LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 1881.
Lancaster intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 188L
Metktds ef (Javerameat.
We believe that once before new, in
the Langan matter, we had occasion te
criticise and condemn the conduct of
Dr. Brooks. That was his individual
act and it is net new defended by him or
his friends. Se that we may consider
that the position we took en that occa
sion is conceded te have been substan
tially right. Evidently, at least, Dr.
Brooks and the Millersville faculty did
net consider it te have been maliciously
taken, as in the presentation of their
present case in our columns yesterday
by one of the professors we are conceded
te "deservedly have a high reputation
for honesty and liberality in discussing
public questions."
That reputation we sedulously en
deavor te merit ; and with it one also
for frankness. We aim te form a sound
view en every public question proper for
discussion and te express it, whoever
it may hurt. A second time within the
year the conduct of the Millersville au
thorities and students comes under pub
lic criticism, and we liave again reached
the conclusion that the action of the
school authorities was wrong. That ac
tion, we are new advised, was taken
deliberately by the faculty and was net
that of Dr. Brooks alone. The faculty
defend and maintain it. It is, therefore,
net Dr. Brooks only, but the entire
faculty of the school, who fall under our
condemnation, and that of these who
agree with us. This does net make us any
less resolute in giving it, though it does
cause us te carefully consider the ground
upon which we base our judgment.
It is net te be disputed that subordi
nation must exist in a successful school.
But subordination is net properly sought,
nor is it obtained by an arbitrary exercise
of power, when these who are ruled are no
longer in the unreasoning years of infancy
but have even attained the full growth
of man and womanhood. Regulations
that will successfully control young men
and women must be wise and reasonable ;
and a teacher who undertakes te teach
ethers hew te be teachers most lament
ably fails in his mission when he under
takes te declare that obedience is best
wrought by force, and when he exhibits
himself as se deficient in judgment as te
formulate an unwise rule, and find him
self compelled te enforce it against a
formidable rebellion for no better reason
than that it is necessary te maintain his
authority at all hazards.
The donkey can de that ; and while we
de net mean te be understood as saying
uiai, me .eiiiiersviiic proiessers are
donkeys, for they are net, we de say that
it is but a denkeyish trait te undertake
te maintain unwise action te sustain im
agined dignity.
Manifestly the whole question rests
upon the wisdom of the rules
that the students revolted against.
And it must be conceded here
that the normal school teachers
have an unusually delicate and diffi
cult charge, in conducting the co-education
of the sexes. Still it is a charge
they have undertaken, and they must be
judged according te their performance of
it. That their success has heretofore been
great simply shows that their .present
failure is net inherent in the system but
that either students or teachers are in
fault. The past success is as compli
mentary te the one as te the ether,
and cannot control us in placing the
fault of the disturbance of te-day.
That has come from what is admitted te
be an increased stringency in the rules
governing the conduct of the students
of the opposite sexes. These rules we
de net care te criticise, as we are net
probably sufficiently well informed te de
se. But we certainly agree with the fa
culty that they should be se strict as te
prohibit net only evil, but the appear
ance of it ; and we agree again that anv
student whose conduct be such as te
asperse the fair fame of the school
should be promptly expelled from
it. In this rigid holding of every
student te accountability for his or
her behavior, and unrelentingly punish
ing any deviation from strict propriety of
conduct, we would have, we think, am
ple weapons te maintain the repute of
the institution without finding it neces
sary te prescribe a regulation which
would keep relatives and even friends
from meeting en proper occasions under
the sun and the shade of the school
lawn.
But our great complaint of thefacul
t,j i una etuwi uuiues net irem any
seemingly unnecessary regulations of
the intercourse of the students, but from
their monstrous claim that they have a
right te prohibit the men and women
they seek te educate from expressing in
a proper place and a proper way their
opinions about the regulations te which
they aresubjected. It is a high privilege
of the American citizen te speak his
mind, subject te the control of the libel
laws. It is a privilege never denied te
the American student in any college te
express bis opinions about his governors.
And te de it publicly, if he does it
decently and in a proper place. And
what mere proper place could these
Millersville students select te express
their grievances than their school jour
nals ana tneir society meetings? We
are told that the professors were pres
ent. &e tney were ; but they need net
have been. If they were wise they would
net have been, if they were net ready
te listen te all that the students had te
say in a place and en an occasion which
was especially dedicated te them for dis
cussion and inter-communion.
And it seems especially improper that
any such unwonted restriction of the
liberty of a student should occur at this
institution, which proclaims in its
catalogue that its "method of gev-
einuieuii is uastxi upon tne sense
of dtdy and the power of self
control. Mere reliance is placed upon
the principles of self-government than
en positive rules or penalties attached te
arbitrary restrictions."
That sounds well. It is a declaration
we commend ; a principle in educating
grown men and women which we warm
ly approve. But it must be mere than
declared te be effective. It must be
acted en. Will the faculty say that in
their late action they have net depended
en " arbitrary restriction" rather than
the student's sense of duty ? De they
find that their catalogued theory will net
work ? Then let it be expunged, that in
future young, gentlemen and ladies may
net be drawn te an institution which
professes te trust te their sense of duty
and power of self-control, but which
they find seeks te bind them tightly
around with rules restricting absolutely
their liberty of action and of speech.
