LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, MAY 20, 188L
Hancaster intelligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAT 20, 1881.
Xctklag, WlthMt Witts.
The country is abundantly instructed
just new that the degree of considera
tion attaching te a Republican states
man is exactly measured by his influence
in securing appointments te office. While
a man remains in a position of power he
will be great and geed in the esteem of
Republican organs of opinion, whatever,
and however notorious, bis real wick
edness or weakness. But when he
steps down and out, he sinks into an in
significance from which no degree of
virtue can save him. Peer old Hayes,
one of the smallest of men, was spoken
of in terms of reverential admiration in
Republican quarters, until he came near
the close of his term and it became
manifest that he liad no chance of an
other. Then he was derided, and when
he left he fell like a plummet away
down out of the consideration of his
party. His predecessor, Grant, has been
kept ih the air net by his virtue, but by
the third term bee ; there seemed te be
a fair chance of his once again becoming
potential, and he was net, therefore, safe
te kick. The man Brady, who served both
these presidents and the party, was safe
from general Republican criticism dur
ing all the years of his notoriously cor
rupt administration of his duties. And
it came te pass, even, that Garfield beg
ged from the combination of thieves
whom Brady headed a liberal contribu
tion towards his election ; and he get it,
and his canvass was managed and his
election secured by Dersey, one of the
gang. Then Mr. Brady was a great
man ; new he is a thief. Then lje was
in ellice ; new he is out. Then he had
power ; new he has none. The man he
elected h:is betrayed him. It is safe te
exHse his trausgressieus aud is even
profitable. A great pretense of virtue
cau lie made by denouncing this worn-out
tool. The Republican party, which he
warmed into life, can get along without
him and can de itself credit by spueing
him out. Its organs freely denounce
the iniquities it profited by, hoping that
the people will forget its participation, in
the smoke raised in blowing up the
agents of the crime.
Ceiikling, until he resigned his scat in
the Senate, was a very great man in Re
publican estimation, aud when he under
took te measure swords with the Repub
lican president every politician shook
with fear and trembling, net knowing
which side te espouse, te be en the win
ning side. At first the Republican sena
tors steed with Conkling, thinking he
was the master. They really resolved
that Conkling's objection should have
the iKiwer of rejecting Robertsen. Rut
in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, the situation changed when Garfield
gave the senators te understand that
these who did net vote te confirm Rob Rob
erteon should net have their friends
appointed te ellice. When that notice
was issued Conkling was done for ; and
the senators who deserted him plainly
told him it was because they had te go
te Garfield te save themselves. Without
offices at their dispospesal they amount
ed te nothing. They could net face
their partisans with empty hands. Even
our redoubtable senator, Den, who has
tee much inborn Scotch obstinacy ever
te change sides, and who was one of the
few who finally voted against Robertsen,
was impelled te go te Garfield and te say
te him that he loved him much and did
net want te offend him and hoped he
wouldn't, though he would have te vote
for Conkling because they were chums
together and he had premised him.
Conkling, though defeated, was net
destroyed. He still had his senatorial
place and his opportunity te exercise his
talents and influence te threaten Gar
field and force him te deferential treat
ment of his friends. As senator he was
still formidable ; but his renunciation of
his office has thoroughly emasculated
him, and most conspicuously shown
te the world the overwhelming
influence of official power in con
trolling Republican thought and action.
Mr. Conkling is the same man te-day
that senator Conkling was a few days
age. Rut then he was believed te carry
the stale of New Yerk in his pocket.
Tiie Legislature was admitted te be at
his beck even against the administration
frown. But in doffing his senatorial
office he lest his power te cry check J te
the administration, aud therefore his
power te protect his partisans in their
federal places. The result immediately
is that a Conkling Legislature becomes
anti-Ceukling, and the great master of
the party cannot even secure his
own election te the Senate. When
he resigned, as it was supposed,
te secure the vindication of his state,
his enemies cried, Hew can his re-election
by a Legislature notoriously uuder his
control vindicate him 't and declared that
it was a vain thing te de. They did net
susiicct that when he had stripped him
self of his office he had stripped him
self as effectually of his power.
Yet it seems that he has. The
Republican politician has no life out
of the sunshine of official favor, nor
does he recognize any duty of allegiance
te one who cannot pay for it.
Conkling seems te be deserted. He has
been purged out of the party. A geed
many will be swept out with him ;
Grant among ethers. The interesting
question is hew the Republican party is
going te endure the severe diarrheea. The!
strong suspicion we entertain is that the
vital statistics they record of parties, at
an early date, will record of it died of
marasmus.
There seems te be a call en Senators
Cameren and Mitchell te resign. Gar
field has appointed Lucius B. Thompson,
a Philadelphia merchant of high charac
ter, surveyor of the pert, at WayneMac
Veagh's instance, against the recom
mendations of etlter men by the sena
ters.
Mr. Gingrich says that only $24,000
of the $40,000 appropriated by the state
te pay the cost of its Centennial build
ing was used in paying for the structure
and its furniture, and he would like te
knew where the remaining $16,000 get
te. Se would we all.
The Revise MMe.
