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Lebanon Daily News. VOL. VI--NO. 27. LEBANON.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER .10 1877. TEN CENTS A WEEK. BY TELEGRAPH. Earthquake In Europe. LONDON, Oct.

special dispatch to the Daily News from Geneva says: severe earthquake shock was experienced here on Monday morning. Sonde buildings weta cracked, but the damage was slight." Conviction of a Female Ruffian. NEW YoRk, October Simmons, alias Philadelphia Mary, twentyfours of age, was convicted of manlaughter in the fourth degree in the court of general sessions to-day, fu haying caused the death of Lizzle Murray, alias English Liz, and was sent to state prison for two years. The deed wan committed in the course of a tween them. Chief Joseph Captured and Exohanged.

CHICAGO, Oct. Trebune's special from Port Benton, Montana, dated 'Oct, 5, says: The scout who brought the report of the late between Joseph's band and the S. troops, stated that Joseph was a prisoner in Miles' hands, but was exchanged for Lieut. Jorome, Second Cavalry, who had been captured by the Indians." The story needs conOrmation. Boller Explosion--Boy Killed.

ALLENTOWN, October boiler explosion occurred yesterday afternoon at the iron mills of Mr. Jonas Schineyer, two mile east of Macungie, All the employees bad left except the engiueer, who. was clearing his Ore when the boiler exploded, tearing the roof off the, engine house and killing a boy aamed Oswald. The cause of the explosion is uuknown, as the boiler was half full of water and the gauge showed a pressure of but 55. pounds with the steam blowing Lehigh Valley R.

R. Co. Miners Meeting. WEST PITTSTON, October The miners of the Lehigh Valley Company held a meeting to-day, at which, the question of a contiuance of the strike was spiritedly 'discussed, The feeling against the company was mani festly intense, these in favor of, home diate resumption pleaded the conservative action; and secured a postponement of defipite 'action until, the meantime they are. earnestly at" work to.

influence a return to work upon the terms of the, company. Sending Baok for Copies of Speeches. Oct. Crook, in a telegram received by the Commie. sioner of.

Indian 'Affairs says: The Sioux Indian chiefs are particularly anxious about copies of their Washington Please have them (the speeches) sent to the Red Cloud agency with all possible dispatch. 'The department will" probably comply' with this request, the speeches having been 'sten. graphically reported in accordance with the unanimous request of the In. dians when in. Washington, who express ed an earnest desire to have all their words put down "all the same white man." Woman's Suffrage BOSTON, Oat.

Woman auffrage stato convention. met liere to day, being called to order by T. J. Lathrop, of Taunton, Mrs. Lucy Stone.

elected president. A. Allen Brown, was Lyons offered a lopg series of resolutions disapproving of: the disastrous financial condition of: the country. fa-. voring an equal distribution of wealth, and censuring the secretary of the treasury, etc- The reading of the resolutions caused some sensation, 'and they were referred to the committee on resolutions, without debate.

Chales O. Burleigh, the well known veteran of the anti-alavery condict. made a California Bank Offoers. Absoond. BAN FRANCIscO, Uct.

9r-Warrauts have been issued for the arrest of Jos. C. Duncan, manager of the bank and the principal stockbolder Pioneer. the State Deposit company, and min F. Lewerne, secretary of the Sate BenjaDeposit company, who are charged with over-legue of stock of the Safe Deposit company, The amount of the but it fraudulent is Jesye.is pot yet ascertained known to be large.

The overissue was 'manipulated by Lewerne The while Duncan hypothecated the. atook. pany are deposits, in right. the vault of the com. Neither Duncan nor Lewerpe bave been seen aince Satthe urday.

The police of all the towns in state have been notified, to be on the lookout for the The Ohio Election. CoLumnts, Ohio, October day bas been pleasant. throughout, the atate, which is usually considered favorable to the republicans, but the weather is offset by apathy and the withdrawal of republican notes to the workingmen's and greenback ticket. The returns are coming in slowly and indicate democratic gains. In the compilation of the vote no account is taken of the greenback for workingmen's vote, although the latter in said to have polled a heavy vote in Hamilton county.

