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LANCAS'lM MlLf lNTEtLIGKN(;idt FRIDAY. MAY 14; i880.
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FBIDAY EVENING. MAT 14, 1880.
Straggling for his Bosem.
That is a very amusing struggle just
new geiug en between the two Republi
can daily journals of this city for the
favor of Judge Livingston. The New
Era, which enjoyed the vantage of being
the judge's best friend, forfeited it
through the propensity of its editor te
rashly swing his shelahlah and through
the judge's head getting in the way of
one of his random knocks. Then the
Examiner came te the rescue and took
up the abandoned position as the judge's
champion. And then the New Era, af
frighted, declared that it was all a mis
take, that it was the truest friend the
judge ever had ; that when it castigated
him it was done for his geed and that it
only did it ouce and it hoped te be for
given and begged te be taken back te his
besom. Whereupon the Examiner makes
game of it and tells us some mere of the
pretty secrets about the New Era pro
prietors' obligations te the judge; and in
the course of the controversy we expect
te lie fully advised as te the peculiar
relationships of all the parties, and their
cousins and their aunts, and te be fur
nished with abundant means of judging
as te which journal is the friend par ex
cellence of the judge ; which is a very
important question. We don't put in a
claim for ourselves, as probably Judge
Patterson is our fair share of the judicial
booty. On the New Era's idea that the
best friend of the judge is the one who
most plainly tells him of his faults and
most earnestly exhorts him te repent,
ance, we apprehend that our lien en our
part of the bench will be promptly ac
knowledged and net interfered with.
"We therefore calmly await te see who
captures Judge Livingston. If protesta
tion can de the work the New Era will
come out ahead, as it can double-discount
the Examiner in that line. Noth
ing can be finer than its ardent expres
sion of admiration for the judge and its
hope that he will be a judge throughout
the balance of his life. The Examiner
does net seem able te get ahead of this
bid for the judge's affection, bing appar
ently dumbfounded at the New Era's
audacity. If it had collected its faculties
together it ought te have been equal te a
nomination of the judge for the supreme
bench ; which would have been cleverly
seeing the New Era's bid and going one
better.
The New Era's publisher, it seems, has
been a crony of the judge. When he
was a senator his paper says that he con
stantly asked the judge hew he should
vote, which it complains that his suc
cessor and the Examiner's friend, Semi
ter Myliu, does net de. Very likely.
Senater Mylin is net like ex-Senater
Warfel, as perhaps he is pleased te feel.
Still it is a point against the Examirer in
the struggle for the judge's countenance'
that the senator does net consult him and
that the judge complains of it as the
New Era says he does. The authority
for the statement is bad, but if true it is
an important consideration in the mo
mentous question at issue. Then Mr.
Warfel, the Examiner admits, called
upon the judge and apologized for his
paper's assault en him and declared that
if it happened again he would discharge
his editor. He has net done it and-preb-ably
won't. In fact he couldn't. A
pep-gun cannot discharge a cannon ball.
Still it was a pleasing thing te say te the
judge. It was innocent, and showed
the publisher's innocent heart. It prob
ably set him right with the judge and
maybe he don't cut him any mere when
he meets him en the street. The wicked
editor gets all the blame. He is the bull
that rushes at the red rag ; his partner
the big calf that slinks behind the cow
when danger cometh. And when the
rag is taken away the bull is a very mild
animal. The rag is away. The New Era
is gentle with the judge. The Examiner
is pointed te a back seat. The happy
family seeks te be reconciled. The love
feast is spread. The rough tongue is
smoothed and the publisher is net dis
barred for his paper's naughty language
that he, peer dear, never knew was
coming, and that it is ever se sorry that
it was wicked enough te print.
The Lebanon Crime.
Five men have been hanged for the
Itaber murder and yet net all have been
hanged who share the responsibility for
it. Last fall the two men who actually
drowned the victim were executed. New
the three who hired the assassins have
met a like deem. There remain yet
unpunished the insurance agents who
induced this gang of men te insure
Itaber's life for a speculation. The
agents have received their commissions,
the insurance companies have protected
their premiums; they escape paying the
less and they escape the gallows. Have
they earned it ? Perhaps net. Perhaps
they did net effect this insurance intend
ing that Itaber should be murdered, that
his slayers should be hung, and that they
should get their commission and premium
and save their policy. If they did
nei, nuenu te put itaeers me in jeep
ardy by insuring it, they are net mur.
derers ; this needs te be shown. It is at
least evident that they deserve great
blame. They are responsible for these
six deaths. They put the" temptation in
the way of these men ; and it is undeni
able that insurance companies which
grant insurance en lives te men, who are
in no way interested in the insured,de de
liberately that which they knew puts in
danger the lives they insure. Hen. F. W.
Hughes, of Pottsville, writes te the
Heading Eagle that in his judgment
' the organizations, miscalled insurance
companies, that take risks en the lives
of ethers, in whom the assured have
neither credit, interest or close relation
ship by bleed or marriage, such as il
lustrated in the case of the insurances-en
the life of Eaber, are simply bended
swindlers, who for gain, under the false
pretense of life insurance, are promoting
the crime of murder."
