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Towanda, Pa., Jan. 27, Mu
Mn now one of the statements of a
veritable s t nd intelligent correspondent at
Washington is to the - effect that General
GARFIELD has not - tendered any of the
portfolios of the Secretaries to be ap
pointed by him to any man. This seems
the most likely story we have yet hard
in this connection.
MR. Senmonerr, a member of the New
York Assembly, _introduced a bill Thum;
day making the cmsolidation.of telegraph
companies etiutvalent 'to a forfeiture of
their charter. That is a good idea, and
one which has been effectively embodied
in our own statute-booka. But ,31r.
Scnnommt is a little late.
Tile only party inTennsylvania which
is united just now is the NatioLakGreen:
back-Labor. it casts its Single 'vote in
theALegislature with distressing unanim
ity for the lion. lIRSRY CARY BAIRD for
Senator: The only bad, thing about Mr.
BAIRD is that he belies and unlimited
flood of paper money iblessing, the . na
tional bank - System a c urse, and Specie re
sumption a snare and a delusion. -
there is any one thing more than an
other to be hoped and expected from the
administration of President GARFIELD,
and the Republican Congress by which
it will be sustained, it certainly lb a cessa
tion of that - peculiar currency tinkering ,
which has been the special plague of the
country for so long a time, and which the
Democrats and Greenbackers seek to
make the pertivnent affliction of tbd
nation.
A!: ounce bottle filled .with laudanum
was found secreted in one of the stock
ings of GEORGE SulTit, who with Mrs.
Mit.t.Eat i • is ,confined 'in the tycoming
county jail under the sentence , of death
for the murder of Mrs. MILLER'S hus
band: • The Sheriff bad been notified of
SmITIeS intention to escape the gallows
by self murder by a fellow prisoner, and
thorough search being ynade, , the poison
was discovered.
Am, the
_prominent butter dealers
and • oornrniEsion merchants on Soutlr
Water street, Chicago, have si),necl an
agreement not to sell Or deal in any imita
tion of butter, either as'butter or under
.its real name. This action became neces
sary, as •sonic firms doing the largest -ex
p rto trade in 4
butter in the country have
found that reports of adulteration and
fraudulent butter' were' having a marked
injuribus effect, upon their foreign trade.
COLONEL ROEEICT Bou.mo, a leading
Virginia Republican, sayS that
readjusters gave, the colored voters thou
sands of electoral ticketi, bearing the
names of tho icadjuster 'HANCOCK elect
. ors and the darkies voted them thinking
they ire re. voting for G A W.: r ELD, because
the Republican - Congressionsl candidate's
name was printed on them. These tick,
ets, rays ~were circulated at
nearly every. voting precinct in the State.
MONT(10)11:RY county has thirteen
creameries within her bOrders operated
by - stock companies, with au aggregate
capital of . $37,1'33, besides several others
owned and: operated by 'individuals or
firms with alarge amount of money in
vested` in the business. - Bucks county
contains twenty-two similar enterprises,
. with a total. capital of 148,1.42. Cheese
and butter iire - both manufactured at
these establishments, which have all
.springitito existence within the past two
years,
Democrats hive just found out
that Mr. -111siteE is the legally elected
representative from the Second Congres
sional district of Florida, and they have
voted in favor of allowing him to take the
Feat whic - lt belongs to him. This is a very .
cheap piece of magnanimity which will
de'ceive no one, and the purpose of which
is perfectly plain: Mr.' BzsitEE has no
better title to his - seat now than ho had
two years ago, 'and had the Democrats
been sufficiently conscientious, his claims
_would -then have been recognized and
honored: -
TUAT is a harsh and very derogating
epithet which is applied to delegate CAN
NON, of Utah, whd is_called a "polygamic
fefon." It is very bad for a man to find
out after a long service in Congress that
he is an alien and was never naturalized,
because it raises the presumption that he
has for years been a conscious fraud, and
imposter. But to call him a "polygamic
felon,' with a reasonable supposition that
both
,the law and the facts will.sustain
tho epithet, is decidedly about as bad an
expression as could be applied to a man.
JEREMIAH BENNETT, the pioneer rail
road man of Indiata,„died at Shelbyville
last Friday, aged_ eighty-two years. 11.
was-a native of Cumberland county, New
Jettey, and *lint, to Indiana in 1832. s
There he planned and helped to build a
wooden railroad, the first ever built, west
of the mountains. On July 4, 1834, the
road was - completed,
.being,,two miles
long, and the old wooden cat drawn by
horses made its first trip. Mr. BENNETT,
was engineer, conductor and brakeman
all combined. This road was the one
which led eventually to the construction
of the C. 1., St. I:. and C. Road.
MIL SPRINGER'S resolution looking to
ward the assumption by the Federal gov
ernment of the telegraph service has been
favorably reported The step koposed
is one not to be lightly taken. It would
be very mach better if the public could
be provided with telegraphic facilities
. which it needs at a reasonable tariff by
the operation of private enterprise. Yet
if the existing monopoly cannot be broken
down in any other way, itorilt be neces
sary for Congress to interfere in the man
ner suggested, and follow the example of
England, taking the matter into Its own
bands. Cheap telegraphy is a necessity
of the day, and - by this,aneans'or by that
people are bound to have it.
PAILVERB, are congratulating them
selves, while they are forced to endure
the rigors of a cold winter, that there
will be conipeniation next summer for
the enormous piles of snow which cover
the face of the countrithis winter. These
will replenish the streams and springs on
which the tiller of the soil depends for
his supply of water. Last summer, there
was a general drouth ; the coming RlM
me, whatever may be its lack of rain,
cannot affect the huge supply which matt
ing snows-Twill drive into the bowels of
the earth; to be digested there into
draughts of health and refreshment from
-every spring of our region. So much for
,the effects of a winter of , snow on the
water supply of the coming summer.
Tax Washington gositips love to report
the quarrels of prominent men, When
there is a scarcity of this stock in the
•
market, they invent quarrels. Thus no.
He was nerver'cutt more out of the whole
cloth than that whiclitays the superanu
, sted justice SWATNE, of the United States
Supreme Court. has, declared that* will
not resign his position till the OATES
administration goes out, in order that
Serstmsv MAT-mews may not be appoint
ed in his place. Such a palpable false
hood should be disbelieved as soon as
stated. The beat evidence of its lzOing a
falsehood will probably be furnished this
month, by justice SvrAysit's resignation
and STANLEY MATSUIEWS' appointment,
The • rumor now is in Washington that
this is the course decided upon.
THE gruwth of a manufacturing interest
in the Smith is a healthy and hopeful
sign. A diversifitd industry is as valuable
for Gcot.gia and So n th Carolins t :as for
Pennsylvania and lassachusetts The
cotton manufacture o Georgia shows by
the present CensaWawincrease of 135 per
cent. over that of 1870. The ifs - Crease in
3la4sachusetts for ;be same time is but 70
.per cent. The cotton mills of Georgia
now employ 6,678 hands and have 200,074
spindles. They consumed: last year. 67,-
874 bales of cotton, against 24,269 iii:lB7o,
There is no reason why cotton shnuld. not
be manufactured where it is grown, to an
extent at least to supply the local market.
