LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, JANUARY 14. 1882. Lancaster ntrlltaencet. SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 14, 1882. Railroad Accidents. The alarming frequency of railroad disasters during tlie past few months is a topic for much thought and for search ing popular inquiry into the causes of and responsibility for the same. Coron Coren er's inquests, conducted tee often by men with free passes in their pockets, de net avail te make these inquiries effective. The whole community is in terested hi having them se thorough as te be net only vindicatory of the wrongs done, but preventive of further danger te the life and limb of travelers. Trav eling by rail has come te be such a matter of course that very few persons who step en beard a train step te think en what slight causes are dependent the- life of themselves and these they love. A defective piece any where in the great machine which carries them along, a turned switch, a bad rail, a loose belt in a bridge and a hundred ether petty incidents of every-day hap pening, are each enough te put at risk the lives of the tens of thousands of passen gers carried daily en our railways. With the improvement of mechanical devices for greater speed and comfort the chances of derangement and resulting disaster seem te be only multiplied, and air-brakes and signal stations failing te work or te b.: worked properly, the reli ance placed upon them Hinders the re sults of their failure all the mere ter rihle. A HVitem of double track railway ser vice, upon which signal stations are placed at proper distances, and no train is admitted into one block until the train ahead of it lias passed out of that block would seeni te be a well-nigh absolute pretecliim against such disasters as have been of late curdling the bleed of read ers. It is the premise and guarantee that is held initie travelers, and it is the neglect of this precaution that leads te slaughter. Fer this the recklessness or the inefficiency of the railroad employees primarily must be liable, and in money damages for the acts or neglect of their subordinates the management should be made te answer hi every cast;. Xe recompense can of course meet the damages resulting from less of life, but probably railroad efiicials can take no higher view of it nor be brought te legard for it by any mere summary means than the verdicts of juries. Inlhe case of New Yerk mem hers of the Legislature riding en free, lias ,es, doubt less, this remedy may net avail, but in this instance there seems te haw been such culpable carelessness that, indictments for manslaughter may be in order. The lazy brakeman, who did n -.1 go back far enough or seen enough Je Mgnal tiie coming train is con spicuously responsible for the slaughter, lint proper regulations would net have left such responsibility in his incompe tent hands. Needs Watching. Sir. Quay, who is an astute political manager and the real boss of his party in this state, expresses himself with great confidence that at the proper time these who call themselves Independents will be for Cen. Beaver for governor and that Wolfe will net be. able te control theni contrariwise. If by Independents .Mr. Quay means these of the Centinen tal hotel conference stripe, he is right. When they proclaimed that they were ready te control the regular convention if they could, and te submit te its de crees whether they could control it or net, they gave their cans-; away ami en lirely eliminated themselves as a factor in the politics of the state. The. nomi nation of Beaver basing a foregone con clusion and the acquiescence in it by Senators .Stewart and Lee and their kind of Independents, there is nothing uncer tain about the action of the regular convention. Mr. Quay's eutgivings, hew ever, may have something of warning in them for the Wolfe Independents. They have .substantially declared that they will stand aloof and wait te see what the regular convention will de. In fact they claim te be excluded from partici pation in it by the action of the party in Philadelphia. Moreover, they are net te be satisfied with Reaver's nomination, no matter hew the rest of the ticket is constructed. In the face of this Quay pre. ends te tlmik they will declare for Reaver, lie counts without his host if he infers from the proceedings in Assembly hall the ether day, that they will net listen te Wolfe. We have a very positive idea that instead of Wolfe being desir eus of holding a convention in advance of the regular one, and being disappoint ed at; the different action of his friends in conference,he was better satisfied as it resulted. Nene the less Mr.Quay will bear watching. He is an adroit politician, fertile in expedients for capturing wan dering political organizations. He duped and used the Greenback ledges in this state in 1S7S te elect Heyt. and the Wolfe men need te be wary that he does net somehow capture thetr delegates or control their primaries. There were some men in their conference whose move ments excited the suspicion that they were there te mislead it. It will be easy te increase their number, and with all their zeal the Wolfe people need te exercise lynx-eyed vigilance that they be net be trayed in the house of their friends. The report of the committee en rules in favor of increasing the membership of fourteen of the prominent committees of the Heuse of Representatives will be called up for consideration next week and a lively debate upon it is expected. The preposition manifestly issues from the discontent provoked by Speaker Keifer's arbitrary and indecent exer cise of his power 1n the allot ment of members. It is intro duced te give him a chance te plas ter up some wounds in his party, and as the committees have always been found large enough for service, it is tee late in tne day te begin te increase them, aim ply te double the number of " cempli- mentaiies '' j Senater Wagnek, who was killed in the New Yerk Central railroad acci dent, perished in one of the luxurious parlor cars of a company in which he was heavily interested and whose inter ests he represented in the Legislature. His death has a tragic coincidence in this fact ; and, in view of the close divi sion of the New Yerk Senate and the quarrel ever the organization, it may have some political significance. It would be strange indeed if Senater Jacobs, the Democratic candidate for president, opposed by the Tammany anti-monopolists, would yet ewe his elec tion te the reduced Republican vote ensuing from the death of a ' monopo list " member of the Senate. Seme of the Republican politicians af fect te be surprised at the statement that Reaver was nominated for govener at a conference in Washington some weeks age ; and tliey mildly deny it. The truth is Beaver was nominated for gov ernor of Pennsylvania at the Republican national convention of Chicago in 1S80, when he led the Pennsylvania delega tion for Grant. There was no special conference about it. Den Cameren did it. And it stands yet. - Tim Columbia Spy, which is ler Reaver, hopefully says that a geed ticket nomina ted en the lOtb of May will keep the Wolfe men waiting for the rest of the campaign. Tin: Mount Jey Herald b:ings mere piety te the square inch te our exchange tabic than any ether of our esteemed con cen con temeorariesreligious review.-, only ex cept ed. Tun Lancaster Inquirer think:; the Re publican state convention in calling the convention before the Lancaster primaries made " a mistake in view of the very ear nest desire of a large portion of the party te hnve the meeting called ;it a later day." Tin: Xew Helland Clarien pricks up its cars at the doctrine laid down by a Cal ifornia judge " that it is no mere lib.'lleus te accuse one of selling for gain the .sup port and advocacy of his newspaper than it weuhl accuse the merchant of selling for gain his merchandise. PERSONAL. T. I). IIakuingtex, lately deputy re ceiver general of Ontario, died yesterday in Prcscett. . Captain Bi.x.iamix Pat.mki:, a promi nent citizen of Newport, Rhede Island, died biiddeuly yesterday meining. Tlie tragedian Ressr, accompanied by the Italian minister, paid his respects te the president yesterday. K. A. Small, a prominent lawyer of Chicv-'. died yesterday morning, after a long and painful illness. He was a native of Maine. Majer William Aimirit, brother of the president, who is ene of General Han cock's staff has arrived in Washington, and will upend a few days at the White 1 lonse. Voeuur.Ks will, at an early day, make a speech in defence of the arrears of pension act. "He does net, wish thai, the con demnation put upon that act by Senater I leek should stand before the country as representing the sentiment of tiic Demo cratic party." Ite asserts Unit tiiatpaity ' originated and passed the act and stands by it!" The Sunday Scheel As.soeiatien of the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city has prevailed upon Rev. J. RiniAUiis Hevi.i:, the popular pastor of that chmch fiem 1877 te 1870, te deliver a lecture in i.he church for the benefit of the Sunday school. Mr. Reyla has named Wednesday evening, January 25th as the date of the lecture. Twe mete letters and a ''card te the public" having resulted fiem the Brn-iiuiiei-:.Iii..cKiti'i:x controversy. Reprc- , smtative Rlaekhurn said te his friends. last night, that he " did net intend te take further notice of General Rurbrid;;c or his publications. He would net hueenic involved in any public controversy, as the public is net at a'l interested in personal alfair-s ltd ween himself and General Ilui biidiie.' liii:etentleutd fur ISe.ivcr. Trr-i. Interview with (nay. " It is very evident that Welfe could net control the conference yesterday, and it is certain that he cannot contiel his convention any hotter. Wolfe's man, Ncsbit, and Wolfe himself, wanted the convention called for April 2(5, before the Republicans held theirs. Rut the con ference wouldn't de it, "and he had te yield. He can't control the convention any better. I am sure that a majority of the Independents arc Reaver iucn.'' "They are anti-Cameren men," it w::s suggested. " Yes but that doesn't mean anli-Beav-er men. The notion that Reaver's nemina tien was determined upon by a conference at Washington is all nonsense. Theio was no such conference, and T have already de nied itr General Reaver is a Christian gen tleman, an able lawyer, and he was one of our best soldiers. He lest a leg ter his country. I repeat, the Independents knew this as well as anybody, and when Mr. Welfe gets his convention together he will find that he can't control the delegates, and that they will inderse Beaver. "What de you think or the coming campaign ?" "It will be one of the most bitter we have ever known. Reaver will have a hard run, I think. Rut his weakness will net be in the less of Independent votes. It will be in quite another direction in what I don't care te state se long before the campaigh opens. Oscar Wllde ami Joaquin Miller. Mr. Oscar Wilde yesterday dined with Mrs. Hayes, after which he attended a "crush" at Mrs. Marien T. Ferteseue's, where for the first time he met Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras. Mr. Miller at once lauded the " Hub " te r. Wilde. "1 am glad te soeyou. NcwYeikisa second Liverpool, but go te Bosten and year heart will open like a'flewcr. Mr. Wilde, tbju'e are two places in America te sec, the ene is the East and the ether the West Oregon and California, for their natural greatness and beauty. But come and dine with me. I live en the fifth story with no ene above me but Ged (after a moment's reflection) and the man who cleans the snow off my reef." Mr. Wilde simply replied, " I like America, and te say that is te say I like New Yerk." (ieivcn and llenil at Dinner. Majer Bend