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LANCASTER i)An.Y 1NTELL1GEN(JEI, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1881.
iUncastcr intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1881.
Killiigsley's Bill.
Werd comes from Harrisburg that the
gang of Republican ringsters who make
up the majority of the legislative appor
tionment committee have justified all the
purposes of their appointment by a
speaker who stands clearly disclosed as
ttie serviceable tool of the roosters. They
have fixed up a districting of the state
for members of the Assembly in which
the rural changes are net se impor
tant nor significant politically, the party
gains and losses apparently balancings
but in Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh the districts are arranged
se as te come as near as possible te the
election of solid Republican delegations.
Last year Allegheny county cast 22,096
Democratic votes te 35,539 Republican,
and yet in seven districts with sixteen
members the new apportionment is such
a gerrymander as te give these twenty
two thousand Democratic voters net a
single representative at Harrisburg. At
present Philadelphia has 38 members
of whom 10 are Democrats and 28. Re
publicans, although the Democrats last
year polled 70,330 votes te the
Republicans 97,220, or three-sevenths of
the whole, en which basis they would be
entitled te at least 16 members. Instead
of aiming te secure an approach te that
fairness the Republicans of the appor
tionment have made a resolute effort te
wipe out the entire Democratic repre
sentation. The Patriot thus gives in de
tail the proposed changes :
The Second district,returning two Dem
ocrats, is cut down te ene member ; the
Sixth district, formed by the Sixth ward,
and returning Mackin, Democrat, is in
creased by adding the Ninth and Tenth
wards and gives two members, both of
whom will be Republican ; the Seventh
district, Seventh ward, new returning
two . Republican members, is cut down
te one, and Huhn or Patterson must
go ; the Eleventh and Twelfth wards
each sending a Democrat, are
consolidated te form the Ninth
district, with only eue member. Brewer
and Gcntuer can toss for the choice. The
Fifteenth district, Fifteenth ward, new
sending three Republicans, is cut down te
two and will be the Twelfth district here
after ; the Sixteenth and pait of the Sev
enteenth wards new sending Furth and
Fauuce, are consolidated and allowed but
one member ; the Nineteenth and Tbirty
firht wards, new sendiug three Republi
cans, are given four in the ucw bill ; the
Twenty-first and Twenty-eighth wards,
new fuming the Twenty-first district and
sending one itepubltcaii, are each made
separate districts, and the Twenty-first
bends one and the Twenty-eighth two
members, a Republican gain of two ; the
Twenty-third ward, with one Republican
and the Twenty-lifth ward, with one
Democrat, ait: consolidated and given
three members, ail of whom will be Re
publicans ; the Twenty-fourth and Twentj
seventh wards, each scudiug one Republi
can new, are consolidated and given three
members.
By this process of consolidating Dem.
esratic districts and subdistricting Re
publican strongholds and increasing the
aggregate representation te 39, the Re
publicans expect te make their represen
tation 30, and decrease the representa
tion of the Democracy in the Heuse te 3
giving the great body of 75,000 or
8,000 Democrats iu Philadelphia 4 votes
in joint ballet in the State Assembly out
of 47, when they are entitled in all
equity te 20.
The object of this scheme is obvious.
Cameren expects determined and well
organized opposition te his re-election or
te his control of the senatorial election
in 1884, and he has already given notice of
his purpose te make sure of a legislative
majority, regardless of the intervention
of any caucus. He expects the greatest
success in manipulating the Philadel
phia delegation. Hence the great in
crease in the Republican strength there.
It is notable that none of the "kickers"
is responsible for this apportionment,
which is part of iiie pregramme of pun
ishment threatened te the Democrats
for net having helped te elect Oliver. It
will be interesting te see what course
the se-called Independent Republicans
will take en this measure. It, of course,
cannot be fully considered nor enacted
this se: sien,but will likely be considered
at an extra session, and meantime it is a
living issue in state politics, projected
into the pending campaign. If the In
dependents fail te record their opposi
tion te it in some way, even new, they
may be counted as big thieves as these
who get up the bill aud want it passed.
Fer legislators who rob even a minority
of their just rights of representation are
as thievish as these who steal the public
money. Such unfairness has alwavs jus
tified revolution net always bloodless.
On the whole we are glad the proposed
apportionment is as mean and "unfair as
it is. Fer it draws a clear line lietween
honest and dishonest legislators. It puts
the Independents en the record. They
must be for or against this bill. If they
are against it they aud the Democrats
can pass a fair bill ; if they are for it the
Democrats can beat the combination of
Republicans, thus disclosed te be " all
tarred with the same stick." It only
nseds some such bill as this te make re
form and Democracy identical in Phila
delphia and te dislodge what is left there
of Republican control iu local affairs.
And Philadelphia once redeemed the state
is ours.
The injustice te the Philadelphia
Democrats, and through them te the
whole commonwealth, is net, however,
the only ugly feature of the new appor
tionment bill. Between the lines can be
read mere schemes fir disfranchising
and misrepresenting ether sections
of the party. Fer while the gains and
losses are apparently nearly even outside
the city,iu the Heuse apportionment, the
Democratic counties are sub-divided as
much as possible, se as te slip in a Re
publican member wherever it can be
done, while Republican counties are
kept solid te control the whole delega
tien. Thus Lackawanna, Luzerne.
Schuylkill and Yerk are all cut into
small districts.
