LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1881.
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Lancaster intelligencer.
FMDA.T EVENING, MAY. 13, 1881.
A White SefBlchre.
It the het -weather keeps up and the
Republican campaign grows in intensity,
the public will learn a great deal mere
than it has yet known of the -villainies
of the cutthroats and thieves who have
for years been managing the politics of
this ceuntv. dictating the Republican
nominations and usurping the right of
the people te elect their officers. By the
confession of the witnesses who are
hurrying te turn state's evidence the
corruption which has run riot here for
years has been all that has been charged,
though for the mention of it some years
age both parties te the present admissions
vigorously denounced their accusers.
The Xeve Era and Examiner get
very het every general campaign ever
wrongs upon the ballet, bulldozing
and disfranchisement which are alleged
te prevail in the Seuth. We challenge
them te point te any community from
the Potomac te the Rie Grande, in which
they can show such pollution of the bal bal
eot box, such defilement among the po
litical leaders, as they admit infests that
element in this county, which makes the
offices for us all. Return-tinkering,
ballet-box-stuffing, and the barter and
sale of -leaders and of the rank and file,
are the methods which determine for
this great county who shall administer
its affairs, se that these who de get into
the office are almost always handicapped
with obligations te cheat the people te
pay their task-masters. It is a burning
shame that a county of this size and
importance, and wealth and intel
ligence, should be at the mercy of these
thieves. When the lleman purple was
said at auction no greater political de
generacy had been reached than is here
new, when the strife for office is a scram
ble between the candidates for the favor
of such creatures as Levi Sensenig aud
Elias McMellen, in whose wake the Re
publican politicians and newspapers drag
themselves along. Ne result out of such
conditions can be aught else than the
spawn of fraud, and none can be ascer
tained definitely te be the will of the
people. Year after year men have been
cheated into these offices, and even these
who are declared the nominees are sel
dom the apparent choice of mere than
the fourth of the entire Re.
publican voters of the county, nor
a sixth of its great body of citizens.
Ne nominations thus made are binding
ou the consciences of honest men and
they should net be se respected. They
arc the eakil decrees of pet-house pimps,
and when the politicians call upon the
people te ratify them, with confidence,.
they only give evidence of their appre
ciation that the Republican masses of
the county have sunken te a condition
of brutish indifference and partisan big
otry that is only a little less shameful
than the venality of their se-called lead
ers. Stanley Matthews.
By a vote of 24 te 23, and after an in
teresting debate, .Stanley Matthews was
yesterday confirmed a justice of the fed
eral supreme court by the Senate of the
United SUites. We are sorry te say that
the Democratic senators must, for the
most part, accept the responsibility of
this successful consummation of a polit
ical intrigue, set en feet by Hayes and
helied along by Garfield. Fer Mr. Mat
thews, having no conspicuous fitness for
this high place, is rewarded with it for
his services in aiding the scandalous
count-out of. Mr. Tilden in Louisiana,
aud in riveting that infamous result
upon the country by managing success
ful negotiations with weak-kneed South
ern Democrats. In a short term in the
United States Senate, Mr. Matthews dis
closed a painful lack of statesmanlike or
judicial qualities. His evasive course
en the money question was that of a
political demagogue and his espousal of
the cause of corporations showed him te
be a very dangerous man te put upon
a bench before which the relations of
these corporations, whose attorney he is,
with the general government must seen
come for adjustment. His constituents
in Ohie made mince meat of his aspira
tions te lie his own successor when they
get a chance te elect a senator for the
long term. It was then Hayes turned te
the supreme court as an invalid hospital
for the worn-out politician.
The support aud opposition te Mat
thews' confirmation respectively illus
trate the significance of his appointment.
Senators Bayard, Edmunds and Davis,
the leadiug men of their three parties op
posed him ; Mr. Lamar, who has always
been tee friendly te the corporate inter
ests for Democratic notions, and Jenes
of Nevada, bullienist and corjwratienist,
led the forces in his behalf. The New
Yerk 'JYhics aud Sun were against him ;
the World aud Tribune for him ; Jay
Gould's private solicitations and Sam
Ward's lobby dinners were invoked in
his behalf and these influences have pre
vailed. It seems, however, that Senater
Sewell, of New Jersey, who is paired
with Senater Teller, voted for confirma
tion, believing that Mr. Teller would
vote the same way, whereas Mr. Teller ,iu
reply te a telegram sent him by Mr. Ed
munds, says that he should have voted
against Matthews. As Mr. Sewell's vote
was necessary te make the one majority
Matthews obtained, his confirmation
may yet be reconsidered and defeated.
It is hard te see en what grounds Dem
ocrats can justify their votes for Mat
thews when se large a portion of his own
party confesses bis unfitness. We have
seen the supreme court once packed te
reverse the legal tender decisions and it
leeks us if the outrage was repeated in
the interest of the Pacific railroad com
panies, who want te get a reversal of the
constitutionality of the Thurman act.
Matthews is en record against it and the
vote of the new judges would change
the attitude of the court en this supreme
question.
Tee Examiner tells nothing new when
it says that after Strine had been nomi
nated for sheriff the friends of High ex.
pressed a willingness te pay several
thousand dollars te have him counted in
and Strine counted out. That is doubt
less the fact. Hut the ExamUnr has
produced no evidence that this was done
with the knowledge or consent or Mr.
High. It would add te the interest of
the Examiner's narrative if it would tell
its readers who the man was who made
this offer and also the man who de
clined te accept it.
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MINOR TOPICS.
The Democrats have shown their appre
ciation of Senater Frye's intemperate tir
ade by sending fifty thousand copies of it
te Seuth Carolina.
The census of 1881, in England, reveals
the startling fact that a decrease in the
population of ratal parishes in the West
of the country is going en with a rapidity
which threatens almost entire depopula
tion. Towns are becoming villages and
Tillages hamlets, while hamlets are'pass
ing out of existence.
