sawfwmnM-mrtsws5KOTswa 77T.cjyyr?y : " LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1881. fw-iB.jvrjawgiaBnaWwr "1--",-"i -- "'- ?i.Mnw , t jassraeasaeKesi!5 Lancaster intelligencer. TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 16, 1881. A Blessed TkiBg. "What a blessed thing for the- state De mocracy is its severance from the disre putable leaders who have held possession of it in Philadelphia; The present np risine of Philadelphia's decency is a wonderful and most refreshing thing. We de net knew who else thoroughly en joys it, but we are sure it comes te the state Democracy most gratefully. Di vorced from McMnllin, Josephs, Mc Gowan, it id emne genus, we feel as though a dreadful nightmare had passed off from us. Once out, these fellows we trust will stay out. They certainly will if their present coalition with the Re publican bosses te keep Philadelphia in thttir possession is defeated. The places that new knew them will knew them no mere. If they are successlul they are net likely te be in much belter condition. Public sentiment is se much against tuem that they cannot held .the power they seek te seize. They cannot get it but by fraud, and with the aroused feel ing that will net be submitted te. They may be desperate enough te attempt it. If they de it will certainly ledge them in the penitentiary. Hew delightful te see them there ! We will only feel absolute ly secure when this fate overtakes them ; for though they cannot be danger ous while the people are vigi lant, it is the habit of com munities te relax their effort when they have once shaken off their rogues, and consequently in a little while are apt te find them back again as bother some as ever. Philadelphia is suffering a deliverance such as New Yerk had when it shook off the Tweed robbers, and its thieves would, if they were wise, take warning by the fate of that gang. They de net seem disposed te de se. They are bold enough te resist the public senti ment in both parties that arrays itself against the leaders of both. It is true that thee men are in a bad predicament. They will be damned if they de and be damned if they don't ; but the conse quences would net be se serious te them if they were wise enough te beftM before the storm. They would get out of the fat places they fill, but they could run away from the penitentiary that is sure te edaim thorn if they essay te-day their I ricks against the sovereign voters. Ciiisceruiui; I In-dire Tickets. At Memphis the police had te be called en te !.i t-p the peace at the sale of tickets for the Bernhardt iwrfermanee. It seems that certain citizens had hired negrees l tak their places in front of the store deer where the tickets were te be sold, and these agents appeared there days before the sale, intending te give up their planes te their employers when the sale commenced ; but at six o'clock en the morning of that day a citizen ap peamlaud steed first at the deer. When the employer of the negre who had been number one appeared he could net get his place in the line. Twe parties formed en the question of his right, and the po lice had te be sent for, who found no ether way out of the difficulty than te advise the adjournment of the sale te another day : which was done. The Memphis Appeal, in an article we print elsewhere, says that the law of the cue does net permit a man in the line te surrender his place te another or te leave it for any purpose : as seen as his place is vacant his right te it is gene ; which is very geed sense. It is the habit of these, "however, who are employed te secure seats, and who appear en the ground a long time in advance of the opening of the sale of tickets, te agree among them selves that they shall retain their places, though they are net always in them ; and as there is honor among thieves, this ob ligation is generally geed between the contracting parties, who likewise unite te keep off outsiders. The trouble about securing seats te performances is a serious annoyance, and there is no reason why it should exist. If the managers desired they could readily obviate it; and a simple plan would be te nneive applications for tickets personally and by mail up te a certain time, at which they would, pub licly and fairly, assign the choice of seats by let te the applicants. Managers, how ever, seem te be in partnership with the ticket speculators who lleece the public ; and when they are net, they de net seem te consider it te their interest te enable the public te secure tickets comfortably and decently, being quite content that they s?ll them. m m The United States court has adjudi cated the questions argued before it in the Heading railroad matter by declaring that the negotiation of the deferred bend scheme shall remain in statu quo, until the stockholders have an opportunity, en March 14, te express their wish in regard te it; after which the matter will again come betere the court. It may be supposed that the stockholders' decision will govern the court's action, but it is net safe te as sumes J absolutely. The negotiation of the scheme has se far advanced that it may be permitted te be completed, if it shall seem te be for the read's interest, even though a majority of the stock oppose. This is net likely te 'be done, however, unless there is a majority in numbers of the stockholders 'represent ing a large amount or stock who approve the scheme. CniEr Ji'fTir-r. James Z. Geerge bus reshjni'd ln m:.u en . I c supreme bench of Mississippi te take his place in the United States Senate. The Vicks burg Commercial would like te ma At torney General Catchings promoted te the bench, but thiuks that the gov ernor will appoint . Hen. Jim E. Cooper. We hope the Honorable Jim will get it. It will be inter esting te hear of the rulings of Chief Justice Jim. The Honorable Jim must be a very companionable