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SATUBDAY EVENING. APBIL 24, 1880.
Reasonable Talk.
Mr. Jehn C. Jacobs, of New Yerk a
native of Lancaster county by the way
is a man of premise and of geed parts.
He proved himself te be a man of much
force of character last fall when he re
fused a gubernatorial nomination that
the enthusiasm of the New Yerk Demo
cratic state convention seemed te force
upon him. That he is trusted and much
respected by Mr. Tilden's friends is
proved by the fact that he was chosen
both temporary and permanent chair
man of the late regular convention, con
trolled se largely by them. "What he
says en the presidency is of significance
and will be received with weight en all
sides. "When he intimates that he will
net allow any personal considerations te
stand in the way of Democratic success,
and that as a delegate te Cincinnati " no
vindictive spirit, no feeling arising out of
antagonism en account of local troubles,
shall have a particle of influence " in
shaping his course, he talks like a repre
sentative Democrat, geed and true. Of
course the Democracy can get along
without any one man better than with
out harmony in its action and wisdom in
its councils. It ewes respect te all its
great men and obligations for their emi
nent past services, but it depends en no
one of them for its perpetuity and it can
always mere safely incur the resentment
of any one than te surrender its powers
and control te any individual dictation
or selfish interest. It is in this spirit
that Mr. Jacobs avows his centinned
love and veneration for Mr. Tilden, and
the respect for him of the New Yerk
Democrats and their belief that he was
defrauded. But they are net willing te
imperil the chances of the national
Democracy with his candidacy. If he
can be elected they are ready te promote
his nomination ; if he is te be defeated,
for their sake as well as his own, for
their party's and the country's, they de
net want te see the risk incurred.
They are willing te win with him, net
te lese with him. Further, Mr. Jacobs
says, that he believes Mr. Tilden is of the
same mind. lie does net believe that a
man of his sagacity is going te let him
self be put up for defeat. Te be
sure he does net propose te let his ene
mies go rough shed ever him, " te hack
his body and threw it te the hounds;"
but when it is manifest that he jcaunet
be elected his nomination will net be
pressed.
These outspoken views of Mr. Jacobs,
for himself and his colleagues, will go
far te relieve the country and te better
Mr. Tilden's position before it, since it
will create the impression that he has
the submissive spirit of every loyal Dem
ocrat, te yield himself for his party's
geed. He has great political strength,
he has an organized company of devoted
followers ; they may be of great service
te the party in guiding it te a wise and
unselfish choiceef an available candidate.
Mr. Jacobs indicates that they propose
te de it; it is gratifying te hear that
they will de it with Mr. Tilden's assent
and co-operation.
Gen. Hancock is entirely tee geed a
man and his cause is tee respectable te
be sullied with the support of such a dis
reputable rooster as .Sam Josephs. It is
announced in te-day's paper that Josephs
is going te take a club 100 strong te Har
risburg te hurrah for Hancock, and that
in fitting them out last night he "offered
a series of resolutions, which were en
thusiastically adopted, recommending te
the Democracy the name of Gen. Han
cock :is a candidate in every way worthy
of the first honors of the republic."
"Which is all true, but it gains nothing
by Josephs's motion te that effect. He is
a double dyed rooster for whom a decent
party has no sort of use. Four years age
he was ignominiously hissed out of the
Democratic state convention in this city?
and he has done nothing since te restore
him te the fellowship of loyal Democrats.
He was one of the chief lobby agents for
the passage of the infamous riot less bill
and chuckled ever his narrow escape
from Kemble's fate. He should hide his
diminished head in shame and Gen.
Hancock's friends should see that his
cause is net damaged by such a scalawag
shouting his praises.
The McGowan wing of the Demo
cratic party in Philadelphia is out in an
address te-day which we will republish as
the Vaux manifesto has already appeared
in the Intelligencer. The city com
mittee's address gains no force, however,
by its declaration that the delegates
ought te be recognized " because the
present state committee has decided
them te be the only regular delegates en
titled te recognition by the convention."
As has been frequently demonstrated,
the state committee has no mere power
nor authority te judge that matter than
Judge Patterson. A majority of the
committee, at a meeting packed with
substitutes, but net called for any such
purpose and with no such rights, assum
ed te determine it, but their edict is of
no value and is entitled te no respect.
The cause of the McGowan delegates is
only weakened by putting such rotten
stone into its foundation.
Disagreeing doctors are proverbial,
and every age has proven one man's
meat te be another man's poison. Medi
cine is net an exact science, and perhaps
has no greater proportion of quacks and
ignoramuses floundering in it than any
ether of the professions, which by
courtesy are called "learned," These
who upheld the learning and dignity and
high character of their calling by geed
example and a nice observance of
profesienal honor, with some liberality
of sentiment, de mere for themselves
than the law can de for their protection.
Besides, the average juryman in these
parts who has net at times subjected him
self te the irregular practitioner is se
scarce that a jury could net be expected
te draw the lines as closely as the
schools.
The grand jury are evidently of the
opinion that auditing does net audit.
With the papers and persons before
them that were referred te in the Intel
ligenceu some time age they came te
ear conclusions that an investigation is
needed. But then the judges may be
unanimously for once of the opinion
that investigations are for newspapers,
net for courts, te set en feet.