Vennek, the Canadian prophet of evil,
premised te make it het for us about this
time, and surely the, present spell of
weather ought te satisfy, the toughest
salamander among us, and yet ten days
age ice was piled along the banks of the
lower Susquehanna ten feet high. Ice two
feet thick was. seen yesterday en the banks
of the Conestoga but it was in Pete
Fordney's ice house.
The flood of immigrants rises higher
and higher. Frem the opening of the
year up te Tuesday night last, 134,212 im
migrants had landed at this pert. Of this
number 8,082 came in January, 9,753 in
February, 27,708 in March, 01,276 in April,
and 27,393 in the first ten days of May.
On one day alone last Monday the arri
vals at Castle Garden were 6,521 people
enough for a thriving city. Fer this
month it is estimated by the emigrant de
partment officials the total will be about
70,000 aud for the year 500,000.
PEBbONAl
Rev. Dr. Jehn McCauty, a retired
chaplain in the army, has died in Wash
ington, aged 83 years. He was en Gen.
Scott's staff in the Mexican war, particu
larly distinguished dimself at the battle of
Churubusco, and was known as the
" Fighting Parson."
Colonel Scott's condition continued te
improve yesterday se that in the afternoon
he was enabled te get up, aud, with the
aid of two uurses, walked the length of
the room. He can also raise his arms and
wipe the prespiratien from oil" -his facc
His family hope te carry out their original
iutcntieii te remove him te the ceuutry.
Ex Governer Hendricks says that one
night his friend, Colonel Donald Moum Meum Moum
"hex, of St. Leuis, and a party of boeti
companions were returning te their homes
when Morrison halted them iu front of his
residence and insisted that they should
enter aud take a parting glass. At last
one of the gcntlcmcu suggested that
mebbc Mrs. Morrison might object. The
colonel seemed deeply offended. He drew
himself up proudly and said : " New you
shall come iu, for I intend te show you
that I am Cassar in this house !" Scarcely
had he uttered this proud declaration than
a second-story window raised and a femi
nine voice, cold and cutting, rang out en
the pale air: "Yeu are right, gentlemen ;
go home te your wives. I'll take care of
Caisar !" Of course the party went home
and Colonel Den pensively retired.
The leading society event of the season
in Reading was the wedding yesterday of
Fkank P. Howe, son of Bishop Howe,
aud Miss Katharine Scott Woodward,
daughter of the late Judge Warren J.
Woodward. The ceremony took place in
Christ cathedral shortly before two o'clock,
before a fashionable audience. Among
these present were Judges Sterrett,
Trunkey, Mcrcur aud Gorden, of the state
supreme court, aud prominent citizens
from Philadelphia, Wilkesbarrc aud ether
points. Bishop Howe assisted by Revs.
W. P. Orrick and C. F. Kidder, psrferraed
the ccreraeuy. The bridesmaids were
Miss Carrie Buckalew, of Bloomsburg ;
Miss Mamie Heyt, of Harrisburg, daugh
ter of Governer Heyt ; Miss Flera Armi
tagc, of Philadelphia, and Miss Annie
Stewait, of Reading.
STATE ITEMS.
The Lafayette seniors are iu a beauti
ful class quarrel and Cattell three thous
and miles away.
The Philadelphia jury iu the suit of
Rebert Orr against Jacob E. Ridgway for
damages for the death of his three chil
dren by drowning in a collision with Ridg
way's yacht, returned a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for $1,500.
Between Lockport and Yerk Furnace,
en the bank between the canal and the
river, the ice is piled in huge chunks te a
height of ten or fifteen feet. The boat
men find it very convenient and are using
it en their daily trips.
Charles Woenier, a married man, resid
ing in Myerstown, was arrested en a war
rant charging him with having committed
a rape en the fourteen-year-old daughter
of Jehn Heward. Woemcrwas ledged iu
jail at Lebanon.
Up at Plymouth near Wilkesbarrc
thieves drugged Father Denehue in his
sleeping room and when he revived he
found that his geld watch, valusd at $175,
was missing, together with $40 in cash.
The thieves effected au entrance through
a kitchen window at the rear of the rear of
the house that had been left open. Their
movements were net beard by an inmates
of the house.
If every newspaper in Pennsylvania com
plies with the request of the managers of
the Bicentennial association of Pennsylva
nia and invites its readers te join in an ex
cursion te Philadelphia en July 4 next,
and one out of a dozen of the readers ac
cepts the invitation, the proposed mass
meeting in the Centennial exhibition
building will be a rather gigantic sort of
an affair.
Bernard McCune, of Manayunk, who
died in January last, left a fortune of $2,
500,000, about $175,000 of which he gave
te Catholic churches and charitable insti
tutions. In his will he instructed Patrick
Leugkrcy, his executer, te settle up the
estate, and, after paying the bequests in
the will, divide the proceeds, which will
amount te about $75,00, among the
churches and institutions that he gave the
$175,000 te, for which no compensation
wa3 allowed te the executer, but the court
says he shad take $10,000.
Attacked by a Lien.
In Erie during the street precession of
Forepaugh's circus yesterday a great
stampede of hundreds of people caused by
a lien's attack upon M. J. Ferepaugb,
who was seated in the cage between two
liens. The beast sprang at Forepaugh,
who met the attack with a sharp pike
which he drove deep into the animal's
month. The second spring was made and
again the pike saved him from death. By I
dint of pluck and nerve the beast was I
brought into subjection again. Quite a
number of small accidents also .eccured.
The tableau wagon, valued at $13,000,
was smashed by a freight train.
LATEST MEWS BY MAIL.
Great distress is caused in Archangel by
the overflow, of the Dwina.
A six-year-old boy was killed at Chioe Chieo Chiee
pee, Mass., by a cake of ice falling upon
him from an ice wagon.
