LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1883.
Hanrasttt Intelligence;;.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 9, 1881.
Fer the ext Congress.
The next two years will certainly be
favorable time for the dispassionate and
unpartisan consideration in Congress of
certain questions of vast importance con
cerning our economic interests. The
questions immediately growing out of
the war are pretty well settled. Our
finances are en solid feeling and net
subject te any likely derangement. The
Heuse will be Republican, but by a very
slender majority ; the .Senate will be
Democratic, but by an equally narrow
margin : even if party lies did net rest
mere loosely than for many years pre
vious, the even balance of the parties in
Congress, and the nice division of legis
lative power between them, would dis
courage partisan legislation for partisan
ends. The situation of the party leaders
just new will render the next two years
at least comparatively free from disturb
ance by the president-making .schemes
which usually begin te operate before a
president is warm in his seat.
In view of these things the country is
hopeful that some of the larger and
br.iadcr questions of national interest
may receive the attention they merit
" from national legislators m the coining
tw.j years. One,' of lesser importance, of
these questions is the fineness and legal
tender quality of the silver dollar and
the adjustment of t lie values of geld and
silver coin. Expcricnci lias demonstrated
the practical impussihili'y of main
taining the present silver dollar in active
circulation, and we have tin: ridiculous
s.iectacle of a silver dollar, perforce ar
bitrary legislation, with lli'J grains of sil
ver in it, worth mere than one with -l:iO
grains of the pure metal. The solution
of this question will no doubt be found
in an abandonment ei the attempt at a
deublcstniidaid, and a restriction of the
legal ienderquulity of silver coin te such
a small amount as cm be conveniently
us.'d in a single, transaction. Te put the;
silver dollar in the same position as sub-j
sidiary coins, would work no great harm
nor less te anybody, unless it were the
silver .speculators who were benefited by
its advancement, and whose interests arc
net new te be specially considered.
The inequalities, absurdities and op
pressive burdens imposed upon (he coun
try by some feat sues of the present tariff
bill will demand attention and will prob
ably find their nest cure in t Ije Eaten
tariiT bill which proposes te refer a ques
ti ii involving a magnitude of details te
knowing experts, for the framing of wise,
equitable and ceiiMTvative legislation en
the subject. The electoral system is
sadly in net d of repairs, and they are
such as can reasonably be made and
ought lobe made without involving any
partisan differences about them. Most
difficult of prevailing public questions te
meet by adequate legislation is civil ser
vice reform, seeing that it consists, with
one class of disturbers, mainly in keep
ing in office these who are new in, and
with another in getting these in who are
new out. As General Hancock, in his
letter efacecpta -ice se admirably said,
"t'ne basis of a .substantial, practical,
civil service reform must first be estab
lished by the people in idling the elective
offices ; if th-y li:c a high standard of
qualifications for office and sternly reject
the corrupt and incompetent, the result
will be decisive in governing tiie action
of the .servants whom they entrust with
appointing power.'"
The condition of American commerce
is, however, a subject which needs only
te be realized by the American people te
induce them te urge it upon the atten
tion of their representatives, for such
action as may be necessary in a matter
that vitally affects our standing as a na
tion among our contemperarics,the safety
of our ships en the seas and our ports en
the sea coast, and the development of our
material resources. David A. Wells, in
a series of articles in the Xew Yerk
WerhUuu Sir. Henry Hall, in an article
in the Atlantic Mml'tlg en The Future
of American Shipping," present some
facts and figures which certainly should
be the foundation for very grave popular
concern en the subject thus treated. It
seems, from these and oilier authorities,
no less relative and eminent, that our ag
gregate tonnage of every description
registered and enrolled, sail and steam,
employed upon the ocean, upon the
lakes, upon our rivers and harbors has
declined from e,.33ft,Sir Ions in 1S01 te
4,0CS,(i:l in 1SS0 a reduction of ever i
per cent. Our tonnage engaged in for
eign trade has declined during the same
period from ,4C,SUi tens te 1,015,11.
tens a reduction of 17 per cent.
Since 1S-50 there has been a steady
and almost uninterrupted decline of
our commercial importance; se that,
whereas, in 1S50, of the experts car
ried from and the imports carried te
American ports, .2 per cent were car
ried in American vessel in 1SS0 only
17.4 per cent, weie shipped in vessels
owned by American owners, built at
American yards or maimed by Ameri
can sailors. While the commerce of
the world has been rapidly developing,
while Great Britain has been whitening
every sea with her sails, Xerway, Swe
den and even Austria increasing their
commerce, sleepy Portugal and distract
ed Spain largely adding te their tonnage,
the United States have, absolutely, steed
still, or, relatively, gene back. Wheiir
ever opportunity opens te trade English
enterprise esUuli-lji li:.s of freighting
steamers, v. iili sailing .ships a auxil
iaries, and it i-s sorrowfully conceded
that iuiglund new enjoys in our com cem
m "ice a magnificent pi commence which
it seems felly fr any European rival te
cemest, and despair b.r America te
rival." Xerway has as many large
trans oceanic .sail engaged in American
commerce as the United States ; while
of the steam vessels engaged in the wheli
foreign trade of the , United Stales, ex
cept te Canada, 417 are British, and only
40 American ; of this latter number
fourteen only are trans-eceanic and thii-ty-twote
West Indies and Slexice, se
that " little Belgium, a country scarce
larger than an American county, has
about as many ocean steamships in our
trade as wc have ourselves, and
Italy and Gei ;.i;;;iy have mere."
