rffgfjtesxFSJsasxtxi LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATLKDAY JULY 1-1882. Lancaster tntelHgenccr. SATURDAY KVKNING, JULY 1. 1882. The Harder and Its Motlre. The newspapers print long accounts of the Guiteau execution, and it is fair to assume that they know what the major ity of their readers want and are not mistaken in believing that they desiie to be made acquainted with the minutest details of the hanging. It certainly is not very creditable to the people that -they should have this desire, and we would be glad to believe that they are maligned by the newspapers which so generally assume it to exist. Detesta tion of the crime and the high position of the victim, cause this execution to be regarded with unusual equanimity, and by many even with deep satisfaction ; among whom may be reckoned President Arthur, who is reported from Washing ton to be greatly relieved that the final scene has taken place. His relief may naturally come from his release from the importunities of those who have been suppliants for mercy ; and it may come, too, from the quieting of his conscience at sending to death the man who made him president ; and who got his inspira tion from ArthurandhisStalwartfriends. Guiteau himself says he was inspired from heaven ; and theologians wili have trouble in denying the fact, if they pro pose to deny it. Guiteau's claim that he was God'a instrument must be as sented to, however much it may be de nied that his individual responsi bility for his act Was thereby weakened. Hut Guiteau was no more " God's man " in committing this deed than is any oilier murderer in slaying bis victim. They may all claim to be but instruments in working out the de signs of Providence, and their execu tioners can equally claim that they are like instruments in hanging them. The question in Guiteau's case is whether he could have avoided being such a provi dential instrument if ho had tried ; whether in short he was irresistibly im pelled to kill Garfield. If so he could hardly be rightly punished ; because a man who cannot help doing what he does is not responsible to the law ; his punishment will have no effect in pre venting crime ; obviously there is no use in threatening with punishment men who cannot control their acts. Opinions are greatly divided as to whether Guiteau was such a man. Some think him sincere in his declarations that he considered himself a Divine agent and that he could not avoid doing what he did. Others deny his sincerity. His last appearance upon earth confirms the belief of those who consider that he has not been acting a part. Evidently the acts of his last moments were sin cere ; we see no evidence of pretense or shamming in them. He died in a way to inspire respect for his manliness and in telligence ; and confidence in the sincer ity of his conviction that he was " God's man." Perhaps it may be thought (hat it does not greatly matter to the world whether he killed his victim, sincerely believing that he was commanded to do it from on high, or without such inspira tion ; since in one case as much as the other he was really the instrument of a providential dispensation. But the law requires every sane man to understand that if lie murders he must '-e hung lor it, providential instrument though he be; aud when a man cannot understand that punishment is justly meted out to him for such an offense, the general idea is tnat no is in au uuaccounuuue i state of mind. If Guiteau's jury had believed that his mind did not compre hend the criminality of his act I hey would have adjudged him insane. If they had even thought that he really be lieved he was doing his duty in killing the president, though realizing that it was a crime, they probably would have adjudged him insane. Perhaps they would have been right : perhaps wrong. It is not easy to define insanity. G uiteau was not insane unless many of the world's celebrities can be reckoned so. He was of the class of men who are apt to exercise a potential influ ence in the world. When they do discred itable things or such as sentiment at the time disapproves, they are called cranks, and freely denounced as crazy ; but if their act is popular they become heroes Examples are numerous. John Brown is one of the best. He was a one sided, one ideaed man, who was earnest, sincere and bold ; lie was hung as a murderer with very general assent ; but shortly became a hero and a martyr. There may not be any great probability of such a future fame falling upon Gui teau. His act had great political con sequences ; but it is not yet proven that he was the country's savior. He gave us Arthur instead of Garfield, and the Stalwarts instead of Half-Breeds. He has disrupted the Republican party, and here in Pennsylvania given a clear field to Democratic victory. We may assume that the political prospect here is in accord with that which will shortly be developed in the nation, and conclude that the providen tial consequence of Guiteau's act will be the Democratic control of the country. It is clear enough that he started the ball in Pennsylvania, by putting in a presi dent who strengthened Cameron, who smashed his party ; and the fire from Pennsylvania will no doubt spread all over the country in its present dry and combustible political condition. John Brown, a crank, gave life to the Republican party ; Guiteau, a crank, took it away. Were they providential instruments ? Or common murderers ? Orcrazv? Or what? Nothing relating to the Democratic state convention did more to make its work acceptable to the party of the state than the admirable temper which was preserved by the delegates throughout their deliberations, and the amiable rela tions which continued between the lead ing friends of the different candidates. From the very beginning it was evi dent that the spirit of strife and discord, so