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Madame Hucues.

Paris, Nov. 29.-Public sympathy for
Madame Hughes. who shot her traducer
day before yestei day, is intensified by the
fact that both Hughes and his wife devof-
eddy nursed the sufferers from cholera dur
ing the prevalence of the epidemic at Mar.
settles. NJ. Paul DeCsssagDac, editor OF
lie Pays, considers the lady heroine and
urges the press to uphold her. Hughes
says his wife proposed to psrtake OF lovers
breakfast before going to court. She was
in excellent spirits during the meal. Be
fore leaving her home she prepared bum
die Of clothes for use during her stay. IN
prison. She has asked the prison author
tiles that she may be provided with materi-
al for modelling in clay.
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it be out of place for chosen commit
tee of Sedalia's citizens to investigate
as to why our people are taxed 15
cents per pound for meat which can
be bought for 6 cents per pound five
miles from the city limits, twenty-five
cents per pound for butter, can be had
at is cents ten miles away, and other
like necessities at proportionate high
rates. We are for q horizontal reduc-
ton on internal tariff.
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The St. Louis Chronicle says
What st. Louis needs rather than q
cumbersome system of cattle and meat
inspection as advised by Mr.. Samuel
Hatch, of New York, is one large
public slaughter house where all Ii.
censed butchers would be required to
have their slaughtering done. This
would at once do away with the
slaughter house nuisance, and bring
the animal food of the city under the
direct supervision of the board of
health.
Now that the slaughter house war is
on in Sedalia, perhaps this suggestion
may be of use in settling the matter
In here.
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A powerful pressure is being
brought to bear upon Judge Bradley,
of the supreme bench, to have him
resign Immediately in order that be
may be succeeded by a republican.
This is civil service reform with q
vengeance. When even the.sanetlty of
the ermine must be dragged into the
slums of partisan preference it is high
time a new code of reform which
means something, should be inaugur-
ated.
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Will Reinforce

Paris, Nov. 29.-After the votes in the
chamber of deputies yesterday, fayoring a
vigorous prosecution of the Chinese war,
the government issued orders quicEening
the despatch Of reinforcements to Admiral
Courbet and Gen. DeLisle,
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Messenger From Gordon.

London, Nov. pa messenges from
Gen. Gordon, who was reported yesterday
TO have reached Merani, has arrived here.
He brings dispatches from Gordon, which
are eight weeks old. After leaving Khsr-
toum the messenger was captured and de-
tanned some time at Shendy.
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That Depufation.

Montreal, Nov. 2S.-The deputslion sp.
pointed by the carnival committee TO wait
upon President-elect Cleveland and tender
him an invitation to the carnival of 1885
leave for Albany next week. Erastus
Winan, of New York, will be asked to
form one of the deputation.
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Will Continue to Fight.

Paris, Nov. 29.-The Telesraphe says
the cabinet has obtained certain knowledge
that China intends to continue the war. 1t
is probable that $4,000 reinforcements will
be sent to China.
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Paris, Nov. 29-At the cabinet council
to day it was decided to make the proposed
increase of duty on foreign grain OF two
francs per centner.
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Now that the election is over and
general reform is the watchword would
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SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.