With beautiful weather the election passed off more quietly than for years. Scarcely any attention was paid to the registry law, but its provision -requiring the subdivision of wards was generally commended as tending to keep objectionable crowds away from usually troublecome precincts. A fair vote was polled but very badly scratched on the local ticket. 'It will 'be late bofore the full returns of the city can be obtained. COLUMBUs, October P.

and 'acknowledge the election of the The leading men of both parties democratic stale ticket, large democratio gains being reported from all parts of the atate, noticeable from the western reserve, where the bestility of the repnblicans to the policy of the nalional administration was undisguised and bas borne its expected fruits. The legislature is in doubt, the democracy being sanguine of Laving carried it, whilst the republicans claim that it will require the result in Hamilton county and Cincinnati to determine its complexion, COLUMBUS, October 11:80 p. m. returns were received from 290 precincts, including gorge from nearly every portion of the state, the net democratic in these is 4,330, indicating a democratic gain in the state of 30,000 and the election of Bishop, democrat, for governor by 25,000 majority. CINCINNATI, October 12 m.

returns baye been received from but 24 out of 147 precincts in this (Hamilton) county, They give Bishop 2,354, Wrst 2,043, Bond (workingmen's) 1,607. The democrats have probably elected their county and legislative tickets. COLUMBUS, October A. M. -We have returns from over one-Afth of' the state showing net gains for Bishop of 6,800.

If this ratio is maintained throughout the state his majority will be about 27,000. CINCINNATI, October earli. est indications are that the German Republicans have largely voted the Work. ingmen's ticket, while the Democratic strength stands. If this appearance is verided, it meabs a Republican defeat.

The lowa Election. CHICAGO, October from isolated points in Iowa indicate that a light vote is being polled and that rainy weather prevails in nearly every section of the state. 'There are four tickets in the state headed by Gear, Republican, for Governor Irish, Democrat; Stubbs, Greenbuck, and Jessup, Prohibition, consequently there is. an unusual of scratching apd summarizing of the day's work will be unavoidable late. Couucil Bluffs Uity Democratic by 100 to 156 majority.

Marshall county gives Gear, 1,000 to 1,200 majority. Sioux City and three other towns gives: Republican majorities ranging from 150 to 200. October 10-1 A. M. Iowa returns in slowly and the figures cannot be given.

Tue Greenback yote is showing up pretty heavily. Thus in Centre township the Legislative tioket has 620 Republican, 260 Greenback, and 40 Democratio votes. 'The votes on State Senators and Representatives are badly, soratahed, but do not vary greatly from the result on Governor. The State offi-. core seem to be running even.

Republican Viptory in Newark. NEWARK, Ni Oct. The Republicana re-eleet Mayor Yates by 881 maj. over Pine, Dem. The Republicans also carry nine warba, the Democrats six, one being a tie.

Republicans elect nine aldermen, six. The next Common Council, Republicans 18, Dem. oersts 11. Republicans elect majority of School Board and free holders. The Demoorats gain aldermen, 4 School Trustees, 5 free holders, The.

Workingmen's ticket polled 1,549. votes. The vote was light, being oger 12,000 legs than last year. Probabilittes for Northwesterly winds, shifting to wurmer southerly partly cloudy weather, lowed by rain areas, rising followed by falling burometer. Statistics of Immigration into New York.

WASHINGTON, Oct. returns made to the bureau of statistics show that during the three months endfairing September 30, 1877, there arrived at the port of New York 20,109 of whom 11,402 were male aud 8,647 females. During the corresponding period of 1876 the total immigration into New York was 25,850, of whom, 14,981 were males and 10,905 females. During the month ended September 30, 1877, the arrival of Immigrants at. the port numbered 6,673, of whom 3,622 were males and 3,051 females.

The countries from which they emigrated were: From Eugland, Scotland, 285; Wales, 45 Ireland, Spain, 12; Germany, 1,888 Switzerland, 104; Austria, 251 Sweden, 386 Norway, 85; Denmark, 208; Franco, 188; Italy, 183; Holland, 44; Belgium, 18: Russia, 90; Poland, 20 Ilungary, 27 Cuba, 32; China, Quebec and Ontario, Nova Scotin, 4 Peru, San Domingo, Hayti, 3 Mexico, Brazil, United States of Columbia, and Malta, 2 each Central America, Argentine Repablic, Nassau, Porto Rico, South America, Babamas, India, Sardinia and Australia, each. Hundred Coffins Burned. TORONTO, -The large brick building occupied by the colin company, situated on Fernley street, was gutted by fire, and 1,400 colins and a quantity of material destroyed. Loss, insurance, $10,000. It is belleved the Dre was the work of an Incondiary, and a discharged employee, named Joseph Gordon, a half breed.

