LANCASTER BAILY INTELLIGENCES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1881.
Hanrastrr fnteHtsencer.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 8, 1881.
Fer Saturday Mgkt Reflection.
We trust it lias net escaped the notice
of our friends, the preachers, that there
are some texts for them in the shameful
crime which shocked this community a
few days age. The subject is net a
pleasant one te contemplate or talk
about, te be sure, nor one which can be
treated by indirection. But sin is net,
in general or in detail, a pleasant sub
ject te handle, or te hear about, and the
nearer it comes home te the congrega
tion the less agreeable it is
te have it held up te view by
the pastor. The degradation of the
heathen is net' an untimely or infrequent
theme of pulpit eloquence ; and even the
sin and suffering which abound amid the
metropolitan squalor of Christian cities
oftentimes is the subject of religious
discourse at considerable distance from
the scene. We doubt whether there is
enough preaching by the preacher and
work by the churchmen among these
whom they have with them always.
The unhappy victimfef this local tra
gedy, which has only overcome us like a
summer cloud, seems te have been raised
in surroundings of simplicity and virtue.
Left parent less at an early age, bereft of
the restrictions which ought te be found
under the reef tree of home, she fell a
tee easy victim, it may be, te the allure
ments of sin and found an asylum only
where public charity provided it,
where the vicious as often as the
deserving seek refuge, and where are
found associations into which it is an
unhappy fate for mother and offspring
that a new generation should be born.
Wandering thence, always true at least
te her parental duty, she found abandon
ment where she should have had a pro
tector and was again thrown upon the
tender mercies of public alms-giving.
With enough of independence te embrace
every opportunity that offered te earn
her own living ; with enough of mother
ly instinct te make some sort of a home,
peer and wretched as it was, for three
children, and tee much of a woman te
play the harlot, one leek at the
naked walls, the bare floors, and the
cheerless air of the whole hovel
was all that .was needed te meas
ure that struggle for her own and her
children's existence. She may net have
been without sin. He that is had the
right te hurl stones at her ; none ether.
Is it net possible that society left some
thing undone which might have made
her let mere tolerable and her fate less
pitiful V Can it be that warm-hearted,
genei eus people, who respond te every
call of deserving charity, even among
our antipodes, are passing en the ether
side from a hundred such cases as this,
here in our own city, in sight of the
comfortable homes of the rich and pious
and in the very shadow of the church
steeple ? Brethren, think of these
things te-morrow when you are asked te
sing
' Frem Greenland's icy mountains,
Frem India's coral strand."
Your work may be nearer home than
en the equator or-at the poles.
The moral anatomy of the case does
net cud with the victim. Her assailant
was a type a very pronounced type, al al
beieof a class of young men which,
owing te some defect in the social life of
our community, is becoming numerous
liere at an alarming rate of increase.
Their demoralization and their rufiian
ism is of a character which have deeper
routs than in a failure of repression by
police authority, and which call for mere
radical curative treatment than the quar
ter sessions can administer. The Satur
day night disorder, Sunday drunken
ness, and licentiousness of the whole
week around, which have been painfully
noticed by our better class of people te
be steadily en the increase in this geed
city, are the result of private vices
which must be treated and reached by
home and religious influences. The
brothel and rum shop will net flourish
Where there is no patronage. We invite
our Christian fellow-citizens, and all
of a philanthropic turn of mind
te withdraw their attention from distant
calls for mission work long enough te
see and hear their duty here at henie ; te
study the records of our criminal courts,
the scenes en our streets, the young men
en the corners and the young women en
the pavements; te go up and down
through the lanes and the alleys and
discover where poverty lingers en the
verge of crime and squalor fructifies
into vice.
" Where wc disavow
IScin keeper te our brother, we're liU Cain."
We are doing a geed deal for the next
generation. Hut better than building
school houses or paying off the national
debt would it be that men and women
in their individual capacity, each for
himself e- herself, leek around, walk a
square or two from home if needs be,
and find out hew te relieve at least some
child, Lern with a patrimony of sin and
shame, from the disadvantage and dan
ger of its heritage.
(Jive the Old Man a Chance.
The Examiner, which delights te stig
matize one of the editors of that staunch
Republican paper, the Philadelphia
Evening Tehgraph, as a vicious and des
picable " crank," will find fresh cause
for ire in that paper's assault of yester
day en the venerable, great and
geed man who is the founder of the
family te which the Examiner is
a retainer. It scores old Mr.
Cameren with merciless irony as a
statesman and patriot whose hair has
grown white and his purse heavy in the
service of Himself, his Friends and his
count ry with a small "c"; and satirical,
ly concludes that'ite has always been the
most active enemy of the Bess system,
and has done mere than any ether states
man te make it infamous by his ex
ample." The moving cause of this on
slaught by one of our Republican con
temporaries upon the statesman of its
party in Pennsylvania is that the ether
day the elder Cameren said : " What
was President Garfield's policy ? I knew
when he came into office he selected his
own cabinet, and that he was in eflice
six months before he was killed, but I
have never heard of any particular policy
laid down by him. If appointing his
own cabinet is adopting a policy," added
Mr. Cameren with a smile, " then I
suppose President Arthur will adept a
policy different te that of President Gar
field's." The Telegraph's Republican
editor does net seem te have been at
home the day it printed these remarks,
and, spying them a few days later, it
shakes the author most vigorously, net
se much for his assault en the English
language for which he always had con cen
temptas for his " slur upon the freshly
made grave of the man who died solely
because of the teachings and practices of
the politiciansef the Cameren sort ;" and
who, the Telegraph maintains, had " a
policy in absolute antagonism te all the
political principles and practices of lien.
