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LANCASTER DAILY INTfifcLlGEISCER TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 1880.
Lancaster intelligencer.
TUE3DAY EVENING, NOT. SO, 1M0.
Paster and Feeple.
We have read with great interest and
admiration the sermon delivered by the
Rev. Dr. Knight at the close of the third
year of his pastorate ever the St. James
Episcopal parish. Its literary merit is
very great and its thought is strong. In
part it was devoted te an explanation of
the changes he had made in the mode of
worship and the causes of them.
And for every change he was
able te give an explanation that
had force in it ; whether sufficient or no,
net being of that household of faith, we
arc net called upon te judge. Evidently,
however, the forms of worship had net
been captiously adopted, nor without
reason that seemed sufficiently strong te
the rector of the church. Evidently he
is a man of strong convictions and strong
mind. And what he thinks ought te be
done, he doss, if it is in his power. He
regards himself a3 the shepherd of his
fleck and does net hesitate te lead them
as lie thinks they should go. He takes
very advanced ground in considering the
duty of the church members te fellow
their pastor's lead, warning them te be
careful hew they " speak of the service
or the .sermon," and that they should try
te forget ,: whatever defects may 1 in
either,1' and "te remember that the
clergy are the ministers of Jesus Christ,
and whatever may be their faults or fail
ings, that they speak here in His name
and by His authority." Doing which,
obviously, the members of the congrega
tion are bound te a very close and blind
obedience.
Probably Dr. Knight considers news
paper criticism of the doctrines of a ser
mon te be imiiertinent ; but if se, of
caur.se we are net of that opinion ; par
ticularly of a sermon which has appeared
by authority in the newspapers. We can
not agree that it is anyone's duty te be
silent about what they have heard in
church, accepting it as the word of Ged.
That would never de. It cannot lie a
fact that all preachers' words are
thus inspired, for we certainly be
lieve that there are as many feels
among preachers sis in any ether pro
fession simeng men. It is very undem
ocratic doctrine te declare such implicit
acceplsuice of the opinions of any man.
The Almighty has given te each individ
ual :i conscience and a judgment, and he
is responsible for his use or abuse of
them. He is net at liberty te surrender
them into the charge of any keeper.
Anether man's words command his al
legiance only sis they seem te him te be
wise. He is light te consider and dis
cuss them te see whether they be wise.
Ne free man can le expected te refrain
from criticising smother man's words
bccsiusn they are found in a sermon ;
smd the argument that the sermon is
Ged-inspired makes no stronger for
such doctrine, than the fact that the
man's judgment is Ged-given makes
against it.
lint we de consider that the churches
would be greatly benefited if church-!
people would put a gresiter restraint
upon their tongues than they are in the
habit of doing. They sire by no means
se conspicuous sis they .should be for the
manifestation or charity smd geed sense.
Many of them seem te love te find fault,
and never te be se happy sis when criti
cizing tlieir pastor. Such people regard
him sis their slave, te be judged by their
judgment ; which is certainly as great
an eimrsis thsit of the pastor who as
sumes te de sill the thinking for his peo
ple. Fashion must chsmge very much when
church folks de net linger as they go out,
te greet one smother ; seemingly a very
innocent thing te de. Dr. Knight ob
jects te it for lesisens which logically
would bring his people te his church
clothed in .sack-cloth smd closely veiled.
f,'m their coming, theirstsiyingand their
going, they sire net te be distracted by
worldly thoughts, then even the bright
sun of heaven and the green grass of earth
need te Ik; covered from their sight, as
well as the velvet ssind furs and feathers,
the bonnets, jerseys and jewels that cover
the brilliant lambs of the fleck who
sit under the rector's words but lend
sin eye, in the intermissions, te the beau
til ul things about them. Let them talk,
geed rector, let them talk, as the coun
try fashion is, when they arc dismissed ;
else bag them up from head te heels;
there is no middle wsiy.
Mrs. Pelly Hepkins.
Mrs. Hepkins again te-day has some
thing te say in her homely but good geed
tempered way. A geed many eeple
want te knew who the geed huly is; for
getting thsit she is net a person of tc
dsiy, but of the future; no doubt she
exists, since it is only five years hence
thsit she is supposed te speak ; but she is
quite a different person new from what
she will be then. Her most intimate ac
quaintances would hardly recognize in
her new the woman of 1835; it is a
vivid imagination that enables the
chronicler net only te accomplish this
fesit, but even le record her future words.
Imagination sometimes plays one sad
tricks; se that the indignant Episcopalian,
who loves the rites of the high church
and sees in them no harm but only geed,
cau have the ssitisfactien of feeling that
neither Ave years nor any number of
years will enable a Mrs. Hepkins te see in
.a Protestant Episcopal sanctuary Reman
Catholic observances. Accordingly as
tlieir faith is strong will be tlieir confi
dence of this ; se that we expect that the
stoutest high-church men will be able te
rjad the Hepkins prophecy with great
composure, and te accept the direction
of their rector that " the suggestion of
such ignorance or thoughtlessness is best
met sind answered by a geed natured
smile." That is wisely said. In just
such spirit ought Mrs. Hepkins te be
read. She is eminently geed-natured
herself and deserves te be goed-naturedly
read and criticised. If she is silly her
silliness will hurt nothing ; and if she is
wise her wisdom will hurt nothing that
ought net te be hurt.
It is a remarkable illustration of the
existing plethora of money, that five per
cent bends, subject te redemption In a
year, can be sold at five per cent, pre-1
mium.
Partfealar Abeat OarCempany.
