padford
44'qlortet
Towanda, - Pa t ;_ June 2, 2138 i.
Berm 'Houma of the Legislature have
concurred in tiring the date for adjourn
ment on Thursday next, Jane 9th.
„
PRESET-IMF' LiARFIELD Fri day, appoint
ed Dorset. V. Sulrn, of Arkansas,
United States Consul at St. Thomas.
°ammo:vas Nrrr, - the dwarf, died in
New York on Wednesday of last week, of
Bright's disease, aged, thirty-six years.
His wife snivives hiin. '
- TUE President has appoidted BzivA
-I,llti P. Awls,• of Massachusetts," to be
Deputy Fourth auditor of the Treasury,
to succeed Mr. Moonr., whose resignation'
was requested.
Tut International
,Grand' Lodge of
'Good Templars was in sessional Topeka,
Kansas, last week. ~The rep - otts,of the
r\
oth r) eers show the Order to be in a Sper•
(Nis conditi , m. There are 78 grand 1 dges
and :110,14:1 members. It was deck! i 1 to
hold its next annual session at Charles
ton, N. C. , 1
A mu; was introduced in the Senate on
Ftiday_ last, _whose provisions, should it
become a law; would maim it inctimbent
upon a landlord who should use olemarga
rine instead of _butter, to announce such
fact in four conspicuous places, and in
letters not lc:ss than an inch in
length,, upon the walls of his-dining-room.
' SErnETAILY fro.Atst-: has been officially
inforined from the _Freneh Legation at
WashingtOn, that toys which are .colored
by means of Poisonous substances are lia
ble to seizure by French customs officers,
uuder.o.rders which ttave been issued with
a view of preventing their sale in France,
on account of such coloring being injuri
ous to the health of chil.lren.
SECRET-11:V livvr Friday forwarded in- I
stmctions 14) Commander CoorEß, coni
mantling theTnittd.Staiec s ranter Alli
ance, noW at. Nat fon:, Virginia, to pre
pare his ship with all dispatch to proceed
on a cruise in search ofthe: - Jeanette, lie
tween Greephind, Iceland, and the coast
of Norway, and as far as the Northern
coast of Spitzbergun, if it is possible to
there without endangeflg the vessel.:
forty applicants for cadetalifits in
the revenue marine service but thirty--
three came up for examination. -- of these
there were thirteen I.hysicallldisqualified
and sivteen mho failed in mental ability
sir culture. That only tour shonld pass
would stem to indicate either Oat the
tests—are unnceet , saiily severe or that edu
cation i at it vet rate in these United
ti4ates -- .' The matter is worth serious,Con
‘
h'~1e1:llluU
TifF. A0:44111 lialan ' S
Say Jay Cu. 1.1) has
organized a great express . company to
compete with 11.e..i!,.darits and American
Companies, a eiill,4)litlatirm having been
effected between the U. S. Express•• Co.,
running from New York to the, Weg,
antl_qm, union Compayy, which
moit*olizes all lumitiess on the sevetal
lines of the United Pacijie Railroad. It
will lie a continuous line from Boston to
San Francio
6P.:4=.ItAt:GRANT has accomplished the
object
,of his visit to Mexico, and the
charter of the MexieaU Southern Railroad
has been Cong:c , !.ionally confirmed. This
is an occurrence of -general interest and
importance. It is for the - advantage of
both countries tbat•t he commercial inter
course between Mexico and the United
s should.be developed, and this can
only be done by increasing the faCilities
for intercommunication.
ntsrATl . lt from Harrisburg to the
Scianton Repubil(rern says that a charter
haii.been granted, to the "Pennsylvania
3lidland Railroad Compaily," with a view
to - the construction of a railroad from a
point on the Delaware, connecting with .
the Nmth .Ters l ey- Railroad, through
roe, Pike, Wayne, Lackawanna and Lit
mute counties to the Susquehanna at or
near Wilkes-Barre. The capital stock is
$-1,74141,00, And the directors are mostly
residents of Scranton and New York.
* Tim SW° of Pennsylvania will now
have an opportunity of Jesting the
• strength of its credit. The-matilmutn in
terest on the nee loan authorized by the
..Legislatitre is fixed at .1 per cent., but the
State Treasurer may make a 3 or 31 per
cent. loan if he can find .purehasers for
bonds at that rate. If the Money market
-continuesto be as..easy as at present the
loan may be . placed at 3or per cent.
Such an arrangement would be a feather
in the cap of State Treasurer BUTLER.
Tut: portrait' of Ex-Governor lima=
'was delivered at the ExeCutive
Chamber Thursday, to be placed among
the portraits of the .Goverbors. It at
tracted considerable attention. The like
ness is tlutight to be good, but erities
say the 'position on the c••nvass is bad.
The Portrait .WaS painted by MATTHEW
1171140N,-Esq4 an artist of note. Ail ap
- )411116314m of Wil t . or so much thereof
,as may be nee(ssary was made flmr this
purpose in Api ii, 137-1, by the Legisla
tut..•
-zt 1 vityr of tbe terrible disaster in Cana,-
ilia 4 waters, Secretary WiNnolt. - has anti
iiPated the necessity of a rigorous en
foreeineut of the steamboat' laws jby
iiieers to fhom their admin.
istration is entrusted by calling to ac
,
count several of the supervising inspec
tots who have either ignored the depait
ment,regulations of July 4 2B, 1880, or have
performed their duties in such a manner
as to nullify their - object without openly
defying the order. Three of tie officers
failing to make the 'daily report' have
been called upon by letter'toexplaintheir
neglect and notified of the penalty - limy
have incurred.
A ns:vu - s: has just been patented to
cool passenger ears. The apparatus eon
. msts of a shaft running lengthwise
through the [tr . , and carrying a number
of wings ; lace termter propeller blades,
which, as . they volve, set the entire
-body of air in uppei part of the car
in motion, and pi °lnce , currents in the
lower portion of the car which have a
cooling curet r , mitar to that produced by
su many faip... It lien the device is applieki
to strain 6r: nuitriOn is imparted- to the
. propeller ;haft wheel mounted on
the roof of the car,..and driven by contact
• . h the air as the'eAr moves along. A
belt or a Shaft and gears' may be
_.ent).loyed. to traninit the motion. When
the device is employt d to horse cars the
power to drive the propeller shift is tak
en by a bllt from one of the v i rles. The
invention will be agrand thing for sum
liter travel.
THE National Association of Veterans
of Mexico will hold a grand reunion at
Cincinnati, September 14th, the invitation
extended by the; c..mmittee of councils of
that g bcarduly aceepn tr The
natiintal assoc . l inn has by. resolut.;ii de
'cidvd to bola th. it meetings in the lamb
on the VIII of S iii,niversary
Of . - the le ,pitiiia!ina of u to the
Amer ir:oa at ins. Great in r,••,it. is
: being
tnalii:'l's•eii by the: ei•o_zens
of Clo , ati toward maliii%:; rtimion
an eve:,: of rOaicli the el I vez, 7 2- ins of
Mem: A. -. will fed p.oud. as I,ffig as they
live. Th'e geierareummil of the — Grand
Army - of tie Republic have tact I . de
d to hold th'e'r anvil i'%!/ at
thetam' time, and pa: tioip :to n iti, Cie
x!ean ven.:-.l:is. It is exiieei d twat
t prcscut tr I li)
nun.lni- Of Mil, wit it'':"Vg* a
mos*, grill iry lug fiat !lie of ti.e ucca•i•yu.
