LANCASTER DA II A1 IJST1XLIGENCKK SATURDAY JULY 2, 1881 ft:..iiu iutrUtgenret. SATURDAY EVENING, JUiiY 2, 1S81. Tke Attempt AwmiImUeb. We most sincerely join in the profound sorrow and sympathy which will be ex cited throughout the whole country and all Christendom by the terrible tragedy in Washington te-day. The president of the United States has been the victim of an attempt at assassination, which seems te be no less cold-blooded and desperate than that of one of his prede cessors little mere than sixteen years age ; and it is net yet certain that the two balls fired into his body will net be followed by as fatal consequences as the wicked shot which se sadly terminated Mr. Lincoln's life. We sorrow with all geed citizens and sympathize with these te whom this tragedy comes with special terror be cause, personally, Mr. Garfield and his family are our fellow citizens, any calam ity te whom should be a cause of mourn ing te all people ; because he is officially chosen te ami is in the exercise of the high position of chief magistrate of the nation, an office which commands our respect, and any attack uikhi the dignity and sanctity of which should be averted if possible or resented and punished by all geed citizens ; became assassination, as a means of vindicating wrongs, polit ical or personal, real or imagined, is a wicked and devilish resort,te lie depreca ted te the last degree by all the agencies of civilization, and happily carrying as its sequence the reaction of disaster te these who invoke it ; and because, tee,this second attempt, in se short a time, te murder the president of the republic will be seized uien by the enemies of free government everywhere as an evidence of the unGtness of our people for our constitutional system. At the same time we are nel insensi ble te a gratification that there is nothing in the circumstances of the deed te war rant any red-mouthed, narrow-headed political bigot in raising the cry that it was done by a " rebel," " copperhead " or "Democrat" incited by "Demo cratic teachings." Even if the mur dererhe must be judged by his inten tions, net the consequences had net al ready avowed himself a stalwart and his glee at the prospect of Arthur being president, it is plain that no political profit could coma te Democrats from Mr. Garfield's taking off. While it might sit one faction of his party bet ter te have Arthur president, and while the bitterness of that faction te him has been much mere iulense than any Democratic expressions, no He publican in the executive chair would likely widen the fatal dissensions in his party mere than Garfield. At the same time the assassin's coupling of Arthur's profit with his crime will be even mere damaging "te Stalwarlism than Mr. PJatt's capering in the Delav.ui led-chamber. him te public infamy ;" albeit, such tes timony can net be used for his prosecu tion. If no individual can thus withheld his testimony, why should the ballet-box, which it almost always necessary te sup plement the voter's evidence ? By what jugelery does Judge Briggs construe the law for the relief of these who pollute the ballet. Sensible people will agree with the Ledfjcr that the verdict of the jury gains no additional force from the fact that it accords with the instructions of the court Judge Briggs's court. Protecting Ballet Thieves. Popular respect for the judiciary gets another blew in the feeling excited against the administration of justice in Philadelphia by the result or the trial of Maher and .Street for election frauds. The evidence left little room in the pop ular mind for doubt that as election offi cers they had been faithless te their trust and corrupt in the abuse of their power. Four credible witnesses, the conservative Lnhjrr declares, testi fied that Maher tampered with the bal bal eots entrusted te hirn. They saw him de it, and the returns of the ward made by its officers satis fied everyliedy that ballets had leen counted net as they were ca-. Against this the defense set up was the alleged imitesMhility of the witnesses, seeing that alterations were made. Certainly the way te ascertain beyond a doubt whether any ballet put into the box was changed after it went into the window would have been te eikjii the box and bring it te light. By the constitutional system of numbered ballets any one can thus be followed and the right of the voter te have his ballet count ed as he cast it can thus be secure, or at least the infringement of that right by rascally election officers can be detected and punished. In the conflicting testimony of the Maher case, manifestly, as the straight-out Republi can Bulletin urges, " it is nearly certain that the ballet-box alone would have proved Maher's guilt or innocence; but the judge decided, as we understand it, that the ballet-box could net bs put in evidence. Whether this is geed law or net, we cannot say ; but it is net geed sense. The box ought te have been pro duced and opened, and there is a very general belief that if it had been, Maher's guilt would have been made clear." In his zeal te protect the secret ballet Judge Briggs decided that the box which guards that secret could net be opened except in a contested election case. We agree with the liitllctin, that this is net geed sense. It is net geed morals. We de net believe it is geed law, and the fact that Judge Briggs se rules affords no presumption that it is. The secrecy "of the ballet is perhaps a geed thing; at any rate it is secured te the voter by law. But the pure ballet is a higher object te be ob tained, and the protection of the voter in his honest right te secrecy must always yield te