V LANCASTER DAILI USTELLIGEKCJER SATURDAY, MARCH 19 1881 Lancaster fnteUisencec. SATURDAY EVENING. MABCH 19, 1881. The Touchstone of Crazwess. The suicideef General Upton has occa sioned the greatest surprise among these who knew him, and who declare him te have been the last man they would have suspected of such an act. The nearly unanimous conclusion is that he was in sane when the deed was done, although he never was before suspected of such mental malady. One of his acquaint ances, however, has adopted another theory, and a plausible one, tee. He says that Upton was in the constant habit of sleeping with a revolver in easy reach, and lie believes that he seized upon it while in a dream, and in pursuance of an apparently needful purpose conceived in that troubled state of his mind. It will be seen, en a little reflection, that these two theories are net se diverse as they at first appear. The mind may be disordered for the time in a dream as greatly as it would be in any ether tem porary state of mental distress or un soundness. In this case of General Up ton, it would seem that the seizure, of whatever kind it was, was sudden, and of the night en which the fatal deed was denei since the day before nothing unusual had been noted in his demean or. Then, it is said that he was subject te physical ailments that may have caused him enough pain te render him temporarily irresponsible, or that may have thrown him iuleadistrcssingdream. Xearly everybody haa, in his own ex perience, that which will cause him te believe almost any strange tale that may be told as done in a dream. Sleep walk ing feats are tee common te excite sur prise, whatever be their nature. Why then may we net credit that a man may kill himself in a dream? It is net even necessary te believe that he has done it purposely ; it may have accidentally oc curred te General Upton that a shot in tended for an antagonist was directed against himself. Or it may have been purposely done in obedience te some di rection in the dream which appeared te justify and require it. If we admit the physical possibility that a man in pos session of a pistol may sheet himself while dreaming, as we cannot avoid ad mitting, we are equally forced te admit that the impulse te the act may be given it a dream. Only a day or two age a fellow-citizen was relating te us a recent experience of his own. lie dreamed that he was as sailed by a great giant ; appalled at the odds against him he quickly determined that his best chance laid in disabling the giant with a powerful kick. The con cussion awoke bim : he found that he had kicked a hole in the window shutter beside his bed and tern off the entire nail from his jrreat tee. Fortunately his wife was en the ether side of him or next morning there might have been a coro ner's inquest and some big newspaper headlines describing a horrible wife murder. The stomach is generally responsible for these physical outbreaks that arc laid upon a disordered mind, for it is therein the mind gets its ugly twist.. The lower organ has been held te be the seat of the mind and it is certainly re sponsible for most of man's evil deeds. A sound mind exists only when the body is sound, and the body is only sound when its digestive functieus are all right. The undue Hew of bleed te the br.iin under the malign action of the stomach provokes these fits of anger which drive men te murderous deeds. Frem the same cause come dream?, which can often be traced te indiscretion in eat ing. A great deal of discredit has been thrown upon the defense of temporary and emotional insanity as accounting for and excusing crime. But there can hardly be a fair doubt that it is respon sible, for a very great deal of violent ac tion. It cannot be otherwise; every man knows hew difficult it is te subdue the angry passions that rise-te an ill disposition, and he can easily imagine that what he does with difficulty te-day he may net be able te de at all again should his impulse te evil then be much stronger. We are convinced that a great deal of the crime of the day js involuntary and should be treated in a hospital rather than punished in prison. See the case which we new have in this man Pfeifer, who killed his cellmate and left a confes sion of ether brutal murders. Scarcely a doubt remains that he was insane. Yet the doctors examined him and pro nounced him sane, declaring that his crazy conduct was simulated. This man was probably net one of the cases of emotional insanity of which we have been speaking. His mind would seem te have been permanently affected se as te entitle him te be called insane ; under which name are usually placed these whose minds have been disordered for a censiderab.e period of time, or at least mere than momentarily ; though we pro pre test our inability te define insanity, nearly everybody being mere or less afflicted by it, in some degree at some time. Pfeifer had been crazy for years and it is net te the credit of the doctors that they did net find it out. His case serves our present purpose in showing hew a really insane man may pass even medical inspection as sane ; and gives rise te the query as te hew many abso lutely insane people are circulating around us in the-world without our de tecting it. Gen. Upton, sound as his army companions deemed him and as his work seemed te prove him, may possibly have been insane, as the final act of his lite proven mm te be in that hour, if the drama theory is net accepted. The lessen te be learned from such facts as these may be, as we have sug gested, that same of our penitentiaries need te be turned into insane asylums and hospitals. There is no use in pun ishing a man as a criminal who cannot help his offense. It is net just te him nor beneficial in deterring ether crazy peo ple from crime. "What we need te knew and inquire for is the touchstone of era-1 