mwww' hm&kZP&0$sk LiW.W"'.Pl 'IMJFisssTWLfAJ LJJL. LJ'J'HJ I ' y 5 - ' - vv witkp?s."s5. j- ay-r r -"-jT-as. -' mWjwWi -. -..- .-v.-' --r - I& SJ I! t fr Lancaster I ntelUgencer. TUESDAY XVKMINO, AUO. 10, 1M1. Let There be fence. Whether the president survives or perishes, and whether he be killed or cured by his doctors, it is atleast certain that the leading newspapers of the coun try have done nothing te aid his recovery, nothing te make the people comfortable ever the providential dispensation of bis illness, and nothing te recommend them selves as beneficial factors in the situa tion . The doctors started off badly in their undertaking, as new conceded, but yet backed by newspaper applause. Bliss was a great physician then, though new with none se peer as te de him rever ence, but every one reviling him. It is te be said for him, that he did as well as he knew hew and tliat his offence was in ambitiously undertaking what he was net wise enough te perform. Fer the newspapers, it also may be said that they are filled with geed intentions, but their best intention is for themselves, te heighten the interest of their publi cations about the president's case. They wish him well and ardently desire his re cevery; and sedulously employ them selves in publishing all manner of views andcemments,withan eye single te. their circulation. Dr. Agnew sometime age declared that he thought it in expedient, for his patient's sake, that all that his physicians knew about his case should be printed in the news papers ; and everyone knows that it is the steady practice of physicians te be reticent concerning the worst features of the illness of these they are minister ing te, deeming it of the highest import impert auce that their minds should be kept calm and Iiepefi.l, and that these by . their bedside should banish from their faces all expression of gloom. Certainly if the president could have daily heard of u very small part of the facts and crilicums which the news papers have published about his case he would have been in his grave long age ; for it has net been possible for any mortal te paitently endure the reading of the mass of trash that has been steadily poured out for the past six weeks. The doctors' bulletins used te be a fearful dose, which tender stomachs were obliged te reject; and it is a safe assumption new that the public gener ally is heartily sick and tired of being forced te read se much that is false and irrelevant in the newspaper news, and is earnestly desirieus that they should be spared the daily agitation with which they are forced te seek te separate the true from the false. The most sensible and self-centered man who appears te the public gaze in all these proceedings about the president is Dr. Agnew, who fills a very difficult place with very great credit, net only te his skill as a surgeon and physician but te his geed sense as a man. Under very great provocation te anger from the Philadelphia Times, he Greets it with a geed temper, which shows him te be a strong man conscious of his strength. The Times had published as freni;,him a statement concerning the president's condition which Dr. Agnew was compelled te publicly declare was false in every essential particular. 'And when challenged by the Times, he briefly and clearly shows liew egregiously its re port had erred, but through the ignor ance and net the ill intention, as he no doubt correctly assumes, of the reporter. It is a singular illustration of the diffi culty a newspaper has in statins facts, that the Times, with every disposition te report Dr. Agnew correctly and having made every effort te de se intelligently, absolutely failed in this case te get one essential statement right. Bus what lias particularly struck us in Dr. Agnew's letter te the Times is his declaration that " the criticism te which the president's medical and surgical at tendants have been subjected does net disturb their equanimity in the least. They have a responsible duty te perform. Nothing will be emitted, nothing know ingly committed which, in their judg ment, will endanger this valuable life." That is se nearly what the universal judgment will be should be said and felt by the presidents physicians, that pub lic confidence in Dr. Agnew we think will be greatly increased by the aver ment. That he should be undisturbed by criticism is right ; with the duty upon him te care for the president's life he needs te feel that his judgment must guide his conduct, and when he fails te rely upon it he should abandon the duty. The president s condition is precarious . but if human skill can avail him, he has it. Certainly the newspapers will net cure him ; nor the newspaper doctors. These who have the responsi bility, if they are worthy of it, must meet it with their own judgment. Why then will the heathen rage ? Let there be peace. The Reading JVcir. mildly criticises the composition of the committee te re vise the rules of the Democratic party, en the ground that but one majority coun ty is represented. We cannot see that this makes any di ffereuce. A "Pennsyl vania Democrat " is just as much a Democrat if he resides in Lancaster as Reading, in Erie as in Lehigh. Mr. Dill was put en the committee cx-officieas chairman of the state committee ; Mr. Hensel as the mover of the motion ; Messrs. Wallace and Randall, doubtless, because of their experience in public life, as chairmen of the state committee and their serv ice in legislative bodies; Mr. Barger as a representative of that element of the party in Philadelphia, which afore time was net friendly te Mr. Randall ; Mr. Barras the representative of the large Democratic vote in the important county of Allegheny, and Mr. Whitman as a representative of tbesmerthwestern part of the state. The committee is well distributed in point of locality ; and, as te the local constituency gf its members the ATetc.s will de well te remember that Philadelphia polls nearly five times as many Democratic votes as Berks, Alle gheny mere than twice as many as Le