In the Senate apportionment North
umberland is taken from Union and
joined te Menteur and Columbia pe rob
the Democrats of a district ; Lycoming
is yoked with Tiega te steal another for
the Republicans; Franklin, Perry,
Huntingdon. Mifflin and Fulton are re
districted tu uiake two certain Reitubli-
can districts, where one, if net both, is
new doubtful, and Fulton is chopped off
the Thirty-sixth district te change it from
a Democratic te a likely Republican
district.
On the whole tue Cameren organ at
Harrisburg gleefully sums up that the
'laborious" workefCapt. Billingsley's
committee, " if this bill should become
a law as it is reported and at the elec
tions under it this state should vote as
in the presidential contest of 1880,''
would give the Republicans 35 senators
and 136 members, and the Democrats 15
senators and 67 members a Republican
majority en joint ballet of 89, while even
under the present notorious gerrymander
the Republican plurality is only 62 and
the majority 58. But Capt. Billingsley
is a "laborious" worker worthy of his
hire and his boss.
The Law or Libel.
It is seldom that a libel suit affords
" vindication " te both the prosecutor
and defendant, but the result of Con
troller Pattison's prosecution of the pro
prietor of the Philadelphia Recerd, for
libelling him by charging corruption in
his office, seems te furnish such consola
tion te both parties. Fer no proof of
the charge made was attempted, its fal
sity being thus indirectly as indeed it
was directly admitted. This was the
controller's " vindication." On the
ether hand Mr. Singerly showed an ab
sence of malice or negligence in the pub
lication, and under the instructions of
the court, in accordance with the law,
that no conviction could be had iu the
absence of negligence or malice, the jury
promptly returned a verdict of " net
guilty." This was the IterertVn vindica
tion. Judge Briggs virtually told the jury
that the law in holding the defendant
guiltless, " provided he is neither mali
cious nor negligent" the language of
the constitution is, " where tlie fact that
such publication was net maliciously nor
negligently made shall he established te
the satisfaction of the jury" made it
necessary for the commonwealth te have
satisfied them beyond a reasonable doubt
that the publication was malicious or
negligent. This construction seems te
shift the burden of proof from the de
fense te the commonwealth, and te make
it obligatory en the prosecution te estab
lish negligence or ilia lice, instead of the
defense establishing the absence of them.
Such a construction is certain as liber
al as legitimate journalism ask for. At
the same time it will be well for the
Recerd, before it condemns all proposed
amendments of the libel law as de
manded by sensational newspapers, te
remember that the law admits et a mere t
illiberal construction than Judge Briggs
has given ic, and that ether courts of the
commonwealth have inclined te the nar
rower view. Moreover, we trust the
Recerd will never have special occasion
te find out that in civil suits for dam
ages the law of libel and of evidence is less
liberal than in criminal proceedings ; it
is iu this line that amendments have
been asked for, simply in the interest of
that justice which we are glad te see
meted out te the Recerd.
The New Yerk Times, tins leading
organ, of the Republican party, wants the
attention of that organization and of its
individual members, directed te the
character of the man who edits the
Washington organ of the party and
whom " the Republican senators have
selected for the highest office within
theirgift." Since Gerham, by the stop
page of all congressional business in be
half of his election as secretary of the
Senate, has " become a sort of personal
issue iu Republican politics, and the
foremost representatives of the party
have assumed a certain responsibility for
his character." This man Gerham is
the apologist of the star route frauds
because the chief offender in them
is his owner ami the owner of the paper
which he edits aud which speaks for
their party at the national capital. If
his character was net enough te con
demn the position of the Republicau sen
ators, the Times furnishes additional
reasons in this statement:
Day after day, the man publishes, in the
newspaper which he directs, the most
scruriileus inuendees in regard te the
president of ths United States, and the
most wanton abuse of all who arc
helping the president te discover
the amount of the steal which by
the connivance of General Brady,
has been perpetrated en the government
of the United States. One day the inquiry
iute the star route contracts is called an
" infamous vitriol-throwing enterprise,"
and it is asked whether the president or
postmaster general deserves the credit for
it. On auether the administration is
charged with being under the iBiluencc of
Tilden, of supplying "the polecats of tUe
press" with a festival, and much mere te
the same purpose.
fEBbONAlj.
Dr. W. J. Helt, a prominent physi
cian, died yesterday iu Montgomery, Ala
bama. Gettlieu Caklbeug, a well-known
musical leader, composer and critic, died
yesterday in New Yerk.
Gladstone did net attend Beacensficld's
funeral nor draw en auy book of poetical
quotations in a ' tribute te his memory "
in Parliament.
Emtle de Giiiakmk, the eminent jour
nalist, who for forty years has been iu
French journalism what Greeley, Bennett,
and James Watsen Webb were te the
American press, died in Paris yesterday.
A St. Petersburg letter affirms that the
complicity of the Giaud Duke Nicholas
in the plots of the Nihilists having, been
made clear, he has been sentenced by a
decree of the cnpcrer te imprisonment for
life.
Mrs. Howe, the woman who started in
Bosten a woman's saving bank which of
fered interest at the rate of nine per cent,
a month upon deposits, has just been con
victed by a jury or male tyrants of obtain
ing money under false pretences. Mrs.
Howe's splendid financiering, it will be
remembered, excited the strong admir
ation of Gail Hamilton, who insisted
that the ether bankers of Bosten
jealous of her.
weie
In Sivnburyen Tuesday Miss Marv Hill.
Ldaughter of Geerge Hill, esq., was mar
ried te Dr. J. Z. Gerhard superintendent
of the Harrisburg asylum for the insane.
