LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY, JUNE 28; 1881.
Lancaster intdltgeiirer.
TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 28, 1881.
Newspaper Reticence.
The pastor and a number of tlie
members of St. Mark's church in
Philadelphia have been annoyed re
cently by ttie receipt of indecent postal
cards and letters, and te-day the Phila
delphia newspapers all refer te the inves
tigation which has been held into the
matter by pesial detectives. We take
note of the matter simply te remark
upon what lias chiefly struck us ; and
that is the conduct of the respec
tive journals, in the freedom or
reticence which they display in
communicating te the public the
facts which they have evidently re
ceived from the parties who have pursued
the inquiry and without any special en
terprise of their own. They seem te have
been told the facts of public interest with
. special injunctions te observe secrecy as
te the identity of the guilty party, whom
these interested wished te protect from
publicity, she being respectably connect
ed and believed te be a monomaniac en
the subject. Se far as we have noted, the
newspaiier editors have observed the
prenii.se they must have given when
they obtained the information, se far as
net te publish the name: but, inside of
this, they each give us an exhibition of a
different shade of interpretation of their
undertaking. Frem one we barely learn
that the guilty party is being traced ;
another says the chase has become se het
as te have frightened the perpetrator
into a cessation of the annoyance, and
therefore the pursuit has been dropped ;
from a third we learn that a well con
nected female is suspected; again that
it is a young woman net connected with
the church ; while from the Press, the
most leaky of the let, we find that it is a
young woman " who had been afflicted
for years and was the object of the most
tender solicitude of her widowed
mother;" and that the detective found
her out through her communication te
the pastor of the church of a number of
cards which she had received ami her
exhibition, when questioned, of a
knowledge of ether cards which she
would only have had as the author of
them.
There is nothing at all remarkable in
the fact that an insane young woman
should have been guilty of these tricks,
and there was manifest propriety in
stepping the investigation when the
offense was thus traced and the natural
guardian of the irresponsible party was
put in possession of the knowledge of
her acts. The matter was hardly one for
newspaper publicity, and the newspapers
who gave it the briefest mention are en
titled te credit for their self-denial. Fer
it certainly does require a great deal of
self-control in a journalist te suppress
interesting information at his command.
The public, which is always ready
te condemn newspapers for pub
lishing scandalous matter, is just
as ready te read it when pub
lished, and there is no doubt that the
mere free a newspaper is in disclosing
every thing of every kind it hears, the
greater is the stimulus it supplies te its
circulation, lint there are many things
which the self-resjiectiiig journalist will
net publish, and just according te his
innate decency will be his reticence con
. cerning them. This affair we new refer
te is net of an especially obnoxious
character, but has attracted our atten
tion l)ccauseef the notable gradation
in the freedom which the editors of the
different journals permitted themselves
in narrating it.
These Ureal Astronomers.
The astronomers are still in a twitter
of excitement ever that comet, which
they can't make out at all, knowing
neither whence it has come, nor whither
it geeth, nor even whether they have ever
seen it before. They are net even cer
tain whether it is the one seen in Seuth
America nearly a month age, as some
of them doubt whether it could have
get along here se quickly, though it is
en the same track ; just :is they doubt
whether it is the 1S07 comet, since.theugh
its course is the same, they had calculat
ed that one would net return for seven
teen hundred years,or for a thousand, any
way, as ether accounts say. One astrono
mer discloses his theory that this comet is
melting rapidly, a fact which he discov
ers by its smooth roundness, and he haz
ards the suggestion that we may never
see it mere. This melting announce
ment is the most surprising one we have"
had, and quite unpleasant in this melt
ing weather; for if it melts-what is te
become of it? There is no such thing,
natural philosophy teaches us, as the de
struction of matter ; it can only suffer
change ; solids may become liquids and
liquids gases, but they are around about
all the same, occupying space. And
where will this comet go te when it
melts, and what will it melt into V
It is new in about as innocent a shape
as it can have, since they say it is tee
light te hurt anything if it should drop
into us. Professer Draper tells us the
tail is a luminous shadow ; and though
we quite fail te take in a due concep
tion of a "luminous" shadow, the
shadows we are acquainted with being
of the unilluminated kind, yet we don't
dispute the existence of the luminous sort,
feeling quite able te swallow such a lit
tle minnow of a tale after having taken
down whole the whales that have
been daily served up te us since
this c-juiic comet has appeared ;
and as we knew that a shadow is a
very light thing te be struck by we feel
quite ;isy about the impinging upon us
of that cornet's tail, and don't suppose
the head in very much harder. Uut if it
rnelts, being new gaseous, must it net
melt into a liquid that may flood ns,or
poison our waters, or into a solid that
may knock a hole into us ? Quite likely
it h nothing te worry ever, and very ikmj
jsibly the astronomers may knew of some
natural law that will keep the melting
Cem:t from riii-lliiig into u.H ; but we,
being ignem?, or astronomical lore,
don't knew, and se feel a little timid
about it. Certainly it is a great thing
te be an astronomer. It is such an im
posing science. The field is se big, and
the figures, and everything. Naturally it
makes a man expand te dwell in such
an elevated atmosphere ; and his stories
swell, and his dazzled disciples, know
ing no better, take them with a simple
faith that would tempt these great men,
if they were net truly geed, te tell
them lies ; but maybe they don't.
MINOR TOFICS.
Why net locate a silk factory in Lan
caster ?
Sax Diege,. Cal., is said te prohibit by
ordinance cigarette smoking by boys.