The lung, hot summers of Georgia are
uot'favorable to continuous work in cot
ton mills ; and o n that account at least!the
Northern manufacturer will always have
a eonsiderablej advantage over 'Southern
competition in the general market:
TIIE election of JAMES G. FAIR to the
United States Senate from Nevada calls
attention to the fact that the wealthy ele
ments of society in this country are,ob
}taining a large representation in that
The disposition on the part of the
people, to allow moneyed interests to use
thenr4t the polls is becoming alarming.,
It is not a good reason to vote -against a
man because he.is rich. But if he is only
rich, and does not possess the knowled,
culture and eloquence essential to the
creditable representation of a State in: the ,
Senate, he ought not to be - elected. The
Senate has not yet become whatt lively
cotemperity, we think theilr&klyn Ea
gle, calls a "bureau of millionaires," but
it . is advancing. m that direction. The
fault. lies with the peOple. They are
allowing this thing to be done with the
power in 'their hand's to prevent it. If
they permit this thing to go on until it
develops into the misfortunes n aristoc- .
racy of wealth in power alivais inflicts on
a people, they will pay a natural penalty
for,their relaxation of vigilance. '
E DEMOCI . ISIC OBJECT
It is impossible to put but one in
terpretation upon the passage of the
refunding bill, because its'torms, end
the utterances of WOOD and RAN
rum. for the Democrats, and WEAv
El. BI AND,and others for the Green
backers, admit of but one interpre
tation. It is an assault upon nation
al tkreilit under. cover , of refunding
the maturing debt. It
. proposes to
float a loam of $400,000,000 repre
sented by 3 per cent. short term
bonds, and to ensure the placing of
the bonds compels the national banks
to deposit them to secure their cir-
culating notes. But thc.conditions
imposed upon,the hanks are so much
in the nature of •an outrage that the
effect of the bill would be a steady
contraction of the currency until it
shotild reach ‘ at least $200.000 1 000.
Nobody believes that the business o
the country would bear such a con•
traction as that without entailing
disaster.
By the law 43(1874 the circulation .
of the banks was mule to accommo
date itself to the active demand for
miiney. At certain seasons ref 111,6
year the demand for monerfalls'bff,
very considerably, for reasons quite
obvions. The act of 187.1 . authorizes
the banks to retire a portion of the
.volume of their not at any time
upon depositing in the •Treasury l a
like amount of greenbacks? This e -
ables the hanks to decrease theit e --
penses so - fir as the tax on *cilia
tion is concerned, and since the de- .
posit of_Vi and 4 per cent. bonds the
banks have,depended upon this relief
to avert positive loss. The law has
been highly • commended by financial
,men, not only here, Imiteverywhere;
because it gives just that to
the currency which responds . to the
laws of trade. But the refunding
bill repeal 4 the act of 1874 in this
partic.ula'r, 4 and compels the banks to
redeem their notes as they can, get :
posiession of them, or' not at all.
The effect of this repeal would be to
keep ths circulation pretty nearly at
its maximum without- referencej to
the effective demand for money,
and to keep the burden of the tax
steadily on the banks withouVrefer
ence tolhe business of • the , country.
The national binking system is
the best-e_ver devised, here or else
where; and is'so regarded 'among the
ablest financiers the world over. 'lt
is in no sense a monopoly, because any
five men can organize a national
bank anywhere, upon appliCation and
the deposit of bonds to secure circu
lation./ It is a system of free bank
ing, but unlike the old system it re
quires the absolute, security of note
holders., It is a system or banking
in which every dollar issued is Tepee,
sei3ted by $l.lO deposited in the IT. S.
Treasury. Hence it is as safe as a
coin circulation, or absolutely safe.
The function of banks, when legiti
mate, is to distribute the currency.
We could not distribute the currency
direct from the Treasury if we want
ed-to do that, but it, would be neces
sary to create depositories in every
vill , ge where now there is a bank,
and at considerable cost ° and risk.
Had the Democrats set out openly to
destroy the national banks they could
not have devised a better plan to
effect their purpose than the refund
ing bill. - It strikes at the root of
national credit by rendering the re- 1
fiinding of the maturing debt uncer
t3in, and in attacking tbe banks it
atrikes.at one of the most, potent
agencies by which . ..national credit,
has been maintained, .We cannot
reascluebly . doubt that the refMidlog
bill was frained'Ui destmoY the bank*
its a mist . step to the reiratuguratiou
Pf a - ildidl* banking arsielnliOna as:
that which.: itausied ;the dreadful 601-
la of 1857'. •
-Thatandene,y to mad tipeeigatiou
'is very marked at - this time. • The
aorta '-toieonsolidii i te railway systems
and ielegrapli . dines, and the mania
for constructing railroads,: which be
gin at_prosE . tective centres of popula :
tioti and lead . nowhere, have experi
enced a 'marked revival of late.
These 'reckless enterprises, cannot
be prosecuted without money. The
national binha are too wise to im
peril their esistertee by joining ,in
such schemes. hence they must be
destroyed; and in their place it is in
tended to create such banks as those
which disgraced Penn3ylvania . and
the West 1/A 1857, *banks. without a
dollar - of real capital and altogether
irresponsible: The peOple do not de;
sire Such a destructive ilarige as that.
j They do not desire any change what
k ever unless it, be for the better. The
- -
Democratic object-id-tido, simply be
cause rule is denied .the Democratic.
party. Rule-is Denied that party be
cause it never ruled wisely. No man
can stuid up and mention "a single
line-of policy ever originated
_and'
carried out by that party of which it
is not to-day ashamed. The people
t id
.o not trust is ' Its leiviers are reels
less men like: FERI , FAN'DO: WOOD, or
political shams S. J. RANDALL,
orchronic frau4 l , like' WM. A. WAL
LA'CE. The refUriding bill isa . fair
sample of Democrat c capacity. - That,
is, the capacity to destroy, and the
incapacity to build util: • •
THE' FIGHT FOR titigrATou
;ere has-been but little.changuin.tbe
aspect of the struggle for Unkte4 -StitAs
Senator'since biir last isSue. 'The Senate
and House: have met in-joint conyeirtion
each day and ballottcd. The ballots tak
en up to Tuesday evening were as fol 104 :.
lid. Vt. h. 4th. 81h. tith. 7th. 80.
95 91 85 89 71 73.,,(80
Scl 56 ,52 54 ..82 49 , • 47
92 93 ;"92 •92 * 4 Cl 16 .82
1111 4 2 1 4
24r 1 1 4
1 1 1 1 1 . . 4
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Glilallan
MEM
On Monday afternoon a cauens of the
GnoW men was held at which fifty-thi ea
members were present. • Senator GEORGE
V. LA . WISENCE, of Washington County,
presideiiii 7 -.and - Representative I. V.
-ilitowN, - of Erie,.was secretary. On as- ,
sinning the:_' - iChair Senator LAWRENCE
stated that the meeting was for the pur,
poselof-fa'cilitating the election of a Unit
ed States Senator, and, if possible; break
hill up die Present .dead-lock. • With a
view to effecting that it was proposed to
submit a nuinber of names to . the other
side from which a: compromise' candidate
might be seleeted.l Among. those name d
and who failed tO obtain the necessary
two4hirds vote were Jour CESSNA, Sena
tor DAVIESri. LOUDON SNOWDEN, GLE:4=
NI W. ScoviELD, and Speaker- Htwlrr:
A committee, consisting of Senator DA-
N7ES, of Bradford, and Representatives
NILES,. of Tiotra, and ROBERTA, of Mont
gomery, was appointed to report the ac
tion of the meeting to Chairman M.c.NEtt.
of the regular caucus, and, of possible,
obtain an sutler fromh im to be acted
upon at anoth r -meeting to beheld Tues
-1
day morning at nihelo'c ock. The com
mittOb met iunedi tely after abjourn
ment and prepared the following commu
nication :
- HAM - USDVita, Pa., January 4.
