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ARTHUR MOURNED AS DEAD
BY the Chinese Minister ri HashinSt on
and His suite.

BY the Chinese Minister ri Washington
and His Suite.
A very good story on the Chinese
Minister is Just now floating about, and
it for what 1t is worth:
Mr.. Tsio ia. the Minister, is a most
deliciously absurd old person and looks
like codish lie knows alb ,ut seven
words of English, but has spry young
secretary who knewS the whole English
language. including the cuss words. One
day not long since Mr.. Ju, stepping out
of his front door, saw a printed yellow
slip which had been left by the gas man
lying in the vestibu!e. Now, yellow
paper in China signifies the death of I.
very distinguished person, SO Mr.. Tsao,
in much agitation, sent for the inter-
prefer. The interpreter had gone of to
the Theatre Comique. and SO the lega-
ton was left to wrestle with the gas bill
alone. The whole suite was summoned,
aud it was concluded that the President
was Geiunct and this was the official
notice. Mr.. Tsao Immediately retired to
the drawing room with his suite, had
every window shat up, and placing the
gas bill upon an et,igy of Confucius, he
and his suite proceeded to hold Chin
csc wake. They howled in chorus. and
/ they howled separately The Minister
howled for an hour in the blue petticoat
he usually wears, and :hen changed it tC
a yellow petticoat and howIed more
vociterously than ever, while he beat
African lady employed about the kitchen
peeped through the door after hearing
| the hullabaleo. and seeing the gas bill
and knowing the methods Of the Wash
ington Gas Company. retired, thinking
it nothing RENAL kabie that people should
howl over the gas bills of the Washing,
! ton Gas Company. \ policeman, accom-
panied by a section of American youth
| pounscd at the back gate and demanded
! to know who was being murdered by
Mr.. Tsao Ju. The African lady sx
. planned that. 'Tisn't muffin bnt the gas
! bill, an dats huff to make folks boiler. ,
The policeman. seeing the reasonable
! ness of this. departed. After five hour.
of bawling, iEterspers Il with tea, fire
! crackers and Chinese hymns, the inter
| prefer returned-and it was found in
stead of the President being dead the
! g2S company merely demanded about 50,
/ for burning - worth of gas.
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A Peninsula Sensation

An elopment, which is creating great
deal of gossip in Crisfield, is reported as
having occurred Al that place last Tues
day night. The parties, who are young
and well known throughout Accomac
county, Va, were Mr.. T. l.. Northam
and Miss Maud Rollins. Miss Rollins
has been quite belle in her peninsula
home, aud is the daughter of Il well-to-do
and estimable citizen of Accomac county.
The young lady has had number OF
suitors, and by no means the least de-
voted of them was MIR. Northam. firing
at last of a life of single -blessedness the
determined couple, unknown to their
friends aud relatives, betook themselves
Oh Tuesday evening to Christield, where
they were married by the Rev. Bishop.
1t is understood that the parents of both
parties were opposed to the match.
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Gov McLane has directed the State
veterinary surgeon to investigate the
cases of pleuro- pneumonia THAT are said
to exist at Reisterstown. Baltimore
county. The Governor has ordered
printed 800 copies OF the pleuro pneu-
monia act from State Printer Young.
The copies of the law will be circulated
through the infected districts.
The boiler Of Mr.. James Cannon's saw
mill exploaded near Traffic, Talbot
county. Md, last week. which resulted
in killing Carl Engerman and mort"lly
wouuding Ennals Tnll. Mr.. Engerman
was a slab bearer. lie had carried oil
several slabs and was returning to the
saw, when opposite the engine, tie
boiler explcaded. Several pieces Of the
boiler struck Engerman, one piece cut
his head entirely off, and it was blown
ever so yards from his body. Tull had
/ his shoulder crushed. Mr.. Cannon, the
owner of the mill. was standing at the
saw, but escaped uninjured. No i'll
quest was held as Coroner Lloyd deemed
it unne cessary. Mr.. Enserman leaves a
widow and daughter.
Capt. James b. Eads, who has re,
turned to New York from England,
where he was some time engaged in en-.
| deavoring t. interest British capitalists
in his scheme for a snip railway across
| the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, is appar
emily quite sanguine as to his SucsesS
lie thinks the enterprise can be com
pleted in about five years from this time
The distance Is 1870 miles, and the est
mated cost from $40, 600, 900 to SO, 900,
900. The railway will be constructed 81
as to carry the largest ships that 70
around Cape Horn. The Captain pro
poses to visit the Mississippi ietties ol
business in connection with his cAistn!
contract with the United States govern
ment, and on the oath of May he Will re
turn to London.
The most colossal criminal trial o
modern times was to have begun Apri
% at Catania, in Sicily. No less thai
300 prisoners were 10 be put on trial OF
charges of being members of the Mafh
secret society. which has long been tn
most dangerous of the secret orders
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Repubiican state Convention.