often fatal to Demo cratic harmony and Democratic hopes was entirely dead. When John P. Read and Malcolm Hay, near political and personal friends, were entrusted with the cause of their respective candidates, a dignified, honorable and courteous rivalry was well-assured, and not only did their management of the convention give to it most excellent character, but while each was faithful to his candidate they were qually faithful to the integrity of the convention, the harmony of the party and the spirit of fairness and honor which should prevail even in the rivalries of politics. The agreement on chairmen and in the committees was as manful as the contests on the floor, and the result in every instance where there was any contest was effected in such a manner that the vanquished party could afford to yield most gracefully and assent most heartily to the will of the majority which at once became the will of the conven tion. The three days of holiday before us will be trying to the peace of the town Monday,being sandwiched between Sun day and the Fourth, will not be likely t be much of a work day. It is well enough to take it in as a holiday, but we hope that the long-drawn-out sweet ness of the Fourth will make it less of a nuisance than it usually is. The small boys will have a hard pull on their pockets for so prolonged a fire-works dis play, and it will be a mercy to them it the mayor cuts off that part of their fun entirely, as perhaps he will. ' i TnEUE are a good many people who think that writing poetry is about the next heinous crime to shooting a president. And such as those will find additional reason for yesterday's tragedy, iu the pit tiful verses which Guiteau chanted on the gallows. " Swans sing before they die ; it Were better if some people died before they sing." Tho latter sentiment will bo ap plauded by people who read the senseless babble which Guiteau was permitted to chant on the gallows and which added so largely to tho painfulncss of the remark able scene. Without desiring to bo captious it would be satisfying to be told by some of our esteemed contemporaries who have been talking so glibly of tho "execution of Guiteau " just how tho feat of execut ing a man is accomplished. Our own im pression of a hanging was that it signified tho execution of tho sentence of tho law, not of the condemned malefactor. Mu. Robert Grant, author of "Con fessions of a Frivolous Girl," and tha bright brochure, "Tho Little Tin Gods on Wheels," has written a burlesque tragedy, "The Lambs of Wall Street," satirizing the Wall street mania, aud introducing choruses of "bulls," "bears," and "shorn lambs." It will be one of the attractions of tho midsummer holiday (August) num ber of Tftc Century Magazine. Harvard's crimson colors went gallantly to the front in a brilliant oaric contest with their old-time rivals, tho Yalo college crew. The Harvard boys havo plenty of cause for solf-gratulation upon "tho hand some victory they achieved iu Connecti cut's Thames yesterday ; it puts them ahead in tbo series of seven cight-oared contests tbat have been rowed since 187C ; the time is with a .iuglo exception tho fastest time over made over a ibur-milo course, and prior to the race there were serious apprehensions in Harvard circles, owing to the illness of ono of tho crew. The Malley boys aud their female ac complice are set free as it was anticipated they would by those persons who have had the time and patience to follow the vol uminous evidence dieted by the trial and perceived its weakness iu many of the legal requirements necessary to convict. But the verdict does not alter the opinion of tho great public or that portion of it who have read the sad history of a misguided and frivolous girl as to tho moral respon sibility of the defendants. " Who killed Jennie Cramer ?" is a conundrum whose answer has only technical value. Tho real answer has long been known and the pub lic verdict iircvocably scaled. The criminals in tho jail started tho cheer that greeted the springing of the trap tbat launched tho slayer of Garfield into eternity ; and the crowd without were wonderfully quick to tako up tho refrain. Just how much of credit will attaoh to tho great American peoplo in tho spectacle of thousands of them ap plauding the act that took the life of a man whose responsibility for his awful crime was at least a matter of divergent opinion, is a question. Silence would have been decenter at this supreme mo ment of a drama that horrified the country, when ono of tho principal actors yielded his wretched life as tho expiation de manded by the law for what has been .so freely characterized as a national loss. Now is the season of "summer excur sion routes" upon us and the handsome publication of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad is an esteemed contribution to this class of holiday literature. Tho book contains upwards of a hundred pages, is enclosed in an illuminated cover, is pro fusely illustrated with sketches of tho most inviting resorts, aud thcro is a map of tho Reading road and its branches that will be of valuo to the tourist. There aro giveu a bewildering number of pleasant summer routes, tho prospective traveler is told just how to reach any desired point and how much it will cost him to go to and return from his favorite resort ; the descriptivo matter is graphic and alluring, and on the wholo tho production is highly creditable to tho enterprise that prompted it. We reprint from the columns of the Philadelphia Record, the hostility of whose proprietor to Mr. Pattison was one of the conspicuous features of the recent convention, a comparison of the rival gub ernatorial candidates. With commenda ble frankness Mr. Singerly's newspaper contrasts the relative fitness of Controller Pattison and General Beaver to administer the office,, and the result