LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1881.
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SATURDAY EVENING, JUliY 30, 1881.
A Held Address.
Frem an officially printed and circu
lated copy we reprint the salient points
of an address delivered at the late com
mencement of a Virginia college, by
Hen. Daniel, Agnew, for fifteen years a
judge and for three of them chief jus
tice of the supreme court of Pennsylva
nia. It needs no key in reading Judge
Agnew'a address te discover that it was
written for this latitude, and that is one
reason why we publish a considerable
portion of it in full, and why the tardi
ness with which it appears will net dull
the freshness of it. The venerable jurist's
views en government and the dangers
arising .te it from the different social
conditions of the governed are forcible
and entitled te respect, but they are
mere trite than tiie latter portion of his
address,which brings us face te face with
the mere easily remedied evils which
menace the government, arising out of
the way in which it is administered.
Judge Agncw's views en the conflict of
races, and the unnaturalncss of misceg
enation are )$3l' and interesting, but
he leaves us somewhat appalled by a
serious prospect for which he seems te
offer no relief.
It would be unfair te s.iy that the lat
ter portion of this address, relating te
the domination of political oligarchies,
the aggressiveness of corporate power
in collusion with political rings and the
infirmities of the judiciary, was a
reflex of the author's personal
and political grievances,
can be no doubt that his
There
own cx-
perience eicned his eyes te the charac
ter and extent of some of these abuses
of and dangers te our government. It is
an open secret in Pennsylvania politics,
where alas! the ermine of its judiciary
has te be dragged, that Judge. Agnew,
after originally intending te retire at the
end of his term, had been induced te be
a candidate forrcneminalionin response
te the urgent appeals of his party man
agers, who fancied they would need his
name and reputation te pull their ticket
through ; that they afterwards resolved
te supplant him and found him stub
bornly opposed te their scheme ; that
he bitterly resented his defeat, and
that for that defeat the responsibility
must be shared in part by his Republi
can colleagues en the bench, who had
grown restive under his f renuent differ
ences with them en fundamental ques
tions of the law. This being, we say.
notorious, it is plain that Judge Agnew
and, we believe, the commonwealth suf
fered directly from the three dangers te
government which he points out as
arising from its maladministratien. The
oligarchy of his party resolved upon and
executed his slaughter; the corporation
influence was against him, and the in
firmities of some of his judicial brethren
were a moving cause of their opposition
te his continuance among them. By
reason of ihis experience he maybe mere
or le.53 qualified te express a dispassion
ate judgment upon the subjects which
he U:kcs in hand.
Of the existence of the evils and dan
gers te wliicli he calls attention, there
can be no reasonable doubt. Warning
voices couie te us from every slate and
political organization. The Intelli
gence!; has the melancholy satisfaction
of knowing that what has overspread
the sky was pointed out and prophesied
by it when it appeared above the horizon
as a cloud no bigger llian a man's hand.
Against the domination of political oli
garchies and of corporate rule this jour
nal, it feels no lack of modesty in saying,
has done battle for years, and only re
cently it fell te its let te vindicate
the rights of two professions against the
infirmities of the judiciary. What
Judge Agnew says en these subjects,
of course, gains from the saying of it
by a man of his eminence and character,
and it loses nothing in the terseness and
Angle Saxen vigor with which he ex
presses it. His sketch of such oligarchies
as that of Cameren and the Pennsylvania
machine, and of the interference of the
Pennsylvania railroad company in slate
politics and legislation, we have said
needs no key. Neither does his stinging
particularization of judicial infirmities.
Through it the features of some of our
state supreme court judges shine as
plainly as the pen and ink picture of
Lincoln in a familiar device of the eman
cipation proclamation se written as te
contain its author's portrait. Who that is
familiar with the scandalous mawcuvres
of our supreme court in the Williams Williams
pert bend cases, and in the Pittsburgh
frontage tax cases am fail te discover
whom and what Judge Agnew is striking
at ? What he means te say, and what no
one cognizant of his feelings and provoca
tion will fail te understand him as say
ing, is that some of his colleagues there
is no reason te suppose that he has any
reference te Justices Sharswood and
Trunkey were possessed of the judicial
infirmities which he se mercilessly lays
bare. It is their narrowness, their sub
ordination te local usages and prej udiccs,
if net te partisan and corporate influ
ences, that he most manifestly has in
view. Read in this light his ad-
uress is 01 me most pamlul sig
nificance and the highest import
ance te the people of this common
wealth, for whose enlightenment it
was avowedly written. In the argument
of the Steinman and Hensel disbarment
case, Cel. McClure, with his characteris
tic versatility, presented a wonderful
display of instances in which erring
courts were railed te judgment and
condemnation by judicial peers or supe
riors. Te his collection must be added
this remarkable deliverance of the late
chief justice of Pennsylvania.
With Judge Agnew's denunciation
of the aggressive influence of corpora
tions and of the demoralizing free pass
system, especially when state officials
are its beneficiaries, we are in hearty
sympathy. The propriety of his sug
gestien that passes might lie bestowed
officially land under .legal regulation
upon theatafe officers for favors received
from the state -by the corporation we
question ; but it is net te be considered
in this latitude, since that' high council
of the people, the late constitutional
convention, eulogized in this very ad
dress of Judge Agnew, solemnly de
clared against the free pass system. Hew
any officer of the state, sworn te obey
its law, can accept a. free pass in the face
of such condemnation, is something we
could never reconcile with a nice sense
of the proprieties. True, some of the
railroad companies are able te evade its
penalties for the time, but that makes
their offending none the less an infraction
and affords no moral excuse te these who,
having sworn te respect the law, violate
it. Yet judges of the supreme court,
bafere whom their benefactors are in
constant litigation, ride en their favors.
