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STATE ITEMS.

EastOn not having taken to the proposed
wadding factory Allentown will he called
upon.
1t is rumored that the Lake Erie rail-
road is to be run up the MonOngahela into
the coke fields.
David Meyer, 4 prominent citizen of
Coplay, Lehigh county, was thrown from
his carriage at Q o'clock yesterday and
died shortly aftcrward.
Samuel JamisoD, 4 young man who for
merly lived in Norristown, was killed at
Dallas, Texas, some time ago by being
shot through the lungs. He was son OF
the late Robert Jamison.
Rev. Samuel Durborow, some years ago
rector of the Episcopal church in Ph@nix-
vile, has married 2, 154 couples for which
he received about $4,000 in fees. IIe re-
sides in Philadelphia, and is a city mission
ary.
Samuel Anderson, of West Deer town.
ship, Allegheny county, was struck by
lightning and killed instantly, tho flash
descending through tho chimney of the
house and striking him on tho left
breast.
Governor Hoyt has appointed James f.
Roderick, of Luzcrnc county, inspector of
anthracite coal miues for tho district COM
posed of that part of Luzcrne county lying
south of the Wyoming coal field, together
with Carbon county for the term of five
years.
Rev. Michael Aloysius Ryan, pastor Of
the Catholic church of St. Canicus, at Ma
hanoyCity, died suddenly yesterday at St.
Joseph's hospital, in Philadelphia, of
iatty degeneration of the heart. Rev.
Father Ryan, with number of other
priests, had been making a retreat at the
theological seminary of st. Charles Bor-
romeo.
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LATEST NEWS BY MALL.

Ex-Governor Baxter, of Arkansas, has
been thrown from his buggy ut BatcsviI'c,
and is believed to be fatally injured.
The White Star steamer Britannia has
been rescued from her perilous position Oh
the coast Of Ireland, where she grounded
y few days since.
John Conroy while washing windows in
the eighth story of the Palmer house, in
Chicago, fell to the ground, striking on an
open shutter in the second story in his
descent, and died soon after.
At Buffalo Hiram Williams, captain of
the canal boat Culver, in an alteration
with Joseph w. Coleman, steersman OF
the canal boat Howard II. Baker, was
knocked from the tow-path into the canal
and drowned. Coleman cscapad.
The large feeding barns Of J. Fernich,
near the Buffalo stock yards, containing
about 800 head of cattle, were burned
yesterday. Nearly One-half Of the stock
perished. Probably insured. Tho cause
of the fire is unknown.
Moses Adams, colored, was suifo:ated
by fire-damp while cleaning out an old
we'll at Dallas, Texas. Another colorcd
man, who went down after him, was
pulled out in an insensible condition and
is not expected to live.
The flooring in one of the large cham
bcrs in tho barracks on tho Boulevard La-
tur Maubourg, in Paris, fell, and about
ono hundred soldiers were precipitated
into the room beneath. Twenty were in.
jurcd, eight seriously.
In San Francisco, Gen. J. w. Cash
weller, tho stock and mining operator. has
filed u petition Of insolvency. His liabi!-
tiles amount to $4,000, and his assets
$213,O in personal property and some
real estate, the value of which is not
stated.
In Wilmington, DEL, the board OF
health decided to request and instruct all
churches, Sunday-schools and other organ
izations to hold no more meetings until
further notice. owing to the alarming
spread of tho smallpox, and to advise
that no moro excursions, &C., 10 held.
Peter Licbach. whose wife was burned
to death about six weeks ago, left Jersey
City yesterday, taking with him his house,
hold effects, but leaving his son aged five
years standing in the street, after telling
the child he could do nothing for him.
Liebach is supposed to have gone to New
York. The police are looking for him.
An adjourned m eeting of the creditors
of Mrs. Howe, ex-president of the defunct
"Women's Bank, :" was held yesterday in
the probate court at Boston. Mr. Russ,
the assignee, stated that the claims would
amount to $500, 900 or more, and he has
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Police Cases.