It took the schooner Onward two trips
te carry Charles O'Coner's library te his
summer nook at Nantucket.
If these judges of the state supreme
court who travel dead head want te keep
themselves above criticism they should
pass in the passes.
IrvpcrsenB owning idle suburban lets
would plant shade and fruit trees in them,
their growth would enhance the value of
the properties' as rapidly as the taxes and
interest incrcase their cost.
The attorney general has decided that
the permit laws of the Indian territory arc
valid and the government will take steps
te expel intruders upon the soil of the
Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians.
New Yerk 7"-f headlines : 'Symp
toms of a change, " Rumors that Conk Cenk
ling and Piatt will withdraw, Crowley
making a canvass among the stalwarts
Cernell's friends also cultivating the
Ceukliug men Anticipating a coming
break."
Sckantex llepublican : A Lancaster
lawyer, according te the Ixtellicexceh,
wants a law enacted requiring the judges
who arc reversed by the supreme court te
pay the costs of appeal from their judg
ment. A similar law might with equal
reason be passed mulcting the lawyer who
appeals in cases that are affirmed.
There are in Pennsylvania alone four
thousand men, women and children who
are wholly blind. The perils of mining are
eloquently illustrated by the melancholy
fact that iu the anthracite counties the
numbCr of bliud persons is much greater,
considering the population, than in any
ether M)itieu of thejstate. Luzerne is cred
ited with having 127, Lackawanna 107
and Schuylkill 11C.
It was this same Mr. Colliding who is
reported in the Congressional Glebe of
March 20, 1373. in the first column of its
133d page as concluding a speech with
these pregnant words : " States should pass
laws te punish the briber and the bribed
and Congress should also act. Above
statutes, however, is public opinion When
a wholesome and rugged sentiment is
awakened in this regard men will no
longer in their own behalf scuffle for place
in the purlieus of Legislatures and of
nominating conventions. They will keep
aloof. It. will be disgraceful and fatal te
appear electioneering and manipulating for
themselves. They will wait until the
eilices and the people seek them."
Tun " Fairfax Williamson rascality,"
which was the source of se much annoy
ance te the Rev. Dr. Dix, or Hely
Trinity church, New Yerk, has suddenly
broken out in the congregation of St.
Mark's P. E. church, en Locust street,
above Sixteenth, Philadelphia, and has
created a veritable sensation. Over 1.10
letters have been received by members of
the congregation, one of them getting as
high as thirty in a day. They arc intense
ly personal, sometimes vulgar, and the
familiarity with names, the apparent
elfert te disguise in the writing employed,
the knowledge of existing family and
social relations, have induced the final be
lief that they are the work of seme person
in the congregation who has been prompt
ed te it bv a love of mischief.
PSR80NAL..
Mr. Hexkv Vexxek was born in Mon
treal, Canada, is 41 years old, wears a
mustache, and parts his wavy hair in the
middle.
J. Geekge SEr.TZEK, of Reading, new
making a European tour, finds time te
correspond with all the . papers of that
town.
Rev. Ciias. Steck, honorary orator
at the late Nermal anniversary, Millcrs
ville, and a Lutheran minister in Indiana,
Pa., has received the Greenback nomi
nation for treasurer of that count'.
Fr.AXCis Murphy has closed his engage
ment iu Oil City, after a successful and
exciting run of three woeks. About two
thousand people signed the temperance
pledge, many of whom had been hard
drinkers. lie will next open in Franklin.
There seems te be a loud call en "Uncle
Jake Ziegleu," of the Butler Herald te
stand up and tell why he wasn't with the
stale editorial excursion last week. Stable,
Jim Sanson), Dan Neiman and his ether
boys wcre fatherless without him and re
fused te be comforted.
The death is announced of the eminent
French statesman Jules Akmaxd Stanis
laus Dufauiie, life senator and member
of the French Academy, who Iiad been for
seme days in extremis, lie died at his
residence. His age was eighty-three
years.
The American Exchange, which was sued
for libel by Franklin B. Gewex for as
serting, en the authority of a prominent
Philadelphia?!, among ether things, in an
article regarding the Reading railroad,
that "Judge McKennan told him that
Gewcn had lied and had cheated him,"
says that it received the information from
C. E. Smith, of Philadelphia, who was Mr.
Gewcn's predecessor in the presidency of
the Reading. Judge McKennan, the Ex
change adds, denies the statement, and
Air. Smith has been unable te prove its
correctness.
On Sunday Mrs. Elizabeth D. Waxa
maker, mother of Jehn Wanamakcr, was
iu her usual health, and in the forenoon at
tended the services at Christ Reformed
church, Green street, abeve Fifth, Phila
delphia. In the evening about 8:30 o'clock
she was stricken with apeplexy. Despite
every assistance that could be rendered the
attack resulted in her death yesterday
morning, te tue great griei ei uer cun
dren, who wcre as rcmarkable for their
devotion te her as for their high success in
life, and of an unusually large circle of
friends. The lady was but 63 years of
age. Her maiden name was Elizabeth
Kechcrspergcr.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Baseball : At New Yerk Metropolitan
6, Athletics 0 ; at Albany At lantics 1,
Albanys 5.
William Bradley, chief of the Madisen
fire department, while in a beat en Lake
Mcndeta, had a fit, and fell forward se
that.his head was underwater long enough
te drown him.
A destitute man, supposed te be Wil
liam Carter, of Newark, N. J., en his way
te Washington te secure a pension, was
killed en the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore railroad. He was terribly
crushed.