At Augusta, Me, yesterday, Merrill,
was found guilty of the murder of his
mother.
Fire at Lexington, Ky., yesterday de
streyed $10,000 worth or property ; insur
ance, $6,000.
The Milburn tubular axle works at
Seuth Bend, Ind., were burned en Wed
nesday night. Less, $25,000.
The American cutlery company's build
ing in Chicago was burned yesterday.
Less, 5,00U.
The human remains found en Wednes
day, in a disused vault at Lewell, Mass.,
were put there by a medical student, for
her use as a subject.
Three children in the family of Jehn
Van Gorden, at Matamoras, near Pert
Jervis, New Yerk, have been made very
sick by drinking water from an unused
well, and one of them is likely te die from
its effects.
In Burten, W. Ya., four men broke in
to the house of Mr. McMasters, a newly
married man, seized and bound him, and
then in his presence assaulted his wife.
Brant, O'Neal and James and Jehn 31c
Gaft'y have been arrested as the perpe
trators. A fire in Hayiuarkct Bleck,- Bosten, yes
terday, destroyed about $50,000 worth of
property. The chief losers were the heirs
efS. P. Langward, Walter II. Durrell,
Hehneand Blanchard, and Mulliken &
Ce. Most of the losses were covered by
insurance.
Still braving sun-stroke : At Buffalo
Bestens, 5; Buffalos, 0. At Chicago Trey
G ; Chicago, 5. At Detroit Wbrcesters,
10 ; Detroit, 4. Providence, 8 ; Cleve
land, 3. At New Yerk Metropolitan, 5 ;
Washington, 3. At Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard, 10 ; Dartmouth, 4.
In Spartauhurg county, S. C, Berrymau
W. Hicks, a white man thirty years of
age, killed his wife, first sheeting her aud
then cutting her threat. He then made
two desperate attempts at suicide by cut
ting his own threat, inflicting dangerous
wounds. The alleged motive for the mur
der was the infidelity of his wife.
At a teccnt election for trustees of the
state normal school at Leck Haven, A. H.
Best, A. N. Raub, and T. C. Hippie were
re-elected stockholders trustees, and J. F.
Clark in place of E. P. McCormick, re
moved te Philadelphia. Governer Curtin,
of Centre, Hen. C. A. Mayer, of Clinten,
Hen. J. G. Hall, of Elk, andE. A. Irwiii,
esq., of Clearfield, were recommended for
state trustees. from these tue state
superintendent will elect two,
In Springfield, Me., a young man recent
ly visited the residence of Mrs. Themas, a
widow, aud tried te persuade her daughter
te elope with him. The girl refused,
whereupon he attempted te force her by
threats te go. He threatened te kill the
family unless she complied, and went se
far as te point a pistol at her mother. The
widow seized a shotgun. She shot him
through the head, killing him instantly.
She was exonerated by the examining
court.
Near Abbeville, S. C, Adelphus Masham
a youth of 16, attempted te ride a mule
ever a dangerous swamp en Mr. J.C. Lite's
plantation. He knew that the place
had the reputation of being full of quick
sand, but insisted en geinir. Later in the
day screams were heard from the direction
of the swamp, aud a party of men ven
tured as near as they dared. By means of
beards they reached the neighborhood of
the sound, but could only sec the mule's
head about the mire. Ne trace of the boy
can be found.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings at Ilarrlsbrrg Yesterday.
In the state Senate the Heuse free oil
pipe bill was reported with amendments.
The Heuse bill permitting corporations
te sell or mortgage their real estate and
franchises was also reported favorably.
The Senate bill amending the law in rela
tion te electioneering expenses was de
feated yeas 5, nays 30. A number of
bills were read a second time, among
them the Philadelphia piletage bill. The
bill requiring fire marshals te give thirty
days' notice when requiring the erection
of fire escapes, was passed finally and sent
te the Heuse. The joint resolution for a
reduction of the membership of the Heuse
te 150 passed second rcadiug. Adjourned
until Tuesday morning.
In the Heuse, the Senate bill appro
priating $10,000 for the Pcnu bicenten
nial was reported favorably. The com
mittee appointed te inquire into the mid
dle penitentiary and the house of refuge,
presented a report recommending that the
former be changed into a reformatory
school. Various appropriation bills weie
passed and sent te the Senate. Mr.
Kncass offered resolutions, which were
adopted, thanking Mr. Jeseph 31. Temple
for his subscription of $25,000 for an
cquesttian statue of General Jehn F. Rey
nolds in Fairmount park ; requesting the
goveruer te give such number of
old brass guns from the state arsenal as
may be necessary ; and appointing the
governor, presiding officers of the Legis
lature and adjutant general a commission
en the part of the state te co-operate with
the committee appointed by the citizens
and soldiers taking part in the proposed
memorial. The Senate bills iu relation te
the priority"of mechanics liens, appropri
ating $6,000 te the harbor master of Phila"'
delphin, and extending the powers of title
in insurance companies, se as te cover a
trust and insurance business, were passed
finally and sent te the governor. Pending
the consideration of the bill te prevent
consolidation of telegraph cempaniss, the
Heuse adjourned.
FATEKSON'S CIRCUS CRAZE.
Paying Toe Dear for the Whistle.
It cost Pafersen $50,000 en Friday te
see a. circus one dollar for every man,
woman and child of its entire population.
Twenty thousand factory hands lest $25.
000 in wages by their absence from the
shop. At a silk mill employing 1,000
hands only six were at work. The Adams
and Phoenix manufacturing company mills
shut down entirely ; also the Barbour flax
spinning company. In fact, but one mill
attempted te keep running, and ihat with
indifferent success. In the locomotive
works about ten percent, of the men were
at work, aud at the great rolling mill but
eight percent. The actual less, therefore,
te the working class in wages and outlay
for tickets was about $35,000. The manu
facturers estimate their losses (wages of
overseers whose idleness was enforced,
less through non-production, water rent.
interest en capital, insurance and se en)
as at least $15,000 : grand total,
$50,000.