fellow te be thus named in public print, and as he is said te be "in every way competent te fill the high and responsible position" no hurt will be done the cause of justice in Mis sissippi by making a chief jus tice out of such a jelly geed fellow. We suppose he is of that kind because they call him Jim. The chief justiceship won't spoil him; probably he needs a dose of that kind te stiffen uphis dignity. Aix that is needed in order te retain the present Democratic control of the common branch of city councils, and te secure a Democratic majority en joint ballet, by virtue of which a com petent and economical administra tion of the water and street departments will be continued, is that a full Demo cratic vote be polled. Let the Democrat who thU3 far has neglected this import ant duty correct his dereliction by going at once te his ward polls and depositing a Democratic ballet. m tm m The administration of the water and street departments during the past year has been entirely satisfactory, and in striking contrast with the manner in which they were run by Messrs. Jacob Halbach and Peter B. Fordney, prespec tive candidates for election te the offices of superintendent of the water works and street commissioner in the event of a Republican majority in councils. Vete the Democratic ticket. Mayer MacGexigle's course as the executive of the city has received the approbation of fair-minded and dispas sionate people regardless of their party predilections. Strengthen his efforts in the geed cause of economy in our munici pal affairs by sending te councils men disnesed te sustain his policy. Elect the Democratic candidates. The foundation or geed government in national affairs is laid upon the firm basis of competent municipal adminis tration. Let no one overlook the im portance of te-day's election. Ge and vote. The geed citizen will net have dis charged his duty who shall net have de posited his ballet in the interest of geed government when the polls close this evening. PERSONAL.. Bayxis and Oliver arc ucxt-doer-ucighbors in Allegheny City. Hates has been given the degree of LL. D. by the Jehns Hepkins university. United States Senater-elect Hew ell E Jacksen has resigned his scat in the lower house of the Tennessee Legislature. Colonel Jens Hay, assistant secretary of state, was offered by General Garfield the position of private secretary, and de clined it. The United States national bank was or. gauized t New Yerk yesterday and Gen eral Grant was elected a director of the institution, which expects te begin busi ness about the 1st of Match. Henky Timkoe, the Seuth Carolina poet, was net given bread during his last days, but the people of his native state are about te give him a stone new that he is dead. A little book concerning his works has been published in aid of a memorial fund. Mr. James C Buiixuam, the millionaire, who died in Havana last week and who was buiicd there yesterday, was ninety years old. He was born in Charleston, S. C, and went te Cuba as a shipping clerk seventy yeaas age. Mmc. Jehix Pkume the Cnadi-iu canta- trice, and her mother were buiicd with imposing ceremonies in the cemetery of Our Lady of the Hiil of Suew,iu Montreal, vesterdav. Mine Prume was the wife of Jehin Prume. the well-known Cauadian violinist. He gained high honors in Paris. Frem the latest communications received from Bismarck, Ont., Christian K. Ress has become convinced that the boy who found among the Tuscorera Indians in that region is net his son Charlie. Nev ertheless he still exjieets te receive his photograph, bat has no hope of any change of opinion founded en it. A family in Richland, Oswego county, N. Y., has a pet cat which has a singular aversion te the semr "Kathleen Mavour- neeu." As seen as it is begun the cat snarls, and if the song is continued will fly at the singer and bite and scratch furiously ' Ne ether song excites her in this manner. Mr. Peter Cooper says that the only New Yerk building which he remembers as existing during his childhood is St. Paul's church. Twe are partially the same-Washington's headquarters in Water street and also the headquarters at the feet of Broadway. With these exceptions (added te three houses in Harlem) the en tire city has been rebuilt. Alexis Peulen, whose death in Paris is announced by cable, was a octogenarian scholar and littcratucr m nearly every branch of the art. He first introduced Byren te the French and afterward the works of Moere. His most celebrated work, that upon which his honors, which were many, were based, was a history of the literature of France, which gamed him a place in the Institutes of France. He has for years been one of the directors of the National library and held for a long term the chair of history in the College de France. MINOR TOPICS. luis years valeutincs convey every phase of sentiment, from the merest friend snip te the warmest love. Valentine is a saint of progress, or else breach of premise suits have taught him discretion. Congressman Weaver, of Iowa, has written a letter denying the report that the Nationals in Congress are endeavor- ivs te organize a "People's party," and will seen held a convention in Chicago for the purpose. Among the encouraging signs of the times is the foundation of societies all ever the country, for the promotion of arboriculture. In the near luture we are going te need every tree that can be raised. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes as a curious phase of street car etiquette that j of mechanics and laboring men ten out of a dozen will given their seats te a woman rather than te sec her stand, while of mer chants and business men ten out of a dozen won't. Senater Hamlin's tally sheet in the joint convention of the two houses of Congress te count the electoral vote, the ether day, elected Hancock by thirty majority. Senater Thurmau's list also contained a number of inaccuracies, and had it net been that one of the Heuse tellers kept a correct list it would have been impossible te properly announce the result. Ix legal language a person under twenty twenty twenty ene years of age is an " infant,' but a bill new pending in the New Yerk Assembly calls him a " child." It prohibits the sale of liquor te a child under sixteen, and au thorizes the arrest as a vagrant or pauper, of any child under fourteen found at a theatre without its parent or guardian in the evening; make? it a misdemeanor te give or sell a child under that age a story of murder, forgery or robbery, whether true or net, and prohibits the employment of a child under fourteen for begging, gathering rags and segar stumps. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. A man named Reid, imprisoned for con tempt of court, has just died in jail at On tario, after a sleep of 84 hours' duration. A farmer named Kline, 70 years of age, perished by the burning of his dwelling, near Kent, Ohie, en Saturday. A train en the Cincinnati Southern rail road was thrown from the track by a boul der, near Stoen's Valley, en Saturday night, and Gee. Marchand, a brakemau. was killed. The freshets in all the rivers of this state have subsided. The rives of Vir ginia have also fallen, and arc mostly clear of ice, but trains en some of the railroads are still suspended. The Queen City malleable iron works, owned by Jehn H. Bargcr and situated en Eastern avenue, Cincinnati, ware burned yesterday morning. Less, $15,000 te $20, 000; insurance $13,000. Venner, the Canadian weather prophet, predicts very stormy weather, with heavy sne wfalls, i'rein Montreal te Washington and heavy rains through the Southern states for the forepart of March. Small-pox has become epidemic at Cuba, Illinois, five new cases being announced, aud citizens are leaving that region. On account of a cage in the convent at Strea Strea ter, Illinois, the city authorities forbade worship in the adjoining church. Mr. R. B. Cenklin of Grecnpert is said te have sold the noted trotting horse Wedgcwoed te Mt. Blake of Bosten for $23,000. The horse is still at Mr. Conk Cenk lin's stock farm aud will remain there until the latter part of next month. Twe buildings in Charleston Seuth Car olina, and occupied by C.A. Graeter's, bag manufactory aud the ether by the Charles ton bagging manufacturing company, were destroyed by fire yesterday. The jess is nearly $30,000, David Brooks, of Philadelphia, has commenced a suit in the United States circuit court in New Yerk, against the Geld and Stock telegraph company for damages, he claiming that the company had used insulators te which he has the only claim, without his autheiity. The trial of Clarcnce Grav for the mur der of Theodere Glancy, editor of the Press, in Santa Barbara, California, has re- suited in the discharge of the jury for ina- bility te agree. The defeuce was that Glancy was the aggressor, and that the sheeting was accidental. By the careless use of a pistol, Edward I. Hcnniiur was killed by his friend, Ch.is. J. Smith, whom he was visiting in Chi cago, en Sunday night. Henuing was sliuwins a self-cocking revolver, when Smith took it in his hand, at the sitma time laughingly throwing his arms around his friend's neck. The movement dis charged the weapon and sent a bullet through young Henning's brain. Smith is almost insane in consequence. STATE ITEMS. Governer lleyt has signed the bill te consolidate the offices of receiver of taxes and collector of delinquent taxes in Phila delphia. James Thompson, a brakeman en the Lehigh Valley railroad, was riding en the engine United States, Ne. 310, ami when Hearing Sugar Notch was looking out of the cab window, when his head struck against some trestling and his neck was biekcn. The deceased lived in Allcutewu and leaves a wife and two children The case cf the commonwealth against D. R. Jenes, general secretary of the Ceal Miners' association, which has been en trial for the past week at Grcciisburg, was concluded, the jury bringing in a ver dict of guilty. Jenes was charged by the Waverly coal company with con-piracy in inducing miners el the company te strike. The trial was watched with great interest by the working people throughout the country, aud especially by members of trades unions. TUKIT.LING HOSPITAL SCKNE. Attempt Desperate But Vusuccesslal Ceumilt fetiicide. te Rudelph Thersteuscn, a Norwegian, twenty-two years of age, and by trade a painter, made au attempt yesterday, while delhieus, te terminate his life by jumping out of a third-story window of the Presby tciian hospital, en East Seventieth street, near Madisen avenue, New Yerk. The injuries he received arc serious. He" had been taken te the hospital en Friday, by an acquaintance, A. P. Smith, of Ne. 234 East Filth street, aud was found te be suf fering from pneumonia. He was placed in ward Ne. 3, which is situated en the third fleer of the cast wing. His bed was in about the centre of the room, with the head against the north wall. About 1 o'clock yesterday af ternoon the nurse in charge passed his bed en her way through the ward, and found him sleeping soundly, and te all appear ances peacefully. Less thau five minutes afterwards he sprang from his bed in a state of great excitement, and, clad sim ply in his night-shirt, rushed te the win dow in the northeast corner of the ward, facing Seventy-first street. It is a double window, formed of large panes of thick plate glass, and the patient in his deli rium sprang through it at once, breaking out both panes. The momentum carried his body half way through the window, aud he was -forcing himself entirely through, when a convalescent patient who was standing near the spot seized him by the light leg aud shouted for help. The nuisc hastened te the spot and caught