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LANCASTER PAIL? 1NTEIX1GEKCEK THUBSDAY, MARCH 17, 1881
Hanrastct fritriUsencet.
THUBSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1881.
The Speaker and His Accuser.
It is very right for Speaker Hewit le
be sensitive te public criticism upon his
action, and no newspaper will have rea
son te object te the expulsion of its cor
respondent from the fleer of the Heuse
if he has abused his privileges te falsely
accuse the speaker or any member. The
question is whether this has been done.
We believe in the propriety of holding
newspapers te a strict accountability for
their criticism of public men, just as
fully as we believe in holding public men
te a strict accountability for the hon
est and efficient performance of their
duties. Correspondents and editors are
tee apt te indulge in unfounded denun
ciation and se bring into contempt the
information and the criticism which
it is the function of the newspaper te
publish. Injustice is daily done te pub
lic servants; and it cannot always be
avoided. "With the best intentions the
editor must often be unjust. Fer the
careful correspondent there should net
l)e the same danger. The accusations
made in the Pittsburgh paper against
Speaker Hewit, if they are net true,
were unjustifiably printed, and their au
thor has shown himself unworthy of
his responsible place. An investigation
of them is therefore very properly or
dered ; and it should have an important
result. We see but one of two con
sequences, the speaker's resignation
or the correspondent's expulsion. There
is no fair room for the compromise
that is the usual finality of such inquiries,
though that will probably be the out
come of the investigation. Committees
of investigation which act sternly up
te the full measure of their duty arc
scarce ; and legislative bodies, tee, are
scarce, which take downright held of
such questions and give a moral support
te committees te declare that there is
but a right and a wrong way of dealing
with every matter, and act upon it as
S3nsiblc men would de in the manage
ment of their private affairs. It is
always wise te vindicate the right. If
Sneaker Hewit has been maligned his
maligner should be punished ; if other
wise the people should be relieved from
the incubus of an unworthy servant.
What it Signifies.
It is a question whether the Demo
cratic paity has gained or lest by the de
fection of Mahone. Our own belief is
tha t it will redound te its advantage.
We certainly would have held the Senate
by an uncomfortably close tenure with
a majority of one and that one vote, be
side ; cast by Judge Davis, who proclaims
his independence of the party and his
lack of sympathy with it in many par
ticulars. If Judge Davis was a lit
guide for the parly it might have bjen
te its benefit te have been practically
placed under his dictation ; but we would
prefer for our leader a man whose De
mocracy was in re closely bred in the
bone. But even with a solid party vote
a majority of one is net one te be great
ly coveted. The Republican parly with
its Mahone tail, and its hydra heads, may
be expected te fellow a very erratic
course. Its leadership does net equal
fiat of the Democratic party in its pres
ent harmony.
We see 1.0 occasion te fear the effect
of the divided Democratic counsels
which have been se fruitful of evil te
the party in the past. The responsibility
for the conduct of the Senate is taken
from it te its benefit. The party is much
mere free and independent with Con
gress and the executive against it;
while the number of its represen
tatives gives it great power, fast
experience shows that the presi
ident who has Congress with him in the
first two years of his term is very likely
t) have it against him in the last two;
and there is little te encourage Presi
dent Garfield te hope that his fortune
will be any better than this. Republican
cohesion is net very abundantly presaged
in the signs of the times. It rests wholly
upon the power of the public plunder.
A let of insurance companies which
had a let of insurance en the life of Cel.
Dwight resisted the payment of his poli
cies for net much better reason, it seems,
than that his premiums had net
amounted te as much as his policies,
and for once the family of the insured
had the best of the bargain. The com
panies had insured him willingly and
taken his premiums regularly ,and it does
net appear te have ever concerned them
much about his habits until after he
was dead they saw a chance te make
them ground for objections te paying
his policies te these for whose benefit he
had taken them out and kept them up.
The final determination of the cases in
favor of his family will give general
satisfaction.
We print the opinion of Judge Gal-
braith in the case in which he refuses a
new trial te the editor lately convicted in
his court for an alleged libel perpetrated
in his newspaper by his local editor with
out his knowledge. The judge presents
his side with characteristic ability, but
we are net convinced that it is the law
or common sense thatadefendant should
net be given a chance te show the ab
sence of malice in a case in which malice
presumed or proven must be a necessary
ingredient of the offence.
As a presiding officer of the Senate,
the new vice president does net cut a
very imposing figure. There is com
plaint that he cannot maintain the tra
ditional dignity of the upper house,
though it must be confessed that the
performances of his party there are net
calculated te make his way easy te bring
the Senate into high esteem as a decor
ous and honorable assemblage.
Rev. Dn. E. E. Higbee was appoint
ed state superintendent of public schools
yesterday by Gov.Heyt andwaspjcsnj.t
ly confirmed by the Senate. A faithi ul
sketch of his life and a merited tribute
te his worth will be found en our first
page.
Is the movement at Harrisburgte
abolish the oppressive recorder's office
in Philadelphia, Representatives Sny
der and Jehn H. Landis are voting with
the Reformers. Snader,Courtney, Eshle
man and Peeples with the Roosters.
MINOR TOPICS.
Ax order is published at Vienna pro
hibiting the importation into Austria of
awinc, perk, bacon or sausages from the
United States.
Seldom has a meeting excited such
profound and widespread interest among
all the best citizens of New Yerk among
all these, in fact, who are anxious for the
geed government of the city as that te be
held at Cooper Union te-morrow evening
in a cause which affects the city's health
and prosperity probably mere than any
ether namely, that of clean, streets.