Moreover, the men, in many instances, be
came thoroughly demoralized and didn't
feel like work en Saturday.
Speed the
Going.
Philadelphia liullctin.
Lord Lerno is said te be thinking of re
signing the governor generalship of Can
ada before the expiration of his term of
office. Frem all we can learn his depart
ure will net be a cause of grief te the
Canadians. He is a dull fellow, unpleas
ant in manners as well as in appearance,
and possessing none of the qualities te win
popularity that were possessed by his
predecessor, Lord Dufferin. His wife,
the Princess Louise, whose frequent sep
arations from him have caused much gos
sip, is also complained' of by the Cana
dians, and neither her royal highness
nor her husband will be regretted when
they leave Canada.
THE RKBCBLICAX CAMPAIGN.
Atneattie of the Heated Term.
Examiner, Hentzer-McMellea Organ.
This is the same High who, in 1878, was
a candiaate ter sheriff en tne " reierm
combination " ticket of Geist, McMellen,
Ed. Martin, Mentzer and Greff. and who
paid into the "peel" $1,000, and was
willing te " utilize " several mere thou
sand after the primaty had decided in favor
of Strine for sheriff.
Yeu Lie, Yea YiUiae, Yeu Lie.
Xew Era, Senseaig-Hlgh Organ.
We brand the charge as a base fabrica
tion in the atrerezate and in detail, and we
dare Mr. Hiestand te produce one scintilla
of respectable testimony te sustain it. We
defy him te show that Jehn H. High ever
authorized his agents, en a Sunday or any
ether day, te have him or anybody else
counted in at auy cost or for no cost, or
that he ever exm-essed or manifested a
willingness te reach an office by using
money te bribe election officers, te alter
henest'returns, te count out any honestly
elected candidate, or for any ether purpose
which an honest Christian gentleman, as
everybody knows Jehn H. High te be,
need ever be ashamed of.
50 a District.
Eaxinin&r, Know3-hew-it-is-hiniseir Organ.
If an honest Republican, who is without
fear of contamination will visit the den of
Levi Sensenig en next Monday he will
find which end of the "reform ' ' beam is
being upheld there. If he can put en the
airs of a Blessem Brick, and can show the
boss hew he can "fix" up his district he
can transfer from Levi's "jacket pocket "
te his own $50 in a twinkle. All Levi's
own money, tee, " in a neru : it lie win
then see Levi's "reform" editor and ask
the names of the " reform " candidates he
will hear the same names he had his money
in his pocket te "work " for.
Theu art the Man.
New Era, late McMellen Organ.
The man who lived for years by robbing
the taxpayers of the county through his
rotten bridge contracts, and who new con
tinues his thefts by robbing them through
illegal fees iu the prothenotary's office,
and making geed his bad investments in
Tem. Davis by collecting his fees as dis
trict attorney by advance orders en the
treasurer, net even allowing him te han
dle his own earnings lest they should be
carried te New Yerk and gambled away
as was done before. the
man who betrayed Mr. High in 1878, and
caused his defeat, because, as he said of
him, Ames Rutter and, ether candidates,
they belonged te the "Ged and morality
party, " two elements for which McMellen
has a supreme contempt.
the man who, in the last campaign, had
the ballet box of the Third ward 'changed
in the interests of a candidate in whom he
had a personal investment of several
thousand dollars.
The Contract Price.
Examiner, Late Senseuig's paper.
The association has "reformed " Sense
nig and his candidate for sheriff, and Levi
has been reading te High the oath he will
have te take te deter him from chipping
into the "peel" from which he is daily
dipping large potations of greenbacks.
"Yeu bet" he kicked Jehn D. Skiles
down stairs when he tried te force a few
thousand into Levi's "jacket pocket" for
necessary and "legal" purchases.
And he was ready te show Ben Wissler
the deer when he intimated that he wenld
renew the old note for fifteen hundred dol
lars. He Did Net Vet IT.
New Era, Sensenig ltcferm Organ.
We defy all the Mulhoelics and all their
Blessem Bricks, and both their organs,
daily and weakly, te point te a single line
the editor of this .journal ever wrote or
printed, in which the " rascally methods
of Levi Sensenig, Captain McMellen, Jehn
W. Mentzer, Sammy Greff, Buck Leibley
or Jack Hiestand, or auy ether Mulhoely
school of politics, were commended as sat
isfactery te the public or ourselves. Bess
McMellen ence begged like a fawning
spaniel te get such an endorsement, " if
it was eulv three lines."
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Obituary Nete,
.iehu Adams, alias Adam Keller, who
wandered through Lancaster, Lebanon
and Berks counties for a number of years,
died en Tuesday morning at the public
house of Jehn Mertz, bteuchsburg. Adam
used te dig herbs and roots through the
country and sell them te doctors and
druggists. Papers in the pockets of dc
ceased indicate that his name is Jehn
Adam, although he gave it as Adam Kel
ler. His age was about 45 years.
Israel G. Whitmeyer, fei inerly of Man
hcim, died in Minneapolis, was here last
February and delivered two temperance
lectures iu Manhcim during his visit He
was a lawyer by profession, previous
te which he was a school teacher
aud had been a Millersville student.
He has a sister residing in the village of
Lexington, married te Ehas Sayler. His
age was 35 years. The remains were iu
interrcd in Ann Arber, Michigan, where
deceased's parents reside. Mr. W. was
affected with cancer, and during his ill
ness had careful attention from Hen. Jno.
P. Rea, formerly of this city, who was at
tracted te his relief by Lancaster county
associations.
Surprise Party.
