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for peesidext:
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
(Subject to the approval of the Re
publican National Convention )
EEPDELICAU STATE TICKET.
TOR SUPREME judge:
HENRY GREEN,
Northampton County.
TOR AIDTTOK oeseral:
JOHN A. LEMON,
Blair County.
Tnr. Democratic State Committee
las been called to meet at Pittsburgh
on tbe IStb of March, to Cx the time
and place for holding the State Con
vention. Tiie Republican State Convention
of New York that assembled at
Utica on Wednesday of last week,
was a most harmonious affair, and its
delegation to Chicago casting seventy
votes was instructed to cast them for
General Grant, and to use its earnest
and united efforts to secure his nomi
nation.
The Republicans of Indiana elect
ed their delegates to the Chicago
Convention by Congressional dis
tricts on Wednesday last. Of the 13
districts, all selected Blaine men ex
cept the 4th district which chose two
Sherman delegates. The Mate Cen
tral Committee will select the four
delegates at large. It is reported
that the State would be solid Lr
Wabhburne if ke was a candidate. !
The Republican State Central
Committee of Illinois met at Chicago
on the 25ih ult., and with them there
assembled by invitation, about 600
delegates from all parts of the State.
A free interchange of sentiment was
bad, and although considerable
Blaine sentiment was displayed, tbe
preference of the State was 6hown
to largely favor Grant, Washburne
was thown also to be a great favor
ite. The LUtle Rock Democrat reports
the lion. Ilenry M. Cooper, of Ar
kansas, as 6ayiog: "I prefer General
Grant for President. I think he is
the safest and best man. The Ar
kansas delegation to Chicago will
support General Grant, withoat a
doubt. I see that Senator Dorsey is
for him. I know that Governor
Clayton is his ardent supporter, and
nearly all the prominent Republicans
ia the State favor bis nomination.
So that I don't tbiok there is any
question that tbe Arkansas delega
tion will be solid for him.
There ia one thing worthy of at
tenlion in tbe present condition of
affairs and that is, that not a single
Republican journal, or a prominent
Republican advocating tbe re-election
of General Grant, has an un
kind or unseemly word to say rela
tive to his principal opponent JanitB
G. Blaine; while on tbe other hand,
alleged Blaine journals, and profess
ed friends and self constituted cham
pious of the Senator from Maine, as
sauit Ueoeral Grant as virulently as
if he was the basest of political an
tagonists. This proves conclusively
who are the trne and real Repub
lican, anxious for tbe welfare and
success af the party. Of coarse
Senator Blaine is not to be held re
sponsible for tbe acts of his foolish
friends, but their intolerance of the
sentiments of others is much more
calculated to injnre the party and
jeopardize its success, thsn the con
centrated efforts of the Democratic
foes of the party.
The N. Y. Tribune has been mac-
ing what it calls a canvass of "the
Connty Committeemen" of this State
with the view of showing public sen
timent, as between Grant and Blaine
for the Presidency. It professes to
have received 1193 replies to its
circulars, of which 1213 indicate a
prefence for Blaine and 230 tor Grant.
This is not much of a showing out
of tbe immense vote of this State,
but it may be very readily granted
that among tbe committeemen of the
State the Senator from Maine has
the enormous number of 1213 friends,
for each one of these committeemen
merely speaks for himself and him
self alone. It ia observable too in
looking over the list, that many lit
tle towns send in three, four or more
replies, showing that they have a
most wonderful fecundity in the
way of producing committeemen.
That the Tribune should imagine
that sensible men would be tickled
with these presidential straws ia
most amusing, bat toes every elec
tion brings with it a similar amount
of trustworthy voting before election
day arrives.
" Not being satisfied with obtaining
signatures to that famous certiicate,
by false representation's was shown
by the card of Mr. Galbraith which
we published last week, it now turns
out, that forgery waa resorted to, to
e well the number of indignant citiiens.
We invite the attention of the high
ly moral gentlemen who invented
this happy method of protecting pub
lic virtue, as well as that of the gener
al public, to the card of Messrs. Wal
ter J. Jones and Daniel Shultz, set
ting forth, that it their names are at
tached to the original paper, the sig
natures were forged. It is now in
order for the gentleman who begat
the certificate, pat it in ciroalation.
and caused it to be published, t et
lcrtb into tbe full noon-day blaze of fcaxacteristic8 of the youngjgentle
pnblicity which be sought for it, and . man, we apologize to his female rel
male bis little statement. Here at
least, there can be do dodging.
A CARD!
Mr. Scut. We were rery much
surprised to find our nam en attached
(to an article in the Meyersdale Com-
mcrcial of February 20, 18S0, publish
ed for tbe purpose of assaulting your
good came, and wish to say to you
and to the Republicans of tbe county
that we never signed any such pa
per, nor authorized our names to be
go used, and further if they are at
tached to it, then they are forged.
We know of no man in the communi
ty who baa a better reputation for
truth and veracity than yourself.
With this explanation we are
Truly Yours,
W. J. Jones,
Daniel Shlltz.
As we supposed would be tbe
case when we stated that W. II.
Welfley admitted to the editor of this
papsr and others whom we named, j
that be bad packed the late county
meeting, the quibble has been resort
ed to that the meeting could not
have been literally packed, by the
comparatively small comber he in
duced to attend. We said he admit
ted be had packed the meeting, and
we proved thereby that we had
authority for our assertion, and there
fore did neither make a false state
ment nor speak unadvisedly. A
carefully worded and lengthy card is
also published over the signature of
Mr. Welfley explaining bis action,
and pleading ia avoidance, but tbe
readers of it will observe that he
does not attempt to deny our alle
gation that he admitted he had pack
ed the meeting.
Now let the vipers gnaw at this
file as long as they please.
