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FBIDAY EVENING, DEO. 31, 1880.
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District Attorney Ans ett, of North
ampton county, finds him elf very much
embarrassed in the discba geef the duty
upon him te bring te justice the lynchers
of the murderer Snyder. He declares
that he is the only man in his
county who wants te punish them,
and lets it appear plainly enough
that he only desires te de se be
cause he recognizes it as his sworn duty.
Mr. Anstett does net attempt te shirk
his duty, but if public sentiment is as he
says, Iiis position is certainly an unenvi
ble one. Yet if he is a strong man he will
find his account in it. It is the place for a
strong man. The duty imposed upon
him i3 as plain as the public sentiment
that fails te support him in it. Of
course, it is very disgraceful te the
people that they should se unanimously
defy the law. It proves that they are
net acting under a calm judgment. The
course which they urtreupen Mr. Anstett
new is oae which will work his con
demnation, even in their own eyes, but
a little while hence. If lie does as they
would have him, they will despise him
then as heartily ;is they would applaud
him new. There is absolutely no course
for a public eflicer te pursue,te maintain
his geed name and establish his fame,
but te firmly and fearlessly discharge his
duty under all circumstances; and the
greater the obstacles put in his way the
greater the credit which must come te
him in overcoming them.
Mr. Ah?tetts fellow citizens are mad.
He admits that he lest his head when
he looked uikmi the brutal work of the
murderers and asked the crowd why they
had net put a pile of laths, that he saw
lying nearby, under the suspended mur
derer and se burned him te death. "We
cannot wonder that a district attorney,
who was se exciU'd as te make
such a suggestion, should find himself
embarrassed in prosecuting his neghbers
and friends, who in a similar transport,
had taken Snyder's life ; esiiecially when
among these abetting the crime by his
presence was the district attorney's own
father. Te prosecute him would re
quire a Ileman virtue, which it is fair
te admit that most men would net dis
play. Te bring te the bar of justice
relative and friends, and te defy
existing public sentiment in doing
it, calls for a strength which very few
law officers would display. Yet we hope
te s :3 Mr. An.stett equal te the occasion.
We trust that he will net let the people
of his county escape the responsibility
of dealing with this awful crime. If
lynching is te be sanctioned and con
done.! in Northampton, let it be com
mitted ti its grand jury te say se. The
pi?secutig officer's duty is se plainly te
bring it te their judgment, that he can-
net defend himself in failing te de se.
Judging from the tone of the Easten
papers, the people- of Northampton are
nei in a seutni mum. xney really tin
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l te claim that the lynching is suf-
y defended by the fact that Lares
dertake
ficieutly
escaped the gallows en the ground of in
sanity and that Bortree is imprisoned
twelve years instead of being hung.
Their plea amounts te a declaration
that they cannot trust the juries of their
county te de justice te a murderer
and therefore it is right te lynch him.
Men who can deliberately make such a
declaration are evidently net in a frame
of mind te be governed by leasen. The
Aryits even assails the Intelligencer
for suggesting the possibility that the
wretch Snyder was insane ; as though
it was a wicked thing te suspect
the possibility that a causeless murder
might have btvii an act of insanity. Te
a reasonable mind it will certainly
clearly appear, en the contrary, tbat the
question of the sanity of an offender is
one te be considered first in every crime ;
for the law and geed sense declare that
one who is insane cannot be a criminal.
It seemingly appears te the present mind
of the Northampton people that
insanity is a crime a degree or
two worse than murder itself. They
refuse te consider it at all
Whether Snvder was sane
as a defense.
or insane it
was due te justice te have determined be
fore he was punished for the killing
which he confessed that he had done. Ne
reasonable man outside of Northampton
county will deny that: what that remark
able ieeple won't deny it is impossible te
say. They say and de strange things,and
think nothing of them ; they take board
ers, for instance, into their houses, and
permit them te criminally assail their
daughters ; and don't put them out, br
cause they own a beard bill.
The Old Year.
The carefully compiled, complete and
accurate records which we publish of
general and local events occurring dur
ing the closing year, will be found of in
terest te recall the matters thus epitem.
ized and te present the whole year at
one view, and of value for future refer
ence. It will be seen that the year has
net been a verv eventful one. During
one half of it, public interest in this
country was absorbed wilh political agi
tation te the disturbance of business and
the detriment of public morals. Abroad
the chief subject of general interest has
been the condition of political affairs in
England,first signalized by the revolution
in the ascendent parly, and new by the
troubles in Ireland, which are culminat
ing at the close of the year, and premise
te make the next er.c big with interest.
The agitation of the Nihilists in Russia,
and the mutlerings of the Socialists in
Germany continue and are only aggra
vated by the kind of efforts made te sup
press them. There have been wars and
rumors of wars en the outskirts of civil
ization; but, en the whole, the year has
been a singularly quiet one among the
great nations whose armed peace pre
serves the balance of power.
Of miner events it will be seen that
there were the usual series of
accidents en laud and sea, col
liery disasters and shipwrecks, and
a very unusual number of heavy losses
by fire, heemg that people mast die,
and a geed many of them every year,
the necrolegical list for 1SS0 is net strik-
r-j - - -t, ..v... uiiu "illi:
filled a largje place :n the public eye. The
inriv pvipihip.'I iimnnir tlincu ivlir 1. ...... I
notable features of the list are the targe
proportion it includes of -these who have
contributed te the amusement and en
tertainment of the public, and the un
usual number of distinguished women
who have been stricken from the roll of
the living. These suggestions readily
recall the decease of Adelaide Xeilsen,
Mrs. Chas.Keau and Nina Varian, ac
tresses ; of Ole Bull, the great violinist,
and Offenbach the composer; of Geerge
Eliet, Lydia Maria Child, Lucretia
Mett, Geerge Ripley and Estelle Ann
Lewis, of greater or less literary fame ;
or Dr. Kenealy, who became notorious
in the Tichborne case and Chief Justice
Cockburn ; of Revs. Dr. "Wm. Adams
and Dr.E. H. Chapin, eminent in theol
ogy in our own country ; of S. R. Gif
ford, one of our most talented artists,
and of Worthington, the hydraulic en
gineer ; of Julius Favre, the French
publicist, and of ex-Gov. Williams, of
Indiana. The ranks of public men in
our own immediate commonwealth have
been diminished by the decrease of David
Landreth, Andrew Hepkins, Gen. Hec Hec
eor Tyndall, Jehn Siney, Ximred Strick
land, ex-Gov. "Wm. Bigler, Lin Barthol Barthel Barthol
omew, Gen. C. G. Albright, Hen. Jehn
Rewe and ethers of local fame.
The incidents of our own town and
county life are fresh in the minds of our
readers te whom the Intelligencer
has brought its daily budget, of which
a meagre resume only of leading events
can be given. This will be conned with
attention, however, and with mingled
feelings of sorrow, or joy, accordingly as
the events ware of gladsome or of
mournful interest. On the whole the
year has net been a bad one. We dismiss
it with a blessing and bid the successor,
whose feet is at the deer, a welcome that
is net without misgivings as te whether
1881 can improve en the year at whose
death-bed the new heir of time is the
least sorry mourner.
PFRSONAL.
District Attorney Beujamix K. Phklps,
of New ierk. died last ui-iht at a few
minutes past 11 o'clock at his home.
111C UCV. .E.LIAKIM 1'HEI.rS, II. IK, a
veucrable and respected member of the
Presbyterian church, died at a late hour en
Wednesday night at the residence of his
son, at Wcchawkcn, N. J. Dr. Phelps
was probably the eldest Presbyterian
clergyman in the country. He was born
in Helchettewn, Mass., in 1700.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Perter & Cannen's grist mill in Deer
field, Mich., was burred yesterday. Les,
$7,000.