ziness. Net long since the Inquirer was hunt ing.with a feel-killer's club, anybody who said the Republican primaries of this county were steeped in fraud. Hon est confession is geed ferthe soul. A fixe specimen of the kind of legis lation proposed by the crude theorists who would regulate all the concerns of lire by legislation is afforded in a bill introduced at Harrisburg, relating te the sale of drugs. Briefly stated it pro vides that nobody shall hereafter " open or carry en in the state of Pennsylvania any retail drug or chemical store, nor engage in the business of compounding, or dispensing medicines en prescriptions of physicians, or of selling at retail any drugs, chemical poisons or medicines" without a certificate from the state beard of pharmacy. That beard is te consist of seven persons, selected trieh nially by the governor from a list of twenty handed te him by the " Penn sylvania pharmaceutical association." This puts the power into the hands of that self-constituted association te en tirely control and monopolize the retail drug, prescription .and dispensary busi ness. Any set of men who compose this unofficial " association," or who may happen te get control of it, could pick out twenty of themselves under this law, and make sure that seven of the members would be the state beard of li cense controlling the whole retail drug trade. "We have no fear that any such bill would ever becemt a law, but its previsions are worth citing te show what feels they are ill the world and hew the biggest of them get into the Pennsylva nia legislature. The New Era states the position of the " members from this county "en the repeal of the recorder iniquity as fellows : " In favor of the reform bill, approved by the Citizens' Committee of One Hun dred Laudis. Against the reform bill Courtney, Eshleman, Peeples and Sna der." Unintentionally, no doubt, the Era oterleoked the sixth member from this county, Mr. Snyder, representative from Lancaster city, who votes right en this and kindred subjects before the Legislature. Tire geed results of rogues falling out are proved anew at Harris burg. The Pittsburgh members, who have been held like hounds in the lesh at the service of the Philadelphia gang, having been angered by the votes of the Philadelphia members te expel the Pitts burgh correspondent who berated Hewit, came around yesterday and voted te fix a time te consider the abolition of the recorder's office. Their change of front " settled it," and when the roosters saw they had te go down the least game of them quickly voted in favor of the re form measure, in the hope of deceiving their constituents by assenting te the inevitable. Among this class were Peo Pee ples and Snader. "We have urgently demanded investi gation of the abuse of the se-called State Agricultural college management and are sincerely opposed te any further grant of aid te it, seeing that profligate waste and peer results have thus far characterized it. But we entirely agree with our local contemporary that this movement must bii in a higher interest than that of an or ganized raid upon the state appropria apprepria appropria priatien in behalf of ether institutions some of them probably net mere deserv ing than the Centre county humbug. Whex the Honorable Jeseph Souder, of the Pennsylvania Legislature, pro claims his contingent purpose te kick in the ribs of the newspaper men he only develops another point of resemblance between the modern statesman and the time-honored mule. The friends of Ireland ought te have Known better man te nave enercu rese lutiens of sympathy with Irish liberty in the rotten borough of Rhede Island, where an Irish-American citizen and soldier loses his vote when he loses his laud. PFRSONAU Cardinal Manning is te have a coadjutor, as his duties arc multiplying greatly upon him. It is understood that Grant will, at aa early day, withdraw from the presidency of the New Yerk exhibition company. Bjernstjerne Bjoiinsen pronounces his name with comparative ease because he gives te the j's the value, or nearly the value, of y's. President Garfield's two elder sons arc said te be persecuted for their influence te the extent of forty letters a day by former schoolmates who want positions. Professer Francis Wayland, of the Yale law school, sailed for Europe en Wed nesday, and will be absent till early in June. Hen. Bichard Vaux, of Philadelphia, delivered a lecture en Masonry in the M. . church at Middletown, night befere last. Lord Geerge Campbell, a cousin of the Marquis of Leme, is new, with his wife, staying at the British legation in Washington. Many entertainments are being given in their honor. Alice Way, M. D., well known in the eastern and southern sections, and for many years the popular teacher of a pri vate school in Christiana, who died this week was buried te-day in New! in town ship, Chester county. Meedy will net go te Europe this sum mer. He will spend the summer at his home in Nerthfleld, Massachusetts, hold ing a continuous meeting for advanced Bible scholars. Mr. Moedcy's schemes for education which are in progress at North field require mere of his personal attention than they have been receiving during his protracted absence. He will be able te de a great deal for these during the sutumer. He wih probably go abroad in the fall. Jeseph Ashmead Clay, one of the old eld est and ablest members of the Philadelphia bar, died at his residence in that city yes terday morning. He had been failing in health for some months, but bid fair te rally for awhile, when the death of his wife, en the 24th of December last, gave him a shock from which he did net recover, and he died simply from a general failure of his system, after an active life, without any organic disease. At the time of his death Mr. Clay was master in case of the Cen tral railroad company of New Jersey