LANCASTER DAILY lMEUa&ENGER TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16 1880.
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Lancaster l&ielkgencet.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 16, 1880.
Judge Davis.
The conservative newspapers of the
country which at first saw no further
into Judge Davis's committal of Philp
than their sympathy with the idea that
theMerey letter was a forgery are be
ginning te question the propriety of Da
vis's conduct and de net step te de
nounce his attack en Mr. Hewitt as being
as extra-judicial as it was indecent.
As the Herald, which was quite free
te denounce Mr. Hewitt, puts it, "Judge
Davis expressed no opinion as te whether '
the letter was fabricated by Philp ; he
binds him ever te await the action of
the grand jury en the fact that he wrote
an editorial calling Gen. Garfield a liar
for denying the authorship." That is
exactly the offense with which Philp is
new charged and en which Davis held
him net for forgery, nor for libel, in the
original publication, but for malicious
libel in se far doubting Garfield's verac
ity as te say he lied, and stuck te it, in
denying the authorship "of the letter. It
is of the utmost importance that public
attention should be fixed upon this mat
ter just as it is.
As te the unseemly attack of Judge
Davis en Mr. Hewitt there is no room
for question. The Herald expressed the
opinion that " the errors pointed out in
Mr. Hewitt's letter are se palpable that
we de net see hew Judge Davis can be
silent under the exposure. He i3 bound
either te make a suitable apology or te
show that Mr. Hewitt, and net himself,
is in error respecting the testimony." In
deference probably te this view of it
Davis has furnished for publication a
statement in which he admits :
I fell into an error, which, injustice te
Mr. Hewitt, it is my duty te correct. The
error relates te the time when Mr. Halt
took the Meney letter te the national
committee rooms for examination at which
time Mr. Hewitt iirsfc examined it. The
text of the letter had been printed in the
ncwspapcr; the lithograph or fac-similc
had net been ; and it was in fact te deter
mine whether the letter should be litho
graphed and published in facsimile that
Mr. Hart sought the opinion of Mr.
Hewitt and ethers as te its genuineness.
In every ether particular I believe the evi
dence, and all the inferences made by me
from it arc fully justified by the facts.
- The first publication of the letter
was all through the case regarded as a
matter of miner and very little impor
tance. The evidence was almost wholly
aimed at the publication of the litho
graphed fac-similc.
Had Judge Davis been an upright
judge he would have slopped with his ad
mission that the foundation of his attack
en Mr. Hewitt was swept away. Beiug a
malignant partisan, caught in a dirty
trick from the bench, he shifts his posi
tion and new frames his attack en what
he charges te be Mr. Hewitt's cennec
tien with the circulation of the letter.
He even has the cheek te say that this
was mainly the matter before him. He
lies. Nobody was before him en this
charge. Nobody was accused before him
of this offense : and for him te take cog
nizance of a matter net before him, te
write anybody up or down in matters
iiei jttdkc ceram shows him te be a
knave as well as a feel.
The abuse of the bench is as bad as the
abuse of the press. Indeed, as the Starts
Zcituny says :
We held the grossest abuse of the press
ler party ends te be a lesser evil than the
abuse of the power of the state and the
judiciary te restrict the freedom of the
press, and especially te prevent the freest
criticism of public men. We believe that
such an abuse exists in the proceeding
against Philp, and we find especial proof
01 it in tlic immoderate attack of Davis
upon Hewitt, in which the former makes
himself guilty of pretty nearly the same
effense for which Philpwas arrested.
It is bad enough for newspapers te in
dulge in undue license with geed
men's names. But if judges en the
bench are te protect themselves behind
their judicial privileges, te abuse citi
zens without redress, it is manifest that
protection is needed from an alarming
source of attack seeing that nowadays
malicious, malignant and unscrupulous
men are abeuUas apt te get upon the
bench as into the editorial chair
Senatorial Serricc.
The New Yerk Times, following its
review of the senatorial elections seen
te occur, advocates the retention in office
of men who have served their states
with ability and credit in the Senate and
points out hew " in former times, when
the Senate was the scene of great debates
and skillful efforts, if net of lefty
achievements, its prestige was due te a
few strong men who had the benefit of
years of training and experience en its
(loer " such as Webster, Clay, Benten
and Calhoun. Massachusetts obtained
great influence in national legislation
by unquestioningly retaining Sumner
and Wilsen. The Times might have
added that the undue influence in Con
gress of the Seuth, prier te the Avar,
was largely owing te the well-established
rule of re-election of able congressmen,
without danger from the small jealousies
of small men. such as afllict this state
for instance, especially in districts
where the rotary system prevails
in the comities that go te make
up a district. It is notable that
Pennsylvania has been weak in her sen
atorial representation. It is no less no
table that the principle of re-election has
been almost universally violated. If we
trace our senatorial representation from
1789 te 18S0, -it will be found that of
thirty-one men. who have represented
Penniylvania in the United States Sen
ate, only one, Wm. Maclay, ever served
two full consecutive terms of six years
each. Simen Cameren has seen mere
senatorial service than any ether, hav
ing been in office one full term and four
years each of three ethers. Had he even
been fitted by intellect or training te
shed lustre en his state, his trading pe
litical habits seem te have led him te in
terrupt the continuity of his senatorial
service, and his son and successor mani
fests the same inclination. Daniel Stur
geon and James Buchanan, each, well
nigh filled two successive terms, but no
ether did.
Whether Pennsylvania get such a bad
let that it was well te get rid of them
with a single term, or whether her inci
pient statesmen have been crushed by
early retirement, it is net necessary new
te determine. The index fact remains
that this commonwealth has never se
cured that influence in national legisla
tion which obtains from long continuous
representation by distinguished men
whether distinguished by long retention J
or retained for their distinction.
