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              % toning MK. KVKHER 1M4 I Vwklr ImAIIuM L8M. ( PITTSTON. PA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1887. !two ckmm. Tea Centa * Waek H. GREVTS RESIGNATION THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN COMMOTION IN OUR ARMY. JIM CARNEY CLAIMS THE STAKES. DKATH IN AN EXPLOSION DEATH OF A VETERAN SOLDIER, PARABLE OF THE SOWEH any harvest, and that In different degrees . ( fruitfulness; some very high, some vei / moderate, and some in a very low degree. A * a spiritual sower you need not be diseoui • aged if every effort of yours does not produce an abundant harvest; indeed you ma/ be highly encouraged if barely one-fourth ot the good seed which you sow from God'* word produces any good result. Locked Up In Richmond Prison—Will Ho Served Forty-three Tears in the Arm Mr. Harrington Follow Him ? CHANGES TO BE MADE BY THE His Assertion That He was Defrauded Ont off the Victory. THREE MEN KILLED INSTANTLY AND of the United States. CRITICAL NOTES BY REV. GEORGE HANDED IN ON A DATE HISTORICAL IN FRENCH HISTORY. Ddbuk, Dec. 8.—Tbe imprisonment of Lord Mayor Sullivan, who wai yesterday convicted of publishing reports of proclaimed league meetings and sentenced to two months in Richmond Jail, has created a tremendous sensation and leaves the municipality of Dublin without a head for a month, at tbe expiration of which Hr. Sexton will assume the offioe of lord mayor If he, too, isn't thrown into prison in the meantime. The prompt conviotioo of Mr. Sullivan proves that the Tory government is determined to go to the extreme length permitted by the coercion act. The lord mayor, upon being taken from the court, was conveyed in a cab to Richmond prison. Immense crowds of persons followed the vehicle through the streets, alternately cheering Mr. Sullivan and hissing and Jeering at the police. Along the route several sharp conflicts between the police and the crowd took place, but no attempt was made to rescue the prisoner. NEXT ADMINISTRATION. Boston, Dec. 8.—Pataey Sheppard and other backers of Carney have made a demand on Mr. James F. Ormand, the stakeholder, for the stakes in the late Carney-McAuliffe fight Tbe following is the letter to Mr. Ormand: TWO FATALLY INJURED. Washington, Dec. 3.—Maj. Gen. W. R Emory, of the United States army, retiredied at Washington yesterday. He was born in Queen Anue's county, Md.. about seventythree years ago. He was graduated from West Point in 1881, and was assigned to the Fourth artillery as a second lieutenant. P. HAY8, D. D., LL. D. Though There Are Some Slight Demonstrations In the Street! of Paris, No Serious Outbreak Is Now Anticipated. He Freyclnet Seems to be In the L«ad. Three General omcers and Every General Staff Officer, Except Two, will he lie tired—The Influence of the Soldier The Engineer and Fireman Blown Kightjrflve Feet Away—Premonitions of Death. Leuon X of tho International Series for Sunday, Dec. 4, 1S87—Text of Lexon, Matt, xlll, 1-0; Golden Test, Luk« vlll, 11. Dear Sn: Frank A. Stevenson, referee of my late contest with Jack Mc Aullffe, gave It as bis decision in the ring that Mc Auliffe and I must meet again. He ordered a postponement of the and declared DDets off. But do nothing . hold us both articles we had Oct. 11, agreebattle to a 1188 pounds, Dury rule*, 4,600 stake, expected, when I 1 defrauded of ory on Not. 17, proceed with a i new place T following vccordanoe stablished The Knglne Had Been Pronounced In- During the Hexican war Lieut. Emory served as chief engineer of the Army of the Went, and was acting assistant adjutant eeneral for Brig. Gen. Kearney. He modeo reconnoissnme of the route to California by way cf the Gila river. HINTS FOR PRIMARY CLASSES. BT ALICE W. KNOX. Golden text: "The seed is the word of God." In Polities. Hazelton, Pa., Deo. 8.—By the eiplo'io i of the boiler of a locomotive oil the Jertey Central railroad, twelve miles from here, ut 10 o'clock yesterday morning, three mm were instantly killed and two others wi re fatally injured. The names of the killed are Alexander Walker, engineer, of Tainnqua; -A. Gutner, fireman, of Tamaqua; Walter Bttinger, brakeman, of Tamaqua. The wounded are David Fleager and Joseph Reifsnyder, brakemen, both of Tamaqua. The engine was No. 253. It was attached to a freight train which it had just drawn on a side track to wait for another train to pass. A moment after it had been brought to a halt the explosion occurred. In the cab of the engine at their posts were Walker and Gutner. The force of the explosion was so great that the bodies of both men were hurled eighty-five feet away from the engine. Gutner's head was literally blown to pieces. Walker's body was blown through the limbs of a tree, where it lodged for a moment and then dropped to the ground below. Brakeman Ettinger was also instantly killed by being struck on the head by a large piece of iron. Fleager and Reifsnyder, the other two brakemen, were standing on the tank of the engine and they were badly injured by the flying debris. The bodies of the three killed and the two injured were picked up and taken to Tamaqua. Reifsnyder died yesterday afternoon and Fleager is not expected to recover. safe gome Time Ago. Paiiis, Dec. 8.—It is certainly remarkable that President Grevy should have resigned on tbe day which marks the anniversary of the two events which comprised the beginning and the successful ending of tbe coup d'etat of Napoleon III—his dissolution of the assembly, Dec. 2, 1851, ana the establishment of the imperial monarchy, Doc. 9, 1852. This circumstance is regard d by the Monarchists as a favorable omen to their cause, and the undoubted fact that M. Grevy bad intended to defer the presentation and reading of his resignation until Monday, until the developments of Thursday made further postponement impossible, strengthens the conviction that Providence supervened to bring about the fall of tbe president of tbe last French republic on the calender day that witnessed the overthrow of the republican system of goverment thirtylive yeurs ago. Washinqtox, Dec. a.