LANCASTER DAILY LNTELL1GENCER FRIDiY, JULY 22, 1881
HaurastCT ntelUfencrr.
FRIDAY EVENING, JUL.Y 22, 1881.
Tie Editor's IMj.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Har
risburg Patriot, returns te an attempted
vindication of the principle of journalis
tic ethics laid down by it the ether day,
when it declared that editors who
charge offenses against public officials
"should make information before the
proper tribunal against the persons
guilty of the offense of which
they complain." The Patriot new
seems te intimate that it referred only
te such offenses as the complaining edi
tor knows of and nobody else, though its
original declaration had no such quali
fication. It would be difficult te ascer
tain in what cases of public offenses the
editor has knowledge and ether citizens
are net "blest or curst" with it, or why
a citizen should be "curst" by knowl
edge of such offense:?. What the Patriot
means te refer te is probably charges
against public men which are false.
Even in these cases we submit that a
batter way than for editors te make in
formation is for the accused te bring a
libel suit. The law offers the accused
ample vindication by its civil and crim
inal processes, and they are the best
means, tee, of properly informing the
public as te the truth of the accusations
made and disputed. Hut the principle
that editors must bsceuic informers and
complainants before they can notice " a
ciiinc against society" in their prints
-would be an excellent way te relieve
the public prosecutors of their duties, te
muzzle the press in the execution of its,
and generally te prevent the punishment
of crime, We cannot understand hew,
in the language of the Patriot, the edi
tor can 'step forward and put the ma
chinery oft he law in motion," without
becoming the ''prosecutor." That is net
the editor's business, ueryet is it
''everybody's business," and therefore
"nobody's business." It is the business
of the elected administrators of the law,
and when the editor points out the of
fenses and the offenders the duty rests
witli the district attorney and Iho con
stables te prosecute them ; and if
the editor is found te be a liar, it
is equally their duty te prosecute
him for libel. They can de this without
being overelficious. They are elected te
de it and paid te de it, and when they
shirk their duty and try te put it where
it does net belong they prove their
cowardice and tiieir unfitness.
Tin: Piii riot is, however, consistent in
practicing its theories, and upon them
we can explain its long continued silence
regarding the elaborate system of public
robbery in furnishing supplies te the
state which was set forth in the Press at
length yesterday, which the Xcic Era,
of this city, animadverted upon last year,
and with which the readers of this jour
nal have been made familiar for five
years by the Ixtelliekxcku's exposure
of and attacks upon the iniquity. The
Press charges specifically that Cyrus T.
Delre, of the firm of Mess & Ce., Phil
adelphia, "a Mr. Piper, of the Patriot
office," Mr.Chas. II. Bergner, of thellar
risburg Telegraph, ex-Chief Clerk of the
Heuse W.C.Shurleck, Chief Clerk of the
.Senate Themas B. Cochran, Mr. Samuel
Adams, a notorious contractor for state
supplies,Chicf Clerk of the Heuse, Harry
Htihu, Senate Librarian J. C. Delaney,
and ethers net se well known, have been
for years c-uiipirin.r te rob the state by
obtaining money from the state for sup
plies, grossly overcharged for or never
furnished a, all, and that they, or some
of them, have defeated investigation and
disclosure by bribing the witnesses te
their guilt te abscond mid-stay away.
These charge.? are either true or net
true. In either case the Patriot is con
sistent in preserving a graveyard silence
about them. If they are net true the
V. would bj chargeable with a gross
libel, and tin edit.).- of the Patriot could
n )t e iasisi..'iit!y in Idlg.i in that charge
without setting the law's machinery in
motion against the Pre which he has
net done. If they are True then the Pa
triot could net affirm them without its
editor making a complaint against the
conspiring public plunderers which it
has net done.
But the Patriot cannot continue te be
inactive. Fer if these charges are
proved or remain unanswered, the pub
lie will want te knew why it, published
where this thieving has been going en,
has net ferreted it out and exposed it.
If they are false its editor is bound, in
accordance with his declared idea of a
geed citizen's duty, te put the machinery
of law into operation against the libeller
of Mr. Bergner, of the Telegraph, of " a
Mr. Piper," of the Patriot, and of ether
geed men and true, accused of high
crimes and misdemeanors.
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The Ephrata Society.
The community of Seven Day Bap
tists at Ephrata, is one of the leading
historical features of Lancaster county.
With its earlier history our readers are
mostly familiar, constituting as it does,
one of the most romantic chapters in
our local annals. With the gradual ex
tinction of the society, the advanced age
and diminishing number of its members
it has met the usual fate of such com
munities, when the lessens of fraternal
unity and forbearance which they
sought aforetime te impress upon their
members are lest sight of in unseemly
strife for ecclesiastical control, and for
the acquirement of the material profits
of the common property. Tiie master's
report in an equity suit, brought by one
set of trustees te restrain another set
both claiming te be duly elected from
exercising that office, admirably relates
the causes which have directly led te this
experience at Ephrata, and the progress
and incidents of the ensuing litigation.
