Wilford ftpdtt Toiranda; Pa., Feb: z 7, :NM Tan war between the trunk lines bas brought the price of 'emigrant tickets from New libtit to Chicagudown to $3, to St. Louis $5, and to Kansas City $lO.BO. CALIFORICIL la suffering front floods mused chiefly by melting of,_,the, mow in the mountains. N early sP r the towns - sgong the Sacramento river have been in 'Undated, with great loss-of property. Tns Commissioner of Pensions, Mr. BEsTLETrinfonns the chairman of the Reuse Appropriations Committee that $510,000,000 will be required to pay the arrears of pensions. If this be true it will bea long time before all the money will be paid. , TEE ceremonies attending the inaugu ration of General GARFIELD as President promise to be a grand success. The Pres ident-elect will be escorted by a military guard of honor consisting of ,20,000 mili tiamen and fourteen compar;ellof regular troops and marines, marshaletby General 'Su • SE - .'cxxon BLAIR., of New" Hampshire, wants an amendnient to the constitution prohibiting the manufacture-or sale of intoxicating liquors in the 'United States after the year 1900. Possibly-Xr. BLAIR has the Presidential bee in his bonnet, and desires to be the Prohibition candi date in ItlB.l. Tin reduction of the public. debt goes steadily on: Last month it amounted to considerably over seven_.Million dollars, and though this is lesiv by three millions than the reduction made in the corret -I.p4'..inding month of . 189, it is quite large ,enough to afilnd abundant occasion for felicitation. .• PEOPI.E. who are obliged to use the tel egiapb will be delighted to learn that it is announced front an official source that the consolidation of the Arneticari Union and 'Western Union will result in lower rates. There will,•however, be still great er satisfaction when the lower rates are announced to go into effect- 1,, ‘ Tim population of Pennsylvania, ac .co; ding to the Fcliedules returned to the Census Office by the.. enumerators, is 4 F-4% ,22,796. rty-eight _more than' is • given by Suieri "tendent WALKER in his • hatemeut to the country on the last day of 1540. Of this number 2.1:A635 are males. and 2,146,151 are females: IT IS given out from the inner eiicles'in which Mrs. Gat FIELD !hies, that she in tends to render her stay iu the White Muse remarkable for her own personal plainness in dress and the unostentatious -ne.ss of her domestic and state displays. Per ambition is to set a true republicin style of living, to be most distinguished foy its temperance and moderation. THAT great atiii good man,-Represipta.: , r :tire DE LA MATTR, intends to remote to Florida at the end of his term in Congress, . and he has issued a sort of 'farewell ad dress to the Greenbackers 'of Indiana, . reiterating - his customary warnings to the i;eople, to bewie of the money power, and against banks, rnaoulacturing asso , ciations, insurance companies, and corpo - ,rations,in general. . . GOVERNOR. BLACKBURN, of Kentucky, fears a choler : a epidemic next summer, because such a scourge always follows an epidemic of intluenza - in winter time, and he advises his people to drink cistern wa ter in order to keep it off.. As the use of water is almoEt unknown in Kentucky as a beverage, the governor-doctor must have wicked designs on the Democratic warty by advocating the 'abandonment of hisky to keep away the:-_cholera. .1.: power the Dernocracy are as raps- . dons Itti pirates. Out of it they are all reformers. During their control of Con gress, now &sing, they spent more money for contingent purposes, and created mote sinecures for their own benefit; Shan. was clone by any three or emir Congresses con-, - 'trailed by the Republican patty. - This is • • I lie party which is now so anxious to bare Congress in'the future run on economical _ THE agony of people having jobs - be fore Congregs increases as - the dais of the session decrease. It is a fact stiggcstive of the general inclinatibns of a Democrat ic majority'that More propositions to ap propriate money for . private pUrposes were acted on favoiably in the Comm niitte of Wnys and Means of the House at this session than were ever entertain - ed by fbe same committee in any Con - gress. Fctur-fiftlii of these measures will fail of becOning laws. SOME Democratic organs have extracted a great deal of comfort from the table in the Baltimore Situ, in which 1141i . coca . is given a majority of 6,334 on the 'popular vote, and have - already begun to sneer at t;eneral IiAIIFIELD as a minority Presi dent. Mit it turns out'tbat the.table is rather unreliable, as the Sun has robbed (him ELD 6T over 6,000 votes in Louisiana and 4,700 in Texas. With these correc tions, GARFIELD would have a majority of 5,000 over 11Axcocx.- • Tun censui returns show that the black lam is increasing .more rapidly' in the uthena States than"the white race. As the comparisons are made between the admittedly defective census of 1870 and 1880, they cannot be relied on as conclu sire? Outside orthe cities there is hardly a doubt that the_negrocs are more prolific than the whites. The panit•iry conditions in the cities operate against the colored 4seoPle, who usually t flatill in the most filthy and unhealthy gnartrs. THAT it is an 111 . wind which blows no one nnfgood is illustrated in the effects . of the fierce competition for the emigrant traffic from New York city to the interior, in which the great trunk lines are at pres • eut engaged. Pat and Fritz now ha+e - the opportunity of proceeding eight hun dred or a thousand miles westward at the phenomenally low fares of from two to three dollars: Thai may be death to the railroad companies, but it is good fun to those who can profit by the occasion. T. B. SWAN, a member of the Maine House of Representatives, is accused of . , 1 carrying on a system of swindling through ki .- 1 e mails and an investigating commiltee ns been - appointed to consider his case. BWAN hag been a fusion leader in Maine and was last year a prominent - candidate • for a Congressional nomination. He is one of Xhe two fusionists in the last Leg islature who alleged that a Republk an approached them with in offer of $l l llOO each to, : vote against the fusionists and --- thus defeat the GARCELON conspirac: . " - Ir is a remarkable fact that in all the States where free education is moat liber ally supported, the:Republican party sus tains itself by stindard majorities. Ofile erected four hundred and forty-B*B of . these buildings last year—more than the total number put up during the same period in all the Southern States. it is this fact which has made the ?dew kngland States uniprmly so solid for Republican men and measures, and, which is doing the mine thing for the . Middle and West ern States. The. l :Common school is the training place for Republicans .