The story that Senater Bayard's seat
is te be contested in the approaching sen
atorial election in Delaware is without
foundation. The Democracy of all Del
aware are proud of him and he will be
returned without opposition.
Delaware has three counties, each
with equal representation in the Legisla
ture, though the upper, New Castle, has
mere than half the population of the
state. Its manufacturers are mostly
Republicans and their growth has
strengthened the Republican party in the
state. But under the Delaware consti
tution, "locked by Jehn M. Clayten and
the key thrown away," no surplus of Re
publican strength in New Castle will rob
the Democracy of the preponderance
which their control of Kent and Sussex
gives them in the state Legislature.
Frem the story which the Wilmington
Every Evening prints, it is te be inferred
that the Republicans tried te buy Sussex
county this year, te get a majority in the
Legislature and defeat Bayard. They
failed expensively, as it were. The man
who robs the roost en which the Blue
Hen's chickens perch must get up before
daylight.
m m
Mi:. Gen'Ex's treatment of Mr. Pow
ell is very characteristic. Te get along
amicably with Mr. Gewen it will net de
te cress him. He does net take te cen
sure kindly. Humility is net his dis
tinguishing trait. Self-esteem is a very
excellent thing. But it may be over
done. It is hardly the thing in a ser
vant. Mr. Gewen is a servant, or ought
te be. He serves the owners of the Read
ing They are entitled te knew every
thing they want te knew about it. Mr.
Powell, as their representative, had a
right te ask any information from Mr.
Gewen that he wanted ; and te get it.
And Mr. Gewen had no business te get
en a high horse about it and declare that
he would communicate no further with
Mr. Powell, who represents his owners
and masters.
Thk New Yerk Timcs's project of rais
ing a fund of $300,000, its income te be
devoted te the pensioning of the eldest
living cx-prcsident, does net seem te
make much headway. The rich men
who no doubt impelled the Times te pro
pose it have responded feebly, and the
great mass of the people make no sign.
Why should they ? They give their pres
ident $50,000 a year, and Mr. Hayes has
shown that thrifty housekeeping enables
the incumbent te retire with about $100,
000 saved as the net proceeds of a four
year term. This is eueugh. Besides, the
eldest living ex-president may be the
least needv.
MINOR TOPICS.
Fkye the fussy, of Maine, wants te be
speaker. Se does Cenger the funny, of
Michigan. Aud Kassen, of Iowa. Some
body has put the bee into the bonnet of
Shallcnbergcr of this state. Why net
bring Heir Smith te the front '.'
Tue Baptist Pastors' Conference ii.
Philadelphia yesterday took up the mat
ter of the Passion Plav en the American
stage and declared that it did "as a con
ference pretest against this sacrilegious
use of the most sacred thing in our
religion."
By the time the Republicans of Phila
delphia have had their rules revised by
Leeds, Lane, Rewan, Albright, Meuat,
Perter, and ether statesmen of like emin
ence, te whom this important work has
been intrusted by the Times, they ought te
have no further trouble about nomin
ations They won't.
Paris has a mere exciting discussion
ever the bees than their attacks en fruit
give rise te here. A speculator located a
thousand hives of bees outside the city
limits, which prey upon the sugar refineries
and embrace the candy covered workmen
as they go te and from their work. In
short, se many misdeeds arc charged upon
these busy insects, that it is net improba
ble the head of the police will issue an
order for their banishment from Parisian
soil.
Discussing the future of the Demo
cratic party Senater Bayard says: "The
Democratic party is the defense of the
constitution. Its principles arc right and
have survived many mere disastrous de
feats than this. It may be chastened by
accidents, mismanagement or the use of
bad methods in political warfare, aud I
confess that I cannot justify much of what
has been done en both sides during the
recent contests. But the Democratic
party will outlive all this, for principles
de net die."
It is well known that the letter e is used
mere than any ether letter in the English
alphabet. The following verses contain
every letter of the alphabet except the
letter e :
"A jovial swain should net ceuipluin
Of any buxom lair,
Who mocks Ills pain and thinks it gain
Te quiz his awkward air.
" Quixotic boys who leek for joys
Quixotic hazards run :
A lass annoys with trivial toys,
Opposing man for fun.
"A jovial swain may rack his brain,
And tax hia fancy's might ;
Te quiz is vain, for 'tis most plain
That what I say Is right."
Meedy said lately that he was tired of
the word "duty;" he wished the word
had been left out of the dictionary. He
thought very little of the speeches made
in prayer meetings for duty, and work
done for duty. " Duty, duty, dutv." said
Mr. Meedy, "I wish I never could hear it
again. I sec some of you shake your
heads. I used think, talk aud work as
you de. I thank Ged I've get en a higher
plane. It should be every Christian's
privilege te work for Christ for love net
from duty. Men preach the Werd of Ged
from the pulpit without love, and they
might as well blew a tin horn it is euiv
sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal."
Peking Fnn at Vs.
l'hiladclphiaJEiines.
"De rabbits swim?" is new the conun
drum that occupies the attention of the
lec.il lyceums in Chester county. The
Lancaster ccunty teacher's institute dis-
cussed the question : " What shall be done i
with girls that giggle ?"
PERSONAL.
Arriving at the end of the T & V rail
read in Callahan county, Texas, Cel.
Themas A. Scott drove the last spike.
Senater Brcce was feted and feasted by
his admirers of Memphis a few days age.
In his speech he urged the colored people
te de three things te practice economy,
te buy laud and te educate their children.
