LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY, APKIL11, 1881.
iLancastcr tntelUgencct.
MONDAY EVENINQ. APBIL U, 1881.
A Vain Decision.
The Philadelphia Times thinks it worth
while te speak of Mr. Gewen's presi
dency of the Reading read as being end
ed, and te give the title of president te
Mr. :Bend. It is a very shadowy title, te
even tie title, that Mr. Bend has, and he
lias net a premising prospect of taking
anything very substantial by the decis
ion of the court in his favor, which it
seems te think,itself, does net amount te
anything : Mr. Bend's counsel net being
able te get from it an order te put
him in possession of the office
te which it declares .him entitled.
The court Inclined te think that a new
procedure by quo warrante would lie
needed te install the elected officers.
Such impotence in the court's de
cision seems te show that there was some
thing radically wrong in the method in
which it undertook te take held of this
dispute; for certainly if Bend is presi
dent, aud it had a right te se declare
him, and went about, it in the proper
form, it ought te be able te install him
into the office it decrees him. Proceed
ings which are se ineffective would ap-
pear te have been wrongly taken, it is
net very creditable te the lawyers and
judges that they should have worked se
long ever this thing without practical
result after the decision of the case lias
been reached ; nor does inspire the lay
mind with a supreme respect for the
law or the judiciary te be told that
the Reading officers have been
elected by a minority of the stockholders,
though we must feel a geed deal of sat
isfaction at the inability that is discov
ered te make se silly a law operative in
putting men such chosen into their places.
The stock market speedily appreciated
the fact that this decision was of no con
sequence at all, as is indicated in the un
changed price of Reading. It is very
obvious that, with the corporation prep,
erty in the hands of receivers, the tem
porary installation of officer.? elected by
a minoritylef the stockheldersand there
fore te be speedily put out, would
amount te nothing even if it could be
effected. As long as Mr. Gewen is sus
tained by the owners of the property he
will be master of the situation, whoever
for the time being may nominally be
president of the company.
Mr. Bend and his directors have net
even been able te held a meeting in the
Reading building, which is legally in the
custody of the receivers, as is every
cent's worth of the property of the com
pany. The newly declared officers had
net a place te repose themselves in, and
held their first meeting in the suspicious
quarters of the Texas & Pacific railroad
company. This was ill-advised in men
who are charged by Mr. Gewen with
being the agents of railroad corporations
hostile te the Reading. Mr. Gould Is
the moving spirit of the Texas & Pacific,
and Mr. Scott was. Mr. Bend would
have been wiser te have called his direct
ors together in his parlor, at the Conti
nental, or in his bed room, if he does net
indulge in the luxury of a parlor. He
shows great discretion in net having a
special office ; for the company he repre
sents has no money or assets under its
control ami no business te de. His dut:es
are light, his cash invisible and his need
of office accommodations accordingly
limited. Mr. Bend is te be envied, in
deed. We de net knew anyone who
can enjoy the honorable title of presi
dent of se big a corporation with se lit
tle worriment.
Gnawing a File.
The legislative committee that is un
dertaking te discredit the state officers
for their action in obeying the constitu
tional prevision which results in depriv
ing the legislators of mere than a thous
and dollars,as compensation for their ar
duous labors, is gnawing a file. Chair
man Ruddiman undertook te be imper
tinent te the state treasurer and te
speak te him of impeachment ; also, te
the attorney general, writing te him
that the committee would make up its
conclusion without asking for his testi
mony. Mr. Ruddiinau may be a geed
lawyer and a man ordinarily sensible ;
but he and his fellows are acting in this
matter like great geese. The people are
fully in sympathy with the state officers in
their resolve te take their stand en the
constitution, aud they are net caring a
great deal either "what their motives are.
Their acts quite suffice for the popular
contentment. It appears that this mo
tion against the Legislature's compen
sation started with Governer Heyt, who
expressed his belief te the state treasurer
that the law was unconstitutional which
gave a larger salary than a thousand dol
lars te the legislators. That was an
opinion which the governor had a right
te held and te express te his fellow offi
cials. It was his duty, in fact, te de se.
If his opinion was sound it was right
that it should be enforced, whatever
prompted him te held.it ; and when the
attorney general, the law adviser et the
executive efllcerSjdeclared it te be sound,
it was their duty te act accordingly ;
and no sophistry can evade this conclu
sion ; nor can any nonsensical talk
about courtesy due te the Legislature
break its force. It is the very sublimity
of assurance in a law-maker te say that
the law should net ba declared and en
forced against him because he is a legis
lator ; that position only makes it the
mere imperative that he shall obey the
law and mere appropriate that he should
ba punished for breaking it.
We advise Mr.Ruddiman and his com
mittee and fellow legislators te try te he
sensible, and te learn that they are in no
way excused by the fact they allege that
the officers of the state struck down
their pay, net because it was unlawful,
but because they wanted te bring the
session te an early end. It does seem,
from the excitement engendered among
the legislators by stepping their jycrdian,
that the governor gauged very correctly
the degree of their patriotism, if their
charge against him is true, and knew
that te send them home in a hurry it
was only needful te step their per diem.
There is a fine opening for an " inde
pendent " ticket te be run by some en
terprising Republican politicians who
will sell places en it at low rates.
PEBSONAt
Charles Reade declares he will never
again.write for the" stage. -
Weber, the piano nun, will be married
June 7, te a Miss Merrie Cew lea.
Edmcsd Yates's Londen evening
paper, the Cuckoo, has proved a failure
and has stepped after inflicting heavy less
en all concerned.
Mr. J. S. Ccrtis, eldest son of Geerge
Ticknor Curtis, has been appointed min
ing geologist en the United States geologi
cal survey for the Eureka district in Ne
vada. The new Czak leads a very simple life.
He rises early and takes a long walk, then
breakfasts with his family. After dinner
he spend a long time in amusing himself
with his children.