The Bellefonte Watchman cynically
observes that it can see no use in weed
ing ent the Democratic party in Phil
adelphia, as we suggested should be done
new that the election is ever, since it de
clares that "from the way elections have
been going of late years it is very evi
dent the party that enjoys a monopoly
of the rascals is the party that is sure te
win. This being the case, and certainly
the IXTEX.X.IGEXCER will net deny that
it Is, would it net be better te make ar
raneements te plant a full crop of that
class of voters and have them ready for
the next general election, rather than te
weed what few we have out, and thus
destroy our chances for success entirely V
We agree with the Watdiman that the
late election seems te have demonstrated
that is a great advantage te a party, that
has success for its only aim, te have ras
cally leaders and candidates ; but as we
de net consider ourselves at home in
that sort of company we are reduced te
the necessity of dispensing with this ap
parent advantage in the party we train
with. We would rather feel comfortable
hi a decent party in which we felt that
we were surrounded with honest and re
spectable associates than be uneasy
among disreputable fellows ; even though
the latter had all the cake. And we feel
vervsure. moreover, that this country
will net long continue te prefer the worst
te the best; for it cannot de it and live.
1IINOB TOPICS.
Yestbbdat a syndicate of responsible
capitalists virtually entered into an en
gagement te complete the Northern Pacific
railroad from its eastern terminus en Lake
Superior through te connections extend
ing te the Pacific coast.
When Pierce's administration was get
ting into deep water, some of Mr. Marcy's
friends came from New Yerk, and urged
him te resign and save his reputation.
"What," saidMarcy, "ami net te hae
credit for all the bad things I prevented ?"
"Ne they are invinsible," replied his
friends. " If you prevent nine mistakes
and fail en the tenth, the world knows
nothing of the nine, and sings about the
one you didn't step."
Beecueh's view of humanity, as fei init
iated iu last Sunday's sermon, is as follews:
" Yeu might kill a million men every day
and a million squirrels out iu Oregon, and
there wouldn't bs auy difference except
that the squirrels' skins would he weith
something and the men's skins wouldn't.
One-half of the human family live se low
tli.it if they were all swept away nothing
would be missed : and it is net until I see
what men are worth for GeJ and the fu
ture that the vision makes me think it a
crime te tread upon the lowest human
creature."
It seems te be understood that contribu
tions te the proposed fund of $230,000 for
the benefit of ex-presidents of the United
States have been made as fellows : Jehn
M. Ferbes, of Bosten, for himself and
friends, $50,000 ; J. H. Vandcrbilt. Jehn
W. Mackay, the California bananza king,
each $23,000 ; ex-Governer E. I). Morgan,
Congressman, L. P. Morten, W. L. Dins Dins
mere, president of the American express
company and Republican elector in the
state of New Yerk, William B. Aster,
Jehn Hoey, of the Adams express-company,
and several ethers, $5,000 each. The
total amount new raised reaching 6200,
000. A political organization has been
formed in Pittsburgh the object of which
is opposition te Catholics in every shape
and form. A list of questions has been
prepared, embracing nine points te which
the applicant for admission gives a satis
factory answer before he is made a mera
bar. After this he must take a cast-iron
oath that he will net support any Catholic
or person of foreign birth for any position
in the local or general administration of
the government, and that he will use nil
means te counteract anil destroy the in
fluence of foreigners smd Catholics
in the administration of the government.
The organization is said te have a large
membership and te embrace some very
prominent citizens, two of whom are new
candidates for prominent positions.
Tue Federalists of the country were
greatly enraged when " Jee Story, that
country pettifogger, aged thirty-two,"
was made a judge of our highest ceuit.
He was a bitter Democrat iu these days,
and had written a Fourth-of-July oration
which was as a red rag te the Federal
bull. It was understood that years and
responsibilities had greatly modified his
opinions. Upen ene occasion the judge
alluded te this early production iu a
characteristic way. He was dining at
Professer Ticknor's aud Mr. Webster was
of the party. In a pause of the conversa
tion, Story broke out : " I was looking
ever some old papers this merniug, and
found my Fourth-of July oration. Se I
read it through from begining te end."
" Well, sir," said Webster, in his deep
and impressive bass, "new tell us honest
ly what you thought of it." "I thought
the text very pretty, sir," replied the
judge ; "but I looked in vain for the notes.
Xe authorities icere stated in iV margin."
A Bosten merchant, new in Washington,
under instructions from ether merchants
of that city, is paving the way for the pre
sentation of a petition te the next Congress
for legislation which will restore the frac
tional fifty and twenty-five cent currency
notes. He says that there is a demand
for such an issue-all through New Eng
land, and he has learned that merchants of
every section of the ceuutry favor the
movement Mill owners and manufac
turers particularly who employ large num
bers pf workmen would consider the re
issue a decided convenience, and it is pre.
sumed that the petition will be largely
signed when presented. There is no prob
ability, however, of any speedy consider
ation el a bill providing for such an issue,
as the present circulation of silver is gen
eral throughout the country, and any pro
posed change of the existing system would
naturally meet with prompt and vigorous
opposition.
Tee Chicago Tribune foots up the popu
lar vote for president, as fellows : Gar
field, 4,439,415; Hancock, 4,436,014;
Weaver, 305,729; Dew, 9,644; Scattering
1,703 total, 9,192,595. .The narrow plu
rality of 3,401 which this table gives Gar
field may be increased by the official fig
ores or wiped out, with something te
place te Hancock's credit, The Deme
craticvete of the North exceeds that of
the " Seuth by " a million . aud a
quarter, while the Republican vote
of the Seuth is two and a quarter millions
less than tliat of the North. The net in
crease in the Southern vote ever 187G is
but 21,433. There were six states, Ala
bama, Georgia, Louisana, Mississippi, Mississippi,
Seuth Carolina aud Virginia, ia which the
vote largely fell off, aggregating a less of
163,782. but the per cent, of Democratic
less was in most instances larger than the
per cent, of Republican less. That this
falling off was due te the lack of interest
in the election is apparent aud doubtless
largely caused by the feeling that the states
were certain te go Democratic.