and Franklin B. Geweu took dinner together last evening at the Continental hotel. The party was made up of the president and the incoming pres ident of Reading, Judge Ashbel Green, Geerge C. Magrau, and F. II. Peabody, of Kidder, Peabody & Ce. MAIL AND WIRE- WHAT THEY BBING TO-DAY. POLITICAL, PERSONAL, CRIMINAL AD CALAMITOUS. The Disastrous Ravages eJ Tire. Four mills belonging te W. W. Manker & Ce., at ""West Liberty, Kentucky, were burned en Thursday night. Less, $23,000. A fire in Galveston, Texas, yesterday afternoon, destroyed a building occupied by the cotton rooms of R. S. Meedy & Ce., the supreme court rooms, and several firms ; also the wholesale dry goods store ei'Grccn'caf, Beck & Ce., and hardware store of E. G. Weed fc Sen. The less is probably upwards of 300,000. The Kingsten knitting company's fac tory and a row of tenements in Kingsten, "Out., were destroyed last uight by a fire started bv the explosion of a Limp. Less, $40,000. Kecsnt fatal Accidents. One man was killed and another dan gerously injured yesterday by a prema ture blast en the Richmond & Fred ericksburg railroad, about ten miles from Richmond, Virginia. Six men were injured, one fatally and two ethers dangerously, by the fall of a derrick in a quarry at Eekpert, near Glou cester, Massachusetts, yesterday morn ing. Frederick MeCebb fell through an ele vater opening in Bosten en Thursday night and died yesterday of his injuries. 1'elitical .Movement . The president has signed the joint rese lutien thanking the Khedive for his gift of an obelisk te the United States. The New Yerk Assembly ycsteiday, after a fourth ineffectual ballet for speaker adjourned until Monday. The ballet steed : Aivord, 32 : Patterson, 30 ; Cos Ces Cos telle, 1 : Cullen, 1. Gov. Cernell, of New rk, in a mes. sage sent te the Senate of that state yes terday, said he had granted no pardons during the last year. The Virginia Legislature yesterday elec ted the following officer.;, all Read justers : Secretary of the commonwealth, W. C. Ekun ; treasurer, I). R. Rievely ; register of the land office, Jehn M. Brockcnbreugh; superintendent, of public printing, E. F. Walker ; superintendent of public inatruct inatruct ien, R. R Parr. The executive council of Maine yester day confirmed all tlie nominations for county commissioners made by Governer Plaisted. AH these officers, heretofore Republicans, arc new Democrats or Fus Fus ienists. The nominations were confirmed, in order that the public interests should no! sutler by a deadlock. 'J he Snrcsul of m ill li.. Thus far 33 cases of smallpox and seven deaths have been repe: in' a! Pert Jervis, New Yerk. Smallpox prevails te : mm extent, in Austin, Texas. There were eir.hl ileal lis fremfhcdisea.se in Richmond, Virginia, during the last week of December. Nine new cases of smallpox were rcpoit rcpeit rcpoit ed yesterday in Pittsburgh and six in Allegheny City. Scai let. fever prevails hi Buffalo, New Yerk In one school of that city 3'j pupils have been attacked by the disease, uine of whom have died The Criminal Calendar. Tin ee brothers named Newport, colored, have been arrested at Sodus Point, New Yerk, for the murder of James Hall, colored, en the Cth insi. The motive of the crime was plunder, and Hall's house was burned te conceal the act. Sylvester 53. Fitch, convicted of having caused the death of .Mary Ann Finley by malpractice, was sentenced in Bosten yes. terday te seven years imprisonment, Nathan W. Kennedy, aged 23 years being unrequited in love, committed .sui cide in Daysville, Connecticut, en Thurs day night. Benjamin Tread way, a constable, was killed by an unknown assassin, in Conway county. Arkansas, en Thursday night. At Lamb's Gap, in Cumberland county, Penua., a few days age, an unknown man was decoyed from a house by two men named Dean, who robbed him of $130 and shot him. Supposing him te be dead, they ceveied his body with leaves and brush, but he recovered sufficiently te tell his story and was assisted te a place of safety. The Deans, who are said te be web known as had characters in Philadelphia, have lied. Netc-i of Trade. The stock of wheat in Canada is esti mated at, 730,000 tens. The exposition at Orizaba, Mexico, is loperfed te be very successful. The dis play is magnificent, and there is a numer ous attendance of strangers. It is announced that merchants of Mont real are about te complain te the Domin ion government of the injustice done te them" by the smuggling of coal nil from the United States. Negotiations for the settlement of the troubles of the Siemens-Andersen steel company are progressing in Pittsburgh, but no lesnlthas been reached. The di di lccters of the Merchants' and Manufac turers1 bank, which is creditor te the amount of $000,000, say that, unless they receive a favorable answer te their propo prepo sition this week, they will elose the works and let the sale proceed. The personal pteperty of the company, at the last ap praisement, was valued at $-1 00,000. A l'at TaLe. The Bosten University Methodist col lege yesterday came into possession of an estate of $2,000,000, bequeathed by Isaac Rich, of Bosten. By his will, the money was te be paid ten years after his death. Slie "Wouldn't Swear. A girl called as a witness in a criminal case at Hamilton, Ontario, a few days age, refused te take the oath, en the ground that tiie Bible commands us te "swear net at all." Persisting in her refusal she was committed for forty-eight hours for contempt of court. ATTEMPT TO KUKX A I'AYMASTIIIt. Kailriiari Jllen itliMalting Him Ter the Man ager, who iCctluceil I heir Wages. Bad feeling exists among the section hands and ether laborers en the Texas &. Pacific railroad, because of a circular is sued by Manager Hexie, reducing wages te $1.13 per day. An exciting scene oc curred a few days age at Wild Herse station about 500 miles west of Dallas. It seems that the pay car was mak ing