Cv LANCASTER PAIL? INTELLIGENCER- SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1881. Lancaster intelligencer. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST .0, 1881. Peculiar Reform. New that Collector Robertsen has get into his place in the New Yerk custom house,and proclaimed his peHcy,it seems that there is no substantial difference between it and his predecessor's, and that Mr. Merritt's removal was ordered for purely political reasons, which were net only net in accord with the princi ples of civil service reform, but in direct antagonism te them. Mr.Merritt was less of a politician than Robertsen, and gave a business attention and strict manage ment te his office, as his successor de clared approvingly in taking possession, and as the mercantile community testi fied in protesting against his removal. Indeed' it was only reconciled by his ap pointment te one of the most lucrative positions in the foreign service. The fact is that Mr. Blaine wanted a smart and active politician in this place who would organize and manipulate its powerful influences te the upbuilding of an administration or Blaine party in New Yerk. In this view the change there was as gross a violation of civil service reform, its absolute an exercise of "boss" power, as deliberate a stroke of " machine"' politics, as any thing ever done by Cenklingand his fac tion. The administration must carry the odium of this indefensible perform ance. A crisis which has arisen in the dis tribution of the Maine patronage gives opportunity te test whether the New Yerk policy is te Ins extended or netJ Blaine's "Bub" Hale premised the Ban Ban eor collectership te ex-Gov. Davis in consideration of In.s 'retirement from the ssnaterial contest with Hale a species of political trading for which, under the law te purify Pennsylvania politics, efficii brokers cau ba sent te jail. Te make geed his contract Hale has te have the present collector, Gen. Jeseph Smith, removed two years before his commission of office expires, without cause ; and Garfield assented te this, though he had net executed the in tention when lie was struck down. Jlean time Smith's friends are uy in arms and about three-fourths of the Republican voters up that way and almost the entire business community support his pretest. The administration must meet the issue. It remains te be seen hew it will de it, and whether when the president recov ers, he will be the chief executive or del egate the power and responsibilities of his office te the busy politician in the de partment of state, te reward his friends and punish I lis enemies in dispensing the public patronage. On: esteemed Republican contempor aries of loudly professed but very easy virtue, who have been anticipating a millennial conditions of tilings, induced by the general sympathy of the people with their stricken president, and who have been announcing as their pro pre gramme " only one candidate in 18S4, and his name Garfield," have had their enthusiasm quite chilled by the suggestion that the president should ap point a Democrat te the supreme bench in place of Clifferd. The supreme court is supposed te bs a non-political body, and should be filled up en different con siderations from these which govern the selection of ether public officers, because appointments te it are of life tenure. Every present member of it was appoint ed as a Republican, some as partisans, and only one has indicated by his deci sions his sympathy with the Democratic view of constitutional construction. Hence the intimation that two out of nine would net be a dangerous propor tion of representation for a party with mere thau half the votes of the country, has lieen thrown out in some Republican journals. We have net seen it snapped at veraciously by the apostles of the " era of geed feeling." That is net the kind of a political millennium they are looking for. When the lamb and lien lie down together they want the Democratic lamb inside. Wk exiect te see our esteemed Re publican contemporaries blossoming out with statements that the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia had advocated the application of the torch te the school houses of Virginia. Seme of the New Yerk papers are already felicitating themselves that such a decla ration by him will ensure his defeat, and the Kccninij 1'ext gravely publishes the opinion that " no mau known te antago nize the public schools can ever be elected te any important public office in Vir ginia." New what Majer Daniel did once say, in a Senate debate, was that he "would burn down the public school houses before he would rob the creditors of the state te maintain them," which was net a sentiment te be deprecated in any locality, since school houses in which a laxer system of morals than that is taught had better be burned down. As the World pertinently remarks : " It is no doubt of great importance te, Vir ginia that its children should be taught, but the value of an education which be gins by teaching them that they are te be taught with ether people's money stolen for that purpose may be doubted." Tin: Philadelphia l'ress makes the im portant announcement that in its Sunday edition te morrow it will publish an in terview with .ludge Black, in which he will give the inside history of the Bu chanan administration from December, 1SG0. te March, ISM, attempting te show upon whom the responsibility rests for the encouragement given the secession ists, his deliverance lieiug called forth by recent utterances of Jeff Davis. This will no doubt be a valuable contribution te that part of our war histerv. the inside truth of which is the least known, and about which no one is se well qualified te speak as Judge Black. It will never cease te be the subject of regret that he did net write the life of Mr. Buchanan, or at least the history of his administration, and any historical eutgivings from him in relation te that period must have interest and value. It has been left te a Democratic