LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1881.
jtancastei intelligencer.
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1881.
Set " Ubsbmbms Fer Oaee."
The Philadelphia Times is advised
from Lancaster that all of the members
of the Lancaster bar but three have
signed a paper urging Judge Livingston
te permit them te support him for re
election, and that two of the three law
yers who refused their signatures were
the editors of the Ixtellieknceh. It is
true that a paper of the purport men
tioned was presented for our signatures
and failed te receive them. We had no
hesitation at all in declining te give
them'. We dp net consider Judge' Liv
ingston's qualifications for the judicial
position se transcendent as te warrant
us in pledging ourselves te support .him
in advance of the naming of the Demo
cratic candidate for his w position.
If a respectable lawyer and man
should be nominated en the Democratic
ticket we should support him, even
though the Republican candidate was a
much mere capable judge than Judge
Livingston has shown himself te be. We
could net have signed the paper lawyer
Ellmaker prepared and sent around for
the approval of his fellow lawyers,
phrased as it was, without intending te
vote for the man that we thus requested
te afford us an opportunity te de se. We
de net understand hew the Democratic
lawyers who signed the paper can refuse
their votes te Judge Livingston and
preserve their self-respect. We can
hardly believe that all the Democratic
lawyers who signed the paper intend te
vote for the man te whom they declare
that they " desire that you should be
your own successor," and ask " will you
allow us te present your name te the
voters of this county as a candidate for
re-election." We de net understand
why any Democratic lawyer should wish
Judge Livingston te be his own succes
sor, before the Democratic convention
has selected his competitor. It is possi
ble that there may be one or two so se
called Democratic lawyers who are will
ing te accept Judge Livingston in pre
ference te any Democrat who can be
named ; hut we de net believe that
there are many mere. Our party friends
at the bar have signed tins paper through
a weakness of which they have reason,
we think, te be very much ashamed ;
and semef these have se confessed te
us.
The unanimous approval which this
paper shows of Judge Livingston's ju
dicial course does net represent the sen
timent of the members of the bar,
even en the Republican side, and the
fact is very disgraceful te it, undoubtedly.
The favor of the judge is, of course, a
V-'ry imitertant thing for a lawyer te
have, but it is net se important te him
as his manhood. In explaining his sig
nature te this paier, one lawyer declared
that it was a matter of bread and butter
te him ; and it is this ignoble sentiment
which proves se powerful at this bar te
bring the lawyers te the feet of the
judges. They fear te have it go out
among the people that they are net in
favor willi the bench, lest they may lese
their clients through apprehension of the
effect of judicial prejudice against the
lawyer.
The unanimity with which this paper
of recommendation has been signed is in
fact discreditable both te Judge Living
ston and the bar. It shows that the.
lawyers de ie consider that he is an un
prejudiced judge who performs his duties
" without fear, favor or affection."
They knew that he is net a bread-minded,
impartial man, whose personal feelings
will never affect the discharge of his
official functions. lie very decidedly is
net such a. man. In many respects he
has been a geed judge ; in ethers he has
been indifferent ; and in yet ethers de
cidedly bad. He has certainly net
been se excellent a judge as te
have wen the universal approval
of the bar and te have earned
their honest signatures te the
paper they have presented te him.
Our objection te signing it was by no
means only political. We could net
honestly say of Judge Livingston's judi
cial course what this paper said. His
acquiescence in our disbarment, alone,
marked him as one who either did net
have sound convictions or did net have
the courage of them. If he believed
Judge Patterson was wrong he made a
mean and cowardly surrender te him ;
and if he thought him right the decision
of the supreme court shows that such
rank stupidity unfits him te be a judge.
The Philadelphia merchants are ap
pealing te the Legislature te pass an in
solvent trader's bill voiding judgments
net placed en record, and voiding a
judgment obtained by collusion with a
debtor with a view te preference. And
they invite us te correct " an erroneous
impression concerning this bill, viz. :
" That it is wholly in the interest of the
city merchant or trader." We are net
sufficiently familiar with the previsions
and tenor of this particular bill te ex
press an opinion upon it generally, but
we can endorse the latter suggestion.
that legislation te protect city merchants
from the fraud and insolvency of their
remote customers is likewise in the in
terest of solvent and reliable ceun
try -merchants. The truth is that
the city merchants very often iu
failing te protect themselves de the
greatest injustice te selveut country
trader!. We have several cases in view
in which utterly worthless and irrespon
sible store-keepers of this county readily
obtained from leading Philadelphia
houses large credits, and, never intend
ing te pay their bills, could sell their
goods in ruinous competition with their
neighbors who paid their debts. Of course
the less eventually fell most heavily en
the Philadelphia creditors, but had they
taken half the trouble te find out the
standing of their customers, before they
extended credit te them, that it af
terwards cost them te ascertain
their irresponsibility they would have
njBver wronged their permanent and re
spensible patrons by extending aid and
comfort ta worthless competitors.
Senater Dawes was very unfortun
ate the ether day in his selection for an
illustration of the glib Republican
charges that Nerthers men and North-
ern capital are net safe in the Seuth
from a spirit of political ostracism which
finds vent in violence against life and
property. When he told his tale of a
gray-haired man whose factories had
beenburned and himself put te flight for
Being a Republican, and located" it in
Mississippi, Senater Geerge prompt
ly denied it. Then he shifted
the story from a factory te a
gin house. This being contreverted,
he changed the scene from Mississippi te
Louisiana; and new that he has located
it finally comes the swift explosion of
the canard. The subject of this last
' ' outrage, "it seems, en geed Republi
can authority burned his buildings, worth
$1,400 te get some $4,000 insurance, and
is a fugitive from the process of the
criminal law, which reaches for him te
punish him for arson and attempted
fraud. Of such is the average Republican
"outrage." Next?
