LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!? SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 1882. i -1 Hancastet fntrllCaenm: SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 21, 1882. Bench uid Bar. The depreciation in the character of men elected te judgeships naturally re sults in an increased restiveuess and ag gression en the part of the bar, and fre quent unseemly collisions are the se quence. Most generally lawyers forget themselves and the respect they ewe the court, while judges, conscious of their own shortcomings and their inability te command the respect which should .attach te their office, fail te en force the discipline that the contempt calls for, and thus bench and bar are lowered in public esteem. In Philadel phia it has happened that judges have sometimes been chosen for their conspic uous lack of judicial qualities rather tiiau their possession of them ; and such disagreeable incidents as we have re ferred te have net been uncommon there, resulting from the inevitable de preciation in which the elect te the bench must often be held by their late associates at the bar. We have re peatedly had occasion te lefer te Briggs's bumptiousness, and the scene in Judge Elcock's court yesterday did neither him nor thr; lawyer whom he did net commit any credit. In most cases it is safe te say that judges get from the members of their bar just the degree of resitect that their demeanor en titles them te, and nothing is se apt te make a lawyer forget the duties of his profession as for a judge te fail te main tain the dignity of his. The remarks of Judge Elcock were anything but judi cial, and the conduct of the contemptu ous attorney was any but courteous. That the judge felt that he was wrong may be inferred from his failure te carry out what he started in te de : and the lawyer, in insisting that he meant what he said, was mere consistent, if net mere courteous, than the judge, who en tered his rule and then lied from the controversy that his own conduct had invoked. We are glad te hear from the Xtw Era that its element of the Republican party proposes te put a step te the cor ruption at primary elections which has measurably ramified our general body politic and poisoned all elections. There was a time when the JYew Era rather scouted at the idea that the primary elections of its party had become " carni vals of fraud," and, if we remember right, considered " practical politicians " who urged that this corruption be put down, lit subjects for " the feel-killer's club.'' Its frank- acknowledgment of existing evils does it credit, and its premise of fearless action against all wrong-doers by an independent organi zation is encouraging. When the Ix tklligexckk, in view of these evils, lias recommended an organization of all honest men te suppress them, the Xew Era has seconded us ; and new that its party will, as an organization, try te put a step te thcru,we renew our recom mendations that decent Democrats join in the geed work. The Xew Yerk Times is busy showing up the inside of the last Democratic campaign in Ohie, and iiew the nomi nation was made snd the election sought te be carried en the strength of Book Beok Boek waiter's " bar'l.' If it tells the truth it may serve a geed purpose in putting a step te political conventions nominating men who buy their nominations or are expected te buy their elections. Tiie Democratic party has suffered from 1 Iris in the past, Let there be no mere of it. While we can accept reproof and warn ing even from the Tenes, however, we are no less sensitive te the fact that its party is mainly responsible for the intro duction and corrupt use of money in elections. They are worse than the Democrats in this, and for the additional reason that their campaign funds are usually stolen from the public treasury, while the Democratic funds, however misused, are generally raised by private subscription. There is nothing at all surprising in the rumor that Secretary Felger is te go out of the treasury and take Judge Hunt's place en the supreme bench. When he resigned a high judicial position with a long term before him in New Yerk, some such future move as is new discussed was no doubt anticipated, if net positively fixed. The restfulness and fixed tenure of the bench are most attractive te lawyers, and, if Felger had no objections te promotion by way of a cabinet office, his appointment and ac ceptance relieved Arthur and Conkling from a serious embarrassment at the time he was nominated. Having served their purpose he can new be dispensed with. It is hardly likely that ex-Senater Piatt will succeed him. Net yet. In view of the very general and numerous reports of smallpox prevailing ever the country there seems te have been nothing left for the national beard of health te de but te sound a general alarm. Communities which have yet happily escaped its advent need te leek out te keep it out. A very small grain of preventive is worth a ten of cure. The large preponderance of medical tes timony favors vaccination, and people are worse than negligent who de net avail themselves of the present occasion te indulge in it. A mr- raid was made en Reading stock in Philadelphia yesterday by throw ing theMcCalment stock en the market at the rate of 30,000 shares per hour. It steed the racket without any wavering, and really advanced under the pressure. The public have wonderful confidence in Gewen's future handling of the read and Vanderbilt's co-operative scheme. The Philadelphia Times thinks no party with a remote chance of success will dare te pledge itself te step the stealings at Harrisburg. That is a direct challenge te the next Democratic state convention which we propose te see that it shall meet and either take up or run away from, " Buckets, brooms, &c," shall be an issue in the next