LANCASTER DAILY INTELIJGENCER THURSDAY APRIL 26 13SH KAUX.VM Lancaster fntelligenm;. THURSDAY EVENING. APBIC. 26. 1888. Freight Discriminations. The Legislature will need te supple ment the legislation it proposes ve pie vent undue discrimination in the carriage charges of railroads, by pro viding a commission which shall have authority te supervise railroad rates and reduce them te consistency and fairness. The railroads themselves teach the state hnxxr tn secure proper rates of freight from conflicting interests. The chief railroads of. the country have selected one man te act as commissioner or arbi. ter between them, te whose decision they pledge themselves te yield ebedi ence. . ,, , As it is clearly impracticable for the Legislature te provide, by statute, a set of freight rates te meet every vary ing exigency and circumstance it will need te deposit this authority with an agent for whom it will outline in the law the general boundaries of his dis cretion. It will declare its purpose te be that every citizen shall be treated alike by the common carriers of the state, a like price being charged te all for flLlike service. When it has forma ferma forma irfte Y,a nrinninle in a shape satis factory te it, and has declared the penalty that will be incurred by a violation of its direction, it will then be proper for it te conflde te an agent or agents the duty of seeing that its in tention is executed and its violation punished. A state commission which will fix railroad rates will be of advantage, both te the companies and their customers. The proposed law makes the jury the judges of the question of undue discrim ination. It is a very geed place te leave it. But it would greatly facilitate the case of the relations between the rail roads and the public te have an interme diate tribunal, clothed with state author ity te which complaint might be madeand by which the question of the fairness of a discrimination in rates might be first decided. Either the railroad or its ens teraers would have in reserve a re course te the decision of the jury, but they would seek it handicapped with the state commissioner's ruling against them ; which would be a protection te the railroad company, if it happened te be in its favor ; that would be valuable te-it, in its appearance before a jury ; when it would be apt te need all the pre tectien it can get, since the abuse of their power by railway managers has net served te endear them te the heart of the juryman. The state commission would be of great aid in securing the citizen from unjust freight charges. The resort te a j ury for redress will lie troublesome, and will be avoided by the large customers of the railroad as tending te create inimical relations where their plain interests re- quire them te keep en friendly terms with their powerful carrier. The state commission will relieve them of the nec essity of fighting the railroad, if it con siders them unjustly charged, for it would in that case be made its duty te bring the weight of its office te bear uDen the corporation te correct its charge in accordance with the rates tlje commission is authorized te establish. In some states these rates are made imperative upon" the railroads. The question of the right of the state te thus impose them is new being tested in the supreme court. But it is a question whether, even though the state has this authority, it would be advisable te make the decision of its commission final, and whether better results may net be ob tained by leaving te a jury m each cae the ultimate decision as te the fairness of the charge. A commission author ized te establish rates and empowered te bring before a jury a railroad disre garding them, and submitting te the jury the question as te whether thy rail read has net been guilty of undue dis crimination in the rates it has persisted in charging, would give the people all the protection they need, and certainly need net be challenged as receiving an unconstitutional authority. There is no getting away from the right of a jury te step cheating. Arnores of tne discussion of election frauds by the distribution and use of bogus naturalization papers, the Exam iner gees into sorae alleged reminis cences of the presidential campaign of 1850, when it declares that all sorts of frauds were committed exclusively by Democrats ; and the editor relates that " one pleasant moonlight night in pass ing through Washington Square in Philadelphia with a gentleman who was familiar with the Buchanan campaign, he pointed out a heusa en one of the streets facing the square and said : ' In that house were made the false natur alization papers wljicli carried Pennsyl vania in the October election in 1S5G and which made James Buchanan president of the United States." The Examiner need net go se far back nor se far away from home te revive recollections of this kind of frauds. On one of the main streets in this city, in the bread sunlight of full day, he can be shown a house where in the memorable cam paign of 1872 bogus naturalization papers were made for the purpose of the Re publican party and the bogus seals were appended te them in the back office. A little further up the street he can be pointed te another conspicuous building in which, en a certain election day within the memory of boys net yet old enough te vote, a tax collector sat all day making out bogus tax receipts, at the behest of Republican politicians, and dating them back te " kiver acci- f?onfe " The Laud League convention quietly dispatched the business for which it was convened in Philadelphia yesterday and then merged its organization into the larger body, which meets te-day. The personnel of the convention, its numbers and the conservatism of its declarations make it the most imposing parliament ary demonstration which has been made for many years in behalf of Irish liberty. The fact that it meets en American soil and in the city of our own Declaration is significant. Theke has been no expression of any great cenfldence in the work of the new civil service commission and no enthu siasm of publis