mayor Of Philadelphia te take the new depar ture of appointing colored menent'ie police force, as it was a Democratic judge of Western Pennsylvania who laid down the doctrine of no discrimination en account of color in the public schools of the state. Gehmaxy seems te have entirely tee many noblemen te the square inch. Net long age one of the surplus who had come te this country, threw himself te destruction from a tall tower in Chicago and new one has hanged himself in a New Yerk tenement beuse, while the concert saloons and summer gardens of New Yerk are full of them, eking out a precarious subsistence. It seems te be the German peasant who thrives best in this free air ; the nobleman is an exotic of uncertain growth. MNOB TOPICS. Dean Stanley's successor is te be ap pointed by Mr. Gladstone. The efforts of the Chinese government te suppress the opium traffic and habit, have thus far apparently been complete failures. Caumnai. Manning has declared himself in favor of legislation te put down intem perance, maintaining that moral means has been tried enough, and proved insuf ficient of itself. The Scotch Presbyterians of Canada have been thrown into a violent, commo tion by the evil example set by the Mar quis of Leruo in traveling from Halifax te Quebec ou Sunday. The diocese of Iowa, under a new con stitution, permits women te vote at vestry meetings. In England a female church, warden uas been chosen in the parish of Bcerferd, of which Canen Treyer is the rector. An "agnostic" or "not-knewer" is ex pounded by the New Yerk Sun as " a man who doesn't knew whether there is a Ged or net, doesn't knew whether he has a soul or net, doesn't knew whether there is a future life or net, doesn't believe that anyone else knows any mere about these matters than he decu, aud( thinks it a waste of time te try and find out." One of a Cincinnati judge's reasons for refusing te grant a divorce te a man was that he had taken his wife "Hern the domestic circle and launched her into the midst of iniquities which surround the path of a comely and youthful female in a business life requiring travel and frequent contact with worldly people." In ether words, he had scut her out as a book agent. Censl'i. IIai.hkiiman, of Bangkok, for wards te our government a curious he count, mostly taken from the local papers, of the cremation of the late queen and in fant priuce, who were accidentally drowned. The attendant ceremonies were mere elab orate thau at the furnaces in Washington, Pa., including precessions, races, tourna ments, tilting, boxing, wrestling, theatri cal performances, games, fireworks and distributions of gifts among the people. Geerge Moukisen, living at Browns villc, near Newark, Ohie, remarked, upon hearing of the sheeting of President Gar field, that he hoped the president would die. Au old soldier named C. A. Cook, who was standing by, slapped Morrison in the mouth. Fer this the old soldier was arrested, and he was fined $10 and the costs, which amounted te $22. The Cin cinnati Cemtitercial announced the ether morning that it would receive 1 cent sub scriptions from citizens, the money te be used in paying the fine and costs against Cook. The response was overwhelming. Before night ever 8,000 names had been placed upon the subscription list, each for one cent. PERSONAL. Rev. Dr.Tues Guauij. of Baltimore, Md., has declined the overtures of the Seventh, avenue church, New Yerk, recently va cated by Dr. J. P. Newman. Of a party given at the City hotel, Sun bury, en Thursday, by the lady guests te the gentlemen, Miss Julia Viij.ee, of this city, temporarily stepping there, headed the list of managers. The death is announced or Thkodekk Bekgii, linguist and professor, critic and historian of Greek literature, in his seven tieth year. He was born in Leipsic, was a revolutionist in 1848, but subsequently be coming disgusted with politics he return ed te his philological studies, and from 1852 te 18G9 he held professorships at Fri Fri beurg, Haldc and Benn. He wrote a great number of dissertations and articles in the different scientific journals, and edited edi tions of the classics. The late Jehn Burnsiue, of New Orleans, went te a large entertainment, at which he met James Robb, who died pear Cinciunati last week. Mr. Robb owned one of the finest residences in New Orleans. The house was built by him. Burusidc asked Robb what value he placed en his house. Robb replied : " There is net au Irishman in New Orleans rich enough te buy it. I ask $185,000." Burnside put his hand in his pocket, drew out his check-book and im mediately drew his check for the amount, and the bargain was closed. Of the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia a Republican contemporary says : "Jehn W. Daniet. is the Henry Clay of Virginia. He is a mau of won derful personal magnetism and in the short time that he has been before the public in his state, being only SO years of age, has become the idol of a multitude of admirers. He is a thorough Virginian, an orator of exceptional ability, standing among the first speakers in the Cincinnati convention last year, an able lawyer, and, from all accounts, a thoroughly honest man. He was a Rebel soldier, but, un like the average Stalwart,' he ceased fighting when the war closed." Uiaum Castle. The marriage of Miss Cavendish-Ben-tinck with Lord Glamis, eldest son of the Earl of Strath mere, recalls the mysterious chamber that is said te exist in Glamis castle. What is contained in this cham ber, and what is the secret connected with it, is known alone te the head of the fam ily, his eldest son, and the factor of the estate. That there is a closed chamber is unquestionable ; it has no window, and it is reached through a hole in the ceiling. Equally unquestionable is it that there is a secret connected with it. "Were I Lady Glamis," says Henry Labeuehcrc, " my husband would have little peace un til he confided the secret te me." LATEST NEWS BT MAIL. A cool wave is reported te be en its way fiem Manitoba. The frame engine house of the Buffalo Creek railway, company was burned in Buffalo, together with three engines, one of which was cr.tirely new. Less, $50, 000. During the past week the failures re ported in the United States and Canada uumbercd 8C, a decrease of three as com pared with the returns of the previous week. Charleston and Lincoln, III., report a strange malady affecting the eyes of cows and producing blindness. The disease is spreading rapidly and creating consider able consternation.