Fer style and brilliancy the wedding cer
emonies were never excelled in Sunbury.
The church was very handsomely decor-
ated and was filled with the elite of Sun-
bury and many strangers. After the wed
ding a brilliant reception was given at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hill. The pres.
ents were very handsome.
Professer Gutet tells the Princeton col
lege trustees that he has surveyed and
measured mere than a thousand mountains
from Maine te Georgia. His vacations are
always spent in the Appalachian range.
Dr. McCesn enumerates eight articles and
one book en educational and philosophical
topics published by him daring the last
year. Dr. Atwater says that he pub
lished eight philosophical articles during
the year, and the ether Princeton pro
fessors name fifty four books and papers
prepared by them in the cause of science.
Judge Hilten's son was married yester
day in New Tork te Miss Agnes Sanxay
and the presents included a silver dinner
service weighing 1,200 ounces from Mrs.
A. T. Stawart, 330 pieces of table silver
from Papa Hilten, and 330 pieces from
Father Sanxay. Mr. William Libbey sent
a hammered silver set. At another wed
ding in New Yerk last night after the first
couple were married they took their place
among the guests in the church, and the
bridss sister and her intended stepped out
of the vestry and were married by a fresh
preacher te new music.
MINOR TOPICS.
Tue stalwarts "point with pride" te
the fact that the postal frauds were com
mitted under the geed Mr. Hayes aud that
exposure came under a postmaster general
from wicked Mr. Conkling's state.
The court of appeals of Kentucky has
decided that the publication of legal
notices in a Sunday newspaper, or in the
Sunday edition of a daily newspaper, is
equivalent te no publication at all, as Sun
day is in law dies non.
The star route contractors who are new
being pushed te the wall are said te have
given $40,000 in a lump te carry Indiana
for Garfield's party last October. Natur-
a ly they cannot understand what kind of
a reformer this man James is.
Tue Springfield Republican wants te
knew why man should universally -appropriate
that seat in the church pew next te
the aisle, the only ene approaching com
fort in the present excruciating style of
church architecture. Give the woman a
chance at the end seat.
Du. Gheene says the facts of the ar
ticle, geiug the round credited te Dr. Peck
of Indianapolis, discovering the injurious
effects of jumping the rope aud its ten
dency te produce necrosis, have been
known te and impressed upon the public
ey u;e meuicai iraternity ler nity years.
The direction credited te the Sceintijic
American- te bore holes in stumps, pour
in' nitre el -jultpetre, set it en fire and
burn "... t'ie whole is also elder than the
bck .lifir American.
i in. Cenuantewn Telegraph censideis
the subject of geed reads ene of prime im
port siiea te be kept before the public aud
which should never be dropped until they
arc secured and turnpikes made te give
value received for their tells. " Every
man, woman and child in the community
enjoys mere or less the comfort and conve
nience of geed reads as much as the
owner of a horse. If it is nei inthe same
way it is in ether ways " Roadways
should be made of stone and the Telegraph
thinks the state should build them by a
special read tax, expended by township
read superintendents, under county su
perintendents, all under a state commis
sioner. Stalwart as the Chicago Tribune is, it
cannot withheld its denunciation of the
reprehensible conduct of the Republican
United States senators who deem it " nec
essary te postpone action en the president's
nominations in order te contend for the
control of the Senate offices." " It is the
constitutional duty of the Senate te act
promplyen the nominations which the
president sends in. If the president him
self, upon whom the constitutions imposes
the duty of appointing the government
officers, should deliberately refuse te dis
charge this duty for some reason of his
own and should thereby imperil the proper
administration of government affairs, he
would subject himself te the danger of im
peachment for malfeasance in office. But
since the constitution provides that the
Senate shall confirm or reject his appoint
ments, that body is equally responsible for
the administration of jrablie affairs, and
senators who agree te unecessary and em
barrassing delay in acting upon the nomi
nations are just as guilty of official mis
conduct as the president would be in the
former case."
STATE ITEMS.
They say the Legislature is te provide
an orphans' court judgeship for Allegheny
cjunty, and that the place is already as
signed te Wm. B. Negley.
A horse thief in the Bloemsburgjail,
threw his clothes out of the window aud
when be had well soaped himself he
crowded through an aperture five inches
by fifteen.
The residence of Jehn Stitts, collector
for Kittanning township, Armstrong coun
ty, was entered by burglars recently who
took $600 of public money and $100 of
insurance money, then set the house en
fire. The family escaped unhurt.
James C. Sidney, sixty-six years old, fell
from the reef of his dwelling, 1422 North
Seventeenth street, Philadelphia yester
day, and was se badly injured that he
died about midnight. He was a well
known architect.
An unkuewn man ran down Race street,
Philadelphia yesterday, quickly divested
himself of his coat, vest, pants and slouch
hat, which he laid ou the wharf, and then
plunged headforemost into the river. An
effort was made te save him, butwaswith
avail, and he was drowned.
Ex-Gov. Pollock, Mrs. V. C. Havlen,
Mrs. Jehn Lucas and Mrs. J. L. Unirer.
Senater Horatio Gates Jenes aud Repre
sentative James Neiil,addressed the Legis
lature last evening in behalf of a $5,000
fivfljt.ir appropriation te promote silk
culture in inis state.