He has been arrested. A Skeleton Found in' a Wood. BINGHAMTON, N. October The skeleton of. an unitnown man, well dressed, was found in a' wood about seven miles east of this city on Sunday afternoon.

It must have Lain there. more than a year. No clue to the identity or the manner of death has been discovered. Retrial of a Molly Magulret, MAUCH CHUNK, Octoiber The second trial of Patrick O'Donnell, charged with complicity in the nurder of Morgan Powell in 1871, began this, morning. O'Donnell was convicted of murder in the first degree on his first VARIETIES.

VARIETIES. -The Emperor of Austria is ing chamois and stalking deer in Styria. -The population of the city of Mex. ico has remained almost stationary since the fall of Maximilian. -It is claimed in Raleigh that there are now eighty-one gold mines in operation in North Carolina, -On September 24 the Mansion House fund for the relief of the Camino in India amounted to £222,000.

-The highest railroad bridge in the United States is on the Cincinnati Southern line the Kentucky river. -Excavations for the tunnel under the chunnel between France and. Eng. land bave already been begun ora the French side. -A North Carolina girl pierced ber ears in order to get a pair of earrings, and got instead a four-apd-4-half-pound tumor, which a surgeon.

has removed. --A. native banker of Bengal, reputed to be worth" balf a 'million of dollars, has been convicted of perjury In a suit Involving less than a thousand of "dollars. -There has been an extraordinary amount of disease, resulting in death, in the Island of Sardinia this past summer, owing to the excessive; heat and unusual drought. -The Sultan of Zanzibar de organizing a force of 500 negroes to be airm.

ed with Martini Henry rifles and Gatling. gun, for the suppression of the slays trade in his dominions. -The railroads centering in Worces. ter, are all doing the best freight business in several years. Most of the goods are consigned to New York jobbers, and are intoaded for Southern trade.

Austrian soldier la about the only one in Europo who receives only one meal a day in time pt peace. That is, indeed, a very fair one; still, for young soldiers bard at work nearly all day, it is scarcely enough. -Preston B. Hampton, alias Emmer. son, now in the Kentucky penitentiary, says be came to grief' by spending all money trying to get a clerks.tip to Washington, and then resorting to conAdence games for a livelihood.

-The son of Abd-el-Kader, who, It is Raid, has developed considerably literary tastes, la angaged upon a life of his father. -A society has been formed in In. dianapolis, with subordinate organizationa in all the leading cities and towns of thie State, to relieve the people of the surplus laborers by obtaining homes for them where land is cheaper, and bor in greater demand. -A new Ash hatching establishment in Plymouth, N. is nearly Unished, and 500,000 California salmon eggs are to be received for hatching.

By next May 20,000 land-locked salmon and several thousand brook trout will be ready for distribution. -In point of numbers, London has more railroads than anyoity in the world but more than half of them are abort roads running to the suburbs or the seacoast. The number of trunk lines le eight or ten, but if all the abort subur. bun lines should be included, it would swell Che number, to, nearly twenty Ave. -A few nights ago the family of exGovernor Cony, of Augusta, were startled by, a uolse of a fearfu! crushing of glass.

'On seeking" the cause they found that a partridge had, attempted to fly through the plate glass, four by five and a bait In dimensions, in the front door. The bird was killed in the LOCAL NEWS. Fire Trusted Meeting. A meeting of the Board of Fire Trustees will be held this evening in the Court House. A good attendance Is desired.

Personal. J. E. B. Thompson, general agent for Zell's Encyclopedia and Dictionary, accompanied by Dr.

Allwoin, is paying Jonestown a visit to-duy. Large Crop of' Apples. Mr. Samuel Lick, proprietor of the Miller nursery, North of town, Informs us that the yield of apples in the nursery this year will amount to 450 or 475 bushels. He has already sold about 400 bushels at an average of one dollar per busbel.

