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is equal to two aud half cents per pound,
and to nearly fifty three and half per
cent. ad VSsOreu.a Tho amount of cane
sugar produced in this country Is estimas-
ed At eleven per cent. of the whole quan-
tity consumed, and it is apparent that
nearly the whole amount OF revenue from
this source is paid by the consumer, the
competition by home production rot be-
ing sufficient seriously to atfec. the price.
The progress Of industry in the produc
tiOn OF sugar from sorghum and the beet
is not forgotten. 1t is entitled TO cOnsiG-
eration, II is believed, however, that a
substantial reduction OF tho duty upon
sugar may be made without injustice TO
the producer Of it in this country.
Upon wool and iron and steel, and their
manufactures, 4 large reduction must be
mado tO materially Iessen the revenues
derived from them, As tic an,oun. OF i'm
ports will increase as the duties are less
ened. 1t will probably be found thar in
general the reduction can chiefly be made
on the raw material! or coarse1 manuiact-
ures rather than those upon which 4
greater amount OF labor has been be-
slowed. The duties on manufactures Of
silk, it is believed, may De reduced without
injustice to manufacturers in this country.
The cotton tariff is fuuad to be complex
and inconsistent, and it is no doubt trre
that in most of the coarser classes of cot
ton fabrics our manufacturers cau COM
pete with the world without protection.
Wines ard spirits, which afford tho largest
amoun. of duty next to the five
classes enumerated, being altcles of lux
ury, may we'll bear any rate CT duty
deemed necessary Cor tho revenue.
Without gciug further into details, the
secretary earnestly recommends a careful
revision oi the tariff. with view to sub
stantial reductions. The accomplishment
Of this is recommended! to the present Con
gress, which has been fully aware Of the
approaching; financial situation, As it Is
now presented, and hiS fully diseased the
subject in some Of it's bearings.
The remainder CT Secretary Fo!ear's re-
port IT slates to routine affairs %: tine de-
partment the foreign commerce statistics,
cattlo quarantine, the ife-saving service,
the coast survey, steamboat inspection,
emigration, public buildings, &c.
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Tariff and Taxes.

x8TlW SuO 1SAcSs
The suggestions of the secretary of the
treasury in regard to the financial affairs
of the country seem to he wise. lie
advocates a reduction of taxation and
makes plain the necessity for it in the
exhibition of the fact that the revenues
are far in excess of the necessary expen
diture. There will he no disagreement
with him on anv hand in this recommen-
dation, though there is not unanimity as
to how the reduction of taxation should
he effected. The manufacturing inter-
est generally favors the abolition of the
internal revenue, expecting thereby
greater protection from the tariff that
will need to be levied on imposts to raise
the required revenue but it is question
whether the manufacturers do not make
a mistake here. What they want is a
tariff rate high enough to forbid foreign
importations of their wares and if
they are given such duty it will follow
that no revenue will be derived from
such source. The secretary recommends
the retention of the tax on tobacco and
spirits and there can hardly he ques-
tiOn that revenue can he raised from
these articles of luxury with far less ir-
jury to the country than from other
more innocent and necessary things.
In fact, it may even be said that
the tax upon them is beneficent,
since it tends to limit their use. There
are certainly many things Objectionable
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TOBACCO.
THE MARkEr IN This COUNTY.

rhe Crop OF 80 stiil Going Un-So, ,Iuc:.
Doing IN the New CrOP-Waitins tie
Action OF Congress-
Tie rast week has been rather quiet,
yet the sales of 80 tobacco will foot up
something over 400 cases. rtill showing
that notwithstanding all the ef1oIts to pull
it down it will still sell. OF course prices
have been private in fact tho trademark
Of all tobacco now seems to be two letters
p. T." which is not SO agreeable perhaps
to outsiders, but wo do not see why dealers
in the weed cannot do business privately
as we'll as other dealers.
In 81 We have heard of no transactions ;
but packer told us = few days since that
he had two buyers for his packing in one
week. There is 10 doubt 81 will move
off lively if 80 once gets out Of the way,
which will not be At very distant day
should it continue even as it has been
going for the last few weeks.
We are constrained to think there is
more business being done in 80 than is
generally known, at least wo know Of ono
instance in which local packer sold $50
cases outside of 500 inside of fcw weeks,
none of which has been made public and
at the packers own solicitation We will not
give names.
Buying of the 'S2 has for some reason
suddenly ceased. Unfavorable weather, it
is true has been to some extent tho cause,
but last week the weather was no worse
than the week previous, when many sales
we're mace. In all probability 70 sxten-
sive buying will be done until after good
damp spoil. Buyers prefer seeing the
goods in q soft condition and growers have
no objection.
The revenue bill now is a big question
agitated in tobacco crcles, what will 10
done during the coming session Of Con-
grcss is eagerly looked for. Upon one
thing nearly all agree that is, the total
abolition o! taxes no tinkerins with 1t ;
ii it is 20 bs kept on at all, keep it where
it is. Any reductions in the taxes
will entail tho same officers, and the same
government books will have to bs kept by
| dealers and manufacturers total repeal
will do away with all this.
In some cases we find manufacturers
| of cigars are against tho repeal or any re-
! duction of taxes. This we think il mis-
take reduction in price Of course will
| follow, but the Increase in the demand
will more than repay it, and all will then
stand Oh tho Same footing. As it now il
! . dealer, who is not square has the better
of the honest man all the time and what
deal of trouble will he spared by the
abOlishmeut of all taxes now in vogue.
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MASONIC,