Last evening the members of the choir
of St. Sthephen's German Lutheran church
in charge of their leader, Adam Oblendcr.
took a moonlight drive te the residence of
their fellow member, Mr. Geerge Zieglcr.
who resides en the Harrisburg turnpike
near the first gate. Arrived at their des
tination they passul a very pleasant even
ing, feasting, singing playing and prome
nading in the spacious grounds attached te
Mr. Ziegler's residence. On their return
te the city they were driven te Mr. Ob
lender's, where another surprise greeted
them, a beautiful set-out having been ar
ranged by that gentleman's family. The
"wee" hours arrived before the pleasant
party broke up.
Dropped Dead.
Daniel Keller, aged about 16, dropped
dead en Wednesday afternoon near the vil
lage of Lincoln. Deputy Corener J. Kem
per summoned a jury, composed of Thes.
Keller, R. W. Bard, Daniel Irwin, J. R.
Miller, M. Havcrstine and Samuel Wolf,
who, aided by Dr. Ibach, held an inquest
and returned a verdict of death from an
epileptic attack, induced by exposure te
the sun while working in the field.
Commencement Orator.
The alumni orator at the approaching
commencement of Franklin and Marshall
college will be Rev. J. SnancIerKielfer. of
! Hagerstown, Md. The oration before the
uierary societies will be delivered eywev.u.
Z.Weiser, D. D. Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, D.D.,
of this city, will deliver the address before
the Athenian literary society of, Delaware
college, Newark, Del. At the commence
ment of Pennsylvania college J. Hay
Brown, esq., will be alumni orator.
Will Visit the Cornwall Ore tlllls.
Te-morrow afternoon Gov. Heyt, about
eight or nine state senators, and several of
the supreme court judges, will visit Coin-
wall and take a view of the iron works at
that place and see the wonderful deposit
of iron ere which is scarcely equalled in
by any iu the United States.
THE "BOCTOBS.
FBOCEKDIXUS IN THK CONVENTION.
Thursday Afternoon.
The nominating committee net being
ready te report at 2 o'clock, the order of
business was somewhat changed and Dr.
Wm. Goedcll, of Philadelphia, read a paper
" On the extirpation of the ovaries for In
sanity." He described the treatment
followed by him in ' several cases, and in
the course of his remarks advanced the
rather startling suggestion that it might
ere long be found necessary te " stamp
out " insanity in men as well as women by
operations for the removal of the procrea precrea
tive principle and thus prevent the trans
mission of the taint of insanity te genera
tions yet unborn.
Drs. Curwen, Atlee and ethers re
counted their experience in the treatment
of insane women, and concurred generally
with the views advanced by Dr. Goodell.
Dr. Benjamin Lee, of Philadelphia, de
livered an "Address in Hygiene" the
medicine of the future as he termed it.
He vividly portrayed the horrors of filthy
streets, teeming as they are with all man
ner et animal ana vegetaeie- deposits,
which ferment aud decompose, and are
ground te impalpable powder, filling-the
air with clouds of dust at every breath of
wind the millions of poisonous or disgust
ing atoms being breathed into the lungs
and blown into office and dwelling through
every crevice, tainting the air inside as
well as outside our habitations. Te clean
the tilth from the street, the city author
ities employ an army of men, who, with
hickory brooms set in motion the particles
that the wind left undisturbed and thus as
sist in scattering them bread-cast; and
then the carters some days afterwards com
plete the job by raising new clouds of
dust with their slievcls. In
stead of pursuing this ridiculous plan
Dr. Lee advised that the army of scaven
gers should be deployed as skirmishers
through all parts of the city, each armed
with a wheelbarrow and a shovel, and in
stead of waiting until the herse manure
and ether filth has been ground te powder,
te remove them at once and thus prevent
the poisoning of the air we breathe. In
doers a great cause of diseases, especially
of a typhoid character, is sewer gas, ad
mitted into our dwellings through " that
greatest luxury and greatest nuisance of
the age," the modern water closet. Dr.
Lee pointed out the imperfections of the
ordinary traps te prevent the ascent of the
poisonous gases from the sewers, and the
dangers that menace the people from this
cause. Dr. Lee exhibited diagrams and
models of an improved mercury trap that
would absolutely prevent the ascent of
gases from the sewer. He also exhibited
a contrivance for the artificial production
of ozone nature's disinfectant. By
means of this apparatus the air of the
siek chamber could be kept pure and
wholesome.
Dr.. Leffman, of Philadelphia, in a spir
ited speech, disputed the safety and util
ity of the appliances recommended by Dr.
Lee. Though mercury evaperizes very
slowly it nevertheless vaporizes, and being
a poison of virulent nature in its vaporized
state, might cause much mischief and de
mere harm than the gases it is intended te
exclude. As te the apparatus for produc
ing ozone, he doubted whether a sufficient
quantity of it could be produced, by the
means proposed, te be of much service in
tne sick room. Besides, the phosphorus
used iu its manufacture, also a virulent
poison, might in ignorant or inexperienced
hands become a source of danger. On the
whole, considering hew little is known by
house-keepers in general of machinery and
chemistry, he thought the fewer they had
of them about their premises the better.
The New Officers,
Dr. J. A. Elder, iu behalf of the com
mittee en nominations, presented the fol
lowing names te the convention :
President Jacob L Ziegler, Lancaster
county.
1st Vice President Jeseph A. Reed,
Allegheny county; 2d W. L. Reland,
Yerk ; 3d J. W. Housten, Chester ; 4th
W. Murray Wcidman, Berks.
Permanent Secretary Win. B. Atkin
son, Philadelphia.
Recording Secretary G. Thicksten,
Eric.
Corresponding Secretaiy O. II. Allis,
Philadelphia.
Treasurer Bcnj. Lee, Philadelphia.
Committee en Publication Wm. B.
Atkinson, Philadelphia ; Bcnj. Lee, Phila
delphia ; O. II. Allis, Philadelphia ; Wm.