Jenythan WniciiT, esq., who was dis
barred for alleged professional irregulari
ties in Schuylkill county, in December,
1877, has been reinstated at the bar, by
the county judges, ea the petition of neaily
all the Pottsville lawyers and many citi
zens. The petitions recited that "Mr.
Wright had better prospects in another
part of the state than he had here, but he
could net leave with any prospect of suc
cess with the judgmcut of the court
against him." The court .in ieinstat
ing him put their action ea the ground
that his three years' disbarment had
"served the cads of justice in his case :
that his deportment has been commend
able, and that his moral chaiactcr is goed:
that ha is new fi" vcars of a"e. with a
family dependent upon him for suppeit."
He had also abandoned his wiit of error
te the supreme court ; his paper book
piiuted for the purpose of the argument
of said case in the supreme ceiut was ad
mitted te be incorrect in some of its state
ments, and unconditionally withdrawn. It
is notable that the act of 1879, giving te
disband attorneys the light of appeal
and under which Steinman ami Henscl
made their appeal, was passed thiengh
Wright's influence and te meet his case.
But even under it he .seems te have had
no geed appeal and prcfciicd te thiew him
self upon Ihemcicy of the ceuit.
PPESONAL.
Omei: Pkuin," president of the Third
national bank of Cincinnati, aud a wealthy
capitalist, has died suddenly.
Acnes Li:exaiu, the actress who ap
pears here te-night, is the daughter of
Singer, the sewing machine man.
"Theie is slieng talk of persuading
President-elect Garfield te nominate Sena Sena
eor Wii.i.ivm Wivdem for secretary of the
interior." 1 t. d.
Rev. A. E. IlA-riMis, a well-known
Piesbyterism minister, pastor of the Union
chuichin Detieit, died suddenly en Sun
day. Ben.iamix R. Reuniris, the iepic-cnta
five of the Society of Friends en the beard
of Indian commissioners, died at Sandy
Spring--, Maryland, en Mind.iy. of pnui pnui
meuia. Gennal Xki. A. Mn.i.s has ai rived
iu Washington. It is believed theie that
his appointment as chief signal eflicer, with
the rank of brigadier geneial, will ha an
nounced seen.
Ciiai:m:s 15. Hick, the press agent of
Havcrly's minstiels, was iu this city yes
terday. He recently returned fiem Aus
tralia, where he had a company of his
own. lie speak-, well of that country.
Jeseph Halt, publisher of Truth, has
bieugh suit iu the supreme com t against
G sour. i: Ai.Fr.F.n Tew.vsr.xi, cot respon
dent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, for al
leged defamation of character.
General Jehn A. Len.ix, who is sit
ing some friends' in Murphysboro, Illinois,
has been confined te his bed since the 19th
instant with a painful ulcerated teeth,
followed by an attack of acute iheunia
tisni. Lieut Gov.-elect-ReuiNsoN', ofCeIoiado.
who was shot by the rioting mineis Ins
died. Whether his death was the result of
an accident or a murder is net fully settled
yet, but a pest meitem examination will
piebably threw some light en the subject.
King Kw.vkaiw, of the Sandwich
island, once saw the world, and he is go.
ing te make another tour. On his own
island home he has some cry geed so
ciety, but he wishes te get away because
the Sandwich islands all in a gieup, make
only a village.
Judge Sreitv once said te .lesiah
Quiney, who new i elates it iu the Inrte
pendeiil, "we judges take no part iu the
society of Washington. We dine once a
year with the president, and that is all.,
On ether days wc take our dinner to
gether, and discuss at table the questions
which are sugucd before us. Wc are
great ascetics, and even deny ourselves
wine, except in wet weather."' Here the
judge paused, as if thinking that the act
of modification he had mentioned placed
tee severe a tax upon human credulity,
and presently added : " What I say about
the wine, sir, gives you our lulc ; but it
docs sometimes happen that the
chief justice will say te me when the
cloth is removed, ' Brether Story, step te
the window and sec if it docs net leek
like rain.' And if I tell him that the sun
is shining brightly, Judge Marshall will
sometimes reply : 'AH the better; for our
jurisdiction extends ever se large si terri
tory hat the doctrine of chances makes it
certain that it must be raining somewhere.'
Yeu knew that the chief was brought up
upon Fcdeialisn and Madciia, and he is
net the man te outgrew his early
prejudices."
Cabinet Sacculatien.
11. J. Uaiuwlcll'a Republic.
I believe that Senater Cenkliug will be
asked te name a cabinet ellicer and that
Mr. Levi P. Moiten, of Sew Yerk, will be
the next secretary of the treasury. I be
lieve that Senater Blaine will be asked
te name a cabinet officer, and that Mr.
Frye will be secretary of the navy. I be
lieve that Indiana will receive a cabinet I
appointment in the person of Mr. Ben
Harrison, should he net be elected senator
and I believe that Governer Fester, of
Ohie, will also go into the cabinet, unless
he is elected senator te succeed Mr! Thur-
man. Penusylvania will naturally be en
titled te a cabinet office and the ether two
could go te New England and the West.
