LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1881. Lancaster rnicllisencet. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 6, 1881." Agricultural Societies. Our agricultural interests are our chief local concern, and as a separate geographical district Lancaster county far outranks in wealth of production any ether in the land. It is by no means certain, however, that our farmers real ize nearly :is much as they could by a mere intelligent investigation into and appreciation of improved modes of farm ing. When we contemplate the small number of devoted farmers and hortic.il hertic.il tuiists who have for many years sustain ed the local society for the promotion of these interests, and when we further consider the extent and value of the ser vices which these few faithful men have rendered te the whole community, we can only wonder and regret that their efforts are net better appreciated and mere fully co-operated with. One need only read the proceedings of any single meeting of the local society that of yesterday te see who these men are, and what useful work they de, and hew painfully scant is the representation of our farmers at their meetings. Each of the active members of this society is a centre of influence in his neighbor hood, an example in his own results of the prelitable application of the higher and mere intelligent modes of tillage, and a source of benefit te his neighbeis in his experience and information. Net a meeting passu-, we venture te say, in which the inlei change of experiments and of views does net result in profit far evcee-lui-j the expanse of lime occupied with the-e meetings. But their direct bsnelitsaie only shared by a few, and these few would be greatly aided in their labets if they had the attendance, the Opinions and the results of our farmeis mere generally. The monthly meetings where the attendance is new numbered by a score or few mere, should have hun dreds of agriculturists from a county whose productions are valued by tens of millions. A single point referred te in yesterday's meeting, the relative value and profit or less in the product of differ ent cows, is a subject that might with great gain engage the attention of all our farmers, whereas probably thousands of dollars are lest annually by a neglect of it. And se witlt-a hundred ethers, for a half 'lay's devotion te which, monthly, farmers who new neglect them might be repaid tenfold. Together with the report of this society meeting we piiutau interesting account of the annual picnic of a local club which has for years been well sustained in a single township. It is altogether likely that a general organization of such clubs is mere pr.ictic.ible than the immediate enlargement of the county society, but we submit whether it is net worth while considering the practica bility of establishing a general system of district fanners' clubs, under the au spices and with relation te the county society, having monthly meetings for the greater convenience of their mem bers, a:nl the general society assembling their representatives, say, quarterly. A dozen such organizations as the Fulton Farmers' club, connected by and under the auspices of a central county society, would, we are well satisfied, if once suc cessfully established, form a system for the advancement of our agricultural in terests which these engaged in it would never let die. The rreshk'i't. The depnrtuie of the president from Washington makes it plain that thesud den call of Gov. llevt ler te-day as a time for the people of this common wealth te meet and offer players in his behalf, was based en private information that at the time he would be subjected te the risks involved in this journey. That his lemeval has been undertaken with some reluctance by the physicians is very manifest, and that they have net been without fears of a fatal termina tion te the trip of ever two hundred miles, by an invalid in his condition, is all tee plain. On the ether hand they were confronted with an increasing vi tiation of the atmosphere in Washing ten, with the ardent desire of the patient te get away, and with a universal ex pression of popular opinion that he ought te be removed. Had he remained in Washington he would most likely have died, and even should he die by reason of his removal the public judgment upon the phvsicians will net be nearly se hard as ha 1 they failed te get him away. The praers of millions ascend te-day from church altar and heaithstene that he may endure without danger the re moval and speedily be restored te health. The response te the short call upon the people has been general and earnest, and whatever the prayers of the faithful can effect te make his recovery accord with the Divine dispensation or te bring about a right state of popular feeling the people, of Pennsylvania and ether states are te day doing. Tui: journey of the president from his bed chamber in the White Heuse te the better air of a summer city by the sea is marked by an attendance of all the ap pliances for comfort by the most ad vanced modern science and mechanism. A special railroad track was built for nearly a-sixth of a mile ever the rough cobble stones of a Washington street ; the car ler his accommodation is pro vided with all the comforts of a perma nent residence and moved se gently that his bed is nearly as free from vibrations as his couch iu the executive mansion, while the complete arrangements for his reception iu one of the handsomest of the many palatial houses at Leng Branch will render his stay there as comfortable as in any house iu the land. Candidates for governor who are already announcing themselves, or are being announced, will de well te remem ber that it is the early worm tee that is caught. Xe false holies should be stimulated by the president's removal. He gees te Leng Branch te avoid the certainty of death, net te secure