Secretary Biaixe in undergoing misery
with inflammatory rheumatism, which
skips ever him remerelessly, and has at
last settled near his eyes. In spite of his
suffering te persists in working.
Chief Justice Charles P. Daly, in the
court of common pleas New Yerk, en ap
plication has granted an order giving
Jehn T. O'Brien the legal right te assume
and be known by the name of Jenx T.
Raymond.
Mrs. Edwix Beem is gradually failing
in Londen, where her mother is new her
constant companion. She cannot survive
this illness. The beat physicians say her
death is only a question of a few days
new.
Various threatening, notices concerning
the queen which came te the notice of the
home office led te extraordinary precau precau
teous being taken in her recent journey te
Osberne, Isle of Wight. Personally, the
queen has no fears, but these responsible
for her safety believe that there is much
cause for uneasiness. Foreign Socialists
are believed te be at the bottom of these
threats.
Caulyle's will expresses his "kind feel
ings, obligations and regards towards
New England and hearty geed will, real
and steady, te America at large, recogniz
ing with gratitude hew much of friendli
ness, of actually credible human love I
have had from that country, and what im
mensities of worth aud capability I believe
aud partly knew te be ledged especially in
the silent classes there." He gees en te
say that he " bequeaths certain books te
Harvard as a peer testimony of respect for
that Alma Mater of se many of my trans trans
Atlantie friend." These are the books he
used iu writing the lives of Frederick the
Great and Oliver Cromwell.
MINOR TOPICS.
Wolfe says that Speaker He wit is ruu
by Harry Huhn aud has disappointed the
hopes of his friends.
The editor of Truth advocates the
secession of New Yerk city from the rest of
the commonwealth and its admission as a
sovereign state of the union.
The Alteena Sun has retraced its back
ward step, and having "emerged from
the cloud of tee many bosses," appears
enlarged and improved.
TnE pulpits of the two Methodist Epis
copal churches in Red Bank, New Jersey
were filled last evening by colored minis
ters, a colored conference being in session
there.
At a convention of Readjust era, held en
Saturday in Harrisonburg, Va., Jehn Paul,
member of the Legislature from that dis
trict, spoke iu full approval of Senater
Mahone's course. Resolutions were then
adopted commending Mahone's action in
the Senate of the United States.
The Indian commisien of the Orthodox
Friends, comprising James E. Rheadcs, of
Philadelphia ; Benjamin Lathan, of New
Yerk ; Francis T. King aud Jehn Butler,
of Ohie ; Charles F. Coffin aud Barnabas
C. Hebbs, of Indiana ; Cyrus Bedcr, of
Iowa, and Themas Stanley, of Kansas,
called upon the president en Saturday and
conferred with him regarding Indian af
fairs. The report of the committee of the New
England Methodist conference en the state
of the cenntry, deprecates the devotion te
mene3-getting new se prcvelent ; the cor
rupt employment of money in elections :
expresses the hope that a free ballet and
an honest count would come out of the
dead lock in Congress, and warmly com
mends the earnest purpose of President
Garfield te make war en polygamy. The
report was adopted and its sentiments
were loudly applauded by the ministers
of the conference and the audience.
It seems te be made manifest that T.
Buchanan Read's poem "Drifting" was
originally written in March, 1839, and ap
peared in the Atlantic April of that year.
That it was written before the author
had ever seen the Bay of Naples. That
the verse descriptive of Sorrento was
written in 1870, after Read had made his
second visit te the bay of Naples. Anether
of his popular poems, "Brushwood," was
written en the same day as "Drifting,"
one bciug the work of the morning and
the ether of the afternoon.
OBITUARY.
The Kull or Diatlngtmlied lleail.
The widow of Thcodero Parker died
yesterday in Bosten, aged G7 years.
General Martin W. Gray, a well-known
ex-Confcderate officer and pelitRiau of
Seuth Carolina, died en Saturday morn
ing, at Edgefield, in that state, 'aged 49
years.
William R. Janeway, a prominent citi
zen of New Brunswick, New Jersey, died
there en Saturday morning. He was one
of the visitors of the Rutgers scientific
school aud director of the agricultural
experimental station of New Jersey.
Lieutenant Governer Heskins, of New
i erk, is reported te be in a dying condi
tion at Albany.
Esther Burten, eldest daughter of
Geerge W. Carpenter, superintendant of
the water works at Albany, New Yerk,
was found dead in her room, yesterday
morning suffocated by coal gas.
Colonel Timethy M. Bryan, a gallant
soldier during the late war, when, from
1802 until 1804, he served as colonel of the
lG3d Pennsylvania volunteers, died en
Friday at Vincentown, N. J., aged about
09 years.
Mrs. Mary Green, an earnest worker at
the Cooper Shep refreshment saloon, and
widow of Captain Green, a veteran of
1812, died en the 8th instant, in her 84th
year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Quinu; a native of Ire
land, and for CC years a resident of Phila
delphia, died en the 6th inst., aged 104
years.
Daffy Burten, a colored woman, said te
be 115 years old, was found dead in her
bed en Friday in Philadelphia.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Vanderbilt says Maud S. can trot
against' time but net in races.
The Princeton college club wen an easy
victory ever the Athletics of Philadlphia,
the score standing 19 te 3.
A valuable quicksilver mine has been
discovered within forty miles fromVicteria
British Columbia.
The steamer Kehu arrived'at Baltimore
yesterday, from Bremen, with 1,501 immi
grants. It is proposed by Dr. C. L. Landis of
Vineland, N. J., and ethers te establish a
new watering place, te be called Sea Isle
City, at Ludlam Island, half way between
Alantic City and Philadelphia.
The jury in the Riley case, in Austin,
Minnesota, rendered a verdict en Saturday
uight, declaring Riley net guilty of the
alleged attempt te assassinate Judge Sher
man Page in August last.
