4 31 LANCASTER DAIL1 INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 188L ILancastct ntrU:gnirc& WEDNESDAY .EVENING, MAR. 2, 1881. Overstepping His Authority. Wefear that our friend, Dr. Brooks, chief of the Millersville normal school, has put himself in an entirely indefensi ble position in claiming his right te for bid the students of that seminary te ride in a particular public street car, plying between this city and Millersville, just because the doctor and some of the fe male students weie also passengers aboard it. Tin: propriety of such a re quest from Dr. Brooks te a student is open te question : the impropriety el u 'command is nut. Dr. Brooks, by vir tue of his headship of the col lege, is net in supreme command of its students, te direct their motions wherever they may be. Within the pie- cincts of the college he is properly dic tator, under the rules laid down for its government In the city of Lancaster, four miles away, lie has no such power. If a student properly behaves himself lie may net be expelled ler misbehavior ; and anybody's common sense will tell him that it is net a misbehavior in a male studenttostepen beard a public street cir, te be taken from this citx; te his home in the college, and te refuse te eVy an order of tin- college president tii:.t '! .-hail - , :Y again and take an .-the:' ear. Te j;"l such control of his convex ancc Dr. Bioeks should have char tered it : like any ether man. If Docter Bioeks had politely icqucsl rd Mr. Langan te take the oilier car, that gentleman should probably have done se out of deference te him. Though why such a leqt.est even should have been made is net obvious. Surely there could be no imprepiiety in a male stu dent riding in the same car with female students of the institu tion, when Dr. Brooks xvas along with them. It is xery absurd te sax that any inle of the .choel. prohibiting the mingling together -if the students of betii sexes, applies te their traveling to gether in a street ear, mi their return te the s'-hoel from a permitted absence: and especially xvlien the college president was in their company If tin rules are thus construed the school autheiities will need te furnish a special ear ter their female students in their comings in and goings out : or bag them up and haxe them called around te prevent their contact xvith men. We candidly con-, fess thai xve never heard of any- thing in the conduct of a school of quite se preposterous a character as i this action of Dr. Brooks in leijuiiing ;. male student te lide in a different car from himself and his girls. It quite puts into the shad" the celebrated seclusion of the fair sex by that renowned duenna, Miss Eastman, at Breeke Hall. ' Se deubl the doctor lias an arduous undertaking en his hands, in subduing ! te the proper sobriety of demeanor the associated male and female students at MiileinviHc : but se long as he permits them 10 brc.it he the air of the same school loom, xve submit that their contiguity in a Millersville street car, under his vigilant obserx'atieu. may rea sonably be pii'initlcd. 0P (sf Time. Our neighbor et the Xcc Er evident ly does net s-e th" jewel in cen-istenex. It gixes an am 01 able xarie'y te the edi- . terial columns e! a nexx'spap t. no deubl. te maintain diifereiit opinions in each. but still it is net a practice that is gen- erally adopted. 1 lie uadeisel our con temporary mif' be semexvhal at a less te determine what the opinion of that journal reailv is upon the question of begging for church and charitable insti tutions, since thex read la-t exvuing in the first column a stieng appeal te them te contribute te the Y. M. C. A., while in tin; next was a still stronger denunciation of appeals of exactly that character. The one xvriter xvas ceux'incel that there ought te b" fifty men in the city te gix'e a hundred dollars, or a hundred men te gix-e fifty dollars, te pay off the debt of the Y. M. C. A.: xx bile the ether thought that it was utterly abominable thai such associations shenM fust run themselx'es into debt and then buttonhole the charita ble te help them out. He charged mis management upon all debt-burthened chanties, and maintained the sound epiii' jj 'at t! g. 1 pi'ei):- xx he run tiieiii semiid Til ....j . --...c inii" coat ac cording te theircleth and provide theni selves with money te pay for what tney buy before they buy it. That excellent rule for private undertakings would seem te be as excellent for public ones, even though they be charities; and" under its operation xve suggest te the Xcic Era readers that they may be comfortably in different te the needs of ihe Y. M. C. A., until thai journal can show them the portieularexceptien xvhich that xverthy charity can claim te the excellent rule it lays down, te the confusion of all beg- , gars. MS TnrRE seems te be quite a unanimous mention in te-day's dispatches of Mr. Rebert Lincoln for secretary of war under Garfield's administration. He is net a man of any great weight nor even of mucli prominence as a politician. It can hardly be conceived that the mere sentimental consideration of his father's name and memory would induce Mr. Garfield te assign him te a cabinet posi tion. It seems mere likely that his name is being used te kill off some mere objec tionable Illinois appeintmei.1" that is being pressed upon Garfield. It would be like the new president's moral coward ice te take refuge in some such device. The Democratic minority in the next Heuse xvill be under skillful leadership. Their best men xx ill be these who ha'e had the valuable congressional experi ence of service in a majority and mi nority. Mr. Randall returns te the fleer, Helm an and Ilexvitt arc regained te the membership, and xvith Morrison. of Illinois; Randelph Tucker, of Vir ginia; Cox, of Xexv Yerk; Carlisle, of Kentucky; McLau'e, of Maryland; Bragg, of Wisconsin, and ether trained parliamentarians te oppose thcleaderiess Republicans, their slender majority will fce of very .