The revised New Testament, for which
the literary' and theological world has
waited se long and anxiously, appears
te-day. The interest with which it has
been expected may be measured by the
fact that this country alone gives ad
vance orders te the only authorized
English publishers for nearly a million
copies, and whole pages of enterprising
newspaper work have been given up te
speculations regarding the character of
the changes made from the King James
version. The disfavor with which many
of these changes are met must net be
mistaken as proof of their demerit, since
it is at least no greater than that which
confronted the edition of the scriptures
which for ever two centuries and a half
has been recognized as a well of pure
English undented, and accepted as a
standard of canonical authority. With
all the governmental backing behind it
the King James version did net at once
supersede its predecessor, ten editions of
which were issued after the appearance
of the revision, and it was longer than a
generation before the elder fell into dis
use. The new edition of the Hely Scrip
turesef which only the New Testa
ment is ready new for publicatienwill,
of course, meet with severe criticism, a
specimen of which we reprint in an arti
cle from the Londen Standard ,- for the
text of no book was graven se deepen
the minds and hearts of the people as
that of the Bible, no popular misconcep
tion being se frequent as the idea of an
inspired translation of the original writ
ing, few stepping te consider that the
English of 1011 was net the language of
Divine authority and communication.
Time alone will test the merit and the
popularity of the changes made ;
the first impressions of them will
afford no fair standard of judgment.
Such radical revisions us the emission
of the doxology appended te the Lord's
Prayer (Matt., vi., 13), "Fer thine is the
kingdom and the power, and the glory
forever, amen ;" the suspicion' of spurr
eusness cast upon the story of the woman
taken in adultery ; the elimination of the
text supporting the doctrine of the
Trinity ( I Jehn, vii., 8) ; the proper
translation of the Greek "Hades" instead
of rendering both it and Gehenna "hell"
as in the old version are among the
most, striking changes ; andfyet all of
tuese, luce lue thousands et miner
changes, ample illustrations of which we
will hereafter lay before our readers,
have been made only upon the highest
authority and after most careful investi
gatien.
In all efforts te judge the work of the
revisers, their conscientiousness, freedom
from bias and their high scholarship
must be borne constantly in mind te fitly
measure their result. Ne change has
been made except by very general agree
ment among them ; aud te deny the ne
cessity for a revision-is te deny all the
advances in science, philology and ether
spheres of learning for nearly three cen
turies. In many places no doubt the re
visers have rendered the text less pleas
ing and forcible, but it wis. net their
function te make the best sounding
translation. Their business was te come
as close as possible te a correct transla
tion of the best autiienticated originals,
and no criticism of their work is effective
unless it shows that they failed in this
regard.
MINOB TOPICS.
Te-day the revised New Testament
will be placed before the public through
the various booksellers, and it is expected
that the curiosity evinced ever it will lead
te a wider reading of the Scriptures than
they have ever had before.
The virtually unanimous opinion of the
people of New Yerk state that Messrs.
Conkling and Piatt should be taken at
their word and allowed te retire te private
life is having its natural effect en the Leg
islature, aud everyday the chances of their
re-election grew beautifully less.
According te the New Yerk Herald
four-fifths of the five thousand bodies that
reach the city dead-house every year are
sent there by drunkenness. " There may
be cities in the world where men cau
drink spirits without injury te body
ami brain, but New Yerk is net one of
them."
As te the matter you " kindly mention,"
wrote Lincoln April 26, 1859, te an Illinois
editor, who was about te confer with Re
publican .editors with a view te making
him presidential candidate, "I will in can
dor say I de net think m yself fit for the
presidency. I am certainly flattered and
gratified that some of my friends think of
me in that connection, but I really think it
host for our cause that no concerted effort
such as you suggest should be made." Mr.
Lincoln is dead.
Tiikkk is great tsceiteanent in both army
and navy circles orer the recent depart
mental events. Payrnar.ter Stevenson, of
the navy, has. been ordered back te New
Yerk te tivrn ever his accounts te Pay
master Caswell, who succeeds him at the
New Yerk navy pest office. Stevenson's
examination for promotion meanwhile is
postponed until next week. Fourth Audi
ter eV the Treasury Moere and his chief
clerk have resigned, at the re-quest of Sec
retary Windem, for irregularities in pass
ing Stevenson's accounts. Nothing crim
inal is alleged against them, however.
Stevenson, has complained te Garfield
that Secretary Hunt is prejudiced against
him. and has retained Beb Intrersell and
Senater Voerhces as counsel. Army pen
pie are stirred by a well-grounded report
that Surgeon General Barnes has been re
tired and his place filled.
The Philadelphia Ecening TelegrepJi, in
tense auti-Cenkling as it is, attributes
much of Garfield's trouble te his desire te
please all the bosses. It says : " It is,
however, impossible te say that President
Garfield has made a single appointment,
high or low, except as a reward for per
senal or political service. Blaine, te re
ward Blaine ; James, te reward Conk
ling ; Lincoln te reward Legan ; Mac
Veagb, the one appointment of transcend
ent merit and fitness, te reward the Inde
pendents, and net because it was fit and
meritorious ; Robertsen, te reward Reb- I
crtseu for his belt,' which defeased
Grant ; and se en te the end of the chapter
of appointments. The president began all
wrong in beginning his administration.
He considered nobody but the leaOersand
factions and Garfield in 1834." He has
time new, thinks the Telegraph te take a
higher plan of action, and unless he does
his party and bis administration will all
go te wreck."
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PERSONAL.
Conkling is said te have accepted a
law partnership worth $33,000 a year. The
ether day it was reported at $50,000. His
strength is with a jury.
Jehn S. Barrex, assistant editor of the
North American Reciete, has been missing
from Bosten for some weeks and his
friends arc uneasy about him.