held of Tkerstwwseu's ether leg. He strugglel desperately te free, him. self, and a contest ensued. A peliceman saw the struggle from the street outside aud ran te the quarters of eugiue company Ne. 30. iu Sixty-seventh street, for a ladder. The engineer of the hospital iu the meantime had come te the assistance) .of the nur.se aud the patient who were still struggling with the delirious Norwe gian, having already broken the sashes iu their efforts te prevent Thersteuscn from accempusmug ms oeject. The engineer rau down stairs te get a rope, but while he was gene Thersteuseu succeeded in free ing euc of his legs. Bracing his feet against the window-sill, by main force he dragged himself away from these who were endeavoring te held him hack aud then sprang out. He fell en his back striking a heap of frozen snow in the area between the building and the railings en Seventy-first street. He was picked up by Mr. Wall, the superintendent of the hospital, and brought into the building, where it was found that he had received a fracture of the right arm, besides inter nal injuries which it is feared will result fatally. Singular as it may appear, he had received few scratches in passing through the windows. It was found ncc- I essary afterwards te tie him down d. te h's THE PBESIDENCT IX' '84 ASD '88 A Lene Loek Ahead byFoUUc13peculater War en tne Stalwarts. The Washington coarespendent of the New Yerk Sun telegraphs te that journal as fellows : It is new understood that General Gar field's cabinet will be made up at Menter, before he comes te Washington at the end of this month, with the bare possibility of some change after he gets here. By tak ing this course, General Garfield may re lieve himself from irksome importunity. The party chiefs who have net been con sulted at all, and who have had no peison peisen al opportunity of expressing their opinions as te the make-up of the new administra tion, caunet be expected te take his action in geed part. A mere politic president elect would have seen and heard everybody entitled te consideration en this subject, even if his mind had been positively made up in ad vance. In shutting the gates down and in prohibiting free conference General Gar field exhibits net strength but merely weakness of character. He lacks the moral courage te confront the leaders whom he intends te disappoint. He is afraid te tell them why he has decided against their preferences. This course will enlv sharpen the cdre of resentment, and uunecessaiily make enemies by wounding personal pride. The main elements of the cabinet were chosen long age, and will net be changed. The subordinate places may he altered, but net enough te affect the uuity of pur pose upon which the new administration is te proceed. The central idea upon which Mr. Blaine, as the. controlling spirit, starts out is for General Garfield te be his own successor, with Mr. Blaine as the candidate for 1833, whtn he will be fifty-eight years old. This interesting pregramme net only shuts out the third-termers for 1884, but it also serves notice upon them that the policy aud the patronage of the new ad ministration will be directed against the men who were defeated at Chicago With this the object of Garfield and Blaine, of course the Grant leaders. could net ex pect te get the Treasury, upon which their fondest hopes had centered. That recog nition would have placed them en an equality with their rivals, and Mr. Blaine does net propose te admit their equality. If Mr. Conkling and the interest which he represents will be content with a mild Grantitc like young Mr. Lincoln, who pre sided ever a third-term meetiug in Chicago but has made no figure in politics, they may be gratified. But there is no inten tion te strengthen Mr. Cenkling'shand in any way ; nor is there any especial desire te break with him. It is easy te see what the result of the existing rivalries must be. It is the old story of the White and Red Reses, of Jef Jef fereon and Hamilton, of Clay aud Web ster, of the Hunkers and Barnburners, of Douglas and Breckinridge, el Seward and Chase. A collision is inevitable in the ! nature el things between the factions led j by Conkling, with Grant as his figure head, and Blaine, with Garfield at his ' back. It cannot ceme j geed or the country, ! m i tee seen tonne EDITOR OF "THK WORLD." Ilow the Chief Epjeyit Himself In Mis 31 as- tiitlucnt Apartments. New Yerk Cor., Philadelphia Uecer-1. As 1 waited Fiiday night at the Park place station of the elevated railroad, leek ing at. the books en the news stand, a voice said in my car: "Can I recommend 'Endymieu' te you, sir ; the latest imperial idea?" I turned, and it was A. Oakcy Hall, the weiking editor of the World, who forthwith proceeded te fill his pockets with "library editions" for his daughters. He himself is a most veracious reader. Everything is digestible with Him, and he makes use sometimes of all he consumes. The World has virtually passed into the management of Mr. Hall. Mr. William Henry Ilurlbert, the chief, seldom gees te the office new, but re mains at his rooms in telephonic commu nication with the staff and takes mere leis urc new as a most charming and vivacious diner-out. In the old New Yerk Univer sity building at the corner el" Waverly place and University place, Mr. Ilurlbert has had an elegant suite of bachelor apart ments for the past nineteen years. The building is dreary and his doers are board beard ed up jealously. One might knock at the outer oak for a week, and unless he had an appointment no result would be visible. His castle is his own. But once the deer is open the scene is ene of extraordinary luxury. Statuary, pictures, rugs, brick-a-brac, the costly contributions of every age and every clime, seem te be thrown together in chaotic disregard te the laws of order. The result is brilliant in the