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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1881.
Lancaster intelligence;.
TU2RDAY EVENING, FEB. 8, 1881.
A Sham Union.
Mr. Jay Gould makes fine premises in
belialf of the united telegraph compa
nies. He proposes te make telegraphing
cheap and te embrace the world in the
operations of his company. Unfortunate
ly Mr. Gould's reputation for veracity
is bad. ITe never tells the truth when it
is inconvenient te de se; and the only
way of judging him is te determine his
interest and construe his language ac
cording te it. And te us it seems that
if Mr. Gould really did desire te intro
duce cheap telegraphing,and has the am
bitien and the means te extend it ever
the world. lie would notstarteut by buy
ing a company at a price four times
greater than its intrinsic value ; but he
wmld ln'gin en the ground and seize the
commanding advantage of duplicating
the lines of his competitor at a cost se
much less that he could earn a dividend
for Ins new company, while the old one
was kept busy paying its expenses. Evi
dently a telegraph business is net differ.
ent from any oilier business iu the rules
Beverning its successful administration
and every one knows that Mr. Gould
could send a message at a less cost, if his
capital en which a profit was te be earn
ed was twenty millions instead of eighty :
provided lie had money enough te stand
ii.i" ugiii wiin ins opponent until it was
forced te the wall. Mr. Gould is a
shrewd man, and if lie intended te keep
in the telegraph business he would face
the light with his opponents, as Comme
dere Vandcrbilt used te de; until they
were side enough te surrender. Mr.
Gould's method of combining with
uiu uesicrii union en terms ap
parently profitable te the two cempa
nies, but which lead the combined com
pany down with a weight which will
make it an easy victim of the lightly
equipped telegraph enterprises that will
new start up te de iier battle, shows
clearly enough that the whole thing is a
s'e'-k jobbing conspiracy.
e de net ourselves believe that the
union will be finally accomplished. When
tne i i:ne conies that it can he dropped
with profit it will be dropped. It is con
trary te public sentiment and contrary
te the law : at least in Pennsylvania; and
what chance is there for the realization
of Mr. Jay Gould's great telegraph ent-r-pnse,te
cover all the world, when he can-
no', even get u:ti his neighboring state
witii it i '1 here is no possible chance of
the combined company existing here
under the prohibition of our censtitu-
tieii, and that taer or ;. ;.;! shows that
the whole project i. retieii.
- a
Vv anted.
A Decision
Thejt
jes of the court de net seem
te realize th
serious inconvenience the
creditors of ih
city are nut te bv reason
of the paralysis of the treasurer's office
else they certainly would decide without
delay the application pending before
them for a mandamu?, and se settle llie
question a te who is in fact tiie city
treasurer. We have heretofore emphat
ically declared our belief that the pro
ceedings of city council have been unfair
te Mr. Welchans, even te the point of
maliciousness We K-lieve they have
subjected the city te ;i heavy claim for
damages en his part : and that, more
over, the- members of the committee
who reported him te be a de
faulter were guilty of a gross libel,
for which they deserve te suffer smartly.
Still he seems te have been lawfully
ousted from his office and only has iiis
remedy in his action for damages. The
court, as we lmder-siand, has substan
tially se decided already. Why then
does it net formally render tiic decision
which will enable the city te pay its
creditors? The interest upon a great
many bends has become due since the
first of the year, and remains unpaid. A
sum due the state for tax en
city leans is likewise in arrear;
as are ether items of indebtedness,
which cannot be paid until the court
acts and releases the twelve thousand
dollars in Mr. Welehnns s hands belong
ing te the city, and which new yields it
no profit and really is the property of its
creditors. The stupidity of the councils
lias very unnecessarily pi educed this
state of affairs. The whole quarrel with
the treasurer has been as senseless as any
thing we ever kuuur te be done, even by
the authorities of our town. And there
is no remedy but the iiiternositien of (he
court, which should act one way or the
ether; and it don't matter a copper
which, se that it acts.
All reports from Ilarrisburg agree
that the pre-cut week will see ;i sharp
turn in the senatorial situation there.
It is net believed for an instant that
the election of either Grew or Oliver
will be the outcome of the struggle
if its end is near at hand. But the
supporters of each will make reso
lute effort te control the issue. Ner
likely will any one of the seven names
proffered by the Grew faction get enough
votes from the caucus wing te elect him :
aud Scofield is talked of as the coming
man. He would net be unacceptable te
Cameren; for although he is brilliant
enough te outshine the present senator
en the deer, he is just indifferent enough
te hand ever te tiik family exclusive
control of the Pennsylvania patronage.
Govekxeh IIeyt, it seems, is hunting
up :i successor for Superintendent of
Schools Wickeraham; which is wicked
in IIeyt. What dm ! ( de it for? Thej
de really say that he has already offered
the place te two gentlemen, who have
declined it, because, we presume, it did
net suit their tastes. It does suit
Mr. Wickersha m's taste. The Philadel
phia Pns thinks he ought te be allowed
te taste its joys and profits yet a little
longer. We de net knew that we have
any opinion te express: as we are net of
the family our interference might bt
deemed obtrusive and impertinent. But
why does IIeyt leek coldly upon Wieker
shatn ? lees he really linger reflecting'
upon the last syllableef his name ?
If Pennsylvania is te have, say, thi
postmaster gcneraShip, Jehn Cessns,
thinks he is just such a shaped peg as will .
fit in u hole of "that shape.
t; Uxcle Remus " tells us that in that
early assembly of the animals, which he
basso graphically described,at one stage
of the proceedings " scch a racket wuz a
gwine en dat nobody ain't hear it, 'cep
pin may be de Mud Turkle en de Spring
Lizzud, en Here enjloens icuz peicful lack
in'." It seems te us that the bosses of
state politics must be beginning te real
ize that their influence at Ilarrisburg is
" pew'fnl lackin'."
