LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1881. K N ft IV i rc & Lancaster intelUgencet. BaTUBDAT EVENING, OCT. 1, 1881. The Republican Oatloek. There has been no bitterer factional fight in our political history than that between Conkling and his opponents for the control of the next Xew Yerk Re publican state convention. Last evening the battle was waged in the city, and ever its report of it the Xew Yerk Times, the leading newspaper of its party, puts such head lines as these : " Conkling's Bitter Fight;" "Brazen Fraud and Bribery in Brooklyn ;" " Shameless Bull-dozing by Conkling's Men in the Twelfth Kings district Hew four men swindled twelve The result of the pri mariesCharges of attempted bribery.'1 They tell the story of what fellows ; and the ardor of the campaign is illustra ted by the fact that in one ward tickets were given around with a picture of a revolver at the head followed by, " The Stalwart machine, must be run even if murder has te be done." Throughout the state there has been waging an equally bitter contest. It is significant that Mr. Conkling has wen in nearly all the wards of the city, and has enough delegates te give him control of the state convention. He will win his fight. His friend, the president, is in Xew Yerk. He went there as promptly in this criais of Conkling's affairs, as he went te Al bany when Conkling's cause was imper iled there. Then the administration was against ( inkling arid he lest. New it is with him. Erye. It is manifest that Mr. Arthur is pies dent, and the friends of Arthur are the friends of the president. He has the instincts et a politician and net the sentiments of a conciliator. The bat tle in Xew Yerk into which he has thrown himself is the battle within his party in. ether slates. The Pennsylvania Independent Repub licans, who journeyed te Menter te tell Mr. Garfield what te de, make no such trips te Xew Yerk or Washington. Senater Jenes has been well described as the telephone of the new administration. He is the reufidante ei Arthur and Grant and Conkling. This quartet is a close corporation. Frem Ohie comes the re port that 80,000 Republicans are sullenly waiting for Arthur te give the signal of assistance te Conkling, when they will stay home from the election and let Fos Fes ter be defeated. Have they calculated that the defeat of Mr. Garfield's friend by Mr. Garfield's friends, would net materially damage the Stalwart cause ! The only way in which Mr. Fester can be defeated se as te weaken the adminis tration is for the federal officers te de feat him. They may de it. Mr. Conk ling lias no special admiration for Mr. Fester. But if Mr. Fester was deemed te defeat even before the death of his friend, if the Independents propose te let him be defeated te rebuke Arthur, and the Stalwarts propose te let him be de feated te rebuke the Independents, then we" should say Mr. Fester's let was net a happy one. The career of Colfax was one of the most remarkable en the pages of Ameri can biography. As speaker of the Heuse he obtained a high degree of pop ularity leading te his election as vice president, and the prospects aliening be fore him at one time plainly pointed te the While Heuse as his final destination. Then came his offending te the journal ists, their united and successful crusade against his renoininatien,and the expira tion of his term was quickly followed with the Credit Mebilier exposure, his implication and his shame. Xe light in American politics ever went out in such utter darkness. His guilt has been taken for granted by most men of all parties, and he has remained in the obscurity into which he retired. He emerges from it with his challenge te the Sun, and the prompt acceptance of it will undoubtedly reawaken public interest in his case. We print the .Sunt reply te his letter in full. It constitutes the indictment and the proof against Colfax, and upon it the public can adjudge the merits of the case. These who believe him guilty can find iu his career a vivid moral of the tendency of Republican principles. The Petftrfcttiii Wttrhl is one of the representative papers of the oil region, truly independent and free, managed by Gee. E. Masa, an independent llepubli can member of the last Heuse, and the manager of Wolfe's campaign. He and his p.incr are resolutely opposed te the Stan lard oil company and all corporate abuses. He is energetic, clear-sighted and honest. His warm endorsement of Mr. Xeble, therefore, means something. He knows him as an editor and as a col league en the fleer of the Heuse. This endorsement, coupled with that of the Dispatch, a leading Republican paper of Pittsburgh, put Mr. Xeble's nomination iu a most favorable light before the in dependent Republicans of the slate. He seems te meet their every requirement, and i rebably some of them who want te most emphatically rebuke Bess rul'e and wrench the pardon mill machinery, will conclude te help Wolfe by voting for Xeble. What the Harrisburg Patriot se forci bly says about revised rules for the party in this state, and the disposition made of them iu the Wiliiamspert convention, is only what every thoughtful Democratic journal which knows the mind3 of the delegates will say. The necessity for rules was made all the mere apparent by the events of the convention, and the rules suggested were, with few excep tions, universally acceptable. In these respects they could seen have been made se as te meet all objections, and we have as little doubt of their early adoption as of their giving general satisfaction. Ahle organs like the Examiner and Harrisburg Telegraph new pad out their editorial columns with orders from Cooper's literary bureau. The standing specimen is an extract from Attorney General Palmer's speech nominating Baily. It