LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!;. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1881.
Hanrastct intelligences
TUE3DAY EVENING, NOV. 8, 1881.
Our Collapsed Attorney General.
District Attorney Corkhill very suc
cessfully puts upon Attorney General
MacVeagh the responsibility for the
postponement of the star route prosecu
tions and the failure of the grand jury
te consider the indictments, which has
been the cause of great censure falling
upon the district attorney. It seems
that this officer was speciflcally relieved
by the attorney general from all charge
of these cases, and was informed that
they had been placed in the hands of Mr.
Cook, a lawyer of the district, with
whom 11. IF. Urewster, of Philadelphia,
and Geerge Hliss, of New Yerk, have
since been associated. The grand jury
was called te meet in September ; when
they met the district attorney advised
the attorney general that he had no bu
siness for them for three weeks, and
they could give that time te the consid
eration of any indictments he might have
te offer. The attorney general replied
that he had net given any thought
te the star route cases since the
assault en the president, and told
the district attorney that he would
be dulyadvised when his services or that
of the grand jury would Ikj required in
the matter. The grand jury consequent
ly was adjourned, subject te call at any
time. Of their adjournment, Mr. Cook,
who had gene te Leng Branch, says he
was net advised ; and when he get ready
te prefer his star route indictments it
happened that there was no longer time
te secure them before the statute of limi
tations would bar the prosecutions ; and
consequently recourse was had te the
proceeding by ' information," which is
objected te by the defense, but which is
declared te be a common method of pro
cedure in the District.
As the matter new stands Attorney
General MacVeagh is the responsible
man for anything that may have been
wrongly done. lie is a nervous sort of
a creature and seems te have thrown up
the sponge generally and te have quite
bid farewell te earthly cares when Pres
ident Garfield was shot. Tic neglected
even te tell Mr. Cook that the "Washing
ton grand jury was at his service.
The attorney general was in a state of
collapse, lie recognized the force of the
logic which inspired Guileau te fire his
pistol. The going up of Arthur meant
the going down of MacVeagh, and a com
plete revolution in the controlling forte
of the country. With this conviction
came another, that the men who had
worked the star routes were destined for
places of power instead of cells in the
penitentiary. Ne doubt Mr. MacVeagh
thought that it would be a waste of labor
te continue the efferl te put these des
tinguished citizens in jail. But the
course of events has brought it about
that it is of prime i ccessity that Mr.
Arthur shall put en an appearance be
fore the public of an ardent desire te
presecute.his friends. As we have before
intimated, there is a striking similarity
in the situation new, when Dersey and
Brady are in jeopardy, and that which
was presented at the time that Babcock
and McDonald were en trial ; net only in
thejfact that the criminals are friends of
the president, but in the further circum
stances that the cabinet officer who pur
sued them came te grief for his lack of
subserviency. Mr. MacVeagh, taking a
lessen from the past, is wise, enough te
let Mr. Arthur pursue his make-believe
game with ether instruments than him
self but still he should net have gene te
pieces se completely when Garfield was
shot at as te have neglected te hand ever
that grand jury te Cook.
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A Common Fellow.
The president's friends say that lie is
determined te move te the country, by a
vigorous prosecution of Guileau, that
the criminal had no inspiration from him
te perpetrate the crime that made him
president. That is exactly hew a very
common fellow would act. His sole aim
would be the selfish consideration of hew
best te freehimsclf from blame. A man
of a better mind would consider only
the demand of justice. In this case he
would satisfy himself about Guiteau's
sanity or insanity, and act accordingly.
Arthur would le afraid te suggest the
criminal's insanity, however much he
might Ixdievc in it, lest he should be
thought te sympathize with his crime.
But the fact is that the course which
Arthur is advertised te pursue is just the
one that would be naturally followed by
a man who weuldjiave been wicked
enough te use Guileau as a tool of his
ambition. If he had been vile enough
te inspire the murder he would be cruel
enough te unhesitatingly hang his in
strument ; and be glad te de it beside
te get him out of the way. Ne one has
accused Arthur of hiring Guitean te
sheet Garfield. If he was believed te
have done this he would net be alive
te-day. His ostentatious hiring of coun
sel te prosecute a man who is universally
believed te be a weak creature whose
mind is certainly unsound te some ex
tent, will de-him no credit in public
opinion, but will create an impression of
his cowardly selfishness that will prob
ably de his character no injustice.
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Democrats who fail te vote can have
no part in the rejoicings ever a victory
and must accept the responsibility for
defeat.
Democrats ewe it te the state, te the
party and te their Independent ltepubli
can fellow citizens toge and vote.
A short horse is seen curried, and
the stale ticket ought te be counted off
early.
Tin: bummer waited for his S te-day
and get left.
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The Wolfe men stuck.
The Independents came down like the
wolf en the fold.
Many an election has been lest for the
1 ick of one vote. Ge and vote.
The lighter the vote the mere uncer
tain the outcome.
The polls retrain open until 7 o'clock
p. m. Get there !
Tattoo Them.