The law passed by the Missouri Legisla
ture last winter, making the keeping of a
gambling house a felony, went into effect
at 12 o'clock Saturday night, and has re
sulted iu closing every gambling house in
St. Leuis.
. A grand international billiard match
between Vignaux and Gamier, the French
champions, and Slosseu and Piet, repre
senting America, was played en Sunday at
the Cirque d'Hivcr, the former winning
by twenty-nine points.
Iu an affray en Saturday night at Co
lumbia, Flurvanna county, Va., between
whites and blacks, one of the
latter was fatally injured and ethers so se so
rieusly hurt. The fracas took place in a
liar room all hands being mere or less un
der the influence of whiskv. Bill Hack
ney, the negre who was most injured, was
struck en the head with a pick handle,
severely beaten, and then thrown out of a
window te the ground, a distance of fif
teen feet.
STATE ITEMS.
Isaac B. Cele was found drewued in the
Lehigh en Sunday night. His body was
floating and was nearly erect in the water.
Miss Mary Wullcr, of Butler, when out
driving lest control of the spirited team,
which ran off. The fright brought en con
vulsions insomuch that her life is in a
critical condition.
James Wccden, who was lately matched
against Owen Malency te fight for a purse
of $2,000 within 100 miles of Pittsburgh
in August, states that his business would
net. permit of his meeting Maleney in the
ring.
Healey, superintendent of an iron fur
nace at Dunbar, Fayette ceuuty, was
murdered at that place, and .the crime is
believed te have been committed by
workmen who have been en a strike iu the
Cennellsville ceke region.
A horse and carriage, iu which Charles
Staebler, of 1631 Ridge Avenue, Philadel
phia, and his neighbor, Huge Drumiski,
were riding, was struck by the Trenten
express at the Pavonia crossing, near the
Camden water works, at 4 o'clock yester
day afternoon, and both persons were
killed almost instantly. When picked up
the bodies were horribly mutilated.
Allentown's new silk factory is receiving
$150,000 worth of new machinery. The
mill will start about Aug. 1. On that day
a large excursion train will run from Pat
ersen. A grand hop will take place en the
two upper floors of the factory when it is
dedicated and a brass band and full
orchestra has been engaged. A few ex ex
eort foreign weavers will be engaged te
instinct the 200 new hands.
At almost the same hour en Sunday
night, that Geerge Hiller shot and killed
Walter R. Fink, the intimate of his wife,
en Fourth street, near Wharten, Philadel
phia, James Geurby, of Ne. 2,449 Bedinc
street, made an ineffectual attempt te
take the life of his wife Dera and Daniel
Dougherty of Ne. 333 East Yerk street,
her paramour, tt the residence of his wife,
Ne 1,343 Savcry street, a small thorough
fare in the Eighteenth ward. The woman
is badly hurt.
A young man named Muse, of Westmoreland-
county, cast his lines in pleasant
places and took care te form no attach
ments except with women of wealth. His
plans were all ready and he proceeded te
put them iu operation a few days age. It
was his intention te marry the six in one
day, leaving his favorite for the last and
then te carry off all the money he could
obtain from the ethers. He get away
with three and their money and then skip
ped. There has lately been placad upon the
Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania
railroad two new cars, intended for the
accommodation of hunting parties, and
replete with every convenience. They arc
furnished with berths for twelve persons,
and each has a kitchen refrigerator, ice
chests for game, wine closet, gun closet,
ammunition room and accommodations
for twelve dogs : The wheels are se ad
justed that the cars can be transferred te
a five feet gauge read, and can be run
upon the track of any railroad iu the
country.
Hew a Previous Comet Kecclveil.
- In view of the reigning uncertainty as te
the comet of 1831 it may be timely te re
produce from the Urbana (ll.Constiiutien
of May, 1857 the following interesting but
irreverent speculations touching the comet
which was expected te strike the earth en
June 13 of that year :
"Zimmerman, after observing 'the crit
ter' carefully with the instruments of the
Urbana brass hand, comes te the couclus ceuclus couclus
sien :
" ' 1. That the comet will nftt strike the
earth ; but
' 2. That if it docs strike it will never
de it a second time.
'."In any case, however, te any gentle
man who holds opinions different from the
above and is willing te back his views te a
limited extent, iu order te arrive at the
truth in this momentous matter, wc hereby
nuke the following
" ' rnoresiTioxs :
"'1. We will wager $20,000, mere or
less, that if the comet offers te strike we
will dodge it before it does it ; in ether
words, that it can't be brought te-thc
scratch.
" ' 2. A like sum that, ir it docs
strike, it will be knocked higher nor a
kite.
" ' :. Twenty-five times the abeve
amounts that in case the comet strikes it
won't budge the earth six inches by ac
tual measurement.
"'4. A like amount that after the comet
strikes its tail drops.
"'5. An optional sum that the earth
can knock the comet further than the
comet can knock the earth, nine times out
of eleven,
" ' 6. That after the comet gets through
striking the earth it will never want te
strike anybody else.
" These prepositions are intended te
cover the case of any gentlemen en this
glebe or en the comet or elsewhere.
" ' Meney te be deposited in the banks
of Newfoundland.
44 ' Time of striking and ether arrange
ments te be fixed by the parties.
" ' Applicants for bets have a right te
select any comet they cheese.' "
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Suicide et a Allnlster.