is net added that Baily steed up and went down with the " 30G " at Chicago, nor that Palmer was one of the pardon beard who set free the legislative bribers. TriE elder Cameren has been visiting Arthur. Benjamin Harris Brewster is spoken of for attorney general te suc ceed Mac eagh. Stick a pin there ! MINOE TOPICS. A men Italian, who lately died iu France has bequeathed $40,000 te Eislebeu, the birthplace of Luther, a3 a testimony el his personal veneration of the great re former. It has been proposed in Bosten that the open space about which are Trinity church, the ait museum and the new Old Seuth church should be appropriated fur a park and named in memory of President Gar field. Of 10G ministers of the Northern Pres byterian church who died last year two were ever ninety years old, nineteen were between eighty and ninety, thirty-five were between seventy and eighty, and fifty under seventy. Recent statistics of the Swedish Luth erans iu the United States show that they number 300 congregations, 150 pastors, and 70,000 members, 40,000 of whom are communicants ; and they, with ether Scandinavians, have established four col leges, five theological seminaries and nu merous academics and schools. A Metheihst lay college has been open ed in Bosten, te prepare young people for religious work. It is opened te both sexes and all ages ever ten, en condition of con formity te its lines. Instruction is given by lectures en the Bible, the church, Chris tiau work, church music, English litera ture, etc., and is free. Chaplain McCaiie, of the Methodist Episcopal Church Extension society, has a preposition for what he calls a Frontier fund, under which 10,000 preacher!' shall raise or laymen give $10 a year each for leu years te aid in building churches in the Far West, the money te lie considered as contributions te the Church Extension fund. AcceitniNu te the Buffalo papers resig nations of pastors in that city seem te have become epidemic. The most recent one te resign is the lie v. G. M. Paters, who has had charge of the Cedar Street Baptist church for seven years. He intends te leave the pastoral office and devote his time te business, "actuated" as he says, " in this course by duties of a filial and family nature" which he felt lit could net disregard. Rev. II. S. Heffman, pastor of the Hely Trinity Moravian church of Philadel phia, has resolved te connect himself with the Reformed Episcopal church. The membership of his church give their full consent te this ecclesiastical change, and will go with their pastor. Dr. Heffman is well-known in this city, having appeared in the pulpit of the Moravian church here en several occasion during the ministry of the lamented Bishop Biglcr, and his ser mons being marked in their vigor and eloquence. Tue Chnithmaii says : "Iu the Reve, lutienary war the Church of England and its adherents were loyal te the English government until it was superseded by that of tha United States. Out of the same spirit of loyalty te government, the Church of Englaud te-day is mariccd in it? mourning ever the death of the chief magistrate of these Uuitcd States. Throughout Eugland the parish church balls wero tolled, en cathedrals United States Hags were heisted at half-mast, and drapings of wee were hung upon their doers while within were held solemn services because of the sad event. If the bjnd of Church and Shite is loosening, the Church is still the bend of States. Tiiekk is a split in the Lutheran sy nodi nedi cal conference, the largest body of that denomination iu this country. The Mis souri synod, the largest member of it, has adopted a Calvinistic declaration of doctrine en predestination and attempted te impose it en the ether synods. The joint synod of Ohie refused te accept this view, end considered at its late meeting iu Wheeling, West Virginia, what course it should take in the matter. It. adopted :t declaration of adherence te the doctrine of election as it is contained in the Formula of Concord aud as it has been taught by the teachers of the church, especially that "the ordina tion of the elect te eternal life took place in view of faith, i. c, in view of the merits of Christ appropriated ly faith," as in accord witii the scriptures and the confes sions ; directed that no ether view should be taught within its jurisdiction ; decided te withdraw from the sy nedical conference, and announced that theso members who felt bound iu conscience te oppose its doc trinal position could net remain with it as brethren, This synod composes about one-sixth of the total strength in churches, ministers and members of the syuedical conference. A new law in France declares that pub lic meetings shall be hcicafter free, and may be. held without previous special au thorization, en condition that thuy are previously announced in a declarati in of the place, and hour when they are te be held, signed by two persons, one of whom is domiciled in the commune where the meeting is te be held, which must be inade twenty-four hours previously and filed with a proper efheer. The meeting must net be prolonged beyond 1 1 o'clock at night, and must be under the control of a committee of three persons, who shall maintain order and be responsible for all infractions of the regulations. The bear ing of this law ea religious meeting for evangelization is regarded as favorable, in that it relieves them from the necessity of seeking a previous authorization ; but the necessity of finding a resident signatary for the call te the meeting and three tier sons who will publicly agree te be respon sible for its geed conduct may operate as a bar, it is feared, te holding such meetings in strange places. The law is, however, accepted by Protestants as the most lib eral one en the subject which has