campaign. The " brooms, buckets, &c," which were considered necessary te keep the state capitol clean last year cost nearly $6,000. If the work of cleansing could have been extended te the morals of the officials it would have been a geed in vestment and it would probably have hem needed, every dollar of it. But when we consider the condition in which they were left we are forced te the con clusion that tee much of the money went for the " &c." The age of some one being mentioned once, Webster said, "The worst standard by which te measure a man's life is the parish clerk's register. Seme men, sir, are born old ; ethers, again, never grew old." Commissioner Dudley stated yesterday te the committee en pensions that "if he had four hundred men te place in the field as special agents he could eliminate all pension frauds within three years' time. He thought such special agents should receive about $1,400 per year and expenses." What means this ribald rhynie from the Marietta Register ? Dees the poetic editor knew hew it was himself ? STarewell, dear old ltushen. These three years a-genc, Marie a short purse long. ' Farewell, farewell, forever !" lie sung, " Farewell te the festive Court Heuse Gang !" The young man en a Yerk coutemper ary who started te write a notice of a fuuuy comedy performance in the opera house there the ether evening informed his readers at the outset that, " we cannot recall it without becoming se convulsed with laughter that writing is out of the question." Of course that article explain ed itself, se te speak. In the January number of the Reformed Quarterly Review Supt. R. K. Buehrle has an avlicle en " The Missing Link," but it is net Darwinian. It is a plea for a closer organic union between popular and the higher education. Iu the same number that stalwart controversialist, Rev. Cyrus Cert, appears with a chip en his shoulder as the writer of an article against "woman preaching, viewed in the light of Ged's word and church history." It is all a mistake. Ferbes and Wilde both have said it. They had no miff en the train. Wilde did net ask $300 te go te a Baltimore club reception. He went en te Washington by mistake, at least by direction of his manager. The people who were te have met him didn't ami he couldn't step in Baltimoie alone. He is annoyed at the horrid newspaper scaudal. Mercy aud peace. Yeung man you're for given. Mayer Lyen, of Pittsburgh, has vetoed an ordiuance recently passed by councils granting te the American RapTd telegraph company the right te erect its poles and string its wires through the streets of that city. Underground wires, he says, are no longer an experiment, aud he does net propose te permit the highways te be further encumbered by unsightly poles, when the obstruction can be se easily ob viated. The Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald, the only Democratic daily in the city, and the Recerd, a sort of half-shell Democratic paper, are opposed te Pattison for gover nor. The Ledger thinks he is " tee fresh" iu being willing te quit the pest te which the people of the city have called him. Much of the ether opposition te him is less reputable, but all in all, there is tee much of it for him te hope te have a united party behind him there, aud that is one of the essentials of a Democratic candidate for a state office from the City Brotherly Strife. It was the indexible rule of Theephilus Parsons te give no law advice en Sunday a rule which he persisted iu adhering te when a client came te Salem en that day from Bosten te obtain an opinion en a matter of first importance in connection with business te be transacted early ou Monday. Angry at having had his jour ney for nothing, the client was ou his way te his carriage, when Mr. Parsons followed him, and asked him whether he had made up his mind as te what was right according te the golden rule, aud being answered in the affirmative, told him te go back te Bosten, de what he believed was "just right," aud when Mr. Parsons get te his office later en Monday he had no doubt he would find law enough te sustain him. It has been developed that among the last requests made in writing by the late Hendrick B. Wright, was one that his body be kept at least 72 hours and be net interred until decomposition begin ; that he be buried between his father and wife : that no display nor funeral sermon be madeathis funeral ; nor auy silver plating adorn his coffin. Finally, " My children may go into mourning if they prefer it ; but I de net. It is an empty, idle custom, and is disgraced by its ob servance ; au outside demonstration sug gested by fashion. I will die in the faith of my ancestors the creed of the Society of Friends. In this faith died my great, grandfather, my grandfather aud my father, and in that faith I will die also. It teaches the doctrine that the apparel does net reflect the emotions of the heart." Of the several points made by -Sup't. Shaub in his address at the conference of school superintendents iu Reading,' the convention adopted and affirmed his ap proval of the present mode of electing su perintendents ; the payment of the direc tors' expenses te the convention ; a uui. form four years' term for superintendents; the advice of the superintendent te direc tors in regard te school sites, plans for building and furnishing school houses and the selection of text books : a mere effi cient district supervision of rural schools ; the present excellent plan of examinations and issuing certificates ; each county su perintendent should receive two hundred dollars from the county treasury, te be expended for the use of either district or county institutes or for both ; superinten dents should have liberty te decide what kind of institutes he will held : that he may held a county institute annually but shall net be "required" te held