sentiment for the plan nnnn wiifpb ifc is te de its work. Nene of the members of it were conspicuously fit for their important duties, and.saving the prominence of Mr. Eaten, in his ad- vnwv nr the competitive system and long tenure for federal offices, none of them had been distinguished in public life. The position of chief examiner under their rules has been regarded as the one of greatest importance in testing the practicability and efficiency of the new system. The selection for this place nf Dft B. Randelph Keim, formerly a very ordinary Washington newspaper correspondent, later an inspector el wu sulates for Grant, subsequently jobber in Berks county posteffices and new one of the editors of the Harrisburg Tele graph, will net elevate the hopes of the public that there is te be any real civil service reform by the operation of the new machinery. TnE death of Eliza Pinksteu recalls the most disgraceful episode in Ameri can politics. She was an infamous cnar acter, whose lying story of alleged bru talities inflicted upon her for partisan reasons, largely influenced Northern Re publican sentiment te consent te the great electoral fraud of 1S7G-77. When it was discovered that she was an im im poseor it was likewise disclosed that she had been known te be sucn wnen ine visiting statesmen coached her te tell her story. And their names and shame must go down te history linked with her infamy. i Wisconsin's Legislature fails te adept prohibition ; Massachusetts allows women te ba justices of the poaee ; Connecticut creates a pardon beard and refuses te cut down railroad taxes. It is a question which are the farthest removed from civilization, the present warring Apaches or the authorities of the Tewkesbury almshouse. Just new the latter seem te held the priza for cruelty- On recommondatien of the uiembers of the civil service commission, prcaident Arthur yesterday appeiutad De B. Ran delph Keim, of the Harrisburg Telegraph, te be chief examiner, and W. W. White, of Atlanta, Ga., te be clerk, of the com mission. In viow'ef the apprehension entertained by many that there was a possibility of Herr Most succeeding iu creatiug strong discord among the laboring class of Pitts burgh by his revolutionary sentiments and inflaming them te indulge iu popular demonstrations even mere serious than the riots of 1877, it is satisfactory te note that his ebullitions fell most flat and unprefit able upon the ears of these whom they were intended most te impress. The " spectre of the revolution" and his san guinary utterances find Httle sympathy anywhere in this country. TnE burning of the Arch street opera house at Philadelphia this morn ing is a notable instance of these structures which seemingly are doom deem ed te repeated destructions by the flames, this being the third time it has been burned. The speutanicty with which the flames rose and the oxtrenie rapidity with which they spread are con siderations which should re awaken in terest in the subject of protection te audi ences in buildings en Are. Nothing short of a great less of life would have been the result had the conflagration occurred during a performance, and the accident which caused it was as likely te happen at such a time as it was in the absence of peeple. -a- FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS. The Scranton Republican discerns a lack of interest among women in female suf frage. The Harrisburg Independent deplores the selection of se many " fritterers " for legislators. The Wilkesbarre Recerd philosophizes ever " Hew seen we are forgotten when we are gene." The West Chester Democrat is amply satisfied with Lee and Emery's pica for a free pipe line. The Alteena Tribune hopes our govern ment will adhere te the policy of absteu tien from partisipatien in European politics. The Erie Herald hails with satisfaction the apparent deteiminatieu of Mr. Randall and Mr. Wallace te end a long standing and useless feud. The Pittsburgh Leader is certain that te the right of Irish revolution, open manly revolution, no descendant of the men who fought at Bunker Hill or Yorktown can object. The Alteena Times is het at the idea that the Pennsylvania railroad company will endeavor te prevent circuses from giving exhibitions in Alteena, during the present year, in order that the shops may 1030 no time. The Carlisle Volunteer is of the opinion that because of the caution and censerva tism of the present Legislature, if the cer. stitutien permitted and it were net for the expense, the people would net complain if it were te sit the whole year. The Norristown Register observes that though the evil of inordinate drinking is a thing as old as Neah, it yet requires a remodeling of fundamental law in order te bend it te the requirements of the tern -perance enthusiasts. i PERSONAL. Senater Antheny was reported better yesterday. Louisa B. Stephens is the first weman te become president of a bank. She suc ceeds her late husband in the First na tional bank of Marien, Iowa. Bareness Rothschild is credited with the intention of establishing in Versailles a home for aged and destitute authors and journalists, She is said te nave set apart 500,000 francs for the purpose. Secretary Chandler yesterday in structed Rear Admiral Baldwin,command Baldwin,cemmand ing the European fleet, te go with bis personal staff te Moscow, te attend the coienation of the czar. Prof. Silliman, of Yale college, has arrived in Washington te pretest against the removal of Prof Peter Cellier, ehen ist of the agricultural department. It is said the cause of Cellier's removal is his belief that sorghum sugar can be made with profit, wherein be presumes te differ from the opinion of Commissioner Loring. CALAMITY AND CKDDS. TRACK Of THIS HOBTHKKN CXOI.ONE. Its oevastatlon in Mississippi and ueergla The Various l'hascs el Ufa In All Directions. The latest reports of the havoe done by the "rpat tornado in Mississippi swell the list of killed and injured ana add te tne property destroyed. French Camp, a vil vil lage of 300 inhabitants, twenty miles west of Starkville. in Choctaw county, was destroyed