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SATURDAY KVENINO, MARCH 13, 1880.
The "Patriot's" Misapprehension.
The Harrisburg Patriot altogether
misrepresents the attitude of a large
and very respectable portion of the Dem
ocratic press of this state toward Senater
"Wallace in relation te the Marshal Kerns
confirmation. Frem the time of his elec
until the present we have never hesitated
te ungrudgingly give him due credit
for every position taken by him in the
Senate in accordance with the principles
of Democracy; and in this very matter
of the partisan abuse of the federal elec
tion law, net even the Patriot outdid the
Intelligencer in awarding te him
great praise for his tireless zeal and una
bated energy ,in showing up the character
of the men and measures imposed upon
the people by virtue of these laws and
their infamous abuse. It was only when
he seemed te turn suddenly about in
his course and te consent te and
advise the confirmation of one
of the worst of these bulldozers,
whose rejection he had originally asked
for, that the Intelligeneer called for
an explanation ; and se did very many
Democratic papers of the state whom the
Patriot does net venture te classify with
us. That explanation lias net been fur
nished, save by some anonymous com
munications and by the Patriot's editor
ials, all of which again prove that "feels
rush in where angels fear te tread." The
Patriot's last state is worse than its
first.
It intimates that there is some connec
tion between these criticisms of Sen Sen
aeor Wallace's conduct and the next
state convention. We have seen no au
thority for this statement save in an
anonymous circular mailed from Wash
ingten, which claims that " Mr. Wal
lace's friends will be in a majority in
the next state convention." This is no
answer te the demand for an explanation
of Kerns's confirmation. It is an un
seemly beast at an improper time and
concerning it we only reieat what we
we said yesterday : " The Democratic
party of the state is tired of being claim
ed as the property of any man and of be
ing called upon, year after year, te settle
the claims of contending leaders seeking
te control it. Senater Wallace as the
leader of ' the Wallace party' has been
persistent in his efforts te control our
state conventions. We hope that the
next one will teach him and all etJur lead
en that no man owns tbr Democratic
party of Pennsylvania, which is as much
the property of its humblest as of its
most exalted member."
When the claim of any ether man is
made that a majority of his " friends"
instead of loyal, earnest, unselfish Dem Dem
ocratswill control the state convention
we hope te see it as promptly resented.
The A'ext Move.
XTTICK IS UKBEBV GIVKN THAT AP-
ll plicatien will be made te the Beard of Par
dons for the pardon of Charles B. Salter, Wil
liam II. Kenible, J esse R. Crawford, William
F. Ruinburger mid Emil J. Petroff, in the cases
respective! v against them in the Court of Quar
ter .Sessions of Dauphin county for corrupt so
licitation. We give the above notice published in
the advertisement department of the
Dauphin county papers one gratuitous
insertion, as it is highly important te all
the ieeple of the state that they should
knew of the outrage that is te be at
tempted upon them. The four " roos
ters" who plead guilty of corrupt solici
tation of legislators at Harrisburg last
Monday, and the one who was convicted
after trial, have had their sentences post
poned, and it is new proposed te held a
special meeting of the beard of pardons,
te be ready te grant a free remission as
seen as the penalty of the law shall be
imposed.
Ordinarily the beard would net meet
until sometime in April, and if impris
onment was a part of the sentence it
could net be evaded. Under the opera
tions of the old pardon ring, it has hap
pened that a governor's pardon has been
ready before sentence, but such a
thing was supposed te be impossible
under the constitutional previsions for
a beard of pardons. It seems, however,
that money and political deviltry are
equal te all occasions, and an attempt
is te be made that is unparalleled in this
commonwealth. We shall wait te see
the development of it with great solici
tude and yet with confidence that in the
event of the worst happening the iron
hand of justice will seen atone for the
delay of the leaden heel. Fer whom the
gods would destroy they first make mad
enough te attempt such deeds as the par
agraph at the top of this article points te.
The circular mailed anonymously
concerning Marshal Kerns's confirma
tion says " Mr. Speaker Randall was as
deeply interested in the appointment of
this marshal as any member of the Sen
ate," and a dispatch from that city te
Philadelphia Times says : " Mr. Wallace
expressed a geed deal of surprise as te why
Speaker Randall was net included in the
Pittsburgh resolutions of censure con
cerning the appointment of Kerns. The
senator represented Kerns's unfitness in a
communication te the judiciary commit
tee and made a pretest against the con
firmation of the Philadelphia marshal,
while it is said that Speaker Randall
didn't utter a word against Kerns." We
are assured en geed authority that Mr.
Randall did pretest against Kerns's con
urination, that he joined with Senater
Wallace in requesting his rejection, and
that he was assured by Democratic sena
tors that he would be rejected. If any
body can show the contrary we shall
judge Mr. Randall by exactly the same
rules with which we have measured Mr.
Wallace. Trojan and Tyrian shall in
this journal knew no discrimination.
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The present weather, which does net
seem te please anybody else, is highly
satisfactory te Venner, the Canadian
weather prophet, who finds that it tallies
with his ferecastings. Of course it does
net take the son of a prophet te predict
any and all kinds of weather for
March, but since Mr. Ven Ven
eor has hit it se well thus far it
is of interest and may prove of value te
note that next week his big snow storm
is te come, and that April will see ethers,
and even May will find winter lingering
in the lap of spring.
