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Elections next In order are Colorado,
Oct. 6 ; Georgia, October 0, and Indiana,
Ohio and West Virginia, October 12.
All other Btate elections this year are on
November 2.
The Senatorial Conference held In
Fattersou on Thursday last, nominated
by acolamatlon, Chas. II. Smiley, Esq.,
of this place, as the Republican can til
date for Senator from this district.
Perry county Is now sure to have the
next Senator, as both parties have taken
their candidates from this place.
It Ari'EAns that the national census
will reach nearly or quite 60,000,000 of
inhabitants ; that is if we accept the
returns from the southern States as cor
rect, of which there is some doubt. At
this rate the total increase of population
in the laBt decade is a little over eleven
millions. This is not quite up to the
mark of the expectations of our people,
and Bhows very clearly that the country
suffered quite as much from the six
years of terrible commercial revulsion as
she did in the proceeding decade from
the four years of civil war; This is not
surprising in view of the paralysis of
internal progress, foreign and domestic
emigration and the long-continued
disastrous stagnation. If the present
prosperity shall be uninterrupted for
the coming ten years, our aggregate
of population in 1800 might possibly
reach 05,000,000.
MAINE.
The election in Maine on Monday of
last week resulted in the success of the
Fuslan ticket for governor by a small
majority. The Republicans elect three
of the five Members of Congress, which
leaves the political complexion of the
congressional delegation without change.
The legislature is also largely Republi
can, insuring a Republican Senator to
succeed Mr. Hamlin. The result was a
surprise to both parties, as it was gener
ally conceded that the State would go
Republican by one or two thousand,
and some set the majority much higher.
This proves that a count of the chickens
after they are hatched is much more
certain to be correct than to count the
eggs.
Gen. Plalsted the candidate on the
Fusion ticket was a candidate for
governor before the Republican Conven
tion of 1878 and came near making the
nomination.
LATER.
Since the above was in type later re
turns put a different appearance on the
result of the election. The following
despatch from Mr. Blaine gives the
latest :
Augusta, Me., Sep. 17. To Hon.
Marshall Jewell, New York : We have
complete returns with the exception of
a few distant plantations, and I give you
a summary of the result. In the election
of 1879 the Republicans lacked 1005
votes of a majority. This year we have
made gains in 12 counties, held our own
in two counties, and in two other
counties we have made slight losses.
Our net gain in the whole sixteen
Counties is reckoned at 1.300 as a
minimum, with a possible maximum of
1(500, making Governor Davis' re-election
a certainty not denied by his opponents.
His majority over Plalsted will probably
not vary much from 400. We have
chosen three-fourth of the county officers,
more than two-thlrdsof the State Senate
and a large majority of the House of
Representatives, giving us complete
control of the State government in all
its branches.
STILL LATER.
A special despatch received on Mon
day morning gives the election to Plalst
ed, Fusion, by 200 majority. It may,
however, be several days before the re
Bult is definitely known. Last year the
election was held on the 0th, and it was
not till the 17th that the result was
known with certainty. ,
The Indiana Struggle.
An Indiana special to the Herald says:
The feeling grows more and more in
tense every day on both sides, and there
is a very great anxiety among the think
ing class over the situation of this Btate.
Both sides are suspicious and very deter
mined. The people may well look for
ward with apprehension. I base my re
port on conversations .with leading men
of both parties Bnd on some detective
observations of my own. One has but
to go from point to point In this peculiar
State, keeping his eyes Wide open and
his mouth shut, to see aud hear much
that is amazing. I trust my apprehen
sions are idle but I predict serious trouble
here on the day of election.
No one can safely predict anything.
Both sides are confident. Each accuses
the other of cheating. Each believes
the other means to cheat more yet. Both
claim to have unearthed frauds, and
each promises " astounding revelations"
In a few days,
Car Full of Passenger Demolished.