ever been promulgated in France. Telegraphic reports from various points iu the Northwest indicate the occurrence of a wide spread wind storm, which has proved very disastrous. It is reported te have lasted all dav. The wires are down at many places and full accounts of the damage dene cannot yet be obtained. PBBSONA1. Wolfe will get 12,000 Republican votes in Philadelphia and mere than Bailey in Union. It is believed Patti has found that she cannot make as much money as she ex pected in America ; hence " the Diva" will net come. Gov. Pehkins, of California, while bath ing at Santa Menica, recently, get beyond his depth and would have been drowned but for timely assistance. Senater Fair has received a telegram from the son of Senater Piatt, of Connec ticut, by which it is definitely settled that Senater Fair will pair with Senater Piatt. "Felix" Ckaycraft, who "get in" the Wiliiamspert convention, and who after great difficulty "get in" for the winning candidate, "gets in" his corres pondence of Republicau papers a little mere falsehood te the square inch than any ether able reporter who was within a hundred miles of Wiliiamspert and sober. O. B. Petter has sent a letter te Gee. William Curtis and Everett P. Wheeler, inclosing a check for $3,000 toward a fund te be expended in publishing for circula tion the late president's opinions and utterances upon the importance and ne cessity of reform in the civil service of the country. King Kalakaua arrived at Norfolk from Fortress Menreo and was entertained at the navy yard. He was received en land ing by the commandant of the station. The yards of the receiving ship were manned and a royal salute of 21 guns was fired. The king and his suite returned te Washington. When the play "The Danites" was first put en the stage, it was announced as the work of Joaquin Millkk, and McKee Rankin, who owned it, gave an interesting account of the crude condition and great quantity of the manuscript as he received it from the poet. The two have had a falling out, possibly ever Mr. Miller's new play of " Forty nine," aud the actor new says that Miller never wrote a line of "The Danites," nor saw it until it was .done, and was simply paid $5,000 for the use of his name. Rankin claims the authorship himself, though ad mitting that he hired a literary man " te de simply amanuensis work at $25 an act." General Ansen McCoei: says of Presi dent Garfield : " He used te come ever te the rooms of Ames Tewnscnd and I had rooms in the same house en II street, near Wormley's and play pedre with us. Mclunley, also a member of Congress from Ohie, generally made the four pres ent. Pedre was Garfield's faverite game, though he would play whist or euchre, and sometimes, as a recreation, a very small game of poker. He had a high ca pacity for amusements aud could divert his mind like a child. He was very fend of billiards, though of course he didn't get much time for it." The New Era must new prove McCook a liar or declare Gar field a hypocrite. TO THK POINT. Resolutions en the Denlb uf James A. Uarllelu. - At a special meeting of the Jeffersen Democratic association of Yerk, held Sep tember 26, the following resolutions were adopted : lleselced, That we desire in this formal manner te place ou record our abhorrence of the hideous crinie of political assassina tion and our deep sense of the public cal amity occasioned by the murder of Presi dent Garfield in the prime of his life ; in the full vigor of his superior facul ties, and at the very beginning of tlie term for which he had been called te the admin istration of the government. Resolved, That in this free country, where the chief magistrate is chosen by the peo ple, aud is but the representative of their will and sovereign majesty, a shot at him is a shot iute every household ; that the fall of a president under the stroke of an assassin would be under any circumstances an ominous and appalling event, but when the streke is aimed by the vengeance- of faction it is doubly terrible. lleselced. That had President Garfield lived te fulfill the great trust confided te him he would have received, in all just, moderate and wise measures, the cheerful support or the whole people without re gard te party ; and that President Arthur, having been chosen en the same ticket, and by the same vote of the same political party, is entitled te the same measure of support, until he shall have shown himself unworthy of it. lleselced, That the people may wisely pause at this solemn moment, and reflect whether it be net time te dismiss from power a party, which being split into fierce and greedy factions, one of them furnishes the assassin of the president whom it elect ed but yesterday, and the ether charges some of the most distingushed leaders with complicity in the crinie, aud te replace it with men fresh from the people, uncor uncer ruptcd by long .possession of office, and unembittcred by internal struggles for spoils. C. F. Black, President. M. L. Van Baman, Secretary. STATS ITEMS. The Erie Ecening Heuild, an esteemed Democratic contemporary, scorns te think W. W. Lyle is running for state treas urer. Somebody should give the JTerald the news. Gen. Baily, the regular Republican can didate for state treasurer, it seems, has been a belter. Last year he declined te support the regular Republican candidate for Congress iu his district, and led a con siderable belt in behalf of the Greenback nominee. Gen. Baily will net, of course, condemn Mr. Wolfe. Mrs. Frances Reed, a young married woman, residing at Mine Hill Cressing, near Schuylkill Haven, made a fire in an open grate which had been out of use. A oeuy ei suipuur ceiiectea aoeve the lire, ignited and exploded aud set fire te her clothes. She was se badly burned that death ensued. Jehn