Mrs. Hates has invited Mrs. Garfield
te visit her at the White Uensc this win
ter in order that she may see semethiug of
the responsibilities of the household before
she assumes them.
Hayes has appointed ex-Secietary of the
Treasury Geerge S. Bectweu, te be ceun
sel for the United States before the newly
organized France-American mixed claim
commission.
A despatch from Menter says that it
takes two or three secretaries te open and
read the congratulatory telegrams that
daily pour in en Gen. Garfield. Many
of them arc of course from disinterested
persons, but pecks of them arc from theso
who have axes te grind. Nearly every
prominent official in Washington has.
through the medium of the telegraph, re
newed te Gen. Garfield the assurances of
his distinguished consideration. It is hint
ed that among these arc seme who, about
the time of the Maine election, were a lit
tle uncertain as te their status, but who
caught up in an incredibly short time after
the October surprise.
Dr. Gee. W. Samson, former president
of Columbian college, Washington, who
was Sam Housten's pasterduriug his scn scn
atership, fully vouches for the authentic
ity of the story of Housten's first mar
riage and his flight te the Cherokee coun
try when he found that his bride was real
ly enamored of another, and had wedded
him under duress a piece of such excep
tional chivalry that all who heard of it
thought Housten was insane. When se
cession and the war following it came,
Sam Housten was almost alone of Texans
in opposing it, in open words and in direct
acts. When in varied companies the re
mark was dropped that Lincoln would net
be peaceably inaugurated, Housten firmly
said : "The man that attempts te prevent
it shall walk ever my dead body I" True
te his word, when en the day of inaugura
tion vedettes were at every Washington
street corner where the precession was te
pass, close up te the left side of the car
riage in which L'mceln sat, with Buchau
an en his right, the tall form of Housten,
mounted and armed, was seen throughout
the whole route, pressing se closely up te
the wheels that no man could have passed
between.
STATE ITEMS.
Out in Westmoreland county they get
three years and four mouths for stealing
cows from the pasture.
The first letter advertised for Santa Clans
awaits further direction in the Williams Williams
pert. While a lire company fair was holding
in Washita hall, Conshohocken, great
alarm was excited by the threatened fall
of the lloer, which sank six inches.
James Flyun, aged 23 years, employed
at the steel works of the Bethlehem iron
company, had a steel rail weighing sixty
pounds, fall upon him from the heusinu-
in the blooming department, a distance of
aoeut 12 lect. Death.
Enech Greenwood, 32 years of age, re
siding at Chester, was caught in the ma
chinery at the Baldwin locomotive
works, Yerk street, Philadelphia, and
killed. The body was removed te an un
dertaker's office and the coroner has been
notified.
There was a rafting flood in the West
Branch last week and between fifty and
seventy rafts that were lying between
Renovo and Leck Haven dam passed down
the most of them for Marietta. About
30,000,000 feet of lumber reached Will Will
iamspert aud the boom there is halt'
filled.
There is a sclieme en feet te secure a
new postmaster for Altoeua by the exer
cise of the ballet, and it has been sug
gested that the election be conducted en a
plan similar te the primaries Democrats
te be allowed te vote as well as Republi
cans, but no Democratic candidate te be
presented. There are a number of anxious
applicants who arc working hard for the
fat berth.
Lawrence McGuirc, employed by the
Cambria iron company, was standing near
a cupola when the refuse was dumped.
The splash of red-het metal reached him
and he was immediately enveloped in
flames. His fellow-workmen hastened te
his assistance, but before the clothing
could be tern" from his iersen he was
burned in a frightful manner about the
head and body. He died shortlyaftcr shertlyaftcr
ward. The scmi-auuual meeting of the grand
encampment I. O. O. F. besau in Phila
delphia yesterday neon, wlicn the report
or Mr. Richard Mucklc, the grand ledge
representative, was received. During the
year ending May 17, 1880, $49,3e0.42 were
paid for relief in the various encampments,
the total receipts being for the year $73,
878.14. and the present aggregate of assets
8254,188.18. Therearc20G encampments
in Pennsylvania, with a membership of
12,729.
The Times, of Hawlcy, Wayne comity,
announced a week or two age that an old
hunter by the name of Jonas Shaffer, of
Blooming Greve, Pike county, had- come
te his death by being gored by a vicious
bull. Mr. Shaffer saw the statement and
wrote te correct it. He says : "Yeu have
certainly get the thing mixed in regard te
that little unpleasantness between me and
the bull. I would state that it is the bull
who is dead, and net myself, as you have
stated."
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Meedy Crimes.
The wife of Samuel David was found
dead en the perch at Wyneckc, near Pat
terson, N. J., en Sunday morning. Her
head was bruised, as if by a club, and she
was covered with bleed. There was also
bleed inside the house. Her husband, who
is the seu of a prominent lawyer of New
Yerk, was in the house all night, but
" gave no clue te the tragedy."
Tobias Laughlin was shot dead and his
brother Daniel wounded in the lungs, by
James P. Flanigan, a saloon keeper, in St.
Leuis en Sunday night. The tragedy was
caused by the refusal of the Laughlins te
pay for drinks which they had taken.
Flanigan was arrested.
New Eyes at Ninety.
Mrs. Jane Crocker, widow of the late
Daniel Crocker, of Pert Jcrvis, N. Y., has
recently recovered her sight at the age of
90. Mrs. Croeker is a town charge,
and ex-Peer Master Weigand cares for
her. She has no relative living. Fer a
long time she has worn glasses, but a short
time age discovered that she had no need
of them. She new reads the finest print
with case and rapidity without their use.