Senater Cameren hasn't time te
notice all the paragraphs published about
him and his intentions regarding the
presidential nomination, but be is enough
of a politician te knew that if he is for
Grant he must be for Grant and net for
this man with an "if" and that one
with a " but." Se he boldly gives it out
again that he is for Grant " first, last and
all the time," and deems his nomination
se certain that second choices de net
bother him.
We have been hearing a geed many
rumors of startling exposures te
be made in due season by the
county auditors; new come along
contrary rumors that the auditors
have supplied themselves with a large
stock of whitewash te be used where
most needed. We trust that the audi
tors will net need somebody te audit
them.
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MINOR TOPICS.
Prominent Americans are te be admit
ted as honorary members of a Londen
sporting club.
The Methodists are increasing rapidly
in Sweden. During tlie past few months
revival meetings have been held, generally
with large results. In ene place sixty new
members have been received.
Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, the pastor of the
large Metropolitan church in Londen, asks
this question when persons unite with the
church under his pastoral care : " What
individual work are you going te take up
and carry en for the Lord ?"
There are only five ministers of Protes
tant churches regularly employed in the
whele territory of Arizona, with a popula
tion of nearly 50,000, and there arc but
four Protestant churches, with a seating
capacity of net ever 1,000.
The members and pastors of the scvcial
Methodist Episcopal churches, of Pitts
burgh and Allegheny, are vigorously at
work preparing ferthequadrennium of the
general conference, which meets in Pitts
burgh in May next.
The Hagerstown Mail comes te us
greatly improved in appearance. It has
denned an entire new suit of type, beauti
fied and modernized its make-up, discard
ed from its advertising department the
hideous cuts and job type which disfigure
se many newspapers, uses the finest paper
and ink, and is printed en a "bran new"
power press of the latest design. The
Mail is new one of our handsomest ex
changes. The Methodist Episcopal church had, at
the close of the year 1879, 1,524,000 mem
bers 170,296 probationers. The gain in
members for the year was 21,008, and the
less in probationers 15,467 ; se that, tak
ing the total of members and probationers
1,700,302 the net gain for the year was
only 6,146. The number of churches was
16,955, which shows an increase of 395.
The value of the churches is estimated at
$02,520,417, being a decrease of $6,228,741
from the previous year.'
The Moravian prints detailed statistics
of the Northern and Southern districts of
the American province. There are in the
Northern district 8,212 communicants,
1,588 non-communicants ever thirteen
years of age, and 4,508 children ; in the
Seutheren district 1,279 communicants. The
total number of communicants,nen-commu-nicants,
and children is 16,280. The num
ber of persons " dropped " last year was
very large, amounting te 782, caused
chiefly by revision of the church books.
The number dropped in 1876 was 262 ; in
1877, 331 ; in 1878, 563.
The Lutheran Observer says : " Minis,
ters should never forget that in offering
public prayer in the pulpit they formally
represent and lead the devotions and wer
ship of the entire congregation. They
should therefore strive net only te offer
the praises and utter the common wants
and desires of all classes in the congrega
tion, but they should also be careful te
' order their speech aright before Ged,'
that all worshippers present may cordially
and devoutly unite in the sacred service.
The vain repetitions,' the hurried and
slovenly words, and the unmeaning forms
and platitudes, which are sometimes offer
ed as prayers in the pulpit, are a disgrace
te the sanctuary, a perversion of true spir
itual worship, and an abominatiea in the
sight of Ged."
The Episcopal Register says : " It was
a wise foresight of the church te fix a
stated time in which men might enter
upon the great work of their repentance ;
and what time could have been better
selected than this Lenten or spring sea
son, when universal nature awakens from
her wintry sleep, and puts en her gar
ments of glory and beauty, te give us a
kind of prelude te the renovation of all
things? Lent is a blessed season, though
son for humiliation. It is a season te
mourn in secret for our sins It is a sea
a season te seek the renewal and improve
ment te the spiritual character, te awaken
the mind te its own particular condition
and wants. Then let us improve it, that
we may have nearer communion with
Him, that Christ may be all and in all for
us."
On the occasion of the reception atj the
Vatican this week in honor of the great
theologian, St. Themas Aquinas, the prin
cipal feature was the address presented te
his holiness the Pepe by the American
cardinal, archbishops and bishops of New
Yerk, Bosten, Philadelphia, Brooklyn,
Buffalo, Albany, Ogdensburg, Newark,
Providence, Hartferd, Scranton, Harris
burg, Erie and Pittsburgh. In the address
the signers declare their steadfast adher
ence te the. tenets of the "Encyclica
(Eterni Patris," which relates te the phi
losophy of St. Themas. A large number
of dignitaries and deputations from all
parts of the Catholic world congregated te
congratulate his holiness in adopting the
philosophy of St. Themas Aquinas. Cer
tain manuscripts of the famous divine,
which were recently discovered at the
monastery of Subiaco, were presented te
the Pepe.
Net Competent te Sit In Judgment.
Erie Observer.