King, Ilunter, Worrell and Reform
are marching en in Philadelphia at a
pace which gives reassurance te the hope
that en the morning after the election
the " Blessem Bricks " and " Mike Mul Mul Mul
hoelys" will find that their "enfioens
wuz pew'ful lackin'."
MINOR TOPICS.
IEei'IIESEXT.ytive Brniu.T, of Williams Williams
pert, has introduced into the Legislature
"an act te preserve the secrecy of the
ballet," which provides that it shall be
unlawful te print or cause tejbe printed for
use or cause te be used at any election in
this commonwealth any ticket or tickets
with any engraved fancy or ornamental
head, or with any diitinguiihing mark, 1
type, design or designation by which the
character of the ticket would be niade
known when folded according te law ; and
affixing a heavy penalty for violation.
Rephesentativi: Jenx II. Landis, te
whom wc arc indebted for nnny ether
state documents, sends us a copy of an act
introduced by himself and reported by
Mr. White, of the committee en elections,
"te prevent bribery and fiaud at nominat neminat
imr elections, nominating conventions, and
at elections of delegates te nominating
conventions in the several counties of this
commonwealth." It makes bribery, direct
or indircct,er fraudulent voting at primary
and delegate elections, a misdemeanor,
punishable with fine and imprisonment.
The value of Evangelical chinch prop
erty in the country increased from $71,
275,900, in 1850, te $271,477,391, in 1870.
Church dubts also increased alarmingly in
the Rime period. Within the past thiily
years, American Protestants have raised
mere money for purely missionary pur pur
peses that the Protestants of all Christen
dom raised in the previous three centuries
the total falling only a little short of
$100,000,000. The members ul I he Evan
gelical Protestant chuichcs in the United
States numbered about 0,500,000 in 1870,
and in 1880 about 9,700,C03.
Tin: expenses of the White Heuse, paid
out of Mi
feder.il treasury under Polk.
" '., ....... i wir.,
were about $-1,030. In 187G Congress ap
propriated for the same purpose $24,000
besides the 430,000 presidential salary.
The last appropriation, entitled in the
statue book, "Officials in the offlee of the
president," read thus : Private secretary,
$3,250; assistant secretary, $2,250; two
clerks, $4,000; stenographer, $1,800; one
clerk, class four, $1,800 ; one clerk, class
two, $1,400 ; one clerk, class one, $1,200 ;
stcwaid, $1,800; two day ushers, $2,000;
five messengers, $0,000 ; two doorkeepers,
$2,400; ene night usher $1,200; one
watchman, $000 ; one fireman, $8G4 ; con
tingent expenses, $S,000 ; total, 839,464.
The American, of Philadelphia, clearly
82cs that the agricultural college in Cen
tre county, created out of the grant of
land made in this and ether states. for
ether states, " for
t.ie encouragement of agriculluic and the J lcaidence, Ne. 1508 Sansom street, Phila
mechanic arts," is a failure. It ascribes I delphia, from the results of beiug.kneckcd
its lack of success net te its situation nor
te a lack el' energy in its managers
nor
and
net
te it.
te a want of external impulse
help. "The farming class can
be induced te send their sons
These of them who wish te make
them farmers, keep them en the farm;
these who arc ambitious of a nunc liberal
education for them, send them the col cel col
leges and universities. It is t.riu, that as
ear stale and our country arc closely set
tled, the need of scientific training for the
farmer will be felt, and there will be room
for such agricultural colleges as have bean
found beneficial iu Europe. But for the
present, we aic wasting every year $30,
000, which might be laid out, in ether
ways, in advancing just the class of in
terests the grant was meant te benefit,
and which might again be delivered te an
agricultural college when the time comes
for such an institution."
PFRSONAL.
The Japanese minister at Washington
has three children Foemi (literature),
Kipekasi (clea: mind) and Ulysses Grant.
Gladstone remitted 20 per cent, of his
tenants' rents. Bkacenfiemi " saw" him
and did the same.
Bismaiick's son Herbert, who has be
come his father's piivate secretary, is like
the paternal prince ih many things.
Mrs. Haves has a record "of the White
Heuse entertainments under her rule in
the shape of a large album, containing
diagrams of dinner parties, names of
guests, etc.
Queen Victeiua departs from her usual
India shawl in the wedding gift which she
is going te present te Princess Stephanie.
It, is te be a magnificent embossed silver
service, with epergncs of the most splen
did sort.
1 lie relatives of the Jato Mr. Cahlyi.e
have declined the proposal of Dean
Staulcy that Mr. Cailyle's remains be
buried in Westminister Abbey, because he
expressed a decided wish te be buiicd with
his wife at Haddington.
Ex-Vice President IIf.xiiy Wilsen, un
til he was twenty-one years old, never had
a dollar in money te spend for anything.
During his whole apprenticeship his mas
ter never gave him a penny but once ;
then he presented the boy with three cents
and allowed him te spend it at a muster.
Madame Anna Bishop sang at Steinway
hall, New Yerk, en Sundav night, te a
third generation of auditors, who were
surprised by the power and sweetness that
her voice retains, though she is sixty-six
years of age. She made her first appear
ance iu concert foity-feur years age.
Mr. Aauen Burnt Hays, of New Yerk,
who died the ether day, was remarkable
for two things. He was the eldest bank
cashier in the world and the only mau in
America named after Aaren Burr. His
name was a thorn m his side, and he
never signed his name ether than "A. B.
Hays."
Majer D. G. Swain was nominated fcr
the judge advocate generalship ever the
heads of six senior officers because the
major is an Ohie man. Equal indigna
tion is excited by the nomination of Capt.