Maginnis, 28 years of age, living iu Nicetown, went te Ne. 1,303 Fitzwater street Philadelphia, where his wife, who was separated from him, lived with her mother. He drew a pistol and fired, the ball taking effect in the left breast. His mother-in-law, Mary Reed, 40 years old, hearing the shot, pursued him. when lib turned ou her aud fired twice, one ball severing the jugular vein and the ether entering her heart, killing her instantly. At an afternoon circus performance at Minersville the canvass was cut en all sides and the ring bombarded with a terrific shower of stones by an organized gang of roughs. The showmen were beaten and the performing ponies had their tails cut off. The show was hurriedly packed and started eat of town, the evening perform ance was abandoned ; but before the train get away a car filled with horses was rid dled with pistol balls, while men with knives ster d by and slit the noses of the animals as they stuck them out of the ven tilating windows. The perpetrators ac knowledged that they had uever seen a circus before. OUR CANDIDATE. XUULE'S CERTAIN ELECTION. Endorsed by Republican and Independent Republican papers. A Leaser Evil than Bess Rale. l'itt&burgli Dispatch (Kcp.) The nomination of Orange Neble by the Democratic convention is a severe blew te the Standard oil company, but if it has no worse result than'' that of largely augmenting the vote of Charles S. Wolfe the commonwealth will have no room te complain. Taking the charac ter of Mr. Neble as a guide we are pre pared te believe that no evil will fellow it. If he is chosen te assume the custody of the state exchequer for the two years te fellow the election, his well-known integ rity of purpose and business methods con stitute a guarantee that the trust will be faithfully executed, and much as the ne cessity of elevating Democrats te places of trust would be regretted, it would be a lesser evil than that of perpetuating tue rule of the bosses. An Omen, of Victory Petroleum World (Intl.) The nomination of Orauge Neble, of Erie, for state treasurer by the Demo cratic state convention, which met in Wiliiamspert yesterday, is an unmistak able omen of party victory in November. Mr. Neble is by all odds the strongest candidate the Democracy could have named for the positieu. He is. first of all, an honest, intelligent, upright man. He is identified with no ring, clique or faction, and will enter the race free from all obli gations save these which a 'true citizen acknowledges te himself and the people whom he represents. He is an anti-monopoly candidate, and appears befere the voters of the state upon an out-and-out anti-monopoly platform. As agaiust Baily, a man whose record aud platform present no pledges against the monopolies, the patriotic independent voter will be prompt te express his pre ference for Orange Neble. The Democrats of Pennsylvania have done themselves proud. They have taken a long stride iu advance of their brethren, and placed themselves squarely upon record upon the only real question before the country that is, the people versus the monopolies. The record and character of the candidates are in full accord with the platform en which he stands. The action of the Wiliiamspert convention reduces the ensuing canvass te a simple struggle bctween the monopolies and the peeplc,and the Democracy arc en the right- side. Orange Neble will be the next state treasurer of Pennsylvania mark that. Respectable, Reputable and Werthy. Pittsburgh Times, Radical Republican. Orange Neble, who secured the nomi nation for State' treasurer at the late Dem ocratic convention, is a rence table, repu table gentleman, and most worthy of the honor implied m his choice as the candi date of his party. LETTER l'KO.II MAKVXANU. Creps Seuth of Masens and Dixen's Line Hanei d county fair. Tanoleweod, Harford Ce., Md. ) September 27, 1881. $ Messrs. Editors : The season being very dry in this locality, the crops are net full. The corn crop will net average ever eight barrels per acre. Wheat varies from 8 bushels te 35 bushels per acre. Oats made from 2e te JO bushels per acre, borne of the farmers say their eats weigh 38 pounds per bushel. The dry weather cut the potato crop short, except where the ground was low and damp. The tobacco crop is an average one en what is known as the Blue Farm (which is a large tract of land near Pylcsner, en the B, & O. R. R. narrow-gauge. On this land the Wilsons, McAfees, Deavcrs, Myers, Src, have tobacco equal te any raised iu Lancaster county. Tobacco here iu this neighborhood is becoming a staple product. The tomato crop is a paitial failure, the crop net averaging ever 125 te 150 bushels per acre. The canners, however, net pre -clucing mere than half the number of cases of cauncd fruit, will make quite as much money as though the crop was a full one. The farmers arc kept back with their plowing en account of the continued dry weather. But very little wheat has as yet been sewn, and what has is doing but little geed. Our agricultural fair comes off the 12th, 13th,14th and 15th proxime, and premises te be one of the best ever held iu the county. The display of blooded stock premises te be large. Several fine studs of horses will be ou exhibition. The Short-horn and Jersey exhibits will be superior te any thing ever exhibited here. Hogs and sheep arc expected te surpass anything ever shown here. Mr. Fulford's pen of liens will be en exhibition. Politics in this country is muchly like handle of a jug, but unlike Lancaster county, the handle is here en the right side of the jug. Since Guitcau'a sheeting of Garfield and the death of Garfield, the cry has been raised by the an ti-Stalwarts that the wheels of the government would step, aud dreadful things be done. Yet here in this dark and benighted spot we hear of noth neth noth strauge taking place. The nation still lives, moves and has an existence, 't was ever thus. Even since Arthur (who forcibly reminds me of the likeness of a square pin te fill a round hole) has been sworn president, nothing extraordinary has happened; but I he tenth of Octo ber will bring forth an event which will ceitainly he refreshing te this nation the election of a Democratic vice president. Mere anon. W. N. G. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Baseball : At Worcester, Mass. Chi cago, 11 ; Worcester, 4. At Providence, R. I. Providence, 10 ; Buffalo, 1. An earthquake has occurred at Chaugcri, in Anatolia, by which eleven persons have been killed aud the Grand Mosque and numerous dwellings greatly injured. The fire which destroyed J. M. Robin son fc Seus' furniture factory in Elmira caused a less of $125,000 and threw ene hundred men out of employment. The building of Geerge J. Dickinsen, grocer, was wrecked, entailing a less of $18,000. Twe Texan cow-boys, drunk, mounted their horses and rede through the depot at Deming, Arizona, scattering passengers in all directions. One of them struck a Icad- nr iTiPi-Minnt. with a six shooter. Tfer.hnn captured the dining room at the depot, but wa3 killed by a deputy sheriff while resisting arrest. Madisen, Neb., has been devastcd by a tornado. The railway buildings were wrecked and most of the private residences it is believed, were laid level and two par sous are known te have been killed. The telegraph wires are down, and the Union Pacific railway has sent out a train te the homeless people' for the use of the suf ferers. A convention of the " Yeung Republi cans " of Massachusetts is te be held iu Worcester Oct. Si. The call for the con vention specifies a long list of political convictions upon which the organizers of the mevsment are agreed. The statement begins, " The nation, parties and public men must keep geed faith." In Cincinnati yesterday was observed as a Gaifield memorial day in all the public schools of the city. Pupils and teachers draped the school rooms and the pupils wero mourning badges. The exercises in cluded recitations of extracts from Gen. Garfield's speeches, and el poems relating te him. Music also formed a prominent feature. Kansas is te have a monster Sunday school convention at Emperia, beginning en the 11th of this month and continuing three days. A huge tabernacle is in course of erection te accommodate 0,000 people. In connection with this conven tion Sunday school mass meetings are te be held in several of the larger cities of the state. Thrilling Scene In the Rapids. Twe Indians named Themas Deer and Leuis Rice late in the evening started te cress the river te carry from Lachine some barrels for grape packing. Nene can tell what happened afterwards, but a short time later a woman living ou the bank nearly opposite the terrible Saults, or leaps of water, heard some persons calling for help. It was dark, aud a woman se old could net go te the rescue of the the men. Shortly afterwards she heard men again calling for help, and distinctly heard them shout in the Indian tongue, " We've lest our ears." After a time the cries grew mero vigorous, doubtless as the peer fellows realized that no help could ceme te them, and that they were ncaring the terrible jump from which there could be but a miraculous escape. At length the cries ceased and the old wemau heard nothing mere save the monotonous rear of the rushing waters. A bi ether of Themas Deer came into town te search for tiding of the beat and bodies, but neither is likely te have passed out of the eddying whirlpools that abound iu the terrific rapids. Beth were skilled canee men and lacrosse players. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. lIOOTltLACU.9 ARRE.VTEU. Counter Complaint by one of Them. Yesterday afternoon about half a dozen bootblacks wcre arrested for disorderly conduct and malicious mischief, en com plaint of Hen. Antheny E. Roberts. It was in cvidence that the boys were very disorderly iu the vicinity of Sir. Roberts's residence, North Prince street, and when remonstrated with for their misconduct they became very abusive, used vulgar aud obscene language aud committed dep redations en the premises. Alderman McConemy, before whom the boys had a hearing, committed them for twelve hours each. One of the boys, Geergo Taggcrt, a son of James Taggcrt, of Mifflin street, was arrested in his father's house by William Murphy, who is net a policeman, and who had no' authority te make the arrest. Mr. Taggert last evening appeared befere Al derman Barr and made complaint of as sault and battery against Murphy. The case has net yet been heard. Death of uenry 1'etts, Jr. The great-great-grandsen of the founder of Pottstown, Montgomery county, has died iu that borough. Henry Potts, jr., was one of the best known business men of the CDmmunity in which he resided. Like his ancestors for several generations, he was heavily engaged in the iron business, bsing the financial and business manager and ene of the principal ewners of the rolling mill in Pottstown owned by the Potts Brethers' iron company, limited. He was also presi dent of the Chester pipe and tube com pany, a large establishment in Chester, and a large owner iu the Martic Ferge, Lancaster county. The first named of these establshments was the pioneer of its kind in that locality it being founded by the father of Mr. Potts in 184G. Mr. Potts was also for many years a director of the Pottstown hank, of which his father was president from the time of its organi zation until his death. He also had a large interest in coal properties and rail roads. He was but forty-eight years of age, and death was sudden and unexpected, he