Pending its final issue we have no opin
ion te express en the legal or religious
aspects of the case. It is plain, however,
that there does net exist a very happy
feeling between the Christian brethren
nor an apostolic disregard en cither side
of worldly possessions. The case, tee,
serves about as well te illustrate the
uuamiable relations of our judges as of
the divided brethren who ought te be
united. It 3e3tns that Judge Patterson,
Jpe the astonishment and indignation of '
his colleague, the president judge, filed
an opinion approving the bend of the al
leged pretender trustees, which was re
sented promptly and net very amiably
by a differing opinion from the ether
member of the court. Tiie associate
judge afterwards, at chambers, without
assent or concurrence of Judge Living
ston, granted an injunction te make
effective the claims of the trustees en
whose validity he had passed favorably
by the approval of their bend, plainly
declaring that in his view his own ap
proval of the bend, Judge Livingston
dissenting, was such an approval as qual
ified the " Xelde trustees." Hew much
further the feelings of the court may have
carried them in their relations te thisl
case is the subject of rumor, but it is very
certain that with a company of lawyers
and a judge en each side, the litigation
ever the Ephrata society bids fair te be
protracted until these who began it are
laid with their fathers, and until the
estates ever which they are quarreling
have been spent in the expenses of the
wrangle. And they might a3 well go te
the lawyer as te the trustees.
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MINOR TOPICS.
A Contemporary who makes Ihe point
that the people who object te the Mrs.
Garfield fund, have contributed nothing
te it, should have the leather incdal offer
ed te such genius for discovery.
The able editors who have been exorcis exercis
ing their powerful minds in defense of the
Field-Gariield purse will seen find oppor
tunity te exercise their talents in praising
the Garlields for declining te accept. The
able editor's powerful mind, however, is
never se little tried as in getting upon both
sides of the question.
Ax editor in charge of a religious news-
paper, during the summer vacation of its
regular chief, announces the scientific dis
covery that elderberries arc net se named
because they arc elder than any ether ber
ries. They derived their name from the
fact that an elder of a church first dis
covered their color by setting down upon
a buneh of them at a picnic.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is
ful: " We are assured by the New
hope hope
Yerk Mail that the geed feeling expressed by
the Southern journals for the president
will be appreciated by him, aud that his
generous nature will be inspired by it, and
that his restored energies will be devoted
te the whole country, no one who knows
him is permitted te doubt. We hope this
may prove true. The spectacle of a Re
publican president devoting himself te the
whole country, and net exclusively te his
party machinery, will be something unu
sual aud certainly gratifying.
The Philadelphia Press having charged
that "a Mr. Piper" of the Harrisburg
Pit riot and a Mr. C. II. Bcrgner of the
Telegraph, had engaged m schemes of
wholesale plunder of the state we natur
ally turn te our state capital contempor
aries for a denial aud refutation of the
heinous charge. Tiie nearest approach we
find te it in yesterday's Telegraph is this
paragraph :
It's astonishing hew anxious the Ameri
can poeplo arc for the president te cat
spariugly.
The Patriot disposes of the matter in
this satisfactory style :
According te the Wilmington (Del.)
Every Ecening the peach crop in Del iware
is a failure.
Tiie New Era, whieh has en many oc
casions, set up for a moral censer, thinks
the appellation of "Meed Pulp" Miller "is
mere a title of honor than anything else"
te the new New Yerk senator. The Era's
cede may be gauged by the re
minder of a contemporary as te
hew Miller get his degree : In
1880, while he was a member of the lower
house aud while he was interested in the
exclusive privilege et manufacturing weed
pulp in connection with about half a
dozen ether similar manufacturers, aud
doubtless under their retainer, he appeared
before the committee of ways and means,
net only in his own behalf, but en behalf
of his manufacturing colleagues, as an
advocate of " such a preservation of the
duty en weed pulp as would exclude com
mercial competition " with himself and
his associates in its preparation or maim
facture. This fact is net only of record,
but it was at the time sharply and justly
animadverted upon by many of his polit
ical friends in the press.
Mr. Wharten Barker's American, of
Philadelphia, looking back upon the
struggle at Albany of the last two months,
must pronounce that " it was less credit
able te the administration members than
was that of the Independent? at Harris
burg. The Democrats at Harrisburg
played a part which did them honor.
They kept their plaess, as a m-satis of de
feating the rule of a political dictator,
when by staying away they might have
elected Mr. Oliver or Mr. Beaver te de
him service. These of Albany may seem
te have acted en exactly the same linf, but
in fact they did the opposite. By their
presence they helped Mr. Conkling te his
last chance of perpetuating a persjn.il rule
which they, in common with their coun
trymen at large, denounce as corrupting."
In this statement the Aimricvi is hardly
fair. In both stttes the Democrats man
ifested a decent, dignified noi..tnfcerfer nei..tnfcerfer
cuce. In neither cenld they control, aud
in neither are they responsible for the
outcome.
PERSONAL.
In the Philadelphia dental college Sim
eon II. Grir.veiiD, Yfi D. S., is professor
of operative and prosthetic dentistry.
II. E. Shimp, formerly of this city aud
later of Manheim, has removed from
Northbrook, Chester county, te Sweet
Air, Md.
The Philadelphia Times displays a wen
derful versatility of resources in its for
eign correspondents. The ether day it
gave us Rev. Dr. Tifpaxy's account of
the stranding of the Brittanie and te-day
Sam Josephs contributes " a statesman's
impressions in Ireland."
In his drive te Bear Lake, for summer
sport, Gov. Heyt was se terribly jolted
that a local paper says "if he ever wished
for anything in his life it was that he
might be able at the end of his journey te
sign the death warrant of the man who
built that terrible read te Bear Lake."
Rev. Henry Messer, of Reading, secre
try of the beard of trustees of Palatinate
college, Myerstown, visited Dr. G. B.
Rcssel, at his home in Waynesboro, Pa.,
and conveyed in person the call te the
presidency of Palatinate college. Dr. Rus
set stated that he looked upon it as a call
from the church and would give it due
consideration. He is at present living en
a farm belonging te his mother aud su
perintending it.
The action brought by Dr. Themas W.