MINOR TOFICfa.
A national synagogue in Washington
is being talked about.
The Tunkers, or German Baptists, have
1,578 ministers. Of these 300 arc in Penn
sylvania, S48 in Indiana, 227 in Ohie, 142
in Illinois and 133 in Iowa. The denom
ination is represented in 20 states.
Colexkl IIimoixsex, though a great
champion of woman suffrage, declares in a
recent article in the Weman's Journal that
the' failure of female suffrage te make
headway is chiefly due te the indifference
of the women themselves.
The Jews in Paris are supposed te num
ber upwards of 32,000. Tfejy have four
large synagogues and six oratories ; one
chief rabbi of the Central Consistory, four
rabbis, seven officiating ministers, and
three ether rabbis for funerals aud hos
pital services.
A Hkisukw citizen of Indianapolis, Ind.
sent an elaborate basket of flowers te the
Second Presbyterian church in that city
lest Suuday, bearing a card declaring that
it was " a token of respect for the liberal
sentiment that characterized the discourse
delivered by the Rev. William A. Bartlett
upon the Jewish question en a previous
day."
A coRKEsreKDEST who is of an en
quiring turn of mind has been reading the
verdicts of the coroner's inquests and the
delightful variety with which the verdicts
of " heart discase " and " apoplexy " are
rendered ; and our correspondent finds
in this prompt settlement of difficult
medical problems a high tribute te the
professional skill of the coroner aud his
experts. Sic.
In Lowesdale, N. J., Charles McAllister
bequeathed $5,000 towards founding a
Presbyterian church as seen as a respect respect rospect
able number of communicants could be
get together te form a church. Seventeen
Presbyterians organized aud asked for the
money. The executers refused en the
ground that seventeen was net a respect
able number. The, pai ties went te law,
and the court has just decided that seven
teen is a respectable number, and ordered
the executers te pay.
The Lancaster Inquirer invents a lie
about the Intelmeen'ceu and further
illustrates "Peter Funkisin iu its vilest
form," by a feeble effort te explain hew
the Inquirer's editor took a candidate's $5
for his advertisement and never inserted it
all. New that the campaign is nearly
ever and the breach of contract exposed,
the Inquirer gonerously offers that "if he
is net satisfied he has only te ask the re
turn of his money which will be cheerfully
done." Of course this caudidatc is net en
Peter Funk's particular set-up.
Mu. Edwin Cewi.es, of the Cleveland
(Ohie) Leader, is the victim of a singular
infirmity of hearing. He says it partakes
somewhat of the nature of color-blindness
as that affects the eye, he being unable te
hear certain sounds at all. Fer example,
he has never heard the sound of a bird's
song in his life. A whole room full of
canaries might be iu full song aud yet he
could net hear a note, but the rustling of
their wings would be distinctly heard by
him. He can hear all the vowels, but
there are many consonant sounds which
he has never heard. He can hear a man
whisper, but could net hear him whistle.
The upper notes of a piano, violin, or
ether musical instrument he never hears,
but the lower notes he hears without diffi
culty. PERSONAL.
Bishop Kerfoot, of the diocese of
Western Pennsylvania, is seriously broken
down iu health by protracted overwork,
and it is feared, will be compelled te re
linquish his episcepal duties.
. Twe of Theodere Tilton's daughters
have been married te American gentlemen
in Europe. Mrs. Til ten and her aged, in
firm mother are supported by Tilton, who
does net, however, have any ethei rela
tions with them.
J.F. Buch, of the Lititz Recerd, iu his
honeymoon. Hence these lines en his
editorial page :
Is there aught te mortal sight,
neiirer leu who Knows it right
Thau when blushes ' lilcle and seek1
flay, upon a maiden's cheek?
In New Yerk en Thursday in the Jesuit's
church, was selemizcd the marriage of Mr.
Walter R. Stauffer te Miss Betty
Tayler, granddaughter of President
Zachary Tayler and daughter of the late
General Richard Tayler.
Te the general synod of the Reformed
church which will meet in Tiffin, Ohie, en
May 18, the clerical delegates from Lan
caster classis are Rev. Drs. T. G. Apple
and J. B. Shumaker, or this city, and D.
W. Geruard, of New Helland.
Geu. S. D. Stcrgis will be nominated
te succeed Gen. Pitcher as superintendent
efthe Soldiers' Heme in Washington, D.
C. Gen. Sturgis is a native of Shippens
burg, Cumberland county, Pa., and is a
graduate of West Point, class or '40, te
which Gens. Stonewall Jacksen aud Gee.
d. mcuieuan neiengea. tus son was
killed in the Custer massacre.
It was semi-officially communicated te
several Democratic senators that the ad
ministration did net consider that it should
be held responsible for the speech of Mr.
Frve, in denunciation of the Seuth. But
this quasi disavowal was net received with
any credence, as no Democratic senator
was verdant enough te believe that the
speech could or would have been made
without the concurrence of Mr. Blaine.
The following Catholic dignitaries will
be present at the consecration of Bishop
elect Janssens, which takes place at St.