TnE opposition te the unit rule be
comes mere and mere intense as the
time for the state convention approaches. I
It is a device te stifle fair play, rob the
minority of their rights, te enable dele
gates from one district te misrepresent
the wishes of another. A delegation of
intelligent Democrats may safely be
trusted te vote together when it is desir
able and proper ; and when it is net they
should net be unequally yoked.
This last escape from the county jail
seems te be a mere flagrant case of care
lessness even than any of the many
which have preceded it. It is plain that
the prisoners' cells are net carefully ex
amined for evidences of attempts te
escape, and equally manifest that the
prison yard is net well watched te pre
vent them from getting away.
MINOR TOPICS.
Goeo manners ought te keep pcople who
attend places of amusement in their seats
until tlie performance has terminated.
Tiik Bellcfonte Watchman thinks that
since Leuisanua and Vermont favor Han
cock it is another proof that extremes
meet.
It is net generally known that Decora
tion Day falling this year upon Sunday,
the Saturday preceding is a legal holiday.
Such, however, the fact, as the text of
the act passed May 25, 1874. proves.
East of the river Jorden there is an Arab
tiibe which has embraced the Catholic
faith and is ministered unto by a native
Italian priest. These Aiabs wander about
from place te place with their uecks of
bhecp. and when their tent is pitched in
any place a temporary building te serve
as a church is put up. Other Arab tiibcs,
it is said, aic disposed te fellow the ex
ample. Gnn.vT inteiest is manifested by the Chi
nese women in the missionary meetings
in North China. It is said that one for
several months walked a distance of five
miles every Sunday in-order te attend
the service. Others have walked tcn
miles, and usually remain the entire day,
returning home en the morrow. " With
many of them," says a lcpertcr, "all
trust in idols is geno ; a few have laid
held of the great facts of the gospel."
"What a singular sensation" says the
North American, " the project of a railroad
from Caire te Jerusalem pieduces upon
the nerves of the Scriptuie reader! The
idea of taking a railway ticket for Jerusa
lem, and hearing the conductor call out
the stations as one is whirled along ever
classic ground, ' Gaza," " Ashdod,"
' Ascalon," Ramleh," and at this
point, " Passengers change cars for Jeppa
and Jerusalem !" It fairly takes the breath
away. Think, also, of making the passage
of the Jerdan ever a railway bridge.
Really, it is worth while te live in such a
prosaic age, if only for the oddity of the
thing."
Talmage has a " boy preacher " named
Harrison prancing in his pulpit. In a re
cent discourse he said :
' I want all the Baptists heie te be
dipped, and all the Methodists te be fired
up, and all the Episcopalians te be formal
ized and the Presbyterians te be strength
ened. Ah. new we arc going te enjoy our
selves ! We will open the meeting at G
o'clock and keep en until we step.
New, I want you te raise your hands if
you want te be saved. Ah, there they
ceme ! one two six tcn. Ah, hew
they come ! New, just one mere in this
left tier there it is. Oh, I'm in clever, I
am ! What a meeting wc arc having ! I
can't help running about. You'll seen get
used te that. It'll improve your eyesight
te watch me. Let me see. Some one raise
their hands at the rear end of the church,
under the gallery there ! Ah, I see you,
my silvery-haired eldfiicnd, and you, dear
young man ! And new for two minutes of
silent prayer !"
PERSONAL.
Hen. T. A. Hendricks will net accept
the Democratic nomination for the vice
presidency.
II. Clay Brubaker, esq., announces
himself as a candidate for district attor
ney. That will smash some slates.
Rev. Dr. Greexwald, of this city, lec
tured in Easten en Thursday night. His
subject was "The Ancient Mound Builders
of America."
The man whom the newspapers mourn
ed ever as dead. Captain C. B. Brock Breck
way, of Bloomsburg, is again practising
his profession. .
At a meeting of the senatorial conferees
of the Thirty-fourth district, Hen. Wm.
A. Wallace was clected delcgate te the
Democratic state convention.
J. B. Merrow, editor and publisher' of
the Star of the Valley, Ncwvillc, Pa., also
publisher and proprietor of the Bulltetin,
Dillsburg, Pa., and Telephone, Ncwburg,
Pa., was in Lancaster yesterday.
The sensational reports as te the condi
tion of Senater Gkevek, of Oregon, new
under -treatment at Wilmington, Del., aie
flatly contradicted, and it is asserted that
he is steadily recovering from his illness.
Mr. Jehn Kelly needn't make his
declarations of war against Mr. Tilden
se frequently. The country understands
him. His vociferous reiterations might
create the suspicion that he doth pretest
tee much.
Lord Haiitinoten was allowed te walk
from the railway station at Windser te the
castle and back again, a distance of about
a nulc, whereas the ex-premier was es
corted te and fro with all possible cere
mony. Lawrence Barrett has the smallest
feet of any actor, says a New Yerk shoe
maker, who makes shoes for many play
people. He pays $30 for a pair of shoes.
The shoemaker in question says he has all
he can de, as a geed actress or actor gener
ally has about twenty-five pairs en hand,
and just as seen as they get a little worn
they arc thrown aside.