Election of OHlOers-A fine BaEquct
On Tuesday evening Lambert"n i"ige
No. 476, F. s. A. NJ, of this city, elect. d
the following officers t. serve for the en-
suing Masonic year
w. Nj. Willis Westlakc.
8. W.-JOhn r. Morris.
j. W.-David II. Wylie.
Treas.-Henry E. Slaymaker.
Sec.-Henry X. Fahnestock.
Trustee-Dr. VIM. n. Amer.
Rep. to g. L.-Wm. A. Morton.
After the election the officers were daily
installed by d. ID. G. NJ, Il. Frank Breno
man The following appointments were
made by w. NJ Westlake !:
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Hardy. .-,..-
). D.-Harvey n. Hurst.
J. d. Harry Il. Cochran.
s. NJ. C.-Ernest Zahm.
C.-IIenry B. Stehman.
Pursuivant-LevenR Il. Rote. .--
Organist-John B. Kevinski.
Tyler-Georgs Lutz.
At the close of the ceremonies the mem
bers and visiting brethren participated in
q banquet prepared in Coplaud's bess
ttyle.
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NEWS OF THE DAE.

Accidents and Incidents From ALI Parts
The chair stock shop OF Il. S \. G.
Waite, at Hubbardston, Mass, was bI:ned
on Saturday. Loss, $4,000.
&. II. Linde, young gambler from RIO
Grande City. was shot and killed at Eagle
Pass, Texas, By Clay Drye, in gaming
house.
Mill No. ?. at Harrisville, n. H., owned
by Gowing & Grew, of Boston, and oper-
ated by Craven s. Willard, burned yester-
day Loss, 100000
At Buffalo, N. Y, Thomas Maloney and
William Grief, laborers. quarreled about
money matters, when Mahonev struck and
killed Grief with hammer.
Napoleon Balcom, q French Canadian,
aged AZ years and unmarried, was found
dead in his barber shop in North Brook
field, Mass, with his throat cut, having
committed suicide.
Richard Steers, Of Dutch Hills, l.. l.,
made an attempt at selfdestruction by
swallowing Paris green, but became dissat-
isfied with the tardy effect of it and killed
himself by putting bullet in his
brain.
The National Butter, Cheese and Egg
convention and the Union Dairy fair was
"sSuJ VpCuCu ht J2il duhCG SGSlG:NCS1
The cash prizes aggregate $1,000, and
there are two gold medals ard diplomas
for dairy products.
G. Smiths s:ovehouse and contents, and
the Batesvile hotel aud contents, also be
longing to Smith, whose total loss is S28,
600. Mr.. Mcdowell. the hotolkceper, lost
| 1900 on furniture.
~ IL, ('r,u1,
! near Brandon, Manitoba, with its contents
was destroyed 10y fire yesterday. Louis
Duncan, the managers brother, while at
tempting to save his property, perished
The tire was caused by the upsetting of Il
| lamp.
Morris Zuclc:man, aged % years. :
Russian Hebrew refugee and locksmitl b!
trade, committed suicide in New York by
| ing house in Hester street. Dependency
| tho cause OF the act.
Charles i. Taylor, manager Of tht
| Western Union telegraph Office at Frank
fort, Ky., aud Frank Montgomery, mana
ger uf the telephone company, had al
| the left arm and Montgomery received 4
flesh wound in the right arm.
! A fire in the dry goods store OF A!sxan
| der Fields g. Co.. at No. 253 Grand str, e,
New York, did s25, 1000 worth OF damage
TIE adjoining building was damaged 81, ,OO(
The occupant-Henry Kerr, fancy goods
dealer-loscs $4,000. Another fire at No.
119 Fulton street occupied by Messrs.
Keeps shirt factory; William Leahy,
halter Eggerton & Co., printers, and G.
Garafslo, jewelry, did $4,000 damage.
Lcs:es equally divided.
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FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Cars Wrecked and brakeman Killed