Geerge H. Meugax, secretary of the
Merchants' Exchange, St.Leuis, furnishes
the following statement of the perk-packing
trade at that point during the season
of 1830 : Number of hogs packed. 474,-
159 ; average weight, gross, -250.86-100
pounds ; average cost per hundred, gross,
$4 02 ; average yield of lard per hog, 33J
pounds ; mess perk made, 10,938 barrels ;
ether kinds of perk, 3,073 barrels.
Tiikue is a new life insurance company
in Sclinsgreve called the " Pair Play."
Any person is taken in from one year old
te five hundred, all in one class. There is
no medical examiner, but a person's policy
is null and ved if they die within 15 days
of the date of the policy. There is a
rumor that still another company is te be
formed in that insurance town called
"TheGo-As-Yeu-Please." ,
Tue suggestion of appointing Senater
Stewart, of the Franklin district, minister
te Mexico, is earnestly supported by his
many friends, there being' substantial per
sonal reasons why he should desire a resi
dence in a milder climate. Ilis health
during the past six mouths has beeu very
precarious, and it is almost if net quite
imperative for him te leave Pennsylvania
for some time. Ne ether reasons than
these could be accepted, of course, by his
friends, at the present time. The likcli likcli
hejd of his appointment is believed te ie
very strong ; Secretary Blaine being one of
his warm 'personal friends. He would
make a very capable representative of the
country at the Mexican capital.
PERSONAL,.
Mrs. Lanethy's effects are te be se'd
te-day at Ne. 17 Norfolk street, Park lane,
Londen.
Sir Allan Youxe's Antarctic expedition
his be 0:1 postponed en account of his
boil th.
W. K. Roenns, who acted as private
secretary te Hayes during the lattcr's en
tire term, will shortly open an office for
the practice of law.
In noticing the recent celebration of
the Hen. Simen Cameren's 82d birthday,
the Doylestown Democrat calls attention
te the fact that just G2 years age Gen
Cameren was editor of that paper.
Mr. J. Stanley Bkewx has been ap
pointed private secretary te President
Garfield. Mr. Brown was formerly sten
ographer te Majer Powell, of the Smith
sonian Institution, and went with Garfield
in the same capacity while the latter was
in the Heuse of Representatives. He is a
young man about 24 years of aj.;e.
Hen Timethy O. Howe has formally
notified the state department of his r c
csptance as commissioner en the part of
the United States at the internatien il
monetary conference te he held at Paris.
Messrs. Thurman and Evarts have already
accepted. The commissioners will sail
from New Yerk early in April.
Kossuth, who is new seventy-nine ycais
old, enjoys net only geed health, but the
perfect elasticity of his intellect. He has
new a very pleasant villa, near Turin, sur
rounded by a handsome garden, which he
planted himself aud cultivated with the
greatest care. Natural science is one of
his favorite studies.
Rev. William B. Brewx, of Columbia,
Pa., will assume the principalship of the
Oxford academy at the beginning of the
next term, April 18. Mr. Brown is a
graduate of Jeffersen college, a gentleman
of fine scholarship and a teacher of large
experience. He was formerly pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Mount Jey,
Lancaster county.
Judge L. S. Graham has died at Atchi
son, Kan., from the effects of dissipation
and exposure. He was found by the po
lice lying inscnsible en the platform of the
Union depot in that city, and the physi
cian who was called pronounced it a
paralytic stroke. Graham was at one
time judge of the district court at Atchi
son, and was a lawyer of great ability, but
of late he had been a drunkard, deserted
by his family and supported by charity.
A complimentary dinner was given te
Postmaster General James at Wermley's
hotel last evening by Elliett F. Shepard,
of New Yerk. .Among the guests were
the members of the cabinet (with the ex
ception of Secretary Blaine), Chief Jus
tice Waite and ex-Justice Sway no, of the
supreme court. Senater Hawley, Adjutant
General Drum, General McKee, Walker
Blaine, Rev. Mr. Paxton, Colonel Reck
well? Mr. William F. Rogers, Messrs. S. S.
Rogers and Timethy Griffith.
Flashes from the Ocaan Cables.
Anether strong shock of earthquake has
been felt at Casamiaciela, and many mere
houses have fallen.
The Oxford university ciew will no te
Great Marlew, en the Thames for a fort
night's practice before going te Put
ney. The statement that French troops from
Algeria are about te invade Tunis, sup
ported by a naval demonstration, is offi
cially denied.
In consequence of the outbreak of the
plague, the- government of Egypt has
issued a notice of quarantine against ves
sels of the Persian gulf.
King Oscar II., of Sweden, has been
suffering from a slight attack of fever
since Sunday. Symptoms of inflammation
of the left lung set in en Tuesday.
The North German Gazette says : "The
United States holds, like Germany, that
participation in the monetary conference
will net bind any power te a particular
view."
At Worcester, Eng., United States Min
ister Lewell, in his address opening the
free library, pecially referred te Presidents
Lincoln and Garfield as conspicuously suc
cessful Americans.
UEW1T AND THE FKESS.
The Pittsburgh Members Support the Be
porter. In the Heuse at Harrisburg yesterday
Mr. Ruddiman stated that Daid Palmer,
a correspondent for the Pittsburgh Com
mercial Gazette, had abused the privileges
of the Heuse and had assailed and insulted
the speaker (Mr. Hewit) and the chair
man of the appropriation committee (Mr.
Hall) in a communication written te that
paper, iu which be had said the speaker
bad referred the Pittsburgh riot damages
bill te the wrong committee for the pur
pose of strangling it. Mr. Ruddman then
presented a preamble aud resolutions ex
pelling Baid Palmer from the fleer of the
Heuse, but tendering the Commercial
Gazette the use of a reporter's desk for any
responsible and truthful person in the
place of said Palmer.
