ggwmrffEyifcyapia LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY. MAYS! 1880. Eancastec intelligencer. MONDAY EVENING. MAY 31, 1880. A Gress Outrage. Supervisor Snowden tries te improve en Judge Patterson's mode of getting United States enumerators out of jail ; he takes the enumerator quality away from the incarcerated " hest workers " ami leaves them denuded of their official glory. That way of cutting the Gordian knot, and getting the census taken while the census takers remained in jail, never occurred te Judge Patterson perhaps; but if it had it probably would have been rejected. . The judge's sense of justice would have been shocked by the sugges tion that the drunken and disorderly conduct of a Republican worker should work a forfeiture of his office, as well as fetch him into jail. It is a punishment net laid down in the law and therefore net proper te be inflicted. The law,which is the perfection of reason, does net re quire a census enumerator and Republi can best worker te be sober and orderly, and te keep out of jail, but it relies upon the distinguished geed sense of the judiciary te see that the enumerators are net confined dur inrr tlip. npwKsnrv neried of their effi cial labors. We assume, therefore, that Judge Patterson leeks upon Supervisor Snowden 's action, in taking off the offi cial heads of the convicts whom he had restored te liberty in time te discharge their duties, sis a very grave mistake, wholly subversive of the true principles of justice, greatly tending te scandalize its administration and te cast " insult, in jury, degradation and contempt " upon the judges upon the bench who are envi roned by an " atmosphere of authority and power demanding submission, rever ence, respect" "as the representa tives and exponents of sovereign power." "Destruction of public confidence in courts is an invitation te revolution and anarchy," what measure of condemna tion then must be meted out te Super visor Snowden, who comes along after Judge Patterson has released his enu merators se that they may be ready te take the census en the first of June, and deliberately declares he will have no cen sus takers who can't keep out of jail. We call that using the court despite fully : bringing into it insult, injury, degradation and contempt; failing te yield it submission, reverence, respect ; and inviting away from it public confi dence. Judge Patterson must se leek at it. It is geed for Snowden that he is net a member of this bar. We leek at his con duct just as our worthy judge leeks at it. After championing that distinguished functionary and defending the geed sense and amiability which caused him te re lease these best workers and census takers we feel indignant that Mr. Snowden should net keep them in his besom. They get out because they bore the United States commission; and new it is taken from them. It is :i fraud unen the judge, upon us, upon the community and the con demned. It is taking a vile advantage of men who are laid away by the legs in jail? It is condemning them with out giving them a chance te be heard. It is punishing them with a penalty net imposed by the law. It is a high-handed outrage, by which justice and the judges are trampled in the dust. It is net te be calmly endured; and we respectfully 8 jggest that a rule be entered te show cause why these United States officers, having been committed te jail clothed with that high dignity, are net te be considered as still invested with it en their release therefrem ; which will raise the impor tant question as te whether a judge can be spit upon and a United States super visor be permitted te interfere with his administration of. justice and interpre tation of the law. When Judge Patterson fined Ed. Mar tin $10 for calling Frank Eshleman " a liar," and took no note of Harvey Ray mond calling Martin " a d d liar," it was " distributive justice." When Judge Patterson fined a drunken layman $5 for calling the district attor ney a liar, and enforced no penalty upon three lawyers who blackguarded eacli ether before his court and brought it into contempt by their disrespect, that was " distributive justice." When Judge Patterson disbarred two Democratic lawyer-editors for saying truly that three Republican lawyer-politicians had prostituted the machinery of justice in this court, and that the judges took no cognizance of it because they were Republicans ; and when the same Judge Patterson released en three days imprisonment a gang of Levi Sensenig's political henchmen whom the mayor had committed for thirty days te jail, this is again " distributive justice." But, for all that, " there is environing the judges upon the bench an atmosphere of authority and power, demanding sub mission, reverence, respect." The West Point court of inquiry has found that Whittaker warned himself, tied himself and mutilated himself. The note of warning was fixed upenhim by a re markable accord of the expert testimony ; the court has been able te find no motive nor circumstance pointing te anybody else as the perpetrator, while it has found self-confessed motives and indubi table circumstances which fixed the offense en Whittaker himself. The con clusion reached by the court is that which the public came te some time age ; and this last " outrage " must be record ed with many ether fictitious ones re ported from the Seuth against Whitta ker's race. Levi Sensexig has bad luck or geed luck with his political partners. He and Mentzer fell out and parted company just after their political partnership had been engaged in the pious work of electing Judge Patterson. He and Tem Furniss