The Harrisburg Patriot claims that long
age it "named Judge Black along with
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lefty character are known and appreciated
throughout the Union. If the Democratic
nomination for the presidency is te fall
outside of the list of candidates in whose
interest special and organized effort is
being made there is no man whom we
would prefer te Jeremiah-S. Black. At
present, however, we believe it our duty te
support Judge Black's favorite, General
"W. S. Hancock." The Patriot' t Bayard
eliter is off duty just new.
JACOBS.
lie is for the Party First.
In a speech in the New Yerk Senate en
Thursday, Mr. Jacobs, who presided ever
the late regular Democratic state conven
tion in New Yerk, said :
The Demeceacy of this state can get
along without Mr. Tilden, and the Democ
racy of the country can get along without
him ; and if we find it policy te nominate
somebody else somebody else will be nom
inated, because we mean te win in this
election. We would sooner take a very
geed Republican, who loves his country
better than he does his party and make
him president, than submit te the corrup
tion and abuse of the existing government.
The senator says I have pronounced my
self an anti-Tilden man. If I am an
anti-Tilden .man it is because I de
net think he can be elected and be
cause I think tee much of my country,
even with the veneration and love I enter
tain for Mr. Tilden, te support a hopeless
candidacy. I de net believe for a single
moment that Mr. Tilden will be a candi
date unless he thinks he can be elected,
and I think I can say for the delegation
chosen te represent the Democracy of the
state at Cincinnati that a large majority
will oppose the nomination of any man
that they think cannot be elected. New
I may possibly be one of these who de net
believe that Mr. Tilden can be elected, but
there is plenty of time te consider that
question.
"With all Respect te Xililen.
Further in an interview he said : " I did
say, and mean te be understood as saying,
that if Mr. Tilden stands in the way of a
successful issue in the presidential cam
paign I would be against him, as I would
be against any ether man under similar
circumstances. When I reach Cincinnati
as a delegate it may be that the sentiments
of the whole country will favor Mr. Til
den's nomination. If this be se I will
cheerfully submit te it. But no vindic
tive spirit, no feeling arising out of antag
onism en account of local troubles, shall
have a particle of influence in the shaping
of any ceurse I may sec fit te pursue. I
represent nobody but myself, but I believe
as I said in my speech, which was accidental
and unintentional, that a large majority
of the New Yerk delegation will join hands
upon this issue. We all admire and re
spect Mr. Tilden. Wc all believe that he
was defrauded out of the presidency, and
we all concur in the opinion that if lie can
be elected lie should be nominated.
But if wc arc convinced that he cannot be
elected, the duty that wc ewe te our whole
party and te our country witiieut rcgaid te
partv is te secure a nomination that will
command the unanimous vote of the Demo
cracy. Anything that I have said in the
Senate te-day must net be regarded as in
dicating any lack of fealty te Mr. Tilden."
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STATiS ITEMS.
Rebert Glass fell from a beam attached
te an oil well, near Knapp's station, in the
oil region, and was fatally injured.
St. Albien and St. Paul cemmaudcries
K. T., Philadelphia have had brilliant cer
emonies ever the presentation te them of
beautiful banners.
The Pettsvillc Chronicle has celebrated
its sixth anniversary. It improves with
age, and, like its editor, is aggressive and
independent.
Mr. James McDermet, who is 85 years
of age, is the eldest compositor in Penn
sylvania beyond the Allcghcnics. His res
ilience is at Washington.
Walter Lumkin, a farmer, living near
Stewartsville, Westmoreland county, was
fatally gored by a cow en Thursday
night.
Andrew Singlcman, while in the Temp
kins mine, yesterday afternoon, near Pitts"
ted, was crushed te death by a fall of reef
rock. He leaves a wife and four children.
Henry Swartz, a contractor, employing
a number of men in clearing a tract of tim
ber land en the Lehigh mountain, near
Emaus, was killed yesterday by a tree fall
ing en him.
Allen C. Lares, the Easten poisener, en
Tuesday night escaped from the state
lunatic asylum by letting himself te the
ground from his window. This is his
second escape.
J. M. C. Ranck, of Columbia and Lack
awanna counties, has announced himself
as a candidate for Congress, te fill the
place new held by Hen. Rebert Kletz Mr.
Ranck resides in Columbia county, prac
tices law in Lackawanna county, and reg
ularly attends church in Luzerne county.
The jury in the case of the Common
wealth vs. A. A. Chase, prosecuted by
William W. Scranton for libel, were uu uu
able te agree after being out three days,
and were discharged yesterday. Mr.
Chase, who was at the time connected with
the Scranton Times, characterized the
snoeotmg ei turee men en tnc streets en
the 18th of August, 1877, by a posse,
commanded by Mr. Scranton, as murder.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A game of baseball at Bosten, yesterday
resulted in the tollewing score : Bestens,
11 ; Albanys, 1.
Abner C. Loomis, of Chicago, dealer in
carriage goods, has made an assignment.
His liabilities arc ever $40,000 ; assets,
$20,000.
Owing te the inability te obtain birds
the Gulf City gun club at Mebile find
themselves compelled te postpone their
pigeon tournament until further notice.
Rebert Savage, a colored widower of 45
years, shot Allie Williams, a colored girl,
and theu attempted te commit suicide, in
Preble county, Ohie, en Thursday. The
girl had refused te marry him.
Charles De l eung was shot dead by 1.