the certainty of recover . " Chaklie Bcrke," a notorious and depraved rough, is a member of the Democratic city committee of Philadel phia and enlivens its meetings with ex hibitions of his besotted blackguardism and pugilistic propensities. That he is allowed te de se is evidence that some ether members of the committee aie net much better. We fear that as a whole this committee is net any better than its predecessors which se long disgraced the city organization in the eyes et the party in the state. When will the de cent Democrats of that town decently organize their party ? MINOR TOPICS. It was after hearing Dean Stanley that a chance attendant at Westminster abbey made the oft-quoted remark : " I went te hear about Heaven and I only hcaid about the way te Palestine. "' Someiiedy around Washington gets a little time te attend te eme duty politic, and Republican federal postal officials iu Virginia who denounce and oppose the Mahone coalition are being lapidly dis placed. Tin: weik of the New Jersey hVti com cem com missiencis this year ha- been very exten sive. About 100,000 young shad were placed in the Raiitan river, and .2,000.000 in the Del.iw.ue. 1,500,000 young Cali fornia .salmon weie placed in the Dcla waic, and 200,000 brook tieut in the northern p'utien of the state. Yeung black bass were also distiiuuted liberally in the liveisand lakes. Ix Mississippi aie the Alcoin, Toiipale aud Shaw univeisities ler coleicd peonte besides the state ueiiiial at Helly Spiings. There arc G.000 free schools in the .state, one hilf of which aie for colored people. The blacks have better educational facili ties there than pci hap? in any state. Thcic were $330,000 appropriated last year for public schools. The blacks get pci haps half of this. The whites pay the gi eater part for the education of the blacks, al though the latter aie ai rayed against them in polities. Citi.cns of Heme, who maintain that what is new .said of the unhenlthfulnes of the city is a calumny, point te the fact that wilhiu the past winter of sonic 00,000 feieigiieis who stepped at the hotels only 3 died. The Reman sticcts arc as eleau, they say, as these of Pat is, and arc wateicd several times a day. Narrow cemlsaud streets are being pulled down te make room for larger ones, where air cm have space enough te ciiculate and even in the Ghetto filth seen will comp.ua cemp.ua tively have ceased te exist. Or the "New Seuth V eminent men of letters, Sidney Lanier is lecturer en liter liter atuie in Jehns Hepkins university ; he is of exceedingly slight figure, face very pale and delicate, with finely chiseled fea tures, daik, elustciing hair, parted in the middle, ami beatd after the manner of the Italian school of ait. Paul Hay tie, an ideal poet in physique, with d irk hair and eyes, and kindly fe.ituie.s east in heroic mould, is the only man in the Seuth who relies en the labor of his pen in peetiy for a living, lie is devoted te his ait, woik weik ing, doubtless, far beyond his strength ; fei his health i.s very delicate, and recent Iy great fears weie cnteitaiued for his life. He lives in almost absolute .seclusion at Ucizelia, near Augusta, Ga., niinistricdte by his devoted wife and only child, a boy, who does net shaie his father's genius. i Joel Chandler Harris, whose " Uncle Re in is " was a veiitable character, the favor ite companion and friend of his boyhood, is only !j year of age, a pi inter by trade, homely et body and shy of .strangcis. James R. Ruidall, aiilhet of "Maryland, My Maryland, ' is a large, line looking man, with full, dark eyes, ample forehead and delightful manners. He is, puihaps, the most graceful and schelaily wiiter of the Southern press; edits the Chronicle and CoMliliitienttlibt, of Augusta, Ga., and gives te his editorials all ihc advantage of a pure literary style and a lieh and Hew ing diction. PERGONAL.. Mis. B. M. H.vuvi:v, a well known and well connected, pictty young widow and country steickeeper, has mysteriously dis apppared fi em James City, Va. Srrnr.r.ex was onee addiesscd in the sticet by a person who, with the briefest of intiofluctien, called him " a very gteat humbug." " I am only tee happy, sir." was the preacher's reply, " te be a very gicat anything." The approaching celebration at York Yerk town, se closely associated with the name ofCeiiXWAM.is, will be attended by many direct lineal representatives of these who fought ag.iinst him. but the famous m ir- quis himself has tc-day no representative of his name. J. O. Si:;' rex, the well-known actor, has died ftem an internal rupture received while spaniug with a fellow-actor at Lex ington, Ky., last week, where he was play ing his first week's engagement. Ne eil results were oxpeiienucd until Fiiday night, when he became seneusly ill, and a doctor was called in, who preset ibed for cheleia ineibus. Among the guests entertained by I.etta, the acticss, at her Lake Geerge villa this summer are fifteen or twenty young ladies from different cities, bright, pretty girls who had net the means te suend the sum mer at a favorable i eseit. Se Letta brought them up into the green hills, and took them riding in buck-beards and towing iu canoes, and blaekbcrrying and bathing, and gave them a regular geed time. Dr. E. Lloyd Hewakd, quarantine phy sician, and in charge of the quarantine hospital at Baltimore for the past six yeais,. was accidently drowned in the harbor, at Commercial whai f, yesterday. He was en his bearding st am tug, and as the tug ncarcd the wharf Dr. Heward attempted te jump en the pier. In the effort it is supposed he made a misstep and fell be tween his beat and the pier, staking his head and sinking in the water. Iu Lancaster, O., Policeman GeUlieb Jurgensmjer assaulted and beat Jehn Creeks in a most outrageous and brutal manner, fracturing his skull in two places and inflicting fatal wounds. The assault is said te have been totally unjustifiable, and the feeling toward the policeman runs high.- PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. Something for Onr City Fathers te Think A beat Te-morrow Night. Fer the Ijteixigexcct. The city of Lancaster has been at the meicy of the " fire bugs" for the last min min or five yeais. Fires have eccuned for which no reasonable cause could be as signed, yet these in authority have made no successful attempt te fiud out the in ceudiaries. That something should be done no one doubts, but suspending two or three of the present companies, and slightly increasing the appropriation of the ethers, is net the way te de it. Vel unteer firemen, as here constituted, are a failure, and the sooner they are abolished the better it will be for all parties con cerned. Protection against fire concerns the humblest laboring man as much as it does the most opulent merchant or manufac turer. It is of till? utmost importance te cemmeice and trade, te the safety and se curity of the general public, that every safeguard should be employed against fiie. Councils have been advised te get the best appliances and most intelligent men, but just hew they are te be had no one has yet suggested. Surely councils are net competent te name what apparatus is re quired for an efficient department. Te have them equip the department would be like having a civili iu iu time of war te feitify a place for seldieis te defend. Te be an efficient fire engineer, the man must have a knowledge el the subject that is clastic enough te adapt itself te all the places in which a fire can exist, difteiing in almost every instance. The man must be well vcisert in all things pci tabl ing te the equipment and management of the fire service, and he should ha the person te recommend what apparatus is required for the dcpaitment, aud the only way te get such a mm is te mike all ap plicants undergo a competitive examina tion, the oue showing the bust record te get the appaiutment, and net te be re moved except for cause. Each applicant should give a plan of organizing, manag ing and all appliances necustry ter a geed fire dcpaitment. If councils de net move in this matter the people wiil be left between two evils, of which it is bird te tell the worst fire iisarancc companies or volunteer firemen. Yet the people will have te pay for it dearly all the sanu. The iusuiuuee com panies appear te be indignaut because some ene has suggested that they should employ detectives, yet they are net back ward in urging the city te employ a l.irg.i police force and abetter fire dcpaitment se that they can carry $20,000 pjr annum out of the city. The insurance companies tin eaten te step business here. The sjoner they de the better it will be for the community. It will net cost one-fourth as much te maintain a first class fire department as it does te sustain the insurance companies. The expeiience of the New Eng land mutual insurance compauies duiiug the past few years clearly demonstrates that stock company insurance is an extor tion and an evil. A summary of the busi ness of the seventeen mutual insurance shows tha following result for 1879 : Risks written in the year, $201,091, 18G ; premiums leeeived, $1,831,433 ; losses iu cuircd during the year, $lC0,-"i'2" ; divi dends en policies, $1,709,S;10. If such a system were adopted in Liu caster we could get along very wcli with out the stock insurance companies aud save $3i,0M te $10,000 c ich year. Smie one will siy mutual insuruiei will fail Anything will fail if you de net manage it rightly. If it is run like the "Bosten M inufaeturers' Mutuil" it will never fail. If we cannot have such an insurance system, let us at any rate have a first class fire dcpaitment. - FKENCII DISASTERS. A Terrible Railroad Accident. The Paris papers yesterday report five murdeis, a suicide, an attempted murder, two bad cases of arson, four accidental deaths and a great fire. The latter broke out in a diaper's shop in the Rue Pert Maheu. Of course no water could be get when it was wanted, anil in thiec benis the whole interior of the house was con -sumed, and three unfortunate persons lest their lives. These repeated disasters are a disgrace te Paris. Itispiopescd te close Mabille shortly and te build ou the same site an inimcnse variety palace, which is te cost $4,000,000, aud te be called the Palais du Rendcveus Univeisel. On the heels of these comes tidings of a ten ible accident ou the railroad. An ex press train from Marseilles came in collis ion at Charaton with an ordinary passenger train from Montargis. The slew train from Montargis ai rived at Charcnten 12 minutes late, and before it could be shunted the express traiu pushed into it. The travelers en the slew tiain, saw the express ap proaching and some tiicd te jump out of the cauiages, but many were crushed and according te the latest repot ts, 10 pei sons were killed and 25 injured seveial, it is feared, mortally. The aceidant is at tributed te the failure of a signal man te block the line against the express train. THAT INDIAN MASSaCrIc. Net Nearly se Rail as Reported. Official advices received by the 'vat de partment from Indian Agent Tiffany and General McDowell in relation te the re ceut fight between Colonel Can's com mand and the Apaches in Aiizena, show that there was no massacre, as at first re ported ; that only Captain Hcntig and seven te teu men were killed, and that the Indians were badly beaten. Lieut. Geiden was wounded in the attack ou the spot. Colonel Carr and the ether officers, except Hcntig, are safe. The Indiaus be gan the attack and crowded the bluffs ; they still swarm the country and surround Fert Apache where the troops make a gal laut defcusc. Conspicuous In the Frent Rank. Wilkcsbarre Union Leader. Iu entering upeu its eighteenth volume, which it did en Thursday, thetc was little need of any assurance from