LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 188.
akmcastn; Intelligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 11, 1881.
A Serpeul's Trcil.
Pennsylvania soil Jias had the distinc
tion of being pressed by the feet of Jay
Gould, who has been te Philadelphia te
arrange with the Pennsylvania railroad
concerning its telegraph service ; at !
least se it was given one. Mr. Gould i
said te have declared that he would fix
up the matter with that company ' that
quick," with aii accompanying snap of
Iiis fingers; and this is recorded as a
wonderful illustration of Mr. G&alds
magic power; though it does net zen:
te have been a .herculean task, consides censides
ingthe fact that Mr. Gould controls ncv
the two telegraplicempanies which werr
lately competing for the Pennsylvania
railroad's business. Indeed there was .se
little need for the presence of Mr. Gould
te arrange a fight which had ceased te
be a fight by reason of the union of the
contestants, ths we conclude that he
was in Philadelphia en ether business.
He probably is anxious S find out what
is te be done about that piwis'en of our
constitution which bars the mfraiuge of
the telegraph companies, that he iiU us
he has united from truly pbilanthrtfta
motives. Mr. Gould appears te out"
aiders ahull in telegraph and all ether
stocks. He predicts their great rise in
value in the immediate future. As he
is known net te be communicative
of his real opinions, the Philadelphia
brokers who hung upon his words were
inclined te read them as a prediction of
a coming crash in the market and te
sell out accordingly. 15ut perhaps it was
net safe te take it for ranted llr.it Mr.
Gould was saying what lie did net mean.
He has achieved such a reputation for
lying that it is possible that lie some
times tells the truth te deceive his hear
ers. It is net, however, likely that he
did se this time. Ife was in a fre.sh
field, wherein he may have flattered him
self that it wasstill possible te find some
persons who would believe what he said.
There Is no reason te believe that stocks
will go higher very seen. Most persons
think that they are dangerously high
new. They have never been se high,
and their extravagant valuation is out
of proportion te that of all ether market
able things. Produce and manufactiiies
and land arc selling at low prices. Cap
ital brings a small interest. Rail
road earnings have been very heavy
during the past year and have
stimulated the price of stocks, which,
however, have gene up, without very
great regard te the earnings, en " great
expectations."' If these expectations
are realized it is possible that stock
prices may stay up; but there is little
chance of tlfeir going up farther, unless
people who have money crazy. The
probability is that the hi ncctutiens
formed of railroad presj.iii. and rail
road dividends will if-cthe a check,
because they have gene bi'3 end the power
of immediate realization. Unless manu
facturing and ether industries; bring an
increased reward, the earnings of ca riv
ing companies, dependent as they are
upon the state of business, must suiler
a reduction. Soen there must come an
equilibrium in he profitableness of our
business intt rests, and one cannot long
continue te be well rewarded while an
ether intimately connected with it is
poorly paid. It is an undoubted fact
that mining and manufacturing indus
tries of every kind are new producing
very moderate profits; if railroad com
panies are doing better, they cannot c n
tinue te de se : and if they are net doing
better, their dividends will net justify
their market vaiue,and the value of their
shares must fall when reasonable people
lmv them.
Ouit highly esteemed and skillful med
ical friend,. Dr. J. L. Ziegler, manifestly
agrees with the Iktelt.igkxckr in its
deprecation of charlatanism and ignor
ance in the practice of medicine, whether
en the part of "regulars" or "irregulars."
He is of like mind with ourselves in his
opinion that the worst the profession has
te lear is from the ignorance, the empti
ness and the pretensions of some of its
own "well recognized" members in geed
standing. He is, however, without jus
tification in his gratuitous assumption
that the Intelligence!', has any
"hatred" te the medical profession
or any desire te bend it te our
own " belief in the efficacy of the homee
pathic delusion "whatever Dr. Ziegler
means by this. On the contrary our
aim, like his, is te elevate the medical
profession by demanding that mere
easily-obtained diplomas and naked
claims te "regularity " shali net cover
a multitude of shortcomings, nor even
compete with the " heroism of ignor
ance," and the natural endowment of
successful ministration te natural ills.
We submit te Dr. Ziegler. however, that
he and these who agree ith him in
his high view of the profession
would de better te carefully investigate
apparently well-founded cases of remark
able net miraculous surgical skill,
than te encourage sap-headed fledglings
into dismissing all inquiry with the easy
assumption that the well-authenticated
record of a benefactor of her race at
tested by foreign municipalities and sur
geons is " all humbug." If it is hum
bug it can be mere effectually exposed
by intelligent investigation than by flip
pant refuge in ridicule, which only makes
these ridiculous who indulge in it.
The change of candidates has made no
change in the portion of the senatorial
contest, as we .supposed it would net ;
and for the simple and sufficient reason
that it is net a question between candi
dates, but between parties. Either
party would elect any et.e of their fol
lowers but will have no one el.se. The
only read out of the treub'f new, appar
ently, is for the Dcuk '. te -el;t ;i
Republican, or for the K -eibiicaus te
submit te the choice of a Democrat. Rut
as the Democrats are :': or with the
emptiness of the senaieria' -at . they see
no special call upon them te yi i .'. i- f e
put a Republican in it : and the Repub
licans have no reason te bs ;i:.x:mh t-J
elect a Democrat. Unless Mr. Garlic! d "s '
influence can bring about an election, i i i
downet scorn probable that one will
takft place, unhttH ;w the result of an ac
rittent. Tli; l'i&latera are getting very
tired of their vain meetings, and it i
pissiblethat the members may event
ually emancipate thereaelves from the
control of their leaders, take the bit in
their teeth and suddenly elect somebody.
But such will net, from all present np
pesrances, be the result of any combina
tion or arrangement of any of the bosses-
MINOS TOPICS.
The bill introduced in the Mis.'ieuii Leg
islature te setup a whipping pest lias been
defeated.
Twcsty-five persons partook of a
plentiful and well served dinner yc.stcrduy
at the new Century cooking school, Phila
delphia, the total cost of which was $4.50.