To Mt L.n. Hog Chairman of thi Ztc-
Imblican Cancui el the Senate and House of
/Representative
- We, the undersigned, have be . enappointeid a com
mittee to Inform you, and through y Oil the friends
of- Henry W. Oliver, .1 r., that.the.ltepublican Sena
tors and Itepre.entatives who declined to participate
in the puma will unite with you and th e friends
of Mr. Oliver on the clectiou,of any of the following
named - gentleinen—to with : ChM ro
be A.
.tiw,
treorge Sidra& Wayne• MacVeagl t ,
. Thomas N.
Bayne, Joseph Wharton, John Stew rt, Charles S..
Wolfe, and wo-re - siketfully solicit siztur meepers;
Lion in the election orsomc one of the number to
the office of United States Senator.
This communication was '-'siihmitted to,
Senator MeNEtt.i. by Mr. DAVIES; who
reqUested an answer .by nine o'clock
Tuesday morning. This action of the an
ti-caucus people prOduced- excitement.
Jest_what action was taken by , the sup
porters of Mr. OLivpu with reference to
the conimunicatioti from Mr. Gnow'm
friends, we have not learned at the time
of:going to pies this, Wednesday, even
ing: • As the ballot taken in. the joint con
vention on Tuesday afternoon, did not
differ materially from those that have
preceeded it, it is.fair to presume that the
proposition for a coinprotaiso had been re
jected hy,Mr. OuvEß's friends. • .
Oun Senators in Congress do not intend
to allow any vote to be taken on i the ques- .
tion of Senator Kr.mooo's seat, unless
BUTLER and lisiirros, of South Caroli
na, BROWN, of Georgia, PENDLETON, of
Ohio, and the other Democrats Who have
agreed to vote - with the Republicans, can
be depended on to stick to 'their -Pledge.
SALISBURY, of Delaware, is very foolish
to press this matter at this time. With
ManoNE, of Virginia, the Republicans
can control the next Senate; even without
KELLOGO*VOte. They can, b'y methods
wellicnow_i2 in' psrliamentary practice,.
prevent a - Vote " being taken this session
that would be adverse to KELLOGG. But
even if KELLOOO should be Unseated, that
event would be followed by such an over !
hauling of Democratic credentials that
would astonish. our Senatorial friend from
Delaware.' "Let the gentleman on the
other side," said the lath Senator CRON.
LER, of Michigan, "show ni how to va
cate seats:in this body if they dare." We
hardly think it will be allowed, Sven if
theydare.
EDWARD A. BOTHER'S, the comedian,
Is dead, after having occupied for many
years a prominent position before the Oro
ple of the two continents, and haVing in
spired more laughter, perhaps, than any
other man'of his time. His talents were
great and versatile, his performances 214
plate with' originality, and the practical
jokes in which he delighted were of a
boisterous but not malicious nature. His
death will be sincerely mourned by thous.
ands to whom he has given pleasure.
Orin of the most,prosperous and prom
ising of recently-established American in
dustries ie r the manufacture of silk. Dur
ing.the pat year the production of silk
fabrics exceeded thirt y million dolbus in
value, and it is steadily increasing all the
time. Not only is the gdalitY or the , do
-medic - fabric improving, 'but the preju
es against it in Ivor of foiolgo
is being broken down. "
Hos. A. It. 11. STVAEFis
believes 'that the !Rai Is WWI° per
its Osbts, end inottlito *Attie kali
a/420"000itt tbe*ge ot,fostleseent.
isibubli4 'Kiwis"; If liblbollt w •
lend the auto it largos $l/0.10000.
BM
_the MAIM ;Pree..*: It re:
nudes for a Waebh2gteeteerreependect of
the Chicago Mils to Amore, OM 13em=
tor 11tutrice has joined Senator Ceitsaost
to elect Mr. 11. lY Oursit to the Semite.
Tire usual proposal to mak...Philadel
phia the capitol of.the State and the seat
of its legislation has been again• brought
forward, not, however, with say . greatly
improved prospect of mots&
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special Correspwlents Oi Tea UMPOSTXII.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 22, 1:':1.---The tAeg
islative au&Senitorial ball of this week
opened on ?donday evening with a brief
session of the House, at which no bus'.
'MSS of 'special Interest was ' transacted,
Ondethe meeting of the Democratic cau
cus to nominate a candidate for !Jolted
States Senator. The caucus met in the
State Library after the .House adjourned,
about 8 o'clock, when 12 Senators and 78
unimbers of , the House responded to the
call. An oyganization was effected by
electing 13enator Wolverton, of Northum
berland county, chairman, and Senator
Groff arid Representatives Rhoads and
Cassidy secretaries, When Senator Hall,
of Elk county, moved to proceed to the
nomination of a candidate for United
States Senator, Senator Gordon, of PhDs- .
delphia, indicate& a disposition to go
slow, with a view- to taking advantage of
the trouble among the Republicans ; but
after a brief discussion the motion of kren
ator Hall prevailed. A number of Candi
'dates were the 6 placed in nomination and
a ballot taken, with the following resulps
William A. Wallace, Q 5 ; Char. It: Buck
alew, 5 ; W. R,Corbett, 3 ; Samuel Hep
burn, 2 ; It. L. Johnson, 1.; Charles E.
B4le,- t ; John Handly, 4. Mr: Wallace
was;loclared the nomiriee, wheti the cau
cus giourue4, to-meet at the call of- the
chair.
On Tuesdsy morning atilt o'clock both
branches of the Legislature . assembled
with an air of having nothin gin the ry
of legislation to do, all interest appealing
to settle in'the Beriatorship, the battle
for which was to formally open in . the
afternoon.
_ln the • House the speaker announced
that ho hasigned Warrants for new elec
tions in the districts, which .N.
Boyd, of 3lontgomery, and J. C. Whaley,
of Clinton, had been elected, but.whohad
=3
i
1
since the election died. The date is fixed
on the 3d Tuesday Of February, the day
oT the spring election.
The Senate was called: to order by Lieu
tenant Governor Stone, with a full attend
ants. of Senators, who listened reverently
to the beautiful andjmpressive prayer of
the 'chaplain, Rev. Irvine. Several peti
tions were presentedking for legislation
on the liquor question. A bill was intro
aced relating to insolvent. traders and
Abe administration of their estates. This
:;is a bankrupt act,. prepared, under the di
rection of the Board of Trade of Philadel
phia, and approved'by the Law issocia
tion_of that city. Also, an act ex t ending
the time for the completion of railroads
in which $300,000 have already been ex
pended, but,to avoid speCial legislation it
was made to apply to all railroads in the
State that are uncompleted. '
Resolutions were passed upon the death
of Senator Paulson, of 'Allegheny, and
eulogies. by his successor, Senator New
myer, and several other Senators,' when
the Senate,a4journed until 13 o'clock` . in
the afternoOn.
At 3 o'clock-Lieutenant Governor Stone
called-the Senate to order, and in a few
moments the -first and..only ballot of the
day for
as
' proceeded with; re-'
suiting as follows :
Oliver, 20---Messrs. -Aniholt, Boggs,
Cooper, Grady, Greer, Herr, Jones, Keef
er, Lantz, M'Kight, Mylin, New
ell, Newmyer, Norris, Reybuni; Roberts,
Royer, Smith, Upperman.
Wallace received 16—Messrs. Alexan
der, Beidelman, Cochran, Craig, Gordon,
Groff, Hall, Hereter, llolbe s n, Laird,
Millenry, Nelson; Ross, Schnatterly,
Shearer, Wolverton. ' • .