the prosecution of the law's pur pose te ascertain hew votes are cast. Where the integrity of the election offi cers is called into question the ballet box can be called into court and the con stitution, Art. viii, Sec. 10, plainly declares that "in trials of contested elec tions and in proceedings for the investi gation of elections, no person shall be permitted te withheld his tes timony" net even " upon the ground Jfeat it may criminate himself or subject A Nasty Mess. Mr. Piatt's withdrawal from candi dacy in the senatorial contest at Albany heightens the sensationalism, without reducing the complications, of that struggle. Had his retreat been made for political instead of personal reasons it might point with mere clearness te the final issue there. The 'reticence of the New Yerk papers and ethers, who ought te knew, concerning the scandal at the Delavan house, leaves the public in some doubt as te the real cause why Piatt has fled with such precipita tion from thescene of his late trjumph. There is no room for. question, however, that the reason for his sudden change of front was the circulation of the scandal that he had been caught in the room of a strange woman at the hotel, that a large number of his political opponents gathered in the corridor, sent the porter up a step-ladder te leek ever his transom, availed themselves of the same privilege, sent him notice te quit the room in ten minutes or have the deer battered down upon him ami his companion, and then waited for him te emerge and te pass between a double file of his political en mies, waiting in their night shirts te witness and proclaim his shame. The thing difficult of ascertainment is the truth of this accusation. If it is true the shame is about equal en either side. The conduct of Mr. Piatt is, of course, infamous; but hardly less se was that of his opponents. Their descent upon him aud their conduct leave no room for doubt that he has walked into a trap which they had set for him ; and se conscious of their turpitude are they that already these who were given as witnesses te the epi sode with one accord deny their presence at or knowledge of it. Mr. Piatt's son and wife have arrived in Albany and the young man finds a let of ignoramuses in the members among whom he is in quiring '-for the information of his mother." If he has thus done dishonor te himself, his family and his state there is and should be nothing for Mr. Piatt short of impalement before the public and confinement behind the bars. It is an awful commentary en the demoraliza tion of public men, and a striking sup plement te his late celleague's escapade at Canonchet. Kit is net true the infamy of these who concocted the story, like their con duct if they set a trap which caught their victim, is only equalled by the moral cowardice of Mr. Piatt, who as the Sun puts it, " ran like a rabbit as seen as he was struck." True or false the incident is the cap sheaf of testimony afforded by the con test at Albany that all is rottenness there. Xe result out of such a Legisla ture's travail can be aught than the spawn of sin and shame. Let it tsike itself away from public sight without further delay, and allow the people te bury its festering carcass. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, the intellectual and theological head centre of Presby. terianum in this country, was acting as one of the patronesses of the University ball. The worthlessness of Garfield's civil service views is seeu in Uie removal of Mr. Smith, collector of the pert of Ban Ban eor, Maine, and the appointment of ex ex Governer JJavis in his place. Mr. Smith's administration of Che office has been emi nently satisfactory te the business men of Banger, who were, without exception, op posed te his removal. But Blaine's ''bub,'' Senater Eugene Hale, demanded it, in or der that he might complete the bargain he made with ex -Governer Davis duriug the senatorial contest in that state, by which Davis, who was a candidate, withdrew and gave his influence te Hale. The 1,009 students of Harvard college are religiously divided as fellows : Agnos tics, 27 ; Atheists, 12 ; Baptists, 43 ; Camp bellite, 1 ; Christians, 2 ; Chinese, 1; Dutch Reformers, 2; Episcopalians, 288; Hebrews, 10 ; Lutherans, 2 ; Methodists, 10 ; Non Nen sectarians, 97; Congregationalists, 17G; Presbyterians, 30 ; Quakeis, 2 ; Reman Catholics, 31 ; Spiritualist, 1 ; Swedonbor Swedenbor Swedonber gians, 20 ; Unitarians. 223 ; Universalists, 18 ; Unascertained, 2. These dreadful scientists will be the death of us all. Their figures euliuu the comprehension of man or the track of comets. In the case of the lunatic new try'mg te starve himself in Chicago they have found that the number of corpus cles is increasing. Where four days age hey numbered 2,100,000 te the cubic mil limetre, new they number 3,000,000. The experts have no theory te account for this phenomenon. The corpuscles in the fastcr's bleed had previously decreased from ever 0,000,000, and 3,100,000, is the average number for healthy bleed. It has become almost a fashion in Eng land for clergymen te read new and then from their pulpits a sermon by some pep ular preacher. In such cases, however, it is considered a point of honor te give the authe's name. A Presbyterian clergy man at Leith for eleven Sundays preached the sermons of ethers without complying with this requirement. By way of pun ishment he has been suspended for tlnee months by the authorities. He is net sus pended from his salary, and the congrega tion besides paying him, are obliged te hire a substitute ; se that they aie prob ably sorry by this time that their pastor