A fakmeu el Sussasuuiiac, X. J., charg
ed some weed with powder, te ascertain
who was robbing Ins weed pile. The next
day an explosion occurred in a neighbor's
beuve. The stove was blown te pieces and
eae of the inmates injured. Beth parties
new knew who get the weed.
Tiie book committee of the Mcthedi.-t
Episoep.il church held its annual meeting
at New Yerk yesterday. The total net as
sets of the New Yerk and Cincinnati con cen
cirn amount te $1,333,008.13. There was
an increase in the sales ever lhe picvieus
year of $l,r2G,120.
i
iT is rumored that it is the intention of
the .Sew Jersey Central railroad te establish
a connttien with lines in Pennsylvania by
which it rill become a part of :i through
route te nrA from the West, as the Ei ie
railway and the United Reads of Xew Jer
sey are new.
New that the electoral vote has been
c muted and Garfield and Arthur declared
president and vice president, the commit
tec en privileges and elections will give
some attention te the information which
has reached them that Mr. Arthur was
born in Canada. As the strength el" pat
ties in the Senate is about balanced, the
casting vote of the vice president is of
some consequence. The purpe.su of I lie
Democrats is te give this question a thoi thei thoi
eugh investigation, se says one of them,
and if Mr. Arthur be found te have been
born ea foreign soil his right te the efiicc
of vice piesidcnt will be denied, his elec
tion declaied null and void, and the Dcm Dcm
ecTi'ts will proceed te elect a vice presi
dent. - -
PERSONAL.
Isaac G. Cei.r.5Br.nny. assistant ap
praiser of Philadelphia during the ad
ministrations of Presidents Lincold and
Giant, died yesterday morning, aged 82
years.
Ti;xxvsex refused te go te Londen en
the night of the production of his piay.
He had a wire from the manager's box
running into his charming villa en the
Isle of Wight, and listened te the reports
of the approbation of the audience.
Judge Cheafc, of New Yerk, has decided
that HcxitY S. McComb should answer all
the particulars regarding the securities of
the Mississippi Central railroad and what
he'd'd with the bends and accounts which
would thrpw sonic light en his actions.
Dr. Maiiy Walker has returned te
h.iuut the national halls of legislation.
The immediate object of her lcappeirame
is the proposed passage of a bill te give
her 000 out of the treasury, being pay for
one year's seivice she never performed.
She had been appointed a cleik in the
treasury several years age, but at the time
the secretary, Richardson, refusad te ad
mit her te duty in the building. She re
ported regular! j", but was always stepped at
the deer. She has since brought claim for
a j ear's pay, which the controller has al
lowed and she is new besieging Congress
for a special appropriation.
liATESr NEWS BY MAIL.
Tac body of Mrs. Edward L. Ashlev, of
Waterbury, Conn., who has been missing
for several days, was found in the Mill
river at that place.
Charles Leply, a restaurant keeper hi
Weatherford, Texas, was fatally cut in the
face and neck by a cook named Robinson
last Tuesday evening.
Jehn N. Edwards, a telegraph operator
at Paris, Tenn , fatally shot James Cham Cham
peon because the latter had made an in
stilting proposal te Ins (Edward's) wife.
Pauline Elvcrsen, a Danish girl about
12 years of age, was struck by the Leng
Branch express train, at Perth Ambey,
and instantly killed.
The rtassengcrs en a Camden & Atlantic
ferry-beat yesterday saw the dead body of
a man stretched out en his back floating
d iwn the river en the ice. An unsuccess
ful attempt was made te secure the body.
Mrs. J. E. Nichells committed suicide
ey lumping into a wen at uartnage, jus-
seui i, en Wednesday. She had attempted
suicide twice before, iler father and
sister had previously committed suicide.
Minnie Lee, the little Newark girl who
has been the victim of hydrophobia, has
died at her father's house m great agony.
Her brothers, who were bitten at the same
time, arc as yet free from any symptoms
of the malady.
A dead body was found packed in a
bariel at Ilechclaga, Quebec, yesterday.
The barrel was marked "poultry," ami
directed te Montreal. It is believedd that
the body was "resurrected" by some
medical students.
The Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohie rail
road was sold at Richmond, Va., under the
decree of the United States circuit court,
Clarence II. Clark, of Philadelphia, be
coming the purchaser for himself and as
sociates for $8,650,000.
A boy named Grimes, of Peckville, was
killed by the cars en the D. & H. gravity
railroad near Scranton last Tuesday. He
attempted te get upon a ear of a rapidly
moving tram when his clothes caught m
the wheels and he was dragged a mile,
mangling his body in a horrible manner.
A terrible explosion occurred yesterday
at P. C. Mescr & Ce.'s coal mine, near
Salem, by which seven men were killed
aud seven severely injured. Seme of the
latter may net recover. The explosion
was caused by a miner going with a lighted
lamp into an apartment containing fire
damp, although he had been warned net
te de se. He was one of the killed.
The Congregational church at White
Water, Wisconsin, was burned en Wed
nesday afternoon. Less $25,000. The
linseed oil works of Archibald & Schurmir
at St. Paul, Miuneseta, were burned yes
terday morning. The buildings were
wrecked by the explosion of tanks, and
two men were killed. The less en prop
erty is 820,000.
Alexander Hamilton, a native of Holly Helly
town, Lauaikshirc. Scotland, but who has
hecn living at Coletown, Illinois, at
tempted te sheet himself while coming
ea-.t en a train ou the i Ie read. A pas
senger dashed the revolver downward and
the ball, instead of entering Hamilton's
neck, at which it was armed, buried itself
in his ankle. He was taken te St. .Testph's
hospital.
THE BEAUTV OF THE fcVKXKO SKY.
Telescopic ConteiupUlieu of tne Meed,
Jupiter, Venus ami Marc.
Providence Journal. Feb. S.