Oun esteemed local Republican con
temporaries continue te preserve their
funereal silence in regard te the sudden
abandonment of the proposed investiga
tion of the frauds at the late primaries,
which twenty-five citizens, en behalf of
either side., swore were sufficient te
change the declared results. Is there an
agreement between them that the Exam
iner is net te exult in the triumph of its
friends if the Era will keep silent about
the " ample evidence te prosecute and
convict for forgery and conspiracy"
which it premised would be forthcoming
at the proper time and in the prop
er place ? It leeks se. The New
Era has net yet answered the pop
ular inquiry whether or net knowledge
was brought te it that its friends had
perpetrated a greater fraud in the Sev
enth ward of this city alone than all the
ballet-box stuffing and return tinkering
in Ilarve Raymond's districts amounted
te.
Our cotemperary, the New Era, is as
tonished at the course of the Intelli
gencer in the Millersville affair, and
finds that this journal invariably sides
with the students of that institution and
against the authorities. Te which it
occurs te us te say that these two state
ments de net very well agree, since the
New Era is hardly warranted in being
astonished in observing another instance
of the invariable inclination of the In
telligencer. Aud we incline fur
ther te say that we de net feel the slight
est surprise at its views in this affair,
they being quite consistent with its re
cord ; nor de we feel any disturbance
that our opinions differ. We would feel
really concerned should they happen te
accord ; and we knew of nothing that
would se promptly cause us te give
them careful reconsideration in appre
hension of their possible unsoundness.
The bid of the Lancaster gas company
for lighting the city is net a bid under
the invitation of the committee for pro
posals and probably was net intended te
be. The company thinks it has the city
in a pinch and proposes te pinch it.
MINOR TOPICS.
We bail a Legislature once
In which we took no pride ;
It liveU a hundred and fifty days,
And tben, thank Ged, It died.
Gene but net net lergivcn.
Te day is the centenary of the birth of
Goerge Stephenson, whose narae is de
servedly mere closely associated than any
ether with the successful application of
steam power te locomotion en land.
The city is net altogether at the mercy
Of the gas company. Rcliable bids from
reliable parties for reliable lighting of the
city arc in at a lower rate than the gas
monopoly proposes.
" Sam, you are net honest.' Why de
you put all the geed peaches en top of the
measure and the little ones below ?" Same
reason, sah, dat makes de front of your
house marble and de back gate chiefly
slop bar'l, sah."
Blaine is starting te build a $50,000
house, 54x80, in Washington. It is te be
hoped he will net fall into Jehn Sherman's
tortuous ways and have it furnished out
of the ceutiugent funds of his depart
ment. If the city should adept any arrange
ment with the gas company te measure the
average of gas consumed by gauging
twelve lamps, the company will likely sec
te it that these lamps are better lighted
than its service was rendered last winter.
Mere than ene rooster has been spurred
te death by the gaff with which had heeled
himself. Colbern, of Somerset, has suc
ceeded in getting through the Heuse a
judicial apportionment bill te suit himself,
which makes the grotesque separation of
Fulton from Bedford and Somerset and at
taches it te Adams county, fifty miles away.
Colbern may find the district a slaughter
house for his judicial ambition.
Jeffersen Davis is reported by the
Terente Mail as saying en. Sunday that he
thought the Seuth was morally, political
ly and financially in a far werse condition
than before the war, but this was owing te
its present transition state, which he
likened te a forest, healthy in its primeval
form, unhealthy while the clearing up pro
cess is being carried en, and healthier than
ever when thoroughly cleared and under
cultivation.
Accordine te the Times it has net yet
been denied that the "Samuel Thompson,
fireman, " who appears en the pay-roll of
the Heuse at Harrisburg, is a fictitious
name intedted te enable Themas Stewart,
freshly pardoned ballet-stuBer, te draw a
salary from the state without cither
making himself known or rendering any
service. A man from this county berne
en the legislative pay-roll at Harrisburg
for about $000 a session hires a Harris
burger te de his work for $100.
Twe Mardera for Fifteen Cents.
Near Delby Springs, Texas, Jeffersen
Lee, a wealthy farmer, keeps a liquor sa
loon, which is patronized te a considerable
extent by colored people. While settling
an account with one of his customers, a
dispute arose about 15 cents. Each was
positive, and refused te yield. Frem words
they came te blows. Lee drew his knife
and cut his opponent, and it was afterward
discovered, with fatal effect While the
fight was in progress the neerre's wife
seized a hatchet, and hacked and chopped
Lee en the head and shoulders in a dread
ful manner. His wounds are se severe that
his life is despaired of.
And Have Takes Nothing. 1
Lugubrious Harrisburg Telegraph.
Twe parties were seining for shad last A
night, the water house party se-called and
another which is nameless, but neither j
succeeded in taking a fish and after sever- jj
al hours' hard work pulled for shore com- i
pletely disgusted.
PKRbONAl.
Prince Bismarck's indisposition com
pels him restricting his labors te a mini
mum and te perform them in a recumbent
position.
In view of the approaching visit te this
country of LaFayett's grandson and
Count Rochambeau in this Yorktown
Centennial year, the New Yerk historical
society proposes te entertain them.
A license has been issued in Bosten for
the marriage of two young Japanese. The
expectant groom is a student ; his bride
is seventeen years old and was his play
mate in their native land.