R. L. Law, of the navy, te be commodore.
The allegation is that thirty-six senior
officers were skipped in order te advance
this gentleman.
Mr. Winans, the son of the late Balti
more millionaire, lives in great splendor in
England, having one of the most magnifi
cent places in Londen, and with one ex
ception, the finest deer park ia Scotland,
which is kept up in reval style. He has a
morbid dread of the sea, and says nothing
would tempt him te cress it again, and
neither of his two sons had ever been ia
America. His income is nearly $1,000,000
with a prospect of trebling ia ten years.
H3 spends his mensy en prince, but him
sclf cares for nothing but engineering.
LATESI'NEWS BY MAIL.
The total destruction of the Hudsen Bay
company's buildings and fort at Bellaee!a,
British Columbia, isrepjrtcd.
The ship Bremen was wrecked near
Lerwick, Shetland Island, en Friday.
Thirteen of the crew were diewned and
seven saved.
Seventeen men are imprisoned and sup
posed te have perished by a colliery explo
sion in the Whitfield colliery, near Chell,
Staffordshire, England. The pit took fire
and is still burning.
D. P. Burnett, familiarly known as
"Deug" Burnett, aged 38, a well-known
Chicago telegraph operator, committed
suicide last night by sheeting himself in
the head in the Olympic theatre building,
in that city.
A fire a Onne, Wis., yesterday morning,
destroyed one-half of the business portion
of the town, including ten stores and a
planing mill, Thompson fc Ilayden's car
riagc works and a large business block.
The less is net less than $200,000.
The pigeon match at Henden. England,
between Dr. Carver and Mr. Scott each
sheeting at one hundred pigeons for 200
a side, and the championship, was wen by
Dr. Carver by four birds, although Mr.
Scott was leading at the fiftieth round.
The scere was : Carver, 00 birds ; Scott, 02
birds.
Seme time age the. citizens of Lebanon
purchased a geld spike for the central tic
of the Cincinnati Northern railroad track
at the Broadway crossing. The golden
nail attracted great attention. A few days
age the spike was r.iissad and it was dis
covered that a thief had drawn it, driving
in its place an iron spike. A reward of
$3,000 has been offered for the return of
the spike and $700 for the capture of the
thief.
The new courthouse at Wilmington was
opened formally yesteulay, the .February
term of the c. turt of general sessions being
opened at 11 o'clock. Tlie 300 chairs in
the court room were filled in a lew mo
ments after the ders had been opened and
every feet of standing room seen was ec-
I cupied. Chief Justice Cemeys delivered
a long charge te the grand jury, in the
course of it he said that as most of the
crime that required the attention of the
ceuit was committed in Wilmington it
was right that the county seat should be
located there. He charged vigorously
against Beb Iugei-sell's blasphemies and
deg lights.
STATE ITEMS.
Majrgic Jenes alias, Minnie Ryan, a dis
solute woman of Pittsburgh, has poisoned
herself in grief ever the death of her lever.
The Jehn Welsh boom having flashed 'n
the pan the Philadelphia Bulletin new
starts Daniel J. Merrell.
Judge Galbraith, of Erie has dissolved
the marriage of Flera Grace, a child under
twelve, who ey lercc and iramt was mar
ried te Leuis Grace, a man old enough te
be her father.
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i llev"1 " ilcnc each en Market street,
near Thirteenth
Addison Rowland a miser died in a mis
erable hovel in Mcadvillc en Saturday.
Among his effects wcre$45G in geld, $1,952
iu silver and $2,010 in greenbacks. Be
sides these there- was a box of fractional
currency, a bushel of pennies, large sums
of county orders, six geld watches, twenty
four silver and a large amount of .silver
ware and jawclry. He was a cobbler.
Thes. Loomis. living near Ceatcsville,
was out sleighing en Saturday night,
when the horse get the better of his
driver and ran away. Loomis jumped out
ami the horse, a fine Hamblctenian colt,
ran onto the Pennsylvania railroad bridge
and fell between the sleepers, and was'cut
literally in two by a train, which came
along a minute or two later
STAN1.KV MATlIIinv.S.
Tim New Yerk Heard or Tr;ti!e Forward ii
Telegram le .'no Senate Jtitllniiirv
Couimlttce Protesting Against
Ills Continuation.
The following telegram was ferwaided
by the president and .secretary of the
Xcw Yerk beard of trade aud transporta
tion. "Te the judiciary committee of the
United States Sunalu : In behalf of eight
hundred business firms, members of the
New Yerk beard of trade and transpor
tation, wc respfctsully but earnestly pre
test against the confirmation of Hen.
Stanley Matthews as a judge of the su
preme court of the United States for the
following reasons : We are informed and
believe that the great railroad corpora
tions of the country arc endeavoring te
obtain control of this court of last icserr,
which hashcic'oferebecn the most impor
tant bulvflh-k in defending the public in
terests against the encroachments of cor
porations ; that Matthews has been edu
cated a a railroad attorney, and naturally
views railroad questions from a railroad
standpoint ; that his action while a mem
ber of the United States Senate proves
this, and iu this important respect renders
him unlit ler the position of n judge of
the supreme ceuit."
Why is This Tims?
Wc read in the Chester county papers
that a runaway horse and sleigh becoming
extricated in a high railroad bridge at
Ceatcsville en Saturday night remained
there until a freight train running very
fast, came along, striking the obstruction,
knocking the sleigh ever the south side of
the bridge fully two hundred yards from
where it was struck, and dragging or roil
ing the horse ever the lloer beams
of the bridge under the engine until
the head and fient legs were forced down
en one side of a beam and the hind
legs down en the ether side, leaving him
thus suspended." Luckily the train was
net thrown ever the bridge, and
luckily it was net a passenger
train "running at a high rate
of speed," which encountered this
danger et a terrible accident, threatening
death te all en beard, en the highest
bridge en the read. Which leads us te in
quire why such an obstruction as experi
ence nas siiewn is very liable te occur at
that point was left remain "until a
freight train ruuning very fast came
along" te knock it off. Is there no watch
man stationed there; and if se what docs
he watch? A geed many pcej.! whose pre
cious lives arc carried ever that frightful
height by day and by night want toknew
te what danger they arc exposed
A MARRIAGE AT MIDNIGHT.