ex treme. Here the witty, handsome editor entertains a small circle of masculine guests and a still choicer circle of the ether sex. A rarity among editors, Mr. Hurlbert has made a great deal of money during the past five years, it being popularly sup posed that J. Gould has been his friend and counseller. New in the prime of his maturer year, he can afford te enjoy the etium cum dig, of which we read at Har vard college. Bern in Charleston, S. C, the son of a Unitarian clergyman from Massachusetts, Mr. Ilurlbert was himself ordained te the ministry and was settled ever a con gregation at Watertown, Mass. There it is said he had his first love romance particulars of which arc tee long for the present letter. It ended in his dedication of himself te a life of bachelorhood, and his renunciation of the pulpit. After ex tensive travel in Europe, he entered the editorial profession, from which he may new be said te have graduated with honor. Like his predecessor, Man ten Marble, he has found a fortune in a paper which did net mere thau pay its expenses, if it did that. It new remains for the World te de the same kindness for his successor and restore the broken fortunes of A. Oakey Hall. Mr. Marble by the way, was trained for the Baptist ministry. Mr. Clarke, editor of the Express. was a few years age settled ever a Unitarian church at Harlem. Other ex-clergymcn arc en the staffs of the daily press, and de goad work there. But no such romance and ene might reel' off his tory after history of his bachelor career surrounds them as has followed almost every step of the life which Jay Gould has new taken up and gilded. m MABBEU TO THE 1IBABT. Drawing a Knife anil Plunging tt Inte ills Victim's Side. Scrauten was startled yesterday by an other murder. Patrick McGuire, 43 years of age, who was married and had a large lamuy, was staoecd ey James .uuiicu, in the houe of the latter, and died iu a few minutes afterwards. Mullen, who is em ployed at one of the machine shops in the city, went te his home en Washington avenue after quitting work. He alleges that he found McGuire with his wife. Drawing r large knile from his pocket he plunged it into McGuirc's side aud the blade, which was about four inches long, pierced the victim's heart. McGuire stag gered te the stairs and fell te the bottom, where in a short time after he was found by the police. Mullen went te the mayor's office, narrated the facts and gave himself up. At a hearing before a coroner's jury three of Mullen's sons testified that their mother had been dissipated for the past ten years and that strange men were in the habit of visiting the house. They haid that many fights occurred bctweeu Mullen ana ins who ana mat tueir lives became ( almost unbearable by reason of her disso lute habits. The woman claims that Mc Guire tried te assault her, but that she repulsed him. Mullen says that he never saw McGuire before. The murderer and his wife have been imprisoned. A MISSING CHILD FOUSD. Fearing te Ce Heme With a Turn Ores, She U Sheltered by a Stranger. On the 13th of January last, Nellie Richards, a bright and handsome girl of nine years, was sent by her aunt, with whom she lived at Ne. 1014 Summit ave nue, Jersey City Heights, te the posteffice in Jersey City te mail a postal card. Nellie did net return home that night, and the next day her aunt visited the homes of her friends in Jersey City and New Yerk, but failed te find the missing girl. On the day previous te her disappearance, Nellie told her aunt that she had been in vited by a strange man te take a sleigh ride with him. She refused, but premised that she would de some ether time. Her aunt came te the conclusion that the child had been met again by the stranger and carried away agaiust her will. The aid of tlie police was asked for, and Chief of Police Murphy detailed Detective Hutten te work up the case. Yesterday he received information that the child was at the house of a Mr. Leet, at the corner of Cambridge aud Seuth streets, only a few blocks from where her aunt lives. lie hastened te the place, but when he arrived there he learned that the child had been there and had been taken home by her aunt. He went te the house, and as he entered the deer he saw the child sca'ed near the stove, apparently very much frightened. In auswer te his questions as te where she had been, the girl s.iid that since she left home she had becu stepping at the house of a Mrs. Pitners, Ne. 141 Hauceck avenue. She said that en her way te the posteffice she fell down and tore her dress, and fearing she would receive a whipping if she went home, she wandered about the streets for several hours. Becoming ex hausted, she lay down en the steep of Mr. Pituers'sjbeusc.Shc was found there by that lady and was taken into her house. She told Mr. Pitneis that she was afraid te go hemc,and Mrs. Pitiiers,she says, agreed te allow her te stay there. Yesterday after noon she was sent te the store, aud en her way there she met several boys with whom she was acquainted. They recog nized her, and fearing they would tell her aunt where she was stepping, she ran as fast as she could. 