Mr. F. J. Kooser evidently ' bit
off more than he can chaw." His
malevolence is fairly Jwell intended,
if it could only reach the mark. His
attempt to excite sympathy by whim
pering from beneath the coat tails of
that formidable warrior, General
Kooatz, is perhaps a success. His
futile effort to create the impression
that weinsulted the Republican party
of the county, hen in behalf of its
integrity, present and to cime, we
exposed and denounced the efforts of
a few irresponsible meddlers in this
towr, to pack us meeting, is but a
rehash of a twice told he, and tbe
innuendo, that having some other
object to Euberve, we were angered
because, other persons were not ee-
lected as delegates, but proves his
utter insincerity and lack of ordinary
sagacity, when the tact is Knowr
that w e personally solicited both him
self and Col. Edie to stand as dele
gates.
The great trouble with Mr. Kooser
is his conviction that he is dreadfully
shrewd and sharp, and like Joey
BagPtock "dcve-lish sly," when as i
matter of fact, be is not. ne is al
ways doing something peculiarly
smart in his own conceit, which to
others is as transparent as water.
Let ns illustrate. He deliberately
and with malice prepense, allowed
himself to be need by Koontz as a
cats-pan, to put npon ns the gravest
possible offense, and having of course
burned bis fingers in the operation,
now, with that enormous egotism
for which he is famed, fancies he has
ou hand a "fight with the Herald"
in which the public is profoundly
interested.
Let os tell him a little story by
way of further illustration a young
bully finding an old quaker sitting on
bis door-step, thonght it a fine op
portunity to indulge bis propensity
at the expense of the man of peace ;
so commencing with insulting lan
guage, of which no notice was taken,
he finally struck the old man. To
his consternation he was returned a
square knock down blow, and
"Broad-brim" seizing the handle of
an old hickory broom belabored him
unmercifully "enough 1 enough 1"
roared the bully. Hammering away
the old q uaker replied "lriend I am
not fighting with thee, I am only
chastising thee, and it is for me to
know when thee has enough."
Since we first read that "Mary
had a little lamb which followed her
to tchool one day," we have seen
nothing more touching than the pic
ture drawn by john G. Ogle e?q., in
his appeal for public sympatLy in
the Commercial of last week. Tbe
young gentleman complains that we
did him grievous wrong by alleging
that he went with the Greenback
movement two years since, when in
fact and in truth be only attempted
to get op a revolt in the Republican
ranks against the ticket already nom
inated. In abort, that solitary and
alone, unaided by tbe Herald, that
"lacked backbone," or by "the aen
tbatshonld have been with him in the
struggle," he attempted to reform tbe
party. Just where the Independent
movement ran into tbe Greenback
fully we are unable to say, nor just
where this reformer, like Samuel J.
Tilden, left the boat he was unable
to control to his own advantage, we
cannot tell ; but that every politician
in tbe coonty. save perhaps this
young Palaiin, knew that Mr. Cof
frotb alone was to be benefited by it
in the end, will not adaut of a doubt
When Don Quixote gallantly assail'
ed tbe wind mill he doubtless thought
that future renown was in store for
him, and from tbe brow of this his
successor, we will not snateh single
laurel, lie shall henceforth garner
to himself the entire renown, of being
the single reformer who tried to save
tbe party in 1878 by disrupting it ;
the Congressional and Senatorial
wrecks cumbring the shore, testifying
to bis superior ability.
For having so mistaken the noble
atives, including ixis cousins and bis
aunts. It was very wrong in us to
recent the fact that he loaned himself
to the attempt to bring disgrace npon
our gray hairs. Hereafter when in
tbo mood he may unmolested "void
bis rbeaia upon our beard." Won't
he in short "kiss and make friends!"
Tbe aljectness of our shame knows
no limits.
TnE Boston Advertiser says "if
the sentiment of Massachusetts is
fairly represented at Chicago it will
be Grant."
Ho.v. Samuel Butler, Mate
Treasurer-elect, bas rented his farm
in Chester county and will remove
to Ilarrisburp in the spring.
General Stewart L. Woodford,
of New York, is name! in connection
with the Vice Presidency on the Re
publicaa ticket.
General Lo.nostreet says Gener
al Grant is the only person who, as
a Presidential candidate, could car
ry Louisiana, -ortn Carolina ana
Georgia.
It is now given oat in Washing
ton that Tilden is not only a candi
date for renomination, but that he
will fight far it. This means a smash
op of some kind.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware,
appears to be pretty much equelcbed
as a Democratic candidate for tbe
Presidency by tbe republication of
his copperhead record during the
struggle for the preservation of the
Union.
The girl said : "Mother, if I can
not get married, can I have a piece
of bread and butter?" Tbe Demo
cratic party tried to steal the whole
State of Maine; having failed in that,
they propose to steal a little bread
and butter up in Minnesota.
The "Republican Committeeman"
of Hollidaysburg, who answered the
N. Y. Tribune is accordiug to the
Register of that place, "a straight
backed copper-bottomed Democrat,
of the intensely Copperhead persua-
sion.'
At a gathering of Democratic Rep
resentatives held the other night at
Willard's Hotel, Washington, Con
rressmaa Hill announced, between
drinks, that the Democrats intended
to inaugurate their Presidential can
didate whether he was elected or
not.
The Washington papers announce
that McPhcrson, the head and front
of tbe Blaine movement in Pennsyl
vania, will retire from tbe position of
editor in-chief of tbe Philadelphia
Press, and be succeeded by Charles
E. Smith, a strong Grant man.
The Democrats in tbe Senate
went eqaarely upon the record yes
terday in favor of removing all re
strictions againet tbe appointment of
ex Rebels to positions in the United
States Army. This is a record they
will hear more of before next Novem
ber. N. Y. Tribune.
Chairman Cessna bas oppointed
Messrs. Samuel F. Barr and Lucius
Rogers Secretaries of the Committee
Mr. Barr served in the same position
during tbe last campaign, and Mr.
Rogers is a veteran in the Secretary
ship. Cessna, Barr, and Rogers is a
strong political team.
The Louisville Courier Journal
savs to the Democrats: 'General
Grant will be the Republican nomi
nee. His nomination ia revolution.