M. Kalloch, son of Mayer Kalloch, in the
Chronicle office, at half-past seven o'clock
last evening in San Francisce. De Yeung
had shot and nearly killed Kalloch last
fall.
There arc six million sheep and three
million cattle in Queensland, from which,
after making a deduction for home con
sumption, a weekly exportation of 2,000
tens or meat could be made, provided the
necessary shipping facilities are available.
The car sheds of the Chicago city rail
way were burned yesterday. A fire wall
prevented the destruction of the stables,
in which were 400 horses. Less, $33,000.
The company has heavy insurances en all
its property.
There arc various opinions as te the pre
ferences of the delegates te Chicago
chosen by the Georgia Republicans. The
Grant men claim 12, but the general esti
mate is 8 for Blaine, 8 for Sherman, and C
for Grant. The delegates go uninstructed.
William Libson and wife, new settlers,
living a few miles from the Umatilla
agency, Oregon, were found murdered in
bed. Their heads were chopped in pieces
with an axe. Robbery was net the object,
as all their property remained undisturbed.
Superintendent Kimball, of the life-
saving service, has received the following
dispatch last eveninjr from Huren Citv.
Michigan : "Surf beat filled with us about
a mile outside. All but keeper perished
petere we were anven asnere. Jereme
jj,ih keeper.
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New forest fires are reported in New
Jersey. One near Lakewood, started by
sparks from a locomotive en the New Jer
sey Southern railroad, has burned ever
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the house and barn of S. Wardell, with I
two cows. Anether fire- is raging near
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White's bridge, and has' 'destroyed the
residence of R. Emmett, formerly known
as the Alligator tavern.
A number of workmen were en a scaffold
washing down the front of a building in
Eighty-fifth street, New Yerk, when the
fastenings suddenly gave way, precipitat
ing three of the men from the fourth story
te the pavement below, a distance of ever
fifty feet, and seriously injured them.
Their names are Jehn Summers, Geerge
distance, ayd Adam Yeung. Summers and
Custance are se dangerously injured that
little hope is entertained of their recovery.
The dead body of Miss Jennie Reynolds,
aged 23 years, sister of Councilman Rey
nolds, of Columbus, Ohie, was found in a
beard yard in a prominent part of the city
en Friday merninir. The examination of
the coroner showed marks of violence
about the threat, but otherwise the body
uninjured. The supposition is that the
young woman was decoyed into the place
and choked te death, but that her murder
er fearing arrest, left before outraging the
body.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Unit Rules and Other Matters.
Bellcfonte Watchman.
Just at this time harmony amounts te
much mere te the Democracy than does
any one man, and it will very likely shape
its course accordingly.
Square anil Sound Talk.
Shippcnsburg Chronicle, Deni.
The chairman of the state committee
will de wrong te himself and the party's
best interests if he should recognize the
dictation of his fellow members of the
committee, and place the McGowan (Phil
adelphia) delegates en the roll. Whether
this pleases Mr. Wallace or displeases
Mr. Randall, is net the question.
As in the case of legislatives bodies,
the members of the convention themselves
arc the sole judges of their election, and
net the state committee. Mr. Miller will
de right, therefore, in trampling the dic dic
tateiial mandate of the committee under
his feet, and in organizing the convention
as all his predecessors have dene. In
se doing he will be carrying out the time
honored usages of the party, and need net
fear the result.
Xe Gag Law.
Eric Observer.
The state committee at the Pittsburgh
meeting a few weeks age instructed Chair
man Miller te place the McGowan or city
committee delegation en the roll at the
organization of the state convention. Mr.
Miller's sympathies are the ether way,
and it is understood that he docs net feel
bound te obey these instructions.
He was net chosen chairman by
the committee, and net amenable te
it as te the manner he presides at the
opening of the convention. He un
derstands that his duty is simply minis
terial, and that he has no power te make
up a roll at all. That he simply fellows
the precedent of calling the counties or
districts, and making the roll by putting
uewn the names ei delegates as they re
spond, and emitting the names where
notice is properly given of a contest.
We are net in sympathy with Chairman
Miller in his presidential preferences,
but think his views correct as te the man
ner of temporary organization. Every
convention is its own master, and controls
its temporary as well as its permanent or
ganization. As te the Philadelphia contestants, the
Observer several mouths age proposed te
refer all contests from that miscalled city
of Brotherly Leve back te themselves te
shut out all delegations until they settle
their own contests. We have net since
changed our mind. It cannot injure the
party, as both wings would be treated
alike, and the decreasing Democratic vote
in Philadelphia shows that the people have
lest confidence in these who have been
running the machine. Let the gentlemen
settle their disputes outside, and net ceme
every year te disgrace the convention with
their disorderly and disreputable contest.
Ne Unit Rules.
Xorristewn Register.
The delegates te a state convention rep
resent the people of the congressional dis
tricts which sent them ; and the two sent
te the national convention from each dis
trict arc expected, under Democratic prin
ciples te represent the people of that dis
trict and net these of another. It is by no
means impossible te retain unity of action
under this system, as far as a complimen
tary vote gees, but if is net probable that
it could nor is it advisable that it should
be carried any further. Twe Pennsyl
vania's are mentioned as pessible candi
dates before the Cincinnati convention. It
would be manifestly unjust te either one
for the followers of the ether te compel
the whole delegation te vote in favor of
their choice. It is opposed te Democratic
principles ; it is opposed te right and jus
tice ; and it may defeat the will of a large
majority of the voters in the country.