The Seuth may possibly get one, but the
material is scarce aud the states entirely
tee "solid." It is barely possible that the1
Pacific slope and the Territories will be
recognized..
Geerge T. Baker & Ce.'s steam cotton
gin, at Byersburg, has been burned, with
a large amount of seed cotton. Less,
$15,000 ; no insurance.
SAYCMi AX MOORS SLEEP.
A Kle3tltel4 JCaa's-lares tlea TOucm U
Thinks Might Prereat 3ml iftrerew. '
A man living near Bloomfield, N. J.,has
contrived an arrangement by the use -of
which he is enabled te get an hour or
mere of extra sleep in the morning, and iu
ether ways he finds it of great benefit. In
many ways it takes the place-of a domestic
servant. The gentleman has thought out
and put into practical working an idea
that occurred te him about a year age.
He is awakened in the morning by a shrill
whistle. He at once gets out of bed,
for he knows what that whistle means.
It tells him that all is ready for him te get
breakfast. He dresses and gees into the
kitcheavmd there he finds a bright, fresh
fire, a tea-kettle full of boiling water, and
ether conveniences for preparing his morn
ing meal. All this is accomplished by
means of an alarm clock with weights, a
picce of wire, a sheet of sandpaper, and
some matches. Paper, weed and coal are
cut into the urate of his cooking stove, and
a tea-kettle filled with water and having a
tiny whistle fitted into the nozzle of the ket
tle, is placed en the stove. By setting the
alarm in the clock he can nave a lire any
time he wishes. When the alarm in the
clock gees eff: a weight falls and hits the
wire ; the wire moves and scrapes the
matches fastened te it en the sandpapar ;
the matches liuht the naner in the stove.
the paper fires the weed and coal, and
seen a tire is under way. In a little while
the water in the teakettle boils, and then
the tiny whistle gives the note efi warning
that evcrthing is ready and it is time te
get up. "
"Simple thing, and yet what a comfort
it is," the inventor says. " There is no get
ting up for- me rftw an hour before break
fast, losing that amount of sleep, and then
waiting mound for breakfast. The ar
rangement costs next te nothing, and it is
astiustweithy as anything in this world.
I have iwthad'it patented yet. Seme persons
advi?c me te, ami perhaps 1 may. 1 haven't
any for sale; get it up entirely for my own
comfort and convenience, and it has mere
than repaid me already. But, just think,
if it were in general use it would save
many hard words and de away with con
siderable domestic unhappiness among
peer people. Doubtless it might have a
tendency te make a better feeling between
some men and their wives, by settling the
vexinirouestienas te who should get ud
in the morning and build the fire. Out of
this question alone many divorce suits
grew and this arrangement would prevent
them."
POLITICAL. rXI'KNSKS.
V!ie Settled fur Sherman at Chirage.
Warner M. IJateman, brother-in-law te
Secretary Sherman, was interviewed by
the Cincinnati Commercial with reference
te the Chicago hotel bills. He said, sub
stantially that " Sherman committed the
care of liis immediate personal interests at
Chicago te Ga: field, Fester, Denniseu and
myself, and transmitted a reasonable
amount te defray the expenses which was
en deposit with Mr. Drake of the Grand Pa
cific, except a portion held by Themas M.
Xichei, who with myself managed the bus
iness mattcis. "When Sherman was beaten,
he tinned his forces te Ga: field and was
successful in nominating him. Up te
this point Sherman paid all expenses.
After the convention Xichei told me he
had paid all bills due Drake, and Xichei
told ins that Fester and Everet, of
Cleveland, representing Garfield as
friends, had said te him it would be only
fair for the friends of Garlield te pay
the bills yet unpaid and otherwise
chargeable te Sherman. Xichei had
paid ever te me the amount in his hands
belonging te Sherman, and said he was
authorized le draw drafts te settle what
remained unjaid. I also drew what re
mained iu Drake's hands. I assisted
Xichei in settling aud sent Sherman te
him. After returning te Cincinnati I re
ceived a letter from ex-Governer Dcnnisen
saying that Fester had said that he (Fos (Fes
ter) had paid $2,800 for Sherman's Chicago
expenses, and Dcnnisen suggested I had
better reimburse Fester. I wrote te Den Den
nisen stating the arrangements made with
Xichei, aud heard no mere of the matter
till the papci.s took it up."
A Terrible Klusle:i nfUitH in New Yerk
City.
An explosion of gas took place yester
day in the basement of Hie five-story iron
building, Xe. GO White street, Xcw
Yerk, occupied by Wilmerding, Hegent &
Ce., auctioneers. The building was
shaken and the cellar walls, near where
the explosion took place, were destroyed.
Three men, William A. Kebbe, William
McKec and Chailcs Brown, wcre injured,
Mr. Kebbe piebably fatally. The smell of
gas had been noticed in the building dur
ing the nieining, and Charles Brown, a gas
fitter, in answer te the call, came te make
an examination. It was suspected that the
well was leaking, and Brown went into the
cellar, where il was placed under a sidewalk
directly under the ! rent entrance te the store
The plumber, finding his suspicions con
firmed, thoughtlessly lighted a candle, and
crept in te leek for the trouble. Instantly
a tcriifis explosion leek place. Every
thing was wrecked, and three ponderous
.safes were evci turned, which fell crash
ing en the wreck, narrowly missing a
heap of rubbish under which three human
beings were buried.