The supreme court of Illinois lately
rendered decision in regard to side
walk ordinances which is likely if
proven to be sound law TO spread to
other states and in so doing create a
wide spread revolution in regard to
that class of legislation the cases in
volving the issue were those of GER
tain parties who had been fined in
Chicago for neglecting or refusing
to remove snow from the sidewalks in
front of their property and were carried
to the supreme count as test cases
the grounds upon which the cases
were decided adversely to the city as
stated by Judge Scott were that
the sidewalk is as much public high
way, free to the u:e of all, as is the
street itself; and upon the principle
it follows the citizen cannot be laid
under obligations, under our laws, to
keep it fee from distractions 10 front
of his property at his own expese-
any more than the street itself-either
bv exercise of the police power or by
fines and PENALTIES imposed by or
dinaDce, or by direct legislative ac-
ton.
In relation TO moving snow and ice
from sidewalks, Chef Justice Scofeld,
in his opinion, said:
ct by exercise in the police power
of the state, the owner CT premises
can be compelled to keep his side
walk free from any obstruction not
caused by his own act, We must pre-
sumo that he could be compelled by
the same authority to construct and
keep in repair public roads, bridges
and culverts fronting upon or running
through his lande, or the owner offs
city or village lot could compelled
to make and repair the streets in front
of his property. A sidewalk is a
public highway, appropriated, it is
true, to pedestrians alone, but still
open and free to all persons desiring
TO use a nd enjoy it as a public high
way. 1t is as much a public high
way in the way of its use as the
street itself. The difference in the
means of their use does not render
one more public than the other"
Col. Bob Ingersoll is out on his
usual annual tour of blasphemy for
the sake of gold, and the usual amount
of free advertising is being furnished
him by witless religious editors aud
preachers. If these well meaning but
near-sighted individuals would only
stop to think, they would know that
the bulk of IngersolPs duoes and pat
rons were men and women who never
attend church, or attending, close
their ears aud hearts to the truth.
The ouly exception being those whose
curiosity has been excited by their
TRADES against him. Mr.. Ingersoll
is the only beneficiary by their abuse
because it gives him an Importance
he neither deserves or could gain
through his own efforts. The trne
Christian should not exceed the zeal
of his Master, and so loug as God
permits Mr.. Ingersoll to continue his
evil ways, let not man interpose, but
leave him severely alone to that JUS
tice and vengeance he courts and must
meet in due time.
The St. Louis Chronicle says :
What St. Louis needs rather than a
cum bersome system of cattle and meat
inspection as advised by Mr.. Samuel |
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The Pedestrians.

The sixth day of the pedestrian tourna-
ment, twelve hours day, was concluded
tonight at ii o'clock. The score is
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The KEITHLEY MURDER.

The Keithley killing has attractr d much
attention this week. There is a genera
sympathy exp ressed for Keithley, who is a
Woodworking, sober young man. Every.
body in Boon vile hiss a good word fol
John, who is always attentive to business
polite and accommodating. This, how
ever, does not prevent the community from
wanting justice done, however unpleasant
il may be.
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The Jury Box.

The jury system, as now conducted,
seems to be falling in bad repute.
Little, if any, confidence is now re-
posed in trial by jury, for juries can
be, and are, so constituted as to rem,
der most any verdict required. That
this most important institution is be-
coming so lamentabiy corrupt, is
cause not only for severe comment,
but also for denunciation and resent
ment.
Such specimens Of jury fixing as
have lately been exhibited in Cincin-
natl, and are constantly being brought
to the notice of the public, are in
direct defiance of law and justice,
and a sure medium for the further
dissemination of crime. When we
look around us and witness the
Ieniency with which criminals Of
means or influence are dealt, and then
behold the poor startling or the I'M
fortunate man suffer the severest
penalty of the law, for having been
detected in an attempt to satiate the
demands of bunger's wolf, or some
similar petty crime, we Cannot Won
der at such demonstrations as we hear
of from Cincinnati. TIE spirit of
freedom and the love of justice with
which the American people are en-
dowed forbid tampering with their
rights, "the oppressors wrong" as
has been evinced in a most pro
nounced manner in more than one in
stance in the history Of this country.
Order.loving and law-abiding Cit
zens, and not simply roughs and dis
reputable characters, have been driven
to throw off their supinenessi they
have reached that point at which it
becomes necessary to express their
disapproval of the laxity and cor
ruption which now infest our institu-
tions and affairs. In no uncertain
tone have they spoken, in a tone that
will long be remembered and, we
trust, needed.
Owing to the sorrows and misery
of heart that have been entailed upon
many household, we will not say
that the end will justify the means,
yet we opine that this forclble, and
alike sad, demonstration of the peo-
pie will have tendency to rob JUS
tice of present marketable character
and to properly respect the popular
will.
There is a radical change needed.
Let us have it, the sooner the better.
Unless this be done, the Cincinnati
uprising will prove but a beginning
of many similar expressions of the
people yet to be chrcnicled.
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Lincoln Cemetery,