high, Lancaster mere than Northamp ton, and Erie mere than Columbia. We agree with the hopes of the News that the .Invitation extended by the sub- committee te all interested te present their views should receive a hearty re sponse from all sections of the state." Certainly 'with the sub-committee te consider the rules, the state committee te discuss them and finally action upon them in the state convention, there ought te be no lack of time and opportunity for full consideration of any scheme proposed. We have no idea that any Democrat, with any respect for himself or bis party will, in the friendly competition for the few honors which his party in this coun ty has te bestow, steep te practice the tricks which have made the Republican primary elections here a " carnival of fraud." But it is just as well te remind all classes of politicians that by two recent acts of the Legislature, every possible sort of irregularities and fraud, at pri mary meetings and delegate conventions, in the poll or the count, are made pun ishable witli severe penalties. Fer voting at such places without proper qualifica tions, for intimidation or bribery, for a false count or misconduct of the election officers, severe punishment is prescribed. The Republican primaries were ever be fore these acts ;were passed. The ap proaching Democratic delegate elections are the first held in this county under them, and it will be well for the minor ity (party te set the opposition an ex- ample of strict compliance with these strict laws. MINOE TOPICS. The parsons who go te the herse races and walking matches would de well te re member that it is written (Psalms cxlvii., 10): "lie delight th net iu the strength of the horse ; he taketh uet pleasure in the legs of a man." By all means the Delaware county Re publicans should trot out Hen. Wm. Ward as a Republican candidate for gov ernor. He will raaks a splendid running mate for Tem Cooper and Delaware county is big enough te cuter a double team. With great ceremony, the account of it taking up an entire page of the Carben Democrat, Mauch Chunk has laid the cor ner stone of its'" Concert hall," a new building for public entertainment and with business places in it. Jehn F. Stoekett presided and made a speech ; District Attorney E. M. Mulhcaru was the orator, and . II. Ranch read and de posited the history. The Williamsport Banner keeps bang ing away at tile alleged cenupt county commissioners, regardless of party, and its city editor is trying te raise a popular fund te bear the expenses anil risks of their prosecutiek. Oue of the crying evils of their administration was their demand upon every one having business with them te "set 'em up." They were a ten cent set. It is circumstantially charged by Ed muud Hudsen, the Washington cei respon dent of the Bosten Herald, that the ring of claim agents that had long endeavored te get Bently removed as commissioner of pensions, and who new see with no little satisfaction Dudley, of Indiana, in his place, raised $15,000 during the campaign and offered it te the Republican campaign mauagers, with the statement that the money was theirs if the next administra tion would remove Bently. It is the com ment of the Springfield Republican en this : "The story is net improbable; that is, Garfield would net have been a party te any such bargain, but the letter which he wrote te Hubbell about Brady shows he could be easily played upon by less sciupu sciupu leus men." Ax enterprising coricspendent of the JlecerJ, with some mysterious sources of information at his command, has found out that in the Heyt campaign Quay's state committee spent $108,000, of which 51,000 went te newspapers for advertising and gratuities. The committee came out $35, 000 iu debt, which Quay manfully paid out of his own pocket, aud for which he has never yet been reimbursed ; although he desired te be paid from the funds raised last year, aud put his knife into old Mr. Cessna in the senatorial contest because "J. C." was doing business en his own account only. Of the subscribers of last year's fund this explorer discovers that Harry Oliver marked dewn $5,000 ; the Union League of Philadelphia volunteered te raise $25,000 for Pennsylvania, but finally dropped te $18,000, of which sum $15,000 was secured through the aid of Wharten Baker and his committee of the Industrial League. There was a cry of funds for Indiana, and a special puise of $2S,000 was raised, $10,000 of which A. J. Drexel told Cessna te draw upon him for. About $7,000 was sent te Maine. The com mittee was unable te procure passes upon the railroads for the speakers, and as a re sult of this $7,000 was expended in tickets. Sanater Den Cameren gave $5,000 in ene lump te the state committee, as much mere te the national. It is believed he contributed $15,000 altogether te the cam paign. Alie Pardee stands next en the state roll with $2J000,and he gave as much mere outside. Cramps, the Philadelphia shipbuilders, were in for $2,000. Wharten Barker gave $500 ; Wayne MacVeagh,$500; Chris, and Fred. Magce, $500 each ; Sena ter Roberts, of Titusvillc, $1,000, and se en down the list until it came te the $50 sub scription of Charles S. Wolfe, who also made speeches. PER80NAL. Gen. Hancock has written a letter in which he declines te be present at the vet erans' reunion at the Weirs en account of the condition of the president. In the supreme court of Washington county, H. I., yesterday, a motion was made by the counsel for Mrs. Kate Chase Spraeue for an assignment of the day for the divorce suit. Signek Marineim, a distinguished member of the Italian Alpine club, while attempting the ascent of Mente Resa, en the 7th inst., was overwhelmed by au ava lanche, together with two guides. Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the prime min ister, is suffering from a slight attack of erysipelas. She is thought te be in no dan ger at present, but her age, and the fact that her health has net been very robust for some time, causes anxiety among her friends. Twenty years age W. J. Palmer was a LANCASTER DAILY llYIELLIGENCEft- TUESDAY, ATJGUSIM6, 1881. clerk under Themas A. Scott in the Penn sylvania railroad office at .Philadelphia. He is new the executive head of the Rie Grand and the Mexican national system, owned by two separate companies, but under one head. Capt. Carmt.e Pollock Patterson, superintendent of the United States "coast survey, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, Brentwood, near Washington, D. C He was born at Shieldsboreugh, Bay St. Leuis, La., en August 24, 1816. His father was the late Commedore D. T. Patterson of the United States navy. General Walker hopes te be able te se arrange his duties as superintendent of the census as te permit of his presence for at least a portion of the time this fall, after the opening of the college year, at his new station as president of the Massa chusetts school of technology. He will feel obliged te consult first the require ments of the census, and will net resign his present office till the work can pass without embarrassment into ether hands. STATE ITEMS. Noisy and drunken boys in the town of Latrobe stoned Officer Dan McCarty se that he will die. Hughey McCoy started home with his month's wages aud his dead body was found in the Allegheny river in Pitts burgh. William B. Haas was committed te prison in Allentown for driving ever and causing the death of a young seu of Charles O'Dennel, of Catasauqua. Ryder & Wright's Schuylkill oil works, en the river bank above Gray's Ferry bridge, were almost totally destroyed by fire last night. After wandering the world ever Coup's circus men say they were nowhere se roughly handled as at Leck Haven. Who would have thought it '.' In Gecntner's Greve, Hatboro, Sunday morning and afternoon, the Pennsylvania peace society held a convention, several hundred people being in attendance. Within the past six years Mr. A. J. Drexel has constructed en the lower part of Bread street, Philadelphia, 471 houses. He has just made another extensive pur chase of land in that city en which he will have erected ever 2G0 residences. Mr. E. F. Gazzam, au old citizen o(Al e(Al legheny started te cress Federal street when he was struck by one of the Rebecca stieet cars just turning the corner, knock ing him down and the front wheel passed ever his abderaan, inflicting fatal injuries. Miners of ere iu Eastern Pennsylvania report a profitable and rapidly increasing demand for all the ero which can be pro duced. New mines have been opened this summer in the producing counties, branches of railroad have been constructed and preparations made for a new output. Pittsburgh's mayor is going ahead iu his efforts te suppress the social evil in that city, doing some very effective work. Reputable citizens whose houses are occu pied by prostitutes have availed them selves of every means possible te screen themselves. James Lewer, son of Jesep'i Lewer, of Mahantango station, Upper Paxton town ship, Dauphin county, was killed at Mil lersburg Sunday morning, while attempt ing te beard a freight train. Lewer was 17 years of age. He had two revolvers en his person and was bound for Texas. A hole was bored in the deer of the ves try room of the Church of St. Charles Bor Ber Bor remco, Philadelphia, the deer was opened and $12.50 stolen from a box. The thief left behind a note reading : " This will never happen again. I get enuff te take me te Virginia. That was all I wanted. I hepe before long te pay damages." LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Baseball : At Albany Albany, 12 ; At lanta, 5. Bosten, 5 ; Trey 2. 44 Frank," an attendant in Pierre Loril Leril lard's stables, at Monmouth Park, was kicked in the head by the herse Spark, and died shortly afterwards. A band of armed men has raided mere than fifteen houses in the town of Mill Street, county Cot k, Ireland, iu search of arms. Oue half of a block en the east side of the public square at Hartferd City, Ind., has been destroyed by fire. Less, $20,000 ; well insured. An American named Rebert II. Mans field, who had been employed by lite canal company at Gatun, Panama, died after a Uriel illness. Three bodies were found in the Hudsen river yesterday. Twe were these of the students, E. Marks, of Reme, Ga., aud C. D. Cresswell, of McLanesville, N. C, who were drowned en Friday night. Rebert Lamb, a young man1, committed snicide net far from Harrisonburg, by sheeting himself iu the breast with a mus ket leaded with buckshot, which tore his heart out. A beat containing five campers from Brier Neek, capsized opposite Salt Island, near Bass Reck. Geerge Grever, aged 25, and Willie Griggs, aged 12, both of Ded ham, Mass., were drowned. James aud Walter Malley, respectively nephew aud seu or Edward Malley, have uavu ueeu aiTcsteu in iew riaveu en a warrant charging them with the murder of Jennie Cramer. They were committed without bail. In the White River bottoms, southeast of Vincenncs, Ind., Luke Mesby fired two rifle balls into Lawsen Hewitt while the latter was pleughing. Hewitt was killed. They had each lest a com crib by fire and each accused the ether of incendiaiism. Hugh Brandt tied a fifty pound rock about his neck and filled his pockets with' stones and drowned himself in about three and a half feet of water in the Mohawk, at Cohoes. He had been unable te obtain work and was very despondent. Alphense Cheate, formerly of Quebec, but latterly residing in the United States, took a train en Saturday te return via Richmond. His wife, who was in a pre carious condition, expired en the cars. Six miles further ou his little child died iuliis arms. Thirty thousand people visited Atlantic City yesterday. Thes. Frewen, an employee of the Hetel Albein, was fatally injured by an explosion of the gas works. Jehn Stephenson, of Philadelphia, fell off the ocean pier while fishing, and was rescued half drowned. Ferdinand Pitcher, 10 years of age, son of Geerge Pitcher, committed suicide by hanging himself in his father's barn, iu the township of Newport, Quebec. Hav