It will have a ti n.leney to s'oow the
ut tit--
lug politicians who,have made a factional
fight against the 31exipati-veteran case in
Congress that the entire soldier element
of - the Antry is in hearty, sympathy with
the mini who have claimed in vain for a
just recognition of their services to the
nation. ‘,
TnEt unveiling of the statue of Admiral
F.tnti.tc UT in Madison Square, 7siew York,
took place Wednesday of last week; with
imposing ceremonies. The order of the
exercises consisted cif- prayer by the Rev.
llisnv C. Powrza ; addressee by Mrl
CtrAnt.Es F. MACI.EAN ; introduction oi
Mr. WM. M. lIUNT, Secretary of the
vy, by Mr. Enw..3loncAs,,chairman
rs 1)
of the. Committee of Arrangements ; prq
sentatiou rt the statue .to the city by:the
Secretary of the Navy on behalf of
; the
Farrazut MOnuntent Association ; unve4-
ing of the statue by Admiral 31F.i.AN( 1 !
TIMN 1T; S. N.; music and Ad;
mind's salute ; acceptance of the statue
ree,ponse by the - Mayor :- music- ; (Ira
by. Mr. .M3trir 11. CHOATE ; benediction
by the Bev. Wi t;u:tm 31. TAvi,on;
S,tx•rt.“--, years afte-r General GRANT
paiiiled the Confederate army at Apuo
inatt,ox, says the r jr , ( n, and
told them Ao take their horses Lome and .
piks their fields, a member of the Sontli
mik-fleneral Assembly of the Presbyterian
1711nreb objects to, send ing fraternal greet-
ir4s In the Northern Assembly, saying
tharlhe Itttcr body - shonld take
Ltiative, having never atoned for alleged
'wrong•dotie by it to theEzouthertiChnreh.
Were some Senatorial b!athemkite like
BeE Mu. to talk ! this v,-ay in Congress,
it w;Mld be only silly and ridiculous. - -But
when a minister of the gospel of .Tcsnst,
Christ, the " Prince—of Pe-ace," so far
forgetAis sacred calling, it is not only
Painful lint disgracefal
Ilr.m : tut: , - the PI dhuleAphia Pt Amer
iean : 44 1t is ab o ut time tlifit Dcmociatic
condemnatit,n of Secretary WlNnwl - for
his three-and-a-half per. cent._ refutfiling
measures should stop. It was not the
least bit tutrePublican for him to continue
the fives anti sixes without a Congressional
;id of special authority, :fOr the best re'
; •
public, is that Which governs least -- ; and
there much - less of the troublisome
;Alton' Mr. AVf.soon's simple government
of flie nation's finances than about the,
elaboratt: red-tapish process of a-Congres
sional statute. The very essence or re
publicanism is. the. saving
O f trouble by
clelti , .4ating 'authority from the many to
wit,m the many-cap bust,
Titti t URSE OF:P ATIIONAG r.
4inetican people may wits
pai)se and _ contemplate the po
sibiatipn. The President had
• g..L •
barely .entered upon his office before
he was confronted — br great difficul
ties. Toward Gen. GAIMELD there
coultl:have been no serious personal .
11(41ity. He is a 'Republican of the
ruciA.; pronounced kind, ha.s, never
beenZanything else, and had never
shOwp any weakness whatever in
hiri political course. Not a nian in
the Republican party had, or has.,
any doubts of the political soundness
ofEthe President. Added to this con-
Mimeo there has been an alin6.4t Uni
ve;•s4 that his great etrort
woula be to administer his great of
lice in' the interest of the whole coun
try. And there is - no doubt in the
mil* of candid persons as to that
even .in themidst of a season of ex
citerent' _ t.
(the hpttom this trouble is (1 ,
nastic. That is to say -,:the question
of control was raised_ as soon as the
President Was inaugurated. But as'
no'dynasty_ever was self-sustaining,
'so this question of control waa_made
to depend. upon the distribUtion of
place as a reward to retainers, and
the exclusion of ..n - on-retainet* . from
position as
,a sort of punishment._
To the unpracticed the, privilege of
distributing the ninety odd - thousand
positions in the civil service appears
to be very desiraol, -Fxperienced
persons know better. - -There has been
no President_ Since: the nation was
born who did not feet the 'weight of
the responsibility as a curse. Every
party that has ever had the patron
age in its bestowal has found it a.
curse. :The service itself is a neees
sity. The entering °Lille service is
a heavy responsibility, and every par
r
ty upon whoM this responsibility - has.
been laid has at last been constrained
to'admit that the burden was 'too
heavy .to bear. --- Soon or late ;1/6
breaking strain-is -reached, and when,
that happens the responsible party is
dismissed.
The Bepnblican pa y cannot hope
to escape •the operatTin ,of the law
unless it abandons methods which
have brought all parties whTch have
preceded it in power to grief. The
President entered upon his duties
with this fact in mind. And his pol
icy was shaped to check . dynastic
rule. SO long as one or t*9 men in
a Combonwealth were , pe&itted to
_wield the Federal patro'page for their'
own aggrandizement in their respect
tive jurisdictions the rise of factions
in the. party Was.,inevitable.' The
President decided to ignore factions
by -apportioning place with an even
hand. It Was not 'an easy thing to
do. A weak man would not_haNs
done- it. But the President is a strong
man, Re is also a conscientious Mat),
The way in which his honest efforts
were met and resisted is now history.
But there is no shadow of turning in
him. He will puisne thiff policy and;
he will succeed.
Slice:no administration - etui evade
tl T AllLeponsibility - which .ettechet
the distrihution of Patronage the
tree policy of a Presideethii to purify
the service. Whatever is wroavnest
be corrected and the men who have
been_ active in Wrong pradtices
,as
well as they who have
.weakly sub ,
mitted to the' perpetuation of such
practices, must be sent- back to pri
vate life. When a place—man - has
been so long in place- that he regards
the position as his liffee; he has serve
ed too long and should Le suspended.
Long continuance in office renders
men -conservative. They may see
that evils eilst . ' yet be : too-indolent,'
or too much involved in the evils
~.•
themselves, to . .ake a single step toi .
ward rooting eTigthose evils: . 'ln all*
cases of tbat:kik#l, the true rcniedy is
change. Not ekan , ie. for the sake of
i • •t 1 : ,• - 4 " -•-•-
change, but" thong° with a view to
renovate and reOrg,a.niic. The entlrc
civil servi .e : 41ematts - renovation.
But new in 'asui - es . don'Und -new men
There can be no' purification of - the .
service under eid ipeumixints. Fre , i
fluently tai
,y are apart of the-evils
complained - of, and' 'where this is the
.1
case the.dp l
complained
fel' change ii imper
ative. ' .
We cannot'abolio the civil service.
It is a . necessity. But its defects are .
not necessities. We cannot abolish
human nat rire, Yet it leads the world
a weary dance. What then? Are
we to suffer it to heap abuse upon
abuse without making a single effort
to direct its energies ?` By no means.
We have to set hounds to its ten
. •
dencies and improve it as a servant.
And similarly we must take the civil
service as it k and go • to work to
make it better. That is the policy,
iif the Adininistration and the people
should,give it an earnest support.