being a man of robust constitution. The deceased leaves a widow and two children. Sales of Real Estute. Henry Shubcrt, auctioneer, sold at pub lic sale last evening at the Keystone house the following property belonging te the estate of Philip Pyle : Property Ne. 237 North Mulberry street, te J. Davish for $1,035, aud property Ne. 239 North Mulberry istreet, te Philip Pyle for 010. The balance of the property was net sold, but is advcitised te be sold at public sale en October 14. Jehn Rebman, auctioneer, sold for Benjamin L. Landis. assiguee of Samuel M. Hess aud wife, two acres and 77 perches of land with old house, situated at Rosc ville, Manheim township te Martin Stark for $915. Six acres aud G perches witii a barn were sold te Samuel Martin for $1,825, aud two acres te Stephen Withers for 8000. A Eat .llau of Lebanon nissattsllcd. William Francis Brandt, proprietor of the Lebanon house, Lebanon, was in Reading yesterday. He says that he weighs 321 pounds, and claims te have been the heaviest man who participated in the firemen's parade. He said te an Eagle rcpeiter : " I walked 58 squares ; I was the fattest mau in Hue, and I am entitled te the badge that the Firemen' union ad vertised they would award. I was sur prised when I learned that they awarded the badge te a Pettsville man who weighs only about 200 pounds. I called ou Sec rotary Wnndcr for an explanation, but he gave me no satisfaction and walked away while I was talking te him. I will net leave the matter rest, but bring it up before the National Firemen's ansecia tien." Elect Ien or Ofllcers. At a meeting of Monterey ledge, Ne. 242,I.O.O. F., held last night, the fol lowing officers were elected te serve the next term of six mouths : N. G. Jeseph M. Krider. V. G. Henry Rill. Ass't Sec. L. Rath von Representative te G. L. E. J. Eris man. The ledge also appointed a committee te make arrangements te attend the I. O. O. F. parade at Ceatesvillc en next Satur day, Oct. 8. The Tretting at Oxford. The bay horse "Charley Wright," owned by Silas Wright, was sold te Barney Crossan, of Philadelphia, for $1000 after trotting three heats. Bertha Chan dler wen the race, best time 2:43. Charley Wright is a fine, showy horse and was much admired by all who saw him. The 2:50 race was wen by Gilt Edge, best time 2:40. Complimentary te the SRy Lark. That whan a let of rowdies get ea a boisterous drunk and commit acts of rulh lessness, they arc said te be "skylarking." As if sky 1 irks ever did such things ! Baseball. The baseball club of Franklin and Mar shal college went te Millersville this af ternoon, te play the Nermal club of that place. Uetore the Mayer. One drunk get 10 days from the mayor this morning and four ethers were dis charged upon payment of costs. I'ostefilce Hours. On and after te-morrow the Sunday hours at the postefficc will he from 9 te 10 a. in., and from 0 te 7 p. m. Hemes Shipped. Te-day Henry Dehlman shipped 35 head of beautiful Lancaster cennty horses te New Yerk city. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUll REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE. Queer weather for October. A number of country boys are applying for positions as brakemen en the P. R. R. A few Columbia gcntlemeu will attend the Yorktown centennial. Miss Irene McClure was chosen drummer for the Lady's Broomstick company. Heavy shipments of coal are daily ar riving here ever the R. & C. R. R. Officer Keech, took a mau down for being drunk and disorderly. The balloon mau was in town this morn ing. These western stricken youths, who dream of Indians, danites, &c, have net yet started en their tour. A baseball match this morning between picked nines at the head of Locust street. That national game is about played out here. Late market began this morning and was largely attended. Rev. S. Y'ingling, the regular pastor of the St. Jehn's Lutheran church, will til 1 his pulpit te-morrow morning and even ing, having returned from his trip. The Presbyterian aud E. E. Lutheran churches will have their regular morn ing and evening services. Rev. McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, will officiate in the M. E. church te-morrow as Rev. Henry Wheeler is away en business. Thirteen car leads of emigrauts passed through here en the P. R. R. at 9:30 this morning. At the next regular meeting of the school beard en Thursday evening a week, the question en desks for the new 5th street school building will be brought up, aud the school directors respectfully re quest all rlcalers in this kind of ware te be en baud with a sample of their goods. Duck sheeting is new the rage among our sportsmen, aud their guns can be heard at " break-'e-day." A large number of ducks were sold in market this morning. Miss Stella Mclntyrc.whe has been visit ing Miss Clara Myers at Norwood, left this morning for Philadelphia. A telephone connection has been estab lished between the dispatcher's offices in the east and west yards of the P. R. R. at this place. The Columbia school district institute met this morning iu the high school room. A pleasant and interesting pregramme was presented te the large audience present by the participants. A number el gentlemen from Mt. Jey arrived in town this morning, intending te try their luck at fishing below the dam. Geerge Stencr, an employee in a rolling mill at Safe Harber, while working at the "wells" yesterday afternoon, had one of his eyes burned out by a spark. I lie injury was very painful, but Mr. Stencr bere up under the operation which was performed with Spartau-like fortitude. Mr. Andy Reese, the sewing machine agent, has a fine curiosity in the shape of anthracite coal, with the form el a man's leg engraved en it. The piece weighs nine pounds, and was presented te his wife en her recent