Jacob Smith was arrest eti at. Steeltcin,
Dauphin county, Cu Tuesday. at the Instance
a Ju4tlce ut Peace named C. ilcvs. Tor cattle: hiui
a "Copperhead." When Judge Pcarbou heard of
the cnum, he mitered tnalth's re!case. ,
HONORED AND BLEFSED...— When a!
bOard of eminent physicians and el:enlists
announced .the discovery that by, combiu
ing some well known valuable remedies..
the ~most - wonderful medicine was prof ,
duced, :which would cute. such a wide
range of diseases that most all other„rem 7
edies could be dispemiedwi!h,. many were .
skeptical; but proof of its merits by actu=
al trial has dispelled alkdouln, and to-day
the discoverers of that great mitlicine,
Hop Bitters, are honored and, blessed by
allay benitactor - -
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