LANCASTER DAILY INTELXIGENCEK MONDAY APKLL 30 1 :l Hancaatet intelligent:. MONDAY EVENING, APBIL, 30. 1883. What Will Tfcey de About It 1 Congressman Phil Thompson has shot a man in Kentucky, who at the time, was net in any way threatening him, and the circumstances seem te show that Congressman Thompson committed a murder. His provocation lay in his be lief that his victim had encouraged Mrs. Thompson te wrongdoing, a fact which is denied, but which if true, would net have justified, in the eye of the law, Congressman Thompson's act of ven geance. Yet he will probably be ac quitted. He has heretofore killed a man or men in Kentucky, and been acquitted. Congressmen are net in the habit of being hanged, and this one will probably be free te take his seat in the next Congress. What will it de with him ? Under the parliamentary law, as expounded by many of our learned contemporaries in the late Dukes case, it is within the power of Congress or a Legislature te refuse his seat te a member who has committed an offense after the time of bis election and before he appears te be sworn in, even though has been acquit ted by the verdict of a jury. We wait with some interest te see what our cotemperaries will have te say about this matter. If they have net exhausted themselves by their vehemence in the Dukes affair they should cry aloud upon Congress te refuse admission te Mr. Thompson ; unless they think that it is a venial thing te kill a fleeing man, who may have been guilty of making a woman drunk te debauch her, while it is the worst thing in the calendar te slay one who aflkils the slayer te avenge a wrong te a daughter. it is a bare possibility, however, that the minds of our contemporaries may new be sufficiently calm te enable them te see that in a country governed by law, the law's administrators must be per niitled te be the arbiters of crime, and that it is the office of the judge and jury te pass upon cases of its violation. Con gressman Thompson has once taken his seat in Congress unchallenged after re ceiving a jury's certificate of guiltless ness iu the shedding of bleed. If he again receives eue, he will again take his place in Congress without objection, although his fellow mem hers may be convinced that he did wrong in sheeting a man who was escaping from him, however great his provoca tion. Certainly it will net de te main tain that it is lawful that a man should become the avenger of his own wrong, when his vengeance leads him te the taking of life at a time when his own life is net threatened. However great the offence of Thompson's victim it did net justify Thompson in killing him as he did. He took upon himself the office of judge and executioner; which ne'man may de. Yet if the jury who try him say he was justified, there is no appeal from their decision, and the Congress te which he is accredited will have no warrant te reject him. We Will Sail Tegeincr. Mr. Henry Watterson is probably pre senting his extreme views upon the tariff question with a view te keeping his name before the public. Vklence of language and extravagance of position en a question of public interest will always secure notoriety te a man who can command an audience. Dennis Kearney had it, O'Donevan Resea has it and Mr. "Watterson gets it ; but it is net a sort of notoriety that a man should want te have who seeks te lead the Democratic party. Mr. Wat terson get far enough en his way te such a place in our councils as te write a tariff platform for us in the last presidential campaign. It is quite certain that he will never write another ; for Mr. Watterson new excludes from the Democratic party every one who does net believe with him that a tariff should be laid only with intent te secure revenue and without thought te protect the home manufactures and products. And as it is perfectly clear that this doctrine is cot a test of Democracy, and that if it should be made se, a large portion of the party would be left outside of it, it is reasena bly certain that no such test is likely te be set up while this condition of things remains. The Democratic party will be guided by reasonable men, who will lay down its sailing dircc tiens se as te keep the fleet, together. If Mr. Watterson does net like such ;i policy he can sail away in his own dug out, but he will have mighty few te keep him company. There is no disposition among the Democratic voters te let the tariff question distract the party and disturb its unity ; and such hare brained editors as Watterson can make no im pression upon the solid sense of the De mocracy. Mr. A. P. Tutten is again in search of an office. Mr. Tutten is fend of office. He has been in the eujeyment of tliein for a geed many years of his life, and when net in possession of them is en the hunt for them. A desirable vacancy cannot occur without our finding Mr. Tutten het feet after it. Mr. Raum is one day announced te have resigned the commissionership of internal revenue and the next day we hear ' that Mr. Tutten is starting for Washing ton with a delegation te press his claims for the position. The fact is that Mr. Tutten ought te keep shady in this political era. The atmosphere is net a healthy one for him, He flourished under the old order of things, but in the new there is nothing te water him. He is net the kind of man te suit the reform idea ; though the old figures will loom up, under the new skies, they appear only te wither; and the summary way in which Keim has been cut down by the roots, upon bis appearance in the het sunlight of the public judgment, ought te have warned Tutten that this was net the time for him te poke his head ue into the fiery glow. The Examiner knows very well.that it says what is net true when it expresses the pretended opinion that " the ' per cent' calculation of the lay telxigencek en the letting of the county tax collec tion is all based en securing te an attache of the Ixtelligencer the Eastern wards." Fer the -Eraminerhasiintelli gence enough te knew that it wenld be a gain te the Lancaster school beard, which is entitled te the profit in the transaction, te let the collection at S7 and 1.45 rather than 85 and 1.70. The Intelligencer's calculation is based entirely en what the figures de menstrate. With the bids before them the choice was with the commissioners te allot te the lowest and best, and net with Mr. Vendersmith te select which was the most advantageous te himand the least se te the county. The Republican majority of the commission ers, we believe, make no pretense that they allotted the bid te the lowest bid der, but admitted that they gave the contract te Mr.