of its finding leaves no room for difference of opinion as to who would make the better governor. Mr. Pattison has signally proved his ex ecutive capacity in the trying position which he has occupied for the past four years to the eminent satisfaction of the citizens of Philadelphia. Jobbery and dishonesty have been balked in every as sault upon the controller's office whose incumbent stood like a wall of stone be tween the thieves and the public treasury, while the prompt and effective methods tbat have prevailed under the Pat tisou administration have greatly aided tho transaction of business and given the neonle of the citv all of the benefits de signed for them in the creation of the place. General Beaver's limited connec tion with business affairs, as lllustratea in his administration of the now notorious "State College," does not shine in the comparison ao happily and fairly institu ted by our contemporary. The Record's article will repay perusal, and gains force from the fact that it proceeds from a source well known for its personal enmity to the Democratic candidate. It will be found on our first page, along with much more political reading that is alike inter esting and valuable. PERSONAL. Ecgene Hale is also an LL. D. The degree comes from Bates college. Oscar Wilde's oddities have enabled him to pocket about $30,000 so far. Mr. Robinson, the periodical bearder of the British lion, resembles Oscar Wilde. President Eliot, of Harvard, will bo asked to run for Congress in tho Filth Massachusetts district. Annie Louise Cauy was married at Portland, Maine, on Thursday, to M. C. Raymond, of New York. Mrs. James G. Blaine and her sister, Gail Hamilton, will summer at Cressoa springs. H. L. Townsend and Wm. B. Given are the Lancaster county members of the newly appointed state committee. Dit. Leonard Bacon's memory is hon ored by a tablet in tho new library build ing of the Divinity school group at New Haven. Augustine Smith, the-tenant of tho Long Branch cottage in which Mr. Gar field died, is much troubled by throngs of sicht-seers. Charles Ezra Cornell, a son of Gov ernor Cornell, was married at Bouck s Island, N. Y., on Wednesday, to a grand daughter of ex-Governor Bouck. Carl Spreckles, who comes to tho front in San Francisco as a millionaire, uas uis money invested in a largo sugar plantation in Maul, Sandwich islands. Mrs. M. F. S. Hopkins, widow of tho late millionaire Hopkins, of San Fran cisco, is to receive three-eighths of the immense estate. Samuel and Moses Hop kins get tho remainder. $1,G83,747 already have been distributed. Mr. Pullman, of the palace car famo, says that his attention is mainly devoted just now to providing large, clean and healthful homes for his employees. He has made a contract for five hundred modol houses, to be built at the town of Pullman, near Chicago. Hon. Wilson McCandless, a retired judge of tho United States district court, died at Pittsburgh, early Friday morning, in tho 73d year of his aeo. His death was sudden and unexpected, notwithstanding he had been ailing for a long timo. Ho was appointed judge by President Buchanan, and served until retired on full salary, by special act of Congress, in l7l. Wns Orvehat, Grant aud Mrs. Sena tor Logan entered a railway train recently to find all tho seats on tho shady side of tho car occupied. The former, reluctant to sit on tho sunny side, remarked : " I wish some one would offer mo a seat on this side." "Oh, they would, Mrs. Grant, if thoykuew who you were," re marked the amiable Mrs. Logan. These remarks caused considerable merriment among tho few witliin ear-shot, but none of thom seemed to know Mrs Grant. MASSACKIi BY INDIANS. Fourtecn l'ersons Murdered In Dakota Xcr- rltovy. News has been received by General Terry at the headquarters of tho depart ment of Dakota that a colony, consisting of fourteen persons (eleven men and women and threo children), havo boon massacred by Indians, 50 miles from Redfield, D. T.. on the Dakota Territory Central railway. The massacre was reported to Superin tendent Nichols of tho railroad by a man who claimed to havo escaped. The kill ing occurred on Thursday, and the sur vivor had hurried to Redfield to carry tho news of the butchery and give tho alarm. Mr. Nichols said ho had investigated the story and believed it to be true, and asked that a scouting party bo sent to tho scene. General ierry ordered out a detachment of the Seventh cavalry from Sisseton agency, recently or dered to that agency from Meade. Ten days' rations will bo taken by the squad and a thorough scout will bo made. The commanding officer was instructed to take steps to punish tho guilty party and to protect other settlers. Tho troops aro iu hot pursuit by this timo. Tho railway company was asked by tho department to render all possible assistance. Tho scene of the reported tragedy is in Faulk couuty west of Redfield, which is a small station on tho James River Valley, on tho Dakota Central railway, forty miles north from Huron and about twenty-five miles sonth west of Fort Sisseton. It is expected that tho troops will reach tho placo where tho massacre is said to have occurred by Saturday night. Should further reports justify the measure troops from other forts to tho westward will be put on tho alert to intercept and, if possi ble, corral tho raiders. Tho war party is believed to be Sioux from tho Missouri, as fifty bucks were reported to be in tho raid. The Sisseton Indians aro peaceably inclin ed, and aro under control ol Chief Ben ville, who is a friend of the whites The Sioux are always ready for a scout, and are sometimes allowed to go on a hunt. There aro so many of them at some of tho Missouri agencies that a party might elude tho vigilance of tho agency authorities, but aeeucy officers aro at a loss to know how so largo a band could bo on tho war path