Justice Stanley Matthews, of the
United States supreme court, has accepted
the invitation of the New Yerk State Bar
association te deliver the annual oration at
its meetingjin Albany the third Tuesday of
September next.
A fashionable wedding occurred at
Trinity (Episcopal) church, New Yerk,
yesterday afternoon, the bridegroom being
Mr. Frederick A. Marqdand, son of
Mr. Henry G. Marquand, president of the
St. Leuis & Iren Mountain railroad, and
the bride, Miss Alice Oesten.
Mr. Franklin B. Gowns, ex-president
of the Reading railroad company, in answer
te a numerously signed request, has an
nounced his intention te deliver at such
time and place as may be appointed and
selected for the purpose, an address upon
" the position which the city of Philadel
phia should occupy te the great common
wealth of which she is part, te its trans
portatien lines,and te the railway problem
of the day."
Montgomery Blair says that if Conkline
should tell what he knows about the presi
dential fraud of 187G-77 it would make the
hair of the people stand en end. Blair
thought he knew a great deal about that
fraud, but, as Mr. Conkling told him one
day, that gentleman knew mere about it
than he did. He says that Mr. Conkling
invariably, in conversation en the subject,
expressed the strongest condemnation of
the means by which Mr. Tildcn was de
frauded of the presidency, aud it was Mr.
Conkling who prevented the consummation
of the scheme first devised by the late Sen Sen
aeor Morten, by which Senater Ferry, as
president pre tern, of the Senate, was te
assume the absolute control of the elector
al vote and count in Mr. Hayes.
Sea Sickness.
The article in Tuesday's Intelligencer
en the abeve subject, in which my old
preceptor, Dr. Alenzo Clark, expresses
his views, only corroborates the statement
1've made a thousand times, viz : There
is no subject in the wide world about
which there are se many ambiguities and
se little known as the cause of diseases
and the proper methods of getting rid of
them. AH the articles unite in admitting
that they don't knew what portion of the
body is affected, and the bromides and
ether medicines prescribed are as unscien
tific as would be the shot of an expert at
birds in a trce with his eyes shut. I've
prescribed many times for my patients
about te cress the " big waters," and
successfully. Sea sickness is caused by
the irregular movement of the vessel en
the waters, and produces always the fol
lowing results : Slight or distinct dizzi
ness, giddiness seen accompanied with a
peculiarly unpleasant sensation in the
intestines, sometimes in the stomach.
The brain is annoyed by the new motion
of the body, made in concert with the
motion of tlie ship. The whele nervous
system is mere or less disturbed, and con
tinues te be se until the body and brain
arc united te its new calling, and just as
the mouth gets accustomed te tobacco,
opium and ether excitants se does the body
from the effect of the rolling motion of the
steamship. Fer the explanation is simple
aud easy. There is through life a wave
like mevement of the intestines of man and
beast, called medically peristaltic, and
this motion is always arrested when per
sons are sea sick, and hence all persons re
ceive decided advantage by rubbing ever
them and by light diet during the affliction ;
all drugs increase rather than decrease the
annoyance. C. A. Greene.
A Kead Agent Discouraged.
The Frederickburg (Tcxas)stagc, carry
ing Brown, the driver, and passengers
Jehn McNeil, an Arizona miner ; II. T.
Thurmond, of Kickapoo Springs ; Miss
Jennie Mitchell and Carl Herman, a dis
charged soldier, was halted five miles
from Frcdericsburg by masked men in the
shadow of a tree in the read. One mail
sack thrown off the stage was cut open
aud rifled of its registered packages by the
robbers. The passengers being ordered te
alight, the woman and Thurmond com
plied. McNeil refused but being threat
ened get out. He was then ordered te
threw up his hands, but refused and start
ed for the brush in order te shade himself
from the glare of the moon. Being asked
what he had iu his right hand, he replied,
"A geed six-shooter," whereupon the
robber fired at him aud, running te the
brush, mounted his horse aud. escaped.
The highwayman is supposed te be the
"short man," of the "long and short men"
who have committed numerous robberies
of late. McNeil had en his person $300 in
money and drafts en San Francisce amount
ing te $20,000.
Oar State Legislature.
Beth Houses of the state Lcgislature
were stili in session at a late hour last
night. Conferenco reports en the ten
million lean bill the judicial apportion
ment bill and the general appropriation
bill were agreed te by. both houses, and.
the Dins sent te tne governor. The bill
te secure the regular payment of laborers
and mechanics (known as the "stere
order bill ") was also passed finally. The
conference report en the four mill tax bill
failed in the tfouse by ene vote. The re-
I cerder's bill failed through the disagree
ment of the cenference committees. The
bill supplementary te the act of 1865, " te
promote the mere equal assessment of
taxes in cities of the first class, and reg
ulating the collection of municipal
claims," was passed and sent te the gev.
ccner.
Closing Scenes of an All-Night Session.
ICarrlsburg Patriot.
At midnight last night the casual ob
server who might have wandered into the
hall of the Heuse of Representatives would
at first glance have been impressed with
the idea that he was gazing at the closing
scenes of a fiercely fought field. The
wreck of battle could be seen in every di
rectien. In ene place a desk had been
broken from its supports, in another a
chair overturned bore silent witness te
some hand-te-hand conflict. The fleer
was strewn with paper balls, and occa
sionally a missile of that description would
m whizzing across the hall, much te the
annoyance of nervous members. This
fesilade was kept up most of the evening
until about half-past twelve, when a hard
paper ball struck Mr. Myers, of Snyder
county a severe blew in the eye. The in
jnry was very painful and may prove
serious.