visit te Luzerne county. There is also some history connected with it, and by calling en Mr. R. he will tell it te you. Early this morning our citizens were aroused out of bed by what seemed te be a brass band playing under their windows, but upon looking out it was discovered te be Christ Wittig, who has just becu re leased from Castle Wcisc, playing en a mouth-organ and ringing a bell. He played a tunc under the window of a certain citi zen, who net appreciating the music, emptied the contents of a pitcher upon the devoted head of Christ, causing him te make himself scarce iu a very short time. Between the hours of seven and eight o'clock lastevcuiug, Mr. Lewis (Mark, an extra brakeman en extra engine Ne. 5 of P. R. R . while " cutting loose" the fifth car of his train, which was standing en the track in the cast yard, had his left arm caught and badly crushed at the elbow. By request of the man he was sent te Harrisburg, iucare of Dr.Craig, having a sister living there, with whom he lived. It is supposed that the accident was caused by the rear part of the train net having sufficient brakes ou, and that when cut loose it " ran down " en him. Mr. Clark is a young man of about 21 years of age and lives at the Nicklc Mines, near the Gap. He has only been en the read a short time, having been employed ou Sep tember 9, 1881. Frem an unofficial source we learu that upon reaching Hanisburg the arm had te be amputated. Columbia will have another military company. The colored men of Tew Hill iiave decided te raise one, providing thpy can get arms aud equipments from the state. A certain member of Ce. C was asked te be their drill master. We would advise him net te take the positieu. as the following quotation from a colored lady tells him his fate: " Wc don't want no white trash up here bessin' our gentle men, and if he docs come we culled ladies will make him think Tew Hill is the hot test place he was ever in." Tha pepula tien of the " Hill " have enough arms new iu their possession te make white people feel afraid of going there without icceiving mere from the state. One mili tary company is ciieugh for a town like Columbia. In Wrightsville a report is circulated that we have from fifteen te twenty cases of small pox, and that the disease is still spreading. We stoutly deny the asseitien for the report is wholly without founda tion. A month or two age we had one or two slight cases, but since then net a single one has appeared in our midst ; and in fact our beard of health and sanitary committee have done such geed work, that wc aie iu no danger of having any mere. But the gossips of Wrightsville must talk or else they would die. We would advise them that it would he best for them te let such dangerous subjects alone or they might have te visit a place in Yerk county where there is a stone building and a very high, smooth stone fence around it. Such talk is detri mental te our business interests. IILKKSIXG A IIKLL. I u I ci retting Ceremonies at Elizabethtuwn. St. Peter's Catholic church, at Eliza Eliza bcthtewn, of which Rev. Father Fein is pastor, has been presented with a fine large bell by Henry Ball, of Gettysburg. Father Fein has had a new tower erected en St. Peter's iu which te haug the bell, and the interesting ceremonies attending the blessing of the bell will take place en Thursday morning next. There will be solemn high mass en the occasion, and many reverend clergymen have signified their intention of being present among ethers Right Rev. Bishop Shanahan, Fathers, Kuhlnian, Kepernagle, Peiper, Gretemeycr, Kaul, Christ, O'Neil, Smith, of Danville, Wcigle, of Baltimore and Ball, of Gettysburg. A Liberal Contribution. The Intelligence!: acknowledges the receipt of $20 from Master Harry Johnsten of Wheatland, as his contribution te the fund for the relief of the Michigan suffer ers. It has been handed te the mayor and will be promptly forwarded te make glad the suffering hearts of the needy. Excursion Tickets te Yerk. The Pennsylvania railroad will sell ex cursion tickets te Yerk, where a fair will be held next week. They will be sold en October 4, 5. 6 aud 7, aud will be geed te return en the day after issue. Fishing I'artles. Judge Livingston, Sheriff Strine and Deputy Sheriff C. M. Strine caught 45 bass at Fite's Eddy yesterday. Several et'ier parties were down from Lane is tcr and they caught a number of fish. HATTER x C. AVhere tlia Cmnpny Mitrchcd treiu Lan caster. Frem Lancaster the battery proceeded te Columbia ever a heavy read. Cressing the Susquehanna they continued their march through Wrightsville te Yerk, where another . rainstorm burst upon them before they had time te put up their tents. Frem Yerk they marched ever an exceedingly rough Tead te the Baltimore turnpike aud passed through Legansvillc te Shrewsbury, where the of ficers wcre handsomely entertained by Sir. F. A. Hake, of the Shrewsbury hotel. Ou Thursday, the 29th, they crossed Masen and Dixeu's Hue, which is here marked by a little leg hut en the right side of the read. Through Parkton, and ever the hillicst read they had yet encountered, they encamped for the night at Piny run, a tributary of the Gunpowder. Yesterday they marched through Cockcysville aud Towsentown te Wavcrly. About a mile from Towsentown they were met by a squad of the Towseu Guards under command of Lieut. Charles B. M'CIean, who escorted them te the, town, where the officers were dined and the men given coffee and sandwiches. At Wavcrly the battery excited a great deal of curiosity aud net a little admiration. Ladies and gentlemen visited the camp, aud the whole town turned out when the evening guns wcre fired, 'ie-day they go through Baltimore and camp en the Wash ington read at night and also en Sunday. They will then proceed te