without bciug missed. The Singing Germans. Yesterday was the second day of the German national Ssengerfest. In the morniug there was a largely attended re hearsal in the Academy of Music, followed by a prize concert in the afternoon. Wm. B. Smith, president of select council, made an address of welcome. At night there was a grand concert. There is to be another rehearsal this morning, followed in the afternoon by a prize concert. This evening social entertainments are to bo given by the local societies to their guests. To-morrow there will be a business meet ing in Horticultural hall and a picnic at the Scheutzen park. Laborers Drowned In Dakota. Twelve or fourtcon laborers were cap sized in a skiff at Mandan, Dakota, and shrieking loudly, were borne down tho swift current of the Missouri. Most of them tried to cling to tho boat. Three tried to swim ashore, of whom two sank in tho quicksand and ono was saved. Four others are believed to be lost. A full list of the drew ned is not obtainable. Disastrous Discharge of Fireworks, A premature discbarge of fireworks in front of Cotton's store, Minneapolis, about which several hundred peoplo had gath ered injured thirteen persons, one proba bly fatally. Most of the injuries were caused by runaway horses and the panic among the crowd that trampled Eeveral persons upon the ground. THE DEATHOFGUITEATJ. HOW THIS ASSASSIN WAS KIITLED- Contrary Views of tn nmimg-vnucumi as a Bungling Job, While the Kxecu- tloner 1 SatlsHea. lit raid Report. "Ready, glory! Go." Tho drop fell, the nooso slipped to the back of his neck and Garfield's assassin began to die. ' Began to die ?" Yes, for the bungling hangman didn't understand his business, but arranged tho rope so tbat it failed to connect with tho ear, aud the consequence was that instead of "going to join tho Lordy," as ho oddly phrased it, instantaneously, buiteau was detained half dead and half alive until as he swung ho choked and heaved and con tortionized long after he pluckily gave the signal. It is doubtful whether this land of the free and the home of the expert will ever bo tho sccno of a well conducted execution. Having observed the pecu liarly thick skinned, brutal laced leiiow who was to adjust the noose, I predicted a satisfactory end to tho tragic series in which Guiteau prominently figured, but I was all wrong. He botched the whole thing, fingered and fooled about tho rope that bound tho assassin's legs until the spectators died a thousand deaths, and finally, with an adroitness which nothing but mischance could have secured, man nanA tn .rivn his victim the slowest and most tnrturingof deaths. An Awkward Hangman. With a sigh of relief every one saw that tho moment had arrived when some body else would have something to do. The big hangman knelt behind Guiteau and began to tie his legs together. I un derstand ho used to be a seaman. If so he was less than an ordinary seaman, for it seemed a little forever while he fumbled with the rope. Perfect quiet reigned, of course, but it was a painful silence. " Going to tho Lordy " bade fair to be a much delayed journey for a time, and aain tho all-thumbed hands mistook the knots aud further delay ensued. Tho two brothers faced each other, ono with head raised and eyes shut praying, apparently, for help. Tho other (I hope I don't mis judge him) seemed to bo in search of no toriety. They were uroiners m juua. i feeling if nothing else. After the hang man had finished the pinioning of Guiteau's legs Dr. Hicks handed the prisoner a a piece of white paper which ho hold in his right hand, a hand that was as firm and steady as tho stanchions of tho scaf fold. Dr. Hicks turned his back to tho crowd, and laying his hand on Guiteau's forehead gave his iinal benediction and farewell saying : God, tho Father, bo with thee and give thee peace forever more. After which tho hangman adjustod the noose. . "Don't pull it too tight," said Guiteau. The black cap was pulled over his face, and, shouting in a loud.clear and perfectly emotionless voice : " Glory ! Ready ! Go !" Guiteau flung tho bit of paper vigorous ly to tho right, the bolt was drawn, the drop fell. There was not slack enough to tho rope, the noose of which slewed around the back of Guiteau's neck, and the fall was hardly deep enough. For a moment tho body swung to and fro, then rested and nil wns nnnnrentlv over. Muscular tre mors ran through the frame, the chest heaved quickly, spasmodic jerks brought tho knees far up and a sickening sight of convulsions succeeding convulsions greeted the undisturbed gaze of John Guiteau. The Hangman satisfied. Tho haugman is Deputy Warden Strong. After ho descended from his perch of ob servation he said, in response to a ques tion : "This is tho thirteenth hanging at which I havo officiated and I do not think I over saw a more perfect aud satisfactory execution. Guiteau's neck was broken by tho fall and his death was instantanoons. In fact, he died withont so much as even a struggle. To be sure there was a muscular contraction, but there was no movement of the body or limbs indicative of con scious effort. There was a clean drop of four feet nine or ten inches. The rope is the one used for Babe Bedford, who, with Queenan, was executed in November, 18S0, for tho murder of young Hirsch in tho northwest part of tho city. As I was putting the ropo around Guiteau's neck Warden Crocker said to me : ' Let the knot go just back of tho ear.'" "Ynn see. it makes no difference how far back of tho car tho knot is. Wo I have to bo careful not to let it go iu front of the ear, an in this position death would not result from the breaking of the neck, but from strangulation. This command by General Crocker was obeyed, and I adjust ed the ropo in the manner ho desired. Guiteau stood unmoved, and remarked : Do not pull it too tight until lam ready.' I then put