THE ST. GOTHABD.
Banning Trains Throng the Tunnel by
Electricity. .
It is intended, if possible, te run trains
en the railway through the St Gethard by
electricity, which is te be produced by the
machines new employed in pumping air
into the workings and for ether purposes.
In the summer of 1879, at the Berlin
exhibition the model of an electricity rail
way was shown which is at present work
ing in the Londen- Crystal Palace.
Small as the railway was, it clearly de
monstrated that such a mode of transport
is feasible, and the advantages of having
light carriages and being able te propel
them without noise and smeke induced
Messrs. Siemens and Halshe te lay before
the authorities in Berlin a plan te make an
elevated railway in Berlin upwards of six
miles long. Subsequently the same gen
tlemen obtained permission te build a rail
way en the ground level from Zichtcrfeldc,
a suburban station en the Berlin Anhalt
railway, te the military academy, and this
railway was lately successfully opened for
regular traffic, a single line, little mere
than one and a half English miles long.
Ne difficulty was experience in using
one rail as .the positive and the
ether as the negative conductor.
The car is constructed te held twenty
persons, the dynamo machine being placed
underneath the car, and transmitting its
movement te the wheels by spiral steel
springs. The time for traversing the dis
tance is net te be less than ten minutes,
although the car could make the journey
in almost half the time with perfect safety.
If the railway continues te work in a sat
isfactory manner it is te be extended, and
there is no doubt that the success of the
railway at Zichterfclde will greatly assist
in the further introduction of electrical rail
ways, cither en the level of the streets or
elevated like the steam railways of New
Yerk. Over any ether system worked by
steam or compressed air the electrical has
the advantage that no heavy machinery
has te be carried about te set the train in
motion, the carriage- can, therefore, be
built in a lighter manner, thus reducing
the power necessary te meve them, and
permitting all bridges and ether super
structures te be built mere cheaply than
usual. Several carriages, each with a
dynamo machine, can be joined te
one train, and by this distribution
of metive power much steeper
inclines can be overcome than
when the same train is drawn by a siugle
locomotive. In addition te the ordinary,
brakes, means can be provided te short
circuit the machines en the carriages, and
te cause them te act as very powerful
brakes. The use of large stationary en
gines reduces the amount of fuel necessary
te develop a certain power en the travel
ing carriage, and if waterfalls can be
utilized the cost of working these railways
can be further diminished. It seems
prebable that such railways can be use
fully aud economically constructed te
facilitate the traffic in crowded streets, or
in situations where local circumstances
favor their application. Frem all that
has been done during the last few years
it is evident that the art of transmitting
power by electricity has advanced rapidly,
and that its practical application is con
tinually gaining ground.
THE KX-PKKSIUr.NT.
Tne Mexican Concessions te Gen. Grant.
The New Orleans Picayune reporter
asked Gen. Grant for a copy of his conces
sions, but the bill was in one of the trunks
en the vessel and was net procurable im
mediately. However, the following syn
opsis, revised by the general's secretary,
Mr. Dawsen, will give a fair idea of the
concession te Gen. Grant:
1. The line is te start from the Citv of
Mexico, passing by the cities of Pueblo
and Oaxaca, and by Tchuantepcc and te
take there the best route for the frontier
of Mexico with Guatemala, one branch te
come from Vera Cruz and Anten Lizarde,
and another te run te Huatalce. The
company has a right te build a line te
Tuxita, Chiapas, San Cristobal and Com Cem
tan, in the state of Chiapas.
2. The surveys of the line arc te begin
within six months from the publication of
the contract, and the work is te com
mence within six months from date. Dur
ing the second year the company is te
build at least 50 kilemetres of the read, 100
kilemetres during the third year, and 160
kilemetres during each of the seven suc
ceeding years. The entire read is te be
finished in ten years from thsrdate of the
contract.
3. The read is te be built without sub
sidy, but the company will have the right
of way and free importation of all articles
needed for building during construction of
the read, and for 15 years afterward the
read and its capital accessories te be free
from all classes of duties for twenty-five
years after completion.
4. The tariffs will be 15, 10 and 7 cents
per ten of 2,000 English pounds, and per
each inile for merchandise of first, second
and third class respectively, and 11, 6 and
5 cents per mile for each passenger hy
first, secend-aud third class.
5. The read is te be the property of the
company, which will manage it in its own
way, beginning the work at any point, and
making the gauge te suit its purpose. The
government is net te have any ether inter
ference than that required by the general'
railroad laws of Mexico.
C. The tariffs can be raised te the point
at which they will yield 10 per cent, of the
capital represented by the read, after do de
ducting all expenses.
7. The company has full right te mort mert mort
gage the read and issue stock and bends,
but after the lapse of 90 years from the
date of contract the Mexican government
will have the right te purchase the read,
paying in cash its actual value.
A paring desperado.