ing been asked by bis mother te lav the table for supper, he ran out of the house and hanged Himself. There has been a duel iu the Indian nation between J. O. Carpenter, a Choc taw chief, and Colonel Ames Price, a prominent citizen of the Creek nation. Price was killed and Carpenter fatally wounded. Considerable feeling exists ever the affair, as both were among the most prominent in the nations. At Lee's Lick, Harrison county, Ind., James Carrell was ridinc bv thn rnsirlpn of Charles M. Smith and meeting the' latter made offensive remarks about him, when Smith called upon Carrell te retract. Carrell immediately dismounted. A quar rel ensued, resulting in Smith firing three shots into Carrell's body, killing him in stantly. Twe women who had gene te pick blackberries near West Summit, N. J., found the remains of a man iu au ad- vaueed state of deoeapaaitioe. A razor was near V with, whkh it m presumed the man had committed suicide. The body is supposed te be that of William Kelb, a laborer, who has been missing for ever a month. Mr. Themas Fennimore, a farmer, living near Lumberton, N. J., was driving home ward from Mount Helly in company with his three-year-old child and a female rela tive. When about two miles out of town the carriage was struck by lightning, the lady and the two horses killed, while Mr. Fennimore was stunned severely burned en the right side. The little child, how ever, escaped without injury. Jehn Allguire, aeed twenty three years, surrendered himself at Grand Haven. Mich., statins that he bad killed a colored man named Frederic Green, who for sev eral years bad lived at Grand Haven with Allguire's mother, a' white woman. Green get into a quarrel with his mother, and struck her en the head with a gun, and also attacked him. He shot Green in self defence. The top of Green's head was blown off. In the fight between Green and his mistress the latter's skull was frac tured. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE AUGUST COURT. Twe Men Convicted or Case. Kape A Horrible Monday Afternoon The first case at tached was that, of Elmer Hulsinger, colored, of this city, charged with violating the election laws by voting at the Third ward iu this city at the spring election in 1881, while under age. A uumber of wit nesses from the neighborhood of Conestoga Centre and Safe Harber, testified that Hulsinger was born in 1861. His mother died seen afterwards and he was raised by his aunt. Mayer MacGenigle was called aud testified that Hulsinger had been be fore aim upon different occasions. He then gave his age as follews: September 30, 1878, 17 years ; 6th of July, 1880, 19 years ; 10th of Jauuary, 1881, 19 years. The defense was that at the time of the election the defendant, from what he could learn from his elder sister and ethers, thought that he was 21 years of age. The sister, Mrs. Robinson, testified that she had no record of the defendant's birth, but she thinks he was 22 last May. The assessor of the Third ward was called te prove that the defendant was assessed by him immediately after the election in the fall of 1880. The commonwealth called Lewis Kirk, who testified that he saw a record in the possession of defendant's family ; it con tained the dates of the birth of him and ethers. It was changed after he was ar rested, the ink used then being of a differ ent color from that before. The grand jury returned the following bills: True Bills : Leenard Schecnberger and Zach Beeth, larceny ; Samuel Nuno Nune mach, receiving stolen goods ; Frederick Strobel and Christian Lentz, rape ; Bryson Painter, arson ; Herman Kech, burglary. Ignored : C. Hagelgans, larceny as bailee ; Henry Snyder, Harriet McGinnis alias Painter and Susan Baxter, larceny ; Jehn Drachbar, felonious entry and lar ceny. Tuesday Morning In the case of cem'th vs. iilmer iu. Hulsinger, charged with violating the election laws, the jury ren dered a verdict of net guilty with county for costs. The cases of Mary Manhart, felonious assault and battery ; Margaret Fritz, Lucas Fritz and Maggie Fritz, assault and battery, Hall Nash, fornication and bas tardy were continued. The case of Wm Kehlcr, charged with assault and battery, was settled, by con sent et tne court ana presecuter, ou pay ment of costs by the defendant. Commonwealth vs. Martin Nuuemacher, larceny. The defendant was charged with stealing a silver watch from Jacob K. An drews, of Providence township, some time in November last. The watch was seen in the possession of the defendant, who took it te the steie of E. F. Bewman, in this city, where he contracted te have a new case put en it. Before the watch was "called for, it was discovered by the police. The case was found at the store of Leuis Weber & Ce., where it had been sold by Mr. Bewman with a let of second-hand goods. Mr. Andrews identified it, and it had the same number as the watch, which he purchased from n. F. Andrews, of Strashurg, in 180'J. The defense was that Nuuemacher found the watch in a field. He carried it for seme time and showed it around among his friends. He then sold it te bis brother, and it was he who took it te Bewman's store. A large number of wit nesses testified te defendant's geed char acter previous te this charge. The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty Cem'th vs. Hermau Kech, burglary. On the night of the 29th of June the bar ber shop of Gee. W. Parker in Mount Jey, which is under a dwelling house, was broken into. Sixteen razors, some shears and a let of tools were stolen. The en trance was effected by prying open the deer which had been locked the night be fore. The razors, which had Parker's name ou them, were found in the posses sien of the defendant, who had offered them for sale. The defendant was uet al lowed te testify, this being an eyer and terminer case. There was no ether testi mony offered. The jury rendered.a ver dict or guilty. A verdict of net guilty was taken iu the case of Samuel Nunemacher, charged with receiving stolen goods, for want of evidence. Cem'th. vs. Christian