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TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 24, 1880.
The Responsibility Fr It.
The Philadelphia Evening Ttlcgraph,
a very respectable ami reliable Republi
can paper, makes some remarkable
charges concerning the " prostitution of
the machinery of justice " in that city te
" serve the exigencies " of political par
ties. If the courts there de net take no
tice of the Telegraph's intimations about
the " imposition practiced " upon them
and the " disgrace attaching ' te them,
it can only lie because they de net feel
that sucli a procedure could relieve
them from the public contempt into
which se many courts in this land have
fallen, because of their prostitution te
personal and political service.
David Meuat, a select councilman and
one of Prothenotary Wm. B. Mann's
deputies, has admitted in court that he
boldly entered the room where certain
election officers were engaged in the
count last Tuesday, and altered a return
from 78 te :S for a candidate te whom he
was opposed . The Telegraph says he "was
emboldened te commit this outrageous
fraud and make impudent admission of
it, because of his assurance that political
influences will rise superior te the ma
chinery of justice and, somehow or
ether, deliver him from the power of the
law. If this charge can be sustained the
Telegraph is right in its position
that, atrocious as Mount's crime is,
he is net as much te be blamed
for what he did as the society whose lax
ity has taught him that he could de it
with impunity. It declares it te be the
unwritten law of the quarter sessions"
in Philadelphia, that " guilt sustained by
lelitical influence is as geed as innocence
that can be proved and very much better
than innocence that can net be." This
is a fearful condition of things te be
charged against society. Fer, the foun
tains of justice corrupted or tainted,
every stream that flews therefrem is pol
luted ; and the sanctity of the courts
invaded by the political sjwilsmen the
last hope of a free people is gene.
The common mind is quick te appre
hend the 'fact that political offenders
escape accountability for their misdeeds,
and there is scarcely a locality in the
commonwealth where this spectacle is
net presented. "Whether it be due te the
general indifference of the community
touching such violations of law, or te
the coruptien of district attorneys, or te
the incempetency and partisan weakness
of courts or in what degree te each one
of these in different sections we shall
net undertake te determine ; but we are
certain that the remedy must come
through reform in each one of these
directions. The courts must straighten
up and held their prosecuting officers te
stricter conduct; the commonwealth's
agents must enforce the law with mere
M'verity.nnsparingly against all offenders;
and only with such examples before them
can the public be expected te arouse
themselves te resist the wrongs perpe
t rated upon a free people.
Fer eleven years, at least, by the con
fession of their own organs, the Repub
lican politicians of this county have
made one election after another "a carn
ival of frauds." Beginning with the bold
alteration of returns in the Geary cam
paign, the record of forged naturaliza.
lien papers, bogus tax receipts and ether
crimes is a very dark one, intensified by
the fact that in every instance justice
h:ss been powerless te vindicate herself.
The Examiner and the Xcw Era demon
strate annually that a large proportion of
the active politicians in their party are
hummers and return tinkers, peer-house
jobbers and prison ringsters, forgers of
naturalization papers, jail-birds, bogus
tax receipt swindlers and plunderers of
the city. "When has any one of them been
brought te book by the machinery of
justice ?
We have seen one district attorney
prostitute his office and deceive the court
into getting a political offender off and
the court never subsequently inquired
into the circumstances of the case. "We
have seen his successor indicted for a
political offense and, escaping by a tech
nicality, abuse his office by multiplying
indictments and piling up illegal fees,
and no serious obstacle te his malvcrsien
was ever interposed by the court ; and
mere recently, the machinery of justice
being prostituted te save " the best Re
publican workers " in the ward, we have
seen that the court did net feel called
te take cognizance of the imposition
practised upon it and the disgrace at
taching te the administration of justice,
except te institute proceedings against
these who criticised its failure.
Se that when the time comes te make
up the reckoning there is a chance for a
just distribution of the responsibility.
The time and place for holding the
Democratic national convention seem te
have been neither chosen with reference
te any particular interest nor for any
candidate's benefit. As usual with dis
interested political movements, this one
was sensible and satisfactory. The time
is just long enough after the Republican
convention, and net tee long. The place
is fairly equidistant from different local
ities, and as Ohie is a close state, the ad
vantages of having the convention with
in its borders, will be mere sensibly ap
preciated than anywhere else. There
seems te have been geed feeling prevail
ing in the national committee, and net
only the mere enthusiasm of determina
tion te win, but the better resolution te
shape the party policy se that success
will be well assured. If the opinions of
representative men mean anything, per
sonal considerations are te be sunken and
a deaf ear turned te shrieks of locality.
Xe one man's nomination is essential te
success, nor is any reputable Democrat
te be reviled and spit upon and despised
te please a faction who de net like him.
It is likely te be in the Democratic con.
ventien as it has generally been in our
political history, that the rivalry of lead
ing candidates will destroy them all, and
harmony will be invoked by a new or less
prominent name. If, as McClure tele
graphs from "Washington, the successor
te the present outlook will be some such
man as Judge Stephen J. Field, or Henry
B. Payne, of Ohie, or even Judge Jehn
Trunkey, of Pennsylvania, the beast
of Porkupelis will be realized that
" Cincinnati gave the Democracy their
last president ; it will give them the
next."