1 he boys followed her, and she took refuge in the house of Mrs. Leet. That lady also recognized her, and kept her there until her aunt could be notified. The child, whose real name is Parks, is a niece of a well-known New Yerk actress, and was brought from England by her mother four years age. She was left in the charge of her aunt, "whose name is Rich-aids, two years age. A I) VINO SPEECH. Green Jacksen's Kem:irfc en the Occasion et His Execution. Green Jacksen, a colored man, was hanged in Crittenden county, Arkansas, en the 11th inst., ferthemurdci of Lercnz Jenes, also colored. There was a very small crowd iu attend ance at the execution, ewinir te the bad weather. Jacksen was brought out about 12 o'clock. He was dressed very neatly in a suit of clothes furnished by Mr. W. P. Be.it tie, the sheriff. Jacksen was at tended by ministers of the gospel, who prayed and sang very fervently with him. Mr. Bcattic then read the warrant of exe cution and gave Jacksen time te address the spectators. Jacksen spoke as fellows : " As seen as I finish my cirar and apple I will be ready." He then arose aud gave out a hymn in a clear voice, requesting theso who could te join in the singing. He gave the hymn : "Why Should we Start and Pear te Die?" He then said: "We will join in prayer with Mr. Fred Moere ; I am sorry it is raining." He arose and asked the sheriff hew much time he had te talk in and the sheriff said fifteen min utes. After talking about seven minutes he seemed te think that he had net talked that long. He said : ' I reckon you all knew what I am here for. I could net leek te man te be forgiven, but te the Auther and Fin isher of all. I can only say goed-byo. Yeu de net knew where I am going te-day, but I hope Iain going te sec bright angels." He said that this reminded him of au Irishman he knew. "If a man dies and is geed, he gees te heaven ; if bad he gees te the ether place. There was a man who died, anil there was au elder who charged ten dollars a prayer, se he prayed three prayers the first was te raise him from the dead, the second was te raise him from the uravc aud the third te heaven. The prayers were prayed and he only raised te his knees aud he then went te" another elder. The elder asked hew far he had becu raised. The Irishman said te his knees. Then, said the cider, he will have te jmnp the balance of the way. It is just se with me, my friend ; I will have te jump the balance of the way. I have jumped and jumped until I have jumped a rope around my neck. My lawyers steed by the evidence and mc te the last. I wanted te say some thing about my friends who have given mc something te eat while in jail, 3Irs. Sulcs and ethers. I am going home te Ged aud the holy angels. I will be with them in six or seven minutes. Ged has net for saken mc." Singular Death el Four Men. I'rein the Cartilage (X. C.) Uascttc. A few days since a heartrending acci dent occurred at Jacksen Springs, in this county, resulting in a holecau-1 of dead aud wounded men. A party of negrees working in turpentine went into camp in the weeds aud for shelter built au inclined shed between two large pines, bracing the cress ridge-pole in front between the two trees. Upen the reef they piled poles and turf of earth, making it very heavy. That night a severe storm, with high wind, arose, aud by the swaying of the trees in the hurricane the ridge-pole was loosened, and the horribly death-trap fell upon the unfortunate men, crushing them where they lay. Te add te the calamity the straw inside the shelter caught from the campiire blazing at the opening, wrap ping the victims m the names. One man, with great difficulty succeeded in extricat ing himself aud crawling out, and dragged forth one of his companions. Three of the men, we learn, were killed, another has since died of his injuries, while a fifth was seriously hurt. BLOWN Tt A'JOMS. V Yeung Man's Death Klile With n Torpedo. Monday morning F. A. McClain, an em em pleye of the Roberts torpedo company, at Bradford, McKcau county, drove towards Meedy tract te toipcde wells for the Chauucy oil company. He had two hun dred pounds of nitre-glycerino in his sled. While driving hih-spirited horses ever a stony read enc-and-a quarter miles seutli of Aiken the glycerine ex ploded wiih terrific effect. The traces of .McClain were almost obliterated aud bleed was spattered ever trees and shrubs, the sled reduced te atoms aud the horse mangled and instantly killed. Portions of the man's face, tufts of hair and mangled pieces of his Ici;s aud arms scattered iu different directions, were all tbat could be found of McClain. It is supposed that the horses became unmanageable and the gly gly cerine exploited from concussion when the sled runners struck a large stone. He was 23 years old and unmarried. His parent reside at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Ocean's Dangers. The brig Helen A. Helmes, ashore near Vineyard Haven, 'Massachusetts, went te pieces in Saturday's storm, and her cargo is a total less The schooner Alameda, from Portland for New Yerk, with lumber, and the schooner J. F. Carver, from Wechawkcn, for Portland, with coal, are ashore en the west end of Nantucket and will prove a total less. The crews are safe. The cap tain of the Carver reports that en' the 3d inst. , he saw abeat'scicwadriltin the ice, who were probably carried out te sea. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE DBU3IOBE ITEMS. Lewer End Correspondence. Mr. Hugh Penny, one of our eldest cit izens, died at his residence near the Buck, en Thursday morning of last week. Mr. Penny lived ever his three score and ten years, and died lamented as he lived re spected. The ice en the Susquehanna at Peach Bettem broke Friday night. Theso who witnessed .the breaking say it was wild beyond comprehension. At the Herse Gap and ether ledges of rocks the ice was piled up forty or fifty feet high. That sounds pretty high, but the information is perfectly reliable. There were eleven rafts lying at Peach Bettem waiting for a freshet, but when it came, it came a little tee strong for them, and they were battered and shattered and jammed against and piled upon each ether in a maimer interesting te the lumberman. Twe of the rafts were completely broken up, and the drifting legs ground te splin teis. The damage at various points is considerable, but net as great as was anti cipated. Our tobacco is all oft" the lath new and most of it s-tripped, and stripped with un usual caie. The quality of the general crop in aud this aud Fulton townships is far superior te any