was found out. In response te inquiries from some of the clergy of his dioccse as te the use of the revised New Testatment, Bishop Ste vens, of Philadelphia, states that as the general convention of the church in 182J adopted the King James version of the Bible as published by Eyre aud Straher as the standard edition aud incorporated their action into what is new Canen 18, Title 1, of the Digest, no clergyman is at libeity te use any ether version in his public min istrations. The church having taken care ful and deliberate action, and that action having been the law of the church for ever fifty years, no clergyman will lightly violate the canon te which he has prom iscd edcdicnce. Georgia, late a fugitive from the state, is new thetrusted manager of the Atlanta Cotten exposition, aud is taiked of in. con nection with the next governorship. Kenyen college has just conferred the de. It is further reported that he said the jury could render no ether verdict. If this means they could find no ether sort of ver dict, considering the nature of his charge, there may be some ground for the remark; but if it means that the weight of the evi wide dissent from that very extraordinary observation. Four credible witnesses testified that Maher tempered with the ballets. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MKP1CAL ItEGISTKlt. degree of LL. D., upon ex-Seeretary Jenx ) dence demanded that verdict, he will find Siiermax. In view of his arrangements with the First national bank of New Yerk, the World thinks a degree of ' s. d. would haw been mere appropriate. Gov. IIeyt continues te ncrit public approbation by filing a strong pretest against the legislative salary grab of the exti a pay. He only fails te veto it because he is net quite clear as te his right te veto a portion of an item, and te veto the whole item into which the grab was smuggled would work much confusion. Of the federal .senators, many draw their salaries just as regularly and with as much greediness as any "hired hand'' in Wash ington. Seme of them draw every day during the session of Congress, some once a week,' ethers twice a month. A few of them go into the cashier's room of the secretary's elli.;e and gut their salaries once a mouth. One senator only draws his pay one a year. Voeitnnns is the most frequent applicant for money ; David Davi- the most lcgular in his monthly call ; and the rich II. G. Davis u-cs all of his for pocket menev : Pi.att has aiS te his cicdit ; Antheny takes his yeaily and Fa in, the bonanza king, forget te lift his pittance. Dn VoeiuiKi.s, away out in Aricausas, says te a icpeiter : ''The Almighty who made there liuuiitahis and het water made Colliding a Republican. He cannot boa Democrat, lie can never coalesce with that bread and libera! thought which per meates the Democratic party and em braces the whole country. He is a man who never thought, spoke, or (I teamed of his ceuntiy Marc in partisan blindness and sectional hate. He will nevcr become a Democrat, but will become a monument te tin 3-eung men of the country, and stand as a warning against the felly of stu pendous vanity and egotism. His fate will be a rebuke te personal government, which this country sorely needs." L.A.TJS3T NEWS BY MAIL. Venner calls for an intensely het July varied by frequent storms- and hurricanes. The greater part of Anrbcrjr. a town en an island in the Aar, has been burnt down and a number of lives lest. Tluce steam smacks nil' Rockaway caught 200,00a pjiu.ds of weak fish the ether day. The total coinage executed at tluU. S. mints during June was SS, 481, 812, includ ing 2.-113.2S0 silver dollars and 2.238,800 one-cent pieces. In Lumpkin, Cla., a negie hauling iee, fell asleep en a block of ice and froze liis spinal column. Physicians arc attending him. " Geerge V. Lea, of Uecvi!le, a suburb of Newark, N. . I., full dead of heart- dis ease at the wedding of his daughter. last evening, just as he was about te congratu late her, Mrs. Drew, of Covington, Ky., having lest $3,000 by a bank failure, deposited her ether 2,-100 in a petticoat seam. The skirt ami money are missing. Se is her seventeen year old boy. Tne Pacific railway companies one the iiimeiit 631,117,241.21 for interest Something for the Docter. All ' practicieners of medicine aud sur gery" are interested most particularly in the 'aw passed at the recent session of the Legislature, providing for their registra tion. This law went into effect at once, and was signed by the governor en Juue 8th, se that it is new operative It pro vides that the prothenotary of each ceun ty in the state shall provide a book te be known as the " medical register," and shall set apait oue full page for the regis tration of each medical practitioner iu the county. Every person who practices med icine or surgery must present te the protheu.ituiy his dipleira for record, and t!i prothenotary must then enter his name, place of birth, rcsideuce, &c, en the record, and piace a copy of the diploma en file in the office for public inspection. Other sections of the bill make prevision for cases where the diploma has been lest, and for persons who have been continu ously practicing for ten years without having a diploma. The penalty for a practitioner emitting te register his diploma, etc., or for ethei wise violating or neglecting te comply with any prevision of the act, is a fine of 8100,' one half of which gees te the prosecutor, or an im prisonment net exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Prothenotary McMcIlen received his register yesterday, and the venerable Jehn L. Atlee, the eldest physician in the city, was the first te