It la an extraordinary yield for this year, Practice, A chort "spurt" was indulged in last evening by the Hook and Ladder truck and the Union hose carriage on Cumberland. atr.set, while returning to their respective ho dies, and resulted' in a cof. lision. betweeu the two, appuratuses. Racing by compa uies returning home is an evil practice and.

should be discontinued. In Prison. Constable Gates yesterday arrested Samuel Peters charged with trover and conversion, apd placed him in Upon promising to returu the goods he ambsequently was released. David Shott, who la periodical bourder at the Mansion, baa also been released, his time of service having expired. Hog Cholera, The hog cholera, is raging to a considerable extent in the portbern section of the county, especially in North Lebanon township where a number of people have lost their' fat hogs by its ravages.

During the greater portion of the summer the disease has been prevailing, but we thought with the advent of cooler weather. it would abate, but facta tend to the contrary. Birthday Party. The wife of Chief Engineer Jobn A. McConnel celebrated her 83d birthday yesterday.

In the evening the Salern's Lutheran. choir, of which Mr. McConnell is a worthy member, called upon ber and spent the eyening la 8 social so that when the time came to go all we're loathe to part, A number of other lady friends of the family stepped id during the evening and matters passed off as merry 88 a marriage bell. 10. J.

Large Business. The -la dolpg au business this full. The carrying trade je immense, nearly up tor the heaviest amount ever transported per week over the road. A large crop of grain is waiting for transportation to the seaboard, and from thence to the Old World, and, a. full proportion of that torop is to pass over the road in the and the Philadelphia line of.

ateameds to foreign markit. Business is eyidently on the increase, and all, of business men are more hopeful. Enticing Association Nets, We would direct the 'attention of stockholders in the Mechanics' Building and People's Loun Association to the notice in another column. All payments for this month and in the future are to be made to Allen D. Hoffer, eecond floor of Yingat'a new bullding, on South Eighth street.

Pheasants. This morning Mr. Mark Scull, bnggage master at the Lebanon Vulley Depot, received four due pheasanta frown Mr. J. W.

McGuire, of Jonestown, which were shot at the Blue Mountains. Mr. Thomas. Capp, of Jonestown, had yesterday sent to him nine of these flue birds, The mountains bounding the northern and sulbern section of the county abound with pheasants. Foundry pa Fire.

Mellort'a foundry in Reading, yesterday afternoon, W118 discovered, on Dre, caused by the flame from cupola of the middle shop. Having a sufficient quantity of hose at the works tho flames were extinguished before the Are apparatuses arrived on the ground. It shows the importance of baving plenty of hose around works of this description as 8 tontter of precaution and enfety. Handsome Statue. A statue of the Virgin Mary was yesterday afternoon placed in the niche that has been.

erected between the two steeples of the St. Mary'a Catholic church, on' North Eighth street. 'It presents a due appearauce and is much admired by those who. have seen ft. The church when completed will be one of the handsomest In this section of the State.

False Alarm of An alarm was sounded last evening at 84, causing all the apparatuses to leave their bouses in search of it: The crowd ran in a Northern direction, but subsequently it was discovered to be a wild goose chase. There are some who will insist on bavinga run out and putting the in a perturbed state of mind, regardleas of consequences and not until a few arrests are ouce made will the matter "The proper way to Investigate such mutters. to begin at the place where, the Orst bell is tapped. Let this once: be known and then parties who are so ready to sound; alarms will. be more cautious, when they become acqualuted with the fact that they will be beld responsiblo and: forced to give a proper Trial pt the Houding Rioters.

George Alexander was yesterday morning cross-examined, but, nothing of importance was elicited. James Bowman and Joseph Vogel, the latter acknowledging to have been a "spotter" of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad compauy, was also examined in the morning, Several of the defendants wore identified participants in the, disturbances and, obstruoting the railroad, but otherwise the testimony elicIted did not vary much from that given in the trial of the bridge burnets. At the afternoon session of court the commonwealth called a number of witness-, It was that George E. Goodbart, one of the defendants, had during the riot called for Ofty volunteers to tear up the track. The case now ou trial 18 on the second indictmept and may last a week.