The forest fires, which have prevailed
in Pike county are burning with unabated
vigor, aud iu Sussex county, N..J., a strip
of fiic several miles in length illuminates
the 8urreuudinr countrvfera considerable)
distance. The smoke in Delaware Valley
se thick as te partially obscure the sun.
The Bread Mountain fire, near Matamoras,
burned ever a large territory and several
houses narrowly escaped total destruc
tien.
Jehn W. Pittock of Pittsburgh "the
newsboys' friend" died worth 845,000,
and new when his supposed widow comes
te claim her share she is met with the
allegation from his relatives that her mar
riage with Pittock was void, as she had a
husband living at the time. It seems that
Mr. Pittock informed his brother that
"Alice was net his." The same brother
learned the fact of her previous marriage
te one Banks. The marriage was publish
ed in Our Church Paper, and ended with
the words, " Ne cards, and as- far as we
knew no fees. "
The presbytery of Pittsburgh, new in
session in that city, was treated te a sen
sation a few evenings since by the applica
tion of a young Austrian, J. Egan
Wachter, who had lately been converted
from the fold of the Catholic church and
was anxious te be received under the care
of presbytery as a candidate for the
Christian ministry. He had been pursu
ing his studies at St. Vincent's college,
Latrobe, with the purpose of assuming
priestly orders. He joined the Presby
terian church three weeks age, and his
ereat desire is te be sent upon -a preselyt-
ing mission among the German Catholics.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Base ball : At New Yerk Providence,
2 ; Metropolitan, 1. At Trey. N. Y.
Trey, 22 ; Atlantics, of New Yerk, 9.
The caucus of Republican senators ap
pointed a committee te consider and re
pert upon the question of holding cxecu
tive sessions.
Ne street cars were running yesterday
in St. Leuis. The strikers are losing pub
lic sympathy owing te their riotous acts en
Tuesday.
James Thompson and James Cleuney,
the latter a Philadclphian, about :0 years
of age, were seriously injured yesteiday
by falling from a building in ceurse of
erection at Otisville, New Yerk. Cleuney
may recover, but Thompson's injuries are
believed te be fatal.
A fire broke out iu a room en the top
fleer of a brick building en Sixth avenue,
New Yerk. When the flames were extin
guished the occupant, Wm. Drumraend,
aged 50, was found burned te death. He
was a curbstone broker, aud is supposed
te have evertuncd a kerosene lamp while
intoxicated.
Garfield has appointed the following
named and government directors of the
Union Pacific railroad company for the en
suing year: A Keuntzc, et" New Yerk city,
S. T. Everett, Cleveland, Ohie, R. II.
Baker. Racine, Wis., Charles B. Peck,
Pert Huren, Mich., and Geerge W. Frest,
Omaha, Neb.
Workmen engaged iu excavating the
site of the new college at Gate des Neiges,
Montreal, found buried in a hole, three
feet deep, the remains of two men. The
ground had been formerly covered by a
hotel, at which two lumbermen, with well
filled purses, stepped ever ene night, and
were never heard of afterwards.
The New Yerk Assembly, by a vote of
79 te 13, passed a bill requiring the trunk
lines of telegraph below Forty-scceud
street, New Yerk city, te be laid under
ground. A bill was also passed, 66 te 34,
fixing the charges for receiving and deliv
ering telegraph messages of fifteen words
or less tt. auy point in the state, at net te
exceed twenty cents ; all dispatches te
newspapers te be at half this rate.
Iu the ruins of the Greenpoint box fac
tory, the charred remains of the missing
workman, James Brockerseu or Brockcn Breckcn
burg, were discovered burned beyond re
cognition. August Friskcy, the box maker,
who was badly burned about the body, is
in a critical condition and no hopes are en
tertained of his recovery. Jehn Renhert
and William Sweeney are also in a precar
ious condition.
Jeseph Bleem, jr., of the firm of Bleem
Brethers, dealcrs.in dry goods at 48 West
Fourteenth street, New Yeik. which failed
yesterday, was found dead in bed at the
Tremont house yesterday. There were
no marks of violence, and his friends say
he had been in ill health for some weeks.
He had registered as " Beb. Brown, Bos Bes Bos
eon, Mass." He was forty years of age,
of Hebrew origin and a native of Ger
many. In the state Legislature.
In the state Senate yesterday, the Heuse
bill repealing the recorder's act was re
ported, with some amendments. The bill
te prevent the selling of explosives and
deadly weapons te miners was passed
finally ; also the bill te suppress specula
tive life insurance companies The Senate
bill regulating the transportation of pe
troleum was defeated ayes 14, nees 20.
Au afternoon session was held, for the
purpose of eulogizing the late ex-Governer
Bigler.
In the Heuse an effort te suspend the
rules generally for the purpose of getting
up certain bills, among them the delin
quent tax bill, was defeated. The legisla
tive appropriation bill was reported. The
bill dividing the counties of the state into
classes was lest yeas 47, nays 93. Pend
ing consideration of the bill requiring
railroad companies te fenee all their tracks
except en unimproved lands, the Heuse
adjourned.
nebbed et Herse and Meney.
Milbourne Oakley, eighty years old, was
robbed at Harford, Susquehanna county.
His safe was opened and SI. 000 in ireld
and silver stolen. His heisc was stolen
also. The suspected robber has been in
Oakley's employ eight or ten days. He
is an Irishman, forty-five years old, has
dark hair, long teeth, aud the right front
teeth has a long black streak iu it. Twe
hundred dollars reward is offered for the
arrest of the guilty party.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
"SOLID CHUNKS Of WISDOM."