TUB DISDAKMENX CASE.
On Its Way te the
Supreme Court.
Harrisburg Patriot.
It sounds odd te say that a judge will be
compelled te employ counsel in his own
defense. The case will excite much inter
est as it involves a nice legal point.
Let It be Fully Fresented.
Philadelphia Evening News.
The case of the disbarred attorneys of
Lancaster bids fair te assume considerable
pi eminence. Able counsel have been se
cured te present the cause of the disbarred
lawyers te tne attention et the supreme
ceuit, and it is repeited that Judge Patter Patter
seu will also be ably represented. This is
proper and right. The full merits of the
case should be brought out, and thus the
precedent established in the final decision
become valuable and binding.
The Contest In the Upper Court.
Philadelphia Times.
The decision of Judge Patterson disbarr
ing A. J. Stcinman and AV. U. Henscl, of
the Lancaster bar, for criticizing the ac
tion of the court in the Snyder case through
the editorial columns of the Intelligen
cer, has been appealed te the supreme
court, and it will be heard at Harrisbunr
early in May. It is announced that Attorney
General Palmer and Samuel II. Reynolds,
of Lancaster, will argue the case in sup
port of the judgment of Judire Patterson.
and that Rufus E. Shapley, James E.
Gewcn and A. K. McClure'will represent
the appellants. The issue involved is one
of supreme moment te both the press
and the bar, and the judgment of the
court of last resort will be looked
for with unusual interest. Under our pop
ular form of government it seems te be
a necessity for a judge te get lest in the fog
of despotic darkness once in a while, te
enable the supreme authority te define
both individual rights and the rights of
the press with unmistakable emphasis, and
the Legislative power has intervened te
admonish the judiciary of both state and
nation, after each important trial of the
subordination of the press te arbitrary ju
dicial power. Pennsylvania by the act of
1809, called for by the circumstances which
caused the impeachment of Chief Justice
Shippcn and Associates Yeates and Smith,
believed the issue te be settled ; but a gen
eration later a judicial crank precipitated
the Austin case. He was reversed by the
supreme court and the act et ls$0 followed,
mere clearly defining the power of courts
te punish for contempt. Congress followed
in the same line by the act of 1831, and
United States judges since then have had
sense enough te understand that the liberty
of the law means no mere the liberty of
license te judges than te editors. Judge
Patterson has finally gene off ballooning
into the forgotten despotism of forgotten
laws, but he will probably find the judicial
atmosphere much clearer about him when
he lights again. It may involve some wear
and tear te his judicial apparatus, but the.
bench, the bar and the presi will all profit
by his misfortune.
Sorrowful Death of A. H. Dill's Brether.
Whoever is responsible for the brutal
way in which Edwin G. Dill was treated
at Harrisburg en Thursday morning ought
te be searched out and held up for the hu
mane and decent public te contemplate.
Mr. Dill, who was a brother of ex-Senater
Dill; was traveling from New Orleans te
Lewisburg ; be was taken ill and from St.
Leuis te Harrisburg seems te have been
traveling in a sleeper in an unconscious
condition. At the latter point, still
remaining unconscious, he was put out
of the car at half-past one in the
morning and left lying en the plat
form in the depot. Seme time after he was
taken into the depot master's room and
laid en the fleer, with a coat under his
head. In this place he remained until
about half-past six o'clock, when he was
discovered by Cashier Walters of the treas
ury department and removed te a hotel.
The physicians found that Mr. Dill was
suffering from cercbre-spinal meningitis,
and yesterday he died. The story of the
way in which he was treated is fully sub
stantiated. It describes a kind of inhu
manity and brutality net very common in
these days, let us thankfully say, and
there ought te be some means of reaching
with adequate punishment the wretch who
could be guilty of it.
A Correction.
Philadelphia Times.
Mr. Hensel's interesting pen picture of
Judge Black errs in both the name and
residence of the late James X. McLanahan.
He was a resident of Chambersburg and
senator from the Franklin and Cumber
land district when Judge Black's con
firmation came before the Senate. The
judgeship had been warmly contested by
Judge Thomsen (father of General Superin
tendent Frank Thomsen, of the city) and
Frederick Smith, ex-speaker of the Heuse,
both residents of Chambersburg and im
mediate constituents of Senater McLana
han. Governer Perter settled the dispute
by appointing Judge Black, who was then
little known in the Cumberland Valley,
and McLanahan voiced the disappointed
sentiment of Chambersburg in op
posing the new judge ; but it was
speedily dissipated when Judge Black be
came knewu te the pcople.
Is This a Clue?
In the course of the West Point investi
gation yesterday, 'Squire Van Huren testi
fied that he met a man named Jehn
Dutchcr en April 18, at Dutcher's Junc
tion, and they had a conversation about
Whittakcr. Dutchcr had been te sec his
son, who is a cavalryman at the Point.
Referring te Whittaker, he said the black
cuss had te leave before long, and that
Cadet Burnett had told him if Whittaker
did net leave shortly, a job would be put
up en him, and he would have te leave.