We believe this was first called te public
notice in these columns, after the writer
had seen four judges of the supreme
court tender their free passes te a Penn
sylvania railroad conductor. If his
eyes did net deceive him then, or his
memory new, Judge Agnew himself was
one of them. We have been told, net
authoritatively, that for a long time he
declined a p:iss, but finally took it after
he was jibed about his own reflection en
bis weakness. If such sophistry could
mislead one whose integrity and culture
and learning gave lustre and weight te
and wen popular confidence for his opin
ions what can he expect of judges, con
spicuous only for their "judicial in
firmities?"
It needs no reasoning te show the im
propriety and indecency of judges ridiug
en free passes, received from railroad
companies whose contests before their
courts they are constantly upon te ad
judge. There is net one of them who
has net again and again set aside viewers'
and arbitrators' reports because they had
been subject te some real or fancied
favor from one of the disputants. Who,
therefore, wauls his case with a railroad
company heard and determined by judges
carrying in their pockets the favors
of the adversary, worth from $5 te $2-3
every lime the judge takes a railroad ride?
On this one point Judge Agnew might
expand his observations into an address
whose electricity would purify the atmos
phere of this latitude.
m
Sex k of our Republican contempor
aries are discussing in the most refresh
ing manner the prospect of an election of
a successor te the deceased secretary of
the federal senate, and seem te assume
that the Democrats will proceed te swear
in the New Yerk senators before they
organize the body, en purpose te give
the Republicans a majority and a chance
te elect the secretary. This kind' of
talk may de te keep perspiring editors
cool, but it will net survive any fall of
the mercury. The Democrats nowhave
a clear majority in the senate and will
organize it duly, promptly and decently.
If any Republicans chosen te fill vacan
cies then present themselves with un
tainted credentials, they will be sworn
in. Rut the Democrats will net likely
reverse the proper order of things te
give their opponents control incompre
hensibly as the Democratic senators
have sometimes acled te the detriment
of their party.
MINOR TOPICS.
The Lutherans count 100 congregations
and 30,000 members in Brazil, who pet
there without auy subsidized lines of
steamers.
The Churchman takes strong gieund
against the report of a committee of Epis
copal clergymen who tried te "white
wash" Shepherd Cowley. The report, it
says, " places the church in the altitude
of .shielding, by one of her officers, a man
whom a civil court has condemned, and
whom no court efher own has acquited."
The Iato Justice Nathau Clifferd is said
te have left in manuscript a detailed his
tery of the proceeding of the electoral com
mission of 1877. It will be mighty inter
esting reading, especially if it should dis
close that Judge Streng's prayer meeting
altered Judge Bradley's vete ou the Floi Flei
ida case.
Cenuukssman Caulisle, en icturiiing
from EurejM), gives his opinieu, which is
entitled te weight, that Secretary Win
dem cmild have just as successfully ro re ro
fuuded both the two hundred million sixes
and the four hundred and seventy million
fives at three per cent, as at three aud a
half, thus saving the. treasury three mil
lions of dollars as the Democratic Heuse
proposed te.
The associate charities of Bosten warn
people against giving money te street beg
gars. They say that careful investigation
shows that "99 out of every 100 is net tee
high te put " the proportion of swindlers,
aud " in fact, is being very lenient te the
hundrcth." This recalls Archbishop
Whateley's remark, that "he had given
away large sums in charity, but he thanked
Ged, net a penny te street beggars," or
words te that effect.
Adam was the first man te resign his
position, but he didn't go howling around
for a vindication. When he threw up his
job as head gardener he went te grafting
sprouts en his own hook like an honest
man. Adam had seme treuble because
another fellow came browsing around his
domestic preserves, but that only illus
trates another point of difference between
him aud some ethers that might he men.
tiened.
It is stated that copper lodes generally
run from cast te west and lead lodes from
north te south. This scientific fact will
go far towards explaining the presence of
copper-colored denizens in the West and
will set at rest forever a much mooted po
litical question. Seme twenty years age
many leads of lead were discovered going
from the north te the south, and the big
wigs have ever since speculated as te the
cause. We are glad it is settled. New
when Susan B. Authony's age is deter
mined Gabriel might as well begin his
cornet sole.
Pepe Lee's Encyclical Letter, issued en
the 20th of June, two days before the
sheeting of President Garfield, treats of
recent attempts en the lives of sovereigns
and declares anv man rranliarlv anil
atrocieuslyguilty who will take the life of
the chief ruler of a nation. The Pepe de
clares that the precepts of Christ are emi
nently fitted te comprise both these who
obey and these who command and te pre- j
dace between the two sections of the com
munity that unity of purpose which en
genders public tranquillity. And yet there
arc people who will take this encyclical as
another evidence why foreigners should
be disfranchised and Catholics exterminat
ed. Yeung persons addicted te that time
honored oscillatory practice termed "hug
ging," will view with alarm the demand
of fashion for hoepskirts of constantly in
creasing dimensions. We hare no data
upon which te formulate a specific charge,
but hazard the opinion that seme disap
pointed maiden in the sere and yellow leaf
is "getting back" at the world for the
miscarriage of her affections by hedging
in sweet women with a barricade of steel,
under the specious plea that Fashion's
ukase allows no alternative. As yet the
increachments upon the liberties of man
are incipient, but Fashion is a tyrant
whose usurpations increase in geometrical
ratio and unless our young men organize
Nihilistic movements at once, their most
cherished prerogative will be wrested
from them. " Se near and yet se far."