.MITCHELL'S STAKTLIXO EXPJiKIKNCE
IX MB. FORSYTH'S HOUSE.
A Yeung Man and a Minister Acting Cutler
tlie CoinpulKlen at a Kevelver
Strange Revelations of a Bal
timore Divorce Cuie.
In Baltimore Judge Debbin granted a
decree divorcing Mellen Mitchell from
Carrie B. Mitchell aud forbidding the lat
ter te marry again during the lifetime of
the former. The circumstances leading
te the divorce constitute an astonishing
narrative.
Mitchell is 22 years of age. Mrs.
Mitchell, who was a Miss Forsyth, is 18.
Beth have moved in geed society iu the
West End. On the night of August 5
Mitchell received a note from Mr. Frank
J. Forsyth, 177 Geerge street, requesting
him te call at once, which he accordingly
did, arriving about midnight. Mr.
Forsyth opened the deer and iu a mysteri
ous maimer invited Mitchell up stairs,
paying that his daughter, Miss Carrie B.
Forsyth, wished te sec him. Mitchell
went up stairs and was shown into a bed
room by 3Ir. Forsyth. Mitchell was as as
tenished at seeing Miss Forsyth in bed.
She appeared te 'be ingieat mental dis
tress and was deadly pale. Mitchell,
after a slight pause, advanced and took
the hand of the yeuug lady, asking her
if she was ill, and expressing his re
gret. Before he received any response
he heard the click of the lock, and
turning found that Mr. Forsyth had
locked him in and steed iu front of the
deer with a drawn pistol in his hand. Mr.
Forsyth exclaimed: "Yeu have taken
advantage of my daughter, aud must
either marry her at once or die en the
spot." The astonished .visitor vowed and
protested that he was guiltless of the
offence charged, but Mr. Forsyth, cocking
his pistol, said furiously that the marriage
should at once take place or Mitchell
should die. Mitchell was finally frighti cn
ed into giving his consent.
The Rev. Themas Dougherty, a Meth
odist, Episcopal clergyman, was then sent
for. He at first strongly objected te
marrying the ceuple, demanding that a
license should first be procured-. Mr.
Forsyth fleuished his pistol, and said that
license or no license, the mau who had
wronged his daughter should be married
te her Mr. Dougherty was at last pre
vailed upon te read the marriage cere
mony, and pronounced the couple mau
wife. Mr. Fersyt'a then retired from this
room, leaving Mitchell behind. The latter
promptly made his escape, and, overtaking
Mr. Dougherty, informed him that For
syth's accusations wcie entirely false.
In the hearing before a commissioner
after the .suit for a divorce had been begun
testimony was introduced te the effect that
the condition of the girl was misrepresent
ed, se as te induce- the clergyman te marry
them, and as a part of a scheme te force
Mitchell into the marriage in order te grat
ify Miss Forsyth, who was in love with
him. The Rev. Mr. Dougherty, in his
testimony, stated that he was sent for by
Mr. Forsyth en the night of the marriage
te come and see his daughter, who was
dying. He was conducted te the house
and shown into an upper bed-room, where
the gni was in bed. Under pressure et
threats from Forsyth he had performed
the ceremony under pretest.
Iu the answer filed by Miss Forsyth she
denied that her father employed any vio
lence toward Mitchell, aud stated that the
latter did net hesitate a moment wheu
asked te marry ber ; that she became ac
quainted with him in July, 1S77, and they
became engaged te each ether and intcr
ck.ragad premises of marriage in the
month of August 1877. and that the en
gagement continued iu full force up te
the time of their marriage. After
their marriage he was very kind te her,
came te sec her every day, aud in all re
spects recognized and treated bet
as his lawfully wedded wife until last
Aug. 29, when the marriage was an
nounced in a Baltimore newspaper. He
then ceased te visit her, having been sent,
as she was informed, out of the city for
several months by his mother.
The fact that the families of both the
parties te the suit arc responsible and quite
wealthy people adds another te the singu
lar features of the case. The decision of
the court granting the divorce, aud con
demning the girl te celibacy during
Mitchell's lifetime was a great blew te her
family, aud they will probably take the
case te the state com t of appeals.
A MANIAC'S FU RY.
tii:
ATrKMlTKIl SHOOTING IN 15AI.
iiaieicK.
Cnjitniii Ames Reliuveil te be Insane anil
an Aylum Instead of a 1'rlsen Lthuly
te be His l'nulsliuient.
The startling sensation created in Balti
mere en Friday night, at the residence of
Mrs. Harriet Stirling, Ne. 143 McCulloch
street, by the attempt made te sheet that
lady and Mr. M. W. Ilodgdeu, of New
Yerk, has furnished much feed for com
ment in northwest Baltimore. Captain
E. It. Ames, only seu of the late Bishop
E. R. Ames, who is accused of the shoot sheet
ing, was placed in a comfortable cell with
a bed aud a chair, and spent his time in
reading the papers and smekiug cigars
He is a tall, fine-looking man, with dark
blue eyes and a full black beard. Occa
sionally, while In was net smoking or
cading, lie sat back iu his chair with the
unmistakable expression of the deepest
melancholy en his face. He refused te
talk, and at the hearing before Justice
Rhodes he listened te the evidence and
ventured nothing in leply.
The evidence as given by Mr. M. W.