T'.e chair factory of J. E. Falcs & Ce.,
iu Kast Tcmpleten, Mass . was burned en
Wednesday. Les $13,000.
The British steamer Carnet, of Dundee,
was wrecked in the North Sea during the
gale of the 12th instant and all hands,
numbering seventeen persons, peiishcd.
j J 'ycd by
company, was coat
with brewer's nit
Wliile Jehn Brucus, a German, 2.1 years
the Memphis brewinir
coating the inside of a cask
pitch, the cask exploded.
killing
ethers,
Bruens and slightly injuring two
iicnry it. v rignt. a young man,
coin-
! mittal suicide by taking laudanum, iii Dc
! treit) en Wcdficsday ihu A ' "
I woman te whom he was engaged had id
Dc-
'g
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uisuu tu marry nun eccauss no was hi tile
habit of drinking.
Ira Fullcrteu, a young fanner, of
Bexaua, Mich., surreiuleied himself te
officers yesterday, saying he had killed his
neighbor, Gilbert Dutcher ; that he had
been attacked with a club, and, striking
his assailant in .self-riercusc with an axe'
disembewelled him.
STATE ITEMS.
The Alteena Daily Sun. a bright new.y
sheet, has just entered upon its second
year. May it never have an eclipse.
James Primrose, a railroad brakeimn,
who has been employed at Ardniere, Ins
been missing since Saturday.
An unknown man about CO years of age
was found frozen te death a short distance
from Reading yesterday.
A six-year-old child of Isaac Lord was
burned te death in Pottsville yesterday,
her clothes taking fire at the kitchen
stove.
The beard of health report that during
the past year there were 8S9 deaths in
Reading, an increase of 72 ever the ntimber
during the preceding year.
B. K. Bortree, who killed his biether-
in-law, II. W. Sheusc, of Easten, has
t. , a . . -
utcn azuumccu 10 state prison ler ten
years and ek-ven months.
Among the effects of Gcerge P.tppen
bergcr, the man who died en the cars be
tween Uarrisburg and Alteena, 011 Tues
day evening, was $500 in geld and his will.
His body was taken te New Yerk for
burial.
The funeral of Jacob Ceglo and his wife,
who were murdered by Jeseph Snyder,
took place yesterday from their residence,
at Santee's Mills. Notwithstanding the
cxtreme cold nearly one thousand narsmis
attended the services. None of tiie par
tics implicated in the lynching of the
murderer Snyder have yet been arrested.
The Werk at the Censne Oluce.
Werk at the census office is new in such
a forward state that the first step may be
said te be practically finished. Hut twelve
or fifteen enumeration districts, out of the
32,000, yet remain te be corrected, and the
aggregate population of the country by
suues imu counties win 00 accurately as
ccrtainedaud published iu a few "days.
The next phase of the work will be the
ascertaining of the population by sex and
age.
This is a very trying and arduous un
dertaking, involving a careful recount and
verification of the returns and will occupy
a large lerca 01 cierKs several months.
Mcanwhilc-thc "side issues," such as the
statistics of industries, wealth, geology,
etc., are making steady progress under the
division officers in charge.
m m
A Thirty Feet -rumble.
The evening train en the Rhinebeek and
Connecticut railroad ran en a broken rail
three miles cast of Rhinebeek. Ten
empty coal cars,
the mail ear and
a passenger car
a thirty feet
mail car took fire
were nuricu down
embankment. Tl.c
and half of the mail
bags were destroyed,
n. Li. Juea-roen was
cut in the head aud was badly injured iu
the hip and shoulder. Fred Cotting, mail
agent, was .struck in the breasfby a stone,
but was net fatally hurt. Jehn Donahue
and one or two ethers were slightly injured
by flying debris. A wrecking train has
been sent te the spot.
Anether Bacale Murder.
Jmma i'estcr, a nandsema woman of ill
repute, was shot in her room at Pittsburgh
byM. Cook Hall, an.insurancea.renr. The
cause of the murder was jealously. The
woman is about twenty -seven years old,
elegant in figure and well educated. She
has large black eyes, heavy black hair and
an exquisite complexion. Hall refused te
make any statement ether than that she
was his wife. This she denied. He be- the farce will be repeated, the prize trans trans
lengs te one of the best families in Beaver feucd te the highest bidder, and the nee. '
CDUIHJ. OUO 13 5UII iWlYC, UUb I1C. licatll IS j
evpeeted at every moment.
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FROZEN TO UEATH
The Tragic Side or the Celd Snap. -
There was a slight rise in temperature
in the northwest yesterday ; but the mark
ings generally remained below zero.
Throughout the Middle and Southern
states the cold was intense, the tempera
tures ia the Middle states ranging from 4
22 degress below zero, according te locali
ty, and in the Seuth Atlantic and Gulf
states from 10 te 2S degrees below the
freezing point. At New Orleans yester
day morning the thermometer indicated
22 degrees, and in Jacksonville, Flerida,
lC te 23 degrees.
Jame& Jehnsen, an aged colored man,
was found frozen te death near Atlee's
station, nine miles from Richmond, en the
Chesapeake & Ohie railroad. A faithful
deg was found en his body and had te be
removed by force.
A warrant has becii issued charging
Mi-a Mary Grever, the young lady who
placed her baby en a vacant let in St.
Leuis last Sunday night, where it froze te
death, with murder in the first degree.
The warrant has net been served yet, Miss
Grever being still cenliuel te her bed by
sickness, but it will be as seen as she is
well enough te be moved.
The man, at the time unrecognized, who
was drowned by breaking through the ice
en the Hudsen river, was James Burns, a
resident of Rondout. N. Y. The body
has net yet been recovered.
A mounted letter-carrier, Fred Ceuriel,
was found nearly frozen te death in Eric.
He had accomplished his delivery, but
was se exhausted that he fell down at the
end of his journey and was discovered
some hours afterward, almost lifeless.
Numerous cases of persons having been
frost-bitten arc reported by the Nev,' Yerk
police. J, E. Jerdan, of Brooklyn, was
obliged te have several fingers amputated
at the hospital and II1120 Charles was
taken te the same institution with bath
feet badly frozen.
The Pert Monmouth branch of the New
Jersey Southern railroad is in state of
total blockade.
In the Seuth.
Jacksonville, Fla., is having the coldest
weather experienced since 1S58. The ther
mometer was 19 degrees above zero. The
oranges en the trees aie frozen, and it is
feared that the fruit up the rher is badly
damaged. About euc-thiid of the crop
has already been gathered. It is net
known whether the tices aic injured. A
despatch from Sumpter county says the
erance trees rie net injured. That coun
ty is about 110 miles south of Jacksonville.
In Charleston S. C. the temperature
yesterday was lower than it has been j.inee
183.J. The minimum of the temperature,
reported by the signal officer, is thirteen
degrees above zero, and reports from ether
parts of the city bordering en the water
front t;ivc the minimum as twelve degrees.
In 183.1 the lowest point reached was nine
degrees above zero. In 1871 the lowest
temperature was nineteen degrees, which
up te this time, was the lowest point .since
18:). The streets and even the salt-water
ponds are frozen hard, and everybody is
enjoying this rather novel condition of
things.
New Year's and its Opportunity.
New Yerk Independent.
It is well, that the season of geed resolu
tions comes round again, and that its cus
toms should be observed. Though re
solves te live better and mere unselfish
lives are se often broken, it is well, never
theless, that they should be made, it is
better te have geed intentions for one hour
than net te have them at all. There is no
man who is net better for pure, unselfish
resolves, however brief they may be.