Peter's cathedral, Richmond, Va., next
Sanday' week: Archbishop Gibbens,
Bishop Becker, of Wilmington, Bishop
Elder, of Cincinnati, Bishop Gress, of Sa
vannah, Bishop Eain, of Wheeling, Bishop
Kcane, of Richmond, and Mensigneur
Seten, prothenotary apostolic of Newark
N. J. The archbishop will be consecrator,'
with Bishops Becker and Keane,assistants.
Rev. Jehn C. St. Jehn, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., known as " the beypreacher " who
has returned te our city, will preach in
Salem church, West Orange street, to
morrow morning. This talented divine is
only 19 years of age, but possesses meie
than an ordinary amount of scholarship
and eloquence, drawing large crowds te
hear him wherever he preaches. Iu Wil
mington, Del., Brooklyn, N. Y., Hart Hart
eord, Conn., and ether places he is called
the wonderful " boy preacher."
The friends of the Rev. Dr. Carnachan
held a meeting at Library hall, Meadville,
last Tuesday evening, ever whieh William
Reynolds presided. The action of the Erie
presbytery, in deposing Dr. Carnachan,
was denounced by the speakers. They
also renounced the name of Presbyterian
and will net appeal te the synod for a re
versal of the presbytery's action .in Dr.
Carnachan's case. Library hall has been
rented for the deposed minister and it is
said that he will catry three-fourths of the
membership of the church and all the
piety, wealth and intelligencce of tho'con the'con tho'cen
grcgation. This is undeubtadly a formid
able religious strike in this day of striken.
Bklva A. Lockwood, esq., selicitress
and attorney-at law, has applied for the
the Brazilian mission in a letter of con
siderable length .te the president. Mrs.
Lockwood says that she is fitted for the
place, being a native of New Yerk, and
net iudentified with either of the factions
in that state. She says she understands
French, has a smattering of Spanish, and
is familiar with the consular regulations.
A strong card in her favor is the fact that
the emperor and empress of Brazil are old-
time friends. Mrs Lockwood says that as
no wemau has ever been sent abroad te
represents the interests of the country,
although one-half of the population con
sists of members of the gentler sex, she
ought te have the place.
The reason Den Cameren became se
het at Dawes' refusal te let the Senate ad
jeurn ever until Meuday was that Cam
eren was very anxious te get up an ex
cursien party of senators te Harrisburg
te have a geed time. Te de this it was
necessary that au adjournment sheuld.be
had until Monday. He could net invite
every one, of course, se the invitations
were confined te these who are generally
known in social parlance as "geed fellows"
which is understood te include these who
de net confine their liquid refreshments te
water. This may have accounted for some
of the opposition te the motion te adjourn
ever which came from the Republican
side. Mr. Dawes's stomach would bear
nothing stronger than water, and he had
net been ene of the invited guests. Later
iu the afternoon Mr. Groemo suggested
privately te Den Cameren te try it again,
but he was disgusted, andsaid they might
all "e te thunder.
STATE ITEMS.
It takes 18,000,000 gallons of water daily
for Pittsburgh and about 1,300 bushels of
coal a day te de the pumping.
Johnsten, held at Norristewu en sus
picion e complicity iu the Valley Ferge
murder, has been discharged en habeas
eerpus.
Notwithstanding the inducement offered
of the furnace free of all charge whenever
she may need it, Miss Cary persistently
refused te sing in aid of the funds of the
Pittsburgh cremation society.
David P. BIue, of Limestene, Menteur
county, has died from an accidental cut
en the thigh given him by his son while
they were cuttiug weed and as the father
ran from under a falling tree.
The murder trial of " Billy Burke," in
Scranton, has had te go " off" until June,
because one of the jurymen was suffering
from a severe attack of delirium tremens,
induced by the rigid abstemiousness of the
jury room after he had been en a protract
ed spree.
The heirs of Peter Baldy, sr., are going
te erect a new and forever free Episcopal
church iu Danville with $50,000 left by
his will te his children, te be expended bv
them as they might think proper in the
erection of a suitable monument te the
memory of their deceased parents.
In the Senate yesterday Cameren found
occasion te say that the Pittsburgh Dis
patch never supported anything geed, Re
publican or Democratic, while Mr. Mitch
oil stated again that the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph might be Republican,
but if it were it had strong Democratic
tendencies.
On Monday evening next, at Association
hall, Captain R. H. Pratt; the superinten
dent of the Carlisle Indian training school.
with u number of his pupils, will attempt
te illustrate te the citizens of Philadel
phia the nature of the work that is being
done for the education of Indian children,
and the progress that is being made.
In the Heuse at Harrisburg yesterday,
a humorous communication was read,
signed by P. T. Baruum', stating that en
the ground of the 'survival of the fittest
two circuses ought net te exhibit in the
same place en the same day and that
therefore the house should premtly ad
journ and attend "Barnum's greatest show
en earth."
F. S. Bend gives notice that "having
been judicially declared te have been duly
cicutcu prusumub ei ine .ruuaucipma K
Reading railroad, I have assumed the
duties of that office. Mr. Franklin B.
Gewen has ceased te be president et this
company, and is net authorized te enter
into contracts or' te execute any instru
ments en its behalf."