The supreme court has given Mrs.
Zell, of Carlisle, a new trial, because of
the insufficiency of the evidence en which
she was convicted. As the Ixtelli Ixtelli
GEXCERpeinted out weeks age, the tes
timony did net warrant conviction and
the facts indicated that even the jury
thought se. It is most likely that Mrs.
Zell is entirely innocent ; it is certain
that there lias, never been legal testimony
of her guilt adduced.
The Xtw Yerk Herald talks like a
father te Den Cameren and tells him
that hjs-domineeringwayef doing things
is net half se smart as his father's con
ciliatory methods. It warns the young
man that his craft will go te pieces, but
the young man steers right en and it will
net be long before he finds out whether
he is a sagacious mariner in foul weather
as well as in fair.
PERSONAL.
A meeting te celebrate General Butlkii's
return te the Democratic party was held
at Bosten last evening.
Hen. Jehn M. BneiWEAD, of Washing
ton, formerly second comptroller of the
treasury, died in Seuth New Market en
Sunday night.
Samuel IIeilukexer, of the firm of
Hcilbrencr, Josephs & Ce., New Yerk,
tobacco packers, who made some heavy
purchases in this county last December,
has arrived in Lancaster for the purpose
of receiv ing his purchases.
Muhat Halstead is the bravest boomer
of them all. He is new running a double deuble
barreled, compound boom for Sherman
and Blaine, and expects te elect them both.
Blaine is te boost Sherman and Sherman
is te boost Blaine, and both arc te win.
Let the boom-boom boom.
Mine. Giievy's first ball at the Elysce
since M. Grevy has been president of the
republic was eniuicntly successful. There
was no (refusien of costly exotics, which
rendered mere unwholesome the vitiated
air of crowded rooms, but unprecedented
care was taken for the comfort of the
guests four thousand in number
whether as te facilities for the arrival of
carriages, the cloak rooms in which there
was no confusion or delay, the dancing ar
rangements for these who wished te dance,
sitting-rooms for the .sedentary and chatty,
and the crowning event of a superior ball
the supper.
Senators Edmunds and Tiiukmam had a
bright little passage of arms the ether
day. In executive session Thurman was
quietly listening and smoking when Ed
munds objected te the confirmation of a
certain Ohie nominee. Thurman, putting
aside !iLs cigar and springing te his feet,
said : "Mr. President, I had net intended
te say a single word upon this matter, but
the senator from Vermont has thrown a
brick at an Ohie man, and I must resent
that."' Mr. Edmunds, with assumed
seriousness, retorted, " Yeu can't threw a
brick in any direction these days without
striking an Ohie man."
When Autiiuu Sullivan arrived in
New Yerk with, as he supposed, the com
plete score of " The Pirates of Penzance "
in his portmanteau, he discovered that the
entire first act had been left behind. As
he did net remember where it had been
mislaid, he quietly sat down and rewrote
the missing act before it could be given te
the public This, however, was net se
severe trial as Cariylc was subjected te by
carelessness, of a friend (Jehn Stuart Mill)
te whom he had lent the MS. of the
second volume of his "Frederick the
Great, "and whose servant used te it kmdlc
fires with. It took Cariylc fifteen months
te replace his volume.
IjATKST news by mail.
During the past year the commercial
banks of San Francisce were drained of no
less than eleven and a quarter million
dollars, while the deposits in the savings
banks of that city deceased nine millions
and a-half all of which is attributed te
the pernicious influence of the sand-let
orators.
Mrs. Clarke, a respectable married lady,
living in the'.Garry neighborhood, Texas,
was brutally outraged and murdered.
Three men were arrested, and one of them,
who confessed the crime, was horribly mu
tilated by a mob. His clothing was satu
rated with coal oil and then set en fire. lie
was afterwards hanged. Intense excite
ment prevails.
Jehn Dezicr a farmer near Deep Creek,
Va., made himself obnoxious te his neigh
bors by enforcing the fence law. On
Thursday night last his house was sur
rounded by a mob who kept up a fusiladc
until Dezicr and a colored man left the
house by a rear deer, attempting te escape
te the weeds. The colored man was struck
by a ball and killed. Ne arrests have been
made.
In Cleveland, O.. yesterday 1,300 barrels
of oil escaped from a tank at the Standard
oil works, Ne. 4. Broadway, took fire, and
blazing oil was floating en the creek and
river, making buge streams of fire. Five
hundred men were put at work and a
drain was constructed across the run, con
fining the fire within narrow limits and
saving ether property. Less estimated
at $30,000 en machinery and !,000 en oil.
Mr. Jacob Lincoln, a first cousin of the
late Abraham Lincoln, was murdered last
Saturday at Lincoln Mills, hear Lacy
Springs, Va. Lincoln was gambling with
two notorious characters named Weeds and
Reed, and he accidentally made them aware
that he had large sum of money en his
person. Soen afterward Weed arose from
his seat, and, seizing a fragment of a rock,
struck Lincoln a stunning blew en the
head, crushing in his skull. Beth men
then kicked and beat their victim until life
was extinct. They took his money and
made their escape. The police aac en the
track of the murderers.