A jury has been sworn, to try forty defendants on the third indictment for rioting. Their case will be taken up on Monday, or on the conclusion of the present case. Ezra David Kisser, Ezra David in prison charged with the murder of Joseph T. Miller, at' present la enjoying bad health, and, suffering severely with a sore His neck is awollen terribly, and for the past few daya be has been suffering severe pain, but now is convalescing. His attorney yesterday visited him and beld a.

consultation with him, but not being in the best of health, it was not prolonged. The special'court for the trial of bis case is set down for next: when the vexed question relative to his guilt or lupoceuce will be proven. The pression that bas gone abroad that be has confessed his guilt in the murder is all bosh," and no truth exists whatever in the story that has gained ore, dence in the community. Risser must be considered innocent until he is preven guilty, and the mere saying that he is the man, or that he was interested in the murder, does not makeit so, and It would be well if all people would withhold their opiuipp until a jury of his countrymen have tound a verdict. Owing to the many expressions of opin.

ion that bave made it will be exemely difioult to draw a jury. The Campaign. 'The sigual gun in the fall elections has been sounded and Ohio has gone Democratic by a large majority. To many it inay appear a surprise, but to the close observer of politica it can not fail to be as comprehensible as the note on a man's face. The incongruous tickets in the feld, the almost open revolt in the ranks of the Republicans, the greenback movement added to all of which the depressed state of affairs in the business condition of the couptry, plainly tell the story and, it does not require a sage to see what the con.

sequences must be. It is 0110 of the many lessons taught the Republicans within the past few years, as 8 bouse divided againat Itself must eventually fall, Where unity and harmony are tnuch wanting, defeat is sure to as the thing is to be deplored, it can not be otherwise so long an the Repubtican party permita bad and unscrupulous leaders to robe them of their good vame and sell its record, mess of porridge." Iowa has gone Republican but with a decreased majorily. The two States. which have voted are an Index of what can be looked for in the old Keyetone State, and unlees' more strenuous. efforts are made in the remaining days.

of the campaign that' bave been shown in the pust, Pennsylvania will be almost aure to follow in the footsteps of We repeat, to redeem It now will require exertions and skill as a dire brand suatched from burning: buliding to the danger of losing the State this fall la more perilous than' at any time since the formation of the grand old party that saved the Union and struck the shackles from millions in, bondage and guided them Moses like Into the land of A Social Party, In entertaining company, every one. knows that the smaller the party the; more real enjoyment is to be Few have not bad experience, casual guthoring together of a few that then; friends la a home of which the heads the true secret.of hospitably, und koow "now to. make their guesta-ael that their amlle at wel come speaks with the courtesy of truth, produces an amount, of genial, content rarely, if ever, derived from, the, most elaborate "got-up" party, True, as one, after auother unexpectedly drops cloud of auxiety uny sbroud the brow of the hostess as she thinks how. little prepared sho is to entertain, them; but the: joyouapess around. will 8000 dispol In the matter.

of, entertaining guests we should baye more 10 dependence--disregard fashion. In favor, of comfort. It muy be urged that, rather thun, alight aby of our. tances, we should crowd our, parlora.to, suffocation but common, souse, and right feeling tell us that, if we would rather deserve then simply gain the good opinion. of othera; If.

we would have pur hospitality; something mores than a sham, and the ostentation, of pA yield to its must, give our benevolent and, soolal sympat Chios the mastery, especially over any craving we may have for the applause of uneru It is well to rememy ber that a olrole of acquaiotances, say nothiug of. friends, la as tho circle on the water--its grows.fainter as its pize Increases; and that: It. is a great mistake to imagine that a large number, Deterugeneously collector ed, cuu anything like the; sarpe satisfactiop as a small but company, Sipe The Now or Girls. Delleacy, tenderness, the fragile and the heatle are pretty well out of 4 Scrofula is no longer a merit attraction. bodily eyila rally concentrate al watering planes, ARg much because the family want themiwy out of the house 18 for any other son.

But the race of young people, pow Dels: growing upare of anpthor lot altogether. I The careful obserger who watolen tha stop of the school girl or sewing girl diw here in New York will notice a ep and elasticstep, a cheery, face, a rapid, pace, a busy air, and geueral bealth. an 'The present scrimped and olose form, ot dress, the garments olinging mod. eatly to the form, tell the story of ro-. bust and shapely limbs.

This la what, way be seen all along the streets, and we verily believe the average of health among women is NOW 30 thou a generation before, They' are taller do growth, fuller. in form and ado. happier in expression, Their race PA. improving, not falling off, And why They are a part of the system of: mod. era They liver In sweeter rooms have better food and and take more exercise, Newark Advertiser isl a mil anon axon nite tr in 30 A A.