Cars Wrecked and Brakeman Killed.
An axle under Philadelphia & Read
ing r. r., on the Pennsylvania railroad
car, broke as the Midd'etown shifter en-
CINE 157, was crossing from south track
to the tube works siding at Middletown, at
5:45 yesterday afternoon throwing two
cars off the track, blockading both tracks
of the Pennsylvania railroad, aud fatally
iniuring brakeman named Geo. Millard.
who was thrown from the cars and found
lying under the lumber. With the as
sistance Of the tube work mill EMPLOYEES.
and the crew OF tho shifting engine, Mil
LARD was extiicated from under the lum.
Der and taken to his home opposite to
where the auc,i-nt occurred. Both his
legs were terribly crushed above the knee.
Tho company physician was summoned
and did all in his power to relieve tho
young man OF his safferings, but he died
at Ole, being rational until the last mo-
ment. and telling how the accident
occurred. He was single man aud lived
with his parents in Middletown. He was
20 years old, aud had been in the employ
Of the railroad company for five years.
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THE TRANSIT or VENUS.
Some Interesting Data Concerning the Great
Event.

Some Interesting Data Concerning the Great
Event.
An esteemed correspondent sends US the
following clements, computed especially
for tho lNTELLIGENCER from the precepts
and tables of tho astronomical works of
Claudius, Franoisous, Millet, Dechales
and Charles Leadbetter. While they may
be faliible in some respects, on account of
the difficulties in calculating sines and
tangents of very small angles Of elonga-
tions cause almost inevitable errors, they
astronomers and others who are inter-
place on Wednesday.
caster, Pa, 1882, December 8, II o'clock,
&c minutes, SO seconds q. M. equation OF
time added, 8 min., Al Sec; mean anomaly
of SUD, 154 deg, "a min., 43 sec.; mean
anomal ly of Venus, 125 deg, 43 min., So
sec; heliocentric longitude of Venus, "A
deg. 2S tnin., 40 Sec. geocentric place of
| sun ard Venus, 254 dog, % min, 40 sec. q;
anomaly of Communication, 1S0 deg, Omin. !;
0 Sec; hOrary motion of SUD, min., 33
sec. hOrary motion of Venus, 4 min., 2 see.,
hourly motion OF Venus sun, min. so sec. ];
node OF Venus, Is deg. 80 min, % SEQ.
argument of latitude, 358 deg, Sc min.,
10 sec. reduction, z sec. Inclination or
helioeentric lat. 8. descending, 3 min. 4G
Sec, central ingress or beginning in the
morning, 8 O'Clock, SO min, so sec. mid.
die of transit in the afternoon, 12 O'Clock,
min., 114 sec. !; central egress or end.
afternoon, 3 o'clock, Z min., 81 sec. total
duration, 6 hours, IA min., 80 sec.
| Venus will enter the suns disc at point
AZ deg. 4S min. 80 sec., cast Of the nadir
aud emerge at the point 81 deg. IS min.
4S sec. west from the suns nadir.
At the middle time Of the transit Of
Venus she may DO seen in tho sun not
J much unlike patch on lady's face, and
| the sun is then vertical to the south in
latitude.
Tho next transit of Venus will occur
when the roses will bloom in June, A. d..
1904 provided the earth and Venus
| will remain undisturbed in their respec-
| tive orbits moving forth.
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COURT OF CoMMON Pleas.
Two Cases Awaiting the veriii~r Of tho Jary.