Mr. Ruddiman supported his resolutions
in a speech, and Speaker Hewit defended
himself from what he termed the slander
and malignity of the article.
Neil, of Philadelphia, made a violent
speech against Palmer when Mr. French
asked Speaker Hewit why the riot bill
aas referred te the appropriation commit
tee aud the border raid bill te the commit
tee en ways aud means. Why discrimi
nate against Allegheny county in that
way? Te this Mr. Hewit said he saw
there was a disposition te criticise him,
and if persisted in he would take occasion
te go into the history of the riot bill of in
famous memory. .He said the insinuation
that he discriminated against Allegheny
county was infamously false, and he had
referred the bill te the appropriation com
mittee without any feeling whatever in
the matter. He declared before high
heaven and that honorable body that he
never eutertaincd a thought en the sub
ject ether than was honorable, and his
committees were made up te the best of
his judgment aud without reference te
prospective legislation. He thought it had
come te a pretty pass if a character of fifty
years could be destroyed by the single
stroke of the pen of a mau who had aban
doned pills ter the quill, and that this in
dividual could gloat ever his fiendish
work.
Mr. French, of Allegheny, expressed
surprise that Mr. Ruddiman should have
introduced such a resolution and that it
should be seconded by a minister of the
gospel, Mr. NeilI. lie claimed that the
reporter had a right te criticise the action
of any public officer, aud said he could
net understand why the Allegheny relief
bill was referred te the committee en ways
and means. It was no wonder that the
Gazette, the stalwart paper of Allegheny,
was indignant en this subject. Allegheny
has always been iu the front, and 335,000
people were looking ever the Allegheny
mountains te see whether this Legislature
would de them justice. Mr. Wolfe raised
the point that the gentleman was net con
fining his remarks te the question.
Then ensued a running debate be
tween Messrs. French, Wolfe, Welch
and ethers. Mr. Hall denounced the
reference made te himself. Mr. Hill, of
Indiana, expressed surprise at Represen
tative Neill calling such s respectable
paper as the Pittsburgh Commercial Ga
zettes, filthy sheet. Mr. Lewry wanted
the matter referred te a committee. Mr.
Myers of Venango thought reporters and
papers frequently said things they ought
net te say, still, lie questioned whether in
the present temper of the Heuse it would
net be better te refer the matter. Mr.
Wolfe wanted Mr. Palmer te come before
the bar of the Heuse and make a state
ment, and Mr. Fauuce regretted the intro
ductien of the resolution, savin; that if
the practice was followed up by every
member it would keep the Heuse busy all
the session. Mr. Ni'.es did net agree with
Mr. Wolfe in calling the reporter before
the Heuse, aud Mr. Clark was anxious te
refer it te a committee. Mr. Ruddiman
said it was a grave matter, aud the Heuse
should vidicate its speaker if it toeok the
entire session.
The motten te refer the resolutions te a
committee was adopted by a vote of 93 te
84, and after considerable confusion the
following committee was appointed :
Messrs. Colbern, Nebinger, Niles, Bierly,
and Hackett. The discussion occupied the
entire forenoon, aud when it was disposed
of the Heuse was ready te adjourn.
The cemmittee te whom the expulsion
resolution was referred held a meeting
with closed doers, none being admitted
but members of the Allegheny delegation,
Speaker Hewit and Dr. Palmer. The Al
legheuy membeis sustained Dr. Palmer iu
most of his statements, which were de
nounced by Mr. Hewit as false and libel
ous in every particular. The committee,
after an exciting session, adjourned until
this morning at 9:30 o'clock.
A Little Successful Prophecy.
Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Com
mercial. By far the most accurate estimate of
future population ever made in this coun
try or any ether, was made by a man
named Watsen, in 1815. As his predic
tions were published that year, there can
be no doubt of the genuineness of his
"guesses." ne predicted that the pepu
latien in 1880 weu:d be 5(5,450,000. His
prophecies were made iu 1615, and here is
the striking manner in which successive
censuses have slidwn their accuracy :
t Watsen's Census of
Predictions. that year.
1820 9,625,0 O 9,623,000
ISM : 12,833 000 12,864,000
IS 10 17,1G;,000 17,069,000
l&W 23185,000 23,19l.00!l
l&X) 31,TKJ,0J0 31,413,000
As General Walker says, in speaking of
this matter, it almost staggers, credulity.
" That a man, a mere human being," says
uenerai wancer, "sueuid ue able te pre
dict fifty years in advance the number of
inhabitants in a rapidly growing country
within a fraction of one' per cent, seems
wonderful almost beyond belief." Had
the war net intervened it is believed that
Watsen's prediction would have held geed
in 1870 and also in 1880. But in 1870 he
was ahead of the census nearly 4,000,000
and in 1880 nearly 5.000,000. The loses of
the war, direct and contingent, we can
never knew, but Watsen's figures, almost
absolutely accurate up te the war period,
would show it te affect us the present
year te the extent of nearly 5,000,000.
That is, had there been no war, the pres
ent population of the United States would
be about 55,000,000. Watsen predicted
that the population in 1900 would reach
100,000.000, but General Walker does net
believe it will be ever about 80,000,000.
AN CNFOBTCXATE BK1DAL. TARTY.
The Urhlc's Dress llurned anil Greem's Nese
Broken.
William Sheck, of District township,
Berks county, and Miss Sterner, daughter
of David Sterner, of the same township,
were en their way te Bewers Station te
be joined for life by the Rev. David
Humbert, when a lighted spark from the
end of Mr. Schech's cigar fell en the beau
tiful dress worn by Miss Sterner.