Lentz and Fred. Strobel, rape. The presecutrix in this case was Miss Lizzie Weidner, a very pretty and innocent-looking country girl aged 19 years, who resides with her father, Daniel Weidner, about a mile west of Lititz. She testified that en the morning of the 17th of last May she started te walk te a store in Lititz. On the way she met these two defendants, and Lentz, whom she had met before, he having worked at her father's house, .began talking te her. He aked whether there were any men in the vicinity. Finally both men caught held of her throwing her te the ground. She attempt ed te scream, but they held their hands ever her mouth. Strobel held her down upon the ground while Lentz committed a rape upon her. The affair occurred about zw yards from any house. The men were arrested near the place seen afterwards, and were clearly identified by the girl' who told her story en the stand in a very straight forward manner. The father of the girl testified that when she came home she told what had occur- red and a search was at once made for the men, who were caught. Lentz was taken te Justice Reidendenbach's office first and when Strobel came in he said that Lentz had told en him. He said if he had been caught first he would net have told. ihe delense ettered no testimony and the jury rendered a vqrdict of guilty. The grand jury returned the following bills : True Bills : Jacob McLain and Chatles Redgors, and Henry Weeds, larceny William Jeffries, rape. ' Ignered: Harvey Kaufiman, assault and battery with prosecutor, Jacob G. Rogers, for costs ; Henry Snyder, felonious entry '; ueorge noever, larceny. The Absconding doctor. Mr. Andreas Walter tells us that his en tire losses by Dr. Lewin's performances will net exceed 41,500, and, though net agreeable, he " can stand .it," and will carry en his business as usual. A friend of Mr. W. in Jersey City, who followed the absconding doctor's track, advises Mr. Walter that Lewin left New Yerk en Sat urday for Europe in the steamer Switzer land. ' COLUMBIA NEWS. OtJK BEGCULR CORRESPONDENCE. A number of Columbians attended the funeral of Dr. Trout yesterday. Mr. Jehn Beamer, aged 79 years, died at his residence, en Walnut stieet, this morning, from general debility. A donation party was given te the sisters et the St. Peter's Catholic church, last evening. A large number of the congrega tion were in attendance, and all had a pleasant time. TheOld Coderus camping out club did net go out camping last Friday, as was ex pected, but intend starting some time this week, but judging from present appear ances they will net go. Mr. Jehn Sampson, who it working at the water works, while wheeling a barrow ever the tank yesterday fell te the bottom and severely hurt his side and back. The plank ever the place slipped off at ene end, causing the accident. Messrs. Wm. B. Stephesen, Gee. Sam ple, Chief Burgess .Sneath, Officer Keech, Ben Bletz, Councilman D. C. Wann and James D. Slade, have been subpoenaed te appear at the Lancaster court, en Thurs day next, as witnesses of the case pending between Henry Redenhauser and Tem Hillers. This morning Jonas Witmer, brought te Columbia a young boy named Gee. Simpsen, and wanted him Bent te the house of refuge. Squire Grier sent him te Lancaster, out with what success in hav ing him sent te the desired place could net be ascertained. Mr. William Withers this- morning, either at the market house or between there and his home en Fifth street, lest a black and red onyx locket, containing a picture of his wife. Last evening a fierce fight eccurcd in front of Batt's hotel. Geerge Wike and Ames Beam began disputing about some trifling matter, which ended in a fight that was as fierce as it was disgraceful. Beam's face was a mas of bleed, while Wike had his left hand bitten severely in some places. He thinks tint there aie s mc bones broken. Mr. Jehn Myers, an employee at the Upp & Black contract, met with two painful accidents, one last evening and one this morning. While working "at a hoist heist ing crane the handle slipped and struck him ou the head and also en the nose, which was badly cut. The bridge of the uehe is net broken but i badly bruised ; and this morning while working at the same place a large stone fell upon his feet, mashing it. On Saturday evening last one of the col ored churches held a f sstival, and the place seen became a scene of confusion caused by two negre women fighting. Yesterday the one sued the ether aud at 7 p. m. Squire Yeung gave the case a hearing, bnt being such a trifling affair it was discharged with a warning that it must net occur again. The Willow Point beat house is new decorated with a handsome flag. It is made of blue flannel, and bears the letter "W," iu white, worked in the centre, and is finished with blue and white silk. It is a very pretty piece of workmanship, and was most likely presented te the members of the club by their lady friends. uur citizens Democrats and Re publicans alike were greatly exercised ever the report last evening, that the president was dying. A deep gloom seemed te have spread ever all, and can only be removed by the recovery of the suffering president. A! large crowd was around the dispatcher's office, at the west yard, nearly all night, waiting for news. On Saturday night an attempt was made te rob the house of F. A. Bennett. On account of the heat the servant girl slept en the balcony and hearing footsteps in the yard below, she looked down and saw three men. She quickly ran te Mr. Ben nett's room and awoke him ; and revolver in hand he went into the yard, but the robbers were gene, having been scared off by the outcries of the girl. Mr. Bennett is orderly sergeant of Ce. C and he showed considerable courage by his going down te iace turee probably desperate men. Company C " turned out" about forty of its members for drill last evening, which was witnessed by a very large crowd. Guard mount was the principal feature, and it was shown that the boys have net forgotten their former practice. The company