Frem the Northwest.
Philadelphia Tress.
A correspondent of the Press writing from
Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, states
that the Republicans of that borough are
solid for Blaine, there being no "third
term" man there. We have published
several such proofs of the preference of
the Republicans of the "Old Guard," and
mere will be coming along from time te
time. They suggest the sort of verdict
which will be given when, at the May
primaries, the voters of that county have
a chance te express their judgment. The
state convention kindly undertook te elect
the Chicago delegates for that county, and
te instruct them te vote for Grant, and te
bind them by the iron "unit rule" but
there are some rights left in the people
which a packed convention cannot destroy,
and one of them is the right of each com
munity te have its own sentiments repre
sented, and net te these of an outside and
incompetent authority.
LANCASTER DAILY INTELLlGENcfett; TtfESDAV,
MTKOB tOPICS.
It is recorded that a vessel left Bosten
last week carrying eight hundred thousand
gallons of rum and one missionary. This
was an ill-balanced cargo.
Tue grain merchants of France were
wiser than these of England. They made
an early calculation of the deficiency of
their bread supply, purchased all they
wanted early in the United States, as seen
as the crop was in market, paid for it in
geld, and have no mere trouble, while the
English arc still holding out for lower
prices.
Recently an Englishman of high liter
ary fame moved out of town, but the
people of the suburban neighborhood ig
nored him for months. Then the queen,
in driving by one day, called en him. The
news spread like wildfire, and the first
families of the vicinity all called and left
their cards at the house of the author.
He waited till he thought everybody was
come that had heard of it and was coming
at all, and then he drove out one day
and left each card at the house of its
owner.
The World's fair which will be opened in
Melbourne in October, 1SS0, and continue
until the following March, will be far mere
complete in its appointments, it is said, than
any that has preceded it in Australia. Ex
hibitors will net be obliged te pay rent for
space, and all goods will be admitted free
of duty. The exhibition will be open in
the evening. It is believed that the United
States will make a creditable display. The
most extensive exhibits will be in the de
partment of agricultural implements.
There will be almost nothing in fine arts.
In the various branches of labor-saving
machinery there will be a geed display.
Tin: New Yerk Herald kindly says te
him : "Mr. Cameren caused the Republi
can party of his. state te de what turfmen
call backing a single hoi se against the
field. That is a geed thing te de if a man
knows all the stables, and is certain that
there are no dark horses nor any fleeter
horse than the one he puts his money en.
But we have noticed that the risk is usually
thought se great tliat prudent and cool
headed racing men de net back a horse
against the field unless they can get hand
some odds. They knew hew many chances
there are against any one horse winning,
and they require advantages correspond
ing with the hazard."
In Great Britain public executions have
been abandoned en account of their de
moralizing influence, and in many states
in this country hangings are new also con
ducted in comparative private. But the
spectacle presented in Murfrecsbore',
Tenn., en Friday last, of two men stand
ing en the gallows surrounded by a crowd
of spectators who occupied an amphi
theatre of reserved scats at one dollar a
head, ought te show the necessity of
having judicial hangings removed from
being a public show in every state. It is
hard te understand hew an execution of
the final decree of justice fs te have any
salutary effect when its sentence is carried
out te the clinking of beer glasses and the
roasting of fat oxen.
TnE Seuth Carolina senators and repre
sentatives have written a letter te the
authorities of Charleston and Spartans
burg, S. C, cordially indorsing the plans
instituted for the observance of the one
hundredth annivesary of Gen. Morgan's
great victory of Cowpens. appointed for
the 17th of January, 1881. It is also pro
posed te erect a memorial column and a
statue te Gen. Morgan. Gov Ilelliday, of
Virginia, has written a letter te Gen. J. M.
Drake, of. Elizabeth, N. J., expressing
gratification that the general, with the
Veteran Zeuaves, of that city, proposes
visitiug Yorktown, Va., in October 1881,
and he premises the visitors a kind and
hearty welcome from the people of Virginia
Gov. Ilelliday hopes, from the interest
manifested all ever the country that the
proposed celebration will be worthy of the
occasion.
STAT1S ITEMS.
A horse leaped from the edge of a preci
pice at Byren Centre, McKean county, the
ether day, and fell sheer down two hun
dred feet, being crushed te a pulp.
The Democrats of Pike county chose
Jehn D. Biddis, ex-district attorney, sen
atorial delegate and lien. Lafayette West
brook, ex-representative from Pike, repre
sentative delegate te the state convention.
Philadelphia Eccning Kcm : A smart
boy could find mere Grant men in any one
town in Pennsylvania in a day than the
Tribune has found in the whole state in a
week. In sending out circulars there is
nothing like a little discrimination in ad
dressing the envelopes.