Late Thursday night, as car 1 15 Union
Hue, containing a number of passengers,
was crossing the track of the Philadel
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore R. R.
at Twenty-third street and Washington
avenue, it was struck by a locomotive
and thrown on top of a flat car. One
end of the car caught in some portion of
the engine and was pulled along until it
again reached the ground, where it was
dragged a considerable distance, reduc
ing it almost to kindling wood. The
driver, Alex. Long, living at 1200
Clarion street, had one arm broken, his
right leg hurt, and sustained Internal
Injuries, from which he is not expected
to recover. He was removed to his
home. Elizabeth Lane, twenty-three
years of ago, living at 2442 Ellsworth
street, had the fingers of her left hand
cut off, and was taken to the Pennsyl
vania .Hospital. Eva Merrick, forty
five years of age, 231 1 Federal street, was
considerably bruised about the body.
Annie Grossman, sixty years of age, a
resident of Brooklyn, received severe
internal injuries; MaryDraoey, of 2111
Gaul street, Lizzie Carrol, of 1000 south
Thirteenth street, Ella Carr, ten years
old, of 10 Chelten avenue, Germantown,
Bridget Kelley, Ellsworth street, near
Twenty-third, and John McGrath, also
living on Ellsworth street, were injured
and removed to their homes. The horse
attached to the car was instantly killed.
Nearly all the injured except the driver
will probably recover. rhUadcfphia
North American.
Fatal Explosion.'
Bridokpoiit, Conn., Sept. 17. A ter.
rlble explosion occurred this afternoon
about ten minutes past four o'clock, In a
small wooden building occupied by the
Union Metallio Cartridge Company as a
fulminating building, and situated Borne
distance west of their main factory. At
the time of the explosion, five persons
were at work in the building, and all
are supposed to have been killed,' as four
bodies have been found and the other
man is missing. The following are the
names of the persons who were in the
building at the time of the explosion:
J. Sullivan, aged 10 ; James Tobln, aged
17 ; Michael Dempsey, Jr., aged 23, not
married ; Wm. Therchlnger, aged 45,
married and leaves a wife and children ;
Philander Clark, aged 60, also married
and leaves a wife and children.
The building was completely blown to
pieces and the debris scattered a great
distance. A small lake some distance
from the building, was literally strewn
with fragments from the explosion,
Two of the bodies were found in the
lake, one with the head and arms gone.
The report of the explosion was heard
all over the city, nearly every building
being shaken, and a number in the vi
cinity suffered from the effects in broken
windows, etc.
The Fruit Market.
There is much anxiety just now
among fruit men in regard to the "keep
ing" qualities of the winter varieties,
which form so large a share of the crop
everywhere. The prolonged drought, so
prevalent throughout the fruit region
this season, has induced all varieties to
ripen from two to three weeks in ad
vance of the regular season. A large
portion of the fall crop has already glut
ted the market, bringing the price in
many cases to 50 and even 25 cents per
barrel for good fruit. Winter sorts are
already dropping badly, and are so near-,
ly mature that it will be necessary to
pick many of them nearly a month ear
lier than has been the custom. Then
unless cold weather also comes prema
turely, very much of the winter's sup
ply must necessarily decay before the
season arrives at all. Thus it will be
seen that in spite of the abundant crop
good sound winter apples may yet com
mand high prices late in the season.
Great care in gathering, handling, and
cool housing, will therefore be of the ut
most importance. , .
A Death Trap.
Florence, N. J., Sept., 14-Charles
DeLancey, a respectable colored man of
Moorestown, Burlington county, took
passage on a late train at Camden on
Saturday night for bis home, intending
to get off at Riverton and walk the
rest of the way, a distance of five miles.
Falling asleep, he awoke at this place,
and started to walk to Burlington, six
miles distant. He had not proceeded
far however, before his foot caught In a
switch and he was unable to extricate it.
An eastbound train coming along pass
ed over the foot and ankle. The man
was picked up aud taken to Burlington,
where Dr. Gauntt amputated the limb
at the ankle. He cannot recover.
8uddon Death.
The Altoona Tritmno of the 15th Inst,
says: Yesterday morning Arthur C.
Devlan, a gentleman employed as in
spector In Mr. Strattan's office, died
very suddenly while engaged at his
work, For a long time he had been a
victim to the fell disease consumption,
and yesterday while sitting at his desk
had a hemorrhage which resulted fatally
in less than ten minutes. Mr. Devlan
lived with his wife at the corner of
Eighth avenue and Twelfth street, and
was one of the oldest employees of the
railroad company,
A Fine Building Torn Down by a Mob.