against the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre coal company and also one of the masters in the present proceeding against the Read ing railroad company, his associate being Geerge M. Dallas. Mr. Clay was a. man of cultivated tastes and widely extended reading. MINOB TOPICS. There are four popular ministers iu St. Leuis who receive $8,000 each for salary. The four " first-class " missions are France, Germany, Great Britain and Rus sia ; our ministers te these courts receive, each, $17,500 a year. TnE Frcedraen's aid society of the Meth odist Episcopal church wants $123,000 for the present year's expenditures. In thir teen years this society has disbursed $893, 000. The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist is hard en a certain class of de nothings who infest the ministry. It expresses its judg ment by saying : "A ministerial loafer is an abomination in the earth, an ecclesias tical nuisance that ought te be abated." The colored Republicans in Maryland have recently shown signs of revolt from the authority of their white rulers, owing te their net being accorded a full share of the federal patronage of the state, and have decided te call a state convention en the 24th hist., at which it is proposed te reorgamze the Kepuulicau party of the state from a colored standpoint. The Dunkards of Jehnsen county, Mis souri, some time age aet up a controversy among themselves, whi:h has new assum ed such proportions that it threatens te make a division in the body. The cere mony of feet washing is one of the old re ligious observances of these people. The controversy is as te whether iu the perform ance of this iite one feet or both should be washed. On this important point opin ion is about equally divided. President Eliet, of Harvard univer sity, says the degree of D. D. has ceased te mean anything, it has been distributed se indiscriminately. An eminent religious authority remarks that ,;se many of the D. D.'s arc neither talented or learned, nor remarkable for anything but heaviness and stupidity, that their title is about all there is te them." As the title means neither mere nor less than "teacher of di vinity," it canuet carry much harm with it, even if it fail te confer high distinction en theso who wear it. It is believed at the Land Office that the western land swindlers' ring, re cently exposed, have obtained fraudulent titles te mere thau a million acres of pub lie lauds, the most of which they have sold te innocent settlers, who therefore have no valid title te the land they oc cupy. It rests with the secretary of the interior and the attorney-general te decide whether civil suits shall be begun at ence te vacate the titles te these lands. It is believed that whatever is determined upon it will be se arranged that the blew shall net fall tee heavily upon the thousands of duped settlers, whose hitherto undisputed titles te their homes have been rendered invalid by this exposure. THE FEDERAL. SENATE. Tlie Committees Organized by the Republic-unit. The following tire the United States Senate committees as elected, the first named en each list being chairman : Privileges and Elections Messrs. Hear, Cameren (Wis.), Teller, Sherman, Frye, Saulsbury, Hill (Ga.), Vance aud Pugh. Foreign Relations Messrs. Bnruside, Cetikling, Edmunds, Miller, Ferry, John John seon, Morgan, Hill (Ga.) and Peudleten. Finance Messrs. Merrill, Sherman, Fer ry, Jenes (Nev.), Allisen, Piatt (N. Y.), Bayard, Voerhecs, Beck, McPfiersen'and Harris. Appropriations Messrs Allisen, Legan, Dawes, Plumb, Hale, Davis (W. Va.), Beck, Ransom and Cecfcrcll. Commerce Messrs. Cenkliug, McMillan, Jenes (Nev.), Kellogg, Cenger, Ransom, Coke, Farley and Vest. Agriculture Messrs. Cenger, Hale, Sewell, McPbersuu and Williams. Manufactures Messrs. Mahone, Blair, Plumb, Van Wyck, Davis (W. Va.), Sla ter and Geerge. Military AiFairs Messrs. Legan, Burn side, Cameren (Pa.), Harrison, Sewell, Cockrell, Maxey, Grevcr and Hampton. Naval Affairs Messrs. Cameren (Pa.). Antheny, Rollins. Miller, Mahone, Mc Phcrsen, Jenes (Fla.).- Vance and Farley. Judiciary Messrs. Edmunds, Ceukling, Legan, lugalls, McMillan, Garland, Davis (III.), Bayard aud Lamar. Postelliccs and Pest Reads Messrs. Ferry, Hill (Cel.), Piatt (N. Y.), Sawyer, Mahone, Maxey, Saulsbury, Farley aud Greeme. Public Lands Messrs. Plumb, Hill (Cel.)", Blair, VanWyck, McDill, Jenes (Fla. ), Grevcr, Walker and Morgan. Piivate Lmd Claims Messrs. Bayard, Jenes. Call, Edmunds and Allisen. Indian Affairs Messrs. Dawes, Ingalls, Saunders, Legan, Cameren (Wis.), Coke Pendleton, Walker and Slater. Pensions Messrs. Taller, Piatt (Conn.), Diair, iuicsneii, ingarren, uroemc, Slater, Jacksen and Camden. Revolutionary Claims Messrs. John John seon. Jenc3 (Fla.), Hill (Ga.), Antheny and Dawes. Claims Messrs. Cameren (Wis.), Frye, Teller, Hear, Cenger, Pugh, Jacksen, Geerge and Fair. District of Columbia Messrs. Ingalls, Rollins, McMillan, Hawley, Me Dill, Har ris, Butler, Vance and German. Patents Messrs. Piatt (Conn.). Hear, Mitchell, Edgartea, Coke, Call and "Wil liams. Territories Messrs. Saunders, Kellogg, McDill, Sawyer, Butler, Garland and Vest Railroads Messrs. Kellogg, Teller, Saunders, Hawley, Sawyer, Sewell Grev- er, Williams, Jenes aud Brown. Mines and Mining Messrs. Hill (Cel.), Jenes (Nev.), Van Wyck, Miller, Hamp ton, Fair and Camden. Revision of Laws Messrs. McMillan, Piatt (Conn.) Hale, Davis (111.), and Pendleton. Education and Laber Messrs. Blair, Merrill, Burnside, Edgarton, Mahone, Maxey, Brown, Geerge snd Fair. Civil Service Messrs. Hawley, Rollins, Jenes (Nev.), Hill (Cel.), Butler, Walker ana Williams. Contingent Expenses Messrs. Jenes (Nev.), Piatt (Conn.), and Vance. Engrossed Bills Messrs. Saulsbury, Call and Conkling. Rules Messrs. Frye, Hear, Sherman, Call and German. Improvement of the Mississippi River