mere than one, in any one term of his office, and that he shall held at least three joint district institutes of "at least" three days each, in each year iu which no county institute isjheld. PERSONAL. Dr. Theodere Schwann, the Belgian physiologist, is dead. Hen. J. PnecTOK Knett is coming te Yerk some of these days te address the Jeffersonian club there. Majer Eu.woeD Griest of the Lancaster Inquirer, sees visions aud dreams dreams en account of bloodhound in the prison yard. Mr. Arthur is opposed te the tariff commission bill. He anticipates that the work of a commission will be futile, but it is net thought he will interpose his veto. Nellie Grant Sartoris is enjoying the Washington germans, but startled the ladies the ether evening by appearing in red kid gloves. The Harrisburg Patriot wauts te knew hew F. B. Gewex " would strike Mr. Wolfe's 50,000 independents as a proper person for next govemor of Pennsylva nia." M. Gamhetta has been urged by some of his friends te tender his resignation im mediately. It is stated he declared iu re ply that he awaited the final issue with confidence. Ex-Postmaster General James probably won't feel very badly because Mr. Howe has placed Ben Franklin's vignette upon the postal warrants instead of following precedent and usiug his predecessor's Aud the star routers may be pleased a this. Private letters from Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Johnsten report their sojourn ing at Cannes, France " iu the midst of flower gardens and orange." Their son Harry is slowly impieving iu health. The voyage and fatigue of travel were hard upon him but he is new getting eyer it Anna Dickinsen began her persona persena persona teons of Hamlet iu Rochester, N. Y., and as usual the critics differ widely in their reports of her performance. She dressed in a closely fitting garment of light purp'.e white. A cloak of the same color was thrown loosely ever her shoulders and fell te her heels. This was changed" in the second act for a mere gorgeous costume also of purple, which this star considers as the only mourning color for royalty, though Shakspeare thought an inky hue the aesthetic thing he may have meant purple ink. She is said te have displayed " dramatic power," " most careful study" and " masculine force." She entirely emitted the dialogue iu the second scene when Hamlet gives advice te the actors as te the representation of a play. The rea sons was that she regarded the Hues mere ly as a harangue of the author upon the features and merits of actors' art, and en tirely out of place, as coming from the lips of the prince at a tiine when the murder of his father was uppermost in his mind. In the fifth act the whole conversation be tween the prince and Horatio at the open ing of the graveyard scene is entirely gene through with, although tragedians gener ally regard this as superfluous. UOCIIT ANU LAWYKK. J ud 1:0 Elcock Abandons What lie Starts te De, Befere Judge Elcock, in Philadelphia, yesterday, there was tried a case iu which a man by the name of Mitchell tried te re cover a check, given by Mr. Hazlehurst, one of the victims of the fraud practiced by a rogue who passed himself off as young Drexel. Detectives are suspicious that the plaintiff, Mitchell, is the rogue himself, or au accomplice, aud he fails te put in uu appearance in court. The counsel for plaintiff, Mr. Hagert, having referred te this yesterday, aud Ransferd, for defense, having objected te Hazle hurst's testimony going in, the following occurred : "Oh ! I'm very sorry," ironically re plied Mr. Hagert. " I knew a let of peo ple who have warrants for him." Mr. Ransferd was determined, however, that Mr. Hazlehurst's testimony should be kept out if possible. "We kuew what the purpose of it is," he said. It is all bun combe." " Well," retorted Judge Elcock, " we are trying a bunke case." He decided te admit Mr. Hazlehurst's testimony en the ground of conspiracy. Ransferd took an objection. Mr. Hazlehurst had get about half way through with the history of the way in which he had been taken in when Mr. Ransferd again objected te the matter as irrelevant. " I am iu court representing a client who has some rights at least," he said. "Then why don't he come into court te enforce them?" said Judsrc" E'ceek. "I would like te see this man, who is charged with being such a scoundrel." " Well, sir," replied the lawyer, quickly, " I don't think I would have tried the case had I known that the judge would make such remarks." "Yeu ought net te have tried it," re plied Judge Elcock, hotly. " Well,- then, I won't try it before you," returned the lawyer. "My client has rights as an American citizen and I am bound te protect them. I won't try this case before you, sir ; I won't try this case before you." The judge's face flushed crimson. "Sit down, sir, he cried, with knitted brews. ' I commit you. Send- for the clerk te enter the rule. Where is the clerk ?" " Very well, sir," replied Mr. Ransferd ; " I take my seat and your honor may de as you see fit." A messenger rushed after court clerk, while the lawyer doggedly folded up his papers. " Ge en with the tesitimeny," coin- maimed the judge. " Ne sir," replied the attorney ; " I will suffer a non-suit first." The non-suit was instantly entered and the jury dismissed. m "New, sir," said the attorney, as the court clerk had arrived, " will your honor indicate your pleasure with me ?" " I shall net enter the rule," replied the judge, calmly. "Yen, no doubt, spake hastily." "Ne sir," replied the atteruev : I sneka deliberately. I have nothing te withdraw. I stand by every word I said." " Well, I won't enterjthe rule, anyhow." replied Judge Elcock and paid no mere attention te the lawyer. Lesses, by Fire. Seven buildings in Belle Plains, Iowa, were burned en Thursday, several ethers adjoining beiug damaged. Less $26,000. The Columbus Stamp Mill, near Mays ville, Colerado, the property of the New Yerk and Colerado mining syndicate company, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. less 9i,uuu. An Old Wemmm Murdered. Werd reached Lancaster, Ky., that Miss Betsy Bland, living three miles from town had been assassinated. The sheriff went te the house and found the woman dead in her room and terribly mutilated. Sus picion fell upon Wm. Austin, her grand nephew, and he was arrested. Miss Bland was a highly respectable woman, about 85 years old. CHIME AND CRIMINALS. Smuggling IncBiidlarisin Murder Fraud aud Forgery. The grand jury at New Orleans yester day indicted 31. T. Ceppidge for the mur der of his wife, en tha 27th of last month. Coppidge reported at the time of the kill ing that the fatal shot was accidentally fired by hie. adopted son, a boy three years old. Extensive seizures of smuggled jewelry have been made in Terente, Kingsten, Louden, Guelph and ether places in Can ada. The information which led te the seizures was furnished by au American exporter. Jehn Wagener, eue of the men accused of the murder of Dr. Biggs, at Irouten, Ohie, was taken from the jail at that place en Thursday night, and lynched by a mob. The mob first extorted a confession from William Zeck, the ether accused murderer by stringing him up. He implicated sev eral persons uet yet arrested, and was al lowed te live for the present. Auderseu Jenes, colored, convicted of the murder of Jehn G. Haralson, at Mc Bear, Georgia, en the night of December 15th, 1879, was hanged yesterday. He was twice convicted and sentenced te be hang ed. He confessed his crime te the turn key of the jail ; robbery was the motive. Jenes had a literary turn aud even com posed poetry. A detective has informed the trustees of the institution for fcoble minded youth in Columbus, Ohie, that two of its inmates named Gwyn and Goedrich, aged respect ively 17 and 19 years, have ceufessed that that they set fire te the asylum in Novem ber last, when it was burned down. Their object was te escape. The less by the lire was $400,000. The grand jury at Columbus, Ohie, yes terday returned 52 indictments against Frederick W. Newhurgh, assistaut secre tary of tiie state heard of public works, for forgery, issuing fraudulent certificates and securing money under false pretences. His operations covered about $20,000. If convicted en each indictment, his lowest aggregate penalty will be 02 years in the state penitentiary his highest would call for 579 years. .SMALLl'OX. It. KuvagesOvcrtlie Country. The executive committee of the na tional beard of health, at a meeting in Washington, yesterday, declared smallpox epidemic in the United States and ordered an inspection of several of the principal quarantine stations in the country, te determiue whether the rules of the beard, approved by the president en the 14th of November last, arc being properly en forced. Thirty-three cases of smallpox ar re ported in Portsmouth, Ya., aud its suburbs. They are all among the colored people, and the disease was spread by a funeral which was largely attended a few days age. A number of cases of the disease, in different sections of Northern Illinois, have been traced te infection from the students returned from the medical col lege at Keokuk, Iowa. A terrible discovery of a family named Williams, victims of small-pox, was made yesterday in Jersey City. The father died of smallpox last week,Icaving a widow and five children in utter poverty. Yesterday morning a deputy health iusnecter visited the cellar in which they ledged, and found the mother covered with pustules, laying en a heap of rags. On one side of her was the dead body of one of the girls, ou the ether the dead body of one of her. boys. In the corner of the room another little fellow appeared te he dying, while the two remaining children huddled around the stove. The woman aud her living child ren were sent te the hospital. Thirty new cases of smallpox were reported yes terday in Pittsburg aud Allegheny. A WIFE'S FATAL StKKP. II cr Husband Ilumcd te Death YVIiile ! Slumbered at Ul-i iteuside. He A shocking affair occurred at the Hamp ton mines, en the outskirts of Scranton, yesterday morning. William Cook, who was stricken by smallpox a few days age, was dying. His wife and habe were in the same room en the ground fleer. Mrs. Cook placed a lighted candle in the hand of her husband and then knelt by his bed side te pray. Ne one had vis ited the house for days. Over come by fatigue she fell asleep and when the candle had spent itself it burned through the rigid lingers of the dying man, setting the bed clothes en fire. Mrs. Cook started up, but fainted ou the fleer at the sight. A crowd of neighbors gathered at the window outside and look ed in, but wouldn't venture across the threshold of the plague-stricken house. At last two men mere courageous than the rest arrived at the house, burst open the deer aud carried out the suffocating mother aud child. Then the body of Cook was removed and presented a frightful spectacle, the flesh dropping from the bones. The fire was extinguished with difficulty. Mrs. Cook has se far recovered as te tell the particulars of the unhappy affair. She says she had net slept for several days befere the occurrence and was completely worn out for lack of rest when she knelt te pray beside her husband. They were Gcrmau Catholics and the lighted caudle was placed in the hand of the husband as a symbol of the immortal light tewaid which the soul was geinjj. 