LANCASTER BAIte INTELLIGENCER MONDAY, MARCH 21 1881
Lancaster fntclligencec.
MONDAY EVENING, MABCH 21, 1881.
A Uniting Administration.
The president cannot make up his
mind about that extra session, although
he has all the facts in his possession
bearing upon the question of its advis
ability. When a man who fills an exec
utive office is unable te speedily decide
upon his action, though all the attainable
information is in his hands, he displays
conspicuously his incempetency for his
p. si. Mr. Garfield is reported-te be a
niiiti of indecision, or rather of variable
decision, and of course knows his weak
nets. He shows a disposition te escape
its ill effects by postponing his declara
tions of purpose until lie can be
sure that he will net want te
change them. The motto is that
of Davy Crockett, te be sure you're right
before you go ahead ; and no principle
of action is mere worthy of observance.
But people who cannot quickly make
up their minds that they are right are
net the ones te charge with important
executive duties. The president was
firmly of the opinion, when Congress ad
journed, that he did net want te be
troubled with its presence before
next December. A new president
is very leth te summon Congress in extra
session. Hut it was seen shown te Mr.
Garfield that a sad necessity was upon
him te will it, and he is reported te have
succumbed te its logic, although he yet
hesitates te make the open confession.
If he hail only the. geed of the country te
consider he would without difficulty de
cide that a congressional session was
necessary te provide for the refunding of
the national debt at a lower rate of in
terest. Hut the geed of the Republican
parly, which is the main element in the
question in his judgment, is net se
clearly indicated. It is true that the
party runs gnat risk or being damned by
the eple if it. permits the less of many
millions of interest unnecessarily paid
out te the bondholders, but it runs like
risk in being thrust at the next .ses
sion into the position into which
it was led by its indiscreet leaders
in the last. The Republican majority is
se very narrow in the new Congress that
it is Mire te have very great trouble te
execute its purposes after it has formed
them. On the funding measure it can
not avoid appearing before the country
as the creature of the national hanks.
which is net a strong popular position te
occupy ; and if it. is, also, beaten in its
efforts te befriend them at the people's
exiH-n.se, it will have risked its popular
ity without strengthening (lie banks
which if has adopted as the preps of its
existence. Unquestionably the Repub
lican party is in a bad way. But it will
only postpone, net escape, its difficult ies
by avoiding an ext ra session ; and se it
would seem te be Mr. Garfield's best
policy leauf boldly, and te summon Con
gress in pursuance of the manifest
demand of the geed of the country.
If he could be wise enough te see that
the only salvation of his party was in
meeting the people's ideas of what their
interests demand, he would recommend
te the new Congress te abolish the ma
chine!' of the national banks with
which te supply the country with the
needful paper money, since that ma
chinery has clearly proved itself te be
disadvantageous, Rut. the Republican
party, being indebted te the banks for
the material aid that secured its success
in the election, must, new stand by them,
and leave te us the advocacy of the sub
stitution of government notes for the
national bank notes; thereby saving the
interest which is paid te the hanks upon
Jlic bends which will he retired by the
Hen -interest bearing notes.
It is safe te assume that under an ex
ecutive who hesitates as Mr. Garfield
does the Republican party is net likely te
be saved from the dangers that thickly
beset it. Undera man of Blaine's prompt
ness and resources it might have a
chance for its life : but. this administra
tion is net te be ruled by HIaine's deci
sion and boldness. He strongly advises an
extra session, but. still thequestien hangs
fire. Garfield is tee strong a man te be
Blaine's dummy and net strong enough,
inessential executive qualifications, te
make his independence of the secretary
of state valuable te his party. It is te be
a " pull Dick, pull devil," administra
tion, all the time in het water, backing
and filling, advancing and receding,
hesitating until lest With halting
counsels its action will net be
brilliant or successful.
Ail Uncomfortable Ally.
The Republican leaders are looking
with a geed deal of apprehension upon
the strange recruit they have secured in
Mahone. lie is net a verv comfortable
comrade for a party that makes se strong
beasts of its devotion te the maintenance
of public credit and which claims te
have in its ranks the moneyed men el
the country. Mahone's deserved reputa
tion is that of a repudiatieuisl. The
queer efforts of the Philadelphia i'nss
and Senater Cenklingaud ether Repub
lican authorities who stand ready te
commit any absurdity in their party's
behalf, te show that Mahone's party in
Virginia is based upon anything else than
a demand for the repudiation of the debt
of the state, at least in part, has net been
successful in persuading the Republican
rank and file, and they don't like his as
sociation. The Democracy, whom he
has se suddenly left, are, en the con
trary, delighted that he has gene ever te
the enemy, after se long seeking te dam
age the party while claiming its uni uni
ferm. Under extreme difficulties the Demo
cratic party in the Southern states has
been seeking te shake itself free from the
taint of repudiation affiliations. It sac
rificed its state officers in Tennessee in
breaking away from the repudiation
element in its party there. In Vir
ginia 1: lest a L mted stales senator
and two congressmen. The national
party has let the control of the Senate
by losing the Virginia senator elected
against it en this issue. The Republican
parly lm gained the Senate by taking te
Rct'ff Virginia's repudiating senator.
With htm it ifilu-n 'his party. It makes
hi's i friends thn lecipipuln or the federal
psfrenagp.
Can it sfwid this refold before Ihc
country ? It would seem that the adop
tion of Mahone must weaken it in the
North ; while it can gain nothing for it
even in Virginia, where for every repu
diation Democrat it can expect te gain it
risks the less of honest debt-paying Re
publicans such as General Wickham.
Mahone cannot deliver te the Republican
party his late Democratic followers in
Virginia. His purchase was a costly
blunder.