the black cap over his face and he aked mo not to wait until tho last mo ment before drawing it tightly. " When the tiap sprung I observed Gui teau closely. His body fell clear and clean, and in less than two seconds ho was dead. I noticed it critically and there was no in dication of life. It was as good an execu tion as! ever saw." GUITEAU'S BKAIN. Mo Hint of Insanity Nor Tiaco ol Other Dis ease Shown Under the Knife. When tho remains of Guitoau had been taken np stairs into' the chapel, which is a room over the kitchen of the jail, the coffin lid was taken off and tho body lifted out and stretched on a table. The cloth ing was then removed. After a consulta tion as to how the operation should be performed and what examination should bo made, Dr. Lamb, who had the knife, took the initiative. The first thing that was dono was to make an incision from the chest down tho median line and another at right angles to it, and the outer integu ment of tho body was thrown back, expos ing tho viscera. The heart and lungs were especially examined, as well indeed as other parts, with a view of determining tho presence of any evidence of disease. Tho heart was found to be of normal size and nerfectlv healthy in every particular. Tho lungs were of normal proportions and healthy ; with the exception of small tub ercles on one of them nothing of a serious character was found. The knife was run around the back of tho head at the base of the skull and the scalp was raised and drawn forward clear over the face, exposing tho naked cranium. A saw was brought into use and very soon a circle was cut through the skull com pletely around the bead, removing the upper half of tho brain receptacle The brain was then taken out and carefully weighed. It weighed exactly 49 ounces, which is normal weight. There was not the slightest indication of any physical disease in the brain. It was regular in all its narts and proportions, except that! there was a slight thickening, in one place, of tho dura mater. This, however, tho physicians said, did not indicate any dis ease such as would affect tho mind of the individual, because it is a thing that is frequently found in cases where perfect health had been enjoyed up to tho time of tho last illness and where the mental status of tho individual had never been questioned. Indeed, it is said that the head of Daniel Webster showed a quite remarkable thickening of the .dura mater, much more so than in the case of Guiteau. In Mr. Webster's case it was known that tho thickening resulted from a fall which he got in youth. Comment among tho doctors when they were making the ex- j amination of the brain was closely ob- I served, ' The brain was examined as far as could be dose with the naked eye, and haviBg been weighed was placed in a square, tin box upon a bed of soft curled hair. Dr. Godding and Dr. Lamb were chosen by the physicians present to take the Drain to the medical museum and have it photo graphed. All the doctors agreed that there was no perceptible difference in the size of tho two lobes of the brain, which they rather expected to find owing to the exterior conformity of tho skull. If will be re membered in the trial the point was raised that the skull was of abnormal shape, be ing visibly flattened upon one side and having a fullness on the other. Tho vital oriran itself, however, when exposed to the examination of tho physicians to-day, showed no variation of this kind. Indeed, the brain indicated perfect health and presented no phenomenal features. Still the nhvsicians do not sav that the micro- sconic view mav not show some trace of disease that is not visible to the naked eye. Still they do not expect to find eviden ces of insanitv in tho or can. The doctors remarked that the skull was rather more than usually thick, otherwise there was nothing unusual in any part of tho head. The doctors found another thing which surprised the correspondents and others who had listened to accounts of the man's habits. They weie told this morning that ho had ordered a breakfast of ono Dound of beef steak, an omelette and a quart of coffee, and that he had eaten his breakfast at about 11 a. m. The physi cians found, however, that tho stomach and intestines contained almost nothing. Tho lungs and heart were restored to their proper places in the body. Tho intestines and stomach had not been removed. Tho incisions were sewn up, tho roof of tho cranium was placed back over the now cmntv skull, the scalp was drawn into place and stitched and the body was re stored to tho coffin. When the body lay there ai;ain with the clothes on and with tho lid of tho coffin adjusted, no ono would have suspected that an autopsy had been made upon the brain. UUITKAU'S DEATH SUNG. Simplicity; or, Religious IJaDy Talk." I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad ; I am going to the Lordy. 1 am so glad ; 1 am going to tho Lordy, Glory, hallelujah ! glory halli-lujiih Going to the Lordy, 1 love the Lordy with all my soul, Glory, hallelujah ! And that is the roson I am going to the Lord. Glory hallelujah! Glory hallelujah! 1 am going to the Lord. Here Guiteau's voico failed and ho bowed his head and broke into sobs. But ho rallied a little and went on with his chant, though it was evident that hysteria, assumed or forced, would bo tho end of it: I saved niv party and my land. Glory, hallelujah ! Hut they have murdered mo for it ; And that Is the reason. 1 am going to tho Lordy. Glorv. halleluiah ! glory hallelujah ! 