The Lancaster Intelligencer says that
the families of some of the judges of the
supreme court ride en free passes en the
Pennsylvania railroad. Where a judge
accepts for himself and his family a free
ticket from a corporation whieh has numer
ous suits in court, he is net a proper per
son te sit in judgment for the people.
PERSONAL.
The colored Republicans of Marietta
have organized for Blainb. That settles
it.
Gen. Melikekf's life was saved from the
recent attempt at assassination by a shirt
of mail.
Mr. Gladstone's last arraignment of the
government is severely criticised by the
Londen Times
Mr. Swinburne has written an ode of
500 lines en Victer Huge's seventy-eighth
birthday, and it is te be published imme
diately. Mr. W. S. Gilbert is said te have
received from Mr. Sothern the sum of
$15,000 as the price of his new comedy ;
and the actor is quoted as saying that he
would net take $30,000 for it new.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Louisa Evarts, the youngest daughter of
Secretary Evarts, te Dr. Charles Scudder,
who is at present house surgeon in Bcllc
vue hospital, and intends te spend next
year in Europe following bis professional
studies.
Harrv C. Hekk, formerly of Christi
ana, this county (and a son of Benjamin
Herr, esq., a member of the Lancaster bar,
deceased some years since,) is new a mem
ber of the Legislature of New Jersey, te
which he was elected as a candidate of the
Temperance party.
Information has been received through
private sources in Egypt which reveals the
secret of who is te bear the expense of the
Alexandrian obelisk te New Yerk. The
work was undertaken at the instance of
Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt, who is te pay
$75,000 en its successful completion.
Mr. Carlyle has net been well of late,
having been unable te take even carriage
exercise. He sees no society beyond his
own family circle and a few literary
friends, including Mr. Freude and Mr.
Lccky. An occasional failure of memory
is said te be the only sign of mental
weakness shown by the Chelsea sage.
In the Heuse, Mr. Weaver, the bump
tious Greenback member said that an
unjust impression had gene forth relative
te the position which the speaker occupied
towards hira as shown by Nast's cartoon
in Harper's Weekly, which represented the
speaker as turning his back en him. Te
which Speaker Randall replied : " The
chair in discharging his duties is unmind
ful of any criticism of that sort."
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A man was killed en the Buffalo &
Southwestern railroad, near Warren, en
Thursday. His name was net ascertained.
The Wisconsin Senate has concurred in
the Assembly resolution providing for
female suffrage in Wisconsin, by a vote of
19 te 11.
Dan Brigherly, a negre, was hanged in
private at Thomasville, Ga., yesterday, for
the rape of a rcspectable white woman in
October last.
Amy Spencer, colored, of Stafferd coun
ty Va. has been committed for killing her
13 year old son by cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The eras works attached te an iron
foundry in St. Petersburg exploded yester
day, and the foundry, with three large
buildings, was destroyed.
The Peruvian minister of finance has
been imprisoned and his property repudi
ated because of Ins negotiation of a con
tract which the government repudiated.
Chung Hew, late ambassador te Russia,
and who negotiated the Kuidja treaty with
that government, has been beheaded and
a revolt has broken out in Pekin.
A howitzer, box of muskets and field
ammunition were shipped by steamer te
Lancaster county Va., by the state authori
ties te protect the oystermen of the Lewer
Rappahannock against foreign dredgers.
During a heavy snow storm at an early
hour yesterday morning, two overland pas
senger trains Nes. 3 and 4 collided at
Red Desert station, fifty miles west of
Rawlins, Wyoming territory. The en
gineer of train Ne. 4 will probably die
from injuries received. Ne passengers
were injured.
Five pounds and thirteen ounces of
ashes, the remains of Dr. Samuel Hahn,
cremated in Washington last Tuesday,
were sent from there, enclosed in a small
tin box and directed te A. C. Kauffman,
70 Duane street, New Yerk city. The
cremation was complete in two hours and
nine minutes.
Samuel F. Kelly, employed en Merrill's
drive en Andersen's creek, Clearfield
county, was drowned at Bailey's dam,
above Rockton, while running legs from
the upper dam te the lower one. The
corks in his shoes tripped him suddenly,
throwing him violently en his face en the
legs from which he fell into the open
water, as his forehead shows a bad bruise.
A break has occurred in the levee near
the New Orleans barracks. It is being
closed and the levee straightened. The
river is very high, causing apprehension
that the levees will net withstand the
strain en them. A crevasse thirty feet
wide is reported in a levee en Bayou La
fourche, five miles below Lockport. The
state engineer will send men and material
te-morrow te close.
A fire in the tenement house, Ne. 9
North Margin street, Bosten, caused a
less of $1,500. The fire seen cut off es
cape by the stairway, and Benard McAleer
and his daughter, Mrs. Mary Douglass
became frightened, and were finally forced
te drop from a window, about 20 feet, and
both it is feared, are fatally injured. The
ether occupants escaped in their night
clptbes.
In Elizabeth City, N. C, Miss Florence
Seymark arranged te elope with Jonathan
Ivy, a young lawyer. He was te meet her
at the gate in a buggy. Her father get
wind of the affair, and went te Ivy's
effice and shot him in the shoulder. A
servant informed Miss Seymark of the
affair, and she fled from her room in her
night clothes and joined her lever, and in
this garb was married before the father
discovered her absence.