Guyauphcre, the Hungarian,! who has
been sleeping for seventy-two days in suc
cession at the Lehigh county almshouse,
arose from his cot at 11 o'clock yesterday,
walked te one end of the room and then
returned te his couch. He also opened
his eyes at the same time. The power of
speech has net yet returned, but the at
tending physicians say that the crisis is
past and anticipate a speedy restoration te
Jiis normal condition. -
Over three hundred rafts crowd the river
at Leck Haven and they are still coming
uume ui me lurauerraen at Williams Williams
pert are apprehensive that the pocket at
the boom may give way and thus cause a
great less of legs.. It is said te be in a very
precarious condition. . It is also feared that
tbe damage done te the dam at Loek Ha
veu may prove te be a serious break and
thus leave the canal without water. Beth
these booms are crowded with legs, and if
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uic.m. ruuuiu wur n expectea inat en ins me. ttetere the papers were made
quite a flood of legs will sweep down the out he became sick and his illness terrain
river. I ated fataby.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Baseball Nationals 7, Princeton 0 ;
Metropolitans 0, Trey 4.
Lawrence Lets, aged 12 years, who was
bitten by a 002 last August, died of hy
drophobia in New Brunswick en Thurs
day night.
Jehn Haven, of Vineland, shot an eagle
near Maurice river en Wednesday. The
wings of the bird measured six feet from
tip te tip.
Willie Ginnes, of New Cumberland, W.
Va., would go fishing instead of going te
school. They fished his hat out of the
water and he is feed for the fishes.
Cyrus Yeung, "coal king of the Tus
carawas Valley," Ohie, and a millionaire,
while adjusting the belting en a portable
saw mill had his clothes tern off and his
body se macerated that he died in two
hours.
Near Danville,IU., iu a brothers' quarrel
Wm. Nichols snatched up a deuble-barreled
shotgun and fired at his yeuug brother
Themas. The shot took effect iu the vie
tim's face, putting out both eyes and kill
ing mm in a short time.
An affray ecccured iu . San Francisce
yesterday at the corner of Washington
and Kearney streets between Themas W.
Cunningham and J. A. Chandler, iu which
the former was killed and the latter
wounded. The parties married ' sisters,
and Chandler claims that Cunningham
sought te break up his family, in conse
quence of which his (Chandler's) wife leit
him and sued for a divorce He also
claims that Cunningham first drew his
pistol, using threatening language.
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Itanium ami Hawley.
Mr. P. T. Baraum tells a geed one en
Senater Hawley of Connecticut. When
the great show was drawing everybody in
Washington, Barnum espied Hawley aud
asked him hew it was he could be spued
when the Senate was in session in these
close v contested times.
" Oh, I paired off with Senater Butler,
of Seuth Carolina, who is sick iu bed."
" Well, I guess he will recover," replied
Barnum, " for a man who cau laugh like
that will net die right away," and he
pointed out Butler in the reserved scats
who was laughing se heartily as te attract
the attention of all near him.
Terrllie Kxplotleu.
On Thursday morning two terrific aud
almost simultaneous explosions of nitro
glycerine tdbk place in the nitre vaults of
the Dittman powder works, near Bingham Bingham
ten, New Yerk. About five minutes after
wards 10,000 pounds of sporting powder in
a storehouse about one hundred feet from
the nitre vaults ignited, and caused a third
explosion, which utterly demolished the
buildings aud destroyed property for miles
around. The shock was distinctly felt at
a distance of forty miles. Ne person was
seriously injured. The man having charge
of the nitre vaults discovered the danger
in time te allow the men te escape. Ihe
explosion resulted from a fire caused by an
improper mixture of acids.
Mere Kotten Inumnce.
Christian Heckathorn, an old citizen of
Frederick, M. I)., died Thursday, aged
between 80 and 85 years. He had been in
feeble health for some time. During the
past week policies en his life te the amount
of ten thousand dollars were issued by a
Pennsylvania company.
Senater Mitchell's Vet Taper.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Having found it impossible te excite the
" Bourbon Brigadiers" te the fighting
pitch, the " Stalwarts" have fallen te
lighting between themselves.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A company of Immigrants.
People who were up early this morning
in the neighboiheod saw a novel proces preces
sion, meve from the P. R. R. depot te
Kircher's hotel, corner of East King and
Lime streets, just after the arrival of the
emigrant train iu this city. The whole
company were from Prussia and there must
have been from 75 te 100 of them men,
women and children. They came from
pretty much the same neighborhood and
are part of the immense flood of immigra
tion, which, it has been noticed, has been
pouring into the country the past few
weeks. Findingthegreat drift of the meve
ment te be westward this company con
eluded te step oil in what they understood
te be the German part of Pennsylvania
and chose Lancaster as the centre of it and
of a fat agricultural region. They pro pre pro
pese te try and find work here before risk
ing their fortunes and spending what lit
tle money they have iu the great West,
and it is at least au open question whether
they cannot de as well here. They have
come in entire families and with their all,
and are ready for any kind of work. They
presented a very picturesque appearance
as they crowded Kircher's bar room -and
yard this morning, although they were
mere comfortably clad and had a superior
air of thrift te the average emigrants.
The men are stoat, hearty, young and
middle aged, and geed looking ; the
women and girls appear willing and capa
ble for all kinds of female labor, and we
trust they will find ample opportunity in
.this garden spot of their adopted country.
Left for Bosten.
Mr. Geerge Heard (he spells his name
differently from the ether members of his
family) left Lancaster this morning for
Bosten, te confer with his relatives there
in regard te the affairs of his brother,
Luther J., victim of the Finney homicide.
Before leaving he retained S. II. Reynolds,
esq., as counsel for the commonwealth in
the trial, for which he expects te return'te
this city en May 0. As stated before, Mr.