The State Convention meets May l at
Hacerstown. All the delegates have
been elected. The roster of the coun-
ties is as follows:
Alesany-D. }. Williams, J. w.
Shuck, S. A. Mum, w. S. Douglas. Il.
l.. Turner; alternates, Isaac Andei sen,
T. II. Chandler, George Richie, A. ID.
Lowry, Isaac Bradburn.
Aune Arundel-Asa Linthicum, Spring.
field Baldwin, J. Writ Randall, r. T.
Brice, Zedakiah Hardesty, (colored)
Baltimore County-Charlss w. Wood,
Robert Dilworth, Charles J. Il. Thorpe,
Thomas r. Benton, G. NJ. Gardner, Geo.
A. Young, (colored,) John II. Parker,
(colored.)
Calvert-John w. Brown, Thomas II.
Hagner, Samuel iIewe; alternates, W.
A. Rawlings, J. p. Young.
Caroline-Robert J.. w. Gary, Robert
J. Jump, Thomas w. Jones; alternates,
w. Frank Towers, Alexander Ridgaway,
George w. Bailey.
Carroll. J. Weaver, Jr., ii. NJ.
Clabaugh, WIN. Y. Frizzel, j. {. Bru-
baker, Granville S. Haines.
Cecil-,John II. Bond, ii. IL. Halnes,
w. d. Bradford, II. NJ. Mccullough.
Charles-George ID. Mudd, w. Z. w.
Rowe, Benjamin G. Stonestreet, Hillary
II. Wade, (colored.)
observation-disclosures Wallace, Thomas
J. Webb, Philip |. I.ecompte, Enocl
Slecum, (colored.)
Frederick-JOhn {. Motter, Upton
Buhrman, William 8. Guthrie, John
Sweadener. w. w. Ogborne, W. r. Yer.
non: alternatss, Charles w. Miller, II
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SILK CULTURE.

A bill was introduced in the House
of Representative on Morday last by
General Rosecrans providing for the
establishing of experimental stations for
introducing silk culture. Whether the
Government can do anything toward
making this industry a success in the
United States is a question but, mas
much as the production of silk would
enlarge the field for the employment of
women, there are many persons who
would be glad to see the experiment
tried.
Silk goods are extensively made in
the United States, but the production
of raw silk has never been attempted
on 4 large scale. If the bill introduced
by Mr.. Rosecrans ever comes up for
consideration, some member of Con-
gress may take the pains to investigate
the subject, and give the reasons FOR
asking the assistance of the Govern
ment in an enterprise which private in
dividuals have failed to undertake. Up
to the present time most of the silk
raisers in this country have been anna
teurs, who have not turned their labor
and skill to commercial profit. There
are some ladies in Philadelphia, how
ever, who have been carrying on the
business in real earnest, and they held
an exhibition of their products during
this week.
The manufacture Of silk goods from
imported silk is carried on in half a
dozen towns in Connecticut and Mas
sachusetts in Oneida, n. Y; Pater,
son, n. J., and in many either places
The women and girls employed in the
factories (who are generally splnners)
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OTHER COW ENTIONS.
Massa chusetts and Ohio Delegations

Massachusetts and Ohio Delegations.
II. G. Hyde, and f. l.. Brown, were
chosen by the Twelfth district, F. T.
Greenhagle, and A. G. Stone were chosen
by the Eighth, and Amos F. Breede and
Carroll d. White were chosen by the
Sixth district Republicans of Massachus-
etts as delegates to Chicago. They are
all for Edmunds.
The Ohio Republican Convention met
on Thursday.
The delegates to Chicago are Judge
J. =. Foraker Congressman Mckinley,
Judge w. II. West and Mark Hanna
The alternates are colored men.
OF the delegates Judge Foraker is a
Blaine man. His first preference is fol
the "Plumed Knight" but to secure the
support of the Hamilton county dele
gates he pledged himself to vote fol
| John Sherman as long as the Ohio Sena
tors name was before the National Con
vention. Major Mckinley favors Sher.
man, but has kindly feelings toward the
administration.
NJ. A. Hanna, OF Cleveland, is non
committal. He declares himself as fav
orable to the best man. Some say thai
he is for Sherman and others claim tina
he is an Arthur man. Judge West, from
Logan county, is for Blaine and Lincoln
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POLITICAL NEWS.
THE MARYLAND DELEGATION TO
CHICAGO WILL BE UNPLEDGED.
Elect Two Delesates-A Bolt in the
Fourth District.