She tells many interesting tales of past
events. She is hale and hearty, and bids
fair te live te see her one hundredth birth
day. North CareHna is freezing under a vio
lent snow storm which astonishes the Tarheels.
LUST OF GOLD.
THE DAUPHIN COUNTY -UCUDEK.
Horrible Killing or au Inoffensive Old Man.
Daniel Troutman, whose murder near
Uniontown, Dauphin county, was reported
by telegraph yesterday, was about 68
years old and the father of feurteeu chil
dren, the yeuugest being about nine years
old. He was a thin, sparely built man,
and of a quiet and unoffending disposition.
He was considered a man of substance and
it was generally known that he had been
appointed executer of the Bush estate ( a
farm adjoining his own), and, having had
a sale, was known te have a considerable
amount of money about the house preba
bly $1,050 te 1,100.
On Saturday night, seen after dusk, Mr.
Troutman and his wife went te bed the
eldest childreu having gene tq a singing
school held in a school house in the vicin
ity. Hardly had the old people cjesed
their eyes, beferetheir slumbers were dis
turbed by the presence of two men at their
bedside, armed with leaded revolvers,
which were leveled uncomfortably close
te their faces.
Mr. Troutman, .says the wife, partially
raised himself in bed and inquired, "What
is wanted?"
One of the villains replied coolly : "We
want money," at the same time placing
the pistol barrel close te Mr. Treutmau's
face.
The terrified old farmer replied, " I have
no money." The burglar retorted sharply,
"you have, and if yen don't hand it ever,
we'll murder you."
Mr. Troutman deuied that he had money
in hs possession, but the bold burglar per
sisted that he knew better, and told Mr.
Treulmau that he was the administrator
of the Bush estate, and that he (the bur
glar) knew that he had "get money ever
there" and that he would " have te give it
up."
The farmer then said he desired te get
up and go te an outhouse, but the villains
objected te this move. The old man, how
ever, get out of bed walking towards a
window without being molested. Over
the top of this window rcsted a double deuble
barreled shot gun, which was leaded. He
made a motion as if te raise the window,
hut- instead, seized the gun and turned to
ward the burglars, who fled from the
house. Mr. Troutmanfellowcd them, oue
going round the south corner, and the
ether an opposite direction. He followed
the villain who turned the left comer, and
shot at him. When returning te come
back, te enter the house, he met the ether
villain, running fairly up against the re
volver's muzzle.
The burglar fired, the ball from his re
volver striking the breast of Mr. Trout
man, aud entering a vital part, caused his
death in half an hour afterward.
Mr. Troutman uttercd-a cry and fell te
the ground. The burglar, like a beast at
bay, steed all this time glaring savagely at
his victim. Mrs. Troutman, hearing the
second shot, ran out of the house scream
ing " murder." She ran as fast as possible
te Mr. Gcerge Gcisc's, a neighbor, and
gave the alarm. The Gcise family went
back te the Troutman house with Mrs.
Troutman, and found her husband welter
ing in gore, where he fell after having
been shot by the burglar. They questioned
the dying man, who replied: "Henry
Rumbcrger shot me." Troutman repeat
ed these words until death ensued about
a half hour after the shot was fired.
Mr. Geise proceeded te Uniontown, en
horseback, as speedily as possible, and
narrated the facts of the murder, which
instantly created the most intense excite
ment, and talk of lynching the perpetrator,
if found, was indulged in. 'Squire Loud Leud
enslagcr at once issued a warrent for the
arrest of Henry Rumberger and placed it
in the hands of Officer David Willard, of
Uniontown. A party consisting of Messrs
Benjamin Dickey, D. J. Snyder, Jehn
Wciscr, Jeseph Troutman, Daniel Shcaffcr
and Charles Mcssucr, citizens or Union
town, accompanied the constable, and
search was made till far into the night
without success. Early yesterday morning
as the party were returning home te Union
town, aud when quite near that place, they
met Rumberger, the alleged murderer, ou
horseback coming down the read apparent
ly quite unconcerned. He was taken te
Uniontown. He protested that he was in
nocent of the crime, and says that he was
at Tower City, where his parents reside, at
the time the murder is said te have taken
place, and said he came ever from Tower
City te assist a farmer te butcher yesterday
morning. He made made his home en the
Bush farm (of which estate Mr. Troutman
was the administrator) and worked occa
sionally at Tower City, riding back and
forth en the horse he owns. Tower City
is about nineteen miles from Uniontown.
On Sunday afternoon, it is alleged,
Rumberger came te Treutmau's and asked
the young people te attend singing school
in the evening, for the purpose of drawiug
them away from home.
David Willard and Benjamin Dickey
brought Rumberger te Harrisburg en the
day express train from the north, which
arrived at 1:10 o'clock p. m. There was
a crowd at the depot te get a glimpse of
the supposed murderer of farmer Trout
man. Officers West and Jehns of the
police force made their appearance, and
joined the escort en their way up town te
jail. At. the depot Rumberger asked for a
drink " te steady his nerves," and he was
taken te the bar of the European hotel
where he was "iven seme whisky. The
prisoner being hand-cuffed, the liquor had
te be placed te his mouth se that he could
drink it. A crowd followed the officers
and their prisoners te the prison gate.
Henry Rumberger is a stout, well-built
man, about five feet, seven inches in
height, and is tweuty-five years of age. He
is of a swarthy complexion, with black
hair and a heavy black moustache. He
were a black slouch hat, heavy dark over
coat, blue flannel shirt, dark pantaloons,
aud had new gum shoes ever his beets.
He had been in the penitentiary once for
stealing harness and a gun, and eucc in
jail before for petty larceny.