Our people have nothing in this
city of which they can feel more
Justly proud, than Lincoln Cemetery
For years the colored people have
buried their dead in a small strip of
ground given them by the Harris
heirs, located off from Herr street
near the State Arsenal The ovtr-
crowded condition of the place has
caused so much newspaper comment,
that every citizen knows of its exis
tence There were also many bodies
inferred on a lot now occupied, in
Herr street, near Sixth. The trus-
tees of Wesley Church came to
the conclusion that the people needed
a cemetery, and purchased of Col.
Mumma an eight acre plot of ground,
situated at Granville, about two miles
drive from the city. Beng easy d
access and beautifully located, it gives
to the oolored people, or any other
people, resting place for their dead.
Since purchasing the ground the trus-
tees of the cemetery have yearly
added improvements to it. A hand
some monument has been erected to
the memory of the dead soldiers. A
beautiful mound, six feet high, and
nearly twenty feet in length, marks
the resting place of the unknown
dead removed from the old Herr
street cemetery. A two and a-half
story frame house, handsomely fur
nished, is occupied by the sexton,
John Gator. A well, which supplies
good water, has been dug, and is shell
tered from the rays of the sun by a
beautiful Gothic-styled summer house.
The paths are well laid and paved
with gravel. Many of those owning
lots have erected handsome monu,
ments, tombstones and fences. To
see the beauty Of this city of the
dead, one must visit Lincoln Gene
terry when the flowers are in bloom,
and the grass has assumed that life
which comes to it from the warmth
of the sun and the kiss of the dews.
Straight and upright young naples
and locust trees run the entire width
and breadth of the fences, and along
many Of the graveled walks the shade
afforded by these many trees will add
still further to its beauty. While
Lincoln Cemetery belongs to Wesley
Church, it was intended as the bury
ing ground for the dead, without dis
tinction to color or creed. and it is to-
day the only cemetery in the city
where the dead of Harrisburg can be
laid at rest without any discrimina
ton. No one need fear the refusal
of lot because they are white. 1t is
free to all those who choose to select
resting place and pay for the inter-
ment of the dead.
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THE people of this city will forth to
tonight for delegates tnere was no cere-
and citv CO.. me scafold and within FIVE
o. alrnutes after be appeared the execu-
ton had taken place. He merely
shook hands with his spiritual ad-
visor, Rev. Father Ward, of the
Roman Catholic church and Deputy
German, when the cap was drawn
over his face, the trap sprung and to
him the great problem of the future
solved.
Samuel Green, somewhat eccen-
trio colored man, who followed the
occupation of rag picker, died at the
police hospital on Wednesday His
death was caused from an accident
by which he was injured. He was
an industrious and inofensive man of
frugal habits. He had no known
relatives here.
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? W. NH~oiJ ihICAOotlnS ny
the singing of the Pilgrim, rendered
by Mrs. Toombs and Miss Parker.
The committee of one hundred ladies
and gentlemen, differed by Mr.. VIM.
Chairman, president; VIM. Hodge,
vice-president; Henry Spradley, treas
urer; John W. Whiting, secretary,
supplied those who attended with all
of the dainties of the season. The en-
tire affair was grand success.
The Annual Conference of the A.
M. E. Zion church, which conyenes
here on the 18th of April, will be at
tended by about fifty ministers, and
presided over by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
j. W. Hood. A full account of the
Conference will be published in the
STATE JOURNAL, which is very popu-
lar through the valley. Everybody
here reads the JOURNAL
A number of gentlemen gave a
pleasant soiree here on Thursday
evening which was well attended.
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Something About Persons and
Things in the Lumber City.