The supreme court did net render its
expected decision yesterday in the case of
Mrs. Zell, en account of the day being a
legal holiday, but will probably de se to
day. It is said the judgment of the lower
court has been reversed and that Mrs. Zell
will receive a new trial.
Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday while a
freight train from Bridgeport, en the Ger Ger
mantewn and Norristewu branch of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad, was
about half way between Shawmont and
Springfield stations, a gray-haired man,
apparently GO years old, was observed
walking upon the track ahead. He did
net apparently heed the whistle and was
struck and thrown a considerable distance.
When picked up he was dead, his skull
being crushed in.
Obituary.
David Landreth, the well-known seed
grower and merchant, of Philadelphia,
died yesterday at his residence at Blooms
dale, en the Delaware, aged 78 years. He
was one of the largest seed dealers in this
country and the head of the present firm
of D. Landreth & Sens, en Sixth street,
above Chestnut. In the year 1827 he was
active in founding the Pennsylvania horti herti
cal society, and in the following year he
was chosen its corresponding secretary,
which office he filled for nine successive
years.
Mr. Jehn Rice, the well known builder
and contractor, died at his residence in
Philadelphia, yesterday morning, after a
protracted illness. He was born in the old
" JNertncrn JLa Deities " m ibis, ana was,
at an early age, apprenticed te the carpen
ter's trade. He continued in the business
after serving his apprenticeship, and grad
ually became one of the largest single con
tractors in Philadelphia. His largest sin
gle contract was taken in 1852. in connec
tion with Charles Heebner and Jehn Baird
for the marble work-in the capital exten
sion at Washington, amounting te nearly
$8,000,000. He also secured a portion of
the marble contract for the Washington
posteffice. In Philadelphia Mr.Rice erected
a large number of important buildings, in
cluding the Continental hotel, many mar
ket houses, banks and railroad buildings.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Event Acreiw the County lane.
In West Chester jessamines are in
bloom.
Jesse McCormick, of Oxford, en Satur
day last, while en his way te work,
slipped en the icy pavement and broke his
thigh.
The dead body of Jeseph Grill, late of
Harrisburg, was found en the railroad near
Washington, D. C, a few days age. He
had gene te Washington te leek after a
pension. It is net known whether he fell
from the cars or was walking en the rail
road and was struck by an engine.
A man who drives the team at Shertell's
paper mill, about five miles from Oxford,
had one side of his face crushed in by the
heel of a mule. He was just going into
the stable, when the mule elevated his
heels and struck him in the face. The
man is suffering severely.
Jehn Cox died at his residence, in East
Marlborough township, Chester county,
early en Sunday morning, agedninety-feur
years. He was a pioneer Abolitionist, and
Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Edmund Quinsy,
C. C. Burleigh, Lucretia Mett, Mary
Grew, Fred Douglass, Jehn G. Whitticr,
Theodere Parker, Abby Kelly Fester and
a host- of ether active Abolitionists have
been entertained at his residence.
In Rcadiug three young men entered
the lager beer saloon of Charles Gehring,
and demanded drinks, late en Saturday
night. They undertook te leave without
paying, and Gehring seized the hat of one
of the party, and they then began destroy
ing his furniture and stoning him. Gehring
then seized a gun and shot one of the
party, named Henry Trump, in the head.
The shot took effect in his eyes, face and
neck.
Jee Samson's nomination was decided
adversely by the cemmittte for the reason
that it was determined, after listening te
arguments from Representatives Ward
and Smith, that the material interests of
Chester and Delaware exceed in value and
importance these of Lancaster, and that
therefore the supervisors of that district
should be selected from one of the two
counties first named.
There arc in Reading some CO persons
who belong te the Moravian denomination,
and there are at present a movement en
feet te organize a congregation. It has
been a wonder te many persons that a
Moravian church was net long since estab
lished in Reading, as there are congrega
tions in many towns in this section of the
state. Moravian churches were organized
in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1741, Nazareth,
Northampton county, in 1747 ; Schcuueck,
Northampton county, 1763; Emaus, Le
high county, 1747 ; Philadelphia, 1740 ;
Lititz, Lancaster county 1756 ; Lancaster
city, 1750 : Lebanon, 1847. The matter of
organizing a Moravian church in Reading
was brought te the attention of the con
ference that was held at Bethlehem last
week.
Till; DRAMA.
' Dunites" at the Opera Heuse.
About the only redeeming feature of the
performance of Miller's play of " The
Danitcs," by Manager James Ward's com
pany, at Fulton opera house, last evening,
where an audience of goodly numbers had
assembled, was Miss Marie Wellesley's
rendition of the character of Billy Piper,
which was in all respects an artistic and
finished piece of work. Her portrature of
the hunted victim of Mermen hate and re
venge, living in an atmosphere of despair,
and in constant agony of fear lest her mas
culine guise should be pierced and her
identity discovered, only te be exposed te
the bullet of the assassin, was a fine exhi
bition of acting, and did net appeal in vain
for the approval of the audience. She was
certainly deserving of far better support ;
for while Mr. Tayler's abilities as an
actor probably fit him for a proper repre
sentation of the character of Sandy JfcOce,
he didu't make much out of it last evening,
net being up in his lines, and the palpable
unnaturalncss of his acting was trying te
the spectator. The remainder of the cast
contributed their share toward making the
judicious grieve, although the young lady
who filled the role of the schoolmistress,
while manifestly an amateur and new te
the stage, is probably possessed of talent
that is sorely in need of cultivation. She
needs te threw mere spirit into her work,
through her spasmodic attempts te de se
last evening did net fall far short of ludi
crous in their effect. The pair of big St.