Mr. William A. Kebbe, head of the rib
bon department of the firm of Wilmerding,
Hegent & Ce., aged seventy-eight years,
was badly Inn t. William McKee, chief of
the "outside" department, was blown
into the cellar, whtrc he lay stunned and
covered with bricks and diit. Brown the
plumber, who was in the most exposed
position, was the least injured. He was
cut in the face and en the head and was
sent te the hospital, but did net seem te
have sustained any internal hurt. One of
Kebbe's legs was broken and he was suffer
ing fiem severe internal injuries. The
damage te the building was considerable,
but te what extent is net yet ascertained.
Itcitclicr, Calviiiismnncl Grant.
In his sermon en Saturday merniug,
Bccchnr became very much excited ever
the notion of Ged conveyed by the Cal
vinistic faith. He advanced te the edge
of his pulpit and cried :
"1 tell you, brethren, emphatically and
undeniably, that the Calvinistic creed is
hideous in its idea of Almighty Ged. In
it Ged is made repulsive, despicable, and
dastardly in the extreme. Xe one of its
thousands of ministers believes a word of
their orthodox theological training which
teaches that Ged is a merciless being, who
brings millions of men into the earth only
te send them te everlasting hell if they de
net live up te the letter of their creed. If
the ministers of the Calvinislin breed pro
fess belief in tlieir work they profess te a
lie. If any minister docs believe in the
doctrines he is some stiff old lightning lightning
red man, who spends his life iu his pulpit,
and doesn't knew his congregation, nor de
his congregation knew him."
Gen. Grant sat in the centre of the
church, and at the end of the service
the people crowded around him,
refusing te go out. Bcccher at length
mounted the platform and said :
"I wish jeu would go home new ; this
house is for the worship of Ged, net of
man."
At this Giant laughed outright.
I'er Speaker of the Heuse.
liuuisbuig Dispatch te Philadelphia Tele
graph. Jehn IT. Landis, of Lancaster, one of the
most talented legislators that ever graced
the Heuse, is mentioned; but while he
would take it he will net wrangle for it.
The Polish residents of Xew Yerk cele
brated last night the fiftieth anniversary
of the Polish insurrection of 1830.
LA.TX8T NEWS BY KAIL,
William Caatey, of the Wsdkill Valley
railroad service, fell front "a garden wall
and was killed at Rondout, X. Y.
Themas Ashley, a miner, fell a distance
of seventy feet down a shaft in the Des
mctmine. Central City, D. T., and was in
stantly killed.
Mary Delley, aged sixteen, of Reudbut,
X. Y., was recently terribly mangled by
her father's deg. The calf one leg was
literally tern off. The deg was killed.
The total cost of the Boycott relief ex
pedition was 10,000. The parish priest
of Bailinrebe has received a letter in which
he is threatened with instant death if Mr.
Boycott is shot. The letter bears a Men a
ghan pest mark.
The mud-drum under the boilers of the
works of the Xerway tack factory, Wheel
ing, W. Ya., blew up, wrecking a part of
the building and killing William Ledge,
the engineer. The damgae te the build
ing is about 2300.
Jehn Eilett, aged 12 fell into the main
trunk of the raceways, above the Passaic
Falls, at Paterson, X. J. Eilett, together,
with Charles Simpsen, who had jumped
in te rescue him, were swept through a
sluiceway 43 feet long. Simpsen was bad
ly hurt by being dashed against the rocks.
After two hours of hard work Eilett was
resuscitated.
E. X. Stern, conductor of a freight train
en the Baltimore & Ohie railroad, was in
stantly kilicd en the Locust Point branch.
Stern was en his train, which was in ine
tien, when he slipped aud fell between the
cars, and the wheels severed his head and
one of his arms from his body. Deceased
was 3-3 years old. He leaves a widow, and
two children at Martinsburg, W. Va.,'
A fire at West Point, W. Ya., destroyed
the extensive wharves and sheds of the
Richmond, Yerk River and Chesapeake
railroad company and the company's
steamer bhirley ; also the telegraph nnu
freight offices and all the freight en the
wharves, including 20,000 bales of cotton.
The less is estimated at 3233,000, of which
8130,000 is en the cotton and fully insured.
InXew naven, Conn., Lucius Hotch Hetch
kiss, a retired merchant and banker, died
yesterday very suddenly. A few minutes
before his death his wife, who had gene
in te see him, en being informed that he
was dying fell dead en the bed en which
he was lying. He was seventy-eight years
of age and she was seventy-two. Hotch Hetch
kiss was in the lumber business for some
years, and was a director of the Second
uatienal bank and quite wealthy.
A government clerk named James Camp
bell was feuud en the side walk in a dis
reputable locality in Washington,
several days age in an insensi
ble condition, with his head bat
tered in. He refused te give any particu
lars of the assault upon coming te con
sciousness and died from hi3 wounds at
the hospital. Campbell is said te be very
well connected. His relatives have insti
tuted inquiries as te the mysterious mur
der. Bernard Kech, a Hoboken German, at
tempted te commit suicide en Sunday by
swallowing what he supposed was a dose
of arsenic The druggist whom he asked
te sell the poison, suspecting something,
beat a piece of chalk into a fine powder,
which he placed in a vial and labeled
arsenic. The man swallowed the stuff
en the street and instantly fell te the side
walk and groaned aud writhed as if in
agony, but when informed as te the con
tents of the vial he immediately recovered.
STATE ITEMS.
Mincrsvillc and Mr. Pleasant have been
raised te the grade of presidential post pest
offices, te take effect en Jan. 1, 1881, with
a salaryef $1,100 for the former and 81,400
for I he latter.
St. Mary's church of Lebanon, Pa., will
be consecrated Tuesday, December 14, by
Rt. Rev. Bishop Shanaban. Consecra
tion ceremonies commencing 7.30 p. m. ;
pontifical high mass at 10.30 a. m., te be
celebrated by Most Rev. Archbishop Weed,
of Philadelphia.