„ , there should be no temperance leg islation. this session, it sill not be for the want„ of bills lookin!: in that direCtiou. AmOng' tie number already introduced in' the 116 i: we, is one punishing drunkenness with a - fine of not less than $lO nor more than Vio for a first offence, and an im priionnient not less than ten ',fair more thin sixty s'.ays for a second - offence; a third offence is to . be deemed a felony, and pOnislied by disfranchisement for two or sit years, as a jury'shall deter mine. The same penalties in -the same propc!rtioware to be inflicted on such per sons as sell liquor to perions who are in toxicated. • . . - NEW roax.'s Board,of Health is now engaged, with the best medical skill of the country at its back, considering the surest- means to stay the spread •of that loathsontedisease, small-pox. The first trouble which confronts the board is the tenement-house system, which is a prolific source of the spread of all contagious diseases in auy city. The board flails that squalor, intemperance, want of prop er food, exposure, and over solicitude, conditions consequent to poverty all large cities, are the causes which conduce toihe spread of epidemics, and that as long as these exist, while _amelioration can be afforded, contagion cannot, be en tire: • counteracted. mans has followed the example o Maine by incorporating in its constitution a clause forbidding the sale, or manufac ture of distitled or fermented liquor within the State. That the public welfare would be advanced by a general disuse of intoxi eating liquors is unquestionable, but that the desired result can be reached by the operation of prohibitory legislation is not so certain. Mfn cannot be made virtuous by an Act of Assembly, and no legislation will keep, those people sorter whose tastes run in'tlut oPposite . direction. But the effect of the step taken is one well worth watching. In Kansas, vrtere there is a greater influx and a freer circulation of peoplo. the experiment will be more in struci ire than in;Maine • A SOLEMN DI7T.Y The 'Venerable say ing—' •Speak well of a bridge that carries you safe over,"—is= WO as good as it is .vener able. The better' way is never to speak well of . a poor bridge. For if it becomes the. custom to speak welt, of defective and even dangerout things it will not• be long beforO the', :Ideal of excellence in that aOrnrUtr-. nity will be, lowerpd, and its. institu tions will 'tumble down from sheer decay. ,Of course this is not.a • worse upo i n bridges. We are about to Speak of the law and precedents. which 'h aye come to control the count of the electoral vote. Birt it may: be. likpned to a bridge spanning the gulf of Presidential succession. -The' country has just efossid that bridge . once more, and, as we are glad to say, • Fr jai safety. But it is , not a pod. bridge. Its approacheS:are'defeetive and dangerous. Its roadway is but little elevated above the':rstrong.cur rents of popular passion. ‘,'And there are missing planks here And there all along its passage. >TheSe hiatuses came near sending the eciuntry into • .K the gulf beneath in 1877., But dan gerous as. the bridge may be because of the . missing planks, still more dangerpus because the jiik:t . of - piss.: ing planks incites The country has- had a, specipen of this : tinkering in the effort of a Demo. cratic Congress to fotee the NIOII4.AN-' BICKNELLi rt s.olutions through th : #t body. It did pot succeed.: but the dangers it disclosed brposes upon _ . the next , Cotwto.s solcion duty. If .47 • that Congress shall.bc utile to rise to the level of the caiCasiim there will never again he any i"'t•e:,sion for,pub lie concern touching the Prtsidential succession after the votes have been cast. The duty, of the forty-seventh Congress will relate to the prepara tion and digestion Of an amendment to the constitution which Alan be directory and mandatory, and which shall render any interference by Con gressillegal. That amendmentshould direct in plain language how and by whorl 'the electoral vote 4 shall be counted. The constitution already directs who shall open the certificates. Further, the amendment must direct whaeaction shall be taken_where the certificates; if any, shall be defective, or when more than one certificate from the same State shall be present ed. It - should further declare that the autonomy of the States acting through their electoral colleges shall be rigidly preserved. These points cover all the ground: There is no doubt •whatever _of the, right of the States, as stich, to deal withtheirownelectoral votes. Hence, ' the' amendment should provMe for the return of all disputed, or object ed to, certificates to the Governor of the State from which they come, to be by him promptly submitted to the Judges of the highest State court for their decision. 'As the electoral law is always a State law no court is com pent to administer it save the proper State court. And judgments render ed after such submissions should be final and conclusive as regards the count of the vote in controversy. Whoever may be designated to count the votes and declare the election in Washington, should have no option as respects the mandate of the State court. The certificate returned from that court as legal must be accepted and counted. With such an amend ment adopted the bridge would be come a substantial structure, giving . the largest measure of safety and certainty possible to be secured. It can never be' a good bridge so long as Cotstess can flake' it TUC social, Mitsuittalt* Sine oar last issue 'the Senatorial situation at garrislmrg his changed somewhat, but the -118$114°‘k seems as strongly Sled as eirer.:,oomit and Gaow, both withdrew from the contest last week. and itintiediately the followers of Mr. OLIVER preient ed-the name of Gen. JAMES A. Balt . Centre county, While the - , Otte* Strength was transferred to "Col. T. M. BAYNE, of ' Allegheny county. Several ballots have , been . had since_ the withdrawel ;Otavila: rand Gaow, but, with the-singlcei= ception that as between BEAVER RITA 13sysi the ; Republicans 'seem to be more evenly divided, than they were between the former carididates,.there is no pereeptab'e changes in the situ ation. -All who read the very full report of. the proceedings, as given by our Harrisburg correspondent in %nether column, will be as compe tent to judge as are we, as to when the contest will have an 'ending, and who will be the . successor of Mr. WALLACE in the United States Sen ate. That the struggle is engender ing bitter feelings that *ill result in weakening and injuring the party in, the State, n 4 sane man can doubt.' That the contest will soon end in the election' of an able and worthy man, is the hope of every tnan who desires the suprem4e.y of the Repub lic.an party in the future.; The ballot —the 28thl—on Tuesday resulted as follows : 13.1YNE 36, WALLACE 31, BEAVER 31,,Pnit4ars 1. WHAT was regarded by the framers of the Constitution as an occasion that would every four years excite the 'profoundest popular interest occurred. Welinesday of last week. in the counting of the Electoral votes. The count was a mete formality, solemn and suggestive indeed', but entire ly free from the element of di;ubt, as to its developments which it was expected by the statesmen of I'lB7r - would 'cause it to be lookal forward to by the'whole people of are Union as the only' satisfabtory ascer tainment of the choice of a President and Vice President. In the firm place, under the old theOry.the several States were to appoiet-Electors, who should debate the claims or various dilstinguished citizens, and select the two whom they considered best fitted for the high, dignities to be conferred.. The result of these delibera tions of the Electoral Colleges of the dif ferent States, it was presumed, cowl only I be guessed at by the general public. the officialannouncement,' to be made in the presencuof,the Senate arid House of Representatives on the second Wednesday in. February followiiig. There couldt be no stronger illustration . the disparity between what is anticipated and -what actually happens - than is found hi the ptactical Working of the Electoral system. While General GARFIELD was technically eleeted on the first day of last December =the date on which the electing, met—lie had, to all practical intents and purposes, been elected out the second of the preced- ing - monthirand the fact was known to the entire country within two days. No spt ulations Os...conjectures were anywbere in 'dulged iniby anybody as io-thcii Tkobaule action of the Electors, nor werEqiii ,, re any surmisps'after they had held= their meet ings in reference to wroat might be dis: clo.ed by the count ofithe instant. HON. FEItNANDO :Wool), member• of Congress from Now York city, died at Hot Springs, Ark., at ten o'clock Sunday night, in the 60th year of his age.