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Theatrical Innovations.

In conversation with a reporter of the
New York Graphic, Mr.. Steele Mackaye,
author and actor, gave some interesting
information in regard to tho innovations
which will be introduced in the new and
elegant theatre which is to be erected for
him in that city by the opening of the
next dramatic season. The theatre is to
be provided with an elevated orchestra,
and double stage will develop an entire
ly new idea in its principles of working.
But the most notable feature will be the
introduction of what is called the ''invisi-
bic chair" which Mr.. Mackaye says has
already been patented. It is claimed that
when the spectators, at the conclusion of
the performance, arise to 90, they can
cause the chairs they have occupied to dis
appear by touching simple spring. The
work can be accomplished with extraor-
dinary rapidity, and will. it is believed, be
one of the leading novelties of the day.
It is said that Mr.. MackaSe has the back
ing of 81, 600, 900 and Mr.. J. H. Haverly,
the successful theatre manager, in his
new enterprise.
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FIXING The DATE.
The Final Adjournment Question In
Leg1slature.

The Final Adjournment Question In the
Legislsture.
After long discussion the state Senate
passed All amendment to a resolution
offered about two months ago, for final
adjournment On the 5th of May, extending
the time to the Goth, afterwards changed
to the 10th prox. by common consent. The
Democrats who voted. all supported the
late date date except Mr.. Cochran. They
were reinforced by Davis, Emery, Ever.
hart, Kaufman, Lee, Seamons, Sill, Stew.
art and Thomas, boiling Republicans dur
ing the recent senatorial contest, and Nc
Knight and Grier, regulars. All the
Philadelphians except Gordon voted
against the amendment, and subsequently
supported a proposition to adjourn on the
18th of May. Mcknight and Greer also
favored this change, but Smiley, who had
voted against the late day fixed for ad.
journment, voted against the motion to
adjourn on the 18th of May and defeated
it. The adjournment resolution was
promptly sent in a message to the House,
which will probably concur in the action oi
the Senate.
The OIL Pipe Line.
In the House at Harrisburg yesterday
the free pipe bill was taken up on third
reading, the House being in committee Ol
the whole. The discussion of the measure
was resumed and the whole argument fol
and against it was gone over again. The
discussion continued after the committee
had reported. At length there was mum
erous cries for the question and a vote was
taken ON final passage. The bill was then
passed finally by the following vote
YEAs.-Messrs. Baldwin, Bell, Benedict,
Bierly, Billingsley, Boyce, Boyle, Braham,
Brant, Britton, Brown H. R., Brown
Isaac B., Brown j. L., Bruner, Butter.
more, Caldwell, Campbell Wm., Cassidy,
Colborn, Coolbaugh, Derickson, DonohOe
VIM, Edwards, Elliot, Ellis, Emery. Erd.
man, Ewes, Fenlon, Finn Wm., Flynn,
James, French, Fry, Furth, Graham,
Hackett, Hall, Hamm, Hardison, Hayes,
Hazlett, Hierlihy, Higgins, Hill, Hoyer,
Hulings, Hungerford, Jamison, Kline,
Lockwood, Long, Lorah, Lowing, Mans
McCachran, McClarran, McGifin, Nc
gomery, Moore, Morrison Ellis, Morrison
Nesbit. Newbaker. Niles, Noble, O'Nei
JONI, IarKnlIl, Tedrce, Eerry, TOmefOv,
Potts, Provins, Rhoads, Riegel, Roberts,
Robinson, Scanlan, Seidel Charles A.,
Seiger, Slack. Spence, Stees, Stoler,
Stubbs, Taylor. Thompson Lee, Tyler.
Voestly, Wagner, Welsh, Westfall,
White, Woodruff and Zerne-11O.
NAYs-Massrs. Ackerman, Blackford,
Courtney, Deveney, Devereux, Eshleman'
Gentner, Harvey, Hoofnagle, Kneass, La
Touche, Lerch, MacReynolds, Marshall H
c., McCloskey, Mcdowell, Mitchell, Neb
niger, O'Neill Patrick, Patterson, Peoples
Peterson, Phillips, Symington, Pollock,
Reynolds John A., Rice, Ringgold, Ruddi
man, Schlichter, ScholI, Seely, Server
Snyder, Souder, Taggart, Town, Wander
slice, Wonsidier and Hewitt, speaker-40
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would now have to impose heavier sen-
teDces.s
s JOselh Buzzard was the next man
broug up. He is the youngest Of the
family. hoe baying yet reached his twenty
first ~. He has already served Is
months for larceny, and yesterday he was
convicted Of rObbing Resa Sweigert's out
house near Ephrata. His sentence was
four years at hard labor in the county
prison. -. .. .F.y ..t.,-5
Diller Clark, who was convicted with
Joe Buzzarsl for robbing Sweigert's house,
was sentenced to four years also.
The sentences Of VIM. Weider aud
Isaac Buzzard were postponed for short
time. They have also been convicted of
burglaries.
All of these men were arrested at one
time aud are said to be members Of one
band.
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Mortgaged His isody.