JOHN SHERMAN.
He Asserts that He Net Retired from the
Presidential Race.
The following letter has been received
by 31. L. Scudder, of Chicago :
Washington, March 10.
My Dear Sir : Your letter of the 7th
inst., in which you express your strong
dissent te my retiring from the presiden
tial race, is received. I never for a
moment have contemplated such a
course, and the rumor you speak of
was no doubt promptly denied. The
first public mention of my candidacy was
an inference drawn from my letter te Hen.
Mr. Haskin, of New Yerk, in which I
stated what I would seek te de in case of
my nomination and election. Since that
time I have been considered by the public
as a candidate and have se regarded my
self, with the purpose neither te press any
one te support me, nor te decline such
friendly aid as is offered me. This posi
tion I intend te occupy te the end. I de
net think it necessary for me te belittle or
arraign Gen. Grant, Senater Blaine or any
en else, nor will I use my official neaitinn
te promote ray eandidacy. Very truly'
yours, Jemr Shrbhan.
KERNS'S CONFIRMATION.
Disgusted and in a Otusing Humer.
Bellefente Watchmen.
The confirmation of Marshal Kerns by a
Democratic Senate is enough te destroy
the confidence of the whole party in the in
tegrity of our senators. We are simpljd
disgusted, and in common with the Dem
ocratic press of the state feel like cussing
the whole machine. That such a man as
Kerns, who was investigated, convicted and
damned by the Wallace committee, should
afterwards be confirmed for the same office
by the votes of Democratic senators, is al
most incredible.
Let It Retire.
If it would be considered in order and
net disrespectful te these most interested,
we would modestly move that the Senate
committee te investigate election frauds
quietly disband. It spent a year under
Teller, it has spent a year under Wallace,
and it has cost the Lord only knows hew
much mere money te unearth frauds
committed at the polls and te uncover the
rascals who commit them, and just after it
has pointed out most positively the worst
criminal in the whole gang, and iu the
city that is notorious only ler its
thieves and frauds, this very commit
tee recommends, and the honorable
senators who have exposed the rascal
vote te confirm his reappointment te
the place they have proven him se unlit
and se unworthy te till. Since this exhibi
tion of inconsistency, net te use a harsh
word, en the part of the Democratic sena
tors it is a question with Democratic peo
ple whether Kerns with with his infamous
record as a United States marshal is any
mere unfit for his position than are the
senators who voted te continue him in
office for the places they have se shame
fully disgraced. There is no question
with any one, however, about the propri
ety of abolishing the committee that is
hunting up frauds ; it is as useless as cau
be, unless its object is te point out the
rascals for a radical president te appoint
and a Democratic Senate te confirm.
Imputes Me Motive, but Want te Knew
the Reason.
Erie Observer.
After se thoroughly exposing Marshal
Kerns after showing that he was the bull
dozer of bulldozers after placing him in
the same light before the public as
the notorious Davenport, of New Yerk,
it seems a little strange that Senater
Wallace should have interposed no objec
tion te his confirmation as marshal of the
Eastern district of Pennsylvania. The
objection of Mr. Wallace would have de
feated his confirmation. Why was that
objection withheld ?
While we impute no motive of a doubt
ful character as controlling the action of
Mr. Wallace in the premises, the strange
and incomprehensible action demands
mere of an explanation than he has thus
far made. If he cannot clearly show that
he in justified iu his action, he stands be be
i'er the Democracy in a very peculiar
light.
Assaults en Senater Wallace.
Harrisburg Patriot.
Certain newspapers have invariably been
made the avenues of assault upon Senater
Wallace just before the meeting of Demo
cratic state conventions. Among these
the New Yerk Sun is pre-eminent.
Through its columns the malignant per
sonal enemies of the devoted senator sheet
their envenomed shafts. The Pitts
burgh Pest picks up the poisoned
daits of the Danites of the Sun
after they are spent and uses them at second-hand.
Then the Lancaster Intelli
gencer gathers them up, puts them in its
little quiver and sheets them from a very
long bow, but with nervous and unsteady
aim. Mark, new, that this newspaper war
en Sonater Wallace is always made just
before the meeting of a Democratic state con
vention. After the convention has been
held it ceas.es and is net renewed until the
delegates are te be chosen te the next conven
tion. This is rather peculiar, but net by
any means as difficult of solution as the
" fifteen puzzle."
Hew have Senater Wallace and his
friends met these assault ? Have they re
paid them in kind ? Have they demanded
an eye for an eye and a teeth for a teeth ?
Net at all. They have borne them with
out resentment for the sake of harmony in
the party. They have given a cordial sup
port te the ticket when it was named by
their opponents, and when the canvass
was managed by men who train with their
enemies. They have refrained entirely
from making counter-attacks in the news
papers upon the principal men in the op
posing faction. They have endeavored se
te act that no deer might be closed through
which reconciliation and harmony might
re-enter. But their patience and forbear
ance have evidently been misunderstood.
When contumely and reproach 'are silently
endured for the sake of the common geed
feels mistake the act of fortitude for cow
ardice. But the time generally comes
when they are undeceived.