In view of his letter in Conkling's be
half the Philadelphia Ecening Telegraph
says, "General Grant won't let the
decent people of the United States think
well of him."
The new register of the treasury, ex ex
Senater Bruce, is a well-appearing man ;
his complexion is coffee-colored ; his hair
is carefully brushed ; it is net straight, but
has the curl characteristic of his race. He
dresses remaricably well but net foppishly.
He is an unusually intelligent-looking man
for his race, is modest and unassuming,
and never participated in the debates un
less they in some way affected the interest
of his state. His wife is a slender shapely
woman. Her complexion is thoroughly
Audalusiau. She has delicate high-bred
features, singularly full of repose, and a
maimer and bearing eminently refined ;
her eyes are large, and have the tender
expression se specially the peculiarity of
the Moorish women. She is highly edu
cated, and has many intellectual re
sources. THE CENSUS.
The Centre- et Population in 1880.
A census bulletin just issued shows that
the centre of population, according te the
census of 1880, is in latitude 3SP 04' 08"
north, aud longitude 84 39' 40" west.
The position of the Old Observatory, Mount
Adams, Cincinnati, is : Latitude, 39 06'
26".5 ; longitude. 84 29' 45". The cen
tre of population for 1880 is, therefore, 2.6
miles south of this observatory, aud 8.9
miles west of it. That is, it is 9.3 miles
west by south from the observatory, or 8
miles west by south from the heart of the
city of Cincinnati. This places it in Ken
tucky, one mile from the south bank of
the Ohie river, and ene and a half-miles
southeast of the village of Taylorsville.
The following table h I lows the movement et
the centre et population since 179J:
Westward mere-
went during pre-
position Vt-iUrc ceding decade.
Dale. of population. Miles.
1790. .23 miles cast et Rultinierc
lS00..1Sinileswestef Raltimere 41
1S10..40 miles northwest by west et W&th-
180..ir, miles north et Woodstock, Va :0
18).. 19 miles west-ieu th west et Moere-
HvRIf lY w m m
1S10..1C miles south et Cluiksbursr, W. Vti.. 55
lsf0. .'J.: miles southeast et Farkcrsuurtf,
1STO..20 miles south et Chillieethc. O SI
1870. .4S miles east by north et Cincinnut i.O. 42
1SS0.. Smiles wtst by south etCiiieinmul.O. r'.
The ccntre of population, as defined in
the Statistical Atlas of 1874, "is the point
at which equilibrium would be reached
were the ceuutry taken as a piano surface,
itself without weight, but capable of sus
taining weight, and leaded witli its inhab
itants, in number and positieu as they are
found at the period under consideration,
each individual being assumed te be of the
same gravity as every ether, and conse
quently te exert pressure en the pivotal
point directly proportioned te his distance
therefrem." In brief, then, it is the cen
tre of gravity of the opuIatien of the
country.
v V U VV
That Settles It.
New Era.
Tem Davis has issued a lithographed
letter, enclosing the " ring " ticket of the
bosses, asking the Republicans of Lancas
ter county te vote it as a " vindication "
of himself.
A BOY'S OllKKK STUKY.
Going te Wed at. Ills Heme In Cincinnati
lie Awakes In Pennsylvania.
At a very early hour Thursday merniug
while the trackman en duty at Derry
station, en the line of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was watching the water trough,
he discovered a boy about 13 years of age,
apparently lying asleep behind the trough.
The trackman endeavored te awake him,
but for a time he was unsuccessful, as the
boy was evidently under the influence of
some narcotic. The man summoned aid
and the boy was carried te the station
where they finally succeeded in arousing
him from the stupor. The boy said his
name was Arthur G. Smith, a seu of Judge
Payette Smith, of 430 West Thirtieth
street, Cincinnati, Ohie, and that en
Monday night he went te bed at his home
as usual, and from that time until he
awoke at Derry he remembered nothing.
His story was told in a straightforward
manner and is generally credited by the
Officers of the railroad, although itflaveis
sttengly of sensationalism.
The boy was brought te Pittsburgh.
Dispatches had been received by the rail
road authorities from the boy's patents in
Cincinnati, askiug that he be sent home,
and he started from here en the 8 o'clock
train. The boy is a very bright lad. ne
is neatly and cleanly dressed and evidently
has net been roughing it. He says he was
chained or fastened in some way te the
track. He cannot remember anything that
happened te him since Monday night, when
he went te bed alter having been te a
minstrel performance with his mother.
He insists that he was carried off by some
ene who had been in court before his
father and who had a grudge against the
judge. The railreal officials think iie ran
off from home, but be denies it emphatic
ally aud says he has no cause te leave his
parents. His story thus far has been
corroborated.
TUB DOTEREL DISASTER.
Further Particulars or the BrcadTul Ex
plosion. In the disaster of the British sleep of
war Detcrel, blown up at Saudy Point, in
the straits of Magellan, en the 26th ult.,
involving the less of 143 lives, there were
two explosieus. The first is supposed te
have beeu the bursting of a steam
boiler used in condensing sea water.
The second was in the forward maga
zine. The vessel went down bow fore
most in eight fathoms of water in three
minutes and nothing was seen of her after
the second explosion except a few planks.
The survivors saved their lives by jumping
overboard after the first explosion. They
were recued by beats from sealing
schooners and from the yacht of the bishop
of the Frankland islands. Commander
Evans jumped through a pert hole and
was taken from the water much lacerated
by broken glass and wreckage. The en-
J gincer who escaped was net en duty.