- A secret meeting of some kind has been in progress at the Palmer house, Chicago, during the past few days. It is under stood te be the annual conclave of the Irish Revolutionary secret societies. Reports from seventeen counties in North Carolina give the majority against p inhi bition at 21,7-18. The ether counties will probably run it up te 00,000 or 70,000. The whites divided ; the negrees did net, but voted solidly against the proposed measure. In Albany a boy named Henry Metz had his head cut oft en the track of the Dela ware & Hudsen canal company's railroad. He was gathering coal cinders, and was warned off by the approaching locomotive. In a sphit of mischief he attempted te cress the track, hut was knocked down. Midnight wen the 8:15 race at Buffalo. Charlie Ferd took the third heat and Se Se the first, but was distanced in the sec ond heat. Best lime 2:19. Trinket wen the 2:19 race. Wedgewood the second, Francis Alexander the third. Best time 2:18. The 2:25 race was net finished. At Richmond, Va., yesterday, the Con servative Democratic convention reassem bled. Mr. James Harbour, nominated for lieutenant governor, was introduced and accepted the nomination in a brief address. P. W. McKiimcy, of Prince Edward ceun ty, was then nominated for attorney gen. oral and the convention adjourned sine die. Syhilla 3I:yuke, aged 1-1, found drowned in Baltimore, did it after :he hud quar reled with her sick and widowed mother because she would net buy her a new dress, as she hail put chased one for her younger sister. The girl said she would leave the huuc and go te .some place where she could earn enough te get new dresses without troubling her mother. Five convicts at Branch prison, Cal. Geerge Tnpten, Geerge Walker, Rebert Durkin, Jehn Ceeney aud James ijordeu made a break for liberty, knocked down the guard and ran for the river. They were pursued. Walker was shot dead, Durkin was wounded in the leg and cap tured, Ttipteu tried te cress the river, but was drowned, and Ceeney, being afraid te take te tlte river, was captured. STATE ITEMS. A sad sterv is told of a little hev who ! starved te death in Pittsburgh, because el a threat disease. He lived four weeks without eating or drinking. Suffering terribly just before he died, he asked his mother if he would get any dinner in heaven. Next year it may be as well te postpone the military encampment until October, wisely suggests the 'Philadelphia Bulletin. Living indents, drilling and performing ether military service in the suu en such a day as Thursday is calculated te cripple the enthusiasm of the troops. All the towns cast of McKecspert have been furnished with descriptions of some of the members of the MeClure murder ers gang, and the county and township officials are en the alert. A telegram has been received from the mayor of Hyndman, a stat ion en the Baltimore & Ohie read, about 149 miles east, stating that two suspicious persons had been arrested there. A fuller description of the fugitives was sent, and an answer received that the prisoners auswered the description of Hecuaii Lightuer and "Nigger" Lee, both of whom were known te be in the gang of murderers. California Fetiches Sent te New Yerk. Aii interesting new addition te the transportation achievements of the coun try has recently been made by the suc cessful movement of scvcial car leads of peaches from California te New Yerk. The cars we:e attached te passenger trains, and the charge for rapidly haul ing them across the continent was $1,100 per ear. The time consumed in transit was nine days, and it is said that the oper ation was made commercially successful, after many experiments, rather by geed judgment in selecting the proper time te pick the peaches moved than by any spe cial superiority of refrigerating appli ances. The peaches were sent from Sac ramento te Chicago in an ico-coeled car. attached te a passenger train, but from Chicago ie New Yerk they were forwarded in au ordinary Adams express car. In ether branches of the California fruit trade, such as the movement of pears, plums and grapes, it is said that no ice is used, the car being simply well ventilated, and that the cars are usually attached te fast freight trains, which make the journey in 17 days ; and the charge for movements of this kind is reported te be $550 per car. A Virginia Tragedy. Jehn W. Green, a yeuug commission merchant, of Petersburg, returned en the four o'clock train from Richmond, where he had been en a visit. He was very drunk when he arrived. He went te the City hotel bar and was introduced te AV. L. Lee, of North Carolina. Lee had arrived in the city en the 3:30 train and was also drunk. He invited Green te take a drink. Green j of used, whereupon Lee became offended aud asked Green out te fight. Beth parties repaired te a neighboring enclosure, and Lee struck Green in the face several times. Green drew a pistol and lircd, the ball taking effect in Lee's breast. Lee then jumped at Green and stabbed him three times with a pocket knife in the face and breast. In a few moments thereafter both parties fell and expired. The affair creates intense ex citement aud is without a parallel in the history of the city. Death of a Here. In June last a vessel laden with tropi cal fruits aud weed was burned while at anchor in Philadelphia. Before the fire men could arrive it was evident the vessel could net be saved, anil it was known that there were two men sleeping en beard. Jehn Hauey, a canal