Speaking not thoughtlessly but fa
miliarlv. it means a fight or a foot
race for somebody." Mr. Watterson
may report the morning after Grant's
election.
Suppose Senators Conkling and
Cameron should withdraw their sup'
port from tho Grant boom how long
would it remain in existence T A. Y.
Tribune.
It would affect it just about as much
as the New York Tribune did the
Republican party when it withdrew
its support, and, in connection with
the Chicago Tribune, undertook
separate party. Inter Ocean
The free trade gentlemen who
were urging the reduction in the da
ty of steel rails on the pretence that
tbe railways of tbe country demand
ed it, are shocked to see the repre
sentatives of twenty or more compa
nies operating lines aggregating more
than fifteen thousand miles in length,
protesting against the reduction and
declaring that it will injure not only
the steel industry but railway inter
est also.
The Chicago Inter-Ucean says
that George C. EUenmayer, of St
Clair connty, III., a prominent Ger
man, writes as follows to a friend in
that city : "I am in favor of General
Grant, for the following reasons;
First, tbe rebels, fear him ; second,
the negroes revere him ; third, Re
publicans trust and have faith in him,
and honest Democrats respect him ;
fourth, be is the best and most favor
ably known man on this universal
globe, and last but not least, we can
elect him and seccrely seat him."
New applications for pensions are
pouring into the Interior Department
at tne rate of 7,000 per month.
Where they come from is a mystery.
Some 250,000 pensioners are now on
the rolls and over 200,000 claims are
fending, and these numbers indicate
that nearly one-half the men enlisted
in the .Union Army were either kill
ed, wounded or disable! Lf .disease
while in tbe service. It is certain
aa extraordinary fact that, after a
lapse of fifteen years, some 233 per
sons should daily discover that they
are entitled to relief from the govern
ment. Louisiana Democrats have reach
ed the acme of intolerance. It will
be remembered that four Republican
members of the Legislature of that
State memorialized the United States
Senate ia favor of Senator Kellogg's'
right to the seat he now holds in that
body, and protesting egainst his ex
pulsion. The Democracy of the Leg
islature have passed resolutions in
favor of sealing Spofford, the contes
tant of Kellogg. Both acts, that cf
the majority which passed the resolu
tions in favor of SpofTjrd, and that
of the minority, Demoralizing in fa
vor of Kellogg, were proper of them
selves, being the exercise of a privi
lege to which every citizen is entitled.
It was the resort to the right of peti
tion, which cannot be denied to any
man; bat the Democratic majority
of tbe Louisiana Legislature pervert
ed the exercise of this right on tbe
part of the four Republican members
of that body as a disrespect, a con
tempt which rendered them worthy
of expulsion and they have according
ly been expelled. This is the last
display of Democratic intolerance,
the statement of which is all that is
necessary. Uarrisburg Teleyra ph.
ttea, (iraat'a ayeleeeae In Mexico.
A dispatch from the City of Mex
ico says: At tne reception o: uen.
Grant'on the night of February 21,
the depot wa illuminated witn
Chinese lanterns and decorated with
American flags. The moment the
carriages started a magnificent arch
was visible, lllaminated witn Bengal
lights, on which appeared tbe word
Welcome." A column of the bat-
tallion known aa tbe Zapadures,
with a band playing appropriate
military airs, and five hundred rurd
dragoons, with lighted torches, illu
minated the line of tbe procession to
the Mineral College. After the pas
sage of Gen. Grant an immeuse pro
cession was formed and marched
past tbe General's apartments, pay
ing him honors. At the bouse as
signed to General Grant be was re
ceived by the Governor of tho Stale
and City Council, who welcomed
him as the guest of the city. Tbe
General's residence to-day was be
sieged by the aristocracy of the city,
anxious to do him honor. He called
oa Presideht Diaz, who returned the
viBit two hours later. Gen. Grants
reception at tbe Presidential palace
was magmucent.
It being the season of Lent, Gen.
Grant's reception was not as gay as
otherwise. All the upper class-es be
ing Catholic, they will not so freely
participate in tbe gayeties, and some
of tbe important festivities will be
deferred until after Lent. 1 he great
national ball at Chapultepcc, which
was to have been given on February
20tb, bas been postponed until Easter
Monday. There will be a great
many public demonstrations. Mili
tary reviews, visits to noted places,
excursions to caves and mountain
cascades, to Azetec rnins, aud pre
historic remaiua. Tbe quarters iu
the Mineral Palace, appropriated ts
the residence of the distinguished
guests, are commoaious, witn t-pu-
ciou8 rooms, ball, ana corridor, auu
elegantly furnished.
Ireland' Woe.
Dublin, February 2C A corres
pondent on ber Majesty's gunboat
Goshawk, which is distributing meal !
J - D
am.inff thn Wpfltfirn
ern Islands, writes '
from Inn'shara, off Galway : I
"It is a terrible state of affairs. I
Fiftv families here eke out a misera-!
ble existence. Their houses are small
heaps of dirty stones. Their land is
rock and soft bog. Hunger and
want are ia every place. The people
go naked and without food. Many
are slowly starving to death Such
scenes of appalling destitution I never
before witnessed. Every step we
took brought before our eyes new
and more fearful pictures of destitu
tion and suffering. The moro wo
saw the more certain did death from
starvation appear the inevitable fate
of nearly every man, woman and
child on the island. Gaunt, tbio and
pale were the faces of men who
were naturally of herculean build.
Tbe features of the women and chil
dren were overspread by the ghtly
pallor of hunger. In many cabins
children crouched shivering and al
most naked around tbe fire. When
I entered tbey sprang behind tneir
mother, whose single garment or
thin dress was bnt the slightest pro
tecion against the wind whicn blew
through the broken roof. On tbe
fire was the dinner, a pot of brown,
green seaweed. It i3 certain that
unless they are well cared for dozens
will die ot starvation."
9Iebrakaa Kftnaas.