- Albright because of personal preference for him. It is net surprising that the Examiner says they did right." Dennis never did anything werse than the execrable pan perpetrated Jin his name by the New Era. The New Era has passed the sixth mile stone in its journalistic career, and points with pardonable pride te its success as aa editorial and business enterprise. It having been discovered that D. B, Randelph Keim ce.uld net himself pass a civil service reform examination in orthog raphy or grammar, his nomination as ex aminer is likely te be withdrawn. In view of the numerous crimes Truth wants te knew whether we are passing through a cycle of crime which is drop ping bleed spots all ever the land. We don't knew ; maybe we are. It is monot onously apparent, though, that the asse ciated press hes ep'd its ponderous and wiry jaws te cast up daily reports of the damaged Delaware peach crop. Frem the fact that the percentage of arrests for drunkenness iu Banger, Me., is greater than in Hobekon, Newark or Bar Bar litgten ; and in Portland, Me., greater than Cleveland, Des Moines or New Yerk city, the Recerd infers that prohibition does net prohibit. Prohibition was intro duced in Maine in 1850. Iu 18S0 the in crease of all crime was 207 per cent, while the increase of population from 1850 te 1880 was only 11.27 per cent. Tin: winter just passed has been a very severe one in California, and still lingers in the lap of spring. A San Francisce paper disconsolately remarks that ''while the lilacs are in flower in Maine, the May apples budding iu New Yerk, the straw berries blushing in the meadows in New Hampshire, and the fragance of peach blossoms filling the air in Canada, the tour ist is wearing a double heavy ulster in Les Angles or shivering ever a tire iu San Diege." A French melodrama, founded en events of the American Revolution, is having a great run in Paris. The sceue is in Bosten. Through the open windows of the British general's "palace" is presented a view of the Hudsen river, flowing at the foetot the Recky meuutains. A statue of King Geerge III. stands in one corner of the room and a base burning coal stove iu another. Cornwallis is killed, Howe and Burgeyne taken prisoner, and Washington and Franklin march in at the head of a victorious army, declaring the war ever and the country free. Paris is an original town. The supreme court of Indiana, in ruling upon a murder case, has made the fellow iug important decision : " The preposition that the burden was upon defendant of creating by affirmative evidence as te his sanity is erroneous. The burden was upon the state te establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, every material averment in the in dictment. One of these was malice. There can be no criminal intent when the mental condition of the accused is such that he is incapable of forming one. and the butden is upon the state te prove that when the offence was committed the mental condition of the defendant was capable of forming au intent. The burden is upon the state." Recent eveuts justify a full measure of confidence among iarmers as te the disposal of their grains next fall. Aside from the grain raising portions of the United States devasted by cyclones, in scarcely any localities are there indications of a failure of the orep3, the weather, for them at-least, being favorable every where, while in Europe the situation has been the reverse. In North Africa frosts occurred in March, the temperature in France was far lower than usual and in England and Scotland a complication of causes have made the outlook for an average crop et wheat gloomy indeed. Te add te the en couragement which these reports stimulate is the probability of one or all of the foreign wars predicted and for the occur rence of which in the near future there is no little possibility, in the event of which all the supply of wheat that this country could spare would be sent te Europe at very high prices. m Religion and Music. A novelty in Methodist worship was in troduced yesterday at the Mount Vernen place Methodist Episcopal church in Bal timore, of which Rev. C. E. Felten is pas tor. During the morning services re spenses were recited by the congregation, who also recited the Psalter and Apostles' creed. The congregation and trustees of the church, It is said, alike favor the change. The second musical convention of Vir ginia and North Carolina will be held in Petersburg en the 29th of May. Among the questions te be considered will be the recommending of the teaching of music in the public shoels of these states. Steps will be taken towards the holding in Vir ginia and North Carolina of grand musical festivals, such as are held in the North East and West. Saved by a Herele Act. Frank F. Wilsen, one of the contractors en the Pittsburgh,McKeesport and Youg Yeug Youg hegbeny railroad was the means of saving a woman- and her child from a watery grave. Mrs Meran and her baby were being taken across the Youghegheny river at Bradford, when the beat capsized and threw both them and the boatman into the river. The current was running high and there was but one chance in a thousand of their being saved. Wilsen jumped into the river and rescued the drowning people, it was