' THAT our contemporary, the SeetHHOH
-/iejmh?(eltr, *fa* . endorses the position of
Mr. llThus,, in keferMme to the Normal
Schools of this; State. is qmte + evident,
judginq from 'tile following, which we clip
from that pat - 11'610w 2(ithinstant. The
Ripa4?i ,- (ii remarks : " The costly char
actiu- of the Norn4l Schools of the State
is illuggated by the:fact - that they are
asking an apprOpriation of two hundred
-and sixty thmsand dollars for current
/
expenses fir tle next two years. It- is
reasonable •to ask what returnr dues the•
Normal School system give the people of
Pennsylvania for this encirrn(Dus . outlay ?,
A system that demands the.,AprivilegeA .
taking $360,000 out of the State Treasury
at one sW cep should be able . to , show soMe
thiug ) in return, any`' it was _eminently
4 ProPer that while the Matter was under
dhieulkiim in the House the other day it
should be thoroughly Ventidated. RePre•
sentative Ilruts, of IlradiCwd, one of the
most intelligetit meinbdafrork the North
- 1 :
ern tier, look occasion- to go . into th e
merits of the :added. The pOtnary objeet:
of the Normal Schools is to increase the
sipply of compet C/It i teacbers for the com
mon ISc4i?olis and. Mr. HILL l . 's produced
siatis6cs sliowing-thitt in this respect they
failed, as the number of persons- who be
"comeleacfiers aftt;r leaving the Normal
Schools -is very small. - The implession
prevails among intelligent persons who
have, given.the subject attention that the
Normal Schools are a splendid failure so
far as the training of teachers is eoneth ?se();
They are a constant drain on the State
Treasury, and they give nothing like an
adequate•returtt for the money. --The new
State SUperintendent, Dr. Llicm:E, would
do well to giVe this subject" his attention
and akertain to what extent is the Public
school system of ' Pennsylvania benelitted
by the, Normal Schools." . • .
MU
AN order was issued from the Pogt, Of
fice Department Friday which ;Vill have
the effect of stopping a liig leak through
which a goodly portion of Govertmental
revenue; it is
.believed, has been hitherto
lost. This is With reference to the stub
yeceipt books used by postmasters in their!
transactions with the . publishers'of news
papers - andperiodicals which coineunder
the head of second-class matter. The law
requires that, the postninster, after weigh :
ing each consignment Of such mail matter
shall-collect the atnoulits of postage due,
giving the publiMier a receipt for the same; •
and keeping a stub account' of the .ta;;r
sarction. Then lie is obliged to cancel the
cluivalcnt of the sum received in stamps,
which rarely occurs, and affix them to the
stub. l i Aitherto . there alias' been no pro-.
vision made for the examination of these
stub bOoks, and whcle , so - inclined the.
Postmaster could iOicket . the larger pot
lion. of the sum received and not cancel
atfystanips, the Government being thus
the loser. Third - Assistant Postmaster
.Gpneral Ilazen has , been, trying for years
to secure t periodical examination of
these stub books, - but under the old Ad
ministration could' do nothim-. ; Pe has
succeeded, howt,ver, in getting Mr, James
to feebas he does, - and the order of to'-day
histructing_postmaSters to send in their
books fos'eXaftiiiiation quarterly is the re
sult. Ilazenl;lieves from. evidence-that .
he has that the amount out of which the
Government. has been defrauded in this
manner is very large.
ON Friday last commissions were issued
from the state department to the follow
ingyersons : A.Pu'rennitincE,
of the city of Philadelphia,-as reporter of
the ci:cisions of the siiprime court of this;
state for the term . of fiVe, years from May
5,P4!. 1 1. :toms W. OVER, of the city of
Pittsburg, as associate judge of the selia
rate prplian's court of the. county of Alle
gheny until the first Monday of Janua6;
1882, under an act approved` May 5, 1s41:
JOHN P. EDGE, of the county, of Chester;
as a member of the state - beard of - agri- -
culture for the term of three years fioni
the twenty-fourth day of lanuary, 1881.
PETER IIICKMAN t .Or the,county pf Wash
ington, as, commissioner of that part of
the national road lying between the Mo
nongahela river westward and theline of
the state of Virginia, for the term of
„three years :from the•first day of June;
iSSI.
Tim Harrisburg Ptetriot Monday last
says: CIZEVEI.IIIO, of Marietta,
and Si.rll Witims, of Corry, superintend
ents of the fish hatching and, propagating
houses at the .places mentioned above,
have gone to Havre de Cram for the pur
pose of securing 2;1300,000 youngsshad to
be 'I in tlie Susquehanna, river at'
various points tetwein the head waters of
that stream and the Coluuibla dam.,
--- - '
Tics Neiv Yor r k Mairs Washington spe
cial of Tuesday -"It is stated that
so strong is the evidence connecting. EX_
Senator' DonsEif with the Star Route
ramify thict a decteetivo is his
'saw here, in which - he is very ill." •
~_ ~
DPS7P_?OBI[ I~ißllA ' l'O~daßß.,
At noonor-Tuelday - s,liotl4honseit
of the Neir . York• - : .Legielitati pro
ceeded tO ballot for :to filI•
.
the vacancies . i n I t tiO. Unite d States
Senate. oecasiOned•;:by.. , the : resigna
tionis .of • 'Messrs: - --COnautto . sod.
PLATT. In the House the resift was
'as follows: For Settator . in plate -of
COIsiIitING—CONKLINO, 26; ;Acoits,.
47; N'ut.ELY.a, p ; Caowitx, 5;
CORNELL, 6 ; WADSWORTH, 2 ; *EOO-:
EsS, 8....M1 [JAN 1- ; EVARTB, 2 ; EDICK,
1 . ; FOWLER, 2; Wurrg,-21 Cri . ArmAN,
1 ;411EXA1N, 2 ; FENTON, 1 ;. WARD,
1 ; POIEROY, 1 ; . DUTCIIER, 1 ; AL-:
VORD, 2. No, candidade received a
Majority and the hOttse - then voted
for the sn...eessor .of PLATT, as fol
lows f DEPEW, 14; - REMAN, 47;
PLATT, 21 ; Fol.cma, 6; LAPUAIN, 6;
ConNv.i.t., 12 ; CROWLEY, 8 ; EVARTS,
5 f MAnri N., 2; MILLER, 3 ; Fait:vets,
1; PONIEROY i 1; • WADsWoRTH, 2;
TREMAIN, 2 The Senate's vote for
United- States Senator in
,place of
PLATT : PLATT, 8; DEPEW, 7; . KER
NAN, 7; WAIINty. MILLER, 2; SHER
-MAN S. RoOEltsi 1; ELDRED4I. .14 . AP
nAM, 2; JoSEPII ,li. CHOATE, 1 ;
udge NoAff DAvis; 2 ; WILLIAM A.
!WIIEELEn, 1'; GEoltilE 1.1. SHARDE,I..
p he Senate then Voted for the sec-.
.eessor of ~CioNKLINo as follolis:
, ..
CoNKLiso, 9; RouElls,/ 5; JAtons, 6 ;
• G EoROL . 11. 13tLiDLEi t 1; Foimsa, 2;
ConNELL, 3 ;.WitEELER, 4 ; TJIEOnORE
M. .PomEnoi, '2. .No one receiving
a imajority the Senate adjourned.
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special CorittenidunSu of THE IZEionrEn.
...ILtititzsnunci, - -May 1.181.-4 n the
Legislative murk of this week commenced
With a brict4ssion of the House on Mon
. .
day evening, the 23d instant. On motion
of Mr. Rudilimau, the consideration of the
mandamus bill wjas postponed until Tues
day morning. Mr. Law moved to tix spe
cial orders for the delinquent tax bill on
Wednesday at 12.03 on second reading,
and on the liiilowing Tuesday at 12.04 on
dual passage. ' The motion was lost fur
lack of a two-thirds vote-yeas, 74 ; nays,
After reveral unimportant motions
were - ciisposed of, Mr.,Colborn, called up
the Senate resolution fixing May 26th for
final adjeturnment. Mr. Graham anion&
ed to make tile day Friday, Julie 3d. Mr.