'Women Who Want "Vetes." The select committee of the Senate en the rights of women gave a hearing yesterday morning te a large delegation from the National women uuQ'rage convention new in Washington. Remarks were made by Mrs. Robinson aud Mrs. Shattuck of Mas sachusetts ; Mrs. Searle and Mrs. Gauger, of Indiana ; Mrs. Saxen, of Louisiana ; Mrs. Celby, of Nebraska, and Miss Susan B. Antheny, of New Yerk. After listen ing with undivided attention te .the speeches, a resolution offered by Senater Geerge of Mississiwpi, was adopted by the committee, thanking the ladies for their attendance aud for the able and instructive addresses they made, assuring them that the committee " will give te the subject of women suffaage that careful and im partial consideration which its grave im portance demands." The committce will this morning hear Mrs. Stanten and Mrs. Fhrebe Cezzens, who were unable te he present yesterday. Geed Enough ter au Issue. Philadelphia Times. The Lancaster Intelligencer is after the extravagance apparent in the furnish ing of supplies at Harrisburg. It believes that at least a hundred thousand dollars a year cculd he saved by au honest hand ling of the appropriations and demands that this shall be made au issue in the state canvass. There aic worse things than this te make an issue of, but no party with a remote cnauce 01 success even cares te have the stealings cut off. Killed by Trichina. In Chicago at a German wedding about a month age raw ham was one of the deli cacies served and was partaken of by sev eral of the guests, who have shown evi dence of the trichinie. Most of them have been relieved of the parasite, but Henrietta Straes, 32 years old, became worse under the treatment resorted te, and died in great agony. Examination of a muscle led te the discovery of 40,000 parasites in one square inch. m m A Valuable Herse Dead. The stallion Hareld, a brother of Loril Leril lard's Irequeis, owned by Mr. Waldeu, of Middleborough, Maryland, died last Sat urday. Mr. Walden refused $15,000 for the horse last summer. LT"THEKA1IS5I IN AMERICA. Seme Valuable Compilations by a Lancas ter Minister. In a recent article in the Lutheran Oh server. Rev. S. Stall gives some interesting facts relating te the history of the Luth eran church iu America. Here are a few : The first Lutheran church edifice en this continent was erected, probably in 1638, within the walls of Fert Christina, new Wilmington Del., Jehn Campanius, surnamed Helm, from Stockholm was the first Protestant missionary among the Indians in this country. He came te this county in 1642 with Jehn Pintz, the second governor of the Swedish eoleny en the Delaware. The Rev. Reerus Ter killus was the first Lutheran minister in this country. After eight years' service he died in 1643. Perhaps the earliest mentieu of Lutherans in New Amster dam, new New Yerk, is by a Jesuit mis sionary, Father Jegues, in the year 1643. The first Lutheran church in the state of Pennsylvania was erected at Tinicum, Chester county, and was dedicated Sep tember 4, 1646. A decree of Governer Stuy vesant enforcing conformity te established religion, as set forth by the synod of Dort, reveals the fact that a congregation of Lutherans were already settled in Albany. N. Y. (tin n called Beverawycke and Feit Orange), in the spring of 1636. The first Lutheran minister iu the state of New Yerk was tiie Rev. Jehn Earnest Geet water, who lauded at New Amsterdam (new New Yerk) June 6, 1637. He was sent out by the consistory of Amsterdam as raiu raiu sienary among the Lutherans in the New Neihei lauds, but owing te religious op ep op pressieiis was net permitted te officiate publicly, aud returned te Helland in Oc tober of the same year. Iu 1663, the first Lutheran church iu the city of New Yerk was erected. The first Lutheran minister ordained in this country was tne Rev. Jus tus Falkuer, in 1703. In 1816, Hartwick seminary was founded. It was the first literary and theological school of the Lutheran church in this country. Iu 1818 the synod of Ohie was formed. The general synod was organized at Ha Ha gerstewu, Md., October 2, 1820. The first regular meeting of the general synod was ueiti at Frederick, aid., October 22, 1821. In 1823, the first Lutheran church in the state of Illinois was built about five miles cast from Jones Jenes Jones bero' in Union county. In 1841 the Rev. C. F. Heyer sailed, October 14, from Bosten for India. This was the first mis sionary sent by the Lutheran church iu the United States te labor among the heathen. On December 19, 1844, the first Norwegian Lutheran church in America was dedicated en the western portion of Koskeuong Prairie, Wisconsin. ' HioTime Hns Come. Xew Era. The time has arrived when it is no ex aggeration te say that the very existence of the Republican party depends upon its purification from the corruption which has grown up in our primary elections aud has ramified te some extent into our general elections. ln a few cases honest cllbrts te bring the guilty te justice failed either through inadequate law or the discovery that the household of these casting the first stene was net with out siii. The bosses, therefore, however much they differ in ether things, agreed net te hurt each ether, aud their being no independent organization te take up the issue public justice went unvindicated. New we have ample law, and we will have an organization that will mean business. In its support we invoke the aid of every Republican who thinks the time has corae te put a step te our annual " carnivals of fraud." TlIKKl; WOMEN KIM.KO. Slierltinsr Scnuel te an Extraerdlnarv Tragedy iu Virginia. Near Central Depot, Montgomery county, Va., a woman received a sum of money aud was known te have it in her possession. She took it te her house, whcie a gentleman occupied a room in the upper part of the building. Hearing loud and threatening noises during the night, this man came down stairs and found the landlady lying dead en the fleer of her apartment with her threat cut. He also reports that he saw two persons precipi tately leaving the premises. Seizing a ueume uarreieu shotgun