By a I'm Hele 1'liiloftepher una Humorist.
It don't concern us, of course, but it
may net be amiss te suggest te the Cem
moderc of the ifeimi'ner that he had better
confide the preparation of his weekly to
bacco report te the hands of his regular
reporter, and net risk its preparation te
ene who seems te be mere familar with the
field of literature than with the tobacco
field. The book worm is a very small in
sect compared with the tobacco worm, and
the student of "Carlyle's biihiaut but
fatal degmatisms" is of small account in
a tobacco-patch when compared with the
boy that spreads the manure, or picks
tue worme from tue "succulent leaf."
The wisdom of distinguished " English
philosophers new dead " is of no mere
account te a wide-awake tobacco grower
than was the empty skull of peer Yorick,
te the grave-digger. ThcExaminer scribe
is doubtless a fellow of iufinitc jest, but
he should net misquote the remarks of
ethers. Ever since last August the In
telligence!! has week after week de
clared the tobacco croe of 18S0 te bebadlv
nea-eittcn and in our very last report we
said "it was undeniably badly bitten by
the flea, " and yet the Examiner falsely
charges us with saying " the crop of ' 80
has really no holes in it." As te the
present improved appearance of the crop
since it has undergone the sweating pro
cess, we merely stated the " plausible
reasons" advanced therefer by many
of the largest and most reliable
tobacco men of this city, -whose
opinions en the subject are prob
ably worth mere than these of the
student of " Carlyle's degmatisms " or
jjongienew's " realm et jjiic. as a
practical test as te whether pin boles will
or will net close up, we suggest te Yorick
that he sit down en a pin and carefully ex
amine the hole after he gets up. If the
"opaque gum" which will probably, ooze
from the wound should close the hole
and render it invisible, he may have a new
wrinkle added te his philosophy. If net, I
" alas, peer Yorick !"
WOMAX,
Who Married Ueerse PUt
In HU Prime.
CeL Ferney's Progress. .
Last Wednesday. April 20. aladv died
in Philadelphia, and was buried en the I
&ui-ccruiug eaiuruay, wne enjoyed a long
life of unusual interest and usefulness.
3Irs. Sephia Wager Plitt, widow of the
late Geenre Plitt, survived 83 years, many
of them intimately connected with public
affairs. We are in the habit of referring
te distinguished men, tee frequently for
getting distinguished women, whereas in
every community will be found many
ladies who in the course of long experience
have been identified with much important
history. Mrs. Plitt was born in Pennsyl
vania, the daughter of en of our eldest
families, and married Geerge Plitt, of
Lancaster county, when he was iu his
prime, and she in her ripe beauty ; and
from her childhood was cenncected with
many of the most prominent people of this
aud ether states. Her husband was a
printer and a Democratic politician, an
early and intimate friend of James Buch
anan, and the relations and connections of
his wife were among the most useful and
unselfish advocates of Pennsylvania's fa
vorite son. Herself a social leader, an in
telligent observer and traveler, she made
a tour of Europe with her husband during
Mr. Van Buren's administration, and, as
ell before her departure as after her re
turn, was closely connected with
the most eminent characters of her
time. She moved in all the presidential
circles from the days of Jehn Quincy
Adams, aud was particularly well known
in Washington. The fine presence and
genial natuie of her husband, and her own
wit and vivacity and queenly bearing,
made them universal favorites whether
they sojourned in Bosten, New Yerk,
Paris, Louden, or at their own delightful
home iu Philadelphia. They were always
surrounded by cultivated and delightful
men and women. Their beautiful resi
dence en Walnut street, Philadelphia, was
a sort et headquarters during the year
when James uuehanan was an active can
didate for the Democratic nomination for
pre3ident, and of that home the presiding
divinity was 3Irs. Plitt herj-elf. Her un
limited hospitalities, her constant succes
sien el visitors, her charming conversation.
her humor aud spnrkle and eloquence, her
rare skill as a correspondent, and her al
most universal knowledge of measures and
of men made her a sort of Madame de Stael.
I have met at the reunions of herself and
her husband such characters as Martin
Van Buren, Charles Sumner, Geerge M.
Dallas, Richard Rush, Jehn C. Calhoun,
Dauiel Webster, Henry Clay, Lewis Cass,
Edwin Ferrest, Pierce Butler, Tyrene
Power, Franklin Pierce, Commedore
Stockton, Senater Jehn R. Thompson,
Jehn Van Buren, Edward Everett, Francis
R. Shunk, Hewell Cobb, Re verdy Jehnsen.
Henry A. Wise, Henry E. Muhlen
berg and many mere of the scien
tific and professional leaders of both
parties and both continents. During the
touching English service ever her remains
at St. Stephen's last Friday Mrs. Plitt
was one of the most prominent members
el the Episcopal church I thought as I
recalled her long and useful life, and re
membered her remarkable face, which
singularly resembled the features of Queen
Elizabeth, that few among all the host she
had met and miuglcd with had earned a
sinccrcr lespect or deserved a mere affec
tionate recollection. Hew impressive the
fact that of the vast company I have named
there is net one left, and that she survived
them all.
The Founding or Lincoln University.
Oxford l'reis.
A correspondent, after reading the paper
en Liiueeiu university ,rinen ey v. u.
Hensel, esq., which is published in this
issue, gives us the following facts iu rela
tion te the starting of that new universally
acKiiewieugcanigniy important institution
of learning :
" It is net well te say much about men
when we are considering a work done al
together ' for the glory of Ged ;' yet a few
facts may help the geed cause, aud our
geed lriend lleusel, as a lawyer, will net
object.