Jehn Dutchcr flatly denied en the stand
that he had used the words imputed te
him, but admitted he was full of beer at
the time the conversation took place.
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llloetleil Stock.
At the annual sale of thoroughbreds by
General Harding at Bcllemead, Tenn.,
twenty-four yearlings, by Bennie Scotland
and Jehn Morgan, aggregated the sum of
$8,500. Eleven were purchased by Mr.
Jeseph Blackmerc for a gentleman in New
Yerk, and netted $4,355. Among his pur
chases were a full sister te Liahtunah and
a sister te Ben Hill. Mr. Asa Burnham,
of New Yerk, bought five at a cost of
$1,690, one of thorn a full sister te Bennio
Carrie. Mr. Charles Read, of Saratoga,
bought a Jehn Morgan colt for $4C0.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
HIS SECOND
ESCAPE.
l'hares Arinsteati Breaks
Jail in
Itread
Oayliclit.
Pharcs Armstcad, of this city, who has
been ceufincd in the county prison for
several years, where he was undergoing a
sentence of seven years and nine months
for burglary, made his escape about thrce
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He cut a
hele in the fleer of his cell, and after re
moving several bushels of stones, plaster,
&c., made his way into the cellar, from
which he escaped by crawling ever the
coal bin and out through a window. He
took a hook, used for pulling down coal
with him from the cellar, and by aid of it
he succeeded in scaling the high wall.
When the prison officials visited the cell of
Armstcad, after the escape, they found his
full suit of striped clothes lying en the
fleer. Se he either left the prison naked or
by some means was furnished with a suit
before he left the cell. Nine bags con
taining stones, bricks, plaster, &c, were
found under the bed, and it is supposed
that Armstcad first cut the hole in the
fleer and for several days past has been at
work removing the stones. Where he kept
the bags containing the rubbish is net
known, as the officials state that the cell
was examined day before yesterday.
This is the second time that Aim stead
has get out of the prison. In the summer
of 1878, after having served several years
f his sentence, he escaped with Gibsen,
the notorious horse thief. Armstcad was
caught in Harrisburg in the ceurse of
several months, and Gibsen was taken in
Pittsburgh. Beth were brought back and
n. short time age Gibsen again escaped and
new he and his old partner are both at
large and it is net likely that
cither will be caught.
It certainly leeks bad for the manage
ment of the prison when convicts succeed
in escaping from that institution in bread
daylight, leaving behind them their prison
clothes and a cart lead of rubbish. At 3
o'clock in the afternoon Undcrkeepcr
Murr was sitting at station Ne. 9, which
was opposite the cell (Ne. 32) of Arm
stead. He heard no noise, and yet he was
wide awake.
An Octogenarian Surprised.
Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of
the vencrable Christian Troyer, the eldest
of the tipstaves of our county courts, and
te celebrate se important an era in his life
and congratulate him, seme thirty or mere
of his friends assembled at his residence,
Ne. 322 West Orange street. A beautiful
silver headed cane was presented te Mr.
Troyer, and a snuff box te his wife. The
visitors came well supplied with geed
things, and the table was seen spread with
inviting viands, among which was an im
mense pigeon pie, from which, en being
cut, flew a live pigeon and perched en the
shoulder of Mrs. Troyer The evening
was very pleasantly spent by the visitors
and their aged host and hostess
NAKItO W ESCAPE.
A Man's Ilat Cut from His Head by a Loco
motive. Yesterday afternoon Jehn Reist, a deaf
man, who is 85 years of age, and resides
at Lancaster Junction, was walking en the
railroad track between that place and
Manhcim. On account of his defective
hearing he did net knew that there was
a train behind him, and he was struck
by the locomotive and knocked from the
track. In falling his head stmck near the
rails and the bat which he were was cut
off close te his head. The only injuries
he sustained were theso which were caused
by the fall.
OOUBT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Regular April Term.
Friday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. Michael
Lentz, alias Shenk, horse stealing. Themas
Jacksen testified'that be lived in Chester
county ; en the night of the 1st of April
he had a gray mare stolen, which was re
covered seven days afterwards at Lcaman
Place, in the hands of Geerge Diller ;
Geerge Diller said that he met Lentz at
Learaau Place, who gave the name of Mi
chael Shcnk and said he was a son of Chris
tian Shenk ; he offered te sell witness a
mare. After bargaining for seme time
witness bought the marc, giving Lentz a
check for $50 ; becoming suspicious from
the actions of defendant, Mr. Diller asked
him if he wanted the money for the check;
defendant said he did ; under pretense of
paying him, witness counted down some
money, get possession of the check and
then arrested defendant. The horse was
afterwards identified by Mr. Jacksen and
surrendered te him.
Fer the defense, the defendant was
called and testified that en the night of the
1st of April he bought the mare for $45
from Heward G. Whcatly, a friend of his
whose parents live in Chester county. He
paid him $3 en account. He told Diller
his name was Shenk because his middle
name is Shenk. The jury rendered a ver
dict of guilty.
Cem'th vs. Harvey Lengcnccker, forni
cation and bastardy. The presecutrix,
Lizzie Yeagcr, of Manhcim borough, swore
that defendant was the father of her
bastard child, begotten June 4 and bein
February 10. Ne defense was offered, and
defendant received the usual sentence.