• He yr as repeatedly elected to Congress, his first term being froth 1841-3, and wasi twice elected Mayor. of !Kiw • York, the first time in 145 and again in . 18611. His string s 1 m pathies for the South were con spicuously_ manifested througholut. the war. -.Always a 'strong Dernocrat, he un flinchingly sustained his - party, right or wrong, and as chairman RG the Commit-. tee of Ways and Means in the House, he took high-ground for free trade. His op position to the Greenback craze, and in, favor of keeping the pbligatiOns - of the government in the payment of its bonds in gold, did much to keep his party in the right channel on the money question. His death will make a conspicuous void in po litical circlet .in New . Yoik city. L s he was a member of the incoming House of Heprelentatives, a special election will have to be held to fill the vacancy. WHEN'ithe Forty-sixth Congress ad journs sine die, emarkaan_exchauge, the Republican party of the country, and es pecially, of The North, East, and West, ought in some manner to recognize the efficiency and devotion , with which its Senators - and Representatives in Congress discharged their duties to their constitu encies, and stood firm in upholding the measures of their party. FrOm beginning to end of this Congress the Republican minority really did the business of legis lation, watching the requirements of thp Execiitive Departments„, shielding the army and navy frOrn impairment, and up holding the honor of the Government be fore, the world. The party owes to itself and to the gallant and dpvoted men who have thus distinguishedithemselves to ac knowledge their illustrious services in some manner that the world may see how truly :patriotism is prized in our country. , REPRESENTATIVE LANDIS, of Lancaster I County, has introduced a bill into the Legislature intended to prevent fraud and the improper influencing of votes in the nomination of candidates. It punishes with fine and imprisonine4 any . and all attempts tn bribe voters, directly or indi rectly, either by the offer of money or other valuables, or.place, prefernient or assistance now or in the future. It alio punishes severely any one voting at a pri mary or delegate election who has not a legal right to do so, or any one casting or attemptinglo cast more than one ballot. Su..h . :a law would undoubtedly answer a good-purpose if it : could be properly en , forced ; buts things aro the prospect for this does not look very cheerful. Still, we hope Mr. LANDIS. may be successful in getting his bill through. It may. do some' ood;'and will serve- a useful pur pose in keeping public attention directed . to this important subject. 7 Jtnxm WOODWARD, of Lucerne, recent ly gave a decision chat materially.uffects ' various instintrions of the State. Follow ing the decision of the Supreine Court in an orphan asylum ease„ which- exempted the institution from ta*ation as a clarity, although it confined its beneficiaries to female orthau children of the Protestant Episcopal faith, Judge. WOODWARD. bits dulled that the society of the Sisters of cbrittißD Charity, the Catholic congrega tion of, St. Mary's and the Gennsn Catt olio congregation 2f Wilkes-Bann, me pareineddie chunks and aapt *at tatation ;ine**the sew easatitatiou aid the stet 'o' 164; ' ; uffie'decilion Bun be - sustigned by the Samar Coatt, it, will exiiiik I** iamb*=ate huaitatioas in Peiumitiazdawhith'aie new held, as taxable ti the litateeadsodthaL„ Toe Albany Jour;ld kindly offer* tb• following Cabinet to Prosident.elec' t Secretary of the Treasury—Anna Dick. IMOD, of Pennsylvania. . Secretary o' War—Susan Anthony, of New York. . - • ___ Secretary of the Navy--Mary of the District of. Columbia. , SecretarY of -the Anterior—Helen Haut Jaclkson, of Cakgaido. - _ _ Attorney G eneral -- Elisabeth Cady Stan -ton, of New Jersey: _ _ Pow:mast r-Geueral—Mary - Anderson, of Kentucky:. And adds : " What we claim for lids Cabinet is, that diffeting from the 53,04 aimed' y before the public, it is 'au ideal Cabinet. Tug_eleiction in Philadelphia• on T 116 50 day remitted in the election Of grivo, Democrat, for Mayor, Indepen dent, for Receiver of Taxes, and t VirEEtr, , RepubliCan, for' City Solicitor. A heavy vote was polled, and the "Independent voter'' was evidentli ahead by a large majority. It is run ore I that General GntNT will resign thettiesidepey of the World's Fair coniruission, as other duties demand his attention. HARRISBURG LETTER. Special Correspondence of Tits RzeouTzu Itattatsnunn, February 12, IBBl.—Ore " dead-lock " has been hrokent but ,who the successor of Mr. Wallace in 'the U. S: Senate is to be has not yetblu deter mined, and no one hereabouts. although there are a great mauyliniarqdople, sa gacious politicians and eminent statesmen to be met on the bill and about the hotels) can tell just who it will be. To keep up the connection, or ."the:..run of the story," as, the* old lady remaeked it was bard to do t with the new dictionary-at Which she was looking, I will commence with the twenty-first ballot, which was taken on Wednesday the 9th inst., and resulte4 as follows : Oliver, '79 ; Wallace, '72 ;:Grow, 53; Wolfe; 12; Agnew and Curtin, 1 each; Beaver, liewit and Shims, 2 each; Mac 'Veagh, 4 ; .Phillips, 3. The following Democrats changed . . from Wallace to Wolfe : Senators Gordon, Groff and Nel-, von, and RepresentativeS Ackley,- Aminer iinan, Boland, •Coolbaugh, Lockwood, M.'Cachratt, McNulty and Woodruff. Bierly changed from Curtin to Wolfe ; I. L. Brown . hanged from 'Wallace to Cur tin ; ° flazltt and . Yargee changed'from Oliver to Beaver; Peterson changed from Wallace to MacVeagli. Immediately on the announcement of this pallet, Senator Stewart, of Cumberland county, moved to adjourn, and was seconded by half ni dozen voices; but the yeati and nays were called, and 'being taken the motion pre vailed—yeas 134, nayli 79. During the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, an understanding was arrived at by Messrs. Grow and-Oliver that they should both withdaw and give their friends an Opportunity to unite upon some other candidate. . - The first. step in this direction was taken by Mr Oliver, silo Omit S o'clock on Wednesday evening sent to Mr. Grow the follewing.note : Hon. GdlusAa d. Gfolo - • DEAR SIE : Being,Satisfied that n pro longation of the contest for United - States Senator will work irreparable injury to the Republican organization of the State, I have written a communication to the Republican members of the. Legislature advising them of my withdrawal. I have