Goodell, Philadelphia; J. G. Stettlcr,
Philadelphia ; James Tyson, Philadelphia;
Isaac Kcrliu, Delaware.
Delegates te American Medical associa
tion : W. Yarian, Crawford ; Ames
Seip, Nortl.ampteu ; Jacob Hay, Yerk ;
A. P. Balmer, Jeffersen ; J. L. Crawford,
Indiana ; Jeseph Swartz, Perry ; II. St.
Clair Ashe, Philadelphia ; A. S. Boon Beon Boen
steel, Erie ; T. 1. Oallahcr, Allegheny
county . I. W. Fulton, Chester ; Wm.
Compten, Lancaster ; I. B. De Kubn,
Berks ; J. W. Curwen, Dauphin ; M. H.
Aller, Armstrong ; J. Pensell, Menteur ;
A. 31. Pollock, Allegheny ; II. Jennings,
Tiega ; Boyd Emery, sr., Washington ;
W. B Ulrich, Delaware ; H. M. Nipple,
Snyder.
Judicial Council Fer 1 year, J. L.
Stewart, Erie ; Jehn H. Packard, Phil
adelphia ; Wm. Andersen, Armstrong.
Fer 2 years, Wm. Varian, Crawford ;
Thes. Lyen, Lycoming ; R. B. Mowry,
Allegheny. Fer 3 years, Tiaill Green,
Northampton ; II. L. Orth. Dauphin ;
Jehn T. Carpenter, Schuylkill.
Delegates te New Jersey State Medical
Society Gee. D. Nutt, Lycoming ; Chas.
S. Turubull, Philadelphia; J. II. B.
Amich, Schuylkill ; S. 3. Schultz, Mont
gomery ; L. Lenher, Columbia.
Delegates te New Yerk State Medical
Society J. L. Stewart, Erie ; J. C. Elliett,
McKean ; B. F. Herr, Lancaster cenuty ;
A. II. Smith, Philadelphia.
Delegates te Ohie State Medical society
J. M. Battcu. Allegheny, J. T. Clark,
Perry ; E. E. Montgomery, Philadelphia ;
W. H. Stewart, Armstrong.
Delegates te Delaware State Medical
society James B. Eby, Perry; W. R.
Finley, Blair; Gee. W. Vegeler, Phila
delphia ; C. A. Woodward, Chester.
Delegates te West Virginia State Medi
cal society J. A. Patterson, Washington ;
D. W. McConneugh, Westmoreland ; H.
Heward Hill, Bedford.
Delegates te Maryland State Medical
society Samuel J. Reuse, Yerk ; G. W.
Berntheisel, Lancaster county ; Jehn Mont
gomery, Franklin ; A. S. Brubaker, Lan
caster. Delegates te Massachusetts Medical So
ciety L. Turnbull, Philadelphia ; H. Cor Cor
eon, Montgomery ; Elwood Harvey, Dela
ware ; F. G. Albright, Lancaster.
The censers appointed by the cenven
tien of 1S80 were retained with the
following exceptions : In the Fourth
district, composed of the counties
of Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Dauphin
and Snyder, J. Montgomery Deaver in
place of Brainard Leaman. In the Sixth
district. A. B. Bumbaugb, of Huntingdon
county, in place of T. P. Miller. In the
Seventh district. M. II. Alter, of Arm
strong, as an additional member ; and in
the Tenth district, O. S. Wright, of Mc
Kean county, in place of T. J. Yeung.
Dr. Ehler also reported in favor of
Titusville as the place, and the second
Tuesday of May, 1832, as the time of
meeting for next year's annual session of
the society.
A delegate moved te amend by striking
out Titusville aud inserting Delaware
Water Gap, but the preposition met with
no favor, and was vigorously opposed by
several members en the ground that there
was no county medical society there, while
the society at Titusville was anxious te
entertain the state society. The motion
te strike out and insert was withdrawn,
and the report of' the committee unani
mously agreed te.
Dr. R. L. Sibbet, of Carlisle, presented
and read the "Repert en Medical Legis
lation." It contained a resume of acts of
legislation already passed in the interest of
medicine and the draft of a proposed act
compelling all practitioners te be register
ed. The report pays a high compliment
te the Philadelphia Recerd for the
energy,zeal and success with which it had
hunted down, exposed and brought te jus
tice, issuers of bogus medical diplomas.
The physicians new in the Legislature,
together with some ex-members, and
ether distinguished physicians, were also
highly commended for their labors.
Dr. Jacob Price offered the following
resolution, which was passed unanimeusly:
"Resolved, That the thanks of the medi
cal society of the state of Pennsylvania
are hereby tendered te the editor of the
Daily Jlecerd of Philadelphia for his untir
ing and most successfnl efforts iu exposing
and bringing te justice these who have
been engaged iu manufacturing and dis
posing of bogus medical diplomas."
The annual report of Treasurer Lee
was read and referred te an auditing com
mittee consisting of Drs. Ehler, Curwen
and Stewart.
Dr. Lee presented a brief report from the
coramitecen plumbing and drainage, and
the committee was discharged.
Dr. R. G. Curtin of Philadelphia read a
paper en "Catarrhal Inflammation of the
Pancreas, " and Dr. I. N. Snively, of
Franklin county, a paper en " Hygiene in
its relations te the medical profession."
Dr. O. H. Allis, of Philadephia, lectured
en and answered the questions, " Why
deformity se frequently fellows fracture at
the lower end of the Humerus" and
"Why fractures just above or below the
knee are se dangerous." The doctor
illustrated his remark by taking off his
coat and showing his own arms the
right one being sound and shapely and
the ether a geed deal deformed by a Irac Irac
ture of the elbow joint. He animadverted
en the misuse by surgeons of right
angled splints iu such fractures aud 're
commended that the broken arm be band
aged without splints and at full length,
instead of being folded across the bicast
as is se frequently done, and from which
practice anchylesus se frequently results.