A strange deed of mortgage was put
upon record in the registers Office al
Charlotte, N. c.. last week. According
to the terms of this mortgage Charles
Didenover, an Intelligent but eimpecuni.
Gus man, conveys himself and all right
and title to himself to another, to have and
to hold forever, to secure q debt he
owes the mortgager. The deed was
duly witnessed, signed and sealed. Diden-
over is a married man, and, therefore,
under the laws of North Carolina, before
a man can convey any real estate his wife
bas to give her signature thereto, acknowl-
edging before notary public or magis-
trate, although it is doubtful if the OBJ
ject in this case has character of pro-
perty. Didenover's wife valves all of
her rights, titles and claims to him in
favor of the mortgager, and signed the
deed of conveyance and acknowledged the
same with all due form before magis-
trate.
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motive threw her off the track, breaking
her leg above tho ankle and internally u.
jured her. The limb was amputated.
Previous to her attempt self destruction
she attempted to kill . child while its
parents were at church.
In Chicago, yesterday, a mortgage deed,
executed by the Pennsylvania company
for $2O, ,OOO. 600, was temporarily lost. Mr..
Gilbert, a Pittsburg lawyer. went to Chi.
cagO on business connected with the mort
gage, and while in the wash room Of the
Grand Pacific hotel, accidentally dropped
the document from his pocket. It was
swept up with the waste paper, thrown
into an alley near the hotel, and found by
a rag picker, from whom it was recovered.
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What Does it MeanI

The spectacle in the Senate Of admin
istration senators clogging the wheels of
government by refusing to 60 into exec
utive session to confirm their president s
nominations, while the Democratic SEN
ators are anxious to do SO, is certainly a
very strange one. If the Republican
party is content with the exhibition the
Democratic need not be disturbed. The
reason given for this action is not sufli-
cient, even under the Republican view :;
for wherefore in good sense should the
Senate not consider the presidents nomi-
nations because the Democratic senators
will not first consent to a change
in the. Senate's subordinate officers |?
There is no pressure thus brought upon
the Democrats to give their consent,
since it is not their funeral'' that is
going on, nor their party loss that &C
crues. The officers to be confirmed are
all Republicans, and if their party lead
ers are not desirous of their confirmation
no harm is done in a party way to the
Democrats. 1t is only as citizens that
they suffer from the damage done to the
transaction of the public business /; and
this hurt is shared equally by their
Republican colleagues. They are not
the keepers of the 'consciences of their
Republican fellows but only of their
own and they acquit themselves fully
of their duty when they show their read
iness to officer the departments of the |
It seems very silly for the
senators to endeavor to CO.
,rce their Democratic brethren to con-
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
News from StraSburgS