Mr. Raxhalt. had reason te be pleas
ed with the flattering reception given te
him in the city of his home upon his leav
ing the executive, position in which he
has done himself se much honor. Noth
ing is mere agreeable te a public servant
en surrendering his place than te have
the assurance that he is held by his fel
low citizens te have discharged well its
duties ; and this reception lias been the
occasion of communication te Mr. Ran
dall the assurance that the public verdict
in his case is one of "Well done, geed and
faithful servant.'' In the new Heuse, in
which the Democracy arc a powerful
minority, Mr. RandalFsexcclIencies will
have even mere abundant occasion for
display than they had in the office of
speaker; as the. leader of a minority he
is particularly strong and the duties of
the position will be far mere agreeable
te discharge, unembarrassed as they are
of the jealousies and disappointments
inseparable from the administration of
places of power.
MINOR TOPICB.
In Michigan all women' paying taxes
may held school offices, and men who arc
net taxpayers cannot.
Tin: irrepressible new county problem
is .stirring up dull times in Crawford. The
Mcadville Democrats are beginning te fee'
mere favorable te it. as their Republican
fellow citizens always desert the home
candidates en this question. Titusvillc
may go.
A Secen n Auvknt congregation at
Greenwood, Kan., have lest confidence in
their pastor Ivcausc, while publicly avow
ing a belief that, the world would come
te an end in 1SSI, he secretly took a note
for live years ou a lean of $1,000, and de
manded twelve per cent, interest with
ample .security.
Gi::i:n.u. Guam- wants Jehn Russell
Yeung appointed minister te China, .la pan
or Mexico. But Mr. Yeung made the
columns of the Herald lurid with covert
attacks upon Rlaiue before the Chicago
convention and led. milled them afterward
New Itlaine, holding the destinies of Ihe
administration in Ids strong hands, will
make it. a cold day for the Yeung man.
XeTwrrusTANiiixe. the New Yerk Times
said that the Grant, fund contributors de
sired their names kept secret, Messrs.
Gould anil Vauderbilt were net. unwilling
that their generosity should he known of
men, si. Mr. Gould's journal has made
known that, three contributions of $25,000
each m ere made ! Yauderhilt, ( leiild and
Mackay she bonanza king. The smallest
contribution was th.st of Vice Rrcsident.
Art lun-, $250.
I'i:er. F. W.TrsTiN.ef Lawisburg, is the
last man te tackle that, wonderful conuu cenuu
dium : " De decs sting fruit" He sagely
concludes : " I. That the bee cannot punc
ture the skin of the grape with either its
tongue or its sling. 2. That it is nesm'lli
that hoes may tear open grapes from the
fact that they possess the necessary man
dibular power. 3. We believe that they
rarely, if ever, de this, and that their de
predations upon grapes are confined te
eases where already from ether causes,
the skin has been ruptured."
What is said te bi5 the first practical
and comprehensive attempt at Boycotting
iu the I'nited States was begun against
three large New Yerk lager beer brew
eries last Wednesday. These three are
the breweries of Messrs Jacob Rupperi.
Geerge Ringlcr and the V. fc M. Sehacfer
Company. Between S.000 and 0,000 work
ing men have resolved net te drink any
beer coming from these establishments,
because of alleged oppression by these
brewers against some of their employees.
TusuiK is a disposition te revive the
question of the next speakership. The
probability that an extra session of the
Forty-seventh Congress will be called
brings out renewed interest in the contest
for the place. The East puts forward as
its candidate Mr. Frank Ilisceck. of New
Yerk, who will be supported by the dele
gation from his own state. Pennsylvania
and New England. The West has three
piemnieni. candidate., Mr. kasseu, of
Iewa: Mr. Keifer. of Ohie, and Mr. Bur
rows, of Michigan. If an election had
been held immediately following the re
cent adjournment of Congress Mr. Ilisceck
would have been elected easily. New, hew
ever, the chance is greatly in favor of a
Western man.
PERSONAL.
Gen. James S. Ritisiux, new iu Monta Menta
na, is called by the Omaha ,-,: "a modern
Falstefl," - meiitebank." "plagiarist,"
'swashbuckler," " windbag," and several
ether choice names.
Senater Den Camekex has invited a
party te accompany him te California seen
iu his special car. (lis wife will go and
also Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald
Bcale and their daughter, Mr. Hutchisen
and Mr. Walker Blaine.
Zacii CiiANDi.Kit had his enemies. The
Detroit Free Press makes the statement
that the Michigan Legislature " is evenly
divided ever the quest ion of buying a por
trait of Mr. Chandler," adding: "And
the trouble is net with the portrait ler it
is unanimously admitted te he a line one
but with the subject.''
The theory that the suicide f General
Upton was the act of an overtaxed brain
seems te he borne ent by the following
letter written en the day preceding the
day of his death, which was found air.eag
his papers after the inquest :
" PitKSime, San Fraucisco, March It.
"Te Adjutant General U. S. A. :
"I hereby tender my resignation as
commander of the Fourth Artillery.
' Tour obedient servant,
E. Ui-ten. Fourth Artillery."
The theory is advanced that this was
written with the view of securing some
relief from work and mere time for the
revision of his Tactics.
Of Secretary Kiiskwoed, a United States
senator is reported te have said : ''When
he wanted te run for governor of Iowa or
the Senate of the United States he always
were an old country suit of clothes and
spit tobacco juice en his vest. But the
moment his name began te be mentioned
for the cabinet he came right ent with a
full suit of black, with his beets blacked,
his chin shaved, and was a full transfor
mation of the old fellow. He was just
cunning enough te see that the tactics
that get -tim the farmers' notice would
lese him a cabinet place."