its monthly trip for settle incut, and was mistaken by the large force of laborers congregated at Wild Herse for Hexio's private car. The pay master, Mr. Keriz, was supposed te be Hexie. and the anger of the men became uncontrollable. They side tracked the car, demanded the delivery of Hexie that they might lynch him, and would net be lieve the announcement that he was net en beard. They piled up weed around the car te set it en liru, and, as they said, "roast Hexie out." Mr. Kertz made a .speech which pacified the crowd, and they desisted, but kept the car en the side track forty-eight hours, when it was al lowed te proceed eastward. Information from Marshall says that great dissatisfaction exists there among the men en account of the reduction. Be tween forty and fifty men, mostly carpen ters and paiutcis, were discharged last night and this morning. It is reported here te-night that a general reduction of the wages of all train men is te be made seen. The employees say that if this is done there will be trouble. BODIES BURNED TO A CRISP. tskiuull: collision en thk kail. Several Passengers Killed en the Xew Yerk Central Kailreatl Parler Cars De mellshcil acrt set ea Fire State Senater Wagner Dead. Xew Yerk dispatch te tiie Times There was a terrible accident en the New Yerk Central railroad te-night. The Atlantic express, which was due in this city at 7 o'clock this evening, was thirty five minues late in leaving Albany. It ran at a high rate of speed and had nearly made up its lest time before reaching Spuyten Divyvil. There were thirteen cars ea the train. Six were parlor cars. These were the Red Jacket, Vanderbilt, Sharen, Minnehaha, Empire aud Idlewild, There were four passenger coaches, t we mail cars and one express car. The train had passed Spuyten Duyvil and had gene about a third of a mile when ene of the air brakes gave eat and the train was brought te a step about two hundred yards from Spuyten Duyvil curve, This carve is one of the sharpest en the read and an approaching train could net be seen beyond the curve. The train was delayed live or six minutes while workmen were engaged examining and repairing the brake. A local train for passengers left Tarrytown about G:83, shortly after the train had passed, and left Spuyten Duyvil at 7:07. being due at the Grand Central depot at 7:30 The only men who can tell what sale guards had been employed en the Atlantic express te warn approaching train:-; from the rear, se far as can be learned, are IV. -it Valeatine,ef Bennington, Vt.a passenger. and the rear brakeman, whose name is said te be Geerge Nealiss. Mr. Valentine says that he was standing en the rear platform of thu.palase ear Idlewild, which was the last car en the express train when suddenly a light was visible around Spuy ten Duyvil curve, about two hundred yards back. The brakeman steed en t'.ie track iive or six feet from the rear ear, with a red lantern and a white lantern. As seen as the light of tiie approaching train flashed around the curve Mr. Yak a tine says the brakeman sprang forward and ran quickly down tiie track, swinging his lantern. Mr. Valentine said that everyone expected te see the approach ing train step ; but it came en apparently under full headway. Seeing that a colli sion was inevitable, as the train drew near he jump.'d from the platform and escaped without injury. .In the doorway Mr. Valentine remember:, te have Keen a small slight man, whom he could net identify. As the approaching train struck the ex press the small man jumped back into the palace car and Mr. Valentine says that as near as he can remember there, were ten or twelve persons in the Idlewild. He be lieves that net ene could have escaped. The locomotive Ne. St, of the Tarrytown train, was in charge of Engineer Frank Burr and Fireman Quaney Burr. The former was slightly injured about the head aud Quauey escaped uninjured. Beth declined te-night te give their versina of the cause of the collision. The locemofivo crushed into the rear compartments of the rear parlor car, aud the car was telescoped with the rear of the parlor car Empire in front of it. He far as could be learned, nobody escaped from the rear car te tell the story of the disas ter. The wrecked cars were almost im mediately wrapped in llamcs. The steve had overturned, and the Iivo coals finished the work of destruction. Before the p i lice and firemen, with ladder and appara tus for extinguishing fires, had at rived, a dozen persons had been suffocated. 'It is net probable that mere than ene or two were killed outright by the collision. About the middle- of the rear ear sat Park Valentine, 2'3 years of age, son of the gentleman who steed at the rear of the cai and escaped Valentine was en his wedding trip, having been married t Miss Louise Gayierd, of North Adams, Massachusetts, en Thursday night. Beth bride and groom perished in the flames. Lieutenant Governer Bar-slew, of Ver mont, who was with the bridal party, had gene te forward ear and he escaped unin jured. Near them in the car sat a large, handsomely dressed woman, appaienlly about forty years of age. Her body was the first recovered from the debris. Among the passengcrs in the drawing room cars were many members of the Legislature, including Senater Webster Wagner and ether well-known politicians. It is be lieved that all of the ten or twelve persons in the rear car perished. Senater Web ster Wagner was last seen a moment be fore the accident going from the second car from the rear te the rear ear, aud there is no doubt that he is among tiie victims. The number of these who perished in the second car from the rear is net known, but there seems te be reason for believing that all of the passengers were net rcscuefl. A passenger who was in the rear of the parlor car Empire says : " I was standing in the aisle chatting with Majer Charles Ulrich, commissioner of emigration, when the