Simen Cameren, a policy that makes all
such principles and practices infamous."
The Examiner and the family may
profitably reflect, however, that the
Telegraph has two veice3, and two edi
tors. Maybe next week one that is net
a "staunch Republican" will mount the
tripod and
the Denegal statesman will
get justice.
Chairman' Tem Cooper's literary
bureau has started a daily JVcr.s-paper
at Lewisburg, Pa., the home of Wolfe
" agin him.'' Its principal editorial fea
ture is a big black advertisement picture
of a pipeless stove, which cannot " make
it very het " for Wolfe and which is
liable te cause the Xeics te be npstaken
for a handbill, advertising at auction
the second-hand furniture of the
Republican state committee. A dumb
watch cut en the same page is equally
untimely, The next issue or this paper
is as likely as net te have a coffin printed
iu it. We very much fear that Chair
man Tem Cooper is net putting his
money where it will de the most geed in
iransierming a gruu politician into a
butterfly governor.
The able editors who class the Erie
Evening Herald, which is net support
ing Xeble, as " the only Democratic
journal in Northwestern Pennsylvania,"
ignore about twenty-five better known
and better edited papers than their own
JueiiK copies of the Westminster As
sembly Shorter Catechism are new going
out from the press than ever before, de
spite an impression that it had gene out of
fashion.
It has been remarked that Corener
Misblcr s sagacious investigation of the
Jehn street tragedy failed te lead te the
inevitable conclusion that " no blame at
taches te the railroad employees." Tins
emission may yet be corrected before the
annual pass expires.
The California Methodist Episcopal
conference has deneuueed the facility with
which divorces are granted in that state,
and has resolved that its ministers will net
celebrate marriages for persons who have
been divorced for ether than Scriptural
reason, and in any case will marry none
but the innocent parties te the transac
tions. Twelve Presbyterian churches iu the
United States return 1,000 members and
ever, and fifty-six churches mere than 500
members. Dr. Cuyler's and Dr. Tahnage's
churches in Brooklyn lead the list. Among
American cities the most Presbyterians
are in Philadelphia, 2G,34G; next in New
Yerk, 18,15.1; then i u Brooklyn, 11.159.
Chicago fellows with 0,241, and is the last
city that has mere than 5,000 Prcsdyter
iaus. The cities following it are, in order,
Newark, N. J. ; Cincinnati, San Francis Francis
eo, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Cleveland and
Baltimore.
Ik it were fair te held one event iu the
course of current happenings responsible
for indirect results, it would be easy te
show that numerous fatalities have ensued
from Guiteau's dastardly shot. The first
was the death of President Garfield, the
next a gentleman at Camden, N. J., who
dropped dead en hearing that the prcsi
dent had finally succumbed te the wound.
Seven men were killed by the funeral piess
train, and a Knight Templar was killed at
Cleveland. Several fatal injuries were re
ceived while firing salutes en the day of
the obsequies and the wife of one of the
men killed by the press train fell dead
en hearing of her husband's fate.
We print te-day the first of a series of
four highly interesting sermons by Rev. J.
Max Hark, the popular and intelligent
Moravian pastor of this city, and will fol fel
low it with the ethers of the course. His
theme is an interesting one te all church
people. He aims te point out the resem
blance and sympathy of Lis church -.vith
ether denominations. It is a useful and a
pleasing task, and Mr. Hark devotes him
self te it with a singular aptitude for the
work. The " Unitas Fratrum " has Ien
held a peculiar aud sigually worthy place
ameug the Christian churches of the
world. It can be contemplated with un
caasing profit in its church lv and historical
relations.
It is only fair te the local court te
which the Intei.liee.vceu tries te be al
ways fair that ample .correction be made
of the current impression created by the
newspaper report that " all the Lancaster
county cases decided at Pittsburgh were
reerscd by the supreme court." The fact
is that only two of the twenty-four cases
taken up from this county were hell ever
for decision at Pittsburgh. That these
two were reversed was uet striking, nor
unexpected, considering that the court held
them se long under consideration. Of the
twenty-four cases taken te the supreme
court from Lancaster county, just half
were reversed. Thirteen of them had been
decided by Judge Patterson and he suffered
five reversals ; eleven had baen decided by
Judge Livingston and his reversals were
seven in number. It is well te be exact,
especially in dealing with justice and its ad
ministrators. .
Scalded te Heath.
William Turk, aged fifteen, and James
Leuhardt, aged ten, weie scalded te death
at Petrolia, Pa., by het water and steam
escaping from a decayed boiler in use at
drilling a well. The children were playing
near the boiler and were fairly boiled
alive. The boiler, strange te say, did net
explode.
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Mr. Alfred Smith has presented, in the
name of his wife, the Chanuing Memerial
church with a chime of nine bells, the first
in Newport, It. I.
PEBbONAU
Premier Gladstone has arrived at
Leeds and was received with the utmost
enthusiasm. He will address the meeting
te-day.
Elisiia Bleckman', a well known and
highly respected citizen of Pittsteu, died
yesterday. Mr. Bleckman was in his
nintieth year, and was one of the eldest
members of the Masonic order i i the
state.