boatman, was near the burning ship, and learning of the dan ger of the two men went te their rescue at the imminent risk of his own life. He brought first one roan and then another te the deck, and his labors resulted in the savinir of one life. The second mau brought from the ship was se badly in jnied he could net recover. His noble work has cost the here his life, for he con tracted thou a disease which since then grew daily in severity, uutil at last, with in a few days, the brave mau succumbed. He was well known about Easten, and his death was received with much sorrow. The Terrible Heat. The thermometer yesterday at Sand wich, III., registered 103 degrees ; at Fairburg. Ills., 10(1 ; Danville, III., 108 ; McGregor. la., 105 ; Michigan City, Ind., 100 ; Peutiac, III., 101 ; Bloomington, HI., 102 ; Lasalle. III., 100 ; St. Jeseph, Me., 100 ; Seuth Haven, Mich., 98 ; Chatsweith, 111., 106 ; Racine, Wis., 102. Many towns report that it was the hottest day ever known. Sunstroke was frequent and out-of-deer work was largely suspended. COAL. Statistics or the Anthracite Industry In enuylvanla. The census bureau has issued a prelimi nary statement containing statistics of the anthracite industry in Pennsylvania dur ing the census year beginning June 1, 1879, and ending June 1, 1880, which shows that the number of working colliers has increased during the past ten years from 225 te 273, or 214, per cent. The average horse power used has, however, increased from 210 te 375 or 73.C per ceut. The average number of hands has increased from 235 te 250, or only C.4 per cent., while the average product per gallery has increased from C9,320 tens te 100,483 tens, a gain of 45 per cent. A comparison of the census returns of 1880 and J870 shows that the output has in creased from 15.590,247 tens te 27,433,329 tens, or 11,837,072 tens, a gain of 75.9 per cent., while the gross value has increased only 5.2 per cent. But the value of the product of 1870 was reckoned in paper dollars. The apparent fall of the average price per ten from $2.47 te $1.47 or 1.02, about 41 per cent, is considerably,, mere thau the change of the standard would ac count for. The total capital, real aud per sonal, invested is reported as aggregating $150,101,190. In 1870 the total amount invested was but $5,0S7,285 which shows an increase in favor of 18S0 of 1.95 per cent. a Premising Yeung l'eer. Lord Ro'sebery has been appointed under secretary of the home office, vica Courtney, who is appointed under-sccre tary for the colenics, vice Right Honor able M. E. Grant Dull, who is appointed governor of Madras. The Earl of Rese bery, son-in-law of Baren Rothschild, stands 121st in the precedence of the 274 peers of England, Scotland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain aud Ireland, lie was born May 7, 1817, and is new, therefore, in his thirty-fourth year, lie has been a serious student of social science and has for several years taken an active part in the educational and ecclesiastical affairs of Scotland. In the fall of 1874, he delivered au address before the Secial Science Congress at Glasgow, which sent his name ringing through the United Kingdom as one of the most pro gressive, most capable aud most unpre tending of the nobility. He is a bookish man, and a man of the world ; gees much te the theatre, and is one of the hardest working men en the committees in the Heuse of Lords ; breeds horses for the Derby and delivers lectures and addresses ou the driest matters of political economy and social science, and has probably seen mere of every shade of life than auy man of his order. lie is a source of worry and anxiety te the old men hi the Lords, but, should he outlive them, will be sure te make his mark in the public affairs of his country. Lord Rescbcry has twice visited the United States making many friends, aud pushing his explorations as far as the Gulf of Mexico. He made an unusually thorough and coolly-conducted study of the practical working of republican insti tutiens and a study as thorough of the American horse racer, trotter and half bred. Khlue Dinners. The fare at the hotels en die Rhine is said te be worse this year than cverbofeie, while the charges remain high. One of the sturdy English grumblers says : I arrived at one of the best hotels ou the Rhine one which is largely frequented by English and Americans. I gave a hurried order te the head waiter for a ' small din ner 'in half an hour. I had a slice of salmon, which had certainly seen the early table d'hete, with a disgusting imitation sauce tartar, followed by au entree el sausages served in thick sauce, evidently warmed up. Then came a blue, skinny chicken, aud a rancid salad ; lastly a com com eote of tinned apricots. On leaving, two days later, I found that the charge for these uninviting previsions was $2 18." Mr. liciwcn Ulakes a Spoech at Londen. Mr. F. B. Gewcn," addressing share holders of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, in Londen, said if the McCal McCal ments would adept the deferred bend scheme he would resign the receivership of the read at once and give bend never te stand for the presidency again, aud that he would further co-eperato with the Mc Mc Cahuents in selecting a new beard of di rectors. His alternative preposition is te buy the shares of the McCalments at $40 each, stating that if tliey refuse his eilers he would beat them at the next election of the company. Tne JCIVects of Heavier Hailing Stock. There is mere bridge building going en this year en the railroads than was ever known before. The New Yerk, Pennsyl vania fc Ohie read is building 45 new iron bridges, and the Baltimore & Ohie seven in Ohie. The new engines weigh 35 tens, and they formerly weighed only 20 tens. Fifteen tens are new hauled en a car, and 10 tens used te be the limit of a lead. The Pan Handle is building a number of bridges, such as the new iron bridge across the Scioto. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Cutting Deep. The Legal Adviser (Chicago), claims the following as a specimen of a " blank " promissory note in use in Iowa : " Without relief from appraisement, stay or exemption laws, and itfease suit is instituted for its collection, anything and everything in my possession can be levied upon the sold including the last suit of clothes, the school hooks and feed of my children, with the coffin or cellins any of the family may be buried in ; and in cae that alter every article is .sold and there remains anything due en the note, I agree that the services of myself and family shall be sold until the dcuninds of the note are satisfied. And I further agree that in case suit is instituted for its collection, te pay reasonable attorney fees, together with beard bills, hack hire, saloon bills and ether miscellaneous expenses for himself and near relatives while suit is pending. And I further agree te live en coin bread and sorghum molasses uutil the demands of this nete are satisfied with interest at the rate of ten per cent, from date, pay able annually." ISiiHeuali. The game of baseball which was te have taken place yesterday between the Friend ship nine of this. city and the Ancher club of Harrishurg, did net take place, as the strangers were unable te get here. The Friendship club will meet this evening at the Friendship engine house te reorganize. This merciless het day the Ironsides, of this city, and Our Beys, of Columbia, are playing en the Ironsides' grounds. Amusing IHineif at Campmeetlng. On Thursday , night a young fellow named Jehn Kcudig attended the Landis ville campmccting and while services were being held he amused himself by firing off a pistol in euc end of the weeds. He was quickly arrested by Officer Hellinger and was taken before the committee of the grounds, who after talking the matter ever agreed net te punish the offender, who begged hard te be let go. He was finally discharged and he ran away from the grounds in a hurry. Crewing Older anil Better. The Marietta Iiegister hns a birthday ti day. It gets them once a year. Percy B. Sheck, esq., editor and publisher, gives his patrons a geed paper and it is as inde pendent in its Republican politics as the most stalwart "reformer" could ask. WaiBLED ROUND A SHAFT. A FrtgBtrul and Fatal Accident at Wert Chester. One of the most horrible accidents that ever occurred in West Chester happened at the foundry and machine shops of Philip 31. Sharpless, ou Walnut street, en Thurs day afternoon, when Isaac Esbin, who was employed iu the mill, was almost instantly killed. He had been working alone filling the casting cleaner, and this done, he proceeded te adjust the belt between the cleaner and the main shaft, when the latter was revolving at the' rate of 150 revolutions a minute. As this was an unusual task for him; and he had been warned net te try.it, his clothing was caught by the belt and instantly he was whirling round with the velocity of the shaft. His scrcani.as be felt himself going, alarmed the ether workmen in the mill, who also heard the unusual neise made by his bead striking the fleer, and they rushed te the spot, the engineer having shut off the steam and stepped the engine. The scene that was presented te the eyes of these who were earliest en the spot was a most horrible one that of a man being rapidly whirled around, while his head was striking the fleer se violently that the beards were knocked loose. Se tightly was the body wrapped te the shaft by the belt that the latter had te he cut te release him. Life was extinct when he was cut dewu aud the surgeons who were seen an hand could de nothing. The body had been frightfully mutilated the left leg was broken as well as the thigh, both arms were fractured, the elbows being completely disjointed. The trunk of the body was frightfully crushed while the head and face wcie se beaten into a jelly as te make identification al most impossible. Bleed marked the scene of the sad mishap iu all directions. Core ener Barclay Lear held an inquest when a verdict was rendered iu accordance with the facts. The body was then taken Jte the undertaking rooms and dressed before being sent- te the unfortunate man's home where a young and delicate wife awaited its coming with broken heart. Tiie deceased was about twenty-four years of age and had been married' but a short time. He is a son of Isaac Esbiu, a potter, many years a resident of Lionville, but new liv ing iu Philadelphia. THE SIXTEKNKK.-J Soldier' Orphans of I'eniibyivauU. A reunion of the "Sixteeners," and these having hecu honorably discharged from soldiers' orphans' schools, will be held at Harrishurg, August 24, 25 and 20, 1831, for the purpose of fermiug a perma nent organization. Ex-Governer Curt in has consented te deliver the opening ad dress en Wednesday evening, 24th inst., followed by ether distinguished persons who will be present. Every arrangement is being made te make the reunion a grand success. Sixteeners upon arriving at Har rishurg will proceed at once te the capitol and register their names, where accommo dations will be assigned them. The Penn sylvania railroad, Philadelphia & Reading railroad and all branches controlled by them, will issue excursion tickets, orders I'm- which must be procured from the com mittee, for the full term at the rate of euc cent each mile. Bearding and hotel accom modations will be at greatly reduced rates te the sixteeners. The committee consists of A. S. Grew, Leck Haven, Pa.; Jno. R. Rockwell, Hartferd, Pa.; Edw. T. Tayler, Ewan's Mills. N. J.; Daniel A. Hull, Read ing, Pa.; C. Day Rudy, Harrishurg. Pa.; David W. Cotterel, Harrishurg, Pa.; Frank R. Pinkerteii, Eicrslie. Md. SI Mi U I. A K ACUIDKXT. Dt-utlt of a Herse Ireni I.eck-Jaw. On last Monday week, a horse attached te a carriage, known as the "Harber stage," which carries the mail from Mil lcrsville te Safe Harber, backed ever the read bridge at Safe Harber, aud fell a dis tance of twelve or fifteen feet, carrying along with it the carriage and a