crash came. There was a shrill shriek of a locomotive close behind us, a sudden crash like an explosion and the car became almost dark anil glass and splinters and dust filled the air. Something struck me en the head and I was half-stunned for a moment. When I recovered my senses I found my head in contact with a reef ventilator. I thought for an instant that the car had been over turned and was lying en its side, but I seen found that it was uprigat en the track and that the reef of the rear car had crushed through the reef of our car. There were shrieks and groans, and a'oevc all the piercing cries of women. I found niyscll close against a car window aud drove my elbow through it. I was en the west si le of the car and looked out upon a stony and slippery embankment. Just then somebody shouted ' This way !' from the ether side of the car. I started across the aisle, ever broken scats and debris, te a window, through which ether passengers had escaped. The groans or the cries of a man entangled among the seals attracted my attention. I tugged at ins coat tans and assisted him te his feet. He speedily scrambled out of the window te a pLiee of safely and I followed him. Mr. G. F. Spinney, of the New Yerk Times, was 1 believe, the last man out of the car. " Within five minutes after the crash the two rear cars were in flames. The passengers steed in tlie snow aud mud en the slippery embankment and saw the fire darting through the wreck of the two cars, powerless te assist these withiu, wiie were groaning and screaming for succor. The villagers quickly gathered at the scene of the disaster and rendered such aid as they could, but it was several minutes before water, carried for some disauce in pails, could be thrown upon the llamcs. Men and boys rolled huge balls of damp snow aud hurled it through the car windows, which ether men had broken with fragments of the wreck, Ne faces appeared at tiie car windows, but cries in a dozen voices were heard from within. It was evident that they came from poisons .pinned fat beneath the debris and unable te escape." In the pocket of the woman whose body was first taken from the wreck was found a visiting card bearing the name : "Mrs. Maude Brown, -153 West Forty-third street." A letter in her pocket was dated from the office of Geerge M. Piuney, 38 Broadway, aud was apparently written by her husband, Mr. Brown. A slip of paper en which was written "Dr. Watts, 49 West Thirty-sixth street," was in her pocket-book. Miss -Mary Daniels, who was en her way from Trey te visit friends in New Yerk, was rescued alive. She suf fered contusions aud burns, but will re cover. Oliver Keely, a steve manu facturer, of Spring City, Pa., was taken out through a wiudew in a dying condition. His right arm was burned off nearly te the shoulder and he was inter nally injured. The doctor said he could net live until morning. He was 33 years old. His dying words were directions te send te his wife. The body of a man of large stature, with its face burnt past rec oguitien, was then taken from the wreck. Then came a body, apparently that of a negre, supposed te be one of the palace car employees. Then two mere charred and blackened trunks of human forms we:c lifted out upon planks by the tire men. One of them was the body of a man, the ether, it was thought, was that of a woman. The number of dead bodies taken from the wreck at midnight was eight. Several persons are injured, one, at least, fatally. Ac five minutes te twelve a train which had beau run up te the wreck reached the (baud Central depot. Upen it was Sena Sena eor Wagner's eldest son. The moment he stepped from the train he was surrounded and silently the little group listened te what he said. I In had been unable te find any trace of his father aud believed he had perished in the burning ear. Frem what he could learn from ethers, Mr. Wagner was of the opinion that his father must have been at the rear of the Idlewild or at the fere end of the Empire when the collision occurred, and that he was instantly killed in the telo-s-eeiiing and his body burned. The friends who listened gave up hope as the story was told and slowly straggled out of the h ; jt in the street. They halted te debate H.n the manner of announcing te the j family that their worst fears were realized an he should perform that sad office. I ict -ss-wn I Witne.se, Xet in he Kullleri. j ihiiiug the trial of a commonwealth ! ea s at the late term of the Perry county ceumy court tne attention et Judge uar-ni-tt was diiectcd by an incident transpir ing in the trial te the tee common practice of browbeating witnesses by attorneys. The judge availed himself of the oppor tunity and gave expression te his sentiments icgarding the practice in a dignified yet forcible manner. Wit nesses did net come en the stand at their own option, he said, but in com pliance with the mandate of the law. The majority of them knew little or nothing of the usages or practices in the court room and arc for the most part in an entirely new position, consequently they are fre quently embarrassed wheu confronted by af.erneys who have spent years in court. They should he treated in a gentle manly way aud net confused by in nuendo or harshness. They will give their information as intelligently as they can. provided they are given opportunity and encouragement ; and further, that they have net the means of defending them them seives from the wordy assaults of lawyers that thev have of pietecting their rights in every day life. He then read the rule of court jrevcrninu the examination of witnesses and requested that it be ob eb s'sved L0CA.L INTELLIGENCE. iiaii ::iyn. Fer Mtine weeks past, a gang of bad heys have persisted in disturbing the Seuth Duke street night school. A watch has been kept upon Ihcm by the ilk1 lit school committee and by Mr. and Mrs. Charles t'enstcin, the janitors in charge of (he