The mayor had three Cases brought to
his attention this morning. One OF them,
4 sick woman, was sent to the hospital
another, q drunken and disOrderly man,
was sent to Jail for twenty days, and u
third, Il drunken man, was discharged.
Patrick Eagan and Joanna, his wife, and
Patrick Kelly and Mary, his wife, to the
county Jail for ten days each for drunken
and disOrdcrly conduct.
Alderman Samson gave i hearing to
two boys of respectable parentage, resid-
ing in Mannheim township, charged with
nest of 4 setting turkey. The boys were
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ISittOn DY n dog.

Katie Baker, = little girl residing with
her parents on Church street, was sent
yesterday with Il basket containing din
her for her father, who was working on
Manor street. While walking on West
Vine street she was attacked by four or
five dogs, one of which bit her severely in
the arm, and her clothing was also torn
by the other dogs before they could be
driven off. Mr.. Baker brought suit
against Mrs. Laverty, the supposed owner
Of the dogs, but the suit was dismissed by
Alderman Spurrier, it appearing that the
accused did not own them. The dogs
should bc shot and the owner punished.
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HOW IT ENDED.
The Governors Daughter who Married
the COachman,

The Governors Daughter who Married
the COachman,
What a terrible bobbibus was kicked up
in OK Governor Hubbards's aristocratil
family of Connecticut, two or three years
ago, when his pretty and accomplished
daughter, Nellie, married his coachman,
Fred. Shephard. Well Nellie, Instead Of
getting tired of her bargain, and her hus.
band proving unworthy of her, and all
that, as the fashionable Mrs. Grundy had
predicted, matters have gone on swim.
mingly Sheppard, of course, was barred
the doors of the brown stone mansion, but
he didn't take that to heart, but went ia
work like little man in retail boot and
shoe house. After awhile rich old
uncle, who admired Fred's pluck, set him
up in partnership with a well-establish-
ed livery man in Middletown. Conn.,,
where he is now, a prosperous man Of
business, Of good habits, and liked by
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Meeting Of tho Empire.

The Empire fire company held Il meet
ing last evening for the purpose of com
plotting arrangements for their trip to
Reading.
All arrangements for accommodations in
that city have been made.
1t was decided to get a shield for the
shirts of the members. 1t will be nf blue
flannel and will have in the centre an old
English e." made Of gold bullion. The
buttons will be gilt with tho letters " +.
ID" npOn them. A white duck fatigue
cap was also adopted.
A resolution was passed, inviting tho
chief and assistant engineers of the fire ,le-
partmcnt to accompany the Empire.
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a Convenient Mail BOX.

Some time ago we noticed that new
mail box had been placed in the =. II. II.
depot. This box is very convenient for
persons who desire to mai! letters at night,
which are to go away on the trains. The
box is opened by the agents on tho mail
trains several times during tho day and
night, and persons can deposit letters there
closed. No mail matter for persons in this
city is to be placed in this box.
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MILLER AND LAPHANI.
Preparations Tor the Birth Of u RldlculOu
Mouse.

Preparations Tor the Birth Of u Ridiculous
Mousse.
A caucus of the Republican members of
the New York Legislature was held last
evening, Is senators and so assemblymen
being present. A letter was read from
Chauncey NJ. Depew, declining to continue
as candidate for U.S.scnatOr. After some
ballotins, the caucus nominated Warren
Miller for U. s. senator for the long term
and i. G. Lapham for U. s. senator for
the short term. The nominations wers
made unanimous, and the caucus adjourn
ed. 4 conference Of the Conklingites was
also held, ut which, it is said, those present
decided to support COnkling and Crowley
for senators.
Lapllam is congressman who thinks
he looks like Daniel Webster, and Miller
is u young paper maker who has a bar'l.
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LITTLE LOCALS.