1 am going to the Lordy. Hero again his feelings overcame him aud ho leaned his head on the shoulders of Dr. Hicks and sobbed pitifully. Pres ently Guiteau continued : 1 wonder what 1 will do When I get to the Lordy ; I guess that I will weep no more Whn 1 get to the Lordy. Glory, Hallelujah ! Hero there was another interruption caused bv sobs and emotiou. which he was unable to repress. Ho wept bitterly, and then with quivering lips and mournful tones he attempted to go on. He failed and sobbed as if his heart would break. Great tears rolled down his cheeks and tho time seemed eternity. Dr. Hicks patted him on tho shoulder and theu in almost inaudible tones and trembling lips ho con cluded his senseless babblo as follows : 1 wonder what I shall sco When 1 get to thu Lordy? 1 expect lo see most splendid things, Ucyond all earthly conception When I am with tl.o Lordy. Glory, hallelujah, Raising his voico to tho highest pitch that In could command : Glory, hallel'ijah : I am with tho Lord. Crimes and Crl mnals. Arthur B. Storn ycstoiday at Chicago, pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife and was sentenced to tweho years in the penitentiary. James Randolph, an excouvict, was yesterday at New York sentenced to the state prison for seven years for highway robbery and assault. Michael O'Brien was convicted yester day at New York, in tho United States court, of selling counterfeit trado dollars, and was remanded for sentence. Joseph McGrath an ox-convict, was sen tenced to the state prison yesterday at New York, to seven years for highway robbery with violence Tho examination of tho witnesses in tho caso of Mary and Virginia Booth, colored, on trial iu the Surrey county (Va.,) court for tho murder of Mrs. R. D. Gray and Traveres Jones by poison, has been con cluded, and tho testimony was of such a character as to implicate the mother of the accused in the crime. She will probably be indicted. Edward Folsom was hanged yesterday at Fort Smith, Ark., for the murder of a saloonkeeper named Stewart and a team ster named Massengill, lat August. Fol som was a Choctaw Indian, 24 years old and of good family. News miscellany. There is complaint throughout the state of a scarcity of domestic help. The returns from all counties in Iowa except six givo a net majority for the pro hibition amendment of 2,888. Samuel Obright, the young Hebrew who married a Christian girl at New York, and who is alleged to bo insane, yesterday es caped from tho custody of a deputy sheriff while tho conferenco was going on as to his sanity or insanity. Susan Casey, aged 18, a young Irish girl who arrived at New York last Sunday, was yesterday reported to tho police as missing. Her brother, M. F. Casoy, of Chcstertown, Md., went to receive her on Monday morning, but could not find her. The captain of tho British steamer Strathairlie wm yesterday at San Fran cisco fined $11,150 by the Unitod States district court for bringiug Chinese pas singers in excess of tho number allowed by law. Tbe Abdnctlon of Charlie Boss. Eight years ago to-day Charlie Ross was spirited away from his homo in Washing ton lane, Germautown. In all tho inter vening timo not the slightest clue to the whereabouts or fate of the child has ever been obtained. His supposed abductors, MoBher and Douglass, were killed at Bay Ridge while committing, a robbery, and, while Douglass confessed in his dying agonies that he and Mosher were guilty of the kidnapping, but expired before giving a hint of the fato of tho child. Numerous clues havo been pursued for tho missing boy since then, but nono offered any solu tion of this deepest of mysteries. Ex Councilman Logan, who has spent the best part of tho eight years in an endeavor to recover tho lad,-still adheres to the be lief that Charlie is in the custody of a Frenchman in Baltimore, but Mr. Ross and the officers who worked so diligently in the case have no faith in the theory of Mr. Logan. The Fire Kecord. Tho planing mill of the Strcator (III.) manufacturing comnanv was burned ves- fWhtr T.os AiOOOO" Ray & Connell's Champion saw mill at t.i;hf;iii tt w,0 T-.,,mnH nn Thiirnlav night. Loss, 850,000. The North Ferrisbnrg Vt., woolen mills owned by F. Daniels, were burned yester day, caused by spontaneous combustion. Loss, $9,000. Robinson's tannery at Dauphin together with several hundred tons of bark was burned. A number of frame houses took fire, and the entire town was at ono time threatened. Tho loss is unknown. The Anchor oil company's well No. C47. iu the Cherry Grove district, near Brad ford which had been burning sinco tho 20th instant, has been extinguished by the use of chemicals. About 15,000 barrels of oil has been consumed since tho fire started. lie Should Accept. New York Sun. Wo offer our special congratulations to tho Democracy of Pennsylvania on ac count of their choice of a caudidate for lieutenant governor, Mr. Chauncey F Black. Ho is a son of that brilliant and learned lawyer, Judge Jeremiah S. Black ; and, whether it comes by inhcritatwo from hi3 father or by original gonius, wo aro able to certify that ho possesses an admirable style of writiug tho English language. It becomes unnecessary, how ever, to say anything about his stylo when we mention tho fact that for several years Mr. Black has been a regular contributor to the editorial columns of tho Sun a circumstance which forms a sufficient at testation not only of tho purity and vigor of his style, but of tho soundness and trno Jeffersouian principles of his political n timents. Generally, our advice to journalists is not to accept any nomination for office. The man who has access to tho oar of tho public through tho columns of a widely read and universally rcspoctcd newspaper, exercises a great deal more real power, aud rests uudor a much more important responsibility, than ho who signs himself governor, secretary of state, or oven presi dent of the United States. Iu almost any caso when a successful journalist is called to tako a public office, it is stopping down for him to accept tho invitation ; but in tho present instance wo think that Mr. Black ought not decline. A most impor tant effort is now on foot to reform the government of a great