Hattic Deuel!, the fasting girl' of Iowa
City, is reported te have yesterday reached
the forty-seventh day of her abstinence
from feed. She was hardly ably te Swal
low any water ; her pulse was very feeble,
and she was barely alive.
Twe men fell or jumped from an Erie
express train near Sterling Junction, New
Jersey, en Friday night. They were seen
after found lying by the, track, locked in
each ethers arms, aud unconscious, having
suOcred severe if net fatal injuries.
A revenue officer named Scagravcs,
while en his way home, in Macen county,
Tenn., stepped at a farm house te spend
the night. Later iu the night he was call
ed out by five men, who took him te the
weeds and shot him dead.
Mrs.. Charles Bnlleu, of Saranac, Mich.,
known as the Mammoth Queen', has died.
Her weight when with shows was stated
te be 575 pounds. Her weight before
death was 400 pounds. The casket con
taining the body was 6A feet long, 3 feet
wide and 20 inches deep!
II. "It. Andrews, distributing clerk in
the postelfice at Chicago, was arrested en
Saturday evening for stealing letters. He
confessed his guilt. He had been six
years in the postelfice, and en salary
of $60 a month paid the expenses of a
medical education and lived in such style
as te awaken suspicion, hence his arrest.
STATE ITEMS.
The P(ss claims that Chestnut street,
being swept at night, is net half swept.
The West. End passenger railway com
pany of Philadelphia is getting up an alli
ance against Kcrable's union monopoly.
There arc thirty-two applicants for the
office of poermastor at Williamsport,
three of them being colored men.
At last, the citizens of Norristown have
subscribed $1,000 reward for 'the Valley
Ferge murderer.
The amount of money disbursed by the
Pennsylvania railroad company te its em
ployees iu Alteena in a month will net fall
much short of 2e,000.
Jehn Brecdbeck, a wealthy citizen of
Catasauqua, committed suicide en Saturday
morning because of family troubles. He
was 50 years of age.
Jehn C. Harris, who died at Shermans
dale, Perry county, en Friday, was insured
for net a cent less than $300,000. Every
company in the state, and some out of it,
that would issue certificates of his life,
were " full " flu him.
Jehn S. Dye, sr.. for years publisher e
Dye's Government Coin and Bank Nete
Deieclcr. has died at his residence in Phil
adelphia, aged 72 years. Fer forty-nine
years Mr. Dye has been a shrewd detective
in his line, which was that of exposing
counterfeiters, and he was known from
one end of the country te the ether.
Mifilinburg, Union county, " can beast
of the champion girl of central Pennsylva
nia a beautiful sprite, somewhat turned
of sweet sixteen, she can bake nine im
merse leaves of bread, make a dress, at
tend a tea party, play the piano all even
ing and drive a spirited horse a number of
miles, all in one day, and net feel a parti parti
cle tired.
" Mincfsvillc's beauty," Miss Ida G.
Reed, M. D., declares that she was ad
judged te be the beauty sought for and
went te Philadelphia at the request of
Fercpaugh's agent. While negotiations
were pending at the Colonnade hotel.Mjeth
Forepaugh and the manager confessed
that the $10,000 offer was all a sham, but
that they would give her a salary of $50
per week and pay expenses of herself and
a companion. This offer Miss Reed
refused te accept, and the meney compen
sation was raised from $50 te $75 ; but she
would net agree and se the arrangement
fell through aud she came home. The
lady who has been selected te fill the po
sition has agreed te de se for $30 per week
for a term of thirty weeks.
Storm ami Floed.
The ics in the St. Lawrence river at
Montreal moved out yesterday, leaviug a
large portion of the river open in front of
that city.
Four inches of snow fell in northern Vir
ginia during Friday night. It is the third
snow fall in that region within a month
and all farm work is delayed by the un
seasonable weather.
The flood in the Missouri valley, above
Sioux City, Iowa, continues te recede.
William Cunningham, an old settler of Da
kota county, Neb., was drowned while
trying te escape from his house te join bis
family en higher ground. The damage
done at Yankton is reported te be great,
the government warehouses being destroy
ed and many houses being moved from
their places or swept away. Several
steamers lie en the railroad track, and one
is en the prairie, a mile inland. At Couu Ceuu
Illuffs and Omaha the railroad tracks are
flooded, several being badly washed, and
the people living en the lowlands are
Heeded out. The Missouri river at Coun
cil Bluffs is nearly four miles wide.
A Curieiu
Accident en a Wegtaru Hall-
read.
A fatal railroad accident occurred near
Ringham, Minn., after midnight of Thurs
day last, while the work of clearing the
snow from the track was in progress.
Three separate gangs were working in cuts
towards each ether. An engine was or
dered te make a dash at the snOw in the
first cut, no notice being given te the
workmen in the cuts bcyeud. The engi
neer backed a half mile, gave two whistles
and made a ran at the snow with all the
power possible. There had been a mis
milatinn nf tim renif.n.. r i, e,
bauk and the cngine went clean through
info the second cut. The men there at
tempted te ruu, but wcre overtaken. Lud
wig Ludka was killed outright. August
Buglasterwas severely injured, his legs
being broken and shoulder dislocated. He
lay two hours with the engine wheel upon
h: 3 legs. Three ether men were mere or
less seriously injured.
Desperate Burglars.
The jewelry store of William Wise, in
Brooklyn, was entered by burglars en
Saturday night and desperate efforts were
made te break open a large safe containing
$GO,000 worth of jewelry. The burglars
bored six holes in the safe deer, but the
steel platC3 broke their drills. Dieces of
which were afterwards found en the fleer.
Baffled in their attempts, they turned te
another safe, weighing 400 pounds, which
was built in the wall. By means of a jack
screw, they broke it from the wall,
moved it into the back part of the store.
and forced it open, stealing therefrem 100
watches left by customers for repairs, and
also a quantity of jewelry. Wise's less is
estimated at $6,000. ' "
The lUTaces of Fire. I
Three stores, a saloon and residence, and
a livery stable, in Delhi, Louisiana, were
burned en Saturday. 'Less $30,000.