Heard is the senior of the firms of Heard
& Fulcher, of Scarboro, Ga., and J. A.
Fulcher, Reek Ferd, Ga.
Accident.
This morning as Dr. Carpenter was driv
ing along Vine street, when opposite the
Sun hose house the front axle of his rock
away broke, throwing the doctor
out. He held en te the horse
for some distance, and was dragged
ever the rough cobble stones, ' but
finally let him go, when he ran as far as
Lime street, dragging the reckaway en its
side after him, where he was caught. The
doctor was net seriously hurt, but con
siderably bruised ; the horse is cut about
the legs, and the reckaway pretty well
used up.
Killed by a Runaway.
Frederic Hains, jr., of Reading' was in
stantly killed last evening at Wemelsdurf.
He left Reading in the morning with a horse
and wagon and-visited a number of places
along the Lebanon Valley railroad. Upen
starting te return home his horse took
fright and ran away. Hains was thrown
from the waeren and striking upon his head
his neck was dislocated. He was about 22
years of age.
Tbe Herzeg Sluseum.
- Besides the ether attractions of the Hcr-
zeg show in Fulton ball, tbe juggling and
puppet manipulation or Fran helde
are of the very highest order. The hall
was packed again last night and hundreds
who went te the circus this afternoon will
finish up tbe round of pleasure by an even
ing wim rierzeg at JJ uiten nan.
Almest.
Tbe late Harry F. Bewman, the day
before he took sick made application te
the Mutual Benefit life insurance company
of Newark. N. J v- rv, r aj;nnn
J - aruaawa "rwtvvw
COCRT PROCEEDINGS.
The Vint Week or Quarter Sessieus.
Friday afternoon Cem'th vs the.city of
Lancaster! The - city was . indicted for
maintaining afruisance'in allowing a fish
market te be kept en Vine street, at the
corner of Seuth Queen. A number of wit
nesses testified that there was an offensive
smell at the market during the fish season
Drs. Herr, Bolenius aud Carpenter testi
fied that the market was the cause of
sickness' in the neighborhood. Seme of
the witnesses testified that the citizens ex
perienced great inconvenience by reason
of the pavements at the market being
blocked up with stands, barrels, etc.,
while a number of wagons stand along
curbs. Fish are often cleaned there, and
the bleed runs from them and sucks into
the ground producing a very offensive
smell. Seme witnesses thought that en
account of the fish market property in
that neighborhood has depreciated in
value. 1 he ordinance creating the fish
market was offered in evidence. r
The defense was that the city had s
right te establish a market for the sale ei
the necessaries of life. In 1827 this place
was selected by councils and the market
had te be sorae place. A number of wit
nesses testified that the market is kept a
clean as possible. It is washed every even
ing. A number of witnesses who reside
in the neighborhood testified that the mar
ket is no annoyance te them.
Friday Evening. The grand jury re
turned the following bills :
True Bills. Cornelius Lanagen,
William Diveler, Elias Diveler, Henry
Hershey, William Kepler, assault
and battery ; Israel Marshall and Hen Hen
dereon Marshall, maliciens mischief ;
Mary Manhart, felonious assault and bat
tery ; Wm. Mowery et al., disturbing a re
ligious meeting.
Ignored. Henry Leenard, obstructing
legal process, with county for costs ; Jehn
Petersen, felonious assault and battery,
with prosecutor for costs ; Owen Coneys,
assault and battery, with prosecutor,
Michael Welsh, for costs ; Michael Welsh,
assault and battery, with. Owen Coneys
for costs ; Geerge Lawrcnce, assault and
battery, comity for costs.
Cem'th vs. Wm. Leweiy, ett al., con
spiracy te break jail, and breaking jail.
The defendant and four companions were
confined in Bummers' Hall of the priseu
upon a night recently. It was discovered
that the iron bars had been removed from
ene of the windows, which was broken.
These men, with a sixth, who made his
escape ever the wall, were found en the
outside of the building. The de
fense contended that according te
law it must be shown that the men were
in prison upon some indictable charge
when they attempted te break .out. This
was net shown by the commonwealth, and
the court instructed the jury te render
vcidicts of net guilty the men had been
scut te prison for being drunk and disor
derly. The case of Lancaster city, charged
with nuisance, was net taken up, as one of
the jurors did net put in an appearance,
thinking that court did net meet until this
morning.
Saturday Morning. The trial of cem'th
vs. the city of Lancaster for maintaining a
nuisance was resumed. The defense
called a number of witnesses te show that
the fish market was net a nuisance and
that it was kept as clean as possible. Ver
dict guilty.
Lewis Wilsen, colored, pleaded guilty te
stealing a sum of money f rem the money
drawer in the office of the mill of E. B.
Trout in Paradise township Wilsen is 21
years of age te-day aud is but little larger
than Admiral Det The defendant said
that he could net starve and took the
money. This being his first effence the
court sentenced te pay a fine of$l and
costs or prosecution and undergo an im
prisenment of 3 months.
Jehn Petersen, alias Longford, pleaded
guilty te carrying concealed deadly
weapons and was sentenced te underge au
imprisonment of 0 months and pay a fine
of $1. .
Walter Marsbbank aud Albert Reiden
bacb, convicted of malicious mischief in
breaking windows and doers of the bark
mill, were severely reprimanded by the
court and sentenced te pay a fine of $1 and
costs of prosecution.