Italy has live hundred ai.d ninety-
eight large?lass ships crossing
the Atlantic and the Pacific in the trade
with this part of America: and Austria,
a kingdom with one small seaport, has
one hundred and sixty-live. China has
taken the aggressive in commercial en
terprise and new leeks te a gen-ral navi
gation of the high seas, her pioneer
steamers having already entered the bay
of San Francisce. Japan, tee, competes
with American vessels in her own waters.
It is estimated that the failure te keep
our shipping interests abreast with our
development in ether departments of
material wealth has been a less te our
domestic industry of $00,000,000 per
year net an inconsiderable sum in com
parison with these interests which it has
been such serious concern en the part of
American legislators te " protect."'
The mere statement of these eloquent
facts ought te be sufficient te awaken
our people and their representatives te
the necessity of affording some relief te
the straitened condition of American
commerce. .Shipping is one of the chief
elements of national wealth and strength
in a country with a long stretch of sea
coast and a variety of national products.
Our agricultural, mineral and manufac
turing development drives us te new
markets, and we should build, or at least
own and control, the shipping which
provides the transportation te llieim
The IJIaiiic: school of statesmen find the
proper means te this end in subsidizing
lines of steamers te one pert or another.
The advocates of ' free ships " ak for
no artificial devices te help us te that
ceiisuinnialieii. They only ask that ex
isting barriers be. removed and that du
ties en foreign built ships belifted se that
American shippers may enter the race
for the world's commerce, and at least
for that of their own country, without
being handicapped.
Slit. (J.vijriHj.n appears te by actively
interesting himself te secure theelectien
of a Republican senator from this stale,
and the strong probability then-fore is
that that one will be chosen. Garfield's
influence will net only suffice te secure
an election, but it will be very likely te
i b3 sufficiently potent te dictate lliecan-
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bj agreeable te him: and tiM-Imii-; IIia
ether faction, se aided, ea de as much
for a man of their choice. Possessing this
strong influence, Garfield, being a shrewd
man, will be pretty sure te give his at
tention te securing a senator who will
be faithful te himself, without much re
gar.! te his ether affiliations. Having
been se long in public life, he knows
many of the prominent Republicans of
Pennsylvania, and can make an intelli
gent choice. It is rumored that his favor
is given in ex-Cengiessman Gienni W.
Scofield; which is quite likely. It is
certain, anyway, that if any Republican
is elected by the united Republican fac
tions, he will knew that he ewes his se
lection and election te Garfield, and he
may be expected te govern himself ac
cordingly in liis senatorial conduct ; un
less Sir. Garfield is greatly mistaken in
his man; which is net at all likely.
MINOR TOPICS.
Oitjn the gutters.
The Bosten police department is ex
pected te cost ever 000,000 next year, :iU
excess of about $40,000 ever the present
year, which is caused by au increase in
the force.
In the Senate Sir. Blair has introduced
a joint resolution proposing an amendment
te the constitution prohibiting, after the
year 1900, the manufacture, importation
and sale of intoxicating liquors as bever
ages within the United States.
Tun dispatch te the liecei d limits the
choice te stalwarts ; As it ea nnet be
Oliver or Grew it must be some one else
for senator. And just new both factions
are trying te select some man acceptable
te all. The names of General Reaver,
Jehn Cessna, Attorney General Palmer,
W. If. Armstrong and Gletiui W. Scofield
arc most prominently mentioned. Theic
is no doubt but lh.it one of the above
quintet will be the next United States
senator."
Anetiikk petition has been presented in
the Pennsylvania Legislature in behalf of
Jehn Welsh's election te the United States
Senate. It was signed by 52 manufactur
ers of Philadelphia, who net only repre
sent a very large proportion of the most
material interests of the city, but give em
ployment te at least 00,000 people, while
the business transacted by them exceeds
$125,000,000 per year. Fer all that Welsh
did net gel a vote. The Philadelphia
members are solid for Slulhoelly.
Tin: secretary of the treasury has ic
ceived a $500 note from a physician, who
writes with it that he is attending pro
fessionally and old ladv. who. 27 ve.ii-s
aj;e was an employee in one of the subor
dinate branches of the United States treas
ury. " At that time she took a sum of
mney from the government. She con
fessed it te me last week and she com
manded me te iclurn it. I have carefully
calculated the interest, which, with the
principal, amounts te a few dollars under
the sum of $300. I enclose in this a $300
note. The patient is new entirely blind
and partially paralyzed."
In former years it was the custom te
give each legislator a copy of Parden's
Diffeti. At $13.50 per copy, this amounted
te $3,383.30. Seme of the membeis sold
their copies, mere sent them home and
never used them during a session, while
Otlurs found them very useful. This year
every attempt made te pass a resolution
for the purchase of this book has m.-t with
opposition. However, en showing that
nan a dozen cepic were rcai.y necessary,
Sir. Clarke had a resolution passed pre-!
viding that a copy be placed in each com
mHtee room. Sir. Seader or, as he is
styled by his Quaker City colleagues
"Statesman Souder" tried te amend by
giving each muinbcr a copy of the Digest,
but his amendment was voted down.
Score ei,c for reform.
Loek out for a new counterfeit 3 note.
it is an imitation of the Unite 1 States
note, scries of 1873, letter D, small figure
14 under said letter; Jehn Allisen, regis
tcr ; A.H.Wyman. treasurer. It km-int,.,!
en localized fibre paper, which is but little
inferior te the genuine, although some
what thicker. The net? is nearly one-half
an inch shorter than the genuiue, but, as
far as examined, it is a fac-simile, except
that in the genuine, near the treasurer's
signature, and in circular form, is printed in
red characters, "Series of lS7e ;' also,
near the geometrical lathe denomina
tional counter containing the large figure 5.