Two Cases .aw waitlDs the Verdli"r cf the Jary.
BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.
Henry kairOth VS.. Michael Uhlma!,.
This il an action brought /" recover II
balance alleged to i,e due the plaintiff ON
two due bills. which were given on May
1, 1875, and Ocvcbsr, 1915. The ji:S. oa.,
was for 81 900 and the latter for S42S -
On the first it was admitted that 5000 hal
been paid in March, 1876. Subsequently,
$771.66 was paid iu fifteen paymeuts,
making an aggregate Of Sl,311.G6 ami
leaving . balauco unpaid Of S95s.1a.
For the latter amount this sui: is
brought.
The defense was that the whole amount
had been paid in full. Defendant had not
received credit for the two payments, ore
for $500 aud another for $500, which i,:,
made he owes tho plaintiff nothing. bat
instead he is in his (defen,lant's) debt.
The jury rendered verdict in favor OF the
plaintiff in the sum s1368.G9.
BEFORE JUDGE PATTERSON.
Frederick FIe,teler for the use of
Otillia Flettercr W.. Mary Breiter, Sci ia
to revive a Judgment for 5000 enteleI to
January term, 1874.
From the plaintiffs 8 silo of the case it
appeared that Henry Better. agent Of his
daughter Mary, IN March 1876. induced
Mrs. Otillia F.e.tercr to enter satisfaction
upon this judsment, calming that be
could then raise the money 10
pay Oft this indcbtncss of Mary
Breiter, which ho could not do
if satisfaction was not entered first
she did this, but neither Henry nor Mary
Breiter paid off the amount OF the jl.iy-
ment rs promised. Henry, subsequent ID
the entry Of satisfaction, paid Mrs. FI:t-
terer $50 in several small ins:allme.ts,
and refused to pay any more, he claiming
he had paid her in full. In 1878 Mr..
Fletterer was granted an a: las rule to stliks
off the satisfaction ani open up the jju lS-
ment she made affidavit that the entry
of satisfaction was obtained from her by
fraud, and in November, 1881, the iuIe
was made absolute, and scire fac:as
directed 10 be entered Cd try what amount
was due on the Judgment After much
delay the case now comes uP for trial.
The defense was that tho whole amount
or at least the greater part Of the judg-
ment had been paid by Henry Bricter to
Otillia Flettersr, according to promise.
On tr ial.
Cases Continued.
The case of James II. Swain VI. Mary
Swain, subpoena for divorce, was continued
on account of the pending Of a rule for a
new trial in q charge of adultery Of which
the defendant was convicted at the O:!O-
Der quarter sessions.
Tho case of Simon Smith va. Tho FiIel-
ity beneficial society OF Lancaster, sum
mons in debt, was continued On account
of the absence OF an important witness for
the plaintiff.
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PERSONAL.

GEN. GEORGE C. Thomas, aged 20 years,
q native of Elizabeth, N. j., died at his
residence in Georgetown, ID. c., on Satur-
day night.
REV. C. A. PRICE, from Michigan, will
hold series of meetings in the English
language at the German Baptist meeting
house on Mulberry street, commencing
Wednesday evening.
JOSEPH WEBER, for many years editor
and publisher of tho Northern Adrocate,
at Claremont, N. H., died Suddenly on
Sunday evening while attending prayer
meeting in the Methodist church.
Hon NELSON II. VANvooEuls, of
Athens, O., died yesterday. He was re-
Gently member Of Congress and served
several terms in the Legislature Is
speaker of tho House of Representa-
tives.
DANIEL w. SELLERS, a leading Demo-
cratic lawyer of Philadelphia, has been
appointed solicitor by the new Republican
sheriff-elect, Keim. of Philadelphia. The
Office is worth $1,000 a year, and the in.
cumbcnt has great influence.
DIR. FRANK H. HAMILTON, one of the
Garfield physicians is seriously i'll in New
York. He suffered hemorrhage of the
lungs on Saturday night and has had
several since. The latest reports are such
as to excite serious apprehensions on the
part of his family and friends.
WILLIAM H. BUTLER, aged 81, commit
ted suicide yesterday at Baltimore in a
house of i'll fame, by shooting himself
through the heart. He was originally
from Norfolk, Va, son of Rev. Butler, an
Episcopal clergyman, graduate of college
and was melancholy because his father had
discarded him.
Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE expects
to pass the coming winter on her planta
tion at Mandarin, Fla. Her orange grove.
which was set out when she established
herself there not long after the war, num-
bers something over 100 trees, and from
seventy five of them she now reaPs an in
come Of s1,5O0 year.
JOHN HUMPHREY MOVES, the founder of
the Oneida community in New York, who
fl ed tho state about year since to escape
indictment is now an exile. The last heard
of him he was at Clinton, Canada, near
Niagara Falls. living with his wife, al
though three others of the community
women went with her when she Joined
him.
Miss MARGARET MATHER, tho Chicago
actress, made her first appearance east of
the Alieghanies in Shakspeare's Juliet,
supported by Mr.. Mines Levick, Young
Salvini and a good company, in Baltimore
last night. The audience was numerous
and elite, and the applause generous and
general. The young lady made very
favorable impression.
JOHN w. DORSEY. aged 25, a son of
Judge Dorsey, of Howard county, Nd,
fatally shot himself Yesterday in his
boarding house at Baltimore, with suicidal
intent. The father of q young lady
whom he had been addressing objected to
their proposed marriage, and this is be-
lieved to have caused the rash act. He
was ofprominent and wealthy family con-
nections and was left large fortune, but
speculation lost it.
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The Lyco0ms