There is a curious controversy going
en in New Yerk regarding the age of a
judge of one of the courts. The law Pro
vides that a judge ceases te be a judge
as seen as he reaches the age of seventy
years. In this case the Herald lias pub
lished a record from the family Bible of
his parents, which records Judge Spier
as being born in 1S10, whereas he has al
ways believed he was born in 1S12. His
former law partner says that when they
formed their partnership in 1S3S, his
name was placed first in the firm because
he was born in June 181:2, and Speir
three months later. The explanation as te
the Bible record is that it was net made
contemporaneously with the births, but
after the breed had been Hedged and
separated, and by some one who get two
years off the track in the ages. But
it ,is an odd controversy caused by an
add law. It was net wise te order a man
out of office en such an uncertain date as
that of his birth ; one that is net pub
licly known, that the individual cannot
be certain of from his own knowledge
and often does net knew with any confi
dent assurance from tradition. Presi
dent Arthur is another conspicuous indi
vidual of unceitain birth; and there
are plenty of them. .Such a law a:? this
in New Yerk ought te be accompanied
by statutes providing for the inscription
of the bodies of all new born
babes with the date of their production,
tattooed in indelible ink.
A few hours left te make it solid for
Neble.
Te the polls!
Ge and vote.
Tiik complete success of the Atlanta
cotton exposition is somewhat retaidcd by
the failure el the railroad companies te
make faverable excursion rates. The
management is very solicitous en this score
and some relief is hoped for. 0;u- state
railroads, with Southern connections,
should co-operate in the movement, especi
ally since there are 110 Pennsylvania ex
hibitors there, who have wen by their en
ergy and public spirit se far the foremost
position among their associates.
Tin: New Ycnk Sun, iu starting upon a
new revolution "the sun de move " an
nounces that it will continue te shine "for
all, big and little, mean and gracious, con
tented and unhappy, Republican and
Democratic, depraved and virtuous, intel
ligent and obtuse. The Sun's light is for
mankind and womankind of every sort;
but its genial warmth is for the geed,
while it pours het discomfort en the blis
tering backs of the persistently wicked. "
Bi.aik county takes the cake, with the
finest court-house in the state. It cost
$100,000 and is planted in the little town
of Hollidaysburg. It is built of Ohie
greenstene, with sandstone trimmiugr,,aud
is finished with hard weed in the best
modern style. The court room might
easily be mistaken for a city church ; the
judges' seats are as decorous as chancel
furniture ; the jury box is better equipped
tliau the ordinary " amen corner," and
the criminal deck is twice as respectable
and net half as guilty looking as the aver
age choir left.
The Frcdeiick, Md., court has before
it for consideration the thousands of suits,
involving lens of thousands of dollars,
brought by the monomaniac, Dr. Ilairisen
Waguer, who had no real claims but. ob eb
tainad judgments by the neglect of the
defendants who thought there was nothing
iu the suits and paid no heed te the litiga
tion. The knavish plaintilf has the tech
nicalities of the law en his side, but the
court has strongly intimated that it will
net allow them te prevail iu behalf of
such wholesale swindling and vexation of
an entire community.
The commission sent te Richmond by
the state of Massachusetts te sec if the
Niuth regiment did misbehave en its way
te Yorktewu has readily been furnished
with evidence that the number of the
soldiers of the regiment engaged in the
alleged misconduct was from fifty te
seventy-live ; that improper advauces were
made toward women in the public streets ;
that they took possession of vehicles, put
ting the drivers off ; that they invaded
barrooms and helped themselves, refusing
te pay for the drinks, and that they com
mitted many ether acts of wantonness.
Already the Bostencso answer that the
Ninth are net representatives of the
" Culchaw " but raw Irishman from the
wharfs. All the same en the field of
Yorktown the blcely Ninth eutnnrched
and eutdrillcd all the the ether Yankee
militia.
The famous La Moyne crematory, near
Washington, Pa., leeks like a country
schoei house, built of brick, with a corru
gated iron reef, and iu an enclosure fenced
off from a field en young Le Moyue's farm
just across the way from his residence. The
building contains a small reception room
wherein is left en a tabic the handsomely
carved box in which Mrs. Ben Putnam's
body was brought from Cincinnati, ami
little ether furniture adorns the apartment.
Next te it is the even, with a place under it
for a rearing firc,and an iron rack en which
the body te be cremated is laid, wrapped
in an alum water soaked sheet. The even
is heated up for a day before cremation
and afterwards is given about twenty
heuis te cool off. Five or six peuuds of
ashes are the average result. It costs only
$15 te take the body from the station at
Washington, cremate it and return the
ashes for shipment. About a dozen
hive been burned ami a recurrence of the
event creates no mere excitement iu tke
stiid town than an ordinary funeral.
The Republican professed love for the
JOldier was most beautifully illustrated in
the Lynchburg posteffico matter. The
late incumbent, Captain Wilsen, was des
paratcly wounded in one of the assaults en
the Confederate works at Vicksburg, and
was left by his comrades, who supposed
him te be dead. His wound destroyed an
eye, and inflicted serious injuries en his
shoulder, se that he is net able te la
bor for the support of his family.
After long aud painful suffering, he at
last recovered sufficiently te rejeiu his
friends and family in Illinois, te find that
a grateful state had inscribed his name en
a monument erected te the gallant men
who had fallen at Vicksburg. This man
was displaced, because he would net sup
port Mahone, te make place for an ex
rebel soldier, who, net'having been con
firmed by the Senate, was reappointed by
Arthur. The charge upon which Captain
Wilsen was removed was a flimsy pretext.
It seems that he was found, en a count of
his money iu his drawer, te be short about
$125, ichich he immediately paid te the pest
office (ttjent. His crime wgs only that he
had net paid the money before the bal
auce was ascertained, or that he had net
taken the risk of keeping it iu a certain
money drawer where it might be lest. He
paid the demand in full then and there,
but his removal having been agreed upon
for partisan reasons, he was disgraced in
spite of his manifest innocence of all
wrong-doing.
PERSONAL.