Hackett further amended to make it June
9th. Mr. Colborn'then withdrew the res
olution for the present, to wait.for a full
House. Adjdurned until Tuesday morn-
In the Senate on Tuesday morning, the
24th instant, Senate bill to protect the se
execy of the . _ ballot-box; prohibiting the
printing Jof fancy.' cut beads on tickets,
Was agreed to on second reading:- Senate.
bill repealing, part of the act of April 18,
1878, defining the term of bfiiiki and en
laiging the duties of Recorders Of cities
of the first class; and prohibiting the ad
vertii7ing of
.Mercantile Appraisers' lists
iu said cities, was on the tialendar for sec
ond reading, but was' not read, because
no Sei4tor called it up. .11ouse pin Le'
re
liove bedding and loan associations from
taxation was considered on second read
ing, and after some discussion was post- .
poued fur the.present. •At the afternoon
session Of the Senate., on Tuesday, House
bill . proposing-an amendment to the Con
stitution to prohibit the manufacture and
sale:fof intoxicating liquors 'was discussed
on second reading. Mr. Jones proposed
an amendment to exempt the manufac
ture and sale of wines to be used' for the
purpose of Sacrament or Holy Communi
on.' Mr. Nelion opposed any amendment
simply because he thought: any delay. now
would - tend to-defeat the - bill; besides if
Christian People desired to have local op
tion they themselves should set the •ex;•
ample of total abstinence:- Messrs. Kauff
man, Newell and Jones favored the ainerid- -
meut, amt it was finally eirried. by 16
yeas to 11 nays. Without final action the
bill went over.
In the Ilouse - on Tuesday morning, the'
24th . instant, Senate bill authorizing
Courts within sixty miles. of - ‘ llarrisbuyg
to issue writs of mandamus against Stale
officers was amended by Mr. lludditnati,
and again laid over La be reprinted. Its
present form is as follows ::The Court of
Common-Pleas of. -06 county in Which
the seat of.government is or may be le- -
rated shall have the power, and it shall .
terequired to issue, the writ of manda
mus to the. Governor, 'Lieutenant Gover
nor, Secretary of theConimouwealth, At,
ferney General, Secretary of Internal Af
fair's, Superintendent . of Public -Instruc
tion, State Treasurer and Anditor.Gencr
al, which may boserved by the Sheriff or
-his. Deputy in any county of the Common-
Wealth, . and thereupon like proceedings
shall be had' thereon es on other, writs of
mandamus issued Out of Courts of Com
mon Pleas of this Commonwealth. 'The
party aggrieved by the proceedings had
in any Cofirt of Common Pleas upon any
writ of mandamus may removo the same
after final judgment, order, decree, or in
eases where-the granting-of said writ is
required by the first section of `this act
upon reftisal to grant said writ, by writ
of error into the Supreme Court, 'as 'in
other.cases2' Various bills were pissed
finally an& sent to the Serial.. • Ameng
them was one preventing the sale of any
article in semblance of butter in packaged'
unless distinctly anddnrably marked With
the 4rds : " imitation buttei." The
followb:ng clause was also in the bill :
cry pioPrietor or manager of a hotel,
boarding house restaurant who 84411
serve, place or causb to bttasrved or
placed in parcels on the table Or counter
; for their.boarders or Customers any such
itielkor substance as herein stated shall
+ost, in at least feta conspicuous places,
in the-dining . or lunch-room of said hotel,
boarding-house or restaurant, a 'printed
. label bearing the plainly-printed words :
"11710019 p butter - or:cheese served here,"
only in Ittiman-letters,.. not less than one
inch in lerrgth, - Whicli shall be printed in
not less ,i,han - two - continnous straight
.lines. 'Hewitt's bill , punishing_the
adulteration, of .various articles -of fool
passed finally and warrienkto the Senate.
House bill providing that When any mar:-
vied woman pinseiseil of personal proper
ty shall die intestate the' Surviving hus
band shall have and talci,such share and
interest iothe personal. property as she
would have had and 'taken if she had sur
vivedhim in his personal .estate upon his
death-intestate was passed and sent to the
Senate.
' The Governor, on Tuesday, appointed
George W. Hairrisoo, of Philadelphia, to
proceed to England and assist in , prepar
ing the remains-of William Penn for ship
ment to Philadelphia. -
The nous() on Tuesday afternoon pass
ed the following bills final% and they
were sent to the Senate for concurrence :
To provide a remedy for the recovery of
property by bailees, when the possession
bas been parted with by mistake; Hein
lating the eatitqaetion of mortgageewhewe
the legal Plum ,Ption of the, PlYineat
-the same exists freak the lapse Orgrae,
and no eatiditeticatof tWoordttppeant. An
act aundententary to On set' antherilling
the formation of partnership assoelatione l ,
in mach the capital' subietibed = shall
aletie bciesponsible for the debts of the
associations, except under certain circum
stances, providing for the service of pro
cess on such partnership aisociation. To
repeal an . act relating to scalers of weights
and measures. To repeal an act auttor.,
izing clerks of markets to weigh butter,
etc. To repeal a provisos of an act au
thorizing the acquisition,
_by
,the have
counties in this Coanonweilth from the
use of the county bridges rirected over ri
vers,. creeks or rivulets, arid for the aboli
tion of tolls thereon. The ;Tudicial appor
tionment bill •xas taken uiv as the special
order at 5 o'clock. Mr. McCaclo an mov
ed to amend by including , Fulton County
in the lkdford and &menet district. As
amended in the House committee the bill
makes a separate district: of Fulton and
Adams. The amendmerit was intended
to restore it to the shape le which it came
from the Senate. After some discussion "
among the members from the counties in
terested, the yeas and nays were - called
on the amendment and it was not
agreed to—yeas, 69; nays, 77. The bill
was discussed in edmmittec of the whole
until nearly 7 o'clock. when 41thout dis
posing of the bill the House adjourned to
M. on Wednesday.
In the — genate on Wednesday morning,
the 2.ith instant, house protect
dairy•men!anul prevent deception in .the
sale.of butter and cheese was reported
affirmatively, but was, on motion di' Mr.
Grady, .referred—back to the committee
(Or the purposemf hearing certain inter
ested partici from Philadelphia. A !min
or ether Rouse bills were also reported
from commites favorably, when Mr.
Thodas, of Bucks, 'offered the following
resolution : . .
. , .
Wni:ilt:As, By -act .of May 15, 1814, it
is plovided that the proceedings of both
Hews shall appear in the Legistatir Re
coitly on
.the day following the ',ate on
which they occur, and the failure to re
port, print and deliver said proceedings
for two cons/cutive lei-dative days, shall
be a forfeit of tl.e contract ; and
WittatEAß Thn'contraetor and publish-_
ers - of said Leyialatfre Reford have failed
to comply with said law ; therefore„ •, •
Resolved,. That it is the sense of the
Senate that the contract for publishing
and printing of the Legislatire Record,has
been forfeited and that the - Attorney
General be instructed to se notify said
contractors and publishers, and to insti
tute 'such legal i»oceedings .as May be
deemed proper in the premises. •
Mr. Grady gloved to refer the resoln
thin to a select: committee of five Sena
tors. After some-discussion the motion
was defeated by 20 ayes to 24 nays. Mr.