Milwaukee, Heptember 10. Last
night a mob of several hundred men
and boys made an attack upon the rink,
one of the largest and finest buildings of
its class in the country, and razed It to
the ground. The police did not inter
fere, and it was carted off piecemeal.
The city has had trouble in getting the
lessee to surrender his lease, in order
that an exhibition building might be
built on the ground, which is owned by
the city.
Gambling for a Life.
There was not much doubt in the
minds of the mob at Clinton, Dakota,
that Ben Day ought to be hanged. He
had committed the capital crime of steal
ing a horse; but he urged persistently
that he had only meant to borrow the
beast, and finally said, " If I was guilty
I'd want to be hanged ; and anyhow,
'tlsn't worth while to make much fuss
about it. Just toss up a dime, and if it
goes agin me, then I won't say a word ;
but if I win you're to let me go." The
proposition was accepted, and Day won.
Attempt to Blow up a Train.
London, September 13. A parcel
containing four pounds of dynamite
connected with a tube filled with pur
cusslon caps and gun powder, was
found under a rail on the London &
Northwestern line, sixteen miles from
the eastern London terminus this morn
ing. It is supposed the express train to
Scotland passed over the mined rail two
hours previous to discovery, but the
tube was shaken from the rail by the
motion of the passing train, otherwise it
failed to act. There is no clue to the per
petrators. Murdered by Convicts.
Cincinnati, Sept., 14. News from
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, states that
yesterday afternoon, Henry Meckaboo,
a guard for convicts working on Long's
contract, on the Big Sandy railroad, ten
miles east of Sterling, was found mur
dered in the woods, whither he had gone
with two convicts to cut poles. They
had fallen upon him with their axes
and he was literally cut to pieces. The
convicts escaped.
Effects of Fusions.
Elmiha, N. Y., Sept. 14. The Maine
election was celebrated here to-night by
the Democrats and Greenbackers.
Speakers of the respective parties claim
ed the honor of the victory. The result
was much ill feeling and great excite
ment. The speakers of both sides were
hissed and cheered alternately, the
Democrats finally retiring, and the
Greenbackers remaining in possession
of the field.
An Elephant Stops a Train.
One of Sells' elephants was being
transported over the O. and M., road in
a car next to the tender. Becoming
thirsty, the brute helped himself to
water, and compelled the train to stop
for a supply for the locomotive. The en
gineer remonstrated with a club, when
the elephant turned trunk and nearly
drowned him. Indianapolis Newt.
Served Her Right.
The trial of Homer Merry, on a charge
of theft, at Berdanvllle, Mo., resulted in
an acquittal, through the testimony of
his wife. After his discharge, however,
she parted from him, saying that she
had sworn falsely to save him from
prison, but that she would not live with
a thief. She has been Indicted for per
jury. Singular Accident.
New Albany, Ind., Sept. 14. At
seven o'clock this evening the front
wall of Peter Mann's flouring mill fell
outward with a crash, caused by the
great weight of wheat in the upper
story. Five thousand bushels of wheat
were thrown into the street. Three men
standing in front of the door at the
time escaped by running back Into the
building,
A Wife's Surprise,
George Halbeck, an estimable young
man of Erie, was found dead on the
door-step of his dwelling on Sunday
morning. He had been taken with a
hemorrhage and was only able to reach
his home. His young wife found hlra
when, alarmed at his absence, she start
ed to search for him.
Htouffeii who was arrested In Cham
bersburg, for shooting Robert Allison,
whom he caught stealing his potatoes,
was tried last week and acquitted. The
verdict seemed to be received with gen
eral approval.