several noun before they were resuscitated. i RECENT EVENTS. KILLED WITH A BTT.tTAKP CUE. The Keralt el a Quarrel Between two Frleada Over a Game. The Resignation, et Commissioner Kanm. A curious case of murder0 is reported from Cambridge Guernsey county, Ohie, Jules McHenry, once a jeweler and promi nent business man of Cambridge, played several games of billiards en Saturday night with Darious Davis, another well known citizen of Guernsey county, living two miles from Cambridge. During the evening the two men became involved in a dispute ever the game, and they finally came te blows In the quar rel Davis struck McHenry ever the head with his billiard cue, knocking him senseless. McHenry was removed te his home unconscious and remained in that condition until his death. Davis was arrested at his home, taken te Cambridge and ledged in jail. He burst into tears wheu he learned of McHenry's death and expressed great sorrow. He says he was intoxicated when the quarrel occurred and did net knew what he was doing. Mc Henry has been drinking very hard for several years, squandering a small lertune and losing his position in society besides. He leaves a wife, who was formerly one of the society belles of the town and three small children. Kanm'a Resignation. Green B. Raum, commissioner of internal revenue, walked te the VVnite Heuso Saturday afternoon in company with Assistant Secretary or the Treasury New, and tendered his resignation te the president. Mr. New was nnaware of the object of Mr. Raum's visit te the execu tive raansieu until the latter formally resigned. The president was also greatly surprised IIe urged the commissioner te reconsider his determination, but this Mr. Raum politely refused te de. His resig nation will take effect as seen as his suc cessor is appointed. Mr. Raum says he has resigned te go into private business ; that the salary or his office, $6,000, is inadequate te his needs, and that he wishes te rcsume his fermer profession, the practice of the law. Mr. Raum has been commissioner of internal revenue since 187(S. The retiring commissioner has been a persistant seeker for political preferment in Illinois. He first tried te get the nomination for governor of that state in 1881, and his latest and most active campaign was for a seat in the Senate. He was defeated with compara tive ease by Governer CuIIem. During the senatorial fight the commissioner was away from his pest many weeks, and it is said that Secretary Felger did net approve of his frequent and long continued ab sences. Wuile the relations between the secretary and the coiurnishieuer are friend ly, they have net been intimate. This circumstance, however, did net inspire Mr. Raum's resignation. There are two prominent candidates for the office already is the field. Deputy Commissioner H. C. Rogers, of Pennsylvania, and ex-Congressman J. C. Burrows, of Michigan. Nevel Kxperlment n Journalism. Jehn McLean, the widely known editor and proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, has essayeda new departure in journalism, one containing an element of the humorous He grew tired of publishing the Enquirer as a strictly Democratic partisan paper, for the plain business reason that it did net pay te de se. He made an independ ent newspaper of it ; cut loose from all political trammels, the journal prospered. Mr. McLean was pleased, bat net se lead ing Democratic politicians of Cincinnati, who approached the proprietor with a pro pre position te change his sheet back te its old political position. All offers te adept such a course wcie declined, but Mr. McLean expressed a willingness te manage a new party paper for the Democrats. Nevel as the plan was, it stiuck the politicians favorably ; having confidence in the ability and integrity of Mr McLean, his suggestion was put into practice, and he is at present engaged iu the novel work of publishing the JScws as a rival morning paper te his Enquirer. He conducts the News, according te contract, as a straight out Democratic paper. It is an eight column quarto, managed with vigor, and pertinacieusly attacks all the Independent political heresies uttered by the Enquirer. In honest fulfillment of his unique con tract, Mr. McLean sent a gentleman of ability and intense Democratic proclivities te Washington as resident correspondent. That writer has lest ue opportunity iu tearing te tatters all the national capital news and predictions printed in the En quirer. Iu short, se far as politics are concerned, Jehn McLean's two news papers, " both daily," are in fierce oppo sition te each ether ; what one asserts the ether strenuously denies. The two dis tinct editorial staffs are managed with rigid impartiality ; the editors try hard te demolish each ether. Our foreign Relations. The exporters of hay from Canada te the United States, who were " for many years compelled te pay double custom duty by American officers," have appealed te the Dominion government te obtain for them a rtsbate for the amount illegally ex tracted. The sum exceeds $1.000,000. Iu the Central Laber Union iu New Yerk, Saturday, " thtj relations of the labor question te the revolutionary movements of Europe" were discussed. It is said most of the speakers favored the use of dynamite, their main argument being that " kings and potentates use every engine of destruction in their wars, and particularly against the people when revolutionary outbreaks occur." The steamer Catalonia arrived at Bosten yesterday with 1,200 immigrants, most of 'them sent ever as the expeuse of the British government. The solicitor of the treasury deeides that the collector of customs at Brownsville has authority te arrest smugglers as well as te seize contraband goods. It is estimated that the government annually loses about $500,000 by smuggling along the Rie Uranne. I.OSAC8 by J! Ire. A fire in Wellsburg, W. V., early en Saturday morning, destroyed the wagon and carriage factory