Grow received 12 votes—Messrs. Da
vies, Emery, Everhart, :Kauffman, Lnw
rence, Lee, M'Cracken, Seamans, Sill,
Smiley, Stewart, Thomas. • •
Agnew received 1 vote—Re. Parker.
The Senate then adjourned.
The House convened promptly at 3'
o'clock. , The members' 'seats were' all
filled, ' and all the places available, for
spectators were occupied by deeply' in
terested •people of both sexes. The roll of
members was called and all responded. A_
number of names of gentlemen who had
been nominated its a matter of compli
ment were then '4ithdrawn. The roll call
then proceeded as followit
'The following'voted for Relay W. Oli
ver, Republican:: Messrs:Baldwin, Bell,
Benedict, Billingsley, Boyce, Brown W.-
C., Burchfield, Campbell A. 8.,. Chad
wick, Clark, Colborn, Courtney, Davis,
Deverens, Edwards, Eshelman,
_Flinn
'William, Grench, Garrett, Gelman, Gin
grich, Graham, Hall', Harvey, Hazlett,
Hill, Holman, Hoofnagle, Rohn, Rulings,
Kneass, - Knowland, Long, %fans-,
field, !iteration TLC., M'Clarran, M'Clee
ry, M'Coy, Mier, Mitchell, Molineaux,-
Moore, Morrison j. W., Myers L. N.,
Myers S. 8., Nebinger, Nesbit; Parkhill,
Patterson,, Peoples, Pollock, Potneroy,
Port, Reynolds Jno. A, Rice,, Ringgold,
Romig, Seely, Seidel .1. 8., Server, Slack,
ISnader, Sender, Spence, Steen, Stewart,
Thompson A. F., Thompson - Lee, Town,
Voegtly, Nrodges, Walker, Yarger, Howit
AV. T. DAviitg,
W. IL RositHTB.
H. NICHOLS,
...Committee.
SE
The folloWing voted for Hon. Galush&
! .Independent . Republican :
Messrs. .13raham, Britton, Brown Isaac
8., Derickson, Ellis, Emery, George,
Hardison, Hayes, Hierliby,lfillis, Boyer,
Hungerford, Landis, La n Touche, Love
land, Lowing, Maelay, Mapes, Marsh,
M'Dowell,. ' M'Ree, Millbam,
Montgomery, Morrison, Ellis, Neil, Nile*
Pearce, Perry, Phillips Thomas, Potts,
Reynolds W. N., Roberts, Silvetthorn,
Stubbs, TapAga' rt„ Tailor, Tubbs, Tyler,
Wayne, White; Wilion,Wolfe-44.
The following voted for William A.
Wallace, Democrat : Means. Ackerman, ,
Ackley, Aziermin, Bierly, . Blackford,
Boland, Boyle. Brant, Brower, Brown J.
L., Bruner Buttannore, Ciunpbell
Cassidy, COolbangh, Donahoe Wm., Don
ahue John, Drum, Elliot, Erdman, Eves,
Pounce, Fenlen),Flynn James,Fry, Furth,
Gerstner, Gephirt, Hackett, Hamm,
gins, Jamison, Judge, . I CeneY,Pdttle?.
Lerch, Liggett, Lockwood,Lorab;Mackin,
Macßeynolds, Marshall James 8., Martin,,
M'Cachsan, M'Cloakey, M'Nultr, M'Ear
lan, Milliken, Murray, 'Keeley, Newbalter,
Noble, O'Neil John, O'Neill Patrick, Pe
terson, Phillips
ly, Rhoads, Hiegel, Robinson, Scanlan,
Schlichni,' Scholl, Sae' Charles A;, Sie
gir, Snyder, Staler, Storm, Vanderslice„
Wagner, - WestfaU, -Wiest, lifonsidler,
Woodruff, Zero, -7f. •
•
!MEM=
MERMMMiSM
111 r. tindliiiiitioted *413001* ,
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DuriaSS** l o l 4 6l t7'Per 64 Cii :4l -4
maintain * i4 - -tim
voted PO****l
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The only 1210 *OW4in4 4l: •ib4l pat
were made, br
Bes!7.'wbo asked and obtahied - leAve is
Ble their seeseee for vottug as ukr did. ,R
The speaker then.announced that Hen
ry W. Oliver; Jr., had ' motifs& 75 Sotes;
wm4m 4. wins «, 77 votes, "dohs A.
Grow '44 votes, B." 11; Brewster . 1 Vote,
Wayne IteeVeagh .1 vote - and it. t Baird
1 vote, and that no person having received.
"majority of all , the votes cait, the hid
would be noted on the Journal; thereupon
Mr. Previa" arose =and mired 'that as
William. A. Widisoe - had received more
y.tes than any other candidate - he be de
dared elected unanimously. [Loud laugh
ter and applause.] s -
The' House then idfourned.
Thus ended the first day's efforts .at
making a United States Senator. J
On - Ntedneadly the hoists met at 11
o'clock a. 31., and after fixing a session
for Thursday, January 27, at 0 o'clock,
to . eulogize the ; deceased memhers above
noied, took a recess until 1,1:55.
A few moments before 12 x. the Sena
tors were escorted to theta of the .House
by a committee of that bed*, when the
joint contention to. ballot for Senator was
called to order. Lieutenant Governor
Stone then announced the Occasion that
had brought their together, and. directed
that the journals'of the Senate and House
of the preiions day be read.l It appear
ing from the jorfrnals that the same per
son had not received a majority of all the
votes cast in each branch voting separate
-
ly, Gov. Stone announced nod
when the joint conv,ention,proceed' ed to a
first ballot, which resulted exactly as did
that of the previous day, as follows :
IL W. Oliver, jr., 05 ; W: A.•Wallsee,
93 ; G. A. Grow, 50 ; B. 11. Brewster, 1 ;
Wayne IlacVeagh4 ; C. Baird, . 1;
Daniel Agnew, 1... . • .
A 'second ballot was liadwith a like re
sulk-when the joint-convention adjourned
until Thursday at 12
In the Senate on Wednesday the stand
ing committees as arranged' by/President
pro tetn. Newell were announced. Sena
tor Davies hs'ehairman - of the committee
on retrenchment and reform, and a mem
ber_of the comtnittees on judiciary getter
-01 (of which he was ehairmaint the last
session), public printing and library.
Senator Grady offered a resolution pro
viditig" for the appointment Of a committee
of flve to examine the laws of the State in
regard to fire and life insurance, and draft
a bill to regulate existing evils. The res
olution was adopted. - .
On motion of Senator Cooper the Pres
ident pro tem. was placed on the commit
tees of finance, railroads, municipal affairs
and corporations.
Senator M'Neill presented a bill allow
ing saving banki to consolidate.
Senator Hall presented a bill relating
to waste in oil wells during legal contro
versies over their ownership.
" Senator Wolverton presented a bill •to
fix salaries of Judges of Stipreme Cmirt
also to appropriate s3,ooofor a monument
over the grave of Goy. Simon Snyder.
• Senator Norris presented an act relating
to. the , military of the State.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Grady,
Rayburn, Greer, Cochran and Craig ais
the committee on insurance
, created by
Mr. Grady's resolution. Adjourned.
The proceedings in the Senate on Thurs
day previous to the meeting of .the joint
convention were brief and not of special
importance. Several bills were introduc
ed, which Will' be noted hereafter as pro
gress is made with them.
The chief clerkwas authorized to pre
pare a skeleton map of Pennsylvania for
apportionment purposes. -
An afternoon seasic/ of the Senate as
devoted to the consideration of resolntiona.
on the death.ot senator Elliott, of Phila
delphia, and the pronouncing of 'eulogies
. upon that gentlemen.