piesent himself for regis tration : Following is the form of registration. Name Jehn Light AtleC. Place of Nativity Lancaster, Pa. . Place of Residence Lancaster, Pa. Institution Medical department of the Univeisity of Pennsylvania. Date April C, 1820. Other Degrees Docter of Laws. Date June, 1880. Institution Franklin and Marshall col cel ege. The second name registered is that of Dr. Jehn Light Atlee, jr., who graduated in the University of Pennsylvania as a doctor of medicine iu 1833 and received the degree of Master of Arts from Yale college in 1839. ST. MARX'S FESTIVAL. ! Last Night at the Old Stene Church The 'etival te Clese Te-Nlght. The festival at the " old stene church " en West Vine street was very liberally patronized last night, the presence of Clemmcns's City band lending additional attractions te the exhibition. They dis coursed excellent music during the earlier portion of the evening, and geed business was maintained until after ten o'clock. There were several articles of value "vbanced off, including iced cakes en Miss 'Bryant's table, a hat en Miss Malene's table, etc. Te-night the festival-will close, and persons who have net at tended should bear iu mind that this will be their last opportunity of spend ing an hour within the walls of the historic structure that has been the silent witness of se many chauges and the sanctuary in which the piety of a century age worshiped. The work of demolition of the building will be begun next week. The attendance te-night will no doubt be very large, as the "chancing" articles of value will be disposed of and these that are being contested for awarded te the persons .who return the highest number of votes. In addition te ether attractions, Mr. Jehn E. Malene, whose recent graduation from Mt. St. Mary's college at Emmittsburg, 3Id., has been noted in these columns, will this evening repeat flic oration which he dolivercd en that oceasieu, the subject of which is 'Ireland During the Last Eighty Years," and which is described as ene of the ablest, most scholarly and eloquent .productions heard at the Emmittsburg exercises. A CUTTIU AFFAIIt. COLUMBIA NEWS. LAKCK FUNERAL. geve paid The present commencement season in Pennsylvania was notable for the num ber of gentlemen active and prominent in political affairs, who were summoned te speak at the literary festivals of the different colleges. Resides the call of ex-Judge Agnew of our state te a Vir ginia college, ex-Judge Streng spoke at Lafayette, Senater Mitchell was the orator at Lewisburg,Speaker Randall and Congressman Yocum were at Dickinsen, Heffman and Rrewn at Gettysburg, Wright at Allentown, McClure at Beth lehem, and IIeyt at Lancaster; and Senators Wallace, Vance and Bayard were compelled te reluctantly decline similar invitations tendered them from Pennsylvania institutions. It is broadly indicative of the drift of current politi cal discussion, that while Mr. Randall chose " Themas Jeffersen" as his theme at an institution which strongly shlnd with Jehn Adams, one of the Gettys burg orators found in Adams the subject for his eulogy. Gettysburg, with its historic national memories, was a fitting place, tee, for the introduc tion of Mr. Brown's "coming politician." His oration, which we print, is a schol arly and thoughtful production. It was a very fitting speech te a commencement audience, for there is no class of edu cated men who should net desire te study the pressing social problems which the orator outlined. His speech deserves a wide popular reading likewise because of the wide popular belief net an unjusti fiable one that the "coming politician " of Lancaster county is less impressed with the matters which befit the serious consideration of the statesman than in a brutish scramble for spoils. It is a hope ful sign te see a mere elevated standard raised and te hear the keynote of a bat ter system sounded. m MINOB TOPICS. A Hull, Eng., steamship line has con tracted te bring 80,000 Lutheran cmigrauts from Norway and Sweden te this country, mostly toscttle in Minnesota. Ok ene bleed made he all nations. At Yale this year the valedictory, highest honor for scholarship, went te a Jew ; a Hellander was next te him and the decla mation prize was wen by a Chinaman. Alpuensis Cakr somewhat savagely says: "A woman who writes commits two sins she increases the number of books and decreases the number of women." in Cel. McCluue's address at Bethlehem manifestly has had no popular influence In congregating around the bulletin beards te-day te hear news of the presidential sheeting, nobody " takes the sunny side" but all hunt the shady newspaper beards. While the presbytery at Emlenton, this state, by a vote of twenty-two te one, was expelling from the church a Mr. Donald Donald eon, for only trying te dance, the wife g( At the rcccut Tanker ceaferencu Ashland, O., the brethren, se te speak, sat down en the sisters' hats. A me morial was read asking that a rule be adopted by the church " denouncing the wearing of plain hats by the .sihters," and even " making such wearing of hats a forfeiture of church fellowship." After seme solid arguments te the effect that "if a sister be allowed te wear a plain hat, befeie wc knew it there will be a feather in it," aud " that the mere feathers a sister had in her hat in this world the fewer would she have iu her wiugs iu the next," the troublesome ques tion was finally settled by a resolution, adopted by a small majority, that it is wrong for sisters iu the church te wear hats ; that ciders and ether officials, who allow members of their churches te wear hats, be considered transgressors and their course condemned." Tnc