Bernard pups and the black bloodhound
mentioned yesterday were introduced in
one scene, and excited the admiration of
the audience.
A Werthy Old Couple.
The mother of Martin Hildebrand, a well
known citizen of Mt. Jey, celebrated her
84th birthday with his family yesterday.
Her husband, still living, and a resident of
Marietta for forty years, celebrated his
90th birthday two weeks age. Mr. Hilde
brand was born in East Hempficld town
ship, en Feb. 11, 1790, and his wife in
West Hempfield, Feb. 23, 1790. They are
the parents of eight children living, four
sous and four daughters, and have sixteen
grandchildren and twelve great grand
children. They continue in reasonably
geed health and their anniversaries are
kept with high regard by their extensive
kinship. Far beyond their immediate their
family circle, however, they arc widely
known and honored for their many social
virtues. Mr. Hildebrand has been a life
long Democrat, and for sixty-nine years
has uniformly cast his ballet with that
party, which he will yet live te see in full
control of the federal government.
Net True.
The Examiner says, " Jake Perter is a
candidate for chief of police." This is net
true. Mr. Perter is net, has net been, and
will net be, a candidate for chief of police.
The Examiner might as well have said that
Ad. Delict was a candidate for chaplain
of councils, that Clare Carpenter wanted
te be lock-up keeper, and that Jack Hics
tand aspired te investigate short-weight
butter en market.
'Washington Borough Items.
On Saturday, the 21st inst., Jacob Bene
dict sold his personal property at public
sale. He contemplates moving with his
family te Indiana, near Fert Wayne, te em
bark in agricultural pursuits.
Frank Yeung, an employee at tlie round
house of the P. R. R., at Columbia, has re
covered from a two weeks attack of rheu
matism and it again at his pest of duty.
I'elice Cases.
There were only two cases before Mayer
MacGenigle this morning, one drunken J
and disorderly person was committed feri
30 days and one vagrant was discharged
FEBKUAHY 24, 1880.
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COURT OF UUABTEB SESSIONS.
January Adjourned Term.
Monday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. Wm.
McAfee. The indictment charges false pre
tense and the testimony en part of the
commonwealth was te the effect that the
prosecutor Jehn M. Brandt carried en
merchant milling extensively ; that Wm.
McAfee, the defendant was a dealer in
flour and feed in the borough of Marietta,
and purchased largely from Brandt ; that en
or about the 20th of September, 1877,
Brandt told McAfee that he could no longer
credit him with such large amounts as he
had theretofore credited him with; that
McAfee then and there assured Brandt
that he owned $8,000 worth of real estate,
free from incumbrance besides $15,000 in
geed book accounts ; en the strength of
these statements Brandt continued te give
him credit from time te time, until he was
between $G,000 and $7,000 in debt. That en
the 30th of March, 1878, he refused longer
te give him credit, having discovered that
his real estate was net worth mere than
one-quarter as much as he had said it was.
Brandt then forced McAfee into bank
ruptcy and became one of his assignees.
He then discovered that what real estate
McAfee held was covered by liens and
judgments. When it was sold at as
signee's sale it brought only about $1,600 ,
net enough te pay the incumbrances, and
that Brandt has net received one dollar of
the debt due him by McAfee, and that he
would net have trusted McAfee had it net
been for the reported assurances of the
latter that his property was unincumbered
and worth $8,000. The commonwealth also
offered in evidence the judgment docket of
the Lancaster courts, which showed that
McAfee had given judgment, in 1874, te
the Marietta building and lean association
for $200, which judgment was net satisfied
until March, 1879 ; that in 1875 he gave
another judgment te the same association,
for $1,000, which was net satisfied until
April, 1879; that a judgment given by him
te Christian Hurst, in 1875, is still unsat
isfied ; that a judgment given by him for
the use of Fred. L. Baker, in June, 1877,
for $322.11, was satisfied last March, and
that a mortgage given the building associa
tion in 1871, for $2,000, remains unsatisfied.
In a word all these incumbrances were
standing against defendant's property at
the time he assured the prosecutor that his
property was unincumbered. Common
wealth closed.