In the upper right hand corner of the face
of the note, in red colors, are the figures
"187.V Neither of these imprints ap
pear en the counterfeit note, although
subsequent issue?, it is thought, may
show the couutcrfciters te have supplied
these defects.
PFESONAL.
GAitFini.u is reported te favor a Repub-lican-SIaheiiC
combination in Virginia.
Likely.
Bosten papers print a rumor that Sir.
James Russell Lewell is desirous of re
signing the mission te England and return
ing te his professorship at Harvard college.
Sirs, Langtry and the ether professional
beauties of Londen have a rival in the
shape of a beautiful youth named Osc.vn
Wilde, a poet and atfc" aesthetic." His
picture adorns all the shop windows, and is
even taken in the aesthetic style, with a
bunch of lilies in his hand.
Dr. Willam TuEViTTdied yesterday in
Columbus, Ohie aged 72 years. He had
served three terms as a member of the
Ohie Assembly, three terms as secretary of
state of Ohie, and was a diplomatic reprc reprc
seatativc of the United States in Chili dur
ing the administrations of Presidents
Pierce and Buchanan.
It seems te have been a" nile of St.
Luke's hospital, that no religious services
net Episcopalian should be conducted
theie. A terrified nurse once ran te Rev.
Dr. Wm. A. StuiiLEXUEiw, saying,
" Docter! Docter! a Slet'nedist preacher
is praying with one of the patients."
" Step him, step him;" said he, "before
his prayer reaches heaven."
Judge Jehemiau S. Black was at, Har
risburg yesterday, one of the liens of the
day at the Lochiel. He was escorted
across the crowded dining room last even
ing by Sir. Grew, who introduced him te
Henry W. Oliver. The incident serves te
show hew amicable arc the relations of
the principals in the stubborn contest con
cerning which the public are agitated je
much.
STATE ITEMS.
Casper Bcnkcrr, the well -known shoe
maker, and Andrew Lewory, a leading
batcher, aged 83, died in Philadelphia yes
terday. .
S. Weeds Caldwell, of Leck Haven, has
been nominated for the Legislature by the
Democratic convention, vice J. C. Whalcy,
deceased, receiving 31 votes te 23 cast for
W. W. Rankin and 2 for R. II. Krcbs.
Jehn Xevel, a Hillgrevc weed-chopper,
felled a tree. As it crashed downward the
tree cut. a large limb from the trunk of a
neighbor and the limb .struck Xevel, kill
ing him instantly.
A quantity of line snow flew into the
eyes of Frank Desmond while he was
coasting in Reltsville, and being tempor
arily blinded he ran into a team of mules.
Frem injuries he received in the collision
he died en Sunday.
A youthful and pretty Allegheny maiden
the daughter of Adam Weise, president of
a hauk in that place, Tillic by name, has
created a sensation by eloping with a man
named Lynch, a dry goods' nieivhant of
Butler county.
A delegation of Pitlsburghers has ap
peared before the appropriations commit
tee at. Harrisburg headed bv Colonel Xevin
te ask aid for the western lienitenii.nv
An appropriation of $300,000 is asked for
te complete one wing, iu which theie will
le six hundred and forty cells.
A conference was held at Senater Cam -
e.v... w,t;,i..w, . i ,.: 1 1 -"; -""'
cie.i.Niesidence last night, which was at -
tended by Slessrs. Quay. Oliver and ethers.
at which the situation was discusssed for
a considerable length of time. But whether
Mr. Oliver had consented te withdraw, or
a compromise candidate had been decided
upon could net be learned.
Andrew Smith, of I law ley, was drawing
legs from the weeds ; the" .sleigh struck
au obstruction in the read, and the whole
lead of heavy legs was overturned en him.
Death was instantaneous and when found
he was crushed perfectly flat, the entire
lead having ledged en his body. Se great
was the pressure that his libs and back
bone were crushed entirely through the
flesh, and the bleed had spurted for sev
eral feet around the spot where he was
found . The remains were said te have
been less than two inches iu thickness
when found. He leaves a family
A UAII UIA.NT.
-V Chester County Man Tries te Strangle III
l'iircntti-at-Laiv.
A Chester county giant has been com
mitted te jail en the charge of attempting
te muider his wife's aged parents by
strangling. The accused's name is Daniel
Heffman, son-iii law of Jeseph Haldcman.
The parties all live in East Nantmeal Ches
ter county. Jeseph Haldcman and wife are
ever 80 years of age and their son-in-law
is about :J0. His young wife is slowly
dying with consumption, and a few day's
age he informed her that he intended te
hang himself. She replied that a man of
his giant-like form and prodigious streii"th
should be ashamed te make such a dcclar
atien. He went te a neighboring store,
store, purchased a rope and caine into Wis
wife's presence, flaunting it in her face.
She fell fainting te the fleer. Subsequent
ly sue rained and lmermcd a lew neigh
bors. Heffman was watched aud frustrated.
Instead, however, of strangling himself he
watched his opportunity and, as is alleged,
placed his fingers about the threats of the
old people, who were helpless, anfl nearly
choked them te death. The aged man ap
peared before 'Squire Heguct and a war
rant was placed in the hands of Constable
Syphcrd, of Springfield, Chester county.
Heffman at once armed himself with
leaded shotguns and a revolver, but the
officer and a few sheriff's denuties sue
ccetled by strategy in entering the house
and making the arrest. He has always
been looked upon as a peaceable man and
recently joined the Methodist church. His
friends say that his mind has become af
fected aud that he was net responsible for
his conduct.