The regular monthly meeting of the
Strasburg temperance alliance was held in
the Presbyterian church Of that place Oh
Monday evening, the president, Mr..
Jacob Bachman filling the chair. The
meeting was opened with prayer by the
Rev. l. j. Stringer, after which piece of
music was sung by the choir. The min
utes of tho last meeting were read and ap-
proved. The executive committee re-
ported having procured a number of
music books, which any person could pur-
chase Of them for the sum of
ten cents apiece. Mr.. J. N. Good
man then delivered an address on
''Beer Clubs, and how they are conducted.
In his address the gentleman gave q de-
scription of tho formation of these clubs.
the amount of beer drank and money ex-
pended each Sunday. A piece of music
was then sung by the choir. Rev. I. j.
Stringer then read paper, which he had
prepared for the meeting, entitled 'Tem-
perance, or the truth told" Music by the
choir. Debate was then in order, on the
Lands bill. 1t was opened on the affirma-
tive by Mr.. Z. G. Musselman, followed
by Rev. E. S. Heany on the negative.
Music by the choir. After which the
meeting closed to meet on the second
Tuesday evening in next month.
Little Agnes, the six-year- old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Carpenter, has died
after short illness. She first had the
measles and afterwards took pneumonia
from the effects of which she died.
The work of improvement still continues
in Strasburg. A number of citizens in
different parts of the borough are putting
down new bO3fdWalks which were needed
very badly, as in some places walking is
especially after night.
We had quite heavy frost Monday
night, which was not very good for the
carly gardens. A number of our towns
men were very busily engaged making
garden during the past week.
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PERSONAL.

Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS has declined the
professorship at Harvard college.
Tho disappointed Philadelphia manager
sues ANNA DICKINSON for $500 damages
by reason of her failure to act male part.
M. P. O'CoNNoR, congressman from the
Second district of South Carolina, is dan
gerously il! at his residence in Charles
ton.
Mr.. JOHN WANAMAKER, who has been
sojourning in Florida for the past six
weeks for the purpose Of improving his
health, which was impaired by a severe
attack Of rheumatism, is expected to re.
turn home within the next ten days.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion HIGBEE, during short social visit to
this city yesterday aud to-day, visited the
new school house ON Lemon street and the
boys high school, and met quite number
of directors. He was favorably impressed
with the Lancaster school system.
BY the recent death of the widow of
DR.. William Browne, in Lexington, KY,
property amounting to 100000 goes, in
compliance with the will of her deceased
husband to the Right Rev. J. 1. Keane,
Catholic bishop of the diocese of Rich
mond.
London mourns the death of Mrs. BUX-
TON, one of the pleasantest of society nov
elists aud an exceedingly amirable lady.
She made her name by a novel which bore
the title Of "Jenny of the Princess" A
succeeding work of fiction, was called
"Nell, on and off the stage"
They are talking seriously, out in Ohio,
about running HAYES for the governorship
upon a straight-out Temperance ticket.
Four years of cold water in the White
House serve to recommend him, and the
Mrs Rutherford B. Hayes Temperance So
ciety has passed quantities of flattering
resolutions which would look we'll upon
transparcncies.
WHITELAw REID will retire permanent
ly from tho Tribune on the 1st of May and
be succeeded by John Hay ex-assistant Sc
cretary of state. Reid goes to Europe
right after his marriage this month with
the daughter of D. o. Mills, but will pro-
badly not accept the Berlin mission. He
will come back in the fall to 60 into poll
tics. Hay will have control of the Tribune
by contract for at least four years.
Gen. MALONE has two sons and one
daughter, all old enough to take their
places in society at Washington. His
wife is very accomplished lady and the
exact contrast physically to her husband.
She weighs over 200 pounds, and is said to
have possessed remarkable personal beauty
in her day. Next to Alex. Stephens. Gen.
Malone is the smallest man that has ever
been in Congress.
The very Rev. WM. BYRNE, vicar-gen-
eral of the diocese of Boston, distin-
guished scholar and a gentleman of great
financial ability, has been elected by Car
dinal McCloskey and other eminent prel-
ates in council in New York during the
past few days to the presidency of Mt. St.
Mary's college, and will enter upon the
discharge of his duties upon the 1st of
May. It is confidently believed now that
settlement of all the difficulties of the
college will be made by or before the 1st
of September ncxt.
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The typhus fever is increasing in New
York. Sixty-eight new cases and twenty
deaths were reported last week. There
were 121 smallpox and 103 typhus pa
tients in the hospital in New York yester-
day.
A peculiar disease has appeared among
the street car horses in Chicago. 1t be-
gins with ga swelling just below the fet-
lock, which, after a little while, testers
and becomes discharging sore." II
skillfully treated in the beginning, the
disease yields slowly, but if neglected,
blood poisoning sets in, followed by death.
slush during the long winter just past.
275 car horses were affected yesterday,
and the disease was spreading to the
stables of express companies and private
persons,
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O'iSRlEN,S CIRCUS.