Hodirden went te show that he and Mrs.
Stirling had finMicd their supper and were
sitting in the dining room iu front of the
fire, about eight o'clock in the cvcniug4
Mrs. Stirling remarked that Captain Ames
had net been. te tea, aud calling a domestic
she sent him teCaytain Ames's room tosee
if he was in and if he we"uId have his sup
per brought scut te him. The servant had
hardly left the room when heavy, hurried
footsteps were heard in the hall, aud a
moment later Captain Ames steed iu the
room, his face flushed with a strange, wild
cxcHcmeiir, anu a pistol m bis hand. Jlrs.
Stirling and Mr. Hodgden started te their
feet, the latter endeavoring te dodge the
ball fired at him from Captain Ames' pis
tol. Before the trijger could be pulled a
second time Mr. Hodgden had Cantain
Ames in his grasp and endeavored te wrest
the pistol from him, but without effect.
Twe discharges were fired while the men
were struggling, but, like the first, they
fortunately went wide of the mark.
Mr. Hodgden seems te be willing te
withdraw from the prosecution provided
it can be shown, en competent antlimitv
that Captain Ames is insane, as claimed by
his friends; but he thinks' that he is a
dangerous man te be at large. The gen
eral opinion is that Captain Ames is a
hypochondriac. He was honorably dis
charged from the United States regular
army some years age en account of lung
disease, and a short while after, in 1S715.
he was sent te Mount Hepe. At that
time, while he was living in his father's
house, he was arrested by Sergeant
Wcssels, who .icized him while he was iu
the act of firing off two revolvers at the
same time.
With the cencent of the state's atter
ney, el Haltimeic. Captain Ames has been
sent te a private asylum for the insane,
where he will remain until his sanity or
insanity, as the case may be, has been es
tablished by a competent court. The phy
sician who has been attending Capt tin
Ames for the past two years claim 5 that
he is a victim af melancholia and nervous
uuj
exhaustion, and that he sheuld'have been accident
sent te an insane asylum months age.
The fact that he was disinherited by his
father, Bishop Ames, is also alleged as a
cause for the less of his reason.
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Th Xwj Jehn Cessna Uren,
int.
Harrisburg dispatch.
Hen. Jehn Cessna returned from Men Men
eor, whera he had a lengthy interview with
Genera Garfield. Mr. Cessna says that
General Garfield was very communicative
and talked in a frank, free maimer
concerning present aud future events.
Among ether things the president-elect
touched upon was the Pennsyl
vania scnatership, saying that it would
be greatly deplored if the Pennsylvania
Republicans did net settle their differences
and elect a geed Republican te the United
Sates Senate. Gsneral Garfield also said
that he had lcselved te take a Pennsvlva
niau as a member of Ids cabinet, but if
the tactiens in the state de net reconcile
their divisions and unite in recemmending
a man with some degree of unanimity he
will have te pass Pennsylvania by.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
EAST END NEWS.
Oar Salisbury Correspondence.
The tobacco market has been lively in
Salisbury during the last- week. Messrs.
Worst & Shertz have bought quite a num
ber of crops. Messrs. Shingle, Moere, and
Skilcs & Fry, have all secured several crops
each, at figures ranging from 12 aud 13 te
22 aud 23 ; but there still remains about
one-half of the crop in this township. Seme
of the largest and finest crops are still un
suld. Messrs. Worst & Shertz commenced
packing last week in Mr. Isaac Coll'reath's
warehouse, about a mile north of Spriug
vilie ; they were compelled te pack there
en account of the early frcczc-up, which
delayed the linishiuir el their own ware
house in time te commence packing. They
have about ten hands at work.
The snow has again blocked up our
reads, thereby causing considerable work
in shoveling them out, the high winds re
filling them almost as fast as they are
opened. Several heavy leaded teams stuck
fast in the drifts during the week and caus
ed the neighbors te turn out with shovels
before they could be extricated.
David V". Kurtz drove from this place
I tc Carlisle ene day last week aud returned
two days afterwards, in a day making a
drive el about 100 miles m two days.
Rather geed driving te be dena with a
farm horse.
Your correspondent met with a slight
misfortune a few days since. While cut
ting weed he froze both hands, and at
present is wearing a large blister en each
linger te remember the cold snap by.
An euti-age was committed en one of
our most respected young men last Sunday
evening. Mr. Lercnza Hilten and sister
visited Bridgevillc church, and en their
way home, near the Serrel Hei se hotel, in
East Earl township, their herse was
caught by some ruffian while three ethers
of the same stripe proceeded te assault
Mr. Hilten in his sleigh. Twe held his
head down and the third dealt him several
very severe blows about the head. The
screams of his sister finally brought him
atsistanec, who compelled them te desist
and release his horse, thus allowing him te
escape. Mr. Hilten does net knew what
the motive was, but most likely the scoun
drels meditated robbery, as iic frequently
is known te carry considerable money with
him. Wc hope that when the same party
undertake te play the same trick en our
young men again they will meet with the
kind of reception that their conduct de
serves, which will be a few ounces of cold
lead.
Small politics are again lively in Salis
bury, there being six candidates for read
commissioner anil all claim that they arc
sure of election. There will either have
te be mere offices created or fewer candi
dates if all their assertions prove correct.
Sleighing is still geed and our young
folks are making geed use of it, surprise
parties being the order of the day. There
are three or four in this neighborhood
every week, but still weddings are scarce.
May be they will take place later.
A. D. Aramon, of this place, has leased
the Swan hotel in Chester county and will
remove there en April 1st. He is a geed
fellow aud should receive a fair patronage
in his new undertaking.
Mr. A. B. Ayres lest a valuable cow by
death last week and Mr. Jehn Wanner lest
a valuable driving hor.e in the same way.