Messrs. Mitchell, Kellogg,- Van "Wyck, Frye, Jenes, Cockrell and Jacksen. Transportation Routes te the Seaboard Messrs. Harrison, Cameren (Pa.), Blair, Piatt (N. Y.), Beck, Voorhees and Cam den. Joint Committee en Public Printing Messis. Antheny, Hawley and German. Joint Committee en Enrolled Bills Messrs. Piatt (N. Y.), Rollins and Pugh. Joint Committee en Library Messrs. Sherman, Hear and Voorhees. Joint Committee en Public Buildings and Grounds Messrs. Rollins, Merrill, Camaren (Wis.), Jenes (Fla.), and Vest. Select Committees. The following are the select committees elected Civil Service Messrs. Sawyer, Rollins. Dawes, Hampton and Greeme. Census Messrs. Hale, Merrill, Cameren (Wis.), McDill, Pendleton, Morgan and Harris. Epidemic Diseases 3Iessrs. Harris, La mar, Garland, Jonas, Teller, Miller and Sewell. Nicaraguan Claims Messrs. DavU (W. Va.), Greeme, Johnsten, Hawley and Mitchell. On the Erection of a New Library Build ing Messrs. Voorhees, Butler aud Merrill. A Hill That Needs Watching. Xcw Era. It is one thing te demand the reasons which have led the State Agricultural col lege te fail se signally in doing the geed work expected of it and quite another te give the annual appropriation it has been receiving te sundry ether institutions scat tered here and there ever the state. This latter, we regret te learn, the enemies of the college new propose te de. A bill has been drawn up by the . men interested in securing a share of the spoils which they would wrest from the state aud appropri ate te themselves. This modest bill gives $5,000 yearly te the University of Pennsyl vania. It gives the same amount te a col lege in the western part of the state, as yet unnamed ; the normal school at West Chester is put down for $2,500, aud some unnamed normal school in the western part of the state is te be the recipient of au equal sum. Besides the above, $5,000 mere are te be paid te each of the already indicated normal schools annually for the maintenance of experimental stations, laboratory fixtures and ether things. The state beard of agriculture may, if it sees fit, adept either of the three experi mental farms in connection with the ex perimental stations, but if this is deemed inexpedient, then the boaed shall be au thorized te sell either or all of the said farms, aud purchase ethers, "convenient ly located and adapted te the purpose aforesaid." There arc a great man v ether provisos of various kinds in the bill, de fining certain ether things that shall be done at these schools, and by the profes sors who teach in them, but the gist of the bill is in what we have given above. We new begin te appreciate what the president of the Lancaster County Agricul tural society said when he made his report of the proceedings of the meeting called in Philadelphia te consider this State Agricultural college question. He ox ex pressed his disappointment at the class of men who were engineering the business. They did net appear te be farmers nor men given te agricultural pursuits, and from what he saw and heard he was led te question their disinterestedness. His ap prehensions seem te have been well found ed. It new leeks te us as if the whole business was an organized raid upon the $30,000 new annually appropriated te the State Agricultural collcge for the benefit of certain educational institutions iu the vicinity of Philadelphia aud ethers in the western part of the state. LATESX NEWS BT MAIL. The Newburypert, Mass., mills suffered severely from lire last night. In Providence the Heuse of Reprcsonta Reprcsenta tives rejected the Senate resolution of sympathy with Ireland. The Savauah river has risen 24 feet in half as many hours and Augusta, Ga.. is flooded. Jehn W. Mackey has bought out the interest of two Scetchmen who held large blocks of Sutro Tunnel stock This gives color te the story that the Bonanza firm control the tunnel. In Providence, R. I., Mrs. Mary Head, was poisoned by belladonna put up in stead of extract of butternut by Michael W. Cenergan, a clerk in llandy's drug store. The jury returned a verdict of gross negligence. The tow beat Jehn Means enreutc te St. Leuis exploded her boiler near Osceola, Ark. Four of her crew of twenty-six are missing. Several ethers were se riously injured, including Captaiu McCIcl 2an. The freshet in the Hudsen has destroyed the pile dykes erected last summer in front of Albany, N. Y. The ice lifted the piles and floated them down stream. The whole dyke opposite Stone Dyke, the one at Castlcteu and the one near Van Wcis Point, arc entirely gene, while ethers are se damaged as te be useless. In Olena, III., Charles Bryant and sev eral companions were seated iu an old coach near the depot when Samuel Mc Quillau.a noted desperado, came along with a disreputable woman and commenced firing at the young men, all of whom fled except Bryant, who returned the fire, kill ing McQuillan. Bryant was held in $509 bail. Jehn Adams, superintendent of the Silver Lick mine at Eureka, Nevada, and a member of the Nevada Legislature, has died in the San Francisce city prison hos pital from the effects of a pistol wound re ceived at the hands of Adelph S. Chandcr, mailing clerk of the evening Bulletin. They had quarreled' iu a sa!oe:i about business affairs. An unknown white woman, about GO years old, was killed by a west-bound freight train en the Pennsylvania railroad atTaceny. She was walking upon the eastern track when warned off by the flag man as a tram approached. She became bewildered, tore herself from the flagman's grasp, and, rushing upon the ether track, was knocked down and killed by a train. She carriee a rmall caba, and her attire consisted of a gray overskirt, black cloth body, black silk .bonnet, red and brown striped stockings and buttoned craiters. The children at the public school near Carsen's Run, Mich., proposed te play ghost, and