Complications in European politics are
se much a matter of ceurse that current
disturbances are considered, en this side
of the water, in their relation te the mani
fest debtiuy of nations in the abstract,
and net as significant contemporary events.
Tiiis chronic state of unrest is primarily
attributable te two causes. The presence
of the Otteman in Europe is a foreign ele-
meut iu the body politic, irritating and
festering, aud no healthy reaction is possi
ble until it shall have been removed, it
may be with the knife ; the contiguity of
states engenders jealous rivalry. The re
puted France-German aud Austrian alli
ance against England is irrational, though
the tacit acquiesccuce of the powers in the
French protectorate would seem te give
color te the idea. French domination in
North Africa is a standing menace te
English saprcmacy in Egypt aud her con
trol of Suez communications, but nothing
is further from the German purpese than
French agraudiscmcut. Alsace and Lor Ler
r.iiue are net yet forgotten, and Germany,
realizing that sooner or later the titanic
struggle must come, will net furnish her
adversary with clubs. The French eccu
patien points very clearly te the ultimate
dismemberment of Turkey in Europe, but
it will net be permitted at the oxpeuse of
the gicat powers. Frauce mav take the
initiatory and sound the "view hallea,"
but ethers will be in at the death.
Ui hi Bradford they are much cxercisei
in mind as te the prebable hereafter of
sinners. Coming with peculiar force te
the inhabitants of that oleaginous, region
it is, perhaps, net remarkable that seme
inquiry should be instituted with refer
ence te the subject. It is obviously the
purpose of these people, however, te make
but a partial invcstigation,fer ignoring the
large class of lesser sinners, the ultimate
destination of the murderer's soul is only
considered. The clergy first agitated the
matter and assumed te point out the
specific scheme of salvation for the mur
derer's immortal system, but the news news nows
papers have taken the problem in baud
and its speedy solution is assured.
It is well that the murderer should
be advised iu these matters, but
the omniscient del vers iu the field of
metaphysics should net he content te rest
from their labors when he is disposed of.
Theso of us who are net murderers have
seme little interest iu futurity and would
like te have Settled seme knotty peiuts
ever which divines have quarreled and
speculative philosophy run mad for centu
ries. Polemical controversy has waged viru
lently until theologians and scientists stalk
around with the metaphorical chip critic
ally poised ou their shoulders, te the great
disquietude of the body social aud com
plete mystification of the lay understand
ing. With such a mission before them,
our brethren of the Bradford press should
net weary of well doing.
VEBHONASj.
Guess Grant has been feeling with a
toy pistol aud get the 'lock-jaw. Nothing
was made in vain.
Senater Maiieni; has twice been the
father of triplets. Ne wonder he wants te
repudiate.
Rev. II. M. Kikppku, pastor of the Re
formed church of the Ascension, Norris
town, aud family are iu Lancaster visiting
his father-in-law, Mr. Ames Miley.
Among the names recently written en
the register at Bedford Springs hotel are
theso of Jacou Bausmam, Hen. T. E.
Fkankmn and Miss Blanche Franklin
of this city.
Rev. C. S. Aluekt, son-in-law of Mr.
W. G. Baker, formerly of Christ Lutheran
church here and new of the Carlisle pas pas
eorateand his family, are visiting friends
and relatives in town.
Mr. Pakke Gedwin, having retired
from the editorship of the New Yerk
Evening Pest, is new devoting himself en
tirely te his " Life and Poems of William
Cullcn Bryant," his father in-law.
Hen. II. R. Revels, the first colored
United States scuater, has declined te
serve another year as president of Alcorn
university, as he intends te give himself
wholly te the ministry, and has become a
presiding elder.
Bishop Scott, the senior bishop of .the
Methodist Episcopal church, is seventy
nine years of age aud has been iu the Epis
copal office twenty-nine years. Bishop
Payne, senior bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church Seuth, is eighty years
old, and has been in the Episcopal office
thirty-five years.
When his "Bricks Without Straw" was
completed Judge Tecrgee gave his wife
the copyright, expecting that she would
obtain but a small sum from it, but se
great was the sale that from the proceeds
of it his wife was able te buy their present
beuse at Chautauqua Lake. After they
had refitted it and get comfortably settled
the judge claimed the right te name their
new home. It was granted, and he gave
it the name of " Therheim" " a feel's
home,"
Killed by Lightning.
Patrick Lavelle, at Centralis, Pa., while
standing under a tree. Mrs. Jepenski,
at Shenandoah, while sitting at an open
window. Mrs. Harry VanVerst at Car-
bendale, by the side of her husband ; and
an old man picking whortleberries near
the house. Benjamin Howe, of Camden,
N. Y., while walking through an eat field
near Oriskany Falls. A mule and stallion
in B..C. WendalPs barn near Wilkes-barra.
STATE ITEMS,
county has had .walnut
Clinten
hail.
sized
-
Union county is organizing a horse thief
association that ia te hunt the thieves. ' '
Jeseph Vallance was killed at the North
Ashland colliery by a fall of top coal.
All dogs found running deer en the
mountains this year will be shot.
A $50,000 fire occurred in Union city the
ether dy., ! ' .