He Sheets
a Deputy
Geed His
Sheriff anil Makes
Escape
In Stokes county, Ky., Frank Baker,
deputy sheriff, was shot and killed by
Jesse Smith, for whom he had a warrant
of arrest. The deputy sheriff, accompa
nied by a posse, went te James A. Smith's
house in the night time te effect Jesse's
arrest. About daybreak the posse sur
rounded the house and knocked at the
deer. After some delay the deer was
opened by Jehn Smith, and as it was open
ed Jesse, in his night clothes and wearing
a long-cared bonnet, passed out by an
other deer, accompanied by bis
mother and sister. When the three
reached the yard they found themselves
surrounded by the pesse. The women
retreated te the house, but Jcsse ran
through the pesse te escape. As he ran
several shots were fired at him, but with
out effect. When he reached the point
whero the deputy sheriff had posted him.
self the latter tried te intercept him.
Jesse thereupon shot Baker through the
body and then made geed his escape.
Baker died in an hour. Jcsse' Smith is
represented as a very desperate man, who
has previously shot several ether men and
belongs te a family of desperadoes. A re
ward of $700 has been offered for his cap
ture Facts Stranger Than Fiction.
Fourteen years age aMaine man left his
wife and child at dinner and sauntered
away. One day ten years later he sat in
a hut under the comfortable shadow of
Table Mountain, Cal., a tired, unlucky
miner, and was eating his' brunette
bacon and beans. His wife and his
daughter (the latter grown te be a
young lady) entered. He raised his eyes
from his plate, said "Ye've get here at
last, hev ye?" and continued his meal.
Twe years later the woman disappeared
from that home. The ether day the mother
was fourth in a San Francisce walking
match, credited with 393 miles, and the
daughter, forsaken by a lever, tried te
drown herself. Bert Harte, where are you?
FOsTER BKKOMUfATKD.
A Unlet Convention or Ohie Republicans A
Speech by Senater snexmaa
Senater Sherman was elected permanent
chairman of the Repulican state conven
tion. In his speech en taking the chair he
said the Governer Fester was entitled te
a renominatien for the vigorous canvass
two years age which culminated in the
election of Garfield. He premised Ohie and
reviewed the achievements of the Republi
can, party. Speaking of Ohie politics
Secretary Sherman said :
" There never has been and there never
WH be room for a primate or boss. The
m.ui who attempts it had better make his
will beforehand. Applause. And, fellow-citizens,
I congratulate you upon the
auspicious opening of the administration
of James A Garfield. We knew office
seeking is undoubtedly the proper pursuit
of mankind. Laughter. Tbere may
be 6onie disappointments, because there
are fewer places te fill than men willing
te fill them. But in the main the general
principles and policy of this administra
tion are in harmony with the aspirations
of the Republican party."
Senater Sherman said that Secretary
Windem had been carefully and most suc
cessfully managing the finances of the
country. The people of Ohie are satisfied
with the administration and emphatically
appreve Garfield's course. " Let him pun
ish all who de wrong."
The platform adopted indorses the ad
ministration of President Garfield and of
Gov. Fester, congratulating the latter en
the successful refunding of the state debt
at a rate less than 3 per cent, interest.
Charles Fester was nominated for gev
erner by acclamation. J. G. Richards, of
Jcfferseu county, was nominated for lieu
tenant governor. Geerge Paul was nomi
nated for member of the beard of public
works by acclamation. Jeseph Turner was
nominated for treasurer by acclamation.
Nicholas Longworth was nominated for
judge of the supreme court. Gcerge K.
Nash was nominated for attorney general
by acclamation.
The convention adjourned sine die.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The severest thunder storm of the sea
son in Baltimore, visited that city yester
day afternoon. The lightning struck in
soveral places, and trees were damaged by
the wind.
It is reported in Terente that Bosten
capitalists have subscribed $5,000,000 to
wards the' construction of the air line from
Winnipeg te Duluth, te be built westward
from Duluth this summer.
Jehn Grant and Daniel McNeil, lest
from the Gloucester schooner Bollcr Bellcr Bollcr
ephon, while tending trawls en the Grand
Banks, wcre picked up by a passing
schooner.
J. & R. Kingsland, paper manufacturers
of Passaic county, New Jersoy, were
convicted yesterday in the county court at
JNewauc ler polluting the waters of the
Passaic river with carbolic acid.
Twe freight trains en the Wabash, St.
Leuis & Pacific railroad were wrecked by
a collision near Burnside, Illinois, en
Tuesday morning. The less is estimated
at 80U,000. Twe men were injured, ene
sevcrely.
The portion of the Robinson wagon com
pany's factory in Cincinnati which was
saved when the ether buildings were de
stroyed by fire a tew months age, was
burned en Tuesday night, with machinery
and stock. Less $30,000.
On Tuesday afternoon while Frank IIol IIel IIol
lenbach was working in Lcvan's saw mill
at Albany station, he was struck en the
back of the head with a heavy piece of weed
that was caught by the saw. He was
kuecked insensible, and it is thought that
his skull is fractured and his recovery
doubtful.
Richard Thomnr-en, colored, was struck
by lightning and instantly killed in Rich
mond yesterday. The rcmarkable feature
of the affair is that there was no storm
prevailing and only very small clouds
passing ever the city at the time, from
which only one flash of lightning is
sued, accompanied by a moderate report
of thunder. The man was at work en the
river bank when struck by the lightning.
Near Westpertand in Little Compten
and Rivcrten, R. I., several persons have
had haystacks burned and cattle poisoned.