school. Several of them weie detected and exposed and in revenge they assaulted one of Mr. Ceiistein's children. A few evenings age while Mr. Constein was attempting te drive thorn away from the school grounds ene of them threw stones at him, hinting him quite severely, and two ethers struck and knocked down Mrs. Constein with stones. Mr. Constein made complaint of assault and battery ami surety of the peace bcfoie Alderman Barr, whereupon the superin-t'-nding committee of the school beard took the matter in hand and determined te have t he guilty parties punished. Four of them have been arrested and held for a in aring and ethcis will be. Tuose ar rested are named respectively Eiscnberger, Bhnkeii'iiver, Liphart and Beyle. Lyceum .Meeting. Tiie Lancaster lyceum met at the Y. 31. C. A. hall, Thursday evening. A number of questions previously proposed were an swered and discussed. The following questions were presented for answer at next meeting by the gentlemen named : What was the recent rescript of the Em peror of Germany and what will be its probable result '.' 1. K. Witmcr. What is the Menree doctrine and should it be en forced :' W. P. Compten. What is known hi history as the Ostein! Conference :' E. W. McCaskcy. Should the arrearage of pensions act have been passed ? J. II. Fry. Who were the Toltces :' Frank Gricsr. Give the story of Arctic expeditions ; Nor Ner man Blackwood. I'lulailel'iliia's Xeiv Monnenito Church. The First 3Ieunonite church, located en Diamond street, above Fifth, has com pleted its new building, which will be formally opened en Sunday next. The edifice was commenced five mouths age, and the basement occupied by the congre gation and Sunday school in regular ser vices since the first Sunday of last Decem ber. It is of brick, 37xeI feet, two stories in height, with a gallery en the second iloer. The first fleer, which is divided into three departments, is used for Sunday school purposes, and the second fleer for the regular services of the congregation. The whole cost of the church was $7,300. llelivertiig Teuai-cn. Tin ic were very heavy deliveries of to bacco by the farmers at several of the city warehouses te day, but probably net inore than two-thirds as much as was delivered last Saturday. Se far as we can learn, thcie was much less decking te day than heretofore, the fartners being mera care ful in the preparation of the leaf for mar ket, or the buyers being less exacting. There was but little decking for white vein, the mere jeneial complaint being that the wrappers did net measures up te the length specified in the contracts. Themas M. Coalson's Funeral. The. Dully Xecs of Emperia, Kansas, contains a complimentary obituary notice of tlie late T. 31. Coulsen, whose death has already been neticce! in the Intelligex cek. The Xews states that Mr. Coulsen's funeral was conducted under the auspices of the Masonic Order of that place The bereaved family of the deceased will re luahi in Emperia, 31r. Coulsen having purchased a tine property there and fitted it up with all the camfortable surround ings of a home. Fingers Crushed. Charles Bissingcr, a brakeman en the Pennsylvania railroad, had two of the fin gers of his left hand crushed at Parkcs burg, yesterday while he was in the act of coupling cars. He was brought te his home in this city, and his injuries were attended te by Dr. J. L. Atlec. A Wagen Damaged. This morning the wagon of Charles Dittman was standing in front of the Key stone house when it was run into by the wagon of Mr. Evans, the butcher. The whr els aud axles of Mr. Dittman's wagon were broken and it had te be taken te the shop for repairs. Sale of Kcal Estate. Allan A. Heir & Ce., real estate and in surance agents, sold the one story brick dwelling, "Ne. 320 West Chestnut street, belonging te Miss Charlette 31. Weigle, of Yerk, Pa., te Henry Blickenderfer, jr., for the sum of $1,300. COLUMBIA HEWS. eun ltKGULAit eoi;:::i'ex!i::?;ci: A full dress ball will be given next Thursday evening by 31iss Lizzie Armer at her father's residence. Secetn! an-! Wal nut streets. The funeral of Mr. Cluistepher SI:cak will take place te morrow morning from his late residence, at lOt o'clock. On Thursday last the 'Susquehanna roll ing mill company declared a dividend of 23 per cent. Council meE last cveuiug ; fuil pre deal ings will be published in Monday's issue. The library committee are pushing their work, and by 1 o'clock this afternoon the fence in the library room will Pl- tern down. Communion services will be held in the E. E. Lutheran church te-morrow morn ing. In the evening tha regular sermon will be preached. Rev. Themas G. Apple, D. D., of Franklin and Marshall college, will preach in the Trinity Reformed church te morrow morning and evening. In the morning the Hely Communion will be celebrated. The Workers' association of tha Trinity Reformed church will give another ene of their pleasant entertainments en Monday evening, January Kith. The pregramme will consist of vocal and instrumental music, literary exercises and refreshments. The river is again closed up with slush ice, caused by the cold spll of last night. Slush aud mud have put our streets in a miserable condition. 3Iarkct largely atteued this morning. A liersc broke his hitching strap at market this morning and ran off, but; was caught at Third and Walnut streets. A light occurred Ac the P. R. IJ. depot last evening aud black eyes were plenty. 3Ir. Will, bhenbeiger is able te si. up i again. Re had a very bad spell. I 3Iiss Fannie Ilanauer left for Philadel- j phia this morning en a vi.