Queen Victeria completed en Oct. 25 a
reign of 41 years and 12S days, which is
just the length of time that Queen Eliza
beth sat en the throne.
Bismarck has brought an action for
slander against Herr Yen Buusen, Seces
sionist, arising from a speech of Herr Ven
Buuseu's te his constituents.
Jaxai'SCHKk is the possessor of the
largest diamond in America, one of a dia
dem presented her by the late cmttcrer of
Russia for appearing before him. It
weighs fifteen karats aud she has refused
au eiler of fiftceu thousand dollars for it.
The marriage of Clara Louise Ki:i.i.e:r.
is again rumored. This time tUc reported
happy man is Mr. Whitney, of Cincinnati.
Miss Annie Louise Carv has sold her
house iu Portland Me. It is rcpei ted that
she will make New Yerk her future resi
dence. William Kemri.e, a prominent citizen
of New Yerk, died en Sunday, in the 87th
year of his age. He established the West
Point foundry in 1817, under the auspices
of the government, was one of the found
ers of the Ulster iron works at Saugeitics.
and was for many years agent of the Penn
sylvania rolling nulls. He retired fieni
active business iu 1807.
Rev. Mr. Cukistmax. a member of the
Lebanon classis of the Rcfeimcd chuivh in
Pennsylvania, resigned the pastorate of
the Miucrsvillc church because members of
the church took chauches at a fair bald te
raise money te pay off the church debt.
This he denounces as 011 ungodly proceed,
ing, ar.d he was backed up by classis,
which gave its approval of his course.
Carlyle liked greatly Ivan TurgcncfTs
"Moomoo, " the story of a deaf and dumb
giant of a man who cared for nothing in
the world but his deg, and was compelled
te kill it because it first despised and then
disturbed the great lady, whose house por
ter he was. Carlyle once said of thissterv
" I think it is the most beautiful and most
touching story I ever read. "
Ex-Secretary Wixpem, referring iu con
versatien te the alleged diftcrcncc 01 opinion
between President Aithur and Attorney
General MacVeagh at a recent meeting of
the cabinet, said that while he docs net
think it proper for him te discuss the ua
ture of the business transacted at that
meeting he has no hesitation in saying
tnar. tee punusneu account 01 tnc pre
ceedings is entirely without foundation.
When Walt Whitman- first put out his
poems the presentation volumes were
mostly returned te their author, some
with insulting notes. The Louden Critic
called for "the executionei's whip."
" Beastly '' was the reiterated epithet of
the Saturday Jlevtcw, and it still sticks te
it. Anether paper called the book a
" gathering of muck," and still another,
the Christian Kiamincr, describes it as a
" crazy outbreak of eeuccit and vulgar
ity." Several subsequent editions met
with like reception. New Bosten pub
lishers are glad te get it out just as the old
gray poet wants it printed.
The venerable Bishop Peck, of the
Methodist church, recently celebrated
his golden wedding, and among the con
tributions te the enjoyment of tiic occa
sion was a tribute in rhyme from the Rev.
Dr. King. These who remember that the
bishop weighs 0.10 pounds see the point
of these lines:
" Throughout the land hN works dd praise
liiiu.
It toeicadozcu Slates at least te i-ai-t! him,
His Titan limbs el htnlwart hrawu consist.
Anil every inch a loyal Methodist.
His spinal column, never known te lurch.
In times el pressure can held up a church,
llta ample Divas! (excuse the. scemsiitf heasl :j
Is bread and generous ' as the I'aeilic Ceaat.'
The seat of power, as wide as you may make
Yeu need nei doubt he'll till the chair or
break it."
STATE ITEMS.
Gettysburg will make an effort le
water by means of an artesian well.
ret
fifteen million of the cigars known as
" tebies" are made annually in Pittsburgh
and vicinity.
Jehn Stackhnusc, of Pittsburgh, was
prevented by his parents from marrying
Emma Oswald, whom he had ruined. The
girl took poison and died.
Lawrence AVolferd, of Allegheny City,
resented an insult te a lady 111 his company
when he was d ingerer.sly stibbcd by an
unknown man.
An agent of the Baldwin locomotive
company, of Philadelphia, has completed
the. purchase of Andrew Etonian's iron
mil mill in Allegheny City, and will estab
lish a branch of their works there.
James Maley, editor of the Summit Hill
Recerd, has been arrested en a charge of
libel by ex Sheriff Ames Ricgel, Republi
can candidate for county commissioner.
Maley's paper asserted that Risgcl was a
Know-Netliiug. Congressman Kletz be
came Maley's bondsman. There is con
siderable excitement ever the arrest.
Horatio Petter, giving hisjname as CJ lea
son, arrived in Bethlehem from ScraiUen
with a young girl, about 10 years of age,
whom he represented as his wife. On Sat
urday evening he and the girl were taken
te Scranton by Deputy Sheriff Bertrec,
who had warrants for them both. The
girl is the daughter of a dead soldier
named Schwartz, and the Scranton pest,
G. A. It., have had the matter of bringing
Petter te justice in charge. Petter has a
wife and child in Scranton and is charged
with ill-treating his wife before eloping
with the girl.
NEWS Of THE DAY.
The president has issued a proclamation
designating Thursday, November 2 1, as a
day of National Thanksgiving.
Fifteen thousand immigrants arc re
ported te have arrived in Manitoba this
year.
Jeseph N. Dubois, a prominent hide and
wool dealer of Kansas City, Missouri, dis
appeared a week age, and is supposed te
be a defaulter for about $75,000.