An Important Omission.
.Examiner.
Catch Skiles and High and Eaby mak
ing any written pledges te " stick " te the
"fee bill!"
Legal "fees" would leave little for them
after Sensenig is through with them.
Why net publish the " pledge " ever their
i. A Tj. Sm .a- t-n. 1A4A J
signatures, n u uui wu uw wj uu se i
yet.
THE REVISED BIBLE.
Unfavorable Comments en it toy a Londen
CriUr.
The Londen Standard has an important
editorial en the revised version of the New
Testament. The article is the first really
striking opinion published as yet, and is
scholarly. The following are the main
points.
The writer of the article asserts that,
"whatever scholars may 'think of the
labors of the revisers, the impression pro
duced upon the public mind is one of dis
appointment and dissatisfaction. It is
deeply te be regretted that the revisers,
judging by the work just published, have
apparently forgotten the conditions under
which the task was intrusted te them. It
is obvious that a irreat many of the alter
atiens adopted have been approved for
reasons of mere literary criticism, which
make us rather skeptical as te the infalli
bility or even geed taste of the revisers,
" Where no material change .in sense or
substance of the authorized version has
been shown te be required by the revisers,
for the proper construction of the original,
they have nevertheless thought themselves
justified in mending the English and
improving the grammar of passages which
have struck deep root in the hearts and
memories of the English people. One
word has been substituted for another at
the whim of the New Testament company ;
moods and tenses have been shifted about
te satisfy some pedantic scheme of syn
tactical symmetry : a sentence treasured
up in the popular mind aud enriched be
yond description by the pathetic assecia
tiens of hundreds of years has beeu ter
tured and crucified into precise grammat
ical accord with the latest refinements of
critical labor upon comparison of early
manuscript texts, and thus been robbed of
all its true value.
"The system upon which the revisers
appear te have acted, in our jndgment,
is altogether erroneous and deplorable."
The writer then proceeds in some beauti
fully expressed passages te peinP out the
position held by the scriptures among
English speaking peoples. "They have
been known by them and loved by them
for centuries," he says, "and it is rash
and reckless te shake this noble growth of
centuries by attempting te harmonize it
with the corrcclnessjef self-epiniated' schol
arship or te regulate it by the doubtful
standared of taste accepted by a mot met
Icy combination of theologians and profes
sors. Even the Lord's Prayer which every
English-speaking child learns te lisp at its
mother's knee, has net been spared. The
revisers have handled it as aheld commen
tator might handle a notoriously corrupt
chorus in the 'Eumenidcs' or the 'Vac
cine.' St. Paul's praise of charity, un
equalled in its own kind for ringing and
rhythmical eloquence in the old version, is
mangled aud made irrecegnizable by the
senseless substitution of the word 'love' for
'charity.' The meaning is really obscured
rather than elucidated by this change,
while the music of the sentence is irre.
trievably lest. Alterations of the diction
of the old version, involving no gain in
sense or a scarcely perceptible one, swarm
in the revised edition, and in almost every
instance it is impossible net te feel that
the original translations, however inferior
te these of the present revisers in precise
and exhaustive scholarship, textual or
general, were infinitely their superiors iu
the rare and precious art of writing mu
sical and masculine English prose.
" Had they purged the sacred text of
the errors which had crept into it, and
placed, where it was necessary, the vario varie
, I'inij readings in the margin, they would
have performed useful and acceptable
work. But in the effort te attain dry aud
merely mechanical accuracy of expression
they have se revised ' the noblest book
in the English language as te deprive it of
much of its beauty, aud they have de
stroyed many of its historical assecia
tiens." In conclusion the Standard
writer says that it remains new for the re
visers te ro-rcvise the text they have pro
duced. If this new version is ever te be
generally used and te supersede the au
thorized version many of the alterations
that have been made must be discarded.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The monetary conference has decided te
adjourn until June 30.
Oberdullah, the Kurdish chief, is pre
paring te march into Persia with an army
of 20,000 men.
C. W. Lacy, of Rie, Arriba county. New
Mexico, was killed en Saturday by ene of
ins herders in a dispute and quarrel.
At Archangel the overflow of the river
Dweina, destroyed many houses, and
great less of life was involved.
There was fighting at Seukelurpa and
it is stated that both the natives aud
French lest heavily in killed and wounded
Base ball : At Williamstown, Mass.
Union College. 13 ; Williams College, 2.
At Buffalo Providence, 11 : Buffalo. 5.
.French demonstrations at Milan were
suppressed by the troops. There were
demonstrations also at Genea aud several
persens were arrested.
In Crete the ferment is increasing and
Christians arc forming themselves into
brotherhoods, a customary preparation for
insurrection.
A nel. pros, has been entered in the
case against Kenward Philp, Charles A.
Byrne, Leuis F. Pest aud Jeseph Hart,
indicted ler lergery ei the Meroy letter.
James A. Hendersen, cashier of the
First national bank, of Newark, who was
cenvited of misapplying the funds of the
bank, was sentenced te seven years in the
state prison.
A report comes from Marshlield, Mis
souri, that the entire block of buildings
erected there since the great cyclone last
year was destroyed by fire en Tuesday.
me less win no neavy.
In Heney Creek township, Vige county
Ind., Alex McPhelers killed his wife and
sister-in-law, Elian Bloxam, shot at his
mother-in law and then killed himself.
Demestic trouble and dissipation led te
the deed. Their families were prominent
and respected.