Mr. Beecheu's revival came te an end
en Friday evening. It has been without
marked results and is looked upon as a
failure. There was no. widespread inter
est awakened and Mr. Beecher himself was
several times unable te conceal disappoint
ment. He said a few weeks age that there
had net been a single note of joy through
the service. At the close of Friday even
ing's meeting, when an opportunity was
offered te these who had been influenced
by the meeting te present themselves te
the examining committee with a view of
becoming members of the church, 0110
young woman presented herself te be ques
tioned. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Diphtheria of a very fatal type is preva
lent in Thurse village, near Ottawa. Dur
ing the past week eighteen children have
died.
Jehn Russell, while intoxicated, fell
from the front gallery of the Exchange
hall in New Orleans yesterday, aud waa
almost instantly killed.
Rebert E. Murray, general passenger
agent of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cin
cinnati & Indianapolis railroad, died iu
New Albany, Intl., en Saturday.
It is believed that no fish remain alive
in Fountain lake, Minn., the air having
been excluded by the solid freezing of the
ice.
David Ncvins, a wealthy mill owner and
manager of the Mcthuen manufacturing
company, of Mcthuen, Mass., died yester
day of heart disease, aged seventy-one
years.
Canen Wilberfercc, chaplain te Queen
Victeria, is at Niagara. He leaves ou
Wednesday for New Yerk, where he will
be the guest of Bishop Petter. He will
sail for England en the 26th inst.
The North Gcrmau Lloyds steamer
Denau took out 40,000 eggs or the " AVin
inish,' or land-locked salmon. The came
from the United States salmon-breeding
station at Grand Lake stream, Maine.
IuSheehcel, North Carolina, all the dogs
have gathered into a pack eutside the
village and range through the weeds and
highways as if possessed of the spirit of
wolves or of the devil.
Jehn F. Ilaveimer, an old resident of
Washington and a prominent Odd Fellow,
having represented the District of Colum Celum
in the Sovereign Grand Bedy of the order
for the past eighteen years, died en Sat
urday night.
Maurice Campbell, formerly of Brook
lyn, died en Saturday morning in Wace,
Tex., bavin" taken an overdose of mer
phine. The cause assigned was that he
had been robbed of his father's legacy by
relatives.
The sheeting match between Dr.
Carver aud Mr. Scott for a purse of 000,
which began en the Dili instant at the
Aquarium, Westminster, Eng., was con
cluded and resulted in the following total
scores : Carver 9,7157, Scott 9,735.
I lahu, Knight & Ce., of St. Paul, whole
sale dealers in bars, caps aud furs, failed
en ' Saturday. Confessed judgments
ameuntiur te $20,318 were tiled in the
district court, one of which for $10,021
was in favor of Frank C. Moony, of New
Yerk.
One of the quickest passages recorded
between Europe and the United States
has just been accomplished by the Brit
annic, which sailed from Qncenstewn en
Friday week at 4:30 p. in., and arrived at
New Yerk last Friday morning at 2:30 a.
in., having completed the passage :n (!
ilays and 10 hours.
A. Kecne Richards the turfman, who
died of pneumonia at his home in Scott
county Ky., suffered only three days ill
ness. ' His death after that of R. A. Alex
ander leaves Richard Ten Brecck the only
survivor of the three great turfman who
commenced importing and breeding fine
blooded stock in Kentucky nearly three
fourths of a century age.
A tire at Hillsdale, Michigan, destroyed
the llcmmeuds and Bliss buildings, occu
pied by Whipple & Wagenlandcr, gro
cers ; Seidles, bakery ; Dr. Crane, dentist
and two families as dwellings. The reef
aud steeple of the Methodist church was
also burned. The less is $12,000, including
$2,500 damage te the church ; insurance
about $0,000.
Isidore Levi of the firm of Isidore Levi
.V- Ce., crockery dealers of New Orleans,
whose cstablisument was burned en Jan.
1 ; Matthew May, his clerk, and Patrick
Stint son, his packer, have been arrested
en a charge of having set lire te the store.
The grand jury have been investigating
the case for seme time, and will probably
report te-day.
A portable boiler in Tyler & Harred's
saw mill, en the Kentucky river, two
miles below Frankfort, exploded, killing
and wounding all of the nine men iu the
mill except one. Jehn Harred was blown
forty feet aud instantly killed. His
brother, Lawrence Harred died in an
hour and Frank Graham died in three
hours. William Arneld's jaw bone was
broken and , James Redding. William
Wheeler. Lewis Harred aud Hugh Tyler
were badly scalded.
Wm. A. Cousins, who, while painting
at Bayenuc, N. J., fell from a scaffold and
was instantly killed, was recently tried
and acquitted in Brooklyn en a charge of
bigamy. He was a pedestrian and after
his marriage in Grccnpeint was married
ill New Yerk te a pedestrienne who was
bridesmaid at his first marriage. Upen
the close of his trial, in which the proof
fell short of sustaining the charge, Cous
ins' s first wife made a scene by denounc
ing him and predicting that evil would
seen befall him.
While a stock train was being leaded en
a side track at the stock yards at Parson,
Kansas, an incoming stock train from
Sedalia ran at a high rate of speed en te
the siding and collided with the standing
train. Engineer Henry Rowland and
William R. Vawler, a brakeman en the
incoming train, were killed and both loco
motives and about twenty cars were de
molished. Rowland leaves six small
orphan children, their mother having died
about a year age. The accident was
caused by Jeseph Huuter, conductor of
the standing train, having carelessly
opened the switch after his train had been
backed en te the side track.