ilscditeis that se geed a paper as the Lancaster Lnteij.i gencek is prosperous. If enterprise and ability ever accomplish anything in the journalistic business, surely enr weithy contemporary ought te represent the best illustration of .success, for it stands conspicuously in the very front rank of in telligent aud wide awake dailies of the period." excelled by very few in the state, and in its completeness surpassed by no ether inland paper in Pennsylvania. The Democracy have reason te feel proud of the Intj;m.igencer. Scorpion in tlie Coffee I'et. Twe little boys in a suburb of Constan tinople were poisoned in a strange and sad manner. Their mother, a peer widow, sent them away te school, having first given them a breakfast of bread and coffee the latter being drank by them from the same cup. Tbey had net been a half hear in school when they were sent home, feel ing ill and vomiting freely. Why they should be ill the mother did net knew until she looked into the coffee cup and there saw the remains of a large scorpion. The same night the little fellows died in gieat agony, and the mother iu a day two had lest lier reason. or LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. A fire in Cornwall, N. Y., destroyed the bam of W. B. Beakes ; less $8,000. Haggart's agiicultural machine works, at Londen, Ontario, burned ; less $10,000. A fire at Cayuga, Outai ie, damaged eight stores in the business poitien of the town te the extent of $13,000 ; partially insured. S. Wiight & Ce.'s cheese box and bar rel facteiy at Harriston, Ontaiie, 'vas burned. The less is $10,000. Vesuvius has been in a lively state of emotion since Saturday, sending streams of lava dewu the ueithciii slope. Baseball : At Bosten Worcester, 9 Bosten, 2. At Tiey Trey. G ; Provi dence, e. At Cleveland Chieige, 14 ; Cleveland S. AVheu the shei iff went te fetch David Conway fiemhis.cell in Hie Eiie county jail he found him hanging by the neck from the ceilitig. He had committed suicide. 11. Drake, of Bloemiugbuig, Sullivan county, N. Y., eut his threat with a razor aud cannot survive, lie was in an insane asylum and was dischaigcd cured, but had a l elapse. The bodies of Sene and Samuel 31. Tilc- son, brethet s, were found en the shore near Mencmsha Creek, Maitha'sYineyaid. They had been te Ne Mail's Land fishing and were drowned en their way uacic. At Spaita, Tenii., T. J. R. SwalYoidshet and killed his father-in-law, James Scott, and Eli Paul, and wounded one of Paul's sons. Seett was attempting te prevent a fight between Swaifeid and Paul, and was shot accidently. Ucorge .Mink. jr.. 1 years old, was ciushed te death in Albany while coupling cars en the Northern railroad. Soen after ward a child, named Jehn Tracey, seu of Michael Tmccy, was run ever at the rail read crossing by a locomotive aud killed, STATE ITKMS. The Democratic county convention of Carben nominated Hariy E. Packer by ac clamatien for associate judge. Colonel James Yeung, of Sliddletewn, recently received from Pittsburgh the finest let of stock cattle ever seen in the vicinity. It would be hard te fiud 17: head in the state in eue let, equal te them. I uey weigh 1 1 1,28 j pounds. The Alte ma daily San gets iu its work en the thrillinir adventure of two ladies and a hey ftem that town, who went out te a clearing te gather fruit. The horse rolled and get his head down and fast iu the fence, when a huge rattle snake crawled te within a few feet of the pros tiated and helpless her.se, coiled himself into a circle as large as the top of a piano steel and eight iuches in height, raised his head and picpired te strike any one who would approach him. He was dislegcd with stones ; nd dispatched with a shot gun and twenty rattles taken Irem him. . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ...I i " HUMl'TY DUMl'TW A (ioeil rcrfitriii-tnce I.isl Night. The gallery of Fulton epeia house was crowded and the main body of the hall reasonably wcll-lilled last evening when, after the time-honored "prologue" of regulation pantomime, the cm tain rolled up disclosing the novel minstrel eveiture that cempused the lust p.ut el iNick uoo ueo uoe etts's " lluinpty Dumpty " performance. Twenty-two peileimers ai ranged after the usual manner el ini:.strel cntcitainmcnls. but all with chalked faces and at- tii ed in the customary garb of ciew us, eccu pied the stage, and, barnng the eichcstial p.ut of the entertainment, which w.is very bad, gave a right clever perform ance. J. Harrington was en thetambe end while Dave Wilsen manipulated the bones, and though it did sound a little queer te hear these chalk-faced imitators getting olt'iekcsind steiies that have long been conceded te the province of negre minstrelsy, still they were for the most p.ut well said, many of them being new, and all apparently pleasing te the audi ence. The gieat feature of this part, how ever, as indeed of the entertainment as a whole, was the singing of the " Clipper Quartet, composed of Messrs. Robeit 3lclntyrc, P. T. Watd, G. F. Campbell and F. A. Heward, who made some music that was singularly sweet and cap tivating. The exquisite chording of the four voices was remarkable and awakened the liveliest appreciation upon the p.ut of audience. air. Hewaid sang "Dublin Bay," and 3Ir. Melntyrc, whose tenor is one of uncommon soft texture and sweet ness, brought down the house by his charming rendition of that very pretty though net euphoniously called "Sally iu Onr Alley." The remainder of the per fermancc was of a general variety charac ter, with an occasional streak of pantomime running through it that might just as well have been emitted, presenting as it did no striking features The " Clipper Quartet " again appsared te great advan tage in a number et songs and imitations ; the Onefii brothers performed some very clever acrobatic fcals and wen a number of recalls, their "French locomotion " act