She did notice it until it had burned
through her clothing, and it was with
some difficulty that the lira was extin
guished. Mr. Scheck's wedding suit was
also damaged. After the knot was tied,
and they wcre en their homeward way,
they attended a sale at Jehn Geising
or's, near Huff's church. Here there
was a German named Gressman, from
near Yellow Heuse, who had indulged tee
freely, and who was being tormented by a
partyef young men. When Mr Gross Gress
man was going home they attempted te up
set his conveyance, and provoked him be
yond measure. He jumped out and struck
Mr. Scheck, who was among the number
pf his tormenters, a sharp blew with the
butt end of his driving whip, fracturing
ms nose. The yeunsr man tf.tnn.nri r-Z.
his matrimonial trip looking rather differ
ent from the average bridegroom.
THE UWIGHT CASE.
Insurance Companies Defeated 'After a Big
Fight.
The New Yerk court of appeals has
handed down a decision in the famous
Dwight life insurance? cases there being
seven of them. The appeal made by the
insurance companies is dismissed with
costs.
Cel. Walten Dwight was a well-kilewr.
citizen of Binghamton, N. Y. He applied
te every life insurance company in the
United States in the months of August
and September, 1878, and sought te obtain
insurance en bis life te the amount of $450,
000. He succeeded in obtaining $50,000 in
surance in the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of New Yerk. $20,000 in the Man
hattan, '$15,000 each in the Germania of
New Yerk, Mutual Benefit of Newark, and
Northwestern of Milwaukee, Wis.; $10,
000 each in the New Yerk Life, Washing
ten of New Yerk, United States of New
Yerk, Metropolitan of New Yerk, jEtna
of Hartferd, Traveler's of Hartferd, Union
Mutual of Augusta, Me. : National of
Montpelier, Vt. ; New England Mutual of
Bosten, State Mutual of Worcester, Mass.;
Mutual of Springfield, and Berkshire of
Pittsfield, Mass., and $5,000 each in the
Brooklyn of New Yerk, Heme, of New
Yerk, and National of Chicago The
total of the policies he obtained was $255,
000.
Each of them was en the plan of quar
terly payments. The unusual amount of
his insurance was made known at a repre
sentative meeting of different companies,
held at the Aster house, for the purpose
of forming au association for the inter
change of information in suspicious cases.
Incidentally one officer mentioned that his
company had taken a risk that he thought
was suspicious, because he had discovered
that the insured man had concealed the
fact that he had raised bleed. One after
another the agents of the different compa
nies said that they had taken risks en the
same man. This led te investigation. Iu
one ease the premium en the first quar
ter had been paid, aud an effort
was made te prevent the agent from ac
accepting it. In auetber case one of the
companies made a formal tender of repay
ment of all the money received from
Dwight and refused te receive any mere
money from him. All the insurances were
effected between August 18 and Septem
ber 10, 1878. On the 15th of the follow
ing October Dwight was taken sick. The
second quarterly premium had net beeu
paid. On the 15th of November Dwight
was reported dead. The case had then
excited wide interest. One company "sent
te Dwight en his sick bed aud told him
that they believed he meant te play some
trick. Dwight replied :
' When I am dead cut me te pieces and
see what you cm find out."
He made ample arrangements for the
physicians te make a thorough autopsy of
his body. A reputable undertaker took
charge of the corpse, aud fourteen reputa
ble physicians signed a statement of facts
that appeared at an autopsy. The insur
ance companies wcre represented at the
autopsy. The doctors agreed as te the
facts, hut they disagreed as te the conclu
sion te be drawn from these facts. Dr.
Dclafield, who represented the Equitable
company, came te the conclusion that the
man died of paralysis of the heart.
Dr. Jehn Swinburue concluded that he
died of asphyxia. Dr. Burr, the at
tending physician, said that there was
malarial trouble and congestive chill.
These different opinions wcre founded en
the same tacts. The general opinion
in Binghamton was that the insurance
companies were trying te evade the. pay
ment of a just debt. The coroner refused
te held au inquest. Application was made
te Governer Robinson, who compelled the
coroner te held one. The coroner selected
a jury of doctors, whose verdict was that
there was no evidence that Dwight died of
unnatural causes. The representatives of
the insurance cempauies were net allowed
te ask questions at the inquest. The par
ticulars of the case were widely published.
The Equitable society finally concluded
te pay the amount of the claim against it,
and did de se. The Heme company fol
lowed suit. The ether companies resolved
te fight their claims iu theceurtsand have
been defeated.
A Nut for Sirs. Opkius te Crack.
One of the most phenomenal growths iu
church wert: is that of the Church of the
Advent in Bosten. This church belongs
te the advanced ritualistic wing of the
Protestant Episcopal family corresponding
closely in its theological and ecclesiastical
attitude with St. Clement's iu Philadel
phia. Ten years age, when Father Graf
ton took charge of it, it was badly run
down, with exceedingly small prospect of
recovery. Father Grafton had three assis
tant clergy and the Rev. J. W. Hill, the
precenter. Mr. Hill is still with him, aud
his present assistants arc the Rev. Arthur
C. A. Hall, the Rev Edward Osberne,
and the Rev. William E. Gardner. They
established themselves in heuse en Stam
ford street, placed at their disposal by Dr.