Killing a jllaii in Sell-Defense.
A fatal sheeting affair occurred in Daw Daw
eon, Fayette county, about half-past 10
o'clock. Saturday night, in which David
Mathers, a citizen of the town, shot and
killed Samuel Merrow, a resident of Jim
town. AH is excitement aud but few
particulars can be learned, but it appears
that Merrow had threatened Mathers's life
and shot at him twice, when Mathers drew
a revolver and shot Merrow through the
heart, killing him almost instantly. Math
ers immediately gave himself up and is
claiming self-defense. Ne pest mortem has
yet been held. Merrow, is the man who
some years age shot and killed Themas
Dobsen at Scottdale, for which he was
tried and cleared. He has been te Texas j
ler some years auu euiy reiurnuu a wees
or two age. Public sentiment is in Math
ers's favor.
STATE ITEMS.
A citizen of Millersburgis about te stait
a coffin factory and the Herald thinks the
people of the place should " render him
substantial encouragement."
The sugar camps in Crawford, Eric,
Warren. Mercer, Wayne, Pike, Petter and
Clearfield counties were opened last
week.
The location of the line between Mon Men
eour and Northumberland counties is be
coming an interesting matter with the
people en the border.
The tanners of Pittsburgh and Alle
gheny have informed their employers that
if their wages arc net advanced 20 per
cent by April 1, they will begin a strike.
Jehn B. Smith, sr., one of the eldest of
Philadelphia printers, an ex-member of
the Legislature, and for several years
foreman of the Press, died en Saturday
aged 72.
Ex-Scuater Wallace and his associates',
Messrs; Peck, Barnard and Celeman, of
Williamsport, have made a sale of their
lumber property iu Wisconsin te the
Mississippi River legging company for
$1,275,000. This is the largest sale ever
made in one "lump" in that region.
Lewishurg has about fifty cow:; belong
ing te its leading citizens, who have had
the run of the town aud soiled its .streets.
The councils have tied them up with an
ordinance, but there is nothing in it te
bar out the country bull.-; who come te
town.
A tramp walking an the track of the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Penn station,
was struck by the St. Leuis day express
and injured se badly that he will net likely
recover. He was taken te Greensbarg te
receive medical treatment. lie was un
able te speak and there were no papers
found en his person that would lead te his
identification.
A lady named Myers, residing iu Wal Wal
laceten, Clearfield county, has net a single
teeth in her head, yet she never had any
use for a dentist, nor did she ever have a
teeth pulled, nor did one teeth ever come
out of her jaw by any ether process. Bern
toothless she has lived toothless all her
life. However she has suffered no incon incen incon
venience whatever, being able te masti
cate all ordinary feed as readily as ether
persons.
A Wayne county farmer bought a yoke
of oxen some time age and drove thcia
home, where he was accustomed te water
them at a trough into which he pumped
the water from a well. After watering
them in this way for about three weeks
they went te the trough one day, aud find
ing no water there, one of the oxen went
te the pump and began te pump the water
himself, raising the hand le with his burn
and pressing it down with his nose until
his thirst was satisfied, aud continued the
practice day after day.
The present Legislature has before it
two bills intended te pecuniarily benefit
judges. One provides that the salary of
the chief justice of the supreme court
shall be $8,500 a year,' $1,000 mere than
he new receives, and the associates $8,000,
also an advance of $1,000. The bill
originally provided for salaries of $10,500
and $10,000 respectively, but the commit
tee of finance pruned it down te the extent
of $2,000. Anether bill provides that
judges who have attained the age of
seventy years, and been judges en the
ou the bench for twenty consecutive years
shall be retired en half pay. This meas
ure has a warm advocate in Judge Black,
te whose efforts is principally due the fact
that it new en the Heuse calendar with
an afliirmative recommendation.
Karen i'urat'il.
Ill Paris. Ky., the training stables of
James S. Oilut, with contents, were de
streyed by tire yesterdny morning. Seven
valuable horses were burned, two belong
ing te Henry Tiirney, valued at $700 ; one
teO. D. Tipton, of New Yerk, valued at
$400 ; three te W. B. Smith, valued at
$1,000, and one .te Ed. Ferd, value un
known. The residence of .lames and Ed.
Kclley. adjoining the stable, was also
burned. -
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
nkiohkeriiooo :;;vs.
Near anil Acress tliu Cnmiiy Lines.
There are sixty people whose home is iu
cither Chester or Delaware counties who
held appointments under Uncle Sam.
There arc at least ten in the treasury, four
in the posteffiee, four in the navy, three iu
the war, three in the interior departments
at Washington, all en geed salaries, and
about fifteen in the Philadelphia custom
house, live in the mini and two iu the
posteffiee, besides an unknown number at
League Island.
The Interlocking Switch and Signal.com Signal.cem
pany, of Harrisburg, has been bought by
Pittsburgh capitalists, who will remove
the works te that place.
Mi. James M. Shacifcr, the well-known
bill pester and stage manager at the
Academy of Music, in Reading, had his
pocket picked of a valuable, watch and
chain. When the robbery was effected,
Shaeffer is unable te say, but he is will
ing te admit that it was a neat job as he
was in blissful ignorance that he and his
"ticker" had parted company.
Fer sortie months there has been talk of
new steel works te be located at Harris
burg. The company has alrcadv been or
ganized with $1,000,000 capital. Jay
Gould's nanie and the names of ether capi
talists are mentioned in connection with
the scheme. It has net yet been definitely
decided where the company's establish
ment shall be located ; Harrisburg and
Pine Greve are mentioned as suitable
places.