Fer the defense, defendant was called
and testified that he had been dealing with
Mr. Brandt since 1871, perhaps longer,
and continued te deal with him up te
March 30, 1878 ; that he was possessed of
valuable real estate, consisting principally
of a house, barn and twenty building lets
just outside Marietta borough, that before
the panic he would net have taken $S,000
for them. Mr. Brandt had never refused
him credit until March, 1878, and he had
never told Mr. Brandt that his property
was unincumbered, and had never re
ceived a dollar's worth of credit en any re
presentation te that effect. That he had
never intended te defraud Mr. Brandt, but
that being forced into bankruptcy and his
property being sacrificed by a forced sale
in dull times, he had been deprived of the
means of paying him. He further testi
fied that the mortgage above referred te
was en property held by him in trust for
his brother and sister, and that the judg
ment against himself and Mr. Cashore had
been paid by Cashore. On trial.
Tuesday Morning In the case of Cem'th
vs. McAfee, the testimony for the defense
was continued and went te show that when
the defendant became bankrupt he gave
up all his property for the benefit of his
creditors without preference te any of
them, as the prosecution endeavored te
establish. They (the prosecution) had also
alleged that the real estate which had been
said te be worth $8,000, was net worth
that much, and had never beeii deeded te
the accused ; this the defendant explained
by stating that he had an agreement for a
deed ; he had been in business in East
Denegal since 18G5, and had always done
business at the mill run by Brandt at
present. A large number of witnesses
testified te the geed character of the de
fendant previous te this charge. The jury
rendered a verdict of guilty.
Cem'th vs. Lewis Cobaugh, entering an
outhouse te commit a felony. The de
fendant was charged with taking some
butter from the spring house of Henry E.
Landis, of Ceney township, in August
last. The commonwealth were unable te
connect him with the larceny, and the dis
trict attorney asked for a verdict of net
guilty, which was taken.
BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.
Resenstein's Clothing Stere Again Cracked
A bold burglary and robbery was per
petrated at Al. Resenstein's clothing store
this morning, shortly before 5 o'clock. At
twenty minutes past 4 o'clock pri
vate watchman Jehn Sewers, stepped
at the store and found it safely
locked. He called at that hour te awaken
Mrs. Rescnstein, who wished te go te
Philadelphia in an early train. She get
up about 5 o'clock and found the front
deer of the store-room open, several of the
shelves stripped of their contents and
four or five bundles of clothing
lying en the fleer. She at
once called her husband, and
an examination showed that the front deer
of the store had been forced with a jimmy,
and coats, pants and vests carried off te
the amount of about $200. One hat was
also taken. It is evident the thieves had
net time te complete their work, being
interrupted probably by hearing Mrs.
Rescnstein, as they missed $75 that was in
the money drawer and it was no doubt
their intention te have carried off the
goods they had piled up en the fleer.
The thieves appear te have a special
grudge against Mr. Rescnstein, as this is
their fourth visit te his premises. He was
robbed last June of a quantity of clothing,
the thief being a young man te whom he
had given employment. About six months
age an unsuccessful attempt was made te
break into the store, and two weeks aga a
similar attempt was made.
Mr. Resenstein says he could identify
every garment stolen from him, and he has
telegraphed in various directions in hopes
of getting en the track of the burglars.
Siend in Your Contributions.
Mayer MacGenigle requests that per
sons who desire te contribute te the Irish
relief fund instituted by the Citizens' com
mittee of Philadelphia, and of which he
has charge in this city, shall
send in their contributions be
fore the close of this week, as the account
will then be closed and the money for
warded te Philadelphia. The contribu
tions te the fund in this city new amount
te about $36, the last donation reported
being that of the Messrs. Hirsh, who, this
morning, sunt ?j te ine mayor.
THE SUSQUEHANNA MEilSTKRICM.
Interesting Xaetlaga lathe Duke Street M.
K. Church.
A meeting of the Susquehanna minis
terial association was held in the Duke
street M. E. church en Monday evening.
The initial sermon was preached by Rev.
David Shields, Parkesburg, from Isaiah
xlv., 15, the subject being the " Essence cf
Ged." The sermon was an able one and
evinced much care in its preparation.
This was followed by an exhortation by
Rev. J. Lindeniuth, at the conclusion of
which an earnest prayer meeting was
held, after which the association ad
journed te reassemble this morning at 10
o'clock.
Tuesday Morning. The opening services
were conducted by Rev. J. W. Geiger.
The following named pastors reported
the condition of their respective charges :
Rev. J. Lindemnth, of St. Paul's, Lancas
ter, reported his charge in a prosperous
condition. As a result of the revival new
in progress ever fifty have professed con
version. The Sunday school is flourishing
and the spirit of church improvement has
been awakened. The basement of the
church is heing improved and beautified,
and will be re-opened for service the first
Sunday in March. Rev. J. Weed, of Bald
win, reported that he had net yet held a
protracted meeting, but was getting ready
te de se, the indications for a revival being
propitious. Rev. D. Shields, of Atglen,
reported that he had been laboring with
geed success, and that his charge is in a
prosperous condition. One of his appoint
ments, Parkesburg, is in a hopeful condi
tion. Rev. J. W. Geiger, of Marietta, re
ported his charge in a prosperous con
dition. As the fruits of the revivals in
Maytown and Marietta, held for
twelve weeks, 155 have been received into,
the church. The revival is still progressing
and the altar is filled with penitents. Rev.