'TAesr 1rosbSss ~ Mouns So5-lsig Audience.
"Ths Grand Circus Royal English Me-
nageria combined with Astley's Museum
and Aquarium is the high sounding title
of circus which exhibited in the town of
Mount Joy lasS evening. This show was
started from Philadelphia and it is run by
John O'Brien. well-knOwn but unfOrtu-
nate circus man, who has several times
broken up and he is not particularly fond
of havin. his name on the bills. The
show appeared in West Chester ON Monday
and did not arrive in Mount Joy yesterday
until9it was too late to give street
parade or an afternoon exhibition.
In the evening the tent was
crowded, there. being between 5000 and
$500 people present. The mcnagerie Is
small, there being but ten or twelve cages
of animals. A feature Of this department
was " Empress, said to be the largest
and oldest elephant in this country. The
best performance in the ring was by Alex
Scarbcr AMI Miss MOllie Brown, two we'll
known riders, who wcro here with Batch
ellcr & Doris, season before last. There
were other good features and some which
were bad. The usual number Of barkers,
who follow small shows, we're on hand and
piled their trades successfully.
Iscplev10 Su1t L Or Cars.
W. G. Allison & Co., of Philadelphia,
recently constructed five circus cars for
O'Bricp. They were taken away from the
shop late ON Saturday night, when the firm
received check for the amount. On Mon
day they went to the bank to draw the
money when they found that there was
none therc. They then followed the show
to West Chester, but were unable to catch
it. Coming to this city they had a reple-
vim issued. 1t was placed in the hands of
Sheriff Stline who went to Mount Joy last
evening and served it on OBrien. The
manager refused to give bonds for the
cars which were seized by the sheriff and
handed over to- the plaintiffs. This morn
ing the circus men secured five cars from
the p. II. X. company and at a late hour
they lett for Milton where they exhibit to-
day.
O'Bricn it will be remembered managed
the Batcheller Il Dcrris's show for several
years, and he has with him this season
many Of the attractions formerly with that
one whose managers arc now running a
circus Of their own.
Miss Mollie Brown, the principal lady
rider with O'Brien's, passed through this
city this morning at 8 O'Clock. on her way
from Mount Joy to Philadelphia, she hav-
ing left the show.
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Tire H0HIOG n ueaum.

The museum of wonders and of meritO-
riOus musical attraction ON exhibition
every afternoon and evening in Fulton
hall continues to draw large and much
delighted audiences. People who want
their children to see the show and to
avoid the crowd at nights should take ad-
vantage of the afternoon matinees. The
display of wonders and the programme of
exercises is spoken of in the highest terms
by our most intelligent citizens who have
been there.
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Found Baul,

Yesterday afternoon Brice Painter, who
is charged with burning the barn of Jacob
Betz, was taken before Judge Patterson,
when he furnished bail for court in the
sum Of 81, 600. Mrs. Maggie Franklin and
Isaac Quigley are his sureties.
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STATE ITEMS.