A fire in C. and G. Cooper & Company's
engine and iron works, at Mount Vernen,
Ohie, en Friday night, destroyed a build
ing used for the storing of patterns and
engines in stock, causing a less of $100,000.
The fire is supposed te have been the work
of an incendiary. H. J. Harrison's eleva
tor, at Burlington, Iowa, was burned en
Saturday morning, with 17,000 bushels of
flaxseed and 43,000 bushels of grain.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
IKCUNUIAKY riKE.
A Stable Burned A Ilerse Reamed Several
litrelling ilenscs Damaged, ami .Seme
Other Property Destroyed.
Shortly after midnight, Saturday, a
frame stable belonging te the MacGenigle
estate situated en the northwest side of
Middle street was discovered te be
en fire, and in a short time
was burned te the ground, and a horse
valued at $50 or $G0, belonging te Adam
Kirchner, the teuaut, perished in the
flames. Mr. Kirchner also lest a sleieh, a
quantity of hay and ether feed, harness
and a number of articles. (lis less is
about $200 and he has no insurance.
Adjoining the stable is a row of three
oue-sterv dwellings. Twe of these were
somewhat damaged ; the one occupied by
Matilda Lcenaid having the reef partly
burned off, aud Sirs. Leenard's furniture
was somewhat broken in removing it from
the building. The adjoining house, occu
pied by Matilda Nelsen was also damaged
and her dishes and glassware were broken,
and a pocket-book containing $2.40 lest or
stolen.
The less te the MacGenigle property is
about $300, and there is an insurance ou
the stable of $200, in the Girard insurance
company of which Rife & Kaufman are
agents.
Sparks from the Durnuig stable set fire
te the reefs of two one-story frame dwell
ing houses en the opposite side el Middle
street and the flames getting under the
shingles and the lefts were very hard te
get at and extinguish. Men mounted the
reefs with ladders, cut holes iu them aud
Anally succeeded iu checking the tire. The
dwellings were occupied respectively by
Harry Yackly and Henry Fisher, jr..
whose furniture was somewhat damaged
by water and by being removed. The
building are fully covered by insurance in
the Girard fire insurance company, but
there is no insurance ou the furniture.
Jehn Yackly 's house; Ne. 23 Middle
street, was also slightly injured, both by
fire aud water, as were twoether one-story
beuses. One of thcse,No.29beIengs te the
Schleich estate and is occupied by Clias. J.
Fisher and family ; the ether is owned and
occupied by the widow of the late Themas
Deen. The less is covered by insurance.
While the fire was raging several men
mounted the reefs of the burning one
story dwellings, te assist in checking the
flames. A ladder upon which a party of
them were at work fell from the reef,
carrying down with it. Christian Swartz.
Casper Hildcbrand, jr., aud a man named
Mumma. all of whom were considerably
injured but net dangerously.
S i Swartz has an ugly cut en the face, and
Mumma aud Hildcbrnnd arc bruised and
jammed badly.
There is no doubt whatever that the
stable was fired by incendiaries, and it is
said there is some cine te their identity as
tracks of two men, one with large and the
ether with small feet, are said te have
been discovered in two or mere lets ad
joining the stable, shewiug that the incen
diaries had jumped i couple of fences te
reach the stable.
ISAAC JU1G1,K'3 UKAT11.
Apoplexy Was ttie Canse.
On Saturday afternoon the coroner held
rtn inquest en the body of Isaac Quigley,
whose death occurred at Mcclmuicsburg,
and it appears that he died from apoplexy
aud net from a broken neck. The jury
was composed of Mark Cennell, G. W.
Herr, Geerge M. Haines, Leamau Bricker,
James A. Miller and David Reese. The
evidence showed that the deceased, who
was employed at the Andes manufactur
ing establishment, complained of feeling
dizzy en Friday evening. He went te bed
with another man and was restless during
the night. On Saturday morning he ate a
hearty breakfast and went te work
apparently in geed health. About 8
o'clock he was going down a flight of
stairs with a piece of lumber. When
about half way down he dropped the stick,
and, throwing up both arms, fell te the
bottom of the stairs. When he was picked
up he was already dead. He had an ugly
gSsh cut en his head and was otherwise
bruised. It was at first supposed that his
neck had been broken by the fall, but
upon the examination made by Dr. Comp Cemp Comp
ten it was ascertained that such was net
the case. The jury rendered a verdict of
death from apoplexy. His remains were
brought te this city where he leaves a
wife and several children, of whom one
daughter is the widow of a man who was
killed by a fall from a bridge near Read
ing some years age.
TUE MINSTKKI.S.
First Appearance of the Sew Troupe in this
City.
One of the beat entertainments of the
soaseu was given -in the opera house en
Saturday evening t)y Haver ly s JSew Mas
todon minstrels, te a large audience. The
show was excellent throughout, and, al
though this company has net been travel
ing long, it is a formidable rival of Ilavcr
ly's old treupe, which is new known as
the Eurepcau minstrels. The company
includes sucti people as J: rank enshman,
E. M. Hall, Lew Simmons, Alf. Lawten.
Harry Armstrong and ethers. Every act
of the entertainment was first-class and
nearly all wcre new. The song and dance
and the clog by the big teams were excel
lent. The latter was Jed by Charles Queen,
who is probably one of the best clog
dancers in this country. The dancers were
attired in jockey suits and presented a
handseme appearance. Everybody was
pleased with the show.
A geed deal of credit for the large house
is deserved by Gee. H. Robinson, the press
agent, who was in this city for several days
working up the show in capital style. lie
shortly gees te Europe with the old, 31as 31as 31as
todens. Honors te a tancastcrian.