quarreled after their election of Ress andBreneman en the partnership con tract principle. New he and Hay Brown have quarreled ever the last primary election. The allegation of the injured partner generally is that Levi gets mere than the Levite's share of the swag. Census Supekvisek Snowden, is a " biger man" than Judge Patterson. If the Elmira church bells, organ music and Beecher preaching can be heard seventy-eight miles away, there is no telling what havoc may be made by "popular preachers" among their less popular brethren. When the " pulpit orator" can lift his voice te a fleck seated in a circle with 100 miles radius the preacher's occupation will be largely gene, as it were. PERSONAL!. In Yale college Mr. Tildex was a class mate of William M. ETarts, Chief Justice Waite, Prof. Lyman, Prof. SilHman and Edwards Picrrepent. "W. E. CnANDLEit," says the Cincin nati Commercial, "appears te be the brightest brass knob en the Blaine bureau." Senater Edmunds inquired, after hear ing an estimate of Grant's strength, hew many votes made a majority of the conven tion, and added that lmhad never felt in terest enough te figure it out for himself. Mr. Cress. Geokee Ei.iet's husband, according te the Londen Truth, " was the executer of the late Mr. G. II. Lewes, and had lenir been the confidential adviser of the distinguished authoress in all matters of business and one of her most devoted friends." After the electoral commission scheme had been agreed upon Judge Black, in his quaint way, put the situation in a nut shell when told what the joint committee of the two houses had agreed upen: "It is te be a law-suit in which we have the law and the facts en our side and they have the ceuit." Lieut. C. A. II. McCauley, 3d U. S. cav alry, new in Reading, yesterday received a lctter from Cel. Fked. Grant, dated Chi cago, May 28, iu which occurred this : " Tilings arc getting prcttyliet here, but I think Blaine has about the poorest chance of any for the nomination. Father has the best chance, but has te fight the field." Says Tnuiti.ew Wkkd : " Twice I per suaded Henry Clay te forego a nomination in which I foresaw his defeat, and twice Daniel Webster withdrew his name in compliance with my request. At length I saw his opportunity and bade him enter the lists and win. And he would have wen but for his Alabama letter." The New Yerk Sun's literary reviewer says: "If a vote could betaken in the Protestant Episcopal church as te which man among the many distinguished mem bers of their communion has reflected most lustre upon that body, there can be little doubt that a vast majority of voices would pronounce the name of William Augus tus MUIILENISEKO." " Every man," says Mark Lemen, one evening at his club, " has his peculiarities, though I think I am as free from them as most men ; at any rate, I don't knew what they are." Nobody contradicted the edi tor of Punch, but after a while Albert Smith asked : "Which hand de you shave with, under' "With my right hand," replied Lemen. "Ah," returned the ether, "that's your peculiarity ; most pee ple shave with a razor." Blaine and Sherman, are but a few minutes distant from any one in Chicago wliq wishes te consult with them. Secre tary Sherman has had a telegraphic instru. ment placed in his private room in the ticasury dcpaitmcntand is in regular con ference with his managers there. Mr. Blaine has an instrument at his house, iu Washington, which connects by a direct wire with an instrument in the private room of the managers at Chicago and he is in constant communication with them. There probably will net be an important step taken by Blaine's friends which will net receive his approval. A Hint te the Judge. J'hlliuleliiliia Times. Judge Patterson should put out his pro fessional sign se that unsophisticated reunders of the rural districts may net be made te suffer the penalty of the law for want of knowledge of his disposition and capabilities, it should read about as fol fel lows : Netice. Republican primary rioters and ether lawless persons who are duly certified by recognized party leaders as "the best workers of the ward," can ob tain tickets of leave en best terms by ap plication te the undersigned. Editors who arc members of the legal profession will net criticize this feature of the administration et justice, en penalty of being disbarred. 1). W. Patterson, Assistant Law Judge. An English Foel. AVhilc the English ship Sephia was lying at the first pier south of Reed street, Phil adelphia, en Saturday morning, some of the hands get te skylarking, and a man named Vincent went te the galley, aud, heating a poker at the stove there, ran with it into the oil room, intending te frighten his companions. Net succeeding in this, he placed the heated cud against the barrel containing the kerosene, result ing within a few minutes in an explosion, the force of which blew the men and boys out of the room and into the galley, de molished and set en fire a part of the framework, and ignited the clothing of the whole party. The cook, apprentice boys, second mate and the seamen ran out en deck, enveloped in flames, and the former jumped ever the side of the vessel into the deck, closely followed by the apprentice boys and seaman, but the cook was the only one of the four who reached the adjoining pier, the remaining three sinking almost as seen as they touched the water. The second mate en reaching the deck, removed a portion of his burning clothing, covered himself with a piecj of canvas, and with the assist inc3 of" the first mate and captain, extinguished the flames, but net before he was badly buaned. The bodies of