His denunciation is just. These men
stand condemned at the bar of public
opinion and they should be condemned
' by the law. Men who thus seek calmly
what is but bleed money are mur
derers in heart and mere -richly deserve
hanging than de the peer victims of
their devilish machtinatiens.
The Examiner is engaged in the grate
ful task of ventilating J. W. Jehnsen,
esq., of whom, in times.past, when he
was laying up the thirteen thousand deL
lars that the Examiner new charges he
made out of the office of district attor
ney. And when he wa?,raoreever,liandling
naturalization papers of a peculiar kind
in a peculiar way te aid the Republican
cause, we had, ourselves, a geed deal te
say. A great deal can be said of Mr.
Jehnsen te show his unfitness for the
district atterneyship. We de net see,
however, that the amount of money he
received as fees of his office can be thus
urged, unless it is alleged that it was
unlawfully taken. We recommend the
Examiner te give its attention te this
inquiry, and te a disclosure of the various
matters in the conduct of Mr. Jehnsen
of which it is fully advised and which
will eminently serve te persuade the Re
publican voters te vote for someone else
for district attorney. The Examiner's
plea is that it wants these district attor
ney fees te feed some source of the young
birds in the nest who have net yet had a
comfortable meal. It is very kind in the
Examiner parent bird te be thus consid
erate of the weaklings. Rut it should
carry its kindness far enough te de effec
tive service for its charges ; and it can
only de this by telling all it knows about
Jehnsen.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Tennyson has been nominated te
the lord rectership of Glasgow universi
ty. The Marchioness of Leiine, wife of Can
ada's governor general, will seen return te
England te be treated for an affection of
the ear caused by a recent accident.
Airs. Elenora SiiEHMAN-TiiACKAnA de
clared that her trousseau and her wedding
gifts were her own private property, and
she wouldn't allow them te be paraded in
the newspapers.
Secretaries Evahts and Ramsey and sev
eral members of the diplomatic corps in
Washington made an excursion te Mount
Vernen en the United States steamer Tal
lapoosa, yesterday.
Letters just received in this country
mention tliatMme. GEiiSTEn-GAKDiNi was
at Bologna en the 23th of April.Thc condi
tion of her health is highly satisfactory ;
and there is a beautiful little girl.
Mrs. Langthy as "Effie Deans" in a
Londen tableau entertainment the ether
evening. She is described as looking very
lovely in her simple blue serge petticoat
and jacket of flowered print, her face
downcast, her fair hair flowing
The Right Hen. Rebekt Lewe and the
Right Hen. E. II. KNATCimuM--Hi;r,ES-sen,
(Liberals), who were returned te the
Heuse of Commens for Londen University
and Sandwich respectively, have taken
leave of their constituencies preparatory te
entering the peerage.
William II. Deleiianty, the well
known song and dance man, who has de
lighted audiences in most of the variety
theatres of the United States, is dying of
quick consumption at his home, 150 West
Tenth street, New Yerk.
Mrs. Blaine, is fair-haired, tall, rather
stout, with dignified carriage, and a man
ner earnest and practical. Alice, the eld
est daughter, is a beautiful girl of eighteen
Mary is home from school, but net as yet
in society. Miss Dedge, better known as
Gail Hamilton, is, for half of the year, a
member of the Blaine family.
MINOR TOPICS.
The Alteena Sun moves that Senater
Wallace be made chairman of the Deme
cratic national executive committee.
The ordinary observer of passing events
will begin te think Mr. Washburne doth
pretest tee much. The country is being
treated te another disclaimer that he has
the presidential bee in his bonnet. He
told his brother the ether day that he is
for Grant first, last and all the time.
Secretary Sherman, Senater Conkling
and Senater Jenes are mentioned as going
te the circus lately in Washington. Herein
lies one charm of a republican govern
ment. Hew curiously would read the
statement that Moltke, or Gladstone, or
Beaconsfield had attended the circus.
One of our exchanges publishes five col
umns of reprint from different papers
which estimate, in figures, the chances for
the Democratic nomination. The conclu
sion from all this mass of numerals is ex
actly like that of a bearding house landlady
whose breakfast was struck by lightning :
" Let's chop some mere hash."
The "boom" of the dark horse is about
ready te be launched. Exchange. Wait
till they arc all en deck ; then launch the
hull of 'cm, and open the canvass.
The Valley Spirit says : Nobody ever thinks
of Mr. Hayes being a Republican "dark
horse." It has tee long been known that
he is an ass.
Blaine has been an awful poacher this
week. He has bagged his game in the
hunting grounds of Zach Chandler and e
Bullion Jenes and Sharen and has get
away with West Virginia. Set 'cm up
again in Illinois, Alabama, Colerado, Ne
braska, Minnesota and Louisiana. They
are the only states which have net yet
elected.
Widow Deyle, of East Brooklyn, had
sixteen cows, the sale of whose milk was
her only source of income. On Tuesday
night some malicious rascal poisoned them.
Twelve are dead, and the rest are supposed
te be dying. Widow Deyle has had one
of her own sons, a rival in the milk trade,
arrested for the crime. He says he is in
nocent and for the credit of human nature
it is te be hoped he is.