1 lie Gallen R,
Jeseph X. Tliibault was hanged iu
Anapeiis, X. S., yesterday for the murder
of Charlette Hill, at Lake View, iii Sen-
tenber last. Tliibault rose early, and nf er
dressing lumselt for his last
uiusMiig nimst.ll ier ins last appcaiauc
a.me,1K"icn en earth, passed considerable
time with a priest preparing himself for his
approaching end. When summoned for
the execution he walked te the gallows,
accompanied by the priest, and mounted
the scaffold with a firm step. He made
no confussien. At 8 o'clock the repe was
cut and the drop fell, the bedv falling
about six fet. Thibanit's neck was in
stantly broken, and he did net move a
muscle afterwards. In eleven minutes his
heart ceased te beat, and iu fifteen minutes
he was pronounced dead. The body was
removed te his home for burial.
A disgrace! u I scene occurred at the
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The Privileges of Genius.
Bosten Traveler.
There has been a great deal of namby
pamby talk of late, called out with the
death of a famous English novelist, with
regard te the "privileges of genius" in
making its own rules of life, whether these
are or are net iu defiance of the recognized
canons of society. If, in speaking of a
man's personal life, we say that he was
immoral and that his influence was fur
evil, we arc told that he was a great artist,
a great poet, or a great statesman, the re
ply by many well-meaning people is deemed
sufficient. It is true- you cannot judge
men of genius as you judge ether men,
they say, and then regard complacently
stories of the wildest excesses as atoned
for by a great painting, a soul-stirring
poem, or n famous stroke of state pelicv.
We pretest against this inane and perni
cious view. A man or woman who occu
pies a lefty position in the eyes of the
world is doubly responsible te society for
his or her actions. He or she is looked
upon in a certain sense as an
example and insensibly, no doubt,
wields untold influence. The young see
these exalted persons, and worshiping
their higher qualities as revealed in their
works, strive in their zeal te imitate them.
But the imitation ends iu general with the
lower and baser faculties revealed in per.
senal life. Everyone remembers or has
heard hew the " Byronic " fever affected
young men of a geiuntieu age. and
knows that the turn-down cellar and
blase air were net the sole extent of it
contagion. Se it is, te a greater or less
degree, with every person who wields a
mastery ever society at large. Stern
critics may proclaim that the
private life of a great writer is
a subject with which the public
has nothing te de, the public will have
something te de with it. It will sift every
action te the last grain ; it regards every
phase as in a certain sense its property,
and will exercise herculean labor in ex
hausting every point of interest. In pro
portion as the person becomes mere ex
alted the closer will be the inquiry ; it is
his punishment if he be unworthy ; it is
his apotheosis if he be great. With this
clearly understood, the terrible responsi
bility of genius may be realized, The
time is gene by when license and genius
were associated en inseparable terms.
There are excesses and mistakes
incident te the flush and hey
day of youth, but society is grow
ing wiser. Since the Elizabethan era,
with its wild immorality, we have had SIH-
tensnnd Wordswertlis and the world is
! beginning te real, ze that it is possible te
be a poet without breaking every com
mandment in tne decalegue. We de net
wish te be understood as confounding the
criticism of a work of art with the criti
cism of life. The two are utterly and for
ever distinct. One may read "Faust" with
out recalling the unsavory facts with re
gard te the failings of its author. Te com
prehend " Ilnmlct" it is net necessary te
remember that Shakspcarc was a libertine.
But when we leek at sins against society
and excuse them because these who com
mit them have produced works thatscC'tty
is proud te honor, we propound
a theory whicli cannot be de
fended either en ethical or aesthetic
grounds. Only the unthinking and the
ignorant, admiring iu ethers faculties of
which they have no conceptions in them
selves, would care te take their stand upon
such a preposition. The reader will prob
ably apply these remarks te one who is
referred te in our opening sentence, one
whose works wc held in the high
est honor as revelations of charac
ter and truth. Fer Geerge Eliet,
the writer and the thinker, we have
the utmost reverence. But when the fail
ings of Geerge Eliet, the woman, arc bla
zoned" abroad as excusable because of her
genius, we must pretest and proclaim in
the wrong that class of men and women
who fester such an idea either by words or
tacit acquiescence. There is one law alike,
for rich and peer, high and low. Where
! that law is broken we may regard thu
i transgression with sorrow and with sym
pathy ; we are net justified iu pleading
I for " the privileges of genius."
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' , ,TP,T N?wc. RV mat?
i -ATBbT NiWb BY MAIu
1 A 10t,,,eslcr "f company w accused
i of having run out its reel at a recent
1 ,nrm ,-?;,. wi.linnt n ,,, lini(K ,
it.
aau iiiinvuu a.sisv vl sJ iiiut
Daniel Sutts, an aged colored man, was
killed by the train from Bordcntewn, near
Camden. His body was fearful mangled.
An East Camden negre named Short
was struck and instantly killed by an engine
en the Pennsylvania railroad, cast of
Cooper's creek bridge.
Over 23,000 tourists are reported te have
visited the Yesemite valley since its dis
covery in 1833. and it is estimated that
i ca3b of them, en an average, left $000 in
gjed money in California,
The great floating ice field has broken
iu all twelve of the iron columns support
ing the Leng Branch pier deck and it is
feared thu work of destruction is net yet
ended.
Twe pyramids built by a king of the
sixth dynasty have been discovered te the
north of Slemphis. They were buried be
neath the sand. The vanItsRiid chambers
arc covered witii inscriptions. .
An unknown man of eighteen years, re
spectably dresecd. and supposed te be
from Xewtewn, while walking en the
track, was killed en the Flushing tfe
Lake Shere railroad by a west bound
train.
A fire en Sunday nearly swept out of ex
istence the town of Slalnut, Iowa, en the
Reck Isiand read. Seventeen business
houses and residences were totally de
stroyed with most of their contents. The
less is from $50,000 te $00,000.