Cedar County, Neb. Feb. 20
Doctor Miller, editor of the Omaha
Herald, stated but this simple truth
when he said in Chicago, a few days
ago, that the people cf Nebraska
were for Grant. And his declaration
is sustained by well-informed Repub
licans, who have traveled extensively
over, tbe State, and who are in a
position to know.
Blaine has many enthusias'.ic
friend) in Nebraska, and should he
be the nominee of tbe National Con
vention, she will roll cp for bim tier
accustomed majority ; bnt that Gram
is tbe first choice of the Republican
voters of the State is beyond ques
tion, and yoa may safely set down
the Nebraska delegation for him
And the same may be said of Kan
sas. Tbe fact is, the opposition of
Scburz, Curtis, the New York Tri
bane, and others of that ilk, "who
fought mid Greely" in 1872, is help
ing tbe Grant boom wonderfully in
all this Western country. We not
only want Grant for President, but
we want to rebuke that class of re
tromiogent politicians who threaten
to oppose our nominations unless
they can make them.
Set down Nebraska and Kansus
for Grant, both at Chicago and in
the electoral college.
Union.
eel Ia r the Hatiaaal Deatoeratie
Vmmmt lllee.
Washington February 23 Tbe
National Democratic Committee met
here to day. After a brief discussion I
It waa agraed that tbe National Con
vention should be called to meet at
Cincinnati on the Hi of Jnne. Tbe
first ballot on place stood, Cincinooti
24, Chicago 8. Tbe Tilden men in
the National Convention were sharp
enough to-day to avoid any contest
on place, and the consequence waj
that no test of bis strength was
divulged. Mr. Barnnra, however,
who is regarded as his spokesman,
voted for 0t. Loois. A grand love
feast was held ater tbe committee
adjourned. Mr. fccott. of Pennsylva
nia, in executive session, introduced
a resolution in regard to the Tilden
K elly break in New York, author
ising the committee to 'trr and bar.
znonif e the d fcculty. rt va8 referred
to Lfie executive committee, which
meets to-morrow. The Tburman,
Bayard (all anti-Tilden) and Ho-i
cock tactions were against St. Louis.
Mr. bcott, of Pennsylvania, alouelTne loss is estimated at f 10,000
voted for Pennsylvania.
fcnow la me Far Wtal.
Bimarck, D. T , Feb. 23 The
worst guow ttinrm ever known in the
Noiihwi et haj rajed here for two
days. During the past two months
a Kiicteeeioa of storms caused great
delay to trains on the Northern Pa
ciiic, and lots to the railroad and
Black Iliils S.ago Conn-.ioy. Though
U is quite warm i H o-uarck, and
trains hare stopped running across
on the ice bridge to Mandau on ac
count ot sunken ice, yet tbe road be
tween Bismarck and Jamestown is
blocked, and c trains have run since
the loth, with the prospects of none
till late this week. Bat three trains
from th3 East have arrived tince
Feb. 1 Tne outlook f jr progress on
tue Yellowstone Division is bad.
Walker, Bellows fc Co., who have a
contruct for the second hundred
inilep, have 200 teams now idle
Holes in the ice on tbe river discour
age much transportation, and no
through supplies nave yet been taken
across. To build 20 miles cf road,
about J0 cars of iron are on the way,
but will probably arrive too late, and
a slow, expensive transfer on tbe
ferry will bare to be resorted to. A
party composed of John A. McLean,
of Bismarck ; Captain Braitbwaite,
of Pilldbury, and Mr. Stevens, repre
senting liar wood & Co., and four
otters, left Saturday for Fargo with
a team. They telegraph that tbe
blockade is bad as far as they have
gone. Many people are now getting
ttiid sending mail via Deudwood,
Cneveune, and Oaiaba. The winter
bas been an exceptionally blizzard
one, but the management of North
Branch are severely censured for not
ut leust making some iCTort to keep
the road open. A lack cf engines,
iiien, and management are tho only
cause for the continued blockade
which has caused ruuch damage to
the country. It is claimed that the
expenditure of $100,000, a small sum
compared wi .h what the road will
lose, would bare kept the road open
at least half the lime.
EspZoMiou lu. Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 27. This af
ternoon about quarter past two o'
clock tbo storekeepers and merchants
on Third ftreet, between Ra:e and
Arch, were startled by a tremendous
explosion, which sounded like the re
port of a regular Kropp gun. The
causa of tbe great explosion was soon
apparent, as houses ia the viciuity of
Third and Race and Third and Cher
ry and other streets were bespattered
with mud, end the streets in various
places tora np. Six sewer traps ex
ploded almost simultaneously and so
grefrt ai tbo force of the explosion
that the buildings in the neighbor
hood were well shaken, window
piiLf s were shattered and the paoplo
trs-uerally much terrified.
The ciaic force of the explosion
was ot tbo southeast corner of Third
uud Rice streets, in tront of the
t-tores of .James Hum, stationer, und
George Da B. Dtirn it Co., on the
southwest c ;rntr. The sewer gatt
exploded with such power as to send
the iron plute cn top of the sewer
opening into tho air, and raising a
lurge quantity t f raud and other de
bris. At the liae a Germantown
waijon, beljnging to El wood T.
i ' ri i in mm
v,omiey, i mrec luns, .Montgomery
t;""il.T w 03 "'uj uu m sfeei
r.-Lt orer tbe culvert. The back of
lDe wa?ou was lined into the air,
and a La? P1PC9 of 6t5se. wich
.seat t irling sky ward, came down
thr'uh the top of the wagon, de
molishing a portion of it. Tne heavy
st-tue in its ascent struck the tele
graph wires and injured them to
Home extent, but fortunately no one
was burl.
The explosion passed from Third
and Race to Third and Arch streets,
penuiug its force at tbe latter point
At the northeast corner of Third and
Quarry there was an amateur Vesu
vius. The store of I. G. Harley &
Co., is on tho corner, and the iron
ce-er covering at that point was
lifted completely off, and sent flying
in the air, followed by a stream of
mud end dirty water. The building
was bespattered with mud as high as
the second story windows. About
half an hour aferwurds another slight
q'j'iku occurred, and tbe broken djwn
e.vcr gave a wh zz I ke the sound ot
dampened gunpj wder.