Our school was visited this week by
their old teacher Mr. Gee. W. Heme, ac
companied by Miss Mamie Kuhns, also a
teacher. He was warmly welcomed by his
class of 1879 and '80, and he in turn
highly complimented them en their pro
gress since he left, and they have passed
into the charge of their able and efficient
tutor, Miss Clara N. Fitch. They passed
a pleasant half day together and a profit
able one te all.
KMI'IUK HOOK ANU LAUUKK.
Klcctlen et Ofllcers Last Xlglit.
The Empire hook and ladder company
elected the following officers last night :
President C. M. Hewell.
1st Vice President A. S. Edwards.
2d Vice President H. C. Dcmuth, jr.
3d Vice President J. P. Shirk.
Recording Secretary II. Carpenter.
Financial Secretary Sam. Sprcchcr.
Treasurer I. Carpenter.
Directors J. C. Carter. J. Levy, B. J.
Brown, W. J. Fordney, II. Carpenter, I.
Carpenter, W. C. Arneld, IT. J. Martin,
T. C. Wiley, F. R. Hewell, J. W. Rccd.
Trustees J. Levy, W. J. Fordney, A.
Lschlcr, sr., P. E. Slavmakcr, F. A
Dcmuth, T. C. Wiley, C. M. Hewell.
Delegates T. C. Wiley, Sam. Sprcchcr,
J. Levy, C. M. Hewell, II. N. Hewell.
Delegate te Firemen's State Convention
A. S. Edwards.
The report of the treasurer showed that
from May 5, 18'J, te February 7, 1881,
the cempanv received $1,110.00, and from
May 13, 1879, te te February 7, 1881, tbey
paid out $1,151.12 Of the first amount
but $373 was received from the city, and
none of the latter was spent in going te
Chambersburg.
After the meeting adjourned the mem
bers of the company were taken te
Copland's where they were royally enter
tained by the newly elected officers, and a
ceuple of hours were very pleasantly
spent.
IHSMISSKU CASKS.
The Mayer ami Aldermen's Fee.
Following arc the amounts paid by the
county commissioners te the mayor afccl the
several aldermen of the city for cases
heard before them and dismissed during
the past month :
First ward, McConemy
Second " Wiley. ,
Third " Barr
Fourth " Spurrier.
...3
40.45
5.40
182.40
234.03
00
23.75
54.30
Fifth "
Sixth "
Seventh "
Eighth '
Ninth "
Mayer . . .
Geed
Samson
Alex Dennelly. . .
Patrick Dennelly
Miley
51.80
00
42.73
Total .
-$037.50
The amounts paid the aldermen are of
course ler their own "use and behoef;"
but the amount paid the mayor gees di
rectly into the city treasury for the use of
tne city.
Feet Amputated.'
Ex-Commissioner Jehn McWilliams. of
Ceatcsville, who had his ankle badly
mashed by a water whenl a Cew days age,
has been obliged te suffer amputation "of
tlie loot, wnicu opsratien was performed
ey me surgeons at tne nemital ate'Jth aud
I owcllten avenue, Philadelphia, en Fri-
lasr, wnere ne was taken after the
air
ABOUT APPLES.
Essay Keail by Calnn Cooper lit n .Meeting
of the Lancaster County Agricultural
Society, Monday. February 7, 1881.
It has, for some years, been manifest
that Lancaster county cannot compete with
western New Yerk and some of the north
western states, in growing apples for mar
ket. Our apple crop of 1S30 was a plenti
ful one, but about the holidays very few few
geed Lancaster county apples could be
found in our market, while Yerk state
apples, of the best quality, were plentv. at
about two dellais a barrel. Owing te" the
extreme het and dry summers tliat have
been the rule for ten or mere years past,
our apples ripened se early In the season
that they were net te be relied en for winter
use. Many persons pronounce apple cul
ture unprofitable, and in consequence
erchaids arc left te go down, and new ones
arc sparingly planted. It may be ad
mitted that, iua commercial sense, nineteenth-twentieths
of our orchards are a
failure, but it is, nevertheless, a mistake
for any one the think that he has a wcll
legulated farm en which there is no or
chard. An acre orchard of geed varieties
with ordinary cai8 will one year with
another, without selling a dollar's worth
of fruit, realize mere te the owner than
his average acre of the farm. It furnishes
us with sauce, pies, cider, vinegar, apple
butter, suits, a supply of ripe fruit from
early in July te winter, giving comfort
and health te the children and all abeai
the house; also, taking into consideration
the saving of bread and meat and it will
also be quite an ilam in the saving of
corn by feeding the scrubs and surplus te
the pigs.
Add all these together, and see if your
orchard docs net compare favorably with
your ether acres. But apple culture is net
se entirely discouraging, but that by judi
cious selection of varieties, soil and care,
erciuuds could be made profitable, com
mercially. An intelligent farmer inStrasburgtown inStrasburgtewn
ship realized live bundled dellais (actual
sale) from an orchard of one hundred and
fifty trees. His selections of varieties is a
geed one, but for his special market pur
poses his profits would have been better if
he had only had half or perhaps enc-thhd
as many varieties.
A geed selection of fifty trees for home
use would be about as foliews, viz. :
1 Early Harvest, 2 All Summer, 1 Red
Astrachan, 2 Bcneni, 2 Maiden's Blush, 2
Jclfrics, 2 Townsend, 2 Uubbardsten Non
such, 4 Smokehouse, 2 Mellinger, 2 Rambo
i Baldwin, 4 Grcist's winter,-! Yerk Im
perial, -i Smith's Cider, 4 Willow Twig, l
Russets, 4 Sweet.