The Senate finance committee has unan
imously instructed Senater Wallace te re
port te the Senate, for passage a bill pro
viding for the purchase of the property
contiguous te the Philadelphia mint,
Chestnut and Bread streets and en Penn
square, at a cost net exceeding 350,000.
W. SI. Harvey, a railroad employee, was
found dead in bed at a hotel iu Milwaukee
en Sunday, and his deaih was attributed
te heart disease. The undertaker, how
ever, discovered a small hele in the body
just above the breast, and there is reason
te believe that Harvey was murdered. A
fellow boarder, who roomed next deer,
has been arrested en suspician.
Antoine Ashley was found dead in his
bed in Oswego, and the physician who
niade tiie postmortem testified that his
leet had been pjisencd by wearing cloth
slippers. He had been employed en a
steamer in the West, and were cloth slip
pers. His feet were often wet, and the
poison by which the carpets were colored
soaked in through the cloth and poisoned
his feet.
The Xew Yerk express train ever the
Michigan Southern & Lake Shere read
was thrown from the track near Striker,
Ind., by a defective rail, two sleeping cars
jumping the track aud the Union Paeifie
directors' car containing a number of rail
road officials was pitched ever an em
bankment ten feet high and completely
wrecked. Its occupants were all badly
bruised.
Jehn Glever, sr., who has been farming
near Ararat, Air 32 years, visited Starruc
ca en business last Saturday. On return
ing home, in company with his son and a
lriciiu,thcy were overtaken by a severe wind
storm. Few words passed between them
en the way. Arriving home at 11 o'clock,
p. in., young Glever asked his father te
get eat of the sleigh and let him put the
team away. Receiving no response he
found the old man had perished with the
cold. He was sitting upright with the
reins iu his hands.
THE FALL EX DKPOT.
Caught Beneath the Kuins Seme Lucky
Escapes.
The fall of the old Lake Shere railroad
depot at Buffalo yesterday, was due te the
fact that the arched reef had become over ever
weighted with the accumulated snow and
weakened by the removal of the offices
which formerly contributed greatly te its
support. The St. Leuis express train was
threa hours and a-half late, and its con
necting train en the Lake Shere, composed
of four cars and the sleeper, steed upon
the outer track waiting for it. A Canada
Southern train had just hauled out of the
depot, and only twenty minutes before tiie
day express en the Central had borne east
ward a large lead of living freight. Switch
engine Xe. 136 manned by Frank Schaefer,
engineer, was standing en the middle track
ready te take Corener Scott te East Buf
falo. Xear the ether end of the new depot
was a train of flat cars. Oa the track jmit
outside of the south wall were some old
passenger cars. Among the people known
te be in the depot just previous te the
crash were Depot Slaster Byren Kriiig
and Jehn Ready, of Slessrs. Johnsten
Bre.s' eating house, who steed near to
gether about the centre of the building,
Dewitt C. Gibsen, a switchman, E. M.
Stevens and Rebert Berry, baggage
men, R. C. Smith, passenger agent
of the' Lake Shere read. P. S. Hart
wig, Henry Eckert, D. S. Hubbs and
ether empleyes. Haifa dozen passengers
were in the cars of the waiting Lake
Shere train, and one or two ethers, who
are believed te be lest, were standing in
the depot near the flat cars. Corener Scott
had just bearded the switch engine, and
was en the point of bidding geed bye te
Sir. Henry Waters, Superintendent Til
linghast's private secretary, when a sud
den hollow sound as of snow falling iu a
mass from the reef was heard, and imme
diately afterward the south wall,
about sixty feet from the new portion,
began te totter and fall. Depot Slaster
Kring succeeded in getting beneath a brick
wall which held its position, but his cap was
tern from his head by fragments. Slr.Smith
rau into the vestibule of an abandoned
eating-house aud escaped through the cel
lar. Sir. Waters, who was just behind
him, was caught by a timber and held a
prisoner until ether portions of the wall
from the reef ciushcd out both his life aud
his human shape. The Lake Shere train
was buried from sight by reefing mater
ial. The switch engine was broken and
partly dismantled. An unsightly gap
was made iu the wall of the beautiful new
waiting-room by the fatal mass which had
crashed out the life of Captain Byrnes
The old cars which steed en the
track were all tern te pieces. The work
of overhauling the ruins was immediately
commenced by members of the fire de
partment and empleyes of the railroad
company, and the first two bodies were
these of Captain Byrnes and Henry Waters.
Shortly afterward the men found the man
gled body of Wm. Wells, clerk of Car In
spector Howe, of the Lake Shere railroad,
and two ether bodies were quickly found.
Jehn II. Jacksen, a colored man, was iu
one of the closets attached te the waiting
room, and immediately en hearing the
crash smashed the window and jumped
out into the street, followed by Wm. S.
Odell, agent of the Wagner sleeping car
company. J. Cevey, who had charge of
the news stand, took hasty leave of the
building-by going through the window anil
smashing the glass, by which lie cut his
hands severely.
The scene presented by the fallen struc
ture was a most ruinous one. Large piles
of bricks, iron girders and heavy timbcis
lay piled in an indescribable mass, while
the ragged walls tottered and fell in sec
tions. The noise resembled that of an
earthquake and was heard a mile distant.
The whole of the old depot structure which
was 450 feet long, 20 feet in height, 100
feet wide, with arch 70 feet, save. 50 feet
of the walls and the fourth arch, is a mass
of ruins. It was built in 1833C. At no
ether hour of the day or night could the
accident have happened without a mere
terrible less of life, as the depot at the
time was comparatively deserted.
The number of narrow escapes was large,
but fortunately no accidents are reported
of a serious nature beyond the persons
killed outright. A number of eye wit
nesses were interviewed, and all agree as
te the suddenness of the crash.