-.light advantage. The venerable Horatio Seymour, in some views en tlte general political situ ation, which xve republish, expresses himself xvith the clearness, the patriot ism and the cogency xvhich xve hax'c long been led te expect from the Democratic sage xvhen he gives forth his opinions en public questions and party affairs. Noth ing can be mere sensible than his ad vice te young men te net lake up the quarrels of the old peliticansaud distract therartv xvith their continuance. Neth ing can be mere certain than that the young Democrats of the country are being animated by this spirit. General Hancock's nomination xvas an evidence of tliis ; there xvas nothing in his defeat te lead the movement backward. It is the men xvhe will be living long after the principals in Democratic factions of twenty years age are dead, te xvliem the party must turn for its best impulses and most intelligent future direction. "With reverent memory of the great men of the past and tender regard for these who remain xvith us, it must be remem bered thai Democracy is te exist for Democrats of the future ami that its back must be turned upon these whose strife has tee often led it te defeat. A Mr. Fixic, who doubtless had no knexvledge of Judge Black as a contro versial xvriter, tackled him en the railroad question in the columns of the Xexv Yerk World : and as a crushing answer te the judge's charge of railroad exlei liens, cited the fact that one-fourth of the railroad property in the country has gene through bankruptcy in the last fix'e years. Te xvhich Judge Black ansxvers xvith as much gravity as usual : "Doubt less, this is true, but these corporations xx-ere net brought te insolvency by their excessive honesty or t lie severe modera tion of their charges. "Watered stock, the false appropriation of mortgage bends, and sham contracts for xx'erk at three times its vauie, xvhich the mana gers made by themselves, with them selx'es, and for themselves, xvill siiilieicnt. ly account fei their condition, xvitiieut i supposing that their freights and fares xvere tee low " Turn:!: does' net seem te be a geed prospect that Garfield will be able te compass his desire te reconcile all the Republican factions, lie hoped te de se by making Blaine secretary of state and giving the secretan ship of the treasury te a man of Oenkling's selection. Te this latter featureit is pretty well known thai Blaineand Sherman united in object ing and succeeded in defeating it. Less than this Colliding xvill net take; mere he certainly xvill net get and the plans for a happy family are sadly disarranged. MINOR TOPICS. Eiciity-"-i:vi:n per cent, of the Ameri can emigrants xvhe Iiaxe recently airix'ed at Paedel Xeilc, Mexico, are profession al gam'nleis. Gun esteemed and able eonleniperaiy the Wilmington (Del.) Eccry Eccning exhibits giatifxing symptoms et deserved prosperity in the handsome and stxlish new suit of clothes it his ju .t denned. May its shadow never be less. I:;.uv.ri:TiON"day is net ominous of a second term for Gen Gai field. The only ether two presidents inaugurated en Fii day. as somebody has discoveied, weie Jehn Quincy Adams and Fianklin Pierce, and neither was re-elected. Tui: practice of hanging a yellow ilag at thedoeisof houses containing smallpox patients has been frowned dexvn ; the temptation te v.e it xvhen lent i in ar reais having been found tee strong te re sist, the Philadelphia Xc-rs man has dis dis ceveiecl. X.vvv grog ha-, fallen a victim in part te the modern temperance movement in the British isles, and heicaftcr lads under 20 yea ii of age cannot have it. After that age saileis may have the allowance of grog if they wish ; if net, they may commute it for its x-alue, and take it out in choco late j Tun grotesque Cenger seems disposed te make himself a nuisance te the last in the Heuse of Representative"!. lie led ' the disgraceful filibustering .yesterday intended ie defeat the funding bill and ' compel an extra session. When Cenger ! gats into the Senate, David Davis xvill I probably be s.skcd te sit en Ifun, instead , of en the fence. They Ce net lake- te such ill-natured antics in the Senate. The internal rcx'cnue department has ! just decided a x'ery peculiar case. E. Spen. cer, of Lancaster, Ontario, Canada, is a photographer xvhe travels fiein plaee te place with a portable gallery shaped like j Neah's ark and having a reef partly made of glass. He desires te cmig-ate te the United States if he can bring his house and apparatus ever the line duty free. The authorities, after due consideration, have informed him that the tools of his trade aic free, but that his house is dutiable. THE BAXXs, W'itcti the motions of tin- InmLs 5usy banks ! Ile.r they cle-.e up like an nimy, moving en in solid ni'ik-. Spite et wind and spite nl weather. Firmly keeping step together. l'oet te foetand Hand te lian.i : Then the wheels ofspeculiitiea Itnll and rush threujih till the nation, And the business et thelahd Sways and tees like a leather. Floating hither, dtifting thither, As the breeze is hushed or l.inued I5y the curious, curious actions of tile solid, -e!i ! ranks Of fie banks, banks, banks, banks, IJank. bmks, bink, The inflation and contraction et the VanUs. "f'ii. Pemhaps it nex'er occurred te anybody until recently te put a comparative valua tion en the government bug professors. Mr. Knett struck upon this new line of thought in the Heuse debate ever the pro posed $10,000 items for considering the xvays of the cotton worm : " Theio would be mere propriety in the amendment vot ing $10,000 te buy turkeys te catch the tobacco worms in my district, for I am sure a single tui key cock is worth nieie in the extermination of insects noxious te agriculture than all the eniimolegists the government has employed in the last ten years."' SoiineXE writes te si contemporary te :.r .:.:' :"in.i,Wc,,i, . J.i.i- Ul """"a ..