and nine persons were killed, a number of ethers being injured. Seme of the bodies have net yet been found. Seven persons wcre killed near Morten, where the tornado divided into "two, one fork going ever the Vicksbnrg and Meridian read towards Lawrence station, the ether deviating towards Hillsborre'. At Har Har riseuvillc, ten persons were killed. At Ilehenlinden two churches and all the dwellings wcre swept away, and seven teen persons were killed. Near Tampico and Abbett two persons were killed and several injured. Accounts from places in the interior of Georgia, distant from rail and telegraph, which wcre swept by the tornado, are beginning te come in. In Taliaferro and Lincoln counties gin houses and cabins wnra demolished, and in the latter county Themas Brooks and his son were danger eusly injured and Brooks' wife was killed by the demolition of their house. The house of B. J. Roop, near Franklin, was swept off by a sudden rise iu the Hilla Hilla Hilla hotchie creek en Sunday night, and all except Roop perished, FOUL, 1't.AY. Tlie WerK of Meedy Villains. William Bradley, knewn as "Billy the Kid," a notorious English boxer and sport ing man, and cousin of Mitchell, the English champion, has been missing for six days from his residence in Ansonia, Conn., and foul play is feared. Themas Shive, while leaving a disreputable heuse in Chicago a 1 o'clock yesterday morning, get into a quarrel with three strangers, and was stabbed te death with a knife. Threo arrests have been made en suspicion. William Petter was murdered by Riley Blecker and Jehn Daniels while working in bis field iu Yell county. Arkansas, last Saturday. Daniels had stolen some of Petter's hogs, and the discovery of the theft probably led te the murder. Elisha Kirby shot and killed his brother-in-law, Isaac Pullis, en the street in Carbondale, Illinois, en Tuesday night. A family quarrel was the cause. Dr. A. C. Reich was dragged from his bed and murdered by unknown assassins, in Lampassas, Texas, en Tuesday night. In Lansing, Michigau, en Tuesday a woman claiming te be the wife A. D. Claik. a wealthy real estate owner, of Battle Creek, shot and perhaps fatally wounded a young actress named Carr.with whom Clark had been consorting for several days. It turns out that tne Ward Brethers, whose dead bodies were found in a shauty near Cree City, Dakota, were killed by a gang of men who alleged that they were encroaching en a mining claim. Eleven persons have-been arrested en sus picion. Near Leavittsburg, Ohie, yesterday morning, JehuDelany shot and killed a widow, named Orisweld, who had refused te marry him. He then shot him self, and fell dtd ea his victim's body. INUIANS. I'relt-Mitnr llauilcller, tne American archno archne archno legist Captured. A .special from Albuquerque, N. M., says that information received there states that en the 19th inst. Geronime, one of the chiefs of Juh's Apaches, captured Pref.A-. F. Bamlilier, of the American Archaeolog ical Institute : S. F. Balder, of Tucson, and a Mexican, near the village et san Cristobal, iu the S tate of Senera. The Apaches took the prisoners into the moun tains, and it is nearly certain that they have been muuleicd. Professer Bandelier has been investigating the Indian quarries in New Mexico anrt Arizona ler several years. His father and family reside at lligland, Illinois, a few miles east of St Leuis. Mr. Gtiflin, who has arrived from Santa Fe, discredits the report, as 1'rel. lianue lier bix weeks age was en his way te the city of Mexico. Affairs tit Sun Carles. The following telegram was received at the Indi.iu office at Washington : "San Carles, A. T.. April 25. Price Indian commissioner : There appears te be a chauge for the better in the affairs that have caused the late excitement. In dic.iliens point te theioturnef the rangers te their homes. '. Well pleased with pre.Miect of restored quiet. The In dians are returning te their farms. They have behaved admirably under all the cir cumstances of the past few days. Wilcox, Agent. Starving Clilppetvas. The secretary of the interior has received a joint letter from Mr. McCollum, deputy collector of customs, and Jean h. Male, member of the Canadian Parliament, under date of Turtle Mountain, Minn., Apiil 14, in which they say that the Tur tle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians are in a starving condition, and unless im mediately relieved few of them will be alive te meet the commissioner of Indian affairs in June, as they new anticipate doing. The acting commissioner of Indian affairs bas directed the Iudian agent at Devil's Lake te use every effort te provide for these Indians at once. The Kocerd of Crime. In Richmond, Virginia, during the last four weeks, burglaries have been frcqaet, the burglars defying detection. On Tues day, in open daylight, the house of Police Captain Parater was robbed, and at night it was pelted with stones. Yesterday afternoon, while a policeman was en guard in the captaiu's parlor, a burglar entered the garret and gagged his sixteen year old daughter, but Laving accidentally knocked out a sash from the window the uoise aroused the heuse and the ruffian was compelled te fly. Henry T. Wright, assistant postmaster at Racine, Wisconsin, was committed iu $10,000 bail at Milwaukee yesterday te answer the charge of stealing ever $5,000 of the "posteffico meney. William Pack, convicted of wife beating, received twenty lashes en the bare back yesterday at An napolis, Maryland. The lash was vigor ously laid en by the sheriff in spite of " piteous appeals " from the wife beater. Eliza Pinkston, the notorious Louisiana witness in the electoral controversy of I860, has died in the jail at Canten. Mis sissippi, where she was serving a term for larceny. A Rejected Lever's urlme. In Leavittsbnrg, O., Jehn Delong shot Mrs. Eliza Griswold three times, killing her instantly. Placing the revolver te his head Delong fired at himself, the ball en tering his forehead, directly between the eyes. He lived only three hours. The tragedy occurred in the heuse of D. V. Allen, a widower, whom the wemau was shortly