The planetary aspect of the evening sky
has net been se beautiful for many years,
and the show is new approaching its cul
mination. The heavens were glorious te
beheld during the evenings of the last
week. The moon commencing with the
2d, paid her respects en successive even
ing u Venus, Jupiter,, and Mars,
and, yxecpting en one evening, there wcie
no clends te mar the exceptional beauty
of the scene. Ne observers could lift
their eyes te the golden mysteries cn
scribed above without being impressed
with the exceeding levliness of
the shining throng. Sunday evening, how
ever, carried off the palm for the remark
able clearness of the sky, the purity of the
atmosphere and the unruffled serenity of
the elemental conditions. The night was
one dear te the heart of the astronomers.
At 0:30 the celestial arch presented a
charming picture, the trio of planets
glowing in the west ; the moon, one day
past the first quarter, shining from the
zenith with the clustering Pleiades net far
away, Orien with his glitttering briliiauts
tilling the eastern sky with sparkling
light, and the matchless Sirius shining
in the southeast. The telescopic view
of separate portions of the picture
was superb beyond expression.
Venus, when the far-seeing eye of the in
strument was turned upon her, was an ob
ject of dazzling brightness, nearly the size
of the moon, her disk half-enlightened, as
our luminary leeks at her last quarter.
Jupiter was splendidly brilliant, his belts
radiant in prismatie hues, his great red
spot visible, and his moons attending their
giant chiel, two en one side and two ou
the ether. Saturn's jiecrless ringed orb,
with his belts aud ttiree moons, was tiie
next study. The telescope was then turn
ed te the moon, a portion of the terminator
or boundary between the bright and
shaded portions being brought into the
field. With a high power she seemed
se near that one by reaching out
might almost touch her surface.
There is nothing in astronomy mere
impressive thau the utter desolation
and death that reigu en the chalk like sur
face of this dead planet. There are no
clouds te diversify the sky, no twilight te
prolong the day, no sound te break the
eternal silence. Immense craters, deep
fissures, rounded hillocks, and the scars of
mighty commotions are all that lcmain of
regions that were probably habitable like
the eaith in limes gene by. The view en
the terminator was the most interesting.
Instead of the unbroken line of light that
marks its appearance te the naked eye, the
moon's rough edge was formed of branch
ing horns of radiant light, like the antleis
of a stag or huge formations of coral.
These were the summits of lunar moun
tains, lighted up by Lhe sun, which was
just rising te this part of the moon. The
bright mountain peak.s were weird and
wendeiful as well as beautiful, though
their only admirers wcie observers "40,000
miles away.
MsTi;it r.IAKV OF 3IEKUY.
A 'fl Ceremony l Nownrfc Newnrfc
Frcncli l.:uiv- lleiieimces tiie
-A Veiling
World.
A few meutlis age half a dozen Domini
can Sisters came from France and began
community life in a brick dwelling house
ru Sussex avenue, Newark. They pass
their time in contemplation, in perpetual
adoration of the Sacrament of the Altar,
and in prayer for persons in the world.
On Tuesday at tcnioen, for the first time
in America, a novice was received into the
eiiler as a .sister. The candidate was a
beautiful young French lady, whose nam.!
is kept a secret. Hereafter she will be
known as Sister Mar;' of Mercy. About
a dozen of her friends were present.
Archbishop Ce: rigan recdved her profes
sion. She and the sistcrssat in the rear
part of the chapel, and were separated
from the arclibishep and the visitors by ;t
lattice, in which was cut a small window.
The novice was dressed in bl.uk and were
a wreath of white flower. On the fleer
at the feet of the altar lay a bridal bouquet,
tied with white silk ribbon.
The Sisters opened the service by sing
ing a psalm. When this was ever, the
novice prostrated herself ou the fleer, and
the Archbishop said t her through the
window in the lattice :
"What de you ask, my child'?''
'The mercy of Ged and your mcicy,"
replied the novice in Fiench, speaking in
low tones.
The Archbishop directed her te rise, and
then preached the sermon. The sermon
ever, he advance te the grating. The Sis
ters new held lighted tapers in their
hands. In reply te a question from the
Archbishop, whether she would obey the
constitution of the order, the novice turned
te the Prioress sitting near by and gave te
her one hand, placing her ether hand
under the constitution of the order. Then
she made her profession.
Next she kissed the prioress and pros
trated herself once mere toward the altar.
The prioress removed the flowers from her
head, and put in heir place tiie front of
the scapular. IVahns were sung and pray
ers racked, mid finally a crown of thorns
was put en the head of the new sister by
the prioress. She gave and received from
the ether sisters the kiss of peace, and this
completed the ceremony.
The archbishop, however, sang the Tc
Dcum at the altar and gave the benedic
tion of the Blessed Sacrament.
AN AWITUL
ACCIDENT.
Caused by
the Alisceusrrucrinn
of n
Telegram.
A disastrous railroad accident occurred
at Reck IK II station, en the North Penn
sylvania railroad yesterday merniug,caused
by the passenger train due in Allen town at
8:17 running into a freight train which
was about entering the siding te permit
the passenger train te pass. Beth engines
were demolished, tiie baggage car was
telescoped and a number of freight cars
wrecked. The following is a list of the
killed and wounded : Killed Michael
Hallahau, hotel keeper, of Seuth Easten,
and James Farley, section foreman of
Qnakcrtewn Fatally injured Rev. Mr.
McFertney, late of Hokendauqua, new
residing at Germantewn.and Jehn Gately,
passcugers : Richard Morten, of
Seuth Bethlehem, fireman of the
passenger engine ; Ueorge lee
mans, West Bethlehem, baggage-master,
badly injured ; Charles Seifert, Seuth
Bethlehem, engineer of the freight en
gine, Geerge Green, Serrth Bethlehem.
engineer of the iiassengcr train, Charles
Everett, Bethlehem, Conductor Weed,
Philadelphia, and James Moere, Mauch
Chunk, express messenger, and a number
of ethers were injured slightly. The flag
statieu was partly demolished and the tel
egraph operator was seriously if net fa
tally injured. The disaster was due te the
misconstruction of a telegram by the en
gineer of the freight train, who had been
ordered te run into the siding below the
station. There was another siding above
the station which he thought was the one
meant in the dispatch, but before he
was able te reach it the collision
eceurcd. A dense fog prevailed at
the time.