these who disap peared under the water were all recovered. The fire en the vessel was extinguished without much trouble. The neighboring decks were crowded with vessels, all dis charging their cargoes, and if the fire had gained any considerable headway the flames would have spread te the shipping and deuc a large amount of damage. A Texan Cyclone. A terrible cyclone visited Savey, en the Texas Pacific railroad, Friday night, and totally destroyed the town, killing nine persons and wounding sixty mere, some of whom will die. The following is a list of the killed : Samuel Gill, Dr. Kern, Miss Pansy Jehnsen, E. L. Andrews, A. Hern, Wm. 8uddeth, Mattie Best, and two Chil dren named Galigher and Andrews. Nineteen business houses, a depot and twenty dwellings were destroyed, there being only live houses in the place net damaged. Physicians, nurses, medicine, coffins, previsions and everything necessary were furnished them bythe people of Benham, and a train of cars placed at their disposal. The scene beggars description. The earth is covered with the debris, and the groans of the sufferers were heartrending. MBTOB TOPICS. General Garfield' Bays; that Grant will net be neminaeed because the unit rule will be beaten down. J. Hay Brown's last words when he left yesterday were that he would net vote for Blaine even if Grant were "switched off." He is for Grant and the unit rule and will surely take Lin Bartholemew's place as a delegate-at-large. Quay stated-te the Times correspondent in Pittsburgh, when en his way te Chicago, that he wasn't in the Lancaster light IV. r United States senator. New his own county of Beaver, taking advantage of his absence, has played the 6ame trick and at tempted te thrust senatorial honors upon him, and the Timet thinks Quay should hurry home or he may be made a senator in spite of all his protestation. The Reformed Presbyterian church of American in a Philadelphia synod, while it " recognizes the fact that neither public sentiment nor thoscntimentof the church has yet been educated te the conviction of the great evils, moral and physical, of the use of tobacco," "places en record its earnest desire that all the members of the church shall he total abstainers from the manufacture sale, and use in any form of this most dangerous weed." The crowds at the Palmer house, Chi cago evince much curiosity in watching a Georgia colored gentleman by the name of Quarter, who is new practicing law in New Yerk, and who is there in the inter est of the Sherman boom. Mr. Quarter is in tow of ex-Sheriff Daggett, of Brooklyn, who is a New Yerk delegate and intends te vote for Sherman. Quarter is very black. He wears a blue coat, an open shirt with a big brilliant stuck in it, light pants and kid gloves. A sensation was created when he walked into the big dining room of the Palmer house the ether night arm-in-arm with Mr. Daggett and took a scat directly opposite te Mrs. Den Cam eren and Mrs. Levi Morten. The guests dropped their knives and forks and start ed, and the colored waiters gathered in groups and watched and chattered, and many stalwalt Republicans, te whom such a spectacle was rather new, did net ex press much admiration. The Methodist convention at Pitts burgh has decided that congregations enirht te kneel during mavers. Rev. Wal lace Radcliffe, pastor of the First Presby terian church, Reading, contends that the proper devotional attitude during prayer is te kneel, and that the hymns should be sung by the congregation standing up. On the ocasien of his giving this advice Rev. Mr. Radcliffe concluded by announc ing the' familiar hymn, beginning, "Let us stand up and praise the Lord," which admonition being practically followed by these in attendance, his advice in both re spects has been cordially acquiesced in by the entire congregation, and it is new the standard method of devotion in the church. Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, of the Presbyterian church, this city, preaches the standing at titude during prayer, but he has net yet elevated his congregation generally te the perpendicular position. Yesterday the church of Rev. Thes. K. Beecher. Elmira, N. Y., was connected with the Gazette and Bulletin office of Will Will iamspert, Pa., by telephone, ami a portion of the sermon stcnegraphically reported for the paper. The prayer, announcement of the hymn and text were distinctly heard. Nearly every word of the speaker could be heard in Williamsport during the course of an ordinary sermon, and the music of the organ could be heard as plainly as if it had been only fifty feet away. The church bells in Elmira were also heard in Williamsport ringing clear and distinct. The only draw back te the hearing was when cars and en gines were passing ever the track of the Eric railroad in Elmira and en the North ern Central. This had the effect of drown ing the sound. Otherwise the experiment was a success, aud demonstrated that the tclcDhone can be used for hearing sermons a hundred miles away. The distance be tween Williamsport and Elmira is seventy eight miles. m LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The Chillians have taken Tacua and are rapidly marching en. Hen. Ashur P. Nichols, late comptrol ler of the state, died at Clinten, N. Y., yesterday. The Kansas Pacific railroad depot at Beloit, Kansas, has been robbed of $3, 500. Baseball en Saturday : At Bosten Bos Bes Bos eon, 11 ; Chicago, 10. At Providence Cleveland, 3 ; Providence, 0. At Worces Werces terCincinnati, 8 ; Worcester, 2. The receipts of grain in Chicago for the past week reached the enormous total of 5.083,360 bushel, including 