The Democratic city of Pueblo, Colo Cole
rado, has elected Mr. Herace D. Gast, Rc-
SfaST SrSS
puuiican, city treasurer uy
a majority of
81 ever Whinnlc. the Democratic candi
date. At the same election, Richmond,
the Democratic candidate for mayor, was
elected by 108 majority. Treasurer-elect
Gast is a native of Lancaster, who for the
past few years has made his home with
Charles E. Gast, esq., also formerly of
this city, new one of the leading lawyers
of the Centennial state. The new treas
urer, who is a seu of the late Emauuel H.
Gast, and a brother of C. A. Gast, of the
Examiner, is a young man just past his
majority, whose election under all the cir
cumstances can only be regarded as a high
compliment which we feel quite sure Mr.
Gast will worthily wear.
Taken te the Hospital.
Jehn Mearig, of Mcchanicsburg, who
for some time past has been subject te
epileptic fits, became quite deranged from
a late attack, and en Saturday became se
violent and unmanageable, that he had te
be taken te the county hospital, where
he is new undergoing treatment.
Lancaster County Postmasters Appointed.
Wiliam H. Sweigart,LCedar Lane:
Moses Ober, Conewago.
OniTCAKV.
Death or Cake Suydani.
Luke Suydam died at his residence. Ne.
S15J West King street, en Saturday after,
noeu at 4 o'clock. Mr. Suydam is an old
resident of this city and was by trade a
coach trimmer and painter. In 1849 he
and Samuel B. Cox started the coach
works in this city at the corner of Vine
and Duke street, where Norbe;k Sr MHey
new are. They carried ou business for
about ten years aud Mr. Suvdara moved te
Ephrata. He afterwards returned
te this city. and for a time
worked for Edward Edgerley. About
three years age he was taken ill and has
been in declining health since that time.
He leaves a wife and two children Frank
Suydam, who is clerk in the supplies de
partment of the state lunatic asylum at
Harrisburg, and Miss Emily Suydam, who
is principal of one of the public schools in
this city.
Other Keceut Deaths.
Iu Quarryville about 7 o'clock this
morning, after a lingering illness, died
Newton Fritz, son of Jacob Fritz, jr.. and
junior member of the firm of E. O. Fritz
& Bre., butchers. He was a well-known
and popular young man.
On Friday last, Samuel Rutt, of Eliza Eliza
bethtewn, died from the effect of a stroke
of paralysis by which he was prostrated a
few days previous. He was an old resi
dent of the borough, well advanced in
years and much respected by his neigh
bors. On Saturday Mrs. Wagner, of Elizabeth-
town, who has been suffering from pulmo
nary consumption for a long time, was
rclieved by death. She was about 40 years
of age aud leaves a family.
JOUKMUYMKN CAKJPKNTERS.
Their Meetiiis en Saturday .Evening.
The adjourned journeymen carpenters'
meeting held en Saturday evening was at
tended by about one-third of all the jour
neymeu in this city, and was presided ever
by Mr. Jacob R. Waters.
The committee of five appointed at a
former meeting reported that they had call
ed upon the boss carpenters and spoken te
them about an increase of wages. Some
of them were averse te allowing any in
crease at the present time, owing te the
fact that they had taken a number of
small contracts at low figures, net know
ing that the jeurs would demand an in
crease, and they would lese money if an
increase, was new given. Other bosses
favored paying an increase of 25 cents per
day, aud two of them, Daniel McLaughlin
and J. P. Stermfeltz favored an increase
of 30 cents per day, making the wages $2
per day.
The report led te a discussion of some
length which was followed by the adop
tion of a resolution te the effect that an ad
vertisement signed by the officers of the
association should be inserted in the news
papers, demanding an increase of 50 cents
per day en the prices new paid for all
kinds of carpenter work.
As only about one third of the jour car
penters were in attendance, en motion
committees were appointed for each of ths
four divisions of the city te wait upeu all
jour carpenters and obtain their support
te the resolution demanding an increase of
wages. The chair approved the following
committees.
Southwest Peter Ehrich, Geerge Her
kenreiter and Geerge Zell.
Northwest Oliver Heffman, Isaac Lcib
ley and William Hnppard.
Northeast Herace Ovcrdecr, Jehn Gra
ham and Samuel Kissenger.
Southeast Samuel Flick, Jacob IIcss
and Henry Musselman.
The meeting adjourned te meet again en
Saturday, May 5, te hear the report of the
committees.
Docter's Opening.
The Yerk county medical society invites
us te the doctor's opening of the Yerk
hospital, in Yerk, April 28,' 1881. There
will be a dinner from 13. te 1:30 p: m.,
after which the following pregramme of
literary exercises is announced : Organi
zation of meeting, Dr. A. R. Barr, presi
dent ; Prayer, Rev. Dr. A. II. Lechman ;
Music ; Words of Welcome, Samuel
Small, esq. ; Origin of the Hospital, Dr.
W. S. Reland; Address; Dr. Jehn L.
Atlee, Lancaster ; Music ; Our Guests,
Dr. J. W. Kerr ; The Ladies, Dr. J. L.
Zieglcr, Mt. Jey ; Hospital Duties, Dr. J.
II. Brinten, Philadelphia ; Care of Sick,
Dr. W. S. Forwood, Darlington, Md. ;
Our Profession. Dr. Alex Craig, Colum
bia ; Cede of Medical Ethics, Dr. II. AIIc
man, Hanover; Advantages of -Medical
Societies, Dr. P.' A. Hartman, Harris
burg ; A Docter's Life, Dr. S. B. Kciffcr,
Carlisle ; Music ; Benediction.
(lone t Ireland.
James M. Burke, esq., one of Lancaster's
most popular young lawyers, left Lancas
ter this morning at 8:03 en route for New
Yerk, whence en Saturday next he will
sail en the steamer New Yerk, State line,
for Ireland, en a visit te relatives. Mr.