Cem'th vs. Jehn Campbell, indicted for
practising medicine without a license.
The commonwealth summoned witnesses
te prove that defendant had violated the
act of 1877 for the suspension of quackery.
Drs. Bolenius, Compten, Carpenter and
M. L. Hcrr testified that defendant had
out a sign en which he announced himself
as Dr. Jehn Campbell, and had seen him
vend his medicines en maikct mornings in
Centre square. Drs. Bolenius and Carpen
ter testified that they had seen a patient te
whom Campbell's medicine was said te have
been administered whose -brain was highly
congested, and who was lying extremely
low, evidently from the effects of a nar
cetic poison. I one of the witnesses had
ever seen him prescribe medicine for
patients. Deputy Prothenotary Slaymakcr
testified that he had net taken out a
license te practice medicine, nor filed an
affidavit until after the present suit was
brought. Gee. V. Reynolds testified that
he had seen him vending his mediciues in
Chambersburg in 1878, and in Yerk in
1879, and the district attorney te prove his
itineracy offered in evidence Campbell's
own affidavit that he had been manufactur
ing and selling his medicines in Yeik.
Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster counties.
Fer the defense witnesses were called te
show that Campbell was net an itinerant,
but a permanent resident ; had lived in
Lancaster between one and two years. The
defendant himself being called, deposed
that he had lived for mere than a year at
114 Seuth Duke street ; that he manufac
tured the " magic pain destroyer," "worm
sugar," and " liver pills ;" that he makes
no liquid medicines such as Dr. Carpenter
described ; that he never heard of the
patient te whom it was said the liquid had
been administered, and that he did net
prescribe medicine for anybody. He man
ufactured his patent medicines and sold
them done up in packages with a United
States stamp en them, and had been man
ufacturing and selling them for years ; he
did net pretend te be a graduate of a med
ical college, or practice medicine, but was
called doctor in the same sense that cow
doctors, horse doctors and thousands of
ethers arc called doctors. On cress-exam
inatien the doctor proved himself te he
very illiterate, net being able te read man
uscript or evon print placed before him by
the district attorney. He claimed that his
eyes were bad, and the light bad, and ad
mitted he was net much of a scholar. Jury
out.
Cem'th vs. Daniel Miller, assault and
battery. The prosecutor, Martin Miller
is a brother of defendant. Beth men are
well advanced in life, ami respectable look
ing people, residing in Providence town
ship. The testimony en part of the com
monwealth was in brief that Mai tin Miller
had sold a small tract of land te Samuel
Wallace, reserving a number of pests that
were cut and piled en the land, and
which were te be removed by the 1st of
April. On the 31st of March he went te
remove them and found two of them sunk
in the ground en cither side a new well
which had been dug for Mr. Wallace and
walled up by defendant, who had net
quite finished the job. The pests had been
used for the purpose of supporting a wind
lass used in constructing the well. On
reaching the ground, Martin Miller began
te remove the pests ; his brother Daniel
remonstrated ; high weids ensued, and
finally Daniel struck Mai tin aciess the face
with a piece of lath, nearly knocking him
down and badly blacking his eye, and fol
lowed up the assault by raising an axe and
threatening te split his head.
The te&timany of the defense was te the
effect that Martin came te the well te take
away the pests before the well was fin
ished ; Daniel remonstrated with him, and
as the controversy grew warm Martin ad
vanced towards him and attempted te
strike him, and then Daniel used the lath
in self-defense ; that he did net knock him
down, and did net attempt te strike him
with an axe. The testimony was quite
conflicting. The case was given te the
jury after argument and a charge by the
court, during which Judge Livingston
said the case was the most disgraceful one
that had been brought during the term,
the parties te it being two
Tiv-lnircd
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brothers, and the cause of the trouble
such as should never have been brought te
the attention of the court. Jury out.
The grand jury returned the following :
True Bills Christian Bard, carrying con
cealed weapons ; Sarah Andersen, keeping
bawdy house ; Susan Jenes, keeping bawdy
house ; Daniel Miller, assault and battery ;
James Gable, larceny ; Harriet Bedie,
felonious assault and battery ; City of Lan
caster maintaining nuisance ; Jehn E.
Loraw, et al., conspiracy ; Henry Stauffer,
larceny ; Bernard Reilly, felonious assault
and battery.
Ignored Harriet J. Sweeney, practising
medicine without license; Jehn llensen,
larceny.
Saturday Morning. The jury in the case
of Daniel Miller, indicted for assault and
battery, returned a sealed verdict of net
guilty, but ordered him te pay one-half
the costs, and the prosecutor 3Iartiu' Mil
ler the ether half of the costs.
The jury in the case of Jehn Campbell,
charged with practising medicine without
a diploma, returned a verdict of net guilty
and directed that Drs. R. M. Bolenius,
Geerge R. Welchans and Wm. Blackwood
pay the costs.