The escaped burglar is described by
Mrs. Troutman as being a tall, spare man,
and officers arc new en his track. On his
way te Harrisburg, in an unguarded mo
ment, Rtinbcrgcr made use of several ex
pressions, which tend te show that he is
anxious te "squeal," in order te mitigate
the terrible crime of which he stands
charged.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL,
In St. Anne's, Quebec, James St. Picrre
was choked te death at dinner, a pie ce of
meat having stuck in his threat.
Down in Peru the Chilians are having
things all their own way, scattering the
native troops everywhere and sewing the
land with salt and sawdust.
The explosion of a kerosene lamp se
severely burned the wife of Patrick Reilly
about the face and breast at Gloucester,
N. J., that her death occurred en Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Marsh, of Camden, while sleeping
with her three weeks' old infant, accident
ally rolled upon and smothered the babe.
Ou awakening the mother discovered what
she had done and became almost distracted.
Ellen Duke, aged 2 years, of 345 East
Thirteenth street, New Yerk, while dab
bling, it is supposed, in a tub of water, in
the temporary absence of her mother
from the room, lest her balance aud fell in
headforemost. She was discovered by a
little girl playmate, who drew her out, but
net before the child was dead.
Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, has
been frustrated in another scheme te escape
from his strong cell by sawing through
the thick boiler plate casing lining with a
saw improvised from a knife used in his cell
and with which he succeeded in cutting an
aperture eighteen inches long and nine
inches wide. TTn wis discoverer! in Ka
!son by a young officer, who stepped his
luiiucr progress.
A MURDEROUS TRAFFIC.
LllfE 1N5UKAXC1S THAT LEADS TO FOUL.
CRIMES.
A Systuuilzrd Speculation with the Odds all
One Way A f hiladelpbia Com
pany Tried Seme Sample
Cases.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The revelations made by such cases as
that which terminated in the execution of
Benjamin Hunter at Camden for the mnr
der of a man upon whose life he had taken
out $26,000 worth of life insurance policies
new and then give the public seme idea of
the uses te which the beneficent system
of life insurauce is put by unprincipled
men- There are few who are net familiar
with the fearfully plain state of facts that
led Hunter te the brutal assassination of
Armstrong. The same ghastly story was
told in the execution of Udderzoek for the
murder of Winfield S. Gess, and in the ex
ecution of three of the Raber murderers ;
but in these there is indicated no resort te
any attempt at systematic fraud ether
than that which attached te each particular
case.
Recent developments point te the fact
that there are men who have regularly or
ganized the'business of getting out heavy
lines of insurance en persons who arc ex
pected, in one way for auother, te speedily
rcmove the necessity of paying premiums,
and bring b7 their deaths, a rich harvest
te the speculators. Fer seme years past
there has been complaint et the tempta
tion offered by assessment societies, or co
operative concerns, te this class of specu
lators, aud it is said that in one county
(Snyder) a very large number of the bogus
risks have been written by various com
panies. Recently the speculators have been try
ing their hands en the regular companies
doing business in this city. A short time
age Jehn A. Mastcn and Daniel R.Hciutzlc-
mau, residing at Pert Treverton, Snyder
county, made application te the Pcnn Mu
tual life insurance company, of this city,
for policies of $10,000 each en their lives
Beth were young men, the applications
were correct, and the medical examinations
appeared te be all right. But their circum
stances in life wcre net such as te warrant
the belief that they could pay the heavy
premiums required en such pelicics.aud an
inquiry set en feet by the company devel
oped the fact that they were being iusurcd
by ether parties who were going te furnish
the premiums. The Penn Mutual rejected
the applications, which were subseqneutly
made te and and accepted by the Brooklyn
Life and the Mutual Benefit, of New Jer
sey, respectively, but the latter were short
ly afterward apprised of the true facts and
promptly canceled the policies.
The annexed examples, which have been
collated for the purpose, will serve te indi
cate the extent te which this business is
carried. Hew it very frequently ulti
mates the criminal calendar painfully
tells :
Peter Stawser died a few weeks age.
He was a pauper in Union township, but
had about $75,000 en his life in various
assessment societies and mutual aids, and
was, therefore, worth about $75,000 mere
as a corpse than he was while alive.
"Hestler" Brandt, Sclinsgrevc, Pa., 80
years of age, hostler at Guycr's hotel, in
sured by speculators te .the extent of $25,
000, furnished unlimited rum money, and
found dead en the railroad, having
drank himself te death in a few
weeks, as it was designed he should.
Philip Anspach, Tremont, Pa., ninety
six years of age, insured in the Southern
Mutual relief association, of Hanover, Pa.,
and in ethers for $11,000 found dead at
Lerbcrry Junction, within a few months of
the issue of the policy.
Cenrad Bcchcrt, Tremont, Pa., stone
mason, fifty-nine years old, a consumptive,
insured in the U. B. Aid society, of Leba
non, for $3,000, also in the Prudential, of
Hairisburg, for $5,000. Bcchcrt died
within one year, and the speculators were
paid. Bcchert's widow and children, who
were in indigent circumstances, get
nothing.
Christopher Kaubcr. Tremont, Pa., con
firmed consumptive, insured in March,
1878, in the "Heme Mutual." of Lebanon,
for $3,000 ; iu the "Xcw Era of '70, of Phil
adelphia," for $2,000. Kanber died iu a
few months the J"Ifbmc" compromised
the claim.