Many a piotligale will premise himself,
with the advent of the New Year, te live a
cleaner, less sensual life for the future,
just as profligates have been doing every
year that is just. Seme, we have no doubt
will keep the premise, and become helps, net
hindcrancesjin society. Many will. seen for
get, perchance, in the maducss of the cap,
their rcsielve te reform. But it is some
thing te have rca'hed their degraded con
dition, and te have sighed for escape from
it. The lew weeks in which they have
been true te themselves will prove te be a
blessed interregnum in the sway of the
tyrant; an interval, charged with picas in t
memories, whose sweetness may linger
and yet work out salvation.
It is geed that there is a time for mak
ing resolutions of reform The prc.teut is
always the best time ; but if New Year re
minds these who have no thought of leav
ing off bad habits at any ether time that
they ought te mend their ways, let us
strive te perpetuate these associations. 1
The reason se many premise te 'turn'
evcra new leai witu tue acw lear
is because they de net want a bid
and a geed record mixed en the
same page. They desire that the whole
year should be clean, and net a part bad
aud a part geed. Ne man is irre
trievably lest who is capable of a thought
like this, a desire for a pure life ; and when
he puts out his feet te take a new path, lei
all who knew him help htm. Strive te
deepen liis.dcsire te live a clean, manly
life. It is selfishness whi-jh corrodes our
nature, blunts our moral perceptions, and
quenches our purest aspirations. Help
men out of the slough of selfishness.
Many who are net controlled by tiie ap
petite for strong drink need te resolve te
escape from ether selfish indulgences.
There may be little hope that the set who
is capable of geed resolutions will keep
them ; but oilier forms of selfishness are
lint: itcitnllir ,rfr.-it"tt.-.l li- ?.,t, .... ..!.
ject slavery of the will.unless long feslei cd.
and resolves te break away from them '
may be all the mere confidently made.
Turn vp,-n,e ,n. ,.r ,-..,., ,..i p. !.,.!
past year, and when veu have found :, SM. !
lisli indulgence, wnich grieves you, make
a resolve for the New Year and for all
time. Yeu may thu, continuing the
pruning process year by year, cut oil' many
unsightly and troublesome growths
De you fear for your steadfastness? Yeu
shall gain strength centiuutlly in doing
well. Yeu have the approval of your own
conscience. Yeu shall have the sweet rc
waul attending all virtuous- acts-. Yeu
shall have, better and greater than all, the
aid of Him who is se merciful and kind,
se anxious te save that he strives with the
most degraded sinners
te induce them te
repent.
Tha List.
Among these who will be voted for in
the Republican senatorial caucus besides
Mr. Grew and 3Ir. Oliver, are Benjamin
IT. Brewster, Wayne MeVeagb, A. L.
Snowden and Harry Bingham, of Phila
delphia, Jehn Cessna of Bedford. 1 tarry
White or Indiana, C. W. Gilfillan of
Venango, S. II. Dick, of Crawford, Wi!- j
nam tvaruei ueiawaie. Jeiin Stewart et
Franklin, W. H. Koeutz of Somerset, J.
M. '1 hompsen of IJutlcr and C. W. Stene
(the lieutenant governor) of Warren,
Colonel M. S. Quay who has been men
tioned as a candidate declares that he is
net in the field and cannot be induced te
enter it. Governer Heyt is also under
stood ta be voluntarily out of the race.
The Auction.
Fei ni'j-'s Prejjrces.
Twelve years age I went te
,
Ilairisb'ir"-'
Moereheid ''
id William I
with Thaddeus Stevens, J. K
11.' Mann, te pretest against the senatorial I
a ti r'u..i:,i r n..,,.i t.,.i.i ,i win:
aucten at that lime.
- tJ
imc. Wc addressed the 1 -
members of the Legislature ; called en
them te vote like men ; te defy all bribes ;
te think of their honor, their families and '
their country. It was a bold thin? te de. !
The Legislature listened, and then coolly '
sold out te the auctioneer. In a few days
pie will go te sleep ever the slumbering i
volcano.
3UJX WITH WJfAK rOIXTS.
As They are Sees Alene Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia Evening News.
That men have their little weaknesses is
amply exemplified along Chestnut street
any pleasant afternoon. Net an afternoon
like te-day, for in stormy weather most
men with their little weaknesses re
main indoors. The weak points
show . themselves in various ways.
Almest every morning a prominent
gentleman can be seen walking down
te his business, his caue in his hand,
which he seems te be swinging in an al
most unconscious way, new and then let
ting it strike the pavement. Keep your
gaze upon him, however, and you will find
that he passes no piece of nut-shell or lit
tle stone without touching it with his
cane. If he misses it the first time he
will go back and touch it in such
a way, however, that a casual observer
would net notice him. The habit has
grown upon him and taken se strong a
held that it would new make him uncom
fortable all the morning te let a stone lie
in hi3 way without tipping it with his cane.
The men who can't pass a lamp-pest with
out touching it are innumerable. They
don't, however, walk up te them and
strike them with their whole hand, but in
a careless sort of way, as they pass along,
tip them with their finger. The action
itself seems insignificant, and yet these
men touch each fire-plug and lamp-pjst a",
conscientiously as if it were a matter of
vital importance.
A Yeung Operator.
The frontier telegraph effice atWiliiam's
ranch, lexas, is managed by Halite Hutch
inson, a little girl nine years of ajc. A
gentleman who returned from there a few
days since says Hal lie is the most remark
ably intelligent little elf he everbad the
pleasure of meeting. She handles her in
strument with the success and precision
of an old operator. Recently, when elec
tion returns were coming in and the whole
country was wildly excited te knew the
result, little Hallie sat at her instrument,
her eyes aglow with intelligence, and gath
ered in the news from all ever the Union,
while dozens of brawny men crowded
around te hear what the lightning breagfit
and te admire the wonderful skill of the
little oparater. While controlling the
wires as she de;s. Hallic is net unlike
ether little girls of her age in her habits
and inclinations. Fer instance, one end
of her operating table is piled full of baby
dells, and she spends a great deal of her
leisure time dressing and nursing them.
Brown county may claim the youngest Tel
egraph operator in the world.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
mt. cukwen bounced.
Ami a Lancastarlan Succeed Illin.
The beard of trustees of the state luna
tic hospital held a regular meeting in
Hariisburg yesterday te consider current
business and elect a superintendent of the
institution in room of Dr. Curwcn, whose
third term of ten years expires early in
the new year. Three of the trustees
were absent Dr. Green, of Easten, Mr.
Ileury Gilbert, who is confined te his
bed by sickness, and Mr. R. A. Lamber Lamber
ten, whose mother is lying dead in Car
lisle. After the beard had assembled, a
formal resolution appointing Dr. J. Z.
Gerhard superintendent of the hospital,
his term te eenimencerJu the expiration of
Dr. Curwcu's time, was offered and unan
imously agreed te. There was no consul
tation or debate, and Dr. Curwcu was net
present. The Uarrisburg TekgrapJi has
the following well-merited netice of Dr.
Gerhard, who is a graduate of F. & M.
college of this city, and a son of our
townsman Rev. W. T. Gerhard :
"Dr. J. 1J. Gerhard, the superintendent-
elect, has been the first assistant at the
hospital during the past eleven years. He
studied medicine with Dr. Atlce, of Lan
caster, one of the trustees, and is a gradu
ate of one of the Philadelphia medical
school-:. He began his practice of medi
cine in Lancaster, where he was engaged
when called te the position of assistant
at the hospital about eleven years
age. lie has visited Europe, aud
made a thorough investigation of the
insane hospital in England aud en
the continent, and during Dr. Curweu's
absence has had charge of the institution
of which by te-day's action he becomes
the superintendent. His qualification for
the position is unquestioned. Several
years since, when a superinteudant was te
; be selected ler the new hospital at War-
1 en. he was highly recommended for the
I i)o-itieu by Dr.Grccn, of Eastdn.thc staff at
Ivirkbridc's, Dr. Curwcn and ether prom
! incut physicians skilled in the trcatmcntef
j insane. Dr. Gerhard brings te his new
j position ability and skill, and will be likely
j te infuse new life into the Uarrisburg
I hospital for the insane. He has the well
wishes of a host of friends and will enjoy
the hearty co-operation of the beard of
trustees. "
COI.DEI!, STILL COJ.DEK"
1 lie iUcrenry at S3 Ielew Zere.