Jehn Axtcll, a young man, was fatally
stabbed by a hunter named Seaman, whom
he had provoked by repeated insults, in a
saloon at Bcllcfentaiuc, Ohie.
The first fast train te the West by the
New Yerk Central & Lake Shere route,
yesterday morning, made the run from
New Yerk te Albany, 150 miles, in ! hours
20 minutes.
Martin Goldworthy, in jail at Paris,
Legan county, Ark., for murder, escaped
en Sunday by leaving his mother in his
cell and wearing a portion of her clothing
te disguise him as he passed out.
Samuel Freeman, principal of the public
schools of Annandale, N. J., has died from
eeal-gas poisoning. He had geno te sleep
in a bed room into which gas from a stove
in a room below found its way and he in
haled it te such an extent that medical aid
was fruitless te remedy it. He was form
erly superintendent of the Phillipsburg
schools.
TUE STAR KOVTE CASES.
District Attorney Cerkliill SIskcs a State
ment in Court.
At the opening of the criminal court, iu
Washington yesterday morning, a person
al explanation was made by Mr. Corkhill,
the district attorney. He said that he
had never before found it necessary te an
swer any criticism en his official conduct,
because he had rested secure iu the undis
turbed conviction that no man, however
high his official position, or however hum
ble his station in life, could point te a
single official act of his that merited cen
sure, acd no one could truthfully sav that
he had ever failed te perform faithfully
and conscientiously, te the best of his abil
ity, every official act. The public busi
ness connected with his office had net,
within the last ten years, been in as geed
a condition as it was te day. During the
two years that he had held the office no
conviction had failed in any important
case, and no guilty person had escaped
punishment for his crime. Yet he had
been, time and again, charged publicly
with a want of interest in the star route
prosecution, and with being relax, neglect
ful aud inattentive te his duty in that
respect. He would probably have
passed these charges ever with
out netice had net the Washing
ton Star published last Saturday evening
a report of a supposed cabinet meeting,
which report would be read te day all ever
the L'nitcd States, in which the attorney
general was represented as saying that iu
the star route cacs Mr. Cook had been em
ployed as special assistant attorney for the
United States en the express desire of Mr.
Corkhill, and that he (the attorney gen
eral) had nothing te ie with it. It. was
entirely immaterial whether Mr.MacVcagh
had ever made that statement or net. It
would be read and believed all ever tlu
United States. He therefore took this oc
casion te make a public statement of the.
matter.
On the first of Juue, 1SS1 new five
mouths age Mr. MacVeagh had sent for
him aud informed him that a certain in
vestigation was iu progress in the pest
office department, in connection with the
star route cases ; that the persons engaged
in the investigation desired the appoint
ment of Mr. Cook ; and that he had
thought it proper te notify him (Corkhill)
of Cook's appointment. He had a long con
versation with Mr. MacVeagh, in
which he said that the appoint
ment of Mr. Cook was atislaetery and
agreeable te him, but that he desired te
have his own position properly and plainly
defined ; that he was ready aud willing te
perform any service required of him, but
that the delay iu the appointment of a
marshal had given him all the business
that he could attend te. The attorney
general net. only assented te that, but said
that no officer se situated could give the
necessary care and attention demanded by
the star route investigation. In order,
however, te put himself (Corkhill) en re
cord, he had asked permission of the
attorney general te make his statement
in writing, which he had done. His
letter was published at the time, but
.seemed new te be overlooked. Mr. Cook,
who had been engaged in the exami
nation, was formally appointed. He
had had never given himself out as his
(Corkhill's) assistant, but claimed, and
properly, te be a special assistant attor
ney of the United States, charged with the
prosecution of the star route cases. He
(Corkhill) had, therefore, net been con
sulted in connection with the prosecution.
Mr. Cook's consultations had been all with
the attorney general, whose assistant he
properly claimed te be. It would be seen
from this statement that he (Corkhill)
could net knew anything officially of the
case, or ue in the slightest degree respen
sible for it.
Anether print charged iu the matter
was that the present proceeding by crim
inal information had been rendered neccs
sary by his adjournment of the grand jury
from the 19th of September te the I'd of
October, lie had been charged in the pub
lic press as responsible for it. The fact
was, that ou the leth of July last counsel
for the defense came into court with the
remarkable motion that the case be pre
sented te the grand jury, aud that 011 that
occasion he stated that he knew nothing
of the case, and that Mr. Cook was the
only man who could answer for the gov
ernment in the matter. Mr. Cook then and
there stated that it was his intention, after
the summer was ever, te present sonic case
te the graud jury.
It was then his (Corkhill's) intention, as
the court knew, te adjourn the grand jury
till the first Monday iu October, his honor
being iu the habit of returning from his
summer vacation between the 20th of Sep
tember and the 1st of October. The as
sault en the president had, however, oc
curred, and he (Corkhill) had a consulta censulta consulta
iieu with Judge Cox, who said he would
return en the 12th of September, aud that
the grand jury should be adjourned till
then, unless iu the meantime, the presi
dent should die ; aud if se, he would re
turn at any time, call the graud jury, and
have the assassin indicted. Otherwise the
grand jury might he respited till the oil
day of October. Thereupon the graud
jury had adjourned till the 12th of Sep
tember. Then it was called and remained
in session till the 19th of September, do
ing no business except in the examination
of a small pension case. The grand jury
was again respited for two weeks, iu ac
cordance with the previous understanding.