terror that was once added te death for a small but select class- of peo ple in England, by their chances of being included iu the "lives of the chancellors " finds its counterpart in this country iu the manner in which some people have their obituaries written. Fer example, the Phil adelphia Reformed classis, at a session held in Delaware, adopted a mintite re garding the death of the late Rev. Dr. Fisher, through which I he following strik ing figures prance : " And we sit in deep shadows, with em blems of mourning draping our thoughts, and crape-folds dragging ever our hearts'. Dr. Fisher is dead. The interesting events that crowd and beautify this Christian life will be elaborated by ethers. We offer only our tribute, as intimate co-workers, te a memory that will long continue fresh as the verdure enwrapping this peniusula, aud flagrant as its woodbine ana roses." "As the p;caus of peace begau te fall ou us, and took the subdued tones of the mufllsd drum, the heart of the church went out and fol lowed him from his Ohie couch te his Pennsylvania grave. Our wound is great. But we bend before Him iu whose pres ence the tall archangel bows, aud ever whose mercy no seraphic wiug is enduring enough te fly. We would emulate the noble qualities interwoven in the wasp and woof of his nature ; se that, iu the beatings and lashings of earth, we may aise urmiy cnaure ; awaiting the reunion, when Ged's arm shall wave an eternal calm when no rasping tones or jarring music shall greet us when there shall be the incense of the saints, and the notes of the elders' harps." The author of this turgid rhetoric was the Reverend J. Sam'l Vandersloet, though his colleagues en the memorial committee and the classis which publishes it must share the awful responsibility. for them by it. Thov divide bi-r pi ehts and refuse te pay this debt, while all ai.iimd little distillcr.saud cigar dealeis go te jail for default of tax payments. Near the observatory ou .Mount Vesuvius a hotel will seen be built. Land has al ready been puiehase.l, anil the staitef the enterprise was formally celebrated a short time age by a dinner at the old Hermi tage. About 200 granite cutlers iu Concord, New Hampshire, nearly all these working in that cily, struck yesterday for increased wages The .strike does net it-elude quar ryiiicu, but th-sc employed in the finish ing hheds. Jehn Rurusidc, reputed tin wealthiest man iu Louisiana, died at the White Sul phur Springs en Thuisday, aged SO years. His e:-tate is estimated at from $3,000 000 te 3,000.000. Hu was a bachelor and it is said leaves no known heirs. At neon yc-tcidayJuhn Oiiscem weighed 153 pounds, a less of l:j ,. mnd.s .!,. Thursday no in. His pulse was 53, respi ration 13, and temperature DS 3-10. G.is G.is cem threatens te take te the lvture plat form when his fast, is ever and he has suf ficiently recovered his veire and .strength. Nineteen persons wen; injured, two fatally, by a collision en tins' ( 'hieage & Western Indiana laihead, near Keiisiugt mi eighteen iniks .south of Chicago. While a ircigni tram was standing en a side tiaek a misplaced .switch e.iuv.d a pa-scii".:!-train te dash into it. When Jefi'eisen college was ii-mev.-d from Cauiienshuig te unite with Wash Wash ingten the Cnuueusburg people were .se mad about it that a young farmer carried ou a Sw.iUonjeet glass from the telescope iu the observatory. 1 le was found out and being threatened has quietly Mint it back. i no glass was considerably damaged us ieu years exposure, Out, it lias iican restored and is as- geed as ever. The mail -r.iute Sfiem Maels t:i"in f !t (!ii:irdcau,Misseui-',i-uus ten r.iiLs. In 1870 Anten (lockeleflercd te piy $) pJk- year for the privilege of carrying it, and get it. lcster.lay he sent te the department the ncccssaiy 2 te be applied te next year's service. The contractor owns a stage routc.dees an express business, and is will ing te pay for carrying Uncle Sam's mail te freeze out any competition in the express business. liiiiiiii J:uit U True. Interest has been revived in the matter of A. T. Stewart's body by the publication in the New Yerk Star of a serial that pur ports te be the true story of the robbery compiled fun's" the diary of a special de de teetivef many years' experience. Accord ing te this narrative (hi; body was stolen by Billy Perter's mob of banks and silk thieves a hackmau named Mike Keilv being the principal.-- He took the bed v" in his hack IturinI r Unerge w. Masen Yesterday. The funeral of Geerge W. Masen took place from his father's residence at the White Herse, iu Salisbury township, yes terday morning. The deceased was widely known and had an immense number of friends, who went te the funeral te pay the last sad tribute te their young friend. Persons were present from all ever Lan caster county aud many parts of Chester. After a short service at the house the funeral precessian started for the Episcopal church at Compassville, Chester county. The sermon, which was an excellent one, was preached by Rev. Henry Tullidge. pas tor of the church. He speke from Num bers xxiii., 10 : "Let me die the death of the righteous and my last cud he like this." At the conclusion of the sermon Rev. J. W. Hasslcr, of New Helland, speke for a short time, referring te the many excel L-nt qualities of the deceased. After the services the coffin was opened and theso present had an opportunity of taking a last leek as the face of their dead friend. The body was then taken te its linal resting place, and the interment was made in the new cemetery attached te the ciiurcii. The pall bearers at the funeral were Jes. C. Biggs, Frank R. Ditrenderilerand B. S. Schindel,;ef the 2fcie Era efiiec, Geerge Kafreth, Geerge Hendry and A. C. Bald win. The employees of the JYt 10 Era office gave te the family of the deceased the ueauiiiui uerai cmuiem ucscnucu iu yes terday's Intelligencer and the testimo nial which was signed by all the employees of the office. After the funeral many of the visiting friends returned te Mr. Ala son's rcsidenee where they were hospita bly entertained. Cuargcrt with Rape and Ila.lly Wounded. At. an early hour en Friday morning 'Squire Ilyus, of Manheim township, was called out of bed te go te the house of Jacob Fink, near Neffsville. where a man was said te be lying dangerously wounded. 