THE KINTZLKU aiCICDHKEKS.
They Are Kclimctt a New Trial and :st:u
tcncetl te he Hanged.
The Snyder county court overruled the
motion for a new trial in the case of Eman
uel Ettingcr, Israel Erb and Jonathan
Sleycr, convicted of the murder of Grctchcn
Kintzler, an old woman, aud pronounced
sentence of death en all of them. They
had all had separate trials, aud in each
case the evidence as te their guilt was con
clusive. Slej-cr was tried in December
last, and the testimony against him was
even mere conclusive than that elicited at
the trials of Ettingcr and Erb, additional
facts having been obtained as te the horri
ble muider from a young woman aud De
tective Lyens, who worked up the case, te
whom the defendant hail made a cenfes
sien of his connection with the killing of
Kintzler and his wife, who had lived for
many years in a quaint old leg house and
were known te have censiderable money.
The murder was committed in December,
1877, and seen after several of tee sus
pected parties were tried for the murfler
of the old man, but the jury discarded the
testimony of one of the accomplices, a
young girl, anil they were acquitted. The
case was then placed in the hands of De
tective Lyens, of Reading, who lias de
voted nearly two years te the pursuit of
the murderers, who were the second time
put en trial for the murder of Kintzlcr's
wife. The court directed the sheriff and
Detective Lyens te convey the murderers
te jail.
The AVrcclcctl Jielicininii.
There is nothing te mark the scene of
the wreck of the steamer Bohemian of
Creek Raven beyond huge quantities of
the wreck which have washed ashore.
The masts have entirely disappeared. It
is new ascertained that thirty-five per
sons were drowned, including the master,
the first, second, third and fourth officers,
the chief, second, third and fourth engi
neers and the quartermaster. Twe invalid
sailors sent from Bosten by the British
consul were drowned. Twe men sup
posed from their clothes te he the master
and the first eflicer were seen at 10 o'clock
in the morning clinging te the wreck where
they remained for hours waving a handker
chief. Beats could net be launched
owing te the heavy surf, and they weie
probably drowned.
ABDOMINAL. DKOI'SV.
The Most Itoinarkuble C'ase en Kccertl.
The most remarkable case of abdominal
dropsy that has ever been recorded ter
minated in tlu? death of the patient at
Shrewsbury, Yerk county, Sunday night.
The case was that of Mrs. Slary Jane
Sloedy, widow of the late Dr. James
II. Sloedy anil daughter of the late Rebert
Fife, deceased. AH the parties were
prominent members of the SI. E. church,
therefore widely known among the minis
try of that church. The deceased was at-
fnn.1n1 ! T ..,-. T ..,! T"t IT S
biincu u ui. e. aim jv,. u. ucrry, up
wards of fourteen years for this disease,
the result of a change of life. She was'
tapped 107 times, C.GS0 pounds, or 833
gallons of water were taken from her,
about sixty gallons a year. Her a"e was
sixty-one years.
Hayes is :i Fraudulent l'rcsldent.
Sir. Conkling yesterday gave one of the
frequent intimations that he has made in
the past four years of his belief that Sir.
Tilden was elected president in 1870. It
occurred in a debate en the pension bill.
Sir. Eaten, of Connecticut, while speaking
en a proposed amendment, asked which
president was authorized te carry out its
provisieus, the one new in or the one
coming in.
"Or," said Sir. Conkling, ir. tours loud
enough te be heard iu the galleries, " the
ei.c who is net in."
"Yes," said Sir. Eaten, quickly, " the
one who should have been in and was
cheated out of it."
Sir. Conkling nodded his head affirma
tively and the debate was resumed.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
MARIETTA MATTERS.
Ol'K KKGULAK COIiltKJPO'DEXCE.
Successful Slcdi-uing Irty Icp-lleum!
-Mackerel Heruujjli l'elltlcs.
The sleighing party from this place te
Lancaster en Slenday was quite a large
and successful affair, numbering about
forty-live ladies aud gentlemen, and occu
pying thirteen sleighs. They had a beauti
ful afternoon for the journey downwards
and a bright moonlight evening for the re
turn. On their arrival in Lmcastcr they
dispersed te pass an hour or se according
te each one's will, but managed te be at
the Stevens houte in time for a bountiful
supper. They all enjoyed the trip, and
"ay that tee much praise cannot be given
Sir. Abin. Hie..tand for their hospitable
reception. They arrived home at nine
o'clock.
On Thursday, the 10th. the personal
prepci ty of Sirs. Slary Whitehill, dee'd.,
will he sold. One of the previsions of her
will is a donation of $100 te the Presbyte
rian Sabbath school. Sir. A. X. Cassel is
executer.
Twe couples from Slaytewn drove te
Slarietta en Slenday evening, and after
the evening's enjoyment, when starting
for home, found that their horse had get
loose and run off with the sleigh. If they
wouldn't have had the robes aud whip te
carry the walk te Slaytewn might have
been mere pleasant.
Watcrfeid council contemplated a trip te
Slanheimen Slenday night, butt hey did
net go.
Valentines are numerous iu the show
windows, and the selection of pretty ei.es
is very geed. These of an uncomplimen
tary natuic are mere refined, we are glad
te say, aud hope they a ill be se iu future,
for although a left-handed compliment
sometimes amuses, vulgarity does net
often, and should net be in the market.
Seme of the cargo of a canal beat that
was icebound in the Tidewater canal has
been circulating through town at a great
reduction iu juice. Part of it is a let of
nice mackerel at almost half price.
The lecture by Sir. Tiffany, which had
been postponed, will be given en Friday
evening at Central hall. The "Yesemite
Valley" is an interesting subject.