At the noah west corner of Third
and Cherry, in froat of tbe establish
ment of W. S Abbott, tbe culvert
likewise exploded, hreukiag ten panes
cf glars in the building, and causing
a good elzid holo in tbe street. A
horse, attached to a furniture car,
which was &tauding in proximity to
the sewer opening, was lifted from
bii feet and thrown heavily upon his
side, sustaining slight injury. The
cauoo ol tne explosion is attributed to
pent cp sewer gas.
Bank Kobbem.
Galena, III, Feb. 25 About 11
o'clock last nibt tho vacant store in
tbe Masonic Block, adjoining tbe
well-known bank of Galena, was dis
covered t) ba oa firp, and the flames
w.-era shortly afterward extinguished
by tbe fire department. An exami
nation of that portion of the room
which was found to be on fire
brought to liht the fact that a daring
though unsui'cess-ful attempt had been
made to burglarize the vault of tbe
hank adjoining, and the most as
tounding evidences of the job were
revealed to those engaged iu investi
gating tbe affair. Bv means of an
inch au;ur and brace the operators
had succeeded ia boring out a hole
ia tie floor of the vacant store, about
three feet surface, clone to the wall
bptween the bank and store, and
about fjur feet forward from the
vault. An excavation was found in
the wall directly opposite the aper
ture iu the floor and between two
joists, giving the burglars easy access
to the cellar or basement of the bank.
On tbe cellar bottom under the store,
and just outside of tbe aperture in
tbe wall, were found tbe tools with
which the incipient work was accom
plished. It is supposed that the bur
glars were frighieoed by the noise
made by a party of gentlemen in a
club room over the bank, and while
making a hasty exit tipped oyer tbe
lamp wmcn toey were using, wonn
set tire to the building.
t Crest baad- Mift-
Sandt Lake, Pa , February 25
A fire broke out this evening in
George it Iloovler's block, origin au
in the npper part of the building oc
cupied by the photographer J. P.
McClimans. Five building were
burned to the ground. They were
occupied by George & Hoovler, and
J. C. Alien, harness maker; Dr.
leather, drougist ; W. T. McBurney,
jeweler ; W. J. Lyons, books and
s at:onery ; and W. R Fields, groce;
ry ana nowonR; also rooms asaweii
irgs by D F. atber, W. T. McBur
nty und J T Co.'k The boildirgs
wire owned by George k Hoovler,
Benjamin N. Ride and A. P- Rose,
Ride and A P
' Tcere was a partial insurance.
Moray Times la Saa rraaelaro.
San Francisco, Feb. 25. -The
Board of Supervisors this evening
passed an ordinance to increase the
police force to 400 men. Tbe ostensi
ble reason waa for the purpose of giv
ing employment to needy men.
At tbe meeting of the Eleventh
Ward Club this evening resolutions
were adopted offering armed men to
aid the authorities in deotroying Chi
natown. Speaking to this resolution,
Kearney 6aid he had been informed,
from a reliable source, that a secret
movement is on foot to crush the
anti-Chinese crusade, the Chinese'
bix companies and some of the mer
chants being the instigators, and the
I Police Department ana the National
uuaiu iuc tools ; iuai iuo neiuiea 01
the workingmcn were to inaugurate
trouble by starting a fire or a row;
then Kearney and the Mayor were to
be assassinated by policemen in tbe
disguise of Chinese Highlanders, and
the Chinese, armed to the teeth, were
' to be let loose to massacre men, wo
men and children, selecting the la
boring population of the city as their
victims. Kearney also said that re
garding the case now before the Uni
ted States Circuit Court, involving
the constitutionality of the law for
bidding corporations to employ Chi
nese, he would accept no decision
but that of tbe people, and they eay
"the Chinese must go." ne would
leave a lirt of names of persons who
must be gnillotined in ca&e he was
assassinated, as his aseassination
would be a blow at every workiug
man and woman in the civilized
world..
The unemployed workingmen
waited npon Mr. Sharon, of the Pal
ace Hotel, to-day, wbo declined to
allow their interference with bis
business. The leaders of the move
ment informed tbe crowd of the re
sult, and added that in their opinion
it was no barm to kill such a man.
Mrs. Smith, wbo has been promi
nent in the movement, lately sugges
ted dynamite as a meuns of removing
ihe Chinatown nuisance. Parades
will be continued during tbe day,
unemployed women joining the ranks.
Coulillng'a FoHltloa.
To a friendly listener Senator
Conkling recently said : "If I wished
to be 1 resident, 1 should consider it
a crime against my country for me
or any other man to allow his name
to go before the convention to hinder
tbe nomination of Grant Grant is
the only man tbe Republican party
can be sure to elect, and be is tbe
only man that is sure to tale his seat
if elected Tbe Democrats do not
intend that we shall seat our Presi
ueni, if we elect bim. This is the
last time we elect a President under
the present census. Let the Demo
crats be in power when tbe new cen
sus goes into effect and under their
manipulations they will hold it for at
leant a decade."
This was spoken very deliberately
and with an appearance of serious
conviction that lef: no doubt in the
listner's mind where Conkling stood.
Wife Murder.
UAUBirintuo, February 24 The
town of M juat Joy, about 25 miles
east of this city, was startled by a
tragedy wbicn may result in the loss
cftwo lives. John Wollege, a ne
gro barber, became jealous of his
wife, and to-day provided himself
with an old musket At tbe first op
portunity be aimed at his wife and
wounded ber fatally in the side.
His son, aged 'about 15 years, was
struck by several shot but not seri
ously injured. Tbe barber claims
that the sbooting'was accidental, but
bis wife expresses a different opinion,
stating that he had made frequent
threats to kill ber. Tbe tragedy
occurred at one o'clock this afternoon.
The murderer was committed to the
Lancaster jail, bail being refused.
The feeling against him is very bit
ter, and fears are entertained that he
may bo lynched.