All the jurrers net cmpaueled in the
nuuancc case were discharged. District
Attorney Davis said he had disposed et
during the week 129, all en the list but 20.
Of these 5 were fornication and bastardy
cases in which the children are net yet
born; ; aie cases returned within the
week and went ever under the lOday rule;
and the three cases against the Tripples
and the Finney manslaughter case. If it
were net for the trial of these important
cases it would net be necessary te have an
adjourned session.
rand Jury Kepert.
True Bills William Fulton, malicious
mischief.
Ignpred bills Abraham E. Greff, larceny
Jehn Wcllcr, arson; Peter Ashstal, su
pervisor of Salisbury township, neglect of
duty; Lewis Kirk, assault and battery
and carrying concealed deadly weapons
with prosecutor, Elmer Helsingcr for
costs.
Sorely of Peace and Desertion Vases.
Augustus Kilceyne was charged with
having threatened te kill Martin D. Hess
en ihe night of March 7, at Rohrcrstewn.
The defendant tcstiticd that he was net
present at the time the threats were alleged
te have been made. The court dismissed
the case en the payment of c sts by, de
fendant. Jehn SchcriFwas charged with having
threatened te kill Mary Bookmyer. Prose Prese
cutrix testified that defendant en several
occasions had threatened te kill her, once
with a knife and the last time en March
21 when she was dispesesscd. The court
dismissed the case, and divided the costs
equally between the parties. Fer pointing
a pistol at her of which offense Scherff
was convicted en Thursday, the court im
posed a fine of $10 and costs.
Emma Pciffcr, city, complained against
her husband for desertion. She testified
that she was married two years and her
husband had contributed but little.te her
support. He deserted her iu June. The
defendant testified that he was willing te
support his wife, but in January she had
him arrested, since which time he has
been in priseu. The court, continued the
case until Amrust, the husband agreeing
te provide a home for his wife.
Court then adjourned until 2 o'clock.
Leg Broken.
Jehn Meley, aged 20 years, who beards
at Jehn Shatz's, en Seuth Queen street,
had his leg broken atStewat's siding this
morning while Barnum's show was being
unleaded. He attempted te get en a mov
ing train and was caught between the
stone wall and car, aud rolled some dis
tance. He was taken te his bearding
house and medical aid summoned. It is
believed that the man is also seriously in
jured internally. Dr. Cox attended him
Kicked by a Herse.
Yesterday morning as Al. C. Miley was
watering his stock en his farm near Wil
low Street, East Lampeter township, he
met with a severe accident. When return
ing one of his thoroughbred stallions te
the stable from the water trough, the
animal became unruly and kicked him in
the right arm causing a compound frac
ture of that member. He was otherwise
cut and bruised.
Made an Assignment.
David McDonnell, of Honeybrook, has
made an assignment of all his property for
the benefit of creditors te Isaac Graham,
of the same place. The deed of .the as
signment filed in Chester county, has te
be recorded in Lancaster county, a part of
iiir. jiicisuuucji acewwjireiu" uuc.
THE GrRKAT SHOW.
I1KIL.UANT
VAGRANT.
Satisfactory
Ring' Performances TIM Bast
, JErer Bean Here.
This city was astir at a very early hour
te day in the anticipation of the arrival,
the parade and the performance of the
great Barnum-Loudeu circus combination.
Market day, holiday in the schools,
the Easter season, beautiful weather.
judicious and extensive advertising
ana public confidence iu the merits
of tbe show all combined te awaken
popular interest in the circus. The
throng of market day had hardly
abated before that attendant upon the
street parade of the circus began and by
10 a. m. Centre Square and all the side
walks en the route of the ' parade
were crowded with men women and
children. Baby carriages moved
everywhere ; all the windows fronting
en the streets were crowdedV-reofs were
fringed with people, the small, boy mount
ed carriages, sheds and awniug frames te
see it, and all sorts of business steed still
when about 10:30 the heralds of the cav
alcade, in glittering suits and ene en a
black and the ether en a white horse, an
nounced te the mass of people
that the grand spectacle advanced, and a
lane was made through the crowd for its
progress. Popular excitement by this
time was at white heat and the city has
seldom witnessed greater enthusiasm.
The tally-he coach with plenty of pas
sengers and a team of well-bred horses
skillfully driven, was the first object of
striking interest and the advertisements
thrown from it were eagerly grabbed and
read. The splendid chariot of the world,
glittering and magnificent, had seated
at its summit a beautiful woman,
fit rival of Forepaugh's $10,000 (?)
beauty. ine cages of wild an
imals were epeu and the people for once
had a chanze te sec whether their content s
corresponded with the placards and the
pictures. This frankness, by the way, is an
innovation m circus parades and possibly
the present one is the first that cd.iuI
afford te let the public sce whether their
menagerie corresponds with their an
neuncement. It was manifest that
the animals "filled the bills."
The liens and tigers, and leopards and
hyenas, the big snakes and ether monsters
in their respective cages, and with fearless
attendants calmly seated among them,
were all instructive lessens of the demin
ion et man ever beast, as well as the en
terprise of circus management. A chime
or bells, played with keys, made gcel
music.