little girl, who was a passenger. The girl escaped injury, the carriage was broken te pieces, and the horse cut somewhat in ene of the legs, lie did net appear te be very seri ously injured, but a day or two age lock jaw sec in, and his owner, Dr. Iliestand, had him killed this afternoon te end his sufferings. Ne Cause for an Inquest. Corener Mishlcr ( who has no deputy at Lititz since he withdrew 'Squire Rciden bach's commission after Warwick's fail ure te -turn right side up at the Republi can primaries) went out himself te see if there was any pretext for holding an in quest in the case of 3Irs. Geergiaua Rick sccker, whose sudden death has been men tioned. Dr. P. J. Roebuck, the family physician, assured the coroner that there was no necessity for his investigations, and they were abandoned and the fees missed. Tlie I'elice Courts. Julia Rfilly get very drunk yesterday. She was picked up by Officer Storm felt z in the evening. She refused te walk and was taken te-tho lock-up iu a whcel-bar-rew. This morning Alderman Barr sent her and two ethers te jail for 20 days each. Aldennan A. F. Dennelly gave one drunk 10 days another 15 and discharged a third who paid costs. Mure lienet Found. The workmen engaged in excavating the cellar for Jehn II. Bushong's new house, at the corner of Walnut and Chris tian streets, continue te find remains of cellins and bones of persons burii-d en that ground, formerly occupied for a Methodist burying place, as noticed yesterday. The remains are all decently re-intcrrcd. Ceed Filming. 3Irs. David Bair must be regarded as the champion lady angler. She cast her lines in the Conestoga at Slackwatcr and succcded in landing, after a lively struggle a black bass that weighed three and a half pounds. Has auy ether Lancaster lady ever made as geed a haul ? Successful Fishing. The fishing pr.rty which left this city yesterday morning ferBaumgardncr's mill returned last night after catching about 200 fish, and having a day of rare sport. Green corn cooked in the coals aud fislf broiled just out of the water were features of the cuisine. (lone te Alteena. 3lr. I. C. Mishlcr, a son of Corener 3lish ler, who has been forsemo time iu the cm ploy of Altick fc Sens, left Lancaster this morning for Alteena, te accept a position iu the Pennsylvania railroad shops at that place. Snnstroke. Yesterday Isaac Nash, 413 Strawberry street, while engaged in hauling, lest a valuable horse by sunstroke. The animal fell in the .shafts and, en being unhitched and taken te the stable, died seen after wards. Charged With Larceny. Jerry Jenes, colored, of North street, has made complaint before Alderman Barr, charging Geerge Themas, colored, with stealing a pocket-book with $G in it from his cuplward. He was held for a hearing. lc Was the .Sun. Jehn Neamer, residing en Beaver street, while en the way te dinner te-day, fell ever from the effects of the heat. Ne wonder. He is convalescent. A Summer Resort. At neon te day the thermometer at the IxTELi.ir.ENCEi: office's front deer marked 98 and no huckster sent in a watermelon. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Near and Acress the County IJne. The Reformed Sunday school of New Helland have decided te held their annual celebration or picnic next Wednesday a week, the 17th of August, in 3Ir. Diller's weeds, near 3Ir. Samuel Brubaker's mill. Jeremiah J. Sullivan and Michael Kelly met at a birthday party iu Reading, aud Sullivan broke Kelly's jaw by a powerful blew with his fist during the progress of a little difficulty that arose between the two. Kelly's condition is repotted criti cal. The managers of the Dauphin county fair present in the premium list, new ready for distribution, a list of antiquities and curiosities for which money premiums will be given at the exhibition in Septem ber, including every possible sort of old clothes and old household and kitchen furniture. Prof. 3Ierrimau and an assistant are again taking observations from the tower, en the Welsh mono tain, above Spangler's mill. They are engaged in the triatigula triatigula tien of the state. Thi survey is carried en by flashing lights with mirrors from sta tions en mountain tops twenty te twenty four miles apart. The Yerk Medical seciety has appointed a committee te " see whether all empirics have a riulit te go te the prothenotary's office and inscribe their names in the med ical registration book as regular practuni crs of medicine, among these who are regular graduates of recognized medical colleges, as we see has been done in this county." Ditte. About ten days age, at Danville, Mou Meu tour county, a son of Elias Shutt five or six years, while layiug en the fleer play ing with a little deg, swallowed a shawl pin which he was holding in his mouth. He nearly choked at lirt. but before proper aid could be had te ex tricate the pin, it had passed down into the stomach. The pin is about two and a half inches iu length, and still remains in the stomach or intestines. Iu Harrishurg op Thursday 3Ir. and 3Irs. Geerge G. Beyer celebrated the 20th anniversary of their wedding, the occasion being one of mere than ordinary enjoy ment. A great many friends called at their residence te tender congratulations and wish them all manner of happiness iu the future. Guests were present from Philadelphia, Lancaster, Brooklyn, Car lisle, Pottsville and ether places. A num ber of handsome presents were made the host and hostess, among them a hand some Dresden china service from the Secial club. Mrs. S. A. Yeung, who died yesterday at the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Edward Breeke, of Birdsboro, was one of the most amiable and estimable ladies in Eastern Pennsylvania, and one of the best known. She had living two sisters one of them the wife el" Dr. Traill Green, the ether the wife of Prof. Coffin, both of Lafayette college, Easten, and a brother in Cincinnati. .Mrs. Yeung has been liv ing with Mr. Edward Breeke, of Birds boro, for several years. She was in the 81st