Ne Special Value iu Elglit-l'eatlicrea TailK
Numerous inquiries have been received
at the treasury department from all
sections of the country relative te the value
of a standaid silver dollar en which the
eagle has eight tail feathers. It appear
that a report has been circulated that only
a few of these pieces have been coined",
and that consequently thev possess jrreal
numismatic interest and value. The facts,
however, are that owing te a defect in the
hub Jrern winch the hrst dies used at the
mints for coining the standard silver del-1
laie in viv uittut, uw ciigiu uuu cigub Kill
feathers. A new one was substituted en
which the engraver put ssven feathers in
the tail, but this was net dene until about
half a million of pieces were struck at the
Philadelphia mint, and probably as many
mere at the Western mints. The eiijht
feathered "tail dollars are therefore of no
mere value thau these with eniy seven.
m
A COLORED MAN'S CLUB.
Iligli-ltHtided Outrage l'erpetrateil i.i
Virginia.
At a trial in the justice court at Mue
ville, Pittsylvania, county, Va.. Satuiday
last, a negre named Saninel Wright, who
had lest a case, became abusive and at
tempted violence te the whites in court.
Anether negre became involved in the
quarrel and with a stick of weed shuck at
every white man he came te. His first
victim was J. C. Arthur, whom he felled te
the ground, and the next was Majer W.
II. Murrell, whose left arm was shattered,
and Chiistian Kendrick, whose hand was
broken in trying te Ward off the negre's
blows. Arthur's skull was broken and
after lingering until Sunday morning he
died. The negrees made their escape and
went te their club in the neighborhood
known as the True Friends club. Their
friends resolved net te allow them te be
arrested, but a posse well armed succeed
ed in lodging them in jail. The assault is
said te have been a most unprovoked one
and it was with great difficulty that the
citizens were prevented from lynching
them en the spot.
STA.TE ITEMS.
The council of the Secret League that
has been following Ke'un until their leader
furled his own 11 ig in obedience te the
bosses, met last evening and indorsed
Samuel G. King for mayor, of Philadelphia
by a close vote and after a bitter wran
gle. At a meeting of the trustees of Lafay
ette college en Tuesday the honorary dis
gree of doctor of divinity was conferred en
Rev Edtstll Ferrier, of Easten, class of
1834 ; Rev. Matthew Newkirk. of Phila
delphia, and Rev. Jehn C. Caldwell, of
Chainbcrsburg.
Near Pcnn station Constable Kelteu
went te a man's house te arrest him for
some trifling offense. The man was no'"
yet up, but upon being awakened and
learning the officer's errand he went back
te his room and cut his threat from car te
ear, dying iu a few minutes
State Senater Hawley has retired from
the proprietorship of the 3Iontresc (Sus
quehanna county) Democrat, and the
paper has passed into the hands of I).
Brewster and W. C. Crus&r, under whose
management it has our best wishes for
continued success aud usefulness.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE GUILD.
Oyster .Supper at tiie .11eruil.ni Church.
An oyster supper un!cr the auspices
of the Yeung Ladies' Guild, an erganiza
tien composed of the younger feminine por
tion of the congregation of the Jleravian
chinch in this city, began iu the lecture
room of the church last evening, and will
continue this and to-mervow evenings.
Notwithstanding the unpleasant weather
that greeted the inauguration of
the cnterpi ise. the attendance last nirht
was large and the pitrenage highly grati
fyi'.g te the youthful management. The
lecture room is decorated in a strikingly
beautiful and ar tractive manner. At
tached t the ceiling by its four cerneis
aud suspended immediately ever the cen
tre of the room where the supper table is
located the.e is a large American flag
forming a canopy under the protect
ing shadow of which the hungiy vis
itor may sit in calm security enjoying the
toothsome viands set out in inviting array
te tempt the appetite. The windows are
adorned in like patriotic style, the ,gas
jets arc neatly set off. while en the .south
wall greeting the vision immediately upon
entering the room is the word "Welcome"
in letters of green, faced by the word
"Guild" directly opposite en the north
wall. A feature of the ornamentation,
and adding materially te the picturesque
fleet, is that of the flower tabic, where
is te be seen an abundance of living ami
cut plants, many of the flowers rare and
all of them beautiful. An a i eh decorated
with trailing greens surmounts the table
completing a decoration that is as well
ordered as it is ornate, and the full ciedit
of which, as welt as for the general exce'
lcnce of all the arrangements of the affair,
belongs te the young ladies, who reso
lutely rejected all masculine assistance in
their venture.
At the supper table may be procured
oysters in cvciy style anil cooked iu a way
that would reflect high credit upon the
cuisine of our best regulated hotels and
restaurants, together, of course, with all
the accessories necessary te make up a
palatable repast, aud everything in
profuse abundance. The table is in charge
of 3Iisses Ella Kendig, Emma Messcnkep,
Lillie Smith. Ida Ochs, Alice Feller. Lida
Kendig, Addic 31ishler, Annie Delict. Ida
Frailcy and 3Iamc 3Iaurer.
The confectionery table is liberally sup
plied with cakes, candies, fruits, etc., from
which one who lias just partaken of the
substantial of the supper table may, with
a trifling additional eutlay.selcct a dessert,
the table being as well supplied as it is
tastefully arranged. In charge are 3Iisses
Emma Albright, Fannie Demuth, Louisa
Frailcy, Mize Fisher and Sasie Uewder.
A 3Ieravian supper without a cup of the
famous 3Ieravian coffee, would be an
anomaly iudecd, aud the delicious beverage
with a toothsome cake ei generous dimen
sions may be obtained at a table in charge
of .Misses Clara Unci: and Laura Stark.