Evaxs against Jehn D'Oyley is about te
coiue before the First Chamber of the
Civil Tribunal of the Seine for judgraent,
and the case greatly interests the Ameri
can colony and the Mende Parisien. Dr.
Evans charges D'Oyley with assuming
illegally the name of Evans, and with
practicing under that name the profession
of deutist, as well as with haviug opened,
under the same name, in the Avenue de
1' Opera, a shop for the sale of his goods.
Cel. W. Milsek Roberts, who recently
died in Rie Jancrie, had been engaged at
engineering for Dem Pedre at a salary of
$20,000 a year. He has held the position
of cngiuccr-in-chicf en the Ohie river. He
was also superintendent of surveys of the
Pennsylvania canal, the Columbia, the
Portage, the Philadelphia and Eric, the
Cumberland Valley, the Allegheny Valley,
the Iren Mountain and the Ohie and Mis
sissippi railroads, aud he made the plans
for the construction of the great St. Leuis
bridge.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Baseball yesterday : At New Yerk
liostens, i ; Metropolitans,
3. At Albany
Treys, 0 ; Albanys, a.
Owing te heavy rains the races which
were te have taken place in Chicago yes
terday and te-day have been postponed
until the first clear day.
The anniversary of Bull Iluu was com
memerated yesterday by the veterans of
I Second Bliode Island regiment at Battery
A at Oakland ucaeh.
Thirty-eight applicants for about half
a dozen $1,200 positions in the New Yerk
custom house were examined yesterday by
the civil scrvice cxamiuiug beard.
Yeung Mr. Twehig, aged twenty sum
mers, contracted himself in the capacity of
husband ami lather te widow Oelycr, agetl
thirty-five autumns, and three' children.
This occurred at Harber Creek.
The private banking heu.se of II. W.
Hughes & Ce., Cincinnati, lias been bought
out by a company of capitalists, who have
organized the Union national bank. Capi
tal, $300,000 ; 11. W. Hughes, president ;
O. II. Tuder," cashier.
Parties seeking air heir te the Van Alter
estate, valued at $5,000,000, at Syracuse,'
have found a grand-son in the. person of
Jehn Green, a ship carpenter, of Mil
waukee, of whose identity they have no
doubt.
A severe rain-storm, accompanied by
terrific thunder and lightning, visited
various points in Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin en Wednesday night. Creps
were badly damaged, a number of build
ing were destroyed by lightning and
several lives were lest.
A miuute description of the young lady
found drowned iu the Niagara river, an
swers that of Miss Menica Brennan, who
who mysteriously disappeared from Pert
Jervis last Friday. A lady purchased a
ticket for Niagara Falls that day, aud as
Miss Brcimau was seen en the train, it is
believed she was the lady.
The monument te the confederate dead
at Culpepper, Virginia, was unveiled yes
terday with imposing ceremonies. Not
withstanding a heavy rain fail during the
forenoon, about 8000 persons were present.
Addresses were made by G. F. Fitzler, ex ex ex
Govcruer Kemper, Hen. Jehn Goede and
Gcucral Walker.
The open cut of the Caledonia mine at
Deadwood caved in en Wednesday night
burying seven miners. Three men were
taken out alive and the ethers are sup
posed te be killed. L.S. Geedman, foreman
of the De Sinet mine was instantly killed
by the arch en which he was standing near
the shaft giving wav, precipitating him
200 feet.
STATE ITEMS.
Small-pox at Johnstown prevented Jehn
Robinson's circus from appearing.
Oil is reported te have been found near
Leck Haven.
Westmoreland county manufactures
mere paper than any ether county in the
state.
Tobacco
quantities
Suubury.
William
worms are destroying large
of the growing weed about
Coffin and Charles
Erd man
were killed in the Washington quarry,
near Slatington, by a fall of rock.
Jehn Cessna has been nominated by the
Republicans of the Bedford and Somerset
judicial district for president judge ever
A. J. Colburn, of Somerset.
The biggest picnic party that ever
assembled en the shady banks of the Wis Wis
sahicken was there yesterday. The Girard
college boys were out for a day's fun.
O'Brien, health officer at Scranton, offers
te stamp out the small pox from Wilkes
barre in consideration of one thousand dol
lars cash in hand.
The average editorial mind in Northern
Pennsylvania, is exercised just new be
tween the Black-Ingcrsell controversy and
heavy bark-peeling romances.
Tiie Ferest Republican is authority for
the statement that Jack McCray, recently
murdered by a negre in Othelle. Miss..
was formerly a resident of Ferest county.
A warning te wives : Mrs. Wilsen, of
Huntingdon, while milking ene of a herd
of cows was run upon by the suddenly
stampeded quadrupeds and suffered a se
vere fracture of the shoulder blade.
Rev. F. W.Wciskoten, pastor or Salem's
Lutheran church, Bethlehem, has received
a unanimous call te St. James' church,
Philadelphia, the largest Lutheran con
gregation in the city.
Rev. Francis Welle. for years connected
with the young ladies' seminary, of Beth
lehem. (20 years as acting principal) and
his wife, have retired from the seminary,
and taken possession of their new and
beautiful home.
A Norristewu man is iu receipt of a let
ter from a Virginian, living near the Ken
tucky line, stating that it is rumored that
the president has been shot in a northern
city, and asking that papers containing
particulars be forwarded.
Mrs. Kane, of Prospect, tenderly tucked
her fivo-months-eld child into bed and
went down stairs te attend te certain
household duties. When she returned te
the little one she was horrified te find it
strangled te death by the bed clothing.