Senater Wallace and his friends still
desire, above all things political, the unity
and harmony of the party in order that
success may be assured in the coming con
test at the polls. Any one with a modicum
of sense ought te knew that the senator
has a deep personal interest in the success
of the party in this state at the next elec
tion. His term of office will ox ex
pire en the fourth of March next. If
the party cannot carry the state and se
cure a majority of the Legislature en
joint ballet at the coming election his
public career will end with a twelve
month. He can have no political future
except through the success of the Dem
ocracy in this state in November next. Is
it then reasonable te suppose that he
would lend himself te any scheme calcu
lated te injure his party? If he has secured
appointments for Democrats by conceding
ether appointments te his colleague, is it
net clear that he must have acted en the
belief that he was serving his party ? Wil
liam A. Wallace is tee able and far
sighted a politician te deliberately commit
an act which will injure his party, especi
ally when he knows that his politi
cal future depends solely and absolutely en
the success of the party. What he has done
in the matter of federal appointments will
redound te the advantage of the Demo
cracy, as will appear after the count of the
vote in Philadelphia and ether centres of
population next JSevember. Meanwhile it is
for these who have assailed him and are
still engaged in traducing him because of
these appointments te decide whether or
net there shall be an end of feud and fac
tion and whether or net they will permit
the Democracy te make united battle for
the recovery of the state.
Discreditable te all Concerned.
West Chester Jeffersenlan.
The confirmation of W. H. Kerns by the
United States Senate as United States
marshal for the Eastern district of Penn
sylvania has excited much surprise and
condemnation, in view of the facts
dieted by the investigating committee
as te the manner in which he previously
performed his duties. This oemmit'ee
of which Senater Wallace was chairman.
had clear proof, net only from ethers but
from Kerns's own testimony, that he had
made an unworthy and unscrupulous offi
cial. The deputy marshals appointed for
Philadelphia were seven hundred in num
ber, notwithstanding that Kerns believed,
as lie testified before the committee, that
none was necessary, and many of them
were of the worst class of political black
legs and repeaters, appointed only as a re
ward for disreputable services. In the face of
such evidence of the man's unfitness, it is
a very strange thing that Kerns could
secure his confirmation. Senater Wallace
has been strongly condemned in refer
ence te the matter, it being urged that he
could readily have prevented the selection
of se discreditable an officer, and one, tee,
whom hiR nwn pnmmitfaiA imnnalifiarllir
condemned, if he ohese. However this
may be, the confirmation of Kerns is a
discreditable performance en the part of
these concerned.
STATIC ITEMS.
The baby elephant born iu Philadelphia
is well and lively and gives every indica
tion of premising growth.
It is intimated in administration circles
that, as the term of Hayes expires next
March, and in view of the important polit
ical campaign about te begin, it would be
inexpedient te make any change at all in
the federal offices at Philadelphia. There
fore the renominatien of Collector Tutten
may be regarded as settled. This will
leave the question of a new appointment
te the next administration. It is claimed
that this conclusion meets with the ap
proval of Mr. McManes and his visiting
statesmen.
While Garret B. Fuller was engaged
working about his mill at Kunkeltewn,
Menree county, his coat was caught by a
belt attached te a shaft which whirled him
around the shaft, every revolution striking
him against the burrs with such force as
te break his neck, arms, and legs and
otherwise lacerating him in a terrible
manner. He was in the mill alone at the
time, and his death must have been in
stantaneous. When found he was lying
with his right arm encircling the shaft and
all his clothes, except his pants, tern off
of him. He was about 40 years of age and
and leaves a wife and three children.
Second Sight and Third Teeth.
The Norristown Herald says : "Mr. J.
Perry Davis, a resident of the Fourth waid
of this borough, is in the full enjoyment
of the rare gift of second sight. He is
new in his eighty-third year, but is re
markably active and able te indulge in
long and almost daily walks. His sight
originally remained geed rather longer
than with most men, but at length failed
with all the phenomena usual in advanc
ing life and for sixteen years he was
obliged te use convex glasses. At length
he found great difficulty iu obtaining spec
tacles te suit him. They seemed te hin
der rather than help his sight, and, te his
own surprise, he found the power of his
eys returning. Fer several years he has
discarded glasses altogether, and is new
able te read the finest print used in daily
newspapers with perfect ease. He has
always enjoyed geed health, and the orig
inal failure of his sight cannot be attributed
te any disease.
Fortunate as Mr. Davis has been, Mrs.
Davis enjoys a still mere remarkable piece
of geed fortune. She is new iu her seventy
seventh year. At about the usual age her
teeth began te fail and she finally lest
them all. In the summer of 1878 she be
gan te be troubled with pain in the upper
jaw, and seen a full third set of teeth made
their appearance. They grew te the usual
size and have since remained firm and in
geed condition, but no new teeth appeared
in the lower jaw.
The War en Ken Hill.
Mrs. Bclva A. Lockwood has written an
open letter attacking Senater Hill and
charging him with numerous immoralities.