S. Baxter Black, of West Cain. Chester
county, has sold te a gentleman iu Queen
Anne county, Md., a mare and two year
ling fillies sired by Black's Rambletenian.
lle delivered the stock at Elkton en
Monday.
On an island iu the Susquehanna, near
Shurc's Landing, Harford county, Md..'
March 17, 1881, was found the body of a
man in a undo condition ni-il nli.mt :n
height about 5 feet 10 inches, weight about
no pounds, smooth race, round head,
brown hair ; JYainnents of white shirt and
drawers, beets recently half soled, blue
tops, cemented patch en outside of leH.
beet, and full'sct of teeth. InqueSt held
and buried same day.
On Friday evening a large bank of earth
and rocks gave way" in a cut at the sum
mit, en the Wayneshurg railroad, between
Honcybreok and Helland, and fell around
and en the track. The result of which
was that the whole track, tics, etc., were
thrown some distance out of line. It de
tained the east bound train in the morn
ing about two hours before the obstruction
could be removed and the track again put
in order.
Li. Gassel & Sen's tanncrv in llnmmui.i
town Was tetallv hiniip.l ii'iih Ticf -..L-
Less. $12,000 or $15,000 ; light insnrl
illlCC.
Themas MeGraw, aged 15, living in
Hopewell borough, Chester count v, while
out playing along the banks of n'strcain
with another boy, became enraged be
cause his companion threw water en him,
drew a pistol from his pocket, pointed the
weapon at the lad and tired, the contents
of the pistol entering the bev's body.
The Lamp i;riert.
The police report this morning showed
that there were only 8 gas lainps unlit
during Saturday night, and 5 en Sunday
night.
MARIETTA MATTERS.
OIK REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Miss Belle Schaffner has returned from
Lebanon.
Miss Grace McKee, from Philadelphia,
is visiting Mrs. Malene.
Frederick Maulick's horse that was in
jured se badly about a month age, will
net be a less te him, as the herse is about.
Quite a number of muskrats are being
shot along the shores. Jehn Bell has kill
ed about -10 during the past few weeks.
A fleck of geese flew up the river yes
terday. Wild ducks arp also making their
appearance. Some have been shot.
Air. Wm. Child is home from Washing
ton ou a visit. Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Riplev also arrived en Saturday evening.
OnMaich2GMiss Tillie Hacfner will
offer for sale the household furniture of
her mother's residence ; also a let of hogs
heads. &
Yesterday the chapel built by the
Methodist church and disposed of te the
United Brethren congregation was conse
crated. This lecture was the last of the course,
winch has been a tiuaucial success, cover
ing the expenses, which was all that was
desired.
One of our druggist has get in a half
barrel of insect powder for sprinc cleaning.
Surely if there is net " a skeleton in every
closet" new, there seen will be.
Last night Mr. B. F. Iltestand, while
walking ever some legs ou the river, tried
te promenade en a place where there was
nothing but water, and received a pretty
cold bath.
Today at 2 o'eleck the funeral of M l
Catherine Cochran took place from th
residence of her brother Mr. Abraham
Cassel el this place. Mrs. Cochran was
73 years old, and she died at her home iu
Middlctewu.
On Saturday Mr. David N. Fry, or Cen
treville, narrowly escaped a serious acci
dent te a four-horse team he was driving.
He had brought a lead of tobacco te Col Cel
lins & Greve's warehouse, and the team
started off, running en te the railroad just
as a train was approaching. Fortunately
the leaders in their fright turned about
and cleared the track just in time.
Several weeks age a stranger came te
Jehn Blettciiberger, carpet weaver, and
made an eiler for his house that he could
net resist. He also stated that he had
bought a carriage from E. Rusing. After
procuring 15 pounds of honey from Blet,
tenberger he started off, saying that he
would he back seen te fix uphc papers,ctc.
At the same time the honey was te be
paid for, but tlic stranger was evidently
one whose ways are dark, for he has net
put in an appearance, and Mr. B. is 15 lbs.
of honey out.
Yesterday was the first spring day and
the weather was fair,considering the rainy
season just before it. The river has been
gradually coining up and is new within
a few feet of being bank full. Werd from
above was received here that the ice is
broken above Curwcnsville and the rafting
is being pushed vigorously, se that we
may expect timber inside of a week.
Four large beats, built atLewistewn, by
Bilhnycr & Dill, lauded here yesterday en
their way te New Yerk te take pilots.
Henry Siple and Warren Brown took
them down. They came from the White
Heuse iu three and a-half hours, and at
the present high stage or water will have
no trouble with the obstruction rock, as it
is six feet under water,
TIie Tobacco Market.
Cellins & Greve bought 18.000
pounds of tobacco last week. The
following are some of the sales :
Jehn II. Rfesser, fi,'l(57 pounds at 18, 10,
7 and 3, check amounting te $702.15. Gee.
I). Lener, 1,028 pounds at 14. (5 and 3.
Susan lilem-h, Milten Greve, G77 pounds
at 15, 8, (' and 3. Jehn R. Landis, Middle-
town, i,ii'j. pounds at l., f ami ;.. Samuel
Gruhcr,Elizabcthtewn. 3,408 pounds at 14.
5 and 3. J.K.lIouman,Elizabcthtewn,4,!33
pounds in two lets, at 10, 8 and 4, and hi,
(' and 3. Henry Housen, Milten Greve,
2,381 pounds at 15, 5 and 3. Levi Het
rich, Milten Greve, 2,458 jMUinds at 15, 10,
4 and 3. Jacob Baker, Milten Greve.
1,221 pounds at 121 round, David N.
Fry, Centreville,
1,90!) pounds at
15, 4
and 3.