state, to givo a now departure to one of tho most important commonwealths of tho Union ; and no man ought to refuse whoso namo can add any weight to tho movement. Besides, tho office of lieutenant governor will never, in tho ordinary couiso of things, absorb all of Mr. Black's timo, or prevent his render ing an occasional service iu tho more im portant and inspiring arena of tho public press. Tho Lung Branch Kailroad Accident. The inquest over tho victims of tho Long Branch railway accident began on Friday. Tho testimony of George W. Clicknor, tho engincor, showed tbat the train was running at tho rate of thirty-five miles au hour, aud that tho accident was caused by the spreading of the rails. The wounded are all doing as well as was expected. J. L Mitchell, of Scran ton, is slightly improved. Robert Robert son, who had his spino injured, will ro cover. There is a very slight improve ment iu tho condition of William R. Gar rison. James E. Mallory died Friday at the farmhouse of Mr. Schenck Conover, near the scone of tho accident. A GKAMU IMSOKlTIOX. High School Graduates, Teachers. Directors and Other Invited Guests. Daniel G. Baker, esq., gavo a recoption last evening in tho old high school build ing to tho graduating classes of tho boys' and girls' high schools, tho teachers of all the public schools, the board of school di rectors and a few other prominent citizens tho guests numbering perhaps ono hun dred and lilty. Among other guests pre sent were Rev. J. Max Hark, Prof. Wm. B. Hall, II. C.Mcllinger and Prof. Buchrlc. Lemonade, ice-cream, fruits, cakes and confections were liberally dispensed to tho guest?. Many fine musical saloctions were sung. Tho graduates led off with tho " Star Spauglcd Banner, " with piano ac companiment by F. W. Haas and violin accompaniment by. 1. B. Kevinski. Then followed piano solos by Miss Sallio I. Groff and Wm. C. Pyfcr, of tho graduat ing class. Misses Kato Shirk, Ella Stauflcr and Messrs. D. II. Sonsenig and N. J. Blackwood repeated tho med ley that was so enthusiastically received at the commencement. "Tho Emperor of Austria," "Auld Lang Syne," " Suwaneo River," "Upidce," "America," "Tho Alpino Horn," " Johnny Smoker," and a few other pieces were sung during tho course of tho even ing. Tho party was a delightful one, President Baker and his amiable wife being of course tho centre of attraction. Tho young lady graduates, frco from tho restraint to which they were subjected in tho morning, looked even more charming than when a thousand pairs of eyes were gazing at them. The young gentlemen were joyous aud gallant and tho teachers and directors looked wise and venerable as became persons holding such important stations as they do. The party broke up before 10 o'clock. ..nOTUKit HKAKKMAN KILLED. Milton Mann Crushed and Beheaded at Columbia. Milton Maun, a brakoman on the Penn sylvania railroad, was found dead in tho cast yard of tho Pennsylvania railroad company at Columbia this morning about 4 o'clock. His head was disscvcicd from his body and his chest was fearfully crushed. It is supposed that hn was asleep on top of ono of tho cars of his train, which wa3 in the yard. Tho train moved between H and 2 o'clock, and It is thought tho sudden starting and joltiug of tho cars may havo startled him and thrown him off, and that he fell between the cars and was crusltcd as above stated. Mr. Mann was single and aged about 20 years. Deputy Coroner Frank was notified and empannelcd a jury who viewed tho re mains and adjourned to await tho arrival of tho crow, when a verdict will bo ren dered. Deceased was a young man about 22 years of ago, and was well spoken off by all who knew him. Ho was a single man living with his mother on Fourth street, to whom his sudden death will bo a terrible blow. Ho is" a Columbian by birth and a former student of tho high school. Toes crushed. This morning as W. F. C. Sheer was crossing North Queen street, opposito tho Northern market house, he turned around to look after his littlo grandson, who was following him. A carriage was passing, aud Mr. Sheer stepped aside but placed himself in tho path of ono of Bituer's freight wagons, which he did not see, but which was passing in an opposito direction. Mr. Sheer was struck by tho hub of tho wagon and knocked down, and one of the wheels passed over tho toes of ono of his feet, crushing the great toe and the little toe, and injuring tho others, no was car ried into Heitshuo's drug store, where his wounds were dressed, and thence taken to his home. Assault and Battery. Henry Hebrank has been held by Alder man Spurrier to answer at court for assault and battery on Jacob Butt. It appears that Butt trespassed on Hebrank's crass field, and the latter meeting him later in the day clubbed Butt with the butt of a hoe handle, breaking it over his back. A Freak of Nature, Mr. Georgo H. Cook. No. 112 South Primm street, has a pear tree growini: in his yard full of fruit, and with blossoms npon the same stem. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUB KEGCXAK COKRKSFONDKNUK kveuts Aloas the Susquehanna item ot Interest Iu aud Around tho Borough ricked L'p by tne lutein. geucer'e Keporter. The Columbia engine house is being handsomely repainted, both inside and out. Photographs of it aud tho other two hose houses havo also been taken. The P. R. R. have put on a number of refrigerator care for the accommodation of perishablo goods. By the interferenco of Special Offi cer Dyssingcr a fight was prevented (that would no doubt havo had a serious ending) on Locust street last evening, and a local journalist been a wiser but "sorer" man. The two boys met on Locust street ani quarreled and the one hit the other w,th a rock. Their parents took it up ,-iiere thoy left off and the 'squire is bapyl John Yeakle has fixed u uiSdrug store ou Locust street, that 'lt ja now- uo most attractivo store rooi jn town a lit tle palace. Our storekecp?' a wno rcmomber that they were 0!ir.cierks.uui eniovod an even- ing's vacation, U! 7 aud 1ls o'clock. have concluded to close at Personals. Master Ralph Williams is - speudiug his vacation with "grandma" at Gettysburg. Mrs. W. II. Galbraith has joined her husband Yearkle's gentlemanly clerk here. Miss Mary Wilson, of Now York city, is tho guest of Mr. John Maun, just out side of Columbia. K. 1C. Accideuts. The Port Deposit train last .evening brought on it Wm. Sogner, brakoman, who was severely injured at Port Deposit about noon. He was coupling cars and in get ting out from between tho bumpers his foot caught, throwing him along the track. The train was backing and tho wheel of a car passed over tho calf of bis loft leg, cut ting it entirely through to the boue. Dr. Craig, tho P. R. R. physician, at tended him, and pronouncod tho injury " bad, but not serious." Ho was taken to his homo in York borough on tho 8 o'clock train. Tho shocking and fatal accident to Milton Mann is elsewhere reported. Ens. INTELLIGENCER. Our Business Men. II. F. Yorgey makes a specialty of tho Rockford quick train watches, bnt keeps other watches too.... ration, tho opera house merchant tailor and clothier, has just received a fiuo lino ot goods for men's wear. ...leter 3lolucrts summer gaiuon is the coolest place in town and bis lunch is excellent Will Herr keeps a fiuo lino of quick train watches, jewelry, etc , together with his spectacles, oyo glasses, chains and charms Tho Frank lin house is the hotel. Proprietor Slado does all in his powor to make his guests comfortable .... Williams' 09-ccnt store has tho greatest variety of toys, fancy and useful articles wo havo ever seen.... J. Shenbergcr & Son havo added to their furniture store a carpet de partment and somo handsome patterns of moqnct, body and tapestry brussels aro seen in it. The Churches. Services will bo held, as usual, iu all tho churches iu this place to-morrow. Rev. J. C. Hume, of Lancastor, will preach in tho Presbyterian church morning and even ing to-morrow. Columbia has at present as a rule handsome little churches. True thoy do not compare with tho large edifices of Lancaster, but are small, cosy, conven ient buildings. They are greatly admired by strangers. On Second street just around from Locust is what . wej always thought, and many bear us out in the opinion, thu most novel littlo church wo ever saw. Tho clinch built of stone standssomewh.it in from tho street line, is not very high iu tho square but has a high steeped roof. There is au arched entrance to it, surrounded by trees and the ground finely laid out adds to its many other attractions ; principally among which are the growing vines which cover its front, Bides and nearly all the roof. It reminds ono of an old English chapel. Part of the vine is in bloom now, and its fragrance fills tho air. It is the most picturesque building more romantic looking we have ever seen, sug gesting to us the thought that inspired Longfellow to write of that place, "Where tho tangled barberry bushes haug their tufts of crimson berries over stonewalls, grey with mosses." Rev. W. B. Evans will preach his initial sermon in the E. E. Lutheran chuich to morrow. Rev. C. S. Gerhard takes this seasonable opportunity, when Guiteau's hanging is uppermost in all minds, to preach a ser mon on "Capital Punishment "to-morrow morning in the Triuity Reformed church. Quarterly meeting at Mt. Zion's A. M. E. church. Rcvh. Darke, of York, and Norris, of Lancaster, will bo present. Twice un Fire. Tho gunlock manufactory of John George Werner, which was slightly dam aged by an accidental fire on Tuesday last was again damaged by lire yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Tho building is of framo, and the stack from tho fur nace goes out through a hole in tho roof. The heat from tho stack, or a spark from it, Fet firo to tho roof. Tho flames were easily extinguished with a few buckctsfull of water before tho arrival of tho firemen. The Bridge Contract. Hugh Iveogh & Co. and Capt. Elias Mc Mellen withdrew their bids for the con struction of a county bridge across tho Little Conestoga at GrofTs mill, and thifc contract was givci, to Davis Kitcb jr., the next lowest bidder. Tho contract prico is $1,071. It is understood that Mr. Kitch has transferred the contract to Capt. Mc Mellcn and that tho bridge will be speedily erected. Nearly Beheaded. New Holland Clarion. As Mr. James Do Haven, millcr.of Caer narvon township, was in tho act of empty ing a bag of chop at tho residence of Samuel Yoder, at Windsor, the hag caught hold ol a scythe tbat hung above tho bar rel and throw it down on bis neck and cut it fearfully. Dr. Ringwalc sewed it up for him and he is doing as well as can bo expected. Autlque Furniture. Hess & Flinn, furniture dealers, havo this day shipped to II. Havcrmyer, of Babylon, Long Island, through John S. Rohrcr, of this city, a centre table, for merly tho property of ox-President James Buchanan ; also a large lot of other an tique furniture. After Many Vear-i. Mrs. Barbara Miller, sister of John Trost of this city, is on a visit to tho latter in this city. Mr. Trost left Europe many years ago and did not know where bis sis ter was, not having seen hor for 4."i years. It has been but a short time since she was living on Long Island, N. Y. An Karl Boy Honored at Tale. Among the large class graduating at Yalo college, Connecticut, this year is Mr. Daniel B. Weaver, of Earl township this county. Mr. Weaver graduates with higr honors, having been selected to deliver one of the honorary addresses on com mencement day. Mule lAMt. Last night a valuable mule belonging to Edward Eauffman, on the Harrisburg pike, took sick and died before morning. 1
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