The great danger from fracture above or
below the knee, or from dislocation of the
knee joint, is hemorrhage, caused by the
rupture of the arteries which at that joint
come close the bones and almost envelope
them. Dr. Allis illustrated his remarks
by a model of the bones of the arm, and
diagrams of the bones aud arteries of the
leg.
Drs. Varian and Atlee discussed tie
subject at some length aud in the main
agreed with Dr. Allis. Dr. Atlee, how
ever, asserted Dr. Allis's mode of treat
ment was net new ; that as long age as
the days of Dr. Physick and Dr. Dersey
substantially the same practice was fol
lowed. Dr. O'Neal would hesitate te adept Dr.
Allis's treatment for fear that anchylesus
and damages for a stiff joint might be the
result.
Dr. Ulrich defended Dr. Aliis's practice
and se did President Carpenter, who bad
treated successfully several cases of frac
ture of the elbow by bandaging the arm
in an extended position and without
splints. He had passed some of his pa
tients among members of this society, aud
se complete had been the cure that they
could net discover which of the arms had
been fractured.
Dr. Allis concluded the discussion by
saying that he had very carefully read
Dersey's surgery, referred te by Dr.
Atlee, and would like every member of
the convention te read it and sec where
in the treatment of fractures by that
author accorded with or differed from his
own.
Dr. Traill Giccti offered the following
preamble and resolution which were
adopted :
"Whereas, a bill is new before the Leg
islature of Pennsylvania, the object of
which is the erection, en the grounds of
the Pennsylvania institution for feeble
minded children, of two additional build
ings, for an asylum or hospital branch,
thereby providing means for the better
classification of the several grades of men
tal infirmity treated in that institution,
and,
" Wiiekkas, the institution in Delaware
cenuty represents the only prevision made
in the state for a class et defective persons
as numerous as the insane, and who had
been found amenable te model u mean:; of
improvement, therefore.
Resehed, That tlsc medical society of
the state of Pennsylvania, associated this
day at Lancaster, commends the objects
of the said hill te the members of the
state Legislature, and hereby expresses its
sympathy with all measures for the scien
tific care and training of the idiotic and
feeble-minded children of this common
wealth, and hereby presents it as a subject
that shall receive the enlightened atten
tion of state authorities."
Dr. Tyson, of Philadclphia.read a paper
treating of Bright's disease of the kidneys
and exhibited specimens of mine contain
ing albumen.
On motion of Dr. Ulrich it was ordered
that hereafter the transactions of the
society shall be bound iu cloth.
Adjourned.
The Complimentary Itaixinet.
The scene around the Stevens house last
evening preparatory te the complimentary
banquet tendered te the State society by
the Lancaster County Medical society, was
very brilliant. The corridors and waiting
rooms were thronged by the representa
tives of the fraternity ami the parlors
crowded with doctors, .their wives and
lady friends. The Italian baud of musi
cians were stationed in the second fleer
hall aud discoursed sweet music, te the
strains of which at about half.past nine
the company were escorted by Dr. II. Car
penter, chair mau of the local committee
of arrangements, te the dining room. It
presented a dazzling spcctucle. Seats
were arranged for ' 250 persons at tables
running the length of the room and a cress
table running along the West Kiug street
end. Frem the eight chandeliers hung
gracefully festooned wreaths of smilax,
and in the centre of these decorations,
under each light, a floral horseshoe and
numerous small baskets of flowers. The
whole effect was excellent and reflected
most favorably en the taste of Mr. Rohrer,
the florist.
The number of guev.s was probably the
largest ever assembled at the society's an
nual banquet, about 300 tickets having
been issued, and as many as 50 ladies at
least being present. The gentlemen who
could net be seated at once were entertain
ed iu the parlors until places were ar
ranged for them. Following was the meuu
for the occasion, and it was prepared in
the best cuisine of the genial host of the
Stevens house :
Kaw Oysters. Clam Soup.
r rieu uysiers.
Chicken Croquettes.
Lebster Salad.
Chicken bala'l.
Petate Salad.
llccf a la mode (freid.)
Celd Tongue.
CeM Hani.
Chew Chew.
Cat 4 up.
Pickle..
Olives.
Worcestershire Sauce.
llulferd Sauce
Oranges. Uanunas.
Malaga Grapes. Raisins. Almend.
ice CREAM.
Orange. Chocolate. Vanilla.
Coffee. Tea.
O wine te the extreme heat as well as te
the crowded condition of the room and
the number of guests "in waiting," toasts
were dispensed with if any had been ex
pected and about half-past ten the main
company withdrew in excellent order and
the best of geed spirits.
Jfc'rulay Morning.
The society was called te order by Dr.
Carpenter, president, and Rev. Dr. Green
wald offered prayer.
Dr. Atkinson, secretary, read the fel- .
lowing letter :
Pettsyillk, May 10, 1881,
Dr. 111)1. B. Atkinson, Secretary of State Medi
cal Seciety:
Deak Sir At a special meeting of the
Schuylkill county medical society, held
this day. it was unanimously resolved that ,
no medical paper presented by Dr. A. P.
Carr should be received as apart of the
annual report of this society for 1881 te
the state society,and that the officers of
this society give this notification te the
committee of publication.
S. C. Spalding. M. D.
President.
Attest :
R. S. Chrismajc, Sec'y.
After some discussion, Dr. Reland of
Yerk, suggested, and Dr. Cehen made a
motion, that hereafter a stenographic re
port of the discussions be taken, as these
discussions are often equally as valuable
as the papers read. The motion was
agreed te.
Dr. L. Turnbill of Philadelphia read a
paper en "Defective Hearing of Locomo
tive Engineers. " The lecturer noticed at
length many accidents occurring from this
delect.
On inotieu a cemmittee te ba of Dr.