leaves for their encampment next Monday. Capt. Case read a com munication from a company in Wilkesbarre, tendering their rifle range, which is the best in the state. te the use of the 3d brigade. The captain will take ammunition enough along te have his men show what they can de in rifle sheeting. Extra drills will be held en Wednesday and Friday, and en the latter evening there will be a thorough inspection of arms and equipments and final orders will be published. Miss Eva Feudersmith returned te her home m Lancaster last evening ; Wm. B. Given is home from his business trip te Albien, N. Y.; Miss Nannie Beckius is home en her summer vacation ; Miss Sampson, of Lancaster, is visiting at Mr. Jacob Snyder's ; Mr. H. M. North is-attending the lawyers' convention at Sara toga ; Miss Laura Case returned last evening from her visit te Danville ; Misses Amelia Wilsen and Effie Det wiler returned home this morning from their trip te Niagara Falls, and en their return stepped at Canandaigua, N. Y,, and in company with Miss Macjjie Wilsen, who has been visiting Minds ihiie for the past few 'months, returned home : Miss Lizzie Nagle, of Marietta, is visiting iHl.Vi .unuie HOOK - Thieves Arrested. Yesterday Constable J. S. Warfel, of Leacock township, arrested two men who gave their names as Geerge Stine and Henry Myeis, for drunken and disorderly conduct en the read near Intercourse. They were brought te this city, and Alder man Barr committed them for a hearing. wneniaKen te jau ana stripped it was found that they had wrapped around their bodies nearly thirty yards of uncut flannel goods. As it was known that a quantity of dry goods was stolen from the store at Witmer's station, a day or two previous, it was supposed that this flannel was a portion of the stolen goods. Mr. C. Musselman, the storekeeper, was notified and came te town this morn ing te identify the goods, and, although he did net see them (Constable Warfel having taken them away), he described them se accurately that there is little doubt they are the goods stolen. Suits for larceny have been entered against Stene and Myers. This morning Censtible Warfel brought te this city, two ether men Benjamin Davis and Jeseph Spencer, suspected of being implicated in the same larceny, and they, tee, were cemmitte for a hearing. Discharged ou a Writ. James Shaw, of Colerain township, who had been in jail since last Friday, ha v ins been committed by Justice Brin Brin ten Walters, of Christiana, was taken be fore Judge Livingston this morning en a writ of habeas corpus. His discharge was asked for by his attorney, B. F. Davis, en the ground that no offense was charged against him. The complaint and commit ment set forth that bbaw " was sentenced te thirty days imprisonment for pushing his wife out of the house and net main taining her." The man was discharged. Shaw says that he has always provided for his wife and family and did net abuse them. His wife wanted te have her own way at all times and she left the house of her own accord en Thursday evening. She attepted te take a little child with ber and a little scuffle followed. BKWAKK, REPORTERS. He au Five Months te Serve Yet. - If there is one official in this county who disliked newspaper criticisms it is the present coroner. He has the greatest contempt for reporters, although he only shows it when he gets his occasional "spasms." On Saturday one of these ''spells," which may prove fatal some time, came ever him. Fer some time past the coroner has been tormented by some scoundrels who have been iu the habit of waking him up out of his slum bers at night by telling him te go down street te held an inquest. He is always promptly en hand and would at once re spond te the call. He would go quietly down street and it would net be long until he would find that he was the victim of a cruel hoax. On last Friday night it was reported that a boy bad been drowned in the Concstesra. The coroner was awakened at a late hour by some one (at present un known te the jury) and he hurried down street only te find that he had again been very cheaply sold. The next morning the reporters of the daily press, who believed that the story of the drowning was true, called upon the coroner for particulars. Several spoke te him about it, and at last a reporter of the Intelligencer, who knew nothing of the joke, spoke te him about the drowned boy. He was im mediately informed that it was all a fraud. The coroner indeed became very " tropical" and at ence began te abuse the reporters. He said that they were a bad let, and in his opinion, they were responsible for his being called up late at night te answer the false alarms. He thought that the reporter had concocted a scheme te arouse him (and whoever did certainly was successful in arousing his bleed). He denounced the reporters in the roundest terms, and the best of English. He thought it was very strange that all the reporters should knew about the affair, while no one else did, aud he was confident that they were at the bot tom of the joke. All of this little speech was made in the court hensc, before a de lighted audience, who would rather se the coroner "het" than go te Sells Bretheis' circus, and remain for the concert. After the coroner had been going en with his solitaire game of oratory for seme time, a reporter of the Examiner came in sight, and then there was music. The coroner again went off in a fit of abuse. He said that there was net an honest reporter in the city, and none of them were possessed of any brain. He was willing te give $50 (mere than the sum realized by several inquests), for any information leading te the detection of the person who wakened him up. Ne one has yet found the crimi nal, and the money awaits takers. It is a great pity that the coroner has se suddenly get such a bad opinion of the newspaper men, but the partial cause of it is that he thinks they have spoken harsh ly of him through the columns of their different papers. He says that he will net give them any news hereafter. New