of Rebert Thompson, the dwelling aad tin shop of Jehn Char nack, the general store of Hugh Barth.the office of the Panriandle News, the town market and several ether buildings, caus ing a less of $30,000. Most of the burned buildings ware et weed. The fire started in a hay mew, and is believed te have been incendiary. A fire in Fairfield,Iowa, en Friday nighfif destroyed a number of buildings en the square, causing a less es timated at $40,000. G. T. Piper's mill and an adjoining dwelling at Livermere, iuuiue, were uurucu yeswraay morning. The saw mills of the great works Mining ana sianuiactunng company at JBradley, near Banger, Me , were burued yesterday morning. A large amount of valuable machinery and lumber was destroyed. The total less is estimated at about $200, 000. About 200 men are thrown out of employment. The Columbus Sewer Pipe company's works, in Columbus, Ohie, were burned yesterday morning. Less, $50,000. A fire in Waxahatchie, Texas, Sunday morning, caused a less of about $20,000. m m Benn's Pointed Bint te Hayes, TJunn'a Sunday Transcript, Kep. Rutherford B. Hayes, you are respect fully requested te attend the funeral of the late president-maker, Mrs. Eliza Pinkston, from her latest residence, in the Canten jail, Mississippi. m m Judge Headlet, has written a letter te the Yeung&town Vindicator expressing bis willingness te accent the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohie, if it is offered te him. ' PERSONAL. D. B. Randelph Kktjc was a little pre mature in writing elaborate eulogies of his own qualifications. They may, how ever, serve te garnish obituaries. REAB AnirmT. EDWABD MtDDLETON, retired, died in Washington en Friday evening. He was a native of Seuth Car olina, and entered the service in 1828. Charles Vanderespt, for the last twenty years vice consul of Belgium at Louisville, died of appeplexy en Saturday night, at the age of 54 years. He was in business as a dealer in drugs. Db. Themas W. Evans, who had been absent from Paris a fortnight, spending the Easter holidays, as a guest, with the Prince and Princess of Wales, returned home en Wednesday, the 11th nit Jeseph Cook' has come te grief with his story that Dr. Gee. M. Beard, one of me aeiest or meacrn scienuuu aguueucB, died avowing his trust in Christianity. The story is successfully refuted. Senater Antheny's illness is ascribed te bleed poisoning, resulting from eating partridges iu Baltimore several years age which had been tainted from the poison of kalmia berries. A 'Rev. Dr. Menck," professing te be a " healer" and miracle worker in Broek lyn, has been exposed as a charlatan and imposter who has served his time in bnglum jails. Red Cloud, through agent McGilly cuddv. of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency, Dakota, infermes the president that he has discovered a geld mine upon nis reser vation and "does net wish te be disturbed in the possession of said mine for twenty years." Alex. Sullivan, the president of the new Irish League, while a newspaper reporter in Chicago, shot and killed Supt. Hannaford in an altercation growing out of a dispute of Hannaford and Mrs. Sulli van, who was a teacher in the public schools and violently opposed te Bible reading in them. Miss Maggie Buckley, of Freeperfc, Pa., who is at present holding a govern ment position at Washington, has been asked by the chief of herf;department te resign, because it has been learned that she is the owner of property. She claims a share, of patronage from the fact that two of her brothers died in the Union service. Secretary op Internal Affairs Af rica takes his office te-morrow. He has appointed Mr. J. W. Greenland, of Clarien, his deputy secretary, Lucius Rogers retiring. Miles A. Humphreys, as ohief of the bureau of industrial statistics, gives place te Hen. Joel B. McCamant, of Pottsville. E. L. Ham bright, of East Hempfield, this county, will get a clerkship in his office. THE CIGdKnAKISBS. They liocelve an Advance In Wages. The reduced internal revenue tax en cigars and manufactured tobacco takes effect te-morrow, May 1, and in view of it cigarmakera have demanded from man ufacturers an increase of wages, and in most cases the demand has been granted, and the men commenced work this morn iug under a new scale of prices. Hereto fore the men were paid from $3 te $6 per thousand for making cigars, the price depending en the skill of the workman and quality of the cigar ; hereafter the price paid will be from $4 te $7 per thou sand. The revenue tax heretofore paid by manufacturers was $G per thousand ; hereafter it will be $3 per thousand. It is cot expected that the i educed tax will, for the preseut, at least, cause any appreciable reductieu iu the retail price of cigars the three dollars reduction en each thousand will be about equally divided among the cigarmakers, manufacturers and dealers. The smoker may get a rather better cigar at the same price he has heretofore paid, but the millennium of cheap cigars will net ceme until the entire revenue tax shall be removed and the manufacture and sale of cigars shall be free and open te all who wish te engage in the trade. At prices heretofore paid expert cigar makers who worked 10 hours a day and six days a week, could earn from $7 te $9. Under the advanced wages they can earn from $9 te $12 ; but employers say a very small proportion of their men work GO hours per week. Practically, they are eight or nine hour men, and many of them have a habit of layiug off for a day or mere, thus reducing their wages below that of most ether mechanics. Seme manufacturers "say that the pre sent inerease of wages will net last long ; that the country is full of cigars, which will be thrown en the market under the reduced tax and cause a stagnation in manufacture and a consequent reduction in wages. NEIGHBORHOOD MEWS. Events Near and Acress the County Lines. The Harrishurg electric light company have one hundred and