te marry. De long was a i ejected suitor. On the Gth of March, he called her from her bed aud, with pistol in hand, said : "I come te make love or hate." Pacifying him, aud piecuring his revolver, she eseaped. He told her she must make up her mind by July 4 or he would sheet her. The woman immediately procured a warrant charging him with heuse breaking and at tempted outrage. He fled and has net been in the community since till Thurs day. The officers were en his track only half an hour behind at the time of the sheeting. The woman was a widow with eveu children, and bore a geed reputation. Delong was a widower and leaves two children. THE L&nD X.KAGTJK CONVEKTIO. A Financial ana SaUMtleal Bepert A Motion te "Cemcnte" giatldeat Arthur. In the Land League contention in Phil adelphia yesterday after the president's address and the report of the credentials committee the annal reports of the secre tary and treasurer were then presented, the former stating that there are new en the roll 559 branches, and the latter that the receipts from the Land League branches had been $01,976,27, of which $45, 251.70 was for Land League purposes, and $16,724.57 for the relief fund. The grand total received iccluding donations, lee. tures, and "dollar subscription" was $79 038.90. A committee of one from each state was appointed te consider and for mulate a plan . for re-organization as the 'National Triad Tmihh " Father Walsh's Bepert. Treasurer Walsh also submitted a state ment of the moneys received and disposed of by him. He referred te a letter which had been written te him by what the rev erend gentleman termed a mean, cowardly fellow, -who asked hew he had dared te use the League's funds te pay the ex. penses of Miss ParneH's funeral. " I will net give his name," continued Father Walsh, "but I will say that if he ever was an Irishman every drop of Irish bleed must have oezea out of his heart long age. I had the consent and approval of every honest Irishman te pay such ex penses." Applause. In speaking of the different pcople te whom he had sent money for the starving peer of Ireland Father Walsh narrated an incident that occasioned renewed applause among the men and drew tears from the eyes of the ladies : " I sent $300 te the Widow Walsh in Ireland, one of whose sons was recently hung and another sen tenced te penal sorvitude for lite ler Doing charged with committing a murder of which they were innocent. Mr. .bgan told me that he was positively assured that the mother knew who the guilty paity was, but she would rather sacrifice her sons than turn informer, as some mean hounds are new doing across the ocean. Her old Irish heart would rather break with sorrow than confess what she knew." The Kvenlug Session, The delegates were called te order for the evening session at a quarter past nine o'clock. Speeches were limited te five minutes, and no dolegato was allowed te speak mere than once en the same subject. In reply te a request for a report of the committee appointed at the last convention te wait en the president of the United States te ask an explanation of the conduct of Minister Lewell, Mr. Cellins, et Mass , reported that the president had said that it was net proper for him te say anything while diplomatic relations were in exist ence between this country and England ; but when the time came te act, he would be en the right side. A motion that the " president be censured for his lack of honor," was declared out of order. The committee en ergani zatien reported that they had de cided net te reconimend any plan te the convention, but asked that resolutions be adopted that the delegates attend in a body the sessions of the Irish-American national convention te be held te day, in view of the prospect that the deliberations of that convention will result in the union of all patriotic Irish bodies en the con tinent which favor the present Irish policy in a new organization support ing the National League of Ireland. A motion providing for an adjournment until after te-day and the appointment of a cemmittee te act upon the dissolution of the Land League of America aud the amalgamation with the Irish National Land League, was carried by a vote of 181 te 156. Upen requests for information as te the exact nature of the convention's action, President Moeucy said : " This convention adjourns as a Land League convention. Ne action has been taken changing the organization into the Irish National League." The convention was then at 25 minutes past 1 o'clock declared adjourned. FL.1SU1NU FKUItl HKIt I'AKKNTS. A Fourteen Year Old Girl's Leve for n Worthless Yeunjj Alan. At Milwaukee, a peculiar elopement case has just come te light, the. parties being May Geslin, aged fourteen years, and Charles Vandenhoef, a worthless young man, whose father is at present serving a term iu the state prison at Wau pun for placing obstructions en the track of the Milwaukee & Northern railway, whereby a train was thrown from the rails and wrecked. Seme months since the youthful pair formed an acquaint ance which ripened into love, and was followed by an engagement. Learning of this the parents of the girl, who reside at Spencer, Wis., packed her off te a bearding school in the city, where she re mained about two weeks, when discovery was made of the fact that the levers were maintaining a clandestine correspondence. Then she was taken and placed under the care of a Mrs. Lang, residing iu the Thir teenth ward, aud who is said te be a sister of young Vandenhoef. With her aid and assistance, it is new asserted, May packed her trunk and prepared te leave the city. This faet became known te a brother of the girl and he proceeded te the house te remove her te a place of safety, but found that she had become aware of his intentions and lied te a place of concealment, presumably te await the coming of Yanderhoef. The police were placed en the alert, but their investigation has led te no result beyond the establish ment of the fact that Vandenhoef is at his home in Spencer still, awaiting an opper tunity te fly te his girl love, whose hiding place he