In the six Congressional districts of
the State on Thursday Republican Con-
ventions were held to elect delegates TO
the National Presidential Nominating
Convention, which meets at Chicago i'll
June. The following are the twelve
gentleman, two from each district, " ho
together with fonr delegates at larse
yet to be chosen, Will constitute the
Mary land Representation at Chicago
First District G. Mnllikin, of Tai
bot; Charles r. Westcott, of Kent.
Second District-,Iohn T. Ensor, of
Baltimore county: II. VI. Clabaugh of
Carroll
Third District-Wiliam Coath, D.
Pinkney West, Baltimore city.
Fourth District-James w. Jordan, IL.
W. Rogers, l.. G. Martin. William C..
Clay, Baltimore city.
Fifth Dis.rict-James A. Gary. of
Howard; Dr. William G. Green of Prince
Georges.
Sixth District-L. Wellington, Of Ale
gany; DR.. J. McP. Scott, of Washington.
In the First District Convention reso-
lutions endorsing the administration of
Pre- sident Arthur were adopted, and
Blaine was declared to be the choice of
the party. Resolutions instructing the
two delegates to Chicago to vote for the
| Maine statesman SO long as he remains a
candidate We're, however, voted down.
Messrs. Ensor and Clabaugh, the dele
gates from the Second district, are unin-
structed, although it is known that
Blaine is their first choice.
The delegates from the Third district,
Messrs. West and Coath have always
been known as Grant men; the first
named was at the last National Repub-
licaa Convention, and was one of 1.-THE
30G'' who voted for Grant.
A bolt by the Custom-house faction in
the Fourth District Convention resulted
in the selection of two sets of delegates,
both uninstructed, although two are
known to be for Arthur and two for
Blaine.
Messrs. Gary and Green, in the Fifth
district are uninstructsd.
Blaine is the first choice of the two
delegates from the Sixth district.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Mr.. WatterSon refuses to be a delegate
to the Democratic National Convention,
and there is a hopeless ring i'll the card
he publishes. He says: 81 can see no
reason why should put upon myself the
sacrifices and sponsibilities OF SER
vice which. ut all points difficult and
thankless, is douGIy SO at time when
party strifes and private aims give the
people such scant assurance OF oisinter-
estedness in their public men,"
The Wilmington On. c. StGr, Demo
cratic paper which takes deserved pride
in its consistency and sincerity, insists
that the Pennsylvania Democratic plat
form is intended to deceive. and it says:
every step that Randall has taken for
months has confirmed what this paper
said of him, and has deepeued eur con
yictions that he is a more dangerous man
to the Democratic party at Large than
John Kelly is to the patty III New York
State.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL CUES
TION.