AaOld Hermit Mardered.
Milan, Ind , February 25. Philip
Boltz, an old man of CO years, yes
terday was fjund murdered in his
bnt, four miles from this place, where
be had lived as a hermit for the last
35 years, having the reputation of
being a miser. His body was found
lying on the bed, with tbe back of
bead crushed io, and an ash club, tbe
weapon nsed, lyinc near. Suspicion
was attached to William Strasinger,
tne old man's nephew, and he has
been arrested and placed in jail
Fresh boot-marks leading to and from
tho but were identified as Strasiog
er's by the hob nails in the heel.
The object of the murder is supposed
to have been to secure to Strasinger's
Boltz'sfarm of 27 acres and tbe
money be was supposed to have
hoarded. While tbe other members
of the Strasinger family visited the
scene of tbe crime. William re
mained away, which, being remark
ed, first directed suspicion toward
him.
Tbe Keeling at Wmln(li.
Wasihnotox. February 25. The
Grant men in Washington are cheer
ed by tbe news from 2ew lork to
night. They claim that it meaus
Grant's nomination at Chicago, and
that nothing can prevent it. Tbey
affirm tb&t Illinois will follow tbe ex
ample of New Yo-k and Pennsylva
nia, which will give bim 1G0 vote?,
with some thirty-five States to bear
from Tbey argue that tbe Grant
boom will be above par henceforward.
This is the Grant view in Washing
ton, briefly stated. Oa the other
hand, at the Blaine headquarters
there are signs of discouragement.
and his friends ark a suspension of
judgement until Jew Lngland and
tne great Northwest is beard trom.
At the Sherman headouarters bis
friends aro busy and cheerful, as us-
usual, making little noise, but doing
a good deal of quiet work.
Dreadfal rate af a Little Ulrl.
New Castle, Pa , February 23
About three o'clock this afternoon a
fire broke out in the stable ot Wm.
Allen, in tbe First ward, which was
completely destroyed. Two children
of Mr. Ailen's, a boy and a girl,
aged six and fonr respectively, were
Dlavine in the bay mow, and it is
suppose set the stable on fire. The
boy jumpe down and called 09 his
sister to do th e same, which she
failed to do. Tbe boy escaped un
hurt, while the girl was burned be
yond recognition.
Depredatleae by ladlaas.
Conns Christi. Texas, Feb. 25.
A band of 15 Indiana attaeked a
Mexican wagon train, consisting of
wagons heavily laden with goods
from Qhiduahua, going to Laredo.
Tbey cantnred thro drivers and the
live stock belonging p the train
Tbe tean.sters, who made their es
cape, brought the news of the attack
to Enceras, whence 12 men went in,
pursuit of the Indians, wbo were
well mounted and armed, and drove
toward the Rio Grande.
Dipntaerla la Bonsla.
Vienna, February 2-1 Diphtfce-;
ria in Ceairal Ruxsia h&s carried rffi
since las; November over forty thous
and persons, and in other neighbor
hoods wboio villages have died out.
real Kreeker Baraed.
Potts ville, Feb 29 Tee break
er at Mount Cormel, owoed and op
erated by Montelius t Co., of Pbila-
delpnia and ew 1 ork, was destroy
ed by fire at two o'clock this morning.
Tbe breaker had a capacity of ten
thousand tons per month, and was
the oldest one in this region. The
loss is estimated at $35,000 ; insur
ance unknown. The fire is Mieved
to have originated accidentally.
Jtobed.
Galviston, February 23. A
Ncic special from Jefferson 6ays a
reliable informant from near
den, Cass county gives the following:
urs. uiarse, a respectable marnea
lady, livine is the Garrr neighbor.
hood, was yesterday brutally outrag
ed and murdered. Three men were
arrested, and one of them, who con
fessed the crime, was mutilated by a
mob. Uia clothing was saturated
with coal oil and then set on fire. He
was afterward banned. Great er.
citement prevails.
uew Solid Traia.
Fargo, D. T., February 25 Thir
ty passengers arrived last night from
tbe snow bound train at Lake Ecles
ton. Tbey walked eight miles and
were met by an engine and brought
to Superintendent Towne and party
and thence here. Towne's work
train reached Eclestcn during the af
ternoon and tbe fight goes on from
bo.h ends. The Bisniark party
have ased up five engines, two are
lying at foot of the embankment.
Sunday's passengers from here are
at alley City. Tl e snow in the
cuts is like ice and bucking it is like
battering a stone wall.
JHarse Disease.
Montreal, February 23 The
small pox which has broken out
among horses excites less alarm as
tbe nature of tbe disease becomes
known. Montreal waa visited by it
in February, 18T7, when it was not
as prouiinent as at present, having
spread considerably of late. It is not
fatal, but is a cutaneous affection
known as "variola equina" I: is
easily communicated to man, but
never with more disastrous tffect
than is experienced from the ordina
ry vaccinnation of a human being
witb cow virus.
Oil Fire.
Cincinnati, Feb. 23 A Cleve
land dispatch says at three o'clock
this afternoon 1,500 barrels of oil es
caped from a tank at the Standard
oil works, o. 4., Broadway took fire
and a learlul conlUirra-ioa is raging,
wnicn threatens to envelope tbe eu
tire works at that point, the compa
ny's central and principal works.
Blazing oil was floating on tbe creek
and river making a huge stream of
fire.
rive bundred men were put at
wort and a cram was constructed
across tbe run, confining the fire with
in narrow limits and saving other
property. Loss estimated at $30,000
on machinery and $4,000 on oil.
Bold Uaab for Liber I j.
Centralla, III , Feb. 25 Geo.
W. Cook was arrested to-day in Odin,
charged with perjury committed in
Sangamon County. The officers went
with bim to bis home, and, unknown
to them, he armed himself witb a re
volver and a pint bottle of whiskey.