—There is a great deal of commotion in army circles over the extraordinary situation existing in regard to coming change*. Never in tbe history of our army has any president in time of peace had so many important military appointments to make as the next president will have. Three general officers and every general staff officer, except two, will retire under tbe law retiring officers 64 years of age, and the president elected next year will appoint their successors. The general officers who will be thus retired and to whom successors will be appointed are: Major Gen. Terry, Brig. Gen. Stanley and Brig. Gen. Gibbon. Tbe general staff officers who will be retired under the 01-year law are Brig. Gen. Holabird, quartermaster general; Brig. Gen. Benet, chief of ordinance; Brig. Gen. Rochester, paymaster general; Brig. Gen. McFeely, commissary general of subsistence; Brig. (Jen. Moore, surgeon general, and, last but not least, Brig. Gen. Drum, adjutant general. The only general officers, chiefs of staffs, remaining are Judge Advocate General Swaim, now serving on half pay by sentence of court martial, and Gen. Greely, chief of the signal service offioe. Under the present administration two general offioers will be retired next year, rig., Gen. Baird, inspector general, and Geo. Duane, chief of engineers. Thus it happens that within five yean all the heads of tbe staff departments except two are changed. tto the r signer ing to for tbe $ I«peC tbe same This chapter of parables is quite as conspicuous aa the chapters containing the Sermon on the Mount. These parables may not all have been spoken at one sitting, but are here given in one group. The Saviour had been traveling through Galilee and was now back at his permanent residence at Capernaum. Crowds gathered around. The ship made a convenient pulpit, high enough above tho shore to bring the Saviour easily in sight of tho multitude of people. It is God's word we study, this seed wa sow. Teachers are laborers on the great farm, or in the garden of the Lord. Tha reaping will be according to the sowing. How is it, fellow laborers, with us? Are itj sowing tho good seed of the word, or are wD sowing our own thoughts, illustrations an I seeds of self making! Does every child i i our classes get one gospel seed verso implanted in tho young heart every Sunday, so that the Spirit will find it there ready for hi* influences? or are we so anxious to show ouingenuity in manufacturing pictures and original illustrations that there is no time to plant the seed! Pictures are excellent when they aptly illustrate the subject,'.but they can never take the placo of the gospel seed versa that should be well planted in tho child's mind. Stories are good when they explain the truth contained in the seed verso, but they must always be helps and not the main lesson. Capt Emory was appo:nted by the president iuf)854 commissioner, and the government conferred u|Don i iin the brevet of lieutenant colonel for distinguixhed services in tstablishiug the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Jetferson Davis, at that time secretary of war, appointed him major in the old Secon i cavalry in March, 1865, and in the same command were two men whom, in after years, h« met as foes in the groat civil conflict—Albert Sidney Johnston, who at that time held a colonelcy, and Lieut. Col. Robert E. Lee. Emory, Thomas and Hardee were majors. It is to be noticed here that tho Saviour gives no description of this sower, nor does he authorizo the sower to pick the ground on which he is to sow. Neither is there any description of the seed. The sower does not make the seed he was to sow. It was given to him to sow, and he has no right to try to modify it or chango it. "Go, preach the preaching that I bid thee" was God's command to Jonah, as to all his other servants. Neither does the sower understand tho nature of the growth of this seed. The seed Is sown in us, but we also are sown in the world, and the result is not merely in the ground but also in the seed sown. The responsibility is not altogether on the sower, or ou tho seed which is the word of God, but the difference of results is in tho hearer. The arrest of Mr. Timothy Harrington for publishing reports of proclaimed meetings is regarded in Nationalist circles as an attempt on the part of the government to cripple the League, Mr. Harrington having b?en the principal director of the affaini of the League since the arrest and incarceration of Mr. O'Brien and the extensive traveling of Mr. Dillon, who has been stumping Ireland at intervals during tbe last few months. Mr. Harrington will be able to prove, however, that he has had no connection with The Tralee Sentinel for tbe last five years, and his conviction, if aecomp'isheti, will only show that accusation is equivalent to condemnation in tbe case of any prominent Home Ruler who may be arrested. It is rumored that the government intends to arrest Mr. Healy also. articles under which you hold the $4,500 declare the money must be "won or loftt by a battle/' with not to exceed fourteen men on a *ide. Ever since I started across the ocean last February I have meant nothing but light. I mean it now as much as ever, despite many wrong things that have been done to me. There is no wrong thing that I have done, and I appeal to you as a representative sporting man, the only official now left to act in the premises, that you hold both parties to the letter of the contract we both ring custom. AC the cutbreak of the rebellion Col Emory rendered valuable services in the wt st, and it was mainly through his presence that the secessionists were prevented from forcing Missouri into the rebellion. Ho served with distinction throughout the war, passed through the various grades of promotion, and was retired June 26, 1S76, after forty-three years' service. Toil coincidence of dates dors not, bowever, strike tho Republicans as being at all wonderful or ominous, and it is not likely tbat any serious trouble will grow out of tbe crisis pending the election of M. Gravy's successor. Every possible precaution bas been taken to prevent an outbreak, both In Paris and In the provinces, and nobody now believe* that, beyond a few street affrays which the authorities will put down tbe moment they begin, any trouble can occur. Hundreds of revolutionists and Socialists, it is true, have taken advantage of tbe disturbed situation, and on the pretext that tbe republic is threatened and in danger, yesterday formed a parade. They started from the Hotel de Ville and marched towarda the chamber of deputies, followed by a big .crowd. The police and cavalry charged lupon them and routed their ranks. The imob retaliated with a shower of stones, Which wounded a number of persons. The rioters were finally dispersed. The municipal council have decided to continue their sitting until tbe election of a president is secured. Jgsuh Christ could talk in parables and convey exactly the truth he wished to com* municate; but he spake as never man spake. In trying to imitate him, the greatest caro should be taken not to mistake the story for the truth. Hence let young children memorize the Scriptures. Better far to go back to the old system of a verse a day and take all the Sunday school hour in hearing them recited individually, and have no time for explanations, pictures, illustrations, than to give the hour to those explanations, pictures and illustrations, with no memoriter exorcises. The Bible words are God's words; tho others are human. The Biblo words are tho good seed, the others the tillage. First got the seed into the heart soil which God lion already prepared for it, and then let the besb possible explanations be given. Appeal to eye, to ear, to heart, to memory; then with earnest prayer submit the case to God, pleading for the Sun of righteousness to shine on it and the dews of the divine Spirit to fructify it, when harvest may be confidently expected. signed, and say to Wayside hearers.