selected Annie Sicablc, a little eirl about 11 years of age, as their victim. Without the knowledge of Annie they posted one of their number in the pine, enveloped in a sheet. Te this place they led the unsuspecting littie girl, and at a given signal the sheeted figure made its appearance. The children who were in the plot ran and hallooed " Ghost !" and with them ran littie Annie, believing she had seen a real ghost. She reached the school room deer, fell insensible and died the same day. STATE ITEMS. Upen the arrival in Erie of Sara Bern hardt she was greeted by a host of claim ants te bleed relationship. The Bcrn hardts of Erie are numerous and all sons of toil. Sara has net distributed her jewels among them, nor does she propose te give a benefit for her sisters, cousins and aunts. There is a flood in the river of about nine feet and rafts in large numbers have commenced arrivinz at Leck Haven and Williamsport. Lumbermen expect a suffi cient rise te bring, their legs down te the booms, and great activity among the man ufacturers is already observed. The raft ing business in square timber particularly is expected te be heavy. , Hen. Jeseph Souder has given the-news-paper .correspondents around Harrisburg timely notice that if they should ever se far forget themselves as te criticise his conduct as a statesman he will "kick their ribs in." Newspaper men will cautiously observe that Souder wears a Ne. 10 beet, even if a Ne. Ghat does fit him loosely. W. W. Wilsen, tobacco merchant, of Sunbury, disappeared mysteriously en Thursday morning. He had been te Shamokin dam en Wednesday evening, across the river, attending a party and left between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morn ing, since which time nothing has been h An tW aT 1. TT t1 ! A A AM i ucaiu ui mm. iie naa aoeut stjuu in I money witn nun. There is strong cien of foul play. suspi- THE VALLEY FORGE MURDER. THE DESPERATE CRIME OF A DAS TARDLY THIEF. On the Trail or the Villain Circumstantial Evidence. Further particulars of the murder of Mr. Clugsteu, at Valley Ferge early Fri day morning, shows that about 3 o'clock Mrs. Clugsten was awakened from a deep slumber by a heavy current of air passing through the room, and, remembering that the deer had been carefully closed when they retired, she intuitively felt that some thing was wrong. Arousing her husband, they saw by the ghastly dimness of the lamp, which they had "left burning low, that the deer was wide open. Mr. Clug Clug seon arose te leek at the clock and close the deer, but he bad scarcely taken three steps befere he stumbled upon the form of a burglar crouching near the bed. Finding himself discovered, the intruder assumed an upright position with cat-like agility and in an instant the two men were engaged in a deadly combat. The noise of the struggle thoroughly terrified Mrs. Clugsteu, who immediately screamed at the top of her voice : " Tem, get up ! There's a burglar in the house ! Muider ! Help !" Thoroughly comprehending this signal of approaching danger the burglar struggled desperately te free himself from his elder but tenacious antagonist. Real izing that he was making but slew pro gress and hearing the approaching feet steps el 'l nemas uiugsten, tne year old son, who occupied the rear room en the second fleer, the burglar as a last re sort drew a revolver and discharged it at Mr. Clugsteu, who immediately released his held upon the desperado. At this crit ical moment Themas Clugsten, the son, entered the deer as the flash of the sec ond diSffliarge momentarily illuminated the apartment, aud taking in the situation at a glance threw himself upon the bur glar for the purpose of disarming aud making him a prisoner. A desperate struggle then followed between the men, and although Themas was doubtless the stronger physically, the murderer, for such he proved te be, impelled by the thought of the gallows or prison, seemed possessed of superhuman strength and ac tivity. Hew long the struggle would have continued it is impassible te conjec ture had net the two incu, clutching each ether iu a vice-like grip, rolled down stairs. As they descended in this abrupt maimer Mr. Clugsten, although he had re ceived his death wound, attempted te descend the steps te assist his son. The effort was mere than his fast-ebbing life would permit, the death-rattle sound ed in his threat, and he staggered and fell headlong down the stairs, a corpse, upon the two men still writhing in each ether's grasp. First one and then the ether seemed te gain the advantage. The mur derous intruder vainly endeavored te raise his revolver, which he still held with a desperate clutch, iu order te put bullet through the young man's heart, and just when it seemed that he would succeed in his murder out attempt Themas, by an extraor dinary effort, disarmed him. The son re newed his efforts te overcome the despe rado, but he slipped from his grasp and with one leap cleared the parlor bounded out of the open window, aud dashed down the lauc like a greyhound, leaving his vest, undercoat aud overcoat in the hands of young Clugsten. The latter bounded after, but after chasing him for ever one hundred yards without gaining upon him returned te the cottage. A lamp was brought down stairs and the dying lather placed en" a sofa. He never spoke a word or uttered a groan, but gave a short gap and quietly passed away just tweuty min utes after he was placed ou the sofa. The death-dealing bullet entered the right side of the neck near the collar-bone, complete ly severing the jugular vein. The ball was a Ne. 5 cartridge and the weapon a five-chambered, thirty-two calibre revol ver with two empty chambers, showing that the seeend shot had missed its mark. The murderer had approached the cot tage from Mill Lane, and pried open the south window of the parlor. He .removed his Ne. 7 