The session of the House on Mhursday
before the meeting Of the convention was'
consumed in announcing the' standing
committees.
• The House and Senate then went into
joint convention, Lieuteruant Governor
Stone in the chair, and proceeded to bal
lot for United States Senator, there hav
ing been no choice on the - day previous.
Th# vote stood : Wallace, 92 ; Oliver, 91;
Grow, 53; Snowden, 2; Brewster, 1; Mac-
Veagh, 1; Baird, 1; Agnew, 1.
Senator Boggs was paired with Law
rence and Senator Royer with, Wolverton.
Hobe and Clark, orPhilachdphia,loted
for A. Louden Snowden.
Messrs. Herr and Mapes moved to pro
ceed to a second ballot, which resulted as
follows : Oliver, 88 ; Wallace 92 ; Grow,
54; Snowdeb, MacVeagh, 1;- Hoyt, 2;
Baird, 1; Agnew, 1; Brewster, 1.
Montgomery, of Mereer, and Seely, of
Lucerne, voted for Hoyt. ;
Toxin, , Hazlett, Parke arid Yarger, of
PhiladelPhis, voted for Snowden.
These were - the only changes from the
previous vote. -
. In the House on Friday morning; be
fore the joint convention, over one hun
dred bills were introduced, which wiffre
ceiire >proper attention as they come up'
for consideration. .
In the Senate at the same time, among
this bills introduced was one fixing the
regular session, of the Suprime Court in .
Philadelphia. •
The joint converitlon was egain called
to order promptly at 12 o'clock M., when
the fifth ballot for Senator was had, re
sulting : Oliver, 89 ; Wallace, 8V;-Grow,
52; Baird, 1 ; Agnew, 1; Hewit, 1; Mac-
Veagh, 2 ; Snowden, 1--total, "84;' seven
gentlemen having pared off. On the an
nouncement of this ballot the convention
adjourned to meet today at 12 sr.
The sessions of both Senate and House
this morning previous to the , convention
were of short duration, and very litthr
business - was attended to; quite a miniber
•of Senators, and Representatives having
pared bet; were absent. At 12 o'clocik the
convention was 'called to order,' when the
sixth ballot for &inter was taken, as fol
lows,: Oliver, 71; Wallace, 68; Gioir, 49;
Remit,: 2 ; MacVeagh, 2 ; Snowden, 1 ;
Curtin; 1; Agnew; 1; Wolfe, 1--total, 196,
This came, out as on the day before, Fri
day, except . that Mr. Bierly changed from
Wallace to Curtin; Mr. J. B. Seidel from
Oliver to - liewit,' and 14 Woodruff from
Wallace to Wolfe. The Greenback , party
being Omit Henry Carey Baird recei ved
no votes. If those pared and absent had
been present- and voted the ballot would
bare stood : Oliver, 944.. 5 .Wa11ace,. .91 ;
-Grow, 53 ; Merit, 3 ; Mai„Yeagh,•-2; Cur
tin,. 1; Baird, 1;' Agnew, 1; Snowden u l ;
Wolfe, 1-;-•total; 248.
On the announcement of this ballot the
convention 1141141104 to meet on Monday
at -12-e'elockst.,,:whe voting will be
resumed, and continue, in aocordance with
the 'law goverain,g the election oft Sena
-tors, every le lattve day until acme per
son Is choseti tosuccead Idr, Wallace. _
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_STATE NEWS,;± • • .
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iineitron'thi itiat* ll o ll oo o . 4.3l64 ; '- .
?atei*Sari'llairst. user
riot, hisharh - taratit 4:filth* bcpar'iiio,3l
7 - _•:"—BeaveicotiiitybiLsboeianialisl l
toni,<SlZ Of W _ hkik_ 1
si. 4l bUsheti "O a /
and four • -
--Milton it T''s , rig* I;iiitirerit
East quurercau iciiled j _by--cars on
Weaned of list week;
—hones B. Martha a married uurn, of
Tarport, disappeared on the 1001 tad.,
sad has not been seen since. •
steam tannery, near Clear-
Saki, was destroyed by Ore list Saturday.
WW I 3/0,000 ; parthdly insured:
The erection of large stove !arks in
,Res4lag is contemplated' bra‘nnrcher of
the iircindnent hardness mew and capital.
ids of that city.
.—Mrs. Sutter, arida* of General Sat.
ter, the disarmer of gold in California,
died at Litt; Lancaster county , on Wed
! neadaY 'af last week. •
-41luah of theanow that falls at Laurel
Ridge, Westmoreland county, is black.
It is aisTolored during its descent Wthe
smoke and soot from the coke ovens.
—Miamian :Bertolet, an . extensive
dealer in patent rights , in Reading, con.
famed in open Court on Thursday tb hav
ing uttered forged notes and committing
perjury. . • '
—Edward.M. Ilenkso aged seventy
four years, Onel,of the matt highly4espect-•
ed citizens of Cjlester; Pipdled suddenly
on Saturday night from :paialysis of the
stomach.. •
...Apr'. D. H. Creitz v ..-4•Lynn, Lehigh
county, has distillo 20( gallonsof ap
ple jack this lesson, an bas MO gallons
yet to run out. He has - used 8000 bush
els of apples. -
—The Barks and Lehigh Slate Company
bait been formed at Easton with Mr. C.
'.C, Copefair, of the latter place, as mana
ger. The capital stock, which has been
paid•up, is $250,000.' •
—The • Pittston Arms Company coin
menced Monday to work . nine hours per
day, and will,turn out seventy-five revol
vers as a day's idork,i in place of thirty
five* as heretofore. • •
.. ,
-An effort to extend the.. Of the
borough of Pottstownls toeing made by
the citizens. A bill, has / been prepared,
and it committee appointed to secure its,
passage •by the present Legislature.
—There is a coal monopoly in Altoona
that charges $lO per ton for anthracite,
gives short weight and a large proportion
of slate. Indignation meetings are being
held in.that city, to protest against the
imposition. .
—Thursday morning Charles Kennedy,
an ironworker at 'the :Pennsylvania Steel
Works„ was pierced through, by a bar of
fed-hot. iron, which then wound itself
around his body. Death was almost in,
stantaneous. •
—The supply of water to the works, in
Altoona has been ' greatly diminished
during the cold weather, and to avert
a threatened famine, the authorities have
appealed to the citizens to use the ut
most economy.
—The residents of Pittsburg are con
gratulating themisolves on leaving a good
substitute for anthracite col for culinary
purposes.. The article is ' coke crushed
to different slies t and is furnished at the
,rate of ten cents firer bushel.
the
—A number of places on the line of e
Pennsylvania Railroad '(in the eastern
slope of the Allegheny Mountains, which
are noted for their healthy bastion and
romantic scenery, will be opened as sum
mer resorts during the coming sea - on.
'-The coal' chutes, a lot of valuable
machinery and a number of cars, all be
longing to the Mercer Iron and Coal Com
pany at Stoneboro, were accidentally burn
ed on the lOth Inst. Loss, - 1112,000 * and
250:' en are thrown out of employment.
-- : -Mr. Henry Gardner, of Jefferson
township, Somerset county, took a 9-year
old boy named Burke from,the almshouse
to. raise. Ttto days after hie master dis
pleased him, and the boy ' set fire to the
bare, causing a 'loss -of several thousand
dollars. .... 1 .