Grand ledge Knights of Pythias will
meet in Reading en Tuesday, August 16tln
Jehn Reach! living at Mabaney City.'
attempted te beard a passing train and
was instantly killed.
The Reading railroad cempauy is
building a new passenger depot at Dan
villc.
inc ueay ei an uukuewn man was
found in the river at Sunbnry a few days days
age. Since 1871) twenty-nine divorces have
been grauted in the courts of Northamp
ton county.
The physicians who have failed te reg
ister their names may net be aware that
they are subject te a fine of $100.
The Legan fire company, of Bellefente,
is bound te have a steamer and horses.
Whoop it up.
Frank Bamirer, aged twelve was badly
crushed and killed while jumping en a
freight train at Conshehockcn.
Jes. Lees & Sen's woolen mills picker
heuse, at Swedeland, near Norristown,
burned yesterday morning. Less estimated
at $4,000.
The site of Petroleum Ccutre has been
sold for $6,000. Fourteen years age it
was worth mere than that many millions
of dollars.
Yeung Airdril. of Arnet. Tieara ceunlv.
in mashing potato bugs get some of "it"
in his eyes, blinding one and endauger
ing the ether.
Armstrong, Jeffersen and Indiana coun
ties have united in a circuit for their
county fairs se as te fellow each ether in
succession.
Dan Rice is traveling through the state
with a circus, but he is mighty sly about
it. Dan has fallen from his high estate
since he was a presidential candidate.
Over four hundred men are at work en
the line of the Pittsburgh, Bradford &
Buffalo railroad between Clarien county
and Kane. Fresh emigrants are being
secured aud sent te the work.
The lower drift of slope Ne. 9, operated
by the Lehigh "coal and navigation com
pany, at Lausferd is en fire. The 'men
escaped, but the necessary flooding of the
mine will threw hundreds out of work.
While Charles Sensrer. an old maii Hvinf
alone between Seidcrsville and Colcsville,
about six miles from Allentewn, was asleep
at night the building was entered, ran
sacked and the el.l man beaten se that he
died.
Detective C. F. Miller has arrested Jehn
Spellman, who was associated with E.
F. Abbett, the suspected murderer of
Samuel Clugsteu, of Valley Ferge. He
denies it. But se didSh Peter.
Jehn Hehensilt, of Centre, Perry county,
was terribly bitten by a copperhead a few
days since, but whiskey saved him. In
this city were snakes abound whiskey is
taken as preventive worth a quart of
cure.
The Bedford ceuuty Democrats appreci
ate their young men. Humphrey D. Tate
has been reneminated for prothenotary
without opposition ; Jehn M. Reynelds,
formerly of this ceuuty, is named for judge
and Edw. F. Kerr for state treasurer.
The city editor of the Sun and Banner
arraigns the Lycoming commissioners with
malfeasance and corruption in office, mak
ing thirteen specifications of official abuses
and frauds in which two of the beard had
divics.
The Philadelphia ltecenlhas a geed one
ou four stout and brave policeman who,
descending with clubs en a ceuple of pre
tended drunken young fellows, brandish
ing revolvers, get their hands full of
mush when they captured the (chocolate
candy) pistols that had terrified them.
At Spruce creek, Huntimrden ceuutv.
yesterday meruing, cngine Ne. 74 ran into
a freight train tugged by engine Ne. 128,
damaging the 74 badly. Sevcu cars were
broken up and their centcuts spilled pro
miscuously. Beth the main tracks were
obstructed, causing a delay of about three
hours te the eastward bound day express
train and considerable delay te freight
trains.
The daily spectacle of au old gentleman
about eighty years old aud as deaf as an
adder, dragging himself along the deuble
track between Yatesville and Mill Creele,
has been explained te the satisfaction of the
wondering Scranton Republican. He is
sent down the railroad track ostensibly te
de errands by seme rascals who have a ten
thousand dollar policy en the old man's
life.
By the presentation for negotiation of
some of the stolen bends, Pittsburgh de
tectives have succeeded iu arresting sever
al persons supposed te have been connect
ed with the robbery of an aged farmer
named Cenncrs, residing near Catfish, in
this state, whose Heuso was entered en the
night of March 24, by thrce masked rob
bers, who, alter binding and gagging him
robbed him of $16,000 $12,000 in cash
and the balance in railway aud bnd'e
bends.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The Rev. Jesse Way, of Wabash, Ind.,
eloped with his daughter-in-law.
The Hebrew residents aud visitors at
Leng Branch propose te build a syna
gogue. Horses are dying of colic around Leng
Branch, and drought, bugs and ret are
eating up the Jersey crops.
Beit noted that the infernal machines
shipped te England were made in Beb In In
gersell's town.
It cost M. Ward, of Auburn, Mass., a
$1,500 barn te smeke out his bees, but he
get them out.
Temperance enthusiasts at Cambridge
City, Ind., dynamited Themas Hubb's
saloon. He will quit.
It was the cat, which fiercely and dan
gerously bit Mrs. Themas, wife of Assist
ant General Superintendent B. Themis, of
tue .brie railroad.
Maud S. is booked te give au exhibition
trial of speed en Thursday, August 4, at
Buffalo, Ter a pnrse of $3,500, te baat her
record of 2:10l.
in nionmeutu county, New Jersey, an
unknown, clderly man's decayed, woll well
dresscd body has been found in an old
limekiln Any pne missing?