-it te her num -1 bcrless friends. j 3Iiss Nellie 3Ielish returned te hi i home in Leck Haven te-day. The Alasfitteruilc. The masquerade at .Mr. Jehn FcudriehV. last night was the largest, grandest and the most complete party that. 1as ever been given ia this place. The house was brightly illuminated and gaily decorated. At the cntrance and suspended (Ven; the ceiling of tiie elegant hall was anarch of evergreens and in the centre of this were the expressive words of "Welcome." The host aud hostess did theii: utmost te inake everybody happy and succeeded. About 7:'J0 the guests began te arrive, and in the course of an hour the whole of the massive house was filled te overflowing. At nine o'clock the orchestra, Prof. Tay Tay eor's of Lancaster, played the march. Costumes of every description, from the I fat school boy te tiie mighty prince gen eral, were nymg areunti in ene mass ei confusion. Gaily bedecked, leslhetiu ladies, gypsies, flower girls, and in fact any character imaginable, swept the looms with their long trails. Nearly two hun dred persons were present. Before mid night all formed in a line and the order te unmask was given. Then the fun commenced. Expression:: like "Oh! I knew you !" "I told you that wa; hi" and many ethers. And probably hali'ef these who claimed te knew all thu ethcis did net knew one of them. Shortly after the unmasking supper was announced, and oysters, ice cream and cakes of all kinds were spread out en a large table. At three o'clock the guests began departing. Mr. and 3Irs. Fendrich deserve much credit for the masquerade. Net one who was present expressed anything but ad miration for their efforts and we knew they are appreciated. TALLY Hi) ! A Day uithihe IIii'iiuM They had a fox hunt down at West Chester the ether day aud, brides I he local club, members of the Re-e Tree and one of our Lancaster county huntsmen participated. Upen reaching the Caslin "farm, in Last Bradford, the dogs seen started a fox under the management of 3Iaster of Hounds Jeffersen Shantr. When the dogs commenced giving tongue the horsemen at once started en a geed run which lasted for about a mile, when a little out was made, but the hounds seen recovered and reynard was sent along again. at a lively rate. After making a circle around Gcerge Heffman's place the fox started for the Brandywine, closely pushed by the dogs, white some of the horsemen .were also riding elose t with the hunt. After making a short run en the ether side of the creek, the fox again crossed te the east side when it at ence made for its starting point. This time the animal concluded te stay nearer at home and continued te i mi iu a circle for the rcsLef the hunt. In the afternoon the ground had becomeso mud dy that it was hard for the dogs te de any geed, but they kept en running aud at '' o'clock holed the fox in Jeseph Carter's weeds, net mere than two miles from where it started. It will be seen that the fox ran for nearly seven benis and during that time did net get ever three or four miles from its starting point, thus giving the footmen who accompanied the hunt several geed views of it without much walking. When it was found that the fox was holed, tools were procured and the work of dig ging it out commenced. This operation was done with a will, especially by some of the farmers who had lest chickens or turkeys by the sly animal's visits te their poultry yards. After digging for about an hour the fox was reached. The ques tion new arose what te de with the thief, let it out at ence or save it for another day, when the latter plan was agreed upon. Before going home the club premised te tell the-day when the fox would he let out that all might be present at its death. AI together the day's sport was very line and enjoyed by all. The riding of some of the hunters was very geed, fences and ditches being taken iu line style and a single accident cannot be accorded te the hunt, save a tumble one man get iu a swamp and he was net hurt. Darlington Strode was unfortunate enough te let his horse get away from him, which caused him te go afoot for an hour, when some one caught the animal for him. Anether feature in the hunt was the small boy en the dun horse. The boy was with the lead horsemen most all the time, and when the l'ex was holed he was right there, smiling and as happy as you please. Nut De Leen. A man named FreJ. P. Brown, about ending a two-year's sentence in the Al legheny work house, for having obtained 8G00 from his brother-in-law upon repre sentations of having a rich uncle coining te this country, has bcejj suspected of be ing De Leen, the bigamist. He will be brought here en that suspicion, but the prisoner emphatically denies that he has ever gene under the name of De Leen, or that lie married a girl in cither Lancaster or Reading,or that he had ever known .Mrs. Coonley. Ue told a reporter that he had twice committed things which he was ashamed of, but he had paid the penalty of his wrong doings, and since he had been at the work house hehadtiicd hard te lead a better life, and when re leased from the institution he proposed te redeem himself. When told that there was a warrant for his arrest te take him back te Lancaster, he only laughed and said the officers would have their trouble for their pains, as he was net the right party. Divorce Granted. 3Irs. Annie E. Couzzins, colored, was this.aftcruoen granted a diverce from her husband, Daudridge B. Ceiizzins, of this city, en the ground of cruel treatment, neglect and desertion. VII HUT. Uiiiuiuiis Kcatl autl Vileil. Court met this morning and the judges read and filed opinions, in the following " cases : BY I.IVISGSTOX, 1. J. Iii the matter of Chas. S.Baldwin vs. Jehn Gall. Rule te strike off appeal ; dis charged. IIeiiniMi vs. Koe;er. 31aste"r's recom mendation adopted. Koescr's deed te Reed cancelled, and Keeser ordered te make deed te Ileffinau. Keeser te pay costs Nisidey's administrators vs. Cellins. Rule for new trial : discharged. Estate of Jehu Bachlcr, dee'd. Filing of opinion deferred until further progress of settlement. Estate of Henry Charles. Rule for citation : made absolute. Rule for new trial in Bitner vs. county of Lancaster ; discharged. Peter E. Landis vs. J. S. Laudis. Ex ceptions te auditor's report ; everruled. Franke's executers V3. Shaeffer. Ex ception te protheuotary's bill of costs. Net taxed aud therefore net before the court. 