4,03i,0S0 bushels of corn. This is the largest week ly receipt of grain en record in that city. James E. William, of New Yerk, has been sent te prison for four years for sweasing falsely that his aunt, Mrs. Delia Little, of San Francisce, was an habitual drunkard. Lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant, the coming heir-apparent, has been absent from his regmeut for seven of the ten years of his army life, and manages te worry along en extra pay and allowance te the amount of $10,531. A fire at Hopeville, N J., of undoubted incendiary origin, Friday night, destroyed the strawberry and peach basket factory of Johnsten & Raymond, near that place. The less will exceed $7,000, and many hands are thrown out of employment. France's political sky seems clearing up. The great labor strikes in the provinces are ended. The Communist demonstration has been abandoned by all but a handful of fanatics, and the attack in the Chamber of Deputies en the prefect ,of police mus tered only thirty-one votes. Ne better seed time has been experienced in Ireland for many years than new. The crop is healthy and well advanced. An unusual area has been sewn in potatoes, which came up well, as new seed has been extensively used, and it is hoped that the crop will be sound and plentiful. An honest Rhede Islander, who had been appointed a.cemmittee of one by the common council te inspect one of the Providence bridges and report en its con dition, condensed his report into nineteen words, as follews: "The bridge is in first-class condition te meet the wants of these who are anxious te get drowned." The Maxen house, a large summer hotel at Point Pleasant, Ocean county, .N. J., was entirely destroyed by fire early yes terday morning. It had just been opened for summer business and several families were occupying rooms for the season. All the occupants escaped without injury, but with little mere than their night garments. Less, 115,000 ; partially insured. Themas Boyd dived off the centre of the suspension bridge,CiEcinnatJ,frein a height of ninety-four feet. He turned ever twice before reaching the water and struck en his shoulders. His clothes was nearly tern off but he swam out uninjured. There was only a small crowd te witness the dive as it was net generall known that it would come 'off. William Milier was murdered in Green Green pert, L.I., four years age. The murderer was never arrested ler tnat crime. Last winter a brother and sister of the murdered man were burned te death in the house in which the murder ws committed. Wil liam Jenes recently hanged in Terente, Canada, left a written confession of his crimes, in which he sets forth the facts of the murder of Miller, committed by him. There was a great reieicing at the sand let demonstration iu San Francisce Friday night, upon the occasion of Dennis Kear ney's release from prison, by order of the supreme court. A salute of 100 guns was fired, and many bonfires were blazing. Kearney himself, mounted upon his dray, was drawn through the streets of the city by 1,000 men, headed by a band of music, and a body of militia, amid the plaudits of a great multitude. Night express, Ne. 4. en the Seuth Park read met with an accident twenty-eight miles from Denver. The engine struck a pine knot stuck between the main and guard rails upon a curve, and was thrown from the track into the river. Fireman Rebert M. Wilsen was acting engineer. He saw at a glance the peril of the whole train, and might have saved himself by jumping from the engine. But he stop step ped te put en the Westinghouse brakes, saved the train, aud went ever alone with the engine te death. STATU! ITEMS. Reger Snyder was killed at Lehighton in jumping from a train. Beth of his legs were cut off above the kuces. The heisting apparatus and house at stack ie. 4, Allcntewn furnace, has been burned. Less, $500. Ryan and Gess are hovering around Pittsburgh with their trainers, and are te light within fifty miles of that city to morrow. The interior of the residence efB. K. Jamisen, the Philadelphia hanker, was ruined by lire, smoke and water en Satur day evening. The fire started in the kitchen. At Walnut Bene, McKean county. Flera Rogers, aged 9, was sent in from the field te start the fire for summer. Child like she took the coal oil can for it and ran from the heuns a blaze of fire, fatally burning herself and baby brother. After a week's session, the first council of the Catholic province of Philadelphia terminated yesterday with impressive cer emonies. The decrees of the council, which, it is understood, are opposed te public schools, secret societies and divorce, were read, signed and scaled. D. F. Graham, justice of the peace of Pottstown, married Jehn Benny, employ ed at the Falls of French Creek mines, Berks county, te Mrs. Mary Crellincr. The groom is a widower, aged forty years, while the bride was fifty ; and what makes the marriage still mere interesting is that the latter was the groom's mother-in-law. St. Clements. Until Friday Bishop Stevens had net for five years visited St. Clement's church, Philadelphia. It is the church which has become se famous by reason of its ritualis tic ceremonies. Ou Friday the bishop confirmed ever fifty persons there. These of the candidates who were young girls were arrayed in white, with long white veils. The mere elderly ladies were a cu rious headdress of white material, drawn tightly ever the head, and fastened in a bunch behind, where it spread out like the cape of a Shaker bonnet. The services were quite simple, emitting, out of defer ence te the views of Bishop Stevens, all objectienal ritualistic novelties. There were candles en the altar, but they were net lighted. Although St. Clcment's is a very stylish church, with a wealthy and fashionable congregation, there were sev eral colored persons among these who were confirmed. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CRANT OK BLAINE. Lancaster Men Gene te Chicago. Yesterday morning en the Niagara ex press west, there was a special car leaded with anti-Grant men, who were en their way te the Chicago convention. On one of the cars was a muslin strip with these words : " Ne Third Term Here, a Candi date Without a Stain." In the afternoon there were two sections of the fast Hue. The first one, which was filled with men bound for Chicago, did net step. This train had a band of music. The next train had also a large number of convention people, among them being Hen. A. K. McClure, of the Times. The people who have gene te Chicago from this county arc: A. J. Kauffman and C. S. Kauffman, of Columbia ; Jehn A. Hiestand, of the Ex aminer ;R. B. Risk, J. Hay Brown ; Frank R. Diffendcrffcr, of the New Era ; Elias McMellen, Clayten F. Myers, W. L. Peip er ; J. Hahn, of Manheim ; J. II. Landis, J. II. Fry, A. K. Spurrier, C. A. Lecher, Samuel M. Myers, E. K. Martin ; Abra ham Kline, of Manheim ; James Cellins, of Celcrain, and Isaac W. Lcidigh. Messrs. Kline and Martin are " curb stone " delegates, and Mr. Fry, it, is said, gees at the request of Den Cameren, who telegraphed for him te come en at once and accept the position of temporary chair man. The Lecal Tobacco I lit crest. The glorious rains of Saturday night and Sunday have put the ground in admirable condition for setting out the young te. bacce plants, and te-day thousands of men and boys, and net a few women, are in the fields in all parts of the county, taking ad vantage of the favorable condition of the weather te get through with their plant ing. It is mere than Hinted that many pious people neglected their Sunday devo tions yesterday and boldly went te work in their tobacco patches. They believe in the old maxim "make hay while the sun shines" and plant tobacco when it rains. Te-day the weather is very favorable ; the sky is overcast, the air is cool and the ground is moist and mellow. But it is far tee early yet te predict what may be the outcome. Paul may plant and Apelles water, but they cannot control the result. The killing dreuth, the cutting hail, the destroying insect must be stayed by a higher power, or all the labor of the hus bandman will be in vain. Of the crop of 1879 it is said that net less than 1,000 cases were sold during the past week at paying figures. Of 1878 lerf about 200 cases were sold, and this pretty nearly cleans up the crop well posted dealers saying that there are scarcely 300 cases left in the market. L. G. Martin, of Springville, Mount Jey township, has probably the largest tobac co in the county. He has plants which have 16 leaves, the largest of which are 13 J inches long and 8 inches wide. The plants were raised in pets previous te their being set out. BASEBALL. Ironsides 15, MillersTille 9. On Saturday afternoon the Ironsides baseball club of this city visited Millers ville where they played a match game with the normal school nine. The day was very pleasant, ind as it was a holiday there was a very large attendance from this city ; sjecial, cars were run en the street railway and large numbers of Lancasterians went te see the game in their private conveyances. The grounds en which the game was plaved belong te the school, and they are, as every one knows who have seen them, the finest in the county. The game was called be tween two and three o'clock, and it was concluded about half past four. It was quite exciting te the seventh inning, but it then became apparent that the Lancas ter team was by far the stronger of the two, and would have no trouble in winning A number of geed plays were made en both sides while there were several bad errors. The Lancaster boys, especially King, Miles and Arneld, batted heavily. King, as usual, distinguished himself be hind the bat. He played in that position for about half of the game when he took Zechcr's place at short step, the latter, who is also a fine catcher, going be hind the bat. Geerge Myers, of this city, whose reputation as a catcher is well known, played behind the bat for the Mil lersville nine, and had it net been for his line work they would net have made the showing that they did. Bart of the Millers ville club played well en first base, while several ether members of the club did creditable work. The complete score is as fellows : IKONSIDKS. It. 1 11. T. O. A. 1 Zi-chcr, . 0 O 4 1 '-' Kin-c -: -i ' Cosgrevc, p 2 O 2 e 4 Miles, SI) 1 1 4 1 Arneld, - 1. 2 i 0 0 0 ISrew-n.lb : -J 8 1 4 Wilsen. 1. f i 3 0 0 J Illli-r. r. t u 1 0 1 l'eller.ab 1 1 - 1 li 13 27 12 1'J SOltMAL. H. 1 It. P. O. A. E. Uart, 11) O 0 12 0 1 Landis, s. s 0 0 'J 0 1 McCiUmn.r.r 2 O O U 0 Myers, c IIS .'1 ." AillL-biich, :J b 10 10 1 Wurfel, p 1 10 11 Wunl,2b 1 2 2 6 1 Hiestand, c. f 1 2 2 e 0 Schiller, 1. 1 2 1 e e 0 J 7 27 10 8 12 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 Ironsides 0 0 15 :; 1 0 5 015 Nerma! 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0-'.) Umpire Ueerge Kittenheuse. ATTEMPTED HURGLAUT. Thieves Frightened Off by a Burglar Alarm. Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morn ing Mrs. II. J. Wiley, residing at Ne. 140 East Orange street, was awakened by the sound of a patent burglar alarm which she has running te her bedroom from the different windows and doers in the lower story of her house. The neise was also heard by several persons residing in the neighborhood, who quickly arose and to gether with Officer Cramer, went te Mrs. Wiley's house. Mrs. Wiley, who saw by looking at the indicator in her room that the dining room deer had been opened, came down stairs and admitted the neighbors at the side deer. An exam ination of the entire house was made bv Officer Cramer, who found that nothing had been stolen. The window leading te the side perch, from the kitchen, was found te be open but the shutters were net bored. If the thieves entered at that place it is likely that they then went te the din ing room deer, which they attempted te enter, when the alarm was sounded. It is believed by some that the thieves enter ed the buildiug, early in the evening, and after secreting themselves, attempted te get out of the dining room deer when the alarm sounded. If this had been the case they would likely have dropped some thing when they fled. As it was, nothing was disturbed, and the probabilities are that the would-be thieves were only enter ing when they were frightened off. Mr. J. L. Lyte, of the Examiner, who resides en Lime street, near Orange, was awakened by the noise in the neighbor hood, and upon looking out of the window he saw a man running at a rapid rate up Lime towards Chestnut. He believes that there were two in the party, however, as he distinctly heard the footsteps of an other, but was only able te see one. List of Unclaimed Letters. The following is a list of unclaimed let ters remaining in Lancaster for the week ending Monday, May 31st, 1880 : Ladies' ZM. N. C. Britten, S. Brook Breok Broek meyer, Sue Brubaker, Lizzie Dennis, Mrs. Emma C. Drake, H. M. Foulke, Hattie A. Kindig, Lucinda Nelsen, Martha Potts, Elizabeth Peele (for), Mrs. Mary Peters, Elizabeth II. Rohrer, Mrs. Rebecca Shrei ner, Sue Steucr, Ida Tedd, Kate Withers, And. Wettig (for), Lillie Waller. Gents'1 List Jerry Broomhall, Heward W. Bush, Decker & Bre., Adam Forc Ferc paugh, Peter Geed, Eugene Hafener, Benj. Ingroff, Sandy McDonald, C. A. Martin, Jehn McLaughlin, Daniel Mumma, Jereme Mumma, Lewis Mumma, Jehn Schulty, Isaac Steinmetz, C. E. Wiley, W. M. Yuut. St. Jeseph's Fair. There was a large attendance at St. Jeseph's fair at Rethweiler's hall en Saturday evening and all appeared te enjoy themselves greatly. The beautiful decora tion of the hall and the general arrange ment of the tables was executed under direction of Mr. Antheny Is ke. They at tracted much favorable comment and were universally admired. The result of the chancing was as fol fel fol eows: Set of smoothing irons, by Jehn Klick ; damask table cover, by Jehn Kirsch ; glass tea set, by Mrs. M. naberbush ; cov erlet, by Mrs. Margaret Frohnhofer ; lancy work-basket, by D. C. Eichelberg. Cew Killed by the Cars. Yesterday afternoon a cow belonging te Win. Dice, milkman, while grazing in a lauc near the point where the railroad cresses the Harrisburg turnpike in the northern part of the city, strayed upon the track and before she could be driven off was struck by the locomotive of t!.i Day express train cast, and had one of her legs broken, and was otherwise se badly injured that she had te be" killed te relieve her from her sufferings. A Prellllc Babbit. Wm. Rechm, of Quarryvillc, is the owner of a pair of very iarge German rab bits, two or three times as large as our or dinary rabbit. On Tuesday last the female gave birth te seven little long-cared bunnies, and en Sunday, five days after wards, astonished her owner by giving birth te fenrteen mere ! This remarkable event is vouched for as absolutely true. What say the scientists about it? DECORATION DAY. Closlag.C'eremeuIes at the Court Heuse. After the decoration of the soldiers' graves had been dnly performed en Satur day afternoon, as has already been report ed, the members of Pest 84. G. A. R., reassembled, and marched te the Pennsyl vania railroad depot at 7:30 p. in., te receive and escort te the court house the orator of the evening. W. II. Lambert, esq., which duty was duly performed. The atteudauce at the com t house was net large, the court room being hardly half full. Judge Patterson presided, and en either side of him sat Rev. C. E Mount and the orator. After some very creditable music, fur nished by the M. E. church choir, and the reading of a portion of the scriptures and prayer by Rev. C. E. Houpt, the orator was introduced by Judge Patterson, and stepped before his audience. Mr. Lambert is a young man, of fine ap pearance, excellent voice, graceful manner and the matter of his dratien was decided ly above the a erage of Decoration Day harangues. After paying a graceful com pliment te the people of Lancaster for their pati ietism aud geed taste in erecting a beautiful monument te the soldiers who fell in the late war, he adverted te the veneration in which the heroes of the Revolutionary war were held by their de scendants, and hew prone we were te think that we were degenerating, and that no such distinguished heroes should again be seen in our country. . But the late war had happily dissipated our doubts and fears by bringing te the front leaders and sol diers who were the peers of their fore fere fithcrs. A notable feature of the late war was that its successful termination did net depend upon any one man. It was net Meade, nor Sheridan, nor Sherman, nor Themas, nor Grant, nor any ether of our great commanders who brought the cenlliet te a successful close. Among all our great generals thcic was no Ciesar or Napeleon te whom the eyes of the people turned for deliverance : no one of them steed pre-eminently above the ethers, and te no one of