Miscellaneous News Items.
t9 At Logansvllle, Wis., Henry Kaotr
mann married the girl whom Otto Rlggert
wanted. Otto went to the wedding with a
knife, and when tbe ceremony was over lie
stabbed tbe bridegroom three times.
tlTA Boston happy thought is to turn
the abundance of tbe apple crop to aooount
for the poor people of that city. Bags are
sent to farmers who will contribute, aud
the railroads give transportation free,
(7A huge mass of tbe Sbawnikan
Mouutaln, near Cook's Ferry, British Co
lumbla, was suddenly precipitated into the
channel of tbe Thompson river, completely
changing Its course and washing out thou
sands of fish.
tW Mr. James O. Hoe, a loading New
Yorker, has died from a peculiar cause.
Last June be became lame in oonsequence
of a misQttlng shoe, and gangrene sot In.
Tbe polsou entered bis blood and killed
blm.
tlT A wealthy man of Detroit, whose
wife and children were on tbe steamer Ma
rine City when it burned In Lake Huron,
and escaped with tholr lives, has given
$1,000 worth of gold and silver watches to
tbe oflloers aud crew.
tT Mr. Edward Hern, superintendent
of the plug department of Lorlllard's to
baooo factory, mourns tbe loss of an ex
ceptionally fine and valuable dog wblob
died In the factory last week. Tbe ani
mal was of tbe berg-hound speoles of Mont
St. Bernard dogs, wblob are very rare in
this country,
17 A remarkable woman, Mrs. Mary
Ann Dean, died lately In St. Louis. She
was 87 years old, and had been married 20
years. She was the mother of twenty-one
children, of whom there were three pairs of
twins, two sets of triplets, and four were
born at one blrtb. Ten of her children are
living.
t3T Tbe lynching of the brothers Gtler,
at Laurens, H. O., was conducted by tbe
brothers Workman, whose sister they had
maltreated. A mob of about fifty persons
took tbe Grlers from tbelr home, and tied
them to two trees. Then tbe Workman!
stepped forward with pistols and deliber
ately killed tbe offonders.
tar A shooting match for a beef was be
ing held at tbe farm-house of a Mr. Merid
ias, at Maxvtl1o,Qreene county, Ind., when
a young man by tbe name of Newton shot
a little girl who passed in front of bis aim,
a rifle ball penetrated her bowels, killing
her almost instantly. Young Newton is
almost crazed over tbe mishap.
tar Tbe evidence is conoluslve that
some brother uttered a profane oath in a
meeting of tbe Universal 1st church at
Reading, Pa., but it is not clear who he
was. There was a great deal of confusion
a charge of falsely counting tbe vote on
tbe resignation of tbe pastor having been
made, and tbe highly objectjonable words
were among tbe many ejaculations. An
investigation is to be held.
tW Jonathan Holt, proprietor of a nickel-plating
works in Reading, had beon
missing ever since Saturday. Ills wife
and children were on a visit at Lancaster,
and on Monday morning a young man ex
amined the premises, and on going through
tbe upper chambers he detected a terrible
stench. He searched for tbe cause, and in
the attio he found tbe dead body of Holt
hanging to the rafters.
tSyThe Rev. Father Krude and Zoe Al
lerd simultaneously disappeared from
Brown County, Wisoonsln. lie was a
respected Roman Catbolio pastor, and she
was an accomplished, lovable girl. Tbey
were traced to Covington, Ky., where
tbey were found keeping house in a pretty
little cottage. They bad told tbe neigh
bors that they were married, but to tbelr
friends from Wisconsin tbe priest declared
that be bad simply taken Miss Zoe away
from home for religious instruction.
tW A Berlin, Wisconsin, youth attend
ing tbe State turnfest got " mashed" on
an Osbkosh girl and invited ber to a ride.
Tbe fare would be six dollars which the
Berliner did not have ; and after eDjoying
tbe ride for awhile tbe hack was ordered to
stop for cigars, when tbe simple youth dia
appeared through a back door and made a
straight out for home. Tbe rage of the
backman and the chagrin and embarrass
ment of tbe girl were too much to be de
scribed.