When such a man as ex-Senater Cono Ceno Cone
ver is put up by the Republicans for the
governorship of Flerida, it shows that the
old malign influences are still shaping the
policy and dictating the methods of that
party in the Seuth. The quickening of
political life in the presidential year is
bringing te the surface all of the carpet
baggers who were net driven into the pen
itentiary or te distant parts efathe country
by the resumption of self-government by
the Southern people. It is net a geed
sign.
Mr. R. H. Themas, editor of the
Farmer's Friend, has-been prevailed upon
te take held of the management of the
seventh annual tri-state picnic and exhi-
bitien under the auspices "of the Patrons
of Husbandry of Pennsylvania, Maryland
and West Virginia. Great success attend
ed these gatherings under the manage
ment of Mr. Themas during the past six
years, especially last year, when the attend
ance during the three days reached ever
20,000 persons, and the exhibition of farm
products, implements and machinery was
equal, if net greater, than at any county
fair ever held in the Middle states. The
time and place for the picnic has net yet
been fixed.
The fact that the Raber murderers, Wise,
Brandt and Hummel were " boutonnieres"
at their execution yesterday was given
especial prominence in the general press
dispatches announcing Lebanon's ghastly
tragedy. The idea of a man wearing a
buttonhole bouquet en the gallows strikes
the staid and conservative Philadelphia
Ledger as a horrible burlesque, and the
carrying of the hanging courtesies tee far.
Nobody would deny a flower in the
hand te a man about te die, but
this mixing up of decoration and
the last dying struggles is repulsive
in the extreme. The Ledger thinks the
whole business of fervent display and de
votion at such times is also overdone.
When a peer wretch comes te meet his
well-earned fate, whatever he has te say
about his spiritual satisfaction at such
times should be kept for the ear of his
clerical adviser, and net telegraphed as
a part of the details. Such triumphant
departures as many previously hardened
villains make from the falling trap
may be in one sense gains te religion, but
they are very bad lessens for humanity.
PUGILIgTlC PARSON.
Hecter Franklin Floers Warden Urewn.
A remarkable pugilistic encounter occur
red in the vestry room of the P.E.churchef
the Evangelists, rinladelpma, en last J ues
day evening. The combatants were none
ether than the rector. Rev. Themas J.
Franklin and the warden, Mr. Geerge W.
Brown. The dispute between these gen
tlemen arose from a disagreement en the
subject of church finances. It is known
that at the last meeting of the vestry
Rev. Franklin, through his counsel,
Themas J. Read, proposed te resign
his charge if $l,700wasnet paidhim in cash,
this amount being claimed by the rector
as a salary due. Fer the purpose of
determining the justness of this claim a
cemmitte was appointed by the church,
consisting of Themas J. Reynolds, Cooper
McLear, Geerge Chearman and Warden
Brown. At .the meeting of the committee
en Tuesday evening Dr. Franklin and his
counsel were present. The committee had
obtained possession of the cash book and
journal kept by the lector during the past
three years, which for some they had been
carefully examining. After prayer War
den Brown said he could net
understand hew the church was in
debted te the pastor. Counseller Read
asked for tie the cash book, saying
that he would seen prove the
indebtedness. This was granted en con
dition that the journal be also put in evi
dence. According te the cash book Coun Coun
seleor Read proved that $2,000 had been
collected during the past year and the
same amount had been expended, leaving
a clear year's salary due his client. War War
den Brown then brought forth the journal
by which he proposed te prove that the
rector had entered collcctieus te the
amount of $4,000, and that this sum had
been expended. Counseller Read immc
diately objected te this statement, remark
ing : "We have established our claim and
shall new retire."
Warden Brown insisted that they should
remain and hear the charges of the com
mittee, saying : "There is a wide discrep
ancy in the pastor's accounts, and we de
mand an explanation, if ene can be made."
Upen this remark Dr. Franklin, who
had become greatly excited, rushed te his
accuser, and, shaking his clenched fist in
his face, ejaculated : Sir, you might as
well stab me te the heart as te defame me
with such an outrageous charge !"
Brown, with provoking coolness, replied
te this : " I have no charges te make ;
but there is a discrepancy in your accounts
and this committee, being one of investi
gation, is entitled te have it reconciled, if
you can de it. We are only desirous that
you should make some explanation. If
you have spent the money admit it."
During this time the pastor's peitly
frame trembled with rage. The last sen
tence barely escaped the warden's lips
when the reverend gentleman threw him
self upon his accuser and dealt him a heavy
blew in the breast. Brown fell from his
scat and was caught in the arms of Com
mitteeman Chearman. The pastor made
an effort te fellow the assault with
another blew, but his arm was arrested by
his counsel and the ethers in attendance,
and futhcr violence was thus prevented.
Brown, regaining his feet, shouted :
" This is no place for pugilistic exhibi
tions, and you cannot have satisfaction
from ine in this way here."
The pastor, whose excitement had net
diminished, replied : " Then, sir, I will
give you satisfaction at any time or place
you may mention."
Further squabble was determinated by
the pastor being led from the room. After
this unusual scene the business of thejcom thejcem
mittec wasjtcrminated, but they adjourned
with the determination net te recognize
the claims of the pastor until his claim was
established te their satisfaction.
A reporter called upon the clergyman at
his residence, en Seuth Tenth street, buthe
refused te give any particulars with refer
once te the disturbance. With a smile he
remarked :j" I de net recollect hitting any
body. Everything was quite lovely."