That gentleman has promptly branded the
letter as " nothing but a batch of false
hoods." He regards it as a desperate at
tempt at defamation, utterly malicious
and unworthy of notice, beyend a simple
denial of its truth.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Events Acress the County Line.
In Chester county dynamite is employed
te extract stumps.
Last evening Dr. Bechtel, of Harrisburg,
had a final hearing of the charge of causing
the death of Mrs. Englebright by malprac
tice, and was held in bail for his appear
ance at court.
At Millerstown, Dauphin county, a few
days since, Benj. F. Harris had his head
crushed by being struck by a sixty-pound
rock blown from a limestone quarry by
the premature discharge of a blast.
Pest 58 G. A. R., of Harrisburg dedi
cated their new hall last evening. They
had excellent miuic and speeches were
made by Dr. J. P. Wickersham, Hen.
Chester N. Farr and ethers.
Prof. Emil Aust, of Yerk, formerly of
this city, was yesterday committed te jail
by Justice Patterson, in default of $300
bail, charged by his wife with desertion
and failing te maintain his family.
Deceiving Ourselves.
A racy contributor te the columns of the
Montrese Democrat, writing from Water
Gap, presents some new views en the ad
vantages and disadvantages of taxation,
which may be profitably pondered by Lan
caster county people :
Menkind are never se well satisfied as
when they have succeeded thoroughly in
deluding themselves. On the constant look
out te avoid deception from ethers, always
en guard te prevent anybody else from
cheating us either in word or deed we
are constantly deceiving ourselves ; some
times thoughtlessly or carelessly, very
often purposely and with deliberation.
This is true in various directions, nota
bly in politics and religion, where perhaps
it is somewhat excusable ; in the matter
of public taxes the self-delusion is glaring
and just as deplorable in its effect
as it is conspicuous. In the great cities
people suffer from high taxes, in the coun
try all the injury proceeds from low taxes.
If the city people de greau under high taxes
they at least have geed streets and schools
te show for it ; whilst the extremely low
taxes of the country are a double deceit, the
little, that can be done being almost com
pletely lest in consequence of its littleness.
The read officer scratches ever the reads
as well as he cau with the limited means
at his disposal everybody knowing it
impossible te have the work well done for
the amount contributed, and broken
wagons, mud and dissatisfaction an the
inevitable result ; the cost in the Ien;; run
being greater than a proper tax would
have been originally. But we gloat ever
our light tax and always have the satis
faction of scolding the supervisor. With
dilapidated school houses, lacking the
necessary as well as trifling con
veniences ; with underpaid teachers,
with short school terms, our low
taxes cheat our own children of the ed
ucational facilities positively due te them,
and ourselves by the wastage always re
sulting from half-efforts. Seme few can
rectify the evil by sending their children
away te obtain a satisfactory education,
but this privilege is denied te the great
majority ; there should be no such neces
sity, With no intention of advocating
high taxes, we would dethrone low taxes,
and substitute a sufficient taxation te ob
tain such a rendering of the public service
as would prove effectual and of value te
the whole community.
Watch Presentation.
Last evening the tobacco packers of
Skiles & Frey quite surprised their fore
man, Mr. Adam Sauers, by visiting him in
a body and presenting him with an elegant
Lancaster silver watch of the latest and
most improved pattern. The presentation
was made by Mr. Jehn DeBelt, in a short
and neat speech, which was re
sponded te by the recipient in a graceful
manner, although the surprise was se
great that he could hardly express him
self. The evening was spent very
pleasantly with speeches, songs, &c, and
an abundanee of refreshments was pro
vided. ,
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS.
Y. M. C. A. District Conference.
A conference of Christian workers of
the Eighth district. Yeung Men's Chris
tian association of Pennsylvania, is new in
session in this city, and holds meetings
morning, afternoon and ovening te-day
and te-morrow.
The initial meeting was held in the
Union Bethel last evening, and the attend
ance was geed, considering the unpropi unprepi unpropi
tieus weather. The services were conducted
by Wm. A. Cook, of Yerk, assisted by
Rev. D. A. L. Laverty, pastor of the
Bethel, both of whom made brief ad
dresses. The remaining exercises con
sisted of prayer, recitations and singing of
sacred music.
This morning the following delegates
arrived and registered at the reading room
of the Y. M. C. A.
Rev. Leuis F. Zinkhan, Manhcim,
C. E. Eiscnhart, Yerk ; Henry Small,
Yerk ; B. S. Disc, Glen Reck, Yerk county ;
H. R. Kraber, Yerk ; Jehn Lynch, assist
ant secretary of the Harrisburg associa
tion ; William Bessey, Biddeford, Me. ;
Simen S. Yeung, Manheiru.
This morning at 10 o'clock a meeting
was organized in the hall of the Y. M.
C. A. for the discussion of the following
tepics: "Associations in small places
their importance and their difficulties and
hew best te meet them." " The necessity
of personal Christian work."