Cem'th vs. J. B. Dennis, indicted for
dissuading witnesses. After the jury was
sworn, and a consultation in an uudertone
had been held among counsel, the district
attorney addressed the court, and
said as the case was an important
one, and a great number of wit
nesses would have te be examined and he
was satisfied the case could net be tried to
day, he asked permission te withdraw a
jurerand let the case go ever for trial te
.May 10th. S. II. Reynolds, esq., of com
monwealth's counsel joined the district at
torney in the application for the continu
ance. The court could see no reason why
the case should be a long one and
thought it could be tried to
day. Counsel persisted that it could
net be tried te-day ; in addition te the
time necessary te take the testimony of a
large number of witnesses, there would be
two speeches en each side by counsel.
II. M. North and J. B. Amwake. esqs..
of counsel for the defense asked that a
veulict of net guilty be taken. After
sonic further discussion the court con
sented te continue the ca.se te the 10th of
May.
Cem'th vs. Edward S. Bryan, surety of
the peace. The prosecutor, Jehn II. Ep
plcr, testified that defendant had threatened
te split his head open. Defendant testi
fied that he had appointed the prosecutor
as his assignee, and that when he had sold
him out and bought his property he had
falsely accused him of concealing a poi tien
of his property and insisted en searching
his barn while still in possession of defend
ant, and it was then he had made the
threats. Case dismissed ; defendant te
pay his own costs.
Gustav Bunzl pleaded guilty te an as
sault and battery en A. Ucissman, and
was .sentenced te pay a line of $5 and
costs.
Cem'th vs. William Elmer, desertion.
His wifu testified that -he deserted her and
refused te support her or her child. Fer
defense, witnesses were called te show that
presecutrix had treated defendant badly ;
had threatened te kill him ; drawn a
knife en him ; thrown stones at him ;
locked him out of the hettMi at
night, sometimes every night in the week ;
and en ether occasions if she let hint in the
house at all she locked him out of his bed
rjeni. Counsel for defense asked that the
court make no deeice in the ca'-e, as the
evidence had been such as wai ranted the
defendant in making application for di
vorce en account of ciuel and harbaieus
treatment en the part of the wife. The
court ordered defendant te give bends in
the sum of $300 te pay 42 per iveek for the
suppeit of the child as long as husband
and wife live apart.
Cem'th vs. Sarah Andersen and Fusan
Jenes, colored, indicted for keeping a
bawdy house in Clay street, this city. The
defendants are a brace of squalid-looking
women, one of them young and the ether
pretty well advanced in year. The testi
meny of the commonwealth was te the
effect that the hou'-e was visited a geed
deal by men and women and boys, both
black and white, and that there was a
great deal of noise and disorder, hut nene
of the witnesses had ever seen immoral
practices committed in the premises. The
district attorney abandoned the case, and
the jury returned a verdict of net guilty.
Commonwealth vs. Jeseph If. Bewman,
of Ephrata. His wife testified that defen
dant had deserted her last February, and
had since that time refused te support her,
and that for a year before that he spent
his nights away from home, sometimes
kicking the deer in late at night or early
in the morning andabusingand assaulting
her. Fer the defense the testimony was te the
effect that defendant provided well for his
wife until he was driven from the house by
threats and jealousy, and carried his clothes
te Mr. Ilamp's, where defendant had spent
a night. Never refused te live with his.
wife, and did net refuse te new.
The ceuit made no order in the case, and
said none would be made until the August
teim. In the meantime Mr. and Mrs.
Bewman were advised te live together and
make an honest eifett te de light by each
ether.
Cem'th vs. Mary A. Miller, surety of the
peace. Mary Brady, the presecutrix, is
an old woman, and the defendant a young
woman, both living in the same house.
The two had a difficulty about a little boy,
during which the defendant said te the
presecutrix " you miuht have broken my
boy's back, and if you de se, I will break
yours." Case dismissed and county for
costs.
Cem'th vs. Levi Eeshlebrenner, surety
the peace. Case dismissed and county for
cots.
The giarid jury ignored the bill charg
ing Mrs. Christian Diehl wifli violation of
the liquor law.
Itepert of the Orand Jury.
The grand jury came into court and pre
sented the following report :
Te the Honorable the Judies of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the 1'eace in ami for the
County of Lancaster.
The grand inquest in and for the said
county of Lancaster de respectfully report
that wc have acted en 101 bills presented
te us by the district attorney, of which
85 were returned true bills and 1G
ignored. As instructed by the court wc
visited the county prison. Notwithstand
ing we made the visit at an unusual
time and without notice we found
this institution under the management of
Capt. J. P. Wci.-e, in a neat and clean con
dition and apparently well managed ; we
found here li-J inmates u convicts,
fe' trial and 43 1 for drunken and disorder-
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sieus et the law and rules el the prison
with reference te persons sentenced te sep
arate and solitary confinement are carried
out as near as possible, as are also ether
regulations of the institution.
A statement from the clerks of the
prison show that since January 1, 1880,
493 persons were sent te the prison for
drunken and disorderly conduct by the
following officers and magistrates : A. F.
Dennelly, 27 ; Jehn IP. Frank, 85 ; A. K
Spurrier, 29 ; Wm. B. Wiley, 20 ; E. D.
Reath, 5 ; Jehn T. MacGenigle, 137 ; II.
R. McConemy, 52 ; J. K. Barr, 105 ;
Samuel Evans, 17. Most of these persons
should have been sent te the work-house
instead, te earn their feed by breaking
stone ferjthe county. The officers comrait cemrait
ing them have failed in the performance of
their duty in this respect.
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