Mary Cloveiistine, fifteen years of age,
living near Lorberry Junction, was sent te
Pinegreve by members of the family, who
worked at the colliery of Mu'er, Graeff s
Ce., for their pay. She made the trip te
Pinegreve in safety and obtained the pay,
which amounted te 81G0 29. This money
she placed in a basket which al
ready contained a quantity of crockery,
started te walk home en the railroad, was
struck by an engine, thrown into the air
as high as the smoke-stack of the engine,
struck the ground at the base of an em
bankment fifteen feet in height and was
returned home without ether less or injury
thau one plate in her basket being broken.
ABOUT COLORED WOODS JlKKTIXIii.
The Pretest of a Citizen efthc Lewt- End
Fer the Ixieixieexcek.
We have always admired the enterprise
exhibited by that class of individuals in
your city yclept " hucksters." In all sorts
of weather, and all seasons of the year,
they cater te the wants of their customers,
furnishing in their respective season the
products of the deep, iu the shape of lus
cious bivalves of the Chesapeake and the
trout of the northern lakes, te say nothing
of the countless car leads of such tropical
fruit as the pineapple and banana, as
well as the cabbages, potatoes, melons and
peanuts of our own land. We say, we
admire the laudable ambition they display
in this regard, but we enter our solemn
pretest against their running religions col
ored weeds meetings.
We are led te these reflections by ehc
of these meetings held iu the greve of C.
M. Hess, near the village of Quarry ville en
Sunday last.
Huge pesters were distributed all ever
the county announcing that a weeds
meeting would be held at the time aud
place noted, for the benefit of the Second
Baptist Church of Lancaster, aud that such
eminent divines as Revs. Matthew Mark
Diggs, W. II. Kiels, Clem. Turner and
Jehn Frances would preach and Profs.Bro Prefs.Bro Profs.Bre
dias aud Lady, of Yerk, would accompany
the Jubilee Singers.
Your reporter cave a giaphic descrip
tien of the meeting in your Monday's
edition, from which it was evident that
the whole thing was gotten up by a
ceuple of enterprising hucksters of your
city for the purpose of " putting money in
their purses " at the expense of this com
munity ; and in the name of religion, in
sight of the village church, it made such a
desecration of the Sabbath day as te
shock the moral sense of this community.
We think we but voice the sentiment of
the place and neighborhood when we say
that another attempt.ef the, kind will get
its promoters into trouble, as such con
duct will net again be tolerated iu this
community. Citizen.
Ncivspaucr and Public Oll'eudf.rs.
Harrisburg I'utriet.
It is the duty of any aud every geed
citizen te see te it that the laws are en
forced and te that end te make informa
tion against offenders before the proper
tribunals. Editors and publishers arc
supposed te be geed citizens, though such
of them as are ready te print any charge
against their neighbor without proper
previous investigation cannot lairly be
placed in that category. It is net expected
that an editor or publisher who is se big
with the knowledge of a crime against soci
ety that he cannot deliver himself in a
dozen issues of his journal, shall go before
a magistrate paneplied iu the symbols of
handicraft, strike an attitude, announce
his profession and as editor or publisher
make the necessary information. He is te
go simply as a citizen te discharge, the
duty of a citizen. Fer if his journal speak
the truth, he must knew all about the
offense it charges. Other citizens arc net
blest or curst with the same peculiar
knowledge. They will net make informa
tion, for their knowledge rests
upon hcrcsay, or rather upon
the reports of the newspapcrs. The
officers of the law de net generally "prose
cute offenses " until they come te their
knowledge in due course, that is by infor
mation made by ether citizens. There
fore the knowing editor whose conscious
ness is overburdened with the knowledge
which ethers lack, se far from being ex
empted from the performance of a citizeu's
duty,should be the first te step forward te
put the machinery of the law in motion.
And, mark you, iu doing that he does net
prosecute. That is the "province of the
officers of the law." He merely volunteers
as a witness before the proper tribunal and
declares under ath what he has already
testified in his newspaper. Granted that
it would net always be convenient for
editors or publishers te become witnesses
of this character ; but the inconvenience
should be no greater hardship te them
than te ether citizens. Indeed here is just
where lies the trouble in the enforcement
of the laws. What is everybody's busi
ncss is nobody's business. One excuses
himself en this ground, another en that,
and the virtuous editor himself claims ex
emption from a citizen's duty te make in
formation, for the reason that it is none of
his " business."
Wilkesbarre Whiskey Men RIack Mulled.
The arrest of ever GO liquor dealers, in
Wilkesbarre, for selling en Sunday has
created some excitement, as it new appears
that it was a blackmailing scheme en the
part of three weed choppers from Menree
county and a Wilkesbarre city alderman.
The bark peelers are new in jail, and the
alderman is seeking bail in the sum of
$1,000 upon these charges. Ex-Sheriff
Whitaker, of the Exchange hotel, the pro
prietor of the Valley hotel, C. Rick, of the
Central hotel, and ethers had settled be
fore the blackmailers were put into jeop jeep
ard v.
Willi Turklcs.
Capt. Gee. W. Skinner, of Big Cove
Tannery, Fulton county, exhibits a breed
sf thirteen young wild turkeys, which he
had succeeded in domesticating. They
were presented te him when but a day old
by a young man, who had in no way
violated the law in haviug them iu his pos
session, the eggs having been taken from
a burning clearing, where they were cer
tain te be destroyed, and hatched out un
der a chicken hen. They are about the
size of partridges, and in their daily trips
are marshaled by a snow white domestic
turkey hen.
Mr. MeIlarsmtihN Town Rurned.