Washington and thence te Virginia by way of Alexandria, Fredericksburg and Williamsburg, reach ing their destination at Yorktown Octo Octe Octo berlUhorl2tht, More Thieves About. Marietta Kvxistt-r. Charles Assimus, a German in the cm ploy of Jehn Musser, living near Scheck's Mills, who occupies a room immediately above the kitchen, hearing a noise below, took with him a deuble-barreled gun, made his way quietly down stairs, when he dis covered that some stranger was there, who hastily retreated. Assimus commanded him te step, at the same time telling him that if he did net he would sheet him. The stranger continued te retreat, when Assimus tired the contents of one barrel of his gun at him without any apparent effect, however He then lircd a second time, and with some effect, as the thief uttered an imprecation and dropped something. Assimus then called some ether members of the family aud took a lantern and went te where the thief was when the second shot was fired. He there found a two bushel bag belonging te Mr. Musser, in which wcre two pairs of shoes, some dried beef, towels and ether articles belonging te the family, and a clothes wringer was found alongside the bag. Upen examination of the bag, in which he had his booty and which he had ever his sheiflder at the time of the sheeting, it 'vas found that considerable shot had penetrated the bag, se that his body scarcely cseajicd. There has been a great deal of thieving of this kind lately in the neighborhood Ilcath of a Popular Yeung Alan. Harry F. Eschbach, a well-known ami liepular young gentleman, formerly ei" this city but mere recently of Philadelphia, died in the latter place last evening, after a week's illness from typhoid fever. lie was a son of Charles Ksshbach, tin florist, who lives at 052 North Duke street, and was formerly employed at Sayler's photo graph gallery here, but for this past few years has been engaged in Jthe same busi ness iu partnership with his brother Charles in Philadelphia. Deceased was a highly esteemed and premising young man, his genial disposition and suave and cordial manners making him many fnends who will sincerely mourn his untimely taking-all, while his parents and family have cordial sympathy iu their terrible bereavement. Mr. Esehh.ich only a few weeks age was iu this city visit ing old friends, and at that time was in the best of health and spirits. Theicmains will be brought te this city and buried from the residence of his pai cuts, 052 North Duke street, en Monday morning at 8l o'clock. KIIKGLAKY AND ROISItERY. A Tavern, Itlacksmlth Shep (leilie Ensured. and Teel Thursday night robber.; broke into the bar-room of Jacob Geed's Lamb hetel, West Lampeter township, and forcing the lock of the money drawer, robbed it of its contents, consisting of about $7. They stele also a considerable quantity of liquor Mr. Geed cannot tell hew much. During the same night Braekbill's black smith shop in West Willow, was broken open, but it is net known that tin: thieves took anything. The tool house of the Reading railroad company, iu West Wil low, was also broken open and the tools scattered around the place. It is thought the thieves broke into the places last named te secure tools with which te break into Geed's tavern or perhaps te commit ether burglaries. Murprie iMrty. Yesterday was the birthday of Jehn King, residing en Grant street, and a large number of His friends, most of them being members of the Friendship fire com pany, te which Mr. King belongs, called upon him in the evening and took him by surprise. The whole party was entertained in Micnncrcher hall where an excellent supper had been gotten up by Mrs. King and Jady friends who were awaru of the proposed visit. Siilrs nrchn.ster County 'I'eltact-;,. Charier. Barnard has sold his crop of 8 acres of tobacco te Wm. M. Bard of Chiirchtewti, for :, 22.1, 7 and '.',. Mr. Bard has also bought the following crops : 0. C. Webb, 7 acres at 25, 10, 10 and !' ; M. D. Baldwin, 1.'. acnsat:!2, 21, 7 and 'A; 1. II. Baily, 5 acres at 27, 7 and IJ ; J. E. Bartholemew, at 'S5, 20, 7 and '! ; I. M. Swayne, 2 acres at 25, 15, 0 and ' ; M. Sharlack, 7 acres at32, 18, 7 and ::. Kv.'uigelical Association of the Culled States. A meeting of the Evangelical associa tion of the United States will be held in Salem Evangelical church, Reading, en Saturday, October 8. Bishop Bewman who attended the Ecumenical conference at Londen, will preside. Several ether prominent members iu the Evangelical church will be present On the Sunday following they will preach in some of the Reading pulpits. Arrest of an Alleged Accvsiery. One day last week we published an ac count of the robbery at Jeseph C'hailes's, in Maner township, of a $100 noe from Elijah Ceilins, by a vagabond named Dane Cojs'e, who get away with it. A man named Jehn Walk, who is charged with being an accessory, was arrested by Con stable Fisher, of Columbia, brought te Lancaster and committed by Alderman Spurrier for a hearing en Tuesday next. iaichigan Aid. The following additional contributions have been handed te the mayor in aid of the Michigan sulle-reis : II. K. II., 81 : and Willie Snurrier. S2 ; (.' Unln-ei- 'Ritt Lampeter, $5 : Miss E. White, $5 ; Jacob Grid, $10; Harry Johnsten, Wheatland, $20. Total, $850.50. m Teiuucrauce Among the Colored l'eepie. The gospel temperance meeting in the colored people's church last night was well attended. Rev. Fraim, A. 0. Leon Leen ard and Rev. Steams, of Maryland, ad dressed the meeting, and a number of signers were obtained te the pledge. An An other meeting next Friday cveniug. a mite, $5; Russel!& Siiulmyer, $10:Syra pathy (II.), $5; cash (J. B. K.),' $1 ; Hcnrv Erb. Manhcirn tewnshin. ft:. Ann-i i 4 X
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