In the death of James E. Brown, of Kit
tanning at 9 o'clock, Saturday evening,
terminated the career of probably the most
active and successful business man in
western Pennsylvania. At the time of his
dissolution Mr. Brown was estimated te
be worth something ever $3,000,000 which
he acquired by a life of constant aud in
telligent effort in the world of. business.
He was eighty-three years old.
Cattle thieves are said te be operating
in Caernarvon, Lancaster county. The
hide aud entrails of a fine steer were found
in Bard's swamp, north from Church
town, the four quarters having been re
moved by the thieving butchers. Ssvcral
mere are missing. The stolen turkeys
taken from parties in and around Morgan
town, were sold te a respectable dealer iu
poultry, who paid ever te well-known
parties $11.30. Xe arrests.
Hen. Thaddeus Banks, probably the
eldest attorney at the Blair county bar, is
dead, after an illness of some months.
Bern in Miftlintewn in 1815, he was a seu
of Hen. Ephraim Banks, who was tl e
Democratic auditor general about 1S51.
In 18.G1 Mr. Banks was elected te the Leg
islature as a Democrat. He was widely
known throughout the state, for many
years being a member of the State Beard
of Agriculture. Mr. Banks was the Demo
cratic candidate for judge against Judge
Dean nine years age.
Daniel Lord, ene of the eldest lumber
men in Northeastern Pennsylvania, has
just accomplished a feat never before at
tempted. A few days age, as the rafting
freshet in the Delaware was beginning te
decrease rapidly, Lord started from ;Equi
nunk, Wayne county, at daylight and ran
a raft two hundred feet long and sixty-five
feet wide through te Easten, withoutmak witheutmak
ing any step for sleep accomplishing the
entire distance, 124 miles by river, in less
than twenty hours, eating all meals en the
raft. He was obliged te accomplish the
extraordinary feat in order te save his raft
from destruction. Many fine rafts are new
frozen up in the Delaware.
WASHED ASHOltK.
A Station Master and Crew Drowned.
Washington, Xev. 30. The signal
station at Higlaud Light, Massachusetts,
reports that the body of Capt. Atkfns, of
station number seven, and the body of
one of his crew were picked this morning.
It is thought Captain Atkins and crew in
attempting te beard some stranded vessel
during the night were capsized and all
drowned, as ether bodies are seen in the
surf.
A later dispatch from Highland Light,
says : " Captain Atkins, of life saving
station number seven, and two surfmen
were drowned early this morning while
rescuing the crew of a sleep, and the
sleep has gene, adrift with two men en
beard."
Accidentally Shet.
Denveh, Cel., Xev. 30. A pest mor
tem examination proves that the sheeting
of Lieutenant Governer Robinson was ac
cidental. The remains will lie in state at
Leadville te-day and at Denver te morrow
aud will be then taken te deceased's for
mer home in Michigan.
Abe Rothschild' Chances.
Marsiiai.i,, Tex., Xev. 30. -In the
Rothschild murder case the defendant's
motion te set aside the indictment was
sustained yesterday, and unless new pro
ceedings are taken within two days the
prisoner will be discharged.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Sales ec Seal Estate.
The following sales of real estate were
made at Quarryville, during last week :
Rebert Hamill sold te Henry Herr, of
Maner, his fine farm of 95 acres, with large
stone house, frame barn and tobacco shed,
and all the necessary outbuildings. The
whole is beautifully located in the village
of Quarryville, and it is one of the best
farm's in that section. The price paid is
$10,500, and it is considered cheap. Mr.
Herr will move en it the coming spring.
uavia uaversticK. jr.. Has sold te T. li.
Thompsen,esq.,for $1,200, the let with geed
frame house and stable, both almost new,
situated ou the read from Dry Wells te
Quarryville, and adjoining Mr. navcr
stick's farm.
Jehn W. Eckman, esq., manager of
3Iontgemcry iron company of Pert Ken
nedy, has sold te Silas Winters, the
" Gochenaur farm" in Providence town
ship. It contains about 50 acres, and the
price is $4,000. It was at one time mined
for iron ere, but the ere being deep, it did
net pay.
The Montgomery iron company have
also, sold their interest in the Stively ere
bank aud farm te E. &Q. Breeke, of
Birdsboro, who wc understand intend te
commence mining at an early day. The
price paid by Messrs. Breeke has net been
made public.
Mrs. Cel. Wm. F. Amweg has sold at
private sale her property,Xes. 133 and 140
East King street,te Michael F. Steigerwalt
for 89,500. This property has a front en
East King street of 82 feet en which is
erected a two-story brick dwelling house,
and extends in depth te Mifflin street 254
en which is erected two two-story brick
dwelling houses. Cel. Amweg has leased
for a term of years the old Ycates home
stead, Xe. 20 Seuth Queen street, and will
remove there with his family en April 1st.
Mcssers. Henry Wolf and Philip Ginder
have sold at private sale the property
known as the Geldcu Herse hotel, Xes. 112
and 144 East King street, new occupied by
Fred'k Weehrle, te Eugene Bauer, i'er
$11,200. This property has a front of 32
feet and a deptlief 245 feet aud contain a
large two-story hotel and suitable out
buildings. Mr. Bauer will take possession
April 1.
COURT OF COMMON FLEAS.
Before Judge Patterson.
The case of Henry C. Uauser vs. David
G. Swartz was argued this forenoon.
Iterore Judge Livingston.