year of her age at the time of her death. Rebert Perter, a;cd about forty-six, employed for a long time at the Chesa peake nail works, Seuth Hairisbnrg, as a " stocker" at one of the furnaces, last evening left home with his little son, Rebert, aged eight years for the purpose of taking a bath, aud was brought home a ilrewneu man. lie had the little lellew ou his back at the time of the accident for the purpose of teaching him hew te swim. Mr. Perter, it appears was subject te fits or 'spoils," and must have been seized with one of them when the accident ec curred. When he sank, his little boy gave the alarm and a lad named Geerge Erh, swam out and saved the child. OJUXUAKY. Death of Ames Devcrtcr. After five strokes of apoplexy, 31 r. Ames Devcrtcr, a well known resident of this city, died at 4 a. in. te-day, at his resi dence and restaurant, adjoining the Cad well house, en North Queen street, this city. 3Ir. Devcrtcr. who was in his 43d year, was a native of this city, his father who survives him having been years age sexton of Woodward Hiil cemetery. At the age of six years young Devcrtcr was taken into the family of Lieu tenant Jehn Rees, who raised him and from whose house he was married te Miss Berger. He was a member of the Jacksen Rillcs, aud went with that company into the service. He rcinlistcd in aud served through the term with Ce. F. of the 79r.li P. V. Returning from the war he served for years as bartender and restaurateur at Hepple's railroad restaurant and was tery well known te our citizens generally for his popular and obliging manners. Seme years age he left him and for a while tended bar for 'Ames Lee, but afterwards took and has since kept the res taurant, iu occupancy of which lie died. Fer some time he has been suffering the effects of his prostration, the last stroke having left him blind. He was au ardent Democrat and the last time he was out was te vote for Hancock. He had belonged te the Red 3Icn and American 3Icchanics, but his membership had run out ; he was a member of the G. A. R. and in the last campaign was a lieutenant in his ward Hancock club. He leaves a widow and family, aud ninny friends will mourn him as a genial and clever companion. SUDDr.X DEATHS. lnliicsts at the Almshouse anil Hospital. Corener 3lishlcr held two inquests this morning one at the county hospital and the ether at the almsheus.. The lbsi was ou the body of Mrs. Cyrus Kitch, who had been insane for some time past. She was in her usual health, apparently, en Thursday evening, and was found in a dying condition, by the attend ants, en Friday morning, ami died seen aftcrwauis. She was about 43 years old, had lived separated trem her husband for a considerable time ; went te Read ing, and becoming insane, was taken te the Berks county hospital and removed thence en July 21st, te the insane asylum at Lancaster, where she remained te the time of her death. Au autopsy made by Dr. C. 11. Brown showed that her death was caused by a fatty degeneration of the heart, and the coroner's jury found a ver dict te that effect. 3Irs. Kitch's funeral will take place te morrow afternoon at 3V e clock, from the- residence of 31 is. Fel lers, Ne. 57 Middle street. The ether inquest was en the body of au infant, four months old, named Susan Saleme Erb, whose mother is au inmate of the almshouse. The child was attacked with cholera infantum en Thursday, hut was net thought te be seriously ill. and received no medical attendance. Yester day afternoon, very unexpectedly, if. died. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from cholera infantum. The babe will be buried in the poorhouse cemetery. THE FlftE AT STEVENS. It:ire'it Tobacco Sweating Heuse lltirnetl. The tobacco sweating establishment at Stevens station that was burned yesterday morning belonged te Mr. A. S. Bare. It was a frame building, an ordinary car riage house, with poultry house attached, and was entirely consumed. Fortunately it contained only a few cases of tobacco, the sweater, ajackscrcw and a few ether articles, including a number of fowls, all of which were destroyed. The less is about $200 and is covered by insurance. The building steed within twenty loot of 3Ir. Barc's barn, and it was with great difficulty the latter was saved, the end next the burned building being badly charred. Had the re been abrecze blowing at the time, the barn and ether valuable property would undoubtedly have been destroyed. WOKX AT WATERLOO. A. S. Vlllee. or Lancaster. Presented with the Silver Spurs L'aetl by til Father 6C Yearn A&t. Sunbury Daily. After the battle of Waterloo in 1815, and the overthrew of the great Napeleau, among the thousands of French refugees who came te this country te start anew the tattle of life was 3Ir. II. W. Villce, a captain of artilery. Villce was a man of superior education, being a graduate of the world renowned military school of Paris. His family was a geed one and quite wealthy. He joined the army when a young man, about the year 1S05, aud was at the battle of Austerlitz, where Napeleon gained one of his greatest victories. Villee followed the eagles of the empire into Spain and Portugal, being connected with the artillery most of the time. He left the army after the Peninsular campaign, but again joined the grand army in 1812, ou the most unfortuuate of all of Napeleon's expeditious, the invasion of Russia. lie was at the burning of 3Ioscew and suffered all the horrors of that terrible retreat through the snows of Russia. In 1814, after Na Na eoleon had been sent te Elba, Villee took the oath of allegiance te the new king. Leuis XVIII. On the return of Napeleon Villce again joined the army. He was ap pointed captain of artillery aud took an active part in the hundred days prepara tion. At Waterloo the French artillery did excellent service, and Villee, like all the officers and men of the French army.feught with the valor of desperation, but Ney and the Old Guard, although never defeated before, were overpowered and