S. C. II. Smith, of the Duke street church,
Lancaster, reported that the rcsslt of the
recent revival was that 2G new members
have been received into the church. The
benevolent collections are larger in amount
than last year the total donations te va
rious objects being ever $1,000.
Rev. .1. Lindeniuth delivered an address
ed"The Majesty of the Bible," in the
course of which he traced the history of
the introduction of the scriptures into the
different countries of the world, and gave
some account of national and state legisla
tion in regard te the same. He closed with
an appeal te retain the scriptures in the
public schools.
Rev. D. Shields, Parkesburg, read au
essay en the " Hely Priesthood," quoting
as his text the 5th and Gth verses of the
19th chapter of Exodus, wherein the Lord
premises the Israelites "If ye will ebcy
My voice then ye shall be unto Me a king
dom of priests and a holy nation." The
reverend speaker said the conditions of
this premise had never been complied with,
en the part of the Israelites, and therefore
the premise was never fulfilled ; they never
became a kingdom of priests, but the priest
hood was afterwards transferred te the
Gcntilcs,and is new held by Divine author
ity by the Christian church. The essay
was of considerable length, well considered,
and well-received by the small audience in
attendance. At its conclusion the associa
tion adjourned until 2 o'clock this after
noon. TERRIBLE BURNINU ACCIDENT.
Twe Children Scalded With Uet3Iush.
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
terrible accident happened atthe residence
of Peter Fasnacht, Ne. 47 Campbell's alley.
It appears the family were boiling a pet
of mush en the kitchen range and two lit
tle children a boy aged about 5 and a girl
aged about 3 years were playing about the
range. One of the feet of the range was
loose, and it is supposed the children in
their play removed it. Be this as it may,
the feet came out and the range tilted to
wards the children, and the pet of boil
ing mush was upset ever their heads and
faces. The boy was burned en the fore
head only, and hisjnjuries arc net thought
te be necessarily dangerous, though they
are very painful. The little girl received a
large quantity of the boiling mush en the
side of her head and face, and it ran down
upon her neck and arm, burning her in the
most shocking manner. Ne one was in the
kitchen at the time except the children
and their grandmother. The old lady did
all she could te relieve them, but it was
impossible te de much, as the mush ad
hered te the skin, and burned the flesh al
most te the bone. In attempting te re
move it from the head of the little girl
masses of her hair came out by the roots.
Dr. S. Foreman was summoned te attend
the children and applied the usual pallia
tives. The boy will probably recover, but
will be badly marked. It is feared the lit
tle girl cannot survive.
Anether Surprise I'arty.
Yesterday Enech Page, overseer of one
of the cotton mills, was 53 "years old,
and as is becoming quite common new-a
days, his friends made him the subject of
a surprise party. At an early hour in the
evening, jelly " Bowery" Erisman took
Mr. Page under his ample protecting wing
and kept him at a safe distance from home
until about fifty ether friends had taken
possession of his domicile and made the
necessary arrangemnnts for his reception.
Then " Bowery" let him loose. On
reaching his home, Ne. 342 Seuth Queen
street, he found it illuminated, crowded
with self-invited guests, who had brought
with them well-filled baskets of geed
things, and spread a table fit for a king.
The surprise was followed by congratula
tions, feasting, &c, and the reunion was
kept up until the "wee small hours, " the
company separating with expressions that
there might be many "happy returns."
During the evening Mrs. Page was made
the recipient of many handsome presents.
Tobacco Men'M Ouarrel.
Last evening Mr. A. Reissmann and Mr.
Gus.Bunzl, well-known tobacco dealers,get
into an altercation at the" Cadwell house,
during which Bunzl struck Reissmann in
the face, and broke his artificial teeth.
Beth gentlemen have employed counsel,
but no complaint of assault and battery
has yet been made by Mr. Reissmann.
The origin of the difficulty appears te
have been that Reissmann purchased
crops of tobacco from Hugh S. Leng,
James Cellins, Thes. K. Puscy and Lewis
Heisler, of Drumore township, and that
when the tobacco was delivered Mr.
Reissmann insisted en " decking "
the growers, en the ground that the
tobacco was net nearly se geed
as the samples shown. The growers in
sisted en the price agreed upon, or the re
turn of the tobacco. Mr. Reissmann re- j
lusen. te ue ciiucr, w uurvupuu mu growers
secured, a writ of replevin, which was
served by the sheriff, and the tobacco was
delivered te them yesterday, after which
they sold it te Bunzl & Dormitzer. KeuSJ
mann and Bunzl met at the Cadwell heuse
last evening ; angry words followed, and
it is alleged Mr. Reissmann used very insult
ing language te Mr. Bunzl, whereupon
the latter struck him as above reported.
THE "HOME."
It Must Admit Colored Children or Uet Ne
Appropriation xrem the County.