thought it possible.that early, information of my action may have some influence up on that of yourself and your friends. Respectfully yours;- 11. W. OLti:Ell. This note was delivered to. MrAGrow by Senator Newmyer, of Allegheny'eoun ty, and was followed by a sori\ewhat lengthy letter addressed to Lieutenant Governor. Stone, President Of the joint convention, withdrawing iron' the contest and giving his views onthe•subject. The selection of new candidates to: - be supported by the friends of the two gen- 1 Venom who were about to withdraw from the contest was the next thing on the pro. gram,- ; , no effort at .all appearing to be made• to get t; the ' opposing elements to 5 gethcr with a view to arranging a com promise. The supporters ofme. Grow, in view of the announced withdrawal of their leader, concluded to hold a caucus, and to carry (nit this idea met at No 10 Market Square,. oil Wednesday evening between Band 9 o'clock. Fifty-sir mem bers were in attendance and Senator Law- I renew presided. Mr. Grow was present, and thanking his supporters in eloquent terms announced his withdrawal from the fight in the inteiestef ITrmony i and party unity. lie said that since the proposition bad been made by Mr. Oilier, his leadink opponent, there was no other honorable course left for him i to purSne, and he de clined to . continue a hopeless struggle with no Ultimate result but an ignomini ous backdown. Mr: Grow's remark were well receiied,S,but Senator Stewart made a scathing reply, in which he criti cised the course of the chosen leafier of the independent Ilepiablicans s in deserting them in thii , Crisui. The caucus then took action on the name of General Beaver, Which was quickly tabled. A nuinher of speeches were made, the tenor of which was to the effect that the Ififiependents would stick together-and fight it out to the bitter end. A ballot was then taken o] the name of Mr. Wolfe, which was submitte,„ff by -Representative Law, but he only received eighteen Totes. Mr. Wolfe and his friendi ohjectea to letting any of the members present:vote *mite the forty three signers of the original compact. This caused a spicy scene, out of which , harmony was eventually evolved. The caucus, then proceeded to take action on the originatlistpf seven names submitted by them to,the regulars. That of Colonel Thom - 6 M. Bayne, of Allegheny, coming first was first 'submitted and received forty-three' votes, after which .Bayne was declared the cheiie of the caucus as a 'candidate to be sUpported in the joint convention until_ further orders. After making an effort Or Bayne's election the caucus will' take action- on the name of George Shiraz, Jr., which stands next on the- list. The meeting lasted until mid night and was at times quite stormy, but' finally wound up with three cheers. for Bayne. . • While this conference was going, on a meeting of the " regulars," or supporters of Oliver, w ing beld at the residence of Senator Cimeron, corner of Front and State streets. Fifty•one Senators and Representatives weropresent, and Senator Herr, of Dauphin; presided. Senator Cameron addressed the meeting in a ring ing appeal for party unity.. He disclaimed having any personal interest: in the fight, and said when the proper time came he could take care of. himself ; but. now the life . of the party was at stake, and in this crisis its true friends would be tested. Four names were then submitted to the meeting,, namely, Beaver, Armstrong, Bayne and Rene. Thd name of Bayne . , was yawl , down- Anna , ater::.iihk4l - Thipmentativtk , Blop„: 10 5! -. r iiotalt, wi th drew from : th e:Oen* Gertand i lise*Wastbareittadithitaits& 1 0#4 • , in* 0# 4 . 1 erlayl°, ligthm* t• V I Choi . *liid:Plivei:iterit off the * cattle and tbstaew tatudida* *ere to be Wad (011 , additional Intoest was taken in the iienatorial'fig'ht, an immure throng being attracted to t boball of the Howse during the session of the Pia ten veittien. The couventioe-was coiled to order at noon, when Lieutenant Governor Stone, presidirig, directed, the clerk to reed Mr:. Oliver's -letter ef. ' withdrawal. This being- dene r Senatof Davies tiresent ed a letter , front Mv,'Orow, which was read as follows . nanntsiao, Feb. ict, 1881. Hon. IF. T. Davies : IDnatt Stu Please withdraw my name • as a candidate for United States Senator in the joint cotivention of the Legislature. To the Senators and Representatives who have given me their support I return my grateful acknowledgment. The unyield ing tenacity with which they have main tained. their position in vindicating the right of the people to have their expressed and wall-known will respected by their assumed politicalleaders will be treasured anieng my proudest remembrances. For the personal kindness Laud generous sup port accorded me in this contest I am un der Lasatr, obligation. • Very respectfully yours, GAt..usue A. Gnaw, The twenty-sect-rid ballot was ' then taken and showed a very coruaderablY mixed state' of affair', the fact clearly manifeiting itsx, however, that the kf Oead -1 cp k " was- Aid as stubbornly set as ever. The vote , was announced to the large and excited crowd as follows : Wal-. lace, 801 Be,ivcr, fp ; Bayne, 62.; Boker and Shitas, :Leach; ; Welsh, Phillips, Ma c e- Veagh, Cuitin, Newell and Oliver, 2 each; Snowden, 7 4 limit, Kirkpatrick and Ruddiman. 1 each—total, 239. A number of petitions were then pre sented from citizens Of Philadelphia ask ing for the election of Bon. Jno. Welsl., and one from citizens of Armstrong coun ty askarg for the elretlon of Hon. Jno. M, Thompson. A metier' . was made and car ried, that hereafter nothing , shall. be in order in the convention but balloting, mo tions to adjourn oi. take - a recess. ' . The convention' then proceeded to the twenty-third - ballot, with the following', result : Wallace, 86 ; Beaver, 68 ; /3ayne,_ 60 ; Boker and Phillips, 3 each ; Welsh. Newell, .MacVeagh and Shires; 2 each ; Snowden t 6 ; Ilewit, Kirkpatrick,, Oliver and Curtin, 1 each.. As soon as th'e result of this Vallot was "announced a motion was made to take a recess until 7:40 in the evening, but this was „crowded out bra motion to adjourn, w,hich was - carried by a vote of 426 to 193, the Biymmen and the Democrats generally favoring the ad journment. . ' ' On Friday the galleries were again crowded, more so than at any previous session; the aisles were full of people, and the spaces nt the sides of the speaker's chair were packed. & clamber of ladies, who couldn't be alcoMmodated with seats, stood. up thitaigh the'whole of tho intense interest taken in the selection of a Sena tor by everybody. The twenty-fourth ballot resulted as follows ; - Wallace, 85 ; Beaier, 74; Bayne, 62; Snowden, 4; 011- .ver, Welsh; Curtin, Shims, young, Phil lips, Boker, ilOwit, Beal and Mitchell, 1 1 each; Newell,„2—total, 237. No person receiving -a majority the roll was ordered _ to be called for another ballot, and for the twenty-fifth4ime.the calling of nil long list of names was. begun and concluded with the , following result : Beaver, 8U; Wallace, 85; Bayne, 6i3; Newell, Shim" McGrath, Phillips. ,Boker, limit, Stone and Beale, 1 each—total, 23.5. Paired and absent, 13. Immediately on the announce ment of the ballot Senator Stewart moved to adjourn. This met wiih a storm of noes, and on a division being called was apparently defeated. On a call of the yeas and nays, ,however,, the Motion