The well of Edward Hewland was poisoned,
resulting in the death of a boy and the
severe illness of three ether persons. Late
ly ether persons have lest horses and cattle
by poisoning. People are afraid te testify
against the suspected criminals, who have
net yet been arrested.
Samuel D. Haynes, who while in prison
murdercd his guard, at Rockland, Me., a
few years age, for which he is undergoing
a sentence of life imprisonment in the
state prison, has made a desperate at
tempt te escape, and was shot through the
lungs by one of the prison guards. Haynes
was accompanied by a prisoner named
Breader, and both were well armed They
had already passed one guard, who was
blinded by the convicts throwing hartshern
liniment into his face. Beth were se
cured. A rain storm of unusual severity has
occurred iu West Virginia, by which con
siderable damage- was done te growing
crops, te the country reads and bridges
and railroads. Nearly all trains are out
of time in consequence. A family named
Straup, living en Glenn's linn, were
swept away in the night, the mother and
five children being drowned and the father
carried en a leg te the head of ene of the
Sisters Islands, where he was found
in an iuscnsible condition. The bodies of
the mother and two of the children have
been recovered, but the ethers have been
arrived down the river.
The Vattlc-lield of Gettysburg.
Baltimore Gazette.
Mr. Wm. H. Gelbach, formerly of Balti
more but new residing en the Emmitts
bunr read, near Gettysburg, Pa., was in
the city yesterday and called at the Gazette
office. Mr. Gelbach has a farm just out
side of Gettysburg, between Hancock's and
Pettegrew's positions in the great fight.
On Saturday Mr. Gelbach, while excavat-
ing en his farm, disceverd a trench
containing the remains of a number of
Confederate soldiers. It was about this
vicinity that Themas's brigade, of Georgia,
was located. Ne Union soldiers reached
that part of the ground, which confirms
Mr. Gelbach in the belief that they wcre
members of the above-named Confederate
command. By a piece of decorated coat
sleeve found en one of the arm bones it
was ascertained that the wearer . had
been a lieutenant. The bodies had been
se heaped in the trench that no one skele
ton could be exhumed entire, although
all of the principal bones wcre preserved.
The remains of twenty soldiers were
taken out, though mere remain in the
trench. Theso taken from the trench
have been carefully boxed up and tempor
arily interred. Mr. Gelbach has seen Mr.
McHenry Heward, of this city, in refer
ence te bringing the matter before the
Society of the Army and Navy of the Con
federate states in Maryland te arrange for
a proper interment of the remains, and
the Georgia society will also probably be
communicated with in regard te the dis
covery. m
Washington and .Lee.
A meeting in Philadelphia yesterday of
the Centennial organization for the better
endowment of the Washington and Lee
university, Lexington, Va., elected W.
W. Corcoran,- of Washington, D. C,
president, and Hen. n. II. Housten, of
Philadelphia, vice president. Resolutions
were adopted eulogistic of the late Morten
McMichacl, Henry C. Carey, A. E. Berie
and Themas A. Scott. Addresses en the
importance of education and the necessity
of an endowment fund for the university
were made by Senater Jenes, of Flerida ;
Hen. Benj. A. Willis, of New Yerk ; Rev.
Dr. Everett, and Mr. Jehn W. Ferney.
sign Beards for 1884.
Washington National Republican, Stalwart
Organ.
The railroad monopolists will never be
strong enough te re-elect General Gar
field. The fate of Mr. Blaine ought te
have warned him against the present alli
ance with them.
The New Yerk Tribune failed te make
Mr. Greeley president in 1872, Mr. Blaine
in 187C and in 1880, and its advocacy or
General Garfield for 1884 would alene be
sufficient te insure his defeat.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
I AM NOT MAD."
AM KXtUTING SCENE IN UTITZ.
A Weman Forcibly Taken te the Lunatic
Asylum.
About a week age there came te the
Lititz Springs hotel, a woman of medium
stature, line features, delicately formed
and refined in manner. She looked feeble,
worn and haggard. Her face were a trou
bled leek, like one used te long suffering.
She asked for work, and out of pnre sym
pathy the proprietor's wife gave her some
light employment. There was something
mysterious about her, inasmuch as her
language was geed grammar, her know! knew!
of books proved her te be a woman of
mere than erpinary culture.
Yesterday a messenger from the Penn
sylvania state lunatic asylum arrived at
the hotel with an order for her return te
Harrisburg. The order was written by
Dr. Gerhard, superintendent of the insti
tution. The peer woman protested most pit pit
ceusly against returning te " that prison"
as she called 'it, and appealed te all around
her te assist her in seme way te have her
case investigated.
" I am net insane'" she said, " you all
knew I have the right use of all my facul
ties, and eh ! it is an outrage te consign
me again asa lunatic l Ob, friends, think
hew j ou prize your own liberty! Then
think of me shut up for three years as a
lunatic, and all the time as sensible as you
are, as sane as I am new. -Oh, is it net
enough te make any one insane ? I won wen
dor that I did net become insane I Is theie
no justice for me ! Hew long. Oh, Lord,
hew long ?"
Then followed the story of her escape
hew she walked herself nearly te death
having no money te pay her way ending
with the heart-rending appeal " And
new mnst I go back ?" Every ene around
her was in tears, and each felt it was an
outrage. She argued her case most forci
bly, eloquently, and left with her
-captor perfectly heart-broken. As this
woman new appears te be sane, and asks
for investigation, it should be granted.