TurnbulFsj own cheesing was ordered, te
bring the matter te the attention of the
railroad authorities, and te prepare a me
morial te the state Legislature te enact
necessary laws relating te the matter.
Dr. J. Solis Cehen, of Philadelphia, read
the " Address in Medicine," in which
among ether matters the results of the use
of powerful drugs as medicinal remedies
were stated and described at length.
The paper was discussed by Drs. French,
Townsend, of N. J., Boodley, Curtin,
Turnbull, Traill Green, Rahtcr, Atlee and
President Carpenter.
Dr. Crawford Irwiu, of Blair county,
read a paper en the " Scarlet Fever Epi
demic of Hollidaysburg." A discussion
followed participated in by Dr. Traill
Green. Dr. Ulrich, Dr. Rahtcr. Dr. Atkin
son, Dr. Pearson and ethers.
Dr. II. R. Milncr, of Delaware county,
was en the programme te read a paper en
" f arasites ei tue t luman Bedy," bat as
he was in bad voice his paper was read by"
Dr. Ulrich, whose sonorous voice has se
often filled the hall during the sessions of
the convention. The paper treated almost
exclusively of trichina, the modes of its
introduction and the means of killing it.
and saving these affected by it.
Drs. Ulrich, Leffman, Seiler, Variau and
ethers followed with some remarks en the
same subject. Drs. Leffman and Seiler
taking the ground that the hog is net re
sponsible for all the blame cast upon him,
and that men are frequently infected with
the trichina from eating uncooked or
partly cooked beef and ether meats ; and
Dr. Varian believed that the parasite was
often introduced into the human body by
physicians feeding debilitated patients en
raw or partly-cooked meats.
Dr. J. L. Crawford, of Indianaceunty,
read a paper en " Indications calling for
active treatment iu Typhoid Fever." He
recommended that active treatment should
be only used when the temperature of the
patient rises te 103 or ever. In such cases
the cold bath and quinine are recommend
ed iu preference te all ether remedies, and
wheu debilitated the patient should have
alcoholic stimulants.
TWO MKUll'AL SOCIETIES.
Why the Philadelphia County Medical
Delegate Opposed the College
fit Phyiciaii.
Philadelphia Uecerri.
The College of Physicians is a medical
society which has a hall and library at
Thirteenth and Locust .streets. Seme
years age a handsome sum of money was
bequeathed te the association te build its
piecnt. quarters, and since then it has
hauled in the lines of its charmed circle
and become exceedingly select in
its membership. It has grown se
intensely conservative as it aged that some
outsiders enviously called it a fossil.
Meanwhile the County medical society has
gene along in an even way aud increased
iu numbers. Between the two there is
net that pcace aud harmony which belong
te perfect men, and this fact cropped out
yesterday at the meeting of the State med
ical society in Lancaster. A motion was
made te admit the college of physicians te
a representation iu the state society, but,
the Philadelphia delegates representing
the County medical society protested'
against such a step. Or. J. Solis Cehen
denounced the preposition as inimical te
the fundamental idea in the organization
of the state society. The chairman of the
Pluladeljihia delegation also explained that
the County medical society had instructed
him te vote against the application, se
when the motion w.r; put there was au
unanimous " no." The delegates after
ward explained that the State society was
made up of suboidinate societies organized
under its direct supervision in the various
counties. If outsiders were te associate
themselves together and secure recogni
tion the unity of the county societies
would be destieycJ.
i. e. it. ai.
In the state council of Red Mcii in Nor Ner Nor
ristewn, Past Great Sachems Charles C.
Conly and Geerge W. Krcamer, and Past
Sachem Jehn McCulley were appointed a
committee en resolutions of coudelenco en
the death of Past Great S ichem H. B.
McNeal, of Lancaster.
The report of the committee en returns
showed a membership of 12, 014 through
out the state.
Williamsport was selected as the place
of holding the next session.
The committee en returns presented the
following : Receipts, $62,525.33 ; expend
ed for relief of brothers, $19;5G1.50 ; Ex
pended funeral benefits, $5,740.01 ; expend
ed for ether purposes, $23,903.67 ; tax
paid Great Council, $1,041.30 ; number of
members, 120,62-1 ; Past Sachems, 2,193 ;
adoptions. 7G0 ; rejections, C4 ; suspen
sions, GOO ; expulsions, 8 ; reinstatements,
101 ; admitted by card, 23 ; withdrawn by
card, 18 ; deceased, 91.
The election of officers resulted as fellows-:
Great Sachem. Themas K. Don Den
nelly, of Philadelphia ; Great Senior Sag
amore, W. J- McClurc, of Yerk ; Great
Junier Sagamore, Themas McDowell,- of
Philadelphia ; Great Prophet, Daniel F.
Brobst, of Reading; Great Chief of Rec
ords, Charles C. Conly, of Philadelphia ;
Great Keeper of Wampum, Themas A.
Winkwerth, of Philadelphia. Ne delegates
te the Great Council of the United States
I were elected, as last year the requisite
number were chosen te serve two years.
it Wilt Be Steyyad.
The mayor has received a reply 'from
Superintendent Leckard, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, te his letter in regard te
the dead animals which arc thrown into
the creek at the Conestoga bridge. Mr.
Leckard states that lie will issue
a notice te train men and ethers
prohibiting them from throwing dead
ciiickecs or animals into'the"credk,.'or at
ether places en theread. Mearitfnie the
decaying bodies of the chickens fished out
of the creek make the atmosphere in that
neighborhood highly offensive te people
who drive that way for pleasure or en bus
iness. " Mere Bum."
Charlie Eckert, the grocer, should start
an aquarium ; he ba a let of snappers hi .
a huge box, and new has added, te bis disk
play a let of big live bull frogs, 'whiefc.!
make " rum howl " at night. They are
kept iu water and are lively. Charlie
should allow nome of our amateur gun
ners te sheet iute the tub of frogs just te
see whether they could hit one of them.