FURIOUS FLAMES.
A Day of VlMutereiM Conflagrations.
The greater portion of the village of
Stuyvesant, eleven miles north of Hudsen,
N. Y., was destroyed by fire this morning.
The fire started in the storehouse of the
New Yerk and Catskill steamboat com
pany, and destroyed that and the store
house of the Catskill and Albany steam
boat company, the Hudsen River railroad
depot, the steam flouring mill of Best &
Wilcoxsen, the New Jersey icehouse, with
20,000 tens of ice, the Stuyvesant iron
foundry, St. Mary's Catholic church, and
a number of stores and dwellings. The
less is estimated at $300,000. Travel en
the rai'read was stepped for a time by the
ruins of the burned buildings along the
track and the warping of the rails by the
heat. A tramp, giving the name of James
Smith, was arrested en the charge of hav
ing caused the fire, and narrowly escaped
lynching at the hands of a furious mob.
The factory of the Nichells' manufactur
ing company, at Fend du Lac, Wis., was
destroyed by fire yesterday. Less, $125,
000. The factory of the Whitewater Valley
coffin company, at Connersville, Ind., was
burned yesterday. Less, $70,000.
Nearly half the town of West Liberty,
Ohie, was destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon, thirty-live blocks of stores be
ing laid in ashes. The less is estimated at
$200,000.
The fires around Duke Centre, in the
Bradford region, had been subdued yes
terday, and that village was considered
out of danger. The 25,000 barrel oil tank
of Mitchell & Jenes was still burning, and
the 10,000 barrel tank at the Baker trestle?
en the Kendall and Eldred railroad, bad
overflowed, burning the trestle. Many I
Ores were burning in the weeds, but the
greatest danger' was considered past. It
is said that 300 "rigs" were destroyed en
Wednesday evening.
The forest fires in New Jersey continued
yesterday. A tekgram from Atlantic City
estimates the less in live stock, timber,
houses and ether property in that county
at $200,000. In Galloway township thirty
buildings have have been destroyed. The
people of May's Landing, Tuckahoe and
Egg Harber were out almost in a body te
check the flames. A telegram from Fann
ingdale says thousands of acres of valuable
timber land between that place and Squan
kum have been destroyed, with several
homes of berry-pickers.
A fire is burning in the Clearfield dis
trict of this state.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Edwin Heyt, convicted of the murder of
bis father, was hanged in Bridgeport,
Conn., yesterday.
The Flerida Republican convention con
cluded itf session yesterday, after nomina
ting S. B. Conever for governor by accls accls
matien. ben at or Hampton yesterday made a
speech in opposition te the attempt te oust
Kellogg from his seat, claiming that the
Senate had no power te re-open the case.
Gas and water have been shut off from
the posteffice and sub-treasury in Bosten,
Mass., te the serious embarrassment of
business.
A deputy marshal! arrived in Atlanta,
Ga., yesterday, with five prisoners, captur
ed in a revenue raid in Rabun county.
Three additional distilleries were seized.
The officers were fired upon, but without
effect.
Vignaux, the billiard player, has started
for Londen te arrange the terms for a bil
liard tournament with Roberts, the Eng
lish billiardist. They will play several
games, both French and English, for 100 a
side at each game.
The supersedeas estepping the sale of
the Virginia Midland railroad having been
withdrawn, that read and its branches
were sold at auction, by Commissioner
Barbour, in Alexandria, Va., yesterday
afternoon. It was purchased for $4,500,
000 for tb.3 associated bondholders and
creditors.
Kearney's case was before the supreme
court, of California in Sacramento yester
day, and his counsel was given leave te
bring before the court en Monday next all
matter pertaining te the record. The
court reserves the right te pass upon the
admissibility of any of the matter that
may be brought up.
The ways and means committee yester
day, by a vote of G te 4, adopted a concur
rent resolution for the adjournment of
Congress en the 31st of May. The ayes
were Messrs. Gibsen, Phelps, Cenger, Gar
field, Kelley and Frye ; the nees. Messrs.
Carlisle, Tucker, Morrison and Mills. Mr.
Felten was present but did net vote.
Messrs. Weed and Denncll were absent.
A cemmmittee of the state beard of
charities appointed te investigate charges
against the society for the reformation of
juvenile delinquents, en Randall's Island,
reported te the Senate of New Yerk yes
terday. The committee found the feed
given te the children inferior, their per
sons, table service and bedding uncleanly,
their clothing untidy and paerly made, and
the care of the sick inefficient.
STATIC ITEMS.
The idea that the class works at Bclle Bclle
fente will be re-established has vanished.
Citizens of Tarpert, a suburb of Brad
ford, raised about $200 for the benefit of
the Rexferd sufferers by the forest fires.
Abraham Halteman of Fayette has a
German Bible printed in 1G93, which
weighs 2C0 pounds.
Edgar Penchat, the leading Republican
pelitican of Pike county, has just been
commissioned associate judge.
A baby was born in the Montgomery
county jail. It's mother is serving a term
for violation of the liquor laws.
Williamsport is making extensive prep
arations for the twenty-seventh annual con
clave of Knights Templar, which con
venes in that city en May 25, 20 and 27.