After devotional exercises for half an
hour, Mr. Small opened the discussieu of
the first of the above named topics, and
took a rather cheerful view of the situa
tion. He thought geed work could be
done even in small places if workers had
their hearts in their work. Reems could
be secured for a nominal vent, and could
be made attractive at small expense One
of the difficulties sometimes experienced
was the opposition of geed churchmen who
did net have a proper conception of the ob
jects of the association. When theso were
properly placed bofero them, and it was
show that there is no intention of interfer
ing with church work, but rather leading
te the church many who will net other
wise get there, the churches of almost all
denominations lend encouragement te the
labors of the association. The discussion
was further participated in by Rev. Leuis
F. Zinkhan, Win. Bessey and Jehu Lynch.
The second topic was discussed by sev
cJal speakers all of whom referred te the
happy results that had followed active,
individual work, which should be car
ried among the peeple in all the walks
of life into dwellings, stores, offices; en
the street and into the almshouses and
jails. An unstinted cordiality and friend
liness, especially te strangers, was urged
as being of prime importance ; a hearty
shake of the hand, a wclcome greeting, a
pressing invitation te call at the associa
tion's rooms, an offer of help wherever
help is needed ; these and ether mutters
which will readily suggest theiusulves
never fail te produce geed results.
The meeting closed with singing and a
benediction by Rev. Mr. Zinkhan.
This afternoon a meeting is being held
in the Duke street M. E. church and this
evening another meeting will be held
there, at which interesting topics will be
discussed.
The Philadelphia M. E. Conference.
Rev. T. T. Everett, formerly a Lutheran
minister, was made an effective elder with
out examination.
Rev. Geerge Cummins, presiding elder
of the Susquehanna district, presented the
following report :
Successful revivals have been held at
Marietta, Columbia, Coatesville, Pheonix Pheenix
ville, Ceventryville and Manayunk, and
have resulted in the conversion of 1,500
persons. There are a decreasing number
of Sunday schools that are open only dur
ing the summer. The catechism is new
generally used and church lyceums and
libraries are increasing. The benevolent
collections of this year are in excess of
these of the previous year, and the work
of paying church debts is progressing
finely. St. Luke's church at Bryn Mawr
has been completed and dedicated. Pro Pre
visions have been made for the payment of
the whole debt. The members at Parkcs
hurg have bought a church that will serve
them till they can afford te build a new
and better one.
The West 3Iissien, iu connection with
the First church of Lancaster, has been
enlarged and beautified, and. better still,
paid for. The church at Williamstown
has been enlarged and beautified, and also
paid for. The debts of the church at Wi
comico, amounting te $2,000, have been
paid. Spring City church has been com
pleted, dedicated and paid for. Spring
field church has added a commodious par
sonage te its charge. Coventryville has
built a new church, which has been dedi
cated and paid for, te be known as the
Mount Carmel church.
One of the prettiest churches in the dis
trict has been built at Churchtown. St.
Paul's, at Lancaster, has beautified its
lecture-room. Millcrsville crowns the
financial work of the year. At the be
ginning of this year there was a member
ship of 48, who were completely discour
aged at their debt of $2,000. With the
premise of $300 from the beard of church
extension, and generous aid from ethers,
especially from St. Jehn's church, Lancas
ter, the debt was paid bofero the end of
January, 1879. The church at New
Mines is covered with debt and nobody te
represent it ; its sale is recommended. The
presiding elder during the year has visited
each charge four times, soma of them
oftener. If he had a home en wheels he
thinks he could get used te the presiding
eldership about the middle of the next
century.
There was quite an exciting discussion
ever the following resolution :
Resolved, That we respectfully but most
earnestly request the presiding bishop te
make no transfers te this conference unless
an equal number of men can be transfer
red from this conference.
Many of the brethren argued that there
being many mere transfers into the con
ference than out of it the ministers at the
bottom never get any higher. In the course
of the discussion Dr. Carrow created much
excitement by the declaration that rich
churches could always get their men, and
conference with a rush adopted the above
resolution and the following amendment :
And that the request of any church or
chuichesef a conference for a continued
supply by transfers is unreasonable and
unmethedistic, and ought net te be com
plied with.
A court of inquiry was ordered and ap
pointed in Rev. W. Majer's cese.
The election for delegates te the general
conference resulted in favor of Rev. II. W.
Warren, D. D., presiding elder ; Wm. J.
Paxson, presiding elder ; Wm. Swindells
and Rev. Jacob Tedd, D. D. Fer the fifth
delegate another ballet will be taken.
In the lay electoral college the election
resulted in Jehn Hunter and Judge S. S.
Drehcr as delegates, and General Charles
Albright and Jehn Whiteman as alter
nates. Church of Ged fcldership.
The standing committee of the East
Pennsylvania eldership f the Chunk of
Ged, consisting of Elders C. Price, C. II.
Ferney and G. Sigler, held a meeting at
Harrisburg, February 20, 1880. At that
meeting the following action was taken :
Elder J. Tucker's case was taken up and
the following resolution pxscd :
Resolved That in the judgment of the
committee, the course pursued by Elder
J. Tucker, in ordaining J. B. Seule, an ex
pelled member of the eldcrship.te the office
of the ministry of the Salem church, is a
violation of our rules of co-operation, and
hence, censurable ; and inasmuch as it in
volves seme of the most important princi
ples of co-operation in the body, and should
therefore be thoroughly investigated and
disposed of in a way that will prevent a re
currence of such acts of insubordination,
the standing committee hereby refers the
case te the eldership for final action.