the man gave chase te these fugitive figures and seen came within rauge of them. As they re fused te step he fired in rapid succession, first at one and then at the ether, and killed both. Te his intense surprise it was discovered en a closer examination of these parties that they were two women of the neighborhood, who for the sake of the plunder had disguised themselves as men and cut the threat of their unfortu nate victim. change or Leaders Wanted. Wilkesharrc Recerd. Philadelphia has sixty or seventy thous and Democratic voters, but they don't count worth a cent en election day. Editor Hensel, of the Lancaster Intelligencer, reads his city brethren a lessen new and then, but it's of no avail. Chairman Bo Be gert made an attempt te get thein in line last fall, hut he failed, and new it is said that a great effort will be made te briug the " heys" up for the February election. With such leaders as Bill McMullcn and Sam Josephs, Democracy in Philadelphia is a failure. jlijeuriu:d with a Kesolutieu. The state temperance convention, in session at Harrisburg, adjourned yester day, after adopting resolutions, one of which declares that their " first effort shall be the election of members of the Legisla ture iu 18S2 favorable te the submission of the constitutional amendments" against liquor. Seme t-ceple Get Ice. Ice cutting will begin te-day en the Hud Hud seu river from Catskill te Albany. The ice is eight inches thick. There remain in the ice houses ou the river, between these peiuts, from last year, 233,000 tens, and 1,146,000 tens are te be housed. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. m The Shllller aud the Presbyterians. Iu the hall of the Shifiler fire company was given last evening an excellent sciop sciep sciop ticen entertainment by Mr. H. C. Moere, (superintendent of the Presbyterian Mis sion Sunday school) te tbe members of the company, their wives and their daugh ters. Many of the views were of local in terest and were well displayed. At the close a vote of thanks was tendered Mr. M., and it was resolved te attend in a body a special service in the chapel en Sunday evening, February 12th, which will be the 12th anniversary "of the Sunday school whose organization and first meetings were held in the house of the Shiftier. Tucsiliiy Evening's Lecture. When a gentleman of ex-Senater Wal lace's eminence and ability comes without any remuneration te our city te deliver an address our citizcus should honor them-' selves, and him alike, with a large audi cuce. He speaks iu the court house en next Tuesday evening, and his theme is one of popular interest. The entire pro ceeds of the occasion will go into the fund for feeding the city peer. Anether Applcant for Divorce. Mrs. Riley C.Waidley, by her next friend James F. Gregg, has applied for a divorce from her husband, Walter Waidle'y, en the ground of desertion. Lancaster will seen rival Chicago in the calls made upon courts te untie the knot that binds two unwilling hearts. UOTJRT. 1M TUB OUAKTEK SESSIONS. The First Week of the Tear. Friday Afternoon : Verdicts of net guilty were taken against Geerge Hed ricks, Charles Hed ricks, Geerge Lefevre and Frank Hambright, iu the cases of simple assault.and battery preferred by Mrs. Anna Keller and Jehn Keller. A verdict of net guilty was also taken in the case that charged Frank Heuser with ma licious mischief. Cem'th vs. Sarah Essein, sometimes known as "Big Jin." The defendant re sides ou Middle street, near Rockland, and was charged with keeping a bawdy house. The case was returned by Officer Merring er, te whom complaint had been made by neighbors. The evidence for the common wealth showed that men and women have been seen going into the heuse of the de fendant ; two of the women, at least, were of doubtful characters. The defendant denied that she kept a bawdy house or that persons ever came there for improper purposes. Other wit nesses testified that they saw nothing wrong around the heuse. The jury ren dered a verdict of net guilty but te pav costs, Cem'th vs. Henry Pepper, of this city. The defendant was charged with resisting and assaulting Officer Killiuger of the city police ferce. On the 3d of January the officer was arresting Jehn Wagner, for being drunk and disorderly en the street, and when he attempted te take him Pep per interfered and struck the officer sev eral times ; the whele threj foil ou the street but fiurlly the officer with the as sistance of several ethers succeeded in getting both men te the station heusa. The defense was that en this day the defendant was se drunk that he did net knew what he was doing ; he was unable te tell whether he struck the officer or net, and if se he did net de it with auy in tention of resisting. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of assault, but net of resisting. Cem'th vs. Jehn Wagner, malicious mischief. The presecutrix was Hannah Wagner, wife of the defendant, who re sides en Marietta avenue, this city, in a house, the rent of which she pays her.