( Hank Shaw, a driver en a Barlew and
Saudersen stage coach, was fatally stab
bed by an unruly passenger who was eject
ed near Eche City.
The fifth recent duel in Berlin was fought
yesterday between a student and an offi
cer of the army reserve The weapons
were pistols. The student was killed.
It is proposed in New Hamnshire te
celebrate the ene hundredth anniversary
of Daniel Webster's birth en the 18th of
January next.
Hans Christophersou, a Dane, 35 years
of age, committed suicide at Cicere, IIL,
by taking a dose of arsenic, because a girl
whom he was waiting upon received the
attentions of another man.
The shipping at Clenfueges has been in.
vaded by yellow fever, and the American
brig Ortelan and the Spanish bark Vala Vala
desa, bound for Philadelphia, are suspected
vessels.
Sarah Whitten, of Alfred, Me., has
been arrested at Rochester, N. H..
charged.witkaaurdering her child, found
ihtfceMeBsa'm river at Kenn chunk, Me.
The-child's tongue had been cut off.
Solemon Oden, residing at Brentwood,
Tqan., leaded gun arid started in search
of Themas Slack. J with the intention of
killing him. The gun exploded while
Oden was handling it, aud fatally injured
him.
Baseball : At Previdcuce, R. I. Prov
idence, 9 ; Worcester, C. At Bosten
Bestens, "10 ; Treys, 3. At Chicago
Chicages, 3 ; Clevelands, (5. At New
Yerk Veterans, G ; Metropolitans, 3.
At Detroit Detreits, 9 ; Buffalos, 3.
At Cape May Point two boys, Lewis
Langham, of Ne. 716 Seuth Second street.
Philadelphia, and Frederick Colsen, of
Wilmington. Del., aged respectively
twelve, and fourteen years, were drowned
at 11 ocleck yesterday while bathing.
Near Fisherville, Shelby -county, Ten
nessee, J. A. Renfroe shot and killed J. E.
Wilsen. They had quarreled about a deg
and Wilsen shot at Rcnfroe with a musket,
but missed him, whereupon Renfrew re
turned his fire fatally with a revolver.
Prudenca Arch, a colored girl, aged 14,
living at Ouaguage, N. Y., had a bee or
hornet fly into her mouth and sting her in
the threat; she swallowed the insect,
which was afterward found. Her threat
swelled se that her life was in danger, but
the doctors saved her.
Withthe aid of 3,000 workmen, between
4 a. m.aud 3 p. in. yesterday,, the work of
chauging the gauge of the Chicago, St.
Leuis & New Orleans railroad (Jacksen
reute) from five feet te the standard gauge
of four feet eight and a -half inches en the
entire line from New Orleans te Caire, a
distance of five hundred and fifty miles,
exclusive of sidings, together with Kos Kes Kos
chuske branch of twenty-ene miles, was
completed, and trains were running iu all
directions.
rVSAOSTOKY.
Klcliraenil
Society lfaUly Uupetl.
During the early part of this month, a
young lady, whose widowed mother keeps
a bearding house in Richmond, Va.,
chanced te read in the Hartferd, (Conn.)
Churchman, an advertisement for a gov
erness te take charge of a young child of a
widower. i-She at ence applied by letter
for the position, at the same time forward
ing letters" of recommendation.
Iu answer te the application the adver
tiser came :iu person te Richmond and
represented himself as Mr. Themas Mar
vin, a wealthy widower from the West.
He expressed such satisfaction with the
character given of the young lady that he
said he had come en at ence te scenre her
services. He remained several days, aud
the result of his visit was that, instead of
a governess, he secured a bride, upon
whom before their marriage, he "settled' '
$30,000.
The pirties were married last week, and
left for au exlcndcd tour. The return of
a draft which Marvin had negotiated in
the First national bank, with the state
ment that it, togethor with the letter of
credit, were base forgeries, first revealed
the true character et the imposter, and
detectives were immediately put upon his
track.
The firstrintelligcnce received from the
bridal party was:cc4itaincd in a telegram"
from the lady, dated Albien, New Yerk,
July 25, inquiring into the truth of a re
port in the papers there that a fatal acci
dent had befallen her mother. Frem this
it would appear that Marviu had concoct
ed and had published the story of the acci
dent in the hope that his wife would im
mediately return home aud thus give him
the opportunity te desert her. Friends
from Richmond went te Albien te the
relief of the young lady, aud she is new ou
her way home. Marvin is believed te have
made his escape iute Canada.
The Land lllil.
Lord Randelph Churchill, in an extrav
agant speech iu the English parliament
ycstculay, moved his resolution en the
third reading of the laud bill that the bill,
being the result of revolutionary agitation
encourages the repudiation of contracts, is
opposed te individual liberty, is calculated
te diminish the security of property aud
prosperity in Ireland, aud te endanger her
union with Great Britain. Mr. Gladstone
followed, ridiculing Lord Churchill and
powerfully justifying ,thc bill. The bill
was read a third time aud passed by a vete
of 220 te M.
Theu, tue, i;. Smith.
Chicago Timed.
Deacon Richard Schmidt of Cincinnati
complains that Boekwaltcr has changed
his name from Huchwaltcr. Deacon
Schmidt abhors improvements of this
kind.
That Set lies it.
New Yerk llei-.ild.
Nocturnal exacerbation is a symptom
naturally attendant upon atmospheric or
telluric causes ; but it is mero constant
and definite in this case than is usual.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A KKFJCKSUINt; KAIIS'.