-..e.,- rv,. mv ul.am, Ol aneic or envelope, xiu ueeuuesiLie oe a practice that has cicpt into use without any authority or the sanction of auy relia ble wiiter, and is utterly destitute of sense or mcauing. A gentleman, who is one of the finest English sohelars of this country, was se annoyed at the popularity which this custom seemed te have that he went te some tieuble te ascertain its origin. The only possible conclusion that he came te was the following : In some old rhetoric, at one time commonly used in our schools and colleges, in the chapter en letter writ ing, the face of a letter is gix-cn en xvhich is written the name of the person te whom it is supposed te be addiessed. Under the name is the word " Addiessed " inclesed in brackets, intended by the author te sig nify te the student that there should the address be written. Nothing, in the writer's opinion, can be in better taste or meic elegant than the mere name of the person xvhen the pesitix'c address is net necessary. PERSONAL.. Miss Adelaide Louise Mess, daughter of Mr. Theodere Mess, of Wallack's thea tre, was last evening mariied te Airmen Wallvck, son of Lester Wallack. At the chuich of the Hely Trinity, Philadelphia, en Tuesday, March 1, by the Rt. Rex William Bacen Stevens. D. D., LL. D., assisted by the Rex-. W. Neil son McViekar, James Watts Meucuii te Miss Marietta Erazxnr.Tii Hoxer.E, youngest daughter of the Lite X. F. II. Denis, esq., both of the city of Philadel phia. The nuptials of Mrs. M.vnv RemxtOH, a leader in Philadelphia society and xvidexv of the late J. Xerris Robinson, formerly or the firm of Diexel & Ce., and J. Heed WniGHT, a wealthy New Yerk banker, weie solemnized yesterday afternoon in the Aich Street M. E. church by Bishop Matthexv Simpsen, assisted by the Rev. O. II. Tiffany, D. D. After the ceremony the newly-wedded couple proceeded te the residence of the biid 1704 Walnut street, where a formal icccptien tt given. The presents weie many and costly, comprising elaborate pieces of fc.il verwaic, raie xxeiks of ait, both oil painting and sculpture, antique bric-a-brac and ether valuable articles. At the con clusion of the reception Mr. and Mrs. Wright left for Washington. Ilr. Jehn Dr.xrsex Hess died yestetday morning of diabetes at his home he Pomp Pemp Pomp ten, X. J. lie xvas born at Chebuecc, new Essex, Mass., Sept. 1, 1801, and was graduated fieni Yale college in 1S2;5. He studied medicine in Xexv Yeik, and also at Edinburg and Paris, and began the prac tice of medicine in New Yerk in 1820. -lie we xvas sent xvith the expedition that car ried relief te Greece in 1327, and remained in Gieece three yeais, chiefly occupied in a hospital which he established at Pares. Henceforth he devoted himself te the edu cation of the blind and inx'ented a phon etic alphabet for the blind, consisting of forty-one characters, much resembling the Reman alphabet, te which he added tvxenty-twe prefixes, sul'ixe.s, &c lie also piepared numerals for the blind, and invented raised map xvith ingenious dc- vices let noting the xaiietts divisions, mans are still in utc. His An Illustrious remisyiv.iiiiau. Wu".hiii;t.pn Cor. Philadelphia bulletin. Repicsentativc Hiester Clyiner, of Pennsylvania, took occasion en Monday morning te piesent te the Heuse of lieprc i.cntatix'c en behalf of Mary Baldwin Irwin xvife of Geerge Bioekc, esq., of Biidsbore, Beiks county, aud Elizabeth Muhlcnbeig Irwin, of Philadelphia, the gieat grand children of Frederick Augustus Muhlen berg, the portrait of their illustrious an cestor. In ilr. Clytner's nddicss appoar appear cd the following sketch of the .subject of the poi trait : lie xis of that German race which me;e th-in one hundicd yeais age enne in gieat numbers, fugitives fiem the eivil and se se ligieus persecutions then icigniiig in their mother land, aud settled in the fertile val leys and along the lovely streams of East ern Pennsylvania. In Christian faith they weie ecnerally disciples of Luther anil Calvin. In their new homes they never forget the teachings of these jricat reform - ers, nor did they ever abandon their deve- iieu ie me p: incipies ei civil nneriy. Iver these they had risked the daugeis of the scaaul undergone thehaid.-hips and trials el life in the wilderness, and se it xvas that when the xxar was xx-aged xx hieh made us free, te be a German from the Palatinate or the decendant of one was te be a paM let -' " '' One of the first and foremost of thesj xvhe planted the race in Punnsylx'ania was the Rex-. Dr. Henry Melchoir Muhlcnbeig, xvhe, in 1742, xvas sent by the mother church in Germany as a mis sionary te the children of Luther, xvhe had settled in these far off states. lie was a learned aud dex'eut man, xvhe in the faith of the Christian added the sturdy devotion and courage of the patriot, anil for nearly a half century he ministered te the spiritual needs of his people, and during the long years of revolu tionary trial iie steed side by side xvith Washington and Franklin and Wayne and ether patriots in the heroic M niggle. His uame and memory arc deeply treas ured aud wherever them arc followers of Luther in this land he is spoken of as "Father.' He had three sons, all of xvhem xvcic distinguished in chuich and state, in civil aud military life. The first xvas Majer General Peter Muhlenberg, of Revolutionary fame and memory, whose statue, by eidcr of the state of Pes-nsylxMiiia, is seen te be placed in our hall of worthies. The 'ccend xx-as Frederick Augustus, the statesman, and the third Henry Earnest, the divine and naturalist. In early life they xvere sent te Germany and educated at the University of Halle, and upon their return home they studied divinity and xveie ordained minis ters of the Lutheran church. Only one of them. Henry Earnest, puistied his