At that time he had no knowledge that
there was any immediate intention te pre
scut the star route cases te the grand jury,
but he iiad the host of reasons te suppe. e
that there was net. O11 the 5th of Sep
tember he called upeu Attorney General
MaW'eagh and informed him that he
would have no business for the grand
jury when it assembled and that if
there were any of the star route cases
ready for pi cscntatien the graud jury was at
his service for three weeks ; otherwise he in
tended te adjourn the graud jury till the
first Monday iu October. The attorney
general thou informed him that since the
president's assassination he had net given
the star route cases any special attcutieu ;
that he knew nothing of them and that he
(Cerkliill) need net bother himself about
them, and that when his services or these
of the grand jury were required he would
be notified by the person having special
charge of them. Under such circum
stances the grand jury was respited for two
weeks. On the 25th of September he was
informed by Mr. Cook that the attor
ney general wished te sce him,
and in company with Mr. Cook he called
en the attorney general and was then
requested te sign the criminal information.
He then protested against the abuse
which he had been receiving and against
the insinuations that had been published
about the adjeurunment of the grand jury,
and he said that if the attorney general
as his superior officer made a statement
of the simple facts, this acusatien would be
at once silenced.
Judge Cox remarked that, se far as the
facts stated by Mr. Corkhill had come
within his personal experience, the state
ment conformed substantially te his recol
lection. Calamities by l.aiul ami Sea.
The schooner James Ferd arrived at
Bass river en Sunday with ten of the crew
of the whaling schooner Delia Iledgkins,
of New Londen, picked up in a beat en
Saturday night near Pollock Reef light
ship. The Iledgkins was capsized aud
sunk by a squall en Friday night, and
her crew of fifteen had barely tirne te get
into the long beat. After tweuty-eigkt
hours of exposure the mate and four
ether men died and were thrown ever
beard.
By a collision between two trains near
Asteria, Illinois, en Sunday morning, an
engine and several cars were wiecked aud I
two passengers were killed. '
Lesses by Fire.
The cotton factory of the Hulmeville
manufacturing company, operated by
Messrs. Armstrong & Hawke. at Hulme
vileo, Bucks county, was totally destroyed
by fire last evening. Less, $25,000; in
surance, $12,000. The less by the deck
lire at Hoboken, en Sunday evening, is
new estimated at $1,250,000. Twe men
arc supposed te have perished by falling
off the wharf during the fire. The opera
house at Joplin, Missouri, was burned en
Saturday night. Less, $50,000. The
Hammonton house, at Hammouten, N. J.,
was. with its contents, destroyed by fire
ou Sunday morning. The guests iu the
upper stories escaped by being lowered te
the ground y ropes. One person is
missing. The damage is estimated at
$"0,00.'. Rewards, foetiug up $11,000, are
offered for the detection of the supposed
incendiary, llcwes & Harrison's hat fac
tory at Kastonpert N. J., was burned yes
terday. Less ou building. $4,000 ; en stock
and machinery, $0,000. Insurance about
half these amounts. The Old Guard ar
mory in New Yerk aud its contents were
damaged by lire yesterday te the amount
of $24,500. The court heuse at Plymouth,
Mass., was damaged by fire yesterday te
the extent of $50,000. Ne records destroy
ed. Less covered by insuraucc. The
training stable of Warren A. Rnsscl, at
Danville, Ky., was destroyed by fire yes
terday, and a number of valuable horses
burned, among them L. B. Fcald's fine
stallion Austral, by imported Australia
dam Ceral, by Vandal, and a fine niare be
longing le Dr. J. P. Warren.
After a murderer.
At half-past ene o'clock yesterday mcrn
ing. a mob several huudrcd strong gath
ered at the jail in Tiffin, Ohie, where Mad
den, who killed Phcobe Bernhardt, is con
fined. A demand was made for the keys,
but the sheriff, who had gathered a posse
te defend the jail, refused te give them up.
A light ensued, in which the rioters were
defeated, but two of the pesse received
severe injuries. Militia were ordered out
yesterday, in anticipation of another
attack.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A "SEANCE."
miller's Mystical Manifestations.
Last evening the Miller Brethers ap
peared at Fulton opera house, before a
small audience, and presented a scries of
puzzling performances, which they kindly
permitted their auditors te ascribe te leg
erdemain, clairvoyance, animal magnetism,
or actual manifestations of spirit power,
according te the various bent of their
minds. At the outset of the "seance," as
it was denominated in the advertisements,
tins principal operator announced their
willing allowance of this extended range
of opinion, and when he set the ball roll
ing with that familiar trick of the
chemical.-:, in which water is penrcd from
a pitcher into a tumbler, and made te as
sume a very dark hue, or remains entirely
transparent, apparently at the will of the
opeiator, these in the audience who had
si en the same trick before, much mere
cleverly pci formed, were net disposed te
credit the performer with attributes mere
supernatural than these possessed by your
commonplace sleight-of-hand artist. The
subsequent manilestatieiiSjCspccially these
which aie presumed te lie withit the scope
of what is usually called mind-reading, or
clairvoyance, were, however, a vast im
provement upon the stale, Hat and un
profitable introduction, and a single illus
tration will suffice te give an
idea el their general
Prof. .1. P. McCaskey,
of the boys' high school.
character.
principal
was called
fiem the body of the hall te the stage, and
there Mr. Miller requested him te write
the name of seme deceased friend upon a
slip of paper and put the paper in his
pocket, thus making it impossible for him
(Miller) te sec what the name was. This
done, the performance went en, and dur
ing the progress of some very mystifying
proceeding within a curtained cabinet, in
which was seated a medium " securely
bound, a slate was passed inside by Mil
ler. In a few moments it reappeared out
of the folds of the curtain. Dr. M. L.