This morning the weather in this city
was even colder than it was yesterday.
The lowest point reached yesterday was 15
degrees below zero. This morning be
tween 6 and 7 o'clock it was reported as
low as 23 below zero, though some of the
j thermometers, in partly protected places
' marked only 12 or 13 below. We present
1 below a few of the figures.
1I;,,0"Jl Gl 1CS 3 r4l? I ' IAr'"CCJ- II H0W
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J?1"' if-,-10"? a,TS- Jeen..20
J. nlim's, 141 L. Lemen 20 "
'I'ls- ". 5!l.rv,.n ue1 b- Quec,J
18
Ernest Zahm's 18
Albert Zahm's, 311 N. Lime 1C
Posteflice, Centra square 15
Jacob Bewers's, Centre Square. . .13
w
Marshall & Rengier's, 7 S. Qucen.U '
iNTEI.Ur.ENCEn. . 14 '
Frem different points iu the county we
have reports as fellows : Harnish's station,
20 be!ev ; J. D. Kehr's, just north of city,
23 below; Springville, 19 below; Mount
Jey, 19 below : Rcften, 15 below : West
Willow, 13 below.
The weather has remaiucd bittcrceld all
day aud although the sun shone brightly
it was net till near neon that the mercury
rose te zero. In all parts of the city
hydrants and water pipes are frozen and
families are 'put te much inconvenience,
aud when the pipes began te burst will be
put te much expense in the way of re
pairs.
The ice en the city reservoirs this morn
ing measured 17 inches in thickness.
Ecllpse or the Sun.
A p.ntial eclipse of the sun took place
this morning, and the sky being clear, the
phenomenon was observed with great in
terest by members of the Staijclub and
our amateur astronomers generally. The
greatest obscuration of the sun occurred
shortly after sunrise, at which time about
one-third of the sun appeared te be hidden.
The eclipse could be very distinctly seen
j uireugu smerai glass, aim some persons
with strong eyes ventured te leek at it
with the naked eye. These who observed
ifc c,ose!i' sa' tuat l" calculation made bv
Plef' J" E Kersuncr of tue mathematical
eliair of Frcmk'.iuand Marshall cellege.and
PubIisucl " Ah Istelmecsckb a
week
Ow
nrm fi inviliirl m nifrtnD'niHtiAailii.
" ";V """ "j,iu"; r.
ing te the early hour at which the phe
nomenen appeared it was net se generally
observed as it, would been had it eccurcd
later iu the day The eclipse ended at
8::).
Te-morrow 'Will be a Holiday.
bunday hours will be ebscrvevl at
the
posteflice te-morrow, and the tunics will
be closed, as it is a legtl holiday.
THE OLD YEAR.
LOCAL EVENTS O? 1880.
WHAT HAS FIXED JOURNALISTIC AT
TENTION IN LAXCWTtr. CITY
AND COCNTr.
Town and Ceuutry Feasts and! Funerals
Marriages aud Deaths J Ires and Festi
vals Tlie Amuscmeut 'Scaec."
Belew will be found a very carefully
prepared and complete resume of the lead
ing local events of the past year, noticed
from time te time, at length, in these col
umns. The record is a varied ene, as life's
experience aud the work of the local jour
nalist are. He must take it as he !finds it
and his reports flit with great rapidity from
the grave te gay, from lively te severe.
What has happened that is notable in
Lancaster and vicinity, or of interest te
its people will be found here sum
marized, emitting the regular assembling
of such organizations as have stated times
and regular business for their routine
meetings. All of our readers will find
the record of interest, aud these who pre
serve it carefully will be astonished te
find hew the satisfaction of reading it
strengthens with the lapse of time and
what valuable service may be rendered by
sueh resumes carefully kept from year te
year:
JANUARY.
J Charli'9 Schwelicl'a barn and outbuilding?
burned; Law library association annual
meet Iiik; silver wcililinj; of fret.anil Mrs.
Win. M. Nevin.
2. ronltrvHhew opens.
3. Death et Sirs, t.'ntlieiiiie Keyscr, ascil 77
Silver wedding of Mr. ami Mr. U. II. Patter
son. Colerain township.
4. Old Mennenltc church dedicated.
.". Aunual meeting Poultry association; Pris
on and peer house ofllcers elected ; Harrv
UtilUsher pounded by Hilly Wilev; Annual
inflating Agricultural society.
C. Marriage of Mr. A.J. (iedb'yaud Miss MIn
nie Ashbrldge: marriage of Mr. Ccergc
Trlmble and Miss Irene Strawn.
7. J. II. Marshall reappointed pestmaster: an
nual meeting Medical society.
8. F. and M. College reopened ; Joint Nye's
Ii-ss cut etr en railroad at KaInbrit"e
!'. Death of ;erjje Pear, of Strasbttnr, from
explosion. s
10. "15ig tobacco dnv."
11. Death et Itelnha'rt Iteincr. aged 51.
li Heuse burned at Witmer's junction; Mar
,t,lUu.'JI1.,l,er' of ,-12. frozen te death.
13. Walking match at Frunke's garden.
14. Death of Charles F. Kcnglcr. aged 03; Sil
ver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Gibb? ;
marriage of I. IJ. IJurrewcs and Min Anna
Gallagtier, Wilmington.
15. Death of Cyrus J. Albright, nge.l 37.
10. Death of Uachel Steiner, ngtdl ami Wil
liam Gardner, aged 31.
17. Merrliiger-Erisman contorted election de
cidud ; Jeseph Ink. railroad brakeman cut
te pieces at Marietta; another heavy tobacco
18. Death
nged 70.
of William Muck, l.lttle Uritain,
19. Coreiior invesitlsating I.. Q. Lanlram's
20. IxTCLLtacscEapublishcjallegeil reflection
en Judge Patterson.
21. IxTEiLiGKNcar. editors called into four ;
dandelions in bloom iu Lancaster.
2.'. Disbarment rule served en Steinmanand
Ilensel,
23. J. A. M. Passmore electleneeiing in Lan
caster. St. I. O. O. F. hall at Kcautstewu dedicated;
Loring nominated for Mayer by the Repub
licans. 2. Emanuel Emwicht, or Marietta, and un
known tramp boy from Little lteck. Ark.
killed by tailing di-rrickat Marietta ; death of
Siunue! Peters at Columbia from railroad
injuries.
V. Uietlng iron-workers at Rohrcrstewn.
27. Meeting et Republican county committee;
Hull King elect state delegates.
23. Mayer MacGenigle reneminated by the
Democrats.
a. Marriage of Mr. Clement 15. tlrewn ami
Miss Kinllv Myer-i.at NorweoJ. near Colum
bia; marriage et Mr. .Tames IJ. Hest and
Miss Mary E. Kant. ; death or Annie Maria
Mvers, agedtC
33. Disbarment case argued by Mr. Shapley ;
Nerni'il anniversary.
31. Death or Dr. W. M. Whiteside, aged &:
Democratic municipal nominations.
FEIJRUAUV.
1. Daniel Tamiaanv hurt at the l'enii ri.IUii-'
mill.
2. The groundhog sees lilt shallow; leap ye ir
ball at the Stevens house.