Dispatches from Kansas City, Me., say
that the body of the man found in the
river there last Friday, turns out te be that
of the Rev. Sidney M. Stray, who was ex
pelled from the ministry by the presbytery
at Glens Falls, N. Y., June 14, for shoot sheet
ing his wife seme time age at Warrens
burg, where he was pastor of a fashionable
church and who afterwards confessed sun
dry ailogatiens of adultery. He had re
cently resided in Leavenworth, where he
held a position as bookkeeper, but en re
ceiving a letter stating that his wifes
brother had started west with the avowed
intention of sheeting him he left Leaven
worth, changed his name and intended te
secrete himself somewhere. At Kansas
City, it is supposed, he took te drink aud
drowned himself.
The Greatest City In tbe World.
XewVerKSun.
The late English census shows that
Londen has been gaining rapidly in popu
lation during the last ten years. It new
contains 3,814,571 inhabitants, or 560,311
mere than in 1871. Its incrcase was only
17 per cent., aud yet se vast was its popu
lation in 1871 that during the ten years it
has added te that total in actual numbers
mere than our thriving city of Chicago
new contains, and nearly as many as are
included in Brooklyn, the third city of the
Union in size.
During the period from 1870 te 1880,
New Yerk increased 28 per cent.; but it
gained only 264,285 inhabitants, net half
se many as were added te Londeubetwocn
1871 and 1881 ; and its population last
year was considerably less than a third of
that of the English capital. If bur pro
portionate increase continues te be se
much larger than that of Londen, ofceurso
we shall in due time catch up with the
elder city, aud put it in the second place
as te size ; but that day is still far off,
and as New Yerk growls mere populous it
may show a smaller rate of increase. The
remarkable thing about Londen is that a
city of such unparalleled magnitude, iu
the midst of an old civilization, has been
growing at a rate which, if continued,
will give it deuble its present population
less than half a century hence. Since 1861
it has gained ever 33 per cent. If it keeps
en increasing iu that proportion, by the
end of the first quarter of the twentieth
century it will contain about soven mil
lions of people.
But such estimates of what will happen
in the future have only a curious interest.
Many causes may contribute te make the
growth of Londen much less proportion
ately during the next fifty years than it
has been during the twenty just passed.
It is an impressive fact, however, that se
vast a capital, already far ahead of any
ether city of the world in population,
should have increased ene-third iu twenty
years, and that it should be new time
times as large as it was sixty years age.
The population of Londen was 1,378,000
in 1821. It has, therefore, gained nearly
two millions and a-half of inhabitants
since then. The population of New Yerk
was 123,706 in 1820, and iu 18S0 it was
nearly ten times that. During the twenty
years from 1860 te 18S0 it gained about
ene-half, against the increase of one-third
in Londen between 1861 and 1SS1. It is
safe te estimate that at the beginning of
the next century we shall have made an
other gain that would give us ever 1,800,
000. Even then, thercfore, New Yerk
would contain less than half the present
population of Londen ; aud if that city
added a third during the twenty years, it
would still contain nearly three times as
many people as New Yerk.
There are, however, in the cities of New
Yerk, Brooklyn, andfJcrsey City and the
contiguous towns, all substantially ene,
toward two million people ; and therefore
we may put our population as about half
that of Louden at the prcseut time, with
the prospect of an increase te between
three aud four millions in 1900, against
about five millions for Londen, if it
keeps en growing as in the 1'ast twenty
years. It is, therefore, net improbable
that by the middle of the next century
what we may call our greater New Yerk
will have a population which will compare
favorably with that of Londen, even if it
is net mere numerous.
Finally, it will assist people te form a
conception of ttie magnitude of Louden
te be told that the English capital con
tains within a few thousand as many in
habitants as the ceumis takers found List
year in the six chief cities of the United
States, namely, New Yeik, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, Chicago, Bosten and St. Leuis.
Strlltlngat the Knet.
New Yerk Sun.
Pennsylvania has had a long struggle
and a hard one. Fer many years elect ions
there have been mere carnivals of crime.
In Philadelphia, in Allegheny, in Lancas
ter, in Luzerne, everywhere almost, local
rings have managed the affairs of the Re
publican party iu a manner te draw the
greatest amount of plunder from the suffer
ing people, and te allow honest public
opinion te have the least possible effect.
But the pplc have wen several victeries
in the last low years ; and it is net impos
sible that the state of Mackeyjand Kcmble
may, in the ceurse of years, enjey the
luxury of a commonly honest clcctien.and
the service of public officers who will ac
knowledge some sort of allegiance te the
legal electors. Kansas has improved ;
why net Pennsylvania V
The adoption of the constitution nef
lS73wasau immense gain, The failure
of the four million steal, followed by the
conviction of the men who sought te
bribe the Legislature te give away the
public money, was a victory of public
justice ever the banded rascals which has
produced a very wholesemo effect. Since
that failure tiie Pen'nsylqauia railroad has
ceased te rule the state, at least openly,
aud has as yet made no new expsriment
upon the virtue of the Legislature. It
had previously, however, elected its gov
ernor and beard of pardons, and although
it compelled them te turn the convicts
loose bcfoie they had reached the peniten
tiary, the act excited se much indigna
tion that it is net likely te be repeated for
seme time te come.
The Legislature has new passed an act
making bribery, corruption, or frauds in
primary elections and delegate conventions
misdemeanors, and punishing them accord
ingly. This is a stroke at the root of the
trouble. When the ringleaders can no
longer manage the party by their usual
methods, they must let go their grip upon
the state. Purify the party and you puri
fy the commonwealth and the nation.