A l.ltlle Hull Tobacco Damaged.
jestenl.iy afternoon Lancaster aud
vicinity was visited by a refreshing rain
tue fust that we have had for several
weeks. Our street were cleansed and
vegetation of all kinds greatly revived.
The rain extended ever a great part of the
county, but. was net se general as could be
desired. Very little fell in Columbia, aud
at Slack water there was scarcely enough
te lay the dust. At Newtewn, two or
three miles south of Mount Jey, there
was a fall of hail that riddled the tobacco
a geed deal. The hail was net larger than
cherry-stones and docs net appear te have
covered any very great extent of territory.
There are reports that seme damage was
also done by hail southeast of this city.
Reports from Brickbrvillc,:New Helland,
Bearvillc, Fairville, Vegansville and ilin ilin
klctewn state that there was considerable
damage done te the tobacco by hail which
fell during yesterday's thunder-gust.
At Manheim there was a iiue rain, but
no hail.
ISegua Insurance.
Yesterday two men appeared at a beard
ing heuse in this city and asked for board beard
ing.' They could net be accommodated.
They then asked if they could secure a
room from 10 o'clock a. m. until 4 p. m.,
and were given one. It was seen suspected
that thev were swindlers, who were fellow.
ing the circus; and a. watch was kept upon
their movements. They seem te have
suspected that they were watched and took
an early opportunity te leave. They left
behind them some papers which showed
that they were bogus insurance men. One
of them was a tall slim man with slouch
hat and thb:ethbra small, dark man with
derby hat. A large fat man, supposed te
have been in collusion with them, was seen
lurking near the place at which they
stepped.
Concentrated Cramp.
Te the cucumber is ascribed untold re
serve force. It is a sort of infernal engine
leaded with colic and destructive of the
internal economy of mankind. Ordinarily
it is 'deceitfully fair and deceptively allur
ing. Occasionally nature has a spasm of
conscience and gets in honest work. We
have before us a perfect allegory of cholera
meruus in me guise et a cucumber raised
by Mrs. Elizabeth Murr, of this city. It
is triune,; three in one, colic, cholera and
contortion,' and is ij'l monster of hideous
mein,' " weighing uyward of two pounds.
Think of the dynamic.'power of two pounds
of concentrated cramp.
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NEWS,
at Maahelin Yes-
Mr. ShalTaer's
runeral
terday.
The funeral of Henry Shaffeer took
place from his late residence East Main
street, Mount Jey, en Friday afternoon.
About thirty members of Mount Jey
ledge Ne. 277, 1. O. O. F. assembled at
their hall and proceeded in a body te his
residence- Rev. Lockwood, of the Bethct
church, made an appropriate address aud
after offering prayer the f uncial precession
proceeded en its way te Manheiiu, the Odd
returns eseeruug tue corpse, ine JjUth
eran church at that place was well filled,
and Rev. Peters preached a sermon basing
his remarks en the text, Ecclesiastcs vi, 3,
" If a mau beet au huudred children, and
live many years, se that the days of his
years be many, -and his soul be net filled
with geed aud also that he have no
burial; I say that an untimely
birth is better than he." After his dis
course the remains were handed ever te
the Knights Templar,about thirty of whom
were present. The cortcge moved toward
Fairview cemetery, headed by the Key
stone band, of Lancaster, which played a
dirge. A long line of vehicles followed the
hearse and the streets alemr the way were
thronged with lookers-en. Arriving at the
vault the last sad rites were performed ac
cording te the ritual of th'eKuight Templar.
Dr. Gee. R. Welchans, of Lancaster, de
livering the charge, and all that was mor
tal of Hemy Shaffuer was consigned te the
tomb. The corpse, which lay in an elegant
silver mounted metallic casket, was viewed
at Mount Jey and in the church at Man
heim by hundreds, and as they took a last
leek at the form se long familiar their eyes
nucu with tears, ami the occasion was ene
of sorrowing.
On Thursday a runaway herse attached
te a market wagon and beleuging te a far
mer named Risser, of Raphe township,
created considerable excitemeut ou Main
street. The herse starting at Brcucman.
Lengcnecker & Ce.'s shoe store, ran some
distance, overturned aud damaged the
wagon aud run the broken shaft into his
body inflicting a painful wound.
Diphtheria is prevailing te an alarming
extent iu this borough, and several fatal
cases 'have already resulted from its ma
lignant effect. Lewis Sccman lest a
three-year-old daughter ou Wednesday
morning, and William Metzgar lest a
little girl en Wednesday morning. There
are ethers aillicted and raore deaths may
fellow.
On Monday seme het iron ran iute euc
of Harry Mboney's shoes and severely
burned his feet.
Yesterday several showers of rain visited
this vicinity, sufficient te revive the grow
ing crops.
Te-morrow many of our town folks will
gote the campmccting at Landisvillc.
There will be no services iu the 31. E.
church en Sunday.
Next Tuesday the Bethel Sunday-school
will picnic in Detweiler's weeds.
TJtlE I'lKCUS.
What They Had Ileal lave Zulus.
Last evening the Batcbellcr & Deris cir
cus had a big house despite the threaten
ing appearance of the weather. The riug
performance was very geed and it gave
unusual satisfaction. The show was all
given in ene ring, and there was net two or
threo te confound the audience. The fea
tures of the entertainment were the rid
iug of Remee Sebastian, juggling of
Satsuma, and the ladder act of the Rus
sian athletes. Johnny Patterson was very
luuuyasciewn, ouctwe etuers tired the
audience with a very tiresome act. Zazel
was shot from the cannon successfully,
but the act is net quite as thrilling uudcr
canvas as ou a window lithograph.