being especially geed aud entirely new ; Tillie Van Buren's xylophone selections, Belle Cliften and Louise DoLeuci in a double skipping rope act, the Onefii brothers in a pantomimic and musical scene, and Rene and Cliften's bar per per feiuiance, weie features of merit that completed a highly satisfactory enteitain ment. Colored Camp Meeting. It has been estimated that there were ever one thousand people at the colored camp near Brownsville, en Sunday after noon. Samuel Green preached an impres sive sermon. In the evening Rev. Edward Laws preached an eloquent sermon en the prodigal son Geed order prevailed all day. Refreshments were scarce en ac count of a disappointment. This week stands will be cieetcd and all kinds of re freshments served. Next Sunday it is expected will bring mere people than last. A lady will preach then. Serious Fall. Pi ivate advices te friends in tltN city convey information that one day last week Adam McMaster, a carpenter, lermerly of this county, anil son-in-law of Jehn Weid ler, who was a cabinet maker en Neilh Queen street, fell from the Shepherd asylum near Towsentown, Md., where he was working and sustained such serious injuries as te leqiiiu: amputation of his leg. Tlie I.icaerkr.mz. Yesterday the Licdcrkrauz held their picnic at What Glen. Ne peisens were admitted except the members and their families. A geed crowd was present and all enjoyed themselves highly. This society has just hung a beautiful new sign out iu front of the rooms, which are ever the Schiller house en North Queen sf rect. It is the work of Martin Rettig. 1'resbytcrlHii I'cw Helders. At the congregational inectinir of the Presbyterian church, held last evening, the ttustces, R. A. Evans, A. II. Penceck and Gee. -31. Kline, whose terms expired, were unanimously ie elected. The finan cial report of the beard shows a healthy HOW HE WAS KJLIiED. THE LATE KANSAS 31. FIEI.Es'. His Widow Journeys te tha Scene et His Acildent. On Sunday, the 11th tilt.,, the sorrowing relatives and friends of the deceased at tended the funeral of Mr. Kansas 31. Fieles, feimerlya resident of Lancaster county, who was killed near Somerset, Ky., en August 11th, while perfeimiug his duty as conductor en the Cincinnati Southern railway, the funeral taking place from the Keystone house in this city aud the inter ment being made in Leaceek cemetery. As stated in our issue of August 13th, the facts attending his death had net been ascertained, and finding it impossible te obtain a satisfactory account otherwise, the widow, 3Irs. Irene E Fieles, deter mined te make a journey te the place of the accident and ascertain the facts. 3Irs. Fieles left this city the following Thursday morning, August 18th, proceed ing direct te Cincinnati. Here the gen eral supciinteudcnt of the company, in whose employ her husbhnd lest his life, gave her a pass te Seme.isct. 13S miles south, ami return, after vainly trying te persuade her te relinquish her purpose Speuding Friday in Cincinnati without learning auythiug, she staited en S.itur day morning, ai riving at Somerset that afternoon. Semeiset she found te be a small tewu of about GOO inhabitants Ie cated iu a wild and broken country, as may be inferred from the tct that the univei sal mode of conveyance, bothfer men and women, is en horseback. She here found two employees of the company who weie with her husband when the accident happened, and one of them being the first te pick him up thereafter. Other em ployees who had known her husband were also there, aud it was arranged te send her the nevt day, Sunday, in the only car riage the town aflbided, te Net weed, the place of the accident, six miles up the read. The join ncy next day was under trying circumstauccs, the read being ex tremely rough and ever a mountainous ceuutry. One episode en the way was the step at a rough leg house for shelter from a heavy thunder storm, where two little children cried ever the less of their geed friend, the conductor, who efteu gave them lides. Their destination reached at last aud the scene viewed, a sad farewell was taken and the return te Som erset made. Caietnl inquiry elicited the facts as fellows : 3Ir. Fieles had a con cen con stiuctien train, Allen Billctcr engineer, employed in hauling gravel leaded by a steam shovel in charge of 3Ir. Themas H. Donnally.. At Norwood, where his train was lelt every night upon sidings of the railroad track, there remained about ten miuutes in which te clear the track by placing his cars upon unoccupied spaces; he had detached all hut one car and while in the act et uncoupling the last ear te the left he stepped backwaids while the car was still in sjew motion, his right feet falling in the frog of a connecting rail, holding him fast. He immediately cried out, hut, unable te extricate himself, the wheel forced him back aud down, and as it passed along cutting the leg terribly, a brake red underneath the car then stri'k ing his hotly, breaking his abdomen and crushing the watcn in his vest pocket deeply into his body. The engine was im mediately reversed, stepping within eight feet. 3Ir. Donnally ran te his assistance ; he had drawn himself out and was partly raised upon his hands and feet. He was carefully placed upon a bed iu the caboose. Although suffering terrible agony his pres ence of mind did net desert him and he told his brakeman te go hack and flag the train Ne. 11, which was coming and would seen be there. By his directions the en gine and caboose then immediately pro ceeded te Somerset where, upeu his re quest, his wife and child were telegraphed for. His first thought had been of them, he saying his injuries were mortal and that he could net live. After an hour of oxtreme suffering he became- unconscious and se remained te the time of his death, which took place in two hours. The engineer aud train men, also the people of Somerset, were exceedingly