If the fruit is wanted for a general mar
ket during the season the list would be
better somewhat like this :
2 Early Harvest, 4 Red Astrachan, 4
Bcueni, C Mellinger. C Maiden's Blush, 8
Smokehouse, 0 Uubbardsten Nonsuch, 8
Baldwin, G Yerk Imperial.
Or, if the fruit is wanted for a special
market, the list would admit of further
improvement, say :
10 Smokehouse, 10 Baldwin, 10 Ewalt,
10 Yerk Imperial, 10 Smith's Cider, 10
Grcist's Winter.
Many years of observation has shown
that the foregoing varieties are reliable
and valuable, but there arc many ether
kinds that are equally geed.
The rule by which the planter should
be governed is te plant largely of varieties
that he knows are especially geed and
profitable in ids own neighborhood.
In order te be mere successful with our
future orchards, wc will have te pay mere
attention te the soil and location. Our
dry .southern slopes must be avoided as
much as possible. Northern inclinations
are preferable, because, they are net se
much affected by the sun and dry weather.
Dentl p!:17 Irwnl? rnr-iin timwf iiwi ltf,.
man sandy s.'ifs, am
have the preference.
thercferu should
Te grew the special list abeve given, it
will be of the hi.irhcst importance te have
a rich meistuic, retentive soil, a level bot
tom or a drained swamp, where the water
may be but a lew feet beneath the sur
face, but where no stagnant water re
mains after a rainfall, or a rather steep
northern slope of a hill.
Any 0113 having such a situation could
hardly iail iu having an orchard that
would yield far better returns than the
average crop of the farm.
If these northern slopes, or moisture-retaining
soils, arc net available, wc mut
guard against the effects of heat and
drought by cultivating and mulching.
If all the water that falls in our summer
thunder showers could be made available,
our trees would want very little mere.
But tiiese fall se fast, and often last but a
few minutes that the soil becomes moist
only an inch or two, while the bulk of the
water flews away. Seme one has sug
gested that a basin be made around the
tree by banking up the earth that would
held a hogshead or mere, into which the
wasie waicr ceuni os turned witn very
little labor. The water would seen sink
away and moisten the earth se deep that it
would take some time te dry out. The
suggestion is worthy of consideration.
After the selection of a site, and Iho
proper planting of the trees, it is important
that we give our orchard proper attention
ami care. v e no iiel attempt te raise a
crop of corn or tobacco without manuring
and cultivating. Wc sometimes think it
expedient te put $'e0 worth of manure te
an aero for tobacco. But as the seasons
come around we leek for a crop of apples,
never thinking that the trees tee want
manure and cultivation.
leu dollars worth of manure te the
acre iifthe shape of weed ashes or super super
peosphate would no doubt be a paying in
vestment, adding net only vigor te the
tree, but also size and beauty te the fruit.
Trees arc very grateful for cultivation. It
is astonishing what vigor, with the aid of
manure, it will put into trees.
A plot of ground was dug and manured,
and has been annually tep-drcsscd for a
few years for an experimental grape patch.
On this plot steed an old dwarf near, ever
twenty-five years old, a peer, stunted thing.
This, under the treatment, took a new
leans of life, and is new as thrifty as a
fruit tree can be. Where it is imnme.
licable te continue cultivation, the next
best thing is te sew te grass anil give lib
eral treatment afterwards. An anual top
dressing of a fertilizer, rieh iu potash and
phosphoric acid, te the amount
Of from two te four hundred
weight te the acre, would makn
crop of grass and keep the trees thrifty.
The first cutting of the grass could be
made into hay, while the second should he
spread ever the ground where it would act
as a mulch and as a manure. It has been
recommended by a xroed authority that a
top-dressing of half a cart lead of read
wash or earth from ditches, swamps, &c,
spread around each tree is highlr bene
ficial. Orchards se situated, where the wash
from reads aud hillsides can be conducted
ever them, are always among the best
bearers. This may also be a hint for se
lecting a site. The secret of success with
orchards, therefore, would appear te be te
a great extent in our own control.
COAL OAS.
Narrow Escape from Sullcatien.
Last night Dr. A. Greff, wife and
daughter, residing at Ne. 3 Middle street,
made a narrow escape from asphyxiation.
Having replenished the files before retir
ing, the doers of the heater burst open
some time during the night, the result of
course being that a large quantity of coal
gas rushed out and seen pervaded tlie
house. On awakening this merninjr the
doctor and his wife were unable te get up.
though finally after some effort Mrs. Greff
succeeded in crawling ent te the balcony,
encnimr the window and allewi'mr fresh
te take the place of the poisoned atmes-
phcrc of the bed-room. Then, with great
difficulty, Mrs. Grolf aroused her daughter
iu an adjoining apartment, who was yet
asleep and apparently ovcrerpewercd by the
gas. Medical aid was quickly summoned,
the proper restoratives were applied, and
no injurious effects are anticipated.
COUItT OF COMMON PLK.IS.
lleftirc tliulge Livingston.
Iii the case of the Hanover Junction &
Susquehanna railroad company vs. Span
glcr fc Rich the .plaintitr suffered a non
suit.
E. K. Smith, tiustccef and for the sels
aud separate use of Annie M. C. Uinkle
vs. Franklin Hinklc. A verdict was taken
in this case in favor of the plaintiff for
(?!-., JOtS.OtJ.
E. K. Smith, iu trust te and for the sole
use and benefit of Annie M. C. Hinkle vs.
Franklin Hiukle. Verdict taken for
plaintiff for $1,S47.
In the case of Samuel Truscott, guar
dian of the miner children of Charles
Pantle, deceased, vs. Clara R. Shreiner,
surviving executrix of Philip Shreiner, de
ceased, a judgmeut was entered in favor of
the plaintiff for $1,121.
Iu another case, between the same
parties judgment was entered in favor or
the plaintiff for $1,111.