WILL1AMsPoRT, April ..S, 1884,
The peoples choice, James G. Blaine.
John Fry, of Harrisburg, passed
through our city last Wednesday, on
his way to RenoYa.
Patrick Larkin and family left this
city on last Monday, for Buffalo, N.
Y, where they will reside for the
future.
When the Blaine boom has swept
clean through Pennsylvania, it will
not sit down and weep for more coun-
ties to conquer, not bit of it, it will
simply move over into the next State
and 60 on with the good work.
Subscribe for the JOURNAL
Mr.. Henry McDoud, one of our
enterprising business men met with
sad and painful accident on last Mon
day, while splitting wood at bis resi-
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hem to- -
: riend eager is one of our most
promising young men, and is an earn
est supporter of the JOURNAL.
The latest intelligence is that the
Conference which is to convene here
has been char ged from June to the
28th of May.
There has been considerable riotipg
at the tunnels of the Vanderbilt rail
road, on account of rascally contrac-
tors deoeiving the men. 1t had at
one time assumed such proportions,
that it was thought necessary to call
out the Franklin Guard, of this city.
The trouble has however, l am glad
to say, subsidized for the present.
Donavin's Tennesseans sang here
to large audience on the evening of
the 28th of March. In the cabin a
bass SOLO was elegantly rendered by
-
Mr.. VIM. II. Thompson, and was
highly appreciated "Only Thee, a |
Duet by Miss Comad and Mr.. Ne
bane, was encored as was also the
melody entitled Joshua Fought the |
Battle of Jerico, by J. T. Preston, !
aud assisted by the company. Roll
and Rock dem, class netting song, I
was. well rendered by Miss Gatewood |
Indeed where all did SO well it is i'm
possible to discriminate, but truth.
me to say of Miss Katie
Ireene. that a more pure alto or
,ontralto voice has not been
heard upon our stage for a ong
ime. The Tennesseeans are alw avs
vel come here. /,
7. Morris Chester paid us a short
visit to our city few days ago
OCCASIONALLY.
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The Convention in Northwestern
Pennsylvania.

The colored men in Northwestern
Pennsylvania held a convention last
week and elected delegates to the
Pittsburg Conference. Vigorous reso.
lutions were adopted in which they
resolved not to endorse any party in
the coming campain; and also set
forth the grievances of the colored
people Of this Stste They speak of
being taxed without representation.
And while sustaining the Republican
party they are refused share in the
emoluments of Office with them. The
convention seemed to have lacked
deliberation. The resolutions have
not the ring Of sound forethought and
calmness, but seem to have been
made up and adopted impetuously.
The instructions to the delegates to
the Pittsburg Convention are high
sounding, and had the convention
been cognizant OF the fact that no
person will be admitted to the confer
ence unless invited wn !" ~''Playeu
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PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Born houses Of the Connecticut Legis
lature have passed the biennial sessions
amendment.
CoNGREssNIEN Clardy, Broadhead Da-
Wis and Buclner, Of Missouri, will not be
candidates for reelection.
THE Greenback fanatics of New Hamp-
shire will hold their State convention at
Manchester on the LIST of September.
MISS LEILA }. ROBINSON, the lawyer,
will leave Boston for Washington Terri
tory next week, there 10 practise her pro.
fession.
EMMA ABBOTT is making a collection
Of bangles, and says she expects In a
years time 10 have the handsomest as.
sortment in the world.
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them immediately following the
war. They are beginning to realize
that they suffered some of the hard
ships and shed some of the blood
which cemented this union; they are
beginning to realize that the REBEL
ion was not fought to secure their
freedom but that it followed as an
unavoidable consequence, and they
are beginning to realize that if they
owed any debt of gratitude to the
Republican party that 20 years of un
swerving fidelity to its principles and
cause has cancelled that debt, and
they further realize their unquestion
able right to an equal share of all the
privileges the party enjoys. The
frequent calls for conventions and
conferences among the colored people
should not be thoughtlessly over
looked, fer there is nothing which
agitates like agitation. 1t is evident
that the average colored voter, while
willing to support the Republican
party aud sustain its principles, are
unwilling to continually serve with
out the recognition and protection
accorded all other citizens from every
state in the union where the Republi-
can party is in the majority. Its un.
Willingness to acknowledge their
black allies bring forth a cry of dis
satisfaction.
Men are deluding themselves with
the idea that the Democratic party
being divided upon the tariff ques-
ton will not present a solid front
this fell, for when did the Democratic
party become so divided that they
did not rally 10 time to support to
mau their choice for President? They
are old regulars and stick to their
party in every emergency, but there
is just this difference between the
Democratic and Republican party,
A portion of the Republican party
who style themselves Independents or
half breeds will see this country turn
ed over into the hands of the Demo
crazy unless certain concessions are
made in the National Convention The
nomination Of certain men on the
! Republican ticket means sure defeat for
the party, and the leaders must not be
deluded in thinking they can win
with any candidate, The Indepen-
dents sacrificed this state in 1882 and
not a blush of shame mantles their
cheeks. Then if this be true does the
Republican party expect the colored
voters to continually support them,
fight with them, suffer with them and
then not enjoy the result of victories
which they help to win? They can
not and will not bear this constant
Indifferent appeal for fair recognition
and there is no longer any use of dis
guising the fact that these conventions
and conferences have an ominous
meaning.
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Death Of an Old Resident and
other Acknowledgement
by the Tennesseeans.
CHAMBERsBURG, April 4.-Wel-