With a rush he broke away, and
started tor tbe woods, with tbe ofli
cers in pursuit. Notwithstanding tbe
pistol-balls which followed him, Cook
managed to elude the officers, and
tbe Farmers' Protective Association
turned ont fifty armed and monnted
men, who were scattered in every
direction. Tbe odds were against
the runaway, and he was soon sur
rounded, recaptured, and placed in
jail.
Ueneral Uraaa'a Beceptiaa la Hexlea.
City or Mexico, Feb. 25 Gen
eral Grant dined with Minister Fos
ter on Monday. Assisting were Presi
dent Diaz, several members ot the
cabinet and other distinguished per
sons. After dinner was over the
company repaired to the drawing
rooms when Gen. Grant received a
large concourse of callers. The
callers numbered nearly 1,000 per
sons. On tbe same day tbe general
was called npon by all the officers of
the army stationed in this district.
City of Mexico, February 2G.
Generals Grant and Sheridan to-day
attended a banquet given in their
honor by the American colony. One
hundred and twenty guests were seat
ed at tbe tables. A large number cf
distinguished Mexicans and foreign
ers attended and Minister Foster
presided. Tbe toasts were few and
the speeches short, but animated.
The greatest gocd feeling prevailed
rhleaica'a Ural a Heeelptn.
Chicago, February 2G The re
port of Secretary Rajdolpb, of the
Board of Trade shows that the re
ceipts of wheat for tbe year were 34,
000,000 bushels, the largest by 4,000,
000 ever arrived in this city io a
year. The shipments were 31,000,
000 bushels. Prices ranea higher
than in 1873 Tne receipts of corn
were 64 000,000 bushels, or about
1,250.000 greater than in lSSf. The
shipments were 61.00.Q.0UQ. There
was a shortage of the oat crop in the
state of S,000:000 bushels. All other
buhioess has increased in like pro
portion. Secretary Randolph ad
vises tbe appointment of a commis
sion of five men to supervise rates of
transportation by rail.
Tragedy la Kearaeka.
New York, February 25 An
Omaha, Nebraska., special says : A
horrible trairedy occurred five miles
sooth of Nebraska City this after
noon. An insane son of A. Dona
hoe, one of the oldest and wealthiest
fruit growers and farmers of Otoe
County, procured a pistol and ehot a
horse. His father attempted to seize
bim and capture the pistol, when
the boy drew a knife and stabbed
him four times, killing bim instantly.
He then attempted to kill his mother
and brother, but tbe latter felled bim
to the ground with a club, and tbe
mother fled to the bouse. The ma
niac pursued ber, battering in doors
and windows witb a club, bnt bein
prevented from enterjoff by fafr broth
er, returned, to the stable, where be
killed another bese and tabbed two
dog?. A company of alarmed neigh
bors tried to capture the maniac, wbo
sought refuge in a neighboring corn
field and kept them at bay fof sever
al baurt, standiaf knife in hand.
This morning ke was eaptured and
lodged in jail. 1
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Brownsville, Pa , Feb 20 A
quarrel toukpluce here this afternoon
aOjut half p'Ut fiv oVWk, in rich j civrd here fr mi Northwestern Geor
Will B ildea tthut Kennedy Ilone-ty eia t j.day. A Rabun eotiniv re.i
The ufiair happened iu the oKi iron ; dent. lUi.jpfc'ed of hein? a revenue
works owned bv Captain Adam J.- in! T.-iier, wh'j ha been oil-hol f.-r
cobs The participators were all ;'-' three wee!;--, trrived in Toee ve-ter-ored
and druuk. It, amwars ibatiilav. The masa of his d
Bulden had attempted to use ti re-
volver on Geurre Iruv, vhea the
latter caught bita (B.-lden) a.'ouud
the Wttit and uriud. Wtiile thev
were scufiling the revolver 'vas fired,
tbe ball taking effect ia Hunt sty's
head. It hit him about an inh abvi;
the left eye, penetrating hi.i brain two
inches. Boidea hs been arresud
and comuiit:ed to jail at Ciiinuruwa
to await deveiopoieuu in the cise.
Whetner the snooting of IK'lo'.v
was accidental could u . bi loairwj.
It is understood that they ba:l s.iuje
words.
Aa Atrocious .Harder.
New York, Feb. 22. Tfc'.? start
ling discovery .vm made yesterday
morning ia Patterson, X. J , te-i', om
atrocious murder had been com;n;-:L-.l
in that city on Thursday night. Th
body of Mrs. Harriet Ilink wis dis
covered lying on the bd ia a ro'.'i:!
ia tbe very heart of the city, and th
muzzle of a gun was pointed to a
horrible wound on the side of tbe
head. Natura.'lv, it
was ot first
thought to be a cae of suicide, butiterday between James Padgett a
subsequent developments diesipaie i niu.-ician, and Joseph J. Fields, a
that theory entirely, and there feems j well-tj-J. farmer. Ihe latte' tried
to be no reason to doubt that Mrs i t avoid Padgett, who threatened to
Hink was aKsaulted. then murdered ?hoot him, but they met accidentally
and robbed of ber jewelry and money, j yesterday a Fields turned a corner.
The murderer made good bis escape j Padgett "made a motion to jre: a pis
and tbe body hy all day on Friday to! from bis pocket, when Fields drew
in the room where it was fouad yes-! a revolver and begaa firing, shooting
terday morning. Not tbe slightest ; Padreit four time? in the right
clue has been obtained to the perpe- j baud, right shoulder, through the hip
trator of tho crime. and just over tbe sacrum 'rom tbe
j effrcla of which be died at 1 o'clock
Uaveraer Marry tl ( tan. j lat evpniug. Fields was promptly
arrested.
Louisville, Ky , Feb. 24 Gen. I
E II, Murry, lately appointed G v-,
ernor of Utah, lefi. thin city to-nutt !
for Salt Lake. Gov. Blackburn aod Cincinnati, Feb 25 Tue (ti
the State militia accompanied him t .i ' ;cV.peCil from New Albany, Ind ,
me unio ana .uinhis.sippi tratn, wuer
the depot was profusely decorated,
and more than a thousand pe p!?:
trathered to bid bim farewell G ;V. ,
Blackburn made acomplimeacary a;i-,
dre.-is, to which Gov Murrv respond
ed by saying that hebou!d eXt'Ciitei
the law ot the country, b wever Hif
ficult it might ba tod so. Toe streets
were lined with people, and i: was a
grand affair.