Slush again. The snow has lest itsgrit,
but sleighing is net se bad yet.
There arc some notices of "Te let" re
maining. The don't leek well se long
after renting time nevertheless there is a
scarcity of houses that would bring from
$100 te $150 per annum.
The body of Charles Geedman will be
brought te Slarietta en Wednesday even
ing, ami the funeral will take place from
the house of Israel Geedman, at one o'clock
en Thursday.
A meeting of the Democrats was held
en Tuesday evening, in ene of the school
rooms iu the town hall. Sir.
Harry Hegcncr presided, F. IC. Cur
ran, secretary. The following persons
were named te be voted for as borough
officer:; at a primary election en Friday
evening from 7 te SS o'clock : Chief Bur
gess, Abraham Collius ; Assistant Burges:;
.1. Harry Hegcncr ; Ceuncihnen, Abraham
Cellins, F. Manlick. F. Hippie, Jehn
Shillew ; Constable, A. S. Ruby ; Audi
tor, Jehn C. Stambaugh; Judge, 'Stephen
Slaleney, Israel Hanlcii, Jehn Cougle ; In
spector, E. W. SIcElrev: Registry As
sesser, OtleZuch, Walter Frybcrgcr, J.
-Thompson ; Scheel Directors, F. K. Cur-
ran, j. ,. uramlt : Assistant Constable,
Jehn btahl, Henry Cougle, W. Filiey.
The Republicans will make their eln
ice
en fcatuiday evening, and held their pri
mary en Monday evening.
Slest of our public schools have been out
sleighing at different times, visiting ether
schools.
The Lincoln high school has, within the
last three weeks, been visited by a large
number et its patrons 73 having called
in that time. Sir. Rhaub is expected at
any time, and the boys and girls are iu
quite a flurry.
That is quite mi unique idea some of our
ladies have of using the endearing ad
dresses of their love letters fcr curl-paper,
that they may dream of the one who wietc
the letter. Their brothers say that they
find any amount oreld curl-papers, which,
en being unrolled, reveal such hcadiii" as :
"Sly Little Pet,"' &c.
B. Z. Sultzbach, whose convalescence
has been repei ted, has been treated by
Dr. C. A Greene, of Lancaster.
i:i:v. ik. j. w. nevix.
"or Ills Natural lorte Abated.
"T. G. A.," writing from this city te the
Reformed Church Messcntcr, of two ser
mons recently delivered iu the college
chapel by Rev. Dr. Xevin, concludes as
fellows : Three gentlemen, stranger, sat in
one of the front pews te listen te this ser
mon. One of them, from Slarietta, had
heard the venerable speaker thirty years
age in Chambersburg. Seeing in the
papers that Dr. Xevin was te preach, they
came te hear lii.n. Approaching near his
cigliticlh year, his vision of the heavenly
world grows brighter and brighter, and
one feels, that his life is already mere
there than here. " And SIescs went up
from the plains of Sleab unto the moun
tain of Xebe, te the top or Pisgah
1 1 is eye was net dim, nor his natural force
abated."
Editorially the Messenger savs : "It will
be pleasant te the former pupils and
many of the friends of Dr. Jehn W.
Xevin, te knew that although
sustaining no official relation te our insti-
tttr... i... : : r .
mum..-, iiu is enjoying a green old age.
He has new nearly i cached his eightieth
year, yet, as our correspondent hints, his
eyes arc net dimmed nor his natural force
abated. It seems strange that he
has seen se many days; for many
of our ministers and ethers remember
him as in the prime of life, and before the
almond tree commenced te blossom. Wc
congratulate him upon the fact, that he is
se "well preserved." and ab'tvi .-ill M.-,t
the evening of his life is blessed by clear
visions of faith in the Incarnate One ; that,
after doubts and conflicts, often misunder
stood, he sits in childlike confidence with
Ged's word in his hand and leeks forward
te a city that hath foundations, whose
maker and builder is Ged."
Died in Kansas.
Scheel Journal.
The earlier student.-; at the Slillersvill..
state normal school will rcmcmbci An
drew Jacksen Hughes and Isaac Sharp.
The latter, new Hen. Isaac Sharp, sends
us a biographical sketch et the former,
who recently died at Council Greve, Kan
sas, where both resided. Sir. Hughes,
after leaving Slillctsville, taught scoel at
Columbia, studied law, was admitted te
the bar, and then moved te SHsseuri.
Soen after the breaking out of the war he
assisted in raising a regiment, went into
the service as a first lieutenant, remained
duiing tiie war arftl came out a colonel.
He then .settled down at Council Greve,
practiced law, was successful and died of
a disease contracted in the war, greatly
lespected hi all classes of citizens; and
Ins funeral is said te have ueen the largest
ever seen in the county where he lived.
riKEMKN'S TOURNAMENT.
Vie5pectu l'rei:iretl by the Firemen's
t'mun.
The following prospectus has been pre
pared by the committee appointed by the
Firemen's union, for the tournament te be
held in Reading next fall. The paper will
be submitted te the various companies te
be acted upon a report te be made at next
meeting of the union. The prospectus is
as fellows :
" That there boa parade and tournament
of all thc'velunteer lire departments of this
and adjoining states in the city of Reading,
under the auspices of the fire department
of the city of Reading, after the adjourn
ment of the meeting of the State associa
tion. That the invitation te participate
iu the parade be a general one te all
volunteer firemen of' the United States ;
companies desiring te extend special
invitation te any particular company
can de se at their pleasure. Thcru
will be no companies assigned te
any company of the department. The
cenimitttce of arrangements will secure
ample room for storing the apparatuses of
the visiting companies, ether than these
companies extend special invitations te.