There is an ice cream table where this
palatable delicacy is furnished in ample
quantity by 3Iisses Lydia Hoeh, 3Iamc
Brady and Annie Kehlcr.
The flower tabic already alluded te and
partially described, one of the most attrac
tive spots in the room, is iu charge of
Misses Lela Zug, Bertha Regcnnas and
3Iaud Sturgis. fc
The visitor is at once struck by the pe
culiar badge of the Guild which is went
by all the ladies in charge. It consists of
a head-dress of parti-colered ribbons wein
en top of the head, and is at once unique
and pretty.
The young ladies are entitled te gener
eus patronage from the friends of the
church and the public generally, the ob
ject of their enterprise being the benefit of
the Sunday school. Everything they offer
for sale is as cheap as it is geed. An ex
cellent supper is obtainable for thirtv-five
cents, and ether things in proportion. As
the weather favors them te-day an increas
ed attendance may be reasonably antici
pated this evening.
Officers Blectcil.
The following persons were installed as
officers of Strasburg ledge, Ne. 1,30
I. O. of Geed Templars, last evening, by
Ledge Deputy L. B. Streng :
W. Chief Templar G. 31. Sehner.
W. Vice Templar Lizzie Foulk.
W. Secretary Sallic Hildebrand.
W. Asst. Sec. Hattie Kendig.
W. Finan. Sec Mary Whilsen.
W. Treasurer Jem. Rehrcr.
W. Chaplain J. E. Kcyler.
W. 3Iarshal WillRehrer.
W. D. 31. 3Iarie Trout.
W. I. G. Gallic Round.
W. O. G. Isaac Reslcr.
AV. R. II. S. 3Iartha Maynard.
W. L. II. S. Ella 31ullikin.
P W. C. T. AmandiLandis.
Trustees Jehn N. Geedman. Edwaid
Miller, Elim Hell.
Delegates te Convention Amauda Lan-
dis, Hattie Leche, Mary Whitson, J. B.
Martin, G. M. Sehner, B. F. Harple. J. Nf. I
UOOUmsn.
DOCTOR'S DAY.
DOSING TIIE UUAlKSAT HARIUSUCKO.
Tne D.mpliin District Melic:tl Society's
.Meeting uud B.mqtiet.
The meeting of the Dauphin district
medical society wa- held yesterday in As
sociation hall, Harrisburg. aud the occa
sion proved a very interesting one. About
one hundred docteis were present, com
prising representatives from Chester,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin. Juniata,
Lebanon Lancaster, Mifflin, Perry and
Yeik counties. The meeting was also at
tended by two female phy.sieians,
Dr. Agnes Kemp, of Harrisburg, aud Dr.
Margaret A. Cleaves, of the state insane
hospital.
The meeting was called te elder by Dr.
J. C. Hutteu, president of the Dauphin
county society.
Dr. II. L. Oith was notable te be pres
ent at the opening of the meeting se the
address of welcome he had prepared was
read by Dr. Curwcrr.
A session was held in the afternoon from
4 te G o'eleek. A lunch was then served
at the hall and the exercises were resumed
at 7.
The following interesting papeis were
read: "Medical Education in its Relation
te Quackery." J. L. Ziegler M. D.Meuut
Jey; ''Practical Observation in " Using
Chloroform," Jehn T. Carpenter, M. D.
Pottsville, Pa., Embolism J. W. Kerr, M.
D., Yeik, Pa., The .Mimicry of D'vsease,
S. Weir Mitchell. 31. D., Philadelphia.
Pa. ; Treatment of Nase Pharnygeal
Cataiih, J. Moutgemory, 31. D., Chara
bersburg, lt. ; Seme Diseases Peculiar te
3Ien and Bev, S. I). Kicifer, 31. D., Car
lisle, Pa.
At 10 p. m. the company proceeded te
the Leehiel hotel where the dining room
was occupied with a large table set in
the shape of a " T " te which about 125
persons sat down, and the bill of fare at
that hour of night, was the best evidence
in the world that dyspepsia is a mere
"mimicry of disease." Fried oysters,
shrimp sauce, chicken salad, ice cream,
white meuataiu cake and all sorts of pas-
tiy went tlewn en top of soup, turkey anil
! ether substantial
The whole assemblage acknowledged
theii obligations te the Harrisburg faculty
for their hospitality during the entire day.
The following physicians from this
county attended the meeting and partici
pated in the festivities: Dr.s. Beleuius,
Elder, Coinpteu. 31. L. Herr, S. T. Davrs,
Welchans. of Lancaster; Berntheisel,
Craig, Linsweaver, Brunei', of Columbia ;
II. Black, of Strasburg; Leaman, of
Lcamau Place ; 31iller, of Bird-iu Hand ;
Lightuer and 3IcCaa, of Ephrata ; 31iles
Davis, of 31iller.s ville ; J. L. Ziegler and J.
B. Ziegler, of 3Ieunt Jey ; Treichler, of
Elizabethtown ; Weismau aud Bain of
Uainbiidge, and Gatehcll, of 3Iai'iievil!e.
Concerning CJuacks.
Dr. J. L. Zieglcr's paper.as noted above,
was devoted te the subject of humbug,
empricism and ignorance, aud the l elation
te them of medical education. The geed
doctor expressed the opinion that with a'l
the agitation en the subject of medical ed
ucatien, numerous and able reports
of ' committees, eloquent addresses
and exhaustive papeis read and
presented en ihese subjects, little
real progress has been made in the direc
tion of working the nodded reforms ; and
ignorance, superstition and credulity sup
plant the patient, laborious and untiring
worker iu the field of true science.
3fcn of high social, commercial and pre
i fessienal position are continually placing
the lives et themselves and umihes rute
the hands of these who practice glaring
frauds and their patronage and eulogy are
readily secured for illiterate charlatans.
I Of all the learned professions none, ac-
cording te Dr. Ziegler, are se disloyal te
l the cause of true medical science as the
I clergy, who are "prompt in their patrou patreu
I age and aid te every species of fiaud in
j medicine te the injury 'arid humiliation
. of these whose services they can command
and willingly de lccieve in the hour of dis
ease and danger, without money and with
out price."