Geerge W. Brown, new for the use of
Charles B. Kaufman, vs. Geerge Marshall,
action in replevin. The plaintiff's side of
this case was as fellows : Iu the month of
May, 1874, Geerge Marshall, then a resi
dent of this city, went te the furniture
store of Geerge W. Brown and purchased
furniture te the amount of $S2.50. The
bargain was that Mai shall, who was un
able te pay for the furniture all at once,
was te te take it home, but Brown should
own it until it was paid for, inside of
sixty days. Marshall seen left tewu and
has net been seen here since. In July,
1871, Brown issued a writ of replevin and
the sheriff seized the furniture. Then
Careline Marshall (Geerge Marshall's
wife) and her mother, Mrs. Barbara Her Her
zeg, claimed ownership, gave bends and
held the property.
The defense was that Mrs. Marshall
gave her husband $100 te buy the furni
ture ; became home and told her that he
had bought and paid for it; she never
knew it had net been paid for until it was
seized ; she transferred the furniture te
her sister, who had leaned her some
money. The jury found in favor of the
plaintiff for $103.44, the amount claimed,
with interest.
Isaac G. Reland & Ce., for the use of
Edwin Bushelder, vs. A. Bates Grubb.
The plaintiffs were doing business in
Reading in the year 1877. They furnished
a grain separator for a mill situated in
Elizabeth township, and owned by Mr.
Grubb. This mill was in charge of a man
named Patterson, .who had leased it. He
purchased the separator, which has never
been paid for ; the plaintiffs claim that they
informed Mr. Grubb of the claim upon one
occasion ; he visited them in Reading and
said that he did net want te go te any ad
ditional expense en the mill, as Patterson
was a shiftless fellow ; the plaintiff pro
posed te take the separator out of the mill
when Mr. Grubb told them net te de it as
he would try and get some renttaoney out
of Patterson. The claim is $114.99.
The defense in the case is that Mr.
Grubb never purchased the separator nor
did he authorize any one else te de se ; he
never made himself responsible for it. On
trial.
A motion for a non suit was made iikthe
case this afternoon when court met.
Tobacco Buyers.
The "low barometer" and damp
weather of the past few days has had the
effect of bringing te town quite a number
of prominent tobacco buyers. The fol
lowing are registered at the Cadwcll
house : Max Bemberger, Philadelphia ;
L. Werthcimcr, A. Oppenheimcr, M. Xen
bcrgcr, M. Lachenbruch, X. Lachenbruch,
Xcw Yerk ; M.Resenshinc, San Francisce ;
Chas. Becker, Baltimore.
AH or nearly all these gentlemen are iu
the country among the tobacco growers
te-day.
At the Stevens house are registered the
following named tobacco dealers ; Jeseph
Hernsheim, Xcw Orleans ; Henry Hol Hel
lander, M. Fringant and Frank Pentlarge,
Xcw Yerk ; Aaren Teller, Lancaster, and
Leuis Teller, Philadelphia.
Alter :aTtlcld' Election.
The labereis in the employ of the Penn
sylvania railroad company are net con
vinced that the election of Garneld bad
any tendency te promote their prosperity,
nor that the defeat of Hancock saved the
industrial interests of the country from
destruction. They are notified that their
wages, which lmve been running at $1.10
per day. are cut down for the coming win
ter te $1. They see the prosperity of the
company, the large increase in its net
earnings, the dividends declared, and the
high price its stock commands. They see
that butter is 35 cents a pound and eggs
35 cents a dozen ; nor is there any fall in
the prices of coal, Heur or clothing. And
they wonder what sort of a season this is
for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Bendi Purchased.
Reed, McGrann & Ce. have been award
ed the entire $10,000 lean recently adver
tised for by the beaid of directors of Lan
caster school district, they being the low
est bidders. There were nearly a dozen
bids, the lowest being at par and the high
est, that of Reed, McGrann & Ce., offer
ing 5 per cent premium. The bends are
payable at the pleasure of the beard one
year after date.
As an evidence of the high esteem in
which capitalists held the school beard
bends it may here be stated that Reed,
McGrann & Ce. have already sold a por
tion of tlieir purchase at C per cent, pre
mium. .
Y. M. C. A. Lecture Last Night.
The lecture by Dr. Crnmbaitgh te young
men, in the audience room of the Christian
association last evening, was well attended
and illustrated in a most impressive man
ner. The views of .diseased subjects
thrown upon the illuminated canvass in
the darkened room were from the hospital
practice of vthc lecturer, while a stu
dent in the medical department of
the nnivei sity of Pennsylvania. They told
a ureauiui story et vice ana suuermg, one
that will never be forgotten by such young
men as had the geed fortune te be present
It was at the same time solemn warning
and impressivcinstructien, the influence,
of which can be nothing else than geed.
" The way of the transgressor is hard."
GEO. EXGLAXD'3 SCIVIDE.
aatale Act i
We noticed yesterday tee suicide i
Gatchelville, Yerk county, of Gee. Eng
land, late of Fairfield, Drumore township,
this county, where his family were visitiag
at the time of his tragic taking off. The
Yerk Dispatch furnishes the following par
ticulars :
Mr. England has resided eae mile north
east of Gatchelville for nearly tare years,
having come from Lancaster county, and
was half owner of one of the largest aad
best farms in Fawn township. He was
aged about SO years, temperate, quiet, very
industrious, lespecma anauicea ey all wne
knew him. He leaves a wife and four small
children, who have the sympathy of the en
tire community. His family were aaeeat
visiting some friends ia Liateeter ceanty
at the time of his sad act. The cause" of
his taking his life, se faraskaewa, was
in consequence of some business transac
tions he bad in renrd te bavieir and sell
ing cattle, which te most men would have
been a trilling matter, but which he had
nursed and brooded ever until he had his
mind se worked up that he concluded te
end his life. . The manner of doing it was
by going into the lower fleer of his doable
decker barn, then obtaining two small
hempen strings about 26 inches in leagth,
which had been used for tying tobacco
lath together. He made a loop of one
end, placed it around bis neck ; the ether
he tied te a cress pest, about five feet from
the fleer. He then stepped en a bag that
contained say one-half bushel of salt, and
tied the two ends together, then stepped
off the bag his tees touching the fleer.