Sleneys for defraying the expenses of the
parade and tournament te be raised by
subscription. That there be a citizens'
committee of eleven appointed as fellows
(te assist iu raising the subscriptions) :
Each company te sclent one, the Firemen's
union one and the committee of arrange
ments one te be the gentlemen's commit
tee of citizens. That there be a.cemmittec
of live ladies appointed by the different
companies for the purpose of arranging for
refreshments, etc., along the route of the
parade.
" Frizes te be awarded as follews:
"Te the company having in hue the
highest number of equipped men, equip
ments te be such as are adopted by the
companies, two prizes.
"Te the company having the finest uni
form, two prizes.
"Te the company making the finest ap
pearance iu line, two prizes.
"Te the best drilled company in line,
two prizes.
" Te the company having the finest ap
paratus in line, either hese carriage or
truck, two prizes.
" Contests iu the tournament prizes te
be awarded as fellows :
" Te the hose company or companies
running hese, making the best run of three
hundred yards te hydrant, attach, lay a
line of three hundred fcet of hose, attach
play pipe aud get water through the nozzle,
two prizes.
" Te the truck companies making the
best run of three hundred yards, remove
a certain ladder, elevate it and send a man
te the top, two prizes.
" Trials of hand or steam engines te be
left te the manufacturers only.
" Contests for the prizes in tournament
tj be for the state only, excepting manu
facturers of engines.
" All te be governed according te rules
adopted by the committee'
iiakkv mi nicics snow.
Tliu Variety Kiitertalmneiit Laat Night.
An audience of medium numbers was
present last night at the opera house te
witness the performance of the Miner
Rooney vaudeville company. The fact
that Pat Rooney had left the troupe and
would net appear having become pretty
well known doubtless operated te the
disadvantage of a full house. A geed
many pcople had an idea that Rooney's
show with the great Irish comedian ab
sent would be like the play of " Hamlet"
with DJtmlel left out. There were, how
ever, many very excellent features in the
pregramme, among which were the Dutch
eccentricities of Larry Teeley, a clever
dialect actor, whose singing, dancing and
comical sayings repeatedly brought down
the house. The "Happy Hottentots,"
L: nient and Dueiew, pleased the audience
and their high-kicking act was something
marvelous. Jeppe Delane and Miss
Georgie Kniue went through the
rather ancient flirtation act, which seemed
te "take" quite well. On every former
representation of this specialty here Sliss
Fannie Delane performed the part that
Sliss Ivaine last night went through, and
the latter can scarcely be called an im
provement. Billy Carter made a hit iu his
banjo playing, singing and amusing re
marks, ami was several times recalled.
The Daytens Temmy and Annie-arc geed
due artists, the latter's rapid change from
the garb and appearauce of old age te that
of blooming youth being notably clever,
and the entire act was funny. The per
formance of E. C. Dunbar, the .Milanese
minstrel, who last visited here with Teny
Danier, was capital. He nlavs well en his
1 e uliar instalment and is the possessor of
an uncommonly powerful aud musical
voice. Gallagher and Slack, song and
dance men, dance much better than thy
sing. The entertainment concluded with
a very laughable sketch "Heme. Sweet
Heme," in which Larry Toelcy's German
ccccntrcities were effectively introduced,
and kept the audience in a rear. While Pat
Rooney's absence created an "apparent
vacancy " in the evening's entertainment
the performance en the whole was a geed
one and gave general vatisfactien.
IIOAK!) OF HEALTH.
I.:)I;iii; Alter the I'uijZlcSaretyantlC'emrurt.
The newly organized beard of health iu
this city propose te take active and ener
getic measures toward abating the nui
sances that iu many quarters are as offensive
te the sight as they are dangerous te the
public safety. Any complaints will receive
prompt attention et the members of the
beard, who will take the proper steps te
have the same abated. A citizen may
uuku eeiiqiiami, 10 me secretary or the
beard of any nuisance of which he has
knowledge, and the name of the com
plainant will net be made known te the
public. The owner or occupant of the
premises en which the nuisance is situated
is then notified by the secretary te have
the nuisance removed, and en his failure
te comply the beard of health has full
power te have the same removed at the
expense of the owner, who is further liable
te a line net exceeding fifty dollars. The
necessary blanks te be used in making
complaint of any nuisance may be ob
tained from any member of the beard. It
has been made the duty of the pelice officers
and street commissioner te aid the beard
of health iu this matter. " by endeavoring
te ascertain every nuisance which may
exist iu any portion of the city, and report
the same te the secretary of the beard."
A (Junker Sermon.
Darlington Hoepcs, an adherent of the
liicK.site branch or the Society of Friends,
preached a sermon last evening in Temper
ance hall te an audience of ever one hun
dred. The leading thought of his discourse
was that any one who sincerely sought the
grace of the Almightly would find it with
out the aid of creeds, se.ct-s, priests, or any
ether appliances of priestcraft. Sir.
Hoepcs enforced his views with consider
able power. He is a leady speaker and a
I igieal icasencr. He is a man of fine
presence, apparently about (59 years of age
aad a lesident of Harford county, Md.
lie spoke for about an hour, and was lis
tened te with close attention and deep
interest.
The Tempcraiit-e Convention.
The officers of temperance organiza
tions, icprcsenting in some degree the tem
perance sentiment of the state, hive united
in an invitation te the friends of total ab
stinence and prohibition throughout the
state, te send accredited delegates of both
sexes te a general state temperance con
vention, te be held iu the court house,
Harrisburg, en Tuesday and Wednesday,
Slarch 1st and 2d. 1881. and te enin at 11
a. m. of the first-named day.