Burke's ultimate destination is Menntrath,
QueeiijCennty. Ireland, and he has evinced
a keen appreciation of the necessities of
the occasion by ordering the Daily Ix
telligkxcku te be sent regularly te that
address IIe expects te he absent four
months, and the best wishes of a host of
friends for a pleasant journey and safe re
turn will accompany Mr. Burke in his pil
grimage te the (jrrcen isle et his birth.
The Circus.
Anether advertising car of the Barnum Barnum Barnum
Londen show arrived iu town yesterday
It has been en a siding near ths Pennsyl
vania passenger depot all day andjhas been
seen by many people. It is the same car
which was used by the Barnum show last
year and is very beautiful. The town is
te-day being lithographed and pre
grammed.
Geerge W. Goedhart, who is traveling
with a car of this show which only visits
the large cities, made a flying visit te his
home in this city yesterday. He returned
te Philadelphia this morning.
m
Marietta Band Fair.
The ladies of Marietta met ou Saturday
evening at 7J o'clock, for the purpose of
effecting an organization for conducting a
fair te be held in the near future ; the pro
ceeds te go for the purchase of uniforms.
&c, for the members of the Mechanics'
band. The meeting was organized as fol fel
lows : President, Mrs. Jacob Hanlen ;
viee president, airs, isaiau uanlen ; treas
urer, Mrs. Benjamin Ohmit ; secretary,
Mrs. Tillic A. Grady; asst.t secretary,
Ella S. Weaver. After which they ad
journed te meet en Tuesday evening, April
12th, at the same hour.
Shiffler Fair..
The following articles are te ba voted
for at the Shilfler fair iu June : Weed &
Ce. organ, Davis sewing machine, Singer
sewing machine, geld necklace, geld ring,
machinist's tools, set boxing gloves, wax
cress, equipments, lady's geld watch,
silver watch, butcher's tools, Jr. O. U. A.
M. geld pin, barber's chair, bicycle,
Crccdmoer rifle, pep corn ball ; large sil
ver pitcher te be contested for by the
presidents of the different fire cempauics.
Members of the company will net be al
lowed te contest against outside parties.
i
A l'ain ral It amer Exploded. .
Fer a day or two past a report prevailed
that Mrs. Catharine Landis, widow of the
late Philip Landis, had left her home mys
teriously en Friday and that fears were en
tcrtained for her safety. A letter received
from her this morning by her brother-in-law,
Zuricl Swope, esq., states that she is
safe and well in Dayton, Ohie, having left
Lancaster en Friday morning and reached
Dayton the same night, and that she is
stepping with friends in that city ; she has
plenty of money and is well provided for."
A TRAGIC AFFAIR.
DKATU FKOM A KICK.
A Vuest at ' the Grape " Dies from Injuries
Received from His Landlord.
Our brief mention en Saturday of a
difficulty between Landlord Wni. B.
Fiuney, of the Grape hotel, aud a guest
named Hurd from Bosten, was made when
the man's injuries were net believed te
have been nearly se serious as they sub
sequently proved. His death confirms our
account of the origin of the affair and in
vests it with an importance which was the
theme of wide comment throughout the
city yesterday. The facts in the deplor
able affair, as we gather them from en
tirely trustworthy sources, are as fellows :
On Tuesday evening, March 29, two
strangers arrived in this city and registered
at the Grape (or "Michael's") hotel, Wm.
B. Finney, proprietor. One of them was
P. Merau, Philadelphia ; the ether Luther
F. Hurd, Bosten. They came together ;
were assigned te the same room, Ne. 24,
and were engaged in canvassing for an il
lustrated edition of the Bible, sold in num
bers, the headquarters of which publica
tion and Merau's address were 221 Walnut
street, Philadelphia.
Mr. Hurd's beard was paid in advance.
A few days afterwar Meran returned te
Philadelphia, leaving his books, and bag
gage in his room, and expecting, as Hurd
claimed, te come back te "Lancaster. On
Thursday foreueon last Finney spoke te
Hurd about Meran's departure and failuie
te pay his beard. Hurd remarked that it
was all right and that Meian would either
return or remit his bill, and seemed wor
ried that Finney should take him te ae
count for it. On the afternoon of the same
day between 5 aud C o'clock, he recurred
te the subject iu a conversation with
Finney in the office of the hotel. Finney
was behind the desk and Hurd iu front of
it. There was a gentleman in the back
room and two young men standing outside
the front deer at the time. It seems that
Hurd Said te Fiuuey that Meran would
suiely pay his bill and that even if he did
net the books and ether baggage he had
left behind were worth three times the
amount of it. Finney angrily answered :
" I believe you are both a pair of d d
pious frauds." Hurd expostulated at this
sort of language and reminded Finney
that his own beard was paid in advance.
Finney readied ever the desk and struck
him, and coming from behind the railing
ordered him te quit the house. As he
shoved him toward the deer Finney struck
or pushed him se that he fell near thedoer.
The young men outside, hearing the alter-
cation,epencd the deer te let the man who
was uein; assauiicu escape, aim saw
Finney kick him as he was ou his hands
and feet.
The man rising complained of being hurt
and asked for medical attendance as 'he
found he was bleeding iu the parts wheic
he had been kicked. One of the "boarders
ran
for Dr. Carpenter, but he was net hi,
and Mr. Hurd was assured that Dr. Oliver
Reland, who bearded at the house would
seen be in te supper. Upeu his arrival he
advised Mr. Hurd te lie down, but the '
injured man objected te remain- j
ing in the heuse where he had i
becu abused and said he could net '
stay there with any self respect. Dr. R. j
however persuaded him te go te his room '
and gave him every attention, aud as his
condition became worse Dr. Jehn L. Atlec j
was called in. It was found that he had J
suffered a rupture of the urethra aud was ;
losing bleed from a. hemerrhage. This
was allayed, but his injuries continued te
demand "attention, though his condition
was net deemed se serious as was after-'
wards developed.