Honoring Urn. Viant.
Galveston, Texas. Feb 2t. Aj
special dispatch to tne AVu-s from j
the city of Mexico, dated February !
21, says:
"Gen. Grant held a reception la-t: Howard .va nauged at Ozark, Frank
night at the residence cf Minister ; i i county, t vday. In Januarv, 17!'.
Foster. The daily newspapes pub. j Howard's wife was danciog witb a
lish scraps of biography ot General j man i' whom he was jialous. He
Grant and Sheridan. On Ttursday i eeizd her by the Lair and dragged
a grand festival in honor cf General1 Ler from tear om to his borne, where
Grant will be given in tbe p. iucipal 1 h further maltreated ber until she
place. Four hundred musit-iaua h:o . rile 1 froai the effects of her iojuries.
preparing for tbe event. , - -
. 1 Klllea ttj n Hob.
Hearrhlnx for a .Ituraarer.
PirrsftviUi, Feb. 25 The detec
tives have been scouring the city and
surrounding cor.niry since yesterday
afternoon for tbe perpetrator of the
murder of H m. Peun, who was ki'uVd
yesterday. The name of the fugitive
is m. r.elly, not KinlaD, es publish
ed in these dispatches ve-terdav
Kelly peddled butcher knives a a'd
flat-irons and tbe murder waa e; - ra -
mirteri tt-ir h ena if K fcr,;. . 4 1.
muted with one of tbe knives. After :
L I 1 a. ... -
ne naa piangea tne biaae into the
victim's body he coolly wiped the
blood from it, and wraDDinir tho
weapon io paper walked away.
We understand that Kelly has
aince been captured near Onio Pvle
Falls.
Fatally Snot
Reading. Feb S3 .Three vouno-
men entered the lager beer saloon of
Charles Gehring, of this city, and de
manded drink', late on "Saturday
night. They undertook to leave at i: r
out paying, and Gehring seized the
nat 01 one or thepany, and they then
began destroy inir bis furni mm Ann
stoning him. Gehring then seiz-d a
gun and hot one ot the party, nanied
Henry Trump, in the head The hm
took effect in his eyes, foe aed neck.
tie was carried, fcoaa Ln a dv
uig Con-
dition. yo day , the
gave himself up
saloon-keeper
TrraioaV
Moxir-ELiEa. Vt, Feb ia The-Ceoub':car,Li.,-,
Convention ir.et :,j
day end ad .pted reo!ut,iuDi Dret-eot.
leg the name of. George F. Edmonds
as a suitable person to be made the
candidate ol the Republican party
for the next President
X.. IV A l I'ER TISE3IEXTS.
Mm. Ml aM C. B lfa
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.Vtounsbiner.
Atlanta. Oa. Feb iZ A cb
ap-
,rr i t bi'joii.shiniii? atrocities wa re-
was tbat be had bi-en driven from
! his home by moonshiner", and in hU
flight had been w undd by bockshot
' ia tLe erni and iej'. He had hpen in
' c Tico ilnient among frieuds awaitin?
recovery frim bij wuu-idi?.
Sunrdav tirht. Aiha Jarae. a
resilient, of C'larkville, accused of be
ii? a i-erenu- hot. kh clled to hi
d.-r and firrd at from in the dark
t . tbo bullet lodginj in the door
iii'a: hi fcfarl.
Ir. tbe vicini'y of th same village,
on ihe same niVht, Mr. Crane was
fireJ ujrn through the window of his
tl'.Vfiiinx, the ball srcahiog a lamp
ca the tab's at which be ana his
wilt f. ere sitting
Ye-HrJuy, ia Toccoa City, J. L.
C'.!j', I'dk connected with "revenue
raid rs, wa fired np-n in the public
i.r;-et, !U5 escaped without injury.
Kevepne troubles here seem to be on
1 ho increase every hour.
.Self-Deleua.
w ix,;hester. In.. Feb. 25 A fa-
; tal sho-jtinir a Jair occurred hpr re
Mtarvalloa ofa.WMrr.
: says :
'J ihn F. FiHev, ajred H, was
fouai djd yesterday on ihe flor of
his njusj, in openeer township, Har-
I riMa county, terrioly gnawed by
; rats. It appeared that he had beeo
; dead a week. There was no food ia
; ihe h use, and uothing to prepare
! f witb. He was refused credis
for 11 -ur three weeks ago, and it is
, supposed be died of starvation.
; thtiurn he had niouey bid away, and
j o wned a good farm of 1U0 acres. He
lired aloae and was a widower.
Wile .norderer H inged.
Little Bock. Feb. 27 fames
I Norfolk, Ya, Feb 2'.i John
Doz;er, a farmer nar Deep Creek,
tue.de himself obnoxi jus to bis neizh
b rs by enforcing the fence lasv. Oa
Thursday nibt last his house was.
surrounded by a mob wb. kept up a
fu-ilade uoti! D.zier n1 a colored
man left the huse by a rear dior,
; "rap:in:r to escape to the woods.
: ne c ,r"1 m Wli8 stru 'k b'
; Wd ud ,:died- No arrets have heea
! made.
Aanikrr Cnaaee (oa Welt.
Philadelphia, February 24. In
ths Supreme Court to-day Justice
Tratkey rendered ao opioioa io tbe
lease of Mrs. Catharine Y.Al, of Car-
iielt, ondt r ii?ntence of death for mur
der. The decision reverses the de
cision of ihe lower court and grants
a new tiial. The principal reasoa
given for this action is that a eea
part of the testimony of the jk-iairif!t
wiiuess, Mrs Ri d,"wa9 admitted by
he ljwer court when, it should have
Leeu rejected.
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