kind te 3Irs. Fieles, paying all her expenses during her stay of four days, but the place appeared wild and almost lawless. Ne inquest had been held, the coroner living six miles out in the country and incompetent te perform his duties. An evening incident of her stay was the delib erate sheeting of one man by another in the street before the eyes of herself and ethers sitting en the perch of the house in which she was stepping and net ever forty feet distant. Ne attention was paid te the matter, no arrest being made,as it was only a man shot. She was assured if a horse weie shot the perpetrator of the deed would be lynched for the destruction of such valuable property. The gentleman who took her te Nei weed told her net te he alarmed at the heavy revolver in his hip pocket as it was only carried as a necessary means of protection. At the depot beat ding house, wheie she took her dinner en the day of her depailme, the piepiiutrc.ss, a fine looking woman of SI or 40, cauied a revolver in an open pocket of her dress exposed and ready ler instant use. Upen 3Iis. Fieles' return te Cincinnati the rail lead company refused her the pay due her husband until itideniuifiud against less : this having becu accomplished and his personal effects secured after much trouble, she returned te Baltimore alter an abscr.ee of just two weeks. By the considerate kindness of official.-; of the Baltimore it Ohie railroad she was furnished passes te Cincinnati and letttrn and received many kind attentions from railroad employees en the way, many of whom knew her husband who was univer sally beloved by all who kuew him. Her little giil, about two jcais old ; se clerely resembling its father, wen their svmp.ithv at once by her sunny disposition, and en ner arrival at Somerset she was immedi ately recognized as his and was made wel come by his fi iends. 3Iis. Fieles lcmcmbets with giatitude the many kind attentions received from the geed iepIe of Lancaster. She will remain ler a time with her husband's parents at the Geneial Wayne hotel in Baltimore. tturncd by Ilenine. Yesterday afternoon, at Millersvillc. S. II. Haines, of that plac a brother of A D. Haines, the dru 'gist at the corner of Piinccand Chestnut streets, thiseity, was engaged iu cleaning a het air engine. He mounted a ladder for the purpose, and with a sponge saturated with ben zine was vigorously rubbing the inside of the het air chamber. He held a small lighted lamp attached te a long stick in the cylinder, iu order te have a little light en the subject, when the ac cumulated gas ftem the bcniiic in the bottom of the chamber ignited, and the flame bursting up, the young man was very severely binned en one side of the face, which, as were likewise his hand and aim up te the elbow, was badly blistered, though it is belived no permanent injury will result. He 1'ald Tlietu. Arthur DcBoets, a resident of the Welsh mountain, had a hearing before Alderman Barr yesterday en the charge of drunken and disorderly conduct. He had his choice of going te jail or pay the costs. He chose the latter and put up his "stud" with the cleverness of an old gambler. Aithur is also charged with larceny and he has waived a hearing and given bail for ceu it. Tite I:ciiihieu te ltC'ldlll. This morning about 300 persons went te Reading en the excursion, which wns run by the Keystone band. LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE. NtlVs FROM THE COUNTRY. Cap, h-.ist Eirl, Washington and Other I'elnts. On our outside pages te-day will be found the report of the Agricultural society's meeting, with full accounts of the state of the crops iu different sections of the county ; also a spicy letter about the Ful ton Farmers's club. The state of the to bacco crop and a report of many sales -appear en our fust page : EAST EAUL CUKKE.SrONDF.NCK. Friini Our Cedar Lane Correspondent. This neighborhood was visited en Satur day a ft ei neon last by a very welcome rain. Almest two months had elapsed since the last shower, and crops had suffered great ly, besides our wives were all complaining about the supply of cistern water running sheit. The rain en Saturday came down in torrents for about half an hour and gave us a new supply for our cisterns, be sides benefiting all our crop.? and settling the dust, which en the public reads was fully six iuches in depth. About half a mile east of this they had a very destructive hail storm, and in the Conestoga valley from Seirel Hei sc cast te the Che'ter county line the tobacco was literally cut te pieces. It would be almost impossible te estimate the less, but it will reach many thousand dollars. WASH INT. ION I'.llKOUCll. en's Irem Down the Kler. Last week a brother and a ftiend of 3Ir. F. Y. Weidenhammer, teacher of the giadcd school at thia place, were in town ou a visit te their fueiid. They returned te their homes iu Herks county en 31011 day. 3lr. Jacob St.inian, an aged and highly esteemed resident of this place, can beat cveijthing for potatoes that has been seen this year. 3Ir. S. has probably ever 200 bushel. He :?also in the lit st rank for tobacco this year. His crop is already all sold and at a high price 2 cents around. 3Ir. David Savier, jr., is out iu the eeuntiy neaily every day buying tobacco. S. B. Uiban, esq., has a large crop of watermelons and cantaloupes en his island and they ate very geed much better than these brought from New Jersey. The primary schools of this place open en 3Ienday and will continue for a teim of seven months. 