3Iergau vs. Morgan's administrators. Rule for new trial ; discharged. Estate of Win. Mathiot. deceased. Cita tion answer replication, &c. Account eidered te be filed. J. K. Geedman vs. Pennsylvania rail road. Rule te strike off non suit ; dis charged. BY I'ATTEIifeOX, 1. .1. Jehn B. Bitzer, deceased, estate. Cita tion te executer te file account ; awarded. S. P. Eby executer of Hoopes vs.Hoepcs' executers. Rule for new trial ; made abso lute. Jae. B. Miller vs. Barbara Bealer et nl. Rule for new trial ; discharged. James Bryson, deceased. Exceptions te auditor's report en guardian's account ; overruled with modification of auditor's re port. .Mary K. Mergau's use vs. II. II. Yard. Ilule for new trial ; elischarged. Chas. Ilcudel vs. Jehn Strohm, deccased. Rule for new trial ; discharged. Hcssler vs. K;;ub. Utile for new trial ; discharged. GrellW: Wesihaelfer vs. Jehn A. Bering. Rule te dissolve foreign attachment ; made absolute. Current l!uHlues-t. The "Plew" tavern license of Will iam Klciick, 3th, ward, was transferred te .Michael Snyder. The restaurant liceii.su of Harry Trewitz, Second ward, was transferred te Peter Let.. A soldier's license te peddle was granted te Adam Misker. The l-iiiillry Shew. The poultry show in Excelsior hall pre sent:; a mere attractive appearance te day than at any time previous. By a re arrangement of the coops the avenues be tween them have been considerably widened, affording mere room for the accommodation of visitors. The judges have completed the scoring of several vaiieties of birds and the owners of the winning ones were net slew in tacking upon the coops the premium cards. The exhibits, as stated yesterday, are of a very sn potier character, a great many of the biids scoring from 90 te 93 points out of a, possible 100. Among the visitors at the show we no tice 3Ir. Charles G. Stone, of the editorial staff of the I'eultry World and the Ameri can Poultry Yard, of Hartferd, Conn., and Mr. Frank Wilsen, the inventor of a very convenient hand mill for grinding bones, .shells, corn, &c, for the use of fowls. A Hint Ter J. Kaltler Snyder. In Williamsport the ether day. Dr. Heward L. 3Itinclay was tried for the il legal practice of dentistry, the State Ren tal association being the prosecutor. The jmy iftuinc-d a verdict et "net guilty, c .unity for costs." In commenting upon the case the Sua and Banner says : "The verdict of 'net guilty' was given, because ue humane JTtry could we'd de otherwise in a limilar case, with a law se iniquitous iu its character. The State Dental association can hardly ever expect te convict anyone by jury trial, se long as that statute stands unrepealed. It must be changed te suit the times, it is en tirely tee much of the Spanish Inquisition erd'-r." The Father ofOce. F. Ilaer Dead. Gee. F. Baer, esq., and family have left Beading te attend the funeral of his father, Solemon Baer, who died at his home iu Somerset, iu the 88th year of his age. The funeral will take plaee today. Deceased leaves three sons and four daughters. The son:; arc Gee. F. Baer, esq., Judge Win. Baer and Herman Baer, of Somerset. One of the (laugh tets is married te Rev. Gee. 11. Jehnsen, a Ite formed clergyman of Philadelphia; another is the widow of the late Rev. Wm. Cenrad, of Somerset ; the third is married te Jehn II. Benferd. Ursina, and the fourth is a single lady. Deceased was a native of Lehigh county. i'erker Yt i-lghing 1,140 1'iiuuiIh. Mr. S. Killian, of Terra Hill, Lancaster county, has taken te Reading a porker weighing 1,110 pounds. His perkship was la-enght te town en a large wagon, and te unload him it was necessary te back the wagon against the elevator iu Buyer's livery stable, diive the animal iijieii ii. and thou lower him te the fleer. This immense hog is of the Chester white breed and is net quite three years old. He was bred and raised by Jeseph Beylcr, of Upper Leaceek, Lancaster county, and is valued at 8123. He is new en exhibi tion in ene of the box stalls of Beycr's livery stable. The l'"rlvn!iliip. At a mrctiiig of the Friendship fire company last evening the following reso lution was adopted : Ikxelecd, That full power is hereby in vested in the present beard of trustees te dispose of the property en the best terms, transfer the same and receive the amount agreed upon for aud in the name of the Fiiendship fire company. !: or ICeal h'Htaie. Jehn Snyder has bought from Henry Haverstick the old Yeates property be tween Fremont and Poplar streets, known as Green Cottage, and containing about ljj acres of land, for $1,700. It is the inten tion of 3Ir. Snyder te lay out the grounds next spring as a park, for the use of pic nics, Sunday-school celebrations and ether parties. Charged with Adultery. Mrs. Mary Swain, wife of James II. Swain, liveryman, had a hcariug last even ing before Alderman Barr, te answer a complaint of adultery with Jehn Albert. The testimony offered before the alder man was te the effect that 3Irs. Swain and Albeit vprc surprised en dinhabille, in Mrs. Swain's bedroom. The alderman returned the case te court. 1 hat Gray fox. A week or two age a paragraph appeared in the Ixtki.meen'cek in which it was stated that Biisbin Skilcs had caught a gray fox. Frank Clark of Strasburg in forms us that in 1S72, Capt. J. Miller Raub sent him a gray fox from Schuylkill county and that he (Clark) seen afterwards turn ed it loose en Kuiiker'Hill, near Strasburg. lie believes the fox caught by 3Ir. Skilcs is the same old fox. Yerk County's Tax. The tax for county purposes has been reduced by the Yerk county commission -.Ms from 4 mills te 3 mills for the current year. The total valuation is about $10,- 000,000. V
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