In demonstration of his assertions Dr.
Ziegler read and commented upon some
recent advertisements and editorials
" found in some of our most respectable
newspapers.
One el these was a claim
by a certain " magnetic," Dr. Flewess,
t'rat he had touched a lock of Cel. The-.
A. Scott's hair, and, without knowing
whose it was or where it came from, cor
rectly described the ailments of the gie.tt
railroad president ; that he had touched
his hand aii'i the dead member warmed te
life and perfect usefulness. Cel. Scott,
the beneficiary of this treatment, has been
elected president of the managers of the
hespittl department of the University of
Pennsylvania !
Dr. Ziegler also ouetcd at length from
an article reprinted m t!ieLvrnrMftEXCi:ie
of December 11, 1830, giving a sketch of
the Italian woman Regiua Dal Cin, and an
account of her famous cures abroad and
in this country. One story related in the
ISTi:ia.iei:sri:n account, was specially re
fcrred te. and pronounced by l)r. Ziegler
te be such as was impossible for any iu
telligent poison te believe "except ou th
pica that Dal Cin possessed the crcativ
power of divinity." The editorial
commcutef tiie lxTEhiaGEXcnr: en the
life, persecutions and triumphs of Dal
Cin and its conclusions were quoted
as "showing a hatred te that medical pro
fession which they cannot bend te their
own belief in the efficacy of the homeeo
pathic delusion.
Continuing, Dr. Ziegler, expressed the
opinion that the doctors ought net te com
plain when their own profession was net
guiltless of as gross dereliction as the laity
in patronizing and practising " such ab
surdities." He fiercely denounced the
patronage of quacks by the regulars, the
advertising devices, then endorsement and
encouragement of humbugs and the resort
te the pretty tricks of the chaMatan by
recognized members of the profession.
Regular medical schools, he charged,
are turning out yeuug men by
the thousand who are notoriously
unqualified te excrcise the high call
ing of the physician. The profes
sion has net insisted en a mere
thorough, exact and extended education.
The address was an earnest plea for better
preparation of the student, se that popu
lar confidence in the power of medicine
and the skill of its practitioners may be
strengthened. If the profession hopes te
be respected and te maintain the popu
lar favor it must keep pace with
the requirements of the age, insi-.t upon
a mere careful training, a mere
rigid discipline and culture, se that the
ignorant and unlettered shal 1 net be en
dowed with the honors of the graduate ;
se that the rcputable profession may be
protected from the public indiscriminatien
between the well educated and ignorant,
who often held diplomas from the same
school. Agitation,organization and as
sociation are, however, accomplishing the
needed reform and only need te be en
couraged and developed te perfect it.
JlIiM Cynthia L.. Hare's Case.
The following extract from the Ixteli.i
gkncek's account of Rcgirra Dal Cin is
mat iieiu wiueu ur. ziegler quoted ves
terday, and, as was developed in the dis
cussion and is pretty well-known in this
city, the subject of this operation was
3Iiss Cynthia L. Bare, daughter of D. S.
.1 j. r l.!l. TS rwT . .
Iare of this city, and the well-known and
accomplished vocalist :
" The patient was a lady who had suf
fered from childhood from luxatien of the
right hip. occurring during a violent attack
of typhoid fever brought en by excessive
indulgence in the exercise of skipping the
rope. The dislocation was complete, the
head of the femur being thrown up against
the side of the pelvis in a position which
caused a shortening of the leg of about
secen incTiea, nearly two inches of the de:i
ciency at the time of operation being due
te arrested growth of the bones. The al
normal position of the head of the thigh
bone was easily twrceptible, and the fact
of the dislocation was known te- the physi
cians iu charge of the child at the time.
Its reduction was net attempted, as it was
believed that there had been such rupture
of the ligaments as te make the retention
of the bone in its socket impossible, even
if the reduction could be effected at that
time, which was about four months after
the luxatien. The crippled child grew
te womanhood, gradually gaining the
power of locomotion, first by the aid of
ciutchcs and finally by the use of a ImkiI.
built up en the inside te the height of
about seven inches. Twenty e.irs had
elapsed, when the wonderful achievments
of Dal Cin reached the lady's ear, and she
at once consulted her. After a brief ex
animation, Dal Cin declared that she could
reduce the dislocation, but that the leg
would still be about two inches shorter
than the ether. A fomentation of bran
and one or two simple herbs was applied
for ten days te the muscles of tire hip, ami
then the dexterous Italian, in a moment's
time and without inflicting the least pain,
performed her great, operation as already
dcscribed, and before the patient was
aware, her joyous "Finite!" "Finite!"
announced that-the thing was done. The
bone was back in the socket that it had
deserted tfreivy vears age and that ac
cording te all the books and all the exper
ience and learning of surgery, could net
possibly receive it ! The operation com
plete, a light splint holds the bone te its
new position, the patient is kept in a re
cumbent position for three weeks, and
then is placed upon her feet and begins
her lessens of walking, very timidly at first
but gaining confidence and strength every
day. The leg, upon accurate measure
ment, is found te be just a quarter of an
inch longer thati Dal Cin pi utilised te
make it, and the delighted patient returns
home rejoicing in the geed fortune that
brought her at the latest possible mement:
into the wonder-working hands of Region
Dal Cin."
Hew It. TIim?
The following was published in the Is
TCLLIGKXCER at the same time, but was
net referred te in Dr. Zieglcr's paper of
yesterday :
" The case which we have just desciibed
came te the knowledge of one of Philadel
phia's distinguished surgeons, Dr. Themas
G. Morten and he promptly accepted an
opportunity for an examination. In com
pany with Dr. Anna 31. Bioeniall, the tal
ented Resident of the Weman's hospital,
Dr. 3Ioiten made a careful investigation
of the history el the case, which affords
st long evidence of the eiigmal dislocation,
the character of the operation and its re
sults, arriving at the irresistible conclu
sion, frankly conceded in the face of every
theory and tradition of his profession,
that, assuming the fact of the dislocation
the reduction has been perfectly accem
I pished under circumstances hitherto con-1
suiercir as matting such an operation
impossible ; that the restored joint has
its full natural movement, and that the
successful performance of Dal Cin prob
ably opens te surgical science an impei taut
revision of its accepted theories legaid
iug old luxatiens, and an oppei trinity for
great benefit te mankind in a direction
long age abandoned as impossible.