3Ir. Frank lliith, of Pe tersville, Northampton county, a graduate from the normal school :it l ut .town, ar rived here en Thursday, and will take chat ge of the lower primary school, and Mr. A. S. Schcetz, of Tiumbaiicrsville, Bucks county, a graduate from 31illers ville, will take charge of the upper pti mary school. Our physicians repot t a gieat deal of sickness in and about town. A Philadclphiati traveling with auctieu goods spent several evenings in town hav ing public sale of-his goods which he offered at marvelously low prices for cash. Carpenters tools, bed spreads, clocks, &c, were among the leading articles for sale. !A1 Nl-.WS. Frem Our Kegitlnr Correspondent. The com crop of this neighboeihood, bids fair te be geed, but it will net yield as much as the crop of last year. The general run of tobacco hereabouts, is veiy geed, and the buyers knew it, for they are around already, trying te buy it in the ground ; net many are selling this way. It is the opinion of a great many of our farmers that these " men " de net want te buy new. but are only going around " spotting " out the best lets, as they did last year. Michael Hess has an acre of vci y large tobacco : it averages 40 by 2fi. 3ichael s-iys it is the piide of Lan caster county. Last week H. Swcig.ut, gi.iin and lumber merchant of Cedar Lane, received at this station a car-lead of Sharpless A; Caipcnter's celebrated dissolved bone phosphate. Seme young folks held a grand " hop '" at the G ip hotel ou Wednesday evening last. Everything passed off eiderly and quietly, excepting the j-vntleman that ealled the figures had extra geed lungs. On Wednesday evening last, by Rev. I'. C. Vetkcs, Dr. Adam R. Hear, of Philadelphia, was married te 3Iiss Emma 1 human, of this place. 3Iiss Eva Knox, of this place, has gotie te West Chester, ie spend the fall and winter sessions at West Chester normal school A few night age some persons visited the chicken roost of G. P. Summers and relieved it of ene dozen line chickens. Be fore leaving they beheaded them all. On Situiday afternoon a very severe hail steitn passed ever the neighboiheod of Cempassvillc and a considerable amount of tobacco was damaged. The festival held at Smj ma en Satuiday evening was an entire success. On Thuisday Fred Shnepf moved into the house feimeiiy oceupicd by .las. S. White. Fted. intend-- te keep a icMauiaut in part of the building. This place is sutfeiing ftem the scaicit of water ; neatly all the wells and swings have failed, owing te the dry wrntlier of lite and the drainage caused by the P. It. It. tunnel. If the dreuth continues much longer many will be obliged te haul water finiii the neighboring .streams. A COOI) HAUL. r.lxlitceii 1ratuit I'lcknl up and s:,ierd D.iwii In " lliiiiimers' Hall." Blight and early Sunday morning three of our most valiant police weie seen (hiv ing out East King street, apparently en a pleasure 1 1 ip. Net se, they meant business. "Smoketown Spiings" is a tioteiious rendezvous where the knights of the read de congregate iu numbcis tanging ftem ten te feity en a Sunday morning and here they "leaf," many doing their week's washing, some cooking, ethers smoking and telling yarns, and very often groups engage iu a "social game." This spring is in till; garden of the county, East Lamictcr township, in the midst of a class of people who seldom refuse te give help when it is asked. I Ieucc the love of the lazy tramp for this favored spot. But when anything is re fused they sometimes yes, very often make a positive demand, whereupon they invaiiably get what is asked. In one instance two burly, robust fellows asked for something te cat, and specified their desires which in this case were refused. Ne one was at home, which they evidently knew, and they then took revenge by ston ing the deer, breaking milk crocks which hung en the tencc and te.iiing oil pales from the fence. At another place a young girl threatened te turn the deg upeu an impudent fellow, when he angrily swore he would cut the deg's thie.it and hers tee if he get held of them. But their bravado was a little cooled when Officers Eichholtz, Lcmauaud Kaut. swooped down en them en Sunday morn ing and took eleven of them in a bunch. They were enjoying their usual Sunday morning siesta, but the stem deliverers of justice caused their faces te turn pallor stricken and many a hair te rise perpendicular. One of the cops calmly threw down a dozen pans of hand-cuffs, and at a wave of the hand they filed into line and were chained like se many well-tiaincd dogs. As ethers slowly sauntered into the roost they wera gently led off and. hauled into Castle Weisc. The captain is said te have re marked that he thought the officers would get the whole county iu if they kept en. At any rate it was a geed day for the "vigies," and a riddance te the commu nity of East Lampeter, which will cause many a blessing te he heaped en the heads of the instigators of the move. PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT. LOCAI. OUsKKVANCE SION. OF THE OLl'A. I'nlen tricc at Suine t.r U Cliurclie. The piocl.iniatien of Gov. Heyt sum moning the people of the state te prayers te day (in behalf of the sutfeiing presi dent) met with a general response in this city. The banks and many ether places of business were closed from 10 a. in. te 12 m., aud there was a large attendance at the churches where services appropriate te the occasion were held. In St. James Episcopal there was morn ing prayer, with special hymns and the reacting of the litany anil the chinch prayer for the president. The rector was assisted by Rev. .1. G. 3Iulhelland and D. B. Will son. The music was solemn and effective and the rector made a sheit and impres sive address peitiuent te the occasion. The congregation was laige. Iu St. Jehn's Episcopal chinch Rev. Spaulding. the rector, made a very timely address, touching en the crime "of the' as sassin aud the interest of the country ou the president's condition. The lt'imn "Ged 3Invis in a 3rtstcrieu Way" was sung and the large congregation dismissed with a benediction. t'liien .Sen ice lu.tlie Kfitiimi'd. Ill the First Itefermed chinch there was a joint seivica by the people of St. Jehn's Lutheran, 3Ieravian, St. Paul's and First llefeiined, Baptist and Preshtciian, and