fifty lamps in the city. Miss Margaret Wayland, a teacher in West Sadsbury township, Chester county, has been held te answer at court en the charge of cruelly whipping a male pupil, dislocating his shoulder. There will be three hundred and ninety four million feet of lumber manufactured in Williamsport tlm year in one shape or another, and 3,361 men will find em ployment in this single business. The trial of Dr. David R. Hoeker, at Harrishurg, en the charge of having caused the death of Mrs. Berger, by mal practice, resulted yesterday in a verdict of net guilty. The citizens el West Chester have been for some time losing their chickens. David Chambers, acting crier of the courts of Chester county, was arrested en the charge, and was held in court in the sum of $400. MeAffee's hotel at Mercersburg, Frank lin county, was totally destroyed by the at an early hour yesterday morning, to gether with its entire contents. It was a splendid building and handsomely fur nished. The fire is supposed te have been the work of an incendiary. Less about $15,000 ; partially insured. A strange disease has affected the horses employed en Henry Keenig's farm, located in Upper Bern township. Berks county. Three horses are already entirely disabled. The ailment commenced at the fetlock with a virulent sere, which grad ually extended ever the greater part of the animal. As only ene horse was at first affected the disease is probably con tagious. Tens far it has baffled verterin ary skill, protracted treatment having proved unavailing. The stockholders of the Oley Valley & Lehigh railroad have decided te increase the indebtedness of the company from $400,000 te $000,000. The read forms a direct line from Birdsboro toAllentewn, thirty-seven miles, and will form an outlet for the Wilmington & Northern railroad te Allentown and the Schuylkill Valley branch of the Pennsylvania read te the North and East. Wateh Stelen. A watch was stolen fremRufusGerlach. of Washington borough, en Saturdayl and there is a chance. that it may be recovered and the thief detected, as it was a silver hunting ease, MoElrey niekel movement, of Waltham, Mass., make Ne. 1.208.389. enclosed in a 4-ennnn mu w 1,706. '"' Police cue. Harry White was committed by Mayer MacGenigle this morning for 30 days for vagrancy. Twe drunken and disorderly persons were made te pay a fine and costs, and two ledgers were discharged. IN COURT. TABLES TCfUIKD IN A SI. AM DKK SUIT. TaePialattS Maleted lnCesU aad Fined Grist Frem the Divorce tain. The bringing of slander suits iu our courts has been very common of late. Especially is the practice rife among the country folk, who often lay large damages and are content te " sheriff " the alleged slanderer, arrest the defendant and com pel him te give bail. Beyond that few of the many actions begun ever pro gress ; though occasionally an arbitration is held and six cents damages are awarded or no cause of action found. Counseller J. Hay Brown, attorney ler defendant, in the action for slander brought by Henry S. Wolfe, of Columbia, against Edward Yohn, of Mountville, took a rather short turn en the ether side in court en Satur day afternoon. The damages had been laid at $20,000, and Yohn bad given bail in that amount after being arrested en a ea pias. Mr. Brown appeared in court and asked that the writ be abated en the ground that his client, the defendant came within the previsions of the following sec tions of the act of March 20, 1725 : " Ne freeholder inhabiting any part of this province, who hath resided therein for the space of two years, and has fifty acres of land, or mere, in fee-simple, well seated, and twelve acres thereof, or mere, well cleared or improved, or hath a dwell ing house worth fifty pounds, current money of America, in some city or town ship within this province, clear estate, or hath unimproved land te the value et fifty pounds like money, shall be arrested or detained in prison by any writ of arrest or capias adrespendendum,iaany civil action, unless it be in the king's case, or where a fine is or shall be due te the king, his heirs or successors ; or unless they be such freeholders as by this act are made liable te be arrested." " But if any freeholder, exempted from arrestB by virtue of this act, shall happen te be taken by any writ of arrest, the court where such writ is depending shall ferewitb, upon the defendant's motion, stay all further proceedings against him, till ihey examine his circumstances ; and if they-find he is such as by this act is in in tendedte be exempted, the court shall, of their own accord, abate the writ, and allow the defendant thirty shillings costs, te be paid by him or them that procured such writ, and for non-payment thereof, the court shall grant an attachment, as in ether cases where a rule of court is net complied with." Mr. Yohn being examined was found te be such a freeholder as is exempted by the previsions of this act from arrest ; and, upon motion of his counsel, a rule was granted, made returnable forthwith and made absolute, abating the wit, and allowing him thirty shillings costs te be paid by the plaintiff. The following section of the law was also read, from which it appears that when such a state of facts is brought te the at tention of the court there can be no de lay en its part nor en that of counsel for the plaintiff in complying with the law : "And if any of the justices or clerks of the said courts, or practitioners at law, shall contemn this and wilfully proceed in the premises.centrary te the direction thereof, they shall be liable te answer, and be fined for the same, at the supreme court of this province, any sum net exceeding ten pounds." The writ being abated and the suit thereby discontinued, Mr. Wolfe's counsel at once paid the costs and the thirty shil lings ($7.29) costs allowed te the defend, ant, and the matter came te a conclusion novel in these courts. Ida Breneman DeLeeu Geist