calliug te the end. Peter became a soldier at the personal solicitation of Washington him self. r redenck Augustus Muhlenberg became a btatcsmau at the demand of the people of his state, who in 1779 and 1780 elected him te the Continental Congress. Fer three years subsequently he was a member and speaker of state legislature. He then became a member of and speaker of the beard of consels, taking a leading and conspicuous part in calling the conx-cntieu which revised our state constitution in 1799. He was president of the state con vention called te consider the ratification of the federal constitution, and gave it earn est and efficient support. He xvas a member of the I., II., III. and IV. Con Cen cress, aud by reason of his experience aud fitness was elected speaker of the I., aud then again of the III. Congress. I may net nexv recount his public services : suf fice te say lie was the firm and unshaken friend of Washington, who greatly relied ea him in every emergency. After his long service he became the register of the land office in our state, holding xvhich he died, in 1801 .Tue following resolution by General Haxvley, of Connecticut, xvas uuanitKeusly adopted : Raehed, That the speaker be requested te inform Mrs. Mary B L Breeke and Miss Elizabeth Muhlenberg Irwin of the satisfaction with which their present of the portrait of their great-grandfather, Frederick Ausustu Muhlenberg, speaker of the First and Third Congresses, has been received ; assuring them that it shall be placed and preserved among these of ether distinguished men who in times past have presided ever this body." What Vennor Said. Under the head of "Probabilities for March, 1831," ilr. Venner's almanac has the following : " This March will come in like a lien. The beginuing of the month will be char acterized by storms of wind, which will culminate during the second week in heavy gales throughout the United States. On the 2d there will be heavy storms in Quebec and Montreal. On the 8th snexv storms are probable in St. Leuis, Kansas, Indian Ten itery and Arkansas. On the 9th and 10th gales are probable around Xexv Yerk, Bosten and interx'ening points and snow stetms nrettv ceueral. 'About the 7th and 8th.sterms of xvind and snow may be expected, followed by rain and slush. This condition of things may terminate in a cold clip about the 18th or 14th, with a snexv fall. On the 13th cehl weather may be expected in To Te Te eoneo, Sarnia and ether points west. " t-t. Patrick's day will arrix'e during the cold snap in Ontario and Quebec and the Northern states, while raiu, snow and sleet will prevail southward as far as Washington, and snow and raiu xvill fall in the Canadiau maritime provinces. With the beginning of the third week of this month, general snow falls from the lower provinces xxestvvard te Chicago arc likely te piex'ail. They xvill be succeeded by miid and spring-like weather, xvith indica tionsef rain and snow, xvhile heavy raiu storms will probably set in in the lexvcr provinces and portions of the United States. " During the last week, heax'y rains xvill pievail thiougheut Canada, with a preba ble snow-fall in the diiectien of St. Leuis, Me, and easterly gales en the Gulf of St. Laxvicnce. There xvill be signs of the opening of navigation in Ontario, xvhile snow-falls will be probable at points rest of Menti eal. On the 17th, heavy rain falls will be likely in the Lewer Provinces and Quebce, and through portions of the United States ; and from the 20th te the end of the month there will be wet xveather in Halifax. On the 30th the weather will be blustering, with sleet and snow possi bly at many points east and xvest. The old ada'ie about March xvhen it comes in like a lien, will net be falsified, as the month piebably xvill end lamblike." Dead at 104. Mrs. Mary Orcm, a xvell known and venerable resident of Hampden, Baltimore county, Md., died at the age of 104 years, 10 mouths and 4 days. Mrs. Orem resided in the neighborhood of WeOdberry for ever a half century. Her maiden name was Mary Peake. She was born at Ridge ley's Ferges, at the mouth of the Gun. i powder, en the 22d of April, 1776. Her j father was au Englishman, named Rebert ' Peake, xvhe came te this country with the British army, deserted and went as a drummer in the American army at the age of sixteen years. He married Miss Mur ' ray, by xvhem he had nine children, Mrs. Orcm being the eldest aud only surviving child In 1805 she married Cooper Oiem, acaipcnter at the Ferges, by whom she had nine children. James, her eldest liv- in child, is new 75 ycais of age and rc I sides in Baltimore. 5lrs. Hare, with whom ! she lives, is the eldest living daughter ! and is 03 years of aye. Mis. Haniet Sim- meus and Mary J. lleulk, with her son .James and Mrs. lime, her only surviving children, also reside here. Mrs. Orcm has had txventy-five grandchildren and fifty- I one gieat-grandchildicn. She xvas mar I ricd in her father's house by Rex. Nathan Greenfield and xvas familiar with many j events of the Revolution. Her husband i Cooper Orcm, served in the war of 1813 and ISM. Mrs. Oiem had been totally blind for four years, hut in geed health aud alwaxs" cheerful up te a fexv days age. She used te say that her grandfather en her m tiler's side, whose name was Cudlip and xvhe died in Cornwall, England, left an iuimeiiFe estate, of which she was one of the legitimate heirs. Lesses ly fire. The residence of William Price, at Cauld xvell, jx. J., was burned yesterday. Less, $12,000. A fire yesterday in Charles B. Paul's file manufactory, at 187 Tenth street, Brook lyn, caused 62,500 damage. 