Herr, who was also upon the stage by re
quest of the audience, endeavored te take
held of the slate, but only succeeded in
pulling the top of the frame off. Prof.
McCaskey then reached forward and took
the slate, which before had been entirely
blank upon both sides, and which was
new feutid te contain the following writ
ing : " I have come te teli you that we
arc happy," signed with the name
that Prof. McCaskey had previously writ
ten upon the slip of paper which at that
moment was reposing in the security of
his own vest pocket. Similarly singular
manifestations took place during the
course of the evening, of which space docs
net permit a recital ; many were puzzling,
ethers palpably thin, while en the whole
the performance was one allowing ample
scope for the ordinary imagination and iu
tcresting material for the mere critical
disposition te work upon. The effects arc
produced ; as te causes, " you pays your
money and you takes your choice."
Lancaster Tobacco Matters.
We have passed another ouiet week.
aud there are but few transactions te re
port cither in new cr old tobacco. JOf the
latter about 200 cases were sold last week
en private, terms, but at paying prices te
the seller. Nearly all of the local crop of
1880 has been sampled and has turned out
better than was generally expected. Much
of it has been shipped te New Yen; and
ether markets, but a great quantity of it
is still held by local dealers.
The cloudy, foggy, rainy weather of the
past week, has dampened the new tobacco
and given tli3 farmers a geed opportunity
10 uikc ic irem tnc poles and strip it, and
the buyers an opportunity te examine and
ascertain its quality. Many farmers have
taken down all, or a part of their crop,
and instead of going te the election te-day
are busily engaged in getting it ready for
market. 3Iany dealers, however, object
te taking from the poles the tobacco they
purchased in the field, and insist that it
shall hang until after there shall have
been ene or mere heavy frosts ; and as they
decline te receive any of their purchases
until after the holidays, the growers are
net in a hurry te take it from the poles.
Wc have very few recent sales te report.
David Leenard, of West Hcmpficld, sold
his crop te E. Spingarn at 25, 10 aud 5 ;
Jehn Leenard sold his te Jes. Lcderman
at 33 cents through.
IVaclitM.
Xcu' Yerk Sun.
That luscious fruit, the peach, is likely
te be as scarce next seasen as it was this
year. Many trees that were badly frozen
last winter were cut off with the expecta
tien that new tops would grew upon them.
They rapidly recovered during the early
summer, but their growth was checked by
the drought se that very few fruit buds
formed en the new tops. The yield from
such trees will fall off eighty per cent.
Trees that survived the severity of last
winter budded late, and their growth was
feeble. The recent, het dry weather has se
drained the life from them that mauy will
never recover. The buds which usually
appear before frost arc shrivelled.
It is thought that the drought has af
fected all kinds of fruit trees se seriously
that the prospects for the season of 1882
arc discouraging The extraordinary dry
ness of the air has prevented the formation
of fruit buds. Horticulturists will de what
they can te alter these conditions by
mulching and manuring.
Sale ofllersca.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale yesterday for Daniel Legan at
his stables, 1G head of Canada horses at
an average price of $217.90 per head.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUK KEGUT.AU COUKllSt-ONlJENcK.
Rabbits can be bought for fiftveents per
pair.
Mr. A. D. Spangler, of Yerk, is visiting
Mr. Hansen Eekman. "
."At council meeting last evening n.uhir g
of importance was transacted.
Mr. Max Haua-.ter
leaves for Baltimore
this afternoon
Surveyors were at work at the property
intended for the new Reading & Columbia
railroad this morning.
A small frame heuse in Ceuleiia caught
fire sometime this morning and buriedti
the ground. Particulars cannot be found.
Mr. A. D. Reese, the accommodating
biliisid man, is putting another peel tabic
in his haudsome hall.
Oar ice merchants expect te begin te
shin ice te our neighboring towns inside of
a week or two.
Columbians arc Dutch. They are com
plaining about the scarcity of'snnrkreut.
Very little of that delicacy can be pii.cured
in this vicinity.
The Citizens' band paraded iu uniform
this morning ever different streets as an
advertisement for Mishler's "Eviction"
this'evening.
The pavements en Walnut street, be
tween Second aud Third, should be at
tended te. Iu seme places cavities of
nearly a feet in depth have been formed
by the recent raiu.
A young boy, living in Kitchentewn,
while playing with his father's carpenter
ing tools had his thumb cut off at the first
joint, by a hatchet slipping and striking
that member.
The stir amongst the telegraph opera
tors at Columbia has ceased. The "extra"'
was place at the vacant office and the
"regular" was scut te his old effics at
Reunk's Station.
The members of the Mt. Ziea A. M. E.
church are making preparations for a fair
te be held during the holidays. Young
sters with books soliciting votes en differ
ent articles are already visiting our
merchants aud citizens.
The "Excelsior Elocution club" will
meet at the residence of .Miss SalliePaiten
this evening at 7:30 sharp. Beeks en in
struction are expected te lie here by that
time and each member is required te
purchase a set or bring them along.
Despite the inclemency of the weather
a rather large audience assembled iu the
Methodist church te hear Rev. Prcttyinaii,
the renowned revivalist, preach his open
ing sermon. The meetings premise te be
a great success.
This evening we have O'Gr.idy's " Rvic Rvic
tien." Manager Mishlcr is running it and
with unparalleled success. Everywhere it
is received with enthusiasm. The play is
based en unfortunate Ireland's land league
troubles and has a plot that no ether Irish
play ever equaled.