Congress gaiters aud carefully placed them upon the windowsill, which was nearly level with the front perch. Iu the struggle the murderer left his well worn still hat containing the initials " G. E." in the house; also his brown overcoat, a gray sack ccat and dark vest, over whelming cvidence against him. In the pekcts were found a black clasp pocket book containing $13.10, comprising a ten-dollar bill of the Allegheny County bank of 1804, a two-dollar and a one-dollar bill and a dime, six linen handkershiefs, a sheath dagger, six pairs of ladies' new striped hose, a silver watch, a pocket mirror, a flask of whisky, a pawn ticket for five dollars for a silver watch pawned en March 0, in the name of E. Abbett, with the Consolidated lean com pany", Ne. 53 West Baltimore street, Balti more, Md.; the card photograph of a pretty live-year-old girl wrapped in a piece of brown paper, en which was written: Mrs. .Jenes, JNe. 20 W. Lafayette street. EllaShipp.' The armed party who started out te hunt the murderer met a man en the read with bleed en his shirt front.. He was taken te Valley Ferge, where he proved that his name was Fisher Lee, aged 72 years, of llershan township, Montgomery county, aud that the bleed en his shirt was caused by a cut under his ear. Several respectable persons testified as te his geed character, and he was promptly released. Befere starting out again young Melva ney took a geed leek at the clothing left behind by the murderous burglar and was startled te identity them as these worn by Henry Griebel.a notoriously bad character, who was in the Valley Ferge posteffice en Thursday. Yeung Tem Clugsten, who also saw Griebel, recognized the coat as that worn by him en the day befere at-the posteffice. Griebel was well known iu the village, where he bore an unenviable char acter and associated with the worst cle ment. He sprved three years in the West Chester prison for cattle stealing; his prison record is net limited te that state. He formerly kept a small junk store at Valley Ferge, but at the same time was known te frequent a disreputable place in the weeds near Greentrcc, within a short dis tance of Penn station en the Pennsylvania railroad. Between Valley Forge and this point there are nearly five miles of solid woodland, in which a criminal might hide secure for several days. The vigilance committee from Valley Ferge, armed te the teeth, went in search of the murderer, determined' upon tracing him te his den. flinch Fraud at the Primaries. .Lancaster I nquirer. Sometime since one of our contempor aries, the New Era, proposed that we should have in this county a citizens' com mittee, after the Philadelphia pattern, for the prevention and punishment of frauds at elections. We seconded the motion aud suggested that it be constituted with special reference te the Republican pri maries, as at these there was probably much mere fraud than at the general elections. TVerkmen Injured. Yesterday afternoon Jacob Ridley and Harry Dichm, laborers belonging te Kirk Few's construction camr at Middletown. while unloading material fer-fhB construc tion of the Union canal bridse at that point, were accidentally struck by a heavy lever, and very severely hurt. They are both married men with families, and both reside at Fert Royal, a suburb of Middle town. Though seriously disabled, it is said their wounds are net dangerous. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. AT POTTSVIU.K. la the 31. E. Conference. In the conference yesterday quite a dis cussion ensued ever prepositions te divide the work of the conference into four or five districts, embracing or net embracing equable portions of Philadelphia iu each. Rev. Coombs favored the five district plan. He said the Lehigh distriet was se arranged that no manfen Ged's earth could de it justice. Its railroads ran everywhere without going anywhere in particular. Mr. Welsh spoke in favor of his four district resolution. He said: "We have enough districts already." "Amen," shouted a brother, provoking laughter from all sides. The five distriet amendment was laid ou the table.by a vote of 121 te 33. Presiding Elder Swindells did net favor au increased number of districts, but he believed the churches favored it. He thought if the work was divided it would give the presiding elder's family mero of his fame. Iu 3G5 nights his family had had five. Rev. Carrow thought the presiding el ders under the present arrangement had te de tee much traveling en "feet back." Brether Mills made a speech which was frequently applauded. He thought there was a great Chinese wall about Philadel phia. He wanted te break it down. He also wanted it se arranged that theso min isters who went te get out of the city can de se and these of the country get in with out friction. The resolution finally passed was that the presiding bishop rearrange the work of the cenference ie four districts, equal izing the size and financial ability as nearly as possible and dividing the we.k in the city of Philadelphia equally among them as nearly as possible. Geerge Cummins, presiding elder of the Susquehanna district, name was called. His character was passed, and he pre sented and reported the state of the work en his district. The report was clear, concise and full of encouragement. Rev. C. J. Thompson was elected-a trustee of the educational fund, and L. D. Brown and J. R. Hainct were chosen trustees of the centenary fund. The report of the Lecal Preachers' asso ciation was presented and read, showing the number of preachers en the roll as seventy-six ; number of effective preach ers, sixty-three. Twenty-three appoint ments arc filled by the members at institu tions under the care of the association. These are the county prison, Eastern peni tentiary and similar institutions, which are supplied every Sabbath, and an aver age of thirty-eight services