Are vailed—yeas.l29;' nayk 102—and the joint convention adjourned' until noon oil Sat urday. • ' ' At the meeting of the joint convention to-day, 162 Senators and Representatives were present, the other 80 of the 248he ing paired and absent. I Only one ballot was taken to-day, the 26th, which result ed as follows : Beaver, 7 ; Bayne,.49 ; Wallace,'sl; Ruddiman, Shitas, Phillips, McGrath and Boker, 1 each—total, 162. There is na probability of au clecticn before Wednesday or Thursday tract, If then, and who will be elected seems to be as much - in doubt as ever: . • It may be stated, as one of the facts about which therh appears to be no dis pute, that Mr. Wolfe did: all he could . to kill off,Mr. Grow as a candidate, in order 'to be Blade Senator himself. This calami ty, however; it is a satisfaction to know,. will,not befall the country just yet. . Among the new bills introduged in the lipase, on Monday evening, the 7th inst - , - . were the following : . Mr. flierly, reducing the salaries "of the several State officers, - il,to number of clerks tii'be employed in the several de r partments, and 4 roviding for the inciden tal expense of said departments ; also, 1 , reducing th compensation of members of the Legislature. ' ~,e-' . The following resolutions were - i. &red Mr. Peterson, that if the Senate concur the Senators and Representatives in Con gresotrom Pennsylvania 110 requested to use their utmost endeavors to sustain - the amendment to the constitution of the United States, providing for the election of the President and Vice. President by a direct vote of the people, recently 'propos ed in the United States Senate, l and to use eviry effort to secure its ratification by the Legislatures of the several States. Referred lohe Committee. en 'Federal Relations. Mr. McCachmn, that the eomniittee on judiciary general \ be•requested to inquire it some additional legislation is s not re quired for the govertnnent of the joint as, sembly of the two housTi' whet; called to getherifor thn'purpose oflecting a Unit ed States Senator, and If st eh is round to bo the case to report by bill 'otherwise. Agreed to. . 1 - Mr. Lee Thotron, that Pennsylvania \ ph Senators req e and Congressmen be sted to use all honoiable means for the as !age of the equalizatton bounty bill. e lated to the Committee on Federal Rela• lions. ' A large number of bills were read the first time. ' In the Senate, on Tuesday, the Bth, in stant; Mr. 8111 offered a reiolution provid ingfor the printing of 1,500 additional copies of the agricultural report for the use of the House. , • The resolution occasioned Consikrable discuission, as the law fi#ed the number of copies to i l's) printed. It was contend ed by Mr. LaWrence tbat this law could not lx; amended by. resolution. The reso lution liras referred to the Committee on Public Printing for investigatioe. The following bills were . rep6rted favor-. ably from committees, in' the House, on Tuisday : ,• t.. ' Prohibiting thngranting of licensee for the sale of intoxicating liquors to main- , faqir Bal ers and photo of stoweentet, Limiting *slims of labor to olgbt: Among the tilils,int*hial is sea , ; '.9ket.'1 11 4,, _the fiee*rei*ViS*F',-Is ll l *214 of tbeigenind'asimmi**fid `OLIO amil, cMnpOiatat*Cof the officers' 4114 toistOrtieylnicc-Vidia:o l vides for the employment cler koffi whose spe- Cid duty it *ball be to balkAs c ityes and payee. ,The conaideiatkm of.thUbili ting the Offices of • collector: aid receiver of deliuquent taxes in Phifidelphia, wen pied the greater . portiou of t: - .Usession of the Howie, en Thursday, when it was pasiell_seeptid reading. The following bills passed' the Senate finally, mtllq'idnesday,. the 9th-instant : To peridt husbands or wives of defend antichaied with mime to testify in behalf of their hnsbands or wives in all cases wherein the' defemlants are competent witnesses. • • To imend an act allowing parties hi in." terest-to be witnesses. To prevent the statute of limitations running during the pendency in courts of writs of certiorari to justices of the peace. Relating to the acceptance of "bills - of exchange and orders for the payment of money. Regulating - the collection of taxes in the several-boroughs and townships of thig commonwealth. • Among the appointments by the Gov ernor was that of L. W. Hall, of Harris burg, a member Orthe geological survey in place of Henry W. Oliver, Jr. ' The House on Wednesday 'passed final ly, the Philadelphia tax office bill : yeas, 180 ; nays, 6. A: number of bills were _ . also intsoduced TN In the Senate,, on Thursday, the 10th, instant, Mr. Jones offered the following preamble and resolution, which was adopted : WIMREAR, His .Excelleniy, the Gover nor, in his-message has suggested that in the fall of 1892 two hundred years will be completed -since Willia'm Penn landed at the place where Philadelphia now stands; that.the celebration of such a grefit his torical event should be observed in a be fitting mariner, and that the city councils of - Pniladelptrikand.the historical society of Pciansylearri.s have alreAdy taken steps in regard to such - a celebration; there fore, • Resolved, That (if the House of Repre sentatives concur) a committee of seven Ssnators'and nine members of the'House be appointed to confer with committees appointed by other bodies throughout the State, and that said committee report at l en early day to the • present general as sembly what action should be _taken by the Commonwealth to commemorate such an import:int event as' the first arrival and residence here of the distinguished founder of our Commonwealth. • The bill to consolidate the offices of re ceiver of taxes and Collector of delinquent taxes in Philadelphia was passed second _- ~ rending. The following bills weic reported favor ably from committees, in the Rouse on Thursday : - Relating to testiimny in criminal cases. To 'exempt homesteads from levies and execntions. To trovide for the selection of jurors by the commissioners of the several corm: ties of the Conimouwealth.. :A number of bills were introduced and the following parsed -second'reading : . gaking it a - misdemeanor for a minor to reineint himself of full. age,tovrocure intoxicating s. , . To prevent the game of pool or any .other game of chance being played for vi nods liquor and defining the -punishment therefor. * : To prohibit the grantifig of license -to keepers of places of amusement'. In the Senate on Friday, the following . bills were reported fiona committees af - tirmatively A bill to provide. for ,the printiug :Ma issuance of certifiCates of naturalization- on e p"dieliment only, • and . providing penalties for .tEiolations of the. same. • . - An act to provide for fixing compensa tion 'for hoarding prisoners in 'Ounties where the same is not provided now for by law. . • . . An act for regulating the payment of costs on appeal frOm justices of the Pence, An act to prevent the consolidatioa-Lof telegraph con - ipanies in this .State," with antendruents, providing that if any one suspects such intention to consolidate he shall apply to the . cour i ti who may appoint a coramittee of dNeovery to ascertain tlit; facts and with powers to send for papers and persons; also grants the purchasers of .such companies at auction to reorgan ize the same. An act allowing prirti(s in interest to 14e, witnesses. An act prohibiting overseers of poor from committing