'Everhart moved to refer Ili the CoMmit:
tee- of •Judiciary General, - which was
amended so aslo refer it to the Commit
tee on Public Printing and; passed. The
vote, by, which the bill to establish a sit...r
naPeorps for the National Guard of Penn- •
sylvania was• defeated the day .before,
was, on motion of Mr. TO•ird,..reciaisider
ed and the bill passed finally and tent to
the House for concurrence; Senate bill
giving the Court of , Common Pleas . of
Dauphin . County the power.to issue writs
Of maul:films otfState officers, which was
amended in the House so as to make it
mandatory. upon the court to issue such
writs, was then called up for concurrence
in the I louse amendments., After .
cuss * ion of bonsiderable length, in which
the lawyer::: took a proniincut part, the
House amendments were concurred • in,
nayW loi so the bill passed
finally, ind.W;aa sent)to the Governor,
who signed it the same day., Senate bill
fixing the . tegular sessions of the Stt
premotOrt-permanently in the city of
Phil.adelphia;* was then taken up -on final
passage, and after a.bi•ief discussion, de
feated—yeas, 10,; nays,
.26. The follow
ing bills were pasSed finally : An act pre
scribing bow suits • may •he brought
, against defendants jointly. and severally
An act relating to the competen
,l' of witnesses. An act to provide' for
he change. of location of public highways
Or turnpikes where .the location of a later
al railroad makes it necessary or conveni
ent to de so, and toprovide for the pay
ment of damages to •the landoWners- in
case of change of location r ••
A communication 'was received front
the Governor announcing several appoint
' urients, among which was that of A. ,0.
Outerbridge; toi be - reporter of the Su
-preme.Court at Philadelphia. -.
At the afternoon session of the Senate'
on WerinesAay, the following, among oth
er House bills passed' finally : Creating a
loan of $10,000,000 for the redempdon
of tho.inatoring bonds of the State To
rohibit die granting of license for the
sale of liquors to proprietors, lessees, keep
ers or managers of theatres or other plac-.
es of amusement. To prevent the keep
ing, maintaining or permitting the game
or amusement of pool, played with balls,
or any other garnespf chance; for drinks,
of vinous and other liquors,. and defining
the punishnitni therefor; . To authorize,
the commissioners of the severareonnties
of this Commonwealth,: excepting in cities
of the first-class, to discharge froth prison
all persons confined in jail, . without pro
ceedings under the insolvent laws. To
regulate the advertising of sales. by Coun
ty -Commissioners of lands bought by
them for rion-payment of taxes. : Supple.
ment toran act for the better protection
of sheep against the ravages of : dogs in
the several counties rif this Common
wealth. To make 'an appropriation of
,sl2s,ooo.fcir the geological survey of the
State.. Iblvise bill to enable foreign in
surance corporations. and joint stock coin
panies to bold real - estate, : was amended
on third resting to include manufacturing
companies. " Tee Senate resumed the con--
sideration:l4the Mouse joint resolution
prohibitinif the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating, liquors except for certain
purpoSes;:the pending question being the
amendment or Mr. Newell prohibiting the
introduction of liquors into the State. Mr.
Stewart maintained that it was the duty
of the Legislature, in view of the petitions.
which had been presented, to pass the
joint resolution..• Mr. Hall antagonized
this position, and said it was the . duty of
the legislature to determine whether the
proposed legislation . .was proper.' Mr.
Itoberts.riaid that if -the theory of the
Senator i from • Franklin was correct it
.would be the duty of the Legislature to
prohibit the manufacture of irol if the
people demanded it. Mr. Grady said he
bad receivedlint one petition in favor of
the prohibitory amendment bill; and, it
was signed by but one man. Messrs.
Gordon and Jones remarked that, they
had presented several petitions in favor
of it,. Mr. Smith Mated that• he had re-'
ceived one letter urging its passage. Mr.
Norris said that none of
. his constituents
I had asked for the proposed prohibitory
legislation. Mr. Lee opposed the pend
ing amendment, claiming that if the peo
ple ratified the amenditent a sUbsegient
Legislature • would enact the. necessary
laws for its Wore:comet. Mr. Newmyer
favored the, unendment. MT. Eicittutttei
ly said he was opposed to the bill; but if
.
the Joint resolution wnef submitted to the
people bethought it ought-to be amend-'
ell as little as possible. Tbe.limendatent.
4311 e. Newelllsm adopted by the follow.
101 Vete :"Yeas—lllesims. Alexander, Am
bolt, Deldebnitch &44%.. 0013 / 11 " , Crai g'
emir, GiveTt 6 14 1Ifirateii. +Twist /Cet'
i'er, - Lanti, -Laird, 'McHenry,
Nowtoyer, Norrls, Roberts, Royer,-
Seamans, Smith, -Thomas, Wolverton, .
Newell, -president pro tem.-e2.6. Nays—
Messrs. Coxe, ,Davies, Emery, Etierbart,
Gordon, liolben, Kauffman, Lee, Mc-
Cracken, Schtiatterly, Shea; or, Sill, Smi
ley, Stewart.-15. Mr. Graf submyted
an amendment providing that the consti
tutionai amendment,' if adopted, go into
effect in 1886. The tunetidment was - not
adopted. Mr. Roberta propoited au
amendment providing for the reimburse- .
went of persons sustaining loss by reason
of the prohibitory •amendment.,'
of dollars bad been inveitted in the liquor
business by citizens of the State, and they
were entitled 4o protection. Mr. llolben
thought such a proviso should be insert
ed. Pending the further consideration St
the amendment, the Senate adjourned, by
a vote of 24 to lot, until Thorrilay morn-
ing.
to the house on Wednesday morning,
the' sth instant, Senate_ bill empowering
prothonotaries of Coarts -4-, Common)
Mai?, tofiear applications and grant stay
of proceedings Was passed second read
ing. - The Senate. mandamus bill. came
up An final passage and was ossed—yeas,
126 ;.nays, 21. The bill arramended in the
Mouse. requires the - coat of Dauphin
County to issue writs of mandamus ou
State t'flicers, in order to test the Atter
nerGeneral's °linden in regard to legis
lative. Salaries, mid gives the right of ap
peal to the Supreme Conrt._ The follow
ing Rouse bit% were passed finally : Reg
ulating the election of ;ertaia comity offi
cers in countie's.to be constituted AT:trate
judicial diStriets where one per Son is - pbsv
elected to till the o ice. To hermit' de
fendants to testify in criminal eases.. To•
proVidel fur the
selection of jurors :by
cotiltylecOmmissioners. Relating 1..., the
place Of holding general and special eke
tions and extending, the ;jurisdiction of the
courts thereon. A message Was received
from the Governor vetoing the bill grant.:
ing` pensions to Mexican:veteraus, soldiers
and - sailors and their. widoWs. The tines
thin-being shall the bill be passed over
the - Pcivernor's - veta, the yeas and
o nays
were called and it was not agreed to--;
yeas, 93 ; nays, 63. House bill requiring
railroad companies to fence their 'lines, I
for 'the prtitection of farmers, cattle,
horses, sheep, etc:; was defeated. House
bill to enable the high sheriff of any coun
ty- to have an interpleader on a ciaiui o,f
property by a third person, levied only the
Sheriff under •11 writ ci foreign attaCh
ment, 'was passed finally, - Mouse bill reg.-•
ulating the election of overseers of the
poor was _passed f dally. -An act
,assimi
lating decrees of courts otherwise than as'
courts of law to judgments of Coutts of
kW with respect to liens and exemptions
was amended, passed third - reading and
laid over for final passage. Mouse bill
enabling, boroughs to be enlarged, extend
ed, changed, and altered, was passed final
ly. Adjourned. At the afterndon session
of the Rouse, un Wednest . W
hore called up the final adjournmeat res-.
elution, to which two. amendments were
pending, one fixing. the day on Juno 3d,
and the other on• - • June 9th. On the - latter
amendment the yeas and nays were call
ed. The amendMent was carried by, 101
yeas-to II * nays, - and the resolirtion as
amended was . itgreed to. The last .hour
of the session was consumed in disenSsing
tlit judicial apportionment bill on second
reading, which stage it passed. The ev
ening session of the llonse- WaS
,deviited
to considering resolutions of respect on
the death of Ex-Governor Bigler. • Ad
dresses eulogistic were delivered by
Messrs. Perneroy, Ilierly, Fenlon, West-
Furth,. Amerman, Ruddiman, Neill,
and Butterinere. In these were stated
the high-and excellencies of character of
the deceased gentleman; and a -short his
tory of his career in botl4 - üblie' and•
.vate life. , .