each Sabbath held. The report also showed that five hundred and thirty-two appointments were filled during the year in city and county churches. The number of iumates iu the various institutions brought under the preaching of the gospel by the members of the asso ciation was four thousand three hundred and forty-five. The bishop announced the following as the committee en the communication from the local preachers' association : T. C. Murphcy, W. C. Best, N. Frame, J. Lin demuth and G. A. Wolf. The largest audience of the week ap peared at the Academy of Music last night, the occasion being the anuiversary of the "Church Extension Society." P. J. Car Car eon presided. M. D. Kurtz opened sen ices with prayer. J. R. Beyle, of Phila delphia, spoke. He stated that in the last sixteen years the society aided 3.0S6 churches and built 335 churches: Chap lain McCabc spoke for an hour, raising $1,000 from the audience. The meeting closed with the benediction by Dr. Rust. The committce en Rev. Mr. Miller's case met iu the afternoon. The hearing is conducted secretly. The general opinion seems te be that Miller will be convicted. AFTER TOM WILEY'S SCAM'. Or Perhaps After Hi Otlice. When Majer Ellwood Gricst was a can didate for Congress against Hen. A. Hcrr Smith, it was quite natural for Themas A. Wiley te support Smith, and his effective work for him, especially in Majer Griesst's Fourth ward, was well calculated te raise the major's dander. Gricst has been en the war path for Wiley ever since, and will net be Lappy until the collector's bleeding scalp hangs at his belt. He is especially vicious in this week's JJ7jr,bcing stirred te fresh assault by the news that " various names have bceu mentioned in connection with the succession te this office, among them B. Frank Eshleman, of this city, Jehn M. Stehman, A. J Kauffman, Geerge II. Ettla, and ethers. But," cautiously adds the net tee sanguine Inquirer, " whether any of them have a chance for success or net we of course de net knew." Fer Garfield, it is sus pected will Icave it te Smith, aud Smith, "it has been generally supposed," "in accordance with some visionary ideas of civil service held by certain self-styled reformers, would favor the continued re tention of Mr. Wiley in office for an in definite period of" time." Nevertheless, Mr. Gricst has heard that Smith favors the "policy of change" aud he invites Eshleman, Stehman, Kauffman, Ettla. aud ethers tee modest te be mentioned te step up and help give Wiley the g. b. Gricst, in conclusion, sums up the griev ance of " the people " against the present collector, that he makes $4,300 salary, gets $500 rent from the government for the office, and $000 salary for his son. Wiley has the fleer. AFTER MANY YEARS. Recollections of " Sweet Old Ireland." Among the invited guests te the golden wedding of Mr. and Mr3. David Housten, of which a full account appeared in yes terday's Intelligencer, was Elizabeth Jehnsen, a widowed sister of Mr. H., whose present residence was only ascer tained with much difficulty and her an swer te the invitation only received this morning. She lives with her son at Hcu Hcu velten, N. Y., and is 85 years of age. We make the following touching extract from her response : " Deak Brether and Sister : Your invitation te help te keep the fiftieth anni versary of you wedding day has carried me back in memory te our childhood days, when you and I were young ; when our home was in ' sweet old Ireland.' " I can but faintly remember our saint ed father, who Iett us when you, my broth er, were an infant in our dear mother's arms, hew she toiled for us, and I, as the eldest child, put my peer shoulder te the wheel te de the little that I could te help with the ether dear ones at home. "But we are. new scattered ; one here, another there,. and I knew we shall never meet en earth again ; but in the ' sweet bye and bye ' we shall meet en the ' Ever green Shere. ' " Ged, grant we may be an unbroken family there. ' ' Your aged sister, " Elizabeth Jehnsen. " The t'enrv. On 3Ienday morning the week of argu ment court will begin, before both judges. On the printed list there are nine cases in orphans' courts, twenty-six in common pleas and seven in quarter sessions. On Monday, April 18, the regular quar ter cessions court will begin. Married. Miss. Mary E. Parker and Rev. Jehn W. Hoever were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's father in Harris- burg the ether day. Among these present nw .ulue auuiv jjauiey, Ol mis city. THE TOBACCO MARKET. Seme Recent Representative Sale. Yesterday's Lebanon Times says : "Isaac Brown, tenant farmer en Jacob Shaak's farm, Millcrcek township, sold the pro duct of one acre of tobacco for $433.26 te a Lancaster county party. His tobacco is known as the uiameth silk leaf, and two quarts of the seed brought him $00. Messrs. Wallace & Seus, of Newmanstown, have sold their tobacco crop te Lancaster par ties, for $1,117. Off of one aero was sold for $354." The following are purchases of tobacco made by Jehn Hildcbrand iu Drumore township : Henry Nerthhammcr i aero at 20 round ; Mrs. Shuraan, 2 acres "at. 19, 7 aud 3 ; Ephraim Bleacher, 2 acre at 17, 5 and 2 ; Rudelph Shaub. 1 aero at 17, 5 and 3 ; Mrs. Rewe, 1 acre at 10 round ; Jacob Nerthl:ammer, 3 acres at 15, 5 and 3. In Providence township, Elam B. Huber, 3 acres at 18. 5 aud 3. Our Marietta correspondent writes : Shipping is brisk at the railroad depot. The siding is full of cars te be used mostly for tobacco. This week Greve. Heffman & Ce.. sent 310 cases te New Yerk, and. Boek & Jacobs sent 25 cases. Tobacco buyers are numerous this week and a great many scales arc being made. Seme of them have been as follews: C. A. Sehaffuer. I J acres at 15 and 3; Jehn Shields, 2 acie.s at 18, 0 and 3; Samuel Shadier, 2 acres at 10. 0 and 3 ; Alex Bu chanan. 