On Monday afternoon Taul Gerhart,
esq., acting solicitor for the Heme fcr
Friendless Children, presented the petition
of the heard of trustees, asking for the an
nual appropriation te that institution. On
January 23 the beard of trustees, having
submitted te the court for their decision
the question as te whether or uet colored
children could be admitted te the Heme,
Judge Livingston this afternoon tiled the
following opinion of the court in answer
te the petition of the trustees. Judge
Livingston, in his opinion, refers te
the charter of the Heme which provides
"that white children under 12 years of age
shall be admitted te the Heme in the man
ner therein indicated, in the discretion of
the managers and trustees ; " and te the
act of April 12,1875, "authorizing aud reg
ulating the making of local appropriations
te schools commonly known as homes for
friendless children ; ' which latter act has
been accepted by the Lancaster home and
under which it has drawn its appropria apprepria appropria
atien from the county treasury and again
asks for it.
Frem the previsions of this act it is
plain, in Judge Livingston's opinion, "that
when any such school or institution has
accepted the previsions of this act and has
sufficient building capacity, the manage'
ment thereof shall admit te the benefits of
any such school or institution, any friendless,
destitute dr vagrant child recommended for
admission by the beard of school directors
of the school district in which such child
may reside or be found, or by the
directors of the peer of any county
in which such school or institution is locat
ed, guardians of the peer, overseers of
the peer or peer directors, as the cate
may be, of any city or district included
in said county ; in case any child is re
fused admission, the said court of com
mon picas, en complaint made thereto by
any person, after due and legal pref of
such refusal shall enjoin the payment of
moneys out of the county funds as author
ized by this act, provided, however, that
no child shall be admitted under the age
of four years, nor above the age of six
teen. "The previsions of the act of 1875 when
accepted by the 'Heme for Friendless Chil
dren ' removed entirely the color line con
tained in its charter, and the management
of this institution will be required te admit
te all its benefits any friendless, destitute or
vagrant child recommended by any of the
parties named in the act, and the proper
age for admission in the order of their
presentation without distinction or prefer
ence in regard te race, sex or color, se
long as there issullicieut building capacity,
and whenever there is in the building
sufficient room or space te accommodate
the applicant. Such is the plain prevision
of the law.
" And, inasmuch as a poi ti n of the grand
jury have reported te the court that the
management of this institution has made
distinction between children applying for
admission, and in view of the facts. -ct feith
in the pctitieii and submitted te the court,
it will be necessary for these having control
of the Reme te decide and in feim the court
before the next appropriation is madu
whether or net they will hereafter admit
te the benefits of said home for friendless
children any fricudlcss,dcstitute or vagrant
child in accordance with the previsions of
the act of 1875, hereinbefore referred te,
without preference or distinction as te sex,
race or color."
ISOLD HIGHWAYMEN.
A Man Shet at and Knocked Down His
Clothing Killed.
On Saturday evening last, as Brisbin
Reed, son of Win. Reed, of Smyrna, Bart
township, was en his way te Bartville en
horseback, and when near the Bart meet
ing house, he was confronted by a man
who sprang into the read and attempted te
seize the bridle of his horse. Mr. Reed,
however, put spurs into the animal's
flank, and sped away down the read. Tins
scoundrel fired two shots after him. neither
of which did any harm. Fifty yards further
en another man jumped into the read
and grasping the bridle, wheeled the horse
around with such suddenness that Mr.
Reed was thrown efF, and immediately en
alighting the highwayman struck him en
the head with a billy, knocking him un
conscious. Mr. Reed docs net knew hew
long he lay insensible, but en recevcrini;
discovered that the villains had rifled his
pockets, without, however, securing any
booty, Mr. Reed having no cash or ether
valuables en his person. His coat was cut
through where the assailants had endeav
ored te get at his inside pocket, which
contained nothing except a small pocket
Testament, which was also slightly cut.
Mr. Reed failed te recognize his assailants
and his escape was a very lucky one.
Handsome and Fitting Testimonial.
Mr. Reuben Bertzfield, the well-known
and popular foreman of Teller Bres., deal
ers in leaf tobacco, was the recipient last
evening of a splendid testimonial of the
high esteem in which he is held by the
employees of this firm. They gathered at
the warehouse en North Prince street,
aud en behalf of himself and his fellow
workmen, Mr. Edwin Sutten present
ed Mr. Bertzfield with a handsome
solid geld, 14 karat case, stem-winding
watch, of the Lancaster manufacture. Mr.
B. was completely taken by turprise. and,
after expressing his hearty thanks, enter
tained the company at Eddie Franke's,
where an impromptu but elegant set-out
was garnished with speeches, songs and
ether social festivities.
The monogram of Mr. Bertzfield is ele
gantly engraved en the case of the watch,
and in the inside is the following inscrip
tion : "Presented te R. Bcrtzfied, by
the employees of Teller Bre.s' Tel acce
Warehouse, Feb. 23, 18S0." The watch
was get up by E. F. Bewman ; it is a
splendid piece of workmanship and was
engraved at the Lancaster watch factory,
Anether Telephone tine.
Gerrccht, Riley & Keller, coal dealers,
te-day had a telephone erected between
their office, en East Chestnut street, and
their office and yard en the Harrisburg.
turnpike.
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