Rev. Jehn B. Gilmer has died at Man
chester, Michigan, aged fifty nine years.
He has been grand master of the Odd Fel
lows of the state and representative of the
United States grand ledge and was an act
ive member of the fraternity for years.
" Who will be the next state treas
urer?" inquired a Telegraph reporter of
State Senater Horatio Gates Jenes,
Republican. " Orange Neble," was the
prompt reply, and, he added, " Wolfe will
get just votes enough te beat Baily."
That veteran Democrat Jehn M. Laird,
esq., of the Greensburg Argus, the eldest
editor and proprietor of auy newspaper in
Western Pennsylvania, celebrated the
eightieth anniversary of his birthday en
the 15th of September, 1881.
Seme wealthy Berkshire manufacturers
are propesm? te buy Mrs. Uarfield a
home iu Williamstown, Mass. The money
is pledged, and they only wait te learn
whether she would accept it with a view
of being near her sons during their college
course.
A Mrs. Cooper, " said te be a cousin of
Colonel Rebert G. Ingersoll," was lately
expelled from a San Francisce Presbyte
rian church for heresy, in that she denied
the authenticity of the story of Jenah and
the whale. Mrs. Cooper had her pastor
put en trial for advertising his business as
insurance agent from the pulpis.
We are as glad as the Shippensburg
Chronicle can be "te learn that Miss
Mary Martin, teacher of the Medel
Scheel at the Nermal, is held iu high
estimation by her fellow teachers and has
come up te the general expectation in
reference te her abilities. We always feel
rejoiced te chronicle the success of any
worthy Lancastrian, especially a lady of
such worth as the one whose name we
have just mentioned."
Under the previsions of the act of Con
gress relating te the centennial celebration
at Yorktown Va., the sums of $20,000 was
appropriated for the entertainment of the
foreign guests of the United States, and an
equal sum sat apart te defray the expenses
of the military celebration. It is new
stated that the later appropriation has al
ready been expended, and that there will
be a deficit of about $9,500, which Congress
will be appealed te make eoed. The ap
propriatien for the entertainment of the
foreign guests is also insufficient, and it is
likely that similar action will be taken
with this fund.
The Bellefentc Watchman, in noticing
Judge'Bi.ACK'8 recent misstep and fracture
of his arm, suggests that "this may pre
vent him from writing for a time but it
will only make him think all the mere,
and the Republicans may expect a blast
from him when the arm gets well that will
make their every hair ' te staud en end
like the quills en a fretful porcupine. ' It
would have been a geed thing for that
party (but a bad thing for the country),
if Judge Black had fractured his neck long
are, but thank Heaven that misfortune is
spared us. It is te be hoped that the
old veteran will live for many years yet te
agonize the Republican party with his
caustic pen. " The Watchman forgets
that the judge has been writing with his
left hand for many years, ever since his
disabling iu a railroad accident.
STATE ITEMS.
The Bcllefente car works will be sold at
public sale en Thursday afternoon, the
27th inst.
Twe Harrisburg hunters took tweutv tweutv
ene gray squirrels iu the Dauphin county
hills
Representative Welfe's meeting at New
Castle last night was as much of a suceess
as either his Philadelphia or his West
Chester meeting. The Eiic Democrats
will start a daily Neble organ.
Attorney General Palmer is preparing
for the argumcut in the legislative salary
case before the supreme court, and te
guard against any emissions he may make
iu the argument for the commonwealth,
he has associated with himself in the case
the Hen. Charles R. Buckalew.
The Williamsport Sun aud Hughesville
Enterprise speak slightingly of the action
of the senatorial delegate from this dis
trict at the late state convention. As he
is a citizen of Williamsport, the journals
should be mere explicit and let us knew
wherein he offended. Danville Intelligen
cer, nis name was Driukwatcr, and he
badly belied it.
At the Wolfe headquarters evcryhedy is
in high glee ever the result of Tuesday
night's meeting. The speech will be print
ed in pamphlet form and sent all ever the
state. One convert te Mr. Wolfe scut a
letter inclosing his check for $100. He
wrote that he had been converted te Wolfe
ism by hearing the speech of the candi
date North of Millcrsburg. Mrs. Hawk, wife
of Jehn Hawk, was about kindling a fire
in the bake even, having filled it with
weed and applied a shevelful of het coals
from the cook stove. Being in somewhat
of a hurry, and the tire net coming up as
seen as she desired. Mi s. Hawk procured
the coal oil can and was about emptying
its contents in the even, when the oil took
fire and a frightful explosion ensued. The
unfortunate wemau was burned te death.
The coal product of the Schuylkill re
gien, ter the week ending October 1, was
133,845 teus, as against 105,598 tens for
the week previous, and 139,200 tens for the
corresponding weekbf last year. The total
product for the week was 541,435 tens,
against 535,902 teus for the same week of
last year, an increase of 5,473 tens. The
total output for the year se far is 20,528,249
tens, against 16,819,922 tens for the corres
ponding period of last year, an increase of
370,827 tens.
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Tllli 1JALTIMOKK OKIOLK.
Preparations for the Coining Celebration In
the Monumental city.