children between, the ageS or two and sixtCcti to the almshouse, and providing that local charities shall take charge of same: An act to cjiable operatives and labor ers in coal mines'to sedtre -their pay at regular periodi and in lawful money. An act authorizing the State Treasurer to pay Benjamin F. Bentley the balance due him of the salary ,of president judge, under his commission as such of dull-sev eral. cowls of record of Lackawanna County, passed the Senate fiAlly. ' In the House on 'Friday, the following, bills were reported 'from committees fa. vorably : - To establish a State Board of Health'. • 'An act relating to' decrees of courts. with respect to liens and executions. ~.. An act - relating to collateral inherititice tax. ' An act to - regulate the practice of tdinr macy and sale of poisons and• to prevent adulterations (AA - rugs. ` i Itegulatiug the election of overseers - ;of the poor. The general appropriation bill was re ported affirmatively by Mr. Hall. It pro; tides for tbo payment of tbo legislative, executive and judicial expenses for two years from June 1, 1880,, appropriating about $4,000,000. ' Mr. Long (Jefferson) offered the follow ing:. • 11/Timm/6 There are numerous surviv ing soldiers and sailors of the recent war of the rebellion who were• exposed to the privations and hardships - of an extended imprisoninent in the military prisons of the 43outh, and wh:,reby their health was destroyed and their physical condition broken down, permanently . disabling them from following their usual voca tions, and • . • WHEREAS, They are debarred from articipation in the present liberal pen s' u laws by reason of their' inability to ply with the reqUirernens of the pres ent wa ; therefore,. ‘ \ Rao al, By the Rouse of Representa tives (8e ate concurring }, That the Rep resentativ .of our State in Congress be requested to exercise their influence in se curing the pagsage of such legislation as will do justice to this deserving class of the Nation's braVe and patriotic defend.: err. - 'l%c:ll6c:dation passed unanitifonsly. 1 • \ CUSSEWAGO:" —Charles Howell and Iler73r Vaughan, the pedestrians, and two attendants,. with Bryan - ITcSwinney, arrived in . 'ew York Friday. Rowell appears to be, good condition. Ile said he would at, once go into training for' tiii) match. on 04. 7th of Vara. ' ' 1 .. , ... SME=MMEZ STATE' NEWS. trial or or= n o t ,toiv • murder of Patrick 491114114 - twai,bics4 on !WOW. &mbui ter in a PittsbuitbillidO!" ltau ! - : derr the Al bidlltakid" —Mark* Staidh . *Seillat lunatigV,kl' capedlrmn the lime! asylum at Nor ris- town 4:nt Thursday evenink, I,estia McCAnide, opal 10, fell intO a cesspool at Cliester oss , Saturday and was dead hem suffocation when dhscovered. -4ohn Mouse, 13r., Bring sear Miffihs, la insured for more than $lOO,OOO is a number - of companies. 15 83 years old. - —Storekeerwis in the oil regions cities rutrfreeJeatennimi trains once a week from the nand sections for thibenefit of their customers. —The Blatingtoa News reports that the slate trade of that section in WO greatly Improved over the . ..year ,previous. The Production was over 90,000 squares. --Benjitain Beide% a resident of Shoe makerssille, Barks county, ruptured a blood vessel on Wednesday' evening, while coughing, saddled almost instantly.. —The Reading Railroad bridge over the LOyalsock fell in on Thursday night, ow ing to the washing out of one of the piers. and the bridge over Lycoming Creek was in danger. —Mart Steen is in the lockup at Brad ford on a charge of bigamy, having de serted one wife in Bradford aad'having another. it is said, in Parker. City. -Re is tinder $7OO tiondi for trial. —About forty tramps in the jail at Lan caster tried 03 escape about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. A watchman fired into the crowd, wounding three of them slightly. Ohly one escaped. - -The Scranton agent of a scorriloui publication Balled- Tile "Out, who' proved to he a hotel porter, was arrested.and locked up, but has been released on proni ise of abandoning his dirty busihess._ meeting was held recently in Yard- Bucks county, at which it was ad4ised that the , Deleware River be dam med to facilitat9 industrial enterprises. Resolutions to.'that • efket were adopted and ordeied to be sent to the Legislature. , —Mrs. Mary Jane Mood, y, • of .Shrews bury, York county, aged 61 . years has just died after being, tapped 167 times for dropsy, and in that time 835 'gallons of. water were taken from her. The Art operation was 4 Performed fourteen yea* LEE —Allison P6Aiell, of Jennerville, Ches, ter county, icommitted suicide by cutting his tbro . at on Wednesday 'afternoon of last week, with a razor, rather than suffer ar rest by an officer of the law who visited his residence to serve a warrant for, wife beating. - —lncendiaries'set fire to Gers's pottery. at Lancaster, on Friday !night by, putting a two-gallon Can of coal oil inside and setting tire to it. • The building was so much damaged that it wiillibbably have to be torn down. This was about the , sixth attempt to ! destroy the pottery. —On Thursdii evening three men went up into the dome of the Capitol at Harris burg and we're locked in by some careless watchman. Failing to- make.thernselves heard, one of them climbed out Over the roof of the library, and. by means ora scaffold standing by a chimney 'be got to the ground and hunted up a watchman. Tao feat was very perilous. • —The body of Joseph Penrose, 24 years old, who bad been missing since. Christ- mas . night was disclosed on Saturday by the melting snow iu the meadow within 100 yards of his father's house, in Goshen township, a mile from N'Vet Chester. The young man bad been sleighing with his sister, and, leaving liar at the house, went to the barn to:put the--horse aivayorad, was never aglain seen alive, notaithstand ing a close . and Continuous search it is supposed that he vas kicked by the horse, and in his bewilderment from the effects leipt his way, fell on his taco in the snow, and was suffoiiatef , and next day his body w Attried be ea h a deep snow. I i ' GENERAL NEWS. • Theipaper,stpek ,warehouse of 31.. T. Homer Co., n i t Baltimore, was burned 'Sunday... 'Loss, • —The toy shop 66. A. B. •Itirgtt les, •in Birmingham, i Corm:, was• destroyet, by fire on SaurditY. Loss, $10,000.. ' • —•Peteti Co4Per, the New York philan- thropist, , Satw ; xtay celebrated the nine tieth anortietary of his birth. It is now believed that ex-Governor of 'Worthington; Mitin., will sat, vivo his recent attack of paralysis ? B. Westley Titus, for many years a leading merchant of Trenton. N. J. ? died siiddenly Sunday from heart —The flouring • and grist mill of Lan gridgeA, Martin, at Muscatine, lowa, was burned on Saturday. Lms, $12,000. —List year 85, 856 immigrants arrived hi Canada, but only 38,585 remained,' the others through to the United States. --lloration Stenear, of Fort , Ann, N. Y., has been arrested on a charge Of mur deriniMrhCynthia Sargent, at that place, last September. , ' —The Southern Oil Works at Memphis, Tenn.:, were buOed Thursday. '-The loss is about $200,000 c insured in forty-cem panies for $125,000. -The Michigan Avenue Baptist Church I at Chicago, - was buined on Saturday night. Loss, $50,000:7 The janitor was' arrested on suspicion. - • —lt is understood thatibe latO John M. Pinkerton, or 800 onAeft by his willi s2oo,ooosto the acadeniy