CHAMBERsBURG, April 4.-Wel-
come spring. After long and Sc
we're winter, we are again upon the
eve of spring, forerunner of blossoms
and flowers, camp meetings, picnics,
evening promenades and circuses, a
season of the year anxiously looked
for by those whose coal bins are al
most empty and whose pocket books
are almost as empty from having so
often filed the former during the in
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DANv1LLR INVESTIGATION.
Examining Democratic Liars Who
Took Part in the Affair.

WASHINGTON, April Al. Z.
Enright, Democrat, testified today
before the Danville Investigating
Committee that he left the opera
house with James L. Johnson, who.
according to previous witnesses, was
said to have killed two colored men
during the riot. Witness said that
he was with Johnson during the riot,
and that Johnson did not fire at all.
He said that on the morning of the
riot six colored men stood in front of
his place of business, and he asked
them not to obstruct the way. All
moved off but one Witness started
for this one, when he moved away a
short distance aud then asked what
witness had intended to do. Witness
replied that he was going to put him
away. The negro said with an
oath that the pushing days were over.
Il. l.. Osborn, au ioe-dealer, saw the
riot. Heard one oolored m say,
when officers were trying to dispense
them: "Wel mean fight Saw col
ored men with pistols, but could not
give their names. Saw colored men
fire over their shoulders as they ran.
Witness was on guard next day with
orders not to allow three men of eth
er race to stand together on the street
In trying to dispense party of three
colored men, one of them said he was
not going away; he was "not satisfied
with this thing and should not be un
til he saw Danville burned down"
Charles Fl. Conard, a tobacco manu-
facturer, was standing behind Capt.
Graves with his eye On Capt. Graves
pistol at the time he was said to have
shot George Adams. Witness stated
positively that Graves did not fire the
shot which wounded Adams. On
cross-examination Senator Sherman
asked if witness fired his pistol
Witness refused to answer. He as
serted with much earnestness that it
was mistake to suppose there was a
prejudice against the negroes. The
prejudice was against "the low-down
whites-the scum of the earth-that
came down there from the North
men who got the negroes into trouble
and then deserted them" Witness
had negroes at work for him who
would sacrifice their lives for him if
he was in danger. He had 20 negro
workmen,. three of whom were Demo
Gratis. His father-in-law employed
between 200 and 800 negroes, and
% of them were Democrats.
Senator Sherman asked if the ne.
groes. under any circumstances, stood
any chance of getting their right to
elect officers there, being in a major
ity.
Eyes, sir, if they vote with me.
"That's tiff they vote with you
"You will never see it as long as
you live, nor as long as l live either
that set of men who own property
and are trying to build up the town,
and husband all their resources, and
accumulate wealth, that will ever allow
the negroes to come in and control
that town. You may just set that
down as a sure thing"
Green Williams, Chief of Police of
Danville, saw the riot from a short
distance, and saw shooting from both
directions. Before the election he
heard Squire Tolliver( colored) make a
speech in which he advised his
auditors to go to the polls with load
ed arms. People did not 60 hunting
squirrels with empty arms. The
people cheered. Witness described
threats which had been made by col
ored men against their fellows who
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Note.

2 Hereafter all subscriptions to The
STATE JOURNAL will be in advance.
We are now printing the only news
paper devoted to the interest Of the
colored people of the State of Penn
sylvaBia. That we may be able to
successfully do this, we are compelled
to exact payment in advance. All
bills for back subscription should be
paid without delay.