Make fraud, false counting, false
personatien and repeating at the
primaries, and corruption in con
ventions, crimes, and thou enforce- the
laws agains them, and you will break into
small pieces evcry political machine and
every corrupt ring in the country. The
example of Pennsylvania is worthy of all
imitation. We cannot, of course, expect
that Republican rascals of any note will
be allowed te suffer the penalties of this
statute under the officials who pardoned
the riot bill bribers ; but it is a slop in the
right direction, and a Heyt may net al
ways be governor nor a Quay figure in the
beard of pardons.
Kllleu by a Mania Cook.
The steamer Newbern brings the crew
of schooner Enstace from Mazatlan and
particulars of the killing of her captain
and the firing of the vessel by a maniac
cook. The cook, who had shown signs of
dementia, suddenly stabbed the captain as
he entered the cabin. He then ran into a
closet where axes were kept The crew
closed the cabin doers. The cook contin
ued walking about the cabin for several
hours aud threatened te fire the vessel,
the crew get out the beats and seen after
seme smoke began arising from the cabin
and the crew left hastily, as the vessel had
twenty-thrce hundred kegs of powder en
beard. Soen afterwards she blew up, the
maniac perishing in the oxplosien. The
crew reached Mazatlan after a pull of
sixty miles in a heavy sea.
Scattered Quail.
The Cuvier club of Cincinnati, an organ
ization composed of wealthy gentlemen
taking an interest in field sports, a year
age imported from Messina, Italy, some
quail, natives of Africa, but popularly
known as the Messina quail, with which
it was hoped te stock that section, they
being exceeding hardy and rapid breeders.
They arrived in sroed order, and were turn
ed loose. Last winter they disappeared,
eeing driven south by theexijcine cola.
Recently the members of the club have
heard of the birds, some in the state of
New Yerk and some in Maine. They seem
te have migrated north as the warm season
came en, following the'eeast. The club
will scud for another let.
THE STOKH OF SUNDAY.
Damage by Hall ana Lightning.
The storm of Sunday seems te have
been very severe all along the eastern part
of the country' The crops in a large por
tion of New Castle county, Del., were
ruined. Great damage was dene te
houses. In many dwellings near 'the
Pennsylvania Hue all the window panes
were broken.
Iu Washington, D. C, Fent's opera
house, the city hall building and a large
number of residences were unroofed.
Shade trees were prostrated and consider
able damage was done te the fire alarm
and ether tclcjiraph wires in the city.
Many cellars in the southern portion of
the city were flooded. 1 he extent of the
damage dene to'preperty in this city and
Georgetown is variously estimated at from
$75,000 te $200,000.
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A Giant Discovered.
Jehn Park, a justice of the peace of
White county. Tcnn.. while working in a
field came upon a grave neatly walled in
with rock, and en removing the stone
found the remains of a giant. The skele
ton measured nine feet in length, three
feet across the breast and about two feet
across the thigh bones. A few of the
bones only wcre in such a state of preser
vation as te be handled. Mr. Peck took
and has at his house, the bones of the legs,
arms and ribs, which are very large. He
also found seme of the teeth, which were
comparatively sound. ihc grave was
neatly walled up with rock, and it had
been arched ever the top. Inside was a
larsre amount of charcoal in an excellent
state of preservation and seemed te have
been burnt from poplar weed. The field
in which the giant was found has been cul
tivated about eighty-live years.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NKIuKBOKHOOD NEWS.
Near and Acress tlie County Lines.
On Sunday evening at tiie Philadelphia
6 Baltimore Central station, at Kenuctt
Square, Jeseph Cellins, a colored man aged
about 22 years, while jumping from, ene
train of cars te another train, lest his foot
ing and fell en the track, when a train
passed ever him, cutting oil both his legs
and causing death.
The beard of pardons will net held an
other summer meeting. The next meet
ing of the beard will be held en Septem
ber 30.
The ether day Mrs. Refford, in Coates
ville, allowed her tire te go out and left
the heuse for a short time. On arriving
home she was surprised te see steam issu
ing from the tea-kettle, which was setting
en the shelf by the chimney. On exam
ination it was found that the chimney
was en fire aud its near proximity te the
kettle caused the water te boil. The cry
of fire was raised aud the lire was extin
guished. Dr. D wight Reyce, an herb doctor of
Reading, who lived alone, slept at night in
his office, and always lay en the counter
which is several feet high. It is supposed
that he had a stroke of apoplexy some
time during Saturday night and fell te the
fleer. He was unable te help himself, and
rolled about, and neighbors who burst
open his closed doers yesterday found him
iu a terrible condition and took him te the
hospital.
William and Edward Douglass, colored
aud brothers, died last week in the East
ern penitentiary where they were confined
for the theft of a herse from Hen. Jcsse
Matlack, Chester county, and for burglary
en Darwin Woodward's premises in Ken
nctt township. William was sent down for
7 years and 4 months and his brother f0r
4 years and 9 months. They were former
ly inmates of our county prison. They
were aged respectively 23 aud 21 years and
consumption was the cause of their dcatii.
Michael Hughes, of Phemixville, was at
work at the digging out of the cellar for
the new extension of the public school in
the north ward et that borough, and
while leading a iierse attached te a cart
filled with dirt and tenc, the Iierse get
out of the track. Hughes tried te pull the
herse back, when the shafts struck him
aud knocked him down. As he fell the
unfortunate man cried te the herse te
step, but he had no sooner called out than
the cart ran up en his breast when the
herse stepped with the wheel of the leaded
cart en his back and he was crushed te
death.
On Saturday afternoon AVilsen Zwcizig,
aged sixteen, met his dcatii en the rail
road near Lccspert station, en the Head
ing read. The boy resided with his
parents, who are in peer circumstances,
near the railway station at that point, and
had been in the habit of playing around
the trains.