3. Death et" Dr. Samuel Vc!ehcns ; ilu ith el
Jehn G. turner. Williamrtewii. Il . Hen.
imam II:.inilte:i stricken with paralvuls. I
i. Sleighing in Lancaster.
.'. Death et Samuel Shower.-; tenth anniver
sary V. M. C. A. I
C. Death et Jehn Dehner, Elizabethtown. I
7. Intautchild or Jehn Given tcrriblv burned: '
David Leehe admitted 10 the bar. j
S. Sixty-tilth anniversary of the Uibiu society. I
9. Mrs. Samuel King, Soudersburg, stricken '
with paralysis ; attempts te wreck railroad !
trams near Meuntvillc. 1
10. City appeal day ler protesting taxpayer-,:
Henry Streble's stable burned; death of K. I
Nerman Gunni-son at Yeric. I
11. II. C. Elehetlz's store robbed ; Masonic
testimonial te C. A. Heinitsh : Suilkey ?
tate stable burned.
12. Jehn S. Lundy, brakcinan, iimt intlv killed
near Downingtown; death of Mrs. Marv A.
Hastings, aged 40.
13. Colored ball at Fulton h ill.
14. Discovery et the suicide et" Levi Lane at
llainbridgeaud the murder et his w ire and
child; William Mack and Edwar I i'miner
crushed te death at the Weed chrome mine
en the Octoraro creek.
15. Death of C. M. Hostetter.esq.
1G. Death of Frank Ilewly en the Celuinbii
turnpike; A. it. Ikiiv'e house robbed at Itoh-
rerstewn.
17. Mayer MacGenigle 1 e-clec led ; Democratic
gains In council.
IS. Sudden death of James Maffitt at Moere's
Lamb tavern ; marriage et Henry E. Stal-
ford and Gcergie A. Sheer.
19. Jeseph Eiseusteln robbed at the l'eunsy!-
vauia railroad depot.
23. Resignation of Chief of 1'elice Peutz . sev
enty-seventh birthday reception or Key. Dr.
J. V. Nevin.
21. Death of Jehn Stycr, aged 75, NewIIedand:
death of Mrs. I5.irb.ira Peel, aged 81 ; sudden
death Irem apoplexy of Antheny Yoes at
Kirclicr's hotel; Micro-cepical society or
ganized. 22. False rumors of Dr. J. O. Boyd'- death:
sudden death of Mrs. Jehn Hcnsler.
23. Death of Geerge Lerenz ; Peter F isnacht's
children scalded with het muh ; Susque
hanna ministeriuin meeting; J11 ige Living
ston decides th it Heme must : :nit colored
children ; death et Bebecci S;ewart, aged
S5.
SI. AI. RewnslcInV clothing store robbed ;
death of Mrs. Hannah A. Shultz, el Stras
burg. aged 5S ; et Sarah lilcgle, ngufl 91 ; Sel Sel
demridge's store at Kphrata robbed : Janice
Martin killed at Celumbia: Jehn Welliga
sheets his wlfjnnd son at Mount Jey ; death
of Allen Heyt, Columbia.
23. Casper Bruner takes Hrrt pries In billiard
teurnament: Mount Jey llghted with gas:
Hebrew I'urim ball ; death et Miss Catherine
Ellniakcr, aged 97, and of Maria Fredrick
Kuebler, nged 47.
36. Death of Mrs. Sarah Ileweil Atlee ; Gme
Lutheran reception and surprise te Rev. C.
E. Heupt: death of Christian Erb. Soudfrs Seudfrs
burg, aged 70 ; Thompson WIvel, Little Bri
tain township, found dead in bed.
27. David Glbble's barn burned at Manheiiu.
23. Gottlieb Gretwald attacked and robbed.
29. Union Bethel mission chapel dedicated ;
death et Mm. Rachel Waidley, or Strasburg,
aged 72.
MARCH.
I. State Fruit Growers standing committees
uppemicu ; u. a. js. memorial service.
2. (Juicer Dcichlcr appointed chief or police
pre tern.
S. Death el I-aae l'.iwde.
4. Death of Mrs. Jnli i A. Sharp, aged 9S ; clos
ing celebration or Coiietega mills night
school.
3. Three stables burned In Marien allcv.
s. judical eciety against C. A. Greene.
7. Death of Henry Dcnucs, aged 52.
8. Gen. Reynolds's portrait presented te
Pennnylvatiia Historical society; anniver
sary ceremonies at St. Jeseph's hospital ;
death of Mary M. Harry, uged S3 ; et Sarah
Ann Tayler, aged 7J, ami of Emanuel MeU
gar in Philadelphia.
!. Tlies. E. Gable sentenced by U. S. court,
Philadelphia, for revenue liauds.
10. Mark Twain's letter te Mary Kylle piib
" lis'.ied : death or Michael Brecht, aged GJ.
also or aire. Francis A. Stanley.
11. Assignment appeals at court house.
12. V. M. C. A. district cenferenca meeting:
death of Mr, alary Jolm-en, colored, at
Gap, aged 1W yean.
13. Death et J. Yeates Cenvnghaiu; alsT e!
air?. Bet-y Swalkey, aged lir) years.
14. Special sermon by Rev. Wm. aiorilseu te
Junier Order A. .M.; confirmation at St.
James :vi St. Jehn's.
15. snfe Harber iron works put Inte operation ;
death of airs. Catherine Eckman, Slnnbtirg.
aged 92; alsoet ilrs. Anna ai. Weidler. aged
75; Lawrenc! Schilling breaks his neck;
airs, jnsan Coenlcy sentenced.
1C. Republican county committee calls pri
nt try elections; drunken light brtween
1 nemas siucius ana .ieun Lemen n; icgIcrT:
tavern ; death of alary Donclseu, aged 40
17. Death et airs. Eliza Heishc-y, aged 73: als
of Mrs. alary j-ciiertz. aged 85.
18. Bedy of ile.nl child found en Christian
street ; committee of Lancaster .school beard
visit Reading.
19. County auditors' report presented ; Al
derman Spuirier binds Dr. Greene ei at. te
appear at court : Snowden appointed census
supervisor, vicj Samson, rejected.
29. tloer giv s way at public sshoel entur
ta'nment a dozen persons seriously hurt
at Linceln: sudden death of Geerge Grolf,
It
Paradise tewnship: also et Cera Hall.
Lancaster tewnship: terrible burning of
iour-ycar-eiu son oriiarrtjeiiGrosh. Utitz.
21. Lecal observance of Palm Sundar; de.it U
of Mrs. Catharine F.ihnestoek. In Philadel
phia, aged SO ; also et Henry McVey, of Ful
ton township, aged 7t5.
22. Suicide et Marcus Beppa at Hagcigans's
hotel : death of Chas. E. Pewdca, aged 27 ;
also of Jacob Stauffer, aged 72
2J. Puddlers strike at Safe Harber.
2L County auditors' lull filed for $5S).4J.
23. Postal card xiersecntien et Geerge Spur
rier; sudden death nf air. James Storm
felt z. aged 29.
i5. Celebration et Geed Friday.
27. L. W. RichanU admitted te the bar; Isaac
Knight found in dying condition near rail
road track in Columbia.
S3. Lecal celebration et Eater; Catharine
Deerr's stable burned in Eighth wanl
Christian Smith's house, near Willow Street,
robbed ; death of Geerge aiarks, aiechanics
burg, ased 05.
20. Chas. F. Eberman's 30th birthday and sti
ver weddinz.
.10. Death et Christian Berger, aged 70: scner
distillery, mar ateuntville. burned; i.XM
stolen irem Dr. Carpenter's efllce.
31 Death of Elias iJelirer, tipstave, aged 75 :
marriage et Wm. C. richler and aiks Sue
RcinheM; Jeseph Davidsen's Ueu.10 robbed.
APRIL.