Shattuck, the senior warden at the
Advent, and have lived there in commun
ity ever since. Lay brothers attend
te the duties of the household ;
each priest has his own room;
the ample library en the second
fleer, stocked with one of the most valu
able theological collections te be found in
the United States, is their common parlor;
behind the library is the private chapel
and below are the reception room aud re
fectory, arranged as such rooms arc where
community rules are observed. Ne money
is wasted en furnishings. It is evident at
a glance that these men have something
te live for besides the enjoyable things
of this world, and if one should
leek at the week's bulletin in the hall
he would sec that net an hour in any
day of tbe week is one of the clergy
unemployed. There are no wives, no chil
dren, no servants, no worldly distractions
of any sort. The clergy wear cassocks
both indoors and out. It is the habit of
the brotherhood. It need net be a sur
prise te any eue te find that under such
auspices the Advent parish has incrcas
ed from 200 te 850 communicants in eight
years or that its agencies for helping peo
ple in their souls and bodies have multi
plied in every direction. The whele par
ish is one hive of religious industry. The
Bowdoin street meeting house long since
became tee small for what was going en
in it, and a new church became a neces
sity. The ground for this building en
Brimmer street was broken iu March,
1879. The chancel end of the new church
was completed shortly aftfer and the house
is new going up as rapidly as bricks and
mortar can be put together, going up, tee,
from the savings of the whole parish and
seen te be completed without a dollar of
debt. Whatever may be the adverse crit
icisms of anti-rituals concerning the work
of this church it must he conceded that
the gentlemen who have it in charge have
worked in geed earnest.
Ughtninz Railroad Trains.
The fastest trains in the country new
run between Jersey City and Philadelphia,
and the Pennsylvania railroad hopes seen
te make the trip in an hour and a half.
A monster locomotive is new building in
the company's shops at Alteena which is
expected te perform the feat. It will be
finished in about three weeks, and if the
trial trip is satisfactory, five mere will be
built en the same model. A locomotive
capable of maintaining a uniform speed of
sixty miles an hour is net te be sneezed at,
but Colonel Roberts, of Tittusville, will
attempt te threw even the extraordinary
performance into the shade.' There is new
building for him at the Baldwin works a
locomotive which is designed te be the
fanhPRt. in tha wnrlrl- Thn Tin'MaM r.A
the
the owner will be disappointed if it desn't
make a record of eighty miles an hour, and
run 100 miles without taking en coal or
water.
aiaxsrtc- bebbery.
Nearly-.One Millien Dollars In Bends Carried
Off A Quantity of Jewelry Stelen.
New Yerk Herald.
One of the most startling and' extensive
robberies that hav e ever occurred in this city
was perpetrated yesterday, under circum
stances which evince almost unparalleled
beldness'and skill en the part of the
thieves. In bread daylight two or mere
men succeeded in entering a large apart
ment house filled with people, en a popu
lous street, evading the. servants with
which the house was supplied, and break
ing into into the apartments of one of the
occupants carried off bends, certificates
stock and jewelry te the value of nearly
$1,000,000. After completely ransacking
the rooms in the absence of the occupants,
theyjescaped without detection with their
booty and lefc absolutely no trace behind
them.
The matter was reported te the police
authorities as seen as the gigantic theft
was discovered, but it was net until an
early hour this morning that a Herald re
porter was enabled te learn the circum
stances of the case, which the detectives
have made every te conceal, for reasons
known te themselves.
Mr. Abrara Simons, a stationer and
printer, doing business at Ne. 62 Jehn
street, resides with his wife in a suit of
rooms en the second fleer in the large
apartment house at Ne. 177 East Seventy
second street. Between five and six
o'clock last evening Mr. Simons aud his
wife were absent for a short time from
home. On their return they found
that their rooms had been broken open
and literally every article of furniture
and every closet or ether receptacle whera
valuables could have been concealed had
been thoroughly ransacked. Every room
was iu confusion and the floeis were cov cev cov
ered with the contents of the drawers of
bureaus aud secretaries. Mr. Simons had
been printing the bends and stock certifi
cates for some railroad company or com
panies, whose names have net been learned
and nearly $1,000,000 worth of these secu
rities he had taken te his rooms for safe
keeping and concealment. They were un
signed by the proper officers, but it is said
werJ otherwise complete, .iivery one of
these bends and ccitificates were taken,
together with $2,000 worth of jewelry and
valuables belonging te Mr. aud Mrs. Si
mons Au investigation by the detectives, who
were speedily summoned, satisfied them
that the thieves had evidently entered
the house by the basement doers and
climbed into the enclosure where the
dumb waiter runs. By means of this ma
chine they had heisted themselves up te
the second Uoe. where they had easily
broken down the' frail doers of the
closet opening into Mr. Simons' kitchen
from the lift or dumb waiter, which is
used for sending coal, ashes, feed, garbage
&c, te and from the cellar. Once in the
apartment, they seemed te knew where te
leek for their booty, and had made the
most of their time and escaped successfully
by same way in which they had entered.
The securities, as stated, were unsigned,
but if the thieves succeed iu skillfully forg
ing the necessary signatures they may be
enabled te negotiate the stolen paper.
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STATE ITEMS.
Jehn Wethercll, of Chester township,
Delaware county, captured, near a dam en
his farm, a muskrat that was entirely
white He intends te send it te the Zo
ological Garden, Philadelphia.
Sylvester J. Megargee, the well-known
paper manufacturer and one of the most
prominent business men in Philadelphia,
died at his residence, 1016 Callowhill
street, yesterday.
Mile. Bernhardt will live, love and die
before the kerosene footlights up in the
oil regions te-night. The ether day the
scats for the performance were sold at
auction in Bradford, several hundred
being disposed of at from $3 te $7 each.