The arrangements for the three days
lesiivai in miuraere next week, incidental
and introductory te the approaching cen
tennial celebration at Yorktown are about
f illy and satisfactory completed. The
festival will begin en Monday, and last
three days. On Tuesday, October 11,
there will be a reception of guests at the
city hall, after which they will be taken
in charge by the reception committee, and
shown the objects of interest in and about
the city. At night the grand display and
precession of the mystic pageant will take
place. This will consist of a number of
tableaux gotten up by German, French and
ether societies of Baltimore, representing
historical and comic subjects aud twenty-
four floats, the work of Mr. Delong of
Mobile. The designs and representations
of these floats are still unknown te the
public. A number of artists from New
Orleans and Mobile have been at work en
them for many weeks, and Delong prom prem
ises they will equal' if net exceed, in de
sign and effect, the Mardi Gras festivals
of New Orleans and Memphis. A grand
ball at the Academy of Music will be given
at night in honor of the French commis
sioners te Yorktown. The festival is the
conception of the leading business men of
the city and it cost s many thousand dol
lars which has been paid by voluntary
subscriptions. It is expected that fully
200,000 people will visit the city during
the three days and many visitors te York Yerk
town will witness the Baltimore pageant.
DE3IOCRATIC SINCEKITV.
An
Esteemed
fellow-Citizen
Rises te
Lxplaln.
Fer the IxrELLicEsczR.
Seme of the Republicans belong te that
selfish and unappreciative class represent
ed by the " B'hey " who reproached his
juvenile neighbor for crying at the funeral
of said B'hey 's father with " What are
you crying for ; taint your funeral ?"
Ilence they seem astonished that Demo
crats should manifest sincere sorrow for
the death of the president of the republic
unless they confirm it by abjuring their
political principles. During the rebellion
men had been told that their sympathy for
the union would net be rcspected or be
lieved unless they resigned the offices te
which they had been elected by Demo
cratic votes and united themselves with
some Union organization. This was very
severe and very unfair, but these were
exciting times, aud the painful position
had te be patiently borne ; and it is paiu
ful te be practically told in a time of
general sorrowing that you have no busi
ness te be sorry, for " it aint your
funeral." One who is a zealous Protestant
or Jew might be iu sincere sympathy with
au afflicted Catholic without being called
upon te abjure his religious faith in order
te prove that his sympathy is really sin
cere, and no one would unchristianiz
or un.iudaize himself se far as te
demaud such a test of sincerity.
But you were quite mistaken in your edi
torial of the 27th inst., when you suppose
the Rev. Brether, of Reading, is the only
man that challenges the "Democratic
sincerity." He has a confrere in the editor
of the Omaha Republican, who alleges that
" the Democrat as a man, may be honest
in his expressions of sympathy, but as a
Democrat he is the most disgusting hypo
crite." The Democratic inclination te
take advantage of their position in the
United States Senate by electing a. pre tem
pore who would succeed Gen. Arthur, if
he unfortunately should die before the ex
piration of his term, seems te be the thorn
in his side ; hence he says : " Se long as
this inclination is se patent, let us have
less effusiveness from the Republicans
ever Southern Democratic commiseration
with the president and the afflicted nat'en"
Peer man, he docs net seem te see hew
sorely he is afflicting himself, by cherish
ing such uncharitable sentiments.
Ged only knows who is really sincere iu
anything, and the depth of that sincerity.
Jesh Billings very significantly says,
" Seme people profess te be pious, when
iu fact they are only bilious," or words te
that effect. It is possible that this also
may be the case in external sorrowing. It
is net the broadest phylacteries, the deep
est hems en the garments and the profus prefus
cst funeral trappings that always indicate
the deepest and profoundest internal
mourning. It is the same also in the
much vaunted patriotism manifested en
special occasions. The self-interests and
sclf-aggrandiscmcnts lurking behind or at
the bottom of such manifestations often
outweigh and add a deeper color te human
conduct than all the love of country or
equal rights that can possibly be smuggled
into them. And yet the masses de sin
cerely mourn, and arc also truly patriotic ;
hut no political party can claim a monopoly
of these emotional virtues, and it is rank
phari-seeism in any party te set up such a
claim, for it only exhibits the ugliest kind
of au assumption iu doing se. A father
may sincerely mourn the taking off of a
reprobate son, with whom he had pre
viously expostulated, and severely repri
manded for his wicked doings, without
being compelled te recant or abrogate his
former chastisements in order te convince
carping critics that his mourning was sin
cere. What a pity it is that Guitcau was a
Republican (but this the Omaha Repub
lican sort of denies, uuless Republicanism
and lunacy arc synonmeus), for that fact
se persistants stares the party in the fac3,
that it takes off the pdints of many bitter
paragraphs which otherwise might be ap
plied te the rascally Democrats. But
there stands in burning letters the signifi
cant paragraph, "lam a Stalwart of Stal
icarts, and Arthur will be president." Ne
doubt it would be mero agreeable if the
country and the world could be brought
te the conviction that Guitcau was insane
when he proclaimed that horrid sentiment.
It would furnish an additional lash te lay
ou the back.yjf the Democrats and miti
gate Republican felly.
It may be true, as the Reading diviue
intimates, that maligning men who are
candidates for public office, engenders
disrespect for them and excites an ani
mesity against them that is altogether
wrong.