By a recent fire at Wallace Michigan,
two saw mills, the railroad depot, several
stores and stables, twenty-five dwellings,
the whole year's stock of legs aud a large
quautity of piled lumber, pests and tele
graph poles are destroyed. A school
house and two dwellings are all that is left
of the village. The less is estimated at
75.000, and it nearly all falls ou a Mr.
Mellarsmith, who owns the greater por
tion of tiie place.
Railroad Perils.
While a party of ladies and gentlemen
were crossing a street in Jersey City, last
evening, in a carriage the horses were
frightened by. a passing train and ran
away, throwing out a young woman named
Blitz, killing her instantly. A Mrs. Minks
of Newark, received fatal internal inju
ries. NEIuIIROKUOOD NEWS.
Near und Acress the County Line.
A deuble-decker stone and frame barn
en the farm of Frank Smith, near Berwyn,
Easttewn township, Chester county, took
lire Tuesday morning, and with all this
year's crops were burned. The property
was insured.
Michael Reichart, a porter, and Jacob
Neidenthal, sexton of St. Mary's church,
have been arrested in Yerk charged with
repeated pilferings from Hartman & Van
Hainan's store. Neidenthal was caught
in the act.
Geerge Miller, of Brecknock township,
Berks county, made a desperate attempt
at suicide en Sunday evening. He procured
a large knife, with which he cut his threat
from car te car. His wife discovered him
lyiug en the lloer, and immediately called
Henry Fritz, a neighbor, who made an in
vestigation and found that the juglar vein
had net been cut. The flew of bleed was
stepped and new Mr. Miller is en the high
read te recovery. It is believed that he is
insane.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CORK FAVTOKY FJKK.
Dedge & Sen's Lesses Adjusted.
Messrs. Bausman & Burns, insurance
agents, report that day before yesterday
the losses en Dedge & Sen's cork factory,
recently destroyed by fire, were settled by
the several insurance companies, paying
$18,033.23, as fellows :
Less en machinery $ 5'1 VI
' Stock ami Materials 13,sJj 35
" Furntiure, Ac C4 41
Cerk Weed ami Stock in Yard. 3,627 7S
Total $18,035 '25
The companies pay respectively as fol fel
lows :
The .VAna, of Hartferd $ 2.910 00
" Phoenix, et Hartferd 1,103 9S
" Commercial Union, et Londen... 9t3 US
" liritish America, et Terente 2,0J 65
" .Merchant, et Ncwars
" Heward, et New Yerk
" Londen Assurance, et Louden...
" Lancashire, of England
" Phamlx, et England
' Hamburg-Bremen, et Germany..
" Ins. Ce. of State et Pennsylvania.
et Philadelphia
i!,4a a:
2.(8 m
ejass
i,i9 OJ
M9 9S
rj 93
9J9 9S
The Etna, Phcenix aud Lancashire in
surance companies have already paid their
losses, and the ethers wilt in a few days.
This less was se promptly and easily set
tled en account of the excellent and correct
condition of thpir books, se well bept by
Miss Dedge, a daughter of the senior mem
ber of the firm.
The iusuranceadjusters commented very
favorably ou Miss Dedge's book-keeping.
The less (entire) of Messrs. Dedge &
Sen was $19,307.54
TltOCIlLES OF A CIRCUS.
Ci.wardly Attacks Mane by Roughs.
The Shelby, Pullman & Hamilton cir
cus, who appear in Columbia en Satur
day, has had a very rough time through
the coal regions. On Saturday they were
attacked by a party of roughs in I'ittsten
aud iu self defense were compelled te use
fire arms. Somebody, said net te have
been a circus man, fired a revolver into
the crowd, the ball from which struck and
killed a man. On Tuesday the show
appeared in Puttsville and during the
evening a crowd of roughs from that city
and neighboring places made an attack en
the circus men. They threw stones into
the tent aud it was found necessary te
step the performance entirely. A number
of " hoodlums " attempted te crawl under
the canvas and when the circus men at
tempted te prevent it the row was started.
Five of the eircus men were terribly in
jurid by stones and they were compelled
te use their revolvers. The roughs fel.
lowed the showmen te the railroad and it
was with great difficulty that they suc
ceeded in getting their paraphernalia
leaded en the cars. The respectable
portion of the citizens of the town sympa
thized with the showmen, as they
believed that the attack en them
was an outrage. The borough po
lice attempted te protect the showmen,
but it was with but littl" success. After
.several hours of lighting the show proper
ty was leaded en the cars and the circus
left town. A great many people were
badly injured.
Why it is that this show has been at
tacked se often is net known, but it has
been shown that in every fight the circus
men eniy acted in self defense.
PROFESSOR KRMKXTROUT UCAU.
A Sketch of tills
Distinguished
Life.
Scholar'
Tiie sudden aud unexpected death of
Professer Jehn Silvias Ermentrout took
place at the residence of his mother in
Reading yesterday morning. Nine days
age he was attacked with typhoid and ma
larial fever. He was the founder of the
Keystone normal school at Kutztown, and
was widely and favorably known iu educa
tional and church circles throughout
the state. He graduated at Franklin and
Marshall college in 1813, aud subse
quently studied theology at Mercersbnrg.
aud was ordained as a German Reformed
minister. He resigned his church and was
elected superintendent of education for
Berks county in 1839, founded the Key
stone normal school, and was subsequently
converted te the Catholic faith, ;which
event at that time created the most in
tense excitement in Reformed church cir
cles. He resigned from the school and
proceeded te Baltimore aud thence te Phil
adelphia, where he taught in St. Charles
Borremoo's seminary. About seven years
age he again accepted a professe'rship at
the normal school he founded, and he filled
the position with distinguished ability
until his death. He will be binfed with
solemn high mass at St. Paul's church.