Gcerge Hertcr, Donalseu, Pa., sixty-five
years of age, suffering with Blight's dis
ease of the kidneys and affection of the
heart, liable te die at any moment, heav
ily insured by speculators, most of the in
surance in the "Prudential" and the "Peo
ple's." Mrs. Heutz, of Jamestown, Pa., is a con
spicuous case. She is past eighty-five
years of age : has had several hemorrhages
is in insured all the way from $00,000 te
$SO,000 ; her son demands $5 cash in hand
for each $1,000 placed upon her life, and a
note for $50 payable at her death.
"NO KKTUUKS i'KOM SLSSKX."
Hew the Republicans Trletl te liny Ituyurd's
Scut.
Georgetown, Del.. Correspondence Wilming
ton Kvery Kvening.
The telegraph sometimes tells a story in
the briefest message. He is one in three :
National HErum-tcAX Committee Uoems, )
New Yeiik, Nev. 3. S:30 r. m. $
Te J. R. Lefland, Jlilercl, Del.:
We expect te hear from you. Send us
the news early ; especially Sussex.
.. 12 pd. " Dersev.
" We expect te hear from yen, espec
ially Sussex." Oh, yes ! Nothing mere
natural. When a fellow makes a
risky investment upon another fellow's as
surance, he does " expect te hear" about
it.
Dersey waited I Ten o'clock arrived ;
11 o'clock ; midnight. Nothing came.
Then he sent this :
National ItErnBLicAx Committee Reems, t
New Yerk, Nev. 3. 12 o'clock, midnight. $
Te J. R. Lefland, Milferd, Del.:
Why de wc net hear from you. Send us
the news from Sussex. Hew is it?
16 pd. Deiisey.
When morning had begun te break ever
the lowlands of Cedar creek, Majer Lo Le
tland walked dejectedly ever the bridge te
the little telegraph office at the Milferd
depot, and handed in the following dis
patch : ,
Milveku. Del., Nev. 1. 3:3M a. m.
Te Dersey:
Kent holds up her end. Wc carry New
Castle. Ne returns from Sussex.
12 cel Leflaxd.
"Twelve collect Lefland" and "no re
turns from Sussex ! "
That was all, but it was everything.
"Ne returns;" $20,000 from the treasury
of the national committce and " no re
turns from Sussex." A note of $15,000
for the Kent Republicans te care for, and
" no returns from Sussex." A Sunday's
ride through sand and mud with Bill Bunu
of Philadelphia, te distribute $15,000 in
the " best hands," and "no returns from
Sussex." Happy expression ! Unhappy
Lefland ! unhappy Republicans
Ne
returns from Sussex !" net even the chest
of a legislatureman of levy ceurtman, or
sheriff, net even a coroner te held the in
quest evor the dead corpse, and tell hew
it was that there were no returns" for
se much outlay.
But hew happily
13 collect Lefland"
If any one should
writes an epitaph.
chance across the
major's party, he
grave of the gallant
will, doubtless, find
there a simple shaft with the device of a
wrecked barrel, upon which is inscribed
this simple but expressive sentence :
" Ne returns from Sussex."
Disastrous Flies.
A fire broke out last night in the state
insane asylum at St. Peter, Minn., con
tabling 600 patients.
The Wynantskill knitting mill, of Allen
& McLaren, at West Sand Lake, near Trey,
X. Y., was destroyed ou Sunday night, by
an incendiary fire. Less, $35,000.
The passenger "depot of the New Or
leans, bt. Leuis & Chicago railroad, in
New Orleans, was burned yesterday, with
two cars. Less, $30,000.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Regular November Term.
Monday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. Jacob
Wittlinger, violating the liquor law. The
defendant lives en Rockland street, this
city, and he was charged with selling
liquor en Sunday. A number of witnesses
testified that they bought beer at the
house of the defendant and paid him for
it. The defense was that Wittlinger rent
ed a room in his house te a club. They
drank beer there and he acted as bartend
er and sold it for them. The jury rendered
a verdict of guiltyC Sentenced te pay $200
and costs.
Cem'th vs. Jehu Englcs, fornication aud
bastardy. The presecutrix was Viela
jonnsen, wne tcstineu mat she lived :n
Quarry ville prier te April last ; was mar
ried, but had net lived with her husband
for two years and a-half. The child was
born in October, and the defendant is the
father of it. On cress examination the
witness said 6he was the wife of Jacob
.Mullin against whom she had a divorce
suit pending, but gave it up. The defense
offered no testimony and the court instruc
ted the jury that as the woman was mar
ried the defendant could be convicted of
fornication only,
verdict of guilty
Sentence deferred.
The jury rendered a
of fornication only.
In the case of cenith vs Clabc Gautz
charged with robbery, a verdict of net
guilty was taken, as the defendant, who
is a tramp, cannot be found.
Lena Bollent, a young German girl, who
plead guilty te stealing some money from
William Wisner.ef this city, was sentenced
te three months' imprisonment.
Commonwealth vs. Jehn B.Fiekcl, forni
cation and bastardy. Mary M. Becker,
of Raphe township, testified that she had
a child which was born Scptember 22,
1880; it was begotten in Dembcr, 1879,
and the defendaut is the father of it. The
defense offered no testimony and the jury
rendered a verdict of gnilty. Sentence as
usual.
Commonwealth vs. Careline Green,
colored, assaulting an officer. It was
shown that en the 30th of July last, Jehn
Warfcl, constable of Lea cock township,
arrested Henry Green, the husband of the
defendant, at Intercourse, she ran after
him and told him te let her husband go ;
she picked up a handful of stones, which
she threatened te threw ; she said she had
whipped Constable Sam Bewman, she
would whip Warfcl. The defense was
that Careline had net assulted the officer..
The crowd was making threats against
her and she picked up the stones with
which she said she would hit anyone who
would hurt her; she did net interfere
with the officer. The court told the jury
that they did net think the crime had
been shown and told them te render a
verdict of net guilty, but the question for
the jury was who .should pay the costs.