fcAo appalling act of cruelty is report
ed from Pontremoli, Italy. A female lay
servant in tbe employ of tbe Carmelite
nuns was found stealing some bread be-
longing to the sisterhood, and was senten-
ced by a tribunal composed of the abbess
and two nuns to undergo the torments
of purgatory." Having conveyed ber to a
oell In which was an Iron stove heated red
hot, they tied her bands tightly together
behind her back, held her face down farsev
eral minutes olose to tbe surface rf the
glowing metal until her scorched eyes bad
lost tbelr sight forever and her whole face
was oonverted Into one huge blister. , Bo
profound was the horror generated through
out the sisterhood that its perpetrators,
despite conventual discipline, were de
nounced by several membors of tbe com
munity to the local authorities, who, after
instituting a searoblng Inquiry Into tbe
olroumstanons of tbe case, have consigned
the abbess and hor confederate tormentors
to prison, where tbey are now awaiting
their trial.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wasiumotoh, D. C, September 15, 1880.
. it Is now held by Republicans here, who have .
got over the shock of defeat in Maine, that the
apparent victory there Is only a repetition of
the result of last year, and that the lsiuos
Involved were substantially the same as last
year not National, but Blato. They therefore
claim the same majority fur November next as
they bad In November, 1870, or, rather, they
say the election of Monday was not an Indica
tion of any change In November. Democrats
here da not kecept this view, but are rejoicing
freely. The later returns show almost Identic
ally the same proportion of voles throughout
the Btate for tha Republican party and the
opposition, as last year, and the same geo
graphical distribution of the votes, aud tbe
Increase of votes Is about equally divided.
If any one has ever had condilonce In what
Is known at the " National Committee of the
National Greenback Labor Party," with head
quarters In this city, he should at once revise
hit convictions. The Committee has issued an
address, referring to tbe rosults Malr.e,
which Indicate almost lnconvelvable Idiocy.
If Its length did not forbid, I would Incorporate
It in this letter as a cariosity, from It the
reader It to infer that In November the Repub
lican and Democratic parties are to disappear,
and the triumphant Greenbackers to enter
upon a thousand years of rule In this country.
If tbe Greenbackers have a man of common
sense In their party he should be tent here to
take charge of "head qnartors."
There was a Cabinet meeting yesterday a
small one. My own opinion Is that the Re
publican party would lose no votes If all its
officials, Including such able men as Evarte
and Sherman, should remain ttrlctly at their
posts daring tbe campaign. However much
their participation In the canvass may be
sanctioned by precedent, I don't believe the
practice Is profitable to any party, or will ever
ba. Under this administration, whose head
has certainly Implied disapproval of Intoler
ance In political contests, the course of high
officials is, I think, peculiarly unfortunate.
Perhaps something of the Mains disaster Is
due to public reprobation of the administra
tion's coarse. ,
In the different departments to-day there
was dissatisfaction among the clerks abont
what Maine did yesterday. They looked bias,
and said they felt blue. Nearly all, however,
held out for the full rcturnt. They did not
believe that tbe State of Maine bad gone
against the Republican party, and asserted
loudly that tbey would not until the official
figures wsre before tholr eyes. Notwithstand
ing this statement on their part, It was evident
that they were hoping against hope. A rumor
got abroad In the Treasury yesterday afternoon
that a despatch bad been received at Republi
can head quarters, or by Secretary Sherman
slating positively that Davis, Republican, bad
been elected Governor by 1,200 majority...
Many clerks got bold of this report and be
lieved It, and refused to be told anything ,else,
Inquiry at Republican bead quarters and with
the Secretary himself brought out tbe fact that
no such despatch had been received. Bnt the
clerks won't believe it.
Ouvs.
Eighty-Five Dollars Loth
" You do not tell me that your hns
band is up and about again, and entire
ly cured by so simple a medicine as
Parker's Ginger Tonic ?" " Yes.indeed,
I do," said Mrs. Benjamin to her enquir
ing neighbor," and that too when we
had foolishly paid eighty-five dollars in
doctor's bills and prescriptions, and after
he had been given up by his physicians
to die. Now my husband feels as well
as ever, entirely cured by thla excellent
Tonic." And many a sick man might
be well In a week If they would only
try it. 87 In
t"3T A most righteous judgment award
ed Dr. Lindsey for the wonderful cures
prformed by his " Blood Searcher."
Sold by all druggists.
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pound. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pink
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