—The wayside was once as soft ns any part of the field; it is now beaten hard by much treading. The seed exposed on this hard ground is to the birds a special opportunity and invitation, and so they come and light in flocks, taking away every seed and all possibility of growth. That wayside, if it is ever to bring forth fruit, must be plowed and harrowed. This will be hard work and require rough handling. Without this plowing and breaking up of this hard ground, not only will the seed not enter, but the rain will pass away without softening it, and the sunshine that ought to have produced growth will only make dust. There seems not much chance for any good result from sowing seed in such a place. But tho sower is simply told to sow, and sow everywhere. McAuliffe as well as to me: "Gentlemen, Hartford, Dec. 3.—In the police court yesterday Judge Henney found probable cause and bound over E. 8. Wheeler, of New Haven, for trial before the superior court ou the charge of obtaining money under false pretences from the Phoenix National bank of this city. Bonds io $5,000 were given by P. N. Welch, of New Haven, Wheeler's brother-iu-law. Wheeler Held for Trial. An immense crowd met Mr. Harrington on his arrival at the Tralee railway station last night, and through their demonstrative acts came into collision with the police. When Ur. Harrington appeared in view he was greeted with deafening cheers, and the police c me in for a corresponding share of reproach and vilification. The crowd finally became so persistent in its condemnation of the government and iu servants, the constables, and so menacing in its attitude, that tbe order was given to charge with drawn batons, which the police promptly obeyed, using their clubs with great vigor. The crowd, unable to withstand the onslaught, fell back and finally dispersed, msny of their number being injured. Mr. Harrington was taken before a magistrate and released on bail. hands must be fought this money In my for, and If you two can't agree on a Now, there would be comparative serenity in army circles if the rule of succession was always adhered to, and there would be a complete understanding as to the general advances all along the line, but this rule bas been many times broken or ignored, and ao the army peop!«are plunged into uooortainty as to what the next president msy do. Ia times past there have been two notable instances of Ignoring the law of succession and regular promotion. Men were taken up from low rank and passed over the heads of old, famous and battle scarred officers, to places of power and prominence, and men found themselves serving under the orders of officers who had been subalterns under them, and who were far behind them in the line of promotion. Much discontent and bitterness has thus been occasioned in the army. referee I will name It is said that the engine was condemned some time ago. Engineer Walker, it is reported, did uot want to start out with the engine yesterday morning, but was told that there was no other fit for service. Before leaving the house he bade his neighbors good-by, saying that he had a premonition that he would be killed. Ettinger was blown a distance of eighty feet with the cab, and after landing got upon his feet, but died a few minutes later. The accident blocked the track for several hours. Walker and Gutner were married men and leave large families. one, but you must fight." I mean business In this matter and noth- ing else. Three propo- sitions were publicly submitted by me a To Participate In the Fope'a Jubilee. fortnight ago. looking to a decision of jack u'avutt*. New York, Dec. 3.—Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia; Bishop Ryan, of Buffalo, and the Rev. Father Castaldi, of Albion, N. Y., Bishop Ryan's secretary, sailed on the Servia at 7 o'clock this morning. They will go direct to Rome. After the pope's jubilee exercises Archbishop Ryan will make a tour of the Holy Land and Spain, being absent four months. this fight. Mr. McAulilTe's principal backer promised to make known his answer to my prupcsition In two or three days. There has been no move taken since then on the part of McAullffe's people to carry out the order of the referee that we finish that fight I am entitled, I claim, to a battle or to the stake money. The excitement which prevailed during the afternoon and evening had almost wholly subsided by midnight. The knots of persons who collected at the street corners during tbe last few heurs were moved more by curiosity than any definite purpose to congregate in public places, and those were easily disperte 1 by tbe police. In two or three cases resistance was offered by tbe crowd, and those resisting were slightly injured in the scuffle which ensue1! Tbe police generally evinced a disposition to be lenient with the demonstrative members of the crowds. Louise Michel attempted to enter tbe Palais Bourbon, and created quite a scone upon being denied admission. She was finally removed forcibly from tbe vicinity of the palace, and sot free after promising to give no further trouble. M. Basly, tbe Socialist deputy, was arrested and locked up. The Bookmaker la Missing. Stony ground.—The rain that falls on it is soon ovaporated, and the soil becomes dry and vegetation dies. This rocky ground, however, may be cleared up and become fruitful. This can only be done by blasting the big, deep rocks and gathering out the little stones one by one. This will take vigorous work and strong resolution and patient labor on the part of the farmer. In China the scholars commit entire chapters and whole books to memory. In a few instances the entire New Testament has been correctly recited from beginning to end. This may, of course, be a parrot like recitaction, the pupil not understanding one verse with its true meaning; but it should be thoroughly understood that this is not what is here recommended. The memorizing of at least one seed verse weekly is urged as indispensable to good gospel teaching; then add the rest as time permits, but by no means neglect the first A concert recitation of the verses is not sufficient As all teachers know. Carney concludes his letter with a forma! demand for either the money or a fight. New York, Dec. 8.