A young child of Rev. Ambrose Gring,
of Bedford, Pa., had the side of its face
bitten off en Friday last by a horse belong
ing te that gentleman.
A grand military fete is te be held at
Pottsville this summer, under the auspices
of the First Defenders. Of the 244 First
Defenders who went from Pottsville only
GO are alive. ,
The Williampert beard of Wealth waxes
very wroth at the failure of the council te
fill a vacancy existing in that body, and
have resolved te resign if a new member
is net appointed by the 20th of the present
month.
A daring attempt at robbery was made
en the Pottstown posteffice yesterday
morning. The burglars blew the safe up,
setting fire te the office room, but secured
little booty, as the explosion aroused the
neighborhood. The less by fire reaches
$200.
The annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the diocese of Penn
sylvania closed its sessions yesterday even
ing. A report was adopted unanimously,
cencuring in the counsel and cautions given
in Bishop Stevens address in reference te
auricular confessions and priestly absolu
tion. After months of testimony and and ar
gument and an cxpeuditupe for court ex
penses alone of some $75,000, the jury in
the Whittaker will case returned Ja ver
dict yesterday morning in favor of the
heirs of Rebert Whilaker, the defendants,
thus declaring the Dickersen will a forgery.
The alleged conspirators, one of them a
lawyer, will be tried for forgery.
Jehn Pemrick was acquitted in Philadel
phia, yesterday, of the charge of murder
ing James Casey, whom he shot en the
18th of March last, the ball entering the
left eye and passing through the brain,
The accused relied for acquittal en Casey's
bad character for violence, claiming that
he killed him in self-defense.
Yesterday Mr. Geerge K. Goodwin,
lessee and manager of .the Walnut Street
and Park theatres, Philadelphia, obtained
from Mr. Jeseph M. Bennett, the "Tower
Hall " merchant, a lease of the American
theatre property en Chestnut street, for a
long term of years. The future destiny of
the theatre is new determined, and Mr.
Goodwin will at once set about altering
the place, and make it one of the hand
somest nl.ices of amusement in th ifv
and suitable in every way for the perform
ances he intends te present en its stage.
The interior will be materially changed,
the auditorium will be equipped with new
chairs and handsome carpets, and the stage
appointments will be of the cempletest
character.
Education of Girls.
The Londen Examiner, speaking of high
schools and the education of girls, says :
"Whatever is taught a boy of twelve
must be imparted te a girl of the sameage.
It fellows that there is no such thing as a
sewing class, nor can there be lessens in
cookery, since the time which might be
devoted te such frivolous pursuit is re
quired for Latin and algebra. The next is
that pupils are te be pushed forward as
much as possible, se as te win high places
at the Oxford and Cambridge examinations,
and thus cast a glory en the high school
and the high school company, limited. The
result is that the headaches mentioned by
Dr. Treichler, and the consequent depres
sion and injury te health, are but te fre
quent, for they are inevitable when little
children of ten and eleven have te learn
Euclid and discuss the binary, ternary and
duodecimal systems of notarien.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT QUARTER SESSIONS.
Adjourned April Term.
Thurtday Afternoon. Court reassembled
at 2 ocleck en Thursday afternoon. The
case of the cem'th vs. Julia Hoever,
charged with murder, was resumed.
Vienna Hoever being recalled, testified
that the sugar in the bowl, which was put
in the soup partaken of by the infant, was
bought by Julia.
Dr. I. N. Lightuer, recalled : Frem
the symptoms developed in the infant
would say that it was a case of poiseniug ;
between two and three grains of arsenic is
sufficient te cause death in an adult ; from
the amount of arsenic found in the stom
ach of the child there was sufficient te
cause death.
X : Witness said he was a graduate of
the Cincinnati medical college ; gave the
child an antidote for the poison ; when he
get te Hoever's house, about 8J o'clock in
the morning, the mother of the child was
net suffering.
Dr. Jehn L. Atlee testified that he had
been practicing medicine for 60 years;
would be very much afraid te give any
adult a grain of arsenic ; the books say
that from three te four grains of arsenic
will produce death ; the quantity testified
te as being found in the stomach of the
child would preduce death.
Andrew Eicholtz, constable, testified
that he knows defendant; brought her
from Ephrata te Lancaster ; en the way
in he made no premises, nor did he held
out any inducements te her te make any
statement in regard te this offense. The
district attorney then asked witness what
defendant had said te him in reference te
this charge while in his custody en the
read te prison. The defendant's counsel
objected, because, being young and unex
perienced, any statement she made te the
officer ought net te be used against her in
this trial. The testimony was admitted.
The defendant, in answer te the question,
" Hew did you ceme te be accused," said
the reason was that she had bought
poison two weeks before this occurred;
that she had bought this poison te kill
rats and mice ; she said she had net used
any of the arsenic for that purpose ; when
the child was taken sick and the doctor
came and said that the child was poisoned
she said that she threw the poison into the
stove, and that wa3 where she missed it.
Dr. Charles, recalled : Frem two te
three grains of arsenic would produce
death in an adult ; the quantity of arsenic
found in the stomach of the infant would
be sufficient te produce death.
Tfie commonwealth here rested, and J.