them belong the honor and glerv of saving the nation : no. it was te their united wisdom, and.under Ged, te the patriotism of the people, that the gov ernment of the people and for the people was preserved, and none of our command ers ever forget that they were the ser vants and net the masters of the people. After paying an eloquent and merited tribute te our own Reynolds and Meade, the orator devoted the greatei part of his lecture te a sketch of the life and military services of Gen. Gee. II. Themas, after whom the Lancaster pest is named, and under whose command se many of Lancas ter's soldiers served. Frem the nature of the subject, the orator could net present much that was new te his hearers, and yet it was wonderfully entertaining te hear him recount from the undying pages of history the important, services rendered his country by Gen Themas in every grade of the army, fiem a cadet at West Point te a major general of the L". S. army. All the important actions iu which he was en gaged were graphically sketched Mill Spring, Stene River, Chiekamuga where his troops withstood and repelled the re peated assaults of almost thrice their number, standing like a rock of adamant and saving from destruction Resccrans's shattered army. The battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Daltou, Rcscca, and the four months' campaign that re sulted in the fall of Atlanta, were briefly, but vividly depicted, as was also the re markable and decisive contest at Nash ville, where Heed's rebel army was net merely defeated, but annihilated by the masterly generalship of Themas. The orator justly held that Gen. Themas was no mere soldier of fortune ; that none of his victories were matters of chance, but that all of them were military problems worked out te their logical conclusion. He formed his plans slowly aud deliber ately, but when formed neither disapproval uer threats en the part of his superior eflicers could turn him aside from them. A noticeable instance of this trait in his character was his course at Nashville, where neither Gen. Grant nor the presi dent could induce him te move until his plans were perfected but when he moved he moved like a thunderbolt, and the rebel army that had been sent te crush and capture him was utterly annihilated. Anether trait in Gen. Themas's charac ter was his highcense of honor. He re fused te accept the command of Bueli's army. Although he had been mere than once unjustly outranked by the promotion of his juniors, he served as faithfully under their command as he did when he com manded them. He allowed no personal grievance, te interfere with his public duty. When, after the close of the war, ha was offered the rank of Lieutenant General, he declined it, as it had net been conferred while he was in the field. He steadfastly refused te receive any presents or ether emoluments than his pay as an army officer, his fine sense of honor impel ling him te refuse te receive any valuable consideration for simply doing his duty. When his grateful countrymen proposed te testify their sense of his invaluable services by raising a fund for his" benefit," as had been done in the interest of ether leading chieftains, he would have none of it, telling his friends he was amply re warded in having their confidence and esteem, and if they had subscribed any thing for his benefit, he suggested that the fund be applied te the purchase of a home for disabled soldiers. After eulogizing Abraham Lincoln as "the first American," Mr. Lambert re ferred at some length te the late Con federates, ne hoped the North and Seuth, all sections and all classes, would be united in a common brotherhood. He i expected the sincerity of the South ern soldiers, admired their courage, and devotion te their cause : he would net taunt them with their defeat ; but he would insist upon it that they were utterly wrong and we wcic right ; that there should be no blending of the Union and the rebel colors, no blending of the blue and the gray, no assent te the preposition that perhaps after all they were right and we were wrong. He would tolerate none of these heresies, but would insist that all classes and sections shall accept the events of the war as a settlement of the questions nt ; and that we shall knew but one country and one flag forevcrmerc. Mr. Lambert's oration was closely lis. tened te and frequently applauded. At its close the choir rendered some mere choice music and the audience was dismissed with a bene diction. Special Sermon te Pest 81. Last evening the members of Geerge II. Themas pest, G. A. R., te the number of about forty, under Commander McElroy and Lieut. Black, marched in a body te Grace Lutheran church, te Leir a special sermon, preached at the request of the pest, by Iter. C. Elvin Houpt. The mem bers of the pest were given seats in the front' astre of the church. The cler gyman took as his text the words of St. Paul, 2d Timethy, 4th chapter, 7th and Sth verses : " I have fought a geed light : I have finished my course ; I have kept the faith ; hencferth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day." The sermon was an able one, aud listened te with marked interest by the past and the Iarge congregation in attendance. LITTLE LOCALS, or Bigger Interest. A fifteen-year-old son of Daniel Gannon, residing near Ephrata, fell off a horse and b:e'ie the left forearm. The law must be respected. Peace must be preserved ; even if Levi Sensenig has te fight for it. Levi Senscuig's little finger is heavier than the loins of the law. At Trainer's station, Cecil county, Md , Lizzie E. Sullivan, aged 13, jumped rope ou the railroad track ami was tern te pieces by a passenger train. 