It may also be true that the doctrine in
volved in the political maxim " Te the
victors belong the spoils " often leads
unworthy men te entertain expectations
which never can and never ought te be
realized ; but these de net constitute suffi
cient cause for. the perpetration of crime ;
and especially that of assassination. It
furthermore may be true that when any
man who has occupied a high position in
society, as a man of moral and business
integrity and ability, and as a consequence
has monopolized a large proportion of
public confidence ; and then it suddenly
becomes manifest that he has all the while
been guilty of frauds, defalcations, and
debaucheries that such a development of
character acts as a relaxation of the moral
restraint of the whole community, or at
least that portion of it whose moral fabrics
have net had their foundations built upon
a rock. But au excuse for crime founded
upon such a contingency, would net bear
the scrutiny of a court of justice. It might
in some measure palliate, but it never
could justsfy crime.
Guitcau was net au ignorant or illiterate
offender, but, en the ether hand, is a man
or intellectual culture at least; and,
making the moral and theological preten
sions which he did, was fully competent
te distinguish right from wrong. The
morbid scntimentalism of holding either
the Democratic party or any wing of the
Republican party responsible for his great
crime is tee preposterous te be entertain
ed for a single moment by any eue.
If the Readiug divine would teach the
souls under his charge that, no man's
temptations te crime are really from with
out, but from within or, as the geed St.
James expresses it, " Every man is tempt
ed when he is drawn away of his own lust
and enticed " he would effect mero per
manent geed than te specialize in the
manner in which he has done. If we have
sinned as a nation it seems natural that
we should sorrow as a uatien, but te say
who or te what extent any one has really
sinned or sorrowed is assuming the prero
gative of deity. Sector.
Under till thecircunntance-i we de net be
lieve it would be wise for the Democrat' te
avuil themselves et that advantage, no matter
what they may think Republicans would de
under similar circumstances. Net only be
cause the very day after the organization of
tlie Senate the majority would be ag:iln?,t
them ; but because if anything should hupp -n
te Mr. Arthur, whereby the etnett of president
might mruln become vaeant, the temptation te
charge It te the Democratic party might be
tee rreut; rer selfish ambition te resist. Let
the party possess Its soul in patience, and
when Its time ouyhtte conic it will come.
THE TFILIOAMSPORT CONVENTION.
Approved by the Democratic Press.
Clinten Democrat.
These who are capable of judging say
the Democratic state convention this week
was the best ever held in the state for
twenty years. The delegates were much
above the average, and there was no brib
ing, bartering, trading, or auy discredit
able means used. Ne caucus controlled by
bosses was held the night before te have
everything cut and dry, after the style of
Republican conventions, but every dele
gate acted for himself and voted as his
judgment dictated.
The resolutions adopted by the Demo
cratic state convention have the true
ring. They are straight-out anti-monopoly
and express the honest sentiments of
the masses of the people. Vested rights
are te be guarded, but corporations are
held te be our servants and net our mas
ters. Unless the voters are blind te their
own interests they will rally ou this
platform aud elect the candidate who
is a true representative of these princi
ples. Leng, Bnt Sound. -
Sliippcus'eur Chronicle.
The Democratic platform adopted at
Williampert is published in another col
umn. It is lengthy but then it was nec
essary te cover a geed deal of ground te
let people knew what the foundation
principles of the party are. We have
returned te our father's house and let us
never again wander from it te feed en
husks. It will be our own fault if victories
are net achieved from this time forth,
Old Yerk in Line.
At the late meeting of the Yerk county
Democratic committee, Jehn S. Hiestand
offered the following resolutions which
passed unanimously :
licselced, That the Democracy of Yerk
comity heartily approve the platform aud
endorse the nomination of the Williams
port convention.
Jleselced, That as between Gen. Baily
the candidate of the corrupt treasury ring
foisted upon the Republican party by the
personal will of the bosses, against the
well known sentiments of the Republican
people, and Orange Neb!pa pure and
able mau, who is also the free, choice of a
free convention, no henest voter, desiring
te correct the cryiug abuses of ring man
agement in the state government, will
hesitate for a moment, and Yerk county
hereby engages te roll up mere than her
customary Democratic majority for
Orange Neble for state treasurer.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Ex-Governer Tilden says he is net desir
ous of controlling the Democratic conven
tion in New Yerk.
A Macen, Georgia, lady has been par
alyzed and is losing the power of speech
from the free use of canned fruit and
vegetables.
A Cauadiau has picked up 185 small
diamonds from the banks of the Gati
ueau and taken them te Montreal te be
tested.
Mrs. W. D. Jenes, wife of a Kingsten,
N. Y., carpenter, and aged 45, with a
tendency te insanity, has eloped with
James Cummings, a local barkeeper, aged
27.
It is new probable that Mr. Sceville will
net he alone in the defense of Guiteau.
At least two quite distinguished lawyers
will volunteer their services. The mat
ter will be settled in the course of next
week.
During the storm of the sixth instant an
unknown schooner came ashore at the
cast end of Nantucket leaded with shook?.
The stem had been washed off, leaving no
trace of her name. The crew was prob
ably lest.
A terrible plague has broken out near
Waldren, Platte county Me. Eleven
persons have died in five days, and none
of the victims affected give signs of re
covery. The bodies of the sufferers are
covered with black eruptions. After death
the flesh falls from their bones, se that
the bodies cannot be lifted into the coffins
without falling te pieces.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
iUICUAKL STKOGOM-V
Klrally'u
Spectacle at Fulton Opera.
Heuse.