seems te knew. May Geslin is described as tall and quite elegaut in ap pearance, as well as quiet, lady like and pretty. Vandenhoef's chief object in marrying her is said te be that he may secure a portion ei ner lather's wealth. A Mexican Riet. At Chiantla, Mexico, a party of men under Abraham Ramirez, Weduesday evening attacked the guard at the mun'r eipal palace, crying "Viva Mexico 1 Viva Ramirez !" They threw open the jail, burned the archives of the first judges court, robbed several houses, killed four of the federal forces and wounded four ethers. The assailants lest eight men, among them ene of their chiefs called Guance. After occupying the town for seme time they were driven out and are being pursued by federal and state troops. The ship County Aberdeen, from Cal cutta, collided off Owners LichtshiD with the ship British Commerce, bound for Melbourne. The letter vessel sunk with tweny-five of her crew. The weather was thick at the time of the collision. Foreign Disasters. An explosion has occurred in a mine at Beseggcs, in Che arrendissement of Alais, France.Nine bodies arc thus far recovered. At the roll call, which was had after the explosion, 127 miners failed te answer te their names, and it is feared that there are many victims. The greatest exeitement exists, and the entrances te the mines are crowded by anxious and grief stricken relatives. A search party has been instituted and is new at work. An explosion of gas occurred in Paris, in the green room of the Ambigu theatre, while a performance was being given. The noise of the explosion did net reach the auditorium and the audience departed quietly, it being represented that one of the principal actors had been taken ill. Twenty persons we're injured, THIEVES ABOUT. liUUuLAKIKS aaUKOBUUBIK). Mr. Llchty's and BIUs Uaibacu's Kesldeuces Urelien Inte rechet l'lclird A Highway llebbery. Yesterday about neon the residence of Clarence V. Lichty, Ne. 41C West Chest nut street, was entored by thicve3 during the absence of the family and robbed of a geld watch and chain worth $100, a valuable pair of solid geld bracelets, geld breastpin, Infants' armlets and necklace, and several ether articles. Mr. Lichty, who is agent for the Northwestern life insurance company, was at his place of business en East King street and his wife had taken her little child down town te see the parade of Forepaugh's cir cus. She locked un the hansa and closed the shutters befere leaving. On her return she found the front deer belted en the inside, the back deer, which she had locked before leaving, epen, and the gas burning in the parlor. The heuse was ransacked from top te bottom, and the articles abeve enumerated stolen. An examination of the premises showed that the th'ef or thieves had entered through a grate in the cellar window, and going up the cellar stairs forced the lock leading into the dining room, which gave them access te ether parts of the house. There is no clue, as yet, te indicate who committed the robbery. The Bnlbach ISurglury. Last evening Misses Mary and Emma Halbacb, residing at the cerner of East Orange and Plum streets, went te church. On their return they found their house had been broken into and robbed of a valu able geld watch and chain belenging te Miss Emma, and considerable ether jew elry, besides silver spoons, knives, forks, and many ether valuables. The heuse was ransacked from top te bottom, draw- ere epened, articles that the thieves did net want wero scattered ever the fleer ia all directions. Shortly after the ladies had left home a stranger called en the people who live next deer and asked where Hal bach's were, and when they would be home, lie was told they were at church, and would net be at home until the ser vice closed. It is new suspected the caller was the thief and having seen the ladies leave the house, and learned that they would net be back for seme time, broke into the, heuse aud robbed it at leisure. A Beld l'lckpecket. As Samuel Curtis, who lives at Ne. 40 East Vine street, was standing in the bar room of the Knight's Exchange hetel, en Christian street, near East King, a pickpocket thrust his hand inside Mr. Curtis' vest aud pulled from his pocket a large leather wallet and ran off. Mr Cnr tis at ence gave the alarm and ran after the thief and was seen joined by a large number of ether persons. The thief ran into the blind alley alongside of S Wayne's livery stable, and being unable te get out, he climbed upon a low shed reef, and thence get into a second story window of the large brick building adjoining. He was quickly followed by sevcial pcrseus, and all avenues of escapa wero cut off by the crowd that rapidly assembled. The building, which contains a great many carriages, sleighs and ether vehicles, wan searched frflin top te bottom, aud the thief was finally discovered lying behind seme legs under the eaves of the upper story. lis was seized by Harry Raymond" and Geerge Smith (colored), and he offered te give them the stolen money if they would let him go. They took the meney ($15) hut held en te the'.thief and made him show them where he had thrown the pockctbeok and the papers it contained, which they also took posses sion of. They then brought him down stairs aud handed him ever te Officer Eichholtz, who took him before Alderman Spurrier, by whom he was committed te the county jail for a hearing. He is quite a genteel looking man, apparently 35 years old, and wel I dressed. Ilogavehisuamcas Themas W. Larkin. Befere robbing Mr. Curtis'Tie was in company with anether stranger who registered his name at the hotel as Samuel Drake. The latter di3ap peared from the hotel immediately after the robbery, leaving his satchel behind him. It is supposed he was Larkin's ac complice aud that the thieves mistook Mr. Curtis for a rich Lancaster county farmer. A DruuKen Ueriuuu ICebbed. Last night Officer Swcnk found a" drunken man lying in a helpless condition en North Queen street, below Chestnut. He took him te the station house and locked him up, he beimj tee druuk te give an account of himself. This morning when taken