1 he Mansion house in Pert Royal, S. C, i wa binned yesteiday. Less, $10,000; ' eex'cred by insuiance. The summer reside! ce of J. D. Slabach, at Mentelair, X. J., was burned yesterday. Less, 810,000; insurance, $0,500. The morocco shop of A. A. Bates, in Davenpnt, Mass., was burned yesterday. Less, $3,000; insured for $3,500. The court houseat Beaufort, S. C, was burned yesterday. The records were saved. The less is estimated at $5,000. A fire of unkne.vn origin in the three story brown stone house occupied bv Mr. Patii-k Feid, editor of the imA World, at 100 Second Place, Brooklyn, and owned by Mr. II. A. Sclixvcstering, last night, caused 65.000 damage. Extending te 108 Second Place, the residence of Mis. J. Mcrwiu, the fire there caused $3,000 dam dam age. l he less by Jire and robbery of houses and geed through the riot of Jan. 13, at Lima, arc estimated at $G,000,000. STATE ITEMS. The Altoeua Sua takes a step backward in reducing its size and its price te one cent. larmeis. in Washington county, are scattering sheaves of wheat along the hedges for the benefit of the suffering partridges. While engaged in putting en the brakes or. a f.-eight train, at Clark's Ferry, en the X. C. R. R. between Harrisburg and Sun buiy, Frank Weller, aged 23 years, son or Benjamin Weller, of Pottsville, was run ex'cr and instantly killed. Themas Carrell, track xvatchmau at Red Reck near Andersen's station, P. R. R. was struck by an engine of a freight train, run ever aim instantly killed. He xvas about 70 years old, and had long been in the employ of the railroad company. James Kane, a miner, employed at Big Mine Run colliery, near Pottsville, was instantly killed by a fall of top rock at that place Monday, nis neck xvas broken and one of his arms fractured in three places. He was 43 years of age aud leax-es a wife and three grown-up (laugiitcis. A Cambria county man named Kru ir.enackcr, in opening out a new coal drift at Bens creek, was blown up by dynamite which he was handling. One of his arms xvas tern from the body, the ether hand xvas severed above the. wrist, and betii his eyes were destroyed, and a multitude of miner hm ts; disfigured his person. Jee Biller xvas killed at Allegrippus en the PcnnayU'ania read. He was a brake man en a gravel train and bad in his hand a short stick used te put en brakes mere tightly. While working at the wheel the sticit broke and he was thrown te the track, striking en his head and shoulders. The body bounced back and struck the box car and peer Joe rolled ever a corpse. Mr. A. II. Ecker, editor and proprietor of the Washington Democrat, has died, after a brief illness of five or six days. Mr. Ecker was well-known, from his long con- nectieu with the press of 'little" Wash- in" the Examiner, the Reiitw, and lastly in """ - "" .- .... vuk uuig9 ( the Democrat, which he established three years age, and which turned out a very successful enterprise. Mr. Ecker was also connected with the Pittsburgh press some twenty-five years age. m e LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. W. & F. P. Currie & Ce., one of the eldest firms in Montreal in the "iron trade, have suspended, with liabilities between 8400,000 and 300,000, a larsre portion of which is due in Glasgexx. The principal creditor in Mentieal is the Bank of Mon treal. Rebert Hayes, superintendent of the Woodruff sleeping car company, formerly of Philadelphia, slipped and fell while crossing the track near the Union depot, in Cleveland, aud was sti uck by a loco motive, run ever and killed. He Icax'cs a family. Henry Moen, an engineer of Liecester, Eug., writes te this ceuntiy that he has extinguished colliery fires xvhich burned Xer thirty years and ex'er twenty-six acres in his laud, and that if he is paid his xvay ever here he will put out the burning mine at Butler in a jiffy. Only about twenty-fix'e per cent, of the brakemen of fi eight trains die a natural death, and the ax'cragc life of a brakeman after he assumes the duties of his positieu is but ten years aud a fraction ever. It is estimated that at least ten brakemen are killed in the Uuited States every day, or 3,030 during the year. Twice that number are set down as injured while en duty. Near Mount Cress, Virginia, the xvife of Mr. Jacob Myers entered her house with an armful of weed te replenish the fiie. On entering the room she stumbled aud fell, the weed falling from her arms. One large stick fell en the head of her little child, who was playing in the roeni, and, crushing its r.kull, killed it in stantly. Ou Monday night the town marshal of Earlingteu, Ky., shot and xx'eunded Den nis Cellis and Peter Gerynan and killed a niau named FulxveiJcr. These men were shot while attempting te rescue a fellow railroad brakeman, xvhe had been ariested for drunkenness. A mob of railroad men dieve the officer from the village, but failed te capture him. WUIIM'ING A WU1XE XI AX. A Yeung Man Educated fur tlie Minlntry lireuglit Under the Lash. Frederick William Davies, a hand somely dressed and highly educated young Welshman, xvas whipped in Richmond, Va., yesterday, for stealing clothing. Davies says that he was educated for the ministry at Lonsdale college, Btidgexvatcr, England, but shortly after graduating at that institution came te this country te seek employment. He stepped some time in Nexv Yeik, when, failing te find employment, he finally wan dered south waul and landed in Richmond Saturday night. He stepped at a beardiug house, from v. Inch he is accused of having stolen about $20 worth of cletliiug. Among the articles found upon the pcisen of the prisoner weie two handsomely bound piayer books, upon the lly-Ieaves of xvhich xvas written : "Presented te F. W. Davies by B. P. Lamberton, Trinity church. Xew Yerk." The accused xvas arraigned in the police, convicted and' sentenced te receive twenty stripes upon his ijare back, and after the infliction of that, punishment te leave the city at once. Davies is a man of tine presence and appears te be cultivated aud refined. A Negro Suspected of "Wife Murder, The ncgiees in the Thirteenth district of Davisen county, Tenn., are in a state of wild excitement, from a