1. General ' moving day; money casv;
death et Edward Powell, aged SO.
S. Death of Jeseph Nixderf in Alteena.
3. Stciuman & flense! disbarred; body of
Jehn Hunmens found in Concstegu near
tabank: Jehn Ader found hanging in
weeds in Warwick township : death et Jehn
G union, agctt 85, and Jehn Behun. aged W.
t Heavy thunder, lightning, rain and hall
storms in Lancaster and throughout t lie up-
iier pair 01 uie county : iie.xiu 01 jurs. ia:iiet
etts at Strasburg; airs. Rese Dennelly's
bearding house robbed by Jehn Burke.
5. Dcatn of Gen. James L. "lleynelds, aged 59;
Jacob Efllnger. aged CO, and airs. Amelia
Hublcy. aged t; city councils organized.
. Abraham Bcneman, Elizabethtown, at
tempts suicide.
7. Railroad wreck at Lcamau Place: J. E.
Smith's feet cut oft by the cars at Little Con Cen Con
estega bridge, and James Ferley hurt at Col
umbia. & Funeral et Gen. James L. Reynolds ; efllce
et city schoelsupDrintendentcrcated ; James
Stcckin-xn thrown from a buggy and serious
ly hurt; Jehn Powers ami Rebert Tnvler
killed by prematuie explosion of b!a-"t at
Downitigtewn.
9. Death et Abraham Breneman, of Elizabeth
town, irem suicidal injuries.
10. James Titus beheaded en Pennsylvania
railroad near l'arkesburg ; Stts'iuchnnnu
rolling mill, Celumbia.dr.iws tire : Mrs. Gee.
11. Hcitshu's house en James street, robbed.
11. Death of ail-J3 Hallic S. Brown, Washington
borough.
12. Dentil or Frank Baney, of Columbi .
13. Conestea Ledge, Ne". 17(5, Royal Arcanum,
established.
11. Daniel aiillcr ami Charles Frazcr aaphvxi
ated in a well near Bird-iu-H:nd ; Pe'mo Pe'me Pe'mo
craticceunty convention ; whelealeehlckeu
stealing between Lancaster and .Millers
vlllc.
13. Death of Barnhard aiann, farmer, ainner
township; weeds tires en Welsh mountains
and aiauic hills ; Geerge Test, et aiarh-ttu.
latally burned at steel works, at steelten ;
marriage of Constantine Recttncrnn I aiiss
Kate Wagner: marriage et Dr. II. E. West West
haerfcr and aii-,4 Annie Haherbtish.
1(5. Heavy local storms : school beard adept
plaus ter new school buildings.
17. Death of Philip S. Baker, aged (53 ; W.
Frank Brucderly, aged 31, in this "ity : and
Dr. Isaac Brcnizer, in Rcadirg.
IS. Evangelical church corner stone laid at
Mount Jey.
19. Wm. Hewitt killed en railroad near Perry Perry
vllIe;Jehn Rellt-ii teiind dead iu West
Earl township; David .. Wade, et Ear, al
most sulTecateil by blowing out the ga".
20. High school musical entertainment.
21. Death or airs, aiargarct Hinney, Mount
Jey, aged "it, and aiartin W. Nidey, or Eat
Denegal, aged 7G ; Wm. aianlfeld's drowned
body found at aieCall's Ferry.
22. R. K. Biithrle elected city superintendent:
Death of airs, ainrla Kelly, as-d 75.
23. l'harcs Annsteud breaks jail iu bre.nl day
light; sudden dcuthet" airs. Elizabeth ISru
baker at Bainbridge.
24. Cddcrzoek's alleged con lcien published;
"Dr." Jehn Campbell acquitted; grand
jury review the auditors. Rioting at Raw
linsvilli:. 25. New luruaees lightedat Safe Harber linn
works.
2'.:. Rowameug fishermen and llsh wardens at
Columbia dam.
27 Frame house and barn burned en Clay
fatrcct ; death of Jacob L.Baker, iu Philadel
phia. :tgd 51.
23. Sudden death of Jehn M. Geed at the Key
stone house ; aiarriaga et J. W. IS. Bailsman
and aiiss Annctta Franklin.
2. Ulllemah's hotel at aieCnH'is n-rrv lmruml
:'. Death of aiiss Maud Apple, aged 13: Col
umbia pn,teflic.i broken into and robbed ;
Fen 11 iron workers ball : Jeseph Scinnitt
injured in a quarry near Wabank ; Geerge
Hethcrsen's leg-" cut off bv ears near Down Dewn Down
ingtewn. at ay.
1. Death of Majer General Heinlzeltiian at
Washington : noting ever the town.
2. aieadew club and sliillier heys light ; De.t'h
et airs. Ann aicfveewn aged 13 ; sudden
death of Abby UiunsingernL hospital.
3. Resignation of Prl-en Inspector Jehn
Hnrting; terrible llight nt Chiistian Ar
leth's frightened team ; d'-ath et Evan aiisu
ler at Reading pged a.
t. Rus-el's tobaeee warehemsu burned ; slight
lire at Children's home ; large catch of shad
at Columbi 1.
3. W. II. Lambert elected orator for decora
tion day; death of Jeiemiah Brown, Fill en
township.
(. PharcslIiII breads his leg: death of airs,
Mary Freeland, aged 53.
7. Ratting brisk en the Susquehanna.
3. airs. Charles Gable breaks her legat Wee I
ward Hill cemetery.
J). Ivnapp's brewery set en fire; unknown
man found drowned at Columbia; Kev. J. C,
Hume preaches inaugural sermon at Presby
terian mission.
13. Death et Sauitici l'. Housten aged 70: What
Hien pJc-nic.
II. Exaiiilncr epum Hie en J. W. Jehnsen.
li Empire excursion te Chauibersburg.
13. Unsuccessful attempt of Jehn Frnnkferd
10 brrak jail; theolejie.il seminary eo.n ee.n
menceinent. if. Geetiican annlvetsary; Jehn Hoever ac
quitted of murder; Sylvester's tobacco
sweating establishment damaged by fire.
1". Lecal meeting ler Milten relict; .Mr.'. Gee.
IXammnnd son j-crleiuly injured by runa
way accident.
lfi. Whitsuntide .services in the churelie-i.
17. Whit aienday festivities: stable burned
Ne. 17 Church street; death of Hugh Cor
coran, aged 51.
13. Mrs. Coonley taken te prien.
19. Jehn Sauber pardoned.
20. Henry Ellswerth Hilt, aged 1!, drewnc I at
Wrightsvillc ; death et James McCuvcrn,
aged 51; Themas J; Houghten hurt by run
away accident : Empire car works, Yerk,
burned.
21. Death et Dr. Christian Ueniberircr. Rnths-
1 villc, aged 79; St. James church imprevtt-
i ments begun ; Diagnethl tn anniversary.
I 22. Reformed elassis at Quarryvillu ; Republi
can primary elections ; me-ting of Lutheran
minfsterium.
! 2.5. Death eralis. Ellen Shea, aged ltd.
21. Death of aiichaeiaialeiie, ngedai ; riotous
meeting of Republican return judges.
23.- Republican rioting continued ; Davis de
clared nominated district attorney ; lire de
partment inspected by councils com niittee.
ii. Break-down of trestle-work at Gorrecht,
Keller & Reilly's coal yard; death of Karl
Newhaufen cinigraiitcar at Columbia : death
of Charles II. Sprecher at Breckinridge, Col Cel Col
rade. 27. Catholic chapel dedicated at .Mount Jev.
23. Judge 1'atteitjeu reduces sentence et'BuM
ringers. Decoration day.
23. Death et Jacob Birsheng. IMcn iewushlii,
aged 70; Jehn Eby, of Salisbury, choked te
death.