And if, as she alleges, her husband, Mr.
Fogg, of Philadelphia, has placed her
there te get rid of her, the imposition
should be exposed and the woman set at
liberty.
She asked Mr. Spicklcr, the proprietor
of the Lititz Springs hotel, te give her a
letter te Dr. Gerhard stating that she had
been guilty of no insane act or impro
priety whatever. The request was checr
fully .granted.
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Free Press in ML Jey.
The Mt. Jey Star ami News, whose ed
itor was excluded from the meetings of
the school beard, at the instance of Sec
retary Patterson, smarting under some of
its strictures, thus cxultingly points out
that time at last makes all things even :
As was predicted by a large number
of our citizens, at the outcemo of the vic
tory gained at the last borough election
for school directors, a change has been
made in the secretary of the beard. Sec
retary Patterson only saved himself from
an awful defeat, when he fully realized
his situation, by withdrawing his name
as a candidate, before the vote was taken.
The deem of the director who voted for
the unlawful and contemptible secret reso
lution of Secretary Patterson, was met at
the spring election by an overwhelming de
feat, and the same fate is surely awaiting
the "Bess" when his term for re-election
is coming. The director, who alone (of
the members present) bad the heart and
nerve te vote against that abominable and
unjust resolution, has new been made the
secretary of the beard. With C. M. Mar
tin as secretary, we can assure our tax
payers and ethers interested in the man
agement of our school aflars, that we will
cheerfully at any time show his minute
book te any person.
With the present beard of directors, our
citizens can cheerfully go te any of their
meetings, and they will be welcomed. If
they will net attend the meetings, they
can call upon the secretary who will cheer
fully make known te them the whele pro
ceedings. This is quite a change from the
late ex-secretary whose chief beast it was
that he would net show the minute book.
Let us have liberty and open meetings of
the school beard, liberty of press and
speech in a liberty-loving and free country.
NEIGIIBOKUOOD NEtV.S.
Near and Acress the County Lines.
Jehn Rcnningcr, a leading citizen of
Siddonstewn, Yerk county, was found
dead in an outhouse a few days age. It is
supposed he died from heart disease
At the Lincoln university commence
ment the speech of Renbcn J. Flick, a
wealthy resident of Wilkcsbarie, was
loudly applauded, for he announced his
$20,000 endowment of a new professorship.
On Tuesday morning 5,000 brook trout
arrived in West Chester from Marietta,
Lancaster county, directed te Dr. J. R.
Evcrhart. These fish had been get by
Senater James B. Everhart from the fish
commissioners for the pnrpose of stocking
seme of the streams of Chester county se
that this gamy and delicious fish would
once mere abound as they did years age.
The trout wcre about an inch and a half
long.
Yesterday morning Mr. Roberts, of
Montgomery, arose in the Henso with an
injured expression of countenance and
said : " Mr. Speaker, I was sitting here
awhile age and a large paper ball struck
me right there," indicating a spot just
ever his left eye. The IIouse laughed and
somebody moved that the victim be laid en
the table and a surgeon sent for. The
speaker remarked that he supposed seme
Democrat had struck Mr. Roberts. The
old gentleman did net get much sympathy.
Police Cases.
Ou Saturday night a fight occurred en
North Queen street, between a party of
darkeys, and last night William Bostea,
Hallie Thompson, Harriet Bosten and
Ruth Weeds, had hearings before Alder
man Samson, en tbe charge of assault
and battery, preferred by each ether. The
cases were all dismissed. William Bosten
was held in bail te answer at court the
charge of desertion preferred by his
wife.
Before Alderman Barr, William aluu
"Tudler" Richardson, has made com
plaint against Wm. P. Werth, whom he
charges with assault and batteryand sure
ty of peace. A hearing in the case will
be heldthis evening.
The mayor this morning had but one
drunk before him, and he sent him te pri
son for thirty days.
PROPOSAL FOR FLIGHTING.
The Gaa Company Want SI .70 Per
Thousand.
Last evening the lamp committee of city
councils opened proposals for lighting the
city for the period of ene year, beginning
July 1, next.
The Lancaster gaslight and fuel com
pany bid te furnish the city with all the
gas that may be needed for the mayor's
office, treasurer's office and ether build
ings, and also the street lamps, at the rate
of $1.70 per thousand casks' feet, the
amount of gas consumed by each street
lamp te be estimated from an average of
net less than twelve lamps with meters
attached, which meter lamps shall be
placed in such positions as the lamp com
mittee and the company may designate.
The company agree te keep all lamps in
repair, but the city te provide for their
lighting, extinguishment and Cleaning.
The company bid te erect lamps and
pests at $18. Under the existing contract
with the same company the city pays $1.10
per thousand for gas burned in the public
offices, while the street lamps are supplied
at $18 per lamp per annum. The bid for
lamps and pests is the same as at present.
The Pennsylvania Glebe gaslight com
pany, of Philadelphia, .which is new sup
plying the 186 oil or gasoline lamps, and
has had the contract for the past three
years, bids te renew its contract and tp
light as many mere lamps as councils may
direct at the sum of $24.50 per lamp per
annum, furnishing a sixteen-candle power
light, and erecting all lamps and pests that
may be needed during the jcar without ad
ditional expense te the city ; said lamps
and pests te remain the property of the
company and te be removed without cost te
the city at the expiration of the contract.