3 acre- at 10, Gand3 ; Cyrus Hcrr, 2 acres at 18, 0 and 3, and Themas Stacks, of West Denegal, G acres at 22, 20, 8 and e. The Market at WrlghUvUIe. Wrteht-villeStar. - Mr. Jas. II. McCenkey has sold te 11. C. Monre 15 acres at 17, 7, 5 and 4. while f ether crops have been sold as high as 25 and e ler superior ami uewii as low as a and 2 for inferior grades. A erep of to bacco raised iu Yerk county was taken te Columbia where it was stripped and pre pared for market and afterwards sold for 23 and 5, when at the same time the best offers yet made for ether crops of equal or superior quality raised ou the same farm have been much below these figures. Messrs. Thomsen & Bre. have thus far received about 2C0 caws, while they ex pect te receive te-morrow (Saturday) 40,000 pounds, or about 100 cases mere. The receipts up te this time of Messrs. Keller & Kliue amount te about 300 cases ana in addition they have purchased about 200 cases mera yet te be delivered. Messrs. Wit man & Stricklcr, Bunzl &. Dermitzcr, S. R. Keehcr & Ce. and Skilcs & Frey have all made heavy purchases and the two former firms have received a portion of their purchases. Messrs. S. R. Keehcr & Ce. will commence receiving to day. Wk are unable te give approximate figures of the amount of the crop bought by the linns iven It is probable that the receipts by S. R. Keehcr & Ce. te-day aud by Thompson & Ure. te-morrow will make two of the heaviest tobacco days se far this season. In addition te the tobacco purchased and delivered at our warehouses te be packed here, ever 200 cases have been received here by Lancaster dealers apd shipped iu bulk te Lancaster te lie packed. Anether Ills Day. The weather te-day is cold aud damp, just such a day as the tobacco-growers like te have te deliver their tobacco ; the only drawback being the horribly bad condition of the reads, which in many places are almost hub-deep with mud. But notwithstanding this drawback, im mense quantities of the leaf were delivered at the city warehouses. At Fatman fc Ce's., te-day, 47 leads, many et them 4 horse leads were delivered. At TellerV, Skiles&Frey's, Frey& Weidler's. Wertheim er's,Bunzl tfc Durniitzers,Shreeder & Ben's Oppenheimcr's, Ilerr's, Jehn Moere's aud ether warehouses, there were also large numbers of wagons unloading from day break until afternoon. During the week Skilcs & Frey received about 170.000 pounds. On Thursday C. G. Hcrr received about 50 wagon leads. Many of the ware houses further from the centre of the town wc have net had au epjMirtuiiity of visit ing, but J"i em 1 he large number of country teams, piled high with tobacco and mov ing iu the direction of the warehouses, there is no doubt, they tee arc receiving largely. K:ileR I Tobacco. Frank Buchanan, of Honeybrook, Ches ter county, has sold te Bitncr & Zeek 3,500 pounds at 15J, 5 and 3. J. M. Frautz, Lancaster township, has sold te C. G. if err about 4,000 pounds at 20, 10, 8 and 3, and 3,100 pounds at 18, 0 and 3. Jehn D. Hershey, Petersburg, has sold and delivered te Fatman & Ce., 4 acres, at 20, G and 3. Activity lu the East End. New Helland Clarien, The following recent sales have occurred in this ueihboed : Te Goldback & Mus ser DaVid ilurkheldcr, 5 acres at 23, 9 and 3 ; Jehn Heeber, 2 acres at 22, 18 and 3 ; Ames Lcfevre, 2 acres, 20, G and 3 ; Isaaa Muckct, 1 acres, 9 cents round ; Samuel SweigarT, acre, 20, G and 3 ; Abm. Summer:;, 1 acres, 8 cents, round ; Jacob .Siie.v.tlter. one let, 171 cents round, two lets 10 cents round ; Elias Yitudt, J-acrc, 18. G and 3. Te Hard ler Urtibaker & Ce., D. S. Schlanch, 1 acre at 18, 10. G and 8 ; Cyrus Mcntzcr, 1 acres at 17, 7 and 3. Te Stiik, et Lancaster, A. J. Yundt, 3 acres, 18. 10, G and 3; Gee. Drybread, 1 acres, 17. 7 and 3; Jehn Mentzer, 17, 7 and 3; Grain II C. Mcntzcr, 17, 7 and 3; Isaac R. Brubakcr, 18, 12 and 4. Te Skiles & Frey, Lancaster, A. O. Sut Sut eon. 1 acre. 17. 7 and 3 ; I. G. Davis, 14, G and 3 ; N. Heiiningcr, 17, G and 3. Gee. Duukle, Bcthesda, Lancaster county, sold 2 acres of tobacco te Fatman & Ce., for 17, G and 3. He delivers it to day. Net Welt KnilerseU. The " Around the World" company. which appeared here last evening, catches a livejy breeze from the Harrisburg papers.. We ar6 net te have "Alvin Jeslin." May be it is just as well. Tha Wilkesbarre Union Leader says of the show : " If the New England farmer is anything like Mr. Davis presented him, the average traveler will steer clear of the New England farmer. One's ideas of the typical descend ant of the pious Pilgrim is altogether dis arranged when he leeks upon Ah in Jeslin and fellows him through a succes sion of fiery combats in which he, not withstanding his advanced age, always comes out of the unharmed victor. " Al vin Jeslin" is a big show en paper. The litejraphs, bangers, dodgers and pesters, are superb. We recommend the pApcr." A Feast el ISeans. Last night after the adjournment of Geerge II. Themas pest 84, G. A. R., there was a grand lunch served of genuine old army viands bean soup, sew-belly and hard-tack. A felicitens speech was made by Maj. A. C. Rcineehl, and the old vets declared the feast far superior te some they had sat down or steed up te when in the service. The supply of soup and crackers being super-abundant, what was left was distributed te several" sol diers' widows. Railroad Accident. Yesterday a tramp who gives his name as Wm. Burns and residence- Philadelphia attempted te beard a western freight train at Middletown. and falling under the caw had his right leg terribly crushed. He was put aboard the mail train, conveyed te Harrisburg and placed in the hospital, where he lies in a rather precarious con dition, the leg having been amputated. TJallt I.amp. gas lamps last nfeht The unlit were. 2 in the Second ward: 3 in the Sixth and 1 in the Ninth in all 5. tl
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