In Greenesburg, Westmoreland county,
James Seraers and Jeseph Seechrist had a
heated argument en politics. Seechrist
lest his temper and wanted te fight. Som Sem
ers replied that he would net fight an old
man. Then Jell. Seechrist's son pulled off
ins coat, but the spectators prevented the
fight. Subsequently Jeff, obtained a large
knife with a bread hooked blade such as
used in pruning vines, and laid in wait for
Somers. The latter saw Seechrist coming
at him with the open knife and ran, but
tripped and fell, when Seechrist jura pod
upon him and began rapidly plunging the
knife into Semeis's body, aud gashed him
fatally in a dozen places.
The overseer in the Eastern peniten
tiary yesterday morning discovered the
lifeless bodies of Jehn Pfeiffer and Jehn
McBride in the cell occupied by these con cen
victs.McBriile's body was lying en the fleer
aud shevre I marks of violence. Pj'eiffer's
body was hanging by a strip of sheetiug
attached te the gas bracket. The prison
officials are at a less te detirmine whether
Pfeiffer muidcred his cell mate ip the
night, or whether both men committed
suicide. Pfeiffer, though a young man,
was an old offender, and has served several
terms in Sing Sing and en Blackwell's
Island, his present service being for bur
glary. McBiidc was about 50 years of
age, and was serving out a sentence for
aggravated assault and battery.
Hates r news by mail.
Geerge Rice, 81 years of age, committed
suicide in East Brooklyn, Conn., en Tues
day night.
Cel. A. G. Hedges, aged 79, died at his
residence in Louisville yesterday. He was
one of the eldest editors and Masens in the
Seuth.
Cornelius Deyle, aged 1G, was caught in
the shafting at the Northampton, Mass.,
basket factory yesterday and killed. His
body made 5,000 revolutions, striking the
fleer each time, and was reduced te a
pulp.
An arch ever a flume in a wall of the
Glendale mill in Barrillville, R. I., fell en
Tuesday afternoon, carrying with it the
fleer and several looms and cards. Less.
$2,000 te $3,000. The operatives narrowly
escaped.
Mary Myers found a small tin box near
the railroad track at Syracuse. Curious
te see what it contained, she laid it en the
rail and struck it with a piece of iron. The
can, which was a railroad torpedo, explod
ed, frightfully mangling her. .
A correspondent from Skeuk's Ferry
writes that the canal company has a strong
force of men at work removing the ice
from the towpath and the mud from the
canal. It wili, however, take some time
te get ready for navigation.
William Yeung and wife of Marien,
Wayne county, dreve into the village of
Palmyra, N. Y., te trade. Yeung get se
drunk that he could net manage his
horse, which en the way home became
frightened aud backed them off au em
bankment and into a creek, where Mrs.
Yeung was drowned.
Dr. Chandler Payne, a pioneer of e'd
Luzerne, died iu the Binghamton, N. Y.,
insane asylum, aged 72, and was buried in
Carbondale, where he had been an honored
resident and practicing physician for a
period of half a century. About two
months age his memory failed him and
growing rapidly worse he died as above
stated, in the hospital of a neighboring
town, whither he had strayed.
A tornado passed ever a considerable
part of southwest Missouri, accompanied
by rain and hail. At Galena, just across
the Missouri line, it demolished some Of
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ten buildings, mortally wounded two per
ens and severely injured six ethers.
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large tabernacle was completely destroyed.
Several building were blown down at
Jeplin,butat Carthage the damage was
slight. .
There was a-decided stir in Baltimore
yesterday ever an advance in the value of
the shares of the Baltimore & Ohie rail
road company te 203. The highest point
ever reached before was 196. The leil
cause of the advance is a conundrum, and
no definite or official answer te it could be
given by anyone. It is attributed by some
te a revival of the rumor that the oft oft
premised extra dividend was about te be
clared. Seme went se far as te name 30
per cent, as the dividend, while ethers felt
confident that should any extra dividend
be declared it would be share for share, or
100 per cent.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SI. K. CONFERENCE.
Annual .Meeting In rettsville Standing
Committee and Other Business of
the Session.
In the M. E conference new in session
iu Pottsville the following standing com
mittees were appointed and confirmed :
On Public Worship : G. Cummings, S.
N. Chew, A Heward, J. Dyson, J. F.
Meredith, H. II. Bedine.
On Education : J. B. Debbins, W. Coff
man, G. D. Carrow, S. H. Hoever, J. T.
Satchell, T. M. Griffith, E. B. Snyder;
laymen, A. 31. Burten, Themas B. Cepe,
S. B. Darlington, James Themas.
On Bible Cause : Theodere Stevens, G. A.
Wolff, n. R. Callaway, P. J. Cox, B. T.
Sting.
On Sunday Schools : T. M. Jacksen,
T. Quigg, D. M. Gorden, J. C. Weed,
L. Wilseu.
On Tract Cause : W. H Elliett. E. I
H.
A.
D.
Pepper, G. T. Hurlock, G. G. Rikestraw.
G. S.Breadbent.
On Temperance : J. M. Hinsen, E. Pick
ersgill, J. W. Harkins, J. S. ;ughes, W.
a. weed.
On Church Extension : The conference
beard of church extension.
On Freedmen's Aid Society : J. Dicker
son, L. D. MeClinteck, T. T. Mutcbler, T.
A. Fcrnley, W. W. McMichael.
On Ladies' and Pastors' Christian Unien:
T. Montgomery. C. F. Turner, A. M. Wig-
gim, a. V. lUcUeraas, u. 31. Hobes.
On Missions : The presiding elders.
On Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety : J. II. Weed, A. Lengacrc, G. Al
corn, H. Wheeler, W. P. Hewell.
On Necessitous Cases The trustees of
the Preachers' Aid society.
On Publishing the Minutes : The secre
tary -aud his assistants.