Mary Ann Krcider, by her next friend,
David Cramer, vs. Ames Krcider. subpoena
for a divorce. The parties te this suit
were married iu 1877. The plaintiff brings
this suit te piecurc a divorce from her
husband, the defendant. The parties were
residents of Pequea township, where" they
lived together, and the defendant yet re
sides there. The plaintiff alleges that she
was badly treated by, her husband; when
she married him they went te live in the
home occupied by his parents; she was
there badly treated by her mother-in-law
as well as her husband ; the latter did net
wish her te atteud clfurch ; she was com
pelled te de work en the farm, aud te de
ether work from earij' in the morning
until late at night ; the defendant threat
ened te hang and sheet himself, and in
ether ways se worried her that her
health was injured ; she left home ence
for three weeks but went back when her
husband premised te de better; he did net
aud she thenleft him, and new sues for a
divorce.
The defense showed that the parties
were married when the plaintiff was liv
ing with defendants folks. She understood
her duties, but it is claimed that after the
marriage the failed le perform them, but
was in the habit of running te church
night aud day; defendant did net object te
her going te church, but did net think she
should go se often ; be was always a kind
and affectionate husband and provided
well for the family ; he did take a rope at
one time, but it was net with any inten
tion of committing suicide ; all the work
done by the plaintiff she did of her own ac
cord, as defendant did net compel her te
de se ; defendant's mother lived in the
house with them, as she had a right te de
under herihusband's will ; she wasnoicress
te plaintiff, but endeavored te teacli her ;
the plaintiff became angry at this and
quarreled at times with her. On trial.
ISrfore Judge l'attersen.
David F. Ilerr vs. Isaac Bacr. Action
for damages The parties te the suit
iivc en adjoining farms m Lcaceck town
ship, which were formerly owned by broth
ers. A stream of water run from a spring
through the land of the defcudaut into
that of plaintiff. The latter claims that
he has a right te the use of this water for
four days out of each week for the purpose
of Heeding his meadow through which it
run. It was decided in our courts in
1S70 that he had that right and it was sus
tained by the supreme court. The plain
tiff alleges, however, that they
have net received their share of
water, and they suis te recover $2,000
damages alleged te have been sustained by
them between between December 1, 187
and December 4, 1870. They say that
after the case was tcttlcd, for a time they
received their supply of water and had a
geed first crop of hay iu 1878. The
second crop was very peer, and se were
both of 1S70, because they were deprived
of their supply of water by the defendant,
who at times would place obstructions in
the water channel and would net net allow
it te run ever the lands of the plaintiff;
when the latter demanded these rights the
son of the defendant, who lives en his
farm, would get angry.
The defense is that "they have always
given the plaintiff his full supply or
water and all that he was entitled te ; they
have never dammed up the water nor ob
structed its flew ; at times the spring is
almost dry and scarcely any water runs in
the stream. That was tliu case in 187t),and
that, was the reason of the failure of plain.
lifFsjhay crop ; defendant admitted the
plaintiffs right te the water and claims that
he has always i:iven him it ; he always
told bis son te give them their share. On
trial.
Till-: l.iiAF,
The Lecal Tobacco Markat.
The continued cold and dry weather has
prevented farmers for some weeks pxst
from doing anything iu the way of pre
paring their tobacco for the market. In
the language of one them who was present
at the Agricultural society's meeting yes
terday, 'e have very large crops of ice
and snow and tobacco en the poles, and
that is about all." While the principal
thoroughfares throughout the county arc
open and pretty well broken and the sleigh
ing fust-rate, nearly all the by-reads are
completely blockaded by great banks of
snow, rendering them almost impassable;
and farmers living en such reads are
obliged te reach thu main reads by taking
down fences and crossing the fields, thus
avoiding the snow-drifts. Under such
circumstances it is no wonder that the
dealers arc "backward in coming forward"
for the new crop. The bulk of it is net
in shape for market, and it cannot be get
at if it wens ready.
The only sales we have te report suite
our last arc the following :
Samuel Moere, jr., bought one aero from
Jehn J. Leng at 25, 10 anil 3, the crop real
izing $305.55.
Capt. J. O. Wilcox, has had delivered te
him the following crops grown near Good Goed Geed
ville, Earl township. Wm. Jehnsen, 2)
acres af20, 7 and 3. Christian Martin, 2.J
acres at 20, 7 and 3. Barten Stauffer, 2j
acres at 20, 10 and 5. Barten Scnscnig, 2
acres at 23 j, 10 and 3.
II. C. Moere bought a half acre from
Abram Kurtz, of WhitcIIerse, at 28 for all
wrapper ever 21 inches ; 20 ler wrappers
under 24 inches, and seconds, and 5 for
fillers.
Transactions in old tobacco continue ac
tive. Mr. Cehen, the largest buyer of the
1870 crop this winter, iias shipped a large
part of his purchases te St. Leuis.
Harry C. Moere bought 50 cases of 1871)
from Isaac Phcnegar. at 13 cents per pound
and sold 53 cases of '70 te Hay b Smith at
private rates.
Skiles & Frcy bought from Thompson,
of Wrightsvillc, 170 cases of '79 and Leeb
it Ce., bought 200 eases of th'.- same crop
from b. Keober, et Wngiitsvilie, both en
private terms.
Doubtless ether transactions have been
had which have net reached us. The de
mand for the crop is active, and within
the past month se much of it has been
taken that it is doubtful whether 1,000
cases of it remain unsold. The rapidity
with which it was lifted makes it probable
that the geed portion of the crop of 1880
will find purchasers as seen as it is prc-p-ircd
for market and the buyers arc able
te find it.
Sale el Ileal Kutate.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctieneeis, sold at
public sale at the Merrimac house, for
Daniel Legan, 10 head of horses at an av-
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