Several stray
tonacce sales are re
: J. Zicglcr, 12 acres at
ported as fellows
18. (i and 3.
20, 10 and 0.
.k i ., i .,
Jno. Musscr, same quantity,
.lelm itahlcinan, I acres at
., e aim e.
A l'iitii-t Fraud
On Saturday morning a little girl who
attends in Jacob Libhart's cabinet-making
establishment ran up the let te a shop
where Mr. L. was working and complained
that a man had come in and made himself
disagreeable te her by familiarities and
unseemly conduct, Jacob rushed down
with a club in his hand and meeting the
man, struck at him, but the fellow
eseap.-it uniiurt. uonstaele maul was
sent iu search of him and
found a man at Bewer's who
seemed te answer the description, but
when brought before Squire Baker he was
net identified. Evidently he was the one
wanted though, fei he used an expression
te the little girl there which he had used
iu the shop, lie was discharged, how
ever, but before leaving was giving the
squire a few points en the liability le err
iu judging men. His time iu tin; office
had been spent iu reading from a pocket
Riblc and his mien was sanctimonious.
He wound up his discourse by saying he
.was a preacher, but the. squi.-e informed
him he thought that a very het place
mentioned in his Bible was thick with just
such fellows as him.
Sirs, lavormerci Lecture.
The audience attending Mrs. Mary
Livermere's lecture ou Friday night was
large, intelligent and capable of appreei.
atitig the goedcommou sense that was dis
played in her discourse, as well as the elo
quence of her delivery. The subject of
"woman's rights '" has been Jutrped upon
for years, in a manner and by
persons who have done little
credit te the cause. Sarcasm, irony and
radicalism have been used te stir, up and
startle, mere for rhetorical display than te
make any change iu the social condition of
woman ; while upon her opposite sex the
weight of blame has been unjustly placed.
Mrs. Livermerc descended te none of these,
but with a dignity that becomes a woman
of her rcfiiid.' nature and cultured mind,
she placed the subject before her hear
ers iu its true liirht. " What shall
we de with our daughters,"
appealed at once te the mother whose
nature and character fashion and mould
both mind and body mere than any ether
influence, and instead of attributing any
hindrance that woman meets from men te
tyranny, or that relic of barbarism that
would make her a slave, she justly,
named it a feeling of protection that
would net see her become a drudge, pay
ing the men of our country the high com
pliment of possessing a mere truly and
ical chivalrous spirit than theso of any
ether nation.
Tobacco Sales.
Gee. Maurer. of West Hemplield, sold
his crop of tobacco, 2 acres, te M. II.
Moere, at 19, G and 3 ;"and L. Benner has
sold his crop te Smith, of Litiz, for 15,5
and 3.
Ellis Eckman, of Maytown, put out
last season 7.000 plants, which yielded
2,008 pounds of tobacco, ami sold the let
te Mr. Jehn Fridv. of Meuntville, for
$41S.17. Prices paid were 21, C and 3
cents.
Wm. MeCembs, of Drumere township,
sold 2,000 pounds of tobacco te Fatman &
Ce. for 17, 7, Mul 3- lh0 touacce was
delivered te-day.
TRACKING A MURDERER.
The aiysterleu Valley Forge Crime.
On the 23d of February, 1SS1, the Ix
TELLiGENCEn published the following
Ideal item :
" Last night burglars entered the house
of Charles "Lafferty, station agent of the
Pennsylvania railroad company at Lcamau
Place. They went into the room where
Mr. Lafferty and his wife were asleep and
stele therefrem a pair of breeches contain
ing $40 iu money and a valuable watch.
Neither Mr. Lafferty nor his wife heard
the robbers, and they were net aware of
the fact that the house was entered until
this morning when they arose, and Mr.
Lafferty discovered that his clothing was
missing. The thieves entcicd the house
by crawling up a rail te a window, which
they opened."
Ne cine was found at the tiniu te the
perpetrator of this their, though suspicion
attached te a strange loafer who had been
seen around Lcamcu Place for some days
befere and who disappeared after the rob
bery. It will be remembered that in the account
we have published of the murder of Sam'l
Clugsteu at Valley Ferge by a burglar
whom he caught iu his house it was noted
tiiat en his clothes left behind was a pawn
ticket calling for an Elgin watch which
was pledged with the Consolidated Lean
office, Ne. 53 "West Baltimore street, Bal
timore, en the 9th of this month, by a
man giving the name of E. A. Abbett,
who said that he lived en Ensen street,
where no such man was found.
An examination of this watch showed
that it was made for II. F. Andrews,
jeweler, of Strasburg, this county. The
movement is Ne. 130,599, and the "ease is
Ne. (H2. A plated geld chain, with a
brass medallion of President Garfield, was
attached. The man was waited en by J.
M.Salabcs, the clerk in the establishment,
who remembers the circumstances, his at
tention having been called at the time te
the Garfield medallion, which was an un
usual article te be received. Mr. Salabcs
says that he docs net recall the man's per
sonal appearance sufficiently te describa
him, but is confident that he could recog
nize him.
In an interview with Mr. Andrews at
Strasburg, by a representative of the I:; I:;
teujerncku, the jeweler referred te his
watch hook wiicre it appeared that he
sold this watch te Mr. Lavcrty, Dee. 21,
1872 ; and it was stolen from Mr. L. just
a month age, as above narrated. Evi
dently the thief, or some one te whom he
passed this watch, made his way
te Baltimore and there pawned it
under a fictitious name aud address.
The chain and Garfield medal were net
taken from Mr. Lavcrty, as he docs net
wear "that kind of medal." The de
velopments of the later crime will lead te
the recovery of Mr. Liverty's watch, but
as the same mystery attaches te the.