'Squire Ilyus went at once and found a "nan who gave his name as Charles Myers. Ilia statement of the affair was that he went te a shanty in a weeds near Nefisville, occu pied by a colored woman named Catherinn Francis, who was said te be separated from her husband. Myers had a bottle of whiskey with him, of which both he and the woman partook until they became drunk. When he get up te leave the place she entreated him te stay all night with her, which he refused te de, where upon she attacked him with an axe, cut ting a fearful gash in his left thigh, an other in his left side and another near the hip. The wounded man was taken te the county hospital, where he lies in a critical condition. He is attended by Dr. Belcnius. A complaint of felonious as sault and battery was preferred against the woman and she was this morning ar rested and ledged in jail. Mrs. rrancis's story is quite different from the above. She said that after Myers had given her some of the whisky he wanted te stay all night with her, and when she refused him he attempted te as sault her indecently, and, that she used the axe against him in self-defense. A M.KASANT LlTfLK PAKCY. Reanien or the High Scheel Class or '75. The high school craduatintr class of '75 held their annual reunion last evening at Spaeth's restaurant. There were present II. L. Villee. W. F. Swilkey, II. J. Stcig erwalt, D. R. MeCermick and Thes. II. McGinnis. Letters were read from F. B. Deyle, II. C. Mercer aud Israel Aaren, who were unavoidably absent. After the geed tilings (which were get up in Spaeth's best style) had been done ample justice te, the cloth was removed and music, speeches and singing filled the balance of the evening. Among the toasts, which were all happily re sponded te, were "Our Teachers, Messrs. McCaskcy and Gable," Our Absent Classmates," "The Press," "Our tiests, . "me future et the Class of '75." The exercises closed snertly after 12 o'clock by the singing of the class song, when all retired, well pleased at the re newal of old associations. The officers for the ensuing year are II. L. Villee. president, II. J. Stcigerwalt, secretary, and D. R. MeCermick, treasurer, OCR REGULAR CORRESl'ONuENCK Harvest has begun. New P. R R. officials step in te-dav. The Washington news creates great ex citement and general regret. Putnam Circle, B. if. (II. F.) Ne. 113 gees te the parade in Mauhcim en the Fourth. Frem 1 p. m. te 5 p. m. yesterday Fertl Rfesiuger caught 143 cat fish. When the 'Columbia engine returns home the ether companies will be invited te parade with the Columbia. C. C. Kauffman and W. H. Moere have bought the handsome, cedar, latest im proved beat of C. N. Simius. A slight fire in a frame house ou Perry street, near the railroad, at 4 p. m. yester day, was extinguisneu without au alarm or serious damage. The Wagner hotel hostler sued a boy who wouldn't pay for having his horse cleaned. Squire Yeung discharged him. Squire Gner this morning sent down a drunken and disorderly man aud woman for ten days. One of the Shawnee mill horses fright ened at an engine at Frent and Walnut streets, Mippcd and fell, deiug no further damage than tearing the harness. The bunks, stores, &c, shut up en Mon day ; the rolling mills aud Supplee's foun dry close also ; the Susqiichauna mill paid te-day, a week iu advance of the regular time. Increasing membership of the G. A. R. pest has caused it te change its headquar ters te the Susquehanna ledge room iu Odd Fellows hall, fourth fleer. A large turnout of the order is expected next Tuesday, when it meets, equipped, for drill. The Piesbyterians will picnic at Spring Spring weed en July 12, and the E. E. Lutherans may join with thum ; rates, 50 ceuts for adults and 23 cents for children; the United Itrethren will go te the same place en the 20th and the excursion rates will be 55c. and 25c. A ntan who wax persistently accused by a woman en market this mernimr of nick ing her iiicketboek cheerfull v ettered te be searched and nothing was found en him. Then the. woman found it in her basket. She apologized and the general satisfaction was "utterly utter." A supposed crazy man riding a small donkey through Fifth street this morning, nearly touched the ground with his dang ling legs. He were bed ticking pauts, a variegated coat, white stovepipe hat with a blue band and made faces at the jeering crowd. Mr. Jes. Fendrich is visiting his parents. Mr. S. B. McCorkle has returned te his business in Philadelphia ; Miss Ella Yiu ger, of Manchester, Pa;, is visiting her cousin Mis. Yinger ; Miss Annie Wellcn seik, Yerk, is visiting Miss Mollie Hcrr ; Richard Burroughs Shawnee furnace clerk has gene visiting his Maryland relatives ; II. C. Gable aud B. F. Mullen have gene te Philadelphia te spend the fourth. LITTLE LOCALS. .NOttllll: ia39 H7 411 55 .'