The U. A. R. ricmc.
The picnic given by a committee of
Geerge II. Themas pest, 84, at Yerk Fur Fur
nace yesterday was a very pleasant affair.
There were nearly 400 gentlemen and la
dies present from this city, and 200 or 300
irem lerlc county. Tfce weather was de
lightful and the day was very pleasantly
passed. The refreshments consisted of
bean soup, hard tack, coffee and a few
ether army luxuries te which were add
ed from the "civil list" ice cream, berries,
ginger-pep, and something stronger. El
oquent aud patriotic speeches were made by
Comrades Brosius aud Reinoehl ; excellent
music was futuished for the dancers by
Tayler's orchestra. The dancing was con
ducted by Comrade Scnsenderfer, en a
large platform erected for the purpose.
The wonderful " Wind Cave " was visited
by many, while ethers passed a part of
the time fishing for bass and catching
catties. Others gathered ferns and flowers
from the fens and forests. There were
one or two slight accidents. One of our
saloon-keepers having hooked an unusually
heavy bass, was unable te land it. In fact
he was landed, himself, by being hit in the
eye by the butt end of his fishing red or
something else. The excursionists get
safely home befere 8 o'clock last evening.
THE NORTH ROKKERY.
List of Articles Stelen.
Following is a fuller list than wc pub
lished yesterday of the articles stolen by
the burglars who entered the residence of
II. M. North, esq., Columbia, night bc-
fote last :
Diary, used also as a pocketbook, con
taining one $20 and two $2 greenbacks, a
number of promisserv notes and ether
valuable papers ; a geld watch key that
cannot be turned the wrong way ;
geld studs, pearl studs, patent pencil,
and geld slceve buttons. Mrs. North's
jewelry case, made at Bailey's, and having
their mark, of dark green leather, lined
with green velvet, and tray inside divided
into cempartmenis, containing a plain
geld watch, considerably worn, and mark
ed en the back, outside, " S. M. F." in a
very small space.numbcr net remembered,
geld chain with hook en it ; breastpin and
ear-rings of black onyx, with pearls, the
hook of ene of the ear-rings broken ; two
pairs of geld sleeve links ; a black mosaic
bar pin, with buttons te match, several
geld rings and numerous ether things net
new identifiable.
Gene Heme.
Tiie students of the Millersville normal
school having attended the interesting
" commencement " exercises of the insti
tution, left for their homes te-day. They
came te town by hundreds and the rail
road depots this morning presented a very
lively appearance, being filled with stn
dents bidding each ether farewell. The
baggage smashers were kept unusually
busy in checking and tumbling about the
hundreds of trunks, valises, satchels and
ether baggage of the boys and girls, all of
whom we trust will have a pleasant vacation.
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
COMMENCEMENT AT MlLLKRSVlLLK.
The Session Yesterday Afternoon.
At 1:45 en Thursday afternoon the exer
cises at the Millersville state normal school
were resumed bv :
Music "The Banner of the Free."
The Nermal Scheel Choir.
The instrumental music throughout the
exercises was under the direction of Mrs.
Brooks and Miss Warner ; the vocal music
under the direction of Miss Warner.
Oration "Behind the Curtain" by
Miss Jennie S. Renuinger, Noithumber Neithumber
land, Pa. Things are net what they ap
pear te be. There are two lives," one
earthly, one heavenly; there are
two worlds, one outward aud
one inward. We leek at the sur
face of things and arc certain the outward
only attracts us, we leek net within. We
aae tee little acquainted with the unseen.
The waters of everlasting fruit are below
us. The most powerful agencies are
these usccn. As in the external we see
only appearance, se it is with man. We
see net his inward, noble principles. It
is the curtain that hides the true man
from view. It is net the strong arm, but
the strong will that rules the world. We
speak of the pcrmanancy of earthly pleas
ures, but they take wings and tly. Noth
ing seen is permanent. Durability belongs
alone te the unseen. Silently sleep the
unseen forces about us. There is mero
true religion in the prayers that go si
lently than all the formal prayers uttered.
Unseen hands beckon te us. After the
angel of death lifts the curtain then and
then only shall we sec the true and the
real.
Music Piane sole, "Old Hundred"
(Transcription), by Miss Emily Prutz
man. "The Statesman" Chas. E. Brcckens,
ofGilberten, Schuylkill county. Shaks
pcare says, "all the world's a stage aud
all the meu and women merely players."
Among these it may be a question as te
who acts the most important part in life's
great drama. We maiutain the principal
actor is the statesman. While the work
of the statesman, the physician and the
minister is limited te man, the statesman
deals with nations, shapes their policies,
and studies their wants and necessities in
the light of history, seeks te knew the
truth which underlies the structure of geed
government. It was net the flutes of At
tica, though mighty, nor the valor of her
troops, though unconquerable, that
wrought out her grand destinies, but the
words and actions of the men who had
the genius and the skill te move, concen
trate and direct the energies and passions
of a whole people as if they were but ene
person. Her artists, her orators, her war
riors all rank among the greatest of the
earth, but her Aristides and her Pericles
made her the reverenced natieu of autiq
ity. Wc must net forget that such as
Otis, Henry aud Adams, with their magi
cal talent set en fire the hearts of the peo
ple. It was through the work of Hamil
ton, Jeffersen, Franklin and ether states
men that the American nation was built
en the bread foundation of truth, justice
and equity. The young man has a geed
conception of a true statesman, and we
hope he may realize his ideal.