—"Lafe" Block, a bookmaker at the Clifton race track, laid larger odds against a certain horse that was to run in the first raoe there than any other bookmaker on the track, and it is said bo took in $2,G00 on that horse alone. He waAiowhere to be found after the raoe, and it is alleged that he has run away with the money. Detectives were sent after him, but no trace of him has yet been found. Demoeratle Senators In Caucus. New York, Dec. 8.—Jack McAuliffe said last night after reading Carney's letter; "Neither side can claim the money as thC result of the fight now stands. It is as mucb mine as Carney's." McAuliffe also said Car ney has never answered his proposal for« $5,000 fight in three months to settle thC championship, and until he does McAullffC will do nothing further in the matter. Oarsman Beach Retires. Washington, Dec. S.—The Democratic senators met In caucus yesterday in pursuance of the notice sent out earlier in the week to consider tbe cases of Indiana and West Virginia. The committee appointed at a previous caucus did not present a formal report but stated that there was uncertainty as to what course the Republicans would puniue. The status of Messrs. Turpie (Iud.) anl Faulkner (W. Va.), was explained to the caucas, and it was stated that there was no means of knowing whether or not the Republicans intended to make a light on thew cases. Some of the Democratic senators expressed the opinion that the Republicans would accede to the prompt admission of Turpie and Faulkner, and as the Democrats say they want to avoid the appearance of exciting any friction, it was decided not to take p:ieitive action in regard to these cases at once. It waa agreed to call another cauous to meet this afternoon, and to notify all absentees to be present Melbourne, Dec. 8.—William Beach, the champion oarsman of the world, has formally resigned the championship and announced bis retirement from future aquatic contests. The championship having again become an open question by the retirement of Beach, Hanlan has challenged Kemp to a match for possession of the title and its accompanying stakes and trophy. In Honor of the Great Historian. Ithaca, N. Y.. Dec. 8.—A portrait of tbe great American historian, George Bancroft, was presented to Cornell university yesterday, with appropriate exercises, in the large lecture room. Professor Tyler, the first speaker, eulogized Mr. Bancroft for the benefits be had conferred on America by bis history, which had raised and elevated the literature of the country and set an example to tbe world for research, fair mindedness, knowledge and treatment of his subject Ex-PresiJent White spoke of his services as a citizen while filling tbe offices of the secretary of the navy, secretary of war and as minister at London and at Berlin. President Adams, in closing the exercises, spoke of his position among scholars and In the literary world. The portrait ia an excellent copy of tbe picture in the gallery at Berlin. Thorny ground.—Thorns are still a different kind of thing from either rocks or birds or clods. The roots of the thorns are not part of the ground as the rocks are, nor are they the result of much treading as is the hardness of tho wayside. Like the wheat they aro themselves things of growth, and tho soil wherein they will grow well would also grow wheat well if tho thorns were out of tho way. In such soil it is a question of competition which shall occupy the ground. In tho caso of the soil supplied with thorns but sowed with grain, one or the other will be choked. "No mar. can serve two masters." No ground can raise a good crop both of thorns and of grain. Fell From a Train and Killed. New York, Dec. 3.—Dan. Lyons, whc killed Athlete Quiun; Dan. Driscoll, wbc killed Beesie Garrity, who will be hanged on Jan. 21 next, and Adolph Reicbe, a wife murderer, occupy adjoining cells in th« Tombs. All are under sentence of death. Driscoll's cell was searched yesterday, and it was found that the bars of his window had been loosened with an iron lever cut from his bedstead by the aid of a saw, smuggled in by some of Driscoll's friends. Lyon's cell was then examined, and the same state of things was found to exist. The men confessed that they intended to make an effort to escape last night. Reiche does not seem to have been in the plot. Discovered Just in Time. New Brighton, Pa., Dec. 3.—Thursday night a passenger on the Chicago express coming east on the Fort Wayne railroad either jumped or fell from the train near here and was killed. His body was found lying beside the track with a large cut in his head. From articles in his possession it was learned that his name was Samuel Hayes. He had a ticket from Harper, Kan., to Lancaster, Pa. young children mistake and misunderstand words, like the little boy who told his mother the verse taught in 8unday school was, "Hold a grater to Solomon's ear" (for "Bohold, a greater than Solomon is here"). How much goepel did that child get that day! Each child should recite the verse separately, carefully, and then be questioned about it, and receive explanations of words new to it When twenty, thirty, 100 or 1,000 young children are packed on crowdod seats, and all recite together, personal care and instruction are simply impossible. The school may be very attractive, the children may like to attend, but the truth is that very few of them are much benefited. Tho younger the children the more personal instructions they need. Adults may crowd together under one good teacher and receive benefit, because they know bow to road, how to study, how to pay attention, how to think. Little children know none of these things. The very meaning and pronunciation of the words they do not know. What folly to try to teach them en masse I They may bo amused, they may be interested, by a skillful teacher, but a book might be written filled with the mistaken ideas and words they obtain. These views are the resuit of long experience and close observation, and are recommended to primary teachcrs for their serious consideration. In short, to sow the good seed of the word of God is to plant it in the memory, where the Spirit may find it ready for his use. This is our first work, and let no teacher feel discouraged who finds time for little else. New York, Dec. 3.