annihilated. The map of Emepe'was changed ; Napo Nape leon was sent te die at St. Helena and the Bourbon king, Leuis XVIII, was placed again en the threne of France. Villee,hav ing broken his oath of allegiance, was forced te leave France, which he did, saving, however, most of his property. Among the valuables, and possibly the most valuable souvenir of his military life, were the silver spurs he were at Waterloo, which he brought with him. He taught school some time iu Siiubury and afterwards opened a hotel in the house new occupied by Geerge A. Slccdcr, en Market Square. Financially he did net succeed well ;he lest his fortune (some $-10,000) which he had brought from France, iu ids various business speculations. About 1840 he moved from Suubury te the Mahanevs. Before leaving Sunbnry he was forced te sell most of his property, and his silver spurs, which ha valued, possibly, above anything en earth, he gave te Eben Green Green eugh, esq., father of Win. I. Greonengh, esq., of this plact. as security for some money advanced. Villee never redeemed the spurs and they were placed in old 3Ir. Greeneugh'ssafe in a pigeon hole, where they were forgotten anil lest sight of. Twenty years age old Captain Villee died iu Jacksen township. He left several children, who are all doing well in the world. Fer some time past A. S. Villce, esq., one of the captain's sons, and daugh ter, Julia, of Lancaster, the former being superintendent of a cotton factory in that city, have been stepping at the City hotel in this place. This week. W. I. Green eugh, esq., having lest one set. of the keys te his safe by the burglar. breaking into his house en Friday night of last week, has been looking ever his papers and removing the valuable ones. In ene of the back pigeon holes of the safe he discovered the old silver pair of French spurs. He re membered the circumstances of the case, and sending for 3Ir. Villee he presented the spurs te him. 31 r. Villcc's gratitude te 3Ir. Grccneugh can be better imagined than described, as the spurs arc of price less value te him and te his children. The finding of the spurs just at the time 3Ir. Villee was here is one of these strange co incidences iu the world's history that often surpri-e us. A MODEL SCIKIUL WANTED. Letter from an Englishman le I'rofessur Hitltieniiiu. Marietta Time-'. The following letter was found among the papers of the late Prof. S. S. Halde niau. and is a letter written te him, in geed faith, by an Englishman. We de net publish the name of the gentleman who wrote it, nor his address, for' various reasons. The letter reads as fellows : April 29, 1852. Dkak Sin : I wish te enter my daugh ter Sephia Derthca at your school. She has already been te some half a dozen schools and her father and me have paid immense sums of money en her cdimica cdimica tien (hut as we arc rich people we don't mind expenses) se 1 think by this time she had ought te be quite accomplished ; but as I have heard your institution se highly spoken of and I make a rule te patronize all the Jinc arts; I think I will sent her te you te receive the coup tie grnec as thd yrnkecs say. New sir u order that we may the bet ter understand our business I will say in the first place what I de'nt want taught, and then what I de, And firsly I de'nt want her larnt no lien. F.r instance, iu the last school she went te they told her that the world was round like an orange aud turned ou its axlctrce everyday. New can't we see that it s as lint, as a pan cake? and as for its turning ou its axle tree that's all humbug for if it did we .should all fall off and all the milk iu my dairy would be spilt and hew could we walk with our heads down aud our feet up just for all the world like a lly en the ceil ing. Then they told her the moon was some thing they called a planet (perhaps you knew what that is for 1 am sure I de'nt) and borrowed its light from the sun. New have net our fathers told us from time immemorial that the moon was made of green cheese and that they cut up the old ones te make stars ? aud as fur rettiu; its light from the sun that's all nensciicc. can't we see that the moon never shines but at night when the suu is set ? se hew can it borrow unless it is like some of my neighbeurs always borrowing and never paying. These are seme of the things I don't Want larnt. New for what I de. In the first place I want her lcamt te play the pitinny-fertu and te sing like a martingale, for the music teachers at all the ether schools said she c mldn't learn for want of a Ciipie.itihnt'l always had but ene answer for them which was, " I spare no excuse en flic cdimicatieii of my child and if she needs such a thing why don't you buv it for her and send the bill tome'."' I want her te read poetry net only with correction but also with lathes se she can speak Collin's o'de in a passion like Jfr.t. What Iter mime at the theatre who speaks of never selling her love but letting coun.nl ceun.nl men like worm and birds feed en her damson check. en must teach her te twirl the glebes and show the Autipeds and the nofieu.i line en one and that fam ous stir they call Jew Peter en the ether with his four moons aud old Satan who ihcysay has seven (I think iu his regions it must, be light enough without any moon at all if there is as much lire as we arc told there is ) Well sir I have told you all my mind en this subject and after ypu hav seen my daughter if you think it best that she should be supplied with this affair they call a Cup'iciti de'nt he tee modest te say se (for as I said before I de'nt mind ex jienscs) ami if there is .such a thing in all Mobile she shall have it. In the mean time I trust entirely te your judgment and remain Y u r lxein friend Dratli oiiOretmil Ilng4 J. K. Geedman and son went te Cones Cenes toga township te gun for ground hogs and returned jestcrday '.vith no less than six teen of them. The flesh of the ground is a rare delicacy when properly cooked. . ig
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