Lcamau Place burglar as te the Valley
Forge murderer, thcjclue docs net extend
much further at present.
The rag dealer, Greibekat first suspected
of the murder, has been set free, his inno
cence being conclusively shown. The
police authorities, however, are new en a
clue which may lead te a speedy appro appre appro
heuieu of the murderer. Ou Friday night
the house of J. Jenes Still, at Malvern en
the Pennsylvania railroad six miles from
Valley Ferge, was broken into and robbed
el a hat, two coats and a pair et shoes.
Nothing else was disturbed except some
eatables. Entrance was effected b re-'
moving the fresh putty from around a re- '
ecntly glazed pane in the parlor window, j
-the burglar taking out the glass and push
ing the catch out of place se that the sash !
could be raised. In the sort clayey soil iu
front of the window were five footprints. J
which were unquestionably made by a man .
in Ins stocking tect, wnose great tee and
second tee were exposed, the damp yield
ing soil being se impressionable that, the
fibre of the stocking could almost be
defined.
Te tlie north of the railroad, and lying
between it and Valley Ferge, is a long
stretch of dense woodland. After the
terrible struggle with young Clugsteu, the
murderer, leaping into the darkness,
naturally fled for the nearest cover, which
he found iu the woeds: An adept in
crime, no doubt, he knew that te venture
forth without hat, eeat or shoes would at
tract immediate attention, even though
he were guiltless. All day long the
murderer, it is thought, hovered within
a few miles of the house wherein the
murdered man lay. As night approached
he must have made up his mind te make a
desperate break for liberty by committing
a second crime. Sheltered by the fiiendly
weeds, he could have readily made his way
te the railroad. Still's house would he
first te meet his view after crossing the
tracks, and by making a careful detour he
would have found the eastern extremity
te be the weakest point of attack. How
ever, he did break in the house, entered
the parlor, passed through the sitting
room, and thence te the kitchen.
After satisfying the pangs of hunger at
the pantry, he hastily seized the articles
which if haf were the murderer would give
him the passport te liberty, and enable
him te walk boldly forth and defy detec
tion. The fact that only such articles
were stolen as were lest by the murderer,
the imprint of the shoeless feet near Still's
house, and tint the robbery was commit
ted less than a day after the murder,
point strongly te the robber as the one
gave Mr. Clugsteu his deatii wound. The
police have a complete description of the
stolen clothes, ami hope thereby te cap
ture the assassin burglar.
HA I HA1
i-uii..i)i:i.:-i;iA critji:s
i.kssen.
TAlir.HT A
Tlie Country Sciioelot Tlicatrieal CrltlcMiii.
I'litlaitelpliia Sunil.iy -Miner.
Twe of the Lancaster papers, the IJx
umincr and Inteli.ic.kxVbi:, of Tuesday,
have long and powerful criticisms en the
Kesalinu el .Mrs. beott-auldens, ou .Men
thly evening, in that city. The JTew Era
man's article was doubtless crowded out
by the valuable dissertation en the habits
and peculiarities of the " Cew Pea." This;
is unfortunate, for we should be glad te
have his opinion. The Examiner critic
writes with exceeding understanding of
his theme, with the single exception
that he has, somehow, become im
bued with the idea that the lady is only
new, for the first time, experimenting as
an actress. Her aud'cnce, he tells
us, went away disappointed, and regret
ting " that she should ever have ventured
en the stage as an actress." He states the
undeniable truth that " the comedy of
' As Yeu Like It ' is ene of the best ever
written by the immortal Bard of Aven "
Had he but added the plot, he would have
impressed this truth mere strongly upon
his readers. He finds that Mrs. Siddons
"overacted." " burlesqued," played like
an amateur, and quite properly says that
when Orlande, in the weeds, confessed his
love for Rosalind, and she " treated her
audience te an abbreviated jig," Mrs. Sid
dons' conduct was " iu extremelv bad
taste."
The Ixti:i.i.ii:xci:i: is net quite se se
vere, because of a wMi te deal fairly with
the lady, "after the billows et adversity
which have rolled ever head from the rude
ocean or Philadelphia criticism." It records,
however, that the audience "settled itself
back suspiciously, and cautiously awaited
developments.'' It censures her for the
"hurried delivery of her lines," but de
cides that this was "a palpable case of
stage fright." And no weuder, with a
Lancaster audience "suspiciously settled
back, cautiously awaiting developments."
But she gained confidence, and after
awhile the people actually understood
what she was saying. It sums up in this
way: "All iu all, Mrs. Scott-Siddons, while
net presenting a thoroughly finished piece
of work, may be said te have totally dis
proved the exceedingly harsh judgement
of seme of her Philadelphia critics."
We have by no means picked out all the
beauties of tnese two criticism,but enough
is given te show that there is growing up.
in the smaller towns of the state, a school
of theatrical criticism which will demand
attention, aud which must be readWith
interest by the player people, aud teach
Philadelphia critics caution, for it is evi
dent they are hereafter te be sternly scru
tinized by their country brethren.
ST. -MARX'S ORl'MAX ASYLUM.
The Oh! Stone Church te be leiuelIIiet!
:uui
a New ami lteautlful lhilhling te
be Erectcil en Its Kite.
The services at St. Mary's church yes
terday were of mere than usual interest.
Fer the fist time since his severe injuries,
caused by a runaway team, Rev. Father
Hickey celebrated high mass at 10 o'clock
a. in. Rt. Rev. J. F. Shauahau, bishop
of the diocese, preached a sermon from
the gospel of the day, his text being.
" Blessed are they that hear the word of
Ged and keep it."