WASHINGTON BOBOUGH.
The Latest News from Down tun River,
The fair held by the Star comet band of
this place proves te be a great success. It
has been kept up for nearly two weeks and
was very well attended all along. On
Saturday evening the house was jammed
full, and a nice pile of nioney was left be
hind by the visitors. A deuble-barreled
breech-leading guii worth $50 was voted
for, aud w.as wen by Mr. Edw. Burdcll, of
Columbia, who had collected for the band
the handseme sum of $54 His rival had
collected $4 85. All the articles yet en hand
are expected te be chanced off this even
ing, and te-morrow evening the fair will
clese with an auction of the remaining
goods. A pair of shoats are the leading ar
ticeo te be chanced off this evening.
Mr. Henry Wertz, proprietor of the Sus
quehanna temperance hotel, had a public
sale of shoats ene day last week. The
buyers seemingly were slew in bidding,
aud consequently only one pair were sold
at public sale for $16 per pair. Several
mere wcre seid at $8 a head. The drove
consisted of 21 very line shoats of differ
ent sizes, all of which were in excellent
condition. They were brought from Adams
county.
Shad fishing is ever, and the fishermen
have put away their seines.
The excursion which was te be given by
the Church of Ged Sunday school, hits
been postponed indefinitely.
Mr. F. Y. Weideuhammer, principal of
the schools of this place, has been re
tained by a unanimous vete of the school
beard.
Ne teachers have been appointed for the
primary schools of this place, as yet, but
the beard will held a meeting en Wednes
day evening for the consideration of such
applications as may have been presented
by that time te fill the vacancies.
This is the season for ague, and Mr. F.
Y. Weidcnhammer, of this place, manu
facturer of ''The Perfect Fever and Ague
Remedy," is selling large quantities of his
approved medicine.
Fell from a Ladder.
Jehn B. Warfel, esq., publisher of the
New Era, while engaged last cvening iu
picking cherries from a tree en his premises
Ne. 133 North Duke street, fell from the
step ladder, en which he was standing,
and received painful injuries. The ladder,
which was about eight'Teet in height, slip
ped while Mr. Warfel was upon it and in
falling he badly spraiucd both arms,
bruised his legs and received an ugly cut
in the forehead. Dr. Albright, who at
teuds him, says his wounds are uet seri
eus.
Sale of Keal Estate.
Jehn Reese sold yesterday at private
sale the property in which he new resides,
Ne. 243 North Prinee street, te Teller
Bres., for $3,500.
ABOUT BATS.
Seme Seasonable Information Concerning
the Nocturnal Traveler Onr Lecal
Sclentllle Authority Take Up
Their Defense.
Lancaster, Pa., June i7, 1SS1.
iu. S. S. Katiivex.
Dear Hir :
I address you for information upon a
subject that at this season of the year is
no doubt one of general interest. A few
evenings since a company of ladic3 sitting
in a parlor were thrown into a state of
great consternation by the sudden appear
ance of a bat. Thc,ir first irapulse.aftcr the
mauncr of their sex, and indeed of many
people of both sexes, was te -cover their
heads with the most convenient articles at
hand, and the seceud te get out of the
room as quickly as possible. As the only
adult male of tbe party I was at
once duly impressed with the grave re
spensibility of my position, and, securing
a broom, after a few passes dispatched the
unwelcome intruder by a vigorous blew.
Between my blushes I may be permitted
te remark that this performance was re
garded by my lair companions as one of
exalted heroism ; but grateful as the
reputation thereby acquired has proved.
I feel that its complete enjoyment would
be enhanced were I te be assured that it is
entirely deserved. What I write te ask,
therefore, is : Was there any especial de de
grce of bravery in my vehmtecring te
meet the winged monster alone, with un
covered head, and without ether weapon
of offense or dofense than the despised
broom :' Is the bat such a dreadfully
dangerous creature, anyhow? Why de
nine people out of ten cover their heads
the minute they sce a bat? and iinally
what is the easiest and most sensible way
of getting rid of these uncomfortable in
truders? As these queries and their an
swers have perhaps a mere than personal
interest, I take the liberty of imposing
them uiTTMi your attention and requesting
a reply through the columns of the Ixtki.
lieexcek.
Very truly yours, J.
Itepiy.
On the whole, if we all had an intelligent
apprehension of the functions of the bat
in the economy of nature, wc, perhaps,
would net desire te get rid of them se long
as a necessity for their continuance exists
indeed I feel persuaded that if there
wcre no bats in the world, it might beceme
a very comfortless place te live in. Taking
the whele bat-family together, (CiiEiaor (CiiEiaer
teua or wing-handed) with a few excep
tions, it is insectivorous, and when an in
dividual happens te fly into an open win
dow of a dwelling, ten te ene it has been
heedlessly in pursuit of a night-flying
insect. Our prejudices have been
acquired through our. ignorance of their
life, characters, habits and economies; and
can only be dispelled by scientific educa
tion. A few species in the East Indies are
frugivoreus, and in Central and Seuth
America there are sanguineous species (the
" vampires " for instance), but the charac
ters of even these are greatly exaggerated.
But theso of North America, and especial
ly these of the United States, are inscclicor inscclicer inscclicor
eus ; aud the whele cud and aim of their
lives is the pre creating of the species and
the capture of insect feed as the sustaining
clement of themselves and their offspring.