The crirls at the hotel were vcrv kind te
Mr. Hurd and manifested much interest
in him ; and they and the physicians Icf
id tney and the physicians leis
mtly resting easy en Saturday
I e clock. About 12 e clock Mr.
jvcred that another hemorrhage
him apparently resting
night at IU
Hurd discevc
had set iu aud rang his room bell connect
cd with the ollice indicator. IIe received
no answer, and yhen at 7 o'clock en Sun
day morning the girls looked in at his room
te sec hew he was, they found him much
weakened by the less of bleed, and his bed
soaked with bleed which had run through
te the fleer
is physjetans were at once
summoned and he was only able te tell
them the circumstances of the altercation
and te give an account of his family and
circumstances aud the desire that he
had regarding the .disposition of his
property before he died, at 8:30 a. m.
He was about. 33 years of age ;
his parents were both dead ; he had two
married sisters and four brothers, of whom
Mrs. Lizzie McCaun, lived at Ne. 7 Mar
ble street, Bosten ; E. P. Hurd, Great
Falls, iN. 11,
ville, Maine,
mdr,P,?J, llXnl' ?Pri": 2d assi.Mant. Gee. 3IcCulleugh ; police police
Te Dr. Reland he entrusted ' .. :,.,..-,. Vimn.r snn-r"inti-iidnnt of
the keeping of his vest, in which were
found four $100 four per cent, government
bends and a considerable amount in notes
and silver, with instructions te pay his
funeral expenses and return the balance te
his sister, Mrs. McCanu. Mr. Wm. Lea
man at once telegraphed the news of his
death te Mrs. McCann and in the evening
a telegram was received
Jll'liJ AJi3LUIJ
signed 4J. G. Jacksen" ( presumably enu
of Hurd's brothers-in-law) addressed " te
the proprietor of the Grape hotel," saying
Jacksen would leave at encp for this city
and directing that an undertaker take
charge of the body. Undertaker Miller
was sent for early in the morning and the
body has been properly cared for awaiting
Mr. Jacksen's arrival.
Corener Mishler, upon the news of the I
death, summoned a jury consisting of B.
F. Slough. David L. Wisncr, Jehn Barr, ,
Emanuel Reifsnydcr, AI. Rescnstcin ami j
Jacob Chillis and they viewed the body. .
but, pending the pest mortem examination
by the physicians, adjourned the inquest
until this evening. Drs. Atlce, Reland, Davis
and Compten made the pe3l mortem, de
veloping the nature of the injuries as above
stated.
Yesterday afternoon, upon complaint of
Corener Mishler and upon a warrant issued
by AldcrMan Samson, Constables Flick
and Lcntz proceeded te the Grape te arrest
Finney. They found him in bed with his
head bandaged and himself aud family
greatly distracted ever the terrible affair.
He was asked if he desired a cab te be
taken te the alderman's, but he walked up
te the Keystone hotel, where he was met by
the alderman, district attorney, sheriff and
his counsel, and by consent of all parties
he was placed in charge of two deputy
sheriffs, who kept him in custody at his
hotel yesterday and he wa3 committed te
prison this morning, te await the action of
the coroners jury. He. has retained
Lawyers Lcaman, Swift and J. Hay
Brown.
Finney was formerly proprietor of a
livery stable in Ceatesvillc, Pa. ; he re
moved te this city some years age, kept a
livery stable back of the City hotel and
afterwards ou Christian street, and for the
past year has kept the Grape. He is a
large and powerfully built man, about six
feet tall, weighing 250 pounds ; he has
lest one eye, is troubled with diabetes and
is quick-tempered and irritable.' Hurd
was a small man, of delicate frame, and
wouldn't have weighed ranch ever 90
pounds.
Since the altercation with Hurd en
Thursday Meran sent Finney his beard
bill, thus justifying the confidence Hurd
had expressed ou his integrity.
Passed West.
The monster whale, which has been en
exhibition in Philadelphia for seme time,
was taken west through this city yester
day en a freight train.
A large train of new passenger cars for
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road, f assed through yesterday.
Hcrlpture Keadlng.
Randall, the cvangilist, will icad Scrip
ture en the steps of the court house every
day at 10 a. m., and 3$ p. m.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OCa ISKtiULAK cokuksi-e.nuenck.
Miss Keley Sanderson, of Leck Haven.
is visiting Mrs. Geerge Crane.
M. S. II. .Purple recently sold his to
bacco as fellows : S acres at 19. 8 and 3 ;
5 acres at 14, 0 and 3"; and 1 acre at 10
and 3. .
Dr. II. H. Alexander, a United States
army surgeon, and well known in Colum
bia, is lying seriously ill at Fert Trumbull,
New Londen, Conn.
The Westminster presbytery will meet
this evening at Yerk. Rev. W. L. Led
with. of the Gap, will preach the opening
sermon. The Westminster presbytery
comprises the comities of Lancaster, Leba
non and Yerk.
A quarterly meeting was held iu Meuut
Zion A. M. E. church yesterday. Com
munion services were held in the after
noon. The services of the morning were
conducted by Rev. A. A. Robeson aud the
lady cvangelist, Mrs. Harriet A. Baker,
who preached in the evening.
There arc thirty-three rafts miw lying
at Marietta. The river is slowly rising.
A laige flat beat is being built en the
wharf below Fcndrich's tobaccce ware
house. Will. F-Midrich will go into his father's
cigar establishment and keep the books.
Uev. U. !'. Heck, chaplain of the Harris
burg Heuse of Representatives, preached
ycsteid.iy morning and evening in the
church of Ged.
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was
adminisleit'd iu the Presbyterian church
ycstciday morning, aud in the evening the
services weie conducted by Rev. D. W.