• •
In the Senate on Thursday morning,
260 inst., the amendment fixing the 9th
of June for: limit adjournment"was ailopt
ed without dhctission and with- but one
dissenting vote'--Mr. JoneS,of
phis,The following '.Senate bills- were
passed finally Relative to the recording
of assignment 4 of deeds and other instru
ments ; to .construe and extend the first
section of an abt relative to bringing snits
by creditors mid others against executors,
administrators, assignees and other trus-
tees in certain cases and serving
.mitices ;
to abolish all distinction of race or color
in the public schools ; !Senate bill appro
priating $50,000 for theicreetion of a-hos
pital at Bradford, Mcli.Can County, for the
tr4tment of persons injured-in the petro
leum business._ On motion of Mr. Cooper
the Senate took a recess of ten minutes in
honor of Senator Mitchell, who was in the
Senate chambh. The Governor senein
the following nominations , : . ..I"oslina W.
Jones to be superilcudent - of public
ri
printing for foui . yea .; Charles A. Miner,
of Luzerne- county, t be a commissioner
of the geological sun}'y, in place of John
11. Pease , removed from the 6tate.. The
Senate dispensed with the afternoon ses
sion and adjourned until Tuesday; next at
10 o'cloCk'. . . - .
The House met on Thursday morning
at if o'clock. The Senate amendments to
Oft) • bill ;creating 'a loan to redeem
.Out
standing loans were concurred in.
~ The
House refused to concur in Senate amend
ments to bills, prohibiting the, playilig of
pool for thinks and defining the punish
ment therefor, and to
.. enable -- foreign in
suranee corporations and
-joint stock 'cor=
porationS to hold real estate in this com
monwealth.. The'Senate ameUdments to
the•bill authorizing county commissioners
tudisebargo from prison all prisoner's can
titied in jail without proceedings' under
tbo insolvent laws i 'aere concurred
House bill regulating:the taxation of iron
ore or zinc Ore for road purposes was tak
en up out of orile - r and passed ' second
reading. Tho 11001 then took up the
calendar of appropriationt. bills on final.
passage and acted upon the following :
Appropriating $290;000 for the erection
of buildings for the 'Western penitentiary
(paiseid) ; 'making . an appropriation of,
$73,000 for {rooks aiid stationery for pris
onerfi„ete. (passed finall3l). appropriating
$lO,OO to the Hospital for Injured Miners •
of the anthracite coal regions (Passed
finally) ; appropriating $lO,OOO to the
Harrisburg hospital (passed finally). AU
act making an appropriation:for the Nor
mal schools of 'the State was taken up on
second reading. Mr. Hillis opposed the
bill and Mr.; Ammerman spoke in - its
favor.
~,j)n Mr. Hackett's motion to in
definitely postpone, it was not agreed to
nayi 100. Pending the passage
of . the bill on second reading the House
adjourned: In the Hons° •on Friday
. „.
morning,‘Mnst.,. an act relative to issu
ing warrants .and patents fOr . land,
title,olkwhielqs still in the Commonwealth ;
was .passed finally, Adjourned until ik
o'clock Tuesdiii niorming,.
MIEPINSIZXTATION 17. TUX Melte
SATIONAL,CONVIEXIMOX.
In accordance with the = = order_ of
the National Repalican C o mmit tee,
plans and suggestions have' been tic).
Belted in regard' to the Methods to
be adopted foeblecting delegates ,
the next National ecinv9ation. Sev
eral plans have been. reCeived by the
Comtaitte r e 4 . That of WILLIAM. E.
PIIANDLEIh of New Hampshire, is as
_
follows:
The Republican National Conven
tion of 1884 shall consist of four del.
egates-at-large from each State anti
two delegates from each Congression
al District, alt to be chosen at popu
lar conventions in such manner as
the Republicans of each State may
determine, provided the delegates
from each Congressional District
shall be the choice .of the Republi
cans of that district. The convert- .
tions within the" States for the elec
tion of delegates to the National Con
vention ABU; be held at least one
month before the time for the meet-.
ing of the National Convention:
Notices of contests may be given to
the National Conimittee, accompanied
by full printed statements of the_
groca' - nds of contest, which shall also
be made public; and preference in
the order pf hearing and determining
contests shall bp given by the con
vention according to the dates of the
yception of notices and statements
1)y the' National Committee.
'
The plan Jous - A. N..1...'AnT),N,, of
Kansas, differs -from that of, Mr.
CHANI)LEIL
That 'the Republican "National
Convention ,for 18M . be coin
poSed•as follows': • First, e'ach State
shall be-entitled to four delega.teS-at
iarge.. - Second, each Congressional
Distiictsllall be entitled to one dele
gate. Third,in addition to delegates
at-large, each -State sh,lll he enlitleil
to representation in proportion to its
Republican vote—that is, one dele
gate for every 1`2,000 Republican
votes pullet.'fair Presiden 4 , in IKiio ;
or fractio4 of over ooclhalf that,
number. - •
/ 4 ;_ _ - ~-.
. - 9
At a meeting of the tiat:onalgOnal .
, ii
'inittee. at the Arlington illotel,'at,7l
- A. • , •1
Washington, Nlessr.i. CH.\ iii,: Ea &At:
McPutitsbN submiiti.d another
-
The itepublican Nlttionat Convvli
tional of .11.48 I Orin consist of I•ou,e
clelegates-at,-large for cash Ptlyitllll-
e4n Senator in the then e* - H.in ,, cr
'text preceding Cor.gress, an
delegate l'or each
Representative in such CinigNi.;:=-
all to be chosen at Ovular conven
tions .in stfch : manner as the Rcpubli
cins of each State may determine ;
provided . the delegates from each
•Congrelisional District shall be the
choice. of the:Republicans of that
district, in a conven,ion held within
the - district for that-purpose. - •
The conventions with' the States
for the election of deleantes to the
National Convention shall be held at
least one month before - the time for
the meetiii . g of the National Conven
tion: -NOtice• of :elontests may, be
given - to J the NatiOnal Committee,
accompanied by full printed state-
menus of the grounds of• contest,
e .
wLich
shall also be made, public; and
preference ,in' the . order of heariug,
and determining et ntests shill
given, bye the convention, according
to the dales of the reception of sti::b
notices and statements by the Na
tional Committee.
Mr. GORHAM'S suggestion
follows :,
The Republican NadonatTonven
tion of It5S4 should consist of a
:bet of delegatds from each State,
equal to twice the number of its Sen.
ators and Representatives in Con
gress; and the_ Republicans in each
State, ind - others - who will act - with
them; should direct- the ; manner of
choosing the delegates. - •
• No COnclusion having been reached
by the Committee, further : opinions
of Republicans and full 'additional.
discussion • are : soliciteilovhich wilt
be dilly considered at a. future meet
ingof the -Committee*, todetermine
and to provide how the several Con
gressional districts shall elect dele
gates to a NatiOnal Convention. 17he
general inclination is to a represcn
taiiog ,by Congressional districts, as
1
l'as beeri.-the case. TO that.plan will
1 e attached certain provisions, which
.
will render yepresciitation e ff ective
, • ,
and Republican: !The whole" subject
is now open for discussion and _tee
omnieudatiOn.
Matters of General Intdrest.