The national Baptist anniversaries were
inaugurated at Indianapolis en Wednesday
and continued during yesterday. The at
tendance was large, eminent clergymen
being present from all parts of the country
aud missionaries from abroad.
Reports from various ceuutics in the
southwestern part of Missouri are te thp
effect that the fly has already ruined thou
sands of acres of wheat, and fears arc en.
tertained that the crops in that section of
the state will be mere than hair destroyed.
. The New Yerk coroner yesterday found
the body of a 'human being cut up iu
pieces in a trunk en beard of steampr
James A. Grary. The trunk was brought
uu wiuu ui e p. m. apm xe, in a coach,
! just as the steamer was about te sail, and
ii:is rcmamcu en uearu since, no one call
ing for it. It was discovered by the smell.
The man accused of the murder of
PhilademaMuller, found dead in the weeds
at Guttcnburg, N. J., was arrested last
night through the instrumentality of
Gustave A. Seide, a reporter of the Jersey
City Ecening Journal. The man's name
is Martin Kankowsky. He married Mrs.
Muller under the name of Leuis Kettler
and was about te skip for Europe when ar
rested. The council of the Protestant Episcopal
church in Virginia was engaged during
the whole of its session at Danville yes
day iu considering certain proposed
amendments te the canons, without any
impertaut action. In the afternoon an ad
dress was delivered by the Rev. Dr. R.
H. MeKim en the subject of temperance
reform. There are two colored clergymen
present who are accorded the same privi
leges as the whites.
Senater Robertsen has received several
hundred despatches from all parts of the
United States congratulating him en his
confirmation. Among them is a telegram
from the Republican members of the Illi
nois Legislature, closing with these werds:
" We earnestly hope that you will permit
ex-Senators Conkling and Piatt te remain
at home in accordance with their express
ed desire." Mr. Legan is net likely te
tender his resignation in view of this.
The report gees that the silver mines in
Colerado, t which ex-Senater and Rep
resentative "Lish" Davis is the head, have
"struck it rich, "a vein of silver' ere of
great value having been developed. This
is iu the " Daisy " mine, about 8 miles
from Leadville. The owners are seven
teen in number, mostly well known Ilar
risburg officials or ex-officials. Senater
Cooper has some 250 shares i (out of 12.
500), Blake Walters, of Clearfield county
(cashier of the state treasury, previous te
Mr Butler's iucumbency), has 1750 shares
and ethers are reported with considerate
interests.
STATE ITEMS.
A well-dressed and stylish young stranger
has been picked up in Alteena with
810,000 worth of forged postal money
orders en East Liverpool P. O., Ohie, in
his valise.
A cave-in occurred at the Pittsteu coal
company's -shaft. The damage te the
mine cannot be ascertained at present, but
it is thought te be heavy. The citizens
living iu the vicinity were thrown into a
state of great excitement by the shock.
The small pox at Sugar Notch aud Wan
amie, Luzerne county, is increasing, ten
new cases having been reported. A com
mittee of citizens called upon the county
commissioners for aid and protection te
prevent the disease from spreading.
The Pennsylvania building en the Ccn
tennial grounds at the feet of Geerge's
Hill was sold yesterday at public auction
in Fairmount park for $500 te Jehn Brown,
of Pittsburgh, who intends te remove the
building te that city and present it te the
Presbyterian church for use as a mission
Sunday school.
The members of the Huntingdeu, Blair
and Cambria county bars have united
with almost entire unanamity, without
regard te political divisions, in letters te
Judge Dean asking him'te accept a re-elec
tien. Judge Dean is a Republican, but in
the discharge of his judicial duties he has
net permitted party prejudices te mingle
with the administration of justice.
m
"Giving Away" Old Associates anil
Hlniselt.
New Era.
We knew his McMellen'sl tricks here
in Lancaster, as learned at the "Ex
change."
A MVaTERIOUS HEAST.
That Scared
a Negro Inte Fits and
Farm Annualw.
Killed
Orange county, N. Y is greatly excited
about a mysterious beast which is said te
make nectural raids around the neighbor
heed. There is only ene person a negre
who will swear that he has seen the strange
animal, out there are scores el persons
who claim te have seen evidences of his
depredations en adjacent farms, and te
have heard its unearthly screams when
startled by the approach of men. The ne:re
says that he suddenly met with it at the
mouth of a cave en the farm of a Mr,
Green, and that it steed ciect te the
height of sevcu or eight feet and screech
ed se loudly that it frightened him se bad
1 y that he fainted. When he regained his
senses the animal had gene. Parties have
explored the mouth of the cave en Green's
farm, and while they claim te have dis
covered evidences of the whereabouts of
some strange animal they have failed te
come up with it. Yesterday it is said that
a dead deg, with its back broken, was
found near the mouth of the cave, and part
of a sheep's skin and entrails were also
clese te the entraucc. A party is being
organized te search for aud kill the strange
animal, but the negre will net be of the
party.
Except His Certificate Fer Kecser anil Eaby.
New Era.
Judge Livingston, as all knew, has token
no part whatever m the political campaign.
either for one set of candidates or the
ether.
The Legislature Yesterday.
In the state Senate the Heuse bills te
prevent frauds at primaries and te allow
wages te be attached by bearding house
keepers were reported favorably. Mr.
Gorden presented a resolution discharging
the committee ou municipal affairs from
further consideration of the Heuse bill,
Ne. 275, te enlarge the duties of treasur
ers of cities of the first class, Acs After
debate, it was agreed te by a vote of 21 te
19, and the bill was placed en the calen
dar. The Senate bill te ehange the middle
penitentiary te a reform school was passed
finally.