Divorced.
Jeseph Hinder, of this city, was di
vorced from his wife, Emma Hinder, en
the grounds of desertion and prostitution.
Tuesday Herning. In the case of cem'th
vs. Carolina Green, charged with assault
ing an officer, the jury rendered a verdict
of net guilty with Jehn Warfcl, the prose
cutor, te pay the costs.
The grand jury returned the following
bills :
True Biils : Benjamin II. Knox, attemnt
te rape ; Amanda Tayler, assault an bat-
Jehn 31. Lbersele, resisting officer
and obstructing legal
.v ,
process ; Jehn
O'-
Bricn, ct. al. tramp.
Jeseph Engles, convicted of fornication,
was sentenced te pay a fine of $50 and
costs.'
In the case of cem'th vs. Dr. C. A.
Greene, charged with practicing medicine
without a license, a verdict of net guilty
was taken, with county for costs, for want
of evidence te Convict.
In the case of commonwealth vs. Abra
ham Harris and Henry Green, charged
with riot, the jury rendered a verdict of
net guilty, with Green te pay one-half
the costs, Harris one-fourth and Jacob D.
Warfcl, the prosecutor, one-fourth. They
also found Green guilty of carrying con
cealed deadly weapons. This jury was
out for 19 hours. They retired yesterday
afternoon and steed 10 te 2 and 11 te 1 for
acquittal until they compromised.
Cem'th vs. Edward Wilsen, Jehn
Welsh, Jehn Quinn, Jehn O'Brien, Thes.
Mulveyhill, William Powers, Patrick O'
Brien, Jeseph Herner, William Stewart,
Wiliam Kelly. These defendants were
charged with being tramps. On the 11th
of September last about thirty men were
encamped en the'farm of Mortimer Ma
lone, a short distance cast of this city. Mr.
Malenc made complaint te the police offi
cers and Chief of Police Deichler with four
ether officers visited the place. They
surrounded the men and captured twelve
of them. In the camp they found
a burning fire, two empty beer
kegs and several whisky bottles. Several
of the men were drnnk. Patrick O'Brien
was identified by Chief of Police Deichler
as an old offender. The names of several
of the ethers appear en the station house
docket. Several witnesses testified that
they saw some of the men begging at dif
ferent places.
Fer the defense the prisoners were
called and each ene told his own story.
They all said they had been working at
different places in all pavts of the country.
They were all searching for work when ar
rested. All except Patrick O'Brien denied
that they had been drunk ; that they had
built fires or had begged. O'Brien did
net go en the stand te testify in his own
behalf. He was called by the common
wealth, but nothing could be gotten out
of him. He admitted having been arrest
ed before. Each man denied that he was
acquainted with the ethers. The jury rcn
dered verdicts of guilty. Each were
sentenced te nine months' imprisonment.
Commonwealth vs. Benjamiu H. Knox,
attempt te rape. The presecutrix was
Christiana Hetter, a married woman, re
siding it West Hempficld township, near
Chestnut Hill. She testified that upon one
day in September last the defendant came
te her house, while she and ene of her
children were alone. He asked for some
thing te eat and she gave it te him ; every
time she handed him anything he took
held of her ; he asked te buy something
irem mm out sne reiuscd ; lie then
offered her money ; she told him she did
net want it and she started te go out the
deer ; he headed her off, and, catching her
around the waist, held her at the deer ;
she finally broke loose and ran te a neigh
bor's house ; he then left.
The defendant in his own behalf testified
that he had made no attempt te ravish the
woman ; heasked her for a kiss, which
she reiuscd ; he did nethiug mere, but
went away leaving her pumping water.
The jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
St. Stephen's Fair.
Jehn Ochs, secretary of the fair recently
held for the benefit of St Stephen's Luth
eran church, reports the total receipts as
being, $2,960.94; total expenses, 7G3.33 ;
net profits, $2,197.41.
This is a handsome sum, and is evidence
alike of the excellent management of these
having the direction of the fair and the
liberality of the congregation and public.
Sale erKeal Estate.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale yesterday at J. D. Denlinger's
Merrimac house for Daniel Lesan 17 head
of Ohie horses at an
average of $147.25
each.
TUK DRAMA.
' Deacun Craufcctt" at the Operu lleiue.
Mr. Jehn Habberton, whose laurels wen
in another field of literary endeavor yet
freshly adorn his brew, has entered the
lists as an aspirant for dramatic fame.
His essay in this direction has resulted in
the production of a domestic play whose
homely title "Deacon Craukett " falls
with Yankee simplicity ou the ear aud car
ries the fancy directly up among the Berk
shire hills where are enacted the leading
scenes that comprise what in many re
spects is an admirable photograph of do
mestic life iu a New England homestead.