Hay Brown, esq., opened en part of de
fendant. Meyer D. Hoever, being called te the
stand testified that he was the father of
defendant and also of the infant who died
en November 21st ; some time prier te this
date his wife and daughter, Julia, complain
ed about rats and mice in the house; he
said they should get poison ; has been mar
ried te his second wife since January, 1878 ;
have been in the habit of keeping arsenic
in the house in the cupboard described by
his wife ; cornstarch, cream of tarter, bak
ing soda, sugar and ether articles were kept
en the same shelf as the arsenic ; in clean
ing out the cupboard after the death of the
child, found a package en the first shelf
which he thought was poison. Being
shown a package said it was the package
and label. When found, the package was
open at ene end ; the child was net sick en
the Wednesday of the week it died ; it was
sick a week earlier ; Julia was always kind
te the child and appeared te be fend of it ;
always purchased the arsenic at Konig Kenig
machcr's drug store, the predecessor of E.
S. Reyer.
Edward Konigmacher testified that he
had been in the drug business in Ephrata
for 10 years ; he produced the record te
show that Meyer Hoever had en four dif
ferent occasions from 1872 te 1878, bought
arsenic at his drug store.
Dr. H. E. Muhlenberg testified that he
made a chemical analysis of the package
found in the cupboard of Meyer Hoever,
and found it te be arsenic.
J. Warren Conard, of the Read
ing Eagle, testified that he was
at Ephrata en the night of Novem
ber 25. The defendant's counsel offered te
prove that this witness saw the defendant
Julia Hoever, en November 25 and that
she had told him that she had put the
arsenic into the cupboard after she had
bought it and never saw it afterwards.
The commonwealth objected and this
testimony was net allowed, te which defen
dant excepted.
Frances Heffman testified that she was
the aunt of defendant and very frequently
visited Mrs. Hoever's house ; always
thought that Julia was very fend of the
child.
Gee. M. Fitzcr testified that the record
of E. S. Reyer shows that there was but
one sale of arsenic made te any of Hoov Hoev
er's family since April 1879, and that was
made en November 12, 1879, te Julia. The
case was argued by J. Hay Brown, esq.,
for defendant, and by the district attorney
for the commonwealth, after which court
adjourned.
Friday Morning. Court met at 9 o'clock.
The Hoevir jury was charged by
Judge Patterson. They returned te court
after an absence of three-quarters of an
hour, with a verdict of net guilty. Her
counsel at once moved for the discharge of
the prisoner, and the district attorney
making no objection, she was at once
released from custody.
A jury was empaneled te try the case
against J. Harvey Raymond, charged
with dissuading witnesses. After four of
the jurors had been struck, J. Hay Brown,
counsel for defendant, moved that the case
be continued, en the ground that some of
the jurors empaneled in this case had
tried the Dennis case for the same offense,
and this case being se interwoven with
that of Dennis, the rights of defendant
might be jeopardized by going te trial at
this time. The court said if defendant
would make such an affidavit it would be
considered. Counsel then withdrew the
motion aud a jury was sworn te try the
case.
The commonwealth proved that sub
poenas had been served en Jes A Schlegel
milch, William II. Bates, Jehn Hesslcr
and W. C. Bates, te attend court as com
monwealth witnesses against JehnB. Den
nis for violating the liquor law. The com
monwealth then offered te prove that Den
nis approached witnesses, Raymond being
present, and endeavored te get him te go
before the grand jury and swear the liquor
suits were brought through malice ; Bates
then said something about costs, and Ray
mond then said if Bates would de that he
(Raymond; would see that Dennis did net
put Bates in a hole. The court would net
allow the offer the of commonwealth. Wit
ness continued : Raymond never dissuaded
him from attending court ; in June 1879.
Raymond came te his house and asked if
he (Raymond) was in Bates's place he be
lieved he would net attend court.
Jeseph A. Schlegcliniich testified that
Raymond was net present at any time
when the conversations between Dennis
and witness took jIace in regard te the
liquor cases. At this stage the common
wealth abandoned the case and the jury
were directed te render a verdict of net
guilty, which was done. In the cons i racy
cases against Jehn B. Dennis and
J. Harvey Raymond, verdicts of
net guilty were rendered, these
defendants having been tried for dis
suading witnesses, and the conspiracy cases
growing out of these, the lesser offense
merges into the greater. S. H. Reynolds,
esq., moved tnat Jeuu 15. Dennis, con
victed of dissuading witnesses, be required
te enter bail, pending sentence. The mat
tar will be heard bv the court Saturday
morning.
Themas Chamberlain, Levi Eckert and
Peter E. Hess were charged with the lar
ceny of oysters, peanuts and oranges, of
the value of $30, from the huckster wagon
of Stephen Lambert, of Philadelphia. The
goods were taken from the wagon after it
was put up for the night at the hotel of
Martin Swcigart, at the Gap. The com
monwealth proved that defendants had
taken a small quantity of peanuts from the
wagon, and that two sacks of oysters were
taken away en Peter Hess's skeleton
wagon.
This case was still en trial when court
adjourned until 2) o'clock.
YOUNG THEOLOGIANS.
Theses Head at the Seminary Coinmeiioe Ceinmeiioe Coinmeiiee
luent Last Evening.