He was discovered about three-quarters of
an hour after he hail been missed, by one
of the men who worked for him, who cut
him down, but life was entirely extinct.
Mr. England had a brother who com
mitted suicide three years age, by shoot sheet
ing himself after having made his own
coffin.
DKVMOKK ITEMS.
Frem Oar Down Cenalry Cerr yesuleat.
The snow last week took us rather by
surprise, and found us with here and there
a little corn and a geed deal of fodder in
the fields. In fact, the farmers were in no
way ready for it, and never would be, for
that matter. But the farmers' sons and
daughters welcomed it with a very geed
grace, aud get out the sleighs, bells and
wraps, as if perfectly satisfied te " never
ramd the weather."
Somehow or ethor down here we don't
pay much attention te Thanksgiving.
Seme of us strictest religionists, of course,
go te church and are told and think about
the things for which we should eiler
thanks, and we de it in our orthodox way ;
but we don't go borne after the service aad
have great feasts of " big brown turkeys"
and such things of indigestible natures as
we are often supposed te indulge in en
this day this brother of Christmas by
no means. We cat a piece of perk and
beans or cabbage, or some such substan
tial feed, and arc net always as thankful
for it, cither, as we might be. It is trea
we kill lets of nice fat turkeys, ducks,
chickens, geese and the like, but we are net
se extravagant as te eat them, no indeed ;
but we send them off te the city and get
big prices and quick returns, and are gen
erally mere thankful for Thanksgiving
than we are for the many geed things we
garnered from our fields; for, by the
"sweat of our brews," we earned them.
The Presbyterians observed the day at
Chestnut Level by preaching in the church
in the morning, a dinner at neon and sup
per in the evening, for the benefit of the
church. Fer the same purpose there will
be held a concert in the church en Wed
nesday evening of this week by the "Estey
quartet," of Philadelphia.
The Fairfield lyceum is in geed running
order new. Geed music, essays, recita
tions and speeches can be heard free of
charge every Friday evening, when im
portant debatable questions, also, are
weekly, strongly, forever settled.
Last week Mr. Alfred Ferrill was given
a "birthday surprise" party by his young
friends of both sexes. An excellent sup
per was provided by some of the surpris
ing young ladies and Mr. Ferrell's mother,
after which interesting and appreciated
feature, the fiddlers came in, and the night
was chased away en the light fantistic
tee. 3Ir. FerriU's cider was geed and
plenty, the boys jelly, and the girls were
the kind we have down here "brag ones';'
but like ether girls, capable of smelling
cider en a boy's breath at a distance of
several yards. The surprise was a success
and pleasure in every respect.
CesapllaaeatarY.
The following explains itself :
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WAsmxoTeir. Nev. 98, ia.
Themas A. Wiley, esq.. Collector 9th District,
.uuncusier, renna.
Sin : I have received from Revenue Agent
Marvin, a very satifactery report of the
condition of your office upon an examina examina
natien made by him en the 23d inst.
Your office is graded first class, as usual,
according te the scale of merit.
Fer the fidelity, efficiency and pride in
the service displayed by yourself and your
officers in maintaining this high grade of
excellence, please accept my thanks and
congratulations.
Respectfully,
Green B. Raum,
Commissioner.
Obituary.
Mrs. Margaret Fahnestock Xeurse,
youngest daughter of the late Geerge
Fahnestock and sister of R. E. Fahnes
tock, of this city, died at her home in
Xew Albany, Indiana, en the 14th inst.,
of typhoid fever. 3Ir. Xeurse, the hus
band of deceased, is a son of -the late
Samuel Xeurse, for many years a teacher
in the public schools of this city.
Letters Held.
Letters addressed te "Miss Eliza Wallace.
Salisbury P. O. Lancaster county Pa,"
and "Jacob Bard, Hinkletown Lancaster
Ce., Pa.," are held in the postemce for
postage. One te "Miss Xell Hauer, Leba
non county, Pa," is in need of better direc
tions. Tbanab Cat.
Augustus Xucte, residing en Water
street and employed at Lebzelier's. plan
ing mill, had the tbumb of his left hand
almost cut off this morning while sawing
lumber for cigar boxes. Dr. Davis dressed
the wound.
sai et Merses.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale yesterday at the Merrimac
house for Geerge Gressman, 10 head of
Canada horses, at an average of 9189.25
per head.
SUader Salt.
Benjamin F. Xull, through his attorney,
Jehn M. Amweg, esq., has entered a suit
for slander, in the court of common pleas,
against Jehn Remick.
Presented with m Can.
Father Huber, late of this city, who is
new stationed at Leck Haven, was recently
presented with an elegant geld headed
cane by his parishioners.
Oeae te Eaatea.
J. W. B. Bausman. esq. and wife, have .
gene te Easten te be present at the re-'
dedication of Pardee hall, at Lafayette
college.
Alene.
One lonely 'vagrant was in the station
house ever night and the mayor discharged
him this morning.