-' Kdespatch from Hawley, Waynt
county, this state, oft Wednesday of
last, week ; tells the,fullowing horrible
story : , This villiage has , been
startled out of its, usual - calm by a
most brutaLand atrocious crinie., The
criminal is Joseph White, 5 earpenter
by trade, who *as on Monday ar
rerted on a charge of assault pre
ferred 'by
.his daughter, a girl only.
about thirteen. years old. White if
a widower about forty-five years old.
He has three daughters,' the oldest
of whom is out at service. Theitwo
younger ones are at home' ' anti! the
victim of the brutal tither has been
keeping - the -house and ;doing the
work: . According to her story, .as
told to the 'iustice, of the peace at
Hawley, this is the, father's second
outrage against all the • laws of de
cency and paternity. He was taken
to-Honesdale on Monday evening and
placed in -
jail to awaff., the action of
the grand jury.- The girl is.li bright
little miss, and her story was told in
a gtraighforward manner.. The fah
er is reported to have virtually, con
fessed the crime, and the utmost ek
citement
.-arid . indignation are felt,
against him. . • . ,
The following circular has b4a
issued from the War Departnient:
There being now pending in this
department great numbeiS of volun
teer - pension .elitims which cannot be
satisfactorily. verified for want of in
formation which missing recordss-of
discontinued volunteer commands
would afford, and it having. transpir
ed in many instances that officers of
the late volunteer forces have still in
their possession, or under their con
trol, books and . other records per
taining to their corps, divisions, brig
ades; regiments and companies, their
attention is called to the. fact that all
such books and records should Le
deposited with this - office, and they,
are miles* requested ; to cause' the
samoto'be forwarded without delay
to the Adjutant General of the Army,
ht_WashingtOn, D. C.. .
No expense, other than postage or
proper, express charges (when the
packages exceed four' pounds; the
CURSEIVAGO.
A riendbih father.
Pe:ntilloto Clainve
. 6 4 comps. ling business
therein; vhich contain any reference
to the application' of the insured; or
the constitution, by-laws - or - other
rules of the company, either as form
ing Ft **of the polictor contract Of
the parties thereto, or having any
bearing ou said contract shall con
talOjor have attached to said policies
correetcopies 'of' the : application as
signed by the applicant and theby
laws,referred to, and unless so at
tached and accompanying 'the policy
no such application;• constitution . or
by-IaWS shall be received in evidence
in any controversy Irtween the part 7
ties to or interested in the said poli
cy, nor-shall, such application or by
laws shall be considered a part of
the policy - or contract between such
parties. 'Appyored'the eleventh day
of. May,'A. 1.
HENRY M. 'HOST.
The Solicitor Generalship.
.
• WASILINOTON; May , 30.—1 t, i. F;tat.-.
ed . on good authority ; to-night that
Ex-Govt,!rnor° Davis, of Texas, - has
been iniiited to the city by the, Ad,
ministAtion, and that 'he Comes to
take the place of Kennett Raynor,
Solicitor of the Treas:,;nry. It is f-aid
thatt.Judge Phillip; Will he allowed
to retain his positibn of Solicitor
General since Mr. Chandler was not
confirmed. sMr; Phillips is 'warmly
lihed and greatly respected- by Mr.
MattVeagll, who is desirous- '
of his re
tention. It is also •stat,(2d. that the
President has said that Mr.
.Raynor
min,t go an.:l that his removal . ' will
leiltow very shOrtly. .
Boller Explosion
Asoou , May :2'4.--The
of. a locomotive on the Naskvillc
thattanooga Railroad exploded
this morning. The fireman, named
qharles llairdernan, was blown fifty
yards and killed. • The engineer had
just stepped behind the tender . and
.es,caped. A piece of, iron weighing
trine•pounds . was thrown nearly - half
a mile, and struck and killed J.
Finch, car inspector. A piece of iron
.weighing two hundred pounds passed
through two cars loaded with corn,
and knocked down a dirtier 'houSe.
The cause of the explosion was an
over-pressure of steam. •
British Outrages on American Fisk
MO
3rAsutNwroN, May,llo.—Secretary
Blaine and Mr. Thornton, tl:e British
Minister, concluded their prolonged
OLT - oziations relative to the ontra!):es
upon A tnerica - n' fishermen at For
tune' Bay, N. F.; in, -January, .1
and at a later date 'at „Aspee Bay,
Cape Breton: 'The litnerican claims
forlosses by . the fishermen arrgregat
eil $.10,000. Tl4e acrrement be
twc.en Secretary Blaine and Minister
Thornton is that' the British govern
uncut shall pay ..Cls,coosterling*, and
this.govelinment will give 'a receipt
in full. The,.money will probably he
paid sometithe this week and prompt
ly distributed among the rightful
owners, Who mostly reside at Glou
cester, Mass. •
Accident on ftic rennky 11,..an In 'Rail
marl.
• MENTO'N,.N. J., May 30 —,,A. dread
ful accident occurred on the Penn
sylvania Uailroad at Bear Swamps,
four miles from this city, this' after
noon. The • train which left New
York at 3:15 and due here at • -1:35,
was behind tune, and while running
at full speed went into an open switch.
The train consiatcd of -an• engine,
baggage ear, sleeping, coach and three
other cars: The sleeper did not leave
the track, and - no persons'in . it were
injured. . The three other cars left
the.track and one-turned completely
ove ~ .
' I bont, a dozen persons are said to
has been. injured severely and a
nun ber of. others slightly. Augustus
RitW.r, of Vidladelphia, Was killed.
lie was trying to get out . of. a win
dow, when A. projecting timber struck
him. • ti
, I
jlrs. Lucretia Penning,ton, aged
SG, of New YOrk, was fatally injured,
and died at G o'clock. • .-.
A little girl,a nicee.of an old lady,
was injured in the shoulder.
Thom;ls MiirOty; - of Frtakford,
wits--injured in the spine. •
Conductor,Silance was injured in
the hip and ha l nd. Many. of tilt;
*minded went on to Philadelphia.
:Three . of the ears were smashed to
pleas. A vh;ecking train W,:lB . imme-
Aintely On. hand, and cleared the track
is half an hour: The switch,, , n'as care
.lessry-left open. ~
The telegraph operator, who is also
the switehinarfi and' whose dut:;',,it
was to' close the switch, ran away
immediately after the :accident oc
curred and has not yet', been found..
The engineer slowed up, seeing the
danger signal ahead, or the accident
would have been still more- scriowi.
A Horrible Duel
LITTLE BOCK, - May
young men, Trent and Strickland,
quarreled yesterday over a, trivial
matter, and fought duel with
knives: Both were hOrribly, cut and
'will die. The flesh= oii , -Stricklamri
arms was ,cut into shreds aml large
pieces were cut ions his . Legs and
utlier portions,or : Vs hotly.
Uncle and
CIIARLEOOIV W Va:,May . 2o.—,On
Friday John'.Nunlcy challenged Geo.
Niinley his ,nepheW to light a duel.
They met at Canii)bell Creek &wit..
day.. George was shot in the mouth
before he fired. it, is thought that
he. cannot recover.. Both are miners
in good circumstances.' They,quar.
reled Omit I'o24:matters.
. A Daring nobbrry;
NORTONVILLE, Kas., May _
Three masked men entered a store
'here last night, and 's , rith -revolvers
commanded the proliriefor, -.clerks
and customers to keep: quiet. They
took from twelve - to, fourteen thou
sand dollars from the sate. and after
working sometime unsuccessfUlly on
an iron box containing two thousand
dollars more, rode off.
Trial farlinilezzlement.