A beautiful team of eight ponies drew a
sea shell chariot, and another team of like
number drew a dragon chariot. The Tem
Thumb coach rellc.l jauntily along ; a
yoke of maguificeut oxeu trotted
behind and three splendid white oxen from
the .hast drawing a peacock chariot and
Indian princess was an unique oriental
spectacle te be witnessed in "a Penn
sylvania Dutch town." A splendid chariot
carried a band of musicians ; two ladies
rode behind and ten cavalry soldiers
" of all nations.' Then came the gor
geous chariot of Neptune, with gilt
statues and figures of mermaids.
sirens and ether denizens of the sea-god's
Kingdom. rJight beautiful stallions, each
led by a groom, made one of the finest
features of the parade. A band of In
dians en top of a car ; three camels with
Arab riders; a team of camels and dreme
daries drawing a car en which a Scotch
band rendered the airs of Caledonia
another fleet of " desert ships with a
crew of merry maskers caricaturing all
nationalities ; four little camels with a
chariot ; the mechanical orchestra and a
train of wagons made up another grand
section of the cavalcade.
Then came the elephant chariot and
three powerful elephants abreast ; four
mere little fellows drawing a chariot ; two
with riders ; four hitched te an immense
cafcarrying a band of negre meledists, who
sang plantation songs : four mero drawing
a car with a huge gretesque figure, v. hose
black hair and fierry tongue were bleed
curdling eighteen elephants in all, justi
fying all announcements and making an
unprccendented exhibition this side of
Hiutioestan.
Anether train of wagons, with gaily
caparisoned horses and liveried grooms
and drivers preceded the huge spectacular
car, big as a house and line as a palace ;
then the steam calliope closed the proces preces
sion, save that Frank Metfett's handsome
wagon, built by Norbeck & Miley, came
behind and well deserved the many geed
notices it received.
All in all it was a grand street pageant ;
the best by many points that ever came
this way, and of itself justifying the ex
pectation of a
Itrllliant Afternoon l'erferinance.
The parade moved in Chestnut, down
North Queen, around into West King and
back through the square, out East King
and te McGrann's park where the tents
were pitched and the performance given at
2 p.m., te lie followed by another te-night.
Frem neon until 2 o'clock a steady
stream of people poured that way
and the tents, as we write, are filled
with spectators. They have had a chance
te see thomenster elephant, te talk down
te Tem Thumb and up te Chang, the
Chinese giant, te leek at the .massive ex,
the giant sea Hen, the huge rhinoceros,
the herd of twenty, camels of various
sizes, from the baby te the ones with the
full sized hump ; the long necked giraffe,
the twenty two-hand-high horse and liens,
tigers, leopards, panthers, bears, kanga
roos, monkeys, ostriches, and ether things
in great profusion.
Three rings were in full blast at one aud
the same time, affording all a chance te
see, except when such famous riders
as Madame Dockrill and Frank Mel
ville exhibit their marvelous riding
when they have all the ring te
themselves. The band of the circus is
large, exceptionally well balanced, plays
with skill and the selections .are geed.
The tumbling, the leaping, the wire wall
ing, the trap.za acts, the juggling, tl:e
graceful aud reckless riding, the trained
stallions, performing oxen, and the ele
phants followed se quickly, and se many
were going at the same time, that one
could hardly fellow ihe different acts, and
the only criticism that could be made
would be th.it which is rarely made upon
a circus there was tee much of it. The
clowns are all funny, but the silent
man, who, like the Lene Fisher
man, wanders everywhere, iii every
body's way, and don't say a thing, caused
the most intense merriment. The balanc
ing en the slack wire of 3111a ueshcll,
the startling atrial flights of the treupe of
leapers, wrestlers, kickers, bicyclists and
jugglers, helped te make up an exception
ally entertaining pregramme.
The performance .will be repeated te
night, aneraing us opportunity ler a
fuller review of it en Monday.
The following statistics of this circus
are full of interest : Number of people
employed, G30 ; horses, 310 ; yards of
canvas, 268,000 ; capacity, 15,000 ; daily
expenses, $4,500.
Herse Stelen.
On Wednesday night a valuable mare
was stolen from the stable of Picrsen
Sample, in Churchtewu. She is a bay in
color and has white star en the forehead.
A reward of $100 is offered for the recovery
of the animal and tbe detection of the
thief.
The Uederkmaz.
The closing sociable of the Lancaster
Liederkranz, will be held at Schiller hall
en Monday eveniug, April 25, 1881, com
mencing at 9 o'clock. The May festival
of the society takes place en May
What Glen. '
lst at I
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THE CITY AM THE WAS COMPANY.
JCeprMefittivr of Beth Center But rail te
i lteacli an Agreement.
1 .Last'eveaing the lamp committee of
city councils met in select council cham
ber fer.ftfce purpose of considering the mat
ter of the bill of the Lancaster gaslight
and fuel company for the quarter ending
January 1, whieh the city has refused te
pay en the ground of incomplete service.