In the Heuse, the Senate bill for the ad
mission of women te practice at the bar
was reported favorably. The bill appro
priating $7,000 te pay for the two statues
of distinguished Pcnnsylvanians, te be
placed in the capitei at Washington was
passed finally and sent te the Senate. The
mandamus bill was considered, amended
and made the special order of Friday
morning. Pendiug consideration of the
hill making an appropriation for the Na
tional Guard the Heuse adjourned.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Yeung Alligators.
Mr. Allie L. Sylvester returned from
Flerida last evening and brought with him
ten young alligators, captured en the
banks of the Suwanee river, near Ella
ville. The little reptiles are about fifteen
inches in length, and are said te be two
years old. They are jet black, with a
number of bright yellow bands around the
body and tail. Mr. Sylvester has them
secured in a shallow box with a wire top,
and he has a bed of dry grass
for them te rest upon. They only
require feed about twice a month, their
favorite diet being tainted meat. They
are somewhat vicious, bite wickedly aud
when they take held never let go. Mr.
Sylvester brought along with him sixteen
of the ''little varmints," six of which he
distributed among seme of his friends.
Fer the accommodation of the ethers he
will build suitable quarters in which they
can have the advantage of both land and
water. The largest specimens seen by Mr.
S. while in Flerida were about forty feet
in length.
An Organ en the GarHeld-Cenklin"
Im-
broglle.
Lancaster Daily Examiner.
One of the most familiar texts of scrip
ture hasbeen materially changed in the
new version. It is found in Acts xxvi., 28:
"Almest thou persuadest me te be a
Christian."
Death of a Native Lancaster C'euntlan.
Mr. Jehn II. Dean, who died in Harris
burg en Wednesday, was a native of Lan
caster county, having been born near
Elizabethtown. He was a dentist by pro
fession, traveling in Dauphin county, Yerk
and Cumberland for the last twenty-five
years, and had a very large acquaintance.
He was a man of fine ability in his profes
sion, though he made little pretensien.
Reckless Sheeting.
Last evening while Miss Murray, assist
ant housekeeper at the Stevens house, was
sitting in her room ou the third fleer of
the building some one fired a pistol ball
through her window. She was near the
place where the ball struck, at the time,
and narrowly escaped being hit.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Near and Acress the County Lines.
The Reading barbers couldn't agree te
shut up shop en Sunday.
S. B. llerr, late of this city, new gen
eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A., Reading,
is atteuding the general conference and
international convention of the order in
Cleveland, O.
There was a little boom in tobacco at
the railroad in Yerk yesterday, about
thirty wagon leads of the weed arriviug at
the depot. The tobacco was leaded into
cars for Lancaftcr.
The " miners '" excavating in the Gap
tunnel recently feuud imbedded in the
gravel underneath the quicksand a curi
ously meulded fragment of iron, 19 iuches
in length by about S inches in breadth. It
lay 4.) feet uudcrneath the natural surface
of the ground and 25 feet below the pre
sent bed of the railroad in the Gap cut ;
and an Inquirer correspondent figures out
that it was the mould-beard of a plow
made at Tubal Cain's antediluvian black
smith shop.
The place of meeting of the Central
Pennsylvania Episcopal diocesan conven
tion, en' June 14th, has beeu changed1
from St. Mark's church, Mauch Chunk,
te St. Jehn's church, Yerk, Pa., en
account of cxtensive imprevementi new in
progress iu St. Mark's.
The pregramme for commencement
week at Lebanon Valley college, Amwille,
is as fellows : Sunday, June 5. 10 a. m.,
Baccalaureate sermon bj' Rev. D. I). De
long, president ; 7:30 p. m.. annual ser
mon by the pastor. He v. J. K. Fisher,
A. M. ; Monday, June 6, 7:15 p. in., com
mencement musical soiree ; lucsday,
June 7, 7:150 p. m., public meeting of the
Alumni association ; Wednesday, June 8,
1:30 p. m., class day exercises ; 7:30 p. m.,
annual address before the literary soci
eties, by Rev. A. A. Willetts, I). !.. of
Philadelphia; Thursday, June '.), 9:15
a. in., commencement exercises. Among
the dozen graduates are E. 11. anil J. W.
Sneath, of Columbia.
The llovcrtewn Democrat, Bcikx county,
is a " family " newspaper iu every sense
of the word The proprietor, Mr. Charles
Spatz, and his daughter de the composi
tion work, a son, about fourteen years old
acts iu the capacity et foreman, while
Mw. Spatz assumes the rele of ' press
man." Mr. Spatz has been a cripple for
years, making him barely able te attend
te the duties of the office, yet the paper
appears regularly and is entertaining and
readable.
While David Tayler, of Oxford, was'at
bdward Walls , Lewer Ox lord, and in a
steeping positieu his horse in kicking a fly
struck him ever the eye, making a deep
gash in the terehcad. A bountiful appli
cation of sugar checked the Hew of bleed,
which was profuse.
The Falls of French creek iu Warwick
township, Chester county, have become
quite a rcseit during the summer season,
although the accommodations did net en
tirely meet the wants of the people. At
the opening of the spring a company of
men began the erection et a large and
commodious frame hotel, which will ac
commodate one hundred persons when
completed.