A concert was givcu after the show,
wnicu picascu theso wne remained, for it
was quite geed. On the side show canvass
a picture of fierce looking Zulus were seen.
The reporter thought he must sce them se
he walked in for the " small sum of 10
cents," two very ugly darkies with noth
ing en but a feather belt and a turban,
were walking around the tout chatting te
the members of the band in geed English.
Afterwards they were seen eating peanuts
and cujeyiug the circus pcrformauee.
They were nothing mero then razor carry
ing darkies, and there are pleuty of hod hed
carriers in town who would make better
Zulus.
When at Sunbnry last Wednesday, the
attaches of Batcheller & Deris' circus
marched te the grave of M. L. Kerlin,
who was killed at Bradford by the upset
ting of a circus wagon, with a band ami
bouquets. Mr. Deris made a few remarks
eulogistic of the deceased, and then of
fered up a touching prayer. The female
members of the company sanir a beautiful
song, and with many tear-dimmed eyes
the company dispersed.
The circus men yesterday declined te
pay $6.50 assessed upon them for the use
of the city water and Superintendent
lviieu was kept busy in endeavoring te
prevent them from using the water sur
reptitiously. Finally he cut efi the supply
from the pipe leading te the circus ground.
While the superintendent was badgering
them they watered their horses iu the
creek.
The company did net getaway from
Lancaster until near 8 o'clock this morn
ing and even then some eight or ten of the
party, including two or thrce women.
were left behind, having had a light with
the mauagemeut. They are said te be
tramps, who were picked up along the
read and merely hired te supply a tempo
rary want.
A Hey dwindled.
Yesterday a boy named Jimmv Hamil
ten, from Millersville, bought a ticket and
went te the circus. On entering the tent
he was met by a swindler, who assumed
airs of authority and insisted en bavin"
tcn,ccnts extra from the boy bofero giving
him a scat. The boy offered a quarter and
the scamp handed it back, saying he took
nothing but greenbacks. Jimmy had a
ten dollar note -and tendered it te the
swindler, who, after pretending te make
change handed the nete (as Jimmy sup
posed) back te him telling him te take a
scat and never mind the ten cents. Jimmy
looked at the note after he get te his scat
and found it te be only ene dollar the
swindler having dexterously exchanged it
aud disappeared.
A Watch Stelen.
August Rest, tailor, lives at 316 Beaver
street. Yesterday his daughter aged four
teen, was sweeping the house between 9
and 10 a. in. aud at that aud ether times
during the day his front deer and window
were open. Aucust's blue bleuse w.is
hanging in the room back of the parlor
with a patent lever silver watch, marked
Sephia Rest.in the left hand inside pocket.
Some thief slipped in and stele the time
piece and 3Ir. Rest would give five dollars
te get his hands en the thief and the
watch.
Vref. Ualdeman's Memerial.
The elaborate, timely and truthful me
moir of the late Prof. S. S. Haldeman, by
Chas. Henry Hart, historiographer of the
numismatic and antiquarian society of
Philadelphia, has been reprinted for gen
eral circulation, with au appendix, from
the Penn MentMy for August. The appon appen
dixlias a list of his 122 scientific publica
tions and the twenty-eigltt societies which
from 1837 te 1876,in all parts of the world,
honored him aud were honored by his
membership in them.
Sbert Weight.
Market Master Derley this morning
seized and confiscated efebt lumps of but
ter purporting te be pounds, but which
did net weigh sixteen ounces. They were
sold by public auction and brought from
12 te 14 cents per lump.
MOONT JOY
HKIGHBOKHOOU NEWS.
Near and Acress tbe County tine.
A large black snake as large around a
l8iy.ePipe',ssaidte have becu seen at
at Ddlsburg, Yerk county.
Michael Morningstar, superintendent of
Prospect Hill cemetery, Yerk, is dead.
While superintendent of the cemetery
Mr. Morningstar hurried 8,400 persons.
The twin daughters,, aged three months,
of Jehn Fisher, Reading, died one en
Wednesday and the ether en Thursday
and were buried in one grave..
The first number of the daily Spirit of
Berks will be issued in Reading r next Sat
urday merniug, Augnst 6. A Life
edition will be printed for free calculation.
Considerable damage has been done te
the corn by rain in Yerk county. The
blackberry crop is a failure because of
dieugbt. Beth statements in the same
paper en the same day.
The Harrisburg Plitriet indignantly ex
claims that " the contract system for fur
nishing supplies te the state as it has bwn
managed ler many years, is wrong and
ought te be changed."
Annie Dennelly, aged six years, was
drowned iu the Conshehockcn water
basin, en the briuk of which she w;is play
ing with two ether children. Her bonnet
foil in, aud in trying te get it she was
drowned.
At Munferds & Buuting's saw mill a
mile and a half from Frankford, Sussex
county, Del., the boiler exploded tcariu--up
the whole mill and killing William Par
sons, the sawyer, aud severely injuring
David C. Hudsen, a farmer who was at
the mill.
i no turee-y ear-out cuihl of Mr. Geerge
Ilartzell, at Allen's Cove, Perry ceuuty,
en the Pennsylvania railroad, while
wandering around the hoiise get held or a
bottle of laudanum and drank about an
eunce of the drug. It died inside of live
hours.