The White Rock lyceum opened its fall
campaign on Friday 1st inst. with largo
attendance. Among the many interesting
features of the evenings programme was
that the signs o. the times indicate the
downfall of the American republic. ="
During the discussion thesbosses came in
for full share Of attention. The lyceum
adjourned to the Sth inst, when woman
suffrage will be discussed.
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COLUMBIA NEWS.

From Our Regular Correspondent,
An officer took two drunks down this
morning.
The stores arc commencing to bavo a
holiday appearance.
|. Buyers and sellers were scarce at market
to day. Butter S5 cents pound, eggs IS
cents per dozen. Vegetables were scarce.
While cutting wood with a hatchet
yesterday afternoon Thomas Webb had
the little finger of his left hand taken
Of.
The death OF Henry, an 18 year old son
Of Henry Young, of Washington borough,
occurred in that place yesterday. Ty-
phOld pneumonia was tho cause Of his
death.
Hazel Kirke" will be presented her Q
ty-morrow night by tho Madison Square
theatre company. Tho principal artists
are well and favorably known. Admission
81, so and 75 cents.
Mr. A. NJ. Reese's dancing school opens
next Friday evening at the armory. A
large number of members have been &C.
cured and there is now no doubt of its
success.
A farmer lost fine 18-pound turkey at
market this morning. Tho basket In
which the fowl was confined fell from the
market wagon, tho cover burst and the
turkey escaped. 1t has not been heard
from since.
Borough Personals.
Mr.. Charles Darby, Of Baltimore. is
visiting friends on Cherry street.
Miss Hattie Miller, ON Locust street, is
entertaining Miss Johanna Michael.
Mrs. John Miller, who has been visiting
Mr.. s. H. Miller, returned to her home in
Philadelphia this morning.
Mr.. Bernard Malone is home on a visit
to his family. He is one Of the builders
of the new Pine Creek railroad.
A brakeman Fatally Irjured.
While two cars which were loaded with
lumber were being shifted at MiddletOwn,
last evening at $50 o'clock . Pennsylvania
railroad brakeman named George Millard,
received injuries which resulted in his
death in few hours. Millard was stand
ing with foot on each car, when they
parted, throwing him across the track.
The wheels passed over his legs where
they join the body, and also disemboweled
him. The unfortunate young man was q
resident Of MiddletOwn.
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Tho mayor sent two drunk and disorlt rly
persons to Jail for 10 and 10 days respec-
lively, and discharged two others on their
payment Of costs. One poor traveller was
lodged, brcakfasted and sent on his way
rejoicing.
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THERE is Stalwart grin at the neat
way in which the president has met Half
Breed allegation concerning the sweeping
removal of Garfield men from Office.
THERE is a we'll defined suspicion that
the Langtry. Labouchere quarrel was only
another of those cute advertising dodges
of Mr.. Abbey's.
THE Wilmington Eosry Eoening berate'
the opera house orchestra of that place
for playing lively music between the acts
of a soul narrowing performance. Th'
cheerful strains of Strauss waltz, j
says, grated harshly on the ears of th'
people whose feelings had just been Sc
verely wrenched by witnessing a painful
scene enacted upon the stage with realisti
effect. No doubt the Dead March from
SAUL or something like it, would hav
better suited our solemn contemporary AM
the sympathizing Wilmingtonians.
THE theatre nuisance young man Is be
coming as bad as tho cigarette fiend ant
should DO made to fesl the same kind G
discipline. Let our girls band themselve
into an organization and agree not to al
tend the theatre with any young man VIII
will not promise to remain in his sea
until the curtain has fallen. One of tn
annoyances Of the theatre is to have
stalwart form rise up before the vie'
during the last scene of play and begi
to crowd itself into an overcoat. tn
man who does this not only advertises hi
own lack of breeding, but obstructs tn
view of people sitting behind him. II
| should be reformed.