before the mayor he presented a very sorry appearance. His clothes wcre soiled, his face bruised and bleated, and bisyes blackened. He gave his name as Paul Miller, and said he was Iaundryinan at the asylum. He get drubk, but could net remember where he had been or who had been with him, or hew he get his eyes bunged. When he started en his sprce he had $55, and when ar rested he had only 40 cents. In censidera tien of his misfortunes the mayor dis charged him. Highway Kebbery. Last night while Jehn D. Morteu, a railroader, wa3 walking ea West Chestnut street a man stepped up te him, seized his watch chain, and by a vigorous pull get the watch and rau off. The police being notified, set about catching the thief. Ihey seen learucd that a man named Gee. White had bought a watch at a hotel near the Pennsylvania railroad depot and he was taken into custody. Tha watch was at ence identified as Mr Morten's. White said he bought it from Henry Loe, and Lee was seen found and arrested. Along with him was a man named Win. Nau man, and he, tee, was taken into custody. Lee, Nauman aud Jee Hinder (who was arrested yesterday for fighting) wero in advertently placed iu the same cell, from which two boys escaped last week, and which had net been repaired. Thi3 morning when the turnkey went te leek after his prisoners they were gene, having escaped through the breken grate of the cell window. FK LOJOOJJSAS9 AUIVT. Conductor Ktncli Shet at In the Cars. Yesterday Joel Miller, of Adamstown, came te Lancaster te see the circus. Having seen it he started home via the Reading railroad. When near the Junction he was standing en the platform of a passenger car, smoking, when Conductor Kincb,whe was in charge of the train, told him te go inside, as passengers wcre net allowed te stand en the platform. Miller reluctantly obeyed. but continued te smoke. The conductor told him if he wished te smoke he must go into the smoking car. IIe refused te either quit smoking or go into the smok ing car, whoreupon the conduetor used sufficient ferce te make him go. On reaching the smoking car Miller turned upon the conductor, aimed a pistol at him and tired, the ball cutting through the conductor's clethinc clese te the breast. Miller was seized and disarm ed, and a telegram was forwarded te Man heim te have an officer en hand te arrest him when the train arrived. On reaching Beiler's station, Miller jumped from the the train, and received injuries se serious as te prevent his escape. He was taken te Manheim, where an efficer took him in charge and a justice of the peace commit ted him te the county jail for a hearing. On reaching Lancaster, Jehn II. Fry, esq., entered bail for him, and he was discharg ed. Conductor Kincb. was net hurt,but had a very narrow escape from being killed. Miller, who is said te be a bully in the neighborhood where he lives, was drunk, and was disorderly from the time the train left this city. He drew a revolver befere reaching the Junction, and at that time was induced te put it away. uaAKCOAX. SKXTVUK3. Keinlniscencea of tkm Old Days. Under the title of " Etchings iu Char coal," a correspondent of the Lebanon Courier, who we have reason te suspect is Cha3. B. Ferney, formerly of the iron works in the lower end of this county, and later of the North Lebanon iron works of G. Dausen Celeinau, writes a series of pleasant reminiscences of the early iron works of the county and seme of the Eecial features of life in their day. Iu the last of these he says : " There is perhaps no domain of the same extent in the country as rich in diversified resources as the county of Lan caster, which of English parentage in name only, though the county teat was originally settled te a considerable extent by Episcopalians and Quakers, her terri tory in the main is occupied and owned by the descendants of the sturdy Germans and Hugenets, who fled from the prosecu tions of the old world te aid in the estab lishment of an empire in the new one. If these refugees from the Palatinate, Hol Hel land and th3 Alps, with a sprinkling from Ireland and Wales, and their offspring, did net in themselves create an empire, they certainly produced material enough for a state greater in resources and very nearly as large in population as the state Ol -LtMHWUrQ , "Lancaster city was the centre, as long as 50 year age, of a banking business larger, pcruaps, man tuas el any town in the stale, outside of its two leading cities. This in connection with its several courts, including the occasional sittings' of the cuprcme court, and a bar of distinguished ability, attracted business of various kinds. The ' iron masteia ' of the adjoining counties, as well as these of the county itself, made it a regular resort te obtain discounts, and for furnace owners te soil and forge owners te buy pig metal. The furnaces located en the northern boundary of the county and beyend it wcre noted for the manufacture of a very superior iron made from the red short ores of Cern wall. This brand of pig iron was se highly prized by fergemen of that day that they considered it a favor te obtain it, even though they had te pay liberaliy and promptly for it. The rapid develop ment et the manulacture or iron with au au thracite coal, and the discovery of ether ores deprived the old-time brands of iron of their prestige. But as history repeats itself, the Cornwall ores have of late years ceme te the front again, and preve te be peculiarly adapted te the production of Bessemer steel, for the reason of the small percentage of phosphorous that they contain, therein differing from hematites, which almost invariably contain an exces-s of it. Phosphorous was the fly iu the old iron masters ointment, and ene of them ence used ere no highly charged with it that his iron was se brittle that it broke like glass, and wa therefere, hard te dispese of. Having sold a let of it te a gluemakcr, en speculation, the wags of the trade insisteSHhat it was geed for nothing else. But if he could ceme back new he would lind that his enemy had been throttled by a discevery that neutra lizes ii in hematitics, even