in perryi, N. H., founded by his grandfathers_ —At Deckertown, N. Y., on'Saturday, an ince,ndiary lire destrojed the Cox tdock, John B. Decker's dwelling, a tin abop, two barns and four houses. Loss, --Senator Wallace Friday addressed ti - e Senate one his proposed constitutional amendment abolishing . the Electoral Col leges, and was listened to with close at tention. • —John N. Edwards;'a telegraph opera tor at Paris, Tenn., fatally shot James Champion, Thursday, because. the latter bad made' an insulting proposal to his (Edwards') wife. —At Richmond, Va., .Friday, Oscar E. Perrigo, found guilty of bigamy in mar rying a lady at -Richmond when he bad already two wives, was sentenced 'to five years in_the penitentiary. - —Miss Ann Reed, a medieal student of Ann Arbor Univeriity, Michigan, com mitted suicide on Thursday night by drowning herself in an inlet _of Orton Lake. No cause is known. • , —Ori, Thursday the storehouse of 'the Stark Paper! Company, at State 'Line, Bennington, was burned. loss, $lO,- 000 ; no insurance. - Most of the contents Were finished paper ready for shipment. --John "B. Carrington, ..proprietor and, editor of the Journal and Courier, died at New Haven, Cono s , Priday, of erysipe, Jas. He established that; paper, and was the oldest editor and publisher in the State. . - —General Herman Uhl, formerly bust ness manager of the New York Btaats Meting, and a prominent member of the moons) Gaga or tbe Siiiter'of Newyork,; duat himself-- accident . Sum* - • "Wok auddiedin a_ fewminutia. John _BAIA - which aei'r sate Fmneiseo In May -la for Bow: ham island", with niae inert aboard, has never since been heard `efouid the hour. mate, companies have i e ttleti with -her --On Thursday night one portion of the BookAsbad Railroad bridge at ` \la Salle, . 411- s , apept away by the leefend the high , water; making it impoinible for 'Veins to cross. „The, passeenpra and 'bag-, gage were traissferred. ....At WaterburY, Corm., Sauday, the button factory of tbri - fmarrille Manufaet , wing Company was destroyed by fire, in volving a loss of $175,000, and throwing 200 hands out , of work. Shortly afterward the factory of Meiggs dv . Trott was par tially destroyed, causing a loss of $12,000. —The linseed oil works of Archibald & Schurmer, at St. Paul, Minn., -were des troyed by fire Thursday; the tanks evflOd ing with sufficient force to wreck the building. John Mart; theisuperin-tend int, and a lahoVer - were' killed. f ; The loss is $20,000. ; .—Samuel Traitel; 17 years old, an en'i' ploys of Soh:neon Brothers, dealers in pill tlemeres furnishing goods, 504 Broadway, New )rerk, was Thursday arrested charg edwitli stealing 300 dawn silk handker chiefs from that iirrn, valued at SX.IOO. Heconfessed his guilt. ' • —At Troy, Ohio, Friday, a hydraulic reservoir burst and the town was inundat ed, doing much damage. The Tustoaras river is higher than it has been for thirty years. Thlusands of acresof farm lands are overflowed, and many families were obliged to leave their homes. 1 ; —At the * Soldiers' Home, near Milwau kee, Henry McMakin and Swami Lang uor, two inmates, who have been missing since -Monday, wereTriday found in their room suffocated by the gas from a coal stove. MeSlikin is. dead and Languor will die. It is singular they should hare remained so long undiscovered. —Mn'. J. E. Nieholls corrunitted suicide by jumping into n tivell at. Carthnge,.,,,Mo., on Wednesday., She watCa sisteslof Miss Hogg, of Bloomington, 111., who commit ted suicide at Mrs. Nicholls' house some time ago. i She had twice before attempt.- ed• to take her life. Her father also met death at his Own hands. - —The entertainment green it Booth's Theatre, .New York, Friday, for the par;, pose of raising funi - i3 toward purchasing a‘statue of . the late Edgar Allan Poe, to be placed .in,'entral Park, near the Mu seum of Alt, was a great success, every seat being filled and the aisles crowded. The receipts are estimated at betireen $5OO and $6OOO. —A lire at Dennison, Texas,' on Wed nesday of last week, damaged the whble sale grocery stock of Marx Kuhn & Co., to the amount of, $20,000 ; Louis Goodsell Co., dry goods, $15,000 ; J. M. Burson, proprietoi:of the Ilei:Ttd, $6560 ; Sculler & Gann, owners of buildings, $15,060. Scales & Rhea, dentists, and Gbrseman & Co., grocers, suffered losseS.. —The Book Conimittee- of the Metho dist Episcopal Church held its annual meeting Thursday at New York. The' `total. neti assets of the New 'York and Cincinnati concerns and their depositories amounts to 41;355,060.16. Total sales of books and iieriodicals amounted to $l,- 5;6,261.2.8 daring the past year, showing an increase of $1,126,128 over the previous year. • —A dispatch front Wellington, Tian States that fifteen. ..inches of snow, fe during Thursday night and the storm .continued Friday. - The '. - Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern passenger train was stuck in a snow bank during the night, about two milesfrom• Wellington. Two . er e Vs were at work all - - night to ,extricate and a third engine was buried ,in a snow drift and abandoned Friday morning. The passengers were:removed to Wellington. • -The New York Chamber of Commerce Friday received a reply froth tie Secreta-. ry of the Treasury in regard to the repoit of the'-03immitte.e . iu reference to, alleged illegal collection of duties on sugar. The Secretary States that the department is fully aware that sugar is colcired, forjthe purpose'of (jeception, and that it mnit be stopped. • His duty and the interests of the government alike forbid his adoPtidg the suggestion of the. resolution: and Wit h• drawinklllic pending suits. . —James N. McCormick, traveling sales- man for Adolph Meyer & Co,, of Cincin nati, ' was shot and. instantly killed 'on Thursday night, at,llustonvillo, Ky.; by, W. I. Moore, Jr., his brother-in.law. Mc- Cormick had • arrived on the, afternoon train,"and wasireard in the evening quar relling with .Mote. He threatened to cut Moore'sheart•out;lnd 'at the &fne, time put his hand in his po6ket and asked if ho was ready. Moore answered," Ycs,7 and, drawing a revolver, shot McCormick dead. • —As the steaMboat train. from Provi dence over the nbrtliern •division of the Old Colony .. Railroad- was, crossing the New York and Nc . sw'Epp,' land Railroad : it -was struck by a freight train on the latter yoad. One car of the Old Colony train . was wrecked and three passengers Werri slightly injured. W. Daniels, the firenian of the freight-train was killed. • A ruisazw prehension- of signals by the New York and New 'England . train, is said to have caused the accident. The injured are Mrs. Aaron Cutler, of Walpole ; C. Ful ler, of New Bedford, i and Mr. Macy, edi tor of theiFoxbOro ugh Times. • . FEBRUARY FRESHETS. The Work of Destruction by. the Tar bulent Fit reatute. The damage.at .Long Island City amounts to several hundred thousand dollars. . . The damage in Monroe, Mich,-Will reach $lOO,OOO. lii Port Deposit, Mich., the flood destroyed- several houses; at last,report th water was still riling. r oe need In New JeVses. BORDENTOWN,3S. J., Febqtary 13. The freshet .. pas done considerable damalge here. The railroad tracks between Trentohatal Burlington city are under water. Canal boats are lying on, the track 'on the. Trenton road. All the small buildings near the Delaware and Raritan canal locks are partly under _water. The old Camden and Amboy shops are inun dated: The steam forge of McPher son, Willard Co:, near her e has had its fires put ,out by the ffooda. As far as the eye can reach the Pain sylva-nia shore is inundated. There is not much ice but a heavy body of water is running. Since 'midnight the water has been on the railroad bridge. On the main -line between here and New York the .bridge is In a perilous position. Twenty-seven, cars containing eight tons each - have been placed on it to hold it in posi tion. The water is at the axles of the wheels. The Damns* In Wnsltlnston WASHINGTON, February 13.