" The first thought of the need of such
a work as Lincoln university is doing
came te jenn M. uickcy when bis band
was upon the head of a young white man,
ordaining him as minister te Africa. He
stated it in these words : ' Am I net help
ing te send this man te death ? Is it just
te the white man ? Is it just te the colored
man ? Why should he nor be given the
power, by education, te preach te the
millions of his own race iu Africa ' This
explains the 'pleasure' he had afterwards
with Mr. Ames as a student.
" The stone marked -' The night is far
spent, the day is at hand,' was cut aud
given by a peer man. The letters were
then filled with black paint ; they are
new filled with gilt. When this stone
was taken out or Ashmun hall it was
found an old tombstone had been used, a
hand pointing up en the reverse. The old
Bible from which the text was taken,
After three days of prayerful search,' is
still, in use. Dr. Dickey gave it as the ene
he had used.
"Rev. Mr. Ames died in this state, after
years of devoted service in Africa. His
work was better appreciated in England
than by enr own Presbyterian beard of
missions'. His desire was te go back te
Africa, saying 'there was his work and
there he was wed.' He stayed and died,
while white men were sent te Africa, many
of them te die.
"There certainly was a 'rock used when
Ashmun institute was started. It was tl.e
'faith that can remove mountains.' Faith
in the 'stone cut out without hands.' "
NF.IUUBUBHUUO NEWS.
3iear ami Acress the County Line.
The earnings of the Pennsylvania rail
read ler march show a net increase of
3400,000.
Henry T. Redman, the Harrisburg boy
hurt en the cars, has died from his injur
ies. Prof. H. W. Fishell, of Millcrsburg, is
announced as a candidate for county su
perintendent of common schools in Dau
phin. An organ grinder was struck by a paper
wad in Pottstown and became se angry
that he fired a handful of stones into a
photograph gallery. He was speedily in
duced te leave the town.
The midnight train (e West Chester
from Philadelphia, en Tuesday, ran ever
ever a large stick of timber placed directly
across the track. Had the stick been fas
tened a terrible accident might have re
sulted. Just as seen as possible after the trains
of the Pennsylvania railroad company step
crossing upon Market street bridge, the
Philadelphia Bulletin wants the company
te build a fine stone bridge in place of the
present wooden structure.
The Legislature did its best day's work
of the session yesterday when it stepped te
pass resolutions of respect for the late
William Bigler, once governor of this state.
The resolve mourns the less of a statesman
whose "career was one of unquestioned
purity, ability and patriotism."
As the fast line east in charge of Isaac
R. Fickes, engineer, and Daniel Buzzard,
fireman, was passing Mapleton, both men
thought they saw a wreck ahead, and
Buzzard under the impulse of the moment
jumped as he supposed for life. Fickes
waited a second and discovered that mere
was no wreck ahead. He stepped the
train and Buzzard was picked up badly
injured and was taken te his home in Har
risburg. The Whole Troth.
We must tell the truth, if it breaks a
trace. The thieves who crawled through
the transom of Charles Eckcrt's fruit store
get $5 instead of only $1.50, as' first reported.
AS AMERICAN
HOTEL IMPROVEMENT.
Trie leopard The laetr Ueaaty Heuse
The MprCBr Heuse.
Several of the Lancaster hotels have been
recently much enlarged and improved.
Perhaps the finest improvement .is thatx
added te the .Leepard netei, -tastiving
street, new conducted by Messrs. Martin
& Rudy. A new four story brick building
about 100 feet iu length by 32 feet in
width has been erected en the Grant
street front of the let. The first fleer of
this building lias been handsomely fitted
up as a bar room, peel room, sitting room
and kitchen, under the management of
Wm. H. Deichler, late of the Lancaster
County house. The second, third and fourth
floors, containing 46 rooms, have been fit
ted up for the accommodation of boarders,
strangers and travelers. There are two
parlors handsomely furnished, and the
sleeping rooms contain new beds and bed
ding and are supplied with all modern im
provements, being well ventilated, furnish
ed with water and gas and- heated by
steam. There are water closets, bath
rooms and balconies en each fleer. Te
these ample accommodations in the new
building must be added the SS rooms in
the old part of the hotel, aud during the
coming summer we are informed it is the
intention of Mr. Senscuig,the owner of the
property, te remove the frame structure
uew connecting the old and new portions
of the hotel and erect in its stead a brick
building corresponding with that recently
erected. It is also intended te have the
spacious yard and the basement of the
new building paved with Belgian blocks.
The Leepard has also stabling for 160
horses, the stable being a large double
deck building ou Grant street.
Tlie Lancaster County Heuse.
This old established hestlery en East
King street, new owned by Edward Wiley
and leased by Jacob Smith, late of the
Leepard, has also undergeue extensive
alterations and improvements. The lower
front of the building has been entirely re
modeled. A carriage way leading from
East King street te the commodious
grounds and stables in the rear, has been
made for the greater convenience of guests
who come in carriages. The first fleer
front room is a sitting and readiug loom
for gentlemen. Immediately iu rear of it
is the bar-room, which bas been newly
wainscoted and elegantly fitted up. Con
nected with this is the baggage room
neatly railed off and containing about a
hundred boxes for the safe-keeping of bag
gage. In the rear of this is the stairway
and hall, and in the latter have been placed
two stationary wash-stands, lavers and
ether conveniences for dust-stained trav
elers. Adjoining the large dining room
and kitchen has been built a new
aud commodious laundry. The parlors
are in the second-story front. In the
second and thiid stories are twenty-seven
sleeping rooms, some of them very large
and containing three or four beds each,
though most of them contain but one bed
each aud the neeessary chamber furniture.