On Finances : J. W. Sayres, J. D. Fex,
M. Graves, J. W. Rudelph.
On General Statistics : N. Turner, E.G.
Yerkes, J. W. Bradley, F. M. Cellins, II.
F. Isett.
On Missionary Statistics : C. Reads, F.
A. Gilbert, P. S. Merrill, R. Smith.
On General Qualifications of Candidates
for Admission en Trial and for Admission
into Full Connection : G. Oram, S. W.
Themas J. Welsh, S. H. C. Smith, J. S.
Hughes, D. W. Gorden, J. R. Beyle, J.
Dungan, W. K. MacNeal.
Xesterday's Ereceedlngs.
Conference opened at 9 o'clock with
Bishop Harris presiding. Rev. J. S. Mc
Cennell was elected secretary aud he uem
inated as his assistants J. O'Ncil and J.
A. T. Giay ; financial secretaries, T.
Kirkpatrick and William M. Ridgeway ;
statistical secretaries, G. W. Lybrand aud
J. S. Cook. Presiding Elder Swindells
presented new charges against Rev.
Miller, concerned in the Philadelphia
medical college revelations. It was said
that Mr. Miller would withdraw from the
conference as seen as he was vindicated.
The charges were referred te a committee
of thirteen, te be appointed by the presid
ing ciders, and submitted te the counsel
Leu both sides. Dr. Rittenhouse. of Phila
delphia, was appointed counsel for the
conference, after which Dr. Paxson, of the
same city, presented the record of the
trial of Rev. Themas Kelly, of Philadel
phia, convicted of immorality and sus
pended from the ministry. This record
will also be referred te a court of thir
teen. Dr Tedd was appointed counsel for
Kelly. Dr. A. S. Hunt, agent of the
American Bible society, was introduce I
and gave an account of the work of spread
ing the gospel under directions of the se
ciety. In the afternoon the Women's for
eign missionary society met and addresses
were made by Mrs. Rev Henry Wheeler.
and ethers. airs, w iiesier s address was
interesting and listened te attentively
She urged mere liberal contributions te
the society, which accomplished se much
geed in foreign lands. Rev. Henry Wheeler
also made an eloquent appeal. The
evening's session commenced at 8 o'clock
and the academy was thronged. Presid
ing Elder Rev. G. W. Paxson read the an
nual report, showing fourteen students
under patronage of the society. Leans
wcre made during the year of 1,155.
The balance in the treasury is 8 GOO. Dr.
Themas C. Murphy was reelected presi
dent of the society, together with beard of
managers. Short addresses were made by
Dr. Judder, late et Drew seminary. Dr
Murphy presided ever the session.
THE NEW KA1LICOAU.
Frem Reading te the Chcsapvake.
A charter has been granted te the
Reading & Chesapcake coal and railroad
company, the purpose of which is te con
struct a read from Reading te the Mary
land line, there te connect with a read
leading te Chesapeake bay. The railroad
is also te have a branch from New Hol Hel
land te Lancaster. The capital stock of
U10 company is $2,500,000. This read will
pass through a section of country rich in
agricultural resources and underlaid in
valuable limestone, and the iron ores en
the route are. extensive and almost inex
haustible. It will require a large amount
of coal te reduce the stone-and ere te lime
and pig iron, and this read is te afford a
new opening for the anthracite coal trade.
The projectors of the read claim that
the wealth of the country, which will be
tributary te it. its dense population, and
the outlet which this line will afford
te coal, give it superior advantages from
the outset, ihey lurtber claim that 111
the future it will afford a short cut-off for
the Pennsylvania railroad te the Chesa
peake bay, for its bituminous coal, where
there is 30 feet of water. The capital for
the construction of the read comes mostly
from New Yerk, and it is said te be the
intention of the projectors of the read, as
they will cress some six reads at right
angles, net te cress any en a level, but te
go above or below them, as it will be an
independent freight and passenger route te
Chesapeake bay.
The branch from New Helland te Lan
caster is ene of several schemes en feet
te connect these two places and the inter
est felt in such a read will in all probabil
ity result in the early establishment of
somc'railread connection between them.
It is said that the subscription te oc
curs thechaiter were mainly in the interest
of New Yerk parties, who have indicated a
desire te subscribe for all the stock.
Funnier Than "Freaks."
Ferney' Progress.
It is a queer fashion of co-education
they have at the Millersville, Lancaster
county, normal school, where there has
just been a terrible rumpus because a stu
dent rode in a street car in which there
were several young lady scholars of the
same institution, mere : 1 ;, v
seems, forbidding anything of this sort.
wish I could sce them, ter 1 am sure
they are funnier than " Freaks."
OLD THAU.'
A Magazine Sketch of ear
Fermer Cec-
gressnian.
In the XI. number of the "Reminiscences
of Washington," new running in the At
lantic Monthly, the writer has reached the
Fillmore administration, and he tells of a
representative even then conspicuous who ,
later became much mere se :
Thaddens Stevens, of the Lancaster dis
trict of Pennsylvania, was the recognized
leader of the small band of anti-slavery
men in the Heuse, and as the Republican
strength there increased ceutinucd his
despotic rule. Ne Republican was per
mitted by "Old Tnad " te oppose his im
perious will without receiving a tongue tengue
lasliiug that terrified ethers, if it did net
bring the refractory representative back
iute party harness. Rising by degrees, as
a telescope is pulled out, until he steed in
a most ungraceful attitude, his heavy
black hair falling down ever his cavernous
brews, and his cold little eyes twinkling
with ansrer, he would make some ludic
rous remark, and then, reaching te his full
height, he would lecture the offender
against party discipline, sweeping at him
with his large, bony right hand, in un
couth gestures, as if-he would cluteh him
aud then shake him. He would often use
invectives, which he took care should
never appear printed in the official re
ports, and Jehn Randelph, in his braggart
prime, was never se imperiously insulting
as was Mr. Stevens towards these whose
political action he controlled.