Befere commencing his sermon, Bishop
Shauahau called attention te the geed
work being done in this city by the Sisters
and te the many inconveniences they labor
under for the want of proper accommoda
tions. .He said that it is indispensable that
a new orphan asylum should be erected as
seen as possible, and staled that plan;; of
such a building had been prepared by Mr.
Durang, the Philadelphia architect, which
would he submitted te a congregational
meeting te he -held in the evening.
In the afternoon the vespers were said
by Father Rickey and the benediction by
Bishop Shauahau.
In the evening a congregational meeting
was Held, at which Bishop Shauahau pre
sented the plans aud specifications for the
proposed new building, which will occupy
the site of the old steue church en Vine
street, where the congregation of St.
Mary's formerly worshiped, adjoining
the present place of worship. The first
work te be done will be the re
moval of the remains of the dead
from the burying ground in rear of
the old church te St. Marys' cemetery en
the New Helland turnpike. The removal
will he made with all due solemnity,
solemn requiem mass being celebrated in
the church. Then the old stone church,
wherein the lathers of the parish wor
shiped, aud iu the shadow of whose walls
they new sleep, will be demolished.
It has long survived its days of useful
ness and is utterly unfit for the purposes
for which it was built ; and yet many
pleasant and many sad memories cluster
around the woris-eut.dilapidated structure,
aud many a heart-pang will be felt by
the.-e who wen- baptiz.-d, confirmed and
have worshiped there, when they see the
venerable structure falling a prey te the
spirit of the age te the march of improve
ment. The plans and speciti catiens prepared
by Mr. Durang, and exhibited at the meet
ing, contemplate a brick structure, with
stone base and trimmings. It will have a
front en Vine street of about 120 feet, and a
depth of about 00 feet. It will be two-stories
aud an attic in height, exclusive of a com
modious basement. The front will beet
pressed brick and the doers and windows
ofgethic design. The front will be di
vided into three section:-. the eastern see m
tien te be the asylum, the centre the Sis-"
ters' house, and the western the chapel.
The building will be covered with a reef
partly ef-slatG and partly of tin, and will
be surmounted by a uaudseme tower anil
three large cresses.
Commencing at the basement we find it
conveniently divided into a number of
apartments, including the Sisters' refec
tory, girls' refectory, kitchen, laundry,
diying room, store-room, bath-room, to
gether with pantries, closets, coal-bins &c.
The ground fleer is divided conveniently
into class rooms. 20 by 30 feet, and 21 by
21 feet, lespcctively, Sisters' room, chil
dren's reception room, oflice and three
music rooms. A hall-way urns through
the building front north te south, and
opens upon a large perch iu the rear of
the building. Anether hall-way runs east
and west, communicating with the stair
ways, which arc to.be constructed in pro
jections extending beyond the end Walls
of the building, thus giving it a better ar
chitectural appearance, by breaking along
line of flat wall, ami at the same time ad
ding te the symmetry of the interior ar
rangements. On the second fleer at the east end of the
building is the children's work room, 21
feet square, the children's infirmary, spare
rooms, iVe. At the west end is the chapel,
21 by 3(5 feet, saciistry and communion
room adjoining the latter being for the
accommodation of invalids. Iu the centre
of the building is the superior's room, the
sisters' infirmary, spare rooms, &c, with
closets and ether conveniences. The hall
way, running from north te south, opens
upon a large perch, above the one ou the
story below. The hall-way running exst
and west communicates with the stairways
leading te the first ami third floors.
The third fleer contains the boarders'
dormitory, the children's dormitory, the
orphans'" dormitory, with the necessary
trunk rooms, closets, bath room, Arc. The
chapel, which, as Mated above, is en the
second, story, takes in also that part
of the third story aheva it, tints giving
it from fleer te ceiling twice as great a
height as any of the ether rooms. The
whole interior of the building will be fin
ished iu the most substantial aud com
fortable manner, but without any special
effort at elegance.
The cost of the new building is esti
mated by 31r. Durang at $1G,00( but in
laying the matter before the congrega
tion liishep Siranahau said he considered
it necessary te raise $20,000, se that
$1,090 might he had for contingencies
in case the architect's estimate
should be tee low, or expenses, new
unforeseen, become necessary. He urged
upon the members of the congregation the
necessity of prompt and liberal centribu
tiens that the work may be at unce com
menced. The werlf will be commenced wcare in
formed about the first of April, and pushed
rapidly forward te completion. When the
building shall have been finished, it will
be an honor te the enterprise of St). Mary's
and add net a little te appearance of that
section of the city.
Tite collection of the funds necessary for
the erection of the new asylum has been
.entrusted te the clergy connected with
St. .Mary's, and they will at once take
measures te secure the necessary amount
bv subscribtiens among the members.
A .Mi-xlns Man.
The police of this city have been noti
fied te be en the leek-out for Daniel B.
Emersen, of Ainsworth, Iowa, who left
his home some time age. He was travel
ing te ee the country and was last heard
efiu Harrisburg. He expected te be in
Lancaster en the 9th of .March and noth
ing has been heard of him since. He was
te have been iiv Newark, N. J., en the
12tti. His mother, who resides in Newark,
is much worried about him, as she fears
some misfortune has befallen him. He is
43 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, and
is getting quite gray: Re is a man of
steady habits. Any information concern
ing him will be thankfully recciven by
Barney Decker, who resides at Ne. 218
Eighth avenue, Newark, N. J.
A .Matter or New.
General James B. Weaver, the well
known Greenback leader und candidate
for president, has been secured te lecture'
in Fulton hall, en Tuesday evening, April
2Gth.