Last night the spectacular play of
"Michael Strogeff," a dramatization of
Jules Vtyne's fanciful story, was produced
at Fulton opera house before a large and
fashionable audience. The exhibition by
no means equaled the glittering premises
held forth by the management in announc
ing the event, though perhaps it realized
the expectations of these ameug the audi
ence who, acquainted with the capacity
and adaptability of the stage at Fulton
opera house for such a production, cau
tiously governed their anticipations ac
cordingly. Te these, however, who look
ed for a realistic representation of all the
glory and glamour that have made its per
formance at the Academy of Music in
Philadelphia famous, last niu'ht's enter
tainment must have proved a grievous
disappointment. Perhaps the manage
ment did the best they could under
the circumstances and in their
cramped and narrow quarters, hut it
is nevertheless net unjust tesav that there
have been a dozen traveling organizations
iu mis city uuring me last year that have
far surpassed in scenic and mechan
ical effects this display of the loudly herald
ed "Strogeff" company. Indeed the only
scene of any account in last night's per
formance was the battle-field of Kely van
which was quite a graphic picture. "The
Wintgr Palace at Moscow ; The City by
Night; The Cavalry Retreat; The Bor
ders of Siberia ; The Dapta Stream ;
The Funeral March of Feefar (in
which appear torchbearers, soldiers, gate
men, camp-followers, beggars masters, of
the hounds, falconers, eunuchs, pall-bearers,
imperial guard, bayederes, women
of the seraglio, their servants, and follow
ers, and the officers of the guard), "
the trained horses, and manv ether startlimr
effects injudiciously announced, were
conspicuous in their absence. The ballet
was all that could reasonably have been
expected, aud proved a really handsome
display, with much skillful and graceful
dancing, that of the premieres Bazznne
and Ilefshuler being especially notable.
The dramatic cast for the most part was
distinguished by respectable mediocrity.
Mr. Rigueld in the title role was consider
ably above the average of his colleague?,
but the slaughter of some of the Czars,
Grand Dukes and ether imperial wooden
men who comprised a material portion of
the cast would have been a consummation
devoutly wished by these who in the lack
of the advertised scenic and spectacular
splendor vainly looked for special dramatic
merit te compensate their disappointment.
' We Tela Yeu Se."
Our readers will remember that in an
article, recently published iu the Intelli
gencer concerning the Indian training
school at Carlisle, a complimentary notice
was given of the Indian printer boys in
that school. The Bloomsburg Journal has
this te say of em of the boys : " We have
in our office one of these Indian youths
from the Carlisle school, Samuel Town
send, of the Pawnee tribe, who is here for
the purpose of mastering the trade in all
its branches, and we are confident, tee,
that he will de it, because he is a close ob
server and quick te understand what he is
told. He can de as much work as any boy
having the same experience, and mere than
most of them are willing te de. Indeed,
during the two weeks he has been with us
we have found him as near perfection as
wc ever expect te get."
MT. JOT.
A SWINDLING HOKSK JOCKEY.
The People Taken In BoreugU Budget.
Among the arrivals at the Red Lien
hotel. Mount Jey, en Wednesday evening,
was a well dressed man of about twenty
five years, who placed the name of Samuel
Jehnsen, Philadelphia, ou the register.
He came en. the Dillerville local anil by
way of introduction "set 'em up" te sev
eral gentleman who happened te be in the
barroom at the time. His business was
horse dealing, his wants a number of Lan
caster county horses ; and en that mission
he came, se ha alleged. Mount Jey is pro
lific iu jockeys, and a blemish in horse
flesh seldom, if ever, escapes their notice
He seen formed the acquaintance of
jockeys Z. W. Keller and Jehn B. Dennis;
and en them he made favorable impres
sions. The geed impressions didn't last
longer than Friday morning, but they'll
be all the mero lasting, nevertheless. Mr.
Keller is iu the livery business and ac
companied by Mr. Jehnsen, en Thursday
they bought some horses, paying en them
a sum aggregating net much less than $50.
The supposed Ph.Iadelphian didn't fur
nish the money, either. In the evening he
employed Mr. Dennis as agent te buy
up horses send them te his place of busi
ness at Philadelphia for a fair commission
en each head purchased. He furthermore
stated te Mr. D. that he had deposited all
his cash iu the Union uatienal bank at
this place. Iu the kiudness of his heart
Jehn is always will te lend a helping hand
he pulled forth his wallet, panned
out te the tune of $125, for which
he received a check en the
above named bank! The stranger
had everything his own way, but tarried
at the hotel uutil Friday morning bofero
he went en his way rejoicing. As seen as
the bank was opened that morning Mr. D.
presented the paper, but there was no
meuey there te meet it. This information
kindled the ire in Jehn B.'s breast, net en
account of the money, .but te be duped
Was wormwood te him. He went in pur
suit and overtook the young man at Mari
etta, where he says he get $100 back with
a strong assurance te receive the ether
$25 in the near future. He left Hest
Shelly a memento in the shape of a beaid
bill and one for Keller, tee.
lloreugli Budget.
Mrs. Fannie, wife of Rev. Henry Engle,
of Raphe township, died at his residence
en Thursday evening, in her 71st year.
Her funcial will take place en Sunday
forenoon ; burial at the Lutheran meet
iug house near nere.
The wife of Jacob Swords, .deceased,
died at her late residence, West Denegal
street, last Saturday.
Miss Fanny Marsh has been indisposed
the last few days ; she was unable te teach
her school the infant department of the
borough school.
The resignation of Merris W. Breeht, of
Old Line, Raphe, as teacher of the Bach
Run school, has been accepted by the
beard of school directors of said town
ship. On Friday evening of last week, Mrs.