—Jeremiah Hartlgan, better known as "Jerry," a well known local politician, is dying of consumption at the residence of his brother-in-law, John O'Leary, No. 22 City Hall place. Hartlgan has been active in the politics of the Fourth and Sixth wards (Second Assembly district) for twenty-five years. Dying of Consumption. Shortly after midnight a 1 trge crowd collected in tbe Place de la Concorde, which a mounted guard charged upou and tried to disperse. Several revolver shots were fired at the police, and the crowd stood its ground. Later the police were re-enforced by a body of infantry, and another charge was made, resulting in the clearing of the square and the injury of sixty persons. Manager Gllmore's Assailant. New York, Dec. 3.—John J. Ryan, who assaulted Manager "Ned" Gil more, of Niblo's Garden, on Thanksgiving night, was arraigned in Essex Market police court yesterday, and, waiving examination, was held for special sessions for trial, giving bail in the sum of (1,000. Mr. Gilmore stated that he was still suffering somewhat from the bruises on his face. The Boodle in Kansas. Good ground.—When the good ground is described, it is said to belong to thoee who havo an houest and good heart. There is to he no trifling with the importance of religion. All of the generals commanding corps and divisions who hare been visiting Paris within the last week have joined their commands. Gon. Boulanger took his departure (or Clermont-Ferrand yesterday morning, quietly, and without exciting by his appearance in public the slightest demonstration. Kansas Cur, Dec. 3.—The outcome of au investigation of Alderman Looney indicate! the exposure of a huge boodlers' ring, iu which several of the aldermen and city officials are concerned. It is charged thut the mayor is also guilty of having a finger in the mess. She Wants an Illegal Marriage Annulled. The Suit Against the Tanderbllta. New York, Dae. 3.—Mrs. Schneurer, or Mrs. Stem, has brought suit (or the annulment o( her marriage to Joseph Schreurer. The latter came to this city in the summer o( 18S5 from Buda Pestb. He was well dressed, glib of tongue and soon wormed hiinsvli into wealthy German social circles. In September, 1886, he married Mrs. Matilda Stern, a wealthy yoang widow. In the January following, after obtaining from her various sm ill sums, he Induced her to give him ?-i,4ttJ. With the money, and all of her jewelry that he could lay his hands on, he fled to Europe. The deserted wife cabled to Havre and had him followed to Buda Pesth. Then she went there herself and found that be had a wife and three children there. She had liim arrested on the charge o( bigamy. He was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. Now she has begun proceedings to have her marriage annulled. New York, Dec. 8.—An answer was filed in the United State* circuit court yesterday to the suit brought by the Northern Central railroad of Pennsylvania against the heirs of William H. Vanderbilt to compel them to carry out a contract made by Vanderbilt to sell to the Northern Central 00 per cent, of the stock o( the Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern railroad, of which stock he owned 50 per oent. The Beech Creek road has since then been sold by the sheriff and bought by Vanderbilt1* heirs. They assert that if compelled to carry out the contract, which was not signed, it would be unjust, in view of the fact that proceedings are pending in the supreme court of Pennsylvania to prevent the sale. Those begin to cultivate it with care. The crop will depend vory much on the nature of tho soil And the exposure to the sun, and other favorable circumstance*. This growth in the good ground is a steady progress, and not a growth by fits and jerks. The amount of fruit, however, will vary very much even in good ground. It is sometime* asked whether a hundred fold is not a very unreasonable and extraordinary crop. It must bo remembered, however, that in wheat each seed brings forth many stalks, and each stalk a head; so a hundred fold is not very unusual. I have myself, while preparing thoso lesson notes, counted the grains on an ear of coi n, and not an especially large one. There were on it 703 grains. Many a stalk of corn has two or three ears on it. The estimate, therefore, of the crop in an especially good flclil is not unreasonable—thirty, sixty or a hundred fold. A Leper la Savannah. Savannah, Ga., Dec. S.—A leper, who gave his name as Elias Cohen, appeared in this city Thursday and wanted to be admitted to the City hospital. He was locked up, and physicians examined him and pronounced his disease a highly developed stage of leprosy. Cohen says that his home is in Lawtonville, 8. C., in the black swamp region. For several months past he has been working as woodchopper a few miles from Savannah. The disease first appeared, he says, three weeks ago. He was sent to his home, and his bedding and clothing were destroyed.  It Is difficult to foresee the result of today's session of congress at Versailles. M. de Freycinet has perhaps the best chance of election as matters look now, his partisans repudiating MM Ferry and Floquet on the ground that the election of either would ba inimical to an alliance with Russia, which now seems to the majority of Republican Eta teamen most desirable. Sixty-three Years of Wedded Life. Mew York City's Peace Representatives. Essex, Mass., Dec. 8.—The sixty-third anniversary of the marriage of John and Sarah Burnbam was celebrated last evening, and in a quiot way, at their residenoe. The gathering consisted of a few of the near relatives and neighbors, who offered their congratulations to the long wedded pair. Nxw York, Dec. 8.—Mayor Hewitt yesterday appointed the following delegates to represent this oity at the peace conference in Washington: David Dudley Field, Andrew Carnegie, Dorman B. Eaton, Morris K. Jesup and Charles Nordhoff. The tone of M. Qrevy's message, which seeks to unload the responsibility for the present situation upon the chamber of deputies, will have the effect to cement the Republican groups and gjve the Moderates the best chance In the final transfer of votei from one candidate to another. Drowned While Skating. New York, Dec. 8.—The jury hut night brought in a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree ugainst George Weidler for the killing of Dr. Edward H. Duggan in Brooklyn. Tue penalty is life imprisonment. Dr. Duggan's Murderer Convicted. Newark, N. J., Dec. 8.—Before breakfast yesterday morning two sons of Lucas F. Phelps, an .electrician, living at Passaic, went skating on the Vreeland pond. Carl, 10 years old, broke through the ice and wai drowned.  