When the season of insects is ever, and the
chill winds of autumn supervene, the be
nevolent functions of the hat are ended for
the season, and he jnispcnds himself in any
cover that will shield him from the wintry
blast, out of the way, aud harms nobody
or thing. But as seen as genial spring re
turns, and the insect world renews, the hat
will also be there en his beneficent mis
sion te the human family. If it were net
for the demands of our mental and spirit
ual maws, there arc many indigent
specimens of humanity in the world, who
might well envy the physical endowments
of the bat. It would be a cheap and easy
way te pass a hard winter te be suspcud
cd in a comateso state, without eating any
thing or needing te cat anything, until the
return of vivifying spring.
AVhat the swallows and ether purely in
sectivorous birds de by day, the bat does
by night, and when ene enters a house in
pursuit of his prey, he is frightened fully
as much as any of its inmates possibly can
be and his efforts te escape are interpreted.
through our prejudices or aversions, as se
many sinister designs upon us. Of course
if we seized a bat with our hands, he
would bite us in self-defence, but se would
a hundred ether small and otherwise in
offensive animals. With all our repug
nance te the bat, he is net very far re
moved from us in systematic classification.
At the head of the column are the tire
handed animals ( man ), then the four feur
Iianded ( monkey ), and then the irinti-
hunded (bats). All the ether subjects of
the animal kingdom are below these.
It is true, that a large Hat'tcry in or
near our dwelling is uet a contiguity that
is at all agreeable, for the fragrance of it
is net as pleasant as peaches, or "Araby
the blest ;" but all we have te de is te
expose it te the light of day, and it
will soeu be vacated by its occupants. On
one occasion I expelled a colony of five
hundred that had located itself behind a
sign-beard, by merely removing the beard
about six inches freni the wall, and letting
it remain se two or three days. They
' vamesed" and never returned.
In an abstract sense the absolute neces
sity of the bat, as an cquipoise in nature's
economy, may net be very complimentary
te the moral condition of the human fam
ily no mere are prisons and gibbets te its
civil condition. It is the representative of
an evil that is permitted te counteract
or ciicumvent some greater evil, and when
that greater evil is entirely subdued we
may feci reasonably assured that the bat's
occupation will be gene, and that it then
will beceme extinct as many animals be
fore it have ; but until then we must tol
erate it and allow it te perform its allotted
fnuctien. If every man en earth was
a perfect " law unto himself," and drank
no intoxicating liquor, there would be an
cud te its manufacture and sale. But this
would impose a mountain of self-denial en
man, and through that self-denial alone
can the evil be radically extinguished, or
held iu abejauce. Meles and bats, and
noxious insects, and hideous reptiles, are
but the representative eutbirths of corres
ponding principles which have had their
existence in the moral realm, and if we
learned te shudder at the principles as we
de at their representatives, it would indi
cate the " beginning ok the end
Yours &c,
S. S. R.
Police Cases.
" Buz" Hulsingcrhad a hearing before
Alderman Alex. Dennelly, last even
ing, of a charge of drunken aud dis
orderly conduct, and was committed for
20 days. He was also held te answer at
court for robbing Ann Richardson of a
small sum of money. The complaint of
assault and battery made against him by
Ann Richardson was dismissed.
Louisa Fisher was before Alderman Alex
Dennelly last evening en a charge of
drunken and disorderly conduct. She
was committed te jail for 15 days.
Leenard Schecnberger was arrested and
taken before Alderman Spurrier en a com
plaint charging him with robbing the till
iu the bar room of Dan Moere's Swan
hotel, corner Seuth Queen and Vine
streets, of a $5 nete and a small amount
of silver. He was held for a hearing en
Thursday at 11 o'clock.
Repert of Viewers.
The viewers appointed by the court te
assess damages te property by the open
ing of Biead street, from East Jvmg te
Chestnut report as fellows :
Te the city of Lancaster $200, te be paid
by the county ; te Maria L. Clark $375, te
he paid by county ; te Adam and Jacob
Pentz $400 te be paid by the county.
The viewers further report that they re
gard the opening of said street as a public
necessity.
THE LEAF.
Lecal Tobacco Matters.
Last week was a quiet one in this city
among the tobacco men. only a few of
whom were engaged iu buyiug
loose tobacco for the very geed reason
that there is little te buy. It is deabted
whether there remains iu the hanUs of
growers in this county 500 cases .f desir
able loose leaf. There are some geed
crops uet yet sold, but they are held at
high figures and there are some peer crops
that would be dear at almost any price.
Quite a number of growers have cased
their own leaf and this is, or ought te be,
fur sale.
A geed many dealers and jobbers have
been prospecting among the late packings
iu this city and elsewhere te ascertain the
general condition of the crop. Packers
hewcrvcr, are a little steep in their prices
and comparatively few sales are reported,
the buyers apparently preferring te wait
until the packings shah have been sam
pled.
The ucw crop has all been planted and
is growing finely. Geneially the plants
are large and thrifty, and the farmers are
leisurely engaged in cultivating it. Seme
of the young plants are reported as having
leaves 16 inches in length, but these are
of course exceptional growths. There has
been almost tee much rain lately te admit
of cultivation, and from a few sections we
hear of the plants being cut by the hail,
but net much injured.
Following are some recent sales of Ioest
tobacco :
Gcerge Welk, of Maner township, has
sold te Mr. Atwater 4 acres, part of it 12,
6 and 3, and part of it at 25, 8 and I.
Diller Ranck, of East Lampeter, has
sold te Mr. Fatmau his crop at 12. 6
and 3.
New Yerk Tobacco .Market.
I'. 8.. Journal.