Hero and Th0r0 and Everywhere.
The Marietta hollOwarc works have been
closed during the past week for repairs.
Bass q foot and half long are being
caught in the TulpehOcken.
John Shof, of Red Hill, Mart;c town.
ship, aged 20, has died from exposure OF
the sun.
The Vesta furnace, Marietta, which was
out Of blast for several days, has resumed
operations.
The New Holland harvest home cx
cursion to Atlantic City comes off on
August 10.
Aug. Webel's wO-ycar-Old son, in YOik k.
has died from strangulatiOn in u severe
spell of whOOping cough.
The families of Messrs. s. s. Spencer,
}. l.. McCaskey and others who summer
at the seaside are in their cottages.
MIR. and Mrs. Benz. kessler, of Bowmans-
vile, ana MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Baxtresser,
Ellzabethtown, have recently celebrated
their golden wedding,
George Rettew, Of Marietta, who was
overcome by the heat while working in
the harvest field on Wednesday,, has been
lying in very critical condition ever
since.
The change of time for the Safe Iarbor
mail was not made to suit the contractor,
Charles Denues, esq, but lie is rs anxious
as anybody to have it changed back to the
old and more convenient schedule.
There was Emusic ON the water last
evening between Winners Bridge and
Rocky Springs. Several boating parties
were out for good time, and ono had
the soft strains of whose instruments were
fnY dSctn s,ppI I.Nuys ING.
creek.
Lewis Sanders, of KutztOwn, Berks
county, fell from 4 cherry tree forty feet TO
solid ground, and in his fall struck heavy
limb with his abdomen, rupturing several
blood vessels and tearing the kidney and
liver out Of their positions, giving the
young man terrible and cxcruciating pain
from which he soon died.
Owing to blundcr in the make up OF
the Harrisburg P,triot that paper is made
to say that Mrs. Carlyle received the fol-
lowing delicious lines" from Leigh
Hunt: "George Miller, residing ON East
street, yesterday got hold of bottle
which he thought contained patent medi
cine and swallowed large dose Of it, &c. "
About sS5,OOO of tho bonds Of the Bal
timore & Delta railway company have
been sold, with the prospect of tho balance
of the $4,000 desired to be sold going
off rapidly. President Walters and Sec
rotary Boyd have gone to New York to
see about the purchase Of rails and rolling
stock.
On Thursday night !. small dark brown
mare and light top buggy (silver p!ated),
were stolen from Samuel G.. Martin near
Milton Grove The team was tracked next
morning to Springville. The mare has sore
from tho harness on the back, and one on
the right side Of tho breast, and small
Jumps over the body from bad blood.
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Rr0ka Hla Arm

The Marshalltown, Iowa, Times of July
9Th has the following note of an accident
to a former apprentice of the INTELLIGEN-
GER office and son of John Weidel of the
p. II. Il. depot this city.
MIR. A. b. Weidel was thrown from
his mule yesterday afternoon and sustain
ed a fracture of his left arm. DIR. Getz is
attending him and set the broken arm.
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Railroad News.

For several days the engineer corps Of
the Pennsy ylv:,ni;s railroad has been en-
gagged in locating tho southern terminus Of
the PhGnixville branch. According to
their present plans connection will be
made with the main line q few hundred
yards east of Frazer station.
On Thursday the work Of grading for
the fourth track was commenced west Of
Villa Nova, on the Pennsylvania railroad.
The work, As it is now being carried on,
extends almost continuously from Villa
Nova to Overlook, and before long there
will be fourth track completed from
Philadelphia tO Frazer.
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Pleasuring ON the PeninsuIa.

On Thursday evening, Messrs. Il. Baum
gardner, Geo. NJ. Franklin, esq. of this
city, and the railroad officials with them,
reached Ocean City, after tine experience
Of shcepshead fishing at Breakwater,
where Mr.. Il. took the first fish, a fivo
FOUNDER. The points Of interest on the
route have been visited and sightseeing,
pleasant company and good weather have
contributed to y delightful experience.
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Losses by Fire.