Master Workman Qolnn in Court. Middlktown, Conn., Dec. 8.—Ex-President Beach, of the Wealeyan university, and Howard Hawxhurst, of the senior class, became involved in a struggle yesterday which is the talk of the town. Hawxhurst has been found several times skating on Presidsnt Beach's private pond, although he had been ordered off. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Beach met him there, but when the student was told to leave be refused. Thereupon Dr. Beach grabbed bim and endeavored to force bim off. He was only able, however, to drag him to the edge of the pond. At the conclusion ofthe encounter Hawxhurst was ■till on the pond, but his coat was badly torn. Both side* are now talking of legal measures.  A Disobedient Student. Niw York, Dec. 8.—Many members of the Knights of Labor were present at the Tombs yesterdiy when James E. Qulnn, Master Workman of District Assembly 4tD, was arraigned before Justice Kilbreth for his alleged assault on Alfred Hovey Ballard, a reporter on a morning paper, at Pythagoras ball Wednesday night. The reporter was thrown from the hall by Quinn, after refusing to leave when ordered. Quinn's lawyer applied for an adjournment, which was granted, and the case was adjourned to the 13th Inst. The second of the preliminary ballots taken by members o( the two chaml era in joint session in the Palais Bourbon, iu advance of the formal balloting by congress to-day, resulted as follows: De Freycinet, 190; Britson, 84; Sadi-Carnot, 27; Flcquet, 86; Ferry, 11. Only Republican deputies and senators voted. It will require 436 votes to elect Weather Indications. The Dying Ambassador. Oarsman Rosa off for Europe. For Sunday, in New Jersey, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania and in New England, slightly warmer, partly cloudy weather, with variable winds, followed by rain. SUGGESTIVE APPLICATIONS. BY THE REV. EDWIN W. RICE, D. D. Remember—"The seed is the word of God."—Sunday School World. London, Dec. 8.—It is announced thai Lord Lyons, Great Britain'! ex-ambassador to France, ba* been received into the Catholic church, and that the laat rites of the church have been administered to him. This is taken to indicate that there is not the slightest possibility of bis recovery. The aged diplomat has been gradually failing Nr.w York, Dec. 3.—Wallace Ross sailed for London to-day to row Bubear for $1,01* a side and the Sportsman challenge cup ot England, in January. The wayside seed (see vs. 4 and 10). You find a particularly inattentive scholar in your class who is listless, has uo desire nor interest for religious truth, and upon whose heart it seems as difficult to make an impression as if you wore working upon granite or upon polished steel Whatever good truth drops there stays on the outside, and tho next wind or the next companion who comes along brushes it aside; or some agents of tho evil one in other ways snatch it away. This hourcr is the most discouraging and the most hopeless one in your class. "What wound did ever heal but by degrees ?' That's an easy conundrum I Why the thouraud ache* and pain», and bruises daily cured by Salvation Oil, th* greatest cure on earih for pain. THE BULLETIN OF COMMERCE, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED. It ia noteworthy that all of the French eecuritics have remained firm, few of them having sustained any decline whatsoever, mod this circumstance hax given increased confidence to thoee who believe that the country will emerge from the present period of confusion uuscathed and without bloodshed.Miss Bruoe Torrence was assailed in a "bobtail" car near Thirty-fourth street ferry, New York, by a highwayman, dragged oul into the mud and robbed ot her purse. Mew York Money and Produce Market Quotations. Raw York, Dec. 1—Money closed at * par cent., the lowest rate. The highest rate was 5 I per cent. Exchange closed steady; posted ratas HIKQ4-8a; actual rates, for sixty days and for demand. Governments closed steady: currency ds, 11U bid; 4s, coup., UiSft; 4Vts, da. 107)6. Wonderful Our** Murdered by Her Paramour. W. D. Hoyt i, Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists of Rome, Ga., say; We have been soiling Dr. King's New Discovery, Klectrio Bitters and Buchlen's Arnica Salve for two years. Rave never handled remedies th*t sell as well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have beea some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this city. Several cases of pronounced Consumption have been entirely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Electric Bitters. We guaruitee them slwsys. Sold by A. B. Woodward. Philadelphia, Dec. 8.—A fight took place last evening in the low Italian saloon and tenement bouse No. 508 South Seventh street, between Rosario Pedario, aged 25 years, an Italian laborer, and Mary Shields, his American mistress, during which the man was stabbed in the back and the woman was instantly killed by the same knife being driven through her heart. Pedario will probably die. The woman had left her husband and two children to live with the Italian. C. B. Thomson, a veteran journalist, editoi of The Leroy, N. Y., Gazitte for forty-foui years, died yesterday. He was about 75 years of age. Quite a touching little domostic scene occurred ytsterday morning at the Klysee when M. Gravy announced his decision to resign, lime. Wilson, who has been in a very nervous and excitable state of health for the past few days, threw herself on the floor at her father's feet, begging and imploring him to remain president. Nbw Bedford, Pa., Dec. 8.