This interesting case was brought before
the monthly meeting of the Philadelphia
academy of surgery, Tuesday evening, by
Dr. Moiten. That it should have met
t ith instant acceptance w.is net expected
even iu view of Dr. .Morten's presentation
of a case cited by the great Sir Astley
Cooper of a luxatien of the femur acci
dcntly reduced after five years' standing.
Further exact evidence of the eriignal dis
location was demanded, but it is evident
that some of tiie surgeons present were
prepared te fellow Dr. 3Iorten's example
and te give the facts stated by him an hon
est and careful examination.
The ' Intelligencer'" Comments.
Following is an extract fiem the Ikti:l
ligexcek's cditeiial cemmciits of the
same date, te which Dr. Ziegler took ex
ception :
"The story of this peasant woman's life
and labors, her persecution and triumph,
is mere interesting than any ficlieu we
wet of. She is a marvel of eiigiual genius
well-directed, of obstacles overce!i:e,and of
merit finally recognized ami fitly rewarded.
But she is most useful hi illustrating the
perversity of medical science if medi
cine is a science in refusing te hear te
new discoveries or te heed fresh inspira
tions unless they ceme in the " regular "
way. There is a great deal of "pew-wow"
and humbug in medicine ; much of it
among the regular practitioners aud net
a little among the pride of the schools. It
takes great vigilance in the profession te
keep the public from being victimized by
quacks. In their zeal te protect their
patients from being dosed and
drugged, and butchered in an
"irregular" way, the "regulars" may
he excused ler the exercise of a little
countervailing humbug, and their phi
lanthropy nny sometimes pardon their
stupidity. But for a profession that calls
itself liberal and which pretends te aim at
the relief of men's buffering, its treat
ment of these who have claimed te have
new insights into the healing ait has
been .singularly discreditable te itself
and well calculated te make paeple cred
ulous of the fiuaeks and distrustful of
the regulars. The story of Rcgina Dal
Ciu's persecutions is the story of .Tenner
and Harvey ; and who knows hew much
mere valuable discoveries have been hid
den bv the rebuff which their discoveries
met from the schools. The greatest char
latanry iu any human science is that
which assumes te knowledge of all that is
knewablc in its branch, and which fails te
recognize that a beginning effall knowledge
is the appreciation of hew much there is
te Ieain."'
31 ere Testimony.
Alter Dr. Ziegler had concluded his
paper yesterday Drs. S. T. Davis and J.
A. Elder, of this city, declared te the
meeting that they wcre familiar with 31iss
Barc's case and knew et the vast improve
ment wrought te her limb, and had heard
her explanation of its treatment by Regina
Dal Cin, substantially as above related.
There were a few questions asked them,
brrt a fresh young man arose and depre
cated the discussion as "inquiring into a
humbug," and the meeting seemed satis
fied te step it when he sat down.
THO "Owl" Matter.
31. 31. Lcib, one of the publishers of the
Old. the arrest of whose agent in Scranton
has been noted in these columns, dcsiies
us te correct a misapprehension which a
local paragraph in yesterday's edition is
liable te create. Therein it wa stated, ou
the authority of the Old publisher, that
Blanchard, the arrested agent, had hew.
discharged, while a paragraph clipped
from the llepuhliean and appended te the
former statement was te the effect that
the alleged disseminator of scarrdal
had been taken before the mayor, and by
that magistrate recommitted in default
of bail, for trial. 3Ir. Lcib reiterates that
his agent has been discharged from cus
tedy, and nas recerved a letter Ireni
Blanchard, of later date than the Iltpub
lican paragraph, iu which the agent an
neunces his release from the clutchas of
the law, and says that the pro;ecuter has
withdrawn the suit against him.
The Republican of ycsteiday has this te
day in reference te the matter: "Charles
Blarrchard, agent for the Old, was released
- ... 7.a , ? r t -
fmm inil Teesdav evening. 3Ir. 3IcAn
drews having decided te drop his presecu- eU5Cr1: "c . ina'er fmcms V
tien upon Btotaiard'spremiBe te abandon 'eouneto, members of the dillercnt lire
his contemptible business and quit lhe
city. He fulfilled the latter pait of his
premise at once, and wiitther he ob
serves its first part or net will make little
difference, t'ev the Otcl will net be allowed
te fleuiish it indecency again iu this city.
The maver himself hath said it, and the
police propose te carry out his instructions
te the letter.'"
FATAL ACCIDENT.
1'utrirU .lli-Alrrr Killfd and 111 Brether
iinnry lS.tfiy Wounded.
About 11 o'clock this morning, 3Iiss
3Iargaiet 3IcAIeer, residing at Ne. 10ii
Plum street, received a letter dated Prov
idence. R. I., that her brother. Patrick
3IcA!ccr. foreman el" a machine shop in
that city, had been killed by the bursting
of a boiler, and that his brother, Harry
3IeAleer. was se seriously injured that
his recovery is despiiicd of.
Further particulars of the accident are
net given.
The 3IeAleers were well known in this
city. Pat lick was about el years el age,
a machinist by trade, and has been away
from this city for several ye ir. Harry was
about 20 ye rs old, and went te I'rovideuce
te finish his trade.
The letter is from the Rhede Isl.uid lo
comotive verks at Providence, and it was
wiitteue!! Weiluesiliy evening It states
that an engine, wlii-h was being run by
Patrick MeAlcerand fired by Harry, blew
up ; the former was se badly injured that
he will di". but the latter will recover.