The existing price is $23.50 per lamp per
annum, under which the company furnish
pests without additional expense, but the
city purchases outright, at the price of
$4.05, all lamps erected.
The Maleucy gas. company, of Pitts
burgh, bid te light and extinguish all the
street lamps, or auy portion of them, net
less than 175, at $23.50 per year for each
lamp.
The Automatic gas lamp and lighting
company, of New Yerk, propose te light
the city throughout with the Automatic
gas lamp for twenty-one dollars per lamp
per year.
The conimittce considered the bid of the
Pennsylvania Glebe company, the present
contractors, te be the most satisfactory
and mere nearly iu conformity with the
specifications of the advertisement. Nene
of the ether bidders make any reference'
te lamps and pests nor te the power of
the light proposed te be furnished, and it
was resolved te recommend favorably te
councils the proposal of the company
named. With regard te the furnishing of
the city with gas the committee deter
mined te submit the matter te councils
without recommendation. Mr. Smeych,
of the committee, was strongly in favor of
recommending in favor of the Pennsylva
nia Glebe company for lighting the entire
city. The bid of the gas company en
the terms indicated, he thought, was net te
be considered. The matter was discussed
at some length. Councilman White was
opposed te any specific recommendation
in the matter. He felt confident that
councils would reject the gas company's
bid, but thought the subject should be
permitted te go te that body for disposi
tion. Mr. White succeeded in se far im
pressing his views en the committee that
it was decided te refer the question te
councils unaccompanied by recommenda
tion, though Mr. Smeych stoutly protested
and asserted that it was the dnty of the
committee te strike back at this company,
whose bid is simply exorbitant.
It will be noted that the gas company's
bid is in direct contravention of the terms
of city ordinance and of the specifications
of the committee's advertisement, which
state specificially that the street lamps
shall be snpplied sAa fixed price per lamp,
while the company's bid proposes te charge
the city by the thousand feet.
It is expected that a special meeting of
councils will be called shortly te dispose of
the matter.
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS.
The l'regrcas or the St raw berry Campaign.
A strawberry festival given by the Ful
ton Heme, B. U. (II. F.) of Pa., was
opened in the lower room of Odd-Fellows
hall last evening. The room is very taste
fully decorated with flags, flowers, pic
tures, mottoes, &c, and tables are supplied
with an abundance of strawberries, cream,
ice cream, flowers, cakes, confections, &c.,
and ice-cold lemonade is supplied by "Re
becca at the well. " The attendance was
quite large, and the proceeds from sales
encouraging. The festival will be contin
ued until Saturday evening.
The SMMer Fair.
The fair and festival for the benefit of
the Shilller lire company will be opened in
the hall of the company en Saturday even
ing next. Great preparations have been
made by the members of the company and
their lady friends, te ensure the success of
the fair. Innumerable articles of value
have been contributed or purchased, and
the exhibition will doubtless be one of the
finest ever had in the city. As the fair
opens in the midst of the strawberry sea
son (and strawberries were never larger or
mere luscious than new) the patronage
that the Shifllcr boys will receive cannot
fail te be satisfactory.
Mail Agent Sentenced.
Gcerge W. Hublcy, the mail route agent
convicted of stealing from the mails under
his charge, was refused a new trial yester
day morning and was sentenced te pay a
fine of $100, the costs of prosecution, and
te undergo au imprisonment of ene year in
the penitentiary.
In passing sentence upon Hublcy Judge
Butler spoke as fellows : " I am sorry se
severe a sentence should be inflicted en
such a young man of apparently se geed a
character and my mind is net clear from
the idea that you may net be guilty of this
offense, but the evidence against yen is
conclusive."
The "Old Commander" en Deck.
Kx-Stutc Supt. Wiclccrshmii's Scheel Journal.
"This will be a geed time te move en
the normal schools," says the (Doylcs (Deylcs (Doylcs
tewn) Democrat, and creaking' voices echo
the same sentiment in all directions. A
geed time, because there has been a change
in the effice of state superintendent. But
when the battle comes en, there will be no
want of leaders, and the "Old Comman
der" himself may take a band as in the
days gene by.
Sales of Tobacco.
Wm. Ramsay, of Fawn Greve, Yerk
county, sold 1 acre te Prangley at 8 and 2;
Fanny Jorden, Chanceferd, 2 acres te
Shindle at 9 round; B. F. Manifold,
Muddy Creek Ferks, 2 acres te Stehman
.at 9 and 3 ; R. K. Boyd te same, 2 acres at
8, 3. 2.
Messrs Boek and Jacobs, of Maytown,
bought from Henry Smyacr & Sen, of
Yerk cennty, 40,000 pounds at fair
prices.
Old Banger Chare.
Old Banger churcb, Churcbtewa, Lan.
caster county, having been thoroughly re
paired and renovated, will be opened for
Divine service en Thursday, June 23, at
10:30 a. m. Divine service also en Sun
dav. Jane 29. at 10:30 al m. and 7:45 p. m.
COnuauiitiuM ui rcupcuiug service.
The offertory or collection at each ser
vieo will be applied toward the payment of
the debt remaining upon the church- edi
fice. " .. s : -
Pateat Granted.
A. Iske, of this city, has obtained letters
patent for a stock car and meter.
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