, -=The Perseverance Savings, Loan and
BifidingAssociation,_of Pottstown, have
closed up their business, after a very suc
cessful career of about ' ten years. Al
though extending over a. period of gener
al business , depression, the total losses
sustained by the association amounted to
only $450. ,
—There is a belief among oil Men that
the McKean county belt originated in a
deep sea underlying that r e on, and a
stock company has been foe,d Ott Par
ker for the plirpose of sinldng aNkell to
test the truth of the Cleo. They . ex
i
Feet to sink the shaft 2400 eet.• .
-A. vein of iron, ore which is pronoun°.
ediby State Assayer MeCreel. to, be super
ior to the Lake Superibr ore, has been
discovered in Mercer. county. . A stock
company is being formed fOr the purpose
of developing the district,l and a large
number of the farms in the vicinity have
been Teased. 1
' —lt has-been ascertained by 11 , gentle!
man of Pittsburg, 'who made an Loves*
, gationof the price, paid by the poor of
that city for coal, ' that those who
.; am
compelled to buy by the bucketful pay .
an advance of one hundred landsixty per
cent. over the retail price b) the ton.
—The - Pittsburg (Yhroniele says that
the engineers of the Pennsylvania Rail
road propose changing . the line of that
road between Johnstown and Harrisburg
;to the line of the old Portage road. This
plaie will abandon the famogs Horseshoe
Bend' and save thirteen miles in distance.
—The Phoenix Iron Company of Phce.
olivine, Pa., are now beating their fur
naces with gas manufae.tured from anthra
bite coal. MN' . company have' been ex
perimenting for a long time, and have at
last discovered the secret which will add
largely to the capacity of their works.
The Siemens converters and fetnaces are
used in the process. . ' ' -
-:•The' workmen engaged in pulling
down an old house in Lancaster a few
days since found an old dress pocket con
taining $25 in money stowed carefully
away beneath the r,oot .
. It .bad evi
dently been there for a long time, but
who put it there or, when it was secreted
is a mystery which the * linden; are not
particularly anxious to have+ solved.
1-+A Hatrieburg -man WsiNiwakened
from his sleep on Friday evening by a
severe pain in his threat, and . was 'star
tled
.'to find that , he bad involuntarily
tiwallowed a set of artificial teeth. Medi- 1
'nal aid was inmmoned at once, but before
the doctor arrived the teeth had passed
into the man's stotrutch. , His case is-con
cidered a critical one - by the physician. •
—The Rev. Patrick Sheehan, of the
Pittsburg dioceee) _ Lea sued Bishop Tuigg
for $2400 salary*. Father 'Sheehan states
[that he left ttukdieoese several years ago , „
with ponnittshm, for the. benefit of his
health. - 'During his absence Bishop Do:
me.nee was , succeeded by %hop Tuigg,
and the latter reread •to recognize him.
...-A cat with an icon jaw is *anted at
the office of the' Connellsville Coke and
Pon CoinFany at Lehumring, - it , having
been discovered that the alio are eating
effill
MN
the tlyeamite stood in the beadle& sad
ail co ehargialwlth isalitant amnia
tniallnash thn'eitsbllsbninh, if***
'ineesereeshcadd be resisted to 4 :,* the r,
destructica;s eaft4ntode foish* tom.
.inipation de le:'
=-11. L. Bopklna, iritirekienan .% on the
Wairssocoontualstioniala t ialining
Pittebusgotooad Acee of pier in 410
of the oars of his tad; and - not
what, it, was tore it; up. H. produced
soloed the piano a 4e* days afterward
to an old dr:mak - lobo said he bad lasts
'check for $BOO. Time went - Pasted So.
'tether and proisd. to be a - oat of the
cheek - which was bonoied, and the brake.
,mantgot $75 as his reward. ".
-...l4eimfactmies for making sw from
beets having linen erected in :ditferent
parts of the country, IL effort is being
made among the farmers of Barks coun
ty to induce them to enter largely into
the culximtion of the sugar, beet. Tke
Wihnizigton and Northern ItailroadPore
guy have Wens' to reduce thelieight
on beets shipped tn the -factory recently
built neer Wilmington, Del., tie- an' in
ducement.
—The smallpox. scares throughout the
different 'sections `of the country have
'caused' an unpriredented' deumnii for
virus. The Jenner, 'Pennsylvania and
Franklin vaccine: gi s t - Ms offranklin cone-,
ty are daily shipping gap and points to
all parts of the country,- and are unable
to meet the heavy demands made upon .
them. The reputation of , the virus pro s
on those farms is very high, and
the suatomers are froui the best class of ,
physicians. . - •
—One of the employes on the ground
of the State buildings in Harrisburg was
sent to the roof of the Capitol on Friday
to shovel off the show, and o as a precau-.
tionary measnre fastened a rope around
'his. body, the other end being secured to
one of the guys leading to the dome. -In
attemptiorio. ascend, after finishing his
work, the rope,ninke, but in his, descent
he fortunately (edged against one of the
Chinineys;where he was Compelled to ire
main. until anothe r rope, was procured
,
and lowerea4ii bite. - '
-.=Reports concerning the ice ! harvest
ndicate that an unusual quantity of ice
is being cu' and stored.
—Henry A. Ilebard, Chief Clerk in.the
'lnternal Revenue Department at San
FranciscoV was Thursday arrested on a
charge of embezzlement. He gave bail
in $5OOO and banded over all the money
in his peSsession.
—John G. Farr, on trial at Portland,
Me., for killing his wife, was Friday
found guilty of romder 'in the first de,
breed
—''.x - •=l'resident and Mils. Grant Friday,
held a public recePtion at Albany, N. Y.,
oftwo hours duration in the Executive
Mansion: ,
--On 13ntida7 last, at Delawara Bend,
Texas, Noah Bowling, while diunk, made
an assault npon one Barnett,' when the
Jatter shot and killed him.
- , -According to good judges, Chicago
ce companies will gather about 1,500,000
.
tons this season,"which is neatly 75 per
Cent: more than the crop of last year.
—Mrs. - Fitzpatrick, an invalid, living.
in Beverly township, Ontario, during the
temporary absence of husband, was bum.
(id to death, through, the house taking fire.
Somers, a servant at No. 62
Second place, Brooklyn, 17 years old,
was found dead in bed Friday,tfrlom the
_effects of poison taken with • suicidal in
tent.
—The court-martial for,the:trial of Ca
det Viiittaker organized Friday at New
York, and tthen adjourned -nntiP.Febra
ary 3, in order to allow both sides to pie
parelheir case: o'
=Owing to the large number of acct : r
dents on Boston Common arising from the
use of the double-runner 'sleds for cowl
ing, the Board of, -Aldermen hat.pfohibit
ed the further use of that kind of sled.
—The International Committee of the
Young Men's Christian Association an
neunce that the next biennial meeting of
the international convention of these so
cieties will assemble in Cleveland, Ohio,
'from May 25 to May 29,1881.
the suiebrWillard Berle 's
yheirs
at New Yorlt against the' 'crafted States
Life insure* COmpany, to recover a $lO,-
000 policy, a'verdict was IPriciay rendered
Or the defendant on the ground of mis
leading statements in the oPplication for
insurance.
—The Stockholders-of the Valley Rail
mad met at Staunton, : Va.„ antl (later
mined to•placelt mortgage of $700,000 on
the road and cilplete it to Lexington,
thirty-six miles fouth of Staunton. The
road ivill";pri;rbably be finished within a
year. '
—ln the action of the Newel York, La ke
- Erie .b Western Railiciao Company against
James McHenry, to recover $1,307,280.17,
based on a judgment recovered in England,
Judge Barrett Friday at New York ore.erY
ed the plaintiffs to serive a further bill of
particulars. : 1 - -
- -16 the United States District tonrt
at Charleston, S. C., on Saturday, Wm.