—The flood which came rushing-down the Potomac river Saturday., morning, 4 - salsdarging the lower portion. of th citycitttfor'aesrly twenty&ur hours, has sibitdaL -The.4lantagi - already to vessels, wharves =di property along the river front is variously estimated at from $50,000 to. $lOO,OOO. Motd. of the wharf _owners to-night are of the 0111111011 that the great danger yet to come when the immense field of accumnhtted ice moves plat tlic city. The damage to property and merchandise in that portion of t 1 city which was inimdikted will prob• ably - reach $lOO,OOO, and in George ' town, along thewharrei and in the store house, the damage Will probably amount. ti $75,000. • ilusirlsopos, February 43,--The flood of the past few Clays has been the most disastrous that, ever visited the :Janiata, Valley. sTtip loss in bridges to Huntingdon'eotinty alone ming $50,000. Two spans of the bridge at Alexandria, Diehl a: Co boom at the mouth of Paystown brand four road bridges orer'the branch. and the "bridge at Newton - Hamilton have been cagied away and the bridge at MeWytown par tially destroyed. CA11110.5 DALE, Pa., - FebrEl3 ry . The ice in the - Lackawanna is mov- log rapidly and fears of an ice gorge in . the channel above . the eityl are • making the residents uneasy. - Shoal % the river continue to rise and the ice itp.tbrough the northern coun try a great flood is predicted and the residents 'of Ahe .vaPey are fearful that it will 'do 'greater daraage than the .floods of 1814, when .thousands . of doilnrs worth . of.property -was de stroyed and lives-, Were imperiled. The streams emptying Into - the river are ;being replenished with three',feet of melting snow in the surrounding country. • CINCOINATI.„.O„ Feb. 14:, The Ohio river at this point is now on.a.Aar., and slowly climbing into houseg on. the river bank. Marks this nii)ying shoW.fortY-six. feeVand the rive,i 4 stirl slowly, rising. ' The lower stories of -- Rat row,' Sausage row, • and'.i . other water-front places; are partly Sub- - . fue;ged and the inhabitants are florik ing to higher ground, 'Very heavy.' ice' from above , passed downE last • night, but the stream is so widened' that no serious damage was done., Ice froni the Allegheny is just begin- ingto pass. • 31111•Oan, Pa., February 13.-The rain 'storm has ceased. The iDela ware riNfer is falltiag 'slowly. and the' ice is moving out rapidly. It is re ported that a small gorge has formed Bushville, below this -place, and . that the- country is flooded. Great damage has been done to lumber, - . bay, fences and .movable propertS'. The kiss by the &rod, is fu11y57,0,00. , . Pa , Feb. 14.—T1.c . bridge. ,crossing the Lackawaxvis river was carried .away yesterday.;, Loss- sl'o,ooo. . ' Cot N.CII, Febru.Vy 1:; The severe snow storm of Friday and Saturday has 126mPlettly ;isolated this city from - the outside world, no, trains having . .arrived or departi.il since Friday night, and all 'travel has been abandoned. : . Trains which left. here .on .Friday night , were Snow- bound all day yesterdayat a distance. of from' 100 .. to miles from the city. The Chicago, Burlington and . . quincyl Road 'attempted to start: a train. for ChiCago 'last nigh-t, .with a . gang of 'fifty men, to shoiel the snow.' None. of the delayed trains were ex pected until this,' afternoor(or Mon day. . o,ther 'business, is almost ills"- pended,l and coal dealers':: ; say they have-not a tOn of coal on hand. ST: February 43 L2l‘;'_.e nev:- blizzard: has aggravated the snovi blockade that has prevailed in Souti ern.Minnesota- for the past two weeli, On the ,Sionx City. Road, the snow k four :feet deep on a level, anel the drifts in some•Placesore higher than the telegraph poles. Great. effort's have been madelo break the block ade. - .4 train at Mountain Lake. has been biocked for teti Ot : Lt r roads arealmost as badly off. • lr 49.6- TUE ELECTORAL COUNT. The sz)tes-for PieSia_ent and Vice President of . the Unifed,-States were otliciall3 , - counted by.-both Houses o f . Congress in- joint convention. on , Wednesday of last week? The can vention assembled. at noon in the House, the Vice President occupying the.. Speaker's chair. One after . another the certificatts were 01010 and counted until the Vote. of I Georgia was reached. The . , rea(Val in tail of.' certificates , . that' .had een abandoned after Alabama and Arkansas. Were Counted, was' di mantled by Mr. Springer.' ' t Tbe-Certificate shows that on the titli of -peeernber, ISSO, the 11 votes: of Georgia . were .cast for Hancock' and English: .Vice President' then said :, "It-appearing from 'the 'certificate just read that. the vote of the State of Georgia was cast on-a day, other than that fixed for-casting such votes by act of Congress, in pursuarice of the Congtitution of the United States, the result of this cer tificate 'will not be iecorded, until in the language of the concurrent reso- lution under `which 'this count pro:, ceeds, it will appear whether the counting or omitting to count such votes will changer the result ot . ' the election.". • ). After this the votes of the Stat(!s were counted in reilular order. • Tfie:result - showe'd I. votes fur' Garfield and . Arthur. and 155 for 4ancOck and': English, counting the vote of Georgia, and 144 not count ing 'said vote. Mr. Thurman in making the reportrof the tell . ers, said that it was immaterial whether the Tote! of Geoigia was counted oti.not its in either case James A: Gartiehl has received a majority of the votes of the whole number of electors alp- . pointed. The same was true for Chester A. Arthur. The result was received with loud applause, . after which_the joint-convention adjourn ed. The whole session lasti:d but one hour and a half. TOWANDA MARKETS. REPORTED EY ST Fr; di LONG, Geneysldealers In Groceries and Produce, Coruti • Illaln and Flue Streets. ; • WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. Volitio. (tint.lNG Flour per bbl ..... t5 t 5 50 .41 Flouper sack . . • *1 40 (4 1 -, • Corn Meal per 100.*:. •• - I SS :: 1 ie !" Chop Feed, .. . , . Wheat, per bush.... ,t l l 00 451 1 55 (03 Corn . - Se 0 a 01. Rye 75 0 _ Oa Oats - . zs 40 10 - Buckwheat 45 01 , al Buckwheat F10ur.... •111 ire (2) 1 75 Clover seed Timothy, western,.. .3 (0 (~, • t ., , - ~ v ' Beans, 62 lbs, It 00 6 1 50 Pork, mess . .1- - 421 bbl. $l4 50 64 Lard CO tia 10 0, t.: Butter, tuba 20 4 25 60 Rolls r. 20 01 :I . (ii , . Bap. fresh 24 @ 21 ris Cheese, .14 (e., I ' Potatoes, per bosh... (01'` ;0 (0 Beeswax • 23 @ : 12 - 14 COltatiCtita HT wtO.a. Parrott . - Hides O4' @ Veal skins se* $i •••• Deleon Skins • 4ord,- Sheep Peits....t. So@ I f. , • COMIZCTLD HT It. DAVIDOW 1t BELO. • • CC id t 7 Veal Skins 75 47 , 1 ei Deacon Skins 40 Cg ^ ' Sheep Pelts $ 75 (4 1 ••,) D MEM
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