Brown, et Oxford, Pa.
Rev. Dr. Charles A. Hay. of Gettysburg
theological seminary, officiated yesterday
morning and evening in the E. E. Lutheran
chinch.
Mr. Jewph L. Fcndrick left here this
morning for Harrisburg, which place he
will make his future home. Mr. Fcndrick
will go into an iron and steel manufactur
ing com pan v.
Mr. Alexander E.
McManns left here te
day for a point about fifty miles from Fert
Garlaud, Colerado, where he has secured a
position a timekeeper at a mine where are
employed about one huudrcd and fifty
men.
James A. Hfrne's company presented
" Hcaits of Oak " te a large audience iu
the Cehi inbi.i opera house en Saturday
evening The erfon:iance gave entire
satisfaction. The company cany with
them a great amount of scenery and with
it are able te give an air of reality te their
j production
Winle the pcformance
was taking piace a number el row
dies in the gallery created a dis
turbance which was net quelled
uu
' wc
rP!
until the sfrviccs of a policeman's billy
were brought into requisition. Several
j-rcsts were made, and iu the melee Bill
'estcr Ei nest Withers received an tinin-
: tcntitmal crack en the head at the hands
, of Officer !Srwii, who was the victim of a
stone thewu when the audience was dis
missed, lleth injuries are severe. It is
, time council takes some decided steps
! toward putting an end te this business, as
j notoriety of thi.s nature is easily acquired
but hard te get rid of. A few examples
will suffice.
The Councils.
At Friday evening's meeting of councils
the finance committee presented a report
showing the receipts, including a balance
of $1,704.78, te be $3,710.95.
The following ordinance relating te
ipitrkct.-. and repealing Section 2 of the or
dinance paiscd December 10, 1880, was
.adopted : " riec. 2, That the clerk of the
markt.t shall open the market heuse at
sunriac en each market, day from the first
day of April until the first day of October,
jnejus;ve th
j Il(msc afc .J ,.
tue.f st r 0ii
(j,)(Jrs (.(.
inciusive : that he shall open the market
clock a. m., en each day from
teber until the 1st of April, the
market heuse te remain closed
until tin; hours named, excepting as te the
mttuhcis who shall have the privilege
of
entering tee market heuse two hours
earlier ou each aud every Tuesday and
Thursday ami three hours earlier en each
and every Saturday."
A iietir.iiin fVnm ti' ( KmviJi:- fin- t!in
J lu.-lviIe c ei- erecting a rooting ever the
pavementeu the northeast corner el I bird
and Locust streets, was referred te the
'read committee
It was decided that the president aud
secretary of council shall prepare a list of
the duties assigned te the respective stand
ing committees, the same te be presented
at the next meeting of council.
The following officers were then elected
I for the ensuing year: Fireman, Uriah
S5imi-liifi- I ,f (iswlfMit RtiHiiiiii-l Pi'inr :
, ........ .....u ..... , ! --
hall and market master, Christian Straw-
i bridge ; lamp lighters, Charles A. Heek
and I. Schulck ; ticket supervisor, Dauicl
i Chalfant ; solicitor, A. J, Kauffman. esq.
Ou motion of Mr. Smith, council took a
recess of thirty minute.-; and adjourned te
i .i, I,.,.,.,,,, .., r m- 'p!IViip f:.if.. whom
i,.. ,',,.,' "i- .. nn "r.T..r-,iit ...i.fc. Tim
an
newly elected president, Mr. Muster, did
the honeis.
Upen :e convening bill.-; amounting te
$1,02(3.8- were read and orders granted for
their payment. The borough regulator
was granted permission te have hw instru
ments, repaired and the fire committee
were instructed te ascertain what repairs
were needed by the Columbia lire com
panies aud report at the next meeting.
Adjourned.
i.K::i;oi:iieoi xkwk.
Sc-.iy as.il ACI-O..H the County Linen.
Gee. Johnsten has collected material aud
proposes te putilisii a history el Uecil co.,
Md.
and tlte early settlements around the
head of Chesapeake bay and en the Dela
ware liver. The work will contain about
300 page.-;, and will contain matter of much
interest te persons iu the vicinity of Masen
and Dfcnit'.s line.
Christian Mayer and Mrs. Geerge
Feather arc old residents of Reading late
ly deceased.
Thirty cases of smallpox wcre reported
in the Beiks county almshouse, at Read
ing lafct night. Most of the-bick are chil
dren, and the disease is a mild form of
varioleid. Ti.e sick will be removed td a
hospital te-day,and every precaution taken
te prevent the spread of the disease.
Mrs. Rebecca Worthiiigten, of West
Geshen township, Chester county, died en
Friday night last, aged about 80 years.
The eM lady fell a few months age and
broke one iV her legs, from the effects of
which she never recovered.
The general suyed of the Reformed
church in the United States will convene
in trieiu.ial x-s.siens, in the First Reformed
church at. Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohie, en
Thursday evening. May 18, when the
"peace commission" report will be acted
upon.
West Chw-ter has an Irish land league
and a Shakpi-arian society.
Sheriff Frankcnfleld has sold at public
sale the right, title and interest of F. A.
Hewer, in Bryn Mawr Heme yieicn. Jehn
M. Lindsay was the purchaser, and the
amount paid was $30.
Mr. M. S. (hnWaksc mill building,
in Newberry township, Yerk county, was
totally destroyed by an incendiary fire,
together with all its contents, last week.
Considerable grain and grist were burned,
and the less, upon which there is an in
surance of about $23, (DO, is heavy.
Elected a Competitor.
Miss Blauche Nevin, who is new at Car
rara, Italy, working en the statue of Gen.
Muhlcnbuig, has been elected by the
Blair monumental association of St. Leuis
a competitor for the statue of Gen. Francis
Blair, te be cast iu bronze and te be
erected in the square ia St. Leuis.