Divorced. Ida Geist was decreed a divorce from her husband, Heward Geist, of Montgom ery county, en the grounds of desertion. He was formerly a student of F. & M. college, and she is the young woman who was beguiled into a marriage with the bogus Dr. DeLeon, which gave rise te the Mrs. Coonley prosecution aud much gos sip at the time. J. Wright Apple, esq., of Montgomery county, represented respond ent in the divorce proceedings, and was in court en Saturday. In the divorce suit of Ames Kreider vs. Mary Ann Kreider the court, en petition, ordered plaintiff te pay te his wife the sum of $2.50 per week (or counsel fees, &c. The petitions of Baily Brown and Allen A. Kirk, both of whom want te be the censtable of Fulton township in place of Jehn W. Greff, resigned, were read te the court and the claims were presented by counsel. The papers were taken by the court but no appointment was made. In the case of Sherr vs. Sherr, tried last week, in which a verdict for the plaintiff was rendered, a rule for a uew trial was granted. ceckt of common iJjKas. Commencement of the second week of liie April Term. bhfere judge livingsteni This morning the second week of com mon pleas court began, with Judge Liv ingston en the bench. Of the thirty cases set down for trial it was found that twenty-two were ready. Upen the calling of the jurors' names it was found that six persons were returned as "net found." Among these was one by the name of Henry Kready, farmer, of Maner town ship. The sheriff in summoning the jurors found two by that name and occupation, but both had middle names, and as the one en the list had none they both refused te serve. The name was therefore returned n. c. t. In the case of Jehn K. Linweaver vs. William Gabrill, issue of devisavit vel non te try the validity of a certain writing. purporting te be the last will and testament of Julia Lnttman, a verdict In favor of the plaintiff was taken without hearing evidence. Ne ether cases being ready for trial up stairs that court adjourned until 2$ o'clock. BEFORE JUDGE PATTERSON. The Hartman will case was taken up down stairs at 10 o'eleck this morning before Judge Patterson, and the defense continued te call witnesses te show that deceased was incompetent te make a will. DJGMN1S LANDED. And Taken into the interior of Missouri. Advices from that city report the arrival in St. Leuis of Detective G.W.Badger with his prisoner Jehn B. Dennis. Den nis' wife and four children who followed him a little while later from this eity, arrived there te find that he had been taken some where into the interior of the state te an swer for his alleged frauds at the place where his operations had their inception. Hale and Hearty. Mr. J. P. Mellvain, of Williamstown, Paradise township, te-day renewed in person his subscription te the Intelli gencer, te which he has been a subscriber for about 60 years. Mr. Mellvain and bis geed wife, who celebrated their golden wedding last fall, were both in town te-day, in the enjoyment of excellent health. Nobby Cepe." The members of the city police force have laid away their heavy overcoats, caps and maces, and have made their appear ance in brand new suits, with light hats, of a new style, which are the prettiest ever worn by them. Deatta of an old Iiady. Sarah McGranahan, the eldest inmate of the county almshouse was buried tnfev. She died en Friday and was 92 years of age. She was unmarried and died of old ge O MTU ART. Death et Theephllas Fean. Thcephilna Fenn, the well kaewa jour nalist of former days, who was qaite a personage in Lancaster in his time, died at his home in Marysville, Perry county, yesterday morning, of old age and goneral debility. His remains will be interred in Harrishurg beside these of his wife. The following sketch of his life from the Patriot will be recognized by his Lancaster acquaintances as faithful : Theephilus Fenn was the son of James Fenn, esq., and Leis Sedgwick, daughter of Benjamin Sedgwick, a merchant of the town of CanaanLitchfieKU county, Con necticut, who was the 'brother of Judge Theodere Sedgwiek, of Stockbridge, Mas Mas sachusetts,,fer many-years chief justice of the supreme court of that state and one of its most renowned jurists, and of General Jehn Sedgwick, of Cornwall, Connecticut, of Kevolutienary fame, aud who, was the grandfather of the late Maj. Gen. Jehn Sedgwick of the war of the rebellion. His ancestors settled in the New Haven cel eny in the early part of the seventeenth century. His grandfather, Theopilea Fenn, the youngest of seven sons, was born in the town of Wallingford, near New Haven, Conn., in the ' year 1747, served as orderly sergeant in the American forces under Gen. Wolfe in the Canadian campaign and at the storming and capture of Quebec in 17G5, and raising a' company at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war marched te the front at the first sound of arms, reaching Concord justa little tee late te participate in the engagement, fought bravely at the head of his command at Bunker Hill, whero he was wounded se as te disable him from further service dur ing the war. He died in 183G, aged eighty nine years. His father, James Fenn, was a farmer by occupation, but for some thirty consecutive years, until he would net serve any longer, represented the town' of Canaan in the Connecticut General Assembly, and he also for many years held the office of magistrate, dying in .1853, at the age of eighty-tbree years, nis wife having preceded him a few years. His parents had seven children, Frederick. James. Theephilus, Benjamin, Sedgwick, Julia E., Frances P., Elizabeth and Caro Care line. Theephilus Fenn was brought up en his father's farm, but early evinced a desire for learning and obtained special instructions from the late Bishop Brown well, of Connecticut, and afterwards attended the famous Gleasen academy at Stockbridge, Mass. In 1825 he went te the state of Maine with a view te locating