Mr. Stevens was a firm believer in the
old maxim ascribed te the Jesuits, " the
end justifies the means," and, as-he set
morality at defiance, he was an early aud
a zealous champion of the equality of the
black and the white races. He was a
geed debater, and .there was an undercur
rent of dry humor about him that often
disarmed his political opponents. When,
en one occasion, a Seuth Carolina repre
sentative undertook te lecture him for his
anti-slavery views, and talked about a
slave en his own rice plantation who was
a pious deacon, Mr. Stevens grnflly asked
what the price of deacons was in that
vicinity, and whether a negre Would com
mand a higher price because he was a dea
con. Will I'iirtritlKe Kut l'sirtridge?
During thn past winter a number of
partridges belonging te the Lancaster Game
association have died, although provided
with plenty of feed, fresh water and
gravel. The dead birds were removed
from the room in which they died as seen
as they were discovered : but occasionally
they may have lain dead under cover a few
days before being discovered. Three or
four of them were netiecd te have the
feathers partly picked oil" and the flesh
eaten away from the neck and back. It
was thought the mischief might have been
done by mice (rats could net possibly
enter the room), and a trap was set te
catch them. Yesterday, however, while
the birds were being fed, a dead ene was
discovered behind a piece of canvas that
had been arrainged as a screen and retreat
for the birds. The feathers and flesh
were picked from its back, and seme
feathers weie. sticking te the beaks of the
living birds ! The man who fed the birds
is fully convinced that the living birds
were feeding en the dead eue, although
there was abundance of feed screenings,
cracked com, a head et cabbage aud a
basin of water within their reach. Some
of our old sportsmen say they never heard
of such a tiling. If any of our readers
have heard of a similar case we would be
pleased te hear from theiri.
Marietta Matters.
A charge of larceny was preferred be
fore 'Squire Baker against Edward Mc Mc
Elrey, jr., by Mrs. Haulen. Ed: offered
te her for .sale an umbrella, which she
claims te be the same that she lest, ene
morning iu the market house. She paid
the price he asked for it, under pretest,
and brought suit.
Bluebirds, robins and .shad-flies are be
coming plenty. A sure indication of
spring.
Mr. Levi Haldeman had the ivy that
cevcis tha eastern side of his residence
cleared of its tenants the sparrows. The
vine was full of nests, and their remnants
covered the ground below after the oust
ing process was ever. They become a
great nuisance from their rapid increase
and are hard te get rid of.
Alexander II. is a Romau-efT te the
realm of the shades.
Tim New City Lean.
Laxcastei:, March 16. 1881.
Editeks Istellickxcek. Will you be
kind enough te inform au old. subscriber
what series of city bends it is proposed te
fund by the new lean new advertised. I
have asked scum members of councils and
of the finance committee. They could
net giu the information. An answer in
thcI.Ti:i,i.i';i:scEi5 will oblige.
Ax O1.0 MunscuiuEK.
It is tin: intention of the city authori
ties, under tfie previsions of the refunding
ordinance, nrently passed, te refund at 4
per cent, ul' the G p.;r cent, bends that
mat med in 1830, or prier te that date.
Eds. Lnt.
Meri.- er.lliss Kel ley's Werk.
One of tin: uie.-t intelligent, industrious
and pious i.smates of the Lancaster ceuuty
hospital albeit a very eccentric one te
say the least is Miss Kcilcy, whose life
appears te be in a great measure devoted
te the work of bringing about a reconcili
ation between Wilkes Beeth and Abraham
Lincoln. Her latest work is a prayer for
St. Patrick's day. It is mads entirely of
carpet chain, knit by hand, the words of
the prayer being iu Reman capitals knit iu
and forming a part of the web and wool.
It displays considerable taste and must
have required a great deal of labor te make
it.
A Horrible Mistake.
In a letter published yesterday out eut
valued correspondent, the Ground Heg,
was pleaded te speak ih complimentary
terms of the "past 85 years of our useful
life." The intelligent compositor substi
tuted the weid sinful for useful, thus
changing a high compliment into a gross
libel. The only adequate puufMimcnt for
such a crirn'; was promptly applied : The
offender was promptly thrust into the
hole recently vacated by the groundhog,
and will be kept there until the ground
hog requires it for his own use.
Mysterious Disappearance of Man.
On Sunday February 27, William A.
Andersen, of Little Britain township, left
his home, saving he was going te visit his
brother at New Londen, Chester county.
Since that time nothing has been heard of
him and his friends arc fearful that some
thing has befallen him. Ne reason is as
signed for this act, as he has always been
regarded as a sober ami industrious man.
ToDacce Sales.
Hewaid F.Bradley, of Fu'ten township,
Lancaster county, raised a crop of 3,145
pounds ir tobacco from 1 J acres of ground
which he has sold for $43-1.
James lly, of Liltle Britain, Lancas
ler ceui:vv. M.-i Fast week his crop ef2,.00
pounds te J. Swift & Bre., at an average
of about ten i-snts per pound.
I'arden Kcru.'cd.
The beir! of pardons has refused te par
den Mis. ?usan Coonly, of this city,
who was convicted of censpiriug with Dr.
De Leen te debauch a miner under simn
1 itien of marriage.
l'ateut fJtiir."!.
Israel L. Landis, of this county, has been
granted a patent fee a new ami improved
gate that is said te possess many advan
tages ever any ether new iu use.