te the extent of making them availablj for steel The "Svrau" Jietel. Tne old public house known by the sign of the "Swan," in the town of Lancaster, was in its day one of the most noted houses of public entertainment in the interior of the state. Located en a corner of Centie Square under the shadow of the old court home, with its four facades fiirnished with massive doers, facing the cardinal paints of the compass with extended fronts of plain biiuk,en two thoroughfares, gave it a preminence that distinguished it as one of the best hotels iu the town. It presented none of the outward display of verandas, and gib windows of mod ern hotels, hut exhibited rather a modest exterior, while the classic bird from which its name was darived, appeared en a sign suspended ever the entrance?. The " Swan " was noted as far back as Revolutionary times for its geed fare and genial hosts, among whom wcre Leugh, Parker, Stehman and ethers. It was the heuse that befere the era of railroads attracted wealthy and influential traveMK, who journeyed in their own con veyances from the East aud Seuth, te and fro ever the macadamized read leading te Philadelphia. If a modern hotel register had been kept, the guests of the "Swan " would be found te have comprised many historical names, especially when the Con tinental Congress halted in the old town in its flight from Philadelphia at the time of its capture by the British array. Among the frequent guests of the heuse were the distinguished jurists, Jehn I. Gibsen, William Tilghman, Moulten C. Rogers, Themas Duncan aud Charles Husten, all members of the supreme court. Te the eyes of a school boy, that I looked through then, there was one of these worthies, at least, who did net leek every inch a judge, though it required a goodly number of inches te go round his huge form. His gait was ambling aud awkward, like Dr. JohnsenV, I presume ; and with shoes untied, minus a neck-tie, and clothes a misfit, he did net leek te be what Jehn Banister Gibsen really was, ene of the most profound judges in the world, whose decisions are net only quoted throughout this ceautiy, but iu the courts of Great juritaiu as well. The burly chief justice was net only noted for great acquirements in jurisprudence, but was also a skilled performer en the violin. Genius is privi leged, and used te be largely indulged; I but I never heard that the judge compre misca uis uiguiiy, as jsck ugie, a mem ber of Congress from our state, did by vocal accompaniments te his fiddle of such songs as Jeannette and Jeannet, with an occasional "double shuttle," such as Thackery was went te indulge in. " But it is the growth of the iron trade aud the general development that has at tended it that we are mere especially con cerned iu. The oldtime iron masters who frequented the " Swan " were net much given te scientific discussion. Fine horses for draft or speed ; timber lands, that would yield a big crop of cord weed te the aero ; theoretical farming and ether kindred topics, engaged much mero of their attention than speculations ou the philosophy of the lines of crucibles aud boshes, and the importance of the analysis of ores aud fluxes. There was a ' brother chip ' of the trade from Adams county, who joined these occasional meetings, nearly two and a-half scere years ae. IIe was preceded by a big reputa reputa reputa tioneot exactly for " smelting and forg ing." hut for swaying courts aud juries, and hurling a sort of dynamite phil lipic against all kinds of wrongs, and particularly against slavery His bread and liberal views were often given for the benefit of the trade, and in ene instance particularly, at a large meet ing of iron masters, I remember hew forcibly he reprobated theselflsh policy of acting for themselves alone, in the matter of ' protection,' instead of uniting with all ether industries for the attainment of thejr end. " About ferty-five years age thore was an important era commenced in the iron trade. Charcoal iron was supposed te be impregnable in its possession of the mar kets of the country, and the belief firmly fixed, that metal made with mineral coal could nevcr supersede it. nonce the ex periments maile at Danville, Pettsville and seme ether localities, at the time indicated, te produce iron with an thracite coal, were conducted un der the disadvantages of the general prophecy of failure, and the slurs that the croaker aud fogy invariably cast en the efforts of pioneers in every new enter prise. Thousands of dollars wero expend ed aud lest in thed? ventures te smelt iron ores with anthracite coal, and' though baffled and disappointed as the projectors of these experiments often were through imperfect maebinery, defectively con structed furnaces, and unskilled labor, their triumph came, and has l-cen mere signal and complete than they ever anticipated. The writer has a clear recollection of a cemmittee of three old charcoal iron masters, from these who used te visit the " Swan Exchange,'' self appointed te go te Dan ville, te inspect the anthracite furnace of Riddle & Chambers. Their report pro nounced the project entirely impracticable; that the iron was worthless ; and that ene of the obstacles te the success of the enter prise was, that two keepers were required en a turn, and a black smith kept constantly employed te sharpen tools. They were net imbued with the spirit of prophecy ; and if they could leek upon the giant growth of the iron trade. since the date of their pilgrim age te Danville in 1833 and the wonders that have followed in its train, they would be startled at the marvels that havj been wrought since thoirrepert. Then the annual product of iron in the United States was about 200,000 tuns ; new it bas reached 5,000,000 of tens, an incroase of mero than twenty fold, while the achievements of the arts and sciences are constantly investing the march of civilization with new tri umphs and blessings. Tilt: FUKBI'ACUU C1KUUS. A Ulg Shew and a Very Geed One. On account of the cold, damp weather yesterday, the performances given by Adam Forepaugh's circus were net as largely attended as