-clf as her husband has net lived with her or supported her for three months. On the 3d of January the defendant weut te the heuse and knocked in a window, breaking the glass out of it. The defense was that the defendant rented the house himself and had a right te use it as he saw fit. In the case of Cem'th vs. R. F. Hull, charged with false pretense, a verdict of net guilty was taken, as the statute of lim itations prevented a conviction. The complaint of desertion against Jacob P. Shirk, who was sent te jail for nine months, was dismessed with county for office costs. The 0110 against Patrick Burns, of surety of peace, was also dis missed with de fondant for costs. He is in jail for five months. Saturday Jferning. In the case of Jehn Wagner, charged with malicious mischief, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Sen tenced te two and a-half months imprison ment. Henry Pepper, convicted of assault, was sentenced te pay $1 fine and costs. Cem'th vs. .Jacob vvellcr, fornication aud bastardy. The presecutrix was Anna Stycr, who testified that the defendant was the father of her child, which was born dead iu this city en November 4, 1881. There was no defense, and the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred. Cem'th vs. Wm. Dearing, James Keely, Jehn Murphy and Geerge Wilsen. These men were charged with being tramps. They were arrested en the 1st day of Jan uary near the city water works. They were sent te jail by the mayor for small terms and complaints were made against them for being tramps by Officer Flick. When arrested they were iu a crowd that had a large fire built. The defendants, upon being called te the stand, dcuied that they were tramps or that they had made a fire. The jury rendered verdicts of net guilty, with county for costs. Wm. uewers is the name 01 a young man who was with the party who made the attack en Henry C. Keller en the night of December 24th, and were sent te jail yesterday. This man made his escape after the offense, and was arrested last night at his home ou Poplar street by Offi cers Creamer, Swenk and Jehn Gill. He had a hearing befere Alderman Barr this morning at 9 o'clock, and was committed for trial. The grand jury found a trua bill, and at 10 o'clock he plead guilty and was sentenced te pay a fine-mf $30 and un dergo an imprisonment of nine mouths. Surety of the Pcace Cases. Cem'th Samuel Tayler, colored, surety of the peace en complaint of Amanda Tayler his wife. Case dismissed with county for costs. The same disposition was made of tbe case against Jehn Wagner, of this city, charged with the same effenEe by his wife. Cem'th vs. Themas King, of this city, surety of the peace. Mary Gilpin, also colored, testified that Themas threatened te cut her threat and sheet her. He was ordered te pay $1 fiue and costs and give bail in $200 te keep the pcace. Cem'th vs. Samuel Tayler, colored, surety of the peace, en complaint of Sam uel Hepkins, also colored. The court dis missed the case with county for costs, as there was no crime shown, and the defend ant who is very peer, has a family of small children at home depending en him for support, their mother being in jail. Iu this case the censtable subpoenaed tiftecu witnesses without the knowledge of the district attorney. The court ordered that nene except the complainant be paid. Cem'th vs. Jeseph Stokes, of West Lam peter, surety of the peace. Henry ICrider testified that the defendant threatened te knock his brains out. The former denied having made any threats. The court or er pered Stokes te pay costs and enter into his recognizance te keep the peace. The cases of surety of the peace against Henry McGurk and Jacob Witmer were dismissed en payment of costs. Cem'th vs. Jacob E. Evans, desertion, en complaint of his wife who resides in New Helland. After hearing consider able ovidence the case was continued te February, as it was by no means certain whether at the time the alleged desertion took place the parties were living in this or Chester county. Grand Jury's Repert. " the Honorable the Judyrs of the Court 0 Quarter Sessions and General Jail Delivery of the Peace of Lancaster Comity. The grand inquest of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, empaneled te enquire into aud for the county of Lancaster, at the January session of 1882, respectfully report that they acted upon all the indict ments submitted te them, and returned 65 as true bills, 26 ignored, and 3 handed back te the district attorney because the witnesses did net answer. We visited the home for friendless chil dren and found 108 inmates, 82 boys and 26 girls, of which 7 are colored, 5 boys and 2 girls. We found the institution appar ently well conducted, everything in geed condition and the children well provided for We recommend that $2,000 of the unexpended balance in the treasurer's bands be appropriated te liquidate se much of the bended debt of the institu tion. We also visited the almshouse and hes pital. In the almshouse we found 212 in mates, 143 men, 54 women and 15 chil dren. They all appeared te be well cared for, the building in geed order, everything neat and clean, the management very geed. In the hospital for the sick we found 74 inmates, 41 men, 32 women and one girl. In the insane department we found 01 men, 53 women, one boy and one girl. In the colored department we feuud 9 men, 4 women aud 1 girl making in all a total of 209, all of which seem te be in geed condition and as well cared for as possible. The buildings are perfectly clean. We also found that Mrs. Spurrier has cut and made 327 garments for the inmates since she has had charge of them, covering a period ofeuly two months. We would recom mend that tbe main halls of the building be lit with gas and that a water pipe be extended te the upper story with sufficient hese as a protection against fire. We visited the county prison and found the keeper iu charge of 209 persons, 99 of which are serving sentence, 38 awaiting trial at the beginning of tha week and such as have been committed since then, and 72 for drunken and disorderly con duct. The prisoners appear te be well cared for eensi iering the crowded condi tion of the institution. The grand inqnest consider the prison and walls around it in a very dilapidated condition and would recommend that re pairs be attended te at once. The grand inquest would recommend tbefceard of inspectors te require the un derkeeper and watchmen te give bends and subscribe te an oath for the faithful performance of their duties. The grand inquest return thanks te the honerablo court, the district atterney, the sheriff, tipstaves aud the officers of the