HARPER's WEEKLY, the representa-
tive journal OF the Independents, had
an article IN its last weeks issue on the
Presidential question which deserves
more than passing attention.
Regarding Edmunds, Blaine and Ar
thur as the three leading candidates it
prefers the former but sees no reason
why the Independent voter should
prefer Mr.. Blaine to Arthur. 1t says
These Republicans who have most
severely censured Mr.. Arthur's course in
the past see that his administration has
upon the whole been acceptable. They
do not see that NJ. Blaine's political
methods have been essentially different
from those of Mr.. Arthur, and they Oh
serve that if there are unpleasantly IA
miliar and not politically reputable fol-
lowers and supporters in Mr.. Arthur's
train. they are not wanting i'll that of
Mr.. Blaine. They see, moreover, that
the President has honestly enforced the
reform bill, although, indeed, without
showing himself to be. in the strict
sense, a reformer; but they have not seen
that Mr.. Blaine has shown any sympathy
whatever with the reform movement.
They have seen prudence and moderation
in the foreign policy of the administra-
ton; but they would anticipate some
thing very different from an administra-
ton of Mr.. Blaine. The circumstances
of the Presidents accession have un-
doubtedly aliented very many Repnbli-
cans who regard vote for Mr.. Blaine as
vote to honor Garfield. This is a very
powerful consideration in the prelimi-
nary canvass for the nomination, and it
is one of the practical reasons that the
nomination of the President would be
exceedingly unwise, because many Re-
publicans devoted to the memory OF
Garfield, and who do not forget the
bitter circumstances Of this assassination
could not bring themselves to vote fol
Mr. Arthur.
But there are equally practical con.
siderations, of wholly different kind,
that would reduce the Republican vote
for Mr.. Blaine. And it is precisely such
considerations as these, which make the
nomination of either gentleman very
iniudicieus for the party. There are
but two cardinal questions to be consid
cred by those who wish to maintain Re
publican control of the government
The first is, who, upon the whole, mos
satisfactorily stands fo- the character
and principles and methods that the Re
publican party ought to represent in al
appeal to the people? and the second is
who, among possible Or probable candi
dates, would command the most votes
The question whether majority ouGh
to yield it's preference to a minority il
not to be considered. There is no doub
of the convenience of the majority prin
cipls wherever it applies. But it is svi
dent that it would be very possible for !;
majority in Convention to nominate
candidate who could not possibly b.
elected, and it is that very obvious fac
which every delegate who sincerely de
sires the success of the party will bea" il
mind
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ARBITRATION is praCtiCed nova
days to an alarming extent, III fact it
has become so universal that but few
articles of commerce are free from it.
The latest development is in the matter
Of mustard. Ii is said to he the worst
case vet discovered. The article not
being an adultcration II all, IN tact,
but simple limitation Of mustard,
and poison at that. The chemist, OF
the Board Of Health report that the
mustard" is composed Of from eigh-
teen t, sixty per cent. Of -four and
from Sin to twenty per cent. OF terra
alba. mixed with a little mustard and
colored with violent and instant poi
son. The Philadelphia LEDGER speak
ing of this says 1T is reported that
the manufacturers Of this dangerous
stuff are TO be prosecuted if they con
tinue to sell it, but there does not
seem to he any good reason why they
should be so courteously treated As
this. They are swindlers under any
circumstances. and deserve to be sent
20 the pententiarv whether their mix
ture is dangerous or entirely harmless.
1t seems like strange way of admins
tering justice to permit them to deilb-
erately lefraud the public with chemi-
cal compounds and then to spend the
money of the State in an analysis from
which they can be told whether or not
the ingredients they use arc harmless.
The time to punish them Is "hen they
are first caught.
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A. Hinea, T. f. R. Miller, ]. r. Rouser,
Thames A. Smith, William n. Todd.
Garrett-D. Chisolm, II. Wheeler
Combs, Edward Hoy.
Harford-William b. Baker, Joshua
Husband, Jr., George b. Rigdon. J. T.
Frieze, $. w. Bradford.
Howard-James A. Gary, Chew F.
Waters. Isaiah Somers, (coiored.l
Kent-William d. Burchinal. w. j.
Vannort, George w. Harper; alternates,
Bartus Trew, John F. Dent, William
Perkins.
Montgomery-J. w. Lancaster, Fran
els Miller, John Mcdonald, p. VI. Smith
Prince George 's--W. G. Green, Saml.
K. Jennings, (colored,) q. IL. Nye, Chas.
Holiday, (colored3 alternates, Thigh
man Brooks, (cvlored, William IL. Har-
! rison, John Lee, fcolured,} L. F. Ring-
| ham.
| Queen Anne William j. Hand, Ed
ward II. Rylard, John r. Forester, John
! G. Wilson: alterDates, Samuel Mallalieu,
| Samuel l.. Pratt, George w. Morris,
William Brown.
Somerset-B. Frank Landlord, Thos.
S. IIodson, j. W. Reading, Joshua ellis.
st. Mary's-John n. Graves, A. j.
Blain, William F. Hall; alternates John
F. Ching, Jehn NJ. Laurence, Frank T.
Price.
Tabloid. c. Avery, Y. e. Fitzja;rell
I w. i. Wright, James Valiant.
Washington-J. McP. Scott, VIM. IL.
Perkins, G. G. Bisgs, John Allen, Tbos.
I. ksllar.
Wicemico-S. A. Graham. \. +. Tur.
ner, Thomas II. Williams, Woodland C.
Bradley; alternates, George Elsey, (col'
ored3 Charles C.. Conway, Perry ii.
Hobbies, j. J. lIayman.
! Worcester-David Ii. Straughp, James
ii. Vincent, Zadoc p. Wharton, VIM. X
Hammond.
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THE NEW YORK CONVENTION.
Blaine, Etimunds and Arthur Divide the
New York DELEGATION,