Barbara Dellinger fell aud broke a rib.
Last evening Capt. II. E. Slaymakcr,
Dr. V. N. Amer; Dr. Rebert M. Belcuius
and Mr. Wm. A. Morten, of Lancaster,
paid a visit te Casiphia Masonic ledge,
551, of this place.
Last Friday night Ruv. J. C. Owens, an
elderly gentleman of this place, fell and
sustained severe injuries, although no
bones were broken. '
The frost the ether night froze the sec
eud crop of tobacco. There was some of
the first crop out around Landisville.
Mr. Jehu Stauffer and wife, of Landis
ville, were in town this week. Jehn has
gene through a terrible ordeal of sickness.
He is very lank.
Landisville literary society was. organ
ized last night.
A side show will furnish entertainment
te the citizens of Landisville. A tent has
been pitched iu in a field along the pike.
OVER THE LINE.
JIAKVI.AND COKItEM'ONIIKNCK.
In and About Tanglewoerf, Harford Cennty,
Maryland.
The dry weather still continues iu this
locality. The dreuth keeps back the work
with farmers, the ground being tee dry te
cither plow, or with these who have their
plowing done, te sew their wheat, fearing
te sew, lest the dry weather will kill the
graiu and it net come up. The wheat
which has been sewn, does net seem te
come up well, wliL'h deters ethers from
sewing until there is a prepect of rain.
The tobacco growers have all the tobacco
hung up te cure, in very geed order. I
observed iu one let of tobacco, that it was
coloring very nicely, hut it was short.
Most of the crop this season seems short ;
thcre seems te be sonie difficulty in the
selling of tobacco here, upon account of
the state warehouse. What the tfaturc of
the teuble is I cannot tell
The canning business is about wound
up for the season, it being earlier than
common for the business te close, but the
dreuth seems te have cut short the ripen
ing process. A number of the canncrs in
this vicinity have lest large quantities of
canned corn, owing, no doubt, te two
causes : First, te filling the cans tee full,
and second by net having the heat high
enough, le can corn requires great care,
which each housewife knows. Strict ebser-
vance of certain rules must be attended,
and the process kettle should be of the
best make te produce the greatest amount
of heat. In the canning busiucss the
novice is sure te ceme out short, as well as
in all ether undertaking: with the unin
itiatcd.
The schools are all opened iu the county
and have an average attendance, except
in the canning districts. The school sys
tem of Maryland is up with the progress
of the times; yet see some drawbacks
which are easily remedied, one being
that the control of schools is net in the
light hands. The management is new
virtually vested in the judges of the cir
cuit courts. The school commissioners
should be elected by the people, and mere
than nine-tenths of the people se desire it,
but ring management is in the interests
of the present system and the tax payers
are ignored.
The farmers and people generally are
busying themselves in making prepara
tions for the agricultural fair, which opens
en the 12th inst, and it bids fair te be eue
of the best ever held in the county, bar
ring the Baltimore Oriele.
The rocks of Deer creek famous for their
picturcsqueness are the scene of daily jelity
from the first of June till the inclemency of
the fall weather sets in, picnics, exploring
parties and sight-seeing companies are of
daily occurrence there, and when the Bal
timore & Delta narrow gauge railroad is
finished te this place, this premises te be
a place of resort for many parties from
Baltimore and ether places along the route
of the read.
On Sunday the Presbyteriau congrega
tion at Bethel church enjoyed the pleasure
of hearing Rev. Mr. Calder, of Harrisburg,
en the subject of Chinese missions. His
subject was " Watchman, what of the
Night." During the course of his remarks
he showed the congregation a number of
the gods of China, of which, said he, there
were multitudes. The audience was large
and appreciative.
One day last week while one of the car
penters at work en the new 31. E. parson
age, at Jarrettsville, was hanging the very
last shutter, he fell from the scaffold and
was badly hurt, yet net se seriously as te
be fatal.
Politics seem te have no interest here.
Yet all the Democracy seem te be much
pleased with the prospect of Senater Bay
ard being made vice president.
THE SEYMOUR HOMICIDE.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE KAM1LY.
Seme Published Errors Corrected.
A representative of the Intelligencer
had an interview this morning with a
brother and two sisters of Mary Seymour,
who was se brutally assaulted by Edward
Sanders and died iu consequence at her
residence in Jehn street ou Wednesday
night, the particulars of which have been
heretofore published in these columns.
The brother's name is Henry R. Duiu
ser, a laboring man, residing iu Maner
township,, near Turkey Hill. One of the
sisters is Elizabeth Landbater, of West
Hempficid township ; aud the ether sister,
Annie Dern, wife of Audrew Dern, sad
dler, of Safe Harber, formerly of this city,
and well known te hundreds of our read
ers. Mrs. Seymour's relatives knew nothing
of her death until yesterday, aud they
came te Lancaster today te gather further
particulars.
They say that Mrs. Sevmeur, the mur
dered woman, was the daughter of Jehn
Dumscr, and was born December 9, 1851.
in Maner township. Her mother died
when she was three years old and her
father when she was seven. She was then
taken into the family of Henry Mann, of
Maner township, and lived there until she
was about 18 years old. She was very in
dustrious and affectionate, but of a
wayward disposition. Ou leaving Mr.