suspicion that Ananias White (colored) has murdered his xvife Emma, whose disappearance ten days age has been an exciting mystery. White's xvife xxas young and comely. He was jealous. She wanted a divorce, and had begun proceedings. White dissuaded her, and ten day age threatened te kill her if she took step? in that direction again. Then she disappeared. His six year-old child says he knocked her mother dexvn xvith a club, put a shawl en hot head, and carried her away. Bloodstained pillows in the house, and the total absence of bed sheets intensified suspicion. On Saturday night White was committed te jail, and the negrees, xvhe beliex'ed him guilty, se crowded the court room that the magistrate could net proceed and quietly postponed the investigation and remanded White te jail. It was narrow escape from lynching. The preliminary investigation is te be held in the jail yard te-morrow. Greeks Hearing Gifts. Harii-Imraf dispatch te the Press. Secretary Quay saj s that if President Gar field desiies te build up an administration party in Pennsylvania, he can de it only by appointing Mr. Grew te a cabinet posi tion, and that Senater Cameren would commit a fatal error in antagonizing such an appointment, as Grew has mere strength than any man in the state. Mr. Quay thinks that aualliance betxven Giexv and Cameren would be invincible. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. iKr. Tlie Seisini et Iluiiiiliatle:. Lsnt commenced te-day. It is a season of fasting aud piayer continuing for the fei ty days proceeding Easter. 1 c is'ahnest as old as the Christian religion. St. Jereme, St. Augustin, and the great f.tthcis of the church declaring that it xvas instituted by the Apostles ; while Protestant xxritcrs admit it te te hava been established as early as the second or thiid century. It is a scassn set apait for repentence ever the sins of the past year, and all excesses in eating and dtiukiug are expressly for bidden, only one meal a day being allowed and abstinence from fresh meat being en joined, except in the special cases named in the bishop's circular letter. In the churches the altars are denuded of their ornaments and the services are of a much mere solemn and sembre character than at any ether season ethc year. Klectien et uitlcerx. At a regular meeting held en Tuesday evening, the following offiters of Lancas ter Division Ne, G, U. R. of K. P., xx'erc installed by Sir Knight Chas. Brown . S. K. Commander Jehn Barnhait. " Lieut. Coin. Jehn L. Yogan. ' Herald Geerge Flagg. ' Recorder Jehn C. Ilaus. ' Ticasurci Jehn McGimii;. ' Guaid Geerge Schects. ' Sentinel Geerge Ka'utz. ."Ir. Lang.ui's Hxptilhlen. Mr. G.S. Langan, who was expelled from Millersxiile state normal school because he declined te obey Dr. Brooks's command te Ieax-e a btreet car in which some lady pupils xveie riding, xx-rites a letter te the JVeic Era stating some alleged facts that de net bear out the consistency of Dr. Brooks' course, if true. He states that two ladies lede iu the gentlemen's car, and two gentlemen were allowed te re main in the reset xed car, en the night of tiie diflicnltv. Arm lireUcu. May Winters, aged two aud a half x ears. daughter of Cyi us Winters, residing at -111 East Orange street, fell this morning and broke one of her arms Dr. Davis atteuded her. The little girl has been quite unfor tunate, she having broken this same aim three times within two years. Mayer's Court, Ttlft ml!-nv ll'iil nnl. rrr. r,,elrt,vk,i-ft 41.7c morning,' both of them vagrants, and both et tiicm xvere discharged. i . 9 MARIETTA MATTERS. OUli KEGCLAK CUKICESl'OXDEXCi:. The rain that began en Sunday must have covered an cxtensix-e territory in the upper part of the state, as it caused a con siderable rise in the river. On Monday morning it began, and rose steadily at the rate of twp inches an hour, continuing the next day, regardless of the great change of temperature that took place. It blexv up cold during Monday night aud the first of March came in with a dry frozen ground high xvinds, and tome stray flakes of snow. The Secial en Monday ex-eniiig xvas eu tertained by Miss Maggie Lindemnth. The disagreeable weather did net diminish the attendance te any great extent, and an enjoyable season was spent until about 10 o'clock, xvhen the party adjourned te Geerge Williams's restaurant for an oyster supper. Thirty persons xvere seated at a nicely arranged table of such dishes a oysters gcncially keep company with, when the bivalves appealed in their various form, piepared in a manner that did credit te Geerge's geed reputation as a caterer. Mei ry heai ts and geed appetite?, made fun appear, and eystcis disappear, and although it did net affect the spirits of the party, a coolness came ever them, when ice cream was s-erved by xvay of a compliment from Williams. At elexen o'clock they dispersed well satisfied and happy. The property of Mis. Whit chill xvas xvithdrawn fiem sale en account of low liultiintr l-Mii": Viwtnril'iv if niw nlil ,r ht5. vate sale te Mr. Jehn Hellinger. Thc butchers did net succeed in keeping up the increase in price of beef. They put - , - t ".' vat av T lTV1V uira r. tin t iren peiifs lint: it. iriMit lnnL- UL- up elastic, Mr. Christian Stehman, from tiie West, was here te pay a visit te his brother Tobias. They had net seen lach ether for G7 yeais. Christian started West about that number of years age. and after living in several places settled in Oregon, en the Columbia river. He says that en his way te the East he saxv hundreds of cattle lying along the read frozen te death, and thinks that it may affect the supply. A pas 50 1 Iger train from the Mount Jey read passed through here en Monday at neon en account of the land slida that blocked that read. Geerge Wiudelph will open a store, next te the baiber shop at Cushinau's corner, te dispose of a let of ready made clothing from Hath