Last evening a lar-je audience was pres
ent in St. Stephen's chapel, college campus,
the occasion of the closing exercises of the
Reformed theological seminary, and the
reading of the theses of the graduates
The floral decoration of the pulpit was un
usually attractive and elaborate. On the
wall of the recess was the inscription, "All
Thy Works Praise Thee," in letters of
green and geld. A splendid cress com
posed of choice flowers steed upon the
altar, and the pulpit aud reading desks
were profusely ornamented with cut
flowers and greens. The effect of the dec
oration was enhanced by the lighted can
dles that burned en the pulpit desk, aud
which afforded light necessary for the
graduates te read their papers.
The ritual of the church was conducted
by Rev. E. V. Gerhart, D. D., president
of the seminary, after which the male
quartet of voices belonging te the choir of
St. Stephen's sang a beautiful anthem.
The first orator was Mi. Alfred F. Dreis
bach, of Easten, the subject of whose
paper was "Man in the Light of the
Eighth Psalm." Man is endowed with
attributes that put him fur beyond all else
in creation, and in the 8th Psalm is de
scribed the ideal man of the Old Testament
economy. The psalmist did net in
that ecstatic utterance intend te compare
him with the physical universe. He
knew that in his mere physical na
ture man is a mere atom of creation. Had
he been regarding the physical attributes
only, he might well have exclaimed,
" What is man that thou art mindful et
him, and the son of man, that thou visitcst
him?" In his spiritual nature, however,
of which the psalmist shows his clear con
ception, there can be no comparison be
tween man and the lower orders of crea
tion. But little lower than the angels, he
is almost Divine ; he is the mere immediate
work of infinite power than all the rest of
creation combined. In him the natural
and spiritual meet, mortality struggles,
immortality triumphs. The true dignity
of man is nowhere mere clearly defined
than in the 8th Psalm, where he is shown
te be an abiding memorial of Ged's grand
est work, a monument of infiuite power,
"til n4 inr 1trix ltlrr in inrr1 in n-i-ijln-i
Aft MVUlVlk VTf J(WS 11 tttlVJj 111 lJJ,llU'-
sien hew like a Ged."
Mr. Chas. F. Seutag read a paper en
"True Manhood," which was devoted te
an exposition of the varied attributes that
find their culmination in man as the su
preme work of creative power. Manhood
is the golden chain that links the natural
with spiritual ; upon it is set the stamp of
heaven. While the human body, face and
feature a rethe highest dcvelepcment of the
visible order of creation, the mind moves
in a higher plane of ideas and abstract phe
nomena. In the sphere of religion man's
true end and destiny is, revealed.
He is essentially religious. Te be a
true man, therefore, he must, first of all,
be religious. The heart is the centre of
his being. If it beat in unison with the
threbbings of Divine leve the life will un
fold in the beauty of time manhood. With
out the graces of Christianity man sinks
below the brute creation ; he becomes a
caricature of himself; his life is an absurd
ity, a melancholy failure. The grand
principle of truth must animate his soul.
Being true te Ged, it must fellow as the
night the day that his manhood is of the
true quality. The spiritual nature of man
must have a fixed posture with relation te
the geed. A Christian home has mere te
de with the formation of geed character
than all the knowledge and experience
gained in after years. It is the founda
tion, firm and sure, upon which rests the
grand moral superstructure. The best
ideal of true manhood is comprised in the
life of the incarnate Lord of the universe.
Jesus, as possessing the attributesSef hu
manity, was the model man, the pattern
for all mankind te seek te conform te. His
mission was te vindicate the truth, and men,
te gain the glory that endureth, must be
true te Ged, true te self, true te the
world.
Miss Alice Troyer sang " Hear us, O
Father," a beautiful composition, in ad
mirable style.
The subject of Mr. William J. Kersch
ner's paper was " Protestantism and Free
dom." The innate desire te threw off the
chains of slavery has existed in man's be
ing through all the ages of the world's
history. He has sought te free himself
from thraldem and repression, and reaches
out after the true, the beautiful and the
geed. The manifestation of this spirit be
fore the era of the Reformation had its out
ward expression in the Crusades, which,
although they failed in their purpose, bad
the effect of stirring the fountains of soci
ety which burst forth seen after in a flood
tide, striving te sweep away the corrup
tion whose existence in the church began
te make itself apparent te the conception of
men who had its interests nearest at heart,
Luther and Erasmus and Calvin and
Zwingli sought te awake men te a knewl
edge of the bondage under which their
insight discerned them te be struggling.
They wanted te free them, te educate
them, and te give them the right te think
for themselves. The result of their efforts
in this direction was tiiat the word of Ged
began te be proclaimed in its true light. V
The spiritual nature of men, which had se
long been in bondage, awoke te a discovery
of its degraded state. The early Reform
ers did net waut te leave the Catholic
church, but te purify it. The anathemas
Y hurled upon them by the papacy, however,
forced them reluctantly te sever their con
nection with the mother church, and
found a new institution, whose chief corner
stone should le freedom. The speaker
contrasted the main points of difference as
he discerned them between Protestantism
land Romanism, in which emancipation of
fithenht
was set lerth as the distin-
uishing characteristic of the first and
lavish dependency of the latter. Protes-
intism is the religion of direct cemmun-
n with Ged ; Reme throws up barri
cades and commands the approach te the
tkreuc of grace te be made by a circuitous
al unsatisfying passage. Protestantism
isihe religion of freedom ; Romanism that
ofyiutherity ; the former is republican in
feryi, the latter monarchical. Presperty
andi.liberty reign wherever Protestantism
exists ; it is the religion which alone ex
emplifies Christ as the ransom sent te free
mankind from the bondage of sin.