The piece was presented by Meade aud
Maginley's combination at Fulton opera
house hist evening before an audience
of fair size. Whilst it is a geed play,
it is by m means of perfect
workmanship. Frem an artistic stand
point one may descry an abundance of
blemishes, and if critically inclined might
pick Haws that while net necessarily fatal
Uwonldatence reveal the necessity of the
corrective pencil and pruning knife of the
experienced playwright. A eertaiu crude
ncss in the general composition of the
work, an occasional awkwardness, and at
intervals an almost painful dragging aud
tedium, indicate that the unpractised
hand of a dramatic novice has been at
work, though iu the contemplation of the
general elfeet, which somehow or ether
seems te he continually surrounded by the
healthy glow of the generous New Eng
land fireplace, the eye is se charmed with
its simplicity and beauty that the spectator
is in no mood te train his vision upon the
miner defects of constitution, the very ex
istence f which perhaps only intensities
the peinU of merit preseuted in the
picture. Iu the narration of the
story comprised in the succession of inci
cidents which the author has arrang
ed, the bounds of probability are mere
than once e'erslcppcd. The spectacle pre
sented of a man in the ardent flush of
youth flying from the presence of the
woman he loves, because he sees her in
familiar conversation with another man,
is one calculated te give a wicnch te the
feelings aud te create the impression that
the author iu his formation of the charac
ter of this son of the sea has emitted the
very important clement of sailor wit of
which wc hear se much, hut see se com
paratively little iu the development etthi:;
story. The character of the Deacon is an
altogether admirable piece of work. True
te nature, real flesh and bleed, one ueeds
no strength of imagination te bring before
the fancy the iivingcmbedimeiit of guileless
simplicity and purity, practical piety,
strong self reliance, and withal a loving
affection and perfect contentment, consti
tuted iu this rule, which is net a creation
but a photograph. Mr. Benjamin Magiu
ley has clothed himself with the character,
of which he gives an effective interpreta
tion. Round aud rosy he looked the part as
he acted it. His hearty voice aud ovor evor over
llowiug geed humor carried out the con
ceit te a detail, and honor and honesty
shine forth fiem every movement and
gestuie as they beam in ruddy brightness
from his twinkling eyes and wholcsemo
countenance. Mr. Jeseph Wheelock's ini ini
persenat ionel't he sailor lever was well done
and favorably i eccived. The transition from
the reliant and manly bearing of the ear
lier stage of the play when in the full glow
of love which he had every reason te sus
pect was returned, te the dejection and
generally broken down aspect that fellows
when he learns that he has net only been
robbed, but, as he believes, deceived by
the brighr being iu whom his fancy had
embodied ;!1 that was beautiful and
geed, was uncommonly realistic. Jee
Thateluv is a strain ou the patience
when h-j is dicevcrcd running away from
the girl whom we are told te believe he
loves, and that tee en the flimsiest of sus
picions. 3h. Frank Roberts, as Egbert
Gray, the young New Yerk banker who
makes all the trouble, gave an excellent
rendition of the part ; one of the most
dramatic as also effective passages in the
play is the hcenc where Gray and
TIiatcTict; the former under an alias and
a fugitive fr m justice, arc discovered to
gether, and Thatcher, ignorant of his com
panion's real identity, deneuuees the man
who ha:, wronged him and swears te kill
him when he finds him : this was a power
ful piece of acting. Miss Helen Sedgwick,
as Eleaner Ilcatherten, the "woman in the
case," pretty and sentimental, was alto
gether interesting aud attractive.and mani
fested an intelligent conception of the part ;
love-inn king en the stage, always mawk
ish, hewi.-vcr natural, is among the diffi
culties of dramatic art, and Miss Sedg
wick's efforts were entirely praiseworthy.
Miss Annie Ware, as the deacon's ltcttcr
half, furnished a representation the coun
terpart of which it would net he hard te
find in the everyday walks of life, and the
remainder of the east performed their limit
ed part.-, in a quiet anil unobtrusive manner
that was in keeping with the absence of
any ieal motive, for the introduction of
the characters.
The entertainment was enjoyable, but it
can be made meie se by a. little judicious
editing that will commend it' elf te the
management after the play has been be
fore the public for awhile. The dialogue
is fraah and charming, as anyone familiar
with the pen that gave life te the story of
" Helen's Babies" and ether scarcely less
delightful tales might expect, and all that
is needed is the straightening out of a few
of the passages that partake of an incen
gruity which detracts from tiie ferce of
the play. Seme cause of complaint ex
isted in the unnecessarily long "waits"
between the nets, a fault that should be
at once corrected, and which, as much as
anything in a dramatic performance wears
en the patience and geed humor of an
audicucf.
.MCtC.'IHOKUOUD NEWS.
Kvciit Acress the County Line.
Gee. K. Levan, a well known eiti zen
of
Readme, is lately deceased.
West Chester will have :i skating rink
this season.
Etniner Greenfield and wife of Franklin
township were the last Chester county
people te celebrate their golden wedding.
Dr. G. V. Uuby, principal of the Yerk
county academy, is lying at his home dan
gerously HI. sufferhur from a complication
of diseases.
Geerge 11. Wolf, at 3Ietint Wolf, will
this season put up an addition 7f feet long
tc his railroad warehouse, which will then
be used as a tobacco warehouse.
The Republican clubs of Philadelphia
came up te Reading te help the Berks
county people jubilate ever Garfield's elec
tion, and a hw.n Rcadingtewners mourn
their .stolen watches.
The pumping at the Harrisburg water
house last week reached 30.225,000 gallons
which is an average of 5,370,500 gallons
per d.13'. The pumping was done in ten
and threw qu nter hours per day.
Jehn B. Stevenson, of Philadelphia, has
bought the charter rights and privileges
belonging te the "Crystal Spring Water
Company'" se that he new owns the entire
water Mtpply of Downingtown.
The Ceatesville Union says: "One of
the giil-s of our place having boasted that
she could husk 25 shocks of corn in a day,
the head of the house offered her $2.50 te
de it, and en Wednesday last she went te
the farm, huskeefher 25 shocks, and started
for home at four o'clock.
The rolling mills of Herace A. Beale
& Ce., Parkesburg, are running en double
time, with increased number of orders.
There arc two sets of hands at work and
the proprietors say they can furnish the
men work all through the winter and
spring months. Messers Beale & Ce.
furnish employment for ever 300 workmen.