—James Donaldson arrived home two weeks ago, after a European trip. He came on the steamer Alesia, which was quarantined at New York for two months for cholera. Upon arriving home his wife washed and disinfected his clothes. She soon sickened and died of a peculiar disease, which the attending physicians conld not understand. The body became blade in spot*. In a day or two Undertaker Duffy became affected, and is now seriously ill. Donaldson died Wednesday, and now bis son, daughter and a doaen other residents of New Bedford are down. The physicians are greatly alarmed, as they know not what disease it Is or how to treat it. Is it Cholera T The stock market this morning was moderately active. Nearly all the stocks opening to 94 per cent, higher, The advanoe for the morning ranged from ii to 1« per cent. The most actlva stocks were Union Pacific. St. Paul, Lackawanna, Heading and bichmond and Terminal. These stocks together furnished 73 per cent, of the whole morning's business. Richmond and West Point was unusually active, but the changes in its price were unimportant. The market was decidedly leas active after midday, but the advances of the forenoon were well maintained. The bull cliques rapidly bought in the little stock offering, aud in this war steadily maintained prices to the close, when they were generally M to a per cent, higher thaa last night. Seed upon rocky ground (see vs. 5, 20 and 31). There are bearers and scholars who are mercurial, impulsive, governed more by passion than by principle, who gladly receive an earnest call to obey the truth; they comply with it promptly and passionately; for a few days there seems uo bound to their zeal; they are quite ready to And fault with older Christians for their coldness, for their lack of ardor, and they seem at one bound to have gone from worldliness to the very height of spiritual ecstasy. But they havo no abiding principle of Christianity; it is simply a surface 1 asling and impulse, which passes away like tho morning dow. for several days, On Sand mountain, near Collinsville, Ala., last night, the house of John T. Brooks took fire, and one of the children, who had bean left alone, was burned to death. and It it not at all likely that one of his year* can recover »uffl cient vitality to enable him to pull through the i resent crisis. His death may be looked (or at any moment LORD LYONS. Four men were seriously hurt yesterday at Dodgeville, Wis., by a powder explosion. They were blown high into the air and landed in a mass of rock. M. Grevy left tho Elysee palace at 6:25 o'clock yesterday afternoon in a coupe drawn by two black horses. All the officer* of the president'* household stood uncovered as M. Grevy stepped into the carriage. He wore a double breasted black ooat, a tall silk hat and dark trousers. At 9 o'clock all the ambassadors called at the mansion in the Avenue d'lena and left their cards. Looking for a Mew Trial. Reading, Pa., Dec. 3.—Miss Mary E. Lloyd, an orphan girl, came from PotUvlllr several years ago and has worked in the dry goods store of Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Howard Potter, a nephew of one of the firm, paid attention to the girl and it was rumored that they were engaged. Lately the young lady left the store and seemed to be in failing health. It was reported that Mr. Potter bad broken the engagement. He called upon Miss Lloyd Thursday night and after a short conversation she withdrew, but soon returned with a win* glass filled to the brim and asked her lover to tak* a parting drink. He refused, whereupon Miss Lloyd dashed the contents, which proved to be vitriol, into bis face. Potter was horribly burned and dfcflgured. Potter says he will not proaecut* the girL  A Jealous Girl's ReTeng*. Buffalo, Dec, 3.—Tbe motion for a new trial in tbe case of Hiram B. and Charles M. Everest, tbe Rochester agent* of tbe Standard Oil company, whom a supreme court jury found guilty of conspiracy against the Buffalo Lubricating Oil company, was made yesterday. Tbe counsel (or tbe prisoners, who are out on bail, made their arguments and the prosecution's side is yet to be beard. All the papers will be submitted to Judge Haight by Dec. 16 at the latest. Tbe St Petersburg polioe have surprised several Nihilist rendezvous and factories foi tbe manufacture of dynamite. In one cast there was a desperate encounter, in which there was serious bloodshed. Bnoklen'* Armloa Salv*. Thi Best Halvb the world'for Outs Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Ferer Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. Itisgusft an teed to give perfect satisfaction, or motM refunded. Price »5 cento par box. Worjm br A. B. Woodward. A man has bean arrested, charged with throwing the vitroil which seriously Injured Hiss Mahan, in Haverhill, Mass. New You, Dec. 8.—FLOUR—Closed Arm at unchanged prices; winter wheat extra, 93.lt ®6..5; Minnesota do., (S.150MS, city mill extra, (4.40@4.U); Ohio extra. $&15QB.10. Southern flour closed steady; common to choice extra, lianas. WHEAT—Options were fairly active and firm, clotting at an advance for the day of IMt&'Mc- Bpot lots cloeed firm and higher. 8pot sales of No. 1 red state No. i do., 9IJ4c.; No. g red winter, tlMc.; ungraded red, «3a« c.; No. t red winter, Dec., OTHQIlSc.; do., Jan., D90 »It a90Mc.;do., May, CORN—Options were moderately active and firm, closing lM®G*a higher. Spot lots closed firm at lHtfXtto. higher. Spot sales of No. C mixed atuiJic.; ungraded, da, Madia; No. * mixed, Dec., tic.; Jan., General Markets, Seed among tbo thorns (see vs. 7 and 22).— There are bearers and scholars, full of tbo cares of this world and its pleasures, crowded with worldly ambitions and worldly desires, who are ready, with the multitude of other things, to take in some of the teachings of God's word. They suppose that they can go to church, unite themselves with God's people on Sunday and busy themselves with the cares of the world and its delights, without a thought of Christ or of their duty to God all the week; nay, they can mingle in all tho frivolities of life, thoy see no harm in operas or theatres, in dancing or card playing or games of chance, unloss indeed that they should fall into "open and extensive gambling," and so while pretending to receive God's word thoy really choke it out, and tnere is no spirituality in them and no vitality or power in their assumed Christian profession.The Contest for Clerk of the House. Murdered and Bobbed. Negroes continue to commit lawless aoti in Atlanta, Ga. Washington, Dec. 3.—A. caucus of Democrats friendly to the election of William G. Raines, of Rochester, as clerk of the bouse of representatives, was held at Chamberlain's last evening. There were present the fifteen Democratic members from New York, four from Massnchusetts, three from Connecticut, two from Nl-w Jersey, one from New Hampshire and eight from Pennsylvania. On motion of Mr. 8. 8. Cox, a committee was appointed to make a canvass in Mr. Raines' interest and report to th* caucus to-day. Mr. Bourke Cock ran was instructed to present Mr. Raines' name at the bous* caucus to-night Mr. Riiiits' friends apaak hopefully of electing their candidate, but the supporters of Gen. Clark, the present incumbent, say that that gentleman will win on the first ballot by a good round majority.  