this is terrible, and it will, no doubt, cause all the papers te suspend publication until his feelings are seethed. But this is net the only disadvantage the rcporterswhe have endeavored te obtain an honest livelihood by serving as jurors for the coroner will be thrown out of employment and the large sums of money, which have annually pass ed into their hands, will be thrown away upon ether persons. The coroner's deer will hereafter be closed upon the press gang and no longer will the familiar "what de you knew, coroner?" be heard in that office. They will have te wander around the street, heart-broken and utterly un able te procure any news whatever, all be cause the coroner thinks they reused him out of bed without furnishing him with a " stifF' en which te held an inquest. The reporters feel very sorry at the coro ner's hasty action, and they have resolved te held a meeting for the purpose of pass ing resolutions of regret, which will be published in the Lancaster Bar only. They will also endeavor te ascertain who the cowardly person is who wakens the coroner up. If they should succeed they will have the criminal turned ever te the brilliant official, and they will then have te cbronicle a verdict te the effect that that man came te his death " from causes un known te the jury with no blame te the employees of the read." A well known reporter is charged with wakening the ccrener up, and he is probably the guilty party. Detectives have been secured te work up the case, which will probably be mere interesting than these which the coroner new ha3 against the county. The coroner will always come out right as long as his cards say se. MARIETTA MATTERS, The Xevcs Frem up the River Anlinpes- r unerai. Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, funeral services were preformed ever the remains of Dr. Henry S. Trout, and the large num ber of persons in attendance gave evidence of the respect and esteem that he had gained in this community. His burial was under the auspices aud according te the rites .of Free Masens and Menno Menne nites, with which order and sect Dr. Trout was identified. At 8 o'clock the church bell rang, and immediately the people began te find places in the "pews, completely filling the unreserved space be fore the hour of nine arrived. A large number of the Mcnnenitcs had come te town in carriages, which lined the street en both sides for the distance of a square, Riving the street a crowded appearance. The line of precession from the house was long, the Masens being in advance, fol lowed by the friends and the order of Knights or Pythias. After their arrival at the church a lengthy and able sermon was preached by Jacob Leaman. of Cumber land, one of the ablest of the Mcnnenite preachers. He took for his text the 24th and 25th veracs of 1st. Peter, 1st. chapter, gaining the most strict attention by bis terse and forcible expression, and the freshness and originality of thought, not withstanding the great. length of the dis course. At 10 o'clock the funeral pro pre cession started for Mt. Jey, where his re mains are te be interred. This was the largest funeral that has taken place from here for some time. A Great Race In Vreapecr. Hiram Hambright's black gelding "Black Tem" and Hiram Snyder's huckster horse, a chestnut brewu mare, "Lady Lighlfoer," have had many a brush en the read, and new they are go ing te trot en the old original course from Hambright's tavern te Getz's, en the Harrisburg turnpike, next Saturday week, Aug. 27, at 2 p. m. for $150. It will be a bin dav en the turf .ind thn backers of the two horses ;aie laying heavy wagers ou their favorites. The What Glen Weeds Meeting. The meeting of the members of the Second (colored) Baptist church of Lan caster will continue at What Glen ever next Sunday, Angust 21. Persons driving will be charged 10 cents admitance, pedes trians will get in free. Rev. W. H. Keels, Rev. C. Jehnsen, of Harrisburg, and Rev. Jenn Jbrancis, the Welsh Mountain orator, will be en hand. Clothing Horned. Yesterday afternoon a party of repair men en the Pennsylvania railroad near Springville placed their coats and ether surplus clothing upon a handcar alongside the railroad and left it tbere while they went te their work some distance away. Seme time afterwards they saw the cloth ing in a blaze. It is supposed a spark from a locomotive set fire te it. Success In Hauling Cattle. Fully thirty thousand cattle passed ever the Pennsylvania railroad within the last fifteen days, when the heat was the great est, and net a single brute was lest by rea son of the warm weather. THE LEAF. TOBACCO MATTER. JThe Condition of the Growing-Crep. Though but little old tobacco was sold iu this county during the past week, both growers and dealers are just new deeply interested in the new crop. Many of the latter have traveled the county almost from one end te.the ether with a view of taking a critical leek at the eren m it gees, and dotting down in their note books the places where the finest fields may be found, se that they may be able te gather thra in when the proper time comes. The growers are of course en the anxious bench for mere reasons than one the dreuth, the hail, the flea, the grass hopper, the green worm, and ether ills which tobacco is heir te, cause them a world of care that cannot be lifted from their minds until their crops are safely upon the poles ; and even then the lesser evils of pole-ret and mildew are te ba en countered. Thus far the principal evil they have suffered has been from hail, and even from this cause the less has net been heavy as a whole, though it has fallen heavily ou a few farmers whose crops have been cut te pieces. A considerable quantity of the early planted tobacco has already been cut and housed and much mere is already fit for cutting. Tht generally expressed opinion is that while the leaves are net up te the average in size they are very" wrappery, being free from holes, -or fox or, any ether visible defect. It is tee early yet te make a reliable