Mr. Wiley is having the house painted and
renovated from top te bottom, and Mr.
Smith will be in condition te receive his
guests iu a week or two.
The Sprecher lietifte.
County Treasurer Greff having
leased from . Mr. Sprecher the brick
building en Duke street, opposite
the court house, has fitted it up hand
somely as a hotel. As is known te
many of our readers, this building was
formerly a branch of the Leepard hotel,
and was connected with it by a covered
cerridcr leading from the second story of
one building te the ether. The bar-room
is in the basement the same room that
has been occupied as a restaurant for many
years by Messrs. Copland, Lcc, Rewe
and ethers. This room has been refurnish
ed and beautified. A'djeininjr the bar
room, ou the south is a reading room,
and en the north are the kitchen and
wash rooms. The dining rooms, of
which there are two, are en the
second fleer aud are connected with
the kitchen by means of an elevator of
sufficient size te carry up and down every
thing peitainiug te a geed dinner. The
second fleer also contains the parlor, two
or three bed-rooms, bath-room water
closets, &c. Tlie third fleer contains
twelve lodging rooms, all of which have
been newly painted and furnished with en
tirely new furniture, giving them a very
cesy and inviting appearance. Mr. Greff
has associated with him iu this new enter
prise Mr. Henry Copland. They purpose
runuing the hotel en the "European plan,"
and as both of them have had much ex
perience in the business, aud " knew hew
te keep a hotel " there can be no doubt el
their receiving a liberal support.
.Might Have Keen Werae.
Last evening about dusk a vomit Iadv
well known and popular in the social cir
cles et Lancaster was indulging in the
healthful aud invigorating exercise of a
horseback ride, just beyond the city limits,
aud before the admiring gaze of a num
ber of friends was affording an illustration
of the grace of skilled equestrianship that
would have reflected no discredit upon
Madame Dockrill or any ether star of the
arena, when, suddenly and without warn
ing, the saddle girth loosened, and as the
horse was moving along at a lively rate
his fair rider was unaele te retain her
equilibrium. She made a heroic attempt
te held en te the mane of the frightened
steed, but ineffectually, and the next
moment she was thrown forward, alight
ing apparently right under the hoofs. of
the horse, which. continued en his mad
career down the read. Before her hor
rified friends had time te rush forward
and ascertain the extent of her injuries,
the young lady had lightly regained her
feet, and exclaiming "I'm net hurt one
bit," made her excuses, and a short time
uuerwaius reappeared m the company
with toilet rearranged, aud for the re
mainder of the evening was the merriest
of the merry party. Her- escape was a
narrow one anu was due te the young
lady's coolness and presence of miud in
getting out of the horse's way after she
bad fallen. The amount of damage con
sisted in a badly tern dress and a severe
fright for all hands. The horse was
caught before running far.
Notary l'ubllc Appointed.
Win. Roehm. of this city, has been ap
pointed a notary public, his commission te
run for three years. Mr. Roehm has for
many years past been an active agent in
preparing and transmitting for his friends
letters and ether valuable papers between
America and Europe. His appointment
as notary will add an official character te
his work that will be of value alike te him
self and his friends.
The Literary Annlverxaricd.
The Geethcan literary society will give
its annual entertainment in rulteu hall en
Friday evening. May 13 ; the Diagnethiars
just one week later : of college commence
ment exercises the graduating orations
will he delivered in Fulton hall for the
first time iu some years en Thursday,
June 16.
Returns Bem.
Jacob Guthrie, of Newton, Iowa, who
has been visitinir his relatives in Chester
and Lancaster counties, starts for his
western home en May 2d, accompanied
by his niece, Sirs.- J. S. White, who is
going en a visit of six weeks or two
months.
Flee Lily.
Miss Sue McIIvain, residing in Williams
town, is in possession of a red lily which
is a curiosity te these who have seen it.
The stalk contains eight fully developed
flowers and its appearance is very attractive.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUHKKGl'LAB COKKKSTWIDENCK.
, A boy from Lancaster was struck by an
empty engine near Union street, last even
ing, but net injured. We cannot learn bis
name'.
The front of the Continental hotel has
received a new coat of paint.
Baseball is net yet one of the sports of
the season in Columbia. We have net had
a single game as yet.
Cel. Samuel Shech, president of the
Columbia national bank, rested easily last
night and is te day' reported as feeling
much better than he has felt for the past
couple of days.
Abercrombie's Bosten ideal company ar
rived here this morning, ' and will this
evening appear in the opera house in
"UncB Tem's Cabin." The company is
well spoken of.
St. Jehn's English Lutheran congrega
tion held a meeetini; last evening in Shu
Icr's hall te devise means te furnish the
hall for Sunday-school aud church pur
poses. Leeking te the same end a socia
ble will this evening be given at the same
place.
Operations are new going en in earnest
at the Reading & Columbia railroad coal
chutes and the beats are being cleared
just as quickly as an unfailing supply,
with plenty of men te govern it, can. de
the work. The shitting engine was en
gaged this morning iu runuing coal cars ou
the chutes te have their leads dumped
iute the bins the work at which it has
been busy for the past ceuple of days.