ever grown here. At and near Fairfield there are tens of the beautiful weed awaiting the buyers with fullest pocketbooks. There have been a few small aud some inferior lets sold but the " boss " tobacco Is still in our cel lars. On the 10th inst., by Rev. Jehn Gal breath, at the parsonage, Chestnut Level, Mr. Wm. Lee, a Jeffcreenian Democrat, and Mrs. Lydia Nichols wcre married. This part of the Intelliekxcek begs leave te wish the bride aud trroein much and continued happiness. Mr. Lee is very fertunate iu securing a wife who long age .ceased te be a novice in matrimo nial affairs, this being the fourth time the worthy lady has worn the orange blossoms. Their marriages was the occasion of a regular eld-time cali thumpian serenade, an institution, sad te relate, that is fast falling into disuse and neglect. But en this occasion this oc casion the "horse fiddle," sleigh bells, dinner horns, conch shells and everything else that a boy can induce te make a hor rible noise, were produced in honor of the newly mariied pair. F1KK AT THIS ALMSHOUSE. A Great Scare but Small Damage. This morning about 7 o'clock fire was discovered bursting from the third fleer of the new almshouse and for seme minutes there was the wildest excitement among the inmates dozens of whom gathered together their few effects and hurried from the building. The officers of the building hastened te the scene and seen discovered that the fleer had taken tire from the heat of- ene of the steam-pipes with which the building is heated. This pipe runs be tween the fleer and the ceilintr and very close te it. The fleer being of yellow pine, containing a great deal of resin, was easily ignited. Fortunately the lire was discov ered before it had get a fair start, aud was extinguished by the officials, who with axes cut up a portion of the fleer and threw water by the bucketful upon the flames. The less will prelwbly net exceed 100 ; but think what "it mi.ht have becu," had the fire broken out in the dead of night when officers and inmates wcre all fast asleep ! We might have had a re petition of the terrible scenes attending the burning of the Minnesota lunatic asylum a few months age. If the fire originated from the cause abeve stated, the county commissioners and directors of the peer should lese no time in pre venting a recurrence of the danger. Seme expei ts declare that a. steam pipe lying close against a piecoet.wood will net set ' ,lre te ifc 5 but e!d engineers ay that it is i no uncommon thing te sce the wooden "jacket " enclosing steam boilers, set en lire and burned by the heat of the steam in the boiler. Whatever may have been tli2 cause of the fire this morning it behooves the officers above named te make a thorough inspection of the premises with a view of preventing a mere serious Sire. The American fire steamer was promptly en the premises, but its services were net required. KE1STONE BAND FAIK. The Opening Night A Fine Divpluy. Last night the fair for the benefit of the Keystone band was opened iu Centre Hall third fleer of Hestettcr & Sens' build ing en Centre Square. Leng rows of ta bles extend along both sides and one end of the hall and these arc surmounted with decorations, consisting of evergreens, flags of all nations and Chinese lanterns. The tables arc filled with a variety of useful and ornamental articles, such as are usually found at fairs, including cakes, fruits, confections, hijeutry, needle work, crochet work, etc, etc. Among the mere valuable' articles en ex hibition, and te be voted for or chanced off, arc a beautiful McKillipps parlor or gan, a Demestic sewing machine, a Davis sewing machine, a breech-leading gun, a fine set of harness, a parlor stove, a full set of bench-tools for tinman, carpets, child's carriage, etc., etc. In the back room is a lunch table provided with all the delicacies of the season. There are also two wheels of fortune and ether at tractions. Each table is iu charge of polite and attentive sales-ladies. The Keystone band was of course in attendance and played a number of pieces of music. They will perform ever evening during the week. The fair will be much mere attractive this evening than last evening a; then lliore were quite a num ber of the contributions net yet arranged. The following named gentlemen consti tute the committee of arragements : Win. Keller, Richard Smith, N Roberts and Jeffersen Brown. BABT ITEMS. Our Georgetown Correspondence. The tobacco market has reached Bart at last, and resulted in the following sales : Cyrus McNeal sold te Gee. Diller, about three acres, at, 19, 10, 0 aud . Charles E. Stcacy, li acres te for Resen waid, at 20, 14, G and 3. Hiram Scntmau, te the same, one acre at 19, G and 8. Wes tley Hcrr, 1 aero te L. T. Hcnsel, at 10, 4 and 3. All the crop is new off the poles aud will seen be in the market. Sales in neighboring townships are heard of, but nothing certain about prices. The snow-drifts that lately blockaded the public reads are fast melting away, aud swelling the mill-streams te seething, muddy torrents. The mail carrier en Sat urday w.is compelled te make a circuit of ever ene and a halt miles te reach George town, and could go no farther, although his route takes him toKirkweod, aud back by Bartvillc te Christiana. "Our village was treated te quite a noisy treat en Saturday evening by the Bartville string band, composed of fnnr musicians, viz : Gran. Jehnsen colored. Mann Graham, white, two cracked violins and one triangle. The citizens of the village feel like inviting them te go somewhere clse when they wish te argue the question of "who am, or who am net drunk." DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. Scheel Directors. Dr. Henry Carpenter, Henry . Slaymaker, William A. Morten, Elim G. Snyder, A. J. Snyder. A. Z. Ringwalt, rirtt Ward.. Common Council Gee. W. Brown, S. K. Lichty, Jehn