calculation as te the outcome of the late-planted crops. The plants are of very uneven growth, many of them 'hav ing leaves from SO te 40 inches in length ium many eiuers scarcely larger than a man's hand. Sufficient moisture and free dom frcin frost may yet save them. - The Lewer End. A representative of the Iktelliqenceb, traveling in the lower townships, sends the following as a summary of his observa tions in that section : Prominent tobacco buyers with whom we have spoken agree with us in saying that the finest tobacco this year is grow ing in the lower end of the county. Of course there are a few fields that leek backward, but this is an execution, net the rule. Nar Wakefield, Fulton township, Thes. Towson has a patch of five acres. The plants are large and the field, as a whele, is remarkably even. Seme leaves have been measured and found te make an average of ever 30 inches long. Gee. R. White, Wakefield, who this year inaugu rates his tobacco farming experience,has a nice 2 acres patch in which there are seme very large plants. But there is nene that excels the tobacco fields te lie found around Fairfield. Heward Hensel has a patch of 3f acres en the farm of the estate of Fleming Mc8parr.ui en which is a very fine crop. Adjoining this is a small patch, perhaps an acre, upon which Will McSpar ran is trying his hand as a tobacco grower, and has added new praise both for himself and Drumore in tobacco annals. E. M. Stauffer, of StaufTer's Mills, near Chestnut Level, has a nice large field of the weed, perhaps the finest in that section. Back of Fairfield are two patches, side by side, of about five acres in all, that cannot be spoken of, except in terms of the highest praise, and Sqnire Boyd and Dr. M. Glackcn showed that they knew hew te raise tine tobacco. We walked through the doctor's patch and found at least 60 or mere leaves that will measure ever 35 or 36 inches in length. The doctor, tee, has an acre near his house which is perhaps better than the large patch. Jehn Fowler, near the river, and Chas. Merris, en Whittakcr's Island, out from Peach Bettem, are proud of their tobacco, and deserve te be. Just about a mile from Peach Bettem is a 12 acre patch, 10 acres of which is farmed by ueorge wnutaker. and a by Henry Lee, the genial landlord or Fairfield's hotel. It is the largest patch in this sec tion and is remarkable for its evenness, Planting was commenced en the 1st of June and ended en July 18. Considerable replanting was done, the cut-worm being troublesome. This tobacco is of the bread leaf and " Duck Island " v.iriety. In Mr. Lee's are seme line plants with long leaves. W. S. Hasting has a nice patch. It is his first year in the business and may prove successful. Raisings. A large number of tobacco sheds, houses, barns, etc., are being built aud rebuilt all through this section. J. C. Lynch, Drumore township, is erecting a shed for the curing of tobacco. It is 28x42 and measures 30 feet in height. In many cases the 'erection of these buildings, "raisiugs " as thev are called, arc attended by mucfl jol lity, and fiicnds aud neighbors lend a helping hand, -while the festive beard is spread and "the wine that man -leveth runs redder than bleed." It-was our pleasure te attend a tobacco shed " raising " en Tuesday last en the farm of Julius Fiege, fermmly of Millersville, who last spring beusht the Lewis farm and is new liviug there. His friends were there and seen all was in working order, and ere the bells summoned all hands te the dining-room, the skeleton of the build ing was up. The shed built by the side of his cesy barn is 25x30 feet", and is 16 feet te the square, and 23 te the tip. Mr. Fiege is an old and experienced tobacco erewer. lie has 3 or 4 acres out tin-; year, the late ness of his moving preventing a larger amount being put out, but it is bis inten tion te make this a tobacco farm, and his experience will make it a model 'in its way. The many friends of Mr. F. in his old district will be pleased te learn of the prosperity that has attended his exertions in his new field of labor. Success has at tended all his endeavors and he has trans formed the old Lewis place iute as flue a little farm as can be found any where. The timber used te erect the new shed was all cut en his place, where there is a forest of fine timber. The raising" was a suc cess in every particular, especially the amount and quality of the geed things " raised" from the table at dinner. Cans' Ksperr. Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J. SI Gans' Seu & Ce., tobacco brokers, Ne. 131 Water street, New Yerk, for the week ending August 15th, 1881: 2,100 cases 1880 Ohie, 5 te lie; 800 cases 1880 Penn sylvania, 12 te 18c; 135 cases 1879 Penn sylvania, 7 te 30c.; 300 cases 1880 New England, 10 te 12c; 100 cases 1879 New England, 15 te 20c.; 100 cases sundries, 9 te 18c Total, 3,535 cases. A Fine Let. Au East Earl correspondent writes: "Mr. Wm. Burkey.ef East Earl township, has two of the finest lets of tobacco, con-" sisting of 4 acres, in the county. The leaves measure from 24 te 43 inches in length, and correspondingly wide, and the stalks for uniformity of size cannot be sur passed any where. The lets are almost daily visited by perrens, some from a distance, who admire and praise the size and uni formity of the tobacco. Mr. Burkey is a staunch Democrat which probably accounts for bis success as a tobacco grower." J, R. Wilsen, of Spring Garden, shipped two car leads of leaf tobacco from the Gap te Lancaster. Frey & Weidler were the purchasers. These Werman Merses. The train lead of fine hetses which passed through here en Sunday consisted of one hundred and twenty Nerman horses, includinz 56 stallions and 40 year lings, the largest importation ever made. They arrived en the steamer City of Lon Len Lon eon. Their weight is from 1,000 te ever 2,000 pounds ; cost, from 9500 te $1,200 each. Of the whole number 110 are con signed te E. Dillen & Ce., "Bloeskingdale, Illinois. '
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