.0 .Nothing. b new te the New then, seme took it te Lexington embalmed me vu days later. The this doctor lived corpse te Montreal woman in black crsey sheie and buried it j .lavs later, resurrected it and the lien.se of a doctor en avenue, New Yerk, who it, inoculating himself with in se doing and dvinir ten woman with whom as his wife took the in a trunk, being " the " famous in the tcle- IHsiiilgfceri Cases. The following are the sums paid by the county commissioners te the mayor and aldermen of this city, for cases heard aud dismissed during the month of May : M:.vi- MacCenijilc $ SO 55 Alderiu in II. U. M economy, 1st ward, Oi 'JO Win. 11. Wiley, 2d ward Nothing. " .1. K. Itnrr, 3.1 ward 17;! IM " A. K. Snurrler. 4lh ward.. 2Ti 20 it. l . Kewc, 5th ward...., " .les. Samson, Clli ward.. " A. K. Dennelly, 7tli ward P. It.itiii.dlv. f-tl ward... II. A. Mllcy.Uth ward It is due te his honor the mayor te say that the fees received by him are paid im mediately into the city treasury for the use of the city. Of the nine aldermen it will be observed that " old reliable " of the Femth ward continues te keep well te the front, and that. Brether Samson, of the Sixth, for a new beinuner. is nreiircss- ing finely, A year or two age Alderman Jack ceuld't make his salt from " the business" then in the Sixth ward. We don't knew w hat excuse Alderman Rewe and Mi ley have te eiler for their neglect of " business," but Aldermen Wiley, who is a vet ei an, says that he cannot at his time of life engage iu a " business " that leeks se much like stealing. .titd Still It is Dim. Seme time age the Intelligences noticed that the paint Was wearing off the figures en the face of the courthouse clock. The commissieucis have net paid tiny heed te it as yet, and the face en the north side leeks as though it had been out en a drunk and get badly scratched. Nene of the commissioners reside in the city, and they very ccl.Iem have occasion te consult the clock. If they lived iu the northern part of the city they would net knew hew late they weie out at night, if they had te de pend en that side of the clock for the news. IiURlKD AL1VK Man.l IJ.ink en Twe Yeung grams el the time. There the remains were taken en a coal scow aud hidden near Montreal for a year, after which they were exhumed and returned te Mount Vernen Winchester county, N. Y where they are new hidden. Mike Kellcy disappeared from the city seen after the robbery, and is new said te be working iu a mine some where iu Arizona. PERSONAL. Aii enemy of Platt says ! " Well, the tail has separated from the cat. Let us see hew the bob tail cat will jump." Before Rev. Dr. O. II. Tiffany, of Philadelphia, sailed for Europe, his Bread and Arch M. E. church raised and paid oft' its $30,000 debt. DeWaiuiex H.Reyneld8, esq., of Cum berland, Md., practicing law there, is uew visitinc his family and friends near Rf ten. He has lately returned from a. visit .Ju(,S? Briggs is reported as expressing te New Mexico, en professional business. nnuSh, n.'Ai J5"1,, .the f vc,rdifc 0 ac c r !...,.. t t. - quittai m the Jlaher-Strcet election fraud E-Goverer Rufus B, Bulleck, of case. That is mere than ether people wjS Contempt of Court. J'liiladt-Iphia Ledger. " The average juror is a3 fair and 'intel ligent as the average judge." That's very likely, bnt wc want our judges above the average. Touting en the U1U C'tttnp Ground. William R. Briuten, Jehn Dickey, Ar thur Beardman, Samuel Slaymakcr and Walter AVcIchans, of this city, members of the Yeung Men's Bryant literary club, with their tent, camp chest and equip ments, encamped at Celd Spring.3, Yerk Furnace station, en Thursday last, and ex pect te remain iu camp for a week or ten days ; they arc enjoying themseives in fishing. fiasolleo Lamps. AU the street lamps throughout the city were lit with gaseline light, for the first time, last night.under the contract cntered iute between the city and the Glebe gas light company. The lamps were neat and clean and some of them were furnished with ground glass slides en which were cut the names of the streets. The light fur nished was quite brilliant, and appeared te give satisfaction. Lest and Found. Quite an excitement was created in the southeastern section of the city yesterday by the anxious inquiries made by Mrs. Philip Snyder for her missing three-year-old child. The whole neighborhood was searched unsuccessfully for hours, when the neart-oreitcn merner returned home, and stumbled ever her little one, who was taking an afternoon nap behind the deer ! All's well that ends well, Cave in Women Yesterday two of Christian Arieth's daughters, Careline aud Katie, had oeca sien te visit a sand-pit near their father's residence in the lower end of the Seventh ward. While there, a portion of the bank caved in en them, burying Katie entirely beneath the sand, and covering Careline up te the waist. A laborer who was working in the pit was also partly buried in the sand. Miss Careline, though wedged tightly in the sand, had her hands and arms free, and being close beside her sister, managed te scratch the sand away from her sister's head aud face, and thus prevent her suffocation. The laborer seen extricated himself, and after a geed deal of work he managed te dig the young ladies out. Beth girls are very badly bruised, and .Miss Kate suffers beside from severe nervous prostra tion. Dr. Belcnius was sent for and at tended the sufferers, who arc repotted to day as doing very well. Sheeting Match Yesterday. A sheeting match took place at the park vcMi-niay at wnicii jjr. icUaskcy took first money, having killed seven straight birds. Thecdore Beck hit seven birds but was given sccentl money, as the judges claim that the bird fell out of bounds. Beck alleges that the bird fell in bounds and it was carried out by a boy who