von & Fisher, in Lancaster. Geerge Reath has returned from Chest nut Level and will constitute one of the firm of R. J. Clark & Ce. This firm made irtangeinentsyesteiday te put the ma- chine shop and foundry of Mr. Bair ' cents per week, aud the publisher charged Spangler in full blast. They xxiHcein.,30 cents for a square advertisement meiice immediately te make the necessary one day. The most exciting tclo tcle rcpairs and hope te be running in a short gram is about tiie hanging of time. i Arthur Spring, who died asserting his in- A few nights age four young men acted necenee. Therexv.isgie.it excitement at in a very suspicious manner in the vicinitv I WaHhinteu ever the failure of a $3,000 of Groups store. They xxx-ie watched anil j draft te reach the treasury. The Lancas seen r.everal times going through the saiiie j ter county eases decided in the supreme routine, but xveie doubtless aware that i court are repot ted seven allirmed, and some one was en their track and "made no ' lixe reversed, in two of the latter cases the attempt te break in. supreme court leveising itself. The "tall The revival at "West End,' after an ' clever' and "large lhubarb'' bloom in the interval et sonic time, has been resumed. local column. Manheim i.-.startinga brass Mr. Shannen, the pastor of the church, ' band, and work has begun en the Cornwall is a vciy energetic man. j railroad; a subset ilier eeniplaius that Last night a large number e! tramps , Shiiinerhanncs hauls a dead horse-through xvcic hat bored at the Denegal furnace. the public streets en his dray ; Rev. Win. Several Maricttiaus xvent te Columbia MeFadden xvill preach in the Chestnut last ex-cning te hear "Gns Williams.' Stieet Bethel and Mr. McFarJand will play The Presbyterian church steeple needs i Hella and Davenport personate Pizarro in a coat of paint. Sheridan's "Pizano" at Fulton hall. Keep your feet quiet new until after .roister The ladies sigh te think that there were only 2S days in the last month. Dr. S. O. Sultzbaeh was home en a visit. Marietta is a dark, dismal town en such nights as we have new. Couldn't it pos sibly afford mete stieet lamps '.' KULiUIOrS APrtMXT.XlKM'": Assignments nrt;. Jt. ami Krangcllc.il .XI ni ls tern. In tiie Evangelical conference ju?t closed at Millersburg, Pa., Rev. Solemon Xeitz was granted a year's rest en account of bodily infirmities. The presiding elder of the Reading district was directed te pro ceed in accordance xvith the previsions of thcachurch discipline in the xvay of an ar bitration, in adjusting the difficulties con nected with the p trsenagc of the Cresaxvel! and Millcrsviilc circuits. Rexr. O. L. Sayler xvas re-elected treas urer of the educational fund. Rex-.s. Thus. IJewinan, I. E. Kticrr, J. C. Hernberger, S. b. Chubb, A. M. Stirk, W. K. Weand and S. 0. Breyfogel, and Jeremiah Mehu and F. G. Beas, of Reading, constitute the committee en institutions of "earning. The following xvere received into the itin eracy : W. II. Reinik, W. F. Hall, II. M. Cnpp. J. M. Hoever, II. H. Rembergcr, W. C. Knnbncr, J. L. Guinther and J. 0. Krausc. The Missionary society appiepriated the total of Sj.ySe for the advancement of missionary work. The report en the con dition of the various missions shows that the xverk is prospering Bishop ILdicr and Revs. G. Gie s and A. 31. Stirk xxeie appointed as delegates te the National Temperance society. The announcement el appointments then took place. Rev. O. L. Tayler gees te Pottsville, Rev. B. D. Albright te 3Iycrstewn, A. A. DeLong te Lykcns and the following assignments are made for this (Reading) district : I. E. Kncrr, P E. Reading. 8th street. S. S. Chubb. " Chestnut. street, J. Bewman. 0th street. F. P. I.ehr. " Southeast 3Iishien, W. A. Lee peld. Fricdcnsbuig, T. Harrcr. Pottslewn, F. Krecker. Uirdsbore' D. W. Bixlcr. Adam.stexvn, A. W. Warfel. Fairville, A. 31. Sampscl. Lititz and 3Ianhcim. J. Specht. Lancaster, Water street, J. Zeru. ' 3Iuibcrry street, J.C. Krausc Brownstewu, F. Sechrist and D. G. Rciuheld. 3Iileisvi!le, J. W. Hoever. Cicssxvcll, V. C. Kanther. Concstega, F. Smith. The V. H'. In the U. B. conference in Steeiten, the foilexving appointments xvere made for the Laucastcr district : L. Peters, P. E.: alt. Jey station, G. W. 31. Riger; Columbia station, C. S. 3Ieily; 3Iountvii!e station, M. .1. alumina ; jsexv Helland ciicuir, J. 11. Funk ; Inteiceurse eiicuit, E. L. Hughes ; Pcqnca x'allcy mission, Z.C. 3Iexx-er ; Read ing station, II. C. Phillips ; Lebanon, 31. P. Deyle ; 3Iauhcim circuit, P. A. Bewman; Spring Gaidcn, I. II. Albright; Concsto Cencsto Concste ga. 31. P. Sanders ; Springfield mission, J F. 3Iewcr; Quarry vil!c, A. H. Rice; St. Jehns, S. J. Nun ; 3Ienccacy, J. D. Kil lian. Clerical Clinncr'. The East Pennsylvania conference of the Ex'nngeliral association passed a iesc lutien a year age that a nexv missirn be established in Reading, but no niex'ement xxar, made te start it until the annual meeting this year, when conference agreed that it should be supplied with a minister atld Rex W. A. Leepold was appointed. Mr. Leepold is a young and actix-c man in the ministry and has been x'ery successful in his labors. Rex. X. S. Strasshnrger, pastor of Zion's Reformed church iu Allentown for about twenty years, preaciicd his farexvell sermon te his congregation. The mem- hers xvere taicen ty surpriscas no intima tion had been rcceix'cd by them of the in tended resignation of their pastor. Rev. Dr. Sehmuekr, of St. James Lutheran church, Reading, handed in his resignation, but the trusfecs are net will- intr te accent it at present, -,ra A m TK.1IPKKANCK TAZ.KKRS. Tlie State Temperance- Convention IB Scuiun The state temperance convention asscm- bicd in the court house, Harrisburg. at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and was opened by devotional exercises, about one hundred delegates in attendance. Rev. E. E. Swift