Mann's she went te Chester county,
where she was seduced by a mau
named Quay. She sued him for fornina fernina fornina
tien aud bastardy, but the case never came
te trial, a settlement having been made
between the parties. Leaving Chester
county she went te Reading, where another
illigetimatc child was born in the Berks
county peer house. This child is new
about seven years old, and has been adopt
ed by a Mr. Bates, of Pittsburgh. It is
net known who is the father of the third
child, the little boy who was with Mrs.
Seymour when she was assaulted ; but
some time after its birth she
married Jehn Seymour, and had ene
child by him. He deserted her, as has
previously been stated. Mrs. Landbater
says she has net seen Mrs. Seymour for
thirteen years. Mrs. Dern has net seen
her for several years, and her brother,
Henry R. Dumscr, has net seen her for
three years. Jehn It. Dumscr, another
brother, lives in Bart township, and Bar
bara Duraser, a sister, lives near Quarry
ville. It is uet likely that the two last
named have heard of their sister's death.
All these relatives are peer poeplo and
work for a livelihood. They say they have
no money either te employ counsel te
prosecute Sanders or te have their sister's
remains removed from the poerhouso cem
etery. Mrs. Seymour was the youngest- of
the family, and, when a girl, was consider
ed very geed looking.
I.1ITLKLUCAI.S.
Condensed from County Kxchangea.
Gee. Duchman, of Serrel Herse, East
Earl, has a cherry tree in blossom. A
blooming apple tree hangs its fragrant
boughs across the turnpike this side of
Refton.
While Eaby Rudy, of West Earl town
ship, son of Adam Rudy, deceased, was
riding home, his herse stumbled, throw
ing him off, and Dr. Bushong had te set
both the broken bones of his left fore
arm. Rev. D. W. Gerhard, of New Helland,
takes the cake for raising peaches. He
had six trees that bore peaches this year,
although two of them had each hut one
peach.
Dr. Jehn B. ICwhler, of New Helland,
together with Miss Ella, the accomplished
daughter of T. M. Sterb, esq., left town
for Frauklin, Venango county last Tues
day, where, en the following day were
joined in J hymeneal bends by Rev. Fred.
Kehlcr. a brother of the uroem.
The Reformed church in Maytewu has a
pipe organ, which was made 05 years age
by a German immigrant named Stallhcim,
who was indentured te repay his passage
money te old Mr. Martin, of Strasburg.
Stallhcim also made an organ for a Stras
burg church.
Ezra Rank, of Earl, had finished seed
ling a field of grain and had just taken the
horses and drill through the bars, te the
public read te' go home, when they ran
away ai.d wrecked the drill ever half a
mile of country read.
Children playing with matches set en
lire the large bam ou the farm of Mr.
Jehn Buckwaltcr, between Bird-in-Hand
and Miller's store, new being farmed by
his son Preston. Neighbor Adam Myers
saw it, sounded the alarm and with water
brought by the women put out the blaz
ing chaff pile.
SnlCH or Itcal KutatP.
Yesterday B. F. Rewe. auctioneer, sold
for Mary Summcriicld, administratrix or
Frederick Suinmei field, deceased, ten
acres of land in Pequea township, with
improvements, te Albert Brooks, for $320
per acre. Alse, at the same time and place
for the same, four acres and one hundred
and forty-six perches of land, in same
township, te Jehn Andes, for $110.25 per
acre.
The farm of So!eni!.:i Gr.iff, iu Earl
township, about 1 mile northwest of New
Helland, containing 73 acres, was sold at
public sale for $175 per acre. J. Nelt, pur
chaser. The farm of Benjamin Sprecher. about
half a mile northeast of New Helland,
containing 80 acres, sold at public sale for
$205 per acre. Martin Hoever, purchaser.
The farm of Eli Bcilcr, about a mile
southwest of town, containing 42 acres,
sold at public sale for $2:10 cr acre. Jehn
Heeber, purchaser.
Mr. Israel Groffseld his store property
in East Earl township, known as Ham Ham
eond's store, at public sale for $1,805.
Jehn G. Rccser, purchaser.
Court or Common IIean.
The whole of yesterday afternoon and a
portion of this morning was taken ui by
the argument in the case of David 'A.
Lantz vs. Geerge D. and E. P. Mcllvaine.
The case was given te the jury at 10:30
and they rendered avcrdict in favor of
plaintiff and assessed the damages at $500.
At half-past ten o'clock a habeas corpus
case was taken up. Themas J. Davis rep
resenting David Marklcy, asked that he
be allowed the custody of his children,
new in the possession of his wife, and for
the support of whom (together with the
mother) he is paying $5 per week.
Marklcy claimed that he could support
his children for less mjney. The court
dismissed the habeas corpus, and the
question as te whether the alimony shall
be decreased will be heard next Saturday
a week.
LicmiKeit Transferred.
The tavern license of Abraham H.
Kauffman, of Drumore township, was
transferred te Mary Kauffman, aud that
of Samuel Ynndt, of East Earl, te Michael
Snader.
I'retfy Sets.
Henry F. Greenawalt, Daniel Fry and
Charles Zacpfcl, of this city, members of
the Union fire company, who were recently
in Trenten, have each received from the
potteries of that city, a beautiful set of
china ware consisting of a punch bowl,
pitcher and a dozen mugs. They are very
pretty and each pitcher has the name of
the owner in gilt letters upon it.
Discharged.
The mayor had but eue ledger this
morning. His name was Themas Housten,
but he was net the Tem who se 'often
gets drunk and gives the eificcrs trouble.
He was discharged.
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