Oration "The True Solution" by
Miss M. Dilla Lindsay, of Carlisle, Cum
berland county. Pa. Never until the
states of the Union, cemented with the
bleed of the sword, was . the peace policy
the epcuing wedge for a brighter future
for the Indian. It became a question of hew
the best peace policy with the Iudian could
he brought about. Schools have been
established among them, but owing te a
want of appreciation they were of little
use. Te educate them would be a geed
policy. The Indian must be brought in
contact with our civilization, and this re
sult will be an education which is a true
solution of the problem of the red man.
The school at Carlisle, established iu 1879.
conies under our particular notice. She
gave a description of the school, its occu
pants and management. They teach them
te de housework, agriculture and manu
facturing: They, tee, rcceive geed moral
and religious training. The children mani
fest a decile spirit and consequently have
made much progress in their various pur
suits. An objection is made te this sys
tem. It may be well taken te a certain tow,
but it raises and elevates them far above
the condition of their ancestors. The edu
cated Indian will net be satisfied witli a
savage for his wife. He will seek ethers
of his standing and their homes will cast
a civilizing inlfuence about them.
Music Vecal Duet "I Knew a Bank,"
by Misses Fitch and Jenkins.
" Classical studies" C.E. Montgomery,
of Millersville The present is an age of
fearless and burning inquiry. The reign
of prescription is gene by, she sits among
the discrewned shadows el the past, with
a broken sceptre and en a crumbling throne
customs, usage and precedent are tern
irem their shrines and reduced te ashes
amid the flames of innovation. But while
in this rage of improvement wc must be
ware that our passion is a "zeal according
te knowledge." The tendency of revolu
tions is te extremes ; hence let us see that
wc de net ignore the ripe experience and
profound thought of the wise of an
tiquity. In this revolution the class
ics have been assailed. But they
have their uses ; the charges against
them we believe have been preferred by
men who arc ignorant of their spirit and
philosophy. The study of the classics de
velops the mind, refines the taste, enno
bles character; and inspires us with a love
for learning. It gives culture te the ajs
thetic nature of man ; it strengthens im
agination ; it develops the analytic aud
synthetic powers of the mind ; it calls into
activity the power of induction ; it bap
tizes the student hi the mind of antiquity;
and it moulds aud encourages the power
of discrimination and the power of expres
sion. Hence this study deserves te be the
fountain at whch the lever of philosophy,
literature and art should quench his thirst.
The young gentleman showed decided
abilities of oratory, and the numerous of
ferings were well merited.
Music Piane and organ duet Andante
con Mote Beethoven, by Mrs. Brooks and
Miss Brooks.
Oration " Lucretia 3Iett" Miss Lctitia
F. Geed of West Greve, Pa. One by ene
the geed are being gathered home. The
reaper death spares no one. In a short
biography she showed up her geed and
immortal deeds, in the temperance, cdu
catienal, and anti-slavery causes she advo
cated. She was a perfect type of true
womanhood, the personification of virtue.
Few lives attained such success as hers.
She worked unostcutatieusly ; fame was
net her object, she will take her place
among the greatest benefactors of the race.
Seme have criticised this woman for going
beyond her proper sphere. She was pro
tected from injury by justice and her geed
intention. Such as she, live in the hearts
of their friends, in boek3, in truth and jus
tice. The philanthropist has finished -her
geed work, but her deeds will live in the
hearts of her neighbors for the part she
took in behalf of truth and justice
Music Vecal Trie" Charity," by
Misses Clements, Jenkins and Sigler.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Evidently the nrest pleasant part of the
whole proceedings came in en this part of
the pregramme at least te the thirty-nine
young ladies and gentlemen who battled
with algebra, geometry and mental science
during their course at the institution.
They seated themselves in two semi
circles en the platform, when Dr. Brooks
addressed them. Mr. C. E. Lavers, who
has passed all the studies of the scientific
course, was the first te receive his sheep
skin, which the doctor hoped would af
ford him honor in his profession.
" Ladies aud gentlemen, you have com
pleted the studies of the elementary
course and are regarded by the state au
thorities te be worthy of them. 3Iay you
all honor this diploma se that it may
honor you. ' It has net been here
tofore the custom for me te offer an
address, but your honorable course prompts
me te praise you for it. We leek for
geed results from this class. If you carry
out into the world the habits of industry
you have practiced here you will gain a
geed position in life. Yeu will meet with
many difficulties", push en and you will
surmount them. Ignorance may oppose
yen en your way, but go en as yen have
begun and you will meet with success.
The Valedictory.
Vecal Sole Miss Warren.
" The Age of Reason," by Irving A.
Heikes. Mechanicsburg, Cumberland
county, (first honor) Every oue is con
scious of the desire te knew, te find out,
te investigate. The little child seems
almost te begin life with a question con
cerning the objects it sees around it. Se
strong is the inclination of childnu iu
this respect that they are often rudely
answered. This manifestation of child
life is typical of the entire life of man.
The valedictorian traced this spirit of
inquiry through the different stages of
life iu an able manner under the following
captions or divisions :
1. The prevalence of a spirit of iu
quiry. 2. As is the life of mau
s .is the life of the world. 3.
Advancement is the great law of
being. 4. The resnlt et this inquiry is
embodied iu mathematics, in astronomy,
in physical science, in metaphysics and
theology. 3. Are these results beneficial
and elevating? ti. The ceullct betweeu
science aftd religion. 7. The spirit of in
quiry should be festered and promoted.
Iu closing the valedictory he said : "Teach
ers, with you our union has been closer
and the parting comes nearer te our hearts.