stated that he did it. In a second match Denlingcr, Miller and Spurrier, killed three birds out of four and divided first money. Davis, Rauch, Von Ven dersmith and McCaskcy each killed two out of four. Lancaster Ceunly'H Sunday Schools. At the recent international Sunday school convention held at Terente, Canada, the following report was re ceived from Lancaster county for the year ended- June 1-: Xnmlier of schools 2iS " teachers and officers :i " scholars at jjij Here and There and Everywhere. If Patterson's- patent law had prevailed Judge Briggs would have te disbar Cel. A. K. McClure. Albert Sutcr's three-year-old child, St. Jeseph street, fell from, a step ou Thurs day evening aud Dr. A. J. Herr attended te the broken cellar-bone. Cleinmeus's band, out serenading last night, visited Mrs. Rote and Peter Hohna Hehna man, Seuth Queen near Vine street. Mayer Keller, of Williamsport, former ly of Lancaster, was at the Moravian pic nic at Lititz and like everybody else great ly enjoyed it. Sunday hours will be observed en Men day, July 4th, at the postefliee. Open fiem 8 te 9 a. m. and from G te 7 p. m. The Gen. Reynolds Monument associa tion in Philadelphia has organized w ith ex ex Ge v. Curt in, president. Geerge Ernst, of Yerk, was crushed te death yesterday by the cave in of a cellar bank which he was digging out. Jehn Kane shipped 1C head of horses te Frank Mathews, of New Yerk te-day, aud Sentlicimcr & Behenheimcr shipped 23 head te Jacob Dahlmau, of the same city. Mis. M. Herkheimcr, daughter of Mr. Hirsh, and .Miss Baer, jf Wheeling, W. Va are stepping with Mr. Hirsh. Walter Bausmau arrived home last even ing after being a year iu Bosten, where he was attending the Conservatory of Music. In the progress of the painting repairs, the ball aud weather vane en Old Trinity were taken down te-day and the old spire leeks dismantled. Mr. M. Fringent of the firm efArudt & Fringent, of New Yerk, finished pack ing aud left for New Yerk today. They packed about 1,000 cases of li-.-st clas to bacco. The Reading & Columbia railroad will run special trains te Lititz en .Monday. They will leave King street depot at 4:00 a. m., G:00 and 3:30 p. m. and returning will leave Lititz at 10:30 p. in. and l:5t a. m. At a meeting of the Tucqu.in club at Maj. Reinechl's office last evening it was resolved te encamp at Yerk Furnace Springs en the 11th day ef1 July and re main in camp net less than five days. A bay her.se was stolen from Henrietta Moere. Raphe township, near the Big Chickics creek last night. THK COUNTV INSTITUTIONS. past .i,72S .W.S00 Average attendance Received into church dining the e;u. . i i'i Number or library books V.r.liXil Number el schools using international tenens im Arm Broken. Jehn Ripple, jr., a son of Adam Ripple, cigar maker residing at the corner ofSlnp efSlnp pen and Walnut streets.had his arm broken near the elbow en Thursday evening by being pushed by another boy who came up suddenly behind him while be was walk ing en the pavement. Drs. Blackwood and Albright attended te the case. Fell rrem a Wagen. This morning a lad named Henry Au- camp, while riding in a wagon en Seuth Prince streef in front of the cotton mills, was thrown out and narrnwlv pmwri being run ever. He was picked up mero J and was found te be the son of Ernst Hen Bleetiiiff r Their Respective Heard Te-day The prison inspectors met, in accord dance with adjournment, at the prison this morning. Messrs. Hagcn, Carter. Ruttcr and Miller were present. Mr Hagcn was elected president pre tern, in the absence of Mr. Heffmcir. Minutes e! the last meeting were read and approved, as were a numbar of bills, and a petition te the court, stating that Jehn Meran had been found te be iusane by two physicians, Drs. Compten and Greve, and asking that he be sent te the insane asylum until the expiration of his sentence in July 9, was signed by all the inspectors. After dinner, the following resolutions offered by Mr. Miller were adopted : " Whereas, The beard of inspectors at their last meeting requested Harry Cooper, messenger of the prison, te resign en ac count of his health net permitting him te attend te his duties, and he has se far failed te de se, but has removed his goods from the prison and cent iu bills for his salary for the past four months, during which time he has net been en duty therefore, " Besehed, That Harry Ooeper.bo dis charged as messenger of the prison." It was decided te postpone consideration of the gas and water questions until the next meeting, when a full beard will be present. The 1'oer Directors. This beard held a meeting this morn ing, all members being prcsent. They did nothing but approve a number of bills. Drowned. About ' o'clock this afternoon a boy was found drowned in the Concstega a short distance below the Quarryville rail road bridge He was entirely naked, scared than hurt, Watermelons. The first watermelons of the season ap pearcd en our market this morning. They came from Georgia and were sold by Frank Mettfett and Charlie Eckert at prices ranging from 35 te 5 0 cents each. ricci, the baker. The boy was of unsound mind and subject te fits of somnambulism, apt te wander off. Only the ether night Officer Helman picked him up en the streets in that condition, and the same thing had happened before. Committed. Alderman Spurrier last eveninir com. mitted te jail for 30 days Jeseph Mayer, ei Jiuiersviiie, wue was arrested ey Cen- Mayer's Court. This mornine- t.hn maver sent three drunks te jail for 30 clays each, one for 10, stable Lehr, for druuken and disorderly aauuisguargea pwe vagrant. conduct. A
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