L.:Webb (white), of Georgetowb - county,
waritried on a chargeof voting twenty
ono ballots at the last le4tion. The jury 1
returned a verdict - of guilty, . with a re
cornmendation to mercy. , • .
-J. M. Walker, tor general solidi of
die Chicago43urlington and Quincyßail
road Company, and former president of
the company, died at Chicago on Saturday
afternoon of heart 'disease. Ile had just
returned from the- east, whe re he was
well knowb, especially in New York and
Boston. ,
—Father - Ed4rd Purcell; a brother of
Archbishop Purcifil and the manager of
the disastrous chinch banking 6u:fine:min
Cincinnati, which : involved a loss to de
riositois of several Million dollars, died of
apoplexy Friday night 'at the Ursuline
convent in Brown county,f Ohio.
—The SanFranciscoProduceExchange
has published the results of its efforts to
obtain,the 'stock of grains
_in the State
'on January 1. They ' are , as follows :
Flout on band at . that date, 78,253 tar
rots ;.wheat, 19,805,466 centals ; barley,
1,851,787 . centals. _
—lsaac Sherman died suddenly, in New
York last Friday, aged sixty'two years.
He never held office, haying once declin
ed an offer of it United States Senatorship,
but Was well rip in history, railroad law,
.taxation and political economy generally.=
President Lincoln'often sought his - advice
in critical emergencies. ... '
Jacob Shipley, alias Jacob Young, a
well:known lottery' and polky dealer,
pleaded guilty Friday at ,New York of
violating the lottery, law and was fined
$5OO by Judge aildendeeve. The fine is
the, largest eves imposed on it lottery
man, and was Immediately , paid' by
friends of the accused. - . •. 1
—Dave,Spearman and . Sam Fair, &tor
ad.employea of Wirt; at' Presperity,A
GENERAL NEWS.
Late on Wednesday afternoon, at Clay
village, Icy., Robert Russ entered Byron
Barris' store and fired a revolver at Bar
rio, who took :up a shotgun and fired a
load of buckshot into the face of Russ,
causing instant death. Both of them
wore young men.
Ilointragedarethilledlfieir eirldnreo '
daughter on the wading on the 17th hist,
A elsilaioncfnanditee took the men from
*jag where they were ,continsd, shot *
**sad banged the - other. Both whites
and participial in the lynching.
voiNina persons were - convicted Timm
Air hi the Vnited States District Court
s$ Albany, N. Y.; ot illegal noting, nod
sentenced to the Albany Penitentiary.
One was sentencedi to three months and
coats of prosecution, mother for thirty
days and $lOO fine, and another iwas,or.
dared to pay $5O fin-.
dispatch fiOnt - M 00104130314
says : "Close Bros., of Lamar, ; Wu, on
Tuesday bought from thii Bloomington
speculators a tract of land of 19,000 sires
surroondini Larch wood, Lyon county,
Inwa; paying stmt. $5 per acre. The
purchasers will colonize it: in. the spring
with English immigrants. The land was
bought in 1868 for $1.50 per acre."
z —United States Marshal Paine, at New
fork, Priday suspmded from duty Dep
uty Marshals Denbert and Wattles, the
o®cer who permitted - E. P. Barrows, a
well-known counterfeiter, to escape from
their custody a few days ago. The pew
ally under section 6409 of the Revised-
Statutes for voluntarily allowing - prison
ers to escape is not; leas than two years
imprisonment. . =
Wednesday of last week, the
bonne; barn' and other outbuildingi of
'T'homas Mulligan, in the northern part
of Woodstock, Vt., near the Massieku
setts line, were burned to the grotmd by
a fire of unexplained origin; causing a to
loss of the furniture and beirning a
lirge amount of -produce, including $5OO
woith of lugar beets and twenty-six - pigs.
The lois is estimated at $15,4390.
Matters of Genet-al Interest '
Bad Accident ,on the Erie.
Five Persons Killed and a Number
"Injured.
On Satirday night train No. 12,
which is due at the Elmira depot at
8:47 p. 'was considerably more
than two hours behind time, and did
not leave that station until about
twenty; minutes past eleven. It is
the ,heatiest. passenger train which
goes over the road,. and although
travel is lighter on Saturdays than
at other times, yet on Saturday night
the train was a long one. It consist,
ed of one postal car, one expresea car,
two baggage, cars, and nine passen
ger coaches, most of the latter Pull
man sle* - rs. When about five miles
west of Owego and within a few rods
of Tioga Centre St4ion, and run
:fling at a speed of about thirty-fife
miles an hour, one of the: driving
wheel axles of the locomotive broke
close up to the wheel; and the entire
train was thrown off the track. The
track for a long distance where the
accident h a ppened is almost an air
line. As was, shoWn by the marks
upon the track the axle 'broke a feW
feet
,west of the switch, Which is
about 400 feet from the station. The
dropping of the wheel caused the en
gine to go upon . the switch instead
of keeping main track, and' it soon
went slightly off the rails. About
150 feet from 'the beginning of the
switch were two gondola "cars one
empty and one filled with coal. Into
thetie the locomotive crashed, entire
ly destroying the empty car, and
dashing half-way into the loaded one.
The engine kept its upright position,
the engineer, Thomas DeWitt, ap
plying the air brakes as soon as he
felt the shock. The postal car, two
express cars and "one baggage car
were thrown to the right - down an
embankment into ii, field :where4ey
were totally bianed. The smoking
car was thrown to the left and across
the two main tracks. and the pasien
gers were rescued without any fatal
injuries, although severalmere wound- ,
ed, and some bones broken. The day
coach was not overturned but was
destroyed by fire, as was the_smok
ing car. The postal car 'was next>the
Mender and was thrown fartherest
from the track, a distance of abbut four
rods, while the express car in which
the metisenger rode was next to it.
The postal car contained four clerks.
It almost instantly took ! fire and
burned with great rapidity ; the oil
lamps used probably exploded, and
their infianimable contents came in
contact with ,the fire in the stove.
Every man' in this car, four in all,
were burned . to it crisp. The remains
of one -man who had weighed over
200 pounds were gathered up 'and
deposited in a small box. Henry C.
Brewer, of Elmira, the' iaessenger,
was in the express car. Efforts were
at once made to relieve hid by break-,
ing a hole in a side door. He man
aged' to get his, head thrdugh this
bole, but his legs were fastened in
side by the piled up inais cif, express
matter. The train men made great
efforts to pull him out,,but the flames
drove them away. It was noticed
_that his hair and whisker* had been
burned off. He put his hand up to
his eyes and, receding; disappeared
In the fiaiires.
The postal-car victims must have
perished very quickly, as not a sound
came from the wreck to denote-their
presence.. The names of the dead
are: 'Joseph Reidinger, mail ageat,
and Henry C.*Brewerfexpress agent,
of Elmira ; mail-agents- Sevbolt, of
Mount Hope, and Ingraham, of Bing
hamton, and mail-weigher Fox; of!
New-York. - The remains were taken
to Owego, where an inquest Was held
on Monday and Tuesday. -
A number of passengers were more
or less bruised and cut,, but none ,
were seriously injured.. All of :the
mail matter in the postal car was de
stroyed, as was the express matter
in the express car. Nearly all of ..the
, baggage waslsaved. r .