BUFFALO, May ease of
Joseph Bork, ex-City Treasurer, in
dicted on the charge of, embezzling,
two hundred bonds, valued at one,
thousand dollars each was called for
trial today. Bork's counsel made an
ineffectual attempt to have the in
dictment quashed.
can be paid
;rent number
disabled sot
involved, the
try are re
am:o of this
Dr.NvEs;Col., May 31.—This even
ing R. L. Stickney, 'a miner, entered
a boarding house. while the boarders
were seated ,the table,- pulled .ont
a revolver and opened fire on M. T.
Campbell, a real estate agent. Two
shots struck' Campbell, causing.his
death, and another pierced the heart
of-Mrs. I*i-ere=
Ilieity.
.ary of War.
,t General.
ranee.
importance to
)mpantes bus
)vernor :
tsurance pot
property of
mmonwealtb„
wiles organ-
Kansas, May
bold and successful robbery was per
petrated last night at Nortonville,ia .
town on the
. Atchisoii, Topeka and
Santa Fe . Rail Way, sevcriteen miles
southeast of this city. Three mask
ed men entered the store of Messr.:
McCarthy and Ragson, in. which at
the time were Mr: McCarthy, a clerk,
two ladies and 'two little girls. 'LIT:
robbers imiriecliatdy upon enterio ,
drew their revolvers and coniniatitloi
C
the inmates to keep quieOne or
the" thieves Alien proceeded to the
safe, ,one took his positlOn at . the
door, and a third 'kept guard over
the occupants.
this state or
While the robbers were thus occu
pied, two : clerks who had been the
depot returned, and Were at. °ne e
taken eliarge of by the sentinel at
the door: The safe ,contained he-•
ttmen $12,009 and i5l-1,000 in
and this the robbers carried off. An
iron box in the sale_ contained about
$1,,00i, but the robbers failed to ef
fect an entrance thereto. They:Aolk
ed silergly and quickly, - awl, after
securing the money, walked
iLcu .-
ward out.or ilTe store, *arninz the
oecuplnts mit to look outside fur ati
hour, 'or they would be shot:
Inc* tlie'street L.he r fitk. 1 •
, ) otf tow;,
the South. There 1
: is no trace (.t'
them up to the prerl, time. . •
S! , ?epin7; M4U ar lIiY 11:11141
ALLENTowN, l'a., May
condition Of the sleeping Hungarian
growing no;rc critical, and it
is believed that a few day s :more will
end thc;csreer of thiS . wonderfnl man.
lie is as helpless as a child and :has
again, cc fed to partake of food-, nu
trition bein,now.given hinrthrondl
hisl.nostrils, and the abcess ou LIA
head has become a running:;ore.
The detbrinityin . :,,his skull ha
ascertained to be.a genuine fracture.'
A complete
,- statement has been re-'
eeived,froth Charlotteville,
Virginia,
hi which is !liven a history of the ill
treatment'-ofan.liunffarian bearing
the,satne naine as this one does, and
which seems to account for thti con
dition of Gyumber. In the e‘cnt
deatkrthe doctors will, in all proba
bility tti - I;e:!charge of his body and
make examinations in the interest
science,
, Set:ANTON . , May :;I.—An inttnere
number of Knights Templar-have ar
rived - in-this city to-day for the pur
pose of attending the tweuty-eiLith
annual conclave of: frrand Coin
manderjy. : - Thaf: hotly convened this
eveniitiz . niA its klet:lieraiiin,
eontinue.over-Tlinf-,:day.. A far I . .i:rual -
er number Of Knights arrive to
morrow to take part in thei gnat 1%--
tivities of Thlirsday.,ltr the prulimi
nary
.partuie which took 101:tct2
aßeenoon the visitinf , eolninandcrivs
frclin Philadelphia elicited univi•b-al
notice
,for their splendid appearnpre
and *.6ldierly evcnii,g
thesc-commanaeries liel.tl a reception
iit the fine hail of the Wyomifil
House. To-morrow eveninrr Citn:r
1)e Leon Coniniantierv . , of L'iez•antop;
will enter. in nil of the yisitin4 .
Knights in the .Scranton Armory.
rlosTi.t.s-,, May A business
meetiii,, , r of the - National. Wotnan Sur ,
craze Associations was held here to
day, and., the following racers were
eketell for the ensuing year :
dent. Elizabeth Cady Stanton : vice
,residents at 1ar* , ,., - Susan-.11;. Antho
ny, Joslyn Gage ; . f.chairman
of the Executive Commitlee, Alay
Wright lialianaHis, ;
ecoilling, .secretaries, Ellen Slu
Distriet of Columbia ; Julia T. k.e
'ter, Pennsvivanm,-; _ correspontli!g
secretary. Rachel G. Foster,
foreign correpoutling se.ert
tetries, Ernestiue L. llose, England ;
mane - De Barran, Paris: treasure!,
Jane II: Spollord, liistriet of t'Hiun...
bia.
. In the town of Warren. Waii-Bare
county, li‘es naine4
who advertised for ct wife. A Drily
in :Michigan wrote him that si:c
Irould"coine Wi:ieonsin and marry
him if he would send her the.cxpea
sea of the trip. Ile forwai:dcii
The woman 'a,trived iat Bcrini.
procectled thinre on foot for -i!,c
home of her scam-to-be iiusttaull. She .
happened: to make iiritairr in llyisc'i•
neiglihorhoOl a a man whom he
plow!lng. 'for. • The woman was inhca ;
ia r to tla.• house and 'tyke seat for :oat
lie took- her to they 'nearest .rustice of
the Peace, who tied the knot.—_Tl • '•
.50-n
LoNuo:si . ; Ontarib,.„Alar
inquiry into; the eiiennistanees at
tending 110... fOunderinr of tlie ietu
ria has The inque,t
norninally,im 4Lc hotly of Nib,: Coo :
per, but it k understood that - tie. o . !-
,jeet is to bring out ail. ttp_, nwt , f-,ch
neetcd _with 7 the Thu! ill• •
1Iliry ; is inniertaken ..t the ins.l.an..e
of_ the Ontario i;ov.t.'tyntifebt,
"s.eeins . fieterrnineti to. have the runt
i,nvestigation. So far the evhbm
is-of a contlietiniz eharauter,,.but it
A - mostNianniing manber
Oil the mittnigement of . the. 1-o , t ,
steamer.
Losnos, 7 ?day :11., The y, ar;y
meeting of the bondholders of the
Confetrerate.4:otton loan of Ist 1 w.t3
held to day at the Cannon : Street
Tln.‘ general tenor of tl;.
speeches was to the effect that, :litho'
the bunt holders'had no legal claim
the A me.rican.J3 overnment, , som , ••
thing might be done if a friendly aj
peal were made. The qpeakers
to base their . hopes on the fart tit:o,
the Bank of—England still field .9110.-'
residue 'of the loan. . •
LEITANON. Pa., May 31.—A
thunder storni.pas-ed- over the null
ern part of the county this afteriwvn.
John Sarger; a • brickinaker; Hhiii
working in_ a_ field with live outer
near Johntown, was struck by light•
nine and inAtantly killed: Ile lemei
a Wile and live children.
Ilosros, , May :11.--During screte
thunder stur►n at Salem, last ercuin.l,
the lightning struck U e tou,e or .1.
Colbert. His son Frank %rat; hill' i
and two other children were knocked
senseless.
AL Desperate Miser
Daring Robbery.
'Lhe lifiltzilts at Seiaattott
11'o:oats Sufi rag(
, qf Cupi,:t*.; Care
Tlic Victoria' iti:,:fstcr.
Con fvtli:rate Bond holaPirs
A Terrible Thunder siiirsti
SlrtiOt. by Lighlailittg