D. I)., of Allegheny, was chosen tempo rary chairman. A committee en perma nent organization wasappeintcd. Sixteen additional members were placed ou the business committee. At the afternoon session the following permanent organization wns reported and adopted : President, Jeshua L. Bailer, of Philadelphia ; secretaries. Rex. D. C. Babcnck, Philadelphia ; Rev. Jehn Pea cock, Hemesburg ; Miss L. Ellen Wright, Lancaster, and a long list of vice presi dents. Rebert Graham, esq., of Manchester, England, general secretary of the Church of Eugland society, made a lengthy ad dress showing the manner of the tem perance operations of the society he rep resented. A resolution xvas adopted favoring the passage of a state constitutional amend ment prohibiting the sale of liquor ; also a resolution inviting the members of the Legislature te attend the sessions of the . convention. I Reports fiem members of the work in I various parts of the state occupied the re- , maitider of the session. I lu the evening session resolutions were i adopted asking that the public schools provide for the regular ami systematic in struction of the childteu of thecotnmen- - ... .. I wc,alU1 :JS J0.""8 ,i""u, Mul ca et a,c- ue1' an'' tHilt th,L" ""cntien of the friends . temperance he called te tlie effect 0f I "S v;iisieihs aim uie uriUK Itamc en the regular observance el" the Sab bath. A short address was delivered by Rev. C. W. Cashing. D. 1).. of McKean cennty. He was followed by Mrs. Annie Witten mycr, of Philadelphia, xvhe spoke at length en the urgent need of an amendment te the state constitution te curtail the sale of liquor. Rebert Graln.m, esq, dosed the meeting with a short address and the business session xvas continued this morn ing. Tlie 'Inlniiil Hall-." The Amaziah C. Burr, an old type, shows us a copy oi'Xe. 27, Vel. 1, of the Inland Daily, June 11, 183:5, published by Edw. MePhersen, of xvhich Mr. Barr helped te set up the type. This Lancaster daily of little ever a quarter el" a century age xvas net one-fourth as large as the Ix Tr.LT.iccxcci:. It sold at 1 ccnL a nuni- i ber, and was delivered te subscribers at J "r. t-ompten heads a column with Ins professional caul ; patent lightning reds occupy consider.! hh: space, and Mayer Kii.-ffcr asks for piopei.il; for repuddliiig the new reservoir. Death efS.iinncI Alleinan. Jai. The subject of this notice, xvhe died iu Sclinsgrove en Feb. 23, aged 4, was born in 3Iayte-.vn, Lancaster county, and re moved te Millersburg, Dauphin cennty, at an early day, thenee te Harrisburg, where he xvas sheriffs cicik and deputy, a lawyer and druggist. He removed te Snydercennty and was a farmer, lawyer and superintendent of common schools dur ing his life. lie purchased the large farm of the late ex-Goxvriier Simen Snyder, upon a portion of whieh he lived. He represent ed his adopted county in the Legislature in the session of lSlil (53, and effected the passage of an act te remove the seat of justice from 3liddleburg te Sclinsgreve, xvheic ituew it. He xvas the nominee for Congress in 1370, but declined at the con ference lie left a widow aud two sons, Herace, xvhe has been his l.ixv partner for yens, and Jehn S. Allemaii, a practicing attorney m Harrisburg. KcjMenr i:.md Fair. The articles di, posed of at this fair last evening xveie as follews: Set of harness, Jehn Resh received '5(D votes; geld watch, Mis. Clara Leenard, t!00; 3Iiss Elmira Baer, 70. It is due te 3liss Baer te say, that owing te a iiiisiiiideistandiiig she xx'as; net prcparei te hand in her books last night; being led te stippise that the watch xveuld net be voted off till Saturday night, she could only surrender one book, while several of her friends have ether books. The fair xvill continue all this xveek and xvill dose out en Saturday even ing. A line geld pen and pencil case te be i -ted for during th" continuance of the fair may be seen in the xvindexr of" Zahni's jewelry store. Anether ei;ri Iteiv. Last ex-cning about 3 o'clock there xx"..s great excitement iu 3Iifllin stieet, caused by a diunken light among several negrees. TI'A row seen drew together a great crowd, and the police ellieers putting in au appearance succeeded, xvith difficulty, in ai resting Geerge Smith and Benjamin Smith, xvhe lix'e en 31iffliti street, and Ben jamin Green, xvhe hails from the neighbor heed of Puseyville. Charges of resisting an officer were preferred against both the Smiths.and of drunken and disorderly con duct against Benj. Smith and Benj. Green. In default of bail the accused were locked up for a hearing before Alderman Barr. Kates 1 Tobacco. James Penny, of Drtnnere, has sold te Scner fc'Ki eider, U a-ircs at 1S, Gaud . J. J. Bear, of Ephrata township, has sold te Win. Shultz, half an acre at 10, G aud u. Frank Keller, of Ephrata, has sold te Jehu Eshleman 5 acres at 19, 8 and e. Andiexv Baker, of Ephrata, has sold te Jacob Shirk 5 acres en private terms. Sener & Kreidcr received yesterday at their xvarchense, at West Willow, 40,000 pounds of baled tobacco of the cren of IPSO. Violating tii ltcremi Lawn. Rebert 3Ioency, a store-keeper, doing business at Bcarrewn, xvas arrested and had a hearing yesterday before Commis sioner Slaymakcr, en a complaint made against him of violating the United States revenue la as, byh-iving in his possession, and selling unstamped cigars. A prima facie case being made out against the ac cused he xvas held in the sum of $300 for his appearance at the next term of the United Stales district court, Philadel phia. N'KIGIICORUOOD SEWS. Ercnts Arr- "e Cennty Lines. Reading ha3 indulged in the luxury of a cx-kiugmain, aud the ''up-town" birds whipped the "uown-rewueis" lour times out e? si., at 20 a bide. The spanking new dress of the Yerk Euning Dispatch adds materially te the appearance of that excellent local newspaper. . 3
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