the church was filled with-.i large congre gation. The choir eleucl the service with the rendition of "Nearer my Ged le Thee." Rev. J. A. Peteis offered prajer and tend a telegram announcing the de p.nttire of the president hum Washing ten and his successful jeuiueyas far as Iie.ud from. Alter the singing of "Before Jehovah's Awful Throne," Rev. J. Y. 3Iitchell, I. 1).. made an appropriate piaier. followed ly the leading of poitieus of the tilst anil '2d Psalms. Rev. llaik also indulged in some comments en the set iptuics te.id and en the significance of the occasion and the effect of prayer. There was some congrega tional singing and Rev. Peters lead a dis patch announcing the aiiival of the presi dent iu Baltimore. Then followed a piayer by Rev. J. 15. Shumakcr, D. I). ; a hymn by the ceitgreg.il ion ; prayer by Rev. W. R. 3Iorrisen ; a congregational lijnm; the long metre doxology and the benediction by Rev. J. Max Haik. Tlie l.iithermi Clitirihf . 1 here was a union sei vice id the three English Lutheran congregation, Trinity', Grace and C'hiist, belli in Tiitiity chuicii, which was well filled by an eat nest aud attentive congregation. The setiice be gan at 10:e() with the reading of a pint ion of the fiftieth l'.-alm, "Call upon me iu the day of trouble," by Itev. K. L. Iteed. of Christ chinch, who also made remarks peitiuent te the occasion, and voicing the sentiment of all Chtistian communities with regard te the cal unity that has over taken the-republic in the attempt upon the life of its chief magistrate and its threatened fatal termination. Mr. Iteed concluded with a fervent prayer te the Almighty Father for the speedy res toiatieu te health of the president, anil then the cengieg.it ion united te a hymn. Rev. C. Elviit Hetipt read a Psalm, and made an address and prayer, and after the singing of another hymn by the congrega tion Rev. (J. L. Fry, the new assistant pastor of Tiinity, closed the service with a psalm, a few timely lcmaiks and a petition te the thi one of heavenly giaee in which he was followed by ihc congregation who lepeated the Letd's Prater in unison. 3Ir. Fry also read the latest official bulletin of the president's condition, after which the congregation dispersed. Methodist. At the Duke street 31. E. chinch Rev. Robinson lead in prayer alter the singing of a hymn. Rev. 3Iellw.iiu lead a suitable sci iptuie selection. After another hjnin James Black esq., made a pi ayer and there were short and interesting addrcsscss by Rev. Kreusc, Prof. B. F. Shauh, Hen. A. Heir Smith and S. 31. M vers. With the bededictien by Itcv31ell wain and a de olegv the audience was dismissed. In St. Paul's 31. E. ehureh. Rev. A.I. Colleni delivered an appropiiatMliseeur.se, anil prayeis were efi'eied for the president A meeting for prayer for the psesii'e it was held this forenoon iu the I'nien Bethel chinch, where a number of fervent petitions were offered up for his safe de livery te Leng Branch and subsequent speedy recovery of his health. At llm Almslioiise. 3Ir. and 3Irs. A. C. Lceuaid galheied the inmates of the almshouse together in the chapel of that institution ami held an hour's set vice of smg ami prayer for the recovery of the president. The attendance was huge. At tin- College. The proclamations of the geiciunr and the mayor were observed in Franklin and 3iatshall college by a sen ice of humilia tion and prayer, at 10 o'clock this morn ing, in which the students nf the thus! in in stitutieus jeiui d. The pciiiug seiviee was conducted by Dr. E. V. Geih.ut, alter which Dr. J. II. Dubbs read a sciipturc lessen and the whole congregation joined in the litany. A few teui.tiks were then made by Dr. T.-G. App'e, en the .solemn significance el the service, alter which the special pi ayer was efi'eied by Dr. Gerh.ut, and the hymn "Ged save our native land," was sung. The ceugiegal ion w.t then dis missed after singing a duKolegy and the pronouncing of the benediction. COI'ltl OF t'OUMON 1'l.lMs Heliire .Iud" I. ii illusion. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use of W. I). Weaver ct tl. vs. David G. Steacy. Menis Cooper, Peter Pickcl and Samuel A. Hughes. This is a suit en an official bend of D. G Steacy, assignee of Win. F. Pickel, the ether defendants be ing his sureties. The plaintiffs allege that Steacy received money mtt of the estate and did net pay it evei te these entitled te it. Outiial. Uflerii J titled r.nteiHeu. Jehn Stiehm, jr., vs. L. Wcrtheimer and E. Wcitheinier, doing business as L. A; E. Wcrtheimer. This is an action te recover the balance alleged te be due fur a crop of tobacco. An agent of the defend ants bought the plaintiffs crop of tobacco paying him .100 This suit is brought te recover a balance of $2fM). The defense is that the tobacco was bought with the understanding that it was te be delivered in geed eider. They claim that a large portion of the tobacco was burnt, and Strohm agreed that the tobicce should be rcasseited at his expense and he would take 3100 en account, the balance when it wasreassetted. This ai langcmcnl is denied by Strohm. The defense made a tender of $ -28 te the plaintiff, which was refused. Ontiial. Ne Court this lorriieo:-. There was no ceutt this forenoon, as it was the time set apait for the holding of set vices for the recovery of the president. S.ile et Horses. Samuel Hess it Sen, auctioned s, sold at public sale September t, 1SS1, for Daniel Legan, at the 3Icniinac house, Lancaster city, Pa., 18 head of Ohie horses at an average pi ice of .isITO.-K) per head. One out of the let sold for i'Y.W. A Neat Watch. Ed. Kaut, the accommodating watch man at the P. It. R. depot, has a new watch which is very pictty and is some what euiieiis. On the face, instead of the figures, are the letters of 3Ir. Kautz's name. It was made iu fhe East especially for the wearer.
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