Agents arc arriving here almost daily
I with pesters announcing the appearance of
their respective troupes. Twe mere shows
arc booked te appear within the next
week. The Hyers sisters combination en
next Saturday evening and Calender's
Georgia minstrels en Monday evening
Nev. 11.
Feul's opera company in "Mascette"'
for the benefit of the G. A. R. pest, will
be greeted next Thursday evening, by one
of the largest and most select audiences
that ever before assembled in our opera
house. Nearly four hundred seats have
already been sold in town, and that mini
bcr will be increased by one bundled and
fifty mere from Wrightsvilleand Marietta.
( )n Sunday, Andrew M. Garbcr, com
mitted a felonious assault and battery
upon his father Jacob Garbcr He threat
ened te kill the whole family Fearing he
would make his threat geed, his father
had him arrested last night, Officer Fisher
went te the house aud brought him te
town, placed him iu tiic lock up evcr
night and this morning he had n heating
before Squire Gricr, who committed him
te jail, but upon his father demurring, the
sentence was changed and he was taken te
the insane asylum in Lancaster.
Election morning dawned dull and heavy
hut even this kind of weather did net keep
the voters from being at the pelh.
There is considerable interest as te hew
Columbia will vote. Garfield had 1 1 1 ma
jority last fall, but the Wolfe people claim
from 100 te 105 votes here, which will be
drawn almost wholly from the Republican
paity, and the apathy among the Repub
Means has been in marked contract with
the energy and activity prevailing in the
Democratic ranks under the leadership of
Squire Gricr.
" Will council furnish us a room te
practice in ?" is the question that new
agitates the band members. The regular
monthly meeting of the " borough
fathcis " is drawing near, and whatever
action en the question they intend taking
should be done then and net be put off any
longer. At present the band arc net doing
much practising. They are somewhat in
debt and de net intend going farther.
There is one room in the opera house net
occupied and council may as well give
them that. Other towns help along
their bands aud Columbia should de the
same.
Ce. C.'s regular monthly inspection was
hcid last evening. Capt. Case, net being
present, First Lieutenant Harry Graybill
inspected the ten men who turned out.
The attendance of the company is gradual
ly growing smaller, for what reason we de
net kuew. The company's first term of
enlistment expired en April 24, 1882. and
judging from present appearances, that
will cud the history of Ce. C. That it has
gained a name is evident, for was it net
selected as one of the representative com
panies from Pennsylvania at the Yorktewu
centennial '.' The drill room of the armory
is very unpleasant te drill in, as the cellar
is always half full of water, caused by the
insufficient drainage. It was ordered te
be repaired, hut as yet nothing has been
done.
Hew many of our citizens knew in what
condition the Mount Bethel cemetery is
kept? Very few, excepting these who
rhavc near and dear relations lying Micro in
that sleep that knows no waking. In a
recent walk through the City of the Dead,
wc noticed several things that should be
attended te. As far as the drives and walks
are concerned we have nothing te say. as
they are always in the best condition. But
wc wish te speak of the graves, fences and
burial yard. A number of headstone arc
lying a short distance from the graves, and
appear te have been recently broken off.
Other have caved in, and should be at once
rclixcd. In several of the lets that arc
fenced in, the iron benches have been over
turned aud an innumerable amount of
truck collected around the graves of these
who lie there. Several of the fences arc iu
a dilapidated condition and seem ready te
fall te pieces every minute. The majority
of the benches that used te be scattered
about the grounds arc cither broken or re
moved, 'llicse things should all be attend
ed te. If it is net for the sexton te de,
then these who own the property should
either de it or have some ene attend te the
matter. This should be looked te imme
diately, before the cold weather sets in, for
then they will net have the chance.
Te -Night's C'narlly Concert.
At Fulton opera house te night the
world famous Carrcno-Denaldi operatic
concert company will appear. A propor
tionate amount of the profits accrue te the
Lancaster Benevolent society, whose
worthy purposes appeal tothehumano in
stincts of all, while the entertainment
itself will nnquestienabls prove a rare
musical treat.
Campaign Kallies.
Democratic meetings at Lucas Fritz's
and Jehn Pentz's saloons, in the Eighth
ward, en Saturday and Monday evenings
respectively, were well attended and were
addressed by Jehn A. Ceyle and "W. U.
Hensel, esqs.
TIIK STATr. r.r.Ei,TION.
The Hay W LV!!iral. ' Hun Weather
Small Vte-Ni I.'t:tliiiRlnii.
This morning opened dull and dark and
damp. Aheavy fog which thi.-kfiied ee
casienaHy into a Scotch mi.t or a light
rain prevailed all forenoon. The election
officers f the several wards were slew iu
opening the polls, and when they were
opened the voters were still slower in de
positing their ballets. The streets were
muddy, the sidewalks were net clean, um
brellas and gum overcoats were in demand.
Complaints were made that the party man
agers had net distributed tickets from
deer te deer, as wa formerly done,
and that there were no poll committee?,
te watch the pplls. te cellar
derelict voters, ar.d te .-00 that they voted
the regulation ticket. The professional
poll-committee, who work for a considera
tion, were within easy reaching distance,
but the bosses either did net want te see
them or did net have the wherewithal te
meet their demands. As a consequence
the vote polled during the forenoon was
very light, indicating small majorities in
the strongholds of both parties, and a light
vote in the city, county and state. To
wards neon the clouds brekeawav ami iln
weather became pleasanter. but even this
favorable circumstance added little anima
tion te th? election, and there was net, se
far as we have been able te learn, the least
excitement at any of the polling places.