30. Geerge aiester Kiiii-d en Pennsylvania rail
road at Columbia : thieves frightened from
airs. Wiley's residence by burglar alarm ;
death of Andrew Dougherty, nged 55. andet
Patrick McG ran 11 ; Kev. W. S. i'err icsd 'lis
t. hlepuens' pastorate
31. Death of airs. Ann aicCert. axed 59. ami !
.u iv. cuz 1 .umine;.
j unb.
1. Lincoln university and St. ainr'.s ivne-
chial .schools commencement : death of aiik.
aiagadalena Binkley, nged 3.S, and of 3Ir.-, 1
Elizabeth GrelT,acd 75. 1
2. Yearly lire record published; mayor's an- .'
mini message. j
3. Reading educators visit Lancaster; ilea h '
or Jehn Hens, aged 73, and of Hannah Bar- I
bara Clements, aged 77.
i. Death of aiiss Eliza Kaiifluinn, aged C3; D. ,
C. Fleming breaks his leg at NcflsvIHe :
death 01 David iielney. aiartlc township.
5. Fatal cattle disease in Providence town
ship. S. One hundred mid fit tie th Lutheran anni
versary at Nev Helland; death n( airs.
Elizabeth Bachman. aged 77.
7. Jehn aiasweli's little girl run ever by a
butcher wagon ; death et Win. Jenes iu th"
county Jail.
S. Marriage of Geerge G. bhively and aiiss
Jennie Miaell'er; Ern-,t Hcnricci beaten by
Jehn Druchbaraud Brice Painter; death of
l . cett l allen, .Mount Jey, andet raneis
X. Suter, aged W.
'J. I'resbyteiian welcome te Iter. J. C. Hume ;
death et Jehn Frymeycr, aged at, killed at
Union station.
10. K. et P. unferm rank parade : Si. By Island
excursion.
11. fct. Antheny's fcntlval.
I.'. Inv stigatien et Republican primary ciee
Hen frauds : barns et Gotlieb Giilllbertzer,
Leacock, and or Mrs. Daniel Hosier, et War
wick, burned by lightning.
13. Rev. W. F. Lichlitcr installed pastor of
St. Luke's ; l'.esbyterian Suudiy scheel .VjUi
anniversary.
14. F. ami ai. college commencement week.
15. Telephone exchange established.
1(5. Lancaster census completed population,
25,(512; marriage of Dr. II. D. Knight and aiiss
Emily Albright : death of Elizabeth Tweed,
aged 42 ; bootblacks' nieiilcat Whrit-Glen
.m .. - a. ... - ---
7. " Farmers " club dinner at James DuiTyV ; '
Charles C. Winewer'i; mangled body found 1
in the Coneatega ; St. aiary'a commence-
ment ; ilcath et Jacob Herze". n-'ed 3"
i Suicide et W.L.Uhlcr at Quarry vlllc: dl-i
barmen tease argued by air.Miapelv; death
of Gen. Jehn A.Sutter, at Washington ; Sa- 1
cred Heart academy commencement. 1
I'J. Death et air-. aiagdaleua Jacobs aged 50. I
20. Death of Daniel tviker, Strasburg, aged 77 ; '
St. Paul's M. B. church roepjnu.l and ivle I j
icated. '
21. Accidents te Wm, D. Sptecher ana Jehn
22. (.'. F. Lamar. "ei;.." bogus Jewelry man,
23. Linden Hall commencement.
'.k XJemecratic rauucatlen meeting
high
25. nigh school reception : farmers harniiin.
avuvvt vviUMvuvVU4V14i
by midnight.
2i5. General Ewlng makes speech from stew
or Cad -veil house; destructive Are at Haver
Jt Bre.'s store.
27. Hartman's ice heuse burned.
23. Death et Mrs. Sarah Bebccca Helbroek.
aged tS; Wm. C. Shenk drowned In the Dela
ware at Philadelphia..
29. Marriage et Kev. Alfred Drctsbach and
aiiss Mazie E. Heffmeler; also or Mr. W. II.
Cewcll and aiiss Sue Hart; alsoet Wm. V.
Cenner and aiiss Mary Quinn ; death of Sirs.
Catharine Allen, aged Tti.
SO. Death of Wm. I. Atlee in Athens, Tcnn..
aged 73.
JULT
1. Mary Gran badly burned; burglaries at
L nien Square, Kaphe.
2. P. R.R. Conductor Chas.GIcnn' lea cut eit
atllarrLsburg; Sam'l Keese feloniously as
saulted by Jehn Haberbush ; Gee. Huber,
Maner township, breaks his neet
0. Overflow or the reservoir; foundling left
en L. r . Bewman's deer step.
4. Death of Rev. M. C. Llghtncr, Blnaham-
J",",V?;- '; Vo,erh.ou?0l,llrabnrn:d: Edward
Gress teunii dead ; death et Mrs. Sarah Ken
Ingcr, aged 72.
5. Lecal celebration of "the Fourth;" James
Gable found w.undcd en Lime street.
C. Lancaster county censes footed an 119.831.
7. 3II33 Mary Gillespie, aged IS, toend dead la
ben.
8. Mtiyer aiacGeuIgla's veto of 915 000 lean
erdinance: Sicily island opening excursion.
9. Philip bchum and wife kllled'near Salunaa ;
1 hes. B. Cech rim's heuse robbed et 1309 worth
of jewelry; Bergstrasse Lutheran church.
.uw Kphrata, rebbed: Ezra Kaeckel killed
by falling tree at Mechanics' Greve.
10. Ironsides, 31 ; Gang Nine, 0.
11. Colored campmecungatguarryvBIe; death
of Miss Mary Anany.
12. Wm. Fetter mangled by circular saw at
Ancher bending works ; Jacob Rohrer's bam
and outbuildings burned la Straaburr twp.;
Eli McCardlc found dead In a held In Martlc ,
death et 31ax Ruthard. nged 25.
13. Death from sunstroke of Themas Yeung,.
Colerain; death et Jacob Brubaker, aged 70.
11. Enterprise colliery breaker burned ; death
of Win. II. Kering, aged 42.
15. Daniel Herr's barn burned by lightning at
Retten; commencement at Mlllersvtllu ;
death of Daniel Lcfevcr, Quarry rille.
1C. Heavy rain storm, gas run overflows; Phil
ip GrubiU whirled around machine shop
snaftand stripped naked; Gedtried Smith
found dead in bed at almshouse ; Millard
Reixt killed en the railroad at Kphrata.
17. Death of Frank Dlekel from lock-jaw.
13. Sudden death of .Mrs. Henry A. Gable and
of Jehn Heaiberger; Jacob Fritz's barn
burned near Quarrvville.
i:. Heavy rains and local floods ; death or Mrs.
Aim Gub.e, aged CI.
20. Jacob aierret, P. R. It brakcnian killed
near Dewuingtnwn ; Stchman Dietrich kill
ed by lightning near Rohrcrstewn.
21. Death of airsr Catharine Dlller. aged 71 ;
Drumore Centre hotel burned.
22. Sudden death or James Wiley, aged S2.
2.5. Death of Jehn Geerge Ripper, or Uarris
burg. 2t. Publication of the murder or Jehn Me
dina, et Lancaster, in Colerado; T.J. Davis
declared regularly nominated for district
attorney; tramp fight tit Landls's weeds.
25 Death or Christian Mcllingcr, aged 02. et
aiouutville.
2(5. Attempt te rob St. Mary's parsonage.
27. I.andlsville eampnieeting opened ; State
Tea her's association at Yerk ; death el Capt.
Stanley, aiiddlcmwn, Irem hydrophobia.
2. Democratic clubs adept uniform.
2J. Picnics te Quarrvville and Hartman's
Island.