Blaine, E,imunds and Arthur Divide the
New York Delegation.
The New York Republican State Con-
vention met at Utica on Wednesday.
The committee on permanent organi-
cation reported as follows: President,
Hon. N. c. Boynton, of Essex, and a
number of Vice Presidents.
Mr.. O'Neil nominated as delegates tC
Chicago Andrew White, Theodore Roose.
welt, J. ]. Gilbert and Edward Thack.
cray, James Wadsworth named as an
opposition ticket Warner Miller. A. B.
Cornell. A. ID, White and Theodore
Roosevelt. The rcll was then called OIL
the nomination and resulted as follows
Warner Miller 243, Andrew ID. White
4O7, A. b. Cornell 22S, John J. Gilber,
BAG, Edwin Packard e56, Theodore O.
Roosevelt 472.
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The Presidential contest this fall will
turn more upon Democratic perform
ance at Washington than upon Demo-
cratic promise at Chicago. The time
has passed, if it ever did exist, when
the intelligent people of this nation
could feel any confidence in a party of
promises. During their debates in this
Congress Democratic orators have re-
peatedly said that they must have some
other issue than that of merely the
spoils upon which to go into the next
campaign-that the mere preteNt OF
putting Republicans out of office and
Democrats in was not sufficient. The
people have lost confidence in party
that is always pretending its readiness
to do great things for the country, and
failing to do anything when an eppor-
tunity is given it to make good its
rrop,icaS
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the Irridentist nature and is supposed to
combine brigandage with anarchism.
Since the arrest Of the prisoners an un-
expected lost of victims, to the number
of |, 500, have sent in their names to the
prosecuting officers and offered to appear
as witnesses. Many of the prisoners are
wealthy and influential and small
| army of 10 lawyers have been engaged
| tensive preparation is that the govern
ment has no public building big enough
| for the trials, and has been obliged to
/ postpone them until June. The pre-,
| ceeimgS will then take place in the Bene-
| dictinc Church. as the Courthouse is
| entirely too small. and the city i,il is
! being enlarged by the building of u new
wing to accommodate the unusual aum
| Der Of prisoners.
| One hundred men We're discharged
| from the Baldwin Locomotive works i'll
| Philadelphia Oh Saturday. evening last,
and one OF the members of the firm
said that unless other work came i'll the
discharges would continue until the pres
cnt working fo!ce Of 1000 would lie re,
drced to about 1000 men. The works
have been running to their full capacity
for several years past, and have averaged
$50 locomotives a year. The cause oil
the falling off in orders, the gentleman
said. was that "the railroads have beer
carrying freight and passengers at such
low rates that they are compelled to re
duce their expenses. and of the first
places in which to retrench is the motive
power The trun;, lines, he said. have
now stopped cutting each other 5 threat.
and, he Thought, that when the fal
carrying trade begins there will be plenty
of work.
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Mr.. TILDEN was never better. He
was never feeling worse in the whole
course of his life. He is living skele-
ton. He is an uncommonly stout party.
His sands of life have nearly run out.
He has just renewed his youth-lald
in Il new barrel of sand. He cannot
speak above whisper. He has the
voice of a fog-horn. He cannot see
across his bedroom. He has the keen,
long-range eyesight of an Indian and
he moves with hating pace, dragging
his feet; his step is the step of the
lusty bounding ibex. His vital spark is
well-nigh quenched. He has vitality
enough in HIM for ten ordinary men,
He is a candidate for the Presidency
He isn't. He would accept the norAl-
nation. He wouldn't.
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The Victim of a Fraud.

Sometime ago a romantic young maiden
of West Virginia (Miss Clara Adams by
name) was married, or thought size was,
to Mr.. Kite, the ceremony taking place
on the suspension bridge over the Poto-
mac river connecting West Virginia and
MARYLAND at Piedmont. The newly mar
ried couple lived together few weeks
when the husband, under the preteNt of
business left for trip west. She waited
for several months. but he failed to re-
turn, and an investigation into matters
has shown that the marriage ceremony
was performed by an accomplice of Kite $.
not a minister, as he represented himself
to be, and that she is not married at all.
She is now bewailing her romantic folly.
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WEST VIRGINIA and Oregon have de-
clared for Tilden and Hendricks with q
whoop. Tilden is dear to the Demo
cratic heart, and the initiative set by
these widely-separated States is likely
to be speedily followed by others. Now
it is, of course, we'll understood-by
other fellows-that Mr.. Tilden will pre-,
sentlv write letter announcing his
irrevocable determination not to be
candidate.
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The House having agreed to take up
the Morrison Tariff bill, an avalanche
of stupid speeches will be made upon
it. The Washington STAR says that
already nearly one hundred members
have given notice of their intention to
speak on this bill. What 4 horrible
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earn from 50 to $3.50 per week the
men (who are generally weavers) earn
from So to SIS per week. In Germany
a velvet weaver, who works twelve
hours day, earns about $3.50 week.
The silk factories in the United States
give employment TO about 10000 per
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The list of active Presidential can
ditates has been increased by the en-
trv of Senator Harrison, OF Indiana.
The announcement is made on the au-
thoritv of his friends that his election
as a delegate to Chicago was the be-
ginning of an open campaign in his
I,abolf