1'ret. r rank steucii, tne popular oanc eanc mg master, has been giving his annual May hop in the opera house Reading. It was a grand success. By means of the Cellins Beach excur sion" people can go te Philadelphia and back en Tuesday for $2.25. David Coffee, coffee colored, went te a Harrisburg alderman te get married. On cress examination the squire found out he had a wife living in Columbia, though she was agaiu married. This David thought was equal te a divorce, but the alderman didn't. On the agricultural blanks of the census enumerators there are 100 questions and en the population blanks 20 questions. Farmers who will have se many questions te answer as te the acreage of their farms, number of aeies tilled, kind of cereals grown, value of same, number of horses, cattle and ether animals and value of some should commence posting themselves, se as te be ready for the enumerators. The l!)0th anniversary or third semi centennial jubilee of the founding of the. Xew Helland Lutheran congregation will be celebrated with appropriate services be ginning en Saturday, June iith. Histori cal sketches, sermons anil addresses will le the features of a three days feast of reason. Prof. Richards, Dr. Krauth. Dr. Mann and ether eminent churchmen will be present te speak and hear. The Times thinks that as the delegates te Chicago from Lancaster don't intend te vote for Blaine under any circumstances, they should obey the instructions of then own little side of the house and vote ler (Juay for president aud Grant for vice pres ident. That ticket would fairly represent the "best workers of the ward," and they arc the boys te tie te when things have t be carried en the high pressure system. There was recently erected in Lincoln cemetery a tombstone about which some argument has already been had. The per son, it seems, was born February 17,1S."2, and died February 1CU 1880. The age en the gravestone is 27 years, 11 months and 30 days. Might as well have made it 28 years. In Harrisburg, yesterday, Geerge MeC Berder, aged 17, was oiling his revolver a-id putting "it in trim. Ralph Sanders, aged 11,. steud" opposite and facing him, and as Geerge partially raised the hamnier te allow the cylinder te slip into its place, the hammer accidentally struck one of the cartridges in the cylinder, exploding it, the slug (net much larger than a buckshot) entered the unfortunate boy's breast a few inches below tne nipple en the right side, producing death in ten minutes. While the Reading Junier's new steam f fire engine was being tested en an island m the Schuylkill en baturday the lire nex collapsed, the smoke staek and dome weiu tin own 75 feet high 130 fret di.stant ; a half dozen men were scalded and burned severely. Mr. Clapp, of the linn of CIapj & Jenes, the builders of the engine, stated that the engine will be taken back te their works at Hudsen, New Yerk, and they will immediately build another for tins Junier company. KATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. A tSerman Killed at CeIumbl. Last night, in front of Black's hotel, at Columbia, a German named Geerge Mestcr, a baker by trade, was run ever by the third National line freight cast and se badly injured that he died seen afterward. It appears that he and a companion had heard that bakers were wanted in Atlantic City, and they quitted their place of busi ness in Columbia en Saturday with the intention of going thither en Sunday. Learning that no passenger trains would go east during the evening they visited some places where liquor could be had and became a geed deal intoxicated. They were seen at 7 o'clock p. in. under the influence of liquor and were given lodging at Krauss's hotel. It is supposed that Mester get out of bed, dressed himself and attempted te beard the National line fi eight while it was passing the hotel, and,making a misstep', was thrown under the cars. Beth of his legs and one of his arms were terribly crushed. He died at half-past 10 o'clock. He was a single man, and it is believed had no relations in this country. Deputy Corener Frank took ehargcef the body. Sweilenbergian Sermon. The receivers of the doctrines of the New Church, as expounded by Emanuel Swcdenberg, assembled in their temple, Leng's building, yesterday forenoon, te hear a sermon by Rev. J. E. Bewers, in exposition of the internal meaning of the text: "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lest his s-iver, where with shall it be salted." Rev. Rowers is an able speaker and logical reasener, as these of our readers who read one of his sermons, recently printed in full in the Intkm.igencek, are well aware. His sermon yesterday was of equal merit, and was well received net only by the Swcdenbergians but by many ethers who were present. right en Saturday -Night. On Saturday night between nine and ten o'clock a fight occurred in Jehn Scheenbcrgsr's saloon en North Queen street. Several bloody noses were given and two young men were arrested, but were discharged this morning. As is always the case in such rows, it is difncu. t te ascertain who was in tlumvreng. Paid Te-day. The employees of the Reading and Col umbia and Quarryville branches of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad were paid off in cash te-day for the month if April. The Milten Keller Fend. Mayer MacGenigle acknowledges the re ceipt of $25 from Mr. B. S. Kendig, of the Sixth ward, te be devoted te the relief of the Milten sufferers. Postal Appointment. Adam Geist has been appointed postmas ter at Blue BelL East Earl township, this cennty. - 3 " t i r