The extent of the vote for Wolfe, the
Independent Republican candidate for
t:ue treasurer, is a conundrum Jno fellow
can find out. On the surface there is no
indication of a heavy vote for him, and at
the polls in this city his friends make no
demonstration of strength. It is well un
derstood, however, that his supporters be bo be
leng te that class of voters who quietly
fix their tickets at home, and vote theni,
regardless of the wishes and without the
knowledge of the "bosses." Hew many
of these there may really be, we will knew
te-morrow.
Cap ami Vicinity.
Prof. .1. H. Kurzenknabe, of Harriaburg,
has established a large singing school in
Penn Monument hall, which is new in a
flourishing condition.
On last Wednesday Mis Mary L. Reb.
erts arrived here from Bremond, Robert Robert
eon county, Texas, en a visit te her friends.
The farm eff Mary Brinten, deceased,
containing 80 acres, was sold at public sale
en Thursday, te William Hear, of iluyeis iluyeis
tewn, at $102 an acre.
The remains of EiP.s Ault, who was
killed at the. wreck en the Columbia &
Pert Deposit railroad,
Bcllcmeuft cemetery en
were interred iu
Thursday morn-
nig.
A colored man by t'w; name .'. O. Gil
bert, delivered a very eloquent lecture en
' Freedom of the Negro," te a large au au
dence.en Sunday evening at the GapM. F.
church.
The ladies' missionary society of Belle Belle
vue Presbyterian church, held the eighth
ani.ivcr.sary or their society at Bellcvnc
church en Sunday evening.
The Wesley ministerial association will
meet here en Tuesday, December ft.
Mr. Christian Fex and part of his fami
ly are down with the typhoid fever.
A Large Surprise 1'arjy.
A large number of the friends of T. L.
Thompson, esq., of Ouarryville, most ef
fectually surprised him en last Satur
day afternoon, by assembling at his resi
dence, leaded with baskets of prevision",
and prepared a grand dinner for all pre
sent. .Tas. M. Walker, esq., of Colerain.
preceded and decoyed the squire away from
home long enough te give time for his
friends te arrive and be in readiness for his
appearance and surprise.
lafi. Cairns and Eckcrt were among
thst invitad guests. Samuel Keen, of Bait,
and Mrs. Thompson projected the affair
and carried it through with success.
After all had h-artily partaken of the
gee I things en hand. The Rev. .1. V.
Eckcrt addressed these present in behalf
of the squire, who felt himself completely
unnerved en the occasion and calmly and
humbly submitted te the pleasant. and try
ing iiidtal. He was followed by Mr.
Walker in some pleasant and lilting re
marks-, which rubbed the -qntre in some
point.", of demonstrated hospitality unusual
but. harmless. About 4 o'clock convey
ances were brought up, and the friends
quietly dispersed for their homes.
THK KMili:r;.
Their McetiUK Ist ISilit.
Last evening the regular monthly meet
ing of the Empire hook and ladder com
pany was held at their truck house.
A considerable amount of business was
transacted, among which was the election
of a delegate te the Firemen's Union te
take the place of S. S. Sprcchcr, who,
owing te his absence from the city, is un
able te attend the meetings of that body.
S. W. Altick was unanimously elected te
take his place.
On Monday night of list week a meet
ing of this company was held, at which
some action was taken iu regard te the
renting of the house, &e., te the city. It
was claimed that this meeting was illegal
and irregular and the proceedings were
null and void. It was se declared last
night. Tiu; committee appointed at that
time was discharged and the tiustecs of
the company were in.sti ucted te confer
with the committee of councils in regard
te the rental of the piepeity, &c, and te
get the terms and then report back te the
company for final action.
CATECHISM.
Tite Importance or a .Single Vete.
Question. Have you voted te-day?
Axswr.i:. O, yes, I have voted te-day.
Q. Fer whom did you vote today?
A. I voted for Orang.'j Neble for
state treasurer, and for the whole Demo
cratic county ticket.
Q. Have all ether Democrats voted to
day? A. O, no ; a great many Democrats
have neglected te vote.
(J. Why have they neglected te vote?
A. -They have neglected te vote because
they think enk vote don't count, or won't
make any difference in the general re
sult. (J. Is it tiue that one vote docs net
make any difference in the general re
sult? A. O, no; it is very untrue. Fraud
Hayes was counted in by one vote, and
governors, congressmen, legislators, treas
urers, mayors and ether officers have often
been elected by one vote.
Q. What then is the duty of every
Democratic citizen ?
A. It is his duty te vote because his
vote will count as much as any ether of
the ftOO, 000 votes cast te-day, and it may
happen that his vote will change the re
sult. Obituaty.
Jacob Baer, the well kne,vii distiller of
the celebrated "J. B." whisky, which
for many years was the most popular
brand of whisky in Pennsylvania,
died this morning at his residence at Roh Reh Roh
rerstewn, in the 7Gth year of his age.
Henry Mctzgcr, au old and well known
resident of this city, died of typhoid pneu
monia, this morning at his residence, Ne.
10 West German street. lie was acoppcr aceppcr
smith by trade, a native of Lancaster.wide
ly known and esteemed, and lived all his
life 111 this city. He was in his
72d year.
Sciver Cnvrd In.
Owing te the damp weather of the past
few days the banks of the sewer, new
being constructed at Chestnut and Water
streets, caved in last night. Little dam dam
age was done, but if much mero of the
earth caves in it may affect the 1 tinning of
trains en Water street.
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