Never were there se many smiles and
happy faces in the market as there are
new. The '80 Pennsylvania sells easily at
line profit, while the 'SO Connecticut sweats
well and apparently darker than any of
the preceding crops of that state. The 'SO
Wisconsin and Massachusetts Havana seed
are being picked up eagerly at large
figures. The '80 New Yerk state proper
also leeks exceedingly premising, ami even
the much abused '80 Ohie begins te find
favor with prospective buyers.
While all these crops named enjoy the
agreeable attention of buyers, the '80 Big
Flats,fermerIy New Yerk's pridc,slunibcrs
softly en the hands, or even in the arms,
of packers. New and then a jcrambulat
ing broker will whisper loudly that some
buyer has offered an enormous profit en
the " Big Flats' packing of an illustrious
packer, but that he was repulsed with
haishncss and contempt. But this is all
that is heard of it ; actual sales of this
commodity have been but few, if any.
The cause is net qui e clear. The tobacco
certainly lias sufficient yielding quality,
and though here and there afflicted with
white veins, indicative of quality, even in
its present early state of fermentation.
Whether it is feared that the in general
silky, though somewhat tender, leaf can
not stand fermentation, and that probably
it will ret, or whether there are ether in
dications of disaster known only te the
mere initiated ones, is impossible te tell ;
but it is curtain, however, that the leaf in
question is at present under the ban of
suspicion, and buyers are steering clear of
it. It may be that all the bad opinions
regarding it will turn out wrong, and that
the '80 Big Flats will become a mint te
its present somewhat demoralized owners.
Certain it is that there will be an outlet
for all the '80 crop ; and with the excep
tion of real trashy am! unsound goods,
everything else is bound te bring solid
profit te the packers. The manufacture of
cigars is flourishing with no sign of any
abatement in production in the near fu
ture. The financial condition of the trade
is highly assuring, and ahefe all else, the
yield of the S0 crop is but little, if any,
larger than 'that of the "70. Nobody in
the market cares te contact with export
ers. There is but little leaf this country
can spare, and exporter.-: can pay only very
small prices.
The sales of tin? week we summarize as
fellows :
Pennsylvania Crep "SO : l,5t'0 cases, at
from 14 te 18 cents.
Crep "70 : 500 eases, fine runuinx. 4
cents ; low, 13 cents ; tillers. S cents.
Connecticut Crep "80 : 400 cases Housa Heusa Housa
tenie, p. t. ; 650 cases Connect icuccends,
10 te 11 :; cents.
Wisconsin Crep 80 : 200 cases Havana
seed, p. t.
Crep '70 : 150 eases. 9 te 10 cents.
Ohie Crep '7t : 100 eases. 81 cjuts ;
said te be for expert.
Havana Market unchaiige.l. Sales
moderate, at firm prices.
The llnllratlen at Nell'Mvillr.
A correspondent furnishes us the fol
lowing additional particulars of thededi.
catien of the New Lutheran church at
Nell'sville :
A Lutheran church erected at Xellsville
in the charge of Rev. .1. Peter, et" Mau
heim, was dedicated with appropriate
services last Sabbath. The church is a
frame building, 50x:W feet, with vestibule
and gallery for the choir at the entrance.
Messrs J. B. Wechter and Jacob Ainer
were the building committee, and they
discharged well aud faithfully the duty
assigned te them.
The introductory services in the morn
ing were conducted by Revs. J. I'eter aud
S. W. Fraser, after which Rev. C. Reiinon Reiinen
snyder, of Lancaster, preached from II.
Chronicles vi., 15 16.
In the afternoon a Sunday school meet
ing was held and Dr. E. II. W. Ainer was
unanimously elected superintendent of the
school. The house was densely tilled in
the afternoon and a large numlicr had te
remain en the outside. Rev. E. Meister
preached in German, from Matthew xvii.,
4, and Rev.C. Reimensnyder from Acts x..
4, in English ; after which the solemn ser
vieo of dedication was performed by the
pastor, Rev. J. Peter.
In the evening the heuse was again well
filled, when Rev. .1. V. Eckert preached in
English from Remans xiv., 17, and Rev.E.
Meistcr from Matthew xviii., 5, in Ger
man. The choir of St. Stephen's Lutheran
church was present in the afternoon and
evening and conducted the singing which
was greatly appreciated by all present.
The collections during the day te pay oil
the rcma-niug debt en the church amount
ed te about eighty dollars. Ne definite
arrangements have yet been made for
regular preaching. The Sunday-school
meets every Sabbath at 2 o'clock p. m.
In Custody.
Sheriff' Strino -yesterday arrested Gee.
W. Moero, of Ephrata, ou process issued
by court because of his non-payment ei
costs in a certain case in court. It ap
pears that Moere made complaint against
C. C. Snadcr for violation of the liquor
laws, and that the grand jury ignored the
bills and ordered prosecutor te pay the
costs. Failing te de se he was arrested
and locked up.
A LUtle Mixed.
In our notice yesterdap of the pleasant
birthday party at Bernard Kuhlman's, we
stated that Mr. C. A. Oblcnder made the
speech iu presenting Mr. Knhlraan the
silver caster, aud that Mr. Oblender's son
wen the geld watch at the Shiftier fair.
We. should have said that C. F. Oblender
made the presentation, and that Mr. Kuhl
nian's son, Marcus, wen the watch.
A Geed Yield.
Frem a cherry tree en the premises of
Mrs. Pyfer, widow of the late Cel. F. S.
Pyfer, en West King street, 289 quarts of
cherries have.bceu picked, besides a large
quantity eaten off the tree, and given
away.
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