Jesse Dertzlcr is the name of a "iaut
who works at the Cornwall ere hilli. His
wheelbarrow weighs 400 pounds, aud he
easily moves it when it is filled with ere.
He fills a car with five barrows of ere.
Diphtheria is raging in and around
Palmyra, two of Herman Turpc's children
having died within a week of that disease.
Several children of ether families are net
expected te live at this writing. The dis
ease, the physicians pronounce te be the
worst type, having something of a " black
fever" connected with it.
There arc 500 children, from one te
twelve years old, insured for their lives iu
Reading. Three cents a week premium hi
paid en some policies.
In East Coventry, Chester comity.
thieves robbed Abr.itn Yysetf s stable of
his horse and harness. The stolen horse
is brown in color, heavy mane and tail,
white spot en the hind leg, about nine
years old, and is valued by Mr. Tyson at
$175. The wagon and harness are worth
about $25.
The reunion of the sixtceucrs, grad
uates of the Soldiers' Orphan schools will
occur in Harrisburg en August 25th aud
26th. "Governer Curtin will deliver an
address.
Benjamin Snyder, a 13-year-old brother
of the lynched murderer Snyder, near
Bethlehem, threatened te stab a number
of the children of the Northampton coun
ty almshouse. He has been 'sent te the
Heuse of Refuge, and while en his way
made several attempts te escape.
A slight fire occurred in the cigar fac
tory of N. F. Ilartmau, in Adamstown.
' I. W. Lewan and family left Reading
yesterday in their carriage and will drive
te Philadelphia and New Yerk, te be ab
sent two weeks.
An excursion will be run ever the Penn
sylvania railroad te Lancaster, from Mount
Jey and all points west, en Wliit-Mend.iv.
June 6th.
The Methodist Episcopal church of
Mount Jey has undertaken te lift its
debt of eleven hundred dollars aud
te finish the upper r.Kim tastefully and
comfortably at a cost ei thirteen hundred
additional.
ovei:-.i:aleus antiieny.
He Suffers a KebuKe lu Opan Court.
In the United States district court, Phila
delphia, yesterday, Andrew F. Glessncr, a
hey of fifteen, was placed en trial for send
ing obscene literature through the mails.
Glcssner was detected by means of a decoy
letter of Antheny Comstock, agent of the
Society for the Suppression of Vice. It will
be remembered that this lad, who was in a
printing office of Yerk, was detected
through the Lancaster posteflico, whither
he sent his publications te seme student-?
aud ether correspondents. When his case
was called in Philadelphia yesterday and
laid before the court Judge Butlcr
thought the lad had been sufficiently
punished, he having be incarcerated
in jail, and in consideration of
his extreme youth suggested that the gev
ernment abandon the case. Mr. Valen
tine was fully in accord with the views of
the court, and the jury were instructed te
return a verdict of net guilty. Judge But
ler then steed Glessner up and gave him a
geed lecture. Agent Comstock, who was
present and who had pressed strongly for
the conviction of the boy, said the society
he represented should be justified in their
efforts te suppress the publication of ob
scene literature. Judge Butler replied
that the society had been fully justified,
that the objects of the association were
praiseworthy and should be encouraged.
Dut that the uey had been sulhcicntly
punished. The disposition of the case
seemed te seriously effect Mi'. Comstock.
who gesticulated violently, and made re
peated statements of the desire te have
the society justified. Judge Butler indig
nantly remarked : " Take your seat, sir.
and take care that in the efforts of you anil
your society te de geed you de net overdo
it." Whereupon Mr. Comstock very
quietly and mildly left the court room.
Marietta Items.
Samuel Engle, of East Denegal town
ship has erected a private creamery.
The pastor of the Presbyterian church
Rev. Jehn McElmoyle, is circulating petitions-eo
have the Pennsylvania railroad
discontinue all train running en Sunday.
On Monday morning at 4 o'clock Rev.
Jehn McElmoyle in company with ene of
Marietta s young ladies started ler rcoa rcea rcoa
nenon horseback te visit seme of the
ladies friends expecting te be gene a few
davs. Horseback ridiuir is ene of the
pleasant pastimes of the Marietta ladie?,
and the Reverend is their principal chap-crone.
SIMON CAMERON'S UENEKOS1TY.
The Old Cameren Homestead at MaAewn
Presented te the Lutheran Congregation.
Harrisburg Telegraph.
A very interesting proceeding took place
in the Lutheran church at Maytown, en
Tuesday evening, which was attended by
the full conference of the church, in ses
sion there, and by the children and people
of the village. After the transaction of
seme routine business, and singing and
praying, the business specially set apart
for the occasion was brought forward.
Rev. Charles A. Hay, professor of Get
tysburg Lutheran seminary, arose and
said that he had been selected by Gen. Si Si
eon Cameren te discharge a pleasing duty
involving en his part a reference te ene
with whom he had relations as pastor of
the First Lutherau church at Harrisburg,
of the most pleasiugaud profitable charac
ter, in a spiritual sense, and the presenta
tion of a property te the Lutherans of May
town, the old Cameren homestead of the
village, te be used as a parsonage under
the following conditiens: As long as
it is devoted te the uses of a parsonage it
was te remain in the possession of the
trustees of the Lutheran church of May
town. If the house is net occupied for
twelve months as a parsonage then it was
te beceme the property of the East Penn
sylvania synod of the Lutheran church.
The ether condition is that a portrait of
the late Mrs. Eliza Cameren remain in the
parlor of the parsonage the owner devis
ing that the parsonage shall constitute
a memorial of his deceased wife. Dr. Hay
then said that he had preached the funeral
sermon of the deceased lady iu whose
memory this magnificent gift was made.