F. Keith, Jehn A. Sheber. Assessor Jacob Reese, Constable Jehn H. Brown. Judge Charles Buchmiller. Inspector Thee. Trout. Second Ward. Common Council David McMulleu, Wm. J. Fordney, Jehn Helman. Assessor Jacob B. Lichty. Constable Geerge Speng. Judge Robt. Clark. Inspector Robt. B. Risk. Third Ward. Common Council Geerge F. Sprenger, Jacob Kiehl, Adam S. Rhoads. Assessor Milten J. Ruth. Constable B. F. Leman. Judge Herbert Johnsten. Inspector James MacGeuigle. Fourth Ward. Common Council Henry W. Harberger, Rebert Bruce, (Themas Hays, Ind. Rep). Assessor Edward Jeffries. Constable James Ceylc. Judge James A. McElhene. Inspector Emanuel Wilhc'ni. Firth Ward. Select Council R. K. Schnader. Common Council Merris Gershcl, Henry Wolf. Assessor S. S. Jerdan. Constable Samuel Lent.. Judge Geerge Musser. v Inspector O. B. Shcrtzer. Sixth Ward. Common Council Dr. Jehn Lovergood, Wm. Jehnsen, Wm. T. Jefferies. Alderman Geerge W. Brintnall. Assessor Charles R. Fraiiey. Constable Geerge Lentz. Judge Byren J. Brown. Inspector Charles R. King. Seventh Ward. Select Council Gee. M. Berger. Common Council Henry Smeycb, Jehn Yackly, Frank Everts. Assessor James IS. Garvin. Constable Jehu Merringer. Judge Wm. McLaughlin. Inspector Jehn Blankcnmyer. Eighth Ward. Common Council Bcnj. Huber, Geerge Bees, Jeseph A. Albert. Assessor Christ. A. Oblcndcr. Constable Geerge Shay. Judge Lee Jacobs. Inspector Jehn Bradel. Ninth Ward. Select Council Philip Zccher. Common Council .1. H. Ostermayer, Geerge Shulmyer, sr., Emanuel Stene. Assessor David Zecher. Censtable Christian Flick. Judge Jehu Heek. Inspector Charles F. Smith, I'rel. l'lillipa en the Grand Theory. A geed audience was present last even ing at the court house te hear Prof. Philips en the grandest theory presented by scien tific men since the nebular hypothesis. The lecture, an extended abstract of which is found en our first page te-day, occupied au hour in its delivery and was illustrated by diagrams showing the path of the sun in the varying ellipse of its orbit ; by a glebe illustrating the circle described by the pole, causing the precession of the equinoxes, etc.; and by a large wall map of" phjsical geography illustrating the position aud movement of the Gulf stream and the great Pacific current, whose influ influ upen the climate of the North Temperate Zene is such as make it habitable by the great nations of the earth. The audience was much interested in the snbjcct as presented by the lecturer. The llumane Fair. A great crowd a;, am attended the fair at the Humane fire company's hall last evening. The sales of the articles en ex hibition were numerous. Many chances were taken for the valuable exhibits. te be disposed of in that manner, and a very respectable vete was cast for the articles te be thus awarded, considering that yes terday was thp day before the polls opened. During the evening a number of skilful amateurs played popular airs npen the ele gant Esty organ which is te be civen away te somebody, aud there was also fine music from the handsome musical liex pre sented te the fair by the Empire. All present seemed charmed with the attrac tions of the fair, and the mangement is mere than delighted with the success that has thus farattended it. Tonight is "Empire" night en which occasion the Empire hook and ladder com pany will attend in abedy, accompanied by a.band of music. They will be welcomed by the Humane, congratulatory speeches will be made by both parties, and a geed time all around may be expected. hales or Tobacco. Wc report the following additional sales efthe crop of 1880. The Rcifsnydcr brothers, of Caernarvon township, have sold te Jeseph Altschue 9 acres at 30, 20, 10 and 5. This crop is considered the finest in that section of the county, and would have been sold sooner had net the growers held it at what ap peared te be an unreasonable price 25 through. Mr. Becker, of Lancaster township, sold te Mr. Bensen 7 acres at 22, 10 and 5; 1 acres at 20, 10 and 5, and 1$ acres at 19, 10 and 5$. Jehn S. La ml is has sold 4 acres at 20, 14, 8 and 2J. Milten L. Koffroth, of Salisbury town ship, sold te Skilcs & Fry, 1 acre at 17, G aud 3. Leenaid Dague, of Salisbury, sold te same firm acre at 17, 5, 8 and V Valentines. The number of valentines that passed threughhc Lancaster posteffice yesterday was larger than ever before, aggregating about 7,000, of which about 4,500 were mailed for delivery in the city, and 2,500 for ether offices, in almost every state and territory in the union The general character of the valentines this year was better than usual. Seme of them were very costly and of exquisite design, and even the comic ones were mere creditably executed than theso for merly in vogue. Ucld ler l'estage. Letters addrcs-cd te the following named pci sons arc held at the posteffice in this city because the senders have failed te affix sufficient postage en the envel opes : -Mrs. Elizabeth Gibsen, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wm. Varnan, Rawlinsville, Pa. D. McCormick, Jeffersen 3Iedical Col lege, Philadelphia (two). Miss Lillian Binder, Philadelphia. Dennis Marien, Seuth Chicago. Mayer's Court. Mayer MacGeuigle had a round dozen of guests at his 'evtc this morning,, all of wliem were discharged se that the voters among them might have an opportunity of exercising the inestimable right of voting for "Mulhoely and reform." Twe boys charged with committing nuisances in the law building were discharged with the assurance that they would be sent te the house of refuge at Philadelphia unless they mended their ways. The Lucky Man. Harry A. Auxcr, residing at 503 North Queen street, held the lucky number, 658, that drew tlfc handsome silver tea set chanced off at the recent Union fair. l .'1 i tlfl f fl' I 1 m U . &il 1
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