public institutions, for the attontieu shown us while in the discbarge of our duties. Respectfully submitted, Jehn M. Stchman, foreman, Jacob M. Eaby, clerk, J. H. Brandt, Jehn B. Berkey, Jehn Baker, Christian Breuemau, Clayten W. Carpeuter, Andrew Geed, Charles Green, Henry Havcrstick, Jacob Hcidclebaugh, J. R. Hershey, Jacob G Keller, Landis M. Keller, Jacob M-Mayer, Jehn B. Mylin, Wm. Remig, A. M. JRam JRam be, Michael Snyder, Chas F. Simen, Charles Tyson, Jeseph Weaver. DISAGREEING DOCTORS. IT IS CONFLUENT SMALLPOX And .Seven riiyslclaus Se Pronounce It. Dr. S. T. Davis called at the Iktei.i.i eEXt'KR office te-day, and expressing sur prise at our statement that there was no smallpox iu town, made tbe following statement : " Ou the 17th iust. I notified the beard of. health, through James II. Marshall, esq., a member of the same, that small pox existed in our midst, se that the neces sary steps might be taken te prevent further contagion. " The facts connected with the ' scare' arc as fellows : On the evening of the 16th of the present month, about 10 o'clock, Atlec Mercer, residing near the ceruer of North Christian and East Fulton streets, came te my office and with tears in his eyes implored me te visit his family whom he reported were all sick with seme erup erup tive discase which he alleged was chicken pox. J went with him te his house and found his wife and one child just conval escing Irem varioleid, aud four ether chit dreu suffering from the first stages of the disease, the eldest of them since develop iug into a very bad case of centlueut smallpox within the last three days, and for whose recovery I have but little hope. "Yesterday Dr. C. II. Brown, who is net a member of the beard of health, but merely a paid clerk of that body, invited Dr. Jehn W. Hess te visit Mr. Mercer's family for the purpose of deciding whether I was right in pronouncing the disease smallpox or whether it was only chicken pox. They investigated the matter, in part by puncturing the vesicles, and con cluded that, beyond a doubt, the discase was simply chickenpox, notwithstanding the difference between the two diseases, as they saw it, is as great as is the difference between the two races of men, Caucasieu and African. " The impression is left upon the public mind that the beard of health appointed this special cemmittee and delegated it te perform the important duty which gave rise te the publication of your article, but injustice te that honerablo body whose duty it is te take charge of the sanitary affairs of the city of Lancaster, I beg leave te state that as Ions as they have as one of their associates as eminent and efficient a medical guntleman as Dr. M. L. Ilerr, it is uet probable that they would call upon doctors outside of the regular profession who would se llagrautly violate 0110 of the most important rules of ethics and pro fessional etiquette as te visit another prac titioner's patients without first consulting him te decide between a case of chicken pox and that much dreaded and loathsome discase, confluent smallpox." Backed by Six Others. Dr. Davis has also shown us a certificate of his brother physicians, of which the following is a copy : "Te the Citizens of Lancaster - " This is te certify that we have this day visited the heuse of Atlee Mercer, re siding at Ne. 38 East Fulton street, this city, and after examining the members of his family find that six of them have been, or are new suffering front smallpox, and one of them is a marked case of what is known as confluent, or black smallpox. ' " Jno. L. Ati.ee, M. I)., "M.L. nERit, M. D., " A. J.Herr, M.D., " F. G. Albright, M. D " n. E. Mtnr.ENBERe, M. D., " II. F. Eberman, M. D.' CAUGHT AT LAST. One or I hose Who Assaulted the Keliers. Win. Bewers, one of the gang of" young ruffians who assaulted Henry Keller in his own store, en Church street, Christmas eve, and who eluded arrest at the time by giving " leg bail," was arrested last night at his home in Poplar street. Officer Creamer knocked Jat the deer, and, ou being admitted, asked if Bewers was at home. One of the women present said hu ,ras net, though he had been there. The officer said he would like te search the house. Net the slightest objection was made ; a light was given te the officer and he was told te go up stairs and search every room if he chose te de se. The officer said he would first go into the cellar. Immediately the woman's face flushed up and they net deadly pale. The officer groped his way through the ccllai and finally saw Bewers crouched en the upper step of the outside cellar deer. As the officer approached Bewers threw open the cellar deer and jumped almost into the arms of officers Swenk and Stermfeltz, who were waiting for him. He was taken into custody, will be tried and no doubt sent te jail along with the ether members of the gang who were sentenced yesterday aud who, te save themselves, tried te threw all the blame en Bewers. Bewers's whereabouts were discovered by a detective whom the officers had employ cd te sit in court among the relatives and friends of the gang. Ah seen as sentence had beeu passed en his companions, one of Bewers's friends was hurried out of court te carry the news te him, and tell him te skip, the messenger being informed that he would find Bewers in the cellar. The detective overheard the remark and notified the pelice, and thn arrest was successfully accomplished. Train Jumpers Locked Up. Four boys arrested by the railroad po lice, for train jumping were taken before Alderman McConemy this morning, and by him committed te the county jail for 10 days each. Sale of Iteal Estate. Bausman & Burns, real estate agents, sold for J. PI McCaskey, the brick dwell ing. Ne. 124 North Mulberry street, te Mrs. Margaret Gast, for $1,800.
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