Under your care our powers have been
strengthened. Te you are due our
grateful thanks. If you have by
word or leeks manifested any kind
ly feelings toward us they have
net passed unobserved but stand iu
our hearts as an evergreen trce. School
mates, with you our associations have
been most pleasant and your pleasant
countenances beaming towards us are an'
indication of your geed will. May your
future be one of unbroken sunshine. As
wc turn te you, devoted principal, the
bend of union grows stronger. Our con
tact with you has been constant. Yeu
have endeared yourself te us. Te you
wc arc ene of the many ; te us you are the
one. May tunc ileal gently with you per
mitting you te centinu long in this work,
each year producing mero effective results.
Classmates, in us the strength of fceliug
reaches its climax. We have worked side
by side and the thought of separation casts a
gloom ever our minds, but while there is
sorrow in our hearts as we whisper fare
well there is also joy as with firm re re
relvcs for the future wc each set out
towards our respective goals. Trustees,
teachers, schoolmates, principal, class
mates, a last farewell."
It was a production able aud interesting,
and the applause that greeted him was
ample testimony that his labors were well
atuf justly appreciated.
Music Class Seng "The Class of '81 "
Air, Auld Lang Syue.
Rev. Mr. Wheeler, of Millersville, en
last Sunday gave the baccalaureate ad
dress. IJegrces Conferred.
The degree of Master of Elements was
conferred en the following : Ida C. Haw
ley, Sarah M. Beatty, Mary E. Barley,
Hannah P. Fairlajpb, Anna R. Geed, Ella
K. Bernard, MaryE. Smith, Anna M. Bra
den, Elizabeth A. Leeds, Margaretta A.
Fair, Elizabeth P. Smith, Clara II. Fitch,
Anna L. Stauffer, Liviuia J. Coates, Esther
A. Each man, Gertrude II. Shaw, Mary.
Shuman, Sallic Hanier, J. Heward Ncely,
Samuel Greh, Abm. E. Frautz, newafd
A. Creasdale, J. E. Baker, W. S. Themas,
J. B. Keyler, Gee. A. Farrew. Gee. D.
Hedian. E. W. Snyder, E. H. Carver,
Frank Smith. A B. Hambright, Harry
Srrehrrf, II. R. Shel.'cnberger, II. S. Diehl.
I. K. Witmer, A. J. Mewcry, I. L. S.
Meyer, N. C. Wallace, Wm. C. Estler, S.
G. Lehiuer, J. W. Lansingcr.
The degree. Master of Science, was
conferred ou Elizabeth Lloyd aud J. E.
Sayler.
AN ANTIUANCl.NO PARSON.
Wlie RIdea ii Dancing Charger.
"Mary Etta" writes us as follews:
" Since the Rev.- J. McEImoyle took
charge of his church in Marietta he has
created quite an excitment among his con
grcgatien by strictly forbidding dancing.
He declared he would resign if the young
people did net refrain from attending par
tics. At lin-t he was obeyed, and it was
thought by the devotees of Terpsichore
that his influence would prevent future
parties. But it was net the case, for
gradually, one by ene, the dancers return
ed te the harmless fascination of the waltz,
and at the last picnic at Cel. Duffy's park
all the young people, excepting two, trip
ped the light fantastic tee. The people
are new desirous te knew if the reverend
gentleman will fulfill his threat and re
sign. A singular circumstance about this
affair is that while Mr. McElmeyle objects
strcneiialy teilau'dug, he rides a dancing
horse, which waltzes fiem ene side of the
street te the ether, te the consternation of
pedestrians and the fears of lady drivers,
who arc obliged te take the alleys te avoid
a collision.
"The mention by your Marietta corres
pondent of the gentiemans excellent horse
manship tempts me te give the truth as
above. "
Summer Leisure.
Jehn A. Ceyle, esq., R. M. Re illy, Wm.
Rcilly, Wm. II. Bitner, Herbert Johnsten,
D. G. Baker and wife, and Misses Ella ami
Emma Carpenter, left for Atlantic City
this morning.
James Black and family, and Win. Mur
ray, Mrs. Black's father, left in the morn -ing
train for Ocean Greve.
Jehn R. McGevcrn and wife IcfC Lan
caster yesterday afternoon for Bedford
Springs.
Yesterday Sheriff Strine and Jacob Hol Hel
lingcr went fishing te Columbia and
caught 3G fine bass.
C. A. Reecc, of Easteu, late of Lancas
ter, reached this city yesterday en a visit
te his old friends. He will remain here a
few days and then spend some time at
Ceney Island and ether scaside resorts.
RAILROAO ACCIDENT.
A Mini's Skull Fractured and aLe; Broken.
This meiiiing a man named Geerge
Yeamans, betweeu "0 and 35 years of age
was terribly injured ou the Pennsylvania
railroad about a mile west of Gordonville.
He was walking en the track, when be
was struck by engine 109, of third Union
line west. He had his skull fractured and
one leg broken. He was brought te this
city iu the caboeso of the train which
struck him and he was removed te the
Lancaster county hospital, where his in
juries were attended.
Yeaman is a foreigner by birth and has
no relatives in this country. Fer soma
time past he has been working as a laborer
among the farmers in the neighborhood of
the place where he was struqjr.
.Numbering and Naming Streets.
J. D. Pyott, acting under a resolution
of city councils, has commenced the pree-
arauu'i ui iuiii large maps en WHICH will
be delineated net only all the streets and
alleys in the city, but also the official
number aletted te every twenty feet front
ou all of said streets.
Mr. Pyott is also authorized, under ac-