Mr. Frank Wetzel, of Bcllefentc, read a V-
paperen "Points of Contact and Contrast
in. Jewish and Egyptian Religion." The
fact that the Jewish people should have
retained se much that is distinctive in their
religion through the period of their bon
dage was dwelt upon as remarkable.
While there are necessarily points of con
tact that arc noticeable in their religion
aud that of their Egyptian masters, the
student cannot help being struck by the
many contrasts in matters of essential.
An examination of the two systems of re
ligion reveals a similarity in many of the
symbols characteristic of them, as, for in
stance, the scape-geat of the Jews, which
had a type in the Egyptian forms, while
even the form of the temple of the Jews
may be traced back te Egyptian origin.
The widest difference is notable, however,
in points of theology, aud the speaker gave
a vivid contrast of the idolatry of Egypt
and the worship of one personal Ged by the
people of Israel. Ferm is important, but
becomes .secondary when compared with
the object worshiped through that form.
The ritual of the Jews and of the Egyptians
may be found te corrcspeud in many par
ticulars, while in theujegy and meaning
they difi'er in tete, and henee the Jews may
be claimed te have maintained their re
ligien throughout the centuries they wens
in bondage.
Mr. Themas M. Ballict, of Kutztown.
read apapcr en " Faith as a Mental Act."
Faith involves the exercise of intuitive
faculties as well as these of discursive
thinking. When Themas demanded proof
of our Lord's identity Jesus did net rebuke
him, but he uttered the words " i Messed
are they that have net seen and yet have
believed." Intellectual faith is net the
true Christian faith ; the latter is the faith
of the heart, involving the activity of the
affections, love, confidence and truth.
Faith is an act of the will, and has its ex
position in geed works. Faith without
works is dead. Absolute trust in a per
sonal Ged is necessary te satisfy the de
mands of the heart, as a great first cause
is demanded by reason. Faith makes the
soul conscious of direct communication with
our Father ; it involves also the activity of
the intellect, sensibility, will and religious
nature. Faith, that faith which is neces
sary unto salvation, is comprised in an ab
solute trust in the words of Jesus, who said:
" I am the resurrection ank the life. lb;
that bclicveth in me shall be saved.'
The male quartet saug " Let Thy Light
se Shine."
" Christ, the Manifestation of Ged as
Leve," comprised the theme of the paper
read by Mr. Jacob L.HartzclKef Allentown.
Leve is the motive pester that actuates us
te deeds of goodness. It pre-supposes a
subject and an object, a correspond- -f
ence and reciprocity of the subject
loving and the object loved. " Ged
is love," the highest form of love, the ulti
mate end of creation; and redemption is the
establishment of a kingdom of love. Christ
is the manifestation of this purpose, the
exposition of Ged as love. Ged se loved
the world that lie sent his only begotten
Sen, that whosoever bclievcth in Iliiii
should have everlastiug life. If we think
of Ged without Christ we form a wrong
conception of the Divine essence. Christi
anity is the beginning and the ending of
a spiritual kingdom, the law of which is
leve, and in which we have the manifesta
tion of Ged as love.
The final essay was read by Mr. Oliver
II. Strunck. of this city, his subject
being " Stephen, the Prote-Martyr." This
paper comprised an impassioned eulogy
of that saint of the early church,
whom he described as the head of the
noblest baud of men that ever lived en
earth. It seems strange that the angelic
chorus of peace en caith, geed will te
men, should have been met by the tortures
of the rack and the stake, and that the y
mission of the ambassador of love should '
have been opposed by the instruments of
hate. In a graphic narrative the speaker
recited the trial of Stephen before the
Sanhedrim, for the alleged offense of
blasphemy, but the actual indictment be
ing that he lived a pure life
before Ged. In the unjust trial te
which he was subjected, amid
the persecutions of the cruel mob thirst
ing for his bleed, he was oblivious of his
own danger, desirous only of vindicating
the truth. Faith was the magic wand that
sustained him and cleared the heavens, re
vealing te him the vision of the glory of
Ged and Jesus standing en the right hand
of the Father. Te him was fulfilled the
Divine premise "Le, I am with
you always;" his glorious death com
memorates the triumph of Christian faith,
and his prayer te Ged te lay net this sin te
their charge, instead of calling en infinite
power te hurl the thunderbolts of Divine
wrath and slay his murderers, is the ex
emplification of a love that is Godlike
in its beauty. With the earth
for his pillow and stones for his shroud
be fell asleep a martyr te evangel
ical Christianity. It has been well said
that if Stephen had net prayed Paul had
net preached, and the name of the early
martyr of the church is, as it ought te be,
held in love and reverence throughout all
time. The closing peroration was poeti
cal and mounted te the highest flight of
fancy. L
Miss Troyer sang anew and beautiful
arrangement of "Nearer, 3Iy Ged te
Thee," after which Rev. A. II. Kreiner,
D. D., formerly pastor of the First Re
formed church, this eity and president et