Erie, Pa., Dec. &—William Jonas, proprietor of the St Cloud hotel, was found at a late hour Thursday night lying in a poo) of blood with bis skull crushed in. Late in the night the night clerk, hearing groans in the office, forced an entrance and found the proprietor almost unconscious. He mad* a single remark—"Two men did it"—aud relapsed again into insensibility. His rifled packets aud the disappeiira:.c-e of a large wallet of money explained the motive for the crime. The authorities aro n»tipirDs«oDl, not having a single clew to the pe. pjiratois Dif th* murderous assault. Several buildings at Port Worth, Tex., were burned on Thursday, Including tbe Clark house and a boarding house. In the ruins af the latter a body was found to badly disfigured as to be unrecognisable. Wilexsbakbe, Pa., Dec. 8.—Tbe First National bank of W likesbarre filed declarations in tbe prothonotary's office yesterday against B. W. lioroy and his bondsmen, late cashier and teller of the bank, to recover the sum of t4,%XD.48, which the bank allegee Hr. Marcy failed to account for. Tbe news bas created quite a sensation here. Mr. Mercy's friends say it is not a case of defalcation, but simply mismanagement. A Defaulting Bank Teller. Greatly bdtel Not a few of the citizens of Pitt reoeutly become greatly excited astonishing facts, that several of tk who had been pronounced by thdjfl as incurable and beyond  with that dreaded  been completely cured Discovery for  that does positively  diseases, Coughs, Oc'ds. mM lis. Trial bottle free at JH Drug Store, large bottle |jfl The trial of John Kennedy, indicted with othern for grand larceny in stealing 3,084 bushels of wheat at the Richmond elevator on Sept. 18, 1)186, was begun at Buffalo, N. y., before Judge Daniels. New Yore, Dec. 8.—The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to R G. Dun & Co., number, for the United States 215, aud for Canada 29, or a total of 244, as compared with 207 last week, 224 the week previous to the last, and 243 the corresponding weak of last year, made up of 210 in the United States and 82 in Canada, or figures nearly identical with thoa* of this weak. Business Failures. A large proportion of the business port tol Eminence, Ky., was burned yesterday morning.OATS—Options were fairly active and strong, closing laiMc higher. Bpot lotsclosed Ann aud lc. higher. Spot sales of No. 1 white state at S»A40c.; No. 8 da, S7C838c.; No. 8 mixed, Dec., rr%a: da, Jan.. 39»3»^c. RYE—Dull; state. M^tSc. BARLEY—Nominal PORK—Dull; old mess, $14.80; new do., $lb!5 01AT&. LARD—Cloeed quiet, but Arm; cash, Dec.. $t.8®. BUTTER—Firm; state, western, 14 fttle. CHEESE—Dull, but firm; state factory. 10 OllWa; western, MO 11 Hp. gOOS—Steady; state. MOS7a; western, ») High License In Atlanta. risk Will be the Prohibition Candidate. Oshkosh, Wis., Dec. 3.—B. E. Vanderman, of this city, delegate to the Prohibition convention in Chicago, who returned yesterday, states that at a secret meeting of tbe eentral committee Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jersey, was selected for the presidency, and that there is no doubt of bis nomination at tbe national convention to be held in Indianapolis.  Mr. Qeorge J. Johnson, ex-auditor of thC state of Louisiana, died at Mobile, Ala., ol consumption. Atlanta, Dec. 3—The anti-prohibitionists, who carried the day in tb* recent local option ton test in this city, will now bare a chance to test high license. Under the law the city couacils have the power aid authority to fix the license fees. It happens that the councils of Atlauta are composed in the maiu of Prohibitionists, and they have announced their determination to make the fees for saloons $2,bOO a year. Tho seed in the good ground (see vs. 8 and 88). There is a like difference in the fruit produced by the sowing of the spiritual seod. It is due to tho greater care in preparing tho heart for it, or the greater natural capacity and ability for religious work, the greater spirituality of the receiver. These give increased fruitfulnoss in tho harvest. Soma Matthew Roach, while at work in a sewer excavation at Hartford, Conn., was badly Injured by a premature exploeion, and will probably lose his sight. Allow a oough to run reach of medicine. T1 aw«y, but in most oases Could they be induosd medicite called Kemp's 1 Norwich, Conn., Dec. 3.—W. K. Logee, cat of the best kuown amusement managers in eastern Connecticut, is to sue the Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of London, for damages caused by the latter breaking his engagement to lecture in this city last night Logs* has been making an immense spread and bad advertised the doctor far and wide, and claims to have lost a large amount of money through the aotion of the divine in not appearing .. To Sue Dr. Parker. Living and Dying Together. Reading, Pa., Dec. 8.— Levi Keller, an aged farmer, living near Virginsville, was iil with a complication of diseases, and his wife nursed biiu until overcome by fatigue, rt"iu-n he spoke of dfing she said: "If you go, I wiil go too." Finally, Mr. Keller died in bis wife's arms. She placed the. l.ody tDi* beti, swooned away, and in a few miuutrs breathed her last. Husband and Wife will be buritd in 0M grave. Mr. H. E. Burbeck. for nearly ten yean an assistant editor of The Boston Herald, died last evening at his residence in Charlestown, Masa, of paralysis. on a positive guarantee p immediately sae the exoellei ing the first dose. Price 61 To Reform the Tariff. It is well for the discouraged preacher and teacher to notice some of the general characteristics of this parable, in its application to spiritual Holds, seed and harvests. There is no diTVrenoo in the seed; there is no differ enco in the sower. And yet three-fourths of tho seod came to nothing; apparently it was wasted. Only one-fourth of tbesoed brought New York, Deo. H—William M. Ivins, Horace White, Henry Villard, E L. Godkin, Simon Stern, David A. Weils and a number of other gentlemen are organising a club, to be called the "Reform dub." Its object is the formation of a political organisation to bring about a reformation of the tariff. size free. J. E. Homing. A man wearing a mask attempted to kllJ Miss Grace Nettleton in her mother's housC at Lafayette, Ma, but lied on the approach of persons attracted by the young lady'i outcry. He dropped a large knife as h« sprang through a window. ante. SUGAR—Raw, dull; fair refining Helloed steady; cut loaf and crushed, ?Ho.; cubes, 3J4c.; powdered, ; granulated, SJ^u.; confectioners' A, t 11-lta; coffee A, standard. iMe.; coffee off A, to.; white extra C, t-MOt-tts.; txtra C. °D M4O4M0.; yellow, 4K««e Oatarrh cured, health and sweet breath ecured, by Shi lob's Oatarrh Remedy. Price 10 cents. Nasal injector free. Sold by J. K. Fleming. Shi'oh's Yitaliser is what you nee stipation, loss of appetite, riisstoai symptons of dyspepsia. Price 10 an par bottle. Sotf fcy J. K- 7W»inf»