Harry weiked, for a time, at the Pcnn iron
works mid he left this city in August.
i'llt'KTOF UO-tlJION ri.KAs.
itrfern .liulge Litingfttmi.
G. A. Giove vs. Chiistian Hershcy,
owner, &e., and V. II. Hogentogler, con
tractor. Si'i.fit. ,ur mechanics lien. The
testimony s"iOWed that iu the year 187(5
Hershcy made a con t nut with Hogentogler
te erect flu- houses iu the borough of Col
umbia. Hogentogler hired a man named
Haitmaii teile the work but he latter
left before it wis finished anil then Greve
was hired. The pi.rintiif claims that he
did weik and fm nished material between
December, lS7t, and 3Iarch, 1877, te the
amount of 6ift:', and as he was net. paid he
tiled a lieu fortbeameunt- Thedcfciisu was
that the chaige by Greve was t m high, as
the weik was nearly finished when he be
gan. That at the time he was doing this
work he had sceral ether contracts en
hand where much time hid been spent by
him, whi'e he charged the defendants
with time which he did net give them.
They fin ther claim that the- last charges
in the bill had been given date te .March,
1877, te bihig the lien within the time
prescribed by law for filieg liens, as the
beuse was finished ami occupied by .March,
1877. On trial.
This afternoon, pending the decision of
the com t the parties stt tied the ease and
a verdict was taken in favor of the pl.iin-
tirer'i.i-,.;;.
It"ir .liMlge V ittersuu.
The Susquehanna .Mutual lire insurance
company vs Samuel Scalier and Samuel
Giube, trading as Seaber & ('rube. This
is an action te recover assessments made
by this company, en the defendants,
who were members of it. Tiie plaintiff
showed by 15. K. lluntzhigcr, of Harris
burg, the general agent of the company in
Ilanisbiirg, that, a policy, was issued te
the defendants en the 10th of April, 1877.
for five ycarseii their planing inillatLititz.
for the -.Aim of l,."i!)( ; they paying cash
$72 and .i u " for $1 23J payable by as
sessments, wh.ti required by the company
te meet, l.i.-es. The company made the
following .isse.muits en tin plaintiffs in
three j ears: IS77, $120; 1877. .Si:;i.."i;
187!), c2!(). These amounts weirs never
paid and this suit was brought te recover
the amount of assessments, with interest.
Tiie plaintiff offered the applications of
the defendants ami the policy in evidence.
The defens"! offered te prove that the
first contract was made with A. B. Reiil
eubach, the local agent of She company,
whoagietdte insure the defendants en
the annual premium plan and they were
net te be called upon te pay usscseUicnts
for flies. This contract was ratilicd by
Hiintziiiger at this time of signing the ap
plication, by the defendants, who objected
te the puiiti'il feiin. which contained the
terms "live years'' for a-sesveients. Iluiit
ziugcr said it was only the usual form,
which would net b: adhered te in this
case. Under this airnuigement the de
fendants insured their prepeity, but de
net ceu eiler themselves liable for assess
ments. This testimony te viilually annul the
written contract was objected te by the
plaintiff en the ground that the company
was net, bound by any airangeineuts of its
agents unless it was done in writing as :i
notice te the company at the time of tin:
application. This wa net allowed by the
court, and the defense offered te preve
that with a printed circular the agent,
Reidcnh.ieh, informed -them that they
were doing luisinc'-s en the mutual aud
annual pi mium plan, with premium notes
and they could insure in either way.
Samuel Sea her was called te prove this,
hut it was liilni out by the eeuit.
A. IJ Rcidciibuch was then c-illcd by the
defen-e te preve these facts: that he
agreed te insure the defendants en this
plan; he sent an applie ilieu te Iluntzinger,
in Hani.sbuig; ilniitziiigcr went te Lititz
and took with him an application ; after
he objected te the late Hiintziiiger agreed
that the .defendants he insured en
the aniiu.il interest plan, as contracted by
him; as the defendants insisted all along
that they would net in-.ure en the assess
ment plan ; further, that the 872 paid at
the time was the annual in'cicst of the
$1200 note.
The defeie-e objected te this testimony
as being an eial modification te a written
eetit.-ict. The court reserved their deci
sion in regard te the admission of the tes
timony until thii afternoon. On trial.
Current ISuhIiicss.
S. -1. McC'arrel, esq., a member of the
Dauphin county bar, and at present di.s
trict att uney. was adr.titted te practice
in our cons is. He is engaged in the in
suranee c.i-e before Judge I'attcisen.
H. S. Shcnuk, Republican aud Simen W.
Raub, Democrat, were appointed watchers
for t!e 1 2. eti'vi in the Second ward.
ilKB MATTKKS.
Dciliv.-tSi'tii r the w Humane Ilall
Ojirnlii;; of lhe ;r:nl fair.
The lii'iiic ttien el the new hall of the
Humane lire company and the commence
ment el the grand fair for the benefit of
the company will take place at the hall ou
West King street te-morrow evening and
will doubtless be a most interesting and
attractive afftir. The hall has been dec
orated wish rare" taste, ami the articles
contributed te the fair embrace every
vaiiely of works of art and mechanism.
The following members of the State As
sociation of Volunteer Firemen will cer
tainly bu here : Harry A. Derr, esq., of
Xorristetvu, president of the association ;
IJ. Bry. is M Coel, of Pottsville. chairman
of the'exeeirtrvu cemmittee: W. II. Hern,
of Catas.itiqua, of the executive and insur
ance ennmittce ; Samuel Ettla, of Har-li-hurg.
of tie1 (tension committee ; Hen.
S. E. Aeci:. i and Wellington Van Reed,
of Reading, of the insurance committee ,'
Othcis prominently identified with the
State association have signified their ex
pectation te atrend.
Speeches will be made by Walter 31.
Franklin, ft. Bryson 3IcCoel. Harry A.
Derr, I. Iv. B.rrr. A. S. Edwards, and
ethers. The maver, members of city