Tencyck & Laughlin's axe works, near
COhOes, were burned. Loss, $4,000.
The saw mill of Allison, White & Co.,
at West Point, Va. was struck by light
ming and totally destroyed. Loss, $50, 900 !;
no insurance.
The wholesale fruit house of Walker &
Parsmore. ut Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was
burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance, 80,
600.
The old chemical works ut St. Joseph
Dc Lewis, Quebec, were destroyed by fire.
Large fires are raging in the parishes of
St. Henry Dc Lewis and st. Jean ChrysOs-
tome, in the woods near the IntcrcOlonial
railway.
The tivc-story brick building OH Broad
way, Toledo, Ohio, occupied as a tobacco
factory by w. 5. sherwood & Sons.
caught fire from some unknown cause and
was totally destroyed. Loss about $50, 600;
partially insured:
The English bark Beatrice, laden with
naphtha and petroleum. and consigned to
ROuen, France, was struck by lightning OH
Thursday evening, when off Reedy Point.
An explosion instantly followed and tho
vessel was on fire shortly afterwards, from
stem to stern. All the crow, except i
Scandinavian, who was drowned, were
saved. The pilot, captain, mate and two
of tho crew were badly injured. The pilot,
when rescued, was clingnS to i rope hang
ing from the ships side. The loss on ship
and cargo is estimated 1T $4,000.
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everybody. His wife drives her phacton,
is prettier than ever, and Of most cxem-
plary department. She moves in good
society, has money to enjoy herself with
her baby at fashionable watering places
this summer. and all that.
The moral of all which, girls, is this :
If you do marry your fathers coachman
emulate Nellie's example, and he as pros
porous and happy as she is.
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. J. II. KEENE has presented the
sum Of 5000 francs to the poor Of Paris out
Of his winnings by the race for the Grand
Prize of Paris.
One of the old cuts of the Philadelphia
CAronicle- Herald has been furnished up
and is printed for Mrs. GARFIELD. If that
paper gets to tho White House tho presi-
dent will get a setback.
Ex-GOv. HENDRICKS, Of Indiana, was SO
much overcome by the heat in Indianapolis
on Wednesday that he was compelled Tor
while to desist from a legal investigation
he was engaged in. He recovered in a
short time, but it was thought he had re-
ceived a slight sun-stroke.
After all the CYRUS w. FIELD fund for
the presidents wife has only reached ST.
OO0 Some dollar subscriptions are COM
ing in and Banker Morgan, of London,
and Bondholder VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt tele-
graph their $4,000, to be paid if Mr.. Gar
field dies.
The Democrats in and around Erie are
running ORANGE NOBLE for state treas
urer. They might find a worse candidate
for their favor. All tho same the stakes
in the canning campaign are so small that
it is hardly worth while setting the
Democracy of Northwestern Pennsylvania
by tho ears with fight between Noble
and Plummer.
Pistols in tho hands of members of Sec
retary BLAINE's family have before this
proved to bo too dangerous to bo allowed
there. His son Jimmie carclcssly shot a
young man in tho hand in Augusta, Me-,
Monday. but it fortunately happened that
beyond badly tearing the flesh and filling
it full Of powder no serious damage was
done.
Il. w. THOMPSON, ex-secrctary cf the
navy, has been elected president OF the
Baltimore, Cincinnati & Western Central
railroad company, an organization to
build now railroad from Baltimore to
Cincinnati over route projected 10y way
Of the south brancl, Of the Potomac and
Elk rivers and Great Kanawha and Ohio
rivers.
The French tribunals have anuulled the
marriage Of MUsURUs BEY, son of the
Turkish ambassador at London, who is
himself now ambassador ut Rome, with
Mile. D'Imecourt. They were married by
London registrar. The lady is only 1G
years Of age. Her mother refused to con-
sent to the marriage and rcgained posses.
sion of her daughter, who has since been
shut up in convent and did not appear
in court.
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a BlcYclo Rider.

Tho York Dispatch notices that f. N.
Bowen, of Lancaster, arrived in that town
Oh bicycle yesterday morning. and took
dinner at the Central hotel. lie left Ian
caster at $40 u. m., and made the distance
twenty-five miles, rs registered on his
bicycle-in three hours and quarter.
Pretty good time for the hot weather. lie
is on his way to Washington to sec the
president.
The Baltimore Ga=eite notes his arrival
in that city last evening at 1880, making
the whole trip in IA hours and 30 minutes.
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Change Of Schedule.

A new schedule goes into effect on the
Pennsylvania railroad tomorrow night at
o'clock. Tlhero arc only two changes,
but they arc important. Cincinnati ex-
press west will leave at 1 1 :55 p. IN. instead
of 80, and mail cast will leave at 0 p.
m. instead of 9:2j.
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life no present provision exists for the
presidential succession. It will be re-
membered that the vice president usual
ly vacates the chair. of the Senate just
prior to its adjournment, to let that
body select a president pro ten. This
year Arthur and Conkling discovered
that Bayard would be the Democratic
selection for the place, and they, feeling
bitter toward him determined to prevent
his election by stubbornly keeping Ar
thur in the chair. He was willing to
vacate it il the Democrats would take
Senator Harris, Of Tennessee. who was
acceptable to Mr.. Conkling, but as the
Democrats did not care to have Mr..
C0nkling do their business they de-
clined, and so happened the vacancy
which might have brought the country
to anarchy.
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Nearly Drowned.