One of the Sioux girls, from the Indian
school at Carlisle, put te a 'summer place
in Uwchlan, Chester county had a tcrrible
wrestle with the language iu dating a
lotterseut te the school authorities. Sno
get as near te it as " Wrichlan Chester
county. "
Peter O. Jehus, a well-known citizen of
Dauphin county, Washington township,
while working en his saw mill at the
Wicouisce creek, about a mile from his
home, received, a blew from a lever ever
his left temple, from which he died the
same niuht.
Mrs. Ellen Gibseu, colored, died yester
day morning at Harrisburg. at the age or
107. She was born iu .Telliirseii mmtv
Va., and remembered having seen Wash
ington returning from the army, aud his
reception at Mt. Vernen.
Twe negre tramps called at the residence
of Isaiah Hallman, Norristown, aud asked
for a " piece." He was handing it te them
when they snatched his watch and made
oil". They were captured aud giving up
the watch were for some unaccountable
reason allowed te have their freedom.
At a fuileral near Leitzland, Yerk coun
ty, a front wheel of a hearse came off while
going down a hill, throwing the driver,
Mr. Market, off and breaking his leg. A
boy, also en the hearse, was thrown te the
ground and run ever, but net seriously in
jured. " Dr." Jehn Buchanan, who is new
serving au eighteen mouths' sentence for
attempting te defraud the government by
feigning suicide, is the object of great
solicitude en the part of his friends, who
are using every effort te secure his pari
den.
The Evangelical cainpnieetiiig near Pine.
Greve, Lebanon ceuuty, is largely attend
ed. Kev.C.S. Hainan, presiding elder
has charge of the meeting. There are
ninety tents and seventeen or eighteen
ministers en the ground from Harrisburg,
Millcrsburg, Lcbauen Mycnttuwu, Auu Auu
ville aud ether places.
Emery Harkius, a young man aged 31,
engaged in sterekceping at McComas'
Cress Reads, Harford county, Sid., was
bitten iu the face by a spider ou Monday,
July 25. On Wednesday he was in his
store, but complained of the bite causing
pain. He died from the effects of it en
Thursday about neon.
The late Rev. Matthias Cobbin, assistant
priest of the Catholic church of St. Philip
de Neri, who died suddenly about a week
age, in Philadelphia, left $20,000. Ouc Ouc
halfefthis property is te be applied te
masses for the repese of the soul of the
deceased, the same te be celebrated as
seen as possible, the usual stipend given
te the geed priest or priests who are en
gaged as celebrants. The remaider of his
estate he leaves te Sarah Cobbin, his sister-in-law.
Over in Delta, Yerk county, iliey have
been having a ring-tilting tournament.
About forty knights were in attendance,
the winner of the first prize being Mr.
Pierce, of Baltimore county, Mi!. The
second prize was wen by Warren Rams.tr,
of Peach Bettem. Wm. Wris-lit, of Ilar-
lenl county, Md., carried off the third
prize, the fourth jjeiug te J. 1). Alineuy.
of Fawn. Miss Kate Bradley, of Delta,
wascrowuedtjuecnof Leve and Beauty,
Miss Bertha Parke first maid of honor.
Miss Fergusen, et Baltimore ceuuty. sec
ond maid or honor. The oration by G.
W. Richardson, esq., w.is heartily ap
plauded. TWO 1NOUESTS.
Death of a Ulan Who llatl Small-t'ex.
Yesterday morning Superintendent Cox,
of the hospital, received a despatch Treiii
Squire Frank, of Columbia, stating that
they had a bad case of small-nex iu that
town, and they wanted te knew whether
the man, whose name was Gilpin Ivcech,
would be received at the hospital. Mr.
Cox telegraphed for them te briug the
man down. Kcech was placed iu a wagon
in charge of two colored men who
started for this city. About a mile from
here Kcech asked te be laid down in the
wagon. This was done and in a few mo
ments he was dead. The hotly was taken
te the almshouse where Corener Mishler
held an inquest and the jury rendered a
verdict el death from small-pox, and cen
sured the parties, unknown te the jury,
who sent Keech te this city. Kecch was
35 years of age and leaves a wife and two
children in Columbia.
Died Iu Prison.
About four months age a colored man
was committed te prison from the neigh
borhood of New Helland, en the charge
of drunken and disorderly conduct aud
making threats. While serving his terra
he was found te be crazy and was sent te
the hospital. ' He seemed te be iu geed
health until yesterday morning when he
refused te cat his breakfast. He was seen
afterwards found dead in his bed. The
coroner held an inquest en the remains
and the verdict of the jury was death from
exhaustien. The name of the man is un
known. He was known as the "euraug
eutang " as he had a coat of long hair all
ever his person. His age was 30 years.
The interment was made at the hospital.
Ia Tewb.
C. L. Frcy and Samuel Simpsen, for
merly of this city, but new residents -of
Chicago, are in town en their way back
from Bosten and ether places, where they
have been en a pleasure trip. Sir. Simpsen
is the Chicago agent for Dedge & Sen, cork
manufacturers or this city, and Sir. Frey
has a position in tbe county agent's office
and has charge of the charters or the city.
Bass Fishing.
Jehn Copland and " Bebbie " Etter
caught 21 fine large bass at Shanks Ferry
en Thursday.
rostelBco ImpreTcaispta.
The Lancaster pos'teffico is being wains wains
cetted in the delivery room and freshly re-papered.
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