Episcopal Visitation.
The Right Rev. 31. A. De Wolfe Howe,
Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, is in town
the guest of Rev. C. F. Knight, at St.
James rectory. He will held confirmation
te-morrow morning at St. James, ami in
the evening at St. Jehn's church.
O. U. A. 31. Sermon.
Empire and Conestoga councils, Junier
O. U. A. 31., will attend the First Baptist
church te-morrow morning. The Rev.
Wm. Morrison, pastor, will preach
meu suitable te the occasion.
a ser-
NARKOW ESCAPE.
A Fireman Almet la the Juwa of Death.
Last evening between 5 ami 6 o'clock as
a freight train was running a short distance
west of Rohrerstewu, the coupling which
connects the engine with the tank breke
and the train parted. The fireman, Fred
erick Brinkmau, was at the time in the
act of throwing coal into the locomotive
furnace, and the mere conveniently te de
se was standing with one feet en the plat
form of the tank and the ether en the en
gine. When the coupling breke he
would have fallen en the track in front
of the tank and been most certainly killed,
had he net at the instant taken held of the
iron chain attached te the furnace deer
for the pin pose of opening it te put
coal in the furnace. When he felt himself
falling he clung te the chain, and with the
assistance of the nginecr managed te get
upon the engine without being seriously
hurt.
The accident detained the freight train
and the Harrisburg accommodation, which
was following it, nearly an hour.
Sale of Kea! Kstatn unil I'er.minal Proper! t
Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub
lic sale last evening, at the Grape hotel,
for Geerge Lcvan and Isaac Stirk, the fol
lowing real estate :
A let of ground situated near Lemen
street and fronting en Hachinan's lane, te
Geerge 3IcNabb, for $237.
A half interest in 810 acres of land in
Christian county, 3Iisseuri, te same for
$300.
Eighty acres of land in Lucas county,
Ohie, te same for $210.
Balance of mortgage of $f45.73, with in
terest, against Leuis Erhart, secured en a
tract of timber land known as Hunter's
tract, in Clearfield county, this state, te
same for $200.
A let of wooden machinery and gearing
at Wabank, this county, te Samuel L.
Lcvan for $41.
A let of cucumber pumps te Geerge
3IcNabb for $24.
A let of barrel headings te same for
$2.45.
Died of Lockjaw.
Last night Edward Drcpperd, aged 12
ycais, son of Ames Drepperd, lesidingat
Ne. 30 East German street, died of lock
jaw. During the summer the boy fell and
had his arm broken, and after it was !et it
became se still that he was sraiccly able
te bend it. Last Satuiday an operation
was performed en the injured Iirnb for the
purpose of curing the stillness. On Thurs
day evening the boy was taken with lock
jaw and he died last night. His father as
sures us that during all his suffering he
received most faithful, unremitting and
effcient attention from his physicians, Drs.
S. T. Davis and Lintucr.
Hatching In a Rar-Roem.
Jacob Ruttcr, innkeeper at Intercourse,
is the owner of a pair of bantams. Re
cently the cock went diligently in search
of a proper place for a nest for his mate.
He entered the bar-room and selected the
end of a shelf en which a clock stands be
hind the bar. Then he called in the hen,
and after due examination and cackling
she lay her first egg there. Jlr. Rutter
then placed a box en the shelf, and the
hen continued te lay eggs in it until a few
days age, when she deliberately settled
down te hatch them. The noise made by
bar-room custemcis does net in the least
disturb her.
Runaway Accident.
On Wednesday last as Richard Weaver,
of New Helland, was driving near the
Mountain Inn, en the Waynesburg read,
his horse became frightened at a train of
cars en the railroad (which at this point
runs close te the carriage read) and ran
off, throwing 3Ir. Weaver from the vehicle,
which was dashed te pieces. 3Ir. Weaver
escaped with a few cuts and bruises.
lie Says he is Guilty.
A postal card received by Chief of Police
Deichler, from Chief Harris, et Johiistewn,
states that Charles El vine, who wasanest
cd in this city, confessed te him en the
way home that he was guilty of the
charge robbery en which he was arrested.
In Town.
Geerge 3Iertimcr Lewis, esq., and Oscar
J. Harvey, esq., prominent members of
the Wilkesbarre bar, are in Lancaster to
day en important legal business. They are
the guests of Walter 31. Franklin and J.
W. B. Bausman, esqs.
Fine Portrait.
The portrait of Jehn K. 3Ietzger finished
in crayon by Gilbert fc Bacen, of Philadel
phia, and new en exhibition in iL? show
window of Luther FenDersmith's book
store, is net only an admiiuie likeness,
but is an unusually fine work of art.
Mayer's Court.
The mayor had nine customers before
him this morning, nearly all of them being
charged with drunken and disorderly con
duct. Twe of them were committed for
15 days each ; one for 10 days, four for
5 days and two were discharged.
Scheel Director Elected.
The school directors of East Earl town
ship have elected Samuel Dillman a mem
ber of the beard te fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of David Weaver, who
intends removing te Kansas.
Improvements at Watts' Station.
The Western Union telegraph company
has opened an office at Watts' station and
the Adams express company has mad a
new agency there.
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