Johnny, young son Of G. Frank
Young, fell into the race at his fathers
board mill, on the Octoraro, near Atglen,
a few days since. His cries brought the
mill hands to his assistance, and he was
rescued after going under the water twice.
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Yesterday afternoon somo boys while
passing through the alley in rear Of IIept-
ing's marble yard, found al oyster knife
stolen on Thursday by the thieves who
broke into George SpOng's saloon. Shells
of the oysters and clans, stolen at tho
same time aud place, were strewn around
the spot where the thieves had evidently
feasted.
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Thanked.

General Superintendent Eckcrt, Of the
Western Union telegraph company, has
sent out 4 message Of thanks to the COM
pany's operators throughout the country,
who sat by their instruments through Sum
day and holiday to keep tho nation i'll
formed Of tho presidents condition.
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Making Money.

The directors of the First national bank
Of Honeybrook have announced their July
dividend Of four per cent. as ready for
payment to stockholders on demand. They
have also increased. the surplus fund to
$50, 900.
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Stack of Hay lSurncsl.

On Thursday stack Of new hay be-
longing to John X. Nissley, of East Done
gal township, was burned, the cause being
spontaneous combustion. The stack stood
in field and nothing else was destroyed.
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Deputy Coroner Gipp!c, of Mannheim,
held an inquest OH the remains of Michael
Keiser, who hung himself on Thursday.
The jury was composed of Peter DENNY,
J. f. Boyd, John Ncwgard, j. Dunlap,
John Heiss, John BrOcht. The verdict
was one Of suicide while temporarily in-
sane.
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THERE is no difficulty in fixing the
responsibility for the anomalous state of
affairs in which it happens that beyond
the tenure of Vice President Arthur,s
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JUsTa week has passeu since the ter
rible news of the attempt upon the
presidents life was flashed across the
country. The fears of fatal results to
him and apprehended calamities to the
body polite have happily not been real
lied. Since the first turning point in his
condition his improvement has been
steady and rs rapid as the circumstances
Of the case would admit. The prayers
and good wishes of many millions of peO.
pie seem to be gratified by the promise
of his certain, if not his early, recovery,
and his demeanOr in his ordeal will gain
enlarged respect for him from the peo-
pie whose government he is appointed to
administer. Indeed it may influence 4
drift of popular sentiment against
1.-THE spoils SYSTEM of which he was the
victim that will reader his sulrerings
and his danger not an unmixed evil.
1t is we'll to remember that Mr.. Garfield
is not yet out Of danger. Even now cau-
tious medical experts only claim that
his chances of recovery are even. All
those chances he will take, Of course,
and the country hopes he will survive
them and is glad to know that hence
forth every days cOnvalescence increases
his chances of recovery.
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received s21, 600 as the total assets. A
5 per cent dividend was made.

Over 50,0 900 shares of stock were voted
in at the election of the directors of the
Metropolitan elevated road. The follow
ing gentlemen were unanimously chosen
directors for the ensuing year Jay Gould,
Russell Sage, Sidney Dillon, William r..
Garrison, Joseph E. F. Navarro, Sylvester
II. Kneeland, Joseph s Stout, George NJ.
Dodge, Horace Porter, Washington E.
Conner and Samuel Sloan.
In storm in Danville, Va, tho roof of
the railroad bridge was partly blown OH,
as was also that Of the new FREQ bridge
Tho roofs Of Il number of buildings were
blown of, among them those Of the First
African Baptist church, several tobacco
factories and private residences. In
North Danville house was blown down
in which were six persons, none of whom
were seriously injured. At Jacksonville,
a.negro village, a residence was struck by
lightning and burned. The damage to
barns and growing crops in the surround
ing country is considerable.
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Ir is telegrapheu that Mr.. John Bright
and the Dean OF Westminster join with
us in the thanks for message, and are full
of grief aud deep sympathy. Prayers are
daily offered up in the Abbey for tho pre-
scrvation of that precious life.