In order te show these present what his
estimate of the dead lady was. Dr. Hay
read a portion of the sermon from
manuscript which he liail brought
with him. She had ever been faithful iu
all her duties as a Christian woman. Her
faith brought forth many geed works, and
these were exemplified by charity, forgive
ness aud forbearance. I never, said the
doctor, appealed te her in vain in the
name of charity, and she always gave two
fold. What she did was done without os
tentation. Hers was a heart never closed
te the suffering and hers a hand always
open te the needy. Her Christianity was
practical iu every sense. The church te
her was a place te prepare for the geed
which was te be done iu the world.
During my ministerial service in Har
risburg she sustained every movement
of the church for effort te relieve
the suffering. This was her idea of
a Christian life. Her activity never
wearied when suffering needed succor. If
she were in our midst new, and had a word
te say it would be ene of a practical charac
ter. She had a gi eat admiration for results.
What can you de? What are you doing'.'
constituted the important question of life
with her. She eared little ler what people
said. Merc wenls had no weight with her.
Kite looked for works, deeds of kindness
aud charity, works which spread their
benefits te all areuiid her. The
living husban 1, who erects a memorial
out of his old homestead te his dead wife,
devoting it te the practical uses of the
church, understands pieeiscly what is
proper te de as a tribute te her memory.
The aet exemplifies her life. It is what
she would herself de if she were living,
anil therefore it is most appropriate that
her portrait should hang en these walls te
consecrate the place te purity and geed
works Dr. Hay spoke at length and
elaborately of the traits of character in
the deceased, as he knew her, his remarks
impressing all present, particularly the
children, who weie greatly interested in
what he said of the late Mrs. Cameren,
many of whom will doubtless never forget
the beautiful and tender manner in which
he spoke of the deceased as he personally
knew her.
One of the trustees of the church re-
ceived the deed, with the conditions an
nexed, of the house from Dr. Hay, thank
ing him kindly for his remarks, ami,
through him, lien. Cameren for the gener
osity of the gift. It would be the great
pleasure of the trustees and the Lutherans
of Maytown te preserve this gift in the
spirit in which it is made, as a memorial
of a deceased lady, who, in lite, was well
known and highly respected by very
many of the elder people of Maytown.
Her portrait should ever remain where it
new is, invested new with a double in
terest, after what her eh! pastor, Dr. Hay,
had said of her, words which would en
dear her memory te every Christian who
visited this spot, new consecrated as her
shrine.
The house is situated iu the central
part of Maytown, is a iarsre two-story
brick house, substantially built aud sur
rounded by a half te three-quarters of an
acre of ground, well filled with fruit trees,
vines, bushes aud slnubbcry.
Gen. Cameren had intended te be pres
ent te participate in the presentation, but
was prevented by urgent business calling
him from Harrisburg en Tuesday. As the
house needs painting, and a few slight re
repairs a subscription was taken which
amounted te $175 in cash te de this work.
WEDDING I1KLI.1.
ltuck-Kotlienberger Nuptials In Keuillng.
Kt-uiling News et yesterday.
At the conclusion of the seven o'clock
mass this morning, in St. Paul's Reman
Catholic church, North Ninth street, the
devotees in attendance unexpectedly were
the witnesses of a marriage ceremony.
Shortly after half-past seven o'clock, their
attention was attracted by the entrance of
a bridal party, consisting of Peter Buck,
of Columbia, and Miss Katharine Rothen Rethen
hcrgcr, of this city, accompanied by Chas.
G. Rethcnbcrger and Miss Jesephine
Retheuberger, brother and sister of the
bride, who acted as groomsman and
bridesmaid. The party advanced up the
central aisle te the altar rail, where the
ceremony was performed by Itev. Father
liernemau, p.vster of the church, Prof. E.
Duppius, the organist, playing a beautiful
selection on.tbe organ.
The bride was attired in a charming
cream-colored silk, elaborately trimmed
with satin. In her hair she were a spray
of orange blossoms and in her hand car
ried a small bouquet of roses. The brides
maid were a black silk dress, with orna
ments. The bridegroom and best men
were dressed in the conventional black.
Mr. Buck is a machinist and engineer in
the employ of the Reading railroad com
pany at Columbia, and hi- bride is the
third daughter of Charles Rethenberger,
Ne. 421 North Sixth street, ami is a beau
tiful young lady.
A splendid banquet was served at neon
te-day under the supervision of Charles
Wildenstcin. A reception will be held
this afternoon, and this evening a sociable
will lie held in honor of the event at the
residence of the bride's parents. The
happy couple will remain in this city until
Saturday, when they will leave for Col
umbia, where they will take up their resi
dence. Declared a Lunatic.
SheriffStrine and a jury of six geed and
true men, in conjunction with A. If.
Fritchey,. commissioner in lunacy, took
testimony yesterday iu the case of Abram
II. Snyder, of East Denegal, an alleged
lunatic, and after hearing the evidence de
clared said Snyder te be a lunatic. Sny
der is a man of considerable property, and
being incompetent te take care of it, the
above action was taken ou application of
his family.
llubley Fennd Guilty.
The trial of Geerge W. Hnblcy, for steal
ing a fraternity pin from the mails while
under his charge as route agent, was con
cluded yesterday morning in the United
States district court before Judge Butler.
The jury found him guilty.