they othcrwise would have been. The air was raw and chilly, and the ground in the let was soft. The canvas is very large, and it was net two-thirds full at either time. The show is an im im mense affair, aud deserves a large patron age. It is exhibited in tbree monstrous tents, the first of which has the menagerie. It is a well-known fact that Mr. Foro Fero Fore paugh owns the finest menagerie traveling and be stated yestcrdav that he had Daid ene firm of auimal importers, alone, ever $300,000. Aineug the beasts are a giraffe. rhinoceros, several cages of beautiful tigers, liens, a peculiar looking mandrill, and many ether curious and interesting animals and birds. Everything advertised is there and much mere. In the second tent, the heaid of twenty-live elephants are kept, including Bolivar, a tremendous beast. Besides the ele phants there are herds of camels, and curious cattle. The main tent, in which the circus performance was given, had two rings. The entertainment was first class and the people wcre delighted. The grand entry was very brilliant, as the costumes wero new and pretty. There were many ncV features in thn perfomi perfemi perfomi ance The principal riders were Aliss Cerdena, Mile. Marchant, Hugh Lloyd and Signer Hail, nearly all'ef whom had been seen here befere and have high standing as artists. The Lloyd brethers, two young men, did a very clever riding act; the best part of the performance was their wire walking. The large herd of elephants wcre brought into the ring by Adam Forepaugh, jr., the youngest elephant trainer living, and were made te perform all kinds of tricks, in which they displayed a wonderful amount of intelligence. At the end of the act they formed themselves iu a pyramid just as represented en the pesters. Miss Lizzie Deacon lias a handsome let of horses, which she has taught te drill with ai much precision as soldiers.. Leeuita, the bicycle rider, who wa with the show last season, ascended the fp:ril stairway en his bicycle, coming down without any accident. Mile. Damfante brings two large trunks, filled with tremendous snakes into the ring and handles them in all manners without in jury. One of the be&t leaturcs of the circus is the trapeze performance of the Silhen family, and the hcene is very thril ling in which the youngest boy jumps from the top of the canvas into the arms of his father, who is swinging with held down wards en a trapeze below. The strong man of the show is Gerge Jugenderfer, a German, who lifts heavy weights, ami concludes his part by raising a five hun dred pound cannon from the ground with ene hand, while it is being shot off. The Herbert Brethers give the only acrobatic acting with thn show, and it is very geed. Th6re were numerous ether features wbieh went te make up a first class ontertainmect At the conclusion of the circus the hippodremo races took place. They are exciting and crcate great inter est. They consisted of male and female jockey races, chariot races, monkey, came! and elephant races ; seme line hers3s an; seen and geed time was made. During the jockey race last evening the head of a young rider, who was riding very fast, struck a tent pole ; he was knocked from the herse and, besides having his head badly injured by the blew, was severely bruised about the body by the feet of the horse which walked ever him. The show appears iu Harrisburg te-night and in Reading te morrow night. NEIUHBOBUUOD HEWH. KvenU Near and Acress the County I.iiicx. Harrisburg has several cases of small pox. Mrs. Clugsten, widow of the murdered man, Samuel Clugsten, at Valley Forge, is dead. A firm heuse new standing en the lauds of Hen. Leenard Meyers, en the North Pennsylvania railroad, near Lyudlcy Station, was built in the year 1700. The Lebanon manufacturing company are at present engaged in building twenty one engines, ranging from thrre te forty horse power, most of which are sold . Orders have been issued for a resump tion of work next Monday in the iron and rolling mills of the Reading iron com panyatthoeld scale of wages. SovekiI furnaces in the pipe mill will also he started. The Western nail association met yes terdayin Pittsburgh and re-affirmed the present card rate. It was brought out in discussion that tha demand at present is greater than ever before known ; that the outlook is geed and prices are low. but that stocks are light and " ill asserted." Harvey Trnmbere, a boy, has been missing from his home, Seuth Bethldr.m. Northampton county, for ten days. He is of medium height, stout build, full face, black eyes and hair, and dressed in dark clothes, with patches en the knees, and were a striped shirt and slouch hat. His father's address is H. O. Trumbere. It is reported that fish are dying by the thousands in the .Tyrene branch of the Juniata river, and that thn line of the shores are covered with the dead fish. The cause of this destruction may be traced, it is thought, te the pollution of the stream by the Tyrene paper mill. The alkalies and ether chemical used in the manufac ture of paper pas? into Bald Eagle creek, near Alteena. thus impregnating the waters of the Juniata for a considerable distance below. Jehn Dentzler, of Reading, aged 10 years was married recently te Mrs. Lillie J. Knelp, of that city, aged 2G years. The boy's parents contend that the marri ige is invalid owing te the youth of their son, aud the priest who performed the mar- riige ceremony, and who has been se verely i-ensurcd for it, is out in a card affirming that " the ceremony wan legal." Dennis 1 Started for Missouri. Last night at 11:10 Jehn B. Dennis, securely handcuffed aud in charge or Offi cer Badger, was placed aboard the Western express train, and started for St. Leuis, Me., where he is te answer for the frauds perpetrated ea his benefactor, Mr. Grant. There was a large crowd in the depot te see the prisoner safely off, and nearly all seemed pleased te see hira go; Denmis bore himself with a geed deal of nonchalance, but tried hard te cover the " bracelets " under his overcoat. "-"srtsc3C": ""r-rr-
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