upon the upper waters of the Kennebec, then a great lumbering region ; but his attentieu .having been drawn te Pennsylva nia, he came te Philadelphia in August, 182G, subsequently reaching Lancaster, Pa., where he was induced by Benj. G. Eshleman, Nathaniel Ellmaker and ethers te embark in journalism. He accordingly entered into a business partnership with Dr. Themas W. Veasey, son of the then governor of Maryland, located at New Hol Hel land, Lancaster county, in the practice of his profession ; and in June, 1827, the first issue of the Anti-Masonic Herald was issued at the latter place, where it was published until the following April, when Mr. Fenn purchased Dr. Veasey's interest and removed the establishment te the city of Lancaster. The Anti-3fasemc Herald was the first paper that was published in the state devoted te the anti-Masonic cause, and was estab'ished at a time of great political excitement ever the whele country between the partisans of Jehn Quincy Adams, then president, aud General Andrew Jacksen, who was a candidate for the presidency. Mr. Fenn boldly attacked what he styled the corruptions of Ma sonry, and in the face of the fiercest oppo sition organized the anti-Masonic party, and within two years had forged it te the front as the ruling party in Lancaster county. His success there caused great pressure te be brought upeu him te remove te Harrishurg and start an organ for the party at the capital. He finally consented, and in the spring of 1831 sold his office te Dr. Y. F. Charles and removed te Harrishurg, where in September of that year he started the Pennsylvania Tele graph, new called the Harrishurg lele graph, which he continued te publish and edit until January 1, 1834, when he sold out and returned te Lancaster and pur chased the Independent Wliig and Inland Daily office, which he sold out in 1858, re turning again te Harrishurg, where be resided until the fall of 1874, when he re moved te Marysville, Perry county, which he had laid out upon a property which he had purchased from the Haldeman heirs Dec. 1, 18G0, the first let having been sold and a building erected thereon early in the following spring, from which beginning the new flourishing town of Marysville sprang. Te his energy and generosity in donating some 12 acres of ground te the Northern Central railway company for a round heuse and machine shops its present prosperity is chiefly due. Mr. Fenn, during his long editorial ca reer sustained a reputation for unim peachable integrity, untiring devotion te what he conceived te be right, from the advocacy of which he could net be swerved by any fear of personal harm. He was generous and liberal te the peer with a heart that sympathized with the down tredden and unfortunate of all races, and his pen was ever wielded in their defence, he was known as a great friend of the negrees in the days of slavery. He was the contemporary of Thaddeus Stevens, Themas H. Burrows, Charles BI -.Penrose and ex-Governer Ritner, and while he edited the Pennsylvania Telegraph he influenced the policy of the anti Masonic and Whig parties in the state,and later when at Lancaster he edited the Independent Whig, Inland Weekly and Inland Daily, he was likewise felt in the councils of the Republican party. And it may be safely said that te his untiring and self-sacrificing efforts in the building up of the Republican party in this state is greatly due its present sueeess as a party. Mr. Fenn married Margaretta v daughter of Dr. James C. Verbeke, of Harrjsburg, Pa.. March 20,1844, who died December, G, 1880. He leaves eight chil dren, five sons and three daughters, and thrce grandchildren. BASEBALL. The College Nine Flay the Quicksteps. The first nine of Franklin and Marshall college played the Quicksteps, of Millers ville state normal school, en Saturday, en the ground of the latter. The weather was rather threatening at the outset, but as seen as there was a break, in the clouds, both nines pitched in witb a determina tion te work while the sun shone. The game was with the college boys from the start, and after five innings had been played, with a slight interruption at the end of the fourth inning, the game was called in favor of the " F. and M." boys with the following score : 12 3 4 0 Quicksteps e F.AM 1 1 2 0 03 5 0 5 112 The college boys had made some im prevement in their uniforms,which enabled them te present a fine appearance. Zecher, of the "Old Ironsides," caught for the "Quicksteps." There is some inquiry among the winners for the ball which they are entitled te. Lancaster Horses in Trenten. In Trenten, N. J., the American fire company is holding a large fair and festi val. A pair of beautiful black horses are te be chanced off. The advertisement in the newspapers states that the horses were raised near Lancaster. They are 16 bands high and weigh 2,600 pounds. COLUMBIA NEWS. UK KKUIII.AK UOKUESHtNUEAUK Kventa Along the Susquehanna Items lit Interest Jn nnd Around the Borough llckea up by the JntelU ceacer Reporter. A frame building en Frent street be tween Chestnut and Walnut was slightly damaged by fire en Saturday afternoon. The shingle reef was fired by a spark from a passing locemotivo and was seen in a bright blaze. It was seen discovered and the energetic efforts or the bucket brigade subdued the incipient conflagration befere much damage was done. The dwelling is the property or Mr. B. F. Stener, ewner of the lately destroyed reel works. IIe new intends placing a slate reef en the house te guard against ether accidents of the same kind. The building is frame, and bad the fire gained a geed headwav a serious disaster would have resulted, as ether buildings closely hem in the place The fire engines were promptly called out, but their services were net re quired. Belltsereni Bakers. Twe rival Marietta bakers, Henry Eppel and Christian Wecnenger, appeared at 'Squire Grier's office en Saturday after noon, the former being