As soon as .possible after the acci
dent, telegrams were sent to Oiego
and Elmira for assistance, and Su=
perintendent Cable, as soon as possi
ble, ordered an engine from Waverly
to go,to the scene and drasi back‘the
cars remaining on the track , from the
fire to prevent them burning. Engi
neer Fuller ran the enging backwards
at ,the rate of sixty miles per hour,
and saved the six Pullmans and one
day coach' by hauling them over the
ties. They:mete all somewhat scorch
' ed, and the rescued day coach , con
siderably 9:lamed. The Owego fire
department under 'Chief Purple bad
been summoned and were soon ac
vompanying a wrecking train from
Owego, while rindmaster. W. B. COf
fin had made nt. a wrecking-train at
'Elmira by order of the •Superintend
ent, and they reached the scene . Of
disaster about, sa. m. • .
The„force from the wrecking trains
made expeditious work in bringing
as much order as possible but of cha
os. Superintendent Cable being self
possessed and . deliberate in every or
der given, :exercised the utmost good
judgment in directing the forces and
putting the track in condition for
trams, 3 4, and 5, to run with as .lit.
tle;delay as tangible. U. S Express .
Superintendent Mitchell was on
hand and by the Assistance of agents
Scott, Harris and Corps, of Owego,
enocalded inesebsg,l4 Muth pre
matter and_egdnablea entntited to
their trinapnrtation as cold ;to ex
pected under the cheummenc%
about $16,900 woith of andtild-coin
vas pond - from the express , safe and
packages of Ws, of which will
be in condition to be renognieed by
theltreeenry Department and wilt
be refunded. •
Baran.
Six Faanasoo, Jan. 23.—The
*amer Oceanic brings dispatches
from Slutnghai. to December 3) and
Yokohama to January 8. 'The
lowing from the latter place is of in
"lnd twelve months from the
date of the order. given for its eon-.
structioni the first division, twenty
three miles, of the railroad in Yeso,
the northernisland of Japan, was.
opened to traffic, and trains are now
run daily at a profit. The line is froni
Otartmaiharbor, on the west coast,
via Lappard, the capital,to the west
coast, via
L Papparo, the 'capital, to
the Paroni coal fields. It cost $20,-
ooa per mile, which includes rolling
_stock, motive power, machinery for
I terminal repair .shops, etc. The En
glish Huai ...built between Tokio. and
Yokohama cost nearly $200,000 per
mile, and it took five years to com
plete eightee.n miles. The japanese
officials are greatly encouraged by
the prospett of an American system,
of rapid transportation. This is the
American railroad in Alga, and
was constructed nnder the direction
of Joseph M. Crawford, a gennsyl
-Iranian, all of whose assistants ,are
Americans."
A Fall Throaga as lr.levalar Plt...
WILLIAMSPORT, January 24.-4.,
terrible zecident occurred to-day at 4
the large furniture ware-houie of A.
H. Heilman it Co. in this' city. A
man named Howe ll, engaged on the
third' floor, who was in the act of',
placitg a dressing-case on the eleva
tor, forgot that it was open, and with
the piece of furniture in his hands he
stepped backward in the pit and fell
a distance of thirty-five feet. In the '
descent it is supposed be turned coin- ,
pletely around and landed on his -
feet, breaking the bone of tholeft leg
Abovo the ankle and_ sending it •
through his boot. The other leg was
also broken, and he was seriously in
jured about head and 'shoulders
and probably internally, as he he is
A heavy man and must have struck
the ground with great force. He was
picked up as soon: as possible and
taken to his home where physicians
were summoned, but it is feared that -
his injuries may prove fatal -- on Ac
count of his age, which is about six
ty-five •
Deal at 111:
SCRANTON, January 23. — 7 Daniel
O'Brien ' familiarly known as " Uncle
Dan," who settled' in this valley when
Sertntoh was but a hamlet, died yes
terday- at the Poor House. By well
authenticated data it is learned that
he was 111 years of age. Forty yeats
ago he was - a well-to-do resideht of
this locality and up to 1870 was a
drayman. On account of his age he
was then obliged to give up-all work
and a, few years ago was admitted to
the Poor House.- He was a well-pre
served old man - and after his admis
sion to the Almshouse paid occasion
al visits - to this city to meet -his ac
quaintances. He had a remarkable
memory and never tired of relating
incidents of the revolution; in Ireland
in 179r . 3 and was - anxious tb_liKelong
enough to participate in a fight, for
her freedom. - Always /attired 'in a
blue coat, he created conside ra ble in
terest rhener:ei he came to the city
by reason of his odd app earance and
sprightly step. . : _ •
Cleopatra's Needle. ,
NEW'YORK Jan. 22.—The
Alex
andria, obelisk *as placed—over a
pedeital in - Central ParOciray, be 7
tween ,000 and 10,600 people wit
nessing the, operation. Among ,thisse
present were Secretary' of the ,Naiky
Goff, Secretary Evarts, members of
the Park''Commission,' CollectOr
Merrit and 'representatives of the
Masonic fraternity. A guard of sail
ors and marines from the Navy-yarl
headed by the Marine Band formed
a cordon around. the 'monolith. A
few minutes after noon Lieutenant
CoMmander- Gorringe gave the sig
nal, and the pillar was quickly raised
from a horizental" to a.perpendicular
position, amidst the enthusiasm of
the spectators: Timm; were no for
mal ceremonies. Themonolith s ls to
be lowered tight - inches before it
fairly rests on the pedestal.
Taus Nike. e4o;000m0cr.
NEW HAVEN, c 'Conn., an. 21.
J -
Roellof Von Barea, aged thirty-live,
a - Hollander, who has resided. in New
.Haven with his.wife and child for six'
months, has falleit'heir to twenty-five
to,forty million' dollars by the death
of his great,/ grand uncle atißotter
dam. Von Baren says that he was
'formerly a Catholic priest, but after=
yards 'renounced that faith, and in
an altercation - --over- the matter killed
a in selrdefence. Under
the advice of the authorities he went
to London, married an English wo
man, and lived under the name o:
Johan Spier, the name he retained in .
this country. He has) lived here
mainly on charity.
Heavy Wall of snow fat New 0 rlear
NEW OBLIANs, Jan. 23.—At 11 A.
it. there was a slight sprinkling of
snow, which 'continued at intervals
until 31 o'clock, at' which hour the...
snow-fall - became rapid,. continuing
until 5 P. covering houie-tops,
wooden crossings and unfrequented
streets.to the depth of about a n
. inch.
u a
The mercury is dos : nto 86° mt. iV
is growing colder. The snow=fall 0)7
day was the heaviest here for fifteen.
years.
' -
litraik OIL
DENVER, COI". 'ctn.
days ago. the Grand Canon. Coal
Company struck oil . at - -a depth of
1445 feet near Canon City. Boring
had to be stopped until a pump could
be put in. ":The well now yields from
nye to eight barrels of oil per clay,.
and it is thought: that by boring it
deeper it will yield a greatly increas.
ed volume..
Large Robbery. , • •
CHICAGO, .lan.-24..=—At . seven last
night three masked burglars entered ,
the office of- the. South -Chicago Iron
and * Steel Works. gagged the janitor, , ,
named Brooks, burst the safe, stole
$l,OOO in gold, $l5O in coin and $9,-
000'in bills. ' Mr. Brooks' statement
as above WAS deemed suspicious and .
he was arrested. .
I. Hotel Dfal Moons Itunkid.
Naw YORK, January. 23 —A fire
broke out in the dining room of the
Metropolitan Hotel at 5:30 (Meek
this morning, destroying the interior,
The damage by fire was confined to
the dining rcom, which was regardel
u the finest ill the contry.
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