Mr. W. G. Pinkcrteu is just finishing
the ' building of an extension te his car
riage shop en North Third street south of
Walnut. The extension takes the space
between the old shop and the corner
house. The new building is a two-story
affair.
Thefaet that May day the 1st of May
comes this year en Sanday, will set
please the little ones who believe in devot
ing that day te rambles in the weeds in
search of wild flowers. Indeed seme of
our elder " girls and boys" put the day
te the same use the children de, and we
judge they will net be pleased any mere.
The only thing te de is te set aside aneth
er day for the uses of the first.
A special train of one car left here for
Collin's station this morning. First Vice
President A. J. Cassatt, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, and his son, were au beard
and it is rumored about here that the
third and last passenger was the English
Duke of Sutherland.
A business meeting el the Harrisbucg
convocation of the Pretestaut Episcopal
church, new in session here, was held at
two o'clock yesterday afternoon. In the
evening at 7:30 o'clock missionary 11
drcssss were delivered by Rev. Lerey F.
Baker and R. J. Keeliug, D. D., of llar
risbu rg. A service of morning prayer aud
business meeting were held this morning
At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon a service
for deaf mutes will be conducted by the
Rev. Henry Winter Syle, of Philadelphia
Rev. II. W. Spanlding, D. D. and Rev.
A. E. Tertat are-net here.
Even if running were te end tc-Jay,
the rafting season of 1881 would be re
membered as-the most successful in many
years. Fleet after fleet of rafts have
arrived here and have geno ou down the
river, and in all, hundreds of them have
reached their destined ports, the accidents
being se few as te be scarcely noticed.
Only ene man that we have heard of
William Fraim has been injured, and his
injuries are very slight. The river is yet'
in geed condition te float the timber ;
there is no wind blowing and the prospect
is that the day's ruu will be strong.
At the fair te he given by the ladies'
order of the Heme Communion, beginning
en the 10th of May, the follewiug articles
will be voted for : Geld watch, geld watch
and chain; silver watch, two geld neck
laces, ene pair of geld bracelets, one
breech leading double-barrel shotgun, two
Singer sewing machines, two sets of bed
room furniture, marble slab table, and
quite a variety of ether articles.
THE DRAMA.
llunale Itill In tne I'rarie Waif."
The audience, which greeted Buffalo
Bill's company at the opera house last
evening was net as large as these which
the scout has heretofore drawn iu this
city. The play presented was the new ene
which was written by Jehn A. Stevens, It
is called the "Prairie Waif," aud is as full
of bleed as these plays generally are. Guns
knives and revolvers are seen iu almost
every act and the stage at times
runs red with gore. Mr. Cedy
appeared as Buffalo Bill, the here,
who is always en band te slay villains and
protect innocent?. He has often been seen
here and his ability as au actor is well
known. He gave an excellent exhibition
of marksmanship with a rifle. Jule Keen
was funny as the Dutchman, and 3Iisses
Lizzie Fletcher aud Cennie Thompson well
sustained their parts. In the last art four
"real live" and very red Indians appear
ed and gave a war dance. " The perfer
mance seemed te please. The troupe left
for Reading te-day.
Seriously III.
. Edward Peel, an old and well-known res
ident of this city, is lying seriously ill at
the residence of his son, Samuel J. Peel,
205 West Chestnut street. On Saturday
last he was taken ill while walking en the
street, and it was with difficulty be reached
his home. Since then he has suffered from
great nerve.is prestatien and partial para
lysis. Mr. Peel is in his GTth year.
Mrs. Abram McKim, another old and
well-known resident of the city, who lives
at the corner of Mulberry aud West King
street.0, is critically ill with typhoid pneu
monia. Mm. Muhlenberg's k'uaeral.
The body and friends or the late Mrs.
Anna E. Muhlenberg arrived at the West
King street depot at neon te day by
special train en the Reading & Columbia
railroad, G. A. Nichells, president of
the read, and her son-in-law, being of the
number. They were met by the Lancas
ter friends and the cortege proceeded te
Woodward Hill cemetery where interment
was made. Messrs. J. M. Leng, Jehn C.
Hagcr, F. Shreder. Jehn F. Leng. Luther
Richards, Gee. D. Sprecher, W. G. Baker
and Jehn F. Schner, of this city, were the
pall bearers.
On With the Dance.
The taking of dco.sitieiis te support the
lemenstrance against a license for Sammy
GrefTs " Sprecher Heuse," is again in
progress before 'Squire Spurrier te-day,
aud the proceedings arc highly enjoyed by
spectators. The under-current of politi
cal antagonisms in the matter gives zest te
it. Suits arc threatened against Senso Sense
nig's people for their double barreled sales
of liquor at both ends of the ' Spotted
Cat " under eue license which cannot be
exhibited in both bar-rooms at one time.
Ne Opposition.
While a het contest for county superin
tendent rages iu Chester, Dauphin and
Berks counties, we hear of no opposition
te County Superintendent Shaub, te Prof.
liuehrle, of the city, or Superintendent
Ames, of Columbia. Peaceful Lancaster
county.
An Old Coin.
Ames F. Sallcnberger, or Fairville, is
the possessor of an old coin that has proven
quite a curiosity in that section. It is a
British penny of the year 1784, iu a geed
state of preservation and was found near
Strasburg.
Fixing It.
Dan Trcwitz and his street force are
busy te-day repairing the boles in the
East King street Belgian block pave
raent.