The bill as originally rendered ,wa for
about $1,515, from which the company
had agreed te deduct $1001 A
committee representing the gas com
pany, consisting of Messrs. nesry
Baumgardncr, J. H. Baumgardncr and
J. P. Wickcrsham, was. present and sub
mitted a lengthy written' statement giving
their side of the question. This paper
claimed among ether things that there is
no binding agreement between the city and
tbe gas company, requiring tbe'lattcr te
light the street lamps at 918 a pest, the
contrast never baring been con
summated by reason of the pur
chase by the new company of the
franchises of the old company, while
the question of the letting of the, contract
was pendiug in councils, and the matter
thereupon dropped. The statement of the
gas people declares that in furnishing the
city with the illuminating material at the
rate offered under the pressure of a ruin
ous competition after that pressure was
removed, they have been actuated by a
feeling of honor and fair-dealing. When
they offered te light the city gas lamps
at $18 each per annum they knew
that, they could net profitably de se, but
they were net abeve the weakness of
human nature of biddiug lower than they
could afford, for the sake of the prestige
it would give theni. Having offered te de
se, however, they felt in honor bound te
make their offer goed.and having thus t ean
generous with the city they ask in return
that the city shall act fairly and
generously with them. Moreover, they
claim that the unsatisfactory service com
plained of during a period of the quarter,
which i made the basis of the rejection of
their bill by the city, was entirely beyond
their control and remedy. They did their
best te keep the lights burning, and were
at considerable expense te overcome the
obstacles encountered in the work of en
deavoring te iemove the cause of com
plaint. In conclusion the statement went
en te show by figures that the city
under present arrangements is being
furnished with gas much cheaper
than in previous years, and this was
reiterated and strongly dwelt upeu by
the Messrs. Baumgarduerand Wickcrsham
iu the discussion that ensued between these
gentlemen en behalf of the gas company,
and the members of the lamp committee
en behalf of the city, Chairman Barrand
Mr. Smeych mainly conducting the
discussion en the part of the city.
At several points the conversation
became quite warm en both sides,
especially when an intimation was thrown
out by one of the members of the lamp
committce that there seemed te be a dis
position en the part of the uew gas com
pany te fellow in the footsteps of their
predecessors whose oppressions the new
company had been organized te counter
act ; an observation which was strongly
resented by Messrs. Baumgardncr and
Wickcrsham. The representatives of the
city's interest argued that former prices
paid for lighting the city had nothing
whatever te de with the pending
ii-me, which simply presented
itself in the form of the propo prepo
sition en the part of the gas
company te charge full prices for inferior
service. The comparison of present rates
with these of former years when there ex
isted an eppressive moneply, and when in
addition it cost a great deal mero te manu
facture gas than it does at present, was
entirely irrcvelant, argued the lamp com
mittee, and did net fairly take the form of
a claim upon the city's generosity in this
matter.
After a protracted discussion in which
the representatives of the gas company
expressed unwillingness te make any
further reduction upon their bill, tbe
lamp committee stated they would report
the facts te councils, with which body the
decision rested.
obituary.'
Heath et a Well-Known Landlord.
Abram II. Kauffinan, member of a well
known family of Maner and Hempfield,
formerly kept tavern at Turkey Hill, and
about twelve years age purchased and re
moved te the farm and hotel property at
the Buck, in Drnmere township, where
the "state read " cresses the Lan
caster and Pert Deposit thoroughfare.
He was a genial and popu
lar landlord and successful fanner and
tobacco raiser, and wfchal a zealous Dem
ocrat. Mr. Kauffman died from typhoid
pneumonia about 2 o'clock this morning.
He was aged 51 years, and was a brother
of I. II. Kauffman, of Mountville, Ed.
Kauffman, of Oreville, and Michael Kauff
man, of Couestega Centre.
This is the second death of latu occur
rence iu the family, Mrs. Michael Kauff
man having beeu buried en last Sunday.
Miss Maria I.. Kaufman.;
Miss Maria Louisa Kaufman, whose
death at the residence of her brother.
Junius B. Kaufman, esq., yesterday after
neon, is noted, was a long and patient
sufferer, and her death though net unex
pected, creates much sadness among her
friends. She was a devoted member of
St. James P. E. parish and much given te
all geed works.
Death of Mr. Kleffer.
Mrs. Susan E. Kieffer, relict of the late
Wm. Kieffer brother of Walter Kieffer
of this city, and daughter of the lat
Emanuel Carpenter, died in Carthage,
Ohie, yesterday at 1 :30 of heart, disease
and paralysis, having been sick since
March 1. Her husband-died in the West
a few years age. Beth were well known
and former residents in this city. She
leaves one son and three daughters.
The Haven Ellerary Association.
A very fine entertainment was the first
anniversary of the Haven Literary as
sociation held in the Duke street Metho
dist church. Mrs. Charles Gill read two
selections with rare ability, Mr. Walter F.
Rogers spoke entertainingly ei
en
The
Past ear." The president Mr. Hesslet
in an address of welcome 'alluded te the
steady growth of the society and its need
of regular workers. " The Gazette " read
by iliss Dedge was a first class paper. The
music of the evening consisted of a piano
voluntary by Prof. Haas, two quartettes
and one in answer te encore bv the Cen
tinentals ; two ba.s soles, " The Hely
Friar" and " Rocked in the Cradle or the
Deep ;" and in return for encore " The
Sexten," and a brilliant duet by two
young ladies. The music was excellent
throughout and the accompaniments by
Prof. Haas were given in his usual finished
style. In a pungent address the pastor,
Rev. W. C. Robinson, congratulated tbe
association en its flourishing infancy. The
piano, a new Chickerihg Grand, was from
Alex. McKillips's factory, and the Masen
& Hamlin 'organ from Woodward.
Heme Fer a Short Visit.
Wm. A. Marshall, master in the United
States navy, who ha been doing court
duty en beard of the United States
steamer "Vandalia," came home yester
day en a flying visit. He gees away
again te-night.
Ball Last Might.
The I.S. C. club, composed of yeaiiir'i
of this city gave a ball List evening in the
West End hall. Over 100 couples were hi
the'premenade. The affair was well con-
ducted, and was a grand success finsBcial-