30. ' Card " about ceimt3- barn contrast let
ting. 31. Political poles going tip; death Of Geerge
Sprecher, aged 13 ; Frank Stevens killed by
his brother Willie at Coin uibtu.
AUGUST.
1. Death of .Miss Eliza Pentz, aged 08 ; Annie
Hegener, aged 3, scalded te death In Mar
ietta. J. Sxiii Me et alary Kreider In Elizabeth town
.ship: Mnmncrcher picnic: death Irem hy
drophobia et Jehn Vf. Beeth's daughter;
funerals of airs. Phillip Frank. Mt. Jey, and
of Charles W. Fich thorn, Columbia; Samuel
Aungst's daughter choked te death. Mt. Jey.
3. 1. R. R. Conductor Robt. Achcsen killed;
Frankrerd's attempt at jail breaking tolled;
death of Mrs. A. S. aieilerwell, Columbia.
1. Thirty lect fall and narrow escape of Win.
Blills.
5. Jehn Wilmer arrested for Eden township
burglaries.
15. James McCoy's suicide by hanging lit
Strasburg; death of Maj. James l'atten In
Carlisle, andet airs. Isaac Hackman, aged 30.
Willow Street.
7. Jehn Evans, Greenback candidate for As
sembly. 8. Death et Jehn G. Brenner, Philadelphia; or
Benj. Owens. Lcaceck, aged 5.
X Browustewn camp meeting ; death or Mrs.
Jehn Rintz, Colerain.
10. C. A. Oblender'ti store damaged by flre ; It.
U. (H. F.) S. A. parade iu Columbia.
11. Rebert Ncwsbaiim'sdruukeii Irelic ; North Nerth
rupand Blace beat Jehn Geedman.
12. Death of Maj. M. II. Lecher In Philadel
phia ; of David Montgomery. West WBlew,
aged S).
13. Death of aiichael Trissler. aged 71 ; local
hail oterm ; Geiger's store. Quarry vlllc rob
bed : Harry Wolf killed iu Upper Leacock by
a fall.
II. Incendiary burning of Jeseph White's
heusc.aliddlestreet ; death of Jacob Shaeffer
iu Warwick township, aged St.
15. Miss Tlilic aiatecr burned te death In Mar
ietta; Lancaster K.T. off te Chicago; 129th
anniversary V, S. F. E. & F. 11. Ce.
1(5. Liederkranz picnic.
17. E. ai. KauUinan Mublied by Jehn Myers.
13. aiajer Shenk fatally injured at Yerk Fur
nace picnic.
10. Water let into repaired reservoir ; Jamea
Mullen, conductor, killed at Philadelphia
depot : Jehn Mclicewu. formerly et Mariet
ta, killed atllydetewn.Pa.
20. Richard Cunningham fatally injured en the
railroad near Kinzer's ; death of Jeseph
.Mishler, In Reading ; or William DavL-, Dru
more tewnship: of Rev. Daniel Webster,
wprlngvillu; and or Cyrus Butter, East Earl.
21. Vulcanizer explosion at Dr. J. B. SlcCuak
ey'.s etllcc.
22. Geerge Brimmer falls from second story
window.
23. Censtaatcr Velksrest Vercin plcnle ; Pat
rick Hagcn feloniously assaulted by Ed.
Sanders.
21. Death or Benjamin Donevan, Manhclm bor
ough, uged t5.
25. Death et Henry Keen, sr., Eden township ;
Reading deprived et water ; attempt te rob
Zahm's jewelry store : Hancock leglen ban
ner erected en North Queen street.
25. Physicians reunion at Tell's Haln ; dis
graceful row at. Wliat-Glen.
27. Jeseph Cadwell injured en railroad near
Kinzer's.
23. Death of Miss Ella Raub, Quarry rllle, aged
23. Paul Quigley arrested in Chester county.
30. Sudden death of Jehn E. Franclacus from
chloroform, and of J. Carpenter Miller, at
Washington, D. C.
31 Hancock Veterans organize.
t SEPTEMBEIC
j 1. Consolidation of gits companies; death of
Samuel Jehns. Leacock tewnshln: death of
Jehn Temlinsnn.agcd 55.
2. College opening; golden wedding Of James
and aiargarct Leng, Drumore township.
3. Welcome home reception te Philip Blessing
and Philip Wall.
4. Burglaries ami robberies at Marietta.
5. New organ at St. Jehn's Lutheran church.
15. Death or airs. Susanna Bushong, aged 61.
7. Death of Mrs. aiaria Dener, at Elizabeth
town, ued 55 ; suicide et Jehn Shenk, near
fthenk's Ferry; death of Wm. H. Velscr.
ir.reu
Klu inn's tannery burned in Marietta.: A.T.
aicNeal killed by fall et ncafleldliijr In Dru
more township ; death of Mrs. Mary Gun
dakcr, aged 83 ; Samuel E. Kanck's house
burned iu East Karl.
i '. Death or airs. Sarah A. Grid, aged CO. and
! of Hen. Franklin Steele, of ailnueaetm.
I 10. Death et Barbara Hens, aged (53, and or Prof.
J S. S. Haldeman, aged (58.
11. tvm. uernuangu, jr., kiiicii en ranreau at
Steelton ; death or Rev. Jehn M. Clemens, In
Luzerne county.
12. Adam Hear hurt en railroad near Gap.
' death or 1'rer. Daniel S. Burns. In Harrto Harrte
! burg, and or Danfcl Lyens, aged 79.
' 13. Suicide oPJennthan Helt in Reading; death
or airs. C'ath trine Hull, at Lltltz, aged 85.
1 1. Sudden death or Charles A. Kline.
15. Firemen's parade te receive America flre
compayef Allentown.
IS. atarrlagu or air. F. A. Demuth and Ml
Augusta Biu-kius.
17. Death or David Zlcglcr from hydrophobia,
unknown man round dead in Edward Boyd's
barn, Raphe township ; death or Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith in Uarrisburg, aged 62 ; death or
Henry G. Smith, at Rogers ville, Tennessee.
IS. Oxford car shops burned ; death et Wash
ington II. Rhodes, aged 59
i'J. Attempt te blew up the safe tn Banek's
mill.
20. Death or Henry Lean, aged 83; death or
susnn V Inger trem Injuries en railroad.
21. Edwaril Hunter seriously Injured at Mil Mil
eon. 22. Themas Whit son, esq., admitted te the bar;
marriage- or William Leeb and Miss Lettie
Schwarz. or Philadelphia.
2-:. Landis's old couch works, ait. Jey, burned;
Adam Finger's frame buildings, Lafayette
street, burned.
21. Death of JIrs.3Ij.ria II. Watsen; Themas
Funiiss's barn burne t In Little Britain
township.
25. Death et aire. Eliz ibeth Krcyblll, et East
Denegal, aged 79.
2.5. Death et aiaj. It. W. -Shenk. aged 46;
et Rev. D. I Resen miller, eged 71 ; et Mrs.
Leenard Kcyacr. et New Helland, at Man
helm ; of Jacob Herzeg, In Lima, Ohie, aged
M.
27. Death or .Mrs. Anna alary Hagelgans, aged
2(,aiideraiary U. Taggart, 01 ueruunvuic.
aged 32.
-f. Suddc
29. !cuat
en ileatli of Gee. Sc.incr.
cnater Wallace speaks at the opera house.
fl. Lancaster cenncy agricultural fair ; death
etcx-Sherltr Adam Bare, aged 92.
OCTOBER.
1. Death of Charles G. Cennell, aged 59, and
.Mary Helen Wentz, aged26; Georga Swisher
smothered in lime near QuarryvlUe ; great
Democratic pr.ni.de ; runaway et Geerge Dil
lcr'.s horses, both killed.
2. Deth of Dr. Keyler, Colerain township.