charged by the lat ter with assault and battery. The canse of the trouble was that Wonnenger en deavored te serve some of Eppel's custom ers ; the latter' a ire was raised and he made an assault upon his little rival. Ep pel is a man of ever six feet in height, while the ether is only a youth, and a small one at that. A plain case was made out against the accused, but the interces sion of a friend of his Induced the piesecu ter te withdraw the suit, after Eppel had premised net te molest him in the future. Defendant was obliged te pay the costs, which ameuuted te nearly eight dollars. Hatlreatt Nete. W. H. Graham, was injured en the rail -read en Saturday night. He was coupling a cabin car te au engine when his right wrist was caught between the bull-noses and crushed. Ne bones were broken, however, and he will be able te resume his duties as a brakeman, in a few weeks. This accident occurred at 52d street, Philadelphia. A fine, largp, new derrick has been re ceived here by the Pennsylvania railroad officials, and will be used in the operations of the Columbia wrecking crew of that, railroad. The heisting apparatus is mounted en a ten-wheeled truck. Frederick division railroad engiue Ne. 535 has been " shopped here for repair. Mr. Frank Melliuger, lately injured by the cars at Dowuiugtewn, is slowly recovering. Personal. Mrs. Jehn Snyder and Miss .lennie Lundy left- this morning for an extended visit te Pittsburgh. Miss Annie Lintner, of Millersville, is the guest of Miss Lillie Clark, en Locust, street. Mr. Jeseph Bucher and wife, of Lane-inter, spent the Sabbath in town with friends. Mr. Jacob Preutzman was iu town again yesterday. He is looking well. Miss Mattie Norbeck, of Washington, D. C, is again the guest of Miss Alice Bucher, en Third street. A large rafting party of ladies and gen tlemen visited Pert Deposit te day, from this place. Kelfgleus Item. Rogatien Day's services at St. Paul's I. E. church ou Monday, Tuesday aud Wed ncsday of this week at 4 o'clock p. in. On Ascension Day, Thursday, services will be held at 10:30 p. m. They will consist of a sermon, prayers and the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Ne services were held in the Prosbytur Presbytur ian church .yesterday ou account of the pastor's indisposition. The package patty of the M. E. church will be held te-nis:lit at Mr. S. C. May's, en Locust street abeve 5th. All are in vited. A handsome sum of money was realized by St. Paul's P. E. church festival en Saturday eveniug. An immense congregation attended the quarterly meeting exercises iu the A. M. E. church yesterday afternoon. The follce Court. Jehn Edmunds, colored, appeared bofeio 'Squire Grieren Saturday evening, charged with drunken and disorderly conduct. He was arrested by Officer Wittig- while attempting te create a disturbance iu the vicinity of Five Points. The justice dis charged him from custody after he had premised better behavior in the future. There was very little drunkenness in town en Saturday evening. Very unusual. Clgarmbkers' Wages. The empleyes at the Gem cigar and tobacco manufactory, owned by Mr. Jehn Fendrich, struck this morning and asked for a raise in their wages. Their first demand was refused, and Mr. Fendrich then set his own terms. A meeting wa held and it was decided te accept the offer. The men then returned te their respective positions. OUR LOCAL SCIENTIST.-. April Meeting of the l.tnnan Society. The Linnsean society met ou Saturday afternoon April 28th, at 2 o'clock in the museum room, President J. P. Wicker sham in the chair and seven membcrr. present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved and iIuuh collected. The donations te the museum were found te consist of fifty specimens of geld, silver and ireu lead bearing minerals. from the Ereka mine?, in .Nevada, and also a smaH box cf geld bearing sand from the same locality, by Mrs. L. V. Rawlins, formerly of Lancaster, but new residing at Grand Island,Nebraska. These minerals yield $500 worth of the precious metals te the ten, and the mines are said te be the most productive en the Pacific slope. Alse a number of pressed betani cal specimens by the same. A cranium of the deer (Genus Virginianas), five bird craniums, and the vertebrae of an un known animal, all nicely prepared, were presented by Mr. Geerge Flick, taxider mist, of this city ; specimens of Corydalis Flavula, Sef, found in Lancaster county, and Anemone Patens. var.Nuttallianu, Lin , from Minnesota by Prof. J. S. Stahr. Dr. T. R. Baker presented a specimen of teria cotta lumber, a new preparation which is being used instead of weed in building. It can be sawed and planed like ordinary weed. The donations te, the. society consisted of Nes. Sand Oef Vel. 1 of Science, pub lishcd weekly at Cambridge, Mass , by Moses King ; Lancaster Farmer for April, 1883 ; two numbers of Lippincott's Monthly Bulletin ; circular Ne 4, 1882, of bureau of education, en subject of " Planting Treas in Scheel Yards," from department of interior ; three catalogues and our circu lars relating te valuable and rare books and publications ; Patent Office Gazette, Vel. 23. Nes. 1 te 17 inclusive ; annual report of commissioner of patents for 1891 ; the American Anaguartan ler January, 1883 ; also the Interchange for April, 1883.. Dr. S. S. Rathven read a valuable and interesting paper en the subject " What is an Insect ?" Ordered te be printed. The committee appointed te revise the by laws reported progress and were continued te next meeting. The thanks of the society were tendered the donors of specimens te museum and books, etc., te the library. The president made a few remarks in re gard te his address, and said that he would be prepared te deliver one some time during the fall. After a chat en various scientific subjects, the society adjourned te meet en Saturday, May 26tb, 1883, at 2 p. m., in museum. -
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