At Norristown yesterday Judge Ross
held E. II. johnson for further hearing
on the charge of being an accessory to the
Clugston murder at Valley Forge on March
18th. A reward of 81, 900 will be paid by
the Montgomery county commissioners
for the arrest and conviction of the mur-
derer.
The boilcrmakers in Pittsburgh, mum.
bering about 500, struck for an agreement
for one year at the present wages. The
contest between them and the employers
is for fixed rate. A general strike of
platform laborers is reported at all the rail-
road depots in Louisville. The carpenters'
strike in Cincinnati is reported to be ex-
tending. "a
Police Officer Samuel Hoffman shot and
instantly killed young man named John
Siedehl in McKeesport, under the impress
sion that Siedehl was burglar. The off,
Ger states that the young man was acting
suspiciously, and when asked his name re-
piled, "None of your business" and at
the same time placed his hand in his
pocket, as though to draw a weapon,
whereupon Hoffman fired.
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Rt: Rev. James F. Shanahan, bishop of
the diocese, visited this city yesterday
with the purpose Of further discussing
plans for the projected Catholic academy
and asylum Of st. M&y's parish. At a
consultation with gentlemen Of the con-
gregatiOn there were NO additional steps
taken in the matter, but an adjournment
was had to Sunday night next. The bishop
left last evening and spen. the night at
Mount JOY.
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able in the daily newspaper. than the
monthly periodical and if our readers
seem to enjoy this one they shall have
more.
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a Larxe Eunaral.

The body Of Mrs. Andrew g. Frey, of
this city, nee Stauffer, of Salunga, was
inferred at the old Mennonite nesting
house grave yard in Landisville, and tho
funeral was one Of the largest ever seen
in that section, many friends Of the de-
ceased from this city attending the obse-
quies.
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LanCdsterB D MIcrO3COP1C3l 5OCH0tys
A monthly conference of the Lancaster
MicroscOpical society was held last even
ing, and very valuable and interesting
paper prepared by Prof. s. s. Rathvon, ON
the CIc0da, popularity known (but falssly)
as the II year locust, was read. Many in
teresting and very instructive facts were
elected. After the lecture an exhibition
of micrOscopical objects was made by the
members OF the society present. Next
month the society propose to excel all
previous efforts in the way Of a fine dis
play.
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MINOR TOPICS.
A CHICAGO bank president bought :
brass brick for gold.

| MINOR TOPICS.
A CHICAGO bank president bought :
brass brick for gold.
A BOsTON man has carried one leather
pocketbook AZ years, and still uses it.
THERE is no foundation for the report
that the 101st call for bonds (twenty five
millions in five per cents), issued by Sec
retary Sherman, will be revoked by Secrc
tary Window.
THE Examiner says that when it told
the truth for once-it expected to be
paid so cents for it Its expectation was
gratuitous aud unwarranted, but if it can.
not be induced to tell the truth-for once
for other consideration those who love
to read the truth will find it in the INTEL.
| LIGENCER for ten cents week.
COLONEL GEORGE E. WAR1Nc, jr., has
published an article on the sewers of New
York, in which he advances the doctrine
that the flushing of the city by two great
rivers is rather disadvantage than other
wise. He says only very small proper
tion of the solids discharged from the sew
ers ever clear the harbor and bay. He
says the air is poisoned by the emanations
of the sewerage,
MIR. WENDELL PHILLIPS has filed a pro-
test to the governor and council of Massa-
chusetts against the execution Of Stearns
X. Abbott, convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Crue. Mr.. Phillips contends that
even admitting that Abbott killed Mrs.
Crue, there is no evidence showing that he
did it with premeditation or malice afore-
thought. The date for Abbott execution
is Friday next, and MI. Phillips in ending
his protest says: 81 do not care to enlarge
on tho motive which, I think, impels the
executive to commit this crime, which, in
my view, makes the act murder in the
strictest sense of tho law"
We begin to-day the publication of a
serial story, translated from the German,
for the INTELLLGENcER, by an
lady of this city, whose
clear style and entire competency for the
work are fully attested by her work. It
will run through some dozen chapters and
as many numbers of the DAILY INrELL1-
the publication of the parts oc-
curing At intervals. We know our
readers will follow the interesting mar
,ative with interest in the plot of the !
luthor as well as the style of translator. !
There is no reason why continued stories
# merit should not be even more accept.
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Nothing Like 1t.

Col umbia Herald.
Nothing like good feeling. The Erami-
ner says, "The INTELLIGENCER is the best
newspaper in the city. Delivered to sub
scribers at 10 cents a week."
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THERE is no foundation for the report
that the 101st call for bonds twenty-five
millions in five per ccnts), issued by Sec
retary Sherman, will be revoked by Secrc
tary Window.